Chapter 9: The Retreat of Wood

"Why did you say that your 'Shengxu' found such a person? ”

After taking a few steps, he came back to his senses: "Oh, I forgot, I don't have a seat here. That...... You're still standing~!"

After he finished speaking, he just walked up to Li Bing and looked at it carefully: "Tsk, my arms are a little thinner, I must have not practiced martial arts well when I was a child...... The foundation is too ordinary. But the heavenly court is full, and it is a blessed appearance!"

Li Bing glanced at him in his heart, but still smiled and hugged his fists and saluted: "Thank you for the compliment." After learning from Li Bing, I met the leader of the Praise Sect. I don't like to practice martial arts, so it's good to be reluctant. ”

He turned to Rimai and said, "You know?"

Rimai nodded, and the sect leader said again: "Of course I know, he stayed in Liangzhou for half a year in order to wait for you, but he didn't come to me less." ”

"My gang of disciples and grandchildren won't let me do this, and they won't let me care; they say that they want me to cultivate, but in fact it's the same as going to prison. It's a good thing he came to fight with me, otherwise I would have really suffocated here. ”

When Rimai heard this, he was completely unmoved, and he didn't have a trace of expression.

Li Bing knew that Rimai's kung fu was good, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful, it sounded like he could fight with the Praise Sect Master.

The Praise Sect Leader seemed to smell something, approached Li Bing and sniffed carefully, and then took a deep breath: "Kid." Have you seen that Celestial Demon on Qionghua Island?...... Such a strong breath, you can't be wrong!"

Li Bing was shocked, the heavenly demon in his mouth must be terrifying. It's just that he doesn't seem to know that the carved horned jade is a god and demon above the heavenly demon.

"How did the seniors know about the Heavenly Demon?"

"I don't know. Liangzhou is the foundation of Baojiao's stay for a thousand years, where can a grass and a tree escape our eyes......" He coughed and said: "Besides, that Yurui Village was only built with the help of Baojiao." ”

"That would have been sixty years ago. He thought for a moment and seemed to be recalling: "At that time, I was just a Venerable Feizun, and one day a guest came to the Praise Sect, who was the great elder of the Taoist 'Taihao Kunlun', 'Chengxiao Old Ancestor'.

The old man had a strange personality and wanted to be the head of Taihao Kunlun, but he lost the competition, ran out by himself, and said to the 'palace master's senior brother' at that time that he wanted to borrow some people to make a piece of feng shui treasure land in Liangzhou as his own shelter.

The Baojiao guards this part of Liangzhou, and it is actually prejudiced against other sects coming here to preach. However, Chengxiao Ancestor and the palace master at that time were old friends, and both of them were people from the 'Guarding Hermitage Society'.

Later, he chose two islands on the South Lake, which were themselves the property of Baojiao, and sold them to him. Hehe, my senior brother is not soft, he has to take away three 'three-grade spiritual treasures' at a time, and one second-grade magic weapon before handing over the title deed to him. ”

The Praise Sect Master said this, smiling wickedly, revealing the two hollows in his front teeth.

"On slander, ah no, in terms of business, my senior brother is more powerful, and the praise and education are developing very well in his hands. I can't do it, it's okay to practice martial arts, I was born without the ability to manage people, and I have never been a palace master in my life.

Two or three years after the completion of Yuruizhuang, the senior brother felt that there was a heavenly demon in Liangzhou, so he took us to check, and it turned out that Chengxiao Ancestor caught a live heavenly demon and came back and locked it on that island. He also said hello to us and said that he would help watch. ”

When he said this, he shook his head again and again: "Tut-tut, where can you run away in the Yin Palace of the Gossip Eight Gate Immortal Array on the island." He is clearly here to show off to his senior brother. ”

"But that leopard is really good-looking. It's big and majestic, with a bright coat and a horn, which makes me drool and want to catch one. He said this, and his eyes sparkled with longing.

Li Bing muttered in his heart: "How can it be so easy to catch, throughout the ages, this is still the first one...... Besides, it's not a leopard, it's obviously called a hideous. ”

"Although he has a celestial demon, he has never seen him ride. Later, I found out that it couldn't be tamed, hahahaha, it was ridiculous to kill me and my senior brother. The Praise Sect Master paused: "After that, the Chengxiao Ancestor will disappear, and the wait will be fifty years." His descendant or a distant relative or something, came to Liangzhou a few years ago and sold this Zhuangzi, saying that Chengxiao Ancestor had just passed away and would handle the property himself. ”

"At that time, I wanted to take these two Zhuangzi back. It's a pity that there is no money in the sect, and they don't accept 'spirit treasures'. They can only sell Zhuangzi to others. ”

"Tut-tut, it's a pity that I'm already the sect leader, and there are too many rules, otherwise I would have been very happy to catch that leopard as my own mount. He looked at Li Bing and said with a smile, "Since you have already seen that leopard, do you also want to catch it as your mount?" ”

"Can you not be tsk-tsk all the time. Li Bing roared in his heart, he now finally knew why his disciples and grandchildren didn't want to see him, this old man not only chattered, but also liked to spit, so he didn't know how much he had on his body for a while.

