Chapter 847: Joining Forces

Lin'an County.

The territory of the Great Xiukui Temple leaned against the mountains and the sea, with hills everywhere, almost isolated from the outside world. The mountains were full of temples, and the ground was full of shrines. Even if the cultivators in these temples could not get out of Lin'an County, this Daoist lineage still followed the ancient system, making a hundred flowers bloom and each governing its own affairs.

The night was pitch black. A ray of bright light came from the north, drifting toward the central mountain range. The dense forest under its feet was the mountain gate of the Great Xiukui Temple.

The bright light was slow but fast, soon condensing into shape in front of the mountain gate, turning into a man in white-gold Daoist robes, with a leisurely expression, while a gentle and elegant scholar stood respectfully on the side.

Li Ximing took a look, and saw a stele standing in front of the mountain gate, with two large black characters written on it with claws and teeth:

【Huyi】

This character had no signature, and was even somewhat dim. A young man in black robes waited under the stele. Seeing him, he bowed and respectfully said:

"Is it True Person Zhaojing of Wangyue… My True Person ordered me to guard in front of the mountain gate, respectfully waiting for the True Person's immortal carriage."

Li Ximing nodded slightly. Cui Jueyin took a step forward and smiled:

"Please!"

This young man led him inside. Only then did he see the large characters in the middle of the mountain gate:

【Taihang Pinghai】

Both sides still had base pillars like the mountain gate. The vertical plaques that should have been hung on the left and right sides were nowhere to be found, leaving only two extraordinary-quality base stones, hanging two dim golden bright lamps.

Li Ximing took this look, and pondered in his heart.

He had been to Jiuqiu, and the mountain gate was 【Taiqiu Jiudao】. Now that he saw this 【Taihang Pinghai】, he had a count in his heart:

'Perhaps it is the same appearance as the Tongxuan Daoist lineage. The Tongxuan Daoist lineage likes to start with the word Xuan for everything. This Solar and Lunar are one family, occupying the word 【Tai】, which is also reasonable.'

'It's just that the Qingchi Sect… never heard of having this kind of mountain gate… strange.'

As for where the vertical plaques went, asking was an embarrassing matter, so he could only pretend not to see it, all the way inside. The stone bricks on both sides were simple and ancient, full of ancient charm, Daoist flags fluttering, gradually having snow. When he reached the highest point, he actually saw several Foundation Establishment cultivators chopping wood and sweeping snow, managing the fields.

The mountain top of this level of Daoist lineage was always not enough, often wishing to move out a piece of land for disciples to seclude. This place actually planted a few tea trees, without any spiritual energy, and they were all ordinary plants.

Seeing Li Ximing, this group of Foundation Establishment cultivators stopped to salute, turned around and went to busy themselves with those farm work again, scattering a pile of firewood on the ground, and two Foundation Establishment cultivators in miscellaneous service clothes hurriedly came over to pick them up.

Cui Jueyin followed all the way with lowered eyebrows. Seeing this, he hurriedly went to open the way. After a few steps, he arrived at the hall. A True Person in black clothes was boiling tea in the snow, smiling:

"Zhaojing came just in time!"

Li Ximing had always known that Xiukui was aloof, but he did not know that it was aloof to this extent. Cui Jueyin swept away the snow on the seat for him. Li Ximing took the tea and sat down, smiling:

"It is True Person Kuiqi. I have long heard of your great name, and I hope you will give me more pointers."

Kuiqi waved his hand and replied:

"Zhaojing came to help, it is my Xiukui who wants to thank you. How can I say any pointers…"

Seeing Li Ximing nod, this True Person finally stroked the snow on his robe, smiled and said:

"Back then, the East Fire Cave Heaven fell, and my family also had gains. We obtained a treasure pill from it, which is a thing of Mingyang. My family does not flourish in this path, so I will send it over in a few days to give to Zhaojing, to express my gratitude."

Interests are always the most moving. Kuiqi sent a pill as soon as he came up. Li Ximing did not refuse, smiling:

"Really thank you, True Person!"

