If the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave was the headquarters of the Blood Refining Hall back then, then the Dripping Blood Cave was the retreat for the black-hearted old man.
Chi Yao followed his memory and looked carefully at the edge of the Merciless Sea. His eyes scanned the stone wall above his head inch by inch, and he soon discovered seven red stones inlaid on the cave wall.
Each of those stones is about half the size of a palm. Except for the color, the texture is the same as the stone next to it. The seven pieces are connected and vaguely form the spoon shape of the Big Dipper.
"found it!"
He regained his composure and walked under the red stone.
There is a slightly shallower pool, with seven red stones reflected in it, vaguely forming the shape of a hand.
Chi Yao stretched out his palm and followed the reflection in the water all the way down. He found seven small bumps at the bottom of the pool. He used both hands to press down all seven bumps.
In an instant, the entire cave seemed to be silent.
The next second, the sound of "creak" sounded.
Chi Yao released his palm after hearing the sound and looked back.
I saw that the almost seamless stone wall behind me actually retreated completely, slowly revealing a new hole.
"Spell or mechanism?"
This thought flashed through his mind, and he stepped inside.
After entering the cave, there is a rather deep tunnel, but the black-hearted old man is still kind to himself. Every other section of the side wall is inlaid with luminous gravel that can illuminate.
After walking in depth for a long time, we finally saw the light in front of us.
After hurriedly taking a few steps in, Chi Yao found himself in a stone room.
The stone room is quite empty. On the left side are two huge stone statues. One stands with a kind face and a smile. The clothes on his body are carved as if they are blown by the wind. They look a bit like a Buddhist Bodhisattva.
The other one has a completely different appearance. It is ferocious and ferocious, with a black face and ghostly horns, eight hands and four heads, and even a trace of blood flowing down from its mouth, which makes people shudder.
Holy Mother of the Netherworld, King of Heavenly Evil!
There is also a stone table in front of the two statues. There is an incense burner on the table, and there are several packages of incense candles next to it, which are all covered with dust.
On the other side of the stone room, except for a few futons thrown casually on the ground, there was nothing of note.
To be honest, this was Chi Yao's first time observing these two gods believed in by the Demon Cult so closely.
Although the level of martial arts in the Zhuxian world does not seem to be too high, as one can neither live forever nor move stars to change battles, the level of mystery is really not low.
The Qingyun Sect has the Patriarch of the Sanqing Dynasty, the Tianyin Temple has the Bodhisattva Buddha, and the Demon Sect also has the Netherworld Madonna and the Tiansha Mingwang. There are even celestial books and treasuries of the Heavenly Emperor of unknown origin. These characters seem to have never appeared, but their beliefs and names have endured for a long time, and it is unknown what kind of secrets are hidden behind them.
After passing through this stone room and continuing forward, Chi Yao saw several rooms and even the body of the black-hearted old man. No, that could only be regarded as a skeleton.
The blood-devouring bead seemed to be thinking about its old master, and a bright light flashed on its surface.
Continuing to move forward, Chi Yao rummaged through the boxes and cabinets and found in a box the Hehua Bell, one of the four greatest treasures of the Demon Sect, the magic weapon of the Hehuan sect.
As for how this thing got into the hands of the black-hearted old man, it is another story similar to that of Wang Chongyang and Lin Chaoying.
Continuing to explore, finally, a piece of writing appeared on the stone wall of a stone room.
The first two characters indicate its identity - the Book of Heaven!
"The creation of heaven and earth is said to be a time of chaos, ignorance and undividedness. The sun and moon contain their brilliance, and the heaven and earth are confused. The outline has changed, and the clear and turbid have become old.
The reason why heaven and earth can be long-lasting is because they do not generate themselves, so they can last long. However, all things in the heaven and earth have their own characteristics. All living beings are obsessed and confused by the appearance of myself, the appearance of others, the appearance of all living beings, and the appearance of living beings. They think that they are all appearances, and the three poisons, three fears, and three terrors in their hearts cannot last long.
There are no punishments in the heavenly phenomena, and no praises in the Tao. Therefore, those who say that there is no self, no one, no sentient beings, and no lifespan will reach the light. He who upholds a righteous path, has his own inner body, and takes the heaven and earth as his own heart.
Therefore, in the movement and rest of the earth, it is the inner vision of heaven and earth.
Therefore, there is no reality and no virtuality.
Therefore, heaven and earth are left to their own devices, without action or creation.
If the old things don’t exist, it’s not enough to prepare!
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When Chi Yao focused his eyes on the Heavenly Book, the Blood Demon Sutra in his body suddenly began to operate spontaneously and uncontrollably. At the same time, a long-lost reminder also sounded in his mind.
