Chapter 240: Inviting the Moon Tower
'Invite Yuelou?
Gu Qing swept over the extremely gorgeous gauze tent, embroidered with three big characters of dragons flying and phoenix dancing, and a flash of remembrance flashed in his eyes.
'Once in the Chihufang of Huaining County, a country of industry, on an island in the middle of the lake, there seems to be a place where this person called the Yuelou...... Soon, Gu Qing recalled something, and his heart was a little abrupt.
'The Invitation Moon Tower on the island in the middle of the lake in Kurongfang is the property of a certain sect under the jurisdiction of Hehuan Dao...... Thinking so, he stretched out his hand to grasp it, and suddenly saw a large black water curtain like splashing ink around him, which quickly became illusory, and soon turned into a little heavy water and merged into the heavy water beads.
Immediately, Gu Qing put away the heavy water Xuanzhu and wanted to fly away.
Right now, he has just arrived in the waters of Aoting Island, and he still needs to travel six or seven thousand miles to the northwest before he can return to Changming Island.
With such a long distance, if he relied on the unassuming black tiger, it would probably take more than one day or two days, and even so, he planned to rush back to Changming Island by himself.
'Fly away for a while, and when there are no other monks around, it is convenient to perform the water escape technique in the sea...... If I use my best water escape technique now, I can return to Changming Island in a moment.
Gu Qing made a rough estimate.
But when Gu Qing had just turned into a light and was about to leave.
"Senior, please stay! My master please."
There was a tactful woman's voice, which sounded from far and near, and among the several rays of light behind the extremely gorgeous step, a white light was separated, and it slowly flew towards Gu Qing.
Gu Qing's figure was slightly sluggish.
He glanced at the white light that was approaching him, and then turned his head to glance at the direction of the step, but it was covered by a heavy gauze tent, unable to peek into the situation.
Shout!
In a few breaths, Gu Qing flew away for a hundred and ten miles.
Looking back, he couldn't see the extremely gorgeous steps pulled by the three-headed divine horse demon beast, Gu Qing slowed down a little, and his body exuded a rich water spiritual power, swooping towards the sea below.
The night is like a prisoner, on the vast sea, and there are no big islands where monks gather, for the monks above the step, who do not know the depth and the number of monks, I don't know what the intention is, Gu Qing naturally will not respond to the invitation indiscriminately - it is impossible to say that the step is a special spiritual weapon, and there is a powerful evil cultivator sharpening knife Huo Huo in it, once he gets close to it, or enters it, he will encounter great danger.
When you go out to practice, you should be cautious, and you can't think about other monks with any good thoughts, otherwise you are joking with your life.
Thump!
Gu Qing plunged headlong into the seawater, but his expression changed, only to feel that the seawater around him had become extremely viscous, and his body seemed to be mired in the mire, but he had not succeeded in performing the Water Escape Technique!
And that's not all.
A monk whose breath was in the foundation building ninefold and was about to reach the realm of the False Dan, at the moment when Gu Qing plunged into the sea, suddenly appeared from the deep sea below, flying upward, this monk glanced at Gu Qing indifferently, shook his hand and shot a white match in his direction!
Burst!
When I landed, the sea water in the surrounding area was cut in half by this white pi practice, like tofu, and the fish that were just in the place where the white pi practiced were cut off almost at the same time, and the cross section was crystal smooth without the slightest blood flowing out!
In an instant, this white horse training spanned thousands of zhang and almost appeared in front of Gu Qing's eyes, making Gu Qing's scalp numb, Gu Qing flew back without thinking, and at the same time, combined the body of the ancient demon with his own body, and sacrificed the heavy water Xuanzhu that had just been filled with heavy water!
As soon as the Heavy Water Xuanzhu appeared, under the crazy infusion of Gu Qing's spiritual power, a large amount of heavy water was released, and in an instant, it condensed into a black water curtain, sheltering his figure under it.
Click!
But this heavy black water curtain only lasted for a moment, and it was broken by the white pi practice, and an extremely sharp feeling appeared on Gu Qing's flesh, as if it was about to split his body into two
Section!
