Chapter 73 Chapter 73 Junior Brother Bai Lu seems to be about to break through again,...
Have you caught the demon cultivator?
Those evil cultivators had been hiding behind and giving orders, and were finally caught.
"Did Master and the others catch them?" Ning Yanhu asked hurriedly as he walked over. "How many did they catch?"
"Uh, we only caught one." The disciple said awkwardly, "It turns out there was another ghost king who escaped with serious injuries."
"What are that demon cultivator and the Ghost King doing? Where are they being held now? I'll go take a look." Ning Yanhu sensed a conspiracy.
Finally, they could spit on the evil cultivator in person. Bai Lu pulled Huo Xuexiang and followed to join in the fun.
The front line was not very large, so the captured demon cultivator was brought to the conference room and surrounded by a group of righteous leaders. Only a shadowy figure could be seen, with his hair scattered, and the demonic patterns on his face could be vaguely seen.
"Master, is this the demon cultivator?" Ning Yanhu couldn't wait to ask Immortal Boluan, "Did he confess?"
"He is quite arrogant..." Immortal Lord Boluan had a strange look on his face and moved aside to allow Ning Yanhu to see the demon cultivator's figure clearly.
At the same time, the demon cultivator also raised his head, revealing a handsome and unruly face, and frowned and said, "It's me."
Ning Yanhu lost his voice and asked, "Yan Changming?"
Almost at the same time, Bai Lu also cried out: "Boss Yan!"
The righteous leaders: “?”
Bai Lu quickly covered her mouth, and explained three seconds later: "I said, Yan... Yan..." She really couldn't think of how to quibble, so she smiled.
Everyone: “…”
Won't you just stop trying?
"It is a righteous act to earn money from the demon cultivators." Ning Yanhu tried to smooth things over before walking to Yan Changming and saying with regret, "You didn't become the emperor."
Yan Changming: “???” What a mess.
"Humph," Ning Yanhu did not explain, "I shouldn't have let you go in the first place. As expected, there is no good thing about the devil cultivators. You ran to the righteous path to attract attention, and now you want to kill innocent people, right?"
Precisely because of their friendship, Ning Yanhu was even more disappointed. A green light condensed in his hand, as if he wanted to beat someone up.
Yan Changming moved his lips twice, still trying to be as arrogant as when facing the questioning of the big guys just now, but now his momentum is a little weaker, but he still holds his head high and says: "I, Yan Changming, am definitely not such a shameless person. I went to Huanhua Island to win the championship, and I said at that time that if I didn't go, my father would definitely deploy troops on the border. You just didn't believe it, and now it has really triggered a war between good and evil."
As he spoke, he even seemed to blame them a little.
Yan Changming had been lost in Weirui Island for a long time and wanted to return to Jinting Island. When he arrived near the border, he saw beacon fires and a large army stationed on the border, and he was frightened.
After much thought, it must be because of his father's disappearance.
Back then, outside the secret realm, everyone laughed at his father and ignored him. Now Yan Changming felt that the father-son relationship had been proven, and at the same time, he felt that his father was indeed a demon king, a little cruel, which made him unbearable. After all, he had made friends with some righteous monks.
Hearing this, everyone just looked at Yan Changming suspiciously.
"...It's also my fault that I got lost in Weirui Island for a long time and failed to inform my father in time. He probably thought I was in trouble and was furious." Yan Changming murmured, "Anyway, I was not ordered to go there. I just arrived here and wanted to cross the river."
Immortal Lord Boluan looked at his expression, as if trying to tell whether it was true or not.
Qing Yuzi came over and told Bai Lu and Huo Xuexiang what had happened: "We found a ghost king and this kid's traces at the border. He did not come out from Jintingzhou, but appeared from Xingjiezhou. We guessed that the ghost king might want to take him away.
"During the fight, the Ghost King was seriously injured and fled. We captured him. When we interrogated him about the Demon Cultivator's situation, he just kept saying that he would plead with his father on our behalf. He was extremely arrogant!"
Everyone felt very uncomfortable hearing what they heard just now, and yet you still begged for mercy. How can your father definitely win?
But now that Yan Changming saw two old acquaintances, his tone softened a lot, and he even seemed a little sad, which made them suddenly think that maybe this kid was not just trying to be provocative.
Immortal Lord Boluan asked tentatively, "Young Master Yan, are you trying to mediate?"
"What else?" Yan Changming said irritably, "I said it outside the Qingdi Secret Realm at the beginning. Since I have no problem, I am willing to mediate."
"How do we know if this isn't another conspiracy of the evil cultivators?" Immortal Lord Bo Luan said after pondering for a long time.
