Sick beauty why is he like this [rebirth]
Chapter 54
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"When - when - when -"
On this day, the bell of Jiutian Peak, the main peak, fell, and the three clans and four schools who came to participate in the Canglan Examination gathered at the riverside, and were about to make the last and most important preparation before the Canglan Examination.
Enlightenment.
This is also a reward given in advance by Luohe Academy to the students who participated in the Canglan Exam.
Since the Canglan Examination was held in turn by the three clans and four colleges 800 years ago, the colleges have formed a tacit understanding.
Before every Canglan exam, there will be an opportunity specially prepared for college students.
For example, the lectures in front of the palace of the Central Continent Taixue, the life-and-death competition of the Northland Demon Sect, or the lectures by the water guests of the Chengshui Academy... each has its own emphasis, but they all have the same rare opportunity and great significance.
The tradition of the Canglan Examination at Luohe Academy is to open the forbidden area of the God's Path Forest, which used to be used exclusively for the cultivation of the spirit race, and remove all restrictions in it, so that all students can freely ask questions.
"For a total of seven days and seven nights, you can come and go freely in the Shentu forest. The tens of thousands of preaching steles in the forest will all be open, waiting for the arrival of destined people to accept the inheritance."
A cold and solemn voice sounded, and Luo Qingqiu, head of Luohe Academy, who was sitting high in the clouds of Jiutian Peak, announced the rules for this journey to enlightenment.
"The Preaching Monument in the Shentu Forest records the insights of the practitioners who have fallen into the river for thousands of years. There are three thousand Taoisms, but the realms are different, and the depth is difficult to distinguish. It is up to you to decide whether to accept it or not."
"Opportunities are rare, so you should try your best to win them." Luo Qingqiu emphasized in a very solemn tone, "But you must remember to seek the way freely and do what you can. Don't force yourself to show off your abilities, or you will be hurt by them."
In the past, there were not a few people who fell into the realm and were even seriously injured because they forcibly obtained the preaching tablet that they could not bear and control.
People who practice the Tao naturally have a desire for power and the Way.
There are thousands of preaching monuments in Shentu Forest, among which there are many nine-day great practitioners, or inheritances left by overseas powers, and it is even rumored that the former Demon Lord and Immortal King Jingheng also left their own in Shentu Forest. Inheritance and understanding.
Perhaps in some inconspicuous corner, there is an opportunity to reach the sky in one step.
This is naturally an extremely dangerous temptation for ascetics.
"The closer the Shentu forest is to the center, the higher the requirements for the practitioner's own state of mind. If the mood is not balanced and you force opportunities, not only will you not be able to make further progress in your practice, you may even get lost in the Shentu forest forever."
Luo Qingqiu spoke in a deep voice, warning these eager teenagers.
"Practitioners of my generation pursue power, but must not be manipulated by power."
"But if you have confidence in yourself, then go to the depths—the little martial uncle back then completed his three swords under the most central stone falling into the river."
While Luo Qingqiu was speaking, his eyes swept across the teams of the five schools by the river one by one, with a gratified expression.
In the past hundred years, the Canglan Continent has indeed produced a large number of geniuses, and the children of the three clans and four families who are now taking the lead, all have the qualifications to attack the sub-sage.
For example, Ye An who became famous in Donghuang when he was young, the fifth prince from Central Continent, Xu Shiyi and Qi Xiaoqi from the Northland, Cheng Shu, a candidate priest from the Lingzu, and Ruoyu from Luohe Academy, as well as those who failed to participate in this Canglan event. Ling Rongqing tried...
These teenagers are extremely talented and have their own strengths. They don't follow the rules, and some of them have even begun to walk out of their own way.
One day, they will also board the avenue that leads to the sky.
"Students of the school, Shentu Forest has been opened to you." Luo Qingqiu finally smiled, "How many opportunities you can get and whether you can go further depends on your own choices."
"Now, you can go in."
After these words, there was a slight commotion among the five teams by the river. The four leaders standing in the front looked at each other with different expressions, but they all seemed to have fires gradually lighting up in their eyes.
It was a thirst for victory and power.
Apart from Gu Jing, who is at the peak of Zhixu, the most powerful students present at the school are the leaders of Zhixu Realm.
Gu Jing is an overseas practitioner and only participates in the Canglan test, but it will not affect the competition for the first place.
This also means that the final first place in the Canglan Trial will most likely be among the five of them.
Donghuang Ye'an, Zhongzhou Jingxuan, Beidi Xu Shishi, Lingzu Chengshu, and Luohe Xiao Chongyan.
Everyone is looking forward to the duel between these talented teenagers.
What kind of opportunities will they have in Shentu Forest?
What kind of changes will this journey of enlightenment bring to the future trials of Cang Lan...?
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"Let us take the first one."
The first to speak out was Jing Xuan, the fifth prince of Zhongzhou Taixue.
The young man known as the number one kendo genius of the human race took a step forward, leading the students behind him to the Shentu Forest.
When passing Xiao Chongyan who was standing in front of Luohe Academy's team, Jing Xuan did not slow down, nor did he make any gestures, as if the conflict between the two had never happened a few days ago.
The back of the fifth prince of Zhongzhou was always as tall and straight as before, with the same arrogance and confidence as before.
Xiao Chongyan frowned slightly.
The moment he passed by, there was a certain strange feeling that flashed away.
Jing Xuan, the Fifth Prince of Central Continent, seemed to be a little different from before.
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"Your Highness, let's go in first."
On the right side of the team at Luohe Academy, stood the team of students from the Nandao Lingzu Academy, led by the silver-haired priest candidate Cheng Shu.
Apparently this young man of the Spirit Race was also keenly aware of the strangeness, and at this time he proposed a second entry, in order to keep an eye on the Fifth Prince of Central Continent for Xiao Chongyan.
Xiao Chongyan nodded and said, "Be careful."
Cheng Shu turned sideways and gave a slight salute, then raised his head to signal to the team behind him. This team with the smallest number followed the Zhongzhou team and soon disappeared into the Shentu forest.
"Ying An, I'll wait for you inside."
Almost at the same time as the Spirit Race team was leaving, the Northland team on the other side also started to move. Standing at the forefront, Xu Shiyi turned his head and made a provocative gesture to the Northland at Ying'an. He raised his eyebrows.
"Don't keep me waiting too long—nerd."
He raised his hand above his head and swung it forward in a very clean motion.
"let's go!"
"This bloody Northland barbarian—"
After Qi Xiaoqi from the next team came over to explain, Ye An, who was slow to understand the meaning of the gesture, gritted his teeth for a while, and had already missed the best opportunity to counterattack, squinting his eyes and sneering.
"With your elm head, can you understand the Shentulin Preaching Monument?"
The scholar opened his folding fan with a "swish", cupped his hands to Xiao Chongyan beside him and said, "Your Highness, I will take them in too."
Then he also raised his hand, waved his fan lazily, and pointed in the direction of Shentulin.
"We are Donghuang's students who are the best at seeking scriptures and inquiring in the Canglan Continent. Let them see what it means to understand the Tao!"
"set off!"
In an instant, only the Luohe Academy team was left by the river.
At this moment, Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing finally looked at Shentu Forest not far ahead, looked at each other, and then took a step forward at the same time, walking side by side.
"Let's go."
No need for more words, the students from the school behind naturally followed, and entered the Shentu forest behind Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing.
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When the team from Luohe Academy completely disappeared into Shentu Forest, the riverside was completely empty.
The college students who failed to participate in the Canglan test gathered on the other side of the river, but they did not leave for some reason, but looked up at the main peak one after another.
What are they waiting for?
On Jiutian Peak, Luo Qingqiu looked at the old man Shentu Lin beside him, cupped his hands and said: "I'm going to be tired again."
Beside him, the white-haired elder of the Spirit Race smiled and said nothing, just looked up at the sky above Luohe with his hands behind his back, his eyes were silvery, as if the stars had suddenly flashed across the sky——
Those starlights kept spinning in his eyes, getting faster and denser, just like an extremely bright galaxy!
