In the Linglin Mountains.
Although it is nourished by spiritual veins, its geographical scope is not that vast, just more than a hundred miles in size.
The length of the spiritual veins in the mountains is even narrower than ten miles.
Therefore, even if the main peak and two small hills are included, it can only barely meet the monks' needs for meditation.
However, even in such a small place, there are one large and two small ones at the same time. Fully three cultivating families live here, and they happen to occupy the three peaks of Linglin Mountain.
The Huang, Li, and Wang families were forced to settle in a place like Ningzhou where spiritual energy was lacking. Of course, they were all small and unpopular families. The Huang family was the most powerful among them. Not to mention the pill-forming monks, even the Lianzhu family. There are only two monks.
Most of the remaining sect disciples are wandering around in the Qi refining stage. Among them, the majority are low-level disciples at the third and fourth levels. There are even thousands of mortal disciples from the three families who have no spiritual roots at all and have to live in remote places outside Linglin Mountain. , you are not allowed to enter the hinterland of Linglin Mountain on weekdays.
The three families are so close to each other, and they can get along with each other without any trouble, so their normal friendship is naturally pretty good.
Even in the past hundred years, disciples from the three families have often intermarried with each other and formed a deep marriage relationship.
Investigating the root cause, it turns out that although the quality of the spiritual veins in Linglin Mountain is not very good, the three families share an unknown and strange spiritual spring on the top of the main peak.
This spiritual spring is not a spiritual eye spring that is rare in the world. It may not be comparable to those rare things, but for these three families, it is the source of survival and reproduction and has magical effects.
Using the water from this spring plus some spiritual tea steeped in elixirs can allow low-level disciples below the fifth or sixth level of the Qi refining stage to cleanse the marrow of the Yi Jing to a certain extent, which will be of great benefit to future cultivation. This is also one of the main reasons why the three families insist on staying here even though they know that this place is really not a good place to practice.
However, although this spiritual spring has such a strange effect, it cannot be used all year round.
Instead, there are only a few fixed days every year when this kind of spiritual spring gushes out from the ground, and the spring water each time is pitifully small, not enough to be distributed among the three families.
As a result, after some discussions among the elders of the three families early on, the three families simply sent people to seal the spiritual spring and only open it every ten years.
The amount of spring water accumulated in Lingquan in ten years is enough for three families to use it at one time, and every ten years is also the time when new disciples of the three families grow up and appear, so there will be no problem of Lingquan being wasted and squandered.
This mere spiritual spring forced the three families to tie together to protect and use these spiritual objects. They opened the spiritual spring every ten years and gave the young disciples in the family a good dose of the Marrow Cleansing Book of Changes.
On this day, at the top of the main peak of Linglin Mountain, three families were holding a grand spiritual spring opening ceremony.
Little did they know, a bright blue rainbow was rising high in the sky a hundred miles away from Linglin Mountain, breaking through the sky like a meteor streaking across the sky at an astonishing speed.
In the brilliance, there is a graceful figure of a woman, wearing a blue dress, standing tall and graceful. Although her appearance is not stunning, she has jade bones and ice muscles, her hands are like catkins, and her face is like Shunhua, but the expression on her pretty face is faint. , frowning slightly.
It is this woman Xin Ruyin!
Now she has a majestic aura and a faint pressure, and she has become an early Yuanying monk!
Xin Ruyin stared at Linglin Mountain in the distance and murmured to herself:
"This is the last mountain range nearby. I wonder if I can ask the monks nearby about the changes in Falling Demon Valley in recent years. There has been no news about my husband for thirty years. Although it can be seen from the bloodline jade pendant left by my husband. , there is no danger, but I am still a little worried.”
As she spoke, she gently raised her jade hand and rubbed an emerald green jade pendant with her white fingers, as if she was carefully searching for the faint feeling inside.
