Fairyland Sunshine

Chapter 213: The Cause and Effect of the Void and the Hollow

During the night, the cold gradually accumulated until the sun rose and shone down, suddenly stirring up a hazy fog.

Ling Lingxiu released a paper crane on the bluestone platform and watched it disappear into the mist. Then he calmed his thoughts, rode the breeze and headed straight for Taiguang Palace.

Before long, the scene of the eternal golden clouds on the Taiguang Palace came into view, and the breeze blew down, and suddenly, figures in groups of three or two were seen on the square.

Ling Lingxiu naturally knew why these figures came.

The opening of Xumi Cave Heaven was not originally a grand event.

There are only a handful of golden elixir seeds in Xuanwei Sect now, so there is no competition at all. Entering Xumi Cave to collect herbs is a matter of chance, so there is really nothing exciting to watch.

But since the rumor that the Taiyuan lineage - or in other words, the disciples of the Tianchi sect - would also enter the Xumi Cave Heaven spread last night, more and more people began to pay attention.

Especially this 'Tianchi disciple', who was a famous Taoist genius and a well-known figure in Xuanzhou.

Ling Lingxiu lowered her eyes slightly, and slowly sent down a breeze, which did not fall into the crowd, but fell towards the front of Taiguang Palace.

At this time, there were already people in front of the Taiguang Hall. There was a short Taoist priest holding a magic sword, with his back to the hall, looking calm. Two young Taoist priests were standing quietly in front of the short Taoist priest. One had soft features and a calm expression, and the other had a short beard and a composed demeanor.

Ling Lingxiu recognized the short Taoist holding the magic sword as the third-generation elder. He should be the one to preside over the opening of Xumi Cave Heaven today.

The remaining two people, the one with gentle features is Chen Taiji, and the one with a short beard is a senior brother who has practiced for more than a hundred years. I only know that his secular surname is Wan, but I am not very familiar with him.

Chen Taiji and Taoist Wan were both people who wanted to enter the Xumi Cave Heaven, so they were waiting in front of the Taiguang Palace. Originally, with Ling Lingxiu, there were three of them in total, and they were the people who would enter the cave to collect herbs when it opened, but now one more person had to be added.

The three of them silently calculated the time and knew they only had to wait for a moment, so they didn't feel anxious and just stood there quietly to rest.

Sure enough, after a while, a flash of red light was seen in the mountain fog, and then a bolt of lightning pierced through the smoke and clouds and landed in front of Taiguang Palace!

Ling Lingxiu's eyebrows slightly frowned, but soon relaxed again.

Taoist Wan's eyelids jumped, he looked over, and sure enough, he saw a pair of familiar sharp eyebrows and eyes. It turned out that the person who came was not the 'Tianchi disciple', but - Chen Taichen!

"This... I've never heard that Chen Taichen is going to enter Xumi Cave Heaven." Taoist Wan was surprised and couldn't help but glance at Chen Taiji, but saw that he also frowned slightly and suddenly asked: "Taichen, why are you here?"

Chen Taichen was used to Chen Taiji calling him by his name, so he just took a step forward and landed between the people before saying calmly, “Enter the Void and look for the great medicine.”

Chen Taiji's tone became slightly heavier: "Haven't you already gathered all the medicine?"

Taoist Wan was even more surprised. Could it be that the two brothers had a falling out over the great medicine? However, in the cave, everyone depended on their chances, so it shouldn't be like this.

Chen Taichen raised his eyes slightly, glanced at Chen Taiji's expression, and simply closed his eyes and ignored him.

When Chen Taiji saw him like this, he thought to himself that this was not good. What had originally been just a guess suddenly seemed to have become reality.

His fingertips moved slightly, and his heart sank: "This hexagram is a sign of disaster. We must not let Taichen do whatever he wants."

Thinking of this, he took a step forward and was about to pull Chen Taichen aside to talk, but unexpectedly at this moment, the mountain fog suddenly moved again.

There seemed to be a breeze that slowly parted the mist, and a figure emerged from it. Several people looked up at the same time.

Xu Heng was seen wearing an ebony branch in his hair, a wide Taoist robe, a sword case on his back, and his sleeves fluttering as he walked in the mist. His steps seemed slow, but in a flash, he had arrived in front of Taiguang Palace.

