Luoyang, south of the city.

Jingrenfang official medicine garden, there is a courtyard in the medicine garden.

There are four bronze doors cast with brass around the courtyard, and the bronze doors are respectively depicted with the green dragon, the white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the four sacred beasts of Xuanwu, and the pattern is depicted specifically and slightly, lifelike, just like a living thing.

There is a high platform in front of the courtyard, and there are more than ten people standing on the high platform, led by Zheng Yuan, the right young eunuch of Si Tiantai, and the remaining ten or so people are all young disciples of Si Tiantai.

There were nearly a thousand cultivators in front of the high platform, and there were four muffled bangs on the ground just now, but it was the four bronze doors of the courtyard that opened.

After the four bronze doors slowly opened, four roads were revealed, which were paved with bluestone slabs and were about four feet and five feet wide.

When you have walked about 120 steps forward on these four roads, you will see another fork in the road on both sides of the road, leading in other directions. After walking 7749 steps along each fork in the road, you will see two more forks on both sides of the road, leading in other directions.

Counting them one by one, plus the straight road in the middle, there are exactly twenty-eight bluestone slab roads.

This courtyard has four bronze gates, and the bronze doors are depicted with four elephants and beasts, which represents the meaning of two rituals and four elephants. The twenty-eight bluestone slabs in the courtyard faintly coincide with the twenty-eight stars in the sky. These two points alone show the mystery of this courtyard.

What's more, this courtyard is full of formation prohibitions, even if an ordinary Kanli character is trapped in the formation, he will be trapped by the formation for many days.

Zheng Yuan, who was on the high platform, looked at the monks who were eager to try, and said loudly: "Everyone, please remember that the sixty-four people who broke through to the exit at the end of the road first can be considered to be successfully selected, and they can get an opportunity given by Si Tiantai. ”

Zheng Yuan paused and said, "The higher the cultivation level of the passers, the more advantageous it is, but the luck of your fellow Daoists is also very important. The monks in the audience understood the true meaning of Zheng Yuan's words.

The higher the cultivation level, the higher the chance of success, but not all of them, sometimes their own luck is also extremely important.

There are also many people with similar cultivation among the people, and their Dao methods are different, if they encounter someone who restrains their spells, they can only be defeated.

There are also a few cultivators who have excellent luck and good luck, although their cultivation is low, not as good as many cultivators, but he can turn evil into good fortune, and he will eventually succeed. Therefore, although its own strength is very important, its own luck cannot be underestimated.

Zheng Yuan on the stage coughed lightly and continued: "Si Tiantai's talisman has been issued to all fellow Daoists. After the Daoists instill their true qi into the talisman, they can start to enter the courtyard to break through, and if any Daoist friend takes the first step, he may be able to break through the level earlier. ”

"For some people with ulterior motives, if you don't infuse your true qi into the amulet, please stay outside the courtyard, and your qualification to participate in the selection competition this time will be canceled. If someone wants to sneak in, don't blame the official for being ruthless!"

As Zheng Yuan spoke, his eyes inadvertently swept over several hidden places, and several Kanli monks in the hidden places suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, they felt that under Zheng Yuan's gaze, it seemed as if they had nothing to hide, and they were all seen through.

When the cultivators in the field heard what Zheng Yuan said, their hearts suddenly sank, and they subconsciously clenched the talisman in their hands, and they walked towards the four gates one after another. At this moment, from outside the Jingrenfang Guan Medicine Garden, a person rushed in, and the man shouted loudly: "Wait a minute, please wait a minute, I haven't received the amulet yet." ”

Everyone in the field looked back, only to see a cyan figure like a gallop to the front of the high platform, this person took only two or three breaths, and rushed from the gate of Jingrenfang Guan Yao Garden to the front of the high platform,

The distance from the gate of the official medicine garden to the front of the high platform is about hundreds of zhang away, which shows that this person's body method is extremely fast and fast, far superior to that of ordinary cultivators.

This person is dressed in a green shirt, more than seven feet long, his face is like a crown of jade, his eyes are like stars, a pair of sword eyebrows are extremely good-looking, and his temperament is elegant, he is obviously an extraordinary person. He carried a long sword and a cylindrical purple cloth bag behind him, looking at his calm and relaxed appearance, he should also be a young and handsome person!

