Chapter 169: Refining the Heart and Ascending to the Flying Sword Platform
Xun Huaiying and the three generations of the eldest disciple Qingchenzi, have been to the sword fighting festival, and are known as prestige in the door, seeing him speak, Chen Yuanning and the other three did not dare to disobey, they all bowed, and retreated to greet Miao Kun and others.
Zhang Yan cast his eyes and looked at it for a while, he hadn't seen him for more than a hundred years, and the other party's martial arts were also quite fast, and the Gangyun on the top had become three, but there was no such thing as Huo Xuan's group refining, he smiled and saluted, and said: "I haven't said goodbye to the sword fighting in a hurry since the last time, I don't want it to be more than a hundred years in the past, Xun Daoyou has always been good?"
Xun Huaiying returned the salute and said: "Last time, Daoyou helped and was able to get out of trouble, and since then, I have been grinding my sword skills in the door, but it is a pity that Feng Haiyang has been killed by Daoyou, otherwise I will have to go to the teachings again." ”
Speaking of the latter, there was a sense of regret in his words.
Zhang Yan smiled and said, "Before Feng Haiyang was killed by me, there was a word, Xun Daoyou wants to know?"
Xun Huaiying has also personally learned the methods of the wind and the ocean, and it can be imagined how thrilling Zhang Yan was when he fought with him alone in the star stone, and when he heard his death, he unconsciously showed a look of attention, and said, "What did this person say?"
Zhang Yan said: "He said that within a thousand years, there will be three major catastrophes, and asked me if I can avoid it." ”
Xun Huaiying's eyes froze and asked, "I don't know how to answer you?"
Zhang Yan smiled loudly and said, "The catastrophe I said was a catastrophe, but it was an opportunity for my generation. ”
Xun Huaiying was unmoved, cheered, and said, "Dao friendly spirit!"
Zhang Yan said angrily: "There are heavy calamities descending from heaven and earth, and Jiuzhou has its own heroes. Could it be that you can't find an opponent!"
Xun Huaiying nodded seriously and said, "What Daoyou said is extremely true. Then he looked at Zhang Yan and sighed: "It's a pity that Daoist friends are not my Shaoqing disciples, and I can only discuss the law with you, not the sword, which is a pity." ”
Zhang Yan smiled slightly and said, "But there may not be no chance." ”
Xun Huaiying didn't think much about this, he also knew that Zhang Yan was good at flying swords, but after all, he didn't get the main story, only in terms of swordsmanship. or not as good as the junior disciples in the sect.
There is no denigration in this. He has no famous teacher to guide Zhang Yan, but he is also very impressed by the fact that he can get to this point.
However, the sword legend of Shaoqing has been passed down for thousands of years, which is soaked with the hard work of many predecessors and the wisdom of the sages. Such a legacy. It's not something that can be smoothed out by talent alone.
He took a step sideways. Said: "I wanted to invite Taoist friends to my cave mansion to sit, but this time Taoist friends are the envoys of Mingcang, but they need to settle down in the East Dynasty Taiyi Hall." I first ordered someone to tell the infant uncle, if there is no accident, it should be visible tomorrow. ”
The head of the Shaoqing Sect is not a director on weekdays, and the general production is controlled by his eldest disciple Ying Chunqiu, and the latter's status in the door is roughly similar to that of Meng Zhenren.
Zhang Yan was also very clear about this situation, so he nodded and arched his hand: "Then there is Lao Daoyou." ”
Xun Huaiying led the way in front and led the group to the line where the pavilion was.
Zhang Yan saluted, got out of the car and drove away, and on this road, he saw the sound of sword light soaring and fighting on four or five hanging platforms, and there was a faint sound of shouting and whistling, showing that someone was fighting swords there, but Xun Huaiying beside him was a look that he had long been accustomed to, and he couldn't help but secretly say: "I have heard that Shaoqingmen is fighting between China and Japan, and it seems that it is not a lie." ”
Xun Huaiying saw that he was paying attention to the floating islands, so he pointed and said: "This is called the sword platform, every disciple in my sect has a sword knowledge in the sword pill, you can get one here, and after ten thousand years, the number has been more than three thousand." ”
In the Shaoqing sect, there are thousands of disciples, but there are only more than two hundred people who can really be called sword cultivators, but looking at the world, no one dares to underestimate it, and this hanging sword platform is the witness of its 10,000-year inheritance.
