In the study room of Wang Zhao's mansion, "The void of Kunlun in the sea is in the northwest, and the emperor is the capital." Kunlun's void, eight hundred miles square, high ten thousand ......miles, "Wang Hao listened to Tao Hongjing talk about the Book of Mountains and Seas, and listened to it, and he was fascinated by the stories of those legendary immortal cultivation and overseas immortal mountains.

Wang Hao's eyes were bright and full of longing, "Brother Tao, are you saying that the rumors are credible?" If you have the opportunity to go and see it, you really have no regrets in this life. ”

Tao Hongjing heard that his thoughts drifted back to at least the dream, and only after a little return to his senses did he smile indifferently at Wang Hao, "The world is so big, there are no surprises, and there will be opportunities in the future." ”

Tao Hongjing is only two years older than Wang Hao, and the relationship between the two is also a teacher and friend. Whoever sends a post in the house, Wang Hao will remember to prepare another one for Tao Hongjing, he often thinks that if he has a brother, I am afraid that it is also Tao Hongjing's independent bearing like a mountain.

The next day, a drizzle of rain fell in the air, drenching the blue and white stone streets in the city. Tao Hongjing still arrived at the Wang family's mansion on time, Wang Hao looked like he was awake and didn't wake up, and laughed at himself, "Brother Tao is the leader in terms of learning, and in terms of eating all day long, if I am not the leader, who else can deserve it?" ”

After that, he called the maid to send a few fruit snacks, and then the lecture began. Suddenly, there was a burst of lightning and thunder, which made Wang Hao tremble violently and covered his ears.

Tao Hongjing put down the book, and before he could speak, a sound of rapid footsteps came quickly towards the study.

It was the mother of the Wang family who came in, Mrs. Wang's clothes were also wet from the rain, and her hair bun was a little loose and messy, at this time she couldn't take care of much, she said anxiously, "You two children, come with me." ”

There was another thunderstorm, and Tao Hongjing hurriedly asked, "Madam, what happened?" ”

Mrs. Wang couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears on her face, and she said with red eyes, "There are officers and soldiers surrounding the mansion, and there is a back door to go through." Tao Gongzi, my son will entrust it to you. I will definitely escort you out of the house. After saying that, he bowed heavily, Tao Hongjing knew that this trust was as heavy as a thousand gold. Although he has not yet reached the weak crown, he has already gained a bit of calm and self-sufficiency.

Wang Hao's face turned blue, obviously frightened by his mother's appearance. Tao Hongjing thought very quickly, grabbed Wang Hao, who was still in a daze, and hurried in the direction that his wife said, while Mrs. Wang stayed behind to deal with the officers and soldiers to buy them time to escape.

The main courtyard of the Wang family's mansion was already rumored at this time. The emperor's favored ministers Wang Daolong and Ruan Dianfu led their troops to rush open the gate of Situ's mansion, and the two were rumored to be the master of the Immortal Bliss Sect, and the Taoism was unfathomable, but they had always acted secretly, and they were only personally dispatched by the emperor, so the outside world knew little about the two, and the Immortal Bliss Sect behind the two was even more elusive and mysterious. The arrival of this uninvited guest threw the entire mansion into chaos.

Wang Zhao saw that the door of the mansion was broken, his heart was full of anger, he held a long sword, and led the guards in the mansion to resist, and the atmosphere was tense and solemn. Before he could draw his sword, he was kicked to the ground by Ruan Dianfu, and the guards were also surrounded by officers and soldiers. ”

Wang Daolong took out the holy decree and laughed sadly twice, "Lord Wang, take the decree!" Wang Zhao knew that his fate would not be long in coming, so he had to be arrested, and let these officers and soldiers rush into the mansion and search them vigorously.

Tao Hongjing walked through the verandah, and finally walked to the end of the garden, just through the shaded flowers, and before he could clean up the dust on his body, he hurriedly dragged Wang Hao out.

But as soon as he raised his eyes, Ruan Dianfu was looking at the two teenagers with playful eyes.

"The family of the criminal minister, still want to escape?"

Tao Hongjing suppressed the resentment in his heart, and said with a normal expression, "Which adult is Your Excellency?" The sin of long history does not affect the family. Wang Hao looked at the officers and soldiers holding swords in front of him, and felt dizzy in front of him, and he collapsed to the ground.

Tao Hongjing was busy trying to check, but Ruan Dianfu held a sword to his throat and didn't dare to move for half a minute.

"Who? With you, a scholar, you are also worthy of asking the official name? ”

Wang Hao's eyes were full of fear, "No...... Don't hurt Brother Tao......"

Tao Hongjing referred to the sword, and secretly condensed a sword qi to attack Ruan Dianfu, nearly a year of penance finally made his cultivation reach the fourth layer of qi refining, but this kind of cultivation in front of Ruan Dianfu is tantamount to shaking a tree, just reach out and crush this sword qi, he said with a gloomy smile: "It turns out that there is still a monk hidden in this Situ Mansion, but you dare to get an axe during the Qi refining period, it is really a long life!" With that, he raised his hand and stabbed Tao Hongjing in the chest with a sword.

