34. Seven years later
The three sword-like boulders outside the Valley of the Buried Swords were still standing, but flames had already burned on the altar beneath the boulders. These flames were unusually golden, and while they didn't radiate heat around them, if something fell into the fire, they would disappear in an instant.
It was a quenching flame that could only be used in the sword forging vein in the Valley of the Buried Sword, and the blades forged by this flame would leave a golden film of extreme toughness on the blade. It is not usually visible to the naked eye, but when it is in the sun, it will look particularly dazzling. And now these quenching flames are not raised for the purpose of forging swords, but it means that the gate of the Burial Sword Valley is open.
It has been three days since the opening of the Burial Sword Valley, and when the sun sets today, the Burial Sword Valley will be closed again. At this time, the sun has gradually turned west, so there are not a few people who come to watch the peaks and wait for the results.
The result they were waiting for was the ranking list of this trip to the Valley of the Buried Sword.
Although the main purpose of entering the valley is to find a blade to take advantage of, because of the gathering of a large number of ownerless weapons in the Burial Sword Valley, it often attracts a lot of fierce beasts and monsters to gather, coupled with the spirit beast formation that guards some of the treasures, it makes the trip to the valley more like an all-round trial. After all, most of the new disciples of the Taihua Immortal Sect had their first chance to fight here.
Since it is a trial, it is inevitable that there will be comparisons. At first, it was just a private competition between the peaks, but over time, it simply became a competition on the surface. Every time the Burial Sword Valley is closed, there will be a list of disciples who enter this time. The list is called Qingyun List, which takes the meaning of Qingyun Zhisheng, and the list of the top 50 is announced, and the results are judged according to the disciples' table in the Burial Sword Valley. The top 50 people will naturally get corresponding rewards, but the most interesting point for everyone is the Qingyun List itself.
This is the result of the first strength verification of the inner disciples, and it is of extraordinary significance.
"The one hundred and thirty-fourth opening of the Burial Sword Valley, the number of disciples who entered the valley this time is more than seven hundred people: one hundred people from Longshou Peak, two hundred people from White Dragon Peak, two hundred people from Jade Dragon Peak, three hundred people from Canglong Peak, plus Thousand Han Peak...... One person. β
"You say, who will be the top of the Qingyun List this time?" Lu Ren, a disciple of Long Shoufeng, finished reading the number of people in the row on the bulletin board that was about to be released, and then turned around and chatted with the senior brothers and sisters who came with him, as for the junior brothers and sisters, most of them were one of the new disciples who entered the valley. This time, everyone came over, in addition to taking a look at the results of the Qingyun List, but also to cheer up the little junior brothers and sisters who have just started.
A male disciple of Canglong Peak next to him didn't think about it, so he said: "Do you still need to think about it, the top ten of the Qingyun List every year must be from Canglong Peak, and even the top fifty have nearly half of the disciples of Canglong Peak." β
"But not necessarily this year, isn't there a new disciple on Qianhan Peak's side? The last time I heard Senior Brother say that the swordsmanship he learned was different from ours, and it wasn't even one of Taihua's eighty-one sword techniques, but the 'Broken Immortal' used by Uncle Moji. This time it was a female disciple who spoke, and you could clearly see that her eyes lit up slightly when she mentioned Mo Ji.
"I've also heard that he was already building the foundation less than a year after he started. After that, he broke through at the rate of one layer per year, and this year he has reached the seventh layer of foundation building, which is really fast, and even the most talented disciple of our Canglong Peak this year can't compare to it. β
"Seven floors of foundation? How old is he this year? β
"Seventeen, right? I remember when he started building the foundation, he was just 10 years old. The person who said this thought for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed a little, "Ah, if it goes on at this rate, won't he be able to marry before the age of twenty?" β
"What nonsense! There are so few people who can't break through the Jindan realm in their lifetime, even if they are ten percent full of spiritual qualifications, most of them need more than ten years to break through the Jindan realm from the ninth layer of the foundation, how can it be as easy as you say. An extremely strict sΓΉ came lightly, and the originally lively crowd suddenly quieted down. The man who came in front of him was dressed in blue and white clothes, obviously looking about the same age as everyone else, but his sword eyebrows showed a bit of majesty.
"Senior brother......" Lu Ren, who was still listening to the joy just now, obediently shut up after shouting these three words. Not only the disciples of Longshoufeng, but even the disciples of other peaks knew that Qin Ning, the senior brother of Longshoufeng, was a very terrifying person. It's not that he has a bad temper, it's that he likes to punish people for copying books......