【drop! Heavenly Book detected]
[Exploration completion 20%]
[After completing the exploration, you can get a six-star reward once]
This reminder just pulled Chi Yao out of his almost immersion in the Heavenly Book. While calming down the fluctuating mana in his body, he muttered: "One-fifth of the exploration speed, that is to say, only after all five volumes of the Heavenly Book have been found." Get a reward? Tsk tsk, this is forcing me to be the enemy of the world!"
You know, this volume of heavenly book without an owner is nothing more than that.
The other four volumes of the Heavenly Book, one in Tianyin Temple and one in the Ghost King Sect, are all valuable treasures within the sect and are not easy to obtain.
The other two volumes are even more outrageous. One is in the Treasure House of the Emperor of Heaven. That thing is not even open all the time. You have to wait until it takes the initiative to appear in the world before you can get it.
As for the last volume, it is the Qingyun Sect’s great killing weapon, the Immortal Killing Sword itself.
This mission is extremely difficult.
“But it’s fun when there’s a challenge.”
Chi Yao smiled slightly and simply sat cross-legged in front of the stone carvings of the Heavenly Book, "Those founders of the sect can understand the exercises or secret techniques from the Heavenly Book, but I can't do it without reason. In the final analysis, the Blood Demon Sutra was processed twice by the black-hearted old man. Now that we have found the source of something, we might as well create our own method. The one that suits you is the best!"
So he began a life of seclusion.
Although saying this may be a bit rude to the Black Water Black Snake, the large amount of blood essence stored in the blood-devouring bead has indeed solved Chi Yao's eating problem, making him very focused on being closed.
Chi Yao wanted to create a method, but this method was not created for this body, but for the original body.
All along, he has been taking the path of Gu cultivation. In addition to refining Gu, his improvement has been more in terms of physical fitness and energy. After all, moves and so on are naturally left to various Gu creatures to handle. All the main body needs to do is act as a basic support to be able to control more Gu creatures at the same time or maintain it for a longer period of time.
But now, the threshold between mortal and immortal has been set before us.
According to the past improvement methods, it seems difficult to truly bridge the gap between Gu Master and Gu Immortal.
After all, the human body has its limits.
Of course, he also found another way, that is, the integration of human and Gu. As long as Chiyou Gu can be promoted to the immortal level, then the physical body that is integrated with it will naturally enter the category of immortal.
The state in the snow world is the best example.
With the blessing of luck, his Chi You body not only reached the realm of Vajra, but could also condense Chi You's Dharma and form a proper immortal body.
However, luck that is as easy to use as in the snow world is rare.
This method of improving simply by luck is still too restrictive.
Now he wants to use the Book of Heaven to find a more universal follow-up path.
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Time flies and it’s half a year.
In the past six months, the aftermath of the previous war between good and evil has been dissipating rapidly.
After all, the Poison God failed to make the Changsheng Hall and the Hehuan Sect bow their heads, so he could only lead the Wan Du Sect back to his ancestral home, the Poison Snake Valley.
The Hehuan Sect also returned to their home base. As for the Changsheng Hall, which was originally responsible for guarding the wild holy land, it had to find another place to settle down.
Because the original Demon Mountain Temple was left in ruins due to the collapse of the Shura Tower and the eruption of underground fire, and the entire Demon Cult was torn apart, no one was willing to contribute to rebuilding the main altar, so they simply dispersed.
The Demon Sect was torn apart, and the Qingyun Sect was no better.
After the leader Tian Chengzi used the Zhuxian Sword to kill everyone in the Demon Sect, he did many crazy things because he was not strong enough to resist the evil spirits entering his body.
At the critical moment, Wan Jianyi, who had returned from the wilderness of the North, joined forces with Daoxuan, the contemporary disciple, and accidentally killed Tian Chengzi in order to stop him from going crazy.
The master's death was a serious matter. In order not to reveal the inside story of his master becoming a demon, Wan Jianyi voluntarily took the charge of killing his master.
Later, he was sentenced to death in a discussion among the Six Meridians Peak Masters.
Immediately afterwards, Daoxuan became the new generation leader of Qingyun Sect, and several peak leaders also changed.
In the Demon Sect's previous battle to attack the mountain, they had already won a tough battle and were seriously injured.
Those who had outstanding disciples under their command basically took advantage of the situation and took a back seat.
This can also be regarded as a gesture of goodwill to the new leader Daoxuan Zhenren.
After all, his qualifications are one generation lower than those of the old peak masters, and it will be difficult for everyone to get along with each other, especially the dignity of the leader will be damaged.
After all, you are a dignified leader, but if everyone you meet is a generation shorter, how can you have the confidence to speak?
In this way, Qingyun Sect gradually completed the replacement of old and new.
Just as the Demon Sect and Qingyun Sect were licking their wounds, Tianyin Temple suddenly made a move.
Among the three sects of the righteous path, Qingyun Sect has always fought the hardest against the Demon Sect due to its favorable geographical location, and has the most glorious record.
