Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 111 Different Destiny
In a reception hall on the hillside of Zijin Mountain.

Three people sat in rows.

The silence made the atmosphere in the hall heavy.

Gu Jie was confused.

He looked left and right.

Ao Lingshuang and Dongfanghong looked at each other in silence.

After being confused, his face was full of bitterness.

He is not a fool. He has experienced more than ten Taoist companions and has seen many "Ashura Fields".

He and Yi Dong were good friends before they entered Qingzhu Taoist Temple.

In fact, everyone’s life trajectories should be similar.

Gu Jie was recalling when Yi Dong changed.

Oh, it was when his great-grandfather was about to ascend to heaven.

During that time, Yi Dong seemed to have grown up instantly and began to plan for the future.

At the beginning, Gu Jie was not optimistic about Yi Dong and even advised him against it when he chose to drop out of school.

After graduating from the Taoist Academy, Yi Dong asked him to work with him, and Gu Jie even thought Yi Dong was crazy.

He originally had only a second-level spiritual vein, and opened an academy that was not even a primary Taoist academy.

With this little family background, what's the point of fighting for it?

But I didn't expect it.

By exploiting cultivators through the academy without formal procedures and starting a OEM business, Yi Dong actually made a lot of spirit stones.

From then on, Yidong was out of control.

First, he formed a Taoist couple with Dongfanghong, a fairy who was slightly inferior to Ao Lingshuang.

You know, among his dozen or so Taoist companions, few of them have natural spiritual roots.

Then, taking advantage of the invasion of Kunxu cultivators, he suppressed the original seven major families in Xia County through unknown means, allowing the Yi family to rise in Xia County.

The performance of the five children with natural spiritual roots in the superior Taoist academy made the reputation of the Yi family in Zijin Mountain surpass that of the Yi family in Pingyuan County for a time.

Later, he relied on his children to obtain a fifth-level spiritual vein, and it was rumored that he also had the opportunity to build the foundation of the Great Dao.

Yidong's life is a smooth road.

Even legendary stories don’t dare to be written like this, the key is that Yi Dong’s experience is extremely real.

In comparison, what about yourself?

He returned to his family, accepted the family's arrangements, quickly became a Taoist partner with an older female cultivator, and then had children, all of whom took his surname.

Then the Taoist partnership is dissolved, the old one is replaced by the new one, and they continue to have children.

After one cycle.

Gu Jie realized that he, who was in the Qi Refining Stage, had no status in the family even if he was a modern cultivator.

So, he turned into an ancient cultivator and began to rebel against his fate.

With his natural spiritual roots, Gu Xiu's practice went smoothly. With sufficient resources, building the foundation and making the golden elixir came naturally.

Gu Jie even condensed the seventh-level golden elixir.

Has your life changed since you took control of your own destiny?
It has changed, but not much. The choice of Taoist partner has changed from being arranged by the family to being chosen by oneself, turning from being passive to active. One no longer has to become a Taoist partner with female cultivators who are hundreds or even two or three hundred years old.

However, there will be no changes after that. Children will still be born when time permits, and the old will still be replaced with the new.

The second time to resist fate was to enter the Xuankong Realm.

In the Xuankong Realm, he had been powerful and also lost.

After many twists and turns, three of his fellow Taoists died in the Xuankong Realm, and several of his children and grandchildren also died. He himself had narrowly escaped death many times. In despair, he handed over the foundation of the Xuankong Realm to a golden elixir of his family and returned to the fairyland.

I have obeyed and I have also resisted.

However, the reality left me with scars all over my body.

Gu Jie is jealous of Yi Dong.

Yi Dong stayed in Zijin Mountain all year round, without taking any risks or struggling, and he achieved success easily.

Jealousy caused his mentality to break several times.

Why?
We had agreed to enjoy life together in advance and fall into depravity together.

Now, I have truly fulfilled my promise, but you are becoming more and more dazzling.

