The winter solstice is getting closer.
Chen Yun, who was hiding in the mountains, felt the strong festive atmosphere.
In ancient times, the winter solstice was a very important solar term and one of the "four o'clock and eight festivals" in the traditional festival culture of the Chinese nation.
There is an ancient folk saying that "the winter solstice is as big as the new year", which reflects the importance of this solar term.
I have to mention here that in the Tang Dynasty, the Winter Solstice was a legal holiday.
Officials are generally given seven days of leave, while official slaves are given three days of leave.
In addition, in the Chinese history of Chen Yun's previous life, emperors would also take advantage of the winter solstice to hold the highest prayer ceremony, the Circular Mound Sacrifice to Heaven.
Of course, this world is slightly different from Chen Yun's previous life. Today, the highest level of prayer ceremony is the Universal Jiao, and the ritual of worshiping the heavens in Yuanqiu is included in the Universal Jiao.
"Seeing that the winter solstice is approaching, I have to go down the mountain to buy some sacrifices for the divine soldiers and generals. The white apes are almost finished eating their fruits, and the flying snakes also want to eat some meat. I have to prepare them well."
After Chen Yun finished practicing in the morning, he thought about it secretly for a while.
Immediately, he decided to take Bai Yuan down the mountain to buy some things and come back for the festival.
…
The foot of Mount Emei.
After more than a month of self-torture, Yin Wuji became as skinny as a zombie.
His eyes were extremely empty, there was no blood on his face, and his whole body was even more dirty.
If someone saw it at night, they would definitely think it was haunted.
"Kill! Kill Chen Pu!"
Yin Wuji's mental state was a little abnormal more than a month ago.
Now another month has passed, and he is completely crazy because he wants to kill Chen Yun to prove his "obsession" to his mentor and sister Xie Lingxiao.
There are many tangible or intangible disasters in spiritual practice.
For example, Chen Yun is in the calamity of lust.
And Yin Wuji is in the calamity of delusional mind.
What is the calamity of delusional mind?
This calamity is dangerous. When practitioners reach the calamity of delusional mind, they will become obsessed with their own spiritual world, thinking that all the rules in this world will change according to their own thoughts.
Precisely because he is addicted to his own spiritual world, he seems to be crazy to outsiders. In fact, only those who have experienced tribulations know that he is not crazy.
If you can't get over it, going crazy is still a trivial matter, and you may die.
But if you can successfully get through it, not only will you not be confused by all the illusions in the world, your state of mind will be greatly improved, and your skills will be greatly improved.
There are generally two ways to survive the calamity of delusional mind.
First, Wukong is needed to break the stubbornness.
Although this sentence comes from "Journey to the West", it does not mean that Sun Wukong can break the catastrophe, but it means surrendering one's own mental ape and getting rid of the so-called "obsession".
Second, solve the root cause of obsession.
That's right, Yin Wuji can successfully overcome the tribulation as long as he kills Chen Yun, just like Chen Yun killed Lin Feiyun before.
"I must kill this kid! Kill Chen Pu!"
As Yin Wuji spoke, his whole body was filled with black energy, and his whole body became very terrifying. A strange blood color shone in his two empty eyes, as if he was about to fall into the devil's path!
…
Guozhou City, not far from Jinquan Mountain, is a state-level city.
This city is far larger than Xigou City. The household registration alone reaches 300,000 households. If calculated based on the ancient family of five, the population would be at least 1.5 million.
The difference between Guozhou City and county-level cities is not just the size and population of the city. It is said that there is also a huge relocation array in the city, which is opened every seven days and allows people to quickly move to other places.
To put it simply, it is a teleportation array.
Chen Yun had only heard of it and didn't know where the moving formation was.
He and Bai Yuan had just finished shopping, and they kept saying, "Don't run around, don't scare people, or I won't take you down the mountain next time."
Bai Yuan squeaked like a child and was a little impatient, as if he disliked Chen Yun's nagging.
Although the white ape seems impatient, it is a good worker.
No, Chen Yun just bought a lot of things. Because the storage ring and sleeves were full, Bai Yuan took the initiative to pick up the pole, and the two baskets were filled with things.
Suddenly, a slightly hoarse female voice sounded in my ears, "Fellow Taoist, you are such a well-behaved white ape. You are worthy of being a born spiritual beast."
Chen Yun looked sideways and saw a tall woman wearing a pink dress looking towards him with a smile.
