Chapter 12: Parting
On the days of cultivation, time always flies very quickly.
After a heavy rain at the end of summer, autumn came silently.
Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
In the past six months, Tang Zheng followed Xu Muyang to wash his pulse and practice the formation, and his life was also fulfilling.
In the courtyard today, Tang Zheng was boxing.
At the moment, he is playing a set of Tongjian fists, which was taught to him by Xumuyang, and is used to refine the meridians with the Tibetan Elephant Sutra.
At this moment, he was very vigorous, and there was spiritual energy flowing through his body from time to time, wandering throughout his body, every time the spiritual energy flowed all over his body, bringing Tang Zheng the feeling of being extremely comfortable, and at the same time making his body stronger.
Xu Muyang said that this was a sign that his meridians had not yet expanded to the limit.
After a punch, Tang Zheng felt the aura in his body disappear little by little, and he was reluctant to give up.
It stands to reason that he can continue to practice again, but Xu Muyang said that cultivation is not as diligent as possible. Too strong and domineering training methods will lead to overdrawing the potential of the human body, and may even injure themselves, leaving hidden dangers, and a proper combination of work and rest is the best.
Therefore, he could only stop now, but he couldn't help but sigh and say, "I don't know when this day will be the end." ”
"What? can't wait?" Xumuyang in the pavilion was holding a pen and drawing on paper, but what he drew was some strange array runes, and at this moment he heard Tang Zheng's words and smiled: "For you, the days of washing the veins and laying the foundation may be boring, but do you know how many cultivators are looking forward to the heavens giving him a chance to come again." ”
"Brother Xu's lesson is. Tang replied hurriedly.
Thinking back to the student days, I don't know how many students yearn to run to the society as soon as possible and get out of the cage-like days of school. Only after a break in society and hitting your head and bleeding will you recall the beauty of school life.
Tang Zheng is a person who has experienced a lifetime, although that life did not bring him any powerful golden fingers, but it gave him a rich understanding of life, so that his thinking was out of the shackles of age early, and he knew what was the most important thing. The sigh just now was just a momentary expression of helplessness, and if he really gave up laying the foundation and cultivating directly, he didn't do it.
Xu Muyang had seen many immortal cultivators before, and he couldn't bear the loneliness and boredom, even if he was a genius, he often cultivated hard every day because he was eager to cultivate as soon as possible.
In the world of cultivating immortals, there are not many cultivators who cultivate the immortal law without laying a good foundation, and the real number is still this kind of person who does not know how to cherish his body in order to achieve success as soon as possible, and does not hesitate to pull out the seedlings to help him grow with a trace of luck.
Therefore, he greatly appreciated Tang Zheng's calmness.
At this moment, he smiled and said, "After the boxing practice, let's learn today's formation." ”
Tang Zheng couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The formation path, like medical skills, is also a knowledge reserve that is greater than the technical reserve, and because of this, it does not require any moderation.
In the past six months, the Tibetan Elephant Sutra of Tang Zheng has only been practiced twice a day, and the sum before and after is only half an hour, and most of the time is used to learn the formation.
Sometimes Tang Zheng wonders if Xu Muyang deliberately used this method to divert his hobbies?
Compared with the slow progress of pulse washing, Tang Zheng can be said to have made rapid progress in the study of the formation path.
This is not entirely because he has a good mathematical foundation.
The formation itself is all-encompassing, easy to reason, mathematics, geography, meteorology is almost everything, considering the existence of some ancient formations, and even adding history and humanities, the number of magic is only one of the components.
The key is his adult mind, which makes him learn things much faster than the average twelve-year-old. It is often said that children have strong learning ability, but children's strong learning ability refers to the fact that they have been imitating, but in terms of knowledge tolerance, they are far inferior to adults.
The amount of content that a primary school student learns in a year is not as large as the amount of content that a high school student learns in a month.
