Chapter 538: A Thousand Setbacks but the Heart Remains the Same

Shi Xuan came back safe and sound, and made great progress in cultivation. He also brought back karma-eliminating flowers, Jiuyou black bamboo shoots, dead energy soul stones and other objects. Naturally, all the Penglai sect masters were very happy, and they chatted and shared interesting stories about their respective travels. And scattered.

Jiang Zhenren began to retreat to adjust his state of mind and prepare for the third heavenly tribulation. Xie Fangwei and others continued to practice immortal magic to stabilize their realm. Shi Xuan exchanged the refining method of the Yinde statue and most of the Jiuyou Qi to the sect. Anyway, There is quite a lot left on the body, enough to exchange for mysterious and mysterious things such as the Xuanhuang Qi of Merit and Virtue, or even more than enough.

"Wan'er, I will go to Guanghan Sect with my master later to meet with Senior Meng. On the one hand, I would like to thank her for helping to contact me and find my whereabouts over the years. On the other hand, I would like to ask her to help me return to the sect. Tell Xu Zhenjun, your master, and Master Lin Luo about the news about the sect, so that they will not be put in danger due to my affairs during this period." Shi Xuan was very happy after learning about the efforts that the sect has made for his affairs over the years. Touched, and for Meng Nishang's help, he must come to thank her in person.

Yuan consciousness enveloped the sect at will. Shi Xuan suddenly discovered that Ming Qingyue was in the sect, and she was still a Yin god. So an idea came to her, and she carefully calculated it for her, and then asked her to come to his cave later to talk about it. .

Chu Wan'er was dressed in white, like a lotus in the water. Her delicate appearance of fifteen or sixteen years old gave people a feeling of purity and charm. At this time, she was walking side by side with Qing Suo in an emerald green dress behind Shi Xuan, like a pair of sisters.

After listening to Shi Xuan's words, she smiled softly and said: "Actually, before Master comes back, Wan'er has planned to go to Guanghan Sect in the next few days. Master, do you plan to go back to the cave first? Ao Gu is so lazy Long is sleeping soundly again. Haha, ever since Qing Suo regained most of his strength, he has been bullied miserably by Qing Suo. "

Although Qingsuo didn't show his monkey face at the side, he winked at Chu Wan'er and grinned, still showing his monkey face: "Master, I'm just teasing Ao Gu, nothing too much!"

Seeing Qingsuo respecting and fearing him so much, Shi Xuan was a little surprised. When the monkey head's strength had not yet recovered, although it was still quite loyal and respectful, it was not too afraid of him. Why has there been such a big change now?

Ziyingjian, who was being warmed and recovered in Shixuan Yuanshen, seemed to sense Shixuan's surprise, and interrupted with a smile: "Qingsuo, this monkey is afraid that his second decline is coming soon, and he needs your help, sir, so I have restrained my monkey nature and am very obedient to you.”

After Zi Ying said this, Shi Xuan came to his senses. Qingsuo's third spiritual ban before the great destruction of the ancient times should be almost the same as the sacrifice. A full million years have passed. Even if he was seriously injured, the third spiritual ban No matter how slow it is, it has been perfected for hundreds of thousands of years. After recognizing the master, even if it is not nourished and refined by himself, the decline of the Tongtian Spiritual Treasure will come faster than the normal Tongtianlingbao. Therefore, its second decline of heaven and man is prohibited. The decline is indeed rapid.

"Qingsuo, how long will it take for you to become the second weakest celestial being?" Shi Xuan's tone was calm, as if he was asking casually.

Qingsuo was startled, and his face immediately turned into furry: "Master, do you know?" Apparently he didn't expect Shi Xuan to see through his little thoughts so quickly, and then scratched his head and said: "I'm afraid, I’m afraid that three or four thousand years of calamity is about to come.”

Shi Xuan felt a little embarrassed in his heart. He thought that when Zi Ying Jian said that the decline of the calamity was coming, he temporarily ignored their essence. He said, just like a human monk who has been a monk for thirty or forty years, he gently nodded and said: "I understand, and I will help you when the time comes."

Qing Suo's monkey face suddenly beamed. He groped for a while and found a bright red fruit with a fragrant fragrance. He handed it to Shi Xuan: "Master, I found this when I went out for a walk a few years ago. Although it is not The heaven and earth spiritual fruit can also be used to prolong life and purify the mind, and it is very delicious!" He looked like he cherished it, was reluctant to part with it, and was salivating. It seemed that he had planned to hide it and enjoy it slowly, but now he reluctantly dedicated it to it! The master shows his loyalty.

