Just before entering the Snow Palace Fairy City, he was still quite confident in his disguise skills, but he didn't expect to be slapped in the face so quickly.
There are too many masters in the world of immortal cultivation.
It is impossible for a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage to see through his disguise technique.
In addition, there are many cultivators coming and going in the Snow Palace Fairy City, so why did this cultivator only run to him?
Shen Lian has encountered many coincidences, and he has even arranged many coincidences in the past.
"The goods have arrived, 80,000 high-grade spirit stones, not a single one less."
Seeing that Shen Lian did not respond, the old man's face gradually became colder, and a sharp aura emanated from his body, as if the sword light was released from his pores.
If he kills everyone, how can the business be terminated?
"Who is this person? He is actually being targeted by Senior Cui."
"It looks like a new face."
"If Senior Cui is targeting you, you can only spend money to avoid disaster. There is no other way."
"Senior Cui's business has never been terminated, unless the buyer also..."
Many cultivators in the surrounding void were paying attention and whispering to each other, but as soon as the cultivator who was talking landed, he felt his whole body being hit by boundless sword energy.
One after another, sharp sword lights exploded in the air accompanied by blood.
At this point, the remaining people retreated in fear, and no one dared to say anything more.
Some people sneered and cursed in their hearts that they deserved it. It seemed that these talkative people were not familiar with the rules of Snow Palace Fairy City. How could Senior Cui allow others to gossip about his business?
"Fellow Daoist, I have grabbed your face and I will not give it back."
The words were light, but the threatening atmosphere was no less.
Shen Lian was a little amused by this. He was a newcomer and had no idea what he had done to offend anyone. Could it be that he was a person who could easily suffer from disasters?
The cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, who was caught in the hands of the so-called Senior Cui, moved his eyes in fear, while the rest of his body was completely restrained and he whimpered in his throat.
The old man slapped the monk's face and pinched it with his hands, looking like he was bragging.
As for the cultivator's background, it seems to be the least important thing.
This old man was Senior Cui. In Shen Lian's perception, his aura was indeed very weak, and his realm was stuck at the late Nascent Soul stage. He did not find anything else.
"Dislike your low strength?"
With a "clang" sound, the sound of a sword came out from the cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and then even his soul was shattered.
Cui Shaoqing threw the corpse away and said, "It's okay. As long as you open your mouth, I can capture you any Nascent Soul late stage or Nascent Soul Great Perfection."
"The one who just died is worth 40,000 high-grade spirit stones."
"Take out the spirit stones."
A rough hand stretched out in front of Shen Lian.
As he spoke, Shen Lian now felt like he was screwed. He could imagine encountering all kinds of things in the Snow Palace Fairy City, but he never expected that something like this would be so bizarre.
For a moment, the two looked at each other.
"No problem. Spiritual stones are not a problem."
The next moment, Shen Lian pointed to the top of the towering snow-capped mountain at the back of the Snow Palace Fairy City. On the top of the mountain stood a huge palace, which was the most powerful Nascent Soul force in this area.
"The one who has reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul in there is pretty good. He's the one I want. Do you dare?"
Seeing the amusement that suddenly appeared on Shen Lian's face, Cui Shaoqing frowned.
The current Lord of the Snow Palace, Chen Jintao, killed another top-level Nascent Soul cultivator forty-three years ago and took over the Snow Palace. According to rumors from the outside world, his combat power is enough to rival three or four Nascent Soul cultivators of the same level who have reached the Great Perfection stage.
Before Shen Lian came, he naturally sorted out some things about the Snow Palace.
The reason why the major forces in Yueling's immortal world change frequently is because each force wants to compete for the order of advancement.
For a long time, the default rule of competition has been that if you want to compete for the entry order, you need to have a piece of territory on the Yueling Continent.
But deeper intelligence cannot be found in a short time. It can only be obtained by integrating into a circle of the same level or even higher. Otherwise, why would he come to the Snow Palace Fairy City?
The Lord of the Snow Palace is apparently the strongest person in the Snow Palace area. Shen Lian looked at Cui Shaoqing in front of him with a smile.
