The terrain of the Northern Yan Kingdom is flat. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he worked hard to govern and found two places to raise horses. Therefore, the cavalry's combat power was far superior to that of Jingnan and Wuling. Further north is Green Eagle, where many immortal deeds have been spread since ancient times.
In ancient China, literati's writings and writings and stories were mostly related to the water spirit dragon.
Sui Jingcheng wore a power fence on his head and a bamboo robe on his body. Although the sun was exposed to the scorching sun during the hot summer and he rode on horseback during the day, it was still not a big problem. On the contrary, more people took care of the horses.
That day, the two horses stopped under the shade of the trees by the river. The water was clear and there was no one around. She picked up the fence and took off her boots and socks. When her feet were submerged in the water, she let out a long breath.
The senior sat not far away and took out a jade bamboo folding fan, but did not fan the breeze. He just opened the door and swayed gently. There were words on it like duckweeds and ducks in the water and streams. She had seen it once before, and the senior said it was from
A mansion on the mountain named Chunlupu, and the fairy characters peeled off from a treasure boat with talismans.
Sui Jingcheng was actually a little worried about his senior's injuries. His left shoulder was directly pierced by a strong bow and arrow from a cultivator, and was also entangled by a talisman formation. Sui Jingcheng couldn't imagine why his senior seemed to be fine. Along the way, he just rubbed it gently.
Right hand.
Sui Jingcheng turned around and asked: "Senior, are you the assassin sent by Master Cao Fu and Jinlin Palace?"
Chen Pingan nodded, "It can only be said to be the most likely one. That group of assassins have obvious characteristics. They are a well-known practicing sect in the south of Luzhou, Beiju. It is said to be a sect, except for the name Cut Lu Mountain, but there is no mountain.
Basically, all assassins are called faceless men, and monks from all three religions and nine schools can join, but I heard that there are many rules. There are rules on how to join, how to kill people, and how much to charge."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "There is another biggest rule in Gelu Mountain. After receiving the money, the assassins will be sent to take action. They will only kill once. If they fail, they will only receive half of the deposit. No matter how heavy the casualties are, the employer will not ask for the remaining half. Moreover,
After this, Gelu Mountain will never take action against those who failed to assassinate. So now, at least we don’t have to worry about the harassment from Gelu Mountain."
Sui Jingcheng sighed, feeling a little sad and guilty, "In the end, it's still for me."
Even though the senior's journey was calm and calm, Sui Jingcheng was very careful and knew that the assassination was not an easy task for the senior.
Chen Ping'an closed his fan and said slowly: "On the road of cultivation, blessings and misfortunes are interdependent. Most Qi practitioners have survived in this way. The ups and downs may be big or small, but the size of the tribulation varies from person to person. I once
I have seen a pair of Taoist monks on the mountain who are in the lower five realms. The female monk has been unable to break the bottleneck because of hundreds of snow coins. If it continues to be delayed, good things will turn into bad things, and life will be in danger. Both parties have to take risks.
Entering the Skeleton Beach in the south to fight for their lives and seek wealth, the mental suffering that the couple endured along the way was not a hardship, you say? Not only that, but also not a small one. It was no easier than your journey to Xingting."
Sui Jingcheng smiled, "Senior, did you happen to meet them and help them?"
Chen Ping'an didn't say anything.
Sui Jingcheng knew the answer.
Chen Pingan pointed at Sui Jingcheng with his folding fan.
Sui Jingcheng smiled knowingly, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, calmed his mind, began to breathe in and out, and practiced the oral formulas contained in the "Shang Shang Xuan Xuan Ji".
For those who practice Taoism, when breathing in and out, there will be subtle ripples of Qi around them. Mosquitoes and flies will not come close, and they can resist the cold and heat on their own.
Although Sui Jingcheng has not yet completed his Taoism, he has already developed a rudimentary image, which is rare. Just like when Chen Ping'an practiced Shanshanquan in a small town, although the boxing frame was not yet stable, the boxing intention was flowing throughout his body and he was not even aware of it.
