Regarding punishment, Qian Chao heard that this person had passed the "Sword Armor Examination" in the inner hall of Chengqi Hall more than thirty years ago. Although there were rumors in the past that he failed, Qian Chao learned from the inner hall that It was completely different. The punishment was passed at that time, but not long after he became a disciple of the inner hall, he was arrested by the sect because the matter of refining evil weapons was exposed. At the same time, the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall expelled him. So far, Xing Rang has neither been caught nor escaped from the Wuling Sect's territory to the outside. He is as erratic as a ghost outside and is hard to find.
Chu Yuan told Qian Chao even more. After all, Chu Yuan actually entered the Wuling Sect earlier than Xing Rang. In the past, he had heard and experienced some things about Xing Rang. Now that he had made up his mind to cooperate with Qian Chao, and both of them swore in public in order to gain each other's trust, Chu Yuan told everything he knew about Xing Rang.
In fact, what Qian Chao knew about Xing Rang's participation in the sword armor examination in the inner hall of Chengqi Hall was the second time. As early as nearly a Jiazi ago, Xing Rang had submitted himself to the inner hall with his third-level cultivation of Qi Refining. A pair of sword armor, and that time was the real failure.
After Chu Yuan entered the Wuling Sect, he also practiced in Jiuxuan. He once wanted to learn the exquisite weapon refining skills, but his talent in weapon refining was much lower. Although he had worked hard, he still couldn't. There was still no improvement, and he finally gave up as a last resort. However, there were always a few acquaintances in Chengqi Hall, and that was almost a year ago. Chu Yuan never thought that he would die for the Mozun Jade Fat Lamp today. He was running around, so at that time he still had some leisure to inquire about the lively things around him, so he also heard some things about torture.
It is said that during Xing Rang's first sword armor examination, the inner brother who appraised his sword armor was a little embarrassed. He should not let him pass. The sword armor made by Xing Rang was indeed unique. It can be seen that This person has extraordinary talent in the art of weapon refining and has worked hard; but if he is allowed to pass, his sword armor seems too rough. Among them, the roughness is relative to the merits of his sword and armor. The sword and armor that Xing Rang handed over caused a small controversy. The dazzling features of this sword and armor are admirable. But at the same time, their flaws are puzzling. To put it simply, the upper limit of this sword armor is very high, but at the same time, the lower limit is very low. People have to suspect that Xing Rang did it deliberately and with ingenuity. However, the details are very poor. This is not common among the disciples who refine weapons every day in Chengqi Hall. Almost everyone strives to do every detail when refining weapons. On the other hand, Xing Rang's sword armor , seems to be deliberately showing off his craftsmanship in weapon refining to the inner hall of Chengqi Hall in this somewhat unruly way, and even deliberately made the sword armor somewhat crudely to set off his ingenuity. It is not what Chengqitang took.
The disciples of the inner hall of Chengqi Hall do need to have ingenuity, but more important than ingenuity is a steady and delicate mind that is neither impetuous nor impetuous.
Even if a person is dull, there will always be a flash of inspiration. Even if there is only one or two flashes of inspiration in his life, the advantage of Chengqitang lies in the large number of people. If the sand is gathered into a tower, it will inevitably accumulate into an incalculable intangible wealth. , thus making the Wuling Sect Chengqi Hall famous all over the world. But if the mind is frivolous and unstable, it will be difficult to carry out important tasks and it will be difficult to achieve great results in the art of refining weapons. The reason why the Wuling Sect Chengqi Hall has such a great reputation in the spiritual world is not supported by a few talented and beautiful people. , it relies on the accumulation of bit by bit by everyone who is not afraid of tediousness and boredom. According to the unified point of view of the inner hall of Chengqi Hall, there are amazing designs in the art of weapon refining. It's a wild idea, nothing more than stacking together many or more tedious, boring or even boring things.
Being able to think of something but not being able to do it is called having a good eye but a weak hand;
Just wanting to think but not doing anything is called being indolent and indolent;
And showing off in various ways like Xing Rang is just sensationalizing!
In the end, Xing Rang's first sword-armor examination was given a "unstable, impetuous and frivolous" comment after a controversial discussion among several senior brothers in the inner hall, so he naturally failed.
