Chapter 252: Night ends and dawn begins, and we become one with the light and dust

Chapter 252: Night ends and dawn begins, and we become one with the light and dust

Chapter 252: Night ends and dawn begins, and we become one with the light (Tomorrow the monthly ticket will be doubled, please vote~)

"I once heard from Wu Mei and Wu Feixiong of Biyun Temple that a man named Dongfang Sanren who is good at Lihuo swordsmanship came to Xikang recently. So he is Daoist friend?"

Cheng Xinzhan broke through the formation again to come to the rescue and stood beside Zhou Qingyun.

But this time, Zhou Qingyun did not say anything like sending Cheng Xinzhan to break out first. Instead, surrounded by demons, she took two steps closer to Cheng Xinzhan and started asking questions.

Cheng Xinzhan didn't expect that after he came to Xikang, Wu Mei had met Zhou Qingyun and mentioned him. He used his flying sword to force back a magician who was attacking from underwater. Thinking of the red clouds in Wu Mei's hand and the blue clouds in Zhou Qingyun's hand, he replied,

"I also heard from Daoist Shoumei that there is another person in Shu who is three points better than her in the way of Jianxia. I think it must be Qingsuo Sword?"

Zhou Qingyun smiled, her hand glowed with azure light, and she smashed another magic treasure. She said,

"Shoumei is extremely talented. She is self-taught in swordplay. I have been taught by a teacher since I was young, and I have only achieved some success. I dare not say that I am better than her."

Cheng Xinzhan looked at the Qingsuo sword in Zhou Qingyun's hand. Sometimes it turned into a diffused glow like a cloth covering the sky, and sometimes it condensed into a beam like a long rainbow piercing the sun. She could send and receive it freely, and the size was determined by her heart. Obviously, this sword was as easy to control as an arm in her hand. Compared with the last time she saw it in Fuxia Lake, it was completely relying on the flying sword's own divine power, and it had been greatly improved.

The heroes of the world are like the crucian carp crossing the river.

He said sincerely,

"Fellow Taoist, you are humble."

Zhou Qingyun saw that he called him by his full name when they first met, and was unwilling to talk to him several times afterwards. It was only then that he took the initiative to talk to him again and called him "Qingsuo Jian". Until now, he was finally willing to call him "Daoyou" again.

She was delighted and became a little bolder. She started to joke with Cheng Xinzhan.

"My Jianxia comes from Huangshan in Qingzhou. I heard from Shoumei that you are also from Qingzhou?"

Cheng Xinzhan looked a little unnatural, coughed lightly, and said,

"Yes, I am from Yicheng."

"Oh."

Zhou Qingyun nodded and said,

"Yicheng is a pleasant place to live, with outstanding people and beautiful mountains. There are many immortal traces, including the Taoist Tianzhu Cave Heaven and the Three Patriarchs' Treasure Temple of Zen Buddhism. Taoist friend was born in Yicheng, no wonder his cultivation is so exquisite."

Cheng Xinzhan was used to telling lies, so he nodded at this moment, and there was no sign of anything unusual.

Seeing him like this, Zhou Qingyun smiled again. This time, she was even bolder. She didn't know why she was so bold today. She actually used her "telepathy" to project her thoughts into his heart.

"Brother Daoist, the origin of your alias is well-founded. There are many people from Qingzhou in my Baihe Sword Pavilion, including people from Yicheng. If you are not leaving Xikang soon, I am afraid you will inevitably meet in the future and talk about your origins and teachers."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xinzhan replied,
"I have my measure."

Then, there was silence between the two for a long time.

After a while, Zhou Qingyun said,
"I didn't expect that Brother Dao would use the Lihuo Sword Sutra."

In fact, since the sword fight in Baiyujing, Zhou Qingyun has never used the Kanshui Sword Sutra in front of outsiders again. She felt guilty and she thought Cheng Xinzhan would despise her.

But Cheng Xinzhan didn't react to what Zhou Qingyun meant by this question at first. This is an immortal scripture, why wouldn't it be used?

However, he soon understood what Zhou Qingyun meant by this, and sighed. It is said that female cultivators are sensitive and have too many fantasies. This is absolutely true. He said directly,

"The tool is what people hold."

