She said softly, "Master, you are too polite! Thank you for your help years ago. Our army was able to defend Jiangsu and Zhejiang under the massive attack of the barbarian army and then move north. Without your help, our army would have been destroyed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. How could we be here today
"I am a woman of no virtue and no ability. I am just at the center of a storm and was forced to become a king due to the current situation. In fact, I know that I have little virtue. I just hope that after the world is at peace, I can escape and retire."
She was quite touched that the young master was willing to take the risk to come and see her despite being in such a situation.
He said this to let the young master know that he had not betrayed the Evil Lotus Sect, and that he was sitting in this position because of the current situation and had no choice.
Shi Hao smiled slightly and said, "The great cause of the kingship should be held by the virtuous. Since Your Majesty took command of the Yellow Sky Army, you have won many battles and saved the people from danger. This is an unprecedented feat. Your Majesty can rest assured. When you were in Kuaiji, Your Majesty used me as your military advisor. No matter what, I will always stand on Your Majesty's side."
Li Xiuer said gratefully: "Thank you, Master!" The young master's words made her feel much more at ease.
Shi Hao added: "I heard that Fairy Shengxuan of Taisu Fairy Pavilion is also in Chuzhou. I would like to meet her. Please introduce her to me, Your Majesty."
Li Xiuer opened her eyes wide... Are you serious
You are the young master of the Evil Lotus Sect, and you are going to see the Taoist martial arts legend who has never appeared in the world—Fairy Shengxuan
Shi Hao asked, "Your Majesty?"
Li Xiuer stood up and said, "This... Fairy Shengxuan is temporarily staying in Shaohu Academy. She is a fairy-like figure and no one dares to disturb her easily. If you want to see her, I can take you there... Do you really want to go?" She couldn't help but confirm it again.
Shi Hao said: "Please lead the way, Your Majesty."
Li Xiuer said: "In that case, please come in, sir!"
He led Shi Hao out of the hall and headed for Shao Lake. On the way, he tried to persuade the young master not to meet the fairy Shengxuan.
She whispered, "Fairy Shengxuan can be called a fairy among gods, with unparalleled wisdom. Young master is known as a latent dragon, with the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix. If she meets him, she will be able to recognize his talent." If she goes there, she will definitely be seen through. Can she not go
Shi Hao said: "I have little knowledge and have little experience, but I have long admired this martial arts legend. I would die without regrets if I could only see it once." I would go and see it even if I died.
Li Xiuer tried to persuade him in vain, and had no choice but to lead him all the way to Shaohu Academy.
Asking him to wait by the lake first, Li Xiuer entered the academy with her head held high and saw Fairy Shengxuan in white clothes, strolling leisurely among the flower gardens. She stepped forward and said, "Fairy, Master Chongyun, the 'Hidden Dragon', is here to see you!"
Ye Ziyin was such a powerful figure that she already knew who the visitor was while they were still outside the courtyard.
She glanced at Li Xiuer casually, and Li Xiuer's scalp tingled.
Ye Ziyin said, "Master Chongyun, the Hidden Dragon? I have heard of him these past few days. It is said in the martial arts world that whoever obtains the Hidden Dragon will obtain the world. Since he is willing to come, if he can help the Su Army, the world will be in turmoil. Please invite him in."
At this point, Li Xiuer had no choice but to turn around and leave the hospital, bringing Shi Chongyun back into the hospital.
Shi Hao stepped into the courtyard, bowed in front of Fairy Shengxuan and said, "I am Shi Chongyun, and I pay my respects to Fairy Shengxuan."
Fairy Shengxuan smiled and said, "Sir, there is no need to be so polite!" She looked at Li Xiu'er and said, "Master, you are here to discuss important matters. You are busy with your affairs, so go and handle government affairs first."
Li Xiuer had no choice but to say goodbye first. When she left, her body was stiff and her heart was beating fast... Did Fairy Shengxuan see through him? The young master was a member of the Demon Sect and had practiced magic skills. Could Fairy Shengxuan be deceived by him
Ye Ziyin and Shi Hao looked at her stiff back, then looked at each other... Look how nervous you made the girl!
After Li Xiu'er left, Shi Hao stepped forward and hugged Ye Ziyin, saying with a smile: "Sister Ziyin, why did you change the name of Huang Tian Army to Su Army?"
Ye Ziyin glanced at him and said, "How do you know I changed it?"
