"Young man, why are you up so early?" The next morning, Zhao Changhe got up and practiced in the yard as usual. The simple old farmer sighed and brought him hot soup: "It's the first day of the new year in a few days. It's not easy for everyone in this world to go on a long journey at this time..."
Zhao Changhe was stunned for a moment.
Watching the snow on Kunlun Mountain, my mind is still in winter, but it turns out that the Chinese New Year is coming soon? Time flies...
It was said that it had not been long since I arrived in Kunlun, but in fact, a month had passed.
I still remember when the announcement of the book about the troubled times was delayed, it was still the beginning of December. I don’t know which day it was, but it might have been almost the end of the first ten months.
The following is a mess, and half a month has passed before I know it...
It's Chinese New Year, but I can't feel the festive atmosphere at all. I'm messing around with a bunch of idiots in the City of Evil. What's even more tragic is that, by this calculation, I'm still on the road on the first day of the Chinese New Year. In fact, I've traveled for a year and a quarter, and I probably spent seven or eight months on the road... For example, from Beimang to Kunlun, it took nearly a month on the road...
No wonder the ancients had so many travel poems, it's really painful.
Zhao Changhe sighed: "That's it. I only celebrated the New Year once in this world."
The old man looked at him sympathetically, not knowing how he understood these words.
Zhao Changhe didn't say much. He thanked the old man for the hot soup and meal, and left the town early in the morning.
Walking slowly in the morning mist, I was thinking, I am one year older. I was twenty when I traveled through time, and I will be twenty-two soon.
At the age of twenty, it was a stretch to call him a teenager. In Suzaku's mind, he called him an "old young man who betrayed his master", and it is even more so now... In many senses, this age is the backbone of the martial arts world. The Book of Chaos sets the age of twenty-five to be included in the Dragon List, which seems a bit high.
Time flies so fast, I’m afraid I’ll be thirty by the time I’m done with my evening makeup.
Uh… In a few days, will Yangyang become an adult? Does it have to wait until her first birthday to count? When is her birthday
If we count from the day the three-year agreement was made, in fact less than a year has passed, because the agreement was made in March... Thinking about it, I am really awesome, mainly because my luck seems to be incredibly good, almost to the level of a chosen one.
The seven, eight and nine levels of the entrance hall belong to the upper three levels, and each is quite difficult. At first, going from six to seven was a not-so-small hurdle. One second I thought it would take a long time, but the next second Xia Longyuan sent me a fruit and it was solved in seconds.
I thought it would take a long time to go from the seventh level to the eighth level, but it was solved by practicing dual cultivation with Yue Hongling in the Xuanwu Secret Realm wrapped in jelly;
According to the experiences of Yue Hongling, Cui Yuanyong, Chi Li and others, it took them more than a year to pass the hurdle from the eighth level to the ninth level. They thought that even a genius could only take a few months. However, a Dragon Elephant Blood Ginseng broke through it directly and reached the door to the secret treasure.
My journey to find the secret treasure actually started from the eighth level of the Xuanguan. I witnessed Yue Hongling's breakthrough process with my own eyes, and was instructed by Yue Hongling to start exploring my spiritual power in advance. I felt that I had been exploring the secret treasure for several months, and all kinds of setbacks and almosts seemed to be the biggest hurdle I faced.
But in fact, if it falls into the eyes of others, most of them will scold you, saying, "What a long time, didn't you just break through to the ninth level?"
Lian Yuxu couldn't help but ask, is there something chasing you from behind
Yes, I have…
After witnessing the power of gods and demons, no matter how well dressed and how powerful one is in the world, he must be like an ant in the eyes of others.
When can we reach that level
… …
After traveling south from Kunlun for several days, I really spent the New Year on the road and could not even smell any firecrackers.
Along the way, you can still see countless towering mountains to the south.
Zhao Changhe knew that after passing through these mountains, the land below should be the land of Shu. Bashan Jianlu was not far away. Yue Hongling said that he would go to visit Jianlu, appreciate Jianlu swordsmanship, and then continue to the southwest to see the Miaojiang Gu.
Zhao Changhe originally talked to Yue Hongling about whether it was possible for them to meet again in this vast world by chance - that is because Bashan and Wushan are very close and belong to the same mountain range. In many poems, the two can even be used interchangeably.
I had already planned to go to Wushan to find Master Xue. Of course, there was a possibility that I would "accidentally" run into Yue Hongling in Bashan and trick her into doing "what you wanted".
After spending so much time in Kunlun, it seems that Yue Hongling had obviously left when I arrived in Bashan...
Bashan Jianlu is the birthplace of Han Wubing, but they fell out, so they have some connection. I was originally interested in taking a look, but now is not the right time. I'd better finish the matter of the Blood God Cult first.
