Section 1: Life and Death

Yang Tianhong was pressed to the ground by two burly men with round waists and big arms. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 He stubbornly raised his head desperately, his eyes were full of extremely angry gaze, staring at the steward of King Jingning's Foreign Mansion and his uncle Yang Liansheng who were sitting in the main seat of the hall.

Yesterday, when he was out for a walk, Yang Tianhong passed by a very secluded nunnery on the outskirts of the capital and happened to meet the convoy of Jingning Palace. At that time, Yang Tianhong avoided the carriage in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court. Unexpectedly, after coming back, Jingning Wangfu immediately sent someone to the door, saying that Yang Tianhong had jumped on the horse and collided with the car of the prince and the righteous daughter of the county lord Lingyun, and he used his hands and feet to make teasing words.

It's just nothing.

Don't say it's a collision car, even the Lingyun County Lord, Yang Tianhong has never even seen it.

He didn't understand, why did the dignified Jingning Mansion make up facts?

What's even more hateful is that his uncle Yang Liansheng, who is the manager of the family's foreign government, didn't even ask, and directly ordered someone to be sent to catch him and hand him over to the Jingning Palace.

Yang Liansheng, who was sitting at the top of the hall, was middle-aged and thin, and he looked at Yang Tianhong, who was pressed by two domestic servants under the hall with a gloomy expression, unable to move, and a trace of imperceptible cruel sneer flashed in the depths of his eyes.

In all fairness, he really didn't like this nephew.

It is said that premature babies do not live to full term. But Yang Tianhong really had a hard life, he still survived, and he grew up day by day. If his sister had died in childbirth with a fetus at that time, things would have been much easier to handle than now.

At least, as an immediate family member, he can naturally inherit all the blessings and family property of his brother-in-law, that is, the late hussar general Yi Yonghou.

Outsiders are very envious of his "Houshan Bo". But Yang Liansheng knew that the reason why the emperor gave him the title of earl was entirely because when the hussar general died in battle, Yang Tianhong was still young, and out of concern for his blood relatives, he made an exception to canonize himself as an earl. Now, Yang Tianhong's identity is still the son of Yi Yong. But once this kid reaches adulthood, all the property of the late hussar general must be returned to Yang Tianhong. Perhaps, even his title of Earl of Houshan will be withdrawn by the emperor or directly abolished.

Property!

Knighted!

What is not something that the world wants to get even if they fight for their lives?

Yang Liansheng was very frightened of this. From a high count, suddenly he became a poor bastard who was not literate, and such a big gap was enough to make people go crazy.

Therefore, Yang Liansheng has always turned a blind eye to the long-term abuse and bullying of Yang Tianhong by the children of the family, and also acquiesced to his son Yang Xiong and others privately snatching the pills distributed to Yang Tianhong for cultivation. In his opinion, this is also a move arranged in advance in order to cope with changes in the future. Even if Yang Tianhong is an adult, as long as his cultivation is hopeless and he does nothing, then the Yang family and the imperial court will not pay attention to it, and he will naturally maintain his current status and wealth.

Although he didn't understand why the Jingning Palace's mansion was chattering about such a trivial matter as the car being hit, Yang Liansheng understood that with Yang Tianhong's cautious and low-spoken character, it was impossible for him to make fun of the Lingyun County Lord like other gentlemen.

However, knowing that Yang Liansheng didn't think about helping his nephew clarify the facts.

He felt that this was a good opportunity to address his potential crisis.

Slowly taking a sip of warm tea, Yang Liansheng, who looked indifferent, glanced at the housekeeper of King Jingning's Foreign Mansion who was sitting opposite, with a menacing attitude and a questioning expression on his face, and said lightly: "Since it has been found out that it is the fault of this son, then, I will give Prince Jingning a satisfactory explanation." ”

Immediately, Yang Liansheng turned his gaze to Yang Tianhong, who was full of unwillingness, and there was a trace of imperceptible sarcasm and pleasure in the depths of his eyes, and he shouted an order to the servants standing on both sides: "Take the family law and beat me hard!"

The family method is a thick stick wrapped with cooked copper at both ends.

The domestic servants in charge of the execution were Yang Liansheng's cronies, all of whom were muscular and vicious men.

With a stick down, Yang Tianhong's eyes widened, and an incomparably terrible scream suddenly erupted from his mouth.

He felt like his spine was broken.

These evil servants are merciless, heavy and ruthless.

In an instant, Yang Tianhong felt that he had thought clearly and seen a lot of things clearly.

Yang Liansheng wanted to beat me to death.

