lead fades away

Time in the upper realm always passes quietly, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Ever since Yu Wang was finally able to make middle-grade spirit artifacts, the business of Xianpintang began to improve. Although the number of customers who ordered spirit artifacts was not a few more than before, the income had increased a hundredfold.Knowing that there are more and more monks collecting waste spiritual weapons in Xianpintang, from the beginning, they could only collect low-grade or even defective ones from low-level disciples, and now monks at the Golden Core stage often come all the way to sell high-grade ones For spirit weapons, Xianpintang's reputation for collecting tattered items is even louder than its official business of custom-made spirit weapons.

Xian Chumen has not changed much in the past five years, except that the third peak has finally elected the new peak master Yuelan Daojun, other personnel are the same as before.Although there are two cultivators in the sect, the restraint on the disciples in the sect is not looser than before. They are still low-key and restrained when interacting with other sects and immortal sects. Meet each other.On the contrary, since the Great Ceremony of Transforming Gods, the relationship between the two neighboring immortal sects has become more and more harmonious. You come and go, from the elders to the disciples, all communicate frequently.

However, since Han Shuo seldom participated in the sect's secular affairs, Qingshi's understanding of these matters basically remained at the level of hearing.Now he spends most of his time in Han Shuo's cave, and even if he goes out, he mostly goes to Yu Wang's utensils, or to the Fourth Peak to pay his respects to Fairy Fengxi.The matter of sending and collecting things to Fangshi under the mountain was transferred to Shen Shenzhou, and he would only go there in person when he received a signal from Hao Wen.

In fact, over the past five years, Qingshi and Hao Wen have only met four times, and the way of meeting has changed from Hao Wen's blocking the way to an appointment with an order.On the one hand, it was to avoid attracting attention, but on the other hand, Hao Wen seemed to be busy with something. Except for the first time we met, he used the deity to come over to say hello, and he used the avatar of Ximen Hao for the next few times. The appearance has been slightly modified so that it is not recognizable.

Qingshi poked around a few times but didn't find any results, but Hao Wen took advantage of the opportunity to ask about Xiantrumen several times, but Qingshi never cared about the important secrets of Xiantrumen, Hao Wen followed him There is also no useful information here.The two tested each other a few times, and soon they stopped doing useless work and only focused on trading.

After several times of haggling, Qingshi finally sold the method of making the sound card to Hao Wen at the fourth meeting, in exchange for a large amount of rare materials, but Hao Wen who got the method of making the sound card was instantly blackmailed His complexion clearly wanted to swallow Qing Shi alive.It's a pity that he used Ximen Hao's body during the Jianji period, and he had no deterrent effect on Qingshi. After the transaction was completed, Qingshi turned around and left without paying attention to Ximen Hao's anger.

Hao Wen hasn't shown up since he got the method of making the sound card.Qing Shi originally wanted to get some rare refining materials through him, but now he had to find another way.

This morning, Qing Shi had just finished a hand-to-hand fight with Han Shuo, and was sleeping soundly together, when he got off the bed and suddenly vibrated, causing the two of them to open their eyes at the same time.

"Earthquake?" Qing Shi blurted out.

Han Shuo frowned and didn't answer, quickly grabbed his coat, jumped under the bed, and ran out of the wooden house while putting on the cover.

Qingshi also realized that something was wrong, immediately put on a piece of clothing, and followed Han Shuo to the outside of the house.

Wang Shuo also jumped out from the upper stone room at this time, stood beside Han Shuo, and stared at the northern sky together with him. Seeing Qing Shi coming out, he immediately said excitedly, "Look, someone is ascending!"

——Ascension? !

Qingshi couldn't help being taken aback, and followed Han Shuo and Wangshuo's eyes to the north, and saw a huge golden beam of light standing in the northern sky as if piercing through the sky, accompanied by clouds and rainbows, it was so spectacular and breathtaking.

The ground under his feet was still vibrating, which was almost the same frequency as the golden light flickering in the beam of light, obviously caused by it.

"That's the direction of Xuantian Immortal Realm, but I don't know whether it's Xuanhaizhu or Xuanxuren who ascended." Han Shuo said.

"Xuan Xuren is older, right?" Qing Shi responded, but thought in his heart, no matter who it is, just looking at the insufficiently rich golden color in the beam of light, it must be an unprepared and doomed failure of ascension.

