Only after he walked to Chu Qi's side did Yan Jiuge turn his attention to look at the ten thousand year old spiritual jade.
"It's better not to split it in half. Keep it first. It can be used as the core material of the Mustard Seed Space Magical Treasure. Then you can carry the Mustard Seed Space with you, and it will be very convenient to plant and refine medicine."
Yan Jiuge was making plans for Chu Qi.
"But can we find a refiner who can make the mustard seed space magic weapon?" Chu Qi hesitated.
He had heard rumors about the mustard seed space, but there were very few weapon refiners in the Yunhua Realm, and even fewer who could create a mustard seed space.
"Yes." Yan Jiuge said firmly.
"Then I'll put it away first."
Chu Qi put the Ten Thousand Years Spiritual Marrow Jade back into his Qiankun bag and put it away, then continued to ask about other rare treasures.
The centipede-like monster was sent to the sect's Lingbao Pavilion for processing, and the python-like monster was left behind. Many parts of it could be used as refining materials, and they could be given to a refiner who could refine mustard seed space, as a favor.
The Lingquan spring was originally going to be moved to Zhongling Peak, but Yan Jiuge suggested leaving it to the mustard seed space.
At that time, under the nourishment of the Ten Thousand Years Spiritual Marrow Jade, the spring will most likely differentiate again. The differentiated spring can be moved to Zhongling Peak. If the spring is moved directly to Zhongling Peak, the spiritual energy of Zhongling Peak is not enough to differentiate into a second spring. If Chu Qi leaves Zhongling Peak, it will be inconvenient to cultivate spiritual medicine.
"Ayan, you know so much." This was not the first time Chu Qi sighed. As early as when he was training in the Yunxi Secret Realm, Chu Qi discovered that Yan Jiuge was very knowledgeable.
Yan Jiuge's fingers froze slightly. He explained, "I heard it from my elders at home."
The Yan family has been passed down from generation to generation, and they know a lot of things.
After arranging the whereabouts of the rare treasures, the two chatted under the locust tree and agreed to go to Lingbao Pavilion to fight the monster together tomorrow.
Chu Qi originally wanted to stay a little longer, but Senior Sister Bai Xuan sent a message saying that the master wanted him to return to Zhongling Peak and had something important to tell him.
Chu Qi was about to leave. Before leaving, he looked at Yan Jiuge's eyes and repeated subconsciously, "See you tomorrow."
"Okay." Yan Jiuge nodded. Seeing Chu Qi calling the white phoenix, he suddenly said, "I'll take you back faster."
With Yan Jiuge's current cultivation level, he could fly Chu Qi back to Zhongling Peak much faster than the white phoenix.
“Chiu!”
Xiaobai cried out from the side, seemingly dissatisfied with Yan Jiuge taking away its task.
Yan Jiuge turned a blind eye and said, "Elder Qingyue is still waiting for you to come back."
"Alright." Chu Qi nodded. He had to hurry back to Zhongling Peak as soon as possible. It would be extremely rude to keep his master waiting for a long time. "Xiaobai, stand on my shoulder in your mimicry."
“Chirp.”
Upon hearing this, the white phoenix changed its previous dissatisfaction, excitedly turned into a little white bird, and landed on Chu Qi's shoulder.
It is such a wonderful thing that it can continue to stay by Chu Qi's side without having to work hard.
Yan Jiuge sent the person back to Zhongling Peak.
Because he had a very close relationship with Chu Qi, six years ago, Elder Qingyue made an exception and gave him a jade pass to Zhongling Peak to make it easier for him to pick up Chu Qi.
In this way, Yan Jiuge can directly send Chu Qi back to the top of Zhongling Peak, and Chu Qi will no longer have to take the trouble to ride the flying spiritual device.
*
The top of Zhongling Peak.
Bai Xuan looked at the two figures approaching from a distance and couldn't help but sigh, "Eight years have passed like a day. Ever since Junior Brother Yan from the sword cultivation lineage established his foundation, my Junior Brother has never come back on a small boat."
Elder Qingyue stood beside her, stroking his beard as he nodded in agreement, "That's right, it's worth it for me to make an exception and give him a jade pass."
While the master and disciple were talking, Chu Qi jumped off Yan Jiuge's spiritual sword and stood not far in front of them.
"Master, Senior Sister, I'm back. Thank you for waiting for so long."
"It didn't take long." Bai Xuan waved at him, then looked up and called out to Yan Jiuge who was still on the spirit sword, "Thank you for your hard work, Junior Brother Yan."
