161~163. Mirage, burning incense, awakening (7.1K words-
Jinzhou, the city of mirages.
In the barren mountains, bright lanterns float in the air. In the mist, pavilions and pavilions are looming, and the streets look like a bustling city on earth. However, most of the people walking among them are extraordinary and impressive. At a glance, you can tell that they are not from the countryside.
If a woodcutter or hunter strays into it by mistake, he will be like entering a fairyland. His heart will be in awe, he will tremble, his knees will bend, and he will be terrified.
at this time
The "weapons" the patron king calls are dealing with "black goods" here.
Now, after a few days, it can be considered finished.
The result was both disappointing and surprising.
Disappointingly, the belongings in the mustard bags of the two Spiritual Infant Realm monks were much less than he expected, but there were still some first- and second-grade magical weapons, as well as finished talismans, flying swords, and the like.
He didn't feel comfortable using these things, and there weren't any of them of the highest quality, so he set up a stall and sold them all.
A total of 1,400 medium-grade spiritual stones were obtained.
The surprise is a third-grade magic weapon.
The price of a third-grade magic weapon is simply astronomical.
He walked around the sea market and occasionally saw a seller selling a third-grade magic weapon. The price was actually 1,500 medium-grade spiritual stones.
Moreover, the third-grade magic weapon that man sold didn't look as good as his "Big Sun Mirror" and "Snow Covering Wheel".
It can be seen that the higher the level, the more aggressive the money is.
If you don’t have money, don’t practice.
It is for this reason that in addition to practicing in caves, monks also go out to look for various opportunities.
To put it bluntly, it means “making money” and “earning opportunities”.
However, Baishan is not planning to sell these two magical weapons, the "Big Sun Mirror" and the "Snow Covering Wheel".
He didn't have a third-grade magic weapon yet, so he planned to refine the snow-covering wheel himself.
As for the "Big Sun Mirror", this magic weapon can change the weather and turn night into day. It can be said that it is the "night devil" that has completely defeated him. If he was not so short of money, he would not be prepared to sell it.
Now, plus the previous 512 middle-grade spiritual stones, he has 1912 more middle-grade spiritual stones in his pocket.
After selling the last "black goods for sale", Bai Shan put away his stall and then wandered around the mirage market with "huge sums of money".
He wanted to buy himself a new robe.
Today, his mask is "Human Way".
However, his robe is still the first-level robe given to him by Senior Sister Fengxian.
Although this robe is very effective, it is no longer suitable for his current level of fighting.
In the previous fight with the two Spiritual Infant Realm monks, his robe withstood two attacks from third-grade magic weapons. It was actually broken inside, and even the formation movement of the floating painting was no longer so bright.
Baishan wandered around for a while, looking around, and finally stopped in front of a female nun's stall.
A white-gold robe hangs on the stall.
The message reads:
third level,
Magic circle: wishful thinking, unstained, repair.
Among them, Ruyi and Buran have similar effects to Baishan's current robes.
But "Escape" turned into "Repair".
Just by looking at these, you can understand how excellent the robe that Senior Sister Fengxian gave him before was.
The first-level robe actually has three additional magic circles, and the third-level robe actually only has three magic circles.
"What is the effect of this repair?" Bai Shan asked.
Seeing the business coming, the female cultivator stood up and said with a smile: "This is an ancient formation. It was obtained from those small worlds in the past. If it is effective,"
She paused and asked: "Fellow Taoist, this magic circle can take effect on its own without touching it. Even if this magic robe is damaged, it will absorb the spiritual energy and return to its original state.
This is a treasure, a treasure that can accompany fellow Taoists in various battles without being damaged."
Baishan asked: "How is the defense effect?"
The female cultivator casually grabbed her robe and threw it into the sky, then a cold light flashed from behind her.
Swish swish swish
The cold light cut back and forth on the robe, but it was not damaged at all.
The female cultivator put away her sword and said: "The third-level flying sword can be cut randomly without any damage. It has not been attached with spiritual energy. If it is attached, it will be stronger."
Baishan asked: "How much?"
