In the blink of an eye, seventeen years have passed.
Luo Jianming, with his solitude, fierceness, and vitality in swordsmanship, succeeded in becoming the number one master on the Earth Ranking in the tenth year after his return to the martial arts world.
It also makes Chixiao Sect become the top sect in today's martial arts world, ranking only under Shaolin Temple, Wudang Sect, Chunyang Palace, Shenjian Villa, Wangshu Dao Pavilion, Penglai Island and other sects that have the presence of true immortals on the Tianbang list.
He and Suyu, the new leader of the Demonic Path Xuanyin Sect, who is also newly rising, are both known as the most promising masters to enter the Heavenly Ranking and the Black Ranking in the future.
However, for some unknown reason, Luo Jianming actually announced to the martial arts community that he had washed his hands in the golden basin. From then on, he withdrew from the world of martial arts and entered the court. He became a member of the imperial guards and served as the imperial eagle dog. He became the most sensational figure in the martial arts community in recent years.
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Anyone who enters the court or the officialdom of an enemy country will be automatically removed from the lists of heaven, earth and people.
Because these lists were originally produced by the imperial court, the purpose was to arouse the competitive spirit of martial arts people and thereby control the world.
In fact, there are a large number of masters who were bribed by the imperial court or trained by the imperial court itself, who are not weaker than those on the Earth Ranking.
Similarly, the imperial court also has no shortage of experts on the Heavenly Ranking, and there are two of them, one in civil and one in martial arts!
Wen Ruoyun, the prime minister of the current dynasty, and Peng Chengsi, the general who controlled the country.
The Heavenly List is rare and cannot hide its strength.
Therefore, regardless of the court status, as long as you become a true immortal, you will automatically be included in the list, and the same is true for the black list.
However, as a list, in addition to masters of magic, the Black List also includes powerful men from countries other than the Central Plains Dynasty. For example, King Khan of Beiting Grassland is the number one master on the Black List.
Any one of the characters on the Heavenly List and the Black List has earth-shaking abilities. It is said that Changdu Yehai is connected in various ways with the Heavenly Court of Dongsheng Shenzhou and the Bliss of Xiniu Hezhou.
Therefore, they rarely participate in the affairs of the Jianghu, so the main force in the Jianghu is still the top masters.
In recent years, Luo Jianming is the only one who has become the Jinyiwei with the first place in the land rankings, so it is impossible for him to escape the attention of the world.
Even Chixiao Sect received a lot of criticism for it.
On the outskirts of Chang'an City, it was getting dark, and at Hongfu Temple, there was a man and a woman knocking on the door to seek shelter.
The man has white hair. Although his appearance is very handsome, he is sickly pale. He is wearing a fox fur even in summer, and he seems to be afraid of the cold.
The woman is elegant and refined. She is very capable in a short shirt. She carries a famous sword on her back and walks lightly. It is obvious that she possesses martial arts skills.
At this time, the temple door opened, and a novice monk stuck his head out and asked why he came.
"I'm sorry to the two benefactors. Due to the regulations of this temple, we cannot accept female benefactors to stay overnight."
The man and woman looked at each other, and the woman said: "My little master, it's already dark. I heard that there are monsters in the area after nightfall. The monks are compassionate. We are willing to donate two taels of sesame oil money to your temple. Please also ask the little master to report it to the abbot."
, be accommodating.”
Looking at the two taels of broken silver in the woman's hand, the novice monk nodded slightly and immediately returned to the temple to report back. He came back a moment later and said, "I'm sorry, the abbot said that the temple rules are the temple rules. Female guests are not allowed to stay overnight, so as not to damage the purity of Buddhism."
You two should find another place to live."
After closing the temple door, the man and woman looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
The woman said: "There are no people inhabited for dozens of miles around. Although Chang'an City is right in front of you, the city gate is closed after nightfall. Senior brother, I'm afraid you and I will have to sleep in the wilderness. Junior sister, it doesn't matter, but senior brother, you have been suffering from lung cancer since you were young."
