Chapter 197: The Gathering Bell Rings, Hundreds of Boats Compete, Ancient Moon Cave, Unprecedented Spectacular
One year and three months later, Qingyun Sect’s Danyang Peak.
“Master…”
Lu Chen came to the cave where his master, the Taoist Linghuo Jing Gong, was.
At this time, the Taoist Linghuo Jing Gong had been waiting for him for a long time.
After seeing Lu Chen appear, Spirit Fire Taoist Jing Gong said seriously: "Xiao Lu, are you ready?"
Hearing this, Lu Chen nodded calmly.
As for what this preparation is, it goes without saying.
Naturally, it is the True Immortal Trial that is about to come.
Although there are still three months until the start of the True Immortal Trial, no one will wait until the True Immortal Trial begins.
Usually they go there some time in advance.
Although Lu Chen didn't say anything, Jing Gong looked at his cultivation level of the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment Stage and knew that he had been concentrating on seclusion in recent years, with remarkable results.
After all, Lu Chen went to the Great Yan Dynasty after his last breakthrough.
At that time, Jing Gong felt that Lu Chen was a little out of breath and did not wait until his cultivation was completely stable before looking for revenge on his "enemy".
But now it seems that the reason why Lu Chen was so anxious at that time might also be related to the special nature of those "evil creatures".
Thinking of this, Jing Gong said, "I called you here today because the True Immortal Trial is coming up soon. I was worried that you would miss the time, so I asked you to end your retreat early."
"The second is the Giant Spirit Gate you mentioned last time... We have some results."
That’s right, after Lu Chen’s last reminder, the head of the sect, Gu Liqing, sent someone to secretly investigate the Juling Sect in East Shenzhou.
Although people in the past were not able to enter the Giant Spirit Sect and investigate the complete situation of this sect.
But there is no wall that is completely airtight.
Although the Qingyun Sect only sent out some of its subordinate forces.
But those forces also have their own characteristics.
For example, the Qingyun Sect has an organization in the mortal world that is dedicated to investigating intelligence, called Yanyu Tower.
The cultivators in Yanyu Tower are generally those who failed the Qingyun Sect assessment or former Qingyun Sect cultivators with ordinary qualifications.
Although these people are of average strength, they are top-notch experts in investigating intelligence.
After the investigation of Yanyu Tower, Qingyun Sect already knew that something major seemed to have happened to Juling Sect.
Not only did the atmosphere within the sect become very strange.
Even many of the original Giant Spirit Sect monks have been replaced.
This is undoubtedly a very strange thing for a sect.
After all, it usually takes ten years to train a monk.
Even a sect like the Qingyun Sect would not allow its disciples to take risks.
But it is undoubtedly abnormal that the Juling Sect can change so many disciples in a short period of time.
And things have come to this point, which is enough.
Therefore, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, the leader Gu Liqing did not let the people from Yanyu Tower continue to inquire about the situation of Juling Sect, but asked them to withdraw first.
After hearing all this, Lu Chen asked, "What is the Sect Leader going to do?"
Jing Gong did not answer directly, but asked: "What do you want to do?"
After thinking for a moment, Lu Chen said without hesitation: "Lure the snake out of its hole and expose it to the public."
"That's what the head brother said."
The two looked at each other and knew what the other was thinking.
Although it is not difficult for Qingyun Sect to destroy Juling Sect at the moment.
But it is very difficult to make all the sects in Zhongzhou pay attention to Xie Nie.
Because in essence, the current evil sects are not much different from ordinary demonic sects.
Take the current Juling Sect for example. As long as the Qingyun Sect sends out a few Yuanying stage elders, it will be enough to kill them from top to bottom.
There are at least ten people in the Nascent Soul stage in the Qingyun Sect.
If we also count those who are traveling outside and those who have been in seclusion for a hundred years in the Nascent Soul stage.
This number may be doubled.
Even if the other top ten sects in Zhongzhou do not have such a terrifying foundation as Qingyun Sect.
