(Final chapter of this volume.)
During the winter solstice, although the days are short and the shadows of people are long, it is actually the beginning of the recovery of the Yang Qi of heaven and earth.
Emperors and monarchs of various countries in Aquarius Continent will worship the mountains on this day. Even if they cannot come in person, they will ask senior officials from the Ministry of Rites to burn incense at the mountain temples.
Similar to Longquan County, Meiglai Country also has the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival. Even if they are from poor families, according to local customs, they still have to prepare dumplings, mutton soup or glutinous rice.
Chen Ping'an and his three riders were munching on glutinous rice balls bought from the market as they returned from Jingzhou in the southernmost part of the Meigla Kingdom.
At a border pass, Chen Pingan stopped and let Zeng Ye and Ma Duyi pass first. Chen Pingan drove his horse to a hill alone. After reaching the top, an old monk happened to be walking slowly towards the top of the slope. Chen Pingan turned over and dismounted.
, the old monk smiled and said in a slightly unfamiliar Aquarius Island elegant language, "You may not know me, but I am very familiar with you."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "Thank you, senior, for escorting me all the way."
The old monk Yuanying ignored the sarcasm in his words. No one would feel comfortable being watched all the way.
The old monk smiled and said, "I was once a cultivator of Tongye Sect, so it is really hard for me to be patient all the way."
Chen Pingan asked, "Was it?"
The old monk still suppressed his aura to the realm of the golden elixir earth immortal. On his skin, brilliance circulated, as if the sun and moon were flowing in the small world of his body. He did not answer this question, but looked at the young man up and down, as if he wanted to
I need to get some clues about what it takes to become that Great Sword Immortal... Friend? Fellow disciple? It's hard to say for now, it's all possible. But there is no such thing as a free blessing, especially in the mountains.
One careless move and you lose everything.
The old monk stood on the top of the hillside and looked around. The mountains and rivers of Meigla Country looked boring and dull, and the spiritual energy was thin. It was far inferior to Shujian Lake.
There are some secrets that have not been told to this young man. He is traveling here as a yin god out of his body, and using a yang god to carry the secret tung leaf tablet used to monitor himself, in order to cover up his true whereabouts and avoid this incident.
The meeting was noticed by Shujian Lake. The reason why he was willing to take such a big risk was naturally due to his careful consideration and calculation. They, a group of outsiders who were regarded as guests of Gongliu Island by Liu Laocheng, the wild cultivator of Yupu Realm, could be carefully selected.
When you come out and throw them into the Shujian Lake, no one is a fuel-efficient lamp, and he is no exception.
It's just that on the road, if you sell your life to others, you have to look at the price.
He felt the price was a bit low.
Even though he has been judged by the Great Yin Yang family as having no hope of reaching the fifth realm, he is still an old Yuanying who is good at fighting. He still has two hundred years to live. If he is willing to spend a lot of money to die, he may live for another three hundred years.
After receiving this secret mission, he thought about it, and he always felt that it was a serial killer who used a knife to kill people. The leader of the Fifth Realm was used as a knife for others, and even more so for himself. Unfortunately, Aquarius Continent is not his own territory.
You have no foundation, and you have no one to use. Otherwise, you can find another knife, a faster one, and a less clever one. You can't say that you are rich and powerful, and you can really make a fortune. Of course, it may be a piece of cake.
Grasshoppers on the line, a few borrowed knives, everyone is finished together, and as for the real person behind the scenes who even he can't guess the identity, he will be free and happy.
The old monk asked, "I have a mutually beneficial deal, will you do it?"
Chen Pingan nodded and said, "Let's talk about it."
The old monk smiled and said, "But I need to get a promise from you first. For at least a hundred years, you, Chen Pingan, cannot tell anyone about our deal."
Chen Pingan asked, "Even if I agree, the question is, do you dare to believe it?"
The old monk nodded and said, "I don't fully believe it, but I'm going to take a gamble. Me standing here and appearing in front of you is already a kind of proof. As long as the Taoism is higher than me in mountain cultivation, I can't see through the depth, but with whom
After getting along day and night for so long, it's not too difficult depending on your temperament. I have met a lot of people like you, mostly when I was young. It turned out that most of you died early and died halfway, so I only say
This is a century-old appointment.”
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "The Chinese New Year is almost here, please give me a few auspicious words, senior."
The Nascent Soul monk smiled and said, "If I say some polite words to you, wouldn't you be suspicious? How can you do business?"
Chen Pingan felt that he was right.
After about a stick of incense, Chen Pingan drove his horse down the hillside. His unattractive face turned into gold paper. He sat on the horse, shaky, as if he had experienced a life-and-death disaster and was already weak.
The body is almost exhausted.
Zeng Ye and Ma Duyi were so frightened that they stopped their horses to wait after passing the customs. They were so frightened that they did not dare to breathe.
Previously, almost everyone inside and outside the pass could see the sword light like a rainbow on the other side of where Chen Pingan disappeared.
Chen Pingan waved his hand, "It's okay, it's settled. Let's continue on our way. Nothing will happen on the way back from this trip. It's still the same old rules. If you don't return to Shujian Lake with me then."
