The matter between Si Kou Luo and Nan Rongbo was settled. Even Qi Tongchen, who had always protected Si Kou Luo, chose to bless him. Naturally, the other disciples had nothing to say.
That night, Zhu Changyang received the jade edict information from Shen Zha.
Shen Zha: [Brothers, be shocked. The leader of Jijin Sect, Sikou, and Nanrongbo of Hehuan Palace intend to practice together.]
Zhu Changyang: [Shocked, how did you know? ]
Isn't this gossip spreading too fast
He checked the recent daily news and confirmed that Tianjizi had not reported the incident.
That was true. Si Kou Luo had just passed the news down, and the people in Ji Jin Sect had not had time to digest the matter, so it was unlikely that someone would take the initiative to disclose it.
Shen Zha: [The Sikou Sect Master said this himself. He just summoned the heads of all the major sects and informed them of this matter.]
Zhu Changyang looked at Shen Zha's message and had only one thought in his mind: Sect Master Sikou, do you love me so much
Shen Zha: [My master specifically reminded me to be careful when I meet Nan Rongbo in the future. I must not let the Sikou Sect Master misunderstand me.]
Shen Zha: [My master thinks too much. Even if Nan Rongbo doesn't practice dual cultivation with Sikou Sect Master, I still have a good sense of propriety towards Hehuan Palace.]
Zhu Changyang: I understand.
Si Kou Luo was probably telling everyone in disguise to stay away from Nan Rongbo in the future.
Given the style of the Hehuan Palace, Nan Rongbo might not necessarily settle down. Even if he didn't find a few more Taoist companions, he would probably not be able to change his interest in admiring beauties.
But if everyone knew that Nan Rongbo’s dual cultivation partner was Si Kou Luo, those who knew what was good for them would know to keep their distance.
The leader of Sikou is really scheming.
Shen Zha: [Sigh. I heard that Nan Rongbo teased the Sikou Sect Leader three times after drinking. The Sikou Sect Leader has always been aloof and self-respecting. He took the sweet talk seriously and gave in to him.]
Zhu Changyang: “…”
Si Kou Luo's external image is too good. Nan Rongbo must not let him down in this life, otherwise he will be drowned by the spit of the outside world.
Although Hehuan Palace may not care about this reputation.
Zhu Changyang: [No, they are in love with each other.]
Shen Zhe: [How do you know? ]
Zhu Changyang: [I was a guest at Jijin Sect recently and saw it with my own eyes.]
Shen Zha: [Do you consider me as a friend? You didn't even tell me the first-hand information.]
Zhu Changyang: “…”
You people in the cultivation world are really gossipy.
Zhu Changyang: [Reflect on yourself.]
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After living in Jijin Sect for some time, Zhu Changyang received a message from Chang Fengchi, saying that the flashlight workshop had been built and officially put into operation. The flashlights produced were now selling well in Buchendi and Changping, and the income was continuous.
The Baigong Sect suddenly became a well-known weapon-refining sect in the local area, and the quality of its new students also improved, so the entire sect flourished.
Zhu Changyang was very pleased. As the courses in Jijin Sect had just been completed, he planned to return to Buchendi.
Firstly, the Ji Jin Sect is not their sect after all, so it would be inconvenient for them to stay there for too long.
Besides, after all, he has accepted an apprentice, and it would not be appropriate for him to wander around with a trail of suspicion for a long time. It would be better to give Jie Li a place to concentrate on honing his skills.
After much thought, Buchendi is probably the best choice. This is where Zhu Changyang lived when he first traveled through time, so he is quite familiar with it. Moreover, with the support of the local boss Baigongmen, it would be convenient for him to do anything he wants.
So Zhu Changyang discussed it with Jun Shu, and Jun Shu agreed without objection.
Zhu Changyang then took out the jade edict and sent a message to Qi Tongchen, saying that all the secular affairs of the Jijin Sect would be managed by Qi Tongchen, so it would be more appropriate to say goodbye to him first.
Qi Tongchen usually replies to messages quite quickly, but this time he didn't reply for a long time.
