Chronicles of Celestial Origins

"I didn't believe it when I heard it at first, but the person who spread the word was so confident and sworn that he had a nose and an eye. I don't think it's false," Shang Boyuan replied.

Shang Hao If you think about it, you will know that it is impossible.”

"Now that Tangning is back, regardless of whether this rumor is true or not, should we send someone to contact him immediately?"

"No rush, send someone to inquire about the news first and see how the Qingzhou coalition forces deal with him. If he is removed from office and imprisoned for five hundred years according to the previous decision, then don't contact him and simply break off the relationship. If he He will be imprisoned and punished for five hundred years, and the possibility of staying in Qingzhou after that is very small. We take the initiative to contact him. Do we want to renew the spiritual stones agreed over the years? If he is not dealt with and is still reinstated, then we should contact him. one time."

"The head of the family, if he is not punished and asks us to make up for the number of spiritual stones agreed upon over the years, what should we do?"

"We gave him a lot before, and we didn't ask him to do anything. It was already an advantage for him. There has been no news from him in these years, and we don't even know whether he is dead or alive. He still has the nerve to ask for the spiritual stone. What's the matter? He's so shameless, we don't need to pay any attention to him." Just as Shang Haoxuan finished speaking, a thin man walked in quickly and saluted him: "Master, I have something important to report."

"Tell me! What's the matter?"

The thin man had a solemn look on his face: "Tangning is back and has broken through to the Mahayana realm."

Shang Haoxuan frowned: "Who did you listen to?"

"He told me this when I was chatting with Kong Xuanshun."

"This is definitely a rumor."

"It's not a rumor, it's absolutely true. Kong Xuanshun's uncle Kong Rui works at the Qingzhou Allied Forces Headquarters. Kong Xuanshun went to visit him and got the news from him. This matter has already spread in the Qingzhou Allied Forces Headquarters. No one knows about it. I don’t know, almost everyone is talking about this.”

Shang Hanxuan's face darkened, and his facial muscles gradually tightened, but he still refused to compromise, as if he was competing with himself: "This is impossible, no one can break through the Mahayana realm from the early stage of integration in such a short period of time."

Shang Boyuan said: "Master, since everyone is rumoring that Tang Ning has broken through to the Mahayana realm, I think this is most likely true."

"It can't be so fast. There's no reason for it to be so easy. You don't know how difficult it is to go up after reaching this point. How could he, a monk in the early stages of integration, break through the Mahayana so quickly? This is completely unreasonable..." Shang Haoxuan's eyes flickered. , the voice was low, as if he was denying them, but also seemed to be speaking to himself.

Seeing this scene, Shang Boyuan and the thin man looked at each other unconsciously, and both saw surprise and shock in the other's eyes.

In their eyes, the head of the family, Shang Haoxuan, was a very deep-seated person who never showed his emotions or anger. They had never seen him like this before, as if he had been greatly stimulated by something.

"Master, you..." The thin man couldn't help but remind him, but Shang Boyuan secretly shook his head at him, indicating that he should not disturb him. The man swallowed the second half of the words back in his mouth knowingly.

As Shang Haoxuan's most trusted junior, Shang Boyuan, who controls the business's finances, after being initially surprised and shocked, has now realized why Shang Haoxuan would deny Tangning's Mahayana breakthrough over and over again. Because of this It's the trauma in his heart.

As the owner of a business, he watched the business become increasingly lonely, but was unable to do anything about it. Shang Haoxuan's early ambitions had long been wiped out by the business's many moves, or he had resigned himself to his fate. His cultivation has been stuck in the middle stage of integration for more than a thousand years, and he has been motionless. In his heart, he has accepted this fact, and there will be no chance of breaking through the Mahayana in this life.

There are so many fusion monks in the world, how many of them can finally reach the top and break through to the Mahayana! Late at night when no one is around, Shang Haoxuan will silently comfort himself with this.

But now, a young boy he watched with his own eyes not only approached him step by step, but even easily surpassed him, reaching a point where he needed to look up to him in his life. This brought great excitement to his heart, so after hearing about this, He resisted from the bottom of his heart and repeatedly denied the authenticity of this matter.

Back then, he was also a cultivation genius in the eyes of the world. He was well-known in Donglai County. He practiced steadily throughout his life and never fell behind others. However, since he broke through the realm of integration, his progress in cultivation has become extremely slow. It has stagnated for many years, until now it is gradually... Too old.

How could someone make a leap from the combined state to the Mahayana state by simply eating and drinking? Are you kidding? It's not that easy to go from integration to Mahayana state.

If it was really that simple and easy, what would be the point of all my years of hard work? In comparison, he looks like a clown in a play. This is what he cannot accept the most.

After Shang Haoxuan muttered to himself, the hall fell into a strange silence, and the atmosphere was a little subtle.

Both Shang Boyuan and the man realized that why the head of the family was so rude was simply due to envy and jealousy.

After a while, Shang Haoxuan's tense expression gradually returned to normal, and he said in a low voice: "Yuancai, please go to the Qingzhou Alliance Army in person immediately to confirm the authenticity of this news."

"Yes." The man responded and left.

