Chapter 144: Fake and True
Those long-closed stories will one day slowly uncover the scars, although the blood under the scar has long dried up.
Everything actually starts with the word "greed".
It is about eating grains and cereals in life. If you want to encounter fire, it will turn into greed. Everything in the world is a double-edged sword, including the word "greed". To a certain extent, greed will be transformed into motivation to make people succeed, but everything must be moderate. If you let the greed in your heart ignore it, then this desire will overflow and eventually form a colorful beast, devouring people's mind.
This is like a gambling game. Sometimes losing is not scary. A short-term win is the most scary, because the more you win, the more greedy you become. When you spend all your energy and you can't extricate yourself, it's like falling into an endless abyss and never looking back.
The world's great way is the same as the same path, and the above principle also applies to other things.
Sometimes, the prosperity of the world is like a gambling game. In fact, before this troubled times began, the previous world was not very peaceful, because we talked about the history of the rise and fall of the northern dynasties at the beginning of the book. Although there were not many great wars in the previous era, the friction between countries still existed.
The state is different, some countries have royal families who enjoy extravagance, while others spontaneously strive for strength. Then "Zhengtai County" is such a small country.
The country of Zhengtai County has long been unseen today, and there is no record of this city in even historical books. Only scattered unofficial history once mentioned similar small countries, that's all.
We have mentioned before that although Zhengtai County has a small territory, it has always been a country that is uncontested by its unique position. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and can indeed be called an ancient city, and its history can even be traced back to hundreds of years from chaotic times.
The three heroes of the troubled times, namely Taoist Master Youyou and others, had the heroic deeds of "Protecting the Law of Zhengtai County". According to legend, the three of them came here to find magic weapons in troubled times, but they heard that "Ghost Mother Luo Jiuyin" wanted to occupy Zhengtai County to swallow magic weapons alive. As Taoist Master Youyou and the other three naturally took action to fight against the ghost mother. After repelling the group of demons, Shao Peng's witch official fell in love with the female general of Zhengtai County. Because Shao Peng's original country was destroyed, after the last chaotic era was pacified, Shao Peng's witch official gave up the opportunity to ascend to become an immortal and returned to Zhengtai County, forming a relationship with the female general, and reproduction. He was also regarded as the witch official of the country protection. Shao Peng made an oath that all his descendants would defend Zhengtai County and make it prosperous forever.
Time flies, since the death of Shao Peng's witch official, the times change, his last generation descendant, and the last witch official in Zhengtai County, was named Qin Chenfu, which is one of the strongest people of the previous generation mentioned in our previous documents.
Zheng Tai's skills are the best in the world, and Qin Chenfu has outstanding talents. He has never forgotten his skills since childhood. He has practiced his witchcraft skills to the pinnacle at a young age. There are few rivals in the world, and because his bloodline originated from the ancient Qin people, he was tall and promoted, with a majestic face and a majestic appearance. He is one of the few beautiful men in the world.
It seemed that he had all the good things in the world. Even though he had everything that was enough to make the world jealous, he did not develop the same bad habits as most other nobles. This was also related to the inheritance of Shao Peng's lineage. After taking over as the witch official of Zhengtai, his style of conduct became more humble. He usually did not go to any romantic place except political affairs, but opened a school in the city to teach Zhengtai's people to read and recognize words for free. He was such a gentle but unpretentious person, and naturally he was deeply loved and admired by the people of Zhengtai and even the practitioners of cultivation in the world.
But the same is true. Sometimes people create the current situation, but they cannot get rid of the control of the current situation.
Seeing Qin Fuchen's fame becoming more and more popular, a question spread from the world, who is the real world's number one in the world today? Is it Qin Fuchen, who is the best in witchcraft skills in the world or another Taoist priest of Dou Miguan who is also young and popular?
That Taoist priest was Taoist Xingxiao who once left the Golden Elixir Sutra for Shisheng in Queshan.
The previous document once mentioned that although Doumi Temple was not in the world, the eight Taoist priests of the thirteenth generation went down the mountain to practice. There were far less than so many monsters and monsters in that era, so the deeds of the eight Taoist priests were mainly to be heroic in the world. In just a few years, they had already become famous, especially the four people who were "bright laughter and crazy". Because the four people had a distinct personality, they were more down-to-earth and humane than the four people who were "Fengyun and Fog Fantasy" before, they were highly praised, especially the Taoist priests's technique of laughing and laughing was even more unfathomable. It is rumored that this person had a smile on his face all year round and was full of chivalrous courage and righteousness. Even if he sacrificed his life for help, he would have to go to the end. Therefore, those who have seen him praised him as a benevolent hero.
