In Yucheng, the sky is clear and the light of the sun shines on every area.
The previous darkness had long since been dispelled, and it seemed that it had never come before.
Inside a house.
Song Zhishu sat cross-legged with a calm expression, but he was not practicing, but carefully studying the booklet in his hand.
Next to him were Chen Jingyun, Lin Cheng and others who had experienced the war together with him. There were not many, only about a dozen of them.
"The names of those who died and some specific information are all recorded in the booklet."
"The total number is eight hundred and sixty-four, without omissions."
Chen Jingyun spoke at the side, his voice a little heavy. Among them, in addition to the casual cultivators he brought in Qingzhou City, there were also those who were originally in Yucheng, so in total, there were more than 800 people, all of whom died in the battle.
At the foot of Yucheng City.
Three days have passed since that battle. During this period, they have dealt with everything.
The other step is to move the previously evacuated mortals into the city again. Now is the finishing matter.
The people recorded in the pamphlet were the people who fought a bloody battle with them.
Chen Jingyun also wrote down everyone's name information.
"kindness."
Song Zhishu looked at the names on it and nodded. These were once living lives. After a moment of silence, he raised his head: "We will engrave these names on a stone tablet and stand it in the center of Yucheng.
Some people should not be forgotten."
This battle was not large in scale, and not many people died, but it was of great significance.
At the critical moment, he chose to step forward regardless of everything, which is worthy of everyone's respect.
What's more, they persisted until the last moment.
Song Zhishu didn't care what others thought, but in his eyes, the people who died in Yucheng were worthy of admiration and worth remembering for his whole life.
"Don't worry, we are already doing it." Chen Jingyun replied that erecting a monument is not difficult for monks, and with what those people do, it should indeed be so.
"Brother Wang will be happy when he sees it."
Lin Cheng and Li Xiansong looked at each other. That was their close friend, and now one of them has died.
The two of them are indeed uncomfortable with this, but they don't feel it is a pity. They should be proud of fighting for justice and staying at the last moment.
In fact, after this battle, everyone who defended Yu City was a meritorious person. Not only did they avoid the Jinzhou catastrophe, but they also prevented the impact of the full activation of the Sealing Demonic Array. No matter how rewarding it is,
Not an exaggeration.
Even relying on this battle, their names will be known to some people, and it doesn't matter if they become disciples of some top sects.
After all, where the credit lies, it cannot be measured by cultivation and talent.
Some forces are also happy to recruit them as symbols.
In fact, in the past few days, some sects did come to Yucheng and asked Lin Cheng and others if they had any ideas about getting started. The treatment given was very good. Even Chen Jingyun, because of his status as a scholar
, there are many sects who come to him.
However, for the time being, they chose to decline and did not accept these.
Everyone thinks that guarding Yucheng is just doing what you should do. If there is a reward, just take it.
As for going to the sect but not considering it, Chen Jingyun and others felt that they were not big shots and should not have such a big weight. If they really accepted it, what about the dead people?
After experiencing this battle, those who survived have a clear understanding of themselves, and everything is only temporary.
After they survive, they not only represent individuals, but should also bear more things.
What everyone is thinking about now is not the future, but those who have died.
"After many days of fighting and being busy for several days, fellow Taoists, please go back first. We will return to Qingzhou by then." Song Zhishu broke the silence and immediately said, Yucheng is no longer dangerous and everything is over.
Now, it is naturally time to go back, because some of the bones of the dead are in Qingzhou and should be brought back for burial.
"good."
Everyone nodded, then stood up and prepared to adjust their breath.
Chen Jingyun seemed to have thought of something, and immediately said: "Mr. Song, the Lord of Yucheng, Zhou Huang, came back today and said that there will be a big banquet for us people in the next two days."
Some people who did not belong to Yucheng stayed here forever, but it happened that they belonged to Yucheng and left early.
Regarding this, he didn't feel angry in his heart, he was just calm because it was unnecessary.
"Ignore it."
Song Zhishu didn't even raise his head and just gave up.
The Lord of Yu City chose to flee at the beginning of the war, and now that everything is over, he chose to come back. The meaning of this is self-evident.
But he didn't intend to accuse anyone. It was just a personal choice and there was nothing to say.
"kindness."
