Chi Yao wants to level up first and then explore the world, but he can't just sit down and start practicing Qigong. Although his practice does not emphasize that he must meditate quietly, but if there is any external disturbance,
, it will always have an impact.
So while maintaining this rhythm of breathing, he walked deeper and deeper into the forest, trying to find a truly secluded place.
But I never expected that as I walked, I didn't find a secluded place. Instead, I saw a series of courtyards and pavilions, market vendors, and even a Taoist temple and monk's hut.
Instead of looking like a quiet mountain forest, this place is simply a bustling hodgepodge town.
Of course, what made him more fortunate was that the scene where Ying Zheng turned into a stream of light and flew away didn't seem to be noticed by the people here.
After letting go of the worry of being watched, Chi Yao did not insist on going into seclusion immediately. Since he settled here, he would just take the opportunity to inquire about the basic situation of this world.
Their clothes seemed to be very different from his own, and after listening to a few words, their speech habits were quite similar. So Chi Yao simply walked out openly and sat in a teahouse along the street.
"Waiter, serve me a pot of good tea!"
"Come on - come on!"
A young man in a coarse gray shirt with a yellowed towel on his shoulder gave a long shout, half-bent, and walked quickly and steadily to Chi Yao's table.
"What would you like, sir?"
"Tell me what signboard you have here?"
Chi Yao asked casually while waiting for the waiter to clean the table and look over it, with a faint silver light between his fingers.
When the waiter saw it, the smile on his face became more sincere and flattering:
"Hey, it seems that this is the first time you have come to our Qingzhou! To be honest, we have outstanding people and countless good things, but if we really want to talk about the most famous one, it should be the 800-mile vast Spring God Lake named after it.
——Spring God Tea!”
"oh?"
While Chi Yao searched for the terms Chun Shen Lake and Chun Shen Tea in his mind, he threw out a small piece of broken silver and asked, "Tell me in detail?"
"Eh--"
The waiter used the skill of wiping the table to put the shadow under his sleeve in the blink of an eye, as if by magic, and then explained, "Actually, there are some allusions to the name of Spring God Lake. The center of the lake under our feet
The island is named Laoshan. Are you curious, why is it named a mountain even though it is an island?"
"Haha, keep talking."
"Hehe, actually, a long time ago, when there was Spring God Lake here, this mountain was not called Lao Mountain, but Prison Mountain."
The waiter deliberately lowered his voice, as if the two of them were discussing some big secret.
"Since it is called Prison Mountain, there will naturally be prisoners. The identity of this prisoner is not simple. She is the Spring Goddess, the daughter of the Jade Emperor!"
Hearing this, Chi Yao frowned and couldn't help but activate the Heavenly Gu Qi Watching Technique and carefully looked at the waiter in front of him and the other people in the teahouse.
The aura in these people's bodies is very weak. Even if there are a few martial arts practitioners among them, in the previous world, they would have been at the level of a net-level killer at most.
But even this kind of person can tell anecdotes about the Jade Emperor in a serious manner... Do miracles really often appear in this world?
This made Chi Yao become more cautious.
"Who dares to imprison the Jade Emperor's daughter?"
"Hey, most people naturally don't have the courage, but the person who built this prison mountain is the Queen Mother of the West!"
The waiter's smile was a little narrower, as if he was secretly trying to figure out the family relationship between the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West.
"Um……"
Seeing this, Chi Yao suddenly became suspicious of Cai Cai's guess.
If there were gods who frequently appeared in this world, I'm afraid this waiter wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous, right?
"Then what?"
"This prison will naturally not have a good environment. There were no lakes around the prison mountain at first, it was just a bare basin. Until later, a land immortal became angry and drew a circle along the prison mountain with a sword, causing it to collapse eight hundred times.
, then water gushed out of the lake. Over time, the lake became the Spring God Lake and the mountain became Laoshan."
When he said this, Xiao Er's face was full of yearning, while Chi Yao was secretly shocked.
"A sword draws a circle and collapses eight hundred miles?"
This is a bit too outrageous. If eight hundred miles is the diameter, well... even if it is the circumference, it is quite terrifying.
There is no doubt that it has exceeded his current definition of "human". Being able to do this can indeed be called a fairy.
"I wonder if this immortal...has other deeds?"
"I don't know, but the Spring God Tea before the rain is famous far and wide, and there is news that it will soon become a tribute! If this is true, ordinary people will not be able to drink it~"
"That's a pity. You really need to hurry up and try it."
