Bai Shaofeng felt a bit embarrassed when he saw Bai Mao: "I was injured a few days ago and haven't come to see you, how did you get to know Shen Ying? Oh, I forgot that your past life's past life should have seen that donkey, it's really strange! ... Wait, no, you shouldn't know its name. ... Huh, Bai Mao, you're different from before too, how did our mental communication become so clear? It's just like reading a newspaper!"
Taking advantage of Bai Mao's daze, Xiao Bai muttered a lot to himself, and it wasn't until half a day later that Bai Mao asked: "Do you still remember things from when you were five years old?"
Bai Shaoliu: "I had forgotten, but suddenly remembered it a few days ago. That year, an old Chinese doctor was treating someone's scar in our courtyard, and he used this kind of knife. At the time, he even bled you... How did you know it's called Shenyao Bird?"
This sentence made Bai Mao furious, and according to the "human" condition, his brain short-circuited for half a day. After another half day passed, he finally said: "Don't ask me how I know! Tell me how you got it!"
Bai Shaofeng: "A fellow villager gave it to me, I bought him 30,000 yuan worth of medicine."
"What fellow villager can send you something like this?"
Bai Shaoliu: "He's just a fellow townsman who sells medicine, I don't even know his surname Mei or what his name is... Why are you so interested in this knife? Last time you said you had something to tell me, now that I'm here, hurry up and say it!"
The white-haired man's nostrils puffed out two mouthfuls of hot air, and the words transmitted in his mind surprisingly also had a panting tone: "Of course I recognize it. This divine artifact was forged from Wanzai Chenyin by me personally, using the essence of Wanzai Chenyin to make it the material for this artifact."
Bai Shaoliu: "You? A donkey can forge iron? In your past life, were you a silversmith's apprentice who pumped the bellows? I seem to have heard of this term 'dharma instrument' before! What is 'Wan Zai Chen Yin'?"
Bai Mao: "Three generations ago, I was also a human, not a donkey. This Wan Zai Chen Yin is a gift from the Hainan Sect to the leader of Zheng Yi Men, Shou Zheng Zhen Ren. At that time, I was the leader of the Hainan Sect. Shou Zheng Zhen Ren probably wanted to recreate an artifact in the style of Zheng Yi Men's mountain-settling artifact, Lei Shen Jian, but ultimately found it couldn't be completely successful, so he simply refined Wan Zai Chen Yin into this divine Xiao Yu... I never thought that when you were five years old, that old mixed hair personally used Xiao Yu to pierce my blood."
Xiao Bai rubbed the back of his head: "Old mixed hair? How can you scold people? Weren't you already a donkey at that time? Are you saying that Master Jin is some kind of upright and honest person?... My head is a bit dizzy, I couldn't understand what you're saying, can you speak slowly?"
Bai Mao let out a sigh and said, "It's a long story, but what I want to tell you is related to this matter, and the favor I want to ask of you is also connected to it."
Bai Mao was feeling emotional when Wang Zong, the boss of the horse farm, walked in: "Mr. Bai has come to see you - Black Donkey? Do you want to take it out for a walk? If its leg is injured, don't ride it." Now this Manager Wang was much more polite to Bai Shaofeng, ever since the eight great heroes of the Hei Long Bang were wrapped in bandages like mummies and pushed into Bai Shaofeng's hospital room, only to be pushed out again. In just one day, Bai Shaofeng's "great name" shook both the black and white worlds, everyone thought it was done by Bai Shaofeng, Luo Xiao's bodyguard really became known as the "number one master of Wuyue", this time it wasn't an exaggeration!
Bai Shaoliu: "I'll just go to the grassy slope over there with White Hair, no need to prepare the track. Come on, White Hair, let's go." After finishing speaking, he led the donkey out of the stable and walked to a small hill under the grassy slope on one side of the horse field without even saddling up. Bai Shaoliu asked while walking: "White Hair, just treat those strange things as stories, you tell them slowly and I'll listen slowly. After listening, I still have something to ask you." Seeing that there was no one around, Xiao Bai also stopped using mental communication and spoke directly, letting the donkey respond in his heart.
Bai Mao's first sentence was: "Xiao Bai, do you believe that I am the number one master in the world?"
Bai Mao asked this question very seriously, but for some reason, the idea popped out of a donkey's head. Xiao Bai couldn't help but want to laugh: "If you say you're the number one donkey in the world, I'll definitely believe it!...I won't interrupt, don't ask me, just talk about yourself first."
Baimao said, "Of course, I couldn't say that now, but back then I was indeed the number one master in the world. My story would take three days and nights to tell, so let me just give you a rough idea today..." Baimao began telling its story, which included many things Xiaobai had never heard before. Several times he wanted to interrupt and ask questions, but he restrained himself, deciding to wait until it finished speaking. It seemed this donkey had been holding back for a long time.
