Chapter 477: Banner of the North?
After the hustle and bustle, Oni Hill returned to the eerie and eerie silence it had ever had. [Full text reading]
However, the mood of the Ghost Mother and the others could not be calmed for a long time, especially after seeing Emperor Yu's huge body in the air fall apart. Although they were in the distance outside the hall, no one could clearly see what kind of magical power that "Zhang Zixing" sect master had used and how he had annihilated Emperor Yu and those elites together, but they only needed to understand this result.
While everyone was excited, they were also horrified: they knew that this new gate master was strong, but they didn't expect it to be so powerful! Fortunately, they saw the opportunity early and chose to surrender, otherwise the entire Ghost Hill would have been wiped out from the list of forces returning to the ruins, just like the current Manghui Mountain.
Emperor Yu's true body is the ancient strange beast Qi Yu, the dragon head horsetail tiger claw, extremely fast, and the most terrifying thing is that its real body is four hundred feet long, plus the newly promoted junior Xuan Immortal cultivation, it can be described as strong combat power.
However, the toughness that Qi Yu expressed this time was at best nothing more than razing the council hall of the ghost hill to the ground, but he paid the price for himself and his subordinates.
In fact, Qi Yu came to Ghost Hill this time, not completely unprepared. He originally wanted to annex the ghost hill, but after listening to the report of the horse's belly return, he learned that the ghost hill had changed hands, and the wife of the new door master with the power of the golden immortal turned out to be a stunning beauty. Its purpose is very clear, that is, to grab people and occupy land.
That beauty is really so beautiful that she overwhelms all beings, and the strength of the new door master is lower than imagined, from the perspective of the lower level of Qi Yu Xuanxian, it is only the foundation building period, it is estimated that it is by relying on the talent of some kind of strange beast to exert the power of the golden immortal far beyond cultivation. This kind of opponent is not worth mentioning at all, and it can even be solved without him Yu Huang doing it himself.
For Qi Yu, this trip to Ghost Hill is tantamount to pie in the sky, not only can he get the long-coveted Ghost Hill power, but also the beauty who can be called a new surprise. Just when he was imagining in his heart how to humiliate and abuse that beautiful woman after taking that beautiful woman back, the new "Golden Immortal" master of Ghost Hill actually took the initiative to attack "without knowing whether to live or die" in the contemptuous smiles of everyone in Manghui Mountain.
However, the smiles on their faces froze, and in their place, shivering and chilling. It turned out that it was they who "didn't know whether to live or die".
Qi Yu was not mistaken, Zhang Zixing's strength did not match his appearance of cultivation, but unfortunately his judgment was limited to this, otherwise he would not have rushed to Tianyao at a critical time, and he didn't know whether he wanted to take him away or take him hostage, but of course he would kill himself.
In the moment before facing annihilation, Qi Yu was still very unwilling, but he had to admit from his heart: he had done his best, and even had a super-level performance at the moment of life and death, but he couldn't change the ending. Because the strength of that enemy was too strong, and it was far above him, a beginner-level Xuan Immortal, from the very beginning, the overall situation was under that person's control. Only then did Qi Yu understand: why in this kind of battle, the powerless Tianyao did not retreat, but always stood quietly beside that person.
The strength of this kind of strong man can almost be on par with those few people...... With his strength, it is impossible to be unknown in Guiru, but why hasn't he heard of it before?
...... Although Qi Yu really wants to "resurrect with full blood on the spot", his wishes are often contrary to reality, so he can only accept death.
For the alien beasts in the ruins, death is not terrible, and the loss of cultivation is not irreparable, only the loss of precious memories is the most unacceptable, because it is not just a memory that represents glory or benefits, but more importantly, self.
In a sense, the "beasts" in the ruins can see more thoroughly than many "people" in the human world.
In all fairness, if it weren't for Emperor Yu's lack of attention to Ghost Hill this time, coupled with Tianyao's plan, he was anxious and personally led the crowd to come here, which gave Zhang Zixing the opportunity to kill in one fell swoop. If Emperor Yu does not come out of the Manghui Mountain, relying on its terrain and defenders, even if Zhang Zixing goes, it will take a lot of effort to take it down, and it may not be able to eliminate Emperor Yu so easily.
"Emperor Yu's annexation of Ghost Hill failed, but was destroyed by it" can be regarded as a big and small unpopular, although Manghui Mountain can not be compared with the Barbarian Mountain, but it can also be regarded as a more influential force in the "underworld" of Guiru, especially recently, it is still expanding, but it was unexpectedly brought down by the "weak" of Ghost Hill with "tricks".
