"Is it really you... Lu Tiandu?"
The old man on the futon had a wrinkled face and small, smooth eyes. He looked like he was about to stand up and salute, but suddenly stopped. When Tiandu called him, his voice trembled for an instant, and his face suddenly became frozen.
Yue Zhen had already gone out at this time, but he never heard Xiang Zhili's words filled with surprise and other emotions.
“Haha, we haven’t seen each other for more than two hundred years. Don’t you know Senior Brother Xiang?”
Lu Tiandu laughed and walked into the Sutra Pavilion, “Or maybe this Senior Brother Xiang has been cultivating in Tianfumen Sutra Pavilion for several months and has not heard any news from the outside world?”
Speaking of which, Lu Tiandu showed a half-smiling look.
“A late Nascent Soul cultivator who is more than two hundred years old is really incredible!”
Xiang Zhili’s small eyes were gleaming at this moment, and there was no trace of the smooth color before. "And it seems like you know a lot about my identity?"
Xiang Zhili said with a strong look of curiosity.
“Fortunately, I have some opportunities”
Lu Tiandu smiled slightly, "As for Senior Brother Xiang, as one of the few surviving cultivators of gods in Dajin, how could I not know?"
"Some chance? Junior Brother Lu is really too modest. !”
Xiang Zhili looked at Lu Tiandu up and down, noncommittal, “I have read through many classics, and the three-hundred-year-old Yuan Ying late monk has also recorded it, but the two-hundred-year-old monk really has not. I heard that, not to mention, Junior Brother Lu, you are following the path of Dharma Body practitioners that was rarely taken by monks in ancient times..."
Xiang Zhili had a stern look in his eyes and suddenly said softly:
"It seems that fellow Taoist must have a big secret!"
"Yes, who can reach the late stage of Nascent Soul without a chance or a secret?"
Lu Tiandu laughed and looked at Xiang Zhili with a smile, "Is it possible that Senior Brother Xiang still has something to do with him? Are you interested in secrets?"
"A bit curious indeed."
Xiang Zhili did not shy away from his true thoughts and nodded, "I heard about it on the eve of the Jinjing auction. I was really surprised when I heard the news about you. The news that came later was even more shocking. I originally thought that you were taken away by some old monster, but this time I knew it. That's not the case..."
Xiang Zhili was still a little shocked as he recalled the first time he and Lu Tiandu met in Yellow Maple Valley and participated in the blood ban trial.
Although there have been some speculations before, Xiang Zhili is still a little unbelievable that Lu Tiandu, who was a small Qi refining monk more than 200 years ago, has now become a big monk who can easily kill the same level. .
"Curiosity killed the cat!"
Lu Tiandu shook his head, looked at the white-haired old man a few feet away from him, and chuckled, "I advise Senior Brother Xiang not to do it. It's better to have other thoughts."
"Oh? It seems that Junior Brother Lu is very confident in his own strength!"
Xiang Zhili laughed, his tone a bit inexplicable. He said, "Although you can easily kill monks of the same level, your combat power is indeed amazing. However... you may have a limited understanding of the strength of the monks who transform into gods..."
"Senior Brother Xiang doesn't think that only Dajin has god-forming monks, right?"
Lu Tiandu said with a half-smile, "Although I heard that senior brother Xiang is called the number one god-forming monk in the Jin Dynasty and has extraordinary magical powers and treasures, but After all, Senior Brother Xiang, you are only a cultivator in the early stages of becoming a god. If you and I fight alone, I am 30% to 40% sure of killing you, and more than 70% sure of seriously injuring you... and there is absolutely no chance that you will be able to pass safely if your strength is greatly reduced from now on. Sneaking through the space node into the spirit world..."
"Huh? It seems that Junior Brother Lu has also met other god-forming monks, and he is also confident in his own strength!"
After hearing this, Lu Tian Xiang Zhili was shocked at these words.
Lu Tiandu actually even knew about the secrets such as the consumption of essence by the monks of the transformation of the gods, which caused a great loss of life span, and the fact that the gods were looking for safe space nodes to sneak into the spirit world. It was really... Unbelievable.
What made him even more unwilling to believe was that Lu Tiandu, a Nascent Soul cultivator, could seriously injure or kill a God-Transformation cultivator who tried his best. Is it true?
"This is natural. Apart from Senior Brother Xiang, I have met the other two god-transformation monks."
Lu Tiandu sounded calm, paused, and continued:
"Since you know my fellow cultivator, if I tell you, even if the top-level ancient treasure hits me, it won't cause any harm to me. I don't know how many times you need to hit me with the spiritual treasure in your hand, Brother Xiang, to break my defense. ? What's more, my speed is not weaker than that of the cultivator..."
Lu Tiandu said and stretched out his hand, and two black beads appeared in his hand, "Besides, I still have two more in my hand. "Destroy the Immortal Pearl", if I get close to my fellow Taoist, how long can I hold on? As for the power of the cultivator to drive part of the vitality of heaven and earth, it is indeed extremely deadly to ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. Unfortunately, it is still like that. In short, I am a monk who has accomplished physical training..."
