longevity road trip

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The endless sea of ​​sand, the ancient and extremely dry wind, as if blowing from ancient times, swept across the desert, rolling up sand and gravel and tumbling hay.

The yellow-brown soil and rocks are exposed on the ground, and the wind and sand are attacking. The brittle rocks are shaking gently in the wind layer by layer. There are occasionally one or two yellow-green weeds growing tenaciously between the gaps.Occasionally, I saw a few old trees like Populus euphratica, standing desolately in the wind, without half a leaf in sight, and I don't know whether they are dead or alive.

This desert, which is very different from Nanzhou, has existed for thousands of years. Countless yellow sands are piled up here, hundreds of meters to thousands of meters deep, and underground rivers are slowly flowing underneath. flowing.

The reason why the desert is so barren is not because there is no rain.Every year, there is always a short period of specific days when heavy rain falls or snow-capped mountains and snow melt water surges in. However, these loose gravels cannot retain any moisture, either turning into water vapor and rising up, or seeping into it. underground.

And with the flow of the dark river, the oases in the desert were created by chance.

In the sand outside the oasis, there are countless sand beasts living. Most of them are buried deep in the sand, and they have unusually long-lasting patience, waiting for the prey that accidentally passes by, and the merchants that come from far away Team.As long as they have a good meal, they can persist for months and years until the next feast.

The caravan, which has experienced wind and sand robbers and survived the mouth of sand beasts, drove camel beasts and carried goods, tossing and turning in one oasis after another in the endless sand sea, exchanging cheap and necessary goods for the desert in the desert. Gold also has precious and unique sand spirits.

The Horrible Oasis is one of the largest oasis cities on the Gobi at the edge of the endless sandy sea. In the past, they were all low-rise bungalows built of sand, gravel and mud. Occasionally, there were some multi-storey buildings that looked like towers or fortresses. It seems a bit out of the crowd.

In the whole city, the most eye-catching one is in the center of the oasis, where the magnificent palace surrounded by seven or eight feet high walls and domed like forest peaks, coconut groves and sand dates can be seen everywhere.

Looking at the past, the walls of each palace corridor are covered with reliefs made of gold, silver and jewels. After hundreds of turns, there is a white jade tower-like palace in the center of the palace. The doors were made of gold and adorned with precious stones.

At this moment, inside the golden gate of the palace, more than [-] monks with white turbans on their heads and loose white robes were sitting. They were looking at the huge wall engraved with talismans in front of them. Common fellow Taoists, chatting softly.

And everyone's faces were full of worry that couldn't go away, but no one dared to say it directly.

Until a long time later.

The talismans on the wall glowed slightly from the center, and the milky white light flowed along the lines, gradually filling the entire wall.

I saw that the wall turned into the surface of a lake, with layers of spiritual light rippling, and four monks, three men and one woman, walked out of it one after another.

Among the three tall-nosed and brown-eyed male cultivators, there was a white-haired old man and two middle-aged men. Like everyone present, they wore loose white robes, except that the turbans used to wrap their heads were light golden satin.

The remaining female cultivator was wearing a purple gauze robe, and a mask embellished with gemstones half covered her face, only revealing her seductive eyes.

Except for this female cultivator who is in the early stage of Golden Core, the other three are all in the middle stage of Golden Core.

"I pay my respects to the Palace Master, I have met the three elders, Si Shen, Qinan, and Sha Ya." Everyone in the hall bowed in unison.

"Get up." The old man said in a rustling voice.

Then he sat down cross-legged, coughed lightly, and then continued to speak:

"The reason why I called you here this time is because the old man has just received the order of the ancestors. In a few days, the ancestors will retreat and work together to practice a strange method. The shortest is 30 years, and the longest is a hundred years. If this period is interrupted halfway The success has fallen short, so you and the others have to be safe these days. In fact, this matter should not have been told to you, but you are all true disciples of the sect, and for the sake of reassuring everyone, so as not to make random guesses in the future. But you must be careful Remember not to spread this matter to the outside world, so as not to miss the important events of the ancestors, understand?"