Even your former dream, Ao Lingshuang, comes to find you.

At this moment, it wasn't just Gu Jie's mentality that was broken, he felt like his whole body was about to break apart.

He couldn't help but feel regretful. When he heard Ao Lingshuang say that she was coming to Zijin Mountain instead of Shenmu Forest, he should have realized that she was not looking for Dongfanghong.

I can only blame myself for being too deeply involved when I was young. Fate whipped me twice but I didn't give up my delusion about Ao Lingshuang.

Thinking back to before I came here, I had been thinking about how to subtly express my closeness to Ao Lingshuang to Yi Dong, so that Yi Dong would know that even if you got the world, I, Gu Jie, had the "dream".

Now, Gu Jie wanted to die. At this moment, he would rather not have escaped the pursuit in Xuankong Realm.

a long time.

Ao Lingshuang said:

"We can see from afar that the top of Purple Gold Mountain is filled with golden and purple energy. It's obvious that the golden pagoda is not an ordinary thing. I wonder if I can have the honor to see it?"

Ao Lingshuang looked at Dongfanghong and also at a corner of the hall.

On top of the mountain.

Yi Dong was watching the scene in the reception hall through the formation.

If Gu Jie had come before, Yi Dong would have definitely received him.

However, after Gu Jie betrayed his friendship during their last meeting before the Kunxu Immortal Cultivator Rebellion, Yi Dong no longer wanted to see him.

So after Dongfanghong showed up, he didn't plan to waste time talking nonsense with Gu Jie.

but.

"what's the situation?"

Yi Dong was a little confused. He knew the news about Shenmulin.

Yi Fu would report the current status of Shenmulin to him at any time.

He knew that Ao Lingshuang had stayed in Shenmulin for several years and was very close to Dongfanghong, so close that Yi Dong once suspected that Dongfanghong might end their relationship as a Taoist couple.

Well, true love has no boundaries also applies in this world. In the fairyland, Taoist partners are not limited to the opposite sex.

Now looking back, it seems that is not the case.

but.

Ao Lingshuang was indeed beautiful. No wonder she was able to single-handedly defeat all eleven classes of students at Qingzhu Taoist Academy and turn them into what the instructors called the "worst class" since the establishment of Qingzhou Taoist Academy.

Yi Dong, who had witnessed the magic of makeup in his previous life, thought that the concept of beauty itself was a false proposition.

There was a period when fat was considered beautiful, an era when thin was considered beautiful, there was a region where whiteness was considered beautiful, and there was a corner where blackness was considered beautiful.

However, when seeing Ao Lingshuang, Yi Dong felt that if this person appeared in a world without extraordinary powers and where female cultivators were not all beauties, he might really be able to trigger a world war.

“Could it be that this is some kind of magical power?
However, I have never heard that Ao Lingshuang has a spiritual body. Moreover, she is only famous for her beauty. She is a poor student who cannot even get into the upper-level Taoist academy."

Yi Dong had no idea about Ao Lingshuang.

It’s not that he doesn’t like beautiful things, but he is still in the stage of struggle and cannot indulge in enjoyment.

Besides, with the customs of the Immortal Kingdom, Ao Lingshuang's range of choices for a Taoist partner may have expanded to the level of the Great Dao Golden Core. If he were blocked by several Great Dao Golden Cores outside Zijin Mountain, Yi Dong might not be able to escape.

Cherish life and stay away from disasters is Yi Dong’s life motto.

Yi Dong is a man without any ambition. He just wants to be the ancestor of the clan for thousands of years and then be buried peacefully. He does not need a wonderful life.

I don't want to add more difficulties to my smooth life because of a woman.

now.

Dongfanghong slowly flew to the top of the mountain with Gu Jie and Ao Lingshuang.

After landing on the mountaintop square.

