Since ancient times, the legend of the sword fairy has been spread in Shu.

And among these sword immortals who ride the wind and fight swords to punish demons, they are led by the disciples of Shushan.

Shushan Immortal Sword School, although its founding history is not as good as Kunlun and Penglai, but it is indeed recognized by the world as the "Sword Immortal Sect" - all the sword cultivation in the world is orthodox to the Shushan School, and the word "Fairy Sword School" is regarded as the official school name of the sword cultivation and the Fu Xiu School (Fu Zheng School) and the Dan Xiu School (Danding School).

I have to say that I can develop the name of my sect into the name of the school, not to mention the first major sect of the Daomen, the Kunlun faction known as the "Xuanmen Ancestral Garden", and looking at the various avenue schools in Shenzhou, it seems that only the Shushan faction has done it.

This can be said to be a unique and unique highlight of Shushan.

Of course, in addition to this, the position of Shushan in the ethereal sky, the real core of the Shushan faction, is also a highlight of the Shushan faction.

In the vast land of the ethereal sky and the vast ocean, it is impossible to see the figure of Lishu Mountain - she, this holy place of sword cultivation that makes the sword cultivation of the world feel more intimate, is directly built on the vast sea of clouds, floating in the vast sky of the "sky city".

However, putting aside the various auras of the Shushan faction itself, the head of Shushan who is about to cross the catastrophe is also an extremely rare genius of cultivation.

Cheng Yuzi, before entering the Tao, his surname was Xia, and his own strength is needless to say, and the flying sword "Blue Sea and Clear Sky" in his hand is also an extremely rare high-grade flying sword, and its wind and water characteristics are even more well-known in the monastic world.

And if you don't mention this Xia Zhenren, but the age and seniority of this head are also extremely amazing.

In the eyes of many uninformed people, since this Xia Master can become the first monk in the cultivation realm to survive the Nine Nine Tribulations, his years of cultivation must be very long, even if he is not the longest among the heads and elders of the various sects, he should still have three or five hundred years of Dao age.

It's a pity that this is just a misunderstanding only for some people who have no sect and no sect in the mountains and fields, as well as children who have just stepped into the path.

Cultivators always like to put the word "Taoism" on their lips, and Taoism is indeed one of the most important indicators to measure the level of a cultivator.

It is well known in the cultivation world that a cultivator's true element reserve is mana, which determines his staying power and endurance in battle, and Dao Xing refers to the degree of comprehension of the Dao. In other words, mana is quantity, and Dao Xing almost represents the level of the cultivator's realm, and is the quality of the cultivator—although in many cases, the realm and the Dao cannot be simply and rudely equated.

"It's a good way, it's a very good way. "The ethereal avenue makes the Tao itself that is closely related to him very mysterious. To this day, the cultivation realm has not been able to come up with a set of standards that are convincing to people of all factions. In many cases, people can only use the "years" as a unit to calculate the Tao Xing, that is, how many years a person has been practicing the Dao, then people will default to how many years he has had the Dao.

But in fact, the Tao and the Dao age are not completely synchronized, and the Tao may lag behind the growth of the Dao age, such as Jiang Ziya, this person who has been cultivating for decades and a god If he talks about actual cultivation, he will definitely not be the opponent of Lei Zhenzi and Nezha, these young people and young people;

Because if this "senior master" is only talking about age, let alone saying that he is in the cultivation realm, even the mortal world is not considered an "old-timer".

Two weeks ago, the disciples of the Shushan Sect had just finished their fifty-ninth birthday held for their own head of the sect.

Fifty-nine years old!

This can't be regarded as a long-lived age in the mortal world, let alone the half-immortals in the cultivation realm who have to calculate their time in "years" or even "jiazi" for their retreats and mental comprehension. In fact, the heads of the major factions who are commensurate with Cheng Yuzi's "Dao Brother" and "Dao Friend" on weekdays are all the predecessors of the Shushan faction, that is, the same era as Cheng Yuzi's mentor.

Xia Chengyu is also a genius in the sky.

Of course, Qin Yingwu directly avoided the Heavenly Tribulation and became an immortal in the Olympus Sanctuary outside the Huaxia Cultivation Realm, and the cultivators who were far away in Middle-earth didn't know anything about it, otherwise, a hairy boy who was not even twenty years old and had not even entered the Dao for ten years could become an immortal (and he would have become a golden immortal directly...... That's really, I really don't know what kind of face these cultivation giants have to continue their Dao Path Immortal Industry......

But in any case, Xia Chengyu, who entered the Tao at the age of seven and has practiced for fifty-two years, can indeed afford the word "genius".

