longevity road trip

"Don't worry, there won't be another Venerable Wanjian." Cang Ming didn't say this directly, but transmitted it to Cao Qi with his spiritual sense.

"Okay, that's good." After hearing the words, Cao Qi's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and laughed.

Then Cao Qi looked up at the few people in the air, he floated up, and said loudly to everyone: "Fellow Taoists, what happened today is Cao's fault, so I won't stay any longer, see you by fate."

As soon as the words fell, they instantly turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the clouds.

Fu Dahai behind Cangming Yaojun had a frightened look on his face, a bit of satisfaction and a bit of resentment flashed in his eyes.The former demon body differentiated into 36 demon souls with secret methods.If the demon souls kill each other, all the cultivation base of the loser will be turned into the merits of the other party, and if the demon soul dies at the hands of others, its soul power will be divided among the remaining demon souls out of thin air.

In the past hundreds of years, there are 36 demon souls, including him, there are only five, and the time when the soul and body are united is getting closer and closer.

Fu Dahai frowned, a little annoyed, if he hadn't had some accidents before, he would be like everyone else now, he would already be a Nascent Soul cultivator, why should he linger, when encountering things, he could only hide behind others, and he had nothing to do with it Backhand power!He understood that Patriarch Qianmu sent Cang Ming in front, saying it was protection, not to mention imprisonment.

But it's not that he doesn't have any opportunities. Over the years, in his practice, Qianmu Patriarch did not make things difficult, but instead gave him what he wanted.Now he is only a thin line away from the late stage of the golden elixir. When he goes back this time, he will take a few pills that will help him break through, and try to become a Nascent Soul cultivator as soon as possible, otherwise he can only be left as a fish.

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And Zhang Shiping has returned to his residence at this moment, on the table in front of him, there is an opened ruby ​​jade box, and the contents inside have already been held by him, it is a scarlet ruby ​​slip slightly smaller than an egg .

At this moment, there was a little doubt on his face, obviously he had read the jade slip.

Chapter 477

"What is the origin of this person surnamed Cao? He even knows that I have practiced Wan Jian Sheng and Po Xie Dharma. What is the intention of this person?" Zhang Shiping stood up, paced back and forth in the room, and muttered.

When Zhang Shiping looked at the jade slips earlier, there was only one method recorded in the jade slips.The so-called bitterness and return to the baby means that when the baby is conceived, the body is used as a lone boat, and the whole body's flesh, mana, magic power, and soul are fused together, and the energy and spirit are returned to the golden elixir. Vitality, thus breaking the pill into a baby.

Although this kind of method of conceiving babies is a bit more slanted, it is still a superior method. Its defect is that after the monk's energy and spirit are unified, he falls into a state of sitting and forgetting, unable to perceive the outside world, so Without the power to fight back, even a mortal child holding a sharp weapon can easily kill him at this time.

However, usually when the Golden Core cultivator conceives a baby, unless it is the kind of solitary cultivator who is alone, which one is not protected by the seniors of the sect or a few friends.There are a few deficiencies in this method, which is really normal. Among the thousands of methods in the world, which one can be perfect?

Therefore, when Zhang Shiping saw this method, he was pleasantly surprised.

But when he saw the content of the second half of the jade slip, Zhang Shiping's sense of surprise has completely subsided, and his face is more surprised.

This is all because this fellow Daoist Cao left only half of the content of "The Method of Returning to the Infant from Crude Crossing" in the jade slips, and even bluntly stated that the method of Wan Jiansheng he practiced was incomplete, and finally he left a sea chart, A more conspicuous stone island is marked on it.

He said frankly that if Zhang Shiping finds soul lotus seeds again in the future, and wants to complete "Wan Jiansheng" and "The Way of Returning to the Infant through Suffering", he can go to the previous Jiuxuan Pavilion to leave a message. If he is still in Nanzhou by then, He will be invited to Binhai City, but if he has returned overseas, then go to that stone island, and he will naturally be found.

It's just that Shidao in the sea map is more than 150 million miles away from Nanzhou. With his current flying speed, it will take half a year to fly straight all the way without sleep, but overseas is wild and dangerous, so he needs to be vigilant all the time. Naturally, you can't be so ostentatious, and it will take some time. He estimated that going to Shidao would take at least seven months and at most a year.

