The world of Zhuxian.
mainland.
Central Plains Zone.
"Well……"
"Where is this?"
The former headquarters of the Blood Refining Hall, inside the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave.
Under the cliff.
On the beach of the Ruthless Sea.
The young man in shabby clothes covered his forehead and climbed up from the beach in a daze. He glanced at the sticky red blood on his palms and became more or less awake. Then he glanced at his surroundings with a confused look on his face.
"Let me take a look first..."
The young man tore off a strip of cloth from his own clothes, and briefly treated the wound on his forehead. Then he sat on the beach, looked around at the empty and silent beach, and couldn't help but hold his forehead in thought.
"First of all, I'm here to ask for immortality."
"The Blood Refining Hall is the birthplace of casual cultivators in the world. This is recorded in ancient books, and is also news recognized by the people and the world of immortality cultivation. However, where the real Blood Refining Hall is, no one has ever seen it with their own eyes so far. "
"Maybe someone will know."
"It's just that these messages must be precious."
"The techniques practiced by casual cultivators now are either the techniques passed down by the Blood Refining Hall, or the techniques modified by other sects in the later period. There are also some special techniques created by some powerful people. "
"These techniques have advantages and disadvantages."
"And I happened to get a piece of scrap paper, which records the original origin of these exercises, and it can also be regarded as the general outline of all exercises - the Book of Heaven!"
"According to the record on that half page, the Heavenly Book is divided into five volumes. However, the specific whereabouts of these five volumes of Heavenly Book are not written. It is only written that the Qingyun Sect is in charge of the fifth volume of the Heavenly Book, and the Ghost King Sect is in charge of the second volume of the Heavenly Book."
"The whereabouts of the remaining three volumes of the Heavenly Book are unknown."
"Fortunately, hard work pays off."
"Although I didn't find out the specific whereabouts of the other three volumes of the Heavenly Book, I found a very important piece of information from another ancient book, more accurately speaking, more like a historical record."
"In ancient times, there were no casual cultivators in the world."
"All immortal cultivators come from various sects."
"And there are only four immortal cultivating sects left at that time, which are the four giants in the world of cultivating immortals today."
"Qingyunmen is located in the Central Plains."
"The Ghost King Sect is located in the Western Region."
"Fengxiang Valley is located in southern Xinjiang."
"The Acacia sect lives in the southwest."
"But in ancient times, there were several other sects."
"Changsheng Hall, Tianyin Temple, Ten Thousand Poison Sect, and Blood Refining Hall."
"Among them, the Changsheng Hall was destroyed by the Ghost King Sect, the Tianyin Temple was destroyed by the Qingyun Sect, and the Ten Thousand Poison Sect was destroyed by the Blood Refining Hall. However, the Blood Refining Hall finally disappeared without a trace, leaving only the Rogue Cultivator Alliance today. This site is where the Blood Refining Hall used to be."
"So, the Blood Refining Hall should be the origin of today's casual cultivators. Then, these various techniques and spells should not appear in casual cultivators. The Blood Refining Hall that was able to destroy the Ten Thousand Poison Sect back then is not as good as the Qingyun Sect. The Heavenly Book passed down by the Ghost King Sect should have a complete set of exercises as a general guide for cultivation, right?"
"Then there must be a secret here!"
"Even said..."
"It's a secret that no one has discovered!"
The boy licked his chapped lips and looked around.
Then, he couldn't help but frown.
It's endless here, but it's empty.
Not to mention that the above are all his speculations. Even if they are not his speculations, if he does not have the props in his hand that can open the mechanism or opportunity, this empty place will be enough for him to search for a month. In the end, he will return empty-handed. .
not to mention……
"The original Blood Refining Hall will never destroy everything when it dies. After all, according to the records in ancient books, the Blood Refining Hall is as famous as the Qingyun Sect of the Ghost King Sect."
"Furthermore, the establishment of the Rogue Cultivator Alliance was at a time point 5,335 years ago, but the concept of Rogue Cultivator and the first confirmed Rogue Cultivator were in 5,345 The time point was years ago, which means there was at least a ten-year gap in the middle. During these ten years, the Blood Refining Hall still existed!"
