Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 772: The Wind Has Not Calmed

Yao Zhiyi said: "These six words fully reveal the key to practice in this realm.

What is the true form? It is the fundamental form of the self. Some people think that as long as there is a sense of self, then I am me; some people think that the soul and the body are me. But no matter what, it is necessary to keep the self, which is something that cannot be lost.

The spiritual appearance refers to the manifestation that you gather with the spiritual fire to fight. It can also be said to be an external appearance. First there is me, then there is the outside. You cannot go astray. You must find ways to maintain the fundamental self before you can find ways to gather the external manifestation.

There are currently roughly three directions on this road, namely human, god, and alien.

The appearance of a person is based on the self-image. The physical body is immutable, and the spirit is the foundation. This is the most mainstream approach. The appearance of the spirit is just the opposite. The body is only regarded as a carrier, and the spirit is the original. This lineage was not common in the past, but now, with the rapid development of biotechnology, there is an increasing trend of taking this path.

The last one is the strange appearance, which we used to call the demon appearance. In fact, this is biased. We may despise someone's character, but when talking about spiritual practice, it is best not to have any disagreements. This is just deceiving yourself. If you encounter real means, you will suffer.

What Wei Guochan has practiced is a different form. Do you want an analogy? Well, since you are a teacher at Wuyi College, you should have seen the two golden-armored gods standing at the gate when you enrolled, right?"

Chen Chuan nodded and said, "I have met them." He was deeply impressed by these two generals.

"Well, the path that Wei Guochan took, after practicing to the end, he almost became like that, that is, a divine general who protects the country."

Yao Zhiyi thought for a moment and said, "I don't know if you have ever been to Lianguang Temple, a famous tourist attraction on Xichuan Road. There are eighteen lifelike statues of the guardian gods there. Wei Guochan corresponds to the eighth god with eight arms and three heads. However, he has only cultivated six arms so far, and he still has two arms that he has not yet fully cultivated. It is still a long way to go before he can cultivate three heads.

But, there are people in the old imperial family who have completed the practice..."

Wan Yunshan took the opportunity to say something, "Junior, most of these people from the old imperial family have taken the path of the abnormal, because they are not human. In addition to these, some of the abnormal species in the blending land should not be underestimated.

These are considered natives of the fusion land. Before the World Ring, they often invaded our world through the cracks. Some of them were even worshipped as gods. Others were formed after being possessed and fused by the opposite existence for a long time, or they were their offspring, and some were simply the "degeneration" of those existences. They were all so strange and weird that I couldn't understand them. Once..."

Yao Zhiyi interrupted him: "This is a long way off, but you will face some of the situations on the other side sooner or later. When you go back, someone will contact you and explain these things." He picked up the cup and took a sip, then drank the tea and placed it in front of Wan Yunshan, "Pour the tea."

"Okay."

Long after the airship carrying the three people left, a group of cavalry from the old imperial family rushed into the place where the two sides were fighting. They were riding on horses and were terrified when they saw the ground around them that seemed to have been bombarded by artillery.

All this undoubtedly showed that there had been a battle between fighters here, otherwise there would not be such a huge scene of destruction. However, they just saw that the airship belonging to Dashun finally left, and it left with the glow of the fallen items. This made everyone have bad thoughts, so they hurried over to check after the noise disappeared.

After just looking here for a while, they did not see Wei Guochan. Did the general leave?

One of the generals tried to remain calm and said, "I think the general probably defeated the enemy and took the enemy's airship back.

Everyone agreed. This was the result they were willing and able to accept. As for the others, they didn't even dare to think about it at the moment.

At this moment, a scream suddenly came from not far away. Everyone's heart jumped and they immediately rode their horses to rush over.

When we got there, we found that this place seemed to be a deep pit blasted out by a huge artillery shell, and at the bottom of the pit there was a shattered headless body.

From the black shadow, one can see that there were originally several arms, and some broken pieces of armor attached to it, and one can vaguely restore the appearance of a piece of armor.

Seeing this situation, all the cavalrymen began to tremble unconsciously.

They were very familiar with the shape of Wei Guochan's armor. It was clearly the one they saw before them, and it had several arms. This was also something only that great general had. The latter had appeared in front of the army many times before.

Considering this situation, this should be...

Their faces were all pale. They didn't want to believe this result, nor did they dare to believe it.

After a while, someone finally spoke up: "It's the general..."

Everyone immediately glared at him and shouted, "Qu Xian, what nonsense are you talking about? How could this be a great general? How is it possible!"

The others also started cursing at him, and some even wanted to draw their swords to kill him.

