Chapter 1: The Self

Fourteen years of Tianbao.

My name is Xia Fanxing.

This is the Yexin Sect, or a more well-known name - Tu Feng Sect. This name has been used for nearly a thousand years and is famous. However, the generation of Shi Chongzu was very unhappy with this name, thinking that it lacked meaning, and renamed it Yexin Sect with the meaning of pure land and heart.

The scorching sun is in the sky, and there has been a lot of turmoil in the Yexin Sect recently. The six generations of disciples have not been born for a long time, so my realm of condensation consummation is also ranked eighth among all the disciples. Recently, I heard the elders of the sect say that the political situation in the Tang Dynasty is very wrong. The famous Three Towns Festival made An Lushan come to invite Xin and Shibo to come out of the mountain to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens for a new spiritual vein under his jurisdiction, and the heavenly sacrifice array formed a certain echo with the great array of our sect's protector sect.

This is obviously an excuse, Fan Yang's area is not known how far away from our Yungui area. Moreover, our heart is located on the border of Jiannan Road, and the site of the sect is not far from Nanzhao in the west. Since he didn't intend to avoid suspicion, if it wasn't something controversial, why did the envoy come all the way to his own place? Although our sect has lived in seclusion for a long time and does not know much about the political affairs of the Tang Dynasty, since ancient times, most of the sacrifices to the heavens have been wars, and there is no need to perform this great gift when ordinary spiritual veins are completed. If this is just an excuse, An Lushan wants to provoke a war, and it is estimated that he will have to sit down. And according to the monks who have been stirring up trouble in the past few days, it seems that the Jiedu envoy really wants to provoke a dynasty civil strife.

A slap in the ordinary transformation technique, condensed the spiritual power of the half-step foundation building and smashed out, and the loose cultivator who thought he was well hidden was directly knocked unconscious, and he couldn't even take a step at the foot of this Xuanfeng Mountain, so he was carried back by several junior disciples for interrogation. I really don't know what these people think in their heads, if other sects send people to make trouble, they will make some preparations, but in the past few days, even a small group of loose cultivators have dared to come to the mountain to make trouble and reason, and now there are still such fools in the early stage of condensation coming to die, is there really no one in my sect?

For half a month, almost every day, uninvited guests came one after another for An Lushan. I don't know why the sect agreed to help An Lushan do such a mundane thing, and let us become the target of the sixty-four major sects of the Tang Dynasty. However, the elders of the sect were surprisingly unanimous, and no one showed any objections. It should be that An Lushan has given us some great benefits, right?

And those who come to stir up trouble, some of them are indeed powerful. Our sect has one of the eight oldest sects, but it began to decline thousands of years ago, and now, my strength is probably the last few among the first-class sects. About ten days ago, there was a mid-term Yuan Infant who came to the door to make trouble, and his attitude was extremely arrogant, and his moves were all aimed at our Protector Array, and he was going to smash the Protector Array. Thanks to the last master of the sect, the blood true person, who carried him with a sick body, he did not cause major casualties and drove him away.

Since the sect on Na'an Lushan begged for sacrifices, the second master, that is, the current sect master, immediately ordered to open the great array of protecting the sect, and the twelve spiritual mountains in the sect were all in one formation, guarding the inner sect. Each spiritual mountain has sent many people to guard it, and the runes of the various array sources are arranged on the top of the mountain. Six of the four generations of disciples are immortal masters in the sect, all of whom are powerful in the primordial infant, and one person guards two formation sources. The cultivation of the people who waited from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain gradually decreased, and I was in the eighth place of the sixth generation of disciples, but I was only qualified to guard the foot of the mountain. He also deliberately arranged two sixth-generation disciples, all of whom were ranked in the top twenty-four in cultivation, and only with the accompaniment of a foundation building uncle could they guard the foot of a mountain. It can be seen how much attention and care the sect master attaches to the defense of the sect's great array.

However, the Great Array of Protectors of our Sect is also an ancient strange array, called the Quenching Star Great Array, and its name can be said to be resounding throughout the rivers and lakes. It was originally arranged by the seven absolute scattered people of the ancient ancestors. The main reason why the Sect Master sent us, the disciples of the sixth generation who were not highly cultivated, to guard the mountain was because there were not enough people. But no matter how high the enemy cultivation is, he will not dare to kill people in the sect during this time.

