East Pole Continent, Jianghai area, southeast corner, Qingshanfang.
There are a total of twenty or thirty households in Qingshanfang. The only thing worth noting in this place is the big tung tree at the entrance of the village, which has a primitive atmosphere.
There has always been a legend in this place that before the Era of the Emperor of Heaven, a Heavenly Emperor once walked out here.
That night in the 6000th year of the Emperor's Era, the aura of heaven and earth suddenly changed, and the elements began to riot. Dozens of colorful fragments shot up into the sky, and one of them happened to fall outside the village.
Blind Lu, who had been concentrating on playing the guqin under the ancient paulownia tree, seemed particularly strange. He carefully took back the guqin and walked outside the village. No one knew what happened outside the village that night.
The next day, Blind Lu was still singing and playing the piano as usual. The difference was that there was a baby behind him, and this baby was Lu Chen.
Lu Chen is already eighteen years old this year. According to the saying in mainland China, 'Ten years of drinking Qi and a hundred years of breath regulation', his peers are about to enter the realm of breath regulation, but he has not yet embarked on the path of spiritual practice. If he cannot successfully enter at the age of eighteen, In the Qi Drinking Realm, Tianchi will be completely sealed, and there will no longer be the possibility of practice.
Lu Chen has been different from other children since he was a child. One is that Lu Chen has been very smart since he was a child and can learn anything at once. The other is that when he was a child, he could dream of cultivating great powers at night, fighting in his mind, and practicing great powers said He will also become a practitioner and will always be waiting for him outside the realm.
But all this changed after Lu Chen failed his first baptism test when he was nine years old. Lu Chen was laughed at by people in the town every day, saying that he was delusional. At first, Lu Chen could still refute a few words, but slowly his whole life changed. He began to become depressed, and the only people who could accompany him every day were the neighbor's little dog and the Pisces card he had carried since he was a child.
Later, Lu Xiazi said that as long as Lu Chen could understand the true meaning of the two sentences "What is heaven and earth and what is practice" within ten years, he would be able to start practicing practice. However, if Lu Chen still could not successfully understand it within ten years, he would not be able to understand it. If he fails to pass the baptism test, Lu Chen can only spend his life as an ordinary person.
So these two sentences stayed with Lu Lu for nine years, during which he also set many practice goals.
"To travel around the world and practice spiritual practice." "Failed in baptism and was laughed at."
"Practice for the sake of justice in the world.", "Baptism failed and was laughed at"
"Practice for the great love of the world.", "Baptism failed and was laughed at"
"For wisdom..."
"For love..."
"In order to dominate the world..."
All of these undoubtedly failed, and Lu Chen was laughed at along the way. However, because he was cared for by his own clansmen in Qingfang Village, Lu Chen finally took it lightly and gradually became calmer.
This year is the tenth year. Lu Chen is worried now. The last chance will be in two days. If he can't practice successfully, then he will really become a joke. Ten years of drinking Qi is like a nightmare lingering in Lu Chen's heart. .
"Ah ah ah, what is it? I really want to practice. Lord Heavenly Emperor, if you can sense me, please give me some hints." After saying this, Lu Chen bowed down to the bronze tree.
At this moment, the Pisces card that Lu Chen had brought up since childhood suddenly flashed red, illuminating an ant nest under the tung tree.
One after another, the ants climbed up the ancient paulownia tree, climbed up, fell down, climbed up, and fell down. Slowly, some ants climbed up the treetops, and some ants died of exhaustion on the ground, but there were still countless ants fighting to climb up.
Seeing this, Lu Chen's eyes suddenly lit up and he shouted loudly: "Grandpa, Grandpa, I understand, this is cultivation, and cultivation is to compete with heaven and earth, and compete with all things."
At this moment, dark clouds gathered in the sky and there was lightning and thunder.
Blind Lu looked at Lu Chen and shook his head. Listening to the thunder outside, he did not answer him. He just said lightly: "It's going to rain heavily soon. Go prepare for the baptism test in two days." Blind Lu just finished speaking. It started raining heavily outside the house.
Lu Chen really couldn't understand why his grandfather didn't answer him this time. He just thought that he was right and walked back to the room happily.
