Fifty-five years of prosperity.
Cangwu Mountain.
A group of people suddenly walked up the narrow and steep mountain road.
The leader was a middle-aged Taoist priest with a weathered face.
Behind him were a dozen other people.
These dozen people vary in age.
The youngest one is only eight or nine years old.
The eldest one has white hair and is even older than the Taoist priest in front of him.
However, even an old man in the state of a white-headed man can still walk quickly on this mountain road, which is much better than ordinary old men of the same age.
Without him, because these people are all just practitioners.
Among the crowd, Su Mo, who looked like a young man, was in a rather uneasy mood.
In the last illusion, he was originally planning to study the two combat puppets. Unexpectedly, Zhang Rulong successfully became Zhang Qinghu's apprentice. The illusion was immediately shattered. If he had known this would happen, he should not have allowed the two of them to form a master-disciple relationship so quickly. .
But the fantasy is over, and it's pointless to think about it now.
Su Mo looked at Zhang Rulong who was leading the way, his eyes a little complicated for a moment.
The last time I saw him was the thirty-second year of Shenglong. In the blink of an eye, it became the fifty-fifth year of Shenglong, with a span of twenty-three years. Zhang Rulong is no longer in the prime of life. He still had strong energy and blood when he woke up, but there was a faint layer of twilight energy on his body.
According to his inquiries, Zhang Rulong has been rushing for Zhang Qinghu's triple test over the years.
The three tests are based on apprenticeship.
According to the original historical records, in the 32nd year of Shenglong, Zhang Rulong met Zhang Qinghu by chance. He tried to become a disciple but failed and kept following him. Zhang Qinghu was worried that he would be involved in the pursuit of the battle puppets, so he urgently promised three tests. He said that he would accept him as his disciple as long as he completed the test.
The first test is to kill at least one hundred level 6 monsters and monsters.
The second test is to teach five hundred practitioners according to the Qi training method.
These two tests took Zhang Rulong a total of twenty-one years.
Originally, in the last illusion, he should have been trying to find a way to help Zhang Rulong quickly complete the first test.
Unexpectedly, he directly skipped the intermediate pass and overtook the car in the corner, allowing him to succeed in becoming a disciple. In a sense, he fulfilled the opponent's regret and was able to pass the level.
And now that I have fallen into this illusion, I want to help Zhang Rulong complete the third test.
In fact, from Su Mo's point of view, it is not worthwhile to waste so much time on a trivial apprenticeship request.
But he sees it from the perspective of a latecomer.
If you stand from Zhang Rulong's perspective, it will be different.
Perhaps he was high-spirited at first, believing that he would soon complete the test.
Aren't they just one hundred level 6 monsters and five hundred practitioners?
It’s nothing!
If he can successfully become a disciple through this, it will show his sincerity.
And you can further hone yourself in the process of completing the test.
But he never expected it would take so long.
As the energy concentration decreases, there are fewer and fewer level 6 demons, and it becomes more and more difficult for practitioners to practice. The difficulty of completing the test is almost doubled and continues to rise.
But at that time, Zhang Rulong had already killed many sixth-level monsters and taught many practitioners. What he lacked was only the last few dozen.
With such a huge sunk cost, many people will continue to do it even if they bite the bullet, and Zhang Rulong is no different.
And the most important thing is that as he gets older, his initial desire to repay his gratitude has turned into his obsession and even his inner demon.
Twenty-three years later, he is still stuck at level 6, unable to break through the final barrier.
It is true that this is related to the reduction in spiritual energy concentration and the increase in the difficulty of breaking through the realm, but the biggest problem still lies in his heart.
Fortunately, after so many years, he has completed the first two tests and is finally close to completing the requirements for apprenticeship.
The purpose of appearing in Cangwu Mountain now is to complete the third test and find a transformation fruit.
As for the people following him, they were the registered disciples taught by Zhang Rulong.
Over the years, Zhang Rulong has taught a total of 500 practitioners.
Some of these practitioners advocate freedom and want to go out alone to practice.
Some want to support one side in their hometown.
Others want to fulfill their own wishes, such as finding family members, getting promoted and getting rich, killing monsters, etc.
Even so, in the end, there were still more than 40 people who followed Zhang Rulong closely, just like he pursued Zhang Qinghu, wanting to become his disciple.
Zhang Rulong hesitated about this for a while, thinking that he was too weak and not qualified to accept disciples, but later when dealing with a strange city, more than half of the people around him were killed or injured.
Spurred by this, he accepted all the remaining people as disciples, a total of nineteen people.
Now, except for the seven people who were taking care of the luggage and the injured at the foot of the mountain, the remaining twelve people all came here with Zhang Rulong to pick the fruit of transformation.
