When there is a happy event, you should drink alcohol to celebrate. This is the tradition of Kyushu. Even people who are not strong drinkers, or even monks who have given up drinking, still have tea instead of wine, and everyone has a lively celebration.
So Wu Jie and the others really drank to their heart's content, and taking advantage of the strength of the wine, Duxiu finally succeeded in joining Wu Jie's sect and became his fourth disciple.
However, now his name is not Xiang Duxiu, but Xiang Xuehai.
The name Duxiu is the nickname of Lin Lushan, Wu Jie's sworn brother. Wu Jie is not a very serious person, but the tradition of ordering elders and younger ones still needs to be talked about. It is really inappropriate for juniors to have the same name as their elders.
After finishing the wine, Wu Jie guided Qin Jing and Xiang Xuehai in their cultivation while continuing to wait for the result of the old turtle's tribulation.
At this time, he got an unexpected surprise.
Xiang Xuehai's qualifications are very good, which is expected. As long as the demon clan can cultivate successfully and even transform into a benevolent form, there will be almost no one with poor qualifications. Those with poor qualifications will have been naturally eliminated long before this; but originally
Qin Jing, who had poor qualifications, unexpectedly transformed herself and her qualifications improved a lot. Although she was still not as good as her third junior brother Lin Xiao, she far surpassed her senior brother Qiao Feng and was even close to her junior junior brother Xiang Xuehai.
This was really surprising. Wu Jie thought about it for a long time, asked many little demons to ask, and even went to the place where Qin Jing lived these years - that is, Jin Xiazi's secret room - to conduct an on-site investigation.
Find out why.
It turned out that in order to improve the efficiency of observing and guessing Qin Jing's skills, Jin Xiazi placed the piece of black ice that sealed him on the central node of the largest spiritual vein in the sea eye, using the power of the spiritual vein to nourish his body and
Soul, this might not only save Jin Xiazi the trouble of consuming his own mana to extend his life, but also improve Qin Jing's qualifications through subtle influence - he didn't dare to let Qin Jing wake up, so he had to use this stupid method to increase the speed of Qin Jing's instinctive cultivation.
, although this method is inefficient, it pays off over time. After more than 40 years, it has achieved great results.
"So living in a spiritual node actually has such benefits?" Xiang Xuehai perked up, with a faint look of expectation in his eyes.
For plant monsters, the slow pace of cultivation is always the most distressing thing in their hearts. Although life span is long, it is always an uncomfortable thing to see friends, enemies, juniors... who are surpassing oneself in the future.
.
Although this is actually a necessity of the cycle of balance between heaven and earth and has little to do with qualifications, there is a common view among plant monsters that if qualifications can be improved, this situation can be improved a lot.
Wu Jie didn't know how to solve this problem, but he didn't need to study it. He knew by reasoning alone that this idea was not reliable at all. If this method worked, why would the two seniors Old Rongweng and Songbaisheng have to do it?
Have they been practicing for tens of thousands of years? Could it be that after all these years, they can’t even find a single spiritual node?
After he expressed his thoughts, Xiang Xuehai was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "Whether it is useful or not is another matter. It is better for me to occupy this place than for someone else to occupy it. Even if you don't need the good things, you can hold them in your hands and watch them.
It’s also a kind of happiness when others don’t have it!”
Everyone was speechless for a moment, and then they remembered - this guy's way of thinking is somewhat different from normal people!
The sun could not rise and the moon could not be seen on the bottom of the sea, and Wu Jie was too lazy to calculate the time. He sent a message to his master and Yin Shuang, and settled down at the bottom of the sea with peace of mind, teaching his disciples and practicing while waiting for the old turtle to cross over.
The result of disaster.
Practicing at the bottom of the sea was a very novel experience for him. As the saying goes, water and fire are incompatible, so if the Fire Dharma is running on the bottom of the sea, it will naturally be affected. It is not obvious when it is used for killing and fighting, but it becomes obvious when practicing.
I clearly felt a kind of stagnation, as if I was walking with a big stone on my back, which was very uncomfortable.
If there was no one around, Wu Jieda could enter the World of Heavenly Books to practice, but it was inconvenient for him to do so in front of his disciples. So he had to be patient, endure this uncomfortable and unnatural feeling, and use that inefficiency
Practice slowly.
