Yunzhou, Misty Mountain, West Mountain Pass
Standing on the top of the highest rock in West Mountain Pass, one could clearly see the small mountain village where he was born. But compared to the time when he was born, the small mountain village had undergone earth-shaking changes.
A very luxurious house rose from the ground, built against the mountain and the water. The house covered an area of several acres, stretching from the east to the west of the village. This was Old Zhou's house.
In this small village, Old Zhou's house had already become a synonym that people envied. Looking at this house, the villagers from time to time showed extremely envious eyes, pointing at it.
"Old Zhou's life is so good. He has such a good son!"
"Why, Old Xing, are you jealous? If you are jealous, you can also have another child. I'm afraid that you don't have such a good life as Old Zhou!"
"Even if you let me have another child now, I can't!"
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The villagers teased. These mountain people were simple, not as cunning as the outsiders. They might have some jealousy in their hearts for Old Zhou's sudden prosperity, but more of it was ordinary envy. After all, it was not only Old Zhou's that had become rich, but the whole small village also benefited from it. Old Zhou had been born and raised in the village all his life. Before, he was just an ordinary hunter and farmer. No matter how deep his feelings for the village were, there was no way to change it. His life was still poor, how could he help others?
But now it was different. He had a good son, and now this son was an official outside, and he had become an Elder of the Wu's!
An Elder of the Wu's!
That was a role that even the supervisor of the Wu's ironware shop in Qingyang Market had to kneel down to. Looking at those people who were like gods in his heart, one by one, after seeing him, they could not wait to kneel down and lick the soles of his shoes. He felt like he was in a dream. For a while, he could not adapt at all. Although he could not adapt, it did not hinder his warm-hearted heart. With his help, the originally good mountain village had become the most prosperous village in Misty Mountain.
Even like Qingyang Market, a small market had been formed here. Every first and fifteenth day of each month, the villages in the mountain would gather here to trade. Gradually, it had become the central village within a radius of a hundred miles.
For such a change, Old Zhou and the villagers were naturally happy from ear to ear. After all, in this world, who did not yearn for a good life?
But the initiator of all this, Junior Leopard, had an indifferent attitude.
Of course, it didn't matter to him. Because he had the memories of his previous life, he had a natural sense of estrangement with his relatives in this life, not to mention the small mountain village and villagers who were not his relatives or friends.
Standing on the rock at the West Mountain Pass, Junior Leopard looked at the looming small mountain village dozens of miles away. He sighed softly. It had been more than 10 years since he was born. It was really like a dream.
If you observed carefully, you would find that although Junior Leopard seemed to be standing on the top of the rock, his feet actually did not step on the rock. Instead, he was suspended in the air, surrounded by wisps of extremely light wind, gently brushing his black sleeves. He looked like an immortal.
Two light red Sword Qi, like spiritual snakes, entwined around the tip of his right index finger. This was the Sword Qi of the Extreme Yang Through Sky Sword. After a period of practice, he had perfectly combined the Dragon Flying Technique and the Yin and Yang Heavenly Sword. The horrible Sword Qi no longer needed to be released through the External Elixir between his eyebrows.
However, it was also a pity that he had not practiced the Yin and Yang Heavenly Sword up to now.
Although the Earth Vein Evil Qi here was of extreme Yin property and extremely cold, it was a pity that it was not compatible with his Extreme Yang Through Sky Sword.
The Yin and Yang Heavenly Sword was a mysterious method. Junior Leopard seemed to understand it before, but in fact, he did not know anything. He recklessly practiced the Extreme Yang Through Sky Sword with the Blood Essence Evil Yuan Qi, but he forgot that there were three steps to practice the Yin and Yang Heavenly Sword. The first two steps were to practice the Extreme Yang Through Sky Sword and the Extreme Yin Through Sky Sword respectively. After practicing the two kinds of Sword Qi, the two kinds of Sword Qi would be melted into one through a unique secret method, thus forming a new and more powerful Sword Qi, the Heavenly Sword Qi!
Because the Extreme Yang Through Sky Sword and the Extreme Yin Through Sky Sword had to be melted into one, the power of the two must not be too different.