Looking at the smiling and laughing fellow travelers around them, Zhang Xuanyang and others who had traveled through the time together could not remain as calm as Su Mo. Gein and his group were probably the ancestors of the second generation of Longshan Temple's founder.
Especially Zhang Xuanyang, who accidentally traveled through time and became the second-generation patriarch with a loyal face.
Moreover, the founder's daughter-in-law is now among the disciples.
It's hard to imagine how complicated his mood is now.
In this way, everyone followed Zhang Rulong all the way up, and soon came to the dense jungle on the back of the mountain.
"arrive!"
As the words fell.
Everyone walked out of the bushes that were as tall as half a person, and their eyes suddenly opened up.
Suddenly, there was a dense forest ahead. In the center of the dense forest was a tall ancient tree that could only be hugged by several people.
The bark of the ancient tree was brownish-red, and the outstretched branches did not have any leaves. The trunk was straight, and a white fruit the size of a fist grew out of thin air at the top of the tree.
The fruit faintly exudes an unknown aroma, which can be smelled even when standing on the ground nearby.
Metamorphosis fruit is one of the spiritual fruits of heaven and earth. After eating it, it can condense into a ball of majestic vitality in the body. This vitality can heal injuries and save lives.
It is equivalent to gaining an extra life after taking it. You can even use the crazy strategy of exchanging injuries for lives in battle. Even if your arm is broken, you can quickly resurrect it, thanks to the supreme spiritual fruit.
Spiritual fruits such as the Transformation Fruit may be common in the spiritual world, but they are extremely rare in this period.
Even Zhang Rulong, who spent nearly two years searching through dangerous places in secret places, could only find this one.
To be on the safe side, I specially brought my disciples with me to pick.
Because there are other coveters near this spiritual fruit.
The first is a giant black-scaled snake coiled around an ancient tree, with an aura that is at level 6.
On another big tree nearby, squatting was a peak level 5 white ape.
In addition, there is a fifth-level goshawk that is constantly circling in the sky.
Zhang Rulong was not absolutely sure if he wanted to get the reincarnation fruit from these three-headed monsters.
But now that I have brought my disciples with me and made all preparations, it will be the same.
The arrival of everyone obviously stimulated the three monsters on the field.
The giant snake spit out a long letter and stared at Zhang Rulong fiercely.
The white ape climbed forward a few steps nimbly in the tree.
The goshawks in the sky also screamed menacingly.
Zhang Rulong didn't say much, but ordered everyone to prepare according to the previous plan.
After waiting like this for about two days, the transformed fruit was about to mature.
The goshawk circling in the sky could no longer hold back and suddenly flew towards the fruit of transformation, as fast as lightning.
The black-scaled giant snake that had been entangled in the tree immediately opened its huge mouth and sprayed out jet-black venom, like a rain of arrows, straight towards the goshawk.
The white ape who had been waiting for a long time suddenly jumped up on the tree, and with the crash of the tree,
Next, it turned into a flash of white light and went straight towards the spiritual fruit.
The giant snake raised its tail and whipped towards the white ape.
At this moment, Zhang Rulong immediately shouted:
"Do it!"
As he said that, he rushed towards the tree first.
The apprentices who were already ready threw green pills one after another.
As soon as the pill was thrown out, it exploded and turned into a green poisonous miasma, covering the entire dense forest in the middle.
At the same time, everyone sang a spiritual sound technique in unison, and the sound waves continued to cover the center of the battlefield and fell on all the combatants.
Whether it was poisonous miasma or sound waves, they all had a huge weakening effect on these monster beasts, which were no more than level 7.
Only Zhang Rulong, who had taken the antidote beforehand and took protective measures, could easily fight against the three monsters.
And just when he successfully killed the giant snake and the goshawk.
Behind the tree, a spider with the same color as the ancient wood and an almost imperceptible aura suddenly jumped up and rushed towards the metamorphosis fruit.
Then it seemed to hit an invisible ceiling, and it immediately fell down with a blank look in its eyes, followed by a pop of juice that exploded into a ball.
At this time, Zhang Rulong also successfully obtained the Transformation Fruit.
And just as a smile bloomed on his face, the illusion suddenly collapsed.
…
Prosperity for sixty-one years.
Dajue County.
A simple Taoist temple was erected on a hill outside the county town.
It's called Longshan Temple.
There were not many people in the temple.
Except for a temple master who is over sixty years old, there are only a dozen disciples left.
There are not many pilgrims who come to visit this Taoist temple every day, far less than the other ancient temples in the county.
