Taiyi Mountain, Big Bamboo Peak, Secluded Forest Building.

Ye Qianqiu was meditating in front of the waterhole, listening to the natural sound of this big bamboo peak.

This is already three months after Ye Qianqiu came to Taiyi Mountain.

Ever since he sat down with the Heavenly Sect's Northern Hell Son at the Guanmiaotai three months ago, Ye Qianqiu had officially settled in Taiyi Mountain.

He talked to Bei Yingzi and Chi Songzi about the future development of Taoism.

It took three months, and Chi Songzi had already agreed with Ye Qianqiu's opinion.

In the face of the general trend of unification of the world, where should Taoism go, this is indeed a question worth pondering.

No Taoist would watch the decline of Taoism.

As the head of Tianzong, Chi Songzi has also been deeply aware of this after several mentions.

However, the stakes are very high, and Bei Yingzi and Chi Songzi did not directly contact the head of the sect to talk about it.

They are waiting for a suitable moment.

Elder Dao Xuanzi of the Renzong Taishang has been in retreat for fifteen years and will leave the customs in these days.

Bei Yingzi had already agreed with Ye Qianqiu that after Dao Xuanzi came out, the two of them went to Zao Forget Peak, where the Renzong was located, to visit Dao Xuanzi.

Dao Xuanzi and Bei Yingzi were friends when they were young, although the two entered the Heavenly Sect and the Human Sect respectively, but in the past hundred years, the friendship between the two has not changed much.

The forest building is surrounded by dense bamboo forests, and although it is already winter, the bamboo forests around the forest building are extremely green.

Bamboo is evergreen all year round and basically does not change much throughout the year.

Two days ago, it had just snowed, and the snowflakes covered the bamboo forest.

Ye Qianqiu cultivates here on weekdays.

This secluded forest was originally a retreat place for the Northern Hades.

But when Ye Qianqiu arrived at Taiyi Mountain, Bei Yingzi rarely settled down for a long time.

Like-minded people, even if it is the first time they meet, they will also have a sense of familiarity at first sight.

Ye Qianqiu has been all over the world, for hundreds of years, and he has been talking with Bei Yingzi for many days, which has attracted more and more admiration from Bei Yingzi.

Whether it is from the perspective of cultivation or from the level of entering the Dao, the level shown by Ye Qianqiu made Bei Yingzi frightened.

This also made Bei Yingzi understand Ye Qianqiu better, and called Ye Qianqiu the most pinnacle of Taoism in the past three hundred years.

Of course, the three months of getting along with Bei Yingzi also gave Ye Qianqiu a lot of gains.

In this world, Taoism has been inherited for hundreds of years, and there are indeed many exquisite Taoisms.

These Dao methods have their own merits, which greatly make up for Ye Qianqiu's shortcomings at the spell level.

In his hundreds of years of cultivation, although he has also figured out a lot of small spells by himself, compared with the wisdom of his predecessors hundreds of years ago, it is naturally much inferior.

Ye Qianqiu never thought of himself as a genius, every step he took was down-to-earth.

What is beneficial to himself, he will spend a lot of effort to learn, absorb, and finally summarize it into his own things.

At this moment, he is sitting in front of the pool, which is contemplating a new method.

There is no definite form, but there must be rules to follow.

At this time, in the pool in front of Ye Qianqiu, a drop of water suddenly popped up.

Water droplets floated in front of Ye Qianqiu.

Ye Qianqiu raised his right arm, the index finger of his right hand stretched out, and the water droplets fell on the index finger, condensing but not dissipating.

Ye Qianqiu shook his hand casually and threw out the water droplets, and the water droplets naturally fell into the calm pool water.

Boom!

At this moment, a silver-white fish suddenly flew out of the pool, and the silverfish leaped rapidly in mid-air, and then fell into the pool.

Ye Qianqiu looked at this scene, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, the voice of the North Immortal came from behind him.

"Brother Taixuan, Dao Xuanzi has already been released, how about we go to Zao Forget Peak to talk to him now?"

Hearing this, Ye Qianqiu stood up and looked towards the small building not far away, and the figure of the North Immortal quietly appeared.

Every time Bei Yingzi enters the meditation, his figure will disappear, which is what he deliberately did, just to understand the true meaning of "Getaway" inherited by the Taoist Zhuangzi.

At this time, the figure of the North Hades appeared, and he had woken up from his meditation.

Since entering Taiyi Mountain and intersecting with the same generation of the Northern Hexelson, Ye Qianqiu has taken Taixuan as the Taoist name, so the Northern Heximson calls him the Taixuan Daoist brother.