One is the sword immortal of Shushan, and the other is the witch official of Zhengtai Kingdom. And who is more powerful among them?
No matter when, people have the habit of being stronger and weak, and this is even more so in the world. Then rumors appeared that Dou Mi Xingxiao wanted to challenge Zhengtai and Qin Fuchen, so as to distinguish between strength and weakness. Qin Fuchen was mean and peaceful by nature, but he did not take this matter to heart.
However, what he didn't expect was that because the two of them were so strong, they even had followers in the world. When the knights met and talked happily, they all compared the two. When you said this was strong, he said that he was so strong. No one wanted to make his idol inferior after fighting. In the end, it led to many large-scale fights, and the world was so chaotic.
Seeing that such meaningless wars were getting more and more frequent, Qin Fuchen of Zhengtai County finally compromised. In order to end this meaningless thing, he asked someone to announce the world and asked Master Dou Mi Guanxing to fight in Yaoshan, northwest on August 17.
This battle caused a huge sensation at that time, and even the monarch of Zhengtai County noticed that before Qin Fuchen set out, the monarch of Zhengtai County specially practiced it with him publicly, which was very meaningful to make him win glory with the country. If Qin Fuchen became the best in the world, then no one in Zhengtai County would dare to invade Zhengtai County in the future, and it was reasonable. This was a very meaningful thing.
And on August 17th, many people from the world gathered at the foot of Yao Mountain and looked forward to it. I hope to witness this shocking battle.
Qin Fuchen was wearing a black-bottomed embroidered robe standing in the wind. When Taoist Master Xingxiao came, everyone was excited. Seeing that the war was about to come, but who knew that at this moment, the two of them looked at each other and then made an appointment to go to the top of the mountain to fight. They actually left behind them and used two major light skills in the world to fly to the top of the mountain!
After seeing this, everyone hurriedly chased after him. But when they arrived at the top of the mountain, they found that the battle had ended. At that time, they each had their own colors on them. Finally, they looked at each other and gave a gift, and turned around and left.
So everyone did not see the result, but a few days later, it was reported that the two of them had a draw. In the end, the rumors became more and more mysterious, and even how the two of them took action and made moves was described with their noses and eyes, and the rumors became more and more serious. In the end, although everyone still didn't believe it, they gradually accepted this fact.
However, many people understand in their hearts that this matter is far from that simple, but only the person involved knows the situation of the battle.
In fact, the eight brothers of Doumiguan also knew the result of this battle. Because they were also on the scene that day, they understood that the two of them had actually not taken action at all.
Because Xingxiao and Qin Chenfu are both people who are not in conflict with the world, they don’t care about their status and skills. This competition was still the plan that Qin Chenfu came up with to end the ridiculous disputes in the world. Because he knew in his heart that if he was different from the Taoist Master Xingxiao, he would probably cause more and more troubles in the world who watched the fun and were not afraid of big things. But he didn’t want to take action with the hero for such meaningless things, so after thinking about it, he wrote a seal letter to Xingxia and told him his plan.
Although Xingxiao had never seen Qin Chenfu before, the two hit it off in the face of his proposal, so they staged this "competition" that seemed to be farce but had to be done.
However, when they met Yaoshan this time, the two hit it off and became good friends. They admired each other's character. It was a coincidence that although their generation had known each other's ancestors hundreds of years ago, the fate of the descendants of the three heroes in troubled times was still intertwined.
"Actually those people are really boring. After meeting Brother Qin today, I realized that even if we two really start to fight, Xingxiao will not be your opponent." Before going down the mountain, Taoist Master Xingxiao said sincerely to Qin Chenfu.
Qin Chenfu sighed, and then smiled bitterly: "Brothers are so humble. Qin has been taught by his ancestors and has only been to defend his country for life. How can he fight for the best and inferiority of others? And brothers, I can tell at a glance that you and I are between you and I, so don't be ashamed of my brother. By the way, when we meet, I will fall in love with you at first sight. I really want to drink and talk to you. But because of the busy things in the country, I have to say goodbye again. But when I see you again in the future, I don't know when I will wait. This is really a matter of hatred. So after Qin has finished his state affairs in a few years, he will invite you to a humble house to gather?"
