"No, Mr. Mu is fine." She glanced around a few times and whispered with a smile, "Mr. Mu gave me two Taoist methods!"
She raised her two fingers, which shocked Guo Ying'er. She also followed Yun Jinfan and carefully looked around, studying with her fingers. Adding the one Taoist method she got for free from the Taoist Temple, she had three Taoist methods, and it was Mr. Mu. Certified superior method!
This... mother, I wish I had known that I could be more coquettish and coquettish. It's a pity that no one heard what Guo Yinger was saying.
"This junior sister!" Suddenly a male voice intervened, condescending. Zhao Ning looked up and saw that the speaker seemed to be the one who spoke next to the square in the morning.
The three of them stood up and greeted each other. This was an outer disciple with a high level of Qi training.
Yun Jinfan was a little timid, "Senior brother, will you call me?"
"Junior sister, don't panic, Lin just asked Mr. Mu." However, this senior brother spoke in a loud voice, but he was also quite polite, "I saw you accompanying Mr. Mu a few days ago. Do you know where Mr. Mu went? Lin If you want to choose a Taoist method, please ask Mr. Mu for advice!"
Yun Jinfan shook his head, "Yesterday Mr. Mu hurriedly said that he was going to retreat, but I couldn't find him."
When the man heard this answer, he could only give up and returned to his position with a sigh.
Zhao Ning was silent the whole time, and felt funny in her heart. She thought of Mr. Mu's nagging before, with Guo Congheng in front of him, Jia Rui in the back, and Yun Jinfan in the back. How could he be in seclusion? He must have fled.
Thinking like this, he suddenly heard a bell ringing in front of him, and the guidance disciple suppressed his pressure, and the voices in the hall were instantly silenced.
After a while, two young men in gray robes were seen stepping into the hall, one holding a fly whisk and the other holding a long sword.
Zhao Ning was slightly stressed, but these two people actually knew each other, they were——
Zhao Ning looked behind him subconsciously. A powerful old man in a moon-white robe walked in. He had crane hair and a white beard, and was full of energy.
The person delivering the sermon today is actually Master Baiyun, whom I haven’t seen for a year!
Chapter 069
Zhao Ning was mixed in the crowd, and as the disciples rushed to pay their respects, Zhao Ning was lost in the crowd.
She had no intention of pursuing a relationship. This can be seen from Master Baiyun's attitude towards Jia Rui. When she and Jia Rui were on opposite ends, it was impossible for Master Baiyun to stand on her side. Zhao Ning could only think that Zuo Shiji, an ordinary master, came to teach, and listened carefully to his sermons.
Immortal Master Baiyun is now over eighty years old. When he was approaching his age, he found Jia Rui, a disciple with outstanding spiritual roots, and exchanged a huge amount of contribution points for three foundation-building pills. He began to retreat as soon as he returned to the sect. , reluctantly built the spiritual platform half a year ago, was promoted to foundation building, and his identity changed from an outer sect to an inner sect disciple.
So, facing the expectant disciples, he smiled and stroked his beard, and the first thing he said was, "There are countless opportunities in this world. Whether building a foundation is difficult or easy depends on your patience." Keep your temper, wait for the opportunity, and step into the realm of foundation building."
The disciples seemed to understand, but the disciples in the front row raised their hands and asked, "Then we just need to concentrate on cultivation and wait peacefully?"
"No. Opportunities are not pie-in-the-sky things that fall on your head out of thin air. You have to find, chase, break into, make a desperate move, and give it a try." Immortal Master Baiyun smiled, "Of course, this is extreme. I am just telling you about the situation, but when your lifespan comes to an end, don’t worry. If you want to break through the longevity barrier, you need to seize the opportunity. I had the opportunity to enter with the qualifications of the Three Spiritual Roots. After learning the ancient path, he turned to the spiritual root path. The speed of cultivation was slow, and he was already half a hundred years old when he reached the stage of Qi training. In order to seek opportunities, he took over the task of stationing at the ordinary Taoist temple. This stationing lasted twenty years!"