In any case, a win is a victory, and a defeat is a defeat. As the loser, the power of Manghui Mountain quickly collapsed, but with the original weak strength of Ghost Hill, it may not be able to fully digest the "fat meat" of Manghui Mountain, and on both sides of the light or dark, there are still many hungry wolves who covet this piece of fat.
Intimidated by the power of Emperor Yu's annihilation, the ghost hill was also covered with a veil of mystery, so that many pretenders did not dare to act rashly for a while before they got the details, and the situation seemed relatively calm for the time being. But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is the calm before the storm, unless the ghost hill can truly prove its strength and value after the veil is lifted, everything will be reduced to the beginning, and it will be difficult to preserve itself.
Zhang Zixing, as the controller of the human world, and even the saint has not escaped his calculations, he knows this in his heart, but what he cares about is not this, because he didn't think of making the ghost hill grow stronger or even return to the ruins, his purpose is just that "flag".
Eliminating Emperor Yu and then annexing the Covered Heaven Mountain was one way for him to get close to the "Banner", but before that, Zhang Zixing planned to try another faster shortcut, that is, to go directly to the Covered Heaven Mountain to steal it.
The power in the ruins is very confusing, and the cultivation and recovery progress of cultivators cannot be as fast as the outside world, and they often need to work hard to "refine" the required power and then use it. In this case, all kinds of "purified" and condensed "qi" have become valuable resources and wealth, and the most common one is the Xuanqing Qi that is usually required for soul body cultivation. Of course, for a "monster" like Zhang Zixing, there is no such concern.
Zhang Zixing pretended that the battle with Emperor Yu was too expensive, and he had to retreat to heal his wounds with Xuanqing Qi, but he secretly placed Tianyao in place, and he quietly sneaked towards the Tianshan Mountain he was listening to.
In fact, Zhang Zixing's battle with Emperor Yu did not consume too much strength, but after devouring Emperor Yu's strength with gluttonous power, he greatly replenished the strength in his body, and his strength has gradually returned to his peak state.
However, Zhang Zixing did not dare to underestimate the strength of the strong man in the ruins. Although many people started cultivating from scratch with their soul bodies, and the cultivation environment in the Guiru Secret Realm was very harsh, the biggest advantage of Guiru was the law of time, and I didn't know how long these talented primeval and ancient monks had been cultivating in this place, and what level of strength had reached. Especially in the "game" of returning to the ruins, the top powerhouses who have never "died" are definitely fierce opponents.
Although Zhang Zixing did not become a soul body that had lost its strength like Tianyao, his own strength was also limited by many things. Originally, the power of faith could directly travel through the space distance, even if it could be used in the universe, but if it was an isolated world such as Guiru, the skill of the nine souls of the demon body based on the power of faith could not be used, but the "might" of the nine souls that was united and based on his own strength could be exerted to a certain extent, but the consumption of power was very huge.
Including the Kunlun Mirror, all magic weapons cannot be used in the ruins, and the battles in the ruins usually rely on their own strength or magic tricks to determine the outcome of the battle. Perhaps it is precisely for this reason that Daji and Chao Brain were able to establish the Yang Mansion so smoothly and expand their power rapidly.
Although the battle with Emperor Yu was one-sided, Zhang Zixing also saw the strength of this strange beast with Xuan Immortal cultivation. If you just talk about the combat power of hand-to-hand combat, Emperor Yu is by no means under the winged immortals, and even surpasses it. In particular, it can be imagined what kind of terrible opponents the peak powerhouses in the ruins will be.
The distance from the Ghost Hill was extremely far away, and at the speed of Zhang Zixing, it took three days and three nights to arrive.
The Covering Heaven Mountain is worthy of being one of the three major forces, with a huge territory, and the strange mountains within a radius of hundreds of miles belong to its territory. The real Tianshan Mountain is actually the big mountain in its central core, to be precise, it is a huge mountain city.
Although he had information about the ghost hills, Zhang Zixing still encountered some trouble when he really approached the strange mountains on the periphery of the Covered Heaven Mountain. Fortunately, what he possessed was not only the combat skills to kill the opponent, but also the strange techniques such as Demon Domain and hypnosis, which were finally solved smoothly, and he also learned a lot about the situation of the Heavenly Mountain and the Kundao people.
Kundao people are recognized as one of the pinnacle powerhouses of the Guiru Secret Realm, with unfathomable supernatural powers, and extraordinary wisdom, in the final of the last Five Hundred Years Martial Arts Conference, he narrowly defeated the Sect Master of the Barbarian Mountain, Qi Qi, by a narrow margin, thus gaining control of the "banner".
