Chapter 240: A luxurious gift from the previous Sect Master (6k)

"Brat, what are you doing?" As soon as Er Daye landed on the shore, he ran toward the third coffin.

But he found Zhou Qing running to the bottom of the ancient tree, digging frantically for something with his butt stuck out.

He shouted twice but was ignored; at this moment, Er Daye couldn't care about anything and hurriedly pushed with all his might.

Those three corpse-wax crows were sometimes Soul Formation, sometimes Soul Severance; even he couldn't take it for a moment.

The moment the coffin lid was pushed open, the three corpse-wax crows walked out together in the darkness across the blood river, their eyes coldly locking onto Er Daye.

"Kid, are you really looking for death?" Seeing this, Er Daye hurriedly stepped one leg into the coffin, and then shouted at Zhou Qing at the top of his lungs.

At this moment, Zhou Qing was also galloping over with his heart beating wildly, instantly diving into it.

Er Daye closed the lid the second before the three corpse-wax crows were about to land.

Land of Magma!

After the two landed, Er Daye cursed and swore.

"Madman, really a little madman, do you know you just..."

"Give!"

Before Er Daye could finish his rage, Zhou Qing immediately took out a small box and handed it to him.

Er Daye grabbed it angrily and said unpleasantly: "No matter what it is, you shouldn't take your own life... Good fellow, is this spirit soil?"

After seeing what was in the box, Er Daye's pupils shrank, full of disbelief.

He immediately looked at Zhou Qing, full of suspicion: "I have felt more than once that you are the tomb-guarding beast of this place; how did you know there was this good thing under the tree?"

Zhou Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "I was just guessing; didn't expect there really was."

Then he paused and continued: "Zhang Wan Bao sent me a jade slip about heavenly materials and earthly treasures; I unintentionally learned the role of spirit soil, plus you have the ten-thousand-year blood ginseng, which just happens to be useful."

"This time I can be considered to have coerced you to come; no matter what, I have to show some sincerity."

Looking at Zhou Qing's flushed face, Er Daye felt moved in his heart.

"Little Blood will definitely like it very much; thank you; don't take such risks next time!" Er Daye patted Zhou Qing on the shoulder and said.

Zhou Qing nodded repeatedly and said: "But it was indeed quite dangerous; I only dug a little bit, and I actually felt that the tree seemed to want to do something to me."

Hearing this, Er Daye couldn't help but smile.

"That's for sure; didn't you see it maintaining the beating of that heart? That is a true divine tree!" Er Daye said.

Zhou Qing nodded repeatedly; he could identify it next time he simulates.

Then he looked at the pile of spirit soil in the storage bag, and Zhou Qing couldn't help but grin.

No wonder the divine tree would have hostility toward him; he did dig a bit too much.

"Let's go!" Er Daye pulled Zhou Qing and disappeared instantly.

When they appeared again, they had already arrived at a crater.

This place actually grew twelve Flame Spirit Flowers.

Zhou Qing saw this, excited, and hurriedly took out the spirit box and spirit shovel, starting to dig carefully.

"What's the use of this thing? It's not worth much money!" Er Daye looked at Zhou Qing's serious appearance and said with disdain.

He had been trapped in this small world for many years and didn't know how many such spirit plants he had seen.

At most, it's just a bit off-beat and extremely difficult to find.

"Finally... waited... for you!" Just then, in a magma land in the distance, the Flame Fire Ancestor Crocodile's angry roar suddenly came.

Er Daye immediately took out the Jin Wu Fan and hurriedly said: "This guy has thick skin and flesh, and has transformed into Ancestor Crocodile essence blood; it's extremely difficult to deal with; hurry up."

Seeing this, Zhou Qing also felt tight in his heart and immediately accelerated the speed in his hand.

"Go!"

After the last Flame Spirit Flower was collected into the jade box, Er Daye grabbed Zhou Qing and headed straight for the air.

Roar!

The Flame Fire Ancestor Crocodile suddenly rushed out from the magma land, and immediately let out an earth-shattering roar.

Then it waved its huge wings, bringing up a scorching wind; wherever it passed, magma splashed, and scorching air currents rolled in, chasing the two crazily.