The two talked about the fall of the East Fire Cave Heaven. The one who felt the most pain in his heart was undoubtedly Cui Jueyin. His ancestor's Cave Heaven was divided up, and the Cui family did not even have a chance to ask a word. The desolation in his heart could be imagined. At the moment, he could only lower his eyebrows and be submissive, not saying a word.

Li Ximing saw the doorway, waved his hand to let him go down first.

"Eh."

Kuiqi said seriously:

"This pill, it was seen by True Person Senior Yuan Dao back then. It is a Zifu spirit pill of Mingyang. A spirit pill enters the abdomen, can heal the magic body, suppress curse injuries, and if practiced and nurtured, I estimate it can improve a lot of divine abilities… It is very extraordinary, and only some ancient pills can cover it."

Clearly, Kuiqi proposed such a pill, meaning that if Li Ximing suffered any injuries in the upcoming battle, he could use this pill to make up for it, and it would not delay his cultivation.

'A lot…'

If Li Ximing had heard this news earlier, he would definitely be overjoyed, but he had eaten good things overseas, and had just taken a pill to improve his cultivation, so it was not suitable to take it again at the moment, so he was somewhat disappointed:

'It's not bad. The remaining two spirit pills were not originally used to improve cultivation. Having this thing to replace it, it also saves from wasting heavenly things. As for healing… I have my own methods.'

At the moment, he sighed in his heart. Although he smiled on the surface, he did not have too many feelings. Kuiqi saw his appearance, and his heart moved slightly:

'It seems that Li Ximing's pill path is not shallow… It is definitely not the appearance of a half-hanging Zifu of an ordinary person. Spirit pills of a class cannot move him.'

Whether it could move Li Ximing was one thing, but with the bearing of his Great Xiukui Temple, since he invited people to fight, this pill was the most basic thing. He stroked his beard and said:

"Zifu divine abilities are hard to practice… Zhaojing… take a look at this."

He saw him take out a golden box from his sleeve, opened it casually, and inside lay a treasure like a round plate, overall presenting a golden yellow color, depicting eight-direction runes, the front edge surrounded by a circle of dense fine spell patterns, the rhythmic flashing like breathing, and the center was golden and shining, as if a sun had fallen into the box.

'Mingyang spirit treasure!'

This could not help but make Li Ximing shake, and his eyes were hot immediately, secretly scolding in his heart:

'Good a Great Xiukui Temple, I couldn't find the trace of this spirit treasure, but it was collected in his sleeve like a big cabbage… This ancestor was rich… it is really different.'

Hot eyes were hot eyes, spirit treasures were so precious, this True Person could not be taking it out to give to himself for nothing. Li Ximing looked at it greedily, but only exclaimed in his mouth:

"Good treasure!"

Kuiqi raised his head slightly, smiling:

"This is the 【Chongyang Xiaxing Treasure Plate】, a spirit treasure, which is also a treasure collected in the records of my Xiukui. It is a good spirit treasure that is both offensive and defensive. This time, we will fight with Buddhist monks, Zhaojing, take it first."

Li Ximing simply could not move his eyes away, listening to Kuiqi smiling:

"Look at this front, it is the 【Chongyang Xiaxing Map】, which can release the killing light of Mingyang, with the Shangyao Star as the head, holding this plate, the power is infinite. If it rotates downward, the Shangyao Star is below, the Yangji Star is above, holding this plate upside down, then there is the shaking of chaotic stars, the ability to escape from danger."

He could not help but sigh, and replied:

"Back then, the one who built this plate was Su Jun and Chen Xuanli, representing the Ning State to serve the Wei calendar, a symbol of the Wei calendar. It was once the inheritance treasure of the Su family in the north of the river. Later, the Su family was destroyed, and this thing flowed all the way to my Xiukui Temple."

