After the world collapsed

Chapter 2 The Immortal Cultivator

In the northern part of Dongyang Kingdom, Pingcheng was closed.

At this time, in the middle of a three-way intersection on Changle Street, a dilapidated flag stood in the middle of the road with the word "Gua" written on it. Behind the Gua flag was a small stall, and people gathered around the stall. Many people.

At the stall owner's place, a kind old man with hair in a bun was sitting under the hexagram flag, stroking his ashen beard with one hand, and twisting the other hand on the extended wrist of the man across the table.

The guest on the opposite side has a good appearance, and his son is like jade.Although he is young, he is not an ordinary person at first glance, and there are many accompanying people standing behind him.

Seeing this scene, the people passing by all gathered together and said miscellaneously.

"Hey, look, the old god is divination again."

"What old god, I see, that old Taoist is an old liar."

"Haha, the old Taoist said last time that I would meet a fairy, but it turned out that I met a hammer?"

"He's really well-versed. Do you remember that his apprentice, Little Immortal, is quite powerful."

"Don't even mention that kid did have two strikes! The calculation is quite accurate, didn't the kid Sun Xiaoliu be found back as he said?"

"Why do I feel that kid is also fooled?"

Gradually, many spectators gathered around, talking non-stop.

After a while, the old man let go of his hand, and then looked straight at the young man opposite, with a hint of uncertainty in his eyes.

"This old man, can you give me some advice on the next one?"

The young man asked with a smile.

The old man looked at the expression of the young man, and said softly thoughtfully: "Your Excellency is a dragon among men, and you have a great opportunity. In the future..." At this point, the old man paused for a while, as if organizing language.

"Look, the old man can't make it up anymore haha." Someone in the crowd watching immediately gloated and murmured.

But the old man didn't seem to hear the broken words around him, he pondered for a while and continued: "Your Excellency's opportunities will be different from ordinary people in the future, I hope your Excellency will not care about those ordinary disputes."

The young man was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and the smile on his face was also put away, and he looked at the old man with a serious face, doubting in his heart:

"Did he know my identity? I didn't wear the usual brocade robe on purpose, but ordinary plain clothes, and I only brought a dozen people with me. There is no reason for him to spot it."

Indeed, what he is wearing at the moment is only better than ordinary people's clothes, and the dozen or so followers are just the number of children from ordinary wealthy families, so that the old man will not see his true identity as the prince of the Izumo Kingdom just by meeting him. identity.

Izumo country is a neighboring country of Dongyang country, and its national power is much stronger than the latter.

The young man's name is Qi Mo, he is the fifth and youngest prince of the Izumo Kingdom, he is only eighteen years old now, but he has already fallen into a power struggle early.

When Qi Mo was 12 years old, he was led away from the palace by Qi Shan, the lord of Izumo Kingdom, and his father, to meet a legendary Taoist master.

He just vaguely remembered that the master at that time was doing exactly the same as the old man, probing his wrist in the same way, as if he felt a warm current passing through his wrist, and then the master pointed at the king He nodded with a wry smile, and then accepted him as a disciple, and it has been six years since then.

The six-year return period has come, and he was summoned by the lord to return to the court. The first task he got was to go to Dongyang Kingdom to propose marriage. The object of marriage proposal was Dongyang King's youngest daughter, Princess Wenyang.

In these years, he has practiced with Master Xianyang Taoist, and he has long been used to leaving these mortal worlds. Both physically and mentally, he has grown far beyond his peers, and he has learned many secrets that ordinary people do not know.

He is now an immortal cultivator at the early stage of Qi Refining Realm, and immortal cultivators also call each other "monk".

Although he has practiced with Taoist Xianyang for many years and practiced various martial arts during this period, he has not made any progress in his cultivation and is just hovering in the early stage of the Qi refining state.However, this is not because of his poor aptitude. On the contrary, his aptitude is very good, and there are other reasons for his lack of cultivation.

