After the battle, Gongsun He, Lu Maoshou and others withdrew to the Zimu boat on the Yellow River, and then drove west along the river. Su Qin found out that Jiuding was still staying in Shangqiu Dayi Mausoleum, but he didn't expect that his plan to move Ding to blame King Yan had failed repeatedly, and he was confused in his heart.

Wang Xu, Meng Ying and others followed General Qiu Ye into Shangqiu City, and Qu Yuan and a few people went together, and spent a safe night in Shangqiu City. When Qu Yuan heard about Jiuding's self-repair, he didn't believe it in his heart, but he couldn't help but believe it, and he only hated that he couldn't see it with his own eyes.

On the morning of the second day, Ling Junzi was discussing swords with Meng Ying and Mi Ri, and some people from the upper and lower schools came to deliver a letter, saying that Zhao Guoxiang Bang Feiyi asked him to go back to discuss important matters. Ling Junzi resigned from everyone and rode alone to Handan, Zhao State.

Wang Xu, Tian Dan and Qi Lu wanted to visit Daoist Gander according to the original itinerary, and Yi Dan proposed that they could go to Huiji Mountain to visit Mei Sheng Kunru, and then make plans, and everyone agreed. In the early morning of the next day, Tiangai and Fan Ding returned to Tugu Mountain, and the others went to Chu Guoji Mountain together.

When he arrived at the foot of Huiji Mountain, due to the large number of visitors, Luo Bai was about to go up the mountain first to report to the deputy saint Zhong Lichun, but he didn't want two people to come down from the mountain, so he saluted Luo Bai and Mi Ri:

"Two charming masters, there is no need to report, let's take you all up the mountain together!"

Everyone secretly wondered: Could it be that the two Mei Saints knew that we were coming? Then they followed the two Mei disciples and walked slowly towards the mountain. Along the way, some people saw so many people going up the mountain together, and they were all curious, and put down their work to look at them. Mi Ri and Luo Bai have been away from Huiji Mountain for many years, and the people they know along the way greet them, and they heard the two people who led the way say that the former deputy saint Zhong Lichun is now the official Meisheng of Meimen.

Mi Ri and everyone came to a newly built hall, Zhong Lichun heard the sound of visitors from outside the door, and took the initiative to go out from the hall to greet the guests. Zhong Lichun welcomed everyone into the main hall and sat down, and Mi Ri and Luo Bai stepped forward to greet her first.

Mi Ri and Luo Bai then introduced Wang Xu, Meng Ying, Yi Dan and others to Zhong Lichun one by one, Zhong Lichun ordered the disciples to serve tea one by one, and smiled at everyone:

"Dare to ask all the distinguished guests, but you have all come together to see my ugly mother-in-law?"

Everyone on the seat looked at each other, and they didn't know how to answer, but Qi Lu saw that no one answered, and said casually:

"How can the holy aunt say that she is an ugly mother-in-law? The holy aunt is not ugly first, and she is not old second, don't we all have eyes?"

Zhong Lichun smiled lightly and was about to speak, Qi Lu saw Tian Dan glaring at her, and said unconvinced:

"The holy aunt is much younger than you, and she is more beautiful than you, why are you staring at me?"

Zhong Lichun then burst out laughing, and then asked:

"The girl is a disciple of the Nine Heavens Xuannu?"

"Qi Lu has seen the Holy Aunt, and the family teacher is the Nine Heavens Xuannu!How did the Holy Aunt know?" Qi Lu wondered.

"If you are according to your age, the Nine Heavens Xuannu should at least accept you as a disciple grandson, you can be taught by her old man in person at a young age, but you are not an ordinary person, how can I not know!" Zhong Lichun said.

"The Holy Aunt once had a point or two from her mentor, Mr. Guiguzi, and she is still our senior sister!" Wang Xu interjected.

