After 100 years of leatherworking, I have become a giant in the magic sect.

Chapter 234 233. The First Teacher, Retreat (6.3K words - Please subscribe)
Qingzhu Mountain and deep and quiet pool.

The wind blows, the lake moves, and the ripples are like wrinkles on old skin. If you take a casual glance, you may see a strange human face floating on the water.
The fishing rod was stuck in the wet soil. Song Yan stretched his body, leaned his hands against the old tree, his eyes quietly cast into the distance, with a hint of self-mockery on the corner of his mouth.

He already knew that he was involved in a star disaster.

Senior sister and senior brother Lei Che are both afraid of this star disaster like a tiger, which shows how treacherous and domineering it is.

No matter the wide-open ghost gate or the giant beast gnawing at the star raft, they were not enemies he could defeat now, let alone the instigator of all this.

"Ah"

"Hahaha."

Song Yan couldn't help laughing, but he sighed after laughing, then looked up, watching the copper coins falling from the rustling green leaves, and the light and shadows on his face. The light and shadows flickered, and his face was also gloomy, as if he was constantly alternating between nightmares and reality.

A feeling of "just escaping from the tiger's den, and entering the dragon's den" arose from the bottom of his heart. But he had already escaped from the tiger's den, let alone this dragon's den? Could he still be so lucky? Perhaps, when the next crisis came, he would die.

A dark fire gradually began to burn in his eyes, a hysterical light.

He is never a person who gives up easily, so even in the face of this unknown fear, he will not give up.

Just then, he heard footsteps.

The footsteps were undisguised, and the light footsteps crushed the fallen leaves that no one had cleaned up.

An old man's voice came from behind.

"It seems you've already felt it."

Song Yan didn't know when Elder Dan came. He was not surprised when he heard the words. Instead, he stood up and said, "Greetings, Elder."

The purple-robed, wild-bearded old man nodded slightly, and suddenly said in a stern voice: "I tell you, you are in big trouble now. You saw the forbidden Wawen, which is a law. Once you read it, the content will definitely happen. You read the "Gate of Ghosts" in it, and you should have died miserably, but because you didn't know the words on it, you were cursed to death but you escaped for the time being.

But, even if you can avoid it today, you may not be able to avoid it again tomorrow!
No one knows when the curse caused by Wawen will erupt, and when the hand in the wide-open ghost gate will drag you into the unknown world of evil spirits!
Perhaps in that world, even if one dies and the cause and effect are gone, the soul cannot escape and will sink forever!"

brush!
Ning Yunmiao appeared here without knowing when, bowed slightly to Elder Dan, and then listened to these words quietly. After listening, he sighed and asked: "Elder Dan, what should we do? Is there any way to remove this curse?"

Elder Dan said: "Yun Miao, haven't you heard of the forbidden talismans of the three realms of heaven, earth and man? Has anyone solved the problem of Xi? And has anyone survived from the latter word?"

Without waiting for an answer, he shook his head and said, "Absolutely no one."

Ning Yunmiao thought for a moment, and then said, "Is it possible for Junior Brother to become the holder of the talisman, or rather the container of the talisman?"

Upon hearing this, Elder Dan revealed a strange smile on his face. He lowered his head as if trying to hold it back and suppressed the curve at the corners of his lips. However, it seemed that the words were so funny that he finally couldn't suppress it and burst into an even more exaggerated laugh.

Ning Yunmiao closed her eyes slightly, she already knew the answer.

In fact, she knew the answer before she asked.

The Three Realms Forbidden Scrolls contained a mysterious omen. Even the word "forbidden" had consumed the strength of many top masters in the Ten Thousand Swords Star Region, making those masters unable to move and could only sit still in one place. If they wanted to leave, they had to rotate.

What about my junior fellow apprentice?

Moreover, this is not the real body of the forbidden talisman Wawen, but only the curse it caused. How can it be sealed?
Song Yan calmed down instead. He asked calmly, "What does the elder plan to do with me?"

Elder Dan said: "If the Wa Wen is in your body, then you should seal and suppress it while it is just born and weak, so as to prevent its evil from harming this world."

Song Yan said: "Then how can I be sure that Wa Wen is in my body?"

