Chapter 403 Humanoid Self-Propelled Steam Engine

In the small courtyard covered with vines, no sunlight can be seen even in the daytime.

Mo Lin stood in front of the formation, holding his sword and staff, "It's the sixth day."

The person who was helping to prepare the herbs stood up and glanced at the sky. "It's getting dark. They should be back soon."

Granny Ma sat aside, looking at those rare and strange medicinal herbs, and then glanced at Xia Tianwu. This person was extremely talented, so it would be fine to teach her some medical skills, but it would be a waste to teach her to Lin Du.

She looked at the still lit pattern.

One day, this formation will be extinguished, the gates of hell will close, and those few people will never come back.

She looked away, "You two usually don't talk that much?"

Xia Tianwu was a little surprised when he heard this, "Don't you like quietness?"

Granny Ma turned her head and said, "I thought there was no one in your Supreme Sect who didn't quarrel."

Xia Tian didn't realize what was going on and suddenly laughed.

Mo Lin explained, "Tian Wu Xi Jing, I talk a lot, but I am a straight-talker without knowing what to say. So I won't say anything."

It would be nothing in front of acquaintances, but now Granny Ma holds the lives of his fellow uncles and junior brothers in her hands, so how dare he say anything nonsense.

The atmosphere in the yard was inexplicably tense among the three people. Just when the atmosphere was about to become subdued again, a few floating paper figures suddenly emerged from the crowd with the last ray of daylight. Their voices had already grown louder, as their souls had not yet returned to their original places.

"Hey, what do you think? I told you that we definitely won't wait until the last day to come back!" An arrogant voice broke the silence.

"Oh, I finally saw the light. I was so scared that all the ink got all over me. I had brought the pens and ink with great difficulty."

"What do you mean by hard work? That's the ink I cut out with great effort! Do you know what ghost talismans mean? Thank your father now."

"My father is still alive." The little paper man jumped up and gave the paper man next to him a dot of ink. In an instant, both of them looked like they had just been taken out of the inkpot.

"That's enough." Lin Du's voice rang out, and he walked forward with his arms and legs stretched out. "If you don't return to your positions, do you want to disperse? I will send you to hell again?"

A group of little figures ran towards his body in panic. Two of the pitch-black little figures rolled and crawled, and turned white again the moment they escaped.

The four finally returned to their own bodies.

"I didn't dare to look back. The evil spirits along the way were like hungry tigers pouncing on food when they saw us breaking through the ghost gate. They all knew that we were from the higher-ups and wanted to drag us down." Yuan Ye covered his chest with his hands, still feeling scared.

"I almost couldn't get up." Yan Qing wasn't much better.

As soon as Ni Jinxuan's ghost returned to its place, she turned around and looked at her senior brother excitedly, "Senior brother, it's a pity that you didn't see it. The sword strike by Fourth Senior Uncle just now was super powerful! It was more powerful than the first strike you made!"

They were relatively safe all the way back from the River Styx until they reached the Gates of Hell. However, when they were about to enter the Gates of Hell, a group of evil ghosts appeared from nowhere, and after discovering that they were living souls, they all rushed over. Their situation was only slightly better than the group of ghosts in the River Styx.

If they continue to fight, they will definitely not be able to escape from the gates of hell.

It was at that time that they truly witnessed the sword intent of a cultivator in the formless realm.

Even if there were only ghosts, that sword was like a rainbow piercing the sun, sweeping across with a cold murderous intent to wipe out the resentful ghosts and greedy ghosts around it, looking down on the group of evil ghosts equally, the sword energy was raging and lasted for a long time.

Under the cover of Hou Cang, Lin Du successfully opened the hidden door and called a few people to escape from the ghost gate together.

Ordinary formation masters can naturally set up ghost gate formations, but once the ghost gate is opened, there will naturally be evil ghosts taking the opportunity to cause trouble, sneaking into the ghost gate formation, intending to return to the human world.

This is why Mo Lin and Xia Tianwushou stayed outside.

But they didn't expect that Lin Du's ghost gate formation was not an ordinary ghost gate formation, but had a hidden door. Ordinary ghosts would naturally not be able to find it if they looked for it from the inside.

The few people who followed Lin Du into the underworld did not notice it, but the three people outside saw it clearly.

Not a single ghost came out, because no ghost found Lin Du's hidden door.

"If you were not a junior, I'm afraid you would not be able to keep your position as the number one swordsman in Zhongzhou." Ni Jinxuan continued to chatter.

Hou Cang had just returned to his body. When he heard this, his face froze and he turned his head away. He was not suitable for such a topic.

"What's the big deal? There have been many famous sword cultivators since ancient times. Today it's me, tomorrow it's you. As a sword cultivator of our Supreme Sect, it's normal for you to be the number one genius, isn't it?" Mo Lin replied subconsciously, "Not to mention that you're the Fourth Uncle, that's even more normal."

Upon hearing this, Granny Ma turned around and glanced at Mo Lin. How could this guy be so straight-forward as to be unable to speak? Isn't he quite good at speaking?

