Travel through the heavens

Xu Fengnian went to Qingtan to wash himself, while Fang Muye lay down on the grass, looking up at the brilliant Milky Way in the sky, somewhat dazed.

The old man in sheepskin coat came to sit beside him leisurely, plucked a piece of hay and held it in his mouth, also looked up at the sky, and said with emotion: "The sky is like a dome, covering the whole world, who is not a frog in a well."

Fang Muye smiled and said, "Senior, this is not something you would say."

Li Chungang crossed his legs and asked, "What should I say then?"

Fang Muye sat up and answered loudly: "If I, Li Chungang, had not been born, the sword path would have been dark forever."

"I am embarrassed to put on such a high attitude in front of you." Li Chungang laughed at himself and asked, "Have you become a land immortal?"

Fang Muye nodded: "Yes, I have entered."

Li Chungang had already guessed it, so he was not surprised to hear it. After a pause, he said softly, "You are probably the only land immortal this young in the world. I entered the Vajra realm at the age of sixteen, the Mysterious Finger realm at the age of nineteen, and the Celestial Phenomenon realm at the age of twenty-four. I am known as a sword immortal that only appears once in five hundred years, but I am still far behind you. I cannot compare to you, and neither can Wang Xianzhi, who ranks first in martial arts but claims to be the second best in the world."

Fang Muye said immediately: "Senior, you are too kind. Your demeanor is so great that I cannot even begin to catch up with you."

In terms of real age, Fang Muye is already fifty-six years old, no longer young, and he was fifty-two years old before he achieved perfection in the Great Zhoutian corresponding to the Celestial Realm. He is really incomparable to the old Sword God. If it weren't for this seven-colored portal, I'm afraid he would not be qualified to be compared with the old Sword God.

Li Chungang naturally didn't know about this, and thought Fang Muye was just being modest. He frowned and taught him a lesson: "If young people are too modest, they will lose their sharpness."

Fang Muye smiled and deliberately asked, "Senior, have you met Wang Xianzhi?"

Li Chungang chewed the hay in his mouth and said vaguely: "Not only have I seen it, I have also beaten it."

Fang Muye asked again: "What was the result?"

Li Chungang replied nonchalantly: "I lost."

Fang Muye smiled slightly and said, "Senior, are you holding back?"

Li Chungang was startled when he heard this, and looked at Fang Muye. He was dazed for a moment, then he came to his senses and said in a deep voice: "Yes, I did hold back."

He paused for a moment and continued slowly, "After I created the Two Sleeves Green Snake, I was unrivaled in the world. From then on, I was called the Sword God. But when I use the sword, my sword intent is extremely advanced, far superior to the Two Sleeves Green Snake, which is how I strike the sky bell, open the sky gate and kill the celestial being. When I lost to Wang Xianzhi and the wooden horse and ox were broken, it was not because I could not beat Wang Xianzhi at that time, but because Wang Xianzhi was a genius, and I cherished his talent and did not want him to die, so I did not use the sword that I could not send and receive at that time. Otherwise, there would be no second in the world of Wudi City now."

"Senior is so kind." Fang Muye asked again, "Does your sword have a name?"

Li Chungang nodded and stated calmly: "If you take the artistic conception of Two Sleeves of Green Snake to the next level, it will be my real unique skill. Its name is One Sword Opens the Gate of Heaven."

"One sword opens the gate of heaven." Fang Muye repeated softly.

In "The Snowy Swordsman", the most striking character is Li Chungang, and the most stunning sword must be the one that opens the sky gate.

Li Chungang said: "The ancients said that we should follow the way of heaven. Those who follow it will be blessed, while those who go against it will be disastrous. The way of heaven covers all living beings. People lie under the sky, eager to become heavenly beings. The gate of heaven is the way for all beings to become heavenly beings. Those who pass through the gate of heaven can surpass all living beings. But I just don't accept it. I don't accept that the way of heaven can determine my life, I don't accept that fate cannot be fought, I don't accept that people can't defeat heaven, and I don't accept that heavenly beings are immortals. I have a sword in my hand, which can cut open the gate of heaven. I, Li Chungang, will be a person all my life, exploring the way of heaven but not submitting, finding my own way and not fearing heavenly beings. Even if the gods and demons of ancient and modern times come to the mortal world, I, Li Chungang, will cut them all with one sword. This is the sword that opens the gate of heaven."

The more he spoke, the more sonorous his voice became, and he exuded a sense of pride.

Fang Muye was excited and praised sincerely: "Senior, this sword has reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship and can surpass thousands of years."

Li Chungang stretched out his hand and pulled his beard, then smiled faintly and said, "Do you want to learn? I'll teach you."

Fang Muye was stunned: "Senior wants to teach me? Why?"

"Why so many whys?" Li Chungang rolled his eyes: "If you don't want to learn, forget it."

Fang Muye smiled and said, "Of course I want to learn."

At this time, a laughing voice came: "Senior, I also want to learn, senior, how about you teach me too?"

It was Xu Fengnian who had just finished cleaning and had changed into a brand new ivory jade robe. He looked particularly energetic and radiant.

Li Chungang only took one look at him and noticed the difference. He asked, "How many levels of Dahuangting are you?"

Xu Fengnian hesitated for a moment and said, "According to Wudang's martial arts, it is the fourth level."

Li Chungang curled his lips and said, "You really stepped on dog shit, Wang Zhonglou himself is only at the sixth level of Huangting."

Xu Fengnian chuckled and said, "I have to thank Wen Hua for this."

Li Chungang glanced at Fang Muye and nodded: "You should be more grateful to him for being able to guide the Dahuangting in your body out and make it your own. Not many people in this world can do that."

"Senior, am I considered a master now?" Xu Fengnian asked, straightening his body.

Li Chungang sneered, "Master? You are still far from it. The first level has four realms: Vajra, Mysterious Finger, Celestial Phenomenon, and Earthly Immortal. Above that is Heavenly Man. You have just crossed the threshold of Vajra Realm, which means you have only entered the realm of mastery."

Xu Fengnian asked curiously, "Recently, I have been hearing about immortals and celestial beings on earth. May I ask, senior, what are immortals and celestial beings?"

Li Chungang chuckled and said, "The three religions have different doctrines, but the roots are the same. The ancients said that Yi is in line with the heaven and earth, so it touches the way of heaven and earth, which is the threshold of heaven and man. Confucian saints, Taoist immortals, and Buddhist living Buddhas are all like this. The saying of land immortals comes from this. The first level and four realms are not nonsense. Vajra comes from worshiping Buddha, Zhixuan praises Taoism, and Tianxiang praises Confucianism. Only land immortals, regardless of the three religions, are immortals and heavenly beings when they reach this realm."

Xu Fengnian felt that his vision suddenly became clear, and asked again: "Then, Senior, what power do the immortals on land have?"

Li Chungang hesitated for a moment and said, "Of the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, I have only seen one immortal Qi Xuanzhen before. I only know that Taoist immortals can reach the immortal realm on land, meet in the spirit furnace and form babies, which can travel thousands of miles away. This is the reason why Lu Zu flew a sword thousands of miles away to cut off heads five hundred years ago.

"As for any other magical things, there is a land immortal in front of you, you can ask him yourself." Li Chungang glanced at Fang Muye and said nothing more.