This area is in a mess. Ancient trees and stones have disappeared, leaving nothing behind. It is completely empty.

Not only that, the ground here, compared to other places we've been to before, has sunk in out of nowhere, forming a huge deep pit that seems to go straight to the center of the earth.

There were also hideous cracks, each of which was several meters wide, forming rifts. With the deep pit as the origin, they spread wildly and extended to far away areas like a spider web. The scene of destruction was too obvious.

One can imagine what kind of horrific destruction this place had experienced before. If there were any living beings here at that time, death would have been the only outcome.

Or the kind of death where no body is left.

And on that sunken ground, there is a mark.

The mark is in human form, but has some non-human features, such as a tail and sharp claws.

Judging from the scenery here, it is not difficult to guess where this place is.

It is basically certain that the master of Shenglong Peak is dead here.

Even if Sword Master, Jiangyun Fairy and others were protecting innocent lives and the environment, even if the Black Mountain Formation was there to help dissipate the aftermath of the battle, even if Black Mountain itself was more solid than other places...

Despite these severe weakenings, the Death Land of the Lord of Holy Dragon Peak was still beaten into this state.

It is conceivable that if masters of this level were to fight recklessly outside and no one stopped them, they could really destroy everything.

Mountains may collapse, rivers may break, the land may sink, and the sea may dry up. All of these may happen.

But Zhou Qing didn't care about all this right now. The only thing in his eyes was the treasure chest in the pit.

Zhou Qing didn't expect that the treasure chest was in this location, and he didn't expect that the level of this treasure chest would be so amazing.

Black, red, blue, gold...

This is another four-color treasure chest! What the hell is a surprise!

After opening the four-color treasure chest on the top of Black Mountain, this one came. The surprise was so big that Zhou Qing was dizzy.

Those low-level treasure chests that were opened before were paving the way for now, right?

Zhou Qing felt very happy.

In just a moment, he figured out why a four-color treasure chest would appear at this location.

Based on the treasure chest level rules he deduced, Zhou Qing really wanted to say...

Master Shenglong Peak, you died well! Although you are dead, I will always remember the contributions you made.

You will live in my heart forever!

Zhou Qing went down into the deep pit without saying a word and opened the treasure chest directly.

Bai Tian watched his movements, smiled, and said, "The power of Tongtian Realm is indeed shocking."

He did not suspect anything. It was normal for him to imagine taking a closer look at the horrific battlefield when he came here. After all, he did not have the [Mysterious Treasure Chest] golden finger, so he could not see what Zhou Qing was doing.

"Yes, Tongtian Realm is really powerful." Zhou Qing echoed the sigh.

How could it not be amazing? The death of Tongtian Realm actually gave him a four-color treasure chest. What a huge gain it was.

It would be great if we could encounter something like this at the treasure chest refresh location later on.

Zhou Qing left the deep pit, feeling so happy that he almost wanted to take off in a spiral.

The next treasure chest was not in Heiyun Town, so Zhou Qing and Bai Tian went straight out of the mountains and returned to Heiyun Town.

When they returned to the martial arts hall, Bai Ruoyue and the others surrounded them and asked about what happened during this trip into the mountains.

Zhou Qing briefly explained it, then stayed during the day to communicate with the senior sister and the others. Using the excuse that he had suddenly gained some insights into cultivation, he went straight into the underground secret room.

He couldn't wait to enjoy the surprise moment.

One three-color treasure chest, two four-color treasure chests, who else? ! This wave is not a big explosion!

Zhou Qing first took a look at the treasures that were opened from the two-colored treasure chest on the Black Mountain.

It looks rather strange, a white puppet the size of a palm, with no facial features and a very smooth face.

The puppet itself is also very simple, with cylindrical limbs and no fingers or toes. It looks like an unfinished product with just a basic human shape.

"Last time it was a dragon-shaped wooden sculpture, and this time it's a human-shaped puppet again. They match pretty well."

Zhou Qing talked to himself in his heart, and then penetrated his mental power into the puppet.

"hiss!"

The next moment, Zhou Qing took a breath of cold air.

He felt that his mental strength was reduced a little, as if he had been eaten by the puppet.

The sudden cutting of mental power is naturally painful, but fortunately, it is only a slight pain and no big deal for Zhou Qing.

But what surprised him was that after absorbing that trace of mental power, the puppet had no other reaction to his continued mental infiltration, as if it was directly ignoring it.

Then, a mysterious feeling emerged in his heart, and Zhou Qing understood what to do.

