On Qingshu Island shrouded in rich night, the darkness seems to have no end.
Walking on Qingshu Island is like walking through the boundless seabed, but in the dark sea water, what is conveyed is not the pressure from all directions.
Rather, it is a sense of urgency that is about to be completely swallowed up.
Maybe this is the reason.
After night fell on Qingshu Island, there were very few monks walking on the neat roads. Gu Qing walked for a long time before he saw two or three figures.
The many stalls originally distributed on both sides of the road had already been quietly removed, and most of the shops in the market were closed. A situation like a curfew in a secular capital appeared in front of him.
The night wind, accompanied by the moonlight, seemed particularly cold.
Gu Qing raised his head slightly and looked at the bright moon in the sky that had just escaped from the clouds. The frost-like moonlight was smeared on his fair face inch by inch.
He frowned slightly.
A vague and strange feeling lingered in his heart.
Soon, Gu Qing lowered his head.
His steps also stopped and he looked forward.
The smooth courtyard wall seems to be made of jade, about ten feet high, enclosing a courtyard that should be about two hundred feet in diameter. There are two small dark wooden doors on the side and front. If you look closely, you can see that the side of the small door is On the wooden texture, a slight glow of formation can be seen.
Gu Qing withdrew his gaze.
According to his induction of the colorless spiritual power of the water attribute left in the corner of Xuanyunzi's robe, Xuanyunzi was in this courtyard.
in addition……
I am afraid that the elder disciple of the Hanhai Loose Cultivator Alliance who Xuanyunzi followed also lives in the courtyard, and the two small doors in front of him, where the glow of the formation can be vaguely seen, are the back doors of the courtyard.
Gu Qing calmly turned a corner and continued to move forward.
The road facing the back door of this courtyard was very quiet in the night. Gu Qing noticed that there were dim white beads above the lampposts beside the road. He recognized them at a glance as they could be used as lampposts. The kind of orb that illuminates, I just never thought about it...
This thing can also be regarded as a spiritual thing.
The light of this thing is also spiritual light.
As if to test his guess, Gu Qing took a step forward, leaped more than two feet, and raised his eyes to the top of a lamppost.
A ball of white light appeared in front of his eyes.
However, the strange thing is that the white light emitted from the orb can only cover a few feet of radius centered on the white orb, and cannot dispel even a trace of darkness outside these few feet of space.
Gu Qing landed lightly and glanced behind him.
After coming out of the restaurant, he noticed that someone was following him. This wave of people following him did not hide their whereabouts. There were seven people in the group, all of whom were in the late stage of Qi Refining, and they were following him from a distance.
'These seven people should be monks who maintain order in the city.
'What happened in the restaurant earlier really attracted the attention of many people... The owner of the restaurant might have had some deal with someone related to the Qiu family, so he allowed the three people from the Qiu family to do it. Attack Ling Kong on the third floor of the restaurant.
'Based on this matter, if the monks in Qingshufang have a conflict within the store, the monks responsible for maintaining order in Qingshufang will not intervene.
Gu Qing did not think that the monks who maintained order in Qingshu Island Xiuzhenfang City were like the seven people who followed him, and their cultivation was only in the late stage of Qi refining.
The person behind Qingshu Island Xiuzhenfang City must be extremely terrifying, whether it is his personal strength or the power he possesses. If not, how could he have such prosperity on Qingshu Island, where the Loose Cultivators Alliance is located in Linyu Sea Area? A small city?
This island is located in the core of Linyu Sea!
And if such a terrifying person makes a rule that no fights are allowed in Qingshu Island Xiuzhenfang City...
The owner of the restaurant definitely didn't dare to commit the crime knowingly.
'In other words, I did not violate the rules of Xiuzhenfang City on Qingshu Island when I killed those two people just now... In this way,
There is no need to worry about these seven people.
Gu Qing stepped into the wind, his hair waving wildly, his bright eyes flashing slightly: "But in this place where dragons and tigers are hidden, if you use the power of ancient demons, is there any chance that others will see through it?" Although I feel that as long as the true form of the Ancient Demon is not revealed, no one will think of being above the Ancient Demon... However, there are some risks after all. If the power of the Ancient Demon is recognized, it will inevitably cause a lot of trouble... just like this time.
Gu Qing didn't want to be so high-profile.
But he had to do it.
He disguised the stimulation and explosion of the ancient demon's power as some kind of spiritual eye secret technique, or in other words, pupil technique, and then made a quick decision and left immediately after the war. This was the result of weighing the pros and cons.
According to the records in the book "The Righteous Way of the Universe: The Return of All Dharmas in the Cultivation World", the secret technique of spiritual eyes is usually called Eye Technique in the world of cultivation, which is very appropriate.