Li Ximing nodded secretly. Kuiqi smiled as if nothing had happened, and hinted:

"I heard that this spirit treasure takes the image of 'Red Broken Arrow' and 'Monarch Treading Danger', not only is the divine ability formidable, but the help to cultivation is also very great. Wait until we fight with the north, Zhaojing, experience it yourself."

He smiled:

"'Li Fire' fierce meeting, neither exhausted nor full, holding fire in the right position, neither pill nor treasure. Although East Fire is formidable, the pill and treasure paths are ultimately not as good as other people's. Excluding spiritual treasures, the spirit treasures that fell from the Cave Heaven back then are actually not as good as this one of my family."

Li Ximing only held this spirit treasure round plate, looked at it lovingly, turned it over to the back, and it was actually as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the heavy snow fluttering in the sky.

'If I can study it for a while…'

Li Ximing still had a long way to go from 'Monarch Treading Danger' and 'Red Broken Arrow', but how could he not be greedy for a Mingyang spirit treasure? It was just that people said it was something in the records, so it was not easy to mention it. He smiled:

"Really formidable! Hearing a word from True Person Kuiqi is better than reading Daoist scriptures for ten years."

This was not flattering him. This description of 'Li Fire' could see the level of the other party. Li Ximing dyed the spirit treasure with divine abilities, and muttered in his heart:

'Wait until I fight for a while, see the prestige of the spirit treasure, and then try his tone. If the price is not something my family can afford, the spirit treasure of the East Fire Cave Heaven can also be discussed. Having a spirit treasure in hand is better than not having one.'

He was just pondering, but saw an old man walking in the snow, in gray clothes, with a sword on his back, with a gentle expression and an ordinary face. He landed on the stage, arched his hands and said:

"Fellow Daoist Kuiqi!"

This person's expression was even somewhat honest. If he had not attained divine abilities and had a momentum, he would probably not feel that he was a character. He first saluted Kuiqi, turned to him and said:

"True Person Zhaojing! Finally met!"

This person was the True Person of the Yuyang Chen family, one of the three immortal clans of the Yue State, titled True Person Yushui, Chen Yin!

This True Person's age was older than Xiao Chuting, and he had attained two divine abilities, and his swordsmanship had quite a reputation. Li Ximing hurriedly stood up, performed the ceremony, and said:

"Seen the senior!"

Chen Yin had attained Zifu when the Li family was estimated to be a small landlord. This "senior" was solid. Chen Yin turned his body and smiled meaningfully:

"Should have met long ago!"

Li Ximing had a lot of feelings, nodded and said:

"Exactly… back then when I attained Zifu, Chen Xuanyu of your clan also had a helping hand. I also remember this matter. The two families were originally on the same path…"

Li Ximing's 【Mingfang Heavenly Stone】 was obtained from Wang Fu. Chen Yin sent Chen Xuanyu to help at that time. Although it was only a dispute of interests, it was hard to say because of good intentions toward the Li family. But now that the Chen family was at odds with the Zhangxiao Sect, it was undoubtedly a potential ally of the Li family.

Hearing this, Chen Yin sighed:

"Xuanyu is a rare figure in my family. Now he is in seclusion and has not broken out yet. I don't know how many years it will be before there is an end!"

Kuiqi smiled and waited for the two to finish their old friendship, withdrew his gaze, stood up, and Chen Yin said in a low voice:

"I have already asked. True Person Zhusheng of the South Frontier is not in the mansion, but Fellow Daoist Luo is very enthusiastic and has already gone to the north of the river."

Kuiqi was slightly surprised and replied:

"True Person Zhusheng is indeed not very convenient. It should be the reason for that family in the North Dan. But the one surnamed Luo is really daring to come? Forget it, forget it. He has the courage, just right. These demonic cultivators are also seeing the wind and steering the rudder, not top-notch."

He called him this, clearly the other party was not walking any right path, and was the same kind of person he looked down on most in his heart as Zhu Gong. Knowing that the Li family was the descendant of the immortal dynasty, and now a famous right path, they had fought against Buddhist monks for generations and died, which could make Kuiqi treat them softly. How could this demonic cultivator from who knows where enter his eyes?

