Volume 1: Questioning the Past Chapter 40: The Power of Dan
As soon as I relaxed a little after the battle, a strong feeling of fatigue suddenly hit me, but now is obviously not the time to rest.
Gu Xiaoxing quickly searched Chen Changqing's body with the Soul Binding Rope, but found nothing except a purple gourd, not even a storage bag.
When I took the purple gourd and took a closer look, I found that it was actually a storage magic tool of high grade.
Magical instruments are also divided into upper, middle and lower grades. For example, the storage bags distributed by the sect are just the lowest grade storage instruments, while this purple gourd should be of the upper grade.
Top-grade magical instruments are rare even in the Foundation Establishment Stage, especially top-grade storage instruments, which will definitely be regarded as treasures.
As for the magic weapons, there are magic treasures, and above the magic treasures, there are spiritual treasures!
However, these are not what Gu Xiaoxing can think about. If he is really given a magical treasure, he might die on some mountain after a while, either killed by others or by the magical treasure.
After Chen Changqing's death, the purple gourd became ownerless. Gu Xiaoxing was excited because he remembered that the Earth Immortal Spring was still in the gourd.
The creation of immortals!
However, refining a top-grade magical weapon would take some time. Gu Xiaoxing did not choose to refine it on the spot. He put away the purple gourd and headed above the water.
The higher he went, the more Gu Xiaoxing felt that the entire body of water was shaking, as if a river was falling from the sky. Above the water surface was a surging flow of water and rolling waves, and beneath the water surface there were also surging dreams and rippling water. Each scene was different, but equally beautiful.
“Little brother!”
At the edge of the deep pool, Lu Ling'er was so anxious that tears welled up in her eyes and she was ready to jump in, but suddenly she saw a head popping out of the water and she screamed in surprise.
Du Siyu's expression was obviously relaxed. She was also on the shore, still pale and extremely weak, but there was some inexplicable power in her eyes that made Gu Xiaoxing panic.
"Cough...are you okay?" Gu Xiaoxing walked out of the water, coughed dryly, and did not dare to look at Du Siyu.
Du Siyu just looked at Gu Xiaoxing without saying anything.
"Ling'er is fine." The little girl shook her head slightly, then looked up at the sky again, her expression both frightened and worried, "But Master..."
Gu Xiaoxing also looked up. Although the sky thousands of feet above was obscured by clouds, he could still faintly hear the roar. The battle seemed extremely fierce. Suddenly, his pupils contracted, and he saw a huge sword piercing out from the clouds. Then, the giant sword exploded in an instant, and the horrifying air wave directly propped up a hole of dozens of miles in the clouds.
"You are just a bunch of lunatics. I don't want to play with you anymore!" A furious voice came from the sky. The next moment, a purple figure dropped from the sky and instantly locked onto Xu Qianxing, who was lying on the ground and dying.
The purple-robed old man had an ugly look on his face. He unhesitatingly summoned a flying sword from his brow. The flying sword spun rapidly and pierced straight into the rock cliff like a drill, leaving a dark hole. It then swept Xu Qianxing into the hole and disappeared...
Before anyone could sigh, another figure fell from the sky.
"Master!" Lu Linger shouted.
The fifth elder did not answer. His clothes were somewhat ragged at the moment, and his face was as gloomy as water.
Everyone looked up and saw a huge Yin-Yang fish disc pressing down from the sky. At the position of the two Yin-Yang fish eyes stood a black-robed man who had completed the foundation building stage. One of them held a black flag and the other held a white flag. Under the shining of the two-color small flags, a huge suction force came from the formation.
Gu Xiaoxing was shocked. This suction force was extremely strange. It did not act on the body, but on the soul!
It is actually a means of stripping away one's soul!
The fifth elder slammed the alchemy furnace heavily on the ground, opened the lid with a wave of his hand, and said, "If you don't want to die, hide in the alchemy furnace!"
The strange suction force in the sky was getting stronger and stronger. Lu Linger was very obedient and jumped directly into the alchemy furnace. Gu Xiaoxing did not hesitate either. He went forward to hug Du Siyu, and then used the Yuling Finger to pull Chen Zili, who was healing not far away, over.
