On Wudang Mountain, there is a Taoist temple, hidden in the mountains and forests. The Taoist temple is not large, isolated from the world, and the way is hidden, and it is difficult for the uninformed to notice. Shi Youen and Mingxin Monk were standing at the door of the Taoist temple at this time, looking at the plaque on the door, and the three words of Shangshu Mountain Hidden Courtyard.

hesitated for a long time, and in the end, Shi Youen pushed the door in and walked in. After entering the door, what caught my eye was hundreds of Taoist priests in the square of the courtyard, and everyone looked at an old Taoist priest under the eaves of the main hall.

Someone saw Shi Youen and the others who pushed the door in, so they shouted, "Senior brother is back." ”

For a while, there was a lot of noise, some called Senior Brother, and some wanted to drive Shi Youen out. Shi Youen ignored others, and together with Mingxin, he walked straight to an old Taoist priest lying on a rattan chair under the eaves of the main hall.

When he came closer, Shi Youen looked at the old Taoist priest curled up on the rattan chair, with tears in his eyes, and choked up: "Master..."

The old man, who is already in his last years, looks like he may run out of oil at any moment. After hearing this voice, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Youen, why are you back?" said in a tired tone.

Shi Youen wiped his tears with his sleeve and replied, "I heard that Master was seriously ill, and I didn't feel at ease, so I came back." ”

The old Taoist priest sat up on the rattan chair, and hundreds of Taoist priests below shouted in unison, "Master." He waved weakly at everyone in the audience, which was regarded as a response, and then said to Shi Youen: "The flesh is mortal, and it can't be kept." ”

Shi Youen knew that the state of the old Taoist priest at this time was already a moment of dying. So he asked: "Where should Wudang go in the future?"

The old Taoist priest squinted, and it was already very difficult to speak, "The fate of Wudang is the same as this world, I am a person in the Taoist sect, just be safe with what happens, and don't force anything." ”

"Master, I have something to tell you. Shi Youen took two steps forward and said closer.

The old Taoist's head shook slightly, if it weren't for Shi Youen's closeness, he wouldn't have seen that the old Taoist was shaking his head. Then the old Taoist priest spoke again: "You have called Master twice since you entered the door, as the saying goes, again and again, two and no more, and I will not accept your third sound." ”

A trace of pain flashed on Shi Youen's face, and he lowered his head helplessly.

"Tell me, what do you want to tell me?"

Shi Youen raised his head again, looked at the old Taoist's pale hair, and said, "Duanmu Shenjiu is still alive. ”

After hearing this, the old Taoist priest was speechless for a while, and only after a while did he say: "Therefore, there is often no desire to observe its wonders, and there is often a desire to observe its subtleties." ”

"I know. "Graceful answer.

"But you still can't be pure. People have desires, and desire is the source of strife, and you read thousands of Taoist scriptures, but after all, you only know the text, and you don't know the reason. If your heart is too strong, your desires are too strong, your Dao heart is not pure, and you are not pure, I have expelled you from the sect for many years, and I want you to go to the world to practice, and now that you are back, I see that it is still no different from before. ”

"The apprentice is stupid, he can't see your so-called avenue, and he can't understand the ethereal realm of desirelessness and desirelessness. Shi Youen's face was painful, and his grief was overflowing.

"Whether he lives or not, it is providence. ”

Shi Youen knew that the old Taoist priest's words were referring to the Duanmu Shenjiu, so he opened his mouth and said: "He has Qi Tian Duel in his hand, Qi Tian Duel is in the world, it will definitely cause people in the rivers and lakes to fight, and the devil's hands are stained with countless blood, and I am afraid that there will be another bloody storm after that." ”

The old Taoist priest snorted twice and laughed. "Qi Tiandu, is it the way of immortality? But that is not the way of immortality. ”

After a moment of silence, the old Taoist priest continued: "I really don't understand, seventy or eighty years of life is not enough? You, let's go, you must not step into Wudang half a step in the future. ”

Speaking of this, the old Taoist priest Huo Ran got up, stood up, his eyes widened, and looked at the hundred people in the audience. He slowly looked around the crowd, took a deep breath, sat down slowly, and finally lay down on the wicker chair, his chest no longer heaving, and closed his eyes forever.

