1novels Chapter 411
Chapter 411
Qingming Mountains.
A few vague souls drifted with the wind into a valley covered by clouds and fog, and disappeared without a trace.
further away.
Master Lingling frowned and stood on the top of a nearby hill, and said:
"As expected."
"The important place of the Immortal Sect is either guarded by monks or protected by formations."
"This Qingming Valley is not far from the foot of the mountain of Xuantian Sect. It is only reasonable to have formation protection." She turned around and asked:
"Mr. Qiao, I heard that a martial artist like you, who has reached the pinnacle of martial arts, has clear senses and keen intuition. Can you detect where the souls of those medicine men entered the valley?"
Master Lingling was also a little puzzled.
After finally tracking it all the way to Qingming Valley, the medicine valley was found, but the soul of the medicine man was lost.
"I really didn't notice it." Qiao Mu responded.
"Is that so..." When Master Lingling said this, he suddenly remembered something and was immediately excited:
"Mr. Qiao, wait!"
Qiao Mu didn't know why and just turned to look at her with a strange expression.
He hasn't done anything yet. Why is Master Lingling so excited?
"The Qingming Valley is not far from the Xuantian Sect, and it is an important area of the sect. If we move lightly, the consequences will be disastrous. I'm afraid it won't be much easier than attacking the mountain gate directly."
Master Lingling seemed to find this unconvincing, and said:
"Pindao is actually good at formations. As long as Mr. Qiao gives me a few days to find the soul of the medicine man that Mr. Qiao is looking for, it's a piece of cake..."
After saying that, Master Lingling looked at Qiao Mu nervously.
Qiao Mu suddenly realized that he was cooperating with Master Lingling because he was afraid that he would come with an F2A and directly attack Qingming Valley...
"I think you have too deep a stereotype of our Qiao family." Qiao Mu said with a smile:
"I, Qiao Shuangxin, am not a hot-blooded young man. How could I do such reckless things?"
What he said was quite true and serious.
He is not a reckless man who doesn't use his brain, but a warrior who continues to be reckless after using his brain.
He usually acts violently and decisively because he knows the price of his death. And between the two choices of following one's heart and paying the price, I chose to be willing to bear the price.
The price for ordinary people's recklessness is death, but trees are different.
The Immortality Lock locked his life, making him immortal, but the price was an increasingly long dream of immortality.
After the longevity lock broke four times, even the 2,400-year-old Qiao Mu was a little frightened by the huge cost of each death.
He could survive a prison of immortality that lasted hundreds of years, but if it was ten times that, a prison of immortality that would last for thousands of years... Qiao Mu was not sure that his mind would still be clear after he woke up from his dream in the next place.
It is a saint who does not care about the cost to save people, but Qiao Mu asks himself that he is not a saint, but the price he can bear is a little bit more than ordinary people, so he just acts according to his heart.
"Don't worry, I know what's going on." Qiao Mu smiled.
But when his smile landed in Master Lingling's eyes, it made her feel a little numb.
She was in Nanzhou. How could she not know that there had been a lot of talk recently about cutting down mountains and destroying temples in Nanzhou?
The Di Yuan Guan, which had long since declined, did not dare to provoke the Xuantian Sect, and was naturally in awe of the Qiao family who dared to challenge the Xuantian Sect.
"That's good, that's good." Master Lingling saw sweat on his forehead and nodded.
But then Qiao Mu asked again:
"Then you're just going to let me wait outside this valley for a few days?"
"This..." Master Lingling hesitated.
"Master." At this time, Qiao Canxue said from the side:
"Why don't we divide our forces into two groups? Master, you can study how to break this formation outside the valley."
"And the two of us are going to explore the Qingming Valley to find traces of Senior Sister Yuanyuan?"
"....That's fine." Master Lingling nodded, knowing that she couldn't restrain Qiao Mu.
"How many days did you just say it would take...how many days specifically?" Qiao Mu asked again.
"Seven days... no, three days."
"Three days, that's okay." Qiao Mu didn't have the time to wait.
He knew that Wang Songhe was the medicine man of Xuantian Sect, which meant that after the soul of this medicine man entered the battle, he was afraid that there would be bad luck.
The later the time, the greater the danger.
"In that case, let's enter."
Qiao Mu looked at Qiao Canxue in front of him.
He doesn't know the techniques and formations of Immortal Dao, and only has a pair of iron fists that are enough to crush Immortal Dao magic weapons.
What we need to do now is a sneak investigation, and Qiao Mu only knows how to infiltrate in the Assassin's Creed style. Naturally, he needs Qiao Canxue, a knowledgeable immortal monk, to lead the way.
"The soul of the medicine man is nowhere to be found. After entering the valley, let's go find Senior Sister Yuanyuan first." Qiao Canxue said with her eyes closed, but then she sighed:
"The souls of those medicine men are too much like bait. They just led us to Qingming Valley, and then used a large formation to cover their whereabouts, and they disappeared without a trace..."