'What happened this time happened too quickly.
The strange, vague feeling in Gu Qing's heart became more and more serious. There seemed to be countless cold, soft arms in the darkness, touching his exposed flesh.
It was difficult for him to avoid the misfortune flowing from the sky.
When Yu Lingkong was being chased by a powerful enemy, the man's first reaction when he saw him was to say hello with some surprise, and then sat down opposite him.
Among them, there was no doubt that he had the idea of letting him share the pressure for him, and in view of what happened on the spirit boat, Yu Lingkong felt that his strength was not strong.
In Yu Lingkong's heart, he judged that his strength was definitely not that he could withstand the siege of the three cultivators of the third level of foundation building. Yu Lingkong's performance afterwards also proved this to some extent.
That is to say...
Yu Lingkong's original intention was to hold him on his back.
And after pulling him on his back, he found a glimmer of hope.
In this regard, Gu Qing had an insight into the three Qiu family monks after they went upstairs. At the same time, he sensed that among the three Qiu family monks, the one with the highest cultivation level was using secret methods to explore his cultivation level.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Qing realized that he had no way out.
He was only at the second level of foundation building, so he was bound to be targeted by the Qiu family, and he was afraid of trouble, so he solved this trouble on the third floor of the restaurant - the battlefield chosen by the Qiu family. By the way, he also repaid Yu Lingkong for the glass of wine.
It is true that the means he used to deal with the three people of the Qiu family could be the Divine Will of Snow or the Finger of Guixu, but in the end he chose the power of the ancient demon.
It was because of the divine will of snow that he was captured by Luo Lingrui of the Black Hell Demon Palace. Although he was saved from death by the divine will of snow when he was in Luo Lingrui's hands, he also knew that the divine will of snow was no small matter. , after reading the book "The Righteous Way of the Universe: The Return of All Dharmas in the Realm of Cultivation", he has become more convinced of this.
Therefore, the divine will of snow cannot be exposed.
Naturally, the Guixu finger should not be exposed.
Gu Qing still remembered Li Hengyang's hysterical look when he saw him using Guixu Finger. He felt that if he used Guixu Finger on Qingshu Island, there would immediately be a lot of late-stage Foundation Establishment and even fake elixir cultivators. , rushing to suppress him.
Therefore, his only choice is the power of the ancient demon.
In order to cover up the fluctuations of the ancient demon's power, he disguised it as a pupil technique, and after killing the two people from the Qiu family, he left immediately. It was a pity...
He was still targeted.
Something in the darkness was getting closer.
It's a rather strange feeling.
The cold feeling gradually spread to Gu Qing's whole body.
His steps gradually stiffened, and the spiritual power in his body completely stopped. The ancient demon's power retracted into the golden bones around him, and even his consciousness could no longer come out of his body. The black robe made a slight flapping sound in the night wind. The sound clearly rang in his ears, but it seemed to be extremely far away.
Gu Qing's eyes suddenly became indifferent.
After he left the restaurant, he had already vaguely realized it.
There was a monk who was so powerful that he couldn't understand it, and he was watching him.
This beholds his presence...
This is probably the source of the strange darkness on Qingshu Island!
How powerful it is can be seen from the monks hiding dragons and crouching tigers on Qingshu Island. Gu Qing guesses that its cultivation level far exceeds that of foundation building, and may even be above that of pill formation. It is the real old monster in the world!
Nascent Soul True Lord!
The snow-colored light flooded Gu Qing's eyes, but this cold feeling was firmly locked in his eye sockets. However, the slight white light finally dispersed the darkness covering his face, revealing his resolute handsomeness. The only look on his face was indifference.
"Alright."
A gentle male voice appeared in Gu Qing's ears.
As this voice appeared, all the darkness that shrouded him was torn apart, and the feeling of being grabbed by countless cold, soft arms disappeared in an instant.
Gu Qing's stiff steps returned to normal.
tread!
Gu Qing stepped down, and the scene in front of him suddenly changed.
There is an uneven gravel road under your feet.
In front of Gu Qing's eyes was a mottled yellow fence, which enclosed a small courtyard with a radius of only a hundred feet. He looked up and saw a house with red bricks and green tiles. The house was not big and looked ordinary. There is no difference between the people's residences in the time.
There is also a small pond in the courtyard, and there is a pavilion next to the pond.
There are four stone benches in the pavilion, surrounding a smooth black stone table. A middle-aged elegant man wearing a blue shirt is sitting on the stone bench, holding a pure black fishing rod in one hand and a pure black fishing rod in the other. He was holding a book. The cover of the book had a blue cover and a white background. There were more than a dozen words arranged vertically. It was a bit blurry. Gu Qing could only see the words "瀚海"云" ("云").
