When the afterglow of dusk dissipated, Xu Qing's Dharma boat returned to its berth. Almost as soon as it returned, he received a message from the captain.
"Little Aqing, how do you feel about this date? Come on, come on. I'm at the fairy pool where you gave me a discount. Would you like to come over and have a dip? Talk to your senior brother about the process. Senior brother will provide you with rich experience.
Please give me some advice."
"Another day." Xu Qing replied, and just as he was about to end the transmission, the captain coughed.
"Master is also here..."
"..." Xu Qing was silent.
A moment later, in the fairy pool opened by Xu Xiaohui, a hidden small pool overlooking the big pool below, Xu Qing, the captain and Qi Ye, the three masters and apprentices, were soaking in it.
Xu Qing looked at the two of them with a strange expression.
Qi Ye coughed and glared at the captain.
"My teacher was meditating before, and he was begging me to come over. What on earth is going on!"
The captain blinked.
Master Qi snorted, so the captain sighed and looked at Xu Qing with aggrieved face.
"Little Aqing, how far has your trip with Immortal Zixuan gone? Hey, how far has it gone?"
Master Qi's expression was as usual, looking like he wasn't very interested.
Xu Qing glanced at his master silently, thought for a while, and answered.
"Senior Zixuan taught me how to play the flute."
Qiye's ears twitched.
The captain asked quickly.
"Then what."
"Then I went to pay homage to one of her old friends, the master of the old man from the Xuanyou Sect in Taisidu'e Mountain." Xu Qing did not hide anything and told what happened on the way.
There is actually nothing to hide about this.
"That's it?" The captain looked unbelieving.
"Yes, when I came back, Senior Zixuan gave me the flute." Xu Qing nodded.
"What flute?" the captain was curious.
"It seems to be called Liu Di." Xu Qing replied.
Before the captain could speak, Master Qi took a breath.
"Liu Yue Lingyun Flute?"
Xu Qing was a little unfamiliar with this name, so he simply took out the flute.
The moment he saw the flute, Master Qi looked a little dazed. After a while, he stood up expressionlessly and glared at the captain again.
"If you disturb me again when you are meditating for me in the future, I will break your legs!"
The captain's eyes widened, showing strong grievance. It seemed that you, the old man, were so unreasonable. It was obviously you who called me here and asked me to call you Xu Qing.
Qi Ye coughed.
"Okay, what you said last time is accurate."
After saying that, Master Qi spoke to Xu Qing while putting on his clothes.
"Fourth brother, now that you are popular, the time is almost here. When I am done with this period of time, I will take you out."
Master Qi put his hands behind his back and strolled away.
After Master Qi left, the captain's expression instantly returned to normal. He no longer felt aggrieved at all, but smiled proudly at Xu Qing.
"Learn from me, junior brother. This is how you deal with the old man. The old man has a tough face but a soft heart, so I occasionally feel wronged and he compromises.
But this time, the old man was obviously annoyed. From what I can see, he knows the name of this flute so well that it is most likely that he gave it to him back then."
Xu Qing blinked, thinking of Master Zixuan saying that too many people had given her gifts back then, and he had forgotten who gave her the flute, and then thinking about his master's appearance just now, he felt that... this was very possible.
Just like that, after soaking for a while, Xu Qing also stood up and prepared to leave. Before leaving, the captain leaned there lazily and made a comfortable voice.
"Little Aqing, you can get me a jade slip later. I asked if there is a 20% discount here. That is a rare VIP treatment. You can do it."
"Where's yours?" Xu Qing asked.
"I gave it to Wu Jianwu." The captain whispered mysteriously.
"I have something to ask Wu Jianwu for help. You will know soon. Once I become a man, I will be great. Then I may have to go out to avoid the limelight. In addition, I need you to put in a good word for me."
Xu Qing was not surprised. The captain and Wu Jianwu had been here many times before. He had already known it from the informant. He nodded when he heard this. As for what the captain said about avoiding the limelight, Xu Qing thought it was normal. He could probably guess it.
What is the captain's goal this time?
"Nine times out of ten, it's that tooth." Xu Qing glanced at the captain and left the fairy pond. It was already late at night when he returned to the berth. After sitting down cross-legged, he closed his eyes and began to meditate.
During this period of time, he was away from home, and with the presence of the Immortal Zixuan, he was unable to fully concentrate on meditating, which took some time. Therefore, Xu Qing planned to catch up on the practice that he had lost due to the time he had previously spent.
In this way, three days passed.
Late at night on the third day, Xu Qing, who was meditating, suddenly opened his eyes, with a look of anticipation in his eyes. He felt something strange in his storage bag.
