Volume 4 Peach Blossom Chapter 5: Desolate Land
The huge consumption of 200,000 experience points left Lu Qingshan with only 40,000 experience points as a guarantee, and he could only see but not eat for the time being.
Putting the scroll recording the Heaven-Suppressing Secret Sword into the storage ring, Lu Qingshan bowed and thanked, "Thank you, Master."
"You're welcome." Bei Ming Zhenzun waved his hand.
"Master, although Lu Qingshan has no intention of taking charge of the real power of Zhishou Tower, he has outstanding abilities and is a trustworthy person." Tan Tai Qingrun thought for a moment, considered his words, and suddenly spoke.
Upon hearing this, Bei Ming Zhen Zun couldn't help but glance at Lu Qingshan and Tan Tai Qingrun before nodding and saying meaningfully, "I understand."
Tan Tai Qingrun's face was calm and he said nothing more.
The meaning of her words was obvious. Considering that she was about to leave Qingzhou, she wanted to find another backer for Lu Qingshan in the main building of Qingzhou.
On this point, Tan Tai Qingrun did everything right, and he had absolutely no intention of destroying the bridge after crossing it.
"It just so happens that there will be a far-reaching operation in the building this month. If it goes smoothly, the participants will probably gain great credit." Bei Ming Zhenzun thought about it and said to Lu Qingshan, "Originally, your cultivation level is not qualified to participate in such a mission, but it is just a coincidence that you have broken through to the Golden Core Stage, which just meets the minimum threshold of this mission. Moreover, if the source of this mission is really to be traced, it is from you. If you can participate, it can be regarded as a complete success. But I have to say in advance that the risk factor of this mission is quite high. You should carefully consider whether you want to participate?"
Lu Qingshan didn't think about it for too long and quickly agreed.
With an expert leading the team, why not follow the group?
As for the risks.
Is there anything profitable in the world that is risk-free?
Knowing the future situation well, he now races against time and must take some small risks in the early stages to allow himself to grow as quickly as possible.
Because when the chaotic world comes, danger is everywhere and unavoidable. There is no other way except to face it with one's own powerful strength.
If you shrink back now, the price you pay will be being bullied in the future.
Seeing that Lu Qingshan agreed, Bei Ming Zhenzun threw out two tokens again.
"I have arranged a room for you. This is the token for controlling the formation in the room. You two should wait for news in Qingfeng Realm for now."
"Understood." Lu Qingshan and Tan Tai Qingrun responded in unison.
Qingzhou is located in the southern region, and the Zhishou Tower is located in the Zhongtian region.
The distance between the two domains is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. To travel this distance, one can only use a teleportation array.
However, the number of spirit stones required to activate the cross-domain teleportation array once is an extremely terrifying number.
Therefore, even in Fufeng, which is the provincial capital, the cross-domain teleportation array will only be opened once at a fixed time, and this array will not be easily used by cultivators who do not have a certain status.
Tan Tai Qingrun was going to stay in the building, waiting for the next opportunity for the cross-domain teleportation array to be activated.
As for Lu Qingshan, he had to wait quietly for the important task that Bei Ming Zhen Zun could not talk about.
After everything was settled, Lu Qingshan and Tan Tai Qingrun respectfully said goodbye.
"Master Dan Tai, congratulations. You will have a bright future this time when you go to the main building in Zhongtian Domain. When we meet again, I'm afraid I will have to call you Master Dan Tai." After leaving Qianxiu Tower, Lu Qingshan said with a smile.
"I had already resigned from the position of deputy building owner when I came here, so I don't need to be called the building owner." Tan Tai Qingrun glanced at Lu Qingshan and said expressionlessly.
After walking a few more steps, Tan Tai Qing Run suddenly stopped, stared at Lu Qing Shan's face, and said very seriously, "I am going to Zhong Tian Territory to accept your kindness, and I will definitely repay you in the future."
Seeing that Tan Tai Qingrun was so serious, Lu Qingshan gave up the idea of teasing Tan Tai Qingrun and nodded slightly to indicate that he understood.
For someone like Tantai Qingrun who has a strong personality, favors owed must be repaid, so Lu Qingshan did not treat her politely.
Just looking at the woman in front of him, Lu Qingshan felt a sense of accomplishment.
It can be said that Tan Tai Qingrun's life trajectory was shaped by him.
Seeing that she was about to go to the main building of Zhishou Tower to receive training and inheritance, he inexplicably felt a sense of "the daughter of the Lu family has grown up" in his heart.
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Lu Qingshan took out the token given by Bei Ming Zhen Zun and slightly circulated his spiritual power into it. The token then transmitted a message to his mind, guiding him in the direction.