"Keep your monkey head for yourself." Shi Xuan laughed and cursed after seeing Qing Suo's appearance. How could he compete with his own monkey for fruit?

While they were talking, the three of them had already reached the sky above Tianji Peak Shixuan Cave. Then they saw the door of the cave open. Ao Gu poked his head out and looked left and right. Seeing no other figure, he immediately jumped out and wrapped a lot of parcels. It looked like he took this opportunity to escape.

"Qingsuo, you, why are you back?" Ao Gu was so frightened that he took a few steps back until he saw Shi Xuan, and burst into tears: "Master, you, you are back!"

Shi Xuan smiled and comforted Ao Gu with a few words, while Qing Suo stood behind Shi Xuan with a calm look and said nothing.

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After taking Chu Wan'er and Qing Suo to Guanghan Sect to meet Meng Nichang, Shi Xuan quickly returned to the sect.

During this meeting, in addition to using Jiuyou Qi to express gratitude and contact Mo Yuan and others, Meng Nichang also briefly mentioned the matter of Lin Xuantong, the real person in Mai who occupies Tianji City, which was a bit more complicated than what he had explored before. Because the Heavenly Immortal True Lord behind him also has a friend who is also in Yu Yutian. He may come to help when the time comes, so he needs to work separately.

"Time is really rushing like running water. In the blink of an eye, it has been one thousand three or four hundred years since Senior Meng entered heaven. The aura that seems to be near but actually far away is getting stronger and stronger. If it is not delayed, the disaster will probably be over within a thousand years." It will come." Shi Xuan sighed to Chu Wan'er while pressing the escape light.

When you reach the realm of gods and humans, the deeper your understanding of the great road and the more consistent it is, the faster you will practice, whether it is your own cultivation level or the level of immortality. Meng Nishang's accumulation in this area is obviously very strong and her foundation is very solid. According to her, she practiced most of the lunar and ice and snow magic to the fifth level four hundred years ago. , there are only two or three immortal arts that can match his own realm, which is really different.

Chu Wan'er had some admiration and yearning for Meng Nishang: "Well, more than three hundred years ago, Senior Meng teamed up with others to break into the deep outer reaches of the Western Wilderness. Although they didn't find any caves, they were rare. Zhenjun, who returned safely after being slightly injured, is really amazing."

When he returned to the cave, Shi Xuan found that Ming Qingyue was already waiting inside. She was still wearing her favorite purple dress. She was still so vigorous and vigorous, without any signs of haggard. It seemed that she had not achieved the soul for more than two thousand years and had no suffering. .

"I feel relieved when I see Qingyue like this." Shi Xuan smiled and asked Ming Qingyue to sit down, and told Ao Gu to make tea.

Ming Qingyue smiled: "Shi Xuan, you are the same, easy-going and indifferent and don't put on airs. Haha, in fact, if you had seen me a few hundred years earlier, I'm afraid you would have been frightened and blurted out, 'This is definitely not the Ming I know. Qingyue! '"

"What do you mean by Qingyue's words?" Shi Xuan took a sip of tea and saw that Qingyue didn't care about the ordeal, so he asked.

Ming Qingyue smiled and showed a reminiscing expression: "In the past thousand years, I have been traveling in Yu Yutian, and I have met and heard about many monks, some from other sects, some casual cultivators, and have been to the Western Wilderness. The kingdom of monsters and beasts has slowly entered a stage of delusion, and since more than 600 years ago, some of the monks I have known and heard about have gradually become souls."

"So when you compare yourself, you feel very disappointed. Is your Taoist heart shaken by this?" Shi Xuan said lightly.

Ming Qingyue nodded slightly and said with a half-joking smile: "If they were all peerless geniuses like you, Shi Xuan, I would naturally be sincerely happy and there wouldn't be any ripples. But among these monks who have achieved Yuan Shen, the talent There are only one or two people who are comparable to me in terms of Daoist heart, tempering, and firmness. The rest, who obviously feel that they are far inferior to me, have also achieved Yuanshen. When the opportunity arises, he or she may take the shortcut of becoming a heretic or consecrating a god.”