When Ye Qianqiu heard this, he bowed his head slightly, and said, "That's without further ado, let's set off now." ”

……

Zawang Peak and Dazhu Peak are not far apart.

The two sects of heaven and man have been separated for nearly three hundred years, but the relationship is not as strong as Ye Qianqiu imagined at the beginning.

Although the two families have different philosophies, the disciples of the two families still often come and go.

Moreover, the disciples of the two sects can learn from each other, but some advanced Dao methods must be approved by the other party's head.

Such a harmonious relationship made Ye Qianqiu seem to understand that the reason why the relationship between the two sects of heaven and man would be the same in the future.

It is likely to be caused by the relationship between Xiaomeng and Xiaoyaozi, the two future heads of the two sects of heaven and man.

However, at the moment, Xiaomeng is estimated to have not been born yet, so it is naturally impossible to enter the Heavenly Sect.

Even Xiaoyaozi doesn't seem to have entered the door of the eldest son.

After Ye Qianqiu and Bei Yingzi came to Zao Forget Peak, they did not alarm the other disciples of the Human Sect, and directly came to the "Wugong Zhai" where Dao Xuanzi's retreat was located.

The structure of Wugongzhai and the small building of the secluded forest is almost the same, but the bamboo forest is missing.

Ye Qianqiu and Bei Yingzi walked in side by side.

As soon as he entered the fast, he saw the eldest son, the head of the Human Sect, playing against an old man in a white robe with a white beard.

The two of them sat under the eaves and listened to the sound of the spring, but they enjoyed themselves.

Seeing this, Bei Yingzi laughed loudly and said, "Senior Brother Daoxuan, you were out of the customs the day before yesterday, and you only invited me to play chess today, but it's too boring." ”

Bei Yingzi and Ye Qianqiu went down to the eaves.

At this time, I saw that Xuanzi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Beiming, you came just in time, and see how the old man solves this game of the eldest son's nephew." ”

Bei Yingzi and Ye Qianqiu walked under the eaves, sat down on the straw mat, and were not in a hurry to say anything, quietly watching Changshengzi and Dao Xuanzi play chess.

These two people, you have a son, and I have a son, and the lower they go, the slower they go.

After an hour, the game finally ended with the victory of Dao Xuanzi.

I saw the eldest son smile towards Dao Xuanzi and said, "Uncle Shi, it seems that you have gained something from this retreat." ”

Dao Xuanzi said to the eldest son: "Gods and men have no merit, supreme people have no self, and saints have no name." ”

"The old man has indeed realized something new in this retreat."

At this time, Changshengzi arched his hand towards the Bei Ming Zi on the side and said, "Changsheng has seen Uncle Bei Ming. ”

Bei Yingzi bowed slightly.

The eldest son stood up and said, "Uncle Beiming is here to play chess with Uncle Daoxuan, since Uncle Beiming has arrived, then I can't occupy the magpie's nest." ”

Dao Xuanzi laughed, and looked at Ye Qianqiu, who had been sitting on the side for a long time without making a sound, and he saw that Ye Qianqiu had a strong breath, not like an ordinary person.

Then he asked Bei Mingzi, "Senior Brother Bei Ming, who is this?" ”

The old god of the Northern Underworld was there and Dao Xuanzi introduced: "This is Brother Taixuandao. ”

"Brother Taixuandao?"

When Dao Xuanzi heard this, he was slightly stunned.

Bei Yingzi is the same generation as him, and in the current Taiyi Mountain, the generation of Bei Yingzi is already the highest person in Taoism.

This person is not a person from the two sects of heaven and man in Taiyi Mountain, but if he has this cultivation, he must be from the hermit between other famous mountains and rivers.

There are many retreats in this world, and some people show their fame, but some people have no reputation in the world.

Although Taiyi Mountain is the ancestral court of Taoism, there are many cultivators, but looking at the world, there are still many famous mountains and rivers, and there are many hidden cultivators.

Although Taoist people refine qi, they can really achieve something, and there are not many people who live to be more than 100 years old.

Dao Xuanzi bowed slightly towards Ye Qianqiu and said, "I don't know which immortal mountain Brother Taixuan is cultivating in?" ”

Ye Qianqiu smiled and said, "I have practiced in Yunmeng Mountain for many years. ”

When Dao Xuanzi heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Oh? Yunmeng Mountain? ”

"That's a great place."

"Could it be that Brother Taixuan Dao is a person from the Ghost Valley?"

