Chapter 66 Goodbye Luo Mingyan

Chapter 66 Goodbye Luo Mingyan

Chapter 66 Goodbye Luo Mingyan

Wei Zhong walked along the Zhiming Cave. It was dark inside the cave. The blood-eating bats huddled together shivering and dared not make a sound. Even the half-human-sized blood-eating bat king wrapped himself tightly with his wings and trembled.

His spiritual awareness spread forward, and he could vaguely see the hooded figure in the cave.

The Jindan aura emanating from him frightened Wei Zhong a little, but it was still within the range that Wei Zhong could handle. His aura was weaker than that of several hall masters of Qingmu Sect, and even weaker than the evil cultivator who attacked Black Lake Island.

"Senior, what brings you here? I wonder?" Wei Zhong asked tentatively before entering the passage.

The latter lifted his hood, revealing a face that Wei Zhong found somewhat familiar: "Fellow Daoist Chu, long time no see."

Wei Zhong stepped into the cave and saw his true face through the sunlight coming through the cracks in the cliff. There was a look of astonishment and disbelief on his face. He asked carefully, "Daoist Luo?"

Upon hearing this, the latter smiled slightly and said, "Fellow Daoist Chu is really sharp-eyed. I have changed so much, but you can still recognize me at a glance."

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In Wei Zhong's opinion, the Luo Mingyan in front of him had not only changed a lot, but was simply a completely different person.

In the past, Luo Mingyan always wore a Taoist robe and maintained a humble smile on his face, giving people the feeling of being bathed in spring breeze, and he was a typical righteous person.

But at this moment, Luo Mingyan in front of Wei Zhong had loose black hair with a slight red glow, and a black mark as thick as a finger joint between his eyebrows, dotted with a touch of vermilion. Coupled with his thin and dark face, he gave people a weird and elusive feeling.

Even the aura has changed significantly, and the aura it exudes does not belong to foundation building...
"You've been missing for so many years, what happened?"

The latter took off his hood and said: "It's just a cliché story of being saved by others when facing death..."

Wei Zhong heard from him that when he was trapped in a group of monsters, he was rescued by a Yuanying demon cultivator. The latter appreciated his unique talent and brought him back to the sect, intending to teach him his unique magic skills.

Hearing this, Wei Zhong was surprised: "Can you form a pill in just a dozen years?"

"Fellow Daoist, you have misunderstood. My true cultivation is only at the late stage of foundation building. This might is only due to the fake elixir in my body."

Wei Zhong sighed, thinking that he had climbed from the early stage of foundation building to the stage of Jindan in just over ten years. Such a powerful magic skill made Wei Zhong's heart beat for a moment.

Restraining the fluctuations in his heart, Wei Zhong warned himself: "The Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art is my future. I must not lose sight of the big picture just because of the rapid progress of my magic skills."

"However, your cultivation has improved quite a lot in recent years. I'm afraid you will be promoted to the middle stage of foundation building soon, right?"

Wei Zhong shook his head: "It's just a pile of resources. I can't compare with you, fellow Taoist."

Staring at his face, Wei Zhong pondered for a few seconds before saying, "Could it be that the demon cultivator who has been causing chaos in Qingmu Sect in the past few years is you, fellow Taoist?"

The latter laughed and said:

"Fellow Daoist Chu, you are too unconfident about my character. Although I have joined the Demon Sect, I will not do such a thing as betraying my master and ancestors."

Wei Zhong breathed a sigh of relief. He had almost killed him just now. Fortunately, he had tried to test him with his words.

As soon as he thought of this, he suddenly felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows. The pain was so intense that Wei Zhong's heart trembled.

'Are there others? Yes, overhead?'

Wei Zhong tried hard to maintain his posture and lowered his head, suppressing his curiosity and trying not to look up.

Seeing Wei Zhong's body trembling, Luo Mingyan asked with some concern:
"What happened to you, fellow Daoist?"

"It's nothing, just a recurrence of an old injury. I'll be fine after some recuperation later."

"Speaking of which, Brother Luo, do you know the origins of that group of rebellious demonic cultivators? Over the years, our foundation-building forces have been badly harmed by them. Several times when we sold the output of the Spirit Island, they intercepted us, and we lost a lot of spirit stones."

Luo Mingyan bowed his head and pondered: "Fellow Daoist, you know the difference between good and evil, but do you know that there are different factions within the evil path?"

