Xuanjian Xianzu

Chapter 1120 Wushengxi Township
The colors in the cave were bright. The man sitting in the middle was holding a formation diagram, thinking with his brows lowered. After a long time, he looked away and exhaled a long breath.

Liu Changdie seldom went out, and his days on the island were quite leisurely. Since he had no way to improve himself, most of his thoughts were on Taoism and the art of formations, which could really be considered as pure cultivation.

As for the resentment at not being able to make progress in spiritual practice, it gradually dissipated into nothingness.

"Rather than saying I've accepted my fate... I'd say it's worth it to have come to this point in my life."

He seemed to have noticed something and counted on his fingers. Then his eyes lit up. He stood up from his seat and escaped from the cave. He saw a green cloud floating in the west, which landed in front of the island and revealed an old immortal.

Liu Changdie was slightly embarrassed and quickly lowered his head:
"Meet the old-timers!"

The old man just nodded and smiled.

This old Immortal Shanbai is kind and generous, and he is also the Immortal Jiaomu who is in the middle stage of Purple Mansion. The cultivators who come and go give him some face. The mountain gate is on the seashore, and he has not been affected at all by the struggle between the North and the South until now.

Seeing Liu Changdie, Shanbai seemed not unfamiliar with him. He put his hands together and smiled:
"It's fate that follows you... Daoist friend has also become a Purple Mansion now! The [Four Constant Woods] were not given to the wrong person!"

Liu Changdie was even more embarrassed. When his cultivation was not at a high level, he knew from his memories of his previous life that a wandering cultivator had rescued an old man on an island in the East China Sea and obtained a treasure, so he waited for the opportunity and took it.

Who knew that the opportunity in his hands, which should have been a "return to earth", became the virtue of wood. At that time, I was a little confused and just thought that the old man was doing it casually.

Of course, he knew now that the real person Shanbai had come down the mountain to show his power because he had chosen someone to give it to him, and he had just interfered. He immediately apologized:
"I've made a fool of myself, Senior... I just hope I didn't ruin your plans!"

Shanbai shook his head and said with a smile:
"It's not a big deal. I met a descendant of an old friend, so I lent a hand and asked his younger generation to bring him a spiritual object... I wanted to help him break through the Purple Mansion, but he was hit by the spiritual energy and died. I don't know if it was used in the end."

"Whether there are fellow Taoists or not, this matter will not be a problem..."

Liu Changdie had no choice but to nod. As the two men stopped talking, they saw heavy clouds and rain in the north, and a woman appeared in a chariot driven by dragons and crabs.

The woman was dressed in a white Taoist robe, and was beautiful and charming. She gracefully stopped on the island. Liu Changdie stepped forward and saluted, saying:

"I've seen a real person!"

Taoist nun Xiang Chun returned the greeting and said:
"I came here as ordered. You are too polite, fellow Taoist."

Liu Changdie knew what she meant by the instruction, and he had known that this day would come... Before his rebirth, he had never even seen Li Xuanxuan. The old man died very early, and it seemed that he was killed in a demonic disaster!
"He must have escaped a fatal disaster. He has been nourished by spiritual creatures over the years, which is why he has managed to hold on until today... But since Yuan Jiao is gone, I should protect his father..."

Liu Changdie led her to sit in the pavilion. Shanbai had been in the East China Sea for many years and was familiar with this Taoist nun. He greeted her casually. Liu Changdie was very polite and sent someone to serve tea. He said:
"The old man is not only the elder of the King of Wei, but also the benefactor of Yuanbian. I am sorry to trouble you to come all the way here. If you need any errands, please let me know."

"I dare not call it a mission."

Xiang Chun nodded, and the three real people looked up at the same time, and finally saw the Taixu surging. Li Ximing came out with the light, saluted one by one, and said with a smile:
"Thank you for your help!"

But Li Xuanxuan behind him was stunned, looking around blankly, with thousands of words stuck in his chest.