Before becoming a white donkey, White Hair was not called White Hair. Three generations ago, he was a human being who grew up in the Zhongnan Mountains of the Zixu Country and was an outstanding disciple of the Tian Nan Sect. Because of his association with a female demon, he was forced by his sect to push her off a cliff. However, he secretly spared her life and used his internal energy to slow down her fall, hoping to save her life. After that, White Hair continued to cultivate in the Tian Nan Sect, and during his three-year punishment of closed-door meditation, his cultivation advanced greatly, and he even surpassed the highest realm of the Zhongnan Sect's traditional Taoist teachings.
In the Zhongnan school, there was no more opponent, and the master's Taoist teachings had also reached their limit. To continue practicing, personal enlightenment and breakthrough were needed. Since this was the case, Qīyè also didn't need to stay in the Zhongnan school, because he didn't want to be bound by the rules of the Zhongnan school again after what happened back then. So he left Zhongnan and went out into the world. During his travels, he had many strange encounters, not only did he gain a deeper understanding of the Taoist teachings, but he also obtained the heart method and oral secrets of the "Thirty-six Dongtian" from Zhengyi school, the first great school of alchemy in the world.
He not only gained profound Taoist teachings but also combined them with his own insights, seeking blessings and cultivating his mind in a secluded place. Seven Leaves became the most outstanding disciple of his generation in the cultivation world. At the sixty-year-old Sect Congress of various major sects in the cultivation world, Seven Leaves shocked everyone with his extraordinary skills and won the championship, becoming the number one person among his peers. With such achievements, even his original sect, Zhongnan, felt proud. Seven Leaves took advantage of the situation to reconcile with Zhongnan, although he did not return to his sect, he acknowledged his origins as a Zhongnan disciple and treated the elders of Zhongnan with courtesy. This was again spread as a beautiful story in the cultivation world.
Half a year after the Sect's Grand Assembly, all the cultivators of the world would gather again for another grand event called the Three Mountains Gathering, which was also held once every sixty years. It was during this half-year period that Qī Yè accomplished three great deeds that shook the world.
The first thing happened in the deep autumn of that year, and the Jianghu rumor spread that the owner of the Kunlun First Practice Cave Heaven, Tianyue Dashi, who was also the highest-ranking senior in the practice world, had ascended to immortality, leaving behind an unmanned fairy mansion, Qingchentian Palace, as well as countless secret books, magical instruments, and spiritual elixirs. People from all over the world came to the outside of the Qingchentian Palace at the foot of the three-dream peak in the floating life valley, and to get to the Qingchentian Palace from the floating life valley, one had to climb up the single-line mountain road, the Qingchentian ladder. At this time, a young man appeared, holding a black Ruyi, claiming to be the Young Master of Qingchentian, who was the only heir of Tianyue Dashi. He blocked the way in front of the Qingchentian Ladder and did not allow anyone to go up the mountain to disturb the Qingchentian Palace.
The leaders of the various factions were calm and composed, not rashly advancing, but batch after batch of people continued to break through. The Forgetful Young Master was also merciless, disregarding the anger of the masses, and struck back with a single move, blocking everyone's path. His cultivation was surprisingly high, not inferior to any of the top masters in the world. When the leaders of the various factions gathered, the two senior disciples of Zhengyi Sect, He Xi and He Feng, also arrived with their juniors. Only then did the leaders of the various factions step forward to ask questions. Just at this moment, a joyful tune came from San Meng Peak, and Tianyue Master sent a servant down the mountain to explain the situation to everyone.
Originally, Tianyue Master did not ascend to heaven, and the rumors spread in Jianghu were false. However, Wang Qing Gongzi was indeed Tianyue Master's only successor, but he had left Wang Qing Palace several years ago. This matter was quite mysterious, and it wasn't until a few years later that everyone gradually realized that Tianyue Master had summoned his only successor, Wang Qing Gongzi, to inherit the position of Wang Qing Palace, which was a test for him. Tianyue Master did not pursue the responsibility of the various sects gathering at Fusheng Valley, but instead gave away three divine artifacts as gifts to the people of the world, and whoever could take them away would be none of his concern.
There are over a thousand cultivators in the Floating Life Valley, but there are only three divine artifacts. Even if Tianyue Master doesn't personally blame them, these people will probably end up with broken heads and blood flowing. Fortunately, two high-ranking officials from Zhengyi Sect were present to maintain order and negotiated with the leaders of various sects on site, deciding that they could not engage in a chaotic battle, but instead each sect would send representatives to compete in a martial arts competition to determine the ownership of the divine artifacts. As a result, the gathering outside the Forgotten Emotions Palace in the Floating Life Valley turned into a martial arts competition for the divine artifacts. Tianyue Master sent the three divine artifacts down the mountain, but the Young Master of the Forgotten Emotions Palace wanted to cheat and didn't want anyone else to take any of them away. He personally took action to retrieve one artifact, and then instigated Yun Zhongxian, a servant from the Forgotten Emotions Palace who had come down the mountain, to take back the second artifact.
