However, Ji Yuan also knew that now was far from the peak of change. Perhaps twenty years later, after a generation of people had adapted, this change would truly show its due effect, and the various branches of literature and martial arts would blossom brilliantly. But even so, the current situation was already extremely rare.
Ji Yuan had no intention of visiting the Xia Yong Palace. Just as he had originally thought, Buddhism was more prosperous here and had overwhelmed the later forces of immortality, at least in the capital. Even on the streets of the city, Ji Yuan could feel the Buddha's light from the pagoda very clearly.
Ji Yuan was very happy to see this. After all, the cultivator named Tang who had competed with Zuo Wuji for Li Feng had an unclear relationship with Zhu Yan, and it didn't look like he was coerced by Zhu Yan.
Although there are many immortal sects in the Southern Wilds that have ambiguous relationships or agreements with the mountains in the Southern Wilds, Ji Yuan also understands that each immortal in the world has his own ambitions and ideas, and he is afraid that there will be many people who stand against Ji Yuan in the future.
Without staying long in Xia Yongjing City, as there was no one he wanted to see in the city, Ji Yuan went straight out of the city. Jin Jia left the blacksmith shop in a daze. He must have remembered the old blacksmith's kindness, but he didn't know how to repay him. As the master, Ji Yuan had to help him.
There is no need to do anything too exaggerated. The local ghosts and gods will know about it and ask them to thank you for the blessings after death. Or you can write a magic word to give to them.
When Ji Yuan was halfway to Kuinan, Xuanjizi's magical flying sword appeared in the sky and flew straight towards Ji Yuan. At the same moment, Ji Yuan noticed the existence of the flying sword, raised his hand and drew the sword light down from the sky.
The flying sword came into Ji Yuan's hand and he held it for a long time. It also supplemented some important information in the past seven years, and made Ji Yuan frown and relax from time to time.
"Even if I wander around for seven years, it seems that I can't change the trend."
With a light sigh, Ji Yuan sent a "no hindrance" thought back to the flying sword, and then used the sword technique to send the flying sword back into the sky, and it flew back to Tianji Pavilion at the speed of chasing the stars and the moon.
…
At about the same time, Yangming Zhenren of Yuhuai Mountain was taking his two disciples Shang Yiyi and Guan He to the nearest fairy port. They came out of Tianji Pavilion and were about to return to Yuhuai Mountain.
Nowadays, Yuhuai Mountain is quite famous in the world of immortal cultivation. With the help of the Dazhen Fengshan ceremony, it has suddenly become a holy place for immortal cultivation recognized by heaven and earth. The benefits of this are not just a question that sounds loud. I don't know how many immortal palaces and sects are dissatisfied, and how many cultivation families want to get in touch with Yuhuai Mountain.
In recent years, the news of the reopening of Tianji Pavilion spread like wildfire, and people from various immortal palaces came to Tianji Pavilion to pay their respects. Although Yuhuaishan is not a sect led by a head master, it is a loose holy place for cultivation. In order to fight for its own luck and presence in the world of immortal cultivation, Yuhuaishan has also worked hard in recent years.
With the help of Tianji Pavilion, the formation diagram of the Immortal Palace Flying Boat had been completed long ago, and two ships were directly refined at the same time. It was only a matter of time for training to be completed, and it would also be integrated into Yu Huaishan's unique Taixu method.
At the same time, Yuhuai Mountain was preparing for the establishment of the fairy port, and was also actively visiting various fairy palaces and fairy ports outside, and was even preparing to set up a treasure house hosted by the Wei family.
Yu Huaishan's active attitude seemed to make some of the monks in the mountain gate "younger", and they were enthusiastic about working for the sect's honor and disgrace, and it also boosted the activity of some friendly sects.
As the next generation of disciples of Yu Huaishan who will shoulder heavy responsibilities, Yangming Zhenren's two disciples are naturally often brought by him to come into contact with various things. Some immortal cultivators can focus only on cultivating immortality, but generally speaking, not many immortal cultivators' paths will be smooth and without any waves. Coming into contact with all kinds of people and things is also a kind of practice and training.
"Master, are you really the governor of the first flying boat of our Yuhuai Mountain?"
Guan He and Shang Yiyi had not known about this matter before, and only found out after listening to the conversation between their master and the people from Tianji Pavilion. The former had been somewhat excited since he found out, and finally asked about it this time.
"Yes, the mountain gate has already decided, and you will naturally follow the master, but the rotation every few years has not yet been determined."
Guan He glanced at Shang Yiyi, who also looked delighted.
"Great! This is going to be fun!"
"You guys are still as childish as me!"
Although Master Yangming criticized the two of them a few times, his love for his disciples was evident in his words.
Suddenly, Yangming Zhenren's heart skipped a beat. He looked up to the west and seemed to vaguely see a crescent red moon hanging in the sky. This red moon appeared and disappeared, and seemed to be about to disappear.
"Um?"
"Master, jade pendant!"
Guan He and Shang Yiyi both noticed that their Yu Huaishan jade pendants were emitting bursts of heat and red light.
"This is the Moon Covering Technique. A disciple of our sect is asking for help! Let's go quickly and stay alert!"
“Yes, Master!”
Shang Yiyi and Guan He spoke in unison, and Yangming Zhenren's Fayun also suddenly accelerated, performing escape techniques and flying rapidly towards the west. Judging from the aura of the red moon, the distance should be no more than a thousand miles, not very far.
In the western sky, several thousand miles away from Yangming Zhenren and his companions, an immortal wearing a lavender robe and with disheveled hair was holding a sword and letting the sword drag him as he flew rapidly. Behind him, three beams of light were also chasing him.
