Chapter 182 Kuizhou

Chapter 182 Kuizhou

Chapter 182 Kuizhou
"I say, Yi Fu, when did you become an incarnation?"

Watching the bamboo body Cheng Xinzhan and the flesh body Cheng Xinzhan merge into one again, Song Jishu asked curiously, and the others also looked over. The external incarnation is not an ordinary thing, it is extremely rare in the three realms.

Zhou Qingyun also looked over. Although his expression remained calm and indifferent, the brilliance in his eyes could not be concealed.

Cheng Xinzhan just smiled and said, "The secret method of the master is passed down."

Everyone understood and stopped asking questions.

"Then how did Yi Fu know that Yang Xuanla wanted to escape with his soul?"

Cheng Xinzhan shook his head. "Ji Shu is overestimating me. How could I know? I have always been cautious and kept my avatar far away. The direction in which Yang Xuanla's soul escaped happened to be where my avatar was hiding."

"That's all thanks to Xinzhan's thoughtfulness, otherwise he would have really gotten away."

Shen Zhaoming said, "It's a pity that there was nothing we could do because Long Youpo ran so fast. That Yao Kaijiang actually let her run away as well."

At this time, Hong Changbao and Liu Tianfang saw that they could not catch up with Yao Kaijiang. They hated him in their hearts and felt a little embarrassed. A few juniors of lower realms were able to kill Yang Xuanla, but they, two old men, actually let Yao Kaijiang escape. It was really a joke.

But to be honest, after reaching the third realm, all kinds of magic spells, magical weapons, golden elixir forms, and secret arts of the soul emerged, and there are even abilities such as a second soul and an external incarnation. There are so many means, so the fights between the three realms are very different from those in the first and second realms, and it is difficult to kill. It is common for people like Yao Kaijiang to suffer a loss and run away. It is a rare thing for Cheng Xinzhan and others to really surround and kill Yang Xuanla.

Even if this was the case, the two old men were too embarrassed to come over to meet him. They only heard Hong Changbao shout,
"Fellow Daoist Cheng, please entertain my fellow Daoists for me. I will be back soon."

Afterwards, Hong Changbao and Liu Tianfang worked in tacit understanding, with one going after the remnants of the Yinhe Ghost Cult and the other going after the remnants of the Yelang Cult, and it seemed that they were going to kill them all.

Cheng Xinzhan made a gesture of invitation and led everyone into the Mysterious Lake.

But at this time Zhou Qingyun said,
"The devil will either be killed or escape. I will take my leave now."

"Hey, fellow Taoist, you came to help me in time, not only to kill the demon, but also to save me from danger. Why are you in such a hurry to leave? Please sit down and let us express our gratitude."

Wang Chengyi said with a smile, the Emei female Taoist asked about Xinzhan's safety as soon as she arrived, and she always looked at Xinzhan during the fight. She knew something was wrong at a glance.

"please."

Cheng Xinzhan said it again, Wang Chengyi was right, last time in Baiyujing, Zhou Qingyun pointed her sword at him, she was an enemy, so he did not hold back when he drew his sword, but today she came again to help him and others break the impasse, it was a favor, he should thank her.

Zhou Qingyun had agreed a thousand times in her heart, but she knew that she had already made her position clear in the last incident of Baiyujing, that is, she respected Emei and the man in front of her was just a chance acquaintance. This time, she hurried over here in the name of slaying demons, which was already an attempt to cover up the truth. If she was still entangled with the Eastern Taoist sect, she would be in trouble both inside and outside.

So she shook her head, her voice still cold, "It's just a joint effort to kill the demon, there's no need to save or not, and there's no need to say thank you or not."

After saying this, Zhou Qingyun turned into a green rainbow and left.

Cheng Xinzhan was looking towards the north, thinking in his heart: When I first met her in Huangshan, I remembered her voice was as sweet as a yellow warbler. When did it become so cold and clear, just like that female evil star? It is obvious that Emei is indeed a place that destroys humanity and desires!

"She is quite an extraordinary woman."

Wang Chengyi also watched Qinghong go away and couldn't help but say.

Everyone nodded. The green rainbow was truly powerful. The woman who could control it at will must be extraordinary.