Therefore, Tang Zheng's learning on the formation path can be called rapid, and the memory ability and skills brought by the exam-oriented education have laid a good foundation for him, and it only took half a year for Tang Zheng to master almost all the basic knowledge required by the formation path, which made Xu Muyang also praise.
At this moment, Xu Muyang shook his hand, and the formation rune drawn earlier had flown into Tang Zheng's hand: "Arrange the formation according to this map." ”
"Soul Measuring Array?" Tang Zheng glanced at the array diagrams, and now he could clearly distinguish the function of each array diagram. This spiritual array is used to test the spiritual qi of the surrounding heaven and earth, which is convenient for immortal cultivators to find a place with abundant spiritual energy to cultivate, and it is also one of the simplest formations.
Usually cultivators themselves can also hope for qi techniques, but the formation is secretly in line with the principles of heaven and earth, and the effect is much stronger than that of qi wang technique.
"Yes, this time you must lay out a complete working Soul Array, and the range must be up to three miles. ”
"Understood. Tang Zheng replied, and as soon as he raised his hand, a spiritual light had shot out of his hand, converging into a spiritual line in the air and falling to the ground.
His jade door has been opened, and he can exhale the aura, but the spiritual eye has not been opened, and it can't be stored, so as long as it is used before it dissipates after absorbing the aura, it can still be used to arrange the spiritual array, but this kind of arrangement technique is extremely incoherent, can not be done in one go, the effect is limited, and the efficiency is outrageously low, and its performance is basically the same as a child's red painting.
At this moment, Tang Zheng drew a line of arrays, and Xu Muyang observed from the side, giving him some guidance from time to time.
After arranging for an hour, this array was finally drawn, and Tang Zheng input an aura to activate it, only to see a treacherous cloud and mist appear in the array, churning up and down, and even a trace of white air pillars rose up.
"It's a success!" exclaimed Tang Zheng with great joy.
There are air pillars appearing, which means that this formation has been successful, those air pillars are representing the surrounding aura, the formation pattern has scales, different scales represent different positions, and the air pillars are large and small, and the color is also different, representing the difference in the aura content.
This is the first time he has set up a formation, and the range is only three miles, if it is done by Xu Muyang himself, it can be completed in a moment, not to mention, its spiritual range is even more extensive.
At this moment, Tang Zheng watched the pillar of qi rising in the formation, and he only felt extremely happy, and when he thought that half a year of penance had finally come to fruition, he couldn't help but feel grateful to Xu Muyang from the bottom of his heart, and even this made him feel that the time-wasting formation was no longer so obstructive, but felt that it was also quite desirable.
After all, many things will only be truly loved after enjoying their achievements.
Xu Muyang was also deeply satisfied with this: "There are still big flaws in the connection of the formation patterns. The formation pattern is a place for the aura to pass, not just to draw the formation pattern, you also need to dredge the formation pattern, so that the aura can pass without hindrance. You look at this formation, you have repainted it twice before and after, and there are already broken marks in the middle, on the surface they are connected as one, but in fact, there is only a trace of the route that the aura can pass. The arrangement is not a drawing, not a neat pattern, the real important thing is the inside. You look here, here and here...... Of course, there is a reason why your aura is not enough to support the continuous formation, but there is also a reason why your methods are rusty. ”
"Well, I understand, that is, the road needs to be dredged, no matter how wide the road is, if it is not well channeled, it will still be blocked, and sometimes a break point will cause the whole road to be paralyzed. ”
"Yes. There is also the fact that you are too shallow in terms of ease of understanding. The Spiritual Measuring Array is a formation for observing the spiritual energy, and since it is an observation array, the operation of the dry door should be strengthened. Qianmen is the sky, sitting in the center of the square altar, listening to the qi of the eight directions, so the spirit measuring array should be dominated by Qianmen, what are you going to do to strengthen Xunmen?"
Tang Zheng scratched his head embarrassedly: "Xunmen is the wind, light and agile, the main change and distance, I think you asked this spirit array to be able to observe three miles away, so ......"
