Chapter 580: Guan Xi
Although this young Taoist priest from Wudang Mountain is mediocre in appearance, his strength is indeed not to be underestimated, and Wudang Mountain sent him to participate in the promotion, and he naturally has a power in his hands that is difficult for ordinary people to surpass.
"You rescued my son-in-law, count me as orange and owe you a favor, the bull-nosed Taoist priest of Wudang Mountain. Orange Hong regained the style she had when she saw Bai Chonglou before, and snorted coldly.
Bai Chonglou nodded with a smile.
The three of them said as they walked, and after walking out of a narrow path next to the mountain road, their vision became cheerful in a blink of an eye.
In front of me, there were patches of simple wooden huts, similar to the dwellings built by farmers who raised chickens and ducks on the outskirts of Luoyang, and the smell of food wafted from these simple huts.
This mountain is the temporary residence of Longhu Mountain specially for the participants who go up the mountain, and also invited the innkeeper under the mountain to go up the mountain to entertain the participants, although the sparrow is small, the five organs are complete, as for the participants of Longfusheng's identity, even if they go to Longhu Mountain, they will not come to this kind of place to eat, drink and stay, and stay in the luxurious Taoist hall specially arranged by the Taoist priest on the mountain, with all kinds of wine and food, where will come to this kind of place where the fireworks are extremely strong.
Chu Xianzhao hadn't eaten anything this day, and the gluttonous worms in his stomach were hooked by the aroma of food, and he thought that his mother's daughter would not sit in the hall, so he walked into it with orange red and white heavy buildings.
There are many participants and people who go up the mountain to watch the game drinking and chatting, loudly discussing how today's event will go, and there are probably heroic people who guide the country.
I don't know why, Chu Xianzhao always felt that this kind of popular place made him feel more comfortable than staying in the Dayin Palace, maybe he was a restless child since he was a child, he looked very well-behaved, but in fact, he always wanted others to pay more attention to him when he had a bad stomach, and later after becoming the high-profile His Royal Highness, he began to miss the days when he fed fish by the carp pond with Su Changyan when he was a child.
The green leaves above their heads were so green that they seemed to be able to drip down, the breeze rustled through the leaves, no one would come to destroy his little world, everything was so calm and peaceful, safe and happy.
It's ridiculous to say, he once held so much power in his hands, and everyone would shout out in awe when they saw him, His Royal Highness, just like looking at His Majesty the Emperor who was above ten thousand people.
But he didn't like this power at all, the fish pond he missed and the girl who squatted on the edge of the pond to feed the fish.
Orange Hong looked at the men who were drinking with their fists, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's really noisy." β
"It's noisy, but it's also real. β
Now for Chu Xianzhao, the most real thing is the big pot of white rice that was brought to the table, and a plate of steamed crucian carp plus a plate of roast beef and the most ordinary boiled vegetables.
Compared with those illusory powers of power, these foods, which often appear in ordinary people's three meals a day, are full of unspeakable temptations to him at this time.
The taste of the meal was very good, Chu Xianzhao gobbled up a bowl after he used chopsticks to pluck it a few times, orange red chewed slowly and looked at Chu Xianzhao with a smile on his face, the affectionate gaze seemed to be looking at his intended person, and from time to time when he fed him roast beef with a wooden chopstick, the envy of the participants sitting around them gradually turned into jealousy.
Bai Chonglou ate two bites of side dishes, so he didn't move his chopsticks much, and looked at the sky thoughtfully.
"Bai Daochang, you're so tired after a day's fighting, you can eat a little bit. Chu instantly summoned Bai Chonglou to stop eating the chopsticks, so he thought that he had something on his mind, and he also put down the chopsticks.
Bai Chonglou said: "God is full of sleep, and he is full of energy and does not think of food. β
Chu Xianzhao didn't care about the gazes that fell on him, and asked with a smile: "You people in Wudang Mountain really practice until you don't eat for the rest of your life?"
