Chapter eight hundred and sixty seventh sword cut flying to the peak
(There is also a small chapter tonight.)
With one sword handed out, all the inner demons and illusions that stood on the road ahead dissipated.
The culprit responsible for the peak of the Ascension Realm who is responsible for guarding Tuoyue Mountain is not only a pure swordsman, but his natal flying sword has even imitated part of the magical powers of two high-ranking gods, "Imagineer" and "Echoer".
City God Shen Wen, a golden gallbladder burst into pieces, with a look of remorse on his face, as if he regretted handing over the gallbladder.
The monk in white turned sideways, leaned back slightly, twirled the string of Buddhist beads on his hand, looked at the young hermit official from the corner of his eye, smiled playfully, and seemed to say that the mountains are high and the rivers are long, we will see you later.
The woman in green with a ponytail did not hide or dodge, letting the light of the sword pass her by.
Tuoyue Mountain was split into two, creating a huge unbridgeable ravine that could not be restored to its original state for a long time.
At the same time, the body of the great demon culprit holding the sword was also cut open with a sword, and for the first time, a look of surprise appeared on the half of his face that was far apart.
It is obvious that Chen Ping'an's sword is completely different from the more than 3,000 swords he handed out previously. It is no longer limited to the level of swordsmanship, but is full of swordsmanship, and even has the prototype of a certain swordsmanship.
So much so that the long-lasting trajectory of the sword light abruptly blocked the time ring method of the culprit Hedao Tuoyue Mountain.
On both sides of this "road" that opened the mountain, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and even the energy of the mountains and rivers and the luck of the weather, were all madly involved, like two surging tides, filling the defects of the avenue caused by the ravine.
It is as if a sword has created a realm of emptiness and emptiness, with avenues running and clear boundaries.
Compared to the situation of the culprit, the three great Immortal Realm monsters in the mountain were miserable.
The big monster centipede that had wrapped around the top of the mountain for several times met the most pitiful end. It couldn't escape. This big monster in the immortal realm, whose soul had been severely damaged, had its body cut open together with Tuoyue Mountain. The monk Nascent Soul tried to coerce it. Jin Dan fled, but was still shattered by the sword light that blocked the sky and the sun. He was broken into several pieces of corpses and rolled down the foot of the mountain, where he died.
The remaining two immortals, the one sitting on the colorful futon, has a withered human skin and is crumbling in a flood of sword energy. The luster of the futon under the seat has been dimmed, and the immortal figure is floating in the wind. The former one is full of energy, The middle-aged man with an ancient appearance turned into a skinny old man.
In addition, the demon monk with the appearance of a woman, her gold-embroidered armor with copper nail patterns, shattered together with the immortal holding the lamp. Countless cracks appeared on her still delicate face, like a building that had been dry for many years. The farmland and the mountains and rivers in her small human world are in a similar bleak situation, and the oil is almost exhausted.
If she had a fight with that Yin Guan and was defeated and died, that would be fine. But today's disaster was like that young Yin Guan teaming up with the culprit to kill them. These upper five realms taught her how to be willing, so This female demon cultivator, who was ruling a separate kingdom in the wild world, felt great hatred in her heart. She hated the Yin Guan for his ruthless sword, and even more hated the insidious methods of the founder disciples of Tuo Yue Mountain, who deliberately imprisoned them here.
Even though she was in her ancestral hall, there was a life-extending lamp that could help her reshape her body and body, like reviving a corpse, but after all, she had lost a considerable part of her soul. Moreover, the life-extending lamp could be ignited, and the monk's vital golden elixir and elemental energy could be lit. However, the baby could not be taken away, so he relied on the life-sustaining lamp to practice again. On the mountain, the corpse has always been regarded as the lowest level, and almost fell to the level below the earthly immortal. Especially the demon monks in the wild world, once they lose their innate tyranny, The tenacious demon clan's true form will suffer greater losses than the great Qi practitioners in the world.
This female immortal with a prosperous Taoist name was like a weed, her body swaying in the wind. She was blown away by the sword energy and her soul was in agony. The crashing sounds of her face and body were like a series of tiny firecrackers. She went to
She stretched out her hand and wiped it on her face, all of which were the ashes of the Great Dao. She felt desperate, gritted her teeth, and stared at the leader of Tuoyue Mountain outside the mountain. "Today's disaster has affected more than ten people in the fifth realm."
My comrade died here, all thanks to you! The culprit, what a culprit, what a good name, you are the chief culprit in the barbaric world!"
The culprit turned a deaf ear.
He just glanced at the direction of Yiluo River from a distance.
The woman looked like she was crazy, she burst out laughing, raised the arm that was constantly scattering ashes, and patted her head, "Come on, Yin Guan, I will give you another military exploit! I just ask you to do it."
The culprit destroyed Tuoyue Mountain! Being able to die at the hands of the last Yin Guan of the Sword Qi Great Wall is not a big loss..."
A golden thunderbolt descended rapidly from the thunderstorm, completely shattering the body of the female cultivator in the Immortal Realm.
The only remaining Immortal Realm monk stood up from the futon, looked around, and said with a wry smile: "I never thought it would be such a way to die. I'm a bit frustrated."
A monster monk who has never been to the Sword Qi Great Wall would die here on Tuoyue Mountain, especially under the Yin Guan Sword. It would be a big joke if word spread.
The culprit withdrew his gaze and looked at a place beyond the limits of the two heavens and earth.
The demon monks who died one after another in the mountain had no time to escape, and they never thought that there would be a sword cultivator who took the initiative to break into the Tuoyue Mountain realm.
It was an old demon swordsman from the Nascent Soul Realm. He hurried over, hovered his sword, controlled a natal flying sword, and branched out thousands of long swords, trying to carve out a door from the forbidden side of the mountains and rivers.
Unfortunately, this battlefield is still just like a slender stream with limited water flow, crashing into a towering mountain, and it is destined to be in vain.
The old swordsman was still unable to break through the internal and external restrictions of Tuoyue Mountain and the caged bird, and kept making noises outside.
The culprit looked at Chen Pingan, "There is a swordsman who wants to trade his life for his life. What do you say? If you agree, I will let him go."
Chen Pingan twitched his lips.
A person in the Nascent Soul Realm, even a sword cultivator, would like to change to the Immortal Realm? Are you overthinking, is there such a business in the world?
