Chapter 190: Stone Cold Smoke
Although the Cold Ice Continent only stretches for hundreds of thousands of miles, the main peak is vigorous and straight, with strange rocks and countless rare beasts, and it is also the center of the underground spiritual veins. 800.800BOOK
Hanshan Gate is located here.
At this time, on top of a certain mountain peak.
I saw a Taoist priest with white hair sitting on it, but there was an ethereal aura all over his body, and his cultivation had reached the realm of the middle stage of feathering.
It is the head of the Hanshan Gate, one of the four sects of the Cold Ice Continent - Hanzi Mountain.
The other elders, both layman and Taoist, although their cultivation was slightly inferior, they were all cultivators of Nirvana without exception.
"Junior brothers, how do you feel about this matter of the two ways of the righteous and the demon trying to win us over?" On the coffee table in front of the old man, there were two transmission notes on the left and right, one was glowing with gold, and the other was full of black gas, needless to say, it was naturally a letter sent by both the two sides.
Several elders either closed their eyes and recuperated, or lowered their heads in contemplation, but after half a sound, none of them came out to express their opinions, Han Zishan's face couldn't help but be a little ugly, and he coughed lightly: "Why, this sect has reached the moment of life and death, are you still ignoring it and unwilling to give advice to the master?"
"Hehe, senior brother has thought about it a lot, the two realms of righteousness and demons are still fighting each other, although the situation is a little tense, but I am afraid that there is still no time before the war, not to mention that this door is biased, why is there a catastrophe?" said an old man dressed in black. Ranked third among the sects.
"Yes, what's more, it's not just my Cold Ice Continent that the two realms of justice and demons are pulling together, as early as ten years ago, they have been constantly wooing Zawangfeng, and Zawangfeng has not yet expressed his position, and I don't see any disasters coming out. This time it was a mighty man who spoke, and he obviously agreed with the old man's opinion.
Han Zishan's face became pale, extremely ugly, in the past two hundred years, the talent has withered, not that the realm of the junior disciples is low, but the lack of management of the sect's talents to help the world, all of them will only retreat and practice hard, but the idea of world affairs is naΓ―ve and simple.
So much so that he spends a lot of energy on dealing with the trivial affairs of the sect, otherwise, he may not have the opportunity to impact the late stage of the feathering realm, and now that he has little time, there is no hope in this life.
It's not a pity to die, but when you sit down, I'm afraid that this huge cold mountain gate will decay...... Thinking of this, a trace of sadness surged in Hanzi Mountain's heart, and he sighed: "Senior disciples, how can this sect compare with Zao Forget Peak, not to mention their alchemy skills, between the good and the devil, and the strength of this sect is not comparable to my Cold Ice Continent. β
"Hmph, why should Senior Brother grow the ambition of others, the hidden strength of Za Forget Peak is just a rumor, even if what he says is true, it must be an exaggeration, I don't believe that in their sect, there are still hidden feather stage monsters. The mighty man still looked disapproving.
"Third junior brother. Han Zishan's face became more and more gloomy, and he said coldly: "Whether it is refining or not, in short, it is conclusive, which makes both the righteous and the demon scruples, and this sect does not have such favorable conditions, and now the six giants of the righteous path and the Heavenly Demon Venerable have sent letters, asking us to express our position......
"These guys are too unreasonable, our Cold Ice Continent has nothing to do with them, and we don't want to get involved in the disputes between the righteous and demon, just want to live in the northern frontier and live their own lives, isn't it okay?" the three elders' faces were full of anger.
"Senior Brother ......" Seeing his angry look, Han Zishan couldn't help but laugh and cry: "You have been cultivating for three hundred years, although you don't ask about the world, but you should always understand the basic rules of the cultivation world. β
The old man scratched his head, still puzzled.
Han Zishan didn't bother to talk to this kind of person who didn't understand worldly affairs, turned his head and looked at the other cultivator: "Fourth Senior Brother, don't you even have any good opinions?"
This man was in his early thirties, the youngest of the elders here, and the most brilliant of them. Although he is the elder with the least seniority and the weakest cultivation in the Cold Ice Continent, Han Zishan has always valued him, and this is precisely the reason. οΌοΌ
Today, on the surface, he is discussing with your junior brothers, but in fact, he just wants to hear how Sai Zhuge will deal with this matter, after all, this time is not as good as in the past, one wrong step, it may be a catastrophe, he wants to exercise this little junior brother even more, but he didn't expect that since he sat down, he didn't say a word.
