Chapter 233 The Dust Has Settled

When the huge ball of lightning slowly dissipated, Hong Zhishan's figure appeared in it. His neatly dressed black clothes became tattered, and the high crown on his head was tilted to the side, looking very embarrassed.

"Junior Brother Shi's swordsmanship is indeed superb, and I am not as good as him." Hong Zhishan perfunctorily bowed, his face was ugly, and his tone was stiff. No matter what, he was very angry about being defeated by Shi Xuan so embarrassingly. After all, not everyone is broad-minded.

Shi Xuan didn't care about his attitude. The winner didn't mind these things. He smiled and said, "I'm grateful for the concession. I wonder which uncle will fight with me next?" He looked at Ling Qing and Yue Yinxin standing aside.

Ling Qing spoke first: "I'd like to learn from you, nephew Shi's swordsmanship. But you've fought two rounds in a row, so you should take a break first." Just now, Shi Xuan defeated Gu Xinxuan and Hong Zhishan in a row, and showed his swordsmanship to the fullest. Ling Qing also understood that Shi Xuan's title of the first swordsmanship master below the Jindan stage was not given for nothing, but his tone was firm, and contained strong confidence, as if he had a way to restrain Shi Xuan's swordsmanship.

Shi Xuan also felt Ling Qing's confidence, so he made up his mind to use his full strength in the future, so as not to be defeated accidentally. In fact, even if Ling Qing did not show that confidence, Shi Xuan would still use his full strength. After all, Ling Qing has been practicing Taoism for nearly 300 years and is a master of the Spiritual Stage for many years. He has more or less some hidden means or magic tools and spiritual tools on him, and he is also experienced. Therefore, Shi Xuan has decided long ago that when fighting him, he will use the Tai Chi diagram at the beginning, in order to make a quick decision and not let him have a chance to turn the tables.

After a while, Shi Xuan opened his eyes and said respectfully, "Uncle Lingqing, please teach me."

Lingqing nodded, released his life-defining magic weapon, the Thunder and Fire Treasure Mirror, and floated it behind his head. He also put the protective magic weapon, the Taiyi Purple Smoke Ring, on his body, emitting a thick purple light to protect his whole body, and then said, "Uncle Shi, please."

Shi Xuan did not answer any more. As usual, he turned the Heavenly Thunder Demon Subduing Sword into lightning and slashed at Lingqing. At the same time, the Tai Chi diagram in his dantian turned into a golden bridge and flew towards Lingqing.

Lingqing saw the blue lightning transformed by the Heavenly Thunder Demon Subduing Sword, and his face remained calm. He threw out an object in his hand, which became longer and bigger in the wind. It turned out to be a large net shining with silver-white light, which enveloped the Heavenly Thunder Demon Subduing Sword. The runes on it shone, locking the surrounding space, and falling down with an unstoppable momentum. It was the same method that Gu Yizhen used to deal with Lu Lingxiao. From this, it can be seen that this was summarized in ancient times as one of the effective methods to deal with the sword energy and thunder sound sword technique.

Seeing that the net was about to cover the Heavenly Thunder Demon Subduing Sword, even Ling Qing, such a knowledgeable and experienced cultivator, showed a hint of joy. After all, Shi Xuan only had one spiritual weapon flying sword, and his life magic weapon was not a flying sword. If he used the Eighth Heaven Perfection Magical Flying Sword to perform sword energy thunder sound, it would be unable to do anything to his spiritual weapon Taiyi Purple Smoke Ring.

But at this moment, an all-encompassing, sacred and majestic golden bridge flew from Shi Xuan's body and landed on Ling Qing's head. As it passed, the spiritual energy fluctuations in the air calmed down, as if space and time were slightly stagnant. The large net of silver-white light inevitably paused, and the Heavenly Thunder Demon Subduing Sword took advantage of this gap to pass through it, and in a blink of an eye, it passed through the Taiyi Purple Smoke Ring and stopped beside Ling Qing.

When the golden bridge on the other side spanned the void and fell between Ling Qing and Shi Xuan, Ling Qing saw this vast, mysterious and profound golden bridge, and felt that the surroundings suddenly became quiet. The Thunder Demon Sword disappeared, the silver-white net disappeared, and the vast starry sky disappeared... The whole soul stagnated slightly, and the flow of true energy stopped for a moment. The operation of the life artifact Thunder Fire Treasure Mirror and the protective spiritual artifact Taiyi Purple Smoke Ring also stagnated for a while.

When Ling Qing woke up from this stagnation, he saw the green lightning floating in front of him, and the sword light was slightly spitting out. This scared Ling Qing, and then he looked around him. The Taiyi Purple Smoke Ring and the Thunder Fire Treasure Mirror were intact and controlled normally. Recalling what happened just now, he deeply felt the mysterious horror of the vast golden bridge.

Just now, I just thought of this golden bridge as Shi Xuan's defensive life magic weapon, and I was laughing in my heart that Shi Shi was really timid. He chose this kind of defensive magic weapon as his life magic weapon. Although it is powerful, its use is too single. I didn't expect it to be so mysterious and terrifying. It can actually stabilize the vitality, stabilize the soul, and stabilize the magic weapon and spiritual weapon...

Shi Xuan saw Ling Qing's face turn pale and blue, blue and red, red and black, and change continuously. After a long time, he sighed and said: "It's true that there are talents in the world. The waves behind push the waves in front. I am old, not as good as you, Shi Shi."

"Nephew, thank you for your guidance." Shi Xuan answered in a conventional way. He originally wanted to use "It is also because of the profound cultivation of uncle that nephew used all his strength" to compliment the other party a little, but then he thought that this would make him look like he didn't take Gu Xinxuan and Hong Zhishan seriously, so he chose this kind of watertight but not brilliant answer.

