Xuanjian Xianzu

Chapter 1082
The palace is deep.

The palace was brightly lit. The scattered kudzu flowers were blown down by the wind in the courtyard and piled up at the foot of the steps. A young man, wearing an imperial robe with a purple base and white and gold patterns, stood quietly in front of the palace gate.

Behind him stood an eunuch, holding a golden bird cage carefully. In the hazy light, one could vaguely see a bird chirping inside the cage.

This bird is no bigger than a palm, with two feathers on its tail, both of which are bluish-white in color, black claws, red eyes, and a long purple beak. It tilts its head and looks at the outside world with great curiosity.

The young man on the left had a pair of golden eyes. It was Li Jiangliang. He raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at the blue-and-white bird, then lowered his eyebrows and said nothing.

This bird is a spiritual beast of the Zhenqi sect, named [Tanzhen], which can control water and fire, and balance yin and yang. It has been extinct for many years. When Yang Xuan became emperor, the Yang family collected treasures from all over the world to congratulate him, and ranked this creature first!

Yang Xu also liked this thing very much. He always carried it with him and played with it at will.

In the courtyard in front of the palace, two monks were fighting with swords. The older one looked to be in his early twenties, while the other was much younger, only a dozen years old. Neither of them used their skills, but simply fought with their weapons. However, one could see their extremely superb sword control skills, and the fight made clanging sounds, with light and shadows flowing.

Emperor Yang Xuan of Song Dynasty folded his hands and watched with great interest. He turned his head and asked:
"Jiangliang... the neighboring Gu family presented a precious sword. Although it is not a spiritual weapon, it is an item from the previous dynasty and it is also a true Qi. Which young master do you think is suitable?"

Li Jiangliang just bowed:

"The eldest son is fresh and unique, with a beautiful appearance, good at talking about the profound, and he can control his body by holding a sword. The second son is a genius, as bright as the moon, with a high voice and a smooth figure, and he can hold a sword like holding a blade... It all depends on your majesty's expectations..."

Yang Xuan smiled and shook his head, not looking at him, and just said:

"I have seen how talented they are. I am not as good as the King of Wei in terms of offspring."

Yang Xu once practiced in Simin and had many offspring, which was even considered extremely numerous among foundation-building cultivators. However, they were all scattered among the people. These two princes were found after he became emperor. The eldest prince was named Hui and the second prince was named Jiong. Both of them were accomplished people at a young age.

The eldest prince Yang Hui is the oldest, now twenty-eight years old, and has just established his foundation. The second prince Yang Jiong is more talented, just over twenty, and is already a cultivator of the ninth level of Qi training.

There is a third son in the harem, who is only three years old and was born in the palace. Li Jiangliang has seen him. When he was born, his feet were on water and fire, and there was a red spot between his eyebrows. He was obviously unusual. He understood in his heart that what Yang Xuan said was right. The two princes were born too early.

Li Jiangliang thought for a moment, then bowed and said:
"His Majesty…"

Yang Xuan interrupted with a wave of his hand and said:

"But if I really have to compare these two, I prefer the smaller one. At least it has some edge."

Li Jiangliang looked at Yang Jiong, who was dancing the sword faster and faster. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a long report from the palace, which suddenly interrupted his words:
"The Governor of Baijiang County and General Zhengnan, Li Jiangxia, is here to see you!"

Li Jiangliang was slightly startled, his expression strange, but Yang Xu turned around with a smile, patted his shoulder affectionately, and said:

"Your brother is here."

Then, a general in black armor came up quickly in the courtyard. He had a strong figure, a remarkable bearing, and a pair of bright golden eyes. It was Li Jiangxia.

After the general bowed in front of the steps, Yang Xu helped him up with a smile and said:
"congratulations!"

Li Jiangxia knew that he was talking about the addition of a pair of children to his family, so she quickly thanked him. Yang Xu waved his hand, and the eunuch on the other side immediately came forward with a jade tray. The Emperor Song said:

"Today happens to bring you even more happiness."

Then he saw the jade plate lifted up in front of him, with a cyan-gold token placed in the middle, inscribed with the words [Mysterious Purple Gold]. Yang Xuan instructed:
"Order General Li to lead the Purple Gold Mystery and enter the Fengwu Palace to command the troops. From now on, there is no need for him to go out and take charge."

