Zhao Shu slept in an iron coffin for ten years. Even a monk who had condensed the Xuanzhu would find it difficult for him to do it, let alone an ordinary person.
If you do not drink or eat like this and sleep deeply for a long time, unless you have a magical method from the immortal family to protect your body, or you take a miraculous elixir that can maintain your vitality, your body's vitality will be difficult to sustain, and your internal organs will gradually fail.
But the reason why Zhao Shu was able to sleep for ten years was that his cultivation level had improved further.
After the Xuanzhu rises into the mud ball, the spirit and energy embrace each other. If the mind can not flow away and the spirit does not flow outward, the outer breath can be eliminated and the inner breath will be born. Meditate and reflect back, without doing anything or worrying, then you will be in line with the true nature.
In the realm, enter the gate of Xuanyuan Miaozhai.
At this level, various schools and sects of Taoism and Taoism have different opinions, and the places where they start to practice are also very different. It may be called "Xuan Guan Yi Qiao" or "Xiantian Wonderful House".
But there is one thing. The body and shape of the monks who have achieved this realm gradually exceed the limitations of the mortal body. Leaving aside other extraordinary abilities for the time being, keeping the fetal breath within is a common proof.
In addition, the further step is to form a fetal immortal. Most Taoists use the fetal breath achievement to express this state.
If a person who cultivates immortality can keep the fetal breath internally, as long as he is not injured by external disasters or is depleted by forced spells, he can keep his vitality intact. This is also the foundation for those who cultivate immortality and abstain from food for many years.
Zhao Shu's breakthrough to the realm of fetal breath was not deliberate. He wanted to take his own life at Difei Mountain, but was stopped midway. He fell into a coma and couldn't wake up. The energy in his body was not condensed. In addition, he had accumulated enough in the past and had an iron coffin hidden there.
The soul is protected by the soul, and the fetal breath naturally falls into deep sleep. Xuanzhu also enters the Liuzhu Palace, a deeper layer of the Nine Palaces, and begins to capture the spirit of the whole body.
But despite this, Zhao Shu's experience before he fell into coma is still lingering in his mind, lingering around, giving rise to many illusions in Liuzhu Palace.
What is in the illusion is not the tragic past, but a perfect life that Zhao Shui has never had. The people and things in the past experience are distorted, structured, evolved and reappeared in the illusion. All grand plans and great achievements are no longer visible, and there is only peace and tranquility.
The carefree Huaxu Village.
At first, Zhao Shu really failed to break through the illusion on his own. He just regarded himself as the young man in Huaxu Village who would never have to grow up and would always be accompanied by his parents, relatives and friends.
But Lingxiao did not let Zhao Mi indulge in it. When the illusion evolved to a certain extent, Lingxiao intervened and caused the illusion to collapse.
However, Zhao Shu, who had experienced the taste of illusion, really did not want to return to the reality full of unbearable and painful things, and plunged into the illusion again. It was a safe haven for him to settle his heart, without having to face the suffering and powerlessness of the outside world.
Lingxiao intervened again and again, the illusion collapsed again and again, and the illusion created by Zhao Shu in Liuzhu Palace became stronger and stronger. To the point that Lingxiao could not even directly appear in it later, and had to use clever means to enter the illusion and find the place.
Only a flaw can pull Zhao Shu away.
Even though there is only a little bit of true spirit left in the Lingxiao, when it comes to the use of spiritual thoughts, Zhao Shu is still far behind. When the last illusion collapsed, Zhao Shu was pushed to the limit. He had to face the current situation and could no longer deceive himself.
When Zhao Shu came to his senses completely, he found himself lying in an iron coffin. The inside of the coffin was covered with winding talismans, and the material used turned out to be the sacred iron iron left behind by Tiegong when he ascended.
Zhao Shu figured out the cause and effect almost in a flash. He had left the Lingwen Divine Iron in Huaiying Hall, and the person who built this iron coffin was either Zhang Duanjing or Shi Huoguang.
