The place in front of them was vast mountains, with only one official road leading to the east and west. Li Xiu and the others believed that this should be an ancient road. After all, Bu Le Country had allowed the northern states and counties to grow freely for decades. Nominally, there are officials at all levels serving and managing the Northern Territory, but in fact it is just a superficial effort, and no experts are sent to guard the Northern Territory. Li Xiu's current understanding of the Northern Territory is naturally not as good as when he first arrived. Such a bitter and cold place is already desolate. Even if there are towns, they are very rare. They are separated by hundreds of miles and life is very difficult. Fortunately, Mofa In this era, there were still a lot of casual monks practicing among the people, dealing with some natural disasters, and getting paid. Otherwise, there would really be no living space for ordinary mortals, because the climate was so harsh. Since Li Xiu and the others descended from Jiamang Mountain, they have discovered that there are only three towns within two to three hundred miles. It is difficult to see villages among them, let alone pedestrians. They all rely on towns and gather together to make a living. There is no population ten miles away from those three towns, and there are deserted villages and dead towns further away.
It can also be seen from this that in terms of people's livelihood, Bule Country is not as good as Daguan Country. At least the people's livelihood in Beidi Prefecture and County is very poor. Regarding this, Li Xiu can also understand. After all, a mere Ma family, even if there is a giant , but there are too many human masters and sects hiding in the north, and a county guard like Ma Tiancheng cannot control them at all. Wastelands, dead people, and migration are very common.
Li Ruocheng told Li Xiu that this kind of situation is common only in Shangbei County and Beicang County. For example, after Shangbei County passes under Guyang Pass and enters Dayuanzhou, the population density is on another level. Beicang County will only become popular after passing Canglong Valley and entering Ancient Qin County. The geographical location of Canglong Valley in Beicang County is similar to Guyang Pass, which has been an important pass since ancient times. However, it is It is located in the middle of the northwest and is heavily defended because it is the second pass out of the Western Regions.
Li Xiu nodded. In fact, the municipalities and counties and towns near Tianshui City were relatively prosperous. If you went further north or west, except for Hancheng, the situation would be a bit miserable.
Li Xiu sat cross-legged in the snow instead of setting up the campsite. He suddenly entered a state of deep thinking. He could no longer delay it because at this time, he discovered something was wrong with his body.
Li Ruocheng and Yueshen both knew that Li Xiu had used his clone to visit Jianxue Mountain a few days ago. This was what Li Ruocheng told them. There was no need to hide this from them. Later, Li Xiu personally went to Jianxue Mountain. When he came back, Li Xiu seemed to have not changed much. However, Li Ruocheng, who had been accompanying Li Xiu recently, quickly discovered that Li Xiu was slightly different. He couldn't explain it. Li Ruocheng felt that Li Xiu was not injured, or even unscathed, but although Li Ruocheng couldn't see the clues, he could detect some changes in Li Xiu's emotions.
You must know that the Three Corpses Transformation Technique, in the most straightforward terms, is similar to the traditional method of cultivating immortals in that it controls the instinctual consciousness. The difference is that Li Xiu did not kill the three corpses, but chose to live in peace and create The magic formula and the digging of divine substances are still promoting the growth of the three corpses. Even though Li Xiu was severely injured by the Lord's sword and almost died, it did not break the balance point of peaceful coexistence. In the end, Li Xiu stood up and became stronger.
This is also the reason why Li Xiu can summon the land of mountain gods. Li Xiu does not recite some mantras and spells to control and oppress the land of mountain gods, but gets along with them as equals and treats them as friends. To a certain extent, the land of the mountain gods is the instinctive consciousness of the mountains, rivers and earth. Because the land of the mountain gods is not the earth's dragon veins, it is impossible to cultivate a subjective consciousness group. The mountains, rivers and earth have no spirituality, only nature.
