Chapter 868: Gaining the Tao

"Is this No. 169 Binhu Street? Not bad, that guy is pretty good at finding a place..."

At noon, Xia Pingan stood on Binhu Street in Keland and sighed at the building in front of him.

In front of Binhu Street is a natural lake in the urban area of ​​Keland. Beside the lake is a large forest of sycamores and red pine trees. The air is very pleasant. Surrounding the lake is Hubin Road. There are many pubs and a commercial area, as well as many high-end townhouses.

Everything here shows that this area is a gathering place for the upper class in Keland City.

The place in front of Xia Pingan with the house number reading No. 169 Binhu Street is a townhouse here. It is a two-story building with dark red brick walls and white windowsills facing the street. It looks very elegant and exquisite. There is a porch at the entrance of the villa. From the steps of the porch, you can see the sidewalk and green belt. There is an iron green mailbox standing at the entrance of the villa. The most important thing is that it is a hundred meters away on the left hand side of the villa. , there is a police station in one block, and not far from the police station, there are banks and post offices.

The killer was pretty good at finding places, and he found a place to stay right under the nose of the police station.

The iron door of the villa was locked, and it looked like no one had been here for a while.

"Young man, who are you looking for?"

Just as Xia Pingan was standing at the door of the villa, looking at the villa, the door of Villa No. 168 opened, and a plump middle-aged woman with red curly hair walked out of the room and went to the mailbox at the door to pick up a magazine. He Niu Niu saw Xia Ping An looking at the door of her villa, and asked with some vigilance but also enthusiasm.

Xia Pingan turned his head, glanced at the middle-aged woman, and smiled slightly, "Hello, madam, I'm looking to see if this is No. 169 Binhu Street..."

"Of course, what does it say on the door sign?"

"Oh, that's right. I'm the new tenant here. Let me meet you. My name is Xia Pingan!"

"I haven't seen you before?" the middle-aged woman said.

"I asked a friend to rent this place from Sir Justin. I have never been here before, and this is my first time here!"

"Oh, Sir Justin lived here before. He was a real gentleman..." the woman said, her tone softening a lot.

"Yes, I heard that Sir Justin loves traveling and it is difficult to live in one place for too long..." Xia Ping'an said as he walked down the steps to the porch of the villa, took out the key and put it in Under the watchful eye of the middle-aged female neighbor, she inserted the key into the door lock, turned it twice, and opened the door. Then she nodded slightly to the female neighbor, entered the room, and closed the door.

On the left side of the door, there is a cloakroom. The first floor of the villa has a living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and a study room and tea room. All the furniture and furnishings in the room are covered with white cloth, which is extremely neat, except for some stains on the ground. Apart from the dust, the furniture and furnishings here are very well preserved, and many things are still brand new.

In the stairwell of the villa, there is a passage leading to the basement. There are some sundries and tools in the basement. It can be seen that the original owner here is a person with strong hands-on ability. The basement here is closed, and there was originally no For lighting, the owner here designed something similar to a lighting mirror, which transmits the light from the flower hall on the first floor to the basement through the reflection of mirrors and passages, so that the basement can see light in broad daylight.

The second floor of the villa has two bedrooms, a flower room, a fencing training room and a recreation room.

Xia Pingan was most concerned about the safety here. He carefully checked the doors and windows of this villa. Rich people used to live here. Rich people were probably afraid of accidents, so the doors and windows here were reinforced. As long as the windows were closed, Get up, the iron carved panes of the windows here are very difficult to be damaged, and if they are damaged, they will make a lot of noise.

Xia Pingan came to the study room. There was a deer head specimen hanging in the study room. There was a copper lamp holder next to the deer head specimen. He pulled the lamp holder downwards hard, and a bookcase against the wall of the study room became silent. It slid open, revealing a door behind it. Entering from behind the door, you will find a secret room. The door is quite heavy and is completely embedded in the stone wall. There is a safety lock in the secret room, and the door can be completely closed inside. .

As soon as the door is closed in the secret room, the bookshelf outside will automatically return to its original position, and there will be no trace of the mechanism at all.

This secret room is not big, less than thirty square meters. There is a bed and a table in the secret room, and there are several boxes on the table.

