Immortal Formula

   Chapter 538 Northbound

When Zhang Daniu heard Lin Zitong's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that in the competition that year, Gu Yan won the championship with the number of formation flags. The first five people can go to the hidden sword washing pool of Tibetan Sword Villa to try it out and look for opportunities.

  The secret realms in the nine major sects are all inherited from ancient times, inheriting the creation of heaven and earth, and even the disciples in this sect are not allowed to enter lightly, and they are open to outsiders. This is the first time in the history of Tibetan Sword Villa. So it was quite a surprise at the time.

   It was only after that competition was over that Master Xuanguang of Cangjian Villa announced that he had postponed the trial because of something important, and each of them gave a magic weapon as compensation. Everyone thought that Tibetan Sword Villa didn't want to open up their secret realm to outsiders, so they made excuses, and each of the five got a top-grade magic weapon, which can be paid for. Unexpectedly, after more than ten years, when everyone had forgotten about this matter, the old thing was suddenly brought up again.

  Zhang Daniu recalled the past and said with some emotion: "Although it has only been ten years, the changes in the world are really dazzling."

Lin Zitong felt the same way, "What happened in Yunyang City back then is like a dream when I think about it now." When she said this, it has been seventeen years since the big competition in Yunyang City. .

In the past ten years, the power of the entire Yunze has been turned upside down. After the Yuan and Qin families were injured in Yin Yunze, they closed their doors and thanked their guests. Since then, Yuan Zitan and Qin Zhong are said to be closed at the same time. Prepare for the impact of Nascent Soul. The two of them have already reached the state of complete formation of pills, but it was only because of mutual scruples and concern for the interests of the family that they did not form pills for a long time.

After the First World War, the power of the two groups was weakened at the same time, and they implemented the secret strategy of Taoguang. Instead, they let the two people worry. Anyway, the Bixia Sect has risen and become a three-legged situation, and the royal family is divided among the three factions. In time, the situation was flexibly controlled, and gradually there were signs of repeating the previous situation for thousands of years. Therefore, now the two of them, no matter who has a baby, is equivalent to breaking the game. Even if they fail, they will just continue to shrink their heads.

   So the two began to retreat in the same year as if they had discussed it, preparing for the birth of a baby. It's just that the birth of a baby is really a big event, and it's a no-brainer to drag it on for hundreds of years. Although the two major families have been making preparations for a long time, there are still a lot of things to do when things come to an end. . Still no news has come out.

   The Bixia Sect has grown by leaps and bounds in these seventeen years. After that big competition, Gan Biwu and others successfully received the allocated resources. With the disciples of the original two sects as the core, they recruited disciples, developed rapidly outward, and expanded their power. It was not until a few years ago that they stopped. Step down, at that time, the forces of the Bixia Sect had already spread throughout Yunze, and every county had a branch of the mountain gates of the Bixia Sect.

The entire Dongyang County has almost become the back garden of the Bixia Sect. With the best support of the royal family, the Bixia Sect is based in Dongyang and continues to expand outward. When the new forces join in, the Bixia Sect now has ten elders of Guangjiedan, dozens of disciples in the later stage of foundation establishment, and more than 300 inner disciples of the entire sect, not counting the small and medium-sized dependents. Factional forces. It can be called Yunze's third largest force standing side by side with the Yuan and Qin families.

The few people who were in the southeast back then also had their own opportunities. Lin Zitong successfully formed a pill a few months ago and began to officially serve as the head disciple to handle various matters of the Bixia Sect. In ten years, she was the successor to the next head of Bixia Sect. It's just according to Gu Yan's meaning, she still needs to concentrate on the way of cultivation now. As for the mundane affairs of the head, it will not be too late to take over after a few years and breakthroughs in the realm.

Although Zhang Daniu lives in seclusion in the spiritual garden, he is the one who has received the most advice from Gu Yan, and the method he has learned is the natural way. It is the cheapest to practice in the spiritual garden. He nourishes the spiritual energy of heaven and earth every day. In the late stage of the foundation, just waiting for the water to come to fruition will naturally form the elixir. Wei Qing also advanced to the late stage of foundation building a few years ago, but it was difficult to break through the realm, so he simply traveled down the mountain to find opportunities and breakthrough opportunities.

