As soon as the fat man said this, everyone in the pavilion was a little surprised. They didn't expect that this so-called "destined person" could just make a stone shine.
Liang Yan was also a little confused. He looked at it carefully and saw a brown stone on the stone table. There were many holes in it, and some spiritual energy was flowing in it. It didn't look like there was anything strange about it.
"Do you really mean what you say, fellow Taoist? As long as I can make this stone shine, I can trade the holy energy of mountains and rivers with you?" A monk in the crowd asked.
Other people's eyes also looked over at the same time, obviously this question was what they wanted to ask.
Facing the attention of everyone, the fat man took his time and said with a smile: "I, Fatty Wang, have always said that I am the same as the old man. I will sell the sacred energy of mountains and rivers to anyone who can make this stone shine at a low price.
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"Haha, okay! If that's the case, then a certain family will be the first to try it!"
As soon as the fat man's voice fell, a figure flashed and reached out to the stone on the table before everyone else.
Everyone in the pavilion felt a little regretful when they saw this. This person was at the front. If he could make the stone shine, wouldn't he have no chance?
Just when everyone was feeling regretful, a transparent ripple suddenly appeared above the stone, and they actually pressed their outstretched palms in the air, preventing the other party from getting even closer.
"Huh?"
The monk in mid-air let out a light sigh, and the martial arts in his body started to activate, trying to break through this invisible barrier.
However, the next moment, the man trembled all over, as if he had been hit hard, and he opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of blood.
"Wow!"
As the blood spurted out, the monk flew backwards and fell into the water outside the pavilion. His fate was even worse than that of the man at the beginning.
When everyone in the pavilion saw this, they couldn't help but take a few steps back. One of them said coldly: "Fellow Daoist Wang, what do you mean?"
"Haha, I forgot to tell everyone."
The fat man said nonchalantly: "My stone is a bit special. Only a very small number of monks can pass its test. Those who are unlucky may suffer backlash. The fellow Taoist just now was unlucky and too much.
He is eager for quick success. If you don't want to be like him, don't take action at will, just inject spiritual power into the rocks."
"this"
With the lesson learned from the man just now, everyone present was hesitant at this time, but Fatty Wang still smiled and continued: "Don't look forward and backward. The holy energy of mountains and rivers is one of the seven innate energies of creation. So,
How can it be that important treasures are so easy to obtain? If you sincerely want to keep it, if you don’t want it, leave it. Wang doesn’t force it!"
What he said was an understatement, but when the words "Holy Qi of Mountains and Rivers" fell into everyone's ears, there was endless temptation.
None of the monks in the pavilion chose to leave.
A monk standing at the front directly cast a spell and poured his spiritual power into the stone.
But unfortunately, this person did not make the stone shine. Instead, he was hit by an invisible wave and almost suffered injuries.
Although he failed, the enthusiasm of the other monks did not diminish, and they poured their spiritual power into the stones.
It's just that the stone never moved at all, as if it had been strengthened by a weight. No matter how much everyone's spiritual power poured into it, there was still no movement at all.
During the entire test process, Liang Yan stood behind the crowd and was not in a hurry to take action.
Now that he saw this scene, he suddenly became alert, and a thought came to his mind:
"This stone doesn't seem to emit light at all. Instead, it looks like a container collecting the spiritual energy of everyone in the pavilion."
He had no basis for this idea, it was just a feeling.
Why does the other party want to collect everyone's spiritual power? Is it really for some "destined person"?
Liang Yan was confused and glanced at the crowd. Although he couldn't see the faces of these monks clearly, he could feel the enthusiasm of the people in the pavilion. Obviously, the temptation of "Holy Qi of Mountains and Rivers" was too great, and everyone present wanted to
Get this treasure.
Only one person is different.
Liang Yan's eyes quickly locked on a thin, hunched monk.
Like himself, this person did not take action to inject spiritual power into the stones. Instead, he took a few steps back and reached the edge of the pavilion.
"Huh?"
Liang Yan's heart moved, and a strange look appeared on his face.
Just now, when my consciousness fell near this person, the black lotus sword in Taixu gourd actually trembled inexplicably!
"what happened?"