He wanted to see if the old man in front of him dared to take action.
“That costs extra money.”
"I said spirit stones are not a problem." Shen Lian waved his hand.
As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Shaoqing flew towards the top of the snow-capped mountain. A dazzling sword light formed inside and outside the city, shining on Shen Lian's face.
Looking at Cui Shaoqing's back, Shen Lian couldn't help but frown. Could this old man be seriously ill?
…
"The aura of this cultivator is extremely well concealed. I wonder if he is the cultivator who fell from the void crack in Beilu a few days ago."
"This cultivator's aura has never appeared before, and his hiding method is also very mysterious. He is the strongest cultivator you and I have sensed in all these years. Only those with strong strength can board the ferry. None of the previous ones succeeded, and the reason is that they were too weak."
"In recent days, there has been a group of cultivators from the Northern Continent. Maybe they really came from other places, so we can copy them."
In Cui Shaoqing's sea of consciousness, a center line runs across the middle, and there is a small spiritual figure sitting cross-legged in each of them.
The two little men said let’s separate, but their feet were connected like tree roots.
One of them had a sad face, and the other had a smiling face.
The sad-faced spirit frowned, "But this is too coincidental. They let us kill Chen Jintao right away. Isn't it too easy?"
"You worry too much. All the cultivators who come to Yueling Continent now come here for the Advancement Token. If you want to snatch the Advancement Token, you must occupy a position of power."
"Besides, we are paid to do this job. Chen Jinshou was killed by this person. What does it have to do with me, Cui Shaoqing?"
"You are too impulsive. Since this cultivator is here for the advancement order and has come to the Snow Palace Immortal City, he will inevitably clash with Chen Jinshou. Why don't you and I hide behind and take action quietly?"
"I just wanted to confirm the young man's strength up close, but I didn't expect him to ask me to kill Chen Jinshou. Doesn't this further prove that he is targeting the Snow Palace?"
The smiling little man of divine consciousness didn't care. "He's just a Yuanying chess piece. How big a wave can he make if we leave him alone? We killed Chen Jinshou and supported him to occupy the Snow Palace. We hid behind the scenes. No matter how powerful the little Yuanying is, can he transcend my control?"
The sad-looking spirit nodded, "We have failed five times. Can we succeed this time?"
"Shut up. You always look so miserable before the game even starts."
The smiling little man of divine consciousness sneered, "I should have completely cut off your negative thoughts at the beginning. This cultivator's aura is the strongest I have sensed in the past 1,800 years. You don't believe in yourself, so don't you believe in the perception of the Dutian True Spirit?"
"I'm warning you, if you hold me back again this time, don't blame me for banning you completely."
"This cultivator is very powerful at the Nascent Soul stage. I don't care if he fell from the void crack in the North Continent or came from other continents. He must not fall into the hands of other old guys."
at the same time.
A young monk with a silver spear on his shoulder also walked into the city leisurely.
…
Shen Lian looked at the top of the snow-capped mountain, and lines of spiritual bans flashed up and turned into wind and snow all over the sky.
The monks in all directions in the city all stared at the top of the snow mountain, but no one spoke. Those monks who wanted to speak were scolded by the monks who were traveling with them.
…
"The Palace Master has fallen!"
Along with the shouts, the old man was seen holding a fat figure in his hand and flying out from the top of the snow mountain.
Right now.
Black and khaki runes intertwined around Shen Lian's body, forming a series of escape patterns that wrapped him up, and then he plunged headfirst into the ice and soil below.
Cui Shaoqing, who was holding Chen Jinshou, had a smile frozen on his face, and his cheeks swelled up like a toad.
"court death!"
"Did you think you could run away?"
A streak of sword light, dragging a long sword beam, crossed the sky, first flying south for several hundred miles, then turning a big bend in the air and heading north.
…
Stepping on the flying sword, Cui Shaoqing's eyes swept around like lightning. As his eyes opened and closed, two sword lights fell from the sky, cutting through the thick ice and frozen soil below.
"You are the best escape technique practitioner I have seen in all these years."
"However, I never have the habit of stopping my business halfway."
