Chapter Twenty-Three: Night Talk
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The old man of Huangsha had not yet gone to bed, but was lying cross-legged on the bed, meditating silently, he was waiting for Li Dao, and the divine consciousness transmitted to tell him that he would come to him tonight, so he did not sleep.
This person is a high-level monk, he can actually fly with a sword, even the patriarch of their family does not have such a high level of cultivation, the old man of Huangsha can't help but be very envious, flying into the sky and sinking into the sea, soaring the sun and the moon, is what the cultivator is pursuing, but unfortunately his qualifications are stupid, and he is still the second layer of condensation, and he doesn't know what year and month it will take to achieve the flying of the sword, maybe he has no chance in this life.
The Li Mansion is deeply hidden, and there is actually a person with such qualifications, but it is a pity that the people of the Li Mansion have no eyes, and they actually have an estrangement from him, which is really stupid, with the help of this person, the Li Mansion will become a force that the Snow Moon Empire and even the Linhai Continent will be able to reach within a few years, but now it is too late to regret it.
Huang Sha's heart fluctuated, he was thinking about something, if he could get the help of this senior master, he must have been plagued by the cold disease and Xue Ning's deep sleep that had plagued him for many years.
Thinking of this, the old man of Huangsha felt very uncomfortable, but he was helpless. This matter is a long story, decades have passed in a hurry, and there is still no solution to it, and it is not easy to find a glimmer of hope, but the monster is too strong to match.
Maybe I begged my seniors to let him help.
Huang Sha thought about this, and couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart, not knowing what Li Dao was looking for him, and whether he would agree to his request.
Just as his thoughts were fluctuating, Li Dao's divine consciousness came out: "Come out." ”
Huang Sha hurriedly got up from the bed and hurried to the outside of the room, which was an independent courtyard, which was used by the Li Mansion to receive distinguished guests, and it was very secluded.
Li Dao stood in the courtyard, with a coffin beside him, and there seemed to be something in his shadow. He came here tonight just to inquire about the Immortal Cultivation Realm, and without alarming anyone in the Li Mansion, he knew that the old man of Huangsha lived here with a sweep of his divine sense, so he came quietly.
"Seniors. ”
The old man of Huangsha saw that you came to Li Dao, and hurriedly bowed his hand, and the cultivation of immortals is respected by the master, and it is not based on age. Whoever has a high cultivation is a senior, and if it is a comparable cultivation, it is called a Taoist friend.
Although he saw the coffin next to Li Dao, the old man of Huangsha did not mention it very interestingly, he had already guessed that what was placed inside should be the body of the maid.
"Well, excuse me late at night, I have something to ask you. ”
Li Dao nodded and said softly.
"Senior, excuse me. ”
The old man of Huangsha nodded busily.
"You are an immortal cultivator, I want to ask, which immortal cultivation family or sect are you, where is the nearest immortal cultivation place where we are, and what is the name, do you know?"
Li Dao looked at the old man with blazing eyes.
"The land of cultivating immortals, the seniors don't understand this, I am a son of the Feng family's immortal cultivation family, once the Black Wind Empire on this continent was founded by my family ancestor, I only know that the exercises are family inheritance, and I have never heard of the immortal cultivation world that my predecessors said. ”
Huang Sha said with a puzzled face.
Li Dao's brows furrowed, this old man didn't seem to know the existence of the immortal cultivation world, but listening to what he said, it was from the immortal cultivation family, since there is a family, he should know the secrets of the immortal cultivation world.
However, it surprised him that this person turned out to be a descendant of the Black Wind Empire, which was beyond his expectations. Of course, Li Dao of the Black Wind Empire knew that he was once the master of the Linhai Continent, and there was only this one country in the entire continent, and the royal family surnamed Feng had ruled this continent for more than a thousand years. Later, I heard that the royal family had seized the throne, which led to a great loss of vitality, and was overthrown by the three subordinates and split into the current three countries.
In addition to the Wanyan Empire, which has risen in the past hundred years, the founding monarchs of the Snow Moon and Piaoxue Empires are the courtiers of the Black Wind Empire, and the monarchs of the two countries are still cousins.
