Chapter 157

Zhou Li was growing grass here, but Liang Yiliu was laughing, watching her little disciple running around anxiously in the illusion. Suddenly, she looked into the distance and saw a woman in coarse linen clothes fighting with the guardian beast of the spiritual plant.

This woman was obviously very powerful, but she didn't use any killing moves and just fought back.

Liang Yiliu became interested and observed carefully, discovering that the other party was using the secret method of Shangshan Sect. He then retracted his gaze and thought to himself that it turned out to be the disciple taught by those stinky monks, no wonder he was so strange.

But she didn't have to worry about her little disciple. The Shangshan Sect rarely killed, so Zhou Li probably would be fine.

Zhou Li wandered around the illusion array, which changed according to her mood. At first, Zhou Li found it interesting, but after a while, she got bored and sighed to the sky, "When will this end?"

Zhou Li had tried to break the formation before, but she couldn't find the core of the formation.

She had walked through every corner of the illusion and found nothing unusual.

Zhou Li sighed and squatted on the ground like a mushroom. If the sorrow in his body could be transformed into reality, he would be filled with resentment.

Just when she was about to pull out all the grass around her, there was a sudden flash before her eyes. The endless grassland disappeared. Zhou Li found that she was still squatting on the ground, but the environment around her had changed a lot.

"Sorry I kept you awake for so long."

A soft voice came from above her head. Zhou Li looked up and saw a female cultivator in coarse cloth descending from the sky. She became alert instantly. After all, after the previous battle, she had no expectations of the conscience of the cultivators.

When a person possesses absolute force, she will not feel grateful to anyone, but will decide life and death based on her mood.

The dagger instantly appeared in Zhou Li's hand. Zhou Li grasped the hilt, waiting for the opponent to show any abnormality, so that she could attack and hurt him. However, the opponent quickly stopped, and it was obvious that he was nervous. Standing five meters away from Zhou Li, he smiled and said, "I am Bai Rou of Shangshan Sect. There is no need to be so nervous, fellow Taoist."

Zhou Li felt a little relieved when he heard the words "Shangshan Sect", but he still didn't dare to relax completely.

The Shangshan Sect, because of its founding principles, generally refrained from killing, only striking the opponent until they were powerless to fight back. Despite the abundance of Saints and Saints, Zhou Li still watched the other person with caution. What if he was simply trying to paralyze her with those three words? What if he was a bad guy in disguise?

Seeing Zhou Li still had a stern expression, Bai Rou looked slightly confused: "You don't know me?"

Zhou Li frowned and looked at her carefully again. She was wearing coarse cloth, straw sandals, and had a Taoist hairstyle. Her clothes were blown by the breeze, making her look even more empty. It was a vivid portrayal of her extreme poverty.

Zhou Li confirmed that he had never seen her before and shook his head: "I should know you?"

Bai Rou was stunned for a second, then suddenly laughed, "I'm obsessed."

As the leader of the new generation of disciples of Shangshan Sect, she has saved and sheltered many people while traveling outside. She is simply the spokesperson for the teachings of Shangshan Sect, especially in the East China Sea. Whether it is a gang, a sect or a casual cultivator, they all give her some face and have heard of her. She didn't expect that there were still people who didn't know her after entering the Jiazi Secret Realm.

Bai Rou smiled softly, "I stumbled into this place by mistake. There's a spiritual plant growing here with a guardian beast. I was worried about fighting it and hurting people, so I set up a maze here. I didn't expect it to trap you for a long time."

Zhou Li heard her speak frankly, and she was indeed not as bandit-like as the three people before. However, one can only know a person's appearance but not his heart. Zhou Li guessed that the green-edged Hundred Tooth Flower had been picked by this person. She said in a light tone: "In that case, let's say goodbye."

Zhou Li turned and left.

Bai Rou was stunned by his decisiveness. After a long while, when Zhou Li had already walked away, she finally smiled and muttered to herself, "He's quite a decisive person."

Zhou Li flew on her sword for a long time, and relaxed when she found that no one was following her. Since the green-edged white-fang flower had been picked, she headed to the next location. In this way, Zhou Li gained experience while picking spiritual plants to practice, and fighting with spiritual beasts, trying to avoid the crowd. Although she was injured, her strength recovered very quickly. Liang Yiliu, who was hiding behind Zhou Li, nodded with satisfaction.

