Hu Long observed the words and immediately guessed the implication of the other party's words. He immediately frowned and asked: "I heard that Master Shen intends to go to sea to do something. Is it possible that there is such a danger hidden in this matter that Master Shen refuses to give up his newly recognized son?" Take it with you?"
Shen Lang sighed and said: "The Taoist Master is Quanzi's mentor, and now he has formed a friendship with Fairy Leng, so we might as well make this matter clear to the Taoist Master.
"A few years ago, my friend Wang Lianhua was collecting the belongings of her deceased mother, Fairy Yunmeng, in her former residence, and accidentally discovered an extremely secret secret compartment, which contained a handwritten note by Fairy Yunmeng.
"In the early years of martial arts, we only knew that 'Fairy Yunmeng' was the number one female devil in the world, with outstanding martial arts skills and ruthless heart, but no one knew the origin of her master.
"In this diary, it is said that 'Fairy Yunmeng' was born on an isolated island overseas, and has received extremely rigorous training with many boys and girls of similar age since she was a child.
"In addition to practicing a variety of extraordinary skills that are enough to dominate the martial arts world, they also have to learn various miscellaneous subjects based on their talents, such as literary affairs, political strategy, and even medicine and astrology.
"Every year, these children will be sent to a neighboring desert island to undergo a death elimination process where only the weak and the strong will survive. Only half of them will survive.
"After ten years, 'Fairy Yunmeng' became the only survivor after the last round of elimination. Then she received a mission and sneaked into the Central Plains, waiting for an opportunity to raise puppets to cause trouble in the world, drain the martial arts vitality, and take the opportunity to collect wealth and martial arts secrets.
"The person that 'Fairy Yunmeng' was interested in was Chai Yuguan, who had committed countless evil deeds in the Central Plains and fled outside the pass. After the two got married, they planned to rely on a rumor that 'the secret book of the invincible monk was hidden in Huiyan Peak of Hengshan Mountain' , triggering a catastrophe that year.
"Later, Chai Yuguan turned against Fairy Yunmeng because he discovered the secret of Fairy Yunmeng's identity and was unwilling to be a puppet.
"After Shen learned about this, he made many inquiries and found that behind several major events that have confused the world and even shaken the country in the past century, there seemed to be some clues that there was an invisible hand secretly pushing or even controlling it, and all the clues pointed to... It’s all overseas.”
Hu Long frowned even more tightly: "Did the 'Fairy Yunmeng's' notes ever mention who the owner of this invisible hand is?"
Shen Lang nodded and said: "The notes did mention that in the process of training those children, although many people were responsible for their own responsibilities, they all obeyed the orders of a thin old man with white hair and white beard. In the end, I asked ' Fairy Yunmeng gave her the mission and sent someone to take her off the island. It was this old man who, according to Fairy Yunmeng's account, called himself 'Wu Ming', which was probably not his real name."
"'Little Old Man' Wu Ming?"
Information about this mysterious figure immediately appeared in Hu Long's mind, but he didn't show it on his face.
He asked again: "Did the notes mention Wu Ming's martial arts skills?"
"Unfathomable!"
Shen Lang's expression was extremely solemn.
"'Fairy Yunmeng' fought against Wu Ming once when she left the island. With her cultivation reaching the innate realm, she was unable to withstand Wu Ming's ten moves. She even made a very shocking speculation. The difference is no longer in the depth of skill, but in the level of realm."
Hu Yuan was horrified and moved: "Above the innate, entering the realm of subtlety!"
The methods of martial arts practice vary widely, but in the final analysis they are just starting from the inside out and then from the outside in, and the cycle starts over and over again.
At the beginning, we seek everything from within, refine and transform Qi, accumulate internal strength, and penetrate the meridians and acupoints. This is the acquired state.
Then seek everything from the outside, break open the mysterious door of heaven and earth, draw the vitality of heaven and earth into the body, unite heaven and man, and transform the acquired inner strength and innate true energy. This is the state of innateness.
