[Current world background:
There are nine states in the four seas, the eastern wilderness and the southern border. The world is vast and the Taoism is prosperous. There are visions of immortals and demons, the bright sun in the sky, the fluttering sacred mountain, the demonic dragon of Yuancang, the golden lotus spitting out swords, the yellow stone of the lunar sky, the North Sea holding the sky, and the golden city in the sky, disappearing and appearing.
The countries are far apart, but there are many sects, aristocratic families, and scattered cultivators all over the world. The footprints of Qi practitioners can be found in every corner of the world. They are extremely prosperous, but there are also hidden disasters that follow them like a shadow.
Task requirements:
First, plan to establish a faction and recruit talents. The reincarnators were asked to form a sect and gather at least two earth immortals, twenty loose immortals, and two hundred Qi refiners under their command.
Second, build a mountain gate in the cave heaven and blessed land. The foundation of the mountain gate built by those who require reincarnation is no less than the first-class sect in the world, and it can be rated as a blessed place in the cave.
Third, spread the word to the world and hold a grand opening ceremony. It is required that at least ten earthly immortals and more than a hundred loose immortals come to congratulate and observe the ceremony during the grand opening ceremony.
Fourth, be a role model and educate others. Reincarnators are required to guide at least ten thousand people to the threshold of Qi Refiners within the task time limit, and teach at least ten disciples to cross the hurdles and complete the promotion to the great realm.
Five, under the wings, I am not alone. Those who require reincarnation must ensure that the sect is not destroyed within the mission time limit. The sect already has members and the number of deaths does not exceed 50%.
Mission time limit: three years (calculated according to the mission world timeline).
Task rewards are awarded based on the completion of the task.
Note that the basic identity information, local common language and characters have been transmitted to the reincarnation consciousness.
Dear reincarnator, I wish you joyful strife!
The mission begins! 】
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The sea and sky are the same color, vast and boundless.
Occasionally, a few white birds fly in the sky, like a few grains of white sand between the blue sky and the earth.
Roar! ! ! !
Suddenly, there was a dull and ferocious roar like an ox or a tiger, and the waves on the sea became bigger.
The flying bird was frightened and was almost knocked down by the water droplets scattered high in the sky.
Guan Luoyang heard such a voice when he appeared in this world.
He followed the sound and soon saw the roaring monster.
The monster looked like a giant squid. The part that emerged from the sea alone was more than ten meters tall. Its thick tentacles were like pillars. A slight stir in the seawater would cause violent waves and droplets of water. A few dozen meters high in the air, there was a whistling sound.
If you look closely, you will see that those water droplets have been frozen into ice beads.
In addition to the thick and long tentacles, the monster's head also grew eight horns, evenly distributed and facing eight directions. Each of the coral-like horns was inlaid with a pearl.
At first glance, it looks like this squid has a crown on its head.
But facing such a monster, the people on the boat didn't show any panic.
The hull of the ship, which was about a hundred feet long, looked wooden, but when it was hit by the big waves, it immediately showed a luster like jade, and the black talismans also stood out, connected end to end, like slender chains, forming a Complex patterns wrap around the entire hull surface.
No matter how big the wind and waves the monster stirred up, the ship's hull showed no signs of bumps and remained as stable as before.
"This ice-fronted soft fish has actually grown eight cold jade beads. No wonder it can detect the aura on the ship and come here to intrude."
There are dozens of people standing on the deck, most of them are holding spears, they are strong and dressed in black clothing. Whenever the monster's tentacles want to attack the deck, several people will swing their spears at the same time, forming an arc. Light blade, repel the tentacles.
Under the protection of these spearmen, a fat old man wearing a golden crown and purple robe shook his head and commented on the monster.
"It's a pity, after all, they are monsters in the sea. They are ferocious and stupid. They only know how to obey their nature. They only think that if they can eat the Qi Masters on the ship, it will be of great benefit, but they don't know whether they can eat the people on the ship. Down."
"This reminds me of when I was out in the Eastern Wasteland with my friends and met a group of rat demons..."
An old scholar holding an abacus next to him couldn't help but said: "Master, we can wait until we defeat this monster to reminisce about the past. You'd better take action quickly. If you delay any longer, if the boat passengers are dissatisfied, What should I do if I don’t want to pay so much shipping fee?”
The slightly fat old man's face turned pale, and he scolded: "Old Wu, you are too vulgar, so vulgar. How can such a little money compare to my interest in reminiscing about the past?"
Having said that, he still neatly took out an inkstone from his sleeve, muttered something, and threw the inkstone into the air.
I saw the inkstone hanging in mid-air, spinning slightly, and suddenly spit out a large amount of ink, like a dozen black dragons flying out of the inkstone and pounced on the squid.
The squid quickly waved its tentacles to intercept. Each of the eight pearls on its head shone brightly, and a cold air suddenly spread throughout its body. When its tentacles flew, the surrounding waves were suddenly turned into thousands of ice spikes. In conjunction with the tentacles, they shot towards the ink. .
