Although the Wenxiang Sect has undergone earth-shaking changes, because Guan Luoyang's attacks were all precise strikes, Dongfang Jie and the others then ran around all night and acted quickly, catching all the big and small bosses in one fell swoop, taking control of them all, and stabilizing the situation.
Therefore, even the Bagua Sect, which is adjacent to the Wenxiang Sect, did not notice much change on the other side, but was vaguely aware that some small commotion had occurred.
The Taoist priests of the Nine Palaces of the Bagua Sect, besides continuing to push forward their big plan of turning the earth dragon into a new person, the most important thing these days is to have a party and a banquet with the three newly acquainted guests.
"I also practiced Wudang Mountain's Seven-Star Magic Lantern Curse and other spells in the early years. However, since Tai Suirou appeared, the old spells have fallen far behind in terms of martial arts."
Taoist Jiugong sighed, "When the envoy arrives and teaches us the truly superb martial arts skills, the old spells will not be able to compete with these profound martial arts."
"However, Brother Li, your magic is so mysterious and exquisite, just like the moon in the underworld or the abyss of hidden dragons. It makes people forget about the world after seeing it. I really yearn for it!"
The luxurious life of the top leaders of the Bagua Sect is no less than that of the Wenxiang Sect.
It's just that compared to Wen Xiangjiao Xu Shouru's aesthetic of wonders, which is high and big, the palace Taoist Jiugong asked people to build has a more refined and beautiful style.
The entire Jiuqu Linglong Pavilion, which he used to hold banquets with Li Kezhen and three other people, is located on the lake. The lake was also dug into a specific shape and depth by recruiting civilians, and then the river water was introduced and then laid. The foundation was built to build the palace.
The promenade is winding and winding, and wooden bridges come from all directions and intertwine in the central area of the lake. Some long bridges are paved with special wood. When the maids walk on the bridges, they make crisp sounds, like the sound of musical instruments. .
Legend has it that during the Spring and Autumn Period, the King of Wu once paved the floor of his palace with catalpa boards and allowed Xi Shi to walk through her clothes, making a sound that was simultaneously enjoyable for the eyes and ears.
Jiuqu Linglong Pavilion also borrowed this allusion, but the consumables are more luxurious. All maids have undergone strict training, and their walking movements conform to the melody of the music.
Every time it fogs, beauties walking on the hazy lakeside, sleeves rolled up and baskets in hand, and music playing loud and clear, seem to be another world.
Li Kezhen is living here these days. No matter what he wants, Taoist Jiugong almost satisfies him and he lives a very happy life. Hearing Taoist Jiugong's sigh at this moment, he can't help but smile.
"All kinds of roads lead to the same destination. I think the leader's martial arts skills are profound, and the various tricks he performs are probably like magical skills, no worse than magic."
He stroked the golden cup in his hand, took a sip of warm wine, and said with a smile, "But I also understand the leader's curiosity about another method. In that case, I have a way to let the leader experience the beauty of the spell."
"Is this true?"
Taoist Jiugong showed a look of surprise, but then hesitated a little, and said, "If Brother Li teaches me some magical powers, I should also receive the same reward, but the superb skills in my hands were all given by the envoy. Think about it."
Li Kezhen laughed and said: "It doesn't have to be like this. If you really have to work hard to cultivate magical powers, it won't happen overnight. But I want to temporarily lend a magic weapon to the leader."
He put down the golden cup, opened his mouth and spit it out. A black air fell into his palm, but it was a small flag the size of a fingernail. When he waved it with his hand, it immediately turned into a large flag, fluttering in the wind.
The surface of the flag is covered with flying characters in black, red and green. Hundreds of thousands of fonts of different sizes are connected together, like talismans or seal scripts, or like alien beasts with ghostly faces and green stripes. The red fire exudes a fierce and sinister aura.
Next to them, Jin Dacheng and Hongdan were enjoying themselves, but when they saw this big banner, their expressions suddenly changed.
Taoist Jiugong took in everything, as if he didn't know anything, and smiled without saying a word.
"This big flag is called the Hunyuan Demonic Fire Flag. It comes in a set of eight pieces. It can be said to be the treasure at the bottom of my box."
Li Kezhen introduced, "I will lend one to the leader and teach you a set of spells to control this treasure."
"This treasure has spirituality. Even if the leader does not understand magic and has no magic power, as long as the incantation can be recited without mistakes, it can be used to summon the spirit as desired. It has hundreds of magical functions, such as calling wind, summoning rain, raising fog, and passing through magic. Walls, controlling beasts, flying into the sky and escaping from the earth, turning into human flesh and blood, arresting ghosts, the list is endless."
"It is very hard to practice magical powers and develop these skills, but as long as you learn the various spells that match them and hold this flag, you can experience the many wonderful uses of the spells in advance."
The Jiugong Taoist was moved and said: "There is such a precious treasure in the world. Can it really be controlled without any magic power, just a few spells?"