Zhu Changyang was just wondering when he saw Hai Qingshan rushing over and saying, "Brother Zhu, Brother Jun, the Sect Master wants you two to go to the Ten-Li Stream in the back mountain."
"Shilijian?" Zhu Changyang asked in surprise, "Isn't that where Fairy Xia Jue is in seclusion?"
The places where the great masters of each sect go into seclusion have always been forbidden areas. Even the inner disciples are not allowed to approach them.
Fairy Xia Jue had finally managed to curb the trend of decline, and her residence should be a top-secret place. Why would Si Kou Luo ask them to go there
When asked about it, Hai Qingshan was not quite sure either. He only said worriedly, "It seems that something happened in Shilijian. The elders went there last night and haven't come back yet. The eldest brother also sent a message to the people of Mishan Sect overnight, asking them to come to our sect. It should be almost time now. I have to go to the mountain gate to wait for them..."
This was quite a big scene. Zhu Changyang's heart skipped a beat and he had a bad feeling. He didn't delay any longer and hurried to the back mountain with Jun Shu.
There was a magic circle outside the Shili Gorge, which was always covered with clouds and fog. But now the clouds and fog had all dispersed, leaving only the clear blue sky and the green water.
Next to the green water is a steep cliff with two lines of poetry engraved on it:
The magnificent universe is endless and will never return.
The brushstrokes are vigorous, penetrating three inches into the stone, apparently completed in one go, showing the depth of his skill.
Right below the poem there is a small cave about ten feet deep. A person is sitting in the cave, and next to him there are some spiritual materials used for refining equipment.
Si Kou Zong sat cross-legged on the edge of the cave, concentrating and making hand gestures, with one hand on the wrist of the person in the cave.
The other elders were standing on both sides of Si Kou Luo, also sitting cross-legged. All of them had solemn expressions, lowered their heads and held their breath, not daring to make a sound.
Zhu Changyang looked into the cave from afar across the green stream and was slightly surprised.
Sitting in the cave was a woman dressed in green. She had white hair without a single strand of black. Even her eyebrows were as white as snow, but her face was very young, probably no more than twenty years old, with small and very beautiful features.
Zhu Changyang had heard that Fairy Xia Jue was hundreds of years old and had already experienced the five signs of decay, so he thought she would be an old woman.
I didn't expect that only her hair had turned grey, but her face still looked like a girl.
The Almighty is worthy of being the Almighty.
However, this once famous powerful man now had his eyes closed, his face was as pale as gold paper, and his aura was extremely weak, and it looked like the situation was very bad.
Qi Tongchen was guarding in front of the Green Stream. When he saw Zhu Changyang and Jun Shu, he quickly gestured to them and led them aside.
Zhu Changyang asked in a low voice: "Brother Qi, what happened?"
Qi Tongchen sighed heavily and said in a hoarse voice: "The Grandmaster has passed away..."
"Soul separation?" Zhu Changyang was stunned. "How is that possible?"
He had been in the world of cultivation for so long, and he had only heard that great men could become weak and die, but he had never heard of their souls leaving their bodies.
The soul is connected to breath, and with a powerful person's high level of cultivation, the control over breath has basically reached the level of doing whatever he wants.
If this is the case, it is impossible for the soul to leave the body.
Qi Tongchen: "I also thought it was impossible, but that's the fact."
After finding the giant terrapin scale armor, Fairy Xia Jue devoted herself to refining weapons. Si Kou Luo then issued an order that all disciples in the sect were not allowed to approach the Ten-Li Stream.
Unexpectedly, at midnight last night, Si Kou Luo suddenly felt that there was some movement in the formation here. He hurried over to take a look and found that Xia Jue had become stiff all over and had no breath in his body.
Si Kou Luo initially thought that Xia Jue had finally collapsed and died, and he was deeply saddened.
When they were about to collect Xia Jue's bones and touched her meridians, they found that there was still a very faint trace of breath in her blood.
Since there is still breath, it means he is not dead, but Xia Jue has lost all consciousness and his body is stiff and cold, which shows that he is dead. There is only one possibility for this situation, that is, the soul has left the body, so that the living person is like dead.
Si Kou Luo quickly gave Xia Jue energy to protect her body.