Ye Qianqiu said: "I am not from Guigu, but I do have some friendship with Zhao Yi, the previous generation of Guiguzi. ”

When Dao Xuanzi heard this, he sighed: "I haven't seen you for twenty years, and Zhao Yi's old guy also has a successor?" ”

As soon as Ye Qianqiu heard this, he knew that Dao Xuanzi and Zhao Yi knew each other.

However, he didn't say much about it, just bowed his head slightly.

Ye Qianqiu didn't say much, but Dao Xuanzi followed these words, opened the chatterbox, and recalled the past.

Dao Xuanzi said: "The conditions for accepting apprentices in Guigu have always been harsh and severe, twenty years ago, I traveled in Wei and discussed with Zhao Yi in Wei for seven days. ”

"The two of us traveled together and traveled the world together, from Wei to Yan, to Qi, and later to Chu."

"I traveled the world to find Taoist friends, but he traveled the world to find a suitable successor."

"The two of us have traveled in the world for three years, but he has not even captured a single disciple."

"I thought that this old boy would not be able to receive a satisfactory disciple in this life, but I didn't expect that after twenty years, he even took off the identity of Guiguzi."

"Brother Taixuandao, is he okay now?"

Dao Xuanzi asked towards Ye Qianqiu.

When Ye Qianqiu heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "It should be not bad." ”

"I haven't seen him for two or three years."

When Dao Xuanzi heard this, he didn't bother with it.

The eldest son on the side watched Dao Xuanzi and Ye Qianqiu talking, his eyes swept back and forth on Ye Qianqiu's body, but he said secretly in his heart: "It turns out that in the past three months, Taixuanzi has not left Taiyi Mountain. ”

"Taixuanzi and Uncle Bei Shenzi are so familiar with each other, could it be that they have already joined the Heavenly Sect?"

The thought only flashed through the mind of the Elder Son, but he did not delve into this matter.

Although the two sects of heaven and man have separated, they are still Taoists, and the two sides are not opposites.

If Tianzong can have such a master of Taoism and nature to join, the eldest son will also be happy for Tianzong.

After all, on the viewing platform that day, Changshengzi saw Ye Qianqiu's power with his own eyes, and also heard Ye Qianqiu's understanding and elaboration of the Tao with his own ears.

In the world, people who can have such cultivation and such an understanding of the Great Dao are naturally qualified to become Taoist elders.

Ye Qianqiu and Bei Yingzi came to sit on the Forgotten Peak today, just to get acquainted with each other and enhance their friendship.

Ye Qianqiu and Bei Yingzi naturally wouldn't be so anxious that at this time, they would reveal the matter of wanting to merge the two sects of heaven and man into one.

First, it was because Ye Qianqiu and Dao Xuanzi were not familiar with each other.

Second, this matter is because after all, this is a major event of the two sects of heaven and man, and it is necessary to give Dao Xuanzi a buffer time.

Today, I'm just here to visit friends.

As soon as the eldest son got out of the way, Bei Shenzi sat down opposite Dao Xuanzi.

The two began to play chess.

Ye Qianqiu and Changshengzi sat aside, and Changshengzi made tea for Ye Qianqiu.

The four of them didn't speak, quietly feeling the changes between heaven and earth.

Chess is also a way to validate each other's spiritual paths.

When they reach the realm of Dao Xuanzi and Bei Yingzi, they play chess, and every time they fall, they will inevitably have their deep meaning.

Ye Qianqiu sat on the side and watched with relish.

And so on for several days.

Ye Qianqiu and Bei Yingzi would come to sit on Forget Peak and get together with Dao Xuanzi almost every three or five times.

Sometimes they talk about the Tao, sometimes they talk about the law.

After coming and going, Ye Qianqiu and Dao Xuanzi also became acquainted.

Bei Yingzi and Dao Xuanzi are not the kind of people with eccentric temperaments.

It's just that they have cultivated to their realm, and they have reached the state of mind of Gu Bo without shock.

There are very few things that affect their minds.

Ye Qianqiu's cultivation in terms of mood is much more clever than the two of them.

Ye Qianqiu has experienced the ups and downs of the world for hundreds of years, and has experienced the vicissitudes of life, the longer Dao Xuanzi gets along with Ye Qianqiu, the more he understands Ye Qianqiu's power, and naturally understands why Senior Brother Bei Yingzi is such a rebellious person, and he is willing to call him a Dao brother.

……

On this day, on Taiyi Mountain, heavy snow fell.

Sitting on the Forgotten Peak, in the middle of the fruitless fast, there was a loud laugh from Dao Xuanzi and Bei Yingzi.

I saw Bei Yingzi stroked his beard and smiled: "Dao Xuan, Dao Xuan, you are a hundred-year-old person, how can you still play like a naughty child." ”

Dao Xuanzi also smiled: "People are not old, this is still what Brother Taixuan Dao said." ”

"Isn't Senior Brother also convinced?"