Ruan Dianfu's casual blow sealed all his retreats with the momentum of thunder, Tao Hongjing was desperate in his heart, and a drunken Taoist priest suddenly appeared in his heart.

At this moment, a wine gourd flew over to block the blow, and then an extremely powerful sword light instantly repelled Ruan Dianfu, it was the Taoist priest Sun Youyue.

Sun Youyue said domineeringly: "Who dares to hurt my disciples!" ”

Ruan Dianfu flew up with his sword, ready to hit Sun Youyue hard. However, when Sun Youyue saw this scene, the corners of his lips rose, and he quickly drew a talisman seal in the air with one hand, and then suddenly pushed forward. A bright light struck at Ruan Dianfu, knocking him back, and a wisp of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. Ruan Dianfu was shocked in his heart, he had forced himself to this point with just one blow with one hand, could this person be a cultivator of the Jiedan Realm?

Wang Daolong waited a little impatiently in the front yard, "What's the matter, it takes so long for a few fish to slip through the net?" He was just about to order someone to go to check, but he saw the sword light in the backyard of Situ Mansion, and Ruan Dianfu was forced to flee into the distance in mid-air, so he immediately rushed forward to support.

Ruan Dianfu in mid-air saw Sun Youyue chasing after him, he gritted his teeth, and took out a snake shadow blade from his arms, and then a black light shot backwards, Sun Youyue's eyes were awe-inspiring, like a cold knife in the cold wind, he flicked his fingers, and a golden ring quickly flew out of his fingertips, hitting the black light that shot out. The two magic weapons met in the air, instantly triggering a violent explosion, and the surrounding trees and eaves all collapsed and fell under the shock of this force, and dust rose everywhere for a while.

There are a lot of magic weapons on this person's body, and the fighting method has been damaged by no less than four magic weapons, Sun Youyue was a little surprised, and instantly shot out a spirit talisman in the direction of Ruan Dianfu, and the spell instantly turned into a light net and covered Ruan Dianfu, Ruan Dianfu's face changed greatly, and this blow was blocked by Wang Daolong, who arrived in time, with a bronze magic shield.

Taking advantage of the fact that Wang Daolong and Sun Youyue were fighting, Ruan Dianfu silently recited the mantra, and actually conjured two black shadow clones, together with his body, and the three figures rushed towards Sun Youyue at the same time. Sun Youyue quickly retreated, and at the same time, his hands were once again bonded to activate the defensive technique.

The three of them fought in the air, the collision of spells and weapons caused ripples in the space, Ruan Dianfu drew his long sword, the sword body emitted a ghostly light, and stabbed straight towards Sun Youyue.

Sun Youyue's eyes were quick, and he quickly dodged the long sword, and then slapped it towards Ruan Dianfu with a palm. The blade of the wind was as fast as lightning, and although Ruan Dianfu tried to dodge, he was injured in the shoulder and fell to the ground. Sun Youyue then used the spell of binding the gods, preparing to solve Wang Daolong, he knew that these two people were the emperor's favorite ministers, and they had not pulled out the boundless sword behind them, and there was even more room for them to make a move, and they only suppressed it in cultivation, and they could not delay it now, they must fight quickly, otherwise they would definitely attract more masters in the interior.

He was in the air with a flying footwork, attacking Wang Daolong from all directions in the air, breaking! A golden mang appeared in the air, its power penetrated the bronze shield, and hit Wang Daolong's heart, Wang Daolong instantly vomited a mouthful of blood, Ruan Dianfu saw that the situation was not good, so he had to drag Sun Youyue with his doppelganger again, Wang Daolong knew that the cultivation realm of this person was not comparable to the two of them, and he suddenly looked at Tao Hongjing and Wang Hao, who looked nervous on the side. said that it was too late, he quickly aimed at Wang Hao and Tao Hongjing, and shot two quenched sleeve arrows one after another, Wang Hao was defenseless, was injured and vomited blood, and fell to the ground, when the other sleeve arrow shot at Tao Hongjing, a green light suddenly rose in the young man's body, and the sleeve arrow suddenly turned into dust.

Seeing this situation in the air, Sun Youyue used the Shangqing Exercises, forced the two of them back with one move, and then hurriedly flew to Tao Hongjing and Wang Hao, lifted the two of them to the wine gourd, and went away against the wind. Wang Daolong and Ruan Dianfu saw that they were willing to let the three of them go, and hurriedly chased after them with magic weapons.

Sun Youyue came to the Chongxu Pavilion with his two children, and after a while, Ruan Dianfu and Wang Daolong also chased here, preparing to rush straight into the pavilion.

