heaven money

Without saying a word, Xu Fengnian handed the dagger to Yang Qingfeng, and used the sharp edge of the sword to try his best to slide open the iron-hard belly of the giant beast. The female Kui, which had only a few breaths left, still turned her head with difficulty and looked at her abdomen, as if she wanted to see her baby being born with her own eyes before she would close her eyes. Yang Qingfeng fished out two little animals from the bloody hole one after another, one female and one male, the female first and then the male, which were the sister and brother.

Xu Fengnian squatted on the ground and took the two small and exquisite scarlet cubs. He moved them a little and held them in front of the strange beast, as if he wanted it to see with its own eyes that the children were alive. The adult female Kui, whose breath was gradually weakening, finally slowly closed its eyes.

Yang Qingfeng, with sweat all over his face and his hands stained with the blood of Mu Kui, said excitedly:

"When they open their eyes and see who they see for the first time, the cubs will recognize who their parents are. The opportunity is fleeting, so Your Highness must not be careless. I dare not say when they will open their eyes.

I implore Your Highness to wait until they open their eyes for the first time before letting go. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is truly priceless!

If I'm not mistaken, the strange beast is called Hu Kui. Generally, the male Kui that lives in the underground Yellow Spring breaks out of the ground every five hundred years and is born from mating with the female tiger. According to historical records, although there are male and female Hu Kui, they are often unable to reproduce. They can survive water like a dragon, and they will become the king when they go into the mountains. They will die after living alone for five hundred years.

This tiger Kui is strange. Your Highness, it is destiny!"

The pair of tiger Kui cubs began to struggle and wrestle, and the scales that were brought out of the mother's belly scratched Xu Fengnian's hands. Yang Qingfeng looked nervous and reminded him that this was a sign that the cubs were about to open their eyes. However, at the critical moment, Xu Fengnian held the pair of cubs who were born alone and sat on the ground, and turned the heads of the siblings towards the mother Kui. The young cubs saw the mother Kui lying in a pool of blood at first sight and were very dazed. Xu Fengnian's hands were covered with wounds, which inevitably smeared on them. The siblings turned around and looked up, staring at Xu Fengnian infatuatedly. It seemed that the mother Kui had disobeyed the will of heaven and was punished by heaven. Not only did she die, but the two cubs also had a Kui horn as Zhao Yutai said. Xu Fengnian looked at them and laughed softly:
"Little ones, the first person you see is your mother, don't forget it. As for me, I am not your father, absolutely true, I am not lying to you!"

Lu Qiantang, who was stationed at the base, holding the Chixia Greatsword in his hand, listened to the serious words of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and held back his laughter.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is always sullen and gloomy, but sometimes he is hard to dislike.

Meng Qi, who was watching the fun on the side, nodded slightly. He understood why Shang Yi wanted to invest in Prince Xu Fengnian. It was not only because he was the reincarnation of Emperor Zhenwu, but also because Prince Xu had a side that made people's eyes shine.

However, what made him feel strange was that he was clearly one of the Nine Taoist Masters, but his reincarnated body turned out to be a Buddhist, which really made him feel different.

Suddenly, Meng Qi thought of Shang Yi. In fact, everyone guessed that Shang Yi was the reincarnation of the World-Honored King of Buddha, but now his cultivation seems more like that of a Taoist.

Meng Qi thought of the legend that many powerful people have their own incarnations in Taoism and Buddhism. For example, the Green Emperor has the incarnation of Medicine Buddha. Maybe he wants to find his own way by understanding different paths and break through to a higher realm? !
Shaking his head, Meng Qi stopped thinking about it, but an idea remained in his mind. He had a Buddhist heritage, which, in Jiang Zhiwei's words, meant that he had too much affinity with Buddhism, which was not a good thing.

Perhaps, after reaching the immortal realm, one can find a set of inheritance from a great Taoist master, to avoid the problem of too much affinity with Buddhism, and to leave a chance to create other incarnations in the future.

Although Meng Qi is only a warrior in the awakening stage now, who can blame him for being a time traveler?

Which time traveler doesn’t have the ambition to reach the summit?

Seeing Meng Qi and others coming back, Shang Yi narrowed his eyes slightly. He felt that there were different changes in Meng Qi. He seemed to be more confident, or had higher aspirations!
"Cry!~~~"

The black bird was singing on Shang Yi's shoulder, perhaps because it saw the young Kui that Xu Fengnian brought back.

