These days, there have been endless speculations surrounding Kunwu.
Some people said that it was the battle of the Snow Domain Temple, Xie Buchen was seriously injured in the fight with Jianchou, so he needed Hengxu Zhenren to stay and heal him; others said that Kunwu had other plans to arrange, and was preparing to deal with the killer of Jiyuyu; of course, there were also many people who speculated that Xie Buchen was about to pass the Heart Tribulation, after all, he had the cultivation base of the peak of the Nascent Soul...
But now, all the speculations have been answered.
The moment the vortex appeared above Kunwu, the entire star sea was instantly boiling. The old monsters and powerful people gathered here accounted for almost all the old monsters and powerful people in the entire Nineteen Continents. How could they not recognize the origin of this vortex!
Following Yashan Jianchou’s breakthrough half a month ago, is Kunwu, the long-renowned genius, finally going to break through as well
Almost everyone stopped what they were doing and watched.
Including the monks from Yashan.
At some point, Fu Chaosheng, Zuo Liu and others also came out, stood behind Jianchou, and looked at him like Jianchou.
No one spoke.
There was no unusual expression on Jianchou's face, as if she was just calmly watching a stranger transcend a tribulation. However, the more she was like this, the more others felt that there was something flowing beneath this calmness.
But what was unexpected was that the situation of Xie Buchen's tribulation this time was beyond everyone's imagination.
The various unexpected scenes during Jianchou's previous tribulation were almost the limit of everyone's imagination. But who could have thought that there would be even more exaggerated ones among the later ones!
Moreover, he appeared so quickly, and his identity as the one who survived the disaster was so special...
If Jianchou's tribulation of self-examination was the most terrifying in the history of the entire Nineteen Continents, then Xie Buchen's tribulation of self-examination was the most bizarre in the history of the Nineteen Continents!
The entire vortex-shaped calamity cloud actually covered the sky above Kunwu for three whole days!
For three days, the golden light shines so brightly that the night becomes as dark as day!
On the first day, the calamity of the heart-searching path came, but the vortex hung in the sky for a long time.
On the second day, it finally began to spin, and as if it was enraged, it made an exception and sent two thunderbolts to the legendary "Heavenly Favored Daoist Son". A moment later, it bombarded with dozens of thunderbolts! Everyone who saw it was stunned;
On the third day, the golden vortex that was originally far away in the sky had turned into deep black!
Jianchou came out of Fu Chaosheng's yard just after dawn. When he pushed open the door, he could see the heart-pounding black sky in the direction of Kunwu in the west!
The vortex of the catastrophe is almost reaching the top of the eleven peaks of Kunwu!
The pressure from the sky and the way of heaven can be felt clearly even if you are far away in the sea of tomorrow's stars!
The rising sun cast golden light on the edge of the vortex, but instead of alleviating the oppression, it made the monks who saw it feel suffocated.
Even someone like her who had withstood the thunder before could not help but be shocked by the calamity at this moment!
Xie Buchen's self-examination was really too weird.
Who has ever heard of a catastrophe that lasted for three days
Moreover, there was no thunder tribulation on the first day, but on the second day, not only did thunder tribulation come, but also a series of thunder tribulations followed two by two! It was like a counterattack after being provoked.
But even so, Daojie seemed unable to achieve its goal.
So on the third day, the calamity clouds that were supposed to be golden turned completely dark and descended from the sky...
There was no thunder.
But it is more terrifying than thunder!
Yesterday and the day before yesterday, the cultivators' spiritual consciousness was still able to reach Kunwu, but because of the formation restrictions at the place where Xie Buchen was undergoing the tribulation, they were unable to get a glimpse of the specific circumstances of the tribulation.
But today...
Even the consciousness of a powerful being in the Return to Void Stage cannot penetrate the calamity cloud, and cannot even touch it!
With this posture, how can he be like a Taoist priest favored by heaven
It's like I've severely offended the way of heaven!
Jianchou looked at it with a frown, and could only guess the reason for this change of calamity.