Wei Zhaoyi, who was the least cultivated among the four at that time, seemed to have changed abruptly since the foundation was established. , began to follow Lin Zitong to do some common affairs in the sect, and now he has begun to prepare for the middle stage of foundation building.

Zhu Ying and Lin Zitong practiced together in the secret realm of Xuandu. Gu Yan strictly ordered them to keep this secret and never let it go out. This biggest secret is still known to only the four of them, not even Gan Biwu and Lan Xiang. It's just that Zhu Ying's temperament is more detached, not as stable as Lin Zitong's. They retreated at the same time. Lin Zitong successfully formed the Dan and took the lead to leave the customs. However, Zhu Ying was still trapped in the inner demon. Some work.

  Lin Zitong felt a little regretful when he thought of this, "Senior sisters from various families are disturbed by love, and I am afraid that there will be twists and turns in the future of cultivation."

   Zhang Daniu listened and laughed without saying a word. He has been living in the spiritual garden all these years, feeling all things in the world, growing naturally, and realizing the mystery in the nurturing of living beings, and he has long regarded things of love and love lightly. It's just that these things are the devil's obstacles in their hearts. Some people can see through them, and some people will jump in willingly. This is the case with Zhu Ying. She and Yu Shang are considered to be happy friends, and they have become friends in the ancient battlefield. Because Gu Yan retreated in the spiritual garden, the fifty-year service originally assigned to Yu Shang was also relieved. Going in and going out together, you will have feelings for each other for a long time.

Under the Bixia Sect, they could not help getting married. Bi Zhenzhen did not detain the disciples, and the Fei Niao Sect came from the integration of the two sects. The identity of Yu Shang was the same as that of the inner disciple of the sect. Grief. It's just that Zhu Ying's skin is thin, and she feels that there is no achievement in the way of cultivation, and she must wait for both of them to form an elixir before they are willing to become a Taoist partner and work together as a mandarin duck. Therefore, Yu Shang had an eccentric temperament, and was forced to practice daily, and he never even had time to go down the mountain.

   This time, the two of them retreated one after another. I wonder if they were both trapped in emotional obstacles in their hearts, and at the same time trapped in the process of condensing the golden core. Now Bi Zhenzhen and Duan Wuxiu are watching over them.

  The path is all self-chosen, and others have no choice but to talk about it, so the two of them stopped talking about this topic. Lin Zitong asked, "When will Shishu be able to leave the customs?"

She succeeded in forming elixir and became one of the real people, and she could be worthy of the ten elixir elders, but Lin Zitong respected Gu Yan and still treated him as a teacher, and Zhang Daniu did the same, he replied: "Half a year Before, when the Baji Chaos Primal Array was closed, there was no sound. It was very strange. According to the old practice, every two months, there would always be a legal message. If Senior Sister Lin wants to send a message, I can light the letter here. Fragrance, Uncle Shi will know."

Just as Lin Zitong was about to speak, a sudden change occurred in the spiritual garden. The originally dim sky cast a brilliant golden glow on a golden flower in the garden, which was originally a stamen waiting to bloom. It bloomed all at once, and the fragrance filled the garden in an instant, and everyone felt relaxed and fascinated when they smelled it.

Zhang Daniu was shocked. Seeing that flower bloomed instantly, he rushed over quickly, took out a round jade plate in his hand, and said, "This golden syringa will not bloom until the sun is at its peak in seven days. , why did it suddenly advance?"

The flower only opened for a moment, and all the petals fell to the ground. Zhang Daniu didn't have time to catch it. He just screamed badly. At this time, eight beams of light suddenly appeared in the spiritual garden. The stone walls that were originally smooth as mirrors , suddenly the clouds became bright, and then it split from both sides, the golden light shining in the sky, and a figure slowly emerged from the stone wall.

