Chapter 103: Seven-Kill Sect Master

A few days later.

Qing Jingyuan, the Master of the New Jingzhai, shocked the world. Not only was the Yuwen Clan, one of the four great clans, completely exterminated, but even the Sui Emperor Yang Guang was forced to die in Daxing Palace, and many princes and ministers were buried with him.

Once such shocking news spread, the world fell silent, and all forces could not believe that Yang Guang would suddenly die in the deep palace.

One must know that the Imperial Palace had strict internal and external guards all year round, with experts emerging one after another, and it was difficult for any outsider to step in.

And he was forcibly broken into by one person, who treated ten thousand troops as nothing, unleashed supernatural powers like a demon, descended so-called heaven's punishment, collapsed the Imperial Guards, and went straight into Daxing Palace to poison the Sui Emperor Yang Guang to death.

No matter who heard this news, they would only feel it was incredible. Such non-human power was like listening to a storybook, even the Three Great Grandmasters of the time could not catch up, so the more they heard, the more they felt whether someone was trying to spread rumors.

But the numerous soldiers who escaped the Imperial Palace that day and survived, although their expressions were fearful and lingering, were all firm and certain when they told the story, and even swore by their lives.

One or two would be fine, but all those who saved their lives said that the person who killed the monarch, whose beauty felt unreal, was an existence like a demon. Even if they didn't want to believe it, they had to believe it.

All those who had great ambitions and wolfish hearts developed a sense of extreme wariness, and even ordered that if they encountered a white-haired, blue-robed youth, and he had a peerless appearance, they must pay attention to etiquette and be as respectful as possible.

What they naturally thought was that such a strong person could force the Sui Emperor in the midst of ten thousand troops, so killing them, these grass-head kings, wouldn't it be as easy as pie?

Also because of the Seven-Kill poem that shook Daxing City that day, a Seven-Kill Sect Master appeared in the martial arts world, whose deterrent power was far above the Three Great Grandmasters of the time.

Dongping Commandery.

A group of people walked in the bustling market.

"Master, what realm has your martial arts reached?"

Kou Zhong seemed to have endured for a long time. Looking at the blue-robed youth's leisurely and happy figure, he finally couldn't help but ask:

"How can you have the ability to fly and escape, and regrow severed limbs?"

Zhuang Buran chuckled:

"Hehe, intending to figure out Master's realm so you can commit the act of killing your master in the future?"

"Uh... the disciple doesn't dare." Kou Zhong's face froze.

Just as Xu Ziling intended to plead for mercy, the blue-robed youth said leisurely:

"I have already obtained the essence of the 'Longevity Secret's' Heaven and Man as One path. By this time, how could I not know that what you are practicing is martial arts, and what I am cultivating is the Dao."

"Is the Dao Master speaks of... cultivating immortality?" Kou Zhong could not hide the look of shock and uncertainty on his face.

"Cultivating only life and not nature is the first disease of cultivation. But cultivating ancestral nature and not the pill, ten thousand kalpas of yin spirits are hard to enter the sage. Martial arts are just the means for me to cultivate nature and life."

The blue-robed youth said casually:

"Through the Martial Dao, I recognize that the human body hides great secrets, by no means just the three great secret treasures of the dantian, Danzhong, and ancestral aperture, nor just the twelve regular meridians, eight extraordinary meridians, three-walled imperial meridians, twenty-eight branch meridians, and certainly not just as simple as muscles, bones, and blood."

"The human body still has internal organs, apertures densely distributed like stars, and even natural nine apertures such as eyes, ears, mouth, and nose."

"I opened the dantian, accumulated True Qi, first tempered the Qi meridians and the physical body, then turned to cultivate the internal organs and apertures, opening the natural nine apertures."

"When opening the nine apertures, the White Bone Contemplation I realized made my own quiet work reach great success. According to Buddhist words, it is cultivating the four dhyanas and eight samadhis."

"Thus, after condensing the ancestral aperture between the eyebrows, by adjusting my own True Qi, spirit, and blood to evolve a micro-world within the body, I call it the Internal Scene Heaven and Earth."

"Afterward, I continuously tempered the ancestral aperture between the eyebrows, evolving the Internal Scene Heaven and Earth, in order to gradually adjust the internal scene to perfectly fit the external heaven and earth."

Kou and Xu heard this, and although they seemed to understand and not understand, they keenly grasped the key point: wanting the so-called internal and external heaven and earth to fit perfectly is precisely the Heaven and Man as One path described by the "Longevity Secret."

In this way, this Daoist treasure book really allowed him to find the path to immortality. No wonder he had the power to break an army alone.

The two looked at each other and silently memorized the secret formula that the blue-robed youth called the essence of immortality. They also practiced the "Longevity Secret." Could they also step into the immortal path in the future?

At that time, not to mention cultivating immortality, but living for a few hundred years shouldn't be a problem, right?