It is really that the battle is too big this time, with the army of the underworld in front of us.
And even if Yan Changming did not have this idea, who knows whether the Demon Lord Yan Wuji deliberately used his son to achieve hegemony.
"I think we should make preparations for both situations. Take this kid with us to Jinting Island. If we encounter a demon cultivator, we will use courtesy first and then force." Ning Yanhu looked at Yan Changming for a long time and said. As for leading the way, she was afraid that Yan Changming would give the wrong directions.
Yan Changming has always been arrogant. If it were in the past, he would definitely be furious and would never be threatened at all.
But since his trip to Huanhua Island, he felt that he had received the favor of Bailu, and he saw the tragic situation on the border along the way, so he felt that it was just a misunderstanding.
After a moment of looking cold, Yan Changming said reluctantly: "Then you can take me with you."
As if he had a choice.
Bai Lu squatted next to Yan Changming and stared at him.
"What for?" Yan Changming asked unhappily. He hadn't seen Bai Lu for some time, and she was still as fancy as ever. He vaguely felt that something was different, but he couldn't remember what it was for a moment.
"We are going to sneak to Jintingzhou. As I recall, you stole the artifact that can conceal your presence from your father?" Bai Lu spread her hands without any embellishment. "Give it to me."
Yan Changming: “…”
Yan Changming's face was livid: "I thought we were friends. It's ok that you treated me like a prisoner, but you also want to take my artifact?"
He was angry and resentful in his heart, and felt that if this misunderstanding had not been caused by him, for the sake of the people of the world, he really did not want to suffer this humiliation.
Otherwise, he would let his father attack the righteous path, and his status as the young master would be even higher.
But in that case, Bai Lu and the others might...
Before he could finish his thought, Bai Lu had already pulled out a dagger and pressed it against his neck: "Stop nagging me. I'm not going to return it to you after I use it."
"Do you think I don't know what you are doing? Can you really give it back to me?" Yan Changming was in a stalemate for a while. Even though he was unwilling, Bai Lu and Ning Yanhu still took out the brocade bag from him.
Hehe, when we were traveling together in the Green Emperor's Secret Realm, everyone saw how he usually collected things.
Bai Lu: "Big sister, I remember he had a pretty pendant, it's not in the brocade bag, take a look and see if it's in the left pocket, he seems to put things here often..."
Ning Yanhu: "Let me take a look."
Yan Changming was furious: "...I'm not dead yet! Bai Lu, you've been eyeing my things for a long time, right?!"
"Forget it, forget it. Look at you, you're so stingy. It's as if you want to calm down the battle between good and evil with us." Bai Lu said as he flipped through the brocade bag and found many magic weapons, but he didn't know which one was the hidden artifact he stole.
Huo Xuexiang stepped forward, swung his sword, picked out a jade seal from the pile of magic weapons, and held it in front of Bai Lu with the sword.
Bai Lu touched and played with it. Wow, it was so soft... as soft as the Green Emperor's Jade.
“This…” Immortal Lord Boluan took a closer look and identified it, “It turns out to be the Hidden Mountain Seal. This item has fallen into the hands of Yan Wuji.”
The Hidden Mountain Seal is also a famous magical tool in the world of immortal cultivation. It can indeed be called a "divine" thing. This thing is named after its hidden nature. It can conceal a person's aura, and even those in the Three No-Realms cannot distinguish it.
Yan Changming had stolen this item from the Demon Lord at that time, which allowed him to impersonate Master Liuli and sneak into the mortal world to test his skills. Even the Yujing Palace, which was good at observing qi, could not catch him.
With this item, we will be more secure when sneaking into Jintingzhou.
…
The Jintingzhou squad has been formed, with Huo Xuexiang, Cheng Yunjun, Heng Jiangjun and several other capable cultivators from various races as the core, and hundreds of other members.
In addition to Bai Lu, Ning Yanhu and Pei Zhaoting from Xuanshan, as well as You Yue and Jin Sunzhi, who were familiar to Bai Lu, were all among them.
Before leaving, Bai Lu and her classmates said goodbye to each other reluctantly, collected a pile of materials given to each other, and then embarked on the journey.
Everyone disguised themselves, put on armor, covered their faces, and used the Hidden Mountain Seal to conceal their aura. They looked no different from ghost soldiers.
This thing is really powerful. When crossing the Great Wall, Bai Lu was almost caught by the Jing Tian Si Di vine. He raised his hands and shouted, "It's me, it's me, your master!"
Only then did Tian Si Di Teng recognize them and let them go...