Wei Zhong was slightly stunned: "This, I have been practicing hard near Qingmu Sect for many years, and I really don't know about this."

Luo Mingyan added: "These demon cultivators who are causing trouble in Mangyuan Prefecture are actually from the Tianji Demon Sect on the opposite side of the Wanshou Mountains."

"Tianji Demon Sect?"

"This demon sect is a Nascent Soul force of the same level as the Shadow Moon Sect. It is also a militant faction among the demons, advocating to invade others and seize resources to support itself. The demon cultivators who have now broken into Mangyuan Mansion are just their outposts. It won't be long before a large army invades the border."

"Why would a Yuanying Demon Sect want to invade a Jindan Sect like Qingmu Sect?"

"Among all the prefectures in Yunzhou, Mangyuan Prefecture is the weakest, followed by Yunjiang Prefecture. One reason is that they are the weakest. The other reason is that the two prefectures are closest to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, so they are the first to bear the brunt of the attack."

Wei Zhong was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the Mangyuan Prefecture where he had stayed for a long time was actually the weakest in the state. "Could it be that the righteous Yuanying sects above, such as the Yingyue Sect that took action in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, would sit back and watch this happen?"

“Haha, king versus king, general versus general. Since the Tianji Demon Sect has not yet made its move, the Yingyue Sect naturally doesn’t want to start this fight. The internal strife of the human race’s Nascent Soul forces, the Divine Transformation Venerables above will not sit idly by and watch.”

Wei Zhong sighed in his heart. It turned out that the world of cultivation was just like the mundane world. However, there were conflicts of interest and struggles for resources. When there was a possibility of serious damage, there would always be someone to stop it.

Seeing Wei Zhong deep in thought, Luo Mingyan said, "I came here to inform my friends. Mangyuan Prefecture will soon become the center of the storm. I hope you can make plans early.

Whether it is to rely on a certain force for survival, or simply find a way to leave this place, both are good choices. With the intersection between Daoyou and Yunji Chamber of Commerce, it should not be a problem. "

Wei Zhong grinned bitterly: "Thank you for telling me, Daoist friend, do you know that the Luo family and the Ning family have not been doing well in recent years?"

Luo Mingyan shook his head: "I have been practicing for many years, and the relationship between my family and me has long faded. When I disappeared, they were just barely maintaining the relationship with benefits.

Since you have enjoyed the convenience brought by my identity as the true disciple of Aoki Muneno, you will naturally have to bear the consequences of my enemies' revenge after my disappearance."

Wei Zhong was silent. Today, the Luo family still managed to retain the title of a Qi-refining family, but the Ning family had already split and disintegrated in the internal struggle.

"You have done your best to accept Jiaqi, and I would like to thank you."

"That's just what Brother Ning asked me to do. Besides, this child is talented. I am quite satisfied with him."

"Okay, having said this, I hope Brother Chu will consider the future more. I will leave now."

Before Wei Zhong could reply, a gust of wind blew past, and Luo Mingyan, who was dressed in a black robe, disappeared into the cave. The stinging sensation on Wei Zhong's head also disappeared.

"This pressure, could it be the Nascent Soul? Luo Mingyan's current identity is not simple."

Wei Zhong was glad that he did not act decisively, otherwise he would have exposed the cave where he was hiding. I don't know if he can see my hidden cultivation with the eyes of a Yuanying.

Outside Black Lake Island, a strong wind rolled up waves in the lake and overturned countless fishing boats.

In the air, a small old man appeared beside Luo Mingyan, with black hair and white beard. His thin body was wrapped in a dirty black Taoist robe. His exposed palms seemed to have no flesh and blood, with only a layer of dark skin covering the bones, which looked very scary.

"Your friend is quite interesting. He seems to have sensed my murderous intentions."

Luo Mingyan's expression remained unchanged: "Fellow Daoist Chu was born as a casual cultivator, and he is able to build a foundation, so he must be quite capable."

"Haha, let's not talk about him. Now your wish has been fulfilled. You have been to the Luo Family, the Ning Family, and this Black Lake Island.

All that is left is to go to the gate of Qingmu Sect and retrieve the soul fragment in the soul lamp for you.

Now that things have come to this, are you willing to become my disciple and practice the "Free and Wishful Heavenly Demonic Art"? "

Luo Mingyan turned his head to look at the people around him and said with a headache:
"Old Cang, I really don't understand why you always cling to me. Is my True Demon bloodline really so rare?"

