Seeking immortality in a deceitful way starts by making oneself into a puppet

This young Taoist priest dressed in black was the boy who was rescued by He Ping at Jinniutou Temple.

Chixinzi also hid the token in the boy's body and lured He Ping to sneak attack the demon monk Abra and seize the token.

He Ping had already seen that he had the qualifications to practice Taoism, and as he expected, the boy named "Liansheng" was also favored by the monks, practiced Taoism, and is now a master of the Divine Soul.

Several years have passed since He Ping explored the Narcissus ruins and obtained the fairy fetus and "Magic". After so many years, the boy has gradually grown up. In addition, this child has experienced various changes, and his appearance is also different. It used to be much more mature.

In fact, with He Ping's mastery of spiritual cultivation, his mind can see into the past and future, and his identity can be seen with just one glance.

However, this "Lian Sheng" has also been cast by an expert, which is equivalent to changing the cause and effect of fate. Unless He Ping notices the clues, sees the features, and uses magic power to make calculations, it is impossible to see through it just by relying on his eyesight. This layer is virtual and real.

As for this woman wearing a lake-colored dress, she was the young lady who led the convoy to stay overnight at Fengyun Castle.

Fengyun Castle is located in Tunyun Prefecture on Xihuang Road, hundreds of miles away from here. Xihuang Road is not a peaceful place. Since ancient times, it has often suffered from war disasters.

In fact, as long as the dynasties change in the past, there will be wars and wars in Xihuang Dao. When the war is in chaos and bandits are rampant, the local powerful will organize themselves and build carved forts and enclosed houses.

The Wubao on the Western Wilderness Road are large and small, dotted all over the place, and the humane way is "bandits pass by like a comb, soldiers pass by like a grate". This is also a method that the common people really can't stand the tossing back and forth and must not take it.

Fengyan Fort is a fortress built by a powerful party. The local people, led by several large local families, built a fortress on the mountain. They relied on the steep geographical location to strengthen the city and were not afraid of the military disasters outside.

The woman in lake-colored clothes is named Liu, and her father is the owner of Fengyan Fort. Fengyan Fort is a well-known local force with more than ten thousand people. It protects several surrounding villages. It cultivates during the farming season and conducts drills during the breaks. During the calm season, It is also extremely guarded.

Wubao is self-sufficient internally. When encountering bandits, bandits, or foreign invaders, they will place guards at the entrance of the valley and at dangerous points along the cliff. If they see anyone suspicious, they will immediately deliver a message with a signal light, and then all troops will retreat to the fastened fortress. Here, waiting for work, there are many ambushes, and nine out of ten intruders will be captured.

Fengyan Castle is also a well-known force, and it also has a well-known name in Tunyun Prefecture.

After these two people separated from He Ping, they each had their own adventures. Lian Sheng was born with the seed of cultivation and a gift in the rough. Even if he was born in a peasant family, he would be a pearl covered in dust and would eventually be discovered by someone who knows what he is doing.

The "adopted father" that Lian Sheng refers to is a monk who was born in the Wanxiang Sect. This sect was originally an authentic Taoist sect. Its founder created the "Thousand Phantasms of All Things", a method for entering and exiting the Taoism. After completing it, he was able to draw the land into rivers and collect soil. For mountains and rocks, breathing for cold and heat, spraying for rain and mist... He has cultivated the method of transforming reality and illusion to the extreme.

After the founding of Dayou, they attacked all the major cultivation sects. The Wanxiang Sect was besieged and killed by the masters of the Evil Slayer Division. They suffered heavy losses and had to flee outside Dayou. Only a few sect disciples were lurking in Dayou.

Lian Sheng's adoptive father was one of them. For this reason, the Wanxiang Sect was internally divided into the Overseas Sect and the Revival Sect.

The Overseas Sect believes that things have changed and it is no longer possible for the Wanxiang Sect to gain a foothold in Dayou. It is better to move to Daxiye Kingdom or the Far North to reestablish the sect.

However, the revivalists believe that the foundation of Wanxiang Sect is in Dayou, and leaving Dayou violates the sect’s ancestral precepts and is an act of rebellion. Moreover, Dayou is counter-intuitive and is an enemy of the world’s sects and the entire spiritual world. In the future, There will inevitably be backlash.

Taking advantage of this, we can completely wait for the opportunity. As long as Dayou is in turmoil, Wanxiang Sect will be able to rise again.

The two factions discussed this dispute for several years, and later broke up. The overseas faction went overseas directly, and has not been heard from since.

The revivalists seem to be scattered and scattered, but in fact they are disappearing into the smoke and dust, hiding in the deep realm, waiting for the opportunity to come.

In the past, when He Ping, as "Mashura", went to kill the family of the Imperial Ambassador Xiao, he ran into two disciples of the Wanxiang Sect.

Lian Sheng's adoptive father was a disciple of the Fuxing sect. He saw that Lian Sheng was a rare treasure hidden in the world and was of little value, so he accepted him as his adopted son and gave him careful guidance.

