章 36: Chapter 36
Chapter 36: Second Bow to Parents, Parents' Mirror and Sadness about Their White Hair
The wedding venue was extremely well decorated.
The sound of gongs and drums stretched for hundreds of miles, and the lights and decorations were hung, and the whole city was boiling with excitement, celebrating the marriage of the eldest son of the Xia family.
When Lin Xuanyan and others arrived at the venue, there were crowds of people on both sides of the aisle.
Pei Yuhan looked at the bright red decorations and felt a little sad for no reason.
The newlywed wife was naturally carried in an eight-man sedan chair. Everyone present had already heard how beautiful the bride was, so they were naturally looking forward to her appearance.
Pei Yuhan said: "I heard that the eldest son of the Xia family is a fat man. Why did Jiang Miaoxuan agree to this marriage?"
Lin Xuanyan said: "Of course I have no choice."
Pei Yuhan nodded, thinking about everything and agreeing with it.
Lu Jiajing said: "There is no such thing as true helplessness in this world. It's just selfish desires."
Suddenly, the crowd exploded like oil dropped into water.
It turned out that two teams of newcomers had arrived.
Xia Zhijiu welcomed Jiang Miaoxuan down from the sedan chair. The girl was wearing a fiery red veil, so her face could not be seen. But just from her slender figure and the little bit of beauty revealed between the red veil, one could tell how beautiful she was. This was a blessing that could not be obtained in several lifetimes.
A young girl helped the bride out of the sedan chair. After she got out of the sedan chair, she stepped over a red painted wooden saddle and walked onto the red carpet. The groom greeted her on one side.
The whole wedding process was lively and complicated. Lin Xuanyan didn't pay attention to it, but was thinking about other things. However, Pei Yuhan watched it intently and didn't feel bored at all.
Finally, we waited for the wedding ceremony. After the three bows, it was like a thread of fate that brought us together, and the golden wind and jade dew met each other.
The elders from both parties were sitting in the hall.
One of them was wearing gold and silver, and was already old and dying. The other one was wearing Taoist clothes, and looked like a middle-aged man, and looked full of energy.
The old man was naturally Xia Zhijiu's father. Yesterday, Xia Zhijiu heard that his father's condition had worsened again, so he hurried home, fearing that he would suddenly pass away. In a sense, this wedding was to bring good luck to his old father.
The middle-aged man in Taoist robes was Jiang Miaoxuan's master Lu Zan.
Jiang Miaoxuan was wearing a red veil and turned her head towards Lu Zan.
With the red veil on her head, Lu Zan couldn't see her expression, but he felt that after not seeing her for ten years, his disciple had become even more attractive.
If I wasn't devoted to the great cause, why would such a beauty be given to an outsider?
The wedding was going smoothly and smoothly, and there didn't seem to be any major setbacks.
Finally, amid the blessings, the person singing the blessing shouted loudly: "Bow to heaven and earth."
The two couples knelt and stood up at the same time.
"Bow to your parents twice."
Xia Zhijiu leaned forward, leaning slightly towards his father, and knelt down meticulously.
The crowd began to make noise and talk.
Because the woman was still standing there, straight as a sword, with no intention of kneeling.
She was still wearing her bright red veil, and was facing the direction where Lu Zan was sitting.
Xia Zhijiu also noticed that Jiang Miaoxuan did not kneel down, and thought that she did not react, so she quickly pulled her big red sleeves a few times, signaling her to kneel down.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Miaoxuan reached out and directly lifted up her red veil, causing her jade beads to shatter all over the floor.
She has a gorgeous make-up, but her temperament is outstanding.
She looked at Lu Zan, with a faint smile on her lips.
Lu Zan had a gloomy face and did not move.
His junior fellow apprentice, the acting sect leader Lu Kan, knew that he had injected several energies into her body that sealed her inner strength, so even though she was unwilling to accept it, she had to endure it.
Lu Kan said sternly, "What are you standing for? Why don't you kneel down immediately? You are disturbing this happy day. How can you bear it?"
Jiang Miaoxuan just smiled and said, "Miaoxuan can worship heaven and earth, but not your parents."
Xia Zhijiu was a little flustered. He glanced at his father and saw that his father's face was getting worse and worse, and he kept coughing. He was also anxious. He quickly stood up, pressed Jiang Miaoxuan's shoulders, and said anxiously: "Kneel down quickly."