His illness is a fundamental damage, which only gets worse and not worse. It is incurable. Not to mention if it were in other families, even if it happened decades earlier, they would have been well taken care of and spent their old age in peace, waiting to die!

But there were three real people in front of him. If Li Ximing who brought him here was included, there were a total of four real people running around for his shabby body!

Li Xuanxuan never thought of himself as a person of any importance. In those days, the low-level cultivators who fell in the market were like weeds, and countless cultivators died in battles. If it weren't for the younger generations who worked hard, he wouldn't have to go out and fight for his life and death. If Li Xuanxuan had a little bit of luck... How could he be alive today? He has lived long enough.

Li Ximing wanted him to come, but Li Xuanxuan wanted to make this junior feel at ease. Now his eyes were red and his heart was trembling:
"How could such a lowly body of yours be brought to this point..."

All the Purple Mansions present were able to see through the old man's emotions. As Master Xiang Chun took out a talisman from his sleeve, his expression showed a little more emotion. He raised his eyebrows and said:

"This letter was sent to the Dragon Palace. He Yun read it first and made a special trip to the Thunder Pond. Only then did he find out that the old man was the Thunder Girl's uncle... It's no small matter, both in public and in private."

As soon as these words came out, Li Xuanxuan's eyes showed some hope, and he said:

"I haven't seen Qinghong for many years..."

Li Ximing turned his head in silence, while Master Xiangchun adjusted the female water, the talisman paper swayed, and he said softly:
"The Thunder Pool involves the secret of swallowing thunder. First, it needs to be guarded by someone, and second, it cannot be seen by others. Naturally, it cannot be easily left without an owner."

The old man nodded repeatedly, and it was obvious that Xiang Chun was explaining it to him personally. Shan Bai, who was standing by, was already secretly horrified:
'No wonder so many troops were mobilized... It's comparable to other people's real people healing injuries. It turns out that this is the ancestor...'

Xiang Chun moved the talisman light, and immediately a gentle dark color flowed out, calming the old man's mood. He closed his eyes and pinched his hands to practice magic. Shan Bai stretched out his hand to feel his pulse, and the pavilion suddenly became quiet.

After a long while, Xiang Chun opened his eyes under Liu Changdie's worried gaze, exchanged glances with Shan Bai, and spoke first:

"The old man is indeed at the end of his life span. Although he suffered some serious injuries in his middle age, which shortened his life by more than ten years, he was fortunately well-treated in his later years and did not allow the damage to worsen. He has also recovered a lot and has managed to hold on until today. He has really done his best."

"I see a golden pill in his body. It should be a method of Heng Zhu, which is used to calm the mind and dispel the inner demons. Heng Zhu's methods often have miraculous effects. They have helped him a lot over the years. If he didn't have this technique, I'm afraid his body would have collapsed long ago."

Li Ximing nodded solemnly, but the old man wiped his tears and thought of Li Xijun. The two masters fell silent. Li Ximing said carefully:
"I haven't seen Senior Liu for a long time. Why don't we catch up first?"

Li Xuanxuan nodded silently, and went down with the help of Liu Changdie. Shanbai nodded, took over the conversation, and said:
"As for the matter of life span, since ancient times, Mu Dewei and Duan Shuai have been in decline until now. He already has defects, and he has suffered from the [Calamity of Beheading and Raising], which has made him even weaker. Taking a side path would have been the best way to achieve the best results, but the old man's cultivation is too low, so it is not easy to do that."

Xiang Chun said:
"I heard the instructions when I came here. I should take good care of the old man. His cultivation is low. I won't mention those vassal and refining methods. Other methods of chopping bones and refining blood are too painful and bloody. I heard that the nobles are the right way, so I dare not use them."

"I think the best way is to add years to your life. Since the old man is cultivating Lushui, his cultivation level is low, so adding years to his life is not difficult."

The two masters discussed quietly for a while, and Shanbai raised his eyebrows and said:
"This method of increasing longevity is originally for low-level cultivators to steal the life span that they have never received by clinging to the resources of high-level cultivators. If they can only steal one or two out of ten, there will be no possibility of a breakthrough."