Qi Mo didn't know why when he saw the old man, he felt that he and the master had something in common, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Is this senior also a cultivator of immortality? Master said that Dongyang and Izumo are two The aura of the land has long been exhausted, and there are only a handful of immortal cultivators, and I almost know the names of those people. I have never heard of such a cultivator who is good at divination in Dongyang..."

Just as Qi Mo was thinking, the old man whispered again: "Do you know the reason why there is no spiritual energy in the Lianyun Mountain Range?"

Qi Mo immediately shook his head.Seeing this, the old man was a little disappointed and continued to ask: "Then I don't know where the little friend came from?"

Although Qi Mo guessed that the old man might be a senior with a much higher level of cultivation than him, he always had a strange feeling that the other party didn't belong here at all.

However, he immediately replied respectfully: "This senior, I am under the tutelage of Taoist Xianyang of the Luoyun Sect."

The old man didn't show any strange expression, he didn't seem to have the slightest understanding of the name Xianyang Taoist, he just nodded silently and got up, put away the hexagram flag and was about to leave, before leaving, he said thank you, little friend.

Qi Mo, who was sitting alone in front of the hexagram booth, and a dozen followers behind him were left behind.

Seeing the old Taoist leave, the crowd of onlookers also gradually dispersed. Qi Mo looked in the direction he left, feeling a little disappointed for a moment.

After finally meeting other immortal cultivators, this old Taoist did not show any ups and downs when he heard the name of his master, Taoist Xianyang, which meant that he had never heard of the name of Taoist Xianyang, which was almost impossible.

Taoist Xianyang is the suzerain of the Luoyun Sect. As the head of the only three sects remaining in the Izumo Kingdom, the Luoyun Sect's prestige and strength needless to say, even the monks of the Dongyang Kingdom must have heard of Xianyang Taoist name.

But the expression on the old man's face clearly shows that he doesn't know his master. Combined with his previous questions, it is very likely that this mysterious senior is from...

No, he quickly vetoed this idea. It is impossible for this senior to pass through places where even the legendary Taoist Yu can't get out.

Where did this mysterious senior come from?It couldn't have fallen from the sky, could it?
Moreover, the old Taoist should also be able to perform magic arts such as exploring the spirit, just like when Taoist Xianyang tested his aptitude back then.

The spirit detection formula can detect a person's spiritual root aptitude, and the quality of a monk's spiritual root still has some influence on whether his future practice path will be smooth.

Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, five elements of spiritual roots, and a single spiritual root in the body is called the heavenly root physique. People with this kind of physique are all geniuses, and they are the most likely to become immortals among mortals. Of course Such a person may be one in a million.

People with two or three kinds of physique are called earth spirit root physique. There may be a few people in a thousand mortals with this kind of spiritual root qualification. The advantages of these people in cultivation are not as good as those with sky spirit root. , but there is a saying that is well said that hard work can make up for one's weakness.

There are also those with four attributes at the same time called false spiritual roots, because the attributes of spiritual roots are too rough, and it is naturally extremely difficult to cultivate.However, even if it is the worst aptitude among monks such as pseudo-spiritual roots, one out of a hundred people may be like this, and through acquired efforts, they can also step into the state of refining Qi or even the state of concentrating.

Most of the remaining people have no spiritual roots, that is, they are mortals.

Qi Mo is a spiritual root with a single wind attribute. Wind does not belong to the five elements, but belongs to the abnormal spiritual root, which is not weaker than the heavenly spiritual root.

But even if he is a different spirit root, there is nothing to be thankful for in this Lianyun Mountain Range. The reason for this is that Master Xianyang Taoist told him after he successfully stepped into the Qi Refining Realm.

There are only two countries in the Lianyun Mountains, Izumo and Dongyang.More than 300 years ago, these two countries were resorts for cultivating immortals, and talented people came out in large numbers.

