The moment the message was sent, time seemed to stretch infinitely.
Li Yun sat upright and motionless, his consciousness tightly locked on the "Qingdu Order", unconsciously holding his breath and waiting nervously.
After a while, he saw the answer from "Senior He" -
"I will not accept disciples."
Li Yun's body suddenly relaxed, and he grew taller. He took a long breath and leaned back on the chair.
Although I felt a little disappointed, I was not too surprised.
Senior He Yiqun is, after all, a student of Chi Yangzi and a disciple of the prince.
For a school like them, the standards for recruiting successors are naturally extremely strict.
With mediocre talent, it is an extremely rare opportunity to receive patient guidance from "Senior He".
He did ask for too much.
At this moment, "Senior He" suddenly sent another message: "After you have checked and perfected the improved "White Bird Hanbobu", publish it to the 'Qingdu Fantasy'!
“Although this movement technique is not very difficult, if you practice it to a proficient level, it will be of great help to the battle, and it can even save someone’s life in a life-or-death situation. Its attributes are also quite suitable for many cultivators in the 'Zifu Army'.
"From now on, if someone redeems this improved body technique, you will be able to get a certain share of the 'Xiahuang coins' they pay."
"Senior He, listen to me. Yes!" Li Yun responded immediately.
He was able to improve "White Bird Cold Wave Step" to this point, and "Senior He" was indispensable.
Since "Senior He" asked him to share this movement technique with everyone, he naturally would not hold anything back.
At the same time, he silently sighed in his heart: Even though Senior He often wandered around the wilderness, the dragon never saw its end, and seemed to ignore worldly affairs, but he always remembered the young monks of the wilderness in his heart. For the sake of the development of the Dahuang practice world.
After all, the world has too many misunderstandings about Senior He.
"By the way, the boy named Li," after a while, "Senior He" continued through the "Qingdu Order", "In the future, when you learn any martial arts or magic, please use your brain more. , think about the principles and rules behind them, and don’t just swallow them and apply them mechanically without asking for a deeper understanding.
“Look at how your majesty has learned to think deeply and inquire deeply when he first started practicing spiritual practice. , so in the first stage, you can improve the talisman and seal script by yourself.
"As a member of the 'Purple Mansion Army', you will have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting your home and country in the future. In terms of practice, you must not relax your requirements easily..."
Looking at "Qing Qing" Li Yun was deeply touched by the sincere teachings given to him by "Senior He" on the "Du Ling", and he felt his blood surge all over his body. He wished he could immediately retreat to practice, hoping to serve the country and His Majesty in the future, and live up to the ardent expectations of Senior He.
At the same time, he also felt unprecedented pressure.
What virtues and abilities does Li Yun have that he can allow "Senior He" to use His Majesty as an example for him to follow? You know, your majesty is the reincarnation of Ziwei and a living immortal!
After finishing the conversation with "Senior He", Li Yun immediately entered the "Realm of Taoism" and prepared to test the effect of his modified "White Bird Cold Wave Step" through a battle.
He hesitated for a moment when choosing the battle mode.
Compared to the past one-on-one arena matches, Li Yun actually prefers the newly launched three-on-three or five-on-five team modes.
After all, among the many young geniuses in the "Purple Mansion Army", his talent for fighting alone is not outstanding.
However, the offensive and defensive battles involving multiple people provided him with a stage to fully demonstrate his commanding talents and tactical abilities.
As the wins continued to accumulate, his level in the "Realm of Taoism" also rose rapidly. In just over ten days, he won consecutive victories and was promoted from the "Huang" level to the "Zhou" level in one fell swoop, which amazed many of his "Purple Mansion Army" companions.
His name in the "Tao Discussion Room" also changed from the original plain black to a more eye-catching blue.
Every time he speaks in the "Tao Discussion Room", there will be people booing below:
"Brother Li is here!"
"Brother Li, please bow to me. !”
