longevity road trip

"Mu Donglin has mentioned you to me several times over the years. On July 33th, 200 years later, he will hold a feast of spiritual fruits in Wanlin Valley. If you are free, don't miss it." Yes. The Wanling Fruit Feast is considered a grand event in the Three Realms, and it only takes place once every [-] years, so don’t miss it. We, the master and the apprentice, have other important matters to attend to, so let’s go ahead for now.” Jue Yue said, he turned his hand and took out a bronze token, and sent it to Zhang Shiping.

Without waiting for Zhang Shiping to say a word, Jue Yue stepped forward with bare feet, and Yu Feng flew away quickly.

"No move?" Zhang Shiping looked at the two flying away, and at the bronze token floating in the air.

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After half a stick of incense.

Zhang Shiping was still standing outside the Skeleton Ridge, he didn't take a step, he was holding the "Moving" bronze token in his hand, his robe was blown violently by the wind.

"This monk is not ordinary. The White Horse Temple and Wanlin Valley are not easy to mess with. Even if I go to the West Desert, I have to be careful to avoid it. You have to be careful in the future." Qin Feng's teasing voice came from the sapphire ring.

"I'm not going to the West Desert now. Why worry about these things? This is the "Changing Soul Transformation Law" you want, but there is a restriction in the second half of "Turning Soul". If you can't open it, everything after that Stop talking." Zhang Shiping said expressionlessly, he wiped the jade belt, and there was an extra blue jade slip in his hand.

The sapphire ring in Zhang Shiping's hand flickered a few times, a monk in black clothes wearing a mountain ghost mask suddenly appeared, he wrapped the jade slip and held it in his hand.

After more than ten breaths.

"Okay, this method of exchanging yuan and turning soul is indeed very mysterious. The restriction in the jade slip is not difficult, as long as the mana is condensed enough, it can be easily erased. The original owner of this jade slip seems to be quite familiar with you Right?" The monk in Xuanfu said flatly, and he threw the jade slip in his hand to Zhang Shiping.

"You just keep the content of the exercises in your heart, and see if you can turn around one day. Why care so much about other things? I don't believe that he has never noticed your existence. You can do it yourself." Zhang Shiping took over Yu Jian also said flatly.

"My business is not in a hurry, but you, if you can't find the Bone Origin Grass this time, then don't think that my deity will be merciful. But I can feel that he is actually very kind in his heart. And he has great expectations for you." Qin Feng responded.

"This kind of master-killer and father-killer previously forced Uncle Xu to sever his Dao heart, and then he killed my apprentice, and now he wants to blood-train my Zhang family. You said he was kind, and he still held great feelings for me. Hope, maybe you want me to kill him?" Zhang Shiping sneered.

"That's right, that's exactly what he hopes for. He has gone a long way on the road of 'giving up his heart, giving up his love, falling into the devil and killing his body', and there is no turning back. Even if one day he becomes a god, the world is just another There is one more venerable, but also one more butcher." Qin Feng said.

"Butcher? As far as I know, Qin Feng chose the same path as Venerable Xuanshan!" Zhang Shiping asked rhetorically.

"So in the past, the nine high-ranking clans who occupied Nanzhou in the past now only have a few sporadic clansmen left, hiding far away overseas. Why do you think the Venerable Xuanshan joined forces with Hongyue at that time? It was really out of righteousness? Xuanshan also It's just to dissipate the violent killing intent that has been squeezed in my heart for a long time, otherwise why fight to the death with the clan lord?" Qin Feng said indifferently.

"The incarnation outside the body generates its own spiritual wisdom, but none of them last tens or hundreds of years, and their consciousness is mostly hazy. It is impossible to be as clear as you. Who are you?" Zhang Shiping looked at Qin Feng's incarnation outside the body. , his eyes are full of looking and thinking.

If the general method of incarnation is not sacrificed, it is possible to give birth to one's own wisdom in three to fifty years.

But logically, with Qin Feng's temperament, if he hadn't been held back by anything, let alone three to fifty years, maybe three to five years later, he would sacrifice this incarnate spirit corpse once, absolutely. It is impossible to leave such troubles behind.