Li Jiangxia was particularly valued. He had early on used his magical powers to conquer the south, and later attacked Shanji and dealt with Lianmin, making many contributions. Yang Xu had just the right reason to let him reside in the Purple Gold Palace!
Although Li Jiangxia has outstanding abilities, it is more of a favoritism of Yang Xu. If it was Li Jianglong who took over the position of Zhixuan at the beginning, the achievements he has made now may not be worse than Li Jiangxia. In the final analysis, it is still an excuse to value others.

However, Li Jiangxia's mastery of the purple gold mystical art is not equivalent to holding the mystical art. It is just a change from holding the mystical art on behalf of others to being the master of the mystical art on behalf of others. The good thing is that you don't have to lead troops to garrison the border to have the magical power, but you can have it with you all the time like Li Jiangliang, which is very beneficial to your practice! Compared with the real holding the mystical art, it is only a name away.

Li Jiangxia valued the cultivation of supernatural powers the most, so how could she not be happy? She immediately thanked him:
"I will help you to quell all difficulties and bring peace to our Song State!"

Yang Xuan smiled faintly, asked him to stand up, and said softly:

"This morning, Jinghai received a letter from Master Zhaojing asking about the situation in Southern Xinjiang. Jiangliang and I have discussed this and are planning to support the monsters in Southern Xinjiang to maintain the balance. Why don't you take the [Lingqiong Xuanshui Stone] with you and go over there, and reorganize the witch kingdoms you have conquered."

"As for Bai Jiang..."

Yang Xuan said softly:
"I wonder if anyone could recommend it?"

Both of them felt a chill in their hearts.

This Baijiang is not an ordinary place. It is located between the Boring Blade Mountain and the Moon-Watching Lake. It is obviously impossible to send a foundation-building person to garrison there. Once someone is sent there, he must receive magical powers in the Purple Gold Palace before going there! This is a great opportunity!
Li Jiangliang thought deeply and made some calculations in his mind.

How many Chi Xuans are there in the Song Dynasty now?

The most conspicuous ones are the two governors in the middle stage of Purple Mansion: Situ Huo and Liu Bai. These two have supernatural powers and the power to truly stabilize an area, so they obviously cannot be touched.

The remaining ones are brothers Li Jiangxia and Li Jiangliang... four of them have already gone! Li Jiangxia may not know how powerful it is, but Li Jiangliang often accompanies the emperor and knows a lot of secrets. There are only two or three positions left in the Purple Gold Palace!

Li Jiangliang thought that the best candidate was his second brother, but this matter was too sensitive, so he lowered his eyebrows and said:

"The Sima family has a talented person named Sima Xunhui, who is already in the late stage of foundation building and is good at planning. He is a first-class talent..."

"Sima Xun will."

Yang Xuan smiled and said softly:
"How can we give him a title when he has no merit or fault? The general strongly recommended your second brother Li Jianglong, but you didn't mention it!"

Li Jiangliang was ashamed and said:
"To avoid suspicion!"

Yang Xuan smiled and shook his head, saying with his hands behind his back:

"Isn't Sima Xunhui also Tingzhou's son-in-law? Ning Wan recommended a man named Li Yuanqin, who is said to be a direct descendant of Tingzhou. Tinglan is even more interesting, pointing out a young man from the Li family to me. If you really want to avoid suspicion, how can you avoid it completely! Don't worry too much - leave."

Li Jiangliang responded "yes" rather awkwardly, and withdrew with his brother, leaving the emperor standing with his hands behind his back. The bird in the cage kept chirping, making melodious and gentle sounds.

Yang Xu took a step forward, and the kudzu flowers on the soles of his feet were blown by the wind and flew up to the edge of his boots. Emperor Song looked at the kudzu flowers piled on the steps and praised them:
“So lush!”

The two of them left the hall together. Li Jiangxia's handsome face was always smiling as he asked:
"Fengwu Hall... is suitable for me."

The high-ranking officials of the Song Dynasty were divided into three branches: the military branch was Fengwu, the civil branch was Fengzhen, and there was a lofty Purple Gold Palace. However, the Emperor of Song did not focus on both civil and military affairs, and often had to take charge of both.