The man who sat in the hall, whom he called "uncle", wanted to seize the title and family property that belonged to me, and wanted to take this opportunity to beat me to death justifiably.

A mouthful of blood spurted out of Yang Tianhong's mouth, and he desperately pointed at the two people sitting on it and hissed and cursed.

"Yang Liansheng, you despicable villain. He actually did such a poisonous treatment to me. My mother and you are blood relatives, and you have been given the title of earl because of my father. You will take revenge!

"And you, a mere steward of the Jingning Wang's Foreign Mansion, actually dare to sit on it and point fingers at the dignified Chu nobles. I haven't even seen Lingyun County's opinion, what kind of verbal teasing can I talk about? King Jingning does not distinguish between right and wrong, black and white are reversed, there is always one, I, Yang Tianhong, will definitely be above the court, in front of His Majesty, and openly confront this old horseman!"

"I, I won't let you go!"

The stick smashed down in the air with a piercing whistling wind, and Yang Tianhong felt an extremely tragic pain in his back. He spurted out a mouthful of blood and lost consciousness.

The copper iron rod still fell like raindrops, beating Yang Tianhong's body into a blur of flesh and blood, and it was a piece of sparse pieces.

Blood flowed down from his fleshy body, slowly soaking through the longevity lock that hung on his chest.

The housekeeper of King Jingning's foreign mansion was very shrewd, and he had already seen that Yang Tianhong had not gone out much, and he was dying, so he arched his hand, said a few perfunctory words casually, and then got up to say goodbye.

Yang Liansheng looked at Yang Tianhong, who was unconscious on the ground and lying in a pool of blood, with a grim and indifferent face, and gradually revealed a hint of a smile.

He called the cronies and servants in charge of the execution and asked in a low voice, "How is it, are you dead?"

The servant with his arm and a meaty face nodded: "The first stick goes down, and all the internal organs are already damaged." Master, I'm not bragging, I've been practicing this beating method for decades. According to this style of fighting, even a sturdy bull can be beaten to death, let alone an ordinary person who has no cultivation foundation?"

The smile on Yang Liansheng's face became even stronger. He waved his hand and said, "Carry this kid down first, and throw it in the firewood room for a while." Then he went to buy a coffin, and released the news outside, saying that the son of the hussar general's mansion suddenly fell ill and couldn't get through it. ”

The servant comprehended: "The little one will do it, and it will definitely not be wrong." ”

......

Yang Tianhong felt that his sanity had been sucked into the longevity lock.

It's a strange feeling, like when you're half-asleep and half-awake, you want to open your eyes, but you feel that your eyelids are extremely heavy, and you just know what's going on. It is very clear, it seems that the surrounding scenes and objects can be touched casually, but there is an indescribable haze and blur.

Then, Yang Tianhong found that he had walked into a white room.

Walls, floors, furniture...... Everything is white here. Yang Tianhong had never seen such a room, but he felt that there was an indescribable sense of comfort in staying here. It seems that the air is particularly fresh, like walking in the mountains and forests after the rain.

Consciousness told Yang Tianhong: Here, it is the inside of the longevity lock.

Reason told Yang Tianhong: This is impossible, such a small lock...... Moreover, the lock had been worn on him before, and had never shown any supernatural features.

Directly in front of him, sat an old man who was all white, covered in cobwebs and dust.

Yang Tianhong took a few steps forward and stopped more than five meters away from the old man.

At this distance, it was enough for him to see clearly that the old man was actually already dead, the muscles on his body had atrophied, and his entire head had turned into a skeleton. It's just that due to the strange environment here, the corpse is not decomposed, it is completely air-dried, and the covering effect of the clothes makes it look like a person is sitting silently.

On the ground in front of the corpse, there was a thread-bound book with a blue cover, on which there were three large characters in the official script, "Tongtian Decision".

Yang Tianhong picked up the book and flipped through it casually.

The book is divided into two volumes, the upper and the second, which compare the period of gas refining and foundation building.

As the words in the book came into view, the corners of his eyes twitched, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

Cultivating this kind of thing is about talent.

Yang Tianhong didn't know what his qualifications were. However, Yang Liansheng single-handedly controlled the outer courtyard of the family, coupled with the long-term bullying of his son Yang Xiong and others, snatching the pill, even if Yang Tianhong was a genius, it was impossible for him to cultivate in this environment.

When a person has been called a "waste" by others for a long time, he subconsciously thinks that he will not be able to make an inch of progress on the path of cultivation. Therefore, for a long time, Yang Tianhong could only find exercises suitable for his own cultivation by reading the family collection.

