Chapter four hundred and sixty first opportunity is hard to find
Although yesterday's dinner was dull, Ding Baozhen had a very pleasant conversation with Lu Mengxi, the president of the caravan. To put it bluntly, it was the first time in decades that he had met a close friend.
"I would rather be a chicken head than a cow queen, let alone a small sect like yours, which is nothing."
He kept chewing on Fellow Daoist Lu's sincere advice in his heart, and hesitated for a moment again. Seeing that the rear of the caravan had disappeared into the sky, he felt a little empty in his heart.
Although it is just a small chamber of commerce that travels between various sects, the identity of the vice president and the five percent annual dividend profit are really exciting. Ding Baozhen put away the light-colored thin silk in his hand. There is a handwritten commitment and contact information from Lu Mengxi, the president of the "Songxin Chamber of Commerce", and this invitation is valid for one year.
Good opportunities are hard to find.
He didn't know why, but these four words suddenly came to his mind, and he saw several monks from the sect who had been following him and were responsible for opening up the trade route here flying over from a distance.
"Deacon Ding, what do you think is the best decision on this matter?"
"Deacon Ding, the owners of the ten cottages that need to be demolished do not agree to demolish them. Do you think we should take a detour or ask for permission to deal with it? The owner took out the handwritten letter from the seventh generation master who gave the land and houses, and wanted to Lion Daikou asked for fifteen second-level spiritual stones as compensation, but I think it looks like a forgery."
"Deacon Ding, the ditches used for drainage last night froze again. Do you think you can apply for ten explosive charms to completely drain those pools?"
"Deacon Ding,..."
Ding Baozhen only felt that his head was a bit big, and there seemed to be countless gadflies dancing around him. He couldn't help but take a deep breath, but he couldn't get angry with these juniors, because they were from several big families, and they had nothing to do with him. He was a junior in the family of a colleague with whom he had a close relationship, so he could only cough lightly and signal everyone to come one by one.
"They are all burdened with the same trivial matters, but the benefits are completely unequal. Why would Daoyou Ding bother himself?"
Another sentence rang in his heart and could not be dissipated for a long time. He couldn't help but turn his head and stare at the unfinished official road that was winding forward. Then he turned around and looked at a few juniors who had no idea what to do and looked confused, secretly talking about the way forward. It’s so vast and there are so many obstacles.
Why don't I just leave alone? No, no, it's better to take my wife and a few children with me, he thought. However, after staying in this Qianshan Sect for a long time, I can't just leave. I have to take this official with me. Tao matters should be done in every possible way.
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Chilongmen, deep in the northern foothills of "Yumeng Molong Ridge".
Another ghost general fell beside Liu Canran. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, turned around and flew forward, bypassing several ordinary ghosts that followed him, and watched the situation in front of him.
There are still two ghost generals, as well as the green-skinned ghost general, and there are still thirty or forty ordinary ghosts. This is a good thing, but his spiritual power is also showing signs of emptiness.
Just as he was thinking about how to save his spiritual energy and end the situation in front of him, he suddenly noticed that from the depths of the deep cave, waves of turbulent currents like tidal waves rushed out, as if an inexplicable creature was awakening, more like some strange thing. With the summons, the ghosts beside him suddenly became manic and restless. More than a dozen of the ghosts that had fallen to the ground reunited and woke up again, rushing towards Liu Canran regardless of the situation.
What happened deep in this ghost cave?
Liu Canran immediately felt the pressure and faced the green-skinned ghost general's head-on blow. However, he suddenly found that the strength of the beast was stronger than before. The tiger's mouth was in severe pain and he retreated continuously. The ghosts behind him rushed towards him. He hurriedly attacked again.
He repeated his old trick, splashing the golden light talisman while swimming around, trying to escape from the circle, but the ghost's speed increased much faster, and it was trapped in the center for a while, unable to leave quickly.
You won't die here, right?
Feeling the rapid dissipation of spiritual power in his body, Liu Canran quickly took the opportunity to swallow two pills. The magic sword in his hand was as fast as lightning, and the flames on his body spread. He whispered the five-character mantra and struck hard at his side. Suddenly,
A sword light quickly expanded and turned into a green light barrier nine feet high and two feet wide, blocking the ghosts rushing in front of him.
Snap!
A ghost general hit the green light barrier head-on. The barrier only shook but was not broken. Liu Canran calmed down and struck again with his backhand. Another barrier appeared immediately, protecting his left side.
Although this barrier is very strong, it also means that you can only face the enemy within this small area.
I just hope that the tidal turbulence just now will not happen again. Just as I was thinking about it, I felt another, faster turbulence, rushing in like a tidal wave.
The ghost, which was not very powerful at first, suddenly seemed to be blessed by divine power. It hit Liu Canran's condensed green light barrier and trembled. Liu Canran had to continuously increase his strength and condensed two identical barriers nearby.
