Chapter 20: Just off the peak, then on to the peak
Holding the sword manual of Beihai Wang's Imperial Sword, Li Tianlan made Wang Xiaoyao wait for six or seven hours before giving him the Half-Style Shadow Jue.
This is not because Li Tianlan is deliberately neglecting it, but for him, this is a very energy-consuming thing.
Jie's Nine-Character Mantra is exquisite and cunning. Although it is an eccentric sword, it is as sharp as a sword and its edge is as sharp as the sky. Each move is extremely profound. For someone like Li Tianlan, who has just come into contact with the Nine-Character Mantra, how to sort out it?
The Half-Style Shadow Jue not only tests his vision, but also his understanding and analytical ability.
It is impossible for Li Tianlan to destroy his credibility for this kind of deal. He will give what he should give. But he doesn't want to give more than he can. All Wang Xiaoyao needs is a shadow. How can he achieve his goal without revealing more?
The essence of Shadow Art is definitely a test for Li Tianlan, and it can also deepen his understanding of Shadow Art.
So throughout the morning, Li Tianlan locked himself in the bedroom, memorizing the essence of the shadow formula bit by bit.
I didn’t eat breakfast and I didn’t eat lunch.
It wasn't until three o'clock in the afternoon that he walked out of the bedroom with the carefully arranged Shadow Zi Jue.
Wang Xiaoyao is still sitting in his original position. It seems that he has never moved or changed his posture since Li Tianlan entered.
Seeing Li Tianlan come out, he raised his head, smiled, and said calmly: "Okay?"
Li Tianlan nodded and handed a page of A4 paper to Wang Xiaoyao: "It's all here."
His voice was a little tired, but it also had a hint of joy. After several hours and a night of contemplation, he already had a general understanding of the Shadow Zi Jue. As one of the cores of the Nine-Character Mantra, the Shadow Zi Jue
How to form a shadow is the key. Although it is extremely difficult, it is only the basis for getting started with Shadow Jue. How to make the shadow move and even imitate your own movements is the most essential and difficult part.
The half-style shadow formula compiled by Li Tianlan for Wang Xiaoyao is simply stingy to the extreme. Even if the shadow formula is successfully practiced, the most it can be is a shadow, and it can change places with the shadow once. As for wanting to do something else,
That's basically impossible.
But this was enough to satisfy Wang Xiaoyao's needs. He glanced at the information in his hand, his eyes lit up slightly, and after a moment of silence, he extended his hand to Li Tianlan and said with a smile: "It's a pleasure to cooperate."
Li Tianlan stretched out his hand and shook his hand with an indifferent expression.
Wang Xiaoyao took a deep look at him, put down the information in his hand carefully, smiled again and said: "Let's talk about our grudges later. As for our transaction, Wang's Imperial Sword cannot be leaked easily.
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Li Tianlan didn't think he had any grievances with him. The one who had grievances with him was the Wang family of Beihai. When it came to Wang Xiaoyao, it could only be regarded as a knot in his heart. However, he was too lazy to say anything more. He knew that the second half of Wang Xiaoyao's sentence was a reminder.
He kept the transaction secret and nodded curtly, looking a little perfunctory.
Wang Xiaoyao didn't hesitate, turned around and left. When he was about to step out of the room, he suddenly turned back, looked at Li Tianlan in front of him, and said meaningfully: "Tianlan, do you know what the appearance of a rebellious minister is?"
"Mr. Wang, if you have anything to say, please say it directly."
Li Tianlan's emotions were turbulent inside, but he became calmer on the outside.
Wang Xiaoyao laughed, turned around and left without saying much.
Li Tianlan looked at his back and frowned. After thinking for a while, he still couldn't figure it out. He shook his head, took out his cell phone and sent a message to Wang Yuetong, then returned to the living room and waited quietly.
After half an hour, the door of the dormitory was opened from the outside, and Li Baitian's cheerful voice sounded outside the door: "Let me, let me, I say brother, please step aside, this is a treasure, our brothers will be in the future
The facade is here, it’s very valuable, don’t touch it.”
