The old Taoist in Green Locust Taoist robes had seen all these changes almost from beginning to end, but he seemed to have known everything for a long time, and was not much surprised. He just respectfully sent the Taoist saint off.
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After everything returned to calm, the Taoist heavenly master bowed to the four of them, then said goodbye and left, but his back looked older and older.
There must be some order from Longhu Mountain, so no Longhu Mountain disciple appeared on the top of the mountain.
Li Mingyue was still sitting cross-legged, with a halo of light surrounding his whole body, and then gradually blending into the center of his eyebrows.
On the side, Huang Qinghan stood beside Li Mingyue, dragging her cheeks with her hands and moving her eyes.
Wang Quan walked directly to the chessboard, sat on a stone bench, raised his head slightly and looked at the horizon.
Jingkong came to sit opposite him, but his eyes were fixed on the chessboard, as if he wanted to see something from the chessboard. After a while, he asked: "Senior Wang, have you found a suitable sword?"
Wang Quan shook his head and sighed: "I originally thought it was not far away, but when I saw those swords, I realized that there was still a long way to go."
Jingkong also looked up at the sky and said, "If the Sword Sect is not like this, why is it like this?"
Wang Quan withdrew his eyes and said hehe: "You guys know nothing."
Jingkong nodded and said seriously: "I really don't understand."
Wang Quan glanced at Li Mingyue over there and asked, "Are you still following me next?"
Jingkong was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Of course."
Wang Quan said in confusion: "Why bother persisting when you know there will be no results? Doesn't it violate the tenets of Buddhism?"
Jingkong said: "Amitabha! Didn't that guy also say it before? He did it knowing he couldn't do it. Anyway, the monk is fine. Maybe he is lucky."
Wang Quan curled his lips and said: "I am obviously a monk, but I want to be a gentleman. I can't understand it."
Jingkong smiled slightly, looked at Li Mingyue, and said, "Is Senior Wang a little impatient?"
Wang Quan also looked at Li Mingyue, shook his head and said: "This is what he deserves. He failed to grasp it in Shangquan Mountain. Now he is just making up for it. Besides, if you don't seize such an opportunity well, it will be a waste of money. Since you went to Shangquan Mountain,
Once he reaches the mountain, the sword must be handed out, otherwise it will be harmful to him."
Jingkong said: "The practice of the Sword Sect is indeed unique."
Wang Quan said calmly: "I'm just a Taoist practitioner."
Jingkong was stunned for a moment, then nodded clearly, "Good, good!"
At the foot of Longhu Mountain, the young man sitting on the carriage cursed and was soon attracted by the vision that appeared in Longhu Mountain. Then he also saw with his own eyes the Taoist saint stepping on the Tianhe River and ascending to immortality.
After being stunned for a long time, he said excitedly: "Go back quickly and report this matter to your father."
As soon as he finished speaking, the carriage sped away.
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From the time Li Mingyue and others went up the mountain to the time they came down, no Longhu Mountain disciple came forward. During this trip, Li Mingyue went directly from the Zhenwu realm to the Yuanwu realm, and was only one step away from the Xuanwu realm. In addition, the injuries on his body
He has almost completely improved, and his whole aura has also undergone a huge change.
Huang Qinghan still rode the horse, still held by Wang Quan, following Li Mingyue and Jingkong, and continued to move towards the east.
It is late autumn now, and the world seems a little desolate. Especially in the evening, the desolation is even stronger.
After leaving Longhu Mountain, walk east for half a month. As long as nothing happens, you will be able to enter Xuzhou. After that, if you continue walking for about a month, you will reach Haojing, the center of the Tang Dynasty and the heart of countless people.
A prosperous place that you yearn for.
In addition to Li Mingyue, Huang Qinghan has also changed a lot. The little girl is still the same little girl, but there have been some subtle changes in her speech and behavior.
Except for Huang Qinghan, Li Mingyue felt that Wang Quan's aura seemed to be more obscure. As for the little monk named Jingkong, Li Mingyue couldn't see any clues.
During this trip to Longhu Mountain, Li Mingyue actually felt a little aggrieved, because his original intention of using the sword was to kill the Taoist saint, but this was simply impossible. He just followed that sentence.
Don't do it but do it.
But Li Mingyue also knew that although the Taoist saint ascended, his ascension was different from Chen Daoling's. Chen Daoling had said before that the reason why immortals are desirable and powerful is because when monks ascend, they are accompanied by their physical bodies.
Only in this way can the ascended body be immortal and last forever. This is how Chen Daoling ascended.
This is not the case for the saint of Longhu Mountain. His situation is actually more like those of gods and earth spirits. Only the soul remains, but the body has been destroyed by Wang Quan's sword. Moreover, Li Mingyue feels that this Taoist saint is not willing to ascend, but just
He was forced to have no choice but to be sent away forcibly by Wang Quan and Jingkong.
If he ascends normally and reaches the immortal world, he will naturally be taken seriously, but like this Taoist saint, he is somewhat like a dove occupying a magpie's nest.
But no matter what, this Taoist saint is indeed not dead, and he has indeed gone to heaven. If Li Mingyue wants to take revenge, he can only go to heaven. For Li Mingyue, this is no longer a question of strength.