"I only heard that the Holy Aunt is strong in martial arts, but I don't know that she is still from the Guigu Gate! We have a large group of people going up the mountain, and the Holy Aunt seems to have known about it for a long time, it seems that the Holy Aunt has a lot of skills!" Qi Lu said.

"The Holy Aunt has also been the queen of my Qi Kingdom!" Tian Dan said.

"Oh ┄┄ oh ┄┄ I know! I know why the Holy Aunt said that she is an ugly mother-in-law, it turns out that the Holy Aunt is the ugly queen of the Qi country known to everyone in the world!" Qi Lu suddenly realized.

"Hahaha┄┄" Zhong Lichun said with a smile:

"I didn't know you were coming, I don't have the ability to foresee the future! I have a guest here, and he knows you're coming!"

"Is Daoist Gander here?" Wang Xu said in surprise.

"Go and invite Mei Sheng and Dao Chang to come!" Zhong Lichun said to his subordinates.

After a while, Kun Ru and Gan De Dao Chang came, Zhong Lichun got up to greet him, and asked Kun Ru to sit on the main seat she had just sat on, Kun Ru said:

"You should sit there, I'll sit here with the Taoist chief!" After speaking, he said to Mi Ri and Luo Bai:

"I'm going to live in seclusion overseas, Zhong Lichun has officially taken over my position as a flattering saint, in charge of all the mundane affairs in the sect, do you two know it?"

The two nodded, and Mi Ri said to Kun Ru:

"Please say hello to Master on my behalf!"

"Please say hello to my father on behalf of my sister!" Luo Bai looked at Luo Xuedao.

"I haven't been able to see Master Qiong Fang on this trip, if I am lucky enough to see you again, it will be many years later! I will say hello to Luo Ning on behalf of the two of you, how are you two doing now?

When Mi Ri heard this, he didn't know why Kun Ru said that he couldn't see his master, Master Qiongfang, he had always talked little, and he didn't want to ask more. When I was thinking, I listened to Luo Baidao:

"Everything is fine, no need for my father to worry!"

After Luo Bai finished speaking, he looked at Lu Tianquan, his face flushed a little. Luo Bai is a disciple of Meimen, Kun Ru knew it in his heart and nodded. Luo Xue then Luo Bai said:

"Master and my brothers treat me very well, I don't have any worries, it's just that Master has some troubles!"

Hearing what his apprentice Luo Xue said, Yi Dan got up and bowed to Kun Ru:

"Divine Arrow Gate Yidan to meet the Holy Aunt!"

"The Taoist chief is here today, and he must have something to ask the old body, please ask!" Kun Ru got up and saluted back.

"Thank you for your generosity!" Yi Dan thanked Kunru first, and then asked:

"My Shenjian Men people have been guarding Jiuding for more than a thousand years, and the people of the Jiuding have not settled their grievances so far, is it just for a victory and defeat? What is the real meaning of our guardianship of Jiuding? What secrets does Jiuding hide? I hope that the Holy Aunt will teach you!"

"There are only a handful of people in the world who can injure the sword of Qi through Changhong, I'm afraid you have already gone through a fierce battle before you come here, right?" Kun Ru pointed to the injured Mi Ri, and looked at Gander Dao again:

"A few days ago, the Taoist looked at the sky and found that the Song Kingdom was murderous, and there were seven killing stars that were dark and bright, and they were crumbling, and then predicted that it was about Jiuding. The Taoist flying pigeon passed a letter to me to go to investigate, and it was really related to Jiuding. You wait for the mighty people to come to the Chu country, and it is easy for me to send people to inquire, and the Taoist chief guessed eight or nine points after learning about it, so he came to wait for you in person, one is to solve your doubts, and the other is to come for one of the old people among you!"

Everyone heard Kunru say that Daoist Gande was coming for the old man, and when they were puzzled, Qu Yuan got up and bowed:

"Qu Yuan met the Holy Aunt and met the Taoist Chief! In the past, I had the fate to meet the Taoist Chief, and I never forgot the teachings for the rest of my life!

