Pawn Crossing the River

Passing through the portal, you enter the interior of Five Elements Mountain.

If you dig out the hollow of the mountain, there will be a cave.

The scene here was beyond Qi Xuansu's expectation.

According to Qi Xuansu's expectation, this place should be like a floor-like structure, going down layer by layer; or there could be a huge abyss below, and then there are stone beams lying across the abyss, criss-crossing like a spider web, and people are like ants in these. Walking back and forth on the stone beam.

But Qi Xuansu guessed wrong.

The space inside the Five Elements Mountain seems to be distorted, and there is no upper or lower distinction. There is only a smooth road all the way forward, as if it is on flat ground. But from the outside, there shouldn't be such depth halfway up the Five Elements Mountain.

Jiachen revealed the secret in one word: "There are two major formations inside and outside the Five Elements Mountain. The outer formation seals the void and prohibits all kinds of escape and teleportation spells. The inner formation is based on mustard seeds, twisting and folding the space inside the Five Elements Mountain. , expand, and at the same time suppress the earth's energy."

Only then did Qi Xuansu understand.

Turning downward into forward really distorts the space.

Jiachen Lingguan pointed to a door frame structure not far away: "There should be a sustainable "Yin-Yang Gate" here for easy access, but it has been closed. No one among us can forcefully open these "Yin-Yang Gates". Then I had to walk over. "

Having said that, Jiachen Lingguan walked at the front.

This passage, let's call it a passage, is about ten feet high, enough to expand the Dharmakaya, and about twenty feet wide, enough for a large group of cavalry to pass. As for the length, you can't tell, because you can't see the end at a glance, and this passage is still slightly tilted, so it's inevitable that you can't see it in the end.

Jiachen Spirit Officer did not fly over rashly, because no one knew what kind of restrictions and traps there would be ahead. If he blindly pursued speed, he would probably crash into a spider web like a flying insect.

The three of them followed Jiachen Spirit Officer, and Yao Pei suddenly said: "I heard that the weapons of the twelve first-grade Spirit Officers are different. Some use long blades, some use short blades, and some are good at using firearms and weapons. Crossbow, I wonder what weapons Jiachen Lingguan is good at?”

Jiachen Lingguan did not try to be mysterious and said calmly: "What I am good at is swords and shields."

Shield, a weapon that is almost invisible among Taoist priests, is very common among Lingguan. Instead, it is a long sword that almost every Taoist priest has in hand. Almost no one uses it among Lingguan, even if some people use it. , is also a heavy sword or a big sword. Just because of the battlefield attack, the long sword in the traditional sense is not easy to use and is far inferior to the sword and shield. In the battle formation of the men in black, sword and shield soldiers account for a large proportion.

Qi Xuansu agrees very much with this point. He doesn't like to use swords, he prefers to use knives. He doesn't yearn for the swordsman who is as white as snow and comes and goes like the wind. Instead, he has a certain passion for wearing armor, wielding sharp swords, and attacking cities and plundering territories. yearning. But now it seems that he has nothing to do with the former or the latter. He is mostly a Taoist priest who strategizes. He is neither dashing nor iron-blooded, and his face is hateful, just like the villain in the storybook.

But Taoist priests have the right, and this is the biggest benefit.

With the power in your hands, you can always give it a try no matter how difficult things in this world are. Immortals can be refined, and the Five Elements Mountain can be hollowed out. Even relying on external forces to live forever is not impossible.

In addition, it is said that the Paladin inheritance in the West also likes to use large shields. The word "knight" in the West actually does not mean the same thing as the knight in the Central Plains. The knight in the Central Plains can be simply understood as a person who rides a horse or a soldier on a horse. The key is to ride a horse. In the West, knights are a kind of status and title, and knights do not necessarily have to ride horses.

The instructors of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace once said during the lectures that when the Taoist sect established the spiritual official system, the exchanges between the East and the West were already very frequent. The Taoist sect began to be influenced by Western learning, so the spiritual official system referred to part of the knight's inheritance and integrated the witchcraft Zhu inheritance, martial arts inheritance, and Sanren inheritance.

That's right, there is also a Sanren inheritance in the Spiritual Officer system, just because aside from the Spiritual Officer's armor, even a first-grade Spiritual Officer's own state of cultivation will not be too high. The key reason is that the qualifications are not good enough. To be fair, as long as they can take the path of banished immortals or Qi alchemists, almost no one will go to the spiritual official system, especially the banished immortals who are known as "high-grade Qi alchemists" and talented heroes like Zhang Yuelu.

Yan chose to become a spiritual official, which can only be described as a waste of natural resources. However, first- and second-grade spiritual officers still need to have some level of spiritual cultivation. It does not have to be too high or too low, so Sanren who are known as "low-grade Qi refiners" become the first choice.

Soon, the group of people walked into a huge cave hall, which seemed to be a warehouse, but it was now empty.

Here, a tall figure blocked the way of a group of people, and the exit was blocked behind him.

Jiachen Lingguan stopped and sighed: "I thought it was the King of Liao personally blocking the way, but I didn't expect it to be..."

He didn't know how to address the person in front of him.

