At night, the sky is dark, and the clouds are like a black mist, weaving into a thick, dark network on the tops of the mountains and many buildings in Jinxiufang.
In a valley deep in the Mingyun Mountains, there were gloomy clouds. The special Feng Shui field combined with the formation and flags formed a thick cloud and mist, sealing the entire valley like a matted curly sheepskin, exuding a sense of gloom. The strong aura of death is mysterious and strange.
But inside the valley, there was an area like a hellish Shura field. Dead bodies and bones wrapped in spider silk were everywhere. Streams of liquid flowed out of the spider silk cocoons and gathered in low-lying areas, forming a viscous... Deep pool.
Inside the deep pool, blood and light energy surged, and there was a vague figure with red light sitting in the pool, with strange evil lights emitting from the whole body.
This valley is very vast and lined with boulders, but there is no grass growing there.
Every inch of the ground is covered with bones and corpses, especially those close to the deep pool are the remains of many huge monsters. The various white bones are intertwined together, as if worshiping in the direction of the blood pool, forming an eerie and terrifying scene. Strange sight!
"ah!--"
"Let me go--"
A series of shrill screams cut through the pale night sky. Outside the valley, monks were captured and dragged in one after another by monster spiders.
One moment he was screaming, and the next moment he was stabbed to death on the spot by the spider monster's sword-like spider legs, or was covered with more spider silk slime and wrapped into a huge spider silk cocoon.
Each spider silk cocoon was transported by the monster to a position close to the deep pool, and what was struggling and squirming in it were strips of living life.
In the deep pool, a cold and hoarse voice suddenly came out, and the tone was full of cruelty.
"Speed up, speed up the pace, nutrition, spiritual materials, resources, I need more high-quality resources, the breakthrough is in the near future..."
Outside the valley, several monks were waiting quietly. They all saluted respectfully when they heard the words, and the leader responded.
"Old Ancestor, there are not many powerful casual cultivators in the entire border now, and almost all of them have joined the major families.
The humble cultivators have also learned a lot. They would rather be exploited and oppressed than live in groups in the wild.
I originally planned to provoke the Zhu family and the Luo family to continue fighting and disrupt the entire border. At that time, more casual cultivators would be unable to hide in a comfortable environment to preserve themselves, and would hunt down the monsters we expelled, even these two families. The monk will also be dragged into the water, but for the time being, the best time has not yet come. ． ． ． ． ． "
A voice came from the valley again, "Speed up, it doesn't hurt to use more drastic measures. Even if it causes trouble, when I truly make a breakthrough, all troubles will be solved."
"yes!"
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In Jinxiufang, in the evening.
Chen Dengming obtained two Taoist techniques from Master Hu in the first chapter of Gu Refining.
One is the first-level and fifth-level wood-type Taoist method of transforming dryness into glory.
This technique can heal injuries and resolve evil spirits and curses to a certain extent.
One is the first-level and sixth-level gold-type Dao method of traveling qi into gold.
This technique is an attack technique. It can control the metal spiritual energy flowing in the air, and instantly condense it into countless fine golden needles or sharp blades to attack powerful enemies. It is unexpected and impossible to prevent.
These two intermediate Taoist techniques in the Qi training period are much stronger than the low-level Taoist techniques in terms of efficacy and consumption of spiritual energy. It is also very difficult for ordinary monks to reach the proficiency level and achieve instant casting.
However, Chen Dengming only needs to practice for a while, and every time he practices in the future, he will gain more insights and gain more. He can quickly master the Taoism with just hard work.
These two Taoist methods are higher-level Taoist methods that have never been learned before. After learning them all, they will extend his life for many years.
Now Chen Dengming has reached the end of his life span of 322 years and has 84 years left to live.
Such a long time is enough for him to slowly cultivate to the foundation building stage.
He even has ambitions to continue practicing the "Death-Destroying Technique" to see if he can elevate his spiritual roots to a higher level.
This Tao method can be called a magical skill for people who live long lives, although even the person who created it died suddenly before he could practice it to perfection.
