"...so, that's the way it is."
Jiang Mingchen helplessly explained to the senior brothers of the same sect why he was followed by a puppet master.
The monks of Tianxuanzong looked at the puppet master who was following Junior Brother Jiang's buttocks and staring at Junior Brother Jiang's back, and finally figured out that it was a false alarm, and Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
"So this is ah."
"I thought he was here to seek revenge. Although it is not good to say that, after all, he is also a fellow Taoist we know, but it is still a bit scary to look at it like this."
"Yes, yes!"
Senior Brother Chen at the side couldn't stand the atmosphere anymore, and said speechlessly, "Isn't it more terrifying to misunderstand you without hostility?"
He also angered the puppet master: "Is it not enough to take advantage of it? I want Junior Brother Jiang to continue to help you? You use Lingshi to work for him? It's a good idea!"
Puppeteer: "...I can pay for spirit stones!"
Senior Brother Chen didn't hear this, but when he heard this, he immediately swept the puppet master up and down with that kind of contemptuous gaze of "You poor ghost, don't pretend to be generous with us!" The brothers secretly exclaimed: I didn't expect Brother Chen to have such a side!
Before the other party exploded in anger, he reminded Jiang Mingchen: "Junior Brother Jiang, I will give you a bit late advice, don't believe any puppet master who likes to procrastinate! Think about it, because of your help in the past six months, he has at least cleared all the time. All the trading tasks within ten years have earned a lot of money, but did he give you a spirit stone? No?"
The puppeteer tried to defend himself with trembling lips: "I..."
"Besides, you don't lack spirit stones. It would be too dishonest to send you off with only spirit stones."
"But……"
Brother Chen just stared at him, and continued to question his soul: "With the help of Brother Jiang, you have relaxed a lot, right? You have to do 30 years of trading tasks by yourself, and with him to help you, you can clear them all in five or six years... ...How can such a capable helper compare to your junior brother from the same sect as you?"
Of course, they can only get five points at most!Only when he promises a lot of benefits can he drive the equally lazy brothers to score five points!
Because there are too few people who can become puppet masters in the comprehension world, the result of the low competition pressure is that this group of puppet masters who are already a little bit weird will take procrastination as a normal thing, and even introverted. It is time to update and upgrade the way of escape to avoid any monks who are dragged away!
Being able to catch a puppeteer who delays the task has become the first skill that many monks who need puppet people and puppet beasts must learn. It can be seen how outrageous the behavior of these people who delay the task is!
Under such a major premise of retrograde introversion, a good helper who has both the talent of a puppet master and no fear of procrastination is so precious that any puppet master would not be able to help but snatch it!
Because it is self-study, the other party is currently unable to complete the entire process of making the puppet mechanism alone, but the other party has been able to apply all the knowledge he has mastered to the actual situation, and he has done it perfectly!If he didn't understand the core technology, he probably didn't need to follow along. Jiang Mingchen alone could complete all the puppet master's work.Such a terrifying talent made the puppeteer feel both admiration and jealousy, as well as joy and pity.
what a pityNaturally, it's a pity that such a person didn't enter his teacher's school, but went to do alchemy!
Compared with the small number of alchemists, the puppet masters who can be called the key protected animals in the cultivation world are the most lacking, okay?
"...Junior brother Jiang, you can help me for a few more years, no, just before the selection starts, I can use my experience as a puppet to communicate with you, how about it?"
Since they are both Golden Core stage monks, it is not easy to use the word "teaching". The puppet master thought that he really can't get many spirit stones now, and only this little experience can be exchanged, so he asked urgently road.
Jiang Mingchen let out a "huh", as if he was thinking.
The young puppet master, who has always been so casual and perverse, waited there obediently. Finally, under the nervous gaze of the puppet master, Jiang Mingchen finally nodded and said, "I really have nothing else to do recently. If that's the case, I'll help you again." For a while."
The people around them all heaved a sigh of relief, and the few people in Tianxuanzong thought that if there were acquaintances they knew who could act as puppet agencies, it would be much more convenient in the future.The puppet master is happy that the backlog of trading tasks here can finally be completed ahead of schedule!After returning to the world of comprehension, I finally don't have to hide in Tibet anymore, and I can appear in front of people openly and aboveboard!
In the minds of the group of monks who came to the mortal world, this matter was just a small episode, which was quickly put aside.As time went by, more and more monks gained insights and inspiration from this ancient battlefield.Under the circumstances that almost everyone has gained something, Jiang Mingchen is just learning from others to make some basic puppet organs, which is really a trivial matter.
Only Brother Dagger knew that Jiang Mingchen did not help that puppet master out of kindness. His motive from the very beginning was for the puppet master's core knowledge.
Within half a year, it was so easy for the other party to get used to how easy it is to have help. After the other party got used to it, they deliberately let go, forcing the other party to take the initiative to exchange the experience talks about the puppet organization for labor.
"I don't want to change careers, I just feel that skills are not overwhelming. In terms of practicality, puppet mechanisms can be used in combat or in daily life, but there are very few puppet masters. Instead of waiting in line for finished products, it is better to Let's get a lot of food and clothing."
After a busy day, Jiang Mingchen went back to the cave he found temporarily to meditate and rest. Before the break, he had a daily chat with Brother Dagger, and mentioned the reason why he wanted to learn the puppet mechanism.
However, he has a more important reason that he didn't say, that is, to delve into the puppet mechanism, maybe in the future, he can make a puppet above the prefecture level that can temporarily attach the soul.
It is difficult for ordinary monks' souls to attach to utensils, which will cause some irreversible damage to the monks' soul itself.But once a soul has achieved this, it seems that there will be more choices between attaching to one artifact and attaching to more artifacts.
Transformation as a weapon spirit is a very long process, and at least a few thunderstorms have to be experienced in the process, and a little carelessness may cause the disappearance of the weapon spirit.
A puppet that perfectly matches the aura of that remnant soul might become the next temporary possession. This is a mysterious gift he wants to give to his friends.
Of course, it is not easy to do this, but Jiang Mingchen already has some clues...
In a blink of an eye, two years of cold and heat have passed.
The day of selection is coming soon. The area where the climbing ladder is located was originally covered by an enchantment. Before it was about to open, someone stepped on a flying sword and looked out, and said to the people around him in surprise: "This time, you are here!" so many people?"
"Yeah, I heard that the last time the ladder was opened, there were less than a hundred people climbing the ladder. This time, thousands of people came. Is it the most ever?"
These monks who are deaf to outside affairs can't understand why so many people came to the session they were in charge of.
Outside the mountain, looking at the virgin forest in front of me, among the thousands of people who rushed over one after another, some were half-believing, some were firm believers, and some came with a mission, and behind them stood the court forces of various countries.
"If the rumors are true, one month is enough time for the court to send people over. But I always feel that this matter is a bit mysterious. Are there really gods in this world? Or are there people playing tricks and pretending to be ghosts?"
"I also think that some people are pretending to be gods and ghosts. Those miracles may be done by a grandmaster or a grandmaster. The great master has strong internal power. If it is powerful, it will be no different from the legendary gods."
"Where are there any gods in this world!"
