Taiqing Sword

Chapter 40, Apprenticeship

Another three months passed, and Shangguan Jinghong lived alone in the abyss. Apart from practicing, he almost missed Ning Xin: "Ning Xin, how are you now? You must wait for me, and I will definitely come back alive to see you .”

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Ning Ningxin has been very worried about Shangguan Jinghong ever since she panicked for no reason last time. There has been no news about Shangguan Jinghong in the past year. Ning Ningxin asked An Yunshan to go out many times to inquire about Shangguan Jinghong After Jinghong left Yuan's house, no one saw him again.

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A few days later, Shangguan Jinghong, who was trapped in the abyss, suddenly had a bright light in his eyes: "Hahaha~~ Xiantian Shangpin, this is Xiantian Shangpin, Bu Mingyu, I'm coming to find you."

Shangguan Jinghong, who was immersed in joy, suddenly changed his face, and he seemed to feel a breath in the cave. For nearly a year, I, Shangguan Jinghong, was the only one in the abyss, but at this time, I felt the breath of others. Shangguan Jinghong was terrified, he hadn't felt it for a year, either this person had just arrived in the valley, or this person's skill was too strong for him to notice it for so long, just as he was thinking, the stone statue sitting cross-legged in the cave suddenly cracked , an old man with white hair and extremely long beard sat cross-legged on the stone.

Shangguan Jinghong was taken aback, this, this... how is it possible, before Shangguan Jinghong came back to his senses, the old man suddenly opened his eyes, the surrounding pressure increased, Shangguan Jinghong's face was terrified, and he retreated five miles away before he could bear it. Being able to withstand this coercion, I couldn't help being more frightened in my heart, and kept muttering: "What kind of realm is this, one step to become a saint, is it one step to become a saint..."

After a while, the coercion subsided, and Shangguan Jinghong slowly moved to the entrance of the cave, looking at the old man in the cave. At this time, the old man was facing the cave wall and looking at the writing on the wall, and turned his head suddenly, so frightened Shangguan Jinghong flew towards him. Sweeping back, the old man walked out of the cave, looked at Shangguan Jinghong standing far away, and asked aloud: "Have you practiced the martial arts on the cave wall?"

Shangguan Jinghong answered irrelevantly: "This junior doesn't know that this is the place where senior practiced, so he dares to bother you. I hope that senior will make amends." Shangguan Jinghong doesn't want to die, if the old man in front of him thinks about it, he will die without a place to die.

The old man smiled slightly: "Don't be nervous, what's your name."

"Junior... Shangguan Jinghong." Shangguan Jinghong was still a little nervous.

"Well, Shangguan Jinghong, the name is good, the martial arts on the cave wall, how far have you practiced?"

Shangguan Jinghong looked at the old man, thinking that this person must be Hong Tianyu, impossible, impossible, thinking about it, he quickly threw this idea out of his mind: "Back to the senior, this junior has just reached the fourth level, the fifth level layer is in the process of cultivation."

The old man's eyes lit up: "How long have you practiced?"

"It has been four years since I first came into contact with the exercises."

The old man's eyes became brighter, and he secretly said that he was a martial arts genius, but his face remained calm: "So, you have been in this deep valley for four years?"

"No, this exercise is the method used by the younger generation to see the first three levels of cultivation in a sect. At that time, an elder once advised me that this exercise is only half of it, but maybe there is God's will in the dark, and I feel that I don't want to practice it. This skill will be a lifelong regret, so I practiced it. A year ago, the junior was defeated in a fight and was shot off the cliff. I never thought that it would be a blessing in disguise. I was ecstatic when I saw the lower half in the cave, so..." Shangguan Jinghong said, looking at the old man cautiously.

On the other hand, the old man kept looking at Shangguan Jinghong with aggressive eyes, and asked after a while: "Hehe, so that's the case. The old man has been in this valley for an unknown number of years, but we are the same, we were also knocked down."

Shangguan Jinghong thought for a while when he heard the words, and suddenly said in surprise: "Could it be that senior is... senior... is Hong..."

Looking at the stuttering Shangguan Jinghong, the old man laughed: "You guessed right, this old man is Hong Tianyu, I don't know how many years it has been."

Shangguan Jinghong was stunned by one sentence: "Senior, are you really that... that strange person more than 200 years ago?"

Hong Tianyu was taken aback when he heard the words: "Strange person? Hehe, maybe, has it been more than 200 years?"

Shangguan stared blankly at Hong Tianyu in front of him, thought for a while, and fell to his knees with a plop: "Second master, please be respected by the disciple!" He thought to himself, after all, he had already learned other people's martial arts, and this person's martial arts It can be regarded as a godsend, and there is no harm in worshiping a teacher first.