I don’t know what the results will be if I continue to practice along the practice route that was originally deduced and experimented.
But according to rumors, in the world of immortality, there was a heavenly spiritual root that was higher than the high-grade spiritual root.
For example, the first-generation sect leader of Tiandao Sect was a Heavenly Spiritual Root owner.
But since the beginning more than 400 years ago, new holders of the Heavenly Spiritual Root have rarely been found in the world of immortality. It is unknown whether it is due to premature death or other reasons.
Chen Dengming is a small casual cultivator. He can't get any more information based on hearsay. He can't even tell whether the information he has now is true or false, but it doesn't stop him from having this hope.
Those with high-grade spiritual roots, after reaching the tenth level of Qi training, are half sure of breaking through the foundation building without relying on the foundation building pill, and with the addition of the foundation building pill, they are 80% sure.
Once the breakthrough fails, this success rate will be significantly reduced.
It is rumored that those with heavenly spiritual roots can break through as easily as water overflowing when they have reached a bottleneck in their cultivation, without the help of spiritual pills.
In fact, Chen Dengming has a training panel. In addition to the risks when making breakthroughs from innate to Qi training, there are no bottlenecks or dangers when breaking through small realms. Once the proficiency reaches the level of enlightenment, the breakthrough will naturally occur.
However, practicing qi to build a foundation is another big hurdle. The danger may be greater than practicing qi innately. Chen Dengming has not tried or contacted more relevant information, and he is not sure.
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At this time, after receiving two Taoist techniques, Chen Dengming planned to ponder them at night, but he always felt restless and found it difficult to calm down and study.
A few days ago, Xu Ning's reminder before his death lingered in his mind like a thorn in his back.
Even when I occasionally took a break in the past few days, I would suddenly be awakened by a burst of heart palpitations.
Chen Dengming had a vague feeling that what Xu Ning said might not be false.
Although I thought about it day by day and dreamed about it at night, plus I was planning to eat fish and practicing intensively these days, I might have been too nervous, leading to suspicion.
But out of instinctive caution, since there are many clues and signs emerging, we should not ignore them.
After much thought, Chen Dengming decided not to delay anymore and leave tonight.
Now he is at the sixth level of Qi training, and he also has many magic weapons obtained from Xu Ning.
Even the damaged high-level robe, he gritted his teeth, added two mid-grade spiritual stones, and put on a new gold robe, transforming himself from a poor casual cultivator into a big shot in the casual cultivator. The level configuration can be regarded as completing the process of replacing shotguns with bullets.
In addition, Jiang Qiang has also prepared enough spiritual rice and maps. Everything is ready and ready to go at any time.
Chen Dengming was a resolute activist. He immediately approached Jiang Qiang and suggested leaving.
Although Jiang Qiang had already guessed Chen Dengming's intentions from Chen Dengming's whereabouts, he was still surprised that he had to leave so urgently.
"Brother Chen, why don't you prepare for a few more days? This batch of Gu creatures that we cooperated with Master Hu will pay dividends in a few days."
Chen Dengming shook his head, "Master Hu has already settled the dividends to me in advance. I am planning to leave tonight. No matter what Xu Ning said before he died is true or false, I would rather believe it.
Moreover, I was about to leave the border area. Nowadays, practicing Taoism has become a drag on my practice. If I want to get good Taoism here, the only way is to join these major cultivating families.
However, it seems that these major cultivating immortal families are not reliable at the moment, and they may start fighting at any time. You don’t want to join and fight for others immediately, right? "
Jiang Qiang wanted to say in his heart that the Lin family seemed to be very reliable.
At least until the rumor about the fake elixir overhaul was exposed, the other companies didn't dare to rub it.
However, Chen Dengming had made up his mind, and he no longer hesitated, nodding solemnly, "Then let's go, Brother Chen, I will listen to you."
Chen Dengming nodded and patted Jiang Qiang's shoulder, "Have you considered it? Don't you want to stay here? Maybe my worries are unnecessary. If you stay here, you may be more stable. I can also give you a sum." Spiritual stone.”