He waved his sleeves away, and the jade on the table disappeared. He sat down and tapped on the table with a pensive look on his face. He didn't need this "Crossing the Way of Returning to an Infant" for the time being, and he wasn't in a hurry to get the rest. The following content, and the Xuanyuan Sect has been passed down for so long, Zhang Shiping believes that there must be a method of becoming a baby that is not weak but surpasses this method.

Of course, if these methods are passed on to him, it will depend on the Yuanying ancestors in the sect, this is also what Zhang Shiping has concerns about.

As for the completion of "Wan Jiansheng", he was even more excited.

Thousands of years ago, Venerable Wan Jian was able to overwhelm Nanzhou with his sword and win the name of Venerable Wan Jian. "Wan Jiansheng" has a lot of credit for this method.It's just that after Zhang Shiping got this method, he didn't use it much in fighting with others, the reason is that he didn't get all the content, what he got at that time was only the method of cultivation, and a small part of the method of sword formation.

But this kind of attacking sword formula requires a matching set of flying swords and the method of sacrificial refining. Otherwise, no matter how strong the monk's spiritual consciousness is, how can he drive hundreds of flying swords like arms, so in After Zhang Shiping Jindan, his "Wan Jiansheng" also bullied some monks whose cultivation base was weaker than his, it is not worthy of the name!

In the past, Zhengyangzong and other six sects joined forces to destroy Wanjianmen. The reason they said to the outside world was that Xuanji Zhenjun, the ancestor of Wanjianmen, wanted to break the forbidden law in the valley and steal the demon's body when he was guarding the Zhenmo Valley. Being noticed by the ancestors of the six sects, the six of them persuaded him to no avail, so they had no choice but to kill him.

As for the follow-up, the six Nascent Soul True Monarchs teamed up to sweep the Wanjian Gate with lightning speed, and killed the disciples to seize the inheritance. The reason for this is not enough for outsiders to understand.

As for the seven inheritance dharma swords left by Wan Jianmen Wanjian Venerable, each of the six sects got one of them. The precious methods that Pai has obtained are more or less flawed.

However, Zhengyangzong had a better relationship with Qiyunzong and Xuanhuomen at that time. The three factions exchanged the skills from the magic sword and confirmed each other to complete part of it. , had some feuds with the ancestors of Xuanmu Sect, Luofeng Sect, and Caixia Valley Sect, and the relationship has always been bad, so the two sides did not exchange Wanjianmen's inherited skills.

And when Wanjianmen made a comeback, the six sects were exterminated and fled. The ancestor Changshen once added some of the classics to Zhang Shiping, and the matching flying sword forging method in "Wanjiansheng", as well as the usual sacrifices. It's a pity that he still hasn't obtained the secret method of refining the flying sword's consciousness!

"Is this person surnamed Cao from the third sect of Xuanmu Sect, or is it a trap deliberately set by Wanjian Sect?" Zhang Shiping's eyes were dim, and what he was looking at was the Baimang Mountains located hundreds of thousands of miles southwest of Nanming City.

Because of the news of the soul lotus seed, he now knows two places, and they are both in Baimang Mountain.

One is the valley near Hongyi City, but this place seems to have been known by the ancestor Changshen, and there should be nothing left now.The second is the stalactite cave that he, Su Shuang, and Senior Brother Chen were looking for when he was in Zhengyangzong. It was not far from Hongyi City. The three of them agreed to repair it later. In order to grow up a bit, we will join hands to go forward again.

It's just that the way happened, and the matter was delayed.Zhang Shiping heard from Su Shuang that this Senior Brother Chen had already died, and Su Shuang also ran out of lifespan more than 200 years ago.In this world, it has been [-] years in a flash, things are people and things are not going on, and when I look back, I don’t see the old people, only the lonely shadow is left with me, which is very embarrassing!

In fact, if Zhang Shiping wants to go to the stalactite cave in Baimang Mountain, there is nothing wrong with it. With his current cultivation base and restrained breath, only those Yuanying monks in the late Jindan stage can see through it, but Baimang Mountain is so big, such How many monks are there?He didn't believe that his luck would be so bad.

He shook his head lightly, and suddenly laughed lightly. Since he didn't know why, and everything was too coincidental, it's better to be still than to move. Anyway, the stalactite cave has been there for nearly 200 years, maybe It has already been found by others, and it is useless to go there in a hurry.

