Eternal Tranquility

In the courtyard, Liu Qinghuan glanced at the fake Ji Yue and walked inside regardless of what he said. When he really saw Mingyangzi, he felt mixed emotions in his heart and sighed slowly.

Ever since he met the snow charm at Langdian Snow Peak, he knew that such a day would come. Sure enough, the mirage hidden outside the illusion caught the flaw in his state of mind and put it all in front of him without mercy.

First, it disturbs people's eyes with false and true facts, and then lures them with the mysterious relics of a family that cultivates immortals. After many killings, they also use heavy treasures to confuse people's hearts, causing the monks to kill each other. When the killing fails, they finally use their inner demons to urge them.

This mirage is so powerful, I'm afraid its cultivation level is above the fourth level.

The difference between the illusions caused by these mirage beasts in the Great Mirage Sea and ordinary illusions is that even if the person entering the mirage clearly realizes that everything around them is illusion, it is not easy to get rid of it.

Just like this crude "Bamboo Forest Mountain", it destroyed all the green bamboos in the mountain. If his inner demon is not eliminated, he will always wander in one illusion after another.

"Junior brother, junior brother!"

When Liu Qinghuan came back to his senses, he saw Ji Yue looking at him with a worried expression: "Junior brother, master is asking you something."

Raising his head, he saw the immortal Ming Yangzi sitting at the top, smiling at him lovingly, and saying a bit sternly: "Qing Huan, how could you fight with your senior brother when you entered the door! What does my master teach you on a daily basis? You are not only brothers, but also brothers. Have you forgotten that your senior brother even destroyed his body in order to save you..."

Liu Qinghuan lowered his eyebrows at first, pretending to listen carefully, but as he heard more, his eyes grew colder.

What's fake is fake, no matter how hard you pretend, it won't look like it. The real Ming Yangzi would never put on a condescending air of respecting his teacher, nor would he lecture him for favors, while the real Ji Yue would never bother to complain or look at him with resentful eyes.

He secretly estimated that the two people in the illusion were in the late stage of Jin Dan, "Ji Yue", and he couldn't tell the cultivation level of "Ming Yangzi", but his master's real cultivation level was in the late stage of Nascent Soul, so he didn't know that mirage Can the beast achieve such a high level of cultivation?

Liu Qinghuan's heart moved, and he suddenly interrupted the person sitting at the table: "Master."

"Um?"

Liu Qinghuan gave a hint of a smile but said: "Master, I have been away from the mountain for many years. I really want to know if my current cultivation has improved, so I had a fight with my senior brother when I entered. I hope that my senior brother will not blame me. Junior Brother I apologize to you here.”

After saying that, he bowed his hands to Ji Yue as a courtesy.

Mingyangzi said: "Oh, so that's it..."

Liu Qinghuan didn't wait for him to continue, and said: "Senior brother, I have an unkind request. I hope that senior brother can agree."

Ji Yue said inexplicably: "What?"

"Can you condescend to spar with me!"

"this……"

Ji Yue hesitated, but was defeated by Liu Qinghuan's eager eyes and looked at Ming Yangzi.

Ming Yangzi twirled his long beard with a thoughtful expression on his face, and it was hard to tell what he was thinking.

He added: "In addition, I have to ask Master to give me guidance to see if I have made any progress."

Mingyangzi finally agreed: "That's fine." He then told Ji Yue: "Don't hurt your junior brother, just stop there."

The three of them came to the courtyard and found an open space. Liu Qinghuan took out the Sword Intent of Life and Death. The sword was gray and retained its original appearance.

Touching the sword body nostalgically, Liu Qinghuan said: "Senior brother, do you still remember when you taught me how to use the sword? Planting swords with Tao is to cultivate one's own Tao. When Tao exists, the sword remains, and when Tao disappears, the sword dies."

Ji Yue, who was standing opposite, was stunned and said with a smile: "Of course I remember. I think back then, you..."

Liu Qinghuan had no intention of talking to an illusion, so he interrupted directly: "So, are we better than swordsmen today? Speaking of which, I have never competed with my senior brother, so please be merciful."

As he said that, the sword of life and death in his hand flickered, and the gray air turned into a vast sword mist. The next moment, the sword shook forward, and the sword mist flew out, covering the clear and quiet surroundings with a layer of mist.