"You are his choice, and I'm also just the backhand he left for himself." The cultivator in Xuanfu took off the mask that looked like a mountain ghost on his face, and said softly.

Under the mask was a rather old face, Zhang Shiping felt a little familiar, a flash of light suddenly flashed in his mind, and he said rather unexpectedly: "Qin Xiangshan?"

"It seems that you really know the original identity of this body. Is he called Qin Xiangshan? But I am just a new spiritual consciousness born from Qin Feng's soul and Qin Xiangshan's corpse. I am no longer Qin Xiangshan. Of course, if I can If I devour Qin Feng himself, or cut off the connection with him by turning his soul, then I can be regarded as a new creature!" He said faintly.

"What a lunatic!" Zhang Shiping was silent for a moment, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth.

Chapter 597

"Madman? Maybe! But maybe in the future, when you have obsessions that you can't understand, you will become crazier than him. After all, you are bleeding from his blood! Blood is thicker than water, and this cannot be changed. Just like those people or monsters who are born with bloodline supernatural powers, it is not their choice." Qin Feng said.

"It doesn't make sense to say these things. I am me and he is him. There are no two identical people in the world. As for the theory of blood, do you think there are monks in this small world who can become Mahayana monks? Why worry?" Zhang Shiping said

The descendants of the tribe don't have to follow the path he wants, otherwise he would not have agreed to the marriage of his apprentice Lin Xi'er and Jin Siming.However, if the resources in the family are used, then these younger generations also need to shoulder the responsibility of maintaining the family. This is Zhang Shiping's original thinking and consistent belief. .

As for the theory of bloodlines, even today, Zhang Shiping has seen a lot of thoughts of his predecessors from the classics of the Xuanyuan Sect.

For example, speculations on various things of cultivating immortals such as spiritual roots, souls, blood vessels, auras, mana, exercises, and supernatural powers, as well as inferences recorded by predecessors.

Seventy to eighty thousand years ago, Xuanyuanzong still had seniors with Dongxu cultivation base at that time, and they once had two assumptions about the bloodlines in the world of cultivating immortals in the classics.One is based on the goodness of nature. Those who can turn the exercises they have practiced into divine patterns, pass them down through blood, and develop them into supernatural powers are a kind of gift to the younger generation and an improvement to the ethnic group they belong to.And another way of saying it is the theory of evil nature. There is nothing in the world that can be obtained for no reason. The more you get, the more you may pay later. Maybe one day these disappearing Mahayanas or true spirits will pass through These descendants with bloodlines and supernatural powers returned again.

However, these two statements are not widely circulated, and it is not known whether they are right or wrong.

These words were only exchanged for a chuckle from the spirit corpse who couldn't tell whether it was 'Qin Feng' or 'Qin Xiangshan', and then said:

"Do you know? Since I have awakened consciousness for more than a hundred years, as an incarnation, I have always felt that I am incomplete. There is always a sense of emptiness in my heart. A voice has been urging me to devour the deity. So I have been observing This deity, imagined how to get rid of his control, and then devour him to fill the emptiness of himself. After so long observation, I clearly understand what kind of person he is, not what kind of monk he is. A person is conceited and arrogant, thinking that he can hold everything in the palm of his hand, and he has not yet been promoted to become a god, he is already thinking about things after becoming a god."

Zhang Shiping was also a little irritable. He felt that Qin Feng was playing a game, a casual game.

He felt Zhang Shiping's irritability, and continued:

"Don't worry about it, you should Xin Qing himself is more than two hundred years old, and his cultivation base is already at the late stage of Jindan. It is possible for him to become a whetstone like me. That's why he left your Zhang family. You still have more than a thousand low-level monks in the method of sacrifice, and the blood pills you get are mediocre, but whoever lets you have the same blood as him can quickly replenish his vitality and increase his chances of passing through the God of Transformation Thunder Jie. Let’s go, the Bone Bone Origin Grass will not appear outside the Skeleton Ridge, only go deep into the mountain to have a chance to touch it!”

