Volume 2 Tian Nan ? Xuan Qing Volume Chapter 34: The Fire Phoenix Cries to Heaven, Twisting and Turning at Will

  In the blink of an eye, Chu Jiu had already dodged Chen Jian's twenty or so sword moves, and the surrounding crowd of people with low martial arts skills all looked on in boredom. Seeing Chu Jiu darting back and forth amidst the dense sword light of Chen Jian, it seemed that Chen Jian was gaining the upper hand, and they all thought that Chu Jiu only had defensive moves, without any counterattack.

  Lin Ruo Chi and Gu Bai Yun exchanged a smile, Gu Bai Yun thought: "Chen Jian Wu's martial arts are not weak, twenty moves of offense, yet he didn't even touch the corner of Chu Jiu's clothes, it means that there was no difference in their eyesight between himself and Shou Men Shi Di this morning."

  Yun Yuan saw Chen Jian's moves getting faster and faster, at first he only dodged, but still seemed to be strolling leisurely, with ease. However, the scene looked bad, so he bowed to his master and the gatekeeper uncle, saying: "Master, Gatekeeper Uncle, I also want to practice a bit!"

  Gu Baiyun nodded and smiled: "You've always been lazy about taking action, today you're actually interested, that's great!"

  Yun Yuan finished his bow and drew his sword, already arriving at the palace, where he clashed swords with Chen.

  He is the second disciple of Gu Baiyun, in terms of intelligence, he might be the first on the mountain, but he doesn't have the same dedication to practicing swordsmanship as his two senior brothers. However, his martial arts skills are obviously a notch higher than Chen Jian's.

  As one of the four top disciples, he was not a nameless person. After three moves, Chen Jian was at a disadvantage.

  Again, on the subject of elegance, Yun Yuan is considered to be the best among those at Mount Cangshan. Although he was a direct disciple of Gu Baiyun, Lin Ruochi's affection for him was not inferior to that for Gu Baiyun. Yun Yuan's calligraphy and poetry had received true transmission from Lin Ruochi, and his martial arts and swordsmanship had also been frequently guided by Lin Ruochi. His temperament was the most similar to Lin Ruochi's.

  Everyone saw him wearing a square scarf on his head, with large sleeves fluttering, and his movements were elegant and unmatched. His hands moved slowly but the style was precise and outstanding. In just a few moves, he changed to "White Cloud Swordsmanship", "Lotus Flower Swordsmanship", "Crane Cloud Swordsmanship", and the five elements of swordsmanship changed between each other, lifting heavy as light, twisting and turning freely.

  Jian nodded and praised: "Yun Xian nephew is indeed worthy of being ranked alongside Shen Xian nephew, Lu Xian nephew, and Lian Xian nephew, and is the leader among all the disciples of Diancang Sect!"

  At the beginning of the ninth, Xin knew that Yun Shixiong was helping himself. Now, seeing Yun Shixiong so carefree, he also had an itchy hand. Seeing Yun Yuan about to stab Chen Jian's left rib, Chen Jian couldn't dodge in time. Chujiu didn't move his arm, but just twisted his wrist, using a clever move from the "White Stone Sword Technique" to help Chen Jian out of trouble and separate Yunyuan's sword.

  Yun Yuan's heart was filled with surprise, but his sword did not stop. He raised his sword to Chen Jian's right arm. At first glance, Chen Jian seemed to be dodging again, but his sword movement was actually a subtle and clever move, yet it was also a late reaction. He stretched out his sword horizontally, blocking Yun Yuan's sword momentum. This move was actually the defensive stance "Descending Clouds" from the "White Cloud Sword Technique". How could Yun Yuan not recognize it?

  Lin Ruochi saw that this move was like a flowing cloud and running water, with the opening and closing being effortless and precise, and couldn't help but nod her head in approval and smile.

  His poetry is like a book of ten thousand volumes in his heart, and he naturally knows the name of this "Sword of Heaven's Cloud" from Zhuangzi's "The Carefree Wandering" : "In the Northern Ocean there is a fish, its name is Kun. The size of Kun is unknown, it can be thousands of miles long. It transforms into a bird, its name is Peng. The back of Peng is also unknown, it can be thousands of miles wide. When angry and flying, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky!"

