longevity road trip

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Chapter 505 This world is too small

After finishing speaking, Xiao Wucheng showed a solemn expression on his face.

It's just that the more Zhang Shiping listened to it, the more puzzled he became. How could he, who was born in Baimang Mountain, not know about the Town Demon Valley that Senior Xiao said?But isn't this Demon Town Valley the place where Venerable Wan Jian beheaded a cross-boundary demon head five or six thousand years ago?And Zhang Shiping also knew the names of the demon masters of the Qingjiao and Xuangui races.

Only the Qianmu Toad clan, he only knows that this monster clan lives far away in the ancient ocean, millions of miles away from Nanzhou, and there are many monster kings in the clan, as for the news of the monster masters, Zhang Shiping does not know. It's too clear.

Hearing the words of Senior Xiao, the town of Zhenmo Valley was ranked ahead of the three clans' Yaozun, which made him extremely surprised and puzzled.He thought about it carefully. At that time, there were seven sects in Baimang Mountain, including Wanjianmen, Zhengyangzong, and Xuanhuomen. Among them, Yuanying Patriarch and Jindan Daoist had the duty to guard the Zhenmo Valley.

For so many years, the news of Baimang Mountain Township Demon Valley, not to mention the Jindan monks, even some well-informed Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment monks also know about it.

The reason why the six sects of the Zhengyang Sect joined forces to destroy Wanjianmen was that the ancestor of Wanjianmen, Xuanji Zhenjun, wanted to break the seal of Zhenmogu and steal the body of the Demon Lord.Originally, Zhang Shiping thought this was just an empty talk, and it was nothing more than a fabrication by the ancestors Changshen and the others at that time.

In the past, Zhang Shiping's thoughts were all on his family and his own practice, and the Town of Demon Valley had never been related to him, so he hardly thought about these things.

"Thinking about it now, is there really something wrong with it?" Zhang Shiping frowned, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

But this thought just flashed through his mind, and now Senior Xiao is still there.Although he looks very kind, but after all, he is the Venerable Huashen, so he can't be neglected.Besides, he also has some puzzles in his heart at the moment. He knows about Xuangui and Qingjiao, the sea clan demon venerables, but Zhang Shiping doesn't know much about Zhenmogu and Qianmu Yaochan, so he can just ask this venerable.

He thought for a while, and then said:

"Returning to the seniors, the Hai Clan is raising their troops and being blocked outside Nanming City, and nothing major has happened. As for the matter of the Town of Demon Valley, although this junior is from the Baimang Mountains, he is not very clear about the affairs of the Town of Demon Valley. Only five or six hundred years ago, True Lord Xuanji of Wanjianmen wanted to steal the demon body, but was noticed by several other truelords, and Wanjianmen was wiped out. However, more than a hundred years ago, Zhenjun Yuxing Sweeping again, wiped out the other sects in the mountain, drove them away, and re-established the Wanjianmen. Now this Yuxing Zhenjun is only less than 600 years old, and he is already in the middle of the Yuanying stage. Maybe he can become Wanjianzun at that time so famous."

Then Zhang Shiping gave a wry smile, and continued: "I'm not afraid of the senior's jokes anymore. The junior was a disciple of the Zhengyang Sect at the time. He was exiled and finally became a golden elixir. But for the sake of the family, he changed his family and became the Xuanyuan Sect. Doorman. Without integrity, it is really hard to say!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Shiping sighed.He seldom said these words to outsiders, even to those younger generations in the family, he never mentioned half a word.At that time, the guest minister of the sect who was beheaded by him used this reason to ridicule and provoke him, but as his cultivation level grew, by now, such words have been much less.

But this is the truth, and Zhang Shiping still owes him a reason.

Although he had an agreement with Patriarch Changshen, if one day the Nascent Soul is achieved, he will help to re-establish Zhengyangzong.But who knows what will happen in the future?In front of Zhenjun Yuxing, a sword cultivator, the Golden Core cultivator might not be able to block one or two moves.