"If you are really stupid, I am afraid that your head has fallen off! Now that you are willing to take a step back, you have already remembered the old way!" said Gander.

"Holy aunt, please speak!" Qu Yuan returned the right to speak to Kunru after interrupting.

"The grievances between the Divine Arrow Gate and the Nine Clans can last for thousands of years, which is already beyond the scope of any grievances! What kind of grievances in the world can last for more than a thousand years? It is not so much a grievance, but rather for the sake of competing for Jiuding, in fact, the grievance struggle between the Divine Arrow Gate and the Nine Clans has always revolved around Jiuding! The three questions asked by Daoist Yidan are, in the final analysis, one question, what is the significance of competing for Jiuding? That is to say, what does Jiuding represent and what earth-shattering secrets are hidden? I don't have an answer to this question, maybe there are immortals in my sect who know the secret things in it, and the Taoist chief may be able to answer part of it!"

Everyone looked at Daoist Gander, and Gander said slowly:

"In the past, I discussed the essence of Jiuding with Zhuangzi and Song Yu, Zhuangzi believed that Jiuding was related to human wisdom, Song Yu thought that Jiuding hid some mysterious power, and I thought it was related to Nuwa Niangniang. You are concerned about the Jiuding artifact, you must have studied the artifact, and you have witnessed the artifact in Shangqiu, I don't know how much you know about Jiuding, can you say that you can listen to the old way!"

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Wang Xu and waited for him to answer. Seeing this, Wang Xu saluted Kunru and Gande and said:

"Since I listened to Uncle Shi's story about Jiuding last year, I have also been fascinated by Jiuding, and I was about to ask the Taoist chief, but I didn't expect to be able to get my wish today! Since Izumo Mengze, I have been waiting to conquer the Western Regions, to Kunlun, what I have seen and heard is incredible, plus I witnessed the destruction of Jiuding in Shangqiu the previous time, it can repair itself, and it is the same as before, I am even more convinced that Jiuding is not an extraordinary thing, and it is indeed a shocking secret!"

"Wait┄┄Wait┄┄You said Jiuding can repair itself and get back to the beginning?" Zhong Lichun interrupted.

"Daoist Yi Dan shot an arrow into the ear of the Great Ding Ding with a spider silk arrow, and after pulling out the arrow, the damaged part of the Great Ding slowly healed, and it was back to the same after a while, which is more magical than the healing of a human wound!" Wang Xu said.

"There are such strange things in the world!" Zhong Lichun looked at Kun Ru and Gan Dedao, but when he saw that Gan De didn't seem to be strange, he was even more surprised in his heart, so he said to Wang Xu:

"I've heard a little or two about your trip to the Western Regions, and it can be regarded as a feat of ancient and modern times!

"The two brothers Gongsun Ying and Gongsun He are scheming, and they have spent their lives just to get the Jiuding artifact, I originally thought that the two of them must know the secrets hidden in Jiuding. Since Shang Qiu saw Jiuding's own strange things, I think that even if the two of them knew the secret of Jiuding, it may not be the truth, and it must not be the whole story! The Yellow Emperor cast Jiuding and divided Kyushu, and from the beginning this secret was divided into nine parts. A secret that is incomplete in itself has been passed down to the present day after three thousand years, and I don't think anyone in the world can know it all!"

"The people of Guigumen are really smart! What do you think of the remarks of Zhuangzi, Song Yu and Dao Chang?" Kun Ru seemed to be interested in Jiuding.

"The wisdom and strength of the Yellow Emperor are far beyond ordinary people, so Zhuangzi and Song Yu believe that Jiuding must be related to the Yellow Emperor's special wisdom and strength. The Taoist chief has gone from the common to the hidden, studied the physics of heaven and earth, and knows the internal connection between heaven, earth and man, coupled with many years of cultivation of art, he must have perceived the essence of Jiuding, and he thinks that what the Taoist sees is closer to the secret hidden in Jiuding!"

