Fairyland Sunshine

Chapter 128: Heavenly Fire
After repelling the invaders, the Hengxing Hunhai boat set off again.

A few days later, we finally saw Luzhou, which was surrounded by clouds and mist and had overlapping mountains, among the vast blue waves.

Taihe Prefecture.

It is said that the largest land state in Xingxiu Sea was created by the founder of Taihe Sect, Zhenren Cangyuan, who personally moved mountains and filled the sea a thousand years ago.

Looking up, there are continuous fairy mountains, towering sacred peaks, flowing springs, and dotted with jade dragons. There is also no shortage of pavilions and palaces. Sometimes you can see monks walking through the clouds... The scene is truly extraordinary.

Although the Taihe Sect cannot be considered a large Taoist sect, it takes the path of recruiting many disciples, and its size is quite large.

As one of the ten great disciples, Nangong Yu even enjoyed an exclusive spiritual vein in Taihe Province, so it was more than enough for him to entertain everyone in his cave.

Some of the people from Song and Wei came to Taihe Prefecture for the first time. They were all envious when they saw this, but Fu Xixuan and Xu Heng did not think it was surprising.

Fu Xixuan was born in Pengxuan, and the mountain gate was one of the three famous immortal mountains in ancient times, so he was accustomed to this.

As for Xu Heng, he felt that although Taihe Prefecture was magnificent, it was not as good as Tianchi Mountain as a place for spiritual practice.

His Yutai Peak is considered mediocre among the Tianchi Mountains, but it is also a superior Taoist temple in Taihe Prefecture, slightly better than Nangong Yu's cave.

Xu Heng guessed that the gap should be on the Tianxue. Even if the Taihe Sect has a Luzhou to suppress the spiritual cave and countless fairy mountains to nourish the spiritual veins, how can it be compared with the supply of a small world?
Xu Heng vaguely felt that whether or not one could capture and maintain the Tianxue might be a major factor in determining whether or not a sect would become a big one.

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Nangong Yu entertained everyone in his own cave, and held banquets and rituals every day.

Xu Heng did not participate every day, but he would show up at the banquet more or less.

For those who practice cultivation, arrogance, extravagance and debauchery are bad habits, but this does not mean that the cultivators must abandon everything and practice hard.

Since ancient times, those who can obtain the great way are not opposed to playing in the world, because only those who can pass through it without being stained by the slightest bit of worldly affairs are those who seek truth and practice Taoism.

Moreover, people were not reveling day and night and living a life of drunkenness and dreams. They often talked about metaphysics, reasoning and debated, and even practiced magic. Whenever this part came, Xu Heng would be more interested.

A hundred days passed by so quickly.

During these hundred days, Xu Heng's magic power increased a lot. He also practiced fifteen or sixteen levels of restrictions on the Hengxing Hunhai Boat and made a preliminary attempt to refine the Nether Bamboo Fire. He felt very comfortable and relaxed.

But in the blink of an eye, the Star-Picking Conference is here.

It was a clear day with few clouds, and Nangong Yu invited Xu Heng to the lobby.

In the hall, besides Nangong Yu, there was only Fu Xixuan. When Xu Heng was feeling surprised, Nangong Yu said, "Brother Xu, the three of us will go on stage together later."

Xu Heng's heart moved slightly and he guessed what Nangong Yu meant. Sure enough, not long after, Nangong Yu took the two of them out of the cave and headed south.

In order to capture meteorites and meteorites, Taihe Zhengzong arranged 9981 star-picking towers in the area around Taihe Prefecture, among which the five towers in the east, south, west, north and center are the highest.

Except for the core disciples of Taihe Sect, those who can ascend the Wufangtai are all people of prominent status.

Originally, among the group, besides Nangong Yu, only Fu Xixuan was qualified, but now it seems that it was Nangong Yu who reported Xu Heng's identity.

Xu Heng had no objection, and followed Nangong Yu southward. Soon he saw a suspended jade platform coming into view.

The platform is made entirely of white marble, and is nearly a thousand feet wide and long. It is extremely vast. There are some human figures on it, but the most eye-catching thing is a huge copper furnace with a blazing fire in it. There are also many Taihe disciples busying themselves below.

"Meteorites and the like contain a lot of gold and iron ores." Nangong Yu said, "This furnace is used for smelting... If you two get anything later, you can also use it to refine it."

Upon hearing this, Xu Fu and the other man just smiled slightly. Nangong Yu didn't take it seriously either. He took the two of them to find a place to stay, and then said he would say goodbye to his fellow disciples and leave temporarily.

Fu Xixuan was about to say something to Xu Heng when a clear voice suddenly called out from behind his ear: "Senior Brother."

Fu Xixuan's ears twitched, and he looked back, only to see a pretty girl waving in this direction, her eyes sparkling like spring water, happily approaching... and calling out to Xu Heng, "Brother! Long time no see!"