Chen Jingyun also had the same meaning, and immediately bowed slightly, and then left with everyone.
Zhishu Song was the only one left in the room, still holding the pamphlet. He was silent for a long time and solemnly placed it in the storage bag.
After doing this, he closed his eyes, and there were hundreds of Confucian righteousness oscillating in his body, which appeared after Song Zhishu entered the gentleman's realm from the state of knowledge and practice. After careful calculation, there were a total of 820 paths.
It seems that the fourth jade box in the second level of the Immortal Tower can be opened again.
Song Zhishu had gone through many days of fighting before and had gathered a lot of Confucian righteousness. However, because he used the [Sacred Heart] as his final trump card, he did not choose to open the fairy box, but directly transformed it into Haoran righteousness, with three thousand ways.
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In this way, after stimulating the [Sacred Heart], he can have power comparable to the Nascent Soul Realm.
But because of this time, almost all the Haoran righteousness and Confucian righteousness were used up.
Now I only have the more than 800 Confucian righteousness in my body.
really.
It is impossible to obtain more Confucian righteousness and awe-inspiring righteousness just by improving one's realm, one must slay demons.
However, there are not many opportunities like Yucheng, and he is afraid that it will be even harder to meet him in the future. However, Song Zhishu also thinks that it is better to have less. The more demons, the greater the disaster. He does not want to gain Confucian righteousness in such a situation.
And what he has in his body now is enough to open the jade box in the second level of the Immortal Tower.
"On or off."
Song Zhishu remained silent, but in the end he did not choose to open it.
After all, there is no rush for this kind of thing. Once you have enough Confucian righteousness, you can do it at any time.
Furthermore, my realm has just broken through and has not yet completely stabilized, so I want to wait until the time comes to return to Qingzhou City.
Without thinking about this anymore, Song Zhishu continued to look inward and focused on the inner alchemy.
In the alchemy realm, there is no need to meditate and practice. With inner alchemy, you can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for your own use at all times, and at the same time convert it into magic power. Your lifespan can reach five hundred. If you practice some health-preserving methods, you can live to seven
Being eight hundred years old is not a big problem.
You can also start to practice various divine channel methods, support them with huge magical power, and fully display their power.
Not to mention the ability to burn the sky and boil the sea, but it is certainly not an issue to open mountains and cut off rivers.
It can be said that reaching this realm, it is basically temporarily separated from the scope of ordinary monks, and there are various methods, which is equivalent to a watershed.
At this moment, Song Zhishu could clearly feel that in that inner elixir, there was extremely powerful magic power, which was basically the same as the foundation-building realm. However, with such magic power, it would be a bit of a waste if it was just for controlling flying swords.
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And although he has not practiced the divine passage method, he can actually do it if he has the Great Dream Immortal Killing Sword Technique.
After thinking for a moment, Song Zhishu put his fingers together and used the magic power in his body to control it.
Buzz~
The next moment, a huge sword intent emerged in the room.
All kinds of rays of light surrounded his two fingers, and the cold breath swept all around, whistling continuously, but it could not be triggered. Especially with the continuous blessing of magic power, the power became more and more powerful. It should be noted that this has not yet used the flying sword.
Otherwise it will only become stronger.
"It is said that if you practice magical powers or powerful sword techniques to a certain level, magical seeds or sword seeds will be formed in your body."
"It's a pity that my exposure to the Great Dream Immortal Slaying Art has been too short, and now I can't even be considered as a true beginner."
"If you want to form a sword species, I'm afraid it will take a long time."
Song Zhishu restrained his sword intention and considered it carefully.
The previous use of the Great Dream Slaying Immortal Jue has already shown more power than expected, and it will be even stronger in the Dan Formation realm.
Coupled with his own spirit in the Golden Core Realm and the powerful mana he possesses as he embarks on the path of Dacheng Cultivation, even though he is only in the early stages of forming a core, he will definitely not have any problem threatening the real Golden Core Realm.
Of course, Song Zhishu is still thinking about another issue, which is to comprehend the sword wielded by the Path of Goodness after integrating the Sacred Heart. He believes that if he can fully comprehend that sword, it will be more powerful.
As a method of terror, it may not be weaker than the Da Meng Immortal Killing Art.
It's a pity that my current strength is still too low, and I can't replicate that sword's method for the time being.
