Chapter Twenty-Three: The Arctic Pavilion Picks the Spirit

A stone island, hanging in the clouds, narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, with swords sharpened as if flat.

In the center of the island, there is a strong pine, lush and lush, a clear pool the size of a wellhead under the shade of the tree, from the mouth of the pond, the bottom goes straight to the bottom of the island, discharges down, forms a small waterfall hanging in the air, I don't know where it goes.

However, the water surface of Qingtan is not lowered, and there is not even a little water wave, a white-haired Taoist sits on the side of the pool, with five hearts facing the sky, closing his eyes and calming, a white crane, standing on one foot, seems to be pretending to sleep, and is also motionless.

On the entire island, only the swaying of the pine leaves proves that this is not a static picture.

A flying book, at a speed faster than the flying sword, crossed a golden light, through the clouds and mist to this empty island, at this moment, the white-haired Taoist suddenly "lived", I don't know when he raised his hand, and the flying book suddenly appeared between his fingers.

The Taoist slowly opened his eyes, opened the flying book, and read it carefully.

Cheongtan produced a wave of water.

The white crane opened his eyes suddenly, suddenly opened his beak, and actually spoke out a thick middle-aged voice, and asked, "Senior brother, what happened?"

"Letter from the clan." The white-haired Taoist said: "Last night, the new true legend Xu Zhuang accused the Chen clan of Chen Zongyu's evil law of murdering the true legend, Han Wang counted 20 law enforcement monks and 60 Taoist soldiers overnight, went to the Chen clan to take people, and brought them back to the law enforcement court for interrogation. ”

"What?" Bai He was shocked: "Can the Chen clan do such a stupid thing? Han Wang, could it be the meaning of the Han family? ”

"Hmph." The white-haired Taoist smiled and said, "Han? Why do you say that since the three generations of patriarchs passed down the Han family, after thousands of years, the Han family has always stood tall in the door? The Han family has always acted only from the perspective of the sect! On the night that Han Wang detained Chen Zongyu back to the Enforcement Yuan, he didn't wait for the Law Enforcement Yuan to summon Xu Zhuang to confront him, and Chen Zongyu confessed that he was not great......"

"What?" Bai He's eyes widened, "How dare the Chen clan commit such a serious crime?" ”

"Chen refused to appoint Chen Zongyu to act, and Chen Zongyu also confessed that it was one of them." Bai Fa Dao said: "The law enforcement court concluded that what Chen Zongyu said was true, and the verdict was handed down that night. ”

"Chen Zongyu, strip off the Taoist books, and remove the names of the golden books and jade books."

Bai He shuddered: "Strip off the Taoist books, and remove the names of the golden books and jade books...... Even if you are reincarnated, you will never be allowed to enter the Taisu Gate Wall! ”

"Reincarnation, how can it be so light." The white-haired Taoist said lightly: "Even if the Yuan Infant is a great success, he may not be able to preserve his true nature in reincarnation." This person has already abolished the Jindan, has no hope of becoming a baby, and has stripped off the Taoist book, and it is impossible to reincarnate with the magic weapon in the door. Not to mention ......"

He closed the flying book and said lightly: "Not only is he expelled, but the Law Yuan has sentenced Chen Zongyu to be escorted to the Burning Bone Cave and detained for eternity." From now on, there will be no such person as Chen Zongyu in this world. ”

"This!" Bai He exclaimed: "True Disciple, escort the Burning Bone Cave Heaven, I'm afraid this is not the first case in 10,000 years?" ”

What kind of place is the Burning Bone Cave Heaven, it is the head of the Six Realms of the Bitter Prison opened up by Taisu Authentic Sect to detain the traitors of the sect and seal the demons and monsters, it is rumored that the Bone Erosion Cave Heaven does not have any air, clear air, between heaven and earth, it is all rolling and fierce, and the soul is always ecstasy and bones, no matter who enters the Bone Erosion Cave Heaven, in the end it is the end of the soul being worn out and the bone and blood being dissolved.