Precisely because of this, even if the other party came to help, he did not dare to come to the mountain gate of the Great Xiukui Temple, but ran to the north of the river early to wait, clearly having a lot of fear and precaution in his heart.

After a question, Chen Yin shook his head and said:

"Nothing more than wanting to please True Person Qiuhu, urgently needing the Daoist lineage of the Si family. Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. When the time comes, drill to the south, and Kongwu Dao has no way."

Kuiqi nodded, indicating that he understood. Li Ximing could not help but ask:

"Senior Houfu…"

Kuiqi shook his head and said:

"True Lords fight, the ground suffers. There is a great drought in Shu, and the demonic cultivators of West Gaoyuan come east again. The matter is not our business, but the demonic cultivators of West Gaoyuan are the descendants of Shaoyang. My Solar Daoist lineage shares Shaoyang, and there is a rule of taking turns to guard West Gaoyuan. It is Xiukui's turn, and my family has spare strength. Houfu wants to go, so he cannot move easily."

He was clearly somewhat urgent. After saying this, he said seriously:

"Time is pressing, I will not say much. This time I invited Fellow Daoist Senior Ling Mei to suppress the formation for us, and several True Persons in the north of the river will also judge the situation and come to help. At the moment, I brought the spirit treasure of my Xiukui over… must kill a few pitying ones to sacrifice the flag!"

His expression gradually turned cold, and said in a low voice:

"Back then, when Buddhist monks entered Xu, they fought a battle. Xiuyue beat them until they cried for their fathers and mothers, designed to remove Jingzhan who was the most active in going south, and this was restrained for decades. The struggle between north and south, several Mahas suffered losses, but did not see blood, so they came to ride on the heads of the Jiangnan Dao!"

"If we don't beat the dog brains of this group of Buddhist monks out, they will ride on the heads of the Jiangnan Dao!"

He stepped into the Grand Void, his expression gloomy, and the two followed closely. Li Ximing silently looked at True Person Yushui Chen Yin. This old man drooped his eyelids, seemingly sighing imperceptibly.

……

North of the river.

Dark clouds were dense, and the heavy rain still did not stop. This rain was getting more and more terrible. Baijiang Creek was better, but the downstream Bai Ye and Baihai creeks burst their banks and changed courses several times, not knowing how many common people died.

It was just that the Great River went east, and the Salt Lake connected to the East Sea, so the water level did not change much, and Jiangnan could not be affected. Several Zifu went north all the way. The Bai Ye Creek territory was full of floating corpses, making Kuiqi's expression gloomy, and his mood seemed even worse. After watching for a while, he spat out words:

"Really sinful! How dense the population was in the north of the river back then, now there is not a household in the poor environment, except for a few aristocratic families, there are not even common people!"

The two naturally did not dare to pick up his words. When they reached the Xiaoshi Mountain territory, they did not manifest their figures. Kuiqi took out several ink-colored jade talismans, pinched his fingers to calculate first, signaled with his eyes, and Chen Yin crushed the jade talisman, clearly calling out the True Person who came to help.

Kuiqi used divine abilities to deduce while seemingly observing secretly, spat out a breath, and turned his head to say in a low voice:

"A moment later, we will inevitably see Tuixi first. This person will be handed over to Senior Yushui. Sword cultivators are always neat in dealing with him. Those pitying ones will be handed over to Zhaojing. One was removed by Zhu Gong, and now there should be four left."

"That surnamed Luo does not need to consider him. 【Zhelu】 will definitely send people out. Unless he takes action himself, they are not enough to fear!"

He said solemnly:

"Only guard against 【Three Retributions Entering the World Lotus】. This treasure is already different from the old days. After years of sacrifice, even I will be hit if I am not careful. In everything, leave one or two points of strength!"

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Kui○qi 【Mid-stage Zifu】

Chen○yin 【Early-stage Zifu】

Li Ximing 【Early-stage Zifu】 【Direct descendant of Bo pulse】 ===== CHAPTER 848 =====