And even if he could, I'm afraid he would be exhausted after just one strike.
"The more powerful the sword art, the higher the restrictions on its use, not because it cannot be practiced, but because it cannot support it." Song Zhishu said to himself, this thing is like using a magic weapon, giving a Taoist tool to a Qi-training monk.
Can it exert its true power? Obviously not, and the same is true for the magical sword technique.
But no matter what, after the Battle of Yucheng, he finally understood the path to take in the future.
Confucianism is the inner part, the sword is the weapon, and immortality is the outer part.
Did not continue to think deeply.
Song Zhishu once again began to understand his own changes after reaching the realm of a gentleman.
It is certain that the Yuan Shen has been strengthened, but the real change is that due to the improvement of his Confucian realm, he has a clearer perception of the outside world. This kind of perception is completely different from the Yuan Shen. It is a perception of the will of heaven and earth.
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It is equivalent to the way a rule operates that you know, and can be mastered and borrowed.
This reminded Song Zhishu of the words of the great Confucian Gu Yun. The strength of Confucianism lies in itself. It understands how nature operates. The more powerful a Confucian monk is, the stronger the power of heaven and earth he can control. He must act in accordance with heaven and earth and exercise the power of heaven and earth.
In other words, Confucianism does not need to borrow magic power like monks. It only needs a movement of will to make the world resonate.
Mr. Wenyuan once said that the true means of Confucian scholars can only be reflected after reaching the realm of the gentleman.
Now Song Zhishu already has this feeling, feeling the world and understanding some natural ways.
"Spirit resonates with heaven and earth and conforms to heaven and earth."
Song Zhishu closed his eyes and felt the flow of spiritual energy in the surrounding space. He couldn't help but think: "Aura is also generated from heaven and earth. So is it impossible for my will to resonate with heaven and earth and form a spiritual gathering array by myself?"
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile. He wanted to form a spirit gathering array with just one thought. How could this be possible?
In the practice of immortality, although the spirit gathering array is very common, if you want to arrange it, you must have array stones, and then it can be completely formed according to the corresponding range. How can you think about it?
Buzz~
But just when Song Zhishu was thinking about this,
The spiritual energy of the surrounding world vibrated and gathered almost instantly.
At the same time, rays of light emerged and focused on him, which was the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
"Is this really a spirit gathering array? And the level is not low?" Song Zhishu was a little confused and felt a little unbelievable. He clearly just had a thought, how could it happen.
etc.
Suddenly, he discovered that when the spirit gathering formation was formed, his soul was constantly being consumed.
The spirit resonates with heaven and earth. If you want to do something in line with heaven and earth, you must consume something.
Otherwise, it would be outrageous to think whatever you think.
Song Zhishu can clearly feel that with his current strength of spirit, there is no problem in keeping the spirit gathering array for several days. He can even expand the range of the spirit gathering array as long as he is willing. Of course, the spirit will be consumed in this way.
There will be more.
Immediately, his mind moved, and the spirit gathering array dispersed automatically.
"Actually, it was not the Spirit Gathering Array just now. It was because after I reached the Gentleman Realm, I understood the heaven and the earth, and let the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth gather automatically. It was just based on my ideas that I formed the so-called Spirit Gathering Array."
After thinking about it, Song Zhishu understood. No wonder some monks said that powerful Confucian scholars could follow the rules.
The real reason is here, which is to understand the rules of the operation of heaven and earth. The heaven and earth are immortal, and Confucian methods are there.
Of course, if you go against the will of heaven and are not recognized by heaven and earth, then it won't work.
"Confucian methods are indeed completely different from those of immortality."
Song Zhishu lamented that after studying for so long, he finally experienced Confucian methods personally. Although he could do very few things, he finally understood Confucianism better.
At the same time, it is also clear that the true power of Confucianism is still waiting to be discovered.
Therefore, in the next period of time, he also began to adapt to the influence of the gentleman state on himself.
I also began to think about how to completely combine the power of Confucianism and Taoism with Immortalism, cooperate with each other, and find my own way.
In this way, time passes bit by bit.
Seven days later.
After Song Zhishu's complete breakthrough, his state of mind became completely stable.
