12dz Chapter 167 Quanhu Market and Two Dogs
Chapter 167 Quanhu Market and Two Dogs
Giant Cinema.
Beneath the towering city gate connecting the inside and outside, streaks of light from various flying magical artifacts passed by and dispersed in all directions after leaving the city gate.
On one of the several-meter-long, blue shuttle-shaped flying boats, Lin Li, dressed in a blue robe, was accompanied by Bai Ling'er, like a master with a female disciple.
"Senior brother."
"Shouldn't we stay in this immortal city a little longer?"
Bai Ling'er asked with some confusion.
She didn't want to spend her days meditating and cultivating in the mountains; she wanted to see more of the various cultivators in the immortal city and experience many interesting things.
Furthermore, their senior brother had a Nascent Soul stage demon servant protecting him, so they didn't need to worry about anything in this city.
"What we've done in this Giant Shadow City will definitely be noticed by Nascent Soul cultivators who are keen to track us after our master fails to break through. The longer we stay, the more flaws we'll reveal."
"After all, the number of cultivators in our Xuanmen sect is still too small."
"No Nascent Soul cultivator can resist the allure of the mystical arts."
"It is of utmost importance to be cautious."
Lin Li said.
"What you say is true, senior brother."
Upon hearing this, Bai Ling'er's pupils constricted slightly. Only after Lin Li pointed it out did she understand the danger involved.
He quickly shut his mouth, not daring to say another word.
"Senior brother, where do we go now?"
Bai Ling'er hesitated for a moment, then looked at the endless sea of sand that stretched out in all directions more than ten miles away from Giant Shadow City, and asked.
"Baiquan Lake Market".
"A good friend of mine entrusted me with a task."
"After taking a stroll through the market."
"Let's go explore the ruins of Mount Penglai."
"Afterwards, if we find nothing in the ruins of Penglai Mountain, we will choose a secluded place to live and wait for news from our master."
Lin Li spoke calmly.
"Senior brother, let me go with you to the ruins of Penglai Mountain. My physical body is comparable to that of a Core Formation stage body cultivator."
Bai Ling'er said firmly.
"Your cultivation level is too low."
"You can stay in Baiquanhu Market."
Lin Li glanced down at Bai Ling'er, who had a serious expression on her face, and then shook his head.
While his junior sister's true form was indeed extraordinary, once she revealed it and leaked the aura of a dragon near Baiquan Lake Market, any Nascent Soul cultivators who followed them would surely detect that dragon aura.
This will also be a major blow to Baiquanhu Market.
soon.
Lin Li controlled the second-tier willow-leaf flying boat and arrived outside Baiquan Lake Market. He looked at the oasis that appeared on the boundless sea of sand in the distance, which looked like a green emerald.
A look of reminiscence appeared in Lin Li's eyes.
It was because of Chen Mu of the Taibai Sword Sect that he led the spirit foxes and monkeys from Qingyuan Mountain to migrate here. It was also thanks to Fellow Daoists Qin and Gu of Baiquan Lake Market that they were able to settle down on the Sanyang Lake Oasis Spirit Vein and have a place to live.
Now, so many years have passed, and Lin Li's divine sense, comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, has slowly extended out like tentacles.
Finally, in a mountain cave in the Baiquan Lake Market, they sensed the presence of Gu Jinghe, though now Gu Jinghe was shrouded in deathly aura.
Gu Jinghe has reached the end of his lifespan.
As the ancient scenery and the formation outside the cave were activated, he affixed many talismans to his body, sealing his physical form.
This is clearly a retreat into seclusion.
Upon seeing this, Lin Li realized that Gu Jinghe was probably unable to leave seclusion. He never expected that when he returned, he would only be able to see Fellow Daoist Gu one last time.
When Lin Li's divine sense slowly enveloped the entire market, he did not see Er Gou's figure.
"Senior brother."
"This place has little spiritual energy and is rather remote!"
Bai Ling'er, aboard the flying boat, looked down at the Baiquan Lake market below.
There was a certain vitality there. There were many shops run by cultivators on the streets of the market, and there were also many human and demon cultivators setting up stalls on both sides of the road, most of whom were at or below the mid-stage of Qi Refining.
Just now.
Two Foundation Establishment stage auras suddenly entered from the edge of the Linli divine sense range, one from the middle Foundation Establishment stage and the other from the late Foundation Establishment stage.
The aura of a mid-Foundation Establishment demon cultivator fleeing ahead was that of Er Gou, a burly man with a white fur coat, a dog's head, and a human body.