Elder Dan said, "Just because you are still communicating with me normally, it can be confirmed."

Song Yan asked in confusion: "May I ask, Elder, what does this mean?"

Elder Dan said: "The talisman is the power of the saint.

However, for some unknown reason, the saints later left no trace of the many talismans, so if we can understand them, we can take them for ourselves and combine them with our skills to make full use of their effectiveness.

But after the saint was forbidden to talisman, he was still in the Wanjian Star Domain where there were many powerful people suppressing the word Xi, and he could still feel the horrible and strange thoughts coming from the word Xi from time to time.

These thoughts are enough to drive anyone completely crazy. Since you are not crazy, it means that the curse is not serious, and it is even more impossible that the Wawen is in your body. "

Song Yan's heart suddenly skipped a beat and he smiled bitterly to himself.

After returning from the Bipolar Sword Platform, he felt more and more confused. The sixteen sword intents containing the embryos of the talisman characters that he had comprehended from the Sword Tomb, as well as his own "free" talisman characters, were all in an unknown state of riot.

It seemed as if something was rolling wildly inside, but that thing seemed incomplete, and also seemed to have just been formed. Thirdly, it was unable to break out completely because of the encirclement of the "Seventeen Characters".

Although he thought so, he couldn't say it out loud, and a relaxed expression appeared on his face naturally.

Elder Dan looked at his expression and said, "Not bad."

Ning Yunmiao also nodded and said, "Junior brother is indeed good."

After that, she said leisurely: "If you hear the truth in the morning, you can die in the evening. If you have a sword in your hand, why bother to ask about the future? If there is a future, hold the sword and walk; if there is no future, hold the sword to open the way; it is nothing but life and death, just like this."

Elder Dan asked, "Xiao Song, what do you think?"

Song Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Senior sister is right. If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening. Since God has given me such talent, I don't want to come here in vain. No matter what the future holds."

He was facing Elder Dan, bowing deeply and saying, "Elder, I want to learn swordsmanship."

Elder Dan stroked his wild beard and nodded, saying, "This is a true sword cultivator.

In this case, I will keep my word and find you six teachers. If you don’t give up, I won’t give up either.”

Immediately, he turned around and laughed, "Even if I will die tomorrow, I still ask for your advice today, Song Yan, please don't let me down."

A month later.
The bipolar sword platform.

Ning Yunmiao and Song Yan stood in front of the stage waiting.

Today, the sect arranged the first master for Song Yan.

Elder Dan thought that since the first light that Song Yan lit up was the "Hungry Ghost Realm", this first master was also a sword cultivator with the "Hungry Ghost Realm" talisman in the sect.

As I was waiting, the air suddenly turned cold.

Song Yan turned his head and saw a tall and thin man with a skinny body, gray skin and a sunken belly walking towards him with a long sword.

Ning Yunmiao frowned suddenly and asked, "Why would Elder Dan arrange for him to teach you?"

The tall and thin man seemed to have heard her words, snorted coldly, and looked at Song Yan and said, "Boy, what about you?"

Song Yan bowed and said, "I wish to practice with you, Master."

The tall and thin man stared at Ning Yunmiao and said in a deep voice: "Okay, Fellow Daoist Yunmiao, I know this kid is from your Ning family, and a lonely ghost like me can't snatch him away. Besides, who would want to snatch him away given his current condition?"

Ning Yunmiao acted like a mother leopard protecting her cub and said, "Wang Youquan, all I know about you is that you devoured your fellow disciples. I don't know why you haven't atoneed for it yet, but instead were able to walk out of the confinement palace."

The master man known as Wang Youquan paused, but did not respond. Instead, he came to Song Yan's side and said, "Let's go, follow me to the Liangji Sword Stage."

Song Yan followed him.

The two of them stepped onto the "Taiyin Sword Platform" and walked all the way to the long chain bridge where the moon and the sun meet.

In the crack of the sword platform under the bridge, there are suppressed demons. At this moment, pairs of pupils are staring at the two people above through the barrier.

Wang Youquan didn't care at all, and continued to talk about it: "There are seven realms in Xuanhuang. The first realm core is the fire of the moon and the sun. A long time ago, this fire was extremely difficult to find and collect, but there were powerful people in the star field who wanted to change this situation. Therefore, after countless years of hard work, they finally built these two polar sword platforms. This platform is the place of cultivation that countless casual cultivators dream of. You need to cherish it."