During this period, he also used the Sky Thunder Bottle to temper his body. Due to his enhanced cultivation, he could endure more. He successfully raised his body to the late stage of foundation building. With some time, reaching perfection should not be a problem.
It's just impossible to upgrade your body to a core-forming body. The quality of the Sky Thunder Bottle is just a low-grade spiritual weapon.
No matter how powerful the power is, it is still not stronger than its own limit.
Unless the quality is improved.
Song Zhishu thought, this is not impossible, as long as Haoran's righteousness is enough.
Of course, the Saint Sword Embryo should also be upgraded. Now that he is in the realm of pill formation, low-grade spiritual weapons are definitely not enough, at least top-grade ones, or even stronger ancient ones, so there are many things to do next.
And another point is that after reaching the Dan Formation Realm, more resources will be needed for practice.
In the past, in the foundation building realm, there were hundreds of thousands of low-grade spiritual stones.
Arrive at Jiedan.
Even Song Zhishu had a headache.
But before that, he first needed to return to Qingzhou to put an end to all matters related to the Jinzhou Rebellion, and at the same time, return the bones of those casual cultivators who died in Yucheng to where they originally belonged.
At the foot of Yucheng City, Song Zhishu, Lin Cheng, and Li Xiansong bowed slightly facing the land.
This is the place where they fought a great battle, and many people died.
So before leaving, you should come here.
besides.
A stone tablet was also erected in the city, with everyone's name engraved on it, so that the mortals in Yu City would remember it for generations.
After a long time, everyone stood up. Chen Jingyun sighed slightly and then said: "Mr. Song, it's almost time."
"Well, let's go then."
Song Zhishu nodded without saying anything more and looked at Yu Cheng again.
As for the city lord Zhou Huang who came to see him off, he didn't care about him at all.
Lin Cheng and others didn't even care.
Zhou Huang was a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to get angry. After all, he had done almost nothing in this battle of Yucheng, especially now that Song Zhishu and others seemed to have become heroes in the eyes of many monks.
He was thinking why he couldn't stay in the first place. Even if he stayed in the city lord's palace, it would be better than now.
Immediately, everyone walked away with their swords and disappeared into the void in an instant.
Song Zhishu understood what the lord of Yu City was thinking.
That's how the world is.
Some people choose to die calmly because of their passion and righteousness in their hearts, and some people only care about immediate interests.
But he didn't care about any of this, because it was completely meaningless, and he would not accuse anyone from the highest point of morality. He only wanted those people to be admired and those people to be ignored.
Qingzhou City Gate.
Different from the previous in and out.
At this moment, at least tens of thousands of people gathered at the city gate.
Each of the cultivations has its own strengths and weaknesses, the weak ones are in the Qi training realm, and there are also the powerful pill-forming realms, but without exception, they are all casual cultivators.
They looked into the distance with a bit of anxiety in their eyes, as if they were waiting for something.
"After so many days, Mr. Song and the others should be back, right?"
"I don't know, but it's okay to wait. The battle of Yucheng by Mr. Song and his party has corrected our reputation. From now on, let's see who can say that our scattered cultivators have no merit in the chaos of demons."
"Yes, it is said that there are only a few hundred people. They blocked it for ten days. It is said that the devil will come on the last day."
"I got the news too late, otherwise I would have gone to Yucheng. It's a pity that Qingzhou was closed later."
"It's a pity indeed."
One by one, the casual cultivators spoke with respect and a bit of pity in their words.
The Battle of Yucheng spread throughout the world in a short period of time after the Heaven-Sealing Demonic Formation was broken.
Although some monks in Qingzhou City knew something before, they were not clear about the details. But after more news came in, almost everyone was shocked. With hundreds of casual cultivators, they held off the demon army for ten days, which was a feat.
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More importantly, precisely because of these ten days, the entire Jinzhou area was protected from the chaos of demons.
How can such achievements and actions not attract people's attention?
And there's one more thing.
That is, almost all those participating in this battle are casual cultivators. What does this mean?
For a long time, casual cultivators were inconspicuous in the eyes of those sect disciples and did not dare to be used in a big way. Especially during the Qingzhou Rebellion, a violent conflict almost broke out between the two sides, although the matter was resolved in the end.
But the casual cultivators have never been convinced by this. They really have no strength and no background, but they will definitely take the lead at critical moments, but they just have no chance.