But from a certain day more than 300 years ago, the practitioners gradually felt that the aura was becoming more and more scarce, which caused everyone's cultivation speed to become extremely slow. After some investigation, they finally found the reason for this situation.

In the Lianyun Mountains surrounding the two countries, at some point, for no reason, there was a dense fog that had never been seen before, covering all the mountains and completely isolating the inside and outside of the Lianyun Mountains.

There are many people who want to figure out this dense fog, but none of the cultivators who entered it survived, and there is no lack of an ancestor in the Nascent Soul Realm of Dongyang Kingdom.

The Lianyun Mountain Range is an incomparably huge ring-shaped mountain range, surrounding Luoyun Kingdom and Dongyang Kingdom.How wide is this mountain range? It is said that in the past, a monk in the alchemy realm who was good at flying with a sword flew around the Lianyun Mountain Range. After flying for more than ten days, he gave up due to lack of physical strength, but he could only see about ten of them. one two.

Since the change of the Lianyun Mountains that day, Luoyun Country has been renamed Izumo Country, which symbolizes that one day someone will be able to walk out of this cloud. That year was also changed to the first year of the Izumo calendar, and it has been the 332 year of the Izumo calendar.

Since then, the cultivators who were trapped in the Lianyun Mountains had problems in their cultivation. The aura between heaven and earth was almost consumed in the first few years, and the original aura was exhausted. Wells, spiritual trees and even spiritual veins were all dried up.

In the next ten years, many immortal cultivators from the Izumo and Dongyang kingdoms tried various methods and sacrificed an unknown number of immortal cultivators, no matter how high or low they were, but they were still unable to break through the dense fog of the Lianyun Mountain Range.

Seeing that the aura is getting exhausted day by day, it has become a luxury to increase the spiritual power and improve the level of cultivation. A few people with advanced cultivation can only use special methods to maintain a small amount of aura, so as to prevent those who practice the Tao from being unable to absorb it for a long time. When the aura of heaven and earth is exhausted, the meridians become mortal.

Therefore, in the past 300 years, countless monks in the Qi Refining Realm, Concentrating Spirit Realm, and even higher-level Foundation Establishment Realm monks who have just entered the Dao have all turned into dust. Light life, end with hatred.

As far as Qi Mo knows, there are no monks in the Concentration state and Foundation establishment state in Izumo and Dongyang countries at all. Only a few seniors in the alchemy state have retained their spiritual energy through special methods. He also couldn't make any progress, and his master Xianyang Taoist was one of them.

Of course, there is also a rookie like him who has just entered the Qi Refining Realm.

Because although it is impossible to practice, but among the mortals of these two countries, the proportion of people with excellent spiritual roots is not low, but there is no spiritual energy for them to absorb and cultivate. When it arrives, it will pass away.This has led to the current situation.

Of course, in order not to cut off the way back, the few surviving alchemy masters will personally accept disciples, but it is only limited to geniuses who have heavenly spirit roots or foreign spirit roots, the one-in-a-kind geniuses. Accepting it would only increase the burden in vain.

Accepting them is only to live up to the favor of God. God bestows on them such superior aptitudes, which should not be wasted in vain.

Like Qi Mo, who possesses a different spiritual root with the wind attribute, which is really a gift from the heavens. Before this, Luo Yunzong would not have been cultivating it like a treasure, but it was only accepted by Taoist Xianyang with a wry smile back then. apprentice.

Because even if he is a different spiritual root, it is difficult for him to make any progress after stepping into the Qi Refining Realm in this world. There is simply not enough spiritual energy for him to practice to the later realm to increase his lifespan. After time, it is just a touch of loess.

This is also the reason why Qi Mo was surprised to see an old man who is suspected to be above the concentration level or even the foundation level. After all, he knows the few monks in the Qi refining level who are similar to him in the Lianyun Mountain Range, so there is a high probability that this old man is not a refining man. Atmosphere.

