Back at his residence, Shen Long sat cross-legged on a blue futon, closing his eyes to relax.
During the garrison the next night, Shen Long arrived at Bai Yuyan's residence on time. Two qi-refining monks were guarding the door. Bai Yuxian had already greeted them and they did not stop him. A qi-refining monk personally led the way.
More than thirty foundation-building monks, including Bai Yuxian, Su Jianghai, Xu Yue and Xu Wen, gathered in a blue stone pavilion to drink tea and discuss Taoism.
"Fellow Daoist Shen is here."
Bai Yuxian smiled slightly, stood up, and introduced Shen Long to the monks.
"I met all of you fellow Taoists in Sinking Stone."
Shen Long cupped his fists and said.
All the monks reported their names one after another, indicating that they knew each other.
Bai Yuxian asked Shen Long to sit down, and everyone drank tea and discussed Taoism together.
Most of the monks present were weapon refiners, and most of the chat was related to weapon refinement, and Shen Long couldn't get in the conversation.
"By the way, Fairy Xu, isn't your spirit insect sick? Fellow Daoist Shen is proficient in the art of expelling insects. You can ask him for advice."
Bai Yuxian said to Xu Yue.
Xu Yue looked at Shen Long and said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Shen, the Golden Moon Silkworm I raised is currently at the early stage of the second level. No matter which kind of mulberry leaves I feed it, it just doesn't want to eat. I don't know what's going on."
"Did it take a fire-attribute elixir from a very old age before it appeared abnormal?"
Shen Long asked.
Xu Yue said in surprise: "Exactly, how did fellow Daoist Shen know?"
"I guess based on your description, give it this bottle of clear spirit liquid. Don't do this in the future. Its level is too low and it is not suitable for consuming old fire-attribute elixirs."
Shen Long took out a cyan porcelain bottle and handed it to Xu Yue.
"Fellow Daoist Shen, how many spirit stones are there in this bottle of clear spirit liquid? Where did you buy it?"
Xu Yue asked curiously.
"Fellow Daoist Shen is an alchemist, so he naturally made it."
Su Jianghai said.
"Fellow Daoist Shen is an alchemist!"
Most of the foundation-building monks were a little surprised.
"I refined it. It's not worth a few bucks. We are destined to meet each other. Fairy Xu, just accept it!"
Shen Long said.
"Then I will accept it, little sister. Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Shen."
Xu Yue thanked her and accepted it.
The weapon refiners present here all have some wealth and have raised spirit insects and spirit beasts. They all talked to Shen Long about the situation of their spirit beasts and spirit insects. Some spirit beasts have a poor appetite, and some spirit insects lay very few eggs. Shen Long said As soon as he answered, he gave them some pills and asked them to feed them to the spiritual beasts and insects.
As a result, these foundation-building monks had a great impression of Shen Long.
After chatting for most of an hour, Shen Long said: "I'm stuck at a bottleneck. My master said that discussing with fellow Taoists can help resolve bottlenecks. I want to discuss with you. I wonder if you fellow Taoists can help."
He actually wanted to compete with Xu Yue and Xu Wen to see their skills and magical powers, but this was too obvious, so in the name of competition, he first competed with other foundation-building monks, and then with Xu Yue, so that he could achieve both His own purpose will not arouse Xu Yue's suspicion.
"Stuck in a bottleneck is really tricky. Fellow Daoist Shen, we haven't seen each other for many years. How about we discuss it again?"
Su Jianghai was the first to stand up, eager to try.
"Okay! But it's not suitable here. Let's go out and spar?"
Shen Long suggested.
Foundation-building monks master the spiritual eye technique and can see clearly even in the night.
"Let's discuss it tomorrow morning! It's not good to do it in the middle of the night, so as not to cause misunderstanding."
Bai Yuxian said.
If we were fighting in the middle of the night, someone who didn't know better would have thought that an enemy was going to attack Jinjufang City! The impact is not good.
"Yes! During the day, you can invite more fellow Taoists to use martial arts to make friends. We will send people to build the arena."
Bai Yuyan said.
"What do you think, Friends Dao Shen?"
Su Jianghai asked.
"What Fellow Daoist Bai and Fairy Bai said makes sense, let's do it tomorrow!"
Shen Long agreed.
After chatting for a while, Bai Yuxian suggested exchanging immortal cultivation resources. All the monks agreed. They exchanged things, mostly for weapon refining materials.
Shen Long exchanged the second-level elixir for some refining materials, which he used to feed the gold-eating ant queen.
More than an hour later, all the monks went back to their homes.
Early the next morning, as it was getting dark, Shen Long left his residence and came to a vast bluestone square. There were more than 20 bluestone arenas here, which were all decorated overnight by the descendants of the Bai family.
There are many foundation-building monks gathered here, including Xu Yue and others.
Bai Yuxian stood on a bluestone arena and said loudly: "Fellow Taoists can spar and compete here, as long as the point is reached. Use martial arts to make friends, and don't hurt anyone's life."
