Chapter 20: All the way to the north
Among the many tools, Qinde is the best.
The guqin is divided into five strings, which reflects the principles of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and the five elements of heaven and earth, and plays the five notes, palace, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu. Later, King Wen was imprisoned in Guanli and missed his son Bo Yikao. Add a string to be a Wen string; King Wu defeated Zhou and added a string to be a Wu string. Together, he was called the Wenwu Seven String Piano.
Since ancient times, this guqin has enjoyed a high reputation among all literati and poets of all dynasties. In ancient times, there was a story about Boyaziqi's soulmate throwing the zither, and later Ji Kang's pre-existing and playing Guangling sank, which has been passed down through the ages. Therefore, this guqin has never been lost in the midst of the past. All literati and poets of all dynasties have loved the zither, so zither must be the first in qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting. The sound of the zither is clear, strange, elegant, sad, strong, and long. In the long history, playing the zither and playing, chanting poetry and painting have always been considered the only choice for cultivating the mind and nature.
Shang Qian's crazy ancient song was filled with wine, tugging his heartstrings, pulling Chu Xunyu back from the edge of demonization, but he fainted because of overdrawing energy. Fortunately, Chu Xunyu held it in time and put the secret medicine of the Medicine King's Mansion into his mouth to restore his vitality. At this time, the sky was already dawn, and a white shadow in the sky was exactly Wangchen.
Chu Xunyu was wearing a figure, stained with blood, standing on the damaged road, looking towards the rising sun. At this time, as the sun rose, the first ray of sunlight shone gradually returned to its original state, and the mortals and people also recovered one after another. Over the days, the damaged houses have also returned to their original state. At this time, Chu Xunyu was wearing bloody clothes, which seemed scary. Fortunately, it was early in the morning, and there were very few people on the streets, otherwise the people on the road would have scared them.
Soon, Wang Chen had already arrived in front of him. He was shocked when he saw Chu Xunyu like this. Fortunately, he was not injured, so he breathed a sigh of relief. When he looked up, he was about to say something, but suddenly he saw Chu Xunyu's eyes were calm and seemed to be stable. Wang Chen's heart was also sinking: the emptiness and the real thing were rising, and the serious inner demon had reached this point? Chu Xunyu seemed to be unaware of it, and said, "I went back to the inn and changed my clothes."
Wang Chen sighed lightly, waved his hand, and everyone slowly walked towards the inn. As soon as he entered the inn gate, the sleepy eyes were so scared that he was frightened by blood. Fortunately, Guan Yue pulled the waiter aside, eliminating his memory and there would be no trouble. Chu Xunyu went upstairs to change his clothes, and everyone sat in the lobby and waited quietly. The atmosphere was a little awkward at this time. Mu Yuan broke the silence first and asked, "Junior Sister Shang Qian, are you okay? Otherwise, you can go back and take a rest too."
Shang Qian shook her head: "Last night was just a nervous and over-tired. Don't worry so much. With Senior Brother Chu's medicine, it will be cured in a while. It's strange to say, what is his medicine and why is it so effective?"
Although he asked, none of the people present answered. Shang Qian also stuck out her tongue and stopped talking. After a while, Chu Xunyu slowly walked downstairs in a blue shirt. Seeing that everyone was waiting for him, she speeded up and came to the table, chuckled, "It makes you worry."
Suddenly, his tone changed and he looked at Shang Qian and said, "Junior Sister Shang Qian, thank you for help last night, otherwise I will lose my mind."
Shang Qian smiled cutely and replied, "This piano art has been passed down since ancient times. It is only for those who are close friends. Senior Brother Chu does have a close friend for me. What's wrong with playing a song?"
Everyone laughed and said, "It seems that we are really vulgar people, and we don't understand the sound of the piano."
Only then did Shang Qian realize that she had a mistake in her speech and laughed with everyone embarrassedly. With this smile, the atmosphere suddenly eased a lot. Wang Chen chuckled and said, "So, who told me what I gave birth to last night?"
Everyone told me about the past few days. Wangchen was surprised. He didn't expect that so many things had happened. However, he frowned and asked in disbelief: "Don't joke, I'm going to go there, although the journey is long, but it's only five or six days. Where did the January thing come from?"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel silent. How could it be only five days? Mu Yuan pulled the waiter who was passing by and asked, "Waiter, let me ask you, do you remember what happened in these days?"
The waiter looked at him strangely: "Things? How can you do anything? It's just a life for ordinary people."
Everyone was shocked, Guan Yue took the lead, walked to the door of the store, and looked around, and saw a sound of hawking and shouting around. Everyone's face was filled with satisfaction of having enough food and clothing, and there was no sense of despair and fear in the past few days. Everyone was stunned on the spot. How could this be possible?
