The interaction of yin and yang creates all things. All things are born and change endlessly.
Xu Zhuang looked at the jade slips and fell into thinking.
"The Way of Yin and Yang" is worthy of being the fundamental teaching of the Hopewell School. The combination of yin and yang may be the path chosen by the Hopewell Sect, and it is also the right way to study yin and yang. However, "The Way of Yin and Yang" itself is a teaching that can be said to explain all the yin and yang. Mutuality, yin and yang transformation, yin and yang fundamentals, yin and yang opposition, yin and yang unify all kinds of superior Taoism.
Heaven and earth, sun and moon, thunder and lightning, wind and rain, the four seasons, male and female, hardness and softness, movement and stillness, manifestation and convergence, and even form and quality, all things are divided into yin and yang. It is no wonder that the Taoist Sutra says, "One yin and one yang are called the Tao." Xu Zhuang just briefly speculated on "The Way of Yin and Yang" and suddenly felt that he benefited a lot.
Xu Zhuang lightly tapped the table with his fingertips and smiled, "This time, I show you a lot of gratitude."
Although Bu Jianshi's words were a reward for his beneficial words, Xu Zhuang did not feel that his grand words could be worth thousands of gold. He was a man who sought the truth. He did not lie to others about right and wrong. He had his own measure and thought. "I'll just look for an opportunity to repay you in the future." Then he put the jade slip away.
While Xu Zhuang was thinking about it, Sun Suzhen and the others did not disturb him, and just watched and discussed the starting competition. The fourth competition was easily won by a disciple named Fei Fanyan.
It is also very interesting to say that women are more gentle. In the Taisu sect, many female disciples will practice more Zhenxiang Yiyi Taoist methods, but this concubine Fanyan was taught the "Taisu Yiqi Sutra", and her skills His skills are extremely deep, his magic power is powerful at every turn, and his fighting skills are majestic and majestic, which is truly amazing.
Yue Junyang clicked his tongue and praised: "He is indeed the person who has the loudest voice in this competition. He is indeed extraordinary."
Sun Suzhen said with great interest: "This guy is a good follower. It is only reasonable that he can perform like this."
"Oh?" Xu Zhuang was slightly surprised. Sun Suzhen had a wide network of contacts and was well-informed. Since he said this, he was not without purpose.
Xu Zhuang became curious and looked into the field. He saw Concubine Fan Yan, a flying bun with gold threads, a lotus pattern between the eyebrows, and a flowing fairy skirt with wide sleeves. She looked like a fairy. She was indeed extraordinary and strange. : "Whose disciple is this?"
Sun Suzhen laughed, shook her head and said, "I only know that if I, Taisu, followed the rules of Lingbao Sect, we might have to call this female master uncle or master uncle."
"What?" Yue Junyang was surprised. Doesn't this mean that Fei Fanyan is actually the direct disciple of an unknown master in the sect? No wonder he is a good follower.
While several people were discussing, Fei Fanyan had already left the field. At this point, Li Changfeng, Zhou Jun, Tang Fanglai, and Fei Fanyan had been decided. According to the schedule, after a half-hour break, the duel between Li Changfeng and Zhou Jun would begin.
Half an hour is not a long time. By this time, few people have left the venue. The venue is still lively and everyone is talking about it.
Under the venue, the sect arranged many quiet rooms for the disciples to adjust their breath and calm down. Yuan Hao said goodbye to several fellow disciples and passed through the crowd to come here. A deacon stepped forward to block the way and said solemnly: "This disciple is adjusting his breath, and outsiders are not allowed to disturb him."
Yuan Hao also knew the rules, and bowed his hands in response, then lowered his hands and waited. He wanted to send a message but was afraid of disturbing the person's breathing, so he waited quietly for half an hour before hearing footsteps coming. He raised his eyes and saw a person. The young monk with a mature face slowly walked out of the corridor.
Yuan Hao bowed and saluted, calling: "Elder brother."
"Junior Brother Yuan." Li Changfeng showed a smile on his face and said, "You didn't go to Junior Brother Zhou. It seems that you think your brother's chances of winning are even lower."
Yuan Hao said hurriedly: "My little brother has no such intention."
Li Changfeng smiled and said: "Junior brother Zhou is extremely talented and powerful in Taoism, but as a brother, there is no chance of winning. Junior brother, don't worry."
At this time, a golden bell was heard shaking in the sky, and a five-color escaping light flew to the field. Li Changfeng saw that Yuan Hao was speechless, so he caressed the back of Yuan Hao's head and said with a smile: "Junior brother has a heart, and for brother It’s a great relief to go.”
Then he turned into a flash of sword light, stood in the middle of the field, and looked at Zhou Jun. Zhou Jun cupped his hands and smiled and said: "I didn't want to meet Senior Brother Li in advance, so please show mercy to Senior Brother."