Turning to rebuild oneself, nourishing the soul and essence, cultivating spiritual abilities, so as to achieve complete and complete control over oneself and even the enemy, this is the realm of subtlety.
Just as the path to innateness was cut off in the world where Hu Yuan lived in his previous life, the path to becoming a great master in the subtle realm should also be cut off in this world today.
So much so that even though various schools and sects have their own cultivation methods and traditions, they have all become water without a source and a tree without roots.
The "Cold Jade Soul Refining Technique" taught to Hu Yuan by Leng Hongxia is actually a secret spiritual cultivation method that points to the subtle realm, but now it can only be transformed into an auxiliary method for launching flying knives.
Among the many masters Hu Long has encountered, Old Man Tianji and Shen Lang in front of him should be the highest. They are both faintly better than him now, but they are still at the innate level.
It is precisely because of this that Hu Long is confident that if there is a life and death fight, he can win with many trump cards.
He looked at Shen Lang in front of him, with a look of sincere admiration on his face: "Dark Master Shen went to sea this time to find this isolated island and eliminate the source of trouble that has lasted for hundreds of years?"
Shen Lang said resolutely: "Since Shen knows this, why don't you give it a try? When 'Fairy Yunmeng' left the island, she was confined in a sealed cabin, but she still carefully recorded the journey with her keen senses. The driving speed and course changed. By working backwards from the position where she landed, we can roughly know the location of the island.
"This time Shen invited a total of seventeen comrades to go to sea. Even Shen, there are twelve people who have reached the innate realm. No matter how dangerous the island is, is Wu Ming a master of subtlety? A great martial arts master in this realm should be able to compete with him.
"But Fei'er is still young and shouldn't go on adventures with him, so I would like to ask the Taoist Priest to take care of him for a few more years."
"father!"
Although Ah Fei already knew that his father was going to sea, he didn't know that he was going to challenge such a powerful enemy. In a state of confusion, he summoned the name that had been lingering in his mind for a long time but could not get out of his mouth. His small face could no longer maintain it. The usual indifference.
Shen Lang turned around and put his palm on his shoulder, saying warmly: "Fei'er, there are always some things that need to be done by someone. Today I am a father, and tomorrow it may be you. We, father and son, can make an agreement. If we become a father within ten years, If you are unable to return from overseas, it will be up to you to continue doing what your father failed to accomplish."
Ah Fei looked at the smile on his father's face that seemed to never disappear, and the expression on his face gradually returned to calm. He nodded seriously and said, "Ten years, I will remember it."
Shen Lang patted his shoulder again happily, and then took out a book from his arms that was the same as the "Lianhua Baojian". At a glance, he knew that it was a recently written and bound book. He sent it to Hu Yuan and said, "This book is It records what Shen has learned throughout his life, and at the end is the sea chart route speculated by Shen. I ask the Taoist Master to understand it and then teach it to A Fei."
Only then did Hu Long understand that the competition between Wang Lianhua and himself just now should have the meaning of a test; the "Lianhua Baojian" that was lost to him as a lucky draw should actually be entrusted to him to find a suitable successor, lest he take this trip seriously. If you go and never return, the inheritance of what you have learned will be cut off.
He pondered for a moment, stretched out his hand to take the book, and said sternly: "I will only pursue stability in my life. I will never take risks when I am not sure, so I will not accompany you this time. Ten years later, if you all If you really can’t come back, Pindao is interested in accompanying Ah Fei to the sea to meet the mysterious old man who holds the world at his fingertips!”
Shen Lang said sternly: "It doesn't matter if the Taoist Master stays in the Central Plains, Shen has another request. Shen accidentally discovered a martial arts figure who has been famous for many years, and his true identity is actually one of the four kings of the Demon Sect. From this, it is speculated that the Demon The Taoist cult has been dormant in the Western Regions for thirty years, but has never given up its ambition to invade the Central Plains. However, we don’t know how far the power they secretly infiltrated has developed. Shen is about to go to sea, so we should ask the Taoist priest to pay more attention to this matter. Already..."