Hearing Han Zishan's inquiry, Sai Zhuge stood up: "Senior brother in charge, in my humble opinion, we should not make a decision early on this matter." β
"Shouldn't you make a decision early?"
"Yes, now the shape is unknown, on the surface, the two sides are evenly matched, but God knows what secrets they have at the bottom of the box, and now we have a hasty decision now, once we stand on the wrong side, we will regret it at that time. "Sai Zhuge obviously talked about the situation very clearly and thoroughly after some careful consideration.
"But it's not a way to delay!" Han Zishan pondered for a while: "The two sides are not fools, and we don't have the capital that can be left and right like Forget Peak, if the other party's patience runs out, it will be ...... to burn."
"Hehe, senior brother is too worried, or maybe the authorities are confused, although the letters between the two sides of the two sides are both soft and hard, and they have repeatedly forced us to take a stand, but even if we drag it out, they will not do it. οΌWWW.800bookοΌβ
"Oh, what does that mean?"
Han Zishan's expression moved, and he was about to inquire carefully, when suddenly a transmission note flew in from outside, he grabbed it in his hand, injected his divine sense, and his expression suddenly became extremely complicated.
Is there some unexpected change?
"Senior brother, what's wrong?"
Not to mention Sai Zhuge , even the other elders also showed concern on their faces, but Han Zishan did not immediately transmit the note publicly, but waved his hand: "What happened just now, you continue to talk about it first." β
"Okay!"
After Sai Zhuge was stunned for a moment, he immediately regained his normal color, Han Zishan couldn't help but nod with relief, he was not surprised, the city is good, it seems that the little junior brother has really made great progress under his own cultivation.
"Senior brother, although we do not have the capital like Forget Peak, but there is no need to be arrogant, the thousands of years of this sect is not vegetarian, if the two sides of the demon and the demon want to do something to us, even if those old monsters in the Nirvana period go out in person, but we occupy the right time and place, and there is a large array of protectors to help, even if they are not defeated, but if they want to uproot the door, they will also break a few teeth, this is obviously a thankless stupid thing, those feathered old monsters are cunning like ghosts, how can they not understand the truth of this. β
Sai Zhuge was confident when he said this, and after a pause, he continued: "What's more, since they will lose when they destroy our Cold Ice Continent, then the other side will take the opportunity to sit big, do you think they will do such a stupid thing?"
"Well, that's right. Hanzishan's beard finally showed a smile on his old face, it seemed that he was too anxious, and he didn't think of such a simple truth: "Then according to your wishes, we don't have to deal with it?"
"Of course not. Sai Zhuge shook his head: "As the senior brother in charge said, their patience has a limit, and now both sides are not ready to go to war, so they condone the delay of the sect, but once they make up their minds to fight, the first thing to be cleared is the grass on the wall, and at that time, maybe the righteous demons will come to us for trouble." β
"It's not such an exaggeration, is it!" The sixth elder couldn't help but speak: "Little junior brother, do you have any good ideas?"
"Hold off for now. Sai Zhuge thought for a moment, "Senior brother, we can't stick to the rules anymore, send more disciples to find out information, only after knowing enough information, can we decide whether to adhere to the righteous path or the demon path." Only in this way can we stand up for the Chaos Rebirth King's Landing in the Otherworld/23488/ team and keep my cold mountain line. β
"Little junior brother, what do you mean by this, the rules passed down by the ancestor master let us have less contact with cultivators from other sects, and you actually ......" When the three elders heard this, their faces changed greatly, they didn't expect these four junior brothers to be so bold.
"Third senior brother, it's not that the younger brother forgot the door rules, but at this time and that time, we are complacent, and we are partial, once they take us, there is only one way to find death, only today, we have to strike first, and maybe there is a glimmer of life. β
Immediately, he leaned over and saluted at Hanzi Mountain: "Senior brother Mingjian, junior brother's move is all for the sake of this sect, without further ado, please give an order from senior brother." β
"Senior Brother, no!" the Seventh Elder also stood up and said with an excited expression.
"Okay, don't make any noise. Han Zishan shouted, and the spiritual power in his body burst out, and the two people who were arguing were startled, and their voices stopped abruptly.
