In the hidden peak, Nan Cheng slowly let out a breath of turbidity.
In his long hair, his thin cheeks were glowing with a very unhealthy blue color, and his slightly sunken pupils lacked much energy due to excessive fatigue. He was also extremely thin at the moment, and his steps when walking were unsteady, like a lump. Rusty iron, who can imagine that before entering Yin Peak, he was still a handsome young man from a noble family.
He took the jade tablet and came to the treasure house for the last time to get the spiritual fruit.
"Forty-three." Nan Cheng handed the jade plaque to the old man and reported his number.
The old man took the jade token and took a look at it. He took the book and made a note, saying, "There are exactly forty-three jade tokens left that can be obtained."
Nan Cheng was slightly surprised: "What a coincidence?"
The old man glanced sideways at him: "You don't know?"
Nan Cheng frowned, thinking that one C-shaped jade tablet could extract thousands of spiritual fruits. He had used it several times before, but only took out about two hundred, and now he was almost running out... Unexpectedly, the senior took it. There are so many, but what is left in it is just enough for me to complete my practice. The senior is really a master in this world, and he has no clues.
He was secretly surprised and admired in his heart. After the old man handed him the spiritual fruit, he took the bag, carried it on his back, and walked towards the retreat.
When passing by the edge of a hidden peak hanging high in a cave somewhere, Nan Cheng suddenly stopped.
He raised his head and looked at the skylight-like cave.
There was a flash of light.
"This is..." Nan Cheng thought for a while and said, "Someone lit up the sword star?"
"The Hidden Peak here should be close to the mountainside. I didn't expect to see it so far away... Could it be that there is another genius in Sword Peak?"
Nan Cheng looked at the dark place where the light disappeared, and felt a sense of fighting in his heart.
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On the top of the Tiancao Peak, the heavy snow is still sweeping violently, and the strong wind blows through thousands of caves, and the howling sound is endless.
Ning stood on the cliff for a long time, with the stars shining in his eyes, and the cold wind blowing his white clothes. His figure was as bright as the moon, reflecting the brightness of the sky and the earth.
Ning Xiaoling looked at him, all her senses seemed to be taken away at once. After a long time, the sound of falling snow and the howling of the wind filled her ears little by little, but with a faint and unreal feeling.
When many people saw this scene, they also had the same illusion in their hearts. He was obviously just an outer disciple, so why did he have such an immortal spirit
Lu Marry looked at the shattered and disappearing sword armor, and watched the sword intention floating out like a line of fine sand and dust. Its edges were a little rough, but the line in the middle was extremely pure. It surrounded Ning for a long time. The body rotates like a small earth dragon surrounding it.
Lu Marian raised her wrist slightly, and as the sword skills rose and fell silently, the sword domain withdrew, and the violent wind and snow blew into the domain again.
"You did a pretty good job." Lu Married gave a faint compliment and said, "It's just a bit opportunistic. This time you prepared for a long time before you managed to achieve it, but how could everything be like this?"
The starlight gradually dissipated, and the dots of light between the sleeves became fainter and fainter, like dying fireflies.
Ning Changjiu said: "Thank you Master for your teaching."
Lu Marian held a long sword and her long hair was spread loosely. Her cold voice sounded again: "Then so be it."
The disciples under the snow cliff reacted belatedly. Lerou, who was standing outside the entrance to the inner peak, took a long time to come back to her senses. She wrung her hands on her chest, then immediately released them, and moved away with an uneasy expression. He turned and walked into the shadow of Neifeng.
In the words of her master and other disciples, she also understood how Ning Changchun did it.
He seemed to have secretly learned a good teleportation formation. He first dug the formation talisman on the Sword Star and the ground, activated the formation, and then sent the burning firewood pile on the ground to the Sword Star to burn the star.
Then he used the same method to move the sword armor in the light domain to the outside of the light domain using the teleportation array. Without the power provided by the starlight, the sword armor would be self-defeating.
The whole process was so smooth that Ning Jiujiu did it without spending much spiritual power.
Therefore, some disciples think that this kind of behavior is just a little cleverness, or even a shameless act, but Lerou considers herself not a fool. She can still understand the difficulty of this matter, just to let the light field of the star shine onto his painting. Regarding the formation, she didn't know how to accurately calculate it successfully.
Maybe Na Ning Jiujiu does have some ability.
It's just that he has hardly practiced in the past two months, and has been thinking about how to ignite the sword star with heresy, just to be in the limelight tonight... Humph, he pretends to be so calm on the surface, but in fact he is very vain on the inside, such a hypocrite If you stay in the inner peak, sooner or later you will lead Ning Xiaoling to evil, and you may even harm the master!
Fortunately, the master's tone just now was very calm, and he didn't think very highly of his flashy style.
In the sky, the starlight gradually extinguished and everything returned to normal.
Ning Xiaoling walked up to him excitedly and said with a smile: "What did senior brother just do? It's so powerful."
Ning Jiujiu lowered his voice and said, "This is a very powerful art of sword and fire rising into the air. I will teach you secretly when I return to the room."
Ning Xiaoling nodded doubtfully.
