[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-borrowing-the-sword":3,"chapter-borrowing-the-sword-borrowing-the-sword-chapter-85":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Borrowing the Sword",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2214650,3888,"Chapter 85: The Struggle of the Great Dao","borrowing-the-sword-chapter-85",85,"\u003Cp>The Struggle of the Great Dao\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before this time, did anyone know that Hengze Heaven was once the residence of a Dao Ancestor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't think so. Before, after passing through the Eight City Gates, one would enter various cities, and the time and state were not all the same.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That group of soldiers didn't assign any dangerous tasks to Li Pingyan. They really just repaired the magic array together with Li Pingyan. In Ruan Ci's view, those magic array runes were profound and obscure, things never seen in the Langhuan Zhou Tian, and they did not belong to this universe. But since Li Pingyan didn't know the bottom line, then for him, these runes were nothing special. With a little guidance from the soldiers, he was already on the job. While injecting spiritual power into the magic tool, he whispered to Ruan Ci, \"This place is originally transformed from an inner landscape world, and what is seen and heard changes with the rise and fall of thoughts. This time...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Ruan Ci with some suspicion, obviously suspecting that Hengze Heaven had such a strange change because of Ruan Ci's appearance, \"Junior Sister Ci, do you have any advice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruan Ci said, \"I can't tell you what I know. You came here because of ignorance and are already deeply trapped in the game. If you know more at this time, I don't know what changes you will have, whether you will be rejected by this world, and where you will go then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her words sounded mysterious, but not a single word was insincere. For a moment, she felt like she was sometimes Wang Panpan, Xie Yanhuan, or Wang True Person. However, Li Pingyan was much more sensible than the previous Ruan Ci. After all, he had been cultivating for a long time and understood the principles very well. He said, \"That's true. Ignorance at this time is my blessing. I won't ask more, just bump forward according to fate. Junior Sister Ci, just attach yourself to me and follow me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also said thoughtfully, \"Since Hengze Heaven is the remnant of the Dao Ancestor's residence, it shows that the Dao Ancestor has already fallen, and I'm afraid even his name has been lost. It's just that I don't know which Great Dao this Dao Ancestor originally mastered in this universe, and why he fell near the Langhuan Zhou Tian.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruan Ci also had some doubts in her heart. She knew that Hengze Heaven was a remnant of the old universe, but she didn't expect it to be the preservation of the Dao Ancestor's inner landscape world. After all, after the Green Sovereign fell, the Green Florescence Myriad Things Heaven vanished. And judging from the details in the words of the ancestors worshipped by the Shangqing Sect and other seniors, the true fall of the Dao Ancestor is that even the name disappears. That is truly dead, with no hope of resurrection. Even this is not considered complete annihilation. Perhaps it will only be truly disappeared in this world when the orthodox lineage passed down by the Dao Ancestor all disappears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this standard, the Green Sovereign can only be considered dead but not stiff. Not only does the sword spirit fragment still stain the true spirit, but the name and orthodox lineage are not truly scattered. Now there is Ruan Ci, a sword messenger with twelve Foundation Establishments, who is trying to refine East Florescence again. She wants to cross time and be reborn on Ruan Ci. It is not too difficult. After all, at the level she is at, time is just another dimension that can be crossed at will. And this Dao Ancestor of Hengze Heaven even left two layers of inner landscape worlds. Ruan Ci really doesn't know how this was done. After all, the Dao Ancestor's inner landscape world is the great heaven they created. Why would the foundation of one great heaven overlap on another great heaven? Wouldn't the two great heavens collide?