After a hundred years of ringing the bell, I became the ancestor of the sect

Chapter 176: The Boundary is Closed (asking for monthly tickets)

dong dong dong.
The clear sound of the bell rang out from the Chenzhong Tower and spread into the distance.

More than two years have passed since Li Qian used the name of the ancestor.

The Divine Sword Sect behaved very low-key and its territorial influence shrank significantly.

During the past two years, three celestial-level family forces have appeared one after another on the territory of the Divine Sword Sect. After these forces occupied most of the territory voluntarily given up by the Divine Sword Sect, they did not continue to expand and were able to get along peacefully with the Divine Sword Sect for a short period of time.

However, Taiwu Dao, Dachang, and even other countries in Yangjiao Territory, have frequently encountered conflicts because a large number of celestial-level family forces have descended upon them, greatly squeezing the territorial space of local forces.

The end result was that these powerful dragons from across the river overwhelmed the local snakes.

Chen bell tower.

Li Qian was practicing with Sword Eighteen. Although the progress was slow, he still persisted and practiced every day.

He has been waiting for the day when the barrier of the human world will be closed.

Without the suppression of the barrier, his cultivation speed would definitely recover.

Although he did not want the barrier to be closed, in the face of the out-of-control demonic disaster, closing the barrier was imperative.

He guessed that the reason why it has not been closed yet is probably that various preparations have not been completed. This can be seen from the large number of celestial-level family forces that have parachuted in in recent years.

The Martial Alliance must be making careful arrangements to deal with the attack of demons after the barrier is closed.

By filling the human world with a large number of celestial-level family forces and thus filling the power vacuum, the ability to resist the invasion of demons can be greatly improved.

Against this backdrop, for local forces like the Divine Sword Sect to resist this kind of territorial encroachment would be like hitting a rock with an egg, and would be going against the trend.

In fact, the more celestial-level family forces there are in the territory, the safer it may be in future demonic chaos.

Compared with survival, temporary loss of interests is nothing.

call!
After a long time, Li Qian retracted his sword power and sheathed the magic sword in his hand.

When he was at Chenzhongtai, he seldom took the completely refined divine sword Jian Shiba into his body, and often chose to leave it outside.

Only when going out will he carry the Holy Sword of All Things.

Suddenly, Li Qian looked down the mountain and saw a figure coming quickly.

Not long after, a girl in white came to the Chenzhong Tower.

"Grandpa Shi."

The girl in white shouted.

"Yingxue is here."

Li Qian jumped down from the bell tower and said with a smile.

The girl in white is Chai Yingxue, now a sixteen-year-old girl.

He has a good talent in martial arts and possesses a top-grade Mingguang-level physique, so he was accepted as the last disciple by Wan Xiangu, the female celestial being of the Divine Sword Sect.

Her talent is better than her mother Bai Yun, but unfortunately she has the same temperament as her mother when she was a girl. She cannot stand hardship and she doesn't want to practice sword and jab anymore after one year.

Li Qian would not force her, it was her own choice.

Under normal circumstances, as long as one's physique and talent are good and one practices the sword jab to perfection, there won't be any major problems when practicing the Immaculate Sword Body later on.

This is what Li Qian summarized from the practice of several of his disciples.

Since Chai Yingxue doesn't want to practice sword and stabbing, there is no way she can stay in the Wuxin lineage and she can only join another peak.

After all, if you want to enter Wuxin Peak, you must first practice sword, stabbing and punching to perfection, otherwise you cannot become a formal disciple of the Wuxin lineage. This is the rule set by Li Qian.

"How come you have time to come here today?"

Li Qian said with a smile.

"Master, where is Xiaobai?"

Chai Yingxue looked left and right, then asked.

"do not know."

Li Qian shook his head.

He knew what Chai Yingxue was looking for.

After ringing the bell, the white fox slipped away and went to sleep.

Anyway, Li Qian seldom rings the bell himself now. It is the white fox who rings the bell every day.

"I saw Xiaobai."

Chai Yingxue's eyes suddenly lit up, and she quickly ran over and picked up the white fox that was lying on Xiao Hei's back.

The white fox just glanced at Chai Yingxue lazily.

Normally, Li Qian's soul would only wake up when the bell rang. He was usually in a dormant state, with his body controlled by the white fox's instinct.