"I often asked myself at that time. Is my path wrong? Is the kung fu I chose extremely difficult to master? Is it the black dragon blood in me that is causing trouble? It is obvious that they are not as good as me, and they obviously have an average Taoist heart. The training is far less than mine, so why do you still catch up with me step by step and surpass me, becoming the real person of Yuanshen that the world admires and admires?" A layer of mist formed in Ming Qingyue's eyes, which made her eyes extremely beautiful. It was obvious that those eyes were so beautiful. Years of suffering are still deeply in her memory.

Since it was a casual chat afterwards, Shi Xuan naturally said without hesitation: "Except for those who take shortcuts, those who can achieve Yuanshen must have their merits, but Qingyue, you didn't see it at the time."

"I have always known this truth, and now I am even more clear and firm. But at that time, it was as if I was possessed by a demon. I was full of jealousy, inferiority, and was always plagued by illusions. I couldn't control myself. I felt that the practice was delaying me. It's the Black Dragon bloodline that delayed me." Ming Qingyue sighed.

"Later, there was another father who failed to pursue the pure Yang magic weapon and gave up the great path. He lived tens of thousands of years by conferring gods to gods. My mother only envied mandarin ducks but not immortals. The role model I had set since childhood suddenly collapsed, leaving me I was full of doubts about whether I could continue on the road of greatness, so I thought about reincarnating in advance, getting rid of the black dragon bloodline in my body, and taking away the "Shenxiao True Dharma". "

Shi Xuan smiled softly and said: "However, it seems that Qingyue you failed to take action in the end?" After such suffering, if Ming Qingyue can still persevere, it will be a blessing to her soul.

Ming Qingyue took a sip of tea and calmed down her mood: "After returning to the sect, I tried many times to exchange for the chance of reincarnation, but I always stopped at Tianshu Peak. There seemed to be a kind of power in the many sufferings that prevented me from stepping on it. Asking myself, if I didn't have the blood of the black dragon, it might be difficult for me to advance to the divine soul as early as the Qi-entraining stage. Moreover, after comparing many thunder methods, excluding the blood factor, I feel that I like the true method of the galaxy and the power of water from the bottom of my heart. I like the power of stars and the power of time.”

"In the midst of the pain, my father sent me a classic book, which he obtained during his travels. It specifically records the lives of many alien monsters and seniors who have become the authentic soul of the Taoist sect. Although it is not very detailed, it contains only a few words. It can be seen from the story how difficult it was for them to walk on this road. They had witnessed countless others’ successes and were ridiculed and bullied many times, but they persisted without hesitation and finally attained the soul.”

"So my mood gradually calmed down, and from this calmness came a power to get rid of the suffering one by one. What does it have to do with others? And since my predecessors can do it, why can't I do it?! What is it? Bloodline is definitely not something you should consider in order to become a soul!”

Speaking of the last sentence, Ming Qingyue smiled slightly, but it was like a hundred flowers blooming, dazzling.

Shi Xuan put his hands on his hands and laughed: "This is called the heart that remains the same after a thousand twists and turns. Hasn't this thought been revealed by you from the day you and I got acquainted? It's just that compared to that time, you are less inferior to the Black Dragon bloodline. That’s all.”

Ming Qingyue was stunned, her life experience emerged in her mind. After so many years, it turned out that her path had not changed, no matter how much inferiority, how much suffering, how much hesitation! She just became indifferent to obsession!

She laughed softly, tears rolling down her face, and the cute little dragon horns on her head emerged. She was open and honest, and she did her own thing. Gradually, she was full of light, rippling with water, containing infinite starlight, wrapping her.

"Ming, Miss Ming has entered the gate of life and death like this?" The black dragon Ao Gu standing by opened his mouth and said in disbelief. He was Ming Qingyue's cousin, so he didn't follow Shi Xuan's disciples, servants, and Yuan Ling to call Ming Qingyue uncle. Qingsuo was not surprised to eat the spiritual fruit he didn't know where he took out.

Shi Xuan smiled with relief and said, "When I calculated for her before, I found that her accumulation was extremely powerful and sufficient. She just needed the final push. Even if I didn't wake her up, it would be very easy to encounter opportunities in the next few hundred years."

Feeling the movement of Shi Xuan's cave, Xie Fangwei, Chu Wan'er, Yang Zongzhi and others all probed their Yuan consciousness to ask. Only Master Jiang, who was in seclusion and eliminating interference, was unaware. After asking what was going on, they were all happy and sighed for Ming Qingyue, a 2,000-year-old Yin God Venerable.

