Chapter 65: Taixu Palace on Tianmen Mountain

Tianmen Mountain is located in the far west of the human world and is the westernmost place that humans have explored so far. Countless years ago, this place was still a barren mountain with no people. Since the first monk who traveled west set foot here and discovered the nine mountains with rich spiritual energy, he has taken root here.

These nine mountains with rich spiritual energy are like stairs to the fairyland, so they are called Tianmen Mountain, which means the place that leads directly to the gate of heaven.

Because the rich spiritual energy is very suitable for cultivation, Tianmen Mountain has become a place of contention for many practitioners once it was discovered. For countless years, countless fights and tragedies of extermination have occurred here. It is even said that if the blood of the monks who died here is gathered together, it can be poured over every inch of land in these nine towering mountains that stretch for countless miles.

The dark years when humans disappeared also affected this spiritual land that seemed to be a pure land but was actually a murderous place. After countless grievances, hatreds, lives and deaths, a sect that is now widely known has risen and stood on this land that has been repeatedly stained with blood.

This sect is called Taixu Palace.

The rise of Taixu Palace is due to the countless masters and countless supreme powers in the sect, which makes other forces around it unable to compete with it. But more importantly, the Taixu Palace's principle of embracing all rivers and seas has made the surrounding clans and forces that have been entangled in countless generations of grievances and dare not trust others convinced. Under the guarantee and mediation of Taixu Palace, they put down their weapons and coexist peacefully.

For countless years, under the control and influence of Taixu Palace, Tianmen Mountain, a bloody land, has gradually changed and become a real fairyland. Here, there is no longer the scene of everyone being wary of each other and drawing swords at each other when they disagree. On the contrary, it is a beautiful scene of prosperity and peaceful coexistence.

Moreover, not only do the monks coexist peacefully, but even the monks and mortals live in harmony, which is rare in other places. Mortals work and reproduce here, while monks will exchange the fruits of mortals' labor for reasonable prices or equivalent materials, and protect mortals from the harm caused by natural disasters. If they meet mortals with spiritual roots, they will introduce them to their own sects and lead them to the path of cultivation.

After countless years of prosperity and development, this place has gradually become a well-known, wealthy and peaceful place in the human world, and the Taixu Palace that created all this is even more famous and has become one of the few sects in the human world that dares to confront the powerful Dayan head-on.

Dayan has tried to annex this place several times, but has not succeeded. Dayan's failure is not only because of the countless masters and countless hidden means in the Taixu Palace, but also because of the strong support of other clans and sects in Tianmen Mountain that are also thriving under the protection of the Taixu Palace. Whenever there are foreign enemies who invade and try to destroy the peace here, these clans and sects will stand up without hesitation and fully support the Taixu Palace, guarding it as if it were their own sect.

Dayan did not think about dividing these forces, but it was useless. No matter coercion or inducement, all they got was a spit or a knife flash towards the messenger. Even those who were occasionally bribed successfully, if they were discovered, no matter if you were the eldest son of the direct line or the future heir, even if you were the current patriarch, the angry disciples would immediately execute you and make you public, without the help of outsiders, and make you infamous for thousands of years.

After the third unsuccessful expedition to Tianmen Mountain, the then Emperor of Dayan, the grandfather of the current Emperor of Yanling, Emperor of Yanding, Yuwen Changji, once said, "Taixu Palace was selfless but became selfish, and the way of human heart has reached the peak. In terms of the control over the disciples and territories, even Dayan is not as good as them, and even in the future, it will not be as good as them."

Somehow, these words of Emperor of Yanding, Yuwen Changji, spread out, and made the Taixu Palace of Tianmen Mountain famous. No matter whether they were good or evil, they would show respect to their disciples. Even the demon cultivators and ghost cultivators who had almost no dealings with the human race and had blood feuds for generations had a little respect for Taixu Palace. Unless they deliberately provoked them, they would not easily hurt their disciples.

As the leader of the world, the Dayan Dynasty never started a war again after the third unsuccessful expedition, as if it tacitly accepted the special existence of Taixu Palace that did not obey discipline. Even if there were some minor frictions between the two, they were all under control. Neither side expanded them, and maintained a fragile peace.