"Okay." Fu Xixuan thought, "I am the youngest among my peers in the sect, so where can I find a junior sister?"

He looked at Xu Heng's face again and secretly curled his lips: "With such a look, it's no wonder that she is either a senior sister or a junior sister." Having said that, he quietly took a step aside to make some space.

Xu Heng was also a little surprised to see Ling Junzi. He smiled slightly and asked, "Junior sister, why are you here?"

Ling Junzi said, "My senior sister and I came here together."

As he was talking, a woman in a long white dress and a flower branch in her hair walked slowly towards him. She glanced at Xu Heng and said with a smile, "So you are Junior Brother Xu. I'm Yun Su. I've heard about you from Master and Junior Sister a long time ago."

Xu Heng bowed and said, "It turns out to be Senior Sister Yun Su." He had heard of the name Yun Su. She was the eldest disciple of Master Xuanxin and also the most accomplished disciple in the Xuanxin Sect. It was not an exaggeration to call her Senior Sister.

Yun Su nodded and said, "Taihe Zhaixing originally invited Master, but Master sent me to come on her behalf. It just so happened that I had Ling Junzi with me, so I brought her along."

"I see." Xu Heng was just responding when Ling Junzi shook the corner of Xu Heng's sleeve and asked, "Brother, when did you come out of seclusion?"

"It's been about a hundred days." Xu Heng said, "When I came out of retreat, I received a letter from my junior sister, so I took the opportunity to visit the Linglong Treasure Boat."

"It's just that I didn't meet my junior sister, and it was inconvenient to communicate with her. But I met Daoist Fellow Fu and Daoist Fellow Nangong by chance... and we came to Taihe Province together."

"Fellow Daoist Fu?" Yun Su glanced at Fu Xixuan and said in surprise, "So you are Xixuan boy from Pengxuan Sect. I have heard of you for a long time. It is a pleasure to meet you."

"Xixuan Boy?" Xu Heng said, "So Daoist Fellow Fu has such a nickname."

Fu Xixuan laughed and said, "I am young, and due to many reasons, I have gained some fame, so outsiders just call me that."

Yun Su smiled slightly. Fu Xixuan was right here, and she didn't say anything to his face. However, she knew that Fu Xixuan was not just famous.

It is said that when this man was young, he inherited a cave residence of an ancient immortal saint in the eye of the East China Sea. Not only did he cultivate superior Taoism and magic, but he was also covered with top-grade magic weapons, and various external objects for cultivation were never scarce.

According to rumors, there was an elder in the Pengxuan sect who, because of his good relationship with this man, was even given a powerful medicine by him, and eventually succeeded in condensing an elixir... There are many rumors like this, and no one can tell the truth from the false, but there are still many people who believe that even if many small and medium-sized sects were combined, they might not be able to compare with this man's wealth.

In short, Fu Xixuan is extremely famous in the East China Sea cultivation world, especially among practitioners with some knowledge.

Even Ling Junzi had heard of his legend as the 'Duobao Boy', but she only took a glance at him and turned her gaze away, pestering Xu Heng and asking, "Brother, why did you come out of retreat so early? Master said that with your skills, it would take at least three to five years to achieve the Great Condensation of the Demonic Power."

Xu Heng didn't know what to say, so he could only answer: "Actually, I haven't yet combined the evil spirits..."

Ling Junzi tilted his head, without delving into the reason, but said with a smile: "Who knows, maybe I can merge the evil spirits even faster than my senior brother."

"Oh?" Xu Heng asked with a smile, "What kind of evil spirit did Master prepare for you?"

Ling Junzi whispered, "Six Yin True Evil."

"Oh?" Xu Heng was surprised: "That's quite amazing."

The Nine Yin True Evils are pure yin and extreme yin, but the Taoists also have a saying that nine is the extreme of yang numbers and six is ​​the extreme of yin numbers. It can be seen that the "six" of the six yin and the "nine" of the nine yin are not the difference in numbers, but a mysterious saying.

Among the Yin Sha in the world, the Six Yin True Sha is also ranked among the top ones. When Xu Heng was still in Tianchi Mountain, he had listed the Six Yin True Sha as the fifth or sixth among his candidates.

Xu Heng said sincerely: "Congratulations, Junior Sister."

Ling Junzi became happy and was about to say something when a bright light flashed across her eyes. She exclaimed softly, "...meteor!"

"Hmm?" Xu Heng saw through Ling Junzi's eyes a brilliant light blooming from the sky, crossing the sky in an instant, leaving a long trail, and disappearing from her sight.