Speaking of which, this True Monarch Yu Xing is really amazing, this person is only six or seven hundred years old now, and his cultivation is already at the middle stage of Nascent Soul.It was really hard for Zhang Shiping to imagine how this person cultivated, it was beyond his imagination.

Wang Daoxiu is also a sword cultivator, and his age is similar to this Yuxing True Monarch, but his cultivation level is very different.

This person is really incomparable!

Tens of years ago, Zhang Shiping even learned a piece of news from the Zongmen. The ancestor of Changshen and the two ancestors of Qiyunzong and Xuanhuomen had ambushed this Wanjianmen ancestor together, but this person With one against three, they wounded the three of them.If the three of them hadn't joined hands to help each other, Patriarch Changshen and the others might have left one or two behind.

That is to say, after this time, both sides stopped a lot.After Changshen Patriarch and the three of them passed away, they went to the deep sea to look for opportunities.But now that Nanfa Temple is about to open after more than [-] years, Zhang Shiping doesn't know if they will rush back?

After hearing this, the old man frowned. He glanced at Zhang Shiping and asked again: "Are you sure that little guy named Yu Xing is only six or seven hundred years old?"

Zhang Shiping nodded, as long as someone inquires about this kind of thing, they will know.Otherwise, you can go to Hongyue Tower to buy news. Although the price of the news about Yuanying Zhenjun is expensive, if you just ask about their age, the price will be much lower.

The old man pondered for a moment, then he murmured again: "It seems that the little guy Yu Xing is one of the demon souls, and I don't know how many of these demon souls are left now."

"Mohun, what do you mean, senior?" Zhang Shiping hesitated for a moment, then asked in a low voice.

"Why, are you not afraid of the old man?" The old man stretched his brows and said with a bit of a joke:

"However, it's okay to tell you this. The guy named Yu Xing you mentioned is most likely a demon soul born from a demon body. Otherwise, this person's cultivation base would not be so fast. All the way Cultivation is in full swing, without any bottlenecks. This mysterious secret method of combining souls, every once in a while, will give birth to 36 demon souls from the demon body, each of which will practice and devour each other. If there is no breakthrough among these demon souls Those who have reached the stage of transforming gods, when the demon soul is dying, it will return to the demon body and nourish the demon body with its mana cultivation base and blood and flesh essence. But if there is a demon soul that breaks through to the stage of transforming gods, then when Then it will truly awaken this Demon Venerable."

Zhang Shiping was startled when he heard this, and then showed an expression of disbelief. He took a deep breath and said, "If this is the case, then why is no one to stop it, or else life will be ruined."

Xiao Wucheng laughed loudly, and he said loudly: "Who told you that you will die? Besides, no matter if it is human race, sea race, or monster race, those old guys are waiting for the revival of the demon king one by one. ? If he is not resurrected, how can he contact the deity to open the space node?"

Then he stretched out his finger and pointed upwards, and sighed, "This world is too small, it's like a cage, you can't open your arms and legs."

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The old man's words carried a sense of boundlessness and loneliness, and the energy mechanism between the heaven and the earth seemed to be drawn by it, and the wind and clouds gradually rose in all directions, Zhang Shiping's right eyelid twitched unconsciously, and his heart thumped, unconsciously wanting to Fly away quickly.

The last time Zhang Shiping felt this way was Qin Xiangshan, who seized the house of Hunhunwu and forcibly crossed the Transformational Thunder Tribulation, which was comparable to the Baby Tribulation.

"Xiangsheng, do you think he has become angry from embarrassment?" Xiao Wucheng pointed to the sky.While the old man was speaking, there was a thunderstorm in the distance for no reason, and it came over with a 'rumble'.

At this time, Zhang Shiping's face suddenly changed, but seeing the old man's expression was indifferent, a flash of light suddenly flashed in his mind, with a bit of horror in his eyes, he said in an unbelievable tone:

"Senior, why is this? Could it be that the legend is true, that there is really such a fairy god as Lei Gong and Feng Mu in the world, or does it mean that our small world has its own wisdom?"

Hearing this, the old man was taken aback.

