Bixian Pavilion.
Senior Sister Qin came in a hurry and suddenly appeared in Bixian Pavilion. She saw a teacup placed on the stone table in front of Fairy Biyuan. She picked it up and took a sip, not forgetting to exhale happily.
"Why are senior sisters here?" Fairy Biyuan looked at the gray-haired senior sisters.
Senior Sister Qin put down her teacup:
"I just came back from slaying the demon. I passed by and came to see you."
Then he seemed to think of something and turned to look at Fairy Biyuan:
"Maybe that kid Chen Ping will reach the Nascent Soul realm in a few decades, right? He has been hiding in Tianyin Fairy City. He lacks the understanding between life and death. How can he achieve resonance with the soul?"
"Senior sister, do you want me to make arrangements for you to take this boy out to participate in several demon-slaying missions to practice?"
Currently, many continents are blocked and in a state of autonomy. For those continents that are not blocked, it is the best time to eliminate the remnants of the demon clan.
Large sects like Tianyin Sect are often invited to go to some continents to slay demons.
There are many such tasks.
"Or have you already made arrangements for him?" When Fairy Biyuan didn't answer, Senior Sister Qin asked.
"He recently promised to fight Xuanyuan Jijiu." Fairy Biyuan's voice was slow.
Senior Sister Qin was stunned.
Yes.
Isn't this just an experience?
According to Lonely Jiujiu's character, he will definitely use his full strength. For Chen Ping, it is an experience between life and death.
only.
"He actually agreed?" Senior Sister Qin was puzzled. Didn't it mean that Chen Ping had stayed in Immortal City for more than a hundred years without ever going out to take on any tasks?
How could such a person suddenly become brave?
"Um."
"So you didn't stop it, and you gave Chen Ping a chance to experience a life-and-death duel? Then it's not easy for Dugu Jiu to sacrifice, so you're not afraid that your precious Taoist companion will fall on the martial arts stage?"
Fairy Biyuan didn't speak, but looked at the scenery outside the window faintly.
That is Tianyin Fairy City under the entire overlook.
"Forget it, let's not talk about him. How are you? Last time, it took three double cultivations to break through the sixth pass. How many times of double cultivation will it take this time to break through the seventh pass?" Senior Sister Qin asked with concern.
"A breakthrough has been achieved!" Fairy Biyuan's voice was calm and calm.
"Has a breakthrough occurred? When did it happen?"
"just."
"Just finished double cultivation?"
"Um."
"Didn't you just break through the sixth pass a few years ago? This time you broke through the seventh pass after practicing dual cultivation once?"
"His Nerei has increased."
Senior Sister Qin:
"Junior sister, Senior Sister Qin was wrong. I shouldn't have laughed at you for choosing this skill back then. Can senior sister go back to her youth? Senior sister also wants to learn this skill."
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Chen Mansion.
After Chen Ping returned to the quiet room, he closed the door and immediately took out the booklet given by Shiba, which was about Dugu Jijiu's personal information.
In addition to the information Chen Ping already knew, the book also recorded some of Dugu Jijiu's exercises and spells.
Dugu Jijiu is a sword cultivator, and his natal magic weapon is also a sword.
What he is best at is swordsmanship.
This is somewhat similar to Chen Ping.
It's just that he is more dedicated in swordsmanship than Chen Ping. Chen Ping is essentially a Dharma practitioner who also practices swordsmanship and body training.
Seeing this, Chen Ping felt a little relieved. He was very familiar with using swords.
It is nothing more than breaking all laws with sword intent.
As for sword intent, he is best at it.
Of course, Dugu Jijiu is not weak. With his cultivation level at the first level of Yuanying, with just one sword, he is basically invincible in the Tianyin Sect against monks below the middle stage of Yuanying.
Analyzing from the descriptions of several battles between Dugu Jijiu and others recorded in the booklet, Chen Ping vaguely felt that his sword power should be stronger.
Of course, this is just a feeling.
After all, I have never been in actual combat.
The spells a monk has practiced are generally kept secret and will not be easily revealed to others. But for monks like Dugu Jijiu who often openly battle and discuss with others, some of his common spells are familiar to others.
Some of the spells Dugu Jijiu practiced came from the sect, and some came from the Dugu family.
Only a few of them were recorded in the book given by Shiba, and they were all spells that Dugu Jijiu had publicly used, or information obtained from the Yunjin Sect.