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These things can only be discussed after leaving Hengze Heaven. If it is related to the Dongyang Dao Ancestor, then not a single word can be said outside Hengze Heaven, and it is best not to think too much about it. Ruan Ci wants to figure out everything, but the more things she experiences, the more doubts she has in her heart. For her, enduring curiosity is the best training for her character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before entering Hengze Heaven, everyone naturally tried to inquire about the rules. After cultivators enter the city, they often need to deal with the local government in charge of the city and try to obtain a road permit to move forward. Those small cultivators who took precious medicine and integrated into Hengze Heaven did not have outstanding strength, and most of the road permits they obtained could only stay in the first city and could not walk deeper. But the road permits obtained by Li Pingyan through fighting could allow him to walk through several cities and finally decide his own foothold. But now the scenery behind the city gate is completely different, all experience is no longer applicable, and the road permit has a new use. Li Pingyan repaired the magic array for half a day, and the soldiers brought two more Langhuan cultivators. Both of them defeated the gate-keeping soldiers, and after entering the city, they were brought to the city wall to repair the array. And those cultivators who fought with the soldiers to a draw were arranged for other tasks after entering the city. Ruan Ci also saw a few small cultivators who took precious medicine. They were either transporting spiritual materials or directing others to build roads and houses, doing what seemed to be the lowest-level coolie work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Langhuan Zhou Tian, Foundation Establishment cultivators have some status, but now they are building roads, which is really ridiculous. But to say resistance is impossible. After all, in this Eternal Dao City, looking around, almost all are Foundation Establishment cultivators. Even the children playing on the side of the road have Qi Refining cultivation. Even if Qin Fengyu is here, she can only obey the arrangements obediently. Otherwise, if she is surrounded by thousands of soldiers, even if she has many means, she can only be executed. Even if the cities were separated before, there were very few cultivators who went in for adventure and slaughtered on a large scale. This is because the difference in numbers is too great, and these soldiers are all transformed from the inner landscape world. Who knows if they will wake up in a blink of an eye after being killed? But the magic power they consume is less for every bit they use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Brother Li, please invite them to the restaurant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group of soldiers brought Li Pingyan and others to work, not specifically to stand and chat. After bringing them to the place, they left and were busy nearby. Li Pingyan worked patiently for a day, and finally the sun set behind the mountain. Someone came to replace them behind him, and asked them to get rewards from the leader. Li Pingyan worked for a day and got more than 3,000 talisman coins. Ruan Ci secretly estimated the price in her heart. Seeing that the previous group of soldiers had also finished their shift, she hurriedly said to Li Pingyan, \"Talk more about local things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Li, let's go together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The changes after entering the city also made the two Langhuan cultivators somewhat confused. At this time, they rushed up from behind. The older male cultivator said warmly, \"Let's invite together, invite together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The younger male cultivator beside him smiled and said, \"How can we let Brother Li spend money? I will be the host.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Pingyan looked at Ruan Ci, and seeing that Ruan Ci did not object, he nodded and said, \"The changes here are too great, we should join forces. Wait a moment, I will go and invite them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He went up to greet the group of soldiers who brought him, came back and said, \"They have already agreed, but they still need to go home to change clothes and adjust their breathing. We also need to find a place to stay. We agreed to meet at the city gate two hours later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Repairing the magic array means using spiritual power without stopping. Although it is not a conquest, it is not easy, especially since everyone is in Hengze Heaven, and the breathing of spiritual power is not as smooth as outside. If the jade pool is not wide enough, it is time to find a place to adjust breathing after working for five or six hours. However, Ruan Ci knew Li Pingyan's magic power, and it didn't need to rest just to repair the magic array. The two cultivators looked at each other and both smiled, \"We are still fine, why don't we find a restaurant first, drink wine and wait.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Pingyan had no objection. The four of them arched their hands to communicate their names, and talked about what they saw and heard after coming to Hengze Heaven. The older cultivator was surnamed Xu, and the younger cultivator was surnamed Fan. Neither mentioned their sect. The two met after entering Hengze Heaven. Some of their original companions were damaged in the fighting, and some took precious medicine and integrated into the local area, and they were not on the same path. Their magic power was still okay. After defeating the soldiers, they were also very surprised after entering the city. But the soldiers who brought them were not on duty here, so they saw Li Pingyan and these soldiers knew each other and worked in the same place. After a day, they were somewhat familiar, so they naturally came to attach themselves, all wanting to know why such changes appeared in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Eternal Dao City and the matter of Dao struggle, as long as it continues, will eventually be known by most people. There is no need to be too pretentious about this, and it looks stingy. Li Pingyan told the two of them a few words he heard. Senior Brother Xu's eyes flashed, and he sighed, \"So Hengze Heaven is really the remnant of the Dao Ancestor. Are we returning to the last battle before the destruction of Hengze Heaven?