"Understood." Everyone said.

Then the old man arranged some things to go on, and after half an hour, everyone left the palace one after another.

In the end, there were only four Golden Core monks left.

At this time, Si Shen, who was originally silent, said: "Brother, why should you talk about this kind of thing with your disciples, the more you talk about it, the easier it is for others to think about it."

The old man shook his head, sighed and said: "Originally, this kind of thing can be kept hidden for as long as it can be. I don't know who revealed the news yesterday, which made everyone panic. Now the monks who know the news except you and my brother. Other than that, only the disciples guarding the Lantern Palace are left. There were 28 people who were on duty yesterday, and now three of them are missing, so we still have to make preparations as soon as possible."

Si Shen and Qinan looked at each other with serious expressions, and then they spoke out to comfort the old man.

Chapter 755

"Brother, let's think about the good things more. Patriarch Kuang Kun has cultivated into the body of a silver-winged yaksha, and his escape method is beyond the monks of the same level. It can't be done. Unless, unless you meet those old monsters who can't see the end of the dragon, or a lot of big monks join forces, how can this kind of thing be so coincidental?" Si Shen persuaded broadly.

"Hey!" When the old man heard this, his expression became even more worried.

Seeing this, Qinan immediately stepped forward to help the old man, and asked in a deep voice: "Brother, did the ancestors go to Nanzhou? It's extremely dangerous there now, White Horse Temple, Wanlin Valley, and old monsters in other places They are all there, the ancestors would not be so adventurous!"

"Brother, now I won't hide it from you. A hundred years ago, Patriarch Kuang Kun was seriously injured in the Nanfa Palace. After nearly a hundred years of training, he refined himself into a silver-winged Yaksha to suppress the injury. However, this kind of corpse refining You also know the disadvantages of the law. Ancestor Kuang Kun's mind was affected by the evil spirit's resentment, and he was not as clear-headed as before. Gu Mang and Hua Cong, the two ancestors, were worried that he might have problems, so they went to Nanzhou together. He said he wanted to seek revenge from the old ghost of the Yan family of the Xuanyuan Sect. Now it seems that there are three out of ten ancestors who have suffered misfortune. Two senior brothers, senior brother, I am old, and from now on, the Palace of Fearful Suffering will depend on you few. " said the old man with a sigh.

"Well, why is Patriarch Kuang Kun so unwise? How can you go to such a place of right and wrong as Nanzhou at this time, and the two patriarchs didn't even persuade them. What should we do now?" Si Shen Said with a surprised face.

"Two junior brothers, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to talk. We can only keep the news well, and it will be a while if it can be delayed. At worst, we will give up those spiritual mines and spiritual spring oases that have entanglements with other sects. , Call the other juniors back to recuperate. This is something we can’t help, it’s not that the seniors have aspirations for others, but that without the ancestors, we really can’t keep those good places. I hope the two juniors can understand! "The old man said slowly.

"Senior brother, don't worry. Brother Qinan and I understand this kind of thing." Si Shen walked to the other side of the old man and said after sighing.

"Two junior brothers, it's good if you can understand, if you can..."

Before the old man finished speaking, his eyes suddenly opened wide, and he opened his mouth to spray a mouthful of blood, his eyes were full of astonishment.

"Senior brother, don't worry. We understand." Si Shen quickly pulled his hand out of the old man's dantian, and brought out a blood-drenched golden elixir.

Immediately afterwards, Qinan hit the old man's back suddenly, and only heard a few clicks, the old man flew seven or eight feet away like tattered pieces, slid out a long distance with blood stains, and hit the ground heavily. on the wall.

"You..." There was a roar from the golden core in Si Shen's hand.

"Senior brother, don't worry." Si Shen smiled, and at the same time summoned up his mana, Jin Dan became silent again.

"Unexpectedly, Senior Brother Si Shen is also a fellow traveler. Let's get to know each other again. My surname is Yan, and my name is Lin. I don't know the name of Senior Brother?" Qinan waved his sleeves, put away the old man's body, and looked at Si Shen, chuckling. Said while shaking his head.