On the Beilu Glacier, the sword flashed like lightning, constantly tearing through the thick ice layer, and ice chips filled the air.
'clang', 'clang', 'clang', sharp rays of light cut through the sky and were continuously released from Cui Shaoqing's body. It could be said that wherever his eyes fell, the sword light would follow.
He stood in mid-air, frowning.
"Illusion array!"
Then, he sneered, "It's just an illusion, break it!"
Later, above the endless white glacier, Cui Shaoqing's sword energy was like a dragon. Billions of sword lights rushed out and shattered the thousand-mile glacier below into ice chips.
After a moment, the sound of "crack" and "crack" was heard, and the shattered ice was like a broken mirror, which rolled back in a breath and turned into an endless glacier.
"Fifth-level illusion array!"
Cui Shaoqing gritted his teeth.
He clenched his palm lightly, and a slender ice sword appeared in his hand.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the entire space stagnated.
A winding sword light emanated from the ice sword, and in an instant it galloped like a dragon, tearing a large winding crack in the air, and outside the crack was a sky full of falling snow.
Seeing this, Cui Shaoqing turned into a sword light and rushed out.
"You even have a fifth-order illusion array. I was wrong. Show me what else you have."
In an instant, the snowflakes falling in the void condensed and transformed into small sword shadows. Each sword was attached with a wisp of divine power, covering every corner of the void.
…
"Cui Shaoqing came to the Snow Palace Fairy City 1,800 years ago. He was a madman with a murderous nature. He would kill anyone regardless of their race, and often used forced buying and selling to obtain high-quality spirit stones.
No one knows his origins, and he doesn't care about the changes in power in the Snow Palace. He often sits on the top of a hill in the Snow Palace City.
His strength is at the late Nascent Soul stage, but he has killed three Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivators in the past 1,800 years, but they don’t know it in secret. "
Inside an iceberg, ice crystals distorted the light, and Shen Lian's figure blended into the surrounding environment. The relevant information that the Merit Clone obtained from the Snow Palace was imprinted in his perception.
Looking at the way he acted so casually today, you can tell how perverse his personality is.
But these pieces of information are not of much use to Shen Lian. Cui Shaoqing definitely didn't target him because he looks ordinary.
There are so many people here, and there are so many monks in disguise, why do they have to ask him if he has any shame? Today's incident is actually ridiculous. He entered the Snow Palace Immortal City just to see if he could find out the news about the clam pearls. He didn't expect to meet a person who forced a sale right away. Things suddenly went beyond his expectations.
In addition to the news about Cui Shaoqing, the other news that the Merit Clone had inquired about in the Snow Palace Fairy City gave Shen Lian a lot of ideas.
Since this is the only way to enter the core eighteen continents, it has attracted powerful Nascent Soul-level cultivators from the entire cultivation world to gather here. Most of these cultivators have extremely strong combat power that cannot be judged by their realm.
Because of this, there are more high-level resources.
Although no news was obtained about the clam pearl, a rumor was heard that an old ancestor who had attained the state of transformation had raised a clam girl, and it was said that the clam girl's cultivation level had already reached the great perfection of the Nascent Soul stage.
It can be said that the Yueling Continent is an enlarged wasteland, where more Nascent Souls gather.
If Cui Shaoqing is really in the late Nascent Soul stage, he really can't get by here.
"Late Nascent Soul stage?" Shen Lian sneered.
Although the Five Elements Illusionary Sky Formation is just an illusion formation and its defense is the weakest among the formations of the same level, the fact that Cui Shaoqing was able to break the fifth-level formation is enough to prove that he possesses the combat power of a fifth-level god.
"Chaotic divine thoughts, divine transformation combat power, is it divine transformation combat power, or is it divine transformation from the beginning?"
Shen Lian narrowed his eyes and looked at the figure in the Five Elements Fantasy Sky Formation.
The defense of the Five Elements Illusion Sky Array is not good, so he made three layers when he created it. Now Cui Shaoqing, who thought he had broken through the illusion array, was only in the second layer.
