The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 215 Insight, Return

At the side of Kunlun, on the top of the snow-capped mountain, a sword came from the west, like a fairy from the sky.

The body has no colorful phoenix wings and wings, and the heart is a little bit better.

The sword of the man in white is not from the sky, but it looks like a fairy from the sky.

Zhao Ti's finger was not as sharp as Lingxi's, but it was better than Lingxi's.

His temperament changed drastically; illusion and reality coexisted, truth and falsehood existed together, and existence and non-existence accompanied each other.

This finger was like a dream, real and fake, real and unreal, as if it existed and not there, and suddenly, it clamped the frosty long sword of the man in white.

The man in white was shocked and his eyes moved from the sword to Zhao Ti's temperament of pretending to be real and real, and being inactive and having nothing at the same time.

"This is impossible, how could you..." He roared, his tone full of disbelief, jealousy and fear.

In the blink of an eye, cracks appeared on the long sword, as if the long river of time was advancing rapidly. No matter how strong and hard the sword was, it could not withstand the friction of time. It began to crack and break into pieces, and then fell to the ground with the eternal breeze of Kunlun Mountain.

"How could you cultivate to this level? This is impossible, this is impossible!" The man in white roared like a wild beast and retreated violently.

Zhao Ti had a blank expression on his face. He kept pointing his finger outside Huanyin and gently moving it forward.

No one knew where this finger came from or where it went. When it was wielded by Zhao Ti, there was no trace to be followed, no trace to be traced, and no trace to be identified.

His finger left no trace, no true or false, like a dream, like illusion, like false but true, and pointed at the man in white.

The world is so big, and the man in white felt that he had nowhere to escape at this moment. Panic and deep fear appeared in his eyes.

Zhao Ti pointed his finger forward, piercing through his protective energy and directly tapping his Jianjing acupoint. With a "puff", the acupoint was pierced and blood gushed out. The body of the man in white stopped instantly, and his joints made a sound as if they were whipped and broken, and he slowly fell to the ground.

Zhao Ti's finger could have killed him directly, but he withdrew his strength and deflected part of the finger. He wanted to ask the man in white some questions.

What he saw in the cave was strange and inexplicable, and the existence of the Ice Silkworm Palace in the back was also bizarre. He wanted to ask the man in white about the origins of these things, where he came from, and what the words he had just said meant.

The men in white were piled on the ground, looking at Zhao Ti with hatred in their eyes: "Who are you? How could you have practiced martial arts to that level?"

Zhao Ti looked at him and asked calmly, "Which realm?"

The man in white's eyes flickered when he heard that, and he suddenly laughed: "So you don't know what realm that is! That's right, you outsiders, even if you have secretly learned the skills from somewhere, you don't know what the ultimate martial arts is!"

Zhao Ti looked indifferent: "Who said I don't know?"

The man in white said, "Don't try to trick me. You hurt me today, so don't even think about surviving in this world. These martial arts realms are beyond your reach. Anyone who practices to this level must die!"

Zhao Ti looked at him strangely, and said calmly: "But there are more than one or two masters around me who have reached this level. They have all lived for more than a hundred years, and none of them have died."

The man in white was stunned when he heard this, and said bitterly: "That's because we haven't found them. If we find them, we will kill them all."

Zhao Ti remained calm, and raised the corner of his mouth: "I'm afraid... maybe I can't beat him?"

The man in white's expression changed: "Why can't we defeat him? It's just hard to find him. Besides..."

Zhao Ti asked, "What's more?"

The man in white suddenly sneered and said, "Do you think I would tell you these things?"

Zhao Ti said leisurely, "I am the butcher and you are the meat. What qualifications do you have to keep silent? Tell me your origins and what you mean by outsiders. Why do you have to fight against outsiders who have practiced martial arts to a very high level? Tell me everything."

"You wish!" the man in white gritted his teeth.

"Do you want me to torture you?" Zhao Ti smiled slightly.

The black bear next to him glared at him and said, "I have 108 kinds of torture here. Do you want to try them?"

"You dare!" The man in white said, "The palace will not let you go. We will chase you to the ends of the earth!"

"Inside the palace..." Zhao Ti nodded: "Is it the Ice Silkworm Palace or the Divine Sword Palace? Or some other palace? Why are you ancient martial arts sects so hostile to those outside Kunlun? You even care about other people practicing martial arts. Aren't you afraid that other countries will send their armies to crush you?"