"I don't know if this entry into the valley is playing into the hands of the Xuantian Sect..."
"Just what you want?" Qiao Mu shook his head:
"As long as your fist is big enough, you can use it to your advantage!"
Qiao Canxue was slightly startled, closed her eyes and looked at Qiao Mu.
She was silent for a moment, then changed the subject and talked about Taoist Yuanyuan:
"My senior sister, Taoist Yuan Yuan, is actually a very talkative person, and her cultivation is in the late stage of Qi refining."
"Only in the later stage of Qi refining?" Qiao Mu was surprised.
"It's already very difficult in the later stages of Qi refining." Qiao Canxue, a monk at the Golden Core stage, said:
"We at Earth Yuan Guan practice ancient methods and are not influenced by mortals. This also means that the later we practice in the mortal world, the more difficult it becomes."
"Most casual cultivators, without incense to assist their practice, will mostly stay in the Qi Refining Stage. Those with good qualifications can only break through to the Foundation Building Stage, and beyond that, the road to immortality is almost cut off..."
Qiao Mu nodded.
The key points of ancient practice are consistent with what Wang Songhe said before. If you don't touch the incense, it is the foundation building period.
There are only a few exceptions.
Wang Songhe was able to break through to the golden elixir stage, but the price was to become a medicine man.
And what is the reason for Qiao Canxue in front of her, or what is the price?
"My senior sister, Taoist Yuan Yuan, is stuck at this pass. In the late stage of Qi refining, she has no progress and it is difficult to build the foundation." Qiao Canxue continued:
"So she switched to the Xuantian Sect, preparing to follow the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect's orthodox method of cultivating immortals with incense in order to achieve a breakthrough."
"And we are actually here for her..."
Their figures stepped into the valley covered by clouds and fog, and gradually disappeared.
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Qingming Valley is protected by a large array. From the outside, it looks cloudy and foggy, making it difficult to see the path. But inside, it is a good place with beautiful mountains and clear waters and rich spiritual energy.
In this valley, there are medicinal fields and lush spiritual plants everywhere. The houses look like this and there are monks and spiritual farmers walking around in an orderly manner.
"Ganlin technique."
Female cultivator Yuanyuan's hand pinch technique.
Five or six tall green Taoist soldiers stepped in front of her. Holes were opened at their wrists, and streams of spiritual water with a faint spiritual light splashed out from them, splashing into the spiritual field.
The green Taoist soldiers walked in the spiritual field, and the water traces followed their footsteps, quickly spreading to the entire spiritual field and submerging into the soil.
"It's finally done." The female cultivator Yuanyuan wiped her sweat.
She is a middle-aged female Taoist with a round face and a slightly rich appearance. Her temperament is somewhat similar to Master Lingling, and she looks kind-hearted.
It's just that his face is slightly pale now, and he is obviously tired.
Female cultivator Yuanyuan doesn't know any "sweet rain technique".
As a monk in the Qi Refining Stage, she has very limited skills, which do not include the "Ganlin Technique" for planting spiritual plants.
So she just thought about it for a while, and the key was the five or six green Taoist soldiers under her command.
"The Xuantian Sect's green-clothed Taoist weapons for planting are really useful, but they are a bit expensive. Each one costs a thousand low-grade spiritual stones, and for me, who has cultivated in the Qi refining period, the mana consumption is a bit high."
Taoist Yuanyuan looked a little sad, settling accounts under the shade of a tree:
"If you consume more mana, you will naturally have less time for daily practice. When will you be able to perfect your Qi refining, accumulate enough 300,000 low-grade spiritual stones for the Incense God's throne, and break through to the foundation building stage?"
Behind her, there were dozens of mortals working in another medicine field.
This medicinal field is lush and green, and is planted with a spiritual grass called "Jiudicao". At this time, the spiritual grass is growing well and it's time to harvest.
These mortals were walking in the spiritual field with their heads bent, holding up sickles to harvest the spiritual grass like wheat.
suddenly.
But listen to a slight "hiss" sound.
A black demonic snake with a black body and wings on its back jumped out of the soil, overwhelming a spiritual farmer who was harvesting spiritual grass, and spit out a long snake message from its mouth.
At the critical moment, a tall spiritual farmer stepped forward and stepped on the tail of the demonic snake.
The demonic snake was in pain, and it forgot about the spiritual farmer who was suppressed by it, and instead pounced on the tall man behind it.
After just such a delay, a Taoist soldier in green had already strode over. A sharp blade appeared on the Taoist soldier's wrist, and with one slash, he cut the demonic snake in half.
The demon blood gradually seeped out from half of his body, and the bright red blood had a faint strange gray color.
