Chapter Seventy-Three: The Curse and the New Life
When Li Zhi returned to the ground again, it was already daylight outside.
The sun was shining, and when I pinched my fingers, I actually stayed in the underground cave for three nights and two days.
As far as the eye can see, the Tang monk and apprentice have left the "White Tiger Ridge" for 800 miles and are walking on the westbound road.
Seeing their distant backs, Li Zhi felt for the first time that they were the most complete team without themselves.
The question of why Mrs. Bai Gu, that is, Bai Ling, wanted to eat Tang monk's meat, Li Zhi finally figured it out.
However, he would rather not know this answer, because such an answer makes all the good things that he had been in the past shatter.
In other words, Li Zhi himself is still too naïve.
For so many years, Bai Ling has been staying in the "White Tiger Ridge" for eight hundred miles, and most of her knowledge of the Immortal Buddha naturally comes from the Master Nulu.
And the matter of Tang Seng was learned "unintentionally" from the mountain gods and the mouth of the land here.
What to say that Tang Seng is the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, the second disciple of Rulai, a rare good person who practiced in the tenth life, as long as he eats a bite of his meat, he can be reborn and immortal.
If the name of the Buddha is big enough, Bai Ling can hardly resist the temptation of Tang Seng's meat, she thinks that even if she just eats a bite, she may be able to save herself from the sea of suffering, and it may not really take Tang Seng's life.
I have been cursed by the words "Lady of the White Bones" for too long, and although I have cultivated to the realm of "Golden Immortal", I can't completely get rid of that kind of mental torture.
For Bai Ling's thoughts and behaviors, Li Zhi is sympathetic and understanding, not to mention that such a thing did not happen, and Bai Ling became his own teacher and nephew.
It's just, those mountain gods and land......
Is it the meaning of Heaven, or is Buddhism itself playing ghosts?
……
Wanshou Mountain, Wuzhuang View.
Li Zhi finally saw the true face of the dojo here, and as soon as his "Rainbow Transformation Technique" flew to Wanshou Mountain, a powerful force blocked it out of thin air.
Yes, this should be the mountain protection array of Wanshou Mountain, and even the "Broken Golden Pupil" can't spy on the reality of Wanshou Mountain.
It's a pity that Li Zhi didn't know anything about the formation, so he had to stop his body and shout.
"Brother Zhenyuan, younger brother Li Zhi asks to see—"
No matter how far the voice came out, I can't wait for the people of the entire Wanshou Mountain to be able to hear it.
"Haha, the third brother is here, please-"
A loud laugh came, followed by energy fluctuations, and Li Zhi felt that an invisible door had been opened on his way forward.
Li Zhi raised his legs and walked in, and as soon as he came to Wuzhuang Temple, he saw two Taoist boys, Qingfeng and Mingyue, who were old acquaintances, waiting there.
"Qingfeng, Mingyue, I've seen the third uncle—"
In the past two days, Li Zhi has heard the word "uncle" a lot, it is Bai Ling calling him, and now he is called like this by Qingfeng and Mingyue, which can be regarded as having immunity.
"The two fairy children are exempt, Li Zhi has something to ask to see Brother Zhenyuan, he came in a hurry, and he invited Haihan."
For Qingfeng and Mingyue, Li Zhi didn't dare to underestimate them.
These two must have lived thousands of years, right?
Under the "Broken Golden Pupil", Li Zhi discovered that these two people were also the later cultivation of the "Golden Immortal", and it turned out that the previous realm of these two people was deliberately covered up?
Bai Ling can be treated as a master and nephew, but Qingfeng and Mingyue are different, the key is that Li Zhi's current strength is still not enough.
"The master is already waiting in the main hall, and I specially ordered the two of us to come and greet the third uncle—"
Sure enough, Li Zhi's courtesy to the two of them also earned them respect.
In this way, the three of them went up the stairs and came to the main hall of Wuzhuang Temple through the courtyard and through the path.
"Haha, it's only been a few days since we were separated, does the third brother miss the foolish brother?"
As soon as he saw Li Zhi's face, Zhen Yuanzi greeted him with a smile, and even took Li Zhi's hand and invited him to sit down and watch tea.
"I can't hide it, I'm here to find Brother Zhenyuan this time
The younger brother is here for help."
Li Zhi hurriedly got up from his chair and bowed to Zhen Yuanzi.
If you ask for someone, you have to look like you are begging for someone, they are all sworn brothers, but you can't be as casual as Sun Wukong for Zhen Yuanzi.