But several Nascent Soul cultivators can still show off their skills.
Faced with such a situation, the Juling Sect is just a wild dog that bites people in the eyes of most sects.
It's not difficult to kill.
After all, they don't know the nature of evil, so naturally they can't understand the threat posed by evil.
The only way is to capture a few evildoers alive and then display them in front of all the sects on some important occasion.
Only in this way can the importance of other sects be revealed.
And what kind of occasion will attract the attention of all the sects and can also guarantee that evildoers will come.
There is no doubt that it is the True Immortal Trial that is about to come.
Jing Gong stood up and told them their plan this time.
"Regarding the matter of the Giant Spirit Sect, the Sect Master is going to personally take action to see if he can catch a demon above the Nascent Soul Stage."
"And its target is the Giant Spirit Gate in East Shenzhou."
"What the headmaster means is that this True Immortal Trial has attracted the attention of most of the sects in the world, and it will also temporarily reduce their attention to other Shenzhous."
"It's not just us, the evildoers you mentioned should be the same."
"They would never have thought that we would attack them at this time and catch them off guard."
"But the head brother also said that we should prepare for the worst in everything."
"Although we have seen the evil you mentioned, we also understand the danger of these guys."
"But there is no guarantee that other sects will not have other ideas, so he must be prepared for the pressure we will face if we cannot prove that the Giant Spirit Sect is an external force."
"If this situation really occurs, there must be corresponding countermeasures."
"As for what the countermeasure is, don't worry about it. It has nothing to do with you for now. You just need to concentrate on dealing with this True Immortal Trial."
"In fact, we have thought about taking action against those evildoers during the True Immortal Trial, but compared to those small fish that come to participate in the True Immortal Trial, it is more important to catch the big fish of the Giant Spirit Sect."
"Having said that, once the right opportunity comes, you should not hesitate and just find a way to capture them alive."
"I believe that you have such ability, Xiao Lu."
"In order to ensure that our information will not be leaked and to allow those evildoers to be prepared, so far, only you, me, and the head brother know about the situation of the evildoers."
"Is there anything else you would like to add?"
Regarding the arrangement made by the headmaster Gu Liqing, Lu Chen felt that even if he were to take over, the result would be almost the same.
Grasp the main contradiction and temporarily ignore the secondary contradictions.
If you want to have your cake and eat it too, you often end up getting neither.
Therefore, they captured the Nascent Soul stage demon in the Giant Spirit Gate and temporarily let go of the little demon who was undergoing the True Immortal Trial.
Lu Chen felt that there was nothing wrong with Gu Liqing's plan.
Of course, letting the little devil go temporarily is only for before entering the True Immortal Trial.
Once you enter the True Immortal Trial.
For the True Immortal Trial that only those in the Foundation Establishment Stage can participate in, Lu Chen can almost be said to be walking sideways in it.
Even if there are geniuses from other sects among those who come to the True Immortal Trial this time.
But these geniuses are not a problem at all for him now.
Lu Chen is definitely in a class of his own.
He could easily kill those evildoers who sneaked into the True Immortal Trial in front of these geniuses.
After all, Lu Chen had learned from Gu Liqing that the suppression of cultivators by the True Immortal Trial was a suppression at the "Tao" level.
Except for some secret techniques and special magical powers, things like talismans of the God Transformation Period or Taoist artifacts of the Four Realms cannot be used in the True Immortal Trial.
Otherwise, a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage holding a talisman from the Nascent Soul Stage or the Spirit Transformation Stage could easily walk around in the True Immortal Trial.
The meaning of the trial is lost.
As for how to discover the evil hidden in the True Immortal Trial, this naturally depends on his strange beasts from the mountains and seas... Listen carefully.
With Di Ting around, even if the evil ones could conceal their aura, they could not conceal their twisted hearts.
It can be said that as long as these evildoers are encountered by Di Ting, they will have nowhere to hide.
When all the sects' attention was focused on the True Immortal Trial, he captured the evil high-ranking members of the Giant Spirit Sect.