There were thousands of kinds of Evil Qi in the world, and their power varied. The two kinds of Evil Qi needed by the Yin and Yang property for the Yin and Yang Heavenly Sword were not too particular about the nature. As long as you found these two kinds of Evil Qi, you could practice the two kinds of Heavenly Sword. However, if you wanted to merge them, the power of the two kinds of Sword Qi had to be equal. Only when they reached a delicate balance could there be a possibility of melting them. Junior Leopard's Extreme Yang Through Sky Sword was refined by the extremely strong Blood Essence Evil Yuan, which was the top Yang Evil Qi in the world. When Junior Leopard refined it, he also broke the Evil Qi. Although the power of the Extreme Yang Through Sky Sword was amazing, if he wanted to finally practice the real Heavenly Sword Qi, he would have a very high requirement for the Extreme Yin Through Sky Sword. Although the quality of the Evil Qi in the West Mountain Pass was good and barely suitable, the quantity was too little.
Compared with the Blood Essence Evil Yuan that was broken by Junior Leopard, it was not at the same level at all. If he forced himself to condense it into the Extreme Yin Through Sky Sword, it would be impossible for his Yin and Yang Heavenly Sword to advance in the future.
Therefore, Junior Leopard had to give up.
Of course, he could not waste the Evil Qi here even if he did not practice the Extreme Yin Through Sky Sword.
Although the quantity of the Evil Qi here was not much, its quality was very high. It was the best material for practicing the Poison Cold Shield.
His Poison-absorbing Green Bead had absorbed countless Invisible Venomous Insects and the Seven Heart Golden Scorpion Poison in Maojiang Prefecture. Its toxicity was beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Now, after being refined by the Evil Qi here for three months, it had reached the perfect state. He could control it at will, and could attack and defend at the same time.
Three months!
He had been cultivating in the West Mountain Pass for three whole months.
Three months ago, after he met that strange person, he returned to Maojiang and brought Lu Laihong and the others with him. In the last few days, he caught up with the grain carts and successfully arrived at Dan Yang County. After completing the transaction, he did not encounter any trouble.
In fact, with his current fierce reputation, no one had the guts to find trouble with him.
After the handover, he wrote a letter and asked Lu Laihong to return to Qingzhou and give it to Li Yuan. In the letter, he said that after the battle with Buyan Gerel, he had some enlightenment and needed a closed-door training for a period of time to meditate. He also said that after the closed-door training, he would go directly to Northern Yuan and hone his cultivation through fighting. When he had some achievements, he would go back to serve Li Yuan!
All these were just words for show.
Both he and Li Yuan understood that after Buyan Gerel died in Zhou Bao's hands, it was unlikely that he would return to Li Yuan's side to be a personal guard.
The reason was very simple. Li Yuan's small pond could no longer support a big dragon like him!
This was not because of the pond, nor was it because of Junior Leopard, but the way of the world!
Junior Leopard did not mind going back to Li Yuan's side and taking a salary for free to be the Deputy Camp Supervisor of the personal guard camp. But he had to make Li Yuan dare to accept him!
A small General of Qingzhou had a fierce person who could kill a Level Eight expert. It would make people uneasy.
Therefore, Junior Leopard used this excuse to not follow Lu Laihong back to Qingzhou.
Although Lu Laihong did not know some of the key points, he could not do anything if Junior Leopard did not want to go back. Should he tie him up and bring him back with the crime of violating military orders? Even if he had the courage, he did not have the ability!
Therefore, he could only let him be. Fortunately, Junior Leopard had given him a letter. When he went back, he would have an explanation.
Of course, Junior Leopard did not lie. He really needed a closed-door training to digest the things that the strange man left in his mind!
Although it was just a flick of his finger, a large amount of information was transmitted into his mind, such as the vital parts of the Yin and Yang Heavenly Sword. If it were not for the information given to him by that man, he would not have known that this Cultivation Method was so particular.
He did not want to think about dozens of sets of body-refining punching skills anymore. As for how to go after cultivating to the Mysterious Realm, the information was also vague. It only said that after breaking through Level Nine, which was the Three Small Realms, it would be the Three Big Realms. As for what kind of realm it would be after jumping out of the Three Realms, the information did not mention a word about it.