When Gander heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Wang Xu and said:

"Sir, let's talk about it carefully!"

Wang Xu suddenly said to Qi Lu: "Release your father!"

When Qi Lu heard this, he happily released his father and walked around the hall.

"May I ask you, no matter the hidden world, is there anyone in this world who can create a mutant animal like Father Ju now?"

"Naturally, no one can do it in the world, but I can do it with overseas immortals!" Kun Ru said lightly.

"Is it the result of physiognomy to raise a father, and can a person who knows physiognomy be able to achieve biological variants?" Wang Xu asked again.

"Lifting the father is the result of physiognomy, but it is not the result of ordinary physiognomy!" said Gander.

"How do you understand this?" said Wang.

"Physiognomy itself does not have this ability, physiognomy is a kind of secret art, just an ordinary secret art. Physiognomy can only create 'physical appearances' without thoughts and souls, as is the case with spiritual and ghost objects generated by the art of different phases, but in order to generate a powerful 'primordial spirit' with a soul that can be combined with human thoughts, it is impossible for a physiognomist who only understands physiognomy to do so. In the same way, in order to create a species with a mind and a soul like the Father, it is necessary for a person who uses physiognomy to be able to see through time and space and transform matter in different time and space. If you practice the art of consciousness to a certain extent, you will be able to flexibly use time and space, and when combined with physiognomy, it will be a supreme secret art!" Gander said.

"I understand, although the Archmage Rasul we met in the Western Regions in the past was proficient in physiognomy, he was only an ordinary physiognomy master and could not create the 'Ghost King' Yuan Phase. Therefore, whether it is the Ghost King or the Spirit Yuan, it is caused by physiognomy, but it is above physiognomy!" Wang Xu said.

"The combination of spirit and ghost is called the art of different phases, but there are not only two kinds of physiognomy and ghost phases, it depends on the physiognomy master's understanding of the phase, how much time and space can he see between heaven and earth?

"Then I'll ask the Taoist again, is it more difficult to generate a 'Yuan Xiang' or is it more difficult to create a mutant animal like Ju Father?" Wang Xu asked.

"That's a good question! Xiaodao doesn't have these abilities, and I only know a little bit about it. Many years ago, when Master Qiong Fang and I were discussing the Ghost King, I happened to ask her this question. Master Qiong Fang believes that although the Yuan Xiang Secret Art is beyond the scope of ordinary physiognomy, the Yuan Xiang or Yuan Shen generated by it still has no actual life and thoughts, and often reflects the will of the person; ”

"The master of the Meimen can possess such a magical secret technique, he is really an omnipotent immortal!" Wang Xu sighed.

"Hehe┄┄ secret art is just a kind of Taoism, always in the category of 'art' and the like, the so-called immortals, just a title, I think even the immortals can't reach the realm, is the real secret of Jiuding!" Gander said.

Wang Xu was secretly stunned, and when he heard what Gander had said, he asked:

"I heard that there are seven levels of Yishu, and those who have reached the highest level can 'seal the gods', if the gods reach this realm, isn't it omnipotent?"

"Master Qiong Fang believes that the secret technique of generating the Yuan Phase is above the Physiognomy Technique, and the secret art of generating the Father is above the Secret Technique of the Yuan Phase, but a mutant animal like the Father has an obvious flaw, that is, it cannot reproduce offspring, and secondly, its wisdom is not high. The Yellow Emperor's wizard Atractylodes created dragons, which have a high degree of intelligence and are able to reproduce the next generation in small quantities, so it is clear that the secret art of Atractylodes is superior. However, Nuwa Niangniang created a human being, and the wisdom and reproductive ability of human beings are much higher than that of dragons, so Nuwa Niangniang has the supreme power in the world, and the gods cannot match it!" Gander said.