Li Jiangliang seemed to be worried, and was awakened by this. He congratulated him and said with a smile:

"I just happened to go back with my brother and meet those two good kids!"

"It's natural!"

……

Moon Lake.

The trees in the mountains trembled, and there was a loud noise, mixed with the faint sound of rustling wind.

The fine sand in front of the cave jumped and danced with the sound of the wind, rising and falling. The stone door continued to shake, and bright silver light poured out from the door and flowed among the mountains.

"Oh!"

The stone door that had not moved for many years suddenly made a sound and banged open. A drifting silver light blew out, causing the sky to darken, thunder to roll, clouds to scatter, stars to flash, trees to fall, and stars to fill the ground!
A young man appeared in the cave. He had stern brows and an extraordinary bearing. His eyes were filled with silver light and he looked quite cold, but there was a hint of joy between his brows, like a spring breeze that thawed the coldness.

It’s Li Suining!
"Immortal foundation achievement!"

He secluded himself in the mountains for a year to regulate his breathing, and then began to condense his true energy to achieve the immortal foundation of "Taixu Dou Zhuan Jue", calculate and arrange the sequence, advance the current situation, and concurrently serve as the "Shen Bu Xu" of the god's duty!
But his face showed not only joy, but more of a sense of peace after surviving the disaster, and even some cold sweat appeared on his face.

The difficulty of this path was far beyond his imagination!
It's not that Li Suining has not practiced Taoism and built a foundation. The "Xingwei Taicang Divine Scroll" back then was also a fifth-grade martial arts method, but this not-so-noble martial arts method is much more difficult!

It was only because of this "Taixu Douzhuan Jue" that an extra virtual pill condensed in his qi sea. It was mentioned in the technique that this pill could be transformed during the foundation-building process to assist in foundation-building, but a true genius would turn this pill from virtual to real to increase the power after the foundation is built.

Li Suining lived a new life, and the resources he gained far exceeded those in his previous life. He had spent decades building his foundation, so how could he compromise? Naturally, he gritted his teeth and made it through. However, this really tortured him. If it weren't for his experience in his previous life and the Suiyuan Pill, he would have almost died.

"I finally made it through!"

The most magical thing about "Shen Bu Xu" is the measurement and calculation of the arrangement of the sequence. The so-called measurement and calculation of the arrangement of the sequence is exactly the method of arithmetic!

It's not that they don't have their own method of calculation. The magic of Li Quewan, the master of Quan Dan, is so powerful that he can rival Qiu Shui. However, unlike the magic of Quan Dan and Wu Dao, the magic of "Shen Bu Xu" is more dependent on astronomical phenomena.

Unfortunately, nowadays the stars are in disorder and the celestial phenomena are abnormal, so the power of this wonderful use has been greatly weakened and it is very troublesome to calculate. There are only some small magical powers to control the thunder. The only unique thing is self-protection - [If there is any rebellion, the divine order will know it].

"Don't check me" can isolate oneself from magic calculations and avoid being measured by supernatural powers. "Divine Order" also has a similar effect. It is difficult for supernatural powers such as "Enter Clear Listening" to hear his inner voice and be detected by him... However, real people will also be able to sense the failure of supernatural powers and discover it.

"But according to what is said in the volume, the life and death divine power of Mingyang and Sheji cannot be avoided by the 'divine order'."

As for changing the current situation, Li Suining believes that it is much more useful. When practicing "Divine Order", the more cultivators are involved and the more powerful their magical powers are, the more glory it will add to "Divine Order".

'Only when the "Divine Preface" reaches the Purple Palace can it actively change the situation. The power added by the foundation-building dragon in the abyss should not be underestimated... The added brilliance can be used for calculations!'

Li Suining didn't understand much about the remaining mysteries of being a god. He could rely on the blessed land and seize the magical colors of the void to entrust his life...

This technique mentioned that the 'Divine Preface' was closely related to the 'Hua Qi', and that it once complemented the 'Crown Spirit Tassel' of the 'Hua Qi'. It said that a cultivator of the 'Si Tian' sect could use the 'Crown Spirit Tassel' to complement this 'Divine Preface'... Li Suining only half understood what he heard.

"The 'Hua Qi' path is said to be occupied by Buddhist monks, and now it seems very similar. Who knows, my 'Shen Bu Xu' path... is also a good material for Buddhist monks!"