Li Kezhen smiled and said: "Actually, there are mysteries hidden in the mantras. To be able to recite those mantras correctly is very difficult for people to achieve. I will not hide it from the leader, if you use this magic flag and use some magical powers to play No, it is true that you only need to recite the incantation, but if you want to use some of the powerful spells in this magic flag, you must provide some energy and blood when reciting the incantation in order to succeed."
Taoist Master Jiugong smiled and thanked him repeatedly for learning mantras from Li Kezhen.
Even though he had practiced martial arts in Tai Sui to the ninth level, he had a photographic memory and a photographic memory, and he could hear each syllable clearly. It was really not easy to recite those mantras, and it took him more than half an hour to learn. , just write it all down.
He tried it for a while and swung the big flag outside, and sure enough, black snow floated all over the lake. The black snow fell on the water and immediately gathered into black snakes, swimming back and forth.
"Wonderful, wonderful."
Taoist Jiugong was very happy.
Li Kezhen added: "In fact, this big flag can also absorb the energy of disaster and the death intention of resentful souls, adding to its power. If it is well maintained, it can exert 100% of its power even without using the leader's own energy and blood."
"I have a set of eight flags. I have worked hard to make sacrifices at home, and I can't use them if I keep too many. In addition to lending one to the leader, I would like to give another one to senior Miechuan to play with."
Taoist Jiugong said quickly: "Why is this so embarrassing?"
After a few words of refusal, he accepted the big banner, drank for three rounds, and left Jiuqu Linglong Pavilion.
After he left, the three reincarnations started talking.
Hong Dan asked suspiciously: "You borrowed the Hunyuan Demonic Fire Flag to harm the two of them? I think that although they don't understand magic, their martial arts are superb. I'm afraid it's not so easy to use it to sacrifice the flag. Besides, behind their backs, There may be powerful forces out there, so it’s better not to backfire.”
"I'm not planning to sacrifice flags to them."
Li Kezhen said, "Originally, there were only three of us left, and it was difficult to set up the most powerful magic fire and golden light formation. If there were two more of them, they would understand the spell and be able to set up the formation again in case of crisis."
The magic that Li Kezhen practiced has its own origin, and it is called "The Secret Book of the Eight Demons Hidden in Ziwu Cave".
In the world of the classical world view of gods and demons, "The Complete Biography of Jigong", there are eight practitioners, who are called the Eight Demons because they do not distinguish between right and wrong and are unclear about right and wrong. They allow their disciples to do random things outside and commit great evils. A member of the family was executed by Jigong and others.
The eight demons were furious, and then they all met to find Jigong with the Hunyuan demon fire flags. They set up a large array of demon fire and golden light, and the eight demons refined Jidian.
The Jigong of that world was originally an Arhat who subdued the dragon and came to the world under the decree of the Buddha Tathagata. He had already achieved positive results in his practice. Before going to the battle, he asked the Arhat who subdued the tiger for help. As a result, the two Arhats who subdued the dragon and subdued the tiger were all trapped in the formation.
In just five days and nights, their golden bodies of Arhats can be burned away, and their mana and aura will be burned away.
At the critical juncture, two true immortals, Zixia Zhenren and Lingkong Elder, each holding a demon-killing sword and a demon-subduing pestle, captured the eight demons and sealed them in the Ziwu Wind and Thunder Hidden Demon Cave.
Although the eight demons could not break out of the seal, they could not give in. Later, they even sacrificed their essence and blood to create a secret demon altar to communicate with the eight directions of the world and the demons and monsters in many secret realms, large and small, to communicate with each other through spells. They combined their wisdom and co-authored a secret book.
This secret book is no small matter. It records nearly a thousand kinds of magic skills and sorcery. Since Li Kezhen obtained it, everyone in their entire team has learned the spells in it and also practiced a set of Hunyuan magic fire flags. In the last mission world, he showed great power and burned several six-star opponents to death.
The method of divine and demonic formations, together with the technological wide-area weapon array, is the most suitable method among the reincarnation group to use to leapfrog challenges.
Unfortunately, the magic fire and golden light formation required eight people to preside over it in order to exert its maximum power. Their team only had seven people at the time, and it was Li Kezhen who held two banners, which caused the formation to have flaws.
Later, a reincarnator from the hostile camp broke out of the formation, and an expert from the aboriginal tribe arrived. After a fight, only three of their team were left alive.
Although the Hunyuan Demonic Fire Flags were still there, the Demonic Fire Golden Light Formation was difficult to successfully deploy.
When Li Kezhen said this, not only did he not clear up his doubts, but he also made the corpses next to him look surprised on their faces.
Jin Dacheng also said: "Although the water in this world is a bit muddy, it is not so easy for us to encounter any big crisis, right? We have only been here a few days, and we are already rushing to make great efforts to win over the experts among the indigenous people?"
Hong Dan said: "I remember that the secret book of the Eight Demons also contains the art of divination. Now that you are at the peak of the five-star realm, your divination art is even more advanced. Could it be that you have calculated something?"
Li Kezhen's face darkened slightly and he shook his head.
"It would be better if I really figured something out."