"Even if the Rogue Cultivator Alliance destroyed the Blood Refining Hall, as the Blood Refining Hall that destroyed the Ten Thousand Poison Sect, it can be said that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse."
"With the current and weak Rogue Cultivator Alliance, there is no way it can completely destroy the Blood Refining Hall, and even the remaining bricks and tiles will be completely destroyed!"
"so……"
"There must be a secret here!"
The young man got up and walked carelessly.
Sometimes I stop in one place for a while and observe for a while.
Sometimes he gestures in the air or leaves some symbols on the beach.
Half an hour.
The boy collapsed on the beach.
He pulled his hair hard with both hands, looking puzzled.
"grass!"
"Is there really nothing left?"
"But it shouldn't be!"
"Ever since I was little, my brainpower has always been correct in everything I calculate. Although I don't think I am the person with the strongest brainpower in the world, among all those who have not cultivated immortality, I still think I am one of the best."
"Moreover, there is nothing wrong with the logic of what we analyzed from ancient books, but it turns out that it doesn't work in reality."
"I clearly found the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave..."
"We also arrived at the realm behind the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave..."
"Although I don't know where this is yet, it is definitely not the Ancient Ten Thousand Bats Cave. Could it be that this is just an excessive place, and the real place where the good things are is still further behind this place?"
"The issue is……"
"There is no road here!"
The young man looked at the Merciless Sea with a sad expression.
Judging by the direction he came from.
Continuing to go deeper, there is only one way to cross this sea.
But since he is crossing the sea, let’s not talk about whether he brought any supplies this time, nor will he throw away some of the supplies he came this time because he wanted to lighten the burden of climbing. Even if he doesn’t need any supplies now, in the end, At least we need to build a ship to cross the sea, right?
So, here comes the problem.
What about the materials for shipbuilding?
For a moment, the boy felt a little regretful.
If he had known this, he might as well have joined the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, done some good deeds in exchange for his skills, and then practiced hard to reach the first and fourth levels before exploring the ruins of the Blood Refining Hall.
Anyway, no one knows now that this is the ruins of the Blood Refining Hall.
Think about it too.
Who always crawls into an ordinary cave full of bats when they have nothing to do?
There's something wrong with your brain!
certainly.
This doesn't mean he's mentally ill.
At most, they will enter the treasure house and return empty-handed.
In other words, he found it.
However, there is no ability to take away opportunities.
"what to do?"
The boy sighed.
After taking a look around and realizing that there was no danger, he lay down on the beach, looked at the stars in the sky, and couldn't help but ask himself.
A flash of inspiration passed by.
It seems that he knows something.
But I couldn't remember it for a while.
If you are a normal person, the way to deal with this kind of thing is to forget it.
If you can't remember it, forget it.
I don't know when I will remember it.
At that point, just come back and deal with the matter.
But the boy knew very well that if it was a normal inspiration, it would be forgotten, but here, every inspiration that existed might be an opportunity that would never come back if it was missed.
How can inspiration, which reminds you where the real opportunity lies, not be considered an opportunity?
But what did he just think of?
The young man stood up suddenly.
Following the footprints he had walked along the way, he slowly walked to the starting point, then looked at the footprints he left when he started, and walked back again by stepping on these marks.
When you reach the finish line, lie down carefully.
In an instant, the star-studded sky came into view of the young man, and the inspiration that had just flashed through his mind was instantly inspired.
"Big deal!"
"It's really a big deal!"
The young man's body trembled with excitement.
Biting her lip, she was filled with emotions.
"Take the stars as your sons and the sky as your disk!"
"On a starry night, play chess with future generations!"
"All the secrets are hidden in this mysterious starry sky. How many secrets can be seen depends entirely on the talent and talent of the newcomers!"
"What a great idea! What a great idea!"
"Those who are worthy of such a good idea must be the best in the world!"
The young man raised his hand and did some calculations in the air.
Suddenly, he was extremely stunned.
"Um?"
"Is this a formation?"