Compared with the book "Tongtian Decision" in his hand, the family exercises are simply rubbish.

The description is simple and thorough, without the slightest embellishment. Some of the more complex passages are accompanied by images of the human body, with lines and arrows demonstrating how the internal qi works.

Completely out of instinct, Yang Tianhong immediately sat down cross-legged, put the open book in front of him, and cultivated according to the book.

It was only for an hour, and he could already feel that there was an air current surging inside the dantian.

An indescribable strong shock instantly filled Yang Tianhong's brain.

This is Qi Sense, the most significant sign of entering the first layer of Qi refining from ordinary people.

He began to cultivate at the age of four, and it was only now that Yang Tianhong really found a sense of qi in himself.

He used to be extremely envious of those family members who had achieved great cultivation, and he also hated people such as Yang Xiong who snatched his own pills. Although it is only the most ordinary "Body Forging Pill", it is the best aid to enhance physical strength, facilitate the search for qi in the early stage of cultivation, and enter the qi refining stage more quickly.

An extremely strong thought, like an invisible giant hand, tightly grasped Yang Tianhong's heart.

I'm not a waste, I can also cultivate.

In the annotation at the bottom of this page of "Tongtian Decision", Yang Tianhong saw another line of small words: "With the use of the Yuan Qi Pill, the initial cultivation speed can be doubled." ”

Genki Pill?

At the moment when these three words just came to his mind, Yang Tianhong found that next to the "Tongtian Decision" he placed, two jade bottles with clean textures appeared. The bottle on the left has a Yuanqi Dan label on it, and the one on the right has "Pei Yuandan" written on it.

He rubbed his eyes vigorously, and the two jade bottles were still sitting there quietly, without the slightest change.

Yang Tianhong swore that when he picked up "Tongtian Decision" before, that position was blank. He is not blind, and it is impossible to turn a blind eye to something as obvious as the jade bottle.

There is only one explanation: they appeared out of nowhere.

Picking up the two jade bottles, approaching his eyes and carefully examining them for a moment, Yang Tianhong uncorked the Yuanqi Pill bottle and immediately smelled a strong medicinal fragrance.

The bottle was filled with white pills the size of soybeans, and there were about a dozen of them. Yang Tianhong shook out one, placed it flat in the middle of his palm, and stared silently.

Of course, he had heard of the name of the Yuan Qi Dan.

This is a panacea that truly blends the aura of heaven and earth and can make a cultivator's strength increase rapidly. In contrast, although the "Forging Body Pill" taken by family members bears the name of "Dan", it is actually just an herbal pill obtained by ordinary quenching means. It is more appropriate to say that it is not so much Dan as "body forging medicine".

Only a true cultivation sect can obtain the Yuan Qi Pill.

Such a precious thing, I actually have more than a dozen in my hands.

Is this a dream?

Am I dead, and this is another world?

With the thought of self-deprecation, Yang Tianhong shook his head and swallowed the Yuan Qi Pill in his hand.

Even if it was poison, he would not hesitate to eat it now.

Don't say that he can cultivate, even if someone asks him to pay all the price, as long as he can take revenge, Yang Tianhong will agree.

As the elixir entered his body, Yang Tianhong closed his eyes and suddenly found that he had entered a very wonderful realm.

That Yuan Qi Pill swirled, turning into an extremely powerful spiritual energy in its body. It is like a raging and violent flood, rushing back and forth in all the meridians in his body with unstoppable force. One by one, the obstacles were broken away, the meridians that had been blocked for a long time became unimpeded, and the joints were opened one by one, but this spiritual energy did not have the slightest momentum to stop. According to the exercises shown on the "Tongtian Decision", Yang Tianhong guided the spiritual energy transformed by the pill to run repeatedly in his body until the impact force gradually weakened, and all the power was deposited inside the dantian, forming a small pool of water that slowly rotated along the core of the dantian.

Yes, a pool that is not very large.

This is the most suitable word that Yang Tianhong can think of to describe his dantian.

The moment he opened his eyes, Yang Tianhong looked at his hands in disbelief, and his whole body was trembling.

Me, I broke through the first layer of Qi refining?

All physical conditions are consistent with the situation described in the Decision to Heaven. Even without annotations, Yang Tianhong knew the changes in his body. For the first time in his life, he felt that he was full of power, and the flame of hatred that had been suppressed in his mind burned even more vigorously because of it.

I'm going out, I'm going to get revenge!

With such a consciousness just in his mind, Yang Tianhong felt that there was a door on the side of the room at some point.