Zhang Yan looked at it, but saw that there was a sword pill placed on the highest part of the platform on many sword platforms, like a pearl flying star, glowing with brilliance, but he was a little surprised, so he asked: "Xun Daoyou, I don't know why?"
Xun Huaiying was silent for a moment before he said: "These sword pills are all left over from the deceased sect in the past, and they are placed here to wait for their masters." ”
The sword pill is the most chaste and pure thing, every disciple gets the sword, if it is conceived and cultivates true knowledge and true spirit, and enters the Tao in the next life, if the sword pill is in line with its divine heart, it will still chase and recognize the Lord.
However, there is no one in ten thousand who can become a sword cultivator, and after being reincarnated, even if he can re-enter the Dao, he may not have this talent, and he is still ownerless above ninety percent of these sword pills.
At this time, Xun Huaiying pointed to an empty sword platform and said, "Senior Brother Ban cultivated here back then, but since his whereabouts are unknown, even the sword pill is missing. ”
Zhang Yan's heart moved slightly, and asked, "What Xun Daoyou said, but is that the class leader of the class Shaoming who was once famous in all directions?"
Xun Huaiying sighed: "Exactly, Senior Brother Ban's talents and endowments are all above me, if it weren't for the accident, he should have gone to fight the sword." ”
Zhang Yan heard this, but he was thoughtful.
Xun Huaiying pointed to the distance again, raised his voice a little, and said: "Fellow Daoist, please look at that place, it is Cangxu, Zichen, and Qinglai Santai, which are left behind by the three Flying True Beings of my Shaoqing Sect." ”
Zhang Yan followed what he pointed out, concentrating on it, and saw that there were three big platforms like mountains, hanging high in the sky, majestic and majestic, standing proudly in the void, and there were three skyrocketing clouds, Ye Ye Xuanming, as if the moon was in the sky, and the thousands of floating platforms under it seemed to have become rubble and dust.
The East Dynasty is the Shaoqing Funeral Hall, which is located in the east of Guanyang Dayue Dun, but the Xuanmen came to envoy and can be invited here, and there are only two factions of Mingcang and Yuxiao.
After Zhang Yan and his entourage arrived here and settled down, Xun Huaiying said: "Daoyou came by coincidence, these days coincided with the opening of the mountain in my door to accept apprentices, and it was still early in the sky, so it was better for Xun to take a Taoist friend to take a look." ”
"Oh?"
Zhang Yan suddenly became a little interested, the ten factions of Xuanmen, except for the Mingcang, Zhenzhen, Shaoqing, Lishan and other factions, are mostly controlled by the big families, and the rules for selecting disciples are actually the same.
And Shaoqing because of the sword monks, especially the talent endowment, no clan can stand for a long time, and the way of selecting disciples is also different from that of other sects, now that he is here, he might as well take a look, and said happily: "Then it will disturb." ”
With Miao Kun and others, he went with Xun Huaiying. Flying at a gallop, there is a moment, and then it descends in front of a palace.
Xun Huaiying said: "Picking disciples is a matter of Xiayue, you need to go to the extreme sky, we don't have to go back and forth, there is a mysterious spring here, you can watch all things in the mountain gate." ”
At this time, a deacon and Taoist hurriedly ran out of the temple, bowed, and said, "How did the real person come here?"
Xun Huaiying said: "I brought the envoy of Mingcang here to watch the scenery of the mountain gate, and you opened a ban." Let me wait. ”
The Taoist hurriedly responded. With a swing of the dust in his hand, the door of the hall opened, and then he shook it and said, "Real people, please do it." ”
The two of them went to the temple. Zhang Yan looked up. In the distance, I saw a mountain wall covered with moss. There is a clear spring that flows down from above, forming a stream. It's just strange that after the water rushes down, dozens of whirlpools are formed, and in each whirlpool, a scene is revealed, and several seem to be passing by.