After Zhang Shiping heard this, he frowned tightly. Now that the situation is stronger than others, he still has to look for the Bone Grass.If you can't find this grass, maybe you have to think about it and send everyone in the family to the five secret realms of Xuanyuanzong.

Taking a few more deep breaths, he put away his thoughts and flew forward.

At a glance, the soil and rocks in this mountain are either black or gray. There are a few thin trees growing a few feet away, with gray-yellow leaves hanging on the trees, which are sparse. A little green.And in a place farther away, there is a gray mist floating, and there is a black shadow in it, flashing past.

Zhang Shiping's spiritual sense moved forward, and as soon as he touched the gray mist, he seemed to hear the screams of ghosts and wolves, which made people feel a little chilly.Suddenly, he found a black shadow manifesting from the rocks, and his spiritual consciousness immediately followed him.

It's just that the black shadow also noticed the abnormality. It turned its head suddenly, and a hole the size of a fist suddenly appeared on the face without facial features, followed by a heart-piercing scream.

The spiritual consciousness emitted by Zhang Shiping was like cold water hitting a red-hot iron block, and a faint gray energy spread along this ray of spiritual consciousness towards his body. He didn't say anything Immediately cut off the connection.

"This is Di?" Zhang Shiping was a little startled.

"It's Di, you're lucky, just don't mess with it, anyway, you can't kill this kind of thing." Qin Feng said.

According to legend, the lost soul is a ghost, the lost soul is a ghost, the lost voice is a hope, and the lost image is a barbarian. That is to say, this kind of strange monster will be born in the ghostly land of the underworld in the Skeleton Ridge.However, he is different from ordinary ghosts, he does not like flesh and blood, but loves invisible souls such as spirits and souls.

As long as the consciousness does not come out of the body, even if the monk walks past Di, it will not respond.

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Two days later.

On an inconspicuous hill in Skull Ridge, surrounded by mist, three figures could be vaguely seen.

Among these three people, a green-robed monk was none other than Zhang Shiping.The other two, one is a middle-aged monk in gray clothes, and the other is a female cultivator, who is dressed in strong clothes and wears a long sword at her waist, looking extremely heroic.

At a distance of more than ten feet away from them, a mass of purple-black spiritual fire was beating like a heart. At first it swelled as big as a head. It became a black round pill the size of a longan.

After the ghost pill was formed, Zhang Shiping, who was more than ten feet away, immediately reached out and grabbed it in his hand.He flipped his hands and took out a small silver bottle, uncorked the bottle, and put the ghost pill in it very skillfully.

After Zhang Shiping got rid of this ghost that was comparable to the mid-stage Jindan, he waited quietly for a while until the other two put away the other ghost from the mist.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Zhang, for your help." A middle-aged monk in gray clothes said.

"Fellow Daoist Min, you and I don't need to see each other anymore. This fellow Daoist is..." After collecting the Soul Gathering Bottle, Zhang Shiping first said to Min Caiquan, and then looked at the other person.

"Zhang Daoyou, this is Jiang Daoyou, the elder of my Ming Xinzong Keqing. Jiang Daoyou, this is Zhang Daoyou of Xuanyuanzong." Min Caiquan introduced the two of them.

"I met fellow Daoist Jiang." Zhang Shiping said out of politeness, cupping his hands.

"It seems that Senior Brother Zhang doesn't know me anymore. I think so. The last time you and I met was more than 200 years ago. It's normal if you don't remember." The female cultivator said unexpectedly.

Chapter 598

Zhang Shiping glanced at this female cultivator again, looked away, and recalled in his mind where he had met a Jindan female cultivator surnamed Jiang.

Seeing Zhang Shiping's doubts, Jiang Ruoliu said with a smile: "I wonder if Senior Brother Zhang still remembers the Jiang family in Lingsha Valley of Zhengyang Zong. In the past, Senior Brother and Junior Sister Xie came together."

"Jiang Family, Zhang Zhang certainly remembers it. How have fellow Daoists Jiang been doing all these years?" Zhang Shiping said suddenly after hearing the words.