Li Tianlan suddenly became interested. He stood up with a smile. Before he could take a step, Li Baitian had already walked over carrying a huge plaque that was nearly three meters long and more than one meter wide.
His figure was really too thin, and combined with the plaque on his shoulder, he looked extremely funny. The plaque blocked his sight, but Li Baitian's tone was extremely excited, and he kept saying hello: "Where's Tianlan?"
?Tianlan? Come and see the gift that brother has prepared for you."
“It’s pretty good.”
Li Tianlan was less than half a meter away from him. He helped Li Baitian put down the plaque on his shoulder and said with a smile: "Huanghuali wood? This thing is quite rare, isn't it?"
"good."
Li Baitian chuckled, and said vulgarly and proudly: "There are many on the mountain, one hanging on each hall, and this one is the biggest. Yesterday I went back to Shushan with my nephew and stole this thing...
Well, I brought that one over. It originally had words on it, but I removed it. How can I use it? Is this thing impressive enough?"
The corner of Li Tianlan's mouth twitched. Although Li Baitian changed his words after only half a sentence, he was not deaf. How could he not know that the origin of this plaque was unknown?
Huanghuali wood is extremely precious. According to the market price, the price of such a large Huanghuali plaque is at least tens of thousands of yuan per kilogram. It can even double if it is sold at auction. Even if its economic value is not mentioned, this hanging on the Shushan Hall
The symbolic meaning is probably far greater than the actual meaning, and Li Baitian also said that this is the largest plaque in Shushan, and its preciousness is unimaginable.
"Stealed?"
Li Tianlan coughed dryly and asked in a low voice.
"Are you kidding me? I am one of the four great sword masters in Shushan. Is there anything in Shushan that I cannot take? And it is done openly. How can I steal it?"
Li Baitian's tone was high and he denied it righteously.
Li Tianlan nodded with a dry smile, changed his approach, and said with a smile: "Then what are the original words on this plaque?"
"Nirvana..."
Li Baitian was excited in his heart. He had a babbling character, and when he was happy, he spoke without thinking. As soon as the two words came out of his mouth, he immediately realized that something was wrong and stopped talking.
nirvana...
This time, not only Li Tianlan, but also Ning Qiancheng and even Wang Yuetong had expressions of bewilderment, looking at Li Baitian as if they were looking at a monster.
"Blessed God, why didn't you steal the entire Shu Mountain?"
Wang Yuetong was silent for a while, then laughed softly with a playful smile.
Li Tianlan is no longer a bumpkin who just came to Huating. At least he already has a clear understanding of the situation of the Central Continent's special warfare system and the major martial arts forces. He already knew it just after hearing Li Baitian's words.
The origin of this plaque.
The Nirvana Sword Master of Shushan, Kunlun, is one of the top ten contemporary masters in Central Continent. He is ranked above Changdongcheng Invincible of the Frontier Corps and second only to the four invincible masters. The Nirvana Sword Master can be said to be the leader of this generation in Shushan.
He is also Li Baitian's elder brother. He is not yet forty years old. It is said that his swordsmanship has reached its peak and is expected to be invincible. Different from Li Baitian who has seniority and reputation, the Nirvana Sword Master Kunlun is known throughout Central Continent.
He is an absolute master and big shot.
Li Tianlan glanced at the plaque subconsciously. As expected, there was a long sword with an ancient style carved on both sides of the plaque. So, the four words erased by Li Baitian on the plaque were the Nirvana Sword Master?
The corner of Li Tianlan's mouth twitched, feeling a little ridiculous, but also a little moved. Carrying the plaque of the Nirvana Sword Master all the way, Li Baitian almost carried Shushan's face to this small dormitory.
"Nice job."
Li Tianlan extended his thumb and said with a lewd smile.
Li Baitian was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing with a hearty and joyful smile.
"But didn't your senior brother give you any trouble? He probably already knows about what happened yesterday, right?"
Li Tianlan said curiously.
"So I didn't steal it, otherwise senior brother would have caught me back. I just took it, understand? This can be considered a gift from Shushan to us. Can't our institution be named after ourselves? When the time comes,
How respectable would it be to write the name of your organization and hang it in front of the door?"