"Black Water Winged Snake?" Female cultivator Yuanyuan suddenly showed bitterness on her face:
"This kind of monster has strange poison in its blood. Once it dies, the blood will be contaminated, and the entire spiritual field will be almost destroyed by the snake. This will be a huge loss."
"It's my fault too..."
The female cultivator Yuanyuan controlled the Taoist soldiers in green clothes to retreat. Her heart was full of bitterness, and she was settling accounts with her fingers.
She stepped towards the spiritual field, waving her hands to the mortal spiritual farmers around her to step back. She also did not forget to praise the tall spiritual farmers who had just stepped forward:
"Well done. There are very few mortals as brave and decisive as you. What is your name?"
"Zhou...Zhou Xin." Gao Lingnong replied: "The fortune teller said that my fortune is not good and I am short of gold and silver, so I am called Zhou Xin."
"Who asked you so many questions?" A hint of impatience flashed across female cultivator Yuanyuan's face:
"That's all. You can go to the front of my cave to receive the reward tomorrow. As for now..." The female cultivator Yuanyuan looked at the spiritual field contaminated by gray blood and sighed softly:
"You all should step back and take a rest. I won't care about this spiritual field for now."
"good."
"The great power of Immortal Yuanyuan... easily destroyed this snake disaster..."
All the spirit farmers smiled happily and backed away one after another.
Although they don't know anything about monsters, the sight of such monsters can make people feel cold, and they really don't dare to mess with them.
After walking away, Qiao Mu, who was in the crowd and used the alias Zhou Xin, began to inquire:
"Is our Yuanyuan Immortal very powerful?"
"How can you talk like that..." The spirit farmers frowned, and when they saw that it was Zhou Xin who had just stepped on the demon snake, their faces improved slightly.
People like Zhou Xin who could stand up in times of crisis would most likely look up to them and be willing to make friends with them. At this time, someone quickly answered:
"Are you new here?"
"There was also a snake disaster of black water winged snakes on the next hill. Many people died at that time, and there must be dozens of lives left there."
"Here, the black water winged snake was just discovered and was killed by the immortal soldiers of Yuanyuan Immortal. That's not the case with other immortals. How powerful is it?"
"Is it that powerful?" Qiao Mu was still wondering in his heart.
In its perception, this black water winged snake was not a ferocious demon beast.
The female cultivator Lingling, a Taoist soldier controlled by a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage, could be easily killed, so naturally it was nothing.
"I'm afraid it's not that the monster is powerful, but that the monster is difficult to deal with..." The female farmer Qiao Canxue, who was using a sleight of hand to cover her appearance, whispered:
"It has poisonous blood, so it's easy to kill, but it's not that simple to drive it away." Qiao Canxue said:
"This black water wing snake is actually very timid. Once it is frightened, it will often break its tail to survive."
"After breaking its tail, the poisonous blood that escapes will spread, and the poison will be endless. So if you want to capture the black water wing snake without any injury in an instant without alarming it, you must have the foundation-building cultivation."
"Foundation-building..."
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"Foundation-building, foundation-building, you keep talking about when to build the foundation, but you are so reckless? Fellow Daoist Yuanyuan, your behavior is inappropriate."
In front of the female cultivator Yuanyuan's cave , a middle-aged short-bearded cultivator touched his short beard and shook his head and sighed:
"Now that the spiritual field has been destroyed, I'm afraid I'll have to pay thousands of low-grade spiritual stones."
"The black water winged snake is indeed very difficult to deal with." The female cultivator Yuanyuan also shook her head:
"It will take some time to invite the sect brothers in the foundation-building period to come. When they come, I'm afraid that the spiritual farmers here will suffer heavy casualties."
"Fellow Daoist from Shanyin, I heard that your spiritual field also had a snake disaster. I wonder what you did at that time?"
The middle-aged short-bearded cultivator was startled and looked straight at the female cultivator Yuanyuan, as if he was looking at a monster, and said straightly:
"Fellow Daoist, why are you so... innocent?"
"Before you joined Xuantian Sect, you didn't always practice in the mountains and didn't care about worldly affairs, did you?"
The female cultivator Yuanyuan choked for a moment.
He and the Shanyin Taoist in front of him were both considered casual cultivators who joined Xuantian Sect.
The other party is a true casual cultivator, and she actually comes from the "Diyuan Temple". It is not wrong to say that she is practicing in seclusion in the mountains and not caring about worldly affairs.
Diyuan Temple, a declining sect, dares not show up in the current world of immortal cultivation, so it is indeed right to not care about worldly affairs...
"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." The short-bearded cultivator did not answer her question, but just waved goodbye.
Only the female cultivator Yuan Yuan was still standing at the entrance of the cave in a daze... The Shanyin Taoist friend hadn't answered his question yet, how to deal with this snake disaster...
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