Chapter 12: What's in the Box
The next day, Zhou Hao flew through the clouds with his sword and flew straight to the sword training square in Yunmiao Fairy Mountain.
The rising sun rises in the east, and under the red sky, three hundred disciples dance their swords in the wind. The top of this fairy mountain is the place where the energy of heaven and earth spirits is purest. Practicing here is of great benefit to the disciples of the immortals, not to mention other things. , the purple essence lingering on the mountain all year round is a kind of creation. If you come here to practice swordsmanship every day, you can get the blessing of purple energy, your immortal power can be replenished, and the cultivation process will be greatly accelerated.
The splendid palace stands on the top of the majestic fairy mountain. The sunlight makes it dazzling and sacred.
In the main hall, the three hall masters sat at the top. At this time, there were more than ten elders below, totaling 18 in total. They were all wearing Taoist robes and looked serious, making the scene somewhat solemn.
"Let me tell you, these are troubled times. After Yunmiao suffered that unreasonable disaster a hundred years ago, the Ye Palace organization has been the focus of our search. To this day, we have not found out any information about it. It Just like a smart assassin hiding in the dark, no one can detect him." A female voice said from below. The owner of the voice was wearing a blue Taoist robe and had an indifferent expression. She looked like a Taoist nun in her thirties or forties.
The Taoist nun paused and continued: "But just a few days ago, I found clues about the Night Palace from a box, so today I hope that all Taoist brothers will take a look at the contents of the box together!"
After saying that, the Taoist nun raised her hand and took out something from the sleeve of her robe, and everyone present turned their attention to it.
It was a black lacquered wooden box with some golden veins on it, and each side of the box was in the shape of a regular octagon.
"Elder Li, I wonder where you got this black box?" Opposite the Taoist nun, a middle-aged man wearing a green robe asked, but this man was Nangong Xun.
"I got it from a trip. I wonder if Brother Nangong has any advice?" The Taoist nun obviously didn't like Nangong Xun very much.
"What are you talking about, Elder Li? I'm just curious. After all, the Night Palace is unpredictable, and I'm also worried about what mechanism this box has!" Nangong Xun's voice was not loud, but everyone present was not deaf, so it was a bit confusing to hear these words. Not in tune.
"Brother Nangong, are you afraid that I, Li Qionghua, will harm all the Taoist brothers? Do you think opening the box will hurt people?" The Taoist nun turned out to be Su Qing's master. She said with a sullen look on her face at this moment.
"Why do I have this intention? Elder Li, you are overthinking." Nangong Xun said with a smile. He was doing this on purpose. Obviously the two of them had nothing to do with each other.
"Two elders, please be patient. Today is to discuss the matter of the Night Palace. Since Elder Li Qionghua has some clues, let's look at the clues first!" At this time, Cao Mengda, a big-bellied Sai Maitreya, stood up to smooth things over. He also knew this. The two of them couldn't see eye to eye, and there was nothing they could do about it.
"Elder Li, open the box and let me take a look at the contents." Yun Miao was wearing a gold and silver Taoist robe, with crystal-clear hair. He had a clear face and deep eyes. At this moment, he was paying great attention to the black box.
"good!"
Li Qionghua didn't even look at Nangong Xun. She also knew that Nangong Xun had bad intentions. However, as elders, they must set an example first. They should not compete in public to draw attention to themselves. They only used words but did not use hands in secret, so they could only hope to teach each other. The apprentices came to compete. Yesterday, Su Qing defeated Nangong Ying. Today, Nangong Ying was naturally unhappy and wanted to regain face from Li Qionghua.
Chi!
Li Qionghua stretched out his hand again, and held a sword that exuded blazing fairy light in his hand. The sword body was surrounded by a circle of rainbow light, and outside the rainbow light was a dazzling silver light. The whole sword was extremely sharp, and there was a sharp point at the tip of the sword. Breathing white light sword energy. She gently touched every surface of the black box with her sword. In an instant, the golden patterns on the box seemed to come alive, and golden light bloomed on it. The black box opened with a click.
Like an orange peeled into eight petals, the black box was opened, and the thing in the box was a page of leather paper.
"Is this the skin of a human immortal?" an elder exclaimed, sitting next to Li Qionghua.
Buzz!
Li Qionghua used the method of moving objects through the air, and the page of leather paper immediately flew into the air, and everyone looked at it.
There was just one sentence written on the paper: Yu Yang Yuanshen, the number one disciple of Yunmiao Palace!
