Guest room in the backyard.
Yu Ye put down the langhao pen in his hand.
On the table in front of him were wine bottles, pottery bowls, cinnabar, and a stack of talismans. The pen and cinnabar were purchased by the Tianbao brothers from a small town dozens of miles away. Twenty or thirty armor-breaking talismans took him three days to refine. The snake skin of the spirit snake was completely consumed.
Yu Ye reached out and picked up an armor-piercing talisman, made two empty strokes, and slapped it on his chest. With a flash of light, the person disappeared on the spot. After a while, he slowly appeared, still sitting on the stool, smiling and breathing lightly.
Based on Jiao Ying's guidance and personal insights, he slightly improved the technique of making talismans. He only used two or three drops of blood essence to make twenty or thirty armor-breaking talismans. The reason why we don't mention drawing talismans but calling them refining talismans is because each talisman is refined with his hard work.
Yu Ye held a stack of armor-breaking talismans in his hand.
Including the previous refining, there are a total of thirty-six armor-breaking talismans. This is his biggest reliance on saving his life, and also his confidence in dealing with powerful enemies.
Yu Ye put away the armor-breaking talisman, stood up, walked to the couch and sat down cross-legged. He held a spiritual stone in his left hand, rubbed the center of his brow with his right hand, and said to himself:
"How can we capture a Qi refining master alive?"
Jiao Ying’s questioning voice came from his consciousness——
"Are you crazy?"
"Let's talk about it."
"Have you forgotten all about killing Qi refining masters one after another? You should know yourself. Without sword Qi, you can't kill any monks, and you still dare to think about capturing them alive..."
"just asking."
"It's easier said than done to capture a master of qi refining alive. His cultivation is ruined and he's still not at your mercy."
"How to abolish cultivation?"
"It's more simple. Destroy the sea of qi and break the meridians. Although it is still alive, it is already a useless person."
"Can the storage ring store living objects?"
"The ring for holding objects is a place of void, and living things will die if they enter it. You don't know how to use it to hold living people, right? How come you have so many weird ideas?"
"Just take a look -"
Yu Ye waved his sleeves and saw several things in front of him, including a piece of white cloth, a jade tablet, a broken sword, and a palm-sized purple jade stone.
The jade tablet is Feng Laoqi's relic; the white cloth, jade tablet, and jade stone are Qiu Bo's relics.
"I speculate that Nanshan and Bu Yi founded the Immortal Sect for the sake of treasures. Take a look, are there any of the Immortal Sect's most precious treasures among these relics?"
"Oh... to the south of the colorful clouds, the red bird flies north, and the golden toad emerges from the water. Can the secret be found? This piece of cloth is obviously not a treasure. The writing on it looks like a verse, and I don't know its meaning for the time being..."
Jiao Ying didn't ask anything about what Yu Ye did, and he never paid attention to the few things he got.
"The jade plaque is shaped like a jade pendant, slightly larger in size, with the characters 'Tianji' and 'harmony' on it... This is the token of the Immortal Sect monks, Tianji is the sect, and the character 'harmony' should refer to the name or seniority."
"Tianji Sect? Qizhou's Immortal Sect?"
"I don't know much about Qizhou... There is also the word Tianji on the hilt of this broken sword. It may be the same owner as the token, but it looks weird, or it may have other uses."
"The jade medal comes from Feng Laoqi, and the broken sword comes from Qiu Bo. How can they be the same owner?"
"I'm just guessing. How do I know the details... This piece of amethyst is made by refining and looks like a star. It looks extremely extraordinary!"
"The most precious treasure of the Immortal Sect?"
"Although its use is unknown, it is undoubtedly a treasure."
"Is it related to the treasure that the monks in Qizhou are looking for?"
"As for what's going on, we can only ask those monks in Qizhou."
"Well, that makes sense!"
"you……"
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Half a month later, the ground fire in Chenling Mountain finally gradually extinguished. But the area with a radius of hundreds of miles was still shrouded in gray dust.
Even so, people who have fled have returned home one after another.
On a road dozens of miles away from Chenling Mountain, figures hurriedly came and went from time to time. People are walking, driving, bringing their families with them, or are alone. Some looked expectant because their homes were just ahead; some looked sad because their homes had been destroyed and survival was difficult.
There were also people standing on the side of the road, silently watching the scene in front of them.
The hardships of the world and the wasted fate made him lament the humbleness of life and death and the ruthlessness of heaven and earth. And he was as humble as a piece of dust, but like the people in front of him, he never gave up and was unwilling to fall. Even if the future was slim, he still walked on the road with both feet...
"Wow--"
A cry was heard, and a woman holding a baby in her arms stopped. The passers-by who accompanied me were all smiling and looking happy...
Yu Ye stretched out his hand to lower his bamboo hat, patted the long sword on his waist, and ran towards Chenling Mountain.
He's back again!
Going into danger alone again!
Brother Tianbao couldn't stop him, and Jiao Ying couldn't persuade him either.
He has his own opinion.
Without figuring out the true intention of Nanshan and Bu Yi to establish the Immortal Sect, he would still be worried about it even if they ran overseas and hid in the distance. What's more, this matter is related to the future and destiny of the entire Daze. How can we let those guys do whatever they want? Maybe he still couldn't change anything in the end, but at least he tried his best without any regrets!
Just like escaping from Lingjiao Town, he will never run away or hide away easily!
After walking for more than twenty miles, we came to another intersection.
A group of people gathered at the intersection and were quarreling loudly, with a few gangsters wielding knives to drive them away.