The white fox looks silly and stupid in its normal state.

Li Qian sat down and picked up a book to read.

Chai Yingxue was standing by, holding the white fox and talking to Li Qian. They were all trivial matters, but Chai Yingxue spoke with great interest.

Suddenly, Li Qian seemed to sense something and looked up at the sky.

The vital energy between heaven and earth seemed to fluctuate and was no longer as calm.

"What's wrong, Grandpa?"

Chai Yingxue was very curious when she saw Li Qian's expression become serious. She also looked up at the sky, but there was nothing there, only the blue sky and bright sunshine.

Suddenly, the wind picked up.

This is no ordinary wind.

Instead, it is formed by the fluctuations of the vital energy of heaven and earth.

boom!
Suddenly, there was a bolt of lightning from the blue sky.

There was suddenly lightning and thunder in the sky, which was very strange.

"Master, is it going to rain?"

Chai Yingxue asked curiously.

"do not know."

Li Qian shook his head.

In his perception, the vital energy of heaven and earth became violent.

"It seems that the Martial Alliance is about to close the barrier of the human world."

Li Qian thought to himself.

The big change is finally coming.

woo woo woo woo
The wind was getting stronger and stronger.

Above the sky, there were lightning and thunder everywhere.

Moreover, Li Qian could vaguely see the invisible net in the lightning and thunder, which seemed to be gradually manifesting.

The whole process lasted for about a quarter of an hour. Suddenly, the heaven and earth seemed to shake. A horrible crackling sound came from the sky, and countless cracks appeared in the air.

"Grandpa Master, the sky has cracked open."

Chai Yingxue pointed at the sky and exclaimed.

Choo Choo Choo.
Xiao Hei seemed to be frightened by the situation in the sky and started to cry out.

It seemed as if a lot of rain was pouring out from the cracks.
Amidst lightning, thunder and strong winds, a heavy rain began to fall.

Li Qian reached out to catch the rain.

Very strong vitality.

This is a spiritual rain.

This torrential rain lasted for more than an hour, and the cracks in the sky also lasted for more than an hour before slowly disappearing.

But Li Qian could feel that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth had increased many times.

The most peculiar thing is that the invisible sense of oppression between heaven and earth seems to have completely dissipated.

He actually felt a sense of relief he had never felt before.

"Is the barrier closed?"

Li Qian murmured to himself.

The barrier was closed, and the suppression on him, the martial saint of the human world, also disappeared.

It also means that all his advantages in the human world will no longer exist.

"But it's nothing. I have worked my way up from an ordinary person to where I am now, and I have become a martial saint. Now I am definitely better than when I first joined the Divine Sword Sect as a menial disciple, right?"

Li Qian is still quite optimistic.

Over the next period of time, Li Qian had almost figured out some of the impacts of closing the barrier in the human world.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth has become several times richer.

But the vitality became much more violent.

This will cause innate warriors to absorb the vital energy of heaven and earth during their practice, which will add some risks.

It is said that in the Divine Sword territory, many innate warriors have become possessed to varying degrees when absorbing the vital energy of heaven and earth.

However, he did not appear in the Divine Sword Gate.

It should be related to the first bell of Chen Bell.

The warriors in the Divine Sword Sect have a regular practice habit every day, which is to choose to practice around the hour of Mao. The effect of this time period is the best, and you can get twice the result with half the effort.

Li Qian's cultivation level also improved a lot faster.

As to how much faster it is, further observation is needed.

On this day, Chai Shao suddenly returned to Chenzhongtai.

"Master, I feel like I'm about to break through."

"Well, as early as a year ago, your cultivation reached the late stage of the True Dan Realm. Now that your sword intent has broken through to the True Elephant level, it is time for you to break through."

Li Qian only needed a slight sense to make the judgment.

Under normal circumstances, Chai Shao should have to stay at this stage for another three to five years before he can break through to the Heavenly Man Realm.

However, the barrier of the human world was closed, and various factors caused Chai Shao's talents, aptitude and potential to be released, which was why he was able to break through so quickly.

After all, Chai Shao is a perfect innate being, and his physique is comparable to Baoguang-level talent.

For the next period of time, Chai Shao stayed in Chen Zhongtai to practice in seclusion. More than a month later, the vitality of heaven and earth gathered, and powerful true-image sword intent spread out, filling Wuxin Peak and causing a strange phenomenon.

