It is said that there are nine layers of heaven and nine depths of earth.

The name of this sutra is Jiuyou. If it were not suspected of false advertising, the meanings it represents would be truly shocking.

Once upon a time, when Jiang Li had just stepped into the world of cultivating immortals, he complained about why there was no technique that could allow him to ascend directly to immortality.

Today, such a set of exercises is placed before him.

Even if the Taoist scriptures bestowed by the spiritual roots of heaven and earth cannot be said to point directly to the great Dao, at least there will be no problem in cultivating a true immortal.

The second parallel consciousness, which is now the spiritual root clone, has not yet received all the inheritance of the spiritual root branch.

However, Jiang Li has also learned some information about this ancient tree that looks like a statue.

First of all, his previous guess was not wrong. The essence of this thing was indeed one of the spiritual roots of heaven and earth that was born when the world was first created.

Its name is, Nine Nether Wood.

Like peaches, bitter bamboo, gourd vine, ginseng fruit, hibiscus wood, yellow plum, etc., they all possess the magical power to seize the creation of heaven and earth.

According to the consciousness of the division and the memory of the spiritual roots left behind, the underworld in ancient times seemed to have been built using the Nine Nether Wood as the foundation.

Due to the importance of the Six Paths of Reincarnation at that time, the Nine Nether Wood was still unable to retain its freedom and, like its fellow species, its intelligence was wiped out.

However, the Nine Netherwood has also become one of the very few spiritual roots in heaven and earth that has no "destination" with the powerful.

After the great catastrophe in ancient times, immortals and Buddhas disappeared and the underworld collapsed. While the Nine Nether Wood body regained its freedom, it almost completely perished in the catastrophe of heaven and earth when the spiritual energy was exhausted.

Fortunately, the Nine Netherworlds was formed by the chaotic turbid air that sank when the world was first created. It is relatively condensed and sealed, and the speed at which the spiritual energy is depleted is not as fast as that of the Nine Heavens Palace.

With the energy of the earth veins and the countless ghosts left over from the reincarnation as nutrients, this spiritual root of heaven and earth was able to barely retain a glimmer of hope during the long catastrophe.

It was not until the spiritual energy between heaven and earth revived and the prosperity of the immortal cultivation world returned that the body of the Nine Nether Wood slowly recovered under the nourishment of the spiritual veins.

But after that catastrophe, this world seemed to be full of malice towards the remaining life from ancient times.

As soon as the spiritual root body leaves the Nine Netherworlds, the most terrifying disasters such as the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, the Nine Flavors True Fire, and the Nine Flavors Divine Wind will come without even a warning.

At that time, the roots that were growing outwards were destroyed one after another.

Even if it is a spiritual root of heaven and earth, it cannot withstand such torture, not to mention that the power of the Nine Nether Wood is now only one tenth of what it was in the past.

Therefore, even now that the world of immortal cultivation is becoming more and more prosperous, there has never been any sign of the emergence of the Nine Nether Wood.

Of course, the spiritual roots of heaven and earth are also plants. They prefer quietness to movement. As long as they stay in a comfortable environment, they may not move for ten thousand years.

Not to mention that its consciousness had been wiped out, leaving only its instincts standing upside down quietly in the Netherworld.

Even if there were no restrictions from those disasters, the Nine Nether Wood would most likely stay rooted underground and would never come out.

And those spiritual root branches and spiritual root seeds were also split from it. These branches may be born after the catastrophe and are not rejected by the world, so they become the branches of the Nine Nether Wood that are spread to the new world outside.

As for its purpose, this Nine Netherwood branch that Jiang Li transformed into a clone seemed to want to replace the original body. Jiang Li looked at the branch in front of him. Its height was about the same as that of an ordinary ten-year-old tree. Thinking about the Nine Netherwood original body that penetrated the earth, the difference between them was really huge.

However, after sorting out his memories, he found that this idea did not seem to be whimsical, but came from instinct.

Since the intelligence of its original body was wiped out by a powerful being, the Nine Nether Wood only has great power but no will of its own.

So over the course of thousands of years, the Jiuyou Wood instinctively reproduced and split into offshoots, and after releasing them, allowed the offshoots to fend for themselves and develop on their own.

