Chapter 168: Zhou Shixiong, look, is it looking up at something?

The two heard this and hurriedly nodded in response.

"That's right, with her current situation, the eruption of the realm of understanding will be a matter of these two years. Since that's the case, I must prepare a gift for her!"

Bai He said to himself, unable to hide his excitement.

"Third Brother-in-law, Little Brother-in-law, I suddenly remembered I have something to do, so I'll go first!" After Bai He said this, he turned and left hurriedly.

Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu looked at each other.

This really is coming in a hurry and leaving in a hurry.

However, they had a feeling in their hearts that before Second Shijie came out of seclusion, they would probably meet again soon.

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And Zhou Qing, who returned to the mountain, did not go to Jin Leizong with Third Shixiong, but calmed down and began to study the "Di Huang Jing" carefully.

The "Di Huang Jing" was a divine ability technique created by the third ancestor of the Golden-Winged Peng—Di Huang, divided into two parts.

The first is the Jin Peng True Body: The cultivator can transform into a giant Jin Peng in an instant by stimulating the Golden-Winged Peng bloodline hidden in the body. At that time, they will possess incomparably powerful strength and astonishing speed, and their strength will be greatly improved.

The second is the Emperor's Might: When cultivated to the Great Completion stage, the cultivator will naturally emit a majestic aura like an emperor.

This majesty not only has a powerful influence on the human race but also causes huge psychological deterrence to spirit beasts.

It will make them involuntarily produce negative emotions such as fear and awe, thereby seriously affecting their will and the normal exertion of their strength during battle.

But this is a bloodline inheritance technique belonging to spirit beasts. If a human wants to cultivate it, at the very least, they need a key medicinal guide.

"At least a drop of Golden-Winged Peng essence blood!" Zhou Qing frowned tightly after seeing the subsequent introduction.

Now the treasure is in front of him, but to open it, he must find the corresponding key.

When he cultivated the two divine abilities of the Jin Wu clan and the Suanni clan before, he used those two drops of essence blood to cultivate them.

When the Corpse Spirit in the sea of consciousness attempted to possess him, that was just a remnant soul that escaped in a hurry, not essence blood.

Zhou Qing clearly remembered that at that time, the Old Emperor just pointed lightly and killed the other party. What fell from the sky was only foul-smelling black blood and feathers, not essence blood.

"Isn't this just hanging my appetite!" After understanding, Zhou Qing was full of helplessness and depression.

One must know that if he could cultivate the Jin Peng True Body and transform into a Jin Peng with golden light all over his body, that scene, just thinking about it makes one feel excited.

If he could unleash the Emperor's Might and make ten thousand beasts submit, how majestic and cool that would be.

But the key problem is, where can he find the essence blood of the Golden-Winged Peng now?

This thing is different from ordinary blood; it is the essence of the whole body.

If an ordinary person loses a drop, it is very likely to lead to a great injury to their vitality, requiring a long period of recuperation to slowly recover.

The more Zhou Qing looked, the more his heart itched. After all, all the other divine abilities he had mastered had basically been cultivated to the Great Completion stage.

If he could cultivate this divine ability successfully, even if he faced a Soul Formation expert in the future, not to mention anything else, just in terms of running away, the other party might not be able to catch up to him.

"I wonder if there is any left in that abyss?" Zhou Qing stood up immediately, but soon felt it was not realistic.

After all, so many people, even Soul Severance powerhouses, had searched that abyss carefully. What could be left for him?

But seeing such a powerful divine ability right in front of him, yet unable to cultivate it, how could he be reconciled?

"Call Lu Yaoyao together!" After thinking about it, Zhou Qing finally felt it was better to go to the abyss.

After all, last time at Lingku Mountain, bringing this girl brought him good luck.

Not long after, he saw Lu Yaoyao running over happily. Especially after hearing that they were going to Mount Canglan, she was even more excited.

"Zhou Shixiong, are you trying to make up for the regret in my heart?" Lu Yaoyao asked with anticipation.

Zhou Qing said helplessly: "You think too much, I'm just going there to find something."

Subsequently, the two packed up simply and stepped onto the teleportation array, first arriving at Jin Leizong.

Zhou Qing contacted Third Shixiong and learned that he was at the Thunder Pool with Lei Luo, not knowing what they were busy with.

"I won't go, you and Lu Shimei pay attention to safety!"

Yan Xiaohu sent a message. Zhou Qing didn't say anything more after seeing it, so he left Jin Leizong with Lu Yaoyao and headed toward Mount Canglan.

To avoid causing unnecessary trouble, Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao specially disguised themselves before setting off.

In this way, no matter which of the five sects they encountered, the other party would not easily make a move.

