Chapter 397: Three Years Later
In the dark clouds, the figures of several monks loomed, and the imperial weapon broke through the sky and flew towards Beiyan City at great speed.
Since coming to Beiyan City to participate in the Xuanxin Conference, Zhang Lie and the others met with the Great Elder of the Xuanxin Sect, Chi Yan, received the identity token, and then threw themselves into the monk war to hunt the demon beasts of the Tianyue Dynasty.
The Seven Demons of Milian Mountain themselves were strong, and they were recommended by the Xuanxin Sect, so the seven of them quickly opened up the situation, participated in several battles to defend the city, and repelled the attack of the Demon Beasts of the Tianyue Dynasty.
However, although the defense of the city is relatively safe, it is difficult to capture too much loot, and it is not possible to share too much demon hunting good deeds, in order to obtain more merits in a short period of time, Zhang Lie and his party can only choose the riskier hunting mission, take the Xuanxin Sect mission, and hunt demon beasts in exchange for good deeds.
In the past three years, this is the fourth time that Zhang Lie and the others have carried out the mission of the sect, the first three times the seven of them have been very successful, hunting as many as seven fifth-order demon beasts, and there are countless low- and middle-level demon beasts, because everyone has concentrated half of the demon hunting exploits under the name of Blood Kiss, so that her name has risen back to the top five again on the Xuanxin Sect demon hunting list.
As one of the four auxiliary cities, Beiyancheng has a vast area, and a large number of low- and middle-level monks have settled outside the city, so the city gate is always bustling, but when Zhang Lie and the others returned, these low-level monks immediately consciously retreated and gave way, showing reverence and fear.
"These seniors are so good-looking, but they are so majestic?" A Purple Mansion monk who was about to enter the city frowned and asked his companion.
"Haha, You Daoyou, you have been in retreat for more than ten years, and you have just come out of the customs, no wonder the news is blocked, in recent years, there have been several high-profile seniors in Beiyan City, and the first one is this Seven Saints of Milian Mountain.
Although he is not a monk of my human race, he has become famous, in just three years, their seven brothers have joined forces to go to sea in a row, killing a large number of demon beasts of the Tianyue Dynasty, and the demon beasts that have died in their hands in the past three years are at least a thousand heads. ”
There were many discussions around him, because his divine sense was powerful, Zhang Lie listened to it, but he didn't care.
In the past three years, he has sharpened his swordsmanship and killed countless demon beasts, and gradually adapted to the first-level cultivation and sublimation of Jindan's swordsmanship, not to mention the sublimation of swordsmanship, and at the same time, he has gained a lot of understanding in the discussion with the six saints of Milian Mountain.
Especially the eldest brother Niu Covering the Sea, and the second brother Blood Kiss, both of them are the big demons of Jindan's nine-layer thousand-year-old cultivation, although they are not completely consistent with their own paths, but they can also attack jade by borrowing stones from other mountains.
Through the Xuan Realm, the struggle is cruel, for the inheritance of the sect, for the secret method of miraculous skills, for their respective desires, for the sake of magic weapons and spiritual objects, even if they cultivate to the Yuanying realm and stand at the peak of this realm, they must continue to fight with extraterritorial demons and demonic demons.
If you win the battle, it is easy to say, if you lose the battle, the thousand-year-old penance will be lost, if you can't get rid of the Yuan Baby, naturally everything will be suspended, but if you are lucky enough to get rid of the Yuan Baby, then the Yuan Infant monk will have to face two choices:
One, immediately turn away, gain a physical body, and practice again.
In the two, use a large amount of Five Elements Essence Qi to pour the Dharma Body, or integrate into the stand-in puppet to continue to enjoy the remaining lifespan.
The Yuanying monk who has not been robbed has a lifespan of about two thousand years, and after nearly a thousand years of hard cultivation into a Yuanying, even if the physical body is destroyed, most monks will not directly choose the first path, but often choose the second path, and use the remaining thousand years of lifespan to study the Dao method and study the Dan Weapon Rune Array to cultivate the Hundred Arts of Immortals.
After all, although the transformation of the tribulation will lose the cultivation, but the memory and realm will not be lost, with the experience of cultivating the Yuan Infant before, after the transformation of the tribulation and recultivation through the previous few hundred years of weakness, the Yuan Infant Monk who returns from the transformation of the tribulation will often be more powerful than the previous life.
Zhang Lie is also in a similar state now, his mana is maintained at the Jindan layer and can no longer be refined, but the comprehension of the Dao Law and the accumulation of the essence are not restricted.
In the past three years, he has fought side by side with the cultivators of Milian Mountain, sitting and discussing the Tao, which has greatly helped his cultivation accumulation.
In the thousand-year-old cultivation of the Six Demons, a common experience can make Zhang Lie suddenly feel like he is open.
"Brother Shi!"
When the group was delivering the task, a female cultivator with skin like ice and snow came to the vicinity and said with a smile, with a hint of flattery.