Ling Qing nodded and said with some regret, "But cultivators of my generation should still focus on the realm of cultivation. When the realm of cultivation goes up, the strength will naturally go up. As long as you, nephew, do not achieve the golden elixir, others will continue to covet your position as the first seat. I am almost three hundred years old. Although I have taken longevity pills, I don't have much time left. Maybe I can't hold on in a few years. I will use the Nine Transformations and Nine Returns Jade Liquid Divine Pill to achieve a middle-grade golden elixir. If you, nephew, do not achieve the golden elixir by then, don't blame me, an old immortal, for being rude. After all, if I can be reincarnated, these accumulated insights can be brought to the next life."

Shi Xuan could only smile bitterly. It was only a few years since he had achieved perfection in his soul. It was a bit far to say that he would achieve the Golden Elixir. If a soul elder really gave up the great way of the soul and achieved the middle-grade Golden Elixir, he would be helpless. Even if he used all his means, he could only guarantee his life from the hands of the middle-grade Golden Elixir Grandmaster. He had no chance of winning at all, especially when it came to the realm of cultivation.

Ling Qing stopped talking and retreated to the side of Gu Xinxuan. Seeing this, Shi Xuan respectfully asked Yue Yinxin: "Is it Uncle Yue who will teach me next?"

Hearing this, Yue Yinxin was silent for a moment, and after a long time, she said faintly: "Forget it. I am convinced that you can be the head." But she saw Shi Xuan's cultivation and means of winning three people in a row, and she measured herself. She could still resist with her swordsmanship, but the mysterious golden bridge was difficult to measure. Without the talismans and secret treasures accumulated over many years, she had no chance of winning, so she didn't plan to end up in disgrace.

Mo Yuan said calmly: "Since you have no objection, then Shi Xuan will be the head of our peak. The ceremony will be held in Jietian Hall tomorrow." Because the head of the sect had been informed of this matter long ago, he was not worried about whether it would be too late. Besides, for the immortals, holding a ceremony would not be like the secular world, where they would prepare for more than ten or twenty days and use a few spells to get everything done. Moreover, the ceremony of Penglai Sect has always been solemn, not gorgeous, and even very simple.

Seeing that Ling Qing and the other four were silent and had no objection, Mo Yuan pointed his hand, and the vast starry sky disappeared without a trace. Everyone was still standing in Mo Yuan's cave. There was nothing unusual about the stone table, stone bench, cushion, teacup, etc. inside. In particular, the tea in the teacup was still full, without any overflow, as if the powerful battles just now were just illusions, which was the mystery of the void illusion.

Moreover, when he uses the Void Illusion to fight with others, he can take advantage of the situation at home, and his strength will be increased by more than 10%, while the opponent's strength will be weakened by more than 10%. For example, a Jindan Grandmaster who can use the Void Illusion fights a Jindan Grandmaster who cannot use the Void Illusion. Even if the former is slightly inferior to the latter, the latter will definitely lose if he does not have the corresponding means.

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The next day. Tianshu Peak Jietian Palace.

Outside the palace, hundreds of outer disciples and nearly a hundred inner disciples are waiting in the inner force, whispering at the same time.

"What is the matter? Do we need to gather all of us?" A bronze-skinned boy asked his companion quietly.

His companion was very tall, about nine feet tall, but his face was a little immature, and he looked young. He said in a low voice: "Is there something big happening?"

"Zhou Banyu, I also know that something big is happening. What big thing is it!" The bronze boy looked at his companion anxiously. Although Zhou Banyu was tall and heavy, he didn't seem to be very smart. He didn't know how he passed the disciple recruitment ceremony four years ago.

"Bingnan, what are you talking about?" Chi Zhengde came over, and his baby face looked more mature than a few years ago.

When Li Bingnan saw Chi Zhengde and Chi Caibo who followed him, he was excited at first, then hesitant, and finally bowed depressedly and said, "Reporting to Uncle Chi, the nephews are discussing why we are gathering here today." It turned out that two years ago, two years after entering the sect, Chi Zhengde and Chi Caibo broke through to the Qi Induction Stage and entered the inner sect of Penglai Sect.

"Bingnan, we are all familiar friends, why should we be so reserved." Chi Zhengde said with a sigh. Zhou Banyu and Li Bingnan entered Penglai Sect together with the two of them, and they had done tasks together, teased a domineering family disciple together, and endured the opponent's counterattack together. They thought they would become good friends for many years, but they didn't expect that since the two siblings entered the Qi Induction Stage, the two sides began to alienate.

One reason is that after the two entered the Qi-inducing period, they were busy in seclusion to transform their internal Qi into the Minor Universe Ten Thousand Thunder Qi. They rarely interacted with several friends. Even today was a break in the middle of the retreat. Seeing that the sect summoned everyone to the Jietian Hall to participate in the ceremony, they came to take a look. After all, they are not like Shi Xuan, who can completely adjust his mentality for the first time in a long retreat. They still need to slowly grasp the opportunity to retreat until the Qi is achieved. It is inevitable to come out and rest for a few days in the middle. It is also a normal process in the practice of cultivators. It is a kind of practice of mentality transformation.

This is the meaning of the authentic Taoist dual cultivation of sex and life. Without the state of mind to grasp the power and the mentality to adapt to longevity, you can't get power and longevity. Even if you get it by chance, it is the advent of suffering and pain, not the beginning of freedom.

The immortals in the secular world's stories who have practiced Taoism for thousands or tens of thousands of years and only feel lonely are all speculated with the mentality and state of mind of ordinary people. It is impossible for such monks who only feel loneliness to cultivate powerful power, let alone grasp it. They should have destroyed themselves because of madness or because of obsession in their long and lonely Taoism career.