When the third and most important artifact "Present Wind Festival" contest began, according to the rules, there was no one left who could take action to compete with the Forgetful Young Master. However, he had secretly made other arrangements, using some kind of trick to persuade Fahai, the divine monk from Wucheng Jiulin Chan Temple, to come down and seize the artifact. Monk Fahai was a renowned master with great magical powers, and sixty years ago at the Sect's Grand Assembly, he had already competed in a battle of magic and won the title of Number One Under Heaven. In this world, except for the Great Master Shouzheng Zhenren and the Living Buddha Geju Jizan, perhaps no one was his match. As soon as Fahai took action, no one else dared to compete with him, and it seemed that the Forgetful Young Master's plan was about to succeed. Just then, Qīyè arrived on the scene.
Qī Yè stepped forward to ask for guidance from Fǎ Hǎi, the divine monk, and the scene became lively. Fǎ Hǎi was the champion of the martial arts conference sixty years ago, while Qī Yè is the current champion of the martial arts conference. This was a battle across sixty years. The outcome of this battle was unexpected by many people. Qī Yè suffered internal injuries, and his famous magic weapon, the Red Snake Whip, was destroyed, but he narrowly defeated Fǎ Hǎi and took away the Wind Offering Festival.
The Unfeeling Young Master took one look at the Seven Leaves holding the Wind Offering Festival and immediately became anxious, proposing to use the world's number one rare medicine, the Nine-Turned Purple Gold Pill, to exchange it back. The Seven Leaves refused on the spot, thus forming a grudge with the Unfeeling Young Master. Because the Wind Offering Festival was the Unfeeling Young Master's inherited treasure of the Unfeeling Palace, without obtaining it he couldn't return to the Unfeeling Palace. However, the Seven Leaves' seizure of the artifact was reasonable and justifiable, so even if the Unfeeling Young Master had private grievances, there was nothing he could do about it.
The gathering of the Palace of Oblivion made two people famous throughout the land. The first was the Young Master of Oblivion, who despite his youth, had cultivation and seniority that made him one of the three great masters of the current generation in the cultivation world. Even more impressive was Qī Yè, who became the representative of the younger generation in the cultivation world, with a reputation that flourished for a time. Not long after the gathering of the Palace of Oblivion, Qī Yè did his second great deed, bringing him closer to his goal of reaching the pinnacle of the world.
Qī Yè seized the divine artifact and presented it to Fēng Jié, but was injured in the process. A cunning elder from a prestigious sect, Xuán Míng Pài, saw an opportunity to secretly harm Qī Yè and steal the artifact. This person was none other than Bào Chūn Lǎo Rén, the leader of Xuán Míng Pài.
Bào Chūn Lǎo Rén led a group of disciples in a secret pursuit to kill Qī Yè, chasing him for thousands of miles. However, Qī Yè rallied his divine power and counterattacked, killing Bào Chūn Lǎo Rén and five other high-ranking experts on the spot.
Qī Yè then pursued them back to the Xuán Míng Pài sect's headquarters at Qióng Yá Dào Chǎng. Instead of pursuing the other disciples, Qī Yè stood before the ancestral temple and sternly rebuked Bào Chūn Lǎo Rén for his hypocrisy and wickedness. He also expressed regret that the Xuán Míng Pài disciples had encountered such an unvirtuous master.
The numerous disciples of the Xuanming Sect had to admit in front of reality that Qīyè's killing of the inferior ones was guiltless, and at the same time they were also convinced by his extraordinary bearing and superior cultivation. More than half of them were willing to awaken from their past mistakes and surrender to Qīyè. Qīyè did not pretend to be modest, and in response to the expectations of the crowd, he seized the Xuanming Sect's Daochang and established the Hainan Sect instead. After establishing the Hainan Sect, Qīyè also accomplished a third great feat.
Qī Yè rose to the position of leader of the Hainan School, and immediately issued an order to reform the rules and open up the sect! All wandering cultivators in the world without a school or sect who were willing to join the Hainan School would be taught by Qī Yè without distinction, imparting profound Taoist teachings. As a result, many wandering cultivators from all over the world, even some small schools and sects, flocked to join Qī Yè's banner. In a short period of time, the Hainan School became one of the most powerful schools in the cultivation world, even surpassing the first great school of cultivation, Zhengyi Sect, which had been established for over a thousand years. Qī Yè was not only considered to be the number one cultivator of today but also possessed the greatest power in the cultivation world.