Shi Hao said: "Huang Tianjun has the support of Taisu Xian Pavilion. With the military strength of you and Su Xi, whoever you support will have the hope of ruling the world. Su Jun, you got the "Su" character from Taisu Xian Pavilion, which is equivalent to telling the world that you and Taisu Xian Pavilion are its backers.
"How dare they use the word '素' without your permission
"It's just one Xuan Army and one Su Army. Xuan and Su represent black and white, but these two words together seem a bit unorthodox."
It should be noted that "Baopuzi" says: "Those who know the art of Xuansu say that only the art of sex can save the world!"
There is nothing wrong with the characters "Xuan" and "Su" when they are separated, but when they are put together, they become "meaningful".
At that time, Ye Ziyin taught him a special skill in Yuanshi Cave Heaven to boost his masculinity and to deal with his master's wife. It was called "Xuansu Heart Skill".
Ye Ziyin asked: "Why did you change the name of Dongting Army to Xuan Army when you first started?"
Shi Hao said: "Because I think that even though the various groups of people are fighting to the death, as long as the two of you leave Yuanshi Cave Heaven and step into the mortal world, with your strength, any other forces will have to stand aside.
“So success or failure doesn’t mean much. If something is far-reaching, you don’t know where it will end. I don’t know how the situation will eventually develop, so I chose the word ‘Xuan’.”
Ye Ziyin said: "Mysterious and mysterious, the door to all wonders! Although the Xuan Army and the Su Army are involved in the Taoist sect and the Demon sect respectively, you are a Taoist and Demon dual practitioner. Taking you as an example, it can be seen that the distinction between Taoism and Demon is not that clear.
“Although Su Xi and I are irreconcilable and only one of us can survive in the end, I don’t want to see Shenzhou fall apart because of this.
"Both the Xuan Army and the Su Army now have the hope of unifying China. But if we must kill each other, the catastrophe of the martial arts world three hundred years ago might be repeated, or even more tragic. This is not what I want. Although the Xuansu Dao is a technique of sex, men lie down and women bend their bodies, holding the womb and receiving the bed. This is also the way to pass on life!
"Su Xi would not want the dynasty that will unify China in the future to continue to use Taoism as the state religion. But I would never want to let the country fall into the hands of the Demon Sect. But if it were you, she and I would both accept it. Although Li Xiu'er was born in the Demon Sect, she was forced to establish herself in the White Dao and accept the support of my Taisu Xian Pavilion. This is also another kind of Taoism and Demonism.
"The Way of Xuansu is one black and one white. But the original Tai Chi Yin Yang fish was also made up of the combination of black and white, which is also a symbol."
In fact, when Huang Tianjun changed its name to Sujun, Shi Hao had roughly guessed the intention behind it, and now it has only been confirmed.
He said, "Sister Ziyin, I have found out that what fell from the direction of the Demon Realm that day was the sixth heaven of the Demon Realm, the Moruo Heaven. Now it has hit Xue Luo, and I don't know what the situation is on Xue Luo's side.
"The Lord of Moruo Heaven is Moruo Tianzi. With his ability, once he possesses a person, he will definitely have the strength of the peak of the human world. In addition, he has four great demon lords under his command, and none of them are easy to deal with."
He told the news he got from the female demon Zhu Meng.
Ye Ziyin nodded: "The Prince of Moruo and the Four Great Demon Lords? Hmm! Of the six heavens in the Demon Realm, only one of them fell to the human world, which is considered lucky. With my knowledge of qi-reading, I have also seen the black fog surging and the demonic energy rolling in the northeast. The reason why I went to Haodu to destroy the Barbarian Court in person was that I hoped that the Su Army could sweep the north of the Yellow River as quickly as possible and expand its influence to Liaodong to prevent those demon soldiers from coming.
"At this time, Caiyao also went to Baitou Mountain to find out how bad the situation was on Xue Luo's side."
Chapter 436: Teaching without distinction, everyone can cultivate immortality
Shi Hao was also worried: "The situation in Tibet is probably not that good. Madam Su Xi said that the Yama Emperor has an immortal body. If we can't find out the secret hidden in his immortal body, even she will find it difficult to kill the Yama Emperor. But we still know nothing about the underworld."
Ye Ziyin said, "We need to wait and see what Xue Luo does. I also received news that the Agu soldiers from the underworld have been pouring into the Western Regions. It won't be long before Shu is unprotected. I'm afraid even Daxing City will be in danger. The most urgent thing is to send people to evacuate the people in Shu. Yue Panlong has already gone to Shu, and I don't know if he can make it in time."