Fairy!If the emperor hadn't sent them to investigate the situation, they wouldn't have gone to such a deep mountain and old forest to suffer!
I thought that there would not be too many people who believed this kind of nonsense, and even if there were some, they would not really come to suffer hardships. Unexpectedly, after arriving, I found that more than 5000 people came one after another!
"Wait, isn't it said that today is the day for some immortals to recruit apprentices and select candidates? As long as there is no fairy fate, these people will naturally leave."
These warriors sent by the imperial courts of various countries have never believed the news that is widely spread in the world.When he saw that some of the people who came here were Jianghu people, there were also some ordinary people who had no heart at first glance, what's more, he also saw a few beggars, which made them feel that this was A ridiculous farce.
They are just waiting for the farce to end quickly, so that they can go back to their lives immediately, and don't stay here to continue to be bitten by mosquitoes and suffer from this kind of suffering.
When the sun rose to the center of the sky, the vision appeared!First, there was a clear and pleasant knocking sound from the mountain, clang clang clang, after three consecutive rings, in the void invisible to mortal eyes, there seemed to be something swiftly swaying like ripples, a kind of mysterious and A mysterious feeling permeated everyone's hearts.
The people who were still whispering instinctively sensed something, and immediately fell silent, and all looked into the void together.
The dense mountain forest seemed to be separated by an invisible big hand, and a neat road leading directly to the mountain appeared in front of everyone out of thin air.
The people who had been making noise before but no one dared to step into this primitive mountain range held their breath at this moment. When someone stretched out their feet tentatively, they stepped on the place where there were still big trees before, and then the whole When people walked over step by step, the quiet crowd suddenly boiled up the next moment.
"Gods, miracles! Sure enough, there are gods inside!"
Apart from gods, what else could explain what happened before their eyes?A straight inward road appeared where there were trees and grass?
"Could it be that everything we saw before was a blindfold?"
When most people were shocked by the scene in front of them, some people were still suspicious and tried to explain everything in front of them with tricks like blindfolding.
The road that appeared extended inward without end in sight, as if it was going to take them to a brand new and unknown world.
Although some people came with a strong desire to seek immortality, at this last step, seeing this incomprehensible scene, their calves trembled, and they felt timid.
Some people are very disdainful of the matter of Xianyuan, but they come here due to various unavoidable reasons. At this moment, they have infinite desires.
Regardless of whether the person hiding in the deep mountains is a god or not, with this hand alone, he is definitely a master in a hundred years, no, he is a once-in-a-thousand-year master!
Dozens of countries have sent warriors, and they need to go in for the sake of the imperial court behind them.
There are also some "court eagle dogs" who have secret thoughts. They think that if they can really get some great inheritance, they just stay here and can't go back. Presumably, it's not a big deal, right?Compared with the opportunity that can make oneself infinitely strong, how much is the so-called loyalty to the monarch worth in the heart of a warrior?
And those warriors who are free people almost burst into flames in their eyes!What is burning is their desire for great power!
There is no one to lead the way, but the straight road with no forks all the way, does not need anyone to guide anything at all, it has already told them where they are going.
The person who tentatively set foot on this road at the beginning suddenly came to his senses after walking a few steps. He disappeared in a flash, and the next moment, his figure appeared more than ten meters away. The speed is rushing forward.
"Damn it! Hurry up! Don't let him come out on top!" After the initial shock, someone finally came to his senses and realized that since the existence of Xianyuan is really possible, then the thousands of people who came here are all his competitors !
Who would believe that the gods would accept thousands of people as apprentices at once!Even if the person inside is not a god, but a top master hidden in the world, it is definitely not a loss to worship under such an expert!Still the same sentence, whether it is a god or an expert, it is impossible to accept thousands of people as apprentices at a time, at most dozens, dozens or even a few people at a time, right?
The one who runs first may have the greatest chance!
"There are so many people here, but there are not many people with outstanding qualifications." Seeing thousands of people running on the road through the water mirror technique, a monk shook his head and sighed.
"If there are a few more great masters, maybe we can really select a few more people... It's a pity..."
It's a pity that the great masters who are already top masters in this world basically don't come to this kind of scene of ascending the ladder in person.But this is not surprising, the previous selection trials were just a small-scale event, quietly appearing and ending quietly, and did not cause much splash in the rivers and lakes.The people who come here to recruit people count luck into the selection conditions. It is because of the rituals that have to be performed from time to time when the two worlds were separated. How many people really take it seriously?It's nothing more than dealing with errands.They don't understand why the original power set up such a rule that must be followed for thousands of years. In the eyes of most monks, the separated cultivation world alone is large enough and has enough people. Then recruit disciples from the mortal world.In their eyes, those who can't come to the door by themselves are not even qualified to test the talent of the root bone.
Like this time, it spread all over the world within three years, and the imperial courts of dozens of countries sent people to investigate the situation, which had never happened before.
Grandmasters are regarded as "national treasure" masters in the mortal world. In a big country for decades, there are usually only three to six grandmasters. This "six" is still the number at its peak, and there is no can be maintained.However, a small country may last for several generations without a single great master. Even if there are such martial artists in the country, they will be recruited by the big country at a very high price. It is difficult to provide so many resources to support a great master, and the rapidly rising power of warriors after the emergence of the great master.
How could it be possible for such a local emperor to hang out with thousands of mediocre warriors, beggars, merchants, court eagles and dogs to explore what is most likely to be a farce?
Even if they send people over, they are basically ordinary disciples, not even a confidant disciple, because it will make them feel that they have lost their value. If this matter is really a farce, how can I take it so seriously on my side? Isn't it for those old acquaintances to watch the joke?
This caused the monks to show disapproval after checking the general situation of thousands of people.
Jiang Mingchen mixed in the crowd, stared at the water mirror and searched carefully, but couldn't help sighing in his heart when he didn't see any familiar faces.Those who were rescued by him, he overestimated the progress of their cultivation, and missed the trial selection this time.
But it's nothing, the cheats he left can allow them to practice until the golden core stage, if they can't catch up with this time, they can wait for the next time.
"Junior Brother Jiang, what's the matter?" Seeing Jiang Mingchen frowned suddenly, Senior Brother Chen who was standing beside him hurriedly asked softly.
Jiang Mingchen shook his head at the other party: "It's nothing."
However, his fingers subconsciously stroked the sheath of the dagger pinned to his waist.
Just now, his dagger moved suddenly, as if he had "saw" something that caused it to fluctuate.
Jiang Mingchen's eyes fell back to the mirror, and the scene on it was nothing more than a group of people who had been led to the foot of the mountain and began to climb the ladder. Could it be that Brother Dagger had seen such a trial scene before, so he was suddenly excited?
When he and Brother Dagger came near the climbing ladder before, Brother Dagger didn't respond at all. It can be seen that it is not the problem of the stone ladder itself.
However, this kind of elementary trial can no longer interest Jiang Mingchen. On the stone ladder in the water mirror, many talents suddenly stopped moving after climbing a few meters, and fell backwards in less than a stick of incense. Go, fell on all fours.
