There was silence.

All the monks stared blankly at the figure above the main hall. They wanted to speak, but the oppressive aura around them made them tremble.

Even if I wanted to speak, I couldn't open my mouth.

The pressure was so great that I couldn't breathe, and even opening my mouth made me lose my breath.

The three leading ninth-level Foundation Establishment cultivators felt even greater pressure. They were sweating profusely and their bodies kept bending forward.

Although they knew that the other monks behind them were looking at them, they did not dare to speak.

The Golden Elixir Ancestor!

It was obvious that they came with ill intentions and wanted to occupy the city and become the king. The more they spoke, the faster they would die.

The three leading foundation-building masters lowered their heads and quickly understood the scene in front of them.

Playing dead.

If we survive today, our sect's Golden Core Patriarch will naturally come forward to take care of this matter.

In the main hall, Shen Lian nodded with satisfaction. He was still very popular.

There was not one person who opposed it among the more than one hundred people. This must be the truth that those who are righteous will have many supporters.

"puff!"

The next moment, three blood flowers rose up in the square. The three leading ninth-level Foundation Establishment cultivators exploded into a rising blood mist without even a cry, and fine drops of blood fell on the other cultivators.

This scene frightened the remaining monks.

Three elders died.

In a single thought, building the foundation is as easy as an ant.

The Jindan Patriarch is so terrifying.

"Okay, go do what you need to do. It's not too late for me to become the city lord from today on."

"Please spread the news that I have entered the Nine-Layered Immortal City."

Huh! After Shen Lian's figure disappeared above the main hall, the remaining cultivators felt a chill all over their bodies when the pressure dissipated.

'Plop' 'Plop' Some monks collapsed directly to the ground, gasping for breath.

He subconsciously wiped his cheek with his hand, feeling the feeling left by the ninth level foundation building cultivator.

The three elders who were at the ninth level of foundation building were killed before they could even fart.

So fast.

This was the fastest seizure of power in decades.

After a long while, some monks tried to walk away from the bluestone square, but they were trembling with fear with every step, fearing that they would turn into bloody mist with a "puff".

There's nothing I can do.

The new city lord's four words warmed their hearts.

…

Shen Lian took in the ugly appearance of the foundation-building and Qi-training cultivators left in the square, but did not show much ridicule.

Back then, he was not as timid and cowardly as before.

After killing the three leading foundation-building cultivators, it won’t be long before the Jindan cultivators from the Bishui Sect, Youhuang Valley, and even the Yue Kingdom will come knocking on their door.

Shen Lian casually flipped through his little notebook.

It's been decades, and he still has a score to settle with the Bishui Sect.

As for how to settle this account, he did have some ideas in his mind.

It would not work if he charged in openly as that would be too high-profile, so what he is trying to do now is to hide himself and be a qualified fisherman.

The blockade of the wilderness back then involved not only the Bishui Sect, but also the Youhuang Valley and Tianyang Sect. The three major sects fought fiercely for an opportunity, and the fight is still going on now.

Besides, when will the cycle of revenge end? We should be more generous.

We can't let the three sects off just because of the dirty things they did back then.

Shen Lian thought it would be better to let them kill themselves... and beat themselves.

Give them another opportunity.

If the three sects destroy themselves, then it can't be blamed on him.

…

The news that the Nine-Layered Immortal City had changed hands again was quickly spread by the cultivators, and even the three elders sent by various sects were shocked.

Originally there were only five immortal cities in the entire Chu State, and one of them was merged into the Yue State by the Tianyang Sect.

The annual income of spirit stones for an immortal city is a considerable amount, and there is no telling how many monks are coveting it.

Being arranged by various sects to come to the Nine-Layered Immortal City means that these three elders who have reached the ninth level of foundation building each have powerful backers.

The former great elder Chu Wenyuan was a disciple of the Jindan Shui Yuan Zhenren of the Bishui Sect, the second elder Jie Wanqing was a disciple of the Yueyou Zhenren of the Youhuang Valley, and the third elder Wen Shaoguan was a disciple of the Jindan Lu Zangshan of the Yue State.

Originally, the powers of the countries were evenly matched, and in order to avoid greater conflicts, they came up with a method where the three elders would jointly take charge.

Now suddenly, a golden elixir appeared from nowhere and sent the three golden elixir cultivators' disciples into the sky.

This is outrageous.

