Today is the Yu Lan Festival, and in the deep mountains of Tangzhou, there are two figures, an old man and a young man.

"Master, let's stay in this temple tonight. A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy in a green shirt said to his master, a linen old man. This time, the master and apprentice had been on the road for several months, and the young man was a little tired at this time. The old Taoist surname is Wang, and everyone calls him Wang Daochang, although he is a teacher of Chengyunzi Zhenren, but he has not been tied and has never really joined the Taoist book. Chengyunzi is the inner disciple of Qingyun Sect, the largest sect in the world, and after cultivating to reach the realm of the Ming, he will bid farewell to the mountain gate, practice alone, and develop his own career. Seeing that the Wang Dao Chief had some understanding, he accepted him as an outer disciple and taught him some kung fu of breathing and practicing qi. Although Wang Daochang's qualifications are mediocre, he is diligent, and now it is the year of the Mandate of Heaven, and his cultivation has also reached the realm of the cave master.

When Wang Daochang traveled more than ten years ago, he picked up an infant baby in an abandoned Taoist temple in Shengzhou. It was the birthday of the king and the chief, and he was overjoyed, so he took the baby and raised him to adulthood. The baby was tied with a black longevity lock around his neck, and the word Liangchen was on the lock, so Wang Daochang gave the baby a name called Liangchen, and he didn't know his surname. Since then, Wang Daochang has stopped traveling and renovated the Taoist temple in order to raise Liangchen to adulthood. There is a broken carved stone at the entrance of the Taoist temple, the words on it have been scraped clean, and those that can be identified are only the word Hongmeng, and Wang Daochang then gave the Taoist temple a name, called Hongmeng Temple, and he started to be the master.

Since Liangchen was four or five years old, Wang Daochang taught him some Taoist skills in meditation and qi training, and began to practice with himself. Wang Daochang was surprised to find that the meridians of Liangchen were different from ordinary people, extremely grand and majestic, and he was born with a good seedling of cultivation. But he also found that Liangchen's vitality passed nearly twice as fast as ordinary people, that is to say, Liangchen was born destined, and Shouyuan was only half of ordinary people, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for it. For this strange apprentice of his own, Wang Daochang was extremely careful, cultivated with all his might, and taught what he had learned in his life. Liangchen has been influenced by his master since he was a child, and he has practiced hard and diligently, and he has reached the realm of cultivators at a young age, and the spiritual power in his body is full of vastness, and his strength has long surpassed the realm of ordinary cultivators. In terms of spiritual power in the body alone, it is not even inferior to some Spirit Realm cultivators.

If you want to become a strong person in heaven and earth, you can't just rely on step-by-step practice, you must go through actual combat and accept the test of life and death, Wang Daochang knows this. The realm of Liangchen has been on the realm of cultivators for several years. In the past few years, although Liangchen's spiritual power has continued to grow, the realm has stopped. Wang Dao Chang understood that without the baptism of brutal battle, it would be difficult for the cultivator's own realm to improve significantly, so he embarked on a journey of training with Liangchen. The master and apprentice trekked all the way, starting from Shengzhou and looking to the northwest. There, it is the direction of Jiangzhou, the location of the Qingyun Sect, the largest sect in the world. The reason why I wanted to rush to Qingyun Sect was to participate in the Qingtian List. What will be opened in Qingyun Sect this year is the White Tiger List in the Qingtian List.

It is rumored that in the land of China, the cultivators of more than a thousand years ago jointly made an agreement, and every year there will be a competition between the cultivators of the entire land of China, and each session there will be three winners from each of the four levels of Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang, a total of twelve. The winner will be recognized by the Superstar Leaderboard, and will have access to more cultivation resources, and if you're lucky, you'll even have a chance to get some ancient inheritances. The Superstar List is divided into four places, and only one is opened every year, with a four-year cycle. According to the distribution of directions, Qingyun Sect opened the White Tiger List, Wuzong opened the Xuanwu List, Hongmen was the Qinglong List in the east, and Fengge was the Vermilion Bird List in the south.

The previous editions of the Supernation List are all grand gatherings of cultivators, and all the cultivators in the land of China are the place where they will gather and actively sign up to participate. The existence of the Qingtian List has made the cultivation boom in the land of China endure for a long time, and fresh blood has been injected into the ranks of human cultivators, producing batch after batch of heaven and earth powerhouses.

Wang Daochang only took Liangchen to see for a long time this time, and he still has self-knowledge for the cultivation of the cave realm. Although its strength is considered to be mid-to-upper in the loose cultivation, it is still not enough in the eyes of those real big sects, big forces and families. In addition to absorbing and refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, we must also constantly replenish various resources, integrate the five elements, balance yin and yang, reconcile the dragon and tiger, lay a solid foundation, and accumulate thick and thin, so as to go further and go further and more steadily on the road of cultivation. To put it another way, cultivation is actually burning money.

Wang Daochang is a Taoist priest who surpasses death and crosses misfortune and prays for ghosts and blessings on weekdays, and he barely survives with Liangchen, so he has no strong financial and material resources to support Liangchen's practice. At a young age, with his own efforts, Liangchen absorbed and refined the aura of heaven and earth and reached the realm of cultivators, which was already a miracle.