Li Changfeng laughed and responded: "I know that my junior brother is bound to win the title of enemy, and the same is true for my brother. You and I don't have to worry about it, just do whatever you want!"
Before Zhou Jun could respond, there was another sound in the sky, and the two people's expressions suddenly became solemn. They each bowed, looked at each other, smiled, and then moved together.
Li Changfeng was not polite, so he drove Jiandun to occupy the place on the top of the mountain, picked up the sword technique, and a sword light flew up from the top door, killing the general.
Although he and Zhou Jun knew each other because of Yuan Hao, they did not understand each other's Taoism, so they first used sword energy to clear the way to test.
Zhou Jun was well prepared and started to dodge the light first, not only to dodge, but also to avoid falling into the sword cultivator's continuous offensive.
Seeing the situation, Li Changfeng narrowed his eyes and immediately changed his moves. He pointed his sword downwards, and the sword energy shook. Dozens of sharp sword energy exploded, falling like sparks, blocking Zhou Jun's path.
Zhou Jun's face didn't change, he took out a handful of star sand and sprinkled it upwards, turning it into a barrier like rays of light, blocking all Li Changfeng's sword energy.
However, before one move was finished, another one came, and Zhou Junfang wiped out the sword rain. Before he could get away, he saw a flying sword flying towards him. As expected, the sword cultivator's offensive was fierce and continuous.
Zhou Jun raised his eyebrows slightly, knowing that this was Li Changfeng's flying sword, which was not as easy to deal with as the previous sword energy. Instead, his eyes flashed, and a sense of arrogance rose in his chest, and he said secretly: "Since you can't escape, teach me how to try." Let’s test the power of senior brother’s flying sword.”
Seeing the flying sword approaching, Zhou Jun stopped and picked up the magic weapon. A sharp white light shot up from behind his shoulder. It was frightening and dazzling. The golden energy burst out and swept towards the Moon Shadow Sword, but it seemed to be swept away. A floating shadow was destroyed with one slash, but another sword light emerged from the shadow of the Moon Shadow Sword under the sun.
"The Moon Shadow Sword turns out to be invisible under the sun." A thought flashed through Zhou Jun's mind, and he threw it away immediately. Instead, he shouted: "It's just the right time!"
I saw Zhou Jun Zhou Jun calmly shook his shoulders, and another green light rose up, turning into thousands of green ropes and sweeping upwards. When it touched the Moon Shadow Sword, he did not say to destroy it, but just resisted for a moment, and then There are countless green cords emerging one after another, one after another, entangled and blocked.
Li Changfeng's expression changed slightly, he picked up the sword formula and drank it, the Moon Shadow Sword turned into a sword light and whirled, cutting down thousands of green ropes, and escaped quickly.
Zhou Jun was not surprised either. He held the magic weapon in front of his chest with both hands and laughed loudly: "It's disrespectful to come back and not reciprocate. Senior brother, please take my move!"
"Drink!" Before Li Changfeng could change his move, Zhou Jun gave a long shout. He was shaken all over and heard the sound of soldiers unsheathing, the sound of trees swaying, the sound of water rushing, the sound of sparks crackling, and the sound of rocks shaking. The five colors of white, cyan, blue, red and yellow light were released together, shining all over the place.
Xu Zhuang left the railing, sat back in his seat, and picked up the tea cup with an expressionless expression.
Sun Suzhen said calmly: "Junior brother, I have forgotten that Zhou Jun is the seed of spiritual cultivation that the headmaster personally declared that he has blessings, qualifications and roots."
Xu Zhuang shook his head and said: "I know what my junior brother means, and I will not be disappointed."
He raised the tea to his lips, took a sip, and sighed, "What disappoints me is that Changfeng's Sword is too confusing."
Sun Suzhen smiled and said: "We have all experienced this. As long as we step through this level, we will reach the great road to heaven."
Xu Zhuang said calmly: "I am a teacher, but I did not point out the way forward for my disciples. It is my fault."
Sun Suzhen frowned slightly, not knowing what Xu Zhuang meant.
Just when Xu Zhuang and Sun Suzhen were communicating, the situation on the field developed as they had expected. Li Changfeng had already lost the opportunity when he failed to make a surprise attack with clutch swordsmanship and invisible swordsmanship. Under Zhou Jun's Taoist skills, he soon lost his chance. Soon he was at a disadvantage, not to mention starting the offensive again, reversing the situation, and even the space where the sword could move was compressed inch by inch.
Li Changfeng was like a dead leaf in the strong wind. He tried his best but could not reverse the situation, but after more than ten rounds, he was finally defeated.