"Hehe, now he has nothing to do with the name of the true disciple." The white-haired Taoist seemed to sigh and said: "In the past five generations, the Chen family has produced four true legends in a row, although no one has the momentum to refine the primordial gods, it can also be said that the luck is at its peak...... I didn't expect to suffer repeated setbacks in recent years? Could it be that Chen's qi has reached the time for a sharp turn? ”

Bai He said: "Losing a Chen Zongyu won't make the Chen family hurt their muscles and bones, right?" ”

"Xu Zhuang may not be important, but the reputation of the true inheritance of the sect is extremely important." The white-haired Taoist shook his head and said: "Chen Zongyu committed such a serious crime as murdering the true legend, although it was determined by the hedgehog that it was not instigated by the Chen family, but how could the Chen family escape. ”

"This matter has already attracted many elders in the sect to ask, Chen Zonghe and other people in high positions in the sect have taken the blame and resigned, and Chen Lian, who is suspected of instigating Chen Zongyu, has also dispatched law enforcement disciples to arrest him, and the relationship between the Chen family and the virtuous son-in-law of the Tianhuo Sect is even more impossible to maintain...... And so on, it's still a trivial matter. ”

The white-haired Daoist shook his book, "Heng Shi received the news, the elders in the sect are already discussing cutting the quota for the Chen clan to enter the 'Innate Taisu Realm', and such an agreement is a real unbearable burden for the Chen clan." ”

"What?" Bai He made a voice that didn't know whether he was shocked or excited: "Senior brother, if the Chen family cuts the quota......"

"I know what you think, but whether this matter is agreed or not, I don't need the Yun clan to take the lead." The white-haired Taoist shook his head, his five fingers pinched meaninglessly, he was stunned for a while, and suddenly said: "Senior brother, I remember, Heng Ce seems to be interested in marrying his daughter to the Chen family?" ”

Bai He said: "This is indeed the case, what does senior brother mean?" ”

The white-haired Taoist pondered for a moment and said, "Let's stop this matter for the time being, our Yun clan has only withered for generations, and now there is a little sign of revival, don't make a mess at this time." ”

The turmoil of this night is still spreading to more places, but as one of the protagonists of the incident, Xu Zhuang did not pay too much attention.

Chen Zongyu confessed to Buwei, saying that all the crimes were committed by one of them, and they had been judged to be true by the pig, and the matter came to an end. But Xu Zhuang knew that the cause and effect between him and Junyang Chen would not end here, and one day, there would be entanglements again.

Whether it is Chen or Xu Zhuang, they will wait for the time to come.

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In the Taisu sect, there is a nameless mountain, the whole body is craggy and strange stones, there is no natural beauty at all, the location is not remote, but the square circle is uninhabited.

The Arctic Pavilion is built according to this mountain, the appearance of the building platform outside, there is a palace built against the mountain, the carving is clumsy, the space is vast, and the silence is abnormal.

The reason why it is so cold is because the Arctic Pavilion is the most famous place of bitterness in the Taisu Gate, and there are only two kinds of people who will come to this pavilion.

One is a retreat person who has cultivated to a certain level in the sect, who has not broken through the barrier and has broken through the barrier in order to break through.

This kind of person is at least a Jindan monk who seeks to break the pill and become a baby, and there are even more Yuanying monks who want to break through the entrance of life and death, refine the primordial spirit, and live forever. People like this, once they enter the Arctic Pavilion, unless they succeed, they will often not leave the Pavilion again......

Not to mention whether there will be any visits.

The second is a person like Xu Zhuang who has been punished by grounding.

Xu Zhuang landed on the platform in front of the hall, only to see the front and back of the hall, a clear and cold faction, without the slightest life, secretly wondered: Although the Arctic Pavilion is hard, there should also be disciples to serve, how can there be no movement at all.

Seeing that there was no figure, Xu Zhuang naturally would not wait stupidly outside, and walked into the hall, but there was still no sound in the hall, except for the red pillar of the Zhubi, the gold carving and jade carving, which seemed to be empty.

Xu Zhuang glanced around, only to see that not far from the hall, there was a delicate birdcage hanging out of thin air, with a trace of silver thread in it, and a colorful feather parrot standing, the bird's head was little by little, and it looked sleepy.

Xu Zhuang shook his head and smiled, so he had to shout: "Where is the deacon's disciple!" ”

"Oops!" As soon as Xu Zhuang spoke, an exclamation immediately came from inside, shouting, "Fellow Daoists, wait." ”

After a while, a sloppy old man hurriedly trotted out of the inside, and shouted in his mouth: "It's coming, it's coming." ”

When he arrived at the front of the hall, he saw Xu Zhuang calm and relaxed, standing in the hall with his hands in his hands, still interested in watching the colorful feather parrot.

