Tao and Heaven

Chapter 137: Rumors about Mount Xumi

September 20th, the weather was sunny.

Boom boom boom!
"Hongchen, it's time to set off."

Akabane knocked on the door and pushed it open. The main room was about 30 square meters. The bed faced north and south. Yu Hua was sleeping soundly, while Gu Wen was sitting on a chair on the other side playing with a jade pendant.

Gu Wen said speechlessly: "Who would knock on the door and push it at the same time? Please respect other people's privacy, okay?"

"You sound like you have something shameful to say." Akabane sat aside carelessly, saw the divine beast jade pendant, and said, "How long will it take for the baby to be born?"

“It could be as short as one month or as slow as several months.”

Gu Wen answered, his mind lingering on the jade pendant. Through the gray mist, he could vaguely see the divine beast curled up into a ball.

A wisp of holy and majestic aura permeated the air.

'Kaka.'

A subtle sound was heard, and it was unclear whether it was the sound of teeth grinding or the cry of a divine beast, but the sense of closeness that came from it made Gu Wen feel that the latter was more likely.

As Gu Wen continued to feed it with essence and blood, the innate divine beast's intelligence became clearer and clearer. From being ignorant at the beginning, it is now able to express very obvious emotions.

For example, being hungry.

'Crack.'

I'm hungry again.

Gu Wen pierced his finger with the true knowledge of swordsmanship, but before the blood came out, the sword intent was actually swallowed up.

He stood up in fear and kept sending out divine thoughts to stop them:
"You can't just eat this, spit it out, spit it out quickly!"

But the more he urged, it seemed to arouse the beast's nature of protecting its food, and in an instant, Gu Wen's connection with the sword disappeared.

Gu Wen's eyes widened slightly, and Chi Yuzi beside him also saw it and said in a daze: "Did you eat it?"

"I ate it."

The two of them observed the jade pendant quietly, holding their breath. They were so quiet that Jun Yan, who was standing outside the door, leaned in to take a look.

What he just swallowed was the true solution of the sword, the best sword technique in the world, which could suppress the magic of heaven and earth and help to refine the immortal body. The divine beast was not yet born, so swallowing the true solution of the sword was like drinking milk and getting dichlorvos.

A full stick of incense time passed, and the aura in the jade pendant did not change much.

Gu Wen immediately breathed a sigh of relief. This was the family heirloom he had been coveting for many years. The mythical beast inside was like his own, if not his own.

What's more, the innate divine beasts are so noble that even the Sanqing Taoist Sect, the best sect in the world, has only raised one Ao Tang in ten thousand years. It is said that every divine beast is blessed with good fortune in the dark.

In the previous life, even those who had no extraordinary powers believed in the concept of luck. What’s more, now that everyone is cultivating immortality, luck must exist.

It's not a problem to have one to yourself and be hit by money while walking on the street.

Akabane said: "Try putting in another ray of sword intent."

Gu Wen looked at her as if she were a fool. Chi Yuzi was furious and said, "The Daozang Buquan Pian says that the formless must be formed with form. The divine beast has no form yet. You nurtured it with your essence and blood, which is its form. The true meaning of the sword is also its form. If it does not harm it, then it is beneficial."

If it was an ordinary sword intent, she would only think that it would be impossible to hurt the divine beast, but this is the true meaning of the sword, and the divine beast must be able to absorb and digest it without being hurt.

Maybe try it?

Gu Wen thought about it for a moment and realized that using the form to complement the body was easy to understand, but the divine beast was still in the gestation stage.

This is the most vulnerable stage, but also the stage with the strongest adaptability, which is called "innate" in Taoist theory.

With this thought in mind, Gu Wen once again condensed an extremely tiny strand of swordsmanship. Before the invisible sword intent touched the jade pendant, it seemed as if there was a huge mouth in the invisible space.

"I ate it! I ate it!" Akabane was very excited, and Jun Yan couldn't help but walk closer.

An innate divine beast that can absorb the true meaning of swordsmanship?

Gu Wen once again condensed a ray of sword intent. This time, the divine beast no longer devoured, but instead sent out a divine thought that craved for magic power.

Magic power is a kind of spiritual energy, and there is no ownerless spiritual energy in the land of immortals. All spiritual energy will gather into various opportunities.

The magic power was wrapped around the true solution of the sword, and the divine beast swallowed it in one gulp. There was a faint aura of the true solution of the sword, but it was covered by the aura of the divine beast again in just a moment.

Gu Wen suddenly had an idea and asked, "Can I feed you your Golden Light Curse?"

"Can this be fed?"

"The true sword technique is all right, but is the Golden Light Curse more powerful than the true sword technique?"

"Makes sense."

Akabane condensed a ray of golden light, which was only as thick as a hair, but it illuminated the entire room with golden light, extending beyond the bamboo forest and competing with the sun in the sky.