"The story of immortals and gods has been passed down through the ages, whether it is true or not, how can an old man know? Ordinary people are ignorant, and there is a saying that they sit in a well and watch the sky, but if there are immortals and gods, then to them, we monks are nothing more than frogs in a well! According to the records in the ancient books, there should be no spirits. Your Xuanyuan Sect is also one of the few sects that have survived from the end of ancient times. The Mahayana monks in the sect should have recorded this. Why haven’t you read it? ?” He shook his head and said calmly.

At the same time, he put away the lingering breath from himself, and the wind and cloud in the sky no longer condensed, and there was a tendency to collapse immediately.

Zhang Shiping looked a little unnatural, and shook his head helplessly.There are thousands of classics of the Xuanyuan Sect, and he has only read a small part of them over the years. Besides, the records written by Mahayana monks must be extremely precious, and he is not qualified to read them now!

Xiao Wu has survived for so long, he glanced at Zhang Shiping, and he knew it in his heart, but he didn't say much about this kind of thing.After all, the law should not be taught lightly, and the Tao should not be sold cheaply. It has its own reasons. As an outsider, it is inconvenient and unnecessary for him to say more.He opened his eyelids slightly, patted Zhang Shiping on the shoulder and said:

"This kind of thing, if you come to the stage of old age one day, you will know what you should know. The world is not benevolent, and all things are treated as dogs. This old saying is really fair and righteous. But there are deficiencies in the world. The Nascent Soul Golden Elixir like you can accommodate ignorant vegetation and ancient beasts, but it can’t accommodate our cultivator of transforming gods. It’s very uncomfortable for 300 years for a small calamity and 500 years for a great calamity! This is why The reason why us old fellows hardly take action. We monks are all birds in cages, pigs and sheep in pens, and we must not be detached. After death, the mana that we have cultivated and refined for a lifetime will return to heaven and earth to make up for the incompleteness."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Wucheng remained silent.He also understands that when every cultivator who transforms spirits leaves, what they take away is a huge amount of aura, which will delay the recovery of the spirit realm itself.

The way of heaven is to damage more than enough to make up for what is not enough; the way of man is to damage enough to give more than enough.

Xuanshan and Xifeng had already left this world one step ahead of him, but as for him, could it be that thousands of years of cultivation had all been reduced to nothing?

"Senior, since the small world we live in can't accommodate a Huashen venerable like you, how did you cultivate to this level?" Zhang Shiping sensed the dissipation of the wind and clouds, and heard the old man say this again , he asked cautiously with a look of surprise on his face.

During the conversation just now, Zhang Shiping also noticed that Senior Xiao seemed to be easy to talk to, at least better than many Nascent Soul True Monarchs.Perhaps at his current state, there are very few fellow practitioners, and the remaining Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators are no different in his eyes.

Naturally, Zhang Shiping wanted to take this opportunity to ask more questions about his practice, as well as some incomprehensible matters accumulated in his heart, so he couldn't miss this opportunity for nothing and regret later.

Maybe this opportunity is only once in a lifetime!

"I have been imprisoned by this deity for too long. When I came out, I saw you, and I also practiced the method of changing the body and soul. The old man was born because of this method. It is fate." Xiao Wucheng stroked the silver whisker on his chin, but there was no Answer Zhang Shiping's question directly.

"The younger generation has only practiced one "Chang Yuan Shu" spiritual consciousness skill, but that is just a fragment. Is this what the senior said?" There was a trace of doubt in Zhang Shiping's voice, and at the same time, his spiritual consciousness penetrated into the jade belt , fumbled out a brocade box, and immediately dug out an extremely simple jade slip from it, and presented it to Senior Xiao.

This is a spiritual consciousness technique that he practiced when he was refining Qi and building a foundation.But at the current Golden Core level, he hasn't practiced this technique for a long time.

"There is only the upper half of the technique of changing the soul, but there is no way of turning the soul? It's okay if you don't know, it's not a good technique." Xiao Wucheng didn't reach out to pick it up, but just glanced at it, and he knew the content. , he said without changing his expression.

Zhang Shiping took the jade slip back with a bright expression.