Qing Shi was thinking about how long the unlucky guy in the beam of light could last, and Wang Shuo next to him murmured suspiciously, "No, when my master ascended, the light was much more dazzling than it is now, could it be because I was away from you?" too close?"

"Wang Wang said that the color of this light is wrong, it was not like this when its owner ascended." Hearing what Wang Shuo said, Qing Shi took the opportunity to say what he had kept in his stomach.

Han Shuo couldn't help turning his head to look at Qingshi, "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean, you can't fly up." Qing Shi shrugged.

Han Shuo didn't ask any more questions. He turned his head and continued to stare at the beam of light in the sky.

Qingshi lost his interest, the shaking of the ground had not stopped, he could not fall asleep when he went back, so he yawned and stood by Han Shuo's side.

As Qingshi expected, within less than a stick of incense, the beam of light in the sky became thinner and dimmed.Soon, a vision suddenly appeared, and the beam of light that had turned from golden to pale white burst suddenly, and even Xiantrumen, who was hundreds of thousands of miles away from there, could faintly hear a huge roar like lightning and thunder, and the whole earth followed suit. Tremble.But immediately after, the whole world was completely calm, the ground no longer shook, and there were only patches of clouds left in the sky in the far northern region, which shone with a faint glow under the shining sun.

"Failed?" Han Shuo said to himself.

"Obviously." Qing Shi replied lightly.

Han Shuo was silent for a while, then turned around and said, "I'll go to Zhenjun Hengchu."

"Wait." Qing Shi hastily pulled him back, "Are you going to wear this?"

Han Shuo was stunned, and then remembered that because of the haste to come out, he and Qingshi were only wearing an outer shirt, and the inner mask was bare and empty.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across his face, and Han Shuo turned his steps towards the wooden house next to him.

Qing Shi was not in a hurry, patted Wang Shuo next to him, and walked slowly towards his wooden house with him.

When Qing Shi and Wang Shuo returned to the wooden house, Han Shuo had already put on his clothes, shoes and socks. Seeing them coming in, he said hurriedly, "I'm leaving." Then he strode past the man and the beast, and went straight out of the house. .

Seeing Han Shuo pull out Long Ya Jie and fly away, Qing Shi yawned again, turned to Wang Shuo and said, "I'm going to catch up on sleep, how about you?"

"Together, I haven't slept in your bed for a long time." Wang Shuo replied wagging his tail.

"Then let's go together." Qing Shi yawned again, then led Wang Shuo into the bedroom, threw off his shoes, and climbed back on the bed.

Wang Shuo jumped to his side, huddled together with him, and asked at the same time, "Did the ascension just fail?"

"Absolute failure." Qing Shi replied with his eyes closed.

"What will happen if you fail? Will you die?" Wang Shuo asked.

"Well, the body is annihilated, the soul is scattered, and the dead can't die again." Qing Shi affirmed.

"It's so pitiful." Wang Shuo muttered worriedly, "If I fail like this guy in the future, what will I do!"

"Don't worry, do you have a day to talk about it? Even if you do, it will be 800 years later, so there is no need to worry so early." Qingshi replied casually, "Besides, as long as I am still alive by then, I will I will definitely help you prepare everything properly, so that you can ascend to heaven in one breath, and you will never be like this idiot today without preparing anything..."

As he spoke, Qingshi opened his eyes in a daze, and stared at the window lattice in front of him in a daze.

No idiot would extradite Ascension without any preparation, and based on what we know now, Han Shuo may be the only one among the nine cultivators in the Upper Realm who really wants to Ascend, and everyone else is eager to be able to ascend in the Upper Realm. After a few years in the world, he occupied more resources and forces for the sect and the family, and enjoyed the wonderful taste that everyone looked up to, and would never go to the Misty Immortal Realm unless it was absolutely necessary.

Not only that, but the cultivation level of the person who ascended today is obviously not at the level of ascension. In common sense, even if he wants to ascend to the fairy world in advance, the above will not lower him the Tongtian Path.

— By the way, nine!

Qingshi suddenly remembered Wei Ming, a monk from the Alchemy Gate who was retreating and attacking Huashen.There have never been more than nine God Transformation cultivators in the Upper Realm. If Wei Ming also succeeds in Transforming God, and today's sudden ascension does not occur, then the number of Spirit Transformation cultivators in the Upper Realm will reach ten for the first time.