At this moment, Shen Lian in the Nine-Layered Immortal City was busy further checking the earth veins and strengthening his defenses. This would be one of his next lairs, so naturally he had to have thorough defenses.

The Ga Ying combination formation is installed.

Teleportation array, installed.

The talisman array is installed.

Of course, it would be a bit too much to install all the tiger-shaped spiritual veins under the Nine-Layered Immortal Mountain.

Deep in the earth, Shen Lian approached the Crouching Tiger Spiritual Vein. His palm penetrated into the spirit vein, and a silky and round feeling was transmitted out.

The grade of this spiritual vein was barely third grade, and he planned to help raise its level. Of course, this was also to help himself build a better defense system.

After experiencing nine levels of golden elixir thunder tribulation, Shen Lian increasingly understood the will of heaven. The rules of heaven and earth are not true spirits, but more like a group of rules that are integrated together to maintain the normal operation of heaven and earth and provide a place for living beings to reproduce and thrive.

However, due to the excessive demands of the monks, the world has become overwhelmed.

If you don't seize the opportunity to show off your talent in the world now, when will you wait? The crouching tiger's spiritual veins are coiled together, and the spiritual energy around them is constantly surging. The earthy yellow spiritual light is gradually spreading between the earth and rocks on all sides.

Shen Lian thought about it and took out ten high-quality earth-attributed spirit stones. He didn't have many of these, so it was considered a big investment.

Wrap ten high-quality spirit stones with magic power and send them to the core of the Crouching Tiger Spiritual Vein. With these spirit stones and the arrangement of a spirit gathering array, I believe that the Crouching Tiger Spiritual Vein will soon stabilize at the third level and then improve little by little.

After the top-grade spirit stone sank into the core of the spirit vein, dazzling earth light suddenly surged up and swept across the entire spirit vein. The originally blurry crouching tiger suddenly solidified a bit.

Just as if he had taken a tonic pill, he opened his tiger's mouth and exhaled towards Shen Lian. The rich spiritual energy turned into a stream of air and made his face tighten.

"So spiritual?"

After wiping the saliva from his spiritual vein, Shen Lian showed a hint of surprise.

How could such a powerful spiritual vein with the appearance of a transformed being be occupied by a fake alchemy cultivator for so long?

Based on his understanding of sects like Bishui, these guys would be able to squeeze out two ounces of oil from any casual Qi-cultivating cultivator they caught, so how could they allow such a spiritual vein to be occupied by a casual cultivator?

“Hoo! Hoo!”

The crouching tiger's spiritual veins surged continuously, and all the high-quality spiritual stones in its body turned into spiritual energy, which was swallowed up by it in one gulp. The earth-yellow spiritual light on its entire body became brighter and brighter, illuminating the dim underground.

At the moment when the earth light was bright, the appearance of Crouching Tiger became clearer and clearer, and Shen Lian saw cracks appearing inside the spirit vein.

"I see. This is what happened. He was castrated."

There is a fist-sized gap deep in the Crouching Tiger Spiritual Vein. Although the spiritual energy has filled this small gap again, the color of the spiritual energy is much lighter than other places.

"Help me maintain the formation, and I will help you grow back the cut part."

Patting the illusory tiger's head, Shen Lian said something to comfort it.

He flashed back to the hall in the mountain. The cave in the mountain had been reorganized by him. There was a training room, a room for refining equipment and elixirs, and a talisman-making room.

Of course, these are the places Shen Lian needs for his practice. Outside of these places there is an outer room where the secondary soul sits and pretends to practice.

The defense of the outer room is not strong, but the inner room is different. Various breath-suppressing defense formations are installed. Unless there is a Nascent Soul ancestor coming to sense it, for the cultivators, the training room in the inner room does not exist.

The next period of time will be to stay in the Nine-Layered Immortal City and go fishing, preparing to bring some warmth to the Bishui Sect.

He had killed three cultivators at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment Stage before. It seemed that he had crushed them to death in an instant, but in fact, Shen Lian had also searched the spiritual thoughts of the three people.

I have gained new understanding of several major sects in the Chu and Yue countries.

Unfortunately, the leaders of the Bishui, Youhuang and Tianyang sects are still the same three guys from decades ago. Not only are they not dead, they are still alive and well.

Among them, there are three Golden Core True Immortals in the Bishui Sect. There were four of them before, but one of them was lucky enough to pass away early.