The face of Ji Yue on the opposite side became cold and solemn, a little light flew out from the center of his eyebrows, and in a blink of an eye, it turned into a big sword filled with brilliance. For a moment, there was a smell of wine and drunkenness, and waves of sword intent washed over him like a wave. .

"Junior brother, you're welcome, come on."

"Okay!" Liu Qinghuan shouted and slashed with his sword!

The two of them abandoned all sword moves at this time, and only integrated their own Tao into the sword, and fought fiercely invisibly, competing to see who was stronger and who was weaker.

The two sword intents collided in mid-air, and there was an invisible loud bang. The splashing sword energy turned into small swords of different colors. Wherever they passed, the cave wall penetrated the stone, and even a piece of sword energy not far away was heard. A large area of ​​bamboo forest fell.

There was only Ming Yangzi standing on the stone steps in front of the house, surrounded by an impenetrable barrier. The weather was calm and not affected in the slightest.

The two people in the center were completely overwhelmed by their own sword intent, and could only vaguely see a shadow.

However, what they compete with is not swords, but their respective ways.

The Bamboo Heart Sword Technique is a technique that can be practiced by all disciples of Zhulin Mountain. The swords grown vary from person to person, and the meaning of the sword is also very different. However, one thing is that this technique cannot be imitated just by trying to imitate it.

As early as when he collided with the opponent's sword intent, Liu Qinghuan couldn't help but sneer in his heart. If Ji Yue's sword intention is straightforward, clear and handsome, then what this illusion embodies is much more rigid.

No matter how powerful the mirage is, it is not something that only looks like on the outside.

Sword energy was everywhere in the small courtyard, and the bluestone ground between the two people cracked one after another. Deep sword marks appeared one after another, and the fragments of bamboo leaves were like small boats in the wind and rain, swaying higher and higher.

The situation on the field seemed to be at a stalemate, and for a while no one could break through the opponent's densely woven sword net.

However, Liu Qinghuan has tested the depth of the other party, and the other party's strength is still the same as Ji Yue showed when the Qianye Mountain space channel was opened, without any change.

He looked like he was struggling to hold on, but out of the corner of his eye he was paying attention to Ming Yangzi beside him, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

He closed his eyes, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and the sword intent around him suddenly became strong!

There was only a rapid whooshing sound in the air, and the sword intent of life and death was as powerful as a bamboo, and it violently broke through Ji Yue's sword intent like a wave!

With a scream, Liu Qinghuan retracted his sword and ran forward, shouting: "Senior brother, senior brother!"

But he saw that half of Ji Yue's body was covered in blood. A long sword mark stretched from his left shoulder to his right abdomen. More blood soaked his blue robe. The injury was really serious.

Liu Qinghuan couldn't help but feel anxious and supported him: "Brother, are you okay?"

"Traitor!"

There was a loud shout from behind, and Mingyangzi ran over in a few steps and slapped Liu Qinghuan with one palm!

Liu Qinghuan turned around, feeling a deep pain in her heart, but she exclaimed: "Master!"

However, the palm did not stop for even a moment. Liu Qinghuan rolled on the spot and narrowly avoided it. While reaching out to grab the hem of his clothes, he begged: "Master, the apprentice didn't mean it. Let's take a look at the injury of the senior brother first. "

Seeing that Ming Yangzi's face seemed to be loose, he hugged his legs.

"You...ah!"

Liu Qinghuan ran away as soon as he touched it, but was still kicked by the opponent. He suddenly felt severe pain in his chest and blood surged. He broke several bamboos uncontrollably before stopping.

However, he also took the opportunity to release the Green Lotus Karmic Fire. The "Ming Yangzi" was wrapped in green flames and screamed: "Ah ah ah, how dare you kill the master!"

Liu Qinghuan closed her eyes, covering up the sadness in her heart, coughing blood and laughing hoarsely: "I don't dare, but unfortunately you are not my master. Stop pretending, it's really not like pretending. But your cultivation level is too high. , I can only kill you with some tricks."

"Liu Qinghuan! If I hadn't accepted you as my disciple, you would have been killed by Luo Yiye a long time ago. How could you have gone from a little beggar that no one wanted to become a direct disciple of the Huanhuan sect, enjoying the highest status among the disciples of the sect? treatment!"