Standing between the city, the scorching sun shone down, but everyone felt the cold behind their backs. What's wrong with everyone? Gao Wei was about to pull the people to ask on the spot. Mu Yuan waved his hand and pulled him back. Chu Xunyu frowned and said, "The Art of Transformation of the Big Stars."
After hearing this, Wangchen nodded: "If it were this technique, it would be possible. However, there are very few people who can use this secret technique in the world. Could it be that person has such great magical powers?"
Everyone was confused when they heard this. Chu Xunyu walked to the table, sat down, and slowly explained the magical use of this technique. Everyone also sat down with them and listened carefully.
As the name suggests, the functional effect of this "art of transformation of the great star" is to use the principles of evolution of stars to divide space, reverse time, and deduce history. The wise man of this art is no longer verified. It was found in ancient times, but only a few words have been passed down, which exist in various classics. Because this art is huge in power when used, it requires understanding the great enlightenment of the evolution of the way of heaven. It is not a top-level power, and there is no such magical power. In the space where this art is used, the time difference is reversed and stands completely in two spaces with the outside world.
At the same time, once this technique is retreated, the space originally designated will return to its original appearance. Whether it is a person or object, it will return to the day when it was used. This technique is simply used to query history and has no other value. It requires deep cultivation to be used. Therefore, it has long been cut off in the future inheritance. The latest performer can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms period. Zhuge Kongming, a generation of wisdom saints, at that time, and Zhuge Kongming of the Yin-Yang family, used great magical powers in order to change his destiny against the will of heaven during the Wuzhangyuan period, including this "Great Star Transformation Technique". Later, he was interrupted by his subordinate rebel general Wei Yan, and he died on the spot. This is the last time that there is a written history in human history. There are basically no people who use this technique again.
After hearing this, everyone had already understood something. Suddenly, Guanyue asked again: "Then why did the memory we were waiting for disappeared?"
Chu Xunyu smiled faintly: "Because I have changed a small piece of history yesterday, and our memories have existed as history and cannot be returned."
Everyone remembered the part when Chu Xunyu was deviled last night, and they realized that we have all become memories of history.
At this time, Wang Chen smiled and looked at Mu Yuan: "I came back in a hurry just now, this little friend is Mu Yuan."
Mu Yuan smiled and put his hands together: "Amitabha, the little monk is Mu Yuan, I have met his senior."
"Yeah." Wangchen nodded with a smile, and suddenly saw Shang Qian standing behind Mu Yuan, and was stunned.
Mu Yuan rolled his eyes immediately and quickly told the story of Nanyang and his party so that Wang Chen would not misunderstand it and would not be able to explain it clearly at that time. Everyone could not help but chuckled when they saw this embarrassment.
Chu Xunyu asked at this time: "Senior, why are you seeing this when you go to the northwest?"
Wang Chen shook his head: "There are about twenty people in our group. Not long after entering the northwest, we met Yuan Meng's mage. We forced pressure to give up a place where spiritual veins gather. There happened to be an elder from Longhu Mountain who knew the secret technique of seeing the sky and hearing the earth. More than twenty of us joined forces to cast spells, but we found nothing. It seems that these Yuan Meng's remnants were hidden very deeply."
Everyone couldn't help feeling sad, and it seemed that there was no gain. At this time, Chu Xunyu suddenly thought that the man in black had said before leaving that he was going to Lingzong, so he said, "This is the trip to Zhongnan. After the end, I will go to Lingzong to find out the truth."
Mu Yuan thought for a while and said, "The Lingzong lineage has always been hidden deep. During the war between the two dynasties, he did not take much action. No one knows the specific location of the mountain gate. Do you know where to go?"
Chu Xunyu shook his head and said, "I don't know the location either, but you two fellow Taoists, Guanyue and Meiwan, are you both belonging to the Demon Sect, have you ever known the location?"
Mei Wan also shook her head and said, "I really don't know that the people of Lingzong have always been extremely obscure and are also very mysterious in our Demon Sect. However, I heard from my father that during the war between the two dynasties, my disciples mistakenly entered their territory, so I don't know the specific situation now."
Chu Xunyu asked, "Oh? Has your father ever said where he was?"
"Changbai Mountain."
"Since that's the case," Chu Xunyu stood up and said resolutely: "Let's go to Changbai Mountain."
At this time, Chu Xunyu looked at Gao Wei and asked, "Brother Gao, this trip is very dangerous, you should stay."
Gao Wei smiled silly: "Well, I know this, I can't help me even if I go there. I will stay here in Hanzhong to continue escorting. We will gather when we have time."
"Okay, let's head north to Zhongnan Mountain, and then continue to go north to Changbai Mountain. Everyone packs things without delay."
Everyone agreed and went back to pack up their things. At this time, Wangchen quietly grabbed Chu Xunyu and said, "Actually, this time, there was not no gain."
"Oh?" Chu Xunyu said strangely.