Jiang Miaoxuan gently pushed his hand away and said with a smile: "You are not bad. You can stay out of today's matter."
As she spoke, she walked in front of the head of the Xia family and waved her sleeves gently.
The Xia family's head's coughing gradually stopped, and his expression became much calmer.
Jiang Miaoxuan smiled and said, "Your father doesn't have much time left, and he is only being kept alive by a series of miraculous medicines. In the remaining days, you should spend some time with your father, which is also a way to show your filial piety."
Xia Zhijiu asked anxiously: "Miaoxuan, what exactly do you want to do?"
Jiang Miaoxuan stood with her hands behind her back, looking at her former master, the Mingxu Sect's leader Lu Zan, who was said to have the potential to become a saint, and smiled, "Miaoxuan wants to ask for Sect Leader Lu's death, is that possible?"
Just now, when he saw Jiang Miaoxuan relieving the pain of the head of the Xia family, Lu Kan felt something was wrong. His face turned pale, and then he became angry: "Who lifted the restriction for you? Humph, even if the restriction was lifted, so what? You are only in the ninth realm, and you are not strong enough to fight against me, how can you defeat my brother? Now that you have turned back, we can still forgive you for what happened. If you delay, the sect rules will be ruthless!"
Jiang Miaoxuan just smiled: "Please let the Sect Master and the Acting Palace Master die together, okay?"
Lu Zan shook his head and said, "Miao Xuan, you are possessed."
Jiang Miaoxuan smiled and shook her head.
Lu Zan subconsciously pressed the place on his waist where the whisk should be placed. He suddenly remembered that it was not appropriate to wear weapons on a wedding day, so he did not bring any. He could not help but feel a little annoyed: "Who gave you the support that you dared to be so presumptuous today? You still have a chance to continue your marriage. It is not too late to turn back. No matter how talented you are, you are still young. If you want to leave today, I can guarantee that you will never leave this wedding hall."
Jiang Miaoxuan asked with a smile: "Master Lu, you are a great master who is about to become a saint today, why are you talking so much nonsense?"
"You..." Lu Kan could no longer bear it and pointed in front of him, pretending to hit someone.
Lu Zan held his hand and said in a deep voice: "Today is the day of the great celebration of the Xia family, Junior Brother, please do not use force."
Lu Kan had no choice but to hold back his anger and stare at Jiang Miaoxuan, who was smiling, without saying a word.
At the same time, Lu Zan closed his eyes.
If you can't use force, you can use your thoughts.
Lu Zan's attainments in mind arts are extremely high. He uses the two words "Ming" and "Xu" to transform the Dao. Although it is mental power, it is like a physical sword or spear. Even in the realm of transformation, he can be ranked among the best.
He was extremely confident in his telekinesis skills. He believed that he could easily control Jiang Miaoxuan with just 50% of his strength. If possible, he could even control her mind and make her his pawn.
However, he had not yet put into practice the many improvements and insights he had gained during his ten years of seclusion. Today, Jiang Miaoxuan could become his sharpening stone.
But as soon as he exerted his mental power, he felt something was wrong. The mental power that was directed towards Jiang Miaoxuan should have penetrated directly and crushed her in an instant.
But those spiritual powers disappeared without a trace in an instant, like a stone bull entering the sea. Lu Zan was horrified. After coming out of seclusion, he became much calmer and more reserved, and more and more like a master. But the frustration at this moment made him lose his composure for a moment.
He suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Jiang Miaoxuan, his voice a little hoarse: "Who are you?"
Lu Kan didn't understand what had just happened, and was very confused, but when he saw his senior brother's face suddenly turned much paler, he vaguely knew something, but it still felt unreal.
Lin Xuanyan looked at her from a distance and felt that she looked very strange.
Lu Zan had already stood up and said to the crowd in the audience in a deep voice: "Today we are parting on bad terms. It is my Mingxu Sect that has let you down. I will apologize to you all. I will clean up the sect later. Everyone please leave quickly to avoid being innocently affected."
The people present didn't understand what had happened yet. They looked at each other and talked about it. Many people did not stay and left. Some people who were on good terms with the Xia family were still hesitating whether to leave.
