Chapter 19, Kenzuka Kai (I)
The coldness of the disciples of the West Pole Sect seemed to be due to the fact that Master Jianyuan was sleeping and not waking up.
Moreover, Xia Fanxing found that the little monk Jianxing was quite close to Senior Brother Mingshen and Senior Sister He Qiongjiu.
In mid-December, it snowed heavily. Southeast Lingnan Road, the place of the ancient sword mound is in the lofty mountains outside the Li River in Yongzhou. There is a basin hidden in the mountains here, and the area is relatively large, which is the place where the ancient sword cave Tianjian Mound was born from ancient times to the present.
This place is called the three-foot Jedi by the sect world.
The snowfall above the Li River is full of magnificent and rare wonders in the south. Along the way, the disciples of the Alliance Sect mostly traveled to the suburbs, and their men and horses did not encounter the disciples of the enemy Alliance who arrived from Chang'an. And in the mountains three feet away, they bumped into each other's more than 100 people for the first time.
However, it did not cause conflict. The opening of the sword mound requires not only the time of heaven, but also the joint help of eight powerful Yuanying monks to urge the opening of the seal with their own breath. For the first time, the Stargazing Sect did not participate in this operation, and the representatives of the other seven ancient sects and the sect master knew that they could not be impulsive before the cave heaven was opened.
The two teams of centaurs did not like each other, so they separated and entered the three-foot Jedi. The Sect Master of the Nine Lotus Sect, Qinghua Daoist, rolled up a barrier with a wave of his hand, blocking the flying snow from the sky. Within the Jedi, the climate is like a warm spring in March. The huge sword monument stood in the wasteland where no grass grows, and the strong breath faintly overflowed from it.
The heart of the Taoist people, endured the anger in his eyes, and stepped forward to negotiate with the other party. In the end, a consensus was reached between the two sect masters who were eyeing each other, and it was decided to let another Lingwu Daoist from the Seven Seas Sect in the middle of the Yuan Infant Sect replace the identity of the elder of the Stargazing Sect and work together with the other seven Daoists to open the Cave Heaven.
The aura of the sword shrine has not yet reached its peak. The men and horses on both sides are separated from each other for a long time, and they rest here for a while, and wait until tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to open the cave.
Starry Night.
Behind the Sword Mound, the alliance sect headed by the Nine Lotus Sect, including quite a few second-rate and third-rate sects, gathered together, and there were nearly twenty sects, and the number of disciples who were about to enter the cave was nearly eighty people.
Although some of the following sects also have some resentment towards each other. But under the convening of the Nine Lotus Sect, they must all respond. Of course, for the Tu Feng Sect, the following sects are naturally not to be afraid. The Nine Lotus Sect, the Soul Suppression Sect, the Seven Seas Sect, the Arctic Emperor Palace, and the Shengyang Sect, plus the leaders in the second-rate sects - the Sword Breath Sect, the Danji Sect, the Stygian Shadow Sect, and the sub-sects Ziyang Sect, Dongwu Sect, and Taiyue Sect. These are the biggest contenders for the ancient sword this time.
The people in the rear were scattered, and every disciple was meditating and cultivating, and finally consolidating their cultivation. There are only four Daoists in the Nine Lotus Sect. The highest cultivation is the third disciple of the seventh generation, named Qiu Baiyu. With his chubby figure, his cultivation has reached the late stage of foundation building, and he has already cultivated the Ziwei Star Palace, and some of the basic cultivation methods of the Ziwei Star Technique are also very proficient.
He Jiuqing, the seventh generation of the Great Disciple of the Nine Lotus Sect, is forty years old this year, and he entered the middle stage of the retreat impact pill two years ago, whether it is a restriction on cultivation or other factors, he can't come. Geng Feng Mountain, the second one, was one of the top sword cultivation disciples among the young disciples in the Nine Lotus Sect, but for some reason, he didn't come.
Qiu Baiyan was carrying a spiritual sword on his back, which was a Yangzi spirit sword produced by the Nine Lotus Sect Refining Pavilion, named Yang Ming. Yang Ming's grade in this generation is very high, and it can be compared to the Spirit Sword of the Soul Suppression Sect. There were only four disciples sent by the Nine Lotus Sect, and all of them were higher than the middle stage of foundation building. Three men and one woman. At this moment, he was quietly sitting in a corner meditating and cultivating. The Qinghua Daoist and the Qingying Daoist who came casually were standing on the side of the enchantment at the moment, discussing something.
