Embers of Sword

Chapter 81 Article
Yes, only in this way can we verify what Daojiu said about the past.

This is not the first time that the Bai Ze Secret Realm has appeared in the world...it's just that the time it "appeared" several years ago was not in the Lichao River, but on the other side of the North Sea!
Eclipse Lake!
The cultivators of the demon country are violent and will do whatever it takes to gain good fortune.

Although in this regard, human cultivators are not much better.

However, those demon cultivators in Eclipse Marsh will really rack their brains for the [Dao Furnace]. If the situation just now happened in the Demon Country, it might not be impossible for a group of weak demon cultivators to unite and attack and kill high-level demon cultivators... As long as there is a little bit of slim hope, the effort and reward will be proportional.

Then they will really consider doing this!
After sorting out my thoughts.

"The Hundred Flower Valley has nothing to do with the Eclipse Marsh."

Xie Xuanyi looked at Dao Jiu and said seriously: "The people you saw last time belonged to the Demon Country. And this group now... belongs to the human race, the Great Chu Dynasty."

"Demon Country, Human Race..."

Dao Jiu raised his eyebrows and said, "I see. You are indeed different from the cultivators who came here last time."

"The secret place your master left behind is drifting in the North Sea."

Xie Xuanyi explained: "The last time we landed, we were at the Eclipse Lake. This time... we reached the border of the human race."

Dao Jiu suddenly understood, but then he was confused and asked: "The secret realm left by the master is drifting in the North Sea. What does this mean?"

Xie Xuanyi frowned: "This secret place is not a fixed place, don't you know?"

Dao Jiu was silent for a few breaths.

"When the master left me here, I had just awakened my spirit and knew very little. When the [Dao Pen] existed, the sound of the Dao could be heard. This was my only chance to understand the outside world..."

Dao Jiu sighed softly.

A series of black lines appeared on Xie Xuanyi's forehead.

If I'm not mistaken, this is why Daojiu knows about the existence of the art of love.

The spirit of the [Dao Bi] once preached to the entire secret realm!
This sentence sounds a bit pitiful.

After feeling it carefully, one can better understand the despair... The shackles of the Great Dao left by Great Sage Bai Ze locked the [Dao Furnace] in the temple. Later, Dao Jiu awakened his spirit, transformed, practiced and attained the Dao. For a long time, Dao Jiu could only be trapped here. It had no way of knowing the news from the outside world.

We can only understand a little bit through the narration of "outsiders".

"If you have any questions, feel free to ask."

Xie Xuanyi sighed softly, changed into a comfortable sitting position, and talked to Dao Jiu about stories about the outside world.

This is the first time that the spirit of the Taoist furnace, which has been trapped in the Locked Hall for a thousand years, has spoken to humans in this way.

Those demon cultivators back then only had the [Dao Furnace] in their eyes.

In the end, the battle was brutal and everyone died.

Until the end, it didn't talk to many people.

Daojiu asked a lot of questions.

Xie Xuanyi answered them one by one.

There are both humans and monsters in the world outside.

All plant and wood spirits can practice cultivation.

Mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, snowfields and deserts.

He clearly felt that Dao Jiu's eyes had changed, from being cold and indifferent to gradually becoming bright.

An hour later, Dao Jiu still had many questions...

How can one ask all about the outside world in just one hour?

But he stopped on his own initiative.

After a long time, Dao Jiu lowered his eyes and murmured, "My master once said that practitioners must have a pure heart. In this world of mortals, if one wants to attain enlightenment, one must quietly guard a piece of pure land... But the outside world is so wonderful. What's the point of just sitting there and achieving enlightenment?"

At the beginning of his awakening, he took his master's words as his guiding principle.

Meditate, practice, meditate, practice.

After repeating this for hundreds of years, he began to wonder what the world outside was like.

Later, he saw those demon cultivators fighting for the [Dao Furnace], with their heads broken and blood flowing, and finally all of them were destroyed...

His inner confusion grew.

Now that he has met Xie Xuanyi, Daojiu begins to doubt whether meditation is the truth.

"The great principles of the world are not divided into left and right. There is no high or low in the world."

Xie Xuanyi said softly: "When you practice Taoism, you are not practicing other people's Taoism...but your own Taoism. Sitting still may not be wrong, nor may it be right. It all depends on you."

These words made Dao Jiu fall into deep thought.

After a moment, he suddenly looked up and stared straight at the boy in front of him.

"Xie Zhen, are you willing to take me away from here?"

The Taoist furnace was emitting divine mist, with brilliant red light and fire, which turned the hall into a golden scene.

This question made Xie Xuanyi silent.

This treasure is of extremely high grade and has a human form. Even if one cultivates to the Yang God realm in the future, it can still play a role.

Who wouldn't be tempted by such a treasure that comes right to your door? Who would refuse it?
But Xie Xuanyi shook his head.

"Tell me the terms."

Xie Xuanyi was very clear-headed: "I know... it's not that easy to take you away."

Although the spirit of the Dao furnace has self-awareness, it does not have the power to control its own destiny.

Daojiu's stay or departure is not something he can decide.

He simply couldn't untie the Bai Ze Dao pattern that imprisoned the hall, otherwise he wouldn't have been trapped in the hall for a thousand years!
"My master left me the rules."