That day, Zhou Li practiced as usual.

She had lost count of how many days she had been in there. In short, the secret realm would not let anyone out unless they had stayed there for a full sixty years. Zhou Li had become accustomed to this kind of cultivation life. She closed her eyes and meditated, observing the spiritual energy ball in her dantian gradually growing stronger, and felt a sense of joy of harvest.

After opening her eyes, she practiced sword skills again. Zhou Li's sword became faster and faster, and she began to kill spirit beasts without any delay. If she was not a demon, she would be an excellent successor. Liang Yiliu sat on the tree trunk and sighed boredly.

Zhou Li put away the sword and held it in her hand. The sword was a little short for her height.

Zhou Li planned to change swords once she left the secret realm. She looked up at the sky. The dense forest blocked the light, but she could vaguely make out the angle of the light. After confirming the direction, Zhou Li rushed to the next location. However, when she arrived, she encountered some unfortunate circumstances. Three waves of people had already arrived and were standing near the spiritual plant. It seemed that they had arrived at the same time. Zhou Li was about to disappear when she heard someone call out, "Young friend, would you like to lend me a hand?"

This person was transmitting secret messages. Zhou Li narrowed his eyes and looked at one of the three groups of people. It was Bai Rou, whom he had met last time.

Bai Rou was still dressed the same way, and the coarse cloth on her body was still the same. Time had not left any traces on her, and she looked like she had lived a comfortable life. She had no magic weapon in her hand, and it seemed that she had to deal with the other two groups with her bare hands.

Zhou Li heard the other person's voice again: "What do you think, young friend?"

Zhou Li opened his mouth, but without making a sound, he also used the secret transmission technique, his voice slipping into the other person's ears: "What good does this do for me?"

"The spiritual plant that grows here is called the Spirit Orange. Unlike other spiritual plants, if you want to use it for cultivation, you must refine it, and I know how to refine it." Bai Rou said firmly, "I guess you don't know how to refine the Spirit Orange. Taking it directly is very poisonous."

Zhou Li heard from the Demon King that her memory had improved since she started practicing, and she basically had a photographic memory. She remembered everything the Demon King said carefully in her heart.

Spirit oranges are poisonous, so she planned to sell them directly to a spiritual medicine shop for disposal. However, since this thing is poisonous and difficult to handle, the price will usually be lowered unless she meets a buyer who particularly needs it.

Zhou Li agreed after thinking about it.

She asked, "What are you going to have me do?"

Bai Rou: "Do you have any spirit stones on you, young friend?"

Zhou Li was surprised and said, "Yes."

Bai Rou smiled and said, "Our religion teaches us to avoid killing as much as possible, so I'd like you to help me set up a formation. It only requires five low-grade spirit stones. Listen to me, my friend. Within a five-li radius, search for elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. Go counterclockwise, placing a spirit stone in each of the southeast, south, southwest, north, and northeast directions. Then, follow my command."

Zhou Li understood and quickly went to do it.

After pressing the spirit stone, he told Bai Rou, who said solemnly, "Shoot a stream of spiritual energy to the north! It must collide with my spiritual energy!"

"start!"

Zhou Li made a hand gesture, and a stream of green spiritual energy rushed straight to the north!

A stream of green-red spiritual energy also came from the north! The two spiritual energies collided! In an instant, people within a five-mile radius seemed to be covered in a hood, unable to distinguish between day and night.

For those who practice spiritual cultivation, night vision is not a difficult problem to solve, but the darkness in front of the eyes is not the kind of darkness of the night, but pure darkness, which makes people's eyes completely dark. Even if they circulate spiritual energy, they cannot see clearly. All light is absorbed, and even fire and spiritual lamps cannot be lit.

Zhou Li stood still, her ears twitching. Bai Rou flew over and took her hand. Zhou Li was about to fight back when she heard her voice: "This formation is complete. You can't get out without me leading you."

Zhou Li was annoyed. She hadn't considered enough. She only thought about cooperating with this person, and hadn't considered what to do if the other party wanted to rob her. Fortunately, Bai Rou was really a member of the Shangshan Sect and didn't have such thoughts.

