[Xianjian + Ancient Sword Colleague] Being a master is also a kind of practice

The green bamboo boat went down the current when going to and from Fengdu, but it went up against the current when returning to the ghost world. Baili Wushang sat cross-legged at the stern of the boat, seemingly resting with his eyes closed, but in fact he secretly observed Li Chuhuang's every move.Although this man was doing the work of the boatman with a boat in his hand, he couldn't hide his romantic temperament. The current in the Nai River was sometimes fast and sometimes slow, but the bamboo boat in his hand was never in a hurry, and the green bamboo boat sailed very steadily.The yellow mist filled the air, and the water of the Yinhong River slapped the side of the boat from time to time. Occasionally, a little bit of red water splashed into the boat. Before it touched Li Chuhuang's gown, it was bounced aside by a seemingly invisible air current.

Baili Wushang caught sight of it from the corner of his eye, and his heart became even more vigilant. This person has a mysterious origin, extraordinary skills, and possesses a rare treasure. He is really a tricky person. He is only half or half sure of going to the ghost world to steal the shadow branch. , if he gets into trouble with this person again, it will be extremely troublesome.He made up his mind, and planned to part ways with this person after getting off the green bamboo boat, each going his own way.

About half an hour later, a line of black shadows gradually appeared in the yellow mist, and what I heard finally was no longer just the monotonous sound of water, but more faintly, shrill and hoarse ghost cries.Knowing that the abyss of exile was no longer far away, Baili Wushang couldn't help but feel refreshed, he got up and walked to the bow of the boat to look up.Sure enough, the fog gradually thinned, and the black shadow gradually became clear. It really was a water bank, with a dozen or so ash trees sparsely scattered on the bank, with no flowers or leaves on the branches. The ghost cry could not be swayed.

He has not visited this place of exile for 400 years, and now that he sees his old place again, he feels a little nostalgic.Baili Wushang looked at the dim will-o'-the-wisps on the shore, and his mind couldn't help drifting away: I heard that all creatures in all walks of life have souls. After death, their bodies turn into dust, and their souls return to the ghost world. After drinking the water of the Nai River, they will re-enter reincarnation... …If the same is true after death in my previous life, why are the past events still vivid in my mind, lingering in my mind?Could it be that the water from the Nai River was not drunk enough, or was there too much obsession in my heart, that I couldn't give up even if I was reincarnated?

While thinking about it, a soft voice suddenly sounded next to his ear: "We have arrived, Mr. Baili. I don't know where you are going?"

Baili Wushang suddenly came back to his senses, only then did he realize that there was someone beside him, and it was Li Chuhuang.This person walked up to him at some point and stood side by side with him, the distance between the two was not even a foot.Li Chuhuang looked gentle, with a gentle and amiable smile on his face, as if he didn't feel any difference at all, but Baili Wushang was full of indescribable strangeness.He glanced at Li Chuhuang, and said lightly: "Thank you, Brother Li, for giving me a ride. I have something important to do now, and I don't have time to take care of him, so I will leave." He turned around and left, and he didn't care about Li Chuhuang's previous question. Regardless.

Li Chuhuang didn't take it seriously, his eyes flickered and he smiled again: "In that case, then we will split up, but after all, strangers can't stay in the ghost world for too long. I will wait for Mr. Baili here in an hour. How about we go out together again?"

Baili Wushang only looked back and silently nodded in agreement, but he didn't stop on his feet and walked away in a hurry.

Not long after walking out of the Abyss of Exile, the surrounding scenery and atmosphere changed.Under the gray sky, an extremely majestic palace suddenly appeared in mid-air, with cornices and corners, carved railings and jade brickwork, exuding a bit of solemnity in its exquisite beauty.The four sides of the hall are connected by iron chains to four giant pillars. The giant pillars are uneven, and many detailed patterns are chiseled out. Most of them are ghosts and beasts, which look quite eerie.There are also scattered houses dotted around the hall, but compared to this main hall, it looks extremely low and simple. Baili Wushang walked around the back of the hall to the front of the hall, and only then did he see a plaque hanging in front of the hall. There are three big bright red characters written in "Impermanence Palace" in the above book, as if written in human blood, there is a ghostly aura in the sternness, and it can be seen clearly even if it is tens of feet away.

It was only then that Baili Wushang realized that he had arrived at the Hall of Impermanence, the first of the ten halls in the ghost world.There is a pavilion at the back of the hall called the Rotating Mirror Terrace, he had sneaked into it to search for Yun Tianqing's traces back then, he was very familiar with it, but in order to avoid the guards from the ghost world finding out, he just explored and left every time, and he never wandered around, so he was very familiar with it. The Hall of Impermanence, which is very close to the rotating mirror stage, is very strange.He remembered that the place where the shadow branch grew was just in front of the Hall of Impermanence, and without any hesitation, he tiptoed towards that place.On the way, I also encountered a few ghosts, but these souls are all people who stayed here after death and waited for reincarnation. The memory of their life has long been lost, and they are left in a daze after death. They don’t care about themselves. How can they pay attention to him as an outsider?