"So, does Senior Brother Xiang still think what I said is false?"
After speaking, Lu Tiandu looked at Xiang Zhili with a half-smile.
"If what you said is true, it is indeed very possible."
After a moment of silence, Xiang Zhili suddenly spoke.
Lu Tiandu's words once again made Xiang Zhili, the god-transformation monk, take a closer look at Lu Tiandu, and he became increasingly troubled by Lu Tiandu's strength.
From the moment he knew that Lu Tiandu was not kidnapped, but that he had cultivated to the late Nascent Soul stage in just over two hundred years, Xiang Zhili guessed that there must be a big secret in this kid Lu Tiandu.
Moreover, this kind of big secret may be of great help to him sneaking into the spirit world. Therefore, when he heard Lu Tiandu confess that he had a secret without caring, Xiang Zhili also took advantage of the opportunity to explore it. .
But now one look at it, and you can tell that he still underestimated Lu Tiandu.
If it takes the price of being seriously injured, losing strength, and ultimately unable to sneak into the spirit world to seize a treasure that may help him sneak into the spirit world, Xiang Zhili will naturally not do this now. A loss-making business.
“After such a long time, haven’t you noticed anything strange, Senior Brother Xiang?”
Looking at Xiang Zhili who looked silent, Lu Tiandu suddenly said.
“What?”
Xiang Zhili glanced at Lu Tiandu, and instantly scanned the entire Tianfu Sect with his huge spiritual consciousness, wondering.
"Oh, since I haven't noticed it until now, why don't you take a look back, Senior Brother Xiang?"
Lu Tiandu smiled slightly and reminded.
Xiang Zhili's expression condensed. He didn't know why he felt a little uncomfortable at this moment.
He turned around suddenly, and instantly, in the void two feet away from him, a figure with a blood-robed golden face and blood-red eyes stood in the void, staring at him coldly.
"What? Who is fellow Taoist?"
A layer of cold sweat broke out from Xiang Zhili's back, and he asked in surprise.
Since he suddenly saw traces of Lu Tiandu in this Sutra Pavilion, Xiang Zhili had already released his spiritual consciousness to cover this pavilion, but he never expected that this person would appear behind him. If there was an instant sneak attack at this moment...
What kind of invisibility secret is this? Unable to even detect his spiritual consciousness? Thinking of this, the old man Xiang Zhili felt a chill in his heart.
"You can call me the golden-masked man!" A cold voice came from under the mask of the ancient demon's clone.
"Hey, if this senior Jin wanted to kill Senior Brother Xiang, just now, Senior Brother Xiang, you have died countless times."
Lu Tiandu chuckled, "I can seriously injure fellow Taoist before escaping, but this senior Jin can easily kill senior brother Xiang even if he faces him..."
"So, Senior Brother Xiang, do you understand why I didn't have any worries after seeing you?"
At this moment, the ancient demon's clone has emerged from invisibility, as if he walked out of another space in an instant, completely covered with blood. Xiang Zhili was afraid and felt that the unfathomable cultivation level instantly dispelled some of his thoughts.
“Could this person be the mysterious monk who appeared at the auction?”
This thought suddenly flashed through Xiang Zhili’s mind.
If there is such a person, no wonder they don’t take the Heavenly Demon Sect seriously.
"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Jin. I wonder where Fellow Daoist comes from?"
Although the golden-faced and blood-robed man in front of me seems to be in the early stages of becoming a god, for some reason, as long as his spiritual consciousness scans this person, , actually gave him an unusually horrifying feeling, which immediately made Xiang Zhili more alarmed and suspicious.
“It’s just an unknown place.”
The ancient demon clone is still very cold.
“This time I was abrupt to someone.”
He bowed his hands in salute.
Seeing Xiang Zhili who was still a little nervous, Lu Tiandu secretly smiled in his heart.
If there were no trump cards like the ancient demon clone, even if Lu Tiandu knew that he could hide in the world of stone beads at any time, he would not take the initiative to meet Xiang Zhili in such a big way.
Xiang Zhili's previous reaction is enough to show that as long as the benefits are big enough, these old monsters who are bent on ascension will still kill people and seize treasures.
“Senior Brother Xiang came to Tianfu Sect to investigate the three secret talismans of Tianfu Sect?”
Lu Tiandu took the initiative to change the topic.
"That's true. I checked the classics and found that the Tianfu Sect had three secret talismans in its heyday, each with its own magical uses. Among them, there is a secret talisman called the 'Six Ding Tianjia Talisman', which has incredible defensive power. This trip is exactly For the refining method of this talisman..."
Xiang Zhili didn't hide it either. Since Lu Tiandu and the blood-robed man suddenly came to such a small sect, he couldn't think of anyone other than these three major sects. There could be other reasons for the secret talisman.
“Oh.”
Lu Tiandu nodded, naturally he would not mention that he had the method of refining the Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman in his hand.