"By the way, I heard that there seems to be a good spiritual tea in Linglin Mountain. I can get some so that my husband can taste it when he comes back." With a smile, he tapped his jade feet, his speed became a little faster, and his body flew towards Linglin Mountain like the wind.
The main peak of Linglin Mountain.
In front of a black mountain wall more than a hundred feet high, there were dozens of disciples of the three families lined up in several rows, and everyone looked at everything in front of them with excitement.
The oldest of these disciples is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and the youngest is only eleven or twelve years old.
Most of them are at the third or fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage, and there are even people who are only at the first or second level of the Qi Refining Stage.
At the front of the crowd, there were more than a dozen monks who were much older, all of whom were above the tenth level of the Qi Refining Stage. There were even three old men among them whose cultivation had entered the Foundation Establishment Stage, one was in the middle stage, and two Early days.
These dozen or so monks with advanced cultivation were holding magic weapons in front of the stone wall.
He kept chanting incantations in his mouth, and was performing a ceremony to lift the restrictions of the magic circle.
On the tall stone wall opposite, there are seven or eight forbidden talisman seals of different colors, large and small, flashing with dim and bright spiritual lights.
At this moment, under the leadership of three old men, the incantations from the mouths of more than a dozen monks became louder and faster, and at the same time, the white light in the hands of the three monks gradually became brighter.
After a moment, the three old men raised their hands almost simultaneously, and fired a spell, which turned into a ray of light and swept away.
The talismans on the stone wall trembled slightly in the glow of the spell, and then fell down one after another.
At this time, there were several disciples behind who were holding jade boxes and had been waiting for a long time. They rushed forward and picked up these talismans one by one. He carefully put it into the box and immediately retreated.
This kind of forbidden talisman seal is also a rare treasure for a small family like theirs and cannot be lost.
The stone wall without the talisman's restrictions emitted a howling white spiritual light and trembled slightly at the same time.
Suddenly, the monks in front, including the three old men, raised their Dharma flags at the same time, and slender light strands of different colors shot out from the tip of the flag, disappearing into the white light.
The rock wall shook even more violently, and then amidst the roaring sound of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking, the stone wall gradually split in half from the middle, revealing a large semicircular gap more than ten feet wide in the middle.
All the young disciples from the three families behind them opened their eyes wide and hurriedly stared at the situation in the gap.
You must know that this spiritual spring is regarded as a treasure by the three families. Ordinary family disciples may only have this opportunity to see the spiritual spring with their own eyes in their lifetime. Naturally, they do not want to miss anything. In fact, the true appearance of this spiritual spring is unknown to the family members. Almost three-year-old children can speak clearly.
A pool three feet long and one foot wide made of pure white jade is located deep within the gap of more than ten feet.
At a glance, only a small half of the clear and transparent spring water is in the jade pond. It is so pure that it seems to be spotless.
What makes people feel even more extraordinary is that there is an indescribable fragrance faintly emanating from these pools, which makes people feel relaxed and refreshed after smelling it.
There was a commotion among the young disciples. The white-faced and beardless old man in the middle of the three old men suddenly turned around and swept his eyes around with a sharp light.
All the commotion immediately calmed down.
This person is Huang Yuanming, the elder of the Huang family. His cultivation has reached the middle stage of foundation building, and he can be regarded as the true number one monk in Linglin Mountain.
Not only the disciples of the Huang family were in awe of him, but also the young disciples of the Wang and Li families were also very respectful to him.
"Haha! Brother Huang's prestige is still useful to make these little guys obey." When another old man in gray robe saw this, he narrowed his eyes and said with a smile.
"That's of course. Brother Huang's current cultivation level has reached the peak of the middle stage of foundation building, right? Maybe he can go one step further and enter the late stage of foundation building!" Another old man in green robe also said with envy.
"You two good brothers are joking! You are already this old, and you don't have the ability to go to the next level. Such opportunities can only be left to the juniors. We should brew the spirit as soon as possible. Come on, let these little guys take the tea. This time there seems to be more spring water in the pool than in previous years, which is a good thing." Huang Yuanming smiled and said politely and modestly.