"Look, it's Daobei Xinghe!"
"That's Wenlao's Yashengshen Passage Monument Xinghe!"
The low exclamations of the students came from the riverside, and the sky over the Luohe River seemed to be covered by night, turning into a pitch-black sky, and at the next moment, tens of thousands of stars lit up at the same time!
The stars are scattered all over the night sky, big or small, some are as bright as the sun, extremely dazzling, while others are like tiny candles, flickering on and off...
When they fall into everyone's eyes, the weather they show is different.
The morning star that is as bright as day in your eyes may be just a glimmer of light in the eyes of others.
There are three thousand roads, each has its own needs.
"Every time I see and hear that I used Daobei Xinghe, I still can't help being moved." Luo Qingqiu smiled and said to Mo Qi beside him, "Such a scene is really beautiful."
"Shentulin Dao steles carry the true meaning of countless Dao, so they are naturally extremely beautiful." Mo Qi rarely showed a smile, "But the most important thing is to see how many steles they can light up."
"Back then, Master Jing Heng entered Shentu Lin and enlightened, and lit up 88 Taoist steles overnight. This record has never been surpassed." Luo Qingqiu's eyes fell on Shentu Lin, and he said softly, "I don't know if Shentu enlightened today. There won't be any surprises?"
"Whether there are any surprises, we will know soon."
Wen Lao laughed loudly, took a step forward, and looked at Jiutian again.
The next moment, all the stars went out.
In the sky, there were only faint silver spots of light flickering, indicating the location of the Taoist monument.
"The Xinghe Dao stele is gone, and the journey of enlightenment is about to begin."
"If a student from a school obtains the inheritance of a certain Taoist monument and establishes a connection with it, then the star corresponding to this Taoist monument will be lit up."
The students of the Riverside Academy were discussing lively, all of them had great enthusiasm and curiosity about this journey of enlightenment.
"I don't know which school's students will light up the first star today?"
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"Chonghua, where do you think we should go?"
In the Shentu forest, Qi Xiaoqi walked alone in the forest, surrounded by empty space, with neither companions nor Taoist monuments, as if he had broken into a small world.
Since he entered Shentu Forest, he came to a deserted and dense forest. After half a day, Qi Xiaoqi has been wandering in this forest. Falling River students——
The demon boy squatted on the ground with his sword in his arms, with a sad face, and muttered to himself: "What should I do, I seem to be lost... Chonghua."
"Om-!"
The sword in his arms jumped up and gave his master a ruthless headbutt, and then he swung the tail of the sword and flew away, jumping very far in an instant.
"Hey hey, wait for me to Chonghua—!"
Qi Xiaoqi got up "shua", yelled, and hurriedly chased in the direction where his natal sword left.
He walked through the dense forest, stepped on the undercurrent, and soon came to a new world.
Scattered Taoist monuments gradually began to appear everywhere, and then became more and more dense.
The flying speed of the Chonghua sword also gradually slowed down, and it would fly back to Qi Xiaoqi from time to time, poking the back of the demon boy with the hilt of the sword, as if to dislike him for running too slowly.
Before he knew it, Qi Xiaoqi had already crossed half of the Shentu forest and gradually walked towards the center.
And as he gradually approached, the roadside monuments on both sides suddenly began to light up slowly.
At first, there were only one or two, and then dozens of them lit up at the same time, and then the surrounding Taoist monuments gradually began to light up piece by piece——
Those Taoist monuments are all calling for Qi Xiaoqi!
They all want to connect with Qi Xiaoqi and let Qi Xiaoqi accept their inheritance!
On the Nine Heavens, Wen Laoqing, who was sitting high on the cloud, let out a "Hey" and looked towards the center of the Shentu Forest in some surprise. Then he saw something, squinted his eyes and smiled in relief, and raised his hand to pull across the Nine Heavens. A stream of clouds, covering a certain part of the galaxy that flickers frequently.
In Shentu Forest, Qi Xiaoqi ran straight towards the huge Taoist monument in the center.
It was an extremely tall stone tablet that almost reached nine heavens.
In Qi Xiaoqi's eyes, the body of this preaching tablet has densely packed sword marks, and each sword mark hides a ray of sword intent, and there are countless sword marks on this stone tablet, so there are countless sword intents hidden!
This missionary monument is called "Luohe Monument".
On the Luohe Stele, there is the sword intent comprehension of countless great sword cultivators in the Canglan Continent for thousands of years——
With this Taoist stele as the center, sword energy is everywhere within thirty miles, and the sword intent is so fierce that it is difficult for ordinary ascetics to pass through, but it is the holy place for cultivating that all sword cultivators dream of!
The Luohe sword stele trembled slightly, and the sword marks gradually lit up with sword light, as if they were calling from afar.
The most central and most important Taoist monument in the Shentu Forest also offered an olive branch to Qi Xiaoqi——
"call out!"
The sword light of the Chonghua Sword flashed past, and quickly sank into the dense forest behind the sword stele.
And the demon boy swooped down, rolled to the ground, jumped up with his arms outstretched, and ran across the Luohe Sword Stele without stopping, and rushed into the dense forest without looking back!
"what!"
After a few breaths, a hairy head suddenly protruded from the dense forest. Qi Xiaoqi looked at the Luohe Sword Stele with a solemn expression, and said seriously.
"You're really nice, but you're not the one I'm looking for."
After comforting the Luohe Sword Monument in a decent manner, he turned his head again and continued to chase after his own natal sword while yelling.
"Chonghua—you walk slowly—"
The long ending sound echoed in the forest for a long time, and the most central area of the Shentu Forest fell silent again after Qi Xiaoqi left.
Enlightenment is a two-way choice.
Qi Xiaoqi rejected many dao steles near the center and area, and even rejected the river stele, which is a sacred object for sword repairers. This seemingly stupid choice actually just explained a very important problem.
Perhaps the demon youth is still ignorant, but subconsciously, he has already decided for himself the direction of the avenue under his feet.
In the dense forest, Qi Xiaoqi finally stopped in a remote corner.
There is only one solitary Taoist tablet here, and surprisingly it is also very huge. The entire Taoist tablet is a mountain peak, and the inside and outside of the entire mountain peak are engraved with dense sword marks.
In those sword marks, there seems to be a faint and tiny sword intent hidden among them.
The Chonghua sword landed on a cave that entered the hinterland of the mountain, and the sword trembled slightly, like a silent urging.
Qi Xiaoqi happily ran over, hugged the Chonghua Sword into his arms, and stepped into the cave without hesitation.
"Buzz!"
After Qi Xiaoqi entered the entrance of the cave, the entire mountain peak suddenly lit up, and then outside the Shentu Forest, a star was suddenly lit up in the Daobei Galaxy above the Luohe River!
This is also the first student from a school to connect with the Taoist tablet and start the inheritance in this Shentu Enlightenment!
This person is neither Xiao Chongyan, nor the Fifth Prince of Central Continent, nor even that genius boy surnamed Xu from the Northland... but a Qi Xiaoqi who looks silly no matter how you look at it——
When Shentulin's exclusive stele bird delivered the news, the entire riverside was in an uproar.
No one expected this to happen.
After the surprise, more doubts arose.
"This Taoist monument is still far away from the central area. The Taoist monument that Qi Xiaoqi chose for himself...what is it?"
Qi Xiaoqi, who was the first to receive feedback from the Taoist monument and carry out the inheritance of the Taoist monument——
What exactly will the inheritance he has obtained be?
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"There are many Taoist monuments that are suitable for Xiao Qi."
Just as Qi Xiaoqi's figure disappeared into the mountain peak, two people suddenly came from outside the Daobei mountain range.
Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing.
The two of them didn't go to the exact center, and they made a big circle around for some reason, but they came to this remote corner, which is really puzzling.
"Why did you guide Qi Xiaoqi's natal sword to run around Shentu Forest before coming here?"
