Seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune starts from Tianshi Mansion.

Chapter 549 548. Facing Failure Calmly (Two Chapters in One)

Chu Kun and Lei Jun sat together in the dark city of the underworld, gazing at the mountains and sea in the darkness.

At present, there were only him and Lei Jun, so Chu Kun spoke relatively casually:

"Brother, your original ideas have been well continued by Huajie. Today, the cultivation world in this world has changed more and more compared to the past."

But only a hundred years.

Although it is currently mainly concentrated in relatively limited places such as Tianshi Mansion, Shushan School, Xuanji Temple, Chunyang Palace, Zhenwu Temple, and Yinshan Cave.

But it continued to expand outward from this center, and as time went by, more and more places gradually began to take shape.

Great scholars such as Zhu Junjie, Li Feiyang, Ling Hui, Song Hang and local courts also participated.

Fang Yue established academies in various places, the teaching style began to improve, and both the top and the bottom began to form a synergy.

It's not just because of the high and mighty Lord Lei Tianjun, so the subordinates will follow what the superior likes.

Everyone who participates in it is gaining real benefits.

It is not the relatively ethereal merit of accumulating virtue and gaining blessings, but rather the benefits that are visible and tangible and are of great help to the monks in their daily practice.

The most typical representatives among them are Zhang Taigang, the head of the East Peak lineage of the Shushan Sect, and Yue Xiling, the elder of the Chunyang Palace.

Both of them are over 200 years old.

Referring to the Ninth Heaven cultivators, they have passed the golden period of their cultivation and are beginning to enter the prime platform stage.

There is still hope for further gains, but the upward momentum has slowed down considerably.

Waiting before them was the gate to the fairyland.

In the past, it would have been extremely difficult for them to successfully take this last step, but now there is hope.

Whether it is the Shushan School or the Chunyang Palace, they are constantly accumulating their foundation with the accumulation of a large number of magic weapons, magical instruments and even elixirs.

The relevant magical weapons, instruments, and elixirs naturally could not come from the hands of ordinary people or cultivators of middle or low levels. They had to be made by the top cultivators themselves.

But the solid foundation provides them with sufficient resources and saves a lot of time.

In fact, not only now, but also in the past few decades, Zhang Taigang, Yue Xiling and others, like Nie Fang and Qin Caiwei, have all benefited continuously.

Only in this way can they be helped to reach the Ninth Heaven as soon as possible, and continue to improve, to reach the perfect state of the fifth level of the Ninth Heaven as soon as possible, thus retaining a glimmer of hope for impacting the fairyland.

If a cultivator reaches the Ninth Heaven realm when he is close to or even over 200 years old, then even if he can make further improvements afterwards, at best he can only slowly accumulate and improve small realms within the Ninth Heaven, and his hope of opening the gate to immortality is basically cut off.

One step fast, every step is fast; one step slow, every step is slow.

Just as Shangguan Hong and Guo Yan are still a few years younger than Lei Jun, but as long as they can reach the seventh heaven before the age of 200, they will still have hope of reaching the eighth heaven before the age of 400.

Otherwise, one will stop at the sixth heaven for life.

The difference is self-evident.

Yue Xiling, Zhang Taigang and others all have higher talents in cultivation, but they also need to practice diligently, climb higher step by step, and constantly improve themselves.

The increasingly perfect and advanced equipment and alchemy techniques over the years have been helping them and helping every cultivator to make faster progress.

The overall environment of surging spiritual energy from heaven and earth is crucial.

On this basis, everything started by Lei Jun also helped push the cultivation world of this world to a further step forward.

All of this can be seen and touched by the vast majority of practitioners.

As a result, more and more people spontaneously followed and responded to Lei Jun's earliest initiative, rather than simply out of fear or flattery. Even though Lei Jun himself did not pay much attention to related matters afterwards, the snowball not only did not stop, but instead grew bigger and bigger.

"It's still early. We are still in the rising stage. We can continue to share the profits. After the rising stage is over, things will still go back and forth."

Lei Jun himself was calm: "The changes in fate have their own reasons, and we just need to follow the trend."

Chu Kun: "Brother, what you said is very true."

After the meeting with Zhuo Baojie and others ended, he accompanied Fang Yue back to Youdu.

Other matters related to seeing off the guests were naturally entrusted to Qin Caiwei, Chi Haifeng, An Buzheng and others.

Chi Haifeng was responsible for sending Zhang Taigang and his group from the Shushan Sect away.

