Chapter 269 It's time to go out and take a look
On the steep mountainside, there is a cave that constantly blows out a cold wind as sharp as a knife.
Two or three steps out of the cave is a cliff. On the edge of this steep cliff, someone has dug a plank road that is only wide enough for two people to walk on, connecting to the cave.
Next to the plank road was an abyss of rolling clouds and mist, the bottom of which could not be seen at all, and only the rumbling sound of the rushing river could be heard .
In the dark night, Qin Ziling could see people carrying corpses from the foot of the mountain along the plank road towards the cave. The sound of bells could be heard from the cave from time to time. Zombies jumped out of the cave and walked along the plank road towards the eerie and terrifying town at the foot of the mountain.
Many of those corpses were soldiers who died in battle, and they had a strong evil aura.
In the dark clouds, Qin Ziling's eyes were cold as he watched this scene.
It was difficult for him to accept using the bodies of his own people to refine corpses, even if these people were already dead.
Qin Ziling still couldn't accept it.
As for killing people specifically for the purpose of refining corpses, in Qin Ziling's opinion, it was an unforgivable evil act!
A strong wind blew, bringing with it rolling black fog.
The black fog enveloped the plank road, and people passing by on the road fell to the ground one after another.
Deep in the cave, evil energy of Xin Jin continued to escape from the cracks in the rocks. This evil energy accumulated in the depths of the cave and became very dense. The evil energy rolled over and even evolved into various phantoms of weapons.
An old man with a hideous and stiff face was sitting cross-legged in the cave. Dozens of meters away from him, where the evil spirit of Xinjin was the strongest, stood a human zombie.
The four arms of this zombie seemed to be covered with a layer of golden light, and its aura was even more powerful than Ying Bao's.
The old man carefully shook the bell from time to time, and then the silver corpse opened its mouth and inhaled some of the evil energy of Xinjin.
As soon as the silver corpse inhaled the evil spirit of Xin Jin, the old man hurriedly stopped the bell and focused on the changes of the silver corpse. Sometimes when he saw that the silver corpse seemed to be in an abnormal state, he would quickly take out a small bottle, take out a few points of essence and blood from it and shoot it into the mouth of the silver corpse.
"Who is it?" The old man suddenly burst out with powerful momentum. He shook the bell violently in one hand and swung the knife behind him in the other.
"Your reaction is too slow!" A faint voice sounded behind the old man.
As the sound rang out, a cold black light flashed across the cave.
The old man's head fell to the ground.
The silver corpse, which was halfway through its charge, suddenly stopped.
"Forget it, you can rest in peace too!" When the silver corpse suddenly stopped, An Tian and Si Shou took action. In just a blink of an eye, they completely subdued the silver corpse and dismembered it.
The corpse was refined into a high-level zombie. Once the owner died, it would become a disaster and could only be completely killed by corpse disintegration.
When the old man and the silver corpse were killed almost instantly, Qin Ziling's figure walked out from the darkness.
"It seems that I am very suitable to be a killer!" Qin Ziling walked out of the darkness, muttering to himself. Soon his eyes fell on the area where the evil spirit of Xin Jin was rolling, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Not bad, not bad. The Xinjin evil energy vein here is much larger than the tiny vein in Chenglin County. It should be enough for Yuan Da and Yuan Er to refine their corpses. The fourth head can also continue to refine their bodies."
Qin Ziling was talking happily, but his hands were not idle. He had already taken off the corpse-raising ring and quickly absorbed all the evil energy from the metal here.
That night, after Qin Ziling completed the job, he left quietly.
It was a long time after Qin Ziling left that the alarm bells began to ring in the cave and the town at the foot of the mountain.
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At dawn, Qin Ziling had just returned to the central island of Yunluo Lake when Jian Bailou flew over to the central island riding a golden-crowned crane.
"When the magpie calls at the door, there must be good news. Sure enough, when I went out, I saw that it was you, teacher!" Qin Ziling felt Jian Bailou coming, and hurried out of the hall to greet him. He bowed to Jian Bailou, who was leisurely landing on a golden-crowned crane and looked like an immortal.
"Okay, your teacher doesn't have much literary talent, so don't give me those flowery and polite words." Jian Bailou said, waving his sleeves.
"Teacher, you are now a master after all. You still need to improve your cultural accomplishment, otherwise it would be inconsistent with your status. You don't want others to say that you are like a vulgar warrior, right? Don't you think so?" Qin Ziling said seriously.
Jian Bailou glanced at Qin Ziling speechlessly and said calmly, "Are you going to continue talking to me about literary talent? Or are you going to talk to me about the Red Python Bing Fire Skill, the Yellow Python Wu Earth Skill, and the True Essence Skill of the Green Snake Yi Wood Skill? If it's literary talent, that's fine too. I'll chat with you today."
"Haha, teacher , you know that I majored in martial arts. I'm just a crude warrior. How can I understand literary talent? I'm just a scholar trying to show off my knowledge. Teacher, please sit down, please sit down, let's talk about cultivation, cultivation is the right way." Qin Ziling hurriedly said with a smile.
After saying that, Qin Ziling hurriedly ordered someone to pour tea and water.
"That's pretty good." Jian Bailou nodded with satisfaction upon seeing this, and then three books appeared in his hands out of thin air.
Three volumes of books floated in the air and slowly flew towards Qin Ziling.
"During this period, your master also went to several Qi-refining markets in the middle and upper states, and participated in several high-level auctions. Finally, I helped you find the Red Python Bing Fire Skill and the Yellow Python Wu Earth Skill. Together with the Green Snake Yi Wood Skill that Fang Ruibo and others helped you find some time ago, I have found all the true essence parts of the three series of skills that you wanted." Jian Bailou said.
