Taiping Inn

In the sky, the sound of thunder was continuous and deafening. But the strange thing was that it was just thunder, but no rain.

The thunder became louder and louder, and there was no other sound between heaven and earth. Then the lightning flashed, illuminating the world. Lightning dragons appeared and disappeared in the clouds, like real dragons flying through the clouds, able to be hidden and large. If someone has excellent eyesight and can withstand the strong light of thunder, he can find that between each flash of lightning, there are many figures, flickering and illusory.

After a while, the thunder in the sky dissipated, the world returned to peace, and a figure appeared.

I saw that this person was wearing a black crane cloak, a wide robe with large sleeves, and a head of black hair tied up with a black jade hairpin. He was unrestrained and stood in the void with his hands behind his back, as if he was the center of the world here.

This person was Song Zheng.

"Magic Knife" Song Zheng.

Song Zheng closed his eyes and remained motionless, as if he was still feeling the afterglow of the thunder. After a while, he opened his eyes and slowly descended.

There was also a Taoist standing on the ground, wearing an apricot-yellow Taoist robe. He looked about the same age as Song Zheng, and his aura was not much inferior. In fact, the two were indeed of the same generation.

Nowadays, the Jianghu is not divided according to seniority, but by age, and is divided into three generations: old, middle-aged and young. With the ascension of the old Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu and the Earth Master Xu Wugui, as well as the death of Mr. Shen and Abbot Fang Jing, the figures of the old generation have gradually withered away, and only Li Daoxu is left in the Old Xuan List. Although the younger generation has begun to emerge, except for Li Xuandu, the others are not enough to affect the general trend of the Jianghu. There is also only one young man, Li Xuandu, in the Old Xuan List. The generation that is now in their prime is still the one that can call the shots in the martial arts world. Qin Qing, the "Heavenly Blade", Song Zheng, the "Demon Blade", the Saint Lord Tan Taiyun, even the deceased Situ Xuance, and Bai Xiushang are all from this generation, occupying three seats on the Old Xuan List.

This person is Zhang Jingchen. Although he and Zhang Jingxiu are both from the Jing generation in terms of seniority, the age difference between the two cousins ​​is very large, which is also common in large families, and it is not uncommon for uncles and nephews to be the same age.

Zhang Jingchen said: "Congratulations to the officer for surviving the thunder tribulation"

The Taoist sect divides the immortal path into five immortals: heaven, earth, gods, humans, and ghosts. In theory, ghost immortals are the weakest, and above them are human immortals, followed by earth immortals and gods, and heavenly immortals are the highest. To become an earthly immortal means to achieve immortality, and to become a heavenly immortal means to ascend to heaven and leave the world. The two are of the same origin and are regarded as the authentic path. Immortals are called gods in the world, open up the kingdom of God, and feed on incense and vows. There is no limit of a hundred years, but they cannot interfere with the human world at will. In addition, immortals are extremely dependent on incense and vows. If the incense is cut off, the golden body will be covered with dust, and then gradually decay, the kingdom of God will be ruined, and finally the golden body will decay, the kingdom of God will collapse, and they will fall. However, if the incense is prosperous, the immortals will also benefit greatly, the golden body will not be damaged, and the divine power will be immeasurable. If the believers can reach millions, they can even compete with heavenly immortals and three-tribulation earthly immortals in their own kingdom of God without losing. Overall, immortals are much worse than the free and easy heavenly immortals, and they have their own merits compared to the earthly immortals who are limited to a hundred years.

Below the three major immortal paths are the ghost immortals and human immortals.

The path of human immortals, not only do not cultivate the soul, pure warriors who take the path of human immortals do not even cultivate qi, do not seek the method of harmony between heaven and earth and the human body, but focus on themselves, cultivate the body, and condense the acupoints until they are reborn and become immortals. Just for the sake of uniform distinction, human immortals are also uniformly divided into the realm of heaven and man. In fact, human immortals do not have the realm of harmony between heaven and man. At this stage, human immortals should sense the stars in the sky and condense the acupoints. Only the path of earthly immortals can achieve harmony between heaven and man.

Because they have no distractions and only cultivate their bodies, the vitality of human immortals is very strong. They can be reborn with time even if their limbs are mutilated. Moreover, their qi, blood, and mind are extremely strong and pure, which has great restraint on ghost immortals and ghosts who have not yet survived the thunder tribulation. As for the path of earthly immortals, since their own qi and blood have been mixed with the qi of heaven and earth, which is the so-called unity of heaven and man, although the qi is magnificent and abundant, it lacks that purity, so the restraint of qi and blood on ghost immortals is much reduced, and they cannot regenerate broken limbs. At the beginning, Li Xuandu sent people to surround and kill Ji Tianwang, and Zhang Haishi took action personally, but it still took a lot of effort. If it was a human immortal of the same realm, such as Yili Khan, it would be easy to do it. Because of this, human immortals are firmly above ghost immortals.

However, when the realm is low, the cultivation of human immortals is extremely difficult. Because they do not circulate the Zhoutian to breathe in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, human immortals have to consume a lot of precious medicinal materials and food. Various medicinal baths and a meal of one cow are the norm, which ordinary people in the rivers and lakes cannot afford. In ancient times, there were abundant natural treasures and a large number of human immortals, including some who could defeat thousands of enemies in battle. Today, there are only a handful of human immortals, and there are quite a few who are not pure. The best among them is Tan Taiyun.

Ghost immortals are at the bottom of the five immortals. They are proficient in magic and focus on cultivating the soul while despising the body. They are exactly the two extremes of human immortals. This has its advantages, that is, ghost immortals can change their bodies when necessary, that is, they can take over the body. They are much more flexible than human immortals. In a sense, ghost immortals and human immortals are not superior or inferior in terms of "Tao". It's just that human immortals can restrain ghost immortals through qi and blood, so ghost immortals can only be inferior to human immortals.