There have always been monks guarding stealthily beside the stone ladder. If someone falls down, he will be dragged by a force immediately, and then "sent" out of the trial area.
When these people open their eyes again, they will find that they are already standing outside the forest, and there are still dense towering trees in front of them, as if everything they have experienced just now is a dream, there is no big road, and there is no long-term path. The endless stone stairs going up...
The more you climb, the more hallucinations will appear. Only those who break through the obsessions of mortals and those with strong willpower can climb up step by step.
Even if such a person does not have spiritual roots, as long as he can climb to the top, he can choose to enter any one of the various sects that have participated in the trial, starting from the outer sect disciples.
Even if they really don't have spiritual roots, as long as their minds are tough enough, they can completely enter the Tao with martial arts.In Jiang Mingchen's view, the outer disciples selected in this way are more tenacious than the outer disciples recruited in the cultivation world.But if you give it a chance, maybe you can have a different life.
"We don't need manpower here for the time being. I'll find a cave to rest for a few days, and call me if I need something." Jiang Mingchen impatiently stayed here for [-] days, said something to Senior Brother Chen, and walked out.
When he came outside, he found a cave and sat down, but the dagger didn't jump out to say anything, and Jiang Mingchen didn't say anything, but he just sat there cross-legged as he and Senior Brother Chen said, and entered an ordinary cultivation state .Some inexplicable impetuous emotions were relieved. After a few days passed, Jiang Mingchen went back and took a look. Seeing that there were only a hundred or so people left from the thousands of participants, there was still nothing to do here, so he left again.This time he "disappeared" for more than [-] days and returned before the final selection ended.
However, there are quite a few monks like him who ran away halfway. For these Jindan monks, this kind of simple trial means that the preparatory work requires everyone to work together. In the last month, there is nothing to do. Someone is here to watch.So no one accused Jiang Mingchen of leaving, and some people even quietly asked him if he could order a few puppet organs from him after he went back, and the price he gave was quite high.Jiang Mingchen readily agreed, which also won him more "friendship".
He didn't tell others that during the twenty days since he left, he assembled all the puppet parts that he had prepared for himself over the past two years, installed the spirit stones, and placed them in a state that could be activated at any time. Status, put it in the storage ring.These puppets are not service puppets in the ordinary sense, but more advanced fighting puppets.Jiang Mingchen made three at one go, because his own cultivation is currently limited, and he can't make puppets higher than the Jindan stage. No matter how finely these puppets are made, they are only at the foundation stage. It doesn't last long, and it can only last for about half an hour at a time under the spiritual power of the top-grade spirit stone.But because the swordsmanship can be set according to the maker's own swordsmanship attainments, and the sword can be swung to great effect without any spiritual power, so although Jiang Mingchen was a little disappointed by the fighting power of these three puppets, it cannot be said that they are completely invincible. usefulness.
"In the end, only these six people climbed up?"
Jiang Mingchen looked at the people who finally climbed to the highest point in the water mirror. There were only six people, including the 6000 or [-] people who were most of the warriors. Only six people finally succeeded in "breaking through" by willpower. This number is really not very good.
Compared with the final number of people in the past, it is not much stronger.
Brother Chen seemed to see what he was thinking, and said from the side: "So no one has ever tried to spread the word before. First, if too many people are attracted, it will cause too much trouble. Second, no matter how many people come, Tens, hundreds, thousands, you see, the final result is still only a few people climbing up. Since the results are similar, why bother?"
Jiang Mingchen opened his mouth, wanting to refute something, but found that if he thought in the way of a monk, he really couldn't refute.But for the data itself, it doesn't matter if there is one more person or one less person, but for any individual in the mortal world, there may be one more chance to walk out of a different life.But such a concept, even for people in the mortal world, no one would understand it at all, right?
Jiang Mingchen didn't say anything, just watched in silence as the six people ushered in the appearance of the "immortal". Although he was also a member of the "immortal", he just stood in the crowd without saying a word.
"Immortals, immortals! There really are immortals!" The six of them climbed to the top of the seemingly endless stone ladder by willpower, and when they looked up, they saw a group of people flying over with magic weapons. With outstanding appearance and outstanding temperament, standing against the wind, like a legendary fairy, the six people who gradually believed in the fairy tale during the climbing process couldn't help opening their eyes wide, and subconsciously held their breath.
"Congratulations, you have passed the trials of our major sects." A fairy landed lightly, stepped forward, and said to them gently, especially to the woman among the six people, she was even more amiable.
"I don't know if you are willing to go to other realms with us and cultivate the way of longevity?"
What a fairy!Hearing this, the six people were all excited. Although except for two free warriors, the other four came with a mission, but in front of the Tao of Longevity, what kind of mission does it matter?
Promise first!
"I am willing!" The six rushed back.
"Since this is the case, I will give you one month to say goodbye to your relatives and friends. After one month, if you tear this talisman, we will take you out of this world. Remember, you may not be able to return for 200 years. Of course, if you don't want to If you go back, you can also stay here, and leave together after one month." The fairy sent a talisman to these people one by one, and said in a warm voice.
Jiang Mingchen secretly thought, this is quite humane, and these selected disciples are given time to say goodbye to their relatives and friends. Those who are afraid of being retaliated and blocked and dare not go back can stay. They are very considerate.
Thinking about it again, unless they can cultivate to the golden core stage, these six people may not have the chance to return to this world after leaving, so it is not surprising to give them a little time to say goodbye.
Just when he was thinking like this, he suddenly heard a voice in surprise: "Young Xia, is it you?"
Jiang Mingchen followed the voice, only to find that there was a familiar face among the six people.
"Are you... from that caravan?"
Meng Laosan didn't expect that the other party actually remembered him, so he nodded quickly: "It's me, it's me! You really are a fairy! It's great to see you again!"
Although this youth-like fairy had only met him once, in the past three years, Meng Laosan and his sworn brothers had inquired about the whereabouts of the rich businessman's nephew, and learned that the reason why the child was kidnapped seemed to be related to him. It is related to talent, and it also involves some things related to the grand master and the furnace. Later, I heard the news that a certain grand master was stabbed to death by his apprentice, and all the confidant disciples were crippled. Behind these things, there must be the figure of this young immortal.And since the young immortal will stand up for an ordinary businessman and even save more people along this line, then this so-called immortal, even if he is aloof, should be inclined to pity mortals, not the one who tramples on mortals for fun. Class right?
Precisely because of such trust and feeling that the fairy fate might have something to do with this fairy, Meng Laosan resolutely came to participate in the selection, but in the end he really made it to the end, and saw the person who had met three years ago The young fairy who passed away.
Thinking of the last time he went to the merchant's house, the merchant's family had fun together, Meng Laosan continued: "Boss Zhou once said to me, if I see you again, I must tell you that they are now a family together, thank you very much , since there is no other way to repay, I can only pray every day, I hope you can cultivate the supreme way and quickly achieve the right result."
The monks on the side listened and looked at the two curiously.