Following the guidance of the token, Lu Qingshan walked down along a bluestone paved road.
The terrain of the mountain where Qianxiu Tower is located is irregular, but it is generally columnar.
He walked down for half an hour, and a solitary wooden building built against the stone wall came into view. There was a layer of spiritual light covering the surface of the building.
The wooden building is called Fanlou.
Lu Qingshan waved the token lightly, and a white light immediately shot out from the token onto the spiritual light shield. Under the effect of the white light, a gap appeared in the spiritual light shield that was wide enough for one person to pass through, and Lu Qingshan walked into it with confidence.
A strong aura of spiritual energy blows over you, making you feel refreshed.
There is actually a spirit gathering array of a high level set up in this Fan Building. Just being a place for training like this can be said to be of great value.
Unfortunately, it is of little use to Lu Qingshan.
It's not that he can't rely on his own cultivation, but his spiritual root aptitude is really average. If he really wants to rely on his own cultivation to break through, he is probably just struggling in the Qi Refining Stage now.
But being in an environment full of spiritual energy can always make him feel much better.
After entering Fan Tower, Lu Qingshan tapped the spirit beast bag lightly, and a misty white light flowed through it. The King of Western Rat, who had stayed in it for a long time, finally saw the light of day again.
“Boom!”
Lu Qingshan frowned, looked at the little mouse demon who was shouting at the top of his lungs and providing background music for himself, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"This wave, this wave is like a loud bang in the sky, and Lord Rat makes a brilliant appearance." The King of Western Rat patted his chest and said confidently.
His skills haven't improved, but his tricks have become more and more diverse.
Lu Qingshan felt helpless.
The little mouse demon prepared himself, then he glanced around the surrounding environment proudly, took a deep breath of air with great intoxication, and moaned happily: "Such a rich spiritual energy, Lu Qingshan, I want to practice here for a while!"
The inheritance of demon spirits naturally includes the inheritance of demon cultivation techniques.
The little mouse demon flashed to the center of the spirit gathering array in the house, crossed his short legs seriously, closed his eyes, and began to practice earnestly.
Although it looked funny, at the moment when the King of the Western Rat practiced his martial arts, the abundant spiritual energy in Fan Tower rioted, and a spiritual energy storm suddenly arose, with the King of the Western Rat as the eye, and rushed towards him madly.
"The demon spirit inheritance is indeed extraordinary!" Lu Qingshan, who witnessed this scene, was surprised.
Just looking at the amount of spiritual energy being absorbed and exhaled is enough to show the extraordinary nature of the cultivation method practiced by the King of Western Rat.
More importantly, this also proves that the little mouse demon's own cultivation aptitude is also extraordinary. In this regard, Lu Qingshan is far inferior to the little mouse demon.
Sure enough, when it comes to luck, the King of Rat from the West is no worse than anyone else in his life.
Lu Qingshan said in his heart.
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Ding ding ding!
A paper crane shining with white light flew in from outside.
This is a spiritual message from outside Fanlou indicating that someone is visiting.
Lu Qingshan glanced at the Western Rat King who was still immersed in his cultivation, then released the spiritual power shield of the defensive formation and walked outside to greet the guest in person, instead of welcoming the visitor into the building.
Standing outside the door was a middle-aged male cultivator. When he saw Lu Qingshan coming out, he politely asked, "Is this Brother Lu Qingshan?"
"It's me." Lu Qingshan nodded.
"Here are the spiritual materials that Fellow Daoist Lu needs. Eight ounces of earth spirit essence, three ounces of fire spirit jade..." The middle-aged male cultivator handed over a storage bag very politely, "Fellow Daoist Lu, please check and see if the quantity and type are correct?"
It turned out to be the monk in charge of the warehouse who came to deliver spiritual materials.
Lu Qingshan took the storage bag, probed it with his spiritual sense, and nodded, "That's right."
Upon seeing this, the treasurer monk took out another crystal clear jade pendant and handed it to Lu Qingshan, "This is the calming pendant that Daoist Lu asked for."
Lu Qingshan was delighted and accepted the Calming Pendant, thanking him, "Thank you for taking the trip, fellow Taoist."
"It's not a problem. It's my duty." The storehouse keeper waved his hand and said, "If you have no doubts, I'll take my leave first."
Lu Qingshan nodded in agreement.
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After the monk in charge of the storehouse left, Lu Qingshan returned to Fanlou with the treasures.
In the near future, a large-scale operation with a high risk factor will be waiting for him. Lu Qingshan did not think much about it and immediately began to refine the last two elements of earth and fire in the five elements sword armor.