"Refining Qi and Building Fund Pill is for the lower three realms of cultivation, and Yuanying Huashen Cave is for the middle three realms, you should know that." Xiao Wucheng looked at Zhang Shiping with deep meaning, and then continued what he said before, and continued.

Zhang Shiping nodded.This division of practice realms has been passed down from ancient times to the present, and which Golden Core cultivator would not know?From qi refining to the nine realms of Mahayana, just [-] words, the Tao fulfills what a monk wants in his life!

"I don't know what happened in ancient times, which made the original world of the spirit world incomplete and withered to the point where even mere cultivators can't accommodate it. In this world, we monks can't break through from Nascent Soul to The realm of transforming gods. But even so, there will be a ray of life in the world, and it will not let us monks cut off the hope of longevity. However, monks like the old man must first understand themselves, practice to the realm of the cave, and then Then feed back the soul, and forcibly raise the cultivation base to the realm of transforming gods." The old man glanced at Zhang Shiping and said indifferently.

When Zhang Shiping heard this, he fell silent immediately. This was said lightly, but in fact it was extremely difficult, otherwise the two great monks Qinghe and Jifeng in the sect would have already cultivated into gods.

He thought for a while, and then asked: "Senior, what is a hole?"

"Cave, open, open to mystery and wonderful; illusory, illusory, only vague and trance. This is just the words of the old family, let me tell you, listen, don't think about it, just keep it in your heart for the time being. It’s still too early for you, wait until you reach the late stage of Nascent Soul, and then think about it. Being a human being is the same as cultivating, the most taboo is to aim too high, and living in the present is the most important thing. Now you must first understand why you practice, Otherwise, even if you become a Nascent Soul, you will be trapped here, and you will not be able to transform into a god for the rest of your life." After thinking about it, Xiao Wucheng said quietly.

"Thank you for the teachings of the seniors, and the juniors will remember them in their hearts!" Zhang Shiping said in a grateful tone with a clear expression.

"Okay, the old man should go too." Xiao Wucheng got up and chuckled lightly.

I saw the old man stepping forward, and then a vague gap opened in the air, swallowed it in, and disappeared.

Zhang Shiping looked at the gap that was slowly calming down, his face was full of fear, and he couldn't help pulling some distance away.

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After pulling away more than a hundred feet away, Zhang Shiping confirmed that the gap like a ghostly vortex did not expand again, but was slowly shrinking. Then he felt relieved, and looked at it from a distance with some curiosity in his eyes. .

At first, the vortex was in the shape of an ellipse, about ten feet long and half a foot wide. There was a faint light at the edge of it. At first glance, it looked a little blurry, but Zhang Shiping used the magic eye to stare away. , In his blue-brown pupils, a clearer outline emerged.

It's just that in the vortex, he was still in a daze, no matter how much Zhang Shiping used his mana to activate his eyes, he still couldn't see half of it clearly.

The next moment, Zhang Shiping let out a muffled snort, his face showed a trace of abnormal rosiness, his eyes and pupils returned to brown, quietly looking at the gap, which had shrunk by nearly half in a few breaths.

"Can even the consciousness be devoured?" Zhang Shiping muttered to himself, and at the same time, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Although it was the first time for him to see gaps and cracks, there were quite a few descriptions of it in the various classics collected by Zongmen and him, but these classics never mentioned this point. Hidden, or are these gaps different?

Zhang Shiping didn't know about these things. He saw that the gap was only the size of an urn mouth, and when it was about to disappear completely, he shook his head and was about to leave, but he suddenly caught a glimpse of a blue light, which came from the gap. It shot out and headed towards him.

This blue light is as fast as lightning, Zhang Shiping is almost like a conditioned reflex, turning his body slightly, the aura is less than an inch away from his cheek, and then it flashes away, flying towards the distance, within a breath It is more than two hundred feet away.He could only vaguely see a piece of gray stone in the blue light, which looked like a jade slip.

Zhang Shiping touched his cheek, there was a slender bloodstain there, and the blood came out instantly, if he hadn't had time to dodge just now, he believed that the blue light would have shot directly from his face, so how could he still be alive? ?

