Chapter 23: I'll just ask

"The descendants of humans and demons are called half-demons." Zhu Qingyun said: "Although the half-demon is naturally strong, due to the bloodline conflict, he cannot cultivate. This female disciple is different, she said that she cultivates the original exercises created by the head of the Frost Leaf Sect, and many masters in the Xuanmen have specially studied with her for this purpose, which has confirmed this - her strength comes from acquired cultivation, not just bloodline inheritance. ”

"This caused an uproar in Xuanmen."

"Then the Frost Leaf Gate began to recruit disciples, they claim to not look at the talent roots, there is no class, as long as they have the heart to seek the Tao, they can enter the Frost Leaf Gate."

"The half-demon tribe of the Cangwu Field, two of the three major tribes, all sent the best descendants of the clan to worship the Frost Leaf Gate, and carved out a piece of land with beautiful mountains and rivers to establish a sect for the Frost Leaf Gate."

"On the Terran side...... Some people's parents are monks, but they don't have immortal fate, and the Frost Leaf Gate makes them see hope. There are also many people who were born in the families of powerful and wealthy merchants, who do not worry about food and clothing, and just want to live forever, these people also go to the Frost Leaf Gate to apprentice, they have no foundation in the Xuanmen, but they have a lot of energy in the world. ”

"The Frostleaf Gate grew stronger almost overnight."

"It's useless just because there are a lot of people, right?" Li Chuan asked.

"Other sects think the same way, just a rabble." Zhu Qingyun said, "This is followed by the once-in-a-decade Xuantai Lingguang Meeting, where an elder from each sect will bring the best disciples of the new generation to participate in exchanges and exchanges. ”

"That year, the Frost Leaf Sect swept the top six of the new generation that year, and among the top six, two were half-demons, and the remaining four were all ordinary people who were recognized by other sects as having no immortal fate."

"Frost Leaf Gate's exercises?" Li Chuan immediately grasped the point.

Zhu Qingyun nodded, "And burning incense." When the Xuantai Spiritual Light Meeting was about to end, the people of the Frost Leaf Gate invited everyone to taste the incense. After a stick of incense, everyone woke up from meditation, some broke through, some had an epiphany... Almost all of them feel elevated. ”

"Something wrong with incense?" Li Chuan guessed.

"Everyone suspected that there was something wrong with the incense.

"Since ancient times, ancestors have used incense to communicate with spirits and spirits, praying for shelter and guidance. If there is a ghost or similar existence standing behind the Frost Leaf Gate, then this breakthrough and epiphany is an illusion. The people in the Xuanmen followed this line of thought and checked for a long time. ”

However, the incense does not point to any known or unknown existence. Breakthroughs and epiphanies are also reflected in the growth of strength. ”

A few drops of cold spring water splashed on Li Chuan's face.

Zhu Qingyun continued: "Then, everyone began to suspect that there was something wrong with the Frost Leaf Gate's exercises. Soon, all the sects obtained the exercises of the Frost Leaf Gate through various channels, and there were some redundant and repetitive places in the exercises that were difficult to explain, and in addition, it was an ordinary earth-level exercises. ”

After no matter how much you checked, more monks began to defect to the Frost Leaf Gate, and many monks, who had even been famous for a long time, defected from the sect, just to burn a pillar of incense, in order to break through. For a time, the Frost Leaf Gate faintly had the atmosphere of the first sect of the Xuanmen. ”

"Until the East Window Incident."

Li Chuan asked, "How did you find out?" ”

Zhu Qingyun said: "This involves many secrets within the sect, so I don't know much. ”

"I understand, just tell me what you can say." Li Chuan expressed understanding.

Zhu Qingyun continued: "After the East Window incident, the major sects united and finally found the secret of the Frost Leaf Gate. ”

She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and gritted her teeth.

Even though she hadn't personally participated in the Frostleaf Rebellion more than twenty years ago, and even though she had only heard about it from her master, every time she thought of this secret, she felt a chill rise from the bottom of her heart.

The wind blows through the leaves, and the shadows shake under the cold moon.

Zhu Qingyun's voice permeated the night.

"Plum yellow, the name of that incense."

"The smoke weaves into an illusion, the shape of the monk's longing. In the illusionary realm, man and heaven are integrated, countless Dao intentions pour in, and the path of cultivation is suddenly opened. ”

"From then on, they became puppets of the illusion, stubbornly following the wrong path until everything dissipated when the illusion was shattered."

Li Chuan listened half-understood and half-understood, and he asked: "Illusion, it's fake, hasn't that strength been verified to be really stronger?" ”

"Because the illusion binds them together, their realm and power can be shared." Zhu Qingyun replied.

Dark clouds obscured the moonlight in her eyes.

"Do they know it themselves?" Li Chuan asked.

"I don't know."

Li Chuan felt a little incredible, "So, to break through and grow in strength, is to ask other people about the strength and realm they have borrowed?" ”

"Yes, the redundant and repetitive part of the Frost Leaf Gate's exercises is to cover this up." Zhu Qingyun's speech became faster, "So they don't look at their talent and recruit disciples, so they use incense to attract masters, so they are not afraid of offending other sects!" ”

Li Chuan still couldn't understand, he asked, "Then how did they control and distribute?" That is to say, their strength and realm are a total amount, so how do everyone know how much to borrow, that is...... And there is an upper limit to the strength of this realm, right, how can the person with the highest strength realm who comes in increase his strength realm? ”

After Zhu Qingyun was silent for a while, she said: "The higher the realm, the stronger the strength, the more difficult it is to improve, and at the same time, there are fewer opponents in the same realm."

"Therefore, the illusion of a breakthrough given to them by the illusion should have been recognized after a long time, but there was an accident."

Li Chuan understood.

Zhu Qingyun didn't explain the "accident", she said, "As for how to control the secret of distribution, this is only known to those members of the core of the Frost Leaf Sect.

"Now the Frostleaf Gate is gone."

Zhu Qingyun closed his eyes, "The immortals have made a move, united all the sects of the Xuanmen, and set up a jade fresh moon array between heaven and earth by means of thunder. ”

"No matter the past, no matter the identity, as long as it is a Frost Leaf Sect person, as long as you have tasted plum yellow, you will be strangled, and you will be chased to the end!"

Li Chuan smelled blood from Zhu Qingyun's words.

Her voice trembled, "In just three months, the three major tribes of the half-demon have merged into one clan. The seeds of the younger generation of the Terrans are almost all dead. The demon clan suffered the least losses, but it also lost three demon kings. ”

Something flashed through Li Chuan's mind, and he asked directly without thinking too much, "What happens if an immortal is tricked into the Frost Leaf Sect?" ”

"Impossible!" Zhu Qingyun's voice suddenly became louder, and then, as if she had thought of something, she repeated in a low voice, "Impossible, the illusion is an illusion after all, it is not real, it is impossible to deceive the immortals." ”

Li Chuan didn't expect Zhu Qingyun's reaction to be so big, he said: "I don't understand this, so I asked." ”

Zhu Qingyun sank his thoughts, "If there is a true immortal, this scam may never be discovered, fortunately, there are no immortals behind the Frost Leaf Gate." ”

The shadow of the leaves enveloped the upper half of Zhu Qingyun's face.

She lowered her eyes, her eyelashes shadowing in the layers of tree shadows.

The sound of water rattled and rattled.