Originally, overcoming tribulations is a personal matter, especially the tribulation of the heart, and it can be said that outsiders can't help much. From the beginning, she felt that it didn't make sense for Master Hengxu to stay in Kunwu.
Because if he stayed, it would not be of any help to Xie Buchen.
But now...
Is it because this calamity is so strange and dangerous that Hengxu needs to stay and intervene, or is it because of Hengxu's intervention that this calamity has become like this
I can't figure it out.
Besides, Kunwu doesn't seem like the kind of person who would be willing to let others figure things out.
In the past few days, she had asked Prince Wu Duan indirectly and also personally asked the knowledgeable head Zheng Yao, but surprisingly, no one knew anything about it. She didn't even receive any advance notice from Zhenren Hengxu.
The longer this calamity drags on, the more uneasy the people on Xinghai’s side will become.
The meeting was originally scheduled to be held after everyone had gathered. During these three days, many other sects had also arrived. For example, Wangjiang Tower, Yang Sect, Chan Sect, Baiyue Valley, Wuyi Sect, and even the three largest families in the southwest...
But the only one missing is Kunwu, one of the two giants.
For more than ten decades, Zhenren Hengxu has been the undisputed leader of the righteous world. How could he be absent from such a grand occasion
Everyone had no choice but to wait.
Fortunately, the situation is not particularly urgent at this time and can still wait.
Even though the calamity cloud above his head has been hanging for three days, after all, with the presence of a powerful being like Zhenren Hengxu, it is clear that he stayed in Kunwu to protect Xie Buchen, so the possibility of anything happening is not great.
Therefore, people don't need to be particularly worried.
After all, they still have great confidence in Master Hengxu.
But during these few days, the monks did not do nothing.
In the history of the Nineteen Continents, it is extremely rare to have such a grand event that can gather 90% of the monsters and powerful people in the world in the same place.
This is a great opportunity to sit down and discuss the issue, how can we let it go
The cause of the incident started three days ago.
When Xie Buchen's robbery first appeared, everyone was paying attention, including Jianchou and others. But after watching for a while, they found that this robbery didn't make any movement at all, which was really boring.
So Kunwu Wuduan suggested that they just stroll around Xinghai and go out for tea or wine.
Jianchou was not particularly familiar with the Tomorrow Star Sea, but Wang was very familiar with it.
When asked, no one had any objection. It wouldn't do any harm for them to get familiar with the starry sea, so they really gathered together and went out with Zuo Liu, Fang Xiaoxie and others.
Fu Chaosheng seemed to have decided to investigate "Kongcan" and did not go with them.
After walking through most of Shattered Immortal City, they stopped to rest at Lan Ke Tower, the largest and most famous building in the city. This building was located on the bank of Lan River and the scenery was quite magnificent.
They chose a spot by the river and sat down.
At the beginning, it was okay. Everyone just talked about things in Xinghai, nothing special.
——But we can’t handle the situation because Zuo Liu is here!
After just two drinks, his questions started to become wildly imaginative, and naturally steered towards the areas of his daily practice.
The biggest difference between Kunwu and Yashan may be in their teachers.
In simple terms, the master of each disciple is very responsible and will teach them many things related to cultivation. Unlike Yashan, who completely implements the principle of "Master leads you to practice, what's my business" to the extreme.
In comparison, they understand the principles of cultivation better.
As the true disciples of Zhenren Hengxu, and the two at the top of the ranking, Wu Duan and Wang Que's insights are unmatched by ordinary people.
Especially Wang Que.
He originally liked to read various ancient books and had a wide range of knowledge about the cultivation methods in the world. He was also kind and had unusual ideas. He could actually answer seven or eight of Zuo Liu's tricky and strange questions!
Even Jianchou, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but admire his profound knowledge.
Zuo Liu even felt like he had met a master. His eyes sparkled and he danced with excitement. He simply regarded Wang Que as a great scholar and famous teacher. While people were talking, he held a jade slip in his hand and kept recording...
It looked like he would not give up until Wang Que was squeezed dry!
At first, Jianchou could still sit there and listen calmly.