Li Baitian chuckled and looked at the plaque on the side, the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became.
Seeing that there was something serious about Li Baitian, Li Tianlan was also doubtful and didn't ask any more questions.
Wang Yuetong, who had seen with her own eyes the Nirvana Sword Master whose whole body was full of sword intent, would not easily believe Li Baitian's lies. She rolled her eyes and quietly pulled the one who came in with them.
The girl whispered: "Hua Yu, is what your uncle said true?"
The girl has delicate features, not extremely beautiful, but her delicate appearance makes people look very comfortable. She is also a new student of Sky Academy, and is the disciple of Kunlun, the master of the Nirvana Sword. Her name is Ye Huayu.
, the day before school started, she had a meal with Li Tianlan and Ning Qiancheng.
When they were having dinner, Ye Huayu could sense her junior uncle's extraordinary enthusiasm for Li Tianlan, but she never expected that just a few days after the incident, her junior junior uncle would be able to sacrifice his master for the sake of her brother.
All the plaques hanging in front of the main hall were sent over.
Hearing Wang Yuetong's question, Ye Huayu resisted the desire to roll her eyes, nodded and shook her head, with a confused look on her face.
Yesterday, I went back to Shushan with my junior uncle. The master was very happy. However, during dinner, the junior junior uncle took the master to brag, saying that he had met two good brothers, both of whom had invincible talents and earth-shattering potential. Maybe it would take many years.
After that, the three of them will step into the invincible realm together, and from then on they will roam the dark world and be invincible...
The master and the other two uncles were very generous to the young master's uncle. They were naturally happy to hear this and had a hearty dinner. The young master's uncle even took the opportunity to persuade him to drink, saying that the three brothers were invincible.
How can we carry forward Shushan after this? In one meal, Master drank six bottles of white wine. The wine looked ordinary, 53-degree Maotai, but it contained 70-degree overlord drunkenness. The young master's uncle was cheating and playing tricks.
After not drinking much, almost all of the six bottles of liquor went into Master's stomach. Before the meal was completely finished, Master was already unconscious.
As a result, the young uncle took off the plaque in front of the master's hall, picked it up and ran away. Although a day had passed since the incident, it was estimated that the master was still asleep after drinking five or six bottles of 70-proof liquor.
Where is the time to catch him?
Ye Huayu looked at Wang Yuetong's increasingly doubtful eyes, nodded against his will, and said, "It's true."
As soon as he said these words, Ye Huayu felt as if his conscience had been eaten by a dog, and his eyes looking at Li Baitian became more and more resentful.
Li Tianlan ignored it, looking at Li Tianlan who was still in a daze, and said with a smile: "I have prepared the pen and ink, Tianlan, stop the ink, hurry up, have you thought of a name? Write it right away."
The corners of Ye Huayu's tender mouth twitched again. Among the people present, she was probably the only one who could tell that the young master uncle was guilty. As long as Li Tianlan wrote the words, even if the master knew it, he could only hold it in.
You can't really ask someone to imitate the little master and then erase the words and take the plaque back, right?
This kind of vindictive thing is totally meaningless to do.
"I've thought of a name, Donghuang Palace."
Li Tianlan said softly, scanning everyone's reactions. When he saw Ye Huayu, he paused, then nodded and said, "What do you think?"
"I have no opinion."
Ning Qiancheng said with a smile.
"This name is domineering and powerful."
Li Baitian was laughing and joking, suddenly paused, frowned and said, "Donghuang? This name sounds familiar. Someone seemed to have told me about a man named Donghuanghuang a few days ago..."
Li Tianlan, who was originally overjoyed, suddenly felt a pain in his balls. He thought it was Li Baitian who had heard the rumors about Dongcheng Huangtu, but as he muttered to himself, Li Tianlan was speechless. The name Dongcheng Huangtu had been mentioned in the past few days.
It was he who told Li Baitian.
"That's it?"
Li Tianlan asked softly, glanced at Ye Huayu again, and then said: "Blessed, your nephew..."
"She?"
