Chapter 779 Lurking
"Senior, I want to kill the old demon Youtong!" In the Niwan Palace, the golden body of the soul looked at the fire dragon and said in a deep voice.
“Youtong is a Taoist immortal. With your current combat power and the overall strength of Wuji Sect, plus the Jiuxuan Sect, it won’t be a problem to defeat or even injure him.
But the Taoist's fighting power is amazing, and his Taoist magic is varied. It is too difficult to kill him. If you give him a chance, he will escape, and you can't stop him. "The one-eyed fire dragon shook his head when he heard this.
"Since you said it's too difficult, that means there's a chance!" Qin Ziling was not disappointed when he heard that. On the contrary, his soul and golden body shone with golden light.
"There is a chance. After all, your overall combat strength together with the Wuji Sect is not inferior to those of the two lower-grade Taoist immortals. If you add the assistance of the Jiuxuan Sect, there is still hope. But the hope is very small." said the one-eyed fire dragon.
"What is a low-grade Taoist immortal? You've never mentioned it before." Qin Ziling showed a hint of curiosity.
Taoist immortals are legendary beings to countless immortals, powerful and mysterious.
Their affairs, their true strength, including the division of their levels, are generally only circulated within the Taoist circle, and very little information is circulated outside.
"I just saw the old demon Youtong take action with you just now, and then I remembered the level division of Taoist immortals." The one-eyed fire dragon explained specially.
"So that's why. No wonder you never mentioned it." Qin Ziling said with relief.
“I didn’t mention it, not only because I have forgotten many things, but also because the realm of Daoxian is actually not like the realm of Immortal Infant and True Immortal. It is also divided into the initial, middle and late stages, and even the True Immortal can be further divided into nine levels.
Each level has a unique aura, and unless special magic weapons or means are used, it is difficult to conceal the unique aura that changes the realm of cultivation. But Taoist immortals are different. There is only one realm for Taoist immortals, and there is no distinction between the initial, middle, and late stages, only the strength.
Some Taoist immortals are very weak but their magic weapons are very powerful, while some Taoist immortals have both powerful strength and magic weapons. If the Taoist immortals have never fought against each other and have not been comprehensively compared, no one knows who is stronger and who is weaker.
In ancient times, Taoist immortals fought constantly, and gradually, some people roughly set a vague standard based on the results of their battles, and divided the Taoist immortals into different levels. This level division takes into account the power of the Taoist immortals and the Taoist treasures they possess.
The weakest in overall combat power are low-grade Taoist immortals, followed by middle-grade Taoist immortals and high-grade Taoist immortals. As for the level of Zhu Chi Emperor who can compete with Taoist masters, some people classify him as a super-grade Taoist immortal or a half-Tao master, and he is a powerful existence among the half-Tao masters.
This Youtong gives me the feeling that he is just a low-grade Taoist immortal, but if you fight with all your strength now, you should be able to barely rank among the low-grade Taoist immortals. With the combined combat power of the five Hades Immortals, Xiao Qing, Lan Ran and others joining forces, you are fully qualified to rank among the low-grade Taoist immortals.
But to kill Youtong, you still need a real Taoist to help you! No matter how strong you are, you are not a Taoist after all. If you don't understand the Taoist's methods, it will be too difficult to kill him. "Huolong said, and when he said the last sentence, he couldn't help shaking his head, obviously still didn't think Qin Ziling could kill Youtong.
"We do not have a real Taoist immortal to help us, but we have you, senior, to help us. You must understand the Taoist immortal methods!" Qin Ziling said.
"But I have lost a lot of my memories, and the Taoist has already integrated a part of the Heavenly Dao. The will of Heaven is hard to predict!" The one-eyed fire dragon said modestly.
"Everything depends on human efforts. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not give up!" Qin Ziling said firmly.
Looking at Qin Ziling with a determined face, Huolong's heart couldn't help but tremble slightly, remembering that along the way, Qin Ziling had turned the impossible into reality many times with his calculations and means!
"Could it be that he can really kill a Taoist immortal this time?" The fire dragon's heart couldn't help but waver, and a hint of anticipation flashed in his one eye.
"By the way, senior, what is the difference in strength between low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade and half-master?" asked the Golden Body of the Soul.
When the Golden Body of the Soul asked this question, Qin Ziling took out the dragon turtle shell he got from Chen Yuanji and put it on his back.
Soon Qin Ziling disappeared out of thin air, and even his breath became barely detectable.
Although this dragon turtle shell is not a Taoist treasure, it has amazing defensive power and endless uses. It can conceal a person's figure and breath.
