Chapter 894: The world overturned, alarmist talk

Good news does not leave the door, but bad news travels a thousand miles.

Even in the world of immortal cultivation, one cannot escape this logic.

Luo Chen was very clear that the incident of him causing a huge scene at the Shadow-Reflecting Sect certainly could not be kept hidden from people.

Moreover, unlike the blocked information in the North Sea where the major sects of the Eastern Wasteland each sweep the snow from their own doorsteps, the Southern Border has extremely fast and widespread information flow due to its unique spirit gu.

Therefore, when the master of Nine Mists Xiancheng, Daoist Zheng Guan, called out his name, he knew that the Shadow-Reflecting Sect incident from a year ago had come to light.

If it were someone else, they might be terrified by this.

After all, a major power like the Shadow-Reflecting Sect, which has been rooted in the Southern Border for many years, has numerous connections.

Whether it is friendly sects with deep origins or the personal connections of the Lamp-Holding Master himself, they all gather into a massive force.

Under the crushing of such power, who could not feel terrified?

However, Luo Chen did not care about this at all!

Having reached his realm and possessing great power, he was simply not afraid of the old coming after the young were beaten, or one nest after another being wiped out.

If truly provoked, he would not mind doing another mountain-felling and sect-destroying wipe-out.

Luo Chen was in the lead, walking with the stride of a dragon and the pace of a tiger, his dignity quite immense.

Zheng Guan followed behind, his eyes flashing with brilliant colors.

This cultivator surnamed Qi is truly worthy of the name of a tyrant cultivator!

Such bearing is extremely rare in the Southern Border's immortal cultivation world, which practices keeping a low profile and biding one's time; the Shadow-Reflecting Sect provoking this person can be considered having terrible luck.

He was curious about one point and asked in a low voice, "Cave Master Brother Minglei, is Fellow Daoist Qi from the Wind-Thunder Gorge?"

Cave Master Brother Minglei nodded as a matter of course, "Yes, he is indeed one of the thirty-six cave masters of Wind-Thunder Gorge. Although he attained the Dao a bit late, his strength is actually above mine."

Daoist Zheng Guan looked at him with a smile that was not a smile, "Truly?"

A trace of unnatural expression flashed across Cave Master Brother Minglei's face, but he quickly said firmly, "How could this be fake? If Fellow Daoist Zheng does not believe it, you can send people to my Wind-Thunder Gorge to investigate."

Daoist Zheng Guan waved his hand; that would be too impolite.

Moreover, there was no need!

Upon entering the main hall, Daoist Zheng Guan spoke subconsciously, "Fellow Daoist Bei, allow me to introduce you to..."

Before the words left his mouth, he stopped abruptly.

He looked suspiciously at the two people standing opposite each other inside, especially Qi Tian, who had a look of suspicion on his face.

"You know each other?"

Bei Puti shook his head, "I had only heard the name of Fellow Daoist Qi before, but I have never seen him. However, Fellow Daoist Qi's demeanor seems to suggest he knows this old man?"

Luo Chen had just arrived in the Southern Border, so how could he know a local cultivator?

He only vaguely felt a familiar aura from the other party.

"Perhaps this seat recognized the wrong person!" Luo Chen explained

like that.

This time, it was Bei Puti's turn to show a look of uncertainty.

Daoist Zheng Guan hurriedly walked up and smiled, "The immortal cultivation world is vast; it is not strange to have one or two similar-looking people. Let this old Daoist introduce you!"

"Bei Puti, Left Envoy of the Luo Sect."

"Qi Tian, Second Cave Master of Wind-Thunder Gorge."

After both sides exchanged greetings, Bei Puti could not help but ask, "What kind of treasure land is Wind-Thunder Gorge that it has produced two powerhouses, Fellow Daoist Qi and Fellow Daoist Brother Minglei, one after another?"

Cave Master Brother Minglei said dryly, "It is just a place for scattered cultivators with nowhere else to go to avoid the world. Don't talk about it being a land of treasures; it is actually extremely harsh. My achievement of the Nascent Soul stage was merely by luck."

Bei Puti shook his head, "Then Fellow Daoist Qi, I suppose it was not by luck?"

Luo Chen said indifferently, "After I had some small achievements in cultivation, I left the Southern Border to travel the Mountain-Sea World. My footprints covered the four continents of the world, and I have even stepped foot in the Endless Demon Sea, where human traces are rare. Having this strength is naturally a matter of course, and it is not just relying on the geographical advantages of Wind-Thunder Gorge!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone was surprised.

It is very normal for cultivators to travel abroad.

