Chapter 36: Dan will compete
The sky is high and the ground is wide, and the wind is light and the clouds are light.
Looking down through the clouds and mist, Qingzhou is like a flat river hanging in the north of the Qingwei Mountains.
At this moment, the hearts of the people in the floating ark are probably still in a corner of that flat river. If there is one exception, it is Dugu Hexuan.
Dugu Hexuan quietly looked out the window, watching the clouds rolling in the sky, and the fog gathering and fogging. How he wished he could see through the barrier of clouds and mist and take a look at the current scene of Longyuan Valley. Longyuan Valley collects his best childhood and buries his beautiful future.
"One day, I'm going to go back there, aren't I?"
Dugu Hexuan retracted his chaotic thoughts, calmed down, looked at the lifeless fellow door beside him, and said, "What's the matter?
The thin man pouted and said, "Senior Brother Hexuan, there is news from the sect. Disciples who have broken through to the True Yuan Realm will be placed in a centralized manner at 'Lingxiao Peak'. ”
"People are so thin, and they worry so much, they are sick!" Dugu Hexuan pondered for a moment, took out twenty-one high-grade spirit swords, and said in a deep voice: "This spirit sword is cast from the iron of the copper mountain, and among the spirit weapons of the same grade, the power is medium and high-class, and there is still a lot of room for improvement." It's useless for me to keep it, you divide it. As for the rest, I can't help it. ”
Silent!
Solemn silence!
Silence when making difficult choices!
A moment later, ten people chose to take their swords, and ten people did not move like a mountain.
A hand fell gently on the hilt like dust, and left the hilt like dust.
"Huang Tingfeng has arrived!" Luo Chen slowly twisted his neck, looked out the window, and muttered to himself calmly, his half-clenched right hand gradually clenched.
The Floating Ark landed on the Yuanming Immortal Road. Everyone quietly walked down the boat and disappeared into the darkening night.
The waning moon hangs high, the breeze blows, the mountain peaks are silent, and a lonely shadow walks slowly.
"Old black, just say goodbye without saying goodbye?"
Dugu Hexuan sighed, breaking the silence of the night. Raise your head to look at the moon, your eyes are shining, and your heart is like water.
It was night, Dugu Hexuan packed up, meditated all night, and meditated on the past and present.
The next day, Xiao Yan came to the Yellow Courtyard to convey the sect's order: All disciples who broke through to the True Yuan Realm, regardless of their identity, would go to Lingxiao Peak. At noon today, they will go to Lingxiao Peak en masse. This is the first batch of disciples to gather at Lingxiao Peak since the founding of the Yuan Shi Sword Sect.
The Yuan Shi Sword Sect, which belongs to the twelve veins, has always been "sweeping the snow in front of his own house, and caring about the frost on the tiles of others". But after Yuanyue ascended to the throne, he adopted the strategy of "thin water and long flow", and formulated the regulations for the promotion of "Huang Tingfeng", "Lingxiao Peak", and the main peaks of each vein in turn. This means that a beginner or a monk in the Pure Spirit Realm can stay and practice on the Huang Ting Peak; a disciple of the True Yuan Realm will automatically be promoted to an inner disciple, regardless of their status, they can only practice on the Lingxiao Peak; and only a disciple who has broken through to the divine realm can move out of the Lingxiao Peak and permanently reside in the main peak of the main lineage.
This fundamentally solves the problem of the uneven quality of the inner disciples.
This kind of "reform" cannot be achieved without people who are generous and bold. However, the twenty-seventh generation of the Yuan Shi Sword Sect, who was in charge of Yuanyue Zhenren, initially realized this grand blueprint. It seems that in the midst of Yuanyue Zhenren's rebuke, the Yuan Shi Sword Sect has revived rapidly, pointing to the leadership of Hongmeng and restoring its former glory.
Lingxiao Peak.