However, before entering the alchemy furnace, Gu Xiaoxing suddenly whispered, "There is an underground undercurrent in the deep pool, maybe we can go there!"
The fifth elder looked at him without saying anything. After everyone entered and the furnace lid was closed, he waved his hand and the furnace shrank and flew back into his hand.
"Wuming, do you recognize this formation?" An old voice came from the sky, and a man in a black robe in the formation spoke.
The fifth elder had a strong killing intent in his eyes, and said, "The Yin-Yang Soul-Stripping Formation! What a big move! It seems that you have been prepared for a long time. Are you finally unable to sit still and want to take action?"
The fifth elder knew that the two small flags on the Yin-Yang Soul-Stripping Formation were medium-level magic weapons, which were already quite powerful. In addition, with two people who had completed the foundation building and were below the Jindan stage sitting in the center, they were unstoppable!
"Since you recognize this formation, you should know that you can't escape today. My Soul Devouring Sect has been planning for this day for a hundred years. Your fall... is just the beginning!" The black-robed man's voice was cold and indifferent, and he suddenly shouted, "Become our nourishment! "
As the voice fell, the two small flags in the formation suddenly shone brightly, and two large hands, one black and one white, stretched out from the flags. The black and white hands exuded a cold aura and extended infinitely towards the five elders below.
"When did I... say I wanted to escape?" The Fifth Elder's eyes, as big as green beans, narrowed into a line, and a violent and dangerous aura rose wildly.
"This is... not good! Are you crazy?" The black-robed man in the formation was suddenly horrified!
Inside the Soul-Devouring Sect.
In a palace in the sect's mountains, Master Bai, who was sitting cross-legged, felt an inexplicable surge of excitement in his heart. He suddenly opened his eyes, frowned, and looked into the distance.
"In the direction of the Earth Spirit Abyss, there is a breath of Dan formation..."
Master Bai's face suddenly turned cold. He stood up, took a step forward, and disappeared in the hall.
Just as Master Bai left, somewhere in the sect's mountain, there was also a pair of eyes that opened and closed. They were deep and indifferent. It seemed that everything in his eyes was like duckweed in the water.
"My appearance, the appearance of others, and the appearance of all living things... are just empty illusions. Wait a little longer..." He seemed to murmur softly, and then his eyes slowly closed again.
In the Earth Spirit Abyss, the Fifth Elder's hair and beard and long gown moved without wind, and his aura was still rising madly. He had already reached the perfect stage of foundation building, and in this short period of time his aura had skyrocketed several times, and it had not stopped until a certain moment.
Click!
Something seemed to shatter inside the Fifth Elder's body, and a violent aura burst out, and his cultivation suddenly increased tenfold!
"Form...Form a pill!" A man in black robes in the Sky Yin-Yang Soul-Stripping Formation said in horror, "Are you crazy? Burning your foundation to forcefully form a pill, you are courting death!"
The Fifth Elder's aura was completely different from before. He was simply standing there, but it was as if the surrounding mountains and rivers had suddenly become one with him. He was the master of this place!
The fifth elder said nothing, but raised his hand and grabbed it. The flying black and white hands were caught by an invisible big hand, and then they were pulled hard and broke into pieces.
In the formation, two people who had completed their foundation building almost spat out blood at the same time. The old man in black robe made a prompt decision and said, "Retreat first! He can't hold on for a few breaths if he forces himself to form a pill..."
However, before he could finish his words, he suddenly widened his eyes and saw a giant palm slapping up from below. The giant palm was burning with flames all over, and it was no less than a thousand feet long, and it came in an instant with the intention of destroying the world.
The Yin-Yang Soul-Stripping Formation was broken in an instant, and the two people in the formation felt a chill in their hearts. An extremely strong breath of death rushed towards them, and they let out desperate roars.
“Master…!!”
At this critical moment, a man in a gray robe came over. No one knew where he came from, but as soon as he took a step, he arrived in front of the giant flaming palm.
The huge palm stops like a hill!
The Fifth Elder's expression changed drastically, and he slapped out a few more times in an instant. Then he plunged into the deep pool without hesitation without even looking.