The next night, Blind Lu stood in the back hill and looked at the room where Lu Shen was, and said, "Get everything ready. Tonight is the last day. You must not make any mistakes."
As soon as a voice came from behind, "Yes, Master Si Li is all ready. You can complete the final step of strengthening Tianchi for the young master tonight, and the Pisces plate will merge with the young master." If Lu Chen were here , he must be able to recognize this person as Coyotito who has been accompanying him all this time.
Lu Xiazi nodded after listening to the words coming from the person behind him: "It's already been eighteen years, time flies so fast."
"Yes, sir, it has been eighteen years. Ever since my emperor broke through the extraterrestrial passage and ascended, we have been waiting here for the arrival of the young master. Our first step is finally completed, and we no longer need to pretend to be ordinary people. Ha ha."
Blind Lu glanced at the people behind him and said, "Don't slack off, seize the last few days, we don't have much time, we have to start preparing for the next step."
"Yes, Master Si Li."
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Two days passed in a blink of an eye. Lu Chen took the Pisces plate to bid farewell to the villagers and followed Blind Lu to the town's special place for baptism tests.
Just after noon, three practitioners walked out from the Tianchi Lake. They were wearing Taoist robes and their eyes were not scanning the crowd. These three Taoists were sent by nearby sects to assess whether the talents of children over nine years old were suitable for cultivation, and they would select some children with excellent talents for the sect and bring them back to the sect for training.
The three practitioners looked at the people waiting for baptism. This year, there were more children who could be baptized than in previous years, but they knew in their hearts that only one tenth or even one percent of this group of people might have the talent to practice. , when the leader saw Lu Chen, he sighed: It's the tenth year, this kid is so perseverant, but this is the last time.
Lu Chen looked at the huge Tianchi Lake. This was not his first time here. He could be said to be more familiar with this process than anyone on the mainland. At this moment, Lu Chen shouted loudly at the Tianchi Lake. He shouted: "I, Qingshanfang, Lu Chen, will definitely become an immortal cultivator, competing with heaven and earth."
Lu Chen's voice attracted the attention of people around him. Someone who knew Lu Chen said, "Hey, isn't this a waste who hasn't been called a cultivator for ten years? Why do you still want to give it a try after several years? Aren't you afraid of failing again?"
Lu Chen's mood at this time was no longer as weak as before, and he ignored that person.
Seeing that Lu Chen didn't speak, the man's words became even more bitter: "Hey, what about a loser who still has a temper? You don't have to think about it. You are a loser. No matter how hard you persist, you will still be a loser."
At this time, the leader of the cultivators stopped everyone from making noise and said: "I am a Taoist from Tianhuo Sect. I will lead this baptism test. The two beside me are young disciples of my sect. This time the sect's sect The three of us came to preside over this baptism to select young men with excellent qualifications for the sect. If they have outstanding qualifications in the later test, they can choose to join one of our three sects and practice.
When Taoist Rufa opened his mouth to speak, Lu Chen knew what he was going to say, and he followed it word for word. This seemed to be the only thing Lu Chen had learned in the past ten years, even though it was only a very simple cultivation system. However, Lu Chen knew the method of cultivation by heart.
"It's the same words every year. I don't know how to change them. It's boring." After saying this, Lu Chen sat next to Blind Lu and began to rest, waiting for the person to finish explaining.
Four hours later, Taoist Rufa finally finished speaking and asked all those who participated in the baptism to enter Tianchi Lake to wait for the ceremony to begin.
When it was finally Lu Chen's turn to enter, he couldn't bear it when he saw Lu Chen, who had been here for ten years, and reminded Lu Chen to relax his whole body after entering and truly appreciate what he saw. If Lu Chen could practice, he would also lead Lu Chen to the sect. , if you can't practice, you can still live happily as an ordinary person. .
Lu Chen looked at Taoist Rufa. Rufa had provided him with a lot of help over the past ten years. He had a good impression of Rufa Taoist, so he nodded heavily to express his gratitude.
When everyone entered the Tianchi Lake, the three practitioners nodded to each other, pointed the Tianluo in their hands at the Tianchi Lake, and pinched the magic formula. The Tianchi Lake quickly began to churn, and thick fog gradually emitted to cover the situation inside. After completing all three A practitioner began to meditate on the spot, waiting for the baptism to end.