In fact, you can see the difference between Xing Rang and Qian Chao from here. Xing Rang was the first sword armor exam he took when he was at the third level of Qi Refining. Although this may seem inferior to Qian Chao, it is not easy. , but his failure lies in his arrogant and frivolous personality. On the other hand, Qian Chao submitted the sword armor that he took the exam to the inner hall of Chengqi Hall on the second floor of Qi Refining. It may be an exaggeration to say that Qian Chao is steady, but Qian Chao's delicacy and perseverance are better than this. Xing Rang is much stronger. At least on that sword and armor, Qian Chao not only showed his ingenuity, but also tried his best to make all the details the best he could. This is different from Xing Rang. The biggest difference is why Qian Chao was valued by the inner hall of Chengqi Hall. Finally, after passing the "Ten Blind Selection" examination, the inner hall officially and grandly admitted Qian Chao as a disciple.
Xing Rang's first sword armor exam was very high-profile, and he deliberately made it known to many people. People were speculating whether he could pass in the end. Of course, when the final results came out, ridicule and ridicule were inevitable. As for Xing Rang's state of mind after knowing that he failed the Sword Armor Examination, this was not something Chu Yuan could know. After all, he and Xing Rang did not know each other at that time, and the above statements were only matured after a period of time. It flowed out from the inner hall and was heard by him.
More than twenty years later, Xing Rang participated in the second sword armor examination. Chu Yuan actually didn't know much about this matter. It all happened more than thirty years ago, because the foundation was established. At that time, Chu Yuan was already a little anxious. He seemed to have heard that Xing Rang had passed the sword armor examination in the inner hall of Chengqi Hall and became a disciple of the inner hall. However, this incident was far less serious than what happened later. Surprisingly.
Not long after Xing Rang became a disciple in the inner hall, one day, almost all the foundation-building disciples of the Jiuxuanmen Chengqi Hall of the Wuling Sect suddenly came out in full force, and other foundation-building disciples in the sect also joined in, practicing Qi on weekdays. The disciples searched back and forth in the vast area where they were dispatched for the Keishi-in, and the search lasted for a long time. Later, I heard that they were led by the elders of the sect to clear out a place called "Hanchi Pond" After a while, there was no further follow-up.
Next, Chu Yuan seemed to have heard rumors that someone was refining evil weapons, but at that time, there was another rumor that was not widespread... someone had stolen a very important classic from the inner hall!
Qian Chao's heart moved when he heard this. What he heard about Xing Rang was: More than ten days after this person became a disciple of the inner hall, his refining of evil weapons was exposed, and someone was seriously injured and escaped from the sect. , said that he was injured by someone with an evil weapon, and then the sect traced it and caught the person who used the evil weapon. Under questioning, he confessed that the evil weapon was purchased from a casual cultivator in Ruixuan Town, and then he went to Ruixuan Town to The casual cultivator who was selling the evil weapon was caught. From the casual cultivator, he learned that the person who refined the evil weapon was actually Xing Rang, and then the sect began to arrest Xing Rang, but it was already too late by that time, Xing Rang had already He was nowhere to be found, and after searching for it for a while without any results, he gradually forgot about it.
Unexpectedly, he also heard rumors from Chu Yuan that Xing Rang stole books from the inner hall. Is this... true?
If, as Chu Yuan said, it was all the foundation-building disciples of Chengqitang who came out in droves... this matter would indeed seem somewhat credible.
However, you can read the famous "Ten Cabinets of Books" in Chengqi Hall! Nine of the ten cabinets of books can be consulted at will. Even if you take them back to your residence, you only need to make a record with your senior brother and set a date for returning the books. If you want to read the last cabinet of books, you will have to pay some spiritual stones. Yes, but the disciples who can enter the inner hall, with their attainments in weapon refining, why would they care about those few spiritual stones? If the news is true, then what Xing Rang stole from the inner hall must not be one of the ten cabinets of books...
What book would it be?
Moreover, if it is really a classic that is not easily revealed to others or is regarded as a secret in the inner hall, its collection location must be secretive and must have protection methods, which are nothing more than formations, and they should be relatively powerful formations. Yes, if the protection of the formation can be stolen by Xing Rang, then... Xing Rang must have considerable knowledge of the formation, otherwise he would not be able to do this at all.
Then...where did Xing Rang's formation knowledge come from?
Qian Chao's knowledge of formations came from two main sources, one was stolen from his master, and the other was found by himself from outside the sect. The most important reason why Qian Chao was able to do this was his "Blue Eyes Technique", and From Chu Yuan's narration and Qian Chao's understanding of Xing Rang, this person did not have a teacher, so where did he learn the formations?