Lu Chen sighed endlessly, our Lord Yin Guan really sailed the ten-thousand-year ship carefully.
The culprit smiled and said: "That sword cultivator's name is Huiting, and he comes from the Hongye Sword Sect."
It was not until this moment that the culprit's Dharma form closed up, and Tuoyue Mountain returned to its original appearance.
I never thought that the trajectory of the sword intention would ignore the countercurrent of the long river of time and still run through Tuoyue Mountain. The virtual and real changes constantly, blooming a dazzling seven-color color. It is the brilliant Taoist rhyme caused by the collision of the long river of time and the mainstay.
, glass fragments condensed by time, varying in size, splashed out near Jianlu and Tuoyue Mountain, one by one as fast as meteors, as small as fingernails, as big as copper coins, scattered in all directions of the world, and flew out directly.
The thousand-mile battlefield of Tuoyue Mountain crashed into the invisible barrier of the caged bird's small world, and finally shattered, and had to return to the long river of time.
This shows how powerful Chen Ping'an's sword was just now.
At the same time, it means that this sword has left an irreparable sword energy corridor in the culprit's body, world, mountains and rivers.
Just like Chen Pingan's sword slashed out a river of sword energy similar to the Yiluo River.
The culprit continued: "You should have heard of the name Huiting. He was once a Jade Purity Sword Immortal, but he fell down twice on the battlefield. The last time, a hundred years ago, he shattered the natal flying sword, Zhenfen.
', I have been recovering from my injuries, so I missed the last battle."
The culprit was not worried that Chen Ping'an would break the contract and regret it. If he was deliberately committing fraud, he would have just opened the door.
I heard about Hongye Jianzong and Huiting.
Chen Pingan narrowed his eyes and nodded.
I know. How could I not know about this famous demon clan sword cultivator?
There are very detailed records at the summer palace. Not only does this demon sword cultivator like to go to the Sword Qi Great Wall to join in the fun and accumulate military exploits, so much so that he fell twice, both on the battlefield, but also this one has a flying sword.
The "fat powder" sword cultivator has always liked to sneak attack on female sword cultivators on the battlefield of the Great Sword Qi Wall, in order to refine their swords and cultivate some kind of flying sword magical power.
He once attacked and killed an injured female swordsman.
Her name is Song Caiyun.
She was the woman that Zhao Geyi and Cheng Quan, two veteran sword cultivators, had been thinking about for their entire lives.
In fact, Song Caiyun could have withdrawn from the battlefield at that time, but on the way, she met a group of young swordsmen who were in a desperate situation. In order to save them, they were found by the demon clan Jade Pu Realm swordsman Huiting who was waiting for an opportunity.
Taking the opportunity, he used his natal flying sword "Zhenfen" and killed her with one sword.
Among the sword cultivators she rescued at that time, there was a young man named Yin Chen who used to be sunny and easy-going.
Very good, the other party came to your door, and the deal was done.
Chen Pingan took the lead to open a path to the caged bird's small world, and then the culprit opened the Tuoyue Mountain Formation, allowing the Nascent Soul Realm sword cultivator to rush to the battlefield.
The immortal who had been waiting for death saw the familiar sword light and said helplessly: "Huiting, are you stupid?"
I will definitely give a head to the young hidden official for nothing.
As for the spiritual energy and kendo energy left after the death of my old friend, of course they will be taken over by the culprit.
Although Huiting did owe him a life, one and a half to be precise. He saved Huiting once in his early years and helped him a lot later, but how could he take the matter of exchanging lives seriously?
The old sword cultivator from a swordsmanship sect in the wilderness ignored his friend. He just hovered his sword at the border of the small world, looked up at the Wan Zhang Faxiang with the lotus crown on his head, and asked with a smile: "You are Xiao Xun's successor."
Who is the new hidden official Chen Ping'an?"
Chen Ping'an is such an old-fashioned name that Lao Jianxiu has really made his ears tingle after hearing it over the years.
On the Hongye Sword Sect, there is a junior sword cultivator who has high hopes, and he ranks among the Hundred Sword Immortals of Tuoyue Mountain. His ranking is not high, but he has been fortunate enough to visit the Great Wall of Sword Qi and Haoran World, but he is only in Tongyezhou.
After being injured, he returned to his hometown Tianxia very early and stayed in the sect to recuperate for several years. He always mentioned the young hidden official with admiration, thinking that the two sides had never had the opportunity to have a real sword fight, so he regarded it as a reminder of that long journey.
One of the biggest regrets.
This is the case at the top of my mountain, and when visiting friends outside the mountain, they are also in the same bird shape, which is very annoying.
Chen Ping'an turned his head and looked at the figure of the sword cultivator who was as small as a mustard seed.
Huiting sensed the strong murderous intention of the young hidden official and laughed loudly: "Is my life still worth something?"
Chen Pingan said calmly: "It's not worth anything, you just deserve to die."
The culprit smiled.
If I remember correctly, this was the second time Chen Pingan spoke formally after appearing at Tuoyue Mountain? And compared to the simple word "yes", the number of words was much more.
Lu Chen smiled and said: "Respect the strong and pity the weak. This culprit is actually quite interesting. It's a pity that you are in the enemy camp. Otherwise, a chance encounter elsewhere might lead to a drink at the same table."
Of course, the so-called respect in this wild world is quite different.
The so-called pity is relatively easy to understand. It means that the culprit asked Chen Pingan to let go of the ant monks from nearby sects.
A sharp sword light struck down on the head, slicing vertically from the head of the demon sword cultivator.
The sword light rose again, and he slashed across the waist again.
The Dharma Prime waved his sleeves again, and a miniature suspended minefield appeared next to the old swordsman, and he chose to use the Five Thunder Method to slowly refine and kill the soul.
The key is that in the thunderstorm, two words with golden light were forced to appear, which were the real names of the demon clan of Jianxiu Huiting. The light caused by the real names was shaking like a candle in the wind.
Forcibly peeling off the real name of the demon clan?!
Lu Chen actually felt a little horrified for a moment. He had never seen scenes more tragic than this. There were many.
But when the one wielding the sword is Chen Ping'an, it's a bit chilling down the spine.
This kid never liked to be sloppy in his practice, whether it was passing the sword or throwing punches, and he just killed people. He had never committed such deliberate cruelty.
