In the Immortal Capital, the cold wind is blowing.
Ling Xuzi and Zhenyan Taoist each looked surprised. For a moment, they didn't know why Ren Qi ended up here. He looked like an evil ghost returning from hell.
Ren Qi stepped on the broken chessboard with one foot and stood on the stone table with the other foot.
He held a sword in one hand and pointed it at the two of them.
"Playing chess?"
He gently picked it up, and a chess box fell to the ground. Flags were scattered on the ground, and the sound of crackling could be heard.
"How did you do it?" Ling Xuzi asked.
Ren Qi narrowed his eyes, "Is it difficult to come here?"
"It's difficult, it's as difficult as climbing to the sky."
"But I'm already here. Not only do I want to climb to the sky, I also want to poke a hole in the sky."
Ling Xuzi smiled, "A martial artist has a very arrogant tone. He dares to speak arrogantly to us and other Qi refiners."
Ren Qi's eyes shot out a cold light, "Isn't it common for so-called immortal masters and sages to die at the hands of warriors?"
"Ren Qi."
The man of truth said solemnly: "My senior brother is asking you how you broke the Qiankun Demon-Slaying Sword. As far as I know, you don't know magic at all."
"Need a spell?"
Ren Qi suddenly remembered the talisman Liu Banxian gave him in his pocket. Maybe the "safety of entry and exit" on it was what helped him come here.
He couldn't help but smile.
It's just that he thought it was funny, but in the eyes of the two of them, this smile was filled with coldness and solemnity.
The mantra is still puzzled.
But Ren Qi knew very well that he did not know magic and was not a member of the Taoist sect, which was the reason why he could come here smoothly.
If he were a Taoist priest, he might have died before.
"A sword is just a sword."
Ren Qi's smile turned cold, "As long as it is a sword, it will be avoided by others, blocked by others, and broken open by others. If you slash others with a sword, others will also slash you. This is fair. ”
"Fair?"
Ling Xuzi couldn't help but laugh, "Commander Ren, it's really hard for people to believe these words coming from your mouth. After all, you have been known for killing people without calculation. Those people are really pitiful and defenseless in front of you. But you were slaughtered arbitrarily.”
Saying this, he pointed a finger without any warning, and ripples appeared in the space that Ren Qi couldn't see.
Parade of the Five Prisons!
Ren Qi's smile stopped, his eyes instantly became blurred and dull, and his wrists relaxed.
The man of truth stood up, shook his head and said: "Isn't it just a fool's dream to challenge an immortal with a mortal body?"
Ling Xuzi was also quite disdainful, "He thinks that his swordsmanship is really invincible. Don't he know that martial arts are the tricks of inferior people? Only immortal magic and Taoism are the right way of heaven and earth."
The Parade of the Five Prisons is said to be a kind of ecstasy. However, it was developed by Xiandu and passed down from generation to generation. It is not comparable to ordinary illusions.
When this spell is activated, you don't need to recite the incantation, nor do you need to step with your feet, and you don't even need to make gestures. With just a light finger like this, people can be hit, which is very concealed.
Anyone who falls victim to this spell will be transported to the five hells in an instant.
Even successful Taoist priests often have to meditate for a few days to relieve the shock after traveling to the five hells, let alone those who fall into hell unprepared.
People who are hit by this trick will often die in the blink of an eye, or their souls will leave as a result, leaving only their bodies.
"He was too arrogant after all. It's a pity that he is the best swordsman in the world."
Taoist Zhenyan stretched out his hand and just touched the tip of Ren Qi's sword, feeling the sharpness and murderous aura of this fastest sword in the world.
Then, his fingers turned red and dripped with blood.
Ling Xuzi smiled, "Your Taoist heart is unstable."
The man of truth was shocked, "It's not me..."
"Huh?"
Ling Xuzi looked up and saw that Ren Qi had returned to normal at some point, his eyes were as cold as before.
"You gave us a lot of surprises." Ling Xuzi smiled.
"Isn't it scary?"
Ren Qiyi's sword thrust forward, forcing Ling Xuzi and Zhenyan Taoist to retreat.
However, after realizing that Ren Qi's sword was just toying with them, the two of them couldn't help but tighten their hands.
"Very good."
Ren Qi was very satisfied with the expressions of the two people. He raised his sword and lightly jumped off the stage.
"Of course the five hells are very cruel things, but I have seen deeper hells, whether they are created by me, others, or you."
"You already know?"
Ling Xuzi frowned, "When? Did she confess to you, or did she reveal some flaws?"
"What if I say I'm enlightened?" Ren Qi replied.