This is the core of Qingyun Sect’s plan this time.
This plan seems simple, but sometimes the simpler the plan, the easier it is to succeed.
The truth is simple, nothing more than this.
"Well, don't worry too much about the evil things. Even if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. We will treat these alien visitors well."
"For now, you just need to focus on the True Immortal Trial. This is for you, keep it well."
As he spoke, Jing Gong gave Lu Chen a special third-level magic weapon.
[Name: Ice Silkworm Robe]
[Quality: Three Realms Spiritual Treasure]
[Effect 1: Dust-free: Automatically remove dust, bloodstains, etc. on the robes]
[Effect 2: Spiritual Light: You can activate the spiritual light of the robes to form a special spiritual shield, which can offset the damage of magic to a certain extent.]
[Special Effect: Ice Condensation: Condenses thousands of years of black ice, freezing anything within one kilometer]
"I have observed carefully, and ordinary spiritual treasures have little effect on you, but the robes are of great use to you, and should be of great help to you in this True Immortal Trial."
"In addition, I also asked my sister to refine a lot of pills for you. Although due to the 'True Immortal Realm' in the True Immortal Trial, only pills below the fourth realm can be used, but even if they are all pills, there are still differences in quality between them."
"Senior Sister refined for you all the third-level elixirs of perfect quality. With them, as long as you still have a breath left, they can bring you back from the gates of hell."
"Although you may find me annoying, I still have something to say, which is don't try to be brave in everything. When you encounter danger, it is best to move away."
"As long as the sect is here, as long as the other party is not an immortal wandering in the mortal world, we can get your place back."
"So remember, running away is not shameful, but dying is shameful, understand?"
Looking at Jing Gong's serious expression, Lu Chen nodded seriously.
"Okay, go to the main peak now. There are already many true disciples of our sect waiting there."
"Three days later, you will go with them to the Ancient Moon Cave."
"yes."
After Lu Chen said goodbye to Jing Palace, he set off for the main peak of Qingyun.
Three months later, southwest of Zhongzhou, West Customs.
Xihaiguan is a port city located west of Zhongzhou and Zuiyunhai.
The main reason why this sea area is called Zuiyun Sea is because of the true immortal secret realm that appears here once every hundred years...Guyue Cave.
According to legend, the owner of Guyue Cave, Guyue Zhenxian, was a man addicted to alcohol.
The predecessor of Gu Yue Cave was just the 'wine cellar' left by the Immortal Gu Yue in the mortal world.
But later, for some unknown reason, this wine cellar was turned by Master Gu Yue into a trial ground specifically for assessing the successors.
But even so, those immortal wines still had a significant impact on the surrounding seas over the years.
One of the most important effects is that every time the Ancient Moon Cave is opened, a "drunken cloud" will appear over the West Sea.
Not to mention mortals, even cultivators would find it difficult to resist the amazing "drunkenness" once they entered these intoxicating clouds.
In every True Immortal Trial, many cultivators fell from the sky into the sea due to "drunkenness".
If you are lucky, you will be washed away by the waves and landed on the nearest island or shore.
Those who are unlucky will become food for sea monsters.
However, as the cultivators in Zhongzhou do more and more research on Guyue Cave, the current "Zuiyun" will only have an impact on those casual cultivators who come to Zhongzhou for the first time and don't know Zuiyun.
Each sect in Zhongzhou has its own way of resisting Zuiyun.
As the True Immortal Trial draws closer, Xihai Pass, a former mortal city, now gathers many practitioners.
Among them was a pair of independent cultivators from Southern Shenzhou.
"Master, look above your head!"
In a restaurant in Xihai Pass, a plain-looking, plain-clothed young man looked at the huge fairy boat that appeared above his head and couldn't help but exclaimed.
It was a hundred-meter-long Nine-Light Immortal Boat, and from a distance it looked like a mountain appearing above everyone's heads.