But such a thing, the Immortal Realm will never sit idly by and allow it to happen—the Upper Realm can only accommodate nine monks who transform themselves into gods, and there must be no tenth—the Immortal Realm cannot prevent the monks from the Upper Realm from breaking into infants Gods, but they can force the monks who have turned into gods into the Tongtian Path.

That is to say, Wei Ming's transformation into a god is imminent, and the person who ascended today is a victim selected by the fairy world in order to maintain the balance of the upper world.

Qingshi couldn't help squinting his eyes. Since the guys from the Immortal Realm have intervened, they must have become suspicious of the continuous appearance of the God Transformation cultivators in the Upper Realm, but they don't know if they have paid attention to other abnormalities because of this...

——He can't spend hundreds of years in Xiantrumen slowly, he must also speed up, just in case.

Having made up his mind, Qingshi immediately stopped thinking about it, closed his eyes, and fell asleep soundly.

When he woke up, Wang Shuo was still crowded beside him, but Han Shuo didn't come back.

——It was just a failed ascension, so why make such a fuss!

Qing Shi slandered, and then remembered that Xuantian Immortal Territory only had two deity-transformation cultivators, and now that two are gone, it is not just a matter of damage to strength, but also involves the ranking of the entire upper realm of immortals and the division of forces ...In terms of strength, Xian Chumen can completely replace it at this time, pushing Xuantian Immortal Realm out of the three major immortal gates, but Xuantian Immortal Realm is too far away from Xian Chumen, and Xian Chumen can replace Xuantian Immortal Realm Fame, but it is difficult to take over the territory of Xuantian Immortal Domain.

——Now, both Xuantian Immortal Realm and Xianchumen are in trouble!

Thinking of the radical forces in the Xianchumen who are always ready to move, Qing Shi silently offered a sincere blessing to Shisanchu.

Stretching, Qing Shi patted Wang Shuo beside him, "I'll go to Yu Wang's place, will you go?"

"Go fight with him?" Wang Shuo immediately raised his head.

In the past few years, in order to train Wangshuo's actual combat ability, and to get rid of his petty thoughts of wanting to run away at every turn, Qing Shi often puts him and Yu Wang into the martial arts arena together, forcing them to fight each other.

Wang Shuo originally thought that he had a higher level of cultivation, so even if he lacked experience, he could deal with Yu Wang head-on.Unexpectedly, Yu Wang looked like a weak and easy to bully, but he was cunning and ruthless when he really started to fight. There were many gadgets in his hands, and he quickly beat Wang Shuo so that he dodged left and right without fighting back. Power.

After being abused countless times, Wang Shuo learned from Qing Shi that although Yu Wang is not aggressive, he is really a fighter who will die when he fights, otherwise he would not have made a fool of himself. Serious injury beyond repair.But at this time, Wangshuo has also been aroused fiercely, if Qing Shi doesn't take him to the martial arts field for a long time, he will invite him on his own initiative.After only five years of fighting, it failed to gain the slightest advantage in Yu Wang's hands. Although it has gained a lot of experience from being abused and abused, Yu Wang's cultivation base on the other side has also skyrocketed, and he is about to break through. Golden Core is in the middle stage.

"Don't go to the martial arts field, go to his equipment room." Qing Shi knew Wang Shuo's mind and explained calmly.

"Then I won't go." Wang Shuo immediately buried his head back.

"Then I'll go there by myself!" Qingshi immediately ignored it, got up and got out of bed, washed up, and left Han Shuo's cave.

Arriving at the basement to the north, Yu Wang was staring at a pile of animal bones in a daze, seeing Qing Shi coming in, he didn't speak, and only slightly turned his head to glance at him.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Yu Wang's mood was not right, Qing Shi quickly asked.

"I don't know." Yu Wang replied blankly, "I'm just upset, and I can't calm down even if I want to do something."

Qing Shi immediately raised his eyebrows, "Annoyed? How long has it been?"

"Well, I just find it annoying." Yu Wang nodded, and turned his eyes back to the animal bones on the ground, "It was okay a few days ago, and I was able to do things after reading the Qingxin Jue a few times, but after the earthquake this morning, I couldn't do anything. gone."

"It's not an earthquake this morning, it's someone flying up." Qing Shi said.

"Huh?" Yu Wang was taken aback for a moment.