Besides, although my practice is a bit slower now, I can still make some progress, unlike other Golden Core monks who are trapped in bottlenecks all their lives and cannot make progress in their cultivation.He settled down and spent another 200 years accumulating mana, trying to break through to the later stage of Golden Core. At that time, he was only four hundred years old.

In this way, such a long time has passed, even if there is any calculation in it, it should have passed.At that time, I will choose another time to go quietly to Baimang Mountain. If he is lucky enough to get the soul lotus seed, he will call that fellow Daoist Cao to come. Anyway, he will not be able to go to the overseas stone island alone. .

After putting away his turbulent thoughts, Zhang Shiping turned back to the quiet room and sat cross-legged, concentrating his mana. The cultivation realm of a monk is the foundation, and the practice of attacking and attacking is just to protect the way, and the cart should not be put before the horse!

Chapter 478

As the sun sets and the moon rises, the brilliance falls on the surface of the surging sea, sparkling with golden light.

Zhang Shiping, who had been meditating for more than three hours, slowly opened his eyes. He stretched out his hand and made a move. Several beams of light from the formation outside the room flew towards him and landed in his hand. After the light faded away, seven or eight pieces of different colors appeared. The jade slips and jade talismans.

Zhang Shiping checked his consciousness, and after a while he threw away the things in his hands, with a look of boredom on his face.He took out several jade slips from the storage bag, and after leaving a note, he threw them away, and they turned into streamers of various colors, scattered away, and disappeared in a flash.

In one of the most prosperous and romantic places in the city, there are many attics, and there are faint sounds of playing and laughing, and the sound of silk, bamboo and drums from a distance.

On one of the singing platforms tens of feet high, under the moonlight, amidst the rustling of the players' zithers, there were six couples of men and women singing and dancing to the music.These twelve boys and girls, the youngest is no more than [-] or [-] years old, and the oldest is only ten.

There are table tables on both sides, and 12 people are sitting lazily among them, leaning against the red and nestling in the green, drinking and interlacing.Some of these people looked extremely young, and some had wrinkled faces and white beards, but from the aura unintentionally revealed on these people, it could be seen that these people were all Golden Core cultivators.However, most of them are in the early stage, and only two old men with a little old and decadent aura are in the middle stage of Golden Core.

While they were having a banquet, several beams of light flew over and landed in front of everyone, and landed on the wine table. The people who were originally drunk and confused were shocked and looked at each other with a smile.

"Mingtong, you lost, why don't you hurry up and take out your Hundred Flowers Wine and have fun with everyone." After seeing the jade slips, Master Huo Ming smiled at the person sitting opposite, "You know that Zhang Daoyou is the most People who don't like to join in the fun, dare to bet with the old man?"

"Everyone, drink to win!" The old man with a long beard that was slightly wet with wine also looked at the jade slips, his face was a bit red, he put down his wine glass, but he didn't have the slightest regret after losing, instead he pointed at Huo Ming and smiled, Then he took out a dozen cups of wine in a very free and easy manner, and divided them among the cases.

Immediately afterwards, he raised his glass to Huo Ming and said loudly: "You old bastard, you are so competitive when you are dying, don't think I didn't notice, drink it!"

The relationship between the two should be good, Huo Ming immediately toasted and drank, with a smile on his face.

Daoist Mingtong shook his hands lightly. The young man who was waiting on the side was handsome, with red lips and white teeth. Upon closer inspection, his brows and eyes were somewhat similar to Mingtong. He walked a few steps and bowed down. Beside my ancestors.

"Qi'er, send this cup of Baihua wine." Master Mingtong wiped the storage bag at his waist with his right hand, and a wine cup appeared in his hand.

"Yes." The young man caught the wine cup with both hands, and answered with a low eyebrow.

"Come on, take this token with you, otherwise it will be difficult for you to get in and out." Master Huo Ming raised his hand and sent out a scarlet token.

The place where Zhang Shiping lives is where the Xuanyuanzong Jindan monks gather, not to mention the magic circle guarding it, and there are disciples patrolling day and night, it is difficult for outsiders to enter.But with the token of Master Huo Ming, this young man can be sent by the disciple guarding the gate of the formation to lead him in to find someone.

