That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 1297 The scenery outside the building

In the early hours of the morning, the Jianqi Lingkong hall was brightly lit, and the hall was surrounded by candlesticks as tall as a human being, and the candles were shining brightly.

It's just that there is only one person sitting alone in the Sword Qi Lingkong Hall at this time, and the rest of the seats are empty.

On the top suzerain throne, sat a young man dressed in a black suzerain robe, with a sword across his knee, and purple and green qi entwined.

Behind him is a dragon stele, directly above the dragon stele, where the "Dragon Eye" was pierced fiercely by a three-inch jade sword.

Xu Beiyou finally took the last step. From the [-]th floor of the Earth Immortal to the [-]th floor, he didn't go anywhere. He just sat in this Sword Qi Lingkong Hall, silently comprehending the supreme scenery above the [-]th floor.

Zichen, the old Taoist teacher, once said that the realm of the earth fairy is actually a long scroll of heaven and earth. Under the realm of the earth fairy, there are all people in the painting. They don't know where they are, but they are in this mountain. Entering the realm of the earth fairy is to jump out of the picture scroll, and the eyes open automatically, and you can see the real scenery between the heaven and the earth, but you only see a corner of this long scroll. The tail is fully included in the eyes.

From the perspective of the Earth Immortal Realm, this is a transcendent object that belongs exclusively to the Earth Immortal Realm.

But from the perspective of the realm of the earth fairy, this is also the shackle of the realm of the earth fairy.

In the past, Xu Beiyou always half-understood these words, but he didn't really understand until today, so that's how it is.

The so-called realm of earth immortals, traced back to the source, is the theory of the five immortals of Taoism, ghost immortals, human immortals, earth immortals, gods, and heavenly immortals.

Among the five immortals, in the dwelling of the Earth Immortals, there are heavenly immortals and immortals above, and human immortals and ghost immortals below.Among them, ghosts and immortals are practitioners, and human immortals are cultivators, both of which are still in the category of human beings.Although the realm of the earth fairy has crossed the difference between immortals and mortals, it is the body of a half-immortal and has a small immortal state, but in the end it still cannot escape the word "earth". What is earth? There is still a considerable distance between the immortal and the real immortal lying high in the clouds.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Zu of Chunyang put forward the saying that "if people of the time want to go to Yingzhou, they should first pass the majestic [-]th floor", which is above the [-]th floor of Dixian, which is familiar to people of later generations.

From the perspective of people on the ground, the earth immortals standing on the eighteenth-story building are almost the same as the gods in the clouds in the sky.But no matter how tall the eighteenth floor is, and no matter how close it is to the sky, it still stands on the land after all. The dust falls from the highest floor, which is the fundamental difference between the earth immortals on the eighteenth floor and the immortals in the clouds.

This is also the reason why Qiuyue, Lanyu, Xiao Shen, Murong Xuanyin, Weichen, Qingchen and many other [-]th floor immortals have been unable to cross the threshold for a long time.

Climbing the stairs is difficult, but the feet are finally on the ground.

Above the eighteenth floor, where should it stand?

Without that great fortune, even if Xu Beiyou truly achieved the feat of being invincible in the world, the majestic [-]th floor under his feet would be a head higher than the tall buildings of others, and could even stand shoulder to shoulder with the gods in the clouds, or even fight the gods, But fundamentally speaking, he is still based on the land, and there is the most fundamental difference from the gods who are based on the nine heavens.

As long as one stands on land, one cannot transcend oneself, one cannot live a long life, and at the end of one's short life, the building collapses and returns to the soil.

Just like a thousand copper coins can be exchanged for one tael of silver, but copper can never be turned into silver.

To practice truth and seek Tao is to turn "copper" into "silver", and then turn "silver" into "gold".

Now there are only three people in the world who have obtained the chance to ascend, Wanyan Beiyue is a banished immortal, she came from the sky, it is reasonable and reasonable to return to the sky at this time.It is not common sense for Xu Beiyou to ascend the temple like a commoner by relying on a fortune from heaven.

To make an analogy that may not be appropriate, the place where the immortals in the sky are located is like a temple, and the immortals are like ministers standing on the temple, with their own official status, while the earth immortals on the ground are scholars who have already obtained fame. Juren, if you want to get an official status, you have to watch the last carp jumping over the dragon gate.

Wanyan Beiyue is an official who was relegated from the temple to the local government. He already had an official status.

Xu Beiyou, on the other hand, has made great contributions, was promoted with gifts outside the rules, and was directly appointed as an official.After all, Juren already has the qualifications to be an official, but the future is not very promising, because there is a rule in the temple that "non-Jinshi cannot enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin does not enter the cabinet". Stopping at the third rank, it is difficult to go further.Although Xu Beiyou refused to be an official as a juren, his meritorious service is still there, and he has received many preferential treatment after passing the imperial examination.

As for Xiao Yu, the situation is more complicated. It is a bit like donating money to an official, but it is a rough path.

Only Qiu Ye, who went to Beijing to rush for the exam as a juren, and got a title on the gold list, relied on her own ability to leap the dragon's gate with a carp, and was able to rank among the top of the temple.

This is also the unique advantage of Taoism. Taoism is like a scholarly family. There are often three scholars in the family. Not to mention the care of juniors by those who are already officials, it is all kinds of rules and precautions in the examination room. Matters are also passed down from generation to generation, and they are extremely familiar, so it is not uncommon for father and son brothers to pass the examination for Jinshi from generation to generation.But in any case, regardless of the grievances between each other, Xu Beiyou admires Qiuye very much, and his fundamental qualifications are well-deserved No. 1 among his peers, far surpassing Qiuyue, Lanyu and others.

Now that Xu Beiyou stepped on the [-]th floor, it was equivalent to having been named on the gold list in the imperial examination, but he had not yet been appointed as an official.In other words, the current Xu Beiyou has stepped out of the eighteenth floor. At this moment, he is standing in the sky, not on land. The difference is quite different.

In terms of realm cultivation, if we say that the qi in the earth immortal's body on the eighteenth floor is deep or shallow, it can only be regarded as stagnant water. Whenever he fights with people, there is a certain amount of water in it, no matter how deep it is bottomless, it will be exhausted. when exhausted.

But once you climb above the eighteenth floor, you will become living water that communicates with all directions, almost endless, and communicates with the sea, which is equivalent to communicating with the heaven and the earth. For monks who have reached this level, it can be said that they have all the advantages, so they can be invincible.

The gap between the two is vast.

Previously, Xu Beiyou was hesitant to fight Qiuye decisively because of this, but now that he has climbed above the eighteenth floor, he no longer has any scruples, and only wants to fight Qiuye.

(End of this chapter)