Han Zishan's face showed a hint of tiredness, as if at this moment, he was much older again, and sighed: "I still need to think about this matter." β
Forced by the authority of the head of the house, the others naturally did not dare to speak, and after another moment, Sai Zhuge spoke again: "By the way, senior brother, what did the transmission note say?"
"See for yourself!"
With a flick of Hanzi Mountain's robe, the transmission note turned into a flash of fire and fell into Sai Zhuge 's hands, he injected his divine sense, and after a while, he raised his head, with a trace of horror on his face: "The only disciple of the Heavenly Killing Demon Venerable, he actually wants to come to our Cold Ice Continent?"
"What, what is the little devil doing here?"
"It's probably ill-intentioned, senior brother, what should we do?"
...... The other elders were also taken aback, although these people had a high level of cultivation, they were not familiar with world affairs one by one, and they were suddenly so anxious that the six gods had no master, only Sai Zhuge regained his composure after a little thought: "Senior Brother in charge, is this matter true?"
"Nine times out of ten, there should be no mistake, this news was sent to me by an old friend of mine when I traveled abroad in my early years, I had a lifelong friendship with him, and he was also very cautious, if he was not completely sure, he would not send a message,"
"This is very difficult, what is the little devil doing here, is it his own behavior, or is it the instruction of the Heavenly Demon Venerable. Sai Zhuge stroked his head and groaned.
"I don't know, there is only one sentence in the transmission note, and the old friend said that he doesn't know the specific situation very well. Han Zishan was also using his brain: "However, the Demon Venerable didn't mention anything about this matter in his letter yesterday, so it is very likely that it was the little devil's own decision." β
"This possibility is indeed very high, but no matter what, we must ensure the safety of this little devil, I heard that this kid is not only a disciple of the Demon Venerable, but also his only descendant in the secular world, and he can usually be spoiled. Sai Zhuge looked solemn.
"Well, junior brother's words are not bad, no matter what, we can't give the truth to that guy from the Heavenly Slayer Demon Venerable, and during the period in the Cold Ice Continent, we can't let that kid have an accident. β
The other elders weren't completely idiots, and occasionally came up with a little useful advice.
"By the way, senior brother, what is the name of the little devil, what is his cultivation, and what is his appearance?"
"This ......" A series of questions made Han Zishan stammer, and he didn't know how to answer, for no other reason, the precious apprentice of the Heavenly Demon Venerable, but it was very mysterious.
You must know that the Heavenly Slayer Demon Venerable once killed the teacher at the beginning, such a ruthless character, he was originally unwilling to accept apprentices all his life, but later he met his only descendant in the world by chance.
Moreover, that kid has an extremely excellent spiritual root, and with a bloodline connection, the Demon Venerable dispelled his worries and took him under his command. Moreover, this Dust Pill is also the second primordial god of the Heavenly Killing Demon Venerable, in order to kill the Demon Killing Demon Venerable, get the Dust Turning Pill, and give it to his precious apprentice, the Heavenly Killing Pill's intentions for this apprentice can be seen in general, but outsiders don't know it.
I don't know what kind of psychology it is, the Demon Venerable rarely lets him show up, except for a few henchmen, in the Heaven Killing Demon Cave, few people have seen this young master.
"I don't know what I look like, I don't know my name, my cultivation should be in the Nirvana stage!" Han Zishan muttered.
"Is there a mistake, senior brother, how to find it?"
"Hehe, what are you afraid of, the secret technique practiced by the Heavenly Killing Demon Venerable must have a strong desire to kill, not to mention that since that kid is a disciple of the Demon Venerable, his cultivation is naturally also the Heavenly Killing Refining Sutra, the aura of Heavenly Killing is domineering and abnormal, if you encounter it, it is naturally not difficult to identify.
Early the next morning, Ye Feng woke up from his cultivation. Leave the town, according to the map, and go straight to the extreme west of Fang City, thousands of miles. That's where the city is located.
It took about three hours to get to the location of Fang City.
Looking at the Fang Market in front of him, Ye Feng sighed in his heart.
The market here is huge, and there is a distance of 10,000 zhang in a vertical and horizontal circle. The surroundings of Fang City were shrouded in countless formations.