“When will Brother Li go to the ‘Realm of Taoism’? Can you take me with you when you form a team?”
"Brother Li, I can't live without you! I've lost again!"
"..."
However, because the number of "Zifu Army" is not large at present, there are too many participants. In human-to-human battles, it often takes a long time to be matched with suitable teammates and opponents.
At this moment, the "Qingdu Order" in Li Yun's hand flashed with light, and then he saw a message from Shi Yuanliang, a companion of the "Zifu Army":
"Brother Li, do you want to go to the 'Realm of Taoism' for five versus five? There are four of us, and you are missing."
"Okay, I'll come right away!" Li Yun responded without hesitation.
Then he closed his eyes, and his consciousness gradually sank into darkness.
When his vision became clear again, he was already on a steep hillside. There are rugged rocks and dense woods on the hillside.
Not far behind him, stood an ancient gray-white rock fortress. On top of the fortress, a blue flag fluttered in the wind.
Li Yun knew that this fortress was the base of their team.
In another corner of this illusion, there is an identical fortress, but the flag on that fortress is red.
Their current task is to break through the fortress and pull out the red flag belonging to the enemy.
He glanced around and saw his four teammates.
They are not what they look like in reality, but virtual images in the fantasy world. They all look like handsome men and beautiful women.
However, their names were suspended above their heads, allowing Li Yun to identify them at a glance.
"Brother Li, have you noticed the newly launched 'Night Watcher' set in 'Qingdu Fantasy' recently? It's so cool! This season, I'm counting on you to take me to the 'Xuan' level or above. ! "
As soon as he saw Li Yun, Shi Yuanliang grabbed his arm and shouted emotionally.
"Brother Shi, I'm not even sure whether I can reach the 'Xuan' level!" Seeing his appearance, Li Yun smiled helplessly, "We'd better work hard to win this one first. Let’s play! If I’m not mistaken, the name ‘Chen Suhui’ is written on the list of today’s opponents!”
When they heard the name “Chen Suhui”, Shi Yuanliang and the other four people all stopped smiling. His expression became serious.
Chen Suhui is a descendant of the Chen family from the Da Qi Dynasty. Her past strength has always been mediocre and not eye-catching.
However, what is puzzling is that since she joined the "Purple Mansion Army", her cultivation level has suddenly continued to soar at an extremely alarming speed. First, she quickly broke through from the third level to the fourth level, and then In the next few months, it began to gradually approach the threshold of the fifth realm.
In the past, geniuses like Su Xiao and Zhao Yan were somewhat inferior to her in terms of promotion speed.
I am afraid that only an unprecedented reincarnated immortal like His Majesty can be able to suppress her firmly.
It is said that Chen Suhui also participated in the process of His Majesty's construction of the "Purple Mansion Army" spiritual energy transformation formation last year and provided indispensable help.
Some people have doubted whether there is some kind of ambiguous relationship between Chen Suhui and His Majesty - after all, the Chen family in Xiangyang had considered recruiting him as a son-in-law before His Majesty made his fortune. After His Majesty launched an army, Chen also planned to marry Chen Suhui to him as a cunning plan.
But Chen Suhui herself firmly shook her head and denied it, and said in a serious and respectful tone:
"Your Majesty is a gentleman, you should not slander his character at will."
"Chen Suhui is opposite. ...This is really a fierce battle!" After a short silence, Shi Yuanliang sighed deeply and sighed.
Although they said this, they were not timid in their actions, but instead had more fighting spirit.
As the drumming of drums sounded in the illusion, several young people, under the command of Li Yun, picked up their weapons and went straight to the center of the battlefield.
…………
Changchun Garden, in the Imperial Study Room.
The swaying candlelight reflected the window lattice, and the fragrance of tea curled around the beams. Gu Xu sat on the chair and slowly put down the "Qingdu Order" in his hand.
When Li Yun proposed to become his disciple just now, he was actually slightly moved in his heart and almost agreed.
