Chapter 305: Escape and Conceal the Truth
Chapter 305: Escape and Conceal the Truth (5K words, monthly ticket requested~)
The good stuff on Yao Kaijiang should have been looted by Xuanmen. Anyway, Cheng Xinzhan didn't find anything like the secret treasures of the ancient Yelang Kingdom, only a copy of "Puliao Gui Zao Jing", which should be a sweet treat left by Xuanmen for Xuanmen disciples who entered the tower for the trial.
Cheng Xinzhan put it away. Although he was not interested, Zhu Jianmo was definitely interested.
After refining Yao Kaijiang's golden elixir, they discovered that this man made the elixir with two earthly evil spirits, the yang evil spirit "Earth Lung Weaving Gold Evil" and the yin evil spirit "Sleeping Dragon Yin Saliva Evil".
After putting away the two evil spirits, Cheng Xinzhan couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. These were two extremely high-grade evil spirits.
The "Earth Lung Weaving Gold Evil" is formed by the spontaneous condensation of gold gas in the underground cavity that is naturally shaped like a human lung and the entanglement of yang energy that seeps out from the ground. Fengyang Underground Palace is a natural earth lung, but the "Earth Lung Weaving Gold Evil" in it was sucked up by Senior Jin Mingzi. Outsiders also speculate that in addition to the "Huangji Zhengwu Evil" in the Juqu Mountain Earth Lung, there may also be a companion "Earth Lung Weaving Gold Evil".
"The evil spirit of the dormant dragon" is a natural stalactite in the underground cave that takes the shape of a dormant dragon. The stalactite dripping from the mouth of the dormant dragon interacts with the cold and yin air underground, which stimulates the evil spirit to penetrate the earth and stone, and also has the majesty of a real dragon. Cheng Xinzhan heard from Zhou Qingyun that there is such an evil spirit in the Zhuanxu Dragon Cave in northern Yunnan. Qionghai Jiange and Zhuanxu Dragon Cave have been fighting for many years, and they have also suffered a lot from this evil spirit.
Cheng Xinzhan didn't think Yao Kaijiang had the ability to find these two extremely rare evil spirits before he formed his elixir. These must have been the evil spirits that the red-haired ancestor had worked hard to find for his first disciple. And if Yao Kaijiang had not betrayed his master, but had chosen to stand with Hong Changbao, perhaps with his solid foundation in the golden elixir, his chances of forming a fetus would be higher than Hong Changbao's.
And if he is willing to concentrate on practicing the Hongmuling Dharma, with such a golden elixir, the Dharma form he will produce will not be as ridiculous as the dwarf form of the Yelang King.
Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.
However, even though he possessed these two rare evil spirits, Yao Kaijiang still believed until his death that the Red-haired Ancestor owed him something.
It is true that human desires are hard to satisfy and insatiable.
He set fire to the cell, cleared it out, retracted the cloud, rang the bell, and began to treat the wound on his abdomen while waiting for the warden to inspect it.
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"Master Yun, how about you go back to the first floor and take care of your injuries first? You are already far ahead anyway."
The prisoner on the fifth floor said.
Cheng Xinzhan smiled and shook his head, took out the "Regenerating Jade Red Ointment" he made himself, and applied it to the wound little by little.
"It's just a minor injury, nothing serious. Let's keep going and rest after we reach the seventh floor."
I listened closely and was amazed.
"You are really a man of great skill and courage!"
"you flatter me."
"It has been checked, please."
"Good work."
After watching Cheng Xinzhan continue to fly to the sixth floor, the prisoner took out the divination sticks.
"Yao Kaijiang's body is gone, and Master Yunguan only suffered a superficial wound. He has now gone to the sixth floor!"
"What a fierce rage!"
"Is this the first time he's been injured?"
"What kind of cultivation is this person?!"
"I wonder if the demon on the sixth floor can stop him."
"This guy has killed four demons in a row without taking a break!"
"yes……"
"It really is!"
Someone reacted.
At this time, the prisoner on the fifth floor added,
"Master Yun said personally that he wanted to go to the seventh floor to rest."
The crowd in the hall fell silent after hearing this, but then a more intense discussion broke out.
"Does that mean this person is confident that he can take down the sixth floor?!"
"What are you talking about? He obviously wants to go to the eighth floor! Otherwise, he could just go back to the first floor to rest!"
"It makes sense..."
"The eighth level, has this person already reached this level of cultivation?"
"..."
“I saw Master Yun!”
The long-awaited sixth-floor prison made a slightly louder sound, successfully attracting everyone's attention.
"Which one did he choose?"
Someone asked immediately.
This is the sixth floor. If you look down, there is the powerful Third Wash. If you look in the middle, there is the long-established Fourth Wash. If you look up, there is the old but strong Fifth Wash. None of them are easy to deal with.
