Taiping Inn

Li Xuandu held the hilt of the sword in his right hand and the tip of the sword in his left hand, and walked towards the other side of the mountain top.

The mountain top of Jianxiu Mountain actually covers a large area. Li Xuandu only occupies a small part of it, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate the sword fight between the two sword immortals. There is a huge bottomless pool in the southeast of the mountain top, covering an area of ​​nearly 100 acres. The waterfall we saw earlier originated from here.

The pool is called "Sword Washing Pool". Li Xuandu didn't know its meaning before. After listening to Mr. Xu's story about the sword immortal today, he suddenly realized that it should be that the sword immortal often came to the pool to wash his sword when he lived in seclusion here, so it got such a name.

After walking for about an incense stick of time, Li Xuandu came to the poolside of the sword washing pool. The whole pool is oval, as quiet as a mirror, and the water is not rippled. At a glance, it is clear to the bottom, as if it is a piece of gorgeous jade inlaid on Jianxiu Mountain.

Li Xuandu looked far away. As far as his eyes could see, he could see a narrow path formed by natural rocks for the pool water to overflow and flow into a snow-white waterfall.

Li Xuandu took a deep breath and jumped forward. He walked on the water with the Xuannv Sect's "Su Nu Ru Shuang" method, creating ripples on the surface of the pool. The closer he was to the center of the pool, the more he could feel the subtle flow of the pool water. To be fair, this was a good place to practice swordsmanship. He could hold his breath and sink into the pool water. He could temper his body and bones with the cold pool water, and he could also move the sword in the water to temper his internal energy. However, when Li Xuandu first came here, his swordsmanship was almost perfect, but he didn't need to do this, so he rarely set foot here at that time.

But today is different. Li Xuandu is only in the Xuanyuan realm now, and he can use the advantages of this place to help himself recover his cultivation.

Li Xuandu stood on the pool water and looked down.

The sword in his hand was the "Human World" which was once ranked second in the sword evaluation.

This sword was forged by a sage who was proficient in the doctrines of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. The material used was not gold or jade, but a piece of nameless dead wood from Kunlun in the west. It was first shaped into a sword on the Yuxu Peak on the top of Kunlun Mountain with the help of the knife-like wind, and then went to Tianchi in Liaodong to nourish its spirit with the water essence of ten thousand years, and finally went to the fairy island overseas to find volcanoes and temper its shape with the real fire under the ground.

After the sword was completed, this Confucian sage wore it and walked around the world, doing things to educate people. He worked as a teacher in a rural private school, a teacher in a powerful family, a clerk for a provincial governor, and an accountant for a wealthy businessman. Later, he became an official, starting as an editor in the Hanlin Academy, and then a county magistrate. He rose and fell in the officialdom, and served as the head of the Ministry of Justice, the postmaster of Luchang Post, the county magistrate of Luling, the inspector of salt, the governor of Wuzhou, and the governor of Jingchu. He once led troops to quell rebellions. In his later years, he served as the cabinet minister, the minister of the Ministry of War, and the left censor of the Inspection Office.

Because this sage spent his whole life in the secular world and never left the world, he named his sword "Human World". He never sought immortality, let alone achieved it. Although he had a supreme cultivation and supernatural powers, he was born, aged, sick and died like ordinary people. Before he died of old age, because no one among his nephews could inherit the sword, he gave it to his friend for safekeeping.

Everyone in the world would covet this sword, except his friend, because his friend had the "Knock on the Heaven's Gate" ranked first in the sword evaluation. And the reason why he was able to forge the sword successfully back then was also inseparable from the help of this old friend. After all, when it comes to sword forging, Qingwei Sect is the world's number one.

This sage was not someone else. He was Xu Shisong, who had left his calligraphy in Lingxiu Villa, and his friend was Li Daoxu, the old leader of Qingwei Sect.

After Li Daoxu took over the "Human World" from Xu Shisong, he placed it on a remote and uninhabited island overseas, surrounded by the vast sea on all sides, and deviated from the route of merchant ships. Few people came, so it was left for those who were destined to come later.

As for this destined person, it was Li Xuandu later.

The reason why Li Xuandu was able to travel across the Jiangbei and Heshuo areas was of course because of his own high cultivation and his ability to fight with others, but the "human world" in his hand also contributed greatly.