Wang Chen whispered: "I found out one thing, that is, the lamp cannot be lit, nor can it be extinguished."
"Oh?" Chu Xunyu was silent for a long time when he heard this.
Soon, everyone had packed up their belongings, and everyone said goodbye to Gao Wei at the entrance of the inn and walked all the way to the north city gate. On the way, Mu Yuan suddenly said, "Brother Chu, you had fought with an old friend of Lingzong back then, why did you forget it?"
"Huh?" Chu Xunyu asked strangely after hearing this, "When did I fight with the people from the Ling Sect?"
"Haha, a few years ago, when the Yuxu Palace was discussing swordsmanship, do you still remember your last opponent?" Mu Yuan reminded him while eating rice cake buns.
Chu Xunyu thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized it and shouted, "Is it him?"
People around him looked at Chu Xunyu, and Chu Xunyu smiled and told the past. It turned out that when the Yuxu Palace was discussing swordsmanship, Chu Xunyu was just a young monk who had just formed a golden elixir. His personality was very different from now. He was a very lazy person, and he was a bit like Muyuan today. Under pressure from the family, he participated in a 500-year event with another young tribe member. According to Chu Xunyu's idea at that time, he could just gang up, but his family set a rule that he must get the top eight. Chu Xunyu had no choice but to agree, and passed the hurdles and stood out from thousands of people, defeating many young talents who were famous at that time and became famous all over the world.
At this time, it was the shortlisted quarterfinals. Chu Xunyu's opponent was "Zheng", one of the eight men of the Central Plains later. Zheng was always mysterious. He only knew that he was the eldest son of the head of the Lingzong. The newly formed Nascent Soul had a scar on his cold face, with a deep bone-observing scar near the bridge of his nose. He was silent and didn't talk much. The opponents who fought with him along the way were either dead or injured. He started fiercely. He carried a large weapon all day and covered it with a black cloth. He had never used it before the quarterfinals, which shows how strong his strength was.
At that time, Chu Xunyu came from the Yaowang Mansion, which was also an ancient mysterious family. He began to study medicine very early. Chu Xunyu was born in such a family and was naturally deeply influenced. He was best at using the living puppet technique called "Si Xiu Qianying". It was with this unique trick that he defeated the popular candidate who won the championship in one fell swoop. A future star in Longhu Mountain entered the top eight. On the day of the quarterfinals, Zheng was waiting on the stage very early.
Then Chu Xunyu was wearing slippers and hurriedly walked onto the ring. As soon as he got on the ring, Chu Xunyu raised his hand and shouted abstention. At that time, tens of thousands of spectators in the audience were booing. The leader of the family was furious and questioned the reason. At that time, Chu Xunyu's answer was almost annoying. He said with a haha: "Why should I fight such a strong guy? I have entered the top eight, and my goal has reached it, and there is nothing to fight." After that, he jumped off the ring and turned around and wanted to leave.
Suddenly, the man named Zheng called him, his tone was cold, staring at Chu Xunyu and said, "Do you look down on me? You dress like this today and give up when you come. Could you humiliate me in front of the people in the world?"
Chu Xunyu was speechless. It was all about what it was. He didn't bother to pay attention to him and turned around and left, leaving Zheng alone on the stage to look at tens of thousands of spectators. That night, Zheng came to the door of Chu Xunyu's residence, found Chu Xunyu and wanted to fight him again. Chu Xunyu naturally would not agree, and this behavior was not in line with his original intention. He gritted his teeth and was very powerful. This released his momentum and naturally led the monks patrolling the mountains around him to come over. At this time, Zheng had to restrain his breath and turn around and leave. Before leaving, Zheng turned his head. The scar on his thin face looked even more ferocious and terrifying under the moonlight. He said coldly: "Siyi, one day, you will fight with me, remember my face, and I won't say anything more when I meet next time."
Chu Xunyu was speechless at that time. He was really a guy who was crazy and didn't take it seriously. He turned around and left. Now when he thought about going to Lingzong, he might really have to meet that guy, but Chu Xunyu now has a different personality than before. He knew that if he didn't do anything, he would definitely not be able to ask anything.
Everyone who said it now was amazed, but they didn't expect that there would be such an incident back then. Wang Chen sighed: "Cause and effect will eventually be rewarded."
There are many people in the street market and many vendors. When I looked back, I saw that Mu Yuan was buying snacks again. If the money was not enough, I came to Shang Qian with shamelessness. Shang Qian took out the money angrily and funnyly. At this time, I suddenly had an idea and asked: "Senior Brother Mu Yuan, who was your last opponent in the Yuxu Palace Sword Contest back then?"
At this time, Mu Yuan held a bowl of sautum noodles, ate all over her mouth, and said without raising her head, "No one, no one, just such an ordinary person."
