The transformation of heaven and man, the state of the master.
Mysterious and mysterious, the door to all mysteries.
Wei Tao walked slowly in the snowy mountain forest, carefully sensing the changes in his spirit and body.
This is the feeling that arises in my heart.
Especially the moment the door is pushed open, the darkness dissipates and the senses return. For a moment, it seems that the whole person is integrated with the heaven and earth.
Coupled with the double strengthening of cleansing the physical body and sublimating the spirit, it is quite appropriate to say that it is like being in a state of ecstasy.
Wei Tao's eyes were half open and half closed, with a calm and peaceful expression.
This was the first time he had such a wonderful feeling since he started practicing martial arts.
"There are no years in the mountains, and there are thousands of years in the world. If I had this experience every time I practiced, I would probably hide in the mountains and not come out, and let the world change and the world go through vicissitudes of life."
Wei Tao took a deep breath of the cool air, and instantly the wind and snow rolled back and exploded in the forest.
He sighed suddenly, slowly raised his arms, and carefully observed his delicate jade hands. A sudden enlightenment quietly arose in his heart.
It may even look like a weak body, but it contains extremely terrifying power. Once it breaks out, it will be earth-shattering.
"Knowing the male and guarding the female is the stream of the world; knowing the white and guarding the black is the pattern of the world."
"Still as still water, as moving as a mountain avalanche. Every movement and stillness, heaven and man are born."
"Suffering as immovable as the earth, meditating deeply as a secret treasure, this is already the case in the Great Vajra Realm of Henglian Grandmaster. Then what kind of height should it be when the yin and yang are unified and the chaos is formless as mentioned in Meng Zhi's mouth?
level?"
He sighed secretly and slowly turned his head to look at Liu Qingyuan, who was running towards him.
His gaze was deep, penetrating through the wind and snow, and fell on her body.
Cold and chilling, evil and bloody, thick and majestic...
In an instant, several different auras emerged from his body, and eventually they all converged inward and became dull.
Even the body that bloomed with various visions returned to ordinary at the same time.
"Congratulations, sir, congratulations, sir, for breaking the shackles and achieving great success!"
Liu Qingyuan stopped a few steps away, her eyes shining and her expression happy and excited.
There were still faint traces of tears on her face, and she didn't know whether it was because of happiness or the worry and nervousness left over from before.
"You are so old and you still cry."
Wei Tao smiled slightly, then turned to the north.
He cupped his hands and clasped his fists, and said slowly and sincerely, "Great Brahma was born in heaven to appreciate my sincerity, and specially sent down his spiritual power twice to help me connect with heaven and man, and become a martial arts master.
I will keep this great kindness in my mind and will definitely repay it with a spring of water. I will definitely work hard in the future to send more Beihuang masters to the Brahma Heaven, so that you can be full of friends and gather together happily."
Boom!!!
There was a sudden thunder, which seemed to explode from the far north.
In an instant, the wind roared and heavy snow flew, sweeping from north to south.
Liu Qingyuan opened her mouth and let out a breath of cold air, "I always thought that I was brave, but in the end, compared with Mr., I am nothing at all."
After a pause, she said carefully, "I seem to have heard a winter thunder, which sounded in the north. Therefore, sir, by saying that the spirit of Brahma in the Northern Wilderness is like this, I will no longer be oppressed by its spirit that comes from time to time."
Wei Tao looked up at the night sky, and after a moment he slowly shook his head.
"It doesn't matter. I am now a serious eight-hundred-year-old Vajra Practitioner, a master of Tantric Buddhism, and an absolute elite under the command of the Great Brahma. In its eyes, I am one of its own, so how can I keep sending down my spiritual energy to oppress you?"
"What it did was just surround me with some evil thoughts when it came to spiritual consciousness last time, so that other Northern Wilderness warriors can identify them. In my opinion, this is not a bad thing, but a good thing.
Something good to look forward to.”