To be honest, as long as what is engraved on this starry sky is not a formation, considering the powerful means of creating this starry sky, it will take some effort for him to crack it. After all, this should be what the master of the Blood Refining Hall left behind. , or it was left behind by a senior person in the Blood Refining Hall.
And in terms of the background at that time...
The leader of the Blood Refining Hall is not weak.
You can even use the Ghost King Sect as a backdrop.
The Ghost King Sect at that time was recognized as the strongest generation so far. Whether it was a powerful man with thousands of people, Baguio who was a half-blood of the Fox clan, and the Twelve Demons of the Sea of Blood, they were a group that could not be reached by the Blood Refining Hall now. Geniuses, and this group of geniuses all gathered in that era, just like rabbits having a litter of cubs in their lifetime.
And can use the Ghost King Sect at that time as the background board.
The strength of the leader of the Blood Refining Hall is evident.
It's hard to say how high the upper limit is.
But the lower limit is guaranteed.
But for a young man, especially since he was a child, he likes to ponder formations such as the Five Elements and Bagua. Only these formations can make him feel the limits of his mental power. Playing with formations in front of him will only bring humiliation to himself. .
You know, it's not like the young man has never seen an immortal cultivator.
Naturally, I have also seen the formations of immortal cultivators.
But in the eyes of the young man, those formations were all full of flaws. The only formation that appeared in front of the young man and could not be seen through by the young man was the Twelve Star Evil used by the first generation of the Ghost King Sect's twelve demons of the Blood Sea. The big formation was a formation that the young man went back to review for more than a month before he understood all the changes.
The Blood Refining Hall is certainly very strong.
But this does not mean that Blood Refining Hall has high attainments in formations. Strength and formations are two completely different things, just like one is a management position and the other is a technical position, and they cannot be confused at all.
Therefore, the young man started to calculate with confidence.
Half an hour later.
The young man's forehead was already covered with cold sweat.
"More terrifying than the Twelve Star Evil Formation!"
"And this is only part of it!"
"What exactly is this formation?"
"Did I make a miscalculation or misread it?"
The young man muttered to himself.
Then, he shook his head: "No!"
"It's really wrong."
A gentle voice suddenly sounded from behind.
The young man was so frightened that he almost fainted on the spot.
I coughed several times before I regained my breath.
Take two steps forward, then turn around.
He saw the man who suddenly appeared behind him and spoke to him suddenly. He focused on the man's dark golden vertical pupils for a moment, and then calmly raised his hands to the man:
"I'm Du Tianhu, I've met my senior."
"I don't know the name of my senior, so I hope you can forgive me."
"This trip happened for a reason. I stumbled into this place while seeking immortality. Unknown to me, I accidentally stumbled into the training ground of my senior. I will leave now."
Where there is life, there is hope.
What is "smooth"?
He has no cultivation at all.
I just wanted to lay a good foundation for myself.
Therefore, I didn’t learn any techniques.
If I don’t leave now, why don’t I leave again when I get down there?
But the man's reaction made Du Tianhu's heart sink.
"Do you know this formation?"
"I just heard you complaining."
"In addition, I have also seen all the supplies you left behind when you came. Don't show off some clumsy tricks and excuses to me. Just tell me if you can understand."
The man wearing a black robe, with jade-like skin and dark golden vertical pupils, said calmly, instantly making Du Tianhu, who wanted to run away, freeze in place.
After weighing the strength of both sides...
Especially the strength of non-fox clan transformed monsters...
Du Tianhu had a silky smile, showing no trace of dissatisfaction or anger. He turned around calmly, and then calmly explained:
"I can indeed understand it."
"It's just that I can only understand part of it."
"This formation is extensive and profound. I have seen the Twelve Star Evil Formation of this generation of the Twelve Demons of the Sea of Blood, but I feel that it is not even one-tenth of the level of this formation."
"If senior wants to break the formation, I'm afraid I won't be able to help him break the formation, but if I want to write down some speculations, I'm still confident."
Speaking of formations, Du Tianhu's confidence returned.
However, he is not too proud or complacent.
I just explained my level in a matter-of-fact way.
