Start From Cultivation University

The blood-colored blurred vision gradually became clear, and there was an endless large lake in the field of vision, and the small waves slowly pushed up to the shore, soaking the skirt of his clothes.

Han Jiangchen stood up abruptly. At some point, they were lying on the side of a long lake, and the small mountain villages all around had disappeared without a trace.

Instead, there are exquisite wooden houses on the shore. At a glance, there are guest villages, tea houses, and theater buildings. All kinds of colorful flags are displayed outside the buildings.

"This is... blessed land?"

Jiang Ling, who fell beside him, also got up and looked in front of her with surprise.

It really is a lake in front of me, or it should be said that it is a fairy spring.

Orioles and swallows dance on this spring, and the dense steam is diffused. It looks like a heavenly spring outside the world. It is probably the kind that can live forever after soaking in the legend.

On the lake, on the shore about a mile away, a wooden raft floated leisurely on the water. There was an old man on the raft, wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, holding the rudder and waiting there, quietly waiting.

Han Jiangchen's eyes trembled, and he hurriedly pressed Jiang Ling to squat down to hide.

The old man looked ordinary, but in his eyes, there was a billow of spiritual energy around his body, and it seemed that his cultivation level was not inferior to the two of them.

Jiang Ling probably also saw this, and didn't rush forward, but continued to restrain her breath and crouched on the spot, with all five senses open, listening quietly.

"Here we come." The old man in the distance suddenly said.

Following his words, two figures suddenly appeared from the mist in front of Quan's eyes, their outlines were very familiar: one was the "elder" of the village, and the other was Su Yuzhu.

"This is the candidate for this year's No. 15 city. The psychic position is '鼻'. He is a good seed."

The elder said: "This should be the last batch. Daozi must be revived tonight. Now that the outside world is changing, if we don't speed up the connection with the upper world, we may fall short."

"Has the outside world changed?" The old man raised his bamboo hat, "I've lived in this ghost town for thousands of years without hearing anything from outside—how has the outside world changed?"

"Among the mortals, the so-called 'Cultivating Immortals for All' has begun to be popularized, and now Huaguo officials are leading it." The elder said, "They...have obtained the real method of refining Qi."

"..." The old man pondered for a moment, "Is the 'Kunlun University' leading this situation?"

"Now it seems that

Yes. "

The elder nodded: "I don't know what kind of means there is in that 'university'. It has only been two years since the recovery of spiritual energy, and it has actually taught a group of students who are above the foundation. And all the signs show that the existence that sits in it... may be far more powerful than Our imaginations—maybe even, as much as 'real people'."

"As good as a real person?" The old man's always calm tone finally had ups and downs, "How can such an existence stand on the side of mortals? If he really has such strength, he should have understood the principles of heaven and earth long ago."

"It's not clear. When it recruited members, we tried to send people to sneak in, but all ended in failure."

The elder shook his head: "Their approach is very smart. Before that, they have been secretly expanding their influence, and took the opportunity to hint at the existence of the recovery of spiritual energy from the outside world, but when they realized the day of the world, they directly connected themselves to Huaguo, without any gap."

"Now they are standing on the side of Huaguo, taking the country as the size, and their eyes are all over the world. If they attack them, they must target the entire Huaguo. This directly makes us lose the ability to confront them... It is really far-sighted, it is hard to imagine these things. It wasn't planned in advance."

"Indeed, the ingenuity of this layout method must come from the hands of an expert, and it is beyond our reach."

The old man sighed: "I still don't know what kind of trump card the university has, so it's better not to rush and attack it directly."

"I have talked with the rest of the elders, and half of them think that in the future, we should avoid them as much as we can, and not expose them unless necessary. We should concentrate on preparing for the 'ceremony' while they are in the name and we are in the dark, with the ultimate goal as the priority. Wait until After Daozi wakes up and leads the group of immortals to the lower realm, their goal will be self-defeating."

"That's right... that's the only way to go." The old man sighed deeply, "Then, let's focus on tonight's Daozi's rebirth—come up, and I'll take you there."

The elder tapped his toes, landed lightly on the raft with one step, and turned to look at Su Yuzhu. The latter stood on the shore and looked at the two immortals on the raft, but hesitantly dared not step on it.