"Old guy, what about my previous proposal, do you want to go hunting with me to kill the big monster? The 12 of us teamed up, although it is a little slow, but the victory is safe and secure. Now the Sea Clan is more and more persistent, so big There are more and more monsters, and we monks in the early and mid stages still need to work together." Master Ming Tong waved his hand to tell the younger generation in the clan to leave quickly, and then said to Master Huo Ming.

However, Master Huo Ming shook his head after hearing this, looked at him pointedly and said: "No, no, I don't have a few years to live, and now I want to live in peace for a few years. Ming Tong, you also You have to understand, once no one in your Zhu family can shoulder the burden, the more you keep now, the more dangerous their juniors will be, you have to make arrangements, how about coming to my Xuanyuanzong?"

"Let's see, let's not talk about this for now, it will only increase your troubles. The old man respects you a toast, and you will win!" Daoist Tongming showed a bit of fatigue in his eyes, he sighed lightly, then raised his glass high, and said loudly.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere became more intense.

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After Zhang Shiping drank the Hundred Flowers Wine sent by Immortal Mingtong, he did not continue to meditate and refine Qi, but sat alone leaning on the railing in the courtyard looking at the moon for a long time.After all, he was still thinking about Cao Qi in his heart, and he was a little worried.This kind of person who comes out of nowhere but knows everything about himself, but he knows nothing about it, is too dreadful.

Of course, as an elder, he was not greedy for this little advantage, so Zhang Shiping casually gave the junior from Zhu's family a talisman of similar value as a gift in return.

The talisman treasures sold in many shops in the world of cultivating immortals range from hundreds of spirit stones to thousands of spirit stones, but in fact these so-called talisman treasures are usually broken magic treasures, which have been refined for ten and a half days by the Golden Core cultivator's alchemy sacrifice. months, and then make it into talismans with different powers.

A talisman with low power is only comparable to a full-strength attack by a monk in the early stage of foundation establishment, while a powerful one is no more than comparable to a full-strength strike by a monk in the early stage of foundation establishment.These talismans are nothing more than a joke to Golden Core cultivators.

However, if it is a talisman made by Master Huo Ming who sacrificed the talisman of hundreds of years, then even a monk like Zhang Shiping, who is only one step away from the late Jindan stage, should be extremely afraid!It's just that Daoist Huo Ming has neither blood descendants nor apprentices to inherit the mantle. After he dies, he will most likely leave all his own things in the Xuanyuan Zong's treasury.

Zhang Shiping smiled lightly. Among the many jade slips just now, Brother Huo Ming actually sent two jade slips. One was to invite him to the banquet like everyone else, and the other was to ask him not to come, otherwise he would bet I'm about to lose.

Otherwise, even if he doesn't like the excitement anymore, with the real Huo Ming present, he will have to sit down for a while, and we won't see each other many times.

As the eastern sky gradually brightened, the bright moon in the sky became more ethereal until it disappeared.

Zhang Shiping straightened his clothes, got up and walked out, towards Qingyu Patriarch's small courtyard, but when he arrived, he was stopped by two disciples in front of him politely, telling him to wait a while.

Then one of them immediately went into the small courtyard to report, and after a while, the disciple walked out slowly.

"Elder Zhang, the ancestor is practicing." He whispered to Zhang Shiping who was waiting.

As soon as the disciple on duty finished speaking, the voice of Qingyu Patriarch came from Zhang Shiping's ear, "Shiping doesn't need to be so polite, you need to have some snacks on the pill refining, don't delay, come back earlier Xiaofeng Island is it."

Zhang Shiping nodded, having Qingyu Patriarch speak, he felt a little more at ease, he did not forget that Yuji Sanren.Although I took out the phantom locust that this person wanted, but I still have one left in my hand, if this person still has other plans, how can I have the power to fight back?

Therefore, no matter it was out of etiquette or for his own safety, it was always right for him to visit Qingyu Patriarch before he left. This was what Zhang Shiping had in mind.

While thinking about it, Zhang Shiping walked towards the gate of the city, and soon after, among the tens of thousands of lights flying around in the outer city, there was an inconspicuous red flying rainbow, and he walked towards Xiaofeng Island without any haste.