This woman is visually estimated to be 1.78 meters tall, with a well-proportioned figure, beautiful appearance, piercing eyes, and looks as good as Wang Siyan.
Bai Yuan didn't seem to like this beauty very much. As soon as he heard the sound, he leaned closer to Chen Yun and made a squeaking sound.
Because the other party called him "fellow Taoist", Chen Yun knew that the other party was also a practitioner. He glanced at Bai Yuan, then bowed and saluted and said, "Chen Chongyong has met fellow Taoist, I don't know what to call him?"
"Fellow Daoist Chen, you're polite." The woman bowed in return and said, "My name is Ling Xiao. Today I saw fellow Taoist walking through the bustling city with his spiritual beast. I was surprised and came up to talk to him. I hope you can forgive me for being presumptuous, fellow Daoist Chen."
There was a smile on her face when she spoke, and her eyes looked very clear, as if her words came from the bottom of her heart, but in fact they were not.
This woman who calls herself "Ling Xiao", whose real name is "Xie Lingxiao", is Xie Wushang's daughter, who is also Xie Wuming's sister.
Of course, she didn't come to Chen Yun today to avenge her brother.
The reason why Xie Lingxiao left Xiangxi was entirely because there was no news from Yin Wuji for a month or two.
Xie Wushang deduced that he was seeking revenge from Chen Yun, so he asked his daughter to find someone to take Yin Wuji back.
She had found Yin Wuji a long time ago, but when she saw that he was acting crazy and shouting "Kill Chen Pu", she realized that Yin Wuji and Chen Yun seemed to have fought each other, but they failed.
This made Xie Lingxiao have a strong interest in Chen Yun.
According to her information, Chen Yun was only a seventh-level mage.
Now he can escape from Yin Wuji's hands?
She wanted to find Chen Yun to find out if it was possible for him to kill Yin Wuji and make her the sole heir to the Yinshan sect.
After a period of searching, Xie Lingxiao finally found out about a young Taoist priest near Jinquan Mountain who seemed to be very similar to Chen Yun, so she just waited here. Today, she finally arrived, so she used the white ape as an excuse to strike up a conversation, wanting to know more about Chen Yun. strength.
"Ling Xiao?" Chen Yun smiled slightly, "What a good name."
Xie Lingxiao blinked and said, "How good is it?"
Chen Yun recited a poem casually, "The branches reach up to the sky, but the roots are still at the level of the earth. The flowers of Bu Dao depend on the hair of other trees, and they climb up to the red sun to fight the bright light. Friends of Ling Dao are just like their names, like flowers in the sky, they can Fight brightly against the red sun.”
This poem was written by Yang Hui in the Song Dynasty, and its original intention was to use the flower in the sky as a metaphor for itself.
Lingxiao flower is not a rootless vine. It is good at borrowing things from situations, but it still insists on itself.
However, to Xie Lingxiao's ears, these words seemed to be praising her beauty, and they were turned into verses. This made her smile, and her eyebrows were as bright as the crescent moon. "I never thought that Fellow Daoist Chen could have such talent and speak so well." ."
Chen Yun walked forward and said with a smile: "I did not write this poem. I heard it and remembered it accidentally. Today I heard the name of Taoist friend, and then I blurted out the poem."
The white ape was still chirping and grinning at Xie Lingxiao from time to time.
Chen Yun quickly took out a pear from the basket and handed it over, then patted the white ape on the head to signal the other party not to be rude.
In the past, when the white ape had pears to eat, he would look happy even if he was hurt, but today he was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic. Although he took the pear, his eyes were still hostile, but he no longer barked.
Xie Lingxiao usually read poetry and books, but she had never heard of this poem. She felt that Chen Yun was being modest, but she did not expose it. She just followed the words and said: "Taoist friend Bowen Qiangji, I guess Taoism is also very profound." ?”
Chen Yun said modestly: "General, normal."
Xie Lingxiao sighed and said: "Thinking about the quick method of practicing Yin Shen, I have only been able to practice to the middle stage of an intermediate mage for more than 20 years. My fellow Taoist looks younger than me. It seems that my cultivation level is not bad at all. He must be from a famous sect. Gaozu.”
Chen Yun always felt that the other party seemed to have the intention of exploring his own cultivation. However, the other party did not use the "Qi Observation Technique", a secret technique to explore a person's cultivation, which made him not very disgusted, so he casually said: "Chong Yong is not as good as fellow Taoist." , ridiculously praised.”