The other two old men are naturally the foundation-building stage elders of the other two families.
These two families were even worse than the Huang family, and they could only manage to cultivate one foundation-building monk to support their appearance. Huang Yuanming had been close friends with these two for many years, so he didn't pay attention to what he just said.
The other two old men also smiled slightly and stopped mentioning the matter. They turned around and ordered the secret disciples of their respective families who were brewing spiritual tea to come forward and start brewing immediately.
Immediately, two disciples from each family flew out and headed straight for the pool.
But in front of everyone, before these disciples reached the edge of the spiritual pool, a shocking surprise suddenly occurred.
Suddenly, a dazzling blue rainbow appeared from the horizon and shot out. In just a blink of an eye, it reached the top of the main peak of Linglin Mountain. Then the brilliance faded. Xin Ruyin, who was wearing a blue dress, His expression was indifferent, and his clothes were falling. This scene immediately made all the monks present stunned and at a loss.
"Is this Linglin Mountain?" Xin Ruyin turned her eyes and easily found Huang Yuanming, the most advanced among the monks present, and asked calmly. Although his tone was calm, his words were full of unquestionable tone.
"This is Linglin Mountain in Ningzhou, Dongyu State! I wonder if the senior, who is honored by his surname, can give me a name?" Huang Yuanming had long used his spiritual consciousness to scan the cultivation level of the woman in front of him. As a result, he was shocked and could not see the slightest depth of the other person. , this shows that the other party is at least a monk in the elixir formation stage, and the other party suddenly appeared here on the day when the spiritual spring was opened. Naturally, he did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. After giving a deep bow, he replied with unusual caution.
The other two old men also sensed the unfathomable depth of Xin Ruyin's cultivation. They were shocked and bowed deeply, with smiles on their faces.
"It's fine if it's Linglin Mountain. Have you heard about the Fallen Demon Valley in the past few years?" asked.
"Demon Falling Valley?" Huang Yuanming was stunned for a moment, and looked at each other with the other two old men, a little confused, but he still cautiously replied, "I have been practicing in Linlin Mountain all year round. I only know that thirty years ago, Falling Demon It seems that a big change occurred in the valley. At that time, there was a formation master from the Luanming Sect who single-handedly broke through the restrictions of the Falling Demon Valley, allowing the passage to the Tiannan Immortal Realm to enter. In addition, Senior Yang, the great elder of the Tiandao Alliance, sold the Demon Falling Order at a low price of five thousand spirit stones. Even the junior was extremely tempted back then, but the junior knew that his strength was low and the family could not bear the loss. In the end, he did not enter the Falling Demon Valley." At the same time, he also understood what Xin Ruyin meant, and quickly asked the three low-level disciples who were preparing to participate in the spiritual spring opening ceremony to retreat.
Now in this situation, it is obvious that the ceremony can no longer be carried out.
Xin Ruyin listened indifferently and nodded slightly. She seemed very satisfied with Huang Yuanming's arrangement, but she sighed in her heart, knowing that she still couldn't get any useful information this time.
"It is said that the formation master in the Tiandao Alliance, whose name is passed down to Tiannan, is a fairy with a peerless appearance. It is said that he is dressed in blue and has a peerless appearance, which seems to be similar to that of his predecessors." Another old man seemed to have remembered something and spoke subconsciously, But after seeing Xin Ruyin's indifferent eyes, she suddenly became excited and stopped talking.
But when Huang Yuanming and Huang heard these words, their hearts moved and they looked at Xin Ruyin in slight shock, as if they had guessed something.
Xin Ruyin ignored the three of them. Instead, she turned her head and looked at the spiritual spring on one side. She lightly opened her lips and said, "I heard that Linglin Mountain Lingcha is quite famous."