Jiang Mingchen didn't tell Meng Laosan that after helping to bring the child back, he secretly went there again. At that time, he was afraid that someone would not give up and continue to do something, so he stared at him for a few days before leaving. It was during those few days that he saw When he arrived at Zhou's house, he set up a longevity tablet for him, three sticks of incense in the morning and evening, prayed before meals, and blessed after meals. Now hearing Meng Laosan say this, it's like dreaming back to that time, the subtle sense of shame made me think that my skin was getting thicker day by day Jiang Mingchen fell silent for a moment.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he could only bite the bullet and reply: "It's good for them to have fun together as a family. The road of cultivation is not easy, and I hope you can get what you want."
Meng Lao San said yes repeatedly.
Because of this little episode, after the six people went down the mountain one after another, Senior Brother Chen and the others couldn't help asking him a few words, and learned that he had killed a peak martial artist of a great master for the sake of an ordinary businessman. What kind of sect, I didn't think it was a big deal, and said that if you need their help, you can just mention it.After all, in the next month, everyone will be free.Thinking of the impact a group of Golden Core stage monks would have on the mortal world, Jiang Mingchen quickly refused.
A month passed by in a flash, Jiang Mingchen only went back to Unnamed Island in these [-] days, wandered around incognito, and found that the few people he put there were still practicing, and he left behind a bunch of low-grade Lingshi left them another temporary volume of cultivation experience on how to build a foundation, and then left quietly.As for Brother Dagger floating nearby when he was writing his experience, Jiang Mingchen didn't take it to heart at all.
When the one-month period passed, Jiang Mingchen and the others returned to the realm of cultivation through the gate, feeling the more intense aura rushing towards them as soon as they stepped over the gate, Jiang Mingchen exhaled lightly.
"Junior brother Jiang, won't you go back with us?" After a short rest, knowing that Jiang Mingchen did not go back to the sect with them, Senior Brother Chen asked curiously.
Jiang Mingchen replied, "I have an appointment with a friend."
His words were not prevarication, just a few days after he came back to rest, he unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance whom he hadn't seen for a long time near the boundary gate——Yan Shu.
Since he agreed to drink and discuss the Tao with the other party, he could only separate from his fellow seniors.
However, before leaving, Jiang Mingchen felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart, and reminded a few more familiar senior brothers to be more careful on the way back, and it is best to go straight into the sect without stopping all the way.He had a vague premonition that something would happen on the way back.For monks who have reached the golden core stage, this premonition should not be ignored.
After hearing this, these people really took it to heart, saying that they would be careful on the way back, and in turn told Jiang Mingchen to pay attention.
After watching the treasure ship leave, Jiang Mingchen went to the appointment.
He found Yan Shu in a wine shop in a small town nearby. The appearance of the monks will generally remain unchanged for a long time. When the two meet again, they still look like teenagers, but in fact they have changed a little bit. different.Jiang Mingchen could feel that Yan Shu looked more mature than the last time he met, and he was more and more inclined to the unrestrained and unrestrained sword cultivator of the later generations.
The two exchanged glasses, and one of them drank a jug of wine, but felt unsatisfied, and went to a nearby high slope, where the wind was blowing, each took out their private possessions, and continued to taste the fine wine.As for the matter of discussing the Tao, it was left behind.
Yan Shu obviously had something on his mind, and while drinking, he felt a little depressed.
Although Jiang Mingchen thought he was not a caring friend, he couldn't turn a blind eye to this, so he asked him what happened.In normal times, it would be impossible for Yan Shu to tell outsiders about the internal affairs of the sect, but today, for some reason, he suddenly wanted to talk to his friends. They all said it.
It turns out that recently the suzerain of the Ziyang Sect and several elders have gradually behaved differently from the past, which made Yan Shu, a junior, very uncomfortable. Out of sight out of mind.But even if he couldn't see it, Yan Shu still felt uncomfortable when he thought that the masters of the sect whom he respected in the past had gradually become like this.
Jiang Mingchen was stunned when he heard it. He was different from Yan Shu. He came from the world outside the "book". After hearing something that caused vigilance, Jiang Mingchen immediately became alert after hearing it. He felt that there was something wrong with it.Not only is there something wrong with the Ziyang Sect, but he also thinks that something is wrong with the Tianxuan Sect where he belongs!
"Senior brother Yan." Jiang Mingchen organized his words, trying not to let his words be too straightforward, "Could you have misunderstood the teachers of your sect? Cultivators need to cultivate their hearts, and this heart is not a heart of good and evil. , but a tenacious heart and the way of persistence. If you are a monk in the Qi refining and foundation building period, your mind is unstable, your path is unclear, and your behavior will change a lot, which is normal. What big event caused the road ahead to collapse... Otherwise, how could there be the changes you mentioned?"
He almost asked directly, are these teachers of yours, what's the problem?
Or, you have been hiding it all the time, and what you see is always a person who is not what he looks like!
Or, something big happened to you teachers!Big deal!Otherwise, it is impossible for a senior monk to suddenly change his temperament for no reason!
This kind of thing is very sudden to ordinary people. After all, young children may have a big change in mood, but for adults, it is already in the stage of "the world is easy to change and the nature is hard to change".
Ordinary people are like this, let alone high-level monks who have basically lived for thousands of years, have seen everything, and are about to understand everything?
After Yan Shu listened, she fell silent immediately, Jiang Mingchen didn't urge her, and just sat aside and drank quietly.
After a while, Yan Shu said: "You are right, it seems that I still can't escape this matter, I should go back and investigate."
Hearing this, Jiang Mingchen was relieved that the other party was willing to believe his words, but suddenly felt a little worried. No matter how famous Yan Shu would be in a thousand years, Yan Shu at this moment was just a sword cultivator at the golden core stage. If he went to investigate A few high-ranking monks, what should we find out, or should we find nothing?
If something is found out, are you sure you can manage such a thing, instead of being simply silenced by the other party?
"I know what you're worried about, don't worry, I know what's going on." Taking a look at Jiang Mingchen's hesitant to speak, Yan Shu smiled and said.
Yan Shu in this appearance is very different from the young Jianxiu who was impulsive and meddling with him back then.Although the appearance was vaguely still the same as before, the passage of time brought them changes inside.
"That's good. If you need any help, please send me a message. This is the puppet bird I made."
Jiang Mingchen handed over a palm-sized puppet, and when Yan Shu looked at it in surprise, he explained how to use it.This puppet beast, which looks like a fat paparazzi, cannot be used for fighting, but it can be used as a "fax machine". You only need to stuff the written content into the paparazzi's mouth, and the other paparazzi who is a pair with this paparazzi A paparazzi would spit out this paper.
A pair of two is a comprehension version of a one-to-one binding communicator.
Jiang Mingchen has only just made a pair of such puppet beasts, which are considered as trial products.If it is feasible, he plans to give one to the master and the two senior brothers in the future, which is much more convenient than using sound transmission for thousands of miles.Even when seriously injured, as long as the puppet can be taken out, it can be operated, and the operation process does not even require spiritual power.Because there is a small organ in the forehead of the puppet beast, which can be stuffed with spirit stones. When the spirit power of the spirit stones is exhausted and turns grayish white, they can be replaced with spirit stones.This is a reference to the batteries that were everywhere before he crossed over, but in this world, this kind of daily-use puppet is really very useful.