"Enlightenment?"
Ling Xuzi subconsciously pinched his hands to plot, and even his hands froze in the blink of an eye.
"Spiritual consciousness, have you entered the realm of spiritual consciousness?"
The man who spoke the truth was also startled when he heard the sound.
In the realm of spiritual consciousness, except for those old monsters who don't know where they are lurking, Ren Qi is probably the first person with a name who has stepped into the realm of spiritual consciousness in the past fifty years.
The three major secrets above the ninth level of the entrance are synaesthesia, spiritual consciousness, and incarnation.
The reason why it is called a secret treasure is because as long as you obtain one of them, you can unlock many potentials in the human body.
It is said that if you unlock the three secrets, you can enter the realm of gods and humans.
But now, Ren Qi has entered the realm of spiritual consciousness, which means that a disaster is imminent for the two of them.
"When did it start?" Ling Xuzi asked.
"I said," Ren Qi looked serious, "I have heard clearly what Northland Spear Saint Bai Xiu said to me that day."
Ling Xuzi frowned, feeling that what the two of them were talking about had nothing to do with each other.
However, Ren Qi ignored him and just continued: "He didn't ask me to die, nor was he cursing me. He just told me: I leave it to you."
Ren Qi advanced in the Qiankun Demon-Slaying Sword, experienced great sorrow and endless anger, and finally broke through the layer of paper in the realm of spiritual consciousness and entered a new realm.
Also in this process, he seemed to see the cause and effect on all timelines, from his deeds in Yujing, to the process of his family being killed, to Yin Xiu, Liu Banxian and others, as well as Zhao Qian's hidden secrets. A long-standing "conspiracy".
"Leave it to you?"
The man of truth broke the silence and repeated Ren Qi's words, not knowing why.
"Yes, just leave it to me."
Ren Qi shook his shuriken and said, "He is saying that he has handed over the future of Jianghu and Wulin to me."
"Don't you think it's funny?"
Ling Xuzi mocked in the sharpest voice: "Leave the future of the world to you, the executioner? Who will be convinced? Who will recognize you?"
The True Word Taoist also said: "The spear saint Bai Ruo of the North is dead, and the wise kings around Bai Lian are missing. How can there be any martial arts myths in the world? The world is over." "It doesn't matter, I will just make the martial arts myths."
Ren Qi smiled, "I will define it, I will admit it. I, Ren Qi, will suppress this world in the next thirty years and become a mountain that others hate but have to look up to.
It doesn’t matter if you are not convinced, it doesn’t matter if you resent me, just come to me and challenge me. ”
Somehow, Ling Xuzi and Zhenyan Taoist looked at Ren Qi and felt that he was already a saint and a god at this moment.
As if they heard the sound of something breaking inside their bodies, the two Qi Refiners, who thought they were isolated from the world, independent and detached from nature, lowered their heads.
"The Immortal City has maintained the order of Taoism for thousands of years. Although we seem to be the manipulators behind the scenes, without this invisible hand, Taoism would not continue to this day.
Whether it is the heavenly masters of the past erasing demons or the Taoist priests going down the mountain to search for dragons, we have facilitated many of these things. ”
Ren Qi asked: "Are you saying that because of this, I have to let you go? Otherwise, I have committed such a heinous act that is against the world?"
"Have you done too many treacherous things?"
Ling Xuzi did not intend to use this to stop Ren Qi. He just said lightly: "The death of a Taoist in the hands of a martial artist is not considered a failure."
"I know, you call this a military retreat. Whether it is a military retreat or being hacked to death by others, for Taoists, it is just a way of death, and it does not matter whether you win or lose."
Ren Qi handed the sword over and spoke calmly.
"So I, Ren Qi, invite all immortal masters to die."
"A request we cannot refuse."
Ling Xuzi smiled, "The number of days has changed. No matter how we deduced and calculated before, the result is still completely different from the result. Maybe this is the elusive part of the way of heaven.
We are mortals after all, and we think we have grasped the destiny, but in fact the destiny is mysterious and obscure. What we grasp is just an illusion that we think it is for a moment. It is like a beautiful dream that turns into bubbles and disappears if we are not careful. The ground is gone without a trace. ”
Ren Qi also had a rare emotion, "Everyone thinks that they can conquer nature. In fact, in the end, they are just deceived by illusions.
But if people don't dream, how can they survive in this cruel world? ”
The Taoist Zhenyan also calmed down at this time and felt much more relaxed, "I didn't expect that Commander Ren, who frightened most of the world, would be like us and live on some fantasy."