Zhou Qingyun was confused when she heard this. She thought that Cheng Xinzhan continued to practice the Lihuo Sword Sutra because he had let go of the grudge against Bai Yujing. However, she did not expect that Cheng Xinzhan only treated the immortal scripture as a tool. This sentence clearly meant that "the tool is neither good nor evil, it is the intention of the user that determines it."

Although she was flustered, she did not rush to refute, but thought for a while before saying,
"There are two great commandments in the world: one is destiny, the other is righteousness. A son's love for his parents is destiny, which cannot be forgiven; a student's service to his teacher is righteousness, and there is no place where he is not a teacher, and there is no escape between heaven and earth."

Cheng Xinzhan was very surprised when he heard this. He turned his head and glanced at Zhou Qingyun before saying,

"You also read the Nanhua Sutra?"

Zhou Qingyun nodded slightly, thinking that when they first met in Huangshan, he had noticed that he was fond of quoting scriptures when he spoke, but at that time he only knew how to practice swordsmanship and didn't know anything else, so he couldn't keep up with the conversation. Now he wouldn't make the same mistake. And he heard that he was now the Master of the Ten Thousand Dharmas in Sanqing Mountain, so if he quoted scriptures to him and told him his inner feelings and difficulties, he should be more willing to listen.

And what happened next was just as the woman expected. Cheng Xinzhan's tone was much better, and he spoke with a serious tone. He said slowly,
"The classics contain profound meanings. You must read the whole book and make dialectical judgments. It is true that you should respect your teacher, but you should also respect the Tao. You are reading the "Human World Chapter". The "Nanhua Jing - Heaven and Earth Chapter" also says:

"A filial son does not flatter his parents, and a good student does not flatter his teacher. This is the virtue of a son and a student. If a parent says something that is true and does something good, then the world will call him an unfilial son; if a teacher says something that is true and does something good, then the world will call him an unfilial student."

Zhou Qingyun is quick to follow good advice.
"Brother Dao, what you said is absolutely right. At that time, I was young and focused more on cultivation than on the truth. I did something wrong and felt uneasy afterwards. It was only after I read many scriptures that I began to repent."

It was after so many years that Zhou Qingyun finally had the opportunity to speak his mind and admit his mistakes.

Cheng Xinzhan sighed in his heart when he heard this. No one is perfect. Although this woman made mistakes, she had no choice at that time. The sages made it clear, but it was difficult to do it. Moreover, this woman came thousands of miles from Fuxia Lake to help, and she was also trying to make up for her mistakes that day. She was not a hopeless person.

So he came here as well.

“Only when winter comes do we realize that pine and cypress are the last to wither.”

Cheng Xinzhan said.

Zhou Qingyun smiled, as bright as the morning glow.

At that time, the night ended and the day began to dawn in the east, and the road was bright.

"Be like the light!"

At this moment, Ye Yuanjing suddenly shouted from the cloud. Cheng Xinzhan looked up and saw that the flying sword that Ye Yuanjing had offered suddenly turned into thousands of sword threads.

However, this sword move was very different from the previous one, "Cloud Locking Thousand Peaks". The sword threads of "Cloud Locking Thousand Peaks" were like wind and fog, sweeping across the world and penetrating every hole. But at this time, the thousands of sword threads were emitting infinite light, blending into the bright light of the sunrise, making it impossible to distinguish and impossible to defend against.

Cheng Xinzhan only took a glance and felt as if a sword was piercing his eyes, so he quickly looked away.

"what--"

Immediately afterwards, another scream of pain was heard from the clouds.

Then, blood clouds rolled up and retreated to the north bank of the river. Then, Yu Jiaoniang said,
"Old Taoist nun, you took the initiative today. Let's see if you can be so lucky tomorrow! Retreat!"

As the blood cloud moved north, the demons who were besieging Jiange on the river also flew into the blood cloud and left.

The demon came quickly and left quickly. In the blink of an eye, the blood and energy dissipated and the sky became clear. In the river, the yellow and white water that had been mixed together by the aftermath of the battle separated again, as clear as the river.

When the people in Baihe Sword Pavilion saw the demon going away, they cheered.

At this moment, Ye Yuanjing waved his sleeves, and all the white clouds in the sky went into his sleeves, and the sky and the earth became empty.

