The wilderness at night is more dangerous than during the day.
Even with the blessing of the Breath Condensation and Concealment Technique, Lu Zhong was still very energetic, and his Qi Watching Technique was working non-stop, alerting him to all possible dangers.
When passing by the wasteland, he found that there were actually will-o'-the-wisps floating here.
It's so dense that you can see hundreds of them at a glance.
"What happened here that there are so many will-o'-the-wisps?"
Lu Zhong was secretly frightened at this moment, thinking that the wasteland that looked unremarkable during the day was like a ghost land at night, and it was obvious that there were quite a lot of secrets hidden in it.
Keep this in mind and move on.
Not long after, the abandoned settlement was in sight.
He did not go in rashly. If Lin Zhongze really came here, he would most likely have discovered the two dead people, and he might have taken some precautions.
The best option is to wait outside.
Increasing the output of spiritual power, Lu Zhong tried his best to make the effect of Qi-Watching Technique stronger.
Contrary to expectations, there was no trace of life in the settlement.
"Didn't he come here?"
At this moment, a figure rushed towards Fangshi in the distance, and it was Lin Zhongze.
For some reason, he left the city early tomorrow, but he didn't get here until now.
"It's good to be here!" Lu Zhong thought to himself, lurking on the roadside.
The Qingshuang Sword has been taken out, and the sword is still wrapped with a layer of gray cloth to block the metal reflection caused by the moonlight.
The whole person's aura is almost nonexistent at the moment, and his sense of existence has been reduced to the same as a clod of dirt on the roadside.
He lay dormant quietly, waiting for possible opportunities.
…
Lin Zhongze was not in a calm mood at the moment.
Put aside the matter of just hitting the "ghost wall".
He still hasn't figured out how the Chihu Assassin was solved by Lu Zhong Wushang. Instead, he saw that he had hired someone to kill someone. These things were simply unreasonable.
"The only plan we have now is to hire an iron-brand assassin..." Lin Zhongze couldn't help but feel a pang of pain when he thought of this.
But if he could really use this to deal with Lu Zhong, it would be worth it to make him angry.
Looking ahead, a building ruins are already in front of us.
Lin Zhongze subconsciously touched the exorcism charm in his arms, and when there was no response, he decided to move forward.
Suddenly, he felt a warning sign and secretly thought that something was wrong.
The next moment, a green sword shadow suddenly emerged.
At this moment, a jade plaque on Lin Zhongze's body automatically triggered.
This is a life-saving jade tablet, which was given to him by the ancestor of the clan when he left. It can be actively activated when encountering threats, and the spiritual shield formed can withstand a magic weapon attack.
However,
Behind the sword shadow, there was also a huge fireball.
The low-grade magical weapon Qingshuang Sword and the Fireball Talisman attacked one after another and landed heavily on the surface of the spirit shield. Almost at the same time as the two collided, the spirit shield shattered and turned into countless fragments.
Lin Zhongze's face was full of shock at this moment, but he happened to see a figure rushing towards him.
Lu Zhong thought very clearly that he was going to rely on the close combat power of Chi Yangfa's swordsmanship to quickly kill Lin Zhongze with a thunderous offensive before the opponent could react in time.
Otherwise, if you use the third level of Qi refining to fight against the fourth level of Qi refining, you will lose in a long battle.
The syllables of the incantation continued in his mouth, and there was already a light blue sword shadow condensing on his left hand and right hand.
"Whoa!" Both swords fell into the air.
Lin Zhongze is worthy of being a casual cultivator who ventures into the wilderness all year round. Even though he was caught off guard for a moment, his body movements were not slow at all. He made the most correct response in a blink of an eye, and escaped with great difficulty. The attack between the heart and the stomach.
After flopping on the ground and rolling around for several times, he thought about taking out his magical weapon and fighting back.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, two swords came in succession!
The magical light reflected the surrounding blue, almost too bright to open one's eyes.
Lin Zhongze was shocked at this moment. How could there be a spell cast so fast in the world?
There was no choice but to continue rolling.
However, at this moment, a hard object was knocked down on his waist.
"Stone, God is going to kill me!"
puff!
Two sword shadows fell, and a head fell to the ground.
At this moment, Lu Zhong felt his blood boiling in his heart. The scene just now was too exciting. A slightly slower reaction might have resulted in another outcome. Fortunately, Lin Zhongze was still beheaded by himself.
The goal has been achieved, and I can finally sleep peacefully tonight.
The corpse was searched, and the fireball technique was used to destroy the corpse and eliminate traces. It was quickly completed in one go.
He didn't stop for a moment and headed towards Fangshi without looking back.
…
The late autumn sunshine is still very fierce.
Lu Zhong slept until the afternoon, and then he woke up leisurely from his sleep.
With his worries solved, his mental state can be said to be as good as ever.
I was in a good mood and made a meal of bacon and rice. After eating it deliciously, I started to practice meditation day after day. Practice requires perseverance and cannot allow for any slack.
After such a long period of practice, Lu Zhong has been able to touch the threshold of the fourth level of Qi Refining, but he has never been able to break through the last layer of membrane and let himself break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.
The third level of Qi refining and the fourth level of Qi refining can be regarded as a watershed in casual cultivation.
The former is considered to be at the bottom of the cultivation world, and it is difficult for people to take them seriously no matter where they go.
But the latter is different. Being able to practice casual cultivation to the fourth level of Qi Refining fully shows that this person is not useless, or has mastered a craft to make a living, or has a talent and temperament that is different from ordinary people.
No matter which of the above, he is already a potential monk.
At this time, casual cultivators usually choose to become worshippers in shops, join the sect as outer disciples, or marry a girl from a branch of the family to get rid of the homeless life.
There are very few people who choose to continue to be casual cultivators.
He hadn't thought about it yet and decided to wait until he broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.
Regarding how to break through, Lu Zhong actually didn't have any ideas at all.
"Either grind it slowly, or rely on external forces to break through, such as spiritual food, elixirs..."
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong got off the bed and prepared to go out.
But before that, it was necessary to count the belongings obtained from Lin Zhongze.
Lin Zhongze has a storage bag. The inner space of this bag is only about a foot, but it contains a lot of things. It can be seen that it contains all of his wealth, which is in line with the situation of most casual cultivators who carry their family property with them.
fourteen spirit stones;
Sixteen cleansing charms;
A low-grade magic weapon with low wear;
In addition, there are some messy items, such as empty pill bottles, small jars containing unknown liquids with a stinky smell, pale animal bones with unknown uses, etc.
"The storage bag is estimated to be sold for one hundred spirit stones, and the same goes for the flame gun. Plus those spirit stones, this time it will be worth at least two hundred spirit stones." After Lu Zhong calculated this, he couldn't help but take a deep breath. Cool air.
I have to say that it is really a windfall that needs to be taken from fellow Taoists.
The harvest was so high that it took him half a year to make talismans before he could earn so many spiritual stones.
Forcibly suppressing the complicated emotions in his heart, Lu Zhong put the fourteen spirit stones into his storage bag, then walked out of the bedroom and walked towards the courtyard door.
Because it happened to be a market day, there were not many people on the street.
Compared with before, there are more and more people in Qingliufang, and there are signs of prosperity.
From this point of view, Wulingmen is indeed better than Qingyangmen in terms of city management.
Moreover, it was still better than just a little bit.