Such a scene is rarely encountered in Southern Shenzhou, which is known as the desert for cultivating immortals.
In response, the old man next to the boy looked up while eating a chicken leg.
When the old man saw the sect's flag hanging on the immortal boat, his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Lingyin Valley, I didn't expect them to come too."
Hearing the old man's words, the young man named Ye Hao couldn't help but say, "Master, is this Lingyin Valley very powerful?"
"sharp?"
The old man seemed to have thought of a joke and said sarcastically: "Xiao Hao, if this Lingyin Valley was in Southern Shenzhou, it would be really amazing."
"But if it is placed in Central Shenzhou, it would be considered good."
"In the entire Lingyin Valley, there are only five Yuanying stage cultivators and more than ten Jindan stage cultivators."
"That's because their ancestors in the Spiritual Transformation Stage are still around, and Lingyin Valley is full of female cultivators, so they have good relationships with the other sects. Otherwise, they would have been kicked out of the top ten in Zhongzhou long ago."
"ah?"
Ye Hao was shocked to hear that Lingyin Valley, which had a Jindan stage cultivator and several Yuanying stage cultivators, was about to be kicked out of the top ten of the hundred sects in Zhongzhou.
After all, in his opinion, let alone a Jindan stage cultivator, even a Jindan stage cultivator was already unattainable in his eyes.
Because in his opinion, his master, Taoist Mohe Fang Mo, who had unfathomable strength, was only at the Jindan stage.
In comparison, there are more than ten cultivators like Fang Mo in Lingyin Valley.
He didn't know where his master got such an arrogant tone from. His words were full of contempt for Lingyin Valley, as if he looked down on them.
Thinking of this, Ye Hao couldn't help but say: "Master, you are a Jindan stage cultivator, how can you look down on a sect with a God Transformation stage ancestor? Are you in the God Transformation stage?"
Hearing Ye Hao's words, the old man's face turned dark. When he was about to say something, a huge shadow that covered the sky and the sun enveloped the entire Xihai Pass.
I saw that this was a huge fairy boat that was ten times larger than the Lingyin Valley fairy boat, and it looked like a moving island.
Not only that, there are five small fairy boats surrounding this fairy boat.
And this so-called small fairy boat is only relative to the extremely huge fairy boat in the middle.
Seeing this fairy boat, the old man's expression became extremely serious.
Ye Hao beside him was simply stunned.
Because he had never seen such a huge fairy boat that looked like an island, he was directly shocked.
"Xiao Hao, listen to me. When you enter the True Immortal Trial, if you encounter something you can't solve, go find the disciple on this Immortal Boat."
"Ah? Master, didn't you say that the cultivators in Zhongzhou not only have high levels of cultivation, but are also more scheming than each other, and told me not to trust the disciples of the big sects easily?"
Fang Mo said expressionlessly: "Although I don't want to admit it, the disciples of this sect are different from those of other sects."
"Remember what I told you?"
Ye Hao nodded and said, "Remember, get close to the real villains and stay away from the hypocrites."
“Real villains are dangerous, but their danger is written on their faces, so it’s easy to guard against.”
“Hypocrites seem safe, but the danger is hidden in their hearts and cannot be guarded against.”
"Yes, but there is one more thing I haven't told you."
Hearing this, Ye Hao asked curiously: "What is it?"
"He is a true gentleman."
"A real gentleman?"
Fang Mo looked at the immortal boat with the Qingyun Sect flag hanging above his head and said in a complicated tone: "Generally speaking, people who can cultivate to the Golden Core stage are either villains or hypocrites, but this sect is an exception."
"The vast majority of them...are true gentlemen."
“Because they’ve gotten to the point where they can ignore most of the rules and just be themselves.”
"Qingyun Sect, this is the undisputed number one sect in Zhongzhou."
"It is also the only sect that values the character of the cultivators more than their aptitude."
"When they select disciples, they first look at their character and then their aptitude."
"If your character is not up to standard, they won't accept you no matter how good your qualifications are."