Lu Chen seemed to be slacking off after his previous inquiry to no avail. He didn't bother to check Chen Ping'an's mental state now. Presumably this wild sword cultivator who had fallen twice must be on the list at the summer palace.
The presence.
Moreover, it is not easy for a sword cultivator to reach the Jade Pu Realm twice.
Let alone the wild world, even in the Great Wall of Sword Qi, there are only a handful of them.
This deal is indeed a good deal.
It would be more cost-effective if the immortal was killed again.
Looking at the posture of the big demon culprit, since he didn't throw the immortal out of the Tuoyue Mountain boundary, it was obvious that he was waiting for Chen Ping'an to break the contract and would not stop him.
Chen Ping'an used his two fingers to smash the words of the two demon clan's real names into pieces. Even if Huiting placed a life-extending lamp in the Hongye Sword Sect's ancestral hall, it would be of no use at all.
The great Immortal Realm demon widened his eyes and said in a trembling voice: "Huiting!"
Chen Ping'an said: "Why don't you get out?"
In Tuoyue Mountain, the haggard immortal quickly gathered his thoughts, looked incredulous, and asked tentatively: "Do you really want me to live?"
If you don’t believe it, it would be better if you pull him down and not leave.
Chen Ping'an was silent for a moment. Seeing that the immortal was still doubtful, he tried to move the five thunder seals in the air. Unexpectedly, the Wan Zhang Dharma Appearance suddenly sank, and under his feet, the ground collapsed into two huge pits.
Lu Chen immediately looked at Chen Ping'an's personal world, and unexpectedly a string of monster clan's real names lit up at the same time, and all of them were in the Ascension Realm with a long history.
Chen Pingan slashed Tuo Yueshan again with one strike of his sword.
In an instant, the mountains and rivers were hazy, and there was a strange cave. Inexplicably, I was in a secret land with extremely boring scenery.
It is a long corridor that seems to have no end. At a glance, even if Chen Ping'an is in the Fourteenth Realm at the moment, he can't see the exit with all his eyesight.
Chen Pingan put away the ten thousand feet of Dharma, and the corridor shrank accordingly. On the right hand side are countless doors, and on the other side, similar to the two ends of the Great Wall of Sword Qi in the early years, is an endless void, a long river of time that leads to nowhere. In history,
, many Confucian temples to worship saints fell on this road. The earlier four worlds, plus today's colorful world, the so-called "bordering" between them is nothing more than several similar post roads opened up by the sages to build a
The existence of the Time Ferry and the "ascension" of the great monks on the mountain can make it possible to travel far and wide across the world without getting lost in the long river of time and reduced to corpses outside the world. In fact, several worlds are extremely far apart from each other.
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Lu Chen frowned and said, "It was Bai Ze who took action. He deliberately chose this time to do it. Is he provoking the boss Sword Immortal? As expected of Bai Ze, he can provoke others who shouldn't be provoked."
Obviously, as soon as Bai Ze returned to the wild world, after Chen Qingdu killed the ancient high-ranking gods with one sword, he immediately reciprocated and awakened the group of powerful sleepers on the other side of the Yiluo River, hibernating in various secret realms for a long time.
The ancient demon is about to wake up completely.
It's just that Bai Ze's own strength seems to have declined after breaking those hibernations?
No wonder Bai Ze is so confident. This path is truly unexpected.
Lu Chen sat in the Lotus Dojo. After some deductions, he was amazed and smiled, "So that's it. I understand. Bai Ze's method of combining the fourteen realms is so fantastic and wonderful that it can rival the poor Taoist."
The Five Dreams and Seven Heart Symbols.”
Everyone on the top of the mountain knows that the Third Master Bai Yujing has the mysterious Five Dreams and Seven Hearts, which are so mysterious that even Lu Chen himself cannot decipher them.
I dreamed of the Confucian master Zheng Xu, dreamed of a skull on my pillow, and dreamed of a real person with white bones. I dreamed that the oak tree was alive, I dreamed that the tortoise was dead, and I dreamed of turning into a butterfly. I don’t know who I am. Whoever dreams wakes up.
In addition to the five dreams, there are seven signs, which go along with the great road of Lu and Chen. The chicken, the toon tree, the mole, the Kunpeng, the oriole, the falcon, and the butterfly evolve and emerge from the great road.
If we say the existence of the founders of the three religions, each determines the height of Taoism in the world.
So Bai Ze's way of joining the Tao is the biggest deterrent to other worlds. Although Bai Ze is not warlike and has never been interested in killing, if Bai Ze is regarded as a soft-hearted monk because of this, then
That's too naive. Thousands of years ago, on the earth, the demon clan dominated the world, and many people died accidentally at Bai Ze's hands. Human monks, whether they were Qi practitioners or pure sword cultivators, Bai Ze was the same
Killed a lot.
During the riverside discussion ten thousand years ago, Bai Ze took the initiative to sacrifice the interests of the demon clan and handed over the real names of a considerable number of the great demons in order to allow both worlds to recuperate. This was how Sou Shan was spread throughout the world in later generations.
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It was Bai Ze's move that was of far-reaching significance. It was like he had drawn a bottom line for the world, that is, it was necessary to ensure the reproduction of the demon clan, and not to become too powerful and attack wantonly, causing war to spread throughout the world. But Bai Ze also
Absolutely no outside forces are allowed to exterminate the demon clan.
Anyone who crosses the line or crosses the line will become Bai Ze’s enemy, which is tantamount to a life-or-death battle.
Once the demon monks in the wild world are severely damaged, Bai Ze's cultivation level will skyrocket.
Chen Ping'an stood there, not in a hurry to cut through the secret realm with his sword, nor in a hurry to move forward against the wind, but instead held the sword in his right hand.
The sword he had thrown out with all his strength before, even if he was a tenth-level martial artist with a tenacious body, would have broken his muscles and bones.
Chen Pingan took a gentle breath to calm the mountains and rivers in his body.
Previously, the spring breeze on both sleeves, the small world of the human body, was like the resonance of heaven and man, and the resonance of the earth, and the spring thunder shook.
The long sword Yeyou hovered on the left side of his body. Chen Pingan's mind moved slightly. The Yeyou sword blade penetrated into the long river of time, leaving only half of the sword body. The sword edge seemed to cut across an illusory sky wall, and then with the help of
Drawn by a trace of divine will during the night tour, he tried to determine how far away the wall was. As a result, he felt an involuntary dizziness. Chen Pingan quickly stabilized his mind and put away the mustard seed in his mind.