He smiled sarcastically.

It should be that the "Si Tian" art has lost its luster over the years. Not only are several of its main uses incomplete, but the small tricks of the "Shen Bu Xu" such as Li fire taking wood medicine and Kan water driving water to control monsters are almost gone. The only thing worth mentioning is the Qi Dan that he tried his best to keep in his Dantian.

This Qi Pill was condensed when he was practicing Qi. As he broke through the foundation building stage, it turned from virtual to real and was called [Tian Si Lei Di].

In the words of "Taixu Douzhuan Jue", [Tian Si Lei Di] can store energy and accumulate thunder, and is mostly used as a temporary residence for practicing in a blessed place.

He studied it carefully for a while and felt confused for a moment.

"【Tian Si Lei Mansion】 is the core of the "Taixu Dou Zhuan Jue". It should have made various changes around this Qi Dan fake mansion. Why is it that at the critical moment, the immortal secrets did not mention it at all... When I was building the foundation, I spent a lot of effort to take care of this Qi Dan, just to store this one or two percent of the true essence and thunder? What a joke!"

The first or second level of true essence and stored thunder are certainly not weak, but as a direct descendant of the Moon Watching Immortal Clan, how could Li Suining be short of these three branches and two leaves? To be frank, if he went to ask Li Jiangzong to refine a magic weapon, he could still store the first or second level of true essence and store thunder around him, and even do better!
He looked at it over and over again, and finally became confused.

'It's really weird. Is the "Taixu Dou Zhuan Jue" really a complete immortal technique? Why is the description of the immortal foundation so vague, as if some key secrets have been covered up. "

What he got from Liu Changdie back then was indeed the "Taixu Dou Zhuan Jue", but what he got was the Qi training foundation building chapter of the "Tian Si Bu Xu Shen Juan"! Naturally noble, many secret methods were deleted and sealed one by one, all in Li Ximing's hands!
Although Li Suining saw that everything was harmonious at the beginning and did not see any problems, after he had cultivated his immortal foundation and looked back on it, he felt that there was a problem.

He just thought it was a limitation of his technique, and felt sad and full of emotion:

"The 'Si Tian' sect is famous in ancient times. If one day it can complete the Taoist tradition, how powerful and miraculous it will be!"

Li Suining sighed secretly, and just after he got out of the customs, he arrived in front of the steps, where he saw an old man waiting there. He was dressed in plain clothes, sitting on the steps with a lamp in his hand, sighing and touching the patterns on the steps with his hands.

"Mr. Du!"

The old man who was sent to serve him jumped up immediately, tears blurred his eyes for a moment, and he murmured:
"God bless you!"

He burst into tears:
"I thought it had taken too long... There was something wrong with the Master... That's great, it's really great now..."

Ever since Du Dou followed Li Suining, his status has risen rapidly. No one dared to look at him harshly. The resources in his hands have increased several times, and his several younger children have all benefited from it... The tears on his face were not only because he was happy for Li Suining, but also because of his own relief.

"There were some difficulties in the technique, so it took some time."

Li Suining comforted him and said with a smile:

"Let's go! Let's tell the old man the good news!"

Du Dou suddenly stopped him, wiped the tears from his face, and said nervously:
"Wait a minute, bro!"

"Ok?"

Li Suining looked a little more suspicious, but saw that Du Dou looked nervous:

"Ning, you don't know that the war between the North and the South is getting more intense. A few days ago, a great monk came here. His name was Guangchan! The fight was so fierce that it took several real people to hold him back... He was allowed to come and go freely!"

Li Suining frowned:
"Guangchan!"

The old man nodded quickly:

"The master has been transferred to the south. The lake is now empty. Several masters have already ordered that all the direct descendants should practice in the mountains and not leave the mountains... Even Master Jiang Chun has entered the inner formation!"

Li Suining's expression changed slightly. He turned around with his hands behind his back, paced a few steps in front of the cave, stopped in front of the steps, and asked doubtfully:
"really?!"

Main characters in this chapter
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Li Jiangliang [Foundation Building Peak] [Purple Gold Holding Mystery]

Li Jiangxia [Foundation Building Peak] [Purple Gold Holding Mystery]

Li Suining [Early Foundation Building] [Tiansu]