After reading the letter, Liang Yan's heart was filled with turmoil.
Who is this scholar with ghostly hands?
Why do you know so much about yourself?
Coming back from Xuanyuan Territory, defeating Jade Xiaolong, capturing Yun Suyi, quelling the rebellion in Southwest China, and killing the ancestor of Earth Evil, how come he knew all these things so clearly?
And the way to open the envelope actually requires a bit of his own spiritual power. Liang Yan has no doubt that if someone else tries to open the envelope, the restrictions in the envelope will immediately burn the letter.
What kind of person actually knows himself so well?
"Scholar with Ghost Hands in Fengdu City"
Liang Yan murmured to himself, the expression in his eyes changing.
Not only because of the mystery of the person who sent the letter, but also because of the content of the letter.
There is a word mentioned here:
"Jealous!"
According to what the other party said, the reason why he couldn't get the telepathy from heaven and man was because his previous realm improved too fast, which caused him to be "jealous of heaven". If there is no way to break it, he will stay here for life and have no chance to break through the realm of tribulation.
.
This statement was something Liang Yan had never heard of.
If he had placed it before, he would not have believed it.
But after this retreat, Liang Yan did feel that there was a layer of shackles blocking his way forward, which coincided with what the ghost-hand scholar said.
"Is it really a restriction from heaven?"
Liang Yan became suspicious. After all, he had Jue Tian Dao foundation. During this period, he had no idea how much luck and cultivation he had stolen. Later, he secretly robbed Xuanyuan Potian of the saint's essence and blood. His cultivation had grown too fast.
It is said that if a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, and the way of heaven is boundless. This is because we hope that all living beings will be equal, not that one will stand alone.
That's why you put shackles on your own cultivation path so that you can't break through to the realm of tribulation?
Analyzing based on his own specific situation, Liang Yan already believed the contents of the letter from the ghost-hand scholar, but he was cautious by nature and always felt that there were many suspicious things in the letter.
To sum it up, there are three points.
The first is why does the other party know so clearly about his own affairs?
The second is how does the other party know his own spiritual power characteristics?
The third question is, does this person really have a way to crack "Heavenly Jealousy"?
Thinking of this, Liang Yan raised his hand, took the piece of letter into his hand, and read it carefully again.
"Xiyi, Nancheng?"
Liang Yan narrowed his eyes, with a thoughtful look on his face.
Nancheng should refer to Wushuang City. This is a relative term. Combined with "Western Yi", it means that the other party is to the northwest of Wushuang City.
There is also this sentence: "I have looked at the world's talents and made a list of the unparalleled geniuses. There are ten people in total, and you will be one of them."
It means that the person invited by the ghost-hand scholar is not just himself. There are ten geniuses in total, and he is only one of them.
"Weird!"
Liang Yan narrowed his eyes, turned around and took out a giant map from the bookshelf, slowly unfolded it and presented it in front of him.
This is a map of Antarctica.
There is only this one in the entire Bihai Palace.
The Antarctic Immortal Continent is vast and boundless, with seven mountains and twelve cities being listed as the nineteen largest forces. There are some gray areas in between, including monsters, aliens, barbarians, and some unpopular sects and casual cultivators.
Each force will not make its map public to the public, so the map of Bihai Palace is only a rough distribution map of the forces, and it is impossible to mark every place.
At this moment, Liang Yan was carefully observing the map.
According to the depiction on the map, most of the "Twelve Cities" are arranged in the middle of the Antarctic Fairy Continent, while many of the "Seven Mountains" are located on the edge of the continent.
Of course there are exceptions. For example, near the coast of the South China Sea, there is no sect power of the "Seven Mountains", but the three cities of Seven Star City, Tianhe City and Wushuang City.
Moreover, not all the seven mountains and twelve cities are marked on the map. Two of them, Juntian City and Fengdu City, do not appear on the map.
It is said that Juntian City was built on the back of a giant turtle. It is not always in a certain place, but is constantly moving, so it cannot be marked on the map.
Fengdu City is even more mysterious. It is said that no one knows where this city is. It is only known that the people of Fengdu City appear once every few hundred years, usually bringing some rare treasures of heaven and earth to meet with the Antarctic Immortal.
Make deals with various forces in Asia.
But every time, only the people from Fengdu City took the initiative to show up, and other monks could find them. As time passed, the people from Fengdu City disappeared without a trace, as if there was no such city in Antarctic Fairy Continent at all.
Fengdu City could not be found, so Liang Yan looked for the location of Fuyu Mountain on the map, but to his surprise, there was no mark on Fuyu Mountain on the map.