She just raised her hand slightly, and a golden glow flew out from between her fingers, went close to the ground, and caught all the petals of Cymbidium chrysanthemum, and said with a smile: "I feel that the earth's veins have changed, and the fire of the earth has recently flourished. , seems to be better than the previous decades, and sure enough, this core flower bloomed earlier."

It was Gu Yan who was speaking. She had been in seclusion in the Primal Chaos Formation for seventeen years, devoted herself to meditation, and in the spiritual garden, where thousands of spiritual grasses gathered, she could experience the changes in the spiritual energy of the heaven and the earth, and the wonderful growth of all things. It is extremely beneficial. Seven years ago, her injuries were all gone, and the originally unstable spiritual energy was fixed, so she began to retreat and hit the late stage of the formation of elixir.

   This time, the speed of her practice was deliberately slowed down. It took four years for her to go out only once a year to guide silent speech, and finally she successfully advanced to the late stage of the formation of elixir three years ago. Thinking about it, this is thanks to the cultivation skills when he was in the secret realm of Xuandu. The four people who entered the secret realm to cultivate, needless to say Lin Zhu, even Bi Zhenzhen, has now entered the peak realm of the middle stage of formation, and is only one chance away from the later stage of promotion.

  Gu Yan began to sacrifice and refine some of his own magic weapons after the advanced stage of the formation of pills, and re-sacrifices the Nine Profound Heavenly Soldiers, forming a sword formation that connects children and mothers, and knows each other, and hides them in the body. Tai Ajian was also refined by her and returned to its original form. It's just that Zi Yungui seems to have a unique formation hidden in it, and she has not yet broken through. Originally wanted to spend some more time refining, but just happened to sense a change in the earth's veins. The recent explosion of earth fire was even worse than before. Gu Yan was worried that Yunze's spiritual veins would change, so he wanted to go out to see. Just in time for the goldenrods to bloom.

She took the nineteen petals of the golden daisy, took six by herself, and distributed the rest to Lin Zitong, "Elder Yang and others have started the furnace to refine the foundation pill, and they need this thing, you can send it back to them. Bar."

  Lin Zitong respectfully took it, and then took out the Feishu from Cangjian Villa, "It came directly from Cangjian Villa Feishu a few days ago, and it was handed over by the royal family, and the name was personally revealed by my uncle."

Gu Yan stretched out his hand to take it, and saw that it was a dull jade slip, next to his finger, there was a murderous aura, Gu Yan smiled, and with a slight twist of the two fingers, a golden glow flashed, Remove the murderous aura above, and below is the unique mark of Sword Master Yunchi. Gu Yan was taken aback. This was actually written by the master of Su Manjian, the owner of Cangjian Villa, Yunchi Jianzun.

For a Yuanying cultivator who can understand the mysteries of heaven and earth, she has always been very respectful, nodding her head in greeting, and then opening the jade slip. Handwritten, an arrogant sword intent rushed towards his face.

First, I apologized to the five monks who won the competition this time, and then I asked them to come to Cangjian Villa in May next year to participate in the re-opening ceremony of the Sword Washing Pool. At that time, ten people from Cangjian Villa will enter the washroom. In the sword pool trial, the five of them can also enter together to find opportunities. Really like the style of Jianxiu, it is neat and tidy, and he does not talk much. The following is his signature.

  Gu Yan looked at it, closed the jade slip, and pondered. She has been in retreat for seventeen years, and not only has her realm broken through, but she has also successfully cultivated all magic weapons. Under her careful cultivation, the spiritual garden has become more prosperous. The situation of Bixia Sect is very good, and she does not need any efforts, so she is quite quiet move meaning.

   Furthermore, according to the practice of a monk, when there is a breakthrough, one must meditate and cultivate to stabilize the state. When one’s own cultivation begins to stagnate, one must go out to travel, find opportunities, experience hardships and dangers, and realize the mind of the Tao. As soon as she retreats, it has been seventeen years, and it is time to go out for activities.

  Gu Yan put away the jade slip and asked, "Zi Tong, are the Sect Master and all the elders here?"

  Lin Zitong replied: "The head is still there. Among the elders, Master Bi and Elder Duan are accompanying their disciples in retreat respectively. Elder Ji and Master Lan are traveling far away, and the rest are all there."