But in this battle of Yucheng, Song Zhishu led the rogue cultivators and indirectly rescued the entire Jinzhou, and these were all the result of the rogue cultivators.
After what happened, almost all the sect disciples were speechless and no longer the same as before.
Some of the disciples of the sect finally began to take the casual cultivators seriously.
What does this amount to?
It is equivalent to Song Zhishu and others, who have single-handedly supported the dignity of all casual cultivators.
Therefore, in Qingzhou City, as long as there are casual cultivators, knowing that those people will come back in the next few days, almost all of them spontaneously go to the city gate to prepare to welcome them. For them, Song Zhishu represents their casual cultivators.
"It's just that I heard that Mr. Song is a disciple of the Taihao Sword Sect, the same Song Zhishu who caused the strange phenomenon in the world."
Some casual cultivators spoke up and felt that there was something wrong with treating the other party as a casual cultivator.
Taihao Sword Sect is the top force in the world.
At this moment, everyone already knew that the Song Zhishu they knew was the one from Taihao Sword Sect.
"So what? Mr. Song has long since left the Taihao Sword Sect and is already a casual cultivator. And you don't know why Mr. Song quit in the first place. Isn't it because the Taihao Sword Sect is unfair to the lower-level disciples?"
"Yes, everything he does is for the monks at the bottom, unlike some people who are superior. It is precisely because of Mr. Song's quality that he deserves our respect even more."
"I think Mr. Song should be our casual cultivator, not the leader of the lower class cultivators."
Another casual cultivator spoke up and said something like this.
For many years, the San cultivators were at the bottom and could not hold their heads high in front of the disciples of the sect. Now there is a person who has changed the name of San cultivators.
More importantly, some people respected Song Zhishu even more after knowing his identity and origin. Even though he was just a handyman disciple at that time, he could face the senior officials of Taihao Sword Sect and denounce injustice. This was something that not many people could do.
It takes a lot of courage to do something like this.
It can be said that a person with such moral character is definitely worthy of being regarded as the leader of casual cultivators.
The Battle of Yucheng had a great impact on today's world.
No matter what casual cultivators elsewhere think.
But in the land of Qingzhou, in the eyes of these casual cultivators, Song Zhishu was the leader.
"Chief, it seems that Fellow Daoist Song's prestige in the hearts of the Qingzhou cultivators can no longer be replaced by anyone." On top of the Qingzhou City, the middle-aged Taoist Aunt Yanluo of the Qingcheng Sword Sect looked at the scene below and couldn't help but speak.
"Friend Yan is wrong." Next to him, Xu Changyu shook his head and continued: "It's not just Qingzhou now."
"After the news of the Battle of Yucheng spread, the Eastern Region and even the entire Central Continent's casual cultivators greatly admired this Song Taoist friend, saying that they wanted to see it with their own eyes. His reputation is no longer this. The name of the leader, I'm afraid
No Buddhist monk would deny it."
Speaking of this, he sighed a little. After all, he led some casual cultivators to resist the devil's plan.
Moreover, he is a Confucian genius in the true sense. In addition, he knew from the university that Song Zhishu's name has been noticed by everyone.
Moreover, this battle also caused more people to speculate that Song Zhishu may have been transformed into a saint, and his level was not low, and he was a destined person. In this way, it was impossible not to want to attract attention.
"By the way, have the matters between the major sects been agreed upon?"
The middle-aged Taoist nun thought for a moment and then said directly: "There is a plan for loose cultivators all over the world."
"The demon chaos in Beizhou has been relatively controlled, but the effect is not very good. Some things are imminent and should be within the next few days." Xu Changyu nodded, his tone a little solemn.
After spending such a high price, almost all the major sects in the world participated, but in the end there was still no way to deal with the demon.
After all, the saint has passed away. It is unrealistic to completely suppress the demons with only the power of Taoism and Buddhism.
Now it seems that the situation is still under control, but only the top management knows how much effort has been used.
And in order to cope with what may happen next.
All major sects must respond.
"Then what will the Shushan Sword Sect do?" The middle-aged Taoist nun nodded with a smile on her face.
"How do I know?" Xu Changyu was stunned, then shook his head and asked again: "What about the Qingcheng Sword Sect? Is there any more news?"