The Feiyun Conference did not have this link before. After all, swords have no eyes. If someone is killed during the competition, it will not end well.
Shen Long walked to a bluestone arena, clasped his fists and said, "I wonder which fellow Taoist is willing to give me some advice while sinking the stone?"
"Fellow Daoist Shen, let me meet you for a while."
Su Jianghai said, walking to the bluestone arena.
A cyan light curtain emerged, covering the entire arena.
At the beginning of the competition, Shen Long raised both hands, and two giant fireballs with a diameter of five feet flew out and hit Su Jianghai.
Su Jianghai reacted quickly, holding out a blue shield in front of him. At the same time, he took out a flag with a blue light that was constantly flowing, and injected mana into it. The flag's surface bloomed with dazzling blue light.
He held the blue flag in both hands and waved it gently, and a blue water wall more than ten feet high appeared in front of him.
Two giant fireballs hit the blue water wall one after another and exploded immediately, turning into billowing flames that flooded the blue water wall, and a burst of white mist emerged.
Before the white mist dissipated, a huge cyan tornado came towards us and hit the blue water wall, which shattered instantly.
The green tornado hit the blue shield, and there was a muffled sound. There were many small slashes on the surface of the blue shield.
With a pinch of Shen Long's magic formula, dots of red light emerged from the void behind him. After a blur, they turned into giant fireballs with a diameter of about ten feet, second-level spells like meteors and fire rain, and large-scale attack spells.
Shen Long was stuck at a bottleneck, and he could not resolve the bottleneck through hard training. After leaving the sect for more than ten years, he spent a lot of time practicing second-level spells, and successfully cultivated Meteor Fire Rain to the Great Perfection.
Hundreds of giant fireballs floating in the air are so spectacular.
Shen Long tapped his finger on the opposite side, and hundreds of giant fireballs pierced the sky and hit the area where Su Jianghai was.
There was a loud rumbling sound, and the billowing flames drowned Su Jianghai's figure. The high temperature caused the cyan light curtain to distort and deform, and the ground also showed signs of melting. Most of the arena turned into a sea of red fire.
With a squeeze of Shen Long's magic formula, hundreds of giant fireballs floated high in the sky.
"Friend Daoist Shen, stop it, I surrender."
Su Jianghai's voice sounded.
Chen Long's magic formula changed, and hundreds of giant fireballs disappeared.
A blue light lit up in the sea of fire, and all the flames dispersed, revealing Su Jianghai's figure. His body was covered with a looming blue light curtain. Several cracks appeared on the surface of the blue shield, and the spiritual light was dim.
The meteor fire shower is relatively powerful, and it will damage the high-grade defensive magic weapon in one blow. If it hits a few more times, the high-grade defensive magic weapon will be scrapped.
"I accept it, Fellow Daoist Su."
Shen Long cupped his fists and said.
"I haven't seen you for a few years. I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Shen would also practice Meteor Fire Rain to the Great Perfection. I didn't lose unfairly."
Su Jianghai said seriously and walked off the ring.
Shen Long looked at the foundation-building monks around the arena and said, "Is there any other fellow Taoist who is willing to teach me?"
"Little sister, come and learn from fellow Daoist Shen's clever tricks."
Xu Yue jumped onto the bluestone arena.
A cyan light curtain then emerged, covering the arena.
At the beginning of the competition, Shen Long raised both hands, and two giant wind blades flew out, arriving in front of Xu Yue in an instant.
The red jade lock on Xu Yue's chest lit up with a red light, and a thick red light curtain emerged, protecting the whole body.
Two giant wind blades hit the red light curtain one after another, causing two muffled sounds.
Xu Yue raised her right hand, and a giant fireball flew out and hit Shen Long.
Shen Long raised his sleeves, and a green wind wall several feet high appeared in front of him.
The giant fireball hit the green wind wall, like an egg hitting a rock, and it instantly collapsed.
There was a loud sound of thunder from high in the sky, and a black thundercloud appeared above Shen Long's head. A thunderous sound was heard, and a thick silver lightning struck down.
Shen Long reacted quickly. With a flick of his wrist, the five spirit beads burst out with dazzling spiritual light, and a thick five-color light curtain appeared, protecting his whole body.
Silver lightning fell on the five-color light curtain, and there was a muffled sound. Soon, the second silver lightning struck, followed by the third and fourth.
Silver lightning struck down one after another, and the five-color light curtain shook, but it was not serious.
Xu Yue sacrificed nine flying knives with flashing red light, which were a set of magical weapons.
With a squeeze of her magic technique, the nine flying knives with flashing red light burst out with dazzling red light, merged into one, and turned into a giant red blade about ten feet long, slashing towards Shen Long.
Shen Long also used his mother-child blades, and the child-blade merged into one, turning into a huge yellow blade, and faced it.
The red giant blade collided with the yellow giant blade, and there was a muffled sound of gold and iron clashing, and sparks flew everywhere.
With the pinch of Shen Long's magic formula, a large amount of red fire emerged from the void. After a blur, it turned into giant fireballs and hit Xu Yue.