This place seems to be able to change with its own new ideas, which is very magical.

Obviously, as long as you go out, you can leave this place with the elixir and the "Heavenly Decision".

Just as he was about to turn around and take a step, Yang Tianhong's eyes saw the skeleton of the monk sitting silently alone.

In any case, the exercises and pills must have something to do with the deceased. If I'm not mistaken, they should be relics of this person.

If you receive the grace of a drop of water, you will be repaid by the eternal spring.

Although the fanatical revenge urged Yang Tianhong to leave as soon as possible, he still tried to calm himself down, turned around, knelt down with his knees together, and bowed respectfully to the remains three times.

Leaving the body outside is disrespectful to the deceased. Like the previous pill and the door, Yang Tianhong had just had the idea of wanting to bury the deceased in his mind, and a shovel immediately appeared on the ground.

The ground was not very hard, and Yang Tianhong easily dug a spacious enough tomb. With respect and gratitude, he put the remains in order, carefully placed them in the tomb, and then sprinkled them with soil and buried them gently.

Soon the grave bags were piled up, but a new problem arose: a tombstone was needed.

New objects continue to emerge with Yang Tianhong's thinking: wooden boards, inkstones, brushes, and grinding ink that can be used as tombstones......

Yang Tianhong did not know the name of the deceased, and he could not find any information about the deceased on the "Tongtian Decision" and the surrounding objects. In desperation, he could only write a few big words on the surface of the tombstone: "Tomb of the Unknown Teacher".

Just as the last stroke had just settled, Yang Tianhong suddenly heard a burst of hearty laughter from the void.

"Hahahaha! It's been 30,000 years, and the old man has been waiting here for 30,000 years. Little doll, you are the one million six hundred and eighty-nine thousand and four destined people who came in. It is also one of the most unique. The old man is gone, and the Linglong Treasure Lock is yours from now on. You know, be cautious, and do it yourself!"

As the laughter gradually disappeared from far and near, Yang Tianhong was stunned to see that all the environments around him were changing dramatically.

The room became a palatial hall, surrounded by a thick and sturdy steel fence except for the one where he stood. Through the gaps, you can see that behind each fence, there is a lattice shelf, on which are jade bottles, weapons, books, and various objects that cannot be named.

There were also a lot of intimidating things next to that door. From where Yang Tianhong was standing, to the door, there was a corridor about 100 meters long. The ceiling was densely covered with execution knives and dragonstones, and at least hundreds of steel dolls with weapons stood on either side. Yang Tianhong believed that if he entered the corridor and walked to the door, he would definitely be chopped alive by weapons that were slashed from all directions.

Yang Tianhong has a few more books in his hand. At the top, there is a copy of "Linglong Secret Record".

Flipping it open, it was written on the homepage: Only those who open the door lock with innate blood with strong resentment and hatred are destined.

Anyone who is destined to enter the Linglong Treasure Lock must collect the remains of the ancestors. Otherwise, there will be no mercy!

Just these two records made Yang Tianhong feel that his vest was drenched in a cold sweat.

He finally understood why the voice in the void said that he was the millionth person who had come here.

Only people with strong anger and resentment can come in, and after obtaining the cultivation exercises, of course, they can't wait to leave for revenge at the first time. This is the instinct of almost everyone's thinking, even if they want to collect the remains of the deceased, they often choose to return here after the outside affairs are over.

However, as long as this is done, it is impossible to go out again.

His behavior is crooked, and it is completely luck.

With deep happiness and fear, Yang Tianhong walked back and forth in the hall.

There are four walls, the gate in the center is closed, and the other three walls are inlaid with three iron grilles.

There is a lock in the center of each bar. According to the relevant entries in the Linglong Secret Record, these iron bars have the soul of a monk attached to them. If you want to enter the back of the iron fence and get the elixir and treasures placed there, you must meet the corresponding conditions to open the lock of the iron fence.

Yang Tianhong saw a large jade bottle, and the label said "One hundred Yuan Qi Pills". The opening condition of the closed iron barrier is "the third layer of gas refining must be reached".

He saw a sharp sword that shone with cold light. The opening condition of the closed iron fence is "to get an alien vitality pill".

There is also a wooden box labeled "5,000-year-old skullcap", and the opening condition of the closed iron fence is "a silver spirit grass seed".

And so on, there are several large and small iron fences. Right in the middle of these bars was a large, closed door. Yang Tianhong pushed hard, but the door wall did not move at all. There are no annotations on the door locks, nor are there any related annotations on the Linglong Secret Record.