She held Zhou Li's hand, and a road appeared in front of Zhou Li. Bai Rou led her out of the formation through twists and turns. Zhou Li saw that the trapped people were standing not far from them, but they were attacking and fighting each other as if they couldn't see them.

"Let's go pick oranges!" Bai Rou said.

Zhou Li followed her and found that Bai Rou was more familiar with this place than she was.

As they approached the large patch of spiritual oranges, Zhou Li was still puzzled by the sight of the guardian beasts. Bai Rou said, "I tricked the guardian beasts away. I was just about to pick them when a large group of people arrived. Now there's no one left. Let's pick them quickly. That formation can only hold them back for a while."

Zhou Li nodded and was about to pull up the spiritual oranges by the roots, but suddenly her hand was held down. Bai Rou shook her head in disapproval, saying, "If you pull them out like this, all the spiritual oranges will die. If someone needs them in the future, it will be difficult for those who can use medicine. Let me tell you how to deal with it."

Bai Rou gently pinched off the Ling Orange flower, picking only the petals and leaves, leaving the rhizome. She said, "If you grow like me, you will soon have a large area of ​​Ling Orange growing again, and it will continue to grow forever."

Zhou Li nodded in agreement, imitating Bai Rou's example, picking the oranges gently and cautiously. Together, they soon finished picking all the spiritual oranges. Just then, the spiritual stone ran out of energy, breaking the formation. Bai Rou said, "Let's go! Follow me!"

Zhou Li followed Bai Rou on his sword.

She discovered that Bai Rou did not use any magic weapon, but relied on her body skills to move between the trees, and her speed was not inferior to her flying sword.

The orange blossoms she had picked earlier were put into her belt. Only then did Zhou Li realize that the inconspicuous belt tied around Bai Rou's waist was actually a magical storage device.

The two of them ran very fast, and by the time the two groups of people woke up, Bai Rou had already disappeared.

When they reached a safe place, Bai Rou casually took out a formation flag and set up a concealing magic circle. The space shook, and Zhou Li and she disappeared.

Liang Yiliu frowned and stayed where Zhou Li disappeared, feeling the spatial fluctuations. He sighed in his heart, "This woman has an extraordinary talent in formations. She can actually set up a formation at will."

As for this kind of method, Liang Yiliu had only heard of the formation master monk Tianyuan before. She touched her chin and wondered if this person was the disciple of that person?

It is said that Monk Tianyuan is trying to reach the Spirit Transformation Stage and has not been seen in the world for a long time.

Inside the formation, Zhou Li looked around in wonder. The environment in front of her was still the same as before. Looking from the inside, it seemed like there was a layer of membrane around her as if it were water. She touched it softly, and it felt like touching a layer of jelly.

Bai Rou took out Ling Orange and called out, "Come here, I'll teach you."

Zhou Li walked over and sat down. Bai Rou pinched out a few spiritual spells with her hands, and the spiritual orange slowly rose. A black gas could be seen rising with the naked eye.

Bai Rou asked, "Do you understand?"

Zhou Li nodded, Bai Rou watched her movements, and Zhou Li followed her example to peel it off. He was not very skilled at the first time, but after a few times, he quickly got the hang of it.

Bai Rou nodded, and the two of them silently detoxified all the spiritual oranges. Bai Rou sat in the pile of spiritual oranges and used her spiritual sense to stir them, quickly splitting them in two. She said, "This half is yours, and I'll take this half."

Zhou Li had no objection.

After dividing the spiritual plants, Zhou Li nodded at her and had a good impression of Bai Rou, but she was still used to being alone. After Bai Rou solved the formation, the two parted ways.

Zhou Li spent sixty years in the Jiazi Secret Realm, but he didn't feel bored. He practiced sword skills every day, calmed his mind, and his cultivation level improved significantly soon.

After obtaining a large number of spiritual plants, Zhou Li realized that it was time for her to go into seclusion. She found an excellent scene for seclusion, took out the formation plate Liang Yiliu gave her, injected spiritual energy into it, and quickly raised a defensive formation. Zhou Li sat down, circulated her spiritual power, and began to practice.