"I am a person with no name and no surname. I can still call me Sishen now. As for foreign things such as names, I will pick one at will after I return to the sect. There are other things about Kuang Kun's practice before. You should have disclosed the magic weapon and other news, otherwise, the patriarch of Yulou would not have succeeded so smoothly." Si Shen said indifferently.

"On this matter, junior brother, I am just doing my best. After returning to the sect, you and my senior brother will have a good talk about the past. Now let's wait for a few ancestors to come over." Qinan said , at this moment he was not too close to Si Shen.

"Although there will be plenty of time to reminisce about the past, there is still one thing that I don't understand, I hope my brother can clear up my doubts!" ​​Si Shen said while sealing the golden core in a brocade box with a magic talisman.

"Brother, I have been in the sect since I was ten years old. I really don't know some things, so I don't need to ask." Qinan squinted his eyes and smiled.

"Since the Yan family has the "Dutian Puppet Refining" to refine the Dutian Demon Puppet, if the Palace of Horrible Suffering is searched now, then the method of refining the silver-winged Yasha should also be in the bag. If you add Patriarch Jifeng All the golden body and moon corpse methods in the "Blood Soul Illustrated Record", so the three major corpse refining methods in the small world, I don't know what the Yan family has planned, maybe they want to repeat the misty valley evil thousands of years ago. What happened to the past?" Si Shen asked in a deep voice.

"Is this what Patriarch Du Yu wanted to know, or did the senior brother want to ask?" Qinan said softly.

"What do you think? Some things are difficult for the ancestors to explain clearly, so they have to go through us as disciples." Si Shen responded.

"Then ancestors, rest assured, what happened in Misty Valley will not happen again in Xuanyuanzong." Qinan said after pondering for a while.

"That's good, that's good." Si Shen nodded and said.

"Because the ancestors are not here, what else do you want to ask?" Qinan said.

Si Shen shook his head, he took off his hood, and wiped away the remaining blood on his hands.

After a while, a gust of wind blew through the hall for no reason, and several figures suddenly appeared.

"Si Shen and Yan Lin pay homage to the ancestors." The two of them clasped their hands together as soon as they saw the visitor.

"Get up, you guys have done a good job, and when you go back, you will all be rewarded!" Du Yu smelled the lingering smell of blood in the air, and saw that the entrance and exit of the secret realm on the wall had not been completely closed, and immediately revealed Said with satisfaction.

"Thank you, ancestor, there are still five Golden Core cultivators in the Horrible Palace in the secret realm, and two guardian spirit beasts of the late stage of the Great Demon. In addition, there is rumored to be a refining corpse of the Nascent Soul stage in the land of evil spirits inside. Rumor has it that it is True Monarch Horrible Ku, the True Monarch who established the sect. As for the others, they are just foundation-building and Qi-refining disciples, although they have some potential, but they have not yet reached maturity." The two said in a loud voice with joy on their faces.

After finishing speaking, the two each took out a black jade tablet, with a silver word 'Ling' written in the middle of the jade tablet, and the Taoist names of 'Sishen' and 'Qinan' written on the lower left corner, and then Then whispered the formula to activate the jade card and enter and exit the secret realm.

I saw two black rays of light emanating from the jade tablet, heading towards the secret realm to enter and exit the magic circle.

With a burst of turmoil, the two flew away without hesitation, and the four Yuanying Zhenjun of Xuanyuanzong followed closely behind.

After everyone entered, the formation was closed abruptly, and the smell of blood in the air also dissipated. The monks outside had no idea what happened in the secret realm.

Chapter 756

I saw a hazy aura glowing from the entrance and exit magic circle in the Terrible and Terrifying Secret Territory. The surrounding foundation cultivators and twenty or thirty qi refining disciples thought it was the three elders who had just returned, and immediately waited quietly with respectful expressions on their faces. .

But in a flash, dozens of light blue auras suddenly appeared, shot from between the eyebrows of everyone, and passed through the back of their heads.

Before everyone could see who did it, they fell to the ground like straws and died.