It seems that it hopes that one day, there will be a sufficiently good offspring that can grow to a certain level, return to the Nine Netherworlds, absorb everything from the original body, and then replace it and be reborn.

At present, all the branches of Jiuyoumu should exist for this goal.

The purpose of all their actions is probably to obtain more nutrients to accelerate growth.

However, this spiritual root, the Nine Nether Wood, is naturally very different from ordinary plants. It does not like sunlight, and the source of energy it relies on for growth is also somewhat special.

The Nine Netherwood can grow by absorbing spiritual energy, but that speed is too slow. How long will it take to grow to the same level as the original body? For this kind of spiritual root, the cultivator's cultivation, talent and spiritual roots are the best nutrients to promote their growth.

The seeds of spiritual roots are the best way for them to obtain nutrients.

Seeing this, Jiang Li couldn't help but frown.

The Nine Netherwood feeds on the cultivators' cultivation, talents, and spiritual roots. Unexpectedly, it is also a man-eating plant and the natural enemy of cultivators.

Jiang Li’s second clone was too weak before and could not be seen clearly, but if a certain Nine Nether branch is allowed to grow too strong, the cultivators in the Dachongshan immortal world would probably suffer a catastrophe!

At this moment, a fat and ugly ghost tetra swam over, swinging its small tail that was disproportionate to its body.

It seemed to be attracted by the strange vortex of spiritual energy and came over to inspect the territory like a big boss.

As the only living creatures in the burial coffin, these ghost tetras have truly turned themselves into the king of fish. From ghosts to zombies, no one dares to act wild in front of them.

These ghost tetras eat whoever they want and bite whoever they want, even Qin Shuman's face is of no use.

"Now that I have my spiritual root clone in charge, let's see how arrogant you can be!"

Jiang Li reached out and grabbed a ghost tetra. The chubby guy didn't resist nor was he afraid. After rolling his eyes at Jiang Li, he shook the ghost tetra hanging in front of his head, looking relaxed and comfortable.

In the underwater graveyard below the thermocline, this ancient fish lived for who knows how many thousands or tens of thousands of years.

What is a gloomy cemetery where other animals have no life, is a beautiful Garden of Eden for the ghost tetra, where they can have everything they want.

Over the years, this type of fish has long forgotten the existence of its natural enemies.

The spiritual root clone controlled a vine, which swayed and rolled towards this side, and rolled up the fat ghost fish.

Just when he was planning to let his clone teach this fat fish a lesson and let the other fish understand how dangerous the world is.

The ghost fish suddenly swung the will-o'-the-wisp lantern hanging in front of its head, and it lightly hit the vine of the clone.

A ball of dark green ghost fire the size of a basketball appeared, and then a jaw-dropping scene happened.

The cold blue-black flame of the ghost lantern just flicked away, and the Nine Nether Vine, which was as thick as an adult's wrist, was instantly ignited.

The part of the vine that was entangled with the ghost tetra was burned to ashes in just a few breaths.

The flame showed no sign of dying down, and it burned along the vine all the way towards the spiritual root branch.

Shocked and terrified, as if encountering a natural enemy, Jiang Li's second clone, the entire tree, was trembling in front of the will-o'-the-wisp of the fat ghost tetra.

Snap! Jiang Li was quick to tear the vines apart, and quickly left the coffin with the remaining vines and the ghost lantern flame.

He dropped the broken piece of vine to the ground.

The extremely fierce flames that burned the Nine Netherwood vines came into contact with the dead branches and leaves on the ground, but there was no sign of them igniting.

【Name: Ghost Lantern Cold Flame】

[Type: Innate Spiritual Fire]

[Grade: Yellow Grade Top Grade]

[Source: Ghost Lantern Fish Ghost Lantern Burning]

【Note: I can make it burn even more vigorously. 】

Jiang Li was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that the lanterns of those ghost lanterns that were not even capable of tying up a chicken could actually be burning with the top grade yellow grade innate spiritual fire.

No, the ghost lantern cold flame of the ghost lantern fish must not be so strong at the beginning. It must be because it has been eating so well in the burial coffin day after day, which has caused the spiritual fire to burn more and more vigorously and reach this level.