Having said this, a faint smile appeared on his face, "If you take a step back and think about it, I very much hope that the Great Brahma will be able to send down his spiritual energy from time to time, so that it will be more convenient for heaven and man to communicate and speed up the progress of cultivation above the master."
, it’s a pity that this is impossible.”
Under the dark night, the gold tanning field was silent.
Even the taverns and gambling houses were quiet.
Wei Tao and Liu Qingyuan stood at the entrance of the market town, their expressions a little confused.
The last time they came here, the gold tanning farm was quite lively at night.
Even though it was already midnight, the pubs and gambling houses were still brightly lit and bustling with people.
But now it has just fallen into the night, and it seems to have turned into a dead city, which is indeed a bit unreasonable.
Could it be that the cold weather, wind and snow caused this situation?
Such a thought flashed through Wei Tao's mind.
But then he denied it.
After all, people here lack entertainment and life, and most of them are men who work hard to make money. So the more they have nothing to do, the more they like to hang out in pubs and gambling houses to spend time.
Unknowingly, Wei Tao remembered what he saw in the restaurant during the day.
Whether they are restaurant owners or diners, everyone is like an actor, doing what they should do in a specific environment and playing a role that suits their identity.
Therefore, the abnormality in the town is most likely caused by this reason.
It was getting dark, it was time to get off work, and all the actors went home to rest.
There is another possibility: the blood lotus is gone and the performance is over.
Then, whether the changes in the gold tanning farm are related to the manor has become a question worth exploring.
Wei Tao thought silently and soon arrived at the restaurant where he had briefly stopped during the day.
Before I even entered the door, there was a faint smell of blood coming from inside, which lingered in my nose.
After entering the master realm, his perception of the surrounding environment becomes more acute. Even the smallest changes are as clear and transparent as the moon reflected in the water.
Wei Tao couldn't help but frown slightly and gently pushed open the closed wooden door.
A soft creaking sound could be heard far away in the silent night.
As the main door was opened, a stronger smell of blood suddenly hit his face.
It was pitch dark inside the restaurant, but against the white snow outside, several figures lying on the ground could still be clearly seen.
Wei Tao identified them one by one, and the scene in the restaurant during the day quickly emerged in his mind.
"Boss, some of the guests are here."
Liu Qingyuan inspected them carefully and straightened up after a long time. "There are traces of freezing on these two corpses, so it is very likely that the master of Beihuang committed the murder."
"Bodies can also talk, which is enough to tell us a lot of useful information."
Wei Tao nodded, "It seems that the Beihuang Grandmaster may have also come to the restaurant and found that something was not right with these residents, but his response was simple and crude, killing them without any thought of finding out what might be hidden behind them.
secret."
He turned around and walked out, "Let's first find a few residents to inquire about the situation, and then go to the housekeeper's home to see if there are any missing clues that have not been discovered."
Speaking of this, he suddenly sighed, "But this town gives me the feeling that there are probably no survivors."
Time passed little by little.
Liu Qingyuan entered each room and came out quickly, her expression becoming more and more confused and solemn.
"Sir, just as you said, the entire market town has become a dead city."
Wei Tao stood in front of the abandoned housekeeper's residence, looking up at the mottled door plaque, as if he was thinking about something.
After taking a few breaths, he looked back and asked, "Did you notice anything?"
Liu Qingyuan thought slowly and said, "My subordinates checked all the corpses, and I felt very strange, as if they all died suddenly at the same time without any warning.
It doesn't look like two Northern Wilderness warriors took action. It's true that they are martial arts masters. It would be easy to massacre the entire market town. But it is not easy to create such a strange situation. What's more, I can't think of them.
The reason for doing so.”
Wei Tao nodded, "If it has nothing to do with Grandmaster Beihuang, and then combined with the weirdness of the residents of the gold tanning farm, it may have something to do with the exposure of the secret room below the manor.
Forget it, if you don’t understand it, just ignore it for now, let’s explore the house again and leave directly.”
Having said this, he suddenly turned around and looked outside the town, his eyes piercing the snow and falling into the depths of darkness.