"That's weird. What kind of calculation did this ghostly scholar have? Why did he choose a place so hidden? It's as if he was afraid that others would find him."
Liang Yan frowned, his expression changing a little.
After pondering for a long time in the study, he put the maps and letters on the table into his sleeves, then turned around and turned into a ray of light, leaving the study and flying towards the sky.
After a moment, Liang Yan's escaping light came to Ning Xia's attic.
Ning Xia was discussing matters with several True Lord Tongxuan at this time. Liang Yan glanced around and found that Cang Yueming, Song Ru and others he was familiar with were among them.
He didn't hide his aura, so everyone quickly noticed his arrival.
"Meet the Palace Master! Congratulations to the Palace Master on his release from seclusion!"
Cang Yueming, Song Ru and others saluted him at the same time.
"No gift."
Liang Yan waved his hand, his eyes swept across the crowd, and finally landed on Cang Yueming.
"Hey, you made a sword pill? Congratulations!" Liang Yan said with a smile.
"Haha, Palace Master Liang is indeed very discerning and can't hide anything from you!"
Cang Yueming smiled happily, and a jet-black sword pill flew out from the bamboo box carried behind him. It danced lightly on his fingertips. It was the Mo Xuan sword!
"I have been raising swords for more than ten years, and I just opened the box not long ago. I didn't expect that Palace Master Liang would see it today. Palace Master Liang's swordsmanship skills are indeed beyond my reach."
"Haha, your sword pill has just been formed, and it is difficult to regain its edge. It is normal for others to see it. You must guard the three palaces, store the five gods, lead the wild fire to burn the jade spring, and transport the energy of the heaven and earth, so that the gods and the Tao can be complete."
Liang Yan seemed to have a calm tone and said it casually, but when it fell into Cang Yueming's ears, he was enlightened.
"I see!"
Cang Yueming was also a swordsman genius, so why couldn't he tell that Liang Yan was teaching him how to restrain his sword edge and strengthen his sword pills.
Although it is only a short paragraph of mental formulas, each word is exquisite and mysterious, and it has solved Cang Yueming's biggest problem now, which is better than his own years of hard training.
"Thank you Palace Master Liang for your guidance!"
Cang Yueming looked respectful and bowed sincerely.
"Haha, there is no need to be too polite. Your great improvement in cultivation is also a blessing for my Bihai Palace."
Liang Yan smiled slightly, glanced at Ning Xia, and then continued: "Fellow Daoist Ning and I still have some things to discuss, so please step aside first."
"yes!"
Song Ru and others respected him very much. At this time, they responded respectfully and all exited the attic and flew away.
When Ning Xia saw him doing this, she knew that there must be something secret that she wanted to discuss with her. She immediately backed away and took Liang Yan to the study.
"When did the palace master leave seclusion?" Ning Xia asked Liang Yan to sit down, made him a cup of tea, and asked with a smile.
"Not so long ago."
Liang Yan took a sip of the tea and felt that it was very bitter in the mouth, but after drinking it, he had an endless aftertaste. There was also a warm spiritual power that spread to the limbs and bones, giving people a warm feeling all over the body.
"What was the result of this retreat?" Ning Xia asked again.
"The results have been minimal. Apart from some improvements in my magical powers, my cultivation has always been stagnant. I don't know why, but I can't touch the threshold. I have been in seclusion for thirty years, but I haven't gotten a single hint of any connection from heaven or man." Liang Yan
He didn't hide anything and told everything about his current situation.
After hearing this, Ning Xia nodded slightly and said: "This situation is very rare. Generally speaking, as long as your cultivation reaches the peak of Tongxuan, you can more or less get a little sense of heaven and earth. Feng Xuanzi and I, back then,
I clearly sensed the time when the first difficulty was coming, and spent a full half a year preparing for it. Only then did I get through the first difficulty with great difficulty, and successfully broke through to the realm of catastrophe."
"So, I always feel a little strange. Maybe there is something wrong with my own cultivation." Liang Yan said and sighed lightly.
"Palace Master Liang, there is no need to be discouraged. In fact, practicing is like drinking tea. You never know what the next sip will taste like, just as you never know what you will face in the next step. Sometimes, as long as you step over it, all the hardships will be over.
Maybe there will be unexpected surprises.”
Liang Yan was a little dull at first, but after hearing what she said, he couldn't help but laugh.
"After working on it for a long time, it turns out that Fellow Daoist Ning invited me to drink tea and was waiting here!"
