The layman Qingming nodded and said: "Although it is inappropriate to say this, it is true. However, everything has its own destiny. If you had not entered the Penglai Immortal Boat and taken away the Fusang Sacred Tree, the Penglai Immortal Boat would not have If you integrate into this world, things involving the Demon Clan probably won’t happen. In the same way, if it weren’t for the Demon Clan’s affairs, Taiyi Pavilion and Star Observation Tower would not temporarily give up their pursuit of you.”
Li Xiuping nodded, did not speak, but fell into thinking.
After a while, Li Xiuping asked: "Senior, do you know who is manipulating this Lingbao trading conference? What is the purpose?"
Master Qingming nodded and said: "Among the eight sages, in addition to me and the Master Bai Xue you met before, there are also Huoling Zhenren, Xuanfeng Sanren, Hongming Master, Taixu Taoist, Bodhi Heavenly Lord, and Boyang Old Monster. Master Hongming and Bodhisattva are far away in the west and cannot appear here. Old Monster Boyang and Xuanfeng Sanren are in the south and it is impossible. Of course, it is also impossible for me and Bai Xue. Then only Taoist Taixu and Huo are left. Ling Zhenren is here.”
Hearing these two names, Li Xiuping couldn't help but frown and asked, "Are these two people from Taoism?"
The layman Qingming nodded and said: "He is half a Taoist disciple. I heard that he did not obey the Taoist rules, so he left the Taoist school and became a wandering cultivator."
Li Xiuping's frown deepened.
If it is really related to Taoism, then this so-called Lingbao Trading Conference may have been deliberately prepared for him.
Seeing Li Xiuping's expression, Master Qingming said with a smile: "Actually, you don't have to worry. Even if I really want to take action against you, I won't choose this time, and it's not like I have an old man now."
Li Xiuping nodded and continued: "Senior, can you tell me more about the situation of Taoist Taixu and Master Huo Ling?"
Master Qingming nodded and said: "Actually, among the two people, Master Huo Ling is more likely, because Taoist Taixu is unlikely to put out an immortal treasure for auction, and Master Huo Ling does have an immortal treasure that is of no use to him. Treasure, plus your kid snatched the fire dragon in Fengshen Mountain before, which is exactly what the fire spirit master needs, so I'm afraid that summoning strong men to fight against the demons is a lie, and I want to get the fire dragon from you. That’s his purpose.”
Li Xiuping frowned again and asked doubtfully: "Then why didn't he go directly to Fengshenshan to ask for it, but instead came to me after I got it?"
The layman Qingming said with a smile: "The fire dragon has been suppressed before. No one except Fengshenshan knew the existence of that fire dragon. After it appeared, it was snatched away by you. He naturally wanted to find you. Besides, Fengshenshan After all, he is also one of the Nine Sects. Even though he is one of the Eight Sages, it is not easy for him to fight against the entire Fengshen Mountain alone. And now that you have offended the entire Taoist sect, if he attacks you, he will not only be able to fulfill his responsibilities as a Taoist disciple, but also gain It can be said that you get what you need with one stone."
Li Xiuping nodded, then smiled bitterly.
Although he had guessed that the other party was coming for him, after he really confirmed it, he was still a little helpless. Fortunately, he met the Qingming layman, otherwise it would be really bad to meet the Huo Ling master. response.
The layman Qingming continued: "You don't need to know too much about the situation of the Huo Ling master. I will deal with him when the time comes, but I'm afraid you won't have it easy. There are many strong people coming this time, including some There are those who want to fish in troubled waters.”
He looked at Li Xiuping and said with a smile: "After all, your boy is now a piece of cake. Anyone who sees him wants to take a bite."
Li Xiuping said helplessly: "Senior, please don't make fun of the junior."
Just when the food and wine were served, Li Xiuping took off the wine flask from his waist and handed it to the layman Qingming directly and generously.
The wine in the jug is indeed extremely precious to others. In fact, it is also very precious to Li Xiuping, because the effect of the wine is no less than that of any panacea, but it is not difficult to obtain this wine. , you only need to find a river or put ordinary wine directly into the flask, and no other procedures are required at all.