The current inner sect of Bixia Sect includes Gu Yan, Bi Zhenzhen, Lan Xiang, Ji Quan, Duan Wuxiu, Wei Lengqiu, as well as two other elders who came to join him, plus Gan Biwu, who had formed a pill soon. Together with Lin Zitong, there are ten cultivators in the formation of alchemy. Among them, eight elders are not all like Gu Yan who do not ask about foreign affairs. Like Ji Quan and Wei Lengqiu, most of them lead the affairs. The other two new elders , are all sects attached to other counties, and receive the same treatment as Fei Niaomen, and the original sect masters are all promoted to the Presbyterian Church. If Gu Yan wants to travel far, some things must be explained in advance.

Zhang Daniu saw Gu Yan thinking, hesitantly did not step forward, Gu Yan saw him at a glance, and smiled: "Daniel, I know your thoughts, you have been guarding the spiritual garden for all these years, it is really hard, I don't know if you have any experience. ?"

Zhang Daniu was immediately awe-inspiring, stood up straight and said: "The so-called spirit of heaven and earth, all things are created, and there is harmony in the division, and there is a division in the combination." There are differences, this is the wonder of all things, the principle of creation that exists in one heart.

Gu Yan asked again: "The sky has the increase and decrease, the earth has the round and the defect, each is different, what is the explanation?" Gu Yan asked him, the heaven and the earth create all things, why different spiritual grasses absorb different spiritual energy, whether it is the creator, Biased?

Zhang Daniu replied: "All things are born, the law is natural, the sky increases and decreases, the vitality complements it, and the yin and yang balance it." He replied to Gu Yanzhi's question, saying that things between heaven and earth have their own laws of balance. Just as a flying bird is light, it is born with wings, and a beast is clumsy and heavy, it is supplemented by its bones and muscles.

Gu Yan nodded, and then said: "You can solve the way of balance, it is amazing, but the full moon is still missing, the universe is not complete, the world is not complete, if you can understand the gap between The way of change and mutual growth, you can rest assured to form the elixir."

   Zhang Daniu shuddered, and immediately replied: "This disciple is willing to spend another ten years in the Lingyuan, and realize the superior avenue."

Gu Yan smiled and said: "There is no need to be so nervous, it's just the natural way of dissolving old people. You are the only one who has to pass it on. I can't help being harsh. Before forming the pill, it's not a bad thing. There is no need to compare with her. And I will practice in the spiritual garden for a few more years, and when I return, I can start retreating and end the alchemy." She pondered and said, "If I do not return within seven years, you only need to understand this way. , you can retreat. This bottle of elixir will protect your state of mind from being disturbed by your inner demons, which is very beneficial." Then she took out a jade bottle from her bosom and handed it over.

  Zhang Daniu thanked him and took it. Lin Zitong was very thoughtful. He heard Gu Yan's meaning and asked, "Do you mean to go to Cangjian Villa?"

Gu Yan nodded, "I realized in silence, my merits were complete, and I felt very still and thoughtful. It's probably time to go out. You go back to the front mountain first, and tell the head, I will take care of the spiritual garden. , and come later."

  Lin Zitong responded, and flew away with Qingtian Jue again. Gu Yan then explained some affairs in the spiritual garden to Zhang Daniu, especially the several spiritual grasses she carefully cultivated, which are still in use for a long time. Then she handed him the jade talisman that opened the Baji Primal Chaos Array. If something happened to the Bixia Sect and Gu Yan was too late to return, she could use this jade talisman to move the entire spiritual garden into the Primal Chaos Array. Inside, borrowed the formation of Yunli Cave to protect himself.

   Zhang Daniu meticulously memorized what Gu Yan said, and then took over the jade talisman before leaving as ordered. Gu Yan went to the spiritual garden again, within the array that he had arranged, to see Moyan.

Moyan half a year ago, the last time she left the customs, she had already started to retreat to attack the foundation building. Gu Yan saw that she was in the formation, the treasure was solemn, the eyes were bright and bright, and the spiritual energy in her body was already overflowing, but I don't know why, but there is no sign of foundation building. Gu Yan thought about it for a while before thinking of the problem.