"Just drink with wine. My old eighth and I love drinking the most." I saw the young Xingdian holding Xing and laughing and saying, "We will definitely go and have a good drink at that time, and we won't go back until we get drunk."
"Okay, then we're going to make a decision." Qin Chenfu bowed to everyone one by one, "At that time, Qin will prepare fine wine to welcome everyone."
"Well, Brother Qin, take care of yourself, just say a word." Xing smiled and said, then everyone bowed to each other before saying goodbye.
But none of them expected that when they said goodbye this time, when they met again next time, things and people had changed.
Let’s put aside the Qin Chenfu returned to Zhengtai County and will not talk about what happened to the Eight Heroes of Doumiguan after this competition. Due to this competition, the eight people became more famous. At that time, Doumiguan still followed the ancestral teachings and acted quietly. Seeing that these eight people were becoming more and more famous in the world, the head of Doumiguan at that time, the first Guyang Taoist, who was afraid that they would delay their practice due to their reputation, would attract them back to Guanzhong.
The Doumi Temple has been sparsely populated for several generations, and in the twelfth generation, only Taoist Master Gu Yang and three other uncles were alive. In this way, after returning to the Confucian Temple, the eight people continued to practice the "Cultivation and Golden Alchemy Sutra" by themselves, hoping that they could achieve the right result as soon as possible, but laughed at the heart of ordinary people. Even on the mountain, they were worried about their agreement with Qin Chenfu. However, he waited for five or six years, but he did not receive the news about Qin Chenfu.
Just as I was laughing, a bad news came immediately.
Although Master Gu Yang is the head of Dou Mi Temple and has profound practices of the magical skills of the "Cultivation and Golden Alchemy Sutra", he is still a common body of flesh and blood. In addition, he is old and can't escape the final death.
Just as he felt that his life was approaching, he called his disciples and several junior brothers to discuss with them the next head.
It is really difficult to choose the new leader, because these eight thirteenth generation disciples are outstanding, and both Taoism and martial arts are top-notch. Who should be chosen to take on this important position?
Those uncles actually tend to laugh a little more. After all, although this child is young, he has outstanding talents. What is even more commendable is that he has a kind heart and righteous heart and will become a great person in the future.
But Taoist Master Gu Yang did not choose him, but chose Xingyun. To say that these eight people have been by his side for many years, Taoist Master Gu Yang knows their personalities well. Although Xingxiao is kind and righteous, he is still young and is prone to acting in love when encountering things. This is not the personality that a sect leader should have, and it is even more so that they are crazy and crazy. Their personalities have flaws, so they no longer choose within the range.
Among the eight people, Xingyun was the oldest and calm and decisive. Among the few people, he had the deepest understanding of "Tao" and his strength was higher than Xingxiao, so he was the most suitable candidate.
So he decided to let Xingyun take over as the head of the sect, and the next day he held a succession ceremony. To say that this was a matter of supreme glory, all the junior brothers were happy for him. Yes, among the brothers, Xingyun usually worked hardest in his practice, and let him be the head of the sect, so everyone supported him very much.
But for some reason, during the entire inheritance ceremony, Master Xingyun did not show a trace of smile. After he took the Five Elements Holy Sword from the Taoist Master Gu Yang, he looked at his master and a look of declining appeared in his eyes.
And it was from that day that he became more and more serious. He remembered that one night when Xingxiao came back from practicing martial arts, he actually found that the head of Xingyun was sitting alone in front of the hall and crying silently. Xingxiao saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to ask what had happened. However, Xingyun did not tell him in detail. He just wiped away his tears, and then sighed to Xingxiao: "Old Eight, what do you think we are practicing Taoism for?"
This sentence made Xingxiao stunned. Yes, what is the purpose of practicing Taoism? After seeing Xingxiao hesitate for a while, he said seriously: "I think it may be for the sake of 'true'."
"What is 'true'?" Xingyun sighed again, then stood up and said, "If they are all dead, then what are the real things?"
After saying that, he turned around and left while muttering these words, leaving Xing Xiao looking at his back with thoughtful thoughts. Yes, it is said that cultivation is true, but what is "true"?