Ever since he discovered that Li Yun was the red-robed man he met after traveling through time and space in Guixu, the East China Sea, Gu Xu had paid more attention to him.
After all, the fact that his future self can entrust him with the important task of destroying the 'Tower of Babel' formation, which is related to the life and death of the wilderness, and even arrange for him to communicate with his past self, obviously shows that his future self has a long-term view of him. Superhuman trust.
Gu Xu now holds the "astrolabe" in his hand and understands the way of cause and effect and destiny, and he still has a certain degree of confidence in his own vision of people.
He believed that there must be something unusual about Li Yun to make his future self value him so much.
After observing in recent months, he has discovered that although Li Yun's cultivation talent is not the most outstanding, he has a strong ability to understand Taoism and martial arts.
Especially recently, Gu Xu led him to conduct an in-depth analysis and improvement of "White Bird Hanbobu" from the root of Taoism.
If it were other fifth-level monks, they might not understand what Gu Xu was talking about.
But Li Yun not only understood it, but actually changed it according to his ideas.
This made Gu Xu sincerely sigh: "This boy really has the qualities of a saint!"
However, Gu Xu ultimately did not agree to Li Yun's request to become a disciple.
The reason is simple.
He also wants to save face.
Recently, he often pretends to be He Yiqun and gives pointers to the young monks in the "discussion room". He also often uses "the present majesty" as an example to encourage them to practice diligently and serve the country in the future. Potency.
If these young people discover his true identity...
Then his image as a wise and powerful emperor will not be preserved.
.........
At the same time, Xiao Wanjun was sitting on the chair opposite Gu Xu's desk, flipping through a book called "Qing Ming Jue", lifting the pen from time to time and writing on it. Draw circles carefully.
This "Pure Secret Art" is also a technique compiled by Gu Xu for the "Purple Mansion Army" monks.
As the scale of the "Purple Mansion Army" continues to expand, Gu Xu increasingly feels that the previous "Xia Huang Jing" still has some limitations and is not necessarily suitable for everyone to practice.
"Xiahuang Jing" is a general-purpose exercise, just like an enhanced version of "Guiyuan Jue".
It has no unique attributes or obvious flaws, and its overall performance is mediocre, so it is suitable for everyone to practice. However, it does not help monks with special talents to make full use of their talents.
Therefore, Gu Xu wrote this "Qing Secret Secret" again.
It is integrated with the principles of water. Although it is slightly inferior to the "Xiahuang Jing" in terms of attack, it has the characteristics of "continuation", "change" and "healing", which can enhance the monk's persistence. combat capabilities and make their moves more flexible and versatile.
Compared with the "Xiahuang Jing", its cultivation is also more difficult.
In order to save time, Gu Xu only wrote a draft and gave the rest to Xiao Wanjun for further improvement.
At this moment, Xiao Wanjun suddenly spoke, breaking the originally quiet atmosphere in the imperial study room.
"Your Majesty, maybe it's because I don't understand it thoroughly enough... there may be some problems with this passage you wrote."
"Oh, is there any problem?" Gu Xu asked He started and turned his eyes towards her.
Xiao Wanjun pondered for a moment, then gently turned the thin book on the table in a circle so that it was facing Gu Xu. Then, she stretched out a finger as white as jade and gently pointed at a line of words on the booklet:
"Your Majesty, the sentence you wrote is 'Chaos together, no body and mind, pure and clear. "Zhan, shining in all directions", I don't agree with it. If the monks completely abandon their subjective consciousness and enter the state of "no body and mind" during the cultivation process, how can they ensure the operation of spiritual energy and true energy. Is the trajectory correct? ”
"Wanjun, you have to understand that practicing with the energy of Yin evil and practicing with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth are completely different. When using the energy of Yin evil, the most important thing is to keep oneself absolutely awake to prevent being harmed. However, when using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, we should pay more attention to 'inaction', that is, let nature take its course and let the spiritual energy of heaven and earth integrate into one's body spontaneously."
