Chen Luo discovered he could scavenge the minds of the dead.
So he went to a graveyard and scavenge the brain of a deceased Great Emperor, figuring he’d borrow it for a bit.
While other...
Black Robe had said before that the way to enter the upper world was through the Dragon Tomb. The Dragon Tomb spanned multiple worlds, and there were space cracks in the area around the tomb, which was the best place to escape. For Chen Luo, this was not the only option.
Apart from the Dragon Tomb, he knew of two other routes.
One is Fox Mountain. There must be a road leading to their ancestral land on Fox Mountain. Chen Luo previously thought that the "ancestral land" was a secret place to escape from the world. Now it seems that it is obviously outside like the Heart Demon Sect, because Chen Luo used the channels of the Qionghua Sect to investigate some time ago. It is still very difficult to avoid the eyes of the Qionghua Sect in the Tiannan Region, let alone the demon clan, which has obvious characteristics. Su Linlin can leave through the passage of the fox clan, which means there is a feasible way there.
I just don’t know if the monster on the top of the mountain has left.
The second way is Chen Luo’s own secret.
The Great Tomb of Yue State.
Compared to the Dragon Tomb and Fox Mountain, the Yue Tomb is the real Tomb that reaches the sky. A node in the tomb passage brought him here. If he could return to the tomb, he could not only steal more mummies' brains, but also find other nodes.
Inside the village of Heishan.
Under the protection of the elder generation of the village, the inner village has been kept intact, allowing old friends who have returned to return without getting lost.
Heishan Village has changed a lot in recent years. The eldest brother Dude has become the village chief. The village chief they met when they first came here was gone seven years ago. The older generation has passed away one after another, and Dude, as a middle-aged and young man, was elected and became the village chief.
His son has joined the Shenhu Immortal Sect and will become a god in the future!
This is the deepest qualification in Heishan Village. The Heishan Village can be what it is today, all thanks to the five immortal masters who sponsored it. In order to continue the prosperity of the village, the first generation of the village chief set the rules when he was still alive. Families with immortal cultivators have the highest status in Heishan Village.
The father is honored by his son. Without knowing Dude's identity as an immortal cultivator, Dude became the village chief with the support of the villagers. Under his leadership over the years, Heishan Village has been living a more prosperous life. Taking advantage of the dignitaries outside who want to seek immortality, the identity of Heishan Village villagers has been hyped up to a sky-high price, and there is still a price but no market. Dude limited the number of Heishan Village villagers, which not only ensured the scarcity of the identity of Heishan Village villagers, but also did not cause trouble to the sect because of the large number of Heishan Village villagers.
"Over the past few decades, the world has changed dramatically. Before I knew it, I am already 80 years old."
Chen Luo walked on the street, feeling inexplicably sad.
It would be a fantasy to say that a Jindan cultivator in his eighties was alive, but for Chen Luo, eighty years was not a short time. It was long enough to cover up his memories of another life. Now, when he occasionally recalled it, he would feel like he was in a dream. The once familiar past seemed to be covered with a layer of white gauze and was gradually fading away.
Black Mountain Village is very lively, with small shops everywhere, and villagers sell all kinds of local specialties. Because of the existence of Chen Luo, the ancestor of the immortal sect, the things in Black Mountain Village are said to be supernatural by the outside world, and some things that can be related to Chen Luo are even sold at sky-high prices. Not long ago, after the Qionghua Sect spread that Chen Luo severely injured the owner of the Golden Light Cave with his body of Jindan, his reputation spread far and wide in the world of immortal cultivation. Ordinary people and Qi-refining cultivators at low levels don't know, but it's different for the foundation-building level. Many casual cultivators who have heard the rumors will run to Black Mountain Village to try their luck, hoping to absorb the opportunity that defies the heavens like the "Changsheng Zhenren".
The world is often so absurd.
No one cares whether it is true or not, they would rather believe it.
Crossing the long street, Chen Luo came to the village chief's house at the innermost part of Heishan Village. The house was still the same as he remembered, a thatched cottage in the courtyard. The house had been renovated and looked cleaner and tidier. There were also some green vegetables planted in the yard, and a few free-range poultry were pecking at insects in the vegetable garden.
Chen Luo pushed open the gate and saw Mr. and Mrs. Dude busying around inside.
"Junior Brother Chen?!"
Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Dude turned around and showed a surprised expression when he saw Chen Luo. He did not expect that this junior brother who had become the ancestor of the Shenhu Xianmen would suddenly visit him.
Dude's face has many wrinkles, his hair has some white hair, his hands are as rough as an old farmer, and there is no trace of a cultivator. He is only a cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm, and the life span of a cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm is 150 years. Dude failed to break through the barrier and build the foundation, and consumed a lot of Qi and blood. At over 100 years old, he began to show signs of an old man. Although he looks only in his 40s or 50s, he already has a sense of old age.
"Brother Du."
A smile appeared on Chen Luo's face.
Only when he saw Dude would he show such a smile on his face. The secret of the Yue Tomb was destined not to be told to others. In the entire Tiannan region, only Dude and he came from that place. The two of them had the same secret and were considered their only relatives.
"I'm going to go back. Do you want to go back?"
"go back?"
Dude paused with his pestle in his hand, and the woman who was cutting herbs beside him also paused for a moment. After being married for so many years, she naturally knew that Dude was not from Heishan Village, but she knew it, but when she heard that Dude might leave, she still had a hint of uneasiness in her eyes.
But she couldn't stop Dude because that was his home.
“There’s no going back.”