"And it is also because of this that all the formal disciples of this sect are basically people with outstanding character, and there are very few criminals."
"Some people occasionally go astray for special reasons. No matter how high their cultivation or aptitude, they will never tolerate it."
"At first, some people questioned whether they were just putting on a show, but when something has been going on for tens of thousands of years, there is no such thing as a show or not."
"If we talk about deeds, not hearts, no one is perfect. Qingyun Sect has used tens of thousands of years of experience to establish their position as the number one leader in Zhongzhou."
"So if you encounter danger during the True Immortal Trial, you can find a way to seek help from the people of Qingyun Sect."
"If they can do it, they generally won't refuse, unless you are not clean yourself."
Hearing this, Ye Hao didn't know what he was thinking about, and subconsciously asked: "What if they cause trouble for me?"
Fang Mo was silent for a moment and then said, "Then I can only cut ties with you and treat you as an old disciple. After all, if you had offended other sects, your other masters and I would still be able to find a way to protect you, but if you had offended them, then there would be nothing we can do."
"By the way, remember that apart from what I taught you, you cannot use other methods in front of Qingyun Sect's disciples, otherwise they might mistake you for a demon cultivator and kill you."
"hiss!"
Ye Hao took a breath of cold air, looked at the huge "Seven-Element Class Immortal Boat" above his head, and subconsciously shrank his neck.
The Qingyun Sect was the one that made Fang Mo, who even disdained Lingyin Valley, take it so seriously.
No matter how stupid he was, he knew that this sect was definitely not simple.
"Well, now that even the Qingyun Sect has come, this Zuiyun Sea should be bustling soon."
It seemed to be a response to Fang Mo's words.
The sound of a bell suddenly appeared in everyone's ears.
It seems that only monks can hear this bell sound, and mortals cannot hear it at all.
At the same time, Lu Chen, who was meditating on the Seven Yuan Immortal Boat, suddenly opened his glasses.
Then he came to the Xianzhou platform and looked in the direction of Zuiyunhai.
In the depths of Zuiyun Sea, a huge shadow of an ancient bell appeared on the sea level.
Under everyone's curious gaze, the ancient clock slowly began to rotate.
Every time the clock rotates, many immortal scenes will appear on the clock face.
Not only are these patterns lifelike, they also don’t look like they were carved at all. Instead, they seem to have been native to the surface of the ancient clock.
As the light changed, the lines that were originally just patterns suddenly jumped out of the bell and transformed into images of immortals.
In these photos, there are immortals riding on immortal beasts and crossing the starry sky.
He has great powers and can move mountains and fill the sea, working day and night.
There are also fairy banquets, colorful costumes, and heavenly songs and dances.
And these images will change with every rotation of the ancient clock, endlessly.
After rotating nine times, a huge palace appeared around the ancient bell.
Among them were many immortals whose faces could be seen clearly, as if they were overlooking all living beings, standing at the top of heaven and earth.
Seeing this scene, Lu Chen sighed: "This should be the Gathering Immortal Bell that Master mentioned. It is indeed a method of the immortals. It is daunting..."
The Gathering Immortals Bell is an ancient immortal weapon that only appears when the Ancient Moon Cave is unearthed.
The ringing of the Gathering Immortals Bell was actually a disguised way of telling the surrounding cultivators that the Ancient Moon Cave... was about to open.
'The twelve immortals gather and sing, and the true immortals leave their shadows'
After the Gathering Immortals Bell appears, it will ring a total of twelve times.
This is the first time, and it will ring again every month.
The twelfth time was when the Ancient Moon Cave was revealed.
It was at this time when the first sound of the Gathering Immortals Bell ended that countless immortal boats appeared from all directions and broke through the air towards the Zuiyun Sea.
For a moment, the entire sky around Zuiyun Sea was occupied by hundreds of fairy boats, blocking out the sun.
The scene of hundreds of boats competing with each other was truly a rare spectacle in the world of immortal cultivation in a hundred years.
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