The Mingxin monk folded his hands and said, "Amitabha." ”

Shi Youen burst into tears, knelt on the bluestone slab with a "plop", kowtowed heavily, and said with a cry: "Foolish kindness, send the master to pass away, after that, the mountain is high and the road is far away, and the disciples are gracious, and I will obey the master's orders, and never step into Wudang again for the rest of my life." ”

Hundreds of people in the audience knelt down in unison, crying and screaming. Shi Youen wiped his tears and got up, took the monk Mingxin, went down the steps, walked through the crowd, and walked to the door. Before going out, he looked back at the old Taoist priest under the Great Highness, the thin body, lying in the rattan chair, with a peaceful posture. He didn't dare to stay longer, and stepped out of the gate of the hidden view of the mountain.

Someone called behind him.

"Big brother!"

Some people also said: "Don't call him, let him go, Master left his life, and he must not be gracious to enter the mountain gate again!"

Shi Youen didn't turn his head, closed his eyes, and left two more tears, he calmed down and replied: "Wu Zhifu, take care of many junior brothers, and you will be their senior brother in the future." ”

The Taoist priest, who was very unfriendly to Shi Youen, snorted coldly and replied: "I am the second senior brother, and I will always be the second senior brother, and I will not arrogantly go to be the senior brother, you go yours, and the future Wudang will have nothing to do with you!"

Shi Youen, who was facing the front, nodded, and walked away from the Mountain Hidden Courtyard.

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Somewhere in Beijing, in an elegant courtyard house, there were three people in the main hall, two of whom sat on either side of the table of eight immortals in the middle hall, and one stood next to one of them, who appeared to be his subordinate.

The one sitting on the east side, with a Chinese face, with a straight flat head, raised eyebrows, not angry but mighty, playing with a string of beads in his hand, is patiently listening to the man sitting on the other side.

"The Martial Arts Alliance is disheartened, although it is not disbanded in the real sense, but being messed up like this is not very united, let alone united. As for those sects, there is no need to worry, we can win them one by one, and those who are willing to surrender will leave a decent position, and those who are unwilling will be suppressed or eliminated. In a word, the rivers and lakes in China today will definitely be in the hands of Yuding in the future. ”

The man on the main seat, the beads were stroked one by one in his hand, and when he nodded, he closed his eyes and hummed softly.

"It's that he came back from Hangzhou this time and brought back a piece of news, well... It's not real. The man who spoke pointed to Jiang Lei, who was standing behind him.

The man who was still twisting the beads glanced at Jiang Lei and did not speak. Jiang Lei bowed slightly when he looked at him.

"Jiang Lei, tell me the news you brought back. The man in front of Jiang Lei commanded.

Jiang Lei nodded hurriedly and said, "The undercover agent I arranged told me that Duanmu Shenjiu is alive." ”

The man with the national character face stopped the rotation of the beads in his hand, glared and said, "Alive?"

Jiang Lei nodded, "I can be sure, it seems that there is still something Qi Tiandu." ”

The man who seemed to be the leader of Jiang Lei smiled: "Qi Tiandu, the ancient book, as the name suggests, whoever gets this book will live the same life as the sky." The cultivation path of the method of immortality recorded in the book is a rare and precious treasure book in the world. ”

"Bullshit! It's not scientific!" the man with the national character face scolded: "Just a letter like yours, is it like a thing in the clouds, like the fairy Tao, and the brain is full of paste?"

Jiang Lei and his leader Yan Yan, although they are in the middle of the rivers and lakes and are martial arts masters, they dare not have any displeasure when they are scolded by such a person in front of them who has no internal strength and true energy.

After scolding, the man with the Chinese face said again: "Lao Wu, hand over Yu Ding to you, I believe in your ability very much." I don't care if Duanmu Shenjiu is alive or not, even if there are gods and ghosts, as long as there is a threat, if you can't pull your own gang, you will get rid of me. ”

"Yes, yes, I know, I know. ”

Jiang Lei looked at the Yuding boss in front of him, and said yes again and again at this time, nodding his head constantly, and he was very humble.

The man with the national character face rolled his eyes unhappily, played with the beads in his hand again, thought for a while, and ordered: "Spread the news that Duanmu Shenjiu is alive to those Jianghu sects, and the matter of Qi Tianduel will also be dispersed." Don't you want to live forever, let them fight for it, and when they kill each other, you will secretly do it, isn't it a good opportunity?"