Female nun: "1000 medium-grade spiritual stones."
Bai Shan secretly scratched his head. He instinctively felt that the next step would be the "bargaining" stage, but his level of haggling was only at the level of "cutting off a knife".
That is to say, "cheaper" symbolically, and then he will buy it if it is a little less, and he will also buy it if it is a lot.
Suddenly, he remembered the method that Sister Miaomiao once taught him.
"If you don't know how to bargain when buying something, and you don't know how much to bargain for, and you don't have the nerve to talk, then just chop it in half."
With this sentence, Bai Shan suddenly changed from "cutting with one sword" to "cutting with one sword".
Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and Baishan said shamelessly: "500 medium-grade spiritual stones."
The female cultivator showed a very hurt expression and emphasized: "This is an ancient formation."
Bai Shandao: "Ancient ones don't mean they are good, they might be damaged."
The female monk said: "800 medium-grade spiritual stones cannot be less. If you want to make a counter-offer, my fellow Taoist should go look elsewhere."
Baishan thought about the price and thought it was about the same, and said, "Okay."
After paying 800 medium-grade spiritual stones, Baishan found a place to exchange for this new third-level platinum robe. Then the robe changed with his mind and turned into a large gray cloak.
He felt it for a moment, and found that the normal defense capabilities of this robe had indeed improved a lot.
But as a result, the money in his pocket suddenly shrank to 1112 medium-grade spiritual stones.
Baishan continued to wander around, trying to see if he could pick up any missing magic techniques.
If he has magic skills, he can continue to improve his realm.
After one stick of incense.
Bai Shan was walking past a certain stall, then suddenly turned around.
It was a grocery stall with all kinds of things on it, including many luxurious accessories for ordinary women.
Although the price of those luxury jewelry is only a dozen low-grade spiritual stones, they are all ridiculously expensive.
However, what Baishan was interested in was not these luxurious jewelry, but some miscellaneous brochures next to the luxury jewelry.
The booklets are also ordinary things, and the selling price is more than ten low-grade spiritual stones, but one of them is actually "The Soul of the Soldier".
The words "Soldier Soul" were clearly printed in Bai Shan's eyes.
Now he cultivates military arts, martial arts, and magic. Whichever one can enhance his strength, he will cultivate it.
The "soldier soul" is undoubtedly an extremely important part of the military art.
It can be said that if Baishan cultivates the soul of soldiers, his strength will probably be even greater.
Although Bai Shan was moved, he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he stepped forward and flipped through other books, and then turned to "The Soul of the Soldier" and found that the previous contents were good.
The stall owner said: "Fellow Taoist, these books are collected from the mortal world. If you continue to read them and learn them all, I don't need to sell them."
Bai Shan said: "Then I will buy it."
Having said that, he stepped forward to pack and bought a lot of pearls and jade hairpins. Then he randomly picked out a few books, and he also casually put [The Soul of the Soldier] into his arms.
This total costs 2 medium-grade spiritual stones.
After buying it, Baishan found a private room in the Mirage Market and went inside to look around.
As expected, there is a lot written about "Soldier Soul" in [Soldier Soul Chapter].
This time, he also understood more clearly what this thing that was comparable to the "Dantian of True Qi" and the "Immortal Vein of Spiritual Qi" was.
The soul of a soldier is the same as an army.
However, each person has his own heart and his thoughts are ever-changing, how can they be the same?
Only by sharing life and death and fighting bloody battles can we get one.
Once the soldier soul is cultivated, it will gather in the body of the general.
The general is here, the soul of the soldiers is there, the general is angry, and all the armies are angry, so they charge into the formation and are invincible.
Baishan watched silently.
According to his understanding, this soldier soul is the amplified power like "Night Demon", "Sword Master", and "Fragrant Lotus Seed".
Just how to practice?
How to become stronger?
His talent actually didn't give any hints.
Bai Shan continued to turn over, and soon he understood why the talent did not give any prompts.
Because this [Soldier Soul Chapter] is actually fake.
In other words, the first half of the article is true, but the second half was obviously written casually and confused with the truth.