He then summoned all the elders in the sect to discuss the issue together, but unfortunately no one could figure it out.
The separation of the soul has only ever happened to mortals and some small cultivators of low realms.
With Xia Jue's level of cultivation, this kind of situation shouldn't have happened.
But no matter what the reason is, the most urgent task is to find a way to get Xia Jue's soul back.
Searching for souls and traces is best done with spells and talismans, but the Weapon Refining Sect is not good at this, so they sent a message to the Mishan Sect, a major talisman-cultivating sect, overnight, asking them to send people to help.
Now that Xia Jue's soul has suddenly left his body, Si Kou Luo knows that it is difficult to find the soul, so he orders Qi Tongchen to inform Zhu Changyang and Jun Shu of this matter, and asks them to come to Shilijian as outer sect members.
But he was prepared. In case Xia Jue's soul could not be found, at least her last wish would be fulfilled.
After hearing this, Zhu Changyang felt a little depressed. Everyone in Jijin Sect was a loyal and righteous person, and they just hoped that Xia Jue could survive this disaster.
Just when he was feeling sad, a message came from the mountain gate saying that people from the Mishan Sect had arrived.
Qi Tongchen hurried over to greet him and personally brought him to Shilijian.
The Mishan Sect attached great importance to the Jijin Sect's request and sent the most experienced elder in the sect, Xing Yuehun, and the two best disciples of the younger generation.
After Si Kou Luo finished blessing Xia Jue, he stood up and greeted Xing Yuehun.
Fortunately, Yue Hun had learned the general situation through the jade edict, but when he saw Xia Jue in person, he was still slightly surprised and said, "The fairy lady's situation seems unusual."
The physique of a cultivator is different from that of an ordinary person. When the soul leaves the body, there is still an extremely weak breath in the blood to support it, which prevents the body from decaying and mutating immediately.
Xia Jue has reached the Mahayana realm. Logically speaking, even if his soul is separated, his body should be able to remain unchanged for several months.
But at this time, Xia Jue's whole body was stiff and cold, which was obviously not in line with common sense.
Si Kou Luo certainly knew this, and this was also what puzzled him, so he asked, "Does Elder Xing know the reason?"
"It's hard to say." Xing Yuehun shook his head, "Let me investigate."
He took out a stack of yellow talismans with cinnabar patterns painted on them from the mustard seed bag, made a gesture with his right hand, and the yellow talismans flew into the air, as if pulled by invisible silk strings. They flew to different directions and in an instant formed a formation around the cave where Xia Jue was in seclusion.
Xing Yuehun then moved both hands at the same time, tapping on the yellow talisman one by one. Every time he tapped a place, the cinnabar on the talisman would emit a faint red light.
After finishing a circle, the halos formed a line and suddenly rushed up into the sky, like a huge wave, sweeping across the ten-mile stream.
After a while, the red light faded, and something foggy appeared in the air.
Those things are like smoke and fog, illusion and dew. They don’t seem real at first glance, but they disappear as soon as you touch them.
Zhu Changyang was just wondering what this was when Xing Yuehun explained, "This is the aura."
Zhu Changyang suddenly realized.
The "aura" in the world of cultivation is a broad concept. It is both the "spiritual energy" produced from the major spiritual veins, and the "cultivation" on which cultivators rely to make progress.
The soul is connected to the breath. To find Xia Jue's soul, you must first find her breath.
Xing Yuehun then pasted a talisman on Xia Jue to more clearly detect her aura, but soon showed difficulty, "The fairy's aura is too weak..."
He glanced at the two disciples and said, "Please help me."
The two disciples nodded, made hand gestures together, and then flew out two yellow talismans and stuck them on Xia Jue's body.
The three of them formed a formation, and the cinnabar of the three yellow talismans on Xia Jue's body emitted a faint light at the same time, spreading to Xia Jue's entire body.
Xing Yuehun raised his eyebrows when he saw that the formation was working, and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but at this moment, something unexpected happened.
The three yellow talismans suddenly made a light "pop" sound, followed by a flash of fire.