She opened her palms, and the sword intent in her palms condensed into a soft line, like willow branches in the spring breeze.
"This sword intention seems to like me very much." Ning Xiaoling looked at the palm of her hand, like watching a fish by the water.
Ning Changjiu said: "Junior sister is naturally loved by everyone."
"Senior brother is lying again." Ning Xiaoling rolled her eyes with a smile, closed her palms, and held the sword intention in her palms.
Lu Marry explained. "These sword stars were hung in the sky by the founder of the Mountain. There are many sword intentions hidden in each one. The ancestor's cultivation back then is said to have reached above the five paths. These sword stars have been absorbed into the body or embedded in the sword. Among them, they are all of great benefit to sword cultivation.
Ning Xiaoling nodded and said: "Master is really a good person. After his death, he will bless Jianfeng for a hundred years."
Ning Jiujiu closed his hand, raised his head, looked at the stars floating in the air, and said, "Their material seems to be very special."
Lu Marry nodded and said: "According to the records in the sect's archives, these sword stars are made from the remains of flying stars from the sky."
Ning Jiujiu was slightly surprised: "It's actually something from heaven?"
Lu Marian said: "Well, among the four peaks, only Tianku Peak has these sword stars."
She seemed not to want to explain too much for this, and suddenly turned her back, looking at the disciples who were still looking at them scatteredly under the snow cliff, and said: "This time Burning Star is over, you all go back, don't have any morning classes tomorrow late."
The disciples under the snow cliff recovered their surprise and bowed one by one to leave.
Ning Jiujiu said: "That disciple also resigned."
Lu Marian said softly: "Wait."
Ning Jiujiu asked: "Master, what else can you do?"
Lu Marian asked: "Where did you learn that little flying formation?"
Ning Changjiu said: "I saw it in a book in the pavilion and thought it was very interesting, so I studied it deeply."
Lu Marian asked again: "Then what is your true state now?"
Ning Jiujiu said: "I haven't entered the Xuan yet."
Lu Marion's eyes trembled slightly, with an annoyed look on her face, and she said, "You still want to lie to me?"
Ning Jiujiu said sincerely: "If I want to enter the Xuan Dynasty, I don't have to spend so much effort. My current state is indeed not enough to light up that star."
Lu Married said yes, without questioning, and said softly: "What are your plans for New Year's Eve?"
Every year during the half month of New Year's Eve, most disciples go down the mountain to visit relatives.
Ning Jiujiu asked, "What are your plans?"
Lu Married said: "When I went up the mountain with my master, my family just thought that I was dead. Now that it has been nearly twenty years, the mortal world has faded away, and there is nothing left to remember our family relationship. Of course, I will continue to stay on the mountain."
Ning Changjiu said: "Aren't there elders still living in seclusion in the mountain? There is no need for the peak master to personally do the guarding of the mountain. Even if you don't return to your hometown, you should go and see more."
Lu Marian nodded and said, "That being said, what joy is there in the world? Although the Lantern Festival on New Year's Eve is beautiful, the singing and dancing of the birds and the flowers will make your eyes dazzled, and you will get tired after a long time."
Ning Xiaoling listened to their conversation, pondered what her senior brother had said, and suddenly asked, "How about we go to Zhao State to celebrate the New Year with Sister Xiang'er?"
Ning Jiujiu glanced at her with relief and said, "I think Junior Sister's proposal is worth considering."
Lu Marian sneered and said, "It's only been two months, can't you bear it anymore?"
Ning Jiujiu turned a deaf ear to her sarcasm and just asked: "Master, do you want to go with us?"
Lu Marry stood in silence for a long time, and finally slowly shook her head and said: "It's rare to have leisure time. Many things have accumulated in my heart, and my sword is dusty. After all, there is no solution. I want to retreat in the Peak Lord Hall for a month. If you go to see Miss Zhao together, Yes, please say hello to her for me."
Ning Xiaoling whispered: "Master really doesn't want to go with us?"
"No, it's better to be a master and just do some cultivation alone on the mountain."
Lu Marion shook her head gently and walked into the snowy night alone.
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It's foggy late at night, and behind the heavy stone cliffs, the main hall of the peak is like a wall of white jade, rising up from the snow. When you look at it from a distance, it looks like you're seeing a bright moon fairy palace, but when you look up close, it's solemn and ancient. On the wall It's as light as the moon's shadow.
Lu Marry stopped at the gate of the Peak Master Hall.
Those who can enter the main hall of the Four Peaks Peak are all great cultivators above Ziting. Only she has the lowest level, the lowest in history. The previous peak master had high hopes for her and regarded her as the future of Tianku Peak. , but no matter how bright the future is, it cannot be transformed into the spring scenery of the present.
The twelfth lunar month of winter had not yet passed, and the heavy snow had not yet penetrated the courtyard and turned into flying flowers. She stood in front of the peak master's hall, sighed deeply, and walked in quietly.
The hanging curtains were like ice gauze, and the faint shadow of the lights reflected her snow-white sword clothes through the gauze curtains. The vastness of the hall made her body appear smaller and smaller.
"What on earth am I doing..." Lu Yueyou closed her eyes, opened her mouth slightly, and murmured to herself.
