That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 794

The 23rd year of Taiping was destined to be an eventful year. After His Majesty "died of illness" on his southern tour, King Wei, who had been fighting hard for many years, finally showed his fangs. The 20 troops crossed the sea and went straight to the south of the Yangtze River. Soon, he also sent his troops to the south. As long as the two sides join forces, they can advance by land and water, and step on the Central Plains.

In the imperial capital at this time, the new king Xiao Bai was not concerned about these two major events, he was meeting someone.

The oldest ancestor of the Xiao family, once one of the three elders of the Sword Sect, and later the master of the Taoist Sword Peak, Xiao Shen.

Curly smoke rose and filled the entire imperial study room. Xiao Bai sat on the chair behind the imperial case. It shows the detached demeanor of an eighteenth floor sword fairy.

Apart from the two of them, there were no eunuchs and court ladies, only Wei Wuji stood with his hands down.

Xiao Bai looked at Xiao Shen, and said, "Since the change of the Circular Mound Altar last time, the ancestor has disappeared, where did the ancestor go?"

Xiao Shen said calmly: "The old man went to visit Sword Peak of Daomen."

Xiao Bai raised his brows, "Taoism? In this way, the ancestor is going to fall to Taoism? But it is also reasonable, people's hearts are like water, and the ripples repeat."

Xiao Shen said indifferently: "Why did the old man betray the Sword Sect back then? It was not because of my great cause of the Xiao family. The old man always remembered that he was a member of the Xiao family. Now the Taoist sect murdered Xiao Xuan, so the old man left from the Taoist sect and returned to the Taoist sect. The emperor came to see His Majesty."

Wei Wuji echoed and said, "What the ancestor said is true."

Xiao Bai was noncommittal, and asked, "Why did the ancestor come here?"

Xiao Shen glanced at Wei Wuji behind him, Xiao Bai raised his hand, Wei Wuji bowed and exited the hall.

After there were only two people left in the hall, Xiao Shen slowly said: "This old man is here for His Majesty's way of longevity."

Xiao Bai was startled slightly at first, then his eyes sparkled.

Xiao Shen had a well-thought-out plan, obviously he had already prepared the draft, without pausing to think, he said, "The way of swords that His Majesty learned was taught by this old man. But everyone in the world knows that apart from the founder of the Sword Sect, Shangqing Daojun, there is no one who has ascended, so this old man has been thinking about how to get rid of the shackles of the Sword Sect, and walk out of a road of longevity in the dead end."

Xiao Bai nodded and said: "At the beginning, my ancestor once told me that in terms of talent, I can't compare with Qi Xianyun, and in terms of chance, I can't compare with Xu Beiyou. The reason why the ancestor is optimistic about me is because the ancestor has seen too many people. The stunningly brilliant people died halfway, and I have seen many lucky people who are prosperous and blessed to succeed and fail by chance. Most of the people who have been able to ascend in the past are those who have been steadily climbing like me. As for the chance needed to ascend With good luck, one Great Qi Emperor is enough."

"That's exactly the reason." Xiao Shen nodded, then raised his voice slightly, "Your Majesty is now the Emperor of Daqi, and the fate of the emperor is in His Majesty's hands, so His Majesty's Way of Longevity is close at hand."

Xiao Bai fell into deep thought.

Xiao Shen continued: "The Five Immortals of the Dao School, above the Xiaoyao Earth Immortals are the Immortals of Longevity, each of them has its own number, and as far as the Immortals of Longevity are concerned, there can only be four at most in a hundred years. Occupying two seats, Xiao Yu ascended later and took up another seat. Now there is only the last seat left, which should belong to Qiu Ye, but Qiu Ye made a mistake, so that his realm plummeted and his morality was greatly damaged. It is difficult to ascend in a short period of time, and this is His Majesty's opportunity."

Xiao Bai remained silent for a long time.

Xiao Shen's deep voice echoed in Xiao Bai's ears, "It's not too late to do this matter, Your Majesty must not forget the lessons learned by Qiu Ye."

……

Xu Beiyou was supposed to return to Jiangdu from 36 Islands in the East China Sea soon, but encountered some accidents on the way, which made him have to delay a lot of time.