"Sacrifice the original and seek the end!" Xu Muyang criticized unceremoniously: "What you have to do is to set up the spirit detection array, not simply meet my requirements!"
"Yes, I see. Tang Zhengse replied.
Cultivating immortals is not an exam-oriented education, while Tang Zheng benefited from the experience of his previous life, he was also subject to the thinking of his previous life, but fortunately, Xu Muyang pointed it out in time, making him understand his mistake.
At this moment, Xu Muyang continued to explain to him the various shortcomings of this formation, and when it came to the rise, he shot out spiritual lines between his fingers one after another, repairing this spiritual array for Tang Tribulation, and under his repair, the spiritual array became larger and larger, and the radiation range became wider and wider, not only the clouds and mist churning like the sea, but even the mountains and mountains were faintly visible, and it seemed that the entire world was included in a formation, and everything was under control.
In the hands of Xuan Muyang, this spirit measuring array turned out to be a reflection of the real world, and Tang Zheng was also shocked to see it, but Xuan Muyang was unconcerned, and just said: "The formations are connected, many times it may be just a small change, and the formations are completely different." When the spirit measurement array is raised to the extreme, it can also reflect the world and become a great thousand formations, even not only the spirit measurement array, but also other formations. The combinations, the changes, the improvements, the complexities, the mysteries, the mysteries that you may not be able to study in a lifetime, do you want to say that you are not interested in it?"
Tang Zai grinned: "I know that Lu is wrong, I will study hard in the future and go to Lu every day!"
Xu Muyang laughed at what he said, and was about to say something more, when suddenly there was a flash of purple light.
Xu Muyang was slightly stunned, and looked into the array, only to see that there was a faint flickering light in the array.
"Purple Qi rushing into the sky?" Xu Muyang blurted out, his face changing sharply.
"Purple Qi Rushing into the Sky?What is that?" After all, Tang Zheng had only a short time of cultivating immortals, and he didn't understand the meaning.
Xu Muyang didn't speak, but fell into deep thought.
"Is something wrong? Tang Zai saw that Xu Muyang's face was wrong, and asked with concern.
Xu Muyang pondered for a moment, and suddenly chuckled and said, "It's nothing, you don't need to ask about this." Oh yes, you and I have been together for half a year, but it seems that we haven't had a bar together? In this way, you go out to buy some wine and food and come back, today, our brothers are here to sing to the moon and drink a cup. Oh, by the way, I want Lao Chen Ji's sauce duck. ”
"But Chen Ji is in Anyang Mansion. Tang Zheng replied with some embarrassment.
"Then let's take a run, what's the matter. Xu Muyang replied with a casual wave of his hand.
"It's getting late, it's not appropriate to go to Anyang Mansion now, and Chen Ji's ducks have always sold very well, and they usually can't be sold at night. ”
Xu Muyang's face was stagnant, and Tang Zheng had already said: "But there is aging in the kitchen, which was left by the owner of this house earlier." In addition, there are two chickens in the backyard, if Brother Xu's brother wants to eat, I will go to slaughter and give Brother Xu's wine. ”
Saying that, without waiting for Xu Muyang to speak, the person had already hurried to the kitchen.
Xu Muyang frowned, and after all, he didn't say anything, looking at the purple aura in the burst, he just sighed helplessly.
Tang Zai's hands and feet were very fast, and half an hour later, dinner was ready.
At this time, the sky was dark, and the moon was far away.
Xu Muyang and Tang Zheng sat opposite each other in the small pavilion, drinking rice wine with white chicken.
The moonlight is very beautiful, Xu Muyang looked at the sky in a daze, and under the reflection of the golden glow, the moonlight became colored light, falling in this courtyard, bringing up a golden night.
"This sunset...... It's so beautiful!" said Xu Muyang suddenly.
"Hmm. Tang Zai looked at Xu Muyang's strange expression, and he didn't dare to answer at will.