After observing silently for a moment, Wei Tao gently exhaled a breath, "Someone is here again. Unfortunately, the prosperity has come to an end. He came late."
Under the cover of darkness, wind and snow, two figures appeared silently at the entrance of the market town.
"Wait a moment."
One of them stopped without warning, looked forward with a puzzled look on his face.
"Senior Brother Quan Yan, what's wrong?"
The other person quickly used the corner of the wall to hide his figure and asked in a very low voice.
"I just felt like I was being watched."
Quan Yan took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, "It's in that house with the tallest gate tower."
"Senior Brother Quan, what should we do?"
"You exit and hide first, I will go over and take a look alone."
Quan Yan raised his vigilance to the highest level and slowly approached the Fang family's house.
Because the feeling of being spied on just now made his heartstrings tense, and he was ready to retreat or attack violently at any time.
It was not a long distance, and it took Quan Yan twenty breaths to finally reach the gatehouse of Fangfu.
He looked around for a long time, with a doubtful look on his eyebrows.
"No matter what sensory detection method I used, nothing was found. Could it be that I was affected by mystical delusions just now, so I had inexplicable hallucinations?"
An idea flashed through Quan Yan's mind, and when he thought about the information he had collected and mastered about Guishu's antique house, his heart suddenly became calmer.
"There is still a short distance between this place and Gui Shufang's manor. Even if there is an abnormal situation there, it will be difficult to affect the market town of Shajinchang. So I am just looking for trouble and scaring myself."
Quan Yan felt relieved and slowly opened the ajar door.
He walked into the yard, leaving a clear line of footprints behind him.
The ground is covered with white snow, coupled with dead flowers, plants and trees, giving it an air of dilapidation and decay.
After passing through the entire vestibule, Quan Yan stopped in the corridor of the first row of houses, carefully observing the traces left by the warriors after their fight, feeling inexplicably emotional in his heart.
"Back then, Qizhou wiped out the demon sect, and the battle by the Luoshui River was brutal. Gui Shufang fought against many masters of the imperial sect on his own, and was able to injure Mr. Donghe, Taishang Feng and others. It makes people think about it every time.
It feels unimaginable.
For many years after that, the teacher kept the battle a secret until he resigned from his post as Taichang of the Patrol Department and found a place to live in seclusion.
It was then that I learned that the housekeepers at the gold tanning farm were actually related to Gui Shufang, and that those few people actually spared this man's life and allowed him to live near the manor."
"It was later that the teacher retired to seclusion, Donghe in the Four Elephant Hall, and Xuanwu Dao Feng Miao died, so the surveillance of this place was gradually relaxed, and eventually no one mentioned it again."
Quan Yan opened the door of a room.
The cold wind stirs up the dust, mixing it with a musty smell that fills your nose and mouth.
He held his breath, searched carefully inside, and then went to the next room.
Soon after, Quan Yan wiped off the dust on his hands and whispered to himself, "The teacher asked me to come here in a hurry this time. He said that he sensed the sound of flowers blooming. He was not in the gold tanning field, but in the manor.
.
The old man may be really confused. He talks incoherently and incoherently. Apart from the sound of flowers blooming, he doesn't give me any other clues. How can I find it?"
"The sound of flowers blooming?"
Suddenly, a calm man's voice came from outside the originally deserted corridor in front of the house.
Quan Yan suddenly stopped, lowered his eyes and listened.
The hands hidden in the sleeves each held the handle of the knife at the waist, tapping the thumb lightly and pointing forward, already ready to strike suddenly.
After a moment, the gentle man's voice sounded again, as if drifting in the wind and snow, "I had planned to leave, but I saw you coming, so can you tell me who you are and what you are doing here?
?”
Closer, closer...
Quan Yan emptied his mind, silently listening to the increasingly clear voice, and at the same time nervously speculated and calculated the distance between the two parties.
Just when the last sentence was spoken, he suddenly burst out without warning.
Suddenly a sharp sound broke through the air.