Jiang Mingchen helplessly explained to the senior brothers of the same sect why he was followed by a puppet master.
The monks of Tianxuanzong looked at the puppet master who was following Junior Brother Jiang's buttocks and staring at Junior Brother Jiang's back, and finally figured out that it was a false alarm, and Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
"So this is ah."
"I thought he was here to seek revenge. Although it is not good to say that, after all, he is also a fellow Taoist we know, but it is still a bit scary to look at it like this."
"Yes, yes!"
Senior Brother Chen at the side couldn't stand the atmosphere anymore, and said speechlessly, "Isn't it more terrifying to misunderstand you without hostility?"
He also angered the puppet master: "Is it not enough to take advantage of it? I want Junior Brother Jiang to continue to help you? You use Lingshi to work for him? It's a good idea!"
Puppeteer: "...I can pay for spirit stones!"
Senior Brother Chen didn't hear this, but when he heard this, he immediately swept the puppet master up and down with that kind of contemptuous gaze of "You poor ghost, don't pretend to be generous with us!" The brothers secretly exclaimed: I didn't expect Brother Chen to have such a side!
Before the other party exploded in anger, he reminded Jiang Mingchen: "Junior Brother Jiang, I will give you a bit late advice, don't believe any puppet master who likes to procrastinate! Think about it, because of your help in the past six months, he has at least cleared all the time. All the trading tasks within ten years have earned a lot of money, but did he give you a spirit stone? No?"
The puppeteer tried to defend himself with trembling lips: "I..."
"Besides, you don't lack spirit stones. It would be too dishonest to send you off with only spirit stones."
"But……"
Brother Chen just stared at him, and continued to question his soul: "With the help of Brother Jiang, you have relaxed a lot, right? You have to do 30 years of trading tasks by yourself, and with him to help you, you can clear them all in five or six years... ...How can such a capable helper compare to your junior brother from the same sect as you?"
Of course, they can only get five points at most!Only when he promises a lot of benefits can he drive the equally lazy brothers to score five points!
Because there are too few people who can become puppet masters in the comprehension world, the result of the low competition pressure is that this group of puppet masters who are already a little bit weird will take procrastination as a normal thing, and even introverted. It is time to update and upgrade the way of escape to avoid any monks who are dragged away!
Being able to catch a puppeteer who delays the task has become the first skill that many monks who need puppet people and puppet beasts must learn. It can be seen how outrageous the behavior of these people who delay the task is!
Under such a major premise of retrograde introversion, a good helper who has both the talent of a puppet master and no fear of procrastination is so precious that any puppet master would not be able to help but snatch it!
Because it is self-study, the other party is currently unable to complete the entire process of making the puppet mechanism alone, but the other party has been able to apply all the knowledge he has mastered to the actual situation, and he has done it perfectly!If he didn't understand the core technology, he probably didn't need to follow along. Jiang Mingchen alone could complete all the puppet master's work.Such a terrifying talent made the puppeteer feel both admiration and jealousy, as well as joy and pity.
what a pityNaturally, it's a pity that such a person didn't enter his teacher's school, but went to do alchemy!
Compared with the small number of alchemists, the puppet masters who can be called the key protected animals in the cultivation world are the most lacking, okay?
"...Junior brother Jiang, you can help me for a few more years, no, just before the selection starts, I can use my experience as a puppet to communicate with you, how about it?"
Since they are both Golden Core stage monks, it is not easy to use the word "teaching". The puppet master thought that he really can't get many spirit stones now, and only this little experience can be exchanged, so he asked urgently road.
Jiang Mingchen let out a "huh", as if he was thinking.
The young puppet master, who has always been so casual and perverse, waited there obediently. Finally, under the nervous gaze of the puppet master, Jiang Mingchen finally nodded and said, "I really have nothing else to do recently. If that's the case, I'll help you again." For a while."
The people around them all heaved a sigh of relief, and the few people in Tianxuanzong thought that if there were acquaintances they knew who could act as puppet agencies, it would be much more convenient in the future.The puppet master is happy that the backlog of trading tasks here can finally be completed ahead of schedule!After returning to the world of comprehension, I finally don't have to hide in Tibet anymore, and I can appear in front of people openly and aboveboard!
In the minds of the group of monks who came to the mortal world, this matter was just a small episode, which was quickly put aside.As time went by, more and more monks gained insights and inspiration from this ancient battlefield.Under the circumstances that almost everyone has gained something, Jiang Mingchen is just learning from others to make some basic puppet organs, which is really a trivial matter.
Only Brother Dagger knew that Jiang Mingchen did not help that puppet master out of kindness. His motive from the very beginning was for the puppet master's core knowledge.
Within half a year, it was so easy for the other party to get used to how easy it is to have help. After the other party got used to it, they deliberately let go, forcing the other party to take the initiative to exchange the experience talks about the puppet organization for labor.
"I don't want to change careers, I just feel that skills are not overwhelming. In terms of practicality, puppet mechanisms can be used in combat or in daily life, but there are very few puppet masters. Instead of waiting in line for finished products, it is better to Let's get a lot of food and clothing."
After a busy day, Jiang Mingchen went back to the cave he found temporarily to meditate and rest. Before the break, he had a daily chat with Brother Dagger, and mentioned the reason why he wanted to learn the puppet mechanism.
However, he has a more important reason that he didn't say, that is, to delve into the puppet mechanism, maybe in the future, he can make a puppet above the prefecture level that can temporarily attach the soul.
It is difficult for ordinary monks' souls to attach to utensils, which will cause some irreversible damage to the monks' soul itself.But once a soul has achieved this, it seems that there will be more choices between attaching to one artifact and attaching to more artifacts.
Transformation as a weapon spirit is a very long process, and at least a few thunderstorms have to be experienced in the process, and a little carelessness may cause the disappearance of the weapon spirit.
A puppet that perfectly matches the aura of that remnant soul might become the next temporary possession. This is a mysterious gift he wants to give to his friends.
Of course, it is not easy to do this, but Jiang Mingchen already has some clues...
In a blink of an eye, two years of cold and heat have passed.
The day of selection is coming soon. The area where the climbing ladder is located was originally covered by an enchantment. Before it was about to open, someone stepped on a flying sword and looked out, and said to the people around him in surprise: "This time, you are here!" so many people?"
"Yeah, I heard that the last time the ladder was opened, there were less than a hundred people climbing the ladder. This time, thousands of people came. Is it the most ever?"
These monks who are deaf to outside affairs can't understand why so many people came to the session they were in charge of.
Outside the mountain, looking at the virgin forest in front of me, among the thousands of people who rushed over one after another, some were half-believing, some were firm believers, and some came with a mission, and behind them stood the court forces of various countries.
"If the rumors are true, one month is enough time for the court to send people over. But I always feel that this matter is a bit mysterious. Are there really gods in this world? Or are there people playing tricks and pretending to be ghosts?"
"I also think that some people are pretending to be gods and ghosts. Those miracles may be done by a grandmaster or a grandmaster. The great master has strong internal power. If it is powerful, it will be no different from the legendary gods."
"Where are there any gods in this world!"