Many masters of the Divine Sword Sect have noticed the situation at Wuxin Peak.

The celestial beings who stayed behind in the Divine Sword Sect, as well as many great masters, all came to the outside of Wuxin Peak.

After a long time, Chai Shao came out of the wooden house where he had been in seclusion, and his temperament had changed a lot.

"Master."

Chai Shao showed joy on his face.

He finally achieved heavenly status.

Become the second celestial being in the Wuxin Peak lineage.

At this time, other celestial beings from the Divine Sword Sect came to congratulate him.

They were all very emotional. Elder Li Qian was only about sixty years old when he achieved the status of a celestial being.

Now his disciple Chai Shao has achieved the status of a celestial being, and is actually around sixty years old.

This breakthrough speed is absolutely second to none in the entire Divine Sword Sect.

"Elder Li, regarding the unusual situation that occurred in the heaven and earth some time ago, I wonder if the ancestor has any instructions?"

Elder Qingsong asked.

Since the ancestor had conveyed the decree more than two years ago, the high-level celestial beings in the Divine Sword Sect also knew a little bit of the clues.

The unusual changes in recent months have made them all uneasy.

"No."

Li Qian shook his head.

Elder Qingsong did not ask any further questions.

At this time, Sect Master Zhuo Yang came over and said, "Elder Qingsong, I just received a letter from the flying eagle. There is a village in Tongguang County where hundreds of people turned into mummies overnight. It seems to be the work of a demon."

"What? The monster appears again?" Elder Qingsong frowned slightly.

Ever since the demon disaster that occurred in Haizhou, no demons have appeared again, and it has been peaceful for almost ten years.

Moreover, the impact that time was not great. At most, several major sects suffered inexplicable heavy losses.

He knew that the appearance of monsters was no trivial matter. Coupled with the abnormalities in heaven and earth that had occurred some time ago and the influx of a large number of foreign celestial family forces, combined with the ancestor's edict that mentioned that the future would be difficult, perhaps a larger wave of monsters was about to make a comeback.

So, he and many celestial beings left the Chen Zhongtai and prepared to deal with the monster.

The Chenzhongtai became quiet again.

After learning that Chai Shao had broken through to the celestial being level, Li Qian's other disciples rushed back to Chen Zhongtai to celebrate for him.

"It will be very chaotic and dangerous outside, so you all need to be careful."

Li Qian gave them some instructions before they left.

Demons and monsters appearing and coexisting with humans will definitely become the norm in the future.

Perhaps it is less likely that a powerful monster, like a level one demon saint, will appear in the heart of the human world. After all, such an existence will definitely be targeted by the Martial Saint of the Martial Alliance. But it is impossible to completely defend against small monsters, big monsters, or even level one demons.

Of course, this is not absolute.

He had traveled all over the eight realms of the human world before and killed so many demon saints and demon bodies. Those demon saints must have wanted to kill him as soon as possible.

Anyway, in this chaotic period, it would be better for him to be low-key and cautious, not to go out casually, and try to hide in the Chenzhongtai and ring the bell to practice.

Thus, more than two years passed.

Just as Li Qian expected, after the barrier was closed, the human world became a place where demons and monsters were rampant.

All kinds of monsters are roaming around. Big towns may be relatively safe, but remote villages and towns have become extremely dangerous. Often, entire villages are sucked dry and turned into mummies.

This caused a large number of civilians to abandon their land in panic and become refugees, gathering in various counties, prefectures and cities.
Not only that, due to the spiritual rain more than two years ago, alienation of birds, beasts, snakes, insects and the like has become more common, and even some flowers, plants and trees have become alienated.

The wild has become more dangerous.

All kinds of dangerous insects, beasts and birds, plus hidden monsters, make the human world miserable.

This also led to the prevalence of martial arts among the people, and various martial arts schools and sects emerged like mushrooms after a rain.

After the barrier was closed, and with the help of the spiritual rain, the difficulty of practicing martial arts for ordinary people was greatly reduced.

Generally speaking, as long as one has Qingguang-level talent and works hard enough, it is not difficult to eventually become an entry-level warrior.

Moreover, many spiritual creatures were born in the wild, and from time to time ordinary people would accidentally obtain spiritual creatures and become high-level warriors after swallowing them.