The man in white snorted coldly and said nothing.

"You won't talk?" Zhao Ti nodded: "Use torture."

"How dare you!" The man in white had a face full of resentment: "Even if I die, someone will come looking for you and will never let you go!"

Zhao Ti smiled and said, "You dare to punish me, are you afraid of being found? I'll kill anyone who comes!"

"You!" The man in white took a deep breath, and suddenly a strange smile appeared on his lips: "Although I don't know what you are doing in Kunlun, if you touch me, someone will definitely find you."

The girl couldn't help but said, "That has to be found!"

Wu Xiong said: "We will grind your bones to dust and leave you without a burial. Who will know it was us who did it?"

Huo Linglong said: "The body was taken somewhere else and the bones and flesh were fed to wild dogs. Who would know!"

The man in white turned pale when he heard this, and snorted, "You can try!"

Zhao Ti said calmly: "Let's torture him."

Wu Xiong immediately stepped forward to take action. He was an unconventional man with many ways of torturing people, and he just used a few of the most painful ones on the man in white.

The man in white had his acupuncture points sealed at this moment, and he couldn't use any internal strength to resist. He could not help but cry out in pain, and beads of sweat the size of beans kept rolling down his forehead.

But he refused to give in, and even after being tortured, he confessed nothing.

Zhao Ti glanced at the girl, who understood and said, "I'll try using the Life and Death Talisman!"

The Life and Death Talisman uses liquids such as water and wine to reverse the flow of true Qi, transforming the masculine energy into feminine energy, making the true Qi emitted from the palm of the hand several times colder than ice. The liquid in the hand will naturally condense into ice and hit the enemy's body.

When Wu Xiong heard the words "life and death talisman", his color changed and he quickly hid aside.

There was no wine or tea here. The girl grabbed a handful of snow from the ground not far away, and then used her internal energy to freeze the snow into several ice flakes as thin as paper. She then used her internal energy to penetrate the body of the man in white.

The people in the thirty-six caves and seventy-two islands were covered with life and death talismans, but each of them was unbearable with only one piece. They could neither live nor die. The man in white had a few pieces entering his body and his face turned pale in an instant. He screamed in pain.

But he still didn't beg for mercy. After a while, he almost fainted from the pain. The girl was afraid that he would die immediately, so she fed him some antidote and asked him to calm down. "As long as you confess, I won't let the life and death spell take effect."

The man in white gasped and said, "Don't even think about it. You think I'm afraid of torture, but you're wrong."

Zhao Ti said calmly: "As long as you tell me where those ancient palaces and sects behind you are in Kunlun, I will spare your life."

“Hahaha…” The man in white laughed: “You came over from the bottom of the mountain over there, haven’t you already seen the Ice Silkworm Palace?”

"Did the palace fall or move away?" the girl asked. "I think it's most likely moved. Did it move to the depths of Kunlun?"

The man in white looked at her and snorted, "Go find him!"

The girl looked at Zhao Ti, who shook his head: "It's hard to say whether the Ice Silkworm Palace still exists, otherwise why would the Ice Silkworms be running around in the abandoned palace."

As he spoke, he took out the little silkworm and waved it in front of the man in white.

The man in white was stunned when he saw it, and then said, "How can there be such a thing in the Ice Silkworm Palace? This is impossible..."

Zhao Ti looked at him and said, "I went to the palace and saw that no one was taking care of this thing. Is the Ice Silkworm Palace gone?"

The man in white sneered: "It's no use trying to test my words. If you want to look for it, go ahead and look for it. You may find it."

Zhao Ti said with a smile, "We couldn't interrogate you, so we left. If we go blindly, there are not many people here, and we run into your accomplices, wouldn't that cause trouble?"

The man in white's face changed. When he realized his thoughts were exposed, he turned his head away and said nothing.

Tong Lao then used the Life and Death Talisman again, but she did not stop. The man in white could not bear it any longer and suddenly shouted, "Someone will come to you to avenge me..."

After he finished shouting, his face suddenly turned purple and blue. After just a few breaths, his head drooped and he died.

Huo Linglong stepped forward to check and said in surprise, "Master, this man's breathing was blocked, and his heart meridians and blood were blocked, so he died."

"Autistic breathing..." Zhao Ti nodded: "This is a cruel and decisive way to die. It is difficult for ordinary people to do it."