"Catch the Heavenly Demon as a mount, boy, I don't have that ability. Seeing that he was "highly respected" and a lot of age, he was still the leader of the sect, Li Bing still tried to squeeze out a smile and said modestly.

"Well, that's not right. It is easy to catch the Heavenly Demon, but it is difficult to recover the Heavenly Demon's heart. Not only depends on ability, but more importantly, time. I think the luck is good, work hard, and you can achieve it...... "The master of the praise sect did not say much about this matter, but turned to the road;

"Boy, do you know what I called you here today?"

"I don't know, but I also ask my seniors to teach me. ”

"I just heard that there is such a person as you, and I want to see you. As he spoke, his eyes became obscene: "By the way...... Pull you into the ......"

"Joining, joining what?" Li Bing was confused.

"Didn't you just listen to me? Dare to ...... I just said it in vain!" the sect leader was excited, saliva splashed all over the hall from the big hole in the front teeth, and even Rimai took a step back......

"I heard, I heard. Senior, please continue. ”

The sect leader picked up a jade pendant from his belt and played with it in his hand: "Guarding the Secret Order, have you heard of it?" ”

"No!" Li Bing said, only then did he notice that the pattern on the jade pendant on Rimai's waist was actually very similar to the one of the Sect Master, but the color and material were different.

The Sect Leader was hurt by Li Bingqi's head and thumped his temples: "Hey...... Hermitage, monastic...... Looks like we're pretty well hidden. ”

He looked at Rimai and said meaningfully: "Actually, at the beginning, it was not the 'Guardian Hermitage Society', but the 'Seven Formations Guardian Alliance'. You know the "Three Phases Sutra", right? At the beginning of this Garrison Defense League, the defenders were the seven Three Realms Great Arrays hidden in the "Three Phases Sutra".

Since Pangu opened the world, the flood is divided into three realms, the upper realm is the heavenly realm, the middle realm is the human realm, and the lower realm is the underworld, which originally communicated with each other. Three thousand years ago, the Underworld rebelled with the intention of conquering the Heavenly Realm, causing a war in the Three Realms, and finally the Protoss sealed the Three Realms with seven arrays, and the seven great arrays of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder formed a huge array, making it impossible for the Three Realms to communicate anymore.

The Protoss themselves inhabit the Divine Realm and beat the Underworld back to the Underworld, while all other races gather in the Human Realm.

When the Seven Formations were completed, the remnants of the Underworld in the human world had not been completely wiped out, so the Protoss left seven squads to garrison around the Seven Formations, and set up a labyrinth to hide their tracks. The seven squads kept the seven-page white silk book of the "White Luo Immortal Method", which not only contained the most powerful spells of the Protoss, but also recorded the unsealing methods of the seven large arrays.

The original thousands of tribes of the human race tended to unify in this war, becoming dozens of countries or tribes. The human race is inferior to the underworld in terms of martial arts, and it is not as good as the gods in terms of magic, but the human race has its own proficient skills, and it is called the "Xuanhuang Seven Techniques", which are recorded in the seven pages of yellow silk books, which also record the exact location of the seven great arrays.

When the underworld was almost completely defeated, Chi You, one of the leaders of the human race, privately printed the seven most powerful martial arts of the underworld, which is the origin of the seven-page black silk book of the "Xuan Ming Black Sutra", which contains most of the maps of the seven great array labyrinths that Chi You has tested.

This is the origin of the "Three Phases Sutra", to completely unseal this great array that divides the three worlds, twenty-one pages of silk books, all of which are indispensable. ”

The sect leader said: "The original 'Seven Formations Guardian Alliance' was established by the Seven Divine Clans to guard the 'Three Phases Sutra' from leaking and ensure the safety of the Seven Formations. ”

Li Bing said casually and quipped: "Then your Garrison Alliance is not very powerful, thousands of years have passed, and you can't find all twenty-one books?"

"That's the second thing I'm going to say. The sect leader's expression became serious: "The Seven Formations Guardian Alliance, why did it become the 'Garrison Hermitage Society'." ”

"Less than three hundred years after the Great Array was sealed, twenty-one pages of the Three Phases Sutra were collected and guarded by the seven gods. Although the Protoss lived longer than the Terrans, the longevity was also limited, and after a few hundred years, almost all of the original Protoss passed away, and the descendants began to intermarry with the Terrans, which was more than guaranteed to reproduce.

