Although due to his limited skills, he was unable to completely annihilate the Demon Dao and find out the mysterious existence, but just by capturing these Demon Finger Trees, Li Zhen's trip was enough to be called a full return.

Through this battle, Li Zhen also became more and more aware of his own specialness.

This kind of high-level spirit body is not something that those low-level cultivators can deal with at all, and if it is used properly, it is completely enough to sweep through the Qi Refining Realm.

What surprised Li Zhen even more was that he actually had a grasp of the stench caused by the poisonous gas, and he could still use it.

After going back to this, I really have to explore it well, maybe I can combine the refining methods to achieve the long-awaited feat of self-created supernatural powers!

In addition to the Demon Finger Wood, Li Zhen also found a total of eight unpopular spiritual materials on each person.

That You Lao had some small bottles on his body, all of them the thickness of his thumb and a little tall, which could be called exquisite, and they were encapsulated with liquids or powders of various colors.

These things should also have some value when you think about it.

Li Zhen took a look at it, packed it separately, and then searched out the jade slips, letters, notes, spiritual materials and other items into another package together with the spiritual materials.

But there were still surpluses of thunderbolts and other things that had been used to build miracles today, but he didn't bring them with them.

After all, those are foreign objects, and it is inconvenient to carry them, and when you get more magic finger wood, your divine sense will increase several times, and it will be even more like chicken ribs.

"Huh, what is this?"

At this moment, Li Zhen suddenly found something suspicious in the hall.

It was a statue carved from ebony, about a foot high, and the appearance was a half-human, half-dragon demon cultivator, with scales on his face and a majestic expression.

After getting closer, Li Zhen sensed a unique aura from his body, but unlike the clothes or weapons worn by the dead demons before, they had already been refined by the essence blood and could no longer be used, but they were ownerless.

"Statues...... This is the Great Shining River God?"

He suddenly realized something.

This idol is placed on an offering table, next to it there are brocade boxes, incense burners, lamps and candles and other things, open the brocade box, put inside, it is really the kind of Xinling incense that has been processed and transformed!

"Although I didn't find the real body, finding this statue is also a reward!"

"Take it back and study it. ”

After hiding these things, Li Zhen patrolled around the neighborhood a few more times, confirming that those demon disciples were all dead and fleeing, and the remaining mortal minions did not have the courage to open the cellar and release the demons inside, and then leave with confidence.

More than half an hour later, he smelled the smell of a large number of people and horses passing by somewhere on the road, and their qi and blood were masculine and fiery, all of them were the soldiers and horses of the Persona Division.

I think it was because he received a report from the local yamen and sent people to Jikou Town overnight to encircle and suppress the remnants of the enemy.

Li Zhen didn't pay attention to it, and continued to rush back with his baggage, in order to avoid disturbing passers-by, he also picked out the barren mountains and mountains.

If someone sees a large and a small burden flying out of thin air, I am afraid that they will be frightened to bump into something unclean, and the feudal superstitious legends of the mountain villagers will add new materials.

Eventually, Li Zhan stopped at the barren mountain on the northern outskirts of Wangcheng, found a stone crevice in a nearby mountain col, and hid his things in it.

This is what he has found in recent days wandering around, and it can be used as a temporary storage place.

The magic finger wood was directly brought home by Li Zhen, and this time the harvest was not small, and it needed to be digested and absorbed as soon as possible.

......

Half a month later, Li Zhen finished dinner and took the ninth princess back to the backyard.

"Meow, meow. ”

Two kittens, one white and one flower, greeted with small steps, raised their tails high, and circled around their feet.

This is the pet that Li Zhen has personally selected recently, and he couldn't help but smile when he saw it, let go of the princess, hugged them left and right, and held them in his arms.

The ninth princess ate the taste: "The husband is not too sloppy, these two raccoon slaves are running around all day long, I don't know if they have gone to catch mice." ”

Li Zhen smiled: "They are still young, they can't catch mice, and they are clean and hygienic here, there are not even mosquitoes, where are the mice for them to catch?"

"If you're really worried about getting dirty, you can usually wipe the meat pads a lot, but you don't need to bathe them for the time being. ”

As he spoke, he began to instruct the maids who followed him to pay attention.

The ninth princess sighed, hugged the flower cat, and stroked it.

The flower cat didn't like her, and struggled to climb on the man.

The Ninth Princess exclaimed: "You leopard, you don't get close to me, stop it, and tear up all my clothes!"

Li Zhen hugged the white cat in his arms with squinted eyes and snoring, and praised: "How good do you think the white lion is?"