Ling Lingxiu noticed his gaze, which seemed to pause on her face, and her fixed thoughts could not help but move.

Fortunately, Xu Heng quickly turned his gaze away and slowly walked to the short Taoist priest holding the magic sword.

The short Taoist finally raised his eyes slightly and looked at Xu Heng's face, and couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.

"It's on the list of the four, but I can't tell. His form and spirit are perfect, and his mysterious and beautiful appearance is really rare." The short Taoist thought, "He is indeed an immortal."

Xu Heng didn't know what the short Taoist was thinking, so he just bowed and asked, "Am I late, junior?"

The short Taoist glanced at Chen Taiji, who sighed secretly and had to move back.

"It's not too late." The short Taoist said, "We still have three breaths to wait."

After saying this, he really closed his eyes and waited for three breaths. Suddenly, the sun in the sky seemed to move to a certain predetermined position. Under the reflection of the sunlight and golden clouds, a round "hole" suddenly appeared.

Almost at the same moment, the dwarf opened his eyes, and the magic sword in his arms suddenly came out of its sheath, turning into a shocking rainbow and shooting out, as if piercing through the void and "nailed" the hole on the sky.

At this time, the short Taoist shouted, "The cave is open, why don't you go in?"

The people in front of the hall had been prepared. Upon hearing the words, they all used their escape techniques and rushed into the cave.

Xu Heng was neither anxious nor impatient. He landed last and flew up into the cave. He suddenly felt the world change. The heaven and earth had changed.

……

Xumi Dongtian is not a small heaven.

Its essence is actually still an 'empty void', but after being opened up by a powerful magician, the space has become extremely vast, and its existence is maintained by tremendous magical powers, so that it does not break and disappear like an ordinary 'empty void'.

Therefore, in the Xumi Cave Heaven, there are up and down, four directions, but no "heaven and earth". When Xu Heng entered it, he saw the ten directions of the sea, without any other colors. There were flying peaks and islands in the sky, some tilted, some upside down, some standing, all kinds of strange and numerous, like stars. There were also lakes and swamps like bubbles, floating and drifting, sometimes gathering and sometimes dispersing...

Xu Heng knew that these mountains and rivers were moved from the outside world into the Xumi Cave Heaven so that spiritual creatures could rely on them.

And the Hunyuan Root is hidden in it.

Xu Heng looked around and did not see any other people, so he knew that when entering the cave, everyone must have been scattered to different places.

This is also one of the main reasons why everyone in the cave depends on chance. This Xumi Cave is so vast that three or five people are scattered throughout it. Perhaps they will not meet once until the cave is closed.

Of course, if one really wants to find it, it is not difficult to reunite - but generally speaking, since everyone is taking the big medicine, it is wise not to interfere with each other.

But if someone enters Xumi Cave Heaven and does not come here to collect herbs, it is hard to say what they will do.

Xu Heng slowly raised his sleeves and saw a light blue silk thread on the edge of his sleeves, which seemed to be integrated with his Taoist robe.

But he clearly felt a very weak aura of magic power from the light blue thread.

Xu Heng narrowed his eyes slightly, a flame flashed in his pupils, and he finally saw clearly that the so-called silk thread was actually a thin electric light!

Such exquisite use of magic power, if Xu Heng was not wearing a Taoist robe which was just an ordinary piece of clothing, or even not a low-level magic weapon like the He Su robe, he might not be able to detect it under the cover of the magic weapon's aura.

"Electricity?" Xu Heng put down his sleeves thoughtfully, but he had no intention of getting rid of the lightning. After flying for a distance, he suddenly landed on the top of a sloping peak and began to regulate his breathing.

If ordinary people lack understanding of the void, they may think that there is no inspiration in the void. In fact, this is a fallacy. The void is constantly swallowing up the void, not only is there abundant inspiration, but also a mixture of all kinds of things.

For ordinary cultivators, it may take some effort to utilize this inspiration, but Xu Heng only needs to absorb it and then, through the process of Yin and Yang, he can break it down into two energies and refine it into the Xuan Gang.

Therefore, in just a short moment, Xu Heng felt refreshed and his chest was filled with energy.

But despite this, he still had no intention of leaving. He waited for another half incense stick of time, and finally heard thousands of lightning roars, and a thunder rushed from the depths of the void.