Li Xiu's current cultivation level is to dig out divine substances all the time and strengthen the temple of the five internal organs in the body. The subjective consciousness group in the Niwan Palace behind the forehead is growing like the sun, and feeds back to the temple of the five internal organs, achieving a very miraculous achievement. The cycle of the Five Elements, this is because although Li Xiu did not use the Five Elements Extreme Transformation, and tempered the Dao Jindan through the thunder method of heaven and earth, it was still a fake elixir in name. In fact, Li Xiu's strength was stronger than that of ordinary giants, just because he In fact, he has achieved the ultimate transformation of the Five Elements, forming a closed loop between the Five Zang Temple and the Niwan Palace, forming a self-circulating cycle. Even without the baptism of the Heaven and Earth Thunder Method, it is actually almost the same. However, the consequences of Li Xiu's practice, It is very possible that his entire physical body can be tempered into a golden elixir, becoming a physical elixir in the true sense.
From this, it can be seen that how could a person like Li Xiu leak unnecessary emotional changes to others? Even if that person is Li Ruocheng, it is impossible. Unless he is a powerful person with the supreme Taoist fruit, his cultivation level far exceeds that of Li Xiu!
Of course, this is because Li Ruocheng's practice has become more and more sophisticated, and after he and Li Xiu gave him dual cultivation of the spirit and body, and after creating Tao fruits like the Wuji Palm, he has a deep understanding of the Three Corpses Transformation Technique and Li Xiu. Discover the changes in Li Xiu.
Seeing that Li Xiu was acting abnormally, Li Ruocheng, Duoduo, and Yueshen all gathered around and looked at Li Xiu with worried expressions on their faces. Duoduo wanted to ask, but was stopped by Li Ruocheng with a look. The three of them consciously retreated three feet away from Li Xiu, sat cross-legged on the ground in the three-person position, and protected Li Xiu.
Li Xiu's face didn't look good at this time, and not long after, a dull sound came from the depths of Li Xiu's throat, with a look of pain on his face. A streak of gray energy slowly rose from Li Xiu's lower dantian to the middle dantian. At this time, Li Xiu's whole body trembled violently. However, five pods of precious light emitted from Li Xiu's body, illuminating Li Xiu's whole body. The meridians that have been cultivated are illuminated so that they are clearly visible to the naked eye.
Such a bright treasure light flashed out, Li Xiu formed seals with his hands, and his painful expression slowly relaxed. At this time, the gray energy suddenly condensed into a sharp sword and drilled towards Li Xiu's throat. As if there was life and consciousness, feeling the threat posed by the Five Zang Temple, the gray energy immediately condensed into a sharp sword and wanted to pierce Li Xiu's throat and escape from Li Xiu's body.
"What a powerful curse!" Li Xiu secretly thought that he was able to get rid of the refining of the Five Zang Temple and was not afraid of the Double Yang True Fire. This gray energy is exactly the curse of the giant stone statue of the Emperor Shi clan before his death. It is extremely powerful!
But the strange thing is that Li Xiu ignored this.
Sure enough, the gray energy condensed into a sharp sword was very cunning. Its target was not the throat, but Li Xiu's Niwan Palace. Li Xiu was not tempted and deceived.
This Niwan Palace is the head of the Six Yangs. If you are not careful, you will be injured and you will become a vegetative state. It is protected by the four gods and four corners at twelve hours a day. But the nature of these four righteous and four corner gods is to prevent the invasion of external demons. After all, with the cunning and weirdness of this gray energy, it was hidden in Li Xiu's body, and the Four Righteous and Four Corners Gods were unable to cope with it. If it were any strong person with the golden elixir of the Great Dao, he would have to make a desperate and lose-lose plan, such as the head-changing technique.