Most of the members of the Garrison Alliance have become demigods, and they no longer have the unrivaled power of the original gods, and must use secular power to protect the seven formations, so the 'Seven Ancient Clans' were formed: Xiongnu, Donghu, Sushen, Jiuli, Huiqian, Zhangxiong, and Qiang.

This model existed for hundreds of years, from the beginning of the Shang dynasty to the death of the Zhou dynasty. Until the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Terrans conquered and expanded their territory. Even if the martial arts of the Garrison Defense League are strong, they can't withstand thousands of troops, some are forced to relocate, and some are completely wiped out, and the "Three Phases Sutra" is once again mixed into the world.

This didn't really matter in the first place, after all, the "Three Phases Sutra" belonged to different forces, and none of them gathered until ...... Qin Shi Huang won the .......

He not only collected most of the "Three Phases Sutra", but also borrowed his power to unify the Seven Kingdoms. He broke through the labyrinth of the Golden Array, and the Guardian Alliance tried to stop it, but it was also wiped out, and since then it has had to become a private organization, the Guardian Order.

Since then, the seven clans have broken off contact and are in separate formations, and they no longer try to collect all the "Three Phase Sutras", but try to monitor them. After all, the power of the hermitage is insufficient, and it cannot control all the scriptures. can only use different gangs and sects in the rivers and lakes to restrain each other, so that no one can get all the "Three Phases Sutra".

This approach has also worked for a long time. ”

"It's kind of interesting!" Li Bing likes to listen to the story: "Senior, please continue to talk ......"

However, until the emergence of Rongjiao, this balance has a faint tendency to be broken. This cult frantically searched for almost all the news about the "Three Phases Sutra", which made the hermitage vigilant. The coup d'Γ©tat 20 years ago exposed its wolf ambitions.

The hermit felt more pressured and began to gradually expand its numbers. ”

When Li Bing heard this, he knew that the sect wanted to find his own reason, and it turned out that there were not enough people and he wanted to arrest the strong men.

"So you found me?"

"It's not that I found you, but the Qiang Shengxu found you. He looked at Rimai, as if he wanted Rimai to "say a few words".

"Originally, there were seven branches of the Garrison Alliance, corresponding to the seven formations of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder, and then they broke off contact with each other, and thousands of years have passed, and only three branches have set up a line with each other.

Among the seven ancient tribes, there is only the Qiang tribe, which has not been broken and has been guarded to this day. The Qiang Shengxu is the head of this hermitage order. ”

Li Bing nodded slightly, and couldn't help asking: "The matter of the Qiang tribe, how do you feel that you are very concerned about the praise!"

The sect leader laughed when he heard this: "The previous sect masters and palace masters of the Praise Sect are all members of the 'Wood Hermit Society', do you know why? The relationship between Qiang and the Praise Sect is far deeper than you think.

Do you know where the ancient Qiang first settled?"

The answer to the question "......" is already on the horizon.

"Yes, it's Liangzhou. For so many years, Baojiao has been stationed here, in addition to its own reasons, there is also the secret support of all Qiang tribes, in order to make this place stable and not chaotic.

From the Bao State of the Xia Shang Dynasty, after Liu Bang occupied Hanzhong to counterattack Chang'an, and the Hanchuan of the previous Dynasty, Baojiao has been guarding this express for the Qiang people. ”

Saying this, Li Bing faintly felt that the strength of this hermit cultivator didn't seem to be as weak as he imagined, and asked curiously: "Then apart from this one, didn't you say that there are three in total?"

"The other two, one guards the 'Wind Array' that was originally 'cautious', and the other guards the 'Golden Array' of Chang'an?"

"What? The Golden Array is in Chang'an?" Li Bing was shocked.

"It doesn't hurt to tell you this. The labyrinth of the Golden Array was destroyed by Ying Zheng, and the location is no longer a secret, so you have been to the Golden Array before!" the sect leader said with a smile: "However, the other positions are top secret, and the Xuanhuang Seven Techniques are particularly important at the moment. ”

"It was also because of this that Rongjiao asked the 'Venerable Bird' to buy Yurui Village, and sent the 'Venerable Elephant' to pretend to be a disaster victim, sneaking into the praise and teaching as a meticulous work, and wanted to get a page of "Xuanhuang Seven Techniques" here with me, which is really becoming more and more rampant!"

Li Bing looked at him and was dumbfounded: "It turns out that you ...... We all know!"