But due to the burden of family and sects, they are often limited to one or two continents, especially when their realm is relatively low; just the Southern Border's immortal cultivation world is enough for low-level cultivators to travel for a lifetime.

This Qi Tian's footprints actually cover the four continents of the world?

Cave Master Brother Minglei subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief; with these words as a foundation, it would be easier to explain where Luo Chen popped out from in the future.

After the few people exchanged their backgrounds and chatted for a few sentences, the topic moved to the right track.

Daoist Zheng Guan said with a serious expression, "Everyone coming here, I suppose you also want to join our Fierce Mountain Corpse Alliance, right?"

Bei Puti nodded without hesitation, "Exactly! It is rumored that the Fierce Mountain Corpse Alliance leader, True Person Song Yang, joined forces with Master Li Tian to research a method to solve qi deviation. Bei has wanted to go further in this life, so he is in urgent need of this method!"

"Then have you prepared to be enemies with the Life-Death Gate?" Daoist Zheng Guan asked in return.

Bei Puti hesitated.

The Life-Death Gate is the only Soul Transformation holy land in the Southern Border; let alone being enemies with it, even provoking it on a daily basis is something one would not dare to do.

Now, the cultivators of the Fierce Mountain Corpse Alliance actually said it so blatantly?

Daoist Zheng Guan shook his head, "Just wanting the secret method but not wanting to bear the risks, Left Envoy Bei, is there such a good thing in the world?"

Bei Puti fell into silence. After a long while, he said in a low voice, "Since the internal chaos of the inner sect years ago, our Luo Sect has spent a long time gradually recovering its vitality, and I do not want to participate in any more disputes. Moreover, Bei is only one of the two Left and Right Envoys and cannot represent the Luo Sect."

"Then please get the consent of your sect leader before you go to Alliance Leader Song Yang to ask for the recipe!"

Regarding this situation, Daoist Zheng Guan seemed

to be used to it; even the answering words were so practiced.

It was Cave Master Brother Minglei on the side who showed a look of confusion.

What qi deviation?

What being enemies with the holy land?

Luo Chen, however, gradually reacted.

If the problem he encountered while cultivating in the Shadow-Reflecting Sect was not an isolated case, it meant that similar situations had occurred in other parts of the Southern Border's immortal cultivation world.

When Nascent Soul powerhouses cultivate, they are too close to heaven and earth, and under the erosion of massive primordial energy, it is extremely easy to suffer qi deviation, or even be assimilated by heaven and earth!

And this time, it should have lasted for a long time.

The Fierce Mountain Corpse Alliance might also be relying on the means to solve this disaster as a support, causing many "desperate" Nascent Soul True Persons to take the initiative to join.

This time node should be these last two or three hundred years.

But neither the Eastern Wasteland nor the Central Plains or North Sea have similar situations, right?

"Did True Person Tianshan leave his hometown back then and defect to the Central Plains' Heavenly Origin Dao Sect for this reason as well?"

The Southern Border's Heavenly Mountain Sect had long since declined.

As the last sect leader, True Person Tianshan had no attachments and could have left.

But these local major sects in the Southern Border that were still considered prosperous were not that simple.

"But why did Cave Master Brother Minglei not show any hidden dangers in this regard?"

"Is it because he just became a Nascent Soul, or is it Wind-Thunder Gorge..."

Luo Chen suddenly realized that although the environment of Wind-Thunder Gorge is extremely harsh.

It is precisely because of the conflict of earth energy and the raging wind and thunder that it became a blessing in disguise, resisting the erosion of heaven and earth's primordial energy.

As clever as Luo Chen, he inferred many things just from the few words they exchanged and combined with his own experience.

As for whether the inference is correct, that is a matter for later verification.

On the other side, seeing Luo Sect Left Envoy Bei Puti hesitating, Daoist Zheng Guan did not urge him, but turned his head to look at Luo Chen and Cave Master Brother Minglei.

"The last time I saw Cave Master was in Tai Mao Xiancheng. This time, you took the initiative to come to Nine Mists Xiancheng; have you already noticed the changes in cultivation?"

Cave Master Brother Minglei opened his mouth, then could not help but ask curiously, "What kind of changes? Please speak directly, Fellow Daoist!"

"Eh?"

"Eh?"

Two light sounds of "eh" came from the mouths of Zheng Guan and Bei Puti respectively.

They looked at each other and focused their attention on Cave Master Brother Minglei.

He actually hasn't been affected yet?

For a time, the atmosphere in the hall became strange.

It was not until a light cough came that it interrupted their gaze.