"It's my job, senior sister, you don't have to be polite." Yan Jiuge responded, his eyes always fixed on Chu Qi's figure, his eyebrows and eyes were gentle, "Ah Qi, then I will go back first, and I will pick you up tomorrow morning."
Chu Qi turned around upon hearing the voice and said, "Okay!"
Yan Jiuge flew away on his sword and soon disappeared within the mountain protection barrier of Zhongling Peak.
Chu Qi then withdrew his gaze and when he came to his senses, he met Bai Xuan's mischievous gaze.
"Junior Brother, have you arranged tomorrow's schedule with Junior Brother Yan? Master originally wanted you to go to the library tomorrow."
Chu Qi lowered his head slightly, a little embarrassed, and explained, "I need to deal with the things I gained during my training with A Yan. I will go to Lingbao Pavilion tomorrow. I wonder if Master wants me to go to the Library Pavilion for something?"
"I want you to sort out the books on the fifth floor and roughly classify them. Then the headmaster and I will select some of the books and open them to the sect disciples for perusal."
Elder Qingyue said.
Elder Qingyue witnessed Chu Qi's ability to organize books in the library today. It took only half a day for this disciple with extremely high-level innate wood spiritual roots to organize everything.
Those unruly books have no choice but to obey Chu Qi.
"Okay, I will go to Lingbao Pavilion to hand in my things tomorrow, and then go to the Library Pavilion to sort out the books."
"There is one more thing. The Cloud Secret Realm is not expected to be opened again within a thousand years." Elder Qingyue said this with a serious expression on his face. "In the short term, it will not have any impact on the Yunhua Realm. But in the next hundred years, the opportunities for the cultivators in the Yunhua Realm will decrease, and they will face various problems."
"this… "
Chu Qi hesitated in his heart. He could probably guess the reason why the opening of the Yunxi Secret Realm was delayed. It was probably because the spiritual energy of the core of the secret realm was absorbed by the vine ring.
Elder Qingyue continued, "The spiritual energy of the heaven and earth in the Yunhua Realm is actually gradually weakening, and the environment for cultivators to practice is becoming increasingly difficult. The five major immortal gates have spiritual veins, and the spiritual energy is still abundant. But the situation is not necessarily the case for cultivators outside the five major immortal gates. Their cultivation resources are reduced again, and vicious competition may arise." For example, evil things like killing people for treasures and robbing people on the road.
"Although I suggested to the Sect Master that we keep this a secret for the time being and not make it public, the Tianxuan Sect is not the only one in this world that can detect abnormalities."
Elder Qingyue sighed, "If this matter gets out, the Yunhua Realm may be in turmoil, so you should be more careful when traveling."
"Disciple will remember this."
Chu Qi and Bai Xuan responded.
However, after hearing what Elder Qingyue said, Chu Qi felt a little uncomfortable.
His fingers stroked the vine ring on his wrist and asked Elder Qingyue, "Then Master, if the Cloud Breath Secret Realm could be opened normally, wouldn't the disaster have happened..."
"Not entirely. The exhaustion of Yunhua Realm's spiritual energy and the coming of chaos are only a matter of time." Elder Qingyue shook his head, his eyes clear, "The closure of Yunxi Secret Realm is just the beginning."
Even if the Yunxi Secret Realm can be opened once every hundred years, it cannot change the fate of the Yunhua Realm's spiritual energy being depleted year by year.
"What is coming will come sooner or later, so don't worry too much. Everything depends on human effort. Only a few people will take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos. Most people are good. However, you must be on guard against others. You must practice diligently in the future."
This is also the reason why Elder Qingyue, after discussing with the Sect Master, opened some of the books of the Tianxuan Sect to the sect’s disciples.
The world is about to fall into chaos, and enhancing the strength of disciples is the most appropriate way to protect themselves.
Chu Qi nodded with a heavy heart.
It seems that his plan to explore the Dual Heart Method needs to be done in advance.
*
Chu Qi sat on the mat and practiced all night long without a sleep.
The next day, Yan Jiuge arrived as promised and came to Zhongling Peak to pick up Chu Qi to go to Lingbao Pavilion together.
During the flight, seeing Chu Qi looking worried, Yan Jiuge asked him, "It's only been a day since we last met. What are you worried about today? Your brows are furrowed like a mountain."
Chu Qi subconsciously raised his hand, touched his forehead, and whispered back, "It's not that exaggerated."
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Yan Jiuge asked him.
Chu Qi told what his master had told him yesterday.
After listening to this, Yan Jiuge fell into a brief silence.