At this time, the elegant middle-aged man looked away from the book. The words that Gu Qing could clearly see on the cover of the book became blurry. In Gu Qing's eyes, the middle-aged man in blue shirt Everything around the elegant man dimmed.
Only the middle-aged man himself seemed to be bathed in divine light.
The middle-aged man in blue shirt has gentle eyes and no pressure at all.
Gu Qing's heart was tense.
After all, the being in front of him was a powerful person beyond his understanding. Although the purpose of bringing him here was not yet clear, there was no doubt that no matter what purpose this being had, he could only obey.
or……
He could choose to be wiped out.
Gu Qing did not assume that this being saw him as an old friend and just asked him to come here to drink tea or fish together, nor did he assume that this being had a kind heart and would not do anything to him. Give up all thoughts and concentrate.
Just because.
For this being, any of his calculations are nothing but a feeble struggle. The only thing he has to do is to think freely and adapt calmly.
So Gu Qing saluted naturally and said:
"Gu Qing, a junior cultivator, has met his senior."
The middle-aged man in blue shirt still looked calm as before, with a gentleness that seemed to never change. He remained motionless and glanced at Gu Qing steadily.
He said gently: "In today's world, is there still a legacy of ancient demons?"
The middle-aged man in blue shirt spoke to Gu Qing as if he were asking a junior.
"Returning to the seniors, I am originally a member of the Northwest Five Kingdoms Alliance. This ancient demon inheritance was obtained from a unique spiritual place called Moling Stream in Yingchuan County, Ye Country among the Northwest Five Kingdoms..."
Gu Qing told it as briefly and accurately as possible, where he got the inheritance of the ancient demon, and what happened at that time. He only concealed the existence of the stele space and revealed everything else.
"I see." The middle-aged man in blue shirt nodded gently.
He thought for a moment and then continued: "In the past, there was indeed the true blood of an ancient demon from outside the world that fell into the boundaries of the five northwest countries, destroying thousands of miles of land and killing and injuring countless people. And because of the existence of the ancient demon's evil thoughts, this The ancient demon's true blood is quite tasteless... Now that you can get this opportunity, you should make plans for the ancient demon's evil thoughts as early as possible. The ban on the Demon Spirit Stream,
It will be broken within thirty years. "
Gu Qing looked excited and said without any pretense: "Thank you, senior, for the tip!"
As soon as the middle-aged man in blue shirt said this, Gu Qing was sure that his life was safe this time. In addition, he suddenly heard the evil thoughts of the ancient demon - that is, the humanoid black shadow in the Demon Spirit Stream. He would be out of trouble within thirty years. He was naturally extremely excited as he was filled with great sorrow and joy.
"My little friend, you have cultivated your divine will very well. If you get the false elixir in the future, you will definitely achieve supernatural powers... I wonder if I could trouble you to tell me, little friend, what is the name of this divine will?" There was a bit more command on the elegant face of the middle-aged Lanshan man. He asked Gu Qing with a smile as bright as spring breeze.
"This is the divine will of the snow!" Gu Qing responded with some excitement, then pressed down the divine will and said, "This junior understood the divine will by chance, so he had to give it his own name to make the seniors laugh."
The middle-aged man in blue shirt smiled and said: "The divine will of snow... is quite appropriate! Although my little friend's divine will can annihilate all things with its coldness, if it is refined into a magical power, it is somewhat possible to reach the middle level. However, if it can It contains the principle of the rotation of the four seasons, and the magical power that was comprehended that day will surely be of the highest quality."
"In addition, my little friend has inherited the ancient demon's inheritance and transformed into the ancient demon's true form. His cultivation is still condensed, which shows that the skills he has cultivated must be extraordinary."
"The five internal organs and the five elements are all full, the Qi is blazing, and the vitality is endless... Looking at your body, you should pay equal attention to the wonderful method of the five elements in your practice! This kind of wonderful method is rare in the world, and it is even rarer to fall into the hands of someone like me. How can I It is really rare to have this opportunity.”
"As the leader of this sea area, I, Shen Yunju, should support me, the genius of the human race!" The middle-aged man in blue clothes raised his head slightly, and the divine light on his body became more intense, making him appear like a true immortal coming to the world, taking the splendor of all things. At this time, he pointed towards Gu Qing and flicked out.
The shadow of a tangible and insubstantial knife separated from the fingertips of the middle-aged man in blue shirt.
Buzz!
Gu Qing suddenly felt as if he heard something huge and trembling, and everything around him shook wildly in his field of vision.
in his field of vision.