Besides, if this layman Qingming hadn't been here, he really wouldn't have known how to deal with what might happen next. It was only natural that he should be so generous. Even if he drank all the wine in the jug, Li Xiuping I won't feel distressed either.
If the wine is gone, just refill it, but if your little life is gone, then you have nothing.
The layman Qingming was not polite. He took the jug and poured a full bowl directly. Then he returned the jug to Li Xiuping and said with a smile: "If you drink too much of this thing, it will be wasted. One bowl is enough."
After Li Xiuping took the jug, he poured himself a bowl, and then hung the jug around his waist again.
The layman Qingming asked: "Are you staying here to get that immortal weapon?"
Li Xiuping shook his head and said: "Originally, I didn't know that there would be immortal weapons, but I heard that there would be some materials needed to make immortal swords, so I wanted to come over and have a look, but I didn't expect that there would be immortal weapons."
The layman Qingming said with a smile: "Immortal artifacts have a price but no market. Now that they are put up for auction, the price must be not low. Some strong people have to buy them even if they spend all their wealth. If you want to get it, you are afraid It’s not easy.”
Li Xiuping smiled and said, "I don't have to pay for this."
Layman Qingming was stunned.
Li Xiuping briefly explained the situation of Tianlan Sect and Huatian Sect.
After hearing this, Master Qingming laughed and said, "You boy, you are good at doing business, but let alone, this business is quite a bargain, whether it is for you or the two sects."
Li Xiuping smiled slightly. Isn't that right? They can keep the immortal weapons, but they have no money. Hua Tianzong has money, but they can't bear the immortal weapons, so they spend money to buy them and give them to themselves. They can help them solve their troubles, and they can also follow them. Your own relationship can enhance the reputation of the sect, and its value is not much different than that of an immortal weapon, especially after you successfully forge the immortal sword.
The Tianlan Sect is naturally in a similar situation. Although it can get as many benefits as the Huatian Sect, the price it needs to pay is not as huge as the Huatian Sect.
The layman Qingming continued: "But even the Huatian Sect may not be able to win this immortal weapon, because it is very likely that the nine sects will participate. In terms of background, ten Huatian Sects are not as good as one nine sects." Door."
Li Xiuping nodded and said: "It doesn't matter if you really can't get it, it's just an immortal weapon."
If others had said these words, Master Qingming might have said something else, but when these words came from Li Xiuping's mouth, they were taken literally. Because with this guy, any item he takes out is an immortal weapon.
First, there were three items given by the Nine-tailed Sky Fox of the Demon Clan, then the copper bowl obtained from the Penglai Immortal Boat, and even the Fuso Sacred Tree that supported the entire Penglai Immortal Boat were taken away directly by this guy, and then he The flying sword on his body, and the Taoist immortal treasure brought out from the Penglai Immortal Boat, there are already six immortal treasures and one artifact, and then the wine pot given by the wine master, although it looks like nothing The effect, but it will not be lower than the level of an immortal weapon. Also, this guy went to the ruins of the ancient battlefield and could not come back empty-handed. He should have at least obtained an immortal weapon, and the hatchet on his body, although he did not Real grade, but compared with the immortal weapon, it is actually not much better.
After all this calculation, isn't this guy full of immortal weapons?
If this were not the case, it would not have attracted the covetousness of so many strong men.
Of course, these are actually nothing. The most important thing is that this guy will be able to forge fairy swords in the future. When that time comes, won't he have as many fairy swords as he wants?
Therefore, an immortal weapon may be very precious to others, and they may even spend everything to get it, but to Li Xiuping, it is really just an immortal weapon, just like an ordinary farmer looking at ordinary farm tools. the difference.
Master Qingming smiled and said: "Of course, if it doesn't work, we can grab it."
Li Xiuping looked at this powerful man, one of the Eight Wise Men, with some astonishment.
The layman Qingming said with a smile: "Anyway, he wants to steal your things, so if you take his things, it can be regarded as a courtesy. Besides, it's not like you have done this kind of thing before."
Li Xiuping nodded and said, "Senior is right."