In the future, when he or the women in the harem have a thorough understanding and can refine the talisman, it is not impossible to trade it with the old man as long as he can offer something of equal value.
After a few more pleasantries, Xiang Zhili breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lu Tiandu and Lu Tiandu had no intention of taking action, and directly chose to leave.
“This old guy is really naughty!”
Lu Tiandu chuckled and shook his head.
In response to the spiritual consciousness of the ancient demon's clone, Xiang Zhili left the Sutra-Tibetan Pavilion and went straight to the door of Tianfu in an invisible manner. He was extremely decisive.
Lu Tiandu didn't care and opened a large number of scripture-depositing pavilions at will.
A few days later, when he heard Yue Zhen’s invitation to Lu Tiandu to become the guest elder of the three small sects, Lu Tiandu did not refuse and agreed.
As for the treasures such as the spirit-transforming talisman taken out from the Tianfu Sect, Lu Tiandu naturally accepted them.
Time flies, two years later.
In the Yaochi Tower and the Danding Pavilion, Lu Tiandu looked at the colorful giant picture floating in the air and smiled slightly:
"Now that the refining of the magic weapon has been completed, it's almost time. It's time to go to southern Xinjiang..."
...
More than three months later, Lu Tiandu crossed from the eastern part of the Jin Dynasty. After passing through several counties, Dunguang appeared in Nanjiang County.
Southern Xinjiang is one of the few places in the world that is not controlled by large sects. The resources in the county are occupied and divided by more than a dozen medium-sized sects.
Although these sects usually fight among themselves, once other forces invade southern Xinjiang, they will immediately unite to fight the enemy together. Even those sects among the ten sects of good and evil have never been able to invade them, and they have become a country of their own in the Jin Dynasty.
The occurrence of this situation has a lot to do with the fact that the Southern Xinjiang sect is very exclusive and has its own system of cultivation techniques.
Most of the techniques practiced by these sects are sinister techniques that are rare in the world of immortality. They are not only good at using poison, expelling insects and other rare techniques, but they are also superb at curses and evil spells. Monks of the same level start fighting with them. , if you are not careful, you will be poisoned inexplicably, and it is really impossible to prevent it.
This is also the main reason why the big sects are not willing to go head-to-head with the Southern Xinjiang sects easily. Otherwise, if several sects join forces and struggle to lose their vitality, they will not be able to seize this county by force.
Chaoyun Prefecture is located in the west of southern Xinjiang. Shuangscorpion Mountain is an inaccessible mountain range in Chaoyun Prefecture. Miasma is shrouded within a radius of hundreds of miles all year round. It does not require advanced cultivation or pre-medication to eliminate miasma. There is no access to this mountain range.
This mountain range is quite famous in southern Xinjiang. Due to the favorable location and poisonous gas, not only do several valuable poisonous weeds grow in the mountains, but they are also rich in two kinds of poisonous scorpions: iron tail and red thread. They are the local low-level monks. An excellent spiritual insect for repelling insects.
When Lu Tiandu arrived near this mountain, it was during the annual miasma explosion in Shuangscorpion Mountain, and many monks gathered near the mountain. Because only during this period will most of the two poisonous scorpions appear from caves to look for food, which is really an excellent opportunity to catch poisonous insects.
Lu Tiandu arrived here a month in advance, naturally preparing to capture a batch of poisonous insects to feed spiritual beasts.
As for Yin Yang Cave, as one of the seven Jedi recognized by the Jin Dynasty, it is located under an abandoned mineral vein called Ten Thousand Poison Valley in the largest virgin forest in southern Xinjiang.
The Yin-Yang Cave naturally means that once you enter it, you will immediately separate the yin and yang. Not to mention anything else, just the frightening wind in the cave all year round, even if the Nascent Soul monk is blown, the soul of the Nascent Soul will immediately fly away and be reincarnated.
Not to mention that the cave is located in a place of Xuanyin, where Yin energy gathers all year round, and all kinds of powerful and abnormal ghosts have already been born in the cave. If a stranger enters it, even if he can withstand the Yin wind, he will be destroyed by many The ghost was torn to pieces.
The Yin-Yang Grotto is located thousands of feet underground, with large and small passages crisscrossing it, and numerous caves of various kinds. In the past, some monks were lucky enough to reach the bottom, but they were unable to detect the size of it at all.
In that kind of place, once the spiritual consciousness is released from the body, it will be blocked by the evil wind, just like an ordinary person. There are even rumors that there may be an extremely powerful ghost king hidden deep in the cave, but it has never been confirmed. Anyway, even the great monks are not willing to risk going deep there.
This is the first reaction that comes to many monks in the Jin Dynasty when they mention Yin Yang Cave.
After January in Yin Yang Cave, it is the weakest season when the Yin wind comes every twenty years. During this period, it is most appropriate to go underground.
One month later, it was the date he had agreed to meet with the Bai sisters and Fucheng. (End of chapter)