Because he was in disguise and sneaking around, it was not convenient for him to fly with a sword, so he just walked like an ordinary ghost.
Yan Changming was also dressed up, his cultivation was sealed, and he was taken abducted by You Yue.
Seeing Yan Changming in such a state of disgrace again made You Yue very proud. "By the way, did you not get married this time?"
Yan Changming looked at him strangely. He didn't know why You Yue and Ning Yanhu suddenly asked such an irrelevant question in the middle of a serious matter, as if they had suddenly developed a serious illness. "No, are you sick?"
You Yue: “…”
You Yue: "Tell me again, how were you caught?"
"..." Yan Changming rolled his eyes, "They caught me when they were catching the Ghost King."
You Yue winked and made a face, not showing any Taoist demeanor at all, "The Ghost King was sent by your father to take you away, right? The Demon Lord is really so good to you."
"I am the only child of my father. If he doesn't treat me well, how can he treat you well?" Yan Changming said coldly, "Also, you got the wrong question. I said that my father probably doesn't know that I'm still alive. We haven't had any contact, so how can he send the Ghost King to take me away?"
You Yue saw that his rhetoric had been exposed, so he smiled indifferently and cursed, "Fuck you."
Yan Changming: “…”
"It just so happens. The Ghost King may have heard that there are many experts, so he ran to the front of the formation." Bai Lu also heard that there were several Ghost Kings, and said very impartially.
Speaking of this, Yan Changming frowned, "Actually, when I saw the Ghost King's battle, I wanted to step forward and reveal my identity, but he seemed to be... chasing something, and it looked a bit like a demon. I thought it was a cultivator from your righteous way, but then he was ambushed by Ning Yanhu's master, and the demon that was entangled with the Ghost King disappeared."
"That's right. We have gathered all the tribes here. Didn't you see that even the Wood Tribe is helping us?" Bai Lu thought of something curious. "By the way, what do you usually call your father?"
Yan Changming heard his inappropriate address and corrected him, "It's your father."
"Your father?" Bai Lu was stunned. "I thought you were calling me father."
Yan Changming: “…” What a mess. I can’t continue talking to this guy.
Ning Yanhu was very relieved. After all, his junior brother said "father" instead of "dad". "What he meant is that you should call him father, not "my father". Use "your father" instead."
"I understand, I understand." Bai Lu thought she had learned something new.
At this time, they had crossed the canal and arrived at the Jintingzhou side. There were evil soldiers everywhere. Everyone searched hard, but there was still no trace of the evil cultivators on the Jintingzhou side.
We discovered a tent that was suspected to be a front-line command post, and after waiting there for a while, we saw only high-level ghosts coming in and out.
"Could it be that the demon cultivators are not at the front line and are hiding deep inside?" Ning Yanhu asked suspiciously. If there had been no news from the heartland of the righteous path, she would have thought that the demon cultivators were secretly attacking the mountain gate.
After some discussion, everyone decided to split into two groups. One team would go to the Netherworld Army camp to spy on military intelligence, while the other team would continue to search for the Demon Cultivator's headquarters.
Huo Xuexiang naturally led half of the people to search for the traces of the demon cultivator. He had been to Jinting Island and could lead the way.
Groups of ghosts and monsters passed by from time to time. Everyone abandoned the main road and looked for opportunities to hide in the wilderness, and then took out their magic tools for transportation, but in order not to attract attention, it was naturally inconvenient to fly in the air.
"Stick to the ground." Bai Lu said at the right time, "I said sliding is the best!"
Everyone's mouth twitched. Not only swords could be glided, but now all magical weapons had to fly close to the ground.
They flew towards Jinting Island for a long time, with ghosts and monsters everywhere, but they still didn't see anyone from Tianyan Sect.
There are no mortals living in Jintingzhou, and it is not a prosperous place. It is normal that it is sparsely populated. At this time, there is a great war, and no one knows where the demon cultivators have gathered.
"Is your father staying in your sect's lair?" You Yue couldn't help but say. This was not impossible. Each sect had a mountain protection formation, and they could use communication tools to dispatch the army anyway.
Yan Changming had no idea. He was already shocked to see so many ghosts and monsters along the way. He only knew that his father was powerful, but he didn't know he was so powerful. It would have been better if the ones attacking were not his friends.
At this time, Huo Xuexiang stopped and looked around, "No."
With his words, everyone became alert and looked around cautiously. What was wrong? Was there a sneak attack?
"That's definitely not right." Bai Lu also said slowly, "Did Master say that there are many Heart-Eroding Chrysanthemums and Red-Blooded Trees in Jintingzhou? I don't think I've seen any."