Cheng Xinzhan thought to himself, "As expected." It was indeed the "Yangming Yuntang Gang".

Ye Yuanjing put away the white cloud and the flying sword, and flew to the side of Zhou Qingyun and Cheng Xinzhan. They both put away their magic weapons at this moment.

At this moment, Ye Yuanjing dispersed the bright cloud light, and Cheng Xinzhan was able to see the true face of this Kun Taoist.

He looked to be about forty years old, but had white hair like frost and snow, not stained by dust. He was wearing a robe with cloud patterns, as white as snow, with wide sleeves, and fluttering like flowing clouds in the wind.

His face was as white as jade, his eyebrows were like the crescent moon, sparse and stretched, and his eyes were clear, like the sun reflected in an autumn pond, warm and radiant.

"Fellow Taoist, you are polite."

Ye Yuanjing was the first to bow to Cheng Xinzhan.

Cheng Xinzhan returned the gift.

"The Taoist priest is polite."

At this time, because Ye Yuanjing and Zhou Qingyun were there, all the fighting cultivators from the Sword Pavilion and the independent cultivators and guests registered under the Sword Pavilion also gathered around. Among them, there were also many righteous people who passed by to provide support.

Ye Yuanjing glanced at Zhou Qingyun. Zhou Qingyun was now the master of Jiange, so he naturally knew what to do.

She looked around, bowed, and said,

"The demon sect attacked suddenly. Thanks to all of you fellow disciples and the heroes who came to help, we were able to repel the demon tide and save the Sword Pavilion. Qingyun would like to express his gratitude here. There are also magic weapons and scriptures in the pavilion. Please come in and rest for a while. I will give you a small gift later."

Many cultivators cheered. Although everyone knew that the one who would win the battle was always a high-ranking cultivator in the clouds, everyone was still very pleased with what Pavilion Master Zhou said at this moment, not to mention the reward. Everyone knew that Emei was never stingy with rewards.

At the same time, everyone's eyes lingered on Cheng Xinzhan. If there was another person to be mentioned in the Dingding Battle besides "Liuguang Feiyun" and "Qingsuo Sword", it would definitely be this unfamiliar man.

Not only did this man escape from Yu Jiao Niang's hands, he also killed the three sisters of the Tang family by himself, and scared away the monk Kongse, forcing him to cut off one of his arms. These are all famous demons. Who exactly is this man?
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Cheng Xinzhan felt it was difficult to remain polite, so he bowed and said,
"My fellow Taoists are polite. I am Yunlai Sanren. I hope you will give me more guidance in the future."

Everyone said they didn't dare. There were also people from Xichuan Jiange who came to help. They recognized Cheng Xinzhan at this moment. They also told the people around him about his record of killing demons, as well as the praise and admiration of Wanli Feihong Tong Yuanqi, Zui Junzi Yan Renying, and Wu Mei, the female Feixiong.

As a result, everyone looked at Cheng Xinzhan with increasingly different eyes.

After some polite words, the group went back to Jiange in twos and threes. Some people gathered together to drink and replay the battle just now; some people sat in meditation to heal their wounds and calm the surging magic power in their bodies.

Some people, with sad faces, did not even return to Jiange, but went to the river to fish out the bodies of their friends. There were also people who were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield, but they went to finish off the enemies and pick up the bodies, but we won't mention them.

At the invitation of Ye Yuanjing, Cheng Xinzhan came to the abode of this great cultivator together with Zhou Qingyun.

"The war is urgent, and I have not yet exchanged names with you. I am Ye Yuanjing, a native of Chuxiong, Yunnan, and my teacher is from Mount Emei. I am honored to meet you."

After everyone sat down, Ye Yuanjing was the first to introduce himself.

"Emeishan Zhou Qingyun, from Qingzhou Huangshan, Taoist fellow, greets you."

Zhou Qingyun followed up.

Cheng Xinzhan bowed and said,
"Greetings to my two Taoist friends. I am Yunlai Sanren, from Yicheng, Qingzhou. My master is a wandering Taoist priest with no sect or school. I also like to travel and have no fixed place to stay. I have only been in Xikang for a short time."