The road is out there.
The reason why he is not in a hurry is because the fight with the Golden Body Faxiang and the Taoist in Qingyi who stayed on the Tuoyue Mountain boundary is still going on, and the mental connection between the three is still clear and disconnected. Chen Pingan can still see the culprit of the big demon based on this.
All trends.
It is not the eighty-four thousand Dharma doors of Buddhism.
This seemingly endless corridor has a number engraved on each door, from one to nine, starting with three, followed by nine numbers, seemingly arranged in random order.
"It's the artist's method of arranging numbers according to density."
Lu Chen explained: "If nothing happens, when we reach the end, we will encounter a room without a number. But if we cannot give an accurate number, this small world will definitely collapse, with a power roughly equivalent to... one
The most proud sword in the life of a peak swordsman in the Ascension Realm? Of course, if we are lucky enough and guess the number correctly, we can walk out of the secret realm with swagger."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Density? I've heard that the master's hall of masters has a treasure, which is to use density to create a self-circulating formation world. It can be regarded as the most powerful method of the Shushu lineage.
, that ancestral compass, it is said that the ancestors and calculation geniuses of the past generations have worked together to refine it for six thousand years. By the way, the compass can really detain an Ascension Realm monk other than a sword cultivator at will? "
Lu Chen curled his lips, "That was the old almanac. When we calculated the number ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, we encountered the second illusory road bottleneck. The two masters of the art were afraid to go there.
Let’s deduce it. After all, I have suffered twice before. I was afraid that I would fall short and be defeated by heaven, causing the heavy treasure to break. In the end, I met that senior brother of yours.
He takes that mountain-preserving treasure too seriously, and his state of mind is the most pure and innocent. It has a lot to do with it. It does not mean that his magic skills must be higher than those of the master of calculation."
Lu Chen sighed, "The reason why it is called the old almanac is that what you just called 'except for sword cultivators' needs to be removed."
Chen Pingan frowned slightly.
Lu Chen smiled and said: "Don't think too much, Pindao's old almanac has another meaning. The two masters, who were obsessed with learning and studying, failed to make contributions in that war and captured an Ascension Realm great demon, or
It was to help Chen Chun'an join forces to fight against the enemy Liu Cha, but it was not that they meant to sit on the sidelines, but there was a very talented rebel inside, with sinister intentions and careful calculations, and deliberately gave eight wrong numbers. The next few hundred digits,
Of course they were all wrong, which caused a big problem with the compass and almost destroyed it completely."
Chen Pingan was silent.
Along the road, the mountains and rivers are steep.
Lu Chen yelled at Qu and said, "I am well-informed. What happened? Who is in the way?"
Chen Ping'an sneered: "Then let's take advantage of a moment of leisure to go over the old scores?"
For example, Shi Rou from Qilong Lane. Headmaster Bai Yujingsan has seen the town through her eyes for many years.
Lu Chen began to change the topic, "Then the culprit is stalling for time? What's the point? Tuoyue Mountain doesn't have legs, so it's waiting for rescue? Like that Bai Ze who returned to the wilderness?"
Chen Pingan shook his sleeves and fluttered out a strip of thousands of talismans, which were made of the most common yellow talisman. At Shanshui Ferry, Xianjia Inn was not afraid of selling items.
This item is indispensable for slaying demons. Chen Pingan stretched out his hand to cover a piece of talisman paper with his palm, and with a touch, thousands of yellow talismans instantly became talismans, all of which were landscape talismans of the same color.
With another wave of sleeves, a long river of talismans is like a scout exploring the road, taking the lead in traveling far away.
Lu Chen hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Don't be too greedy and addicted to the realm."
Once you become a veritable great monk of the Fourteenth Realm, you will have a world where the gates of the mountains are strictly restricted and you will feel like you are entering an uninhabited land. The mountains and rivers are vast and shrinkable, and you can cross rivers as you please.
This kind of freedom is naturally consistent with the Taoist heart of pure sword cultivation.
Chen Pingan nodded, "Of course we need to reflect on ourselves. It is difficult to move from luxury to frugality."
Holding a sharp knife, murderous intention arises.
As soon as Taoism becomes fat, the world will become thin.
Once a person who has attained the Tao cannot control even a little bit of his own thoughts, he will be free to fight mosquitoes and flies, and suddenly he will kill all the mosquitoes and flies.
At worst, the Taoist mind wanders away; at worst, it can lead to confusion.
Chen Pingan walked slowly, suddenly stopped, opened a door, and found two frozen time paintings inside, one was clear and the other was blurry. This was because Lu Chen temporarily lent Taoism to him, so
There is an overlap between the two scroll scenes.
One of the landscape paintings shows a child carrying a large basket climbing a mountain, and Lu Chen's time painting shows a boat on the sea. The boatman is none other than the unnamed disciple, Gu Qingsong, whose Taoist name is Xiancha. But that
The current Xiancha looks very young, with a square face and big eyes, and looks quite tiger-like. In a small boat, the two of them went to sea to visit Xiancha. Looking at the bow of the boat that tilted into the water, it seemed that it was trying to navigate the water.
, and deep in the sea, there seemed to be a light, soft and quiet, as if waiting for this small boat.
Lu Chen smiled awkwardly and said: "Don't look at it, don't look at it, be careful of the culprit."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "It's up to everyone, what are you afraid of?"
Lu Chen said helplessly: "Isn't it a shame to say such things?"
Chen Ping'an discovered that the talisman flowing water flew along for tens of thousands of miles. This corridor was like a bottomless ancient well.
Ignoring the futility of those talismans, Chen Ping'an kept wielding his long sword at night, constantly cutting the invisible wall of time barrier, and then remembered the sporadic strange movements, and opened a brand new account book in the Xinhu Library,
Detailed records are recorded in the book.
Lu Chen explained: "This place is a whirlpool in the long river of time, similar to the passage to the ruins. The length of time and the distance of the road cannot be inferred by common sense."
Chen Pingan nodded.
This kind of mysterious and profound way to manifest is a rare opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Even if there is just a little more understanding, it is equivalent to taking a successful step on a road opened by others. Having the first step is equivalent to having success.
In the direction of the avenue.
That's why Chen Ping'an used the Night Sword to test the reality.