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Compared to the three days it took for Master Mo Xingjian to bring them to Mount Canglan, this time they came themselves, but it took a full seven days.

Looking at the vast sea of forest in front of him, Lu Yaoyao sighed.

"Master said before that when I cultivate enough, I can participate in the trial of the five sects. I didn't expect the world to change so fast, saying war would start and it started, making it impossible to participate in the trial now."

Lu Yaoyao looked regretful.

It is said that this five-sect trial, held only once every sixty years, has very generous rewards, all treasures collected by the five sects themselves.

First Shixiong Li Daoxuan had won first place twice.

"Collect your aura, pay attention to safety!" Zhou Qing warned solemnly.

Subsequently, the two moved forward slowly and carefully toward the direction of the abyss.

Swish, swish, swish!

Just at this time, sharp breaking sounds came from the sky from time to time. Lu Yaoyao looked up, then lowered her voice and said quietly: "It doesn't seem to be people from the five sects. It looks like cultivators from those small sects."

Zhou Qing nodded.

After all, this place is not anyone's private territory. People from all sects can come here to try their luck and explore opportunities.

The news that several Soul Severance powerhouses were snatching treasures here couldn't be blocked, so now everyone is thinking of coming here to pick up a leak.

"I didn't expect that more than twenty days have passed, and there are more and more people coming here!" Zhou Qing sighed.

And there were no shortage of Jin Dan and Nascent Soul experts whistling through the sky.

"It seems that bringing Lu Yaoyao here this time was right. Perhaps I can take this opportunity to brush up on some ignore points!" Zhou Qing's eyes lit up.

In this way, the two approached the abyss bit by bit.

Soon, they saw a huge pitch-black abyss appearing in the forest sea, with many figures plunging into it one after another.

However, some were hiding around the abyss, lying in wait quietly, looking like they intended to reap the rewards.

The next moment, several divine senses probed toward the two.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing snorted coldly, and his powerful divine sense was released, directly making those hiding in the dark groan in unison, scaring them into retracting their divine senses immediately.

Subsequently, the two plunged into the abyss without hesitation.

As soon as they entered the abyss, the two felt a rich, inseparable aura of death rushing toward them, like a cold tide, instantly wrapping them up.

Lu Yaoyao couldn't help but shiver, but as her spiritual power surged, she quickly returned to normal.

And as the two continued to dive toward the bottom of the abyss, the death aura became colder and more bone-chilling, making one's heart involuntarily feel a touch of oppression.

Zhou Qing truly didn't expect that the burial place of the Old Old Peng Wang would be so dead and silent.

He waved his right hand lightly, and a Jin Wu flame condensed by spiritual power covered Lu Yaoyao, making the coldness on her face fade away a lot.

"Thank you, Zhou Shixiong!" Lu Yaoyao smiled happily.

The two went deeper, and soon they overlooked a huge depression from high altitude,

Its shape accurately outlined the silhouette of the Golden-Winged Peng, the traces of the giant wings stretching out clearly identifiable.

It was clear that this was the place where the Golden-Winged Peng lay dead.

This scene made Zhou Qing feel a bit dazed. He remembered that when he entered the third coffin with Second Granduncle, he had seen a giant crow skeleton.

"This Golden-Winged Peng is really big, worthy of being a Demon Emperor level existence!" Lu Yaoyao sighed again, her eyes filled with amazement.

And as the two landed, they saw many figures moving, searching nervously for something.

Looking at their clothing, they should belong to different sects and forces, their eyes filled with guard and vigilance toward each other.

Zhou Qing first looked around carefully, his brows furrowing slightly.

This place looked empty, not even a floor brick could be seen. It was truly as the Supreme Elder said, this was not the inheritance place of the Old Old Peng Wang, merely a burial place after being killed by some powerhouse.

"Follow closely!" Zhou Qing warned Lu Yaoyao.

Lu Yaoyao nodded hard, following closely behind Zhou Qing, not leaving an inch.

After all, the figures coming and going around were all extremely unkind in their eyes.

In this way, the two walked and stopped in this abyss, constantly using various methods to explore and find along the way.

But after working for a long time, they didn't find anything valuable. This place was just like an ordinary, unremarkable abyss.

"No—" Soon, Zhou Qing seemed to think of a key point, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

Recalling the beginning, a powerful barrier restriction appeared above this abyss, and its power was extraordinary, directly blocking the Soul Formation and Soul Severance experts outside.

Even the silver-haired woman with Soul Severance cultivation touched the barrier slightly and hurriedly retreated, not daring to take the risk.

