A sword, a donkey, and a pot of wine

In front of the stone steps at the foot of Taiwu Mountain.

A young Taoist priest stood there, looking at the sky anxiously. When he saw Xu Tianjiao and Qin Qimeng, a look of joy appeared on his face!

He clasped his hands together and said respectfully, "Fairy Qin has come from afar, and the ancestor ordered me to wait here!"

"The ancestor said that the fairy is a distinguished guest of our Taoist sect. She does not need to follow worldly etiquette and can fly on her sword!"

Then he stretched out his right hand and made a gesture of invitation.

Qin Qimeng nodded, her figure flashed, and she flew away on her sword!

"Uncle Master, there's me too!"

Seeing this, Xu Tianjiao quickly stood up and walked forward, shouting anxiously.

"The ancestor said that the donor can only climb up step by step along these stone steps!"

The figure of the little Taoist priest suddenly stood in front of Xu Tianjiao!

"what's the situation?"

Xu Tianjiao looked at the little Taoist priest in front of her with a puzzled look!

"I beg you to forgive my ancestor's instructions!"

The young Taoist priest clasped his hands together with a smile on his face.

Xu Tianjiao was displeased when she heard this, but her expression remained calm as she muttered to herself, "Just crawl! Haven't I walked enough roads in my life?"

The young Taoist priest said nothing, but just looked at Xu Tianjiao, as if he felt a little mocking towards his words!

How old are you? How far can you walk?

How could he know that the path Xu Tianjiao was walking on was the path of reincarnation...

Xu Tianjiao walked 1,800 steps along the path of reincarnation...

It may not seem like much, but it spans eighteen hundred years!

The stone steps of Taiwu Mountain are bumpy, as if they have experienced the baptism of endless years!

"interesting!"

Xu Tianjiao stepped onto the first step!

I just felt an invisible pressure coming towards me!

He began to walk up the stone steps!

Every step he took was like carrying a heavy burden, making his steps seem extremely heavy.

He couldn't help but frown, but then relaxed his brows, secretly marveling at the mystery of the stone steps.

Time passes by every second!

Xu Tianjiao's figure has reached the halfway point of the mountain!

His forehead was covered with tiny beads of sweat!

He turned and looked down...

The little Taoist priest followed him slowly.

Ten steps away from him.

"What's your name?"

Xu Tianjiao began to become interested in the little Taoist priest!

I'm considered one of the best, but climbing these stone steps is still so strenuous...

But the little Taoist priest can always follow him like a shadow!

"Gu Changsheng!"

The young Taoist priest had a calm expression, as if these stone steps were no different from ordinary stone steps in his eyes!

He looked at Xu Tianjiao and said calmly, "If you can't climb anymore, then go down the mountain. This Taiwu Mountain and this ancestor don't welcome you!"

"Is this your intention? Or is this what the old Taoist priest meant?"

Xu Tianjiao smiled faintly!

"Is there a difference? This Taiwu Mountain Heavenly Stairway is something every Taoist disciple must go through!"

"Although the Grandmaster has increased the pressure on you to come here! But now, your cultivation has reached the Golden Core stage, while when I first ascended the stage, I was still a mortal whose internal energy had not yet transformed into a spirit!"

Gu Changsheng looked calm, as if he was just talking about an ordinary matter!

Hearing this, Xu Tianjiao smiled!

He turned around and whispered, "Gu Changsheng, I will remember you!"

Then he took out his left foot and started walking upwards!

The speed is more than twice as fast as before!

The sword spirit in the spiritual platform is now emitting a faint sense of oppression!

"how come?"

Gu Changsheng was speechless, looking at Xu Tianjiao who was getting farther and farther away above his head!

His expression finally changed!

The stairs to heaven are thirty-six thousand steps!

It takes one hour!

Xu Tianjiao has reached the top of the mountain!

The top of Taiwu Mountain!

Surrounded by clouds and mist, it feels like you are in a fairyland!

Two figures appeared!

One of them was Qin Qimeng, and the other one was someone Xu Tianjiao had seen before.

One thousand eight hundred years ago, Eastern Region, Jiuxiao Mountain.

An old man, with an immortal look, holding a Tai Chi diagram!

Sweep away all the masters from foreign lands!

I just didn't expect that this old man is still alive...

Calculating the time, this old man has lived for at least two thousand years!

The lifespan of an ordinary throne is no more than a thousand years.

Those with great strength, such as the Confucian leader, have lived for more than 1,800 years!

In Xu Tianjiao's memory, there is only this one person who has lived for two thousand years!

Taiwu Mountain, the founder of Taoism, the old Heavenly Master!

After the old Confucian leader passed away, the old Heavenly Master became the number one person in the Xuanhuang world!

"I never thought that the young emperor we have been searching for for a thousand years is actually a descendant of the future who has traveled across time and space!"

The old man stared at Xu Tianjiao. Although his voice was calm, the shock contained in it was self-evident!

"Junior, Xu Tianjiao pays homage to the old Heavenly Master!"