Song Yan said: "Yes."

Wang Youquan acted as if he didn't hear him. He continued without any pause, "Those with the talent for the Heavenly Path will practice on the Sun Sword Platform, those with the talent for the Asura Path will practice on the Moon Sword Platform, and those with the talent for the Human Path will practice on the long chain bridge in the center of the Sun and Moon. As for the three paths of hungry ghosts, hell, and animals, they need to practice under the Da platform. I am a hungry ghost, so I am here."

He pointed at the crack and said, "I'll take you down. The demonic energy here is overwhelming. You can use the Ten Thousand Stars Furnace Art to attract the fire here. At the same time, use your natal talisman of the Hungry Ghost Path to devour the demons that approach you. At the same time, use this talisman to suppress any possible sword energy riots."

After he finished speaking, a faint light appeared at his fingertips and cracks appeared.

Without even looking behind him, he jumped in.

Song Yan followed behind.

As soon as he jumped down, a layer of light shield enveloped him from behind.

It can be imagined that if he hesitated for a moment, he would not be able to enter the light shield.

The light shield moved and stopped below the magma-like stage, but it only wandered around the chains below the stage and never moved away.

Soon, the light shield stopped at one place. Wang Youquan sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, and then said, "This is it. Let's practice."

Song Yan sat down cross-legged. He found that the demons wandering around the chains that were suppressed were all broken, scattered and weak demons. Their eyes were dull and they were obviously unconscious.

He closed his eyes and concentrated, practicing the "Ten Thousand Stars Furnace Art". Suddenly, he felt two faint wisps of strange fire flowing down from the top and into his body. This made his body, soul, and thoughts feel as if they were being forged.

But then he realized that this was not the case.

Because his body and thoughts had no reaction at all, only his soul felt slightly improved.

At this moment, Song Yan suddenly opened his eyes, because he felt that a demon was approaching him, so he followed Wang Youquan's instructions and began to practice the "free" talisman.

With the power of the talisman, it immediately stripped away the approaching demon's soul, transformed it into flowing light, penetrated into the light shield, and attached itself to his body. However, it soon came into conflict with his original body, and so he fell into the light shield with a "pop".

Song Yan's "freedom" can change his body and mind at any time, but he cannot practice or integrate the existing body and mind.
Wang Youquan turned around for the first time, glanced at the demon that fell to the ground, and asked, "Can't you swallow it?"

Song Yan said, "Master Wang, this talisman of mine is an 'illusion'. It is illusory but real, so it can take away the body and the mind, but it can only take away, and cannot merge." Wang Youquan was stunned for a long time, wanting to say something but stopping himself. He seemed to want to say some trash like "How can there be such a useless talisman of the hungry ghost realm?", but he was afraid of discouraging Song Yan, so he swallowed it, and suddenly opened his mouth and took a deep breath.

A hole seemed to suddenly appear in the magma. Even though the surrounding demons had no intelligence, they instinctively sensed the danger and fled out like crazy.

But as soon as he moved, the fleeing demon shattered into pieces and turned into ashes, then turned into a pure force and drilled into Wang Youquan's mouth, causing the latter's sunken abdomen to swell slightly.

Song Yan was stunned.

Wang Youquan said: "I know you escaped from the area of ​​​​Wu Ling Tian Mo Palace, but the word I used just now was not their "sacrifice".

The word "祭" means to sacrifice one's life and strengthen one's body. If not, my shattered body would have collapsed long ago.

Of course, Elder Dan's "Alchemy Dao" is much stronger than mine, but Elder Dan only uses the Alchemy Dao to kill, and does not swallow pills to strengthen his body.

It seems that you can also use your magic to kill, instead of using it to devour."

"Yes." Song Yan responded, and then began to practice realm power again.

He was not discouraged. After a little thought, he decided to practice with "Heavenly Wisdom".

His "extreme wisdom" has been discovered by others, so there is no need to hide it and he can use it directly.