Lin Du handed the cup of unmelted Styx water to Granny Ma.

Granny Ma lowered her head and looked for a while, "Is this the water from the Styx?"

"It's absolutely true." Lin Du replied.

Granny Ma took it and her hands were sticky from the ice cup. She was silent for a moment, then calmly transferred the Styx water into her own bottle and shattered the ice cup in her hand with her Yin Qi.

"Your body has been in the underworld for so long, so remember to take care of it. I taught Xia Yatou how to make a potion."

"Your pill is the most troublesome. It needs a lot of slow-release auxiliary ingredients. It is a bit larger than others. She said she wanted to refine it separately and considered it for several days."

Granny Ma finished speaking lightly and stood up to go into the house. She accidentally saw the scene in front of her. She was stunned for a moment and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.

Those who happened to come out of the underworld had all been stuffed with a pill. As the sun set, they stood in a row of four people, steaming in a very familiar manner.

Hou Cang first looked at the smoke rising above the heads of the two boys next to him and thought for a while, then he raised his hand and touched his own head, and he became even stiffer.

He looked at his second junior nephew, wanting to say something but stopping himself. He tried to use his spiritual power to make wind to blow it away but failed. Instead, it turned into a humanoid self-propelled steam engine.

Lin Du laughed out loud, but finally stood in a row with the three grinning children with a sullen face, acting as a static kettle of boiling water.

Ni Jinxuan had nothing to do with Xia Tian, ​​so she yelled, "Senior Sister! Are you getting too excited again when you're refining the elixir?"

Xia Tian apologized sincerely, "Not this time, this time I did it on purpose. The yin energy lingering in the underworld for seven days is extremely heavy, so I have to strengthen you."

Lin Du took the pill under the eager gazes of the group. Apart from the difficulty in swallowing it, after using his spiritual power to dissolve the medicinal power, there was no effect at all. He still looked calm and composed.

Hou Cang was devastated, "Why isn't she steaming?"

Xia Tianwu was about to explain when Lin Du spoke up, "Because I am a relatively stable and reserved person."

Hou Cang: ...? What does this have to do with anything!

He stared with angry eyes, which finally made Lin Du laugh out loud again. The character who had been like a banished immortal before could only silently emit white steam, and became a mushroom in the corner under the setting sun.

Lin Du smiled and turned around, stroking the extra ring on his finger. He suddenly heard several people discussing their future itinerary.

"I may have to stay here for a while. Granny Ma wants to teach me some rare medical skills and pharmacology."

Mo Lin hesitated for a moment, "Should I stay with you? And guard here at the same time? I'm afraid there will be more evil demons here in the future, so it's my duty to guard here."

Anyway, they are at the right age and level to gain experience outside, so it's no big deal if they don't return to the sect.

Xia Tian was noncommittal, but Yan Qing remembered something, "Uncle Junior Master, how did you know at first glance that it was the Ghost Emperor's?"

"Because there were evil spirits following her all the way, but when she appeared, all the evil spirits around her turned and ran away. Logically, she should be a stronger evil spirit than them."

"She is clearly an evil ghost, but there is no ghost aura on her. She is closer to the heavenly way."

Lin Du smiled and said, "Except for the Ghost Emperor, I can't think of anyone else."

As Lin Du spoke, she vaguely felt that Yan Qing's question was definitely not as simple as that. She stroked the ring on her index finger with one hand and listened to their sighs.

"What did you and the Ghost Emperor talk about at that time...reincarnation?"

Lin Du pressed the ring, his face showing no emotion, and he remained calm, "I don't reincarnate, I ascend, that makes sense, right?"

Yan Qing was suspicious, "But the heavenly beings also reincarnate. When their blessings are gone, they will return to reincarnation with their karma. But compared to mortal cultivators, their reincarnation time is too long, so it's like there is no reincarnation."

Lin Du nodded, "You also said that, compared with mortal cultivators, that's the way it is said."

Yan Qing was a little bit unconvinced, but Lin Du was too calm. Ni Jinxuan didn't believe it either, but Junior Uncle said that to see if a person is lying, you have to see if she dares to look directly at you, whether she touches her nose, blinks, or makes any small movements with her hands.

Lin Du looked so normal that no one could tell there was anything wrong with him.

"Don't look at me like that. My belief is that people only live once." Lin Du smiled and patted Jin Xuan, who looked worried and confused. "I won't be able to recognize you guys in my next life. Cherish the people in front of you."

Ni Jinxuan was convinced, and it sounded very reasonable.

"Then where are we going next? The eldest senior brother and the second senior sister are together, so let's join them too!" Yuan Ye noticed something and took the initiative to change the subject.

Lin Du sighed, Yuan Ye was indeed a smart boy.

A group of children gathered together, and Hou Cang walked up to Lin Du and said, "I heard it."

Lin Du froze for a moment, then he continued, "Their cultivation was not good enough, but I heard it."

"Give up reincarnation, imprison yourself in the Dongming Realm, and steal a ray of hope?"