"If Jiuding is related to Nuwa Niangniang, does it mean that whoever gets Jiuding has the same supreme power as Nuwa Niangniang?" Wang Xu asked.

"In the past 3,000 years, there have been many people who have obtained Jiuding, but no one has ever had the same power as Nuwa Niangniang! I said that Jiuding is related to Nuwa Niangniang, but it does not mean that Jiuding is power, even if Jiuding contains some kind of powerful power, how to obtain and use this power? This is also a difficult problem. Jiuding has been there since ancient times, and many people have owned them, but how to use them? What does Jiuding represent? No one knows the full answer. What the gentleman said is true, Gongsun He may know some of it, but it is by no means all!" said Gander.

"In the past, the people of the Nine Clans used the three-foot boy to defeat the people of the Divine Arrow Gate, and it was the masters of the Meimen who prevented the people of the Nine Clans from obtaining the Nine Dings, and the masters of the Meimen never asked about mundane things, how could they help the Divine Arrow Gate for no reason, I am afraid that there is some hidden secret, right?" Wang Xu asked again.

"Speaking of this old incident, I happen to know the truth! At that time, it was Master Yan Hao who took in the three-foot boy, but it was not Master Yan Hao who wanted to ask about mundane matters. Master Longines thought that he could not defeat the three-foot boy with his Longines sword, so he asked Master Qiong Fang for help, and wanted Master Qiong Fang to use the Destroying Fang Flute to deal with the Three-foot Boy, but Master Qiong Fang only used the Destroying Fang Flute once in his life and then vowed not to use the Destroying Fang Flute again, so he could only ask her master Master Yan Hao to come out, and it happened that Master Yan Hao was with my master Master Xingyun at that time. Master Yan Hao was also very curious after hearing about the three-foot boy, so he decided to go and subdue the three-foot boy in person. So Master Yan Hao made a move because he was curious about the three-foot boy, not because he had anything to do with Jiuding!" Gan De said.

"Dao Chief, tell me what kind of monster that three-foot boy is, how can he be invulnerable?" Qi Lu couldn't help but ask.

"The three-foot boy has appeared in the era before the Yellow Emperor, which is recorded in ancient books, although it is magical, it is also the result of physiognomy, and it is only caused by ordinary physiognomy. The reason why Master Yan Hao was interested was because she didn't expect that there would be such a long-lost physiognomy in the world today, so it also caused her and Master Qiong Fang to worry about the ghost king, so there was an arrangement for the charming lord Miyue to enter Qin. The body of the three-foot boy is the baby, the person who uses physiognomy feeds the baby a special metal since childhood, and supplemented by physiognomy, controls the baby's mind and body growth, after about ten years of tempering, the baby will be trained by the physiognomy master to kill people. Gander said.

"Such a physiognomist is too lacking in morality! Feed a baby with metal, won't the baby die?" Qi Lu said.

"Yes, many children die in the process, and only a very skilled physiognomy can succeed. What the master fed the children was not ordinary metal, it was said to be a kind of extraterrestrial meteorite, which was very special and different from all the metal substances in the world, so the three-foot boy was also called 'extraterrestrial boy'. Gander said.

"The metal used to cast Jiuding is very special, could it be that it also comes from outside the sky?" Wang Xu asked suddenly.

"A metal substance that can repair itself, it is indeed not a mortal thing in the world, and where it comes from, the trail does not dare to say!" Gander said.

"The Taoist is humble! Since the Taoist thinks that Jiuding is related to Nuwa Niangniang, he must have some ideas about the special metal that casts Jiuding, why don't Dao Chiefs try to talk about it!" Wang Xu said.

Xiaodao's statement about Jiuding is just an inference and imagination in the past, and it has not been confirmed in any way. Gander said.

"If Mei Shen has reached the seventh level of the Divine Technique, can he perceive the secret of Jiuding?" Wang Xu asked again.