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Junior Brother Fan said, \"This is a great opportunity, but it may also hide great danger. If it is really the last battle, then we all know the result. If we want to reenact the last battle, then we are on the battlefield...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone could think of this point. The so-called opportunity is naturally to be able to witness the struggle of the Dao Ancestor, just like small cultivators watching the fighting of Nascent Soul and Cave Heaven. The benefits obtained are countless, and can even affect the cultivator's foundation. But the risks are needless to say. In the inner landscape world, the void and the real are mixed. They all know that they are in an illusion, but since they have already obtained the road permit and integrated into this place, what is obtained in this place can be brought out of Hengze Heaven, which also means that the danger they encounter in Hengze Heaven is a real danger. Foundation Establishment cultivators are too weak on the battlefield of the Dao Ancestor's struggle. Even if they are cautious, it is useless. If they are unlucky, they will die and their bones will be gone in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The safest way is naturally to exit the city gate and return to the pool outside the door. But the four people present were unmoved. Senior Brother Xu smiled, \"Junior Brother Fan, which of us cultivators is not walking between life and death? If you are a little timid, you won't be able to get here. If you are afraid, go back early. In my opinion, this matter will only be my opportunity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said this very arrogantly, and his interest was flying between his looks. Li Pingyan couldn't help but cheer. Junior Brother Fan's face calmed down, he lowered his eyes to pour a glass of wine for Senior Brother Xu, and smiled, \"Little brother is just a casual talk, no intention to underestimate Senior Brother. Senior Brother, please forgive me, please drink this cup.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Brother Xu laughed, drank the wine, and everyone stopped mentioning the risks of this matter, only talking about other things they saw and heard. Senior Brother Xu said, \"Most of the residents here are cultivators, but their cultivation base is not very brilliant. We adjust our breathing and spiritual power slowly here, but even so, working for six hours is nothing. Those soldiers need to go home to adjust their breathing. It seems that the so-called Eternal Dao City is not all elites.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Junior Brother Fan looked around, \"But the price here is extremely low. We worked for a day and got 3,000 spiritual coins. In this restaurant, the best spiritual wine is only 100 spiritual coins a pot. I tasted it, and the spiritual power is overflowing, which is the best. If it were in the Zhou Tian, a pot would probably be worth hundreds of thousands of spiritual coins.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Langhuan Zhou Tian, if it is just repairing a part of the city defense array, there is no special difficulty. The reward for a Foundation Establishment cultivator for a day is about 10 spiritual jades, which is 1,000 spiritual coins. Calculated this way, the Langhuan Zhou Tian is indeed expensive, and the rewards are much lower. Senior Brother Xu obviously noticed the difference for the first time and fell into deep thought, unable to exchange views with Junior Brother Fan. Ruan Ci was aroused, and took the initiative to say, \"That's true, but maybe there are some inside stories we don't know. After all, if the soldiers are all rewarded like this, the restaurant should be crowded. Is this spiritual wine not comfortable enough to drink? Why do you have to go home to rest?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Junior Brother Fan said, \"Junior Brother Ci is right. Little brother just walked here and also carefully looked around. There are many places here that are different from our Zhou Tian. One of them is the price. I don't know if any disciples of Baozhixing have come in this time. If there are, little brother really wants to discuss with him how to do business in such a place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Brother Xu has a bold and unrestrained personality, and he was impatient to hear these, \"Junior Brother doesn't know, the peddlers of Baozhixing never enter the secret realm, but wait at the ferry outside. All business firms have such rules. So if you want to find someone to talk about these, wait until you are alive and go out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Junior Brother Fan was interrupted by him, but he was not angry, and stopped talking, but focused on pouring wine for everyone. He