He frowned slightly, his eyes showed a bit of surprise and a bit of fear.

But after thinking about it for a few more breaths, Zhang Shiping saw that the blue light had flown away for three or four miles, leaving only a very blurred spot of light, and his eyes showed a firm look instead.

Immediately, he activated the Kunpengyu escape method, turned into a startled rainbow, and chased it away with all his strength.

During the time of thinking just now, Zhang Shiping had already ruled out the possibility of that Senior Xiao attacking him.Although I don't know what the deep meaning of this senior is, the most important thing at the moment is to intercept the blue light and see what is inside.After all, if this senior really had any malicious intentions, he would have taken action just now, and he would definitely not be able to escape.

At this point, two auras, one blue and one red, galloped across the ancient ocean.

In less than a cup of tea, these two blue and red auras were already more than a hundred miles away.However, the ancient ocean is vast and empty, and there is no one in the sea area of ​​more than a hundred miles. Only a few second-order sea beasts wandering in the sea were frightened and dived down quickly.As for some first-order sea beasts, as soon as they sensed the oppressive spiritual pressure, before they had time to react, two blue and red spiritual lights flew over their heads.

After another stick of incense, Zhang Shiping flew nearly [-] miles away, and then before the blue light dissipated and fell into the sea, he fixed it in the air and held it in his hand.

It's just that the jade slips are not the gray that Zhang Shiping hastily glimpsed before, but a very lustrous blue-silver color, and the texture itself is extremely delicate, and it is made of a kind of jade that he does not know.

Zhang Shiping didn't check the content immediately, his chest was heaving and his breath was a little short at the moment.In less than half an hour just now, he flew for more than five hundred miles, and for an ordinary middle-stage golden core monk, he can fly three to four hundred miles in half an hour, which is already very good.

After more than ten breaths, Zhang Shiping waited for the mana in his body to calm down, then he picked up the green silver jade slip, and cautiously penetrated into it with his spiritual sense.

After a while, Zhang Shiping put the jade slip down, and the look of expectation was no longer on his face, replaced by a helpless wry smile.

"Is it the method of exchanging yuan and turning soul? This senior Xiao is also the same. He said he would not give it before, but it is like this afterwards!" Zhang Shiping shook his head and said.

The method of exchanging yuan and turning soul in the jade slips can be divided into upper and lower parts.

The former is the technique of exchanging yuan, and it is also a method of spiritual cultivation that Zhang Shiping found in the Zongmen's Buddhist scripture hall when he first entered Zhengyangzong.

Practicing this method of exchanging yuan, there is a kind of pain that the soul is about to split, and it is necessary to have the help of a panacea that can nourish the soul, such as the Ziye Yangshen Pill, otherwise it will only hurt your own soul if you practice it forcibly.However, although Zhang Shiping didn't have such a precious panacea in his hands at the time, fortunately he had the help of such treasures as the bronze lamp, so he persisted.

After he formed the alchemy, the reason why his cultivation could advance to the middle stage so quickly was more or less related to his own strong soul.A monk's physical body, soul, and mana complement each other and are related to the speed of his practice. Of course, this is just Zhang Shiping's own guess.

However, compared with Zhang Shiping's previously found method of changing yuan on this sapphire slip, the contents of it are more complete.

As for the remaining half of the soul-turning method, it was restricted. As soon as Zhang Shiping's spiritual sense touched it, it immediately bounced back, and he couldn't get a glimpse of it at all.

Zhang Shiping turned his hands away and put away the green silver jade slip. He understood the intention of this senior, obviously he didn't want him to know this method of turning his soul right now.This Senior Xiao said earlier that this is not a good method.

As for why he didn't just take out the jade slip of the kung fu technique, Zhang Shiping shook his head and laughed. He seemed to have said that he had learned the kunpeng feather escape method from that secret realm before, so this jade slip must be Senior Xiao. , a kind of testing exercise for him.If he had told a lie, then he would definitely not be able to chase after this jade slip, and could only watch it fall into the sea and sink to the bottom of the sea.

At that time, if Zhang Shiping wants to find this thing, it will be a real search for a needle in a haystack!