However, Er Gou was now covered in wounds. On the back of his silver-gray armor, there was a deep sword wound that revealed the bone, from which a stream of poisonous blood flowed.
Er Gou's aura was also rapidly declining. Behind him, the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator was a gaunt, green-skinned old man who wielded a green flying sword, which was surrounded by an astonishing aura of malevolence.
"Hahaha!"
"Fellow Daoist, you were already poisoned by my natal Gu poison, and now you've been injured by my flying sword."
"They're probably at their last gasp."
"Why struggle on? If you are willing to submit to me and become my demon servant, I will spare your life."
"To lose one's life just for a Foundation Establishment spiritual item is simply not worth it."
now.
The gaunt, green-haired old man grinned maliciously.
His methods would be enough to severely injure even the mid-Foundation Establishment stage demon cultivator in front of him.
The fact that the other party had fled all the way here, dragging his wounded body, was beyond his imagination.
According to the green-haired old man Qu Tong, the dog demon that had been fleeing ahead probably had a lot of antidote pills on it, which allowed it to hold on until now.
"Enough with the nonsense."
"If you've got the guts, come up here and beat your grandpa to a pulp!"
"Your grandpa has 108 ways to kill you!"
Er Gou revealed bloody fangs and his eyes were filled with ferocity.
This damned cultivator was only relying on the advantage of a sneak attack. The early Foundation Establishment cultivator who was traveling with him had already been killed by him. If it weren't for the fact that this late Foundation Establishment old guy had a second-grade high-quality magic weapon, he would never have been in such a sorry state.
However, Er Gou had his own trump cards.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have come all the way to Baiquan Lake Market.
A few years ago, Er Gou managed to snag a damaged Core Formation stage talisman in the Baiquan Lake market. Although the talisman was damaged, it could be activated once with his essence blood without any problems.
The talisman treasures at the Core Formation stage are one of his greatest trump cards and deadly weapons.
Er Gou's injuries were indeed severe, but he possessed a second-tier antidote pill. The poisonous energy in his dantian and meridians was visibly dissolved after encountering the medicinal power of the antidote pill.
The overall injury is completely manageable.
Now, Er Gou holds all the cards, and the initiative is entirely in his own hands.
Everything Er Gou is doing now is just to lower the guard of the old guy chasing him, to make the old guy believe that he has no way out.
With confidence in his heart, Er Gou's talisman was able to exert its maximum effect, leaving the enemy no time to take defensive measures and causing them to die instantly!
"snort!"
"It's nothing but empty talk!"
"I gave you a chance to live, but since you don't cherish it, don't blame me for being ruthless. A Foundation Establishment spiritual creature, along with your demon skin and demon core, can fetch a good price."
Hearing the white-haired dog demon's shouts from behind, Qu Tong almost spat out his anger.
Qu Tong sees this.
As killing intent surged within him, he formed a hand seal, and the green flying sword to his side suddenly flew out, transforming into a streak of green light that shot straight toward the back of the dog demon in front of him.
Just when Qu Tong thought that the flying sword had pierced through the dog demon's back and that everything was over.
Sudden.
An unexpected change occurred.
An incredibly powerful aura suddenly erupted from the fleeing dog demon ahead.
An aura comparable to that of a Core Formation stage cultivator emanated from the dog demon. The moment the dog demon turned around, a blue sphere about half a meter in diameter appeared half a step in front of it.
Within that sapphire blue water sphere, a blue dragon swam.
Upon seeing this, the little dragon flew out of the water sphere, its body growing larger in the wind, from a few feet long to a ferocious dragon over ten feet in length.
The lifelike blue-scaled dragon released a formidable pressure from the Core Formation stage, its aura firmly locking onto Qu Tong behind it.
It flew straight at them.
The dragon moved with the speed of a blue lightning bolt, reaching Qu Tong, who was relentlessly pursuing it, in the blink of an eye, giving Qu Tong no chance to react.
"A Core Formation Talisman Treasure!"
"How is this possible!"
"Since you have such a powerful weapon, why didn't you use it along the way, and waited until now?"
"How could they be so patient!?"
While Qu Tong was shocked, several thoughts flashed through his mind.
At this point, Qu Tong was no longer able to control the flying sword to return to his body and protect himself.
Qu Tong could only condense a Foundation Establishment spiritual energy shield, but the shield was as fragile as paper and was shattered by the blue-scaled dragon that condensed from the Core Formation talisman.