Wang Daochang set off from Hongmeng Temple with Liangchen more than half a year in advance, while practicing actual combat and training, while preaching and receiving employment, walking and stopping, and unconsciously came to the territory of Tangzhou. The two were not very familiar with the road, missed the lodging, walked in the vast mountains, and saw that the sun had set in the west. Liangchen saw a deserted and ruined temple not far ahead, so he proposed to Wang Daochang to spend the night here, Wang Daochang smiled and nodded, and the two walked quickly to the temple gate. In the empty mountains, such a dilapidated temple suddenly appeared, the temple gate of the black hole has long been broken and decayed, and the two round windows are black holes like the eyes of two ghosts, and the situation is very eerie and terrifying.

Wang Daochang stared at the broken temple for a while, grabbed Liangchen, who was about to rush into the temple, and said, "Slow, there are strange things in this temple."

Listening to the master's warning, Liangchen immediately stopped, looked at the broken temple curiously, and also imitated the master's appearance to perceive the broken temple for a while. Wang Daochang smiled when he saw it and shook his head: "Hehe, you kid is only in the realm of cultivators, and you haven't cultivated your divine sense yet, and it's impossible to release your divine sense, where can you perceive anything, don't waste your efforts."

"Master, I really sensed that there was something in there that was greeting me. Liangchen said with a frown. Wang Daochang didn't pay attention to Liangchen's words, but he didn't pay attention to him when he was young and strong-hearted. After thinking for a moment, Wang Daochang explained to Liangchen: "Wait here, go first for the teacher to see the situation." After speaking, he was about to take a step, but Liangchen suddenly stopped him.

"Master, let me go in first, since I came out this time to experience apprenticeship, if there is danger, I will naturally go first. Liangchen said seriously. Wang Daochang smiled and looked at Liangchen's resolute appearance, his heart was full of relief, and asked himself, Liangchen was raised by him since he was a child, and he was familiar with his tenacious nature.

Wang Daochang thought for a while, and instructed Liangchen: "It's okay, I'll let you go alone this time." Remember to do everything within your means, not to force it. The gentleman does not erect a dangerous wall, and when he finds danger, he immediately withdraws and receives you outside for the teacher. Listening to Master's words, Liangchen nodded solemnly, took a step, and walked into the ruined temple.

As the saying goes, it is better to live in a deserted grave than to live in a deserted temple. The location of the temple is generally an excellent location for feng shui, and the gods inside are often very effective, but since it is deserted, either the gods are not effective and look down on this place, or it is occupied by fierce gods and evil spirits, and the incense does not continue over time, and finally it is abandoned.

The inside of the temple is more eerie and terrifying than the outside of the temple, as soon as Liangchen enters the temple, he feels a cold attack, and he can't help but shiver. For a few months, in order to train his courage, Wang Daochang often let him stay alone in the mass grave at night, at first Liangchen was also frightened, but after many times, his courage gradually exercised, and it was not a matter of fact. But at this time, Liangchen's inner feeling was completely different from that in the mass grave, as if there was really a ghost following his side, which made Liangchen panic.

Liangchen gathered his mind, beat his spirit, and carefully looked at the situation in the temple, at this time the sun was about to set, and with this last touch of time, Liangchen saw the situation in the temple clearly.

The whole temple is in ruins, only the main building, which sits north and faces south, is divided into three rooms, the wooden partition wall in the middle has long been rotten, and the three houses are connected into one. There is a pitch-black coffin in each of the east and west rooms, and due to the age, the carved paint on the outside of the coffin has long been peeled off, and layers are scattered on the ground around the coffin. The coffin was covered with dust, and the room was covered with cobwebs, a scene of desolation and ruin. There is a stone-carved Bodhisattva statue in the middle hall, the shape is extremely simple, and the whole sculpture line is rough but rich in charm, giving people a solemn feeling.

Liangchen didn't lie, he really sensed the call coming from the temple before. Liangchen felt it again, and the summoning voice became more real. Liangchen noticed that the longevity lock around his neck began to warm up at some point, and streams of pure and strange energy emanated from the longevity lock, drifting towards the Bodhisattva statue and being absorbed by it.

"There is something strange in the statue" This is the first reaction in Liangchen's heart. The realm of Liangchen is only the realm of cultivators, and the spiritual power cannot be released, so I have to walk closer, stretch out my right hand, and gently stroke the body of the Bodhisattva statue. The entire statue was carved out of black sandstone, and Liangchen instantly felt a bone-chilling chill coming from his hands, and his spirit was lifted. The voice of the summoning became more real, and it seemed to reach Liangchen's ears like a condensed condensation, and he communicated with Liangchen's divine consciousness. Liangchen hurriedly removed his hand from the statue and looked at the statue in front of him vigilantly. The coffins on both sides, which were originally quiet, suddenly heard a sound of scratching and digging, which made the already gloomy atmosphere even more eerie.

Liangchen hesitated for a long time, and his intuition told him that there must be some danger inside the statue. But the other party's magic was actually able to sense the longevity lock on his body, and before that, he had never found anything strange about this longevity lock, just an ordinary object left to him by his parents. When he touched the statue, the strange sound of the coffins on both sides aroused a strong curiosity in the young Liangchen's heart.

After thinking for a while, Liangchen made up his mind and pressed his right hand on the body of the Bodhisattva statue again. At this time, the sun had already set, and the sky was completely dark.