The ninth princess fiddled with the leopard, so she had to bring it back to Li Zhan, and it was strange to say that as soon as the cat named leopard entered Li Zhan's arms, she immediately became honest again, closed her eyes and snored.

Li Zhen explained with a smile: "Because you have a fragrance, although I like to smell it, this cat is like an abalone, and it is strange not to choke." ”

It can be seen that all things in this world are mutually reinforcing, love and hatred, there is no one and the same, my honey, his arsenic, they are normal to hate you. ”

The Ninth Princess said angrily: "It's up to me? ”

Still a little angry, he stretched out his jade finger and grabbed the leopard's head: "Little goblin, rob my husband." ”

After playing with the cats for a while, Li Zhen put them down and asked the maid to catch them outside and separate them, otherwise they would have to follow them into the room, and they would not be allowed to scratch the door for most of the night.

At this time, it was already early summer, and the weather began to get hotter, so the couple sat and talked for a while on the bamboo chairs in the courtyard.

The Ninth Princess talked about the affairs of the sect: "The ancestor replied that Sheng Yunxiang is quite useful, and he plans to promote it in the sect?"

Li Zhen said: "Yes, this time, Xiangfang is going to pay one more tribute." ”

The ninth princess looked happy: "Congratulations to the husband, this time, you are closer to your ideal of cultivating immortals." ”

Li Zhen sighed: "Yes, it's closer......"

At this time, he was looking for a way by himself, but he didn't really care much anymore.

All he needs is a way to transform his body and prolong his life.

However, at the moment, it is indeed the channel on the side of the Tianyun Sect that is more convenient, if you can get the opportunity to change your life against the sky, it will naturally be better.

The Ninth Princess suggested: "However, although the raw cloud incense is good, it is always only useful for qi refining disciples, and the high-level cultivators have their own ways, and they do not rely on this kind of cloud sha, they only value the soul rejuvenation incense a hundred times more." ”

"It's best for the husband to focus on this thing, according to the ancestor, the great monks use mana to refine this incense and then light it, they can sense a trace of connection when they travel for nine days and enter and exit the mysteries, if this connection is strengthened, to the point where it can be used as a road marker, it will be a miracle. ”

Li Zhen nodded: "I know." ”

After saying this, the two talked about what they had seen and heard recently.

"Recently, Di Bao has mentioned the Demon Dao changes one after another, they are really becoming more and more rampant, fortunately, there are foundation building monks in the royal city, and at a critical juncture, we can also summon Lu seniors to help, don't worry too much. ”

Li Zhen groaned when he heard this.

He had a faint feeling in his heart that this was caused by the fact that he had leveled their stronghold in Jikou Town last time and taken away the statue.

The Demon Dao is actually not rampant, but in a hurry.

No matter what they're up to, there's a mysterious figure that's hard to deal with, and who can launch a surprise attack at any moment, and it's a personal anxiety.

In this hurry, it will take a risk, and then expose a bigger flaw.

"By the way, I've had a lot of dealings with the people of the Strange Stories Division recently, and it seems that I have mentioned the Great Silky River God from their mouths, do you know the legend of the Great Silky River God?"

Thinking of something, Li Zhen tried to ask the ninth princess.

The Ninth Princess asked suspiciously: "Isn't this Great Silky River God a widely spread folk belief, and the husband has never heard of it?"

Li Zhen said: "My hometown is in the area of Huajiang County in the east, and there are also stories about this god, but I don't know if it is consistent with Wangcheng's side. ”

At this point, he told his wife.

According to folklore, it is naturally the set of divine grace like the sea and divine power like hell.

When the ninth princess heard this, she smiled slightly, but she told him another version of what she knew: "I went to the sect to study in my childhood, and I heard my brothers and sisters say there that the predecessor of the Great Burning River God was a gifted evil Jiao, but it was only born with a Dao body, which fit the water vein, and was recognized by the Thousands of Miles of Bright River and turned into a god. ”

Li Zhen had already guessed a few points from the statue, but he was still quite surprised when he heard this, and couldn't help but say, "That god turned out to be from a different origin?"

The ninth princess said: "Yes, the folklore has long been hidden from this, just because there are disciples in many countries in Xuanzhou where the Da Yan River flows, and the belief has been inherited for nearly 10,000 years. ”

"How could those mortals be willing to believe that all they worship and revere is such beings?"

