Cold North.

An island in the middle of a lake somewhere in Songzhou.

In the center of the island surrounded by water is a lonely pavilion, at the bottom of the pavilion a figure sits there quietly, the whole person is like a wood-plastic stone sculpture, and the stone platform and stone table near it are covered with a layer of dust visible to the naked eye, obviously it has not been touched for a long time, but only the simple cloth clothes on his body are not stained with dust.

And in front of him, there was a knife floating quietly in the void, a knife that looked very simple, and seemed to be extremely silent, the blade was thick and heavy, and the pattern was mysterious, but it seemed to have no weight, suspended in the air.

Martial artists cultivate to the realm of blood exchange, they are all truly transcendent existences, one person is a force, one person can support a sect such as Qixuanzong to sit in the state capital, but when it comes to the strongest group of people in the world, there are only two people in the eleven states in this cold north, one is Yuan Hong, the king of Zhenbei, and the other is the heavenly sword ram fool.

For such peerless characters who have comprehended the third step of the artistic conception and reached the realm of the unity of heaven and man, it is difficult for them to have a clear distinction between each other, and they are not like any Fengyun list or grandmaster genealogy that has a public ranking.

But.

There is still a rough ranking difference.

Whether Yuan Hong's strength can rank among the top ten in the world is not small, and most people think that it is in the top 20 and difficult to enter the top ten, but the ram fool is recognized as enough to rank in the top five in the world, or even the top three!

The Heavenly Sword Vein opened up by it is the Dao of the Sword to the realm, bringing together all the sword intent in the world and finally transforming and sublimating, almost no less than the Dao of the Heavenly Sword of the Heavenly Sword Gate, and it is also one of the top existences in the martial arts.

But as for how many it can rank, there is no conclusion, and no one dares to rank.

Suddenly.

There seems to be an invisible wave mark in the void, and there seems to be some news in this wave mark.

Below the stone pavilion, the 'Heavenly Knife' Ram Fool, who seemed to have been sitting for several years, finally opened his eyes slowly, his eyes were old and simple, and there was no accidental leakage of any knives on his body, as if he was just an ordinary old man chopping wood.

He slowly stood up and looked in the direction of Bingzhou from afar, with a ripple in his eyes.

"Senior Brother Tuoba, are you leaving?"

The old man sighed softly.

Tuoba Xi went out of the same school with him, and when he was young, he competed with him everywhere, everything had to be divided, and there were victories in the things he fought for, but only on the road of the sword, he never surpassed him by half a step, and always lived below him.

In fact, he never regarded Tuoba Xi as an opponent, and he never considered any sword battle at all, what he walked was only his own path, and what he practiced was only his own sword.

As the saying goes, the husband is not fighting, and he can't fight.

Tuoba Xi always had his 'Heavenly Sword' in his heart, so he was never able to cross that step, trapped in the Grandmaster level for more than a hundred years, and from the very beginning, he never put Tuoba Xi's 'Absolute Sword' in his heart.

Perhaps at the end of his life, Tuoba Xi finally understood why the knife path was and why it was rampant.

"Chen Mumo......"

The ripples in the ram's foolish eyes gradually subsided, and another name was repeated.

In this troubled world,

It's really an extraordinary character.

Ram Yu raised his hand lightly and held the heavenly knife that had been floating in the air and had shocked the world for more than a hundred years, and the moment the knife was in his hand, the momentum of his whole person changed suddenly.

The original image is an ordinary and simple old man chopping wood, but when he holds the heavenly knife, the rolling knife on his body is like a heavenly river falling above the nine heavens, although it is only a long knife, but it gives people a feeling that it seems to be able to cut the heavenly firmament.

He stared down at the Heavenly Sword in his hand.

His sword intent was not directed at Chen Mu, because Tuoba Xi did not die at the hands of Chen Mu, but died at the end of his life, died in the vast number of days, and died in the life that mortals cannot violate, that is, he was a ram fool, and he was also ordinary before the years.

