The Ten Directions of Heaven and Earth

Seeing her angry look, Yichen scratched his head and stammered, "Yes, I picked it up on the road when I came back..."

"Picked it up? Do you really think you are as easy to deceive as your teacher! Say it, don't say it!"

Facing the master's aggressive questioning, Yichen stepped back, and finally scratched his head and said, "Okay, it was given by Elder Songhe..."

"snort!"

Ling Yin's face turned cold and said, "There is no shortcut in the path of cultivation. Even if pills can help you achieve a breakthrough in cultivation in a short period of time, they will not be able to help you reach a higher realm in the future. In the end, this will only be the end of your life." That’s it, are you turning a deaf ear to Master’s words?”

"me……"

Yichen lowered his head and glanced at her secretly. He didn't expect that she would be so angry. He was speechless for a while. Lingyin snorted coldly, "It's just this once, it won't happen next time!" After that, he flicked his fingers. , flicked the pill outside the hall, and with a "dong" sound, it fell into the Jade Lotus Pond in front of the hall.

"oops!"

Yichen screamed and hurriedly ran out to fish in the water. However, in the end he had to watch the elixir disappear into nothing. He said with a bitter face, "Master, I just don't want to take this elixir, but you don't have to take it either." Throw it away. I'll take it outside later. I can exchange it for many things..."

"snort!"

Ling Yin snorted coldly and walked out. The look in his eyes at this moment seemed to have the feeling of "hating iron for not becoming steel". Yichen scratched his head and smiled and said, "Master, I'll follow you." You said, just now in Tianchi, two people from Zangfeng Valley came to challenge us, and I used the skills taught by my master to beat them down..."

"Practice hard in the rest of the time. Next month you will go to Tianshu Peak to practice our mysterious method." Unexpectedly, Ling Yin just flicked his sleeves coldly and walked away.

"oh……"

Yichen looked at her retreating figure and suddenly felt a little disappointed in his heart. His master must not like him. No wonder, he did not practice attentively. If other senior brothers and sisters with good qualifications become disciples of the seven masters, they will be personally guided by the master. In just three years, he was able to reach the state of refining qi and transforming into a god, and he could perform all kinds of immortal arts and mystical techniques. However, he was still stuck in the early stage of refining qi. Even if he practiced hard, his cultivation level was still mediocre. Could it be that he really didn't practice at all? What talent? Master dislikes me less and less...

At night, with the bright moon like a plate, the young man sat alone on the window sill with his mind high, running the Xuan Gong over and over again, causing the true energy to travel to all the points in the body, over and over again, over and over again, even if there was only a little subtle change, even if there was a slight change, A little bit can make him ecstatic and make him see hope, but no, there is no sign of breakthrough from beginning to end.

The young man gradually became tired. He took out the mysterious bronze mirror and shone the mysterious light on his body, which made him sober up. But what he still couldn't figure out was why he clearly had a magic weapon like the mysterious bronze mirror in his hand. Is my cultivation progress still so much slower than others? Even if my qualifications are poor, I shouldn't. What is the problem...

The moonlight outside the window is like ice, and Yichen is worried. Is it because of the mysterious skill taught by Senior Wei? But that's not right. Although I have practiced two different Mysterious Arts together in the past three years, they have no influence on each other. As long as they are not operated at the same time, there is no problem at all. Therefore, the reason why the two sets of Mysterious Arts are mutually exclusive can be completely ruled out. , then what is the reason that makes the progress of my cultivation so much slower than others?

There are four stages in Xuanmen cultivation, namely "refining essence and transforming qi", "refining qi and transforming spirit", "refining spirit to return to emptiness", and "refining emptiness to combine with Tao".

There are four stages. The first stage is the easiest, but the further you go, the more difficult it is to reach the sky. Not only does it require innate qualifications, but it also depends on the nature of nature. Some people spend their entire lives and are still unable to break through. In the realm of refining qi and transforming into a god, one will have no chance of being immortal for the rest of his life. Throughout the ages, there have been only a handful of people who can truly break through the practice of refining the void and transform into immortals.

The night outside seemed a little heavier. Yichen took a deep breath and continued to practice Xuan Gong, letting the true energy flow to all the points in his body, and gradually entered meditation.

But at an inadvertent moment, he felt a sharp pain in his head. In the depths of his mind, he seemed to sense a mysterious skill that did not belong to him at all, as if someone had forcibly injected it with magical power. , as if this was what hindered his cultivation. However, this strange feeling disappeared quickly after the headache, leaving no trace.

…

At the same time, in the head hall of Tianshu Peak, two rows of candlelights swayed slightly in the wind, reflecting the solemn expressions on the faces of the six people as promised. The person sitting at the head of the hall was none other than the head master Qingxuan Zhenren. There are five nobles below, but Ling Yin is not there.