This peak is located in the south of the Qingwei Mountain Range, east-west direction, the peak is ten thousand blades high, and the branch peaks are more than 1,000. It seems to be a "Lingxiao Lighthouse" suspended next to the petals of the "Golden Lotus".
Xiao Yan and the others were the first batch of disciples to ascend to this peak, and the sect gave them the right to freely choose the cave mansion. It is said to be freedom, however, the peaks and valleys of Xiangyang and Feng Shui are still divided by the strongest veins. Of course, this kind of immortal mountain blessed land is not comparable to Huang Tingfeng, let alone other ordinary spiritual mountains. The location of any cave is full of spiritual energy, accompanied by strange flowers and grass.
"Wolong Valley", located in the west of Lingxiao Peak, is a stone valley and a lonely valley. Within the 100 zhang area of the sunny side outside the valley mouth, strange rocks are saga, and green vines spread. In the midst of the rocks, a winding gravel road stretches inward, allowing only one person to walk. Taniguchi opens to the sun and faces the abyss towards the yin. There is only one cave in the valley, which runs north to south. Standing in front of the cave and looking south, under the red clouds and mist in the distance, is the Antarctic region of the Hongmeng realm.
"Boom~"
The heavy stone door opened, and the long-vacant cave house welcomed its first owner. Dugu Hexuan looked at his new nest and couldn't help but shake his head, a smile on the corner of his mouth.
The total space of this cave house is five times the size of an ordinary cave house, and it is carefully divided into five stone rooms. The stone chamber is distributed in a semicircle, the one in the middle is the largest, and the stone wall is the most neat and smooth, with stone beds, stone tables, stone chairs, and stone platforms. The other four rooms are rough and empty with stone walls. Directly in front of the semicircle, there is the hall of the cave house, and there is nothing.
Take things as they come!
Dugu Hexuan quickly came back to his senses, released the nine inferior young beasts out of the cage, and glanced at them with disgust, only to find that these nine little guys were nine different young beasts. At the beginning, I only looked at the white fox, and I didn't look at the others much, and I didn't see much in the past for so long. Until now, Dugu Hexuan was sure that he was probably doing something wrong.
Subsequently, I cleaned up my new nest and suddenly felt a little nest.
Next, stare at the nine little ones in a daze. White foxes, flower martens, brown leopards, orange lions, red pigs, black wolves, yellow dogs, golden monkeys, green bears, all with wrinkled fur, drooping ears, wilting. For a while, there was really no way to take them. If you want to say that your heart is horizontal, you will all fall into the abyss, and everything will be clean. However, seeing these little guys, Dugu Hexuan couldn't help but think of the days when he got along with Lao Hei.
At least, not so lonely?
After a long time, Dugu Hexuan took out a handful of yellow elixirs, fed one each, and threw them into the stone room on the right, ignoring them again. He returned to his stone chamber, took out eleven spirit swords, and began to practice the sword technique. Swordsmanship, in short, can carry the spirit of the sword, flying in the air. For Dugu Hexuan, the swordsmanship of the four great families of Longyuan Valley is all taught, and there are some people who don't know the origin to teach them.
Under the advice of the two mysterious people, one black and one white, as well as the shopkeeper of the Immortal League, Dugu Hexuan fully understood the good intentions of his grandfather and father. Now, the only thing he had to do was to practice diligently what that group of people taught. Dugu Hexuan understands that some secrets must be hidden in what he thinks is miscellaneous. And to discover that secret, you can't do it without painstaking research.
As a result, Dugu Hexuan's daily life, cultivating Taoist supernatural powers, alchemy, raising young beasts with waste pills, reading books, eating, drinking, and Lazar is in such a very regular cycle. Since breaking through to the True Yuan Realm, he had never cultivated any more spirits, nor had he taken any elixir. I've been trying to sense the aura of the Xuan Spirit between heaven and earth, but I've never succeeded.
Wolong Valley, as in the past, ushered in the morning sun and sent away the sunset. The lonely figure always shuttles through the gravel path at a fixed time. The quiet years of cultivation passed quietly.
