He said, "From now on, Kunxu will no longer have karma, and Kunxu's luck will rise again. If I hear another person complaining about the Qingxiao Sect's rebellion, Qin, I will take another blood!"
Qin Keyuan shook his figure and looked in the direction of Zhao Ning. Zhao Ning came closer in an instant. When he was about to fall down at the end, he supported Zhao Ning on his shoulders.
"Hong Jie."
Hong Jie raised his head and walked to Qin Keyuan on his knees, his voice so choked and trembling that he could not speak.
He pointed to the statue of the ancestor, "Kneel down at the statue of the ancestor. From now on, you will be the leader of the Qingxiao Sect."
"The first seat..."
But Qin Keyuan shook his head slightly.
"From now on, I am no longer the leader of your Qingxiao Sect, and there is no Qin Keyuan in the Qingxiao Sect."
Chapter 240
Mangrove courtyard in Kongzhao Mountain.
"Ahem..." Qin Keyuan sat cross-legged on the bed and coughed a few times, making his back a little rickety.
"Uncle!" Zhao Ning stood up to check his condition and was suddenly startled, "Uncle, why is your cultivation declining?"
After leaving Qingxiao Sect, Zhao Ning took Uncle Qin straight to the Mangrove Courtyard. This place had been deserted for many years, but under the cover and protection of the ban, it still retained its original appearance.
It's just that the red leaves are falling, the moonflowers are not in bloom, and there is an indescribable desolation in the courtyard.
After entering the house, Qin Keyuan only asked Zhao Ning to protect the law, adjust his breath, and use the secret method. The karma fire that spread around him gradually restrained. Until today, the karma fire has completely disappeared from the surroundings.
Zhao Ning knew that the fire of karma had not dissipated, but was restrained and concentrated in his Nascent Soul.
"Is it caused by karma?" Zhao Ning asked sadly.
As soon as Qin Keyuan opened his mouth, another violent cough came out of his mouth, and Zhao Ning rubbed his back.
"...It's okay." He seemed to have swallowed something before he spoke slowly.
Zhao Ning was extremely sad, "Uncle Master, is it to fight against the 'Dao of Heaven'?"
Qin Keyuan turned around slowly, probably because of his weakness, which made him sway a little. He could only grab Zhao Ning's hand. Zhao Ning could obviously feel a different touch than before. It was because after the passage of life, the skin became loose and rough, and the bones Rugged.
He said, "If the 'Tiandao' wants to destroy Kyushu, it will start with civil strife in Kyushu. Kunxu is just a microcosm."
"Why do they do this to Jiuzhou?" Zhao Ning's voice trembled, "Is it because Jiuzhou wants to break the situation?"
Qin Keyuan said, "If all sentient beings in the Nine Provinces voluntarily surrender to a corner, the 'Dao of Heaven' is just the ruthless way of Heaven; but when no one is willing to be a sacrifice on the altar, as long as the orthodoxy continues, one day, someone will break the Demon Sealing Formation in the Nine Provinces .”
After practicing for more than fifty years, Zhao Ning has experienced too many things. Even so, she still doesn't have much idea about the so-called way of heaven. Even these words are not as shocking to Zhao Ning as Master Qin's appearance of sitting down at any time.
Zhao Ning wanted to ask Tiangong why he didn't protect him, but Zhao Ning found out sadly that Tiangong had nothing to protect him. Tiangong only had seven Yuanshen who had not even survived the first calamity of Yuanshen, and Uncle Qin was the Yuanshen. The people who are closest to the Heavenly Palace, those who are at the peak of the Nascent Soul in the stage of becoming gods, can't even compare to Master Uncle in terms of cultivation suppression.
What is the difference between the protection of Tiangong and the protection of Uncle Qin?
He pressed his fingertips on Zhao Ning's cheek and wiped away a tear. The skinny fingertips pressed the red mark, which hurt, but Zhao Ning didn't care.
"It's really okay." Qin Keyuan said, "This is not a regression in cultivation, but a direct transformation into the gods."
Zhao Ning was shocked, seeing Qin Keyuan speechless, and then listened to him, "I succeeded in transforming into a god, promoted to Yuan Shen, and the fire of karma is for my use."
"Seriously." In an instant, Zhao Ning's heart suddenly jumped out as it hit rock bottom.
"Uncle Master, why did you lie to you?" He forced a weak smile, "Uncle Master, you have been in Shixu for three thousand years, and you finally came back. You haven't even had time to hear what we have experienced in recruiting Little Fairy Ning in the past fifty years. Uncle Master, How could he just die in vain?"
Those sadnesses and sorrows were instantly calmed down.
Zhao Ning asked, "What is Uncle Master's obsession? I will take you there immediately. If one candied haws is not enough, just two. If two candied haws are not enough, then countless."
This made Qin Keyuan extremely helpless for a moment, "You were led astray by Master Xiaoyi. He is an old naughty boy himself, so he could come up with such an inconsistent method. Moreover, transforming into a god does not eliminate obsessions. It is just that transforming into a god is What……"
He frowned slightly, as if hesitant.