However, in the eyes of the immortals, it is just a vicious dragon with a tyrannical temperament, which has repeatedly devoured people and animals for thousands of years, overturned ships, and when it became an adult, it often used the power of the water veins to stir up wind and waves, causing continuous floods in the surrounding areas, and the areas where the water yuan was pumped were in drought and even chain reactions. ”

"Its actions finally angered the righteous path, and a certain Yuanying master in Xuanzhou personally killed him, dividing the head, body, tail, and claws into a land volcano, so that he could not turn over. ”

However, although the evil dragon is dead, its spirit is still there, and it has merged into the water veins with its residual will, turning into an evil dragon, which is even more moody and elusive. ”

"The people on both sides of the river could not bear the suffering, and they raised up the wind of sacrifice and sacrifice, and threw gold and silver and livestock to pray for peace, but they did not expect that they would really succeed in pacifying the evil dragon so that it would no longer cause trouble in their own part of the river. ”

Since then, incense has been burning along the river basin, and there must be grand festivals in every flood season or drought, and even in some areas or years that have been severely affected, there is often a barbaric custom of offering maidens, and the imperial courts of various countries have repeatedly banned it. ”

When Li Zhen heard this, he couldn't help but be silent.

Compared with those mythical folklore, the version that the Nine Princesses said is undoubtedly more reliable and more in line with the monk's logic.

Most likely...... That's the truth!

After a while, Li Zhen opened his mouth and asked, "The evil dragon is in trouble, and the immortal masters are helpless, and they even let it have the will to do the trick?"

The ninth princess said: "The husband doesn't know, the evil Jiao has already been scattered, but the famous mountains and rivers have their own veins, once they are psychic, it is not trivial." ”

"Today's evil dragon is actually the dragon vein of the Great River itself, you can't wipe out the spirituality of the entire Great River River, or erase it from the map, not to mention that you can't do it, who wants to do it?"

Li Zhen said: "That's the same, I'm afraid that the disaster will be even greater, and the catastrophe will be reported immediately." ”

The Ninth Princess said: "Fortunately, the evil dragon is still a spirit of nature after all, as long as its characteristics are right, it can still be restrained and controlled, which is also the reason why the governments of various countries have always turned a blind eye to folk sacrifices, because it is really useful." ”

Li Zhen suddenly realized: "Could it be that those demonic ways frequently haunt the cities along the river, just to use their power to cause trouble?"

The ninth princess said: "I can't say the specifics, but from the past history, it can be known that this is indeed the case." ”

Li Zhen said secretly: "Having said that, it seems that the purpose of those demonic paths is far more than borrowing their power, they are also trying to get their hands on their authority, and they have begun to grasp it!"

"The immortal sects of various countries control Xuanzhou, it is impossible not to know this, but they still hide it from low-level disciples, and even the descendants of the elders of the Jiedan like Qingsi don't know about it. ”

"The water in here seems to be very deep......"

Li Zhen thought about it and decided that it didn't matter so much for now, it was still important to his own cultivation.

In the dead of night, Li Zhen lay on the wide Jin Ping off red sandalwood ivory bed, looked at his wife, who had slept contentedly, and also felt a little tired, and fell into a deep sleep.

Soon after, in the Hanxiang Pavilion, the Jin Shuo sword rose into the sky, leaving from above at a very fast speed, and in about a moment, it came to the barren mountains in the northern suburbs more than ten miles away, like a meteor falling.

With a snap of his fingers, the flying sword shot from more than thirty zhang in the air to the ground, and a huge mountain rock that had already been split into pieces was pierced again, tearing a long crack open.

After this period of incense making, eating incense, and refining souls, Li Zhen finally completely digested the harvest obtained last time, and the power of divine thoughts also broke through the fifty jin mark, reaching a new situation.

Now that he is finally able to control the flying sword like a real sword cultivator, and exert a certain amount of power, his own Gang Demon Transformation Sword has made considerable progress, and the law of the empty frame has also been enhanced.

However, after practicing for a while, Li Zhen threw the flying sword aside, took out a small bottle from the crack in the stone, and two live rabbits prepared in advance.

In fact...... Li Zhen recently got cats, and originally wanted to use them for experiments.

But cats are so cute, how can they be used for experiments?

It's better to use a bunny.

With the power of his mind, he twisted open the lid of the delicate glass vial, took a little powder from it, and sprinkled it in the air.

In the blink of an eye, the two rabbits became agitated, even if they were restrained by Li Zhen's power, they were still as violent as crazy demons, constantly gnawing each other, and the corners of their mouths were bloody.

Li Zhen watched the whole process indifferently, until the two rabbits were dying, and then threw them into a mud pit next to them.

There were already many rabbit corpses there, but they were strangely non-flying, some did not even show signs of decay, and some were half-decomposed, but they were still alive, walking around the bottom of the pit from time to time, and their eyes were blood-colored.