Xia Pingan opened one of the long wooden boxes and took a look. Inside the box were a high-precision rifle, a pistol, hundreds of bullets, a dagger, and several explosives.

The iron boxes next to them were all military tin cans, as well as several large bottles of water filled with military kettles. It seemed that Sigiscanel really wanted to make this place a refuge at critical moments.

Xia Pingan also tried it by inserting a dagger under the gap in the floor of the secret room. He found that the floor of the secret room was hard. When he stabbed it with the dagger, there was a sharp metal scraping sound. There was really a sound in the secret room. It is isolated with a metal layer to shield outside perception and detection.

Xia Ping'an spent more than ten minutes walking around the entire villa and found that it only needed to be cleaned before moving in. In addition to being safe, this villa also has another advantage. It is spacious and has convenient transportation. The nearby There are many rich people. As long as they hang a sign outside the villa and tidy up the tea room on the first floor, their Zhou Gong Building can be opened again.

Especially the secret room behind the study, Xia Ping'an is particularly satisfied. With that secret room, when he fuses the Boundary Pearl, his safety will be basically guaranteed, and he no longer has to worry.

It happened to be broad daylight, and the probability of any accidents was low. The police station was not far away. No one would want to break in and make a big noise in broad daylight to harm himself. Xia Pingan walked around the villa for a while. After the circle, he simply went to the secret room of the study without doing anything else. After closing the door, he sat down cross-legged on the bed in the secret room, took out the boundary bead of "Tao Hongjing's Tao" and fused it with blood.

Just a moment later, Xia Pingan was surrounded by a cocoon of light that was as colorful and blurry as a rainbow.

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As soon as Xia Pingan opened his eyes, he found himself in a study room. On the bookshelf next to him, there were classics such as "Laojun Liujia Talisman", "Xiyue Gongjinshan Talisman", and "Five Mountains True Shape Picture" , "Three Emperors" and "Five Talismans of Lingbao", "Collection of Taiqing Grass and Trees", "Collection of Taiqing Alchemy", etc. A window in the study room is open, and you can just see the mountains and rivers outside, which is particularly special. beautiful.

Xia Ping'an just glanced out of the window and immediately recognized that outside the study was the scenery of Maoshan. Tao Hongjing lived in Maoshan with some disciples in his later years and was known as the "Prime Minister of the Mountains."

Just when Xia Ping'an was thinking about what this world bead was going to do, hurried footsteps could be heard outside his study, and a voice suddenly appeared outside the study, "Master, master, there is something important. Brother Huan Kai is in retreat. Above the cave, large expanses of colorful auspicious clouds suddenly appeared, and fairy music descended from the sky. Come and take a look..."

When Xia Pingan heard this, he was startled. He suddenly thought of something. He walked out of the study directly. Outside the study, there was a man in his thirties wearing a Taoist robe. The man was extremely excited. When he saw Xia Pingan coming out, he quickly started again. He saluted Xia Ping'an and said, "Master, go and have a look!"

Tao Hongjing's study was on the third floor. Xia Pingan quickly went downstairs and saw several disciples standing on the lawn outside the small building where he lived, raising their heads and pointing at the eastern sky.

Xia Pingan followed the gazes of the disciples and saw a colorful cloud in the sky changing on a mountain not far from the building. It was extremely magical. What was even more magical was that in his ears, Music could still be heard coming from the sky. The disciples around him were stunned and had no idea what was happening.

"The place where the colorful clouds are located seems to be the top of the mountain where Senior Brother Huan Kai retreats..."

"Yeah, I don't know what happened, but the colorful auspicious clouds suddenly appeared..."

"There is actually fairy music in the sky, what's going on..."

"Ah, master is out..." As soon as Xia Pingan came out, all the disciples saluted Xia Pingan.

Xia Pingan knew what was going on as soon as he heard it. To be honest, Xia Pingan was extremely excited at this moment. It was the first time for him to experience such a legendary scene after integrating so many world beads.

"Master, what's going on with the colorful auspicious clouds and the music coming from the sky?" asked a disciple.

"Don't panic, that's because your senior brother Huan Kai achieved enlightenment today and has been ranked in the Immortal Class. He is leaving..." Xia Pingan said in a somewhat shocking voice.

"Ah..." All the disciples were shocked.