Xu Tianjiao bowed respectfully, but when she looked up, she found that there was no trace of the old Taoist priest in front of her!

"I can't bear the emperor's worship!"

The old Taoist priest’s voice came from behind Xu Tianjiao!

Xu Tianjiao was about to turn around when she suddenly felt a magical force enveloping her!

The surrounding scene kept changing, and a golden light lit up!

The thorns made him unable to open his eyes!

After the golden light passed, Xu Tianjiao slowly opened her eyes.

But he found himself in front of a thatched hut!

He was very familiar with this thatched hut, having lived with the one-armed old man for seven years!

He spent his entire life in this thatched hut!

……

"Is this the Tai Chi diagram?"

Qin Qimeng whispered, and in front of her, a huge scroll slowly unfolded!

However, the figures of the old Taoist priest and Xu Tianjiao had disappeared!

……

“I didn’t expect that Ji Zi’s obsession would finally dissipate here!”

The figure of the old Taoist priest appeared.

He looked at the thatched hut in front of him and his heart could not calm down for a long time!

"Old Heavenly Master, you just mentioned my Master, but what is this obsession?"

Xu Tianjiao frowned. He had so much to know about the one-armed old man.

"No hurry, just keep looking down!"

The old Taoist priest smiled faintly, and then remained silent!

At this time, a young man walked out of the thatched hut.

Xu Tianjiao recognized this young man and felt that he was very familiar with him!

Because this young man is himself!

The young man held a wooden sword in his hand and practiced continuously...

"Disciple, do you still have hatred in your heart?"

An old man appeared. If you looked closely, you would find that he had only one arm...

……

"Master!"

When the one-armed old man appeared, Xu Tianjiao could no longer hold back and knelt on the ground crying!

……

"Yes, how can I forget a blood feud?"

Upon hearing this, the young man stopped, his eyes filled with determination and murderous intent!

"Ugh!"

The one-armed old man sighed and walked into the thatched hut!

The scene changed, and it was still the thatched hut, but this time it was a one-armed old man who came out!

But the boy was sleeping soundly in the room!

The one-armed old man pointed his sword at the sky and shouted, "You lackey from the foreign land, you've been following me for so long, and you still don't dare to take action?"

As the old man's voice came out!

In an instant, the sky suddenly changed with dark clouds and thunder, as if a great terror was about to befall.

Under this terrifying power from heaven, a black shadow quietly emerged. It was like a ghost, moving through the dark clouds, appearing and disappearing.

"Ji Zi, if you were alive, I would naturally not dare to take action. I never thought that you are just a wisp of obsession now, a lonely ghost, and you actually deceived me for seven years!"

The black shadow made a sinister sound, like a ghost from the Nether Hell.

"You're such a coward! I can still kill you with just a wisp of stubbornness!"

When the one-armed old man heard this, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes. He moved his body and turned into a stream of light and rushed towards the black shadow.

The two fought fiercely in the clouds, and every collision caused thunder, as if to tear the entire sky apart.

"Damn it, you actually reached this level, but you still died. It was just a wisp of obsession..."

The shadow's voice suddenly stopped...

The dark clouds in the sky dispersed, and the figure of the one-armed old man fell to the ground!

He had a cold look in his eyes and a terrifying expression on his face!

"Alas! It was just a wisp of obsession after all, and he still escaped!"

"I never thought that a traitor would appear in my Xuanhuang Realm. Damn it!"

The one-armed old man had a hoarse voice and a look of unwillingness on his face!

"Poor child, your master can no longer protect you!"

"But no one else can bully you anymore!"

"Here comes the sword!"

The old man shouted loudly, and in an instant, the sky and the earth lost their color!

A long sword came from the sky and flew straight into the old man's only remaining left hand!

The old man looked at the sword in his hand, then at the young man who was sleeping soundly in the thatched hut. With a trembling voice, he said, "Old friend, come with me for another trip!"

The scene then changed.

The one-armed old man came back with a donkey by his side and a pot of wine hanging around his waist!

The sword in his hand was dripping with blood!

But I don’t know whose blood it is!

"Master, where have you been?"

The young man had woken up at some point. He walked up to the old man and asked with concern.

"Disciple, the master is leaving!"

"Master, where are you going?"

"Maybe it's heaven, maybe it's hell!"

"Disciple, you must remember what I am going to say next..."

……

The one-armed old man died. For the young man, his death was too sudden!

He was totally unprepared!

His last closest relative in this world is gone!

There was only one man, one sword, one donkey and one pot of wine left!

Xu Tianjiao had already fainted from crying!

"Alas! Ji Zi, oh Ji Zi, you found the Young Emperor, but you guarded him alone for seven years with only a trace of obsession. Why didn't you tell us? Or even among us... you didn't trust any of us!"

The old Taoist priest stood aside, unable to calm down for a long time.

"It's time to do something! I haven't been active for a long time, and some people might have forgotten about this old man!"

The old Taoist priest picked up Xu Tianjiao, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes!