Shen Ruiling found that the black fog around him had disappeared, and he stopped running desperately. Then he turned around to see what happened.

Shen Ruiling saw that his red sword and metal pieces had fallen to the ground, but the terrifying face had disappeared. The surroundings had returned to their original state, except for some traces of fighting, and the black lotus in the pool was still swaying its petals.

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Shen Ruiling put away the magic weapon on the ground and found that the cracks on the metal sheet had repaired themselves a lot, and the color became increasingly weird, with bright red blood in the black, and traces of black mist lingering in it.

Slowly approaching the water pool, he now wanted to find out if there were any relics left by the man named Chu. He also needed his map and sea-going vessel to escape from here.

Not long after, a corpse appeared in front of Shen Ruiling. At this time, the face of the man surnamed Chu was dark and full of fear. It can be seen how panicked he was at the moment of death.

It is unknown why the man surnamed Chu left his body while the middle-aged Confucian scholar and the old man turned into blood mist.

Shen Ruiling found the map from the arms of the man surnamed Chu. The map marked the route into the outer sea, as well as the sphere of influence of some third-level monsters, and marked several small islands for people to rest and check the direction.

It can be seen that the person who left this map spent a lot of effort to find out clearly the sphere of influence of the third-level monsters. I am afraid he is a foundation-building monk.

Shen Ruiling found the storage jade box of the man named Chu next to it. Although the man surnamed Chu was restrained by his soul, after all, everyone was dead, so there was no power to stop Shen Ruiling from opening it.

In the storage jade box, Shen Ruiling found a second-level talisman and several bottles of pills. He opened the bottle caps and smelled them. The two bottles were Xuanyuan Pills that Shen Ruiling was very familiar with.

Shen Ruiling opened another bottle, and a refreshing feeling made Shen Ruiling feel comfortable and light.

"This should be the Marrow Cleansing Pill."

Although Shen Ruiling had never seen it before, he recognized it with the instinct of an alchemist.

What's left are a few medium-grade spiritual stones and an ancient book. It was the ancient book that attracted Shen Ruiling. The answer to everything that happened here should be known in the book.

Shen Ruiling touched it and looked at it.

This book records that a foundation-building monk accidentally discovered this place during an offshore exploration. Then he disturbed the black lotus in the water, and after a battle, he discovered that the black lotus had the strange magical power to swallow people's souls.

After the Foundation Establishment Monk escaped from the deadly battle, he returned to the sect and consulted a large number of books, only to discover this strange black lotus in an ancient book. Only then did the Foundation Establishment Monk learn its name, "Netherworld Ghost Lotus."

"Netherworld Ghost Lotus... no wonder it has a ghost face." Shen Ruiling couldn't help but muttered after reading this.

The foundation-building monk learned that the Netherworld Ghost Lotus is a unique third-level elixir that has been extinct since ancient times. He never expected to encounter it. The pill recipe left over from ancient times, the Six Yin Soul Pills, is about such a strange flower.

Lotus seeds are used as the main medicine.

This elixir can instantly make a monk who has perfected Qi practice have the spiritual consciousness of a monk in the early stages of foundation building, and lasts for three hours.

You must know that the power of a foundation-building monk's spiritual consciousness lies in his ability to see inside. This way, he can better control his spiritual power when building a foundation, observe changes in the body, and increase the success rate of foundation-building.

Generally, Dzogchen monks who practice qi rely on a little spiritual consciousness generated during the qi training period, which cannot penetrate into the body for observation. They can only rely on their own feelings to control spiritual power, which increases the risk of foundation building.

The foundation-building monk was immediately overjoyed. Although he had already built a foundation, such elixirs could be exchanged for expensive spiritual stones. After all, there were only a few elixirs that could assist in foundation-building in Lingnan.

However, even if he had already established a foundation, it was difficult to resist the attack of the Netherworld Ghost Lotus. After searching through all the sect's ancient books, he found that as long as three souls in the late stage of Qi training were swallowed by the Netherworld Ghost Lotus, the attack effect of this flower would be weakened.

, that’s when it’s time to take it.

However, these three people must have extremely powerful souls, which must be a bit higher than the strength of the souls in the later stages of normal Qi training.

Of course, three Qi-practicing Dzogchen monks were the most suitable sacrifices. The Foundation-Building monk did the same thing. After obtaining the lotus seeds, he did not destroy the foundation of the lotus and planned to let it grow back in hundreds of years.

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This monk later founded a family, wrote these secrets in a book, and left a map and recipe for elixirs. He also hoped that future generations could obtain rare treasures like him and that the family could continue forever.