Fairy!If the emperor hadn't sent them to investigate the situation, they wouldn't have gone to such a deep mountain and old forest to suffer!
I thought that there would not be too many people who believed this kind of nonsense, and even if there were some, they would not really come to suffer hardships. Unexpectedly, after arriving, I found that more than 5000 people came one after another!
"Wait, isn't it said that today is the day for some immortals to recruit apprentices and select candidates? As long as there is no fairy fate, these people will naturally leave."
These warriors sent by the imperial courts of various countries have never believed the news that is widely spread in the world.When he saw that some of the people who came here were Jianghu people, there were also some ordinary people who had no heart at first glance, what's more, he also saw a few beggars, which made them feel that this was A ridiculous farce.
They are just waiting for the farce to end quickly, so that they can go back to their lives immediately, and don't stay here to continue to be bitten by mosquitoes and suffer from this kind of suffering.
When the sun rose to the center of the sky, the vision appeared!First, there was a clear and pleasant knocking sound from the mountain, clang clang clang, after three consecutive rings, in the void invisible to mortal eyes, there seemed to be something swiftly swaying like ripples, a kind of mysterious and A mysterious feeling permeated everyone's hearts.
The people who were still whispering instinctively sensed something, and immediately fell silent, and all looked into the void together.
The dense mountain forest seemed to be separated by an invisible big hand, and a neat road leading directly to the mountain appeared in front of everyone out of thin air.
The people who had been making noise before but no one dared to step into this primitive mountain range held their breath at this moment. When someone stretched out their feet tentatively, they stepped on the place where there were still big trees before, and then the whole When people walked over step by step, the quiet crowd suddenly boiled up the next moment.
"Gods, miracles! Sure enough, there are gods inside!"
Apart from gods, what else could explain what happened before their eyes?A straight inward road appeared where there were trees and grass?
"Could it be that everything we saw before was a blindfold?"
When most people were shocked by the scene in front of them, some people were still suspicious and tried to explain everything in front of them with tricks like blindfolding.
The road that appeared extended inward without end in sight, as if it was going to take them to a brand new and unknown world.
Although some people came with a strong desire to seek immortality, at this last step, seeing this incomprehensible scene, their calves trembled, and they felt timid.
Some people are very disdainful of the matter of Xianyuan, but they come here due to various unavoidable reasons. At this moment, they have infinite desires.
Regardless of whether the person hiding in the deep mountains is a god or not, with this hand alone, he is definitely a master in a hundred years, no, he is a once-in-a-thousand-year master!
Dozens of countries have sent warriors, and they need to go in for the sake of the imperial court behind them.
There are also some "court eagle dogs" who have secret thoughts. They think that if they can really get some great inheritance, they just stay here and can't go back. Presumably, it's not a big deal, right?Compared with the opportunity that can make oneself infinitely strong, how much is the so-called loyalty to the monarch worth in the heart of a warrior?
And those warriors who are free people almost burst into flames in their eyes!What is burning is their desire for great power!
There is no one to lead the way, but the straight road with no forks all the way, does not need anyone to guide anything at all, it has already told them where they are going.
The person who tentatively set foot on this road at the beginning suddenly came to his senses after walking a few steps. He disappeared in a flash, and the next moment, his figure appeared more than ten meters away. The speed is rushing forward.
"Damn it! Hurry up! Don't let him come out on top!" After the initial shock, someone finally came to his senses and realized that since the existence of Xianyuan is really possible, then the thousands of people who came here are all his competitors !
Who would believe that the gods would accept thousands of people as apprentices at once!Even if the person inside is not a god, but a top master hidden in the world, it is definitely not a loss to worship under such an expert!Still the same sentence, whether it is a god or an expert, it is impossible to accept thousands of people as apprentices at a time, at most dozens, dozens or even a few people at a time, right?
The one who runs first may have the greatest chance!
"There are so many people here, but there are not many people with outstanding qualifications." Seeing thousands of people running on the road through the water mirror technique, a monk shook his head and sighed.
"If there are a few more great masters, maybe we can really select a few more people... It's a pity..."
It's a pity that the great masters who are already top masters in this world basically don't come to this kind of scene of ascending the ladder in person.But this is not surprising, the previous selection trials were just a small-scale event, quietly appearing and ending quietly, and did not cause much splash in the rivers and lakes.The people who come here to recruit people count luck into the selection conditions. It is because of the rituals that have to be performed from time to time when the two worlds were separated. How many people really take it seriously?It's nothing more than dealing with errands.They don't understand why the original power set up such a rule that must be followed for thousands of years. In the eyes of most monks, the separated cultivation world alone is large enough and has enough people. Then recruit disciples from the mortal world.In their eyes, those who can't come to the door by themselves are not even qualified to test the talent of the root bone.
Like this time, it spread all over the world within three years, and the imperial courts of dozens of countries sent people to investigate the situation, which had never happened before.
Grandmasters are regarded as "national treasure" masters in the mortal world. In a big country for decades, there are usually only three to six grandmasters. This "six" is still the number at its peak, and there is no can be maintained.However, a small country may last for several generations without a single great master. Even if there are such martial artists in the country, they will be recruited by the big country at a very high price. It is difficult to provide so many resources to support a great master, and the rapidly rising power of warriors after the emergence of the great master.
How could it be possible for such a local emperor to hang out with thousands of mediocre warriors, beggars, merchants, court eagles and dogs to explore what is most likely to be a farce?
Even if they send people over, they are basically ordinary disciples, not even a confidant disciple, because it will make them feel that they have lost their value. If this matter is really a farce, how can I take it so seriously on my side? Isn't it for those old acquaintances to watch the joke?
This caused the monks to show disapproval after checking the general situation of thousands of people.
Jiang Mingchen mixed in the crowd, stared at the water mirror and searched carefully, but couldn't help sighing in his heart when he didn't see any familiar faces.Those who were rescued by him, he overestimated the progress of their cultivation, and missed the trial selection this time.
But it's nothing, the cheats he left can allow them to practice until the golden core stage, if they can't catch up with this time, they can wait for the next time.
"Junior Brother Jiang, what's the matter?" Seeing Jiang Mingchen frowned suddenly, Senior Brother Chen who was standing beside him hurriedly asked softly.
Jiang Mingchen shook his head at the other party: "It's nothing."
However, his fingers subconsciously stroked the sheath of the dagger pinned to his waist.
Just now, his dagger moved suddenly, as if he had "saw" something that caused it to fluctuate.
Jiang Mingchen's eyes fell back to the mirror, and the scene on it was nothing more than a group of people who had been led to the foot of the mountain and began to climb the ladder. Could it be that Brother Dagger had seen such a trial scene before, so he was suddenly excited?
When he and Brother Dagger came near the climbing ladder before, Brother Dagger didn't respond at all. It can be seen that it is not the problem of the stone ladder itself.
However, this kind of elementary trial can no longer interest Jiang Mingchen. On the stone ladder in the water mirror, many talents suddenly stopped moving after climbing a few meters, and fell backwards in less than a stick of incense. Go, fell on all fours.