This kind of book is an ancient book. If you ask the stall owner, he can just say "It was as it was when you received it."
Bai Shan silently looked at the chapters and pages that had been added at will, his pupils slightly narrowed.
Suddenly, a paper talisman crawled out of the clothes on his chest and jumped onto the table.
This is the Small Hidden Realm Talisman Paper Man.
The talisman paper man's eyes were rolling, and he glanced at Bai Shan with a strange look, as if he was unwilling to be enslaved by him. If it could get out of the talisman paper man, it would definitely bite back its master.
Baishan stretched out his finger, causing the talisman to raise his hand, and stood on tiptoe, with the tip of his hand touching Baishan's finger. Then he jumped shamefully at Baishan's thought and started to spin in circles.
Round and round, as if dancing ballet.
The paper man's malicious eyes were stunned.
There was a sense of confusion and sluggishness.
who I am?
Where am I?
What am I doing?
The evil ghost hiding inside never thought that there would be such a happy "highlight moment" in this life.
In fact, Bai Shan did not play it intentionally, but it was just a "regular test of control".
Then, Bai Shan grabbed it and walked outside the door, heading towards the previous stall.
Then
The small hidden world opens.
Bai Shan used the ancient small mark technique on the stall owner.
Suddenly, a "seed" fell on the stall owner.
Although this small marking technique is a level 1 spell, it is an ancient method and has been cultivated to perfection by Baishan, so it will not be easily discovered.
Before dawn.
The stall owner closed up his stall and left.
Baishan used "printing seeds" to track him and followed him from a distance.
Not long after, the stall owner rose from the clouds again and landed deep in the mountains.
Baishan also went with it.
Deep in the mountains, there is a cave, where spiritual energy gurgling turns into streams, and spiritual flowers and spiritual fruits grow beside the lake. It is actually a land of third-level spiritual energy.
Bai Shan followed closely and soon followed the stall owner to a cave on the cliff where he lived.
Although it is a cave, the inside of the cave is built like a mansion and is extremely luxurious.
A beautiful female cultivator walked out, greeted the male cultivator, and asked, "How about going to Haishi today?"
The male monk said: "Some of those mortal jewels were sold, some of the talismans and elixirs were sold, and some of the mortal books you copied were also sold."
"Really?" the nun said in surprise.
The male cultivator took out several shiny middle-grade spiritual stones from his arms.
The female cultivator immediately showed joy.
This is not surprising. In fact, a middle-grade spirit stone is also quite valuable, but Baishan is doing a "big deal" in the sea market, and the turnover is hundreds or even thousands of middle-grade spirit stones, and these "
There are also many people engaged in small business.
I think Baishan was extremely happy when he saw a middle-grade spiritual stone at first, but as his level improved, he realized that the middle-grade spiritual stone was not enough.
The female cultivator looked at the middle-grade spiritual stone and suddenly said worriedly: "The person who bought it didn't find anything, right? I deliberately omitted many places and didn't copy them."
The male monk said: "Of course I didn't find it."
Immediately, he added: "I think the Taoist friend bought some books at random and gave them to the descendants of the mortal family, not for his own practice. And even if the Taoist friend came to find them, we can say that this is how the ancient books were collected.
Some errors are actually normal.
If that fellow Taoist continues, we can also say that this method of the former soldier saint has long been listed as a forbidden method and cannot be circulated in the world. This is a rule of the gods. Therefore, what is spread outside cannot be true.
"
The female cultivator nodded and said: "That's true. The Soldier Saint was too terrifying back then. He was just a mortal, but he actually led an army to kill gods and demons.
The inheritance of his method should be discontinued, otherwise it will endanger all monks.
This is too dangerous.
What we have here is just a military book that we obtained during the chaos.
Wait, do you think that person really came here to get this military book?"
The male cultivator thought for a while and said, "No, that person took the military book casually. He was interested in those pearls and jade jewelry. He probably wanted to give them as gifts to some noble women."
The female cultivator breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."
Suddenly, a hint of coquettishness appeared on her pretty face: "Husband, I am a little confused today, can you come and help me practice?"