Qi Xuansu added: "Foreign aid."

"Yes, foreign aid." There was a hint of smile in Jiachen Lingguan's words.

This is a pure Westerner, with brilliant blond hair, blue eyes like the sea, and handsome facial features, but his hooked nose slightly destroys this beauty, but there is not much sense of ferocity and violence in him, and A certain level of peace has always been maintained.

He was wearing a dazzling white full-body armor with an obvious Western style, and it was still the style of hundreds of years ago. It was gorgeous and exquisite, rolled with gold edges, engraved with various patterns with gold lines, inlaid with red gems, and even There is a hollow design, which is inevitably a bit flashy for armor, but as long as the quality is high enough, these are minor details.

The equally gorgeous and exquisite helmet was tucked under his arm. Behind him was a scarlet cloak. Next to him stood a half-man-high sword, with the tip of the sword piercing the ground. The sword was engraved with a completely different Taoist talisman. of western runes.

It's really whatever you say, the person in front of you is probably a paladin.

As for the specific realm, it's hard to say. It may be a legendary demigod, or it may be a god who competes with pseudo-immortals.

Strictly speaking, pseudo-immortality is not a realm, but a very general concept, including the top creation gods who are only one step away from immortality, the gods who have some immortal characteristics due to some special reasons, and the appearance of immortals. Incarnations and more.

Take martial arts as an example, martial arts in the creation stage are in the Shattered Void Realm, martial arts in the pseudo-immortal stage are also in the Shattered Void Realm, and even human immortals are still in the Shattered Void Realm. The reason is that the creation stage has already touched this realm, and it is not completely complete until becoming an immortal, which shows how big the span is. It can also be understood that the stage of creation is just the first glimpse of the door, the stage of pseudo-immortal is considered to be an entrance into the palace, and the stage of human immortal can be regarded as the ultimate perfection.

Precisely because the gods in the creation stage who are only one step away from immortality cannot be compared with ordinary heavenly beings, the concept of pseudo-immortals was derived, which can also be called quasi-immortals.

In the Western context dominated by the Holy Court and the Arcane Council, heavenly beings are called demigods, which means half gods and half humans. The celestial beings in the carefree stage are called quasi-demigods, the celestial beings in the infinite stage are called true demigods, the celestial beings in the creation stage are called legendary demigods, and the pseudo-immortal stage is called god-men, which means A person who is qualified to become a god.

"It is undoubtedly foolish to use force in everything." The Westerner spoke slowly, speaking in pure Daxuan Mandarin.

In fact, it's not surprising. There are Westerners in Daxuan's court, but most of them are missionaries. However, paladins like this are still rare.

Jiachen Spirit Officer said slowly: "Force is the last resort, and it is also the most effective method."

He paused and then said: "According to the treaty between the Taoist Sect and the Holy Court, no one above the Archbishop level can enter the Taoist jurisdiction at will without the permission or invitation of the Taoist Sect. In the same way, without the permission and invitation of the Holy Court, no one of the fourth grade or above of the Taoist Sect Taoist priests cannot go to the jurisdiction of the Holy Court without permission. Please show relevant documents, otherwise I have the right to expel you."

The Paladin said calmly: "I have left the Holy Court and do not have any position. I came to the East as a wandering knight and was employed by His Majesty the Emperor of the East."

The so-called wandering knights are actually similar to wandering Taoist priests, they are all marginal figures.

It's just that wandering knights at the level of demigods or gods and wandering Taoist priests at the level of gods or pseudo-immortals are even rarer than Zhenzhi Zhenren.

Jiachen Lingguan did not play any tricks with words and said, "By saying that you are employed by His Majesty the Emperor, you are admitting that the Five Elements Mountain matter is

"It's under the instruction of His Majesty the Emperor", because it doesn't make any sense. When it comes to the so-called "chess players" such as the Grand Master, the three leaders, and His Majesty the Emperor, no one loses power because of such "little things". They lose power. It must be because the whole game is lost, rather than losing one move in the middle game. Only the pieces on the chessboard will lose power or even die because of this.

So even if it is proved, so what, can we still force the emperor to issue an edict to sin against himself? Xuansheng was not so domineering when he was alive. Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that Emperor Gaozu was Xuansheng's father-in-law, and he did not look at the monk's face when looking at the Buddha's face.

Jiachen Lingguan took out his sword and shield. The pitch-black shield was somewhat similar to Xuanwu's tortoise shell. The similarly dark long sword was not the horizontal sword used by Qi Xuansu, but the kind of broadsword that could be carried on the shoulder. The blade is slightly wider, like a dragon's tooth, almost as tall as half a man. The blade and back are not smooth, but rather twisted, like waves. Rather than being a knife, it has something of a strange weapon. characteristics.

The paladin on the opposite side also put his helmet on his head and pulled

In an instant, the sword body burned with white flames.

One black and one white, they are like yin and yang Pisces.

Jiachen Lingguan asked: "By the way, I haven't asked you your surname yet."

The paladin's voice was slightly deeper: "My original name is very long, probably dozens of characters, and it doesn't fit in with your Eastern language habits. You can call me Renatus of Dragon Castle."