The sea of clouds is vast, and the fairy mist is shrouded. On the beautiful scenery of Lishu Mountain, also known as the "Flying Wild Goose Cliff", Xia Chengyu was dressed in a refined Taoist uniform, and his hands were long and jade. The young face that has shaved off the long beard that has grown since he became the head of the house even looks a little young and immature like a young man. However, people saw in his face a calmness and calmness that was extremely incommensurate with his appearance, even if he was about to face the ninety-nine calamities that the cultivators heard about and talked about.

And on the observation deck near the Flying Goose Cliff, it is crowded with people and lively.

The heads of the Kunlun faction, the Penglai faction, and the core elders of the Kunlun faction, the Penglai faction, and the "Nine Sects of the Manifest World" (the lower three sects: Longhu Mountain Heavenly Master Dao, Maoshan Shangqing Palace, Quanzhen Longmen Sect, Luofu Danxian Gate, Weiyu Misty Peak, Laoshan Taoist School, Wudang Sanfeng Sect, Soap Pavilion Lingbao Sect and Wutai Mountain Fanyin Temple) were all present, and many well-known loose cultivators and scattered immortals also appeared. Obviously, in the face of such a grand event, even their famous predecessors were very excited, and now they are getting together in twos and threes, discussing the upcoming catastrophe with each other.

Suddenly, several black clouds and green light fell, and everyone present became a little unnatural.

This time, it was the people of the evil sect and the representatives of the demon clan who came.

Although good and evil have not been separated since ancient times, since modern times, exchanges between countries have become common and frequent. The internal struggle within the cultivation realm has gradually eased due to the pressure brought by external forces, because they live in the same land, so whether they are good or evil, they have the obligation to protect, and even the demon clan, which can't fight with the human monks, has also proposed a truce.

As a result, an alliance called "Huaxia Dao Alliance" appeared.

The righteous path has let go of the crusade against the evil sect and the demon clan, and the major forces that have always been against the righteous path have also learned to restrain their subordinates, and they are no longer as unscrupulous as before.

Cooperation is cooperation, and relaxation is ease, but the grievances and grievances of the three forces over the years are not so easy to write off. In short, the situation in the Xiuzhen Realm is generally easing, but local and small-scale frictions still exist.

Therefore, when the Shushan faction issued a post to invite all factions to come to watch the ceremony, they struggled for a long time on the issue of whether to invite the evil sect and the demon clan.

Shushan sword cultivation, with the sword into the Tao, the body and the sword are one, in addition to the daily Taoism, spell cultivation, will also practice swordsmanship, not simply sacrifice the flying sword to resist the enemy. Therefore, compared with the cultivators of the Fu Zheng School and the Danding School, they are naturally a little more vigorous and heroic.

However, as the so-called "chivalry violates the ban with martial arts", although Han Feizi who said this is not a person from the Xuanmen, his words also unexpectedly broke the characteristics of those who enter the Tao with martial arts, especially sword cultivation.

Most of the people who practice martial arts are vigorous and strong, and the sword cultivation emphasizes that the "qi", "heart" and "god" of the sword in the hand are compatible, so that "the three links of the human sword and the sword are compatible". This requires cultivators not only to practice, know, and understand swords, but also to enable themselves to possess the "characteristics of the sword"—this is what the ancients often called "sword heart" and "sword spirit".

"Kill decisively, have no distractions", these are the eight words that every sword cultivator must remember in his heart.

Therefore, whether it is a practice or dealing with people on weekdays, sword cultivation is the most avoidable and indecisive.

Therefore, while other sects may still be able to turn a blind eye to these "demons and evils" in the past in the spirit of "God has the virtue of a good life" and "friendship of compatriots", the sword cultivation disciples led by Shushan still have friction with these forces from time to time.

In the end, although Shushan invited these forces on the grounds of "friendship of compatriots" and "no predecessor Danone can fly to the upper realm for too long, regardless of the human race or the demon race", it was still a little awkward when the three parties of good, evil and demon met.

At this moment, an old man came here without everyone knowing.

Although, this old man is really a little unkempt, a simple Taoist robe is tattered and messy, and it is so sloppy that he can't see the original color.

But no matter which of the forces of the three parties of good, evil, and demons - including Xia Chengyu, who was preparing to meet the Ninety-Nine Tribulation in the magic circle that had been arranged in advance, they all expressed their respect for this sloppy old man at the first time, from the bottom of their hearts, without the slightest deception and reluctance.

The old man has a majestic figure, a turtle-shaped crane back, big ears and round eyes, and a beard like a halberd. In every move, he has a unique temperament.

However, everyone present did not respect him because of this, or rather, just the name of this old man was enough to make them admire.

This old man has many titles, among them, the most well-known is Zhang Sanfeng.

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Exegesis:

Note (1): "Chivalry is forbidden by martial arts" comes from the "Five Worms" by Han Feizi, a master of pre-Qin legalism. The original sentence is: "Confucianism is chaotic with literature, and chivalry is forbidden with martial arts."