"Oh, if the third brother has anything difficult, you might as well say it and listen to it."
Zhen Yuanzi's face did not change, he still smiled, took a sip of tea shallowly, and motioned for Li Zhi to continue.
Since he came, Li Zhi didn't hide it, so he told the story of Nulu and Bai Ling in detail.
Of course, he still didn't mention the big black gun in the sea of knowledge, which was one of the secrets that Li Zhi couldn't tell anyone at the moment.
"Brother Zhenyuan, Nulu is the daughter of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, as you guessed before, my body technique is passed down from Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor."
"In this way, this female girl is the younger brother's own senior sister, seeing that she is in trouble here, the younger brother can't help but save her, and that Bai Ling is also a hard-working woman."
"After thinking about it, the only way to ask Brother Zhenyuan for two 'ginseng fruits' may be able to help Senior Sister Nulu recover her cultivation as soon as possible, and remove the curse from Bai Ling's body together."
Because he didn't mention the big black gun, Li Zhi couldn't find a suitable excuse to ask for one more for a while, so he had to grit his teeth and say two "ginseng fruits".
"Haha, what should I do, it's just two 'ginseng fruits', and the third brother deserves to use the word "ask", not to mention that the female is still the daughter of Xuanyuan's old friend."
"However, I just heard what the third brother said, and there are still things mixed with Yinggou and Houqing here? These two are not to be feared, but they are rumored to have fallen under the command of the Zombie Ancestor General."
"This general is extraordinary, that Ying Gou and Hou Qing, including the female wolf, are just absorbing a remnant soul of the fierce beast reel, but this general is evolved from the body of the reel."
"This general has no soul and no soul, does not cultivate the original god, and the toughness of the body alone is said to have caught up with the twelve ancestors of the year, if he is an enemy face to face, the third brother is still careful."
Zhen Yuanzi didn't put too much emphasis on Ying Gou and Hou Qing, although these two people are also masters of the Taiyi realm, and they have a strong physique unique to zombies, but they are not in Zhen Yuanzi's eyes.
However, it is quite troublesome to deal with the general, and more importantly, so far no one in the Three Realms knows which side of the force the general belongs to.
"Thank you Brother Zhenyuan for your advice, but if you want to come to the zombie ancestor general's high status, you may not be able to meet the younger brother, and if you really meet the younger brother, you can use the "Sun True Fire" to burn him, or use the "Rainbow Transformation Technique" to escape."
Seeing that Li Zhi didn't pay much attention to it, Zhen Yuanzi didn't say much.
Maybe it's really like what Li Zhi said, the two of them may not really be able to meet, although the generals are difficult, it seems that they haven't heard of Beiju Luzhou for many years, right?
Seeing Li Zhi's absent-minded appearance, Zhen Yuanzi didn't keep him longer, and Qingfeng, a Taoist who was more stable, went to get two "ginseng fruits" and handed them to Li Zhi.
Before leaving, Zhen Yuanzi grabbed a gourd from the void.
"Third brother, the quantity of this 'ginseng fruit' is limited, and it can't be stored for a long time, but in the past hundreds of millions of years, there is still some stock, so the foolish brother casually brewed some fruit wine."
"This gourd has a weight of about 100 catties, but it contains the medicinal effect of ten "ginseng fruits", which is of great benefit to people below the realm of Daluo, so the third brother will stay by his side and use it slowly."
"This ...... The eldest brother is so generous, and the younger brother is ashamed—"
Li Zhi trembled and took the gourd containing "ginseng fruit wine", such a heavy gift made Li Zhi feel ashamed, and invisibly turned "Brother Zhenyuan" into "Big Brother".
"Hahaha, look at you who have never seen the world, when you break through to Daluo one day, you will know that these things outside your body are only external forces after all, and you still have to rely on yourself to be truly powerful."
"Brother Fool won't keep you anymore, say one more word when you leave, "Although Journey to the West is good, it may not be suitable for the third brother to continue", that's all, I hope the third brother will think about it more."
It was obvious that Zhen Yuanzi had something to say, but he didn't go any further.
……
Li Zhi said goodbye to Zhen Yuanzi, put away the two "ginseng fruits" and the gourd ginseng fruit wine, and performed the "rainbow transformation technique" again.
From Wanshou Mountain to Baihuli, it is only thousands of miles, and for the current Li Zhi, it is just a few breaths.
"Uncle Shi—"
Looking at Li Zhi, who had gone and returned, half a day had not passed before and after, Bai Ling greeted expectantly, excitedly and respectfully.