"Cough cough!"

Luo Chen said indifferently, "If there is something, you might as well

speak clearly. Brother Minglei and I are in a remote place, and we don't know much about the intelligence of the immortal cultivation world; there is no need to beat around the bush."

Daoist Zheng Guan frowned, hesitated for a moment, and still spoke frankly:

"This heaven, this earth."

While speaking, he pointed to the sky with one hand and the ground with the other.

"This heaven and earth of the Southern Border has been undergoing subtle changes."

Luo Chen appeared indifferent, "Worldly changes, seas becoming mulberry fields; there is nothing that remains unchanged."

"It's different." Daoist Zheng Guan shook his head and said with a solemn expression, "That kind of change is a change from top to bottom that cannot be changed. Top powerhouses have discovered that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is constantly increasing."

Cave Master Brother Minglei was puzzled, "Isn't the increase of spiritual energy a good thing?"

Daoist Zheng Guan laughed, "For scattered cultivators, it is naturally a good thing, which is why you had the opportunity to attain the Nascent Soul Dao. However, because of the cultivation of us cultivators, the spiritual energy of the world is always used less and less, especially after great beings ascend, they will also take away a large amount of spiritual energy. Where does this increased spiritual energy come from?"

Immortal cultivators, great power returns to oneself!

But where does this great power come from?

Relying on cultivation?

No, it relies on plundering and grabbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!

One can imagine that under such constant plundering and grabbing, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will always become less and less, until it gradually dries up, eventually heading towards the Age of Dharma Decline.

Therefore, there is the distinction between the Ancient, the Upper Ancient, and the Present Ancient.

In the Ancient times, great wilderness beasts ran rampant, swallowing the primordial energy of heaven and earth, chasing stars and moons.

In the Upper Ancient times, demon beasts emerged one after another, wreaking havoc on the earth.

Up to now, the human race is the protagonist, occupying the essence of the five continents.

Those who don't know the reason see the changes of the times, you sing and I take the stage.

Those who are truly knowledgeable see the most essential things.

That is, from wilderness beasts to demon beasts, and even the human race, their respective body sizes have constantly become smaller, and their consumption of spiritual energy has gradually become less. Especially the human race, with the help of various exquisite cultivation techniques, consumption has become smaller, but the utilization rate has greatly increased.

But no matter how exquisite the utilization is, it still cannot change the fact that the huge base of immortal cultivators has grabbed countless spiritual energy trapped in their bodies.

Especially the improvement of realm makes their lifespan longer and longer; the longer they live, the more spiritual energy is trapped in their bodies.

Looking at it from the other side, that is, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is gradually becoming less.

But now, the spiritual energy of the Southern Border is becoming more and more!

Such an anomaly must have a demon!

Cave Master Brother Minglei did not understand the meaning, his brows furrowed tightly.

Luo Chen, who was very knowledgeable, although he vaguely understood the other party's meaning, still did not grasp the point.

Daoist Zheng Guan did not beat around the bush

and said directly, "Heaven and earth are unbalanced, spiritual energy is intensifying; this is the sign of the arrival of the spiritual energy tide! If it continues to develop like this, the primordial energy ocean that only Soul Transformation cultivators can explore will overturn the Southern Border, causing a violent spiritual energy tide that will destroy everything!"

Brother Minglei turned pale.

Luo Chen laughed.

"Fellow Daoist, isn't this a bit too alarmist!"

Daoist Zheng Guan shrugged, "Whether it is or not, you judge for yourselves. But I only want to say two points: high-level cultivators in the Southern Border frequently suffer qi deviation during daily cultivation; this is one of the manifestations of the primordial energy ocean sinking and being extremely close to the Southern Border. And the second point... the root of this disaster should be within the Life-Death Gate!"

Is this the reason why the Fierce Mountain Corpse Alliance wants to attack the Life-Death Gate?

Luo Chen was thoughtful.

Next, there was nothing to chat about.

Luo Chen and the others stated their original intention for coming here, which was to participate in the Nascent Soul exchange meeting at Mi Jie Mountain and purchase some resources.

Daoist Zheng Guan did not refuse, only saying that they had to wait for a few more days, and then arranged accommodation for them first.

"The spiritual energy of the cave dwelling here is so abundant, let it be given to Fellow Daoist Qi!"

Bei Puti refused a fourth-grade middle-grade cave dwelling that had been specially arranged because he arrived first, and chose another ordinary cave dwelling in Nine Mists Xiancheng.

Cave Master Brother Minglei stood on the side and smiled, "It seems they all know your reputation; there is no need for me to introduce you at all!"