The middle-aged Taoist nun heard this but did not answer.
Obviously the two major forces have plans, but they don't want to reveal them.
Although before this, the heads of various major sects had gathered together in Beizhou to discuss dealing with demons, in fact they all had their own agendas, and this was unavoidable no matter what.
"Right."
The middle-aged Taoist nun seemed to have remembered something and said in a serious tone: "There is news about the plan to integrate the major sects in the world. My elder brother Qingcheng Sword Sect has agreed and said that he will fully support Mu Changge."
"How is it that you are just a Taoist disciple? My senior brothers from Shushan, Yin Yang Immortal Sect, Longhu Tao Sect, etc., all the top forces have all agreed."
Xu Changyu took a deep breath and couldn't help but say: "What ability does Mu Changge have that he can do this?"
The purpose of the plan to integrate the forces of the major sects is naturally to deal with the demons and no longer act independently as before.
It is equivalent to all sects having to obey orders uniformly.
Although it has not yet been determined who will be the leader, this plan was proposed by Mu Changge and received full support from all major sects and Taoists. However, these things are only spread within a small range and many people do not know about it.
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Both the middle-aged Taoist nun and Xu Changyu are true disciples of the two major sword sects, Shushan and Qingcheng.
So both of them knew the news.
At the same time, they also understand that this approach is indeed beneficial to dealing with demons and coping with future changes in the situation.
But the key point is that the two of them don't understand how Mu Changge did it so that his senior brother and other disciples of the sect all supported him and were willing to help.
Mu Changge is very strong.
They know it, but their senior brother is not weak either.
"I don't know either." The middle-aged Taoist nun shook her head, not understanding this very much.
Does Mu Changge really have such great ability that the senior brothers from all the top sects are willing to bow down?
It should be noted that if there is no accident, the Taoist disciples of each sect will basically be the next headmaster. Mu Changge's actions are equivalent to mastering the strongest forces in the world in advance. This is incredible.
"That's all, we can't interfere in these things, just do what we need to do."
Xu Changyu shook his head and did not think about it.
After all, this is already related to the decision of the highest level of the major forces in the entire human race, and even the true disciples can't do anything.
"kindness."
The middle-aged Taoist nun nodded, then looked into the distance, her eyes moving slightly: "Fellow Taoist Song is here."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Changyu cast a look of surprise.
After the Jinzhou Disaster ended.
The major forces stationed in Qingzhou City, including the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yin Yang Immortal Sect, and Longhu Dao Sect, have all left one after another, including the Sword Palace Elder of Taihao Sword Sect. Now only he and Yan Luo are left.
The reason why I stayed here was just to wait for Song Zhishu.
In some matters, the other party is already qualified to participate.
At this moment, outside Qingzhou City.
Streams of light flew in quickly, and soon fell under the city gate. It was Song Zhishu and others.
"Coming, coming."
"I finally came and met Mr. Song."
Below, when tens of thousands of casual cultivators saw Song Zhishu, their eyes suddenly lit up and they hurriedly came up to greet him.
Even Lin Cheng and others were immediately surrounded, and they were a little at a loss for a while.
Although they knew that the Battle of Yucheng had a great impact.
Your name will also be known to more people.
But I never expected that I would receive such a grand welcome just after I came back.
But if you think about it carefully, it seems normal. After all, everyone has really accomplished an impossible thing and saved the lives of tens of millions of mortals. More importantly, those who participated in the whole process are basically casual cultivators.
Chen Jingyun actually had a premonition about this, but he still felt that the welcome was too warm, as there were tens of thousands of casual cultivators.
"Everyone, everyone." In desperation, Chen Jingyun had no choice but to say: "The battle in Yucheng was not due to us and a few others. There are also those who died. Their bones are here. Can you please pass by and let us take care of them?"
They were sent home."
I am back and still alive, but this is not the case for some people.
And his words also made all the casual cultivators present quiet down.
Although the Battle of Yucheng was led by Song Zhishu, without the desperate fight of those who died, there would not have been such a result.
They understood the meaning, so they nodded one by one and moved out of the way. It was precisely because these people's reputation as casual cultivators could make the sect disciples take them seriously.
Seeing this, Song Zhishu bowed slightly to everyone, and then entered Qingzhou City with Chen Jingyun and others.