Even the illusion array requires time to identify. Such strength does not seem like that of a god. However, the sword that broke the illusion array before has the ability of a god.
And judging from his appearance after he made the move, he didn't seem tired after performing a powerful move. It was obvious that he didn't digest the sword attack very well.
In this situation, it seems very contradictory.
At the late Nascent Soul stage, he slashed out with a sword at the Spiritual Transformation level.
"call."
Shen Lian let out a long sigh, feeling a little helpless. He had just moved to a new place and now something terrible had happened. It was really never peaceful at all.
…
In the illusion array.
Cui Shaoqing had also discovered that he was still in the formation. At the moment, he was squinting his eyes and looking around. Sword energy protected his body, and there was no longer that playful look on his face.
"Fellow Daoist, even though the deal may not go through, we still have a sense of righteousness. It is because I was short-sighted that I did not recognize you, my fellow Daoist. I apologize for this."
"We are all wanderers in this world, we can definitely cooperate."
"If you want to occupy the Snow Palace, I can withdraw and find another place. We are all fighting for the spirit essence. If we start a fight before we even get on the ferry, it will only benefit the other old guys."
…
"Killing you would just be one less old fellow."
A faint voice echoed throughout the illusion array.
Immediately, Cui Shaoqing's eyes swept across every corner like lightning.
"The sound is vague and there is no way to determine the location."
In the sea of divine thoughts, two divine thought figures pondered, "Continue to communicate with this person."
…
"Fellow Daoist, we are both in a loss, and it will only benefit others. I am willing to make amends for what happened today. How do you think?"
As he spoke, Cui Shaoqing touched his waist, and the small green-skinned gourd hanging on his waist flickered with light, and a two-inch wide piece of colorful chalcedony appeared, which he placed one by one in the void.
"I'll give you a piece of colorful jade as an apology. Fellow Daoist, please be kind and we'll meet again in the future."
Then you can see a wisp of colorful smoke floating inside the colorful jade, which contains all kinds of mysteries.
The aura is similar to the Five Elements Brilliant Pearl in Shen Lian's hand, but the aura is only about one percent of the Five Elements Brilliant Pearl.
"Fellow Daoist, one piece of multicolored jade is already a lot. Do you really want to fight to the death?"
Seeing that there was still no movement in the formation, Cui Shaoqing's expression gradually turned cold, and an illusory sword light enveloped him.
How could he know that Shen Lian had no idea what the five-colored jade was used for.
"You deserve to die and break your net?"
Then, a cold voice sounded, with a hint of sarcasm.
“clang!”
Inside the illusion array, Cui Shaoqing's expression was filled with murderous intent, and his figure suddenly disappeared, completely merging with the illusory sword light.
In an instant, a sword light like a dragon cut the illusion array into two halves.
"alright."
In one part of the illusion array, the spiritual fire in Shen Lian's hand rolled, repairing the first illusion array that had been split open before.
At this moment, the Merit Clone who had found out the news also rushed back, took over the illusion array and began to set it up, while Shen Lian took back the broken flag of the second illusion array that had just been split open and began to repair it again.
An old fellow in the late Nascent Soul stage can actually burst out the combat power of the God Transformation level continuously. Although the combat power of this God Transformation level is only that of an ordinary God Transformation and his power of rules is just at the initial stage, but if these two situations appear in one person, this person must have a secret.
…
Cui Shaoqing flew across the sky with his sword, shattering the illusion array, and flew to the top of a snowy mountain. Then he frowned, and the snowflakes from all directions suddenly turned into sword lights, rushing in all directions.
Boom! The sword energy of the snowflakes shattered the nearby snow-capped mountains, and the sky and earth roared and shook, but ripples appeared above the void, like a lake.
Still in the illusion.
Cui Shaoqing's face now looked even uglier. He clearly knew it was an illusion, but he couldn't break it no matter what. This was really frustrating.
"Fellow Daoist, don't bother yourself with it. This is the Wanxuan Illusion Formation, which has ten thousand layers of illusions. You can't break it."
A leisurely voice sounded, with a hint of smile.
At the same time, Merit's clone quickly set up a new formation outside the illusion formation.