In the Dark Emperor Heaven, Chen Yuanji almost took advantage of the rebellion of the ancient species with the help of the dragon turtle shell to steal a Heavenly Dao Creation Fruit. Unfortunately, he failed in the end and made things difficult for Qin Ziling, and the dragon turtle shell was also broken.
Later, the fire dragon repaired the dragon turtle shell.
At the beginning, the fire dragon's power was limited. Although the dragon shell was repaired, it could only conceal its breath but not its figure.
Later, Qin Ziling killed Tian Yuanmao and took a piece of the fragment. The fire dragon's cultivation level improved greatly, and he repaired the dragon tortoise shell, and the dragon tortoise shell was finally completely restored.
"This definition is very vague, because lower-grade Taoist immortals also have strong and weak differences, and middle-grade Taoist immortals also have strong and weak differences. But in general, the gap between one grade should be between three to five times, which means that a middle-grade Taoist immortal should be able to fight three to five lower-grade Taoist immortals, and so on." The fire dragon thought for a while and replied.
"Then didn't the Great Emperor Zhu Chi have the ability to fight against dozens or even hundreds of lower-grade Taoist immortals alone?" Qin Ziling took a deep breath.
"Of course, otherwise how could he compete with the Taoist master!" Fire Dragon said as a matter of course.
"That's true." The golden body of the soul nodded, and then stopped talking. Instead, he sat solemnly, watching his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose. He was no longer distracted by other things and only focused on fighting the enemy.
After Patriarch Youtong's second powerful attack was unexpectedly repelled by Yin Ranyue, he did not immediately attack for the third time.
He used a lot of strength in both strikes, even feeding the bloodthirsty devil's sword with his essence and blood, in order to split the light curtain of the formation.
But the first effort is strong, the second becomes weaker, and the third is exhausted.
What's more, after several months of stalemate, Old Ancestor Youtong has already consumed a lot of energy.
Now that the second sword has been repelled, even with Ancestor Youtong's cultivation level, he needs to rest for a while and cannot launch a third sword with such great power.
The formation is extremely powerful. It would be fine if Ancestor Youtong did not use the bloodthirsty magic sword. But once he does, he must use all his strength to break the formation.
Otherwise, just casually chopping with the sword will only waste more strength.
"I didn't expect that the Jiuxuan Sect would produce such an anomaly! Let them survive for a while longer." Patriarch Youtong slowly closed his eyes to rest, the Blood Nether Pearl on his head was still slowly turning, continuously offering blood sacrifices to the creatures below.
This method borrows the vitality of others to transform it into a death attack, but it causes little loss to one's own body and is still very powerful. It is a vicious and long-lasting evil technique used by the demon sect.
While Patriarch Youtong was closing his eyes to rest, Qin Ziling, who had completely concealed his figure and breath, was approaching quietly.
Suddenly, Patriarch Youtong seemed to have sensed something and looked in the direction of Qin Ziling.
His eyes were extremely deep, with whirlpools swirling inside, as if they could suck in a person's soul, energy and blood with just one glance.
If it were Chen Yuanji, the old ancestor Youtong would reveal his true figure in an instant if he took this look.
But Qin Ziling's soul and golden body were firmly guarding the Niwan Palace, unbreakable, and were not affected by the gaze of Ancestor Youtong at all.
Moreover, Qin Ziling had already calculated that even if his soul and spirit were unbreakable and unmoved, once he was caught in the gaze of Ancestor Youtong, the dragon turtle shell and he would definitely reveal flaws and be discovered by him.
So when he was about to approach the battlefield, he released a little breath of death, which turned into a thick black cloud of evil that enveloped him.
The soldiers and generals under the command of Patriarch Youtong were now using their magic skills, sacrificing blood to kill living beings, and stirring up rolling black evil clouds.
This black evil cloud was transformed from the blood, energy and vitality of various living creatures. In addition to the unique breath of the power of death, there were thousands of other auras, which were very messy.
Qin Ziling added layers of black evil clouds outside the dragon turtle shell, and the aura was chaotic with a unique smell of death.
No matter how powerful the old ancestor Youtong was, he could never have imagined that there was someone who could not only conceal his own body and breath, but also transform into the breath of the power of death and other miscellaneous auras.
Of course, as a Taoist immortal, Patriarch Youtong has absolute strength and confidence, and he has secretly obtained the permission of You Shijin, the master of Lingyun Palace and the general manager of the Western Route of the South China Sea of the Great Barbarians. As long as the Taoist immortals do not come to interfere, he does not care about the rest.
Just now he just had a feeling in his heart and took a quick look. In fact, no matter if there was anyone lurking in, they were just cats and dogs to him and could not cause any trouble at all.
So, Patriarch Youtong glanced around, and seeing nothing unusual, he closed his eyes again.