It is widely spread in the rivers and lakes, and when the Great Array of Protectors is fully opened, if you kill someone in the Tu Feng Sect, it will be like killing mortals in the outside world, and you will immediately incur the punishment of the five decays of the Heavenly Dao. As long as he is still in the Tu Feng Sect, as long as he is not an immortal-level cultivator of the earth immortal or above, he will definitely weaken his whole body, and he can only wait for death.

Therefore, as long as they are not determined to die, at most they will only dare to hurt people, and will never dare to kill. Therefore, as long as we juniors shrink under the big array, there is basically no danger.

Before that, our sect had been in seclusion for a long time, and most of our disciples didn't know much about mundane affairs. The impression of the Tang Dynasty is just that the Empress Wu seized power, the cool officials were rampant, Xuanzong restored the dynasty, and the Kaiyuan Dynasty was prosperous. It wasn't until this incident happened that everyone scrambled to understand the political affairs of the Tang Dynasty. The more I learned about this, the more I felt that troubled times were coming. Recently, several uncles and uncles who have traveled abroad all year round have mostly returned to the sect this time, which shows that the situation is serious.

The six generations of disciples who guarded the foot of this Xuanfeng Mountain with me were one of my senior sisters named Jin Ru. However, his cultivation was much worse than mine, ranking twenty-three out of the twenty-four disciples of the six generations, only one place higher than the little junior sister who was only sixteen years old. The face is gentle and delicate, and her personality is the most gentle, and she never takes too hard a shot when she is caught making trouble. And I am usually lively and cheerful in the sect, and I am easy to make friends, and the hundreds of official disciples of the six generations have a senior brother on their lips when they see me.

Today, in addition to solving the condensed fool just now, it is very idle. At the foot of the mountain was a barren grass, and I felt bored, so I casually talked to my sister: "Senior sister, why don't you know that these people who come to make trouble don't know what to be afraid of? Isn't it that the sect usually puts too much back?

"Alas, Senior Brother Xia, many of these people who come to make trouble are casual cultivators, and it is difficult for them to gain a foothold in our cultivation realm, and they just want to mix up some benefits before they come to take risks. Now that the world is going to be chaotic, the people standing behind these people must be An Lushan's mortal enemies, and the power should be very strong, otherwise how can you mobilize so many scattered cultivators..."Jin Ru said, her expression darkened, "It seems that we and the sect have been dragged into a big game... All day long, you have to be afraid to fight with others. Isn't it a good day to practice ordinarily..."

"Ann... Lushan..."I leaned on the barren grass, and my eyes stopped blankly on the fifth-generation sideline uncle who was patrolling. More than a month ago, after returning to Fanyang from the capital, he drove a seven-day chariot and horse to Yungui overnight, and became a woodcutter, and was finally discovered by the patrol of our sect, so he was able to enter the sect to ask for sacrifices. And An Lushan is also very capable, and he can actually move the sect master and the fourth master, so that the heart and master of the Xingzhu Sea Sect can go out of the mountain. And the fourth uncle's personality is just like this Jin Ru Senior Sister, and he can be regarded as a person who lives up to his name, and his temper is notoriously gentle. However, the Constellation Sea Method emphasizes the cultivation of birth, and such interference in all mundane affairs actually has a great impact on the Dao Heart.

I heard the master respect the heart of the Taoist said, since ancient times, my sect has practiced the Seven Killing Sect, cultivated the Seven Killing Star Qi, approached the stars, evil heavenly opportunities, and repelled the heavenly yin. After the disciples in the sect have built a foundation, they can choose to practice the method of the Seven Killing Sect. It's just that this method is very difficult, and it is passed down from the unified lineage of the authentic Dao of the Ancient Immortal Realm, without any branches. The cultivation of the Seven Killing Star Qi is even more difficult, and if you are not careful, you will go mad and fall into the devil, and you will never recover. Therefore, since three generations of disciples, the sect has also developed the relatively easy to cultivate the Star Sea Method.

There is no conflict between the two sects' Dharma source foundations, but there is a big difference in cultivation - the Seven Killing Veins value merit and chance, like the Fifth Master's Uncle's heart, and he is a well-known "Slashing Spear" in the rivers and lakes. His cultivation of the Seven Killing Star Qi has reached the realm of the fusion of the two palaces of the Spirit Star, and the cultivation of the Spirit Palace also has a mid-stage Yuan Infant. Since his Yuan Infant broke the catastrophe, he has rarely stayed in the sect, doing chivalrous deeds in the outside, accumulating merits, not hurting mortals, but eliminating demons.