Bei Yingzi shook his head and smiled.

Ye Qianqiu sat aside, looked at the snowflakes that kept falling, and said with emotion: "Picking the weed, picking the weed, the weed." ”

"It's said that it's going to be back, and it's going to be years old."

"The house is beautiful, because of the. Not to mention the start of the house, because of the sting. ”

Dao Xuanzi and Bei Yingzi heard Ye Qianqiu suddenly read these words, and they both looked towards Ye Qianqiu.

The eldest son who was sitting upright on the side closed his eyes and recuperated, and did not mix with the dialogue between Dao Xuanzi, Bei Yingzi and Ye Qianqiu.

He was already accustomed to Ye Qianqiu appearing in Zawang Peak Wugong Zhai.

Now the two sects of Taoism, Heaven and Man all know that there is an elder on the mountain, and the Taoist name is too Xuan.

The disciples of the Human Sect thought that Taixuanzi was the Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Sect, while the disciples of the Heavenly Sect thought that Taixuanzi was the Supreme Elder of the Human Sect.

At this time, I only heard Dao Xuanzi say: "Brother Taixuan Dao, why did you suddenly read this song "Cai Wei"? ”

Ye Qianqiu said: "Yesterday, I heard that the disciple who came back from the mountain said that Pang Xuan united with the five countries to attack Qin, went deep into the Hangu Pass, and had already attacked the land of Xianyang, the capital of Qin, only seventy or eighty miles away. ”

When Dao Xuanzi heard this, he said: "Since Qin Wangzheng succeeded to the throne, Wenxin Marquis Lü Buwei was in power, and adopted the policy of distant friendship and close attack, attacking Wei four times in five years, attacking Han three times, and attacking Zhao once. ”

"To the north of the Yellow River, occupy Han Shangdang County and rebuild Taiyuan County, cut off the connection between Yan and Zhao and Wei and Han, and strategically create a flank encirclement posture for Zhao, Wei, and Han."

"This time the five countries jointly attacked Qin, and it was also a big war launched by the countries of the Central Plains in order to break the unfavorable situation and try to survive."

"I don't know what Brother Taixuan Dao thinks, this time the five countries will attack Qin, who will win and who will lose?"

When Ye Qianqiu heard this, he opened his mouth and said: "This time, Pang Xuan launched Zhao, Wei, Han, Yan, Chu and other countries to attack Qin, and it is really amazing to be able to penetrate deep into Hangu Pass and attack to the ground. ”

"If Pang Xuan can capture Yucheng, then Pang Xuan can drive straight into Xianyang and lead his troops to Xianyang."

"At this time, in Xianyang City, the army is empty, if Pang Xuan can really capture Yucheng, then maybe he can really take Xianyang in one fell swoop."

"It's a pity that Pang Xuan's lone army went deep into the hinterland of Qin, and if he wanted to defeat Qin and destroy Qin in one battle, it was a little too much to take it for granted."

"He's been spending too much time in the ground."

"Once Qin concentrates his forces to counterattack and gallop to the aid of Yudi, Pang Xuan can only withdraw his troops, and the coalition forces can only retreat without defeat."

When Bei Mingzi heard this, he said on the side: "What Brother Taixuan Dao said is true. ”

"The soldiers are fast, Pang Xuan's trip will definitely return in vain."

Dao Xuanzi also bowed slightly on the side and said: "What Brother Taixuan Dao said is indeed reasonable. ”

"If the five-nation alliance fails, then the general trend of the world will become clearer and clearer."

When Bei Yingzi heard this, he suddenly spoke: "Senior Brother Daoxuan also thinks that this world will eventually return to the Qin State?" ”

Dao Xuanzi shook his head and said, "It's not good to judge this matter early. ”

"Although the Qin State is strong, but the Qin foreign guests are in power, and if you want to go east, you need to work together."

"At present, Qinxin occupies a very large area, the troops are scattered, and the people's hearts are not yet stable, which is also the reason why Pang Xuan can lead the army directly into Hangu Pass and attack to Yudi."

Bei Yingzi said: "That junior brother thinks that if the world is unified, where should my Taoist family go?" ”

When Dao Xuanzi heard this, he looked at Bei Yingzi in some surprise and said, "What does Senior Brother mean by this?" ”

"My Taoism is not a vertical and horizontal family, nor is it a soldier, a Legalist, a Confucianist, a Mohist, no matter whether the world is unified or not, my Taoism is still a Taoist, there will be no half of the change, where to go and where to say?"