The Hidden Cloud Realm had long faced the same problem. The sacred tree was decaying, the spiritual energy was declining, high-level cultivators were unable to ascend, and low-level cultivators were unable to make progress. The cultivation resources between heaven and earth were reduced, and cultivators could only compete with each other. As a result, the Hidden Cloud Realm was in turmoil, and killing, looting and other things happened one after another.
The Yan family is in charge of the discipline and is responsible for the order of heaven and earth, and cannot control the cause and effect between others. Unless some cultivators act too badly and seriously damage the harmony of heaven, they will be killed by law enforcers.
"This is indeed a problem. However, the general trend cannot be reversed by one person alone. There is no need to worry too much. Taking care of yourself is the most important thing." Yan Jiuge said.
"Well, I hope things will turn around in the future."
Chu Qi sighed.
Right now, his strength was too weak, and he was lucky enough to be able to protect Yan Jiuge and his fellow disciples from getting hurt. Naturally, he could not take care of more people.
During the conversation, the two arrived at Yuxiu Peak.
First, hand over the natural treasures agreed upon yesterday to Lingbao Pavilion and exchange them for Tianxuan Sect's contribution points. The disciples who will be training this time include not only Chu Qi and Yan Jiuge, but also 19 sword-cultivating disciples including Liu Weiming. The contribution points should be divided equally.
"Please record the contribution points in their roster first, and transfer them in when they come to Lingbao Pavilion."
Liu Weiming and others were not in Lingbao Pavilion. For convenience, Chu Qi suggested that the manager of Lingbao Pavilion register them in advance.
"There is no problem with this matter, but..." The steward agreed to Chu Qi's request and shamelessly asked about other things, "The spiritual medicines in Lingbao Pavilion have been exchanged by the disciples. I wonder if Zhonglingfeng Medicine Pavilion has any stock? If so, can you exchange some for Lingbao Pavilion?"
Chu Qi had been out training for three months, and the spiritual medicines in Lingbao Pavilion were consumed rapidly. Seeing that there was no supply, the sword-cultivating disciples who came to Lingbao Pavilion to exchange them became very discouraged.
"The medicine pavilion has stock, but I still have some spiritual medicine in my Qiankun bag. Can you use these for now? I'll send another batch of spiritual medicine over later."
Chu Qi took out some extra elixirs from his Qiankun bag.
The steward smiled happily, "Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work, Master Chu."
The menial disciples of Tianxuan Sect are responsible for miscellaneous tasks in various pavilions. Some of the older ones are too embarrassed to call the monks who have higher cultivation than themselves "brothers or uncles", so they use the title "immortal elder" to show their respect.
Chu Qi: "You don't have to exchange the spiritual medicine for contribution points. You can record it in the account book of purchasing medicinal materials, and the two can be offset when the time comes."
Since he discovered a whole vein of spiritual stone in the Yunxi Secret Realm, Chu Qi has no shortage of material possessions. He has nowhere to spend his contribution points, so he might as well exchange them for medicinal materials to continue practicing.
The steward wrote them down one by one.
"Ayan, I still have to go to the fifth floor of the library to sort out the books. You go back first?" The fifth floor of the library is not allowed to be entered and exited at will, so Yan Jiuge could not go in with Chu Qi.
"No. I have nothing to do recently, so I'll go to the library to read some books."
Yan Jiuge didn't want to go back alone.
Chu Qi nodded, "Okay, then we'll go back together."
After the two of them had arranged their daily routine, they thought that the day would pass peacefully, but unexpectedly, they ran into the head of the Tianxuan Sect in front of the library.
"Disciple greets the master." Chu Qi and Yan Jiuge bowed to greet him.
"No need to be polite."
The head of the sect recalled what he had discussed with Elder Qingyue yesterday, and realized that Chu Qi was going to sort out the fifth floor of the library today. He hesitated for a moment, looked at the two most talented disciples in the sect, and said, "Wait for Chu Qi to sort out the books, and you two will follow me to the Sword Peak."
"Disciple will obey the orders of the master."
After responding, Yan Jiuge and Chu Qi looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.
I don't know what the master wants to talk to them about. I can only go to Wenjian Peak and see when the time comes.
The master originally came here today to take away those red scrolls. The fifth floor of the library will be open to the public, so some banned books naturally cannot be left inside.
Unexpectedly, he met Chu Qi and Yan Jiuge at the door of the library, which made him loosen the idea that he had been thinking about all night yesterday.