"Elder, what is the 'Shiwu City' you mentioned just now? There should be no city with this name around our village."

He seemed a little unable to understand the conversation between the two of them just now: "Also... what do you mean by Daozi's resurrection? Did Daozi die before? And the 'Kunlun University' you mentioned..."

"Don't ask too much. You don't know anything about the way of cultivating immortals now, and you will understand these things in the future."

The old man didn't answer directly, but groaned slightly, and looked up at the sky: "Besides, it's getting dark."

Su Yuzhu's voice faltered, and he closed his mouth under the pressure. In the end, he jumped on the raft with the elder, and the old man paddled and slowly swam away.

Until the raft disappeared from view, Han and Jiang repeatedly confirmed that there was no one around, and then they both got up from behind the boulder where they were hiding. They were thinking about countermeasures, but they heard the sound of a gong.

"The sky is dark and the night is bright, Yin and Yang clear the way—"

There was obviously no one around, but the sound was so clear. With a single strike, it seemed that the sky was disturbed, and the sky in the sky suddenly dimmed, the blue sky and white clouds turned into billowing black clouds in a few breaths, and the red moon was in the sky between the black sea.

it's dark.

The moonlight slanted down, dyeing the entire lake the same red color. Among the turbulent red water, you can see the long bridge across the lake in the distance. It hangs under a blood moon and looks extremely lonely.

"This bridge..." Jiang Ling frowned, and looked at Han Jiangchen beside her, only to see a white streak appear on the latter's face.

"On that bridge..." He looked at the empty long bridge and lowered his voice, "There are all people on that bridge."

If other people saw this scene, they wouldn't think it was a big deal, but in his eyes, they could see countless figures walking from the bridge, their steps seemed to be floating in the air.

They lined up on the seemingly endless long bridge, across the lake, and walked towards the outline of the mountain on the other side.

Behind them, the gong sounded again.

"The sky is dark and the night is bright, Yin and Yang clear the way—"

"Treading through the underworld, the yin and yang are separated—"

...

...

Amid the sound, Jiang Ling's face sank

Although she didn't have Han Jiangchen's spiritual pupils, as a soul cultivator, it was naturally impossible for her not to notice the abnormality on the bridge.

"Since that Su Yuzhu has also arrived here, then this should be the "Kunlun Mountain" where they taught the method of cultivation... I was still thinking about where this mountain should be hidden to really hide from people's eyes and ears. It turned out to be in the blessed land in."

She thought for a moment, put her hands on Han Jiangchen's shoulders, her fingertips were a little cold: "Put the stealth talisman on, and follow behind to see what the 'ceremony' they are talking about. They mentioned the school just now, I'm afraid It's not that simple."

"Be careful when you act. I still don't know why we were pulled into the blessed land... But according to the school's teaching, if you want to get out from here, you must first touch the core. This is probably where they are going."

Han Jiangchen agreed, and both of them pulled up their hoods to cover their faces, followed the team and walked forward.

The cold wind blows across the empty long bridge in front of you, and the girl's crisp voice seems to be mixed in it.

"This three-pronged bridge is the famous Naihe Bridge, and it is the first pass for the dead to enter the underworld..."

Han Jiangchen squinted his eyes, and saw a girl with a pale complexion staring blankly in front of the team, her lips and teeth opening and closing.

"...From here, we will officially enter the 'Yincao Difu'. This road is the Huangquan Road that everyone knows. It is divided into Yin and Yang. Let's take a walk..."

Her voice was drowned in the team, like a drop of water falling into the sea, and it was blown away in just a moment.

The faint crimson moon, the reflection of the long bridge reflected in the Chishui, clearly there were only two figures on the bridge.

...

...

With the red moon in the sky, the bridge seems endless, and thousands of people pass by, as if there is only one road left in the world, and they are the last travelers on this road.

Someone once said: If you see a road that goes up, down, left, and right without an end, and never reaches the border, that is death.

It really is a deathly oppressive feeling.

For a moment, people even wondered if they were already dead, just wandering among these dead souls.

During the process, they always walked close to each other. At this time, only the body temperature of another person can make them aware of their own existence, so as not to be crushed by that cold pressure.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, they heard the sound of Chishui slapping on the shore getting louder, and finally a black gate appeared in front of them, standing there as if spanning the sky and the earth, with three big blood-colored characters engraved on it.

gate of hell.