On the other side of the hillside, the Nascent Soul cultivator had long removed his blinding magic, and there turned out to be a middle-aged woman with an average appearance. A drop of blood slowly seeped out from the center of her eyebrows. She gently wiped it away with her fingers, but the trace was left behind.
In the eyes of any cultivator in the Fifth Realm, if you look at it for a moment, it is an extremely dazzling existence.
It was quite safe to do business with that young man. After both parties made up their minds to do the business, they worked out the details and tried to make every detail. After several trials, the young man handled it appropriately.
She looked up at the sky, bowed in salute, piously and fearfully, and said in a trembling voice, "Li Furui is vulgar and can only offend a gentleman, not a villain. It's rude."
After a while, the world was silent.
The woman laughed dumbly, probably because she was overthinking it.
Now that the Aquarius Continent is in chaos, there are too many saints who need to keep an eye on people and things. Beiju Luzhou Tianjun Xie Shi, Great Li Domain King Song Changjing, Emperor Zhu Ying Dynasty, etc., etc., are all not available.
She and Chen Ping'an, even though Liu Zhimao, who was detained at the bottom of the water prison, said it himself, Chen Ping'an now wears the saint's jade plaque that says "I am good at cultivating Haoran Qi", but what about the accompanying saint sitting on the Yizhou Canopy?
, she knows some inside information. As long as there is no too surprising fighting in the world under her feet, she will not divert her attention or take a glance. As for the old sect master of Taiping Mountain who personally hunts down the old ape with a sword, the momentum is too great, and he will definitely be killed.
Saint Tongyezhou noticed it immediately.
But be careful when sailing the ship of ten thousand years.
Some due etiquette, after all, more is better than less, and some is better than none.
After leaving the pass of Mei Glaze Country and about to enter the boundary of Shujian Lake, Chen Ping'an was near a rural village. He turned to look at the two uninterested guys behind him and said with a hoarse smile, "I've made you worry, this journey
I have a lot to think about."
Ma Duyi covered her heart and said, "Mr. Chen, you are finally alive. You were either in a daze or frowning along the way. We haven't had a drink in a long time. We are both almost scared to death."
Zeng Ye nodded vigorously.
Chen Pingan comforted him softly, "I encountered something that I couldn't figure out for a while. I'm sorry."
Ma Duyi smiled and asked, "Have you figured it out now?"
Chen Pingan shook his head and said, "I still haven't figured out the reason, but I took a step back and figured out how to deal with it."
Ma Duyi said worriedly, "Is everything okay?"
Chen Pingan nodded and said, "It's okay."
Ma Duyi hesitated and said, "Mr. Chen, take a sip of wine and show it to us, otherwise we won't worry."
Zeng Ye looked embarrassed.
Of course, Chen Ping'an didn't actually take a sip of wine, and said with a smile, "You guys can stop here, remember not to disturb the people nearby, practice well, supervise each other, and don't slack off. I will try to come to you in the spring of next year at the latest."
Maybe we can meet up earlier. Then we will go to the south of Shujian Lake. There are miasma there, there are many mountains and rivers with monsters, and it is said that there are evil cultivators and people in the devil's path, which will be better than those in Shihao Kingdom and Meigla Kingdom.
There are many dangers, so don't hold back too much, you two."
Ma Duyi snorted coldly.
Zeng Ye quickly promised to practice diligently.
Chen Pingan rode away alone.
But before leaving, he gave the golden demon-binding rope and a few talismans to Ma Duyi to prevent accidents. Also, remember to hide the demon-binding rope and not let it appear easily. Once it is seen by a passing wild cultivator, it will be a sure thing.
A disaster comes from heaven.
When it came to important matters of life and death, Ma Duyi did not dare to be negligent at all, nor did he make any jokes. He just wanted to reassure Mr. Chen that they would never be so careless.
Chen Pingan slept in a deserted mountain that day. The evil spirit was quite strong, and he was almost certain that there was a powerful ghost hiding in it. However, he had nothing to do all night, which made Chen Pingan a little strange. Now it is inconvenient to reveal his true cultivation, and the other party has
It was very hidden, and it was probably related to the luck of the mountain roots of the place, so I had to give it up.
He rode away slowly.
Extremely sad.
According to the implicit statement of the old Nascent Soul monk Li Fuxi, the envoy who sent her to leave Gongliu Island was a monk of the upper fifth realm of Tongye Sect. He was once in charge of the rules and precepts of the Ancestral Master Hall of the first sect, and his status was respected, even if it was Du
When Mao was still alive, he was quite a powerful being, and the current leader of the Tongye Sect would call him "Master Uncle".
This is not the thing that worries Chen Pingan the most.
The really scary thing is that this great monk of the Tongye Sect is now enshrined by the Yu Gui Sect, and it is the Jade Gui Sect that is about to choose Shu Jian Lake in Aquarius Continent as the foundation of the next sect!
Jade Guizong, the old man surnamed Xun who appeared in the dust medicine shop in Laolongcheng, the future place of monasticism and enlightenment in the Sui Dynasty, and Jiang Shangzhen who appeared in the Qinghu Palace earlier.
To be continued...