This is not the first time he has thought about these things, but that day the senior brother shocked him. From that day on, he kept thinking about this problem, and he still couldn't figure it out until half a year passed. So Xingxiao, who was dull in his heart, simply asked for orders with his master and the senior brother in charge, and wanted to go down the mountain for a while.
With confusion and doubt in his heart, he went down the mountain and came all the way north to the bitter and cold place in the extreme north to practice, hoping that the wind, frost, ice and snow there could make him awake and no longer be confused. This trip was a year. It was not until he learned the news of his master's death that he returned to Doumiguan to pay his condolences. As soon as he came back, he learned a piece of news that he could not believe.
The brothers and sisters told him that within the year after he left, something big happened in the world at the foot of the mountain, and Zhengtai County was destroyed!
What's going on? Xingxiao was shocked and couldn't help but think: How could Zhengtai County destroy the country? You must know that it is located in a place without dispute and Qin Chenfu is in charge, so how could other countries easily be destroyed?
So after thinking about this, Xingxiao hurriedly asked why, but after hearing about the cause and effect of the whole thing, Xingxiao felt even more shocked.
Because Zhengtai County was actually destroyed by Qin Chenfu himself!
It is rumored that Qin Chenfu, who is well-versed in the world, was unwilling to endure his position as a substitute. He had been plotting to usurp the throne, but in the end he failed. After the matter was exposed, under the siege of many imperial guards in the palace, Qin Chenfu actually fought a fierce battle with a trapped beast, and then turned into a demon in his body!
After obtaining the demon body, Qin Chenfu's ability doubled and he actually used an unprecedented powerful witchcraft. So much so that all the people in Zhengtai County died in the streets, and their deaths were extremely miserable. All of this happened overnight.
When the world heard this news, the whole world was shocked. At the same time, people began to curse Qin Chenfu, especially those who had admired him, who hated him even more and gritted their teeth. They all wanted to say: This evil thief. We were really blind at the beginning, how could we like this hypocrite who was ungrateful like a pig or dog?
Such thieves deserve to be killed!
Therefore, many forces in the martial arts world began to organize people to capture Qin Chenfu. Although the original intention of these forces was to be under the banner of justice, everyone was killed like a beast.
But some of those people have never even seen Qin Chenfu, and no matter what Qin Chenfu does, it has nothing to do with them. To put it bluntly, they just want to use the guise of eliminating the "evil people" to show their justice while also gaining some benefits.
After all, Qin Chenfu has a very famous reputation. If he is taken, wouldn’t that be a great opportunity to become famous in the world?
But they were still too naive, thinking that although Qin Chenfu was very capable, he was still a lone hero. Without an army in his hands, how could he withstand their encirclement?
But they really didn't expect that Qin Chenfu, who had become a demon, had already broken away from the concept of "martial arts" and reached another realm, a realm of "demon".
In that battle, the righteous people in the world suffered heavy casualties. Blood stained the rivers and corpses were accumulated everywhere. What was even more shocking was that some of the warriors who escaped by chance were either crazy or were scared to speak. Only a few of them barely retained their minds, but when they talked about the battle, their bodies still trembled.
As soon as they closed their eyes, they would think of Qin Chenfu, who was like the god of death, covered in blood. He really turned into a demon, because even his appearance had no human nature. Long granulations like willow branches grew around him. The granulations danced with the wind, and he didn't have to do anything when he killed people. Just a look, yes, just look at you, you can tear people into pieces in two or three battles across the air. Isn't this a demon magic? What is this?
God, and he can also attract other demons. After a fight that day, it can be said that he did not even move, let alone be injured.
It was then that Qin Chenfu's notoriety spread throughout the world. He was the first person here to become a demon from his body. Due to the changes in his body and the hatred and fear of people, later people no longer called him the name, but only called him "Dry Vine" based on his appearance. Later, this Desert Vine became "Dry Vine Old Man" in rumors spreading rumors. After the troubled times began, the previous generation died one after another, and the legend of Desert Vine Old Man became more and more mysterious, and his life experience was also available in various versions, and it has been until now.
Back to the book, Xingxiao couldn't believe that it was true after learning the news. Although he and Qin Fuchen only had one-sided relationship, they cherished each other and respected each other, so Xingxiao could not accept that the elegant gentleman would do such a tragic thing. So after his master's first seven, he went down the mountain and went straight to Zhengtai County. He wanted to find Qin Chenfu and ask him the truth about the matter.