What's more, in the outside world, there is a statue with a golden body imitating Bai Yujing, who also controls the sword fairy banner and the five thunder seals. There is also the Taoist in Qingyi who is like a Yin god traveling far away from the body, and the girl on the river with the endless stream of water.
Law versus attack.
Not even idle.
Lu Chen asked: "Is there still a fight outside?"
Chen Pingan nodded and said: "The culprit is killing Bai Yujing."
Every time the culprit passes his sword, stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade.
Bai Yujing is too much, and there are many hidden avenues circulating in the depths. Even if Chen Ping'an is the master of refining them, they still cannot be fully explored. In addition, he really doesn't know much about the Taoist arts. In many places,
They all know it but don't know why. Just like the ordinary seal carvers in the mountains, they can carve an excellent seal, but in fact they dare not fully understand the inner texture of jade.
So just make sure that the important treasure of the Immortal Family will not be chopped into pieces by the culprit.
The more the culprit used his sword skills to dismantle an imitation white jade capital, the more Chen Ping'an could stand by and watch.
The only pity is that the founder of Yufu Palace was a replica of the old white jade capital thousands of years ago.
Lu Chen rubbed his chin, "This is weird."
If the culprit stood still, it would help Toyue Mountain to hold on longer.
Otherwise, it would appear that Chen Ping'an was using magical powers and spells one after another, and he would only be able to hand out dozens or even hundreds of swords to Young Master Tuo Yueshan.
Chen Ping'an said: "Of course the big demon culprit also hopes to have a quick fight, for example, as a pure swordsman, asking someone for swordsmanship. As for whether it's me or not, it doesn't really matter, as long as the opponent's level is enough, for example, if it's Mr. Qi,
Sword Immortals, maybe they will start slashing each other with swords now."
When I leave this place later, I will definitely let the sword cultivator get what he wants.
Lu Shenmei said: "How many wild monsters with the power of the throne did that guy eat?"
Chen Pingan thought for a while, "A lot."
Repeated again, "A lot!"
One of the careful back-up plans was to predict that Bai Ze would return to his hometown and willingly assist Jian Xiu Feiran, the nominal co-owner of the world, to confront Haoran.
We must know that the location of Wenhai Zhoumi's Yin God is Lu Fayan, the Fourteenth Realm monk who he annexed the avenue, and the Yang God's body is none other than Bai Ying, the great demon of the Throne of Bones. In addition, he also ate Qie Yun, Huang Luan, and Yao in one go.
A is waiting for a group of old thrones.
This is just the result of being carefully put on the table.
If he hadn't predicted that Bai Ze would return to the wilderness, he would probably have eaten more Ascension realms in secret with his careful appetite.
Apart from Zhou Mi, I am afraid that no other great monk, even if he is in the Fourteenth Realm, can do this kind of thing.
Lu Chen sincerely sighed: "To a certain extent, this guy can really be regarded as...a lonely person."
The right time, place and people are all indispensable. First of all, you need to get the acquiescence of the great ancestor of Tuoyue Mountain. Secondly, you need to have Zhou Zhou's own level to be strong enough to kill the fourteenth level monks.
Finally, and the biggest problem lies, Zhou Mi can use his own knowledge to solve the hidden dangers of conflicting avenues. Zhou Mi also needs to ensure that he will not act against the will of nature, and will not be rejected and suppressed by the great avenues of the wild world, which will in turn undermine his own strength.
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Otherwise, why didn't the Great Ancestor of Tuoyue Mountain do this himself? With this, he could take the last half step, and the great road would be complete and flawless, and truly reach the fifteenth level.
It’s not that I don’t want to, I really can’t.
It is very likely that Zhou Mi, who has ascended to heaven, still has the means to strip off these "useless" existences brought to the new heaven, and then completely eliminate them, so that Bai Ze can make up for the loss of the avenue to awaken the hibernating demon.
For example...all the real names belong to Baize?
Then Chen Pingan combined half of the Sword Qi Great Wall and twisted the core to help Chen Pingan bear the great demon's true name.
It became an unreasonable key move.
Stop Bai Ze and intercept his real name.
To be precise, it was the young hidden official who stayed in the human world, blocking the divine man Zhou Mi who was outside the world.
A single-plank bridge seems like someone is blocking the road and cutting off the current. Who else would it be?
Lu Chen was filled with admiration, "Baize didn't take action against you on the other side of the Yiluo River earlier. It's really not a normal gentleman's demeanor."
Chen Ping'an said: "If we change positions, I won't take action. I can do it, and of course Mr. Bai can do it. There is nothing to worry about."
Lu Chen was speechless for a moment, and he somewhat understood how Lord Yin Guan's relationship with the elders came about.
Proficient, superb, and most importantly, sincere.
Lu Chen hesitated for a moment and asked: "Chen Pingan, you are actually not left-handed, right?"
Chen Ping'an didn't have anything to hide. "When I was a kid, I fell down when I was going up a mountain. My right hand was cut and my muscles and bones were injured for a hundred days. I couldn't do any work. I had to use my left hand for a long time. Later I got used to it and made porcelain."
When drawing blanks, you also need to balance both hands, so I can't say that I am left-handed or right-handed."
Beautiful scenery and valuable herbs are often found in dangerous places.
Lu Chen was completely speechless, "You are going a little too far..."
It is very possible that Chen Ping'an's right hand sword and fist blows have never really been used to death. Even if they were, they must have been well hidden from the eyes of outsiders.
Therefore, Chen Ping'an's excellent disguise of being "left-handed" is actually another layer of deception.
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "It's not bothering anyone."
I think back to those days when the boy with straw sandals in Clay Bottle Alley passed by his fortune-telling stall. At that time, he looked very simple and spoke to others without saying anything strange.
But after so many years, the money-obsessed is still there.
In fact, upon closer inspection, Lu Chen was not surprised by Chen Ping'an's change.
The fewer words in a book, the longer the aftertaste. On the other hand, the more words there are, the less it can withstand careful scrutiny. But in black and white, right and wrong, right and wrong, are all in it. It is clear at a glance, suffering, hard work, persistence, and choices.
Traveling, returning home, disappointment, hope.
Lu Chen glanced at Chen Ping'an holding a long sword, his expression became solemn, "What's going on? Why is the boundary so clear?"
In the outer world, she once killed the armored man with her own hands.
Lu Chen already knew about this when he participated in the riverside meeting.