The most famous among them is a self-healing secondary skill from the Dugu family.
Once other monks' Yuanshen and Dantian are injured, especially high-level monks such as Jindan and Yuanying, they often need to retreat for more than ten years or even decades to recover.
When the paper man following Chen Ping was destroyed in the 18th year, it took more than ten years of seclusion to repair the destroyed soul, so that the paper man was never used to follow Chen Ping again.
But Dugu Jijiu is different.
Even the most serious injuries he suffered could be repaired in the shortest time.
For example, for an injury of this magnitude suffered by Shiba, it would not even take a year for Dugu Jijiu to fully recover.
This relies on the secret techniques of the Dugu family that are not passed down to others.
Because of this skill as a guarantee, Dugu Jijiu can usually fight freely in some battles. For him, as long as he does not die, it is enough. This also guarantees his fierce reputation in battles.
In fact, according to Shiba's speculation (slander), the reason why Dugu Jijiu came to power in Tianyin Fairy City to challenge the monks in the early stage of Yuanying and below without encountering an opponent was not necessarily because he was invincible in the middle stage of Yuanying and below, but because some of the monks in Yuanying were invincible. I don't want to confront him head-on.
This desperate fighting style can easily lead to serious injuries, and the loss outweighs the gain.
Chen Ping continued reading.
It has to be said that when Shiba collected the information about Dugu Jiujiu, it was not shoddy. It was not limited to collecting some public information, but he still put some thought into it.
There are actually some descriptions of the characteristics of this self-healing exercise.
This includes the fact that when monks who practice this skill want to heal their injuries, they cannot heal themselves at any time.
Instead, you need a safe environment, completely let go of your mind, let your soul sleep, and enter a state of selflessness, in order to achieve rapid self-healing effects.
Chen Ping carefully read the book several times and wrote down all the information about Dugu Jijiu before burning it.
At the same time, I felt a little relieved.
In the days that followed, Chen Ping went into seclusion and continued to practice. On the one hand, he practiced the exercises to stabilize the realm that he had just entered the ninth level of the golden elixir. On the other hand, he continued to gain insight into the magical power of the 'Chaos Judgment Sword'.
One month after retreating, Shiba brought news of the battle with Dugu Jijiu.
The location for the battle was chosen to be an independent peak in the Tianyin Sect—Jianji Peak.
The competition was semi-closed, with only a small number of relevant monks such as Tianyin Sect elders present to maintain order.
Even if other personnel knew about this high-profile duel, they were not allowed to watch.
As for the time of the competition, Fairy Biyuan chose it six years later on the grounds that "Chen Ping has just entered the ninth level of the Golden Core and needs a few years to stabilize his level."
This is extremely beneficial to Chen Ping.
Dugu Jijiu was affected by his inner demons and found it difficult to improve his cultivation, but Chen Ping was different. He was making progress and strengthening his strength every day.
After the 'six-year period' was confirmed, Chen Ping devoted himself to cultivation again.
Especially for magical powers, as the insight progresses, the proficiency progress bar continues to increase, and he becomes more and more comfortable in using magical powers.
Since he discovered this magical power and entered the Sword Intent Corridor of the Seven-Star Longyuan Sword again, the distance he can walk in the Sword Intention Corridor has become farther and farther, and he has walked more than ten steps in this time.
There is more sword intent to comprehend.
At the same time, the monster market sent a late third-order monster.
It is said to be a half-step fourth-level monster.
Under the test, the magical sword light can still enter the Dantian of the monster, but when the monster is highly alert, the sword light will be repelled. The sword light can still cause relatively large damage to the Dantian, but there is no way to directly Crush the golden elixir.
It seems that the proficiency of magical powers is not enough.
During Chen Ping's third year of seclusion, a second elixir pattern appeared on his golden elixir. It was still a perfect elixir pattern without any forks or branches.
now.
In the Sword Intent Corridor, Chen Ping's forehead was covered with sweat. The abundant Sword Intent made him feel frightened. It was as if there was a voice in his heart that was constantly persuading him to give up and surrender.
The unbearable weight on his legs made him want to kneel down and surrender uncontrollably.
Chen Ping quickly encouraged his aura again, letting the abundant sword intent erode his state of mind, but he stuck to the final bottom line.
This process made his state of mind continue to become stronger, and his understanding of the sword's meaning became more thorough.
It also made him soaked and his legs were shaking.