Li Baitian seemed to be still thinking about who told him about the Donghuang Emperor a few days ago. After hearing this, he said casually: "Of course she will join the Donghuang Palace with me. She is the direct descendant of the senior brother.
Good nephew, what is there to say?"
Ye Huayu blushed and nodded towards Li Tianlan.
"welcome."
Li Tianlan smiled at Ye Huayu. During the entrance exercise, Ye Huayu's score was among the top fifty, and his ranking seemed to be relatively high. He would never have too many such talents.
Ye Huayu nodded, looked at the thoughtful junior uncle, and didn't know what he was thinking about all day, and said helplessly: "The name of Donghuang Palace is very good, do you want to write it now?"
She raised a plastic bag in her hand, which contained the pen and ink she had prepared.
"So urgent?"
Li Tianlan was stunned for a moment. He was not afraid of writing. From childhood to adulthood, he would practice calligraphy with his grandfather almost every day, rain or shine. He had practiced calligraphy for many years. Although his calligraphy was not as impressive as everyone else's, he could draw it one stroke at a time.
It's very impressive, and it's definitely eye-catching when you take it out.
"The sooner the better."
Ye Huayu whispered softly, taking the blame that originally belonged to Li Baitian on his back: "Today is the first day of the establishment of the Donghuang Palace. It will be more meaningful to write it earlier."
"good."
Li Tianlan took a deep look at her, turned around, put the plaque away, and casually ordered: "Moon pupils grind ink."
Wang Yuetong responded obediently and took the pen and ink from Ye Huayu's hand.
Li Tianlan calmed down and stood in front of the huge plaque with a calm expression.
"I see."
Li Baitian suddenly shouted.
Wang Yuetong, who was grinding ink, shook her little hand, and the ink flew out and landed on her white tights.
Li Baitian smiled and said, "Why does it sound so familiar to me? Tianlan, who did you mention to me a few days ago and what was his name?"
Li Tianlan, who was also shocked, took a deep breath, and then another. Finally, he couldn't hold it in anymore and swore directly: "Go, go, go, Qiancheng, pull this guy out and beat him to death with sticks."
Ning Qiancheng walked over, holding back his laughter, and pulled the confused Li Baitian out directly.
Ye Huayu and Yu Qingyan also followed out.
In the living room, Wang Yuetong wrinkled her face and looked at the ink on her pants, shook her head, and suddenly smiled: "They are quite interesting."
"Yeah, it's quite interesting."
Li Tianlan said softly.
Wang Yuetong dipped the pen in ink and handed it to Li Tianlan. She chuckled and said, "Let me admire senior brother's calligraphy."
Li Tianlan took the pen and looked at the plaque in front of him. He found it difficult to write for a while.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered the even more precious red sandalwood plaque in the border camp.
The plaque with the word "Li" written on it represents the Li family's hundreds of years of glory and desolation.
That plaque now sits in a border camp, symbolizing the end of Lee's family.
But the plaque in front of me represents the beginning.
A beginning with countless possibilities.
Li Tianlan was in a complicated mood.
There is high morale, great pride, confusion and anxiety, as well as unwillingness and resentment.
Kunlun Xuanyuan Terrace is now in its tenth generation.
The Lee family continues from the fifth generation to the present day.
The nine invincible masters are all the war gods of Central Continent and the backbone of the country.
As a family, we protect the peace of a city and a country.
Some people are invincible in the world, but when they draw their swords, everyone in the world becomes ants.
Some people smile proudly, and make all enemies bow down while talking and laughing.
Some people fight to the death and use their lives and souls to cast the light of the God of War.
Someone solemnly swore to stand on the border and guard the border.
In different situations, in different eras, there are people who can turn the tide, some who are wrapped in horse leather, some who are angry enough to swallow mountains and rivers, and some who are looking down on the world.
For five hundred years, it has been invincible for nine generations. How could the majesty and pride that shimmered in the endless years of the past be lost?
How can it be separated?
The majesty is gone, the pride is gone.
The camp on the border is getting smaller and smaller, and the end of the Li family seems to be in sight.