Liang Yan was secretly shocked. This kind of thing has never happened before. The Black Lotus Sword is the fusion of the twelve flying swords left by Ying Long. Is there any relationship between this man and Ying Long?
Just as he was thinking secretly, the man had already arrived at the outermost edge of the pavilion. At this moment, with a pinch of magic, the whole person rose into the air and flew out of the pavilion in an instant, heading towards the exit of the underground palace.
Since this man had been standing at the back of all the monks, and everyone else was focusing on the stone in front of Fatty Wang, no one noticed his departure, or even if they did, they would not notice him leaving.
How to pay attention.
Except Liang Yan.
Liang Yan looked at the enthusiastic crowd, and then at the hunchbacked monk who left alone. He thought about it for a while, and finally made up his mind. He pinched the magic formula and followed the hunchbacked monk, leaving the pavilion and heading underground.
Fly outside the palace.
The reason why he made this choice was that he didn't trust the monk who called himself "Fat Wang".
This person said that he has the holy energy of mountains and rivers in his hand, but he has never taken it out until now. Instead, he keeps urging others to pour his spiritual power into stones.
Although there is no harm in consuming a little spiritual power, Liang Yan always felt that the stone was a bit strange and had no intention of injecting his own spiritual power into it.
In comparison, this monk who can cause the Black Lotus Sword to move is more worthy of his attention, so Liang Yan gave up the clues about the holy energy of mountains and rivers and chose to follow this mysterious monk.
He and the hunchbacked monk came out of the pavilion one after another, and then left the underground palace. Although there were many monks present, no one paid attention to them. After all, this was a dark market, and generally no one would mind their own business.
Only Fatty Wang in the pavilion looked across the crowd in the pavilion with a smile and looked towards the direction where Liang Yan and the two left, with a thoughtful look on his face.
Let's say that after Liang Yan left the underground dark market and returned to the streets of Guangling City, he immediately ran the "Eight Divisions of Evolution" technique and displayed the "Bodhi Mirror", quickly locking the hunchback monk's whereabouts.
He did not rush to chase, but activated the Tianji Pearl according to the magic formula in the Tianji Monument, and soon he completely concealed his aura and hid in a corner of the street.
Almost at the moment when his breath disappeared, two monks in black emerged from the exit of the underground market at the same time.
"Huh?"
One of them seemed very confused. He pinched a magic formula in his hand and whispered to the other person: "What's going on? Why is one missing?"
Another person also pinched the magic formula, shook his head and said: "It's impossible, that person's aura disappeared out of thin air, and even I can't detect it."
"Originally, we were supposed to follow each other separately, but now there is only one person's scent. Why don't we check that person first?"
"good!"
After a short exchange, the two quickly reached an agreement and both chased in the direction of the hunchbacked monk.
After both of them left and there was no movement around, Liang Yan walked out from behind the wall.
"Something weird!"
Liang Yan secretly thought to himself, and the "Bodhi Mirror" started to work, quickly locking the positions of the three of them, and then followed them leisurely.
It was already midnight, the moon was setting in the atrium, and the stars were shining in Guangling City, making it look particularly quiet.
But on a remote street, a scene like this appeared. A hunchbacked monk was walking at the front, followed far behind by two monks in black clothes, and behind them was a middle-aged man with a sallow complexion.
The middle-aged man was naturally the result of Liang Yan's disguise.
He refined the Tianji Monument and unlocked the magic formula for using the Tianji Pearl. Now he is running the Tianji Pearl with all his strength. Unless a monk under the saint has a special magic weapon or skill, it is difficult to see his flaws.
As for the two black-clothed monks, they also used special techniques to hide their whereabouts. It was obvious that both of them were monks who were good at tracking.
This group of four people is like a mantis stalking a cicada, with the oriole behind. Those who are following others don't know that they are actually being followed.
The hunchbacked monk didn't seem to be in a hurry. He walked around and walked in circles. After spending a stick of incense, he walked out of the north of the city and came to a street in the east of the city.
Liang Yan, who was walking at the back, suddenly stopped, his eyes flashed, and an unpredictable smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
As for the two following black monks, they still followed the target, turned down a street, and went straight to the east of the city.
Another half an hour passed, and just when they were cautious and wanted to continue tracking, the hunchbacked monk in front suddenly stopped.