Xing Yuehun was shocked and immediately changed his finger gestures, but it was too late. In an instant, the three yellow talismans were all turned into ashes.
Seeing that something was not right, Si Kou Luo quickly raised his sleeves, swept away the talisman ash, and asked, "What's going on?"
Xing Yuehun was shocked and said, "The fairy must have been cast under some evil spell."
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.
Qi Tongchen blurted out: "This is impossible."
Not to mention Xia Jue's own high realm, even looking at the entire Piaomiao Continent, there are very few people who can compare with her.
What's more, she has been in the sect all the time and is protected by a magic array. Who could cast a spell on the founder's grandmother without being noticed under the nose of the entire Ji Jin Sect
Xing Yuehun was also puzzled, but that was the fact.
Si Kouluo asked: "Can we still find our master's spirit in this way?"
Xing Yuehun blushed, not wanting to tarnish the reputation of the sect, but he was powerless, so he coughed and said, "If my junior brother was here, maybe we could give it a try, but unfortunately he happened to be out of town these days."
Everyone in the Ji Jin Sect looked at each other in silence for a moment.
The junior brother that Xing Yuehun mentioned is quite famous in the cultivation world. Strictly speaking, he is actually a disciple of the younger generation of Mishan Sect. He just turned twenty this year, but he is extremely talented and is a natural master of using talismans.
Therefore, when he first became an apprentice, he was spotted by the founder of Mishan Sect at first sight and was directly accepted as a disciple. He became an equal of Xing Yuehun, who had already reached the level of an elder, and the head of Mishan Sect.
Qi Tongchen had also heard of this person's name. He exclaimed, "Ah," and said earnestly, "Then could you please ask him to come to Shili Mountain instead? No matter what his request is, we will do our best to satisfy it..."
Xing Yuehun was slightly embarrassed and said tactfully, "My junior brother has something important to do. It's really inconvenient."
Since he said so, Qi Tongchen didn't want to bring it up again.
But this brought things to a standstill.
Although Xing Yuehun's cultivation is not low, his evil magic that can capture the soul of a powerful person like Xia Jue is even more extraordinary.
It is still difficult to find clues relying solely on Xing Yuehun's power.
Zhu Changyang had been watching in silence, but when he saw this, he patted a Mishan Sect disciple on the shoulder and said, "Can you let me see your talisman?"
The Mishan Sect disciple thought he was from the Jijin Sect, so he handed him one and said embarrassedly, "To use the talisman to eliminate the cultivation, one must have a sufficient understanding of the talisman to use it well. We are not as good as Junior Master in this regard, so the talisman formation is still a little worse. I am really ashamed... What are you going to do?"
Zhu Changyang took the yellow talisman and looked it over, saying, "I want to try and see if I can use this talisman."
Xing Yuehun was standing nearby, and he looked over suspiciously, "Are you a talisman cultivator?"
"No." Zhu Changyang answered honestly, "But I have used the talisman before, and I think it works pretty well."
When Xing Yuehun heard this, his face suddenly fell.
Not only is he not an expert at practicing talismans, he has also only "used" talismans before. I'm afraid he can't even be considered proficient in them, but he has the audacity to want to try out their talismans.
What did he regard the talisman of Mishan Sect as
Xing Yuehun scolded: "Nonsense—"
At this moment, a red light suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.
The cinnabar on the yellow talisman in Zhu Changyang's hand suddenly floated up, and the surging power of the talisman spread out.
Xing Yuehun:?!
He swallowed his unfinished words, and Xing Yuehun widened his eyes and asked in surprise: "How did you do it?"
Zhu Changyang said sternly: "It's nothing, I just have faith in my heart."
Xing Yuehun:
Studio:
[No need to replay it this time, I know what his belief is. ]
[I must have recited Newton's three laws of motion again.]
[Newton: Am I the founder of the Mishan Sect?]
The author has something to say:
Fairy: You never expected that I still have a role to play.
"The magnificent world is vast and boundless, and it never returns." This is taken from two lines in Li Bai's "Lushan Ballad Sent to Lu Shiyu Xuzhou": "Climbing high, I can see the magnificent world, and the vast river flows away and never returns."
(End of this chapter)