He withdrew his mental power and stretched out another hand. A drop of bright red blood automatically gushed out, then dripped onto the puppet, seeping directly into it and merging with the puppet.

A strange change occurred.

The white puppet began to change color from white to red. In addition, its face also changed, and its facial features gradually appeared. Its hands, feet, and other parts also began to look like real people.

It seemed that the semi-finished puppet was beginning to transform into a finished product.

In the end, the doll became lifelike, and every part of it was indistinguishable from a real person.

The most important thing is the doll's face.

Zhou Qing was stunned after just one look. This face...

So handsome.

It looks familiar too.

Isn't this my own appearance? After absorbing my spiritual power and blood, the doll turned into my appearance? At this time, the color of the doll changed again, from red to white again, and then it automatically floated up, rushed to Zhou Qing's forehead, and directly pierced into his soul.

In the Soul Land, the puppet floated in a corner, standing still and quietly.

A lot of information emerged in Zhou Qing's mind, giving him a certain understanding of this treasure.

The level of the treasures in the three-color treasure chest is high enough, which is really convenient. They come with their own information, so Zhou Qing doesn't need to find someone to identify the function of the treasure.

This is very commendable.

Not only the treasures in the treasure chest, but the treasures in this world are almost the same. When they reach the level of Huangquan Chedi Realm, they generally contain information about the treasures.

Of course, this situation basically refers to treasures that are artificially refined. If it is a treasure created by nature, it will not carry much information.

A lot of information is added manually.

Zhou Qing carefully checked the information about the puppet, and his eyes became brighter and brighter. He had picked up another treasure.

This treasure, called the True Self Puppet, requires the dual blessing of a practitioner's spirit and blood before it can recognize its master and be refined.

Moreover, the True Self puppet can only recognize its master once. Zhou Qing made it recognize its master. Even if this treasure was taken away, no one else would be able to use it. To them, it was just an ordinary puppet.

Not even hard.

But for Zhou Qing, the owner of the True Self puppet, this treasure is of great use.

As the name suggests, Bao represents the true self.

After letting the True Self puppet recognize its master, it can bear a lot of mysterious damage for Zhou Qing.

For example, if someone attempts to harm Zhou Qing by using Taoist curses, the curse will be directly taken over by the True Self puppet, and it will bear the curse, and it will not have any effect on Zhou Qing himself.

Curse is just one of them. There are other powers similar to curse that can also be borne by the True Self Puppet, and they have a wide range of uses.

The most important thing is, because it is a treasure in the three-color treasure chest, the upper limit of the True Self Puppet’s endurance is as high as the Yellow Springs Realm.

Ordinary Huangquan-level curses can be directly borne by the True Self Puppet. Only curses that surpass Huangquan, or very special curses in the Huangquan realm, can directly harm Zhou Qing's body.

But the part that could fall on Zhou Qing was also the extra part left after the real puppet took on the responsibility.

If the puppet's limit is ten points, then a curse with eleven points of damage will only fall on him one point, and the other ten points will always be borne by the puppet.

Moreover, this refers to curses whose power exceeds the upper limit of tolerance. If it is a curse whose power is below the upper limit, then even if several appear at the same time, they will be perfectly digested by the puppet and will not involve Zhou Qing.

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For the puppet, there will not be a situation where two curse spells, six plus six equals twelve, so stacking is useless.

If he doesn't break the limit, and if several masters curse Zhou Qing at the same time, it will just be like a breeze blowing on his face, without any ripples.

This is already perfect. After all, the art of cursing is a niche art. There are very few cultivators who can reach the level of the Azure Sky Realm, and even fewer who specialize in the art of cursing.

Most of the curse magic in the world is within the range of what the True Self Puppet can handle.

This means that after Zhou Qing has refined his true self puppet, he basically doesn't have to worry about anyone secretly shooting arrows at him.

There are many different kinds of Taoist magic in the world, emerging one after another.

Sometimes we are not afraid of head-on fighting, but we are afraid of some despicable people doing things behind the scenes. However, such means sometimes have miraculous effects and are far more convenient than head-on fighting.

It's like a curse. Once you're hit by it, sometimes you don't even know how you died. You just go away without knowing the reason.

This move is really quite insidious.

Now that the True Self Puppet has been released, Zhou Qing can rest assured in this regard.

The puppet has a second function, which is that if someone uses the Taoist magic of heaven to deduce Zhou Qing, they will be disturbed by the puppet.

The intensity of the interference is related to the level of the puppet.

In other words, it is equivalent to giving Zhou Qing the status of Huangquan Realm. It is more difficult to deduce him than to deduce a person in Huangquan Realm.