At that time, it was the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the beacon fire was in the sky, and the souls of the dead were everywhere after the Great War of Weishui, and two years later, the former Qin Emperor Fu Jian died with hatred, and the souls turned into demons, and these undead occupied the water and made waves. The fifth master went out single-handedly, and fought the ghosts of the river side by side with several chivalrous warriors for more than 200 days, and beheaded them all under the gun, and his reputation was greatly enhanced, so he won this good name. As a result, his personal merits flew in, and his cultivation also improved rapidly, which is the special feature of the Seven Kills Method, and it is also my favorite point about it.

On the other hand, the Nakshatra Sea One Pulse method does not attach much importance to these merits, and the benefits from them are not much. It takes Tiandao as the core, integrates the Taoism of Lao Zhuang and the earlier Taoism of the Yellow Emperor as the skeleton, and also focuses on refining qi, but pays attention to all things and leisure. He often retreated for several years, and his cultivation began to improve. In contrast, the speed of cultivation seems to be far inferior to the Seven Killing Star Veins, often the fifth master goes out to kill a mountain of evil demons, and the fourth master only closes half a level.

However, the compatibility of the Constellation Sea Method is the strongest, and the cultivation is also more solid, unlike the Seven Kills Vein, which requires serendipity, and the Seven Kills and One Vein are for merit, and they may lose their lives one day. Because of this, An Lushan came to name and say that he wanted to go out of the mountain. Because while practicing the Constellation Sea Method, she also has a good understanding and study of the Heavenly Machine, and she can be well compatible. Both of these parties are very beneficial to the heavens, especially the Heavenly Machine.

Thinking about it boringly, I chatted with my senior sister for a few words. I looked lazily into the distance, and watched for a long time, and the sunlight was not so poisonous. There are very few people who come to make trouble today, and they have become self-aware. But what I didn't expect was that not only was our Zhixuan Peak unattended, but the Guanmei Peak a few miles away, and the Tingwu Peak stretching behind him were surprisingly calm today.

"Senior sister, I'm afraid it's strange to be so calm. I said casually, not very concerned. After all, there are still those Jiedan Yuanying bigwigs on the mountain who are watching, and if they want to attack our sect's great array, it is definitely not a trick to achieve it.

The time set by An Lushan for the ceremony is an auspicious day a month and a half later. This means that we will have to live more than a month of being harassed every day. In order to maintain the relationship between the sects and the public opinion in society, the sect master basically put back all these evil guests that he caught, even if they were loose cultivators. Those who want to be embarrassed will not come again, but those who are shameless or hard-hearted to the end still come to harass them every day, and there is no deterrent effect at all. Thinking of the hard days ahead, today is really a rare day of leisure.

I looked a little slack at the foot of Guanmei Peak in the distance, where Senior Brother Zhou and the youngest junior sister among the twenty-four people, Han Ningxue, were guarded. There is no shadow of Uncle Shi there, it is estimated that he has gone up the mountain. My little sister usually has the best relationship with me, and thanks to my good face. Thinking about that senior brother Wang Yunming, the cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building is really amazing, but that face is really not flattering, no wonder the second senior sister Hou Ying can't look down on him.

The little junior sister's cultivation is two levels lower than mine, and it is the seventh order of condensation. And Zhou Zhu, the ninth-ranked senior brother of Zhou, is my good brother, and his cultivation is on par with me. The two of them together will definitely not be bullied. I haven't seen my little sister for more than half a month. Thinking of this, I also think that Senior Sister Jin Ru is right, it would be better if it was still as good as before!

After all, no one in the sect is a fool, and everyone knows that once the fourth master comes out of the mountain, he will completely tie Tu Fengzong and An Lushan together. At the same time, it is also the first time in a hundred years that our sect has rededicated itself to mundane affairs. I don't know how much uncertainty there will be in the coming days.

I really want to keep the same mountain with my little junior sister! What comes to my mind, the little junior sister is full of big autumn waves, long hair reaches to the waist, standing next to me just enough to lean on my shoulder, in fact, it is already considered high. The little sister is soft... voice, the slender figure of the little sister, and the delicate facial features. Once the cultivation realm becomes a Taoist couple, there are multiple restrictions on cultivation, otherwise... I'm twenty, she's sixteen, and it's just the age to talk about marriage, hehe......