Tuoba Xi is one hundred and fifty years old, he is rampant in the world with a sword, and he has never adhered to his own essence, even if he is a top grandmaster, the longevity is naturally only equivalent to that of ordinary grandmasters, and he is a ram fool, and he has entered the realm of blood exchange, and his lifespan is naturally much longer, but the heavenly sword he practiced is a domineering and rampant way, and he does not pay attention to health, and at most it has a lifespan of more than two hundred years.

"Grinding the skin, training the meat, changing the tendons, forging the bones, refining the organs, quenching the intestines, washing the marrow, and changing the blood."

"But even if you reach this realm of blood exchange, you still can't resist the erosion of time."

The ram muttered foolishly.

After a martial artist enters the realm of blood exchange, although he can completely lock his own essence and blood without losing it, as long as he is in the heaven and earth, he will inevitably interact with heaven and earth, and it is impossible to completely isolate himself from heaven and earth.

As long as there is contact with this heaven and earth, as long as it is still flesh and blood, it will gradually lose its vitality with the passage of time, and finally come to the end of life.

"Martial arts, why are you immortal?"

The ram foolishly looked up at the sky.

This is a question that he began to explore decades ago, or most of them will be explored when they reach his realm, reach the unity of heaven and man, and come to the end of the true martial arts.

The eight realms of quenching martial arts have never been achieved overnight, they are the process of countless martial arts sages, deduced step by step, and it is a process of constantly broadening outward, constantly being summarized by others, and finally being thoroughly laid.

As far as the ram fool knows, the birth of the Blood Exchange Realm has a history of nearly 10,000 years, and the Pulp Washing Realm can no longer be scrutinized.

The ancients were able to grind the skin, scrutinize it, train the meat, and then ease the tendons and forge the bones...... Until the final marrow washing and blood exchange, people today cannot find the way to the blood exchange realm.

In the past 10,000 years, the only slight breakthrough in martial arts is the birth of the way of 'Qiankun', and the appearance of the first person to win the title with the way of Qiankun, the founding martial emperor of Daxuan, Ji Hao.

But Ji Hao spent his entire life and failed to explore the ninth realm of martial arts.

The biggest problem in this is not that there is any lack of talent and talent, but that there is a lack of direction for reference, because after the Blood Exchange Realm reaches the unity of heaven and man, it is the apex of the world, which is comparable to those peerless heavenly demons of the tenth order.

And throughout the ages, the most powerful monster in the world is only the tenth order.

After the exchange of blood, the path should be able to lead to true immortality, but the peerless heavenly demons of the tenth order also have a lifespan, and they cannot survive in the world forever, and they will also have a day when they will grow old and decay, so they can no longer find a direction from them.

But.

After decades of exploring the end of the martial arts, Ram Fool has not found nothing, at least there are two paths in his cognition.

First, it is a heaven and earth of its own, so that the inner rest is self-generated.

The reason why cultivating to the Blood Exchange Realm will still age is that martial artists cannot conjure up internal breath out of thin air, as long as they still exist in the world, they will inevitably have to draw strength from heaven and earth, even if they reach the level of 'Bigu', they will always have to absorb heaven and earth Yuan Qi to maintain themselves, and in this process, they will be eroded by some kind of power from heaven and earth.

Unless the warrior can completely isolate the heaven and the earth, and no more interaction with the heaven and the earth, but this is also a realm that the ram fool cannot figure out, because even if the warrior maintains absolute meditation, motionless, the heart in the body beats, and the blood flows, even if it is released slowly, it will still consume the Yuan Qi, and the loss must be replenished from the heaven and earth.

If the martial artist can do it, so that Yuan Qi can be born on his own and become a world of his own, then it may work.

But how do you make it your own?

The ram foolishly can't find the direction.