Zhao Ning was silent. She actually understood in her heart that when Master Xiaoyi said that no one could know the key to becoming a god, but most people thought that eliminating obsession was the most likely way. However, Master Xiaoyi has transformed into a god for thousands of years. , the nameless Master Nascent Soul whom I met in Guanhai City that year has been incarnate for a long time. Can't a trace of obsession be eliminated in a thousand years? Maybe this is a misunderstanding in itself.
She thought sideways and said, "I have personally seen Master Xiaoyi advance to Yuanshen. His words, 'It's enough to ask questions in the morning and die in the evening' still ring in Zhao Ning's ears."
Zhao Ning looked at Qin Keyuan, "At that time, he was seriously injured and had reached a desperate situation. I listened to him talk about the confusion and powerlessness of becoming a god for so many years, and saw him walking into darkness and death step by step, until the moment the sun rose, he It seems that he has seen through something. In an instant, the road is leading, thunder clouds are brewing, and Zhao Ning still has no understanding."
She detailed her encounter with Master Xiaoyi that year.
Qin Keyuan sat cross-legged, his arms resting on his legs, which was a little loose, and he lowered his eyes slightly, thinking.
"Uncle Master, why don't we go to the mortal world and have a look." Zhao Ning said. She always felt that the key to becoming a god was related to the ordinary world of Jiuzhou. However, she didn't understand why she still had to stay in the ordinary world when she reached the stage of becoming a god when she had already reached the realm of foundation building. .
He paused and looked at Zhao Ning for a long time, only to find Zhao Ning looking a little strange.
"What's wrong, uncle?"
Qin Keyuan said, "I'm afraid my uncle will have to leave on his own this time."
Zhao Ning was startled, feeling a little disappointed in her heart but did not show it, but she reacted faster intellectually, "Uncle Master, have you realized the key to transforming into a god?"
But Qin Keyuan did not respond to this question, and only said, "The common world is the foundation of the human race. Monks hide in the mountains and forests to escape from the common world in order to seek peace of mind and the source of spirituality. However, the mortal world is full of glitz. If it is not cut off, it will lead to lust, blindness, and confusion. Heart, so there is a theory of cutting through the world to prove the perseverance of seeking the Tao; now, the golden elixir contains the spiritual fetus, and the spiritual fetus gives birth to the Yuanying. He is still just a human being. The Yuanshen, whose spirit and body are united and coexist with the sky, have a first glimpse of the rudiment of the Dao, and establish the Dao Heart. He is a god rather than a human being."
Zhao Ning was stunned, or maybe confused. She tried to interpret, "That is to say, the process of transformation from Yuanying to Yuanshen is the transformation from human to god."
"You can say that." Qin Keyuan raised his eyes, the breeze blew open the window, and the fallen leaves were whirling outside.
The two of them thought like this for a long time.
A red leaf was swept into the house by the wind. Zhao Ning subconsciously reached out to catch it. The red leaf fell on her palm. The leaf pattern was bright and the leaf was red. It was not the same color as blood, but more like some kind of fiery emotion.
Zhao Ning paused for a moment, then turned to look at Qin Keyuan, "Uncle, fallen leaves know how to return to their roots, but where is that person?"
Is becoming a god the return to one’s roots? But what about those cultivators who have lived in the world of cultivation since childhood, in big families and sects, and have never experienced the mortal world until they reach the foundation? Aren’t they worthy of becoming gods? No, there seems to be a little enlightenment in my heart, but it seems that there is still a thin veil between it.
Until the two of them looked at each other.
"It's not a return to roots."
"It's a return."
"Know people and know gods; transform the ordinary and transform into gods."
Master Xiaoyi went from life to death, from child to old age, from darkness to light until the moment of his death. Until that moment, he realized the life of a human being, abandoned the obsession of being a god, and admitted that he was just a human being. Therefore, the bottleneck of the soul is touched, and the great road leads to it.
At this moment, Zhao Ning was silent. She understood that only her uncle could go alone on this trip.
Zhao Ning lowered his head and looked at the red leaves in his hands. There was faint light flowing along the veins of the leaves.
Suddenly Qin Keyuan said, "Do you know what kind of tree this is?"
Zhao Ning tilted her head, "Is it Zhuzhou Sangming?"
Qin Keyuan paused and Zhao Ning blinked, "Seriously? It turns out that only the red leaves of the mulberry tree are really as red as this. I thought Chen Yi just said it casually."
"……who?"
"Just the casual cultivator who screamed 'Lin Ying is his only god' at the restoration ceremony." Zhao Ning frowned, "This man is very strange. When I came out of the Demonic Wasteland of the West, I heard There are various legends about Lin Ying circulating in Xiyuan Zhenfang City, the legends are exaggerated several times, but I didn't expect that he followed him to Kunxu. Shi Yueze must have deliberately spread the news about Lin Ying when he established the clan."