Gu Qing's eyes swelled, his body was taller inch by inch, and he slammed out one hand towards the front, and the thick black water curtain that had just been broken around him decomposed in an instant, condensing towards Gu Qing's palm, and was grabbed by Gu Qing, and he brazenly faced the white match!
Throat!
The light around them distorted for a moment, and the light and shadow trembled.
The huge white training was blocked again for a short moment, and the huge force carried on it rose up with a cloud of black light, cutting off the clouds in the sky before slowly disappearing.
Between the truncated clouds in the sky, a cloud of black light was restrained, revealing Gu Qing's figure, who was looking down a little gloomily.
'It seems that he just wants to wipe me out, and if he can't do a single blow, don't you plan to waste time on me, the foundation building five-fold minor cultivator......
I saw that the ninefold cultivation of the foundation building, after striking at him casually, he didn't care about him, but turned into a small ray of light, and went straight to the direction of the gorgeous step he had seen before!
And in addition to this foundation building ninefold cultivation, Gu Qing also sensed three other auras that appeared abruptly from far or near around him, these three auras were almost undisguised, like wolf smoke billowing into the sky, each of which was not weak in this foundation building ninefold cultivation!
"It's ...... Interception?"
Gu Qing was shocked and muttered to himself.
He withdrew his gaze, his eyes lowered, and put away the heavy water beads.
'Can be surrounded and killed by the four foundation-building ninefold cultivators, if there is only one monk above that step, I am afraid that it is at least the realm of false pills! What's more, the cultivation of the four foundations and the ninefold foundation is only something I can sense...... Gu Qing gasped and flew away into the distance.
A few breaths later.
All the way to the northwest, flying out of more than 100 miles, Gu Qing leaned down and rushed into the sea again, the sea water here returned to normal, no longer as viscous as before, he immediately surged with the spiritual power of the water around him, and performed the water escape technique, and fled towards Changming Island.
The winter moon has arrived.
This year's winter months are exceptionally cold.
In previous years, there was not much snow on Changming Island in winter.
But as soon as the winter moon arrived this year, the huge Changming Island, which was nearly 4,000 miles in circumference, was covered with ice and snow except for the various markets and settlements shrouded by formations.
In fact, it's not just Changming Island.
Except for the vicinity of the sea area of Ting Island, all the islands in the Hanhai Sea have been plunged into a severe cold that is enough to freeze livestock and ordinary people, and I heard that most areas of the Yunmiao Continent, which has four distinct seasons, have been shrouded in severe cold since the beginning of autumn this year.
The north wind is howling, and the snow grains are like knives.
When Gu Qing first arrived at Changming Island that day, the spirit boat sailed into the dock.
The crowd was crowded and the atmosphere was fiery, dispelling the cold of the night.
On the lampposts, the huge pearls, emitted like blazing white light, the surrounding crystal glittering snow, all of them were transpired and melted, gathered near this dock, the people who endured the severe cold, most of them were mortals who did not have spiritual power to cultivate for themselves, and there were also a few low-level monks who cultivated for themselves.
Tonight, from the land, a batch of transported materials will arrive at the dock, for this batch of materials, it is said that even the owner of Changming Island has personally sent a strong escort around him! It was a huge ship full of more than two hundred and seventy loads of goods, and it was enough to feed and clothe Changming Island, and the many islands under the jurisdiction of Changming Island, and the low-level monks who were currently struggling to survive, to survive the cold winter.
And near this wharf, the reason why the tens of thousands of people waiting here are gathered here is just to unload the goods, and as for the transfer and distribution of these materials, there are other people to do.
Tens of thousands of people gathered together, and the sounds of talking to each other mingled and hummed, shaking the waters near the pier.
A figure stepped on the waves, quietly swept through the crowd, and came to a few miles away from the pier of Changming Island, a relatively clean place, looking towards the island from afar, you can already see the two small monks' markets of Lanlingfang City and Red Fox Fang City, flashing in the night.
Gu Qing
Looking at the black crowd near the pier, he was also shocked for a moment, and when he calmed down, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes: "With so many people gathered together, is it possible to fight with the nearby islands?" Even if it is a war, it should be the business of monks......
