Two days later.
A sea area with no islands nearby.
There is only an island reef with a radius of more than a hundred feet. As the tide recedes during the day, it is exposed on the sea surface, like an isolated island.
Normally, many Qi-refining monks who wield swords or control flying magic weapons and cross the sea will rest on this island to restore their spiritual power after their spiritual power is exhausted.
At this moment, the monks who were resting on the island all looked at the black tiger monster on the edge of the island with different eyes, and the man in black robe sitting cross-legged on the back of the black tiger monster. .
A thirty-year-old female cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining was talking to the man in black robe. The man in black robe was mainly asking questions and the female cultivator was answering.
After a few breaths.
"I see, thank you so much for this fellow Taoist." The man in black robe, Gu Qing, who left Qingshu Island and walked to this sea area, thanked the female cultivator with his fists in his hands and took out two middle-grade spiritual stones and handed them to her.
"Senior, I'm sorry." The female cultivator's eyes lit up, she quickly took the two middle-grade spiritual stones and said timidly.
The cultivators on the island looked at the female cultivator with envy. But at this moment, a strong wind blew, and the black tiger glanced at the cultivators with disdain, and its black feathered wings roared into the sky.
'I asked why Xiao Die and Yu Zhengyang came so slowly. It turns out that the island competition in Linyu Sea is coming soon. Qi refining monks have to go through complex identity checks whether they leave the island, enter the island, or cross the sea. , to prevent any force from operating in secret. '
'The Changming Island where the ancient demon's clone was before and the Datan Island where it is currently do not need to participate in the island competition, so it is normal that the ancient demon's body did not notice this... In this case, Then where should Yu Zhengyang and Lin Tingxue go? '
Gu Qing sat on Black Tiger's back and rubbed his brows.
He still let the black tiger continue to fly towards Changming Island, and his consciousness was concentrated on the storage ring at his fingertips. He rummaged through a large number of communication talismans and finally took out a light red communication talisman.
'This seems to be a communication talisman to contact Yu Zhengyang...it's a bit difficult to determine. Gu Qing looked at the communication talisman in his hand and touched his chin.
The communication talisman he gave to Yu Zhengyang at the beginning should be of this color, but he could not remember whether the one in his hand was a pair with the communication talisman he gave to Yu Zhengyang.
Although the monk's memory is very good, he will forget about things that are not very important. It is normal to confuse similar things, but after all, he is not an ordinary person. Gu Qing recalled it carefully and remembered it deeply. The picture gradually became clearer, and he was able to confirm that this was the messenger talisman to contact Yu Zhengyang.
"Where are you, please respond quickly."
Gu Qing held this communication talisman and transmitted the message in this way.
Then he held the communication talisman and sensed it carefully.
Generally speaking, for a pair of communication talismans, after one communication talisman approaches the other communication talisman at a certain distance, the general position of the other communication talisman can be determined through spiritual induction.
This kind of sensing will be affected by the isolation of the storage bag, so it is difficult to have a direct effect. At present, unless Yu Zhengyang notices Gu Qing's voice transmission and takes out the signaling talisman from the storage bag, Gu Qing will be able to sense it. The general direction, that's it, it needs to be close enough. ….
After some sensing, naturally nothing was found. Gu Qing could only put away the communication talisman helplessly and let the black tiger under him continue to fly slowly in the sky. Another half a day passed.
Gu Qing suddenly noticed something and his expression changed slightly.
He ordered the black tiger to stop flying and stop in mid-air.
There was also a group of monks around. They were flying in mid-air. At this time, they stopped flying. The various escaping lights were restrained, revealing two women and one man, a total of three figures standing in the air.
These three people are all foundation-building monks!
Two of the female cultivators stood side by side. They both looked like beautiful women. Their cultivation was in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. One was at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment and the other was at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment. The male cultivator had a young appearance and a slightly thin body. , his cultivation level is only at the first level of foundation building, several positions behind the two female cultivators.
