Chapter 3: The Crisis of the Xuanhuang Continent
The man in Tsing Yi spoke: "Uncle Hong, is there an extraterritorial world?"
Sect Master Hong pondered, "I think there is. In the secret records of our clan, it is mentioned that the extraterritoriality is divided into the upper realm and the lower realm, and whether the upper realm exists or not, we have no way of knowing. In the secret record, it is recorded that the Xuanhuang Continent is in the Netherworld, and from the words inside, it is possible that the Xuanhuang Continent may have some extremely powerful battles that shattered the Xuanhuang Continent from a world, and that world is likely to be the Immortal Realm. ”
"Uncle Hong, will the Xuanhuang Continent really come to the end of the law era? Will the pattern change greatly at that time?" Nangong Min's ethereal voice sounded on the side, but the last sentence was a little low, Dongfang Yu and Xiao Mingyue were waiting for Sect Master Hong's reply, which was also what they wanted to know, although the topic was a bit heavy.
"Now the loss of source qi is unprecedented before, ten epochs ago, there were fifty Mahayana monks recorded in the secret records of the Xuanhuang Continent clan, and now the number of Mahayana monks is only twenty-five. The source qi has been greatly lost, and the number of monks at all stages has also been greatly reduced, and now there has been no monk who has crossed the tribulation period and reached the Mahayana stage for 500 years. He didn't answer Nangong Min's question directly, but just told the three of them about the current situation at this time.
The highest level of cultivation of the monks of the Xuanhuang Continent is the Mahayana period, and the following are the stages of crossing the tribulation, refining the void, transforming the gods, the primordial infant, the knotting pill, the foundation building and the qi training period. In addition to the Mahayana and the two stages of cultivation, the rest are divided into four small realms: the early stage, the middle stage, the late stage and the consummation. For the monks of the Tribulation Period, they need to go through nine thunder tribulations to refine a powerful body and soul to become a Mahayana monk, because there is no immortal, the Mahayana period can only be preliminarily divided into the early, middle and late stages, but there is no consummation realm.
"Uncle Sect Master, isn't there a way to stop it?" Dongfang Mingyue said with a trace of sorrow on her little face, obviously with her current knowledge, she couldn't bear such a result.
"Xiao Mingyue, what are you worried about, if we can't change, then try to accept it. The corners of Sect Master Hong's mouth hooked an arc, and with the more obvious stubble, the image of a bad uncle appeared in Xiao Mingyue's eyes.
"It's been a long time since that kind of situation happened, and if it happened, it would have been a long time since we were dry. Heaven will not let you bear this kind of disaster, my little Mingyue will enjoy a peaceful and happy life. The loss of source qi is not without benefits, at least the current Xuanhuang Continent is a lot calmer. Sect Master Hong looked at Xiao Mingyue beside him with a slightly wrong expression on his face, and said quickly.
Regarding the last words of Sect Master Hong, Dongfang Yu and Nangong Min had a deep understanding, and the number of wars in the Xuanhuang Continent today is the least since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. The aftermath of the battle of the Mahayana monks can easily destroy an area, so that no grass grows for a hundred years, and if it is on the edge of the continent, it will cause the edge of the continent to collapse, and the fragmented area will fly away from the Xuanhuang Continent into a dangerous dark space, and eventually turn into flying ashes. Under such circumstances, there has been an epoch when there has not been a war between the great powers, after all, no one wants their own living area to disappear, so that they can be destroyed.
At the same time, the eight major forces are also jealous of each other, and some of the ancient remnants of the major forces have burst out with a power no less than that of the Mahayana monks, which may cause the end of the fish dying and the net being broken. In the past century, the empire has also undergone some changes, and the overall number of strong people has decreased, so that the gap between the imperial family and the forces in the empire has narrowed, and the authority has moved closer to the middle of the internal forces, and it is easy not to start a war.
The lifespan of the monks in the Xuanhuang Continent can reach 2,000, not to mention the lifespan of the monks in the refining period is 4,000, and the strong people in the first thunder tribulation period can live for 6,000 years, and the eightfold thunder tribulation has a lifespan of 8,000 years.
Not to mention the leadership class cultivated by the royal family and the great family, which requires both a strong realm and a knowledge of power and strategy, and qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are only one aspect of it.
The special situation created a special situation, except for the small battle of the low-level monks, and the battle of the disciples of the royal family in the secret realm, the Xuanhuang Continent was very calm at this time.
At this time, Sect Master Hong spoke: "I just don't know if the royal family still exists after the era?" The soft tone inexplicably reminded people of the illusory scene after the era, to know if the royal family has no strong strength to deter, whether the royal family is a royal family, or a royal family of today's family and tomorrow's royal family. The four of them were all pondering, and the cold moonlight slowly sprinkled down, shining on the green mountains and flowing water everywhere, but more people were silently practicing in the secret room, for the so-called tomorrow tomorrow.
"Uncle Hong, are there still strong people exploring outside the continent?" Dongfang Yu broke the silence and said, as the eldest prince of the Eastern Empire, he also knew some secrets.
"It's been two epochs of exploration beyond the realm, and that organization hasn't stopped. Three thousand years later, I would have left to find the extraterrestrial world. "When the life of the strong is approaching, there are always some strong people who have feelings for the Xuanhuang Continent to explore in the vast starry sky for their families, after an era, this has also become a tradition, and then the major forces have sent the strong to form a secret force, and set up a team to go to the starry sky, which also has the reason to balance the forces of all parties, but it is more of a responsibility.
The starry sky outside the continent is extremely dangerous, the darkness and coldness corrod the hearts of the monks, and there is also the fierce wind and rain that can easily silence the strong people of the Mahayana period. It can corrode the human soul, if the soul disappears, the monk will die completely, and if the soul remains, it can also reshape the body, and then let the body and soul nourish each other to survive. But the lack of most of the soul will greatly hinder future practice, and the physical body is not so important as the soul, but it requires all kinds of resources to reshape the physical body.
The soul of a strong person in the Mahayana period cannot exist alone for ten years, and the longer the time, the more serious the soul imprint disappears. There are also strong people who choose to give up, but the soul and the body do not match, and the body cannot last long, but will let their soul be contaminated with the mark of others, which makes the soul impure and hinders their own cultivation.
The four of them then began to chat about a more relaxed topic, Dongfang Mingyue couldn't calm down, left the jade table, leaned on the guardrail of the white boat, and admired the flowers and plants, mountains and rivers of the Cloud Sword Sect, the boat continued to float slowly over the mountain peaks, and a butterfly the size of a baby's palm stood above her head, snorting a pair of purple wings, and a little bit of crystal light gathered towards it.
The moon seemed shy and slowly slid towards the other end of the mountain. At this time, a jade flute appeared in Nangong Min's hand, placed it on the red lips, a brisk little song sounded, the breeze blew through the corners of the hair and clothes, the white jade cup was still bubbling with a curling aroma, and Dongfang Yu and the Hong sect master were leisurely playing chess, and the white and black were constantly extending vertically and horizontally on the jade chessboard, and the two did not speak, and continued to deduce carefully, and finally all the sunspots disappeared, and then the white children also disappeared.