Gu Jing naturally saw that Chong Huajian's running around in the forest today was completely inspired by Xiao Chongyan.
It's just that he looked at the Daobei mountain range in front of him, still a little puzzled.
"Qi Xiaoqi is only poor in swordsmanship, but his physical strength is very good, and he doesn't need these exercises in body forging."
Xiao Chongyan said "Yes", first agreeing with the first half of Gu Jing's sentence, then turned sideways, and also looked at the Daobei Mountain Range in front of him, with a somewhat satisfied look in his eyes.
This Daobei mountain range was left behind by him when he was practicing in Luohe Sword Sect.
Each of the above sword marks was made by him, and the sword intent inside the sword marks naturally contained all his understanding at that time.
After Qi Xiaoqi walked through the Daobei mountain range, it was equivalent to reliving the 100 years of his first sword practice.
"Xiao Qi has no shortage of talent, top-level sword tactics and flying swords, and even time, but he still doesn't know why he wants to practice swords."
Xiao Chongyan looked at the sword marks in front of him, as if seeing himself when he was practicing sword.
"Practicing the way of the sword also requires discerning the mind." Xiao Chongyan said softly, "With Xiao Qi's talent, all the sword steles here will not reject him, but he doesn't know what he wants."
Gu Jing thought of what the two had seen and heard following Qi Xiaoqi all the way before, and nodded in agreement: "Now he only knows what he doesn't want."
"He made a choice subconsciously, but it was far from enough." Xiao Chongyan stretched out his hand to caress the incisions on the mountain wall, a look of nostalgia flashed in his eyes, "The sword intent here is a process of constant questioning, I hope Xiao Qi can improve a little after watching it."
Every time Qi Xiaoqi has a clearer understanding of himself, there will be more chances of winning in the future.
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Outside Shentu Forest, Daobei Xinghe, which had been silent for a long time, gradually began to move.
At sunset, near the center, two stars appear and then light up.
It has been six hours since everyone entered Shentu Forest. Out of a hundred students, three of them have been recognized by the Taoist monument and have entered the inheritance of the Taoist monument.
Such a speed can already be called extremely astonishing.
"Who are the next two people?"
Luohe Academy had a rest day today, and most of the students from the academy gathered by the river to watch the excitement. At this time, they were all staring at the Daobei Xinghe above their heads, waiting for the message from the stele bird in the Shentu Forest.
But in the minds of most people, those who can get the inheritance of the Taoist tablet before nightfall on the first day are nothing more than those few people.
"It must be Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing!"
"Why not Jingxuan? He should be before Xiao Chongyan..."
"...Maybe Gu Jing will wait until Xiao Chongyan realizes the Tao before looking for his own Taoist monument, it won't be him."
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"No! The stele bird report in Shentu forest has come out!"
In the midst of the uproar, someone suddenly exclaimed and said in disbelief, "It's Jing Xuan and Ruo Yu!"
There is no Xiao Chongyan?
Immediately someone asked loudly: "——what is Xiao Chongyan doing?"
"..."
The person who spoke earlier fell into a long silence.
After a while, other students from the school who saw the stele bird's report hissed softly, and said in a trembling voice: "Xiao Chongyan...he is wandering around!"
In this race against time, and the time is extremely tight, everyone is looking for the inheritance of the Taoist stele that can accept them.
However, there are two people who are always unhurried, strolling all the way as if they are on a trip, so leisurely and freehand.
"It's still like this at a time like this..."
Someone murmured, expressing everyone's aspirations.
"Are they both crazy?"
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Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing were indeed hanging out.
The two of them have already clarified their respective Dao, and there is no need to carry out any Dao stele inheritance. The ultimate purpose of entering Shentu Forest this time is still for the previous agreement with Luo Qingqiu.
Before the Canglan test, Xiao Chongyan will help the remaining [-] students improve their strength as much as possible, so that they have more chances of surviving in the next test.
Therefore, Xiao Chongyan would not start to ask about the sword until all the students from the school had selected the Taoist tablet.
So they are in no rush.
After leaving the Taoist tablet chosen by Qi Xiaoqi, the two started their trip to the Shentu Forest, wandering around leisurely, choosing secluded places for walking, and completely ignoring any of the Taoist monuments they encountered along the way.
At sunset, Shentu Forest was covered with a layer of golden-red halo, and the slanting afterglow of the setting sun intersected with the scattered Taoist monuments, making the already solemn scene even more majestic and solemn.
This Shentu forest carries the history of Luohe Academy for nearly ten thousand years, and hides the true meaning of the avenue left by countless predecessors. Just walking quietly in it, you can feel the vast and profound meaning that follows you, and your mind is naturally remote and peaceful.
This is also a very important point of divine path enlightenment, but it is often overlooked by people.
Dao practice focuses on cultivating the mind, and the mind is restless, so how can it be recognized by the Dao stele and then passed on?
"This point, the Spirit Race will never forget."
As soon as Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing said this, they saw a team of Nandao Lingzu approaching at the end of the road, led by the priest Chengshu.
"Spiritual clan entered the forest of gods, shouldn't it be for the purpose of enlightening the Dao tablet?"
Gu Jing saw that those spirit clansmen always looked solemn, pinched their hands and whispered softly, and then there was a flash of inspiration, which fell on the preaching steles on both sides, a little surprise flashed in their eyes, and they quickly reacted.
"Are they defending these missionary monuments?"
"Restore the missionary monuments in the Shentu forest with the three-way secret method of the spirit clan." Xiao Chongyan nodded and said, "Without their help, these missionary monuments would be damaged very quickly."
The production of the Preaching Stele originally originated from the supernatural powers of the Spirit Race, and only the three-way secret method of the Spirit Race can restore it. Therefore, every hundred years when the Luohe Academy holds the Canglan Test, the Spirit Race of the South Island will enter the Shentu Forest , to repair and sort out all the monuments.
While the two were talking, the spirit clan team had already walked in front of them. Nearly ten silver-haired spirit clan passed them by with indifferent expressions. two people.
Most of the spirit clan practiced in seclusion, were extremely xenophobic, and often had a cold and extremely arrogant personality. A gentle and polite spirit clan like Cheng Shu, on the contrary, became an outlier among them.
When the three passed by, Cheng Shu stopped and bowed his head to salute, Xiao Chongyan nodded slightly in return, Gu Jing also nodded, his expression relaxed, he seemed to be in a good mood.
The purple-clothed boy was holding a bamboo basket in his hand, and the sound of splashing water could be heard from time to time. The blue-black scales of the fish glistened in the afterglow of the setting sun, and it looked... very plump.
After a while, the two found a place under the shade of a tree and set up a bonfire. Xiao Chongyan naturally sat down comfortably and began to doze off, while Gu Jing pressed the upper inch of the object with a natural expression, and then took out a whole set of kitchen utensils.
It didn't take long before the aroma of the fragrant fish soup and the spicy grilled fish came to the nostrils, and the fragrance was thousands of miles away——
Hooked Ye An and Xu Shishi over.
"Hey, I said who can grill fish in Shentu Forest...it really is you two."
When Ye An opened his mouth, he was full of yin and yang.
"The status of the Outer Continent is different from ours... isn't it, Xu Tu?"
While talking, the scholar put away the folding fan and stuck it in his waist, and squatted down beside the pot of steaming fish soup.
"Whoever sees it has a share! Xu Tu, don't you want to come?"
Xu Shishi, who was standing by the side, hummed impatiently, and urged, "Do you still want to go to the center? Hurry up, I'm too lazy to wait for you."
The boy from the Northland said so, but stood aside with his chest folded, looking at Ye An, who was eating soup like a hungry tiger, with disgust and helplessness in his blue-gray eyes.
"Drink slowly, is someone robbing you?"
"Savages like you who don't know how to appreciate delicious food won't understand." Ye An squatted by the stove, sipping fish soup, and sighed with satisfaction, "In front of Gu Jing's bowl of fish soup...the missionary tablet What is it?"
Xu Shishi rolled his eyes: "Then I'm leaving."