The man ignored everyone, got off the horse, walked down, came to the side of the remains, picked up a jade seal from the side, and held it in his hand so that everyone could see it clearly.

"This, this is the general's private seal..." The lips of those who recognized it trembled. This was the general's private property and it could not be faked.

"Really, really is the general."

"The general was killed? How is this possible..."

"Who on earth was it? Who killed the general?!"

Most of the cavalry felt as if the sky was falling. The scene was in chaos. Some people shouted with bloodshot eyes that it was impossible, while others shook their bodies and fell off their horses powerlessly, finally crying bitterly. After more than half an hour, they said with trembling teeth: "Quick, send a message to the back, tell them that the general was attacked and has died..."

"No, I can't tell you!"

Someone immediately shouted to stop them. Wei Guochan held a special position in the hearts of tens of thousands of troops in Jiaorong Land and was the spiritual pillar of everyone. If this were to be spoken out, the morale of the army would immediately collapse.

Although the Dashun side would certainly spread this news later, even if they said so, as long as they did not admit it and tried to make up a reasonable excuse, they could barely maintain their morale.

But they didn't know what to do next, so after discussing it, they decided to take the general's remains back first and then let their superiors decide what to do.

As for Chen Chuan and others, the airship picked up Xu Chan and his group more than half an hour later, and then flew back. In the afternoon, they finally approached the front line of the Dashun military base.

At this time, the sound of faint rumbling artillery fire was heard from the front. It sounded very large in scale, with at least hundreds of artillery pieces roaring.

Wan Yunshan was excited and asked, "Is this a full-scale attack?" He turned to Yao Zhiyi and said, "Principal, so, "Mr. Xue took the first move?"

Yao Zhiyi was a little puzzled. Logically, Xue Shou should have waited for them after receiving the message, and then they could act together after they met up. This would be safer. However, he couldn't see through Mr. Xue's strength, so maybe he was confident.

"report!"

The signalman outside reported, and the adjutant went up to take a telegram. After taking a look, he returned and handed it to Yao Zhiyi, saying, "Principal, this is a telegram from Mr. Xue. He said that Gai Shuhe was not found in the army of the old imperial family."

"No?"

"Yes, they say the flag is still there, but the person is gone."

Yao Zhiyi frowned and said, "Could he be hiding somewhere?"

At this time, a voice said: "He has left early."

Chen Chuan turned his head and saw Xue Shu sitting on a chair beside him with his back to the chair. He didn't know when he came, but when he looked again, he could clearly tell that it was just a spirit. He still greeted him and said, "Teacher Xue."

Xue Shou smiled and nodded to him.

"gone?"

Yao Zhiyi and Wan Yunshan were not surprised by his appearance. Wan Yunshan asked: "Mr. Xue, didn't you stop him?"

Xue Shou said: "After I received your message, I was ready to go over and keep an eye on him, but when I got there, I found out that he only showed up once and then left, so I notified the defense department and asked them to take advantage of this gap to launch an attack so as not to miss the opportunity."

Yao Zhiyi's expression became more serious. "Did this kid from the Gai family guess something?"

He knew that there was an army of the old imperial family outside the place where they had just fought. These people should not be able to see the specific battle, but the scene of shooting down the airship should not be concealed. If Gai Shuhe had been more cautious, he could have withdrawn first.

Xue Shou said: "Maybe, but I can be sure that he did leave."

Yao Zhiyi sneered and said, "As a garrison commander, he actually left behind tens of thousands of troops and left alone. Should we say he was decisive or cowardly?"

Xue Shou smiled, "He is a noble relative and a martial artist, so they are different. Even if he abandoned tens of thousands of troops, as long as he can find a reason, nothing will happen if he returns."

"Yes, wasn't the old imperial family like this?" Yao Zhiyi said in a deep voice, "They have never changed."

"Anyway, we won this battle." Xue Shou smiled, "This battle can solve many problems."

Yao Zhiyi nodded repeatedly, "I would also like to thank Mr. Xue for his help."

Xue Shou smiled and said, "You're welcome. This is also my duty." He looked at Chen Chuan, "There is one more thing. It will be night soon. In order to keep the army moving, we need to take the lost items over. This will ensure that the old imperial family's army cannot escape under the cover of darkness."

Chen Chuan immediately took out the lost object and placed it on the table.

Yao Zhiyi took it and threw it to Wan Yunshan on the side, saying, "Xiao Wan, you will be the one to take care of this matter."

Wan Yunshan turned his neck, making a creaking sound, and said excitedly, "Leave it to me!"

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(End of this chapter)