The main gate of the outer gate of Heling Sect.
Lu Zhong, who bought the Heling Pill, walked out with a normal expression.
Now, he was full of questions.
"Who is this person?"
With the help of scene retrieval, Lu Zhong understood the man's little action just now, and he also had a rough guess about the effect of the liquid. It should be some kind of secret mark for tracking.
Judging from this, the other party obviously had bad intentions towards him, otherwise he would not have used this method.
Along the way, Lu Zhong kept thinking about it.
But even after searching through all the memories, I still couldn't find the corresponding face.
But, there is an inexplicable feeling of familiarity.
"Then next, should we lead the other party to a remote place to solve the problem, or should we turn a blind eye and continue to observe?" Lu Zhong preferred the former method. After all, it was a bit uncomfortable to be watched secretly all the time.
Thinking of this, he quickened his pace and walked towards Nancheng.
After walking a few streets, Lu Zhong, who had been paying attention to him all the time, found that someone was following him.
A hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.
Since you are looking for death, then let me help you!
…
The ruins of Changlefang.
Ever since it was destroyed among the three sects, this place has been deserted.
It wasn't until the armistice that the place gradually gained some popularity.
Many mortals who cannot afford to rent a house in the city or are poor monks will come here to build a shack-like house or hide in the ruins in order to have a temporary shelter from the wind and rain.
At the small courtyard by the river where Lu Zhong once lived, a young man wearing Taoist robes walked quickly.
The boy looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he still had a childish face, but there was an alien look in his brows, which was very gloomy and inconsistent with his appearance.
tomato
Looking at the delicate wooden box sprinkled with dark perfume on the ground, his expression suddenly turned ugly.
The young man thought that his actions were secretive and he was extremely careful along the way, so he would not be discovered. But in fact, he was given a slap in the face, and he grinned mercilessly.
At this moment, a sword shadow suddenly emerged from the oblique ground.
The angle at which it appeared was so tricky that even if the young man noticed it for the first time, he would not be able to use his agility to dodge it. He could only actively activate the protective jade talisman on his body.
With a "buzz" sound, the shield quickly appeared, blocking the sword shadow.
This was not over yet, the young man caught another green light from the corner of his eye.
The corners of his eyes were beating wildly, and he felt a strong sense of crisis!
"Crack!"
In the clear cracking sound, the protective shield condensed by the protective jade talisman shattered in response.
The young man offered another shield, but after being hit by the cyan light gun, it flew out like a kite with its string cut off, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood in mid-air, and his face suddenly turned pale.
Lu Zhong withdrew the spirit ring and placed the Wutu sharp wooden spear, with a rare look of surprise on his expression.
"Is this the power of the spiritual weapon embryo?"
The opponent's aura was obviously slightly higher than his, and he should be a seventh-level Qi refining monk.
But in front of the Wutu Ruimu Spear, it was surprisingly fragile.
As soon as they fought, they suffered heavy losses.
"It's a pity, it would be nice if the spiritual power consumed could be less." Lu Zhong thought with some dissatisfaction.
Perhaps because of the semi-spiritual weapon, the spiritual energy consumed by the spiritual ring was extremely exaggerated, like a whale swallowing the sea, draining half of his spiritual energy in exchange for the terrifying blow just now.
As distracting thoughts swirled in his mind for a moment, Lu Zhong wiped them out completely.
Now is not the time to be distracted. He still has business to do and wants to interrogate the young man to know his purpose of following him.
"Uh-huh!"
The seriously injured boy fell to the ground again because his legs had been chopped off.
"Tell me, why are you following me?" Lu Zhong removed the Chi Yang Magic Sword in his hand and said expressionlessly, with no hint of emotion in his tone.
"Ahem! How did you find out..." The boy on the ground coughed up blood.
At this time, he suddenly realized in despair that the blow just now was not simple.
Now there is a vicious energy like a maggot attached to the bone, wreaking havoc on the young man's internal organs and meridians, and there are signs of erosion towards the Qi Sea Dantian.
That's why he started vomiting blood.
Lu Zhong was indifferent to this. He flashed the Chi Yang Sword in his hand and chopped off the opponent's arm.
The severed arm clattered to the ground, revealing a small red bead as bright as fire.
"Cough cough cough!" The boy coughed up blood and coughed even more violently.
The bright red blood spit out was already mixed with visceral fragments.
"You know, I regret it now."
"What do you regret?"
"Wow!" The boy spit out a large mouthful of blood again, and his face, which was originally as pale as gold paper, suddenly turned rosy.
"I regret teaching you...
Before he could finish speaking, his neck suddenly tilted and there was no more sound.
Looking at the corpse on the ground, Lu Zhong suddenly made a guess.