A ray of red light brushed across Li Changfeng's body, and there was a roar, and scorching fire burst out. Looking at Li Changfeng's body that stopped after his protective weapon was broken, Zhou Jun put away his Taoist skills and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Li, I promise. .”
Li Changfeng reluctantly raised his hand and responded: "Junior brother Zhou... take advantage of this."
A golden bell rang in the sky, and Li Changfeng turned around and left. Suddenly, he felt a sense of boundless loss in his heart.
The meritorious deeds are perfect, the six medicines are gathered together, and for decades there is no progress, and the best quality cannot be obtained, but the underachievers come out like a tide, with deeper foundations, thicker blessings, higher Taoist skills, and younger years!
Li Changfeng thought he was well prepared, but when he was defeated by Zhou Jun, he realized that he was not so optimistic.
The lifespan of the alchemist cultivator was three hundred years, and he had only lived one-third of it. But what he saw in front of him seemed not to be a lifespan that would allow him to peacefully seek for a high-grade golden elixir, but... two hundred years of wasted life.
Li Changfeng came to the court lonely, and was about to cheer up, but suddenly his eyes froze, and he saw Yuan Hao trembling, standing with his arms lowered, as if he did not dare to move at all. A heroic Taoist stood in front of him with his hands behind his back, waiting for him.
Li Changfeng's body trembled. He took two steps forward and leaned on the ground. He bowed and said, "Disciple pays homage to the master. It has been a long time since I saw the master. The master's beauty has not changed. This disciple is very happy."
Xu Zhuang's eyes dropped, and he suddenly realized that it was indeed as Li Changfeng said. His cultivation had progressed rapidly, and his appearance had not changed for a long time. When Li Changfeng came to sit under him, he was just a young man. Now, judging from his appearance, he looks very young. A little more mature than Xuzhuang.
Xu Zhuang sighed silently, flicked his sleeves, and said, "You two come to see me at the flying pavilion in the sky." Then he turned into a wisp of cloud and smoke and flew to a flying pavilion.
It turns out that Xu Zhuang in front of him is just a wisp of incarnation.
Li Changfeng kowtowed to the ground respectfully and said in his mouth: "Yes, I will obey the master's decree." Then he stood up, called Yuan Hao, raised his sword and flew into the sky.
At this time, the competition between Concubine Fanyan and Tang Fanglai had begun, but Li Changfeng was not paying attention at all. He took Yuan Hao to fly to the flying pavilion, and saw Xu Zhuang sitting in the pavilion, surrounded by Sun Suzhen, Yan Renhe, Yue Junyang, etc. Familiar uncle.
Li Changfeng released Yuan Hao's arm and walked into the pavilion. He wanted to bow down again. Yuan Hao followed Li Changfeng into the pavilion closely and bowed down as well.
Xu Zhuang shook his head slightly, but there was no movement. Li Changfeng and Yuan Hao were helped up and said calmly: "We have already bowed before you, so there is no need to repeat the complicated ceremony."
Li Changfeng and Yuan Hao hurriedly responded and met with Sun Suzhen and others.
Xu Zhuang was not in a hurry. After the two of them bowed, his eyes fell on Yuan Hao and asked lightly: "Yuan Hao, I heard that you won the top sixteen in the Taoji Competition." Excellent results.”
Xu Zhuang enlightened Yuan Hao and took him back to Taisu, but he seemed to have forgotten him. He still used his demon body to practice Taoism, crawling around in the outer gate alone. Fortunately, he had Zhou Jun accompanying him and Li Changfeng often Take care of him and guide him in his cultivation and sword practice...
As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father, and Li Changfeng also occupies such a half role in Yuan Hao's heart. But for Yuan Hao, Xu Zhuang only has the admiration and awe left over from the time when he became wise. Therefore, facing this master, Yuan Hao Hao was extremely nervous and responded hurriedly: "Reporting to Master, I don't dare to boast of great achievements. I have indeed achieved the top sixteen in the Dao Foundation."
Xu Zhuang nodded and said: "There is no need to be humble. There are so many Daoji disciples in our sect. The top sixteen are worthy of praise."
Yuan Hao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and responded: "Yes, thank you Master for your appreciation."
Xu Zhuang muttered: "You are my disciple. Since you have achieved good results, in addition to the sect's reward, I should also show you something. Do you have the reward you want?"
Yuan Hao bowed and responded: "Disciple, I sincerely abide by Master's arrangements."
Xu Zhuang was not surprised. He took a look at the monkey head. Perhaps it was due to the memory of his ignorance. He hung the flying sword behind him. Xu Zhuang knew at a glance that the quality of the sword was acceptable. He exchanged it for a better flying sword and said, "In that case, I will give you a magic weapon to protect yourself." He pointed his finger, and a ray of light fell into Yuan Hao's bag.