Jiang Miaoxuan asked: "If I kill you, will it affect other people?"
"You are so arrogant, evil disciple." Lu Zan sneered, and invisible energy swirled around him, like pure water.
Lin Xuanyan, who was watching a play in the audience, suddenly laughed.
Pei Yuhan looked at him in confusion: "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing." Lin Xuanyan said, "It's just that other people's masters and disciples kill each other, while we are in harmony. Isn't it worth being happy?"
Lu Jiajing sneered and said, "I'm so happy for you."
Pei Yuhan asked: "The realm of the sect leader named Lu Zan is very good, but unfortunately he went astray and it is difficult for him to achieve the great way. But even so, Jiang Miaoxuan is too young, how can she defeat Lu Zan today?"
Lu Jiajing said, "I don't think so. When I first saw Miss Jiang, I felt that she was intelligent. She doesn't seem like someone who would act on impulse without considering the consequences. She must have something to rely on when she does this now."
Lin Xuanyan said: "I want to know what realm Jiang Miaoxuan is in now?"
Lu Jiajing asked with a smile: "Do you feel embarrassed to be surpassed by a young man of similar age?"
Lu Jiajing was referring to Ji Chanxi. The battle at the Dao Trial Conference was shocking, and everyone still remembered it vividly. As for the aftermath, Lin Xuanyan even had some trauma. As for Lu Jiajing's joke, Lin Xuanyan just laughed it off, thinking that after the trip to the Northern Territory, his realm would rise again, and next time he met Ji Chanxi, he should be able to beat her.
He turned to look at Pei Yuhan. Pei Yuhan was now like a saint, so he could see things more clearly than he did now. "Yuhan, what level do you think Miss Jiang is in now?"
Pei Yuhan said uncertainly: "On the surface, her realm is still the ninth realm. But my intuition tells me that it is definitely more than that. My cultivation method is different from hers, so it is difficult to tell the depth."
"The Taoism you practiced is not from the same source?" Lin Xuanyan pondered, "From a general perspective, the Taoism in the world is divided into three branches: the Spiritual Dao, the Demonic Dao, and the Immortal Dao. These three branches are closely related, so how could it be..."
"How stupid! How can you be my opponent if you are so stupid?"
A voice suddenly sounded, somewhat familiar.
Lin Xuanyan's body subconsciously stiffened, and he turned around to look. The other two girls also turned around to follow the sound.
There was a girl in a black skirt standing behind him. She was slightly shorter than Lin Xuanyan, and her skirt covered her knees neatly, revealing her white calves. Lin Xuanyan looked at her for a moment, and she blinked. The soft eyelashes above and below her eyes were like reeds swaying in the wind.
Lin Xuanyan's eyebrows jumped: "Miss Ji? Why are you here?"
He naturally knew that this was no coincidence, but according to his calculations, Ji Chanxi should be staying in Yin Yang Pavilion to break through the threshold of the transformation realm.
Ji Chanxi glanced at Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing and said jokingly, "I thought your trip to the Northern Territory would be dangerous, but now it seems that you are having a very comfortable time with these two beauties accompanying you along the way."
Lin Xuanyan had no idea what she was up to, so he didn't respond rashly.
Instead, Lu Jiajing smiled and asked, "What is Sister Ji doing here? Are you here to be my companion?"
Ji Chanxi said angrily, "Sister Lu, don't forget your promise. I was the winner of the trial meeting that day, so you are my woman. I haven't seen you for so many days. Sister Lu, do you still have your red pill?"
Lin Xuanyan felt a pain in his heart. He looked at Lu Jiajing, fearing that she would get angry. However, Lu Jiajing seemed relieved. She smiled and said, "It seems that I will be sorry for you. If you lose something like this, can you still ask me to compensate you?"
Ji Chanxi looked at Lin Xuanyan with contempt, crossed her arms, and said with a smile: "Then you should repay this favor on behalf of Palace Master Lu."
Lin Xuanyan asked: "How do you want me to compensate you?"
Pei Yuhan beside her had a gloomy look on her face. She had long guessed that Lu Jiajing's first time was given to him. Now his answer was equivalent to acquiescence. Although she had expected it, every time she thought of her own experience, she couldn't help but feel a little confused.
