In late spring and April, when the grass grows and the orioles fly, it is a time of vitality.
At this time, Wu Jie, who was traveling outside the mountain gate and doing chivalry as a martial arts master rather than an immortal, received a message from the sect.
"Zhang Patriarch has been released from seclusion? Does he want to see me?" This short message made Wu Jie very confused, and he couldn't help but discuss it with Du Xin again, "What do you think the old man wants to see me for?"
"Maybe it's about taking over as the leader." As Du Xin, who has inherited a lot of information from the Great Guangming Sect, is quite familiar with the way of thinking of the leaders of these sects, she thought about it briefly and gave an answer.
A more reliable answer is, "Although I am not very clear about the common thinking of contemporary monks, as one of the leaders of the world's immortal sects, your sect should actually have very high requirements for its leader."
"Actually, I'm not..."
"I know that you have no intention of spying on the position of the leader, but since you are the eldest disciple of the twenty-seventh generation, as long as nothing happens, the position of the leader will definitely be yours in the future."
"But you don't want to talk to me now. This is still far away!" Wu Jie couldn't help but muttered, "After the two Supreme Patriarchs are gone, the position of head will be passed from the 25th generation to the 2nd generation.
There are so many uncles and uncles from the 16th and 26th generations, any one you can find can be the leader."
"The so-called order of elders and younger ones. If your sect wants to pass the throne according to the rules, the heir should be the general, right?" Although there was a question in the words, Du Xin used a positive tone, "He is not suitable.
."
"What's wrong with me, uncle?"
"He is an anomaly." Du Xin said lightly, "When the leader of the Great Guangming Sect passed on to the throne in the past, it has happened more than once that the most suitable successor was the protector of the divine general. But we have never let the protector of the divine general serve as the successor.
Guo leader, this is because the monks in the world, especially the high-level monks, are after all centered on the human race. No matter how open-minded you are, you may not be able to accept a foreigner as the leader of a famous human sect."
"Huh? Aren't all of your Dharma Protector Generals humans?"
"Monsters, elves, machinemen, androids... the guardian gods are the last pillars supporting the sect. Of course, they should choose those with long lifespans." Du Xin said, "But the life span of the head of a sect should not be too long, because
If he presides over a sect for too long, his way of thinking will be easily seen through by his enemies, which is very dangerous."
Wu Jie shook his head repeatedly when he heard this, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's really troublesome!"
"Actually, this trouble is not as big as you think. After all, it is a matter of the future. Your sect still has two supreme elders. Even if they want to ascend or become immortal, it will take at least twenty or thirty years." Du
Xin suddenly changed the topic, "Actually, there is one thing that you might consider solving now."
"Oh? What's the matter?"
"Help Du Ruo solve the identity problem."
When Wu Jie heard this, he was silent for a while and nodded.
"Thank you for the reminder! We should really find a way to solve the Third Sister's matter!"
"I usually just sit and think wildly, and of course there are many things that come to mind." Du Xin said lightly, "Although with your protection, she will not encounter any danger, and she can fly to the upper world with you even in the future.
But after all, it’s still early for you to ascend, and you will still be active in the human world for a long time. If you give her an upright identity as soon as possible, you will save a lot of trouble in the future.”
Wu Jie nodded repeatedly: "Then do you have any suggestions?"
"You can take her to the ruins of the Great Light Sect where those people found me, and I will teach her some of the sect's inherited techniques, so that she can appear as a destined person who accidentally entered the sect in future lives but unfortunately died there."
Du Xin said, "This identity is very valuable, and it will also help to improve her status. More importantly, this identity can get the benefits of the Great Light Religion without having to bear the related risks, so it is the best of both worlds."
Her idea was very good, but Wu Jie did not agree immediately, but said that he would think about it again.
Du Ruo is still in seclusion anyway, so even if he wants to give her a formal identity, he has to wait until she comes out of seclusion.
And...Wu Jie asked himself, he didn't like the method Du Xin thought of.
Du Ruo is Du Ruo, the daughter of Father Du of the Wu family, the sister of Du Yu, the iron wall general of the Chu Kingdom, and the sworn sister of Wu Jie. Since we want to give her an upright status, she should be allowed to act openly and honestly.
Use your real identity!
Wu Jie didn't like lies and deception by nature. Even about Yin Shuang's incident, he told the boss the truth as much as possible and got the boss's understanding and support.