The male monk said: "That's how it should be."
With that said, the two of them entered the cave's compartment, and after a while of rustling on the jade bed, they began to practice together.
Baishan listened to the loud noise and quietly walked into the cave together with the small hidden world talisman man.
His eyes quickly moved and quickly landed on a stone table.
On the table, there are papers, pen and ink spread out, and a closed book.
The cover of the book says [Han Zi’s Art of War].
Bai Shan grabbed it, quickly looked through it, and remembered it.
Soon, the contents of [Han Zi's Book of War] were imprinted in his mind, and at the same time, his talent also lit up, providing corresponding needs.
Baishan briefly brushed these demands, and they were nothing to him, they were just matters of perception and expense.
However, it is a pity that this [Han Zi's Book of War] is not a complete book. It only records how to cultivate the soul of a soldier, and does not mention the rest of the methods such as "the king controls the commander, the commander controls the general, and the general controls the soldier".
After reading the book, Bai Shan put it back and then left quietly
This third-level spiritual energy place is obviously not a family cave.
But Baishan has a small hidden world talisman who follows him, so he is not afraid of being discovered.
As he walked, he suddenly saw a group of boys and girls walking on the road into the mountain.
Those boys and girls were all dressed in rich clothes, with expectant expressions on their faces, obviously feeling that they had entered the land of immortals.
Bai Shan was curious, wondering if there was someone else here who would accept a disciple?
Taking advantage of the small hidden world, he got a little closer, and then he saw those boys and girls entering and exiting the mountain gate.
The three words "Spiritual Beast Sect" are written on the archway of the mountain gate.
Seeing the "Spiritual Beast Sect", Baishan immediately thought of the "Xuantian Ten Thousand Beasts Sect", one of the five immortal sects in the immortal world. Could this "Spiritual Beast Sect" be its corresponding human sect?
But soon, he gave up this idea because he once heard from the eldest princess that the human sect of "Xuantian Ten Thousand Beasts Sect" was called "Ten Thousand Beasts Sect".
So what's going on with the Spiritual Beast Sect?
Baishan slowly approached and suddenly saw two people wearing robes who seemed to be talking about something. He used his super physical fitness to hide in the small hidden world and listen from a distance.
The paper-talisman stood on his shoulder and drove the small hidden world unwillingly.
Sounds coming from a distance
"Have all the boys requested by the higher authorities been examined?"
"I guarantee that they are all virgins. The male is handsome and the female is pretty."
"Well, if they know that they can go to the fairy world, they will definitely be very happy. Since they are so happy, then just send them there. The immortals in the fairy world will also be happy."
"But if they go to the immortal world, can they really follow the immortals to practice?"
"Is this your business?"
"I'm sorry, senior brother."
"Junior brother, I would like to remind you one thing."
"Senior brother, please tell me."
"Nowadays, the five major immortal sects in the immortal world seem to be united, but in fact there are strange things going on inside.
The five major immortal sects are headed by the Qingyun Immortal Sect, and this Qingyun Immortal Sect is preparing some magic pills for the saints.
But other sects were not convinced.
Yunmeng Immortal Sect and Xingxia Immortal Sect stayed out of the matter, and their intentions are impossible to fathom.
But the Xuantu Immortal Sect and the Xuantian Ten Thousand Beasts Sect above us are secretly targeting the Qingyun Immortal Sect, but they have no way out.
Junior brother, you must not get involved in the undercurrents of these sects, otherwise you will be in danger of death."
"Thank you, senior brother!"
"Okay, you go burn incense and tell the immortals in the upper world that this year's boys are ready."
"yes"
Immediately, the junior brother went to a remote palace behind the mountain gate. He took a special secret incense stick from the dark side of the shrine, bowed three times before lighting it, then closed his eyes, and seemed to be mumbling something, as if he was talking to someone.
generally.
Baishan watched from a distance.
He knows this fragrance.
The source of the news is also Princess Yuzhen.
This is the secret incense used to communicate with the fairy world, equivalent to a "single-line telephone".