In the Chinese concept, Wushan is always associated with clouds and rain, which makes people feel moved when they hear about it, but in this world it is not so famous... Although there are actually some records of ancient times in this world, there are stories like the Goddess of Wushan, but it seems that the Goddess of Wushan is not an ancient god or demon, but a pure story, so no one cares.
What people care more about is the concept of "witch".
For example, the Blood God Cult, they practice the method of qi and blood, have various types of blood and flesh sacrifice rituals, and even have cruel rituals of peeling people's skin. Perhaps due to the ancient demon god array they obtained, they are cruel and bloodthirsty, evil and vicious, incompatible with civilized society. They are a true demon cult that is much more typical than the Four Symbols Cult.
When Zhao Changhe entered the village, he was just an extra-staff bandit. The atmosphere in the village was already very fierce. If he really joined the religion, it would be difficult to accept.
Therefore, for a long time, people in the world's mind believed that Zhao Changhe, who "came from the Blood God Cult", was a ferocious demon. The origin of the nickname "Bloodthirsty Shura" was related to this. At that time, people didn't even dare to believe that Zhao Changhe could be a knight. It didn't make sense at all.
It is no wonder that this group of people likes the place name "Wu" and turned this beautiful place with gentle mountains and rivers into a devil's den.
Fortunately, their cultivation is very ordinary and it is difficult for them to cause trouble in the world.
The strongest leader was at the ninth level of Xuanguan, and had been stuck at the door to the secret treasure for his entire life. In his forties, at the peak of his martial arts, he had honed his skills for decades, but he was defeated by a girl who was only twenty years old and at the eighth level of Xuanguan, and became a laughing stock until now.
The leader is like this, and the masters at all levels under him also have their limitations.
For example, those who practice Blood Evil Art are either tortured to death by the evil spirit and give up practicing it; or they rely on Blood-Fixing Pills to suppress it, which causes the evil spirit to be dissipated, making their practice useless - once the Blood Evil Art loses the blessing of the evil spirit, it would be better to just find a random body-building technique instead of just practicing it, and it loses its greatest meaning.
Then there are those who practice the so-called advanced Blood God Art, which was once Zhao Changhe's dream goal.
Facts have proved that the effect of this skill is similar to that of taking the Blood-Fixing Pill, except that it does not have the dependence of the Blood-Fixing Pill. It also causes the evil spirit to be suppressed and consumed, and its true value cannot be brought into play.
This was the biggest factor in Xue Canghai's being surpassed in level. Otherwise, in terms of technical training and understanding of martial arts, Yue Hongling at that time really could not compare to him. It was entirely because the martial arts itself was not practiced correctly, and the astute Yue Hongling found the opportunity to win.
No matter how evil a cult like the Blood God is, it is difficult for it to make any waves. As soon as it shows up, it will be chased and intercepted by the Demon Suppression Division under Tang Wanzhuang's rule. Various righteous masters and knights are trying to improve their reputation, but that would be fine, but it was also attacked by the Four Symbols Sect - to be precise, it was a mere Suzaku who came to its door and fought single-handedly from outside the door to the core hall, killing the entire sect so much that they knelt down and surrendered, completely losing their spirit.
The reason was simply that Suzaku felt that "the dead turtle is doing nothing, and we are a little short of manpower, so we need to find some people to do the rough work."
In other words, the evil deeds of the Blood God Cult were actually accumulated in the early years. The declining Blood God Cult in recent years really doesn't have many evil deeds... It's not that they don't want to do evil, but they don't have the ability. The attack on Luojiazhuang is already their most impressive battle in recent years.
During this period, the Blood God Cult was also facing another annoying thing - the Maitreya Cult's eastward advance was frustrated in Gusu, and these days it began to move westward to Jingxiang, where the war was in full swing. So they sent envoys to Wushan, hoping that the Blood God Cult would cooperate in the rebellion.
Xue Canghai was struggling. Of course he wanted to rebel. The atmosphere of massacre over a thousand miles could allow him to break out of the secret treasure. He could also use it to break out of the shackles of the Four Symbols Sect and become independent.
But the Maitreya Sect is not a good partner for cooperation. Although it was very powerful when it first started, it has been resisted by the southern aristocratic militias represented by the Tang family for more than half a year. It has been trapped in a millstone-like situation and has been struggling to move forward. There is no sign of it sweeping across the south.
Do you want to take a gamble
Just as Xue Canghai was negotiating with the Maitreya envoy, Zhao Changhe arrived at Wushan after half a month's trek, riding his black horse in the spring rain.
I recommend a book called "Nine Dragons Fight for the Succession, Only I am Dedicated to Immortality", the world view of "I am the only one who can rule the world" is quite interesting
(End of this chapter)