It came from the bottle containing the little black worm that had eaten the fairy jelly.
Xu Qing took out the bottle, felt it first, and opened it after making sure it was okay.
There was nothing in the bottle. Xu Qing looked around and felt nothing.
But there was a strong sense of crisis surrounding him.
Xu Qing's expression remained normal, he raised his left hand, and when he scratched the palm of his right hand, blood instantly overflowed, and the wound healed instantly, but the blood that flowed out was enough.
The next moment, the air flowed, and a group of entities that were invisible and difficult to detect came from all around and rushed directly to the blood on Xu Qing's palm. Under Xu Qing's observation, the blood on his palm shrank visibly to the naked eye, and finally disappeared.
As the blood disappeared, Xu Qing finally felt the presence of the little black insect.
After these little black insects absorbed the fairy jelly, they were able to hide themselves to such an extent that Xu Qing could not detect them before.
But after all, they were fed by Xu Qing in batches with his own blood, and their bodies contained Xu Qing's poison. Although they hadn't drank blood for a long time, their instincts still existed.
At this moment, after swallowing Xu Qing's blood, the connection between them became clear again.
"A total of three hundred and seventy-one." Xu Qing glanced around, feeling satisfied.
But he understood that these were just the beginning, and he would need to continue feeding them, and because these bugs had not eaten poison for a long time, they all looked hungry at this moment.
So Xu Qing left his berth the next day and bought poisons and poisonous weeds from every drug store in the main city of the Eight Sects Alliance. He had Taoist treatment and a share of eight million spiritual stones every year, so he didn't feel any pain in buying poisonous weeds.
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In one day, he purchased a large amount of poisonous weeds, many of which were rare and rare poisons, as well as some finished poison pills. After purchasing these, Xu Qing began to feed the little black insects.
Xu Qing originally planned to take this feeding step by step.
But his little black bugs were obviously extremely hungry. At first, Xu Qing was worried that they wouldn't be able to bear it, so he controlled the feeding rhythm.
But later, he simply put the poisonous weeds and pills he bought there, and his little black insects swooped up and devoured them crazily.
Just like this, seven days passed. The little black bugs ate more and more poisonous weeds, and the spiritual stones they spent every day were like running water. However, the poison contained in the bodies of these same little black bugs may be due to the fact that the fairy jelly was completely absorbed by them.
, becoming more and more fierce.
Even an ordinary heavenly palace golden elixir, if bitten by them and penetrated into the body, will definitely die suddenly.
This made Xu Qing take a breath, and then took out his Poison Forbidden Pill and began to complete the plan he had made when he was in Nanhuang Continent. He wanted to cultivate little black insects that could live in the Poison Pill.
It's just that this process is still not particularly smooth. Although the little black bugs have mutated and are more ferocious than before, the poison of the poison pill is too terrifying. They can only persist longer, but they still cannot fully live in it.
However, Xu Qing was already very satisfied, because he discovered that this batch of small black insects could actually faintly swallow some of the poison of the Poison Forbidden Pill and stay in the body.
Although the time cannot be too long, they must be spit out every few days, otherwise they will rot into fly ash, but... being able to do this is enough to greatly increase Xu Qing's combat power.
He was finally able to make limited use of the Poison Forbidden Pill, using it as his trump card instead of a means of perishing together.
This made Xu Qing very excited, so he started a new round of purchasing. This time, what he purchased was no longer poisonous plants and poisons, but living beasts.
In Nanhuang Continent, there are death row inmates from the Crime Catching Department as a breeding ground for him to breed small black insects. However, the department he is responsible for here in the Eight Sects Alliance does not have prisons, but the Eight Sects Alliance has no shortage of vicious beasts.
After Xu Qing tried it, he found that although the effect was not as good as that of a death row prisoner, it was acceptable. So for the next time, the screams of various beasts in his magic ship were constantly isolated within the protection.
Just like that, a month passed.
The number of Xu Qing's little black insects finally increased from more than 300 to more than 3,000. When he put them in three small bottles and put them away, he received a message from Master Qi.
"Looking at the poisonous weeds and ferocious beasts you recently bought, I guess you are refining poison again. How is your refining now? If you are not in a hurry, I will take you out to get a golden elixir technique for you and see if you can fish.
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"Now that you have two life lamps, many people know about it, whether it is Lingyun Sword Sect or some malicious outsiders. This time, go out to attract them and destroy them, so that you can go out by yourself in the future and feel more comfortable."
Master Qi had told Xu Qing about this matter before, and Xu Qing did not hesitate and followed his master's orders.