Dude shook his head and continued to pick up the pestle to start crushing the herbs in the stone trough. These herbs were the main source of income for Heishan Village and were also necessities for the couple's lives. The daily necessities of life were all exchanged for these herbs.
"If Master is here, I have a place to go. If Master is not here, this is my home."
Chen Luo nodded silently.
He understood Dude's mood, but still wanted to go back and take a look.
After so many years of absence, is Uncle San still alive? If he is still alive, he is probably over a hundred years old. For ordinary people who have not practiced cultivation, this age is already extremely old, and every time they fall asleep, they may never wake up again.
I sat at Dude's house for half a day and had lunch.
The meals were prepared by Dude’s wife, and they were all local specialties from Heishan Village, including game, mushrooms, and some lettuce that was being sold at sky-high prices outside.
"Qiuxian sent me a message some time ago, saying that a lot of changes have taken place in the sect over the years. You and the sect leader have both been in seclusion, and he has taken Xianhe as his teacher and learned a lot of magical powers." Du De was chattering about trivial things with Chen Luo at the wine table.
In order to deal with the threat from the thousand-year-old country, Chen Luo arranged Huang Ying and the others to go to the sea when he left, and Xianhe Chengfeng also sent a message.
After several years, the threat from the thousand-year-old country has been resolved.
Chengfeng, Huangying and others returned to the Immortal Gate with their people. With their efforts, the Shenhu Immortal Gate returned to its peak. The leader of the gate was still the disappeared Wuwei Zhenren. This leader, who had become the new national master of the thousand-year-old ancient country, had sent people back once. Although he did not show up, everyone knew the background of the Shenhu Immortal Gate, which made the position of the Shenhu Immortal Gate more stable. Even if there were only a few foundation-building cultivators such as Xianhe Chengfeng and Huangying, the Shenhu Immortal Gate was still the overlord of the Seven Kingdoms region.
With the support of a Nascent Soul-level force, no one dares to provoke him.
Not to mention that not long ago, the acting sect leader Huang Ying promoted Chen Luo to the position of grand elder.
The real disciple of Qionghua Sect, Changsheng Zhenren, who defeated the master of Jinguang Cave in Yuanying Realm with the power of Jindan, this title is like a golden signboard, more useful than Wuwei Zhenren. After all, Wuwei Zhenren does not show his presence, and few people know of his existence except for the top group of people, but Chen Luo is different. A resounding name can sometimes solve a lot of troubles.
"Good."
Chen Luo knew what happened here. As the true disciple of Qionghua Sect, Shenhu Xianmen used his name, so naturally someone in the sect had told him a long time ago. However, he basically ignored such trivial matters. He had asked Madam Hong to go there before. This demon cultivator in the fake Dan realm was still in charge of Shenhu Xianmen. In a place like the Seven Kingdoms area, Madam Hong's strength was more than enough.
After saying goodbye, Chen Luo returned to the cave alone.
The cave that he had hidden with a formation was the same as it was when he left last time, with no changes at all.
After entering the cave, Chen Luo tried to search using the old method, but still couldn't find the lost space node.
“The traditional approach doesn’t work.”
Chen Luo sat cross-legged in the middle of the cave, which was originally the location of the teleportation array.
This time he activated all his external brains, his mind was unprecedentedly active, the mummy brain emerged, and began to help Chen Luo sort out the nodes here. The strength of the middle stage of the Jindan was like lake water, running throughout the cave.
With such a strong foundation, things that were impossible in the Foundation Establishment Stage are now no longer a problem.
The power of the "Law of This Life" spread to the outside world. This time, Chen Luo saw the formation under him, the formation pattern hidden under the ground, and the Void Stone hidden in the deepest part. When he saw the Void Stone, Chen Luo only felt that the formation in the cave seemed to be arranged later, and it was completely not at the same level as the formation in the tomb. After some effort, he actually understood some of the tracks.
This was arranged the day after tomorrow!
Chen Luo had a new understanding in his mind. He had not reached such a high level before, and thought that these things were very profound. He only thought that this formation was also an extension of the tomb, but now it seemed that this formation was too different from the tomb. It was clearly added by someone, and the void stone was also the work of someone who arranged it later.
Who is it?
A question flashed through Chen Luo's mind, but he quickly put it aside. He found the disconnected node. He clenched his right hand, and the disconnected connection was instantly connected. The Void Stone hidden under the formation trembled again, and a familiar sense of distortion came.
When he opened his eyes again, Chen Luo found himself back in the familiar tomb.
The vast and boundless dark space and the sky full of stars.
He sat alone on the empty platform.
"I wonder how many parts the mummy brother divided himself into." The same scene will shock you no matter how many times you watch it.
In the past when his realm was low, Chen Luo only thought that the tomb was very powerful and the owner of the tomb might be a Jindan ancestor or a Yuanying Zhenjun.
But after reaching the Jindan realm, looking at the tomb will still give you a similar feeling.
He still couldn't understand anything. The tomb owner's realm was so high that it was beyond imagination. It was hard for Chen Luo to imagine how such an existence could have fallen.
Or is it that he never fell at all?
Chen Luo remembered that when he first touched the mummy brother's brain, the interface was stuck for a while. That was the only time. After that, he touched countless brains, even the brain of a cultivator from the upper realm like the Heart Demon Ancestor, but he could not cause such an effect.
"This shows that my brother and I are destined to be together!"
Chen Luo sighed, then stood up and walked towards the tomb chamber behind him skillfully.
Now that I'm here, I naturally want to revisit the old place and see if the brother's brain has been refreshed. (End of this chapter)