Deep underground.
Zhang Yao's whole body was burning with blood-colored brilliance, and he was escaping under the ground.
His eye sockets were deeply sunken, his skin was dry and sallow, his whole body was almost skin and bones, his hair was almost falling out, and he looked like he was going to die soon.
Among the two major evil secrets:
Every breath of Tiancan Dafa will burn a year's lifespan, but with the talent of the source of vitality constantly replenishing it, it actually means there is no burning.
However, the two qi of essence and qi are interdependent and closely related. Drastic fluctuations of natal qi will also cause damage to the essence.
Coupled with the influence of the blood-burning technique, Zhang Yao's powerful energy and blood burned rapidly. After only holding on for more than half an hour, he was almost exhausted.
"It's almost done. I won't be able to hold on if the fever continues."
"To travel so far in one breath, at least several hundred miles, it's unlikely that those foundation-building monks will be able to catch up."
As soon as Zhang Yao thought about this, he carefully controlled his escape technique and floated towards the ground.
After a few breaths, Zhang Yao poked his head out from the ground and found that he was in an unfamiliar hilly area, surrounded by loneliness and only the chirping of insects and birds.
"Phew...it's finally safe."
Zhang Yao came out of the underground, released the evil secret technique and the "Escape through Mountains" technique, and sat down on the ground, breathing heavily.
It was only at this moment that his heart truly relaxed and he felt much more relaxed.
"Gudong..."
He took out the Bigu Pills from his storage bag, swallowed several pills in a row, and used his talent of energy transformation to quickly refine them.
Half an hour later, Zhang Yao's energy and blood returned to full state, his skin regained its luster, and even his hair grew again, almost the same as before.
"This time, it's really dangerous!"
Zhang Yao sat cross-legged, recalling the experience of this night and still couldn't help but sweat.
"I have become so arrogant? I underestimated the immortal cultivators so much that I neglected to take precautions, which is why I got into this disaster."
He reflected on his experience in Qingyunfang City and realized the fatal mistake he had made.
He cultivated all the way to the end of martial arts and remained invincible in the human world for many years. After entering the immortal sect, he wandered around in the small world of immortal cultivation in the Lu Kingdom. He never encountered any decent threats, and he was able to sit back and relax for many years.
As things went on like this, he unconsciously became relaxed and careless, and subconsciously looked down upon these immortal cultivators.
But the facts proved that the power, scheming, and skills of these immortal cultivators were far beyond his expectations.
"These people live in an environment of intrigue and intrigue. They have been hanging out together for tens or hundreds of years. They are not simple things."
"If my luck today were a little worse, my fate would be unimaginable."
Zhang Yao knew it all without even thinking about it.
To be able to make Tianbao Tower so grand and worthy of the Foundation Establishment monk's personal action, and to confuse his mind, it was definitely not to take his life.
Mostly, it was to control him.
Zhang Yao couldn't help but shudder when he thought that from now on, he would be manipulated by others, or even become a puppet, losing his self-awareness.
"If we really end up like this, it's better to die early and get relief."
He took a few deep breaths and slowly calmed down.
After all, a person who has lived for two hundred years has also experienced strong winds and waves. After a life and death crisis, he will not worry about gains and losses and will calm down quickly.
"But looking at it from the beginning, there are still a lot of doubts about this matter..."
Zhang Yao fell into deep thought, reviewing the situation from the beginning, and gradually realized something was wrong.
If there is a problem with the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra", then wouldn't it be enough to capture him by force and force him to practice?
Why go to such a roundabout way, go to so much trouble, and lay a trap?
"And Tianbao Tower issued a recruitment order with great fanfare this time, which itself is quite suspicious..."
While Zhang Yao was thinking, he suddenly thought of something and had an idea.
"...By the way, Five Elements Sanren!"
In the final description of the jade slips of the exercises he obtained, there were also records about the Five Elements Sanren.
The account mentioned that the deeds of the Five Elements Sanshi were widely circulated at the time. The most powerful Jindan master in Dali completed the introductory steps of the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Jing" in just ten years when he was young.
It took him twenty years before he had the confidence to get started. How did the Five Elements Individuals do it?
"It seems that the speculations of the golden elixir ancestors in Dali were mostly true. There must be another secret to why Five Elements Individuals can quickly get started and cultivate the golden elixir smoothly. Others cannot copy it at all."
"But what if someone gets the complete inheritance of Five Elements Sanren, or his relics?"
Zhang Yao's thoughts started from this point, and his heart gradually became clear.
"Five Elements Sanren are originally from the world of Dali cultivating immortals."
"If the forces behind Tianbao Tower obtain the relics of Five Elements Sanren, it is entirely possible."
"Their goal... I'm afraid they want to select a puppet and make them go back to the path of the Five Elements Sanren in the past, and cultivate an overlord who can control the golden elixir and be invincible?"
Thinking of this, Zhang Yao had more speculations in his mind:
There should be no problem with the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Jing" itself. The problem is with the people from Tianbao Tower?
They recruit monks and mortals with five spiritual roots on a large scale just to let them practice the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra" and select the successors of the Five Elements Sanren?
The cultivation process itself should require monks to complete it voluntarily, so that they can use their methods and secretly control the soul?
People like Qian Le who throw themselves into the trap are the best to be deceived; the remaining low-level monks and mortals who are forced to wait until they arrive in Dali should be able to easily control them with Tianbao Tower's methods.
Only people like him, who are secretive about their spiritual roots and suspected of harboring big secrets, are unlikely to join Tianbao Tower and will most likely be avoided.
Therefore, this time the trap was set up to induce him to take the initiative to practice the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra", so that the people in Tianbao Tower could secretly exert influence and manipulate his mind bit by bit.
"In the world of immortality, there is no shortage of unpopular detection spells."
"I am afraid that Tianbao Tower has managed to find out my body, strength, and soul strength. That's why they are so interested in me and go to great lengths to use foundation-building monks..."
Zhang Yao couldn't help but let out a long sigh when he thought about this.
Although he was not sure whether the things he had deduced through clues were the truth.
But even if it was the truth, or close to the truth, he had no way to deal with it.
This big loss is in vain, and we can only wait for the opportunity to regain the position in the future.
"Forget it, you will gain wisdom after every hardship."
"This experience has taught me a lesson, never underestimate the world!"
Zhang Yao was silent, thoughts surging in his heart.
If he got any benefit this time, it would be that he really got the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra".
Of course he didn't dare to take the jade slips with him. He was worried that the foundation-building monks behind the scenes had set up tracking restrictions inside, so he just threw them where they were.
But he had written down all the contents inside. It was a valuable asset.
(End of chapter)