But in fact, it's also good to be with Senior Sister Jin Ru. There is a, well, the charm and demeanor of the senior sister. Although at the age of twenty-four, her cultivation is still one level lower than mine, but she always makes me feel very reliable. In the past half a month, whenever a strong enemy above the foundation has come to attack, although her cultivation is not high, she has always protected me behind her. Every time something unexpected happened, Senior Sister Jin found out earlier than the side uncle. She is really a serious and responsible person. It's just that the talent is not high, and at the age of twenty-four, he is still groping in the condensation period.

"Alas, junior brother, you really got ...... right" Suddenly, I felt as if something had pierced my eyes, and soon I realized that they were two spiritual lights. Looking closely, those two beams of spiritual light appeared out of thin air on the mountainside of Guanmei Peak, where Uncle Xinhai was guarding in the middle of the Yudan. The senior sister's voice was full of anxiety, as if something big had happened, and the side uncle was also staring at Guanmei Peak. After an instant, the two beams of spiritual light began to fall slowly, and the speed became faster and faster. My heart is tight—little sister!

"Jin Ru, you take the stars, quickly go to Guanmei Peak to support!" The side uncle, named Luo Ji, has only cultivated to build the foundation in the middle and bottom, but he has always been decisive in killing and reliable. After speaking, a spark burst out between Uncle Luo's index fingers and threw it into the sky. "I have summoned Yun Ming and Hou Ying, who came to cultivate but build a foundation, and should rely on magic weapons to fly to Guanmei Zhongfeng. The two of them will come right away, so don't be too afraid! But if something happens, they'll be summoned right back!"

"Uncle don't worry!" I said to my senior sister in unison, but I looked anxious, and the worry and unease on my face were all seen in their eyes.

I took my senior sister's hand, and the cultivation of the Great Perfection of Qi Condensation was already able to barely urge the Spirit Sword to fly. When I arrived at the foot of Guanmei Peak, the scene in front of me made me feel all over my body. The man's breath was open, and his handsome and elegant face was full of a gentle smile. He held the little junior sister in one hand, and she was in the man's arms, although her face was extremely pale, there was a smile on her pretty face. Looking at Zhou Zhu again, that person's fierce knot pill true breath smashed his right hand bone with just one palm, fortunately, he didn't dare to kill him, but Zhou Zhu had already fainted from pain.

And the two behind him are dressed in black robes, still relying on superb breathing skills, I can't see what the realm is.

Senior Sister Jin was also as dumbfounded as me, just when we didn't know what to do and were stunned, a voice that seemed to come from the Nine Hells quietly sounded: "Pan Tao Boy under the seat of Shoujun, hehe, I didn't expect that one day I would be used as a gunman, and I will be this evil guest in my Yexin Sect?"

It's Senior Brother! And Senior Sister Hou, whose face is extremely cold, beside him.

"Your Sect's Seven Killing Star Qi is really good, Tu Feng Sect is only six generations of juniors, and there is a role like you Wang Yunming, which can also be called the heritage of the three thousand years ancient sect! However, since you know the name of the family teacher, Wang Daoyou will not think that a few of you can keep me, right? Daoyou is certainly the chief disciple of the sixth generation of your sect, the first disciple of the sixth generation, and the senior brother of the hundred people, but after all, he still has a certain distance from the monk of Jiedan, right? As the first disciple of the sixth generation, unlike these juniors, he should have self-knowledge, right?"

Wang Yunming's face was calm as usual, and he shook his head and said: "Yin and Yang are weird, I don't know what to do." Regardless of why the Taoist leader came here today, he should also know that there are some things that are best not to talk nonsense on other people's territory, and there are some things that should not be overdone. ”

"Evil has no eyes, but men call themselves... Pan Tao Daoyou, and say hello to the old man and Shoujun. "A voice came from outside the mountain, but the man was already standing between us and the wicked man. Senior Sister Hou's iceberg-like face, her eyes suddenly lit up, and the person who came was actually the fifth master who had been wandering outside all the year round, her master, and she was at a loss!

"Heh... The predecessors of the slashing spear, who have been in the layman all the year round, are fortunate to be able to meet in your sect today, forgive the younger generation for being rude! It's just that the poor Dao doesn't know what the predecessors are talking about, and today's things are still not enough... But the people have already come to the ...... "The peach boy teased the neck of the little junior sister with his slender fingers, and the little junior sister actually let out a coquettish moan at this time.

I couldn't help but be furious, and the saber clanged at my waist. But I saw the fifth master sigh, and the next moment, two black blood flowed out of the peach boy's nose. He laughed miserably, but he was not moved by the confusion of his mind.