Ye Feng looked around, and there were more than a thousand people who came to trade this time. Among them, there are only a few casual cultivators like themselves, and most of them are cultivators of sects or families. Moreover, there are about one-third of the monks in the Nirvana period.
"Hehe, is Brother Tai also here to participate in the trade fair?"
A clear voice came into his ears, Ye Feng turned around, and saw a young man dressed in white, about twenty or so, with starry eyebrows and tiger eyes, at first glance, he was born in a family, but his expression was slightly restrained, it should be the kind that rarely goes out.
"Hmm!"
Ye Feng's expression remained unchanged, and he nodded indifferently, this young man in white looked a year or two younger than himself, but his cultivation had actually reached the early stage of Nirvana, which really surprised him. It seems that the heritage of this family has played a big role.
Without the support of these elixirs, if you want to succeed in nirvana within the age of thirty, as far as Ye Feng knows, there are only a few geniuses, what is the origin of the person in front of you?
Although he was curious, he was not interested in interrogating other people's private affairs, and he just wanted to buy the Ten Thousand Years Cold Grass on this trip, so he just gave a faint "um" and then ignored it.
"Hehe, I don't know Brother Taizun's surname, and the younger brother Shi Hanyan is a casual cultivator, Brother Tai is willing to walk with me?"
Casual practice?
Ye Feng sneered in his heart, I don't know if the other party is deliberately pretending to be stupid, or if he has a plan for himself, where does his dress look like a loose cultivator, not to mention anything else, the spiritual weapon in this kid's hand does not look like a mortal product at first glance, although Ye Feng doesn't know what the specific function is, but it must be a valuable treasure. When did the scattered cultivators of the Ice Continent become so rich?
While pondering in his heart, Ye Feng remained silent on the surface, and said with a smile: "It's so good, it's called Ye Feng below." β
It's not a fake name, anyway, there are only a few people who know themselves, not to mention that there are many people with the same name and surname in the world.
Seeing Ye Feng nodding, the young man's face was suddenly full of joy: "Great, finally someone is willing to make friends with me." β
"What's the matter, didn't the little brother have any friends before?" Ye Feng raised his eyebrows, and pretended to be inadvertent, "Hehe, don't hide it from the eldest brother, although the younger brother has been in contact with a lot of monks before, most of them are juniors or subordinates of my family, and they all speak respectfully, which is really boring." β
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Ye Feng was speechless, this person just said that he was a casual cultivator, but at this moment, some subordinates appeared, and the preface did not match the afterword, and this lie was too bad.
Shi Hanyan just doesn't have any experience in dealing with things, and people are not stupid, as soon as this sentence came out, he said through the previous words, and his face was suddenly flushed, and he looked at Ye Feng embarrassedly.
If you lie to your face like this, for fear that the other party will leave in anger, then your plan to make friends will fail.
"Hehe, little brother don't mind, presumably you are a child of a certain family, and you can't stand the control of the family before you run out, in this case, Lin has seen a lot, and there is no need to take that little lie to heart. Ye Feng smiled faintly and said indifferently.
"Hehe, thank you, big brother, thank you, big brother!"
Shi Hanyan was like being amnestied, and his good impression of Ye Feng increased greatly: "I didn't expect that the eldest brother is not only profound, but also so broad-minded, you are a friend, I have made up my mind." β
"Cultivation, what am I doing, those Taoist friends next to me are much deeper. β
At this time, Ye Feng was also relieved, this young man's speech and demeanor seemed too clumsy, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like he was scheming, and he shouldn't have any ill will towards himself, since this was the case, Ye Feng began to chat with this young man.
"Hmph, what are those people?"
Shi Hanyan glanced at the cultivator next to him, even if it was two Nirvana realm masters, he didn't seem to have any attention in his eyes.
Ye Feng's pupils shrank slightly, he was not wrong just now, at that moment, this kid's body actually released a powerful aura, and there was a sense of dΓ©jΓ vu, although it quickly disappeared, it was still in Ye Feng's eyes.
"Why, does the little brother actually look down on those fellow Daoists?" Ye Feng said lightly.
"How can it be, it's just that I can't talk to those people, they are much older than us, and they are all old-fashioned, and they are not interesting at all. β
Shi Hanyan waved his hand.
"That's true, but it's not difficult for my brother to make friends, as long as you find some monks of the same age as us......"