And Susu on the side was listening in a daze, but she understood one point: this Qing Sect Master seemed to be practicing martial arts, but was actually cultivating immortality. He was worthy of being the Seven-Kill Sect Master who descended to the world like a celestial being.

"Master, transformation and flying are the skills of the Zhouliu Six Voids."

Xu Ziling suddenly realized:

"Rebirth and creation, could it be that martial art of yours that refines spirit and body back into Innate Original Qi."

Kou Zhong heard this and immediately woke up. A feeling of regret couldn't help but arise in his heart. He shouldn't have been so timid and fearful at the beginning. It is the so-called "lice are not itchy when there are many, and debts are not worried when there are many."

Thinking of the martial art that could be called immortality placed right in front of him, but because of timidity, he missed it, he felt more and more regretful.

He couldn't help but look at Xu Ziling and found that there was also a thick look of annoyance in his eyes.

Zhuang Buran naturally also sensed the emotions of the two and laughed dumbly:

"I have told you all my insights on cultivating the Dao. I hope you will work hard in the future and bring me some surprises."

After saying this, he walked toward the south of the city with large strides. Kou and Xu shook their heads helplessly and took Susu to hurry to catch up.

Outside the gate of a giant mansion in the south of the city, carriages and horses were like a dragon, very lively. Inside and outside the gate, lanterns were brilliant, figures were coming and going, and the sound of noise and laughter could be heard everywhere.

Outside the mansion gate, there were more than thirty big men in green clothes maintaining order, which was not to let idle people block the street and hinder the guests' carriages and horses from driving into the large mansion.

"Setting up a banquet and inviting guests actually attracted hundreds of idle people. And judging from the carriages and horses entering the door, they are either wealthy merchants or high-ranking officials."

Kou Zhong sighed:

"The host must be holding a red event like a birthday banquet or a wedding banquet. It's really lively enough."

"Master, don't you also want to go in and attend the banquet?"

Xu Ziling asked somewhat incredulously. In his impression, his Master, who seemed casual and loose, was actually as indifferent and distant as the Heavenly Dao, without the slightest fireworks. Why did he come to Dongping Commandery specifically for this banquet now?

"Master, we don't have an invitation. Could it be that we're just going to mix in like this?" Kou Zhong suddenly said.

Zhuang Buran carried his hands behind his back:

"I have recently added the title of Seven-Kill Sect Master. I imagine the owner of this mansion should give me a thin face."

Kou Zhong heard this and immediately understood. He walked up with large strides, operated his increasingly deep True Qi, and said loudly:

"The Sect Master of New Jingzhai has come to visit the owner of this mansion. Please see us."

Immediately, inside and outside the giant mansion, there was silence. Recently, the words "Sect Master of New Jingzhai" were the most prominent, and who knows how many people wanted to figure out the origin of the Seven-Kill Sect Master.

Just because Cihang Jingzhai was clearly formed by women, how did a male Sect Master emerge, and what was this New Jingzhai.

Not long after, a middle-aged old Confucian scholar walked out, followed by a fierce old man in ragged clothes.

The first moment they walked out, they placed their gaze on the blue-robed person in the bamboo hat, then noticed the white hair reaching his waist, especially discovering that if it weren't for their eyes seeing the visitor, they would only feel that there was nothingness in front of them, and there would be no one at all. In addition to being shocked, they felt that the reputation was well-deserved.

"Wang Tong greets Sect Master Qing."

"Ouyang Xiyi greets Sect Master Qing."

The blue-robed youth walked slowly:

"You are the owner of this mansion, a contemporary great Confucian, and one who has been famous for at least forty years, with the same generation as Ning Daoqi, the number one person in the Profound Gate. In terms of martial arts, you are not inferior to the leaders of the four clans."

"It should be me, this uninvited guest, who should offer etiquette first."

"Sect Master Qing is overly modest. For Sect Master Qing, the leaders of the four clans are also insignificant figures."

Wang Tong heard his tone and found that he was not a wicked guest who was wanton, rebellious, and difficult to deal with. His tense expression relaxed slightly, and he said:

"I don't know why Sect Master Qing has come?"

"Nothing to do, I want to come and listen to music. Is that okay?" Zhuang Buran said leisurely.

"If Sect Master Qing can come, it will only make my mansion shine." Wang Tong breathed a sigh of relief and raised his hand to signal:

"Please."

As the blue-robed youth walked into the mansion first without any restraint, Kou and the other three looked at each other.

"Xiao Ling, do you think with Master's temperament, it's possible he came specifically to listen to music?"

Before Xu Ziling could reply, Susu asked in surprise:

"Why is it impossible? I heard that Shi Qingxuan is a strange woman famous throughout the world, and her flute skills shocked the contemporary era. Everyone who has heard it admires her to the point of bowing down. It should be normal for it to arouse Sect Master Qing's curiosity."

Kou and Xu heard this and were silent for a while. Xu Ziling said a sentence that Susu was relatively familiar with.

"If you say Master came specifically to listen to music, I might as well believe that Shi Changguan can comprehend the essence of the 'Longevity Secret'."

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