However, all this seemed to have been expected by the man. After taking a look at the starry sky, a trace of awe and nostalgia flashed in the man's eyes.
Then, he sneered:
"Twelve Star Evil Formation?"
"Are they the Twelve Demons of the Blood Sea of this generation?"
"It's just a waste of these two names!"
"Furthermore, even the original Twelve Demons of the Sea of Blood and the Twelve Star Evil Formation are not as good as the one you see, because they are inherently subordinate, and the Twelve Star Evil Formation is originally a part of this formation. , and it is also a simplified formation of this part.”
"It can be said that even if you understand the Twelve Star Evil Formation that was originally practiced by the Twelve Demons of the Blood Sea, you still cannot understand the formation you are seeing now."
"As for whether I want to crack it..."
"Who do you think left this formation behind?"
"Did any random cat or dog want to crack it?"
"They don't even have the qualifications to imagine it!"
"Only people in the world who can't master the art of double palms are qualified to try to crack this formation. No one who can really crack it has appeared so far!"
Hearing this, Du Tianhu frowned slightly.
But the man seemed to see Du Tianhu's dissatisfaction.
After thinking for a while, he gave a list of names.
"In the past, the head of Qingyun was Lu Xueqi."
"In the past, Tian Linger was the leader of Dazhu Peak."
"In the past, the owner of Fenxiang Valley was Yan Hong."
"In the past, the leader of the Ghost King Sect was Baguio."
"Now, the leader of the Hehuan Sect, Jin Ping'er."
"Now, the person in charge of the tree of bitterness."
"In the past, the founder of Fenxiang Valley was Linglong."
"Now, the leader of the fox clan, the nine-tailed sky fox."
Du Tianhu was stunned for a moment.
He has heard of all these names.
certainly.
Except for him, everyone in the immortal world has heard of it.
These people are all geniuses, and their subordinates have more or less legendary achievements, including some unrepeatable resumes.
For example, in the past, Lu Xueqi, the head of the Qingyun Sect.
He is in charge of the Nine Heavens Divine Weapon Tianya Sword.
If you have profound skills, you can live forever.
In the past, cultivating immortality was just for longevity, and it was not possible to truly live forever and live as long as heaven and earth. But now, after cultivating to a certain level, you can cross the last threshold by doing something with great merit. , immortality.
certainly.
Immortality does not mean being able to do whatever you want.
Immortals have rules that immortals need to follow.
You can benefit the world, or you can be happy, but you can't control a person's life at will, or provoke a battle between two sects.
It is said that these are the rules jointly formulated by the first generation of immortals. Among them, there are righteous sects, demonic sects, and even demon clans, just like the names this man just spit out. Likewise, the owners of these names were all first-generation immortals, so Du Tianhu didn't understand why the man told him this.
But he soon understood.
because……
"These people are all qualified."
"Besides, there are only a few people who are qualified."
"The rest of the people are not qualified to understand this formation."
"Now, you should be able to understand."
The man said in a very sure tone.
Du Tianhu's whole body suddenly became excited.
There was also a lot of noise.
"Are you...are you kidding me?"
"Are these people just qualified?"
The man smiled slightly and asked: "Then why do you think it was only in their generation that immortals appeared? Before their generation, in the thousands of years of cultivating immortals, why did no immortals appear?"
Du Tianhu wanted to refute this theory.
But he suddenly remembered that ancient book, especially the introduction to the background of the four sects and the world of immortality at that time, and he was stunned.
There was silence for a long time.
Then he slowly said: "Senior, who are you?"
"person?"
The man sighed: "I'm not human."
Du Tianhu looked at the man speechlessly.
nonsense!
How can humans have dark golden vertical pupils?
Vertical pupils generally appear on snake monsters, otherwise they will appear on cat monsters, and not every cat and snake can have pupils of this shape. , even if there are, there are rarely dark gold colors.
Golden pupils are not something ordinary people can have.
Even if it is a monster, it is not something that ordinary monsters can have.
Therefore, from the first moment he saw this man, Du Tianhu could tell that this man was not a human being, but he could not yet guess what race the enemy was.
After all, the other party's transformation was too complete.