"Hey, I don't want to make friends, it's just that our cultivation realm pays attention to strength in everything, and since I stepped into the Nirvana stage, there are fewer people who can be friends with me. Shi Hanyan's face showed a smug expression: "But most of the monks of the same age as us are still lingering in the secret storage period, and the younger brother doesn't pay attention to these things, and is willing to hand them over, but the other party is a senior, which makes me uncomfortable." Shi Hanyan sighed, but soon, he raised his head very happily: "It's not easy for the younger brother to meet a big brother like you, who is of the same age, and he has succeeded in Nirvana, but is Brother Tai really a loose cultivator, as far as I know, the realm of scattered cultivation is relatively low, not to mention, so young, you can step into the realm of Nirvana." Shi Hanyan said later, his expression was more skeptical.
"I'm just lucky, in my early years, I once coincidentally ingested a different kind of refining fruit, and my cultivation rose inexplicably, otherwise I am afraid that it would be around the middle of the Nirvana period now. β
Ye Feng casually found an excuse and said. Anyway, there have always been such legends in the cultivation world for tens of thousands of years, of course, it is impossible to study whether it is true or false, but many cultivators are convinced of it.
A hint of envy also flashed in Shi Hanyan's eyes: "I see, I didn't expect my eldest brother to have such a good fortune." β
...... The two were chatting, and suddenly the dense fog at the foot of the mountain was surging violently, and the nearby aura fluctuated violently as if it had received some traction.
Seeing this scene, Ye Feng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and the monks next to him were also whispering in groups.
"It's the Cloud Swallowing and Spitting Fog Array of the Cold Mountain Gate!"
"Swallowing clouds and spitting out fog?" Ye Feng turned his head and glanced at Shi Hanyan: "Does the little brother know?"
"How is that possible, I've just heard it said. Looking at the rolling mist in front of him, Shi Hanyan actually looked a little distracted, as if he was answering Ye Feng's question, and as if he was muttering to himself; "This cloud swallowing and spitting fog array, legend has it that thousands of years ago, the forbidden method arranged by the founding master of the Hanshan Sect, this array relies on the spiritual veins under the ground at the foot of the mountain, and can mobilize all the spiritual energy within a radius of dozens of miles, which is extremely powerful, if used properly, it can even trap the monks of the Feather Period?"
"What, trapping the Feather Stage Monk?" Ye Feng listened, and his expression changed: "Little brother, I'm afraid I'm mistaken, the predecessors of the Feather Stage have great magical powers, and they can burn mountains and boil the sea with a single move, how can they be trapped with a small formation?"
Ye Feng had naturally seen the masters of the Feather Stage fight, and he definitely wouldn't believe that such a formation could trap the old monsters of the Feather Period.
"Hehe, I'm not mistaken, presumably the eldest brother cultivates hard and doesn't know much about the outside world. Shi Hanyan regained his normal color: "The younger brother has no other hobbies, but he likes to collect anecdotes and read books, and he knows a little bit about the things that are famous for each sect, and the eldest brother must also know that every sect, even the slightly larger Xiuzhen family, will set up a formation, which we call the Protector Array." β
Ye Feng nodded, for the formation, he still put a lot of effort into understanding, the formation is divided into two categories, one is to use it for a single cultivator like himself, trapping the enemy, or to protect the cave, as long as there is a formation, one person can manipulate it, relatively speaking, this formation is relatively simple, and the power is slightly weaker, but the advantage is also obvious, that is, it is easy to use.
The other kind is complex in structure, usually a few people, dozens of people, or even hundreds of people can control, this kind of formation is extraordinary, but there is a big shortcoming, after the layout, it can not be dismantled, this point, it is a bit like a simplified version of the formation, of course, the power of the two is not the same.
According to this characteristic of it, this kind of formation is usually used as a large array of sects to protect the general altar of the sect, after all, as long as a sect determines where to take root, if there is no extremely important reason, it is impossible to relocate, then the disadvantage that this formation cannot be dismantled after it is laid down does not exist.
Although the formation is rare, and the cultivators who are proficient in this art are even rarer than the alchemists, with the strength of a sect, the work of hundreds or even thousands of years, and the cost of a lot of money, in the end, it is definitely possible to find a good set of formations to protect the mountain gate. And normally, the stronger the sect, the more powerful the Protector Array will be.