Now that we can't tell the difference, we can only go back to Luoyunzong to meet the real Xianyang in the future. Qi Mo thought of what the old Taoist said about him having a great opportunity in the future, and he was a little confused.

In today's environment, it is a blessing to be able to enter the Qi Refining Realm, and even the Divine Consciousness cannot be generated, and the Divine Consciousness can only be condensed after stepping into the Concentrating Concentration Realm.

He is now just physically stronger than ordinary people, his physique and breath are far superior to ordinary people, and he has mastered a variety of martial arts.But with these alone, he is still incomparable with those real cultivators of his master.

What chance will there be in the future?Is it possible that this thick fog will dissipate one day.It has been more than 300 years, and I don't know if I will be able to meet other "legendary" immortal cultivators in my lifetime.

In this case, it is better to think more about the position of the crown prince. With his status as a cultivator, his two mortal brothers are not his opponents at all. Wouldn't it be pleasant to enjoy the glory and wealth of this life after succeeding to the throne.

Qi Mo thought resentfully, he didn't take the old man's words to heart, and called the accompanying people to continue on their way.

……

While it was still early in the sky, the old Taoist walked out of Fengping City carrying the hexagram flag and cloth bag.

After walking for about half an hour, a simple small yard was visible in front of him. At this time, a young man was chopping wood, and his posture of chopping wood was very strange.

The common method of chopping firewood is to split the firewood into two halves by holding a woodcutter ax from above.The young man holds a narrow knife in his right hand, and draws the knife from the left side close to his body. With a light slash, the wooden surface in front of him is cut into two. The pile of firewood next to it is much older.

Seeing the return of the old man, the young man immediately put down the narrow knife in his hand and asked, "Master, have you met the person you want to see this time?"

The old man smiled lightly, pushed open the courtyard door, handed the hexagram flag to the young man, and walked towards the house while replying: "I saw it, it's just a pity."

The young man was none other than Zhang Sheng. Four years had passed since he left the school, and his temperament had undergone considerable changes.

In the past four years, Zhang Sheng has been learning hexagrams from the old Taoist, and also followed the old Taoist to Fengpingcheng to divination for others. After a long time, he also thought about when he would be able to give divinations to others in person, oh no , to show the accumulation of learning over the years.

About a month ago, Zhang Sheng went to Fengping City by himself while the old Taoist was taking a nap, carrying the hexagram flag.

Usually he followed his master, and he watched from the sidelines when the master gave divinations to others. This time, he finally had the opportunity to do the work for others alone while the master was away.

The neighbors on Changle Street who are familiar with the two masters and apprentices usually see only the old Taoist or the two of them together. They didn't expect to see only a small one this time, which made everyone very curious.

After all, Zhang Sheng is just a small follower who has not yet graduated from the teacher. He holds the hexagram flag and moves the stool, and has never divination for others.

There were a lot of people on this street who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, and suddenly the hexagram booth was full of people, everyone wanted to see what this little Taoist priest who seemed to have just graduated from the teacher could do.

From a long distance, Zhang Sheng saw a middle-aged couple standing beside the hexagram booth, and they seemed to have been waiting here for a long time.

The middle-aged man saw that Zhang Sheng set up the hexagram stand in a decent manner, looked in the direction he came from, and asked anxiously, "Little Immortal, the old Immortal is not here today?"

"Don't dare, don't dare..."

Zhang Sheng was polite for a while, then cleared his throat pretendingly, imitating his master's usual way of speaking, and said: "Today, I'm the only one who will be speaking, but if you two need to make a divination, you may as well try it."

Perhaps because of the mentality of holding a dead horse as a living horse doctor, the middle-aged man didn't ask any more questions, just rolled up his sleeves, put his wrist on the table and looked at Zhang Sheng.His family also lived nearby. Although he hadn't asked the old man for divination before, he had seen it a few times when it was lively.