Several people fell into the Lost Lake. There were some seriously injured people in the lake who had not recovered and were unable to go out to participate in the battle. When they saw them coming back, they shouted and thanked them. The sense of crisis of life and death that lingered in the hearts of everyone in Redwood Ridge finally disappeared.

Cheng Xinzhan and a few others sat together and began to review their gains and losses.

"It was a bit reckless. We were a bit reckless when we asked for reinforcements and surrounded and killed Yang Xuanla."

Cheng Xinzhan said the first sentence.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"The demon cult is alert and will try to escape as soon as it senses something is wrong. I think the next time we fight a demon, we should show weakness first and fight against it to wear down its vigilance. At the same time, we can distract ourselves and make backup plans, such as setting up formations around us to prevent the demon from escaping."

Song Jishu said.

Everyone agreed.

"It's hard to defend against the trick of self-destructing the golden elixir and escaping the soul. When the golden elixir collapses, we just need to give in and the soul will leave."

Shen Zhaoming said.

Li Chengyan heard this and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. If you've given up your golden elixir, it's definitely hard to defend against. This is the same for both others and ourselves."

Everyone laughed. It was true. Who knows, they might have to use this method one day.

Everyone was discussing, and soon, Hong Changbao, Liu Tianfang, Wu Xuanmiao, Huang Miaoluo, the Meng brothers and sisters, and everyone from Hongmuling came back. The Lost Lake was in high spirits and unprecedentedly lively.

"Thank you all for your help!"

Hong Changbao and Wu Xuanmiao bowed and thanked everyone, which naturally led to some empty words about uniting against the enemy, but I will not elaborate on this.

"The one from Emei?"

Hong Changbao didn't see Zhou Qingyun, so he asked.

"Already gone."

Wang Chengyi replied.

Hong Changbao had a complicated expression, "Although I have hated Emei for a long time, today's event is indeed thanks to them."

Liu Tianfang was ashamed when he heard this. "Originally, I came with two other uncles, and one from the Immortal Cave. We agreed that we would be the main attackers, and the three of them would be responsible for intercepting Yao Kaijiang to prevent him from escaping with secret techniques. However, seeing that we could not take him down after a long attack, they must have left first. If they could wait for the Qinghong Immortal Sword to come, maybe we could have wiped him out today." Song Jishu was embarrassed. He was the one who led the reinforcements, but he didn't expect that there would be four soldiers, but only one came. He was too credulous. He wanted to curse, but because Liu Tianfang was right in front of him, he held back his anger and said nothing.

But he didn't say it, Cheng Xinzhan didn't hesitate and said these words,

"From this, we can see that in the face of the demonic world, even the Emei, which has established its own sect, has forces that can unite. Even the thousand-year-old Taoist friends have deserters. In my opinion, when the world is peaceful, there are peaceful ways to deal with it. Now that chaos has occurred, there should be ways to deal with it in troubled times!"

Cheng Xinzhan's words were quite bold, and no one responded for a long time, because the voices that everyone at the scene had always heard were about defining enemies and friends based on legal orthodoxy and factions, rather than character and motives.

Some people looked surprised, while others seemed to be thinking about something.

However, Cheng Xinzhan just took this opportunity to express his own views and did not discuss the topic in depth. Instead, he asked Hong Changbao what he thought next.

Hong Changbao thought about it and said,
"We must recapture the headquarters, but at the moment, it is impossible for the remaining forces of Hongmu Ridge to do so. I plan to take root in the Lost Lake first, and while the demon leader is expelled, I will use my Hongmu Ridge secret treasure to re-set up the mountain gate formation and expand the place. Then, I will invite all the disciples of the side sects who can't bear the bullying of the demon sect to gather here, recuperate, and one day, when the time comes, I will counterattack the demon sect."

When talking about the last chance, Hong Changbao's eyes swept across the faces of everyone present. The meaning was very clear: when the righteous path concentrated its forces to besiege the Southern Wilderness, it would be the time for Hongmuling to take action.

Cheng Xinzhan nodded and asked, "Does Master Hong have any thoughts on becoming an infant recently?"

Cheng Xinzhan knew that any major sect must have a secret method to enable people to complete the elixir and become an infant ahead of schedule. The cost of this must be very high. The elixir will be of low quality and the Nascent Soul will be weak. Of course, there is also a high possibility that the elixir will be broken and the infant will die. However, when a major sect is in a period of transition and has no four realms to support it, it needs a Golden Elixir to take the initiative to complete the elixir and become an infant ahead of schedule.