Shi Hao said: "The Xuan army is currently pacifying Huguang and Chuyin, and Madam Su Xi is also unifying the Demon Sect. Once the Demon Sect is unified, the Xuan army can occupy the Han River and then go north to resist the Agu soldiers from the underworld. However, the strength of the Agu soldiers is far stronger than the most elite of the barbarian army in the past, and they seem to be able to go without food and water, and are tireless, making them quite difficult to fight.
“I don’t know if we can really hold Guanzhong by then.”
Ye Ziyin shook his head and said, "Even if they are really immortals who practice fasting, there is still the concept of 'taking the qi', using the vital energy of heaven and earth to maintain health and prolong life. Even if the Agu soldiers really don't eat or drink and are tireless, they must have a source of energy to be able to move. In short, the most important thing at the moment is still intelligence."
Shi Hao said: "Well, the Evil Lotus Sect is also sending spies to the Western Regions to see if they can find out anything."
Looking around, he asked again, "By the way, where is Yue'er? Why isn't she with you?"
Ye Ziyin sighed softly and said, "What happened between you and Yue'er?"
The two of them talked as they walked, and after taking a walk around the academy, they entered Ye Ziyin's dormitory.
The bedroom was simple and not fancy. There was a small golden copper incense burner on the table, with sandalwood curling around it. There was an incense curtain hanging by the window. The window was open, and the breeze rolled up the incense curtain and fluttered slowly.
The low couch was only one and a half feet off the ground and was soft and comfortable. The two sat side by side on the couch, and Shi Hao told them everything that happened in the Kunlun Secret Realm that day.
"I see!" Ye Ziyin sighed softly, "Although you really had no choice at the time, in the end, you were the one who was cruel."
Shi Hao said helplessly: "Of course I knew it, but then a series of things happened and I was too busy. I went to Jingzhou again and didn't even have the chance to see her, nor could I explain it to her."
Ye Ziyin shook her head: "Any woman who encounters such a thing does not want an explanation. I think she knows that what you did was not wrong. However, knowing is one thing, and being able to accept it is another."
He added, "She went north into the clouds. On the day of the meteor shower, a beam of light fell towards the Yanyun direction. This beam of light was different from other 'shooting stars'. I saw that she looked lonely and lost these days, so I found something for her to do and asked her to go and take a look."
"I guess that although most of the Yaochi fairyland collapsed and turned into spiritual energy, some things must have remained and fell into the human world. When we were in Yuanshi Cave Heaven, we explored the Yaochi fairyland several times, but at that time the Yaochi fairyland was covered by purple thunder, so we couldn't stay there for too long. We just took a quick look."
"She might find something if she goes there."
Shi Hao's mind moved, and he now wanted to make every effort to investigate the secrets related to the "immortal world" or the "heaven" that once existed.
If there really were ruins of the Yaochi in the clouds, he would also like to go and take a look.
Shi Hao said: "I'll go find her!"
Ye Ziyin nodded slightly and did not refuse.
Yue'er is her blood relative, so she naturally cares about her very much.
For Yue'er, her biggest concern at the moment is what happened in the illusion of Kunlun Secret Realm that day.
Any pure and innocent woman, seeing her body and mind let go and her last line of defense being pushed open by a man and suddenly pushed away, would have no doubts in her heart.
Ye Ziyin said: "Forget it, you can go to the clouds to find her, but you have to be careful. Since the precious light is hitting Yanyun, it will definitely attract the attention of many martial artists, and there will inevitably be many evil demons among them.
"Since the collapse of Kunlun Immortal Mountain, the entire martial arts world will be affected. More top-level masters will appear in the future. With your current abilities, as long as you hone your skills, your strength will also improve by leaps and bounds. However, the martial arts world is dangerous, so you must not be careless.
Shi Hao asked: "Sister Ziyin, what exactly does it take to become a top-grade master?"
Ye Ziyin smiled and said, "It's not that difficult for you to become a top-grade master. In fact, it's not just you. It will also become easier for other warriors who were stuck at the fourth-grade level in the past."
Shi Hao asked: "What do you mean?"
Ye Ziyin said: "From the perspective of Taoism, to cultivate to the fourth level, one must cultivate the true energy in the body to the extreme, to the point where the inside and outside are transparent and cannot be improved, and then continue to compress it, compress it to the extreme, in order to sense the 'mystery' of the origin of the universe, and then use this mystery to cultivate profound energy.
