Chapter 1 The Affair of the World
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Time slips away inadvertently. The white horse passes through the gap, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, these eight words, in fact, contain how many yellowed, willing or reluctant years.
People are gradually changing their faces in the changes of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Three years have passed quietly.
In the past three years, in the world, most of them may be trivial things about firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, but it is such trivial things that make this time slowly go away from the layman.
In the past three years, in this red dust, some people have left, and some people are still alive. The red dust is vast, and where is the joys and sorrows of life and death, love and hatred.
In the red dust, the appearance of each day in the three years is different in every corner, maybe helpless and melancholy, maybe vigorous, maybe the person is far away from the rivers and lakes, it is still a thrilling of blood and rain, maybe the passing is just a small village under the sun, driving cattle, year after year are ploughing the three acres of square ponds of the simple peasant figure of the ordinary.
In the past three years, maybe everything has changed, maybe nothing has changed, but eventually, everything will change.
Mortals can't understand the realm of cultivation, and cultivators don't understand the lingering red dust.
Three years have passed, and in the cultivation realm where the strong man is like a forest, it is just a snap of a finger, and the situation of the cultivation realm is as calm as it seemed three years ago.
The righteous path of Dachang is still the same, and the demon sect is already in decline. Everything seems to be subtly following all the rules of the Heavenly Dao. In addition to the remnants of the Blood Feather Temple, from time to time in a barren mountain range, more than a dozen crooked melons and cracked dates are gathered to swear allegiance to the death, which has been dead for a long time, and the Blood Feather Demon Emperor, who once dominated one side, is delusional to one day be able to make a comeback and recast the glory of the past.
At first, due to the closure of the mountain from the Sorrow Sect, the rest such as the Zen Lonely Temple, the Asking Sword Valley, and the Sacrificial Snow Tower still paid a little attention, but they just sent a few young second-rate disciples to investigate in the wild mountains, and they also used it as a kind of travel. It's just that what makes people laugh and cry is that these orthodox disciples are ambitious and want to do the way for heaven and eradicate demons, but when they get to those wild mountains, don't say that the remnants of the Blood Feather Temple are all gone, and they can't even see a living thing.
So much so that later, these major Orthodox Christians simply didn't care about it, and went with those clowns, which was really insulting, and these Orthodox giants didn't want to come forward, because they really surrendered their identities. He instructed the various small sects that attached themselves to go and explore.
As a result, in the past three years, the four major sects of Orthodoxy have become more and more low-key, and only small sects such as Xingximen and Zhibaimen have become more and more frequent in the world, so that these small roles in the cultivation world are regarded as savior immortals by the people of Hongchen, and they are often passed on by word of mouth, and the more they spread, the more they feel that their strength is unfathomable.
In fact, they themselves know best. Fortunately, these sects are quite self-aware, and they are more and more respectful and humble towards the four major orthodox churches.
In fact, they don't want to be in the position, but their own strength is really not good, so they have no desire. Not to mention anything else, there are already two years left in the Jianchuan trial, but these small sects, maybe there are two or three people in each sect, plus the master of the sect, each sect is only a maximum of five people.
Moreover, these people, even if they participated in the Jianchuan trial, they were just going through the motions, and they often walked out one by one as soon as the trial began.
This is not about the strong bullying the weak, the Jianchuan trial is a chance for everyone, and everything speaks with strength. Those small sects are quite self-aware, rather than working hard and getting nothing, it is better to cling to the major factions, and in the end, the big factions eat meat, and they can still drink some soup, otherwise, it is estimated that they will not even be able to get soup.
There are rules of red dust in the red dust, and there is a way to cultivate immortals, and the cycle is repeated, solemn and earnest......
It's just that as the period of the Jianchuan trial is approaching, the four decencies, who were originally extremely low-key, have gradually had different reactions.
The leader of the righteous path in the world is still in the closed mountain, refusing all disturbances and worshipping the mountain, and the outside world is fluctuating, but the Sect is even more silent, and it seems to be quite complacent, concentrating on the posture of cultivation, so that the original Sect of Sorrow and Great Might has almost completely faded out of people's field of vision.
The recognized second Zen Silence Temple, headed by the Zen Master of the Void Certificate, nearly 10,000 Zen monks, compassion for the salvation of the world, has long been a person who has turned into an outsider, and has a very light on this reputation, therefore, following the Sorrow Sect, low-key and cautious, except for sometimes in some barren mountains and mountains, see or sit in the ascetic monks who sit in meditation, or hold the demon pestle to subdue the elves and strange monks, there is no other news.