Hong Tianyu laughed when he heard the words: "The master is the master, why is he still called the second master?"

Shangguan Jinghong looked serious: "Second master, don't blame me. I learned the martial arts left by a senior in an ancient tomb. It may not be as advanced as Taiji Xuantian Kungfu, but it can be regarded as the true biography of that senior after all, so it can be regarded as a good one. I have acquired a master, but the disciples of Taiji Xuantian Kungfu have also learned, but they can't forget the old kindness, so I have to recognize the senior as the second master."

Hong Tianyu smiled even more happily: "Yes, you are not bad, I accept you, you just call me master, I know in my heart that you have a master."

Shangguan was overjoyed: "Thank you, master, by the way, master, your current realm is probably..."

Hong Tianyu smiled: "I have just reached the stage of ascension to the top-ranking sage."

Shangguan Jinghong's heart skipped a beat: "Master, with your martial arts, can't you fly to the top of this mountain?"

Hong Tianyu said: "Disciple, are you afraid that you won't be able to get out in your lifetime? Then don't worry, I was besieged by various sects, and in the end I was no match for four hands. God's will let me survive, I swear I must take revenge, so I practiced martial arts hard in this abyss. I was able to go up when I broke through to become a master many years ago, but after reaching that level, I no longer have the intention of revenge. It's the same everywhere. , so I have been living here.”

Shangguan was overjoyed: "Master, hurry up and bring your apprentice up, I've been here for more than a year, and my wife doesn't know how anxious she is."

Hong Tianyu smiled and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, I will test and test your kung fu first." After speaking, his eyes narrowed, and his figure disappeared in a flash. Shangguan Jinghong didn't hesitate, knowing that Hong Tianyu's realm was too high, With all his strength, he kept pinching his hands and shouting: "Om! Ma! Na! Ba! Mi! Hum!" He uttered the six-character mantra together.

Originally, Hong Tianyu only used one success force, but when he heard the sound, he paused for a moment, nodded secretly in his heart, added [-]% of his power, and flashed in front of Shangguan Jinghong, Shangguan Jinghong involuntarily used Taiji Xuantian Kungfu to absorb Hong Tianyu Hong Tianyu didn't care about the internal force at all, and let Shangguan Jinghong suck it away. It was a pain for Shangguan Jinghong, feeling that the internal force was pouring into his body continuously, and he was about to explode. Hong Tianyu smiled slightly and shook Shangguan away. Jing Hong nodded and said: "It's not bad, but you really don't know how to live or die, and dare to absorb my internal energy. If I don't accept the effort, you may have exploded and died at this time."

Shangguan gasped in shock, and said with lingering fear: "Master, I sucked your internal energy. It stands to reason that I should have more internal energy. Why does it feel like a great loss of internal energy?"

Hong Tianyu smiled: "The sea can absorb any energy in the world and use it for me, but the premise is that you can refine it, and that is your own. You have absorbed too much of my skills, which is beyond your own tolerance." , My internal force has not been refined in your body, so naturally you feel that the consumption is greater than the income."

Shangguan Jinghong nodded half-understood.

Hong Tianyu saw that he had doubts, and then said: "Tai Chi is a combination of yin and yang. Once the power of yin and yang is integrated, its power cannot be matched by a single pure yang or pure yin. This is why the first level requires the combination of yin and yang. One, if you imagine a person with pure yang power who suddenly absorbs pure yin power, then the two extreme internal forces will form a battlefield in the body. If pure yang can win, the skill may increase greatly. If you go up, then this person will either die on the spot, or use up all his martial arts."

Shangguan Jinghong understood: "Master, this should be the principle of the incompatibility of fire and water that is often said?"

"You can teach me, that's the reason. You've sucked away my skills. You should step up your refining these days. When you finish refining, I'll take you up there." Hong Tianyu ignored Shangguan Jinghong after finishing speaking. , went into the hole by himself.

Shangguan Jinghong not only needed to refine his skills, but also digested some of the principles Hong Tianyu just said, and immediately sat down cross-legged. This sitting lasted for seven days and seven nights, and he kept thinking in his mind: "Tai Chi is born of Wuji, and Tai Chi produces Liangyi." , Liangyi produces four images, four images produce eight trigrams...it can contain all things, yin and yang cycle, endless..."

On the eighth day, Shangguan Jinghong opened his eyes suddenly, turned around slightly, and a tree trunk with a thick bowl mouth in the distance snapped off in the middle, and the fracture was smooth and smooth. , Shangguan Jinghong not only consolidated the realm of the innate top grade, but also used the skill of destroying all directions freely.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, Hong Tianyu watched Shangguan Jinghong wake up and nodded secretly. This boy is really extraordinary, and he may be able to reach the realm of becoming a saint in the future. This apprentice is worth it.