But later on, Zuo Liu asked too many questions, but Wang told him everything he knew. When it came to Taoism and cultivation, he had no intention of hiding anything and told him everything he knew.
At this point, who would be willing to just sit there and listen
Compared to his master's hypocritical appearance, Wang can be said to be a complete gentleman.
Birds of a feather flock together.
The people around a modest gentleman are never bad. Jianchou was finally completely convinced by Wang Que and joined in.
This time, it is not as simple as just a question and an answer.
After all, her cultivation was two realms higher than the others, and her speed in cultivating her mind was amazingly fast. She was a real Return to the Void Great Power. Not only had she read "Forty-eight Records of Qingfeng Temple", she had also come into contact with completely different cultivation methods in the Extreme Domain, and even read all the books left by the owner of the old house in the City of the Dead...
If Zuoliu is a small river, Wang is like a big river. It can be seen that it is not an exaggeration to say that sorrow is a wanton ocean!
Because of different experiences, we have different opinions.
Not to mention, she also has her own unprecedented and most unique "my way".
Once he opens his mouth, he often gets to the point, raises questions that ordinary monks would find difficult to think of, and reveals views that ordinary monks would never touch upon, saying things that have never been said before.
Compared with Wang Que's comprehensiveness and appropriateness, she is more sharp, and because of her own cultivation and realm, she has a higher level of vision.
As early as when Zuo Liu was communicating with Wang Que, many Xinghai monks in the building noticed it. But at first, they were attracted by Zuo Liu's strange questions and wanted to know the answers.
Of course Jianchou and the others would not set up a barrier to prevent others from listening.
So some monks stayed behind, shamelessly listening.
Later, somehow, several disciples of Fudaoshan from Yashan, including Chen Jiu, Chen Weishan, Jiang He and others, all came.
It seemed that he had come out to find Jianchou, Zuoliu and Fang Xiaoxie, but who would have thought that after he arrived he would hear Chou talking about the similarities and differences between the cultivation of the ghost cultivators in the Jiyu Realm and the cultivators from the Nineteen Continents.
So I became interested and sat down to listen without saying a word.
Chen Ju, Chen Weishan and others are not ordinary people.
Kunwu's disciples know a lot, but sometimes too much and too complete is also a constraint. They are not as simple and pure as Yashan's disciples.
Once they arrived and listened, they naturally had their own opinions and doubts.
You ask, I answer.
You say one thing, I say one thing, he says one thing...
After a while, they all forgot about the matter of looking for someone and completely immersed themselves in the question-and-answer session.
This is Yashan, this is Kunwu!
These are the top disciples of the younger generation in the two giant sects. Among them is even Jianchou who broke through to the Return to Void realm some time ago!
The famous Senior Sister of Yashan!
Who would want to miss this opportunity to sit in on the class
Not only were they unwilling to do so, but they also called their friends to come along. Those who were on good terms with each other began to inform each other, and even the cultivators from the other nineteen continents who came to the Star Sea this time knew about it.
Of course, acquaintances like Lu Xiangleng and Ruhua Gongzi came directly over.
So when night fell, the number of people in Lanke Building not only did not decrease, but increased.
Those who participated in this discussion were not limited to the Kunwu monks of Yashan: there were monks from the Star Sea, from the Northern Territory, from the Southeastern Wilderness, from the Southwestern Aristocratic Family, and even from the Old Secret…
A group of old monsters who rarely show up in public on weekdays and have reached the stage of leaving their bodies or even entering the world, have all joined in!
It seems like a large-scale discussion!
The monks practiced every day and were no longer mortals who needed to rest. They did not stop even after a whole night had passed, and monks from all sides kept coming to them upon hearing the news.
Questions or answers, approval or disapproval...
It was a rare occasion where people could speak freely and argue with each other.
Such a grand event can be said to have never been seen in the history of the Nineteen Continents.
We can only get some glimpses of it in some chapters of ancient history.
At this moment, no one present, including Jianchou, had thought that because of this discussion, they would make a significant contribution to the history of the Nineteen Continents.