Besides, the sacrificial snow building is already mysterious, and even the sacrificial snow building exists in Kunlun, the extreme northern snowy region, where it has always been unknown, not to mention those disciples, there were originally four protectors of the sacrificial snow building from time to time in various gatherings, and now, up to the master of the sacrificial snow building, down to the ordinary sacrificial snow building disciples, it is like overnight, the wind has disappeared, without the slightest trace.
Someone with good deeds once said that whether the sacrificial snow building has broken the incense and lost the inheritance, it has long ceased to exist, and its name should be removed from the four major orthodox religions. At first, it was just a few people, and even later some of the more influential Xiuzhen clans also made such arguments, and the rumors of the demise of this sacrificial snow tower began to spread.
In fact, it is not surprising that the original Snow Tower was not one of the four major Orthodox Churches, and it was replaced by the originally famous Xiaoyao Palace. It's just that the Xiaoyao Palace was razed to the ground overnight for some reason, from the palace master to the miscellaneous servants, and none of them appeared in the realm of cultivation.
So there is a precedent for the big faction to die overnight, and it is not surprising that this rumor is believed by more people.
It's just that after the rumors intensified for more than ten months, the first few Xiuzhen clans that were the first to spread the news of the demise of the Snow Sacrifice Tower were wiped out in one day, and the clan's location also became a ruined wall, which was extremely miserable.
This turmoil still caused a lot of shock in the cultivation of the true sect, and asked the sword Gu Ling Yijian also sent the eldest disciple Deng Tianyang to lead the 7788 small sects to investigate, and when he did not go, the momentum was huge, and the spearhead was directed at the Demon Sect, saying that it must be the Demon Sect, and the murderer must be severely punished.
All of a sudden, the wind and clouds surged, and the world looked sideways. However, when this Deng Tianyang led these people to rush to the location of the Xiuzhen clan with murderous energy, he found that on each broken wall of these destroyed clans, a six-manged snowflake mark was engraved.
Only then did I know that what kind of revenge of the Demon Sect was this, and it was clearly the masterpiece of the Snow Sacrifice Tower. It's just that this thunderous method is cruel and bloodthirsty, and it is smacking!
All of a sudden, filled with righteous indignation, a group of people led by Deng Tianyang vowed to seek justice for the clan that destroyed the sect, and privately elected the valley lord of the Sword Valley as the leader, threatening to take Kunlun directly and smash the sacrificial snow tower.
At first, Ling Yijian, the owner of the Sword Valley, never expressed his attitude, only said that he was in retreat and went with this group of people. It's just that gradually, Deng Tianyang's group of people did not have a representative figure as the backbone, only the thunder was loud and the rain was small.
And the old orthodox Church and the Zen Silent Temple, the attitude towards the sacrificial snow tower in this matter is surprisingly consistent, and they don't seem to know about it, regardless of whether they ask.
At this moment, this group of so-called justice-seeking factions, like a group of headless flies, gathered on the periphery of the Kunlun Snow Region, shouting more fiercely than the other, but no one dared to take the lead in taking a step towards the Snow Region.
Just because this sacrificial snow building is too prestigious, the "Xiuzhen Jade Book" that is unknown to the strange people of Xiuzhen is clearly written: Kunlun forbidden land, the snow sacrifice is lost, and the entrant will not return......
It wasn't until the original justice of this group of people became a joke that Ling Yijian seemed to really break through and appeared outside the Kunlun Snow Domain, beating Deng Tianyang to death, and then the army of justice dispersed hastily.
This matter is more like a farce.
However, the Sacrificial Snow Tower wiped out those Xiuzhen clans that slandered them overnight, while the other three major orthodox churches were silent, this deterrence and amazement were enough to make those who thought that the Sacrificial Snow Tower was declining firmly shut their mouths.
It's just that after this incident, the Asking Sword Valley no longer kept a low profile, Ling Yijian ordered all the Jin Dan and above to be cultivated as disciples out of the valley to practice, and for a while, whether it was the cultivation world or the world, you could see the disciples of the Asking Sword Valley in red and white clothes, and it didn't take long for the name of the Asking Sword Valley to become louder and louder. It is rumored that Ling Yijian's cultivation has been broken through the void since he left the customs, and there is an ancient divine sword to rely on, but for half a year, the limelight has been absent for a while.
After that, I heard that Ling Yijian coincidentally obtained a treasure of heaven and earth, called - the treasure of mountains and rivers. However, what is this treasure of mountains and rivers like, I only know that I can use this treasure of mountains and rivers to launch a technique called "Dafan Ruojian".