The jade pendant did not move at all. No matter how Chiyuzi touched it, it was useless, even though she had a hundred times more magical power than Gu Wen.

The mythical beast made a continuous "clicking" sound, showing its vigilance and fear, and turned into an invisible

Afterwards, Gu Wen asked Chiyuzi to remove his magic power and used his own magic power to wrap the golden light spell, thus barely luring the beast to swallow it.

The jade pendant emitted a faint golden light, and its aura grew slightly stronger.

Jun Yan became interested and asked, "Would you like to try my magic?"

"Need not."

Gu Wen and Akabane both refused in unison.

Would the mythical beast bred by the infusion of heavenly magic have three heads and six arms?
After feeding it for half an hour, the beast finally stopped eating, and the two men stopped.

Chi Yuzi said excitedly: "This is an innate divine beast. Even my Yu Jian Sect doesn't have it. It's a divine beast that can devour the two great immortal methods. If we raise it, it will definitely be a huge help to us."

The function of an innate divine beast is equivalent to that of a celestial being, and the divine beast in Gu Wen's hand is only higher.

No divine beast can swallow the true meaning of the sword, and no divine beast is blessed with the land and method of becoming an immortal before it is born.

Gu Wen emphasized: "It's my divine beast."

At noon, Gu Wen and others went out, and Jiang Fugui saw them off and brought bad news.

He was dressed like a landlord and ran over sweating. He stumbled so much that Gu Wen couldn't help but step forward to support him and said, "Master, it's bad. That rebellious son has become the commander of the cavalry of the Nanchun Army. He wants to follow the Nanchun Army into the barbarian land further south to establish a country."

"It's a wise decision, but a bad one."

Gu Wen commented.

It was right not to confront the imperial court head-on, but it was foolish to go south and establish a country.

If ordinary people go deep into the undeveloped primeval forest, it is easy for them to die or get injured due to poor acclimatization. And can a makeshift team really build a country from scratch?
Building a nation is not just about shouting slogans; it requires population and land suitable for farming.

Maybe there is a sect supporting him behind the scenes?

Gu Wen had a thought and turned to look at Jun Yan. Just by the exchange of eyes, they could understand each other's guesses.

Jun Yan was also suspicious and said, "Perhaps a sect is behind this. The barbarians in the Immortal Realm all have sect backgrounds. Do you need me to investigate?"

There is no force in the world that is entirely formed by mortals. As early as the city-state era before the establishment of Daqian, the large and small city-states distributed on this land were modeled after the Heaven Outside the Heaven.

However, Emperor Daojun broke this situation, and some sects that were kicked out naturally formed barbarian tribes.

In this extraordinary world, war is sometimes just a means of declaration after the top powers have decided the winner.

"Let's investigate." Gu Wen nodded, "We have to find out the situation around us." Jun Yan said, "You go first, I'll follow later."

Afterwards, Gu Wen and his group split into two groups. Chi Yuzi took Gu Wen and Yu Hua to the secret realm, while Jun Yan went alone to inquire about information.
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Two hundred miles east of Jiangjia Village, there are countless paddy fields and densely populated villages.

The scenery of Nanshui is nothing more than waterways and rice. A river runs across the entire Nanshui County, and its tributaries are distributed like capillaries, creating a land of fish and rice.

Gu Wen and the other two hid their figures, and like the knights in martial arts novels, they used their identities to fly quickly at low altitudes. Every step they took when they landed and then took off again covered a distance of hundreds or even thousands of meters.

On average, it can travel eighty miles per hour. If it uses all its strength to walk in the air, its speed can be increased fivefold or even tenfold. Of course, the energy consumption will also be doubled.

Yu Hua suddenly said, "I have already sent a message to the Dharma Protector."

Gu Wen was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood the reason.

"That's fine too. When the time comes, let the guardian lead us to escape."

Since they were planning to kill Wen Renwu, the noise they caused would definitely attract the attention of all parties. Even if they could kill him with one strike, all parties would be able to guess it.

According to Chiyuzi and Jun Yan, Wenren Wu's 85th Taoism foundation is not particularly high, but because he is a true military strategist and has the blessing of military formations, his combat effectiveness in the immortal land will be to a higher level.

They also suspected that Wen Renwu had the blessing of Daqian's national destiny and was even stronger.

With this level, he probably has the strength of eighty-seven Dao bases, while the strongest among them, Chiyuzi, is only sixty-six Dao bases, which is equivalent to the fifteenth level versus the twelfth level.

The Golden Light Curse can reach the combat power of the thirteenth level, but it is still one level short. Jun Yan and Gu Wen's help can make up for it, but it is still not a sure kill.

But Chiyuzi guaranteed that Wenren Wu would definitely die, because when Wenren Wu really burst out with a power two times higher than his own, he would not be far from death.

The old thing will either be defeated by us or explode on its own.

These are Akabane's original words.

"Here we are. Right down there."

Akabane suddenly stopped and then turned into the water, followed by Yu Hua and Gu Wen.