Reach out and take a photo, and the storage bag is in hand.
There are not many things inside, they are placed in different categories.
The most eye-catching thing is the hundreds of spiritual stones stacked together.
Next to the pile of spiritual stones, there are two combined spiritual pills.
Various daily necessities, dozens of talisman papers wrapped in paper, and several different talisman inks.
Bottles and jars with unknown functions.
Pretending to be an exquisite jade box, there are three bright red balls with the words "Fire Bomb" on them.
Finally, his eyes settled on a set of talisman-making tools.
"Sure enough, it's Li Dong..." Lu Zhong murmured.
He could also guess what the other party wanted to say last.
As for why Li Dong, who was originally old, turned into a teenager.
If there is no accident, it should be someone's death.
I didn’t think about it any further.
Putting the body into the storage bag, Lu Zhong took action to destroy the scene.
Leave in a hurry.
…
A few months passed, and everything was calm.
Lu Zhong originally thought he would be interrogated by the law enforcement team, but unexpectedly, it was as if Li Dong's death had never happened. There was no reward order issued by the Heling Sect on the sign posting the wanted list in Nancheng City.
The matter just ended like this.
He returned to a peaceful life, and besides practicing every day, he practiced spells.
Thanks to the Heling Dan, the hidden dangers of the Four Spirit Skills were temporarily eliminated. The spiritual power was no longer as violent as before, but became extremely docile, so that the learning progress of the spell was rapid.
On this day, a bright golden light lit up in the quiet room.
"Is this the entropy light gun?"
Lu Zhong's face was reflected in a golden color, and he looked at the golden light gun in his hand.
It is only about a foot long and is formed after absorbing a large amount of yang energy.
With a slight throw, the light gun hit the wall and exploded with a bang.
The temperature in the quiet room suddenly began to rise.
This is caused by the high content of Yang spirit energy.
After performing it again and confirming that he had mastered this technique, Lu Zhong turned his attention to other things.
The Jade Ning Dan and the Spirit Gathering Formation worked together. After burning a large number of spirit stones, his cultivation finally showed signs of breakthrough. It is hard to say when the breakthrough will occur, but it will probably be within half a year.
In this way, maybe we can catch up with this year's Heling Sect entry ranking competition.
"It's time to make some preparations."
Lu Zhong didn’t want to steal the spotlight in the ranking battle.
The consequences of Mu Xiu Yulin are not something that a casual cultivator like him with no background can bear.
At the same time, it is also due to the consideration of less exposure of strength.
So Lu Zhong came up with the idea of a puppet machine beast.
When he killed the ink-faced old man before, he got twenty-three puppets, eight of which had good combat power and could be used to deal with weaker challengers.
The way of puppets is not without its merits. During the Qi refining period, the raw materials for various puppet machine beasts are easy to obtain and cheap. From this, the puppet machine master can quickly accumulate a large number of puppets or machine beasts. With the quantitative changes of the puppet machine, It triggers a qualitative change in strength, thus possessing a terrifying combat power during the Qi refining period.
It is precisely for this reason that this method has become a frequent use in the classics to kill enemies across levels during the Qi refining period.
The ink-faced old man was also careless at the beginning.
If he acted cautiously, how could he be dealt with face to face?
Regarding the control of puppets or machine beasts, when the monks during the Qi refining period are unable to release their spiritual consciousness, the puppet machine masters rely on pinching techniques to control machine souls or spiritual hubs, which can be said to be exactly the same as controlling magic weapons.
After reading it simply, Lu Zhong got started quickly.
After spending more than a month, he was able to control the three machine beasts skillfully.
…
To the east of Yongling City, Wangyue Slope.
The reason why Lu Zhong appeared here was to test his ability to control the machine beast.
The cuffs were slightly raised, and three iron-green balls slid down.
After a burst of machine sounds, three iron wolf machine beasts appeared in front of them.
Pinjue.
This is used to communicate with the machine soul of the machine beast.
The machine soul is refined from the soul of living beings and has certain independent abilities. It is not a cold machine part.
After receiving the order to find the enemy, the three iron wolf machine beasts immediately dispersed.
Not long after, a discovery was made.
It was a huge black-haired wild boar, almost one foot tall, and two feet long including its head and tail. It was like an earthquake when it rushed towards it.
It is not a monster, it just has the potential to transform into one.
The reason why he found a wild beast to practice with was actually Lu Zhong's helpless move.
After all, there are very few places where monsters can be found in the Yongling area.
Without exception, they are all far away from Yongling City.
"Thum, thump, thump!" The big boar jumped out again, trying to use his weight advantage to defeat his opponent.
But under Lu Zhong's control, the three iron wolves sometimes gather and sometimes disperse.