When the sloppy Taoist saw the parrot's sleepy and unaware appearance, he became angry and shouted, "Livestock! Someone is coming, and they're still lazy! ”

The colorful feather parrot opened its eyes, and shouted, "The master is here!" The lord is here! ”

The sloppy Taoist twitched his cheeks and said angrily: "I'll pick you up later!" ”

Xu Zhuang couldn't help but look at it, and the sloppy old Taoist did a long time before he stepped forward and said: "Little friend, forgive me, the Arctic Pavilion is bitter, and there are no disciples who are willing to come here to serve for a long time." For this matter, Lao Dao ran to the Good Gong Hall a lot, but he couldn't solve it, so he had to give up. ”

"Now Lao Dao is in charge of things personally, but fortunately, there are few people in this place, and Lao Dao raised this little animal for the sake of cultivation."

"I see." Xu Zhuang shook his head and smiled.

"Ahem." Seeing that Xu Zhuang didn't seem to have the idea of pursuing it, Lao Dao cleared his throat and asked, "Why did Xiaoyou come to the Arctic Pavilion?" ”

Seeing that he didn't seem to know anything about someone's arrival, Xu Zhuang had no choice but to take out the decree and say: "Xu Zhuang, a disciple of the younger generation, respects the law of the real person and is grounded in the Arctic Pavilion for ten years. In general, Xu Zhuang couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of his crimes.

"It turned out to be Master Xu's nephew." The sloppy Taoist didn't seem to be surprised, and took the decree and said: "Although the Arctic Pavilion is hard, it is a good realm for cultivation, and being grounded here is just the most face-saving punishment in this sect, and the master and nephew don't have to worry about it." ”

When he looked up at the sky, he raised his hand and stroked his beard that was knotted, and found that it seemed to be unsmooth, so he put down his hand in embarrassment and said: "The sun is in the middle of the sky, it is a good time to enter the cabinet, you can come with me." ”

The sloppy old Taoist took the lead to lead the way, and the two walked to the hall, gradually entering the depths, and came to a white jade door eight or nine zhang high, the jade emitted a faint glow, illuminating the deep cave behind the door.

The sloppy old man snorted his mouth, blew out a spiritual light, added a little light, didn't stop long, took Xu Zhuang straight through the doorway, and walked all the way along the cave road.

Gradually, there was a faint whining sound in front of him, and a biting cold air came from the depths of the cave.

Xu Zhuang looked at it, this abyss gorge winds I don't know how far away, there are blue glaciers on both sides, cold rock frozen walls, it is supposed to be in the belly of the mountain, but you can still see the sky, but the darkness is like twilight, the snow drifts constantly, is carried by the cold wind, whistling between the abyss gorges, going for hundreds of miles, it is obvious that there is a hole in the sky.

The old Taoist priest stopped and said, "I'll send Xiaoyou here, but there are still some things to make clear to you." ”

Xu Zhuang said humbly: "Senior, please speak." ”

"Do you see the caves on these two ice walls?" The old man straightened up to the deep caves exposed on the ice walls on both sides of the Abyss Gorge and said, "This is the place of cultivation in this Abyss Gorge, and you can come and choose at will." However, remember that if you come across a cave that is protected by a prohibition, do not disturb others. Lao Dao picked his beard again, and said with a smile, "There is one more thing, if you want to go deep into the gorge, you must keep in mind." ”

"The wind is continuous in this abyss gorge all the time, it's okay here, the deeper you go, the deeper the cold air in the gorge, the more cold this wind is, the more cold it is, the frozen sky and the earth, the person who is a little inferior to the cultivation is blown by this cold wind, and immediately freezes out of life, and falls apart. This cold wind weakens at noon every day, and is the most bitter in the early morning, so be careful when you want to go deeper into the gorge. ”

Xu Zhuang nodded and said, "Thank you seniors for mentioning it." ”

The sloppy old man waved his hand indifferently, yawned, and said lazily: "Okay, I've made it clear to you, and I'll go back to the pavilion." Without waiting for Xu Zhuang to react, he turned around and returned to the cave, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Xu Zhuang bowed to the cave road, then turned around, jumped up, flew into the air by the wind, the cold wind blew on the pavement, Xu Zhuang carried the Dao method, under the operation of mana, suddenly felt the chill swept away.