Twenty years ago, thousands of elites followed Grandpa to the border.
Twenty years later, there were no more than a hundred people on the entire border.
Where are people?
They are all in the graveyard behind the camp.
There are nearly a thousand graves and nearly a thousand tombstones.
Among the bones buried underneath, how many people died a good death?
Li Tianlan smiled softly, a little self-deprecating, but more of a coldness and ridicule that went deep into his bones.
It wasn't until this moment that he discovered that those uncles and uncles that his grandfather asked him to remember, those uncles and uncles who hugged him when he was a child, those dead bones buried in the graves, those memories that he thought were very clear, when he thought of them again,
It turned out to be blurry.
So many years.
It's really too long.
It's been so long that he has almost forgotten the veterans who died for the Li family.
After a long time, people outside have forgotten about them.
Li Tianlan gently raised his pen and placed one stroke on the plaque.
In the living room, a sword intent that was so pure that there was no impurity suddenly broke out in the light fragrance.
Sensen Sword Intent.
Sweeping everything.
Li Tianlan started to use his pen later and later, but the sword intention in the living room became more and more powerful, gradually becoming more and more perfect.
His expression was calm, one eye was flashing with swords and swords, but the other eye was deep and silent, without any ripples.
Wang Yuetong stared at Li Tianlan closely, her eyes worried.
This state, which is similar to meditation but is definitely not meditation, is an opportunity for any warrior, but it also has dangers.
Li Tianlan's body stopped, and the tip of his pen moved little by little on the plaque.
In the living room, the sword intent whirled and swirled, creating a heavy pressure.
"Snapped!"
Several glasses placed on the coffee table shattered instantly.
Li Tianlan was completely unaware and just wrote quietly.
Time passes extremely fast and extremely slowly.
Wang Yuetong stared at Li Tianlan without blinking.
The east character is completed.
Senran's sword intent is already everywhere.
The sword intent passed through, and sword marks of different shades appeared on the sofa, tables, chairs, and floor in the living room. Wang Yuetong protected herself carefully. After hesitating for a moment, she finally stood up and walked slowly.
door, and then sat down at the door.
She's right here.
No matter who it is, no one can disturb Li Tianlan.
The sword intent is even stronger in the living room.
The first stroke of the emperor character is finished.
A monstrous edge leaped out from between the paintings, and the entire living room was already a mess.
Li Tianlan, who was completely immersed in it, stared at the plaque tightly, but his mind fell into the years, passing by in a trance in the glory and splendor of Kunlun Xuanyuan Terrace for hundreds of years.
That invincibility that has dominated the dark world from generation to generation, that different sword, and different martial arts.
Li Tianlan was very excited.
There was blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, but he wrote more resolutely.
In the living room, the sword intent turned into murderous intent.
Like a madman.
time flies.
The word "Emperor" is written.
It was already night outside the window.
Blood dripped on the floor, and Li Tianlan's expression became more determined. Every stroke seemed to be integrated into his soul, his pride, with an indomitable edge and killing intent.
When the last stroke of the word "Dian" comes to an end.
The dark night outside the window slowly faded away.
An ultimate ray of light jumped into the sky, shining brightly, and the sun was rising.
Li Tianlan finally put down his pen.
His eyes gradually returned to their normal focus, and when he looked at the words Donghuang Palace in front of him, he subconsciously narrowed his eyes.
The ink fragrance of the three characters Donghuangdian floats, and the killing intent and sword intent that almost stings the human heart are being released from every stroke, revealing their sharp edge.
These are the most perfect three words he has ever written in his life.
It was also the most perfect night in his life.
Dripping with murderous intent.
The mood is complete.
There is already a vague feeling that everything in the world only needs a sword.
Li Tianlan turned his head silently.
Beside him, an identical shadow stood beside him, also looking at the plaque in front of him.
Lifelike and lifelike.
The shadows turned their heads as Li Tianlan, looking at each other and smiling at the same time.
Li Tianlan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and felt relaxed.
On this day, after taking the immortality potion, Li Tianlan, who had just reached the peak of the Qi Control Realm, reached the peak again.