At this time, over the East China Sea, black clouds were billowing, and a seven-story pagoda loomed among the black clouds, surrounded by thunder and lightning.

Xu Beiyou stood on the sea under the black clouds, looking up at the sky.

This pagoda is not the Linglong Pagoda of the head teacher, but one of the main magic weapons of the seven peaks. As we all know, there are nine peaks in the Taoism. Named after the Seven Stars, they are Tianshu Peak, Tianxuan Peak, Tianji Peak, Tianquan Peak, Yuheng Peak, Kaiyang Peak, and Yaoguang Peak. Feng's treasures, although not comparable to Dutian Seal and Zhuxian Sword, should not be underestimated, such as Tianxuan Ring, Tianji Hook, Tianquan Seal, Yuheng Hairpin, Kaiyang Pearl, and the Fluctuating Light that has fallen into Xu Beiyou's hands. Swords, among which the Tianshu Tower from the lineage of Tianshu Peak ranks first.

What appeared in front of Xu Beiyou at this time was the Tianshu Pagoda that had been in charge of Qing Chen and Bing Chen one after another, and its new owner was Tian Yun, the eldest disciple of Qiu Ye, the Taoist master.

The reason why Tianyun appeared here was that he was ordered by his master to investigate the disappearance of the peak master of Yaoguang Peak.

So Xu Beiyou and Tianyun met on a narrow road.

When the black clouds dissipated, the true face of the entire pagoda was revealed. The pagoda was divided into seven floors, square and pavilion-like, with a height of more than [-] feet, just like the poem says, "The pagoda is like a gushing out, soaring to the sky alone. Go out of the world. , The path is empty. It suddenly presses down on Shenzhou, towering like a ghost's work. The four corners block the day, and the seven layers touch the sky."

There was a man on the top of the pagoda, dressed in a dark black Taoist robe, with a jade crown and black hair, about his age, standing with his hands behind his back. He was Tian Yun, the most powerful disciple among the three major disciples of the Taoist sect.

Tian Yun looked down at Xu Beiyou condescendingly, and said coldly, "Xu Beiyou, it's been a long time."

Xu Beiyou didn't rush to speak.

Akiba has taken in a total of thirteen disciples. Leaving Zhiyun aside, Ling Yun, ranked No. 11, and Qi Xianyun, ranked No. 12, are both in the realm of the Earth Immortal Triple Building. Although Tian Yun is of the same generation as them, but In terms of age, he can be regarded as the father of the former two, so the cultivation base of this Taoist disciple must be above the twelfth floor of the earth immortal, but I don't know if it is the seventeenth floor of the earth immortal or the thirteenth floor of the earth immortal. There is a world of difference between the two.

Seeing that Xu Beiyou didn't speak, Tianyun didn't care, and said to himself: "Pindao has seen your portrait in the 21st year of Taiping, and he has not seen your real face until today. It is hard for Pindao to imagine, It's just you, a country boy, who caused the dignified Taoist school to fail and suffer setbacks again and again. It just so happened that you and I met today. You are the first disciple of the Sword Sect, and I am the first disciple of the Taoist school. How about another battle on Biyou Island?"

Xu Beiyou finally opened his mouth and said: "I have heard for a long time that the head teacher of the Taoist sect has not established a first disciple for a long time. When will a first disciple of the Taoist sect come out? And I, Xu, am not the first disciple of the Jianzong sect. The master of the Jianzong sect is right. How can you compare with me? ?”

These words undoubtedly hit Tian Yun's sore spot, his face changed slightly, and he said three good words, "What a master of the Sword Sect."

Xu Beiyou stretched out his hand to wipe in front of his body, and all the swords in the sword box except Zhu Xian came out, and they were listed in front of Xu Beiyou one by one.

Xu Beiyou stretched out his hand to hold Yaoguang, wiped lightly on the edge of the sword with two fingers, and said: "The master of Yaoguang Peak you are looking for is in this sword, I hope you don't follow in his footsteps."

Tian Yun was finally furious, "Since you are looking for death, then don't blame Pindao's subordinates for being merciless."

(End of this chapter)