Moon Emperor

Chapter 374

Walking to the strip-shaped boulder corresponding to the key, Su Yan held the stone key, closed his eyes and concentrated, and began to try to evolve the secret land.

Yourong and Xie Bingxin stood behind him and waited. They should have this opportunity in the future, so they were just curious at the moment, what would it be like?
After Su Yan put his mind into the stone key, he instantly felt that his soul was being sucked into a world that was vast, deep and dark, with no distinction between up, down, left, and even past, present, and future.

He knew very well in his heart that this was just a perception illusion. In fact, his soul had not left the body, but most of his consciousness had entered the secret land of Xiaoyan.

Since he had just opened up the middle Dantian, Su Yan was not in a hurry at this time. After thinking about it, he said in a wicked way: "First of all, there must be light."

As his words fell, light lit up in the dark world.

During this process, Su Yan could feel some subtle changes in the laws, but for his current state, it was still too difficult to understand them in detail, and there were only some special feelings that seemed to be absent.

Su Yan was neither discouraged nor impatient, nor did he force enlightenment; he knew very well that he could only initially evolve, and there would be many opportunities for enlightenment in the future, so there was no need to rush.

"There must be earth, mountains, rivers, and oceans."

With every word he uttered, corresponding things appeared in this desolate world, as if whatever he thought in his heart could be derived here.

Of course, Su Yan understands that this is also an illusion. If he insists on using some high-level methods, such as creating the world with the four elements of earth, water, wind, and fire; or using "Tao creates one, one creates two, two generates three," "Three Lives and All Things" to create the world, the result will be that nothing can be accomplished, and it may even lead to insanity and injury to one's soul.

Because the derivation of the secret land of Xiaoyan depends on the monk's cognition, you cannot imagine things out of thin air, and you do not understand, understand, or even understand things.

Even these are just castles in the air, but at least Su Yan has seen the earth, mountains and rivers and other objects, and knows their appearance, nature and characteristics, which is enough to make them appear in front of him.

In this way, after Su Yan created a large framework of the world, he began to fill it in with details. For example, the source of light did not appear out of thin air, but was emitted by the sun, moon, and stars.

For example, the earth cannot be bare, but must have grass, trees, and fruits; the rivers cannot be all clear water, but must at least contain silt, sand, and duckweed.
Just like this, the world became more and more perfect. Although Su Yan felt mentally exhausted, he also felt a sense of satisfaction, as if he was the creator.

Then, he felt that the world was too quiet, and he couldn't help but want to create some living creatures, starting with a simple earthworm.

It is very difficult to create living creatures. Su Yan failed several times. He finally made an earthworm that could move on its own, and then the whole world collapsed!

It feels like you have worked so hard to build a sand fortress on the beach, and then a big wave hits you, and with a bang, it's all gone.

Su Yan, who had a headache, rubbed his head and decided not to do anything beyond his capabilities. Moreover, there was a competition today, so he would slowly evolve and comprehend in the future.

After resting for a while and slowly replenishing the consumed spiritual power, Su Yan tried to reduce the venue as much as possible for the sake of stability. Anyway, he only needed a place to fight.

To the outside world, Yourong and Xie Bingxin are quite patient, because they have understood before that it takes a lot of time to temporarily evolve a secret land.

When they saw Su Yan's figure suddenly disappearing, they immediately understood that this was a success.

So they both stepped forward and reached out to touch the boulder, and then disappeared in the same place.

After a moment of trance, what caught the eyes of the two women was a silent world of pure white and falling snow.

The rime here is foggy, and the sky, clouds, mountains, and water are all white. At your feet is a river embankment buried in snow. In front of you is a river covered with floating ice flowers that is not completely frozen. There is a lone boat on the river. There was a man wearing a raincoat and a hat, fishing alone in the Hanjiang River.

The lone fisherman is naturally Su Yan. This scene is taken from the image of "A lone man in a boat fishing alone in the cold river snow", and also mixed with a bit of his feelings when he first read "Looking at the Snow in the Pavilion in the Heart of the Lake".

Overall, the degree of completion of this space is quite high. Although the site can only be seen in front of you, and there is only a vast expanse of white in the distance, it is much more real than the fake empty world in front of you.

Yourong even stretched out his hand to catch the snowflakes falling from the sky.

Watching the hexagonal ice crystals melting in the warmth of her palm, she was as happy as a child seeing snow for the first time and a little bit incredulous, "Are these just derived? I feel like they are real."