Hou Cang stood in front of Lin Du, the white smoke above his head had not yet dissipated. He lowered his eyes and looked at Lin Du, "Also, the body of a person who gave up reincarnation is actually in the Styx. What does that mean?"

His brows were gloomy, and even when he looked down from above, he felt a heavy sense of oppression.

Lin Du had already thought of a solution. "It's a long story. I feel a little overwhelmed. I found a medicinal herb in the Styx. Now I have to go into seclusion to refine it. Granny Ma, can you give me an empty room in your house?"

When you are undecided, solve the problem in private.

She raised her foot to leave, then quickly moved her feet to block Lin Du's way.

Lin Du groaned, "Training me again! You've lost to me twice in footwork."

As she spoke, she used the same stepping technique, swayed a bit, turned around and flew into the sky, then landed steadily behind the courtyard. She found the small room where she used to live, and picked up a broken wooden sign that said "Closed, Do Not Disturb" from a corner. She hung it up and then arranged the formation neatly.

Hou Cang chased him to the backyard room, furious, "Lin Du! Every time you beat me, you cheat! Be careful or I'll tell my master!"

"Your master, your master, your master won't blame me, she will only comfort me!"

Hou Cang: ...That’s right.

"I'll tell you, Master!"

"Can you get into Loze?"

Hou Cang: ...So angry, he really couldn’t get in, Yan Ye never even looked at him.

Although Yan Ye has never looked at anyone straight in the eye.

After Lin Du finished his response, he turned around and got on the bed.

She was not really wrong. She did need some medicine, otherwise she would not be able to hold on for much longer.

The soul will be reincarnated seven years after death, and will begin to be reincarnated one after another seven years, reaching the peak of spiritual practice within the last five hundred years.

She secluded herself for three years to digest the natural resources that were given to her to replenish her dirty mind.

Lin Du used his spiritual sense to open the storage ring. There were no spiritual stones in it, only medicine, and spiritual liquid.

She had a vague idea that the spiritual liquid was probably from Wei Zhi, and since it was not used, it was stuffed in there along with a few bottles of pills.

Lin Du suddenly recalled the scene of eating the elixir on his first day in the cultivation world.

That day she was choked by a pill and rolled her eyes, but she had seen the pills in Du Shao and Su Mu's hands, and the size of the pills was not something that would cause an ordinary person to choke if swallowed.

Xia Tianwu and Jiang Liang are the only two people in the world who would add auxiliary materials to their own pills to slow down the release of medicinal power. Ordinary pill makers would choose to use a small dose, because the auxiliary materials for slow release cannot be precisely controlled and the dosage may be out of control.

But only they are skilled and courageous, and are more willing to delve into it, so they would choose this method, just to reduce the number of times Shaolin Du forgets to take medicine.

But the elixir clearly had no trace of strange fire, Jiang Liang...

Is it the fifth brother?

Fifth Brother didn't seem like someone who would agree with her plan.

There is no such time in summer...

Lin Du held the scattered pills in his hand and sorted out the memory fragments carefully.

In front of the courtyard, the three little ones faced each other, and Hou Cang's face seemed more lively than usual.

"Fourth Uncle, Junior Uncle, and the brothers and sisters are all staying here. Can we still leave? There should be a lot of evil spirits at that border, right?" Ni Jinxuan was pushed out by two people. With an obedient image that no elder would refuse, she whispered, "Can the three of us go first?"

Hou Cang looked at the two huge beasts behind his junior nephew and suddenly felt that the next generation of the Supreme Sect was going to be finished.

Do two grown men really need to rely on a little girl to hold them up?

"I'll go with you." He coughed softly. "Going to the border and exterminating the demons is our original purpose. Don't worry about those three."

These three were not very reliable. His sense of responsibility, which had not existed for hundreds of years, suddenly began to grow wildly, and he felt the heavy concern of his elders.

Elsewhere, Xia Tianwu looked at the pill recipes and asked, "Do you have any recipes for Dan Xiu?"

"Yes, some alchemists have asked me for the solution to the snake poison before. Because they are unable to kill people, they left many of their recipes for treating the sequelae of the Mibu snake poison for exchange. I don't make pills, and my body is not capable of making pills. These are useless to me, but they can be used by you alchemists."

"I chose to teach you because I read the booklet you wrote. You are good at writing books. In the future, you can write down this secret recipe of the oriole doctor so that it can be passed down."

Xia Tianwu took the recipe and saw several recipes that he had not been able to learn from his master. "Ningbi Pill? Shengyuan Huanxin Pill? Jinwu Xuanyuan Pill? Shensi Yuanzhi Pill?"

"You said that most of the snake poison is in the heart and the spirit palace. No wonder there are so many recipes for delaying heart failure and replenishing consciousness. After the snake poison is removed, the essence is indeed easily damaged. This recipe for replenishing the essence is also very useful."

Xia Tian was confused, raised his eyes, looked sincere, and said crisply, "Thank you, Granny Ma, these are very useful."