"Your term of imprisonment has not yet expired, so don't even think about escaping—"
"Surrender quickly, and I will let you go in another twenty years—"
Loud noises came from behind. The person running away in front was in a very bad condition, and his breathing was extremely unstable, but he held the sword tightly without stopping, and squeezed out the remaining magic power in his body regardless of anything.
"You, do you think I'm stupid? If I'm caught by you again, will I still be alive?"
The person who was escaping was not transmitting sound at all, but more like talking to himself. He had a jade pendant in his mouth, which had been bitten open by him. Bursts of red light were overflowing from it. If one had not practiced the basics of Taixu Law or obtained the regular Yuhuaishan Mountain Gate jade pendant, it would be difficult to see the red light and the red moon. Obviously, the three people chasing him could not see them.
"I don't know where I am, and I don't know if any of our sect's immortals can see me... Come and save me, come and save me..."
The monk screamed wildly in his heart, but the next moment, he felt a strong sense of palpitations in his heart.
"Want to leave? It's not that easy—"
The sound exploded in the sky like thunder, and a ray of white light shone, covering the body of the fugitive even though the light in front twisted rapidly.
"No-"
The fugitive let out a heart-wrenching cry, bit his tongue at the last moment, and spat a mouthful of blood onto the jade pendant. He then spat out the jade pendant mixed with blood and swung his sword.
Whoosh…
The sword flashed and disappeared in an instant, and the fugitive in purple was dragged away by the white light, and his unwilling screams echoed in the sky.
Yangming Zhenren and his two disciples flew for less than half a quarter of an hour when the red moon in the distant sky had disappeared. However, the three of them continued to fly in that direction.
“Master, there is Dharma light!”
Shang Yiyi screamed, but Yangming was already on high alert. A moment later, a purple light flew over quickly and pointed directly at the three people.
"It's a sword, Master, be careful!"
But suddenly, Zhenren Yangming had an idea and cast a spell to attack from a distance. The sword light twisted and quickly flew into Yangming's hand, with a broken jade pendant hanging on it.
"My Yu Huaishan keepsake! Master, can you tell who it belongs to?"
Yangming looked at the sword with a complicated expression.
"I'm afraid it's Uncle Ziyu..."
…
In the city of Kuinan County, without Li Feng, even the Li Mansion continued to operate normally. For the common people in the city, there was no impact at all. The blacksmith shop was open as usual, and the old blacksmith also recruited two new apprentices and seemed to be very strict with them.
Amid the sounds of clanging, Ji Yuan arrived at the door of the blacksmith shop. When the old blacksmith saw a man who looked like a scholar coming over, he immediately understood what he meant.
"Sir, are you looking to buy a sword? I have some fine swords here, too. They're all on that shelf."
Nowadays, some scholars would buy a decorative sword to wear around their waists. I heard that this was a custom introduced from outside, so the old blacksmith pointed to a shelf on one side. There were several swords among a pile of farm tools, which seemed a bit out of place.
Ji Yuan looked at those swords, and only saw swords but no knives or guns. The others were all farm tools. It was obvious that the old blacksmith was also in a hurry to make use of the trendy business.
"Shopkeeper, Ji is not here to buy a sword."
"Ah? Then you, selling farm tools?"
The old blacksmith was stunned for a moment and looked Ji Yuan up and down. He didn't look like those weak scholars, but his hands were clean without calluses, and there was not even a trace of mud in the gaps between his fingernails. It was impossible for him to do farm work, right
"Not really, shop owner. I once had an acquaintance who learned ironwork from you. Although he has been gone for many years, he still remembers your kindness as a master. So today I happened to pass by here and came to thank you. By the way, this is for you. I hope you can keep it well."
As Ji Yuan spoke, he handed a small scroll of calligraphy that had been simply framed to the old blacksmith. The latter looked at Ji Yuan in a daze, and the first thing he thought of was the golden armor.
"But Xiao Jin? Why doesn't he come to see me himself? Where is he? Is he okay? Has he got a wife? Bring the kids to come and see me, an old man!"
Ji Yuan just smiled and glanced across the blacksmith shop. The two new apprentices inside were looking at this side curiously and whispering.
"It's him. He's fine. It's just that it's not convenient for him to come here. He hasn't married yet."
The old blacksmith was both happy and moved. He took the scroll and began to read it, muttering to himself.
"Hey, this kid hasn't married yet, but it's really hard for him to travel around the world with those two hammers. Cuihua is such a good girl, but those female heroes in the world should be tough too. Xiao Jin should be suitable to find one as his wife... He gave me a calligraphy. He knows that I, his master, can't write anything, and copper coins are more useful..."
Ji Yuan looked a little embarrassed, but the old blacksmith still praised him.
"This calligraphy is really beautiful! By the way, Mr. Ji, what does it say on it?"
"Futai Ankang."
"Oh, not bad, not bad. This kid still remembers my kindness!"
Ji Yuan smiled and shook his head. He was about to say something to interrupt the old blacksmith's self-indulgence, but suddenly he realized something and his expression changed slightly.
"Shopkeeper, I have brought you the gift from Jin Jia. I have something to do now, so I will take my leave now!"
"Hey, Mr. Ji, please eat before you leave..."
The old blacksmith politely tried to persuade him to stay, but Ji Yuan had already left in a hurry. A "no" was heard from afar. When the old blacksmith walked out of the shop and looked towards the street, he found that even Ji Yuan's figure was nowhere to be seen.