In fact, to be honest, he naturally remembers the Jiang family. He also has a vague impression of the fellow Daoist Jiang in front of him, but only a vague impression. He can't remember the exact name of the fellow daoist in front of him, anyway. The surname is Jiang, and there is always nothing wrong with calling Daoist Jiang.

All those scriptures in the secular world say that monks have the ability to never forget. As long as they have seen things, they will never forget them after a long time. It is a gesture made by others thousands of years ago, and they can all remember it clearly.

But after all, this is just a mortal's imagination. After a monk cultivates to build a foundation, his soul will become stronger. It is no problem to see ten lines at a glance, and he will also have the ability to remember, but the more he remembers, the more he thinks, the whole person will be It became heavier and duller, so Zhang Shiping no longer deliberately remembered some small things.

"Fortunately, my little sister has been wandering abroad for more than a hundred years. She formed a golden pill by chance more than ten years ago, and now she is a guest elder in Mingxinzong. Thank you for your help, brother. Otherwise, fellow Daoist Min and I would not be able to win this prize." Head Ghost King. Brother, I don’t know if Junior Sister Xie has also formed an alchemy, we haven’t seen each other for a long time.” Jiang Ruoliu said.

"Jiang Daoyou don't blame me for being troublesome. I'm afraid you won't be able to see Senior Sister Xie. She was injured when she crossed the catastrophe, and she passed away decades ago. Fortunately, there is a blood relative left behind, that is Li Yu The Li family on the island." Zhang Shiping shook his head and said.To Xie Miao, he still called her Senior Sister, after all, everyone had already left, and the rules in the world of cultivating immortals based on their level of cultivation to judge their inferiority did not apply to this.

"Has she left yet?" Jiang Ruoliu asked, although he had thought about this in his heart, but after confirming it, he still couldn't help feeling sad.

The reason why Zhang Shiping helped was because he saw Min Caiquan being besieged by ghosts. He stopped one of the ghost kings who was comparable to the mid-stage Golden Core, and took the ghost core.After Min Caiquan and Jiang Ruoliu got rid of the ghost king's entanglement, they immediately turned around and found another Jindan early stage, and dozens of second-level ghosts, and surrendered it.

Like monks, ghosts can also cultivate. If they reach a certain level, if they can survive the thunder disaster, they can also form ghost pills.Of course, ghosts belong to yin, and thunder is yang. The thunder disaster that ghosts cross is more dangerous than ordinary monks.

However, the cathode produces yang, and the anode produces yin, and the endless changes of yin and yang are like a ring without reason.

The ghost pill formed by the ghost after going through thunder and calamity, is a kind of yin and yang, and it is an extremely rare treasure.After forming the alchemy, Li Gui's mind is almost the same as that of ordinary monks, so it can be called ghost cultivator.Of course, because of the loss of form and the fact that they have been in places like ghosts and ghosts all year round, ghost cultivators have an instinctive desire for monks' flesh and blood, which contain pure yang energy.

This instinct is like eating when hungry and drinking water when thirsty. There is no distinction between good and evil, and Tao follows nature.

"Without Brother Zhang's help, the two of us would have ended up being devoured by a group of ghosts, and it would be too late to thank us, so how could we be blamed?" Min Caiquan stepped forward and said.He also saw that Zhang Shiping and Jiang Ruoliu were indeed old, but they were not too familiar, so he came forward to ease the atmosphere, so as not to embarrass everyone too much.

"Min Daoyou is out of touch now." Zhang Shiping said.

"Brother Zhang, seeing that you are alone, how about the three of us being together so that we can take care of each other?" Min Caiquan asked.

Zhang Shiping shook his head and said, "I still have some things to do, so I won't be with you."

Min Caiquan and Jiang Ruoliu, one is at the middle stage of Golden Core and the other is at the early stage of Golden Core.This level of cultivation is not bad in other places, but it is just enough to protect himself in the Nanfa Palace, not to mention that he will go to the depths of the Skeleton Ridge later to find the cultivation of one of the three strange trees in the Immortal Realm. soul wood.Near this spirit tree, there may be bone-born grass growing.