Is it possible that this person also has a method similar to "Blue Eyes" like Qian Chao?
It took more than 20 years for Xing Rang to pass the first Sword Armor Examination to the second Sword Armor Examination. During these 20 years, what kind of experience did he have in IP that allowed him to achieve success in cracking the code? What about using the formation method inside the Qi Hall to steal an extremely important book?
What the previous court wanted to know most was what was recorded in the classics that Xing Rang stole?
Of course, these are not things Chu Yuan can know.
After Xing Rang was expelled from the inner court and then searched again, it took more than 20 years for Chu Yuan to become related to Xing Rang again.
Let’s talk about Chu Yuan again.
Chu Yuan's past has been mentioned before, so I won't repeat it again. On the night when he agreed to help Qian Chao, Qian Chao originally planned to give him a jade lamp, but Chu Yuan asked for one more. Chu Yuan was extremely excited at that time because he was worried about being tricked by Qian Chao. He refused and almost collapsed. Finally, Qian Chao agreed to his conditions, which led to the cooperation between the two parties.
There was naturally a reason why he asked Qian Chaoduo for a lamp.
First of all, Chu Yuan is not a villain in nature. He only wants to achieve higher achievements through his own efforts and thus have a better future. Unfortunately, God does not fulfill his wishes, and his repeated attempts to build a foundation have failed. As his longevity gradually ran out, the cruel situation began to force him to do things he didn't want to do.
Chu Yuan's situation is very similar to Luo Ying's.
What kind of conditions does Luo Ying have? His own cultivation and skills are considered to be the best among the disciples in the sect. His grandfather is Elder Luo Ban, the famous formation master of Jiuxuan. Logically speaking, Luo Ying does not need to worry about himself. It was about foundation building, but Luo Ying was unhappy because she was rejected because she was in love with a senior brother named Xu Bo in Chengqi Hall. That senior brother Xu Bo was a foundation building monk and was familiar with Qian Chao. Later, for To avoid Luo Ying's pursuit, he actually invited himself to go out, hired a foreign dispatcher and hid far away. Luo Ying felt resentful for this. In fact, Luo Ying had secretly tried to build the foundation long before senior brother Xu Bo was sent to the outside world. For her, getting the foundation building pill was not a big problem, but after taking the foundation building pill, she couldn't build the foundation. is the real big problem.
Moreover, Luo Ying failed to establish the foundation after taking the Foundation Establishment Pill not once, but twice. By the third time, she felt a little guilty and did not dare to try again.
There is a very annoying rule for Qi-refining monks to take the Foundation-Building Pill. When trying to build a Foundation for the first time, just take one Foundation-Building Pill. As long as the Qi-refining cultivation reaches a perfect level and you have the blessing of the Foundation-Building Pill, you can There are opportunities to build a foundation, and there are even very talented characters who can build a foundation without using a foundation-building pill. But if the foundation building fails the first time, the second time the foundation building bottleneck is hit, two foundation building pills will be used. For ordinary disciples in the sect, one or two foundation-building pills can still be collected in the sect for more than a hundred years, but the most annoying and worrying thing is if the second foundation-building pill also fails. , then the third attempt to build the foundation requires four foundation building pills. Even if the four foundation building pills can be gritted out, once the third foundation building fails, if you want to continue the fourth time, you will need eight. This means that every time the foundation building fails, the number of foundation building pills to be used next time will be twice that of the last time. It is extremely difficult for ordinary disciples to do this. This is also the most important thing for Qi refining disciples. Afraid of the situation that may arise!
In addition to what is mentioned above, there is another more important rule, that is, the time between taking two foundation-building pills is getting longer and longer. This does not mean that you can’t build a foundation after taking one pill and then turn around. If you come back, you can take two more pills to continue building the foundation. If that happens, almost everyone can build the foundation. Because the interval is getting longer and longer, those who have failed to build the foundation many times will become more and more anxious. Even if you take four pills, you can continue to build the foundation. Or maybe eight Foundation Establishment Pills are enough, but before the day of taking the pills, forcibly building the Foundation is almost certain to fail, and if the calculated days of taking the Foundation Establishment Pills exceed one's lifespan...
It is for this reason that not only Chu Yuan, but also Luo Ying is afraid!
Luo Ying failed twice, and Chu Yuan failed three times!
Luo Ying was afraid of failing again, so she asked Qian Chao to cooperate and went to the outside of the sect to open the ruins that she knew but had not been able to open, and to find the extremely precious Mozun Jade Fat Lamp.