Bai Chonglou shook his head and said: "The master once told Xiaodao that cultivating the Tao is ordinary, what is ordinary, is not to commit the crime of seven injuries, one of which is not to leak the opportunity to damage the Tao, if you commit this precept, even if you are talented, it is difficult to reach the sky, and there is no chance to become an immortal, but Xiaodao does not expect to be in the immortal class, this time I came down the mountain to participate in the martial arts, in addition to receiving the master's life to get the Qimen big urn, I hope to see a person, to see if that person is worthy of the world's trust." After the end of the martial arts move, compared to returning to Wudang, Xiaodao hopes to walk the rivers and lakes incognito like his ancestor Li Guangquan, to smooth the difficult personnel in the world, and to smooth the difficulties and accumulate virtues. β
Chu Xianzhao asked with a smile: "Who are you going to come to Longhu Mountain to meet, you are so mysterious." β
Bai Chonglou shook his head and said apologetically: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, Chonglou can see that person, and that person will also meet Chonglou." β
Chu Xianzhao thought for a moment and asked, "Heavenly Machine?"
Bai Chonglou nodded, not explaining anything.
Chu Xianzhao was silent.
Bai Chonglou didn't know how to warm up, and continued: "Tang Gongzi wants to know what kind of divine weapon Qimen Daqi is?"
After Chu Xianzhao and Tang Hong glanced at each other, he said with a solemn expression: "Can Bai Dao Chang solve my confusion for me?"
"Does Tang Gongzi know what the Dao of Heaven is?"
"Heavenly Dao?"
"Discarding the obscure explanations of the Heavenly Dao by various sects and simplifying it, the Heavenly Dao can be explained as the law of movement and change of heaven and earth. The essence of meteorology, the essence of qi and machinery, the laws of nature, the realm of principles, etc., refer to the Tao that operates all eternity, that is, the rules of all things, the truth of all things, and everything has certain rules, which is the way of heaven. β
"But the way of heaven also has loopholes, no
It is only the Qimen spell, whether it is all the super-superior martial arts in the world, or the changes in the spells other than the Qimen, they are all taking advantage of the loopholes of the Heavenly Dao to steal the power of the heavens and the earth with the body of mortals, and this method is not allowed by the Heavenly Dao, whether it is the heavenly principles they snooped on or the power they stole to obtain, the more powerful the power, the easier it is to cause the wrath of the heavens, and the ninefold heavenly thunder that became immortals is also like that, as for those warlocks who practice the laws of Qimen, the lifespan of those warlocks who practice the laws of Qimen will not be too long, because they have seen too many things that should not be seen, and they have become thieves who steal the sky, mortals don't like thieves, and the same is true of the way of heavenγ β
Chu Xianzhao grasped the key point, and suddenly asked, "Heavenly Dao is a living creature?"
Bai Chonglou explained: "The way of heaven does not have the concept of life and death, it is beyond the scope of time and space, movement and cause and effect and other empirical categories, and is an absolute existence that is invisible, inaudible, unspeakable, and inconceivable. β
"Fire can burn wood, this is the rule given to fire by the way of heaven...... Or power, but what can be given can be taken back, or changed. β
Chu Xianzhao said with a solemn expression: "What do you mean, Bai Dao Chief......"
Bai Chonglou was shocked and said: "The Qimen Great Basket can allow the holder to completely break it, and even change the power of these rules, in the Qimen game set by the holder, whether it is the change of space or the passage of time, or even the four plates of mutual restraint, you can use the power of this divine weapon to change, even the same is true of the king's weather and the luck of heaven and earth, they are all immutable rules in the same game, and the Qimen Great Urn can change this rule and realize the true power of heaven and earth!"
Chu Xianzhao and Orange Hong glanced at each other, and it was difficult to hide the shock in each other's eyes.
No wonder the mysterious man named Ge Ping told him that as long as he got that Qimen Great Urn, he could help him awaken the king's breath in his body and let him return to his former peak state.
Heaven and earth work together...... These four words completely blurred the boundary between mortals and gods, making every participant who went to Longhu Mountain yearn for this power, compared to this power, the title of Wu Zhuangyuan was really not worth mentioning.