On the Chenzhongtai, Li Qian finished his practice and felt relaxed all over. He immediately put away Sword Eighteen.

Suddenly, he summoned the system interface to check the latest information.

Host: Li Qian.

Cultivation: Martial Saint Realm (initial 34/100), Yuanshen Observation (5/100).

Sacrificial vessel: Chen bell (Ling 17051/100000).

Martial arts: Sword Stab Fist (perfect), Heartless Sword Technique (perfect), Immaculate Holy Body (perfect), Soul-Chasing Sword Technique (perfect), Great River Sword Qi (third level 19/100).

Martial Intentions: Unintentional Sword Intentions (the second level of Wanxiang, 18/100).

Supernatural power: Sanctuary of Qi and Blood (Binary 25/100).

Secret skills: Wanhua sword energy, blood burning technique, and spirit sensing technique.

Auxiliary skills: Qianyuan Formation (eight bases 4/100).

Incarnation: Fox Puppet (.)

Looking at the information on the system panel, Li Qian was filled with emotion.

Before he knew it, he had been practicing bell-ringing for more than seventy-seven years.

After more than two years of practice since the barrier of the human world was closed, he had a direct understanding of his own practice situation.

His current cultivation level is at the initial stage of Martial Saint, and he can make some progress in about three and a half months.

Compared to before the barrier was closed, the improvement was one point every year and a half, which is five times faster.

The speed of sword intent has also increased a lot. Before, when it was the first level, it took about twenty days to improve a little. Now, after reaching the second level, it takes about thirty days to improve a little. Compared with the original half a year to improve a little, it is much faster.

Daha's sword energy is even faster, because the improvement of this sword technique is inseparable from the sword intent.

Now the rate of improvement is about every four months, which is about nine times faster than the previous rate of improvement of one point every three years.

Only the improvement of the Qi and Blood Holy Domain is much smaller, only about twice as fast, and it takes a year to improve a little.

As for the progress of the Qianyuan Formation Classic, it was not affected. It depended entirely on his comprehension of the formation. Now it had only been improved to four points, which was too slow.

If he wants to improve his Qianyuan Formation Classic more quickly, the best way is to study other formation systems, take their essence and remove their dross, and integrate them into the Qianyuan Formation Classic.

Unfortunately, he doesn't have the conditions for the time being.

Suddenly, an inner disciple of the Divine Sword Temple came to the Chen Bell Platform.

"Elder Li, the Supreme Hall has called for an emergency meeting. Please go and attend."

The inner sect disciple said respectfully.

"understood."

Li Qian nodded.

Tai Shang Tang was established in recent years.

The main reason is that the number of supreme elders is increasing, and the original management method of the Divine Sword Sect is insufficient.

By establishing the Tai Shang Tang, there is a clearer division of the powers of the Tai Shang elders.

As a result, the authority of the peak masters and powerful elders would be greatly reduced.

In the future, it may happen that only celestial beings are qualified to be the peak masters and the elders with real power.

This trend has already begun to emerge.

After all, the level of the warriors of the Divine Sword Sect has been raised to a higher level. There are now more than twenty celestial beings. In Xiao Tianren's era, the number of top grandmasters in the Divine Sword Sect was not so large.

Soon, Li Qian left the Chenzhongtai and came to the Taishang Hall.

More than a dozen celestial beings gathered together.

The other celestial beings who were not present were guarding outside.

Due to the rampant activities of monsters, it was necessary to send celestial beings to guard important outposts at the county city level.

After Li Qian sat down, Elder Qingsong said with a heavy face, "Just this morning, Elder Yun of our Divine Sword Sect died, and Elder Gong was seriously injured."

Except for a few celestial beings who already knew about it, the rest of the celestial beings looked shocked.

Li Qian was also shocked.

This Elder Yun was the former master of Dishui Peak, Yun Lei.

"Aren't Elder Yun and Elder Gong exterminating a monster in Hechen County? Could it be that the monster is too powerful?"

Wan Xiangu asked hurriedly.

"Elder Yun died in the siege by the Wei family's celestial beings, and Elder Gong also escaped by luck. According to Elder Yun, when they were chasing the monster, they accidentally ran into a valley and accidentally encountered the Wei family, and a conflict broke out."

Elder Qingsong shook his head and said.

"what?"

"How dare the Wei family?"