And he would be lying in the iron coffin, which must have been arranged by the teacher in advance.
Zhao Shu originally planned to kill himself in Difei Mountain. Not only did he feel deeply regretful after witnessing the disaster, but also because the country in the world was in ruins and all retreat options were lost. Zhao Shu himself was destined to become a public enemy of all parties and incur public anger. I'm afraid it would not be good.
end.
Recalling that his teacher Zhang Duanjing was completely destroyed on the spot in order to kill the immortal family in the lower world, Zhao Shu couldn't help but feel sad. Now that he has no choice but to die, he can only try to cheer up and face the world.
However, when Zhao Shu took the initiative to unlock the coffin lid, turned over and saw a lot of unfamiliar faces, he was still a little confused about his current situation.
"Who are you?" Zhao Shu glanced around and found that Hong Shangwu and others were holding magic weapons. Most of them had the energy to float after using magic and martial arts. When he saw the cave portal turned into rubble on the ground, he vaguely pieced it together in his mind.
There are things like "discovering caves" and "exploring rare treasures".
Zhao Shu felt helpless, thinking that he had met Lingxiao in Bai'egong's cave, and now it was his turn to lie in the coffin, waiting to be discovered.
"You, you are..." Qian Shaobai, who was standing next to the iron coffin, saw Zhao Shu and recognized him immediately.
Even though ten years have passed, this face still looks slightly dazed, but its appearance is not affected by time.
However, when Qian Shaobai saw Zhao Shu, the fear hidden in his heart emerged again. He was so frightened that he could not say a single sentence and backed away with trembling legs.
"You..." Zhao Shui was confused for a moment. Qian Shaobai came to spy on Shiliang Twelve Villages. He also went through some disguises, so Zhao Shui naturally couldn't recognize him immediately.
"You're cheating, you're cheating?!" A casual cultivator exclaimed in shock.
Hong Shangwu was also shocked. He didn't expect that the person in the coffin could actually climb out. He originally planned to take the opportunity to kill Qian Shaobai, but now his steps were disrupted because Zhao Shu showed up and came out of the coffin.
"Don't be afraid! He is not a walking corpse!" Hong Shangwu reacted in the blink of an eye: "He is just a living person. You all join me in taking action!"
Before anyone else could ask, Hong Shangwu stepped forward and punched him from the air.
The scorching fist wind turned into dozens of bolides and flew towards them. Zhao Shui had no way to avoid them. He frowned and the Great Ming Mirror responded accordingly. It flew up from the iron coffin and with a sweep of the mirror's light, it transformed the bolides.
There is nothing.
Zhao Shu had not noticed that the Great Ming Mirror was beside him, but now he moved his eyes slightly and found that the Zichen Xuanwei Sword was also in the coffin.
These two magic weapons of the Immortal Family represent the inheritance of the dharma lineage of True Lord Qingya and Chongxuan Pavilion. Appearing next to him at this moment can only mean that Liang Tao has died, and he passed these two magic weapons to Zhao Shu.
Thinking of this, Zhao Shu found a cloud seal symbol hanging in his mind, but he had no time to think about it now, as Hong Shangwu attacked again.
Hong Shangwu's hands were empty, and he didn't have any magic weapons or spells to use. But for a monk like him who was proficient in Xuanmen immortal martial arts, his physical body was the magic weapon. With a flick of his arm, his energy condensed into an invisible long whip and whipped towards Zhao Shu.
, sinister and sinister.
Zhao Shu was slightly startled, and flew up from the iron coffin, avoiding the blow of the long whip. Unexpectedly, the long whip turned into a python in an instant, wrapped around his legs and shins, and was strong enough to pull down ten elephants, and Zhao Shu was suddenly thrown
Drag it back to the ground.
"Die!"
Hong Shangwu continued to attack urgently, flying close to Zhao Mi one foot in front of him, and once again used Wu Ding to open up the mountain, and the fists and shadows came one after another, which was dizzying.