Quan Yan's essence, energy, mind and spirit were united into one, and all the strength of his body was concentrated in one place, and then all of it was poured into the unsheathed swords.
At this moment, two new moons seemed to light up under the dark night.
The two scimitar swords were as graceful as a swimming dragon and as graceful as a startling dragon. They seemed to have spirituality and life, reflecting each other in the wind and snow, chasing the source of the sound.
Quan Yanren moved his sword and cut into the dark night and wind and snow.
It's as if the soul is trembling and blending into the bright sword light.
At this moment, Quan Yan was inexplicably sighing in his heart. Perhaps this was the most mysterious sword strike in his life.
Even if there is a big mountain standing in front of him, he will cut it in two.
Suddenly there was a soft cry.
The light faded away and the new moon fell into the sky.
Like a wandering dragon, the scimitar turned from extreme motion to extreme stillness without warning, hanging alone in mid-air.
Quan Yan's pupils suddenly shrank, and a figure in black clothes and black robes was reflected inside.
The sword he had concentrated all his energy and spirit on was blocked by the man with a wave of his hand.
The next moment, the man spread his fingers and grabbed it as if casually.
Quan Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he pushed away the wind and snow with his two swords, blooming in layers, like two fireworks blooming quietly under the dark night.
Ding ding ding ding...
In Quan Yan's extremely surprised eyes, he saw that the man just picked it up casually, and then accurately annihilated all the sword lights invisible.
Click!
Ruyu's delicate fingers pinched the blade, as if it were seven inches of a snake, unable to move no matter what.
However, Quan Yan was not panicked.
Because this slash of his sword was only the first half of his killing move.
The real murderous intention has not yet been revealed.
If you think he only knows how to use a knife, that will be the beginning of the opponent's defeat and death.
There was a crisp snap.
The moment he was frozen, the two scimitars broke at the same time without any warning.
The blade turned out to be a hollow structure, and ink-colored threads flew out silently.
Under the cover of the dark wind and snow, it stabbed forward like lightning.
Quan Yan clearly saw that the man's eyes suddenly turned surprised.
The next moment, countless ink-colored silk threads danced wildly, completely wrapping the two of them.
Quan Yan secretly sighed, even if the opponent was a martial arts master who was transformed from a heavenly being to a human being, if he were to take his killing move without any precautions, he would definitely not be able to get away with it.
There is even a high possibility of immediate death.
After all, under the pressure of a huge crisis, he directly released the silk threads planted by the teacher himself, carrying the true meaning of the teacher's martial arts, and there was no doubt about its lethality.
Whoosh!
After a few breaths, the crazy threads suddenly stopped and were once again incorporated into Quan Yan's body.
His face was pale and his breath was weak. He staggered back more than ten steps, and finally stopped when he pressed against a corridor beam.
"What kind of material are these scimitars made of? They can actually block my perception of strange threads."
Wei Tao played with a blade fragment and walked forward slowly, "I have to say, you just used both swords at the same time, and even I almost didn't react to your killing move with two swords inside.
But after finally discovering that it was the mysterious silk thread, there was no need to react."
He stopped in front of Quan Yan, with a gentle smile on his face, "I have seen silver, red and transparent silk threads, but this is the first time I have seen such black as ink, which is quite surprising.
Quite curious."
Quietly, Liu Qingyuan walked from one end of the corridor, carrying a comatose man in his hand.
"Sir, this person should be related to Qiong Taichang, the visiting minister at that time, but he is not Guishou Cangchou. It is possible that he is a new disciple of Qiong Taichang after he resigned and went into seclusion."
Wei Tao asked, "Qiong Taichang, the minister of inspection, is the one who organized and participated in the battle on the Luoshui River?"
"Yes, Qiong Taichang, Mr. Donghe, and Xuanwu Fengzhen are the three core figures who surrounded and killed Gui Shufang."
"Besides the three of them, who else is there?"