And based on the previous conversation between the senior brother and his junior brother, he probably guessed that the other end of the "line" was someone from the Xuantian Wanxiang Sect.
a moment later
The junior brother left.
Baishan quietly walked into the hall, skillfully removed the three secret incense sticks in the dark layer of the shrine, and walked away.
If there are contradictions in the fairy world, then this incense may be of great use.
As for those boys and girls, he probably understood what it meant.
They were probably a group of powerful children who were obsessed with immortals and wanted to become immortals. They thought they would join the immortal sect, but in fact they would just be sent to the immortal world.
As for what would happen in the fairy world, he couldn't imagine it.
But he instinctively felt that it might not be a good thing.
Immortals block resources, stir up chaos, go around making elixirs, and regard human life as trivial. How can they sincerely accept these beautiful faces as disciples and teach them immortal skills?
Bai Shan felt that these boys and girls were probably similar to Ning Ning.
However, he didn't want to meddle in this matter.
First, this is done voluntarily;
Secondly, now that he can't even save himself and Sister Miaomiao, who else can he save?
After a hundred years of seizing the body, the soul of one life goes to the mighty ocean of hundreds of generations.
These are all unsolvable situations.
"It's time to go back to Qianzhou."
Early February.
Biyun Lake.
The wintersweet is in full bloom, and the subtle fragrance floats, blowing in the wind.
In the viewing pavilion,
A man whose appearance was no longer youthful but still delicate was holding the legs of a beautiful woman and gently kneading her knees.
As he moved, the calves wrapped in snow-white trousers also moved slightly, as if they were trembling in the wind like flowers.
The two people are Bai Shan and Bai Miaochan.
Bai Miaochan was holding a big steaming teacup with some health-preserving ingredients in it.
Baishan's luck warmed his hands, turning them into two small stoves. He gently rubbed her cold knees, letting one stream after another of hot air penetrate into the beautiful woman's delicate body, causing her to
The acquired cold caused by poor physical fitness is slowly eliminated.
"call"
Bai Miaochan blew on the hot tea in the cup and took another sip.
As he lowered his head, the hot air filled his eyes and entered his eyebrows, making the willow eyebrows and apricot eyes look like new ink paintings.
I don't know whether it was the hot tea or Baishan's kneading that had an effect. Bai Miaochan's whole body became moisturized, as if the ice and snow in winter had melted, and the gorgeous flowers were swaying by the gurgling spring water.
She looked at the early spring in the distance where green buds and new leaves had not yet sprouted, feeling a little silent.
A breakup is better than a newlywed, but there is always a bit of resentment from a boudoir.
But she didn't say anything like "You've been gone for a long time," or "I miss you" or anything like that. Instead, she just smiled suddenly and reminded: "Child, kid, kid~"
Baishan knew that she was urging him to have a baby with the eldest princess quickly, so he said: "Princess Yuzhen is very busy. If she calms down and gives birth to a baby, I am afraid that no party will agree."
Bai Miaochan said coquettishly: "If you don't work hard yourself, you will blame other people's parents and princesses."
Baishan did not engage in this topic, but took the time to take out a jewelry hairpin bought from Jinzhou Mirage Market, handed it out and said: "This is for you."
Bai Miaochan took it, looked at it, and said, "The taste is okay this time, but you bought it for Ningning too, right?"
Bai Shan said: "I bought it too."
Bai Miaochan then nodded and said, "Please plug it in for me."
"Yes." Bai Shan stood up and stood behind Bai Miaochan, but facing the black hair on that end, he couldn't do anything while grabbing the hairpin.
He's never done a woman's hair
"You're stupid, you don't even give girls hairpins." Bai Miaochan grabbed the hairpin with her backhand, pinned it on carefully, and asked, "Does it look good?"
Bai Shan said: "It looks good."
"Can you describe it in a few more words?"
“Very nice.”
"Is this it? A great poet?"
Baishan thought for a while and said: "The clouds think of clothes, flowers think of face, the spring breeze blows on the threshold, and the dew is thick."
Bai Miaochan:
She fell into a long silence.
The silence was mixed with careful appreciation.