She knew that this knot in her heart would limit the distance she could go on the road to becoming a saint, but she could do nothing about it.
Ji Chanxi said: "Let's talk about it later, let's watch the show first."
"Watching a play?"
Ji Chanxi pointed to the brightly lit scene under the red tiles. Jiang Miaoxuan's fiery red wedding dress was like a flame in the wind, so fierce that it was impossible to look directly at it.
Jiang Miaoxuan looked back in the direction of Ji Chanxi. Ji Chanxi smiled slightly and threw a sword from somewhere. Jiang Miaoxuan waved her sleeves and took the sword. At this moment, many people were around her. Some of them were elders of Mingxu Sect, and some were servants hired by Xia Family with a lot of money. Standing opposite Jiang Miaoxuan was Sect Master Lu Zan. He didn't know what kind of evil skills this former disciple had practiced. At this moment, even he couldn't see through his realm. So when his mind power failed to reach Jiang Miaoxuan, he used the sect's secret method to warn the elders. Now the elders have stood up and surrounded her. Even many elders who were in seclusion in the sect have set off here.
No matter how weird your martial arts skills are, can you really compete with the entire Mingxu Sect?
Lu Zan sneered softly, "Since you are stubborn and refuse to change, don't blame me for being ruthless."
He tapped his fingers lightly in his sleeves.
At the same time, Lu Kan and a dozen elders attacked at the same time.
Jiang Miaoxuan looked at them with a faint smile on her face, but this smile was filled with a hint of compassion.
The crowd around had dispersed, and Old Master Xia was carried into the secret room. Several guards dragged Xia Zhijiu away. Xia Zhijiu's two fat legs were dragged on the ground, and the flesh on his face was trembling. I don't know if it was because of fear, but his face was full of tears, which looked very funny.
The sky and earth are clear, the wind is gentle and the sun is bright.
The woman in the blood-red wedding dress is the only firework between heaven and earth.
Lu Jiajing looked at her from behind and felt more and more familiar. After a moment, she looked shocked: "Is it...her?"
Lin Xuanyan looked at her, puzzled.
Lu Jiajing looked at Lin Xuanyan and asked, "Do you still remember the mural in Lost Day City? In the mural there is a silhouette of a woman from the South Sea playing the zither."
"You mean the second in command?" Lin Xuanyan recalled for a moment: "The woman who died in the riot a thousand years ago when the seal of Lost Day City loosened? Their backs do look a bit similar."
Lu Jiajing nodded: "Appearance is secondary, the most important thing is Taoism. The Taoism of the world, the Taoism inherited by Lost Day City is the most ancient and mysterious, and is different from the three sects of spirits, demons and immortals, so even Yu Han didn't see through it just now."
Lin Xuanyan nodded: "I remember there was a poem on that mural, it seemed to be written by the head of the family."
Just as Lu Jiajing was about to speak, she heard Ji Chanxi's clear voice slowly drifting over.
"Look in the mirror in the hall and you will see my white hair, which was black in the morning and turned to white in the evening."
Ji Chanxi stared at the stage blankly with eyes as if covered with mist, and spoke in a gentle tone without any ups and downs, just like the black hair turning to dust like the evening snow.
Lu Jiajing didn't know why she felt this way, but when she heard her softly chanting, she was also sad for a moment.
Lin Xuanyan thought of the snow-white statue that day. That statue was also a beautiful woman, but her beauty was too ordinary to be remembered, so the only thing left in his memory was the vast whiteness.
So he thought of the head of Lost Day City. To this day, he could no longer remember her appearance. Perhaps this was also the unique way of Lost Day City?
It turns out that the statue is the remaining soul of the second in command of Lost Day City. No wonder you are such a genius.
But now that the soul has returned to its original owner, do you, Ji Chanxi, really not feel the slightest bit of pain?
As Ji Chanxi's last syllable faded away, the skirt of the woman in the fiery red wedding dress on the stage also lifted up like a long wind.
She shook her clothes lightly, and it was as if a mountain of ten thousand feet fell from her sleeves. Many elders surrounding her were shaken away in an instant before they even had time to offer their life-defining magic items. Some flew out of the house, while others smashed directly into the wall and became embedded in it.