How did he know that the old Taoist was taking the opportunity to explore the spiritual root, to see if he could meet an immortal cultivator and ask about spiritual energy. The real divination does not need to detect the pulse at all.

The divination technique that Zhang Sheng learned from his master is actually called Wangqi technique.At that time, Zhang Tianfeng got a trace of spiritual energy from nowhere. On the night after Zhang Sheng came back from the school, he stepped on the beams of the house and secretly helped Zhang Sheng open the Tianmu, which is the Tongtian acupoint on the top of his head. The body slowly cultivates this special method without excess aura.

Zhang Sheng pinched Fajue secretly with his right hand, clasped the upper knuckle of his little finger with his thumb, and straightened his middle three fingers together. Then his eyes lit up, and he saw a faint white light on the middle-aged man's head.

White light is called turbid qi in the qi-watching technique, and everyone has it, and by observing the turbid qi, one can get a general idea of ​​the person's recent fortune.

Zhang Sheng watched while waiting for the middle-aged man's next words.

But before the middle-aged man could speak, the woman next to him asked first:
"Little God, my child was playing at the door yesterday evening and disappeared without paying attention, and he didn't return all night. The neighbors and neighbors searched all over but couldn't find it. I don't know..."

Zhang Sheng glanced at the top of the woman's head, and he was no different from the middle-aged man, so he had a decision in his heart.Since the turbid air has not turned black, it means that the two of them or their related people have no serious omens in the near future.

Zhang Sheng thought for a while, how should Bian have already figured it out, pretended to have a calculation, and then said slowly:
"Xiao Liu...it's not a big problem. He might have played too much yesterday and went out of the city. Fengping City closed the city gate when it arrived at Haishi. Maybe he stayed at a friend's house outside the city. Maybe he will come back by himself today. gone."

Zhang Sheng heard Sun Xiaoliu several times from the chatter of the crowd beside him, presumably this was the name of the child they were talking about, so he said the name directly pretending to be profound.

Since no abnormalities were seen in the qi-watching technique, it means that nothing happened to the child, and Zhang Sheng can only make up a random reason to fool him first.

However, it was the first time for someone to divination, so Zhang Sheng's heart beat a little faster, and his face became a little rosy because of it.Who would have thought that such an appearance would be a sign of confidence in the eyes of the couple, so they thanked him and went home to wait for the child to go, before leaving, they bowed to him.

When Zhang Sheng saw this scene, he felt ashamed. How dare he stay longer, so he quickly got up and said to the people around him:
"I have just graduated from the teacher, and I only do one hexagram a day for the time being. Forgive me, cough cough, forgive me!"

Seeing his handsome appearance and his appearance of a young adult, everyone laughed and then gradually dispersed. They really took this matter seriously, so Zhang Sheng also hurriedly packed up and slipped away.

As a result, the middle-aged couple brought their children to thank Zhang Tianfeng, who looked confused, on the second day. After some explanations, the old Taoist finally realized that this was going on, and Zhang Sheng was really mistaken.

This incident spread, and from then on, in the nearby streets, he was honored as a little fairy.

The old Taoist was very happy, and he gave Zhang Sheng a month-long foot-restriction order, preventing him from going out to bluff and cheat, and he would not be able to use the qi technique in front of so many people outside in the future, which made Zhang Sheng a little puzzled but had to obey.

Speaking of which, after dinner, seeing that the one-month ban was about to expire, Zhang Sheng was thinking about how to raise the lifting of the ban with Master, when footsteps came from outside the courtyard.

"Sheng Zhang! Master! Are you there?"

A loud voice came from outside the courtyard door.

"Yes, where can we go in this big night?"

Zhang Sheng responded quickly, put down the talisman papers he was stacking, and trotted open the courtyard door.

"What's the matter? Da Zhuang?"

Seeing the strong young man in front of him whose voice matched his voice, Zhang Sheng yawned and let him into the courtyard to ask.

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