Such secrets are certainly rare and impossible to be passed down in the world. Each family has a different secret and is often passed down from generation to generation. Only candidates for the headmaster know it. Cheng Xinzhan believes that Hong Changbao has the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword and knows the escape route of the Lost Lake, so he should be a candidate for the headmaster. The red-haired ancestor has a high level of background and achieved enlightenment early, so he should not be without such a secret method.

Hong Changbao's face changed. With his current level of cultivation of four washes, it was still too early for him to achieve the goal of becoming an infant. Moreover, even if he washed five or six times, he might not be able to complete the pill. So the Taoist Cheng's intention was very clear. He was asking him whether he planned to achieve the goal of becoming an infant using the secret method.

Cheng Xinzhan looked straight at Hong Changbao. He knew that he meant to force him, but he had to ask this question. Now that the crisis in Hongmuling had been resolved, they planned to rest slowly. However, the ally that Haoran League wanted was not a Four-washed Golden Elixir who was hiding in the heart of Miaojiang with a group of remnants.

Hongmuling must either bite the Southern Demon Cult like a mad dog, or be sufficiently intimidating to attract the Southern Demon Cult's attention and force the Southern Demon Cult to allocate part of its strength to eliminate or guard against this enemy that has an irreconcilable feud with the Southern Demon Cult. Otherwise, Hongmuling will be of no use to the Haoran Alliance.

Now, Hong Changbao doesn't want his men to become mad dogs, so he himself has to become a torch, otherwise the help from the righteous will end here, and the righteous will naturally put more strength directly into the confrontation with the evil.

Liu Tianfang was also surprised when he heard this. He could not imagine that such words would come from the mouth of Cheng Qieqing, who seemed peaceful and gentle. He also could not imagine that a person who had just entered the third realm would urge a golden elixir soldier who had just been washed four times to take risks and become an infant as soon as possible.

Perhaps this is what a disciple of a great religion is like, he thought.

At this moment, Hong Changbao, who felt the pressure, nodded slowly. He himself had the same idea, and now, he just made up his mind, "When the Lost Lake is a little more stable, I will try to conceive a Taoist fetus. At that time, I will have to ask the Taoist priests to look after the Lost Lake for me."

This is very good, and everyone in the Haoran League nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, they counted the spoils. This time, they killed several Jindan and destroyed two demon sects. There were quite a lot of spoils, but the most regrettable thing was that Yao Kaijiang's Jindan puppet was beaten to pieces by several people, and Yang Xuanla's magic weapons were all shattered by the "Qingsuo".

These chosen ones basically don't care about the rest of the magic weapons and elixirs, but they still have to share the accounts. Although they can't use them themselves, they can still give them to the alliance in exchange for credit for the younger generations to use.

Several people agreed that someone should take the spoils back and return the command arrow. First of all, Song Jishu couldn't leave. Hong Changbao had to rebuild the mountain protection formation, and Song Jishu had to help build the formation. This was a good thing for both parties. The formation of Gezhao Mountain was well-known in the world, and Song Jishu was a first-level Taoist figure in the mountain, so he would definitely be able to give some pointers. Hongmu Ridge had a good foundation, and it would certainly not be easy to rebuild the formation with the treasures of the red-haired ancestor. Participating in it would also be of great benefit to improve Song Jishu's attainments in formation.

Cheng Xinzhan, Shen Zhaoming, Li Chengyan and Wang Chengyi didn't want to leave. There were only seven of the Eight Vajras left, and there were countless little demons in southern Xinjiang. It would be better to use the Mysterious Lake as a resting base, stay in southern Xinjiang and kill as many monsters as they want, and also help watch over the Mysterious Lake to ensure peace for the time being.

Fang Weimin was not very interested in slaying demons and eliminating evil. According to him, it would be better for him to go back and refine some good pills. He came out this time at Xinzhan's invitation, and now that things were almost done, he naturally had to go back.

Seeing that Fang Weimin was about to return, Cheng Xinzhan specifically asked him to bring a tattered bronze puppet warrior back to Zhu Jianmo to see if this puppet of the ancient Yelang Kingdom could give him any inspiration.