After all, she was participating in the discussion with her head in hand.
Then she was just thrown into the long river of time.
Lu Chen believed that he would still remember that scene fresh even if ten thousand years passed.
But according to Lu Chen's deduction, even if she suffered a lot of damage to the avenue in that extraterrestrial fight, she would still not be in the current situation. Just like she is her, Chen Pingan is Chen Pingan, the sword is the sword, and the sword holder
It's really just a sword bearer in the literal sense.
Chen Ping'an lowered his head and glanced at the sword in his hand, and said: "I left the Sword Qi Great Wall inexplicably back then and appeared in a place called Creation Cave on the sea. Later I found out that Senior Brother Cui had interrupted my relationship with her by some unknown means.
That kind of pulling in the heart.”
In addition to deliberately letting Chen Pingan go astray, he has been in a cloud and has to ask himself repeatedly, whether life is real or a big dream, Chen Pingan needs to choose. After the three dreams in the Creation Cave, Chen Pingan was completely interrupted.
The feeling of involvement with her is one of the keys to the fourth dream.
It seems that Cui Chang deliberately made Chen Ping'an lose this "peace of mind" and taught this young junior disciple that all external objects in the world are not enough to support a Taoist heart.
Lu Chen smiled and said: "Xiu Hu has good intentions, where can I find such a senior brother?"
"You want one too?"
"Then forget it, don't worry, poor people with small arms and thin legs will probably not be able to bear it."
My senior brother is very good, Grand Master Bai Yujing, who is recognized as having high Taoism and good temper.
Speaking of which, it seems that Yu Dou, Lu Chen, and Chen Ping'an are all senior brothers acting as apprentices.
Lu Chen said: "That's almost enough. It's useless to stay here for a long time."
Chen Pingan nodded and held the sword in his left hand again.
Outside the long corridor, the culprit handed out more than twenty swords one after another, and successfully cut off the connection between the 12th floor of the five imitation white jade cities.
The big demon culprit finally stopped his sword, looked down at the bare bones of the sword-holding hand, and showed a dazed look. His eyes soon became determined, and he looked up to the other side of the Yiluo River.
Mr. Bai finally returned to his hometown.
Then you can rest assured.
I have never let down my teacher, and I have never let down my hometown.
I just hope that I will never live up to the name bestowed upon me by Mr. Bai.
Ten thousand years later, it doesn't matter whether we meet or not.
The sword slashed through the void, and out of the ripples of clouds and mist came out a swordsman in blue shirt who had not used any spells.
The culprit stood on the top of Tuoyue Mountain, raised the long sword in his hand, "Ask for the sword?"
Chen Pingan nodded.
Both sides of the confrontation put away their Dharma and Yinshen.
In the wild world, the great ancestor's first disciple is the culprit of sword cultivation.
The Great Wall of Sword Qi, the last hidden official, the sword repairman Chen Ping'an.
The culprit tiptoed, flashed away from Tuoyue Mountain, and went straight to the green shirt.
Countless long black and white lines suddenly spread out from Chen Ping'an's body, and he was unable to move for a moment.
It is the line of cause and effect caused by the long golden bridge that penetrated the ten thousand feet of Dharma.
This means that the more Chen Ping'an travels to distant places, the more he likes to meddle in other people's business, and the less he takes the Taoist monk's separation from the mortal world seriously, the more complicated the causal lines that arise.
Trapped in a cocoon, overwhelmed.
Chen Pingan used his mind to control the long sword at night, trying to cut off as many causal lines as possible. At the same time, he used his natal flying sword Jing Zhongyue to protect his surroundings with tens of thousands of sword formations to block the approach of the culprit.
Hand over the sword.
The sword formation was as fragile as broken glass, and it suddenly splashed out. One person was killed with one sword in front of him, and the tip of the sword was pointed directly at the center of Chen Ping'an's eyebrows. A golden light arrived in an instant.
Chen Pingan used his backhand sword and slashed the culprit's head.
The next moment, Chen Pingan fell dozens of miles away, and a crack was plowed out by Chen Pingan's feet on the ground.
Even though Chen Pingan quietly used Shuiyun Body, there was still a golden causal thread as thick as a finger on his body.
The head of the culprit that should have been chopped off also had an invisible crack in the sword energy.
The figures of both sides dissipated almost at the same time, each drawing a bright arc. Then, on the battlefield dozens of miles away, the two sides clashed with their swords. The strong wind blew, and Chen Pingan flew backwards again.
, the back directly penetrated the top of a mountain that had been smashed previously. A sword light fell from the sky, and the sword intent wrapped around a golden lightning as thick as a mountain peak, instantly shattering the entire mountain top, and a large crater appeared on the ground.
The culprit hovered in the wind, but failed to stab the young hidden official. The culprit frowned slightly and disappeared again. He seemed to wave his sword randomly. Between the sky and the earth, a long line of flames and a waterway suddenly appeared.
The sword light flashed like lightning, and finally connected end to end, forming a circle. The culprit raised his hand again, and the sword light, like two rings, began to spread out two curtains of water and fire. Finally, it was cast into a furnace, and the two sword lights were actually fused together.
The great road, water and fire are compatible, rain is in the fire, and the fire is burning in the long river of time.
In the battlefield of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, the earth is cracking, magma is everywhere, and thunder and lightning are intertwined.
The green shirt he was wearing was chopped off by the culprit's sword. Chen Ping'an hit the ground hard, causing the ground to dent.
After all, Chen Ping'an's Fourteenth Realm was obtained by temporarily borrowing Taoism from Lu Chen. Whether it was the refining and tempering of two natal flying swords or the height of his own swordsmanship, it was not a pure sword cultivation of the Fourteenth Realm in the true sense.
And intentionally or unintentionally, Chen Ping'an took the initiative to give up that no-man's land.
Therefore, on the battlefield, every time the swords struck each other, the big demon and the culprit were pressing forward step by step. Chen Pingan suffered more losses, retreating again and again, causing dust to fly again and again.
In just a few short breaths, the sword light flashed more than a hundred times, so that the entire thousands of miles of heaven and earth was filled with yellow sand, covering the sky and the sun.
The culprit did not give Chen Pingan any chance to breathe. While fighting at close quarters with a sword, he had already performed no less than thirty kinds of ancient swordsmanship.
But Chen Pingan just handed out the Nineteen Swords.