It's just that there is a gray mist all the way there, and I don't know how many dangers are hidden in it. Even his cultivation in the late stage of Jindan cannot guarantee that he can pass safely.If he was with the two of them, he would have to take care of them, which would actually slow him down.

"Brother Zhang must be more careful." Min Caiquan said, cupping his hands.

"Then Zhang will leave first, you two should be more careful." Zhang Shiping bowed his hands to the two, and walked deeper into the bone ridge, his figure disappeared in the hazy gray mist.

Min Caiquan and Jiang Ruoliu took out the jade bottles, each took out the pill and swallowed it, and repaired it on the spot.

Looking at the gray mist, Zhang Shiping's figure was no longer seen, only the shadows of trees whirling in the distance, and there were hidden ghosts haunting it.

After a while, Min Caiquan said: "It turns out that Jiang Daoyou and Brother Zhang are acquainted, it is really a fate."

"I have wandered around Nanzhou for these years, and spent almost all of the rest of my time cultivating. I really didn't expect Senior Brother Zhang to have reached the late stage of Jindan. How did Fellow Daoist Min know Senior Brother Zhang? It seems that you have known each other for a long time. "Jiang Ruoliu said with emotion.

As for Xie Miao, Jiang Ruoliu thought that she was married to Zhang Shiping, she just asked about it, she didn't think it was because they were destined for each other.When the two of them came to Jiang's house in the past, she could tell that someone was matching them up.

At that time, the two of them were in their twenties, and they had already established their foundations early. One was young and handsome, and the other was young and handsome. In the eyes of outsiders, they were the most suitable match.Otherwise, Xie Ping, the Jindan patriarch of the Xie family, would not have agreed to the two of them going to the Jiang family together. After all, there are hundreds of foundation-building monks in the Zhengyang Sect, so they can always pick out a few more suitable ones.

It's just that Xie Ping, the ancestor of Jindan, had an accident later, followed by Wan Jianmen's sweeping comeback and many other things were caught together, and this matter was left alone.

"More than a hundred years ago, Min was lucky to be helped by Brother Zhang, and he saved his life. After that, we gradually got to know each other. Brother Zhang is very good, but unfortunately he has something urgent, otherwise it would be the best time to go with him on this trip. Don't worry. Fellow Daoist Jiang, I'm begging you, too, don't get involved with brother Zhang in matters of kindness and resentment." Min Caiquan said slowly.

Ever since he heard about Jiang's family in Lingsha Valley, Min Caiquan knew about Jiang Ruoliu's origin.After all, at that time, Jiang Cangfu killed the two golden cores of the Huanyin Sect, Liu Jue, and the matter was revealed, which aroused the anger of the Huanyin Sect ancestor. This old monster directly shot and killed thousands of monks of the Jiang family.

Chapter 599

Jiang Ruoliu pulled out the sword worn on his left waist, looked at the cold light on the blade, and did not reply to Min Caiquan's words.

"Jiang Daoyou!" Min Caiquan called again softly.

"Senior brother Min, you said that there are so many grievances and grievances in this world, do you think that when the grievances are reciprocated, let the past go with the wind and live in the present, or you should turn teeth against teeth and blood against blood , what would mortals do, and what should we do? You know that people are in a valley, surrounded by walls like a cage, and you can’t see the way forward, or where you are." Jiang Ruoliu said coldly, her left palm on the blade He stroked it, leaving a red line, which quickly disappeared and merged into the body of the sword.

"Mortal, why would Fellow Daoist Jiang ask this? All the grievances and hatreds in the world, whether mortals or monks, all follow the principle of repaying virtue with kindness and repaying grievances with honesty. However, ordinary manpower is weak, even if they are in the world Those peerless masters among them are nothing more than a mere qi refining junior who is good at fighting. If ten people can't do it, then a hundred people form an formation, and arrows, crossbows and long spears will definitely end up with ten deaths and no life. The law seeks a so-called fairness. It’s just that the law is made for people, and the law is made for people. It’s not like somersaults between the lines, even if the four horses drive together, it still feels generous.” Min Caiquan shook his head and said a little puzzled.