Implementing the enemy-tiring tactic, he constantly lured the wild boar to attack, consuming its physical strength bit by bit.
Finally, the big wild boar couldn't rush forward anymore.
Lu Zhong shook his head, drew out a magic formula, and asked the Iron Wolf Machine Beast to kill it.
Then he turned his hand over and found an extra gray jade ball.
This jade ball is a sacrificial vessel and has the function of absorbing souls.
Inputting spiritual power into it to activate, the jade ball began to spin, and a circle of gray spiritual light rippled out, covering the body of the newly dead wild boar, and a white soul body was quickly extracted from it.
This white soul is the essence of the wild boar.
The sacrificial vessel quickly sucked the essence into the ball, and after a flash of spiritual light, spit it out again.
After some "processing" of the sacrificial vessels, the mountain boar's spirit has changed drastically.
It originally looked like a mini boar, but now it has become a small milky white ball as big as a fist. It no longer has any essence of its original appearance, and has become a soul bead, the material for making machine souls.
Putting the Soul Pearl away, Lu Zhong continued to look for training targets.
…
For three days in a row, the beasts near Wangyue Slope were in bad luck.
After some "sweeping", Lu ** calculated that he had hundreds of soul beads in his hand. After excluding the necessary consumption to repair the machine soul, there were still ninety-three soul beads left, which could meet his requirements for refining the machine soul.
He gave it up as soon as he could, and prepared to return to Yongling City.
Just after taking two steps, Lu Zhong's expression changed slightly and he put away all the machine beasts.
Turn sideways, use the two techniques of Concentration and Concealment, and hide behind a rock.
Not long after, there was a sound of fighting.
It was the Heling Sect disciples who were being hunted.
Chasing him were three men in gray.
The moves of these three people are extremely cruel, and they will definitely hit the vital points.
Under their siege, even though he was a disciple of Heling Sect who was in the late stage of Qi refining, he was still no match for the three gray-clothed men in the middle stage of Qi refining, and his already serious injuries kept getting worse.
The disciples of the Heling Sect were fighting and retreating, their eyes filled with despair, and they kept uttering words of begging for mercy.
The three men in gray ignored this.
He kept chasing and fighting, as if he had to kill the opponent.
Lu Zhong hid behind the rocks and watched coldly as the two sides fought further and further away.
Not relatives, not friends, and not enough benefits.
Why should you ask him to take action?
Coming out of the hiding place, when Lu Zhong passed by a piece of grass, he suddenly stretched out his hand from the front left to take a picture.
It is a book with three large characters written on the cover page.
"Spirit-raising skills?"
After flipping through two pages, his expression suddenly became wonderful.
"It's actually a rare secret technique that can enhance spiritual consciousness!"
This seems a bit outrageous?
Just now, Lu Zhong was hiding when he saw a Heling Sect disciple secretly dropping an object, so he walked over curiously and started taking pictures, not expecting that it was such a rare secret technique.
The reason why monks in the Qi refining stage cannot release their spiritual consciousness is that their spiritual consciousness is not strong enough.
The art of nourishing the mind can enhance spiritual awareness.
In other words, he might be able to release his spiritual consciousness during the Qi refining stage.
If this can really be achieved, then Lu Zhong will have a huge advantage in strength against monks who are also in the Qi refining stage.
"With such a valuable treasure in his possession, no wonder the man in gray is determined to kill that Heling Sect disciple."
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong took a deep breath and calmed down.
Changing direction, he no longer aimed directly at Yingling City. He planned to make a circle outside before going back, to avoid being ambushed halfway by the man in gray who would analyze his intentions.
…
When the lanterns first came on, Lu Zhong finally returned to Yongling City.
It’s the Lantern Festival again.
At this time, lanterns were all lit up in the courtyard of the deep house or in the ruins of the ruins.
The lights are dotted, gathering into a sea of lights.
Lanterns express people's wishes and symbolize longing for old friends. Lighting them can bring comfort to people's hearts.
Returning to the independent courtyard, there were already many lanterns hanging in the courtyard.
Seeing Lu Zhong come back, Li Hejun secretly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a smile on his face.
His expression was full of expectation.
Next to him, Hong Fu was still the same heartless person.
She just wrote down her wish to eat more good things in the future on the wishing paper.
When eating, there are three people at the same table.
This is the Lantern Festival custom.
Lu Zhong used to spend festivals alone, so he was a little uncomfortable for a while.
...
After eating, he returned to the quiet room and prepared to study the art of spiritual cultivation.
For a secret technique like this, the earlier you practice it, the earlier you will gain an advantage.
Otherwise, by the time you reach the foundation building stage, your spiritual consciousness will just be slightly stronger than others, and you will no longer have a huge advantage that no one else has.
