According to Wei Dahong's estimation, although it is snowy and difficult to travel in winter, the road conditions will get better the further north they go, at least until the Changbai Mountain is closed by heavy snow.
Therefore, they can reach the foot of Changbai Mountain in less than two weeks.
"But I heard that if an urgent transmission of 800 miles doesn't take two weeks or three days, both men and horses will be killed."
Yin Xiu was riding on the horse and was used to the bumps. At this time, he slowly let go of the reins, took out the wine bottle and took a sip.
"Eight Hundred Miles Telegraph? Even when I was a child, it was like a strange story."
Ren Qi said disdainfully: "There is a telegram, who is still there to pass the message quickly? Even flying pigeons pass the message, I only saw it when reading martial arts novels."
"But not all places have telegraphs."
Yin Xiu clapped his fingers, "As far as I know, only big cities like Magic City and Yujing have pulled cables and set up telegraph lines. It's still the same everywhere else, either relying on four legs or two legs to transmit Information.”
"As long as Yujing has it."
Ren Qi clasped his hands and only tapped the key points with his heels, and the horse walked slowly or fast according to his rhythm.
"That's the heart and eyes of the empire. As long as Yujing knows what's going on, other places don't have to worry about it. They just need to follow Yujing's instructions."
"If this is the case, then one day Yujing becomes paralyzed, wouldn't this empire become blind and a paraplegic?" Yin Xiu asked.
"It's almost the same."
Ren Qi was expressionless, "However, even though I have imagined many revenge scenarios, I never thought that Tian Yujing would be destroyed in one day."
"Are you reluctant to part with it?"
"It's not that I can't bear it, it's that I can't do it."
Ren Qi exhaled a breath of white air, "Do you think I am very powerful because I am ranked among the top officials? In fact, I am just a pawn who can be named.
The really powerful people hide their secrets and are not willing to work at the front. Instead, they do whatever they want and are scattered all over Yujing. Maybe the ordinary hunchbacked old farmer you bump into on the road is one of them. Maybe even a master. ”
"You mean like him?"
Yin Xiu pointed to a thin young man in the team, who was driving the carriage.
At first glance, the man looked like he had indigestion. He had a disheveled face and a slightly stooped figure. Even though he was wrapped in several layers of thick clothes, he could not help but shiver slightly.
Realizing that Yin Xiu and Ren Qi were looking at him, the young man had a smile on his face and waved his hand in this direction, showing a wrist similar to that of a woman's.
"Almost."
Ren Qi nodded, "When a master reaches a certain level, he can no longer judge by appearance.
We often say that by the end of the horizontal training of Neijiaquan, the temples will bulge high, the voice will be as loud as an ox, and the talking and walking will be like rolling thunder.
However, there are some masters who look like thin scholars but are invulnerable.
I met such a master in the palace, and it was very scary. ”
"Is he also a scholar?" Yin Xiu asked.
"No, that's a father-in-law."
"Oh, a eunuch."
"What happened to the eunuch?"
Ren Qi noticed the disapproval in Yin Xiu's tone, "Do you think eunuchs can only do things like serving their masters?"
"I didn't say that." Yin Xiu spread her hands.
"But that's what I think."
Ren Qi said seriously: "So that time, I was very angry that a eunuch dared to block me. How dare something like a dog block me?"
"Then what." Yin Xiu asked curiously.
"Nothing. Then, when I was about to pull out the knife, the other person held the knife in his hand and played with it. Then he told me that my knife was pretty good."
After a pause, Ren Qi was still a little angry, "Damn it! This is the only time in my life that I felt cheated."
"What about another time?"
Ren Qi stared at Yin Xiu, "What do you think?"
"I never thought of playing tricks on you." Yin Xiu was helpless.
"But you did."
Ren Qi rolled his eyes, "But it's not your fault, it's mainly because I was fooled."
"Okay!"
Yin Xiu changed the topic back, "According to your statement, shouldn't those guys who saw the dragon's head but not its tail should have broken through the Nine Mysterious Passes and touched the three secret treasures?"
"I'm not sure either."
Ren Qi withdrew his gaze from scrutinizing Yin Xiu, but touched his chin and thought.
"I heard a few old men say that, in fact, both the Nine Layers Profound Passage and the Three Secret Treasures were originally passed down from a Buddhist sect in Tibet. After arriving here, everyone added their own understanding. It finally became what it is today.
Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the nine-level entrance. From one to nine, the higher you go, the harder it becomes to practice and advance.
In fact, it is the first level of the entrance at the bottom. If an ordinary person can enter the entrance after two years of practice, it is considered good.
Ordinary thugs who look after homes and homes, that is, between the first and third levels, as long as an individual can reach it sooner or later.
The so-called "study hard and practice hard" is what we practice.
The realm of the fourth to sixth levels depends on the master. If your master is not good, he is just a showman and cannot help you enlighten the door. You may not be able to figure it out in your life.
Of course, there are many people like you who rely purely on fighting to get by. After all, these days we don’t have enough to eat, so where can we find the money to seek apprenticeships?
This realm is ready to open a gym. Not only is the strength acceptable, but the age is also comparable. Because many people come to this realm relying on practice, so it is possible that they entered the country in their forties.
In the world of martial arts, this is enough, and others will call you master when you walk.
However, further up, it only depends on talent. I have never heard of anyone reaching the seventh level of the Mysterious Entrance Level. They just rely on hard work and study. Everyone above the seventh level of the Mysterious Entrance Level is a rare genius.
But in the palace, the seventh level of the entrance hall is just a condition for becoming a great master.
Like the Blood Drops, because they only deal with monks, Taoist priests, and fortune tellers who are members of the Xuanmen. The tricks and tools they use are all specially studied. They are not that effective for other people, but they can kill the Xuanmen. People must be killed every time.
For people like this, the requirements for them are lower.
However, the master of Ouchi is the emperor's eagle dog, the strongest and sharpest spear and shield, so there is no room for sloppiness, and the seventh level of the entrance is the ticket.
You must have felt it too, right? When you reach the seventh level of Xuan Guan or above, a person's use of his own blood and energy is not simply one plus one, but multiplication. Wherever the energy is accessible, you can use it freely every inch. ”
"I haven't felt that profound yet, but it's almost the same."
This is what Yin Xiu discovered after using [Wandering Dragon]. His ability to capture and use Qi is probably not only comparable to masters at the same level, but also those masters whose Qi is so majestic that it is like an endless stream of rivers, lakes and seas. There is no way to compare with him.
"You must feel it, it's just a question of how much."
Ren Qi stretched out his hand and grabbed a piece of pine needles on the side of the road. With a flick of his wrist, the pine needles plunged into the snow, and popping sounds came one after another, like bullets being fired.
"Because you are different from ordinary monks and Taoists. Those in Xuanmen like them don't talk about the level of Xuanmen. After all, they don't rely on swords, guns and sticks to make ends meet. It is common for them to be unable to defeat martial arts of the same level. , so I won’t talk about this.
There is another reason. They just look at the mountains and flowers today, and they can suddenly gain enlightenment, enter the country at once, or even cross the border. Isn’t it often said in the classics that some Taoists were fine in the morning, but achieved enlightenment and ascended in the afternoon?
Therefore, I estimate that among Xuanmen people, there should be many more people who have touched the three secret treasures than Wufu, but they have not revealed it. ”
"What about the warriors? The three secrets?"
Yin Xiu also grabbed a piece of pine needle, but it was sticky in his hand and could not be shaken out, which made him feel a little embarrassed.
"You have to catch the sunny side, which is high, and the shady side, which is moist and sticky."
Ren Qi grabbed another handful and threw it into the snow.
"The three secrets are: synaesthesia, spiritual consciousness, and incarnation.
Every level is unattainable, almost like a land god.
I was lucky enough to besiege and kill a master of the synaesthesia realm with the masters in the palace, the clan elders and the army. ”
"Fortunate?"
Yin Xiu shook his head, "It must be unfortunate for that master, right? And why do you always surround and kill him?"
"What are you going to do if you don't surround us? Is it a one-on-one fight? We are experts in the field, and we are not well-known and decent people in the world. We don't need to follow the rules."
Ren Qi ignored Yin Xiu's complaints and just touched his chin and continued to recall.
"In that battle, an old guy from the White Lotus Sect entered the palace and assassinated the emperor with a single sword. He destroyed flowers and grass wherever he went. None of the usually majestic guards could catch his attack.
This man walks slowly and then runs fast, and when he raises his hand, he thunders. His speed is fast and slow. Sometimes he looks like an old man, sometimes he looks like a mandrill bursting out of the forest. He is very elusive.