There were also quite a few secular dynasties under Ming Xinzong's rule. Among them, many children with spiritual roots from the royal family and aristocratic families practiced in the sect, either from the outer sect or from the inner sect. True disciple.

Min Caiquan was born in a secular family, and he also returned to the secular world to practice when he was young.

The more he travels, the more things he sees. He is very clear about the worldly situation, but he has no intention of changing it, because he cannot change it alone.Besides, there is no monk in this world who would stand up for those mortals who have nothing to do with him.

Since the monks are high above, there will always be someone who will lie in the dust.

"Using dead things to live is a joke!" Jiang Ruoliu nodded and put her hand back into the scabbard.

"It's not out of the question, it's only in my heart. In the realm of cultivating immortals, Min has never been to Beijiang and Ximo, but I just heard it and I won't mention it. When it comes to our Nanzhou, Jiang Daoyou, you said it was recorded in the sect. In the history books, when did the word "law" be mentioned, and whoever has a strong cultivation base and strong magic power is respected. Tens of thousands of the former nine clans occupy the central plains of Nanzhou, raising mortals and monks , At that time, what is fair to say? After Venerable Wanjian killed Demon Venerable, he was like other Venerables. Immediately, Shenlong disappeared. If Venerable Hongyue had not appeared again, Nanzhou would have been in trouble for thousands of years. How can it be so peaceful. It’s just Daoist Jiang, this matter was caused by your Jiang family’s ancestor, Cang Wu, who ambushed and killed the two Jindan elders of the Huanyin sect. Friends, don't worry, if something doesn't work, just wait, Huayin Patriarch is old now, but Huanyin Sect is still there, so it can't escape, just wait patiently." Min Caiquan said A lot of words, turned a lot of tactful persuasion.

Only monks who can survive the righteous path, the devil path, or some kind of evil path are qualified to say these words.

When the Nine Great Clans were Zun Nanzhou, after being bewitched by them and losing themselves, many monks voluntarily set foot on the blood and soul refining circle. They thought it was a kind of dedication and a kind of great love.Of course, at that time, the Blood Soul Refining Soul Formation was not called the Holy Formation, but the Holy Formation.

Although there are no black and white laws in the world of cultivating immortals, there are still some things that follow the rules.

Such as collecting herbs to save seeds and roots, monks do not slaughter mortals, high-level monks do not kill low-level monks for no reason... Of course, the most important point is to distinguish between grievances and grievances, to repay kindness with kindness, and to revenge with revenge.

As for how many monks will follow these things, I don't know, it's all up to my own heart!

"Thank you, Senior Brother Min, this little girl still understands. It's almost time to rest, let's go elsewhere and see if we can find some more spiritual things." Jiang Ruoliu said.

"Of course, when I came here in the past, I would just hang around on the first floor at most. If there were no ancestors from the sect on the upper floor, I wouldn't dare to come up on my own. Thanks to the opening of the inner hall, those Elder... almost all the seniors have gone to the inner hall, otherwise we would not be here so safely." Min Caiquan saw that Jiang Ruoliu seemed to have listened to his words, and his face was a little relieved.

"Brother Min, it is said that the inner hall opens every thousand years, and you have more knowledge than my little sister, so do you know where the entrance is?" Jiang Ruoliu rolled his eyes and asked softly.

"I once heard from the ancestors that the entrance of the inner hall, the four poles of the upper secret realm, the southeast, the north, and the north, each has a teleportation circle. I'll wait for the golden core to temper the body to a level comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, and you won't be able to get in." Min Caiquan said.

In fact, the relationship between Min Caiquan and Jiang Ruoliu is only average. If he hadn't seen that Jiang Ruoliu had some relationship with Zhang Shiping, how could he say these things?

Even though Jiang Ruoliu approached Huanyinzong and disturbed them all, Huayin Patriarch just killed her, and he definitely didn't dare to trouble Mingxinzong.

"Is this entrance at the extreme end of the four directions?" A faint voice suddenly appeared, coming from the gray fog not far away.

There was a Taoist figure in the fog, and just as he finished speaking, this person appeared, and in a flash he came in front of Min Caiquan and Jiang Ruoliu.