The huge mountain is covered with huge cruciform staircases created by natural weathering, and only when the blizzard has stopped a little, these stone steps are revealed, giving people a miraculous power.

The vast majority of people in Donghu regard this snow-capped mountain as a sacred mountain, not only because of its appearance, but also because the caves of this snow-capped mountain are inhabited by many real ascetic monks.

Since the old monk walked out of this snow-capped mountain, he only entered the Donghu Palace with the strength of one person, which caused great changes in Donghu. At this moment, in the eyes of all Donghu people, this mountain has more extraordinary meaning.

Because the old monk returned to this mountain after killing the Donghu Emperor Yelu Zhenying.

At this moment, he was still sitting at the end of the penance grotto, motionless, his body seemed to gradually become exactly the same as the stone Venerables carved out of the stone walls on both sides, and even his facial features became a little blurred in the dim light.

Li Xixing walked into the grotto from the outside.

The old monk opened his eyes, looked at the young man from Changling and smiled, and then his hand smeared in the purple-red futon under him, and a golden light fell in front of Li Xixing.

This is a pure gold face, and I don't know what kind of heaven and earth vitality is condensed, there is the light of the sun in the dimness, there are several unique runes like tear stains, flowing from both cheeks to the tip of the chin, there are crystal light points flowing in these runes, like the soul of a firefly trapped in a golden cage.

Li Xixing caught this mask, his eyes suddenly froze, and he said, "This is the mask of Wanyan Honghua." ”

The old monk smiled and said, "The piece of wood that the man entrusted you brought to me told me the true meaning of my cultivation, that is, let me abandon prosperity and only straighten up." Wanyan Honghua should be one of the people who are most opposed to Yelu Cangwolf becoming the new emperor, so before I came back, I went to the Donghu border army by the way and knocked him to death. ”

"By the way, I went to the Donghu border army and knocked him to death..."

Hearing this, Li Xixing was speechless.

This sentence is simple to say, but the Donghu border army, in fact, countless strong people gathered, it is even more difficult than going to the Donghu Palace to kill the emperor.

"In terms of cultivation, in terms of killing, how many can you rank in the world now?" So Li Xixing couldn't help but look at the old monk who even looked a little compassionate and cute at this time and asked.

"Second?"

Obviously, killing people is easier and more casual than mowing the grass, but at this time, the old monk has a little childish feeling, but after saying the second, he is inexplicable, and he said: "At least the third." ”

Li Xixing was a little speechless again, he looked at the mask in his hand and asked, "Then what is this, a gift for me?"

The old monk grinned slightly, looking a little happy, and then earnestly: "Cultivation is the most serendipitous, you brought the news, you and I are fateful, and you yourself are a very interesting Changling person, I haven't seen you for a few days, you should have refined a certain natal object, this mask is called Tianliang tears, and your natal object should also come from Tianliang, there is a connection between the two." ”

Li Xixing was stunned, he could sense that the mask in his hand contained a very powerful vitality power, but he didn't expect that it was also from the cold weather in the past.

"I had to disguise my identity, and this mask suited me perfectly. ”

He hesitated slightly, thanked him first, and then said, "We entered the Tianliang Ancestral Land before, and the things I refined came from the Tianliang Ancestral Land. ”

The old monk didn't seem to care about the four words of Tianliang Ancestral Land, but said: "It's just chance." ”

"What chance are you going to bring me when you come to me now?" Then, he looked at Li Xixing, who was wearing a mask, and asked.

"Someone is coming for you. Li Xixing said: "The person who asked me to bring something to you will pass by here." ”

The old monk was stunned, the light and shadow in the grotto seemed to be confused in an instant, he suddenly became excited, and said in a trembling voice: "Where is he now?"

Li Xixing said: "Counting the time, it's only a few hundred miles away from here." ”

"Take me there. ”

The old monk got up eagerly and stood up from the fuchsia mattress.

With Li Xixing's direction, he began to run wild.

This is a terrifying cultivation realm, and there doesn't seem to be any fluctuation of vitality between heaven and earth at all, or all the fluctuation of vitality is gathered in his body.