"Hey, no, no, we agreed on fair competition!" Ye An immediately jumped up when he heard the words, and grabbed Xu Shishi, "If you want to go to the center, I must not lose to you—then we must We have to go together."
Ye An, who was full of nonsense, clapped his folding fan triumphantly, and bid farewell to Xiao Chongyan with a cheerful expression: "Your Highness, let's take a step first—"
The next moment, the two figures suddenly rose against the wind, as if they were competing, and then disappeared, leaving only the distant shouts from afar.
"You guys play slowly!"
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The news in Shentu forest was quickly spread by the Taoist tablet news bird. After the first day, there were still only three people who entered the Taoist monument inheritance.
The friends Ye An and Xu Shishi came together for some reason, and they were going deep together. The two encountered many suitable Taoist monuments, but they still gave up one by one, as if they had already achieved their goals.
And Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing are still hanging out.
In a Shentu forest where the spirit is particularly tense and the atmosphere is bleak, only the two of them behaved so differently and so puzzling that Shentu Lin Wen specially separated two stele birds just to keep an eye on them. Watch them and see what the two of them are doing.
As night fell, the news was carried more and more to the riverside.
Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing are catching fish!
They are grilling!
Omg they are still roasting mushrooms!
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They... the two of them went to play fireflies!
"--Is this plausible?" A student from the school shouted angrily, "This is the way to enlightenment! It's not a place for the two of them to talk about love!"
"The Zhongzhou Taixue next door is laughing at us, saying that our leader has not yet obtained the inheritance of the Taoist monument, the name is not worthy of the name, and the virtue is not worthy—"
Xiao Chongyan inside the Shentu forest was not in a hurry, but the students outside the Shentu forest were anxious to get angry one by one, wanting to cry without tears.
"I beg this ancestor! Hurry up and get down to business!"
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In Qiongyuan of Zhaoying Peak, Ling Rongqing was watching the star river of steles above Luohe from a distance, with the engraved copy of the news from the bird on the stele in his hand, which spread all over the floor.
"What are they thinking?" Ling Rongqing was also a little puzzled, "If you just miss out on such an opportunity as Shentu Enlightenment..."
Not only would it be a pity, but it would even make people feel that Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing didn't take the Canglan test seriously, and were extremely arrogant.
"Meow—what are you worried about?"
Bai Luo lay lazily on Ling Rongqing's lap, carelessly playing with the boy's long hair, with a relaxed posture, obviously not taking the matter of divine enlightenment to heart at all.
"Shentu Enlightenment is a dispensable thing for the two of them, and there is nothing wrong with having fun and relaxing."
Bai Luo fiddled with Ling Rongqing's hair, looking bored.
"Just look at it, and we can't control it."
He seemed dissatisfied with Ling Rongqing's excessive attention to other people, he pulled the hair that fell on the tip of his nose vigorously, blinked innocently under the pained gaze of the young man, instantly transformed into a white cat form, and jumped onto the young man On the top of the head, wrapped the long tail around the boy's neck in circles, and let out a contented "meow".
"It's not your turn to worry about the two of them, you'd better practice your Luohe Nine Swords—"
Bai Luo sat on top of Ling Rongqing's head, with a serious expression on the cat's face.
"Before the Canglan Trial is over and Xiao Chongyan comes back, you must fully understand the Nine Swords."
Because he had a vague premonition that this high-profile trial might become an extremely critical moment.
War will start anytime.
Ling Rongqing must have the power to protect himself as soon as possible.
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Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it had been four full days since Shentu enlightened.
A total of [-] students from the academy entered the Shentu Forest, half of them had entered enlightenment by the end of the second day, and half of them had successfully selected the Preaching Monument by the end of the third day.
Until late at night on the fourth day, except for two people, all the students in the academy had begun to realize the Tao.
——Yes, the remaining two people are Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing.
These two people wandered around in and out of Shentu Forest. They could choose the Taoist stele to start inheriting, but they had to drag it until the end without doing their job properly.
By the riverside, the school students who came here to cultivate as usual have given up their illusions and stopped making fearless denunciations—at the opening of the day, it is no longer guessing when Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing will be able to choose the missionary monument, but the two people on the way to God. What kind of new gameplay will Rinnai come up with.
In the past few days, receiving the stele bird's news every day has become an indispensable pleasure for the students of the university.
Every day, Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing will bring you new surprises.
The first day was a picnic in the forest, catching fish and roasting mushrooms.
The next day they built a log cabin.
On the third day Xiao Chongyan was sleeping, and Gu Jing played the piano all night.
On the fourth day, the two finally started to get close to the Taoist monuments, but they ignored those preaching monuments that offered good intentions. Instead, they walked around all the students in the school one by one, just like the supervisors in the school checking their homework.
The Shentu Forest was open for four days, and Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing hung out for four full days.
"Did these two people regard Shentu Enlightenment as an autumn outing?"
Outside the Shentu forest, as time passed step by step, the students in the academy felt amused, and couldn't help but start to feel a little bit worried.
"There are only three days left, what are the two of them thinking?"
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But at this moment, for those who are familiar with Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing, they no longer have such doubts.
On Jiutian Peak, Luo Qingqiu, who had always been paying attention to Shentu Enlightenment, suddenly relaxed with a smile, and sighed: "It's almost there."
On the top of Zhaoying Peak, Mo Qi looked at the stele bird in his hand and showed a nostalgic smile: "The lord is still the same, he likes to joke so much."
"That guy must have been spoiled by that evil-doing devil..." In Qiongyuan, Bai Luo squatted aside and muttered in a low voice, "I just didn't tell you who he is! Let you bully me ..."
Ling Rongqing glanced over in bewilderment, just about to speak, but his expression suddenly paused, he suddenly raised his head to look at the sky above Luohe, and said in a voiceless voice: "——what is that?"
There are scattered shimmering lights constantly dancing on the Daobei Galaxy across the sky above the Luohe River, and the number has not increased since last night.
Under normal circumstances, this means that this time the star river picture of Shentu Enlightenment has been formed, and everyone has chosen the inheritance of the Taoist tablet, and there will be no change.
But on the second day after the formation of this picture of the Milky Way, there was a new change.
A straight line suddenly appeared in the middle of the Daobei Galaxy.
It was countless stars that were gradually brightening, converging to form a continuously extending straight line, starting from the outermost edge of Shentu Forest and going straight to the center.
The lit stars wrapped all the scattered twilight, but within a few breaths of time, a new galaxy had already formed——
Straight to the center!
"When a star is lit up, it means that there is a Taoist tablet giving a response...Then the current scene..." Ling Rongqing silently counted the number of stars in the sky, and a look of disbelief burst into his eyes, "There are nearly a thousand stars. The Taoist monument was lit up almost at the same time!"
As we all know, the only people who can still walk around in Shentu Forest are Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing!
In other words, these thousands of missionary monuments were all lit by the two of them——
They went from the outermost edge of Shentu Forest to the center, and every missionary tablet they passed along the way was a lineage, and such a quick passage meant that the two of them had almost only a moment from the beginning to the end of their enlightenment!
The people around need to calm down and comprehend the true meaning of Dao for several days. In front of Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing, it is just the most common and easy-to-understand trivial matter!
"How is this possible..."
All over Luohe Academy, more and more people noticed the abnormality of Daobei Xinghe. The previous dissatisfaction and suspicion of the two people suddenly disappeared. Everyone looked up at the auspicious scene in the sky, and all they could do was feel shocked. Clothes.
In this journey of divine enlightenment, the comprehension and talent displayed by Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing are like a world of difference from others.
Who else dares to give birth to dissatisfaction?
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"How are you?"
"can."
Inside the Shentu forest, Gu Jing held Xiao Chongyan's waist and stepped on the Jiuxiao Sword. The two flew with the sword, and soon crossed the periphery of the Shentu forest, and came to the true core of the preaching stele forest.
In front of them, there are hundreds of black Taoist monuments with a height of hundreds of meters, scattered scattered on the ground.