In September, late autumn, the dense fog is mixed with a light rain.
Wolong Valley, the mountains are verdant, and there are a few bleaks. A figure walked very carefully on the stone path, his brow furrowing more and more. When he reached the end of the stone path, he looked at the abyss and confided his tongue, and couldn't help but shake his head.
"Coax~" A red light flashed from the rocky bushes and rushed towards him. He didn't react, and looked at the little Rosso pig who was clutching the placket of his shirt in a daze.
The little red pig is no more than a foot long and tall, with a shiny mane and a strong body. What's even more strange is that two fangs are exposed at the corners of the mouth, flashing with cold light. He gently picked up the little red pig, stroked the little pig's mane, smiled softly, and said to himself: "I haven't seen you for six months, the pigs have grown so big." ”
He came to the stone gate with the little pig in his arms, and the stone door was ajar, and he could have pushed the door directly, but he still knocked politely. After a long time, the stone door opened with a bang, and a handsome face appeared inside the door.
"Return the spirit stone?"
"Your pig bit me!" Nangong Rongxuan didn't wait for Dugu Hexuan's invitation, took the initiative to walk into the cave, his eyes kept scanning, he couldn't stop nodding, and said, "You are quite good at living." I'm afraid I'll never be able to catch up with that. ”
Nangong Rongxuan looked at a stone room and exclaimed, "Hey, these inferior young beasts of yours don't seem to grow very big?
"Waste Dan!" Dugu Hexuan smiled faintly and said, "I also wonder." The rest is good to say. But the lions and bears, which are large beasts, do not have any heads, which is really puzzling. Moreover, their temperament is even more puzzling to me, the laziest pigs and bears are the most industrious. I've tested their blood, and it's indeed the inferior demon beast bloodline. If they have a little ancestral blood, it is probably less than 10% of 10%. ”
"That's not it! It's so complicated!" Nangong Rongxuan put down the little pig, sat on the chair, poured himself a few cups of tea, and then said slowly: "I came here this time to find you to form an alliance." ”
"Huh?" Dugu Hexuan looked at Nangong Rongxuan in surprise.
Nangong Rongxuan said: "You must know about the 'Hongmeng Dan Society', right?"
Dugu Hexuan said: "Of course. The eldest grandson family and the Zhu family in Longyuan Valley have participated several times. But what does this have to do with me?"
"Of course it has nothing to do with you, but it has something to do with me. Nangong Rongxuan said seriously: "There are thirty-six sect families participating in the Danhui competition this time. The Origin Sword Sect is naturally on the list. Jin Xiafeng has three places, one belongs to my senior brother Qin Hao, one belongs to Senior Sister Huo Qinglu, and the last one is given to me by my father. And the rules of this Dan will allow each candidate to bring a deputy. Originally, my ideal candidate was Senior Sister, but she was assigned by my father to Senior Brother's side. Then, after thinking about it, I thought it was just you. ”
"Don't you have two options?"
"It's not a coincidence!" Nangong Rongxuan sighed and said, "There are four places in Taihua Peak, and of course Xiaoying is on the list. Therefore, she chose Xiao Chong as her deputy. ”
Dugu Hexuan's expression was indifferent, and he smiled without saying a word.
Nangong Rongxuan continued: "I'm thinking, if we join forces, we have a great chance of defeating those two people from the Taixuan Dan Sect. At that time, it will be quite interesting to create a grand event of 'Shuangxuan Danzun'. ”
Dugu Hexuan shook his head and replied, "I won't participate." ”
"Why?"
"No why!"
"What if it's Taixuan Mountain in the depths of the sea?" In the past six months, the Yuan Shi Sword Sect has produced three alchemy wizards - Ximen Ying, Nangong Rongxuan, and Yutai Chong. The three of them cultivated the Dan Dao at the same time, and they could skillfully refine the third-grade spirit pill within three months, and increase the refining rate of the fourth-grade spirit pill to sixty percent within six months. At the same time, the "Five Dragons and Nine Phoenixes" of the Tongtian Sword Sect, the "Four Heroes and Seven Xias" of the Taixuan Dan Sect, the "Three Yang of the Feng Clan", the "Four Walls of the Yun Clan", the "Gongsun Wuxiu", and other rising stars of the family sect are beginning to emerge and shine Hongmeng.