After hanging out with him for so many years, Luo Mingyan has already figured out his character and knows that these words will not make him angry, but will help to bring them closer.

The latter laughed twice:
“True demon blood is indeed rare, but it is even rarer to suppress it like you have done.

In addition to the emphasis of our Wu Shi Sect, we emphasize guarding the heart and controlling desires. The more one can control oneself, the stronger one will be.

However, those who carry the true demon bloodline are often influenced by it and become violent in temperament, which is contrary to what our Wu Shi Sect seeks.

Although violent people can maximize the power of their bloodline, they are no longer human beings, but demons, and are destined not to go far on the path of spiritual practice.

But you are different. You are able to suppress your bloodline, so you will not be affected by its negative impact. Instead, you will turn it into a handy weapon like a sword.

The method here is to control the bloodline, rather than being controlled by the bloodline like a madman like the Tianji Sect.

Practicing the "Free and Wishful Heavenly Demon Art" is a work of nature.

The current bottlenecks of Jindan and Yuanying are not a problem for you, and even achieving the realm of Huashen may not be impossible."

Even with Luo Mingyan's many years of cultivation, he was moved by these words.

During the days when he was a true disciple of Qingmu Sect, the highest he could dream of was to achieve Dan, let alone the higher levels of Yuanying and Huashen.

Years of persistence seemed to be shaken again, the righteous path, the evil path...

Seeing the struggle on his face, Cang Mingzi knew that he had wavered, so he added:

“Now that you have mastered the magic method of our sect, you are no longer the former righteous disciple Luo Mingyan of Qingmu Sect, but a genuine magic cultivator.

If your sect leader saw you in this state, without my protection, he would probably kill you in an instant with the power of the sect.

Think about your fellow brothers and sisters in Wushi Sect. Their death will be chilling. They may bear a grudge and join Tianji Sect in launching an attack against Qingmu Sect..."

Luo Mingyan covered his ears in annoyance, but Cang Mingzi's voice rang directly in his head.

"Alright, alright, I'll take you as my master. I'll take you, Cangmingzi, as my master." "Haha!" Cangmingzi had a smile on his face, but he quickly restrained it and said solemnly, "You have to behave properly when you take me as your master. I won't accept you like this."

Luo Mingyan felt helpless after hearing this, and immediately knelt on the ground with his head lowered, and kowtowed heavily: "Master, please accept my disciple's greetings."

Seeing this, Cangmingzi smiled again and helped him up with both hands:
"Good disciple, get up."

"I, Cangmingzi, am not an unknown person, and the disciples I accept cannot be unknown people either. You have a fake pill in your body now, how about you take out a real pill for me?"

Luo Mingyan frowned, somewhat confused about his tricks. But for the real elixir, besides the Qingmu Sect and Yunji Chamber of Commerce, there were only the demon cultivators who had been hiding.

"Then I choose the demon cultivator under Tianji Sect."

Cangmingzi laughed and said, "No problem."

Luo Mingyan was somewhat surprised: "I thought Master would consider that we are both demonic forces and would avoid conflicts with them, and reject me?"

Cang Mingzi was also stunned for a moment, then he laughed: "Hahaha, conflict, why would my Wu Shi Sect be afraid of conflict with them?
Now that you have accepted me as your master, you will be the only holy son of the Wushi Sect. You will be the only one in the entire sect except me. If you are not happy with the Tianji Sect, I will lead the disciples of the sect to charge at the Tianji Sect as a vanguard."

Luo Mingyan was shocked by these words and was speechless for a long time.

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Inside the Zhiming Cave, Wei Zhong calmed the blood-eating bats down and then came out into the outside world. Seeing the bright sky, his heart was shrouded in a layer of gloom.

The news brought by Luo Mingyan was too explosive. Wei Zhong originally thought that it was just some idle demon cultivators harassing the vicinity of Qingmu Sect, but he did not expect that it was an organized and premeditated act of espionage by the Yuanying Demon Sect.

The fate of a Nascent Soul cultivator was likely to befall him, and this was no longer something that Wei Zhong’s small body could bear.

It's time to take out the second-level Qingluozui wine recipe to obtain the protection of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce. If possible, it's best to leave Mangyuan Mansion and stay away from this place of trouble.