Master Qingming continued: "Tomorrow is the Lingbao Trading Conference, but the Immortal Artifact should appear at the finale, that is, there are still three days. During this period, I will not show up, and I will not come out until the critical moment. It can catch him off guard."
Li Xiuping nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said: "Senior can tell junior what he needs, and then junior will help senior buy it together."
The layman Qingming laughed and said, "You are indeed a good boy."
As he spoke, he took out a jade token, put it on the table and said, "There are the spiritual stones needed for purchase, as well as the things I need. You can just buy them all when the time comes."
Li Xiuping picked up the jade tablet and released his spiritual consciousness. However, he did not take the spirit stones, but sensed the information in them. Then he returned the jade tablet to Master Qingming and said, "Junior has changed a lot before. There shouldn’t be any problem buying the spiritual stones that seniors need, but juniors won’t be able to use these spiritual stones for the time being anyway.”
The layman Qingming said with a smile: "One code means one code. I help you because I owe Mr. Ouye a favor, so naturally I can't ask you to pay, otherwise it will not be a return of favor."
Li Xiuping shook his head and said: "No matter how big the favor is, senior helped me fight against those powerful Taoists. This favor should be repaid. Now senior is still willing to help me and even ran so far, so this money is still It’s more appropriate for me to be a junior, because now it’s the relationship between the senior and myself, and it has little to do with my master.”
Qing Ming layman looked at Li Xiuping with his eyes, and then said with a smile: "I really like you kid. In this case, I won't be polite. I was only half-friend with your master at first, but now I am with you Let’s just consider this kid, so on the next journey, as long as I am still breathing, I will ensure that your kid enters Emperor Wu’s city safely.”
Li Xiuping saluted, "Then I'll thank you, senior."
Layman Qingming raised the wine bowl, drank it all in one gulp, and then put the wine bowl down. He looked extremely happy and high-spirited, and then he got up and walked out of the inn.
Li Xiuping watched the old man leave, then looked back after a while and smiled slightly.
Regardless of whether it was because of favors or not, he liked the character of layman Qingming, so he considered this senior a friend.
Sometimes the relationship between friends has little to do with age. There are actually many examples throughout the ages, such as "You are born before I am born, and you are dead before I am born" is one of them.
Li Xiuping also drank all the wine in the bowl, then picked up his chopsticks and started eating. Although he was alone, he felt much more relaxed.
Now that he has this senior, he no longer has to worry about the wise man behind the Lingbao transaction. No matter what the purpose of that person is, there is a strong man in the distraction stage holding an immortal sword by his side. As long as he is not a strong man in the integration stage. , he should be able to leave safely.
What he has to do now is to wait quietly for the Lingbao Trading Conference to begin, and then wait for the powerful players from all sides to appear one after another and reveal their true colors, and then he will show off their tricks one by one.
After breakfast, Li Xiuping was about to return to his room to continue studying the magical powers of swordsmanship, but at this time the elder of Tianlan Sect came to visit again, saying that he was ready and would buy everything Li Xiuping needed. .
Just as Tianlan Sect left, another person from Qingxu Guan was sent to inform Li Xiuping of some information about the Lingbao transaction. After going back and forth, it was noon again, and Li Xiuping met an elder from Qingxu Guan again. After having a meal, we returned to the room.
After returning to the room, Li Xiuping did not continue to study the magical powers of swordsmanship, but took out the copper bowl. Soon two shadows appeared in the room, a child-like Taoist priest and a purple scorpion.
Because he used the copper bowl to subdue the fire dragon, not only were many of the treasures Li Xiuping placed inside burned, but the two Nascent Souls were also severely damaged. After this period of recovery, the Taoist man managed to recover. 7788, but because the purple scorpion was a demon clan, it was suppressed by the copper bowl in the copper bowl, and it could only barely recover to the third or fourth level.
The scorpion didn't matter. Li Xiuping hadn't promised him anything anyway. However, the Taoist Li Xiuping had promised him to return to the world in order to master the Taoist fairy treasure. However, things were too complicated during this period. There are too many, and they don't care about him at all. Secondly, it is because it is not an easy task to revive a monk whose body has been destroyed and only the Nascent Soul is left.