The Tianxuan Sect's inheritance is divided into two factions, the medical cultivation inheritance and the sword cultivation inheritance. The two seem to have nothing to do with each other, but in fact, in the beginning, their Tianxuan Sect established itself in the Yunhua Realm with the cooperation of disciples from the two factions.
The talent of being able to use a sword and medicine like our founder is hard to come by.
There was no one to inherit the Dual Heart Method, so the founder created the Dual Heart Method for medical disciples and sword disciples to cooperate with each other.
Unfortunately, the medical practice later declined, and the Double Heart Method also fell into decline along with it.
Now that the Yunhua Realm is about to be in turmoil, their Tianxuan Sect must make full preparations.
*
After coming out of the library, the headmaster took them both to Wenjian Peak.
Wenjian Peak is the place where sword-cultivating disciples practice. There is a lingering sword energy on the peak, which prevents birds and beasts from approaching the peak.
Chu Qi used to think that this was due to the sect’s sword-training disciples practicing sword here all year round.
But actually-
This is because there is a sword tomb sealed in the back mountain of Wenjian Peak.
The head of the sect formed seals with his hands and sent six sword energies towards the barrier at the back mountain. The sword intent caused the barrier to change.
"Boom!"
The stone door blocking the three people moved dully to the sides, revealing the sword tomb sealed inside.
Everywhere you look, the murderous aura transformed from weapons lingers in the entire valley. Broken or rusted swords are stuck in the ground in disorder. The bloodstains have long faded into indistinguishable colors. The entire sword tomb is filled with invisible murderous aura, and it looks eerie and cold.
Any sword cultivator's natal spirit sword will be destroyed when the cultivator dies.
Most of the spiritual swords in this sword tomb can never return to their scabbards, and can only remain silent in this way.
"Follow me, be careful and don't touch the sword in the sword tomb." The master warned the two of them.
"yes."
Chu Qi felt very heavy when he stepped into the sword tomb. He was a sword cultivator in his previous life, so he knew how deep the connection between his natal sword and sword cultivation was. Now that the broken sword was buried in the sword tomb, it must be that its master had died.
In this sword tomb, there are as many broken swords as there are corpses of sword-cultivating ancestors.
"This is the natal spirit sword worn by the Tianxuan Sect disciple who died in the ancient war." The sect leader sighed and led them towards the depths of the sword tomb while recounting the past.
"The founder was heartbroken that most of his disciples died without any remains, so he used forbidden techniques to build a sword tomb like this to bury all the deceased disciples of the Tianxuan Sect."
"I brought you here today because I want to verify something. After that, I'll see if you are willing to practice."
As the Sect Master finished speaking, the three of them had already reached the center of the sword tomb.
In the center of the sword tomb stands a huge black iron sword, exactly the same as the sword standing in front of the Tianxuan Sect square.
They are all forged according to the founder's natal spirit sword, and contain the founder's sword intent.
To Chu Qi's surprise, under the black iron sword, he saw spiritual medicine growing around it. It was real medicinal herbs, not ordinary flowers and plants in the square.
—The two of them actually get along well.
In Zhongling Peak, because the sword cultivators have too much murderous aura, they are generally not allowed to go up the mountain at will, so as not to affect the growth of spiritual medicines.
Similarly, planting spiritual herbs on the sword-wielding Wenjian Peak is simply going against the will of heaven.
However, not only were the elixir and the mysterious sword in front of him safe and sound, they were even responding to each other, indicating that the two coexisted and promoted each other.
"My Tianxuan Sect was originally founded with the Dual Heart Method, and later the disciples were divided into two branches because no one could reproduce the talent of the founder. The founder used the Dual Heart Method as the basis and created the Two-Person Heart Method for the disciples of the Medical and Sword branches to practice. Later, the Medical branch found it difficult to inherit, and the Two-Person Heart Method also declined year by year."
Having said this, the headmaster no longer kept the topic secret. He said bluntly, "I called you two here today because I want you to practice the Double Heart Heart Sutra. But this heart suspense requires a lot. If you don't have enough tacit understanding and your minds are not in harmony, you will fail. There are restrictions set by the ancestors in the sword tomb, which can just test whether you are qualified to practice the Double Heart Heart Sutra. Are you willing to give it a try?"
"If you don't want to, listening to the teachings of the ancestor here will also be beneficial to your cultivation."
After the headmaster finished his supplement, his eyes fell on Chu Qi and Yan Jiuge expectantly.
Yan Jiuge didn't know much about this two-person mentality, and he couldn't come to a conclusion for a while. He just said, "I will follow Ah Qi's opinion. If he is willing, then I am willing."