Liu Qingyuan fell into thinking and said slowly, "I only know the main participants. Others include the leader of Dingxuan Sect Luo, Elder Lingmingshan Wen, and Commander Li of the Supervisory Military Division."
Quan Yan was so weak that he couldn't even maintain his standing posture. He slowly slid down against the pillar and collapsed on the cold ground.
Listening to the conversation between the two, his heart sank to the bottom, and he almost gave up any hope for life.
Liu Qingyuan came closer and asked, "What is your name? Is Qiong Taichang still alive?"
Several thoughts flashed through Quan Yan's mind, and finally he answered honestly, "My name is Quan Yan. The teacher is still alive, but because he is getting older, he often becomes a little confused and talks nonsense."
"With Qiong Taichang's level of cultivation, no matter how old he is, this kind of situation should not happen."
Liu Qingyuan was a little unconvinced, "As his disciple, don't you have any doubts about this?"
Quan Yan sighed, "Teacher suffered a hidden injury in the battle by the Luoshui River, and it suddenly broke out in the past few years. Since then, his whole spirit has been far worse than before."
"Why did you come to explore the gold tanning field on a snowy night?"
"Girl, I'm here on the teacher's orders."
Quan Yan took a few deep breaths and then continued, "The teacher said something went wrong here. Flowers that shouldn't have bloomed suddenly bloomed, so he insisted that I come over and take a look."
A flash of light flashed in Liu Qingyuan's eyes, but her voice suddenly cooled down, "Why are the flowers blooming and falling? You are talking nonsense, which makes people uncomfortable. You'd better make it clearer."
Quan Yan raised his head carefully and looked up, "The teacher said that it was a blood lotus with a little true spirit seed inside. It would bloom when the time was right, but now was not the time, and it actually bloomed.
The teacher also said that this matter seems to be related to Beihuang. As for what the connection is, he didn't tell me, so I didn't ask."
Wei Tao was thoughtful, and when he heard this, he asked, "Why don't you ask?"
"This, this..."
Quan Yan hesitated for a moment and squeezed out a wry smile, "You two may not believe me. In fact, I am too lazy to ask, and I even don't believe what the teacher said at all. But after all, it is hard to violate the teacher's orders, so I can only come day and night to investigate.
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At this point, he sighed again, "Just like what this girl said, I also feel that the teacher is very talkative. He is very good when he is good, but he often talks nonsense and makes people confused.
Mind, I don’t understand his thoughts at all.”
"What else did Qiong Taichang say?"
"What the teacher said were all fragmented, not connected to each other and not systematic. What I can really understand are three things."
Quan Yan fell into memories, "He mentioned that the place of his past life was a good place, and the four green, red and purple lotus terraces were also good things.
It is also said that Emperor Wu of the Great Zhou Dynasty broke into the Golden Tent in the Northern Wilderness and personally smashed away the last trace of Brahma's divine will at all costs.
Finally, what is the principle of tomorrow that destroys human desires and is the lord of the Northern Wilderness, where the virtuous can live?"
Wei Tao's eyes moved away from Quan Yan and fell into the dark and snowy depths.
After a long silence, he slowly said, "Where is Taichang Qiong currently living in seclusion? If I have a chance, I will pay him a visit."
"Teacher, he..."
Quan Yan opened his mouth, but then closed his eyes, "For me, once I am a teacher, I will always be a father. Without a teacher, I should have died ten years ago, but now I can live for such a long time.
It’s considered a profit.”
Liu Qingyuan frowned slightly, and a cold light shone between his fingers.
"Since Qiong Taichang doesn't want to see guests, then forget it."
Wei Tao shook his head, reached out and patted Quan Yan on the shoulder, "You don't have to be afraid, I'm not a murderous person, and since we had a happy chat just now, I won't take your life."
"I, your Excellency, you really won't kill me?" Quan Yan raised his head with an expression of disbelief.
"If I don't kill you, you can leave directly now."
Wei Tao said in a gentle tone, "I will say hello to Mrs. Qiong when I get back."