If you want to get the Qimen Great Basket, you must stand out among the nearly 1,000 people, Chu Xianzhao is confident that he can enter the top ten with his own strength, even with the help of Orange Hong, if he wants to get that Qimen Great Urn, at least he has to reach the finals in the martial arts, then he has to keep winning, and he can't lose a single one.
In addition to Long Fusheng, who regarded himself as an enemy, his opponent could also be the Wudang Taoist priest in front of him who had saved him, thinking that there might be a battle between the two, Chu Xianzhao would inevitably have some pressure in his heart, but no matter what, he had to get that Qimen big pot and reawaken the king's breath in his body.
Zhang Huairou, Li Duzun, Long Fusheng, and even Bai Chonglou, who was particularly friendly to him, these outstanding young people in the Southern Continent, they all stood on the martial arts field with their own goals, or expectations behind them, these people will be his potential strong enemies, and I believe they also think so about themselves.
The rest time of the previous night on Dragon Tiger Mountain passed quickly, and the second round of martial arts competition was coming, and the first competition could eliminate all those who came to fish in troubled waters, and the strength of the remaining more than 300 people was very strong, but the atmosphere was more tense and depressing than the atmosphere of the previous four-person battle.
The rules of the second competition are basically the same as the first one, and it is also carried out in the form of a lottery, the name of the opponent will be written on the stick, and the participants who win this round will be eligible to enter the spring and autumn land for another big selection, and then in the fourth round of the final battle, the same draw will be carried out, as for what kind of opponent the participants will match, it is completely left to God to arrange.
Before the start of the martial arts competition, the first thing to do is to draw lots, in fact, from a certain point of view, the opponent drawn by lottery is more critical than the battle itself, and there is also a relationship between the world's martial arts, if in the case of the same strength, a boxer draws a duel with a swordsman, even if the tough body is difficult to resist the slashing of the sword, unless it is a particularly large difference in strength, the boxer has a chance to win the swordsman, and can draw a relatively weak opponent, which is equivalent to being able to pass this round directly.
Chu Xianzhao took out a note from the box, unfolded it, glanced at it, and slowly read, "Qi Xuanbin, what is the origin of this person?"
"Qi Xuanbin, you actually drew Qi Xuanbin!" someone probed over and exclaimed, even with a gloating smile.
Chu Xianzhao looked puzzled and said, "Who is this person, is it a big deal?"
No one present wanted to face Long Fusheng or Zhang Huairou, let alone this witch named Qi Xuanbin.
Someone came over and explained: "Witch Master Qi Xuanbin, this person is powerful, his family's ancestral secret method of sending spirits can extract souls from the bodies of dead things, forcibly make them obey and use them for their own use, and can invite multiple souls on their bodies at the same time to attack the opponent's souls." The few people who fought against him have not yet woken up like the living dead, and they may have to wait a few days for the soul to return to their bodies. β
Hearing this, Chu Xianzhao's face did not change, but his mood became a little bad, and he muttered in a low voice: "Soul attack?
This is good, whether it is his swordsmanship or physical skills, it is destined to have no advantage in him, maybe only a talisman master or a Qimen warlock can fight with it, it seems that after yesterday's victory without a fight, today's luck is really bad.
"Did you see the man in black, he was Qi Xuanbin.
β
Chu Xianzhao looked in the direction that the man was pointing and saw the man who was only wearing a black single robe, with sleeves large enough to cover his palms, like the wings of a crow.
The man named Qi Xuanbin was very thin, but definitely not weak, and there was some cynical coldness in his eyes.
At the same time that Chu instantly summoned him, he also cast his gaze over and said with his lips: "You can't beat me." β
When he said this, his tone was extremely calm, even to the point of indifference, but Chu Xianzhao could hear a sense of imperative from his words.
Tangerine Hong looked at Chu Xianzhao and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, feeling that Shaojun was actually a man who didn't need too much nagging from women, he could do a lot of things well by himself, and even the sword went off the rails to the point that no one knew, even she couldn't see what was hidden in the heart of this man who was as white as snow?
Perhaps an extremely powerful force...... Or maybe it's nothing.
Finally, she asked a question: "Shaojun, do you need my help to get rid of him?"