Once the head-changing technique is cast, it is equivalent to giving up the physical body. After all, the ultimate goal of changing the head is to regain the body. The head-changing technique is just a helpless spell to temporarily save life. For example, Yu Leng only has one head left now. She There are two ways to seize a body. One is to leave the body, give up the original head, and seize a brand new body; the other is to cut off someone else's head and put her current head on it. In short, no matter where it is, All kinds of body snatching are impossible to compare with the original body. The vitality will be severely damaged and the realm will fall. Unless the body is not snatched from the body, but some kind of rare treasure from heaven and earth, then it will be another fate!
In the midst of this electric light and flint, Li Xiu's Niwan Palace suddenly disappeared and was completely hidden. In just one moment, the gods of the four righteousnesses and four corners turned into real gods, with four righteousnesses and four corners, four yang and four yin, and four There were a total of eight gods, male and four female, without seven orifices. They were eight faceless people. They each stretched out their big hands and grabbed the sharp sword.
When others were at Li Xiu's level of cultivation, they were still killing three corpses, but Li Xiu was encouraging the three corpses to dig out the divine substances in various organs of the body. These four gods and four gods actually had autonomy, and Li Xiu was not needed. It is incredible that this can be achieved by mobilizing the subjective consciousness of cultivators!
The sword seemed to have a high IQ. There was a sudden buzzing sound, and the originally sharp and fierce sword turned into a cloud of smoke again. The Four Rightes and Four Corners God's grasp actually missed.
With a "clang" sound, a portal suddenly opened above, and Li Xiu's spirit appeared from Niwan Palace.
"Are you the Red Lotus Seed? The old ghost Emperor Shi sacrificed himself and cursed me. He has obviously fallen and died. However, I can still sense a trace of the life breath of the old ghost Emperor Shi in your body. It's really powerful, but I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Li Xiu's soul released a powerful will. After saying this, the powerful will suddenly condensed and actually condensed into a rune.
scold!
As soon as the rune came out, it turned out to be the nemesis of the evil demon. The smoke dispersed in an instant. Li Xiu's spirit returned to Niwan Palace, and Li Xiu, who was sitting cross-legged, also opened his eyes at this time.
Human beings have innate true spirit, also called true energy. There are six paths in total, divided into metal, wood, water, fire and earth, which are respectively hidden in the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys. The other path is the two qi of yin and yang, which gather behind the forehead, that is, in the Niwan Palace. Ordinary people, etc., Only yin can be seen but not yang, only turbidity can be seen but not pure. Only those who cultivate immortality can see the yin spirit in the Niwan Palace. After cultivating the yang spirit, the yin and yang become one, which is the soul.
In fact, there are far more innate souls in the human body than the six realms. However, these six realms are the most important, and life is tied to them. However, the Niwan Palace is the head of the six yangs and governs everything. The higher the cultivation level, the stronger the soul. , the treasure light becomes more and more prosperous, the soul is the foundation of cultivating immortals. Even though Li Xiu could kill the curse with one move, it was actually very risky, and it was tantamount to gambling his life. After all, it was a battle within his body. If he failed, his body would be destroyed, and he would have to start over again. It was not possible to disturb the magic weapon after leaving the body. ,never fail.
Li Xiu opened his eyes and found that the three women were protecting him, except Yu Leng.
"You are all tired too. You haven't had much rest during this period. It's rare to get together tonight. I'll come to keep watch. You all sleep one night and go to Hancheng early tomorrow morning!" Li Xiu said.
Li Ruocheng and Yueshen nodded without saying much. They felt relieved when they saw Li Xiu woke up. They just sat cross-legged and closed their eyes to rest, and soon fell asleep. It's true that they haven't slept for a long time. They know that there are many masters in Hancheng and they cannot take it lightly. It is important to have a good rest and replenish the spirit. Practice is like water in a cup, and too much is not enough. After all, not everyone is as perverted as Li Xiu.
"Brother, I have something to tell you!" Duoduo glanced at Li Ruocheng and Yueshen who were sleeping, suddenly whispered to Li Xiu, then stood up and walked aside.
Li Xiu followed and said, "Duoduo, what do you want to talk about?"