After about a few months, he gradually realized that practicing fire in water, although it would affect the efficiency of practice, could use the power of water to suppress the fire and change the fierceness of the flame itself.
Feeling soothed, you can gradually feel the softness and longevity of the water.
Wu Jie has almost reached the extreme of the Kyushu Realm in terms of the fierceness of flames. No matter which sect or sect in this world, no one can surpass him in this aspect. Even the people in the depths of the southern sea of fire are loved by heaven and earth.
Compared with him, the elves are probably slightly inferior. But in terms of this kind of gentleness, he is still a junior brother. At this moment, he suddenly realized something, as if he had opened a door to a new world.
I saw countless things that I had never thought of before, and I kept gaining insights, which made me feel very happy.
I was immersed in cultivation, and time flew by quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was more than a year.
On this day, Wu Jie was practicing when he suddenly felt something in his heart and looked at the old turtle next to him.
For more than a year, this old turtle has always maintained a posture lying on the ground, motionless, as if it had turned into stone. Even if Xiangxuehai caught the little demon and went to clean his turtle shell, he did not move at all.
reaction. If you couldn't clearly feel the vitality in his body, it would be indistinguishable from death. But today, he moved! The thick turtle shell trembled slightly, and then again... Wu Jie observed carefully
His appearance, and Du Ruo, the curious baby, had already sent a message, asking Xiang Xuehai, who was very friendly with her, to come quickly and watch the fun.
By the time Xiangxuehai arrived, the old turtle had completely woken up, changed into a human form again, and squatted on the seabed in a daze.
"Senior, how is the situation? Has the tribulation been successfully overcome?" asked the anxious Du Ruo.
The old turtle didn't answer and remained silent.
"You must be feeling uncomfortable somewhere, right?"
When Du Ruo asked this question, the old turtle's face suddenly changed, turning blue and white, looking very painful.
Du Ruo was startled, and was about to help him, but Wu Jie grabbed him: "Don't help him! He is on the verge of going crazy. I can see that the inner demon has taken shape in his body, and he is fighting with him at this moment."
The battle for Dao Xin - this is the most critical moment right now. If you touch him, you might harm him!"
"Ah?! Then what I just said...did it hurt him?"
"That's not true. The inner demon has already taken hold in his body. No matter you say that or not, this danger is inevitable. Maybe... because you triggered the struggle between the inner demon and the Taoist heart in advance, so that the inner demon can't escape.
If he can grow strong enough, his chances of successfully overcoming the tribulation will increase!"
Du Ruo breathed a sigh of relief - although she was fierce when fighting, she was still a kind person at heart. If she let others fail to escape the tribulation due to her own reasons, she would probably feel very guilty.
She then thought about it and asked expectantly: "Don't you have the magic fire to restrain the inner demons? How about using the magic fire to help him?"
Wu Jie was also considering this issue, but did not dare to jump to conclusions.
Theoretically speaking, the demon-refining divine fire can indeed restrain the inner demons and help the old turtle. However, the inner demons born when the monk returns the elixir do not come from the outside world, but are born in his own soul and are integrated with himself. This is
Just like a broken water bag, as long as the key flaw in the soul that creates inner demons cannot be repaired, the power of the soul will continue to be transformed into the power of inner demons.
Wu Jie's Demon Refining Divine Fire can indeed refine inner demons, but what is actually being refined is the power of the monk's own soul. If you want to rely on this method to help overcome the disaster, I'm afraid it is very unreliable!
Or you can think about it differently - if this method is really effective, the ancestors of our sect will definitely arrange for him to help the masters at the peak of Ning Yuan in their sect when they are going through the inner demon tribulation, even if it can only increase the power of one or two percent.
Opportunity is also a great help!
Wu Jie pondered, not daring to take action easily.
His intuition told him that he could help, but not now.
Since he couldn't figure out what to do, he had no choice but to leave the decision-making power to his intuition and let it decide when to take action.
A monk's intuition is often connected with his destiny. Although it is not uncommon for mistakes to be made, it is also not uncommon for a man to have an idea and make a miracle happen.
That's why there is such a joke - a certain monk has two lovers who have a good relationship, but neither of them is willing to share their husbands with others. He is in a dilemma, thinking over and over again, but he can't think of a way to get the best of both worlds.
, and his intuition told him that everything seemed to be dangerous... Finally, he gritted his teeth and relied on his intuition to choose one of them.
