Deep in the underground palace.
"You are blatantly challenging me. Are all the legends of Xue Tong true?"
Jin Luo had already moved into the mountain behind Shaqimen. On the day of the wedding banquet, he found out Xue Tong's origins. The unusual situation made him the first to guess that the most likely perpetrator was Xue Tong.
Jin Luo got acquainted with the master of the Sha Banner Sect in his early years. After he advanced to the middle stage of Tianren, he was extremely short of resources. He planned to get what he needed from the Sha Banner and the Iron Sect. He first occupied the Liehuang Sect's territory, and then blackmailed the Bizhou Xuanmen, demanding or buying it at a low price. Panacea.
Jin Luo's wishful thinking was very good, and the cultivators on Guanhai Island basically accepted their fate and showed no resistance.
Therefore, he almost immediately concluded that Xue Tong was 90% responsible for the strange things happening in the Shaqimen territory.
"The master of the palace has ordered a careful investigation. The people who went to Qianzhou and Yaozhou have not returned yet, but most Xuanmen in Bizhou have similar information, so the information is correct." The master of Shaqi Sect said.
"Don't send Deputy Hall Master Bian for now, wait until the people who went to Qianzhou Yaozhou come back." Jin Luo said.
Half a month later, the news was confirmed, and Jin Luo couldn't help but feel worried, "In at least a hundred years, I will be able to ascend to the spiritual world. Is it worth having a life-and-death battle with Xue Tong? Let's not fight with him for the time being."
Jin Luo ordered: "If Liehuang Sect returns the disputed territory, there is no need to move out of Bizhou!"
Xue Tong waited for a month but heard no news. Instead, he heard that Liehuang had given up 40% of his territory and stayed in Bizhou.
He had advanced to heaven for more than twenty-five years, how could he be afraid of Jin Luo in the middle stage? He was unscrupulously causing trouble in the territory of Shaqimen, thinking that he could draw out Jin Luo.
"The old thief has shrunk?"
Xue Tong thought hard for several days and finally came up with a strategy that would kill two birds with one stone.
He released the captured Shaqimen monks and said: "Jin Luo doesn't want to make things big, so I won't make things difficult for you. Go back with the letter and the message and find a place to negotiate and resolve. I plan to negotiate with you on Linqi Island of the Haomiao Sect." Meet Jin Luo!"
Linqi Island is one of the four largest inhabited islands that Xue Tong suspects. It is thousands of miles away from Guanhai Island, and it is a place where third parties are not important. It seems quite reasonable.
The six people were obedient and said a lot of good things.
…
Shaqimen.
Sixth Cultivator talked about his experience in the cave and handed over Xue Tong's letter.
Several people were trembling. The sapphire screen behind the master of the Shaqi Sect reflected a huge aura, and the master of the Jinluo Palace was sitting there!
The first grandmaster greatly modified the original words, saying only that Xue Tong wanted to not disturb each other and to live in peace with each other.
Before the door owner could speak, mana suddenly fluctuated in the hall.
The white bone claws fired in unison, and a white light flashed and blood splattered everywhere.
The six people dug big holes in their mouths.
"Hmph, you are not willing to die to resist, but you are deceiving the public with your monstrous words and increasing the power of the enemy. You really deserve to die!"
"I have my own plan, sooner or later I will take Xue Tonggou's life!"
Jin Luo took the letter and shouted to the senior officials of Shaqi Sect present.
Xue Tongzhong asked Jin Luo to compete!
It's Jin Luo's business whether you dare to come or not, and it's Xue Tong's business to take the opportunity to borrow Lin Qi temporarily.
Xue Tong went to Guanhai Island and met the real person Haomiao.
Rumors in the Xuanjie and the fact that Lie Huang wanted to leave or stay all told Master Haomiao that Jin Luo had made some concessions and Xue Tong would not be offended.
"I made an appointment with Jinluo for a competition in three months. I chose Linqi Island, which is not inhabited by many people in your sect. Please make it convenient for the sect leader." Xue Tong said.
"Is it appropriate for Haomiao Sect to be involved in this matter? Can Taoist Master consider choosing another treasure land?" Master Haomiao tactfully expressed his concerns.
"Don't get hung up on the minutiae. Linqi is only a small camp with twenty or thirty people stationed there. Xue is just borrowing it for a hundred days."