"You didn't go out to see?" Qingshi was speechless.

"What are you going out for? This appliance room is so strong that it won't collapse even if it's buried." Yu Wang asked, but then he asked curiously, "Who ascended successfully?"

"Failed, Xuantian Immortal Realm, I don't know whether it is Xuanhaizhu or Xuanxuren." Qingshi replied.

"It's fine if it's not from our Xiantrumen." Yu Wang immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

——You love Xiantrumen.

Qing Shi curled his lips, "I said, don't you want to advance?"

"How is it possible? I haven't formed the alchemy for...20 years, right?" Yu Wang couldn't help showing a sly smile, and looked at Qingshi hesitantly.

"Isn't it not long since you established the foundation to form the alchemy? It's also not been 20 years, right?" Qing Shi shrugged disapprovingly.

"But it took me nearly 40 years from refining Qi to building a foundation." Yu Wang put away his sly smile, and stared at Qingshi expressionlessly, "Speaking of which, it seems that since I met you, my entry into the realm suddenly The time is frighteningly fast..."

Yu Wang didn't continue, and even smiled without answering.

After a while, Yu Wang heaved a long sigh as if resigned to his fate, "If it's really an advanced step, the elders in the sect might want to arrest me as a monster again and take me for examination."

"So, don't let them know." Qing Shi smiled.

"What the hell are you planning?" Yu Wang immediately laughed slyly.

"Anyway, it's only the early stage of promotion, as long as you restrain yourself, no one will notice." Qing Shi said indifferently.

"Promotion always requires retreat." Yu Wang continued to smile slyly.

"Secret retreat is not necessarily for cultivation." Qing Shi said, "It happens that no one has made a custom-made spiritual weapon recently. I will ask Xianpintang to stop the order form for a while tomorrow, and say that you should concentrate on refining a spiritual weapon. I can’t find time to take orders.”

"What should I say if I don't have a spiritual weapon after leaving the customs?" Yu Wang asked worriedly.

"The refining is broken!" Qingshi couldn't help but rolled his eyes, "Besides, who is full enough to inquire about this? Is it possible to inquire about such things casually?"

Yu Wang pondered for a moment, then quickly nodded seriously, "Forget it, if you can make me a baby before I turn [-], even if I'm imprisoned by the sect in Siguo Cliff, I'll admit it!"

"Which fairy sect would imprison a Nascent Soul cultivator in Siguo Cliff." Qing Shi chuckled, "Either kill him or confess, there will never be a third ending."

"I haven't practiced evil methods, so why should they kill me?" Yu Wang snorted coldly.

——If you want to add a crime, why don't you have no excuses?

Qing Shi thought so in his heart, but he didn't say it out to pour cold water on Yu Wang, he just smiled lightly, "Okay, you can rest assured and prepare for retreat, I will go to Xianpintang to notify there to stop the order tomorrow, what else do you want?" Don't worry, do you want to order?"

"I want to go out and say hello to Xiao Zhe first, so that he won't worry and then get angry with me." Yu Wang said.

"You two are getting more and more sticky now." Qing Shi couldn't help curling her lips.In the past five years, Yu Wei never came to look for Yu Wang once, and Yu Wang seemed to have gradually forgotten his existence, but he got closer and closer to Jiang Zhe, but there was no special progress, and he seemed like a family friend, gentle and harmonious.

"How many times have I told you that I don't have that kind of relationship with him!" Yu Wang really argued.

"If you say it's not, then it's not." Qing Shi shrugged, chatted with Yu Wang for a few more words, then got up and left the basement.

When he returned to the cave, Han Shuo still hadn't come back. Qing Shi was so happy that he didn't have to explain the reason for going out to him. He went into the spiritual field, counted some of the elixir that was about to be harvested, and then went In the stone room above, we are going to continue to study the spirit-gathering circle inside.

But when he walked out of the Lingtian, he saw the strange old tree standing beside the water pool, Qingshi couldn't help but turned his direction, walked under the tree, and raised his hand to stroke the trunk.

——If most of the essence hadn’t been cut off from you back then, by now, you should have turned into essence.

——However, if I hadn't left the soul puppet body on a whim, I wouldn't be able to go back to this upper realm and meet you again.

- This is the causal loop.

Qing Shi closed his eyes, suppressed the wetness in them, then raised the corners of his mouth, and laughed at himself.