Li Xuandu came back to his senses from his thoughts, holding the two broken swords in his hands, and slowly sank into the cold pool water.

After sinking nearly a thousand feet, he finally touched the bottom. Li Xuandu looked up and saw that it was already dark, with no light at all. He held his breath, crossed his legs and entered into a state of meditation, and gently "breathed" with the authentic Xuanmen fetal breathing method.

Countless bubbles suddenly appeared in the pool water, condensed and did not disperse, and floated to the surface of the water.

There is a "gathering method" in the "Xuanwei Zhenshu" that absorbs stars and moons, which is extremely mysterious.

At this time, Li Xuandu used the "Gathering Power Method". He used himself as a cauldron in the space of a breath, and connected the three Dantians with one breath. He closed his eyes and thought, and entered into a state of concentration. The whole person was shining like the Taoist immortals who achieved the Golden Elixir Road as described in the classics.

At the same time, in his various acupoints, strange scenes of mist and rain, summer thunder, autumn wind, and heavy snow appeared again, and the four seasons rotated, and life and death were all in it.

Li Xuandu's consciousness gradually returned to silence, but he still clenched the two broken swords in his hands, as if the whole person wanted to merge with the two broken swords.

The half of the broken sword in Li Xuandu's left hand began to shrink gradually, and at the same time, wisps of clear air escaped, lingering around Li Xuandu, and then entered his body through his seven orifices.

At this time, the Forget Sword Pool seemed to be a pill furnace, and the two broken swords were the charcoal fire in the furnace, melting Li Xuandu into a pill.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Xuandu, who was originally sitting at the bottom of the pool, still maintained a cross-legged position and began to float upwards.

After a thousand feet, he floated to the surface, still sitting cross-legged, but the half-broken sword in his left hand was only half of its original length, and it was still getting shorter.

The clear air became thicker and thicker, as if it was real, completely enveloping Li Xuandu.

At some point, Mr. Xu, who had already gone down the mountain, returned and stood by the pool of the Forgotten Sword Pool, silent.

The sword spirit and sword energy stored in Li Xuandu's sword could indeed only help him return to the innate realm, but after refining the half-broken sword, it was not as simple as a mere innate realm.

The nameless dead wood that Xu Shisong accidentally obtained in Kunlun Mountain was not an ordinary thing. You must know that Kunlun is the ancestor of all mountains and the origin of the dragon veins in the world. In terms of the atmosphere of the immortals, Kunlun is known as the first, and no one dares to claim to be second, so this is also the ancestral home of Taoism. In the past, the Supreme Daoist Ancestor built a palace on the top of the mountain, which was called "Xuandu Zifu", where he preached and taught. After the Supreme Daoist Ancestor passed away, the Dao sect split into countless branches, including the Zhengyi Tianshi. No one could really subdue the other branches, and they could not occupy this place legitimately, so this place has been idle for many years.

Even if there are those ignorant madmen who want to force their way into the Xiandu, it is not so easy, because the disciple of the Supreme Daoist Ancestor, Nanhua Daojun, has concealed the traces of the Xiandu with his supreme magical powers. If you want to force your way in, it is in the depths of the clouds. Even if you mobilize millions of people and search the entire Kunlun, you can't find any trace of the Xiandu. However, Nanhua Daojun did not completely block the way to the Xiandu. If you are predestined, you can also enter the Xiandu by chance and get the various opportunities left by the Supreme Daoist Ancestor and Nanhua Daojun.

If he guessed correctly, Xu Shisong was the one who got the chance back then. He took out the nameless dead wood from Xiandu, which led to the "human world" later.

Now Li Xuandu has refined it for his own use. The benefit he has gained is probably far beyond his own expectations, and it is definitely not something that can be summarized by a mere Xiantian realm.

Mr. Xu stood here for a long time, until Li Xuandu gradually woke up, and then turned and left.

Shortly after Mr. Xu left, the half-broken short sword in Li Xuandu's left hand completely dissipated, turning into spiritual energy and pouring into Li Xuandu's body.

The atmosphere of the entire Forget Sword Pool suddenly changed.

Li Xuandu, who absorbed all the fresh air, also became a new person. He did not deliberately circulate his qi, and his body not only did not leak any qi, but also floated on the water like a feather, and then slowly floated along the water towards the waterfall.

If Li Xuandu's physique before could only be called "indestructible", now it can also be called "leak-proof".