Hmm? Although everyone had never seen the Heart-Eroding Chrysanthemum and the Red Blood Tree, Huo Xuexiang had described them before. Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Yan Changming.
Yan Changming was born in Jintingzhou, but he had never personally visited every inch of the land. This place was indeed the terrain of Jintingzhou. He had previously thought that there were no red blood trees on the border. Now he calculated the distance in his mind and showed a strange look on his face: "Yes, why not?"
Huo Xuexiang flew into the air on his sword, looking at the world here.
Seeing this, Bai Lu also leaned over and put her hands on the ground, sensing the ground network here.
When Huo Xuexiang came down, the two looked at each other, and Huo Xuexiang said, "This place doesn't look like the Jintingzhou I've been to, but I don't know where it is."
"I also feel that the earth network here seems to be independent... How can I put it? I just can't contact the earth network outside." Bai Lu thought of the closure of Jintingzhou. "Oh, right, isn't it that the outside world can't communicate with the inside? Is there some magic? Or is this actually a huge secret place?"
Bai Lu thought of the experience in the Qingdi Secret Realm, "We are not walking and walking, and we have actually entered a secret realm! How about I ask Chao Tianzi to come out and try to break this place apart..."
"I'm afraid it's related to the demon cultivator summoning the Netherworld army. Maybe it's their formation." Ning Yanhu analyzed.
Pei Zhaoting also watched, but he had no idea for the time being.
"Don't go any further for now." Huo Xuexiang said, "Wait until we find out where this place is."
Everyone responded and set up camp on the spot.
Although they said they were setting up camp, in fact they didn't need to light a fire or eat. They just practiced breathing and qigong, or drank some tea.
Huo Xuexiang was exploring the surroundings, while Bai Lu was holding Shen Yuntian above his head. He also took out the Qingdi Jue on the spot, preparing to comb through the ground network carefully to see if there were any clues.
Yan Changming had been a little confused because of various things that happened before, and he even noticed the strangeness later than them. When he learned that this was not the landform of Jintingzhou, he was startled and became a little more sober.
The more he looked at Bai Lu, the more he felt something was wrong. He had this feeling for a long time. When Bai Lu began to hold the Qingdi Jue, he suddenly realized something and asked, "Wait, Bai Lu...is not in the Foundation Establishment Stage anymore?"
So this was what was wrong. He hadn't reacted before. Before, the Bai Lu realm was as clear as a stream and he could see it clearly at a glance. But when they met again this time, it was hazy.
"Yes, I have achieved a breakthrough." You Yue said lightly.
"Not bad." Yan Changming almost forgot that he was a captive and even praised Bai Lu. "But why can't I see the Xuanguan Realm clearly?"
"Because he is not in the Xuanguan realm." You Yue took off his helmet, tidied his hair, and continued to answer calmly.
"Isn't it the entrance?" This was beyond Yan Changming's common sense, and he asked questioningly.
You Yue blew on his helmet and said, "I am now in the late stage of the Thunder Listening Realm, close to perfection."
"What?!" Yan Changming looked at Bai Lu in shock. Yes, he was in the late stage of Tinglei, which explained why he couldn't see through Bai Lu's cultivation. But this, this was not reasonable.
Yan Changming asked doubtfully: "How did you do that? Don't you find it strange?"
He looked around and found something equally strange as Bai Lu's breakthrough. The cultivators around him clearly heard their conversation, but none of them looked surprised at all, just like You Yue.
You Yue glanced at Yan Changming. Of course he was shocked, but Yan Changming didn't know that they had witnessed Bai Lu breaking through two realms in a row and helping Cheng Yunjun break through a realm, creating a large number of Wood Clan foundation-building cultivators. The breakthrough of realms had already made everyone numb.
At this moment, a faint golden light appeared on the body of Luo Bailu, who was visiting, and her soul was shaking.
——Bai Lu was already at the late stage of the Perfect Listening to Thunder Realm, and was just a little away from upgrading. The master said that this could happen at any time.
Just now, when he sank into the unfamiliar ground network for inspection, Bai Lu unknowingly completed the last small piece of debris. Feeling the familiar movement of his body, he realized that he was about to break through from the late stage of Listening to Thunder to the stage of Patrolling the Sky!
Everyone looked over and, like Ning Yanhu, smiled in a trance: Ah, Junior Brother Bai Lu seems to be about to break through again, that’s great.
You Yue's eyes twitched slightly, and he was already numb. He pointed and said, "That's... how it was done, hehe."
Yan Changming: “???!”
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