Well, his intuition was right. A few months later, the one who was not selected killed them all.
Those unreliable and unreliable thoughts flashed through Wu Jie's mind, but his eyes remained motionless, staring closely at the old turtle, and his spiritual thoughts firmly locked the demon heart and Tao heart that were fighting to the death in the old turtle.
After an unknown amount of time, the fight between Demon Heart and Dao Heart has reached a critical moment. The two sides are like two waves constantly colliding. Each time they are broken a lot, but they quickly gather the next wave and continue to collide.
Each collision consumes a lot of the old turtle's vitality, causing his appearance to wither quickly, gradually taking on a waning and dead air.
"Oops! If this continues, no matter what, you will die!" Wu Jie was startled. He was about to use his magic power to gather the vitality of the world around him to replenish it, but suddenly he saw a strange feeling arise in the demon's heart.
Change - completely different from the previous changes!
The old turtle's demonic heart is the embodiment of his Dragon Demon Sect's martial arts. It is full of a kind of tyranny that would be better than anyone else. It is like a giant dragon shaking its head and tail in the clouds, roaring triumphantly and rolling thousands of miles.
The wind and clouds stirred up turbulent waves. But the devil's heart at this moment was filled with a sinister and mysterious atmosphere, like a sinister villain who was accustomed to hiding in the dark and plotting against others, sneering sinisterly while conceiving despicable plots.
For some reason, Wu Jie immediately thought of the Black Robe, the leader of the Heart Demon Sect, and of the guy who became the devil today!
At this moment, his intuition suddenly issued an order, so he took action without thinking. The demon-refining divine fire turned into countless chains, binding the old turtle tightly, and even more infinite divine fire penetrated into his body, moving towards the man who had gained the upper hand because of that change.
The demonic heart is burned away.
The demon-refining divine fire is inherently capable of restraining inner demons. Once the demonic heart was burned by the divine fire, it could no longer hold up the battle line and completely retreated. However, after receiving this help, Taoist heart did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it, but suddenly floated up, no longer fighting.
It entangles.
Wu Jie was shocked - this meant that the old turtle had given up on overcoming the tribulation. He did not have the secret techniques or secret treasures that could help in this situation. Giving up was tantamount to seeking death!
Before he could speak, the old turtle had already opened his eyes, his weathered eyes showing pain, despair and resentment.
He turned to look at Wu Jie, his despair slightly weakened, and he showed a hint of hope.
"help me……"
"You have given up yourself, how can I help you?" Wu Jie sighed.
"The skill... there is a ghost!" The old turtle gasped violently, as if every word he spoke was consuming a lot of energy, "Free me...!"
After saying that, his whole body seemed to have lost all strength, and he hung his head feebly, but there was a strange aura coming from his body, as if his whole body was pregnant with some terrible change.
Wu Jie's eyes widened and he no longer hesitated. With a wave of his hand, the demon-refining divine fire turned into a long knife and pierced into his heart. In an instant, it burned all over his limbs and bones, and the blood that suddenly became strong in his body for no apparent reason was destroyed.
The vitality is immediately extinguished.
Only then did the strange aura disappear. The old turtle, who was dying of life, raised his head again, gave Wu Jie a grateful smile, and then closed his eyes.
Wu Jie remained silent, silently moving the power of the world of the Book of Heaven to capture his soul.
"Eh? Is this the Nether World?" After the old turtle lost his breath, he planned that he would go to the Nether World and be reincarnated, but unexpectedly what he saw was not the dim Nether World, but a small little man hanging alone in the endless chaos.
world.
The world is divided into pieces like a chessboard, and each piece is different. The boundaries are clearly defined, like unrelated pictures pasted together, full of a sense of disharmony.
And in the center of this world, on a piece of land where many elixirs are planted, stands a huge plant - ginseng?
He hurriedly wiped his eyes several times and finally determined that it was indeed a ginseng plant, but it had grown too huge and had completely become a towering ancient tree, with the top even extending into the chaos.
"What...what is going on? Am I still going through the tribulation? Is this an illusion during the tribulation of inner demons?"
"Unfortunately, you have failed to escape the tribulation and died." Wu Jie walked up to him and patted his shoulder, "I personally helped you escape."
The old turtle was startled, and turned to look at Wu Jie. His eyes flashed with confusion and confusion, but soon turned into relief again.