"You beast, we are so familiar; there's really no need to send us off!" Er Daye laughed loudly.

Immediately after, the Jin Wu Fan in his hand was thrown out, and as his hands formed seals, majestic spiritual power was injected into it.

Instantly, golden rays of light like sharp blades shot out from the fan, carrying scorching high temperatures, straight at the Flame Fire Crocodile King.

Boom boom boom!

Following that were continuous explosions and roars.

"You... wait!"

The Flame Fire Crocodile King's eyes were blood-red, and it let out an unwilling roar; its huge body swayed in the air, then fell heavily into the magma, splashing huge water splashes.

"This Jin Wu Fan is truly a good thing!"

Er Daye liked it more and more as he looked at it, hurriedly put it away, pulled Zhou Qing, pushed open the coffin lid, and jumped out.

Zhou Qing was also full of excitement; the required materials were finally all gathered!

"What are you stunned for? Help!"

Seeing Zhou Qing stunned, Er Daye hurriedly ran to the first coffin and shouted.

Zhou Qing immediately went over, and the two pushed open the coffin lid together; before the corpse-wax crow could come out, they jumped down.

After landing, Zhou Qing quickly became alert.

Compared to the last simulation, now the nauseating bloody smell could no longer be smelled in the air; it was replaced by a faint decaying aura.

"This time the preparation is not very sufficient; 【Invisibility Talismans】 are still only two; how about you forget it; as a tomb-guarding beast, you shouldn't need these things!"

After Er Daye took out two talismans, he looked at Zhou Qing with a trace of teasing in his eyes.

Zhou Qing hurriedly said: "Uncle, I am really not a tomb-guarding beast; if you don't believe me, pinch me; standing before you now is a living person."

"Kid, this world even has a stone that can become a spirit, let alone..." Before Er Daye's words were finished, a low roar suddenly came from around.

Immediately after, more than thirty Soul Formation realm wandering souls, seeming to feel the aura of a living person, drilled out from the mist, baring fangs and brandishing claws, and pounced directly.

Zhou Qing's expression changed, and he immediately looked at Er Daye.

He was stunned.

Because Er Daye was gone; to be precise, he used the 【Invisibility Talisman】 to hide all his aura.

"Uncle, don't play like this—" Zhou Qing hurriedly said.

Er Daye's leisurely voice sounded from the side: "Spirit talismans are limited; you wait a moment; in case you are in the same gang, I can save one."

What else could Zhou Qing do? He called out bitterly in his heart, and immediately thunder arcs flickered in his hands, preparing to meet the enemy.

Although 【Lower Presence】 has been upgraded to level six, and the entire Divine Transformation realm has a 90% probability of ignoring him, he didn't dare to be arrogant because of this.

Fortunately, when those wandering souls were less than three meters away from Zhou Qing, because they lost Er Daye's figure, they began to become confused.

Afterward, they just ignored Zhou Qing and dispersed.

"My goodness, you still say you are not the tomb-guarding beast of this place? Introduce yourself; are you the one who opens the door or closes the door?" Er Daye said, full of shock.

Zhou Qing breathed a sigh of relief and said: "They are absolutely the same as last time; it was deliberate; maybe it was deliberately done by the Ghost Emperor."

"Hehe—" Er Daye gave two dry laughs, the laughter carrying a trace of elusive meaning.

Although he was joking, he was also a bit curious; why didn't these wandering souls attack Zhou Qing?

It was like this last time, and it was the same this time, which really made him unable to figure it out.

Could it be that the invisible amplification brought by Zhou Qing's Three Flowers Gathering at the Top is at work?

Just when Zhou Qing was preparing to fabricate another reason, a Divine Transformation realm wandering soul suddenly roared and rushed toward Zhou Qing.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing was full of excitement.

I said so, they couldn't all be blind.

"Uncle, look—"

Seeing this, Er Daye couldn't figure it out even more, so he had to stick an 【Invisibility Talisman】 on Zhou Qing.

The next moment, Zhou Qing disappeared directly from the spot.