"As for the Demon Sect's skills, up to this point, they are actually similar, except that they cultivate demonic energy. Cultivating mysterious energy is the first step to advance to the upper level, and many people are stuck at this step. This step is so mysterious that it is impossible to explain. In the past, we only knew that we could advance to the upper level by doing this, but no one could explain why we had to do this."
Shi Hao seemed to be thinking: "But now, I have already gained the mysterious energy before I even reach this stage."
Ye Ziyin said, "That's right. Now it seems that the two energies of Taoism and Demonism were originally cultivated together. The inner elixir of Taoism is a real treasure cultivated by the human body itself, and the source of Demonism is actually the fruit of the big tree in the Demon Realm. It is a real outer elixir that contains the essence of heaven and earth. Only when the two are combined can one transcend the ordinary and become a saint."
She reached out her hand, holding a pen, and drew two dots on the rice paper: "Suppose, the one on the left is Taoism, and the one on the right is the devil. In everyone's cognition, Taoism and devil are incompatible, so those who practice Taoism and those who practice devilism go to extremes..."
She drew a line from these two points to the left and right, and added a point at the end of each line: "When you reach the fourth level, you must compress the true energy and the devil energy to the extreme, so as to connect to the origin of the universe, and then you can obtain the mysterious energy.
"But you have obtained Xuan Qi in such a simple way, so can we consider it as..."
She put down her brush, picked up the rice paper, and folded it downwards, so that the two points that were originally at the two ends of the rice paper, which were the farthest apart, came closer to each other: "The cultivation of Taoism and Devil is like this circle. After going to extremes, they actually end up in the same place
"The so-called origin of the universe is actually the same point. The paths taken by Taoists and demon cultivators seem to be completely different, but they actually reach the same point. And you, by fusing these two initial points together and practicing, can obtain the profound energy, but others have to go through a long journey before they can complete it?"
Shi Hao nodded and said, "After I told Xiaoyan the principles of cultivating Xuan Qi, she did as I said and quickly cultivated Xuan Qi. But she couldn't directly fuse Yuan Qi like I did."
Ye Ziyin said: "Like you, to reconcile Taoism and Demonism and cultivate vital energy, you need to reach a very high level of 'Taoism follows nature' to be able to do it. The reason why you were able to complete it was also an accident. But cultivating the mysterious energy that was originally only possessed by top-grade masters now seems to be an extremely simple thing. As long as you 'cultivate Taoism and Demonism' from the beginning, you can do it.
"You just told the method to the girl named Xiaoyan, and she was able to cultivate Xuan Qi very quickly, that's it. From this point of view, there is actually no real barrier between the middle and upper grades. It is completely because the martial arts world in the past forcibly divided Taoism and Demonism, so that in the past two thousand years, no one could find the method."
Shi Hao thought about it and said, "This can't be helped. The roots of Taoism are the Huang-Lao techniques, and the Demon Sect only needs to obtain the Demon Source, but the Demon Source is controlled by the demons in the Demon Realm. Those vicious and cruel Demon Sect rituals are not necessary for the demon cultivators, but they have become something they have to do.
"In this way, the struggle between Taoism and the devil has completely become a struggle between good and evil, and naturally they are irreconcilable."
Ye Ziyin said: "That's right! However, even Su Xi and I only slowly realized this truth from you, how can others understand it? If I guess correctly, in the beginning, the Taoist inner alchemy technique was a practice for mortals, and the fruit on the peach tree in the heaven was the 'immortal pill' bestowed by the heaven to the practitioners in the lower world.
"After a cultivator has cultivated his inner elixir to perfection and passed the test of Heaven, and was granted an elixir by Heaven, he could be reborn, transcend the ordinary and become a saint, and then cultivate a true immortal body."
Shi Hao said: "As a result, the Heaven Palace collapsed, and the cultivators only had the inner elixir and could not obtain the outer elixir. And the peach tree in the fairyland fell into the hands of the Yin Demon, and was constantly transformed by the demonic energy, becoming the so-called source of demons, and developing into the current 'Demon Sect'?"
Ye Ziyin said: "That's right! But there is one thing, there is no spiritual energy in the original human world. Only after practicing the inner elixir to the extreme and then being granted the immortal recipe by the heaven, that is, the real outer elixir, can one enter the heaven and come into contact with spiritual energy.
“And now, with the collapse of Mount Kunlun, the barrier between heaven and earth has been broken, and the human world is filled with spiritual energy.
"Do you know why our Taisu Immortal Pavilion can lead the martial arts world and produce top-notch warriors almost every generation? It is because we have mysterious means to contact the heavens.