"You are a descendant of the Black Wind Empire, aren't you afraid that I will report you, you must know that now this dynasty and Piaoxue are still issuing orders to kill the remnants of the Black Wind Empire. ”
Li Dao said coldly.
"The seniors laughed, the seniors had profound mana, and they wouldn't waste their energy for this worldly thing, and it was only the younger generations who dared to say their identities. It's just about cultivating the immortal world, the younger generation really doesn't know, maybe the patriarch of the family has heard about it, after all, I'm not a core disciple, and it's normal to know many secrets. ”
The old man of Huangsha smiled bitterly.
"Oh, in this way, you haven't heard of the matter of cultivating immortals. ”
Li Dao was inevitably a little unhappy in his heart, over the years, he had read countless books, but he didn't look for relevant information, but he only roughly knew that this continent was surrounded by the sea, called Linhai Continent.
The only thing that can be confirmed is that he should still be in the Beihai region, but if he can't find the realm of cultivating immortals, he won't have more resources for his cultivation, and time waits for no one, and this cost may be countless years.
Finally, there was a clue, that Lei Chong died again, but this old man did not know about the cultivation of immortals, and his mood was inevitably very bad.
The old man of Huangsha said: "The younger generation doesn't know about this, maybe someone in the family may know." But decades ago, the younger generation was still young and vigorous, and he got a century-old ginseng in Yunmengze, but he was coveted by the son of the current patriarch, and the younger generation did not obey, and beat him to death in anger, afraid of the revenge of the head of the family, so he ran out of the family land and came to the Snow Moon Empire. I can provide a map for the seniors to go to, but the juniors don't dare to lead the way back. ”
"I see, I've heard your name, the closest to the innate martial artist, who has been famous for decades, and his fame has moved Tianhuo Prefecture. Living in the Yellow Sand Valley, hehe. ”
Li Dao's face was full of smiles, with a hint of teasing.
"Let the seniors laugh, the juniors' real name is Fenghe, but they only went incognito to avoid the pursuit of the family, disguised as a secular warrior. ”
Huang Sha's old face flushed, and he was a little embarrassed.
He is a dignified immortal cultivator, he is called a martial artist in the world, and he has a great name, but it is a joke, and he himself is a little uncomfortable.
"In that case, give me the map, and I'll go to your family myself, and tell me about the situation in your family by the way. ”
Li Dao was a little helpless, so he had to go in person, but he had to figure out the truth and reality, and he couldn't rush to it, this kind of family has a long heritage and is often profound, if the strength is not good, he will be coerced by the other party.
After a cup of tea, the old man of Huangsha described the location of the family and the strength of the patriarch of the family in detail, but Li Dao's eyebrows were a little unassuming, and the gathering place of the Feng family was in Yunmengze, and he fled to it in order to avoid the pursuit of the Three Kingdoms.
Yunmengze is one of the forbidden places in the Linhai Continent, located in the territory of the Wanyan Empire, bordering the Snow Moon and the Drifting Snow Empire, with a vast area, in fact, it is deserted, and no one lives here at all.
There are many big rivers, grasslands, and hills in Yunmengze, because of the abundant rain all year round, there are many swamps inside, and the perennial miasma is pervasive, containing violent poisonous gases, and there are countless fierce beasts living in it, even with the strong vitality of the people of the Wanyan Empire, no one dares to live in it, a very vicious place.
Although the old man of Huangsha described it in detail, the territory in Yunmengze is vast, and it is still not easy to find. According to Huang Sha, several elders of the Feng family had reached the tenth level of condensation before he left, and now that so many years have passed, they must have improved their cultivation even more.
With Li Dao's current strength, plus the paper ghost, there is no problem to match the two tenth-level monks of condensation, but if there are more, he can only flee in the wilderness, he is only a fourth-layer condensation cultivator now, the aura is thin, and many high-level spells cannot be cast, and the combat effectiveness is reduced.
In this way, Yun Mengze and his entourage must not be feasible now, maybe they still have to go to the capital to explore Lei Chong's clues.