Until one day, in order to save people, the temple master showed extraordinary cultivation, which shocked the whole city. There was an endless stream of visitors, but at this time, the temple master chose to close the door and thank the guests.
After another period of time passed, the front door finally became deserted.
But today, the mountain road that has returned to coldness has welcomed several waves of guests.
Wei Cang kept going up the mountain road, but he looked a little impatient:
"These illusions are trapped one after another, and one is unraveled one after another. I don't know when it will end completely."
Yu Hongfei next to him calmly replied:
"You must know how to keep calm. Although there are many illusions, they will eventually come to an end.
Our journey along the way has basically followed a timeline.
It is now the sixty-first year of Shenglong, and Zhang Rulong does not have long to live.
At most, there are only a few illusions left.
Moreover, experiencing different lives and different realms of strength in this illusion is of great benefit to us.
We even got a Qi training method from it, what else is there to be dissatisfied with? "
"It's a pity that we couldn't kill the Guild and the others."
A look of hatred appeared on Wei Cang's face.
Although Zhou Yang didn't deal with him, he was his colleague after all. Now that he died tragically here, it was really unjustifiable not to take revenge.
Yu Hongfei said in a deep voice:
"There will be a chance, and now that we are here, they will show up.
As long as they dare to show up, there will be no return for them this time! "
Yu Hongfei clenched his fist fiercely, and a sonic boom suddenly erupted from his palm.
At this moment, he has become a seventh-level practitioner, possessing strength that is unimaginable to the outside world.
Wei Cang nodded and said:
"Zhang Rulong is here. Don't worry if they don't come. When they all come, we will catch them all in one fell swoop!"
The two of them continued to move forward, and soon came to the empty hill. At a glance, they saw the small Taoist temple standing on the mountain.
In the square in front of the Taoist temple, a young Taoist priest in black robe was receiving a dozen visitors.
Seeing those visitors, Yu Hongfei and the others couldn't help but their eyes darkened slightly.
At the same time, the visitors looked at them as well.
The two stepped forward to meet their gazes.
Yu Hongfei said to the little Taoist priest:
"Next week Wuhai, next to me is my younger brother Zhou Wushan. Today he made a special trip to visit Master Zhang and asked the Taoist Priest to introduce him to him."
When the little Taoist priest heard this, the expression on his face was obviously helpless:
"Our temple master has important things to do these days, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to receive guests."
"It doesn't matter, we just wait here. Whenever the master is free, we will go to see him. Everything is up to your arrangements."
Yu Hongfei replied very grandly.
The Taoist priest sighed and said:
"Okay, that's it, you all come with me."
As he spoke, he stepped forward.
However, just as Yu Hongfei and Wei Cang were preparing to leave with the little Taoist priest, a bad wind suddenly came from behind.
The two people's expressions remained unchanged, and they suddenly responded with spiritual attacks.
A powerful explosion suddenly came from the field.
Splashing attacks fell in all directions.
A series of screams suddenly came from the crowd, and only three people were left standing.
Seeing the severed limbs and remains all over the place, and smelling the extremely rich smell of blood, the little Taoist priest, who was protected behind him by Yu Hongfei and the two men, suddenly felt like he was dead.
With a look of horror on his face, he rolled and crawled into the Taoist temple, shouting "It's murder, Master, help me" as he ran.
Looking at the little Taoist priest who escaped, Yu Hongfei stared at He Shenggong, who had also become level 7, with gloomy eyes, and said in a solemn voice:
"I didn't expect you to have reached level 7, no wonder you dared to commit murder in public!"
He Shenggong, who was wearing a purple robe, smiled slightly and said:
"I had some doubts when I traveled through time at first. I didn't know if you were like us, mixed in with these dozen people.
Until later I saw you two heading here, wanting to visit Zhang Rulong, and I thought to myself, it was probably you.
Of course, just to be on the safe side, if you kill everyone on the field together, you should be fine.
It's all an illusion anyway, so it doesn't matter if I kill you. If I happen to kill both of you, that would be great. "
Yu Hongfei sneered:
"Do you think there will be nothing wrong with killing these illusions? Don't forget that this is Longshan Temple. You are going to see Zhang Rulong soon. Killing people in front of his Taoist temple now will leave a very bad impression on him. I want to see it Let’s see how you eliminate his regrets later!”
"You don't have to worry about it anymore. You won't see that day anyway. Who told you that there is only one Level 7 here?"
He Shenggong waved his hand, and the three members of the Guild Religious Society immediately came forward to kill them.
Yu Hongfei and the two quickly retreated towards Longshan Temple.
At the same time, the four of them, Su Mo and others, slowly walked up the mountain road.