What he said next was that he had been sticking to the ordinary world for twenty years, looking for opportunities, never giving up, and never being greedy for the prosperity of the world.
To Zhao Ning's ears, throwing away those obvious gorgeous expressions and coverings, it was clear that although Immortal Master Baiyun was utilitarian, the essence of what he said was indeed that.
Twenty years of searching for mortals with immortal destiny, accumulating the sect's contribution bit by bit. Even in the capital of Nanjing Kingdom, he did not interfere too much in mortal affairs. He only focused on contribution points and disciples with good qualifications. He was so patient. After waiting for twenty years for Jia Rui with a single fire spiritual root, it was Baiyun Immortal Master's chance and a turning point in fate.
This sermon lasted for three hours. Immortal Master Baiyun concluded, "Opportunities in the world may be vague, but there are traces to follow. I hope you will not be stumbling over the current difficulties. That concludes today's sermon. If you have any questions, feel free to ask, I will only answer three questions."
The main hall suddenly became noisy, and all the disciples rushed to be the first. Seeing Bai Yun was very satisfied. Even the brothers of the Mo family who were holding swords and whisks behind him felt that their faces were doubled. They even imagined that they would be promoted to build foundations and come here to preach. What an infinite scenery.
"Uncle Bai, this junior has been practicing at the ninth level of qi training for eight years. He even took one foundation-building pill, but he still couldn't be promoted. Why?"
A middle-aged disciple with a strong aura stopped all the disciples who asked questions and asked the first question.
"One Foundation Establishment Pill can never lead to promotion. It only improves your chances of success. Whether you build the Soul Establishment Platform or not is all up to you. Look at your aura. You must be practicing ancient ways." Bai Yun shook his head regretfully. "You are too reckless. Although the level of Qi training is complete with nine levels, you can try to build the foundation. However, in the ancient way, ten is always regarded as the most respected, and the emphasis is on solid foundation and perfect spiritual power. You are still one level short!"
When the middle-aged disciple heard what he said, his face fell instantly. In recent years, there have been very few practitioners of the ancient Qingxiao Sect. Most of them have become solitary ascetic monks because of their slow cultivation. They only know a little about many things. After practicing one more level, Is it possible that it will take nearly a hundred years to get a glimpse of the foundation?
As soon as his momentum weakened, others rushed up and hurriedly asked their own questions. Baiyun answered another question about the bottleneck of advanced Qi training.
There was only one question left, and everyone was snatching it fiercely. Even Guo Ying'er and Yun Jinfan beside them hurriedly stretched out their hands to signal. Yun Jinfan waved his hands very actively, which somehow attracted Mo Qingkun's attention. He smiled and smiled at Yun Jinfan. Fan looked over here, and from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Zhao Ning who was motionless in the corner, and was so surprised that he called out Zhao Ning's name.
After all, he was Bai Yun's attendant. As soon as he spoke, everyone thought he was targeting Zhao Ning. They looked dissatisfied in Zhao Ning's direction, wanting to know who had grabbed the last question slot.
Even Bai Yun was shocked, "Why are you here? You're not..."
Zhao Ning saw everyone's eyes turning towards her. This feeling of focus was quite uncomfortable, but she still stood up calmly and saluted respectfully, "Immortal Master Baiyun, I haven't seen you for a long time. May you enjoy your immortal blessings forever."
Bai Yun's eyes were a little erratic when he looked at her, but he still couldn't help but look Zhao Ning up and down. He was now the Master of Foundation Establishment, and he knew that Zhao Ning, who was in Xiaoxiao's Qi training realm, no longer needed to pinch the pulse with his hands to inject spiritual power, "... ...eventually recovered, but these spiritual roots are still the four spiritual roots, how did you enter Qingxiao Sect."
