One hundred and forty-six chapters, the spring is full of beauty and visits to the fairy mountain

The ninth day of the fourth month of the sixth year of Chengguang of the Great Tianxuan Dynasty.

At the foot of the Yunxian Mountains of the Principality of the East China Sea, which is 48,000 miles northeast of Chaoge, the sun is shining and the spring breeze is warm, the grass is tender and green, the old trees are new, the warblers are singing and dancing everywhere, and the bees and butterflies are flocking.

Located in the north, although the pace of spring is slow, it has finally come here as promised, and once spring comes, the vitality of the earth is not inferior to that of the south.

A young man riding a healthy horse, breathing the spring breeze filled with the fragrance of flowers, bathed in the rising warm sun, slowly rode on the road into the mountain.

His eyebrows are handsome, his expression is pleasant, and he is enjoying this bright spring light. He is the younger brother of the current emperor, the former King of Leiwei of the Great Tianxuan Dynasty, who was later deposed from the throne and expelled from the court.

It's been six years since I left Chaoge, and the bluestone at this time still looks like it was back then. Six years of life in the rivers and lakes is undoubtedly more attractive for Qingshi than spending time in the academy or the palace of Chaoge, and it is also more helpful for Qingshi's growth. At this time, Qingshi's true qi cultivation had already reached the consummation of the ninth stage of the Yuan Dan realm.

On the eve of leaving Chaoge, Ou Changzhi passed on several of the most proud skills of his life to Qingshi. In addition to the Xuan Sword Technique, the ground-level high-grade martial arts Longxing Fist, the ground-level middle-grade realm martial arts Blazing Sea, and the heaven-level martial arts, the Divine Power Sun Hand, are all taught without concealment.

These are the top martial arts in the entire Heavenly Dragon Continent. In recent years, bluestone has begun to practice. Under normal circumstances, with Qingshi's True Qi cultivation as the level, it was not enough to cultivate a heaven-level martial art like the Sun Hand.

However, thanks to the Nine True Qi Great Perfections, Qingshi has no obstacles in its cultivation. In the past few years, the high-level martial arts have been slightly smaller. Therefore, in terms of combat power, bluestone is much higher than its actual cultivation level.

In terms of the Dao of Arts, Qingshi is currently a fifth-level alchemist, a fifth-level refiner and a fifth-level array mage, this is still because he is limited by the lack of true qi cultivation, as far as the formation path is concerned, although it is a fifth-level, but his knowledge and attainments in some aspects are not comparable to the sixth-level or even seventh-level formation mages in this world.

Therefore, bluestone is not only an all-rounder, but also amazing in every aspect. Qingshi is still young, and in time, whether he is a martial arts or a major technique, he will be the top existence in the entire Heavenly Dragon World. And his goal is even higher, he wants to break the limits of the Heavenly Dao in this world.

After traveling through most of the Tianlong Continent, Qingshi came to the easternmost Duchy of the East China Sea on the continent. On the shore of the sea, there is a very prestigious collection of beautiful scenery and humanities as one of the immortal mountain treasure land - Yunxian Mountain.

Such a famous mountain, Qingshi is naturally going to travel, and more importantly, there is a world-famous hidden sect in the Yunxian Mountain Range, which is a place that Qingshi must visit, that is, the sect where Master Ou Changzhi was originally located - Xianjian Sect.

The Immortal Sword Sect is a hidden world, the so-called hidden world, that is, the disciples of the sect only take the practice of martial arts and cultivation of immortals as the only goal, and they cannot get married and have children, nor can they serve as officials, join the army, do business, etc., and all mundane affairs are not allowed.

Back then, Ou Changzhi broke away from the Immortal Sword Sect because he wanted to enter the Tianlong Academy, and later founded the Xuanmen by himself.

However, Ou Changzhi's Xuanmen still followed some of the rules of the Immortal Sword Sect, such as not developing sect members other than the master-apprentice relationship, not accepting female disciples, etc., although he couldn't help getting married and having children, he himself still remained single.

Although Ou Changzhi broke away from the Fairy Sword Sect, he did not defect from the sect, and it was not uncommon for people from the Fairy Sword Sect to break away from the original sect, similar to monks returning to the world, so Ou Changzhi still maintained a good relationship with the Fairy Sword Sect.

A few years ago, after Ou Changzhi ascended the throne, he gave a large amount of land to the Immortal Sword Sect, and now the Immortal Sword Sect owns a large amount of land in the entire Yunxian Mountain Range and the surrounding area that is six hundred miles long, and its status is also more transcendent.