Unexpectedly, he was found by his enemies because of an old grudge in the past. One of his enemies was Guo Ding, known as the "Seven Dragon Kings".

Lian Sheng's adoptive father was chased by Guo Ding and several enemies, and he fled with Lian Sheng. Except for Lian Sheng himself who luckily survived, his village and his adoptive father were all killed by Guo Ding.

Guo Ding is not a Dayou person. He is a Qiang. Like the Nanyue people, the Qiang people are local ethnic minorities, but their numbers are far less than those of the Nanyue tribe. The Qiang people are collectively called the Three Qiang. They live in the Xihuang Road. The bitter cold zone on the western border.

The Qiang people also had disputes with Dayou, and they rebelled many times, which was called the "Three Qiang Rebellions" in ancient times. Later, successive dynasties stationed troops in Xihuang Daotun and gradually suppressed them. The Qiang people also became much more honest, but they were always The foreign race is not satisfied with Dayou's rule.

Guo Ding was a hard-liner among the Qiang people and advocated raising troops to resist Dayou, especially since he saw that Dayou was seriously troubled within, and there were threats around the East China Sea and southern Xinjiang. Wave after wave of rebels surged out to fight.

Especially this year, there was a severe drought, and the disaster on the Xihuang Road spread to various places. Guo Ding immediately raised his troops and led the Qiang people to invade the city and enter the stronghold. From Shajiezhou, the Qiang's stronghold, they launched a massive invasion.

At this time, they were not the only rebel forces in the Western Wilderness Dao. However, the "Seven Appearance Dragon King" Guo Ding was extremely famous, and he was a master who had reached the Dao level. He was extremely powerful and unparalleled in the limelight.

Lian Sheng had a blood feud with Guo Ding, the "Seventh Dragon King". He had held a grudge for many years. After practicing Taoism, he repeatedly made enemies of Guo Ding's men and assassinated many masters of the Qiang rebels. The two sides were on the same page.

Guo Ding originally looked down on a small person like Lian Sheng. He was a master of Taoism. He had been studying Buddhism's "Five Phases of the Wheel of Samurai" for many years. After entering Taoism, he accepted hundreds of schools and practiced many extraordinary skills. There are also many Qiang masters under his command.

In these troubled times, the world was in chaos, so Guo Ding searched for talents everywhere. In the past, he had secretly communicated with bandits and bandits from various places and colluded with each other. After raising the flag of righteousness, many green forest people came to seek refuge in Xihuang Road.

There are also many casual cultivators who have surrendered to him, hoping that this "Seven Appearance Dragon King" will take advantage of the chaos. Guo Ding's momentum becomes more powerful, and the army burns, kills and plunders all the way, swallowing up the three states. The land has become extremely powerful.

The continuous assassinations and assassinations were simply not worth mentioning to the powerful Sanqiang Army and could not shake its foundation.

It wasn't until Lian Sheng relied on his strategy to kill his right-hand man, an abandoned disciple of the Qi Hun Sect named Jiuyuan Taoist, that he finally made the "Seven Appearance Dragon King" angry and issued a demon surrender order, ordering all the people on the Western Wilderness Road. The forces of Green Forest and casual cultivators pursued Lian Sheng.

Forces from all parties gathered together and launched many sieges against him. Even in such desperate situations, he escaped and ascended to heaven several times.

However, he is also very clear-headed. These forces that are chasing him are nothing. The real fear is the Seven-appearance Dragon King himself who has attained Taoism.

Guo Ding himself was extremely talented. After the Spring and Autumn Catastrophe, the "supervisory" power of Heavenly Dao gradually declined. He took this opportunity to successfully break through and quietly climbed to a very high level.

Lian Sheng knew that if Guo Ding had not wanted to take control of Shajie Prefecture, the stronghold of the Qiang people, he would have been unable to escape for a while, and most likely would have come forward to kill him personally.

"To deal with Guo Ding, no small tricks are of any use. The only way is to improve your strength..."

Although Lian Sheng has the "Thousand Phantasms of Vientiane" in his hand, his nature does not seem to be suitable for this Taoism, and he has not improved much after many years of practice. Not long ago, he met Guo Jing'an, one of Guo Ding's ten most adopted sons. He suffered a lot of injuries when fighting with him.

He also realized that he had to change a method. It was also in order to improve his strength that he deliberately tried to practice the Taoist method of Qihun Sect. Unfortunately, the "Taoist Theory" he got was only half a volume, which could quickly improve his strength. There are only some heretical magic methods.

"It is said that the Qi Hun Sect's Taoist Method, "Tao Weapon Theory", is itself an authentic Taoist sect. However, later generations did not know why, and in order to achieve quick results, they randomly performed sacrifices and added many evil magic techniques into it, such as changing the furnace to a cauldron. The Great and Small Yuan Dan Qi, the Human Lamp Technique, the Soul-Sacrifice Technique, and the Evil Bone Spurs... are all tricks of the mysterious realm." The eldest lady of the Liu family couldn't help but persuade her: "You don't use the Taoist methods of the Wanxiang Sect, so you choose to learn these evil tricks. , I'm worried that if you continue like this, you will inevitably fall into the devil's trap, and become a devil. Even if you barely escape, you will inevitably fall into the devil's path if you are exposed to these evil arts for a long time."