Li Dao got the information, there was no need to stay, so he said to Huang Sha: "Thank you so much, tell me these news." Since it's over, I'll leave, and I'll see you in the future. ”
After taking the coffin, he was leaving.
The old man of Huangsha said urgently: "Senior, junior has something to ask for, please agree." ”
Li Dao turned around and asked, "What else do you have?"
The old man of Huangsha said: "Senior, there is a fire crocodile in the Huangsha Valley where I live, and it is powerful, I want to ask my predecessor to get rid of this monster." ”
Li Dao's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, and said: "Fire crocodile, are you sure it's it?" This monster's strength is a first-order, I don't dare to provoke it easily, if there is no enough reason, I won't help this favor, you are looking for another place to live, why do you provoke it?"
The old man of Huangsha showed a wry smile, and then clicked the Tanzhong acupoint with his hand a few times, his face suddenly became extremely pale, and the white was blue, and suddenly an extremely cold breath surged from his body, and the old man of Huangsha suddenly coughed.
Li Dao frowned, swept his senses, and said: "Why is the cold qi on your body so heavy, it has already entered the internal organs, if you don't eradicate it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to suppress it." ”
The old man of Huangsha coughed and said, "This is ..... cough cough...... It's the reason why I asked my seniors to help..... ahem...."
Seeing this, Li Dao flicked a wisp of wood aura into the body of the old man in Huangsha, temporarily suppressing the cold for him, and the old man in Huangsha suddenly felt much more comfortable, and hurriedly thanked him.
He also explained: "Senior, I have been devoured by this cold qi for decades, life is better than death, and I must use the things of the Yang to eradicate it. The reason why I live in the Yellow Sand Valley is because it used to be a volcano, and the fiery atmosphere is strong, and it is a talent to suppress the cold and illness in my body. A few years ago, I stumbled upon a cave in the valley and wanted to find out, but I found that there was a powerful fire crocodile living inside, and I was almost killed by it. Fortunately, although the fire crocodile is strong, it has low intelligence, and I can confuse it by simply casting the water mist technique. Later, I inadvertently got a trace of its demon blood, and after swallowing it, it was able to dispel the cold disease, and I always wanted to kill the fire crocodile to take its demon blood to heal the injury, but the strength of the younger generation was low, and it has never succeeded. ”
Li Dao nodded and said, "I see. ”
However, he still did not agree, but said: "You ask me to make a move once, what price can I get in exchange." The information you gave me wasn't enough to take the risk, not enough. ”
Li Dao shook his head.
The old man's face suddenly darkened a little, he also knew that it would not work to invite an immortal cultivator to make a move, without paying a sufficient price, to help himself kill a powerful fire crocodile, without a moving temptation, it would be difficult to move.
It's just that the opportunity is rare, and if you miss this time, it is very difficult to meet a powerful immortal cultivator, and maybe you won't have a chance to meet it. But he didn't have any treasures or anything like that, and maybe there was only one thing that could impress him.
The old man of Huangsha pondered for a while, and said to Li Dao: "Senior, I know that there is a place where there are a lot of elixirs, and the junior has obtained a spirit grass there, maybe use this place as a price to ask the seniors to make a move, I don't know if it's okay?"
"Oh, there's a place like this, you can't lie to me, are you?"
Li Dao suddenly became interested, the spirit grass was a genius earth treasure that increased cultivation, and it was very rare in itself. Nowadays, there is a lack of spiritual energy in this worldly world, and if you can get a few spiritual grasses, it can be said to be of great benefit to your cultivation.
But he was a little skeptical of the old man's words, so he was a little skeptical.
"How dare the juniors deceive the seniors, if it weren't for the juniors' lack of strength, they would have searched for that place a long time ago, maybe there is a grass of the sun that can cure cold diseases, why bother to go near and far, and kill the fire crocodile. ”
The old man of Huangsha hurriedly explained, for fear that Li Dao would not believe it.
"So, there's danger in that place. Also, in the place where genius treasures gather, there will be demon beasts guarding it, and it is normal for you to have a low strength and dare not take it, but this is just your side of the story, is there any evidence?"