Since Qingshi has come here, it is certain to worship the mountain, which was originally instructed by Master Ou Changzhi.

The stone-paved approach to the mountain is winding but not steep, and the road surface is relatively spacious and flat, with green trees and birds singing along the way, but there are no human figures.

The bluestone wanders leisurely sometimes riding a horse and sometimes walking, enjoying the picturesque scenery all the way, looking at the ink gem carvings left by the literati swordsmen of the past dynasties, until it is nearly noon, only to walk more than 20 miles, and come to a relatively flat small stone dam paved with ashlars, but the terrain is almost still at the foot of the mountain.

At the west end of the stone dam, there is a stone gate square that is not more than zhang high, only six feet wide, the stone gate pillar and the horizontal lintel are all built with rough stones, a piece is leveled in the middle of the lintel, the word Jianshan is engraved, this is the core of the Yunxian Mountain Range, the main peak of the Sword Mountain, that is, the entrance of the Xianjian Sect.

The stone gate and the words on the door do not seem to be worthy of the famous Xianshan famous gate, but Qingshi likes its clumsiness and condensation.

The trail behind the gate becomes steep and narrow, and it seems that it is the only way to climb the mountain from here.

The ancient pine around this stone dam stands upright, the slippery mountain wall on the right side of the stone gate is carved with stone carvings, the biggest and most eye-catching is a "famous mountain immortal sect" word carving, four elegant big characters are obviously the top kendo master with the sword as the pen carved in one go.

This word is one of the best bluestone has ever seen in this world, and the charm of the sword moves implied in the strokes makes bluestone even more impressed.

Qingshi admired the stone carving, unconsciously stretched out his hand and waved slightly, imagining the scene of the person who carved the word with a sword, and unconsciously imitated it in his heart, and quickly immersed himself.

Half an hour passed, and a bird whose name it didn't know flew over the pine tree and chirped, interrupting Qingshi's thoughts. Qingshi came back to his senses, smiled slightly and said to himself: "The word is good!" The charm of the sword is even better! ”

As soon as the words fell, only one voice laughed: "Hehe, this little brother can see the charm of the sword from the inscription, it's not simple!" ”

Qingshi turned around, but saw an old man with white hair and long beard standing not far behind him, looking at himself with a smile, Qingshi hurriedly bowed and said, "The predecessor praised it!" I can see the charm of the sword below, but I can only comprehend a little bit of the skin, which is really ashamed. In the lower bluestone, may I ask the senior surname and name? ”

"Well, my name is Jian Ruoyun." The old man said with a smile.

"Take the sword as the surname!" Qingshi's heart moved, and he said, "Could it be that the predecessor is a member of the Immortal Sword Sect?" "Qingshi knows that once the people of the Immortal Sword Sect get started, they all change their surnames to sword surnames and no longer use worldly names.

"Yes," said the old man, still smiling, "but I don't know where the little brother comes from?" What are you doing in my Immortal Sword Sect? ”

"The kid has traveled around and has no fixed place," Qingshi replied, "I have already heard of the great name of the Immortal Sword Sect of Yunxian Mountain, not only the scenery is majestic and beautiful, but also the remains of sword marks left by the ancient immortals, and I admire and yearn for it in my heart. ”

The old man laughed and said: "There are often monks who come to Sword Mountain, most of them are like this: one is to worship the sect to learn swordsmanship, and the other is to want to compete with the people of my Sword Sect in order to become famous. ”

"The kid wants to learn swordsmanship, but he already has a sect, so he doesn't have the intention of joining your sect." Qingshi said, "The kid also wants to learn from your sect's kendo masters, but it's just to prove what he's learned, in order to make progress in kendo, and he has no idea of selling his reputation." ”

"Okay," the old man said, "It's very easy for you to compete with each other, if you want to go up to the top of the Sword Mountain to reach the Immortal Sword Sect, you will encounter at least three obstacles, and the sword is indispensable." However, if you are unwilling to worship the Immortal Sword Sect, then even if you reach the Immortal Sword Sect, no one will teach you swordsmanship, and whether you can make progress in the way of the sword depends on your own understanding. As for the immortal sword mark relics, first of all, it depends on whether you have this fate, and secondly, you need to pass the test set by the immortals before you can see it, and see if you have this creation. ”

