The dense forest is like fog, the mountain shadows are like charm, and everything is silent. The sound of wind blowing through the gaps in the leaves comes from time to time, tugging at the heartstrings. The night was as dark as ever, covering everything.
Under a thousand-year-old tree, Baili Changkong and Baili Hanran sat cross-legged on the ground with their backs to each other, their spiritual energy lingering around them, and a faint halo appearing around them, slowly recovering from the injuries in their bodies.
Not long after, Baili Changkong slowly opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "My heart is damaged. I can't use any strength before returning to the imperial city."
"Half of the meridians in my body were shattered. Even if it is cured, my right arm will be considered useless." Baili Hanran smiled bitterly. I am afraid that I will become a useless person in the future.
"No - it won't happen." Baili Changkong gritted his teeth and said, "When I get back, my eldest brother will personally go to the Baicao Valley in Shennong Mountain to ask for medicine. No matter what, I will make you recover as before."
When Baili Hanran heard this, his mind moved, and Xuan sighed softly: "But can we still go back alive? How can you and I return to the imperial city now that our cultivation is completely ruined? How many people have been invited this time? All the masters are planning something evil, brother, you are really ignorant."
Baili Changkong said with a gloomy face: "The invitation to Uncle Xu this time was planned by my father. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be such a big mistake. Could it be that there is a traitor?"
"Haha, His Royal Highness is indeed smart. It's a pity that you woke up too late." Mo Xun suddenly appeared ghostly in front of Baili Changkong, slowly pulled out a slender sword from the umbrella handle, and walked over.
Unexpectedly, Baili Changkong looked up to the sky and smiled, and said in a hateful voice: "I didn't expect that you were the last killer move. But before I die, can you tell me who wants to kill me and then kill me?"
Mo Xun smiled slightly and said: "I always only kill people and never ask about the identity of my employer. Your Highness, please forgive me. I don't have the answer you want to know. The moonlight is just right. Please go on your way, Prince!"
The long sword penetrated Baili Changkong's chest cleanly.
But what surprised Mo Xun was that Baili Changkong's expression did not show the slightest pain or unwillingness. Instead, there was an awe-inspiring expression that he had died a worthy death and served a righteous cause generously.
Mo Xun took back his sword, held up an umbrella as red as blood, and said playfully: "The mission is completed, please pay the balance on time."
"Haha," Baili Hanran sneered, turned around and looked at the body lying in a pool of blood, and said expressionlessly: "He is not my good brother Baili Changkong at all, this is just a stand-in. I really didn’t expect that he was even on guard against me, and even deliberately injured me, which was a cruel trick. Should I say that he has foresight? Or should I say that he has no brotherhood? "
"Ordinary people can still turn against each other because of uneven family wealth, let alone the emperor's prince's heirs?" Mo Xun said with a half-smile. Then, he slowly disappeared into the dense forest.
Baili Hanran was indifferent for a while, then chuckled and said: "That's the case, there's no need to be polite. My good brother, get ready to take the fight."
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At the top of a hill, Ye Ling was sitting cross-legged on the ground. The aura around him was overwhelming, and he felt a sense of clarity and enlightenment. According to the technique given by the man in white, this was a breakthrough of the fourth level of innateness, which can only be achieved by forging the state of mind. feelings. Just now, Ye Ling made a sneak attack on Zhou Yu. During the battle, his mind opened up and he realized this level of state. According to the Qigong method, the most important thing is to cultivate the state of mind and gain enlightenment. If there is no opportunity, ten years of hard work will be in vain.
Wu Qing on the side looked at Ye Ling with a worried look. Behind him, two men in black stood on the left and right to protect Ye Ling.
The consciousness is clear and the mind is wide open. All the knowledge I had learned before seemed to be understood in this moment. Ye Ling's spiritual consciousness can be spread out, covering a radius of more than ten meters around the body. Ye Ling can detect all activities within the range immediately.
If those two men in black knew that Ye Ling's consciousness could cover such a large area, they would be shocked. Because in their understanding, people with such powerful spiritual consciousness in the innate realm are rare, and everyone's achievements are at least becoming a saint, a king, and a Buddha.
For about a quarter of an hour, Ye Ling followed the method of the exercise, guiding the spiritual energy to travel along a specific path in the body, and finally converged in the heart veins, enlightening the mind.
To practice the Dao, one must not only have meridians that can accommodate supreme spiritual power and a body capable of withstanding thousands of Dao, but also have a mind that can move forward without mercy. Therefore, tempering the state of mind is actually the most important and the most difficult one to cultivate among the four innate levels.
Ye Ling is very talented and can practice very quickly. It only took less than an hour to go from breaking through the fourth level of innateness to reaching a perfect state of mind. Compared to those who had spent days, months or even years at most, Ye Ling's progress could only be described as terrifying.
