Taiping Inn

The cultivation of realms originated from the founders of the three religions. Whether it was the Taoist and Buddha, or the saints of Confucianism, their original intention was not to compete with others. For the Taoist sect, what they sought was nothing more than "immortality". Therefore, realm cultivation is related to the level of combat power, but there is no necessary connection. Under normal circumstances, the higher the realm, the stronger the combat power, but it is not absolute, and there are exceptions.

In the battles of the rivers and lakes, especially the battles of life and death, it is not only about the level of realm cultivation, but also about the time, location, skills, strategies, and magic weapons. These are the six requirements. If you get five of the six requirements, you will win.

However, among these six key factors, the most stable one is realm cultivation. After all, time, location, and strategies will change at any time, and magic weapons are just external things. Only skills and realm cultivation can remain unchanged for a long time, so people in the rivers and lakes also attach great importance to realm cultivation.

On the other hand, a high realm does not mean that the means of fighting with others are stronger. For example, the old monk who has been studying Buddhism in the temple all his life has a high realm, but when he encounters someone who has been fighting for life and death in the rivers and lakes for many years, even if his realm is slightly lower than that of the old monk, the old monk may not be able to win. This is also the reason why Li Xuandu was only a strong ninth in the Return to the True Realm, but was ranked tenth on the Taixuan List. Since Li Xuandu set foot in the rivers and lakes, he has been fighting non-stop. In the past few years, he has fought all over the country and his record is brilliant and convincing. Compared with those hidden masters who have not taken action for many years, his realm is slightly inferior, but his combat power can beat them.

Although Li Xuandu has fallen into a lower realm, he has not lost those experiences of fighting for life and death. He has found the "human world" again and obtained the "Thirteen Swords of Taiyin". He has even made some progress than before. What he lacks is only the realm cultivation. As long as he can return to the strong ninth in the True Realm, he can naturally become the invincible Purple Mansion Sword Immortal of the year.

Without the need to take care of the old and young of the Pei family, Li Xuandu, who was alone, traveled faster, day and night. It only took three days to cross most of Lanling Prefecture, and one more day to reach Danxia Peak.

Danxia Peak is the highest peak in the western half of the entire Taiqing Mountain. It is lush and green, far better than other peaks in Taiqing Mountain, and is the most secluded in Qizhou.

Because Danxia Peak stores more than 80% of Donghua Sect's elixirs, which are invaluable, Donghua Sect did not build a mountain road on Danxia Peak. It only left a winding path and a platform built with bluestone. On the platform, a welcoming pavilion was built and decorated with red paint. It was particularly conspicuous on the Danxia Peak with particularly lush trees, which could be said to be a red spot in the green. If a master took the wind and looked down, he would find that these welcoming pavilions were in line with the way of military tactics, and they were all located at the necessary pass positions for climbing mountains. These welcoming pavilions were connected to form a mountain climbing road.

There is a naturally formed platform more than ten miles away from the peak. The ground is paved with blue bricks and there stands the Donghua Sect’s mountain gate archway. On both sides are two huge stone blue lions. After passing the mountain gate archway, there are more than a thousand steps leading directly to the peak. There are continuous palaces on the peak. The palace is named after the peak, which is called Danxia Palace.

The people of the Donghua Sect here rarely set foot in the martial arts world and are isolated from the world. Moreover, most of the outsiders who come to visit the mountain are also rejected. Whether they are seeking medicine or official business, they are asked to go to Juxian Peak or Jinao Peak. In addition, ordinary herbal farmers and woodcutters dare not enter the range of Danxia Peak without permission. It is seldom visited, so the whole Danxia Peak has been shrouded in clouds and mist.

They were about to reach Danxia Peak. Li Xuandu didn't want to "kill" his way up the peak, or he would be regarded as an enemy by the disciples of Donghua Sect. So he took out a low-grade flying sword from the "Eighteenth Floor". This kind of flying sword is generally called waste, which is useless against enemies. It is either directly recycled, used for training, or used to send messages.

The so-called flying sword is different from the mother-child talisman. The advantage is that the text is more detailed, but the disadvantage is that it takes time to send. People with low realms cannot use it because the qi cannot be maintained for too long. In addition, there is another problem, that is, positioning. How to make the flying sword accurately reach the hands of the recipient is also a big problem. After all, the flying sword is a dead object, not a living thing like a carrier pigeon, so the position must be determined in advance with talismans.

Speaking of talismans, we have to mention the Taoist "Flying Crane Talisman", which is a talisman paper folded into the shape of a paper crane, which can find people and transmit information by itself. However, the speed of the "Flying Crane Talisman" is not as fast as the flying sword, and the transmission distance is shorter, so it is easy to be intercepted by people in the middle of the way. Moreover, it belongs to the category of magic, which needs to be activated by true essence, while the flying sword can be activated as long as there is qi.

Li Xuandu naturally used the flying sword to send a letter. First, he pasted the talisman given to him by Nan Kezi on the flying sword, and then tied the pre-written note to the sword. Finally, he slowly infused the qi, and saw the flying sword in his hand gradually light up. As he threw it casually, the flying sword flew away from his hand, flew up, and turned into a light spot and disappeared into the sky.

There was no confidential matter in the letter, but he told Nan Kezi that he would probably arrive at Danxia Peak the day after tomorrow.

After doing all this, Li Xuandu continued to move forward slowly.

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Danxia Peak Danxia Palace has eight front and back halls, only one number away from the ultimate nine. Because Donghua Sect is one of the four major Taoist sects, these eight palaces are used to worship various Taoist immortals with incense. The main hall in the middle is naturally dedicated to the Supreme Taoist Ancestor, accompanied by Nanhua Taoist Lord and Xuandu Taoist Lord on the left and right. There is also a Sanqing Hall and a Yaowang Hall. The other five side halls are dedicated to the five ancestors of the Quanzhen lineage of Taoism, also known as the Northern Five Ancestors, namely: Donghua Emperor, Zhengyangzi, Chunyangzi, Haichanzi, and Chongyangzi.

Among them, Emperor Donghua is the founder of the sect, and the name of Donghua Sect comes from this, leaving behind the "Donghua Purple Mansion Sword Art". Zhengyangzi is also known as the Zhengyang Patriarch, the second ancestor, and left behind the "Dragon Tiger Golden Pill Secret Text". Chunyangzi is even more famous. People call him the "Sword Immortal", "Wine Immortal", and "Poet Immortal". Before he attained enlightenment, he was a prostitute. He met the Zhengyang Patriarch in a wine shop, and was enlightened after the "Yellow Millet Dream". After the Zhengyang Patriarch's ten tests of life and death, wealth and beauty, his heart was unmoved, so he received the "Golden Liquid Pill" and "Lingbao Bifa". Later, he met the Fire Dragon True Lord, who taught him the method of worshiping the sun and the moon. He also received the "Heavenly Escape Sword Method" of the Fire Dragon True Man, which cut off greed and anger, cut off love and desire, and cut off troubles. Because his family name is Lu, he is also called "Lv Chunyang", or respectfully called "Lv Zu".

After Lü Zu, the fourth ancestor Hai Chanzi was also famous, leaving behind the story of "playing with the golden toad" and writing "Returning the Golden Chapter" and "Collected Commentaries on the Yin Fu Jing". If the first four ancestors were the founders, then the fifth ancestor Chongyangzi was the revival ancestor, advocating the unity of the three religions. He was originally from Qinzhou, and after achieving success in cultivation, he went to Qizhou to preach, thus creating the Donghua Sect.

At this time, in the hall dedicated to Chongyang Patriarch, Nan Kezi, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, stretched out his hand and a flying sword flew into his palm.