Although he had already believed seven or eight points in his heart, Li Dao was still worried that the old man was tricking him,
The old man of Huangsha nodded and said, "Senior, please come with me, and take you to a place to see if it is true or false." ”
The old man of Huangsha led the way in front, and Li Dao followed behind, he was not afraid of what tricks the old man played, with his strength, even if the old man of Huangsha had the means, he might not be able to help him.
The old man of Huangsha took Li Dao to the cemetery of the Li Mansion, which was the resting place of the elders. Li Dao naturally knew, and asked with some doubts: "Why did you bring me here, is there anything different in this cemetery?"
The old man of Huangsha didn't explain, and said, "Seniors will be later, and we'll know later." ”
The soldier in the cemetery knew the old man Huang Sha, and he bowed very politely, and Huang Sha said: "I'll come to see Xue Ning, this is the old man's friend, let's take a look." ”
The armor had already been instructed by the elders that this was a distinguished guest, and he didn't dare to stop it, and he couldn't see clearly in the dark, so he didn't recognize Li Daolai, and let the two of them enter the cemetery.
Coming to Xue Ning's tomb, the old man in Huangsha pressed the bracket on the tombstone, and suddenly the bluestone slab on the side cracked, revealing a corridor leading to the underground tomb, and the lanterns on both sides of the corridor flickered, and the two went down to the tomb.
The old man of Huangsha walked to the crystal coffin and said to Li Dao: "Elder Xue Ning, I guess the seniors know each other. ”
Li Dao nodded and said: "I know, but after passing for so long, the body is still not rotten, and this coffin is probably indispensable." ”
He saw Xue Ning when he was young, but he was not impressed, he was a junior in the house, and he was a concubine, and Elder Xue Ning was a high-ranking figure, the two could not have intersected, Li Dao was just familiar with her.
It's just that what makes him curious is that after more than ten years of death, the body is still intact, which makes him a little surprised.
The old man shook his head, he uncovered the coffin, and said, "Senior, take a closer look. ”
Li Dao's divine sense was swept away, and his face suddenly changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "How is it possible, the corpse still has breath, and she is not dead yet!"
The old man of Huangsha sighed: "Xue Ning is indeed not dead, she was fed by me with a Yang Returning Grass, and she maintained her vitality and became what she is today, although her vitality is still there, but it is no different from death!"
"Returning Yang Grass, what is this? However, if it can have such an effect, it must not be an ordinary elixir!"
Li Dao asked with blazing eyes, this surprised him very much, this kind of spiritual grass is unheard of, a person can still hang his vitality after ten years of death, it can be described as against the sky.
The old man of Huangsha said: "This is the purpose of my predecessors here, this grass is red all over, like a lingzhi, guarded by a giant snake, when I stole this grass after nine deaths, I was injured for this, so it was eaten by the spiritual power in the body." The effect of this grass is that the younger generation knows from an ancient book that it can survive a trace of life. I was found by my juniors in that place, so I guess my seniors believe what I said now. ”
Li Dao nodded and said, "If it's true as you said, I'll help you kill that fire crocodile, I just hope you don't lie to me." ”
Old man Huang said: "Then ask the seniors to make a move, and the juniors will tell the seniors the place." ”
Li Dao nodded, indicating no objection.
However, he was a little curious, and said, "Elder Xue Ning, I probed just now, and the cold qi in her body is the same as yours, but she doesn't have a spiritual root, and she hasn't practiced immortal cultivation techniques, so she can't transform her spiritual energy, what's going on?"
Huang Sha smiled bitterly: "This is a long story. ”
He told Li Dao in detail about the matter.
Li Dao realized, nodded, and said, "So that's the case, I said that why Elder Xue Ning died young, and there is this reason. ”
It turned out that after the Huangsha tribe escaped, he came to the Xueyue Empire and met with the flourishing Xue Ning, and the two had a good impression of it, and traveled through the rivers and lakes together, and then got two cheats from a historic ruin, one for "Frost Jue", and the other for "Cold Star True Qi".