Among the participants was Cai Yu, one of the best sword masters of the younger generation of the Shushan Sect.

As they walked together, he curiously asked Chi Haifeng, "Fellow Daoist Chi, I heard that your sect's method of using the lightning and fire contained in the Yuanci Flying Sword has made new progress?"

Chi Haifeng smiled and said, "Disciples at the third level can control it more easily."

Cai Yu: "Your school's insights are admirable."

Chi Haifeng shook his head repeatedly: "Hey, I don't deserve this. The most important thing is that it was Daoist Fellow Niu from Xuanji Temple who kept refining the swords. Our sect changed to the latest Rain Patterned Refined Gold to forge swords, and we have made great progress. I and others really don't dare to take credit for it."

Cai Yu: "Our sect also purchased some Rain Pattern Gold from Xuanji Temple. It is indeed useful, but it is not suitable for refining our sect's flying swords."

Beside him, another Shushan Sect senior elder, Qin Baisheng, also nodded in agreement.

There are always many differences between the flying swords of the Taoist weapon refining school and the flying swords of the Taoist talisman school used by Chi Haifeng, Feng Ting, An Buzheng and others.

To be precise, the so-called flying swords used by the Taoist talisman school are very different from the magical instruments and treasures they used to practice.

Qin Baisheng, Cai Yu and others have also come into contact with the latest rain-patterned refined gold, which is beneficial to improving the material of flying swords, but will reduce the sensitivity of their immortal souls in controlling the swords.

It’s okay if it’s close, but the farther the distance, the greater the negative impact.

If the immortal soul is not sent directly to the sword, the sword will easily lose contact with its owner after flying a certain distance.

Therefore, it is difficult for the Shushan School to follow up on Longhu Mountain’s current improvements to the Yuanci Flying Sword.

Of course, on the other hand, although they also use the power of magnetic field to bless the flying swords, they do not need to completely follow the improvements of the Fu Lu Sect's holy land, Longhu Mountain.

In the final analysis, the biggest reason why Chi Haifeng, Cheng Rongrong, Feng Ting and others improved the Yuanci Flying Sword, which contained thunder and fire, was that the sword was driven by disciples of the mansion at middle and lower levels of cultivation. Although it was powerful, its accuracy was insufficient.

People like Zhuo Baojie, Chi Haifeng, Feng Ting, and An Buzheng fly swords. Even though they are not as precise and swift as Lei Jun did back then, they still have some accuracy.

A flash of sword could mean the death of a very powerful opponent, and the sword never regrets being struck without a single miss.

The thunder and fire contained in the flying sword are to take care of other people.

In this regard, the Shushan School disciples' Yuanci sword-controlling technique and the Tianshifu Fulu School's Yuanci flying sword have their own strengths.

On average, the former is clearly more accurate.

But the flying sword's speed is not as fast as the latter at the same level.

The price of accuracy is reduced suddenness and direct attack power.

In order to learn from each other's strengths and overcome their own weaknesses, they naturally should not follow the same ideas as the Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain.

Due to time and energy limitations, Shushan disciples must focus mainly on their own natal magic weapons and treasures.

It is even more impossible to turn the flying sword into a consumable item that can never be returned, like the disciples of Tianshi Mansion and some disciples of Xuanji Temple.

“But the insights of Fellow Daoist Chi and his fellow Taoists in Tianshi Mansion still give us great inspiration,” Xie Yiying said.

The twin purple and green swords were enshrined in the Central Peak of Mount Shu along with other founding magic weapons, and nurtured by the sword-cultivating disciples of Mount Shu from all directions. Therefore, there was no need for Ji Chuan and Xie Yiying to serve as sword masters and offer sacrifices to them day and night.

The two of them also each refined their own magic sword.

For Xie Yiying, the Yuanci sword-controlling technique inherited from Chen Donglou is quite to his liking, and he has been constantly studying and researching it over the past few decades.

With her cultivation level, the flying sword she controls is both powerful and agile.

I have some new thoughts, which are also for the middle and lower level younger disciples in Shushan.

It is naturally not appropriate to learn all the techniques of the Yuanci Flying Sword of the Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain, but on the premise of maintaining the flexible control of the flying sword by the disciples of Shushan, trying to further enhance and increase its power is also in line with the needs of the disciples of Shushan.

"The creative ideas of fellow Taoists from Tianshi Mansion have also been a great inspiration to our sect."