After reading so much, Shen Ruiling was really stunned. He also knew that what the man surnamed Chu was planning was the lotus seeds of this ghost lotus.

But he himself only has the cultivation level of Qi Dzogchen, and he will definitely not find three more Qi Dzogchen people to go with him. He might be killed by them instead of trapping and killing them himself.

Therefore, the man surnamed Chu could only do the next best thing and found three alchemists whose spiritual consciousness was stronger than that of ordinary people in the late stage of Qi training. They lured the three of them step by step, and even threw out treasures such as Nine Turns Golden Zhi. He was afraid that he would not be able to control them well.

Find someone whose cultivation level is lower than your own,

Even more painstaking efforts were made to use flower poison that can control people's souls, which can cause hallucinations and make people mistake the ghost lotus in the pool for the nine-turn golden zhi that can build foundations.

But I didn't expect that Shen Ruiling was not affected by the attack, so he was not controlled by the drug, so he did not rush towards the Netherworld Ghost Lotus without hesitation.

However, the man surnamed Chu did not notice that there was one missing sacrifice, and thought that he was done and prepared to pick the ghost lotus. However, it was regarded as the third sacrifice, which weakened the attack of the ghost lotus, which also enabled Shen Ruiling to pick up the ghost lotus in the subsequent struggle.

's life.

The man surnamed Chu tried his best but never thought that Shen Ruiling would have something that could absorb poison. He was not fooled and controlled by him at all, and in the end he got an advantage over Shen Ruiling.

Shen Ruiling also looked excited. He had unknowingly received a huge opportunity. Although he had a brush with death every time along the way, the rewards were not cheap.

Shen Ruiling searched again in the sleeve of the man surnamed Chu, and finally found the boat-shaped magic weapon. Without it, Shen Ruiling might have stayed here for the rest of his life.

Just when Shen Ruiling was about to stand up, a jade plaque with half of it exposed attracted Shen Ruiling. When he took it out, he saw that it was actually an identity jade plaque.

"Outer disciple of Wuji Sect, Chu Su."

This person is actually a disciple of the Wuji Sect. The Wuji Sect is as huge as the Qingyun Sect. Although he is only an outer disciple, Shen Ruiling doesn't know if he will be traced. If he is found, the entire Shen family may be wiped out.

disaster.

But then I thought about it, this place is located outside the sea, and even the foundation-building monks are unwilling to come in. No one should know.

Shen Ruiling tidied it up hastily, placed the ancient books close to his body, and took away the spiritual stones and several bottles of elixirs belonging to the man named Chu.

When I came to the water pool, I used the magic weapon to get the lotus seeds of the Netherworld Ghost Lotus. As soon as the lotus seeds were taken out, the petals suddenly withered and withered, and the whole plant slowly shrank into the water. I don't know how many years it would take before it would be born again.

Shen Ruiling looked around again and found the jade box stored by Gao and Wang and two jade toad orchids that had fallen over on the ground. After cleaning up, he walked towards the entrance of the cave and came to the woods outside. Although it was still

It's a ruined scene, but it's better than everything before. It feels so good to be alive.

Shen Ruiling also found a temporary hiding place not far from the entrance of the cave. It seems that the man named Chu hid here after controlling the middle-aged scholar and the old man to jump into the pool, and only entered the cave when he thought everything was safe.

Shen Ruiling shuttled through the woods and headed towards the beach.

At this time, in a cave tens of thousands of miles away,

"I told you not to disturb me when I'm in seclusion." An old monk said with anger in his voice.

"Tell the old man, there is news from the Wuji Sect that Su'er's soul lamp has been extinguished." A middle-aged man said quickly.

"What? Isn't Su'er practicing in the Wuji Sect? What's going on?" As he spoke, a foundation-building pressure was exerted, but his old face became even paler.

"Old man, are you okay?"

"I have nothing to do. Continue talking."

"Su'er came back from Wuji Sect a few days ago and wanted to see you, but you said no one was allowed to disturb you during the retreat, so I stopped you."

"After that, he stayed at home for a few days and then went to Shanghai Shangfang. There was no news until the news of his death just came." The middle-aged man said carefully.

"Send someone to Hushangfang quickly to find out how Su'er died!" the old man shouted angrily.

"Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. My life is short, but it is still possible to purge your lineage before I die. If I know that Su'er's death is related to several of you,

Don't blame me for being ruthless." The old man threatened.

After seeing the middle-aged man retreat, he collapsed on the ground.

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Of course Shen Ruiling didn't know all this. At this time, he was resting in a tree hole, preparing to set sail tomorrow.
Chapter completed!