poured it to Ruan Ci, and Ruan Ci smiled, \"Thank you, Junior Brother, I can't drink anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only tasted this spiritual wine once, out of curiosity, to see how much she had integrated into this world after wearing the silver hairpin. The wine turned into void as soon as it entered her mouth, and not a trace of spiritual power was left. Ruan Ci knew that although she could hold things in the city, she was still not tolerated here. So she could only be curious about the taste of this spiritual wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she didn't drink the spiritual wine, she was still very interested in what Junior Brother Fan said. Seeing that Junior Brother Fan seemed to be a delicate person, she explained, \"My spiritual power is insufficient, I cannot integrate into this place, and I don't want to take medicine, so I have to borrow a strange treasure bestowed by my teacher to follow Senior Brother Li into the city to see. Although I have entered, I am also rejected by this city and cannot taste the delicacies in the city.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not being able to integrate into Hengze Heaven must be because the cultivation base is not deep enough. As for Ruan Ci's strange treasure, although it is magical, the precious medicine that can help cultivators integrate into Hengze Heaven is not rare. Therefore, Senior Brother Xu didn't care about Ruan Ci. Hearing her say this, he just looked at her and didn't care. He said to Li Pingyan, \"Brother Li, Junior Brother Ci can't drink, let's drink a few more cups, let them talk!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to discuss the possible forms of this Dao struggle with Li Pingyan, vaguely classifying Junior Brother Fan and Ruan Ci as one category. Junior Brother Fan didn't care much about Ruan Ci's insufficient cultivation base. Hearing her explain specifically and not hesitating to expose her own shortcomings, his face brightened and he became closer to Ruan Ci. However, he didn't alienate Senior Brother Xu, still diligently pouring wine, taking care of Ruan Ci, and talking to her. Ruan Ci said, \"I came to the city and saw many places different from ours. The price is also something I can't figure out. Besides that, there is the government in the city. In our place, the government, the Dao Palace, and the sect are three different places. But in this Eternal Dao City, the government seems to be the Dao Palace and the sect. I don't know if all the inner landscape worlds of the Dao Ancestor are like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Junior Brother Fan's eyes lit up and said, \"Junior Brother Ci is really careful. I haven't thought of this layer yet. I have seen some other differences. For example, the soldiers on the city wall, the techniques they cultivate are different, and there is no rule. This is unimaginable in the Dao soldiers of our Zhou Tian. Our Zhou Tian also has Dao cities and Dao soldiers composed of cultivators. Even the major sects will compile soldiers who cultivate the same techniques together when they attack each other, and practice some combined attack techniques. But there is none here. It seems that they cultivate whatever they like. How can such soldiers survive in the war?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruan Ci also noticed this point, which was also a doubt in her heart. Besides that, the magic tools used by cultivators are different, which is a trivial matter. Junior Brother Fan said again, \"Also, in fact, from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, there is no difficult barrier. It is just whether the spiritual energy is sufficient. If the spiritual energy is sufficient and there are external medicines, it can be said that there is no Qi Refining cultivator who cannot establish a foundation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruan Ci said, \"That's right! I pay attention to the price, which is why.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her hand to signal the wine glass beside her, \"The reward for a Foundation Establishment cultivator for a day can buy thirty pots of spiritual wine, which means he worked for two days and can support a Qi Refining cultivator from the beginning of Qi Refining to perfection. Even if the external medicine here is extremely rare, there should be many Qi Refining perfect cultivators on the street. But we still saw many pedestrians who are not young and are still stuck in the middle stage of Qi Refining. So why are they stuck in that realm? And, according to this ratio, a Foundation Establishment cultivator is enough to breed a cultivation family of thousands of people, and the population reproduction continues endlessly. When is the end?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Pingyan was also attracted by Ruan Ci's words. Only Senior Brother Xu was impatient, \"This place is just the transformation of the inner landscape world. How can it be reasonable everywhere? Why bother with these?