There have always been monks guarding stealthily beside the stone ladder. If someone falls down, he will be dragged by a force immediately, and then "sent" out of the trial area.
When these people open their eyes again, they will find that they are already standing outside the forest, and there are still dense towering trees in front of them, as if everything they have experienced just now is a dream, there is no big road, and there is no long-term path. The endless stone stairs going up...
The more you climb, the more hallucinations will appear. Only those who break through the obsessions of mortals and those with strong willpower can climb up step by step.
Even if such a person does not have spiritual roots, as long as he can climb to the top, he can choose to enter any one of the various sects that have participated in the trial, starting from the outer sect disciples.
Even if they really don't have spiritual roots, as long as their minds are tough enough, they can completely enter the Tao with martial arts.In Jiang Mingchen's view, the outer disciples selected in this way are more tenacious than the outer disciples recruited in the cultivation world.But if you give it a chance, maybe you can have a different life.
"We don't need manpower here for the time being. I'll find a cave to rest for a few days, and call me if I need something." Jiang Mingchen impatiently stayed here for [-] days, said something to Senior Brother Chen, and walked out.
When he came outside, he found a cave and sat down, but the dagger didn't jump out to say anything, and Jiang Mingchen didn't say anything, but he just sat there cross-legged as he and Senior Brother Chen said, and entered an ordinary cultivation state .Some inexplicable impetuous emotions were relieved. After a few days passed, Jiang Mingchen went back and took a look. Seeing that there were only a hundred or so people left from the thousands of participants, there was still nothing to do here, so he left again.This time he "disappeared" for more than [-] days and returned before the final selection ended.
However, there are quite a few monks like him who ran away halfway. For these Jindan monks, this kind of simple trial means that the preparatory work requires everyone to work together. In the last month, there is nothing to do. Someone is here to watch.So no one accused Jiang Mingchen of leaving, and some people even quietly asked him if he could order a few puppet organs from him after he went back, and the price he gave was quite high.Jiang Mingchen readily agreed, which also won him more "friendship".
He didn't tell others that during the twenty days since he left, he assembled all the puppet parts that he had prepared for himself over the past two years, installed the spirit stones, and placed them in a state that could be activated at any time. Status, put it in the storage ring.These puppets are not service puppets in the ordinary sense, but more advanced fighting puppets.Jiang Mingchen made three at one go, because his own cultivation is currently limited, and he can't make puppets higher than the Jindan stage. No matter how finely these puppets are made, they are only at the foundation stage. It doesn't last long, and it can only last for about half an hour at a time under the spiritual power of the top-grade spirit stone.But because the swordsmanship can be set according to the maker's own swordsmanship attainments, and the sword can be swung to great effect without any spiritual power, so although Jiang Mingchen was a little disappointed by the fighting power of these three puppets, it cannot be said that they are completely invincible. usefulness.
"In the end, only these six people climbed up?"
Jiang Mingchen looked at the people who finally climbed to the highest point in the water mirror. There were only six people, including the 6000 or [-] people who were most of the warriors. Only six people finally succeeded in "breaking through" by willpower. This number is really not very good.
Compared with the final number of people in the past, it is not much stronger.
Brother Chen seemed to see what he was thinking, and said from the side: "So no one has ever tried to spread the word before. First, if too many people are attracted, it will cause too much trouble. Second, no matter how many people come, Tens, hundreds, thousands, you see, the final result is still only a few people climbing up. Since the results are similar, why bother?"
Jiang Mingchen opened his mouth, wanting to refute something, but found that if he thought in the way of a monk, he really couldn't refute.But for the data itself, it doesn't matter if there is one more person or one less person, but for any individual in the mortal world, there may be one more chance to walk out of a different life.But such a concept, even for people in the mortal world, no one would understand it at all, right?
Jiang Mingchen didn't say anything, just watched in silence as the six people ushered in the appearance of the "immortal". Although he was also a member of the "immortal", he just stood in the crowd without saying a word.
"Immortals, immortals! There really are immortals!" The six of them climbed to the top of the seemingly endless stone ladder by willpower, and when they looked up, they saw a group of people flying over with magic weapons. With outstanding appearance and outstanding temperament, standing against the wind, like a legendary fairy, the six people who gradually believed in the fairy tale during the climbing process couldn't help opening their eyes wide, and subconsciously held their breath.
"Congratulations, you have passed the trials of our major sects." A fairy landed lightly, stepped forward, and said to them gently, especially to the woman among the six people, she was even more amiable.
"I don't know if you are willing to go to other realms with us and cultivate the way of longevity?"
What a fairy!Hearing this, the six people were all excited. Although except for two free warriors, the other four came with a mission, but in front of the Tao of Longevity, what kind of mission does it matter?
Promise first!
"I am willing!" The six rushed back.
"Since this is the case, I will give you one month to say goodbye to your relatives and friends. After one month, if you tear this talisman, we will take you out of this world. Remember, you may not be able to return for 200 years. Of course, if you don't want to If you go back, you can also stay here, and leave together after one month." The fairy sent a talisman to these people one by one, and said in a warm voice.
Jiang Mingchen secretly thought, this is quite humane, and these selected disciples are given time to say goodbye to their relatives and friends. Those who are afraid of being retaliated and blocked and dare not go back can stay. They are very considerate.
Thinking about it again, unless they can cultivate to the golden core stage, these six people may not have the chance to return to this world after leaving, so it is not surprising to give them a little time to say goodbye.
Just when he was thinking like this, he suddenly heard a voice in surprise: "Young Xia, is it you?"
Jiang Mingchen followed the voice, only to find that there was a familiar face among the six people.
"Are you... from that caravan?"
Meng Laosan didn't expect that the other party actually remembered him, so he nodded quickly: "It's me, it's me! You really are a fairy! It's great to see you again!"
Although this youth-like fairy had only met him once, in the past three years, Meng Laosan and his sworn brothers had inquired about the whereabouts of the rich businessman's nephew, and learned that the reason why the child was kidnapped seemed to be related to him. It is related to talent, and it also involves some things related to the grand master and the furnace. Later, I heard the news that a certain grand master was stabbed to death by his apprentice, and all the confidant disciples were crippled. Behind these things, there must be the figure of this young immortal.And since the young immortal will stand up for an ordinary businessman and even save more people along this line, then this so-called immortal, even if he is aloof, should be inclined to pity mortals, not the one who tramples on mortals for fun. Class right?
Precisely because of such trust and feeling that the fairy fate might have something to do with this fairy, Meng Laosan resolutely came to participate in the selection, but in the end he really made it to the end, and saw the person who had met three years ago The young fairy who passed away.
Thinking of the last time he went to the merchant's house, the merchant's family had fun together, Meng Laosan continued: "Boss Zhou once said to me, if I see you again, I must tell you that they are now a family together, thank you very much , since there is no other way to repay, I can only pray every day, I hope you can cultivate the supreme way and quickly achieve the right result."
The monks on the side listened and looked at the two curiously.