Ye Yuanjing was a little surprised and said,

"I saw that you were very good at thunder magic, and I thought you were from a great Eastern sect, but I didn't expect you to be a hermit. Your master must have had a great fate with the immortals. Could you please reveal your master's name? I have also been in Qingzhou for some time, so I may have heard of your name."

Cheng Xinzhan smiled and said,
"The master likes to hide himself and calls himself the nameless Taoist. Not many people have heard of him."

Ye Yuanjing knew that this was not convenient to reveal, so he stopped asking and changed the subject,

"When you came, you called Qingyun by name. Is there any old acquaintance?"

Cheng Xinzhan shook his head and explained,

"Everyone knows the famous Qingsuo Sword. Even if you don't know the person, you know the sword. I saw a demon was about to attack, so I just spoke out to warn him."

Zhou Qingyun also said at this time,
"I have never met Daoist Fellow Yunlai, but I have heard from Shoumei that Daoist Fellow Yunlai's Lihuo Sword Technique is very powerful."

"Oh?"

Ye Yuanjing looked over.

Cheng Xinzhan said,
"I came to Xikang while traveling, and I first met a few drinking buddies from Biyun Temple, and then I followed them to the heart of Xikang. Now I am a guest official in Xichuan Jiange."

Ye Yuanjing nodded, and after they had roughly known each other, she once again straightened her face and thanked him.
"Today's battle was won thanks to the timely assistance of fellow Daoist."

Cheng Xinzhan waved his hand and said,
"The reason why we defeated the enemy today is that the Taoist priest's magical power overwhelmed that witch. What I did was just icing on the cake."

Ye Yuanjing smiled and shook his head, explaining,
"You may not know this, fellow Daoist, but the witch you are talking about is an elder of the Blood God Cult, her name is Yu Wenjiao, nicknamed Jade Lady, and her cultivation has reached the seventh level of cleansing, which is much higher than mine."

Seven washes, no wonder, no wonder only one move made me feel a little overwhelmed. If he was only one head taller, then this Kun Dao should be six washes.

Cheng Xinzhan thought.

Ye Yuanjing continued,

"The witch you first killed with your thunder magic was called Tang Caiwei, and she was Yu Jiaoniang's apprentice. You destroyed her both physically and spiritually, so Yu Jiaoniang was naturally furious. She attacked you when she was confronting me, breaking your magic. That's how I seized the initiative.

"She was going to kill me. That 'Lieque Blood Divine Light' is a magical skill of the Blood God Cult. Only a Golden Core Elder can use it. It also consumes a lot of mana and energy, so I have the advantage."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded slightly. So that's how it is.

"Later, fellow Taoist had great magical powers and dissolved her blood, which backfired on her, allowing me to seize the opportunity to injure her with a sword. Later, fellow Taoist even killed her two remaining disciples, which completely confused her mind and made her attack unruly. This allowed me to take advantage of the right opportunity and severely injure her with a sword."

Ye Yuanjing looked at Cheng Xinzhan and said with a smile,

"In fact, it should be said that fellow Taoist and I worked together to deal with Yu Jiaoniang, and that's why we drove her away."

Cheng Xinzhan smiled. The man in front of her was also a senior cultivator of the Yuan generation of Emei. She did not expect him to be so humble and approachable. This was exactly what her last sword move that secured the victory was called.
Like light and dust.

Cheng Xinzhan replied,
"My achievements are insignificant, but the Taoist's sword is as quiet as a solitary cloud covering a mountain, and as deep as still water; it moves like clouds surging across the sky, vast and powerful. Seeing this, I have gained a lot."

Cheng Xinzhan's words were not a compliment, but rather hit the nail on the head, showing his high vision. Ye Yuanjing's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said to Zhou Qingyun,

"Qingyun, did you hear that? Fellow Daoist Yunlai has spoken from a high vantage point. His two sentences almost fully describe the essence of the Way of Sword Cloud. You are a practitioner of Sword Cloud, so you should be able to draw inferences from one instance to another. You should be able to gain some insights."

Zhou Qingyun glanced at Cheng Xinzhan and said,
"Every word from Daoist Fellow Yunlai is like pearls. Qingyun has made note of it. I hope Daoist Fellow Yunlai will be generous in giving me advice in the future."

(End of this chapter)