After he laughed, his expression became serious again: "Thank you, fellow Taoist Ning, for reminding me that Liang's Taoist heart is actually not that fragile. I didn't take it to heart after a mere failure. I just received a letter with the following in it."
The content made me a little confused, so I came to ask Taoist friends for help."
"oh?"
Ning Xia became interested and raised her eyebrows: "What kind of letter? Can you give me a look?"
"sure."
Now that Liang Yan was here, he had no intention of hiding it, so he readily took out the letter.
Ning Xia took the letter, glanced at it with her consciousness, and could not help but frown slightly.
"Fellow Daoist Ning, you are well-informed, have you ever heard of the ghost-hand scholar in Fengdu City?" Liang Yan asked tentatively.
"No, Fengdu City is too mysterious. No one knows who is there. As for this 'Ghost-Handed Scholar', this is the first time I have heard of it."
Ning Xia looked thoughtful, thought for a while and then said: "But the 'Heavenly Jealousy' he mentioned, I think is most likely the reason why the Palace Master cannot get the feeling of heaven and man. After all, the biggest difference between you and us is
, it’s just that the speed of cultivation is too fast. Think about it, more than a hundred years ago, when you first came to Wushuang City, you were still in the Jindan realm, and now you have reached the peak of Tongxuan. This speed of cultivation is rare in ancient and modern times. Maybe you are really affected by the way of heaven.
restrictions.”
"You think so too"
Liang Yan nodded slightly, with a look of approval on his face.
In fact, at this point, he still believed in the ghost-hand scholar. After all, he personally felt the invisible shackles, like a cage locked above his head.
"Then do you think the ghost-hand scholar has a way to crack it?" Liang Yan thought for a while and asked.
"It's hard to say. The monks in Fengdu City have always been mysterious and unpredictable, and every time they appear in the world, they will carry many rare treasures. There have been examples of them helping people solve problems, but those are just legends. Whether they are true or false has never been
No one has tried to verify it.”
"I see."
Liang Yan nodded slightly.
In fact, when he heard that the monks in Fengdu City had helped people solve their problems, he was already a little moved.
After all, this is related to his own cultivation bottleneck. Liang Yan is now almost certain that if he just immerses himself in hard training, he will not be able to break through to the realm of transformation in this life.
As long as there is a chance, he wants to try his luck.
However, Liang Yan was still a little worried. He was silent for a while and then said: "I'm still a little confused. This ghost-hand scholar said that he was far away in Xiyi, so how did he know about my current situation in Wushuang Domain? And that letter.
, there are extremely powerful restrictions inside, which can only be opened with my spiritual power, and how does he know the characteristics of my spiritual power?"
After hearing this, Ning Xia thought for a while and said slowly: "As far as I know, although Fengdu City is hidden from the world, they have a very mysterious intelligence network, and their ability to obtain intelligence is even better than ours.
Yunjin Palace in the city!"
"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Liang Yan raised his eyebrows, obviously in disbelief.
"That's true, and you returned to Wushuang Domain this time. In order to improve the reputation of Bihai Palace, you defeated Yu Xiaolong, Yun Suyi and Huangshi Ancestor. You acted in a very high-profile manner. With Fengdu City's intelligence capabilities, it should not be difficult for me to know.
I think it is probably because of these deeds that this ghost-hand scholar rated you as one of the top ten geniuses."
When Ning Xia said this, she paused slightly and then continued: "As for the characteristics of your spiritual power, it's hard to say. Maybe it was the opponent you had fought before who didn't kill them all and let them go.
And this person happened to have some friendship with Scholar Guishou, and he used the secret method of Fengdu City to collect a little bit of your spiritual power, and used it to create the restrictions in the envelope."
"Um"
After listening to Ning Xia's analysis, Liang Yan couldn't help but nodded.
"Fellow Daoist Ning is right. It seems that I have underestimated Fengdu City. Who is this ghost-hand scholar? Does he really have a way to crack the 'Heavenly Jealousy'?"
"I don't know if there is a way to break it, but the 'Fuyu Mountain' he invited you to is a very dangerous place." Ning Xia looked at Liang Yan and said solemnly.
"oh?"
Liang Yan frowned after hearing this. The main reason why he came to Ning Xia was to find out the whereabouts of 'Fuyu Mountain'. When he heard the other party mention it, he couldn't help but ask:
"Fellow Daoist Ning, I checked the map of Antarctic Fairy Continent, but I couldn't find the location of 'Fuyu Mountain'. Could it be that Friend Daoist knows this place?"
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