Because the names and identities of those people are known, those who have family members are handed over to their families, and those who do not are gathered together and buried in one place, with inscriptions erected at the same time. Although they are all foundation-building and Qi-training monks, they deserve this treatment.
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And during this process, those casual cultivators have been following behind.
After doing all this.
Song Zhishu, Chen Jingyun and others began to talk with the casual cultivators who came to greet them.
Of course, I am just saying that, I have admiration and admiration for them, and I am grateful for everything they have done.
During this period, Chen Jingyun also described some details of the battle in Yucheng, and told some people who fought until the last moment and died of exhaustion.
Only then did some casual cultivators clearly understand the cruelty of facing monsters and the dangers of the Battle of Yucheng. Everything now was obtained by some people with their lives. They were not involved, so they could not feel it.
But after hearing everything, everyone stopped smiling.
I understand that the safe return of Song Zhishu and others is not something to be happy about. Behind some victories, there are often too many things. And it is precisely because of this that some sect disciples began to take casual cultivation seriously.
It's not that something is impossible, it's that some people choose to persevere for something and then die.
That's what really matters.
So after that, all the casual cultivators calmed down, faced the direction of Yucheng, and bowed slightly.
The reason why Chen Jingyun said this was not for any reason. He felt that what Song Zhishu said was a lot, and some people should not be forgotten.
In this way, after two full hours, the casual cultivators chose to disperse.
After Song Zhishu and others arranged for the bones of the dead, they went to Wanshi Pavilion. They had done a task before. Now that Jinzhou is in trouble, the demons are gone, and the task is naturally completed.
The Master of Wanshi Pavilion received him personally and distributed the rewards of the mission, totaling 300,000 spirit stones.
There are five people doing this task, and each person can get a share of 60,000.
But Wang Chong died.
So in the end there were only four people divided.
In addition, the city lord's palace also sent people to say that in the battle of Yucheng, all the casual cultivators who participated had merit, and the major sects had already drawn up rewards. After all, this was a meritorious service to the entire human race, and it should be so, and the east and west
It will be delivered to your door within a few days.
It can be said that after everyone returned to Qingzhou City, they were busy almost all the time and had no time to rest at all.
It wasn't until dark that all the things were completely resolved.
Chen Jingyun chose to go back to Qingzhou Academy. After all, his teacher was there and he was also a gentleman of the academy.
Another group of people also had places to go, and they were separated one by one.
Lin Cheng and Li Xiansong went to Yunlingzhai with Song Zhishu again as a temporary place to stay. However, the manager of Yunlingzhai said that he would not charge any fees, thinking that they were meritorious people and could be exempted.
In this regard, the three of them were a little helpless, but they also knew that this was human nature. If they had to give it, it would be difficult for Yunlingzhai's business to continue.
Saying goodbye to Lin Cheng and the other two, Song Zhishu returned to the room, and everything returned to calm at this moment.
From now on, everything in Yucheng and Jinzhou is over.
"It's over."
With the doors and windows closed, Song Zhishu sat cross-legged on the bed, feeling peaceful.
Everything that needs to be done has been done, and everything has come to an end, but I am afraid that I will never forget what happened these days.
Without saying anything else, he stood up, placed the pen and paper on the table, and slowly spread it out.
Then he recalled everything he had experienced in the past few days.
After a long time, Song Zhishu picked up a pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote a line on the rice paper: The destiny is called nature, the will is called Tao, and the cultivation of Tao is called teaching.
It is the first chapter of The Golden Mean.
Because of the continuous battles in Yucheng, I have not been able to calm down and study in recent times.
After writing this sentence today, Song Zhishu had a new feeling.
His previous understanding of this statement was still superficial.
Thinking that you only need to do things with your own opinions and then influence others has already confirmed the opening chapter.
But now, Song Zhishu has another opinion, and believes that it is not just about influencing others. Just like giving lectures at Qingzhou Academy and spreading the way of a gentleman, in fact, if you want to talk about it, you can also understand it as teaching as a cultivator, but it is very reluctant.
To teach, to educate.
It is not only necessary for others to understand, but also for others to have some insights and achieve this step at the same time.
Of course, this is not simply about asking others to do the same thing as you. It can be understood as using your own principles to guide others, and then bring out the goodness in others.
