Volume 2: Yun Ji Cang Hai Chapter 802: Advance and Retreat

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Just when Lin Yi was about to teach a few Luo family disciples, someone came running from a distance and begged for mercy.

He was a thin, middle-aged man with a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, as if he was still recovering from a serious illness. He rushed closer with a face full of surprise. Knowing that he had not recognized the wrong person, he couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead and expressed his gratitude again and again.

Lin Yi was also surprised and puzzled when he saw the Nascent Soul cultivator approaching from far away. Where is the other party hiding? Why haven't I noticed it before? However, he still let several Luo family members go. Just because the intercessor had a chance encounter with Shen Shanzi, the Six God Sect, who was hiding in the stone room to heal his wounds in Mingyuan Hall in Houtu Fairyland.

"Brother Dao, please uphold justice for our Luo family..." Seeing the opportunity, the Nascent Soul monk from the Luo family had already led several clan members to greet him. As soon as he spoke, Shen Shanzi interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "Fellow Daoist Lin is not a bad person. You must have offended someone while you were patrolling the mountain. Go ahead..."

Several Luo family monks looked a little surprised, but they still obeyed the instructions. They each bowed their hands and saluted before leaving. Shen Shanzi then said to Lin Yifen: "Haha! I have known Luo Qiuniang for many years, but her descendants don't dare to be presumptuous!"

Lin Yi nodded slightly and said nothing with a smile. Seeing his confused expression, Shen Shanzi said understandingly: "It's been a hundred years since we said goodbye that day. Now that Fellow Daoist Lin has returned to Kyushu, he must be feeling a lot of emotion!"

Hearing this, Lin Yi was startled. Twenty or thirty years underground, but over a hundred years above ground? He was shocked and doubtful for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Fellow Taoist, please move and speak!"

Shen Shanzi responded with a chuckle: "That's what I mean! Fellow Taoist Lin, please come this way!"

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An hour later, Shen Shanzi left in a hurry with a bit of disappointment and a bit of anxiety. On the top of the snow peak, Lin Yi was alone and thoughtful. It is really hard to believe that one is being tortured in the underground wind, with an uncertain future, and looking back a hundred years later...

On that day, after Lin Yi disappeared with Shimen, Hua Chenzi and Ning Yuan stayed behind to comprehend the stone tablet, while the others left the Wuji Hall to find other celestial beings. In the nine years before the closure of Fairyland, Daoqi Sect, Zhenwu Sect and Gongliang Sect joined forces to massacre the disciples of Shenzhou Sect and Tiandao Sect. The masters among the latter have all gone to the three realms of nothingness, Tai Chi, and Wuji, and inevitably suffered a big loss for this.

After the Houtu Fairyland was closed, the monks from Jiuzhou returned to the mountain gate. Only then did Wen Xuanzi and Songyun Sanren realize that they had been severely deceived by their enemies. However, during this trip to the fairyland, all the fairy sects were greatly weakened and needed to recuperate. While licking their wounds, the enemy and we did not give up, and continued to send disciples to the other side's territory to harass and cause trouble. Therefore, in the next few decades, crises occurred all over Kyushu.

When the term of the century-old leader of Shenzhoumen expired, Baianmen, who was supposed to succeed him, refused. For a time, no one was in charge of the Immortal Sect, and the entire Nine Provinces became even more chaotic.

In the final analysis, what people in the immortal way want is immortality and freedom, not endless fighting and killing. However, a hundred years passed without end, and there were endless disputes. Seeing that this day could not be passed, it was Wen Xuanzi of Shenzhou Sect who finally spoke out. Rather than being in such chaos, it would be better for all the families to come together and fight. This move can not only settle past grievances, but also take the opportunity to elect a true leader to unify the Nine Provinces Immortal Sect...

Wen Xuanzi's initiative is heart-warming. If the disputes between the Immortal Sects can be settled once and for all, and the Immortal Sects of the Nine Provinces can be unified, then all the monks in the world can practice with peace of mind and focus on the path to immortality...

Therefore, the Jiuzhou Immortal Sect invited to fight in the inaccessible Weiyang Sea, fighting under the sky and competing for supremacy on the blue waves. At the beginning of the war, Shen Shanzi of the Liushen Sect was injured by a disciple of the Zhenwu Sect. Unlucky and unintentional to fight, he returned home in the name of recuperating. When passing by Luo's house, he excused himself to stay for a few days.

Shen Shanzi has a long history of friendship with the Luo family, so it makes sense for him to stop by to ask for some healing pills. The head of the Luo family was in retreat and could not see guests, so he had to turn back to the mountain gate, where Lin Yi appeared in the Dengxian Valley.

The news that Lin Yi went to the Immortal Realm back then had already spread a lot in Kyushu. Shen Shanzi was surprised to see this strange man suddenly in the Luo family's Dengxian Valley. What does the legendary fairyland look like and where is it? Could you please give me some pointers...

However, after a conversation, Shen Shanzi was disappointed. Lin Yi said that he had to hide and take refuge until now because he offended the master of transformation. And that ethereal fairyland is still being searched for.

Lin Yi, who had not been seen for a hundred years, was hiding in the Luo family's Dengxian Valley. This is so unbelievable! And if those senior incarnations of the gods knew about this matter and investigated it, they would probably lose their connection with the Tongzhou Immortal Sect. Shen Shanzi was afraid of getting into trouble, so he had no intention of talking and left in a hurry...

At the top of the mountain, at the top of the icy peak, Lin Yiwu clasped his hands behind his back and looked up into the distance. A strong cold wind hit him. He couldn't take off his clothes and looked calm.

After spending a hundred years, I just walked around in circles underground and didn't leave Kyushu at all, let alone the fairyland! The matter has come to this, no matter it is God's will, or the immortal way is too difficult, the worst is to start from scratch!