Copying books in the Immortal Cultivation Sect is not that simple. There are 365 articles in the most introductory "Guiding Tao Sutra" alone, and since it is a punishment, no calligraphy spiritual power is naturally allowed to be used. It's scary enough to copy it by hand, not to mention that the number of punishments is usually three times or more.
It's enough to think about it.
"Although you are a disciple of Uncle Moyong, you should not destroy your prestige."
"Yes, big brother." The disciples of Long Shoufeng exchanged a few glances in private, and turned around in the direction of the mouth of the Burial Sword Valley very tacitly, obediently waiting for the results of this list to be announced.
Although it is said that the valley will officially close after sunset, some people come out early. Every time a person comes out of the valley, his name will appear on the originally blank Qingyun list, and if the person who comes out later has higher grades, then the list on the list will change.
As the sun sits lower and lower, more and more people go out of the valley. Originally, there were many disciples from previous years gathered outside the valley, and at this time, with this group of new disciples who had just come out of the valley, it was even more lively. The names on the Qingyun list are almost full, and there are only a few vacant seats left, generally speaking, this list is similar to previous years, and the people on the list are generally disciples of Longshou Peak.
[Longshoufeng, Lin Chuxia, seventeenth. γ
[Bai Longfeng, Su Qiong, twenty-first. γ
[Bailongfeng, Baizhu, eighth place. γ
Bai Zhu and Su Qiong, who came out of the valley almost at the same time, stood aside and glanced at each other. In the end, Su Qiong raised her hand and said reluctantly: "Congratulations to Senior Brother Bai." β
Even as the saying goes, the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, but Su Qiong's arrogance of the little master has really been worn down a lot in the past seven years. After all, the matter of the disciples below Jin Dan on Bailong Peak is basically the final word of Baizhu, and Su Qiong has not been beaten less over the years. Later, as he got older, he also realized that he was not the top in the Taihua Immortal Sect, so he also settled down a lot
"That's not necessary." Baizhu retracted his gaze, and praised him politely, "Your grades are also good." β
"Hey, hey, hey! This year's top ten actually entered the disciples of other peaks? Lu Ren looked at the words that came out of the last line, quite incredulous. However, as soon as he finished saying this, as if he remembered something, he silently glanced at the senior brother Qin Ning next to him, and quickly covered his mouth.
Qin Ning's sword eyebrows furrowed slightly, the disciples of Longshou Peak occupied the top ten of the Qingyun List every year, but this time he was actually squeezed in by Bailong Peak?
"This Burial Sword Valley trial has ended, is there anyone who hasn't come out?" The disciple of the Sword Forging Lineage, who had lived in the valley for generations, glanced at the sundial and shouted to the crowd, "If they are all out of the valley, I will close the valley gate." β
"Wait!" A somewhat cold tone came, and I saw the young man in blue and white stepping lightly and jumping out of the valley.
Even the uniform clothing of the disciples of the Taihua Immortal Sect showed a unique temperament on the young man. He was slender and tall, looking a little thin because he had just grown up, and a silver-edged water-blue belt lined his waist and hip line perfectly. Looking up at the young face, the dark eyes are deep, the lips are light, and there is a snow-like white hair, which makes the cinnabar between the eyebrows extremely conspicuous.
In the young man's hand was a plain wooden sword, but in his hand there was a star-like streamer, which attracted people's attention unconsciously.
[Qian Hanfeng, Gu Ziyan, first place. γ
A line of golden fonts flashed on the Qingyun list, instantly squeezing all the previous rankings down one place.
The impact of this change was not small, and there was an uproar in the crowd of onlookers, even Lu Ren, who had consciously shut up before, couldn't help but whisper to his fellow doormates: "Senior sister is really prescient, and he is really at the top of the list." β
"Yes, and he is worthy of being a disciple of Uncle Moji. Not only is the cultivation great, but this appearance is really good-looking...... I don't think anyone on our Dragon Head Peak can compare to him. Senior Sister secretly glanced at Gu Ziyan, couldn't help blushing, and then covered her mouth and laughed.
"Ahem."
Yan SΓΉ coughed with some embarrassment, and Lu Ren and Senior Sister hurriedly pretended not to say anything and continued to look at the list.
Gu Ziyan was the last to go out of the valley, but he won the first place. In this way, everyone couldn't help but wonder, what kind of divine weapon did he get from the Burial Sword Valley?