After being silent for a long time, Master Qingxuan slowly opened his mouth and said, "What did junior sister and several junior brothers understand about what happened today?"

After a while, he looked at the mysterious mirror hidden in the Yu Heng Zun at Hengfeng Peak and said, "The disciple Ling Yin took in three years ago is indeed talented. If he hadn't come out to mess around today, he still doesn't know how it would end. Given time, this disciple will definitely Having great success, speaking of it, this is also my Xuan Qing’s blessing, my junior sister really didn’t make a mistake back then..."

"snort!"

Unexpectedly, Master Qingxuan snorted heavily after hearing this, and said coldly, "I'm talking about the two people who came to Zangfeng Valley today! You also saw it today, do those two people still have the Xuanqing Sect in their eyes?"

Seeing the cold expression on the senior brother's face, everyone fell silent. After a while, Master Qingxuan continued, "If Ling Yin was willing to accept a disciple properly back then, I wouldn't have to... ugh!"

Zang Xuanjing added, "Actually, I think Ling Yin's disciple is pretty good. Although his moral skills are a bit poor, his understanding is still good. Otherwise, how could he win Jade Ruyi from Liu Chengfeng today?"

The rest of the people were silent. Each generation of Xuan Qing sect disciples was worse than the last. This was their common understanding. The head brother accepted five disciples back then, the eldest disciple Feng Xiaoyin, the second disciple Xie Chichun, the third disciple Mei Jianyi, and the fourth disciple Disciple Jiang Nanliu and the youngest disciple Ling Yin have never accepted a disciple since then. The matter of accepting disciples has been left entirely to the junior sister and several junior brothers. 【】

However, things are unpredictable. In the next few hundred years, could it be that Xuan Qing's luck gradually declined? Unexpectedly, I can no longer find disciples with outstanding talents. There is only Xia Guyun, the superior of Li Yuanzun of Tianquan Peak, and Leng Qianxue, the superior of Meiyue Master of Tianxuan Peak. These two disciples are somewhat tolerable, but the others are really not worth mentioning. .

The disciples at Xuanyang Peak have been mediocre for hundreds of years, and the same has been true for the disciples at Wanghengfeng. In the end, only Tianji Master Yi Huanzhen is left. With Yi Huanzhen’s ability, it is not difficult to produce an outstanding disciple, but who knows He is free and unruly by nature, and he doesn't take care of his disciples at all.

Master Qingxuan touched his lap and sighed heavily, "Junior brothers and sisters, have you forgotten how the Xuanqing Sect came here in the past? Could it be that when we go to see the ancestor in the future, hundreds of years later, the Xuanqing Sect will make the same mistake again? ? This Tianmen martial arts competition is imminent..."

Mei Yue said, "Senior brother, there is no need to sigh. The Taoist sect relies on opportunities to recruit disciples. Wasn't it the same when Yin'er started? Besides, I think Ni Chang's talent is not that much inferior to Yin'er. Given time, he will definitely achieve great success."

"That's all." Master Qingxuan shook his hand and continued, "I won't mention this in advance. What happened last time? Do you have any clues about the junior sister and several junior brothers? Those demon sects have been acting more and more recently. It’s getting bigger…”

The atmosphere in the hall became solemn again. After a long time, Lord Li Yuan, who had always been taciturn, opened his mouth and said, "This heavenly book must not return to the hands of the devil, otherwise the righteous path of immortality will not be protected. No matter what, we must not let those devils The people from Zong were the first to find..."

"What's the use of just talking? Three years have passed. Do you have any clues?"

Master Qingxuan's eyes swept over the people below one by one. However, everyone either lowered their head or frowned. Finally, Master Qingxuan sighed, and his eyes suddenly became sharper. "Not only can't the people in the devil find it first." This heavenly book, and... we can’t let the factions in Zangfeng Valley find it first!”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the five people below changed slightly, Mei Yue said, "Senior brother, what you mean is Hidden Front Valley...are they also going to look for this book?"

It’s really exciting this time. Not only the people in the demonic path want to find their heavenly book, but now even the main pillars of the righteous path are also looking for it. But whether it is to prevent the heavenly book from returning to the hands of the demonic path, or I want to do it myself. Peep into the book? Or is it to command the world with the Book of Heaven, or is it to compete for the position of the leader of Xuanmen? It’s hard to tell the human heart!

Master Qingxuan frowned and said, "I think my junior sister and several junior brothers are all aware that those sects today seem to be on the same page as me, Xuan Qing, but in reality..." After saying this, he stopped talking. Everyone knows it.

More than three thousand years ago, the battle with Patriarch Tianxin, the Patriarch of Demonic Dao, could not be said to be entirely attributed to Patriarch Xuanzhen, but without Patriarch Xuanzhen finally exhausting his immortal energy to turn the tide, where would those few of them still be in the world today? Martial arts!