"It turns out it's not a hallucination... I'm really dead..." He sighed deeply, "This must be Taoist friend's cave magic weapon, right? But I really didn't expect that there is such a wonderful cave magic weapon in the world.
!It can actually allow Yin Hun to live so comfortably in it... If I read it right, that black land must still allow Yin Hun to practice, right?"
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered the most important thing and hurriedly bowed deeply to Wu Jie: "Thanks to my fellow Taoist for saving me just now, I prevented this old man from being plotted by the thief and turning into an ignorant demon. I am really grateful.
Not enough!"
"You're welcome. I'm curious, what happened just now?"
The old turtle suddenly showed a look of resentment: "When the sect's skills are restored, the blood in the body will be tempered, and the pure dragon blood obtained after the initial refining will be used as the core to reorganize the blood and turn it into a dragon species - so this sect
The ancestors of Huandan are all of the dragon species, hence the name of the Dragon Sect."
"Among the water tribes in the world, only our tribe has this secret method. It is precisely because of this secret method that our tribe can remain invincible in the competition within the Shenmen. Since ancient times, no matter what happens within the Shenmen,
Despite the struggle, my Dragon Sect’s position is as stable as Mount Tai, and it has never wavered in the slightest!"
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but show pride.
Wu Jie can understand this kind of pride - the Demon Sect's division into one hundred and eight sects is something that is even older than the era of the Holy Emperor. The Dragon Demon Sect has been the leader among the one hundred and eight sects since then, which is really something to be proud of.
!
"But when I was fighting with the devil's heart just now, I saw that I had found the key flaw of the devil's heart and was about to defeat it in one fell swoop. But there was a sudden change in the devil's heart, which wanted to transform my body.
Become an extraterrestrial demon. Once the body is transformed, the Taoist heart will become a rootless tree and a sourceless water, and it will be defeated in an instant." The old turtle said angrily, "At that time, all my thousands of years of hard work will be lost.
Then he went to waste and became an ignorant demon, and..."
He was silent for a moment and whispered: "I'm afraid I will be controlled by someone and become his subordinate!"
Wu Jie was shocked and immediately thought of the demon from the Heart Demon Sect who transformed into the sect leader.
"Did you know that the leader of the Heart Sect, Black Robe, is the incarnation of the devil? Over the years, he has been constantly occupying the position of the leader of the Heart Sect with different identities!"
The old turtle suddenly understood and beat his chest: "It's no wonder! No wonder! No wonder the Xin Sect kept provoking disputes between Shenmen and Daomen back then... We only saw that they killed three generations of sect masters in succession, so we never doubted it... That's it...
!I see!"
"Huh? Was that guy the one who started the war in the East China Sea?"
"Hmph! His methods are weird, and he has done countless tricks in the Shenmen - but no matter what tricks he does, several of the Dragon Ancestors of our sect have been alive since the 1808 sect era. He
We can only take action on the younger generation of disciples like us, or even on the inherited techniques, but there is nothing we can do against those ancestors who have been in seclusion all year round!"
"So he provoked a fight between the Taoist sect and the Shenmen sect, and used the battle to kill the people in the Shenmen sect that he couldn't deal with?" Wu Jie asked.
"Of course!" The old turtle's face was as cold as ice, but he bowed to Wu Jie again, "Fellow Taoist Taixu, I see that you are good at refining demonic fire, and you may be the nemesis of that villain! So I have a heartless invitation.
…”
Wu Jie smiled: "If what you are saying is that you want me to deal with the black robe, then it goes without saying. I am a man of the righteous path, and he is a demon born in the world. Even if you don't ask me, I will destroy him sooner or later!"
"This is different!" Old Oogway said solemnly, "You are destroying him to eliminate demons and protect the way. But when I ask you to destroy him, you are avenging our Dragon Sect! Although we are doing the same thing, it means more to you and me.
But it’s completely different!”
Wu Jie smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, fellow Taoist!" The old turtle bowed again, and then said, "Of course, I will not let my fellow Taoist work for nothing - I have been at the bottom of the sea for many years, and I know a big secret, so I use this secret as my
Get paid."
"Huh? What secret?" Wu Jie asked curiously.
The old turtle showed a mysterious smile and lowered his voice subconsciously: "Deep in the eye of the sea, there is an ice spring, leading to the legendary Guixu Sea!"