Zhang Taigang, the head of Shushan East Peak, said: "Similar methods are not completely impossible for our sect. It is a method that can be tried, such as the sword and scabbard, which adopts the method of separating the mother and the child. However, there are still many difficulties to overcome."

The disciples of Mount Shu fly swords, which contain spirituality. Wherever the swords go, they are in communication with heaven and earth.

The method of combining and then separating the mother and child makes the magic instruments and magic treasures themselves complicated.

The Shushan disciples have no problem controlling it at medium and short distances.

They have many more magical instruments and treasures that are more complicated and sophisticated than this.

But in that case, there would be no point in using the magnetic sword to increase the range and power.

However, when sending the sword thousands or hundreds of miles away, the precise sensing and control of the complex combination of sword and magic weapon becomes a problem again.

However, everyone in Shushan has already had a preliminary direction, and the next step is to tackle various detailed technical issues.

At the beginning, Lei Jun suggested that over the years, the Shushan School, the Longhu Mountain Tianshi Mansion, and the Xuanji Temple have had a long history of developing combined magical instruments and treasures, and all aspects have gradually matured.

"Master Zhang is right." Chi Haifeng nodded repeatedly after listening: "I also think that the mother-child style is very good."

After seeing everyone off until they left the area, Chi Haifeng bowed and took his leave.

After only the heir of Shushan Sect was left, Zhang Taigang looked back at the land, but Chi Haifeng was no longer there.

"Master Brother?" Xie Yiying looked at Zhang Taigang.

Zhang Taigang did not speak immediately, but after a while he said:
"Regarding the mother-child flying sword, Taoist Master Xu Hai of Longhu Mountain must have a lot of clever ideas... No, it should be that they have very mature ideas, right?"

The people from the Shushan Sect beside him looked at each other in bewilderment.

Cai Yu said softly: "Disciple thinks it is possible."

Qin Baisheng: "Because the head brother has the same idea, he doesn't mention it anymore?"

Zhang Taigang: "Most likely. If we have no clue, he might take the initiative to talk to us in depth about the relevant matters."

Xie Yiying laughed when he heard this: "Master Xu Hai has changed his temper. When he first came to Shushan with Master Hua Ting, he was not so secretive."

No one present doubted that Chi Haifeng had an in-depth and even mature conception on the mother-and-child flying sword.

Judging from the tone of his voice as he echoed what Zhang Taigang said, he must have done research in this area.

As long as he sets his mind on this, he will be the top expert in this area in the world, even if he is not a disciple of Shushan School.

Chi Haifeng, publicly announced by the Longhu Mountain Tianshi Temple, is a peerless genius with a natural level of understanding.

In recent decades, he and Cheng Rongrong have been the main forces behind the innovation and improvement of the magical powers and talismans within the Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain.

However, compared to his outspoken appearance when he was young, Elder Chi of Tianshi Mansion is now more cautious. "Our sect needs to think more and have more preliminary results, so that we can discuss with Taoist Master Xu Hai later." Zhang Taigang said.

Xie Yiying smiled and said, "Master Brother is right. Before we set out this time, Beifeng had already started making preparations. We will speed up our pace after we return."

Zhang Taigang nodded slightly, and after a while he spoke again: "I have entered the Dao for fifty years and have reached the realm of Mahayana."

Although his current cultivation level is higher than Chi Haifeng's, Zhang Taigang's tone is full of regret at this moment.

Xie Yiying, Qin Baisheng, Cai Yu and others standing by also sighed.

Three years ago, the Tianshi Mansion in Mount Longhu added another great master of the Ninth Heaven Mahayana.

A very young Mahayana master, who is only over sixty years old today.

It was none other than Elder Chi Haifeng who had just appeared.

At that time, it had been almost fifty years since Xin Beiyuan took him back to Longhu Mountain to learn Taoism.

In modern times, or in other words, since the catastrophe at the end of the Han Dynasty, in the entire Longhu Mountain Tianshi Mansion, only Tang Xiaotang and Lei Jun can be compared with him.

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Among the entire Shushan Sect, inside and outside, not counting the founding master who refused to return to Shushan, only Shen Xi is close to him.

That was based on the fact that Shen Xi's comprehension was high enough and he possessed the Cosmic Light Immortal Body. This was a special situation, as the bones at the Immortal Body level improved the fastest in the early and middle stages of practice, which saved him a lot of effort and time. He could also be said to have brought his natural talents to the fullest.