It's just that Dugu Hexuan, who is in the Lonely Valley, doesn't know or care.
When Nangong Rongxuan put forward an unrefusable condition, Dugu Hexuan agreed. However, when Nangong Rongxuan was leaving, he told Dugu Hexuan a very serious problem, and his deputy candidate had to pass through his mother's level. At present, Dugu Hexuan has no chance, so he can only wait for his "good news".
After Dugu Hexuan sent off the uninvited guests, he smiled knowingly, and said to himself: "It's equivalent to not coming!" He closed the stone door heavily, casually sprinkled a handful of elixir to the "beast pen", and returned to his main room.
He habitually meditated and meditated, sensing the aura of the mystical spirit between heaven and earth. I don't know how many times this kind of thing has been repeated, but it has become a habit for him anyway. In the stone room, the aura is full. But all along, Dugu Hexuan's body was like a rigid "zombie", and he couldn't sense it at all.
Eliminate distracting thoughts and keep the jade mansion. In a trance, in a trance. The heart is weak and quiet, and the limbs are free.
Suddenly, the dantian is slightly hot, and the warm current spreads. Everywhere you go, you are one with nature, like a spring breeze, and the spring breeze brings rain.
For a long time, the Baihui acupoint moved slightly, as if a door that had been sealed for a long time was slightly loosened and a crack opened. An extremely faint "tornado" was born in the gap, absorbing a very small amount of Xuanling Qi. Under the urging and refining of the magic spell, that small amount of spiritual energy followed the meridians and returned to Baihui. After a while, the gap slowly closed, isolating the outside world, and everything was as usual.
However, the Baihui acupoint suddenly became like an initiation, dividing that trace of spiritual energy into five and evenly dispersing it into the five places of the spiritual aperture, the jade mansion, the left and right ribs, and the heart.
After six months, Dugu Hexuan finally sensed the Xuanling Qi between heaven and earth, and successfully cultivated. However, he had no joy, only a feeling that was better than nothing.
"Perhaps, I still have to use spirit stones to cultivate?"
As soon as this thought appeared, Dugu Hexuan took out a gray stone in the shape of a heart, and then took out a blue spirit stone. After hesitating for a long time, he shook his head slightly, and still put away the two things.
"It's been three years! It's been six months! What should I do?"
"He agreed?"
When Nangong Rongxuan came to the "Yuquan Valley", he put away the fairy sword "Book of Heaven" and walked with a sad face. Unexpectedly, someone suddenly asked, he couldn't help clenching the fairy sword in his hand, staring sideways, and quickly turned his anger into joy, and smiled.
"Senior sister, are you waiting for me?"
Zhen Shiying said solemnly: "You decided to make him your deputy earlier, right?"
"Who? who has such a great ability to let me take a look at it?" Nangong Rongxuan pretended not to know why, and said: "Whether or not you can win glory for the sect in this Dan meeting can all be on the two groups of senior brothers, senior sisters and Xiaoying Xiaochong. Senior sister, don't be lazy, be careful I tell my father. ”
Zhen Shiying raised her eyebrows slightly, and said, "Believe it or not, I'll go tell my sister now, you want to find that person from Wolong Valley as your deputy?"
Nangong Rongxuan smiled faintly and said, "I hate Master Hanzhu. I hate it when my mother gets too close to her. I hate that they maliciously suppressed Master Zijing. What is the situation on my father's side, senior sister, you also clearly understand. So, from now on, I just want to be a person who can be my own master. To hell with the rest!"
"It seems that you appreciate Dugu Hexuan a little?"