Although the young Kui in Xu Fengnian's arms was able to stagger along, after hearing the voice and feeling the breath of the Xuanniao, it shrank in Xu Fengnian's arms, as if it had seen some natural enemy.

Xu Fengnian looked at the black bird on Shang Yi's left shoulder in surprise, but did not ask. In fact, he had already felt the extraordinary nature of the black bird, but he did not expect that the cry of the black bird could make You Kui so scared.

When the old sword god heard the cry of the black bird, he lifted the curtain, took a look, and said in surprise:
"What a miraculous bird! If it doesn't sing, it'll be amazing when it does!"

Then he saw the young Kui in Xu Fengnian's arms and said:
"This young Kui has such great spiritual energy that he can rival the black tiger that listened to Qi Xuanzhen's lectures for more than a decade. It's incredible that he was frightened like this by the cry of this bird!"

Shang Yi smiled but didn't say anything. Li Chungang felt bored and retreated back into the car.

Xu Fengnian carried the young Kui by the neck and got into the carriage. He didn't see Yu Youwei. She must have gone to old man Jiang Ni and Li to sulk because she didn't want to see him. Well, Xu Fengnian took off his embroidered winter and spring thunder swords and sat cross-legged. The two young Kui nudged his calves with their little heads. Xu Fengnian patted them twice. When they looked up in confusion, Xu Fengnian pointed at the two little guys and said with a smile, "You call me Bodhisattva, and you are the elder sister. You call me Vajra, and you are the younger brother. Let me make it clear again, my name is Xu Fengnian, not your father. All right, I want to practice Da Huang Ting, don't make trouble, otherwise I will hang you up and beat you."

Strangely enough, the young Kui, which had been making a lot of noise, became quiet after Xu Fengnian sat down to practice, and curled up at his feet, not moving at all. The male tiger Kui, who was born a step later and could only be a younger brother, would be bitten by his older sister, who was actually smaller than him, if he moved. He did not dare to fight back.

It is taboo to be distracted during practice, but for some reason, Xu Fengnian was thinking about the brother and sister and Xiao Kui so much that the corners of his mouth curled up. Although he did not deliberately concentrate on breathing in and out, the flow of Qi in his body was smoother than usual.

Wang Chonglou, the head of Wudang Mountain, was in seclusion at Xiaolianhua Peak and passed the throne to Hong Xixiang!

As the news spread from Beiliang to the east, west and south, the world's Taoist sects were in an uproar. Didn't they say that Canglan was cut off with one finger? Didn't they say that they had just cultivated the Great Yellow Court? How could they pass on the throne so easily?
At the same time, after people learned that Wang Zhonglou passed on the throne, the person in charge of Wudang Mountain was not Chen Yao, who was second only to Wang Zhonglou in moral integrity, nor was it Song Zhiming, the oldest master of alchemy, nor was it the mute Wang Xiaoping with superb swordsmanship, but Hong Xixiang, the young uncle master of Wudang who was less than 30 years old. Who was Hong Xixiang?

Even many pilgrims from Beiliang did not know his name. Those with sharp ears and eyes only knew that this junior brother who was highly regarded by Master Wang had no great ambitions. He just did some trivial things such as riding a cow to relax, annotating the scriptures, and building furnaces to make elixirs. Occasionally, scholars and writers would go up the mountain to compose poems, and dignitaries would go up the mountain to burn incense, but they would never see the figure of this young Taoist priest.

On the Turtle Camel Monument on the Little Lotus Peak, there is a handsome young Taoist priest who grew up on this peak. He has changed his attire, wearing cloud shoes and white socks, and his hair is pinned up with a red sandalwood hairpin with a Tai Chi pattern engraved on the end. The wide and long-sleeved Taoist robe on his body is extremely new and noble. There are two long sword-shaped belts sewn on the buttons of the robe, named Lotus Wisdom Sword, which is a unique decoration of Wudang. Six hundred years ago, the great immortal Lu Dongxuan rode a crane to Wudang and created two bundles of Wudang Taoist robe wisdom swords with the immortal sword avenue, which meant to cut off troubles and sever worldly roots.

For Wudang, after the death of Master Lu Zu, who was the best in the world in both swordsmanship and celestial power, each generation has become weaker than the previous one, especially in the past hundred years. The majestic atmosphere of the ancestral temple is no longer there.

Second Senior Brother Chen Yao arrived at the top of the mountain without knowing when. He smiled softly and said, "Master, next time you read the banned books, be more open and aboveboard."