"When - when - when -"
On this day, the bell of Jiutian Peak, the main peak, fell, and the three clans and four schools who came to participate in the Canglan Examination gathered at the riverside, and were about to make the last and most important preparation before the Canglan Examination.
Enlightenment.
This is also a reward given in advance by Luohe Academy to the students who participated in the Canglan Exam.
Since the Canglan Examination was held in turn by the three clans and four colleges 800 years ago, the colleges have formed a tacit understanding.
Before every Canglan exam, there will be an opportunity specially prepared for college students.
For example, the lectures in front of the palace of the Central Continent Taixue, the life-and-death competition of the Northland Demon Sect, or the lectures by the water guests of the Chengshui Academy... each has its own emphasis, but they all have the same rare opportunity and great significance.
The tradition of the Canglan Examination at Luohe Academy is to open the forbidden area of the God's Path Forest, which used to be used exclusively for the cultivation of the spirit race, and remove all restrictions in it, so that all students can freely ask questions.
"For a total of seven days and seven nights, you can come and go freely in the Shentu forest. The tens of thousands of preaching steles in the forest will all be open, waiting for the arrival of destined people to accept the inheritance."
A cold and solemn voice sounded, and Luo Qingqiu, head of Luohe Academy, who was sitting high in the clouds of Jiutian Peak, announced the rules for this journey to enlightenment.
"The Preaching Monument in the Shentu Forest records the insights of the practitioners who have fallen into the river for thousands of years. There are three thousand Taoisms, but the realms are different, and the depth is difficult to distinguish. It is up to you to decide whether to accept it or not."
"Opportunities are rare, so you should try your best to win them." Luo Qingqiu emphasized in a very solemn tone, "But you must remember to seek the way freely and do what you can. Don't force yourself to show off your abilities, or you will be hurt by them."
In the past, there were not a few people who fell into the realm and were even seriously injured because they forcibly obtained the preaching tablet that they could not bear and control.
People who practice the Tao naturally have a desire for power and the Way.
There are thousands of preaching monuments in Shentu Forest, among which there are many nine-day great practitioners, or inheritances left by overseas powers, and it is even rumored that the former Demon Lord and Immortal King Jingheng also left their own in Shentu Forest. Inheritance and understanding.
Perhaps in some inconspicuous corner, there is an opportunity to reach the sky in one step.
This is naturally an extremely dangerous temptation for ascetics.
"The closer the Shentu forest is to the center, the higher the requirements for the practitioner's own state of mind. If the mood is not balanced and you force opportunities, not only will you not be able to make further progress in your practice, you may even get lost in the Shentu forest forever."
Luo Qingqiu spoke in a deep voice, warning these eager teenagers.
"Practitioners of my generation pursue power, but must not be manipulated by power."
"But if you have confidence in yourself, then go to the depths—the little martial uncle back then completed his three swords under the most central stone falling into the river."
While Luo Qingqiu was speaking, his eyes swept across the teams of the five schools by the river one by one, with a gratified expression.
In the past hundred years, the Canglan Continent has indeed produced a large number of geniuses, and the children of the three clans and four families who are now taking the lead, all have the qualifications to attack the sub-sage.
For example, Ye An who became famous in Donghuang when he was young, the fifth prince from Central Continent, Xu Shiyi and Qi Xiaoqi from the Northland, Cheng Shu, a candidate priest from the Lingzu, and Ruoyu from Luohe Academy, as well as those who failed to participate in this Canglan event. Ling Rongqing tried...
These teenagers are extremely talented and have their own strengths. They don't follow the rules, and some of them have even begun to walk out of their own way.
One day, they will also board the avenue that leads to the sky.
"Students of the school, Shentu Forest has been opened to you." Luo Qingqiu finally smiled, "How many opportunities you can get and whether you can go further depends on your own choices."
"Now, you can go in."
After these words, there was a slight commotion among the five teams by the river. The four leaders standing in the front looked at each other with different expressions, but they all seemed to have fires gradually lighting up in their eyes.
It was a thirst for victory and power.
Apart from Gu Jing, who is at the peak of Zhixu, the most powerful students present at the school are the leaders of Zhixu Realm.
Gu Jing is an overseas practitioner and only participates in the Canglan test, but it will not affect the competition for the first place.
This also means that the final first place in the Canglan Trial will most likely be among the five of them.
Donghuang Ye'an, Zhongzhou Jingxuan, Beidi Xu Shishi, Lingzu Chengshu, and Luohe Xiao Chongyan.
Everyone is looking forward to the duel between these talented teenagers.
What kind of opportunities will they have in Shentu Forest?
What kind of changes will this journey of enlightenment bring to the future trials of Cang Lan...?
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"Let us take the first one."
The first to speak out was Jing Xuan, the fifth prince of Zhongzhou Taixue.
The young man known as the number one kendo genius of the human race took a step forward, leading the students behind him to the Shentu Forest.
When passing Xiao Chongyan who was standing in front of Luohe Academy's team, Jing Xuan did not slow down, nor did he make any gestures, as if the conflict between the two had never happened a few days ago.
The back of the fifth prince of Zhongzhou was always as tall and straight as before, with the same arrogance and confidence as before.
Xiao Chongyan frowned slightly.
The moment he passed by, there was a certain strange feeling that flashed away.
Jing Xuan, the Fifth Prince of Central Continent, seemed to be a little different from before.
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"Your Highness, let's go in first."
On the right side of the team at Luohe Academy, stood the team of students from the Nandao Lingzu Academy, led by the silver-haired priest candidate Cheng Shu.
Apparently this young man of the Spirit Race was also keenly aware of the strangeness, and at this time he proposed a second entry, in order to keep an eye on the Fifth Prince of Central Continent for Xiao Chongyan.
Xiao Chongyan nodded and said, "Be careful."
Cheng Shu turned sideways and gave a slight salute, then raised his head to signal to the team behind him. This team with the smallest number followed the Zhongzhou team and soon disappeared into the Shentu forest.
"Ying An, I'll wait for you inside."
Almost at the same time as the Spirit Race team was leaving, the Northland team on the other side also started to move. Standing at the forefront, Xu Shiyi turned his head and made a provocative gesture to the Northland at Ying'an. He raised his eyebrows.
"Don't keep me waiting too long—nerd."
He raised his hand above his head and swung it forward in a very clean motion.
"let's go!"
"This bloody Northland barbarian—"
After Qi Xiaoqi from the next team came over to explain, Ye An, who was slow to understand the meaning of the gesture, gritted his teeth for a while, and had already missed the best opportunity to counterattack, squinting his eyes and sneering.
"With your elm head, can you understand the Shentulin Preaching Monument?"
The scholar opened his folding fan with a "swish", cupped his hands to Xiao Chongyan beside him and said, "Your Highness, I will take them in too."
Then he also raised his hand, waved his fan lazily, and pointed in the direction of Shentulin.
"We are Donghuang's students who are the best at seeking scriptures and inquiring in the Canglan Continent. Let them see what it means to understand the Tao!"
"set off!"
In an instant, only the Luohe Academy team was left by the river.
At this moment, Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing finally looked at Shentu Forest not far ahead, looked at each other, and then took a step forward at the same time, walking side by side.
"Let's go."
No need for more words, the students from the school behind naturally followed, and entered the Shentu forest behind Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing.
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When the team from Luohe Academy completely disappeared into Shentu Forest, the riverside was completely empty.
The college students who failed to participate in the Canglan test gathered on the other side of the river, but they did not leave for some reason, but looked up at the main peak one after another.
What are they waiting for?
On Jiutian Peak, Luo Qingqiu looked at the old man Shentu Lin beside him, cupped his hands and said: "I'm going to be tired again."
Beside him, the white-haired elder of the Spirit Race smiled and said nothing, just looked up at the sky above Luohe with his hands behind his back, his eyes were silvery, as if the stars had suddenly flashed across the sky——
Those starlights kept spinning in his eyes, getting faster and denser, just like an extremely bright galaxy!