Chu Xianzhao thought for a while, and said to Orange Hong: "No need, just let me fight him in a dignified manner." β
"But that person is very dangerous, and Childe is not familiar with his abilities, otherwise ......"
Chu Xianzhao smiled, stood on tiptoe and reached out to touch her head, and said, "I'm more worried about your safety than my safety, you are General Tangerine's daughter." β
"But I'm just a worthless illegitimate daughter. Orange blushed and looked at him with a stupid look in her eyes.
Chu Xianzhao shook his head and said, "You are a woman, I am a man, it is a matter of course for a man to protect a woman, so there is such a thing as you." β
Orange Red bit her red lip and lowered her head, staring at the tips of Chu Xianzhao's boots, her mind was extremely confused, and the temperature from the palm above her head was very comfortable.
At this moment, Bai Chonglou also came over, patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry Tang Gongzi, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, there seems to be someone over there who opened a bet, Xiaodao saw Tang Gongzi's name also appeared on it, do you want to go over and have a look?"
Chu Xianzhao and Tang Hong glanced at each other, followed Bai Chonglou over, and found that a large wooden plaque had been erected in front of the Wanfa Sect Altar, and the names were densely written on it with small seals.
It was a girl in a white coat, standing under the wooden sign and surrounded by a large group of people holding silver tickets, shouting like a little money fan: "Buy and leave, fake one to pay ten, you can bet on your own win!"
The girl was no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, but her tone of voice was like an old gambler in a casino, and a white and almost transparent hand was raised high, "Let me ask again, is there anyone else who wants to buy it?"
"I'll buy Zhang Huairou!"
"I buy ......"
The black crowd surrounded her, and the girl stood under the gambling list with a heavy bag in her hand.
"It's all on Gongsun Qingli!" a fat man with a meaty face squeezed over and shouted while holding up the ticket.
The girl stretched out her hand and snatched the silver ticket in his hand and quickly counted it, and then gave him a wooden plaque with the name of Gongsun Qingli written on it, and said with a roll of her eyes: "You fool really has so much money that you have nowhere to spend it, you will lose if you buy that demon girl!"
"What are you doing?"
Chu Xianzhao squeezed through the crowd and looked at the Dao-robed girl with a double ponytail, and after the other party recognized him, he pointed at himself with his thumb and smiled: "Tang Gongzi, do you remember me? β
"It's you, your name is ......"
Chu Xianzhao remembered the quirky girl, looking at the wooden board behind her that was full of the names of the participants, many of which she had crossed out with a red pen, and the odds of those names that had not been crossed out were written behind them.
The girl's eyes lit up, and she said proudly: "My name is Zhang Changsheng, my father is Zhang Xuande, the Great Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, you should have seen him yesterday." β
Chu Xianzhao said thoughtfully: "Oh, Zhang Xuande is your father, I really didn't expect it." β
There is a father who is the Great Heavenly Master of Dragon and Tiger Mountain behind her, no wonder she is so bold that she dares to open a casino in front of the Ten Thousand Laws Sect.
Chu Xianzhao looked up from below, and when he saw his name, he couldn't help but look at him, and said with a wry smile: "One loss of five hundred, how much do you dislike me." β
Zhang Changsheng put his arms around his shoulders without notice, and grinned: "Hmph, who made you the first person in the history of martial arts to defeat an opponent with his mouth, I naturally have to raise your odds, what if I lose money?" Hey, you give me a thorough understanding of how strong your true level is, so that I can copy their bottom and give you a little money when the time comes." β
Chu Xianzhao didn't care about her elves being weird, looking at the names on the top of the wooden card, and muttered.
"Li Duzun, one pays seven. β
"Long Fusheng, one pays five ......"
"Zhang Huairou, one pays three. β
Guan Xi ...... One to one?!"
Chu Xianzhao was surprised: "Who is this person named Guan Xi, why are the odds of this person so low?"
Zhang Changsheng smiled and said: "Oh, you said her, I don't know who she is, anyway, she is a woman with a double sword, with a mask on her face, and she has no background power, but she is the biggest dark horse in this martial arts." β