But after he arrived at Zhengtai County, his heart was half cold. At that time, Zhengtai County had become a dead city. The whole city exuded an incredible stench and evil spirit. Birds and beasts flew away within three miles. This was really a scene that could only witchcraft.
But he did not find Qin Chenfu. At this time, Xingchi used his own secret technique to pass on a letter to him and told him that the leader had something important to ask him to go back to the mountain. Xingxiao had no choice but to return. On the way back, he passed by Queshan and met an ancient beauty who practiced here. He could not bear to be a disaster for the local people, so he fought with him and sealed him under the crypt.
Because time was tight, Xingxiao didn't have time to think of his method, so he had to write down some key points of the Golden Elixir Sutra, hoping that future generations who have the opportunity to come here would be compassionate and not seal them arbitrarily. However, because he wrote down the key points of the Golden Elixir Sutra without authorization and delayed his journey, he called himself an "unworthy disciple" in the rest of the article.
Let’s briefly explain, after returning to Xianmen Mountain, Xingxiao hurriedly asked the brothers what happened. This was just a sudden rain, and bad things followed one by one.
The leader of Xingyun actually told him another thing that was about to happen even more terrifying than a natural disaster.
It turned out that when the leader of Xingyun practiced these days, he was always uneasy in his heart, so he entered the secret room to meditate. During the meditation, he learned that something big was about to happen in the world. At this moment, the Taoist Master Xingchi also discovered that a purple light suddenly appeared in the night sky of Qiantian in the northwest. This purple light was a bookworm who read scriptures since he was a child. He naturally understood what this meant.
Obviously, something was brewing in that demonic aura, it was very likely to be an unprecedented star!
"In less than half a year, the real troubled times will be reopened. We brothers and others must be prepared in advance to deal with the disaster stars in the troubled times." Taoist Master Xingyun said.
After learning about this, Xing Xiao was shocked and couldn't help but shed two lines of tears. As a cultivator, he naturally understood the weight of the senior brother's words. His tears were shed for the people who were about to suffer.
And it was at that time that the cause had long been planted.
Just three days later, Xing Xiao Xing Kuang and Xing Huan disappeared for some reason.
The brothers and sisters were very puzzled by their disappearance. Until later there were rumors in the world that Taoist Master Xingxiao had a fierce battle with the evil demon Qin Fuchen. In the end, the evil demon of the dead vine was seriously injured and hid in Yinshan. However, Taoist Master Xingxiao disappeared from now on. Is he dead or alive? No one knows.
They only knew that not long after, a demon star appeared in the sky for no reason, and the troubled times followed.
I really didn't expect that Doumiguan and the old man with Knot Vine had such a connection before.
Everyone held their breath and listened to the Taoist Master Xinghuan talk about the dusty past. Shisheng felt more and more strange. It turned out that the Golden Elixir Sutra he had practiced and the Taoist Masters who had never met had such experiences.
However, Shisheng didn't know at that time how much "surprise" that the crazy Taoist Master Xinghuan would bring him.
After the Taoist Master Xinghuan said these things briefly, the head of Xingyun snorted coldly, "What can you do if you say these?"
"What do you think can do?" The Taoist Master Xinghuan stared at Master Xingyun with anger all over his eyes, and then gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Aren't all this planned by you? I really can't figure out how thick-skinned you need to make you, the "planner" of the evil star in troubled times, and together with the heroes of the world, what kind of "confrontation with the troubled times"?"
What!!
As soon as he said this, everyone in the audience couldn't help but scream! He said that the planner of the "Demon Star in Troubled Times" is actually the leader of Xingyun?! Did he actually create the troubled times?
How is this possible?!
Just as everyone was stunned, the head of Xingyun snorted coldly and said, "Why should I do this? Your lie is a bit too big, and I haven't left Doumi Temple, so how can I plan to say it?"
"Now, you, the pig and dog, are so embarrassed to lie!" The Taoist Xinghuan was trembling all over. He pointed his finger at the head of Xingyun and cursed loudly: "You didn't expect that I heard it from beginning to end that night. Although I didn't want to believe that those were true at that time, I really didn't expect that you, the old pig and dog, would actually do that inhumane thing for the sake of the so-called "Immortal Sect"!!"
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