Among the many cultivators in the venue, some people recognized this young man, and this young man was none other than Mr. Li Qingxuan, who was famous in the capital!

However, there were also many cultivators who had only entered Luoyang City in the past two days, and obviously did not know this young man. Someone asked in a low voice, "Who is this person?" ”

Someone said, "I don't know who this person is, I guess it's a disciple of a certain sect?" A middle-aged monk next to this person said, "I don't think this person is a disciple of a sect, but a disciple of a cultivator." ”

Next to the middle-aged man, there was a young man in a luxurious magic robe and snorted coldly: "Seeing that he is young, it is estimated that he has just cultivated to the Qi Cultivation Realm, he really doesn't know the height of the sky when he comes here with such a cultivation!" The young man who spoke was the nephew of an elder of a certain sect, he had already cultivated five inches of True Qi, and he was also a genius among ordinary cultivators.

The young man, who had always been arrogant, saw that the new young monk looked much more handsome than him, and he felt a little jealous in his heart, so he said sarcastic things.

Li Qingxuan, who was under the high stage, heard the young man's sneering words, but he didn't take it to heart, just glanced at the young man lightly.

As soon as Li Qingxuan wanted to talk to Zheng Yuan on the high platform, he saw a young Taoist among the crowd step out, walked in front of him, and saluted him with both hands. The young Taoist said, "Junior Brother Zhang Xuanzhen pays a visit to Senior Brother Daoxuan. ”

Li Qingxuan returned the salute and said in a low voice: "I don't know if you are?" Zhang Xuanzhen said in a low voice: "The junior brother is the sixteenth generation disciple of the Heavenly Master Mansion. The senior brother has always practiced in retreat in the mountain gate, and it is normal that he has never recognized the younger brother. ”

Zhang Xuanzhen, the sixteenth-generation disciple of the Heavenly Master's Mansion of Longhu Mountain, is an extraordinary figure who ranks sixth on the list of outstanding people, Zhang Xuanzhen looks like he is in his twenties, but in fact he is already in his prime, but after a cultivator has attained cultivation, he will delay aging, and it is possible that even if he is immortal.

Zhang Xuanzhen is a cultivator who has left Dacheng, he is a true disciple of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and he became famous as a teenager early, many cultivators have heard of his name, and many cultivators are quite familiar with him.

Li Qingxuan knew that Mr. Linghu had changed the Dao Si Gong for himself, and assigned his name to the name of the Longhu Mountain Heavenly Master Mansion, claiming that he was the sixteenth generation disciple of the Dragon Tiger Mountain Heavenly Master Mansion.

But he had never been to the Heavenly Master's Mansion in Longhu Mountain, nor had he known any Taoist in the Heavenly Master's Mansion, so he didn't expect to meet a real disciple of the Heavenly Master's Mansion today, and this real disciple of the Heavenly Master's Mansion called him Senior Brother, Li Qingxuan was a little confused for a while.

When Li Qingxuan was in his monasticism, fifteen or sixteen young Taoists came out of the monks, all of whom were wearing blue wide-sleeved Taoist robes and white hostas. They walked up to Li Qingxuan, saluted together, and said respectfully, "I'll wait to see Senior Brother Daoxuan!"

Li Qingxuan was slightly taken aback, he really didn't expect to meet so many Heavenly Master Mansion disciples here.

The young man who sneered at Li Qingxuan before, suddenly felt that his legs and feet were weak, his teeth chattered, his heart was extremely frightened, he secretly looked at Li Qingxuan, who knew that he happened to meet Li Qingxuan's gaze, and he was immediately frightened to look away.

All the monks present looked sideways, they didn't expect that Mr. Dao Xuan, who ranked fourth on the list of outstanding people, would come to participate in this Taoist conference, and some monks who didn't know Li Qingxuan whispered to the people around them about this Mr. Dao Xuan.

Although Li Qingxuan was shocked in his heart, he was still

It's a fist and a salute back. He was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw an old Taoist priest with immortal wind bones walking out of the crowd.