"Where's your master? I brought things back."
The female lu is only a late-stage cultivator of the "Xuan Immortal", and she can't suppress the heat in her body at all, but she stays in that underground cave to ensure the "safety" on the ground to the greatest extent.
Back then, when Ying Gou and Hou Qing had just brought the sealed female lu here, this "White Tiger Ridge" was also a normal mountain.
Otherwise, there would not have been human races coming to live one after another, and even several states had been established successively, but after the blood sacrifice of the white-fronted Dao people, this place turned out to be a dead domain.
When Li Zhi entered the underground cave again, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.
Bai Ling may not be in the mood to take care of these, and the female lu has been sealed in the crystal stone for so many years, and once she gets out of trouble, she actually begins to arrange it.
The cave is still the same cave, but in just half a day, it was transformed into a small underground palace by the female wolf, which is resplendent and beautiful.
Xu has lived in a similar place since he was a child, and this palace of His Royal Highness also shows its simplicity and solemnity.
"Senior sister, are you really planning to stay here for a long time?"
Seeing the female sitting on the top of the chair, Li Zhi couldn't help but tease.
"The little junior brother is back, and the senior sister doesn't know when she will be able to return to the Daluo Realm, where there is not much vitality in the eight hundred miles of mountains, and there is even less aura."
After renovating the underground palace, Nulu tried to search for some spiritual veins for future cultivation.
It's a pity that since he was cursed by the white tiger spirit back then, not only Bai Ling was often unable to do his own, but the entire eight-hundred-mile mountain range was also affected.
Even those mountain gods and lands do not actually live on the "White Tiger Ridge", but around the "White Tiger Ridge", surrounded by mountains.
"These are two 'ginseng fruits', senior sister and Bai Ling should take one each, but if you want to get rid of those four words on Bai Ling's spine, you may have to suffer a little more."
Before preparing to do this, Li Zhi had already thought very clearly, burning souls and destroying bones, I am afraid that he would have to use the "Sun True Fire".
It's just that he wasn't sure if this would cause any harm to Bai Ling, and he was a little hesitant.
"Uncle Shi let it go, for more than a thousand years, Bai Ling has been carrying such a curse, life is better than death, if there is really a chance to be completely liberated, no matter how difficult it is, Bai Ling is willing to give it a try."
Seeing Bai Ling's blue eyes, revealing that penetrating firmness, the female Lu couldn't help but feel a little pity in her heart.
"Ling'er, from now on, you are no longer a little bone, and I will officially accept you as my descendant disciple."
"Let's eat this 'ginseng fruit' first, and after you and I are adjusted to the best condition, then let your uncle exorcise the curse for you."
"Ginseng Fruit", also known as "Grass Returning Pill", is not only as simple as increasing mana and longevity, but also has the wonderful effect of consolidating the foundation and improving the talent of the soul or the body.
Taking a "ginseng fruit", even if Bai Ling is in any danger halfway, it can save her life to a large extent.
In this way, Li Zhi divided the two "ginseng fruits" among the two, and he also sat down cross-legged on the side, waiting for them to refine and absorb the energy of the "ginseng fruit".
Although the underground palace was as bright as day, it did not see the light of day, and Li Zhi could not judge the time for a while.
I don't know how long it took, Bai Ling woke up from his meditation first, and gave a deep salute to Li Zhi, his eyes full of gratitude.
Li Zhi found that the dead qi on Bai Ling's body seemed to have decreased a lot, and now she was no longer so cold.
The cultivation has also been improved from the early stage of the "Golden Immortal" to the middle stage of the "Golden Immortal", although
It's just a small level of ascension, but the realm is much more stable, especially the soul is clearer.
After the "Golden Immortal", it is very difficult to upgrade a small level at each level, otherwise guarding the "Ginseng Fruit" tree and eating a dozen fruits will not create a Da Luo Golden Immortal?
The female on the side was still sitting there cross-legged, the heat and aura on her body were getting stronger and stronger, and Li Zhi saw her cultivation from the late stage of "Xuan Immortal" to the Great Perfection, and then break through to the "Golden Immortal" realm in one fell swoop.
It wasn't until the later stage of the "Golden Immortal" that Li Zhi felt that the energy of the "Ginseng Fruit" in her body was exhausted.
It is not so much that the female squire is absorbing the energy of the "ginseng fruit", but that she is stimulating her own cultivation through this powerful energy.
You must know that when Nulu was at its peak, she was also a master of the Great Luo Realm, one or two realms higher than Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie.