"I think it's possible, for thousands of years, maybe someone has known the secret of Jiuding, such as Jiang Ziya!" Gander said.

"Speaking of Jiang Taigong Lu Shang, I just want to ask the Taoist chief! Jiang Taigong predicted that 'the world will return to the Lu family in 800 years', and the Taoist chief also said that Jiuding and the world will all belong to the Lu family, is there any basis for this kind of prediction? Who does the world belong to, and does it have anything to do with Jiuding?" Wang Xu asked.

"Since ancient times, there has been a saying that 'those who get Jiuding get the world', and therefore Jiuding has become a symbol of power, if you want to get the supreme power in the world, you must get Jiuding artifact, in order to be justified! Over the years, I found that Taigong was the most thorough person who had studied the "Yellow Emperor Sutra" since ancient times, and his cultivation had reached the realm of a god. If he uses the 'Dust Sealing Technique' to pass on his consciousness to his descendants, this prophecy is highly likely!" Gander said.

"What is the Dust Sealing Technique, is it also a secret technique?" asked Wang Xu.

"Could it be the legendary space-time shifting technique that the Dao Master is talking about?" Kun Ru said in surprise.

"Exactly! Dust sealing is a supreme secret art, and it is also the arbitrary movement and application of time and space. Jiang Ziya was originally a master of secret arts, and he had reached the realm of sealing gods, so he could completely seal his consciousness and transfer it to his descendants eight hundred years later. If this is the case, it will not be difficult to realize the prophecy that 'the world will return to the Lu clan in 800 years!'" Gander said.

"But now that there is no one in power in the Lu clan in the Seven Kingdoms, how will the Lu clan gain the world?" Wang Xu questioned.

"Only Jiang Ziya knows this!" Gander said.

Everyone was silent for a while, and suddenly someone whispered:

"Aren't you just surnamed Lu?"

"Then can you tell us whether it is our son or grandson who can win the world?" said Lu Tianquan with a smile.

It turned out that Luo Bai saw that everyone had been talking about the heavy topic for too long, so he deliberately made a joke with Lu Tianquan, and Lu Tianquan replied along with her joke.

"Whoever wants to be born with you, think beautifully!" Luo Bai said to him.

"If that's the case, sister, you can have one with him!" Luo Xue said with a smile.

"To get back to the point, I still have to ask the Taoist chief for advice!"

"If the fixed number of Jiuding and the world belong to the Lu family, then what is the point of my Divine Arrow Gate working hard to protect Jiuding?"

"The meaning is naturally there, the mandate of heaven and personnel have always had a turnaround, the so-called 'mandate of heaven' is just a misunderstanding of the world, there is no so-called 'fixed number' in this world! If Gongsun He and others really get the Jiuding artifact, will it have an impact on Jiang Ziya's prophecy, this trail can't be said!" Gander said.

"The Taoist is humble again, since the Taoist said so, I can only do our best and obey the destiny of heaven!" Yi Dan said.

"Now that Gongsun He and the others have been defeated, I'm afraid it's difficult for anyone in this world to be able to peek at the artifact!" Zhong Lichun said.

"I only need a few years, and when we restore the old Nine Palaces and Arrows, the Nine Clans will not succeed!" Yi Dan said.

"Okay, everyone's almost asked, right? The Taoist chief is also tired of talking, let's stop here today!" Zhong Lichun got up and said again:

"Qi Lu and Qu Yuan stay, the Holy Aunt and the Taoist Chief have something to say to you, let's go to dinner together!"

Two days later, everyone left Huiji Mountain and went their separate ways. Yidan's master and apprentice returned to Shangqiu Tugu Mountain, Lü Tilting Quan and Luo Bai returned to Taoyi, Tian Dan and Lu Zhonglian went to Linzi, Mi Ri and Mengying went to Qin, Wang Xu went to Yunmeng Mountain alone, and Qilu and Qu Cheng followed Mei Shengkunru overseas.