Shangguan Jinghong looked at Hong Tianyu at the entrance of the cave and grinned, Hong Tianyu turned his back to Shangguan Jinghong and said: "Clean up, we will go out of the valley."

Shangguan Jinghong was overjoyed, and he didn't care about anything else, he ran into the cave to pack his things, and suddenly found that the iron rod in his backpack was gone, replaced by a simple long sword, Shangguan Jinghong was stunned, and took out the long sword , I saw that this sword is two and a half fingers wide, without a blade, the body of the sword is transparent, exuding a faint golden light, a golden dragon is depicted on the hilt, and the word "Longquan" is engraved under the golden dragon. Shangguan Jinghong was shocked: " This... this is the Longquan Sword..."

Ever since I lost the Taixuan Sword in the fight with Bu Mingyu last time, I have never had a chance to find it, and it is also difficult to find a more convenient weapon like the Taixuan Sword. Once I hold the Longquan Sword in my hand, it seems to be connected with my blood , but this is the sword that the emperor asked him to find, should he keep it or return it to the emperor?Shangguan Jinghong struggled for a long time, forget it, take it with you first, and talk about it when you go out.

Hong Tianyu was already urging: "Disciple, have you cleaned up?"

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Jinghong put the Longquan sword back into his backpack: "Here we come, master."

Hong Tianyu grabbed Shangguan Jinghong's shoulder, and before Shangguan Jinghong could react, he had already appeared on the top of the mountain.

Looking at the scene around him, Shangguan Jinghong laughed loudly: "I, Shangguan Jinghong, finally came out!!!" With a shout, countless birds in the forest were startled, and he was eager to rush to Mount Emei to meet Ning Ningxin, but Ziwu Palace Right in front of you, to go or not to go.

In the end, he decided to go to Ziwu Palace first, and then return to Mount Emei. Shangguan Jinghong did not expect that his decision would delay him for another three years before seeing Ning Ningxin.

"Master, I'll go to Ziwu Palace first, will you come with me?"

Hong Tianyu thought for a while: "Well, I have no friends or family in this world. I originally planned to spend the rest of my life in the valley, but I didn't expect to meet you. Now that I have come out, I have nowhere to go. I will accompany you for a walk."

Shangguan Jinghong brought Hong Tianyu to Ziwu Palace, looking at his first home not long after he entered the rivers and lakes, he was also a little excited, and pulled a disciple who guarded the mountain: "Is the old palace master Heyan here?"

When the mountain guard disciple heard Shangguan Jinghong directly calling the palace master's name, he was angry at first: "Who are you?"

Shangguan Jinghong shook his head helplessly, so he had no choice but to take out the token of Elder Ke Qing: "Can you tell me now?"

As soon as the mountain guard disciple saw the token, he immediately bowed down: "I don't know that the elder will return to the mountain, please forgive me, the palace master is on the mountain, please, elder."

Shangguan Jinghong returned the token, and Hong Tianyu looked at him with a smile: "Unexpectedly, you are still a sect elder?"

Shangguan Jinghong scratched his head in embarrassment: "Master, don't make fun of me, I am trying to drive ducks to the shelves, this palace lord is kind to me, I can't refuse."

As soon as he walked to the middle of the mountain, Nangong Lie came up to him: "Brother, just now the disciple reported that there was an elder meeting, and I guessed it was you. You can be regarded as showing up. Where have you been for so long?"

Shangguan was stunned for a moment, the disciple who guarded the mountain ran so fast, he notified Nangong Lie so quickly: "Brother Nangong has looked for me?"

"Why did I look for you, you are younger siblings, half a year ago I sent people to Ziwu Palace to look for you, saying that you were missing, and in the past six months, I have sent people to ask about it almost every ten days, and the old palace master has also sent people to look for you. , Some time ago, I wrote a letter saying that I found your saber Taixuan sword in the forest. My younger siblings thought that something happened to you, and they became even more crazy. It can be said that they almost turned over the mountain to look for you. You said hello when you disappeared, which made the whole family People all over the world are looking for you."

Shangguan Jinghong let out a breath, and hurriedly said: "Brother Nangong, please, hurry up and send someone to Mount Emei to report to Ning Xin for safety. Something happened in the past year. If you don't understand it for a while, tell Ning Xin Xin, I have nothing to do, I will go back to Mount Emei in a few days."

Nangong Lie nodded: "Okay, I'll make arrangements now, come with me, the old palace master is already waiting for you on the mountain." After saying that, he ordered a few disciples to send the message, only to find Shangguan Jinghong standing aside Seeing an old man, Nangong Lie frowned, but he couldn't feel it at all?He didn't ask any questions, just hurriedly urged.

(End of this chapter)