Under the probing gazes of the whole hall, Zhao Ning remained steady and her voice was steady, "Zhao Ning started with the ancient way, and he also practiced the ancient way."
"It seems that there are only two places for the ancient path in Kunxu this year, which is more stringent than choosing one from ten thousand." Someone nearby murmured.
"I heard that none of the Lin family monsters from Chiyang Peak came in, and two little girls took their places."
"The Lin family's monsters have the best bones. Aren't these two monsters among monsters?"
"..."
Amidst the gossip, the Mo brothers swallowed their saliva, while Bai Yun's eyes were a little dazed. He remembered that a while ago, Master Jia's nephew arranged to accompany Man Guiyuan to find someone near the city. The description sounded a bit like this little one. Girl, when he first came out of seclusion, he didn't know much about her. He thought he was just a similar person, but he didn't expect that she was already standing in front of him today.
I don't know what the conflict is between these two people. They are from the same clan, and I'm afraid that there is nothing they can do, so they can only vent their anger.
Bai Yun thought to himself, and a smile appeared on his face, which looked a bit as kind as when he first met Zhao Ning, "Senior nephew Shen, do you have any questions to ask?"
Zhao Ning lowered his eyes, then raised his eyes and asked a somewhat sharp question.
"Opportunities in the world rarely exist for one person. What if the same opportunity is known to multiple people?"
But in Bai Yun's mind, it didn't seem to be a problem, and he just smiled, "My nephew is still young, and the world of cultivation he has experienced is the one with rules and etiquette under the constraints of the four major sects. But he doesn't know that the world of cultivation in recent times has never had these things. , whether it is opportunity or resources, the strong take it and the weak sacrifice it, this is the essence of the world of cultivation. Opportunity is inherently helpless, whoever is stronger will take it, whoever is stronger will use it, this is the correct solution of heaven."
Zhao Ning bowed her hands in salute, "It is indeed this gift. There is no right or wrong in the world of opportunity, it only depends on stance and choice."
The last nine characters seemed to be in the question, but they seemed to imply something. In Zhao Ning's thank you, Bai Yun suddenly chewed out a hint of meaning. Zhao Ning seemed to be talking about the conflict between her and Jia Rui, and his position was determined by his thoughts. Please give him some time to think more about it.
Bai Yun smiled. At first, he flattered Jia Rui so highly because he felt that there was no hope for him to build the foundation. Now that he is building the foundation and is an inner disciple, he doesn't want to get involved in the disputes between juniors. He stood up and waved his hand. , said "Let's go", and left after saying that.
The disciples gradually dispersed when they saw Master Ji-Building Uncle leaving.
Guo Ying'er asked Zhao Ning in confusion, "Why can't I understand the question you asked just now? I always feel like you are asking a riddle."
Zhao Ning was vague, "I'm used to following etiquette and laws in the secular world. I don't know the rules of the cultivation world, so I asked like this, but I didn't want to make a joke."
"That's not true!" Yun Jinfan leaned close to Zhao Ning, holding her arm with his hands, his eyes shining brightly, "Zhao Ning asked the right question. On the contrary, I feel that the answer of Immortal Master Baiyun of Lao Shizi is not good, that of the weak and the strong, and that of the strong What’s the difference between us and the wild beasts in the mountains? Isn’t it that we are different from these animals because of these laws and restraints?”
"You! I didn't know that our girl Yun is so strict with rules!" Guo Ying'er teased. In her opinion, Yun Jinfan has always been shy and has used coquettishness many times to gain benefits. He should be more aware of the "strong man" This is an unspoken rule, but when she said it this way, her actions seemed to be ordinary rather than privileges.
Zhao Ning walked out, and Yun Jinfan stayed close to Zhao Ning step by step, as if Zhao Ning's question just now made her find an intimate, and she was particularly close to Zhao Ning.