  Gu Baiyun also secretly praised: "In the year when our sect was founded, our ancestors created this move, which is a defensive tactic that can block a thousand attacks! I didn't expect that among all the disciples of Mount Manshan, only Chujiu has grasped the profound meaning of this move!"

  Yun Yuan didn't get angry at all, but instead smiled slightly and became even more delighted. He countered with a sword strike, directly stabbing Chu Jiu's left shoulder. He had intentionally tried to test Chu Jiu's martial arts skills, and now he knew that Chu Jiu's swordsmanship was quite impressive. This one sword move "Rushing Up to the Clouds" still didn't dare to use full force, only releasing six-tenths of his inner power. However, Chu Jiu's confidence greatly increased, previously he could only pretend to lose, but now he no longer dodged and instead launched a perfect "Cloud Sword Technique", precisely at the right moment. Yun Yuan was extremely delighted, even Liu Chenfei was shocked!

  Two people with smiles on their faces, swords coming and going, all extremely subtle, for a time evenly matched, the ninth move even more exciting, as if the sword energy was born in heaven, the hand holding the Tianxuan Broken Wood Sword also becoming increasingly handy.

  "The Flying Flower Swordsman" had always been indifferent to others, but now he couldn't take his eyes off Chujiu. He was a Taoist master who had cultivated the Kunlun Taoist mystic skills for decades and could vaguely see the shadow of the Supreme Taoist mystic law on Chujiu's body, how could he not be surprised!

  Chen Jian drew his sword and saw that Chu Jiu was not at a disadvantage under Yun Shixiong's attack, so he felt unfair and stabbed at Chu Jiu again. Chu Jiu had no fear in his heart and his confidence increased greatly. Just as he was about to take on the two of them alone, he heard Liu Chenfei let out a loud cry of surprise in the great hall: "Ah... Ah!"

  In the field, three people were busy with their hands. When they turned around and looked up, they saw Liu Chenfei pointing at the sky. The crowd also raised their heads to look, and they were shocked: in the sky, there were two suns!

  Everyone felt strange, they all got up and left the main hall, came to the courtyard, looked up at the sky, and finally saw what it was. It turned out that beside the sun, there was a ball of fire with five colors!

  Suddenly, Cheng Man shouted: "That's not the sun, it's moving!"

  He hadn't finished speaking when, as expected, the fireball began to accelerate its transformation. The shape of the fireball seemed to be connected at first, but now it was unfolding and had a head and tail. Although it was high in the sky, people with profound internal strength could still see that it was actually a phoenix.

  The disciples of the Diancang Sect, from a distance, could only see a piece of color, but couldn't see anything else. On the ninth day, however, they could vaguely make out that the piece of color was changing shape. Suddenly, two people locked eyes, and this color, this shape, wasn't it the legendary Nine-Colored Fire Phoenix, the guardian deity bird they had seen yesterday evening?

  The superior man and the great master of the void both exclaimed: "Amitabha Buddha!"

  Liu Yun Dao Ren's sword had gone, Gu Baiyun and Lin Ruochi could naturally see clearly, it was indeed the legendary Diancang Sect's Guardian Deity Bird, the Nine-Colored Fire Phoenix.

  Lin Ruo Chi said to Gu Bai Yun with a hint of surprise: "I had some doubts about what Big Brother said at noon today, but now it seems I shouldn't have!"

  Gu Baiyun's eyes were still gazing at the sky, and she replied irrelevantly: "The last time I saw the nine-colored fire phoenix was when our master taught us swordsmanship. Who would have thought that these twenty-three years passed in the blink of an eye?"

  Lin Ruo Chi softly added: "Yes, the Nine-Colored Fire Phoenix only appears at the Sword Conferring Grand Ceremony, it's truly a divine bird of the sect!"

  The crowd's ears shook again, and the firebird let out a long, leisurely cry that was so clear it seemed to pierce their hearts, yet came from far away.

  That fiery phoenix didn't stay for a moment, flying far away, and in an instant, it vanished into the clouds, disappearing behind the mountains of Ma Long.

  Everyone was excited beyond measure, returning to the great hall, no longer having the heart for anything else, no longer concerned with the matter of the eldest disciple's trial, and also no longer paying attention to Yun's comments on Chuyi, all discussing this mysterious bird.

  Liu Yun Dao Ren asked: "I've long heard of the name of the Dian Cang Sect's divine bird that protects the teachings, which is said to be a nine-colored fire phoenix. Is it not what we see today?"