Zhang Lie turned around and saw the Kun Xiu Emperor Fu Bing of the Xuanxin Sect.
"Brother Shi, is the mission going well?"
Completely ignoring the smiles of the monks of Milian Mountain around him, Huangfu Bing walked up to Zhang Lie and asked with concern.
"This mission is not particularly smooth, our movements seem to have been faintly grasped by the demon cultivators of the Tianyue Dynasty, this time we were intercepted by interception, and we were restrained everywhere, and my eldest brother also suffered some injuries because of this."
Niu Fuhai has a strong temperament, brutal and fierce tactics, and is also very righteous towards his brothers, so every time he goes on a mission, if someone is injured, he must be there, but he is also deeply trusted by everyone.
"Old Five, you and the Huangfu girl should go around for a walk, let's go back first." At this time, the sound of Niu covering the sea came, and it was still full of energy and loud.
In the past three years, Zhang Lie has not only cooperated with the monks of Milian Mountain, it can only be said that the number of times is the most, and sometimes the manpower is deployed, and Zhang Lie has also cooperated with Huangfu Bing.
That time, Zhang Lie relied on his superb swordsmanship and body cultivation to save Huangfu Bing from danger several times, and of course, Huangfu Bing's nine-layer cultivation of Jindan also helped Zhang Lie several times.
After coming and going, Huangfu Bing came to Zhang Lie to learn swordsmanship when he had nothing to do, Huangfu Bing was only more than four hundred years old and was already the ninth layer of Jindan, backed by the two ancestors of Tianxin and Chiyan, and the certainty of being promoted to the Yuanying realm in the future was more than five layers.
Shi Yi (Zhang Lie) has the bloodline of the golden scale dragon, the bloodline is noble and long-lived, and the most important thing is that the foundation of cultivation is extremely strong, and it is suspected to be a product of Jindan.
Such two people form a Taoist couple, and they can support each other in a long future, except for the sixth sister Pan Mei of the six demons of Milian Mountain, everyone else is basically quite in favor of this matter, including Tianxin and Chiyan, the two ancestors.
The demon cultivator of the Jiaolong bloodline, even if he can't transform into a shape, can accompany Bing'er for thousands of years, and he is proficient in swordsmanship and has strong combat power, and can sweep away many external demons for Bing'er.
Two men and women in Taoist uniforms walked together in the bustling street market of Beiyancheng.
The man is tall and heroic, and the woman is charming and gentle.
The city is a city of monks, and even on both sides of the market, there are many low- and middle-level monks who set up stalls to buy and sell spiritual objects.
Some high-ranking monks would occasionally visit these stalls and bazaars in their spare time, and occasionally find some missing pearls, even if they were of no use to themselves, it was also a kind of fun.
Of course, there are also high-level monks who are clumsy for a while, and they have been cheated by a treacherous and bold low-level monk who has a spirit stone, and when they come back to their senses and want to find someone again, it is impossible to find it.
What's more, even if you really find it, in fact, it is not easy to kill the other party directly.
This is the Northern Yan City controlled by the Xuanxin Sect, with a clear order, the importance of buying and selling spiritual objects here is that everyone relies on their eyesight to deny it, and it will only be the high-level monk who will make a big fuss.
Seeing that the two of them were about to visit all the stalls, Huangfu Bing suddenly pulled the corner of Zhang Lie's clothes, and pointed to a stall in the corner with a slender hand.
In this stall, the items are extremely messy, with a jade box containing elixir, and some tripod sword runes, which seems to be a miscellaneous person who buys and sells.
In this kind of small stall, at most second-order and third-order spiritual objects could not attract the eyes of a rich monk like Huangfu Bing, Zhang Lie looked at it intently, and sure enough, he found a difference.
Among the spiritual ginseng placed in the jade box, there is a faint reddish root, although it is extremely hidden, but if you have a sharp eye, you can still see it.
Although Xuanyu Ginseng is only a third-order elixir, its xenomorphic blood jade ginseng is a fifth-order elixir, which is used to refine the fifth-order Replenishing Yuan Pill, and taking it can repair internal injuries and greatly benefit vitality.
At this moment, Huangfu Bing was immersed in the excitement of picking up the lost pearl, and Zhang Lie's eyes swept over the vendor owner who covered his face with a hat, and his eyes saw a sly smile through the broken hat.
It's just that at this time, Huangfu Bing beside him has already walked up a little uncontrollably:
"Shopkeeper, how do you sell this spirit ginseng?"
"Dao friendly eyes, at a glance selected the most valuable elixir on my stall, this box of Xuanyu ginseng has been raised by our family for more than two hundred years, and it is worth at least 1,200 spirit stones!"
Even if it is a small family that has passed through the Xuan Realm, and there are not even foundation realm cultivators, it is possible to gather spiritual veins to cultivate a mature third-order elixir, if it is coupled with the mutation by chance, it is possible to use Xuanyu ginseng to raise blood jade ginseng.