Chapter 479

It's just that Zhang Shiping didn't know that on the way from his residence to Qingyu Patriarch's place, that Yuji Zhenjun quietly came to an inconspicuous small courtyard in the city. He pushed the door and walked along the corridor. Half a figure, until he passed through the bluestone half-moon arch, he saw a person sitting in the wooden pavilion in the courtyard, and this person was facing Zhenjun Yuji with his back.

I saw this man wearing a black cloak embroidered with crane patterns, his right hand clenched his fist and slowly released it, making a few ding dong sounds, as if some fragments fell on the stone table.

"Yesterday I saw that little guy from Xuanyuanzong, who was somewhat similar to you. I heard that he was also born in Baimang Mountain, which is really interesting." Zhenjun Yuji said with a smile. Walk up to this person and sit down.This monk with a cloak and bright eyes looks a bit like Zhang Shiping at first glance, no wonder Zhenjun Yuji asked curiously.

On the square stone table are scattered three simple copper coins, each of which is round on the outside and square on the inside, and the square is six points in length and width, with ancient patterns engraved on them, which are not like the common characters in the world of cultivating immortals today.When the man heard Zhenjun Yuji's words, he didn't say anything. He reached out and flicked the copper coins on the table, put the copper coins in his hand, and then sprinkled them on the table. Sitting in Thailand seems to be commonplace.

"Is it funny?" The man said lightly, put away the copper coins, and sprinkled them again, his brows gradually wrinkled.

Zhenjun Yuji's words came to his lips, but because of the attitude of the big cloak monk, as if he had eaten flies, he could only snort coldly to express his dissatisfaction.It's just that this monk in a big cloak faintly reveals the aura of Yuanying's early stage, but for some reason he is not afraid of this Zhenjun Yuji at all, and this Zhenjun Yuji really endured it!

After a while, the copper coins were sprinkled six times.

"The Kanshui is on the top, and the Gen Mountain is on the bottom. The water and the mountain are in vain!" The monk in the big cloak frowned and sighed, and said to himself.

Seeing that he was done, Zhenjun Yuji said: "This junior has a lot of thoughts. As you expected, he is going to Qingyu, and he should leave if he thinks about it. Yesterday, the old man found a reason and sent you The Lightning Fire Awl given to me was exchanged for him, are you sure that Qingyu Old Daoist won’t notice?”

Then the man waved his sleeves, put away the copper coins on the table, and put away his melancholy just now, "I forged this thunder and fire awl with my own hands, even if someone sacrificed it, I also have a secret method to sense its position Where. Although such a secret method will gradually weaken and dissipate with the sacrifice of the magic weapon, at least for a few days, a mere Jindan junior can't do it to this level. And if I don't say it, I don't think you, Yuji Daoist, will either Will you notice it? Besides, having that phantom locust is not exactly what you want, and next time the Nanfa Temple is opened, you should be able to gain something, right?"

Zhenjun Yuji raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "It's good if it's true, then Qingyu won't think it's strange. But it's also good luck, with those two phantom locusts, it's enough to save me a lot of trouble." It will take several years. But it will be really safe if a third-order phantom locust can be cultivated, otherwise, in order not to cause any accidents, we can only stimulate it with the blood energy method and exhaust its potential."

Immediately afterwards, Zhenjun Yuji suddenly said: "I didn't expect that Qin Xiangshan was separated by you and me even the Yuanying hundreds of years ago. It is really surprising that Qin Xiangshan can survive for so long. But according to your hexagram, Since it will be futile in the end, it is better to stop for the time being, so as not to startle the snake, and besides, that junior named Zhang will not be able to escape in Binhai City."

"If my master hadn't been exposed to practice, he would have been too old, and his temper would have been a bit indifferent to the world. It may not be impossible for him to become a god of transformation. It is normal for him to have some means of saving his life. In his life, he only Believe in divination, if I can't become a Nascent Soul, he won't pass on his mantle to me, but he can calculate that he will die at the hands of you and me? Besides, I have become a Nascent Soul cultivator now. Things are disturbing, how can I count them all with these few copper coins in my hand, the hexagrams are inherently changeable, and if you don’t do things, you won’t know if they will succeed.” The man shook his head and said something lightly, as if he didn’t care about his master and apprentice at all. Take kindness to heart.

