It is not difficult to kill this old witch with a childish appearance in front of you, but the difficult part is what happens after you kill her.

By then, if he was surrounded by many Jindan Zhenren, he would probably not be able to escape from the Tianzhu Mountain mine.

At this moment, Shen Lian temporarily denied his own idea in his heart.

Looking at Shen Lian with his head down and a look of trepidation, Master Qingyi sneered.

She was ordered to stay at the front line of the sentry post to guard against the appearance of high-level demon cultivators, but she didn't expect to encounter any demon cultivators, but a sneaky person in the middle of the night.

If she hadn't practiced the Qingmu Xuanyuan Method, which allowed her to control the spiritual wood, she would have really let it escape.

You know what, she really didn't realize how the ban was broken.

Also, the fact that he was able to block her spiritual power underground before meant that this person either had a strong spiritual power or had some rare treasure to protect him.

No matter which one it is, it shows that the foundation-building cultivator in front of him is far more powerful than those at the same level.

Obviously he has a little secret.

"Are you really here to buy spiritual objects for your family?"

"It is absolutely true."

Shen Lian lowered his head, becoming more and more fearful.

"good."

True Man Qingyi raised his big hand, "Then let me see how true your words are."

Seeing Master Qingyi raise her hand, Shen Lian knew that the old witch wanted to use the soul-searching method he often used.

It was naturally impossible for him to allow outsiders to search his soul. If even the slightest bit of what was in his mind came out, all the old monsters in the world of immortal cultivation would be excited and would jump out one after another to study it.

In an instant, Shen Lian stopped pretending to be frightened.

"Stop, I am an inner sect disciple of the Yuanying Sect, don't cause trouble for yourself."

"snort!"

True Man Qingyi snorted coldly. She had practiced for three hundred years and was not brought up by fear.

Whatever the secret, just search your soul and it will come out.

“Buzz!”

The green light in the sky turned into green vines, covering Shen Lian like a snake.

"Come here!"

The spiritual power of a Jindan cultivator, after being baptized by Dan Qi, is far beyond the reach of a foundation-building cultivator.

Under the restraint of the green vines, Shen Lian felt an extremely strong restraint, and even the spiritual energy in his body felt stagnant.

True Man Qingyi stretched out his big hand, trying to pull Shen Lian closer.

Shen Lian did not move and allowed himself to be grabbed and flown over.

All his previous probabilities were determined under the assumption that his secret and life were not in immediate danger.

Once he hits the bottom line, he won't care about anything.

Immediately, True Man Qingyi's eyes glowed purple and turned into a purple leaf, which instantly fell on Shen Lian's forehead.

“Buzz!”

But what Qingyi Zhenren did not expect was that her wood-type magic power suddenly let out a mournful cry, and the vines wrapped around Shen Lian withered and collapsed one after another.

And the purple leaf that sank into Shen Lian's sea of ​​consciousness was directly drawn into nine mysterious formations that were like monuments, and was torn into pieces in an instant.

"ah!"

Three-tenths of his spiritual thoughts were shattered at once, causing Master Qingyi to look painful, and his face turned pale instantly.

At the same time, a breath of destruction emanated from the dantian of the figure approaching her, enveloping her.

At that time, the aura emitted by the Tianyan Jade Talisman was stopped by Shen Lian, and his figure moved close to True Man Qingyi and locked him.

"you……"

Her spiritual consciousness was shattered, and True Person Qingyi screamed. The loss of part of her spiritual consciousness caused her head to hurt severely. She looked at Shen Lian with horror in her eyes.

Especially the burning breath, which made her clearly feel that she could be sent away.

Fortunately, the divine consciousness that was prepared to search the soul was not much, otherwise if it was all shattered, I would have to recuperate for dozens or even hundreds of years.

True Man Qingyi stared at Shen Lian with his wide eyes.

What kind of spiritual power was this that actually made her third-level wood magic power tremble.

The wood spiritual power in Dantian feels like it is out of control.

He must be practicing high-level fire-based techniques!

Shen Lian pinched Master Qingyi's slender neck.

"I just told you, but you still don't believe me."

"Since you are a Jindan, I gave you some respect, but you still don't want it."

True Person Qingyi, whose neck was pinched, trembled slightly. She was now extremely certain that the young foundation-building cultivator in front of her had the ability to kill her.

No...it's not Xiaozhuji.

Even a few breaths ago, she would have scoffed at this idea. Anyone below the golden elixir level is an ant. This is a rule recognized by countless cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation.

What is the origin of the cultivator in front of him? "Why don't you try to sense my sea of ​​​​mind and dantian again."

"You people from small places are trouble."

"A frog in a well doesn't know how high the sky is or how deep the earth is. I've told you everything, but you still insist on trying!"

"Now that I've tried it out, I regret it."

Just like that, Master Qingyi listened to Shen Lian's complaints in a daze, and forgot what to say for a moment.