Although Chi Haifeng is young, he has a natural level of understanding and has the Senluo Immortal Body, so he has great potential.

The people of Shushan Sect returned to Shushan with deep emotion.

Everyone suddenly fell silent halfway through the journey.

By chance, their eyes crossed, and everyone had a tacit understanding, realizing that they were probably thinking about the same thing:

Elder An Buzheng, the grandson of Sect Leader Lei and a disciple of Master Zhuo Tian, ​​has currently reached the fourth level of the eighth heaven and is only one step away from the Mahayana realm.

Although the details are unclear, if there is no major accident, he will be able to reach the Mahayana realm within sixty years of entering the path.

Looking at the world throughout history, he is also an extraordinary figure who has shocked the world since ancient times and a genius among geniuses.

At least the Shushan Sect itself was quite envious of the fact that Longhu Mountain had produced such a talent.

but……

He gradually began to fall behind Chi Haifeng.

If it was not obvious when going from the seventh heaven to the eighth heaven, the situation is gradually becoming clearer now when going from the eighth heaven to the ninth heaven.

Of course, in addition to the competition between the two sides of Tai Chi and Taoism, An Buzheng also has the opportunity to sublimate his own understanding from tranquility to nature.

The years are long.

Considering their age, they still have a long future ahead of them. As long as they don’t die young, the wonderful life they will have just begun.

As long as An Buzheng's foundation can catch up with Chi Haifeng as soon as possible, then when we look back hundreds or even thousands of years later, the gap will be just that small.

But what if?
If An Buzheng's fate is bad, then as time goes by, the gap between the two sides may become bigger.

Zhang Taigang, Xie Yiying and others who witnessed the rise of Master Lei, Master Tang, Master Xu and others have the best understanding of this.

The personal teaching of the Heavenly Master is often valued not only by the Heavenly Master himself, but also by everyone in the Heavenly Master’s Mansion. Therefore, most of the time, the new Heavenly Master is born from the personal teaching of the Heavenly Master.

There are certainly precedents of falling into the hands of others throughout history.

However, Sect Leader Lei is aloof from the world and can observe the changes in the three realms for a long time.

Even if it is Master Zhuo, as long as he can successfully open the door to immortality, his lifespan will be greatly extended. Even if he resigns as Master, he can still continue to pay attention to the Master's Mansion in Longhu Mountain.

Would they mind if the position of Heavenly Master fell into the hands of someone other than the orthodox successor?

How would An Buzheng himself view this matter?

Everyone from the Shushan Sect exchanged glances, all with a lot of thoughts in their mind, but in the end no one spoke, and they just hurried back to the mountain in silence.

In the earthly realm, Chi Haifeng saw everyone from Shushan Sect off and then returned to Youdu.

On the way, they happened to meet An Buzheng, who was seeing Qiao Yang, Hu Hengyuan, Tian Cheng and others off, and they also returned.

"Senior Brother An." Chi Haifeng greeted.

An Buzheng stepped forward and asked, "Are you back?"

As the two walked together, Chi Haifeng gestured casually: "Great minds think alike. Master Zhang of the Shushan Sect also had the idea of ​​the mother-and-child flying sword."

An Buzheng asked, "So you left your Four-sided Mother-and-Child Sword behind?"

Chi Haifeng: "Of course, they will definitely be able to figure it out on their own. I won't show off my skills now. I'll wait until my fellow Shushan Sect members come up with their own ideas. Then we can discuss it."

Over the years, there has been a lot of communication among the major factions.

If the people of Shushan Sect have no ideas, Chi Haifeng will naturally discuss it with them, and the other party will not mind, as there have been precedents for similar things.

As he spoke, without Chi Haifeng making any movement, a flying sword appeared in front of him. The blade was much wider and heavier than that of an ordinary flying sword.

The swords are in the shape of a mother and a child, nested inside and outside.

When this sword flies out, the outer blade will split in mid-air and become four parts, and then fall to the ground together with the remaining inner blades, each containing lightning and fire, and then explode together, thus obtaining a wider attack coverage area and more powerful lethality.

Hence the name Four-Direction Mother-Child Magnetic Flying Sword.

Of course, this is still the method of their Tianshi Mansion's Yuanci Flying Sword.

Not only the outer sword blade was split, but also the remaining flying swords in the inner layer had no intention of being recovered.