"Yu Yang's soul, what does this mean? Is my son's soul in the box?" At this time, an old man in gray robe with a withered face gleamed in his eyes.
The old man in gray robe is named Yu Longtian, and he is the father of Yu Yang and Yu Nan. Yu Yang is the pride of the old man. Yu Longtian himself has mediocre qualifications. He only achieved the golden immortal status in a retreat at the age of nearly 3,000 years old and is now more than 5,000 years old. At the age of 18, his strength is in the middle stage of the Golden Immortal level, and he is considered a weak group among Yunmiao's elders. But God was also open-minded and gave him two promising children. Although Yu Yang died, fortunately Yu Nan was also very powerful and was one of Yunmiao's three heroes.
Yu Longtian looked at the black box, his eyes filled with bloodshot eyes. He had lost his beloved son a hundred years ago and was deeply shocked physically and mentally. However, facing Yun Fang, he did not yell to kill him to avenge his son like most people thought. , maybe this father has experienced the pain of being a small person step by step to a high place, maybe he can understand Yun Fang's mood, Yu Longtian didn't blame Yun Fang for anything, he just buried Yu Yang with his own hands, and then stayed in seclusion for five years. Ten years.
Although Yun Fang cannot be blamed for that incident, he is Yu Yang's master after all, so Yun Fang made atonement by staying in seclusion for a hundred years.
"Elder Li, where did you get this box?" Yu Longtian's mouth opened and his hands were trembling.
He stood up and went to grab the black box. Seeing him like this, Li Qionghua knew that the old man was thinking about what happened that year again, so he let him take it.
"The box was the first one I got. That day Yu Yang was killed and the people from the Night Palace escaped. I was unwilling to chase him out. Later, I had no choice but to come back after searching for nothing, but I found this box near the gate of the Immortal Palace. Box. I consulted a lot of ancient books and learned that the black box is called the Linglong Treasure Box, which is used to contain the soul, but I couldn't find a way to open it. Finally, I gave up and gave it to Elder Li." Yun said. Fang stood up and said.
"I see, but now there is only this piece of paper in the box. Where is the soul?" Cheng Bing said, sitting next to Nangong Xun.
"Yes, Elder Li, since you know how to open the box, you must have opened it before, right? Where is Yu Yangshen?" Nangong Xun asked.
As soon as these two sentences were spoken, Li Qionghua suddenly became the focus of the audience, and Yu Longtian, who was still in grief, also cast an inquiring look at her.
"Don't tell me that there is no soul as soon as the box is opened!" Nangong Xun was about to speak when he saw Li Qionghua, but he added another sentence.
"Yes, that's right, I opened the box, but there was really nothing inside at that time. I think the soul has probably been taken away by people from the Night Palace." Li Qionghua said firmly.
"Who can testify? Elder Li, it's hard to believe what you said! At that time, the death guards had taken action, and the people in the Night Palace fled in panic. They didn't have time to take Yu Yang Yuanshen away and then throw the box at the gate of the Immortal Palace. ?" Cheng Bing said with a sneer.
"Do you think that's the case, brother Yun Fang?" Cheng Bing turned to Yun Fang again and asked.
"What do you mean by this? Are you doubting what Elder Li and I said? Yu Yang's Yuan Shen was captured and the people in the Ye Palace came for the Yuan Shen. If there is no Yu Yang Yuan Shen in the exquisite treasure box, then Do you have to suspect that one of our own did it? What kind of logic is this?" Yun Fang said angrily.
"Quiet, listen to me and tell me my opinion!"
At this time, Immortal Yun Miao, who had been silent all this time, said: "During the disaster a hundred years ago, I sensed a trace of the energy of the Ye Palace man. When that man escaped, I exchanged palms with him thousands of miles away. He was extremely powerful. Even I suffered a loss, so I think he just wanted to return to the Ye Palace stronghold for business and was not really afraid of the death guards. According to what you just said, the Ye Palace was most likely established to collect the souls of immortals. , this soul must also be an outstanding disciple of the Immortal Palace with extremely high talent."
"The exquisite treasure box is indeed used to contain Yuan Shen, but my palm probably knocked the box off Ye Gongren's body. He had no time to put Yu Yang Yuan Shen into the box at that time."
"So, my son's soul is still in the Ye Palace stronghold?" Yu Longtianhu's eyes were filled with tears and his voice was choked with sobs.
"Yes, Yu Yang Yuanshen can still be saved. As his master, I will spare no effort to find him." Yun Fang came over and patted Yu Longtian on the shoulder.
Square platform.