"The Taoist Master has issued an order. No one is allowed to approach Chenling Mountain within three months. Please leave as soon as possible..."
After passing the intersection and walking for more than twenty miles, you will reach Chenling Mountain. The dust and mist in the sky also became thicker. From a distance, it looked like night had fallen, and the sky and the earth were covered in darkness.
Yu Ye squeezed through the crowd.
A man raised a knife to stop him: "Stop here, otherwise..."
Yu Ye lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Disciple, I have something to report. May I ask where the leader is?"
"Several Taoist priests are still in the mountains, you are..."
Yu Ye reached out and pushed away the long knife in front of him, and walked forward boldly. Several gangsters thought he was a newly promoted disciple of the Immortal Sect, so they stopped trying to stop him.
After going another three or five miles, there was no one in front or behind.
Yu Ye quickened his pace.
He talked to people in the world just to get some information, but unexpectedly learned the whereabouts of several monks, and he changed his mind on the spot.
What are these monks doing hiding in Chenling Mountain?
Is there Nanshan or Yi among them?
In a moment, the canyon was right ahead, but it was shrouded in smoke and darkness. The sky in the distance was still under daylight. It's like yin and yang confronting each other, but day and night coexist.
Across the canyon, it's a different scene.
Stop and watch in the wild.
A choking breath hit his face.
There were still sporadic smoke and dust floating down in the night sky.
The river on the right has dried up, and the houses on the left are in ruins. The small town that it once was no longer exists, and even the streets are covered with a thick layer of dust.
Yu Ye looked at the desolation and deathly silence and sighed secretly.
Just one ground fire destroyed everything. The power of heaven and earth is so powerful and unpredictable that it makes people feel insignificant and powerless. Perhaps, this is the ruthlessness of heaven. But the living people are still the same...
Yu Yeshang felt sad, and his expression was slightly condensed.
On the dust covering the street, there were a few lines of faint footprints. It must have been the monks from Qizhou who passed by. Although they used the light body technique, they still left traces.
Yu Ye lowered his head and looked at his feet.
The dust was a foot or two thick, like snow, but in the form of gray-black powder. When one stepped on it, there was a deep pit.
Yu Ye activated his true energy to protect his body, tiptoed a little, and jumped into the air more than three feet away. Before he landed, he tiptoed again. Due to the force, a faint footprint was left on the ground. He took advantage of the situation and jumped up again, flying away as fast as the wind.
Arriving at the foot of the mountain in an instant.
The mountains were still standing as before, but the trees were barren, the mountains were covered with ashes, and the same dead silence existed.
Not long after, people were in the mountains, still devastated, but filled with smoke. Fortunately, the true energy protected the body, and the previous path still vaguely existed.
Yu Ye walked through the smoke and ashes, like a lone bird flying at night, just to find life in the desolation and to find light at the end of darkness.
And the end of darkness seems to be close at hand.
Thousands of feet away, a thick fog steamed up into the sky. Although they were far apart and protected by true energy, the heat was still hitting their faces, which was prohibitive.
Surrounding the thick fog, thick black boulders were piled up, like flowing mud, but large areas were solidified and exuded burning energy.
Yu Ye fell on a protruding stone.
The mountain ridges that once existed are gone. The soaring mist surrounding the mud boulders should be where the extinguished earth fire is.
But no one was seen.
Could it be that the Qizhou monk is not here?
Yu Ye was thinking about returning the same way when he suddenly glanced back.
More than a hundred feet away, rocks stood towering. In the darkness, there seemed to be a fleeting figure.
Yu Ye turned around and ran over.
The towering rocks were not swallowed up by the earth's fire mud. Instead, there was a gap in it, and the depth of the black hole was unknown.
Yu Ye quietly walked closer, looked around, and then looked around, but he didn't find anything unusual. He hesitated for a moment and stepped into the hole.
The entrance to the cave is as tall as a person and extends downward. People inside it become increasingly hot and unbearable. And with the true energy protecting the body, it's not a big deal.
Yu Ye slowly searched down.
After more than ten feet, the cave turned into a cave and was divided into several entrances, leading to all directions underground.
Yu Ye stopped in front of a cave entrance.
As far as the consciousness can reach, darkness is like day. Facing the cave entrances extending in all directions, he still didn't know where to go.
"Bang, bang——"
At this moment, there was a sound of banging stones.
Listen to the noise, not far away.
Yu Ye moved his steps slightly.
After passing through the two cave entrances, there is another cave to the right.
A middle-aged man was chopping a black stone with his sword, and he was still complaining: "The spiritual veins here are thin, and it was destroyed by the fire. There are not many spiritual stones to be found..." He suddenly put away his sword. Guang asked unexpectedly: "Who is coming?"
A figure appeared two feet away. It was not a familiar companion, but a man from the world wearing a bamboo hat. He bowed to him and said, "Disciple, please see Taoist Master Nanshan!"
"Nanshan is a senior figure, how could he condescend to come here!"
The middle-aged man reprimanded and said in surprise: "You are not a Jianghu person..."
Yu Ye raised his head, smiled slightly and said, "Hey, Brother Dao, don't you recognize me?"
The middle-aged man asked doubtfully: "You are..."
"I am……"
Yu Ye pretended to announce his name and raised his hand to salute, but suddenly he flicked away. The middle-aged man didn't expect it, and he couldn't resist the sharp sword energy. A bloody hole was blasted through his eyebrows. Yu Ye took advantage of the situation and snatched the opponent's dagger and storage ring, and then said: "I am Gan Xing!"
Unexpectedly, before the words finished, someone said:
"Gan Xing is here, who dares to pretend to be me..."