Huang Yuanming and the other three were stunned when they heard this. They didn't understand what Xin Ruyin was asking about this matter at this moment. However, after looking at each other, Huang Yuanming explained honestly: "To be honest, senior, our Linglin Mountain does not produce anything. Among the elixirs and fruits, there is only one kind of elixir tea that is pretty good. If you are interested, senior, you can drink two more cups.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Yuanming gave an order. Soon, a pretty female disciple came up with a tea tray in hand. After making a cup of fragrant tea for Xin Ruyin on the spot, he carefully withdrew.
Xin Ruyin's dark eyebrows moved slightly. She picked up the tea cup and tasted it casually in her mouth. It was a little bitter at first, but after a while, the tip of her tongue was filled with saliva and it became very fragrant.
"Yes, this tea is really a rare product." Xin Ruyin's mouth moved slightly, a smile appeared, and then she put the tea cup down gracefully and praised it.
"If the senior likes 'Linglin Tea', the junior should serve it to me!" Upon seeing this, Huang Yuanming's face was filled with joy. He immediately turned to the round-faced old man next to him and whispered a few words.
Soon, several jars of exquisite Linglin tea were delivered to Xin Ruyin.
Huang Yuanming carefully held it up with both hands and handed it to Xin Ruyin respectfully. This was the only thing left by the three families in ten years, but considering the identity of the person in front of him, he still decided to take a gamble.
"You are quite knowledgeable." Xin Ruyin smiled lightly and gently took the Linglin tea, speaking casually and indifferently.
However, after some questioning, she felt slightly disappointed because she didn't get much useful information, so she couldn't help but ponder for a moment.
With a sigh, Xin Ruyin flicked her jade arm, purple light circulated around her body, and then a pair of golden daggers suddenly appeared.
"After having said so much, the three fellow Taoists are still willing to take out the precious 'Linglin Tea'. This pair of golden swords and magic tools will be given to the three of them." Xin Ruyin said with gentle words and calm demeanor. When I went out, it was like the spring breeze blowing on my face, without any of the airs that high-level monks have when facing low-level monks.
"Thank you for your generous gift, senior! This... this is actually a high-level magic weapon!" Huang Yuanming's eyes widened with joy, knowing that he had made the right bet. He stared at the pair of golden knives as if he couldn't believe it. own eyes.
After he felt it carefully, he immediately had no doubts anymore and was really pleasantly surprised.
"Junior is so grateful!" Huang Yuanming knew the weight of this generous gift. He immediately leaned over and bowed humbly, his voice full of heartfelt joy and gratitude.
The round-faced old man and the white-robed old man next to him were also quite excited.
Although the three of them are not completely destitute in terms of high-level magic weapons, the total number they can really get their hands on is only a few, and each one is extremely precious.
And now, even though they paid for a jar of "Linglin Tea", which is considered precious among the clan, they unexpectedly obtained such a treasure. How could they not feel ecstatic?
They knew very well that except for the special spiritual tea, the three of them only answered some questions with words and did not pay any substantial price.
But now, he has obtained this pair of golden knives, which are high-level magic weapons. This is really an unexpected big gain.
No matter how we weigh Linglin tea and this high-quality high-level magic weapon, for the three families, the latter is obviously more precious.
The spring water of Linglin Tea may be able to continue to produce, but such a high-quality upper-level magic weapon cannot be refined at all with the abilities of Huang Yuanming and the others.
"Although this pair of golden striking knives is only a high-level magic weapon, if used together, it is not much worse than a top-level magic weapon. After I accidentally obtained it in the past, I found it interesting, and I have kept it in my hands to this day. , giving them to you now does not mean burying them." Xin Ruyin explained the power of the golden sword for a moment, then chuckled, and glanced at the three old men, "About the Devil's Valley, you guys."
There was a faint smile on Xin Ruyin's lips, and she seemed to be about to continue saying something. However, at this moment, her expression suddenly condensed, and in an instant, a look of surprise flashed through her eyes as clear as autumn water, and she Without hesitation, he spread out his jade-slender palms, and an emerald-green jade pendant lay quietly in it. A thin purple line could be seen looming in the jade pendant.