"Do you think there is any difference between you and me?"
Ren Qi was in a happier mood than usual, but it was not because he defeated Xiandu or advanced. He just felt a sense of peace deep in his heart.
"Of course you are different from us."
Ling Xuzi smiled, very calmly, "Because you want to leave here, unlike us, you just stay here."
"You shouldn't have calculated this, right?"
The three of them laughed together.
Then Ren Qi put away his sword and planned to leave from here.
Obviously, Ling Xuzi and Zhenyan Taoist have made some kind of decision, and there is no need for Ren Qi to take action.
"Please wait."
Ling Xuzi stopped him, "If you can, I ask you to bring a message to those two Taoist priests."
"Oh?"
Although they knew that the immortals were targeting Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu, this was the first time they mentioned these two people.
Ling Xuzi counted with his fingers and said seriously: "Yin Xiu will find the Black Emperor's Son, because he has gathered the other three-color Dragon Emperor's Sons, and the female heavenly master of the exorcist Ma family is firmly on his side, so he has gathered all the five-color Dragon Emperor's Sons The Dragon Emperor's son is a sure thing.
However, gathering all the Dragon Emperor's sons of five colors is only the first step. ”
"First step?"
Although Ren Qi was not interested, every time he heard about this plan from Yin Xiu and the others, he thought that the plan had been completed by gathering the five-color Dragon Emperor's sons.
Even Yin Xiu and the others don't know what kind of changes will happen to Kyushu and how their fortunes will change in the future. Why should I care about these things as a martial artist?
But after hearing that this was just the "first step", Ren Qi couldn't help but have doubts.
Ling Xuzi did not show off, he continued: "The five-color dragon emperor's son is the condition, but the key is in Yujing."
"Yu Jing?"
Ren Qi thought of the magnificent imperial capital that was filled with gold and sin.
He recalled all the grievances and secrets in the Great Inner Forbidden Palace before, and the blood and swords and guns hidden behind the mysterious curtain of the Great Inner Forbidden Palace. Ren Qi was once a member of that curtain.
It is these internal masters who make this huge, but declining, dying empire maintain its superficial glory, and also extinguish the fires of resistance one by one.
But as Ren Qi said before, those experiences are part of his past, and there is no need to regret or be proud of.
So now when talking about Yu Jing, Ren Qi felt a familiar feeling flash through his heart.
"That's right, it's Yujing."
Ling Xuzi nodded, "Yujing is the end point of the dragon veins. The dragon veins of Kyushu will eventually converge at that place. If the king is not in his position, the lights will naturally not flicker."
"You mean, the important thing is not the throne, but the king who calls it the twinkle?"
"Yes, if the king is not there, it will be just a finely carved decoration. Only when the king is on the throne can that place be called the main hall."
"I understand."
Ren Qi understood, "So the next step is to take them to Yujing, but what about after they go to Yujing?"
"You will naturally know by then."
The man of truth smiled and said, "We are not gods, so we don't know very well."
"Then I know, as long as we go to Yujing, all the secrets and truth will emerge, right? Including the way to conquer the world?"
"Seize the world?"
Ling Xuzi laughed, "Isn't that Taoist not planning to seize the world?"
"I didn't say it was him."
"But it's not you, is it?"
The man of truth also saw his thoughts, "You are a swordsman, not a king. You can only stand in front of the steps and will not ascend the throne."
"I won't stand in front of the steps anymore. Of course I would like glory and wealth before, but now, those things are meaningless to me."
"No self, no sword, no heart?"
If Ling Xuzi realized something, "Ren Qi, you seem to have reached a certain state that we have pursued before. However, you are more real than those of us who pursue immortality. We are floating in the sky, illusory, and empty." Nothing exists, but you are a living person.”
"No sword, no heart? I don't know."
Ren Qi didn't dwell on the so-called mentality. He just put his hand on his sword and said, "I'll give you a ride?"
"No need, we have our own way."
Taoist Zhenyan and Ling Xuzi looked at each other, showing the same indifferent mood as in this ancient world.
"Then I don't have to clean the sword again."
Ren Qi turned around and left.
When he stood on the top of the snow-covered mountain, the mountains were already under his feet in the clouds and mist, looming.
These peaks, which have existed since ancient times, have not declined due to changes in history, nor have they become greater because the Immortal Capital is here.
They just stand outside the long river of time. No matter what historical changes or heroic deeds, they will not change.
Feeling something, Ren Qi turned around and saw the fairy capital above the clouds burning in flames.
The great building is collapsing and falling in flames. (End of chapter)