"I can understand this. , Your Majesty. I know that you are the reincarnation of Emperor Ziwei, and you have practiced in the Lingxiao world. Your insights on how to use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to practice are naturally far beyond that of a mortal like me. However, have you ever thought about the Lingxiao world? Maybe the practice method is not perfect? Is there a possibility that we can draw on the respective strengths of the Lingxiao Realm practices and the Dahuang native practices and combine them to create a more effective practice method? "
"..."
At first, the two of them were still talking calmly, seriously discussing their different understandings of the cultivation techniques.
But as the exchange deepened, their tone began to become a little excited, and it sounded like there was a dispute.
As Xiao Wanjun was talking, he suddenly stood up and picked up his brush, as if he wanted to find a place to draw his thoughts.
Seeing this, Gu Xu immediately waved his sleeves considerately, creating a suspended light curtain out of thin air in the study room. Just stretch out your fingers and draw slightly to outline patterns or text on the light screen.
In this way, they discussed for half an hour, filling the entire light screen with almost no blank space.
At this time, they finally reached a consensus reluctantly.
The turmoil in Xiao Wanjun's heart gradually subsided, and her mood returned to calm.
Then she realized that when she was talking to the emperor just now, she not only held her head high and looked directly into his eyes, but her words were also a little too intense, and she accidentally violated several taboos.
She still seems the same as before.
Once you discuss Taoism with others, you will be completely immersed in the world of knowledge, completely forgetting where you are, and ignoring the worldly status, dignity and etiquette order.
In the past, as a princess of Da Qi, she was in charge of secular government affairs, and no one dared to express opinions on her attitude.
But now, she is an ordinary minister of Daxia, and the young man sitting behind the desk is her king. She also signed a road contract in front of him that she would never betray.
Will he mind her disrespectful behavior and punish her?
Seeing Gu Xu's eyes lowered, as if in deep thought, she felt a little nervous.
"Wanjun was agitated earlier. If there is anything offensive to His Majesty in his words and deeds, please be lenient..."
As she spoke, she knelt down and begged you to take care of her. Asahi's forgiveness.
She followed Gu Xu's last instruction today and did not use cloth to wrap her breasts again.
Therefore, when she moved a lot, two chubby white rabbits jumped happily in her clothes.
Before she finished speaking, Gu Xu's figure suddenly disappeared from the place, then appeared in front of her, grabbed her arm, and stopped her from bowing down.
"Wanjun, do you think I am such a narrow-minded person?" He smiled, looked at her calmly and said, "On the road of seeking the truth, we are all travelers, there is no need to stick to These pedantic etiquette.
"I once read in a book that the sages said, 'Nothing is noble or humble, nothing is long and nothing is short. Where the Tao exists, the teacher exists.'
“I am actually very happy that you were able to point out the problems in my thinking bluntly and discuss with me candidly today.
"In my opinion, our Daxia monk practice community should have such an atmosphere. In front of the truth, there is no authority at all. Even if the strong saints and strong true kings put forward wrong opinions, they should boldly point out Come."
Hearing his words, especially the sentence "Where the Tao exists, the teacher exists", Xiao Wanjun's heartbeat accelerated for a moment, and she also noticed that he used "I" Instead of "I" as a self-proclaimed name.
I heard Gu Xu pause for a moment, then continued:
"Actually, when I was a junior official in the Exorcism Department of Yishui County, I saw the scene you performed. Zhang's ink scroll for the theoretical knowledge assessment. At that time, I thought that if I had a chance in this life, I would find a place to sit down with you and talk about Taoism.
"But back then, you were the princess of Daqi. , I have a noble status, but I am of low status and am just like an ant in the court. It may be difficult for me to realize this wish in my lifetime.
"I didn't expect that today, this dream would actually come true.
"Really, Brother Qi Yan? ”
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