"Look, it's Daobei Xinghe!"
"That's Wenlao's Yashengshen Passage Monument Xinghe!"
The low exclamations of the students came from the riverside, and the sky over the Luohe River seemed to be covered by night, turning into a pitch-black sky, and at the next moment, tens of thousands of stars lit up at the same time!
The stars are scattered all over the night sky, big or small, some are as bright as the sun, extremely dazzling, while others are like tiny candles, flickering on and off...
When they fall into everyone's eyes, the weather they show is different.
The morning star that is as bright as day in your eyes may be just a glimmer of light in the eyes of others.
There are three thousand roads, each has its own needs.
"Every time I see and hear that I used Daobei Xinghe, I still can't help being moved." Luo Qingqiu smiled and said to Mo Qi beside him, "Such a scene is really beautiful."
"Shentulin Dao steles carry the true meaning of countless Dao, so they are naturally extremely beautiful." Mo Qi rarely showed a smile, "But the most important thing is to see how many steles they can light up."
"Back then, Master Jing Heng entered Shentu Lin and enlightened, and lit up 88 Taoist steles overnight. This record has never been surpassed." Luo Qingqiu's eyes fell on Shentu Lin, and he said softly, "I don't know if Shentu enlightened today. There won't be any surprises?"
"Whether there are any surprises, we will know soon."
Wen Lao laughed loudly, took a step forward, and looked at Jiutian again.
The next moment, all the stars went out.
In the sky, there were only faint silver spots of light flickering, indicating the location of the Taoist monument.
"The Xinghe Dao stele is gone, and the journey of enlightenment is about to begin."
"If a student from a school obtains the inheritance of a certain Taoist monument and establishes a connection with it, then the star corresponding to this Taoist monument will be lit up."
The students of the Riverside Academy were discussing lively, all of them had great enthusiasm and curiosity about this journey of enlightenment.
"I don't know which school's students will light up the first star today?"
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"Chonghua, where do you think we should go?"
In the Shentu forest, Qi Xiaoqi walked alone in the forest, surrounded by empty space, with neither companions nor Taoist monuments, as if he had broken into a small world.
Since he entered Shentu Forest, he came to a deserted and dense forest. After half a day, Qi Xiaoqi has been wandering in this forest. Falling River students——
The demon boy squatted on the ground with his sword in his arms, with a sad face, and muttered to himself: "What should I do, I seem to be lost... Chonghua."
"Om-!"
The sword in his arms jumped up and gave his master a ruthless headbutt, and then he swung the tail of the sword and flew away, jumping very far in an instant.
"Hey hey, wait for me to Chonghua—!"
Qi Xiaoqi got up "shua", yelled, and hurriedly chased in the direction where his natal sword left.
He walked through the dense forest, stepped on the undercurrent, and soon came to a new world.
Scattered Taoist monuments gradually began to appear everywhere, and then became more and more dense.
The flying speed of the Chonghua sword also gradually slowed down, and it would fly back to Qi Xiaoqi from time to time, poking the back of the demon boy with the hilt of the sword, as if to dislike him for running too slowly.
Before he knew it, Qi Xiaoqi had already crossed half of the Shentu forest and gradually walked towards the center.
And as he gradually approached, the roadside monuments on both sides suddenly began to light up slowly.
At first, there were only one or two, and then dozens of them lit up at the same time, and then the surrounding Taoist monuments gradually began to light up piece by piece——
Those Taoist monuments are all calling for Qi Xiaoqi!
They all want to connect with Qi Xiaoqi and let Qi Xiaoqi accept their inheritance!
On the Nine Heavens, Wen Laoqing, who was sitting high on the cloud, let out a "Hey" and looked towards the center of the Shentu Forest in some surprise. Then he saw something, squinted his eyes and smiled in relief, and raised his hand to pull across the Nine Heavens. A stream of clouds, covering a certain part of the galaxy that flickers frequently.
In Shentu Forest, Qi Xiaoqi ran straight towards the huge Taoist monument in the center.
It was an extremely tall stone tablet that almost reached nine heavens.
In Qi Xiaoqi's eyes, the body of this preaching tablet has densely packed sword marks, and each sword mark hides a ray of sword intent, and there are countless sword marks on this stone tablet, so there are countless sword intents hidden!
This missionary monument is called "Luohe Monument".
On the Luohe Stele, there is the sword intent comprehension of countless great sword cultivators in the Canglan Continent for thousands of years——
With this Taoist stele as the center, sword energy is everywhere within thirty miles, and the sword intent is so fierce that it is difficult for ordinary ascetics to pass through, but it is the holy place for cultivating that all sword cultivators dream of!
The Luohe sword stele trembled slightly, and the sword marks gradually lit up with sword light, as if they were calling from afar.
The most central and most important Taoist monument in the Shentu Forest also offered an olive branch to Qi Xiaoqi——
"call out!"
The sword light of the Chonghua Sword flashed past, and quickly sank into the dense forest behind the sword stele.
And the demon boy swooped down, rolled to the ground, jumped up with his arms outstretched, and ran across the Luohe Sword Stele without stopping, and rushed into the dense forest without looking back!
"what!"
After a few breaths, a hairy head suddenly protruded from the dense forest. Qi Xiaoqi looked at the Luohe Sword Stele with a solemn expression, and said seriously.
"You're really nice, but you're not the one I'm looking for."
After comforting the Luohe Sword Monument in a decent manner, he turned his head again and continued to chase after his own natal sword while yelling.
"Chonghua—you walk slowly—"
The long ending sound echoed in the forest for a long time, and the most central area of the Shentu Forest fell silent again after Qi Xiaoqi left.
Enlightenment is a two-way choice.
Qi Xiaoqi rejected many dao steles near the center and area, and even rejected the river stele, which is a sacred object for sword repairers. This seemingly stupid choice actually just explained a very important problem.
Perhaps the demon youth is still ignorant, but subconsciously, he has already decided for himself the direction of the avenue under his feet.
In the dense forest, Qi Xiaoqi finally stopped in a remote corner.
There is only one solitary Taoist tablet here, and surprisingly it is also very huge. The entire Taoist tablet is a mountain peak, and the inside and outside of the entire mountain peak are engraved with dense sword marks.
In those sword marks, there seems to be a faint and tiny sword intent hidden among them.
The Chonghua sword landed on a cave that entered the hinterland of the mountain, and the sword trembled slightly, like a silent urging.
Qi Xiaoqi happily ran over, hugged the Chonghua Sword into his arms, and stepped into the cave without hesitation.
"Buzz!"
After Qi Xiaoqi entered the entrance of the cave, the entire mountain peak suddenly lit up, and then outside the Shentu Forest, a star was suddenly lit up in the Daobei Galaxy above the Luohe River!
This is also the first student from a school to connect with the Taoist tablet and start the inheritance in this Shentu Enlightenment!
This person is neither Xiao Chongyan, nor the Fifth Prince of Central Continent, nor even that genius boy surnamed Xu from the Northland... but a Qi Xiaoqi who looks silly no matter how you look at it——
When Shentulin's exclusive stele bird delivered the news, the entire riverside was in an uproar.
No one expected this to happen.
After the surprise, more doubts arose.
"This Taoist monument is still far away from the central area. The Taoist monument that Qi Xiaoqi chose for himself...what is it?"
Qi Xiaoqi, who was the first to receive feedback from the Taoist monument and carry out the inheritance of the Taoist monument——
What exactly will the inheritance he has obtained be?
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"There are many Taoist monuments that are suitable for Xiao Qi."
Just as Qi Xiaoqi's figure disappeared into the mountain peak, two people suddenly came from outside the Daobei mountain range.
Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing.
The two of them didn't go to the exact center, and they made a big circle around for some reason, but they came to this remote corner, which is really puzzling.
"Why did you guide Qi Xiaoqi's natal sword to run around Shentu Forest before coming here?"
Gu Jing naturally saw that Chong Huajian's running around in the forest today was completely inspired by Xiao Chongyan.