The dozens of light blue auras turned and turned back, and Du Yu and his party just walked out of the aura of the formation, and he took advantage of the situation.These auras gathered together and turned into a light blue paper fan, which fell in his hand.

With a sound of "swish", Du Yu spread out the paper fan like a nobleman of a noble family, looked at the dozens of nearby corpses indifferently, and then swept away with his consciousness. After a while, he said softly :

"I thought the secret realm of terror and suffering was so big. It turned out to be only a hundred miles in radius. However, the spiritual energy is very strong. It seems that the formation of the secret realm here has not been damaged, and it can continue to absorb spiritual energy from the outside world. Si Shen, the one in the palace of terror and suffering Where is the master golden core, have you searched for the soul?"

"Going back to the ancestor, the golden core is still in the box. This person's cultivation level surpasses that of a disciple. If I use the soul search method, I will inevitably miss some of the information I get." Si Shen took out the brocade box and came behind Du Yu , presenting with both hands, explained.

Du Yu turned around and nodded his head lightly. He waved the paper fan in his hand from bottom to top, and the talismans attached to the brocade box floated down.

With a snap, the lid of the box opened, and the golden elixir with blood remaining flew out of the box and fell into Du Yu's hands.

After getting the golden elixir, Du Yu's expression became concentrated and he immediately used the method of searching for souls, only to see a hazy blue light gushing out from the palm of his five fingers.

After a few breaths, a vague howling sound came out from the blue light, and a phantom figure in the shape of a human appeared in a struggling state.

But soon, the voice stopped abruptly.

Then Du Yu crushed the soul in his hand expressionlessly, and the blue and white soul light scattered in the air. Then he turned his hand to collect the golden pill, and said to everyone:

"There is only one entry and exit magic circle for the horror secret realm, but there is a teleportation magic circle hidden in a valley seventy miles southeast of us, and Kuang Kun and the three of them and the master of the horror palace It’s just that the door knows, but fortunately it’s not a big deal!”

After finishing speaking, a firefly-like spiritual light rose from the palm of his hand, and then turned into five, each floating in front of everyone.

Everyone swept over with their consciousness, and immediately wrote down the location of this deep valley.

"If only we had the supernatural power of moving mountains and filling seas, then we could cut off the formation foundation of this secret realm in space and transport it back to Nanzhou directly, so it would not be so troublesome." Du Yu laughed.

"Don't daydream! Even a cultivator who transforms the spirit can only use the power of space at the beginning to achieve teleportation. According to the ancient books of the Zongmen, if you want to find it unimpeded in the turbulent flow of the scattered and chaotic space. Cultivators who set up space fragments and form arrays to anchor them, at least they have to be in the integration stage to do it. Now we should hurry up here, lest the things on Baimang Mountain end in time, Xuanming Palace Shuiyueyuan Those big monks also came to share a share. I will guard the entrance and exit here, and I will leave the rest to you. Remember not to procrastinate, lest the monks in the Palace of Terror react and slip through the teleportation circle Let’s go. It will take more time to search the entire secret realm,” Gongyangqian said.

"Since the senior sister has said so, the three of us will split up. About forty miles ahead, there is a relatively obscure breath, which should be the refined corpse of the Nascent Soul Stage, and it will be handed over to me. The remaining five A Golden Core cultivator and two late-stage guardian spirit beasts of the Great Demon will be handled by the two of you. Senior Sister will stay here first, so as not to slip through the net, and just in case any other accidents happen. It's good to come to support. As for how to deal with the remaining foundation-building Qi-refining monks, we will talk about it later when we have free hands." Du Yu said.

"How else can we deal with it? Right now, there are only 140 three foundation cultivators in the secret realm, 320 four qi refining monks, and 220 three second-order monsters at the beginning of their minds. It's not too many. The few of us Use more hands and feet to make things clean. Si Yanlin, Si Shen, you go to the valley now and destroy the teleportation circle." Yan Li said in a calm tone.

After the two of them heard the order, they replied 'obedience', then floated up in the air, turned into light and flew towards the valley.