A loud bang sounded in the dark, and Ming Qingyue's Yin God disappeared on the spot along with the water waves and starlight that wrapped her. Then the sky and the earth outside changed color, and the wind and rain blew violently. A little bit of bright starlight, blue water light, and colorless time suddenly appeared, blending with the laws of heaven and earth, and quickly gathered together to condense into a hundred-foot-sized Yuanshen statue.

There was a small black dragon horn on his head, with dense and mysterious runes and characters. He was dressed in a flowing and dignified purple robe, with a beautiful face and heroic spirit. It was Ming Qingyue, but he was much more free and easy, self-confident and determined than before.

Ming Qingyue's soul gradually shrank, and then he bowed deeply to Shi Xuan, his joy and gratitude were beyond words. Shi Xuan was not polite and accepted it with a smile, but there were no extra words. With their friendship, silence was naturally better than words, and everything was self-evident.

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Thirty-nine years later, in the Western Wilderness, Tianji City, Tianji Mansion.

Compared with that time, Tianji City now has a bit more solemn and murderous atmosphere, and there are dark green clouds rolling above the city. The atmosphere is very terrifying. I am afraid that even the Three Tribulations Yangshen Zhenren will find it difficult to break this protective formation.

However, the protective formation was opened at the city gate to welcome the monks who came to congratulate. The horizontal plaque on the tower has been changed from Tianji City to "Voodoo Sect".

The original Tianji Palace Hall was decorated magnificently, with colorful lanterns and golden flowers, and the air was flowing. The Tianji List that was placed here had long been moved to another place, but the cultivators who came to the hall felt cold, vicious, and creepy in their hearts, which was the characteristic of the Wudu Sect.

There were many desks in the hall, but there were very few cultivators sitting there. Several Yuanshen Zhenren were casual cultivators and came from small sects. They had more or less the shadow of Tianxian Zhenjun from other realms behind them. As for the other dozens of people, they were all high-level casual cultivators who were not doing well, and their purposes were different.

"There are so few people coming. Are they so afraid of Guanghan Sect Meng Zhenjun? Zhenren Lin also has the support of Tianxian Zhenjun behind him!" An old woman with wrinkles that could kill a mosquito looked around and said disdainfully.

The young Yinshen Venerable sitting next to her was not so calm. He communicated with the old woman with his spiritual sense: "But according to the secrets I heard, Penglai Sect has a spiritual treasure that is equivalent to a celestial immortal. Although the immortal behind Lin Zhenren is powerful, I am afraid that two fists cannot beat four hands."

The fact that Shi Xuan killed a three-tribulation Yangshen Zhenren with the Qingsuo Sword was not a secret among celestial immortals and immortals, but it was an extremely secretive matter for Jindan and Yinshen.

"Then why are you here? Aren't you afraid of being killed by Guanghan Sect and Penglai Sect?" The old woman smiled and looked at the young Yinshen Venerable with trembling wrinkles.

The young Yinshen Venerable smiled bitterly and said, "There is no other way. If we want to get closer, we can only choose to rely on the Wudu Sect. We have to take this gamble. At least the Heavenly Immortal Master can suppress it, and at worst we can hold on!"

"Then I will tell you that the True Lord of Curse Spring has a good friend, Jingmingzi, who is also a great Heavenly Immortal. He is in the depths of the Western Wilderness. He will come to help today, which will definitely make Guanghan Sect and Penglai Sect lose face. After all, the Tongtian Lingbao before the Three Declines is two or three points worse than the True Lord of the same level when the Penglai Sect does not have a Heavenly Immortal Master." The old woman and Lin Xuantong were childhood friends, and they whispered about the preparations of the Wudu Sect.

The young Yinshen Venerable was delighted when he heard it. This time he came for the right reason!

Several Yuanshen True Lords were drinking and talking. They came here just to observe the attitude and confidence of the major sects of Yu Yutian, and would not intervene in this matter, so they were very relaxed.

In the back hall, Lin Xuantong was wearing linen clothes, with his hair dishevelled but not messy. With his handsome face, he had a strange sense of beauty. He was respectfully saying to an old man in front of him who was also wearing linen clothes but with dark green hair and a dark green Taoist hairpin: "Master, Senior Jing Mingzi has not arrived yet. Can we start on time?"

"Don't worry, he always arrives at the last minute, and how can I not have other preparations?" Zhuquan Zhenjun smiled gently, "I have asked a Taoist friend from a big sect to borrow her Tongtian Lingbao. Although it has not survived the calamity, it is enough."