"I was thinking of just leaving quietly, but you insisted on pretending to be a big shot. There aren't many Yuanying in the Southern Continent, but you are so arrogant."

"Those who know you are a Golden Core, and those who don't think you are a Yuanying Patriarch."

"you……"

Zhenren Qingyi's upper and lower lips trembled, and her whole petite body trembled as well. She had never been scolded like this before.

But she didn't dare to refute.

Shen Lian looked at Master Qingyi's trembling eyes, then reached out and pinched her chin.

You know what, Jindan Zhenren is slippery and looks young.

This little mouth is red...

"You still seem unconvinced."

"Come on, come on, put your divine thoughts in..."

As he spoke, Shen Lian leaned his head forward.

"If you don't believe me, just try searching my soul and see if the sect behind you can stop me, Zhong Lutian..."

Having said this, Shen Lian paused for a moment, and immediately stopped talking.

Their eyes met again and they fell into silence.

"Forget it. How about I take out the protective magic weapon that Master gave me and show it to you?"

After a while of sarcastic talk, Shen Lian reached out his big hand to grab at his dantian.

Being grabbed by the neck, Qingyi Zhenren bit her red lips and said, "Little... little friend, it was my recklessness, please don't take it as an offense."

Her face, as delicate as that of a young girl, showed a hint of grievance and fear.

"No, you might as well take a look, lest you think I'm lying."

"Or you can just use your Danyu magical power to kill me. Anyway, the mark of my soul will only last for thirty to fifty years. If you want to kill me, you just need to hide for thirty to fifty years. Maybe you can really get away with it."

The two were so close that Shen Lian could smell the fresh fragrance emanating from Master Qingyi.

The breath he released when he spoke blew directly onto Qingyi Zhenren's face, causing Qingyi Zhenren's eyelashes to tremble up and down continuously.

"My friend, you are joking. I am afraid that my magical powers are not as good as yours."

"Do you really want to kill me?"

Shen Lian glared.

"Um... no... I don't have any."

Master Qingyi shook his head vigorously.

Without blushing or beating his heart, he crushed 30% of her spiritual thoughts, and practiced a high-level technique to restrain the power of the golden elixir.

He has such a solid foundation even before being promoted to the Golden Core stage, which proves Shen Lian's strength and background.

Thinking of this, Master Qingyi's mouth turned bitter. She didn't dare to gamble now even if she was asked to.

The strongest person in Qingmu Sect, her senior brother Qingmu Zhenren, is only in the middle stage of Jindan.

If you offend a disciple from a top-notch Nascent Soul sect in the Middle-earth, even the Yunshang Sect will be unable to stop it.

Finally, Master Qingyi lowered his head.

After becoming a Jindan Zhenren, she had never felt so aggrieved, but what could she do? It was her fault for offending others.

The red lips moved, the pearly teeth clenched, the ring on Qingyi Zhenren's finger flickered, and a jade box flew out.

"My friend, this is my compensation. It is a nearly two thousand year old spiritual tree heart..."

As True Man Qingyi spoke, he looked at Shen Lian. They were so close that they could see each other's facial expressions clearly.

At this moment, True Person Qingyi also realized that she was unable to see through Shen Lian's disguise technique.

This made her even more certain that Shen Lian's spiritual power was probably not much weaker than hers.

She, a Jindan, has never suffered such a setback. Are all the disciples of the immortal sects in the Central Continent so terrifying?

Shen Lian grabbed the jade box and opened it without caring to take a look. A thumb-long green tree heart was embedded in it, emitting extremely rich spiritual power.

"Humph, if I hadn't rushed back to the sect to fight for the true teachings, I would never have let it go like this today."

Grabbing the jade box, Shen Lian disappeared into the ground with a whoosh.

"Hey...fellow Daoist...this matter..."

There was no response, and Master Qingyi was left sighing softly, with a wry smile on his pale face.

What the hell is this?

After hearing the Yunshang Sect's order to block the outpost line, they failed to catch the demon cultivator and offended a disciple from a major sect.

He also gave away the heart of the spiritual tree that he had treasured for nearly two thousand years.

This piece of tree heart is her most precious treasure and is very useful.

"I will remember you. For the sake of the thousand-year-old spiritual tree heart, let's forget about this matter for now."

A stream of voices gathered into a beam and fell into Qingyi Zhenren's sea of ​​consciousness. She was stunned for a moment, her body went limp, and she almost fell down.

It’s over, I’m still being targeted.

I knew that these disciples from big sects would take revenge for any slight.

After being stunned for a moment, Master Qingyi hurriedly took out the communication talisman, moved her red lips and told the story.

…

"Brother."

“You, you!”

In a temporary cave somewhere, True Man Qingyi lowered his head, the paleness on his face fading away. In front of him stood a heroic middle-aged monk with an impatient yet pitying look on his face.

"Brother, I have caused trouble for our sect, but I, I, I..."

"Tell me the whole story again."

Master Qingmu listened quietly to Master Qingyi's description.