When later monks mentioned this discussion, they often called it the "Discussion at Lan Ke Tower."
Some people think that this was a struggle between crisis and prosperity before the outbreak of the second Yin-Yang World War; some people think that this was the most desirable discussion of Taoism since ancient times, with no sectarianism, no deep hatred, and all the cultivators were dedicated to Taoism; some people even think that it was from this time that the Great Master Jianchou began to preach to others...
What’s even more interesting is that after carefully studying the last argument, some people made a surprising discovery:
Nearly a thousand monks participated in or listened to this three-day-long discussion. There were 786 monks who were below the state of out-of-body experience or had already achieved out-of-body experience but had not yet examined their consciences.
One hundred and thirteen of them chose the path of seeing sorrow in their future cultivation!
Among these 113 people, 83 were only in the Golden Core stage, and 27 were in the Nascent Soul stage. But what was even more shocking was that three of them had already reached the Out-of-Body stage!
As for the far-reaching impact of this discussion, there is no need to say more.
Just the content of the discussion recorded by Zuo Liu has benefited countless cultivators in the Nineteen Continents. For thousands of years, it has enlightened countless new learners who have just embarked on the path of cultivation, and has also inspired countless people who have encountered difficulties in their cultivation...
All of Jianchou's insights and views on the Tao were later called "The First Chapter of Humanity".
All the monks who embark on the path of human practice after reading this article will call themselves "disciples of Jianchou."
Of course, there was also a time when the Heavenly Dao cultivators and the Human Dao cultivators fought to the death. Because of the mutual attacks and slanders between the two sides, they were jokingly called "Jianchou's running dogs"...
But no matter whether they are "Jianchou's disciples" or "Jianchou's running dogs", to a certain extent they can already reflect the impact and influence of this new "humanity" on the cultivators of the world.
Discussion of Dao in Lan Ke Tower
On the first day, there were less than 20 participants, and only one person who had reached the level of returning to the void was worried;
On the second day, the number quickly grew to more than fifty people. Perhaps because of the presence of Jianchou, the great master of returning to the void, it attracted many cultivators who had left their bodies and returned to the world. Even the Vajrayogini Yangjin from the Old Secret and the leader of the Demon Sealing Sword Sect, Zhang Yuandai, came.
On the third day, some people left, but more people came.
Jianchou left for a while late at midnight the next day.
Of course, she didn't want to leave. After all, it was a rare opportunity to sit down and discuss Taoism with such great figures as the Old Secret Dakini Yang Jinjin and the leader of the Demon Sealing Sword Sect.
But it was Zheng Yao who called her back, so of course she couldn't refuse.
After returning to her residence and looking for Zheng Yao, she learned that something unusual had happened at the Ghost Gate of the East Pole at dusk. They called her back to ask about the details of her leaving the Pole Territory and returning to the Nineteen Continents through the Ghost Gate.
The Dongji Ghost Gate is located on a large peach tree on an isolated island in the East China Sea.
According to legend, when reincarnation still existed, the nine-headed bird carried souls upstream from the Jiutou River, and entering through this gate was the gate of hell.
Although Jianchou was trapped in the turbulence of time and space, he still had some impression of the Ghost Gate after he came out. So after recalling what he knew, he mentioned some situations of the Ghost Gate.
The people in Yashan were naturally extremely solemn, and just said that they had to pay close attention to the situation in the near future.
Once the matter was settled, she had nothing to do with it.
Originally, she planned to go back to Lan Ke Tower and continue discussing Taoism with everyone, but then she changed her mind and remembered that she had been so busy discussing Taoism that she hadn't seen Fu Chaosheng at all in the past two days.
He said before that he was going to look for Kongcan, but two days have passed and there is still no result
When Jianchou's spiritual sense couldn't detect where he was, he remembered that the cultivation level of this great demon was much higher than his own, so it would be strange if he could detect him.
So she went directly to the courtyard that the other party had chosen earlier.
But Fu Chaosheng was not in it.
There was no sign that anyone had ever lived in the room, as if the other person had been out for the past two days and nights and had not returned.