For these three foundation-building monks, Gu Qing just glanced sideways and looked at the rolling dark clouds in the distance. He saw that the dark clouds were swallowing the sky and the sea, spreading quickly towards this side. The thunder and lightning in the dark clouds were not condensed. A huge thunder column was released and bombarded downwards.
The sea below was churning violently, and huge waves swept all around from time to time. A faint crimson brilliance spread from the edge of the sea and sky in the distance towards both sides, like a crimson barrier, but the top of this crimson barrier was silvery white. The huge thunder pillars kept falling behind the red barrier, where there seemed to be a huge existence crossing the sea.
"Detour." Among the three Foundation Establishment cultivators on the side, the sixth-level Foundation Establishment female cultivator with the highest cultivation level said the word solemnly, then grabbed the first-level Foundation Establishment male cultivator and tried to retreat. .
Gu Qing was already one step ahead of the female cultivator, putting away the black tiger under his seat, and was about to fly away - although he was very curious about the magnificent scene behind the red line on the horizon, his life was still at stake.
An existence that can cause such celestial phenomena must be extremely terrifying!
But Gu Qing and the three monks flew back less than a hundred feet.
The red line on the horizon in the distance moved around, and with a few flickers, it actually caught up with Gu Qing and the three monks!
The expressions of the four people changed at the same time.
The three monks all flew away at full speed, trying to escape. Gu Qing turned his spiritual energy around his body and turned into water spiritual energy. He was about to use the water escape technique to escape, but he was surrounded by an invisible force. , the three monks, and Gu Qing, who had just converted his spiritual power into water and wanted to use the water escape technique, were all instantly stagnated.
An old and rich voice sounded.
"Hahaha! We happen to be short of three colleagues who are in the middle stage of foundation building. When I feel sleepy, someone will give me pillows. I'm lucky, and you fellow Taoists are lucky!"
As this voice appeared, Gu Qing and others resumed their actions.
Gu Qing knew the strength of the previous person. Even if he really used the water escape technique, he would not be able to escape at all. Therefore, he did not escape again, but was ready to wait for the opportunity. After getting out of the stagnation state, he recovered At the same time as he acted, Gu Qing turned around with a solemn look on his face.
His pupils trembled, and at the same time he felt slightly relieved.
At this time, the dark clouds in the sky were approaching. Under the dark clouds, there was an extremely large whale beast. Its whole body was wrapped in silver-white electric light, hovering dozens of feet above the sea. From time to time, there were thick thunders, which came from the clouds in the sky. It struck down, and the sting fell on the whale beast. ….
The extremely huge body of the whale beast, which is probably three to four thousand feet long, is like an island. The thick thunder falling from the dark clouds struck it, only making a few more strands of silvery white lightning wrap around its body, making it difficult to target it. There was no movement at all, and on the back of the whale beast, there were about a hundred monks standing. The hundreds of monks stood scattered in twos and threes. At the front, standing on the head of the whale beast, was a sloppy old Taoist.
The sloppy old Taoist, with a red nose and knotted beard, hung a large shiny gourd half a man's height around his neck. He was looking at Gu Qing with a peaceful look, with a hint of a smile on his face.
Behind this slovenly old man, half a body behind him, stood a middle-aged scribe and a cold-faced female cultivator with a very broad chest.
"Hmph! What are you looking at? Come here quickly. If you don't catch the giant whale within three breaths, you will be thrown outside the territory to die... you man." The cold-faced female cultivator squinted her eyes, and her gaze was like a knife scratching Gu Qing's face. .
'Dog man...'
Gu Qing touched his nose with a strange look in his eyes.
'Did this female nun have some kind of emotional intelligence? Gu Qing cursed a few words in his heart, then flew towards the giant whale.
The three monks not far away from Gu Qing also looked at each other a few times, discussed a few words over the sound transmission, and flew towards the whale beast together.
Although the silvery white lightning on the whale beast was extremely bluffing, these silvery white lightnings were just the remnants of ordinary thunder and did not have much power. Gu Qing landed on the back of the giant whale and let the silvery white lightning cover his calves. , it’s just that the black robe is burnt and the calf is slightly numb.