However, Chen Ping'an's speed of passing the sword became faster and faster. It seemed that the last sword was always being pulled out by the previous sword, just like a pure martial artist's true energy that was constantly being extinguished.
After twenty swords passed, Chen Pingan had the upper hand. During a mountain climbing trip, he landed just at the gate of Tuoyue Mountain. Chen Pingan kept passing the swords all the way, and his speed became faster and faster, so much so that he stacked the swords several times.
For a sword, the sword light converged in a line, so that the culprit could only parry for the time being and was unable to fight back.
After thirty-six swords, Chen Pingan not only did not continue to draw the sword, but he immediately evacuated Tuoyue Mountain and switched to holding the sword in his left hand.
The culprit stood up from the pool of blood and pieced together his skin and soul.
I don't know when, Chen Ping'an had already switched to a handheld night tour.
Make a fist with one hand, bend the five fingers, pinch the palms together, and then use the lines on the palm as a mountain and river talisman, and move the five natal objects at the same time, and the breath becomes wind and thunder.
Stomping heavily on the ground, the land with a radius of hundreds of miles under Chen Ping'an's feet instantly turned into a golden mirror, which was still a minefield of the untold secrets of Longhu Mountain.
The master of thunder method is the superposition of thunder method, talisman, and formation, which is called thunder bureau. Outside Longhu Mountain, there is also a saying that Taoist masters hold the thunder bureau in their hands. They ask the gods to come down, deploy their troops, and give orders.
Tianding Lishi can blow the wind to make fog, whip the dragon to make rain, uproot the mountains, and drive it into the sea. He can also carry the water to the shore. However, compared with the thunder method that has been passed down from generation to generation in Tianshi Mansion and is known as the ancestor of all methods.
Authentic, too inferior. It is rumored that the real Lei Bureau has mastered the general secrets of the ancient Lei Department. It has the ultimate technique. It can master Yin and Yang, the prosperity and decline of all things, the birth and death of the four seasons, the heaven and the earth are in the hand, and all transformations are born in the body.
I am becoming more and more proficient at using lightning techniques.
Lu Chen couldn't help but laugh and asked: "Are you the one from Aquarius Island who visited the Old Dragon City battlefield site?"
Chen Ping'an nodded, "I took advantage of my high level and traveled quickly. I went all the way south and visited many places. I revisited my old places and met some old friends."
Once someone like Chen Ping'an truly reaches the Fourteenth Realm.
The realm will be extremely solid.
What followed was a boring tug-of-war. In fact, the culprit still had endless skills. It was almost like he was trying to show off all he had learned in his life in a sword quiz.
However, on Chen Pingan's side, he just changed his swords, and the number of sword strikes increased from thirty-six times to close to fifty times.
In addition, at most, it uses thunder to form a small world to stabilize the body shape and Taoist mind.
Or offer a handful to the moon in the well, like rain falling on the moon mountain.
The battlefield has moved to the foot of Tuoyue Mountain again.
The culprit stands with his sword in hand, with his back to Tuoyue Mountain.
A hundred miles away from Tuoyue Mountain, Chen Ping'an took a night trip with his hand in hand.
Chen Pingan suddenly raised his head and glanced at the sky beyond the two heavens and the earth.
A bright moon was dragged far away.
It seemed as if a figure was knocked down to the world, but she quickly stopped falling and returned to Mingyue with her sword in hand. She went back and forth along the same route, and her route was exactly the same.
For a moment, Chen Ping'an was a completely different person.
A mountaintop was uprooted by the culprit's sword command and moved sideways towards Chen Ping'an.
But this time, Chen Ping'an was completely indifferent. He just moved forward without haste or delay, and a nearby mountaintop broke into pieces on its own.
An arc of sword light also stopped a few feet away. Sparks burst out, fire rained all over the ground, and the surrounding area was scorched.
After that, almost every time Chen Pingan took a few steps towards Tuoyue Mountain, a sword or spell exploded nearby.
Always in an invincible position, with no one in front of him, invincible.
Yuna Tuoyue Mountain, the culprit of the great demon. He asked about the sword, asked questions, and asked about the heart.
Why practice Taoism?
On the road to travel, go straight with your sword in hand, no need to take detours.
The green shirt gradually turned into a bright red robe.
Not even the fourteen realms of Taoism could stop this change.
The young Yinguan seemed to have returned to half of the Sword Qi Great Wall, his face blurred and erratic.
The face and body are like thousands of criss-crossing threads.
And those long lines of golden cause and effect that spread out are like a layer of gold-plated color on a statue of a god.
The big demon culprit slashed his sword at the young hidden official who started to climb the mountain.
As a result, the mysterious being who was getting closer and closer just raised his hand and made the long sword of the murderer hover and stop. Because the castration was so fierce, the wrist of the sword holding the sword was broken on the spot. He kept the chopping posture, and the murderer's body
The figure stumbled forward.
Chen Pingan handed out his sword.
It's very simple. With one sword, the sword will soar.
Lu Chen's eyes suddenly widened, he was as dumbfounded as a dumbfounded chicken, and his face was full of bewilderment.
I saw another Chen Pingan with golden eyes standing on the top of the mountain, right behind the culprit.
Holding a golden long sword, he gently wiped the culprit's neck.
After that long sword cuts across, all the Great Formation of the Long River of Time and the Harmony of the Tuoyue Mountain are all useless and vain Taoism.
Cut off the head.
The head was again caught in the hand.
Holding the sword in one hand and holding the head in the other.
Lu Chen widened his eyes and asked, "Is it you?"
The man smiled and replied: "It's me."
Chen Pingan put the long sword into its scabbard and said hoarsely: "Of course it's me."
Lu Chen stared blankly for a long time, not only at Chen Pingan who appeared in the world with pure divinity, but also at Chen Pingan who took the initiative to strip away divinity. Lu Chen finally let out a long sigh, fell back to the ground, and pretended to be dead.
Two Chen Ping'an merge into one.
As for the great demon culprit at the pinnacle of the Ascension Realm, both the souls of heaven and earth have been chopped to pieces with one sword. The human soul, carrying the seven souls, began to float away like ashes. Thousands of years of Taoism and a realm have perished.
The entire Tuoyue Mountain beneath my feet began to show a withered white color.
The culprit's mind maintained the last trace of clarity, leaving only an illusionary man in yellow standing aside, not feeling sad or unwilling, but feeling relieved.