Because no matter how strong he is, if he can't ascend to the immortal world, he can't take revenge. And if he wants to ascend to the immortal world, it's not just about strength. Although Li Mingyue doesn't know what's involved, he can still have some feelings about it.
It’s just that the matter has come to this, everything is a foregone conclusion, and there is no better way for the time being except to choose to accept it. As Wang Quan said, even if you feel aggrieved, what can you do?
Soon, the news of the ascension of the Great Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain spread at an extremely fast speed. Almost everyone was talking about Longhu Mountain. Naturally, it was inevitable that Qingyuan Mountain would be mentioned.
The forgotten Qingyuan Mountain was once again pushed down to a higher level, and some things related to Su Qingfeng and Li Mingyue also became people's talk after dinner.
The next journey was not easy for Li Mingyue and others. Groups of killers continued to appear and assassinated people in various ways. The key was that neither Wang Quan nor Jingkong had any intention of interfering. Li Mingyue was completely let down.
They had to deal with it by themselves, and the two of them would only take action unless they encountered trouble that Li Mingyue couldn't solve. After half a month, Li Mingyue was miserable, but he finally entered Xuzhou territory.
As Wang Quan said, we did not encounter any powerful people along the way. As for the so-called Brahman and Shura Hall, they completely disappeared. Even the royal family of the Tang Dynasty only sent some assassins to assassinate them without making any appearance.
The troops above blocked it.
During this period of time, Li Mingyue was actually a little worried about the scenery. Logically speaking, after such a long time, with the scenery's realm, if nothing happened, he should have caught up with him long ago. But until now, he has not seen the shadow of the man. If he hadn't appeared,
What happened? Li Mingyue really didn't know what other reasons there were.
As we got closer and closer to Haojing, we began to see many scholars along the way. Most of them were traveling with their studies. Some of them had good families, but they had a donkey, a horse, or a carriage.
At this moment, Li Mingyue and others were stopping by the principle to rest. They could see several scholars walking together on the official road, talking and laughing, but they were all showing off their knowledge, and they wanted to outdo each other while talking.
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Wang Quan leaned under a tree, stroked his bamboo hat, and said, "Tsk, tsk, it looks like bamboo shoots springing up after the rain."
Jingkong smiled and said: "It's a pity that these Confucian disciples pursue the truth all day long, but they don't know that the truth is here."
Of course he was referring to Huang Qinghan. So Li Mingyue glanced at the little girl.
Huang Qinghan looked at those students and said, "They are not real scholars."
Everyone was stunned.
Huang Qinghan didn't mean to explain anything. She broke a piece of cake in half, handed one half to Li Mingyue, and said with a smile: "Didn't you expect that I still have something to eat?"
Li Mingyue can't adapt to the little girl's switching back and forth. The key is that she can switch so smoothly.
Li Mingyue took the cake, but didn't eat it, because the two men were staring at the cake in his hand, their eyes were shining, and Jingkong even swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Speaking of which, they had actually not eaten for a day. It was not because Li Mingyue had lost his money, but because he had just experienced an assassination. The four of them almost fled and missed the only small town where they could supply supplies.
Li Mingyue was embarrassed to eat by herself, but Huang Qinghan had no such scruples. She was chewing big mouthfuls at the moment. It must be that the biscuits were too dry, so her neck was a bit long when she swallowed them.
Li Mingyue took out a pot of water, handed it to her and said, "Eat slowly, no one will compete with you."
The little girl swallowed half of the cake, took the water bottle in Li Mingyue's hand, took a sip, and said, "That's hard to say."
The two people over there looked up at the sky, as if they saw and heard nothing.
Li Mingyue handed half of the cake to Huang Qinghan and said, "I'll give you this too."
Huang Qinghan looked up at Li Mingyue, frowned and said, "You don't want to eat?"
Li Mingyue nodded and said, "I'm not hungry yet."
Huang Qinghan seemed to know what Li Mingyue was thinking. She glanced at the two people over there and said, "You don't care what they do. When you were hunted down before, they didn't take action."
Li Mingyue suddenly felt that it made sense, and knew that Huang Qinghan would not be able to take the half piece of cake, so she squatted down and started eating, as if she was afraid of being robbed by others.
Huang Qinghan handed him the kettle and said, "Compared to them, you are more like a scholar."
Li Mingyue was stunned.
Over there, Wang Quan and Jingkong also looked at Li Mingyue, and saw that guy's cheeks were bulging, and there were cake crumbs around the corners of his mouth. He was reborn as a starving ghost, and he didn't look like a scholar at all.
Looking at that group of students, they are polite in their speech and behavior, full of knowledge, and well-spoken. They are not at the same level as the young man in front of me.
Huang Qinghan thought to himself and said: "As a scholar, you should read the awe-inspiring righteousness and the true heart of the Tao. If you read the temple and live in peace, if you read the vanity of victory and defeat, what's going on?"
She stroked her small breasts and continued: "It's an insult to politeness, it's an insult to politeness."
Then she grinned at Li Mingyue, showing two sets of snow-white teeth.