Xu Muyang had already said to himself: "This sunset is the glorious afterglow of the golden flame and wind. It protects us, keeps us from the invasion of foreign enemies, protects the Qixia Realm, makes its aura run endlessly, and does not escape, but at the same time, it is also our shackles, the shackles of the Qixia people, so that we cannot easily leave this world...... The stars are in the vast world, I really want to go out and see it. ”
Xingluo Daqian Realm is the collective name of those immortals who have ascended to the Qixia Realm for the worldly realms outside the Qixia realm, and it is said that there are countless large and small worlds outside the Qixia realm.
If the Qixia Realm is the earth, then the Star Luo Thousand Realms is undoubtedly the universe.
It's a pity that it is not an easy task to leave the Qixia Realm, the golden flame wind shrouded in the sky is like a natural barrier, even the aura cannot escape, and ordinary cultivators will be burned to ashes even if they just approach. Only the true immortals who set foot on Sendai can fly out of the realm against this golden flame wind and be free for nine days.
Some people say that this is a self-protection measure in the Qixia Realm, and it is precisely because of this golden flame that most of the immortal cultivators are forced to return to the ruins, and the aura stolen from the heavens and the earth has also returned to the heavens and the earth, so that it can be recycled and endless.
If there is no Golden Flame Gangfeng, the immortal cultivators will leave at will, and after a long time, the spiritual energy will inevitably be exhausted.
Because of this, in the eyes of some extremists, every immortal who ascends and leaves is also a sinner who steals the aura and does not return it.
Fortunately, there are very few people who can ascend, and the real loss of aura in the Qixia Realm is only a drop in the bucket.
At this moment, Xumu Yang suddenly mentioned the Star Luo Great Thousand Realms, and Tang Zheng was also a little unclear.
Xu Muyang had already drunk the wine in the toast, filled himself again, and said in a self-muttering way: "When I was a child, my father disciplined me very strictly, and every day I either practiced or learned how to manage the family. Every time I was caught by my father, it was a good beating. At that time, it was the second sister who protected me. I remember one time, I sneaked out of the house to play, and I was so naughty that I burned half of the small attic at home. It was the second sister who stood up and said that she burned it. It's a pity that my father is not confused, and he still found me...... It hurts so much when the board falls. ”
Tang Zheng listened silently and did not speak.
Xu Muyang still said to himself: "So I began to plan to escape, wanting to escape from the virtual family." Unfortunately, I ran three times and was caught. On one occasion, I even ran out of Moqiu, but my father caught me and beat me again. ”
Speaking of this, Xu Muyang laughed lowly: "Later, I learned that I had the bloodline of the Xujia family, and when I was born, this bloodline was recorded in the ancestral hall and left a life lamp." No matter where I run, through the life lamp, the people of the Void Family can find me, unless I can escape from the Qixia Realm and enter the Star Luo Great Thousand Realm. So from then on, I fantasized that one day, I would leave this world. Of course, at that time, it was just wishful thinking, and it was only later that I realized how difficult it was to become an immortal and attain the Tao. As one of the four major families, my Void Family can't even get out of the Purple Mansion True Monarch, and if you want to escape from this realm, you can only think of another way. That's when I started to study the formation...... The way of the formation is high and deep, and it can be divided into a prison, and it has become a world of its own. This perched Xia realm is like a cage of heaven and earth, and it can be regarded as a great array of heaven and earth's natural wonders. I was bent on breaking the formation, concentrating on the formation, and as the days went by, I fell in love with it completely, and the more I cultivated, the deeper I cultivated, but I forgot the original purpose. ”
He looked at Tang Zheng: "You said that you want to be free and comfortable, then you know that this dream looks simple, but in fact it is extremely difficult." In life, how can there be a real leisure. Even if one day you truly succeed in cultivation, as long as you are still trapped in this Qixia Realm, trapped in this heaven and earth cage, you will not be able to enjoy yourself and be at ease!"