Among the nine peaks of Tianmen Mountain, the highest and largest one is called Lingxiao Peak, because most of it is hidden in the clouds for most of the year and is almost invisible, just like the last step of the nine-step ladder to heaven, which is closest to the sky. Therefore, it is called Lingxiao Peak, which means "to soar above the nine heavens, the gate of immortality is hidden here". There is a widely circulated catchy phrase among the monks: the purple air comes from the east and the gate of immortality opens, and Lingxiao Peak leads it. This shows the status of Lingxiao Peak in the minds of the monks.

Lingxiao Peak is indeed extraordinary. Although there is no gate of heaven that can directly enter the immortal world as the legend says, as the highest and largest peak among the nine peaks of Tianmen Mountain, the spiritual energy here is extremely rich. In some places where the spiritual energy is extremely rich, the spiritual energy that is already so rich that it is faintly foggy can even turn into liquid, becoming the spiritual liquid that the monks dream of in their practice. It is really magical.

Therefore, Lingxiao Peak naturally became the main peak of Taixu Palace. The main hall of Taixu Palace is located here, on a wide cliff near the peak. Although it is called a cliff, if ordinary people look at it, the area of ​​this cliff is almost the same size as a small plain.

Many cave residences have been opened up from top to bottom around the main hall of Taixu Palace. These cave residences are the places where many masters usually practice and live in seclusion. Among these masters, not only people from Taixu Palace, but also masters from other clans and sects in Tianmen Mountain practice here.

Taixu Palace has brought its purpose of "embracing all rivers" to the extreme. All the sect monks in Tianmen Mountain, if they have reached a certain level of cultivation and the spiritual energy of their own sect is not enough for their cultivation, can apply to enter Lingxiao Peak for cultivation if they voluntarily. If you want to practice here, in addition to complying with some regulations of Taixu Palace and not fighting at will, there are no other conditions. These monks can still maintain the identity of their own sects and can even come and go at will. With such actions, how could other clans and sects in Tianmen Mountain not support the leadership of Taixu Palace? As a result, Taixu Palace firmly holds the reins of all sects and sects in Tianmen Mountain, and no one disobeys.

As for the other ordinary disciples of Taixu Palace, they are scattered in the other eight peaks. On weekdays, they are not allowed to enter Lingxiao Peak at will unless they are summoned by the main hall.

On Lingxiao Peak, the main hall of Taixu Palace is majestically entrenched here. Above the main entrance of the hall, the three characters "Taixu Hall" are engraved on a huge bluestone plaque. The dragon-flying and phoenix-dancing handwriting reveals bursts of fierce killing aura, which makes people daunted. The eight characters "Sea Accepts Hundreds of Rivers" and "Tolerance is Greatness" engraved on the stone pillars on both sides of the porch reveal a broad and peaceful atmosphere, which makes people feel relieved and dilutes the sharp feeling brought by the main entrance plaque, and people can't help but be impressed by the breadth and majesty of Taixu Palace.

Under normal circumstances, the Taixu Palace is always deserted. Only a few Taoist sweepers with unknown cultivation come to clean up on time. The current head of the Taixu Palace has his own cave for cultivation and does not come here on weekdays. The elders of the sect, except for the masters of the eight peaks and some elders who do not like to live here and open caves for cultivation in other peaks, all have their own independent caves in this peak to live and practice. If there is no call from the head or special matters need to be decided here, they will not come here.

On this day, in the quiet hall of the Taixu Palace, two people actually fell from the sky and broke the silence in an instant.

Putting Li Chuyi gently on the ground, Baijie Taoist couldn't help but touch the sweat on his head.

"Finally back, this old bastard, almost lost his life for his apprentice."

Cursing a few times in his heart, Baijie Taoist took out a pill from his arms and fed it to the unconscious Li Chuyi, then sat down casually on the ground and watched Li Chuyi swallow the pill.

The pill was something unknown, but it melted in the mouth, spreading waves of warm air and slowly blending into Li Chuyi's body. Not long after, Li Chuyi's eyelids moved slightly and opened.

Looking at the green-robed Taoist staring at him, Li Chu, who was a little out of memory, shouted subconsciously: "Old man, your broken medicine is useless! Three, two, one, even if you count hundreds of times, I still feel like I'm going to die!"

As he spoke, Li Chuyi suddenly realized that something was wrong, slowly looked around, and the stupid expression reappeared on his fat face.

"Uh..."