It's just that he looked at the Daobei mountain range in front of him, still a little puzzled.
"Qi Xiaoqi is only poor in swordsmanship, but his physical strength is very good, and he doesn't need these exercises in body forging."
Xiao Chongyan said "Yes", first agreeing with the first half of Gu Jing's sentence, then turned sideways, and also looked at the Daobei Mountain Range in front of him, with a somewhat satisfied look in his eyes.
This Daobei mountain range was left behind by him when he was practicing in Luohe Sword Sect.
Each of the above sword marks was made by him, and the sword intent inside the sword marks naturally contained all his understanding at that time.
After Qi Xiaoqi walked through the Daobei mountain range, it was equivalent to reliving the 100 years of his first sword practice.
"Xiao Qi has no shortage of talent, top-level sword tactics and flying swords, and even time, but he still doesn't know why he wants to practice swords."
Xiao Chongyan looked at the sword marks in front of him, as if seeing himself when he was practicing sword.
"Practicing the way of the sword also requires discerning the mind." Xiao Chongyan said softly, "With Xiao Qi's talent, all the sword steles here will not reject him, but he doesn't know what he wants."
Gu Jing thought of what the two had seen and heard following Qi Xiaoqi all the way before, and nodded in agreement: "Now he only knows what he doesn't want."
"He made a choice subconsciously, but it was far from enough." Xiao Chongyan stretched out his hand to caress the incisions on the mountain wall, a look of nostalgia flashed in his eyes, "The sword intent here is a process of constant questioning, I hope Xiao Qi can improve a little after watching it."
Every time Qi Xiaoqi has a clearer understanding of himself, there will be more chances of winning in the future.
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Outside Shentu Forest, Daobei Xinghe, which had been silent for a long time, gradually began to move.
At sunset, near the center, two stars appear and then light up.
It has been six hours since everyone entered Shentu Forest. Out of a hundred students, three of them have been recognized by the Taoist monument and have entered the inheritance of the Taoist monument.
Such a speed can already be called extremely astonishing.
"Who are the next two people?"
Luohe Academy had a rest day today, and most of the students from the academy gathered by the river to watch the excitement. At this time, they were all staring at the Daobei Xinghe above their heads, waiting for the message from the stele bird in the Shentu Forest.
But in the minds of most people, those who can get the inheritance of the Taoist tablet before nightfall on the first day are nothing more than those few people.
"It must be Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing!"
"Why not Jingxuan? He should be before Xiao Chongyan..."
"...Maybe Gu Jing will wait until Xiao Chongyan realizes the Tao before looking for his own Taoist monument, it won't be him."
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"No! The stele bird report in Shentu forest has come out!"
In the midst of the uproar, someone suddenly exclaimed and said in disbelief, "It's Jing Xuan and Ruo Yu!"
There is no Xiao Chongyan?
Immediately someone asked loudly: "——what is Xiao Chongyan doing?"
"..."
The person who spoke earlier fell into a long silence.
After a while, other students from the school who saw the stele bird's report hissed softly, and said in a trembling voice: "Xiao Chongyan...he is wandering around!"
In this race against time, and the time is extremely tight, everyone is looking for the inheritance of the Taoist stele that can accept them.
However, there are two people who are always unhurried, strolling all the way as if they are on a trip, so leisurely and freehand.
"It's still like this at a time like this..."
Someone murmured, expressing everyone's aspirations.
"Are they both crazy?"
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Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing were indeed hanging out.
The two of them have already clarified their respective Dao, and there is no need to carry out any Dao stele inheritance. The ultimate purpose of entering Shentu Forest this time is still for the previous agreement with Luo Qingqiu.
Before the Canglan test, Xiao Chongyan will help the remaining [-] students improve their strength as much as possible, so that they have more chances of surviving in the next test.
Therefore, Xiao Chongyan would not start to ask about the sword until all the students from the school had selected the Taoist tablet.
So they are in no rush.
After leaving the Taoist tablet chosen by Qi Xiaoqi, the two started their trip to the Shentu Forest, wandering around leisurely, choosing secluded places for walking, and completely ignoring any of the Taoist monuments they encountered along the way.
At sunset, Shentu Forest was covered with a layer of golden-red halo, and the slanting afterglow of the setting sun intersected with the scattered Taoist monuments, making the already solemn scene even more majestic and solemn.
This Shentu forest carries the history of Luohe Academy for nearly ten thousand years, and hides the true meaning of the avenue left by countless predecessors. Just walking quietly in it, you can feel the vast and profound meaning that follows you, and your mind is naturally remote and peaceful.
This is also a very important point of divine path enlightenment, but it is often overlooked by people.
Dao practice focuses on cultivating the mind, and the mind is restless, so how can it be recognized by the Dao stele and then passed on?
"This point, the Spirit Race will never forget."
As soon as Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing said this, they saw a team of Nandao Lingzu approaching at the end of the road, led by the priest Chengshu.
"Spiritual clan entered the forest of gods, shouldn't it be for the purpose of enlightening the Dao tablet?"
Gu Jing saw that those spirit clansmen always looked solemn, pinched their hands and whispered softly, and then there was a flash of inspiration, which fell on the preaching steles on both sides, a little surprise flashed in their eyes, and they quickly reacted.
"Are they defending these missionary monuments?"
"Restore the missionary monuments in the Shentu forest with the three-way secret method of the spirit clan." Xiao Chongyan nodded and said, "Without their help, these missionary monuments would be damaged very quickly."
The production of the Preaching Stele originally originated from the supernatural powers of the Spirit Race, and only the three-way secret method of the Spirit Race can restore it. Therefore, every hundred years when the Luohe Academy holds the Canglan Test, the Spirit Race of the South Island will enter the Shentu Forest , to repair and sort out all the monuments.
While the two were talking, the spirit clan team had already walked in front of them. Nearly ten silver-haired spirit clan passed them by with indifferent expressions. two people.
Most of the spirit clan practiced in seclusion, were extremely xenophobic, and often had a cold and extremely arrogant personality. A gentle and polite spirit clan like Cheng Shu, on the contrary, became an outlier among them.
When the three passed by, Cheng Shu stopped and bowed his head to salute, Xiao Chongyan nodded slightly in return, Gu Jing also nodded, his expression relaxed, he seemed to be in a good mood.
The purple-clothed boy was holding a bamboo basket in his hand, and the sound of splashing water could be heard from time to time. The blue-black scales of the fish glistened in the afterglow of the setting sun, and it looked... very plump.
After a while, the two found a place under the shade of a tree and set up a bonfire. Xiao Chongyan naturally sat down comfortably and began to doze off, while Gu Jing pressed the upper inch of the object with a natural expression, and then took out a whole set of kitchen utensils.
It didn't take long before the aroma of the fragrant fish soup and the spicy grilled fish came to the nostrils, and the fragrance was thousands of miles away——
Hooked Ye An and Xu Shishi over.
"Hey, I said who can grill fish in Shentu Forest...it really is you two."
When Ye An opened his mouth, he was full of yin and yang.
"The status of the Outer Continent is different from ours... isn't it, Xu Tu?"
While talking, the scholar put away the folding fan and stuck it in his waist, and squatted down beside the pot of steaming fish soup.
"Whoever sees it has a share! Xu Tu, don't you want to come?"
Xu Shishi, who was standing by the side, hummed impatiently, and urged, "Do you still want to go to the center? Hurry up, I'm too lazy to wait for you."
The boy from the Northland said so, but stood aside with his chest folded, looking at Ye An, who was eating soup like a hungry tiger, with disgust and helplessness in his blue-gray eyes.
"Drink slowly, is someone robbing you?"
"Savages like you who don't know how to appreciate delicious food won't understand." Ye An squatted by the stove, sipping fish soup, and sighed with satisfaction, "In front of Gu Jing's bowl of fish soup...the missionary tablet What is it?"
Xu Shishi rolled his eyes: "Then I'm leaving."