Huang Miaoluo and the Meng siblings didn't want to go back, but they also didn't want to travel with Cheng Xinzhan and the others. It was because they were at different realms and being together would only be a burden. So the three of them decided to travel together, to explore the land of southern Xinjiang and seek an opportunity to form an elixir.

Liu Tianfang agreed to be the guardian elder of Hongmuling and will stay for a while. He probably doesn't want to go back to face those fellow disciples who deserted the battlefield. Qinglong Cave and Xianren Cave will not be incorporated into Haoran League.

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Two months later, in Kuizhou, in Bashu.

It is said that the dragon is the king of all scaly creatures in the world and has nine aspects: deer antlers, ox ears, camel head, rabbit eyes, snake neck, clam belly, fish scales, tiger paws, and eagle claws.

Anything that looks like a dragon but has nine different features is called a false dragon, a dragon, or a dragon species. Among them, there are several famous ones, namely: the one without horns is called Chi, the one with one horn is called Jiao, the one with a snake tail is called Qiu, the one with long mane is called Jin, the one with a black belly is called Li, and the one without claws is called Pan.

Among them, because grass snakes, tree anacondas, mountain pythons and water vipers can all survive disasters and transform into Jiao, Jiao is the most common among dragons, so Jiao is often used to refer to all dragons.

Dragons love water. There are roughly two types of dragons in the world: sea dragons and land dragons.

Sea dragons are descendants of dragons, most of them are born from the mating of dragons with impure blood. They live in the sea. According to legend, when the dragon clan in the four seas was at its peak, they raised tens of thousands of dragon soldiers to conquer the four directions.

Land dragons are snakes, most of which are anacondas or mountain pythons that have been dormant in mountains and rivers on land for many years to practice cultivation, and are transformed after surviving a thunder calamity.

According to legend, when Emperor Yu was controlling the flood, a large number of land dragons followed him and obeyed his orders to dredge the waterway. After the flood was successfully controlled, the emperor rewarded the land dragons for their contributions at Kuaiji Mountain in Nanzhen, which is now in Jinling. The emperor was generous and gave the land dragons the two places of Shuzhou and Kuizhou, which are now in the territory of Bashu.

Shuzhou is full of beautiful mountains and rivers, and Kuizhou is full of thunder and lightning all year round. They are two excellent places to raise dragons and the habitats of ancient dragons. However, after these dragons were given fiefs, the world was peaceful. Emperor Dayu retired after completing his merits and virtues, and no one came to control these dragons. These dragons often played and had fun in Shu and Kui, causing trouble and making the two places restless.

During the Shang Dynasty, the ancient true god Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun ruled Shuzhou. He taught these dragons a lesson on behalf of Emperor Dayu, and brought peace to Shu for many years.

After the True Lord left the world, the group of dragons revived their old ways and started to do evil again, but they were not very good at seeing things and happened to run into Master Xu who was becoming a Taoist. Master Xu had no patience and said if they didn't listen, he would kill them. When the blood of the dragons dyed the Three Gorges red, the group of dragons became completely obedient, but by then, there were not many dragons left in Shu.

By the Tang Dynasty, the Shu Dao sect flourished, and there were countless sword immortals. The Jiaolongs dared not offend them, and only practiced in seclusion in places where few people went, let alone causing trouble. Moreover, with the escape of several ancient gods and immortals, the spiritual power of heaven and earth became obscure, and fewer and fewer people became dragons. It was also increasingly difficult for Jiaolongs to advance to the fourth and fifth realms. Now, few can even reach the third realm, let alone the fourth and fifth realms.

The dragon is a treasure, and those at a high level are rare, so naturally it attracts covetousness. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, there have been several waves of dragon-slaying in Shu, so that now, there are fewer and fewer dragons in Shu. Except for those taken as mounts by high-level cultivators and raised in fairy mountains, it is rare to see dragons in the wild.

"To be honest, my ancestor does have a strong murderous nature."

On this day, Shen Zhaoming and Cheng Xinzhan came to the foot of Chijia Mountain in Kuizhou. Looking at the mountain wall dyed reddish-brown by the blood of the dragon, Shen Zhaoming couldn't help but sigh.

(End of this chapter)