Jiang Qiang grinned, "Brother Chen, you've already left. If I don't follow you, I won't be able to get ahead if I stay here. How can I expect a philistine and shrewd person like Mr. Hu to treat me well?"
He is not stupid, he knows that his success and comfortable life are all thanks to Chen Dengming, even though he wants peace and stability in his heart.
But once Chen Dengming left, he wanted to establish a firm foothold in Jinxiufang. It would be fine in the short term, but it would be very difficult in the long term.
Maybe in a few years, I will have to leave Jinxiufang and wander around again.
In this case, it is better to follow Chen Dengming to travel all over the country. At least I feel safe in my heart. I feel at ease with Brother Chen as my backer.
"Okay! Let's go!"
Chen Dengming stopped talking nonsense. The two packed their bags, put on human skin masks skillfully, blended into the crowd of casual cultivators leaving the city, and left the city before the overnight fee was collected.
Outside the city, many open and safe areas have been occupied by small groups of casual cultivators. They have lit bonfires or set up simple tents. Some people even set up barbecue grills to grill some food. The breath of life is strong.
If someone hadn't occasionally cast a water ball spell to smash into the pot, or a fire ball spell to ignite the firewood, we would have thought that these people living in Jinpiao outside the city were just a group of mortals.
Chen Dengming and Jiang Qiang came out of the city. When they saw this situation, they couldn't help but stop and shake their heads. "The dust was on their faces and their clothes were stained with sweat. Three corpses were wiped out and six thieves were flying. Even if the Taoist heart has no place to live, it will return to the spiritual platform."
Jiang Qiang was still feeling a little emotional at first. He used to live in groups like this group of people and was at the bottom of the class. As a result, he was a little confused now. He didn't expect that Brother Chen would also write this line of poetry. How could he answer the question? ?
I could only barely hear it with my little culture. Chen Dengming was sighing. Although these Taoist friends live in poverty, they are all firm in their Taoist hearts. They are not afraid of three corpses and six thieves. Even if they have no fixed place, they can always keep their hearts. In the spiritual platform of steadfast pursuit of the truth.
"Brother Chen, that's awesome." Jiang Qiang gave a thumbs up and said in admiration, "Then we are running around now, so what can we say? Just a few more words."
Chen Dengming glanced sideways, ignored it, took out the map, looked at it, studied the route to the Eastern Region, and continued moving forward.
Jiang Qiang followed suit, rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Brother Chen, can you just briefly tell me our plans for the future?"
Chen Dengming pointed to the Eastern Territory on the map and said, "The Eastern Territory has outstanding people and places, the most outstanding among the four regions. However, many powerful sects are located in places where spiritual veins gather and are isolated from the common people. We must learn powerful Taoism in the future. To get ahead, you have to go to this area..."
Jiang Qiang reached up to his neck to take a look, only to feel unclear about the severity. He was thinking in his heart, do those high-ranking Immortal Sect Taoist disciples like them?
When Chen Dengming saw his expression, he knew what he was thinking. He sighed inwardly that he was too low on self-esteem due to his background as a casual cultivator and his ambitions were not ambitious enough.
Speaking of this journey of seeking Tao, it is the immortal family's own Penglai realm, which is only separated from the human world. If you want to obtain magical power and participate in creation, you must ride a crane up to the blue clouds.
Coming from a humble background, only by not changing one's ambitions and not following the crowd can one achieve great success.
Jiang Qiang saw Chen Dengming walking away and immediately followed him.
I decided in my heart that I would learn from Brother Chen and read more on weekdays. He had a set of poetry, military and military books, including military books for fighting the enemy and poetry books for serving cups.
If you don't study, you won't be as good at cultivating immortals as others.
It is quite dangerous to drive in the wild at night, but compared with when Chen Dengming and Jiang Qiang first arrived at Jinxiufang, the situation of the two of them is much better now.
After all, Chen Dengming's strength has become much stronger.
With the strength of the sixth level of Qi training, coupled with Xu Ning's magical weapons and Gu insects, his current combat power is capable of dealing with high-level monsters in the Qi training period.
