Fairyland Sunshine

Chapter 187: Change of Years
Concentrating the evil spirit and refining the inner energy are not something that can be accomplished overnight.

However, generally speaking, if a cultivator has a solid foundation and well-rounded magical powers, the hard work required to refine the Gang may be much easier than condensing the Sha, and more time is spent on refining the Tian Gang.

Xu Heng originally estimated that he would be able to master the art of refining the Gang within two to three years. Considering his solid foundation, this speed was already fast. He did not expect that this time of practice, with the opportunity of cultivating the harmony of Yin and Yang, he would make rapid progress. It might have saved him three to five months of effort.

Moreover, Xu Heng has sorted out everything he has learned, and he may make faster progress in the future.

After another seven days, Xu Heng finished this training and made a little progress. Then he left the Tiangang aura and leisurely found his direction.

Suddenly, the day of completing the refining of the Qi seemed to be just around the corner. Xu Heng was in a very good mood and was looking forward to the trip to the south of the Tianhe River even more.

The next scenic spot Xu Heng was going to visit was called the 'Heaven and Earth Monument'. It was eight thousand eight hundred and eighty feet high. It was rumored to have been erected by an ancient immortal saint. Unfortunately, since its inception, no one knew what its secrets were.

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The Monument of Heaven and Earth is located in the fourth heaven. Xu Heng wants to go there. If he takes the teleportation array, he will pass through Zi Yan City, one of the five largest fairy cities in Jiuxiao Mountain.

There is also a strange purple smoke stone on the Xuanzhao Peak of Tianchi Mountain, which is somewhat similar to the origin of the name of the Purple Smoke Fairy City.

This city is located in the east. Every time the sun rises, there is purple mist and clouds in the city. It is a famous wonder of Jiuxiao Mountain. Xu Heng had heard of it before he came to Tiannan. He happened to pass by here, so he decided to stop for a day to see what the scene was like.

But it was still daytime, Xu Heng thought about it and decided to walk around the city. He could see restaurants, teahouses, alchemy rooms, talisman studios, bookstores and gambling houses along the street... everything, even some brothels, but they looked a little "elegant".

This is the scenery of the south of China. It is prosperous but similar to the ordinary world, but there is nothing special about it.

After walking around, Xu Heng lost interest and found the busiest restaurant to see what delicacies Tiannan had.

Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the land, I saw quite a few monks gathered in front of the restaurant. They didn't mind the crowds and were even discussing something.

Although Ziyan City was crowded and bustling, scenes like this were still relatively rare. What surprised Xu Heng even more was that he heard several familiar words amid the heated discussions, even his name.

Xu Heng quickly figured out that what these monks were talking about was Shui Jing Zhenren's "Four-Character Commentary".

He had heard from Zhou Yuan that the four-character review was spreading throughout the world, but this was the first time he had encountered someone talking about it so eloquently, and even arguing about their own opinions.

After listening carefully to a few words, I realized that it was the new year and the four-character review had changed again.

However, this restaurant was smart. They copied the four-character review and posted it in front of the gate, which attracted a crowd.

Xu Heng became interested and walked a little closer. As expected, he found a golden plaque with the four words "Dao Xuan Fa Miao" written on it, and ten names were listed below each.

Xu Heng raised his eyebrows. He had seen the four-character review drafted by Shui Jing Zhenren. In fact, it was not just about ten people. It seemed that there were some minor changes. He scanned them one by one. Sure enough, except for Yu Shengyang who was the first in Xuanyi, Ying Xianlin was the only one who was the first in three characters. Xu Heng knew that the merits and deeds of these two people should have reached the stage where there was no more improvement, and there would be no change easily.

There were some significant changes below the rank, for example Xu Heng himself was promoted from the tenth to the seventh in the Miao Yizi rank, replacing Kong Nanqiu's position and even surpassing his 'old enemy' Yin Zishi.

After the battle with Kong Nanqiu, Xu Heng seemed to have broken through some barriers in the way of swordsmanship and made rapid progress. He was not too surprised about the seventh word "Miao".

On the contrary, Kong Nanqiu was not only not defeated by Xu Heng, but he even moved up two places. Many of the discussions Xu Heng heard just now revolved around this topic.

Some people say that after Kong Nanqiu lost to Xu Heng, he learned from his mistakes and became braver, and his swordsmanship has made new breakthroughs. If the two fight again, the outcome is still unknown. Others say that Kong Nanqiu was ranked higher, but he still did not beat Xu Heng...

Xu Heng didn't care about these arguments. He just glanced at the list and suddenly found that his name appeared in the Xuan column again. He was slightly startled.

Xu Heng does not think lowly of himself and thinks he is not capable of being listed in the category of Xuan, but after all, he has not yet achieved the unity of Gang and Sha.

You have to know that the cultivation of the Gangsha realm, in the final analysis, is just these four words. If condensing the evil spirit and refining the Gang can increase the cultivator's mana by ten or twenty times, then the integration of Gangsha is a real qualitative leap.

Xu Heng has indeed made great progress recently, but after all, he has not yet mastered the art of refining the inner power, let alone the unity of the inner power and evil spirit. Yet, has he been listed by Master Shui Jing as one of the ten best people of the younger generation?
Or to put it bluntly, is he already one of the young people with the most profound magical powers?
The "Xuanmen Chonghe Pian" and "Shangying Zhenyang Baolu" that Xu Heng practiced have the characteristics of strong magic power, and he also built a thirty-six-level, superior Taoist foundation. However, there are countless practitioners in the world, and how many talented people are there in practicing Taoism?

There are more than ten people who have practiced superior Taoism and built a superior Tao foundation. There are also many people who have taken elixirs and used natural treasures such as Dragon Power Grass.

However, in order to cultivate a Taoist body, Xu Heng took one more step and became a Gangsha, which laid a deeper foundation. This is a fate that not everyone has.

And he also cultivated the balance of yin and yang, which made his magic power endless, which may be part of the reason.

Thinking in this way, his future is really limitless. Xu Heng couldn't help but smile when he thought of this. It was not because he was complacent, but he suddenly realized that he was also aroused by a piece of comment.

However, Master Shui Jing's abilities are not in vain after all. It is good to be able to see your own progress from this, but you must remember not to be burdened by fame.

Xu Heng Siding shook his head, got out of the crowd, and went into the restaurant to taste the food. He really tasted some different flavors, but they were not delicacies. Instead, they were the most famous "Hundred Flowers Wine" in this restaurant. It was said that it was made from 108 kinds of flower dews with different aromas. It was really refreshing.

On a whim, Xu Heng went to Baohang in the city and bought a gourd that could hold water from the Tan Pond. He filled it with Baihua Wine and found a secluded place. He drank alone until dawn the next day. Sure enough, he saw purple air coming from the east in the sky over the city, and the rosy clouds were surging. What was rare was that it was not man-made, but a natural wonder.

Xu Heng suddenly remembered that it was another year later and he was another year older. If he were a mortal, he would have already lived nearly half of his life. How could he be as carefree as he is now?

He shook his head, raised the wine gourd high and took a long sip. Then he said that the trip was worthwhile, rode his fire escape horse into the clouds and headed straight for the Monument of Heaven and Earth.

(End of this chapter)