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He relied on his cultivation base and was a bit impolite to Junior Brother Fan and Ruan Ci, only respecting Li Pingyan. Li Pingyan was about to say something, but his face moved, and he stood up and said, \"People are here, I'll go and pick them up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After they joined the team, the road permit turned into a token, which has many functions. As long as you catch a trace of aura, you can communicate simply with acquaintances through the token. Therefore, those soldiers also know where Li Pingyan and others are in the restaurant. Everyone hurriedly ordered the waiter to change to a new table, sat down and greeted again, and communicated their names. There is no taboo of real names in this Hengze Heaven. Several soldiers said their full names, and there was no spell cover. These four people naturally could not do the same, and all reported fake names, and the soldiers did not notice at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying some words of thanks for the care during the day, Li Pingyan saw Senior Brother Xu winking, so he stopped being circuitous and said straight to the point, \"To tell you the truth, we invited a few big brothers here today, besides thanking you, we also want to know, this Dao Ancestor residence, Eternal Dao City, actually has people who dare to be enemies? I don't know who this Dao struggle is with?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the more than ten soldiers, the highest position is Captain Zhu, a rough man. Hearing this, he smiled heartily, \"You are joking. This Eternal Dao City has never stopped fighting for a day. The Dao City is eternal, and the Dao struggle is also eternal. The moment the Dao Ancestor attained the Dao, he entered the struggle. The struggle of the Great Dao, regardless of time, has no beginning and no end, and will continue forever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being able to say these words as a Foundation Establishment soldier, everyone was stunned. Ruan Ci said in her heart, \"The Foundation Establishment cultivators of Langhuan Zhou Tian, how can they talk about the Dao Ancestor so lightly? One by one, they are secretive. It seems that the people of this Dao Ancestor still have a different style.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for this Dao struggle, the other side playing against the Dao Ancestor—\" Captain Zhu drank a glass of wine and said casually, \"It is the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Dao Ancestor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin-Yang and Five Elements Dao Ancestor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creator of this universe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Pingyan, Senior Brother Xu, and Junior Brother Fan all changed their faces. Ruan Ci also made a look of surprise on her face, but she shouted in her heart, \"Sure enough! The death of Hengze True Person is really related to the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Dao Ancestor! I'm afraid he died under the Green Sword!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Updated, sorry for the long wait. I'll send red envelopes to everyone in this chapter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For me, as someone who especially likes to watch people shop and calculate accounts, writing this kind of plot is very exciting. Many immortal novels end up with infinite currency inflation, and I feel that the economic system is easy to collapse. So when I write about this difference, I feel very satisfied, which makes up for the slots I see in books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I haven't slept well these days, and I'm still a bit weak. I'm not catching a cold anymore, and I don't have that feeling of weakness and back pain all over my body, but my rhinitis has been hooked up. The day before yesterday and yesterday, my nose was blocked and swollen, and I kept blowing my nose and coughing, and my throat was also uncomfortable. Yesterday noon, I went to catch Chuanxiong and Xinyi flowers to boil medicine. Chuanxiong 15g, Xinyi flower 10g, boil two ways and mix them together to drink twice, which has a miraculous effect. It was much better yesterday, and I am slowly recovering now. Xinyi flower seems to have a component that has the same effect as ephedrine in cold medicine, which shrinks the nasal blood vessels and prevents nasal congestion. But after the effect of ephedrine wears off, it will rebound, and the nasal congestion will be more serious. Unless you keep taking cold medicine, it is of little use. The component of Xinyi flower will not cause a rebound reaction. I got rhinitis in 2010. At the worst, I couldn't breathe when sleeping, which was very painful. Later, I ate Xinyi flower and Chuanxiong stewed pig brain. I ate it for a long time and it relieved a lot, but I hated eating pig brain extremely. Later, I compromised to only eat these two Chinese medicines, and the effect was also very good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for books, I have been reading \"The Road to the Noble Wife of the Farming Mother-in-law\" intermittently. I feel a bit speechless after reading this book... But I haven't found a better one, so I'm reading it reluctantly. A few days ago, someone planted grass for me \"Former Everywhere in the Immortal World\", but because it is a book of the same station and the same subject, I can't read it until this book is finished, otherwise I'm afraid of suspicion, which is a bit regrettable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>. 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