Chi Yao pretended not to see through the waiter's marketing strategy of selling anxiety. He was not short of money anyway, and threw out a small piece of broken silver again, "Let's talk about that immortal. I've loved hearing about this since I was a child!"
"Hey, you can ask now!"
The waiter's hand turned into a shadow and put away the money. While calling the kitchen to serve tea, he chuckled and said, "Although there is no news about the immortal who created the lake with his sword, we actually don't lack the traces left by the immortal. Far away.
Let’s not talk about it, let’s talk about Xiangfan City, where the prince’s government is, where there are the handwritings left by the immortals of Longhu Mountain!”
Finally hearing a familiar name, Chi Yao quickly asked: "Longhu Mountain?"
"You haven't heard of the famous Longhu Mountain, have you?"
The waiter could hardly find a sense of accomplishment, "Speaking of Longhu Mountain, that's incredible. It was originally the ancestral home of Taoism, and now it is revered by the royal family. All the four great heavenly masters dominate the world.
Immortal figure!"
The waiter told the story of Longhu Mountain with more enthusiasm than Chunshen Lake, so after his description, Chi Yao had a general understanding of Longhu Mountain in this world.
The most basic settings of the Taoist ancestral court and the position of the Heavenly Master have not changed, and it is not as miserable as the Longhu Mountain in the world of bad people. It can be said that the Longhu Mountain here is doing quite well, and there is a faint hint of the world of the court.
Shoulder-carrying posture.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The only regret is that the recognized best person in the world is not the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain.
When Chi Yao asked this question, the waiter hesitated for a while, and then said that there is no recognized number one in this world, because the recognized number one in the world he claimed to be number two.
"The Lord of Donghai Emperor Wu City, Wang Xianzhi?"
This name was like a depth charge, suddenly awakening a memory deep in Chi Yao's mind.
"It turns out that this is snow..."
He was silent for a moment, as if to make final confirmation, and asked the waiter again: "So, the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain is not named Zhang?"
"Zhang? I don't know."
The waiter shook his head like a rattle, "I heard that the surnames of the Celestial Masters all have the surname of Guo, but recently it was rumored that there was a little Celestial Master named Qi Xianxia. A Celestial Master with the surname Zhang... is unheard of."
"That's it..."
While talking, the Spring God Tea that I ordered just now was also brought to me.
When drinking tea in a teahouse, there are naturally no beauties to demonstrate the complicated and mysterious techniques of washing and brewing tea. However, the tea leaves picked before the Qingming Festival are curled like green snails, like a bird's tongue, and there is a uniform layer of fine white hair on the edges. The green tea is light and light.
It floats slowly in the white porcelain tea cup, just like spring-dyed lake water. Just looking at it makes people feel intoxicated.
Chi Yao picked it up and blew open the tea leaves and took a sip. He felt that the bitterness and slight sweetness were intertwined on the buds on the tongue. It was indeed a mouthful of fragrance. But it was really different from other famous teas he had drunk before.
If so, I don't think it has any special features.
It seemed that Chi Yao's expression showed that he was not too fond of Chun Shen Tea. The waiter quickly explained: "The guests don't know. Generally, after the first sip of tea, the fragrance will gradually fade away.
But it is about to get better. Moreover, the Spring God Tea in our Laoshan Mountain is of better quality than the surrounding areas. Only bamboo, plum, orchid, cinnamon and pines are allowed to be planted in the tea garden, and no bad wood is mixed in, so the fragrance of the Spring God Tea in Laoshan Mountain is longer.
There is no fertile earth air or green leaf air yet.”
Um……
How should I put it? Although after his explanation, Chi Yao still couldn't taste the so-called "fertile soil Qi and Qingye Qi", but he finally managed to understand what was so good about this tea.
He nodded slightly, put down his wine glass, and continued the topic: "Since I just mentioned the number one in the world, is there any ranking below?"
"Of course."
It can be seen that although he is just a teahouse waiter at the moment, the waiter also has a heart that yearns for the world. He talks about the deeds of these masters with more enthusiasm than promoting his own tea.
"However, I can't remember all the martial arts commentaries. I only know that after the Lord of Emperor Wu City, the recognized second in the world is the Peach Blossom Sword Immortal Deng Tai'a. He is also the recognized sword god in the world. I picked up a peach blossom branch casually.
Leading the way of swordsmanship. As for the third one...it's a bit hard to say."
"Oh? What's a bad term? Could it be that he is some kind of master of magic?"
Although Chi Yao had already guessed the result, he still teased with a smile.