Unexpectedly, the ink was extremely flexible, splitting and closing, piercing each other, avoiding the tentacles and ice, and piercing the squid's head one after another.
In an instant, the squid's head turned completely black and collapsed, and its tentacles fell into the sea one after another and stopped moving.
The ink actually contained strong poison, which quickly corroded all the flesh and blood in the monster's body, leaving only a shriveled and empty shell. After a while, even the empty shell was melted away.
A pool of ink on the sea is particularly conspicuous.
The fat old man waved his hand, and the ink flew back from the sea, and was collected into the square inkstone like a whale absorbing water. When he reached out to catch the inkstone, the sea surface had turned blue again, without a trace of ink.
The monster that wanted to hijack ships and eat people died as cleanly as if it had never appeared.
"It's a pity, it's a pity that the eight cold jade beads of this monster look like jade, but are still flesh and blood in essence. They were scattered completely after being washed away by my poisonous water. If it waits for it to go further, the eight cold jade beads will really Turned into jade, it contains cold energy, and it can be sold for a lot of money when taken to Wanchuan Haiji."
The fat old man touched the inkstone, stuffed it back into his sleeve, and muttered, "But if it really goes further, I may not be able to handle it..."
Old Wu was already used to his boss's persistent problems. He turned around and wanted to go back to the cabin, first telling the guests that the monster blocking the way had been dealt with.
However, as soon as he turned his head, he caught a glimpse of a figure standing in the sky among the undulating waves in the distance. He immediately became alert and shouted: "My boss."
The fat old man turned around to look, his face straightened. The man was already within a thousand feet, but he didn't notice it. He was obviously not an ordinary Qi practitioner.
Old Wu whispered: "My boss, it's best to be careful about things at sea. Just pretend you didn't see it..."
"This fellow Taoist is so skillful in the art of wind control. He stands suspended in the air without disturbing the surrounding sea breeze."
The fat old man held his hands in a cheerful smile and said, "I'm at Santai Pavilion, Yu Xiangdou, and I'm on my way to Wanchuan Haiji. I wonder if I'm lucky enough to go with you?"
Guan Luoyang came closer, landed on the deck, handed over his name, and said: "I traveled to the sea and encountered several monsters. After fighting with them, I lost my way. When I heard the noise here, I came over to take a look."
Yu Xiangdou said happily: "Traveling to the sea? In this way, fellow Taoist friends are not familiar with the East China Sea, so it is a good time to go to Wanchuan Haiji."
The old man was warm and hospitable. As he spoke, he invited Guan Luoyang into the cabin.
This large ship is divided into five floors of pavilions, and the upper four floors are guest rooms.
This first floor is the most spacious hall. The layout is somewhat similar to that of an inn. There are many tables and chairs. The guests at each table are separated by screens, with an aisle in the middle.
At the end of the corridor, there are stairs on both sides, and a huge curtain hangs in the middle.
As soon as Guan Luoyang entered, he saw...a cartoon playing on the curtain? !
He watched it again and again, and it turned out that it was really a cartoon, and the character style was somewhat similar to his hometown world, Shangmei's animated movie "The Lotus Lantern".
"This is?"
"Oh, this is my humble work, "Searching for a Sword in a Sea of Flowers"."
Yu Xiangdou touched his beard, feeling quite pleased with himself, and said, "It tells the story of a flower demon who repays his kindness and leads a sick and weak scholar to the path of Qi refining."
"After I wrote this story, I drew all the characters in the story myself. Then I spent a month using my spiritual thoughts to imprint these pictures into the magneto-optical crystal, and then invited a lark with three hundred years of Taoism. , reading words for these characters.”
"Because I was bored at sea, I took crystal stones and projected them for the many distinguished guests on the ship to enjoy."
Guan Luoyang stopped and watched it for a moment. Sure enough, the pictures were rich, the movements were smooth, and the scenery was extremely beautiful. Especially the dubbing was so immersive.
Seeing this, Yu Xiangdou's smile became even brighter and he was full of enthusiasm. He quickly invited him to sit down, served tea and cakes, and sat next to him.
Although this old man is a bit chatty, when others appreciate his works, he can be as quiet as a chicken without disturbing them at all.
It wasn't until the plot of "Searching for a Sword in a Sea of Flowers" came to an end that Yu Xiangdou spoke again.
"Our Santai Museum originally started by publishing public cases and stories about strange things. When my generation came, magneto-optical movie viewing became popular. At first, we still asked real people to interpret the stories. Later, we found that when real people interpret these stories, they have to be emotional. Once you enter the drama and play many roles, you will be easily seduced by the demonic monks and fall into the devil's path."
"There are even descendants of various demonic sects who deliberately join in to practice their skills. This is frightening and has ruined the reputation of the entire industry."
"So, those of us who love theater, used shadow puppetry as a starting point, and came up with this method of fabricating images with spiritual thoughts and placing them in magneto-optical crystals."
"Look at the faces and postures of these characters, and they are no less expressive than real people. But at a glance, you can tell that they are not what real people can look like. It takes a lot of effort to make them."
Guan Luoyang nodded.