Zhou Hao practices swordsmanship carefully. There are no fixed moves in Yunmiao swordsmanship. It is about doing whatever you want. The sword is like flowing clouds. Only when the unity of heaven and man can the full power of the swordsmanship be exerted.
This time, Zhou Hao was not disturbed by Yu Nan's people. Even Cao Shuang found it unbelievable and thought that Yu Nan must have changed his gender, or he lost so badly yesterday and was warned by Su Qing that he didn't dare.
"Fairy Su Qing's words really carry a lot of weight! Look, I'm really not used to it this early in the morning without that noisy bitch like Yu Nan, haha!" Cao Shuang joked.
"I think you are a bitch!" Zhou Hao rolled his eyes at Cao Shuang and said: "I have been tortured to death for the past two days. Each of you has achieved success in cultivation, and the golden immortal is in sight, but as for me, I can even be considered the lowest. Waiting. Brother, please give me a trick, how can I become stronger!" Zhou Hao asked while dancing with his sword.
"Brother, are you kidding? You have only been in the Immortal Realm for a few days, and the training time is so short that it can be ignored. Now you ask me how to become stronger, what do you think?" Cao Shuang looked at him as if he were an alien. Said Zhou Hao.
"The so-called seven days in the cave are thousands of years in the world! Immortal cultivation is long and boring. Why do immortals have such a long lifespan? It is not used to squander and accumulate Taoism. How high your Taoism is represents how long your life will be. , On the contrary, how long your life span is means how high your Taoism is. Now you only need to work hard to practice, I believe it won't take two thousand years to achieve the status of Golden Immortal!" Cao Shuang said.
"Two thousand years? I might as well hit him to death. Forget it, there's no point in asking you. Let's just practice sword practice!" Zhou Hao wanted to become stronger.
Three hours passed quickly, Zhou Hao and Cao Shuang parted ways, and the journey was uneventful. He once again flew back to the fairy mountain in Yunfang with his sword.
Practicing swords in the square and practicing in the lake, Zhou Hao repeats these two things every day. Although he has made great progress, he is still the weakest in the Yunmiao Immortal Palace.
This made him feel helpless. Is the length of time spent practicing Taoism really that important? Why couldn't he be on par with other disciples in a short period of time?
For several days, Yu Nan and others did not trouble Zhou Hao again. Zhou Hao felt that this was Su Qing's contribution, so he had a better impression of Su Qing than before.
At the same time, Zhou Hao could concentrate on practicing swordsmanship without the interruption of Yu Nan and others. Occasionally, he could still see Su Qing, who was dressed in fluttering white clothes. Her beautiful face that was not smeared with fireworks seemed to be his motivation. He also caught Qing's frown and smile. It turns out that the goddess can also smile, but it's just rare to see her on weekdays.
That kind of smile is fresh and refined, beautiful and generous, elegant but not out of place. Su Qing's temperament like bamboo orchid and jade is also fully reflected in this smile.
With the bright moon in the sky, Zhou Hao bathed in the lake water to practice. There were fewer Heart-Nourishing Lotus in the lake. However, after the "eating trial" in the past few days, Zhou Hao felt that even if he no longer eats Heart-Nourishing Lotus, he can still withstand the effects of yin and yang. impact.
According to the description in Qingyunce, Zhou Hao began to absorb the heavenly spirits and goblins of this fairy mountain. Those spirits were hazy like mist under the moonlit night, and all poured into his body one by one. At this time, the fairy lake became more crystal clear. So quiet and beautiful.
"As time goes by, I have to absorb more essence of immortality and turn it into immortal power. It's still too slow to practice like this. I have to find a place of creation." Zhou Hao opened his eyes and sighed softly.
At this time, the door of the bamboo house behind was pushed open. Yun Fang stepped out and came to Zhou Hao's eyes. He looked at Zhou Hao with a smile and said: "Disciple, master is going to give you a blessing tonight. You What if you don’t want it?”
"Huh? Master, are you a roundworm? How do you know that I want to enter a place of creation? Yes, yes, please tell me what it is?" Zhou Hao asked.
"Actually, this creation is far away in the horizon and right before your eyes. It's right at your feet!" Yun Fang pointed to the bottom of the lake and said.
"Let's go!"
Without waiting for Zhou Hao's reaction, Yun Fang held Zhou Hao's hand and got into the bottom of the lake. He recited a water-avoiding spell to prevent the lake water from touching his body.
At the bottom of the lake, Zhou Hao saw a hole filled with all kinds of fish, including squid. Yun Fang was so fast that he rushed straight into the hole with him.