Jiang Mingchen didn't tell Meng Laosan that after helping to bring the child back, he secretly went there again. At that time, he was afraid that someone would not give up and continue to do something, so he stared at him for a few days before leaving. It was during those few days that he saw When he arrived at Zhou's house, he set up a longevity tablet for him, three sticks of incense in the morning and evening, prayed before meals, and blessed after meals. Now hearing Meng Laosan say this, it's like dreaming back to that time, the subtle sense of shame made me think that my skin was getting thicker day by day Jiang Mingchen fell silent for a moment.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he could only bite the bullet and reply: "It's good for them to have fun together as a family. The road of cultivation is not easy, and I hope you can get what you want."
Meng Lao San said yes repeatedly.
Because of this little episode, after the six people went down the mountain one after another, Senior Brother Chen and the others couldn't help asking him a few words, and learned that he had killed a peak martial artist of a great master for the sake of an ordinary businessman. What kind of sect, I didn't think it was a big deal, and said that if you need their help, you can just mention it.After all, in the next month, everyone will be free.Thinking of the impact a group of Golden Core stage monks would have on the mortal world, Jiang Mingchen quickly refused.
A month passed by in a flash, Jiang Mingchen only went back to Unnamed Island in these [-] days, wandered around incognito, and found that the few people he put there were still practicing, and he left behind a bunch of low-grade Lingshi left them another temporary volume of cultivation experience on how to build a foundation, and then left quietly.As for Brother Dagger floating nearby when he was writing his experience, Jiang Mingchen didn't take it to heart at all.
When the one-month period passed, Jiang Mingchen and the others returned to the realm of cultivation through the gate, feeling the more intense aura rushing towards them as soon as they stepped over the gate, Jiang Mingchen exhaled lightly.
"Junior brother Jiang, won't you go back with us?" After a short rest, knowing that Jiang Mingchen did not go back to the sect with them, Senior Brother Chen asked curiously.
Jiang Mingchen replied, "I have an appointment with a friend."
His words were not prevarication, just a few days after he came back to rest, he unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance whom he hadn't seen for a long time near the boundary gate——Yan Shu.
Since he agreed to drink and discuss the Tao with the other party, he could only separate from his fellow seniors.
However, before leaving, Jiang Mingchen felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart, and reminded a few more familiar senior brothers to be more careful on the way back, and it is best to go straight into the sect without stopping all the way.He had a vague premonition that something would happen on the way back.For monks who have reached the golden core stage, this premonition should not be ignored.
After hearing this, these people really took it to heart, saying that they would be careful on the way back, and in turn told Jiang Mingchen to pay attention.
After watching the treasure ship leave, Jiang Mingchen went to the appointment.
He found Yan Shu in a wine shop in a small town nearby. The appearance of the monks will generally remain unchanged for a long time. When the two meet again, they still look like teenagers, but in fact they have changed a little bit. different.Jiang Mingchen could feel that Yan Shu looked more mature than the last time he met, and he was more and more inclined to the unrestrained and unrestrained sword cultivator of the later generations.
The two exchanged glasses, and one of them drank a jug of wine, but felt unsatisfied, and went to a nearby high slope, where the wind was blowing, each took out their private possessions, and continued to taste the fine wine.As for the matter of discussing the Tao, it was left behind.
Yan Shu obviously had something on his mind, and while drinking, he felt a little depressed.
Although Jiang Mingchen thought he was not a caring friend, he couldn't turn a blind eye to this, so he asked him what happened.In normal times, it would be impossible for Yan Shu to tell outsiders about the internal affairs of the sect, but today, for some reason, he suddenly wanted to talk to his friends. They all said it.
It turns out that recently the suzerain of the Ziyang Sect and several elders have gradually behaved differently from the past, which made Yan Shu, a junior, very uncomfortable. Out of sight out of mind.But even if he couldn't see it, Yan Shu still felt uncomfortable when he thought that the masters of the sect whom he respected in the past had gradually become like this.
Jiang Mingchen was stunned when he heard it. He was different from Yan Shu. He came from the world outside the "book". After hearing something that caused vigilance, Jiang Mingchen immediately became alert after hearing it. He felt that there was something wrong with it.Not only is there something wrong with the Ziyang Sect, but he also thinks that something is wrong with the Tianxuan Sect where he belongs!
"Senior brother Yan." Jiang Mingchen organized his words, trying not to let his words be too straightforward, "Could you have misunderstood the teachers of your sect? Cultivators need to cultivate their hearts, and this heart is not a heart of good and evil. , but a tenacious heart and the way of persistence. If you are a monk in the Qi refining and foundation building period, your mind is unstable, your path is unclear, and your behavior will change a lot, which is normal. What big event caused the road ahead to collapse... Otherwise, how could there be the changes you mentioned?"
He almost asked directly, are these teachers of yours, what's the problem?
Or, you have been hiding it all the time, and what you see is always a person who is not what he looks like!
Or, something big happened to you teachers!Big deal!Otherwise, it is impossible for a senior monk to suddenly change his temperament for no reason!
This kind of thing is very sudden to ordinary people. After all, young children may have a big change in mood, but for adults, it is already in the stage of "the world is easy to change and the nature is hard to change".
Ordinary people are like this, let alone high-level monks who have basically lived for thousands of years, have seen everything, and are about to understand everything?
After Yan Shu listened, she fell silent immediately, Jiang Mingchen didn't urge her, and just sat aside and drank quietly.
After a while, Yan Shu said: "You are right, it seems that I still can't escape this matter, I should go back and investigate."
Hearing this, Jiang Mingchen was relieved that the other party was willing to believe his words, but suddenly felt a little worried. No matter how famous Yan Shu would be in a thousand years, Yan Shu at this moment was just a sword cultivator at the golden core stage. If he went to investigate A few high-ranking monks, what should we find out, or should we find nothing?
If something is found out, are you sure you can manage such a thing, instead of being simply silenced by the other party?
"I know what you're worried about, don't worry, I know what's going on." Taking a look at Jiang Mingchen's hesitant to speak, Yan Shu smiled and said.
Yan Shu in this appearance is very different from the young Jianxiu who was impulsive and meddling with him back then.Although the appearance was vaguely still the same as before, the passage of time brought them changes inside.
"That's good. If you need any help, please send me a message. This is the puppet bird I made."
Jiang Mingchen handed over a palm-sized puppet, and when Yan Shu looked at it in surprise, he explained how to use it.This puppet beast, which looks like a fat paparazzi, cannot be used for fighting, but it can be used as a "fax machine". You only need to stuff the written content into the paparazzi's mouth, and the other paparazzi who is a pair with this paparazzi A paparazzi would spit out this paper.
A pair of two is a comprehension version of a one-to-one binding communicator.
Jiang Mingchen has only just made a pair of such puppet beasts, which are considered as trial products.If it is feasible, he plans to give one to the master and the two senior brothers in the future, which is much more convenient than using sound transmission for thousands of miles.Even when seriously injured, as long as the puppet can be taken out, it can be operated, and the operation process does not even require spiritual power.Because there is a small organ in the forehead of the puppet beast, which can be stuffed with spirit stones. When the spirit power of the spirit stones is exhausted and turns grayish white, they can be replaced with spirit stones.This is a reference to the batteries that were everywhere before he crossed over, but in this world, this kind of daily-use puppet is really very useful.
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