After understanding, Zhang Shiping didn't stay any longer, he took out the chart, looked at his position, then chose a direction, turned into a startled rainbow and flew towards the distance.

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Five or six hours later, in the interior of Nanzhou, in a quiet valley.

Suddenly, a gap in the air manifested, and an old man in a blue shirt walked out of it, and not far in front of him, a monk in a red robe was cross-legged in meditation.

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"Hmph! Fellow Daoist Hongyue, stay safe and sound!" The blue-shirted old man held a simple knife in his arms, and glanced at the red-robed old man expressionlessly. Between his words, the majestic aura in the valley seemed to be infected with a bit of bitterness. The edge of the blade is faintly accompanied by the sound of humming.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, no, so it's you, Fellow Daoist Xiao!" The red-robed old man who closed his eyes and meditated concentratedly, seemed not to have heard Xiao Wucheng's words, nor had he noticed that an outsider had come here. He remained motionless until about ten breaths later. After a few minutes, his eyelids moved slightly and slowly opened, looking at Xiao Wucheng who was several zhang away, he spoke just now.It's just that a trace of tiredness flashed in Venerable Hongyue's eyes, and his tone was not as forceful as before.

"You're so boring, no wonder Xuanshan and Xifeng don't like you so much. It's rare to be confused if you want to be happy, it's rare to be confused. Having said that, you still have to learn from the old man!" Xiao Wucheng put Pu Pu away. Dao, the cold aura that was specially imitated by the deity on his body, disappeared in an instant.

Xiao Wucheng took a few steps forward, and then sat down, with a faintly strange smile on his face, squinting his eyes slightly, sizing up the fellow Taoist Hongyue in front of him.

Xiao Wucheng, who was still at the edge of the Heixuan sea area and was 80 million miles away from the coast of Nanzhou, has already appeared in the inland of Nanzhou after a few hours. No wonder he said to Zhang Shiping before that the small world It's really too small, monks like them can't use their hands and feet.

For monks like them who can teleport, the length of the ordinary journey is meaningless.That's the turbulent space, the barbaric domain full of cracks, and some extremely strange and weird places, so that they dare not teleport unscrupulously, and can only escape honestly.

Of course, on the Canggu Ocean, the mist that wandered anywhere without warning, and those ancient beasts that have lived for tens of thousands of years or even survived from the ancient times, are also one of the few things that make the cultivators of Huashen fear.

"Why did Fellow Daoist Xiao let you out? You should be locked up!" Venerable Hongyue said with a frown, perhaps a little annoyed by Xiao Wucheng's stare, he stretched out his hand and pushed Xiao Wucheng's old face aside.

"I have two bodies and the same soul as him. If the old man really wanted to leave, how could he be trapped? The old man stayed by his side just because he wanted to have a helper when he was impulsive and caused trouble." Xiao Wucheng Pushing away the hands on the red face, he said in a nonchalant tone.

"Old man, let's take what you said is true." Venerable Hongyue said helplessly.

Venerable Hongyue looked at the yellow hair bag hanging on Xiao Wucheng's waist. This Xumi bag was larger than ordinary storage bags. When the Nanfa Temple was opened 2000 years ago, the two of them broke into a In a new realm, obtained under the rosette of a stone statue with a big smile.

It's just that after the two of them separated, Venerable Hongyue didn't know what happened to his Fellow Daoist Xiao.At that time, he was still the venerable Dharma protector of the White Horse Temple in Ximo, and he confronted Kutuo, Du Nan, and Xuan Bei directly, not knowing why.He only knew that he broke up with the four of them in the end, that Xiao Wucheng hid in the depths of the ice sea in the northern border, and then separated into the person in front of him through the method of exchanging yuan and turning soul.

Of these two Xiao Wucheng, one was indifferent and the other had a weird temper, but Venerable Hongyue was not surprised by this.And he was able to recognize the two of them at a glance, obviously he was very familiar with them.

"Let's take it as real, so it's possible that it's fake?" Xiao Wucheng's half-closed eyes suddenly opened wide, and he said loudly.