Without stopping for long, Wei Zhong immediately rushed to Yunji Chamber of Commerce.

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"Who dares to trespass into the gate of Qingmu Sect?"

Duan Delong let out an angry roar and sat in the center of the sect's formation. The spiritual power in his body was continuously poured into it. With the support of the huge spiritual energy of the spiritual vein, the Nine Dragon Sword Formation was quickly deployed.

The green spiritual light wrapped around the gate of Qingmu Sect like an eggshell, and the green energy condensed on it and transformed into nine dragon-shaped heads. The dragons had two horns and wooden whiskers. Their mouths slowly opened, spewing out rich wood-attributed spiritual energy.

The outer Mingyue Market and even the Yunji Chamber of Commerce a little further away were attracted by the movement of the Qingmu Sect. Ruan Liuzhen appeared in the air with a solemn expression, and the figure of Old Yan appeared beside him.

"The Qingmu Sect has such a big scene, could it be a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

"Almost right," Ruan Liuzhen replied, and with a wave of her sleeves, the Yunji Chamber of Commerce and the surrounding ten miles suddenly lit up with spiritual light, and a huge circular magic circle emerged.

The monks were all shocked and puzzled when they saw this. Some of them even began to scatter and tried to leave the place, but they moved back after running less than five miles.

"Shopkeeper Ruan's 'Sky-Sweeping Formation' is becoming more and more advanced. It can actually trap so many foundation-building cultivators at the same time. Even if I want to come up with this formation now, it may not be easy."

Ruan Liuzhen laughed and said, "How can such a small formation stop Elder Yan?"

Then he said in a shocking voice to the people below: "This happened suddenly, the market is closed urgently, no one is allowed to enter or leave."

"I hope it won't affect our Yunji Chamber of Commerce." The two of them floated in the air and looked nervously at the Qingmu Sect's mountain gate in the distance.

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"Oh, this Qingmu Sect is quite powerful. The dragon head condensed by the wood spirit energy is so similar, and the wood spirit energy it exhales is also extraordinary."

As soon as the voice fell, the breaths of the nine dragon heads converged together, and the momentum became even more terrifying as they overlapped with each other. The usually gentle wood-type spiritual energy, under the convergence of this formation, actually exuded a fierce and murderous aura like the aura of a golden sword.

Cangmingzi's words contained both praise and ridicule. When the battle reached its peak, he said to Luo Mingyan beside him leisurely:

"This formation is not bad. Ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators may not be able to defeat it, but it is nothing in front of me. Just watch."

Before he finished speaking, the killing move of the Nine Dragon Sword Formation had already condensed, and with the gathering of wood-attributed spiritual energy, it actually formed a wooden sword several feet long.

Zhao Bai flew over to take it, raised his sword and slashed at Cang Mingzi through the air. A green ripple rose in the air, pressing the space to reveal tiny cracks.

"The formation is good, and the sword is good, but the person manipulating the formation and holding the sword is a little weak."

Cangmingzi stretched out his skinny right hand, and a flash of blood appeared in it. It was a one-foot-long scimitar, the blade was blood-red like jade, the handle was black as ink, and there was a red tassel on the top.

As the red tassel fluttered, Cangmingzi held the sword in his hand and slashed towards the green sword light.

There was no violent collision as imagined. The blood-colored sword seemed to have hit the sword light seven inches away, cutting it off with one strike. Then the sword light that was enough to oppress the space slowly dissipated as if it was swallowed by some invisible thing.

Cangmingzi made a beautiful knife flower, and the sword in his hand disappeared.

Zhao Bai, who was in the formation, had already exhausted all his strength. He looked at the two people outside the formation and uttered with difficulty: "Nascent Soul!"

Luo Mingyan saw Cangmingzi holding the blood-red sword and wiping out the sword light with one strike, without causing much ripples. Even when he was standing aside, there was only a light breeze blowing past.

He was immediately shocked and suspicious, then he smiled and said, "Master, your move seems to have the power of a weapon. I, your disciple, have never seen the power of a Nascent Soul."

Cangmingzi curled his lips and said: "I am already old, do you really want me to catch that sharp weapon with my hands? Even if the master can bear it, can you stand by and do it?

Besides, my precious sword is the innate magic weapon recorded in the "Free and Wishful Heavenly Demon Art", which has some dissolving properties of the art, equivalent to 30% of your master's strength.