The real name of Yuanji, the chief disciple of Tuoyue Mountain, has been cultivating in this life without any regrets. He has tried his best to guard Tuoyue Mountain. Although he has regrets, he has a clear conscience. It is a relief to no longer have to draw the ground as a prison.
The culprit smiled and said: "Chen Pingan, I just want to take this head to the Great Wall of Sword Qi and tell the world about it."
Chen Pingan shook his head and gently placed the head of the big demon culprit on the top of Tuoyue Mountain.
Choose to stay here.
If this person is at the peak of Ascension Realm, he will not end up as a pure sword cultivator.
Then don't talk about a big head, even the demon elixir will be dug out for you.
Tuoyue Mountain, a barbaric world, began to show signs of falling apart.
The culprit turned his head and looked at Chen Pingan. He seemed to be surprised by the young official's choice, but soon he was not surprised at all.
The culprit finally sat cross-legged, patted his head, looked into the distance, and said with a smile: "Chen Ping'an, aren't you a little overwhelmed?"
A copy of the Fourteenth Realm obtained out of thin air, as well as the long sword with a killing power beyond the sky, and the existence of pure divinity.
A bright red robe was swaying in the wind on the top of the mountain, making a hunting sound.
But my face and body shape began to return to normal.
Chen Ping'an said: "If I were your age, you wouldn't even be able to see my people in this sword competition today."
The culprit laughed heartily.
After that, the two sides stopped talking.
The man in yellow took one last look at his hometown and the world.
He slowly raised his hand and gave a thumbs up to the young human sword cultivator next to him.
Chen Pingan raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky.
He didn't look back for a long time.
I was once worried that she would be in danger in a new world because she would not be able to reach the upper five realms. I was also worried that after she became the Yupu realm, the burden on her shoulders would be heavier, and he was not around.
Worried that she will not be the best in the world, but also worried that she will become the best in the world.
Maybe this is what I like.
It allows a person to be unlike himself. It allows an optimist to be pessimistic and a pessimist to be optimistic. It allows a person to see hope from desperate situations and have the courage to look forward to the future.
It can make a poor and miserable boy from a mean alley suddenly feel like he is the richest person in the world.
It can make a straw-shoe boy who can't even write the word "sword" cross mountains and seas, silently practice boxing for a million dollars, and silently tell himself that he must become a great swordsman.
Lu Chen said: "Don't worry, it's not a big problem. Even if the delay doesn't work, it won't be in vain for everyone."
After that, there was silence between the two.
Only the mountain breeze blows, as if there are bursts of whimpering.
All over the wild world, after Bai Ze ordered the hibernators to wake up.
In the hinterland of the wilderness, a thousand-mile glacier that had been frozen for thousands of years suddenly began to melt. Suddenly, a graceful and naked woman appeared. Her true body seemed to be the entire ice field.
She stretched, raised her palms, yawned, and then sniffed. She crossed thousands of miles in one step and came to a majestic city. She pursed her lips. The blood of all the creatures in the city instantly merged into
A long river of blood was drank up by her like wine. A demon clan of the upper five realms and several earthly immortal monks tried to escape from this purgatory using their own escape method. However, with a few snaps of her fingers, they dispersed their souls and flew into the air.
Several blood flowers bloomed.
A mountain gate with a long history, but now it can barely maintain the title "Zong", there is a hanging picture in the center of the Patriarch Hall, which is not the hanging portrait of the monks of the Patriarchs of the past generations, but a picture of ancient mountains and rivers, depicting the brutal fighting on an ancient battlefield.
The true form of a great demon covered in blood, with a large body of golden-bodied gods at its feet.
Then the hanging statue began to shake violently. This vision of the founding ancestor's appearance made everyone in the sect extremely excited. The old monks who were qualified to offer incense in the ancestral hall, and the young monks, knelt inside and outside the ancestral hall.
Kowtowing crazily. In the scroll, an inconspicuous monster corpse suddenly jumped up, looking stiff, looking around, and then a young monk walked out. He picked a chair and sat down. He reached out and grabbed the head of an old monk.
, put it in your mouth and chew it.
Anyway, this group of ants from later generations who belong to their own lineage have been offering the wrong incense for thousands of years. It is not a capital crime.
In addition, in a small sect built in a certain blessed place in the wilderness, a young man suddenly tilted his head, his eyes were dark, and he was in a daze.
At the same time, in all directions in the wild world, the eight pieces of immortal weapons that had long been assigned to each other unexpectedly cut off all ties with their masters at the same time, and finally flew away in the same direction. In an instant, seven of them were killed.
The five realms of wild monks were seriously injured, and one of them, a young earthly immortal who was regarded as the favored son of heaven, died on the spot.
In addition, there are several strange phenomena and vast auras appearing in various places in the wilderness.
On the Tuoyue Mountain side, there are constant loud sounds of the mountains collapsing.
It's like the echo of heaven and earth after a question of swordsmanship, harmonizing with the sound of the wind.
Lu Chen finally broke the silence and asked, "Is the price too high?"
Chen Ping'an leaned his sword on the ground, suddenly bent down and lowered his head, stretched out a trembling hand with five fingers like hooks, and reached out to cover his face.
Close one eye, and there is another golden eye.
When Lu Chen rarely felt frightened, he just pretended that he didn't know anything.
After a while, Chen Pingan raised his head and smiled: "The more you drink, the better your realm will be."
Lu Chen hesitated to speak. In fact, he was not just talking about realm.
Once he withdraws his Taoism, Chen Ping'an will immediately fall into the trap.
A Qi practitioner falls from the Jade Pu realm to Nascent Soul, and a martial artist falls from the Guizhen level to Qi Sheng.
Although this time I asked the sword and successfully achieved the Ascension Realm with a sword, the benefits are not small, but the sequelae are also great, such as the inner demons that need to be faced to re-enter the Jade Pu Realm?
It is no joke that the Taoist is as tall as the devil.
Not to mention the battle between humanity and divinity.
Maybe this is swordsmanship?
Is this the sword cultivator?
As expected, I am not suitable for practicing swordsmanship.
I was almost persuaded by Daozhang Sun before.
Lu Chen reminded: "Chen Ping'an, let's talk it over. We really can't fight anymore."
If there was another similar question of swordsmanship, Lu Chen would really worry that even he would have to confess to the barbaric world.