Chapter 53: The Journey Again
Li Ji only took less than an hour to rush to Shenfang City, and no longer procrastinated, directly found a caravan, and set off with the caravan at noon, the destination of the caravan was Hot Spring Town, the northernmost town in the southern half of the Northern Cold Continent, located under the Yunhan Tianling. The hot spring town is also the most important transit point from the south to the north, and all merchants and travelers who want to go to the north of the cold continent in the north will stop here for a short time to replenish their supplies, and then climb over the first Hengduan mountain range in the north of the north of the 3,000-mile wide Yunhan Tianling.
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In the Zhou State, this is a major event, directly related to the survival of the Zhou royal family, and for the surrounding areas, it is also facing a reshuffle.
The Xuandu Sect Qimen Daoist was very good at being a man, and he was kind to the surrounding small sects and factions, and he did not break his word to the allies who participated in the attack on the Crescent Gate, and the situation quickly settled down. A month later, the royal family of the Zhou State issued an edict to the outside world, changing the Xuandu Religion to the state religion, and appointing the Qimen Taoist as the great mage of the protector of the country.
In the past three months, the Xuandu Sect has completely integrated the remnants of the Crescent Moon Sect, and has a great momentum in the Zhou region.
As for the high-level leaders of the Crescent Moon who died in the Crescent Moon War, no one pays attention to them anymore, the head Fang Xuan, the elder Fang Shan, Fang Tu, etc., there is no one in ten, it is said that there are still a few fish that have slipped through the net, such as the Mirror Elephant Daoist, Fang Xuan's apprentice Fahai, but only a few people are no longer in the way, no one will think that the Crescent Moon Gate will make a comeback, and it is not easy to incarnate and cultivate for the rest of his life.
Half a year later, a haggard Taoist walked out of the blessed land of Zhongtiao Mountain and returned to the mortal world, who was Li Ji's former drinking friend. As low-level disciples of the Crescent Moon Sect, they were not criticized too much, but they were not allowed to enter and leave the sect freely. Half a year has passed, the Xuandu Sect has become more and more prosperous, the talents are abundant, the disciples of the original Crescent Moon Gate have become more and more embarrassed, Fa Yuan's strength is not good, and his personality is straightforward, he will inevitably be excluded in the Xuandu Sect, and he will be called around, and finally after half a year, the Qimen Daoists think that these Crescent Moon old people are no longer much of a threat, and allow them to leave on their own, Fa Yuan did not hesitate to become a member of the crowd of departures, and since then he has become a loose cultivator, and there is no place to live.
"Senior brother, where are you going?" asked another Crescent Moon disciple as he walked out of the Phantom Array.
Yes, where are you going? Nine out of ten of the former teachers and elders have fallen, and the brothers and sisters have also gone their separate ways, some of them died in the battle that day, some of them are still in the Xuandu Sect, and some of them are unsatisfactory... Of course, there are some who have lost contact since the first battle of the day, and there is no trace of them, just like the young Hiromoto, I remember that he likes kendo very much, and has been looking forward to one day going to the Xuanyuan Sword School to learn swords, and I don't know what is happening now?
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When Fayuan Daoist was still sighing outside the blessed land of Zhongtiao Mountain, Li Ji at this time was about to arrive at the holy place in his mind - Xuanyuan City.
More than half a year of travel did not make him depressed, but more and more vibrant. The north is bitterly cold, but it is extraordinarily invigorating, when a person has a goal, he has a direction.
Li Ji didn't try to practice the exercises again, whether it was the "Yellow Court Inner Jingjingjing" or the "Early Moon Qi Technique", the aura of the mortal world was so thin that it was in vain. The only thing he didn't give up was the most beloved swordsmanship, and his state of mind was also a kind of strength, when he experienced many things, some things he didn't understand before, and he also had his own understanding, and Liuhe swordsmanship was cultivated in this way, which had to be said to be an unexpected surprise.
The journey was not peaceful, even though he was a cautious and nosy person. Kind friends, malicious gangsters, robbers, liars, bullying warriors, young masters and sons surrounded by thugs, he has encountered a lot, relying on a good swordsmanship, he has broken through these dangers, he just went all the way to the north, to the north, never stopped.
What awaits him in Xuanyuan City? he doesn't know... Can he succeed in worshipping the Xuanyuan Sword Sect? He doesn't know... But if he doesn't go to that place to see it with his own eyes, he is not reconciled, even if he gets nothing in the end, he will not regret it... Dreamed, strived for, it is enough...
In the past month, the heavy snow represents almost all the scenery, the mountains are getting higher and higher, the roads are getting steeper and steeper, and the pedestrians are becoming more and more scarce, but Li Ji's heart is hot, he knows that he is almost there...
Finally over a steep mountain col, the eyes suddenly become incomparably open, the fierce cold wind raging, blowing up a large piece of snow, under the penetration of the sun, the colorful wonders are conjured, on the alpine snow field of thousands of square miles, a stone mountain as high as thousands of zhang is like a sharp sword straight into the sky, on the stone mountain built by the mountain, is tens of millions of huge stone houses. There are no city walls, no guards, only a stone archway as high as a hundred zhang, telling visitors from afar that this place is called Xuanyuan City. . .
Xuanyuan City is not the Xuanyuan Sword Sect, just like the town of Taniguchi is to the Crescent Moon Gate, Xuanyuan City is just a place where ordinary people related to the Xuanyuan Sword Sect gather, and the aura here is already richer than the blessed land of Zhongtiao Mountain, and its area is a thousand times larger. If Xuanyuan City is compared to the Xuanyuan Blessed Land, then this blessed land is not restricted to anyone to enter and exit, as long as you can walk thousands of miles of uninhabited snowfields, as long as you have the ability to survive here, you can come.
It's really atmospheric, this is where I should come, Li Ji couldn't control the excitement in his heart. Xuanyuan City is already like this. I heard that the Xuanyuan Sword Sect is the only sect among the top giant sects in the entire Qingkong Great World that does not have a mountain protection array, because the creed of Xuanyuan Sword Cultivation is: We will only attack, never defend...
Tens of thousands of years of great faction, in the long river of years, just by attacking can disintegrate all the enemies in the open and in the dark, can make the Taoist system exist in the world, and can make thousands of monks prostrate under the word Xuanyuan, this kind of spirit is probably none other than sword cultivation.
"Xuanyuan City, I'm here Li Ji", Li Ji yelled, like a naughty child seeing his beloved toy, and rushed down.
"Who is coming?" and in front of the archway, a Taoist with a long sword flashed out, and before the person arrived, a sharp sword power surged out.
"Li Ji left the country in the south, Li Zhongze, the power of Xuanyuan for a long time, and came to learn swords... Li Ji did not flinch under the pressure of sword qi, and replied loudly with his chest open and his eyes open.
"The south is not close to the country... Since it is a good sword, you can enter the city, but the rules in the city need to be remembered, Xuanyuan City does not raise idlers, can you stay, learn not to learn the sword, but it depends on your ability... "The person who carried the sword path shook his body and retreated, he had seen too many seekers like this, and his heart was good, but Xuanyuan City was not a place for ordinary people to stay? Especially such a martial artist who was too old to be able to support himself? Most of them were just wasting their years, and when the money was spent, they would naturally leave.