The five disciples of the Soul Suppression Sect were led by Huang Xianwu, the disciple of the second rank and the eldest apprentice of the five generations of Soul Heart Daoists. He is Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, and he is in the late stage of foundation building, and he is practicing the Seven Killing Star Technique. The spirit sword is famous as a bone. Under the cover of night, he was fighting with his junior brother Lin Ruyan with a sword. And this Lin Ruyan, who had been hit hard by the sword vein before, took the sword vein spirit fruit snatched by the master Soul Ru a few days ago, and the soul ru even used his personal essence blood to catalyze the spirit fruit to take effect, at this moment, he was holding the spirit sword bone condensation in his hand, and he was full of spirit, and he could hardly see any sword vein injuries. Moreover, in terms of swordsmanship alone, his swordsmanship turned out to be far superior to Huang Xianwu.
The five disciples of the Arctic Emperor Palace formed a formation in front of the sword mound and practiced the formation. The first disciple is actually Yang Yu, who is half-step and the first. If Su Qiao was here, he would definitely be able to recognize this person. In her fifteen years of life in the Arctic Imperial Palace, the only sixth-generation disciple who has intersected is this handsome but very cold senior brother Yang Yu. At that time, the person who led her to cultivate was the fifth sub-elder of the fifth generation of Dao Xili. Although Yang Yu is a personal disciple of the Sect Master of the Arctic Emperor Palace, he has a very close relationship with Xi Li, so he has met Su Qiao.
This person's Ziwei Star Palace is equally powerful. However, it has a subtle and obvious difference from the Star Palace of Qiu Baiyu of the Nine Lotus Sect.
The Seven Seas Sect is still led by Lingxi Daoren. Their disciples sat next to the disciples of the Nine Lotus Sect and meditated and cultivated. Among them, the first disciple is Si Longying, the second rank of the Six Generations of the Seven Seas. His cultivation is also in the later stage of foundation building. The spirit sword on this person's back is the first spirit sword of the "Sea Character Generation" in the Seven Seas Sect, the Sea Devil. His Seven Killing Star Palace was very active, and his body had a faint purple qi, which meant that he could at least fully master the exercises of the Second Turn Seven Killing Technique or even the Third Turn Seven Killing Technique.
As for the disciples of the Shengyang Sect, they were all nested in a cave behind the sword mound at the moment. The highest cultivation among them was the great disciple Fang Chan in the middle stage of foundation building. The Shengyang Sect and another double cultivation sect called the Secret Yang Sect, ten handsome men with almost demonic faces were hiding in the cave, of course, they were doing that unspeakable thing.
In the middle of the open space, there are a large number of second-rate and third-rate sects at the bottom of the sword. They also all knew that they came at most to make up the numbers for these big sects. However, everyone sat on the ground seriously and practiced luck. The elders of each sect also followed along to supervise and meditate, just like parents who have broken their hearts for their children.
On the other side, the Sword Breath Sect and the Danji Sect had always been repaired, and their ten disciples were practicing swords together. As the leader of the Sword Sect among the second-rate sects, the eldest disciple sent by the Sword Breath Sect has also reached the middle stage of foundation building. His name is Liu Biyang. In the Sword Cultivation Sect, the spiritual weapon grades are divided into four levels: Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang. This hierarchical concept is not universal, but it is relatively objective. Take Qiu Baiyan's Yang Soul Spirit Sword as an example, reaching the half-step Xuan level. And the spirit sword with blue light in Liu Biyang's hand was killed, but it had reached the Xuan-level level of the Authentic Sect. It can be said that the Killing Spirit Sword in his hand, except for Si Longying's Sea Devil, which is comparable to it, is equivalent to the strongest spirit sword among everyone.
Xia Fanxing's Yuqing Stone Spirit Sword, later Xinheng named it after the "Qing" character generation of the sixth generation of sword weapons of Tu Feng Zong, which happened to be the hundredth sword weapon of the Qing character generation of the Refining Weapon Mansion, named Qingxu. Among the Qingzi generation, there are a total of ten spirit swords made of Yuqing stone, which can be regarded as high-level earth-level sword weapons.
And the head disciple of the Danji Sect, Zhuge Quan, the second of the five generations, is a beautiful young female cultivator. Before they arrived, the sect had warned them that in order to achieve their goal, they could use the powerful alchemy strength of their Danji Sect to stumble the disciples of the enemy alliance.
After the battle of annihilation, aside from Yuanshou Mountain, Li Wuxin of the Yin Sha Sect used his elixir secret weapon attainments to defeat the Xiyue Dao people. The two major sects on the other side are also strong enemies in the alchemy world, so Zhuge Quan only smiled faintly at the instructions of the master.
What's more, the Danji Sect is not like other sects, and it has been relatively gentle on external affairs since ancient times. This is a war between the Nine Lotus Sect, the Soul Suppression Sect and the likes of the Tu Feng Sect and the West Pole Sect, and she doesn't want to trap herself in.