"..."
Zhao Ning talked about Shi Yueze's founding of the clan. At the end, she said, "After this Shi Yueze was hurt by love, he was very proud of himself. Uncle Master, you don't know, at the ceremony, he also said that his Ji Jian Palace became famous because of this." Da Nao, don’t worry about me saying ‘I can’t help’ him. I really don’t know what to say to him.”
Zhao Ning talked for a long time, but when her uncle didn't answer her, she was a little surprised, "Uncle?"
Qin Keyuan suddenly said, "Zhao Ning, after I go to the mortal world, I will help my uncle do something."
"Uncle, just say it."
"He probably didn't use the Wangxian Death City Crossing Tribulation Platform that he exchanged with Master Xiaoyi back then." Qin Keyuan said slowly.
Zhao Ning's eyes flashed with joy, "Exactly. I will open the tribulation platform and wait for my uncle to return from mortal form to transcend the divine tribulation!"
"Yeah." Qin Keyuan said, "Be careful."
A few days later, Qin Keyuan left.
Zhao Ning stood under the mulberry tree and looked at it for a long time, until she really couldn't feel her uncle's breath at all. She raised her eyes to look at the flaming crown of the mulberry tree.
"Sang Ming, Sang Ming, uncle will be back soon, right?"
There was no sound to respond to her, only the rustling of red leaves.
After a moment of concentration, her consciousness swept across the House of Silent Spirits, and then felt around her body. Suddenly she realized that she seemed to have lost something.
In the Falling Immortal Realm, she threw the ancient dragon-patterned jade pendant to her divine self who appeared in overlapping time and space. Logically speaking, the ancient dragon-patterned jade pendant was still on her body.
As soon as she woke up from her divinity, Qin Keyuan was always by her side, and she had completely forgotten about this ancient dragon pattern jade pendant.
Zhao Ning was silent for a moment, and then his spiritual consciousness swept over it again. First, he took out the "stars" gifted by his uncle from the clouds on Qingxiao Island. This "star" was wrapped in starlight and was only the size of a fist. There was a circle of nebulae around it, but Zhao Ning did not sense his uncle's aura from it.
Then he put the object back into the Palace of Silent Spirits, and then dug out another object, a jade buckle woven into a long knot. The jade buckle was a jade that sent messages. Zhao Ning only vaguely remembered that it was made in the Netherworld, and paused. , and put it into the sleeve pocket.
Finally, I scanned around again and confirmed that there was no ancient dragon pattern jade pendant.
"Master uncle took it away?" But thinking about it again, when he first returned to Qingxiao Sect that day, Qin Keyuan's family fortune was gone.
"Is it in Qingxiao Sect?"
Zhao Ning did not hesitate, waved his hand with a flash of light, opened the ban on the mangrove courtyard again, and then drove away on the clouds.
Flying over Kunxu again, Zhao Ning seemed to really see the changes. The years of desolation and decay seemed to have faded away, showing a scene of greenery and the revival of all things.
Sometimes subtle changes in the environment also present some kind of unknowable and unspeakable power.
When Zhao Ning arrived at the Qingxiao Sect, the remaining one hundred and twenty disciples of the Qingxiao Sect were kneeling in front of the Qingxiao Hall. Hong Jie, Ji Xiu, Ai Bai, and Shao Jun stood in front.
The disciples knelt down and bowed their heads, while Hong Jie and the other four looked solemn.
Hong Jie stood in front and said with his hands behind his back, "I tell you, don't think that the leader has taken on everything for you, so you can do whatever you want. The leader protects the Qingxiao Sect, and protects Kunxu, not Kunxu." The arrogant ones among you."
"Just because the leader doesn't punish you, doesn't mean that you are not wrong! The leader has handed over the Qingxiao Sect's orthodoxy to our hands, and the rules of the Qingxiao Sect will be re-established."
"Today, I will settle this account with you one by one."
He glanced at the disciples with cold eyes. At this moment, all the disciples were lying low and did not seem to be resisting at all.
"You don't have to pretend to be sincere and pious here. Some of you were really vicious with your mouth during the restoration ceremony." Hong Jie stared at him, "Now, these people still have a chance. If they don't want to be liquidated and punished by me, , leave the sect on your own immediately, the sect does not need you white-eyed wolves."
But no one of the disciples present spoke, and no one took any extra action.
"Ha." Ji Xiu laughed, "Oh, everyone is silent now? Now I know that the Qingxiao Sect's lineage has been renewed, Kunxu's destiny has been renewed, and senior brothers have conquered Qingxiao in the entire Jiuzhou. With the name of the sect, do you think that the Qingxiao Sect has a bright future and you can follow behind and enjoy the blessings? Let me tell you, the current Qingxiao Sect is not the previous Qingxiao Sect. This place inherits the ancestor's orthodoxy and leads the way. It is senior brother’s will that remains. Even though senior brother is gone, the first seat will always be the first seat. Senior brother will still stand next to the shadow of the ancestor!”