"No, right?" Chu Xunyu smiled and turned around: "You Senior Brother Mu Yuan were a kind-hearted person back then!"
When Shang Qian heard this, she was immediately interested and asked about the specific matters. Mu Yuan ate it and kept a fragrance on her mouth. She had no choice but to tell her that his opponent was a proud disciple of the "Purple, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum". Later, she was called "Linshui Qingzhu", one of the four beauties of "Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum". The female's Taoist name was "Qingzhu".
"Wow" Shang Qian was very interested and asked hurriedly: "Who of you won?"
Mu Yuan said while eating: "Of course she won, she is the proud disciple in the sect. Finally, she used the "Frozen North Country", one of the three unique skills of the Shuishu Hanyue Palace, and I had to admit defeat."
"It's not the case." Wang Chen said in a mysterious way: "I saw it clearly in the stands back then. Qingzhu did use the frozen northern country of the Shuishu Hanyue Palace, but what about your trick? He was ready to hold it in his palm. Why did he suddenly give up and stop fighting?"
Mu Yuan smiled, raised his head from the noodle bowl, and said, "That move is too powerful. Buddhism has the virtue of being virtuous. Don't hurt innocent people."
Chu Xun said, "I heard that later the bamboo fairy came to thank him."
Guanyue suddenly shook her head and said, "I'm not willing to be hurt."
Everyone laughed, Mu Yuan blushed when he said, "It's obvious that I have kindness. How can you understand the truth of my Buddhism?"
Everyone laughed louder when they saw Mu Yuan’s appearance. At this time, Mei Wan also said, “Well, I know that Sister Zhu’s Pure Water Hanyue Palace is in the north, a colder place than Changbai Mountain. Senior Brother Mu Yuan can see you here.”
As soon as these words were said, everyone looked at Mu Yuan meaningfully. At this time, Mu Yuan shook his head awkwardly: "Why do you have to do that far away? Don't go, don't go." Suddenly, he thought, and said, "No, when did I say I want to go to the north with you? I just want to go to Zhongnan Mountain." As soon as these words were said, I knew I was deceived.
Everyone walked forward with a successful smile on their faces, leaving Mu Yuan alone in disappointment.
Soon after, he walked out of the city gate. At this time, he suddenly saw a temple not far from the city gate. Some people were burning incense. When he approached, he saw that the sculpture on the god platform looked familiar. Guan Yue curiously grabbed a passerby and asked, "Membersman, which god is worshipped here?"
The fellow villager said, "This, you are not locals, are you worshipping the six gods who protected us in Hanzhong City during the war."
Everyone looked up and looked carefully, and was shocked. One of the people who offered sacrifices on the stage was carrying a long sword and a bell with a sword. One left and one right, two men stood, one holding a Buddhist bead and the other holding a paper fan. Two women behind them, one holding a ointment, the other carrying a zither, and the last man carrying a big knife. Isn't this us ourselves? Everyone was shocked. Wang Chen laughed and said, "Cause and effect, cause and effect, if you plant the cause, there will be a result."
Chu Xunyu sighed softly: "It seems that we have really become people in history."
The fellow villager who was asking questions looked up at the few people, and was startled. He turned around and looked at the statue of the god in the temple. When he turned around, the few people had already walked away and were stunned on the spot. At this time, a peasant woman carrying a vegetable basket next to him said, "What are you looking at?"
The villager said in disbelief: "Those people, those people..."
On the official road, only the backs of everyone traveling far away were left, and the ringing sound of the sword guarding behind Chu Xunyu...
Deep in the sea, on an unknown island, several people looked at the plate of water on the stone table in front of them, the reflection in the water was officially in Hanzhong these days, and a middle-aged man frowned and said, "Is it Lingzong? Strange, can they still be born? Everyone prepares and send Lao Qi out in a few months." At this time, an old monk in black said, "Where is the young man carrying a sword? Do you have to deal with it?"
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "A little guy, the inner demon has already touched his heart. We don't have to worry about him. He has no hope anymore. It's still important to do business. The hope of the lamp has not been ignited."
Everyone nodded and left.
At the same time, in the Shushan Sword Gate, in the room of a low-level disciple, a little Taoist who seemed to sweep the floor was fiddling with the black palace lantern. While fiddling, he said strangely: "This lamp is so strange. It cost me fifty cents to go down the mountain today. Why didn't it light it?"
Suddenly someone shouted at the door: "Junior brother, the master asked you why you haven't gone to clean the hall yet?"
When the little Taoist heard this, he hurriedly placed the lamp on the table and shouted, "Here, come." After that, he took the broom and hurried out.
With a creaking sound, the door closed. As the door slowly closed, the black palace lantern placed on the table suddenly opened an inverted triangle-shaped eye, as if it was portrayed on the lamp body. I looked around the room and closed it silently...
Chapter completed!