The girl said, "It's a good thing for him to die like this."

Wu Xiong said: "Master, this..."

Zhao Ti looked at the body of the man in white for a moment and said, "Search it."

Several people stepped forward to search together, but they found that the man in white had nothing but some dry food and jerky.

Zhou Tong asked, "Sir, do you want to deal with it here or take it away?"

The girl said, "I think we should take him away. He just said that he would be able to find us. It should be that his accomplices, the people from the palace faction, are good at tracking down traces. We don't want them to find us. Even if they deal with us, they won't be here."

Zhao Ti nodded: "Let's take him out of the mountain first." Wu Xiong immediately carried the body of the man in white on his back, while Zhou Tong carried the monk who had died first. Huo Linglong cleared all traces around and then went down the mountain.

After arriving at the Ice Silkworm Palace, clear all traces of your previous visit, then pass through the cave in the mountain and return to the West Sea.

After leaving the cave, the climate gradually returned to normal. Halfway through the journey, Zhao Ti ordered his men to turn west for more than ten miles to deal with the bodies.

Then he found a secluded place, took out a bottle from his arms, and sprinkled the powder on the two corpses.

After a while, the two corpses turned into a pool of yellow water. They then burned the remaining clothes and buried them in a deep pit. The ground returned to its original appearance, and then they changed their path and continued to rush back towards the West Sea.

When they returned to the shore of the West Sea, it was already night, but the moonlight in the sky was bright, and everyone had built a bonfire by the lake, making it as bright as day.

Seeing Zhao Ti and others coming back, Zhu Chu started to grill and cook. After they were done, Zhao Ti and others finished eating and it was already midnight.

Afterwards, he took a rest and entered the tent sent by the Kingdom of Kucha. Zhao Ti gently opened his palm and saw the little silkworm lying there.

When coming out of the cave, Zhao Ti found that it was a little wilted. It was probably because the temperature difference between inside and outside the mountain was too large. The silkworm could not stand the warmth outside for a while, which led to its lack of energy.

He was worried that this silkworm was not like the one in his mansion. It was driven out from Kunlun little by little by Monk Hui Jing and had gradually become accustomed to the outside world. If he caught it directly, it might die, so he used the icy energy in his palm to hold the little silkworm inside.

Originally, the little silkworm had been struggling, and even when it had lost its energy, it still tried to twist its body. But once it was nourished by the icy energy, it immediately became obedient, no longer able to run or move, but just lay lazily in his palm, now even lying on its belly facing up.

Zhao Ti looked at it for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "Did you feel my icy aura and rush over to me?"

He thought that the little silkworm shot out from the depths of the ice room, not towards others, but directly towards him, probably because it sensed the icy energy in his body.

After all, the source of the icy true energy is the original cold poison of the other little silkworm. If that little silkworm also comes from the Ice Silkworm Palace, maybe it will be able to sense the existence of the cold poison.

However, the extremely yin power of the Huan Yin Sutra might be able to attract the other party, but I don’t know which one it is.

Xiaocan had no idea what he was talking about. She just felt very comfortable at the moment and didn't want to move. She stared at him with her lacquered eyes, feeling somewhat familiar.

Zhao Ti said to himself, "It's not good for you to spend the night in my hands, so I'd better build a small house for you."

As he said this, he called Bai Zhan and asked him to fetch a basin of water from the West Sea. Then he put his hand in the water. At this moment, he could create ice using both the Huan Yin technique and the Han Bing Qi, but there was still a slight difference between the two.

The Huan Yin Meridian tends to be extremely yin and extremely cold. The meaning of "sky gives birth to water, yin gives birth, and heaven and earth are solemn" is not just to create ice and frost.

The Ice Qi was mainly used for this purpose, and to make ice faster, he activated the Ice Qi, and the water in the basin solidified in an instant. He then stirred it with his palms a few times and continued to practice Qi, and a small ice house appeared.

Then he took out the small house, placed it next to the leather couch, and threw the little silkworm into it.

The little silkworm had been feeling comfortable in his palm, but was startled when it entered the ice room. It subconsciously wanted to turn around and run back to his palm. He gently closed the ice room, sealing the exit, leaving only a tiny ventilation hole, and trapped the little silkworm inside.

The little silkworm jumped a few times in the ice room and seemed to feel the breath of icy energy again. Then it gradually calmed down and began to fall asleep again.