"Has it started?" Xu Heng's heart moved, he looked back, and saw that the sky began to bloom with light one after another. From time to time, a meteor passed through the sky. The various colors of light shone together, dyeing the vast sea of ​​clouds bright and beautiful, until it disappeared at the junction of the sea and the sky.

Xu Heng knew that these meteors were not meteorites or even meteorites, and if they fell on the sea or on an island, they would not cause a major natural disaster.

So, this is just a sign.

Xu Heng suppressed his distracting thoughts and quietly admired the shooting stars that occasionally streaked across the sky. He was actually quite entranced as he watched.

He suddenly felt that he had some new understanding of the art of escape. No wonder people said to learn from the heaven and earth and follow the laws of nature. The rumor that there are people with supreme wisdom who can realize the great truth from all things is indeed not false.

Xu Heng remained in this state of comprehension for about half an hour before being interrupted by Nangong Yu's arrival.

"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Yun Su." Nangong Yu greeted Yun Su first, and then said to Xu Heng and the others, "Brother Xu, Junior Brother Fu, the Star Picking Competition will begin soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Heng suddenly felt something and looked towards Taihe. He saw a hint of blue appear at the end of his sight and spread at an extremely fast speed.

However, after a moment, the whole scene came into view. It was a dark blue light that was very similar to Nangong Yu's magic, but it was much thicker than his magic. The water in it was even more turbulent, and in the blink of an eye it covered the Star-Picking Platform underneath. It was as if an entire deep sea was suspended above the sky.

"Is this the Taihe Sect's formation to weaken the meteorite's fall?"

Xu Heng looked up at the sky, and even had the illusion that this suspended sea seemed deeper than the vast expanse of blue water beneath his feet. He thought to himself, "Such a move, could it be that Master Cang Yuan did it himself?"

I think this legendary immortal who is only one step away from achieving immortality has the magical power to set up such a large formation.

He was just thinking in his mind when he suddenly heard a low cry from Ling Junzi's mouth. Not only her, but there were also other disciples and juniors who followed their teachers on the Star Picking Platform. Many of them could not help but exclaimed in surprise, causing an uproar in the Star Picking Platform for a while.

Xu Heng looked up, his eyes widening slightly.

Even through the abyss of the sea in the sky, one could see that the sky was red, the lights were dazzling, the sun and the moon were dim, and countless sky fires were like rain falling, tearing through the clouds for thousands of miles and falling towards this world!

For a moment, Xu Heng almost thought that a fire from heaven had fallen and the world was about to fall. He couldn't help but say to himself: "This situation, this scene..."

"It's worth the trip!" Fu Xixuan and Xu Heng said this at the same time and couldn't help but smile at each other.

Yes, they came here not for any gain, but just to see how magnificent the falling meteorites were, nothing more.

Rumble, rumble——

A huge roar seemed to come from the abyss of the sky. Although it became much duller, it was more like the beating of a drum, echoing continuously.

Thousands of meteorites fell into the abyss of the sky one after another. The Dharma light suddenly shook violently, and seemed to be in danger under the bombardment.

This situation made Taihe disciples like Nangong Yu feel a little nervous. Fortunately, although the Dharma light was constantly fluctuating, it never broke from beginning to end. It was like a real abyss. Even if there was a powerful bombardment, it could set off an endless wave, but it could not dry up the abyss.

However, those meteorites, which are as big as mountains and islands or as small as houses and rocks, have their power reduced layer by layer in the abyss of the sea. Until they pass through the abyss of the sea, only one tenth of the infinite power that they brought when they fell from the galaxy and even broke through the layer of qi remains.

And this is the time to pick stars.

There were movements on the Star Picking Platform. Nangong Yu didn't need to say much. Even Yun Su took out a magic mirror, shone its light, and was able to take away a huge rock from the sky. It was obvious that they were all prepared.

"Good, good, good!" Fu Xixuan looked deeply into the deep sea, but did not move. He kept praising: "The sea is immeasurable... The highest good is like water! I can see this scene. After I go back, my water skills will be able to improve by leaps and bounds."

Xu Heng nodded involuntarily. He was not familiar with water magic, but he felt that he had gained some essence of using softness to overcome hardness, and even of combining hardness and softness.

This was extremely helpful for him to understand the changes between yin and yang.

Compared to obtaining some meteorite iron, star stones, or even alien treasures from meteorites, this is undoubtedly more important to Xu Heng. Therefore, he is not in a hurry and still looks at the changes in the sky for a long time.

As he watched, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Xu Heng took a deep breath to calm himself, and looked carefully at the deep sea. There was a ray of fire that did not diminish, but became more and more dazzling. For a moment, it seemed to burn the deep sea, and it was filled with red light.

Xu Heng's expression finally changed slightly, and he said to Fu Xixuan: "Daoyou, look at that meteorite..."

"Is it still coming at the same speed and heading straight towards here?"

(End of this chapter)