Xie Lingxiao was defensive after hearing Chen Yun's words. There was a cunning look in her eyes. She did not continue to ask further questions. Instead, she pointed to the restaurant in front and said: "It's rare to meet fellow Taoist in the mortal world. It's just around noon. Fellow Taoist Chen, can you please show me your face with this poor Taoist?" Let’s have lunch together?”
The other party was polite and courteous, but Chen Yun was not unreasonable and refused to stay thousands of miles away.
He shook his head in refusal and explained the reason: "I'm sorry, fellow Taoist Lingxiao, I've been fasting recently and don't eat grains. I might not be able to have lunch with you."
Hearing this, Xie Lingxiao had no choice but to give up and did not continue to entangle. "In that case, I went to have lunch, so I said goodbye to my fellow Taoist here. We will meet again someday."
Chen Yun bowed and said, "Goodbye, Fellow Daoist Ling."
After saying that, he led Bai Yuan all the way towards the outside of the city.
Of course Xie Lingxiao did not go to have lunch, but looked at Chen Yun's back with great interest and thought to himself: "I have never used my spiritual sense to inquire about it, so I don't know Chen Pu's cultivation level, but he said that he is in the bigu stage, and I want to compare his cultivation level. Gao Shen, I remember that if you practice inner elixir, you have to refine the golden elixir to truly live away from the valley. He obviously didn't refine the golden elixir. He should have practiced Convince Qi or other similar methods of living away from the valley. It is estimated that there are more than seven-level magicians I know, and they may be average. A mage."
The doubts in her mind suddenly became clear, and she finally understood why Chen Yun was able to escape from Yin Wuji.
The inner alchemy originally restrains the Yin spirit.
There is a huge gap between a middle-level mage and a high-level mage. Logically speaking, no matter how restrained he is, he cannot be his opponent.
However, mid-level mages who practice inner alchemy do have the possibility of escaping from the hands of superior mages, as long as they practice some powerful secret techniques.
Xie Lingxiao thought that as Zhong Liquan's direct disciple, Chen Yun must have practiced very powerful techniques.
"If it is true as I guessed, then he has the possibility to kill Yin Wuji."
Xie Lingxiao narrowed his eyes slightly, "But it may be an entire realm different. This possibility is not very big, unless I help him!"
Thinking of this, a vicious look appeared on her face, "Anyone who blocks my way will die! As the direct disciple of my father, Yin Wuji, even after his brother's death, his possibility of inheriting my father's lineage is still higher than mine. I must Seize this opportunity to help Chen Pu kill senior brother. In addition, I need to arrange the formation in advance. I can’t let dad figure out that I cooperated with Chen Pu to kill senior brother. I also need to think carefully about the countermeasures."
"As for how to deal with Chen Pu after killing senior brother..."
Xie Lingxiao suddenly smiled and said, "He helped me have a chance to inherit my father's orthodoxy, and he is so talented in books, why should I deal with him?"
…
On the mountain road.
Chen Yun lowered his head and looked at Bai Yuan, "Little guy, do you think there's something wrong with that woman?"
The white ape carrying the burden squeaked and nodded repeatedly, and kept making gestures with his free hand, as if to tell the other party that he felt extremely uncomfortable.
Chen Yun had just noticed that the other party seemed to have some ulterior motive in striking up a conversation with him, "Well, even you feel that something is wrong with her. If we meet her again next time, we should stay away from her."
The white ape then showed a smile and squeaked to express his happiness.
Chen Yun laughed and patted its head, but he was still wondering why Xie Lingxiao approached him, but he still couldn't figure it out.
He didn't know at all that although Xie Lingxiao had a grudge against him for "killing his brother", not only did he not think about revenge, but he also wanted to help him to completely eradicate Yin Wuji!
Chen Yun thought about it for a while, but because he couldn't think of it, he simply didn't think about it anymore.
He then thought that if the winter solstice was approaching and the birthday of Yuanshi Tianzun had passed, Xie Xie would naturally rush back to Jinquan Mountain.
Once Xie Ziran comes back, he can lead him to fight with the mandrill to stimulate Dao Qi.
Chen Yun is looking forward to what kind of Tao body he will have when Dao Qi manifests himself.
(End of chapter)