However, the spiritual fire that can still grow is even more valuable to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li moved his palm closer to the fire on the ground, but did not feel any warmth. Instead, he felt a chill that froze his soul, and he could not help but withdraw his hand.

Jiang Li thought about it, reached out and pulled out a ghost from the coffin, then threw it at the burning ghost lantern.

Like pouring hot oil on a fire, the blue-black flames suddenly jumped up to more than one meter high. The ghost wailed at an unusual frequency, and in just two or three seconds, it was burned to ashes without leaving a trace.

Jiang Li slapped his forehead and was so frightened that his heart stopped beating for a long time.

He had been using the ghost lantern of the ghost fish as lighting equipment before! But now he realized that he had been putting more than a dozen detonators and hundreds of tons of fuel together.

The ghosts in the Yin Burial Coffin were so dense and numerous. If it was accidentally ignited by some stupid fish, not only would Jiang Li's more than 400,000 ghosts be killed in one day, but the Yin Burial Coffin might also be blown up.

This is very scary. Jiang Li dare not let this group of ghost tetras move freely like big shots anymore.

Jiang Li didn't breathe a sigh of relief until all the vines were burned to ashes and the blue-black flames were extinguished.

Back in the coffin space, the vine of the spiritual root clone has grown again with the nourishment of spiritual energy, but Jiang Li can still clearly feel the fear coming from the instinct of the Nine Nether Wood.

It is true that one thing can overcome another.

I didn't expect that a dignified spiritual root branch could be so scared by such a big head fish.

He thought again of the population of ghost tetras that nourished the underwater cemetery, and the scene in which these ghost tetras had used the spirit root seeds as balls to play with in the burial coffin.

This is outrageous. Not only Jiang Li's second clone, but also the spiritual root branch in the underwater cemetery has obviously been bullied by them.

But Jiang Li did not make soup from these fish immediately.

On the one hand, I have raised the fish for such a long time that I still have some feelings for it.

On the other hand, this situation made Jiang Li think a little.

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If he could obtain the power of the ghost tetra, then he might not be without the ability to fight against the big guy in the underwater cemetery.

Moreover, the number of Nine Netherwood branches is actually not scarce. If Jiang Li becomes interested in the original body of the Nine Netherwood Root in the future, a fight is inevitable.

This cold flame of ghost lantern passed down from ancient times might come in handy at that time.

The only question now is how he can obtain this powerful innate spiritual fire.

He was not a cultivator of fire spiritual roots, so he could not directly refine it. He could only let the fire form a talent in his body automatically. . . . How should he do it? In the spiritual world, the second parallel consciousness was tirelessly absorbing everything from its predecessor. It had now grown to more than three meters tall, and was increasingly transforming into the appearance of a spiritual root branch consciousness. It was just that the statue part of the tree trunk looked a bit like Jiang Li.

Jiang Li's real body squatted in the coffin space and studied the second clone and the ghost lanterns for a long time. He was very interested in these two ancient descendants.

There was also the Nine Netherworlds Dao Sutra, whose rank was probably no less than the Heart Sutra of Guanyin. Jiang Li almost sat down to practice Qigong on the spot.

Fortunately, there was a rational sword cultivator clone who reminded Jiang Li that he was still in the competition.

Although one does not have to start from scratch when retraining this method, one still has to endure three to five days or even half a month of hard training.

The Nine Netherworld Taoist Scripture can be said to be the top-level superior martial art of the Ghost Wood Technique. The ghost wood spiritual energy will only serve as nourishment for the Nine Netherworld Taoist Scripture and will not create any obstacles.

But once you start the reconstruction, it is not easy to stop.

It is possible that you will succeed in converting your skills while others have already reached the finish line.

Now is not a very appropriate time.

Helplessly, Jiang Li gave up the idea of ​​practicing in seclusion and climbed out of the coffin again.

Calculating the time, they have been staying in the same place for more than a day. If the other Qi-cultivating monks are not dead, many of them have probably run to the second hill.

Then we should catch up.

Jiang Li put away the burial coffin and took off, but he had only rushed out less than two hundred meters.

As a result, a sound of breaking air was heard from the sky, and something was flying towards him at high speed.

Oh, are you setting an ambush for me?

Jiang Li became inexplicably excited, because he had delivered the sandbag to himself, so he always had less psychological pressure when fighting.