"The Demonic Way...that is only available in Beimang. However, although this third person is not a Demonic Way, he does things more boldly and wantonly than any other Demonic Way master."
The waiter looked around, took half a step closer, and lowered his voice at the same time.
"The invincible official Cao Changqing is said to be a remnant of the Western Chu Dynasty. He was originally just a scribe with no power. But he felt the suffering of his homeland, so he gave up writing and took up martial arts, and became the pinnacle of the world.
One of the characters. He broke into Tai'an City alone three times to assassinate the king. Although he failed to succeed, he repeatedly escaped with his body intact, leaving the great masters helpless and helpless. It became a stepping stone for his romantic career."
"Haha, that's indeed a win-win situation!"
The more Chi Yao listened, the more convinced he became about the background of this world.
Swordsmanship in the Snow is indeed a world between martial arts and fairy tales.
Compared with the Nine Heavens Xuannv in the Mingyue of the Qin Dynasty who only existed in the history of Loulan, the connection between heaven and earth in this world is more frequent.
Not only do people ascend frequently, but there are even many immortals and gods who are on the level of giants in the heaven reincarnated and descended to earth.
Moreover, the relationship between humans and immortals is far from as harmonious as that between Jiutian Xuannv, Chiyou and Huangdi. The immortals are constantly picking up the luck of the human world to meet their own needs.
In this world, the definition of luck is slightly different from that in other worlds. It is more like a grid, and the total amount of luck is constant. It may shift, but it will not increase or disappear out of thin air.
Therefore, immortals coveting luck in the world will lead to insufficient luck in the world.
This is the biggest contradiction in the world.
The battle between humans and immortals!
In addition, there are also disputes between Jianghu and the court.
But that was more complicated, so let’s not talk about it for now, but Chi Yao had some guesses about Ying Zheng’s inexplicable flight before.
"After I took away my personal Dragon Luck, Ying Zheng was equivalent to a little bit of his true spirit plus the incarnation of the Great Qin's national destiny. But there happened to be a Great Qin in the history of this world. That's all. That Qin Emperor actually returned
He is not completely dead, but is in reincarnation. In this way, there is a problem with his identity. After all, there is only one true spirit, and it is impossible for two people with the same identity to exist in the world at the same time. So he is forced by heaven.
Has the past been merged with the current reincarnation?"
Thinking of this, Chi Yao suddenly felt a little hopeful.
Because in this world, the contemporary reincarnation of Emperor Qin is the protagonist Xu Fengnian.
This guy combines many elements such as bitterness and hatred, family and country righteousness, a harem of three thousand, romance in the world, etc. He is a very complex and interesting character.
But if you watch it until the end, the ending of the story will leave you with a somewhat depressing impression.
At least that's what Chi Yao himself thinks.
After reading the ending of Xuezhong back then, he could not help but compare him with the protagonist of another classic martial arts novel.
Shuanglong of the Tang Dynasty, Kou Zhong.
Their identities and experiences were very different, but in the end they both gave up their careers, subordinates, etc., which they had worked hard for half their lives, and chose to quit and live in seclusion with their wives.
Retiring from the world after the story is over was once a very popular ending. But whether it is Shen Lang, Yang Guo, or Linghu Chong, the identities of these people are very simple. They are just people from the world, and their enemies are also people from the world. Find someone
They live in seclusion on an isolated island and are not afraid of being found. They suffer from future illnesses, but they are not serious and they can deal with them by themselves.
Even if it is Zhang Wuji, the Mingjiao under his command has a rebel status in addition to the Jianghu status, but his own retreat does not delay the Mingjiao's continued pursuit of Yuan Dynasty.
But if we make an assumption, after Zhang Wuji retires to seclusion, the Mingjiao fails to seek Yuan Yuan, will he, the former leader, be able to live a good life by then? The best ending is to be captured by Zhao Min and become a male favorite, right?
Now let’s take a look at Xu Fengnian’s choice.
He stationed the Northern Territory for the Central Plains Dynasty, used a corner of Northern Liang to resist the Beimang Empire that unified the prairie, and defeated the Northern Liang army under his command to almost total loss. Then he said that this way the court would no longer be afraid of and target Northern Liang.
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Hiss~ This is true, but it makes people feel uncomfortable listening to it.
His multiple identities as the Heavenly Zhenwu Great Emperor and the reincarnation of the founding emperor of the Qin Dynasty were even somewhat blinded!
Chi Yao firmly believed that Xu Fengnian's choice was definitely not the best way to solve the problem.
Now if this guy could be replaced... and let Ying Zheng handle this situation, the ending should be a little different, right?