At present, where Gu Qing is, there are many trees with leaves larger than the head and thick bowls, and a temple is built on the left side, and on the plaque of the temple, the seven words of the Hukou Wharf Maritime Affairs Division are engraved, and a middle-aged monk with a long beard and long hair walks out of the temple quickly.
This middle-aged monk with long beard and long hair looked angry, and after walking out of the temple, he glanced around cursoly, and at the same time took out a messenger, as if he wanted to send a message to someone.
He didn't care about the monks in the neighborhood at first.
In the vicinity of the Maritime Affairs Department of Hukou Wharf, it is not a special thing to have other monks, if there are no other monks, it is called strange.
After all, monks also have to go to sea, and low-level monks often don't have enough cultivation to support their sword flight, and they don't have any flying magic weapons, so they have to obediently go to sea by boat.
Although it is indeed slower to go to sea on an ordinary ship, if you go to sea in this way, not only will you not be charged, but you will often be hired by the Maritime Affairs Department as a monk who goes to sea to earn some spirit stones.
For example, near the Maritime Affairs Department of Hukou Wharf right now, there are more than a dozen lowly cultivators, all looking at the crowd near the wharf from a distance, one by one, talking with their companions.
"I don't know what the predecessors are doing here?" But at this moment, the middle-aged monk with long beard and long hair suddenly noticed something, turned his head, and fixed his eyes on Gu Qing on the side. Look at the book
His hand tightened his grip on the talisman and turned to ask respectfully.
"Oh? How can you see what I'm doing?" Gu Qing's eyebrows furrowed, and he did not respond to the question of the middle-aged monk with long beard and long hair.
"This ...... This thing that was issued by the senior director of the general director can be glimpsed in the spiritual pressure of the seniors, probably in the middle of the foundation building......" The middle-aged appearance of the long-bearded and long-haired cultivator was a little hesitant, and the voice responded.
As he spoke, he removed the eyeball-sized crystal orb hanging from his waist, and a dark red light was flashing above the crystal orb.
Gu Qing's heart moved, and he nodded expressionlessly.
"I see."
Immediately, Gu Qing disappeared.
He just glanced at the crowd near the dock twice, his calm gaze fluctuated slightly, and his figure only flashed before disappearing in place.
The middle-aged monk with long beard and long hair waited for a long time after Gu Qing left, before he straightened up his bent waist and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Some time ago, the Donglin Wharf was a bloody sacrifice to all the monks of the Donglin Maritime Division, which was really unforgettable for him, and it had already turned several times in his heart just now.
He thought of his pregnant wife at home, and his daughter who had just recognized all the words and had not yet enlightened her mind, and who had spiritual roots in her body, and thought of the old father and mother at home, and even thought about how to beg for mercy, how to kneel faster, and kneel more satisfactorily—he didn't want to die for the sake of this Hukou Wharf Maritime Division, a meager amount of more than a dozen lower-grade spirit stones every month.
'You must be transferred by the relationship...... It's best to be transferred to a certain market to be a steward...... Even if you transfer to the law enforcement team of which city...... The middle-aged monk with long beard and long hair thought so.
'The beads that can be used to spy on spiritual pressure are kind of interesting.
'In addition...... The power structure of Changming Island is somewhat similar to that of the mortal dynasty, and the Hukou Wharf Maritime Division ...... In this way, there are similar maritime divisions in other wharves on Changming Island, but I don't know if there are similar places to manage various markets.
From the conversation of those people at the dock, it can be learned that the owner of Changming Island actually brought a lot of supplies from the land to ensure that the ordinary people of Changming Island and nearby islands can survive in the severe cold! This Changming Island owner seems to be a person who cares about the islanders...... What's more, this year's sudden strange cold, I don't know where the source is.
Gu Qing
Flying all the way, thinking about it in my heart.
In a short time, Yinyuefang City is already vivid.
The closer to the interior of Changming Island, the stronger the strength of the monks, for example, in the outermost part of Changming Island, even the maritime department that controls a wharf, the strongest person is only a monk in the Qi refining period.