Although it can be associated with the 'Qiankun' way that encompasses all the heavens and the earth, Ji Hao, who is in charge of the Qiankun, has not been able to do this, which shows that it is not simply to comprehend the Qiankun, and it can be done by entering the Tao with the Qiankun.

The second is to integrate the body into the world.

From the beginning of the cultivation of the five internal organs, the martial artist gradually blends heaven and earth, to the marrow washing realm to break the entrance, and then to the exchange of blood at home and abroad, the whole practice is a process of constantly adapting to the power of heaven and earth.

Since it is difficult to isolate oneself from heaven and earth, the other way is to completely merge with heaven and earth, so that the flesh and blood body can completely transform into a body condensed by the power of heaven and earth, and from then on, it will be separated from the category of flesh and blood, and it will be no different from the essence of heaven and earth, and it will naturally not decay.

But it's also a difficult road.

When a martial artist arrives at the realm of blood exchange, it seems that the whole body has thoroughly experienced the tempering of the power of heaven and earth, but after refining and completely transforming into the essence of heaven and earth, there are two different things at all, just like when cultivating in the realm of five internal organs, the more times you refined, the more difficult it is.

The more you try to push the limits, the harder it becomes.

Although he is now a martial blood flowing in his body, which is almost transformed by the pure power of heaven and earth, and the power of heaven and earth condensed in the martial blood accounts for almost ninety percent of his essence, but this last one percent wants to be tempered, but it is difficult!

In Ram Yu's view, it is actually an unbelievable realm to quench the martial arts to the extreme, to achieve the essence of the power of heaven and earth from the inside out, to blend heaven and earth, and to completely break away from the concept of flesh and blood.

But.

Compared with the self-contained world of the first road, this second road is not so mysterious, it is always real and visible, but how to go and how to get through, he has gained very little so far.

The ram looked up at the sky, and the sword intent on his body gradually subsided.

"Can you enter the Blood Exchange Realm?"

Chen Mu's name rose in his heart.

The only progress in martial arts in the past 10,000 years is the birth of the way of Qiankun, but there are too few people who have walked this road, and so far there is only one person, Ji Hao, the founding emperor of the Great Xuan, and he is still a figure more than a thousand years ago, so he can't talk about it.

As for those Qiankun Grandmasters, they couldn't even enter the Blood Exchange Realm, so naturally they were far from being able to touch the boundaries he had reached, and it was impossible for them to be of any help to the martial arts he was pursuing, and they were completely different levels from the point of view.

CHEN Mu,

Can you enter the realm of blood exchange?

In the future, can you talk to him about the end of martial arts?

……

Yu County.

After many years, the outer city is still in chaos.

Many years ago, when Chen Mushang was in Yu County, the chaos in the outer city was due to the fact that the four major families in the inner city were holding each other, and their power extended to all corners of the outer city, so there were many gangs and disputes.

This is still the case.

Although the four major families have long been history, the entry of many sect forces such as the Tianyin Sect and the Hehuan Sect has made the situation in Yujun also complicated, and for many people, the water is deeper than before, and they have to be more cautious in their actions.

After all, one thing in the past involved the four major families at most, but now it is possible to break the thread all the way, and finally involve a large sect, which is far from being comparable to the four major families back then.

Inner City.

Yu family station.

Today's Yu family is the undisputed first family in Yu County, even if in just a few years, when it comes to the children of the family and the power on the surface, it is still not as good as the Xue family, which originally owned half of the county, but when it comes to the hidden background, both the Xue family and the Xie family have to retreat, and even those sect forces will hesitate to move the Yu family.

Because of the current Yu family, there is a big mountain behind it, and the name of that mountain is Chen Mu.

The elder of the Seven Xuanzong, the master of the Lingxuan Peak, the third person on the Fengyun List, and the master Qin Mengjun is one of the two Taishang of the Seven Xuanzong today, and he is the existence of the Blood Exchange Realm standing at the apex of the martial arts, and he is simply a legendary figure for ordinary people.