Quan Yan subconsciously said, "Excuse me for being rude. If the teacher asks who you are, how should I reply?"
After saying this, he hurriedly added, "I have no intention of prying on you, sir. Sir..."
"No, there's nothing I can't say."
Wei Tao looked in the direction of the manor and said with a smile, "Just tell Qiong Taichang that Gui Shufang said hello to him."
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A group of people walked stiffly in the dark night.
From time to time, a piece of human skin floats up, then turns into fragments and blends into the wind and snow.
Suddenly, the Northern Wasteland Saint Master stopped without any warning, his body still shaking.
A gust of cold wind blew by, and the white robe floated high, revealing the bright red flesh and blood underneath.
There are also transparent silk threads going in and out, connecting the villagers.
After a long time, a faint smile appeared on the right side of her face, "After entering the Dazhou ground, the suppression of Brahma's spiritual power was reduced, finally allowing you to wake up again."
The next moment, a man's voice slowly sounded.
It still came from her mouth, "Master Luo, there is no need to be nervous. You and I have the same goal in retrieving the blood lotus and presenting it to Brahma. Therefore, not only will I not stop you, but I will also help you."
"I'm not nervous. Instead, I've been waiting for you to wake up. However, I don't believe a word of what Senior Gui said."
The Holy Master of Beihuang lowered his eyes, "After all, if I offer the blood lotus to the Great Brahma Queen, you will be pulled out of my body by Brahma's spiritual energy and suppressed. But now you say you want to help me, and you don't know that it is you who is under the pressure of life and death."
Even though he was talking nonsense, he still regarded me as a fool."
The man's voice sounded again, with a faint smile, "During the battle by the Luoshui River, does Master Luo know why I chose you in the end?"
He sighed with a lot of emotion, "Because these old guys, Xuanwu Taoist Feng Wei, Tianji Mansion Donghe, and Patrol Secretary Qiong Mang, have the dangers of the mountains and rivers in mind and the strictness of the city in their chests. Each one is more cunning than the other.
Only the leader Luo at that time was pure and kind, otherwise as a man, why would I have to entrust a little bit of my true spirit to you, a woman?"
"Of course, there is another very important reason, that is, I did not expect that your reaction would be so fast and your attack would be so fierce. I was caught off guard and was not fully prepared at all. I could only take advantage of it.
Try to reduce losses as much as possible.
However, misfortunes come with blessings. In these days spent with Master Luo, I discovered your benefits, at least in terms of listening to others' advice, I am very satisfied.
Otherwise, I would not be able to come to the Northern Wilderness with you and enter the Holy Zexin Island to receive the baptism of Brahma's spiritual will."
Luo Qingjun suddenly laughed, "According to Senior Gui's wishes, is my entry into the Northern Wilderness what you wanted?"
"Headmaster Luo is right. It took me a lot of trouble to get the information that I could suppress you through the spiritual power of Brahma to your ears.
After that, Master Luo became a Saint Master and entered the Heart Island, and I got my wish and was watched by the Great Brahma. For us, we all got what we wanted."
At this point, his voice gradually dropped, "If the search for the blood lotus goes smoothly, everything will be over soon.
At that time, Master Luo will no longer have to suffer the torture related to me every day, he only needs to wait quietly for my true spirit to be extracted and suppressed by Brahma."
"Every time I think about this, I must also thank His Majesty the Emperor Wu who has dominated the world for a long time. If he hadn't gone straight into the Golden Tent in the Northern Wilderness and smashed the last trace of the divine will of the Great Brahma at great cost, I would never have dared to commit such a treason.
With this delusion, he bets everything to make a shocking gamble.
If you win by luck, it will be a new beginning, but if you lose, you have to admit defeat and wonder if you can start from scratch."
Luo Qingjun narrowed his eyes suddenly, "Delusion, gambling?"
"The principles of tomorrow will destroy people's desires. The Lord of the Northern Wilderness will be a place where the virtuous can live."
Gui Shufang smiled again, then disappeared and made no sound again.