That wandering soul was a bit confused, roared, and left.

"Strange, truly strange!" Er Daye muttered to himself.

However, the talisman time was limited, and he didn't have time to think about these things here.

Don't be like last time, appearing in an embarrassing scene where one was exposing his thighs and one was exposing his butt cheeks, shaking all the time.

Zhou Qing breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the old hen in Er Daye's arms; it didn't have a spirit talisman on it.

It was only because of close contact with Er Daye that it hid its figure together.

"Er Daye, I have an idea that can save a spirit talisman..."

"I also have an idea; you carry me on your back!" Er Daye said first.

Zhou Qing's skin twitched.

This is my line.

"Uncle is joking; you are a Soul Severance realm powerhouse; my steps are slow, and I will drag you down instead, and I am light; how about—"

"Rebelling against heaven, right? Hurry up!" After Er Daye finished speaking, he walked forward directly.

Zhou Qing smiled embarrassedly and hurriedly followed.

Soon, the two found fresh white bones on the ground, as well as tattered clothes, but the storage bags were missing.

"Impossible!" Zhou Qing's brows furrowed slightly; he came in this time just to pick up storage bags.

And when simulating, almost everyone's storage bags were hanging on the clothes of these white bones, but now they were nowhere to be seen.

Don't look at those wandering souls as having the strength of Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation realms; in fact, they have no self-awareness at all.

They just act purely based on devouring and instinct; logically, they wouldn't deliberately collect them.

"Could it be that there are still living people here? Or, is it that the Ghost Emperor ordered the wandering souls to collect the storage bags?" Zhou Qing muttered to himself, feeling a bit uneasy.

The two continued to walk forward; along the way, none of the white bones they encountered had storage bags; this phenomenon made Zhou Qing's heart sink.

"That place is—"

Soon, he saw a familiar stone forest, and Zhou Qing ran over quickly.

Afterward, he closed his eyes, recalled carefully, and walked another hundred meters or so to the east, and sure enough, he found a dried corpse lying quietly there.

But at this moment, there was a Nascent Soul realm wandering soul turning Xuanjizi's dried corpse over and pulling his storage bag from his waist.

Zhou Qing was about to take action, but Er Daye hurriedly stopped him: "Let me do it."

After Er Daye finished speaking, he appeared behind this wandering soul instantly, pointing a finger at the back of its head.

"Strange, no spiritual sense or memory at all, but it should be ordered by that Ghost Emperor!"

After Er Daye finished speaking, his brows furrowed, his face full of doubt, and then he flicked his finger, and the wandering soul immediately turned into a ball of black smoke and dissipated in the air.

And Xuanjizi's storage bag was steadily caught by Zhou Qing.

"You discovered this dried corpse first; it's yours!" After Er Daye finished speaking, he continued to walk forward.

Zhou Qing thanked him and collected it along the way.

After all, Er Daye didn't come in for these storage bags; his real purpose was to verify whether that Ghost Emperor was True Person Canglong?

After a long time, Zhou Qing found that his feet began to manifest, and this time Er Daye's head.

The two couldn't help but speed up, until they arrived at the Red Pagoda Mountain.

"Can it be broken?" Seeing that the pagoda body was still complete, Er Daye's eyes flashed with burning expectation, and he turned to look at Zhou Qing and asked.

Zhou Qing showed a difficult expression and said helplessly: "Uncle, there are three-color restrictions on it; I just condensed a thousand spirit seals."

"Try it; as long as you can break a small opening, your uncle will have a way!"

Er Daye said, while gently placing the old hen in his arms on the ground, his face full of smiles.

Coaxing it: "Chicken, you go in first and give us a sample; I'll treat you to something delicious later!"

As soon as the old hen landed, the feathers all over its body exploded, and its body couldn't stop trembling.

The surrounding wandering souls seemed to perceive the vitality, and immediately let out sharp roars, rushing toward this side.

Seeing this, Er Daye hurriedly reached out and pushed the old hen toward the pagoda door, but the three-color restriction manifested spirit patterns directly, rejecting it.