From the moment he stepped into the secret realm, Zhang Shiping released his consciousness. When everyone was talking, he checked carefully.

"Then the four golden elixirs on the left will be handed over to me." Zhang Shiping said calmly, and then his body disappeared like smoke, and his body turned into a flying rainbow towards the left. go.

Seeing this, Du Yu and Yan Li also turned into startled rainbows, one of them went forward and the other went to the right.

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In a cave twenty or thirty miles away from the crowd, a middle-aged man in a white robe and a white scarf on his head was facing a three-legged cloud-patterned bronze furnace as tall as a person.

He kneaded the magic formula with his hands, sacrificed the pill fire, and turned his spiritual consciousness into repeated divine thoughts, observing the changes of the medicinal materials in the furnace all the time, and constantly adjusted accordingly.

He has been in this state for three days, and under his exquisite refining technique, a faint medicinal fragrance began to float out from the furnace, permeating the cave.

It's just that the middle-aged man hadn't had time to relax for a moment, and suddenly a sudden heart palpitation came out, and he was just thinking about what happened.

Before this idea could be implemented, a ray of blue light easily broke through the gate of the cave, and flew out from between the eyebrows of the person.

The next moment, Zhang Shiping appeared in front of the middle-aged man, and grabbed Jin Dan who was just about to give up his body.

"Senior, spare your life!" There was a begging voice from the golden core.

But Zhang Shiping held the golden elixir in one hand, with a faint light emitting from the five fingers of the other hand, he used the method of searching for souls, and understood the secret realm of terror and suffering from beginning to end.

Then he waved his sleeve robe, emitting a burst of light, and put the body of the Golden Core cultivator together with the storage bag into the magic treasure jade belt around his waist.

After doing this, Zhang Shiping didn't stop to search the cave, but flew towards the next golden core without stopping.

After a stick of incense or so, Zhang Shiping, who had gone through three Jindan cultivator's caves, stood out of thin air, watching Du Yu fighting a sinister corpse not far away.And in a place farther away, a black flood dragon with a length of seventeen or eight feet was chasing a terrified golden-winged eagle.

Judging from its appearance, this black dragon should be that Ao Kai.

Seeing this, Zhang Shiping reached out and wiped the imperial animal bag around his waist, and released Jiang Si, Bai Qi and the third-order phantom locust.

After the order, the three immediately separated and headed towards the foundation building and Qi refining monks in the secret realm.

Chapter 757

Three days later, the teleportation circle at the apse of Xuanyuanzong in Binhai City.

Amidst the hazy white light, several figures emerged, and Du Yu and his party, who were originally far away in the secret realm of the Palace of Horror and Suffering in the West Desert, came out of it.

The four Nascent Soul True Monarchs are in front, and the two Jindan monks, Si Shen and Yan Lin, are behind.

"Old Ancestor, Brother Yan and I haven't come back for hundreds of years. We want to go to the city to see what has changed over the years, so we will resign first!" Si Shen said first after walking out of the transmission circle.

Du Yu nodded, and said with a smile: "I've worked hard for you all these years, go down and rest first. I'll discuss it with a few fellow Taoists. This reward will definitely not disappoint the two of you."

"Yan Lin, go down with Si Shen first." Yan Li continued.

After the two heard this, they no longer hesitated, and bowed to leave immediately.

"Everyone, let's go, these are not places to talk, go to my palace." Du Yu said to the other three.

As soon as the voice fell, the others were several zhang away, and then everyone also took steps and followed behind.

The palace where Xuanyuanzong resides is divided into two parts, inside and outside. The palaces and pavilions outside are mostly used for miscellaneous affairs, foreign affairs, forging, alchemy, talismans, etc., while there are seven branch halls in the back, which serve as the temporary residence of the ancestor Yuanying of the sect in the city. Where to live.

Du Yu has been conceived for a long time, and has been in Binhai City all year round, so besides Liang Gufeng, a spiritual mountain, which is used as a place of daily practice, there is also a palace here.Of course, Zhang Shiping and Yan Li had just conceived babies, and they did not yet belong to their respective palaces.