"Hey, no, no, we agreed on fair competition!" Ye An immediately jumped up when he heard the words, and grabbed Xu Shishi, "If you want to go to the center, I must not lose to you—then we must We have to go together."
Ye An, who was full of nonsense, clapped his folding fan triumphantly, and bid farewell to Xiao Chongyan with a cheerful expression: "Your Highness, let's take a step first—"
The next moment, the two figures suddenly rose against the wind, as if they were competing, and then disappeared, leaving only the distant shouts from afar.
"You guys play slowly!"
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The news in Shentu forest was quickly spread by the Taoist tablet news bird. After the first day, there were still only three people who entered the Taoist monument inheritance.
The friends Ye An and Xu Shishi came together for some reason, and they were going deep together. The two encountered many suitable Taoist monuments, but they still gave up one by one, as if they had already achieved their goals.
And Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing are still hanging out.
In a Shentu forest where the spirit is particularly tense and the atmosphere is bleak, only the two of them behaved so differently and so puzzling that Shentu Lin Wen specially separated two stele birds just to keep an eye on them. Watch them and see what the two of them are doing.
As night fell, the news was carried more and more to the riverside.
Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing are catching fish!
They are grilling!
Omg they are still roasting mushrooms!
……
……
They... the two of them went to play fireflies!
"--Is this plausible?" A student from the school shouted angrily, "This is the way to enlightenment! It's not a place for the two of them to talk about love!"
"The Zhongzhou Taixue next door is laughing at us, saying that our leader has not yet obtained the inheritance of the Taoist monument, the name is not worthy of the name, and the virtue is not worthy—"
Xiao Chongyan inside the Shentu forest was not in a hurry, but the students outside the Shentu forest were anxious to get angry one by one, wanting to cry without tears.
"I beg this ancestor! Hurry up and get down to business!"
……
……
In Qiongyuan of Zhaoying Peak, Ling Rongqing was watching the star river of steles above Luohe from a distance, with the engraved copy of the news from the bird on the stele in his hand, which spread all over the floor.
"What are they thinking?" Ling Rongqing was also a little puzzled, "If you just miss out on such an opportunity as Shentu Enlightenment..."
Not only would it be a pity, but it would even make people feel that Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing didn't take the Canglan test seriously, and were extremely arrogant.
"Meow—what are you worried about?"
Bai Luo lay lazily on Ling Rongqing's lap, carelessly playing with the boy's long hair, with a relaxed posture, obviously not taking the matter of divine enlightenment to heart at all.
"Shentu Enlightenment is a dispensable thing for the two of them, and there is nothing wrong with having fun and relaxing."
Bai Luo fiddled with Ling Rongqing's hair, looking bored.
"Just look at it, and we can't control it."
He seemed dissatisfied with Ling Rongqing's excessive attention to other people, he pulled the hair that fell on the tip of his nose vigorously, blinked innocently under the pained gaze of the young man, instantly transformed into a white cat form, and jumped onto the young man On the top of the head, wrapped the long tail around the boy's neck in circles, and let out a contented "meow".
"It's not your turn to worry about the two of them, you'd better practice your Luohe Nine Swords—"
Bai Luo sat on top of Ling Rongqing's head, with a serious expression on the cat's face.
"Before the Canglan Trial is over and Xiao Chongyan comes back, you must fully understand the Nine Swords."
Because he had a vague premonition that this high-profile trial might become an extremely critical moment.
War will start anytime.
Ling Rongqing must have the power to protect himself as soon as possible.
—
Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it had been four full days since Shentu enlightened.
A total of [-] students from the academy entered the Shentu Forest, half of them had entered enlightenment by the end of the second day, and half of them had successfully selected the Preaching Monument by the end of the third day.
Until late at night on the fourth day, except for two people, all the students in the academy had begun to realize the Tao.
——Yes, the remaining two people are Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing.
These two people wandered around in and out of Shentu Forest. They could choose the Taoist stele to start inheriting, but they had to drag it until the end without doing their job properly.
By the riverside, the school students who came here to cultivate as usual have given up their illusions and stopped making fearless denunciations—at the opening of the day, it is no longer guessing when Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing will be able to choose the missionary monument, but the two people on the way to God. What kind of new gameplay will Rinnai come up with.
In the past few days, receiving the stele bird's news every day has become an indispensable pleasure for the students of the university.
Every day, Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing will bring you new surprises.
The first day was a picnic in the forest, catching fish and roasting mushrooms.
The next day they built a log cabin.
On the third day Xiao Chongyan was sleeping, and Gu Jing played the piano all night.
On the fourth day, the two finally started to get close to the Taoist monuments, but they ignored those preaching monuments that offered good intentions. Instead, they walked around all the students in the school one by one, just like the supervisors in the school checking their homework.
The Shentu Forest was open for four days, and Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing hung out for four full days.
"Did these two people regard Shentu Enlightenment as an autumn outing?"
Outside the Shentu forest, as time passed step by step, the students in the academy felt amused, and couldn't help but start to feel a little bit worried.
"There are only three days left, what are the two of them thinking?"
……
……
But at this moment, for those who are familiar with Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing, they no longer have such doubts.
On Jiutian Peak, Luo Qingqiu, who had always been paying attention to Shentu Enlightenment, suddenly relaxed with a smile, and sighed: "It's almost there."
On the top of Zhaoying Peak, Mo Qi looked at the stele bird in his hand and showed a nostalgic smile: "The lord is still the same, he likes to joke so much."
"That guy must have been spoiled by that evil-doing devil..." In Qiongyuan, Bai Luo squatted aside and muttered in a low voice, "I just didn't tell you who he is! Let you bully me ..."
Ling Rongqing glanced over in bewilderment, just about to speak, but his expression suddenly paused, he suddenly raised his head to look at the sky above Luohe, and said in a voiceless voice: "——what is that?"
There are scattered shimmering lights constantly dancing on the Daobei Galaxy across the sky above the Luohe River, and the number has not increased since last night.
Under normal circumstances, this means that this time the star river picture of Shentu Enlightenment has been formed, and everyone has chosen the inheritance of the Taoist tablet, and there will be no change.
But on the second day after the formation of this picture of the Milky Way, there was a new change.
A straight line suddenly appeared in the middle of the Daobei Galaxy.
It was countless stars that were gradually brightening, converging to form a continuously extending straight line, starting from the outermost edge of Shentu Forest and going straight to the center.
The lit stars wrapped all the scattered twilight, but within a few breaths of time, a new galaxy had already formed——
Straight to the center!
"When a star is lit up, it means that there is a Taoist tablet giving a response...Then the current scene..." Ling Rongqing silently counted the number of stars in the sky, and a look of disbelief burst into his eyes, "There are nearly a thousand stars. The Taoist monument was lit up almost at the same time!"
As we all know, the only people who can still walk around in Shentu Forest are Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing!
In other words, these thousands of missionary monuments were all lit by the two of them——
They went from the outermost edge of Shentu Forest to the center, and every missionary tablet they passed along the way was a lineage, and such a quick passage meant that the two of them had almost only a moment from the beginning to the end of their enlightenment!
The people around need to calm down and comprehend the true meaning of Dao for several days. In front of Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing, it is just the most common and easy-to-understand trivial matter!
"How is this possible..."
All over Luohe Academy, more and more people noticed the abnormality of Daobei Xinghe. The previous dissatisfaction and suspicion of the two people suddenly disappeared. Everyone looked up at the auspicious scene in the sky, and all they could do was feel shocked. Clothes.
In this journey of divine enlightenment, the comprehension and talent displayed by Xiao Chongyan and Gu Jing are like a world of difference from others.
Who else dares to give birth to dissatisfaction?
—
"How are you?"
"can."
Inside the Shentu forest, Gu Jing held Xiao Chongyan's waist and stepped on the Jiuxiao Sword. The two flew with the sword, and soon crossed the periphery of the Shentu forest, and came to the true core of the preaching stele forest.
In front of them, there are hundreds of black Taoist monuments with a height of hundreds of meters, scattered scattered on the ground.
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