Suddenly putting away the emerald jade pendant, Xin Ruyin regained her indifferent expression, but there was a hint of excitement in her beautiful eyes.
"You don't need to ask anymore about the Falling Demon Valley." Xin Ruyin's voice was as sweet as a clear spring. As soon as she finished speaking, her figure suddenly became illusory.
The whole figure seemed to be shrouded in blue light, turning into a rainbow-like light that shot straight into the sky.
In everyone's sight, the blue startling rainbow gradually disappeared into the sky, as if it had never appeared before.
Huang Yuanming and the other two old men were stunned and looked at each other. They didn't expect Xin Ruyin to leave without delay at all. The string of words of gratitude they had prepared could only be swallowed back in their stomachs at this moment.
Then the three people's eyes fell on the pair of golden knives on the table at the same time.
"This senior is really generous, giving away a pair of high-level magic weapons so easily." The round-faced old man stared at Jin Ge and murmured in a low voice.
"It depends on who it is! High-level magic weapons are naturally rare and rare for us. But for this senior, he doesn't care at all." Bai, the least talkative of the three, The old man in a robe suddenly said with a strange expression on his face.
"Brother Wang, what do you mean by this? From your tone, you seem to recognize this senior!" Huang Yuanming's heart moved and he couldn't help but ask.
The round-faced old man also looked at the white-robed old man in surprise.
"Brother Huang, you are also smart and confused for a while. As soon as this senior showed up, he asked about the events of Fallen Demon Valley in recent years. He also has a peerless appearance. He is wearing a blue shirt and looks like a fairy from the upper world. He is so advanced at such a young age. Why. Don’t you know who it is? Don’t forget that in addition to the Nascent Soul cultivator who died in the Demon Falling Valley, wasn’t there another famous figure who disappeared? “The old man in white robes? He said with a wry smile.
"Could it be that person you are talking about, the legendary Senior Yang of Luanming Sect?" Huang Yuanming lost his voice when he was reminded, his face changed drastically.
"Doesn't that mean that the fairy just now is the dual cultivator of Senior Yang! According to legend, the leading formation master in the world of immortal cultivation, Senior Xin of the Luanming Sect of the Tiandao Alliance!" The round-faced old man also woke up. , also full of shock.
"Now the two brothers understand what the younger brother means! That Senior Yang is no weaker than a great monk. I heard that the Tiandao Alliance has been looking for traces of the other party near the Falling Demon Valley for thirty years. Now Senior Yang's There is no other reason why the Taoist monk came here in person.”
"It seems that they are close! However, no matter what, monks of this level are really far away from us. It is an unexpected surprise to be able to get two high-level magic weapons this time. Let's talk about it first. Tell me what to do with these golden swords." After a moment of silence, Huang Yuanming sighed and turned to stare at the golden sword weapon in front of him.
Hearing Huang Yuanming mention the pair of golden knives, the other round-faced old man and the white-robed old man also put aside their previous speculations and looked at the golden knives together. After all, the ownership of the magic weapon in front of them is the one that can be touched. There are visible benefits.
The three people immediately started a long discussion about the ownership and use of the two golden Ges.
Putting aside how carefully the three family elders distributed the treasures, Xin Ruyin's figure gradually disappeared on the distant horizon.
Her speed seemed to be several times faster than before, and her eagerness and anticipation were like arrows piercing the sky, soaring into the sky.
"The trembling in this jade pendant is unmistakable! My husband has really returned!"
Xin Ruyin bit her cherry lips and muttered to herself, her beautiful eyes full of longing, and she could no longer hold back her excitement. She made a seal with her jade hands and went three minutes faster, heading straight towards the mountain gate of the Luanming Sect of the Northern Tiandao Alliance. .
(End of chapter)