However, Xie Bingxin didn't look too happy. She frowned slightly and saluted the people in the boat before saying, "Senior Su doesn't want to bully the small with the big, so does he deliberately create a favorable environment for Bing Xin?"

Xie Bingxin also has a special physique, but it is not a Taiyin body. It is called [Bingxin Dao Body].

This is an extremely rare physique, and there are only a few cases from ancient times to the present. The possessor is not only extremely talented in cultivating the Taoism, but also progresses rapidly; he can even perform some simple tricks even when he is a child without practicing. The cold ice method.

Fighting in such an icy and snowy environment obviously has obvious bonuses for Xie Bingxin.

Su Yan was dumbfounded. He didn't expect so much. He just wanted to show off. By the way, can you praise me?Anyone can say that I am handsome and look like a worldly expert.

Putting away his inner complaints, Su Yan took off his hat and looked at Xie Bingxin calmly, "You think too much."

"Let me ask you, why do you want to compete with me?"

Hearing this, Yourong also raised his head and looked at his friend.

Xie Bingxin looked directly into Su Yan's eyes and expressed her thoughts without any concealment: "It's a pity and unwillingness. You and I both learned Taoism in Qingcheng Palace. Generally speaking, we are of the same generation. The years of cultivation have not spread much apart." .”

"Although I heard about your reputation when we were on the mountain, your cultivation was still in the first three realms at that time, so I didn't pay much attention to you. I thought I would at least wait until you formed a pill first before talking."

"Later, when you came down the mountain, I could hear from the sound of the sword that you also had the intention to fight, but you just didn't have the chance for a while."

"At that time, I was still thinking that if you could form an elixir when you returned to the mountain gate, I would definitely compete with you."

"But I never expected that there would be such a development later."

Xie Bingxin was, of course, referring to Su Yan's sudden reincarnation of an immortal or a bodhisattva.

"There are various rumors from the outside world. In addition, after you left Luoyang, you did not choose to return to Qingcheng Palace, so I gradually gave up this idea."

"Until the recent trip to the East China Sea, I suffered some setbacks. I thought about many things and considered various possibilities."

“The final conclusion is that weakness is the original sin.”

Su Yan stood with his hands behind his back and listened quietly, neither interrupting nor giving any big reasons to the other party.

Xie Bingxin looked at her right hand blankly, "I want to become more powerful. I want to be as happy as you are. I want to kill enemies with my sword and not be bound by anyone or anything in the world."

"So I have the courage to challenge the seniors, not only to get rid of the regret of not being able to compete, but also to use this method to go one step further." Su Yan nodded slightly, "I probably understand. In fact, you take it for granted. You are weak. It is indeed the original sin, but once you become stronger, you are not really carefree and carefree."

"Then you will be invincible in the world!" Xie Bingxin raised her head and said in a loud voice.

Su Yan laughed and clapped his hands gently, "Okay, what an invincible person. Although it sounds a bit immature, I appreciate young people with ambition."

Hearing this, Xie Bingxin felt a glimmer of hope in her heart, "I am now at the fourth level of the Six Heavenly Ladder. May I ask where your senior level is now?"

If possible, Xie Bingxin still hopes that the two sides can compete while the gap in strength is not too large.

Otherwise, she would not feel ashamed if Su Yan solved it within a few moves, but she would feel that she had learned nothing and wasted this hard-earned opportunity.

As for environmental factors, Xie Bingxin believes that this can be removed. As long as the realms are roughly equal, there is no need for environmental factors to affect the relationship between victory and defeat.

"I've just entered the fifth realm. It's not much different from you, so I won't lower the realm."

Hearing Su Yan's answer, Xie Bingxin breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little uneasy.

It's not because the fourth realm and the fifth realm are actually quite different. It can't be simply summarized in that small realm. After all, this is the transformation from the golden elixir stage to the Nascent Soul stage.

In fact, what she was worried about was that Su Yan didn't seem to have any intention of "holding back" in his tone, which meant that she might fail miserably at a very fast speed.

Xie Bingxin took a deep breath. If you fail miserably, you must fail miserably. You overestimate your capabilities and challenge others. It’s good that the other party is willing to give you this opportunity. How can you ask for this or that?

"Senior, please teach me!" Xie Bingxin adjusted her energy and spirit to the best state. After saluting, she took a few steps back and slowly pulled out a tasseled transparent long sword from behind.