Chu Yuan was even more frightened, so he could only take Yu Nianhui's people to keep a close eye on Luo Ying's movements. Whenever Luo Ying and others went out, they would secretly follow behind, waiting for an opportunity to seize the Moi Yun Jade. Fat lamp, as long as Luo Ying goes to open the ruins, they will follow them all the way until the ruins are opened and then rush over to snatch them.
Everyone knows that the Mozun Jade Fat Lamp can only be found in such ruins now. Luo Ying's attempts to find the Mozun Jade Fat Lamp outside for many years have been disrupted by people from Yu Nianhui, so after learning about Chu Yuan's After knowing his identity and what he had done, he was very unwilling to let go.
Chu Yuan failed three times to build the foundation. His fourth foundation building required eight foundation building pills. This was almost impossible for an ordinary disciple without a family background. Eight foundation building pills, and he himself did not know how to use them. If you know how to refine elixirs, you can only spend a large amount of spiritual stones to buy them. As mentioned before, Chu Yuan is not a bad person in essence, but he has been forced to this point, so he can only do some evil things. Got it!
When Qian Chao heard this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. There is actually no difference between the monks in this world of cultivation and the mortals in the world. Regardless of whether they are rich or poor, the first thing that mortals want is peace, joy, health and longevity, followed by rich clothes and jade. Eat, and the child's breath will continue. As for monks, it is estimated that monks all over the world, regardless of their level of cultivation, are thinking about how to break through their cultivation to a higher realm, so as to obtain more powerful means and more longevity.
Chu Yuan's eight foundation-building pills have been gathered together, and several of them were given to him by someone who knew what happened to him.
And that person was the one for whom Chu Yuan fought for an extra jade lamp.
Once a disciple of the Five Spirits enters the sect, if he cannot build the foundation, he will stay here almost all his life. The lifespan of a Qi Refining monk is about 150 years old. During this period, there will always be some things and some people that can make people Those who are remembered unforgettably, such as that person to Chu Yuan.
Of course, she was a woman, and her situation was almost the same as that of Chu Yuan. She tried to build the foundation twice but failed, and she gave up the idea of building the foundation from then on. However, she met Chu Yuan again, and there was always an unexplainable relationship between them. However, when the two met, Chu Yuan had already begun to worry about the matter of foundation building, and he was angry because of repeated failures in foundation building. How could he bother to pay attention to the concerned eyes on him behind the god's back. The woman originally thought that there was no hope of building a foundation in this life, and Chu Yuan seemed to be the same way. Since it was impossible for the two of them to walk together and support each other in the spiritual world after building a foundation in the future, it seemed that it would be a good ending to sleep in the same hole forever. But she was willing to give up, but Chu Yuan was not, so the woman exchanged all the spiritual stones she had accumulated for foundation-building pills and gave them to Chu Yuan. This move made Chu Yuan stunned for a long time.
Chu Yuan valued that woman very much, and as early as Qian Chao drew a portrait of Chu Yuan for Ma Hu to identify, Ma Hu also became interested in Chu Yuan and secretly inquired about some things about Chu Yuan, including that woman. Later, Chu Yuan The reason why Yuan willingly followed Ma Hu to meet Qian Chao and others was because Ma Hu used that woman to threaten Chu Yuan and make him obey.
Chu Yuan had thought about it more than once, what would he do if he could only get a jade lamp after all the hardships?
This question is very cruel and tortures people's hearts. After Chu Yuan thought about it once, he didn't dare to think about it again. Later, he kept persuading himself: It's not that he doesn't have her in his heart, but that she has been around longer than him. She should build the foundation first. As long as she can build the foundation, she will definitely find the Mozun Jade Fat Lamp for her, and then the two of them can be together from now on!
But the key is...can he build a foundation?
The second thing is...even if he can build the foundation, can he get another Mozun Jade Fat Lamp before her time runs out?
That's why when he saw Tang Ping taking out a mosaic jade lamp in Qian Chao's room that day, he almost collapsed and begged Qian Chao for another mosaic jade lamp. The reason for the lights.
When there is no hope and almost despair, in order to pursue something that is unwilling to give up in the heart, the human heart can be as cold as steel, but when success or even a glimmer of hope is seen, some people will think To be able to make amends for the bad things you have done or the guilt deep in your heart.
Chu Yuan is such a person. Fortunately, Qian Chao and the other five people also helped him!