Another important point is that this involves the history of the Danji Sect. Hundreds of years ago, Danji Sect belonged to Yuanshou Mountain, which was a branch of Yuanshou Mountain, and it was also the only branch of Yuanshou Mountain in its long history. Later, the Danji Sect established its own family and became the leading Dan Dao sect among the second-rate sects. However, their relationship with Yuanshoushan has always been very close, and it can be said that they have always been friends.
No one knew that during the battle of annihilation, Shoujun chose to help Tu Fengzong in order to have a good relationship with Xuan Neng. Therefore, the two cases have become the current hostile relationship. For Zhuge Quan, she just wanted to do everything she needed to do in the cave and try to compete for the ancient sword.
The three ancient sects are divided into sects - Ziyang Sect, Dongwu Sect and Taiyue Sect. They belong to the Nine Lotus Sect, the Soul Suppression Sect, and the Arctic Emperor Palace. The disciples of the three of them were sitting together meditating and cultivating. As a sub-sect, he naturally obeys the general sect. They clearly recognized the identity of their stepping stones, and they would closely follow the disciples of the General Sect within the Cave Heaven. At the critical moment, it is the opportunity to sacrifice oneself and also contribute to the disciples of the main sect.
And the only ones who didn't appear on this side were the disciples and elders of the Stygian Shadow Sect.
Xing Lu, the eldest disciple of the Stygian Shadow Sect, cultivated the Seven Killing Star Qi, the Star Palace was stable, and his cultivation had reached the late stage of foundation building, and the rest of the people were all in the middle stage of foundation building. At this moment, the group of seven people from the Stygian Shadow Sect hid in seven positions around the sword mound with unique spells, secretly forming a Xuanmen formation. If you don't look closely, you can't see them.
And when they really wanted to assassinate, if they weren't fully enlightened, the monks in front of the foundation would definitely not be able to observe them.
Xing Lu was well aware of the task of the master. After learning the news of the Cave Heaven, the Nine Lotus Sect greatly wooed the Stygian Shadow Sect. The Nine Lotus Sect gave the Stygian Shadow Sect various benefits. There is only one purpose, they want to slaughter the amazing female disciple of the Pig Sect, Hou Ying's life!
After the defeat of the Seven Seas Sect, after the monks of the Seven Seas Sect told the Mengzong about the terrifying cultivation and strong strength of this sixth-generation female disciple, the Qinghua Daoists began to notice Hou Ying. She is a disciple of the Soul Cutting Spear, and after the Ancient Heavenly Daoist returned to the sect, it is said that the corner of the mask that was cut off on his face was from the hand of the Heart.
Such a woman, who is only twenty-four years old, has actually reached a half-step knot. He Jiuqing, the eldest disciple of his own sect, also entered the Dan period at the age of thirty.
In Qinghua's eyes, she is the second He Jiuqing, a rare peerless genius in the sect world!
It's a pity that she was born in Tu Feng Sect. The Qinghua Daoist immediately made a decision and told the Desolation Sect Master of the Stygian Shadow Sect that the disciples of the Alliance Sect would give them convenience, and they must seize the opportunity to let this peerless Tianjiao die in the Sword Shrine!
Even if you can't kill her, you must let her fall into lifelong injuries. Since the establishment of the Stygian Shadow Sect, the method of training disciples has always been to receive some assassination missions from the outside world, whether it is the sect realm or the mundane realm. The scope of their disciples' assassinations was extremely extensive. Although they cultivated the Seven Killing Star Qi, they didn't care about merit at all. It can be said that all the fifteen sub-disciples of the Stygian Shadow Sect have a lot of blood on their hands.
For Xing Lu and others, assassinations are commonplace. This is very different from the young disciples of other sects. Although Hou Ying's cultivation is taller than several of them, if there is a Nine Lotus Sect, they will create an opportunity for the assassination operation. In that case......
Behind the sword mound, there seemed to be three different kinds of disciples. One is the sword taker in the second-rate and third-rate sects, who knows that there is no hope, and knows that he is the sparring partner of the big sects, but he still longs for a miracle in the future, and he is stepping up his cultivation under the supervision of the master. The second type is Qiu Baiyu Lin Ruyan and the like, their sects have their own ideas about the Tu Feng Sect, and they themselves desperately want to obtain this divine sword.
The third type is the sect disciples who have no thoughts about the ancient sword at all. Except for a few major sects, they are the disciples of the Stygian Shadow Sect. Their goal is never on the ancient sword, but on the assassination mission. Compared to the disciples of other sects, they have long been accustomed to seeing death, and at a young age, they have long forged a ruthless character.