"How come even you, the teacher, have come out in person? How can I dare to accept this!" Qin Ziling was shocked when he heard that Jian Bailou had come out in person to run errands, and he quickly stood up and bowed.
"Okay, what is your relationship with me? Some years ago, the Golden Sword Sect declined and I was seriously injured, so I didn't dare to go down the mountain easily. Now I can come out of the mountain to help you run errands. It's all thanks to you. However, the Fayuan part of the skills are kept secret and it is indeed difficult to find in a short period of time." Jian Bailou said.
"There's no rush for the Fa Yuan part. It's good enough to have the Zhen Yuan technique." Qin Ziling said quickly.
There are very few Qi-refining techniques circulating in the world, and even if there are some, they basically only circulate within the Qi-refining circle.
When it comes to the true essence part of Qigong, it is rarely circulated even in the Qigong circle.
Therefore, although Xiao Qing continued to increase his efforts and send people out to search, the technique involving the true essence was never found.
In desperation, Qin Ziling had to entrust people from the Golden Sword Sect to take action.
Elders such as Fang Ruibo obtained Qin Ziling's top-grade Huayuan Dan and became great Qi-refining masters in the Zhenyuan realm. Feeling grateful for his kindness, they naturally took great pains to run around looking for him.
But it took more than half a year to find a volume of the Green Snake Yi Wood Skill.
Jian Bailou broke through to become a master two months ago, and returned to Jinjian Mountain, where he secluded himself for half a month to consolidate his cultivation. Seeing that Fang Ruibo and others were making slow progress, he disregarded his noble status as a master and personally went out to help Qin Ziling visit several middle and upper states with relatively large Qi-refining forces, and finally found the remaining two volumes of the exercises.
"You are only at the True Power realm in Qi Refining now. The people you have been looking for in the past two years have just entered the threshold of Qi Refining. Even if you spare no expense in cultivating them, it is still unknown how many years it will take for them to touch the threshold of Fa Yuan. The techniques you have prepared for them to reach the True Yuan realm are absolutely sufficient for now." Jian Bailou nodded.
Jian Bailou still thought that Qin Ziling was practicing both gold and water, and didn't know that his disciple was practicing all five elements.
Therefore, Jian Bailou thought that Qin Ziling was collecting the Five Elements Kung Fu for the disciples of Wuji Sect.
"Teacher is right. But preparation is the key to success. I am making preparations in advance just to be on the safe side." Qin Ziling said.
Cultivating all five elements was too shocking. Since Jian Bailou had misunderstood him, Qin Ziling didn't want to point it out for the time being.
"That's true, so you need to increase your efforts to search for Xiao Qing's internal organs refining technique. With Xiao Qing's talent, and now with the nourishment of Feijin Beast's flesh and blood, I'm afraid he will be able to start refining his internal organs soon.
The most important thing for a warrior to practice is time, and refining the internal organs is the most time-consuming, so the earlier Xiao Qing starts to refine the internal organs, the better it will be for her. But the Xiao family's Qinglong Xuanmu Gong should not have a method for refining the internal organs, right?" Jian Bailou said.
“Teacher said that if I don’t get any results from the internal organ training part of the Qinglong Xuanmu Gong before the New Year, I will go to the four major states or even the capital city in person after the New Year.
It is said that the four states and the capital are full of warriors, and there are countless martial arts families and sects. I believe they can find the Qinglong Xuanmu Gong's internal organs refining realm skills. "Qin Ziling said.
"Xiyunzhou is only a lower-middle-level state in the Great Qi Kingdom. With your ability, you definitely can't stay in this small place forever. It would be nice to go out and have a look around after the New Year.
Anyway, now that I am a master of Qi Refining, with me in charge of Xiyun Province, you don't have to worry about the base camp in Fangqiao County. If you really need help outside, I can also send support." Jian Bailou nodded when he heard this.
"I had the same idea. The world is too big and I know too little about it. It's time to go out and explore the world." Qin Ziling said.
"With your strength and character, I am relieved that you can go out and explore the world. But there is one thing you must remember. There is one sect's disciples that you must not offend, and that is the Tianyan Sect." When he said the latter, Jian Bailou's expression was very serious.
"Tian Yan Sect?" Qin Ziling frowned slightly.
"Yes, Tianyan Sect. This sect is very mysterious, and there are very few disciples walking around in the secular world. Even if they occasionally appear, they are usually in the four major states and the capital.
As for the affairs of Tianyan Sect, I know very little. I only heard some of it from my master before, saying that Tianyan Sect is superior to other sects and even the imperial court of Daqi. Under normal circumstances, Tianyan Sect will not ask about the affairs of other sects and the imperial court, but sometimes, they will also recruit some strong men from Daqi to do things for them.
Once recruited, no sect can refuse, otherwise the result will be extermination. As for whether it is true or not, I don't know. Because the Jinjian Sect began to decline a long time ago, without a master in charge, it is definitely not in the eyes of the Tianyan Sect. Maybe after a few years, I will know more. "Jian Bailou said.
"Okay, disciple, I understand!" Qin Ziling replied solemnly, without showing too much shock or surprise.
The death of Li Mo and the subsequent appearance of the Taoist nun from Jiuxuan Mountain made Qin Ziling clearly understand long ago that this world is far more vast than he had imagined, and the strong people in this world are far more powerful than he imagined.
Precisely because of this, over the years, no matter how rapidly Qin Ziling's cultivation progressed, he tried his best to remain low-key and tolerant, and never dared to be arrogant.
Even though he is very likely to be the strongest person in Xiyun Province now, he still won't be high-profile.
There are many unknown strong people in this world who always give Qin Ziling an invisible sense of crisis.