After failing to become an immortal earthly immortal, Song Zheng turned to the path of a ghost immortal. After reaching the realm of immortality, one is called an immortal ghost immortal. In fact, this statement is not accurate. Ghost immortals, like human immortals, are self-contained systems. In the realm of heaven and man, human immortals sense the stars and condense the acupoints, while earthly immortals refine qi and transform spirits, and refine spirits to return to the void. Ghost immortals are divided into nine levels of thunder tribulation. This thunder tribulation is not one of the three tribulations of earthly immortals. Its power is much smaller, but there are similarities.

The nine levels of thunder tribulation of ghost immortals have begun in the realm of immortality. The first two levels of thunder tribulation correspond to the realm of immortality. After surviving the first level of thunder tribulation, one can enter the realm of immortality; the third and fourth levels of thunder tribulation correspond to the first level of earthly immortals. After surviving the third level of thunder tribulation, one can enter the first level of earthly immortals; the fifth and sixth levels of thunder tribulation correspond to the second level of earthly immortals. After surviving the fifth level of thunder tribulation, one can enter the second level of earthly immortals; the seventh and eighth levels of thunder tribulation correspond to the third level of earthly immortals. After surviving the seventh level of thunder tribulation, one can enter the third level of earthly immortals. After surviving the ninth calamity, the yin will be replaced by yang, and the yang god will be achieved, which corresponds to the Daluo celestial immortal in the celestial immortal path.

After Song Zheng entered the realm of immortality, he was only a first-calamity ghost immortal. Now that he has survived the thunder calamity, he is a second-calamity ghost immortal. Although he is still within the scope of the immortal realm, his cultivation has greatly increased. Moreover, the part of the thoughts that were lost before were also restored after surviving the thunder calamity.

Song Zheng smiled faintly, "The reason why I was able to survive the thunder calamity so quickly is that I relied on the help of the real person. If the real person had not allowed me to borrow the "Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Orthodox Method", I would have never been able to survive the second thunder calamity."

The most common calamity in the world is the thunder calamity, and all the laws in the world are also respected by the thunder method. Among the thunder methods, the "Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Orthodox Method" of the Zhengyi Sect is the most, which is the Xuanmen Orthodox Method in the Great Accomplishment Method and the fundamental method of the Zhengyi Sect. If you practice this method, you will naturally have an advantage when you survive the thunder calamity. However, the Zhengyi Sect strictly forbids the transmission of the Dharma outside, and the control is extremely strict. Even the geomancer has not been able to collect the "Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Orthodox Dharma". Therefore, in the collection of Jianxiu Mountain, the Zhengyi Sect column is marked as "empty". No one could have imagined that Zhang Jingchen would be willing to pass on the "Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Orthodox Dharma" to Song Zheng. This is no longer a flexible scope. In the Zhengyi Dao where only Zhang clan members can inherit the position of the Grand Heavenly Master, it can even be considered as treason.

Zhang Jingchen shook his head and smiled, "What are you talking about, officer? In the face of a powerful enemy, we should help each other."

Song Zheng smiled and nodded, indicating his approval.

Zhang Jingchen asked, "If Zhengguan faces Li Xuandu again, what are his chances of winning?"

Song Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "When I fought Li Xuandu in Yuxu Sword Fight, Li Xuandu had not really entered the realm of immortality and had not yet obtained the innate five great supernatural powers of the earthly immortals. But in the last game, he took this opportunity to truly enter the realm of immortality. In addition, with the 'Yin Yang Immortal Clothes' passed down by the Earth Master, even if I have survived the second thunder tribulation of the ghost immortals, I may not be his opponent."

Zhang Jingchen was not surprised by this answer and sighed, "It's a pity that the 'Heavenly Master Seal' and the 'Heavenly Master Male and Female Swords' cannot be lent to others, otherwise they can suppress one of Li Xuandu's immortal items."

Song Zheng's mouth curled up, as if smiling.

In fact, the two knew that no matter whether the "Heavenly Master Seal" and "Heavenly Master Male and Female Swords" could be lent out, Zhang Jingchen would not lend them out. Not to mention that the two had to temporarily join forces because of the situation, and they were not a family. Even if they were a family and both had the surname Zhang, Zhang Jingchen would not lend them out, because Zhang Jingchen himself was not in the realm of immortality. If he wanted to subdue the Zhang family and the Zhengyi Sect, he would not be able to do without the help of these two immortal objects. At the same time, these two immortal objects were also symbols of the identity of the Great Heavenly Master. If he lost the two immortal objects, even temporarily, Zhang Jingchen's situation would become very delicate.

Song Zheng said: "In fact, whether he is Li Xuandu's opponent or not, it doesn't matter too much. As long as he has the strength to fight, it is enough. After all, this is not a Yuxu Sword Fight, and it is not good to fight alone. As long as Li Xuandu can be solved, everything will be fine."

"Yes, everything will be fine." Zhang Jingchen laughed.

Song Zheng suddenly asked: "Master, do you think that for us, Li Xuandu is more important? Or is the Dao Sect more important?"

Zhang Jingchen was stunned and replied: "Of course the Dao Sect is more important."

Song Zheng shook his head.

Zhang Jingchen asked again: "Is Li Xuandu more important?"

Song Zheng still shook his head.

Zhang Jingchen said: "Please enlighten me, Officer."

Song Zheng said softly: "For us, neither Li Xuandu nor the Dao Sect is the most important. The absence of Li Xuandu is the most important."

Zhang Jingchen was silent for a moment and then smiled: "After Li Xuandu is gone, what should be ours is still ours, but as long as Li Xuandu is still there, what is ours may not be ours."