Somewhere in the courtyard.

Yu Jiujiang leaned on a deck chair, his hair was white, his face had more wrinkles, and his blood was weaker, almost not as good as some martial artists in the Yi Jing Realm, but his demeanor was very leisurely, and he was holding a cup of tea with an easy-going look.

Suddenly, he raised his head, looked at the door, and then sat up with a smile, and said, "Why did Lord Yan suddenly come to me today, come to prepare tea, and serve a seat." ”

As the words fell.

Not far away, a maid immediately responded respectfully.

The person who walked in from outside the courtyard was wearing the robe of the supervision envoy, it was Yan Jingqing, his expression was calm, after entering the courtyard, he did not stop the subordinates in the courtyard, and after a few subordinates moved chairs, he sat down opposite Yu Jiujiang.

didn't speak for a while, and after the maid next to her brewed tea, she picked up the teacup and took a sip gently.

Yu Jiujiang looked at Yan Jingqing's appearance, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't figure out what Yan Jingqing meant for a while, but he was not nervous in his heart, on the one hand, he was dying, on the other hand, the Yu family is no longer as good as in the past, and they have enough confidence in the face of Yan Jingqing, and in recent years, Yan Jingqing has even discussed many affairs with the Yu family.

Of course.

Yu Jiujiang knew very well that the source of all this was Chen Mu's existence.

“……”

After Yan Jingqing drank all the tea, he suddenly sighed softly.

This light sigh made Yu Jiujiang feel inexplicably in his heart, after all, Yan Jingqing's temperament is very familiar to him, he has always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and there must be something big happening when he came here today, and this strange attitude and appearance made him faintly think of many bad things.

"But what happened to Chen Mu?"

Yu Jiujiang looked at Yan Jingqing and asked tentatively.

It's no wonder that he thought of Chen Mu for the first time, it was really something related to Chen Mu, and he didn't let Yan Jingqing come to the door in person, and even bypassed Yu Zuyi and came directly to him.

"When I asked casually, I never thought that it would become a prophecy...... No, it's too early to say, but in just a few years, it's a dream. ”

Yan Jingqing answered the question, and for a while there seemed to be a sigh in his tone, and he seemed to be in a trance.

Just when Yu Jiujiang was puzzled, he saw Yan Jingqing raise his hand slightly, and a page of intelligence stationery fell in front of Yu Jiujiang.

Yu Jiujiang raised his hand to take it.

After taking two detailed looks, the whole person was suddenly stunned, as if he had seen some fantastical news.

"This ......"

Looking at Yu Jiujiang's stunned expression, Yan Jingqing closed his eyes slightly, but recalled that a few years ago, he had asked Chen Mu how to calm down the troubled times.

And Chen Mu's answer is that maybe there will be another person like the founding king of the Great Xuan, the martial saint of the world.

The words of those years are still clear today.

It's just unthinkable that it has been less than ten years since then, but Chen Mu is doing it with his will, and quietly, it is only one step away!

"This information ......"

Yu Jiujiang recovered from the shock for a long time, although he knew in his heart that Yan Jingqing would not be false if he gave him information, he still couldn't help but ask more.

After all, the content of this information is really shocking.

"The information is correct."

Yan Jingqing sighed lightly in his tone.

"That's a ......"

Yu Jiujiang looked at it carefully a few more times before he looked away, and for a while, he didn't know how many words poured out, but he didn't know which one to say, and finally smiled bitterly.

Originally, the Yu family has been thriving in recent years because of Chen Mu, although he feels that the life limit is getting closer and closer, but his heart has long been very calm, and he has no regrets when he dies.

Results.

Things can always be unexpected.

If he dies at this time, he will inevitably go with tension and regret, because he can't see whether Chen Mu, who is in the future, can take that step towards the pinnacle of martial arts.

After all, the way of Qiankun has passed the marrow washing realm, and it is really only one step away from winning the world!

(End of chapter)