Ao Lingshuang first looked at Taichu Zixing, then at the golden pagoda, and then at the two courtyards on both sides of the square, especially one of the courtyards, her eyes seemed to be able to see the scene in the courtyard.

The East is Red is always paying attention to Ao Lingshuang.

She didn't want to lose her composure in front of Ao Lingshuang, so she took her to see the pagoda.

But if she wanted to go to those two courtyards, Dongfanghong would have no choice but to refuse.

At this moment, Dongfanghong felt much better.

At first, she thought that Yi Dong would change his attitude after knowing Ao Lingshuang was coming.

Fortunately, Yi Dong is still the person he knows, pure and simple.

Thinking of this, Dongfanghong couldn't help but look at Gu Jie with disdain, as his eyes never left Ao Lingshuang.

Ao Lingshuang looked at Taichu Zixing, then at the Golden Pagoda. He paused in the square for a long time before looking at the Golden Pagoda and saying to Dongfanghong:

"Can you go in?"

Dongfanghong pondered. Now, the Yi family was no longer a county family in the general sense and was not afraid of most of the families in Qingzhou.

Yi Dong clearly erected the pagoda on the top of the mountain, and he was obviously not afraid that the existence of the pagoda would be known to others.

After realizing that Yi Dong was not attracted to Ao Lingshuang, Dongfanghong began to like her more.

"Okay, there are many formations in this pagoda. You two should be careful not to touch the magic weapons inside casually."

Dongfanghong gave them some instructions and took the two of them into the pagoda.

"This tower doesn't seem to be something we created today."

"Yes, this is a war treasure left behind by an ancient force in Luofu State. My daughter brought it back."

When it is not started, the pagoda looks like an ordinary building and is very inconspicuous.

Ao Lingshuang also did not discover the power of this tower.

Not to mention Ao Lingshuang, even a Daoist who has just established his foundation would not be able to understand the formation of the pagoda in a short period of time.

Go up layer by layer.

After a while, Ao Lingshuang discovered two bald men were busy with something.

Ao Lingshuang glanced at them and was about to leave when he suddenly stopped.

"No, they don't have soul fluctuations, are they puppets?
So vivid, and, what is their physique?"

Ao Lingshuang suddenly turned around and walked towards the two bald men.

"Puppet, no way?"

Gu Jie, who was following closely behind Ao Lingshuang, also followed, and with difficulty he moved his eyes away from Ao Lingshuang and looked at the two bald men.

Upon taking a look, he immediately discovered something unusual that was different from that of any living creature.

Dongfanghong was just about to give Ao Lingshuang a brief explanation.

Ao Lingshuang directly used his spiritual sense to scan the two bald heads and understand their structure.

The two puppets that were originally concentrating on the repair work, when the spiritual consciousness reached the body, colorful Buddha light emerged from their bodies, and two colorful lights came out from the eyes of the two puppets.

"careful!"

Dongfanghong's natal flying sword sent out two bolts of lightning to block the colorful light, and then she used the simple control spell combination taught by Yi Dong to stop the next action of the two puppets.

"This is a spiritual King Kong. It can fight against ordinary Jindan. You are too reckless."

Ao Lingshuang frowned slightly and looked at the colorful light thoughtfully.

However, she did not feel how dangerous the attack just now was.

Gu Jie also looked indifferent. He did not think that these two puppets had the combat power comparable to his golden elixir.

Seeing that they didn't believe him, Dongfanghong said:
"This is the case when the combat system is not activated. If the combat system is activated, this puppet will not attack you with magic.

By the way, there are three causal arhats in this tower. The reason they don’t have the combat power of a Nascent Soul is simply because the artificial spirit artifacts are not advanced enough. Their attack capabilities are comparable to those of a Nascent Soul, and it is easy for them to kill a Golden Core. You guys should be careful.

These puppets are programmed to counterattack when scanned by magical powers."

Ao Lingshuang showed an interested expression.

“Karma Arhat?
Cause and effect?

(End of this chapter)