At this time, the man in gray robe took the second step. His body did not move, but with this step, the giant palm under his feet shattered, and a huge dragon suddenly rushed out from the shattered giant palm of fire, swooped down, and the giant palms that came to meet it shattered one after another. Finally, accompanied by a dragon roar, the dragon swam into the abyss.
The waterfall was cut across, and the deep pool split open. The water in the pool disappeared instantly as the dragon dived in, and a deep and dark cave could be seen at the bottom of the pool.
This attack can be called terrifying!
But the man in gray robe frowned in dissatisfaction. When he was about to take the third step, he suddenly turned his head slightly, and then threw something into the Earth Spirit Abyss. After rolling up his sleeves, he took the two people from the Soul-Devouring Sect who had completed their foundation building and disappeared on the spot.
The waterfall continued to fall, and soon there was a deep pool of water...
In the Di Ling Yuan, many outer disciples of the Soul Devouring Sect witnessed this battle and were already terrified to the extreme.
Jindan cultivator!
That kind of majestic and vast aura that makes people tremble just by feeling it is definitely that of a Jindan cultivator. In fact, by this time, most people had guessed that something unexpected had happened in this competition, but they never expected that it would lead to the appearance of a Jindan-stage monster.
You have to know that in their entire Soul-Devouring Sect, there are only four people who have reached the Jindan stage!
In the Soul-Devouring Sect, those who are at the eighth level of Qi Condensation and below are outer disciples, while those who reach the ninth level of Qi Condensation can be promoted to inner disciples. Of course, there are also special methods of promotion to inner disciples such as the competition.
After entering the inner gate, if one wants to take a further step and become a second-generation elder, one needs to build a foundation. However, for a soul-devouring body, if there is no opportunity, it will be difficult to build a foundation even if one spends his entire lifespan.
Even if one does not have a soul-devouring body, it is not easy to build a foundation, especially since most people can only build an ordinary foundation. For those with an ordinary foundation, not to mention the difficulty of forming a pill, it is extremely difficult to practice to the perfection of the foundation.
Therefore, above the many second-generation elders, the ten first-generation elders are all building spiritual foundations, and none of them are building mortal foundations. But even so, only three of them have successfully formed a pill, namely the three elders headed by Master Bai. As for the other seven elders, they are still in the process of perfecting their foundations.
Just like the Fifth Elder, he had already completed his foundation building for many years but still could not break through. It was not because he did not want to, but because he could not do it. It was too difficult to take this step. He was probably the only one who knew how heavy a price he had to pay for his forced breakthrough.
In addition to the three elders, the other person in the Soul-Devouring Sect who has reached the Jindan stage is naturally the sect master.
It is said that his cultivation has reached the perfection of Jindan stage and is moving towards Yuanying stage. Once the Soul-Devouring Sect has a Yuanying old monster in charge, its status will change drastically in an instant.
Because, in the small wasteland nowadays... there is only one Nascent Soul!
The outer disciples looked up and watched the mysterious Jindan expert disappear, then they breathed a sigh of relief. With that level of cultivation, they couldn't struggle even if they wanted to.
But suddenly, a black object fell from the sky. This object was exactly what the Jindan expert had thrown before he left. Everyone looked closely and found that it was a big black flower. This flower had only seven petals, and each petal had different patterns on it. These patterns combined to form a human face.
Seven petals, seven human faces, joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and shock. Among the many disciples, some are happy when they see joy, and some are angry when they see anger. They will show the corresponding expression when they see a petal, as if their souls have been taken away. It is extremely weird.
At this time, Master Bai took a step forward and instantly threw out a talisman paper which stuck to the big black flower. The big flower then began to burn. All seven human faces turned into expressions of pain, and the many disciples below also wailed in pain.
Then, Master Bai made a hand gesture, muttered something, and finally shouted loudly and slapped out with his palm.
"break!"
The big black flower turned into powder immediately, and the disciples below woke up from their dream, as if they had walked through the gates of hell and were terrified.
"The Seven Emotions Soul-Burning Flower, what a vicious method!" Master Bai had a gloomy face, snorted coldly, and then plunged into the deep pool.
