In the southwest suburb of Shanghai, there is a hill named after Phoenix.
The hill is not very high, with a radius of only about twenty miles. The mountain is extremely steep and in the shape of a "ten", like a phoenix soaring in the sky with its neck stretched out and its wings extended, hence the name Phoenix Mountain.
The mountains are lush with trees, crisscrossed by streams and springs, and the scenery is extremely beautiful. There is a green wall on the top of the mountain, about thirty meters high, like a knife cutting an axe. If you stand on this green wall, you can cut all the people around the mountain. You can have a panoramic view of the Chunshen River.
The land of Shanghai has many plains and few mountains. Among them, Lansun Mountain and Phoenix Mountain have the most beautiful scenery. One of the two mountains is in the northeast and the other is in the southwest. They face each other across the entire Shanghai City. This has been the case since ancient times. Famous scenic spot.
However, unlike Lansun Mountain, which is crowded with tourists all year round, Fenghuang Mountain has almost no tourists coming here.
Because Phoenix Mountain was designated as a private land by the then Governor Wu Zhou two hundred years ago.
However, it was not allocated to him by the Governor. As for who it was allocated to, very few people have known for two hundred years.
During the Republic of China, the Phoenix Mountain was still privately owned. Some congressmen once raised objections to this and believed that the mountain should be returned to the people and open to the public.
But not long after, those congressmen all shut up for some unknown reason.
Therefore, this Phoenix Mountain is still inaccessible, and of course almost no one knows who it belongs to.
But in the Shencheng cultivation world, everyone knows whose family this place belongs to.
The villa of the Tantai family, the number one family in Shanghai's spiritual practice world, is located in Phoenix Mountain.
The entire Phoenix Mountain is a villa, and the children of the Tantai family basically live in the Phoenix Villa.
At dusk that day, the four immortals from the Seven Immortals Alliance walked out of the magnificent gate of the Tantai family's villa, and Tantai Yu sent them to the gate of the villa.
Today, at the invitation of Tantai Yu, the four immortals from the Seven Immortals Alliance came to Phoenix Villa for a day.
Tantaiyu accompanied them to visit the beautiful scenery of Fenghuang Mountain, making tea and discussing Taoism under the pine tree by the stream, talking about the past and the present. It was not until sunset that the four immortals got up to say goodbye.
"Thank you Mr. Tantai for your hospitality today. Phoenix Villa is well-deserved. It is indeed a paradise in the world of mortals."
"I and the other senior brothers and sisters will leave for now."
Before arriving at the gate, Li Changqing smiled and nodded to Tantai Yu.
"Fairy Li's words are serious. It is our Tantai family's honor to invite all the immortals from the Seven Immortals Alliance. Today's meeting, Tantaiyu feels like meeting a close friend in his life. At this time, he is already looking forward to the next day when we get together, Tantai The door to our home will always be open for you."
Tantai Yu also said with a smile.
Then the four immortals waved goodbye to Tantai Yu, but when they left, Mu Chisang, who was wearing a batik floral dress and bright and dazzling, suddenly looked back again and smiled sweetly at Tantai Yu.
When she looked back, she found that Tantai Yude's eyes were also falling on her, with a bright smile and gentle eyes like spring water.
Two red clouds suddenly flew up on Mchisang's pretty face, and then she smiled happily and caught up with the other three.
The four great immortals walked down the mountain path and reached the foot of Phoenix Mountain.
At this time Li Changqing stopped and said to the other immortals:
"Junior brothers and sisters, please go back first. I have to do something else."
"Sister Li, what are you going to do?"
Mchisang asked curiously.
"A few days ago, in the small village at the foot of Lansun Mountain, didn't Mr. Ye Fan say that Zheng Kunlun, the head of the Zheng family at that time, talked about the strength of the Blood Demon Sect from our Seven Immortals Alliance and other Shencheng practitioners a hundred years ago? When he was talking about escaping from the encirclement and suppression, he still had some unfinished words, so he suggested that I go and inquire more."
"So I am going to visit the head of the Zheng family now."
"Sister Li, do you want us to go together?"
Then Xi Chu asked this question.
"No need, we have not made an appointment with the Zheng family master. If so many people come to the door together, it will make people suspicious. Why don't I go alone!"
After that, Li Changqing carried the sword on his back and floated away first.
…
Tantaiyu stood on the steps of the gate with his hands behind his hands, watching the four people leaving with a smile. It was not until the figures of the four immortals of the Seven Immortals Alliance disappeared under the mountain road that his smile gradually faded, and his eyes were filled with spring water. It is also covered with a thin layer of ice.
He stood at the gate for a while, then turned and walked into the villa.
Along the way, the houses are built along the mountains and rivers, or hidden among the trees. The buildings in the entire villa are natural and beautiful. Today, when I accompanied the four immortals from the Seven Immortals Alliance to visit the Phoenix Villa, it was so beautiful. The four immortals were also full of praise.
There are many streams on Phoenix Mountain, the largest of which is a mountain spring flowing down from the top of the mountain.
