When dawn fell and the rose-colored glow caressed the earth, the national teacher opened his eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"I see."

There was undisguised joy in his eyes.

At this time, he didn't look like an important minister of the country on the battlefield, but like a young disciple in the sect who suddenly solved the cultivation problem, broke through the bottleneck, and was anxious to share the results with the teacher.

Master Jueming's Great Compassion Mantra of Buddhism made him no longer disturbed by illusions.

He was completely immersed in the world of the formation, and had an invisible confrontation with Gu Xu. Gu Xu made a move, he took it, Gu Xu made a question, and he solved the problem. Although they don't see each other, their thoughts seem to collide constantly across time and space, inspiring endless sparks.

After years of "invincible" and "invincible in high places", the national teacher finally experienced the pleasant feeling of meeting an opponent in chess on the way of the rune formation.

He looked at the golden curtain of light covering the sky and the earth in front of him, and sketched a few runes in the air with his fingers - get rid of the shackles of paper and pen, get rid of the constraints of incantations, and use heaven and earth as paper and true yuan as ink, which is the sign of the sage runeman.

Soon, these runes drawn by the national teacher turned into several translucent golden sea jiao.

They flew in the direction of the six cities in the northwest, tossing and jumping between the light curtains, and each time they shuttled through the light curtains, they seemed to be able to stir up strings of invisible splashes.

Their dancing creates graceful arcs in the air.

Sometimes chasing each other, sometimes clinging to each other, as if they were having a gorgeous dance party that only belongs to them.

In an instant, the light of the defensive array of the six cities in the northwest faded a lot, and there were several obvious gaps - the national teacher used these sea Jiao as a medium to grasp the weak points of the formation, tear open the cracks, and continue to expand.

Beside the national teacher, the eldest prince Xiao Shangyuan's eyebrows gradually relaxed, his eyes became brighter, and he seemed to be full of confidence in the future again.

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The haze on Xiao Shangyuan's face did not disappear, but shifted to Zhao Yan's face.

She stood on the tower of Liangzhou, looking at the defensive array that was fading in the light, her brows were tightly locked, and her eyes were full of worry and uneasiness, as if she was shrouded in a dark cloud.

She held the seal letter given to her by Gu Xu tightly in her hand, and sweat was already pouring out of her palm.

What happened in the enemy camp did not hide from her eyes - or rather, the enemy did not intend to hide it from her at all.

She saw Master Jueming, who was wearing a robe and holding a Zen staff, appear beside the national teacher, and also saw that under the protection of Master Jueming, the national teacher only took one night to break through the protective array.

Gu Xu had told her before that he had also gone to Lingshan Temple to ask for Master Jueming's assistance, but Master Jueming refused.

In this regard, Zhao Yan didn't think that it was because Emperor Tianxing's face was bigger than Gu Xu's.

She only felt that Jue Ming's old thing really had no vision - Da Qi was about to die, and he actually chose to run to be loyal to the emperor, not afraid of being liquidated after the war?

But now, Zhao Yan doesn't have the heart to think about such a distant thing for the time being.

The Great Array broke.

Gu Xu hasn't come out yet.

At this moment, the strength of the six cities in the northwest is the weakest.

If the enemy army takes this opportunity to rush in, the consequences will be unimaginable - not only will the righteous army under Gu Xu's command be greatly damaged, but Gu Xu's promotion will also be disrupted.

If something goes wrong with his cultivation, he is likely to go mad and even lose his soul.

Thinking of Gu Xu's previous entrustment, Zhao Yan took a deep breath, looked at the national teacher on the high platform of the enemy army and said:

"Hong Tieniu's apprentice, did your master mention Xiao Changshou of the Medicine King Sect in front of you?"

Her voice was amplified by the mage, echoing over the battlefield, and every soldier could hear it clearly.

Her words left almost everyone on both sides at a loss.

"Hong Tieniu" and "Xiao Changshou", these two names with a very local flavor, are undoubtedly very unfamiliar to everyone.

However, there were also a few ordinary soldiers named "Xiao Changshou" and "Hong Tieniu", who were shocked, and almost thought that the daughter of Yan Guogong was calling her name in public.

"Medicine King Sect" has been heard of.

However, they couldn't understand why Zhao Yan, as the commander of the Northwest rebel army, suddenly mentioned a Nanzhao sect that had been destroyed for many years on the battlefield.