Huang Sha is an immortal cultivator, well-informed, and knows that the frost trick is an immortal cultivation technique, and the cold star true qi is a martial artist's exercise, the two are very different, in order to avoid snow condensation without spiritual roots, so the cold star true qi is given to snow condensation for cultivation.
The true qi of the cold star is one of the eight miraculous feats rumored on the rivers and lakes at that time, and it is said that it was the town school of the cold water palace hundreds of years ago, and was later destroyed by the imperial court, disappeared, and became very famous.
Xue Ning has no objections.
After Huang Sha escaped from the family, he had no follow-up exercises, and he felt that the power of this frost technique was better than the family's exercises, so he simply dispersed his spiritual power to recultivate.
Originally, there was nothing to do, but then the two tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time, but unexpectedly, the cold ice aura that Huang Sha was accustomed to was uncontrollably surging towards Xue Ning, and Xue Ning had no spiritual root, and was seriously injured by the cold ice aura at that time.
Later, Huang Sha returned to the ruins to find a solution, and then he learned that these two exercises were originally complementary to each other's dual cultivation methods, or to be precise, the female cultivator who cultivated the true qi of the cold star was actually the furnace of the frost technique, but the people who practiced this exercise at the beginning gave the female cultivator's partner a pure yang pill, which could neutralize the cold ice aura, not only was it fine, but it would also greatly increase the skill.
But the two didn't know these secrets in advance, so they caused such a catastrophe.
Later, Huangsha found a piece of fire jade, which temporarily suppressed the cold in Xue Ning's body, but later, as time passed, Xue Ning's power became more and more vigorous, and the cold gradually could not be suppressed, and finally broke out more than ten years ago, and his life was like a hanging thread.
Huang Sha reluctantly entered a secret place and stole a grass to temporarily preserve the vitality of Xue Ning, but he was seriously injured by the big snake that was guarded, causing the cold ice aura in his body to backlash.
Li Dao sighed: "The path of cultivation is a life of nine deaths, and it is rare that you have a sincere heart for Elder Xue Ning." It's just that the effect of rejuvenating the yang grass is also limited, and there is no miracle medicine in this world that can keep the vitality of the human body all the time. ”
The old man of Huangsha said with a gloomy expression: "Maybe the demon blood of the fire crocodile can be dissolved, but it is unknown. ”
Li Dao nodded and said: "The fire crocodile demon blood to the yang thing can indeed relieve the cold, but the cold in the body of the two of you is already deep, and the ordinary demon blood may not work, I hope that the fire crocodile is born with essence blood, but it can help you relieve the disease." ”
"Then thank you seniors, when are we leaving?"
The old man in Huangsha asked, he didn't want to delay for a moment, and looked at Li Dao with blank eyes.
Li Dao pondered for a moment and said, "Not for the time being, I have some things that have not yet been dealt with, and I will go to Huangsha Valley to look for you in three days." ”
The old man of Huangsha was a little disappointed, but he was not depressed, and he only lasted three days, and said respectfully: "Then I am waiting for the seniors to come." ”
The two walked out of the cemetery and returned to the courtyard where the old man lived in Huangsha, and Li Dao took the coffin and flew away.
He did not go far, but came to a place in the mountain behind the Li Mansion, where the miscellaneous servants of the Li Mansion were buried after their deaths, overgrown with weeds and unbuilt, which was very different from the cemetery of the elders before.
Cuckoo's grandfather was buried here after he died, and she said that she would be buried with her grandfather after her death, how could she refuse this request. Li Dao had come to worship once, and he was no stranger to it, and soon found a low mound.
sighed and said, "Grandpa Du, I'm here to change places for you today, don't be surprised." ”
Speaking of which, a three-foot-sized square wooden urn was taken out of the soil, and these subordinates of the Li Mansion were of humble status, and after their deaths, they were usually burned to ashes by a fire and buried on the spot.
At the beginning, because of Li Dao's help, Grandpa Du still kept the ashes, which is good.
Brushed away the soil from the urn and placed it in the coffin of the cuckoo, and then sighed and turned into blue light and headed towards Tianxing City.