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...
A streak of paleness appeared on the horizon.
The residents of Haishi City began to get busy. The filth collectors pushed wooden barrel carts through the streets and alleys, the early risers set up their stalls and tables, and the vegetable vendors put the green vegetables they had bundled from the fields in the morning in front. The donkey carts went in front, and the bells hanging around their necks made crisp sounds.
Chen Luo, dressed in a blue shirt, also pushed the door and walked out.
"Mr. Chen, why are you here so early today?" The boss greeted Chen Luo familiarly.
While the main body was cultivating, the clone was also not idle. For safety reasons, Chen Luo remodeled the entire Low Tide Valley. Now the interior of the Low Tide Valley is full of formations, mazes and illusions are stacked layer by layer, and they are changing almost every moment. As the only mortal city within the Low Tide Valley, Chen Luo naturally would not leave it behind.
The clone stays in the city, and his main task is to fill the vacancies here.
Chen Luo copied the brain of the Baixian Cave formation master to this clone, allowing him to arrange the formation more accurately and connect the "points" in the city with the "points" on the mountain. In this way, as long as someone sneaks into the Low Tide Valley, he will be able to find it immediately.
"I got up early today."
Chen Luo found a seat and sat down.
The boss brought over some hot dumplings, along with a bowl of soy milk and two fried dough cakes.
A bite of it, the aroma of oil filled the air. With Chen Luo's current state, he naturally no longer needs to eat, even his clone is not bound by grains. In the mortal world, eating is just a habit. The taste of this breakfast shop is very similar to a stall in Chen Luo's memory.
He remembered that a long time ago, he left Chenjia Village and went to Qingya County to join his third uncle.
That morning, Uncle San also took him to a similar breakfast shop for breakfast, with the same steamed buns and the same soy milk. The stall owners, Aunt Wang and her husband, were honest people. When they talked about their son, they would smile happily. Although Aunt Wang had never seen her son Chen Luo, she had a deep memory of him.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, six hundred years have passed.
The person in the memory was frozen in yesterday, and he was the only one left chasing in the world.
“It tastes good.”
After finishing breakfast, Chen Luo put two copper coins on the table, and as the boss thanked him, he blended into the long street.
A simple city.
A small town that has nothing to do with immortal cultivators.
The people living here don't know that they were given as gifts by the "immortals" of the Five Elements City. At the end of the street, there is a city god temple with a lot of incense. Chen Luo had observed it when he first came here, and there were no gods in the city god temple in this place.
Without communication with the legendary world, the incense gods have no way to survive.
After setting up the formation, Chen Luo was about to leave when he heard a sudden noise in the distance.
A streak of light cut through the sky and flew in from outside.
"Master, we have a clue!"
The person who came was Zi Tianji.
After such a long investigation, he finally found the whereabouts of the Five Elements Ancestor, and brought back another important piece of news along with it.
"Are you talking about Fellow Daoist Binglan?"
In the secret room, Chen Luo looked at the news brought back by Zi Tianji.
After using some special means, Zi Tianji successfully found the whereabouts of the Five Elements Ancestor. However, on the way to confirm the true identity of the Five Elements Ancestor, he found an acquaintance. This acquaintance was the powerful demon who came with them using the "borrowing the ancient" method, and the Ice Blue Old Demon who once gave Chen Luo the Demon Power Flower.
"Yes, I have confirmed it."
Zi Tianji nodded in affirmation.
"This is the invitation from Jinguang Mountain. The last item for auction is from Fellow Daoist Binglan."
In addition to his public identity, the Five Elements Patriarch also secretly established a force. The Shadow Pavilion, the largest information-selling organization in the Five Elements City, was established by the Five Elements Patriarch. Zi Tianji had bought information from the Shadow Pavilion several times before and had established connections with several people in this organization.
Unlike the Five Elements City, the Shadow Pavilion is a secret force.
Only care about money, not people.
He was the most powerful money-making tool under the Five Elements Patriarch. The Shadow Pavilion played a big role in his advancement to the Return to Void stage as a casual cultivator. The biggest black hand behind the destruction of Qingyan City was the Five Elements Patriarch.
After investigating the whereabouts of the Five Elements Ancestor, Zi Tianji changed several identities and found out what the Five Elements Ancestor was planning in secret. Then he found out about the exchange meeting in Jinguan Mountain and several treasures at the exchange meeting.
Poor old Ice Blue Demon, who was dominating the world in later generations, didn't want to go back eight thousand years ago and became the finale treasure at the exchange meeting.
"Then let's go."
Chen Luo weighed the options for a moment and immediately made a decision.
The Five Elements Ancestor must be dealt with, and the Ice Blue Old Demon is an old acquaintance from the same era as them. Chen Luo had received the Demon Power Flower from him before, so he is willing to help the other party to the best of his ability.
The two did not stop and immediately turned into streams of light and flew towards the direction of Jinguan Mountain.
Jinguan Mountain is located directly north of Wuxing City. There is a huge golden spiritual vein underneath it. Most of the immortal cultivators who practice golden magical powers in Wuxing City gather here.