"Hey, you guy, aren't you able to ignore restrictions?" Er Daye was both angry and anxious; having no choice, he had to pick up the old hen again and hide its figure for it again.

Those rushing wandering souls circled around a few times, lost their target, and then roared unwillingly a few times, slowly dispersing.

Zhou Qing also breathed a sigh of relief and had to step forward to comfort: "It is undergoing a secondary transformation; maybe it can only ignore part of the one-color restrictions for now; let me try first."

After Zhou Qing finished speaking, a thousand spirit seals floated out, and he began to try to crack the pagoda body restriction.

After a full hour, Zhou Qing stood up with a tired face, then shook his head at Er Daye.

This is not an ordinary three-color restriction; the rare spirit patterns involved are countless, which can be called the elite of the elite.

"If I only have one chance to come here, I will definitely break it with brute force; if I can't get it, I won't leave it to others!"

Er Daye's eyes flashed with ruthlessness, but then he deflated again, helplessly saying, "Who let us be frequent visitors; maybe it will work next time."

"Let's go!"

Er Daye looked up and saw that the two had their left and right arms manifested respectively, and the effect of the invisibility talisman was about to disappear completely, so he didn't hesitate and grabbed the speed.

Before long, the front became extremely cold, and the two couldn't help but slow down.

They saw the mist ahead was dark and heavy, and could only see some shadowy outlines; as they approached step by step, the mist gradually thinned.

When the scene before them gradually became clear, the two were instantly shocked and stood still.

They saw a gloomy city appear before their eyes; the city walls were covered with eerie runes, continuously flickering with ghostly green light.

Above the city gate, a huge plaque was written with the two characters "Yin Ruins"; the font was distorted and ferocious, carrying endless oppression.

Countless wandering souls were rushing into it crazily.

"They, they are building their own capital!" Watching these wandering souls so well-trained, Er Daye couldn't believe it.

This is absolutely impossible to achieve without a ruler leading them.

Zhou Qing couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

He could feel that these wandering souls were each performing their duties, without the slightest chaos or hesitation; this is the most terrifying thing.

Heaven knows how many wandering souls are in this small world, and they are not afraid of death at all, and can even complete one transformation after another by devouring blood energy and devouring.

Just at this moment, a Divine Transformation realm wandering soul actually floated over from the ghost city, holding a storage bag in its hand.

Afterward, it stopped suddenly less than three meters away from the two, and then actually spoke slowly, its voice hoarse and low, as if coming from the Nine Nether Hell.

"Emperor has... order, last... gift, leave... close, entrance..."

Although the wandering soul's voice was stumbling, the two roughly understood the meaning.

Looking at the storage bag being handed over, Er Daye felt it was so incredible.

At this moment, he was already incomparably certain that what Zhou Qing saw might really be the former True Person Canglong.

Otherwise, why?

Because he is handsome?

"Half a stick of... incense, seal... coffin lid!" The wandering soul spoke again, then turned and left.

Er Daye's brows furrowed: "Actually even knows about the coffin!"

You must know that when he was in the third coffin, he probed the Flame Fire Crocodile during the fight, and it didn't know the outside world at all.

And it couldn't come out; it seemed there was some power sealing it.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing hurriedly cast his gaze at Er Daye, his eyes full of inquiry.

Er Daye said in a deep voice: "Take the storage bag; very clearly, this is not for me. Didn't you see that the wandering soul stared at you from beginning to end?"

"Didn't expect this 【Invisibility Talisman】 to have no effect in front of the Ghost Emperor."

Zhou Qing looked at the storage bag floating before his eyes, hesitated slightly, and then reached out to take it.

Afterward, he bowed deeply and respectfully toward the gloomy city.

He wanted to shout "Master's Master," but swallowed the words when they reached his lips.

After all, strictly speaking, he only saw True Person Canglong in the simulated environment; the current Ghost Emperor had never seen him, this grand-disciple.

If you shouted like that, many things would be unclear.

Moreover, the situation is very clear; the Master's Master must have unspeakable difficulties.

Rumble!

Just then, a violent roar suddenly came from overhead, shaking people's eardrums with pain, and the surrounding air trembled.