At this time, a purple-gold light enveloped the two of them, and they suddenly felt a mountain-like pressure on their bodies, beads of sweat rolled down their foreheads, and they could no longer move forward under their feet, and then an old man's voice sounded in the Chongxu Pavilion, "Please inform the Holy Lord, the lives of these two young men have been preserved." ”

Ruan Dianfu and Wang Daolong looked at each other, and they remembered the identity of the owner of the Chongxu Pavilion. The two hesitated for a moment, then gave up and left.

The situation in the Chongxu Pavilion was not optimistic, Wang Hao's lips were already purple, he was constantly vomiting black blood, and his forehead was bruised.

Tao Hongjing's eyes were red in a hurry, and he knelt in front of the old man and kowtowed and pleaded, "Real person, please come and save Brother Hao!" ”

Lu Xiujing hung his pulse, raised his eyelids again, and looked at Wang Hao's pupils, only afraid that the poison had entered the internal organs, and there was no medicine for the medicine. Lu Xiujing was silent, and only said after a while, "Let's prepare for the future." ”

The tears in Tao Hongjing's eyes rolled down one by one, his emotions could no longer be self-contained, he hugged Wang Hao's gradually cooling body, and cried bitterly, Sun Youyue also felt guilty in his heart, and stood aside.

"I have the trust of Lord Wang, Mrs. Wang......" he said vaguely as he cried. The fists in his hands were clenched, Lu Xiujing walked out of the room, they chose to let the young man face the death of his friend alone, and went through an important practice in his life - life and death.

The next day, the sky cleared up and the clouds cleared. And this warmth did not shine on the young man's heart. His face was pale, his expression was gloomy, under the control of Sun Youyue, the disciples of the Shangqing Dynasty did a ritual for Wang Hao, overlived the soul, and buried Wang Hao's body in the mountains and forests behind the Chongxu Pavilion, accompanied by the green bamboo bird.

Sun Youyue saw that Tao Hongjing's mood gradually calmed down, and only then did he introduce the old man next to Tao Hongjing, who was Lu Xiujing, the head of the Shangqing Sect on Maoshan Mountain, and said that Lu Xiujing wanted to accept him as a disciple of the Shangqing Sect on Maoshan Mountain.

He reckoned again, and said with some guilt, "Lu Zhenren, I can't hide it, the Tao family has always been a family heirloom of poetry and books, and I have been a scholar for generations. It is indeed inappropriate to become a monk and enter the Tao. ”

Lu Xiujing saw the sincerity of the young man, so he said, "You two do have a master-apprentice fate, but what Hongjing said is also reasonable, it is better to You Yue, you should first accept Hongjing as a lay disciple." ”

When Sun Youyue heard this, he agreed. That night, after the two of them finished their apprenticeship, Sun Youyue taught Tao Hongjing the first layer of the Shangqing Sect's supreme exercise "Shangqing Dadong True Scripture" on the first layer of "Building the Foundation" and the second layer of "Refining and Refining Qi":

"The way of the husband is born out of nothing, and the hidden spirits are unpredictable; God is condensed in the void, the wonderful changes and there is no way, the darkness has the essence and the Taiding shines, and the too mysterious and boundless and the void keeps quiet, which is called the big hole.

Human life is also endowed with Tai Chi, and the law of movement and stillness is heaven and earth; The soul is in one yuan, and the body is yin and yang. ......”

With the passage of scripture in his ears, Tao Hongjing seemed to open a door to a new world, and some questions in the past cultivation process were also answered, but there were more questions along with it.

"I sent the Halal Sutra from the Purple Void Yuanjun Wei Huacun, and then awarded it to his disciple Yang Xi, Yang Xi and passed on Xu Mi, this scripture is the primary classic of my Shangqing School, and its internal exercises are divided into six layers, namely refining qi, building the foundation, refining and refining the Qi, refining the Qi and turning the gods, refining the gods and returning the void, refining the void and combining the Dao, I hope you will continue to practice in the future, and participate in the road of enlightenment." Sun Youyue explained seriously.

Tao Hongjing suddenly asked, "Master, I have heard that the cultivation of monks in the world is divided into eight realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Dan Formation, Yuan Infant, Transforming God, Refining Void, Merging Body, and Mahayana, why is this different from the realm of Gong Fa of my sect?" ”

Sun Youyue said with a smile: "The eight realms you mentioned are exactly the conventional division system of the major cultivation sects for thousands of years, because the exercises practiced by each sect are different, and the cultivation methods are also strange, so there are good deeds who arrange the pedigree according to the cultivation of the monks in the world, and divide them into various levels, so as to rank the seniority, one is longer and shorter. ”

"I see, then Master, what is the state of your cultivation?"

Sun Youyue looked at his apprentice's eyes full of curiosity and hope, so he sat down and said, "Poor Dao broke through the realm of refining Qi and transforming gods in the Shangqing Exercise three years ago, and it should be at the realm of Yuanying. ”

Since this night, Tao Hongjing's gaze at Sun Youyue has more reverence and heat, Sun Youyue's face is not obvious, but his heart has blossomed.