Fortunately, they didn't have time to sacrifice their natal objects, otherwise they would have been shattered in an instant, destroying the foundation of the Great Dao.
There were still a few elders with high cultivation who struggled to withstand this round of strong wind-like energy. However, after they managed to hold on, Jiang Miaoxuan waved her sleeves again, and the others flew backwards and crashed into the field.
Many people outside who were originally undecided about whether to stay or go no longer dared to stay, and fled outside one after another, away from the trouble. In an instant, only the elders and disciples of Mingxu Sect, as well as Lin Xuanyan and others were left in the field.
Lu Kan's face turned red and purple. He knew that if he continued like this, he would be at the mercy of others. He used his finger as a sword and snatched the hand away.
Lu Kan, who had fought back and forth with him the day before, and finally won a slight victory over Jiang Miaoxuan with the help of that senior brother, was calm and focused. He pointed at Jiang Miaoxuan without any distractions, but Jiang Miaoxuan didn't even look at him. She flicked her sleeves, and with a loud bang, the moment of clarity that Lu Kan had condensed was instantly shattered. He was knocked into the arena like a sandbag, unconscious, and it was unknown whether he was alive or dead.
The only person in front of her was Lu Zan.
Lu Zan stood with his hands behind his back, clenched his fists and stored them in his sleeves, and the energy had already enveloped his entire body in three layers.
When Jiang Miaoxuan knocked Lu Kan unconscious with her sleeve, he began to think of retreating.
Jiang Miaoxuan's face was very calm, with a faint smile, which made people feel distant and unfamiliar.
"Death, or death in battle?" Jiang Miaoxuan asked with a smile.
Lu Zan's face was filled with anger, but he didn't say anything else. He leaned against the wall, ready to break through it and escape.
But when he leaned against the wall, the coldness of the wall penetrated his spine and made him sober again.
The Mingxu Sect's method is to embrace the yang and the negative, and to reverse destiny. If I just keep retreating and giving in, even if I leave today, how can I taste the great way in the future?
He took a deep breath, as if he had returned to the ten years of seclusion, which were long and lonely, and also calm and anxious. In the end, he had seen through many obsessions and finally saw the threshold.
As he was thinking, he had a vague understanding.
Isn't today's battle an opportunity arranged by God for him to break through?
The woman in front of him was regarded as an obstacle to his Taoism. As long as he defeated her, he would be able to move to a higher level.
After thinking through many key points, Lu Zan had no intention of retreating. He was full of fighting spirit, his fists were tightly clenched, and his whole body was so powerful that it even crackled.
"Jiang Miaoxuan, do you dare to take this palm?" Lu Zan said slowly: "In the past, I was watching the moon on the top of Mingfeng Mountain, and I happened to get a palm. I also transformed the Mingxu Sect's method into this palm. It is called Eat the Moon."
Lu Zan knew he was being long-winded, but this palm strike was the most impressive one in his life, and now was the right time to do it, so he had to tell me about it.
After he finished speaking, his palm power increased again, and his momentum instantly rose, and for a moment even the house could not contain it, and the momentum that soared into the sky even directly lifted the roof off, and he moved forward without hesitation.
When his spirit and energy reached the peak, Lu Zan extended his palm.
Jiang Miaoxuan silently looked at the man in front of her. She understood his momentum from beginning to end. When he struck her with his palm at the end, he had all the advantages of time and place, and even brought along many celestial phenomena.
But she just glanced at it and said, "Boring."
As soon as the words fell, the Chinese characters for "happiness" on the doors and windows suddenly shattered, like butterflies flying up, the colored lights and balls hanging from the beams were instantly ignited and burned to ashes, and the props for the lion and dragon dances outside were shattered one after another, as if the beauty of time was destroyed at this moment.
Jiang Miaoxuan simply waved her sleeves, and Lu Zan, who was only a few feet away from her, actually retreated back along the original trajectory, and all the peak momentum was beaten back into her body, as if time was flowing backwards.
Lin Xuanyan was horrified. He had seen this scene in Chengjun City that day. It was Nan Lingyin who struck the Wood Demon King with a palm, forcing him to retreat back to where he was.
Could it be that Lost Day City really has mastered the secret of time?