, the moving space that was not originally spacious suddenly became three points smaller.
At this time, a ghost general with a red body and outgrown fangs suddenly jumped out from the deep passage. With a rough black spurge in his hand, he sprinted straight towards Liu Canran. Liu Canran did not dare to neglect.
A silver-white secret box was displayed, and all the spiritual power in his body was poured into the secret box. The secret box immediately opened a narrow gap. Seeing this change, Liu Canran flew up with all his strength and took the secret box.
The secret box was thrown towards the red-skinned ghost general, and the secret box flew towards the ghost general's head. The narrow gap suddenly opened, and an iron hand made of intertwined silver chains stretched out, and its five fingers quickly extended,
He grabbed the nine-foot-tall ghost general, and then countless silver powder scattered from the secret box, covering the whole body of the red-skinned ghost general.
Congeal!
Liu Canran recited the formula quietly, and the ghost general, who seemed to have been coated with silver powder all over his body, suddenly stagnated, like an iron tool corroded by time, and could no longer move freely, and then shattered like a collapsed clay doll. However, Liu Canran recited the formula quietly.
As a result, Canran exhausted the last 10% of her spiritual power. She only relied on the power of the elixir to slowly recover, and relied on the protection of the green light barrier to survive and fight with the remaining ghosts.
Half a step back, he leaned against the cold stone wall, exhaled a breath of turbid air, put away the secret box, and relied only on the strength of his body to move against the enemy, not daring to waste any more spiritual energy.
However, things never go as planned.
At the moment when the red-skinned ghost's body collapsed, the green-skinned ghost general wandering nearby rushed towards one of the fragments, picked up the stiff flesh and blood, and swallowed it in one gulp. Then, it
The aura on its body suddenly increased, and blood-red marks suddenly appeared on its green skin. Following a passionate roar, the short black iron stick in its hand came out and was thrown directly at Liu Canran.
Bang!
The short stick containing power hit the green light barrier. Visible spider web cracks suddenly appeared on the latter. The approaching ghosts took advantage of this to increase the intensity of the impact. However, Liu Canran had no spiritual power to replenish, so he had to jump
He stabbed several approaching ordinary ghosts into scattered black mist, but the green-skinned ghost general took the opportunity to rush forward and completely destroyed the damaged green light barrier with only the strength of his body.
Having lost a barrier, Liu Canran could no longer stand firm against the enemy. The green-skinned ghost general who had swallowed the red-skinned essence became far more powerful than before. Liu Canran had to use skill to break through it. While he was wandering around, several ghosts took advantage of the opportunity and tried to rush through.
Although it failed to enter his body, it made his movements much sluggish and he was continuously controlled for a while.
If this continues, there may be a risk of falling here, and Liu Canran suddenly feels like giving up. He is distracted and looks back at the passage he came from. In the overflowing ghostly aura, there are only a lot more ghosts, and it leads to a deeper cave.
, several fierce auras were echoing each other. Although they did not rush out, if they rashly went deep, they would definitely provoke more red-skinned ghost generals.
I was in a dilemma for a while.
At this time, he suddenly heard the faint explosion of the talisman in the passage, so he looked for an opportunity to throw out a light screen talisman. After using up the spiritual power he had just recovered, the light immediately filled every corner of the surroundings.
, the figures of the densely packed ghosts were slightly stagnant, but that was all. After all, this light had no lethality to the ghosts, and it would attract the attention of the ghosts wandering nearby, and then be attracted here, but Liu Canran had to do this.
, because only in this way will the passing monks pay attention.
After barely fighting with the surrounding ghosts for half a stick of incense, he saw two figures approaching, it was Zuo Zichan and the half-demon named Song with a strange aura.
"Friend Liu Dao, let me help you!"
Seeing that the light of the light curtain talisman was about to dissipate, Zuo Zichan casually added another one. The light immediately dispelled a trace of doubt in Liu Canran's heart. He said "Thank you" and reluctantly pulled out a trace of spirit from his meridians.
Using his strength, he lit a golden light talisman and threw it towards the nearest ghost.
He didn't want Zuo Zichan to look down upon him, and he was also afraid that the two visitors had strange thoughts.
"Go and lure the ghost away. Liu Daoyou has been fighting for a long time and needs to rest for a while."
This... Liu Canran didn't expect Zuo Zichan to see through his weakness at a glance. His face immediately turned red. He avoided the big hand of a ghost general and was about to jump out of the circle when he saw the half-demon hand rising up.
A ball of black energy rotates rapidly like a whirlpool, forming a small tornado. The black tornado continuously absorbs the surrounding ghost energy and even ghost objects.