"Disciple is willing to give it a try."
Chu Qi's voice was firm.
The Double Heart Method is a variation of the Double Heart Method and is always beneficial.
"Okay." The head of the sect nodded. After hearing Chu Qi's answer, he assumed that Yan Jiuge also agreed. "You both input a spiritual power into the Black Iron Spirit Sword at the same time. If it is appropriate, the double mind method will be spontaneously transmitted to your sea of consciousness. If it is not appropriate, nothing will happen."
Chu Qi and Yan Jiuge did as they were told.
The two spiritual powers were first merged into one, and then input into the black iron spiritual sword together.
"Buzz!" The black iron spirit sword trembled slightly, and the sword intent gathered from the sword tip, and flowed along with the forbidden runes on the sword body, turning into another momentum.
Afterwards, all the broken swords in the sword tomb emitted sword energy, which was in harmony with this momentum, and the sword tomb was filled with the humming sound of spiritual swords.
Chu Qi opened his eyes wide, his pupils shrank slightly, and a series of scenes he had never seen before emerged in his mind.
[Today I will sacrifice my body to the Tao. If I can protect the country, it will be worth it!]
[Don't worry, I'll be here to guard the center of the formation, nothing will happen! ]
[We have to defend even if we can’t. If we take another step back, either you and I will be crushed to pieces, or all of humanity will perish! ]
[I have no great ambitions, nor the ability to save the world. The people are me, and I work for the people. So even if I die in battle, I will never regret retreating! ]
[…]
Thousands of Tianxuan Sect disciples, before sacrificing their lives, sealed their wills forever in the spirit swords. Even the disciples who practiced medicine were in harmony with the spirit swords, interweaving into thousands of whispers.
Then the voices stopped, and the scenes of war faded away. The sea of consciousness was empty, and only a vicissitudes of life voice sounded, "I created the Double Heart Sutra not to let my disciples die together in the wilderness. Unfortunately, the world is in chaos and there is no way to save it."
"Today, another disciple is practicing the Double Heart Method. Let me ask you a few questions first."
"If we are on the verge of life and death, are you willing to stand by me?"
Chu Qi replied in his sea of consciousness, "My disciple wishes."
"If only one person can live, who will die?"
Chu Qi held his breath and said, "Disciple will die."
"So, the two of you have the same answer, and your minds are in harmony. You are qualified to practice the Double Heart Method. The last question is, after practicing the Double Heart Method, if it succeeds, it cannot be cancelled. In this life, you will prosper together and suffer together. Are you still willing?"
"Disciple is willing."
When Chu Qi finished saying this, the tail end of Yan Jiuge's words rang in his ears. After answering the question just now, the two of them came out of the illusion in the sea of consciousness.
Without giving it much thought, the next moment, the medical and sword duo's mental method was transmitted from the black iron spirit sword into Chu Qi's mind.
A vast amount of inherited knowledge surged in his sea of consciousness. In addition, Chu Qi also found that his perception had undergone drastic changes. Yan Jiuge's aura became extremely special. Even in a sea of millions of people, he could find him at a glance.
The connection between the two was further strengthened as their mind-set took shape.
Then there are various moves, sword techniques, formations, and spiritual enhancement techniques...
What shocked Chu Qi was that he could actually use the Double Mentality Method to borrow the sword energy condensed by Yan Jiuge.
And Yan Jiuge can borrow the spiritual power enhancement technique that he has condensed.
The borrowed parts of the two need to be stored in the double mind method in advance. After use, you need to wait for the other party to store sword energy or spiritual skills before you can continue to use it. In addition, the double mind method will be strengthened as the two people's cultivation level increases.
This kind of mentality is too powerful!
Chu Qi was amazed.
The Double Heart Method created by the founder, even if the disciples of Tianxuan Sect cannot practice the Double Heart Method, the blessing of the Medical Sword Double Heart Method is equivalent to half a cultivator who can fight and heal, and its power should not be underestimated!
What surprised Chu Qi even more was that he would be able to borrow Yan Jiuge's sword energy in the future!
In terms of swordsmanship, Yan Jiuge was at the top of the world. He might be able to learn some tricks from him to better master the Dual Heart Method.
Yes, after inheriting the Dual Heart Method, Chu Qi still did not give up exploring the Dual Heart Method.
After all, the two-person mental method has a big drawback. If one party loses its combat effectiveness, the other party will become a spent force.
If he could live with A-Yan, why should he die with him
(End of this chapter)