"Looking, looking, Master Yun is still looking as well."
The prisoner on the sixth floor responded, and then he continued,
"It's settled! He's gone in. I'll follow him to take a look. It's number 57. Oh! It's this old Qiu, Bai Yuxuan, the fifth washed dragon seed!"
"Hiss, I've figured it out. This guy only kills the tough ones! Tian Zhongshui, Monk Kongse, Old Monk Jingshi, Yao Kaijiang, none of them are unknown, they are all experts in their field!"
Someone answered.
"Hey, it's true!"
"really."
"Not necessarily."
Some people disagree with this view, saying,
"I recognize the first four. It's no exaggeration to say that they are all in their prime. But I have an impression of this old Qiu. If his surname is Bai, it should be Yuzhi Xiaoqiu. This clan is not famous for fighting. Besides, isn't Bai Yuxuan the mother-in-law of the old woman known as "Di Gu"?
"This old dragon is already quite old. When it was captured, it should have been on its last legs. Its magic power and vitality are both declining. The master of Yun Temple chose this little dragon. He must have taken advantage of it. He wanted to save some effort and earn a five-wash dragon bead."
But as soon as he finished speaking, he was refuted.
"Guo Shengyu, I can tell it's you. Forget it. What impression can you have? Can you know it better than me? No matter how old this old Qiu is, he is a five-washed dragon. How can he be so easy to deal with? It was Li Xiaozu who brought the Purple Ying Sword and the Purple Qiu and managed to capture him. Li Xiaozu was even injured. I was there at the time. What are you pretending for? You said that the old Qiu was so easy to deal with and could earn the five-washed Qiu Pearl. Why didn't you go before?"
"You, you, I, ..."
Judging from the voice, this man is from the prison on the sixth floor. He spoke rudely and made the man named Guo Shengyu so angry that he couldn't say a word for a long time.
The prisoners in this tower chatted every day, and most of them knew each other. Seeing the two Emei disciples quarreling, they were happy to watch the fun. As soon as everyone heard it, they knew that Guo Shengyu was not standing still, and they followed suit to ridicule and laugh. For a while, the atmosphere in the tower was full of joy and excitement.
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The sixth floor of the Demon Locking Tower, cell number 57.
Cheng Xinzhan walked into the virtual world and was not ambushed this time. He only saw a thin old woman in white sitting on the ground, lowering her head and playing a jade flute with melodious sound.
Cheng Xinzhan approached slowly.
As he approached, the melodious flute sound became rapid, and a cold light like a sword blade appeared in the void, like silver willow leaves fluttering in the wind, blowing towards Cheng Xinzhan.
The lion growled in his throat and was about to fight back. His Lion's Roar ability was the innate ability to restrain these sound attacks. However, at this time, Cheng Xinzhan raised his hand to stop the lion's action. He pinched a sword gesture and performed the Taiyi Splitting Light Sword Technique. The dark air turned into a few wisps of sword wind, blowing away the flying silver leaves. At the same time, he opened his mouth and spit out clouds of gas, which spread to every corner of this virtual world.
At this time, the flute played for the second time, and the clouds exhaled by Cheng Xinzhan seemed to be obeying the flute's command and surged back.
Cheng Xinzhan smiled slightly when he saw this. They all say that Yun follows the dragon, and this is indeed true.
However, he also has the power of a dragon.
He has the blood and effort of the fourth-level brocade dragon, the essence and blood of the fifth-level blue dragon, the fetal scales of the ancient Shu green dragon, plus a dragon energy and a dragon evil. To be honest, the dragon power of an ordinary dragon cannot compare to his.
When he released his dragon power, the clouds naturally surged and filled the air, which also attracted the old woman's attention. She finally raised her head and turned to look at Cheng Xinzhan.
Cheng Xinzhan also saw the old woman's face.
Beauty lies in the bones, not in the skin. This is true. The old woman has white hair, wrinkles on her face, her lips are pale, and her cheeks are thin. But her thin skin makes her bones look more graceful, and her eyes are still as clear as autumn water. As the saying goes: the bones are clear and the mind is cold, like the shadow of a jade, and the pupils are as clear as autumn water. It is nothing more than this.
The sky was filled with clouds, and Cheng Xinzhan had already approached. He said in his heart,
"Mr. Bai, I am honored to be here."
Bai Yuxuan's expression changed and she looked at Cheng Xinzhan with a curious look in her eyes.
