Chapter 1: The Vanishing Genius

In the Holy Heavenly Emperor Dynasty, dozens of miles away from the imperial capital, a majestic mountain range rose from the ground and went straight into the sky. On the highest main peak head thunder fire peak, there are often clouds and mist, the strange peaks on the mountain are listed, different trees and strange flowers, the waterfall is magnificent, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain more than a dozen mountain gates, tall and majestic, in front of the first heavy mountain gate is more than ten majestic stone statues up to ten zhang on both sides, can accommodate several horses side by side with the granite avenue, go directly to the imperial capital, show the momentum of the great faction.

This is where the Thunder Fire Sect of the Ten Great Sects of the Holy Heavenly Emperor Dynasty is located, and this mountain range is also known as the Thunder Fire Mountain Range.

The mountain range near the Holy Dragon City, the capital of the Holy Heavenly Emperor, is occupied by the major sects and serves as the headquarters of the sects. The ten major sects, such as Holy Spirit, Dragon Teng, Baizhan, Tianxing, Thunder Fire, Bingyue, Xuanwu, Aofeng, Ghost Martial Daomen, and Tianqi, have all built their sect headquarters around the imperial capital, probably because of the convenient conditions of the imperial capital. Among them, the three sects of the Holy Spirit, Bingyue, and Tianqi are spiritual sects, and the remaining seven are martial arts sects.

Spiritual sects, cultivating the way of heaven and earth, spiritual masters communicate with heaven and earth, cultivate successfully, can mobilize the energy of heaven and earth, and are extremely powerful, so the status of spiritual cultivation is faintly above the martial artists. There is also a legend that if a martial artist can cultivate to the extreme, it is not much better than spiritual cultivation. But for a long time, that legendary warrior was never seen again.

The ten major sects have a profound heritage, countless geniuses, and each generation has its own amazing geniuses and leaders. Almost on par with the imperial dynasty, the Holy Heavenly Emperor Dynasty was established for more than a thousand years, if you talk about the real heritage, it is naturally not comparable to the top ten, but as the honor of the Holy Heaven, the accumulation of two or three thousand years of the imperial dynasty should not be underestimated. The royal dojo belonging to the dynasty is almost the exclusive martial arts field of the dynasty, only accepting the children of the royal family and princes and ministers, and also cultivating and transporting a large number of outstanding martial artists and even spiritual cultivation for the dynasty, which is also the capital of the confrontation with the top ten, which has always been valued and grasped by the royal family, and the royal family also invests a lot of resources to cultivate talents regardless of the cost, not only that, in order to better consolidate the royal status, the dynasty also often absorbs real peerless geniuses from civilian warriors from all over the world, and uses it for the dynasty, which is also the reason why the top ten openly and secretly compete for talents with the dynasty, and between the top ten, it is also to compete for a good seedling and fight openly and secretly。 The reason is very simple, a peerless genius can lead the sect for tens or even hundreds of years, how can the seedlings of a peerless genius be given to others? However, unless it is a last resort, the top ten and the royal dojo will not completely tear their faces, and they will lose both, and no one will be good.

The Thunder Fire Sect, which has been established for thousands of years, has a deep foundation, although it is not the first of the top ten sects in Shengtian, but it has a strong accumulation and a large number of talents, which still attracts many martial artists to come to learn from the arts.

At this time, the top of the highest peak of the Thunder Fire Mountain Range, the top of the Thunder Fire Peak, the white clouds were swirling, the breeze was caressing, and a somewhat thin figure sat for a long time, looking at the several magnificent martial arts fields on the mountainside below, the disciples were shouting for martial arts cultivation, pinching a piece of letterhead in their hands, and their deep eyes were hiding loneliness and melancholy, and they seemed to have a lot of things on their minds.

He is no longer the cute and introverted child he used to be.

The wind in early spring was still very cold, blowing on the thin boy's body, the white robe was lightly fluttering, and the long black hair was fluttering, the boy did not feel the coldness, but the depression in his heart could not be blown away by the wind.

After a long time, the young man muttered to himself: "Yuan Zhichen, Yuan Zhichen, today is your sixteenth birthday, but you are hiding in this person and is decadent and depressed. It's been eight years since you came to this Thunder Fire Sect, and you are not as good as a year. What was a genius has become a mediocre talent today, alas, is this the will of God? Can anyone tell me what is going on?......

As one of the top ten, the martial arts heart method of the Thunder Fire Sect is naturally outstanding, Yuan Zhichen practiced at the age of seven, and the progress was amazing, and at the same time, he also practiced the "Heartless Heart Sutra" of the Zen Master of Sorrow, and it was also mixed with the spiritual meditation method to temper the spirit, coupled with the talent, it was the speed of cultivation, incomparable. In fact, more importantly, the white-bearded old man who appeared in that mysterious dream taught him the "Seven Chakras" is even more mysterious, making his physical body refined, which is very different from ordinary martial artists. However, happiness and sorrow were born, but accidents happened.