Chi Haifeng himself cannot use it, and it is actually worth considering whether the disciples of Tianshi Mansion with middle or lower level cultivation can use it.

Firstly, this cost is much higher than the ordinary Thunder Fire Elemental Magnetic Flying Sword and may not be worth it.

Secondly, the Yuanci flying swords of the monks from their Tianshi Mansion were too swift, and the mother-and-child flying swords could easily disintegrate midway, which would affect the chance of hitting the target.

Not everyone has the fine control that Chi Haifeng has.

Unless the technical difficulties and usage thresholds are further lowered, the gains will outweigh the losses, so it is a bit useless for the Tianshi Mansion's Yuanci Flying Sword.

But it is suitable for the monks of Shushan Sect.

Just need to change some thinking.

For the Shushan monks, the concept of the mother-and-child sword is more like adding another layer of sword blade to the natal flying sword that they control.

In other words, the flying sword can carry an extra blade that can be detached and fly out.

And these extra sword blades will further contain thunder and fire, and then explode.

Similar magical instruments and treasures are not without precedent in the history of Shushan Sect.

The current focus is to further combine the Yuanci sword technique to bring about faster, more sudden and long-range strike capabilities.

Chi Haifeng's four-sided mother-child magnetic flying sword has completed quite a few technical details.

Later, he wanted to have more exchanges and discussions with the people from Shushan Sect.

The two returned to Youdu and reported to Zhuo Baojie.

Zhuo Baojie looked at the two figures in front of him, one tall and one short.

When An Buzheng grew up, he was quite tall, as graceful as a jade tree, with an air of an immortal.

Although Chi Haifeng grew taller as an adult, he was still half a head shorter than An Buzheng, had a medium build, and was not very good-looking.

Compared to his extremely bright eyes when he was young, when Zhuo Baojie looked into his eyes, he saw that his pupils looked dull, showing a sign of returning to nature.

Chi Haifeng, a rising star of Mount Longhu, is now well-known in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and even in the Confucian World. His appearance is unremarkable.

But in the eyes of high-level monks like Zhuo Baojie, the other party seemed to be one with the natural world and all things in it, and there was no difference between them.

"Master."

"Uncle Master."

The two men stepped forward and greeted Zhuo with the festival gifts.

Zhuo Baojie nodded slightly, and first instructed Chi Haifeng: "Things here are gradually coming to an end. If you want to travel to the Confucian world, you can set off at your own time. In order to ensure completeness, you should go to see Uncle Chu before leaving."

Chi Haifeng smiled and said, "Yes, Master!"

He looked quite expectant, rubbing his hands together, then turned to look at An Buzheng standing beside him.

An Buzheng: "I won't go this time. I will concentrate on meditation for a while. You should be careful when you go through the Abyss of Time."

Chi Haifeng: "Then I'll go over there first to check out the place."

After chatting for a few more words, he said goodbye and left.

An Buzheng stayed and waited for instructions from his master Zhuo Baojie.

Zhuo Baojie said casually: "Haste makes waste."

An Buzheng really understood the relevant principles: "Master, please rest assured. I have no intention of trying the calamity of the eighth to ninth heaven right away. I will first practice in seclusion for a while, and then go into seclusion."

Zhuo Baojie nodded slightly: "That's good."

An Buzheng hesitated for a moment, thinking, as if considering how to speak next.

When Zhuo Baojie saw this, his eyes moved slightly, but he said nothing and waited quietly.

"Master, my mind is currently focused on cultivation. I hope to break through to the ninth level as soon as possible and add another great Mahayana master to our sect..." An Buzheng spoke after careful consideration.

Zhuo Baojie could see that his disciple seemed to have made some decision.

But An Buzheng's next words were beyond Zhuo Baojie's expectations:
"...After reaching the Mahayana stage and consolidating my cultivation, I am determined to leave the mountain and seek a blessed land and cave, to found a school, and to establish a separate branch for the Talisman School and the Tianshi Mansion, so that they can spread out."

After his initial surprise subsided, Zhuo Baojie started to laugh and looked his disciple up and down:

"Is he trying to force his way in front of my master, or are you giving in so easily?"

An Buzheng was also at peace, and spoke relatively casually in front of Zhuo Baojie:

"Master, you and the great master know that I am not someone who cannot afford to lose. Although my acquired talent may still be uncertain, it is still a long way to go. Besides, I am not only inferior to Junior Brother Chi in talent and realm."

(End of this chapter)