Among the three people who landed on the back of the whale beast with Gu Qing earlier, the two female cultivators in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment could also withstand the power of the thunder without changing their expressions, but the male cultivator in the first level of Foundation Establishment fell on the whale beast. After getting on the beast's back, he twitched his face and activated the spiritual shield to cover his whole body.
"This little friend doesn't have to go with me." The sloppy old man finally moved his eyes away from Gu Qing, who was looking at him quite uncomfortable, and glanced at the young male cultivator at the first level of Foundation Establishment.
As the sloppy old man glanced over, the young male cultivator at the first level of Foundation Establishment disappeared in a flash!
"Xiao Ling!"
"Xiao Ling..." The two female cultivators in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment noticed that the young male cultivator had disappeared. The spiritual weapon desperately attacked the sloppy old man.
"Don't worry! You must be monks from the Cui family on Yanling Island, right? That little fellow Taoist was just sent five hundred miles away by the old Taoist. When you two come back...well, if you are destined to come back, go back to the Cui family and I can see him again." The sloppy old man raised the big gourd and took a sip of wine.
At this time, Gu Qing's eyes flashed slightly.
He cupped his fists in salute and asked: "Senior, Xiao Xiu is so polite here! I wonder where senior is taking us?"
"Ahem! We, the Sanchen Sect, the Five Elements Sect, the foundation-building monks of Shuixiao Palace, together with the foundation-building fellows of Sandao's casual cultivators, will go to a special secret realm, because this secret realm requires one hundred and eight A foundation-building monk went with us three old guys to enter, so he stopped three young fellow Taoists halfway, and asked the three young fellow Taoists not to be weird. "….
The sloppy old Taoist didn't speak, and the middle-aged scribe responded.
"Thank you, senior, for telling me." Gu Qing hugged the middle-aged scribe and bowed to the cold-faced female cultivator - he guessed that these three people should be alchemy-forming monks, and none of them were in the first or second level of alchemy-forming. The realm is so simple, Duoban is an old monster who has reached the middle to late stage of pill formation!
The reason for such speculation is naturally related to the high-profile behavior of these three people. Of course, this is only a guess based on his knowledge.
After saluting these three people one by one.
Gu Qing lowered his head and looked at the huge whale beast, and also bowed and said: "Senior, it's really hard for me to take care of you."
After bowing one by one, Gu Qing walked towards the hundred monks on the back of the whale beast. These monks were all in the foundation building stage. Most of them were in the early stage of foundation building, but there were also monks in the middle stage and late stage of foundation building. Gu Qing He walked straight towards one of the monks who was dressed in the same robe as the sloppy old Taoist. This person was the old Taoist Chang Deng!
"Fellow Taoist Changdeng, long time no see."
Gu Qing chuckled and spoke.
"After we said goodbye that day, I never imagined that we would meet like this again." Changdeng Old Taoist looked much cleaner than the sloppy old Taoist. Facing Gu Qing's gaze, he said with a sad smile.
Gu Qing chatted with Changdeng Old Taoist for a few words, and then sent a message: "I wonder if Taoist friend Changdeng knows the situation of the secret realm where we are going on this trip? If Taoist friend knows, Gu is willing to exchange spiritual stones."
"Alas! Why is this so? The old Taoist is old, has no hope of forming pills, and has no shortage of spiritual stones... The old Taoist doesn't know much about that secret realm. He only knows that it seems to be a cave world hidden in the void outside the territory. , there are not only humans in that secret realm, but also demons."
The old Taoist Chang Deng stroked his beard and spoke a little solemnly.
"Demon clan?" Gu Qing frowned, "Are they the same species as the demons that emerged from the demon cave underground on Orting Island?"