As for the Wanli Border area, it has poor resources, and monsters in the foundation-building stage are not unfamiliar with this area. Therefore, the strongest monsters that appear here are almost at the same level as the monster birds that the two encountered when they first arrived.
As long as they are not unlucky enough to encounter that kind of monster bird, the two of them are not in much danger.
Chen Dengming has also observed clearly the work and rest time of demon birds. They are almost the same as normal birds. They hunt at dawn and return to their nests at sunset. They do not appear at all at night.
With each other's support, the two of them should be able to reach the Yunhua Mountain Road that passes through the Eastern Territory two thousand miles away without much danger.
However, the two of them had been moving like this for only an hour, and suddenly the Gu insect and the small array of mobile eyes suddenly issued warnings at the same time.
"Is there a monster?"
"What?" Jiang Qiang was shocked.
Chen Dengming was frowning, but his expression suddenly changed drastically, "There are monsters in four directions? Are we being rounded up by monsters?"
Almost at the same time, screams and roars of monsters were heard from the distant mountains and forests.
Further away, from the direction of Jinxiufang, there was also a large sound of panic and angry shouts, as if that safe area was also attacked by a large number of monsters.
"what happened?"
Chen Dengming's heart was beating wildly, and he felt that the uneasiness he had felt for many days seemed to be completely ignited at this moment, and the crisis in the darkness of the mountains and fields around him continued to be magnified in panic.
Whoosh! ——
He quickly cast a spell, and a golden spear shot out, directly piercing the shadow of a beast that jumped out of the darkness.
"Ouch——"
It is an ordinary hyena monster with the third level of Qi training.
But almost at the same time, the ground shook violently all around, the branches and vines of the mountains on both sides trembled wildly, and several monster beasts full of evil energy roared out.
"Green-backed Water Spider! How did these two monsters get mixed up together?"
Jiang Qiang exclaimed and immediately fired out the magic weapon.
"The situation is not good, don't be reluctant to fight!"
Chen Dengming frowned, and suddenly took a step forward. His eyes were full of power, and his white hair was flying on his temples. He drew out the Ice Spirit Sword, and the sword's intention was soaring, like a heavenly sword!
Buzz! ——
The blade of the Ice Spirit Sword exudes a crazy light, as if it is radiant due to the intention of the sword, showing off its evil power.
Chen Dengming's eyes shone brightly, and with a show of the secret, the Ice Spirit Sword instantly emerged into the shape of sword energy, and arranged around the body, like the shape of a full moon. The sword intention combined with the Tao method leveraged the surrounding spiritual energy, and transformed into thousands of The sharp sword force was like a thousand avalanches, rushing towards one of the spider monsters.
The snow weighs heavily on the trees on the mountain, and the sword falls thousands of miles into the moonlight sky!
The sword skills are so strong that the sword is covered with a thousand layers of snow!
The explosion of "boom, boom, boom, boom" spread with strong spiritual power, like a thunderous thunder, shaking the mountains and rivers, and the force was so strong that the ground under the feet seemed to turn over.
A spider monster with nearly fifth level of spiritual power was directly blasted away by the sword energy. The carapace on its body cracked and opened a series of ferocious gashes. Before the blood even spattered, its body was covered with all kinds of strange frost flowers. It was directly blasted away by the sword energy. The frost sword killed him on the spot!
The other monster beasts could not help but slow down after being frightened and attacked.
"Walk!--"
Chen Dengming let out a low shout, and rushed forward in a wild dance in his robes. The Ice Spirit Saber turned into sword energy and wrapped around his body. The man and the sword merged into one, just like Yao Jiao's lightning flashes rushing past, breaking through with lightning.
Jiang Qiang almost immediately and tacitly understood the situation and followed closely. His heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of his throat.
It was so scary. Then I decided to go with Brother Chen to pursue the fate of the Immortal Sect. However, they were ambushed by monsters on the way? Could it be that Brother Chen's bad premonition really came true?
It is true that blessings and misfortunes are determined by God, and there are crises everywhere in life. Who can tell the way to fight for immortality by looking up into the air to see who is the player and who is the pawn?