In the past two months, I have barely made any progress in my cultivation. Is giving lectures to my disciples a sign of respect for them, or am I deliberately avoiding cultivation because I cannot accept myself now
It is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Once she entered the mysterious realm and reached the realm of longevity, she was almost unstoppable, and the master's evaluation of her was that she was a heavenly being, promising in the five realms.
But now, the smoothness of the past has become a heart obstacle.
What's more, during the Imperial City, many people and things left an indelible shadow on her sword heart.
For example, when the old fox showed an almost invincible state, such as when the stranger on the long street on a rainy day took the sword and left, there were Ning Xiaoling, Zhao Xianger... And in the end, the demon broke through the sea of clouds, and there was overwhelming fear. The force and power suppressed her sword so much that she didn't dare to raise her head even an inch.
This is a feeling of fear that becomes more apparent the higher the level.
Even though she later suppressed the fear in her heart and controlled the sword Jiulingtai, she was lucky enough to survive. What followed in her eyes was another knife that suddenly lit up. That knife had been deliberately erased in her mind. It was just a blurry shadow, but it still gave her a sense of powerlessness about the beauty of the world and the insignificance of all things.
This was a scene that would make any mortal fascinated for the rest of their lives, but it was fatal to her when her sword heart was damaged and her path was swaying.
Because I have seen swords and knives that are too powerful, I am afraid to take action. It seems that all my moves are just chopping with a child holding a bamboo knife. If I swing it a little more, I will feel the ultimate beauty in my heart. There was dirt falling on the screen.
She even knew that what she was trapped in at the moment was just a simple mental barrier, but for some reason, she could not break it.
The cold wind entered the hall and the candlelight swayed.
The wind blew the green silk draped over Xiu's back fluttering to both sides, causing the placket close to her thighs to rise forward. Lu Marry turned slightly sideways and closed the door with a thought.
The candlelight stabilized.
Lu Marry sat down on the cold jade-like platform, crossed her knees and flexed her fingers, closed her eyes and rested.
The emotions piling up in his chest today erupted the moment Ning Changjiu lit up the sword star.
She knew very well that Ning Jiujiu's physical condition at the moment was much worse than hers, but even so, he still accomplished the almost impossible thing, and what was she waiting for and what to do? Why don’t you even have the courage to face your inner demons calmly
How ashamed to be a teacher
She closed her eyes, her mind sank a little bit, and she fell into meditation.
On the Tianku Peak, the sword star had already been extinguished after the sword armor was shattered, but Lu Yuemou's heart slowly lit up a little bit, and then more and more shimmers lit up inside her body. It was her sword heart that had gradually disintegrated over the past two months.
For the first time she started trying to piece them together.
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Three days later, New Year's Eve was approaching, morning classes were suspended, the sword field was deserted, and there were fewer and fewer disciples among the quiet peaks, leaving only the remaining snow blowing away.
Ning Jiujiu and Ning Xiaoling said goodbye to Lu Jianmo and walked down the mountain path of Tianku Peak.
Outside the peach curtain, the fairy boat hangs in the air, and several elders guide and protect the disciples on their way home.
"What a big boat..." Ning Xiaoling said with emotion as she looked at the floating boat.
Ning Jiujiu said: "That's Yunzhou. Ordinary flying swords are too narrow and unsafe to step on, and they can't accommodate a few people. For a real trip to the Immortal Family, it would either be a private treasure like Lu Jiaoyu's blue and white sedan chair, or It’s a fairy boat like this.”
Ning Xiaoling praised: "Our sect is really impressive."
Ning Jiujiu smiled and said: "Of course, it's so luxurious to have both an immortal sword and an immortal ship."
Ning Xiaoling didn't hear clearly and asked, "Huh? What sword did senior brother say?"
Ning Jiujiu didn't answer, he just smiled and pulled Ning Xiaoling onto a cloud boat. The helmsman on the boat was wrapped in a big fur and taking a nap. When he took a closer look, he turned out to be Lu Yuanbai.
"Uncle Lu?" Ning Jiujiu was slightly surprised and said with a smile, "What a coincidence."
Lu Yuanbai was also surprised, and then he looked at the little girl following him, and said with a smile: "Young girls are really rare to see. She ranked third in the swordplay at the ski resort and already shocked everyone with her skills. A few days ago The whole audience was in an uproar when the star broke through, and your little senior sister Lerou was so angry that her ears were red, she was so brilliant."
Ning Xiaoling said politely: "Thank you, uncle, for the compliment."
Lu Yuanbai smiled even more happily when he heard the voice of uncle, and said, "Where are you planning to go? Senior brothers and sisters are going home for the New Year?"
Ning Xiaoling said: "Go to Zhao Guohuang..."
Ning Jiujiu interrupted: "Let's go to Linhe City first."
"Ah? Linhe City?" Ning Xiaoling was stunned for a moment and then remembered that that was the place where they stayed with Ning Qinshui before.
Senior brother, don’t you really care about Ning Qinshui’s private money
Ning Xiaoling sighed and said, "That's up to senior brother."
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(ps: Thanks to book friend Xue Jingling for the reward, thank you for your support~)
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