Siling Town, which is located on the side of Yinyuefang City, is an important town on Changming Island, but it is only a slightly barren place, and there is Li Wanshan, a foundation-building monk, who guards here.
Perhaps, because the coverage of the Divine Consciousness of the Zhuji Cultivator is far greater than that of the Qi Refining Cultivator, the Lord of Changming Island used this Li Wanshan to guard Siling Town, just to better supervise this thousands of miles in circumference?
Gu Qing was in front of Yinyuefang City, and he retreated.
He had tried his best to restrain his body's cultivation aura, and he had come this way, but he had not attracted the attention of any monks.
Entering the Silver Moon Fang City, Gu Qing seemed to be wandering around.
In the past three months, Yinyuefang City has not changed much.
But there is also change.
For example, the Gu family's shop in Huanhua Lane, Siling Town, has changed from the deserted when Gu Qing left, and there was a long queue in front of the store, even if it was late at night, the business seemed to be quite hot.
'There seem to be a lot more monks from land in this Silver Moon Fang City, and there are fewer monks from many other islands. Gu Qing hurriedly walked around a few times, and according to the faces and clothes of the passers-by, as well as the whispered conversations from time to time, he noticed the biggest changes in Yinyuefang City.
'The fat man, I don't know where he went. Gu Qing's brows furrowed, he wandered around Yinyuefang City, the purpose was naturally to find the fat monk who had entrusted him with the search for people a few months ago, when he left.
I only turned around several times, but I didn't find the figure of the fat monk, and I don't know if the fat monk had an accident or escaped.
Gu Qing had to give up looking for the fat man for the time being, and walked quickly towards the outside of Yinyuefang City, and was about to return to the Gu family in Huanhua Lane, Siling Town.
After cultivating to the fifth level of foundation building, even if he did not perform the Five Elements Escape Technique, the speed of stepping into the air and flying away was far greater than before, and at this time, walking on foot was like a gust of wind blowing in front of him for a low-level monk, and it was impossible to capture his figure.
After turning a street corner, Gu Qing's footsteps were abrupt, he raised his eyes slightly, and happened to see four or five foundation building monks walking on the opposite side, these four or five foundation building monks had not fully revealed their cultivation aura, but they had not converged, yes, they were noticed by Gu Qing at the first time, and the cultivation realm of these people was no less than in the middle stage of foundation building.
One of them has reached the late stage of foundation building!
"Gu Daoyou!" This monk in the late stage of foundation building was also slightly stunned when he met Gu Qing, and then smiled and spoke, he turned out to be the old man who had dealt with Gu Qing and introduced Gu Qing to join the Linyu Sea Area Scattered Cultivation Alliance, and also went to the sea area of Huting Island with Gu Qing!
"Fellow of the Long Lantern Dao! It's really fateful." Gu Qing also hugged his fists back, "I can see that the Long Lantern Daoist is safe, Gu is very relieved."
The elder of the long lamp glanced at Gu Qing a few times with strange eyes, and then briefly introduced Gu Qing to the other monks on the left and right, and then introduced Gu Qing to the cultivation of the four mid-stage foundation building beside him.
A pair of male and female monks on the left side of the old road of Changdeng are a pair of Taoist couples.
The male cultivator's name is Li Ke, and the female cultivator's name is Zhao Xi.
Li Ke looks like he is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a thin face, a tall figure, a somewhat wrinkled black dress, and neat long hair coiled in his mind.
Zhao Xi is about thirty years old, petite, also wearing a black dress, grabbing the cuffs of the male cultivator, with a lively smile on his face, a pair of bright apricot eyes, looking Gu Qing up and down.
This nun is in the foundation of the fivefold.
The two monks on the right side of the old road of the long lamp.
A person's name is Mu Wei, cultivated as a fourfold foundation building, with short black hair and ears, black gauze wrapped around his eyes, the corners of his mouth on both sides are pursed, and under a simple gray linen clothes, his skin is wrinkled, as if the whole person is absorbed by some force, and he collapses inward, exuding a rotten aura around his body, like a dry corpse.