"Chen Taichen?" Xu Heng took a light breath. When he arrived at Taiguang Palace, he had already noticed that this person was there, but there was not even an exchange of glances between the two of them. If he had not noticed that flash of light, he probably would not have known that this person had been staring at him.

Xu Heng slowly stood up from the sloping peak, with his hands behind his back, waiting for the thunder to arrive.

The opponent obviously also sensed something and suddenly increased his momentum. However, in just two flashes, he was already a hundred feet away, and the lightning finally went out.

Xu Heng saw the familiar cloud pattern flying, and it was indeed Chen Taichen walking proudly out of it. His eyes fell like lightning: "Xu Heng?"

"Chen Taichen." Xu Heng said calmly: "If I think about it carefully, this should be the first time you and I have really met."

Chen Taichen's eyes flickered slightly, and he replied calmly, "Not bad."

Yes, in fact, if you really think about it, the two of them have never even had a single conversation.

But it is also very obvious that the two of them have been in love with each other for a long time.

Xu Heng smiled slightly, and suddenly waved his sleeves, instantly breaking the streak of lightning. Then he said leisurely: "If that's the case, why did you secretly use tricks on me and chase me to Xumi Cave Heaven?"

Chen Taichen followed the lightning as it disappeared into the void, and said slowly, "My strict teacher hates and hates those of you who have left the mountain and broken the sect."

"That is why I was asked to enter Xumi specifically. I will never let you obtain the Hunyuan root."

"Oh?" Xu Heng said calmly, "So that's how it is."

Chen Taichen turned his gaze back and said, "I have already gathered all the great medicines. I just need to polish them to perfection, and then I can refine the golden elixir in one go. Therefore, I don't want to pay attention to what Master Yan said."

"Perfect level?" Xu Heng narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't expect that Chen Taichen's achievements had reached this point.

The so-called "perfection" is a wonderful barrier. It has nothing to do with cultivation or magic power. It is extremely mysterious. However, it is a barrier that those who aspire to the great way must pass. If they can really pass it, it is equivalent to touching the top-grade golden elixir.

Xu Heng said slowly: "If that's the case, why did you enter Xumi Cave Heaven?" "Because it's you who came to take the Hunyuan Root...Xu Heng!" Chen Taichen said calmly: "There is a grudge between you and me."

Xu Heng would not deny this matter with a sincere heart, he just said "Oh?"

Chen Taichen didn't take it seriously, and just said slowly: "Since it has been concluded, the results must be achieved."

"In that case, why not destroy it!"

“Ha.” Xu Heng couldn’t help but laugh, but he shouted: “I’m afraid you don’t know, when false thoughts arise, karma will follow!”

"What a joke!" Chen Taichen pointed fiercely at the sky, and a red light burst out from the dark place above, and instantly a red thunderbolt struck down.

However, Xu Heng was well prepared. He reached for his hair in a moment and two electric snakes climbed up to his fingertips, condensed into a point of green lightning, and shot out with a snap of his fingers!

Boom!

The red thunderbolt and the blue lightning collided head-on. In an instant, thunder and lightning flew out, and it was impossible to tell which one was better.

"Okay!" Chen Taichen laughed loudly, without putting down his fingers. He saw the red light above flashing violently. Every time it appeared and disappeared, a red thunderbolt struck down, as if it had no end, hitting him on the head.

Xu Heng did not expect that the subsequent changes after Chen Taichen's thunderbolt would be so rapid. Fortunately, he reacted in time. While dodging, he snapped his fingers and dozens of green lightning bolts shot out at the same time.

Rumble!
The thunder roared and resounded throughout the area in an instant. Wherever the red thunderbolt and the green lightning collided intensively, the lightning entangled and danced like dragons and snakes. Hundreds of thousands of lightning snakes flew out and swept across the surrounding sloping peaks and floating islands, actually blowing them all to pieces!
Xu Heng's expression finally froze. He had known that Chen Taichen's thunder magic was powerful, but he didn't expect that after testing it, it would be beyond his imagination.

It was unknown what kind of divine thunder from the "Taishang Leihengshu" that his thunder hairpin had refined, but it was extremely powerful and could only tie with Chen Taichen.

The red light on Chen Taichen's head suddenly appeared and disappeared, and then a thunderbolt struck down, spewing out dozens or even hundreds of red thunderbolts, as if there was no end. However, the divine thunder refined by his thunder hairpin had been almost exhausted.