"This battle is also related to the Haomiao Sect. If Jin Luo continues to be arrogant, the life of your sect will not be easy."
"The real person might as well ask Jin Luo if he agrees to borrow the island for use?" Xue Tong said.
"This matter should not be made public. If it spreads too widely, Jin Luo may anger the real person!" Xue Tong reminded.
Xue Tong is willing to live in Linqi and stay in the open, and Jin Luo will not object.
Xue Tong pushed further and declared a challenge so that Jin Luo could not retreat, "The little thief doesn't know how high the sky is, I will help him!"
"You can borrow the island, and I will go to Linqi on the eighth day of August to kill him!" Jin Luo said fiercely.
…
Linqi Island succeeded as expected.
"You guys should level the place on the first day of August to avoid suspicion that Xue has done something wrong. Otherwise, don't disturb me."
"Xue will invite several people to the island to prevent them from being beaten and plotted by the Jinluo group." Xue Tong arranged it logically.
The Haomiao Sect fully agreed, evacuated its members, and declared a two-hundred-mile restricted area, prohibiting personnel and ships from approaching.
Xue Tong searched for the remains of the ancient tomb day and night.
The entrance was buried by the founder of Shao Qingzong. It was necessary to dig out the edges of more than ten hills. After searching unsuccessfully, the outer layers of earth and rocks were peeled off at suspected locations in the mountains.
The project was huge. Fortunately, Xue Tong had strong magic power and the power of the iron sword was astonishing. With a single wave, he could shave off a thick layer of the mountain that was tens of feet tall.
After half a month of busy work, the entrance to the ancient tomb has finally been revealed!
The tomb is hidden deep underground. It is empty, not a thing is visible, and the ghost atmosphere is not very strong.
"It is recorded in Shao Qing's inner canon that the ancestor only saw the treasure bell and the soul summoning technique, and there was no coffin or bones in the tomb. It must be this place."
Xue Tong checked carefully and found nothing unusual.
There are thick mountains all around, and there is no dark room.
Xue Tong covered the entrance and returned to Shao Qingzong.
"Everyone, the Soul-Calling Bell was unearthed from Linqi Island of the Haomiao Sect, and the tomb is under the control of Xue."
Xue Tong recounted his experience in Bizhou, and then said: "If you want to try the soul-calling bell, follow Xue to the island."
The elder protector was quite hesitant, "The war between heaven and man is about to begin. Is it too hasty to test the treasure bell in such a hurry?"
"The opportunity is rare, and the battle between heaven and man is two months away. There is no rush. The only worry is that the ghosts are too strong." Xue Tong said.
Based on his intuition, if the Soul Summoning Bell is returned to its position, it will definitely shine, and it can attract powerful ghosts or open up interface channels.
He doesn't care about messing up things, running away after being defeated by ghosts, and there is no shame in breaking a promise. Unlike Jin Luo, who is based in Bizhou, he can't afford to lose face no matter what the excuse is for not fighting.
"The opportunity is once in a lifetime, Xue Tianren worked hard to get it, don't miss it, I will thank you, senior." Sect Master Shao Qing said.
Xue Tong vaguely guessed what Master Shao Qing was thinking, "Worried that I will lose to Jin Luo? Then you will never have a chance, you will not be able to solve the mystery, and you will end up with the same result as your predecessor!"
"Just follow the sect leader!" Xue Tong said with a smile.
…
Xue Tong only spent three days and brought back six people.
He had spoken in advance, but the monks on guard outside the Haomiao Sect didn't even ask.
After several days of careful preparation, the moment came to reveal the mystery.
Xue Tong was closest to the Soul-Calling Bell, and on both sides of it were sitting diagonally behind him were six people from Shao Qingzong.
The soul-calling spell sounded, and an eerie and strange atmosphere filled the tomb.
Deep underground, a black soul-locking bead trembled slightly!
The soul-locking bead was buried twenty feet deep in the mud below the tomb. It was like a stone bead the size of a walnut. It was silent and silent. Not even Xue Tong, even a monk at the Martial Saint Zhenfa level could detect it.
Reciting the Soul-Calling Art has reached the sixth paragraph!
Xue Tong clearly remembered that the mana and spiritual power he poured into it back then was definitely not more than it is today.