Dao Jiu said seriously: "Only those who have fate and destiny, cause and effect, can take away the 'real treasure' belonging to the secret tomb. Now that you have arrived here, you have fate and destiny. If you meet the second rule of the master, kill all your companions, and cast the Dao furnace with blood, then it will be considered cause and effect."

The first one has been satisfied.

Only the second one is missing.

"Kill all the companions?"

Xie Xuanyi sneered: "This is the rule set by Bai Ze. If you want to get the [Dao Furnace], you must do this?"

"It has to be this way..."

Dao Jiu said dejectedly: "The master said that if you want to attain the Tao, you must abandon all material possessions and not have the slightest compassion. The opportunity for the Tao is only a thought away and will be gone in a flash." This sentence sounded cold-blooded and ruthless.

But in the world of cultivation, it is considered half of the ultimate truth.

For most practitioners, this [Dao Furnace] is their only chance in this life...

The Yinshan White Ghost back then caught an earth dragon and achieved the status of one of the Three Saints.

The cultivator who obtains this [Tao Furnace] may not necessarily become the second White Ghost.

It’s a pity that for Xie Xuanyi, this [Dao Furnace] opportunity is not important to this extent.

"Brother Daojiu, it seems that you and I are destined not to be together."

Xie Xuanyi stood up and said calmly: "I have sent Yuan Yi and the others away. I cannot meet the second rule of this [Daolu]."

"No, no, no... there is still a chance."

Daojiu spoke quickly.

He waved his sleeves, and the Taoist furnace dropped rolling divine clouds. Amidst the blazing light, the door that had originally disappeared reappeared.

"They haven't left yet, you still have time to catch them back!"

Xie Xuanyi looked at the door.

Dao Jiu saw this and pleaded, "Xie Zhen, even though I want to leave with you, the second rule set by the master must be met..."

Xie Xuanyi sighed softly: "Daojiu, don't you understand yet?"

Dao Jiu was stunned.

Xie Xuanyi lowered his head and looked at the reeds in his arms.

There was a little girl in that group of people, who held a sword for herself all the way...

Although it's a bit stupid, at least you should live well.

"Thank you..."

Dao Jiu murmured, "Are you not interested in the [Dao Furnace] at all?"

"Even if what I have in front of me now is the [Da Dao Brush], the situation will not change."

Xie Xuanyi shook his head and said, "I didn't kill them, not because I don't feel anything for the Dao Furnace, nor because I stick to the morality in my heart..."

He knew very well that he was not a good person.

"It's just that Xie does things based on his own preferences."

Xie Xuanyi said coldly: "I don't like Bai Ze's second rule...so I'm sorry."

After saying this, he turned around and prepared to leave.

Daojiu's eyes were somewhat desperate.

The door of fire did not close...

He prayed in his heart that Xie Zhen would "change his mind".

Perhaps God has mercy on this ancient spirit that has been trapped for thousands of years!
After raising his foot, Xie Xuanyi actually stopped.

"If the second rule set by Bai Ze is that the winner of the fight will get the Dao Furnace, then why didn't those demon cultivators take you away?"

Xie Xuanyi suddenly thought of an "interesting" thing.

He turned his back to Daojiu and asked this question.

The sound echoed in the hall.

Dao Jiu said sincerely: "Those cultivators back then were at similar levels of strength. After the fight, they all suffered serious injuries. In the end, one of them launched a 'self-destruction'..."

Xie Xuanyi smiled.

He raised the second question: "What if other 'predestined people' join in the fight?"

"Of course it's worth it."

Dao Jiu said seriously: "The Dao Furnace will only belong to the final winner."

Xie Xuanyi said "oh".

He did not leave, but turned around again and looked at the weapon spirit in the hall: "You said before that it would take about an hour to pass through the 'Life Gate' and leave the secret realm."

"good……"

Dao Jiu nodded and said helplessly: "Xie Zhen, if you don't act quickly... those women will leave here."

"If they all go away."

Xie Xuanyi said: "I am the only one left here. Doesn't this directly satisfy the second rule of taking away the [Dao Furnace]?"

This question was beyond Daojiu's expectation.

Daojiu opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.

The rule left by the master is that only one person can take away the [Dao Furnace].

But what if from the beginning to the end, the person who set foot in this place was... only one person?

"I guess, maybe, probably... you are not satisfied?"

Dao Jiu thought for a long time and murmured, "This rule says that the blood of the loser must be used to cast the Dao Furnace. If there is only one person, where does the blood come from?"

"Last question."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "As long as you meet two rules, I can take you away, right?"

Dao Jiu suddenly had a very strange feeling in his heart.

He looked into Xie Zhen's eyes and nodded slowly.

"Crack" sound!
Xie Xuanyi took out the reed from his arms and inserted it into the ground together with the scabbard.

The sound of swords rang out, echoing around the hall.

Xie Xuanyi placed his hands on the scabbard and hilt.

"Brother Daojiu, please open all the doors leading to this place outside the secret realm—"

Xie Xuanyi said expressionlessly: "I have a few friends who are still unable to find their way out in the periphery."

(End of this chapter)