But the more I tasted it, the more shocked I became.
She couldn't help but murmured: "Although I don't understand it very well, I know this must be a very good poem."
Sister Miaomiao has never been to a private school, so her ability to appreciate poetry is not very good, but her intuition is first-rate
"Bai Shan, isn't this a very powerful poem?"
Bai Miaochan couldn't help but ask.
If different people ask the same question, the results will be different.
If Song Youning asked, she was doing it for "Versailles", but Sister Miaomiao really didn't understand.
Immediately, she hesitated again: "Would it be too wasteful to use it on me? Next time, give it to some female fairy. They will be very happy."
Bai Miaochan still remembers that Fairy Fengxian accepted Baishan as her disciple because of her poetry. Poetry is a resource, how can it be wasted on her?
Bai Shan smiled and said: "But this poem is most suitable for you. If you give it to others, it would be a compliment."
Bai Miaochan said with a smile: "Then you are not complimenting me now?"
Bai Shan said seriously: "I'm telling the truth."
Bai Miaochan laughed out loud, stretched out her green-white finger and tapped her husband's forehead: "Smooth talk~"
Seeing her smile, Bai Shan felt better.
He looked at Biyun Lake beside him.
The water is long,
Yunyouyou.
Time also passes slowly.
He really wanted time to stop like this, and there would never be that dark moment.
But after a while, he saw Bai Miaochan's smile calm down.
When the girl in white clothes talks or laughs, her eyes seem to shine with light. But if she stops talking and becomes quiet, those lights seem to go out, making people feel that she is lonely and lonely, and they can't help but feel pity for her.
"Xianggong" Bai Miaochan was about to speak but stopped.
"Tell me, I am your husband-in-law, and we are together."
"Yeah." Bai Miaochan responded, and then slowly said, "Since you asked me some strange questions last time, my mind has been confused.
And in the past few days, I suddenly started to have some strange dreams."
She paused, exhaled a few breaths of heat, and said sadly, "In my dream, I saw many of them standing in different worlds, looking at me coldly one by one.
I asked them who they were, but they didn’t say anything.”
"Then, those worlds seemed to turn into a river, and they stood by the river, like sculptures
I ran upstream desperately, trying to figure out who they were.
But the river is too long and it can never reach the end."
"I've been having dreams like this for several days, and today, after you come back," Bai Miaochan bit her lips and slightly hooked her legs, while Baishan obediently walked towards her, making the distance between the two parties even wider.
It was a little tighter, so close that they were like small animals huddled together to keep warm in the cold winter.
"I'm here." Bai Shan comforted softly.
Bai Miaochan said: "After you came back, I felt that someone was watching me. She has been secretly watching me. She is not here or anywhere, but I feel that she is looking at me."
After saying that, she felt a little sad, "Maybe I miss you too much. I didn't want to tell you to distract you."
Baishan's heart skipped a beat, but he hugged the beautiful girl on his side and said, "You should tell me, because you must miss me too much."
"Yeah." Bai Miaochan felt a sense of security in her heart.
The two hugged quietly for a while, and when they separated again, another cold lake breeze came from afar and blew on Bai Miaochan.
She couldn't help but shudder and closed her eyes slightly.
Immediately, she opened her eyes again and faced Baishan.
Baishan was stunned for a moment at first.
Immediately, his expression solidified,
His brows slowly furrowed,
The pupils also slowly contracted
because
He saw the universe through Bai Miaochan's eyes.
A vast and mysterious universe, vast and deep, with cold and deep darkness as the background, dotted with diamond-like stars in the sun
He looked at the universe.
The universe was also looking at him, with some curiosity, but more with ridicule, pity and even mercy.
It's like a person squatting in front of an ant hole and looking at an ant.
The feeling of insignificance suddenly rose from the bottom of Bai Shan's heart.
But in the next moment, the universe disappeared.
Bai Miaochan's eyes returned to normal, as if the previous scene was completely Bai Shan's hallucination.
"What's wrong with you, Baishan?" Bai Miaochan stretched out her hand and danced in front of his eyes.
Chapter completed!