While Lu Zan was still in shock after retreating to his original position, Jiang Miaoxuan suddenly launched herself, attacking Lu Zan with countless punches, hammering at his chest and heart, and hammering him deep into the wall. She only stopped when his breath became weak and almost disappeared.
Jiang Miaoxuan turned around and smiled at Ji Chanxi.
At the end of Lu Zan's life, the last scene he saw was a woman with white hair and a red dress walking out of the house.
Why do young people have white hair?
Jiang Miaoxuan walked out of the house. Ashes and fire were falling from the sky, as if it had just experienced a catastrophe.
In a flash, her black hair turned white.
Her eyebrows and eyes were still dark blue, and her face was still young, but her black hair had turned white, and it hung down past her waist, her hips, and all the way to the bend of her legs.
So her back looked very beautiful, with red clothes and white hair, she was extremely beautiful.
"How do you feel?" Ji Chanxi asked.
Jiang Miaoxuan said: "The bright moon is in the sky, and I can see the limitless. I have been trapped in a cage for 19 years without knowing it. Now that I have seen the great way, I am naturally filled with joy and have no other concerns."
Lin Xuanyan felt the aura of her body, which was mysterious and interesting, and said, "Congratulations, Miss Jiang. Or should I call you Senior Nan?"
Jiang Miaoxuan said, "Just call me Jiang Miaoxuan. Are you the Lin Xuanyan? I've heard Sister Ji talk about you before."
Lin Xuanyan just said a few words to be modest, but he found that Jiang Miaoxuan's eyes looked a little strange, so he asked: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Miaoxuan smiled and said, "It's true that seeing is believing. Today, when I met Master Lin, I realized that he is not as bad as Chanxi said."
Lin Xuanyan glanced at Ji Chanxi, and Ji Chanxi's eyes were full of smiles, with an expression that said, "Are you not convinced?"
Jiang Miaoxuan turned to look at Lu Jiajing and said, "I heard that you and Third Sister are close friends?"
Lu Jiajing said: "I have known Lingyin for many years, but we only meet occasionally."
Jiang Miaoxuan took out the bell and shook it gently. The bell did not ring, but instead emitted a lot of moonlight from the center. "This is for you."
Lu Jiajing was well-informed and knew what it was after a brief thought. He was a little surprised and said, "This..."
Jiang Miaoxuan said: "Take it."
She put the bell into Lu Jiajing's palm.
She looked around at everyone slowly, smiled and said, "Meeting is fate, there is no need to say goodbye, because we will definitely see each other again in the future. My elder sister and third sister have been waiting for me for more than a thousand years. It's time for me to go back. Everyone, goodbye."
A good show always has an end, and the audience will always disperse.
A thousand years may seem like a long time, but the waxing and waning of the human world has been going on for countless thousands of years.
It's just that some people have already started their next millennium, while others are still stuck in the past and can't break free.
Ji Chanxi suddenly called out to Lin Xuanyan: "You want to leave now?"
Lin Xuanyan asked: "Otherwise? What do you want to do?"
Ji Chanxi said: "I just said that you owe me a big favor."
Lin Xuanyan said: "Just say it directly."
Ji Chanxi said with a smile: "Come and have a fight, and be the sharpening stone for me to break my mirror."
Lin Xuanyan was slightly startled, and Ji Chanxi said, "Fight outside the city, do your best, and don't let anyone watch."
"No one is watching?" Lin Xuanyan was puzzled.
Ji Chanxi sneered, "Don't worry, I won't beat you to death."
Pei Yuhan felt something was wrong and wanted to say something, but Lin Xuanyan nodded without hesitation.
The two agreed to fight in the deserted mountains outside the city.
That was their second battle.
No one was watching this battle, but from afar, there were many strange phenomena in the mountains and fields, which were extremely gorgeous and illuminated the night sky, which showed how fierce the battle was.
After the battle, Lin Xuanyan came back with an extremely pale face, unsteady steps, torn clothes, and blood flowing between his sleeves. He then meditated for three whole days without saying a word, which was extremely abnormal.
Ji Chanxi's black dress was also torn, and she was covered in blood. She was extremely weak. The two returned together, but they did not speak to each other from beginning to end. After returning, Ji Chanxi actually cut off her long hair, leaving only the hair at the center of her neck.
Naturally, no one knows the outcome of this battle.
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