Du Ruo's identity cannot be more troublesome and sensitive than Yin Shuang's!
Wu Jie sorted out his somewhat confused emotions and hurried back to Qingyang Mountain.
Patriarch Zhang is an old man with white beard and hair, but he still looks energetic. He is sitting calmly on the chair in the Patriarch Hall, but there is an irrepressible strange wave in his body, as if he is related to some mysterious thing between heaven and earth.
The forces are constantly echoing and may cause wonderful changes at any time.
When Wu Jie saluted him, he smiled happily.
"I have only been in seclusion for such a short period of time, and you have already completely stabilized your cultivation in the middle stage of Condensation Yuan. It is really rare!" He chuckled and said to Master Shaoguang who was sitting next to him, "Shaoguang, I remember our time back then.
The progress of cultivation is far inferior to him!"
"There is no comparison at all." Master Shaoguang said with a smile, "If you use him as a reference, you will be making yourself unhappy!"
It can be seen that they are all in a good mood. However, compared to Master Zhang, Master Shaoguang is somewhat uncontrollably excited, and there is a sense of joy and high spirits constantly radiating between his eyebrows.
"Well...Wu Jie, I heard from Shao Guang that you are probably the reincarnation of a demon from the upper world, but why did you give up the path of the past and choose the right path?" Patriarch Zhang spoke without any scruples, showing a Qingyang Guanzhong take it for granted.
free and easy.
Wu Jie had seen this kind of freedom and ease in Master Zhenshi before. Master Zhang's temperament was a bit like Master Zhenshi, which made him feel extremely friendly.
"Because I don't like that road." Wu Jie did not hesitate and answered simply, "While moving forward, he calculated everyone around him and regarded everyone as a potential enemy. He did not trust anyone and did not rely on anyone.
Who... Even if this road comes to the end, you will only be alone, what’s the point?”
"Oh? Have you reached the end?"
"Can I not answer this question?"
Patriarch Zhang laughed loudly: "Of course! I believe you can also see that I have returned to the eighth level of the elixir and will soon go through the tribulation. Because my life span is not long, I will probably ascend immediately after I pass through the tribulation. If you have anything
What you want to say, you might as well bring it up now, old man, I don’t need this old face now, it will be invalidated when it expires.”
This was said so humorously that both Master Shaoguang and Wu Jie couldn't help but laugh.
Wu Jie pondered for a moment and then told what happened to Du Ruo: "In the past when I was gathering at Wu's house, my sworn sister was killed by a demon, and her soul has always been lodged in the ancient jade that nourishes the soul. Some time ago, she suggested that I promote some
A home-cooked recipe suitable for ordinary people, unexpectedly it has been praised by humanity... Now she is in seclusion, I wonder if I can help her arrange an identity after she comes out of seclusion? "
"What's so difficult about this? We don't care about having one more guest." Master Shaoguang said with a smile, "Actually, if she stays in seclusion long enough, you might be able to solve this problem yourself."
Wu Jie was stunned for a moment, not understanding what he meant.
"You will naturally understand in the future..." Master Shaoguang ended the conversation without saying much.
Wu Jie came back in a hurry. He was planning to have a very serious and formal questioning, but unexpectedly it ended with just a few words as if it were a family affair. He couldn't help but feel a little confused. After returning to his monastery, he was still wondering.
He didn't know that after he left, Master Shaoguang and Patriarch Zhang were still talking about him.
"It seems that Wu Jie was really a big shot in the upper world back then!" Patriarch Zhang looked very serious. "As for the topic of his past life, please don't talk about it easily in the future. It's best to just treat him as one of us."
The grievances and grudges between the geniuses in the Nine Provinces Realm and the Upper Realm are not something we can interfere with, so don’t even ask."
"Disciple understands! Patriarch, do you think he is suitable?"
"It's appropriate." Patriarch Zhang nodded, "It's just that I've been feeling it lately, and I'm afraid... things won't go as smoothly as we thought."
Master Shaoguang was startled and suddenly became nervous: "Master, have you noticed anything? Could it be that something detrimental to our sect will happen out of nowhere?"
"You may not believe it...but I do feel that the luck of the righteous path in this world seems to be declining, while the luck of the Heavenly Demon Sect is increasing. It's really ridiculous!"
"This... we just reached the stars and transformed into rain and were saved by the common people not long ago. Many people clearly felt the approval of humanity. How come our luck is actually reduced?"