With damaged pulse and weak constitution, it is possible to endure the harsh environment in the wild?"
The white-haired man smiled and said, "As long as junior sister can defeat the monsters that may appear, it doesn't matter."
The woman looked at Hongfu Temple, smiled slyly, and said: "The abbot in the temple is so pedantic, why don't we just rest against the temple wall, and when the monsters come, we will see if these monks can deal with them!"
The white-haired man laughed bitterly, and the two of them did not really rest against the temple wall. They only found a shelter nearby, built a bonfire, roasted dry food, and rested.
These two people are both from Chixiao Sect, the woman is Luo Jianming's daughter Luo Xiuxin, and the white-haired man is his senior sister's posthumous son named Xu Lan.
Although Luo Jianming saved Xu Lan's life, his lungs and veins were damaged, leaving serious sequelae, resulting in a weak constitution and a natural fear of cold.
Both of them, brother and sister, were directly mentored by Luo Jianming.
Luo Xiuxin was born with a bright sword heart and advanced rapidly. Now at the age of eighteen, her martial arts has surpassed the Shattered Void Realm and ranked seventy-nine on the Earth Ranking.
At this age, even geniuses are mostly in the top ten on the competition list due to insufficient accumulation.
If someone is ranked among the top ten in terms of strength, it will only be a matter of time before he enters the local rankings.
But no one expected that she would have such a qualification that was like a divine gift. She had never been on the list of people before, but she was already on the list of people. This was the only one in the entire world.
Compared with Luo Xiuxin's genius, Xu Lan was not weaker than her at all, but his physical condition greatly hindered his martial arts cultivation. Not to mention Shattered Void, he had not even touched the innate realm.
At this age, a true genius has already completed the initial stages of his innate nature, and has begun to refine his own impurities and achieve a pure body.
Luo Jianming could only sigh secretly every time he saw Xu Lan.
But Xu Lan doesn't seem to care about the improvement of his own strength. He doesn't even seem to have the desire to compete with others. When encountering conflicts, he mostly talks to others and only uses force when he has to.
The two of them went to Chang'an City this time to help Xu Lan take the autumn scientific examination. It seemed strange to others that he, a disciple of a martial arts sect, was going to take the imperial examination and become an official.
After midnight, Xu Lan fell asleep beautifully on the hay nest that Luo Xiuxin had made for him.
Luo Xiuxin rested her chin on her hands and observed this senior brother who had grown up as a childhood sweetheart by the light of the campfire. A sweet smile appeared on her lips.
She always felt as if she had known this senior brother in her previous life and had been very close to him since she was a child.
It is said that among the children of the same generation in the Scarlet Heaven Sect, there are many who have higher martial arts achievements than their senior brothers, but there has never been one who is as gentle and gentle as jade, humble and polite as him.
Luo Xiuxin saw Xu Lan turn over slightly and the fox fur covering his body fell down. She stretched out her hand to cover him.
At this moment, Luo Xiuxin suddenly became alert and stood up immediately, only to see a black wind sweeping from nearby and rushing into Hongfu Temple.
Luo Xiuxin was a chivalrous person. Although the abbot of Hongfu Temple rejected her and her senior brother's request to stay, she still could not sit back and watch the monks in this temple being attacked by monsters.
But what will senior brother do if he leaves?
His martial arts are not innate, so he cannot deal with more powerful monsters.
While he was struggling, there seemed to be panicked screams, and then a monk seemed to appear, and there was the sound of a fierce fight.
Luo Xiu felt a little relieved, thinking that since there were warrior monks in the temple, they should be able to protect themselves.
She held the sword in one hand and was alert, but she didn't know that Xu Lan was not completely asleep at this time.
The runes on the jade talisman he kept close to his body flickered, already pulling him into another dimension.
And this is not the first time he has entered this space and met that god-like existence.