There are four golden elixirs in Youhuang Valley and three golden elixirs in Tianyang Sect.

In addition, there are three Jindan cultivators and one Jindan cultivator in the Yue Kingdom's Xiu Nu Sect.

Within several sects, the number of fake Dan Zhenren is between three or four. This number has increased compared to a few decades ago, mainly because some third-level demon kings were hunted down during the development of the deep wilderness.

In addition, there are seven fake Dan families in the two countries.

The neighboring cultivation kingdoms of Wu, Chen, Song, etc. were generally similar to Chu and Yue.

In this area, the strongest person is the late Jindan cultivator.

These data once again made Shen Lian feel that it was not a bad idea to stay in the Wilderness. If there were Nascent Souls in the Wilderness, he would have slipped away long ago.

What is the point of grudges? When will the cycle of revenge end? The main idea is to repay grudges with virtue.

After killing three foundation-building cultivators, he had been waiting for the three Jindan cultivators to come. Only after defeating the three Jindan cultivators could his secondary soul gain a foothold in the State of Chu and establish a solid image.

“Whoosh!

The sound of breaking through the air resounded throughout the world. At first, it was just a dot on the horizon, but in a flash it became several feet in size, emitting an extremely powerful force, and rushed towards the city without any cover.

In all parts of the Nine-Layered Immortal City, cultivators felt the incoming aura and were greatly shocked. Some were even knocked away by the pouring aura.

"Master Shui Yuan."

"The Water Yuan Patriarch of the Green Water Sect!"

A monk looked at the water-blue light and immediately recognized the identity of the visitor.

He was so aggressive and it was obvious that he came to avenge his own disciple.

Boom! However, when the blue light rushed into the sky above the middle third floor city, a red flame suddenly ignited in the void.

The flames in the sky quickly condensed together to form a palm several feet in size. There were spots of golden light on the edge of the nails, emitting a scorching heat that swept away all the other spiritual powers floating in the void.

Boom! A flaming palm several feet in size slapped the incoming aqua-blue light from mid-air.

Of course, from the eyes of many monks below, the water-blue light crashed into the flaming palm.

Crackling!

Under the red fire, the water evaporated in an instant.

Master Shui Yuan looked at his water-based magic power drying up and showed a look of horror as if all his clothes had been stripped off.

At this moment, it was too late for him to dodge, and the big red palm had already come up.

"go!"

A blue talisman flew out, but before it could open, it was curled up by the red flames.

Boom! At this moment, the monks inside and outside the city saw a blue stream of light in the air being dispersed by the red stream of light, followed by a loud bang.

Under the red flames bursting all over the sky, a figure rolled back like lightning and crashed into the ground outside the city, splashing dust all over the sky, making the earth rumble, and a ball of hot air rose from the earth.

"Crackling" the flowing fire was still floating in the air, but there was no sound in the entire city.

Huh! The Golden Elixir Shui Yuan Patriarch of the Bishui Sect is here.

Patriarch Shui Yuan left again.

Above the city, a middle-aged monk in a red robe, with a stern and unremarkable face, walked up step by step from the Nine-Layered Immortal City.

"Ah, that's..."

"It's the new city lord."

"Hoohoo, meet the city lord."

…

For a time, the sound of dog licking resounded throughout the city.

…

“Ahem…”

On the cracked ground outside the city, Shui Yuan, covered in smoke and heat, crawled out of the crack in the ground. His body was beaten to pieces and his blood was boiling.

There was fear in his eyes.

He cracked.

He was almost beaten to pieces.

"My fellow Taoist, what brings you to my Nine-Layered Immortal City?"

At this moment, a gentle and caring voice sounded in my ears.

"you!

Shui Yuan looked up at the middle-aged monk standing with his hands behind his back high in the sky. He could no longer suppress the injuries in his body and he vomited blood one after another.

“Puff, puff, puff…”

"Speak up, you trespassed into my fairy city without giving me a reason, what do you want to do!"

Feeling the breath of death approaching, Shui Yuan moved his throat and forced his red cheeks to say, "Fellow Daoist, please come. It was I who was reckless."

I have completely lost face this time.

He came to call for punishment, but before he even entered the city, he was slapped out in front of everyone and almost died from the beating.

He is the ancestor of the Golden Core.