His eyes were burning, and he did not take a step back. Instead, he raised the leg that seemed to weigh a thousand pounds with difficulty again to resist the repulsive feeling of the majestic sword intention in the sword intention corridor.
Take a step forward with all your strength.
"Boom!"
One foot down.
The spiritual boots left a deep footprint on the ground, and cyan light splashed like rain with the step.
At the same time, countless sword intents came from the dark and endless sword intent corridor. Chen Ping's robe actually cut countless slits in this sword intent, and his refined skin instantly inspired a Ingrown scales.
Chen Ping ignored the wounds on his skin and concentrated on comprehending the new sword intent.
To understand the mystery.
Half an hour later, the restless sword intent in the sword intent corridor calmed down.
Chen Ping decisively withdrew.
In the quiet room, he looked down at his robe, which had become ragged.
I couldn't help but laugh.
This is the seventh-level top-grade robe, and it is actually so vulnerable to this sword intent.
But this sword intention is indeed very strong.
According to the eighteen pairs of descriptions of Dugu Jiujiu, a rough evaluation showed that this sword intention was far stronger than that of Dugu Jiujiu.
His understanding of the meaning of the sword was at least twice as long as that of Dugu Jijiu.
From this we can also see how powerful Zhao Changxing, the original owner of the Seven-Star Longyuan Sword, was.
Dugu Jijiu is a genius disciple.
As a sword cultivator, Dugu Jijiu's understanding of the sword's meaning is not bad at all.
Just this, it is not worth mentioning in front of the sword intention corridor of the Seven-Star Longyuan Sword.
Chen Ping took back the Seven-Star Longyuan Sword and looked up at the side of the fish belly where the daylight had just lit up.
'Today is the day to fight against Dugu Jijiu. '
Time flies so fast!
Six years passed almost instantly.
Chen Ping got up and took the Night Journey of One Hundred Ghosts with him, and asked the Xu sisters who were guarding the yard to return to the stone tablet.
Over the years, one of the Xu sisters has always stayed in the yard to guard against a sneak attack, but maybe it was because Fairy Biyuan had laid a back-up force nearby, or maybe it was the name 'Nineteen' that confused everyone.
Over the years, no one has come to visit or harass the mansion.
Chen Ping packed up his home, took out the Seven-Star Longyuan Sword from his dantian in advance and put it in his storage bag, and then went out to Bixian Pavilion.
When passing by the central martial arts stage, I saw many monks gathered there again.
Everyone may be whispering or having a casual discussion.
"Today is the day when Dugu Jijiu and Bixian Pavilion's Nineteen will fight. I'm really looking forward to it. I wonder who can win?"
"This showdown has been brewing for nearly ten years, and it's finally about to begin."
"Tianyin Fairy City has been silent for so many years, and this competition should be the one that attracts the most attention."
"Who says it's not the case? One is Fairy Biyuan's true son, and the other is the direct disciple of the head of Yunjin Sect. Tsk, tsk, tsk."
"It's a pity that the competition is behind closed doors and you can't see the scene."
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When Chen Ping passed by, he heard a group of people discussing together and couldn't help but pause and watch their footsteps.
"This fellow Taoist, didn't you say it was a closed-door competition? What are you doing here?" Chen Ping asked one of the female cultivators.
The female cultivator looked at Chen Ping:
"Didn't Fellow Daoist hear about it? The reason why the competition is behind closed doors is that Bixian Pavilion doesn't want to be too ostentatious, and Daoist Nineteen don't want to show up. But it didn't say that the results of the competition are not allowed to be leaked."
"The Dugu family has long promised to inform everyone of the results of the competition as soon as possible."
"Here, you can know who wins and who loses for the first time."
I see.
Chen Ping nodded.
Seeing that Chen Ping seemed to know very little about the matter, the female cultivator added:
"Fellow Taoist, maybe you don't know? That Dugu Yuan is quite dissatisfied with Fairy Biyuan for abandoning his son, so he is almost certain to win this competition."
"The reason why he promised to reveal the results of the competition was probably because he wanted to deliberately embarrass Fairy Biyuan after Lonely Sacrifice Nineteen defeated Nineteen."
Chen Ping understood.
In fact, even if Dugu Yuan did not publicly announce the results of this competition, it would be difficult to reveal any results at all.
The smart monks in Tianyin Fairy City should be able to guess one or two things just from Dugu Jijiu's performance after the war.