"For example, if an old man from your sect breaks through the foundation-building stage, he will have an extra hundred years of life. We can use secret techniques and spiritual resources to create true essence for him, and thus obtain one or two of them. If the real person is willing to use one portion of the hornwood spiritual resource and one portion of the female water or the green water spiritual resource, and then use our magical powers to blend them, and use some low-level elixirs that extend lifespan, we can try to extend his lifespan by twenty years. If it's more, it depends on the old man's luck!"

He was being tactful enough. Li Ximing just clasped his hands and sighed:
“Just do your best!”

Then he took out the "Late Ear Golden Branch" spiritual resource of the "Hornwood", took out the jade bottle, handed it to Xiang Chun, and said solemnly:
"I got this elixir in my early years. It has the ability to increase lifespan. Please take a look at it, fellow Taoist."

Xiang Chun took the Tianyi Tucui Pill and looked at it carefully. He was unable to speak for a moment. After a while, he carefully put it away and said in disbelief:

"This is an excellent pill... It actually uses [Tianyi Chunyuan], and the ingredients are not cheap. If a real person were to use this pill... He could at least extend his life by ten years... But..."

The woman pursed her lips:
"It would take Zifu ten years, which is unusual. It is not like practicing Qi that can be supplemented with a little spiritual energy. If Xianluo and others knew about it, they would definitely do their best to exchange it... Daoist friend, please think about it carefully!"

Li Ximing sighed and said:
"If you hadn't thought it through earlier, how could you have taken it out and shown it to others?"

Xiang Chun looked at Shan Bai beside him, thought for a while, and said:
"There's no rush to use it. Twenty years is a lot of time. How about this... Shanbai and I start to take care of Senior Lao's health and extend his life for the next twenty years. If the King of Wei has any good treasures or prescriptions in the past twenty years, we can discuss it later."

"As for this pill, I will also prepare a prescription for you. Take it in a special way, but don't use it right away. If it comes in handy in the future, it won't make the old man feel guilty..."

Xiang Chun obviously disapproved of such extravagance, and said it very tactfully. Li Ximing listened to this and nodded silently, saying:
"Just sorry to bother you two!"

The two waved their hands repeatedly, and Shanbai sighed:
"Zhao Jing is not the first one to come to me... A few years ago, Daoist Tingyun also brought an old man here to cure his stubborn illness... Although the supernatural powers are noble, everyone has a relative that they can't let go of!"

"Exactly..."

Li Ximing raised his eyebrows and asked:
"I wonder... what is the [Calamity of the Killing and Raising] that the senior just mentioned?"

Shanbai paused, glanced, and seeing Xiangchun's calm face, he knew what was going on and said:
"That was the first battle between immortals and demons."

"There were constant disturbances between the immortals and the demons, and there were three major battles. Mu De was mostly in the demon path, and was killed in the first war. The two True Lords, Ji Mu and Geng Mu, perished together. For a very long time, there was no peace. Later, due to some differences in the Taoism, only the Jiao and Zheng paths of Mu De flourished..."

"The trigger for this great conflict was the [Disaster of Killing and Raising]."

"There was a wood virtue called 'Bao Mu'. It was not very prosperous at the time, but there was a demon ancestor immortal who was in charge, named [Zi Xuan]. His power was overwhelming, second only to the three Xuans. He led the [Cut and Cultivate Disaster] in the immortal way, which greatly offended the majesty of heaven and he retreated from the world. The position of 'Bao Mu' was greatly suppressed, and it has never prospered since then."

Shanbai lowered his eyebrows and said:
"I just heard it from someone else. I'm telling you a story for your entertainment. This [Killing and Raising Calamity] is terrible... but it didn't hurt anyone. It's also insidious... but it's the first thing in history..."

Li Ximing frowned upon hearing this and said:
"How insidious can it be?"