"Senior sister, if I knew this, I would have asked you for one more 'ginseng fruit', so that your realm can recover more."
Seeing that the female lu opened her eyes, Li Zhi spoke.
"Giggles, junior brother is talking nonsense again, even if you bring ten 'ginseng fruits', you may not be able to recover much."
"Cultivation is a water mill kung fu, and although natural materials and earth treasures are important, they can only be used as auxiliaries. Now that I can recover to the late stage of the "Golden Immortal", even if those two thieves come, I am not afraid of them."
The two thieves in the mouth of the female lu naturally refer to Yinggou and Houqing.
Saying that he is not afraid does not mean that he can beat it, those two are also in the Taiyi realm, winning the hook is the early stage of Taiyi Xuanxian, and Houqing is even more in the middle stage of Taiyi Xuanxian.
This is still the cultivation of the two when they left, thousands of years have passed, and who knows if these two people have made great progress.
"Senior sister, you can cultivate here with peace of mind, and when you can go out one day, my junior brother will accompany you to meet those two crazy thieves."
Thinking about what happened to the female lu, Li Zhi was once again filled with righteous indignation.
Now that these two have refined and absorbed the energy of the "Ginseng Fruit", it is time for Li Zhi to work.
In order to make sure that everything is safe, Nulu set up three prohibitions outside the underground palace and personally protected the Dharma for the two of them.
"Bai Ling, you turn into your body, relax all over, outside of the wandering things, don't have the slightest resistance, even if the pain is unbearable, I hope you can endure it."
Burning souls and destroying bones is easy to say, but when you really experience it, it is no less than the pain of a thunderstorm.
Bai Ling turned into his body, and a white skeleton appeared in front of him, but Li Zhi saw that the white bones flashed with crystals from time to time.
That's the traces left by eating "ginseng fruit", right?
I saw Li Zhi holding his breath and concentrating, and a jumping flame appeared in his right hand.
"The sun is really hot? ——」
Seeing this flame, the eyes of the female squire on the side widened.
Although she has not seen the "Sun True Fire" with her own eyes, she has also learned countless times from many classic records that the "Sun True Fire" is extremely domineering.
How could he, a little junior brother, use the unique magical powers of the Golden Crow clan?
It's a pity that this is not the time for idle talk, Li Zhi controlled the "Sun True Fire" in his hand, and carefully pre-roasted the entire white skeleton first.
He could clearly feel that the white bones in front of him were trembling slightly.
Just kidding, this is the "true fire of the sun", especially for corpse demons, zombies and ghost cultivators, etc., it naturally has the attribute advantage of mutual restraint.
The "Broken Golden Pupil" was transported, and Li Zhi clearly saw that the four big characters "Mrs. White Bone" on his spine trembled a little when he saw the "Sun True Fire"?
The white tiger guards the west, the main killing, for Gengjin, fire and gold.
What's more, this is the pure "Sun True Fire", and what is attached to these four words is just a remnant soul of the White Tiger before his death.
"Sun True Fire" saw these four words, but he became even more excited, if it wasn't for Li Zhi's best to control it, I'm afraid he would have pounced on it a long time ago.
The voice of "Zizi-" came, and the four big words "Lady of the White Bones" began
Burning, a miserable scream echoed in the underground palace.
"Junior, ignorant junior, uncle won't let you go-"
"Noise—"
Li Zhi appropriately increased the offensive of the "Sun True Fire", and in an instant, the four big characters were completely burned, and the white bones trembled even more.
"Ling'er, you have to hold on, keep your heart and soul, and silently recite the mental method passed on to you by the teacher!"
The female lu was still relieved, her hands were stacked together, and she slapped the simple handprints on the white bones.
Li Zhi's forehead was also sweating, and after the roar just now, it seemed that there was a shackle that wanted to bind his soul?
Is this the curse of the White Tiger?
While controlling the "Sun True Fire", Li Zhi also began to recite the "Tao Te Ching" silently.
Suddenly, a stream of blue light flashed from Li Zhi's body, gradually enveloping Li Zhi and Bai Ling together, and even the female leader couldn't distinguish the figures of the two, only seeing a flame of "Sun True Fire" beating.
Like smoke and fog, like weeping and complaining, the eternity of the sky and the eternity of the earth.
I don't know how long it has been, the smoke has dissipated, and there is no beating of the "true fire of the sun", Li Zhi is still Li Zhi, sitting there cross-legged.
But the white bones were gone, and in its place was a young girl lying there.