Naturally, I feel proud when I win.
If you lose, you will naturally be dejected.
There is no point in keeping the results secret or not.
"Fellow Taoist, do you want to press? The losers press the winners." One of the monks smiled and touched Chen Ping.
Before Chen Ping had time to speak, another monk interrupted:
"What's there to bet on? Dugu Jijiu is a Nascent Soul cultivator. Nineteen is said to be at the ninth level of the Golden Core. The disparity in strength is too great. The outcome is already decided."
"That's not necessarily the case. Dugu Jijiu promised that he would reach the ninth level of the Golden Core."
"So what? It's also the ninth level of the Golden Core. It can be just entering the realm of the ninth level of the Golden Core, or it can be the ninth level of the Golden Core that is about to break through the Nascent Soul. But what's the difference between the two? The latter It’s no problem to hit three of the former.”
"What Fellow Daoist Liang said makes sense. Moreover, although Dugu Jijiu suppresses the realm, his Yuanying's insights and experience are all there. He has been able to stand on this martial arts stage for hundreds of years and has fought so many actual battles. This experience is no joke. .”
"Hey, I am a monk from Tianyin Fairy City. Basically, I hope that Nineteenth can win. But I'm afraid it will be difficult."
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Chen Ping listened and realized that the crowd of onlookers were like people watching a football match, divided into different support camps.
Some monks who came to Tianyin Fairy City with the same purpose as Dugu Jijiu preferred to see Jiujiu defeated.
As for the original native monks of Tianyin Fairy City, who had their hearts set on Tianyin Fairy City, they even hoped that the Dugu Jijiu Society would be defeated.
Of course, this is just hope.
When it comes to guessing who will really lose and who will really win, almost everyone agrees that Dugu Jijiu will be the one with the last laugh.
"Who do you think more favorably, fellow Taoist?"
The female cultivator who was talking to Chen Ping just now stood beside Chen Ping and smiled.
"I'm optimistic about Nineteen." Chen Ping thought for a while and said.
"Oh?" The female cultivator was a little surprised and asked with a smile: "Why? Most Taoist friends can win by overpowering Dugu Jiujiu. Those friends of mine can also win by overpowering Dugu Jiujiu."
Chen Ping smiled and said:
"I trust Fairy Biyuan's vision more."
The female cultivator was stunned for a moment, watching Chen Ping walk away after saying this, without saying anything.
"Shiba is more optimistic about you, Fellow Daoist Chen."
In Bixian Pavilion, the Eighteen Evils have their own ways.
Chen Ping nodded:
"Thank you, I'm encouraged. It would be more convincing if you beat me to win when you bet with Rongrong."
"Ahem." Shiba cleared his throat:
"I just bet that you will win, but that boy Rongrong doesn't like you."
She came closer and said:
"But having said that, I'm afraid Dugu Jijiu is already holding a breath in his heart this time, feeling angry that he will embarrass his master by defeating you."
"He is one level higher than you and has much more practical combat experience than you. Be careful in everything you do. If you feel that you can't beat him, give up on your own initiative. Master will fish you out as soon as possible."
"I know." Chen Ping nodded.
With all the means to save his life, even if he really couldn't defeat Dugu Jijiu, it would not be easy for Dugu Jijiu to kill him.
Besides, it's all in full view of the public.
This is where he has the confidence to go on stage and fight.
"Shiba will tell you about the situation of Dugu Jijiu that I have heard about in the past few years." Shiba talked about the situation of Dugu Jijiu in the past six years.
Including the reaction from Yunjin Sect and so on.
In this duel, no one came from the Yunjin Sect, nor did they even come with any words of explanation.
Acting somewhat indifferent.
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"Remember, although Shiba hopes you win, this matter is indeed very important to Master's reputation. But you have to remember that life is more important than anything else, and Master is still waiting for you to practice double cultivation."
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"There is no shame in admitting defeat. Although Dugu Jijiu is not good in character, we must admit that he is still very strong. He has never been defeated on the martial arts stage. The monks on the second level of Nascent Soul have all lost to him. You lose. It’s nothing.”
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Chen Ping knew that Shiba was worried that he would get emotional during the battle.
Or maybe he was too embarrassed to admit defeat because of the Master's reputation, so he kept trying to reduce the pressure on him.
Chen Ping didn't say anything, just smiled and agreed.
(End of chapter)