At the age of seven, he began to practice martial arts, and in more than a month, he cultivated his sense of qi and practiced qi masses, and after the Thunder Fire Sect knew about it, he quickly sent someone to take him from Tianfeng County to the sect for key training, and Li Muyun, who was the best at teaching disciples, was responsible for guiding Yuan Zhichen. In less than a year, Yuan Zhichen even broke the armor body and strengthened the two grades, and it took another two years to break through the hundred refining and King Kong, and reach the true essence of the five grades, which made the head of the sect Ling Hu Yu and the elders regard Yuan Zhichen as a treasure, and even the Nine Emperors of the Dynasty and Princess Yinyue came to visit Yuan Zhichen twice in their busy schedules, and sighed that it was a miracle of the Holy Heaven! But when breaking through the six-grade blood change, Yuan Zhichen could not make progress for a long time and stagnated for three years. Martial arts are more and more practiced, and there are even signs of regression. All kinds of rumors also reached Yuan Zhichen's ears, making this proud young man who has always been a genius unbearable......

Today I received a letter from my father Yuan Lie, in addition to some trivial matters, the puppy is just growing taller, and it is mentioned that there is still no news from my younger brother Yuan Zhiyue. Since he entered the thunder fire eight years ago, his younger brother has also disappeared, and there has been no news for so many years, and his parents miss him every day. In the end, Yuan Lie mentioned that he had improved his own martial arts again, and he was already in the late stage of the Seven-Rank Ning Yuan, and he was working hard towards the Eight-Rank Divine Will. In fact, Yuan Zhichen knew that this was his father's encouragement not to be discouraged, and after his martial arts stagnated three years ago, his father only knew that he had been encouraging himself not to be depressed.

The more he thought about it, the more annoying he became, Yuan Zhichen simply took a hole flute beside him, brought it to his lips, and gently played a sad tune, whimpering in a low voice, as if he wanted to pour out all the depression in his heart.

Not far from the young man, a martial artist in a green robe who looked like a Confucian in his fifties looked at Yuan Zhichen and sighed softly, his apprentice, a young genius, broke two grades in a year, and even in the stage of strengthening the muscles of the first body, the skin membrane muscles and muscles of cultivation were mixed together when the true yuan was running, which was extremely weird, and the defense was far beyond that of ordinary martial artists; He and the head of the sect and even the elders of the sect also racked their brains, but they couldn't find the reason. In desperation, he could only encourage Yuan Zhichen not to stop martial arts cultivation, nor to force him, for fear that it would cause Yuan Zhichen's inner demons and go astray. According to Yuan Zhichen's own requirements, the sect even asked Princess Yinyue to help, and invited Mr. Feng Irisong, the most prestigious "Mr. Three Uniques" in Shengtian, to teach Yuan Zhichen's calligraphy, painting and music rhythm.

I thought that this would allow Yuan Zhichen to release his state of mind, free himself from the pressure of martial arts, and then regain his confidence in martial arts. However, what is surprising is that Yuan Zhichen's calligraphy, painting and music rhythm are also advancing by leaps and bounds, his skills are progressing rapidly, showing a strong talent, and the old Mr. Feng Rusong is very relieved, and bluntly said that this son must be a generation of talents in the literary world, and the blue is better than the blue. However, the progress of Yuan Zhichen's martial arts began to stagnate, which made Lei Huo cry and laugh. Do you really want him to be a literary talent?

Mr. Feng is like a treasure, and he encourages Yuan Zhichen to inherit his mantle all day long, strive to make achievements in calligraphy, painting and music, and lead the Holy Astronomical Altar. Even the Zizhu Cave Flute, which he regarded as a treasure, was taken out, and he had to give it to Yuan Zhichen alive or dead. Yuan Zhichen is devoted to martial arts, how can he really devote himself to the Danqing music for the words of Mr. Feng? However, eight years ago, before his private school enlightenment teacher Ding Fuzi left, he explained that he could not leave behind in his homework, and looking at the holy sky, no one could show the right of the old man in calligraphy, painting and music. Therefore, Yuan Zhichen could only pretend not to know and devote himself to practicing calligraphy, painting and music. It's just that only he knows the anguish in his heart.

In addition to being depressed, Yuan Zhichen had no choice but to go to the largest royal library in Shengtian "Langhuan Pavilion" to find scriptures and ancient books through the relationship of Princess Yinyue, hoping to find some reasons for the stagnation of his martial arts, although the sect also has a large collection of books, but the elders and the head of the sect have not been able to find out the reason, so they have to go to the royal library often to see.

At the end of the song, it seems that there is a lot less depression in the chest. Sighing lightly, he got up silently, Yuan Zhichen inherited his father's tall figure, he practiced martial arts all the year round, his figure was tall and fit, his face was more like his mother, his face lines were clear and soft, his face was delicate, his eyebrows were like swords, his nose was straight, and his deep eyes were calm with unwilling and indelible melancholy.