Except for the different pupils, everything else is exactly the same as a normal human being. Even the hair color is the black color of a normal human being.
It's not like some transformed monster.
Either become white-haired or red-haired.
Forget about these two colors.
Those with green and yellow fur are really unbearable to look at.
All in all, the aesthetics of each race are different.
It's like a peacock transforming into a monster. Some peacocks even turn their hair into colorful colors. It looks like a disaster at first glance.
However, the man did not mean to deliberately make things difficult.
There was silence for a moment.
Then, he introduced himself lightly:
"I have no name, but I have a surname."
"You can call me..."
"black!"
black?
Du Tianhu thought for a while.
I searched through my memory, but found no such person.
Maybe, it's just a fake name?
Du Tianhu comforted himself in this way.
But he didn't expect that the man did have this name.
It's just that the word "small" in front of it has been removed.
certainly.
There are still people who call this ancient name.
For example...
"Xiao Hei?"
"Did you forget something?"
In the sky, a young girl with wings on her back, round pupils, golden hair, and a heroic face flapped her wings and slowly fell down.
Then, he took a step forward without being polite.
He smiled, punched out, and a wave of energy suddenly appeared.
"You promised to accompany me to Heyang City for shopping?"
"If I hadn't been more careful, I might have been let off by you again!"
"Are you the bird or am I the bird?"
"How come you are so good at flying pigeons?"
"Even I'm not as skilled as you!"
While saying this, the girl angrily punched her again.
Du Tianhu's face was so blown that he twitched.
However, the girl also noticed Du Tianhu.
After looking at the surrounding environment, he deliberately ignored the wry smile of Xiao Hei. Then, his heroic little eyebrows suddenly raised and he asked: "Kid, do you understand?"
"I understand part of it."
Du Tianhu replied calmly.
If you can't afford to offend or hide, then you can only be obedient.
"Part of it is amazing."
The girl clapped her hands in surprise.
Then, he grabbed the man's ear and pulled him out. Without looking back, he reminded Du Tianhu who was standing there:
"Watch well and study hard."
"If you can learn half of it, you can survive in today's world. If you can learn everything, you can be invincible in today's world. The premise is that the Immortal will not take action and you have enough people under your command."
"When you have learned half of it, you might as well come to me in the Death Swamp. I may not be good at other spells, but I can still spread the beans to make soldiers. Although I am not as skilled as the other people, I can teach you. There’s no problem.”
"By the way, my name is Xiao Huang!"
"When you come to the Death Swamp, remember to call this name!"
"Don't yell, otherwise I won't notice you!"
The figures of the girl and the man gradually disappeared from Du Tianhu's sight. The corners of Du Tianhu's mouth twitched slightly, but then he suddenly remembered these two names. After thinking for a while, his pupils suddenly shrank.
Xiao Huang!
Xiaohei!
Death swamp!
I'm afraid not...
"The yellow bird, and the black water snake, transformed..."
Du Tianhu swallowed hard and applied it.
Then, he looked up at the starry sky.
"It can make the yellow bird and the black water snake invincible..."
"You can even walk sideways if you only understand half of it..."
"What exactly is this formation?"
Outside the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave, Xiao Hei and Xiao Huang were standing next to a beautiful woman wearing pink clothes and a scarlet silk waist.
"how?"
Xiao Huang nodded: "The talent is indeed good."
Xiao Hei added: "I think the first two moves of his strokes are also correct, but the last few moves are wrong. He must have talent, but if he wants to understand the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, I'm afraid it won't take more than a year and a half. If he wants to use the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, it will take him three to five years to use it, and by the time he becomes proficient in using it, it will take at least twenty years."
The woman nodded.
Then, he shook his head again.
"That's all, I can only help here."
"There is only such an outstanding descendant of senior brother."
"But it's good to be outstanding."
"You will lose, Tianhu."
"This is a really interesting name."
"It's a pity that all the old friends are gone."
"It's not difficult to live a long life..."
"It's not difficult to live eight hundred years..."
"Looking at the world for nine thousand years..."
"It's really cold at high places!"
Ready to open a new volume.
The combat power began to soar.