All in all, this was already the second demon sect leader they had killed in a row.
While this made Qingyun's name shine brighter and brighter, it also gave Tianyin Temple some ideas.
Among the three major sects of the Righteous Path, Fenxiang Valley lags behind the other two schools in terms of basic skills due to inherent deficiencies.
That's right, it's about the fact that they don't have the Heavenly Book.
The fundamental mental method of Fenxiang Valley, the Burning Incense Jade Book, was understood by their founding ancestor based on the supreme treasure Xuanhuojian. In terms of power and potential, it is inferior to the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao of Qingyun Sect and the Great Brahma Prajna of Tianyin Temple.
In addition, they themselves have always had the mentality of being content with being small and rich. They have never fought for anything and just lived on their own one-third of an acre. Their influence in the entire vast land of China is very weak.
But Tianyin Temple is different. They have heavenly books, exercises, and magic weapons. This generation has even ushered in an explosion of genius disciples of ordinary generations.
Pu Hong, Pu Xin, Pu Zhi, Pu Kong, Pu De, Pu Du, Pu Fang...
All of them are geniuses, which inevitably makes them have a desire for the position of righteous leader.
Don't say that the four elements of Buddhism are empty, that is the ultimate ideal, just like Taoism's inaction.
In fact, who can really do it?
If you really had that state of mind, why would you be running a sect?
Wouldn't it be better to just go and save the world?
Moreover, now that the Qingyun Sect is having a bloody battle with the Demon Sect, even the leader has lost his fight. The masters of the Seven Peaks have been replaced one after another, and their vitality has obviously been seriously damaged.
Such a good opportunity, if Tianyin Temple doesn't stand up and do something, I won't be able to bear it.
As the saying goes, if God doesn't take what he wants, he will suffer the consequences.
Moreover, they have even found their target, which is the Ghost King Sect among the four major sects of the Demon Sect.
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The disasters and disintegration of the Demon Cult General Altar have almost nothing to do with the Ghost King Sect.
Because after they defeated the Qingyun Sect, they never returned to the Wilderness Temple.
Speaking of which, I have to admire the old ghost king. He is even half a generation older than the Poison God, and he has a rare clear mind.
When he felt that his body could no longer support him, he helped his apprentice plan everything.
But as the saying goes, plans are not as fast as changes. Although his decision allowed the Ghost King Sect to avoid the whirlpool of the Wilderness Temple, they also became popular in the eyes of others while they were alone.
Tianyin Temple never felt that it was worse than Qingyun Sect. The Qingyun Sect single-handedly defeated the entire Demon Sect, so wouldn't it be a sure win for them to harvest a Ghost King Sect that had already been defeated and fled?
Moreover, they not only set their goal on winning, but also on launching a perfect battle of annihilation.
After all, the Qingyun Sect had let all the enemies run away. If they could annihilate them all, it would be considered a victory in a certain sense.
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Huqi Mountain.
The new headquarters of the Ghost King Sect was chosen here. Speaking of which, they also have some historical connections with the fox demons of Huqi Mountain.
Even the wife of the new ghost king Xiaowan is an accomplished fox demon.
So they quickly integrated here and took root, starting to build their own new main hall.
Looking at the heated scene, Ghost King Xiaowan couldn't help but shake off the gloominess of many days and showed a faint smile.
Unfortunately, his smile didn't last long.
"Why don't you die quickly for the devil's evil sect?!"
A loud roar suddenly resounded through the sky, golden Buddha lights lit up from all sides of Huqi Mountain at the same time, and bald heads began to appear in the Ghost King's field of vision.
"Damn bald ass!"
Xiao Wanneng naturally had his reasons for taking over as the Ghost King. Although this situation shocked him, he was not panicked.
After all, if you don't return to the Four Barbarians, you will inevitably have to consider how to deal with the offensive of the righteous path wherever you settle.
The Qingyun Sect's Immortal Killing Sword had just frightened them out of their courage, so this place was very far away from the Qingyun Sect.
As for the other two major righteous sects...
He is really not afraid!
Ghost King Xiaowan whistled, and soon, four figures of different heights appeared in front of him.
At this moment, the Ghost King had a fierce murderous intent in his eyes, as if he wanted to vent out all the frustration he had felt some time ago: "I'm driving the Fulong Cauldron to a stalemate in the front. The four of you go around behind and give these bald donkeys a deep blow. Lesson! Let them know that not everyone can talk to us like this!"
"clear!"
These four people are clearly the four holy envoys of the Demon Sect. No one knows what tricks the Ghost King used to recruit all of them under his command.
But in any case, with the addition of these four masters of the Earth Demon Realm, the Ghost King Sect's strength has skyrocketed.
The perfect team battle planned by Tianyin Temple may be in doubt.