The Tianshan Mountains are divided into three levels: heaven, earth and man, and the higher the strength, the higher the status. People with true immortal strength live in the "human city" at the bottom, those with golden immortal strength belong to the "underground city"; only people with the strength of Xuan Immortals can live in the "Heavenly City"; and Kundao people live in the Tingfeng Pavilion of the Heavenly City Sect. As for the disciples of the True Immortals, they all live in the peripheral Strange Mountains, and they are not allowed to enter the Heavenly Mountain. Those who can stay in the Heavenly Covering City can enjoy many special "benefits", such as purified Xuanqing Qi, cultivation methods, etc. The higher you go, the higher the salary, especially the people who live in Tiancheng, they all belong to the absolute core members of the Heavenly Mountain Sect, and they can also get the personal guidance of the sect leader Kundaoren.
Kundao people are indeed a talent, just from the fact that he is willing to take out the "flag" to promote the alliance conference, it can be seen that his mind is extraordinary, it is precisely because of his management that the Tianshan Mountain can always be listed as one of the three major forces in the ruins, standing tall.
After understanding this, Zhang Zixing was a little more vigilant about this Kundao person, and cautiously sneaked towards the central Covered Sky Mountain.
The scale of the Covered Heaven Mountain is huge, and it is incomparable to the "small towns" of Manghui Mountain, let alone the Ghost Hill, even if it is compared to the Lingxiao Heavenly Mansion of the Heavenly Realm, it is not much better, and I don't know how many years of painstaking management it has been. The area around the heavenly city above was shrouded in dense fog, which seemed mysterious and unpredictable, because the situation was unknown, so Zhang Zixing did not fly directly to the upper level, but flew towards the lowest level of the human city.
The guards of the Covering Heaven Mountain are very strict, but Zhang Zixing learned a lot of information from the hypnotized disciples on the periphery in advance, and knew that there are many formations and mechanisms in the Covering Heaven Mountain, and they have to wear a waist card to reveal their identity when entering and exiting, so they did not startle the snake, but waited patiently, and finally successfully attached themselves to the body of a true immortal sect and entered the city.
The number of true immortals in the human city is very large, and people can be seen walking around from time to time, in contrast, the golden immortals in the dungeon city have decreased significantly, Zhang Zixing used all his strength, sneaked all the way, and finally arrived in the heavenly city.
In addition to the largest sect in the central part of the Heavenly City, there are also several sparsely scattered special places in the distance, which are likely to be the places where those Xuan Immortals live. Zhang Zixing secretly thought, although the overall strength of this Covering Heaven Mountain is inferior to the Interception Sect, but it is still above the Sect of Exposition, so it seems that Zhuanghua Mountain and the Barbarian Mountain must be on par with this Covering Heaven Mountain. The power of the strange beasts in the ruins should not be underestimated. Why did these strange beasts that had disappeared in the outside world appear in Guiru, and there was such a strange law of death? Hongjun Daoist had strictly ordered the Mixed Yuan Saint to approach Guiru, could it be that these were all arrangements made by "him"?
Zhang Zixing thought about it, and approached the Zongfu, compared to the heavy guards of the human city and the dungeon city, there was almost no garrison force in the heavenly city, or in other words, the enemy who could reach here was no longer what those guards could detect or resist.
Zhang Zixing exerted the power of the Demon Domain, concealed his body, turned into a faint black smoke, and infiltrated the Sect's Mansion. The Zongfu is full of mist and strange light flows, occasionally only a few serving boys are seen, and the golden light of the pavilion at the highest point is scorching, which is particularly conspicuous, presumably it is where the Pavilion of Listening to the Wind is.
Zhang Zixing was about to sneak to the Tingfeng Pavilion, when he saw that the golden light of the pavilion was gradually converging, and at the same time, a voice in the immortal consciousness sounded: "Who is the Taoist friend? Why didn't you tell me?"
Zhang Zixing was taken aback by the fact that his tracks were peeped at, and at this time, the golden light flashed, and there was already an additional Taoist in front of him, this Taoist person was taller, with a thin face, three locks of long beard under his chin, and his hands were in his sleeves, which looked extraordinary.