Thinking of this, Lin took out the purple gourd and took a swig. The breath of wine was getting stronger and the barriers were gradually disappearing. He grinned with unknown meaning and his eyes fell on the snow-capped valley...

From Hou Tu Fairyland under the Ximing Sea to Dengxian Valley in Tongzhou, the two are no less than tens of millions of miles apart. It is obvious that the Luo family deep in the snow-capped mountains has an inexplicable connection with the fairyland. If this matter had been put in the past, Lin Yi might have been surprised. But at this moment, he just remembered the jade slip left by Luo Qiuniang that year, and became more and more curious about this Luo family.

After a while, Lin Yi tied the purple gold gourd to his waist and flew in the air. After flying more than two thousand miles to the south, he slowly stopped. Behind him was Dengxian Valley, and a hundred miles ahead was the location of Luo's manor. There was a hidden heaven and earth ban between the two, isolating the spiritual consciousness from coming and going.

Dengxian Valley, it really has some name! And there was no figure he was looking for in the Luo family.

As Shen Shanzi said before, Luo Qiuniang went into seclusion. However, the woman was not practicing alone, but was in seclusion with two other Taoist friends, and the place of seclusion was extremely secret, and even the clansmen had no way of knowing it...

Lin Yi's rash appearance still alarmed the Luo family, but no one dared to disturb them. Shen Shanzi had already explained when he left that the young man could not afford to offend, so he had to stay away from him.

Luo Qiuniang was not at home, and Lin Yi had no intention of making things difficult for the Luo family. He took out a jade slip and looked at it for a while, thought about it for a while, turned around and flew back. Even if he couldn't find the woman's seclusion place, he might as well spend a few days in this Dengxian Valley. As for the immortal gate battle in Weiyang Sea, does it have anything to do with him?

North of Tongzhou, there are all icebergs and snowy mountains, and Dengxian Valley, which is thousands of miles away, is just a corner of it. Lin Yi climbed over high mountains, through valleys, and across snowfields, and searched for more than ten days without panic, but still could not find Luo Qiuniang's whereabouts.

After resting for a few days, Lin Yi traveled between the snow valleys again. Another half month passed, and he landed in a remote corner, with phantom pupils flickering in his eyes. After a while, he stepped back a few steps and waved his sleeves carefully to brush it away. A gust of wind blew, and the snow was blown up. A stone door appeared more than ten feet in front of him, with four unclear small characters on it: Those who see the Tao, enter.

Lin Yi faced the stone door in silence for a long time, as if he had realized something. He then covered the stone door with snow and flew to another place. Two days later, he really found another stone door in another remote corner. As expected, there were also four small characters on the third stone door of Dengxian Valley: Those who speak the Tao, enter.

In the depths of the silent valley, Lin Yi shook his head repeatedly at the stone door, with a helpless bitter smile on his lips. The three stone doors were engraved with four different small characters, namely, Those who hear the Tao enter, Those who see the Tao enter, and Those who speak the Tao enter. It seems ordinary, but it is not that simple. And it was because of his carelessness that he ended up with no door to enter.

The Tao cannot be heard, seen, or expressed in words, so how can anyone hear, see, or speak of it? If so, the small words on the stone gate are just nonsense. Those who take a step forward will say goodbye to the Tao forever; those who turn around and leave will be further and further away from the Tao. What should people do when they cannot advance or retreat?

Nonsense? Thinking of this, Lin Yi's heart moved. In Hou Tu Fairyland, Luo Qiuniang once mentioned a nursery rhyme accidentally, "You can't cheat more than three times, and you can't ascend to the immortal realm after three times." At that time, I thought that the woman was talking nonsense, but I didn't expect that she meant something else. As the nursery rhyme shows, there are three stone gates in the Immortal Valley. If you can't crack the sentence above, you will have no chance to enter the fairyland.

Now, there are only two stone gates left, and Lin Yi dares not act rashly again. After a hundred years of struggling underground, he did not despair, but was worried about the strong wind in the cave. In addition to the jade slips and various signs left by Luo Qiuniang before, he believed more and more in the existence of the fairyland. If you want to embark on the journey again, the stone gate of Dengxian Valley is a shortcut...

Lin Yi used the jade slip to copy the situation around the stone gate, and then continued to wander in the valley. Another half a month passed, and it was still difficult to find the place where Luo Qiuniang was in seclusion. The mystery of the stone gate will not be solved until this woman does not come out of seclusion. And if it goes on like this, I don’t know how long I will have to wait, so I might as well take the opportunity to return to Xiazhou. Qingyou Valley and Tianzhenmen are worrying, and I still owe Chu Yunzi an explanation...

After weighing the pros and cons, Lin Yi no longer hesitated, went straight to the manor where the Luo family was, found the teleportation array and rushed in. The other party did not dare to stop him and let him leave arrogantly.

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After several twists and turns, within ten days, Lin Yi passed Liangzhou and Yanzhou and hurried to a small town in Rongzhou. Seeing that it was still early, he took a rest.

This is a coastal town. The teleportation array is set up in a courtyard outside the town. As usual, there are family disciples guarding the door, and some cultivators who practice qi and build foundations come in and out.

This time, Lin Yi not only used the teleportation array, but also specifically looked for this remote town. The reason was simple, he didn't want to cause trouble! He walked along the street, holding a jar of local fine wine in his hand, and gradually approached the courtyard guarded by the monk.

With a "pop", Lin Yi threw away the empty wine jar in his hand, wiped his mouth with unsatisfied feeling, and walked forward. He was still more than ten feet away from the gate of the courtyard, and his expression suddenly froze. He saw a man and a woman walking towards him, and they were also stunned. But after a while, one of them suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Haha! It's you kid..."