  Gu Baiyun smiled and said, "Liu Yun Dao brother asked a good question, but Gu Mou doesn't know either. Let's not ask if this mysterious thing exists or not, even if it does, how many people in the world have the fate to see it?"

  Jian had not spoken for a long time, seemingly considering for a long time. At this point, he also said: "What White Cloud brother said is correct. Flowing Cloud Daoist brother, Jian has also heard that on the Wudang Mountain there really is a ten-thousand-year-old mysterious black stone turtle, but who has seen it?" Flowing Cloud Daoist did not speak.

  Everyone was so excited that they couldn't stop talking, and it had been a long time like this. Before they knew it, the sky was about to turn dark!

  Lin Ruo Chi smiled and said: "Fifth Young Master, it seems like we can end this!" Gu Bai Yun also nodded in agreement.

  Liu Chenfei saw that the time was not early, and the disciples at the door had already finished their practice, receiving many pointers from their seniors, and gained a lot. He bowed to those around him and said: "Today, thank you to all the seniors of the Wulin for coming to our mountain to witness the seventh generation's grand disciple's sword-giving ceremony. The ceremony has ended successfully, please accept my bow!"

  Everyone dared to stand up, one after another, and bowed back, saying: "The seventh generation of the Diancang Sect is indeed a worthy successor, a genius among his peers! We are so lucky to have witnessed the grand ceremony of granting the sword!" The mountain top became even more boisterous!

  The superior being nodded slightly towards the front at the beginning of the ninth hour, with a benevolent expression. Then, he bowed to the crowd and proclaimed in a loud voice: "Amitabha Buddha! The old monk bids farewell!"

  Then he floated away, taking the two disciples down the mountain. The two disciples, Xiao Huan and Liu Dao, turned their heads to face Chu Jiu and Lin Man Er, and made a mischievous face at them, sticking out their tongues. These people had grown up together since childhood, living next door to each other, so their relationship was different from ordinary people.

  Lin Ruo Chi, Gu Bai Yun busily made a bow to bid farewell, and didn't get up until the monk's robe disappeared in front of the temple gate. A high-ranking Buddhist, naturally different from the masses.

  The master of the "Bai Dao Men" Wang Daozhan, the "Iron Gallbladder Golden Gun" Zhou Weimeng, and the richest man in Dali City, Fu Qianwan, and other heroes and wealthy families came to congratulate him and then left.

  Lian Ri Feng and his wife had originally wanted to stay for a few more days, but Ye Lan Mo really had urgent matters at hand and couldn't delay any further. The couple spent the night descending the mountain and returning to "Shen Mang Mountain Villa". Gu Bai Yun and Lin Ruo Chi naturally kept thanking Zhu Jian for his help. Shen Que's "Xuan Yang Heaven Sword Manual" was like a thunderbolt, and Shi Tie Jing Ying's sword skills were not to be underestimated!

  Lian's couple originally wanted to take Lian Manrou away, but Lian Manrou pulled Lian Tian, Lin Meng'er and Luo Zhihan over, and after begging her parents for a long time, said: "Dad, mom, I really haven't been to Cangshan for a long time, just let me play for a few more days!"

  Lin Meng'er pulled on Lian Wanru's hand and also pleaded: "Yes, Uncle Lian, I still have little sister Wanru to practice sword with me!"

  Waiting until the back of the mountain, Chu Jiu also came to persuade, Mr. and Mrs. Lian left Lian Wanrou on the mountain and turned around to hand over the package to Chu Jiu. For many years, Chu Jiu's clothes were all made by Wu Shi Niang Li Lin and Ye Lanmo. Now, as soon as he touched the package, he felt a soft piece inside, knowing it was clothes, his eyes reddened, and he thanked: "Thank you, Aunt Ye!" Then he took it over.

  Ye Lan smiled and said: "Silly child, still so polite!"

  The mountain finally fell silent from its clamor.

  Today, only a few guests came, including Master Changkong of Shaolin and Daoist Liuyun of Wudang. Jian Zengwang from the Kunlun Sect had arrived earlier. Hei Chongbao, known as "Three Hands Fire Sword", and Heng Fan, known as "Cold Sword", along with Cheng Man, known as "Red Palm", from the Qingcheng Sect, and Gong Sunli and over a dozen others stayed overnight, as there were still matters to discuss among the various sects regarding Jianghu and the world.