It's just that the so-called "Dafan Ruojian" technique of this mountain and river treasure is just rumored to have earth-shattering and unpredictable power, and no one knows what the situation will be if this "Dafan Ruojian" is activated.
Even the strange people who have always known everything don't know that in the "Xiuzhen Jade Book", the record of the treasure of mountains and rivers and "Dafan Ruojian" is only four words: strange, unheard!
However, when the news reached the Sect of Leaving Sorrows, the head of the sect summoned all the leaders in a rare way, and everyone's faces were shocked and solemn.
Although I haven't seen the treasure of the mountains and rivers, and I don't know how powerful the "Great Fan Ruojian" is, but for the strength of Wenjian Gu and Ling Yijian himself, people in the cultivation realm still think a lot highly, and some people even say that Ling Yijian can now suppress the Liwu Sect with a single sword.
So, the Tingli faction and the Tingwen faction came into being, but he also loves to watch the excitement, and he actually built a Wanxiantai somewhere in the cultivation realm, and those Tingli factions and Tingwen factions and others spent all day long on the Wanxiantai, for the head of the two families who are the number one in the world.
It's just that no matter how much this group of people argues, the two families who are the focus of the argument are unmoved, close the door tightly, and sweep the snow in front of the door.
The Orthodox Sect is probably like this, except for the remnants of the original Blood Feather Temple, those Demon Sects, which were once listed as the so-called Four Great Demon Sects by the Good Deeds, the Poison Killing Sect, the Ye Sun Sect, the Three Miao Palace, and the Refining Spirit Valley can be kept a low profile by the Orthodox Sect, and their movements are not the same.
The Silent Sea of the Far East is where the Killing Poison Gate is located, and the Killing Poison Gate Gate seems to have lost its sharpness in the past three years, not only has it not expanded, but it has even been eaten away by some powerful Demon Gates, and now the area of absolute control is only limited to the Silent Sea of the Far East, in addition, its territory is more or less floating.
In the past three years, the Poison Killing Sect has become more and more like its master, and it has become more and more old like the 10,000-year-old Demon Hundred Poison Ancestor who had been the Blood Feather Demon Emperor. And the passage of time has brought nothing to it, only getting older and dead like the Hundred Poison Ancestors.
In addition, the Ye Sun Sect Leader Ye Sun Divine Monarch, in the mountains of the Southern Wilderness, has also become mysterious and ethereal, and the actions of the Ye Sun Sect in the past three years have almost become a blank. It's a very strange thing.
However, the mountains of the Southern Wilderness were originally extremely desolate and withered, in addition to the heat, there were all kinds of demon beasts, and even if he was a great talent, it would be impossible for him to overcome the difficulties brought to him by the sky.
Therefore, this Ye Sun Sect has become the most worrying demon sect.
However, the other two factions of the Demon Sect, the Refining Valley Valley's Lord Blood Demon King practiced the Netherworld Immortality True Technique a year ago, coupled with the increasing Mahayana Ten Thousand Ghosts Exorcism Technique, the momentum soared for a while, and several middle-force Demon Sects were annexed one after another, and the Refining Valley destroyed the Yin Li Sect, which was also a Demon Sect, eight years ago, and obtained a lot of rare treasures.
The strength of the Refining Spirit Valley has already surpassed all the Demon Sects, and although it does not yet have the conditions to attack the Four Orthodox Sects alone, it has already attracted the attention of the Four Great Orthodox Sects.
And the Blood Killing Ghost King is even more ambitious, thinking that it is a unified demon sect, and it is only a matter of time.
The three female demons of the Sanmiao Palace are also making waves in the 80,000 miles of Yanbo Vast Lake in the south of the Yangtze River, and the female disciples who are all bewitching under the door are not only cultivating the true realm for disaster, but also because the Yanbo Vast Lake is already in the world, although there is an enchantment set by the master of the Sanmiao Palace, but they still do some killing deeds from time to time. When it was serious, there was no strong man within a radius of hundreds of miles.
Therefore, in the past three years, although the cultivation realm looks calm on the surface, there is no difference from three years ago, but in fact, the wind and clouds have been turbulent, and the torrents are surging.
Both the Orthodox Church and the Demon Sect are secretly accumulating their own strength, and no matter who they are, they all subtly follow the established rules, and no one has broken the balance that seems to be extremely weak.
It's just that everyone knows that the reason why all parties are in balance is because they are all waiting for an opportunity to break this balance, and that opportunity is getting closer and closer - the Jianchuan Trial.