"Don't listen to her nonsense," the eldest prince Xiao Shangyuan shouted sharply while standing on the high platform, "Give me a team to attack the city!" ”

However, at this moment, the Great Qi National Master suddenly stepped forward and said, "Wait first!" I have something to say to her! ”

The words of the national teacher surprised Xiao Shangyuan.

Although the national teacher is a strong saint, he will never rely on his high cultivation level to give orders to others and interfere with the commander's command of the army. More often than not, he plays the role of thug and support, either charging forward or drawing talismans to break the formation.

Even if he disagrees with the commander's orders, he will choose to discuss them privately.

At this moment, it was the first time that the national teacher had obstructed Xiao Shangyuan's military order in front of everyone.

In an attitude of respecting the strong, Xiao Shangyuan ordered the army to stop the pace of attacking.

I saw the national teacher rise into the air, staring at Zhao Yan in the distance, and asked with his divine sense: "How do you know that Master Chiyangzi's real name is Hong Tieniu?" ”

Since taking the Taoist name "Chiyangzi", Hong Tieniu, a young man from the Medicine King Sect, has almost never mentioned his original name to others again; And the old people who were in Nanzhao Province at the beginning, after a long time, were basically buried in the grave.

To this day, theoretically knowing that Chiyangzi's real name is "Hong Tieniu", it is estimated that there is only one national teacher - in the years when Chiyangzi went crazy, the national teacher has been taking care of him by his side, and he heard this cheesy name from his own words, and also knew that Shizun's hometown was in Nanzhao, and he used to be a disciple of Yaowangzong.

Zhao Yan responded with his divine sense: "Gu Xu told me. ”

The national teacher pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Did Gu Xu tell you anything else about Chiyangzi?" ”

Zhao Yan thought for a while and replied, "Gu Xu also said that the predecessors of Chiyangzi once knew the secret of the Great Wilderness and knew that Ascension was a scam. And this is the reason why Chiyangzi's predecessors gave up flying and went crazy back then. ”

To tell the truth, Zhao Yan never expected that the predecessor of Chiyangzi, who was once the best in the world, would have such a simple and unpretentious real name as "Hong Tieniu".

However, seeing that the national teacher was in a trance, and seeing that the rhythm of the Great Qi army's siege of the city had stagnated, she had to admit that the "trick plan" left by Gu Xu was very successful.

"Ascension is a scam......"

The national teacher recited this sentence silently repeatedly, and wanted to further inquire about it from Zhao Yan.

"Be sober," Seeing the stunned appearance of the national teacher, although Master Jueming didn't know what he was talking to Zhao Yan, he still floated to his side and patted him on the shoulder, "You are on the battlefield now, she is your enemy, you should not be fooled by her nonsense." ”

Master Jueming had also been lobbied by Gu Xu, and he knew that the set of remarks about the truth of the world in the mouths of these thieves had great lethality to saints and powerhouses like them, and would inadvertently subvert their three views and shake their perception of the world.

Master Jueming was very afraid that the national teacher would be rebelled against him-

The emperor was sitting in the capital, watching the battlefield from afar, in case he noticed that the national teacher had signs of rebellion, and a golden thunder struck down, the national teacher's life would not be saved.

The national teacher nodded, indicating that he was now very sensible and had not been affected by the enemy's words.

But he still couldn't hold back, and asked Zhao Yan again: "Has Gu Xu told you in detail, what kind of person is 'Xiao Changshou'?" ”

"Xiao Changshou" is a name that Chiyangzi often mentioned in front of the national teacher during his lifetime.

For a long time, Chiyangzi has been full of respect for this "Xiao Changshou" and regards him as his benefactor and a real and unknown teacher.

He said to the national teacher more than once: "Senior Xiao saved me from endless suffering, gave me a new life, pointed out the direction of my cultivation, and told me the meaning of seeking the Tao."

"I also got inspiration from him for the Seven Styles of Burning Heaven.

"The sentence 'dare to teach the sun and the moon to change the sky' is a poem he wrote.

"Without Senior Xiao, there would be no me today.

"You have to remember him and respect him as you respect your own ancestors."

After listening to Chiyangzi's words, the national teacher has always been full of curiosity about this "senior Xiao".

In his opinion, Xiao Changshou's predecessor can subvert the Medicine King Sect with his own strength, and can guide the direction of Chiyangzi's path, so he must be a strong man with good strength.

However, such a strong man has left almost no trace in history by virtue of his namelessness!

Could it be that he is a hidden powerhouse who lives in the mountains and seeks the Tao alone?