However, there was one cultivation method that made him ecstatic. It was the Nine Transformations of Heavenly Birds. The Nine Transformations of Heavenly Birds was a peerless martial skill derived from the nine ancient divine birds, the Phoenix, the Roc, the Peacock, the Golden Crow, the Divine Crane, the Heavenly Eagle, the Jade Poison, the Azure Luan, and the Azure Dragon.
Of course, in addition to this, there was also a set of cultivation method for refining spirit, called Carefree Skill!
From the information that the man left in Junior Leopard's mind, Junior Leopard learned that once a real practitioner broke through Level Seven, he would practice a kind of cultivation method for refining spirit to cultivate his spiritual mind and condense his divine thoughts. It could be said that in the information that the man left, only those who could perceive and nurture their divine thoughts could be considered as real practitioners. And Carefree Skill was a superior way of refining spirit. Similarly, Junior Leopard also understood that he was now in the most basic state of refining spirit: Guarding Heaven and Earth!
The heaven and earth here did not refer to the four sides of the world, but his body. The human body was a small heaven and earth!
The more Junior Leopard knew about the way of cultivation, the more shallow he felt. The more difficult and long the road ahead was, the more interested he became!
Curiosity killed the cat. Junior Leopard became more and more curious about cultivation.
Curiosity could only strengthen his will, but it did not help his strength. However, after three months of closed-door training, his strength had improved by leaps and bounds!
His body's cultivation had reached Level Five!
The Extreme Yang Through Sky Sword and the Dragon Flying Technique had a tacit understanding, so he could use the Heavenly Sword Technique at will!
The Heavenly Sword Technique could only be used after the combination of Yin and Yang was smelted into the Heavenly Sword Qi. That was because the Sword Qi of both the Extreme Yang Through Sky Sword and the Extreme Yin Through Sky Sword caused great harm to the body. Even a Level Nine expert could not use them. However, with the cooperation of the Dragon Flying Technique, Junior Leopard could already practice the Heavenly Sword Technique even though he had only practiced the Sword Qi of the Extreme Yang Through Sky Sword.
The refining of the Poison Cold Shield was completed!
This celestial device could only be said to be completed, but not the Advanced Level!
In addition to repelling all kinds of poisons, the Poison Cold Shield could also absorb all kinds of poisons to increase its strength. Nourishing the Poison Cold Shield with poisons could greatly enhance its power. That was what Junior Leopard did.
During these three months, he went to the valley where he was trapped by Xue Wuya and absorbed all the miasma in the swamp outside the valley. After the miasma was absorbed, the whole Poison Cold Shield underwent a wonderful change. The original light green color turned into a pink mist with a strange fragrance. It seemed to be harmless, but after it was unfolded, it covered an area of 300 feet. Within this area, there was not even a blade of grass. It was extremely poisonous.
Junior Leopard did not dare to use such a thing indiscriminately. He just kept it with him for self-defense, and it could also be regarded as a trump card.
Of course, it was also his essential escape skill, the Three Realms Division!
His Three Realms Division was so smooth that it should be almost as good as the little thing in the Misty Mountain.
During these three months, he practiced hard in closed-door training. The only thing he did not practice was his Fiery Eyes!
With the passage of time and the growth of his cultivation, he increasingly felt the wonders of his Fiery Eyes. While he understood its power, he was somewhat surprised to find that when he opened his Fiery Eyes, his thoughts would have some subtle changes. This subtle change was not what he wanted. It was just like the feeling when he was high after taking ecstasy.
Before he was completely sure, he did not want to deal with his Fiery Eyes. At least, he decided to hide it until he completely figured out the function of the Fiery Eyes. "It's been three months.
After three months of closed-door training, I've made some small achievements. It's time to go to Northern Yuan. With my current combat capability, as long as I don't really meet the three legendary Grandmasters, there should be no danger. Even if I meet the three Grandmasters, with the Three Realms Division, I can still escape. I just don't know whether there are people like that man in Northern Yuan! "
The scene of the man playing with thunderbolts in the clouds flashed in his mind. Junior Leopard suddenly felt weak in his heart. "That man seems to be from the Central Plains. But Northern Yuan is so big and has produced so many heroes. There shouldn't be such a person, right? If so, would he watch Northern Yuan being destroyed by the Great Jin without doing anything?"