"Miss, you are right."

Lian Sheng sighed: "But I have no choice but to do it. The Taoism of Wanxiang Sect is not naturally compatible with me. I have practiced hard for many years and was cultivated by my adoptive father. It is always difficult to make a breakthrough in "Thousands of Phantasms".

Instead, he turned to practice the half volume of "Taoist Theory". During this period, his magic power increased rapidly. If it were not for relying on the magic techniques, there is no difference between good and evil. The good and evil of a person cannot be judged based on one aspect, and how can this be the case with magic and Taoism? In my opinion, if you can avenge me, it is naturally the right method in the world. "

"never mind."

The eldest lady of the Liu family shook her head: "I know I can't persuade you, but what about the previous proposal?"

"Previous proposal?"

Lian Sheng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he frowned: "Miss, you are asking me to find a backer to take refuge in."

"yes."

The eldest lady of the Liu family straightened her temples and said calmly: "Dayou has been going against the grain in recent years, committing heinous crimes, which has made people all over the world complain. Among the four roads in the world, except Zhonghuan and Beiguan Road, there are still peace, and there are rebellions in the other three roads. , I don’t think this Great You Dynasty can last long..."

"Does the head of the family think so too?"

Liansheng asked rhetorically.

"Dad is old and can't see the current situation clearly."

The eldest lady shook her head helplessly: "Besides, he believes that whether the world changes or the dynasty changes, Fengyan Castle only needs to guard one-third of an acre, and there is no need to get involved."

"This may also be a way," Lian Sheng said: "Fengyan Castle relies on its natural geographical location and can protect itself in situations like the Western Wilderness Road."

"That's only temporary."

The eldest lady smiled bitterly: "You all know that behind all the rebel armies there are forces from the cultivation world mixed in. Guo Ding, the 'Seven Appearance Dragon King', is an expert in Taoism. There are also many masters of casual cultivation in the Sanqiang army. Fengyan Castle relies on natural dangers. It's not impossible to stay safe for the time being, but in a few years, the Qiang people will really become a climate, and our Tunyun Prefecture is not far from the Three Prefectures, how will we deal with it then?"

"What do you think, Miss?"

Lian Sheng asked again: "In my opinion, the best way is to cooperate with the imperial court. The situation on Xihuang Road is not completely corrupt. The imperial court is also sending troops to rectify the situation these days. If it can be managed properly, Xihuang Road can be pacified. A drought is not impossible."

"The Great You court is unreliable. You still don't understand the real situation. What's behind this situation is the betrayal of the people of the world. What's more profound is the game between the spiritual world and the court. Now there is no one from all parties who doesn't want the court to fall."

The eldest lady said slowly: "If you want to deal with the 'Seven Dragon King' Guo Ding, you will never be able to do it on your own. I have a suggestion. You might as well seek refuge with a strong man who has strength, pride, and energy. Rely on With this man’s strength, he can use his strength to kill people, and he is not a bad person if he can get rid of Guo Ding.”

"Is there such a person in Xihuang Road?"

Lian Sheng was confused.

"You know... among the rebels on the Western Wilderness Road, there is a group called the 'Video Army'. This rebel army has strict military discipline and does no harm to the people. Although the number is small, they are all elites. I hope You can join the Veil Army."

The eldest lady's voice was slightly lowered: "Furthermore, the Veiled Army has support from large overseas chambers of commerce. Unlike the various rebel armies that burn, kill, loot and lack financial and material resources, those people are just a group of bandits, and they only raise troops to rebel. In a moment, it did not sweep the world, encompass the whole universe, and encompass the whole world... To put it bluntly, they are just a group of ordinary people. How can we be called heroes if we work with these people?"

"Yeah?"

Liansheng nodded.

"According to the eldest lady, you are already a member of the Veiled Army. How many people in Beacon Smoke Castle know about this?"

“Not much is known, but there are some people who are willing to support me.”

The eldest lady said solemnly: "I also hope you will help me, because I have become the military advisor of the Curtain Army."

"Military advisor?"

Lian Sheng asked again: "Then, who is the leader of this rebel army?"

"The leader of the rebel army is named Chu Siwu, and he is a disciple of the Qingliu lineage of Xijie Mountain. But in fact, the real leader of the Zhemu Army is someone else. His name is Young Master Su, and he comes from overseas."

Speaking of this, Miss Liu's eyes suddenly lit up.

"This person is a noble man from Tianhuang who was born in the old dynasty. He has the ability to reach the heavens and the earth, and also has an astonishing talent. If anyone can compete in the Central Plains and dominate the world in the future, it must be this person..."