The God of All Arts comes first. After the Soul Realm reached the middle stage of Condensation, the task of refining spiritual materials, which was quite time-consuming for Lu Qingshan at the beginning, became a piece of cake.
Not to mention, for Lu Qingshan at this time, combining the fire and earth elements in the spiritual materials with the sword energy was as easy as eating and drinking.
In just half a day, the last two rows of sword armor were completely refined.
As Lu Qingshan's mind moved, countless clanging five-element sword energies instantly flowed out from the acupuncture points all over his body, weaving together to form a gorgeous sword armor, which moved continuously across the surface of his body.
The water-based sword armor is strong in its differentiation ability, and can disperse extremely sharp attacks throughout the entire body of the sword armor; the earth-based sword armor is extremely thick and has amazing defensive power; the fire-based sword armor is strong in its scorching high temperature, and has the effect of burning and removing filth, and is very effective against the insect sea tactics of the Gu cultivators and insect cultivators; the metal-based sword armor is extremely sharp, and is extremely effective against small magical weapons; the wood-based sword armor is endless, continuous and long-lasting.
When the sword armor has all five elements, it possesses the strengths of all five elements, and its defensive capabilities are thus raised to a higher level.
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Tianji Tower, the "Guardian of Qingzhou".
The three owners of Qingzhou main building gathered in the building again.
"Supervisor Yun, you called the three of us over. Do you have any results?" The owner of Pangyang Tower said in a deep voice.
Guard Yun Lang nodded, but there was not much joy on his face. He waved his sleeves casually, and a three-dimensional scroll appeared in front of the three people.
On the scroll, there are mountains, land, lakes and rivers...
The three hosts were all well-informed people. Just by looking at the direction of the mountains and rivers, they could tell that this was a thumbnail map of Qingzhou's terrain.
On the map, there was an area that suddenly burst into dazzling green light.
"This is where the Void Demon hides and sleeps." Supervisor Yun Lang explained.
The three building owners took a closer look and immediately understood why Yun Jianshou’s expression was not very good, because that area was actually a desolate land!
The Huanghuang Land is a vast primitive land with numerous mountains and valleys, as well as vast wilderness. The terrain is very complex and varied.
Long ago, this place was not a barren land. There were many sects or families that had established themselves in this desolate land, and there were also many ordinary human tribes and towns.
It was only later, after a catastrophe whose cause could no longer be traced, that this place gradually began to become a deserted area.
However, there are still many large and small human villages in it.
Isolated from the outside world, these villages have lost contact with the outside world and live a self-sufficient life. Due to the rampant wild beasts in this desolate land, no one knows how many villages will survive after so many years.
The Void Demon was actually hiding in such a huge and unknown place. No wonder they couldn't find any news about him for so many years.
"The Desolate Land is so vast that if you were to use this as an opportunity to look for Void Mozi's trace, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack." Yun Jianshou's lips were pale, and for some reason, he looked a little tired. "As a last resort, I had no choice but to use the Heavenly Secret Mirror."
Yun Langjian’s words shocked the three building owners.
The three of them couldn't help but bow deeply to Yun Jianshou, "Thank you for your hard work, Yun Jianshou."
Yun Lang raised his hand and said calmly, "No need to say more. Eliminating the demons of the underworld is the responsibility of the disciples of Tianji Temple."
After saying this, Guard Yun Lang stretched out his finger, pointed at the map, and lightly tapped in the air.
On the map, in the desolate area that was flashing with dazzling green light, there were two places far apart, each flashing with a green and a purple light.
"What is this?" Looking at this scene, the owner of Pangyang Tower frowned and asked in confusion.
"Directly pursuing the location of the Void Demon Child will involve too many causes and consequences, which I cannot bear." Yun Lang, the supervisor, suddenly covered his mouth and coughed twice. His face turned pale again. It was obvious that revealing the secret to outsiders had put a great burden on his body. "So, the secret I observed is that in the desolate land, there is a place with the true meaning of the origin."
"The Void Demon has mastered the true meaning of space. As long as this is done, we will definitely be able to find his location. But what I didn't expect was that in the desolate land, there would be two places where the original true meaning exists . The purple light point is where the true meaning of space exists, which is also the location of the Void Demon. As for the green light point, what kind of existence it is, although it is unknown, it must be very terrifying. I remind you, don't easily provoke the existence that is located here."
Guard Yun Lang glanced at the blood on his palm and smiled bitterly. He hadn't said anything else. It was because of the existence of this green light that he accidentally discovered two taboos and paid an almost unbearable price.