He said with a heavy expression, "The loss of contact with the Lord God means that we don't know how long we will stay in this world. After meeting Jiugong and Miechuan, I realized that there are many local masters in this world, which means that we may not encounter danger. When I was young, I secretly calculated it a few times."
"I first calculated the Nine Palaces and figured out that he seems to be planning a catastrophe recently. This is nothing, but it will make it easier for us to practice."
"Thinking about Mie Chuan, I didn't know what happened, which gave rise to a great fear, and the magic power in the body almost went astray."
When Li Kezhen said this, he showed a creepy and frightened expression.
"Obviously this Miechuan doesn't understand magic at all, but I speculate that he feels this way. There is only one possibility, that is, among the forces behind him, there are some beings whose realm far exceeds ours. Even without magic, such existences, It’s not something I can calculate.”
Hong Dan was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "So that's it. Since they have such a big force behind them and we are in contact with them again, it is indeed a good choice to seize the opportunity and make friends."
Li Kezhen sighed: "With such a powerful force, but the structure of this world is so chaotic, Miechuan seems to have some scruples when doing things. You don't need to do any math to know that there must be other existences that can keep pace with the forces behind them. "
"So I did some calculations. I didn't dare to calculate in details. I just made a rough calculation. After a quick look, I found that to the south there was purple air that spread thousands of miles across the ocean, concealing it but not revealing it. To the north there was a great abyss with mixed aura and magnificent brilliance. , so strange that I almost went blind.”
Li Kezhen sighed again and again, "Originally, we came here to torture people, but who could have expected that the native forces in this mission world are so weird. If we didn't make a plan early, we might accidentally get involved in their turmoil. , I’m afraid it won’t end well.”
Hong Dan has already understood: "I have inquired about the situation in the Northland. There should not be such a powerful force here, but now that there is, the superficial pattern of the Northland will definitely not exist for a long time."
"This incident planned by Taoist Jiugong is likely to become a trigger. If not, it will at least be a major trial and confrontation. It will not be far from the real big turmoil in the future."
Li Kezhen drank a glass of wine, was silent for a moment, and said with a smile: "That's right. Their tentative confrontation and the strength they have set up with each other should be about the same. And our sudden addition will help Jiugong and Miechuan win a big victory." , and have the foundation to establish oneself in this world.”
Hong Dan nodded: "Although our goal of relaxing and killing a few reincarnation rookies has been completely defeated, there is also a lack of opportunities for us in this situation. Misfortunes and blessings depend on it, maybe we can be there The benefits gained from this world will exceed expectations.”
Jin Dacheng was a little angry and couldn't calm down. He picked up the gold cup and chewed it into pieces. The gold was burned into juice by the poison in his mouth and he swallowed it all.
"Oh shit!"
He said bitterly, "We are affiliated with the Secret Whispers, and we are not members of the Tide of Chaos. Who the hell can stand this fight, fight, fight, encounter with strong enemies, crises and opportunities?"
"It took a lot of effort to play tricks on a few low-level reincarnations, and we encountered this kind of thing. If we had known earlier, we should have turned to the logistics side. With our own methods, we could find a few permanent residents in the world with low levels of military force. Everyone will be worshiped as ancestors and enjoy blessings for hundreds of years."
Li Kezhen did not comment on his complaints.
In fact, some time ago, when team battles became more and more frequent among the members of various small and medium-sized groups, many of them had already made the decision to switch to logistics.
But generally speaking, if you transfer to logistics, your cultivation speed will slow down a lot, and you may even encounter some bottlenecks that you may not be able to overcome in your lifetime, and it will be troublesome if you want to transfer again.
Although a team like theirs has encountered a lot of dangers, it can be said that they have fought all the way to this level. They are arrogant and domineering and do whatever they want. How can they be willing to just do logistics like this?
Use the Brutality Guide to kill a few low-level colleagues for fun. This was the consensus of everyone at the time.
If you complain now, who can you blame?
Hong Dan suddenly thought: "Since there are powerful hidden forces in this world, will our team battle opponents this time also defect to one of them? They should go to Tianzidu, which will be close to the territory of those behind-the-scenes figures in the north. Bar."
Li Kezhen smiled calmly: "Don't worry about this, even they can have the same knowledge as us. Everyone is seeking refuge, and they have to rely on interests and make some contributions to gradually get benefits."
"Do you think it's possible for them to catch up with us?"
"The most we can do is let them live a little longer. When we have a chance to meet them in the future, they will still be our piece of cake."
They stayed in Jiuqu Linglong Pavilion for most of the day and did not mention their cultivation at night.
On the next day, Jiugong Lao Dao personally came to invite the three of them to accompany him, and this time the envoy Miekawa Shang was also there.
A few people were followed by many servants, all the way to a high place outside the city, climbing up to look into the distance.
"Brother Li's treasure, I love it very much, and I will repay you later. Today, I will invite you three to see the good scene."
The old Taoist from Jiugong calculated the time, stroked his beard and smiled, "At sunrise today, there will be an Earth Dragon turning over. By then, if the three of you have any treasures or spells that need to collect the energy of disaster, you can prepare them."
"This is my first gift in return!"