"You're not afraid that you'll be locked up inside, and after so long, what good things have you taken?" Baizhu looked Gu Ziyan up and down, and after making sure that he was not injured, he couldn't help but be curious.
Gu Ziyan smiled lightly and reached out to take down an umbrella from behind his back.
At this time, everyone noticed that when he came out of the Valley of the Buried Sword, he was carrying an umbrella behind his back. However, because this umbrella is also blue and white, it is very similar to the color of the clothes, so it is not easy to see.
What Gu Ziyan held in his hand was a delicate umbrella with silver umbrella bones and aqua blue satin. One side of the umbrella is embellished with a chance of translucent tulle, which is light and feminine, but beautiful is beautiful, but can it really be called a blade? It looked so beautiful and fragile that it seemed to be able to tear it apart with your hands.
"What is this?" Baizhu was also a little puzzled, and he tried to reach out and touch it, but this umbrella was the same as an ordinary umbrella, there was no difference.
In this puzzled look, Gu Ziyan smiled silently, and then he stretched out his hand to open the "umbrella" and said, "The name of this umbrella is called Xinghe." β
The moment the umbrella was opened, the night stars painted on the satin lit up in an instant, and they were in harmony with the frequency of human breathing, and a milky way unfolded in front of them. The tulle, which had been used as a decoration, suddenly looked like a skirt made of tulle, and bunches spread all around the umbrella. Gu Ziyan let go of the hand holding the handle of the umbrella, and the dream-like galaxy slowly rose, and the tulle dragged to the ground for a long time, slowly fluttering with the rotation of the umbrella.
In the light veil, the young man's white clothes are faint, like an illusion.
Speaking of the name "Galaxy", those who have heard the stories circulating on the Nine Heavens Continent will definitely not be unfamiliar. Legend has it that this is a treasure created by the patriarch of Kiyogaki when he was young, for the people he longed for day and night. Once this thing is unfolded, it shines like a galaxy of stars, and the seemingly gentle tulle on the umbrella is actually woven from the tail of a phoenix, which can resist and dissolve extremely strong damage. If there is a name in the entire Nine Heavens Continent's defensive magic weapons, "Xinghe" will definitely be ranked in the top three, if not the first.
At least so far, I have not heard of anyone who can break through the defenses of the "galaxy".
It was only after the death of the owner of this "galaxy" that this magical umbrella disappeared. And the reason why Gu Ziyan knew its whereabouts was entirely because there was an occasional mention in "Nine Days" - "Xinghe" was left in the belly of the black python in the deepest part of the Burial Sword Valley.
Although there are not a few divine weapons in the Burial Sword Valley, Gu Ziyan already has an ancient fierce sword like Chixiao in his hand, which is already approaching the top of the offensive magic weapons, and what he lacks more is the defensive power of the "galaxy" in comparison. Although he had learned the absolute defense of Zhenshanhe, after all, Zhenshanhe's time was only eight seconds, and the cooldown time was too long, so it was not enough at all in many cases.
Moreover, he knew that there was no spirit in the "galaxy", and the soul of the snow phoenix that was integrated into it when it was cast had long since disappeared with the death of its owner. And the Chixiao Red Lotus Sword Spirit, which happened to exist in Gu Ziyan's Sea of Knowledge, must have a home, otherwise a single sword spirit will never be able to regain its former power.
It is not easy to find a "shell" that can carry the spirit of this ancient fierce sword.
But "Galaxy" is obviously the best choice.
So from the moment Gu Ziyan entered the Burial Sword Valley, he didn't look for a suitable blade like others, but went directly to the deepest part. But when he arrives at the place in the book, he inevitably feels a headache.
Because this place does have a good black python, but the number is also ...... It's too much.
In the entire circular valley, there are too many black python caves densely built, and this is simply a nest where black pythons gather! Looking at these big black snakes that all looked similar, Gu Ziyan couldn't tell which one the "galaxy" was in the belly.
So in the end, he had to try one by one.
For three days, Gu Ziyan's entire time was spent on this matter. Although the black python is not a particularly difficult spirit beast to deal with, and he does not have the habit of attacking in groups, for him who is now building a seventh-layer realm, he can get one in about half a pillar of incense.
However, the number of black pythons was too much, and it wasn't until the valley was about to close that Gu Ziyan finally saw the well-preserved "galaxy" from the belly he had just killed. At this time, the number of black pythons in the entire snake nest was already very small.
Even Gu Ziyan himself felt that his luck was too bad.