"So as long as you're still in the Qixia Realm, you won't be able to escape the pursuit, right......? It's someone from the Heavenly God Palace who is chasing after you, right?" Tang Zheng said lightly.
Xu Muyang was stunned, and finally shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I know that I can't hide it from you." ”
"Then you asked me to buy Chen Ji's sauce duck, just to take the opportunity to support me?"
"Yes. Xu Muyang nodded: "But then I thought about it, I don't know when they will come." What if they don't come when you go, and bump into them when you come back? So if you don't go, I'll just tell you here, lest you die in a daze. ”
"Then why don't you run?"
"I can't run...... I was lost in Cuiwei Mountain, and they didn't chase me for half a year, so it stands to reason that they couldn't find me again. Now that I'm chasing after me, I naturally know where I am, and it's useless for me to run. Xu Muyang shook his head slightly, and deep sadness appeared in his eyes.
Tang Tribulation was huge, he remembered what Xumuyang had said before, and finally understood, and blurted out: "Your family betrayed you......!" Purple Mansion Realm?"
Tang Zheng understood it all at once.
Purple qi means huge aura fluctuations, purple qi rushes into the sky, it is the appearance of people with strong spiritual pressure, and the number of purple mansion realms in the Qixia realm is very small, and it is almost impossible to encounter it in this far place.
At this moment, the purple qi in the spirit measuring array was still approaching Anyang Mansion, and it was actually taking this place directly.
If there was still a trace of the Purple Mansion True Monarch who might have passed by before, then now looking at the momentum that came straight from here, it was clearly aimed at Xu Muyang.
The speed is not too fast, if it is not that the other party is not good at flying, or he is confident, and he is not afraid of him running away at all, considering the horror of Zifu Zhenjun, it is most likely the latter.
Void Muyang couldn't even beat an ordinary heavenly state of mind in the Heavenly God Palace, and now that the True Monarch of the Purple Mansion was in person, how could he fight against it? Tang Zheng looked at Void Muyang's eyes were already full of horror, but on the contrary, Void Muyang's heart was calm, like an ancient well without waves.
"How can they do this to you? You're from the Void Family!" Tang Zheng stood up and yelled.
Tianshen Palace is not angry when he chases him, and Xu Muyang will not be afraid, it is a big deal to run away again.
But the people of the Void family actually betrayed Void Muyang, which made Tang Zheng completely incomprehensible.
Xu Muyang just shook his head: "If you can survive half a year, it can be regarded as the end of benevolence and righteousness." Tang Zheng, you still don't really understand the cruelty of the Immortal Cultivation Realm, and you don't understand the status of the six major factions in this Qixia Realm. What are the four major families, in front of the six major factions, all of them are just small fish and shrimp...... The True Monarch of the Purple Mansion, one person can sweep the four major families, my Void Family is limited by the cultivation of the mind, so far no one has been able to enter the Purple Mansion, and the six major factions, each faction has at least three or more True Monarchs, Tianzun, and even the power of the Sendai Realm. Father, he can't help but bow his head!"
Tang Zheng was desperate when he heard this: "Could it be that you just accept your fate like this?"
"What can you do if you don't accept your fate?" Xu Muyang smiled, drank the wine in the glass again, and then continued: "Actually, I knew that the day of Lu Dao would come, and it was luck to be able to breathe for half a year, and this is also the family's last care for me. I owe too much to my family, and if I can have an afterlife, I can only repay it in the next life. Tang Zheng let me tell you, you can't hate my family for this matter, and you are not allowed to seek revenge from them in the future. ”
"What...... What?"
Where does this begin?
Xu Muyang said quickly: "Yes, remember, I was born as a virtual family, and I died as a virtual ghost." In the future, if you can still remember my kindness to you, then you can only repay the favor to the Void Family, not take revenge. ”
"But why should I ......?"