This old Taoist priest is about sixty years old, seven feet tall, wearing a Taoist crown, wearing a seven-star silk robe, the front and back of the Taoist robe are tattooed with the Big Dipper pattern, the shoulders are tattooed with the sun and moon round pattern, the white cloth long waistline, the old Taoist priest has a ruddy complexion, a pair of birthday eyebrows, his eyes are sharp, his ears are lobe, and there are three strands of beautiful hair under his cheeks, which looks quite fairy.

The old Taoist priest looked at Li Qingxuan and said, "Dao Xuan, what are you doing here?" Li Qingxuan was stunned when he heard this, and his thoughts were spinning in his heart, since Si Tiantai claimed to the outside world that he was the sixteenth generation secret disciple of the Heavenly Master Mansion of Longhu Mountain, then he couldn't smash this scene.

Countless thoughts flashed through Li Qingxuan's heart, and he immediately bowed and bowed, and said respectfully: "The disciple is here to meet the master, the disciple is here to participate in this Daomen conference." ”

The old Taoist priest said lightly: "Dao Xuan, don't you know that you don't have to participate in the Daomen Conference?" Li Qingxuan was stunned for a moment, he didn't have to participate in the Daomen Conference?

When Li Qingxuan just wanted to ask the old Taoist priest why he didn't have to participate in the Daomen Conference, he heard Zheng Yuan, who had just come down from the high platform, say: "Some time ago, Si Tiantai issued a notice saying that the top ten people on the list of outstanding people can be given a chance directly after seven days, and they will not be used to participate in this competition. Doesn't Mr. Daoxuan know about this?"

Li Qingxuan was a little stunned, and asked softly: "Lord Zheng, when was this notice posted? Why didn't I see this notice?" Zheng Yuan smiled and said, "Just seven days ago, this official sent someone to post several notices in the south of the city, and they were posted for three days in a row, didn't Mr. Daoxuan see it?"

Li Qingxuan smiled bitterly and said, "Don't hide it from Lord Zheng, I was in retreat on King Zhou's Mountain eighteen miles west of the city in those days, and I really didn't know about it. ”

Li Qingxuan left Si Tiantai directly since he broke through to the late stage of Kanli that day. He first went to visit Pei Ge's old mansion, and gave Fan Tengyun and others all the exquisite weapons he got in Zhou Wang Mountain, and he stayed in Pei's mansion for a night that night.

On the second day, he went to visit Liu Yushi again, had breakfast at Liu Yushi's house, and finally he went to the Yueguo Mansion and chatted with the grandfather Li Xun for a while, and then he returned to the Jingshe on the Zhou King Mountain eighteen miles west of the city.

Since then, he has been in retreat in a mountain ashram and practicing the secret art of 'Giji'.

Li Qingxuan really didn't know about the notice posted by Si Tiantai, and there were not many cultivators who were familiar with him, for example, the Nine Girls had been in retreat, and Liu Ziming from the Yuwang faction had also returned to the mountain gate to retreat, so he had never heard any news related to the Daomen Conference.

The old Taoist priest on the side suddenly said: "Dao Xuan, you didn't know before, it's not too late to know now, if you don't have anything else, you can go back, after all, cultivators should focus on cultivation." Li Qingxuan said in a low voice: "Uncle, the disciple will go back, you don't have to worry about it." ”

Zheng Yuan, who was next to him, said hello to the old Taoist priest and Li Qingxuan, then turned to the cultivator standing there behind him and said, "The selection competition has begun, there are Taoist friends who have taken one step ahead, it is estimated that they have walked hundreds of steps, you can't catch up quickly, could it be that you don't want to get the many opportunities given by Si Tiantai this time?"

When the monks present heard this, some of them hurried towards the four gates.

At this time, Zheng Yuan said again: "This official reminds all Taoist friends that this talisman is made of high-grade talisman paper as the talisman carrier, and it has been drawn by our own hands, so it is naturally infinitely powerful, so after the Daomen Conference, I also ask you to return it to Si Tiantai." It is not allowed to be withheld for use without permission. ”

Before Zheng Yuan's words fell, he saw a colorful light burst out from among the cultivators. An ordinary-looking monk stimulated the effect of the amulet, and the monk wore a talisman on his head one foot above it, and the amulet emitted a colorful light to protect the monk. Then the cultivator rushed towards Li Qingxuan on the side.