In the blink of an eye.
Qu Tong was plunged into complete darkness. From the outside, the blue-scaled dragon appeared to be tearing Qu Tong's upper body to shreds with unstoppable force.
The remnant soul within the other party's sea of consciousness was also instantly annihilated.
The out-of-control corpses began to fall rapidly from the sky, but were lifted up by a burst of spiritual energy from Er Gou.
Er Gou was panting heavily when the gray-blue talisman he was wearing, which was covered in cracks, exploded and turned into a shower of scattered blue light that dissipated into the surrounding void.
"It's a success."
In order to activate the talisman, Er Gou also consumed a significant amount of his own life essence.
In order to activate the talisman, Er Gou also consumed a significant amount of his own life essence.
Now his spiritual power is only a quarter left, and his blood and qi power is nearly half lost. However, even so, Er Gou can still exert the combat power of the early stage of Foundation Establishment.
They always keep a trump card up their sleeve.
Immediately, as usual, Er Gou smoothly cast a few hand seals, collecting the storage bag on the mutilated corpse and the second-tier magic weapon that had gone out of control from the corpse in front of him.
The Foundation Establishment spiritual artifact has been saved!
It was only with great difficulty that a seedling capable of Foundation Establishment emerged from the Three Yang Spring. It took so many years for him to cultivate to the point of perfect Qi Refining.
He was only missing a Foundation Establishment item to advance and break through. This time, in order to obtain a Foundation Establishment item, Er Gou risked going to the territory of another Core Formation faction, Bai Sha Men, and bought a Foundation Establishment item in their market.
As for Giant Shadow City, which is under the control of Thousand Shadows Tower, Er Gou has never been there since he reached the Foundation Establishment stage.
Er Gou has been cultivating diligently all these years, always thinking about how to avenge his master. He knows that his master died in Giant Shadow City, and that the Thousand Shadow Pavilion must be behind it.
But the Thousand Shadows Tower was so powerful that it didn't die. After three members of the sect who had reached the Core Formation stage perished, a guest of a demon cultivator had a stroke of luck and advanced to the Core Formation stage.
Qianyinglou has stabilized once again.
However, Er Gou firmly believes that no Core Formation power can last forever, at least until he has trained a Foundation Establishment cultivator to succeed him for the Three Yang Spring.
Er Gou had a plan in mind: when his lifespan was about to end, he would at least go to Giant Shadow City to investigate the master's whereabouts. He figured he could at least drag a Foundation Establishment cultivator from Thousand Shadows Tower down with him and collect some interest for the master.
Furthermore, Er Gou will also pass on the karma between their Sanyang Spring and Qianying Tower to the next generation of Foundation Establishment cultivators.
One day we will be able to bring down that thousand-photo studio.
Er Gou's divine sense landed in the storage bag, leaving his divine soul imprint. A wisp of his divine sense probed into the other party's storage bag, which contained tens of thousands of spirit stones.
In addition to the opponent's second-tier superior flying sword, there were also two second-tier inferior magic artifacts: a long-handled hammer and an oval-shaped magic artifact shield.
Both of these magical artifacts bear traces of battle, which is enough to show that they were likely snatched by this late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
"Friendly methods."
"He's just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, yet he possesses a Core Formation stage talisman!"
Just now.
Just as Er Gou relaxed and checked the cultivator's storage bag, a young man's voice suddenly rang in his ears.
In that instant, Er Gou's fur stood on end, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
He constantly extends his divine sense so that he can detect the slightest movement around him and react immediately.
But the voice appeared out of nowhere, and his divine sense could not perceive anything. This proved that the other party's cultivation was far above his own, at least a Core Formation stage cultivator.
Core Formation cultivator!
Upon realizing this, Er Gou's heart skipped a beat. This was very likely a Core Formation cultivator passing by nearby, and perhaps the other party had no ill intentions.
After all, on this sandy island, there is a vast expanse of sand.
There are only a few oases on the boundless desert, and first and second-tier spiritual veins are pitifully few, and third-tier spiritual veins are much fewer than in other states of the Southern Yue Kingdom.
Especially since there are only two Core Formation forces in the vicinity, Thousand Shadows Pavilion and White Sand Gate, their Core Formation cultivators do not wander around outside their sects.
"Junior Er Gou greets Senior!"
"I wonder if there's anything you, senior, could do for Er Gou? Er Gou will do his utmost!"
Er Gou quickly assessed his position, hurriedly bowed, and spoke politely and respectfully.