Luo Chen waved his hand, not caring.

Reputation is a brick to knock on the door, but where this brick is piled from is also a kind of knowledge.

Without Cave Master Brother Minglei, he could not have been so smooth.

Cave Master Brother Minglei watched Luo Chen examine the cave dwelling, unable to hold back.

"Brother Qi, what Zheng Guan said earlier, in your opinion, is it true or false?"

Luo Chen stood at the door of the cultivation room and said without looking back, "Whether it is true or false is not important. But I have only had initial contact with them, yet they spoke so deeply and even uttered such big words as the world being overturned; a sentence of alarmist talk is certainly unavoidable."

Cave Master Brother Minglei nodded in agreement; he had never noticed any changes in heaven and earth in Wind-Thunder Gorge.

After some inspection, Luo Chen determined that there was no problem here.

In his heart, he was also quite looking forward to that Mi Jie Mountain.

The grade of the spiritual vein of Nine Mists Xiancheng almost exceeded the mountain gates of many ordinary Nascent Soul sects.

And this was just the gateway to Mi Jie Mountain.

One can imagine that the spiritual vein in Mi Jie Mountain will only be better!

Ordinary people might not dare to cultivate wantonly because of the fear of assimilation by heaven and earth, but Luo Chen had no worries in this regard.

The deep Purple Mansion barrier, plus the help of the Chen Yuan Immortal Mirror with the three souls standing like a tripod, was enough for him to let go and cultivate.

It's just that I don't know that

Alliance Leader Song Yang, what method did he use to solve the problems of others in this regard?

"By the way, let me ask you one thing." Luo Chen seemed to have thought of something and asked Cave Master Brother Minglei. "That Bei Puti, do you know him?"

Cave Master Brother Minglei was stunned for a moment, then said frankly, "Not much contact, not considered knowing him. However, I do know a thing or two about some of this person's background."

Under his narration, Luo Chen's impression of Bei Puti became more and more three-dimensional.

The Luo Sect is a major sect in the Southern Border!

It has millions of sect members under its command, and the number of inner sect disciples is as many as hundreds of thousands!

The number of Nascent Soul True Persons within it is six on the surface.

The sect leader at the late Nascent Soul stage, the Left and Right Envoys at the middle Nascent Soul stage, and three Dharma Kings protecting the sect.

But back then, there was a change in the inner sect of the Luo Sect.

The Luo Sect Right Envoy Nan Yiqi, who was on par with Bei Puti, secretly slaughtered excellent disciples in the sect, practiced evil arts, and even had ideas about the three Dharma Kings protecting the sect.

At that time, people thought he had refined a gu worm like the Demon Heart Gu, so his temperament changed greatly.

Later, under the suppression of the sect leader himself, it was discovered that he had actually practiced the North Sea demonic path and wanted to refine the entire Luo Sect into a million evil soul banner that could threaten Soul Transformation great beings!

In a great battle in the inner sect, Right Envoy Nan Yiqi disappeared without a trace, and the Luo Sect also suffered heavy damage to its vitality.

After finishing, Cave Master Brother Minglei could not help but sigh with great emotion.

"I have also heard of the North Sea Soul Banner, which distinguishes levels by the number of souls. There are sayings that ordinary ten-thousand soul banners are comparable to magic treasures, one-hundred-thousand fierce soul banners are comparable to true artifacts, and million evil soul banners are comparable to spirit treasures. But that Nan Yiqi thought too simply; even if he really exhausted the millions of Luo Sect members, the evil soul banner refined would probably be mixed and messy; how could it threaten Soul Transformation great beings?"

Luo Chen nodded in agreement.

The refining of a soul banner is not as simple as just looking at the number of souls inside; it also depends on quality.

A million evil soul banner at the spirit treasure level must have at least a hundred Nascent Soul level souls inside, and it must also have a main soul at the Soul Transformation level.

Nan Yiqi took a wrong path.

Suddenly.

Luo Chen finally knew why Bei Puti would give him a slight sense of familiarity.

"Nan Yiqi, Bei Puti... Hehe, the old ghost Nan Qi I met once in the North Sea Demon Luo flow back then, wasn't the aura he revealed the same as the one on Bei Puti?"

After thinking this through, Luo Chen saw off Cave Master Brother Minglei and closed the cave dwelling.

The changes in the Southern Border are dangerous to others.

But to himself, it is no different from a stroke of good fortune.

As long as the Purple Mansion is locked tightly, and with the help of the Chen Yuan Immortal Mirror, he can cultivate wantonly! ===== CHAPTER 895 =====