Ma Kuxuan's protector at Zhenwu Mountain saw through it at a glance. So Sui Jingcheng's qualifications are really good, but I don't know why the wandering master gave him three things back then. Since then, there has been no news for more than thirty years. This year
It was obviously a catastrophe on Sui Jingcheng's path of cultivation. Logically speaking, even if the master was thousands of miles away, he should still have some mysterious and mysterious feelings.
Regarding the master's voice and appearance, it was even more strange. Similar to that pamphlet, Sui Jingcheng had to read it or not, otherwise his energy would be confused and his mind would be dizzy.
When Sui Jingcheng asked the elderly people in his house a few years ago, they all said that they could not remember it clearly. Even the old servant Sui Xinyu, who had a photographic memory of studying since he was a child, was no exception.
Chen Ping'an knew that this was no ordinary mountain deception.
After Sui Jingcheng opened his eyes, half an hour had passed. The glow was flowing on his body, and the spiritual energy was overflowing from the bamboo clothes of his robe. The two radiances complemented each other, like water and fire blending together. However, ordinary people could only see blurry, but Chen Pingan could see more.
Many, when Sui Jingcheng stopped the movement of his Qi machine, the strange phenomena on his body dissipated instantly. It was obvious that the bamboo robe was carefully selected by an expert and allowed Sui Jingcheng to practice the booklet to record the immortal method. It could get twice the result with half the effort.
bitter.
The atmosphere is lofty and upright.
Therefore, Chen Ping'an was more inclined to the expert and had no sinister intentions towards Sui Jingcheng.
It’s just that you need to take it one step at a time. After all, on the road to spiritual practice, ten thousand attempts to be careful may end in failure just because of one carelessness.
Instead of deliberately hiding their traces, the two of them kept leaving clues, just like they did in the small town of Sasao Villa. If they walked all the way to Green Eagle Country and the expert had not shown up, Chen Pingan could only tell Sui Jingcheng.
Board the Xianjia Ferry, go to Pima Sect on the Skeleton Beach, and then go to the Niujiao Mountain ferry in Aquarius Island. According to Sui Jingcheng's own wishes, he will register his name with Cui Dongshan and practice with Cui Dongshan. I believe that if he is truly destined in the future, Sui Jingcheng will
I will meet that master again and renew the relationship between master and disciple.
Arriving at the Green Yingguo Ferry pointed out by senior Wang Dun, the news Chen Pingan wanted to know most at the moment was the movement of the water dragons in the Yuxi River on the other side of Dazhuan Capital City.
Has Yuanwei Mountain Sword Immortal Ji Yue already fought against that Tenth Realm martial artist?
Sui Jingcheng put on his socks and boots, stood up, and looked up at the sky. Before, the sun was scorching in the sky and the heat was steaming. Now, there were dark clouds and there were signs of heavy rain.
Chen Ping'an had already taken the lead to the place where the horses were tied, and reminded: "Keep on going, it will rain at most if you burn a stick of incense, so you can just put on your raincoat."
Sui Jingcheng trotted over and asked with a smile: "Senior, can you predict the celestial phenomena? Earlier in Xingting, senior also calculated the rain break time. My father said that only the masters of the Qintian Prison of Wuling Kingdom have such ability."
Chen Pingan put on his bamboo hat and raincoat, got on his horse and said, "Do you want to learn this magical power?"
Sui Jingcheng nodded and said: "Of course!"
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "You have been working in the fields for more than ten years and begging God for food all year round. You will naturally learn to observe people's emotions."
Sui Jingcheng was speechless.
In fact, Chen Pingan only gave half of the answer. The other half was due to his relationship with Wu Fu, who could clearly perceive many subtleties of the world, such as the breeze blowing the leaves, the wings of mosquitoes and flies, and the dragonfly touching the water. In Chen Pingan's eyes and ears, there was no small movement.
Sui Jingcheng, a Taoist cultivator, said it was nonsense.
A torrential rain came as expected.
