The Sword Master God's Journey to Face Slapping

The vermilion wooden door creaked with a soft sound that made one's teeth feel sore, and Xuan Yuan pushed it open. The wide and heavy wooden doors were opened on both sides, revealing the quiet Taoist temple with white walls and gray tiles hidden among the tall and lush trees behind the door. The trees were lush and green, and the Taoist temples stood silently. Everything seemed like yesterday.

Xuan Yuan stood at the door, a faint smile couldn't help but appear in his narrow phoenix eyes. He glanced into the door, and his brows couldn't help but reveal a bit of nostalgia and sadness. With a slight shake of his head, Xuan Yuan strode into the Imperial Master's Mansion, walked in the Taoist temple as before, and headed towards the towering seven-story pavilion.

When Yang Xuanzhi was enshrined as a national advisor by the Yan Dynasty, the entire Yan Dynasty held him in the highest position. No one dared to offend him at will. Even the Emperor of Yan Dynasty had to bow down in front of him and did not dare to violate or contradict him in the slightest. . Even though Yang Xuanzhi himself did not have many demands, the Dayan royal family still guessed his preferences and thoughts and tried to please Yang Xuanzhi in every aspect.

This Taoist temple located in Yanjing City is one of the products of the Yan royal family to please Yang Xuanzhi.

Yang Xuanzhi was originally a Taoist who became a monk and practiced pure cultivation. He did not love glory and wealth, but only loved purity and nature. He also only liked pure cultivation on weekdays. Therefore, in order to make Yang Xuanzhi, who was resident in Yanjing, happy and not dissatisfied, the Emperor of Dayan The Imperial Preceptor's Mansion was specially built for Yang Xuanzhi in Yanjing where there was a lot of land, which is the Taoist temple where Xuan Yuan is now.

The area of ​​this Taoist temple is not small. The main hall with white walls and gray tiles is one continuous area, and each courtyard is nested within one another. In addition to the Taoist temple, there is also a seven-story pavilion in the Imperial Prefecture, which is the tallest building in Yanjing City. In order to please Yang Xuanzhi, the Yan royal family spent a lot of money at the beginning, but they really did not do so much when repairing the inner courtyard of the palace.

It is a pity that although the Dayan royal family tried their best to build this Taoist temple for Yang Xuanzhi, Yang Xuanzhi was not particularly grateful. He pushed away the servants sent by the Dayan royal family to serve him, and only recruited a few Taoist boys to take care of the chores of washing and cooking in the Taoist temple. Except for the Taoist boys he recruited himself, other idlers were not allowed to roam around the Taoist temple at will. walking in.

All members of the Dayan royal family are also included in the "miscellaneous people", even Princess Yanyin, who was accepted as a registered disciple by Yang Xuanzhi and has a body of nine yin, is no exception. The Imperial Family of Dayan's original plan to please and get close to Yang Xuanzhi failed before it could be implemented, which was a tragedy.

At first, Xuan Yuan came to Yanjing to fulfill Ning Yunze's wish, planning to find Yang Xuanzhi and kill him to cause complete chaos in the world. However, after meeting Yang Xuan, Xuan Yuan quickly changed his mind. Not only did he not kill him He dropped Yang Xuanzhi and became friends with him.

Because of his new friend Yang Xuazhi, Xuanyuan chose to stay in Yanjing for a while, and he was living in the Imperial Prefecture at that time. Therefore, Xuan Yuan lived in this Imperial Master's Mansion for a long time, and even got along with Yang Xuanzhi for a long time.

Since they are like-minded friends, it is natural for them to discuss, discuss, and drink together when they are together. Sometimes when the mood strikes, they will stay up all night competing in martial arts, or discussing mysteries, and live a relaxed and carefree life. The tacit understanding between friends is that even if they don't actually say anything, they are not embarrassed. Instead, they just feel calm.

Now when I think back to the past, it seems that I can still recall Tao Ran yesterday.

"It's a pity that Yang Xuanzhi is not here." Standing under the seven-story pavilion where he used to drink and talk, drink until he was half drunk, and then sing loudly after drinking, the nostalgic smile on Xuanyuan's lips slowly dissipated, and he couldn't help but sigh and said, "No Without the owner, there are no people here, and it seems to be deserted and desolate. It seems that no one pays attention to this place after Yang Xuanzhi left. "

This is natural. In the entire Imperial Prefecture, there is only one person, Yang Xuan, whom the Yan Dynasty does not dare to neglect as a distinguished guest. Once Yang Xuanzhi leaves, this Imperial Master's Mansion will naturally have no meaning in its existence. The reason why Yang Xuanzhi was respected and worshiped by the Yan royal family was because of his own strength, not because of anything else.

Only the strong can enjoy the treatment offered by the Yan royal family. Without strength, they are nothing.

As early as after entering the Imperial Master's Mansion, Xuan Yuan's spiritual consciousness was released from the sea of ​​consciousness, and expanded and spread throughout the courtyard. When his spiritual consciousness spread, everything and everything in the Imperial Master's Mansion was revealed. Naturally, all the scenes appeared before Xuan Yuan's eyes, allowing him to be completely aware of every plant, tree, and movement in the entire Imperial Master's Mansion.

Yang Xuanzhi was not in the Imperial Master's Mansion. This was something Xuan Yuan discovered immediately. Therefore, he speculated that he came to this world after Yang Xuanzhi had retired from the world and left the Yanjing Imperial Prefecture. I just don’t know how long Yang Xuanzhi has been away, and what the current situation is like in the world.