"Bo Yuan, how many spiritual stones can the palace come up with now? Let's see if it's enough to make up for the salary given to Tang Ning over the years."

Shang Boyuan knew that the head of the family had already confirmed this fact in his heart, otherwise he would not be allowed to fill the hole.

"I'm afraid it's not enough. I did a rough calculation on the way here. The difference is not even a tiny bit. I'm afraid it won't be possible to get it all together in a short period of time."

"No matter what, I have to collect the salary I should have received over the years even if I sell everything."

………

At the Qingzhou Allied Forces Headquarters, next to a calm lake, Nangong Muxue and Su Yuanhua strolled under rows of green willow trees.

"I didn't expect that he would be like this. My disciple couldn't believe it when he first heard about it. This is so shocking." Su Yuanhua followed Nangong Muxue step by step and said slowly.

"Now that you believe it, what are you going to do next?"

"Master, what do you mean by this?"

Nangong Muxue turned around, looked at him calmly and said: "Ruhan is your junior sister. As an elder brother, you must be magnanimous. No matter who was right or wrong about the previous things, don't mention them again. I will teach them both." We've summoned them, and in a moment, in front of my teacher, you can take a step back, sincerely apologize to Tang Ning, admit your mistake, and my teacher will mediate for you, and the past will be wiped out."

Su Yuanhua was slightly shocked when he saw his serious look. In his impression, the master rarely acted so seriously, especially for secular matters such as spiritual practice. He never paid much attention to them and always treated them as dispensable. , I had never mentioned this matter in so many years before, but I didn’t expect that today I would make such a clear request to him.

From this point of view, the impact of Tangning's breakthrough to Mahayana was greater than he imagined. Su Yuanhua did not know what Nangong Muxue saw and heard in the world of the dead. He only thought that it was because Tangning was different from what he used to be that that caused Nangong Muxue to act like this. Pay attention to.

"Is it necessary to apologize and admit my mistake? My disciple, junior sister, and Tang Ning didn't have any major conflicts to begin with, but now it seems like they have some grudge."

Nangong Muxue said: "Not to mention the time when you forced him not to meet Ru Han, let's just say that when we were in the coalition, you asked him to break out of the encirclement with the Merchant Alliance team without knowing the truth, and he almost died in it."

"No matter how you say this, it's all your fault. For this reason, Ru Han came to complain to my teacher. He said he didn't care about this matter, but didn't he hold a grudge in his heart? At that time, my teacher protected you, and now He is not what he used to be. If old scores are settled, it will be you who will suffer in the end."

"While I am still able to speak, let me make peace with you so that he will not cause trouble for you in the future. I can mediate for you, but you must also correct your attitude."

"This is for your own good, Yuan Hua. You have to know that Tang Ning is no longer the Tang Ning she used to be. The frictions you had with him were not a big deal in the past, but they are a big deal now. In short, what do you think? "Master is right, having a good relationship with him will be very beneficial to you in the future."

Su Yuanhua's heart skipped a beat as he heard what Nangong Muxue meant. He had come here with the intention of finding out the secret of Tang Ning's Mahayana breakthrough so quickly. Now that Nangong Muxue said this, he was even more sure that there was a great secret behind Tang Ning's Mahayana breakthrough. He Now that he is in the middle stage of integration, if he can know this secret, it will definitely be good for him to attack the Mahayana in the future.

"The disciples dare not disobey the master's orders."

Nangong Muxue nodded, turned around, and continued walking along the lake: "In the future, when you have nothing to do, you can go and walk with Ru Han more often. You are brothers and sisters in the same sect, so you should get closer."

"Master, listening to what you said, it seems that Tangning has a big secret behind her Mahayana breakthrough?"

"That's why you came here today!"

"The disciple is indeed very curious about this. How could he break through to the Mahayana realm from the early stage of integration so quickly? This is incredible. Even if Jiang Chang broke through to the Mahayana realm from the middle stage of integration five hundred years ago, it would still be far behind his speed of advancement. . No one believes that he has cultivated hard. There must be a great opportunity behind it."

"The coalition forces interrogated him once. He said that he got a treasure map in a certain space crack. According to the location shown in the map, he went to an island in the Netherworld Sea and got a large number of spirit-boosting pills in an independent space there. , so his cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds," Nangong Muxue said calmly.

"From the early stage of integration to the Mahayana realm, I'm afraid it can't be explained by a large amount of spirit-boosting pills!"

"Everyone has different predestined relationships, and each has his or her own fate. Even if you are envious, it won't help. Not everyone can get this kind of opportunity."

"It's really touching to think that he was just a golden elixir disciple at the beginning, but now he is not only a disciple with a high level of cultivation, but is even on an equal footing with you, master."

Just as Su Yuanhua finished speaking, a figure walked quickly in the distance, stopped in front of Nangong Muxue and saluted respectfully: "Master, master. Uncle Liu and Uncle Tang are here."

"Let's go!"

The two of them arrived at a separate room in the cave, where a table of delicacies and delicacies was placed. Tang Ning and Liu Ruhan were already present. Seeing their arrival, they stood up and saluted.

"Master." Liu Ruhan first bowed respectfully to Nangong Muxue, and seeing Su Yuanhua following him, he said a cold greeting: "Senior brother is here too."