Xu Yue quickly pulled out a red shield and blocked it in front of her.
With a loud rumbling sound, giant fireballs hit the red shield and exploded instantly. Most of the arena turned into a sea of red fire again, drowning Xu Yue's figure.
Shen Long flicked his sleeves, and more than 30,000 gold-eating ants flew out, instantly condensing into a golden spear several feet long, and headed straight for the opposite side.
A round wheel with red light flowing continuously flew out and collided with the golden spear. The golden spear broke instantly and turned into hundreds of golden arrows, which were submerged into the sea of fire, and there was a muffled sound.
"Friend Daoist Shen, stop, I surrender."
Xu Yue's horrified voice came from the sea of fire.
Only then did Shen Long stop. The flames dissipated and the red shield had been scrapped. Xu Yue was wearing a red armor to protect her whole body. There was a flame pattern on the surface of the red armor.
She has a fire protection talisman that can weaken the attack of fire spells, but Shen Long also mastered the insect repelling technique and is very powerful. If he continues to fight, she will not be a match at all.
"Fire Flame Armor!"
Shen Long's expression remained as usual, and he felt a sense of joy in his heart.
According to the information he collected, the exercises practiced by Master Jin Ye have this magical power. It is not easy for casual cultivators to get a set of high-level exercises, as most of them are ordinary goods.
Master Jinping practices the "Fire Flame Sutra", and it is said that he can practice to the Nascent Soul stage. In this way, the chance of him changing his practice is very low.
It takes a lot of time for cultivators to change their skills. The higher the level of cultivation, the more troublesome it is to change their skills. This is one of the reasons why countless casual cultivators want to join the big sect of cultivating immortals.
"I accept it, Fairy Xu. Is there any other Taoist fellow who is willing to give me some advice?"
Shen Long said.
The monks looked at each other in confusion. Shen Long had a complete set of magic weapons and tens of thousands of gold-eating ants. He had also practiced many spells to perfection and was very powerful.
After all, this is the territory of the Bai family. The Bai family sent several foundation-building monks to compete with Shen Long. Shen Long defeated the two and lost to Bai Yuting.
Bai Yuting is Bai Yuxian's cousin, a Lei Linggen monk who is proficient in thunder magic.
In this exchange, Shen Long stole the show, and the Bai family also gained a lot of face.
After the discussion, Shen Long was invited by many foundation-building monks to drink tea and discuss Taoism.
In the next two days, Shen Long attended many gatherings and met many foundation-building monks.
Three days later, as night fell, Shen Long changed his appearance and came to Chen Kee Grocery Store, where he met Chen Ying in the backyard.
"Mrs. Chen, here's what I want!"
Shen Long asked.
Chen Ying took out a cyan storage bag and handed it to Shen Long.
Shen Long's consciousness swept through and found seven portraits and seven jade slips inside. He took out the seven portraits and looked at them one by one.
He frowned. None of these seven people were the people he was looking for. Did he identify the wrong person?
Xu Yue is a disciple of Master Jin Yan. Since she has mastered the magical power of the Flame Treasure Armor, Master Jin Yan must have this skill in his hands.
Now there are two possibilities. One is that Shen Long made a mistake. Master Jin Yan is not the Master Jin Yan that Shen Long is looking for. The second possibility is that Master Jin Yan changed his appearance and called himself Master Jin Yan.
If you want to talk about a coincidence, this is too much of a coincidence. Both the Flying Golden Flame Earthworm and the Fiery Flame Treasure Armor came from the Jin Yan Sect.
Shen Long put away the portrait, turned and left.
He turned around and left, walking around the street twice to make sure no one was following him before returning to his residence.
He took out the cyan storage bag and shook the bag mouth down. A green glow passed by, and seven more jade slips of different colors appeared on the ground.
Shen Long picked up a blue jade slip and placed it between his eyebrows, immersing his consciousness in it.
After checking the contents of the seven jade slips, he looked cold and said to himself: "It is indeed them."
One of the guardians of Jin Yan Sect is left-handed, and he is currently in the late stage of foundation building. This person's magical power is exactly the same as that of a remnant of a certain monastic sect.
If the Flying Golden Centipede and the Fiery Flame Armor were a coincidence, it could not be a coincidence that the protector was left-handed.
As he expected, Master Golden Earthworm and the other remnants changed their appearance. No wonder the Tang family could not find them, or maybe they used to show off their false appearances to others, but now they use their real ones.
Of course, it is confirmed that these people are the remnants of the Rogue Religious Society, but it does not mean that these people are the murderers of Shen Long's parents. The Green Lotus Pendant may have been snatched by the Rogue Religious Society monks from other monks, and the real culprit is someone else.
Shen Long needs to pursue further investigations. His parents have been dead for decades, and it is too difficult to find the murderer. However, it depends on people. He believes that as long as he spends more time and energy, he will definitely be able to find out the truth.
Shen Long put away all the jade slips and closed his eyes to rest.
(End of chapter)