Tantai Yu went up the stream and headed towards the top of the mountain.
Anyone I met on the road, including servants and servants in the villa, immediately knelt down by the roadside, trembling in fear.
The other children in the clan also immediately stepped aside, not daring to take a breath. They did not dare to move forward until Tantaiyu was far away.
When he was at home, he was never the gentle and jade-like young man in the eyes of outsiders.
But a tyrant who no one dares to offend.
Tantaiyu walked to the top of the mountain and walked to the towering green wall.
This is the only place in Phoenix Mountain that the four immortal species have not set foot on today.
The surface of the blue stone wall is as smooth as a mirror, without any moss on it, as if it can really reflect people's shadows.
At this time, Tantaiyu stood in front of the green wall, and there was really a figure on the green wall.
It's just that Tantai Yu is standing, while the figure is sitting.
The human figure is vague and blurry, seeming to be floating on the green wall, but also seems to be hidden deep inside the green wall.
Tantaiyu clasped his hands together and bent deeply towards the figure on the green wall.
"Tantaiyu has met Patriarch Jingming."
Could it be that the figure on the green wall is the immortal ancestor of the Tantai family, Tantai Jingming?
Tantaiyu's voice echoed on the empty mountain top.
After saying that, Tantaiyu stood with his hands down and waited quietly.
After about five or six minutes, the figure in the green wall finally "moved" slightly.
That kind of "movement" is just a feeling, like a person's closed eyes opening, or slightly raising his head.
But these cannot be seen on a shadow.
But Tantaiyu knew that the ancestor was awake.
"What's the matter?"
Then a voice came from within the green wall.
There was a slight hint of age in the voice, because it came from within the stone, and it also had a strange trembling sound.
"Ancestor, Yu'er has two things to report."
Tantaiyu said respectfully.
"explain."
"The first thing is that recently there was a female disciple from the Seven Immortals Alliance who had a good impression of Yu'er. That woman was the one our ancestor told Yu'er last time. One of the members of the Seven Immortals Alliance's Immortal Seed Plan was Mo The Yunjiao lineage has a high status in the Seven Immortals Alliance, so Yu'er has the intention of marrying with the Seven Immortals Alliance, I wonder if my ancestor can give me some advice."
Tantaiyu said with a smile.
Regarding the two female disciples among the four major immortals of the Seven Immortals Alliance, to be honest, he was actually more interested in the woman named Li Changqing.
Only that woman with a fairy-like temperament and extraordinary talent could be worthy of him.
But today, when we got together in the village, Tantai Yu had already figured out that Li Changqing was probably a Taoist idiot and had no such thing as love between men and women in his heart.
It was too difficult to get such a woman without using force, so Tantaiyu felt there was no need to waste so much time and energy.
Then we can only settle for the next best thing.
In addition, the Hmong woman seemed to have some feelings for him.
Anyway, the love between men and women is a dispensable thing for him, Tantai Yu, it just depends on whether it has any use value.
"There are advantages and disadvantages to this matter. The advantage is that if you, Yu'er, can really marry that woman into your family, you will naturally get a lot of help from the Seven Immortals Alliance in the future. But if that woman discovers our Tantai family's plan prematurely, Things are unpredictable."
The voice coming from the green wall did not have too many emotional fluctuations, but analyzed the pros and cons of this matter in a very calm manner.
"I will keep her in the dark and won't let her discover the grand plan of our Tantai family."
Tantaiyu said with great confidence:
"Unless the day comes when our Tantai Dynasty can appear in the eyes of the world, but by then the situation has been established, the Seven Immortals Alliance will probably be powerless and there is no need to oppose it. Haha, who let them bind their hands and feet with the rules of heaven? Woolen cloth."
There seemed to be silence within the green wall.
"Can."
Then came such a calm word.
"Thank you, ancestor."
"The second thing is that Yu'er wants to break through the realm of land gods before the end of the year."
Then Tantaiyu continued.
"Put your palms on the green wall."
The man in the wall said this.
Tantai Yu followed her words and pressed a palm on the blue stone wall.
Within the green wall, there was a breath of extremely cold air.
"Hey, did you kill Xue Manshan?"
Then the voice coming from the green wall was finally no longer as calm as before, but filled with a hint of surprise.
"Xue Manshan is indeed dead, but he was not killed by Yu'er..."
Tantaiyu told the story of the destruction of the Blood Demon Sect a few days ago.
"'swallow'?"
"Yes, this person is a mysterious figure who suddenly appeared in Shanghai in recent months. Yu'er has asked her family to do their best to find this person's identity, but there is no result yet."
"This person must be found as soon as possible."
There was a little more solemnity in the voice of the person in the wall.
"In addition, you have absorbed too much blood and energy from corpses. Although your cultivation has reached the requirements for advancing to the land of immortals, the blood and energy of these bones are too mixed. They are only quantity but not quality. It will take at least half a year to convert these bones. Refining your blood energy is the safest way to advance to land immortality."