Without saying a word, Xia Pingan walked quickly towards the hilltop where the colorful auspicious clouds appeared. The other disciples saw their master heading towards the hilltop where Brother Huankai was retreating, and they quickly followed.

The top of the mountain is not far from here. It only took more than ten minutes for Xia Pingan to climb to the top of the mountain. When he got here, the music coming from the sky was even more obvious, and the changing colorful clouds were like umbrella covers. The entire mountain top is shrouded in auspicious aura that is shocking. There is a cave on the top of the mountain, facing the east.

Before Xia Pingan opened his mouth, a mellow voice came from the cave, "But the master is here, and I invite him to talk to me in the cave!"

Xia Pingan entered the cave, and everyone else stayed outside the cave. When Xia Pingan entered the cave, he saw a simple-faced Taoist priest sitting cross-legged in the cave, looking at him with a smile.

"Congratulations to Taoist fellow Taoist!" Xia Pingan calmed down and saluted the Taoist priest.

"Thanks to Master for his teachings over the years, Huan Kai has achieved enlightenment today!" The disciple also saluted Xia Ping'an.

Xia Ping'an sighed. Tao Hongjing's disciple Huan Kai preached the Tao before Tao Hongjing. This incident was so famous. He didn't expect that what he experienced would be the scene today.

"I ask myself that I have never slacked off in my teaching and cultivation. I have always been diligent. You have achieved enlightenment and reached heaven today. Do you know if I have made any mistakes that have kept me in this world and still haven't achieved enlightenment today?" Xia Ping'an sighed and asked directly. solved this problem.

"Master, you have accumulated enough yin skills, and you will achieve enlightenment, but it will be twelve years later!" Huan Kai said.

"Why twelve years late?"

"Master, in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" compiled by you before, water leeches, mosquitoes, flies, and various insects and animals are used as medicine. Although the effect is beneficial to people, it is harmful to physical life. Killing lives to save lives will lead to further death and harm the harmony of heaven. Therefore Therefore, Master, your time to understand the Tao has been delayed!" After Huan Kai finished speaking, with a smile on his face, he closed his eyes and stopped breathing.

The whole cave was suddenly filled with a strange fragrance, and the colorful auspicious clouds in the sky outside the cave also flew directly towards the sky and disappeared into the sky in a moment, causing the disciples outside to let out a burst of laughter. array of exclamations.

Is this the scene where the most accomplished cultivators in ancient China unraveled their forms and achieved enlightenment?

Looking at such a scene, Xia Pingan was extremely shocked. At this time, Xia Pingan also knew how he could fuse this world bead next.

After being taught by his disciples that he should first attain the Tao, Tao Hongjing spent several years re-editing three volumes of "Compendium of Materia Medica" in order to make up for his mistakes in compiling the "Compendium of Materia Medica", completely replacing it with herbs and other medicines. After taking drugs such as insect beasts, I finally achieved enlightenment at the age of 81.

In the next few years, Xia Ping'an stayed on this Maoshan without any distractions, concentrating on writing "Fellow Materia Medica".

It was only after "Fellow Materia Medica" was finished and published in the world that the world of this world pearl was shattered.

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In the secret room, as the light cocoon on Xia Pingan's body shattered, Xia Pingan finally opened his eyes, his eyes flashed with light. In just this moment, his body had changed again.

The world bead "Tao Hongjing Dedao" has added 81 points of divine power. In addition to the 36 points of new power added by the green messenger's world bead last time, the new power of these two world beads has reached 117 points.

"Finally, I have added another sacred bone, and my physical strength seems to have increased a bit..." Xia Pingan touched the top of his head and muttered to himself. At this moment, there was not one sacred bone on his head, but two. Another one had just been added. I got one piece, "99 divine bones. Each divine bone requires an additional 99 points in the upper limit of divine power. This means that the difference in the upper limit of divine power between a demigod and a god is 9801 points. He has now stepped onto the second level of the ladder. As long as I have enough world beads, I will soon become a higher-level God's Favorite, until the final step of becoming a god..."

After the God's Blessed in this world fuses the World Pearl, every time the new limit of divine power increases by 99 points, there will be an extra piece of divine bone in his body. Xia Ping'an has just been experiencing this wonderful process...