As soon as Chen Luo and Zi Tianji entered the Jinguan Mountain, they immediately felt a mountain-like pressure. The geomagnetic force was transmitted from below, which slowed down their flying speed. Moreover, the further they flew, the more geomagnetic force they received, and the heavier their bodies became.
"Forbidden Sky Formation. There is a formation master behind the Five Elements old ghost."
Zi Tianji said in a voice transmission. With their cultivation, this little bit of geomagnetic force naturally couldn't trap them, but the person hadn't been found yet, so it wasn't appropriate to be too ostentatious. If they scared the person away, all the efforts of so many days would be in vain.
So the two of them fell from the air, each of them restrained their breath. Zi Tianji transformed into a Nascent Soul cultivator, and Chen Luo pretended to be a Jindan cultivator as before and followed behind Zi Tianji.
After they walked a few steps, several figures flew out from the mountain in front of them, led by a smiling female cultivator who quickly came over to them.
"Senior, are you here to attend the Jinguangshan gathering?"
The female cultivator had a pleasant voice, like that of a lark. She was wearing a light blue dress, which made her look like a fairy in a painting. She was exceptionally beautiful.
There were two people following behind the female cultivator. Although they were not as pretty as the leading female cultivator, their outfits were also exceptionally eye-catching. They wore fiery red dresses with golden copper bells on their cuffs and hems. When they moved, they made pleasant sounds, which made them look particularly beautiful.
"Who are you?"
Zi Tianji glanced at Chen Luo, and seeing him standing behind him without saying anything, he took the initiative to ask.
"I am Zhu Yu, a cultivator from Jinguang Mountain. These two are my junior sisters, Zhu Li and Zhu Yan. The three of us have accepted the mission from Jinguang Mountain, and we are here to receive the seniors who are attending the Jinguang Mountain gathering."
When Zhu Yu spoke, all his attention was on Zi Tianji.
This is Yuanying Zhenjun!
Among the guests they received, there were only a handful of Yuanying Zhenjun. Each of these people was an old ancestor who dominated a certain area. If one could please them, it would be easy to get rewards.
As for Chen Luo, Zhu Yu and the other two simply ignored him. It's not that Jindan cultivators are weak, but in a place like Jinguang Mountain, the lowest level of people coming and going are all Jindan cultivators. Seeing him more often naturally makes them less afraid, and their attitudes are naturally much worse.
"Then lead the way."
Zi Tianji nodded indifferently, displaying the style of Yuanying Zhenjun to the fullest.
"Please show me the invitation, senior."
Zhu Yan spoke up to remind him.
Zi Tianji impatiently took out the invitation and threw it over. This invitation was intercepted by him after he killed the guest official of Five Elements City. Anyway, there was no name on it, so there was no hidden danger in using it. Chen Luo also asked the three elder brothers to confirm that there was no backhand of Five Elements City in this invitation.
It’s just right, I can take this opportunity to change my identity.
After doing so much dirty work, I couldn't help but develop the habit of changing my identity.
"It turns out to be Ancestor Zi Guang, please come this way."
After confirming the authenticity of the invitation, the three female cultivators immediately led the two men and flew into the mountains.
The scenery in the mountain is beautiful. At a glance, there are barren mountains everywhere. Apart from the wild animals running through the forest, there are only some flying birds and strange rocks. However, these are just appearances. If you look closely, you will find that the mountain range of Jinguang Mountain has been changed by someone. There will be a temple at each key node at a certain distance.
After flying for about a cup of tea, Zhu Yu, the other two, along with Chen Luo and Zi Tianji, landed in front of a temple.
Temple of the Witch God.
Five people pushed the door and walked in.
The temple has blue bricks and red walls, with a strange statue over five meters tall standing in the middle. Several wizards in strange clothes are busy in the temple, and when they see someone coming in, they ignore them.
"You will have to walk the rest of the way by yourself. The exchange meeting will be inside."
Zhu Yu stopped and spoke respectfully to Zi Tianji.
Zhu Yan and Zhu Li behind her did not enter the door either. These three people were very reverent when facing the statue in the temple. It seemed that they were believers of this statue.
Looking at the three people's receding backs, Chen Luo and Zi Tianji waited for a moment.
After making sure that there was no one else around, Zi Tianji began to transmit the message.
"Master, the way these three women practice is different from ours. They follow a different kind of practice."
Few cultivators believed in gods. In the later era when the "corpse immortal path" was dominant, the gods of incense were swept into the garbage dump. Chen Luo had encountered a forgotten temple before. The little god of incense in the Iron Spear Temple left a deep impression on him.
Later, it was said that the gods of incense such as Fu Yunwa encountered in the world also had unorthodox ways, and the power of incense was spread by themselves.
'Wu Shen Dao, one of the heterodox sects.'
Chen Luo was also watching the three people's receding backs. Unlike Zi Tianji, the thought of his second brother's corpse-reincarnation immortal emerged in his mind.
A broken inheritance?
"Let's go. No matter what their heritage is, let's go in and capture them and leave."
Turning around, Chen Luo walked into the temple one step ahead of Zi Tianji. (End of this chapter)