"Thank you seniors for your advice," Qingshi said, "Dare to ask seniors if they want to go back to the sect?" If you bring the younger generation together, the kid still wants to ask the seniors for another pointer or two, talking about the obstacles and tests, I don't know if the seniors are willing to teach. ”

"Haha, it's better to be exempt," the old man said with a smile, "I'm going to go out of the mountain to do something passing by here, and I see that you seem to have a good understanding of kendo, so I'll say a few words to you, you go into the mountain, if you have a fate, you can see you again." ”

After speaking, the old man nodded slightly and turned around, Qingshi hurriedly gave it away, but saw the old man take a few steps and raised his hand to release a small spaceship, and then flew on the boat and flew south.

When the old man flew away, Bluestone waved his hand, and the horse was immediately put into the storage and disappeared, but it turned out that the horse was not a living thing, but a puppet made by Bluestone himself.

It is very common to use puppets for transportation in this world, but this horse puppet made of bluestone, which is realistic and vivid, is rare.

Qingshi imitates the second-level spirit beast Luhu horse, this puppet's speed is not as good as that of a real horse, but its endurance is far better than that of a real horse.

In addition, it also ensures that you listen to the command, never lose your temper, and do not eat, drink, pull, spill, dirty, or smelly, which is really a must-have horse for travel.

Qingshi collected his horse and was about to step into the stone gate to start climbing, when he heard an exaggerated voice shouting: "Ahhh Even the horses can be collected! What kind of treasure is it? With the shout, I saw a man fall from the big pine tree behind him and fall to the ground, but it was a young man with sloppy clothes and a scruffy beard. The man slowly straightened up and looked at Qingshi, with a lazy expression and a somewhat mocking smile.

Qingshi said: "This brother has misunderstood, this horse is a puppet, not a real horse. ”

"Oh!" The man suddenly realized, "I said! No wonder this horse stood there motionless for half a day, and he didn't even gnaw two mouthfuls of grass! But this puppet horse is realistically made, but I don't know whose craft? I'm afraid you have to be at least a fifth-level refiner to be able to do it, right? ”

Qingshi didn't answer anymore, only nodded slightly, and then turned around and walked towards the stone gate.

"Slow!" The man spoke up, "What do you want to do?" ”

Qingshi secretly thought that most of this person was also a disciple of the Immortal Sword Sect, so he had to turn around and say: "I want to enter the mountain from here to visit the Immortal Sword Sect, appreciate the beautiful scenery of the Immortal Mountain, and see the style of the famous family." ”

"Hey, hey!" The man said with a smile, "Sword Mountain and even the entire Yunxian Mountain Range are the private family of the Immortal Sword Sect, but it's not something that anyone can visit at will!" ”

Qingshi arched his hand and said: "Dare to ask Brother Tai, how can I go up the mountain?" ”

"Well! Hehe," the man said with a smile, "if you want to enter the mountain from here, you must have three conditions, all of which are indispensable!" ”

"What are the three conditions?" Aoshi asked.

"The first must be a monk who practices swords, ordinary people are not qualified, and monks who are not using swords as weapons are not qualified." The man said, "It's needless to say that you are a monk, but I don't know if it's a sword cultivator?" ”

"Well, it's with a sword. What about the second one? Qingshi asked.

"Second, you have to buy tickets, and one person has one hundred spirit stones."

"It's okay, just buy it." Qingshi smiled slightly.

"Hmmm! It's good to be willing to buy tickets! The man nodded and smiled, "Third, you want to face me for a while, show your swordsmanship, whether you can pass depends on your ability and my mood!" ”

"What does that mean?" Qingshi asked.

"It's also simple," the man said, "you and I fight with swords, if you win, I'm naturally qualified to enter the mountain, and it doesn't matter if you lose, if I think you're qualified, I can naturally let you into the mountain." ”

"I see." Qingshi smiled, "So you're from the Immortal Sword Sect?" It's just that this charging tickets and testing swordsmanship is your personal behavior? Or is it the rules of the Immortal Sword Sect? ”

"Hey, hey!" The man smiled, "I am naturally a disciple of the Immortal Sword Sect. To tell you the truth, this year it is my turn to guard the mountain gate, these rules are set by myself, if you came a few months ago, it was my third senior brother who guarded here, he only had one rule, that is, he had to be able to pick up his three swords before he could go up the mountain, you were lucky. ”

"Oh!" Qingshi said, "Listen to what you mean, if your third senior brother guards the mountain gate, it will be difficult to pass?" ”

"Of course," the man shook his head, "and no one has been able to catch his three swords for a whole year last year, and no one has been able to climb the mountain." ”

"Oh!" Qingshi muttered, "What about this year?" ”

"In the past four months this year, there have been nearly twenty people who have been put on the mountain by me, and there were two this morning!" The man laughed.