Seeing Chou, he could not help but feel a little worried, and could not help but think of what he had said before about "borrowing" Qu Zhengfeng's "Nine Bends of the River"...
Could it be that he went to "borrow" it from Mr. Medicine King Yiming
I actually had a headache for a moment.
If you think carefully about the character of this great demon, no, the way a demon does things, it is really not impossible.
However, it was difficult to find his trace at the moment. Jianchou remembered the strange vision when he caught the peach petals before, and felt that there should not be many people in the Tomorrow Star Sea who could beat him at this moment, so he forced himself to let the matter go and set out again to Lanke Tower.
On the third day, Lan Ke Lou was as lively as the previous two days.
Not only upstairs, but also downstairs, and even in the air, are filled with cultivators of different levels of cultivation. Some have reached the level of entering the secular world, while others are just at the golden elixir foundation-building stage.
But at this moment, the expressions on everyone's faces were all focused.
When Jianchou arrived, Zhang Yuandai, the leader of the Demon Sealing Sword Sect, was lecturing on swordsmanship. Coincidentally, among the audience was Xiahou She, who had already betrayed the Demon Sealing Sword Sect.
But no one raised any objection to the other's existence.
Zhang Yuandai raised his hand and compared it to everyone, his voice calm: "… The sword is the 'king of all weapons'. It was originally created for killing people. But later, the sword became the 'weapon of the gentleman'. Every gentleman must carry a sword. It can be said that it is no longer just for killing people. The sword is evolving, and the sword art is naturally evolving as well."
Jianchou was very interested in swords, but he rarely listened to people talking about swords.
She walked over quietly and sat in the seat that the playboy had shamelessly reserved for her. She said nothing and just listened carefully.
Zhang Yuandai is worthy of being the head of the Demon Sealing Sword Sect, and his understanding of "sword" is very unique.
"So, the most extreme and powerful way of swordsmanship often doesn't involve killing people."
"But this doesn't mean that a sword that kills people is not powerful. Among the cultivators of my generation, there are only a few who can reach the pinnacle of swordsmanship, and there are even more who can master the side paths of swordsmanship."
"If you were to ask me, which of these ways of killing is the most powerful?"
Zhang Yuandai smiled, with a hint of reminiscence in his eyes. He obviously thought of something and sighed deeply.
"In this way, the most powerful weapon for killing people is the sword of the devil."
"This way returns to the original meaning of the sword, returns to the original sin of the sword, born only to kill. When encountering a compassionate person, kill all the compassion; when encountering a cruel person, kill all the cruelty. Hate everything, kill everything, this is called-"
"Sword Demon!"
The name of the Demon Sealing Sword Sect is related to this.
According to legend, in ancient times there was a sword cultivator who embarked on an evil path and became possessed by the devil. Later, he became a sword demon. He was determined to become the master of all weapons. To this end, he started a bloody storm, slaughtered countless innocent cultivators, and robbed their magic weapons to take them for himself.
But the only thing he lacked was a sword, a suitable sword.
This sword is the Line of Sky at Yashan!
He spent his entire life trying many ways and even managed to sneak into the armory, but he still could not get the sword.
Eventually, his frequent invasions and bloody killings angered Yashan and he was hunted down by several elders of Yashan at the time. When he fled to the location of the Demon Sealing Sword Sect, which was then called the "Hengtian Sword Sect", he was killed by all the cultivators in the Demon Sealing Cave.
From then on, the Hengtian Sword Sect was renamed the Fengmo Sword Sect.
But no one expected that more than a thousand years later, a young man named Xiahou She would accidentally inherit the sword demon's title of "Lord of Ten Thousand Weapons".
Having said this, Zhang Yuandai didn't even look at Xiahou She, but in the end he didn't continue speaking.
Everyone could see that he was not in a good mood.
After all, it has only been a few decades since the Demon Sealing Sword Sect chased Xiahou She but not killed him, and instead forced him into the White Moon Valley. It is really not appropriate to say more about it.
Fortunately, there were many monks present and no one took it seriously.