There is no disappearance on the outside of his body, and he does not look any different from ordinary people walking.

However, when he stepped out, it was a distance of hundreds of zhang.

It was as if the distance between heaven and earth had been shortened under his feet.

His eyes were full of enthusiasm.

It was like comprehending the teachings of the Guru for the first time, and feeling the existence of the Heaven and Earth Vitality for the first time.

Even Li Xixing at this time may not be able to understand his mood.

This is indeed the feeling of a practitioner who has just entered the cultivation process of meeting his teacher.

Because only cultivators who arrived in Changling in the past and truly experienced that battle could truly appreciate how far that person had come on the path of cultivation, and how terrifying that person's understanding of heaven and earth vitality and sword dao was.

The means of cultivation can be inherited, but the realm of cultivation cannot be replaced.

Therefore, when the piece of wood that was enough to guide his cultivation was passed into his hand, he already understood who the other party really was.

Because he was so excited and enthusiastic, he didn't even care about the loss of true yuan in his body.

This is a terrible thing in the world of cultivators, but he doesn't notice it.

He just walked straight in the direction that Li Xixing was pointing, until he felt wolves and an aura colder than ice and snow.

He keenly felt that the coldest breath was deliberately blooming, and let him know.

He knew that the man was coming, and he couldn't help himself, so he knelt down in the wind and snow, and threw himself to the ground.

This cultivator, who was already invincible in Donghu, knelt deeply in front of the chariot dragged by the wolves, and the snow did not reach his head.

The wolves stopped, frightened.

Ding Ning got out of the car and bowed to the old monk who was kneeling in the snow.

The old monk got up at this time, his hair and eyebrows were all covered with snow, he was inexplicably happy, looking at Ding Ning's quiet and peaceful face like a miracle, and was surprised and praised: "I didn't expect you to be alive." ”

Ding Ning's expression did not change, looked at him, and said calmly: "Life and death are difficult to define. ”

The old monk was stunned for a moment, and then said sincerely, "This is a realm that the rest of the cultivators can't touch. ”

Ding Ning said: "I have a request for you." ”

The old monk said unusually simply: "Respond to requests." ”

"You are an outlier indeed. Ding Ning looked at him and laughed. The smile he looked at at the old monk at this time also contained joy that ordinary people couldn't understand at all.

The old monk stood deferentially like a junior and said, "I still want to ask the master a question that has puzzled me for a long time. ”

Ding Ning said: "You can ask." ”

The old monk said: "Back in Changling, you completely let go of killing, no strong person in the world can be your sword, at that time stronger than me, I don't know how many, you just looked at me from a distance, and you have seen my flaws, but why did you let me survive?"

"As I said, you're an outlier. ”

Ding Ning looked at him and said seriously: "The cultivators of all dynasties in the world gathered in Changling, and they were all afraid that one person would be too strong, and they would rise up and destroy it. But you are different, you are shackled in the realm of cultivation, you really want to see the realm that you can't reach, you have no regrets about dying at a glance, and you have the heart to ask for death. This is pure cultivation, and if you want to see a high realm, you will see it, but why should you die? ”

"I was originally a child of an ordinary herdsman's family in Donghu, because I was too poor to support and was adopted by the monks, after the guidance of the teacher, I knew the practice, I felt the vitality of heaven and earth, and I felt the most wonderful things between heaven and earth, and life has meaning. The Guru took me into the mountains, raised me and led me to practice, and you gave me birth in Changling and made me see the unseen realm, and this kindness is the same. ”

The old monk looked at Ding Ning, "So I will serve my master." ”

"I'm going to go to the glaciers in the northwest of Donghu, and I'm going there to get a sword and refine it into a natal sword. Ding Ning looked at the old monk and said: "Although I have cleared the threshold of your cultivation and made you only the last half step away from the Eight Realms, the subtlety between these half steps is the most crucial, and you can't say it explicitly, you can only rely on your own understanding." Eight realms and nine realms, many mysteries are that even I can't fully comprehend, and I go there to get the sword with you, I hope that it is the opportunity for you and me, and we have our own gains. ”