Zhang Zixing knew that he couldn't hide it from the other party, so he didn't run away, put away the black mist, and showed his figure. He used the appearance of the original Xiaoyaozi, nodded and praised: "Daoyou must be the master of the Heavenly Mountain, Kundaoren, who has admired the name for a long time. ”
Kun Daoren looked at Zhang Zixing carefully, and saw that this person's cultivation seemed to be extremely low, but he could be so calm and calm in front of him, and the concealment technique that Fang had just shown was also extraordinary, and he knew that there must be something different, and said: "It's a shame to say that! Poor Daoist didn't find any trace of Daoyou, just because there is a formation in this sect, after Daoist friends entered that sect, I noticed that I was searching with immortal knowledge at the moment, and I didn't determine the location of Daoist friends until now." The supernatural powers of Taoist friends are the real mastery. ”
The boys here saw that there was suddenly a stranger in the sect's mansion, and they were about to rush over, but they were waved by the Kundao people and retreated.
Zhang Zixing saw that this Kundao person behaved and talked, and he had an atmosphere, worthy of being the hero of the party, so he couldn't help nodding secretly, but the vigilance in his heart was not slackened at all.
Kundao people praised it, and then asked: "My Taoist friend is very face-to-face, and I don't know the name of Gao?
"Poor Dao No. Xiaoyaozi, who has been cultivating in seclusion for many years, the sect master doesn't know it," Zhang Zixing's heart turned, and he said: "I have heard for a long time that the sect master of the Tianshan Mountain has profound Dao methods and outstanding strength, so I will come here for a while!"
It was the first time that the Kundao people had encountered this kind of person who dared to sneak into the Tianshan Mountain and blatantly challenge, and his brows couldn't help frowning, and he also had the heart to test Zhang Zixing's depth, and nodded: "Since Daoist friends have this Yaxing, poor Dao should accompany him." ”
"Daoyou is really so courageous!" Zhang Zixing said with a smile: "Since this is the case, you and I might as well set up a lottery and gamble." ”
When the Kundao people heard the word gambling, they wondered: "Fellow Daoists, please speak." ”
"I heard that the Daoist Friends defeated the Sect Master of the Barbarian Mountain in the five-hundred-year battle and captured the thing, but unfortunately I was a step late and missed the grand event. Although Zhang Zixing's nonsense is temporary nonsense, it also seems to be the same, "If I win by luck, Daoist friends must give me that thing; What do you think?"
Kundao people's hearts moved, secretly thinking that this person had a scheming, obviously sneaking into the Tianshan Mountain to steal the flag, and after being detected, he actually turned the darkness into the light, and confidently proposed a gambling fight to seize the "flag". It seems that this opponent is extraordinary, and he must not be overconfident and lose his caution.
As soon as Kundao people thought of this, they deliberately exclaimed: "It turns out that Daoyou is here for the Zhenwu soap carving flag!"
Zhenwu soap carving flag?
Zhang Zixing finally understood the name of this flag, and suddenly remembered a plot in "Journey to the West". It is said that Sun Wukong met the two demons of Golden Horn and Yin Horn in the Lotus Cave of Pingdingshan Mountain, and was pressed under the mountain, and then deceived the purple gold red gourd and mutton fat jade net bottle of the two little demons with a fake gourd of "pretending to be heaven". The trick of "pretending to be heaven" was caused by the soap carving flag borrowed by Nezha to ask Zhenwu at the North Heavenly Gate to seal the moon and stars. Now this flag, is it the soap carved flag?
Zhang Zixing's heart was racing, and he suddenly contacted the Innate Five Flags that the Tongtian Sect Master said back then. The central Wuji apricot yellow flag belongs to the earth, the eastern green lotus treasure color flag belongs to the wood, the western plain cloud boundary flag belongs to gold, and the southern flame flag belongs to the fire, these four flags are already famous in the three realms, but the flag of the northern water surname is nowhere to be found, could it be ...... At this time, I heard the Kundao people sigh: "Fellow Daoist, it's not that I don't dare to fight. It's just that now there is a Yang Mansion in the ruins, ignoring morality and rules, and recklessly killing machines, so that countless fellow Daoists have been wiped out, which is really a big disaster in the secret realm. I have informed the major forces that I plan to invite my fellow Quartet to join forces to destroy Yangfu, and this flag will be in charge of the elected alliance leader. In this way, this flag is no longer in my personal possession, but about the survival of the entire Guiru Fellowship. How can I use it as a lottery head? If I have the intention to deceive and promise to fellow Daoists, it will be disrespectful to fellow Daoists. ”
Zhang Zixing heard that the Kundao people didn't even fight, so he rejected the proposal, and what he said was sincere, and he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, secretly saying that this Kundao person was really not simple. Now that it has come to this, it is impossible to return empty-handed, as long as the Kundao people are subdued, they can win the Zhenwu soap carving flag.
(To be continued)