The black evil cloud quickly merged into the dark sea of evil clouds, and then continued to approach the gap in the Xuansha Peak.
"Don't you plan to cooperate with Jiuxuan Sect to attack the Netherworld Palace from both inside and outside?" In the Niwan Palace, the Fire Dragon saw Qin Ziling passing through the rolling evil clouds and getting closer to the gap in Xuansha Peak, and said with a hint of surprise on his face.
"Will that kill Patriarch Youtong?" Qin Ziling asked.
"Basically impossible!" Fire Dragon said without thinking.
"Not only is it basically impossible, but the strength of my Wuji Sect will be exposed to the outside world. If this were to happen, even if we defeat the Netherworld Palace and severely injure Ancestor Youtong, another disaster would surely follow!" Qin Ziling said.
“So, you want to lure the wolf into the house and catch the turtle in the jar!” The fire dragon’s one eye suddenly lit up, and then he said: “If this is the case, Jiuxuan Mountain will probably be destroyed!”
"As long as the people are still here and the strength is still there, we can just destroy Jiuxuan Mountain and rebuild it! But if Patriarch Youtong dies, and if the outside world knows the details of our Wuji Sect, that would be a real disaster!
The Netherworld Palace launched such a massive attack on the Jiuxuan Sect and slaughtered lives wantonly, but the Great Barbarian South Sea West Route General Administration Office and the neighboring Siyou Sect and Nanbo Sect all turned a blind eye and did nothing. It was obvious that they had obtained the tacit approval of the West Route General Administration Office and even the tacit approval of the Great Barbarian South Sea Zhenhai General Office.
Only by killing Patriarch Youtong and not revealing our true identity can we make the outside world afraid to act rashly against the Jiuxuan Sect.
Otherwise, once the outside world knows that we don't have a Taoist priest here, even if we defeat the Netherworld Palace, the forces in the west will definitely come like sharks smelling blood, and swarm in to eat up the Jiuxuan Sect." Qin Ziling said.
"You are right. Only a middle-grade Taoist immortal can kill the Youtong ancestor. A middle-grade Taoist immortal is enough to make all forces in the Great Barbarian South China Sea dare not act rashly. But what if it fails?" The Fire Dragon nodded first, then asked.
"Of course, I will sweep all the people into my Qiankun Cave Heaven, and I will go alone to my sworn brother Tai Shi Ba, and then find an opportunity to make a comeback." Qin Ziling replied.
Hearing this, the Fire Dragon stared at Qin Ziling's golden body with his one eye for a long time before he said, "Have you already had this whole plan in mind since you saw the old demon Youtong seriously injuring Yin Ranyue?"
"Yes, but no. On my way here, I have carefully considered the interests of the various forces involved in this battle and have a rough plan.
But I finally decided to go all out and risk my life because the senior told me about the different levels of Taoist immortals and the comparison of our strengths. "Qin Ziling replied.
"Sometimes I really suspect that you are one of those old monsters that have existed since ancient times! That's not right. Those old monsters wouldn't calculate so many things. They usually prefer to speak directly with their fists." The one-eyed fire dragon shook his head when he heard this.
Qin Ziling smiled without comment.
In the past, Qin Ziling’s cultivation level was low, and it was difficult for him to access information about higher-level forces in this world.
But over the years, he learned a lot about the Great Barbarian South China Sea from Lan Ran, especially the situation of the various forces to the west of the Great Barbarian South China Sea.
He now knew that the Lord of Lingyun Palace to the west of the Great Barbarian South China Sea served as the General Manager of the West Route, representing the highest administrative body of this world, the Immortal Court, to maintain stability in the vast sea area to the west of the Great Barbarian South China Sea.
When the old demon Youtong was defeated, he fled far away to the West Sea of the Great Barbarians and took refuge with the Youxue Sect, with which he had some history.
Now, the Netherworld Palace has made a comeback and launched a massive attack on the Jiuxuan Sect, which has lasted for nearly half a year. During this period, neither the West Route General Administration Palace nor the neighboring Siyou Sect and Nanbo Sect have made any movement.
With Qin Ziling's intelligence and scheming, how could he not understand that the situation behind the scenes is far from as simple as it seems?
In fact, since the Netherworld Palace had not been able to attack the Jiuxuan Sect after nearly half a year, Qin Ziling already knew in his heart that with the current strength of the Wuji Sect, it would not be difficult to join forces with the Jiuxuan Sect to repel the Netherworld Palace.
The difficulty lies in how to deal with the disaster after defeating the Netherworld.
It was not until he arrived at the scene, witnessed the battle with his own eyes, and heard Fire Dragon's analysis that Qin Ziling finally decided to take a big gamble!
