The rain and clouds from last night had dispersed.
The morning sun drew a winding and beautiful red line on the other side of the peaks.
The morning sunlight shone on the nearby Qingrong Peak, stirring the clouds and fog between the peaks.
Standing by the cliff's edge, Jing Jiu looked at another peak in the distance, remaining silent.
Zhao Layue walked out of the manor cave.
She hadn't slept the whole night.
Recently, she had focused all her attention on the sword manual, rarely looking away from it. When she was hungry, she would eat a gnome, nibble on a mountain fruit, drink a few mouthfuls of spring water when she was thirsty. When she was exhausted, she would sit cross-legged and meditate for a while. Once she recovered, she would practice the sword work again.
Before dawn, she suddenly figured out a crucial point. She was happy, but she also knew it was time to rest, so she went out of the manor cave to relax.
Looking at Jing Jiu, she was a bit surprised.
His white cloth was very clean, as if he had just changed, but his hair was a bit wet, as if he had been drenched in the rain last night.
Even if he was drenched in the rain, why didn't he evaporate the Sword Source? Unlike her, Jing Jiu didn't know how to cherish the Sword Source.
She followed Jing Jiu's line of sight and found he was looking at Shanghai Peak.
Shanghai Peak was very far from here, so it was hard to see it clearly even though the clouds and fog between the nine peaks were thin.
She said, "You told me that the nine peaks shouldn't be on guard against each other."
Jing Jiu didn't say anything, still looking at Shanghai Peak in Silence.
His eyes were not as calm as usual, but as sharp as a sword.
It seemed that he wanted to see through that peak and see the most secretive scenes.
Suddenly, he coughed more and more violently, until his face turned pale and his body trembled.
Zhao Layue stared into his eyes and asked, "Are you hurt?"
Jing Jiu calmed down a bit, and said slowly, "Yes."
Looking at his face, Zhao Layue said, "You're hurt badly."
Of course, Jing Jiu was hurt badly.
A disciple of the Inherited Will Realm had survived a direct claw attack from the most mysterious and terrifying White Ghost, one of the four guardians of Aoyama.
At that time, in order to suppress the White Ghouls, he appeared very calm, but in fact, he was only forcefully suppressing his injuries.
"Those people?"
"Could it be that they also know that you're investigating this matter?" Zhao Layue asked in a deep voice. Or did they find out about your relationship with Martial Granduncle? "
Jing Jiu shook his head and said, "I told you not to investigate this matter anymore."
Zhao Layue said, "I also said that I will definitely investigate this matter."
After a moment of silence, Jing Jiu said, "Even if something really happens to Zhenren Jingyang, we can't change anything with our current Realms because our opponents are not only very strong but also very cruel. Therefore, the most important thing for us now is to cultivate quietly and improve our Realms as soon as possible."
Zhao Layue said seriously, "Maybe you don't know me. I'm not a good person. I'm very fierce."
Jing Jiu said tiredly, "Yes, I'm so scared."
Zhao Layue was silent for a while and said, "I don't see it."
Was this an awkward conversation?
Jing Jiu suddenly asked, "Do you know Taiping Zhenren?"
As a disciple of Aoyama, how could Zhao Layue not know Taiping Zhenren?
Taiping Zhenren was the former master of Aoyama Sect. The current master of Aoyama, the Sword Justice Yuan Qijing, and most of the peak masters were his personal disciples.
He was the Senior Brother of Zhenren Jingyang, and it was even said that Zhenren Jingyang was also taught by him.
The Immortal Taiping's Cultivation state was as profound as the ocean, and his Cultivation method was exceedingly profound. In addition, the disciples of the Immortal Taiping were outstanding enough to develop his Cultivation tradition. He could be considered the most outstanding figure in the history of Green Mountain. He was one of the few important figures in the entire Cultivation circle.
Many years ago, the Aoyama Sect issued an eight-hundred-mile ban, and Taiping Zhenren went into closed-door training, never to be seen again.
Now, the whole Cultivation world thought that Taiping Zhenren was dead, because too many years had passed.
No matter how great a Cultivator was, as long as he could not ascend, he could not defeat time.
Zhao Layue looked into the depths of the mountains, feeling a little lost.
In Aoyama, there were many mysterious places in addition to the nine peaks. For example, there were many peaks in the depths of the mountains that could not be seen all year round.
Those peaks were usually the places where the secluded elders lived, and they were called the Hermit Peaks.
The path to heaven was easier said than done. Those elders could not ascend, and they must have bid farewell to the world silently like Taiping Zhenren.
Would those Hermit Peaks be hidden forever in the river of time, never to be found again?
Jing Jiu did not have such feelings, because many years ago, he had already felt the same way as Zhao Layue, and his heart toward Taoism became firmer.
"Before he took over as the Sectmaster, he had been cultivating there. The current Sectmaster, Yuan Qijing, and many others were also there."
He looked at the peak in the distance and said.
The Third Peak of Aoyama.
Shanghai Peak.
Zhao Layue did not know about this. She thought of a question and said, "Grandmaster Jingyang and Taiping Zhenren were brothers, so he was also from Shanghai Peak?"
Jing Jiu thought, Yes.
Therefore, he was very familiar with Shanghai Peak. He knew that there was a very cold cave in Shanghai Peak, and there was a well in the depths of the cave, which led to the bottom of Shanghai Peak.
The bottom of the mountain was the Sword Jail, where some great demons that were hard to kill, some experts of the evil sects, and spies of the Underworld and the Snow Empire were imprisoned.
Except for that well, there were no other exits from the Sword Jail, so how did Lei Poyun escape? How did he manage to escape?
In the small mountain village, he had already deduced this result, but he did not expect that the other party would use the same method as him.
So where are you now?
Do I have to eat hotpot all over the world to find you?
Even if I find you, what can I do?
Jing Jiu was lost in thought while thinking about these questions. He felt a little sad and started coughing again, his face turning paler and paler.
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At the top of Shangde Peak, the frost on the stone wall was getting thicker and thicker.
Standing at the mouth of the well, Yuan Qijing looked into the well in Silence, his two eyebrows turning white from the frost.
Chi Yan stood in the distance, looking at the back of his Big Brother, feeling a bit complicated.
Over the last few years, his Big Brother often stood at the mouth of the well and looked into the well for half a day.
He knew that his Big Brother had something on his mind, but he didn't know what it was.
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Jing Jiu was sick.
The first step in Cultivation was to strengthen the body, as evidenced by the wind caused by the fists and the white smoke outside the South Pine Pavilion.
No one in the Aoyama Sect had ever fallen sick.
The medicinal herbs on Shiyue Peak were used to heal wounds and aid in Cultivation, not to cure diseases.
No matter how sick Jing Jiu was, he couldn't find any medicinal herbs to take.
As such, he had been sick for a long time, and he was still coughing a little in the early autumn.
During this period, he had been recuperating and hadn't practiced Cultivation.
Zhao Layue of course knew that he was injured, not sick, but in her opinion, Jing Jiu wouldn't have practiced Cultivation even if he hadn't been injured.
Jing Jiu wasn't worried. He had just entered the Inherited Will State in early summer, and his Cultivation state was not stable to begin with. The Sword Pill was severely damaged by the blow of White Ghost, but it was even more perfect after it was repaired.
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