However, Zhao Shu stood still, breathed out a ray of true energy, and instantly transformed into a mighty tiger general, and also punched like rain.
In an instant, fists met each other, the most unpretentious attack, the most pure and direct collision, without any intention of probing, only the competition of each other's cultivation and magic power.
It was so dense that the sound of collisions in the gaps could hardly be heard, and the waves of fists surged outward, causing pain and suffocation. Not only could those with lower cultivation levels not be able to get close, but just seeing the fists clashing would make their hearts skip a beat.
Two monks who also had the realm of embryonic breathing fought against each other. One had a wonderful way to channel spirits and summoned generals to praise his achievements, while the other had an immortal martial arts and powerful force. It was obviously just a fist fight within a short distance, but it resulted in a fight of thousands of soldiers.
The sound of the horses fighting in front of them caused the whole cave to tremble slightly, and the items in the surrounding cabinets also shook.
In terms of their cultivation base, Zhao Shu and Hong Shangwu are in the same league; compared with their experience in killing and fighting, it may be difficult to distinguish between them for a while.
It's just that Zhao Shu has been in deep sleep for ten years, and now his energy and mana are full and full. Hong Shangwu is trying to break the restriction in the cave. He suffered a lot of losses in the previous two attempts, and even suffered hidden injuries due to the counterattack of the restriction.
In such an unreserved fight, Hong Shangwu, who had always had a long-lasting energy and was quite able to endure fierce battles, felt a slight lack of strength, and his hidden wounds were also affected in the fight.
During the fist fight like a torrential rain, Zhao Shui realized that Hong Shangwu was unable to continue. He raised his hand and pointed, and the five evil elements merged like an arrow and shot directly into the opponent's ribs.
Hong Shangwu sensed this, and punched out to block the attack. The Five Elements Arrows exploded immediately, and then the God of Tiger Power struck with a hundred punches. Hong Shangwu just endured most of the attacks and took advantage of the situation to retreat.
"What a hard body." Zhao Shu said secretly. Even though he could not see the foundation of Hong Shang's martial arts, he found that this man's physical body was very strong. He only managed to win half a point by chance. He wanted to kill the opponent in one fell swoop.
not easy.
"Who are you waiting for?" After a lull in the fierce battle, Zhao Shu took the opportunity to ask: "As soon as I came out of seclusion, you couldn't help but kill me without telling me. If you have any new or old grudges, just talk about it."
Zhao Shu was already prepared. If these people came to avenge the Huaxu Kingdom's disaster, he would not fight them to the death, but would either expel them or flee.
Hong Shangwu did not answer, but shouted to other casual cultivators: "You still won't take action?"
Those casual cultivators had long been frightened by the confrontation. They knew that they were no match for Zhao Shu, and even Hong Shangwu had lost a bit. In addition, they had forced their way into the main cave, and their morale had been weakened by three points.
"They are all cowards!" Hong Shangwu cursed in his heart when he saw the group of casual cultivators cowering in fear.
"You... are you coveting the treasures of the cave here?" Zhao Shu saw their appearance. Although he was still unclear about his current situation, he had already guessed a bit, and then said:
"I see that some of you are successful in cultivation, so why do you want to invade your home? Just retreat, I won't care about the past grudges. If you insist on going your own way, don't blame me for being ruthless."
As Zhao Shuo spoke, he raised his hand to take a false shot, and the Zichen Xuanwei Sword flew out from the iron coffin. The sword's edge scratched the ground, and the stars formed a talisman formation, which was awe-inspiring and unbreakable.
Hong Shangwu was not a reckless man. He saw that the sword and mirror that Zhao Shu sacrificed were both of extraordinary quality. The loose cultivators recruited from the martial arts world were as timid as rats and would tremble when encountering a strong enemy. It was really difficult for them to help him.