The last one
The famous monk is a fat man with toad eyes, named Wang Ji, wearing a wide monk's robe, a cultivator who is in the same foundation as Li Ke, his huge head is bare, with several rows of ring scars, and a string of black shiny Buddha beads on his thick neck.
Gu Qing nodded with him one by one.
The four monks also responded enthusiastically or coldly, among them, Zhao Xi, the female cultivator who built the fifth foundation, was the most eager, and talked to Gu Qing with a bright smile on her face.
"What, didn't Gu Daoyou come here for this auction led by Yuelou?" At this time, the elder of the long lamp glanced at the pavilion on the side, and asked Gu Qing Chuanyin, "There are a few high-grade spiritual weapons in this auction, which are about to be auctioned, and it is rumored that there is a broken magic weapon......
As he spoke, the elder of the long lamp looked at Gu Qing's expression.
For this Gu Qing, whose cultivation has climbed from the second foundation building to the fifth foundation building in just a few months, Changdeng Lao Dao was quite suspicious in his heart, I don't know if this Gu Qing got some anti-heaven chance, or if he himself is a foundation building five-fold cultivator, his cultivation declined due to injuries before, and at this time, he only recovered his cultivation.
It's just that what made Chang Deng Lao Dao a little disappointed was that when he heard what he said, Gu Qing's face was always expressionless, and his eyes were as calm as ever, as if nothing could make him fluctuate.
"An auction led by Yuelou? Gu didn't know about this! Don't hide it from the long lantern fellow, Gu has just come out of a secret realm." Gu Qing's eyes flashed slightly, and he responded, "However, Gu is indeed a little interested in this matter, and I also ask the Long Lantern Daoist to teach ......."
Next, Gu Qing naturally walked with the old Taoist of Changdeng, and walked into the pavilion on the side with Zhao Xi and other monks.
There is no plaque in the pavilion next to it.
Unlike other shops in the neighborhood, people come and go.
There are no monks in this pavilion.
Gu Qing only knew when he walked into this.
This was a passage that led to the auction led by Invite Yuelou, and the underground where the auction venue was located - he found that most of the auctions held in both the Hanhai Sea and the Yunmiao Continent were underground.
The first to fourth floors of this pavilion were all emptied, and the internal structure was similar to the large shops that Gu Qing had seen in Kurong Fang, and after reaching the fifth floor, there were beehive-like compartments, which seemed to have been newly built and had a new color.
In such a narrow compartment, there were still faint monk's breath and a little uncleaned filth.
The smell permeated the fifth floor of the pavilion, Gu Qing and the Changdeng Dao people and other cultivators, their eyes became a little strange, several people glanced at each other, the Changdeng Dao smiled a little helplessly, and the voice of a few people: "This Yueyue Tower is worthy of being the property of the sect under the Hehuan Dao, the same filth."
"This place should be the place where the Invitation Moon Tower is used to imprison those handsome male cultivators and glamorous female cultivators who have been captured, and on weekdays, there should also be strict prohibitions and formations." Long Lantern Lao Dao led a few people to walk quickly through the fifth floor, and when he reached the end of the corridor on the fifth floor, he took out a token.
This token is not red and white, and on it is an ever-changing charming woman's appearance, which is pasted on the stone wall at the end of the corridor on the fifth floor, on a crystal white circular lattice.
Immediately, this crystal round lattice flashed, and a sound came from above, Gu Qing raised his head slightly and glanced at it.
The originally bright and smooth wall tiles above turned over, revealing a formation engraved on it, and at this time, the formation was lighting up with a slight light, enveloping the long lamp old dao, Gu Qing and other monks below.
This faint light did not cause any change.
Gu Qing noticed that around this formation, there were a total of eight lattices that could be embedded in spirit stones, and his eyes moved slightly, looking at the Long Lantern Old Dao.
"A few fellow Daoists have been able to take out the high-grade spirit stones and embed them in them." The elder of the long lamp said with a smile, and gave Gu Qing a smiling look, but he didn't mean to take out the spirit stone at all.