But the sixth paragraph still failed to pass.
Xue Tong speeds up the movement of the Jingwu Sutra, Fahai's spiritual aperture presses out more surging mana, and the "water line" of mana makes the soul summoning bell buzz.
A large stream of blue mist poured out in front of him, the "Smoke of Divine Consciousness" from the Divine Soul Taoist Technique.
Depending on the Tao Jue, it can have a fascinating or sedative effect.
All the blue mist was sucked away by the Soul Bell.
"Dang~"
The bells ring melodiously, which is very different from the past.
The first black smoke emitted from the soul-locking bead, mixed with the rising blue-black mist.
On the stone slabs of the tomb, black smoke slowly rose.
Xue Tong felt powerful soul power fluctuations.
But he didn't care, he just felt that this was how the soul summoning bell should behave.
Everything seems to be fine and the work is almost done!
The remaining magic formula was slightly more difficult than that day, but not insurmountable. Xue Tong activated 80% of his cultivation level and blasted out the last pillar of magic power!
"Dang~!"
The bells ring loudly and melodiously, and the soul-calling bell sparkles.
The soul-locking bead exhaled the last wisp of black smoke and suddenly stopped vibrating.
In the tomb room, all the blue and black smoke was inhaled by the Soul Bell.
The bells stopped ringing and the tomb fell into dead silence!
It’s disconcerting.
"Wahaha~!"
Suddenly there was a burst of creepy laughter, and a ball of black light jumped out of the Soul Bell!
Xue Tong instantly moved to avoid it, but the two elders who were protecting the law and passing on the power were caught in the black light.
Xue Tong reached out and grabbed it urgently.
Huimeng's claws seemed to have grasped something soft and slippery, and their strength failed.
"Pfft~"
Black light enters the bell, and the bell mouth spurts out minced blood, flesh, and bones. It reshapes into a "human body" in the blink of an eye, and powerful and terrifying mana fluctuations spread out.
Heaven and man are accomplished!
"run!"
"Huh"
The humanoid monster was slightly surprised, and smashed the Xingyun Ju Feng with one palm.
"What a strength!"
The humanoid looked at its red palms.
As for the four Shao Qingzong people at the entrance of the cave, their legs and feet were too weak to move forward, so they could only crawl forward and crawl to the entrance of the cave with all their lives.
The humanoid monster turned a blind eye and murmured to himself: "The true spirit of the divine beast? I want this body!"
The figure flashed, and the monster came out of the tomb passage!
He only felt waves of strong suction, trying to suck it up into the sky.
When heavenly beings become spiritual creatures, they do not need thunder and calamity to open up the world. The laws of the three realms will automatically open a channel to attract them to ascend.
Half of the humanoid monster's mana resisted the attraction, and it quickly pursued Xue Tong along the subtle turbulence left behind when he fled.
…
One hundred thousand years ago.
The Miaohu area is sparsely populated.
The sky above Linqi Island was covered with dark clouds, and a gap suddenly opened.
Xixing Immortal Lord tore off two interfaces and penetrated into Linqi Mountain.
Build a tomb and leave behind soul bells and incantations.
His soul left his body and locked into the second-grade heavenly magic weapon, the soul-locking bead.
The soul can be preserved for millions of years. As long as someone recites the nine-stage magic formula, the soul-calling bell can lead the soul to appear in the world.
Then destroy the person who opened the bell and rebuild the body.
The tomb on Linqi Island was built with medium difficulty, not allowing low-level monks to easily break into it, but also making it difficult for no one to discover it.
Xixing committed the crime of beheading in the immortal world and was hunted down with all his strength. He was seriously injured and had no hope of escaping. He simply violated the laws of heaven and went straight to the spiritual world and the human world. On the eve of his immortal power being dissipated, his soul left his body and waited for the next life.
…
Shao Qingzong and the four others crawled out of the tomb. After recovering from their shock, they left the island in a panic.
The mystery of the Soul Clock has been solved and is no longer useful.
The monks on guard outside the Haomiao Sect saw that a person seemed to have escaped from the restricted area. They were wondering, but before they felt the pain, their body and soul were destroyed, and their clothes were stripped off by Xixing.
"Boom~!"
A bolt of lightning flashed across the vast expanse of blue lake, and Xixing chased toward the northeast!