Bei Yingzi shook his head and said, "Senior brother, I used to think like you in the past. ”

"But...... Ever since I heard Brother Taixuandao's analysis of the affairs of the world, I have never had such thoughts anymore. ”

Hearing this, Dao Xuanzi looked at Ye Qianqiu and said, "Oh? ”

"What do you think about Brother Taixuandao?"

Ye Qianqiu sat under the eaves, looking into the distance, only this snow-capped ice and snow world in his eyes.

"The unification of the world is the trend of the times."

"It is impossible for any of the hundred schools of thought to be left alone."

"Under this torrent of history, Taoism is not as prominent as Confucianism."

"But the influence of my Taoism is not under the two Confucian and Mo families."

"In the future, the world will be unified, and the new Son of Heaven will not sit idly by and watch Taoism alone."

When Dao Xuanzi heard this, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

At this moment, a young disciple ran into the door, and as soon as the disciple entered the door, he stood at the door and said loudly: "Master Master, someone has come to the door to apprentice, and he has already defeated thirty-six disciples of the Human Sect in a row. ”

Sitting on the sidelines, the eldest son, who had closed his eyes for a long time, suddenly opened his eyes.

The eldest son turned to the disciple and said, "Got it. ”

The disciple quietly withdrew from the Wugong fast.

Changshengzi stood up and said to Dao Xuanzi, Bei Yingzi, and Ye Qianqiu: "Three senior uncles, I'll go first." ”

At this time, Dao Xuanzi opened his mouth and said, "Wait, let's go with you." ”

Then, I saw Dao Xuanzi smile towards Bei Mingzi and Ye Qianqiu: "The situation in the world is still not clear, and it is not clear where the Daoists are going, and it is not clear at this time." ”

"Today, after sitting for a long time in the fast, I don't want to go down the mountain to see what kind of person can actually hurt the thirty-six disciples of my human sect."

"I don't know what Senior Brother Beiming and Brother Taixuan Dao think?"

Ye Qianqiu stood up and said, "That's fine." ”

Seeing this, Bei Yingzi smiled and said, "Then let's go!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the four figures had disappeared into the reactive fasting at the same time.

……

Sitting on the Forgotten Peak, halfway up the mountain, a piece of snow.

The mountain stream flows down from the mountains and flows halfway up the mountain, turning into a stream that is not very wide.

A wooden bridge was built over the stream.

There was a person standing on the bridge, and there were many disciples of the Human Sect standing on both sides of the stream.

Those disciples of the Human Sect held swords in their hands and stood on both sides.

The man on the bridge, wearing a hat covering his face, was draped in a cloth robe and held a long sword in his hand.

Heaven and earth seem to have become extremely solemn at this moment.

At this moment, four figures slowly appeared on the left side of the bridge.

When the disciples of the Sect saw these four figures appear, they all bowed towards the four of them.

"I've seen the boss."

"I've seen Uncle Taishi."

The eldest son bowed slightly, and looked at the person on the bridge with his hands in his hands.

Ye Qianqiu, Dao Xuanzi, and Bei Yingzi also looked at that person.

I saw that the man was eight feet tall, with a majestic spirit, and his body exuded an incomparably strong momentum.

Seeing this, the eldest son said to the man, "You are here to apprentice?" ”

The man slowly raised his head and removed the hat from his head, revealing a face that was extremely warm.

Judging by his appearance, this person is about forty years old.

I saw that the man's eyes were calm, and he held a long sword and arched his hand towards Changshengzi: "Exactly." ”

The eldest son said, "Why do you want to come to apprenticeship? ”

The man said, "I want to be free, so I came to apprentice." ”

The eldest son bowed slightly.

At this time, Dao Xuanzi spoke: "Want to be free? ”

"It's not a small tone."

"In this world, who can really get away?"

The man replied: "If the husband takes advantage of the righteousness of heaven and earth, and the argument of the six qis, and swims infinitely, he will be treated evilly." ”

Dao Xuanzi said with a smile: "To the people have no self, the gods and men have no merit, and the saints have no name." ”

"I've been practicing for a hundred years, and it's still rare."

"Your ambitions are not small."

"It's not difficult to enter the Human Sect."

"The criterion for the Renzong to accept disciples is first to see whether there is perseverance and perseverance."

"There are many ways to see if a person has perseverance, and are you willing to be tested?"

The man bowed down and said, "Please senior, just ask the question." ”

Dao Xuanzi smiled slightly, looked at Ye Qianqiu and Bei Yingzi, and said, "Two senior brothers, the three of us each have a question, let's try this kid's perseverance?" ”