"Ten thousand layers of illusion array?"
Cui Shaoqing's expression changed, but he quickly realized that the so-called ten thousand-layer formation was most likely a trick to trick him.
"Just try to trick the younger generation with this."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Shaoqing once again transformed himself into a sword, and the sword light in the illusion space penetrated the sky and the earth.
"Quick, take back the battle flag."
"Put the new one in place."
Shen Lian called upon his left and right arms, one to collect the formation flags, and the other to put down the formation flags, and the family of three were busy and happy.
After continuously displaying sword skills at the Divine Transformation level, he is now certain that this cultivator is a hidden Divine Transformation monster.
However, I should have banned myself for some reasons.
It is also because of this that the combat power of this cultivator was also banned.
Moreover, continuously exceeding the forbidden sword control should not be a good thing. Otherwise, why would a dignified Divine Transformation cultivator act like a grandson?
It is precisely because of this that Shen Lian was able to calmly switch between the three illusion arrays.
…
As the sword light fell, the surrounding void broke into pieces. Behind the shattered fragments of space was a vast green forest. In the snowy world to the north of Yueling Immortal Realm, there was no such vast scene.
Damn, he was being fooled by the ice and snow scene before, but now he can’t even be fooled. It’s obvious that he is trapped in an illusion.
"It's the eleventh level."
Landing on the top of the tree, Cui Shaoqing was panting, just like an ordinary old man, and his figure became hunched.
Under the robe, his body was like dry bark, peeling off bit by bit. His aura became more erratic, especially the expression on his face, which kept changing between mournful and indifferent. There was a feeling of being extremely torn apart.
"Fellow Daoist, I'm already trapped in a jar. If you want to kill me or rob me, just do it directly. Why bother to humiliate me like this?"
Cui Shaoqing circled around and put down the sword in his hand. Shen Lian was a little speechless when he saw Cui Shaoqing's submissive look. He didn't have the same attitude as before, that he wanted to smash the other party's spirit ship, crush everyone to death, and take away the middle-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
Just as he expected, there was a seal on this cultivator's body. After performing the sword technique at the Divine Transformation level for more than ten times in a row, the skin on his body began to peel off, and a smell of decay and rot wafted out.
The smell of decay was the same as that of the farmer.
Both of the Jindan cultivators died. If it was only farmer Shen Lian, he wouldn't have thought much of it, but when he met another one, he had to think more.
What a vicious magic this is! Even a god can’t stand it.
"Do you want to kill him?"
Shen Lian looked at the graceful figure beside him, only to see that the black skirt she was wearing was gone. She was wearing a scarlet inner skirt with moon-white patterns, and a semi-transparent gauze dress on the outside. She was fingering her nails and gave him a blank look.
There was no need to get a response, Shen Lian was just asking himself the question.
This matter really gave him a headache.
At this moment, Cui Shaoqing in the illusion array had stopped moving, and seemed to be struggling against the seal on his body. What was even more strange was that there seemed to be some insects crawling under the body of this cultivator, swimming from the back along the neck to the face.
"ah……"
A hoarse roar came out of Cui Shaoqing's mouth. He held his head with both hands, his eyes were wide open, and his eyeballs seemed about to pop out.
One by one, ochre-colored runes lit up on his body. These runes looked like cloud seals and were released from his body.
Cui Shaoqing curled up into a ball, and the chaotic aura in his sea of consciousness became increasingly turbulent.
"Wuwu... It's over, it's over, I'm dying, I'm dying, I've already said that I'd find a place to spend the rest of my life, but you insisted on fighting..."
In the sea of divine consciousness, the little divine being with a sad face burst into tears.
"Shut up, shut up, I told you to shut up!"
The other smiling-faced little man then showed a ferocious look. He reached out to grab the sad-faced little man and slapped him rudely with his big hand.
But because the two are connected, the turmoil caused by each slap will be borne by both of them at the same time.
But even so, the smiling little man still did not stop.
"You useless piece of shit, I should have fought hard to destroy you."
ps: I will post one big chapter today and not separate them. There will be no update in the evening.
(End of this chapter)