"Then .....," Aoshi asked, "how many people have come this year?" ”

"That's a lot of where to go," said the man, "and many people who didn't go up the mountain last year are coming again this year, I'm afraid there are no less than 200 people." ”

"In this way, the pass rate is less than 10%," Qingshi said, "It seems that it is not easy to go up the mountain." Those who didn't go up the mountain, but the swordsmanship couldn't enter the eyes of the brothers? ”

"Where!" The man smiled, "Most of them are reluctant to spend money!" ”

"Very good!" Qingshi smiled dumbly and said, "Well, this is a hundred high-grade spirit stones." ”

"Hmmm! Not bad. The man smiled and took the spirit stone and said, "But let me tell you, you can only be qualified to fight with me if you buy a ticket, but if your swordsmanship is too stinky, I still won't let you pass!" ”

"Good!" Qingshi raised his hand and took out the Qinghua sword and said upside down in his hand, "In the next Qingshi, I will teach Brother Tai Gao's move, I don't know Brother Taigao's surname?" ”

"Hmmm! Good sword! The man's eyes lit up and said, "Ruoyun Ancestor also said that you have a high level of understanding!" I'm going to see how tall it is. My name is Sword Sixteen, please! As he spoke, he also had a long sword in his hand that flickered with cold light.

The two of them agreed slightly, and then attacked each other with swords, and twenty or thirty moves passed in the blink of an eye.

The sword of this sword sixteen is very fast, but it is not an attribute martial art blessed by the wind attribute, but a pure swordsmanship. Qingshi Fu sensed this as soon as he received the move, so he also responded with pure swordsmanship-Xuanjian Technique.

But seeing Sword Sixteen's sword flying up and down, it was very good-looking, and it seemed that there was no threat except for being good-looking, but Qingshi could feel the hidden danger in this seemingly ordinary sword move, and knew that if he was a light enemy, he was afraid that he would not know how he was defeated.

The two quickly fought against each other for a hundred moves, and the sword sixteen saw that Qingshi's swordsmanship was harmonious and flawless, and the sword intent revealed between his sword moves was very consistent with the gist of this swordsmanship, and he couldn't help but feel a surge in spirit, and praised it: "Good swordsmanship!" Then he struck with all his might.

With this force, he saw that the sword suddenly became faster, the sword light Huo Huo was like a green shadow surrounding, and even the sword couldn't be seen clearly, Qingshi didn't dare to slack off, and used the Xuan Sword Technique to concentrate on the battle, only to hear the sound of the sword strike, and the long swords of the two intersected hundreds of times in the blink of an eye.

Qingshi's Xuan Sword Technique, on the heart has already been cultivated to the second layer of the peak realm, on the sword technique has reached the sixth layer of the realm, to this level, has compressed thousands of sword moves to only fifteen moves, but these fifteen moves are not only powerful in each move, but also endless changes, has faintly touched the threshold of no tricks to win, the next step should be to integrate their own perception to create their own sword moves.

Therefore, although the swordsmanship of Sword Sixteen is very strong, Qingshi is not too difficult to deal with, according to Qingshi's estimate, although the sword of Sword Sixteen is good, it is not as good as Chen Tianye six years ago, but there is also the level of the top ten of the Tianlong List.

Sure enough, after a hundred moves, Jian Sixteen also found that his swordsmanship was really not enough to win against Qingshi, so he took a step back and jumped away, "Okay, don't fight!" ”

Qingshi put away the sword and didn't speak, only smiled and looked at Jian Sixteen.

Jian Sixteen said with a surprised face, "I didn't expect my brother's swordsmanship to be so clever and powerful!" Awesome! ”

"Then I can go up the mountain?" Qingshi asked.

"Yes, yes," Sword Sixteen shook his head, "That's great!" Please! He said and made a gesture to Qingshi to invite him up the mountain.

"Thank you!" Qingshi thanked him, turned around and walked into the stone gate to embark on the mountaineering road, but Jian Sixteen waved the long sword in his hand thoughtfully, reminiscing about the battle of suitable talents.