"No, I'm just repeatedly assuming that if we change places, I will never be as good as him!" Nangong Rongxuan smiled and said, "First of all, I can't be like him, with pigs and dogs." As he spoke, he paused, and said in a deep voice: "Senior sister, what kind of elixir do you say can make inferior demon beasts undergo bloodline mutations?"
Zhen Shiying said "oh", frowned slightly, and said, "Is there such a thing?"
Nangong Rongxuan said: "Yes! I always feel that the nine little animals of Senior Brother Hexuan are not normal, but I can't say it! For example, that little red pig actually grew a pair of fangs, doesn't that mean that this pig has extraordinary blood? However, that pig is indeed an ordinary wild boar, and even if it is raised with braised braised pork is not good pork. ”
"You were arched by a pig?" Zhen Shiying said casually, suddenly realizing that something was wrong, and laughed coquettishly.
"That pig is really interesting!" Nangong Rongxuan looked at his clothes, smiled awkwardly, and said softly: "I know that letting Hexuan be my deputy is invisibly adding a competitor to you, and I am afraid that Xiaochong Xiaoying will not be able to explain it." But no matter what, Uncle Zijing is innocent with him, and I am also innocent. So, Senior Sister, you have to help me this time. ”
"Get out, think beautifully! I'll go to the master......!
"Flames?"
Dugu Hexuan looked at the little red pig and said in surprise. After miraculously absorbing the Xuan Spirit Qi and completing his cultivation, he has been looking for a successful answer. I thought it was touching the heavens, and the heavens sent favors. But he never believed in ghosts and gods, and soon set his sights on the uninvited guest. After looking for a long time, the final target was the active pig.
It turned out that Nangong Rongxuan quietly applied the powder of "Flame Brewing" to the pig, and the pig was so active that he shook the powder out and melted it into the breath of Xuanling. So, God unknowingly helped Dugu Hexuan.
Flame brewing, five-grade spiritual material, can be alchemy, can also be directly ground into powder for use. When cultivating, throwing it indoors can help the monk absorb the Xuanling Qi to the maximum.
From this view, it can be seen that the Yuan Shi Sword Sect attaches great importance to these first batch of important disciples. Its cultivation intensity is almost boosted by seedlings. It's just that compared to the rising stars of sect families such as the Tongtian Sword Sect and the Taixuan Dan Sect, it seems that it is far from enough. A very important reason for this situation is naturally the result of the "Yuanming Huiwu".
In fact, as the same group of disciples, Dugu Hexuan was also cultivated by the sect. Sixty spirit stones and a three-grade spirit pill are received every month. However, compared with Ziang, Xiao Yan, Nangong Rongxuan, Fan Jianren and others, it is really trivial and not worth mentioning.
Figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, Dugu Hexuan is a lot easier. For that familiar and strange brother, it is better to be wary than trusting. Therefore, after examining the pig in detail, my eyes suddenly lit up, and sure enough, there was a new discovery. The seemingly inconspicuous traces on the pig's back are faintly four words, "Something happened to the Yun family".
Dugu Hexuan was silent, a murderous aura suddenly appeared, and the Open Heaven Demon Halberd sensed the anger of its master, and the Xuanqing light shone slightly. Walking back to the stone chamber with heavy steps, only the sound of footsteps echoed in the stone mansion. Suddenly, the eleven spirit swords on the stone table suddenly volleyed into the air, surrounding into a circle, and the sword was sharp. Dugu Hexuan's hands are folded, and his palms are strangely intertwined, forming a "heart-shaped". Immediately, a pure spiritual power emanated from the "heart" and rushed into the sword circle, and the eleven spirit swords began to rotate rapidly, and the circle became smaller and smaller. A little is like one. A moment later, eleven spirit swords floated down lightly and were neatly placed on the stone table.
Dugu Shenjian Sword Trick Thirteen Styles, First Style, One Billion Swords Return to One Sword Technique!