Moyan was her first disciple, Gu Yan taught him very wholeheartedly, for fear that she would make a mistake when building the foundation because of her weak foundation, so the previous foundation was inevitably a little thicker. The toughness is so strong that the aura absorbed has been delayed until now. This naturally also has her own self. When she succeeds in establishing a foundation, compared with the general cultivator who reluctantly succeeds by taking foundation building pills many times, the foundation is much stronger, and the future practice will be more stable. It's just like this, if you want to build a foundation successfully, you don't know what year and month it will be.

  Gu Yan thought about it for a while, then took out another pile of purple flame crystals, and arranged a new gathering array beside her, and then drove Ziyungui to the front mountain.

When she arrived at the front mountain and fell under the mountain gate, she found that Gan Biwu was the leader, the rest of the elders were all lined up, and the inner disciples who stayed at the mountain gate, adding up to more than one hundred people, came to greet her mightily. He couldn't help but startled and said, "Why is the head so solemn?"

   Gan Biwu said with a smile: "I heard that Elder Gu left the customs, all the disciples yearned for it, and wished to see the demeanor of the fairy back then, so I specially came to welcome him."

Gu Yan couldn't help laughing. When she was in the Yunyang City competition, she was very popular. There were quite a few young monks in Yunze who took her as their idol and later joined the Bixia Sect. Most of them came under her banner. It's just that Gu Yan began to retreat in Lingyuan after the big competition. Even the disciples of this sect had never seen her before. When they heard Lin Zitong's message, they all came to see the big cloud back then. Ze's fairy demeanor. It made Gu Yan Po feel a little dumbfounded.

   At this time, the two people standing behind Gan Biwu came forward to greet each other. Gan Biwu introduced, "This is Master Cao, and this is Fairy Ruan from Jingbo Lake."

  The man and the woman greeted Gu Yan separately. Both of them were members of the Bixia Sect seven years ago. At that time, Gu Yan was in seclusion, and he was in the late stage of the formation of pills. He only came out once a year to guide silent speeches, and then hurried in. Later, the two of them stayed outside all year round. , taking care of Bixiazong's affairs in other counties, so the three of them haven't met.

  Gu Yan had some impressions of that Ruan Fairy. She had met each other in the ancient battlefield. At that time, she seemed to be a vassal of the Qin family, but she didn't expect to join Bixia Sect now.

Fairy Ruan is a cultivator in the middle stage of forming an elixir. She looks very quiet, but when she sees Gu Yan, she will smile. She speaks in a soft voice, which is very pleasant, "When I was in Yin Yunze, I have seen Fairy Gu's majesty before, but now that I see her, I feel less intimidating."

   The real Cao looked a little taciturn. After a few words with Gu Yan, he stopped talking. Gu Yan nodded secretly in his heart. These two people are stable people. It seems that Gan Biwu has not been in a hurry to expand his power over the years, but has adopted a strategy of steady expansion, and he has come one step at a time. This is also in line with her mind. If Bixia Sect wants to become a true sect of inheritance, it must strive for perfection when choosing a sect, otherwise it will flourish and die.

   After everyone saw it, he went to the front hall to take a seat. Lin Zitong insisted on the courtesy of the younger generation and stood beside Gu Yan, so Gan Biwu could let her go. Gu Yan met with the disciples of the inner sect, and said a few words, nothing but diligent cultivation and other words. Then everyone entered the inner hall, and Gan Biwu asked: "I heard Zitong say, do you intend to go to the Tibetan Sword Villa?"

  Gu Yan nodded, "I've been in seclusion for seventeen years, my realm has been achieved, and I feel very calm and moving. Since I received Feishu, I want to go down the mountain for a walk. I wonder if the master can explain it?"

Gan Biwu said with a smile, "Everything in Yunze is as quiet as usual now, and no one has come to trouble the Bixia Sect. If you go out, at least there will be support everywhere, and it will not be the same as before." Thinking of the embarrassment back then, Everyone who experienced it laughed.

   (end of this chapter)