Forging the state of mind is called Forging the Heart, which means to use one thing to hammer your heart. If you choose this thing, you must stick to it for life, otherwise there will be no bones left under the great road. Ye Ling was in an ethereal state of mind. At this moment, he was thinking of the scene where he took decisive action against Zhou Yu.
Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire, I will move forward and never retreat.
Ye Ling slowly opened his eyes, his whole body was like a sheathed sword, its edge was restrained and eye-catching.
"Now that I have cultivated the four major innate perfections, and the skills given by the man in white only go so far, I don't know what I should do next?" Xiao Jie thought to himself.
"Congratulations, second brother, for reaching the fourth level of innateness." Wu Qing smiled. He was truly happy for Ye Ling.
Ye Ling smiled at Wu Qing, turned around, and said to the two men in black with a solemn face: "Although you are here to save us, you should have an explanation."
The two men in black looked at each other, and one of them replied: "There is someone who doesn't want anything to happen to you, so he sent us to follow him all the way and protect him secretly."
"Can you tell us who is so considerate?" Wu Qing said with a smile. She didn't expect anyone to be so kind to her.
"Please forgive me, we don't know. We only know that he is a great man who has made great changes in the world. We can't know the details." The man in black paused and continued: "This is a part of Mizhou in the Daqian Dynasty. In the Baimang Forest, the strength of the monsters in the forest is unknown. We will only ensure that the lives of the two adults are safe, and we will not take action at all. We will leave for now."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two men in black turned around and disappeared into the woods in a few steps.
Ye Ling shook his head helplessly. These things were all happening around him, but he had no idea about them.
"Am I really just a chess piece at the mercy of others?" Ye Ling had mixed emotions in his heart. Now that he was separated from his elder brother and was in an unknown forest without knowing where to go, it was really depressing and at a loss.
Seeing Ye Ling's worried look, Wu Qing smiled and said: "Second brother has just reached the fourth level of innateness, so he should be happy. The eldest brother has such a high level of cultivation, he can fly in the sky while fighting with old Taoist priests, and he can also kill casually. The old man in red will definitely be fine. So as long as we get out of this forest and go to the imperial city, we will definitely see my brother again. "
Ye Ling felt much better instantly when he saw Wu Qing's innocent smile. Wu Qing never thinks too much about anything. As long as everything is safe now, he will be very happy.
Ye Ling smiled and said: "How can I not be happy when my third brother is here? In this case, we will set off to the imperial city to find my eldest brother."
"Yeah!" Wu Qing's eyes immediately curved into the shape of a crescent moon.
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The night was as cold as water, and the damaged flying boat still stayed quietly in mid-air.
On the deck full of corpses, Xu Zheng put his hands behind his back and glanced at Song Dongtao's body, which was completely lifeless and only had bones left.
"Song Dongtao died so mysteriously, the Liuyun Sect will definitely come to you and ask for an explanation. It will depend on how you end it."
In the broken cabin, Baili Changkong, dressed in a green shirt, walked up and said with a chuckle: "I didn't expect that Mo Xun would kill Song Dongtao. But death is death. If Liuyun Zong comes to ask for an explanation, Just let the old guys in the court deal with it, at the most it will cost you some treasures and favors."
"Haha," Xu Zheng sneered: "Those old stubborns will just refuse to admit their mistakes, shirk their responsibilities, and then tell the world and scold the Liuyun Sect. In the end, the Liuyun Sect will have to come to apologize before they are willing to give up."
Baili Changkong laughed and said, "They are all tricks I learned from Uncle Xu."
"Then I also taught you to be ruthless and careless about human life!" Xu Zheng turned his head, stared at the sky, and said sternly: "Just to lure out the people who want to kill you, you are willing to give up so many lives. This is you The Confucian holy way and the heart of benevolence and righteousness that you learned? You and that old bastard of your father learned the imperial power, conspiracy and deceit, and you pretend to be a disciple of Confucianism!"
Baili Changkong gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and said, "I do not harm people's hearts, but people have the intention to kill me. Royal murders often cause trouble to Xiao Qiang. My nephew is only trying to protect himself, what's wrong with him? Even if he knows that his second brother has many gangs and wants to kill me On the other hand, I have never meant any harm to him. Even if I find out today that my sixth brother paid to kill me, I will have no complaints. The Crown Prince and Crown Prince are the targets of public criticism, but I only hope that the dynasty will be stable and the people will be well-being. Nothing I do is wrong. For my own selfish reasons, I just hope that my achievements will last forever!"
Xu Zheng was speechless after listening to Baili Changkong's impassioned speech. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "You can take care of yourself!"
Before he finished speaking, Xu Zheng stepped on the blue clouds, stepped into the air, and disappeared into the night.
Baili Changkong looked at Xu Zheng's back and said to himself: "Uncle, Changkong firmly believes in his choice. Changkong has no regrets!"
