Chapter 53 Water and Fire Perfection

Zhang Duxiao passed away.

Most deaths are not spectacular. One may die after eating a meal and sitting for a while; or one may die after a serious illness in endless pain and wailing.

Zhang Duxiao visited a relative and talked about the past. On the way back, he foresaw his death.

There are no inspiring quotes before death. There are thousands of words to say, but only no regrets. This is a good death.

Maybe some people find it abrupt, but whose death is well prepared?

Yuelu Mountain.

Hearing the news of Zhang Duxiao's death, Xu Xuan was distracted for a moment, and the tea in the cup gradually cooled.

"What are Zhang Duxiao's last words?" Xu Xuan looked at Li Changsheng.

"The old Taoist priest said, "I'm going." "

"Haha, it's quite cool. The old Taoist priest didn't like extravagance when he was alive. Let's bury him in Yuelu Mountain."

"Yes!"

The funeral was very simple. The coffin was kept for a few days, and the old Taoist priest's clansmen came to hold a ceremony and then buried.

The grave was buried in the back mountain not far from Wangxiang Tower.

Xu Xuan did not show up during the whole process, but wrote a couplet to send.

Night.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the magpies flew south.

A small grave with a wooden tombstone erected, the faint moonlight scattered, revealing the number of Zhang Duxiao's old master's tomb.

Xu Xuan stood beside the grave, silent.

The pursuit of immortality is destined to be a journey of one person. Only if you move forward, others will be left behind.

As for taking out the spirit stone to share with others?

This is impossible. My own cultivation is not enough. The result of sharing can only be grass growing on both sides' graves.

The Qi-nourishing stage is just a minion level in the mirror world, and the Qi-training stage is a larger minion.

As the Taoism deepens, Xu Xuan has a vague feeling of touching the upper limit.

Could it be that when the Qi-training upper limit is reached, the world will send down a heavenly punishment?

Or will it expel himself from the world and start a new reincarnation.

Due to the unknown future, Xu Xuan will grab all the spirit stones.

Unless he is sure of the way forward and is sure that he will not encounter any risks, Xu Xuan will share a little bit of spiritual stones.

Besides, it is not that he will not give them benefits. In the past, martial arts masters were just ordinary masters of skills. Now with the addition of the Qi and blood method, masters also have power beyond normal people.

Now with the Huangting inner scene magic, the strength will be even higher.

Wow!

Xu Xuan soared into the sky, rose high, looked at the full moon, and fell on his back.

Since the perfection of the soaring technique, Xu Xuan likes this feeling of flying more and more. This is the most beautiful dream of mankind. Countless literati in this world have described the scene of flying in the air.

For thousands of years, only he has accomplished this feat.

I am the only immortal, I am the only one.

Half an hour later, dark clouds covered the full moon, and Xu Xuan flew back to look inside the Xiang Tower.

In the future, more and more fellows will leave, and I must carry their hopes and go step by step.

The red flames burned fiercely, the gold and stone melted in the stone tripod, and a strange medicinal fragrance emanated.

The vast resources of the whole world will definitely allow me to break through the Qi training.

Spring went and autumn came, and this year, Xu Xuan was forty years old.

Jiangnan, Jinling.

The nearly forty-year-old Emperor Xu Yong of Han Chang grew a goatee, and his temperament became more stable.

He was writing a letter to Xu Xuan, telling about the Taoist priests in the north who shaved their heads and changed their clothes. Some of the Taoist priests who resisted were killed, and the other part chose to obey because of high positions and generous salaries. The Changguo side sent spies to contact those Taoist priests who resisted.

Another thing is that Xu Yong is very confused now.

"Since I ascended the throne, I have named the reign Hanchang, which means "no one in the barbarians, the Han Dynasty will flourish". In some areas, there are always barbarians who fight desperately against Hanization, which only increases the killing. Some people hide deeper and plot secretly. Some people flee to the north, or to Tubo, making Tubo increasingly powerful..."