"Then I will stay in the city for a few days, so that the old man Qingyu will not trouble me! Although it has been rumored that Qinghe and Aoji have both disappeared over the years, who knows if it is true or not, and Jifeng is still there. Shui Yueyuan has a very good relationship. It's better for me to wait for these rogue cultivators to be quiet, so as not to become a bird. Although I don't know what your plan is, but when you find Qin Xiangshan's relic, it will be completed. After the "Xian Di Jue", I need to figure out how to enter the ancient formation for me." Zhenjun Yuji tapped the stone table a few times, and after thinking for a while, he said without changing his expression.

"I can't count all the changes in that ancient formation just based on your dictation and rehearsal. Why don't you take me there and let me enter the formation myself to experience all the changes in it, so that I can quickly figure out how to enter the formation?" The method." The great cloak monk said with a frown.

"Forget it, I'll let the old man help you find and complete the "Phase and Earth Jue". Using this method magically, it must not be difficult to calculate all the changes in the ancient formation. I have waited for decades, and it is no longer a few years away I can't understand your ability very well, don't worry, after this incident, you will repay my favor." Zhenjun Yuji took a deep look at him, and seemed to be very afraid of him in his heart.

"If you can wait, then wait." After the monk in the cloak answered, he stood up, his figure gradually faded away, and disappeared when the breeze blew.

Zhenjun Yuji squinted his eyes, and after sitting for a while, he heard a few "cracks", and suddenly a raging flame ignited on his body, which also turned into a wisp of blue smoke.

And in the place where Yuanying monks gathered in the city, in a house shrouded in a pale white light curtain, there was an old man sitting cross-legged on a futon. This person was Zhenjun Yuji.After the green fire was burnt out, Zhenjun Yuji just opened his eyes. After a few breaths, he got up and walked out of the light curtain. A monk in green robe happened to pass by in front of him. Hongyue Tower, how about if it is convenient for you to go with us?"

The green-robed monk seemed very surprised, he shook his head: "So it's fellow Taoist Yuji, I'm really sorry, I have some private matters to do, and I should be going to the Red Moon Tower later, fellow Taoist, let's go first."

"That's fine, that's fine, then I'll go first." Zhenjun Yuji said calmly.

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Above the clouds in the South China Sea, Zhang Shiping was driving with a white jade chariot.

The ones pulling the cart are six golden-eyed, snow-white beasts, only a strange beast with a long mane as bright red as blood, and no one else needs to drive them. Cultivator Dan must be slow, and there is a silver-haired female cultivator sitting in the car, who is the true emperor of Shuiyueyuan in Nishang.

This Nishang Zhenjun seemed to have sensed it, and when she raised her plain hand, the three-headed horse neighed and stopped.

"Which fellow daoist is here, can you come out and see?"

It was only after a cup of tea that there was no one in sight, so she said softly: "Let's go."

"Thank you, senior." Although Zhang Shiping didn't notice anything, he knew that someone was spying on him.

"It doesn't need to be like this. This gentleman is just giving you a ride along the way. Besides, who is that person here for? It's just that after you go back, you'd better stay in Xiaofeng City, and don't go out these days It's gone." Nishang Fairy said indifferently.

After Zhen Junyu in Nishang drove away, the monk in the cloak appeared just now, and there was no look of disappointment on his face, he just looked at the distance for a while, then turned and left.

Chapter 480

However, after this monk Qin disappeared, in the mid-air where he was standing, there was a sudden twist, and two mountain ghosts appeared, bowing like a hunchback, but not short, but about seven or eight feet tall , as soon as they appeared, their eyeballs rolled around, scratching their ears and scratching their cheeks, while chirping.

Although this mountain ghost has the word 'ghost' in its name, it is actually a strange species with a pointed forehead and black face, its body is covered with long yellow-gray hair, its arms are slender, and its ten knuckles are abnormal Bulky, single-legged.These two monsters have no wings under their ribs, but they can stand safely in mid-air. They are obviously Tier [-] monsters, comparable to Golden Core cultivators.

"Hurry up!" A yell came from a distance, and the two mountain ghosts immediately calmed down.

I saw a cloud of gray smoke rising from their bodies for no reason, enveloping the whole body, the smoke gradually became thick and black, and the wind could not blow it, and the waves could not penetrate it.It wasn't until after a cup of tea that the black smoke dissipated, so how could there be these two mountain ghosts?