The surrounding world seemed to have turned into a huge bubble. The middle-aged man in blue shirt in front of him and the small courtyard surrounded by fences all made ripples!
A jet-black knife shadow cut off the ripples, like cutting through the void, turning everything along the way into two halves!
So the bubble in front of Gu Qing's eyes was separated by the knife shadow in an extremely arrogant manner, turning into two halves of the world distorted by huge ripples.
The two halves of the world overlapped in Gu Qing's eyes, tilting towards both sides. Then the world that turned into two halves in front of his eyes began to change at the same time, becoming complete!
In the eyes of the middle-aged man in blue shirt.
The tangible and intangible shadow of the knife passed over Gu Qing's body in an instant.
Then, it disappeared silently from Gu Qing's body.
Gu Qing stood straight on the spot, his eyes confused.
After standing like this for a long time, Gu Qing didn't move at all.
"Hiss..." The middle-aged man in blue frowned slightly, and the divine light on his body dissipated. On the elegant face, his clear eyes narrowed, "Is there anything going wrong? This soul-killing magical power , I have been practicing for a long time, is it possible that this was my first shot and I failed?"
The spirit-killing magical power was obtained by refining the soul of a demon monk of the same level who he killed outside the territory a century ago. According to the memory of the demon monk, this soul-killing magical power can not only be used for killing. Use it to create clones for others.
These heaven-defying magical powers naturally have great limitations. Those who comprehend this magical power can only create clones for monks who are two realms lower than themselves, and they can only create three clones for others in their lifetime.
Previously, the middle-aged man in blue shirt noticed that Gu Qing was exerting the power of the ancient demon in the restaurant, and he had already set his sights on Gu Qing. Gu Qing had both spiritual power and the power of the ancient demon in his body. The situation was complicated and suitable for experimenting with his new magical power.
"Alas, it seems that it has failed. The soul is in chaos and is probably useless." The middle-aged man in blue shirt sighed, shook his head, and was about to call out the demon pet and use the waste to make this little cultivator named Gu Qing still standing. The remains there were fed to the greedy demon pet.
"With the inheritance of ancient demons, I have almost cultivated
The ingredients for the ancient demon's true form can be used to make the bug eat more slowly... first remove the bones and give the bug the leg meat. There is a lot of meat on the leg, and it will grow after eating it anyway. "The middle-aged man in blue shirt thought so, put the blue-covered and white-backed book on the stone table, and took out a water bowl the size of a human head.
There was a four-clawed blue dragon as long as a little finger in the bowl. It was swimming slowly. As the middle-aged man in blue shirt took it out, the four-clawed green dragon immediately started to cheer.
At this time, the middle-aged man Lanshan noticed something.
The middle-aged man in blue robe stopped and put away the four-clawed blue dragon and the water bowl that were still having fun. The divine light gathered around him and enveloped him.
There was a mysterious smile on the corner of his mouth, and he looked at Gu Qing with an extremely gentle gaze, and his whole person once again regained the aura of a true immortal coming to the world.
He also picked up the book again in his hand, and could vaguely see the dozen or so characters written vertically on the book: Sighing on the vast sea of clouds and mist, thousands of years, a treasure mirror of wind and moon.
On the lower left side of the book cover, there are eight small words:
It contains an illusion that you can experience personally.
The cover of the book held by the middle-aged man in blue shirt soon became blurry again, as if all the light shining on it was distorted and focused on the middle-aged man in blue shirt. The middle-aged man in blue shirt held the cover of the book. The hand holding the fishing rod never let go for a moment.
The middle-aged man in blue shirt looked at Gu Qing gently.
Looking at Gu Qing... he suddenly transformed into two figures.
Two figures of Gu Qing were standing naked on the outside of the fence. Their black robes were flattened into two halves from the middle, lying at the feet of Gu Qing on the left.
Gu Qing on the left wears a storage ring on his finger. In addition to the cut-off black robe at his feet, there is also a dusty storage bag. Gu Qing on the right does not have any markers on his body. Not even an eyebrow or a hair exists.
The Gu Qing on the right was originally a little shriveled, and was quite different from the Gu Qing on the left. As the fleshy flesh writhed and writhed, it became more and more similar to the Gu Qing on the left.
After Gu Qing's soul broke free from the chaos, he had a strange feeling. He felt the weakness of his body, and at the same time he felt the strength of his body.
He felt the emptiness of the body without any spiritual power, and also felt the smooth flow of spiritual power in the body. He felt the weakness of the divine soul, but he also clearly felt that the divine soul was still as powerful as before, so contradictory, yet incomparably harmonious.