But gradually approaching the Wuchang Temple, the houses on the way became less and less, and there were more ghost soldiers and ghost soldiers patrolling back and forth. Baili Wushang hid on the roof and waited for a group of ghost soldiers to pass by, then he jumped down gently.He looked around on the high roof just now and he had already seen it clearly. Not far from the east of the Hall of Impermanence, there was a bright light that was very conspicuous. Outside the light and shadow, several ghost soldiers walked around, but they never left. Pawns are completely different.It's just that the white light is dazzling, and it's reflected in the eyes. It's hard to see whether there are strange branches growing under it. Baili Wushang thought for a while, and then sneaked towards that side.

To the east of the hall of impermanence is a row of prison buildings, which have always been the place where criminal ghosts are held.Baili Wushang went around behind the iron fence, squinted his head to the bright light, and saw a watermelon-sized night pearl in the bright light. The ghost world never saw the sun all year round, so it was very dark. This night pearl was hanging in the sky. The air was like a round of small sun, emitting dazzling brilliance, illuminating the surrounding area with clarity.Such a rare pearl would be a rare treasure in the human world, but in the ghost world it seems to be something marvelous. The ghost soldiers guarding it not only did not look at it, but even hid away from it. , for fear of being stained with a little bit of light.

Baili Wushang was secretly thinking about how to sneak under the night pearl to avoid the sight of these ghost soldiers, and suddenly heard one of the ghost soldiers holding a steel fork say: "Hey, Jia Chou, it's time for shift change?"

Another ghost pawn replied: "Even if we haven't arrived, it won't be too long."

The ghost pawn who spoke before said: "Very good, very good! After guarding here for a long time, the bones of his body are not so sharp, and I don't know where the Lord Judge found such a deadly night pearl. Why do we have to guard it?" In front of it, if I stick to it day and night like this, I'm afraid I'll lose my soul before the day of reincarnation!"

The ghost soldier named Jia Chou spat: "Hey, you were a snake spirit before you died, where did you get the bones? But this judge is really not sensitive enough to understand people's sentiments. What we ghosts hate the most is light, and he still wants to use it Such a big bead is hanging here, don’t you see that the patrolling brothers are not willing to go here since then?”

The two ghost soldiers babbled and complained for a long time, and finally an old ghost soldier coughed and interrupted them: "Stop talking a few words! Isn't Lord Qin Guang Wang's order to do this, Mr. Judge? If not 400 years ago, the careless ghost soldiers who guarded here let a few strangers who broke into the ghost world steal a few shadow branches, which angered the king of the underworld, and made the ghost soldiers who guarded here grow up. I bought a dozen or so, and got a night pearl to illuminate the surrounding area clearly, so that people in the future will have nothing to do, so why do we have to suffer this kind of crime now?" The old ghost soldier seemed to be among the ghost soldiers. Very authoritative, after he said these few words, those ghost soldiers settled down and had nothing else to say.

Baili Wushang hid behind the house and heard it clearly, and the thoughts in his mind kept turning: It seems that this is the place where the shadow branches grow, and he went to the right place, as these ghost soldiers said 400 years ago. The stranger who broke into the ghost world before was undoubtedly Ziying and the three of them. Unexpectedly, the people in the ghost world regard the Yiying branch as so important, and they have to strengthen their guard if they lose three branches.These dozens of ghost soldiers just surrounded Yiying Zhi in the middle. It is really difficult to avoid them and steal Yiying Zhi. It is not difficult to go forward and defeat them. And it's not that easy to retreat...

He thought for a while but couldn't find an idea. He was in a trance when suddenly a hand came out from behind and patted him lightly on the shoulder.Baili Wushang was taken aback, hurriedly took three steps to the right, and turned his head to look.I saw a person behind him standing with folded hands, that person's face was facing the brilliance of the pearl, with a warm smile on his face, it was Li Chuhuang.

Baili Wushang was secretly surprised how this person came here, Li Chuhuang smiled at him, glanced at the ghost soldiers, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Baili is going to take the treasure of the ghost world. Yiyingzhi, do you want to help the young master with your strength?"

Baili Wushang was startled, and blurted out: "Do you have a solution?"

Li Chuhuang nodded and smiled: "What's so difficult about this? Mr. Baili forgot that Li has a treasure that can absorb souls. You only need to use it to suck lightly, and keep and subdue these ghosts without a sound. Don't disturb those big figures in the Palace of Impermanence at all." As he spoke, he reached into his sleeve and took out a palm-sized object.

Baili Wushang looked sideways, and it turned out that the object was a piece of jade, there was nothing special about it except for the depression in it, it looked very plain and unpretentious.Li Chuhuang intentionally showed off his abilities in front of him, so he smiled lightly and read a few words in a low voice with the jade in his hand, and the jade gradually lit up.When the whole piece of jade was shining brightly, Li Chuhuang suddenly raised his hand, and the jade shone brightly. A dozen ghost soldiers under Ye Mingzhu noticed something strange and all looked over, but before they could ask questions, the next moment Those ghost soldiers turned into dozens of blue lights, and were sucked into the jade with a whizzing sound.