The new Wudang headmaster standing on the Turtle Monument turned around, squatted down, and asked with a bitter face: "Second Brother, the eldest brother originally wanted you to be the headmaster, are you angry with me?"

The old Taoist Chen Yao laughed and said, "Let me be the headmaster of Wudang? Senior Brother, you've got the idea! It's obvious that I can't beat the four Heavenly Masters of Longhu Mountain in a fight, and I can't even win an argument with that Mr. Bai Lian. Isn't this embarrassing for Wudang? Don't talk about me, go ask Song Zhiming and Yu Xingrui, who is willing to be the headmaster? If you tell this to Fifth Junior Brother, I'll see if your Senior Brother Xiao Wang doesn't chop you with a sword!"

The junior apprentice squatting on the stone tablet rubbed his cheek and sighed, "Second brother, I don't think I'm very good at fighting and quarreling."

Chen Yao, who was always serious, joked:
"Master once said that the five of us combined are no match for you. Besides, we in Wudang have no intention of fighting with others. Whether it's the Imperial Master or the Imperial Minister, Wudang has not been interested in this since it established itself as its own ancestral temple. For thousands of years, Longhu Mountain has been trying hard to go to the capital, but we have refused to enter the capital every time.

The founder Lu Dongxuan had already made it clear that the place with the most vulgar and yin energy in the world is the imperial palace, which is not to be visited.

Although the number of incense burners on the mountain is pitiful nowadays, no one will starve to death. The mountain is picturesque and everyone is friendly to each other. When those little Taoist children see you, their great-grandmaster, some of them even call you their great-grandmaster. But when have they ever been afraid of you?

I'm just respecting you. Who wouldn't be happy to help you herd cattle?
This cannot be seen in Longhu Mountain.

Over there, the Tianshi Mansion is the Tianshi Mansion, and Longhu Mountain is Longhu Mountain. They are clearly divided, not as harmonious as our Wudang Mountain.

The eldest brother said privately that the truth down the mountain is that harmony brings wealth, and on the mountain, harmony brings the Tao.

I think that my eldest brother has a high level of cultivation, but he has never been able to outsmart me in reasoning since I was a child. But I think this sentence makes sense."

At this moment, the evening drum sounded in the mountains, the mist dissipated as if by intuition, and the scenery of the Big and Small Lotus Peaks came into view.

Hong Xixiang stood up, looked away, and was lost in thought.

Chen Yao smiled and said:
"It's okay to call you the headmaster, but if I call you that, you are no longer our junior brother. The eldest brother is in seclusion, not deceased. When he comes out, he may become a god on earth, and he will really ascend to heaven!
You don't have to feel pressured. It doesn't matter if Xuanwu fails to rise for 500 years. You are not Hong Xixiang, right?

When Master brought you to the mountain, he naturally had the idea of ​​letting you take the responsibility of revitalizing Wudang, but he mostly just hoped that you could live freely and at ease. This is especially true for Senior Brother. Junior Brother has been riding a green ox upside down with books hanging on the ox's horns these years, living as carefree as a god. We old guys are really envious of you.

"Every day he had a fortune-telling, and every time he looked sad, we secretly watched him and were happy. So we didn't care whether he went down the mountain or not."

Chen Yao's rules, Song Zhiming's alchemy cauldron, Yu Xingrui's jade pillar, Wang Xiaoping's sword intention, and the eldest brother's martial arts and Taoism.

After passing the Xuanwu Dangxing Archway, everyone on the mountain gets to know each other.

This is Hong Xixiang’s home.

Riding a cow and reading books, refining elixirs is just to relieve fatigue, chasing cicadas in eight steps is just for that spider web. The mountain top moves with the strong wind, just to see the scenery outside the mountain. Feeding and talking with the yellow crane is just for fun.

This is His way.

I don’t seek the Tao, the Tao will come naturally.

The youngest headmaster in Wudang's history said nothing, but just let out a long breath.

Take a step.

This step is ten feet long.

He stepped directly out of the Turtle Camel Monument and the Little Lotus Peak.

The seventy-two peaks of Wudang face the Dādīng.

The clouds and mists from the seventy-two peaks rolled up and rushed towards the small lotus.

Hong Xixiang stepped on the back of a yellow crane and soared into the sky.

Chen Yao looked up at the strange vision and murmured:

"Master, you really should see that Junior Brother has entered the celestial phenomena in one step."