After ascending the throne for several years, Xu Yong killed more than a million barbarians. It is estimated that he is the emperor who killed the most people in history, and they are his own people.

Because a lot of power was allocated to rectify the country, the north has been in a state of confrontation and has been unable to march north.

Xu Yong thought that he would simply grant them the power of chieftains first, and then slowly settle accounts after the world is unified.

Soon, the envelope was rushed to Changsha with a fast horse.

After writing the letter, Xu Yong summoned Li Anbang and asked, "How is the situation?"

"Your Majesty, a small number of aristocratic families are willing to reform, teach simplified Chinese and learn science. Some aristocratic families verbally agreed, and even taught only the Four Books and Five Classics in official schools in private. I have evidence that they are colluding with the Tartars in the north and intend to rebel."

"Very good, send troops, and kill all who should be killed. Kill the cynics and slaves with thundering means, and don't let their disciples and grandchildren ruin the country in the future!"

"Yes!!"

Not only barbarians, Xu Xuan also killed Confucian scholars, especially Confucianism in the Song and Ming dynasties, which was defined by Xu Yong as "cynicism" and "slave Confucianism". The school either took the initiative to reform or waited for the butcher's knife to fall. It can be said that he "slaughtered millions of soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River". In the eyes of some Confucian scholars, he was more brutal than Qin Shihuang.

At the same time, a battle royale took place in the north.

A group of Taoist priests in feather crowns and long robes, holding weapons, riding fast horses, fled to the south covered in blood.

"Follow me! Follow me! We will be safe when we reach Xiangyang!"

The middle-aged Taoist priest in the lead is the descendant of a great northern sect, and his Taoist name is Xuanzhen.

Originally, the barbarians occupied the north, and as monks, they had no way to resist, and the barbarians did not come to disturb them, so the two sides lived in peace and pretended that the barbarians did not exist.

A few months ago, everything changed.

Suddenly, a Sun Tianshi appeared, claiming to be the Taiyi Taoist Master and the State Master of Qian State, and was the orthodox Five Pecks of Rice Sect a thousand years ago.

That would be fine, but the key is that this guy wants to promote shaving and changing clothes, which makes many Taoists unbearable.

Swoosh!

Another round of arrows shot and killed three disciples, and one of the arrows pierced Xuanzhen's cheek.

"Haha, Master, you should surrender!"

Behind the group was a team of cavalrymen, who wore Taoist robes, had shiny foreheads, and had braids behind their heads.

"Evil beasts, forgetting your ancestors, God will punish you!" Xuanzhen's eyes were red.

In the last days of the law, many disciples of the Dao sect were in a state of uncertainty. They became monks just to avoid taxes or to take the shortcut to the south of the mountain to get close to the dignitaries.

This time, the barbarians offered an olive branch, and these people immediately showed up. Only about fifty or sixty people chose to leave with Xuan Zhen.

The leader behind him was originally a disciple of Xuan Zhen. Now he has joined Sun Taixuan and become the leader of Mount Zhongnan.

"Haha? Ancestor? Why don't you call them out!"

People with different beliefs cannot work together. One of them wanted wealth and the other wanted the illusory Tao. They turned from fellow disciples to enemies who would never stop fighting.

Yuelu Mountain.

Xu Xuan took the elixir, his true qi circulated, and butterflies fluttered around him. The insect of Huangting Neijing magic was still in the cultivation stage.

After a long time, his qi changed, and he opened his eyes, his eyes flashing with brilliance.

Boom!

A three-meter fire dragon and a three-meter water dragon appeared, flying in the void.

Two dragons playing with a pearl.

The Northern Clear Water Mantra and the Southern True Fire Mantra were completed, and the fire dragon grew longer again.

Now I can concentrate on practicing the Golden Light Mantra and the Huangting Inner Scenery Divine Art. Otherwise, with so many spells, it will be easy to be overwhelmed.

Dong Dong Dong!

At this time, Li Jianxing asked for a meeting.

"A letter from Jinling!"