Lines of information emerged:

[In the first year, you practiced the Ten Thousand Stars Furnace Technique, trying to use the fire of the moon and the sun to condense your own 'boundary core' in your body, thereby cultivating boundary power, but there was no response]

[In the second year, there is still no reaction. You realize that this body is not your own, so you cannot practice at all. But during this practice, your understanding of "freedom" has slightly improved.]

[In the tenth year, you have not condensed any trace of the boundary core, but your soul has gained a deeper understanding of 'freedom' in the process.]

[In the first hundred years, your understanding of 'freedom' has reached a bottleneck]

At the same time, the progress of the [small heavenly word "freedom"] on Song Yan's panel has reached "(99/100)".

As long as you reach "(100/100)", you will reach the first realm of Xuanhuang Realm - Jiehe Realm.

months later
Wang Youquan sensed Song Yan's progress in cultivation, confirmed it again and again, and said in surprise: "How strange, your realm is obviously advancing by leaps and bounds, but your body has not made any progress as you said. How do you condense the 'realm core'? How do you form the 'realm force'?
Among the six realms, the hungry ghost realm is the most bizarre, but this is the first time I have encountered a situation like yours."

Song Yan said: "My disciple is dull, please practice more."

Wang Youquan nodded slightly, but the word "dull" suddenly made him realize his mistake, and he looked strange, wanting to say something rubbish, but thinking of his current status, he swallowed it back and just said, "You have good aptitude, but you may need to adjust your practice method. Don't be discouraged."

Song Yan continued to use his omnipotent wisdom.

He used it sporadically, every other day for a year.

[In the 101st year, you are still at the bottleneck of 'freedom', but the continuous practice of "Ten Thousand Stars Furnace Art" has allowed you to fully realize your understanding of the body in the realm of 'freedom'. Others have improved comprehensively, but you are the only one who stands out.]

[In the 200th year, you have completely realized freedom, and your soul has reached the first realm of Xuanhuang, the core realm. You realize that you need to find a body of this realm as soon as possible to complete the final realm breakthrough]

At the moment of his breakthrough, Wang Youquan suddenly opened his eyes, his shriveled face showed a thoughtful look, he looked at Song Yan, and then said: "No, what's wrong with you?"

Song Yan said: "My disciple is dull."

Wang Youquan:
He felt a little uncomfortable.

After calming down a bit, he thought for a moment, then stood up and said, "Let's go. I have found a way. But don't let your good senior sister know, otherwise, you won't be able to break through the Xuanhuang realm."

Unconsciously, his title had changed to "Master".

Song Yan said: "Master Wang, my conscience does not support me doing this."

Wang Youquan said: "I will take you to find a demon in the vast sea and let you take over his body. This may be the way for you to step into the Xuanhuang realm. Everyone has his own way. I just followed your natal talisman and came up with it based on my observations during this period.

However, your sister is the kind of cultivator who hates evil as much as she hates it. If she knew we were going to do this, she would definitely try to stop us."

Song Yan bowed respectfully and said, "Master Wang, if Senior Sister hadn't recognized my Immortal Order, I wouldn't be able to come here, let alone see you, so I still can't hide it from her."

Wang Youquan was stunned for a long time, then he smiled and said kindly, "Okay then."

Song Yan did not get to see Ning Yunmiao. All he saw was a letter.

The letter was left for him by Ning Yunmiao. It only said that he had gone out on duty by boat, and asked him to practice well, and that he would check on his progress after he came back.

Wang Youquan said: "Since your senior sister is not here, then you should listen to me."

Song Yan looked at the letter and felt the curse stirring in his body. For a moment, he didn't know whether he would have the chance to see Ning Yunmiao alive, so he nodded.

All he could do now was to become as strong as possible before the Wawen curse broke out.

转瞬
Twenty years have passed.

This day.
A rapid "continuous flash of boundary light" flashed above the Tianqi Sword Palace. Compared with the "escape light" of cultivators below the Xuanhuang realm, the Xuanhuang realm cultivators can already carry out continuous cross-boundary actions with the "boundary" as the span.

However, this method is also quite energy-consuming. If ordinary Xuanhuang cultivators are not in a hurry to travel, they will not advance one realm at a time in this way.

The world light swept across the two poles of the sword platform and quickly landed on a hall.

Several people were already standing in the hall, including Elder Dan.