The ghost energy on their bodies was also swaying, and several ghosts that had reunited were sucked directly into the whirlpool, making them grow stronger. This change suddenly aroused the hostility of several ghost generals, and they gave up one after another.
Charming, he went straight towards the half-demon named Song.
It seemed that he had a special suppression against ghosts. Liu Canran, who was hiding behind the only remaining green light barrier, couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The master often said, "Don't fight without preparation." It was indeed right, but Feng Jiming also cheated him.
That's right, looking forward and backward is indeed harmful. Otherwise, if Feng Jiming had just escaped, if he had struggled to escape, he would have had a way out, and he would not have ended up in this situation. If he hadn't happened to meet these two people, a few hours later,
I am afraid that I have become a withered skeleton here.
Zuo Zichan then took action, and several magic weapons flew in his hand, all of which had the effect of restraining ghosts. After half a stick of incense was burned, there was only a pile of debris left in the field. Although more than half of these ghosts were destroyed by Liu Canran,
But at this moment, he was embarrassed to express his half-hearted thoughts. After all, if these two people hadn't helped him in times of need, he... saw Zuo Zichan wave his right hand, and the black beads and several pale finger bones in the field,
He took all of them in his hand. He stepped forward, separated half of it, including a scarlet finger bone, and spread it in front of Liu Canran.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, you should get most of this income."
"This..." Liu Canran's heart became hot, and he couldn't help but want to reach out his hand, but he endured it, "No, Fellow Daoist Zuo is too polite. If it weren't for your help just now, Liu would have died here. These things
I will give the proceeds to my fellow Taoist disciples as a token of gratitude, which is not a sign of respect."
"You're welcome, Fellow Daoist Liu." Zuo Zichan did not argue with Liu Canran and took a small portion of what he deserved. "I wonder if Fellow Daoist Liu found anything unusual while he was fighting with ghosts here?"
abnormal?
Of course there were abnormalities. Feng Jiming rushed in, so for some reason there was a strange tide here, and the ghosts became much stronger. Liu Canran subconsciously wanted to start from the beginning, but found that it was better to say less. After all, Feng Jiming
Ming had his own reasons for joining, so he concealed it and said: "Something seems to have happened deep in the ghost cave, so that the ghosts have become much stronger."
"In this way, we can only know if we go deep." Zuo Zichan thought for a moment, feeling the turbulence coming from the depths of the cave. He took three steps forward, turned back and looked at Liu Canran, "Do you mind if Fellow Daoist Liu come with us?"
I want to leave... Liu Canran responded subconsciously in his heart, but suddenly remembered that Qiu Daocheng should also be on the way here. At this moment, he would probably have to deal with it with a body with exhausted spiritual power. There would be something unexpected out of ten, and he caught a glimpse of it from the corner of his eye.
A small finger bone flashed red in front of him, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.
"Secretary Zuo, I would like to ask if your sect is recruiting monks. Liu has been like a duckweed since he left Yufeng Sect and has no place to settle down. I wonder if he can join your sect?"
"Oh?" Zuo Zichan suddenly felt happy in his heart, but his face became solemn. Naturally, he didn't want to miss such a good opportunity to recruit a high-level monk, "If Fellow Daoist Liu has such intention, Zuo should welcome him with bare feet.
He took a step forward and said, "Why don't you join our Huanglong sect first and serve as the elder of the guest minister? Brother Canran, what do you think?"
"I will serve you." The stone hanging in Liu Canran's heart finally fell to the ground. Just now, he suddenly realized that no matter how he escaped, he had to find a place to settle down. The Huanglong Sect was a member of the Jincheng League.
, although there is no high-level spiritual land, there is a second-level one. You only need to bless the spirit gathering array to fully meet your cultivation needs. More importantly, there are not many earth-level monks in the Huanglong Sect. Among the information they originally had, only
The headmaster Zuo Zichan is alone. Although there is another person in front of him, this half-demon who exudes a strange aura and is taciturn can obviously only be used as a thug. As for the servants in the sect, he must be unable to handle it and most likely defect to the Huanglong Sect.
will be reused.
On the other hand, defecting to Huanglongmen means that he can borrow Zuo Zichan's power to leave here safely. As he was thinking this, he heard Zuo Zichan say:
"Since a change has occurred here, I'm afraid we don't have much time left. Elder Liu, we need to hurry up. You don't need to take action along the way. It's important to restore your spiritual power first."
"Yes, Master!"
Liu Canran took out two pills. Since he had joined the Huanglong Sect, Zuo Zichan would not harm him. Therefore, he secretly picked up the Danqing Talisman in his sleeve robe, which was the last trump card he had prepared.
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Tianyin Temple, Jianming City.
As soon as Ye Mo and others landed from the harbor, they immediately realized that the atmosphere here was very different from the past.