Shanbai looked bitter and said:

"After Sanxuan passed away, this demon ancestor's Taoism was so high that no one could compare to him. He also used the lord of 'Protecting Wood', the remaining 'Exiled Qi', as collateral for his lifelong Taoism, life, and status... to borrow something from heaven and earth, secretly cut it and hid it."

Li Ximing asked:
"What?"

"life."

Shanbai sighed:

"Longevity of all living beings."

Li Ximing raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, while Xiang Chun lowered his eyebrows and said:

"At that time, people lived to be 120 years old, sorcerers lived to be 400 years old, and supernatural powers lived to be 800 years old. There are still traces of this today. People in the books still remember that ordinary people live to be 100 years old, but in fact, they become weak at 50, exhausted at 60, and dead at 70."

This made Li Ximing stand there in a daze, and he remained silent for a long time. After a long while, he said:
"So... cruel!"

Shanbai smiled bitterly and said:
“If he wasn’t vicious, how could he become one of the four masters who founded the Demonic Path? The [Wushengxi Township] he promoted stands above the classics. Although it is as famous as [Wuguan Heritage], [Xuanzhen Demonic Heritage], and [Jiusu Evil Path], it is the most solid and powerful true Demonic Path!”

"As long as [Wushengxi Township] does not fall, the 'Baomu' sect will not be able to use its old name again, nor will it be able to break free and be proven by others!"

This old man obviously had some records in his Taoist tradition and was quite familiar with the Mu De of the time. He said:

“Even though this Demon Ancestor passed away after attaining enlightenment, Wushengxi Township still disappeared under the command of his disciple, Demon Lord Zheli. A few big figures also agreed with the Demon Ancestor’s ideas out of old friendship. In the end, the True Lords fought and only a few of them died.”

"But the demon king hid in the [Wushengxi Township] and kept controlling the situation, causing bloody storms several times. He was also present in the final battle of Pingmingjin... Even the sky collapsed, and it was considered a clean slate..."

Hearing him say that he had paid it back clean, Xiang Chun silently raised his eyebrows and said:
"If it is really clean... my life span will be returned to me!"

Li Ximing was stunned at first, then he was shocked and said:
"So... this Demon Lord is not a random name. If that's the case, Demon Lord Shaoyang..."

After hearing this, Shanbai immediately kept silent, but Xiangchun sighed and said openly:

"Shaoyang Demon Lord is a disciple of [Zitai Xuanxie Sect], a figure of [Jiusu Evil Path], and has nothing to do with [Wushengxi Township]. Naturally, he is the Demon Lord under the command of our Tongxuan Avenue!"

As soon as these words came out, Shanbai panicked visibly. The old man touched his forehead and interrupted:
"I'll go mix the spiritual objects right now!"

He hurried down, but the woman next to him still had a sneer on her face. She glanced at him and said lightly:

"What's there to be ashamed of? The [Wu Guan Heritage] is in Dou Xuan, isn't it still popular among people? The [Xuan Zhen Demon Heritage] is also circulated in Qing Xuan. The Three Xuans are the Zhengshi Avenue, which embraces all rivers and seas, even the Demonic Path is included in it, and no one has ever denied it!"

Li Ximing felt secretly awed.

"That's true... [Wuguan Heritage] is on Douxuan Mountain!"

Thinking about it carefully, he had never seen a "Bao Mu" monk, but he really had a "Bao Mu" spiritual treasure in his hand - it was the [Tian Yang Weng] that he had obtained not long ago!
The inscription on the bottom of the jar is [My God is in the marsh]!
"No wonder the Tai Festival doesn't look like a righteous path at all. It seems to be collecting blood and imprisoning magical powers... It turns out that it is a tool of the devil."

'At that time, the Emperor of Song mentioned that this Dao was not complete, and there were some filth in the Dao. I am afraid there will be a lot of unrest after this... The battle between immortals and demons that turned the whole world into what it is now... What exactly are they fighting for?'

Immortals and demons: Order… Fruition… or Yin and Yang… Five Virtues and Twelve Qi?