"No." Changdeng Old Taoist shook his head, "In that Fangdongtian world, Old Taoist had heard of it when he was an elder in the Five Elements Sect. The demons there look the same as you and me, except that their skin is dark purple, and most of them He has a perverse temperament and is extremely warlike. In that cave world, the demons are the mortal enemies of the human race... The humans there are also different from us. Although they also cultivate themselves, they mostly rely on external objects."
"I never thought that fellow Taoist Changdeng was once an elder of the Five Elements Sect!"
Gu Qing couldn't help but nodded, a little surprised.
However, although he was surprised, Gu Qing was not ignorant and did not ask Chang Deng why he left the Five Elements Sect.
Old Taoist Chang Deng was still cheerful. He turned to look behind him and continued: "Do you remember Daoist Gu, Fellow Daoist Mu and Fellow Daoist Wang?"
"oh?"
Gu Qing turned his head and looked towards the back of the crowd.
At the very back of the crowd, there were several figures sitting cross-legged practicing. One of them had short black hair and black gauze around his eyes. The corners of his mouth were pursed, with a look of sorrow on his face.
His cultivation aura was at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment. Under his simple gray linen clothes, his skin was wrinkled, as if his whole body was absorbed by some force and collapsed inward. His whole body exuded bursts of decaying aura, like a mummy. Generally speaking, if it wasn't Mu Wei who entered the Yao Yue Lou auction venue with Gu Qing and Chang Deng Lao Dao that day, then who was it? ….
There is another person whose cultivation aura is at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment. He is dressed in a wide white monk's robe, has a pair of toad eyes, and has a bald head. Although his appearance has changed slightly, and on his thick neck, there is a string of black The shiny Buddhist beads were also gone, but after taking a few glances, Gu Qing recognized that this was the man he called Wang Ji Zhixiu that day.
"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Wang Ji and Fellow Daoist Mu Wei. How come these two are so coincidental..." Gu Qing felt a little surprised.
"Oh, it's not because these two were traveling together and were doing business on Datan Island today, so they were brought here by the master." Changdeng Lao Taoist shook his head and smiled, and said in a strange tone.
Gu Qing's eyes flashed slightly when he heard the old Taoist Chang Deng talking about his master.
He then asked: "Being able to enter the secret realm should be considered a rare opportunity for monks like us, right? Gu still has one thing that I don't understand. Why does your master want to randomly find some monks to enter the secret realm? It is clear that he can enter the secret realm in advance. It will take some time to spread the news, and I expect that there will be many comrades, even if they pay a huge amount of spiritual stones, they will compete to enter the secret realm."
Although he asked this question, Gu Qing already had the answer in his mind.
His ancient demon clone had previously seen the broken mountain gate of the Five Elements Sect on Datan Island, and knew about the Danjie monks who broke into the Five Elements Sect.
Most likely, this trip to the secret realm has something to do with that.
Changdeng Old Taoist smiled even more when he heard this, glanced around mysteriously, sent a message to Gu Qing, and responded: "It is precisely because the incident happened so suddenly that the Five Elements Sect had to take out the token in advance and send it to Gu Qing." I sent a message to Shuixiao Palace and Sanchen Sect, paid a certain price, and started this trip to the secret realm half a century in advance!"
Gu Qing nodded with a thoughtful look on his face.
While Gu Qing was communicating with Chang Deng Old Taoist.
The whale beast covered in silver-white thunder seems to be moving extremely slowly, but it is moving forward on the vast sea at an indescribable speed. Every time the whale beast flashes, it seems to be teleporting, and it moves sideways without knowing it. How many miles, leaving the islands far behind.
The dark clouds in the sky never dispersed, and thunder pillars fell on the whale beast, seeming to replenish the consumption of this majestic whale beast.
About an hour passed like this.
The sea area finally came to an end, and the dark clouds in the sky gathered into the thick clouds in front, and a continent made of glaciers appeared in front of them.
The endless cold wind blowing around caused all the cultivators on the whale beast's back to feel the long-lost chill. Even some of the cultivators with the lowest cultivation levels subconsciously mobilized their spiritual power to resist the severe cold. .
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