"The prisoner in the 57th cell on the sixth floor is Bai Yuxuan, a great demon in the Golden Core Realm, a Jade-Fat Little Dragon, who has undergone the Five Washes of the Dragon Pearl. He is good at music, knows how to change, and is proficient in the art of gold and water. He broke the ban because of Xing Hong, and in the 448th year of the Ming Dynasty, he was captured by Li Yingqiong and taken into the tower."
These are the words from the album given by Yu Nanlin.
Cheng Xinzhan laughed when he saw this. This paragraph was similar to the one given by Uncle Gu, except for the name and dragon species. The rest of the words "violated the ban because of Xinghong" were not changed at all, which naturally aroused his suspicion.
Because in the atlas, the crimes committed by the people he chose, Tian Zhongshui, Kongse, Jingshi, and Yao Kaijiang, were clearly described. In the atlas, he also saw some dragons, which year, month, and day, which river caused floods, and how many houses were flooded. It was all written in great detail, which could be described as too numerous to mention.
How come it was just six simple words for Uncle Gu and Bai Yuxuan?
The words "Yuzhi Xiaoqiu", "Ming 448th year", and "Li Yingqiong" also aroused his suspicion. Because in that year, he rescued a young Yuzhi Xiaoqiu on the bank of the Yangtze River in Kuizhou, a Yuzhi Xiaoqiu that was being hunted by Emei Yuchi Zhenyan.
He learned from Yuchi Zhenyan that in that year, under the order of Xun Lanyin, in addition to Yuchi Zhenyan, Li Yingqiong, Qi Jinchan, and Zhuge Jingrui each led a team to catch the Qiong. He also learned from Xiao Qiu the reason for catching the Qiong, because the Qiong Pearl can keep the face beautiful.
It's not hard to guess. Xun Lanyin captured Uncle Gu because she coveted the piano, and captured Bai Yuxuan because she coveted the pearl. Both of them were dragons, and they were too lazy to change the charges against them and put them in the Demon Locking Tower, so the charges were very simple to make up.
The name Bai Yuxuan was also very familiar. Cheng Xinzhan remembered that the little dragon he and Shen Zhaoming rescued was named Bai Yuhua.
He looked at Bai Yuxuan and continued to speak in his heart,
"I am not from the Xuanmen sect, but an Eastern Taoist priest. In the 448th year of the Ming Dynasty, I saved a little jade-like dragon in the Yangtze River. Her name was Bai Yuhua."
The flute stopped.
"Excuse me, Taoist priest, what is your name?"
Bai Yuxuan looked at Cheng Xinzhan and responded in the same way.
Cheng Xinzhan still did not reveal his real name, leaving himself a way out.
"I call myself the Wanderer of the Clouds, and the flute playing by Mr. Bai does not need to stop."
Then the flute sounded again, and Bai Yuxuan continued to ask in her heart,
"Master Yunlai, where is Yuhua now? Is the child still alive?"
Cheng Xinzhan answered immediately,
"My companions and I fished her out of the Yangtze River and sent her to a small pond deep in the mountains of Shennongjia in Jingchu. After that, I never looked for her again, but it's very secluded, so she should be safe."
"Master, you are so kind. The Yuqiu clan is grateful. You used clouds and mist to cover me, and spoke to me with your heart. Are you worried that someone is watching? If not, I will kowtow and thank you."
Cheng Xinzhan said,
"It's just a small effort, there's no need to do this."
Cheng Xinzhan also had a question, he asked,
"Last time when I rescued Yuhua, I asked, Emei captured you to take the Qiongzhu to keep your beauty, but with such a high level of cultivation, why didn't you take the Qiongzhu after you were captured, but instead sent it to the Demon Locking Tower?"
Bai Yuxuan's tone was filled with self-mockery, as well as pain and sadness.
"Xun Lanyin's vision is very high. The Qiu Pearl she wants is the Qiu Pearl of my young Qiu, which is full of luster and blood. Although I, an old woman, have washed my Qiu Pearl many times, this broken body will eventually die, and the Qiu Pearl's luster will dim.
"Her disciples were unaware of the situation and tried very hard to find me, capture me, and bring me to her, but she didn't like me, so she threw me into the Demon Locking Tower.
"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous. The young generation of my clan died because of their youth, but I, an old and frail body, survived because of my old age. Isn't it ridiculous that an old man sends off a young man for such a reason?"
Cheng Xinzhan didn't know how to respond and could only remain silent.
After a while, Lao Qiu calmed down and asked Cheng Xinzhan,
"Master, you are not from the Xuanmen Sect, how can you enter this Demon Locking Tower?"
Cheng Xinzhan then explained the matter of the spring collection.
Bai Yuxuan listened quietly, then smiled,
"Master, are you here to borrow my remaining life? One life for another, that's the way it should be. I'll give you my life in exchange for the new life of my descendants. The Yuqiu clan still has to accept Master's kindness."