Xun Huaiying waved his sleeves and scattered all the whirlpools, and then a brilliant sword light flew out of the clouds, falling into the water, blooming brightly in an instant, actually stirring the river stream, and then giving birth to a whirlpool.
After a few breaths, a scene will change.
Zhang Yan walked to the stream in two steps, looked down, and saw that there was a huge valley of cliffs, next to a steep ridge, running north and south, like a line, and at this moment there were tens of thousands of people slowly climbing there, and if you looked closely, there were mostly fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers, and even children who were only seven or eight years old.
Xun Huaiying said: "Every October, the door is opened, and anyone who intends to enter my Shaoqing cultivation only needs to climb over the back of this dragon fin alone, and they can be my next sect member." ”
Zhang Yan knew that it would not be so simple for Shaoqing to choose an apprentice, this should be the first level, but with a young age, he can live here alone.
Xun Huaiying waved his sleeves, and the scene in the water changed, but before he arrived at a cliff and ravine, the surrounding clouds and mist were surging, like floating ice, and the grass and trees were covered with a layer of frost, showing that the mountain was much higher.
Compared with Fang Cai, there are only a few dozen people in front of the cliff at the moment.
Xun Huaiying said: "If you pass the level, you can learn a set of breathing and breathing techniques, and if you are successful in practice, you can come to this Zhongyue place in the second year and try the heart refining rope." ”
Zhang Yan asked, "What is 'refining the heart'?"
Xun Huaiying stretched out his hand and tapped the front of the cliff and said, "Fellow Daoists, please watch." ”
Zhang Yan stared at it, and saw that there were only ethereal clouds there, and there was nothing else, but at this time, a young man cautiously stepped into the empty place in front of the cliff, his body was stunned, and he actually stopped, and then took a step forward, shook for a while, and still stood firm, but at this moment, there was nothing to support under his feet, and it seemed that he was standing in the void.
Xun Huaiying said lightly: "The ancestor once cast mana here, only a person with a strong heart and patience will condense the air rope under his feet, and those who walk on it, if their minds are slightly shaken, this ropeway will disperse and fall into the abyss." ”
Zhang Yan looked at it, if he wanted to reach the opposite cliff, he would have to walk almost 10,000 steps, but one of them would be empty, in other words, as long as he had the slightest doubt and confusion about himself, he would immediately be doomed.
It is necessary to know that even if these people have practiced the art of breathing, they are only mortal bodies, and the cold and strong winds in the mountains can affect them, and those who can pass this level must be a rare stoic and fearless person in the world.
As he was looking, the young man who had just stepped out suddenly was sweating profusely, standing there motionless, and then his body shook violently.
Xun Huaiying said indifferently: "He was defeated." ”
Before the words fell, the young man's feet were empty, his mouth was wide open, his hands and feet were shaking wildly, as if he was about to grasp something, his expression was confused and frightened, his body fell, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the endless clouds.
Zhang Yan asked, "Can someone rescue you below?"
Xun Huaiying shook his head and said: "If the fallen person is rescued, he must be lucky, then it will be useless to set up this refining heart." ”
Zhang Yan sighed slightly, it is not easy for mortals to seek the Tao, Shaoqing is a first-class Xuanmen sect, and he specializes in swordsmanship, and he is particularly demanding on his heart.
Xun Huaiying said lightly: "If you can pass this pass, you can go to the opposite cliff to find an opportunity, my generation has ten sword pills buried in the mountain, as long as you can find it within thirty days, you can enter Shangyue and enter my sect." ”
"Thirty days?"
Zhang Yan raised his eyebrows, how vast this mountain is, stretching for thousands of miles, with the body of a mortal, only two legs under his body, how far can he go in thirty days? If you want to find ten sword pills in it, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Xun Huaiying said: "At most thirty days, there is no food and clothing on the opposite cliff, every other month, there will be a cold wave, if it is still in it, it will definitely die, if the sword pill has not been found, if you want to preserve, there is only one way." ”
He paused, and said in a deep voice: "Self-refining heart to go back to the original way, and after the cold wind passes, then look for opportunities on the other side." ”
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...... (To be continued......)