The three of them had a layer of water film on their bodies. Akabane looked back in surprise and saw the Green Eye Water Pearl in Gu Wen's hand. He said, "It's a good treasure, but it's a little low-level and can't be used for much."

A treasure of water spirit, but obviously not yet fully conceived.

"As long as it works."

Gu Wen, on the contrary, found the Green Eye Water Beads very useful. He always used them to pour water for himself, take a bath, avoid water, etc.

Offensive spiritual treasures are all the same, but functional spiritual treasures are extremely rare.

The three of them dived about fifty meters down and saw an underground culvert at the bottom of the darkness. It was one meter wide and could only accommodate one person at a time. They dived into it and soon reached the end.

Gu Wen naturally wouldn't think that he had come to the wrong place. He was no longer blind and concentrated his magic power in his eyes.

I saw the wall in front of me glowing slightly, and there seemed to be a space behind it. I could only roughly guess it with my divine sense.

Chiyuzi moved slightly closer, silently reciting the sect's secret technique, and the technique condensed into a clear light.

"open."

Clear light flew out and merged into the wall, and a vortex-shaped space channel appeared.

"Go, go."

Akabane entered first, followed closely by Gu Wen and Yu Hua.

In an instant, there was a darkness in front of my eyes, followed by a dazzling light.

The clouds parted to reveal the moon, and a new sky appeared before their eyes. Suddenly, they were already thousands of feet high. Below them, an island was quietly suspended in the air. The clouds and mist hid the mysterious mountain, and the vegetation was lush, and there were countless rare and exotic animals.

“This is a small world!?”

Gu Wen seemed to have forgotten that he was walking in the air, letting his body fall freely. His eyes were full of curiosity, as if he had found a new toy.

Although he was prepared, he still couldn't help being shocked when he actually saw this scene. A small area can be a world, and in each world there is a fairy mountain.

This is cultivating immortality!
A woman in white landed beside Gu Wen, gently grasping his shoulders, and explained in a gentle voice:

"It is indeed a small world, but this size is generally called a Qiankunhu. This method was originally created by a Buddha. There is a saying that Mount Sumeru, where this Buddha achieved enlightenment, is only the size of a grain of sand and fell somewhere in the land of immortality."

“Really great magical power!”

Gu Wen exclaimed: "I wonder if I can see the beauty of Mount Xumi one day."

I wonder how much Heavenly Marrow Emperor Juice there is in the Buddha's temple.

The admiration for the powerful predecessors and the arrogance of the past were as different as heaven and earth in his words.

Chi Yuzi couldn't help but take another look at Gu Wen. The brilliance in his eyes was so bright that it was hard to look away. It was pure curiosity and yearning for the Tao.

He was the best swordsman under the immortals, and he was also the one who blocked his way and asked for sword skills.

Akabane had only seen one person who was so free and unrestrained.

Gu Wen landed on the ground, saw the spiritual fruit on the ground, and put it into his mouth without hesitation.

【Tian Sui Yi Ke】

Wonderful! The small world is wonderful.

Gu Wen turned into a hoeing machine and licked the small world of Yu Jianmen, without intending to leave even a single spiritual herb.

However, Akabane had no objection to this. He just picked out the most precious thousand-year-old elixir and swallowed it, then sat cross-legged on the top of the mountain and quietly refined it.
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The next day, Jun Yan came in a hurry, and as soon as he entered the small world, he fell down and his head was buried directly in the ground.

Chi Yuzi, who went out to pick him up, stood in mid-air and watched coldly. Yu Hua just tilted his head in confusion. No one would go to pick him up.

Jun Yan is not Gu Wen, so it’s okay if he falls a few more times.

Seeing him fall to the ground in such a miserable state, only Gu Wen ran over with a serious expression.

"Is there something wrong? Could it be that the sect behind this is very powerful?"

Could it be that there is actually a demonic giant behind the Nanchun Army, preparing to launch an uprising and massacre the entire Nanshui?

He remembered the blood sacrifice method that Jun Yan had mentioned a few days ago. The Demon Sect could accumulate a big move by killing people, and the Nanchun Army had the ability to sweep across the entire Nanshui.

Because the Nanshui County wing troops are even worse than them, if they really want to launch a big wave, all the local warlords can stand up and change the world overnight, but the subsequent encirclement and suppression by the imperial army will easily lead to the extermination of all nine clans.

"Give me a sword, those old guys are rebelling again."

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Gu Wen held the sword in his right hand and pierced Jun Yan with the sword. Suddenly, a long soothing sound came to his ears.

"Thank you."

"So what's going on with the Nanchun Army?"

After Jun Yan recovered his breath, he flipped his hand and took out a head, saying lightly: "There is indeed a sect behind them to support us. In order to prevent them from hindering us, I killed them all."

"Ok?"

Gu Wen tilted his head slightly, his face full of confusion.

"It's that simple?"

(End of this chapter)