Li Chuhuang shouted in a low voice: "Young Master Baili, if you don't go now, when will you stay?"

Baili Wushang came to his senses, and hurriedly jumped into the bright light, stretched out his hand and broke a branch in his hand, and then he and Li Chuhuang quickly ran towards the back of the Palace of Wuchang.

The two rushed all the way, rushed out of the abyss of exile, and jumped into the green bamboo boat before they breathed a sigh of relief.Baili Wushang was overjoyed as he looked at the shadow branch in his hand, and he even liked Li Chuhuang a bit.He smiled and said: "Thanks to Brother Li's help, otherwise the Yiying Branch would not have been so easy to get. I owe Brother Li a favor."

Li Chuhuang smiled and said, "Young Master Baili and I hit it off right away, and I'm very happy to be able to help. How can there be any human kindness?" He looked back at the shore again, and continued, "Although we are here It's not safe, we'd better leave the ghost world as soon as possible, and if we have anything to say, we can wait until we get to Feng."

Baili Wushang immediately said yes.The two of them punted into the yellow mist again, the Nai River was deep, and they carried the green bamboo boat down the river, and arrived at Fengdu City in less than half an hour.The two went ashore, and Baili Wushang couldn't thank Li Chuhuang again.Li Chuhuang smiled and said: "Mr. Baili continues to thank me like this, but he treats me as an outsider. Li's effort is just to hope that someone will lend a hand to help when he asks for it one day. I can't bear the generous thanks of the young master."

Baili Wushang could hear the implication in his words that he hoped to reciprocate, so he was not coy at the moment, and said: "Brother Li did me a big favor today, and if Brother Li asks for something in the future, I will naturally be obliged to do so. There is only one thing You must first make it clear that Brother Li will need my help in the future, and you must not violate morality."

Li Chuhuang laughed loudly: "Mr. Baili is really a straightforward person. Please rest assured, Mr. Li. What Li will ask for in the future is definitely not against morality."

Baili Wushang nodded and said: "That's good. Now that I've got the Yiying Branch, I'm going to leave Fengdu now. If Brother Li has something to ask for, I will release this jade sword, and I will meet you." As he spoke, he took out a small jade sword from his bosom and handed it to Li Chuhuang.This jade sword communication technique was learned from the Qionghua School in his previous life, and he never forgot it after reincarnation, so it came in handy at this time.

Seeing that Li Chuhuang put away the jade sword properly, Baili Wushang said goodbye to him after saying a few words, and headed eastwards from Nanjiang Caizao.Standing on the shore, Li Chuhuang saw his figure gradually disappearing into the sky, the smile on his lips gradually disappeared, and finally disappeared.

"A barbarian from the southern border, why do you care so much? You even went to the ghost world specially for him, and even used the most precious jade in our green jade altar?"

Suddenly, a rough voice sounded, Li Chuhuang followed the sound, and saw a strong man coming out from behind the tree.It turned out that this person had already hid aside when Baili Wushang and Li Chuhuang went ashore, listening to their conversations, and did not show up until after Baili Wushang left.

Li Chuhuang smiled slightly, and said to the man: "Lei Yan, you don't know something, this person is a very important chess piece for me, if used well, it will play an excellent role." He said He sighed again, "Oh, this ghost world is quite interesting, at least the treasure Yiyingzhi is extremely rare, but it's a pity that this thing can only travel through ordinary barriers, and the place we want to break is shrouded in the ancient world. Otherwise, it would have saved a lot of trouble."

The strong man Lei Yan stroked his thatch-like stubble, then shook his head, with a look of complete incomprehension.Li Chuhuang glanced at him, didn't explain much, was silent for a moment and said: "Just now I only stayed in the ghost world for an hour, and this body has been sluggish a lot since it was contaminated with decay. It’s time to find a new container sooner.”

Lei Yan said: "That can't be helped. Your body has been used for more than 200 years. Even if it is cultivated with pills, it can't last long. But don't worry. A few days ago, a disciple sent a message and said that he found it in Qinchuan. A nice container, just too young..."

Li Chuhuang nodded slightly: "It's a matter of long-term consideration. Let's go back to the Qingyu Altar first. Without the pills in Yuhengmen, I'm afraid we can't make it easily." He took out the jade in his sleeve and put it on Palm smiled and said, "It's not a disadvantage to bring it out this time. Not only did it give Baili Wushang a favor, but it also absorbed a lot of souls from the ghost world. These souls have been walking in the ghost world all year round, soaked in a lot of cold Qi, used to refine medicine must be much stronger than ordinary living souls, haha, haha!"

In the long laughter, he and Lei Yan had already held hands together, and in the next moment, they turned into two sharp lights and flew away