Fortunately, this is just one of his many methods.

When Xu Heng used the lightning hairpin to resist the thunder and rain, he had already disintegrated into flames and rushed towards the depths of the void. Chen Taichen's red thunderbolts could not catch up with him and all of them fell to the ground in an instant.

Seeing this, Chen Taichen had to temporarily withdraw his magic power and stop creating the red thunderbolt, and then he was about to use Thunder Escape to chase after him.

Fire Escape is swift, and Lightning Escape is even more powerful!
Naturally, Xu Heng’s fire escape technique is definitely not an ordinary escape technique, but Chen Taichen’s escape technique is also one of his most proud methods.

However, Chen Taichen didn't think that Xu Heng could escape from his hands.

But what Chen Taichen didn't expect was that as soon as he withdrew his magical attack, thunder sounded again in the depths of the void.

However, what attacked this time was no longer a divine thunder refined from some magic weapon, but a sword cultivator's peerless killing technique - sword energy and thunder sound!
A sword, carrying a wave of thunder, came from the depths of Xumi, and Chen Taichen felt as if his whole body was being invaded by sharp edges.

"Good swordsmanship..." Chen Taichen exclaimed: "Good swordsmanship!"

Of course he knew that Xu Heng was not a sword cultivator, but this flying and flash attack fighting method really grasped the essence of sword cultivation.

Fortunately, Chen Taichen was not a mediocre person. He did not try to use magic to block Xu Heng's sudden sword. Instead, he went with the flow and used the thunder escape technique he had prepared.

In an instant, Chen Taichen's figure disappeared and turned into thunder and galloped away.

Xu Heng had no intention of giving up the pursuit. The sword ball chased the light and lightning, and actually held Chen Taichen's tail tightly. As long as Chen Taichen paused for a moment, or his movements failed, he would immediately kill him with a sword.

However, Chen Taichen had already anticipated this scene. When he turned into thunder to avoid the sword light, he had already begun to practice magic silently. Seeing that the sword light was getting very close, suddenly thousands of lightning roars were heard, and the thunder that Chen Taichen turned into turned into countless electric snakes, fleeing in all directions.

Xu Heng was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly realized that it was impossible for Chen Taichen to have mastered the art of escape to the level of transforming into thousands of incarnations.

He had no time to think and immediately changed his sword technique. The sword light shook in the air and suddenly dispersed into eight sword lights, chasing in all directions. In a short while, he had strangled thousands of electric snakes.

Unfortunately, even though Xu Heng reacted very quickly, half of the electric snakes were still managed to escape from Chen Taichen, and his real body was also hiding among them. After realizing that the distance was safe, he immediately used his magic to retract them.

Thousands of electric snakes gathered together and turned into a bolt of lightning. They flew hundreds of feet away and finally stopped. Chen Taichen had reappeared and stepped out with his sleeves behind his back, as if he was unharmed.

Seeing the distance, Xu Heng knew that it was not enough to pursue the enemy. If he was impatient and aggressive, the situation might be reversed.

So he also suppressed the sword light and showed up, with his sleeves fluttering in the wind, looking elegant and free, not like he was in the middle of a dangerous fight at all.

However, they both knew whether this was actually the case.

In this lightning-fast round, Xu Heng had the upper hand for a time, but ultimately failed to turn it into a victory, and had no choice but to start over and fight again.

But Chen Taichen also suffered a severe loss.

His method of escaping by using thunder was not without price. The half of the electric snakes killed by Xu Heng were all transformed from real magic power!
Chen Taichen felt the remaining magic power in his acupoint, and his brows darkened slightly.

He intuitively felt that his condition had deteriorated and was far superior to Xu Heng. If they continued to fight like this, Xu Heng would probably have a better chance of winning in the end.

But Chen Taichen didn't want to retreat just like that.

It's not that Chen Taichen cannot retreat temporarily, but if this retreat cannot create conditions for a comeback, it will be a complete failure.

"We can still fight again." Chen Taichen's eyes narrowed slightly, he had already made a seal, and suddenly opened his mouth and spit out.

In an instant, a ray of lightning shot out from Chen Taichen's mouth, swelled against the wind, gathered energy and condensed into shape, and in a moment it turned into a thunder roc with a wingspan of a hundred feet, swooping towards Xu Heng.

Naturally, with the two of them at such a distance, no matter how fast Chen Taichen cast the spell, it would not be possible to achieve the effect of a surprise attack.

But what he has to do is to confront Xu Heng head-on, so that he can see clearly what Xu Heng's methods are.

"So this is your plan?"

A cultivator's Dharma and intention are often one and the same. As soon as Chen Taichen and Lei Peng appeared, Xu Heng already knew what he was thinking.

However, if that is the case, what is he afraid of?

Xu Heng laughed long, and without changing his method, he still pointed his fingers together, and the sword ball shot out immediately, and the sword energy was released to cut.

Chen Taichen remained calm, just thinking about it, and saw Thunder Peng flapping its wings, suddenly increasing its speed of escape, dodging and moving in an instant, and was able to easily maneuver under the coming and going of sword light, avoiding the fastest wave of attacks, and immediately flapped its wings, spraying countless thunder and fire towards Xu Heng.

Chen Taichen's manipulation of magic was indeed brilliant, but it was wishful thinking to think he could counterattack Xu Heng in this way.

Xu Heng had countless ways to resist, but when he saw this situation, his eyes suddenly flickered.

Chen Taichen wanted to see what tricks Xu Heng had with just a Thunder Peng, so Xu Heng showed Chen Taichen what he could do with just a flying sword.

As soon as Xu Heng thought about it, the sword ball suddenly made a long clanging sound, and it seemed as if a golden lock had been unlocked. Then the sword light turned, bringing with it a thunderous sound!

The sword ball seemed to have become a pen, and it flashed through the void in an instant. The arc left by the sword light remained in the void until it completely shattered the thunder and fire in the sky, and the sharp edge had already slashed towards Lei Peng again.

Chen Taichen realized that he probably couldn't dodge this sword, but he could only control Lei Peng to do the same and try to dodge. Unexpectedly, when Xu Heng's sword was coming at him so fast, he suddenly made a very subtle change and used the Flame Dragon Returning Shadow to cut Lei Peng, instantly breaking it in half.

The movements and flying were like lightning, and the power of each leap and slash was like a thunderbolt!

This is the application of Sword Energy and Thunder Sound to the realm of lifting heavy objects with ease and controlling them like one's own arms. No matter how unpredictable or sudden you are, you can still break it with one sword!
Chen Taichen took a deep breath. He thought Xu Heng could break his Lei Peng, but he didn't expect it to be in this way.

"Good thief, you are indeed worthy of being the third best swordsman in Miao Yizi."

Although Chen Taichen failed to perform the subsequent changes according to the original plan and was defeated by Xu Heng's sword, he also realized that Xu Heng's swordsmanship was indeed very difficult to deal with.

"It seems that if I really want to defeat this man, I still need to think of a way to force him to compete with me in magic."

"But I'm afraid not now."

He knew that he had been at a disadvantage in the first round, and the outcome of this fight was doomed, so he looked at Xu Heng deeply, and suddenly his body dispersed and turned into thunder, rushing towards the depths of Xumi Cave Heaven.

Xu Heng broke Chen Taichen's spell and was about to wield his sword to kill him, but he saw this. He sneered and shouted, "Want to escape? It's not that easy!"

Before he finished speaking, his voice had already dispersed into flying flames and merged into the sword light, instantly tearing a huge hole in the dark curtain of Xumi Cave Heaven.

Chen Taichen's Thunder Escape was indeed extremely fast, but it was wishful thinking for him to get rid of Xu Heng's Sword Escape.

He guessed the reason why Chen Taichen escaped, so he was not in a hurry to chase him. He just got very close to him. No matter how fast Chen Taichen ran, he would just chase him as if he was chasing lightning and wind. After chasing him for one or two hours, he finally saw the thunder in front of him dim. He immediately raised his sword to kill him, but he missed!

Lightning snakes dissipated in the air. Xu Heng retracted the sword light and could not help but narrowed his eyes. Suddenly, he was no longer angry but happy and smiled.

"I see. Chen Taichen, ah Chen Taichen, you think you can make a comeback just by getting rid of me."

"Little did I know... that I accidentally exposed the secret of your escape technique."

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I have been writing for more than thirty hours, but my brain is running out of ideas. I haven't reviewed this chapter carefully, so I will revise it tomorrow.

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