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On a large ship on Yanzi River, Shang Yi suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of Wudang Mountain, laughing:
"As expected of Wudang Hong Xixiang, who shoulders both the martial arts and the heavenly way, he is truly a legend to have entered the heavenly realm in one step!"

Shang Yi's voice immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the team. Meng Qi was shocked and said:

"One step into the celestial realm!? Are you saying that the Taoist priest riding a cow who is so weak that he can't even tie a chicken has become a master of the celestial realm!?"

Ruan Yushu, Jiang Zhiwei and others also looked over. Although they believed Shang Yi's words, such a thing was still too shocking after all!

Li Chungang and Xu Fengnian also walked out of the cabin and looked at Shang Yi.

Shang Yi rolled his eyes and said:

"Why would I lie to you!? It's just that Wudang Mountain hasn't been very prosperous in recent years and lacks luck, otherwise it wouldn't be difficult for them to become celestial beings in one step!"

When saying this, Shang Yi still used some means to confine the sound to the area around a few people so that the soldiers nearby could not hear it.

Li Chungang seemed to be thinking about something, remembering the rumors about Hong Xixiang being the reincarnation of Lu Zu, and also remembering Qi Xuanzhen who discussed Taoism that year, and said in a trance:

"Isn't this what Qi Xuanzhen did back then? He made no progress in his cultivation for twenty years, but once he realized it, he could see the celestial phenomena. In another ten years, he would be a land immortal."

And Xu Fengnian was still in shock. Although he already knew that Hong Xixiang was the reincarnation of Lu Zu, he did not expect that Hong Xixiang would reach the Tianxiang realm so quickly. Doesn't he need to cultivate true Qi?

Then he quickly adjusted his mentality and said with a smile:

"No matter what the heavenly phenomena or earthly gods are, I will practice my sword."

However, in addition to being shocked, Jiang Zhiwei among the crowd had sword intent rising in her eyes when she looked in the direction of Wudang Mountain. Lu Zu was the best swordsman in the world for thousands of years. With Jiang Zhiwei's obsession with swords, she naturally wanted to fight with Hong Xixiang, the reincarnation of Lu Zu!
Suddenly, several people turned around and looked forward, only to see a small boat going upstream. On the boat was a man wearing a green shirt and holding a long bamboo pole in his hand.

The reason why it attracted everyone's attention was that they all discovered that the aura of this man in green was not low, and there was even a sharp sword intent, which made Jiang Zhiwei, who already had the intention of fighting, stare at the man in green, as if she wanted to fight.

However, the man in green shirt did not seem to have any intention of fighting with Jiang Zhiwei. His small boat headed straight for the big ship of the Feng Camp soldiers. He held the pole in both hands, plunged it into the water, and the rear end of the boat under his feet was lifted up.

At the same time, the bamboo pole inserted under the bottom of the big boat was picked up by the handsome man.

A dark green bamboo pole bends into a half-moon arc.

At that end, the boat stood tall.

At this end, the big ship was actually turned upside down by the bamboo poles!
Could this man in green be the Dragon King?

The boatmen on the other three boats were so frightened that their courage was shattered.

A fishing rod on the river shocked the world and made the gods and ghosts cry.

The boat under the green-shirted man's feet fell back into the water, went downstream, and floated away.

Xu Fengnian widened his eyes and said to himself:
"This technical job is too overbearing."

Shang Yi rolled his eyes and said:

"This is obviously hostile to you. It wants to take the initiative to disrupt your deployment and make your soldiers unable to protect you!"

At this time, Xu Fengnian finally reacted.

The Green-shirted Dragon King blocked the river with a pole, causing boats to flip over, horses to capsize, and people to fall into the water. For a moment, the river was extremely noisy. Many soldiers in the Phoenix Camp were not familiar with swimming, and with the abrupt reefs, several of them were about to drown. Ning Emei picked up an armored soldier with one hand and dragged his mount with the other. The tall and black horse was lifted onto the deck by the warrior wielding a halberd. After saving the man and the horse, he immediately jumped into the water. His iron halberd with the word "Bu" was a relic of his adoptive father, and Ning Emei was determined to fish it out even if she drowned. At that time, the green-shirted young man came in a floating boat and stirred up waves with a bamboo pole. If he did not have the halberd in his hand at that time, he would not have been succeeded by that strange assassin.

Qi Zhengyan, who had been invisible until now, flew up and landed on the river surface. The cold air under his feet dissipated and instantly froze the river surface. The cold air continued to freeze, and it seemed that the entire Yanzi River was about to be frozen. (End of this chapter)