Xue Kong stood in front of the window, looking at the huge city that seemed to be engulfed in a sea of fire. He bought a lot of elixirs that could improve his Nascent Soul cultivation, and almost spent all the spirit stones in his storage bag.
However, you can't rush into improving your cultivation.
Looking at this huge city, Xue Kong muttered to himself, "This Taotie Beast City is so accessible to cultivators. I guess the formations covering it are meant to protect against demonic beasts and evil spirits."
"A formation that can be used by Nascent Soul cultivators as a city defense must be extraordinary. If I can comprehend it, it will definitely improve my attainments in formations."
Xue Kong was extremely sure about this.
His attainments in formations would not be able to improve unless he found a more powerful formation to comprehend.
"It's just... if the formation isn't activated, I won't be able to comprehend it, and I can't send out my spiritual sense to forcefully touch it, as this will cause dissatisfaction among the Nascent Soul cultivators."
Xue Kong thought for a moment, then made a decision, left the room, walked to the street, walked through the crowds and the streets full of bonfires, and left the Taotie Beast City.
Right now.
In a chic and elegant room in the Suzaku Tower, the most majestic and luxurious building in Taotie Beast City, He Gui was holding a cup of tea, sipping it calmly, while a handsome young man stood beside him respectfully.
When the young man smelled the fragrance in the room, his foundation-building cultivation started to work on its own. Frightened, he quickly suppressed the fluctuations of his cultivation, and a flash of panic passed through his eyes.
"This fragrance actually contains spiritual power. Just by taking a breath, my cultivation started to operate on its own. The spiritual energy here is several times stronger than outside!"
He secretly glanced at He Gui and found that He Gui seemed not to notice and did not blame him. He felt relieved. It was his first time here, and he couldn't help but feel a strong envy in his heart.
He felt that he was very lucky. If it weren't for the monk during the day, he probably wouldn't be qualified to be called here by the young master.
A series of light footsteps were heard outside the room.
He Gui looked up and smiled when he saw the person coming. "Fellow Daoist Jiang, you've arrived at the right time. I just finished brewing the tea when you arrived."
"I encountered some trivial matters on the way and was delayed. I'm sorry." Jiang Wenshan's apologetic voice came from under the golden mask, and he sat down next to He Gui.
He picked up the tea, took a sip, and praised, "This is good tea, soaked with spiritual fluid, refreshing. If a foundation-building cultivator drinks it, his cultivation will surely improve."
He Gui didn't comment. He waved his left hand and the young man standing next to him immediately stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and said with great respect, "Greetings, Senior."
"Tell me, what did that person buy today?" He Gui asked.
The young man took a deep breath, knowing that this was a rare opportunity for him to show off in front of He Gui, so he told him in detail about his encounter with Xue Kong during the day and how he sold pills to him.
He Gui and Jiang Wenshan listened carefully, not missing a single word.
"This Xue Kong only bought some medicinal pills today. It seems that he didn't lie about this." Jiang Wenshan touched the chin of the man in the golden mask, as if he was thinking by touching his chin.
He Gui looked puzzled and said, "This person is only at the middle stage of the Core Formation stage, but the pills he bought are only suitable for Yuanying cultivators. Could he be hiding his cultivation level?"
"You mean, he hides his skills from us for some other purpose?" Jiang Wenshan looked at him.
He Gui laughed and shook his head: "How is this possible?"
The two were silent for a moment. Indeed, no matter whether Xue Kong had hidden his cultivation level or not, in their opinion, Xue Kong could not have any other intentions towards them.
While the two were lost in thought, the young man seized the opportunity to claim credit, saying, "I warned that senior that taking pills that far exceed one's own cultivation level would do more harm than good, but he still insisted."
He Gui's eyes flickered a few times before he turned to look at Jiang Wenshan: "Why do you attach so much importance to this person? Did you know before this that he had hidden his cultivation?"
Jiang Wenshan shook his head. "During the day, I just felt that he had a heavy aura and profound cultivation. He wasn't just an ordinary mid-stage Jindan cultivator. I never thought that he might be hiding his cultivation. Unless his cultivation was far superior to mine, then if he was in the Yuanying stage, then that's possible."
"But why would a Nascent Soul cultivator hide his cultivation and enter this place?"
He Gui's heart skipped a beat after hearing this, and he suddenly remembered something: "Unless he's not after us, but something in Taotie Beast City. Could it be... the Vermillion Bird Totem!?"
Both of them felt a pang of fear in their hearts. If this was true, then they would have let a wolf into the house and would have caused great trouble.
At this moment, He Gui's expression changed slightly. He suddenly stood up and shouted, "Master is calling me, Brother Jiang, please come over!"
"Grandma Suzaku..." Jiang Wenshan's eyes showed envy. His cultivation was much higher than He Gui's. If He Gui didn't have Grandma Suzaku as his master, the two of them would never be able to sit here and chat on an equal footing.
You can be envious, but you can't force it. It's just your luck.
I heard that He Gui was a child picked up by Grandma Zhuque from outside, an abandoned baby, and his own aptitude for cultivation was not good, but Grandma Zhuque felt sorry for him and accepted him as her only disciple.
In this Taotie Beast City, you can get whatever you want.
Unfortunately, even so, He Gui has only been able to cultivate to the initial stage of Jindan in more than a hundred years. It is a waste of precious cultivation resources to spend them on him.
After guessing that Xue Kong might be a Nascent Soul cultivator who had hidden his cultivation level, Jiang Wenshan immediately gave up the idea of getting him to help him kill the Nascent Soul monster. Just as Che Xinyu said, it would be better not to keep a disaster around him.
Jiang Wenshan left Zhuque Tower and continued to look for other companions.
In the dark night sky, Xue Kong was getting farther and farther away from the Taotie Beast City. The firelight gradually could not illuminate his body. He was dressed in a black robe and completely blended into the darkness.
Galloping across the sky, Xue Kong's consciousness spread out completely, and everything within a hundred miles appeared in his mind, but nothing that could make Xue Kong stop appeared.
At midnight, a dark figure was sitting cross-legged on the top of a mountain outside Taotie Beast City. His eyes were extremely bright as he stared quietly at the huge city in the distance that still seemed to be immersed in flames.
Xue Kong slapped the beast-breeding bag, and a sharp scream suddenly came out of it. Then, a huge monster with a sharp beak flew out of it, circled in the air, and then a cold light flashed in its eyes. With ferocity, it rushed straight towards Xue Kong.
"Hmph! If I can catch you, I can kill you. How dare you show off your strength to me!?" Xue Kong snorted coldly, raised his hand and slapped the monster in the face, knocking it away fiercely.
"Go and attack that city, otherwise, you will die!" Xue Kong pointed at the Taotie Beast City in the distance and spoke coldly.
This monster was only in the early stage of Jindan and could not withstand Xue Kong's pressure. Even though it was extremely ferocious, it did not dare to act rashly. So it flapped its wings and flew high, venting all its anger towards the Taotie Beast City.
However, when it rushed to a mile away from the Taotie Beast City, it seemed to have touched something, and a layer of fiery red light curtain enveloped the Taotie Beast City, forming a protective layer.
Formation, activated!
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