It seems that the cold wind here is not very strong, Xu Zhuang thought that he had not gone to the Arctic Pavilion to practice for the purpose of retreat and penance, and it seemed that there was no need to go to the depths of the Abyss Gorge to find a place of pure suffering, not to mention that this realm may not be pure.

He glanced at the ice wall, and at a glance, there was a hole every hundred zhang, and there was no place to be protected by prohibition, thought for a moment, and flew forward a few miles by the wind, so he randomly chose a cave to fall down, poked out his spiritual sense and swept into the hole, and sure enough, it was empty, and there were only four ice walls.

So Xu Zhuang stepped into it, casually laid down a few simple prohibitions, there was no bed, Xu Zhuang was not picky, put a futon on the open space and sat down cross-legged, and took out a yellow gourd from his sleeve, which was the Dan gourd that Fang had collected from Chen Yuan and his body yesterday.

Xu Zhuang held the gourd in his hand, and said in his heart: "After I refined the golden pill, I haven't had time to calm down and cultivate for a good life, and many of the methods used in the realm of refining have not been cultivated, and the completion of the 'Taisu Intangible Sword Qi' must also be put on the agenda." However, the top priority is to complete the Dan power and mana supplement. ”

After setting the charter, Xu Zhuang pulled out the yellow gourd stopper, poured it into his hand, and rolled out a six-turn golden pill from the bone.

Jindan is different from the usual elixir, mostly made of metals, minerals, jade and other materials, the five qi of food is unbalanced, not suitable for swallowing, there are several usual usages, one is to refine with the 'furnace', directly absorb the essence of the Jindan, the other is that the monk will put the Jindan in the mouth, exhale the practice, and then can be directly placed outside the body, exhale into the Dan, hook the Dan gas.

The usage is different, the natural efficiency is different, borrowing the Dan furnace, the natural efficiency is the highest, and it is second to the mouth and spitting, but it is inevitable that there is a little possibility of imbalance of the five qis.

Although Xu Zhuang has a high-grade Dan furnace for refining and transforming at hand, it has not yet been refined, and if you really want to talk about it, the kung fu of refining magic weapons may not be very efficient in a short period of time.

The time limit for confined to the Arctic Pavilion is only ten years, so he is not in a hurry about this matter, just waiting to take a breath first, leading out the Dan Qi, and suddenly feeling that between the breath, the aura introduced into the body carries a cool air, Xu Zhuang condensed and felt, only to feel that this cool air seems to have the same origin as the chill in the gorge, but there is no cold meaning of freezing, but it makes people feel cold and very comfortable.

"This is ......" Xu Zhuang pondered for a moment, and suddenly used the Dao method, and instantly refined the cool qi in his body, and clearly felt that the mana had undergone a slight refinement and growth, although compared to Xu Zhuang's own mana, it was far less than just in case, but it was also a real refinement.

"This is the Arctic Lingzhen, which is said to be the first-class Lingzhen, the original name of the Arctic Pavilion is because of the Arctic Lingzhen, and it is indeed a blessed land that is conducive to cultivation of the first class." Xu Zhuang said happily.

The Arctic Lingzhen is one level higher than the Five Elements True Sand that formed the Five Elements True Sand, the Yuyang True Sand, and the Yuyang Yuanzhen, and it is the first-class Lingzhen that is most beneficial to cultivation in the world, without much hesitation, Xu Zhuang immediately accelerated the operation of the Dao Law, and the whale drank and swallowed the sea to evacuate the spiritual vitality of the surrounding heaven and earth, and even absorbed the spiritual vitality of the farther away, forming a huge invisible vortex.

Such a massive amount of spiritual energy swallowing volume is simply a thousand times higher than the unconscious exhalation, but unexpectedly, the arctic spiritual true cool qi introduced into the body is only like a gurgling stream, no matter how much spiritual energy is swallowed, it does not increase much.

"Why is that?" Xu Zhuang wondered in his heart, even if he was a first-class Arctic Lingzhen, if he could only swallow such a small amount, it would not be of much benefit to a cultivator like him.