Since Xu Zhuang refined the golden elixir, he has rarely lost a battle with others outside. The opponents who died in his hands may not be many, but at least they are people who refined the golden elixir. The confiscated magical weapons have already been piled up in the bag, and a piece of it leaked out at will. This piece of equipment is enough for a disciple like Yuan Hao who is talented in practicing.
Yuan Hao felt happy and said repeatedly: "Thank you, Master, for the reward. Thank you, Master, for the reward."
Xu Zhuang nodded slightly and said, "After today, you can also move to Chongyun Peak to practice."
Yuan Hao was even more delighted. Xu Zhuang ignored his ape-like appearance and turned to look at Li Changfeng, asking: "My disciple has achieved the top four in the refining competition. Do you have the reward you want?"
Li Changfeng said bitterly: "Master, disciple..."
Xu Zhuang raised his hand to stop him and said calmly: "I already said you don't need to be humble."
Li Changfeng choked on his words and said slowly: "This disciple has everything he needs, please ask Master to arrange it."
"Okay." Xu Zhuang took out a jade slip and placed it on the case, and said, "I have a method of condensing elixirs here. By using this method, I can form a middle-grade golden elixir. My magical power is far superior to that of my peers. If you are willing, I can do it for you." Master can prepare all the needed pill condensation for you."
Li Changfeng raised his head in disbelief and said bitterly: "What does Master mean...?"
Xu Zhuang said calmly: "The high-grade golden elixir is difficult and difficult. Since there is no predestined method, it is better to make a decision early to avoid wasting half of your life. Don't talk about the high-grade elixir then, I am afraid you will have to retreat to the low-grade ones."
Li Changfeng's body was shaken and he was silent for a long time.
Xu Zhuang didn't urge him, and looked down casually. He saw Zhou Jun sending out streaks of white light and slashing, while Fei Fanyan turned into a wisp of smoke and went straight up. He made a hand with his fingers and drank softly, and a line of white smoke rose from the fontanelle. , condensed in the air, turned into a large grasping hand with a radius of tens of feet, and pressed down like a hill.
Not to be outdone, Zhou Jun raised his five-color brilliance from the sky and firmly held the big grasping hand. Fei Fanyan smiled on her face, and her magic power continued to be activated. The power of the big grabbing hand became heavier and heavier. After a few breaths, finally, Slowly press down the five-color brilliance and fall downwards.
Sun Suzhen said with a half-smile but not a smile: "As expected of the real person, before he could refine the golden elixir, he realized that he was born with Tai Su Yi Qi, and he is indeed an extraordinary talent."
As soon as these words came out, they were like a mountain, pressing down Li Changfeng's shoulders by half an instant.
Xu Zhuang turned around and asked, "Have you thought about it?"
Li Changfeng took a deep breath, raised his head, and responded: "Yes, Master, disciple..." As the words reached the tip of his tongue, Li Changfeng showed a trace of struggle in his eyes. He knelt down on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Disciple is brave and wants to try. Ask for the top-grade golden elixir."
Xu Zhuang said calmly: "Form the Six-Seal Golden Pill, and it will be refined into Yuanying one day. It may not be able to dominate for a while. After this, it will never be like this again."
Li Changfeng said with difficulty: "This disciple still wants to seek the top-grade golden elixir."
"Oh?" Xu Zhuang cast his eyes on Li Changfeng and asked: "How can I get a top-grade golden elixir when I am so depressed and confused?"
Li Changfeng's body trembled, and he raised his head. It seemed that a few breaths had passed, and it seemed that an unknown amount of time had passed. His eyes finally became firm, and he responded in a deep voice: "I still seek the top-grade golden elixir, and I will have no regrets until my death."
Xu Zhuang flicked his sleeves and put away the jade slips, hummed softly and said, "Back off."
Li Changfeng stood up and felt relaxed all over. He bowed and said, "Thank you, Master, for your kind words. I will keep them in my heart."
Seeing that Xu Zhuang was silent, he bowed again and then turned around and left the Feige. Seeing this, Yuan Hao hurriedly bowed and followed closely.
At this time, a golden bell rang in the sky, and Fei Fanyan defeated Zhou Jun to take the first place. Sun Suzhen shook his head and said with a hint: "You can expect such a high-grade golden elixir."
"It's not even close." Xu Zhuang responded, but finally a smile appeared on his face. He stood up, straightened his robe, and said: "Now I will return to the cave first. Senior brothers and fellow Taoists, please take your leave."
Sun Suzhen said in surprise: "Junior brother is leaving now? There will be a sword discussion with Yuxiao later..."
Xu Zhuang smiled and said, "I've had a lot of fun today." He bowed his hands and strode out of the pavilion.
(End of chapter)