Jiang Lei and his own leaders nodded again and again, and praised in their mouths, "Clever plan, really a clever plan." ”

After being quiet for a while, the man with the national character face said hatefully: "Hmph, Qi Tiandu, how many people in the martial arts who are hidden outside the world can calm down now? With the method of immortality, why don't you come out to join in the fun? I want to see what kind of powerful people are in the open and in the dark." ”

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More than a month later, in the office of Chairman Sang Jun, a man dressed as a small man in the market, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, was reporting to his employer Sang Jun.

"Boss, I asked a friend of mine in Yu Ding, and this news is true, it is indeed true. ”

Sang Jun sat behind the desk, clasped his hands together, put them to his mouth, frowned, thought for a while and said, "Wei Qianhua, I don't know much about people like you, but at least I still have the most common sense." You say, can a person really live for thousands of years without dying?"

Wei Qianhua, who was standing at the table, pursed his lips, nodded and said: "The farther the martial arts go along the way, the more you will find another world, in the distant ancient times, there were many unbelievable existences in the world. ”

Sang Jun smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Ancient times, ha, such a distant period, how do you know?"

Wei Qianhua replied: "My master said it before he died. ”

A woman opened the door, and as soon as she entered the door, she heard Wei Qianhua's words, so she asked rhetorically, "How old did your master live?"

Wei Qianhua looked at the woman and said with a smile: "Sister Qiushuang is not unaware, my master lived to be ninety years old before he entered the earth. ”

"Ninety years old still know the things of ancient times?" The woman's face was cold and expressionless.

"Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway. Wei Qianhua knows that this woman has a temperament, and she is too lazy to talk.

The cold woman came to Sang Jun's side, naturally snuggled in his arms, glared at Wei Qianhua, and didn't speak again. Sang Jun gently touched her hair and asked, "Qiushuang, why are you here?"

The woman known as Qiushuang is Leng Qiushuang, one of the eight masters, whose real name is Yan Qiushuang.

Yan Qiushuang replied to Sang Jun: "I heard what you said, I was very interested, so I came over." ”

Sang Jun ignored Wei Qianhua on the side, put his hand on Yan Qiushuang's plump ass and grabbed it, and said with a wicked smile: "Men's business, what are you involved with, isn't it good to give me a big fat boy at home honestly?"

"Fuck off. Yan Qiushuang raised a slap and wanted to knock Sang Jun's hand down.

Sang Jun smiled and dodged and said: "It's fun in the rivers and lakes now, I joined the Martial Arts Alliance for so many years, but I'm afraid it's not as lively as this time." ”

"What are we going to do next? Wait and see?" Wei Qianhua asked.

"No, no, no. Sang Jun shook his head and said, "I also want to see what the world will be like in a thousand years, why don't you try it and see if you can snatch things back for me." ”

Wei Qianhua nodded and decided to try it, and when he was about to go out, he heard Sang Jun say behind him: "All the martial artists in the company are deployed by you, but don't be discovered by the few Yuding's bodyguards I hired, understand?"

"Understood. ”

"If you feel struggling, call your senior brother Youmanqian back from Xinjiang to help you, I heard that he has made rapid progress in recent years, I don't know if it's true or not. ”

"That's true, Senior Brother's martial arts cultivation has been a thousand miles in recent years, and I am afraid that he has surpassed anyone else among the eight masters. ”

"Well, then depending on the situation, it really can't work, just let him come back to help. ”

"Okay. Wei Qianhua walked out.

Sang Jun in the room lay down and muttered, "Desert Knife, has your cultivation surpassed all the eight masters? ”

Yan Qiushuang on the side was unconvinced: "What a big deal, when I was in the ring, if I hadn't had too many rules and couldn't let go, I wouldn't necessarily lose to him." ”

Sang Jun shook his head and said: "It's all under the big tree of the Sang family, don't fight about who is strong and who is weak, you can also go and take action as soon as possible." ”

Yan Qiushuang hummed coldly and walked out.

Not long after, the sects all over the country took action after learning the news of Duanmu Shenjiu and Qi Tiandu. The Huashan faction, Dingyang Mountain, Jinzhaoting, and various other sects all sent their masters to Hangzhou, and even the descendants of the Little Knife Society, who had just returned to the Northeast, also called the brothers in the sect and returned to Hangzhou.