"Wait, the deeper you go, the deeper the chill in the gorge." Suddenly, a little spiritual light rose to his heart, Xu Zhuang's eyebrows opened, and he smiled, "I see!" No wonder my predecessors said I would go to the gorge. ”

He reached out and calculated slightly, it had been half an hour since he entered the Arctic Pavilion, although it was not noon, but it was still the time of cold wind and low tide.

"In that case, we should immediately explore the depths of the gorge."

Xu Zhuang waved his robe, put away the sundries, withdrew the ban, and immediately flew out of the cave, since the time was pressing, he didn't perform any more tricks to ride the wind and fly, turning into a pure white sword rainbow, tearing the cold wind and shooting away into the depths of the gorge.

When Xu Zhuang used his sword to fly at full speed, it was as fast as a flying star, and when he tore the cold wind and flew away, the sound of breaking the sky was still far behind, and in less than half an hour, he fled thousands of miles away.

I don't know how long and deep this Arctic Gap is. No matter how you fly deeper, the ice walls on both sides are still a dark blue, and the caves you see are getting fewer and fewer, and there is still no end in sight, but the cold wind in the gorge is gradually chilling, although it will not hurt Xu Zhuang, but it also feels cold all around, and you have to fly away while running the Dao Law to protect yourself.

After flying forward for more than a thousand miles, the cold wind in the gorge became more and more fierce, as if it was going to blow Xu Zhuang off the clouds, and it was more and more difficult to resist the cold.

Xu Zhuang secretly thought that he had not yet replenished the complete mana, maybe it was not appropriate to move forward, so he paid attention to the ice walls on both sides, to such a depth, the caves on the ice walls were very rare, and the last time Xu Zhuang passed through the cave, he had flown out nearly a hundred miles away, and there were still only blue glaciers and cold rock frozen walls on the ice walls.

After another moment, just when Xu Zhuang was about to return to a hundred miles away, his expression suddenly moved, and he urged the sword light, and flew forward more than ten miles with difficulty, and sure enough, an ice cave appeared in the wind and snow, and Xu Zhuang immediately flew into the cave.

At this point, it was already very difficult for Xu Zhuang to resist the cold, but fortunately he entered the cave, without the cold wind blowing his bones, and the cold air around his body seemed to have lost the power of freezing.

Driving away the cold, Xu Zhuang looked at the cave here, and saw that there was no prohibition to guard, so he went to the cave, the entrance of the cave here is not big, but the inside is quite wide, several holes in the hole, and the hall is also separated, perhaps the senior monks practiced here, but there is no prohibition to guard, the senior monks should have long been no longer here.

Xu Zhuang walked inside and out, then stopped in a quiet room, there was a bed hewn of ice and stone in the room, Xu Zhuang walked to the front of the collapse, suddenly if he felt something, turned around and looked.

I saw that on the flat ice wall opposite the ice collapse, it seemed that a sharp weapon was carved, and the fine words were densely carved, arranged into a text, and if you looked carefully, they were all cold, and they wanted to fly out of the sword qi to kill.

"This seat is coming, and I want to break through the entrance of life and death...... It is a pity that my sword path has been completed, but it has not been spread...... I here's here. ”

Shouyuan is approaching, and I want to break the threshold of life and death...... Such a simple text shook Xu Zhuang's heart more than the most profound articles, even if he refined into a golden pill and broke the pill into a baby, he couldn't achieve the original god, what should he do?

Die! For a person like Xu Zhuang, there is no need to be afraid at all, but if he can't touch the avenue, it is the most terrifying horror in heaven and earth.

Xu Zhuang's eyes were gloomy, and through the words, he didn't know where to look.

I don't know if this predecessor who left a book has achieved anything? Is it eternal vision, between heaven and earth, or ......

Xu Zhuang sighed, put away his feelings, and went to read the rest of the chapters, and sure enough, it was the cultivation experience of "Taisu Intangible Sword Qi"!

How exquisite should the cultivation experience left by a great monk who has set foot in the Yuanshen Pass at least the Yuanying Dacheng and set foot in the Yuanshen Pass be?

Xu Zhuang only read it slightly, and felt that what was written on it was beautiful, and the words between the lines were simple and mysterious.