"I don't understand this, but...this change in luck does not seem to come from human nature."
Master Shaoguang's color suddenly changed, and he even showed a look of horror.
What controls the changes in the destiny of the world is nothing more than the way of humanity or the way of heaven. If the current growth and decline is not driven by humanity, it is the result of the fate of heaven. Although both the way of humanity and the way of heaven are powerful and mysterious, the way of humanity is ultimately what everyone wants.
The way of thinking and acting methods can be guessed, and the way of heaven...
The law of heaven is simple if you want to say it is simple. It is nothing more than "make up for the excess of damage". But it is neither good nor evil, and it never considers the common people when doing things. For the righteous monks who have the common people in mind, it is
It is not a positive role played.
If the changes in luck are driven by the way of heaven, it would be easy to understand - with the Star Reaching War, the advantage that the righteous way has gained over the demon sect has become too great. In this case, if you want to make up for the excess of losses,
, naturally it reduces the luck of the righteous path and increases the magic door.
It's just... although the logic is easy to understand, it is emotionally unacceptable i
"You don't have to be too involved." Seeing his horrified and angry look, Patriarch Zhang persuaded with a smile, "Such a situation has never happened before."
"The Patriarch means...after the Battle of the East China Sea?"
"Yes, after the battle in the East China Sea, the fate of the Demon Sect fell to the bottom, and it was about to be wiped out by our coalition forces from all nine states. But at this time, the way of heaven intervened, causing the fortunes of both sides to wax and wane, and only then did the Demon Sect gain the chance to survive.
This is the opportunity that comes with this
The three teachings have been performed for thousands of years, and there have been life and death battles." Patriarch Zhang showed a look of nostalgia, "I am a young monk and have never experienced that war personally, but I have always been interested in the study of luck.
I have collected a lot of information in this regard.”
"At that time, if the way of heaven had not reduced our destiny of the righteous path and encouraged the destiny of the Demon Sect that was about to dry up, how could we have defended Tianwaitian with those defeated soldiers?"
"Didn't you say that the reason for guarding Tianwai Tian was because the Demon Sect sacrificed the legendary twelve gods and demons?"
"How can it be so easy to refine the twelve gods and demons using the remains of the immortal demons as raw materials!" Patriarch Zhang sneered, "There are also capable people in the demon sect who relied on the luck given to them by heaven to make these twelve gods and demons.
Refined, and used them to gain the most critical hundred years of breathing time..."
He shook his head as he spoke, showing a confident and disdainful smile: "It's just that although the way of heaven can give them luck, it can't directly convert the luck into combat power. Now the trend of Taoist demons disappearing is more obvious than after the battle in the East China Sea.
, even if we have the luck of heaven, no matter how many talents emerge from the Demon Sect at once, they will not be able to quickly transform them into combat effectiveness."
"What the Patriarch means... is that we should attack Tianwai Tian as soon as possible?"
"No, on the contrary!" Patriarch Zhang smiled, with a kind of cunning unique to the old world in his smile, "The change in fortune should have started when the sword-abandoning disciple failed to ascend, and it hasn't even been ten years now. No matter what
How fast the talents of the Demon Sect grow, it takes at least two hundred years for a person to condense from his birth - Wu Jie is a special case and cannot be used as a reference."
"According to last experience, Heaven's blessing should only last for more than a hundred years. In other words, after this group of people refine their weapons and before they condense their energy, Heaven's blessing on them should dissipate. And that's us.
The best time to launch a thunderous strike!" Master Shaoguang then turned from worry to joy and nodded repeatedly. "Well, you don't have to worry too much. Your senior ancestors back then could take advantage of those who were protected by heaven.
If the demon sect is beaten to the point where it shrinks into a turtle in the sky, of course you can do it too!" Patriarch Zhang laughed a few times, "It's really a coincidence that Patriarch Taixu back then and Wu Jie today are both good at Fire Department rectification.
, and this Fire Ministry Zhengfa is exactly the method used by the fighting gods of the upper world to destroy evil spirits... Perhaps it has been destined for some time that the cause that Patriarch Taixu was unable to complete back then will now be brought to an end by Wu Jie!"
"Is this also the result of your clever perception?"
"Haha! How is it possible? It's just a guess." Patriarch Zhang looked very happy, "Although I can't accompany you to fight, I will wait for your good news in the upper world!"