Zhao Ning was not used to such intimacy. She took her hand back without leaving a trace and said, "I want to go to the library."
"Okay, okay, I'll go too!" Yun Jinfan didn't even think about it. Guo Ying'er was most afraid of those boring words, so she waved her hands and said she wanted to go back to practice, and said goodbye to the two of them.
When Zhao Ning and Yun Jinfan went to Wandaofeng, they met the senior brothers, sisters and highly trained stewards who passed by on the way, and they greeted them in greeting.
After the person left, Yun Jinfan whispered in Zhao Ning's ear, "I still hate this kind of frequent salutes. Everyone is born equal. There is no difference between the strong and the weak. When I see someone, I want to smile in response. It’s just that I didn’t want to respond and turned away, so I did something wrong again.”
Zhao Ning listened to her strange speech and just smiled lightly. He did not refute her or agree with her. He just said the same thing, "There is no right or wrong in everything in the world, and everyone's position is determined by everyone's experience and experience." There are three thousand ways to think, if you feel it's unfair, just choose one way, reach the top, or you will be destroyed, what does Miss Yun think?"
Yun Jinfan was dumbfounded and didn't speak for a long time. He twirled the ends of his hair with his fingers and then jokingly said, "Miss Zhao Ning has so many great principles. I felt dizzy after hearing this. I thought I was listening to an old man's sermon."
She jumped up to Zhao Ning, leaned her head close to look at Zhao Ning's appearance, and smiled innocently, "Is it that Miss Zhao Ning has gone through many vicissitudes and is just wearing a cold and beautiful mask?"
Zhao Ning lowered her eyes and only said, "Miss Yun is joking."
Zhao Ning didn't know what Yun Jinfan had gone through before that made her such a playful and innocent character.
She raised her eyes and changed the topic, "The library is here."
Chapter 070
Yun Jinfan was in the library for a while before he left, his head drooped on the desk, looking at Zhao Ning.
"Don't you feel like these black words are floating around?"
What Zhao Ning held in hand was a biography of a man of great influence. It told the story of the great figures who stirred up the situation in Kyushu in modern times. It was not a serious biography. It contained many subjective judgments of the author, as if they were picked up by a cultivator who traveled around the mainland in his spare time. The compiled stories are naturally not as boring and blunt as the martial arts books.
Zhao Ning looked up at her with a clear look and a slight smile. Yun Jinfan immediately understood that Zhao Ning did not understand his troubles. After struggling for a long time, he went back on the pretext of practicing.
Zhao Ning didn't stop her, maybe he suggested coming here to let Yun Jinfan, who suddenly became intimate with her, retreat on his own.
She sat cross-legged under the bookshelf, quietly flipping through the biography in her hand.
There are stairs in the library that spiral up the wall. There is a huge palace lantern in the pavilion that illuminates a large area. The bookshelves are embedded in the wall. You can sit on the wooden stairs, sit on the floor, and read as you please.
The displays here are all miscellaneous books, and there are very few monks here. There are only a few monks looking through the books to find something.
There are restrictions in the library pavilion. Ordinary disciples cannot take books out at will, and even the steward who guards the hall is nowhere to be seen.
For Zhao Ning, it is particularly comfortable, clean and peaceful.
She opened a page in the book, and the new page talked about a man of influence seven thousand years ago. The book marked this person as a powerful person in the world of Kunxu cultivation, so Zhao Ning paid more attention.
The powerful man was respectfully called Haoyang, and he was a man of astonishing talent and beauty. When he was young, he was the prince of Xia Kingdom who was not respected in the mortal world. Later, by chance, he became the disciple of a certain Nascent Soul master when he was traveling. At the age of ten, he introduced Qi into his body. The foundation was built in ten days, and the middle-grade golden elixir was achieved in half a hundred. Afterwards, I don’t know what kind of grievances I experienced, and I left the world of cultivation and entered the ordinary world.