However, after the death of Patriarch Xuanzhen, those sects not only did not mention the friendship between Xuanmen, but secretly recovered their strength. In addition, Patriarch Xuanzhen ordered the mountain to be closed. Later, Xuanqingmen's talents withered and collapsed, but Even so, those factions should not turn a blind eye to the Xuanqing Sect. Even when the "Tianmen" was established more than two thousand years ago, they did not inform the Xuanqing Sect at all, nor did they allow the Xuanqing Sect to join. For a sect with great military exploits, this is such a shame and humiliation!

The so-called "Tianmen" is an immortal alliance spontaneously established by the righteous sects more than 2,000 years ago. The purpose is that when the evil sects invade again in the future, the various sects can work together to fight against the enemy instead of fighting against each other. However, at that time, Regardless of the sects, big or small, notifications have arrived, but Xuan Qing Sect is missing!

It can be said that among the major sects at that time, how could they still have any trace of the Taoist friendship of the past? They were all afraid that Xuan Qingmen would make a comeback and steal their position again, so when Tianmen was established, there was no name for Xuanqingmen.

However, the head of Xuan Qing at that time spoke softly, and the talents in the sect were withering, and it was hard to describe the hardships. During this period, he applied to join Tianmen several times, but was blocked again and again by those sects. In the end, the head of that generation When he died with hatred, Xuanqingmen also failed to enter Tianmen.

Since then, even if the Xuan Qing Sect's thousand-year foundation is still there, it has long existed in name only. Who will still associate with it? Who still remembers that Patriarch Xuanzhen finally turned the tide and severely damaged Patriarch Tianxin? Can the world maintain peace for thousands of years?

It was like this until more than 600 years ago, when Master Qingxuan succeeded to the position of head, and he kept this thousand-year humiliation in his heart. Later, the famous Seventh Son of Xuanqing was born. At that time, Tianmen finally sent an invitation, Master Qingxuan He would not refuse, and three hundred years ago, the seven lords defeated all the demon sects, and finally the Xuanqing Sect returned to its former status.

But now at the time when Xuan Qing Sect is at its peak, Master Qing Xuan often has a cloud of sadness between his eyebrows. The Xuan Qing Sect today is so similar to when Patriarch Xuan Zhen was in charge of the sect!

They are the only ones in the sect who are supported by the older generation, but the disciples are getting worse from generation to generation. If this continues, it will inevitably happen again in a few hundred years. On the other hand, the other sects, not to mention others, the younger generation in Zangfeng Valley, There are so many talents. If Xuan Qing Sect is completely defeated in the Tianmen Martial Arts Competition three years later, will they still have the dignity to claim to be the number one in Xuan Sect?

At this moment, the two rows of candles in the hall were flickering, and they could vaguely see Master Qingxuan's eyebrows furrowed, and his face was deeply worried. Lord Xuanyang didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly said, "In this case, senior brother, I thought that he was banned at the beginning. We might as well let the disciples try this technique again. After all, it was developed by our predecessors over the generations. As long as we are here to guide you carefully, we may not be able to..."

"shut up!"

Before Xuanyang could finish his words, Master Qingxuan's face suddenly turned extremely gloomy, "I said, no one is allowed to touch that skill again. Have you forgotten, junior brother, that it was because of..." At this point, He took a deep breath, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

The people in the hall fell into silence again, and they always understood what was going on and said, "There is a solution to this fog, so senior brother, don't worry."

"That's all..."

The worries on Master Qingxuan's face gradually disappeared, and he nodded slightly and said, "Junior sister and several junior brothers are also tired today, so they should go back and rest first. In addition, as I said just now, please don't tell Ling Yin yet. I have already asked Xiao about the Heavenly Book." Yin went to inquire first."

Of course, it's not that he doesn't trust Ling Yin, on the contrary, it's because Ling Yin is too obsessed with the difference between good and evil, and is too obsessed with many things. If she wants to find the magic book, I'm afraid she has something wrong in every aspect. Mind you, on the contrary, it would be best if the eldest disciple Feng Xiaoyin, who is good at dealing with things, handles this matter.

After a few people left, the huge hall became a little colder. After a while, two little Taoist boys came out of the back hall and said, "Your Majesty, the medicinal bath is ready."

…

Half a month passed by in a flash, it was already winter, and patches of dreamlike white snow were floating on Zixiao Peak. After half a month, Yichen still had not made any major breakthroughs in his cultivation, but this day he had It was the day when he went to Tianshu Peak to practice Xuanqing's Taoism.

On the way to Tianchi, Yichen had many thoughts in his mind. Firstly, he wanted to see if the Xuanqing sect's Taoist methods could help him achieve a breakthrough in cultivation. Secondly, he also wanted to see how the cultivation progress of the brothers and sisters who had become disciples of the Seven Lords three years ago was progressing. , especially that girl in colorful clothes back then, I don’t know what stage her cultivation has reached now.