He had no doubts about whether he could successfully overcome the disaster and was full of confidence.
Therefore, a few days later, when all the disciples outside the sect were called back, he went to the top of the highest peak in the entire Qingyang Mountain to overcome the tribulation.
Others can't help the monks to overcome the tribulation. What Shaoguang Zhenren can do is to lead the elders to fully activate the mountain protection formation covering Qingyang Mountain, and firmly protect the entire Qingyang Mountain to prevent any ulterior motives.
There is an opportunity for others to take advantage of.
The senior masters who have a close relationship with our sect have already arrived. The rest are either in retreat, or have no intention of watching the excitement, or their friendship is not yet shallow and they cannot be entrusted with important matters. Master Shao Guang is always cautious in doing things and will never let anything happen.
When these people had the opportunity to approach, they simply stopped them all outside - anyway, the power of the Heavenly Tribulation was so powerful that even outside Qingyang Mountain, they could see eight or nine points, so they probably wouldn't have much objection.
Too late!
At this moment, the sky was already gloomy, endless thunders fell one after another, and the roaring sounds were continuous. Even if you were in the Jingshe area halfway down the mountain, you could feel the air constantly vibrating, and there was a terrifying pressure.
It is constantly emanating from the top of the mountain, making people's hair stand on end.
"Is this how to overcome the tribulation?" An Ziqing stared at the roaring thunder. In addition to nervousness, there was also an unconcealable desire in his eyes. "The power of the sky thunder is indeed extremely powerful! If I can cultivate such a thunder, I will definitely
Able to sweep the world and kill all the evil dragons and beasts!"
"This power is not so easy to master." Yi Ti was much calmer than ordinary people because he had seen sword-abandoned disciples crossing the tribulation in Wuhui Valley, so he still had time to chat with An Ziqing, "I think instead of thinking about how to master it,
With this power, why not think about how we can survive the tribulation when we reach Patriarch Zhang’s current level?”
"That's too far away..."
"That's not necessarily true! How do you know that we can't do what Patriarch Zhang can do?" Yi Ti smiled, his smile full of confidence. But he still had half a sentence to say, but he didn't say it. What's more...
...The calamity I saw this time was far worse than the time I abandoned my sword disciple!
Wu Jie was not in the Jingshe area at the moment, but went much further up, past the mist-shrouded Dongfu area, and came to the bottom of Dujie Peak, standing next to Jiang An and Zhang Long.
In front of them, the black rocks gradually faded. As long as they walked more than a hundred steps, they could see many white dots appearing in the rocks. However, a mile away, there were almost no black rocks, only one piece was quenched by the sky thunder.
It is a round white stone that is so pure and flawless that not even an edge can be seen.
The location they are in is the most suitable position for observing the Tribulation Tribulation Peak based on experience. Around the huge Tribulation Tribulation Peak, at this height, there are many senior experts surrounding it.
These are all absolutely trustworthy disciples or best friends of our sect. Observing and overcoming tribulations is a rare and great opportunity, so naturally we should let them take a good look at it.
However, to stand here, you also need to have enough cultivation. If you can't condense the true energy, you won't even be qualified to stand here.
At this distance, if the true energy is not condensed, the aftermath of a few thunder tribulations will dissipate the true energy throughout the body.
"It has been more than a hundred years since I saw Patriarch Zhang overcome the tribulation." Jiang An sighed, "I wonder if Patriarch Zhang can succeed..."
"It should be possible." Wu Jie replied casually, "It doesn't seem like this thunder doesn't intend for people to successfully escape the disaster." Jiang An and Zhang Long looked at each other and said nothing. The thunder roared, one after another.
Wave. When the sixth wave of thunder tribulation finally ended, the dark clouds covering the sky suddenly opened a hole, and a colorful ray of light fell on the top of Dujie Peak. Only a figure was seen standing in the ray of light, slowly moving toward the sky.
Fly away.
"Congratulations to Patriarch Zhang for attaining enlightenment and ascending to heaven!"
"Congratulations to fellow Daoist Zhang for ascending to Heaven!"
For a time, there was a continuous chorus of cheers and blessings. Whether they were watching the ceremony sincerely, watching the fun, or those with ulterior motives, they all bowed their heads seriously and took the final step towards the person who had finally reached the end of this world and successfully taken the final step.