Su Yan knew this long sword with a pure white scabbard. It was called [Arctic Yuanbing Sword] and was a top-grade Taoist weapon. When he went down the mountain to choose a Taoist weapon, Master Gu introduced it to him, but in the end he didn't choose it.

It seems that it was later given to Xie Bingxin by the teachers of Qingcheng Palace, and the attributes of this sword are quite consistent with her.

Seeing that his friends were formally arranging their stance, Yourong, who had been listening silently before, immediately stepped away, leaving space for both parties to confront each other.

As for Su Yan, he did not immediately enter a fighting state. He still stood at the head of the boat, looking at the distant mountains and rivers with his hands behind his hands.

Suddenly, he sighed.

This made Xie Bingxin a little puzzled. Before she could ask any questions, Su Yan said calmly: "Actually, I don't understand swords."

Xie Bingxin didn't understand what it meant for a while. What does it mean to not understand the sword? ?

"Everyone in the world has a rumor that my sword skills can lead to gods. If I said that I know nothing about sword skills, it just happened that the magic weapon I used in this life was a sword, so it became sword skills. Would you believe it?"

Su Yan's words seem familiar?That's right, it's exactly what Jiang Huawei said to his apprentice back then!

Including Su Yan's posture of standing with hands behind his back, he also deliberately imitated it, striving to restore the image and temperament of an outsider.

As for Xie Bingxin, she naturally didn't know what Su Yan was thinking. After thinking about these words, she felt that it was somewhat possible.

So she nodded and said: "Of course I believe it. Senior Su is not the kind of swordsman who devotes his whole life to the sword, but only uses the sword to carry his 'Tao'."

"Even the leader of the East China Sea Sword Sect once said that the senior is using the sword to practice the law of cause and effect."

"But in Bing Xin's humble opinion, although the senior is not dedicated to swords, he does not understand swords."

"If someone with my previous level of swordsmanship can be said to be ignorant of swordsmanship, then there will be countless swordsmen in the world who should be ashamed of themselves."

"Just like Bing Xin is holding a sword at the moment, but she dare not say that she understands swords."

Xie Bingxin thought that what she said was very logical, but Su Yan shook her head, "I'm telling the truth. Apart from the fact that I don't major in swordsmanship, I actually have some memories in my previous life that I can no longer recall, including some very important ones." Basic stuff.”

"This means that if I don't integrate my understanding of the law of cause and effect into my swordsmanship, my sword will be just an ordinary sword and not worth mentioning."

Xie Bingxin was stunned, but seeing that Su Yan's tone was very serious, and thinking that this banished immortal would not lie to her, and there was no need for it, she couldn't help but believe it.

But Xie Bingxin didn't understand why the other party suddenly revealed this "secret" before the competition? ?

"Actually, it's not without some thought that I agreed to your request for a competition through Yourong."

"Although, as you said, I am not dedicated to swords, I still want to try to see if I can retrieve some past memories through sword practice."

"It's not appropriate to ask outsiders for this kind of thing. I don't want the secret of my short memory to be exposed."

"But I still trust Yourong very much. Although we have very little interaction with you, Yourong trusts you. In addition, what you just said made me have a good impression of you, so I am willing to trust you."

Xie Bingxin was even more shocked when she heard this. She didn't expect that the other party would trust her so much.

She hesitated for a moment and then asked: "In other words, senior wants me to practice sword practice with you?"

"Absolutely," Su Yan couldn't help but look more amiable when he saw that the other party believed him a little, "If you want to compete with me, I will naturally give my best. If I integrate my understanding of various avenues into the sword, you will lose too quickly. Aren’t you going to learn nothing?”

"As for me, even though I used swordsmanship to defeat you, it's no different from me holding a spear or even a shield. It won't help me much in retrieving my memory."

"In this case, we might as well just compete with swords, and not just one, but more than ten or twenty. After I retrieve some memories, you will naturally enjoy a battle at the level of meeting your opponent."

When Xie Bingxin heard this "more than ten or twenty games", her heart skipped a beat.

Although Su Yan said that his sword was just an "ordinary sword", he was quite modest in thinking that if he could fight with the opponent for many times, given the opponent's vision and experience, he would definitely be able to make great progress for himself.

Thinking of this, Xie Bingxin nodded vigorously, "Okay, I agree to this proposal."

(End of this chapter)