Later, if he hadn't gotten lost and was surrounded by people, it wouldn't have been my turn to appear.
I led a team of people and cooperated with other Ouchi masters to besiege that guy.
Even though I was well prepared, the battle was still very fierce. I was the only one among the four famous swordsmen who survived. ”
There was white air coming out slightly from the top of Ren Qi's head, as if talking about this battle made his blood boil.
"Even you can't take him down?"
Yin Xiu grabbed another handful of pine needles, and this time she finally held them firmly in her hand.
"Are you complimenting me or laughing at me?"
Ren Qi glanced at him and said, "I have encountered a master who has touched the three secret treasures. I have met such a monster. Now that Han can talk to you here, it is regarded as the manifestation of his ancestors."
"Same."
Yin Xiu smiled, "By the way, where is the master? What happened next?"
"How is it? He should be eight years old now." Ren Qi said lightly.
"What? Just die like that?" Yin Xiu couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"What if?"
Ren Qi didn't take it seriously, "No matter how strong a person is, he is just a human, not a god. So what if he touches the three secrets?
If there are too many people, don’t they still have to die?
At that time, the chief steward, also known as the chief eunuch, wanted to hang this man's head at the Meridian Gate for a month, so he asked me to chop it off.
I walked up and saw that this man was covered in blood. Of course, this was nonsense. He had killed so many people, but he just didn’t kill anyone. There were only bullet holes, arrows, knife wounds, and various hidden weapons on his body. , enough to make his blood bleed dry.
In fact, there are so many people, so many weapons and firearms, even gods have to keep them in the palace. ”
"If it's a god, that's not necessarily the case." Yin Xiu murmured.
"Well, have you ever seen an immortal?" Ren Qi asked.
Yin Xiu smiled and pointed to the carriage, "There's half of it over there, does it count?"
Ren Qi snorted from his nose, "Of course, we are all pointing at him now."
"By the way, are you currently at the ninth level of the Profound Pass?" He looked at Ren Qi.
"It should be higher than the nine important points of the entrance."
Ren Qi made a high gesture and didn't mind revealing his strength to Yin Xiu.
"Is that synesthesia? One of the three secrets?"
"If I had really touched the three secret treasures, Holy Son White Lotus would have died on the ship that day instead of arrogantly coming here."
Ren Qi is still brooding about what happened that day.
"No wonder," Yin Xiu scratched his head, "The ultimate master who is only one step away from touching the three secret treasures?"
"Wrong."
Ren Qi corrected: "It's not one step, it's half a step, a layer of window paper."
After a pause, he said calmly: "But if someone's goal is to walk ten thousand steps, this last half step is the most difficult step away from ten thousand steps. It is much harder than the beginning and the end. So far, I am just confused. You can’t see the flowers inside, but you can’t see them clearly.”
"It seems like I should really find time to compete with you."
Yin Xiu wiped his face, "In the battle on the Golden Night, Prince Su and Holy Son Bailian were both very strong. They were the two strongest people I have met since leaving Hong Kong Island.
That battle was so dangerous and cruel that it was rarely encountered in recent months. In comparison, the battle with Di Jie, the governor of Liangjiang, even seemed like a small fight. ”
"In recent months?"
Ren Qi glanced at him, "Do you always have so many troubles and troubles?"
"More or less, but I didn't take the initiative to cause trouble, but the trouble came by itself."
Yin Xiu looked up at the sky. It was cloudless at the moment, and the sun was hanging high above, shining warmly on people.
The snow on the roadside is gradually melting under the sun, and you can even hear the sound of snow melting.
In such good weather, even people like Ren Qi, who are like ice and iron, seem to have become a little softer, without the cold feeling that was so repelling thousands of miles away before.
While the two were chatting, Wei Dahong rode over from the front and reported to Yin Xiu.
"Master, I'm afraid we have to spend the night in the woods in front tonight."
“Didn’t I say there was a village where I could stay overnight?”
If there are people living in a settlement, it will definitely be much better than sleeping in the wilderness.
However, Wei Dahong just shook his head: "The road going there collapsed and was covered tightly with snow. Now that I've gone in, I don't know if I can come out smoothly the next day.
After all, conditions are unpredictable when it snows and melts. ”
"I understand, let's spend the night in the woods ahead."
Yin Xiu held the riding crop in hand and pointed at the lush black forest in front of him, where the sun seemed not to penetrate at all. (End of chapter)