"Brother, why don't you take your disciples and run away. I will take the responsibility for my own actions. Besides, I... I am also following the orders of Yunshang Sect."

"The Yunshang Sect?"

Masato Aoki shook his head with a wry smile.

By then, the Yunshang Sect will probably simply pass the buck.

"This sect disciple said he wants to advance to the Golden Core stage and return to compete for the position of True Inheritance?"

"yes."

"He collected the heart of the thousand-year-old spiritual tree and left?"

"yes."

"Your third-level Danqi wood spiritual power was directly defeated by the second-level spiritual power in his hand?"

"yes."

"Isn't the Divine Mind much weaker than yours?"

"yes."

As Master Qingyi spoke, he lowered his head, almost burying it between the two mountains.

"Brother, I feel like he can kill me."

After these words were spoken, Aoki Masato's brows furrowed into a shape of a "川" (川).

"Brother, I am going to become a criminal of the sect. I feel so sorry for Master. I... "

Master Qingmu sighed. His junior sister was not like this in the past. Today she was really scared.

He gently patted Master Qingyi's shoulder and comforted her, "Junior sister, since he has accepted the spiritual object, it means there is still room for improvement."

“Besides, the distance between Central Continent and Southern Continent is far. Even if he is the true disciple of Yuanying Sect, we are not people to be slaughtered. We still have our senior brother here.”

"Besides, if this person really comes looking for me in the future, it may not be a bad thing."

…

"Go ahead. If the Yunshang Sect asks you, just say that something went wrong with your training and you need to retreat for a while to heal."

After comforting Master Qingyi and leaving, Master Qingmu's face fell.

“There is no true disciple of Yunshang Sect who can match the combat power of the early Jindan period in the foundation building stage, let alone the strength to kill the real person of the early Jindan period… Junior sister, your luck is really…”

Masamune Aoki paced back and forth with his head down, looking annoyed.

Junior Sister Qingyi was brought up by him, and although they were said to be senior and junior sister, they were actually like father and daughter, so she would naturally not lie to him.

Building the foundation and killing the golden elixir! The corners of his mouth moved, and Master Qingmu...

Irritable!

With such a foundation, it should be the Nascent Soul Sect... No, it is not the golden elixir and Nascent Soul seeds cultivated by the ordinary Nascent Soul Sect.

It’s no wonder that the junior sister was scared. It would be the same if he encountered the same thing.

The seed-level disciples of such a large sect are definitely the most difficult people to mess with.

These people possess advanced skills, magical instruments, and secret techniques that are unimaginable to others, and their background is far beyond that of their peers.

This person did not take action, probably because he was worried that he would get hurt after the fight, which would attract more Jindan cultivators and delay his advancement to the Jindan realm.

Fortunately, the junior sister did a good job. After she realized something was wrong, she immediately took out the sect's best treasure. The nearly two thousand year old spiritual wood hearth alone was refined to have an effect comparable to that of a third-tier elixir.

This thing was born from the spiritual tree. It took nearly two thousand years for it to grow to the size of a finger, which is enough to show how precious it is. Even in Central China, it is a rare spiritual object.

It is also of great help in his promotion to the Golden Elixir stage.

However, we still have to be prepared. If this person really comes again, we can have a good communication with him without being hostile. At most, we will have to pay some more spiritual objects as compensation.

Although the Lingmu Sect is only a third-level sect, it has many years of heritage in cultivating spiritual plants, which can be of great help to the cultivation of cultivators.

Besides, the distance between Central Continent and South Continent is far, and this person may not come back.

…

The other side.

Shen Lian also ran frantically on the road.

He rushed all the way out of the Tianzhu Mountain mining area without stopping at all. After leaving the mountain, he did not even enter the nearest large immortal city, let alone board the spirit ship.

He managed to scare the female Jindan Zhenren, but he was afraid that he would not be able to scare the person behind her.

What if something goes wrong?

There are no less than a dozen Jindan cultivators from the Yunshang Sect and other sects near the main mining city, and there are as many as three in the late Jindan stage.

Can't be careless.

As for the heart of the spiritual tree, he wrapped it in three layers of restrictions, put it into a storage bag and then put it into a storage ring.

This is a good thing. Its grade is at least mid-level third grade. The pure wood spirit energy can be used directly for cultivation or to temper the body.

The effect is much better than Moon Essence.

The key is that if this thing is used to refine the body, since it is of pure wood attribute, it will not cause resistance in the physical body, and theoretically it can be continuously strengthened.

After I reach the Golden Elixir stage, I can go back and meet this petite Jurchen woman again, and ask her if she has any spiritual tree hearts left.

…

Two months later.

In the central part of the South China Sea, there is the fairy city of Fuluo.

There was a lot of noise outside the fairy city. The monks and flying boats coming and going turned into streams of light and landed outside the city gate.

Among the many spiritual lights, a flying boat that looked quite old landed, and Shen Lian, who had an old face and a beard, jumped off the flying boat.

(End of this chapter)