Three major events have been accomplished, and Qī Yè's ambition is soaring. His next plan is to break through the shackles of the cultivation world's rules and regulations, unleash his divine powers in the mortal world, and grasp control over all under heaven. This cannot be achieved by human power alone; he plans to win over the hearts of people with both kindness and authority. He intends to make a grand declaration at the San Shan Conference this winter solstice, gather his own forces to revise the cultivation rules, and become the first person to reverse the trend of the past thousand years. If this succeeds, Qī Yè will reach the pinnacle of the mortal world.
At this San Shan conference, however, someone plotted against Qī Yè with sinister intentions - that was Wàng Qíng Gōng Zǐ, who had a deep personal grudge against him. First, he incited his accomplice Shí Xiǎo Zhēn Rén to cause trouble for the Hǎi Nán Sect, and when Qī Yè stepped in to resolve the situation, Wàng Qíng Gōng Zǐ took advantage of his status as a Grandmaster to speak out, inviting him to engage in a debate on the Dao at the gathering of all Daoist sects. When the time came for the debate, Qī Yè had already prepared an impassioned speech, expecting that there would be people responding to his call and achieving success together. However, Wàng Qíng Gōng Zǐ was like a clown, confusing and confounding everyone with his words, resulting in a draw in the debate, and Qī Yè did not have the opportunity to showcase his talents.
Qīyè realized that to break free from constraints and expand his life's ambitions, he must first thoroughly defeat the ruthless and conservative Wàngqíng Gōngzǐ. After the debate at Sānshān Huì, Qīyè made an appointment with Wàngqíng Gōngzǐ for a real duel in six months to determine who was superior. Wàngqíng Gōngzǐ agreed, and they set the time for July 15th of the following year, at the top of Zhāotíng Mountain in Wú City.
After the Three Mountains Conference, Qī Yè closed himself off for half a year and successfully cultivated the Golden Elixir Great Dao's Supreme Divine Ability, creating five Yang Spirit Bodies. With confidence in his heart, he arrived at Zhāo Tíng Mountain for battle. The Forgetting Emotions Young Master was indeed formidable, using the divine artifact Seven Emotions Bell to borrow the resentment of 100,000 Yin Spirits and play the Seven Emotions Separation Injuring Sound, consecutively extinguishing seven of Qī Yè's Yang Spirit Bodies. However, Qī Yè ultimately used his Great Divine Ability to break through the Forgetting Emotions Young Master's Seven Emotions Separation and destroyed the Seven Emotions Bell on the spot. This battle should have been a complete victory for Qī Yè. But in the end, it was discovered that the Forgetting Emotions Young Master had long since set up an ambush, preparing to cheat and waiting for Qī Yè to take the bait.
The Heartless Young Master had secretly borrowed another divine artifact, the Qingming Mirror, to mobilize the power of the Kunlun Mountains and rivers, trapping the Seven Leaves. Then he revealed his true identity to the Seven Leaves - he was not a human, but an immortal who had mistakenly entered the mortal world, born as a fairy with no magical powers among humans, but could borrow all divine powers in the world. Today's visit was not for a duel, but to kill him and avenge his personal grievances! The Seven Leaves' cultivation had reached the realm of Yang Shen's indestructible body, even if the Heartless Young Master could summon heavenly tribulation, he couldn't guarantee to destroy all his incarnations in one fell swoop.
The ruthless method used by the Heartless Duke to deal with Qī Yè was to use his divine power that could borrow any law, and he actually broke through the Five Declines of Buddhism, exhausting Qī Yè's good fortune and forcibly sending him into reincarnation. Not only did he kill him in this life, but also used a heavenly technique that didn't exist in the mortal world to lock up Qī Yè's primordial spirit with the Heart-Sealing Chain, making him a donkey for generations to come, unable to attain liberation. The cruelty of his methods was enough to make one's hair stand on end! The result of this battle was that the Heartless Duke killed Qī Yè and reclaimed the Wind Offering Festival. As for any news after that, Qī Yè didn't know anything because he had become a donkey, and in the stable, no one would tell him about matters in the cultivation world.
This is the story of White Hair's past, and by the time it was finished, the sky had almost turned dark. Xiao Bai listened with a stunned expression. Actually, the story that White Hair told Xiao Bai was basically the same as the one that Third Young Master Monk told Qing Chen, but different people tell it with different details and perspectives. White Hair and Xiao Bai communicated through heart-to-heart exchange, so there's no need to distinguish between truth and lies - whatever is said is what they truly saw and thought. Although many parts of the process were omitted, the general events were still made clear.
When he was listening, Xiao Bai wanted to ask questions all the time, but after finishing listening, he couldn't ask anymore. This story is full of doubts everywhere, and every part is unbelievable. If you believe it, it's simply too absurd, if you don't believe it, then it's not a lie at all! He thought for half a day before asking: "I read books and newspapers every day, how come I didn't know about such earth-shaking events happening in the world?"