The man didn't move, and the two monks in black were immediately alert and stopped almost at the same time.
"What's going on? He discovered us?" one of them asked through a message.
"I don't know, maybe this person is more alert, so don't act rashly yet." Another person replied through the same message.
The two of them each pushed their concealment skills to the extreme, and waited for a while, only to find that the hunchbacked monk in front of him had always stood in the shadow at the end of the street with his hands behind his back, never moving another step.
"Eh? That's not right!"
One of them finally realized that something was wrong, and a "whoosh" sound came out of the darkness, and then a red light shot out with his hand and shot straight behind the hunchbacked monk.
boom!
As a muffled sound came, the body of the hunchbacked monk actually collapsed, revealing a straw man and a yellow talisman inside, which was hit by the red light and immediately burned.
"Oops, the golden cicada has escaped from its shell!" they both exclaimed at the same time.
At this moment, on a street in the south of Guangling City.
A young man with a hunched back and pimples on his face was walking quickly.
Huge spiritual consciousness spread out from this person's body and enveloped several nearby streets. It was obvious that this person had a high level of cultivation and acted extremely cautiously.
Just after leaving the underground market, he had already noticed that he was being followed. As a last resort, he used a side-tracking spell to successfully lead the two people he was following to the east of the city, while he quietly escaped and headed to the south of the city.
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But he never dreamed that at this moment, there was someone following him not far behind him!
Liang Yan silently operated the Tianji Pearl, completely hiding his own aura, as if he didn't exist at all, and followed the hunchbacked man unhurriedly.
"This man is very alert. The two monks who were following him were discovered by him. Who is he? What is the identity of the person who is following him?" Liang Yan thought secretly in his heart.
Just now, the Black Lotus Sword in Taixu Gourd vibrated again, as if he saw an old acquaintance, which made him even more suspicious of the hunchbacked man's identity.
The two of them, one behind the other, continued to move forward in the night. After several rounds, the hunchbacked man finally came to a remote alley.
This place seemed to be a Taoist temple before, but now it is completely abandoned, surrounded by weeds and the gate is dilapidated.
The hunchbacked man stopped at the door, pondered for a while, and then walked in.
Liang Yan did not follow in a hurry. Although he didn't know why this person was so cautious, he had to be very careful not to be discovered when he arrived at a place like this.
After pondering for a moment, Liang Yan used the "secret technique of soul separation" to separate a ray of his soul, enter the courtyard through insects and ants on the ground, and then attach to an old locust tree in the courtyard.
Qian Yexue's "Secret Technique of Soul Separation" was originally very strange, but was later used by Liang Yan to corroborate Wu Xin's "Soul Seed Technique". Now he has made this magical power so perfect that no trace can be found at all.
He attached his soul to the tree and looked inside the Taoist temple.
I saw that besides the hunchbacked man, there was another person inside!
This man is an old man, tall and thin, with slender eyebrows, a hooked nose, and thin lips. His whole face gives people a cruel and sinister look.
It's just that he seemed to be injured at the moment. He was sitting on a futon in the Taoist temple, leaning against a brass incense burner, and was coughing.
Seeing the hunchbacked man coming in, the old man forced a smile and asked:
"How's it going? Does that thing have any clues?"
The hunchbacked man did not answer immediately. Instead, he paced back and forth in the Taoist temple with a gloomy face and his hands behind his back.
After a long time, he stopped and said slowly: "Things are not that simple. I'm afraid we won't be able to get this sacred energy of mountains and rivers."
"What?!"
After hearing this, the eagle-nosed old man reacted fiercely, and his voice immediately raised a few points: "What nonsense are you talking about! Don't you know how important the holy energy of mountains and rivers is to us? Not to mention that after I get it, I can recover from my injuries, let's talk about you
As long as I condense a little of it, I can hope to break through the bottleneck of the 'Sword Infant Realm' in the future!"
"I know everything you said!"
There was a trace of irritation on the face of the hunchbacked man, and he frowned and said: "The holy energy of mountains and rivers is of course important, but I always feel that this matter is a bit fishy. Do you know that I was almost followed by someone in the dark market today!"
Thanks to: Heihei Big Orange for the 4,500-point reward! Thanks to: Fat Taoist x and Ling Lingqi for the reward!