Yuan Zhichen took a deep breath and whistled, and saw two birds coming when they heard the sound and landed lightly on his shoulders. The two birds are black and white, and they are full of a spirit of beauty, and that kind of spirituality does not seem to belong to this earthly world. The bird whispered softly, rubbing the boy's cheek affectionately. The young man walked with a hole flute in his hand, and his body was free and elegant.

Li Muyun, the old man in the green robe on the side, waited for the young man to come to his side and patted the young man on the shoulder silently. The young man said respectfully: "Master, I'm going to the Imperial Capital Library today!" The man in the green robe just nodded, he knew that in the past three years, this apprentice had become less talkative because of his cultivation. There are some less lively and flying people of this age who should be.

Descending the path to the martial arts field, some of the brothers said hello, and their eyes were either regretful or gloating, and Yuan Zhichen was used to it. This huge blow may be a test for him now, at least his state of mind will not be too sad and restless because of the stagnation of martial arts.

"Look, the birdman is here, hehe, I heard that the year-end assessment of the past three years is all six grades, and there is no progress at all......" said in a somewhat ill-intentioned voice, Yuan Zhichen smiled indifferently, when he first entered the thunder fire, his talent frightened many people, plus two different kinds of birds followed, those who respected Yuan Zhichen's talent jokingly called Yuan Zhichen "Birdman", which means a very unusual genius, but now he is a "bird" person, just a mediocre person like an ordinary disciple, a rookie. But in fact, the sixteen-year-old sixth-rank martial artist is also an outstanding genius when he looks at Shengtian, but Yuan Zhichen has never been able to pass his own level. Coupled with the gossip of envy and jealousy, this sixteen-year-old boy has a huge amount of pressure.

"Ah Chen, are you going out again?" A simple and swarthy young man who was slightly older than Yuan Zhichen said hello to Yuan Zhichen. "Well, Senior Brother Renjie, I'm leaving!" Yuan Zhichen nodded, Mu Renjie looked at Yuan Zhichen who was far away, and also shook his head, feeling sorry for Yuan Zhichen. In the Thunder Fire, there are not many brothers who are familiar with Yuan Zhichen, Mu Renjie is one of the best friends, seventeen years old, he is already a martial artist in the late stage of the Five Grades True Essence, and he can be absorbed into the Thunder Fire Sect, and he is a genius leader from all over the world.

The Thunder Fire Mountain Range was close to the Imperial Capital, and in less than a quarter of an hour, he arrived outside the Imperial Capital Holy Dragon City. As the capital of the Holy Heavenly Emperor, the Holy Dragon City is really unparalleled, the whole city goes more than 50 miles from east to west, and the north and south direction is as long as 80 miles, the city wall is as high as dozens of zhang, the flow of chariots, horses and people outside the city gate is endless, and all kinds of beast mounts are also as many as cattle hair. Occasionally, you can see strange beasts flying in the sky, causing the amazement and envy of the people on the ground.

Entering the Holy Dragon City, the wide streets are very lively, people come and go, all kinds of noisy sounds, shouting sounds, the sound of cars and horses, the roar of beasts, and so on. Entertainers, loitering, begging, and even some exotic barbarians, turning into foreign murderers.

Yuan Zhichen is no longer a country boy who has never seen the world at the beginning, his heart is like an ancient well, and he goes straight to the Royal Library.

The Royal Library "Lang Huan Pavilion", the collection of books is rich, can be called the head of the Holy Heaven, the whole library covers a wide area, magnificent, and is heavily guarded. Yuan Zhichen knew from Princess Yinyue that there were not many people who were qualified to enter Langhuan Pavilion. Therefore, there were not many people in the library at this time.

The two birds flew away on their own, and Yuan Zhichen took out the entry and exit sign specially given by Princess Yinyue, and the guard nodded and let them go. He often comes here, and the guards are familiar with it, and besides, the person who Princess Yinyue has special permission to do is not easily offended, besides, this young man has an outstanding demeanor and a gentle attitude, which is easy to make people feel good.

Lang Huan Pavilion has a rich collection of books, in addition to the martial arts that Yuan Zhichen needs, astronomy, geography, historical materials, astronomy and even spiritual books, there are also countless books, Yuan Zhichen can only choose what may be useful to himself to view, through the study of these books and classics, his understanding of this world is also more and more abundant, and even sometimes, he will yearn for the overseas islands in the record, exotic resorts.

Of course, Yuan Zhichen also knew that those most profound and valuable books could not be open to ordinary people, let alone himself.

After turning around the first two floors for a long time, looking at the staircase on the third floor, Yuan Zhichen hesitated, these days, he checked the downstairs and found useful books, but he couldn't go up to the third floor, because there were other guards on the third floor, telling Yuan Zhichen that he was not allowed to enter the third floor.

When Yuan Zhichen hesitated to ask the guards, a voice smiled: "Xiao Chen, do you want to go to the third floor?"