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"Who cares? I'm not going to find trouble with these people. If there are such people in Northern Yuan, there are also people in the Central Plains. I think these supermundane experts won't lower themselves to the level of a secular expert like me, right? They should also disdain to fight against me! "
He secretly comforted himself in his heart. He raised the fingertips of his right hand, and two streaks of red Sword Qi shot out with a swoosh. They hit an ancient tree in front of him. There was almost no obstruction, and no sound was made. They passed through the tree, then the third, the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth tree. In the end, they disappeared into the depths of the rock wall!
And all the ancient trees that were passed through would wither immediately. The huge Evil Qi of Extreme Yang property contained in the Sword Qi destroyed all the vitality of these trees in an instant.
"It still doesn't work! No matter how hard I try, I can't condense the Evil Qi contained in the Sword Qi and turn it into a sword! " Junior Leopard looked at the withered ancient trees and sighed in his heart. He tiptoed and flew toward the north, straight into the depths of Misty Mountain!
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In the northernmost area of Northern Yuan, there was a vast snowfield. This snowfield was so large that it was almost boundless. It snowed all year round. In a year, the number of days where the sun could be seen could be counted with one's fingers.
The ground of the snowfield was frozen soil that had been frozen for many years. It was as hard as iron and stone. Even an expert whose cultivation had reached Level Seven couldn't cut one or two inches of it with a magic weapon, even if he cut it with the hardest part.
There were very few living beings on the snowy plains. Only a small number of living beings with strong resistance to the cold lived and thrived in such a place. Without exception, these living beings all had long fur on their bodies. Hence, these living beings were also known as hairy beasts!
Hairy bears, hairy cows, hairy rabbits, and so on. Although there were only a dozen kinds of creatures, they formed a complete food chain. At the bottom were hairy rabbits, which were vegetarian animals. Of course, they couldn't eat grass here because there was no grass for them to eat. Their food was a kind of cold fungus that grew on the snowfield. If this kind of cold fungus was put in the human world, it would be extremely precious. It was a rare panacea that could prolong life. It was a pity that it was not difficult to find in the depths of the snowfield, but few people could go deep into the snowfield.
Even an expert whose cultivation had reached Level Seven could go no more than 50 kilometers deep into the snowfield, which was already the limit. However, the cold fungus could go more than 500 kilometers deep into the snowfield. How could an ordinary person get it?
There was an ice river in the depths of the snowfield, which was 3,600 kilometers deep. The river was frozen all year round, and the ice was no less than 300 meters thick. It emitted a bone-piercing coldness day and night. Even the most cold-resistant creatures on the snowfield wouldn't be willing to go near the ice river. However, one day, a person was walking toward the ice river from afar.
Yes, a person, a naked person!
A monk.
The monk was wearing a light golden robe, and his right shoulder and elbows were exposed. He put his palms together and didn't move even though the cold wind was howling. It seemed that the cold wind around him, which could freeze everything, couldn't hurt him at all.
Looking at his face, it was full of sorrow, as if everyone in the world owed him hundreds of taels of silver.
He walked step by step, panting slowly. Along the way, he was chanting scriptures. No one knew how long he had been chanting.
Slowly, step by step, when he arrived at the ice river, a faint cold aura assaulted his face. The old monk let out a soft sigh and a faint golden light radiated from his body. He stepped onto the extremely cold ice and walked forward with determination.
Golden Living Buddha Ba Siba!
If Wang She or the upper echelons of Northern Yuan saw this monk, they would be surprised to find that he was one of the three Grandmasters worshiped as a deity by the tribes of the prairie, Golden Living Buddha Ba Siba!
Didn't he join hands with Dark Lord Mie Chen to hunt down Wang She?
Why did he appear in this snowfield where even birds wouldn't defecate? Could it be that the three Grandmasters had given up on hunting down Wang She?
"Buddha is merciful!"
At the last step, he crossed the edge of the ice river. The golden light on his body dimmed and his face turned pale. However, a bright light flashed in his eyes. He looked up and saw a towering palace, like a giant dragon, lying in the depths of the snowfield, bathing in the violent wind and snow!
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I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm so ashamed. I suddenly received a notice from the inspector that I had to go down to inspect today and tomorrow. There was a dinner party in the evening, so I didn't have much time. I'll resume the day after tomorrow! I'll try to make up for it!
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