However, due to the lack of quality of the spiritual vein, although the blood jade ginseng has mutated, it is likely that it will no longer grow, and if it is used as a medicine for the Xuanyu ginseng, it will be completely abolished.
"Okay, I'll buy it!"
Huangfu Bing has little experience in this area, he doesn't know how to bargain at all, and when he hears the logic is reasonable, he is eager to pick up a big benefit, so he directly takes out the spirit stone from the Qiankun bag.
However, at this time, the vendor also seemed to react, he looked up and down at Huangfu Bing in front of him and Zhang Lie behind her for a moment, and suddenly reached out and held down the jade box:
"This fellow Daoist, the little one was painted just now, this spirit ginseng, this spirit ginseng is actually worth three thousand spirit stones, sorry sorry, I just made a slip of the tongue!"
"You!"
Hearing this, Huang Fu Bing was of course furious, and his willow eyebrows were raised, but the person opposite was also an old vendor, and he shouted when he landed:
"Your Excellency has to think clearly, this is in Beiyan City, there is an infant ancestor in charge, if you start the inspection team, you will come immediately."
“……”
Hearing this, Huangfu Bing hesitated for a moment.
She didn't care about one or two thousand spirit stones, but she didn't want to bear the consequences of breaking the rules in her own city, and she didn't want to be caught.
"Huh, okay, three thousand spirit stones will be three thousand spirit stones, but if you dare to pay a long price, we will immediately call the patrol team to come."
Of course, it is a loss to buy a second-order elixir for three thousand spirit stones, but if it is to buy a fifth-order elixir, it will definitely be a big profit, so after a little hesitation, Huangfu Bing still said so.
At the same time, Zhang Lie, behind Huangfu Bing, had quietly opened the law boy and verified the idea in his heart.
Zhang Lie's eyes flashed, and he used the magic boy technique to take a look, and sure enough, he found that there was no strong aura on the so-called blood jade ginseng.
"I see, is it that a special cultivation method was used to cultivate the jade ginseng, so that it has the appearance of blood jade ginseng? This guy is quite a gambler, and it looks like he should be a repeat offender. ”
At this time, as Zhang Lie was about to close the law and turn his head to one side, a heavy earthy yellow aura suddenly appeared in Zhang Lie's eyes.
The intensity of this spiritual light was very strong, no less than the best things he had ever seen in his life, and this discovery made Zhang Lie's expression shocked.
Just when Huangfu Bing was trading with the vendors, handing over the spirit stone with one hand and the spirit ginseng with the other, Zhang Lie suddenly appeared near Huangfu Bing's side.
Then he said directly to the vendor, "Okay, pack up your stuff here, and give it all to me." ”
"Huh? This fellow Daoist, do you want all the things in my stall? That's not cheap. "The owner of the vendor has just succeeded in defrauding, and he is still in a state of some excitement and forgetful.
Who knows Zhang Lie's next sentence, and he will knock it into the abyss:
"Do you know what the crime of selling counterfeit drugs is in this Beiyan City? I've already recorded the transaction between the two of you with the Shadow Stone, you fed the Xuanyu Ginseng with Blood Corpse Water and transformed it into the appearance of the Blood Spirit Ginseng, but this 'Blood Spirit Ginseng has no medicinal power!' ”
"Why did Daoist friend say this, I don't know what blood spirit ginseng is!" Hearing this, the vendor's expression changed greatly.
"Then do you dare to take a trip under the Ask Rune? If it is to buy Xuanyu ginseng, who will take 3,000 spirit stones? She bought blood ginseng seedlings from you, and you are a fake, you dare to say that this is not made by you, you dare to say that you don't know what blood ginseng is? ”
Who is Zhang Lie?
A Taoist who came out of the mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
When he took two steps forward, although he did not show anger, the owner of the street vendor who had deceived him felt cold all over his body and his mind was empty.
"You...... I...... This ......"
"Okay, you don't think so, do you? Then we'll call the patrol team. As he spoke, Zhang Lie was about to send out a spell.
"Wait, fellow Daoist, senior! Predecessor! I was wrong, I didn't open my eyes, three thousand spirit stones, these things in my stall are yours. ”
"Three thousand spirit stones? Your blood spirit ginseng is fake, how can you ask me for three thousand spirit stones? Bing'er, giving him 1,200 spirit stones is cheaper for him, and it is not good for me to buy and sell by force. ”
"Ancestor! O ancestors! I can't get back 1,200 spirit stones. Suddenly, the middle-aged monk fell to his knees.
However, where would Zhang Lie pay attention to him.
"I won't force you, I'll let you choose, either everything here is 1,200 spirit stones, or we will call the patrol team over, and you will go to the mine to mine and dig until you die."
"Falsifying and selling fifth-order elixirs is enough for you to mine and dig up to your grandson's generation."
In the end, the vendor still didn't dare to stiffen his neck to the end, cheating is a high-yield and high-risk thing, and other times it is exposed, and it is possible that he will be killed on the spot.