The footsteps of the two stopped in front of the door, and quickly hid aside.

It's not because of the deterrent effect of the "Gate of Hell", but because—behind the door, there are already two strange figures standing.

Not a soul, but a real "person".

They were wearing black and white Taoist uniforms, standing there as if black and white were impermanent, watching the ghosts crossing the bridge in the center.

The moment you step into this "ghost gate", you can see the magic formula engraved on the gate pillar faintly flashing, instantly turning those souls into green smoke. Roads of smoke soared upwards, as if attracted by something, straight to the top of the mountain.

The soul in the back trembled, as if feeling fear, but still couldn't stop moving forward, still walking into the door step by step, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

During the whole process, the "black and white impermanence" did not respond at all.

Under the red moon, they all had the same expression on their faces: his expression was dull and indifferent, as if he was detached from the world, but it also contained a believer-like... piety.

"Have you collected enough soul energy?" When the last soul turned into smoke, "Hei Wuchang" asked.

"Adding this batch, the heart energy should be collected enough." Bai Wuchang replied, "The elixir that gave him great vitality was brought back a while ago...Both body and soul are gathered, and everything is ready."

Hei Wuchang responded, closed his eyes and raised his head, murmured: "The time of the spirit descending is approaching. Tonight, the 'Dao Zi' will reshape his physical body and be reborn in the world from this yellow spring."

"With the guidance of Daozi, real people will be able to contact the world soon, and then the immortals will return...the fairy world can finally reappear in this world."

After feeling so emotional, he opened his eyes again and scanned his surroundings: "Today is a critical moment. Everyone must be in the best condition and prepare to welcome Daozi."

There was a lot of shouting, black and white impermanence soared up, and rushed towards the inside. When there was no more life around, Han and Jiang got up quietly, adjusted the stealth talisman on their bodies, restrained their breath to the lowest level, and carefully chased after them.

"Those two people just now are not low in cultivation." Han Jiangchen said in a low voice.

"Well, look at the breath, it should not be under you and me."

Jiang Ling looked at the door and frowned: "It sounds like they are going to do a sacrificial ceremony to revive the 'Taozi'... It's not that simple, the next thing, I will do it myself."

When she said this, she tried her best to conceal the throbbing in her heart, but she unintentionally sped up her speech.

For some reason, whether it was the "elder" before or these people later, they all gave her a long-lost sense of familiarity and oppression, feeling like...an old friend she hadn't seen for a long time.

Everything points to the former prison...to the time before college.

Will this be the same batch of people as before?

It was precisely because of this question that she couldn't bear to go and find out. Although reason has been calling the police, it is too important to her.

But it shouldn't involve anyone else, not even the school. It was precisely because she knew this that she never chose to ask for help.

"It will be very dangerous in there." Han Jiangchen said.

"Well, so you don't go in, stay here, and report to the school when the time comes..."

"You can't handle it alone."

Jiang Ling froze for a moment, looking at those dark pupils, the expression on her face gradually became strange.

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

She tried her best to suppress her voice, but her tone couldn't bear to rise: "This is something that is aimed at people, do you know what it means? If there is any problem, it may be... to kill people! Do you understand? Are you going to kill people?" ?”

She spoke more and more urgently, her face was almost touching his nose. But no matter what she said, how loud, how threatened, Han Jiangchen still just stood there, watching her quietly, without any fluctuation in his dark eyes.

He didn't like her at all, she never thought that this guy could be so stubborn.

In the end, Jiang Ling could only keep her mouth shut, panting with a blushing face, and staring at each other with him. In the end, I could only sigh helplessly.

"Okay, okay, if you have to go, then go."

She declared her surrender, but her face was unprecedentedly serious: "But listen, you shouldn't get involved in this. If that time really comes, you can only kill for self-protection. Besides, not even for me! You know Do not?"

After she finished speaking with a firm voice, she didn't know how much Han Jiangchen had listened to, so she turned and walked up the stairs in front of her.

The figure holding the sword followed behind her and ran up together, the figure was submerged in the black night.

At this time, they didn't know that the dozens of steps up the mountain would change their whole life.