The thirteen-style kendo magic power of the Dugu family was created by the ancestor when he was trapped in the "Ten Million Sword Cloud Tomb". Starting from the second generation of ancestors, only the orthodox bloodline of the Dugu clan can be successfully cultivated. In the several declines of the Dugu family, the sword technique of the thirteen-style sword dao magic power also leaked out. However, the people who got the sword trick all died tragically, and the death was terrifying and terrifying, all of which seemed to be done by powerful ghosts. As a result, he naturally cut off the idea of competing with others.
The ancestors have passed down, Dugu Kendo, unparalleled in the world, extremely powerful, when cultivating to the fullest, you can punish demons, kill gods, immortal, and trap the sky. It's just that maybe it's because of the incompetence of the descendants, anyway, no one has ever cultivated to that kind of Dacheng realm, and there has never been an invincible Dugu descendant. That being the case, the descendants of Dugu rely on this supreme sword power to gallop Hongmeng, which is more than enough.
For Yunyun monks, throughout their lives, if they can cultivate to a certain sect and magic power, it is enough. Being insatiable and being broad but not specialized has always been a taboo in practice. Dugu Hexuan still doesn't understand why someone deliberately arranged for him to cultivate so many divine channel methods, and he is still a person with mediocre qualifications like himself. For six months, I didn't find anything in it.
"They have broken their promise!" Dugu Hexuan sighed, "I have already been startled, wouldn't the road behind be even more difficult to walk? If I really go to Taixuan Mountain in the depths of the sea, I will have to face the Yun family again! But my Dao cultivation has stagnated! What should I do?"
The fifteenth day of the first month of the coming year is the day when the Hongmeng Dan will begin. At that time, the elders and elders, disciples and disciples who participated in the Dan Society, carried out "Dan Dao Competitions" and "Dan Dao Exchanges" and other things. During this period, a number of well-known casual practitioners will also participate.
"If the heavens only give me three years of golden years, why don't I make good use of it?"
Dugu Hexuan smiled indifferently, as if he had come to a great understanding, took five Dan bottles, three wine jars, and took out a bunch of spirit stones, a heart-shaped gray stone. At this time, he is no longer sitting on the spirit stone mine, and there are so many spirit stones that he has worked so hard to accumulate, all in front of him. When this moment came, he seemed a little excited and excited. The long-standing depression was swept away, and all that was left was fanaticism.
About three hours later, the entire stone mansion became a pure blue space. In the pure blue spiritual mist, the five rays of light were extremely bright, outlining a clear outline of the five elements. At this moment, a purple qi rushed out of the outline of the five elements, breaking through the spiritual mist and shooting straight into the sky. Immediately after, the purple qi seemed to open the floodgates, and all the spiritual power began to surge out. At this moment, there were two more rays of light in the stone room, one green and one yellow, intercepting the purple qi with the power of lightning. The three rays of light converged, and suddenly appeared as an upside-down "golden lotus".
The "Golden Lotus" is in full bloom, absorbing the spiritual mist and aura, and the light is overflowing, gradually condensing into a colorful Xuanqi Gang cover. The spiritual mist dissipated, and Dugu Hexuan in the hood closed his eyes slightly, folded his palms, and moved his lips lightly, as if he was chanting something. At this moment, everything seems to stand still in time and space, meaning eternity.
About forty-nine hours later, the hood slowly shattered, and the "debris" fell at will. The "Golden Lotus" also changed from solid to void and dissipated in the stone chamber.
Dugu Hexuan exhaled lightly, and it turned out to be a condensed purple qi. Looking at oneself internally, everything is normal, only the spiritual power in the Jade Mansion has increased significantly, and the core of the Seven Star Divine Disk is a little clearer. Later, gather your mind and glance at it.
Suddenly, he was stunned, got up and got out of bed, and walked quickly to the stone platform. There was a blue light left on the ordinary incense burner, but the nameless jade tripod auctioned off from the Immortal League was glowing with a dark yellow light. In that dark yellow light, there was a faint line of small words.