"That's it!" Xu Muyang flipped his wrist and stuffed the piece of Xuanbing Jian that he never left into Tang Zheng's arms: "Jiuli Xuanbing Jian is the key to breaking the formation left by the soldier master, and the formation pattern on it is the Nine Absolute Immortal Array, which can evolve naturally, and the mystery is endless, only by penetrating it, can you truly crack the Nine Absolute Immortal Array." And when I first participated in the military examination, I found that there seems to be a strange mental method on it in addition to the formation pattern, but I have not been able to comprehend it, but this matter is not even known to the Heavenly God Palace, I just thought that this military examination is the key, you have time to participate in more enlightenment, don't miss the opportunity. In fact, I have always felt that the original arrangement of the soldier master may not be so simple, although the Nine Absolute Immortal Array is an ancient great array, and its power is extraordinary, but that is also for us, for those existences that can make him fall, I am afraid that it may not be effective. In this case, it is obviously not enough to rely on a large array, and the mystery may lie in this war. ”
Then Xu Muyang handed over a thick booklet, a few bottles of pills and his own sword to Tang Zheng: "The book is my formation experience of cultivating the formation path over the years, you put it away, before your formation path does not reach the illusion of innateness, and the insight is like watching the fire, it is best not to easily try to comprehend the war, otherwise the mind will be controlled and your life will be in danger." As for the Qingguang Sword is my only magic weapon, although you can't play its role yet, it's enough for self-defense, and the rest are ordinary, so sell it for money. I'm not aggressive, so I don't have love for foreign things like magic weapons, and I really don't have anything good to give you, but as long as you carefully study the true solution of the formation I left you, and comprehend the formation diagram, sooner or later you can break through the Nine Absolute Immortal Array and obtain the secret treasure inside. ”
"But ......"
"No, but get out of here quickly, they haven't seen you, they don't know about your existence, even if I die, I won't let them get the Xuanbing Jian!"
"No, I'm not leaving! I don't care about any imaginary family, I just care about you!" Tang Zai shouted: "I won't leave you alone!"
At that moment, he suddenly understood that in the past half a year, Xu Muyang certainly had feelings for him and regarded him as a younger brother, why didn't he regard the other party as his own big brother?
In any case, he couldn't watch Xu Muyang die like this!
Xu Muyang said with a smile: "You don't have to be so excited, I'm not going to die for you, if I really want to survive, as long as I hand over the soldier, there is actually a glimmer of possibility to survive." It's just that I'm not very popular, and if someone wants to plot against me, I must reciprocate. Instead of gambling on the possibility of survival, it is better to take revenge quickly! The military inspection is handed over to you, which is to borrow your hand to take revenge on the Heavenly God Palace, and it is to bring you danger and trouble, so you don't have to be too moved. Besides, if they don't get their weapons, my virtual family can be much safer!"
Saying that, Xumuyang had already stood up and grabbed Tang Zheng, and countless spiritual threads had appeared like silk threads, enveloping Tang Zheng like a spider's web. Then Xu Muyang took out a piece of paper, folded it a few times, and turned it into a paper horse.
Xu Muyang drew a few strokes on the paper horse, threw them on the ground, and only heard Herod's neighing, and a strong white horse had already appeared.
Xu Muyang threw Tang Zheng on the horse's back, and the spirit thread automatically wrapped around the white horse, and he slapped the horse's ass again, and the horse had already escaped.
"Brother Xu, don't let me go!" Tang Zai shouted desperately on the horse.
Xu Muyang has shouted: "Go north, don't come back!"
"No!" Tang Zheng shouted desperately, but the spirit thread was unbreakable, binding him to the horse, and the horse was galloping all the way, without stopping.
Watching Tang Zheng's back disappear, Xu Muyang finally sat down.
He took the jug and filled it to himself, and muttered in a low voice, "It's a pity...... After all, I didn't have time to send you to the Moon Washing Sect, and the way forward is that you can only go on your own. ”
With that, he began to wait quietly for his fate to come.