After entering the mortal world, Haoyang killed the enemies of the dynasty, ascended the supreme throne of the dynasty as a cultivator, and fought everywhere, all the way south to the current border of Dayue Kingdom. He actually tried to gather more than 500,000 elite soldiers, invaded the Kunxu Cultivation World, and occupied At that time, Guiyuan City was just a small market on the border.
Haoyang stood on the tower of Guiyuan City and spoke, saying that he would put an end to the injustice in the world of cultivation and share the tradition of cultivating immortality with all the mortals in Jiuzhou. I don’t know if the great masters in the world of cultivation heard it, but they knew that the mortal warriors under the city at that time were all different. The blood surged, the fighting power surged, and even the monks in the foundation-building realm had to retreat.
Haoyang and his 500,000-strong army caused chaos in the southwest of Kunxu Cultivation World. Finally, Master Haoyang came out and wanted to clean up the sect. A Master Nascent Soul fought with 500,000 mortal warriors and Master Haoyang in an earth-shattering fight. , Master Haoyang even directly advanced to the realm of Nascent Soul during the battle. The battle lasted for seventy-seven forty-one days, until the nearby sects could not sit still, for fear that such surging blood would cause resentful spirits and death to spread everywhere, but Unexpectedly, when the people from the sect arrived, Master Yuanying, Master Haoyang and the army of 500,000 mortals were nowhere to be seen, and no one knew where they had gone.
It was not until the sects forced themselves to the sect where Master Haoyang and Yuanying were affiliated and took out their soul lamps that they discovered that their soul lamps had been extinguished and they had both died.
Some people speculate that the disappeared army of 500,000 mortals also turned into ashes when the two Nascent Soul masters died together.
What is the truth? Nothing can be studied. What is known is that the aftermath of this war was that all the sects in the world of cultivation overthrew the sect where Haoyang and his two men were located. The Tianmen were occupied separately, and the major sects also set rules based on this. No disciples of the sect could get involved with the mortal royal family, let alone interfere in mortal affairs. They regarded this matter as a scandal in the Kunxu cultivation world and wiped it out. Of the records and rumors about Master Haoyang in the world of cultivation, only sporadic unofficial biographies still retain the stories from those years.
This Haoyang Farewell was written in just a few words, and he didn't know how magnificent it was back then. Zhao Ning read it with interest, and then turned to the next page, but heard someone shouting not far away.
"Treasures of heaven and earth, if treasures of heaven and earth are so easy to find, why should I wait so long for refining my qi? My head is numb from flipping through books every day."
The four words "Treasures of Nature, Materials and Earth" immediately alerted Zhao Ning, who was immersed in the biography.
She closed the book and approached the stair railing to look at where the sound was coming from. She saw two gray-robed disciples sitting on the stairs diagonally below, flipping through books. Zhao Ning had seen these two people when she came up just now, but they were of the same level. Sitting in a blocked road, Zhao Ning climbed up the stairs from the other side to the upper floor.
The other person didn't answer his words, he held his head and lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
The fat disciple who was talking saw that no one was paying attention to him. He frowned and raised his hand to push the person next to him. However, he didn't expect that person to be unstable. The book in his hand fell to the ground and he almost rolled down the stairs. He looked like he had woken up from a big dream. .
"What's the matter? What's the matter? Senior brother is here?!"
"Where did you come from! I think you were dreaming and being silly! I thought you were working seriously!"
The thin disciple scratched the top of his hair, picked up the books that had fallen on the floor, and stretched his waist, "What's there to see? Senior brother said that those books contain the whereabouts of heavenly materials and earthly treasures. So what if there are some? Last year, senior brother said there were. As for the whereabouts of the Samadhi True Flame Bead, I came back in disgrace when I went out. I didn’t find anything. I heard that it was snatched away by a little girl, but the little girl was not found. Hey, he went to the new secret realm again and didn’t care about us. .”