Cheng Xinzhan didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this. This was a huge misunderstanding. He said,
"No! No! I came in this time to take you out, but I don't know if you are willing to take the risk and give up your life."
Bai Yuxuan's eyes changed. If she could live, if she could see her children again, who would be willing to be locked in this tower and wait for death? However, her Qiuzhu and Yuanshen were restricted by the Xuanmen Sect. As long as she left this prison, she would be discovered. How could this Taoist priest take her out?
"I am already a person being held in custody and awaiting death. Is there anything I cannot abandon? Is there any risk I cannot take? Please let me know, Taoist Priest."
Cheng Xinzhan said,
"I am only 80% sure that I can take the layman's soul out, but his physical body and golden elixir will be destroyed. After he gets out, he can either survive in this world as his soul, or find another spirit body to borrow from."
Bai Yuxuan was silent for a moment after hearing this. She didn't expect the price to be so high.
Cheng Xinzhan did not urge him, he really did not have any good solution. Yu Nanlin said with certainty that as long as the demon left the virtual world and entered the tower, he would be discovered by the magic mirror. Although he had a dragon scale virtual world and a cave stone virtual world on his body that might block the magic mirror's detection, no living creatures could be allowed in these places.
You can tell at a glance whether the golden elixir is alive or not. If the flesh still has vitality, the acupoints are still functioning, and the qi and blood are still flowing, the golden elixir is alive and naturally emits divine light; when the flesh is exhausted and decayed, the golden elixir becomes a dead pill, dim and without light. This cannot be faked.
It was impossible for Cheng Xinzhan to walk out with the living golden elixir, nor could he put the living body and golden elixir into the acupoints or the virtual world and take them out, so it had to be destroyed.
In fact, he was not 100% sure that he could take the soul out, but he thought he could give it a try.
Logically speaking, he certainly cannot take someone else's soul into his own body, because this would undoubtedly show his inner world to outsiders. It is even more impossible for a person's body to be contaminated by the breath of outsiders at will. What if the outsider has malicious intentions and wants to take over his body?
However, he still has a secret treasure - the Tai Shang Tian Du Lu.
The Supreme Heavenly Capital Talisman can accommodate the inner spirit and the primordial spirit, which he has tried personally. For a period of time, he used the split spirit and incarnation very well, and his flesh body, bamboo body, and talisman body each acted independently, which saved him a lot of time. Of course, it also shortened his lifespan and earned him a lot of scolding.
He had asked about this when he was practicing Taoism in Juqu Mountain. The general Shangqing Lu can only accommodate inner scene gods, and that is one inner scene god at a time. Only the highest-grade Taishang Tiandu Lu can accommodate multiple inner scene gods and primordial spirits. If one loses his physical body, the Taishang Tiandu Lu can be used directly as a spiritual body to reincarnate.
If Bai Yuxuan's soul was stored in the Taishang Tiandu Scroll, her divine thoughts were locked, the Scroll was placed in the Zique, and then covered with the "Xuan Ji Wulou Fu" supplemented by the "Zhongyun Zhatian Gang" and the inner scene of the wind bird, Cheng Xinzhan felt that this should be able to block the magic mirror's illumination.
And if he was discovered, there would be nothing he couldn't say. He could just say that he coveted the various secret techniques in the old Qionglong's memory and wanted to take him out for thorough interrogation. I believe this reason would be convincing, especially in the Xuanmen's Demon Locking Tower.
More importantly, Cheng Xinzhan wanted to give it a try, to see if his attempt to collect the dragon's soul in the tower and take it out would be discovered by the Xuanmen, and if discovered, would they allow him to take it out.
This was because Cheng Xinzhan was also not completely confident that he could teleport Gu Yi safely and unharmed through the Qiankun Shifting Array given by Huanzhu Louzhu. If that was not possible, he would have to try the risky strategy of only taking his soul with him.
Cheng Xinzhan didn't dare to try the Qiankun Shifting Array Plate, because the last time he was transferred from the East China Sea to Huanzhu Tower via the Array Plate, the Sword Immortal took the Array Plate away and gave him a new one. So he guessed that the Array Plate could only withstand this level of Qiankun Shifting once, and maybe it could only transfer one person.
After a little hesitation, Bai Yuxuan agreed.
"Please help me, Taoist priest."
Cheng Xinzhan was not too surprised to hear this. Compared to being imprisoned to death or being killed as a whetstone for the Xuanmen sect, taking the risk of escaping was a good choice. It could even be said that it was the only choice.
What's more, this old Qiu doesn't have many years left to live. Just as she said, there is really nothing to be reluctant to part with her old and frail body.
Cheng Xinzhan nodded and began to cast the spell.
(End of this chapter)