Gu Qing subconsciously sensed the existence of the stone tablet space in the Dantian Qi sea, and noticed the existence of the stone tablet space and the five-color lotus platform below the stone tablet space. However, at the same time, he was not aware of the existence of the stone tablet space and the five-color lotus platform in the Dantian Qi sea.
It's still the exact opposite feeling.
Not only did he have two completely different feelings about the situation inside his body, all of Gu Qing's senses seemed to be divided into two, including smell, hearing, and vision. He suddenly turned his head, looked to his right side, and then... ...My heart was severely shaken.
He saw another self!
That self also turned to the right as if looking in a mirror, but Gu Qing knew that this was definitely not a mirror! So he tried to use distraction, controlling his other self and turning his head to the left.
Gu Qing on the left turned his head to the left.
At this moment, the two Gu Qing looked at each other.
unexpected.
Gu Qing was only surprised for a moment and then calmed down.
It seems like it should be like this, there is nothing surprising about it.
The Gu Qing on the right is him, and the Gu Qing on the left is also him. The two souls are one, but they are just physical shells. They were transformed into two bodies by great supernatural powers. One body only contains the power of the ancient demon, and the other body only contains spiritual power.
So Gu Qing controlled the ancient demon's body, took a step, and submerged into his body on the left. After a mysterious overlapping feeling, he felt stronger than ever before. The spiritual power in his body was running rapidly, and the ancient demon's power was Golden light penetrated the bones.
His aura couldn't be suppressed and grew larger. Although his spiritual pressure was still at the second level of Foundation Establishment, anyone standing in front of him would probably not think that he was just a monk at the second level of Foundation Establishment!
"Thank you for your help, senior! In the future, senior
Order, the boy must go through fire and water! Gu Qing took out a black robe from his storage ring and put it on casually. Then he knelt down on one knee and saluted the middle-aged man in blue sincerely.
This middle-aged man in blue shirt seemed to have solved an unsolvable problem for him with a wave of his hand, so that his spiritual power cultivation would no longer be restrained by the power of the ancient demon, and the growth of the ancient demon's power would no longer be affected. Being influenced by spiritual cultivation can be described as a gift of reinvention.
If he hadn't been unable to figure out the temper of the middle-aged man in blue shirt, Gu Qing would have had the urge to become his disciple on the spot - although for such a being, the chance of accepting him was quite slim.
"Little friend, why is it like this! Just do it casually! Once I form a pill and practice the method of external incarnation, I can also achieve the same effect!" The middle-aged man in blue shirt smiled lightly, as if he didn't care at all. , "It's ridiculous that two junior Nascent Souls outside the territory fought so fiercely last time for a method of incarnation outside the body! It's really heartbreaking. They are the geniuses of my human race..."
Gu Qing was a little dumbfounded as he listened.
This being with immeasurable cultivation...
Its image collapsed in his heart.
The middle-aged man in blue shirt finished talking about his last trip outside the territory in one breath, and then looked at Gu Qing quietly with gentle eyes again, not knowing what he was thinking.
Gu Qing knelt on one knee and did not dare to get up.
After remaining silent for a while with the middle-aged man in blue, Gu Qing finally thought of something. Although he knew it was a bit disrespectful, he couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart.
He forced out a respectful smile and praised bravely: "Senior has really worked hard and devoted himself to our human race! He is truly a model for the vast number of geniuses in our human race, and can serve as an example for monks in all generations! The boy's respect for his senior is like the Milky Way hanging high, and the sea of stars is endless. Absolutely, it’s like the great sun that will never be extinguished for thousands of years! If you can ride the horse for your seniors, it will be a great blessing for you!”
"Haha! Children can be taught!"
The middle-aged man in blue shirt nodded with satisfaction, and the divine light on his body became brighter. Under the illumination of this divine light, Gu Qing's eyes dimmed again.
The mottled yellow fence, the surrounding small courtyard, the fish pond and pavilion in the courtyard, the stone table and bench in the pavilion, and the middle-aged man in blue shirt sitting on the stone bench fishing all disappeared in his sight. in front of my eyes.
Gu Qing silently returned to the dark Qingshu Island Cultivation Workshop City. On the way out, a monk happened to be passing by. He looked at him with wary eyes, obviously not interested in the disheveled man who suddenly appeared here. People are surprised.
Gu Qing stood there with a slightly strange look on his face.
The words left by the middle-aged man in blue shirt echoed in his ears.
"My little friend, let's go find Lin Yan. We'll protect him on this trip."
The words left by the middle-aged man in blue shirt had no beginning or end.
But after Gu Qing thought for a moment, he already had a general understanding.