"If you come to me to refine weapons next time, don't be so reckless. I often use my hands to make iron, so it's easy for me to lose control of my strength."

Looking at Shui Yuan's flushed old face, Shen Lian found it quite interesting.

As expected of a Jindan cultivator, he is able to bend and stretch.

It doesn't make much sense to kill an old thing in the early stage of Jindan. You see, if you don't kill it, it can still show you its unique face-changing skills.

"Fellow Daoist, are you a weapon refiner?"

Shui Yuan forced an ugly smile on his mournful face, "I heard that you took over the Immortal City, so I came to visit you."

If I don’t admit defeat, I’m afraid I’ll really die here.

"You see, if there is any misunderstanding, why don't we just talk it out? How about we talk in the city?"

"No need. I will feel relieved after seeing you. Goodbye."

Leaving behind a few words, Master Shui Yuan rode on the blood-stained aqua-blue light and rushed back along the way he came.

At the top of the Nine-Layered Immortal City, Shen Lian stood in the mist, looking at the city below, watching his secondary soul endure the cheers and worship of countless cultivators.

One slap could almost kill an early Jindan cultivator, which was enough to shock the Jindan cultivators of nearby countries.

He walked slowly towards the cave, as he still had a lot of things to do. There were still a lot of demon king skins left, so he would mix them up and make them into talisman paper while he had time.

When it comes to stockpiling trump cards, we can't stop.

…

The news that Elder Shui Yuan of the Bishui Sect was slapped by the Lord of Jiuchong City, causing his magic power to collapse, his body to break, and he fled in a panic, soon spread throughout the State of Chu and neighboring countries.

In addition, the news that the new Lord of the Ninth Floor City was a weapon refiner also spread.

With the previous experience of Shui Yuan as a lesson, the supporters behind the remaining two elders did not come to cause trouble again.

After stabilization.

The deputy soul began his career as a city lord, while Shen Lian was busy practicing, making talismans and so on.

"I'll leave in a few days and take back the Five Elements Mountain."

On this day, after Shen Lian finished his training, he felt it was time to pick up what he had lost.

As for this magic weapon, he did not think it was that rare. Although the five-colored stone was good, it was not the only one. There were hundreds of five-colored stones floating around in the world of immortal cultivation over the years. He did not necessarily need this magic weapon.

With this magic weapon, plus the matching "Record of the Acquired Spiritual Treasure", you can have a complete opportunity.

He was not planning to practice, but he was planning to find someone to practice with him.

If there is no conspiracy, there will be an extra five-element spiritual treasure at that time.

If there is a conspiracy, see who is behind it.

If you don't provoke him, he won't meddle in other people's business.

I believe that with these two things, and by building a more quaint cave dwelling and setting up a few killing formations, the Jindan monks from the nearby major sects will be killed and bloodied.

There are five spiritual roots golden elixir cultivators in several sects of the Bishui Sect, and there are two of them.

This way, you can kill two birds with one stone and at the same time avenge yourself from decades ago.

…

At noon, a monk wearing a bamboo hat walked into the fairy city. His face was weathered under the hat, and his eyes seemed a little cloudy and dim.

After walking into the city step by step, he went straight to a paradise on earth on the sixth level of the fairy city and asked for a cave No. 3 with the letter A.

"start!"

After entering the cave, he took out the formation and prepared for defense. The monk stood in front of him with his fingers as swords and whispered something.

In the training room deep in the cave covering an area of ​​more than 100 square meters, ochre-colored runes suddenly lit up on the surrounding rock walls. These runes gathered in the center of the training room and gradually formed a ball of earth.

“Buzz!”

The rotating earth ball slowly sank into the rock in front. With a sizzling sound, the earth ball opened a one-foot-sized hole in the rock wall.

After the monk dived into the small hole, the soil ball disappeared on the rock wall.

Inside the cave was a winding path leading downwards. There were ochre-colored runes all around the path, emitting a hazy ochre-colored light, locking all the aura into the winding path.

However, as the monk walked down the path, his expression suddenly changed.

At the end of the winding path, which should have led directly to the deepest part of the spiritual vein, it suddenly collided with a yellowish-brown rune.

"not good!"

Sensing the change, the monk pinched his fingers and immediately turned into a stream of colorful light that rolled back along the path.

At the same time.

Shen Lian, who was practicing, also noticed that the runes on the formation were moving.

(End of this chapter)