Zhao Ti then took a rest. When he got up the next morning, he asked everyone to clear all traces of camping by the West Sea Lake. Then he walked northeast, entered Longyou, and headed straight for Qingtang City. After touring Qingtang, he would return to the Song Dynasty.

Qingtang is an ancient city. Due to its geographical location, it has experienced many conflicts in history. It was called Shanzhou in the Northern Wei Dynasty and Shancheng in the early Tang Dynasty. It was one of the important areas fought over by the Tang and Tubo dynasties, and the two sides fought many battles here.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty was greatly weakened, and the military forces were transferred internally to quell the rebellion. The defense capabilities on the western border declined. Tubo took the opportunity to advance eastward and gradually occupied the Helong area including Shancheng. During the Shangyuan period, Shancheng officially fell to Tubo and was renamed Qingtang City.

This ancient city has always been known as the Pearl of the Northwest. It is not only a throat fortress from the Hehuang area to the Western Regions, but also the largest trade route in the northwest that currently replaces the Silk Road. It is known as the Qinghai Silk South Route. After the turbulent times of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and even the founding of the Western Xia Dynasty, the westward trade route was blocked, and merchants from the east and the west changed to go to Longyou and trade and rest in Qingtang City.

It can be said that in the entire Western Regions, Longyou, Tubo and Xixia areas, the largest commercial city is Qingtang. Even Xingzhou, the capital of Xixia, cannot compare to it, and even more so the Kingdom of Qiuci. Qingtang is one of the best cities in the west in terms of commercial prosperity, city scale, and scenery.

Qingtang is located on the bank of the Huangshui River. When Emperor Shenzong opened up the border at Xihe, he almost reached Qingtang and seized most of the Hehuang area. It was precisely because of this that the relationship between the Song Dynasty and the Tibetan Zuosilo regime in Qingtang became extremely bad, causing the other side to side with the Western Xia and become extremely hostile to the Song Dynasty.

The crowd followed the Huangshui River all the way to the edge of Qingtang City. They saw that Qingtang City was more than 20 miles wide, with eight gates on the side. There was a partition city in the middle, which was connected by gates, making it two cities, east and west.

Zhao Ti ordered everyone to disguise themselves as merchants returning from the east and enter the city. Although Qingtang was wary of hatred towards the Song Dynasty, it did not stop the Song merchants. After all, the Song merchants passing through this place were a huge source of income, and Qingtang also needed the various goods brought by the Song merchants.

They stayed in Qingtang City for a full seven days. Zhao Ti asked everyone to find out the details of each place in the city. He also walked around and memorized them in his mind. He planned to draw a map after returning to prepare for the future expedition to conquer Longyou.

Seven days later, the crowd had bought a lot of local specialties and were going out of the city in groups of three or four, all acting like merchants.

At this time, Jiumozhi went south back to the Tubo royal court, but the girl did not go with him and still went with him.

Zhao Ti led everyone straight to Xihe Lanhui Road, a long journey, to observe the terrain.

Emperor Shenzong conquered more than 2,000 miles of territory by expanding the border in Xihe. This should have been a good thing. With land there are people, and with people there are naturally taxes. Moreover, Hehuang is a place for raising horses. If this place can be fully utilized, the Song Dynasty will have no worries about war horses.

But the problem was that the conquered Tibetan forces at that time had never been convinced, and would always rebel after the Song Dynasty army left their various garrisons. For this reason, the Song Dynasty had to send heavy troops to guard them.

This would require an enormous amount of energy and material resources. In sharp contrast, the tax revenue in this area is pitifully small and is completely insufficient to pay for military expenses.

For this reason, after the Song Dynasty regained the Hehuang area, apart from its strategic significance, it has actually not been operating smoothly. Unless it can directly take over Qingtang, otherwise it will be a waste.

The horse breeding business was in full swing at the beginning, and various measures were implemented one by one. Foreigners were hired to work in the breeding business, and the soldiers followed suit and learned and produced some results. However, after the failure of the five-way attack on Xia, the atmosphere in the court changed drastically. Emperor Shenzong became increasingly ill and was dying, and later until his death, all border affairs began to be slack.

Then Wang Anshi stepped down and Wang Shao was also demoted. The Xihe frontier expansion was shelved, and the horse farms and other places gradually became deserted. Finally, all the foreign people who raised horses ran away. In general, Qingtang was not taken, and even though it was of great strategic significance, it seemed to be a failure.