"And ordinary warriors can only reverse yin and yang and come into contact with the 'Heavenly Way' after they have cultivated to the fourth level. The spiritual energy of the heavens contains the energy of Tao and Demon. In the process of peeping into the 'Heavenly Way', the Taoists get some 'Demon Energy' and the Demons get some 'Tao Energy'. Only then can they successfully cultivate the Mysterious Energy and have the possibility of advancing to the upper level."
Shi Hao said: "It's just like Bai Lan could only transform into a dragon in the human world, and had to enter the heaven to practice before he could transform into a dragon. In the beginning, the human world without spiritual energy could only practice martial arts, but with the current prosperity of spiritual energy, in fact, everyone has the opportunity to 'become an immortal'
Ye Ziyin said, "Yes! That's right in theory, but the current martial arts world only knows that there are changes in the world, but they don't know the truth behind it. But as time goes by, decades and hundreds of years later, after repeated attempts by martial artists from various factions, it becomes a matter of course for the world to change from martial arts to immortality."
Shi Hao was secretly amazed, imagining a world where everyone practiced Taoism!
Then he thought that Master's wife had obviously also realized this, so she quickly improved the Xie Lian Sect's skills and passed them on to the sect's inner disciples, wanting to make the Xie Lian Sect the first immortal cultivation sect in the world.
Sister Ziyin said that after several decades, the martial arts world would surely be able to gradually develop the "Immortality Way" through repeated attempts. It seemed that she did not intend to tell the martial arts world about her knowledge, but rather to take the initiative as the Taisu Immortal Pavilion to further reveal the secrets of the martial arts world.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh: "When I continue to practice, when I reach the stage of transcendence and become a saint, I will definitely open an academy in the martial arts world, divided into elementary schools, middle schools, and universities, to teach martial arts and the immortal arts that will inevitably develop in the future.
"Anyone who is willing can enter primary school, and those who are talented can enter middle school and university. No one is afraid of coming, and there is no discrimination in education. Let every child have the opportunity to learn how to practice martial arts and cultivate immortality in my academy."
Ye Ziyin was stunned: "Why is this?"
Shi Hao said: "The dual cultivation of Taoism and magic is the right way, but anyone can have the opportunity to cultivate Xuan Qi, but I don't know how many talented people have been stuck in the past two thousand years. The martial arts of the world can obviously reach a higher level long ago, but they have never made any progress.
"More than two thousand years ago, we took the wrong path. Now, after two thousand years, we are still on the wrong path. Why is that? In the final analysis, it is because all the sects are closed and conservative. They only know how to make a fuss about the martial arts within their sects and lack real communication.
"If all martial arts in the world were taught in the academy, and everyone learned martial arts and studied together, the martial arts of the world would have reached a new height long ago. Top-grade masters would be like crucian carp crossing the river, and those who could glimpse the way of heaven would also emerge in an endless stream. It wouldn't be the case that there was no one who could transcend the ordinary and become a saint in the past 2,600 years."
He raised his head, his eyes sparkling, "I don't want to remain like this for the next 2,600 years. I wish to use my own power to make everyone in the world practice martial arts, starting from the next generation. I wish to gather generations of talented people from all over the world to promote martial arts, until everyone in the world has the opportunity to come into contact with the immortal way, and let the world's immortal learning reach a new height that people today cannot imagine."
Even with Ye Ziyin's extraordinary talent and wisdom, he was still stunned at this moment.
It is common practice in the martial arts world to cherish what one has. Even she had never thought of such a grand wish as his before.
—Time, she was actually moved by it, looking at Shi Hao, she felt that his whole body seemed to emit a vast light, and the whole world seemed to be lit up by it.
Chapter 437: A Night at Shao Lake, Exploring the Mysteries in the Clouds
Shi Hao continued: "In fact, I think that spiritual energy can do a lot of things, not just martial arts, it can even be used to promote production, so that the fields can produce more food, and make various means of transportation better and faster.
"As long as immortal methods prevail, we can even create a large number of magical tools that allow relatives thousands of miles away to talk to each other, and tools that allow mortals to fly in the sky. To achieve this, we need to let more people learn and study the immortal way, and then let the large amount of spiritual energy between heaven and earth be used in everyone's life.
"Instead of the current situation where each sect secretly studies and fears that their achievements will be leaked out, the inheritance will be cut off. I hope that with my power, after three or five generations, China can achieve universal education and cultivation for all, so that spiritual energy can be studied and used by people all over the world."