"Damn it, the Wei family is really going too far."

The faces of all the celestial beings changed drastically.

Foreign celestial families like the Wei family occupied a large amount of territory of the Divine Sword Sect, and the Divine Sword Sect could only tolerate it everywhere. In fact, everyone in the sect had been very unhappy for a long time.

Now that his own celestial being has been killed by the Wei family's celestial being, how can he not be angry?

Even clay people have tempers.

What’s more, these are the celestial beings who are usually high and mighty.

"Elder Qingsong, where is Elder Gong?"

Grand Elder Hou Shuwen asked hurriedly.

Elder Qingsong said, "He is still recovering in Hechen County."

Hou Shuwen asked again: "Did Elder Gong tell me the specific reason for the conflict?"

Elder Qingsong said, "Elder Gong said that the Wei family attacked them as soon as they saw them. If Elder Yun hadn't held back the Wei family, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape."

"Elder Qingsong, where did the conflict occur?"

The supreme elder Feng Shaoyu asked.

"It's at the border between Hechen County and Yuanyu County."

Elder Qingsong walked to a map and pointed to a location.

This map shows several major forces on the original territory of the Divine Sword Sect. In addition to the Divine Sword Sect, there are five other celestial-level family forces.

The Wei family is one of the five celestial-level families, and they moved in later. Among the five celestial-level families, they act very domineeringly and are the most difficult celestial-level family to deal with.

So far, the only core territory controlled by the Divine Sword Sect is the four counties of Jianzhou.

As for Taiping County in Mingzhou, the other four counties in Jianzhou, and several counties in Xuanzhou, they were all occupied or infiltrated by the five celestial-level families.

"There has never been any conflict between our Divine Sword Sect and the Wei Family. There is no reason for the Wei Family to attack directly."

Feng Shaoyu frowned and said in a deep voice.

"There must be some misunderstanding in this matter. We must send someone to the Wei family to seek justice for Elder Yun's death."

A supreme elder said.

"What kind of justice are you asking for? The Wei family killed our Divine Sword Sect's celestial beings. This is a serious provocation. We must go to war with the Wei family."

There are also radical celestial beings who are extremely angry.

"Nonsense, what did the ancestor say, have you forgotten?"

Elder Qingsong shouted, "Elder Feng, you and Elder Wan will go to the Wei family to negotiate and see how they explain it, and then make a decision."

"Ok."

Feng Shaoyu nodded.

Soon, Feng Shaoyu and Wan Xiangu left Taishangtang and went to the Wei family.

Elder Qingsong brought a group of other supreme elders to Hechen County to prepare for the next step.

As for Li Qian and the other two supreme elders, they stayed behind to guard the Divine Sword Sect.

When Elder Qingsong led his men away, he asked Li Qian, "Elder Li, if you can contact the ancestor, please tell him how to deal with this matter?"

This matter involves other celestial-level families, and a celestial-level supreme elder has died. The matter has become a big deal.

It is no longer possible for the Divine Sword Sect to keep quiet.

"Okay, Elder Qingsong."

Li Qian nodded.

After many celestial beings left, Li Qian returned to Chenzhongtai, thinking about how to properly handle this matter?

Elder Yun died at the hands of the Wei family. No matter what, the responsibility must be on the Wei family.

The main question is in what way did he intervene?
"It seems that it's time for me to reappear as the Dao Sect elder."

Li Qian sighed.

Behind these celestial-level families there may be celestial-level celestials, or even martial saints, and they simply look down on local martial arts forces like the Divine Sword Sect.

If the situation is allowed to develop, it will greatly affect his ability to practice meditation peacefully while ringing the bell in the future.

Of course, there are also great risks in revealing his identity as the elder of Dao Sect.

This risk does not come from Dao Zong.

It comes from the demon tribe.
If those demon saints whose demon bodies he had killed knew of his existence, they would definitely come to cause trouble for him.

"But fortunately, the focus of the demon race is now on invading the human world, so those demon saints should not set their sights on me."

Li Qian thought to himself.

He is just a small martial saint in the world, so he doesn't deserve such a big weight.

Unless the demon clan successfully invades in the future, their demon saint might have the time to look for him.

PS: There is only one day left, and only a few hours left, and the monthly ticket will expire. Please give me some monthly tickets!!!
(End of this chapter)