As for the strategic significance, it is aimed directly at Western Xia. If Western Xia is not defeated, this strategic significance is almost nothing.

Zhao Ti led his men along the way, passing by Xizhou, the capital of Xihe Road, but did not enter. Then they headed north, took Jingyuan Road, Huanqing Road, and Fuyan Road, and finally stopped at Yanzhou, Yan'an Prefecture, the capital of Fuyan Road.

At that time, the governor of Fuyan Road was Lu Huiqing, the second-in-command of Wang Anshi's reform, who had just been appointed here by Zhao Xu.

Zhao Ti had no objection to him, so he rented a courtyard in the city and lived there quietly.

A few days later, he calculated the time and called the girl into the room.

The girl looked at Zhao Ti cautiously, not knowing what he was trying to do. After the two battles in Qiuci Kingdom and Kunlun Mountain, she had long lost confidence in recovering her martial arts and defeating the opponent.

Zhao Ti asked, "Xiaoxiao, will you come back to Tokyo with me?"

The girl shook her head: "I won't go. Do you live in Tokyo? Lan'er said you have a government background, but now I still don't know what you do."

Zhao Ti took a sip of tea, looked at her and said, "You'll know when you get there. My mansion is very big. Have you ever heard that entering a mansion is like entering an ocean?"

The girl couldn't help but take a step back. She had regained her youthful appearance. Her face was full of youth, her cheeks were rosy, and she looked around with a sweet smile. When she saw Zhao Ti's gaze, she immediately said, "I am the Child-like Grandma of Tianshan. How can I go anywhere else? What else would I do if I went there?"

Zhao Ti smiled and said, "You still need some time to fully recover your skills, but I can't wait any longer. If you don't give me the Eternal Spring Skill, you will have to follow me to Tokyo. When you recover, we'll have a fight, and then you still have to give me the skills."

"I, I can give you the skills, can't I?" The girl breathed in, "But you have to call me Wu Xingyun from now on. I will go back to Tianshan after I give you the skills."

Zhao Ti thought for a moment and said, "It's my business. You can go back, but don't go to Xingzhou to look for Li Qiushui."

"Why not look for it?" the girl asked angrily.

"Originally, your skills were indeed superior to hers, but now you... are no longer her match. Don't seek death." Zhao Ti said slowly.

The little girl blinked her black eyes and said after a long while: "You are the leader, I will listen to you this time."

Zhao Ti said: "Let's talk about the technique."

The girl thought for a few breaths and then explained the method of the Eternal Youth Kung Fu.

Zhao Ti nodded after hearing this: "When are you leaving?"

The girl was surprised and asked, "I only said it once, and you remembered it all?"

Zhao Ti said: "My talent is beyond your imagination. This is also the reason why the three of you Xiaoyao Sect brothers and sisters studied martial arts separately. You were not talented enough, so Xiaoyaozi did not teach you all of it."

The girl's teeth clattered in anger as she heard this. She said, "I'm leaving tomorrow. Do you want to take Lan'er with you to Tokyo?"

Zhao Ti smiled slightly: "Lan'er will follow me naturally. Don't think that I am no longer the head of Xiaoyao Sect after leaving Tianshan. I may come back one day to take a look. If your business is not going well, I will punish you."

The girl rolled her eyes and said, “Wu Xingyun knows.”

Zhao Ti raised his lip corner and said, "If you encounter any crisis, you can also send a letter to me in Tokyo, but it's also okay to come directly."

The girl giggled when she heard that, her eyes sparkling and her cheeks flushed: "Master, I understand."

Zhao Ti nodded: "Good to know."

The girl said, "Then I will go find Lan'er and tell her something."

Zhao Ti nodded, and the girl left. A day later, he led his men out of Yanzhou and set out on the journey back to Beijing.

Jiangnan, Taihu Lake, Mantuo Villa.

It was afternoon at this time, Xiaoyaozi was teaching Wang Yuyan martial arts behind the village, but suddenly his expression changed.

Seeing this, Wang Yuyan asked, “Great-grandfather, is Murong Longcheng here again?”

Xiaoyaozi shook his head, frowned, and said coldly: "It's not him, it could be some people who are not worthy of the light..."

(End of this chapter)