Jianchuan is destined to be a place where the wind and clouds meet, and the righteous demons talk about the Tao, and because of this, that small Jianchuan has attracted the attention of countless cultivators.
It's just that such a ten-year world event, this time it is different from usual, this time in addition to the original grandeur, it is a little more cheesy.
Why is that?
It turned out that the number one strange person in the world in the cultivation realm, the guy who was called Mo Zhi, actually ordered someone to privately engrave the signs of the four major orthodox religions and the four major demon sects on the Wanxiantai, and then made a plaque to hang on the main hall of Wanxiantai, and then imitated the worldly gambling house and opened a handicap.
This matter is simply a big condemnation of the world, but what is even more surprising is that the eight sects on this plaque seem to have secretly acquiesced to Mo Zhi's seemingly absurd behavior.
As a result, the original group of people who were grinding their mouths all day long instantly became ordinary gamblers in the world. It's just that they gamble horribly, only silver taels, magic weapons, curiosities, and exotic treasures, as long as they are good things, they can be used as bets. This gamble is when these eight major sects are tried in Jianchuan, who can defeat the leaders and win the championship in one fell swoop.
In addition to these two groups of people, there are also some people from small sects and small sects who are attached to the major cultivation sects, people from all walks of life who are deep in the mountains and old forests, scattered cultivators who wander in the red and earthly world, and cultivators and clans, etc., all kinds of people who participate in them, and so on.
All of a sudden, this Wanxiantai was like a market, not only the people who participated in the gambling were very happy, but I am afraid that they also made a lot of money.
Some people think that this is strange and strange, and his style of acting is not like a person who cultivates truth, but like a businessman in the world.
Now three years have passed, and the ranks of the eight major sects on this plaque have changed many times, but the top two are still untouchable.
The first place is the Sect of Leaving Sorrow, and the second place is the Demon Sect that has been silent for a long time - the Poison Killing Gate.
............
It was another very ordinary night, in the dead of night and there were no lights.
Wanxiantai was already empty, and it was taken away by the noisy noise of the bustling crowd during the day.
Suddenly, a faint oil lamp emitted a dim yellow light on the dark Wanxiantai.
The light of the oil lamp was not bright, and it was even a little foggy, but it only shone on a radius of three inches, and even the face of the person holding the oil lamp could not be seen.
But the man with the oil lamp seemed to have a staggering step, and the oil lamp illuminated his somewhat withered fingers in his hand, while his figure was like a cloud of fog, hidden in the darkness.
He took a few steps and stopped in front of the plaque with the Eight Great Sects. The withered hand trembled and raised the oil lamp and looked at the plaque.
At first glance, I saw the three big characters on the highest hanging sign above the plaque: Leaving the Sorrow Sect.
In the dark, he may have laughed a little, and then his other hand was gently raised, slowly rubbing on the three big characters of the Separation Sect.
For a long time, he held the lamp with one hand and trembled with the other hand and repeated this action.
The voice of vicissitudes sounded in the darkness, it was his own words. It's just that the voice seems to be a little familiar: "Leave the worries, leave the worries, it turns out that you are still so supreme, but there are countless people in this world who know you, and how many people know me?"
Then he shifted the oil lamp down a little more, and it shone on the sign of the second place Poison Gate.
He seemed to pout, quite disdainful of the three big characters of the Killing Poison Gate, suddenly reached out and took down the brand, held it in his hand, and then threw out the sign with the three characters of the Killing Poison Gate with all his strength.
"Bang-" There was a noise in the darkness, but the sign of the Poison Killing Gate could no longer be found.
The voice of vicissitudes sounded again: "The dry bones in the grave!"
So saying, he placed the oil lamp on the table under the plaque, and under the lamp, a rather large box was being placed.
The man quickly unlocked the box and shone it with an oil lamp.
Full, a box of exotic treasures.
He seemed a little excited, and actually laughed, and the laughter seemed to be like a different person compared to the vicissitudes of Fang Cai.
The voice was a little smug: "Hehe, in this world, there are thousands of calculations, but there are ...... that I don't know"
Then he locked the box, and seemed to be a little reluctant, and rubbed it for a while, and then seemed to remember what he was going to do.
After a little stroke in the dark, it seemed that he had picked up a long thing out of nowhere, maybe it was some magic weapon. Then he slowly walked down Wanxiantai, and muttered in his mouth: "The time has come, it's time to go out and count it, although the money is not much, it can accumulate a lot......"
The light of the oil lamp grew farther and farther away, and finally merged with the figure into the dark night......