The reason why it is more difficult to deduce than the Huangquan Realm is because he has more than just the Huangquan status, which is brought by the puppet.

Some things that Zhou Qing possesses will also interfere with the secrets of heaven.

The combination of the two will naturally exceed the normal Huangquan realm in terms of interfering with the Taoist magic of heaven.

Then comes the third and most important function of the puppet.

It can die in place of death.

This function, literally, means to die in place of Zhou Qing.

If Zhou Qing was killed directly, the result of death would be transferred to the puppet, and nothing would happen to Zhou Qing.

Moreover, the upper limit of this ability to die for someone else is not just the Yellow Springs Realm. It can still work even if one is killed by someone at a higher level.

However, there is no limit to the power of the enemy that can kill you, but there is a limit to Zhou Qing's own realm.

When Zhou Qing surpasses the Huangquan Chedi realm one day, the True Self Puppet will no longer be able to die for him.

But this is enough. If it surpasses Huangquan Chedi, what is Zhou Qing afraid of? After learning about the function of the puppet, Zhou Qing was overjoyed. The importance of having a second life needs no further explanation. It is really great! Only by living can there be a future! Zhou Qing heard Lu Qingmo talk about the treasure of death-substitute. This kind of thing is very precious. Even if Lu Qingmo was ranked in the top three of the Xuandu Temple in her generation, he had never obtained it.

The other true disciples don’t have it either.

If you want to get this kind of thing, you either have to be the top second-generation immortal, or your father must be a master of the immortal realm.

Either you have to have incredible luck or get it by chance.

Treasures that can serve as a substitute for death are coveted by the most gifted geniuses in the world and also desired by top masters.

This kind of thing also has lower-level derivatives, which are injury-replacing treasures.

As the name suggests, a replacement treasure can only take on part of the injuries of its owner, turning a serious injury into a minor one. If it is facing death, it will be useless.

It is difficult to find a substitute for death, but it is relatively easy to get a substitute for injury, but it is also extremely precious.

The royal saint who had once killed Zhou Qing had a jade pendant on him.

Looking at the puppets in the Soul Land, Zhou Qing now feels very safe and cannot die.

No wonder he is called the True Self Puppet. He is simply another “me” who cares about me wholeheartedly and is willing to sacrifice his life for me!

After the death of the substitute, the puppet will not be damaged and will still exist. It can still be used to bear curses and interfere with the Taoist magic, but it cannot die a second time.

There are some restrictions, which is normal.

Even if it is another "me", I still have only one life, and it will be gone once I use it.

Of course, it can only be an abnormal death. If Zhou Qing died of natural causes due to old age, then that cannot replace death.

But this does not hinder the preciousness of the True Self Puppet. If the news of this thing leaks out, the practitioners in the Huangquan Chedi realm will fight to the death to get it.

The first treasure chest was a good start, and Zhou Qing happily checked the treasures in the treasure chest that was refreshed at the top of the Death Peak of the Holy Dragon Peak.

"What is this?"

Zhou Qing was stunned. A stream of air was flowing and converging in front of him. There was a layer of light film on the surface of the air flow, which prevented it from dispersing and also seemed to isolate some things.

The air currents are the colors of sky blue and earth yellow, the two colors are constantly interweaving, and occasionally blending into chaotic colors, which looks very magical.

He tried to probe into it with his mental power to see if he could get any information.

But this time it was in vain. This airflow did not come with its own introduction like the Yellow Springs Dragon and the True Self Puppet.

Zhou Qing thought thoughtfully, "Could this be a treasure naturally created between heaven and earth?"

Most of nature's treasures are like this, with little information unless they are very special.

But at this moment, Zhou Qing only felt something moving inside his body. He looked inside and saw that the Bagua True Furnace located in the divine realm of his heart was trembling. A feeling of desire rose from the bottom of Zhou Qing's heart.

He understood the source of the unusual movement of the Bagua True Furnace.

Now his Bagua True Furnace is still a virtual furnace, and it is missing some casting materials to be completely perfect.

In other words…

Zhou Qing looked at the airflow in front of him and was amazed.

Is this thing suitable for use as a casting furnace material?

The quality of the casting furnace material determines the quality of the Bagua True Furnace, and has a vital influence on the tempering of Qi and blood.

Zhou Qing had been waiting for the furnace materials he had been looking for during the day, but if it was this airflow...

The things in the four-color treasure box! Zhou Qing felt that perhaps it was the best choice for his furnace.

(End of this chapter)