The two horses moved forward slowly, not deliberately hiding from the rain. Sui Jingcheng never asked or complained about the wind, sun, and rain on the journey to the north. As a result, she soon realized that this was also a spiritual practice. If the horseback was bumpy,
At the same time, I can also find a suitable way to breathe, so that I can still keep my vision clear even in heavy rain. In the hot summer, I can even occasionally see the flow of the slender "water flows" hidden in the hazy mist. The senior said that
It is the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so Sui Jingcheng often bends around when riding a horse, trying to catch those fleeting spiritual energy veins. Of course she cannot catch them, but the bamboo robe on her body can absorb them.
Heavy rain never lasts, it comes and goes in a hurry.
The two riders took off their raincoats and continued on their way.
Before the night ban, the two riders rested in a city surrounded by water, because there was a water god temple on the upper reaches of the river. This was not the most worthwhile reason to go. The main reason was because the mountains and rivers were interdependent. The river was named Yaoming River, and the mountain was named Yaoming River.
The temples of Mount E'e and the gods of mountains and rivers are not far apart, less than three miles away. The senior said that this is an extremely rare scene and must be seen. Sui Jingcheng actually never quite understood why the senior liked to visit historical sites so much. He was just afraid of this.
There is something special about the mountains in it, so I have to keep it in my heart.
In the markets of Northern Yan State, cricket fighting became a common practice.
Many people went out of the city to go to the wilderness to catch crickets and sell them for money. There were many poems, lyrics and songs about crickets written by literati in the Northern Yan Kingdom. Most of them criticized current events and contained sarcasm. They were just the worries of literati in the past dynasties.
Only poetry and prose can relieve worries. The mansions and courtyards of dignitaries and the narrow entrances in the streets are still endlessly enjoyable, and the chirping of crickets resounds throughout the country.
Therefore, when the two cavalry entered the city earlier, there were far more people leaving the city than entering the city. It was also quite strange that everyone was carrying various cricket cages.
The inn occupies a large area. It is said that it was renovated from a dismantled inn. The current owner of the inn is a son of a powerful person in the capital. He bought it at a low price. After spending a lot of money to renovate it, the business is booming, so many of the walls still have stains on it.
There are literati's calligraphy works, and there is a bamboo pond behind it.
At night, Chen Pingan walked out of the house and took a walk on the path beside Yangliu Yiyi's pond. When he returned to the house to practice boxing, Sui Jingcheng, wearing a power fence on his head, stood on the path. Chen Pingan said: "It's not a big problem. It's okay for you to walk alone."
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Sui Jingcheng nodded, and after watching her senior leave, she walked around and returned to her room.
Chen Ping'an continued to practice six-step walking and running the sword energy for eighteen stops, but still failed to break through the last bottleneck.
Occasionally, Chen Ping'an would wonder, is his sword training qualification so bad?
Those young geniuses who passed the Hanging Mountain and the Sword Qi Great Wall seemed to have quickly grasped the essence of the Eighteen Stops of Sword Qi.
However, Chen Ping'an also has reasons to comfort himself. Among the key acupoints of the Eighteen Stops, there are three strands of "very small sword energy" habitats, which are extremely obstructive. The last bottleneck is that he is blocked in one of them. Every time he passes through this
If you are at a pass, your Qi movement will be blocked.
Stopping his fist, Chen Pingan began to draw talismans with his pen. The talisman paper was made of the most common yellow paper, but compared to the average traveling Taoist in the Lower Five Realms, they could only use gold and silver powder as the "ink" for drawing talismans. Chen Pingan
I bought a lot of mountain cinnabar on Laohuai Street in Chunlupu. There were a lot of bottles and jars, most of which cost three or two cents each. The most expensive one was a large porcelain jar, which was worth a small summer coin. This journey
, Chen Pingan spent a lot of three hundred talismans of various colors, and the attack in the valley proved that sometimes it makes sense to win by quantity.
Sui Jingcheng was lucky. He found two secret books from the formation master, a talisman atlas, a true explanation of the formation with missing pages, and a notebook that was similar to an essay, recording the formation master's knowledge in detail.
Of all the experiences he has gained since his death, Chen Ping'an values ​​this collection of notes the most.
Of course, there is also a pair of divine Chenglu armor of high rank on the burly man, as well as the big bow and all the talismans and arrows.
In addition, the two talisman knives of the female assassin were engraved with "morning dew" and "muixia" respectively.
To be continued...