Standing under the towering but dusty and deserted seven-story pavilion, Xuan Yuan suddenly raised his eyebrows, turned his head and looked towards a vermilion corridor in the Taoist temple, separated by white walls and several courtyards. However, Xuan Yuan accurately saw two young Taoist priests holding boxes and walking on the corridor. They walked through the corridor, chatting casually as they walked.

"Since you happened to meet someone, let's just go and ask." Xuan Yuan's thin lips curled up slightly and he couldn't help but chuckle. He doesn't know what time it is now, and he doesn't know the situation in the world, so he can easily get the answer by asking someone, but he doesn't need to spend much effort to investigate on his own.

On the corridor with red painted columns and wooden floors, two Taoist boys about 12 or 13 years old walked through the corridor holding boxes woven from cattails. The Taoist robes they wore were quite old, with obvious traces of modification and patching, but they were washed very clean, which did not give people much sense of desolation.

Both boys were born with beautiful eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and gentle and calm temperament, which made Xuanyuan feel familiar, as if he had seen them before.

This made Xuanyuan raise his eyebrows slightly. His eyes swept across the faces of the boys, and he recognized who they were with just a slight recollection. When Xuanyuan lived in the Yanjing State Master's Mansion, he had also seen the little Taoist boys who were responsible for miscellaneous tasks in the Taoist temple, and these two young Taoists were the little Taoist boys who were responsible for guarding the door and singing for Yang Xuanzhi in the State Master's Mansion in the past.

They were only seven or eight years old back then, but now they are already teenagers of twelve or thirteen years old. It seems that after Xuanyuan left this world, nearly five years have passed in this world. Five years is not long, nor short, and it is nothing to Xuanyuan. However, when the old friends meet again, they have changed a lot, which still gives people a feeling of time flying, which makes people sigh.

Huh...

Suddenly, a long wind blew through the originally peaceful world. The wind passed through the Taoist temple, gently brushed between the lush trees, blew the leaves, and made a slight rustling sound.

On the side of this vermilion corridor, there is a pear tree of some age. It is early spring now, and the white and beautiful pear flowers are blooming all over the tree. As the breeze blew, the blooming ivory-white pear blossoms were blown off the branches, and the elegant pear petals fell on the vermilion floor of the corridor. The redder the red, the whiter the white, and the contrast between the two colors showed the gentleness of the pear blossoms.

When the wind blew, the pear petals fluttered from the branches and floated on the corridor. In just a blink of an eye, a tall figure in a black robe suddenly appeared in front of the two young Taoist priests holding a straw box woven from cattails. He appeared inexplicably, but it seemed to be in line with the truth of heaven, so people could not detect anything wrong.

When they saw this person, the two young Taoist priests were in a trance at the same time, and suddenly felt that the person in front of them was the person they were closest to, admired the most, and yearned for the most. As long as this person spoke, they would answer everything and be willing to do anything, as if as long as the person in front of them said a word, they would be willing to die and do anything for him.

Standing in front of the two young Taoist priests, after using magic to confuse them, Xuanyuan pondered for a moment, then asked: "How long has it been since the righteous path was destroyed and the evil path was unified? Where is Yang Xuanzhi now?"

Faced with Xuanyuan's question, the two young Taoist priests who already regarded him as the closest and most admired person in their hearts rushed to answer his question. Finally, the younger Taoist priest answered: "Reporting to the adults, it has been more than five years since the year when the righteous path was destroyed. Now the evil path is respected in the world. The righteous path hides everywhere and dares not show up. Even Dayan dares not face the majesty of the evil path. . "

The older and more mature young Taoist sighed, his eyes and eyebrows covered with light sadness and reminiscence, and he sighed softly with a slightly nostalgic tone: "As for the state teacher, he passed away five years ago and is no longer in the world."

"Huh?" Raising his eyebrows, Xuanyuan couldn't help but reveal a slightly strange expression. Hearing the news of Yang Xuanzhi's death from the mouth of this young Taoist, there was no trace of sadness or pain in his eyes, only indescribable amusement. He smacked his lips and didn't say anything for a while, wanting to hear what the two young men had to say.

The slightly younger boy, whose eyebrows were still full of frivolity and immaturity, snorted with some emotion, and said angrily: "If it weren't for the death of the state master, how could the martial arts world be dominated by evil ways now, and the martial arts world would not be respected by the Yunze Sect."

"Junior brother!" The older young Taoist priest frowned slightly, raised his voice slightly and scolded the young Taoist priest with immature eyebrows, and said in a deep voice: "Even if this is the state master's residence, outsiders will not come in easily, and you should not be so presumptuous to talk about the Yunze Sect. The state master has passed away, and no one is looking after us anymore. Don't make trouble at will. If something really happens, no one can save you."

Yunze Sect?

Hearing this name, Xuanyuan couldn't help but look embarrassed.

Isn't this the sect name he casually named after Ning Yunze because he didn't want to bother? At that time, he specifically told Ning Yunze that if he didn't like the name, he could change it, but he didn't expect that he would continue to use this name. So, was Ning Yunze so narcissistic that he had to name the new sect after the unification of the evil sect after himself, or was he too lazy to even change it?

Xuanyuan fell into a mysterious silence.