In Tianchi Lake, Lu Chen discovered that there was a cave in this place. It was completely different from what he had seen before during his baptism. The surrounding area was empty and he was the only one.
Lu Chen drifted aimlessly in the lake.
Suddenly his eyes lit up and he saw a huge stone tablet appearing in the middle of the lake. The entire stone tablet was engraved with a huge picture, and next to it was written that the Emperor of Heaven would reverse the attack and restart the era.
Lu Chen looked at the picture carefully and began to understand it carefully. Slowly, the picture began to twist and change.
There was a raging fire on the ground, and countless people were fleeing the disaster. In the sky, seven boys held up a huge compass and shot a beam of light at a monster with ferocious eyes and exposed fangs.
Just when Lu Chen was about to look down again, the scene suddenly changed. Thousands or tens of thousands of practitioners flew up from the ground. They each raised their own magic weapons, released their own monsters, connected the compass and the earth, and continuously Light emanated from the compass.
At this time, the scene changed again. The monks just now disappeared, replaced by lakes everywhere. The continent began to become vibrant, and there were more practitioners.
When Lu Chen saw this, he thought of his dream. The painting was basically the same as what he saw in the dream, but the picture in the dream was more cruel than the painting.
At this moment, Lu Chen suddenly felt hot all over his body, as if something was about to come out of his body.
Lu Chen clutched his chest tightly, and his body began to tremble. Three red lights shot out from his eyebrows, waist, abdomen, and ankles, rotating around Lu Chen and finally connecting to the compass.
Lu Chen's body twisted more and more fiercely, and the time passed minute by minute. The red light was already strong enough to surround Lu Chen, but Lu Chen still just gritted his teeth and persisted. At this moment, there was still someone watching outside Tianchi Lake. Lu Shen's current situation.
This person was none other than Blind Man Lu. Blind Man Lu did not know what method he used. A faint light emitted from his eyebrows, and the situation in Tianchi Lake could be seen clearly.
Seeing how Lu Chen was now surrounded by red light, Blind Lu shook his head and muttered slightly: "It seems that we still failed. We have to find another way."
Just when Blind Lu was about to take back his magical power, his eyes lit up slightly when he saw Lu Chen's actions, and he whispered: "That's enough. I activated the Pisces card without being infected by external forces."
Blind Lu then played the piano. This was to help Lu Chen successfully open the music that Tianchi had prepared long ago. The sound of the piano was gentle and soft, and went straight into the Tianchi lake.
In Tianchi Lake, Lu Chen was still struggling to hold on. Just when he was about to lose consciousness, his hand suddenly grabbed the Pisces plate on his chest while twisting.
As if he had grasped hope, or was unwilling to resist being unable to practice for ten years, Lu Chen shouted loudly: "My name is Lu Chen, Qingtianfang Lu Chen, I will definitely become an immortal cultivator." Then he fell into a coma.
The Pisces Pan seemed to feel Lu Chen's cry. A red light emitted from the fish's eyes wrapped around Lu Chen's body and cut off the red light. Lu Chen's twisting body slowly relaxed.
At this time, bursts of gentle and soft music came from outside the lake. The music reached Lu Chen, but it only surrounded Lu Chen and no longer spread outside.
After a few minutes, Lu Chen slowly woke up, and his Pisces chart dimmed.
Lu Chen rubbed his head and said, "It's grandpa's piano sound, but it seems that he has never heard this piece of music before."
Lu Chen looked around. It was crowded with people. Everything before was gone. There was no island, no stone tablets. Except for the avatars exploding, everything else seemed to be hallucinations. The situation now is almost the same as it was with baptisms ten years ago.
Lu Chen was very curious as to why that kind of hallucination occurred, but he couldn't figure out what happened for a while, so he had to check himself on the spot and wait for the baptism to end.
He began to observe himself. His body was a little stronger and more powerful than before. In particular, his body seemed to be connected to the world and he could feel the movement of all things. Other than that, there were no unique changes.
After checking his body, Lu Chen closed his eyes and began to rest.
Lu Chen thought he had finally succeeded in opening Tianchi, but what he didn't expect was that a tragedy had just begun, and this was the first step in his arrangement.
