Just as Ling Xiao was preparing for seclusion, a figure suddenly took advantage of the darkness and swept into the canyon of the back mountain, arriving in front of the collapsed ancestral temple.

The person who came here looked like a scholar in his forties or fifties, but he was none other than Geng Xin, the current head of the Qiyun Sect. It was just that there was a cold light in his eyes at this time, and there was no trace of his usual expression of indifference.

What does it look like to be assertive?

Geng Xin suddenly and quietly swept over to the ruins, spreading out his spiritual thoughts, looking for something.

Suddenly his expression changed, and his body suddenly swept out in one direction silently. His movements were swift and silent, almost like a ghost, and there seemed to be faint traces of wind, but it was obviously not Qi Yunzong's magic.

Geng Xin had already appeared in the depths of the ruins, slowly going deeper along the narrow gaps created by the broken dark stone.

From time to time, a palm is waved from the sleeve of the robe. Surrounded by ink-black light, the palm force is silently slapped on the rock blocking the road. The hard dark stone will immediately start from the position where the palm is pressed and move outward.

Dense cracks spread out, and then turned into countless pieces, falling one after another. During the whole process, there was not even the slightest sound.

It is the terrifying corrosive ability that is as unique as that sinister wind!

Soon Geng Xin went down to the bottom of the ruins and found the place where Ling Xiao and Chen Lie fought that day. Geng Xin fired several spells in succession and shouted in a low voice, "Still not coming out?"

Following his words, a faint jet-black water mist was seen, which was much thinner than what Ling Xiao saw that day. It flew out from a remote corner under the ruins, but couldn't help twisting and circling.

There seems to be a small snake circling in the middle, but there also seems to be a vague figure. The two are constantly changing and entangled, and the scene is indescribably weird.

"Hmph, your magic tricks are indeed unique." Geng Xin snorted coldly. At this time, his voice had a bit of a sinister flavor, which sounded even more penetrating in such a weird environment.

"Hurry up and help me!" A roar came from the ink-black mist.

Listening to that voice, it sounded like Chen Lie who was fighting with Ling Xiao in the ghost grave that day!

Geng Xin seemed to be a little gloating about his misfortune, but he still took action and fired several spells in succession. The ink-black water mist gradually became quiet, and the image inside gradually stabilized. However, it looked like a human figure, and his face could not be seen clearly. "How could you fall into this trap?

Why is it like this? Why did this tomb collapse? Where is that thing?"

The voice came from the mist, with a bit of complaint, "How many questions do you want to ask in one breath?"

"snort."

Geng Xin snorted coldly, and the voice in the mist suddenly became a little softer, "Is it not the disciples of your Qiyun Sect who caused me to be like this?"

Then he briefly told him the story of that day's battle with Ling Xiao.

It turned out that when he saw Ling Xiao that day, he thought that Geng Xin had deliberately sent him to the Oni Tomb to replace his body. However, he was injured by Ling Xiao unexpectedly. If not for the trickery of the Demon Sect, he would have been able to

If the Yuanshen escaped, he would probably be beaten to death by Ling Xiao.

But it's not easy either.

Although he was able to survive mostly because of the ink-black water mist, he was seriously injured by Ling Xiao first and had to escape alone. He was at the weakest time. The water mist immediately started to bite back, and he even wanted to

It was going to engulf him. Fortunately, Geng Xin arrived in time, otherwise, he might really have been swallowed up by this inky black mist, both physically and mentally.

Geng Xin frowned slightly, and there was obviously some disbelief in his tone, "He is only a disciple at the third level of Qi training, how come you can't even defeat him?"

The man said bitterly: "He probably has a strange treasure on his body to protect him, which makes the corrosive water mist in my body afraid."

"Are you afraid of corrosive water mist?"

Geng Xin's voice was mixed with a bit of surprise and greed, "Are you serious about what you said?"

He really couldn't believe it. Long Yi, the first sect leader of Qi Yun Sect, accidentally obtained this mysterious water mist and hid it here together with the thing that sealed it. I don't know how many generations of sect masters have studied it all their lives, but they have never been able to find it. He can only control one or two out of a hundred. But Ling Xiao, just an outer disciple, actually has a rare treasure that can scare this mist?

But the man said: "I'm already like this, why would I lie to you?"

Geng Xin's eyes showed a strange light.

It turned out that Long Yi, the first sect leader of the Qiyun Sect, had an adventure when he was completing the foundation building process, and luckily broke through to the Golden Core stage. That adventure was the result of a chance encounter that resulted in the sealed ink-black water mist.

It's just that although he refined part of this ink-black water mist and broke through to the golden elixir stage, he was also injured by the terrifying corrosive power, leaving behind consequences.

Therefore, after breaking through the golden elixir stage, he passed away in just over ten years.

The succeeding sect masters, from Yu Yi, Yun Ting... to Jiang Lan, although they all tried their best to completely control this ink-black mist, they have never succeeded. This also made it difficult for most of the sect masters of the past generations to enjoy it. Longevity. For example, Yu Yi's lifespan is only over a hundred years old; Yun Ting's lifespan is only 387 years old, while in the Jindan stage, the longest lifespan is five hundred years.

Until a hundred years ago, an accident suddenly occurred in the tomb where the inky black mist was placed.