Seeing this scene, Er Daye didn't stay any longer, pulled Zhou Qing, and headed straight for the air.

At this moment, he had already found the answer in his heart.

Back then, after he entered the third coffin and was trapped, something he didn't know must have happened.

True Person Canglong even fought for a chance for himself, but looking at the situation now, the price paid was probably extremely heavy.

As the two just came out of the coffin, black mist chains suddenly appeared on the entire coffin, wrapping it tightly, and then gradually returned to normal.

Er Daye was unwilling, stepped forward to try to push the coffin again, but found that the coffin was motionless.

As if an indestructible seal had been applied from the inside, completely isolated from the outside world.

"What a pity—" Seeing this scene, Er Daye sighed.

So many good things, just like this, slipped through his fingers.

If he had known, he would have broken the Red Pagoda Mountain.

Watching the corpse-wax crow about to come out, the two hurriedly crossed the river, and then stopped at the passage.

"Let me see what good things your Master's Master left you? Don't have any means like seizing the body; almost forgot, you have the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, so you don't fear these."

Er Daye had a great mentality, threw the regret just now behind him in the blink of an eye, and reached out to take the storage bag in Zhou Qing's hand, checking it carefully.

Soon, a trace of undisguised shock flashed in his eyes, and he shouted out: "It's actually such a rare superior-grade Yin Spirit Jade!"

Saying that, Er Daye flipped his wrist, and a jade stone the size of a fist appeared in his palm.

This jade emitted an eerie ink-black luster, the surface covered with irregular cracks, but the energy contained inside was extremely eerie, like life, and like death.

The two intertwined and entangled, looking very much like when Zhou Qing refined the first-ranked Yin and Yang Qi back then.

Zhou Qing saw this, leaned over with curiosity, his gaze staring tightly at this strange jade stone.

Er Daye checked the storage bag again and couldn't help but sigh: "A full fourteen pieces, and all are superior-grade; it seems this was specially given to the thirteen Peak Masters, and you."

"What do you mean?" Zhou Qing was full of doubt.

Er Daye's expression was complex, and he sighed long: "This Yin Spirit Jade is a priceless treasure."

"Let me tell you this; someone once obtained a similar jade stone; of course, whether it's the appearance or the size, it's far from this piece."

"Even so, the final private transaction price was thirty thunder-attribute supreme-grade spirit stones."

Zhou Qing heard this, could no longer suppress the shock in his heart, gasped, and then looked at the Yin Spirit Jade with burning eyes, full of disbelief.

"This thing, actually so valuable?" Zhou Qing said, full of surprise.

Thunder-attribute spirit stones are rarer and more precious than the five-element spirit stones, let alone thirty at once.

It seems its rarity has exceeded ordinary cognition, and even the jade slip given by Zhang Wan Bao didn't include it.

Seeing Zhou Qing's shocked face, Er Daye patiently popularized it for Zhou Qing.

"Its role is only one: to improve the cultivation of the Divine Transformation realm level, especially for those who have understood their own realm of understanding, it helps more."

"If you bring these to your Master and the others, I guarantee that within three years, all the Peak Masters of Taiqingmen will break through to Divine Transformation realm perfection!"

Hearing Er Daye's words, Zhou Qing was horrified again.

All the Sect Masters of the Five Great Sects of the Eastern Region, except for Sikong Yan, were almost all stuck in the late Divine Transformation realm.

This distance, which seems to be only one step away, is like a chasm that is difficult to cross, trapping countless powerhouses here.

Even his own Master, last time he felt something in his heart, took the five-element supreme-grade spirit stones he gave to go into seclusion to impact, and finally ended in failure.

The previous Sect Master, True Person Canglong, died of old age regretfully at this realm.

And the few Supreme Elders were a generation behind his Master and the others, and they only barely broke through to the Divine Transformation realm perfection.

"This thing is quite wonderful; it's harmful to Nascent Soul, and like chicken ribs to Soul Severance; he sent out so many things this time, it's very clear that it's the last time to do something for Taiqingmen."

Er Daye's expression was moved, his tone carrying a trace of emotion and respect.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 241 =====