Anyway, even if we defeat the Netherworld, there will be unpredictable disasters next. We might as well burn our boats and go all out to find a way to kill the old demon Youtong. The worst that can happen is we can just pack up and leave after failure.
Anyway, he has the Qiankun Ring in his hand, and the resources at hand are enough to support a large sect, and his personal comprehensive combat power can barely rank among the lower-grade Taoist immortals. If he really wants to pack up and leave, who can find him?
Even if we find him, with his fighting ability, unless he is ambushed, how many people can stop him?
While Qin Ziling was communicating with the fire dragon in the Niwan Palace with his soul, the evil cloud where he was hiding was getting closer and closer to the gap in the Xuansha Peak.
Suddenly, Qin Ziling felt a sense of alarm, as if an invisible pair of eyes were spying on him.
"It's the Xuantian Mirror! According to Lei Xiao, this mirror was born in Jiuxuan Mountain, and it can be said to be one with Jiuxuan Mountain. In this special period now, it is using its full strength to display Taoism, and it is like the eye of Jiuxuan Mountain. It is basically impossible for you to sneak into Jiuxuan Mountain under its nose without anyone noticing." The fire dragon was connected with Qin Ziling's mind, and immediately had a warning sign and made a judgment right away.
When it comes to the intricate power struggles and various conspiracies and plots, Huolong cannot compare with Qin Ziling, but in terms of rich experience and knowledge in fighting techniques, Qin Ziling cannot even catch up with him.
"It's okay, we still have Ran Yue!" Qin Ziling said, and the hiding Sha Yun stopped.
Xuan Tingfeng, Yin Ranyue, who had already left Cui Jun's arms and was sitting cross-legged trying to make the most of his time to rest, suddenly opened his eyes.
His eyes revealed an expression of disbelief and surprise.
Then a girl with pigtails appeared and turned into a flash of lightning, breaking through the air and heading towards Xuandu Peak.
Xuandu Peak.
The Xuantian Mirror hanging above Yue Huai's head began to ripple, and an elegant man in feathered clothes and a star-shaped crown stepped out.
This elegant man is the spirit of the Xuantian Mirror, Jiuxuan.
Jiuxuan had just stepped out of the Xuantian Mirror when lightning struck and Lei Xiao appeared.
"What's the matter?" Jiuxuan asked.
Lei Xiao did not speak, but communicated with Jiu Xuan through spiritual consciousness.
Jiu Xuan's face was obviously shocked, but it soon turned into a look of joy. He nodded to Lei Xiao and said, "You can go back. I understand."
Yue Huai, who was sitting cross-legged under the Xuantian Mirror, still had an expression of shock and disbelief.
"What's wrong?" asked the Grand Elder.
"Lan Ran and Qin Feng from Xuanting Peak are back and are preparing to sneak in. Perhaps the Jiuxuan Sect can be saved." Yue Huai replied.
"What!" The Grand Elder was shocked, but then he blew his nose and glared, "What's the use of them coming in? Tell them to leave immediately and leave the fire for my Jiuxuan Sect!"
"I've let them in!" Jiuxuan said.
“Senior Jiuxuan, you are so confused! After the attack just now, I’m afraid it will be difficult for her to escape this disaster just like us. Originally, Lan Ran and Qin Feng returned unexpectedly and must have got an opportunity from Dark Emperor Heaven. They just happened to escape this disaster and left hope for our Jiuxuan Sect. In the end, why did you let them in?” The Supreme Elder couldn’t help but burst into tears when he said the last part.
"I'm not confused, he is very powerful!" Jiuxuan said.
“No matter how powerful we are, how powerful can we be in just twenty years? Now the formation is broken, I am the only ninth-grade immortal left, and Yin Ranyue is seriously injured. By the time Youtong recovers, how many attacks can we withstand?” The supreme elder shook his head and sighed repeatedly, not even noticing that Jiuxuan was talking about him this time, not them.
…
Because of the Xuantian Mirror's release, the powerful Qin Ziling quietly entered Xuansha Peak through the gap in the formation.
He did not follow the evil clouds into the huge blood cocoon, but instead retracted the evil clouds and continued under the cover of the dragon turtle shell, all the way to Xuanting Peak.
Xuanting Peak, the top.
In the square outside Xuan Ting Palace, except for Cui Yun and Yin Ranyue, the rest are the core disciples that Xuan Ting Peak can truly trust, including elders Lu Han, Chu Yunfeng, Fu Biao, and the two direct disciples accepted by Yin Ranyue in recent years.
The rest have been transferred by Yin Ranyue to the underground Xuan Lei Array in Xuan Ting Peak to help activate the array.