The sound continued to come out from the green wall.
"Also, I see that your Taoist heart seems to have gone backwards compared to the last time you came to see me. What else has happened in the past few days that has damaged your Taoist heart."
Tantaiyu was silent for a moment, then said in a harsh voice:
"...Ancestor, I have lost the fragments of a palm scripture that has been passed down in my family for many years."
"What! How did it get lost?"
"A few days ago, Yu'er discovered a practitioner who seemed to be also good at Yi Zhang Sutra, and then set up a trap..."
A few minutes later, Tantaiyu finished telling what happened that day.
"...Since then, Yu'er has been feeling a little depressed in her heart, and her luck in performing martial arts has been somewhat sluggish."
A soft sigh sounded in his ears.
"Yu'er, your talent is amazing. You are the most talented person I, Tantai Jingming, have ever seen. Even the immortals from the Seven Immortals Alliance are slightly inferior to you. If you Being able to be in the Seven Immortals Alliance and get the guidance of those seven true immortals, you can definitely be the strongest among all the immortals."
"It's just that your life has been too smooth. You haven't suffered any setbacks since you were a child. This is a good thing and a bad thing. Smooth winds and rivers can help you move forward."
"But when you encounter a setback, it is like a cliff in the middle of a river. You will only think about how to break it, rather than going around it."
"That's why now you feel uneasy and stagnant."
"It's just that your character is already like this, and it's hard to change."
"So before you get back the fragment of a palm sutra and kill the person who makes you unhappy, you must not enter the land of immortals rashly. In addition, the spiritual energy in your body is mixed now. If you forcefully enter the land of gods, It is just a fake realm, its strength cannot be compared with the real land gods, and there are many hidden dangers. If something extraordinary happens, these hidden dangers will bring you fatal danger."
The words of the man in the wall made Tantaiyu fall silent again.
This time he was silent for a long time, with a lot of hesitation and wavering in his eyes.
After a long time, Tantaiyu raised his head again. At this time, there was no hesitation or hesitation in his eyes. He looked at the shadow on the green wall and said in an extremely calm tone:
"In order to build momentum, Yu'er released some news. Now everyone in the entire spiritual world knows that I, Tantai Yu, will become a land god within this year!"
"Whether it's expectation or jealousy, everyone knows that this will definitely happen."
"But if I can't do it, then the three words 'Jade Master' will no longer have the original deterrence in Shanghai. Those who expect it will be disappointed, and those who are jealous will no longer be afraid."
"And our Tantai family's big plan is already on the string, and it's just waiting to be launched together with the Kingdom of the Rising Sun. At this critical moment, if my reputation is damaged, it will definitely be detrimental to our Tantai family's big plan."
"So Yu'er must become a land god within these two months."
"Besides, ancestor, you have also said that my Tantai Jade has always been on its path to immortality. Now these obstacles are just another rock. If Yu'er stops in front of it, or takes a detour, then it will be gone again. There is no way to move forward.”
"And if we stop just because of this obstacle, then how can Yu'er be able to carry on the ancestor's ambition, replace the Ji family, and establish my Tantai family's dynasty in Dahua."
Tantaiyu's voice gradually became more sonorous, and her eyes became firmer.
"Ancestor, don't worry, after Yu'er achieves the realm of land gods, she will be able to suppress and resolve those hidden dangers."
Within the blue stone wall, a sigh came out again.
"Since you were born, I discovered your talent, and I have rarely constrained your thoughts, in order to raise a king, not a good child."
"So now that you have made your decision, Yu'er, ancestor, I can't force you to change. What you just said is correct. Once the indomitable momentum is interrupted, it is almost impossible to recover. If you can't destroy the reef, then submerge it first. As long as the water is strong enough, it will have no chance of success."
"In that case, prepare to advance!"
"It's just that I am in seclusion this time. Within this year, I will not be able to get out of the stone wall."
"So you have to remember that if you feel like you are going crazy, you must come to this stone wall immediately."
"Yu'er knows."
…
It was already late at night when Tantaiyu came down from the top of the mountain.
He followed the mountain spring and walked down the mountain. Instead of returning to the pavilion where he lived, he walked out of the villa's gate and walked down Phoenix Mountain.
Not long after, his figure appeared in the villa in Falan's concession.
Tantaiyu walked into a luxurious bedroom in the villa, walked to the bed in the bedroom, and smashed the head of the sleeping middle-aged man on the bed with one palm.
Then he took out a folded paper swallow from his arms and dropped it on the middle-aged man's broken head.
The paper swallow slowly fell, and was quickly stained red with blood.
Looking at the blood-stained paper swallow, Tantai Yu smiled coldly.
Although I have decided to advance to the realm of land gods within two months no matter what, it would be the best thing if I could find the "Swallow" and get rid of my inner demons before then.
Just using the family's strength to search, there is still no clue after so long.
Tantaiyu couldn't wait any longer.
So he planned to use a very special method to force out the "swallow".
The way is to make yourself a "swallow"!