Later, the Golden-Winged Peng, in the state of a corpse, absorbed the blood of several other demon races, woke up, and then broke through the restraint and came out.

And since then, that barrier had disappeared inexplicably.

Judging from this series of situations, there were two very suspicious points here.

First, if the Old Old Peng Wang was killed cleanly by someone back then, how could he have had time to set up such a barrier restriction?

One must know that such a huge body, lying exposed in this open-air place, not to mention passersby, even those spirit beasts with slightly sensitive senses would probably have easily discovered it.

How could the corpse be preserved so completely until today, and even give birth to a new intelligence because of it?

Second, when the Golden-Winged Peng in the state of a Corpse Spirit was dueling with several Soul Severance powerhouses, there were no wounds on its body at all, its whole body shining with golden light, and it became braver as it fought.

Could it be that the Old Old Peng Wang's soul was directly wiped out by someone back then?

But if that's the case, wouldn't it contradict the first conjecture?

"Judging from the arrangements made back then, this Old Old Peng Wang was at least a formation master, and had healed his wounds here for a period of time. His injuries had indeed improved, but in the end, he found that the symptoms were not the root cause, and finally died here helplessly!"

Zhou Qing looked around, having some guesses.

A Soul Severance Great Perfection powerhouse could fully transform into a human. Knowing he couldn't live, he could at least find a smaller place, such as a cave, to avoid his body being divided by others after death.

Or perhaps he hoped a fated person would inherit his mantle, at least leaving behind the truth of the past, hoping someone would avenge him.

How could he just transform into his original form and lie here so casually, not caring about anything?

Thinking of this, Zhou Qing turned his head suddenly and looked at the depression formed by the Golden-Winged Peng's lying corpse not far away. He saw many people digging and scratching inside, busy and happy.

"Go up and take a look first!" Zhou Qing made a decisive decision, taking Lu Yaoyao and flying straight toward the sky of the abyss.

As they slowly rose to the halfway point, Zhou Qing looked at the stone wall in front of him, reaching out and touching it lightly.

Not long after, he dug out a piece of material whose energy was almost exhausted from the stone wall, and could faintly see some formation patterns carved on it.

"It seems my guess was right, this Old Old Peng Wang was indeed a formation master!"

Seeing this, Zhou Qing's eyes lit up, his heart filled with joy.

After all, he now had a certain degree of understanding of things like formations and barriers.

"Zhou Shixiong, look!" Soon, Lu Yaoyao pulled Zhou Qing's sleeve quietly and pointed downward.

Zhou Qing was puzzled, but after looking for a long time, he didn't see anything special.

Lu Yaoyao transmitted quietly: "I always feel that the shape of the Golden-Winged Peng seems to be looking up at something."

After Lu Yaoyao's reminder, Zhou Qing looked carefully again, his heart chilling. It really seemed to be the case!

Subsequently, the two landed slowly again, looking forward along the angle of the silhouette looking up, but what came into view was still just an ordinary stone wall.

Several cultivators even observed and explored there for a long time, finally just shaking their heads and leaving in disappointment.

It seems others had also noticed this. Seeing this, Zhou Qing walked up and was just about to use his divine sense to explore carefully, when suddenly, the ten thousand ancient characters presented by the "Di Huang Jing" in his divine sense actually trembled in unison at this moment.

At the same time, he clearly felt a strong sense of longing coming from those ancient characters.

Zhou Qing's eyes lit up instantly, his heart beating wildly uncontrollably.

There really is something here!

But strangely, no matter whether he used spiritual power to perceive or released divine sense to explore, what was presented before him was still just that thick layer of soil.

Besides that, there was nothing.

Such a scene was similar to the situation at Lingku Mountain, needing the help of the full moon night and lightning power to open the true treasure land.

And the key to this place should be the "Di Huang Jing" or other special means.

For a moment, Zhou Qing's heart was settled.

"How is it?" Lu Yaoyao leaned over and asked quietly.

Zhou Qing forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, trying to make his expression look no different from usual.

After all, the people around were all flickering with their eyes, constantly observing others in the dark. Once someone had a harvest, they would surely attack in groups.

"People from Cangyan Dao Palace and Tianji Sect are here!" Zhou Qing didn't answer Lu Yaoyao's question directly, but looked opposite and transmitted to her quietly.

Lu Yaoyao's expression changed slightly.

They saw that on the opposite side, more than thirty disciples from Cangyan Dao Palace and Tianji Sect landed slowly, and there were two old men emitting Soul Formation fluctuations leading the team, clearly prepared.

Others around, seeing people from the five great sects, didn't dare to be careless, hurriedly avoiding to the side, fearing to provoke any trouble.