After summoning the two Nascent Souls, Li Xiuping said to the Taoist: "There was an emergency earlier and I made my senior suffer. I am here to apologize to my senior."
Originally, Nascent Soul didn't dare to mention this matter, but now that Li Xiuping said this, he suddenly became furious, but he didn't dare to get angry. He could only say: "Well, the matter is over anyway, as long as you don't forget to promise me Just do it.”
Li Xiuping nodded and said: "Of course not. If nothing happens, after this incident is over, the junior should be able to deal with the senior's affairs. It won't take long for the senior to return to the world. But his cultivation will definitely There was some impact.”
The Taoist frowned and said, "Have you found the secret method that can make Nascent Soul return to the human world?"
Li Xiuping nodded and said: "I entered the ruins of the ancient battlefield before and got some inheritance, which happened to contain similar secret techniques."
This is true. Li Xiuping did not lie to the other party, but he did not elaborate on it.
Li Xiuping didn't know what the secret method obtained from the ruins of the ancient battlefield actually was, and apart from the secret method that saved Huang Qing last time, Li Xiuping knew nothing about other things. However, he had asked the people in the spiritual sea before. His other self did indeed obtain a similar secret technique. As for the rest, that guy was tight-lipped and said that it would be of no benefit to him to know it now.
Since the guy didn't want to talk, it was useless for Li Xiuping to ask. After all, although the two people were independent entities, they were indeed the same person, so Li Xiuping naturally understood him better than anyone else.
In fact, this secret method is not much different from the secret method used to save Huang Qing. However, Huang Qing is only in the golden elixir stage after all, and has not yet broken through the elixir to become an infant. Therefore, after suffering a severe injury, he cannot retain the Nascent Soul like this Taoist. Under this situation, Li Xiuping could only extract her soul and temporarily seal it in the Qingmu that fit her.
At that time, if Li Xiuping had not happened to obtain the secret method in the inheritance, if it had not been because the Qingmu that Li Xiuping had forged happened to perfectly match Huang Qing, forming a resonance that others could not form, Li Xiuping would not have been able to use Huang Qing's The spirit remains.
To revive Huang Qing again, the difficulties involved are far beyond what ordinary people can imagine.
Hearing Li Xiuping's words, the Taoist was stunned for a moment, then looked a little excited and asked, "Really?"
Li Xiuping nodded.
After receiving the confirmation, the Taoist was so excited that his voice trembled a little and said, "In this case, I would like to thank Mr. Li here."
It was hard for him not to be excited, because after entering the Penglai Immortal Boat, he never thought that he could come out alive. Later, after fighting again and again, he finally reached the Nascent Soul stage in the Penglai Immortal Boat and obtained an immortal treasure. , but if you want to leave the Penglai Immortal Boat, you still need to abandon your physical body, and then return to this world with the help of the body of a foundation-building monk.
This is the only way to leave the Penglai Immortal Boat, and this method will cause huge losses to their cultivation. Generally, they can only stay around the Golden Core stage. If they want to return to their peak, they will need a long period of practice.
Of course, the original intention of entering the Penglai Immortal Boat was not for the realm, but for the fairy treasures in it. As long as you can get one fairy treasure, it will be worth it even if your cultivation is damaged.
Seeing that he could leave the Penglai Immortal Boat with the immortal treasure, but because of the news sent by the Taoist family, he had to kill a guy named Li Xiuping, but he did not expect that he, a strong man in the Nascent Soul stage, would be killed by a man in turn. The monk in the foundation-building stage beheaded him, and the other party directly imprisoned Nascent Soul.
At that time, he was completely desperate. Especially when Li Xiuping drained the power of the Nascent Soul to replenish his own losses, he knew that sooner or later, he would be drained of the power of the Nascent Soul by this guy and end up like this. The end of being completely destroyed.
But after leaving Penglai Immortal Boat, this guy said that he could return to the world. Although he didn't believe this guy's words at that time, he still had a glimmer of hope, so he decided to fight for it. This is why he was willing to drive the immortal Bao’s secret method told Li Xiuping the reason.
What's more important than living? Especially for someone who has already died once.