Dressed in white, his eyes are closed, his breath is like an orchid, and his descents are restrained.
"Bai Ling, don't wake up yet—"
Suddenly, Li Zhi let out a low shout, like a morning bell and a dusk drum, directly hitting the soul of the woman in white.
When his eyes opened, two blue lights were still emitted, but they were much smarter than before.
"My name is Bai Ling?"
A large number of memories merged into Bai Ling's mind, but they only erased everything about the White Tiger, that is, the Bai-fronted Dao people.
Of course, all her pain and suffering for more than a thousand years have completely disappeared with the pain of burning her soul and bones.
"Ling'er, I'm your master's daughter, and you're my eldest disciple, Bai Ling—"
The female squire walked over and personally helped Bai Ling, who had been reborn, up.
Nulu could feel that at this time, there was no trace of death in Bai Ling's body, that is to say, Bai Ling not only got rid of the curse of the white tiger, but also took off the body of the corpse demon.
"Little junior brother, why is this?"
The female squire was also a little puzzled.
"Haha, senior sister, I'm afraid this is the effect of the 'ginseng fruit'. From now on, Bai Ling will be a brand new Bai Ling, and Senior Sister will be able to teach everything she has learned."
Li Zhi had fought with the former Bai Ling, and knew that she could only use the "Heaven and Earth Sword Technique" for four moves.
At that time, Bai Ling was in that state, and the female lu was in the midst of being sealed, and it was understandable that they had guarded the deformed master-apprentice relationship for more than a thousand years.
"Disciple Bai Ling visited the master, met the uncle, thank you for the kindness of the uncle's reconstruction——"
Burning souls and destroying bones only erases the curse and memories about the white tiger from Bai Ling's soul and body, and other memories that should still exist.
Of course, she can remember Nulu and Li Zhi, and vaguely feels that she has lost something, although she can't say it clearly, but she thinks it should be a bad memory.
"Senior sister, we still have one last step to do, otherwise it won't be a complete success."
Li Zhi said with a smile.
Nulu naturally knew what he was talking about, that is, the remnant soul obsession of the white-fronted Daoist who had been obsessed with staying in the "White Tiger Ridge" for more than a thousand years, that is, the phantom of the Crouching Tiger that Li Zhi saw.
"Well, Ling'er, although you have been reborn, there is still a demon in your heart that has not been eliminated, and this demon will be an obstacle to your achievement of Daluo."
"You go out with your uncle and kill that demon—"
The cultivation of Bai Ling's "Golden Immortal" in the middle stage, to deal with a phantom of a white tiger, is even more so without any influence from the white tiger, it is naturally not a difficult task.
……
When Li Zhi and Bai Ling came to the ground again, it coincided with the setting sun in the west, and the elongated afterglow fell on the "White Tiger Ridge"
, there is an indescribable poignancy.
"You can't kill me, I have guarded you for more than a thousand years, a hundred days of husband and wife, you and I still have more than ten years of husband and wife love."
The mountain wind was listed, and before Li Zhi and the others could go to find the remnant soul of the white tiger, he actually appeared by himself.
The four-character curse on Bai Ling's body was removed, and the energy of the White Tiger's remnant soul was also reduced to the lowest point, if it weren't for Li Zhi's "Broken Delusion Golden Pupil", he might not be able to see it clearly.
"Conjugal love"? Who are you? I, Bai Ling, don't know you, and I came to kill my inner demons on the orders of my master, but anyone who stands in the way of my cultivation should be killed."
Without waiting for the remnant soul of the white tiger to say another second sentence, Bai Ling's male and female double-strand sword reappeared.
"The world is in the spring—"
"Ahh
There was a scream in the void, a human voice at one moment, a tiger roar at another, and finally everything was calm.
At this time, the mountain wind was stronger, blowing a few dark clouds in the sky, and it actually rained.
It was a hot summer, and it was normal for it to rain, but Li Zhi didn't know that "Baihuling" had not rained for more than 1,000 years.
"Uncle Shi, without the White Tiger, it is no longer appropriate to call it "White Tiger Ridge" here. Besides, if the curse is gone, this place will also be reborn, so why don't you call it "Jiulang Mountain"......
Is this a thank you for Li Zhi's reinvention?
Bai Ling is the same, and so is Baihuling.
It's just that through the layers of rain curtains, Li Zhi clearly saw that Bai Ling's eyes were moist, and she subconsciously turned around, her shoulders trembling slightly.
Is she crying?
For a reborn life, or for the white tiger that is gone forever?