However, Hong Shangwu quickly changed his mind. He calmed down his anger, straightened his appearance a little, and handed over his hand in a serious manner:
"Hong Shangwu in Xiabailongzhai recently saw a spiritual light rising into the sky and clouds lingering in the mountains. He knew that a cave was about to appear, so he led all his colleagues to come to investigate. Originally, I saw the emperor appear from the coffin, and mistakenly thought it was a corpse.
I teach evil cultivators, and in a moment of anger, I rush into action without any discernment. I offend you, so please forgive me."
Zhao Shu didn't answer immediately. He was not the kind of ignorant young man who would be easily fooled. Besides, Zhao Shu himself was good at making lies, so he didn't take Hong Shangwu's words seriously.
"Since it's a misunderstanding, I won't pursue it for now." Zhao Shu looked coldly.
However, Hong Shangwu had no intention of leaving. He bowed again and said with full courtesy: "I am able to see you today, which is an eye-opener for me. In order to express my sincere apology, I would like to ask you to move over and lead the Twelve Villages of Shiliang."
Leaders, look up to your Majesty."
"Shiliang Twelve Villages?" Zhao Shu thought quickly and confirmed that he had never heard of this group of characters in the past. Could it be that they have just appeared in the past ten years?
Zhao Shu was lying in an iron coffin in a deep sleep, never seeing the light of day. Although Lingxiao could not detect external events, he had a subtle sense of the passage of time and knew that ten years had passed in the outside world.
Ten years may seem short, but in troubled times, it can bring about earth-shaking changes. For Zhao Shu, everything in the outside world may have changed.
"No rush." Zhao Shu looked around: "You will make this place a mess, and I still have to clean it up."
After Hong Shangwu saw Zhao Shu's ability, he tried to win over him. Even if he couldn't capture Jiaolong Cave, if he could get help from this person, it would be of great benefit to future events.
It's a pity that the two sides have just fought, so they must be wary. Hong Shangwu knew very well that it was not appropriate to show too much sincerity at the moment, so he asked: "By the way, haven't you asked me about your name?"
Zhao Shu frowned slightly. Now he was afraid that everyone would shout and beat him, so he replied: "Xu Huaiyu."
"It turns out it's Master Huaiyu, I'm disrespectful." Hong Shangwu bowed to him again and said in a very respectful tone: "I'll leave first. Master Huaiyu has time in the future, so you might as well come to see me in Bailong Village. I'll be sure to clean the water and sweep it.
, burn incense and stir up filth in order to welcome your Majesty."
Zhao Shu remained silent and pretended to be inscrutable, just to prevent the other party from guessing his intentions.
Hong Shangwu had no choice but to lead everyone out of the cave, only to see Qian Shaobai still looking at Zhao Shu in shock.
"Fellow Daoist Qian, why don't you leave?" Seeing him like this, Hong Shangwu became a little suspicious.
"He, he..." Qian Shaobai was in a state of confusion. How could he not be surprised when he saw Zhao Shu, who was rumored to have died in Difei Mountain, appearing in front of him? And to him, Zhao Shu was like a nightmare. Back then, Zhao Shu was like a nightmare.
The tragic defeat was so vivid in his mind that Dao was so frightened that he even forgot to escape.
Hong Shangwu had just seen his cultivation skills, and then he hatched a poisonous plan and said to Zhao Shu: "Master Huaiyu, he is a disciple of the Shangjing Sect of the Xiong Kingdom. He is traveling with us this time just to seize the treasure of the cave."
Jane is here. I have already seen that he has evil intentions, but I am afraid of the power of Shangjing Sect and dare not act rashly. Now I will hand this person over to your Majesty."
After saying this, Hong Shangwu immediately left in a hurry with other casual cultivators, leaving Qian Shaobai alone to face Zhao Shu.
"Shangjing Zong?" After Hong Shangwu and others left, Zhao Shuyu used the Ming Dynasty mirror, and the light from the mirror passed by, revealing the disguise. He said with slight surprise: "Qian Shaobai, it's you?"