Soon other monks came out to speak.
Jianchou only had time to look around at this time, and was somewhat surprised to find that Lu Song, the leader of the Spiritual Pavilion, who had almost fought with his master in the teleportation square, was also there.
He was quite tall, but he was not very conspicuous sitting in the corner.
It was not until he heard a certain question and started to answer that everyone, including Jianchou, noticed him. But he did not put on airs and patiently expressed his views.
He didn't have the hot temper he had that day at all.
Since the Spiritual Pavilion is well-known for raising spiritual beasts, the practitioners of this school have quite some understanding of spirits, monsters and demons.
Halfway through his speech, as if afraid that the crowd might not understand, Lu Song touched his beard and actually pulled out a black octagonal ancient mirror from his sleeve, wanting to show it to everyone.
"This mirror is called 'Heavenly Demon Mirror'. It is a secret treasure of my Spiritual Pavilion. It can be used to find demon beasts and monsters. By injecting spiritual power into it, you can sense their existence."
"The range of its induction is related to the amount of spiritual energy injected."
"The higher the cultivation level, the stronger the spiritual power, and the wider the range of its induction; and the closer the demon cultivator is to the induction, the stronger the light of this induction will be..."
As he spoke, he spread out his palm and injected spiritual power into it, intending to continue from here and explain some things about demon cultivation. But who would have thought that the moment the spiritual power was injected, a ball of blazing blue light suddenly appeared on the Heavenly Demon Mirror!
"boom!"
All the monks upstairs and downstairs were immediately excited, and the discussions exploded like a tide!
They heard what Lu Song said just now.
The Heavenly Demon Mirror reacted and emitted a brilliant light, clearly sensing the presence of a demon nearby! It was just unknown how much spiritual power Lu Song had injected into it, and how wide the sensing range was.
Otherwise, we can guess the location of this monster.
Everyone was very excited.
But only Lu Song himself was stunned.
His eyes fell on the small black ancient mirror in his palm. He actually felt a chill down his spine. His expression changed almost instantly. He suddenly stood up and looked around!
No one knows the sensing range of the Heavenly Demon Mirror better than him!
He originally intended it for demonstration purposes and did not inject much spiritual energy into it. After all, he was in the Tomorrow Star Sea right now and an area that was too wide could easily lead to accidents.
Therefore, the sensing range of this mirror actually does not exceed three hundred feet!
and…
Such a dazzling light!
Lu Song has been practicing for thousands of years and has seen countless monsters and demons. He has also seen the reactions of the Heavenly Demon Mirror caused by them, but he has never seen one so horrifying and so intense!
Big demon!
An absolute monster!
And it was within three hundred feet around them!
Lu Song was sweating coldly, his body was tense, and his eyes were filled with deep fear and vigilance. He just glanced around.
Of course, everyone could see that he was facing a formidable enemy.
It seems that something is not quite right...
Jianchou also finished listening to what Lu Song said. At this time, he suddenly had a very bad premonition. He saw the Heavenly Demon Mirror in his hand at a glance. The light on the mirror was getting stronger and bluer!
After only three or five breaths, it felt like the deep ocean!
The entire Lan Ke Building suddenly became extremely quiet.
Everyone's expression became horrified. Besides the noisy heartbeats, they actually heard a slight sound of footsteps!
It was getting closer and closer, as if it was walking up the stairs from downstairs.
Everyone's eyes turned away instantly.
A figure wearing an old azure robe appeared at the corner with the sound of footsteps. He had a pale face, dark eyes that looked a bit like emerald green, and an indelible sense of alienation and isolation...
If it’s not the “guest from Yashan” whose origin no one knows recently, then who else could it be!
Although Fu Chaosheng noticed the change in atmosphere, he had not yet realized what had happened. Seeing that everyone was looking at him with a hint of hostility that made him extremely uncomfortable, he frowned slightly.
He opened his mouth to ask Jianchou, but Lu Song's reaction was so quick
Almost the moment he was sure it was him, he shouted angrily and used the Heavenly Demon Mirror to attack him: "Death to you, monster!"