Lin Xuantong was completely relieved this time, closing his eyes and waiting for the time to come.

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In the clouds above Tianji City, there is a fairy palace surrounded by white clouds. The horizontal plaque at the main gate reads "Ten Thousand Immortals Hall". Inside are the real people of the seven major sects in Yu Yutian. They have no power to intervene, so they can only use the Ten Thousand Immortals Hall to pay attention to the progress of the matter.

"I heard that the True Lord of Curse Spring invited a good friend Jing Mingzi to come to help. I wonder if True Lord Meng knows about it?" Yaowang Sect Baicao True Lord Mu Weijun looked at Guanghan Sect Wu Yue'e with some worry.

Wu Yue'e smiled slightly and said, "Senior Shi has taken the Qingchen Sword to stop Jing Mingzi. I think he can't reach Tianji City."

All the real people nodded. Even if Tongtian Lingbao is a little worse than the real people of the same level, if it is just to block, as long as the other party does not fight hard, it will not be a big problem. Moreover, the purple and green swords disappeared together!

Only Qiao Mubai thought to himself that according to the Great Freedom Flying Sword, the Qingchen Sword was a declining spiritual treasure. Even if its strength had not recovered, it was still on par with ordinary immortals, not to mention Shi Xuan's attainments in swordsmanship.

His Great Freedom Flying Sword was not far from the fourth heavenly tribulation.

"Masters, the Qingchen Sword has changed and is called Qingsuo, for the purpose of rebirth." Chu Wan'er smiled and interrupted, in a very good mood. Although Master Jiang had some difficulty more than 30 years ago, he still successfully survived the third heavenly tribulation and was consolidating his realm.

The immortals smiled. They had never seen a Tongtian Lingbao change its name. Then, Ge Huangting of Xiaoyao Sect asked, "So, it was Immortal Master Meng who came to visit alone?"

"The ancestor estimated that Immortal Master Zhuquan would stop her outside the city, so the one who came to visit was another low-key Immortal Master Yijie Yangshen. He had some connection with an immortal who died tragically in the Loose Cultivator Alliance and had received the grace of his half-master. He was the most suitable candidate. Haha, speaking of which, he also had some connection with Immortal Master Qiao." Wu Yue'e smiled and looked at Qiao Mubai.

Qiao Mubai's handsome face was blank. He couldn't think of who it would be, and the other immortals were the same.

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A clear escape light flew out rapidly from the yellow sand outside the Western Wilderness. It was about to reach Tianji City. Suddenly, a green sword light flashed, and a sharp aura was raging. The sky and the earth were covered with sword energy. Every sword light seemed to come from the sky, ethereal and traceless but extremely sharp.

The yellow sand sky was instantly dark, and the sword light turned into beautiful and brilliant stars and rose up, forming a mysterious formation around the Ziwei Emperor Star, trapping Jing Mingzi in it. White Tiger, White Rainbow, Azure Dragon, etc. came from all directions, and this sword formation also brought a trace of ethereal blue sword light, which was even more mysterious and dangerous.

Jing Mingzi was reminded by the True Lord of Curse Spring and was prepared, but he did not expect that the opponent's swordsmanship was so strong, which was almost the same as the swordsmanship of non-sword cultivators at the level of celestial immortals, and brought the power of the Lingbao flying sword to the fullest.

A Qingguang treasure mirror appeared behind his head, emitting endless light, shining on the blue sky above and the center of the earth below. The ethereal sword light in the light was fully revealed and became very heavy. Unfortunately, Jing Mingzi was half a beat slower, and saw the stars shining in the sky, and the bright light penetrated the nine heavens, making his body feel dizzy and spinning.

Although he was protected by his natal spiritual treasure "Dongwei Zhuyou Mirror" and was not hurt, when the stars in the sky disappeared and the green sword light disappeared, Jing Mingzi became more solemn, because he was in an inexplicable world with strange and spectacular scenery. Above him, there were thunderclouds of various colors roaring and shining, and below him, there were thousands of miles of glaciers crystal clear and continuous. The laws of heaven and earth suppressed and weakened him.

On the highest ice peak, a young Taoist in a plain green robe was sitting cross-legged, and a girl in a green dress was standing beside him, making tea and dividing water. In front of him was an ordinary table. He smiled lightly and said, "Master Jing Mingzi, why bother to fight for the curse spring? Why not have a cup of tea and chat for a while on such a beautiful day?" Being able to suppress others with power, Shi Xuan naturally would not be idle and fight.