Yu Xiangdou added: "In addition to the Sword in the Sea of Flowers, I also have many fine works here, including many masterpieces by famous artists. The plots are ups and downs, the characters are beautiful, and the scenes are bizarre and bizarre. They are better than many of mine."
"There are a hundred wonderful stories in one set. In the past, it cost 900 yuan to see the whole story. Recently, it was the 400th anniversary of the founding of Santai Pavilion. The whole set only costs 300 jade coins, which is half the price. Sold half of it and gave it to fellow Taoists, how about it?"
Good guy, so much nonsense, it turns out it’s an anniversary plus package promotion.
Guan Luoyang wanted to collect it, but now he couldn't find even half a jade coin on his body.
He was about to say something when an old man's voice came from behind.
"Brother Yu, among the hundred stories this time, how many of them are signed by yourself?"
When Yu Xiangdou heard this voice, he immediately stood up and quickly removed the screen.
There were three people sitting at the table behind the screen, two old men and a small, dark and thin young man.
The old man who just spoke had silver-white beard and hair, a peach wood hairpin inserted sideways in his hair, and was dressed in a green robe.
"All-Divine Doctor!"
Yu Xiangdou saluted in surprise and said, "Brother Wan arrived on my ship, and I didn't know it. Damn it."
Doctor Wan Shen raised his hand to help him up and said: "I can see from your complexion that you are indeed using my prescription. It seems that you have never plagiarized other people's books and then scolded others for plagiarism and piracy in recent years. .”
Yu Xiangdou said with shame: "When Brother Wan woke me up and said that this action was detrimental to my moral character, I didn't take it seriously, thinking that this trivial matter was nothing. Later, I almost came back to life because of the prescription left by Brother Wan. Know remorse.”
He said calmly, "Brother Wan, you can check it out. Now the magneto-optical crystal stones in my Santai Pavilion are all signed with the names of the original authors. I can swear the Yin Demon Oath. If there is any fake..."
"Don't talk nonsense."
Doctor Wan Shen interrupted him gently, "Can the oath of evil demons be taken lightly? When it comes to evil demons, even if you are really acting without harm at the moment, it is difficult to prevent them from damaging your character and morality."
Yu Xiangdoulian claimed that it was true, turned around and said, "Fellow Taoist Guan, I am here to recommend you. This is Wanmi Zhai Wan Shen Shen, a sage in the medical field. He is very famous in China and the southern frontier overseas."
Wan Mi Zhai had no airs at all and could not see the slightest bit of celebrity arrogance. He stood up and saluted Guan Luoyang.
Guan Luoyang returned the gift.
Yu Xiangdou looked at the two people next to Wan Mi Zhai and asked, "Who are these two?"
People who practice Buddhism often have many entanglements in their lives. When walking outside, they may have many pseudonyms.
Yu Xiangdou only collected money to carry passengers, and had no interest in finding out the real names of the guests on the ship. He only tried to find out the auras, without even looking at the roster. Unexpectedly, he didn't even know that Wan Mi Zhai, whom he had always wanted to repay, was on the ship, let alone recognize him. These two people.
"Yantai River."
The old man in white clothes and gray hair, with a long beard, said, "This is my sword-bearing boy."
The dark and skinny young man indeed carried a sword on his back and stored it in a brocade bag embroidered with gold silk. Only the hilt of the sword was exposed, but one could already see the large, two small, and three pearls inlaid on the hilt. .
"He is actually the twelfth veteran swordsman on the list of loose immortals. I have admired him for a long time."
Yu Xiangdou said in surprise, "I didn't expect that I would welcome such a distinguished guest on my Santai Pavilion boat. Senior Yuan, are you going to Wanchuan Haiji too?"
Yuantaixi chuckled and said: "I heard that Wanchuan Haiji was closed for half a year and reopened recently. Of course I have to go and see it. Master Yu often travels in the East China Sea. He must know a lot about this matter. Can he Can't you tell me?"
Wan Mi Zhai said: "Please sit down, both of you."
Guan Luoyang simply sat over and everyone sat at the same table.
Yu Xiangdou was a little hesitant and said: "I don't know much about the Wanchuan Haiji. I only heard that two of the three earthly immortal masters who originally presided over the Wanchuan Haiji had fallen into the devil's way and were killed. The people from the Whale Sea Chamber of Commerce found out, and half a year ago a thunderous strike started a war."
Yuantaixi's eyebrows moved: "Oh? Then the current Wanchuan Haiji is reopened by someone from the Jinghai Chamber of Commerce?"
"That's not true."
Yu Xiangdou said, "Among the three senior Earth Immortals, isn't there one more? I heard that Senior Kong was extremely upright and had proven that he was not possessed by demons, so he reopened Haiji."
Speaking of this, he felt a little emotional, "Wanchuan Haiji is a treasure land for casual cultivators. For a small business like ours, it is the most cost-effective to go there. It would be great to be able to reopen."
Guan Luoyang glanced at the people on the table.
Hmm, such a classic configuration, but it seems to smell something strange.
(End of chapter)