At the same time, in the northern part of Yinghuangzhou, at the end of Taisi Due Mountain, it was a white, windy and snowy place, bitingly cold. Not only was the mountain covered with snow all year round, but the earth was also covered in snow.
The living environment here is extremely harsh and not suitable for ordinary people to survive. Only in the peripheral areas can there be some small ordinary countries, and deep in the ice sheet, it is difficult to see people for thousands of miles.
But there is a huge pillar that seems to support the heaven and earth, standing in the far north.
This column is completely black, and even the blizzard and wind can't shake it at all. You can't see the end of it when you look up.
Only when you get closer can you clearly see that the pillar is thousands of feet thick, but the height is still unknown.
Countless runes and totems are carved on it, emitting indescribable vast power.
It can make everyone who sees it feel like they are insignificant and want to worship.
From this pillar, a monstrous fighting spirit emanated, containing incomparable ferocity that seemed to be able to shatter everything.
This is Taichu Li Youzhu!
Looking around, there are countless dome tents around Taichu Li Youzhu, hundreds of thousands of them, forming a special city.
There are no ordinary people in it, only monks from all directions, who gather here to practice in Taichu Li Youzhu.
Therefore, if the fluctuations emitted by the column are perceived by people for a long time, a talisman containing fighting intent will be formed in the mind. Through this talisman, the will can be polished and the cultivation level can be improved.
In addition...this Taichu Liyou Pillar contains countless inheritances. Anyone can climb it at any time. The higher you go, the greater the inheritance you will benefit from.
Therefore, the sixth major force in Yinghuangzhou was formed.
Of course, there is a more important reason, and that is...this place is where the sword holder's sword court is located in Yinghuang Province.
The Sword-holding Palace was built at the highest point of the Taichu Liyou Pillar. Behind the countless clouds and mist, above the sky, at the end of the pillar, there was a palace standing there.
This palace is different. It is not made of bricks or jade, but is made of swords. Countless swords are intertwined to form this sword palace.
Between Taichu Li Youzhu and the palace, it seemed as if the former supported the latter, but also as if... the latter was suppressing the former.
Because it is not very clear on the ground, but here, you can faintly see that the Taichu Liyou Pillar is shaking slightly, as if someone is calling it, making it want to rise up from the ground.
But it was suppressed by the Sword Palace and could only shake, unable to move away at all.
At this moment, in this Sword Palace, a powerful discussion of the Sword-holding Court is taking place!
There were nine people participating in the discussion. They were all wearing white robes, and their appearance could not be clearly seen. However, each one of them exuded terrifying fluctuations, and the eyes occasionally exposed from the white robes also contained the highest majesty.
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It seems that the nine of them can completely decide the life and death of a sect and a religion.
Because the nine of them are the highest-level sword wielders of the Yinghuang Province Sword Holding Court, as powerful as the Taisi Immortal Sect, they have no choice but to obey and cooperate with their orders.
Because they represent the orthodox human race, they are one of the five Shangxuan tribes of the human race, and they are located in the administrative office of Yinghuang Prefecture.
Because behind them is the ancient kingdom that was inherited after the death of the ancient emperor Xuanyou in the imperial capital. Even though the human race has declined and Wang Gu, the former leader, has now only one domain and seven counties left, it is still a powerful clan.
one.
There is still...the Human Emperor is still on the throne.
At this moment, there was a sound echoing in the sword-holding court.
"Two things. First, a new round of entrance exams for sword holders is about to begin. An edict came from the Sword Holding Palace in Fenghai County. The great age is coming, and geniuses from all races appear frequently. It is a crisis but also an opportunity. Let all states hold swords.
Your Majesty, this time the entrance examination has raised the threshold, and those who hold my sword will only be talented ones."
"The second thing is that in recent years, Taichu Liyouzhu's vibration has become more and more intense. We have also responded to what we reported above. According to the deduction in the county palace, it is consistent with our judgment. The ghost king in Yinghuangzhou has signs of recovery.
, the county chief asked us to deal with this matter as soon as possible."
"Guo wants to revive, so in recent years, the cultivation of the Three Spirits Zhendao Mountain and the Nanyue Seven Shas transformed by the Three Souls and Seven Souls of the Ghost Lord has advanced by leaps and bounds."
"This matter will be carried out according to our previous discussion. The recovery of this ghost king requires the return of three souls and seven souls. Suppressing one soul will not be effective, so we need to plan to suppress one soul and capture him here."
"In this way, the Ghost Lord cannot reach perfection and cannot be awakened."