This is the person in front of me. His name is Ma Qianshan, a monk from the Demon Sect. He accidentally heard the news about the black mist, and took a dangerous risk to go deep into the ancestral hall of the Qi Yunzong.

He has extensive research on illusions and formations.

Therefore, although the ancestral temple was equipped with protective formations at the time, he was still able to break open it after some attempts. He went deep into the tomb and saw the scroll that sealed the mysterious water mist.

He was so happy that he lost some caution. Instead of taking it out first, he directly tried to open the seal of the scroll.

Unexpectedly, this ink-black water mist was really weird. Before the seal was completely broken, part of its power escaped. Part of it invaded his body, causing his body to be damaged. The other part was scattered inside the tomb. In the middle of it, it turns into the dark wind, the mist, and the phantom formation - these are the three major terrors in Onizhong. It also caused news of missing people in the former ancestral temple from time to time.

Later, Fu Huang, Geng Xin, and Sima Dian went deep into the tomb to investigate.

The illusory formation enhanced by the water mist became even more terrifying. Even the three of them could not break through it. Fu Huang and Sima Dian were both blocked from the outside; only Geng Xin, who went a little deeper, met Ma Qianshan, whose body was destroyed, is the person in front of him.

The two of them each had what they wanted, so they hit it off and reached a deal.

Then Geng Xin quietly retreated, hiding what happened inside from Fu Huang and Sima Dian. Every once in a while, Geng Xin would deliberately punish a disciple by entering the ghost tomb for Ma Qianshan to replace It is really ironic that he is a puppet in the flesh.

In exchange, Ma Qianshan also helped Geng Xin refine a trace of water mist.

It's just that the two of them have their own agendas, and they are always scheming and guarding against each other. Naturally, they can't cooperate sincerely. They even plot against each other several times, but Geng Xin is far superior in cultivation, and Ma Qianshan is more familiar with the phantom formation in the ghost tomb.

.Both of them had their own scruples and did not dare to kill each other, so they could only settle for a draw.

This also made Ma Qianshan, who could no longer practice, become weaker and weaker, and even fell into Ling Xiao's hands.

But in fact, Geng Xin was not having an easy time. As the amount of ink-black water mist increased during the refining process, and he was tricked by Ma Qianshan several times, he himself was actually corroded by the water mist, greatly damaging his origin.

In recent years, my cultivation has actually declined instead of advancing...

Geng Xin and Ma Qianshan in front of them both knew these secrets. However, they each had their own plans, so they both fell silent for a while.

Geng Xin had no doubts about what Ling Xiao told him in Qiyun Palace.

Seeing everything in front of them, it was not difficult for Geng Xin and Ma Qianshan to guess that it was naturally the ink-black water mist that escaped for unknown reasons and caused the entire ghost tomb to collapse. This is not surprising. After a hundred years,

The water mist in front of it only escaped, causing half of the entire ancestral temple to collapse, turning it into a ghost grave.

Geng Xin did not doubt that Ling Xiao would get the water mist, or that it was related to the water mist's escape. Because he knew too much about the power of the water mist, he did not believe that Ling Xiao would get the water mist;

Second, Ma Qianshan was wary of Geng Xin and naturally refused to take him to the center of the formation. Therefore, Geng Xin knew nothing about the situation at the center of the formation.

Therefore, neither of them knew that although Ling Xiao was indeed unable to obtain the mysterious water mist, he had hidden the scroll that sealed the water mist...

After a long pause, Ma Qianshan couldn't hold on any longer. He first showed weakness and said: "Sect Master Geng, I can't hold on any longer. Please help me find another body!"

Geng Xin's eyes showed a cold light, but he said: "Okay, come with me."

Ma Qianshan didn't seem to doubt that he was there. He carried the mist and slowly floated towards Geng Xin. Geng Xin also stretched out his right hand to support the mist.

But the moment the two came into contact, something unexpected happened.

The mist suddenly shot up and went straight towards Geng Xin's face mask. But Geng Xin seemed to have been prepared for it. His left hand suddenly crossed in front of his eyes, and his right hand grabbed the mist with his backhand, and his hands immediately appeared.

The water's light was faint, revealing a strange and very corrosive power.

Contact quietly——

The water mist and Geng Xin's hands came into contact, and similar forces collided together. However, when the water mist was seen, the water lines were twisting and rubbing strangely, and they could not help but be squeezed and changed into various shapes.

At the same time, it is constantly corroding and devouring the opponent. The silent battle has a cold and terrifying flavor.

After a while, the mist finally dissipated amid Ma Qianshan's unwilling and resentful voice.

Geng Xin had obviously suffered some secret losses, and his face was slightly pale. But his eyes were focused on the cliff not far away, with a sinister and greedy light in his eyes...

Ling Xiao is in seclusion there.

…

Although they were not far apart, Ling Xiao obviously knew nothing about what happened here in Onizuka.

At this time, he was sitting cross-legged on the cliff and took out the scroll he got from Onizuka. He didn't know what it was yet. He didn't dare to tell about the mist, so he hid the scroll secretly. But before

There were many eyes and ears in the sect, but he did not dare to look. Only when he reached the cliff and found no one, did he remember the scroll and take it out to study it.

What could this be?
Chapter completed!