Fortunately, Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao had already disguised themselves before, and had masks on their faces, so they shouldn't be discovered.

And besides these two sects, people from Jin Leizong and Qingyu Xian Sect appeared one after another.

They snorted coldly at each other, full of guard.

"Go over there!" Zhou Qing pointed to a corner not far away, then went over.

And taking advantage of no one paying attention, a miniature Suanni suddenly came out of his hand, then crashed into the ground, immediately blasting a deep pit in front of him.

In fact, in the abyss below, countless large pits had been dug, everyone thinking of finding something good below.

"Lu Shimei, help me guard!" Zhou Qing said.

Lu Yaoyao nodded repeatedly, guaranteeing no one could disturb him.

After speaking, she walked directly to the edge of the deep pit and sat down, staring at the people around her vigilantly.

That posture, as if as long as someone dared to approach, she would immediately make a move.

And Zhou Qing sat cross-legged at the bottom of the deep pit and started sleeping... no, cultivating.

Now in the tense and exciting multi-person environment, with Nascent Soul and Soul Formation experts not in the minority, plus having Lu Yaoyao, who is familiar and has low cultivation, by his side, it is simply the best place to brush ignore points.

As for that stone wall, it can only be explored slowly after no one is around, anyway, it won't run away.

Time passed bit by bit. After only about an hour, a familiar voice rang in Zhou Qing's ear.

【Ignore points +3】

Zhou Qing's face was happy, then he opened his eyes slowly, looking at Lu Yaoyao, who was focused on the deep pit above, a warmth rising in his heart, laughing secretly.

Sometimes I really feel that this girl is my lucky star.

Now his talent skill 【Reduce Presence】 has been upgraded to LV4 level, and Jin Dan realm can ignore him with a 90% probability.

"Running here to cultivate, what are you pretending for?"

Suddenly, a voice full of disdain came from above. Zhou Qing looked up and saw a Nascent Soul mid-stage man, who seemed to be exploring something on the cliff wall above.

At this moment, the man looked down, saw Zhou Qing sitting in meditation at the bottom of the pit, sneered, his face full of mockery.

Zhou Qing was cursing, the time for being ignored had to be recalculated, really unlucky!

And at this time, Lu Yaoyao, who had come back to her senses, also changed her expression, hurriedly took out her weapon, and glared at the person above with unkindness, ready to make a move if there was a disagreement.

But the man didn't bother to say anything more, just snorted coldly, and turned to go to the other side.

"Zhou, Zhou Shixiong, I'm sorry, I... I was distracted just now!" Lu Yaoyao apologized to Zhou Qing hurriedly, her eyes even slightly red.

At this moment, she only felt a lingering fear. Clearly, she had sworn to guard Zhou Qing before, but as time passed, she had actually been negligent for a moment, almost forgetting that there was Zhou Shixiong cultivating behind her.

If that person had attacked just now, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Thinking of this, she blamed herself even more.

Zhou Qing had to comfort her with a smile: "It's okay, just pretend I don't exist, relax."

Lu Yaoyao bit her lip, full of apology.

This time I must firmly remember what I am doing, and must not forget again.

In this way, another three hours passed, and there was no prompt sound again.

Zhou Qing opened his eyes slowly, and saw Lu Yaoyao watching the movements around her vigilantly, and then turning her head to look at himself, that serious and responsible appearance made him really not know whether to laugh or cry.

This girl is too dutiful!

No wonder she couldn't brush out points.

"Don't keep looking at me!" Zhou Qing said helplessly.

Lu Yaoyao said seriously: "I'm worried you'll encounter danger while cultivating."

Zhou Qing said with a smile: "First of all, I am not cultivating... forget it, just pretend I am cultivating. You keep looking at me like this, others will think we found something good, and it will be easier to attract others."

Lu Yaoyao heard this, frowned, and thought about it carefully, it seemed to be the case.

Seeing Lu Yaoyao watching the movements around her vigilantly again, Zhou Qing simply dug the pit deeper. Now, Lu Yaoyao couldn't see him sitting at the edge of the pit.

In this way, as night slowly fell, the familiar prompt sound of the system finally rang again.

【Ignore points +4】

In the following month, this abyss was extremely lively, with people constantly coming here to explore opportunities, and then many people leaving in disappointment.

Zhou Qing even saw several Nascent Soul spirit beasts that could speak human language appear, looking very shrewd in their giant eyes, making one dare not underestimate them.

Zhou Qing's position was naturally discovered from time to time.

Someone came to take a look, and after seeing him just sitting there cultivating, they guessed that the cultivation technique Zhou Qing was cultivating should have some connection with the special death aura here.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 169 =====