The thick clouds were like a door, and the light broke through the door from afar and came to the spacious hall above the clouds, revealing two figures, who were Wang Youquan and Song Yan.

A monk looked at the two curiously.

Among the two, Song Yan was intact and his clothes were tidy, but Wang Youquan was in a very miserable state. His already skinny body now looked a little deformed, and there were several deep bite marks from sharp teeth on his gray skin.

The monk recognized the bite mark and asked in surprise, "Fellow Daoist Youquan, what bit you?"

After the words were spoken, several people couldn't help but smile.

It was indeed amusement to see Monk Xuanhuang being bitten like this.

I guess this fun will soon become known to everyone.

Elder Dan looked at the bite marks seriously and asked, "Are you serious?"

When Wang Youquan returned, he had communicated with him for a long time. Hearing this, he nodded heavily and said, "Elder, these years I wanted to find a Xuanhuang demon in the vast sea for my disciple based on the characteristics of his talisman, but those demons are really hard to find. They are very slippery, real and fake, fake and real, and very slippery. During this process, I encountered an accident and had to interrupt my trip."

As he spoke, he sighed, glanced at the monks behind Elder Dan, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Elder, there are too many people."

Elder Dan said, "I know you like this disciple, so you don't want him to be embarrassed, but have you ever thought that he has begun to become dangerous? I need to inform all the disciples about this and let them be on guard. This is what I, as an elder, must do."

Wang Youquan really likes this disciple.

To put it bluntly, although the cultivators with "hungry ghost" qualifications have considerable abilities, they are rarely welcomed in the Tianqi Sword Palace. They all have some stories that happened to them, so no one wants to associate with them.

When Wang Youquan first met Song Yan, he was indifferent to him, but it was just out of habit. He just felt that this seemingly normal disciple would never be able to associate with him.

But, no.

Over the years, Song Yan practiced hard and regarded him as his teacher. While they were searching for the Xuanhuang-level demons in the vast sea of ​​​​red dust, they also traveled together, drank together, and experienced some things together.

With such feelings, Wang Youquan treats Song Yan differently from others.

Therefore, even though Elder Dan had spoken at this moment, he was already silent.

Song Yan took the initiative to step forward and said, "Your Excellency, that day Master Wang and I were at a restaurant in the mortal world. Master Wang was looking at the menu when a line of words suddenly appeared on the menu."

He paused and continued, "The teeth are long, the bells are hanging, jingling, and the heart is panicking. The secret realm is cracked, spewing black smoke, grinding the mountain peaks, and falling into the human world."

After saying this, the monks started discussing.

One person said, "Long fangs, strange bell sounds, black smoke, this is a realm-devouring beast."

Another person said, "The realm-devouring beasts don't like to eat people, they only eat secret realms. Before eating, they think they are in the way, and they will blow people out of the secret realm before eating. Normally, if the realm-devouring beasts encounter Xuanhuang cultivators, they will ignore them and say, "You go your way, I eat my realm. How did this Daoist friend Youquan get bitten by the realm-devouring beast?"

Another person said: "Strange, strange thing."

Song Yan sighed and continued, "Then, the Devouring Beast suddenly appeared and chased after Master Wang and bit him."

The monks turned their attention to the bite marks on Wang Youquan's body.

This time no one laughed. Everyone suddenly understood something and looked solemn.

Elder Dan looked at him quietly, then suddenly closed his eyes and said sternly: "Pass it on, be on guard against Song Yan, any area where he appears, don't look at him, don't use your spiritual sense!"

Wang Youquan showed an expression of reluctance.

Elder Dan looked at Song Yan again and said, "I never thought that this Wawen curse would overflow before it even invaded you. Fortunately, your master only read about the Devouring Beast this time. If he had read about the Devouring Beast, he would have died.

You should go back to Qingzhu Mountain and not go out again. Your second teacher will still come to teach you. As long as you don't give up, my Tianqi Sword Palace will never give up on a disciple like you who has such a monstrous talent.

As for your talisman, I already know it. I will ask your second master to bring you the body you need.

But everything is not priceless, you also need to pay. Tell me, what can you do? "

Song Yan thought for a moment and said, "Does leather making count?"

Elder Dan hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay."

(End of this chapter)