Confucian perfection is the highest realm that every scholar pursues.
Regarding this, Song Zhishu understood more.
The important thing is not teaching, but enlightenment. Just like this battle of Yucheng, after it is known to the world, it will also arouse kindness in more people's hearts.
"The golden mean, the way to be a human being, is nothing more than this."
Song Zhishu said to himself, "I have realized more things and have more views and understandings of the Doctrine of the Mean. This is the importance of traveling thousands of miles. It is useless to study hard. You need experience, and experience is the best."
teacher.
With his thoughts at this point, he continued to write down the golden mean.
After about an hour, I finished writing silently.
Song Zhishu looked at it carefully and thought about what he should do in the future, that is, what he really needs.
"Is Fellow Daoist Song here?"
But at this time, a voice sounded from outside the door. It was not Lin Cheng or Chen Jingyun.
In this regard, Song Zhishu thought for a moment, put away his pen and ink, then straightened his clothes a little, and then opened the door.
There were two people standing in front of him, Xu Changyu, a disciple from Shushan, and Yanluo, a disciple from Qingcheng.
"I have met these two fellow Taoists, please come in and sit down."
Song Zhishu had known for a long time that the two men were coming, so he was not surprised. When he was in Yucheng before, he had already known their identities, and they were true disciples of the two great sword sects.
However, his expression was calm, neither sad nor happy, and he had a normal heart. He was neither too enthusiastic nor too indifferent.
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Song." The two of them bowed slightly and walked into the room.
"I wonder why two Taoist friends came to the door in person?"
Song Zhishu poured a cup of spiritual tea for each of them and said in a gentle tone.
Since their identities were revealed, there have been many people who want to get closer and closer, and the two of them have already expressed their intentions before, so there is no need to beat around the bush. It just so happens that I also want to learn more about these two true disciples.
Many things.
Especially regarding the demon chaos in Beizhou, he had heard about it and it was very serious.
The reason why the major sects were unable to resolve the Jinzhou chaos in a short period of time was because the top experts all went to Beizhou.
Of course, these were all things Song Zhishu had heard from other people, and there were not many of them. However, since the two people in front of him had high status, they naturally knew more.
"Fellow Daoist Song, my master is very optimistic about you. I hope that if there is a chance, I can invite you to Qingcheng Sword Sect for a talk. Of course, when will I go to see Friend Daoist Song? This is the Qingcheng Sword Talisman. If Friend Daoist Song thinks about it, you can crush it."
With this talisman, I will come and take you to Qingcheng Sword Sect."
The middle-aged Taoist nun Yan Luo has a very straightforward personality and makes her purpose clear when she opens her mouth.
At the same time, he took out a jade talisman from his sleeve with the word Qingcheng engraved on it.
"good."
Song Zhishu nodded directly without hesitation.
Qingcheng is one of the three major sword sects in the world. It is an old and top sect with a long heritage. It would be great if you can go there.
And the other party has already stated that he is not in a hurry and can go at any time when he has made up his mind. His attitude is gentle.
So there is no reason to refuse at all.
"Since Fellow Daoist Song has agreed, I won't bother you. Fellow Daoist Xu has more important things to talk to you about, so I'll leave first." When the middle-aged Taoist nun saw Song Zhishu accepting the jade talisman, she immediately stood up and handed her over. The task entrusted to her by the sect has been completed.
, naturally there is no need to stay any longer.
And she also knew that if she were here, it might be difficult for Xu Changyu to speak.
"Thank you, fellow smoker, please go slowly, fellow smoker."
Sure enough, when Xu Changyu saw that the other party was about to leave, he stood up quickly without any hesitation.
Seeing this, the middle-aged Taoist nun didn't pay attention at all, and then left the room in one step.
Song Zhishu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't care, and then turned his attention to Xu Changyu.
"Fellow Daoist Song."
Xu Changyu sat down, collected his thoughts for a moment, and then said: "I know you have many questions and doubts, but now is not the time to talk about these things. Of course, someone will explain these things to fellow Taoists. Please bear with me now.
I have a question for you, friend Daoist Song, would you like to join our Shushan Sword Sect?"
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The Jinju Rebellion is over, and the plot will develop as quickly as possible in July~