Otherwise, if he goes around deliberately provoking others or conducting sting operations, it would appear that he is not very upright.

Normally speaking, Jiang Li would only choose to do this when no one else was watching.

He stepped forward into the air, his figure suddenly rose into the air, and his pitch-black fist rose up to meet the falling object.

Jiang Li, who had been pounding mountains and smashing the ground for years, didn't know when he started to become addicted to the feeling of head-on and full-force collisions.

However, the next moment, what fell from the rolling clouds was not a magic weapon, but a petite female swordsman in white.

Jiang Li saw a trace of blood on the other person's body and reacted immediately. He changed his fist into a claw and directly caught the other person, and rescued the person with a posture of a Lu son-in-law holding a pagoda.

Fall to the ground, turn the person over and lay him down on the ground.

"You have a very flat figure... cough cough...the injuries on your body are really serious."

"Huh? You're so young, no wonder your body is so painful."

Wait a minute, this swordsman is really young.

Jiang Li looked at the other person's face.

This female swordsman was still in a coma, with a trace of pain on her chubby face.

He was a little surprised that besides himself, there were other young monks participating in the competition.

"Can the sword cultivators of Mount Shu really be corrupt?"

Jiang Li completely forgot that he had been looked down upon before because of his young age. It was also because of his appearance that people were labeled as having connections and using backdoors to get in.

He had been in Shushan for quite some time to communicate with the sword cultivator's clone. Moreover, they were both participating disciples, so it was possible that his clone didn't recognize him.

It only took a moment for the information to be exchanged.

Jiang Li looked at the little swordsman lying in front of him again, and already knew who the object that fell from the sky was.

I didn't expect that this girl was really a person with connections, and a big one at that.

The granddaughter of the contemporary sword master of the Five Elements Peak of Shushan, isn’t this world a little strange?

However, this girl came here to participate in the martial arts competition not by relying on connections, but like Jiang Li, she relied on her real strength.

On the opponent's left chest, there are two small swords, one blue and one red, crossing each other. This kind of embroidery is unique among all the disciples of the Five Elements Peak of Shushan.

A top-grade spiritual root with dual attributes of water and fire! This is a talent that is enough to scare the hell out of me.

It’s not difficult to change the map and become the protagonist directly.

In addition, the other party is very talented and has a strong family background.

He had been nourished by various elixirs and received one-on-one enlightenment education from cultivators above the Golden Core Stage since he was a child. He had laid an amazing foundation before practicing.

He started practicing Qigong at the age of eight, and made rapid progress along the way.

Even though she seems younger than Jiang Li now, with the dual cultivation of water and fire, her cultivation has already reached the peak of the Qi Refining Stage, and she is even now preparing to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

You have to know that Shushan is not the Sutra Valley. There is no vast amount of skills to choose from. Dual cultivation means practicing two books of skills at the same time, which requires twice the energy and time. At the same time, she has to overcome the incompatible obstacles of water and fire.

In this situation, with such rapid progress, it can be said that he has abundant resources, good talents, and a strong character. He is definitely a template for other people's children.

After a while, when she has established her foundation, who knows how many cultivators will lose their confidence because of a little girl like her.

However, in the impression of the sword cultivator's clone, this junior sister's Water and Fire Sword Technique was quite extraordinary, and she was also a top-notch existence in the Qi Refining Stage.

How did she get injured like this? Could there be another expert like her in this competition? It seems that we should save her first.

But the wake-up pill is so expensive, and she doesn’t need it for her injuries.

Jiang Li looked around and found a shrub nearby. After identifying the species, he immediately came up with a solution.

He stroked it with his right hand, and a stream of wood-attributed spiritual energy was released. The small shrub grew rapidly. In just a moment, it seemed as if several months had passed, and green fruits with spots grew on the branches.

He picked a few astringent fruits, held them in his hand and brought them close to the Sword Sect’s granddaughter’s mouth.

With a gentle squeeze, green juice immediately splashed out and poured into her open mouth.

A strong sour taste filled her mouth. This little girl had only been eating delicacies from land and sea since she was a child, and had never tasted anything like this.

Her chubby mouth twitched from the soreness, and she only lasted a few seconds before she woke up from her coma and leaned over to the ground and vomited violently.

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