But since you said so, Master, I feel embarrassed not to show off my skills."

Inside the formation, Nie Yuansen and Yu Xianglan appeared beside Zhao Bai. Seeing that the attack of their formation failed to work, the two realized that the person coming was a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Brother Nie, let's switch places with the other two brothers and make another attack..."

Nie Yuansen shook his head: "The Nine Dragon Sword Formation's first strike was ineffective, which is enough to prove that the person coming here is definitely not an ordinary Nascent Soul. Even if we attack again, it will be in vain. Even if my uncle is here, there is nothing he can do. I will go forward and ask the senior's purpose. You wait and inform the sect."

"Brother!"

Before Yu Xianglan could persuade him, Nie Yuansen had already stood up and flew out of the formation.

It happened that the strange Yuanying waved his sleeves, spreading a sea of ​​blood, and his voice was even more shrill: "Senior Brother..."

Cangmingzi blew on his white beard, and his thin arms fiddled with his wide sleeves:
"Alright!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a blood-red stream flowed out of his sleeve. In just a few breaths, the stream grew larger and larger, and finally gathered into a blood-red ocean that covered the sky and the sun, enveloping the entire gate of Qingmu Sect.

"Crash", it was like a heavy rain, blood-colored water droplets hit the formation, and wisps of water smoke emerged.

The nine wooden dragon heads quickly turned yellow and decayed like trees. The spiritual light of the formation also collapsed and disintegrated, losing its protective spiritual light.

"I am free and happy, how can I be hindered by a small formation?"

Cangmingzi smiled and pulled the dazed Luo Mingyan towards the mountain gate.

At this time, Nie Yuansen came forward and bowed to Cangmingzi, saying, "Senior, you have taken the trouble to enter the Qingmu Sect. What are you doing here?"

Cangmingzi pointed at Luo Mingyan beside him and said, "Take a soul lamp."

Nie Yuansen looked at the person next to him and asked uncertainly, "Ming Yan?"

The latter then bowed and saluted: "Master, long time no see."

Cangmingzi snorted and said, "I have accepted him as my disciple. From now on, he is no longer a disciple of your Qingmu Sect. Hurry and fetch his soul lamp."

Nie Yuansen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he quickly sent a message to Yu Xianglan below, and then said to Cang Mingzi: "Senior, please wait a moment, I have already ordered someone to get it."

Then, looking at Luo Mingyan whose appearance had changed drastically, he sighed in his heart. He really couldn't imagine that the true disciple who had been missing for many years would look like this when he returned to the sect again.

Before Cangmingzi, the Nascent Soul senior, had to wait for long, Yu Xianglan had already arrived with the soul lamp in her hand. She looked at Luo Mingyan in front of her with some disbelief.

Luo Mingyan took it and crushed the outer shell of the soul lamp with one hand, and the soul fire inside immediately flew back to his body.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Cangmingzi left a word of excuse for disturbing him, and then pulled Luo Mingyan away. He opened his arms, and the blood-colored water droplets remaining on the ground floated up and were all collected in his sleeves.

The defensive aura that had disappeared from the Qingmu Sect's formation before reappeared, and even the nine wooden dragon heads grew out, but their appearance was rough and they were half the size.

"Senior brother?"

Nie Yuansen shook his head and watched the two of them leave. He slowly said to Yu Xianglan behind him, "From today on, Luo Mingyan will be removed from the list of disciples of our Qingmu Sect. Junior Sister, you will handle the forces that have targeted the Luo and Ning families."

"Yes!"

Now that Luo Mingyan has become a disciple of Yuanying, his status is completely different. Although he is a demon Yuanying, it doesn't take much effort for him to deal with a Jindan sect like Qingmu Sect.

"We should still be respectful to our elders," he then turned around and asked Yu Xianglan, "Have you informed the Shadow Moon Sect about this?"

Yu Xianglan nodded.

"That's good. I, Aoki Zong, have fulfilled my duties. The rest will be handled by the upper Zong."

On the way out of Qingmu Sect, Cangmingzi played with the seven blood-red beads in his hand and asked Luo Mingyan with some pride: "Disciple, how do you think of my trick?"

Luo Mingyan stared at the blood bead in his hand, unable to believe that the blood sea just now was formed by such a blood bead. After listening to Cangmingzi's question, he bowed his head and said, "Master is mighty!"

(End of this chapter)