Although the man was burned with teeth and claws by Qinglian's fire and his whole body was scorched black, he still stood tenaciously and moved towards him step by step, while saying heart-wrenching words in his mouth.

"My teacher worries about you day and night, but you run away to another continent to live freely. Why don't you die there and never come back!"

"After the Seal War broke out, I threw you to the front line several times, but you escaped every time. You never died cleanly!"

"Haha, I finally found an opportunity to throw you into the Yin Moon Blood Realm to perform the most dangerous mission. Now you can't escape."

Ji Yue on the other side also shouted: "You are a disaster! I shouldn't have saved you. As a result, my Dharma body was destroyed, my soul was helpless, and my cultivation dropped a thousand miles. All of this is because of you!"

Liu Qinghuan, who had only listened indifferently at first, gradually lost his cool. His lips trembled a few times, then he gritted his teeth tightly and refused to argue.

Although he knew that the other party was an illusion and deliberately used these words to stimulate and shake his mind, he still couldn't help but feel pain and doubt in his heart.

Could it be that his master and senior brother really missed him this way? Are all these years of getting along fake?

The Qingming Meditation Pendant on his chest suddenly shone brightly, and Liu Qinghuan felt that his confused mind was filled with ice-like coldness, causing his whole body to tremble, and he suddenly woke up!

But he saw a figure covered in green flames moving step by step not far away from him, with a strange smile that could send chills down the back of his face, and his hands were raised high!

Liu Qinghuan retreated in shock. While feeling frightened, he shot out a large ball of pure spiritual power.

As soon as the spiritual power came into contact with the green flame, the green lotus karma fire jumped up half a sky high like oil on a fire, engulfing all the figures in it.

Finally, a low and terrifying scream came from the flames, and everything returned to calm.

Liu Qinghuan looked at the empty courtyard and was stunned for a long time. The green lotus fire turned into a small green lotus and floated in front of him, swaying and attracting his attention.

"Huh?"

He let out a surprised sound, opened his fingers, Green Lotus Karma Fire fell into his palm, and "spit" out a dark blue gem-like drop of water the size of his fingertip.

"What a powerful water aura! Is this...?"

Liu Qinghuan held the water drop tightly, and when the water drop turned, a trace of mist emerged from it, circled around the surface of the water drop, and then slowly dispersed.

"This can't be a trace of the original water of that mirage!"

Liu Qinghuan couldn't help but be shocked, but after thinking about it, he understood.

Mingyangzi is a late-stage Nascent Soul monk, and is only one step away from becoming a great monk. It is obviously not an easy task to transform into him and bring magic power.

This is why the illusion of the Great Mirage is different. In addition to confusing people with illusions, the Mirage uses its own magic power to create a world that seems real and illusory, so people trapped in it will not be able to escape even if they know it is an illusion.

That mirage also spent a lot of money, and even used its own water to transform Mingyangzi, but it never expected that it would encounter Qinglian Karma Fire.

Satisfied, Liu Qinghuan put the water droplets in a jade bottle and affixed two seals on it.

He already had nine kinds of spiritual water in his body, ready to refine the Nine-Bend Red Dust Spectrum, but now having one more kind would be an extra choice and backup.

After putting it away, he looked at Qinglian Yehuo again and said in surprise: "Hey, why are you so small?"

A faint shadow about an inch tall appeared in the little lotus, jumping and jumping furiously towards him on the lotus seat!

Liu Qinghuan frowned: "Oh, I thought you were omnipotent. It turns out that the mirage's original water can..."

Before he could finish speaking, the lotus petals suddenly closed in the middle and rushed into his Dantian, obviously unwilling to accept his flattery.

"To be so stingy... I will find other strange fires for you to devour the head office from now on."

Liu Qinghuan murmured a few words and ignored it. His consciousness swept across the entire courtyard. Although the front yard was in a mess and there was no one behind it, he didn't know why the illusion didn't change.

Could it be that there is something else waiting for him?

Then he suddenly remembered that the female cultivator named Sheng Yan was still outside. After waiting for such a long time, he would not be impatient. He quickly walked through the courtyard, found the courtyard door, and opened it.

The scene outside the door really made Liu Qinghuan want to curse!

Ji Yue turned around and shouted enthusiastically: "Junior brother, we are back!"