Seeing that she was safe, Liang Yiliu also went to explore the depths of the Jiazi Secret Realm and found many good things. Time passed slowly. Zhou Li was still motionless that day. Suddenly, the Jiazi Secret Realm shook, as if an earthquake had occurred, waking up Zhou Li who was practicing. She opened her eyes and saw a purple air coming from the east, which was obviously a sign of a treasure coming out. Zhou Li counted on her fingers and found that thirty years had passed during her retreat.

Her initial stage of foundation building has stabilized.

With a flick of his fingers, Zhou Li brushed off the dust on his body. He calmed down and decided to join in the fun to see what treasure had come out and caused such a big commotion.

Seeing that her little disciple had finally come out of seclusion, Liang Yiliu slowly followed. Zhou Li flew eastward on her sword, and from time to time she met people who had the same idea as her on the way.

"Young friend." A voice suddenly came from the road. Zhou Li looked down and saw Bai Rou. He had bumped into her again, but it wasn't surprising. When a treasure was born, everyone wanted to join in the fun.

Zhou Li nodded calmly. Bai Rou was followed by other people. When they saw her greeting Zhou Li, pairs of curious eyes looked over. Bai Rou introduced, "This is my new friend. These are all my friends."

Zhou Li glanced at him casually, looking very aloof.

Liang Yiliu laughed while hiding in a secret place. She didn't expect that her little disciple, who was talkative and cheerful in front of her, would be so different in front of others.

Bai Rou invited, "Do you want to join us? A secret treasure is about to be revealed, and everyone will definitely fight over it. If we act together, the other party will probably be more wary."

Zhou Li shook his head and said coldly: "Let's just go our separate ways."

Seeing her cold expression, Bai Rou tried to persuade her a few more times that it was dangerous, but Zhou Li was unmoved. Annoyed by her persuasion, Zhou Li coldly said, "With so many people, if you get the secret treasure, will you cut it into several pieces before dividing it?" She sneered, walked past the crowd, and left first.

Bai Rou sighed. Everyone in the group glared at Zhou Li's departing figure. A round-faced girl said to Bai Rou, "Sister Bai, why bother wasting your breath on someone like that? You mean well, but they think you're profiting. If you can't convince them, why not just leave it at that?"

Bai Rou smiled softly and said, "My friend, this is your personality. You don't have to mind it."

Everyone praised her for her good temper and said frankly that it was fortunate that there was a sect like Shangshan Sect in the world that was willing to stand up for them, the independent cultivators. If they had the opportunity to join a sect, they would definitely choose Shangshan Sect.

Bai Rou's smile deepened as she thanked him, "When our sect was founded, it was to punish evil and promote good, to eliminate demons and defend the Way. As long as you have good intentions, our Shangshan Sect will accept everyone. Next year, we will be recruiting disciples, so feel free to give it a try. Who knows, we might even become senior and junior sisters from the same sect."

While people were chatting and laughing here, Zhou Li felt unlucky.

It can only be said that people with different ideas cannot work together. She is afraid that she can't be as good at dealing with people as Bai Rou, but she has no ill feelings towards Bai Rou in her heart. At least Bai Rou is not a bad person. She can even be said to be a good person in the universal sense.

Zhou Li didn't want to think about it anymore. She flew away on her sword and arrived at the place where the purple air was overflowing. She saw the shadow of a sword. The treasure that appeared this time was actually a sword?!

After Zhou Li was overjoyed, he calmed down when he saw the people around him who were ready to make a move.

Although she lacked a suitable sword, she might not be able to grab it among so many people.

Liang Yiliu shook her head. Seeing that her young disciple was about to retreat, she observed that the crack where the treasure was hidden was getting bigger. A plan came to her mind. Liang Yiliu raised the corners of her lips and cast a spiritual spell. Zhou Li was still thinking about whether she should retreat. Suddenly, the spiritual sword under her went out of control. She swayed left and right, and actually plunged into the purple air in front of so many people!

Liang Yiliu had long been familiar with the Jiazi Secret Realm, and she also knew the origin of this sword. She casually opened a hole in the place where the secret treasure was located, and purple mist emerged, and Zhou Li fell into it.

The crowd, who were originally still watching, saw that a young man had gotten there first! How could this be possible! They started to rush in, diving into the mouths like dumplings, and soon the sky was clear.

Liang Yiliu nodded with satisfaction. That's right.

As a sword cultivator, you must move forward courageously!