Best Ascension

Chapter 185 Taking Paintings and the Spring and Autumn Alliance
Under the scorching sun, under the lush mountain in the center of Lamma Island, a lazy and proud humming sound came from an elegant small courtyard.

"Hmph. After eating stewed fat meat with sea cucumber, God. Fairy is not as good as me. Ahhhhh!"

In the small courtyard, the Breitling banyan tree grows luxuriantly, blocking the hot sun and forming a large shade.Under the shade, Xin Buhai squinted his eyes, and lay very leisurely on a large recliner, beating time with his right hand and humming a little song intermittently.

There was a porcelain pot on the stove beside him, the sea cucumber fat and meat in the pot were black and white, the broth was gurgling, exuding a strong fragrance.

Smelling the aroma of the spiritual food in the pot, Xin Buhai felt very at ease.

As an immortal cultivator at the third level of Qi refining, Xin Buhai's status on Lamma Island can be said to be below one person and above ten thousand people.

As soon as his old man died, the position of Lamma Island owner would fall into his hands sooner or later.

Xin Buhai was very excited when he thought that the more than 2 people on the island would be driven by him in the future.

"It's rare in life to get drunk! Yeah!"

Xin Buhai was humming happily when he suddenly felt a dark shadow in front of him.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a handsome young man standing beside him.

"Who are you? Why. Oops!"

Halfway through his words, an aura belonging to the foundation establishment suddenly burst out from Zhao Sheng's body, Xin Buhai's expression changed drastically, and he almost fell limp to the ground.

Although Xin Buhai has a round face and big ears, and his body is fat into a ball, like a pig, but he is extremely clever.

He hurriedly turned over from the reclining chair and lay down on the ground, begging for mercy repeatedly: "Senior, please forgive me! The little one has eyes but no eyes, offended the dignity of the senior, I hope the senior will forgive the young one once."

"Get up!" Zhao Sheng said lightly.

"Hey, thank you for your generosity, senior!"

Xin Buhai got up from the ground with tears of gratitude, nodded and bowed and looked at Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Sheng sat on the reclining chair and lay down with a relaxed body. At the same time, he inadvertently glanced at the hot pot beside Min.

Seeing this, Xin Buhai immediately smiled flatteringly and said: "Senior, this is the famous delicious spiritual food on Lamma Island, stewed fat meat with sea cucumber. Not only is it delicious, but it is also a great tonic!"

Zhao Sheng nodded noncommittally, and asked, "Well, what's your name? Where is this place? Tell me about the situation in the nearby waters."

"The young one is called Xin Buhai, and this is Lamma Island, located in the southwest of the Inner Xinghai Sea, and belongs to the island under the jurisdiction of Jiuzhen Island, the Ling Island of the Constellation..."

While Xin Buhai introduced the local customs and the conditions of the world of cultivating immortals in detail, he served a bowl of sea cucumber soup with soul meat and sent it to Zhao Sheng.

After several years of retreat, Zhao Sheng's mouth faded out.

So he admired Xin Buhai's cleverness in his heart.

"At that time, please spare his life!" After Zhao Sheng took a sip of the unusually delicious broth, a thought came to him secretly.

……

Seven days later, under the Lingrong in the small courtyard, Zhao Sheng lay leisurely on the recliner and fell asleep.

On the side, Xin Buhai had a sad face, clumsily pinched the magic formula with both hands, used his spiritual power, and forced a beam of spiritual light into the human-shaped wooden puppet that was a head taller than him.

At this moment, Xin Buhai was very disturbed. Originally, he lived a carefree life, but since the senior came, the good days are gone forever.

He was only at the third level of Qi refining, and his senior actually asked him to refine a high-grade wooden puppet.

Xin Buhai didn't know why his senior asked him to do this, and he didn't dare to ask.

But if such a precious thing is handed over to him for refining, "Is this senior crazy or stupid? Or... there are other plans."

He, Xin Buhai, a fat man weighing over 200 pounds, has never done anything bad!
With the sun in the sky, Zhao Sheng slowly opened his eyes, and said lazily: "Xiao Xinzi, it's time for dinner, what are you eating today?"

Xin Buhai quickly stopped what he was doing, and replied respectfully: "Senior, today a hundred-year-old sea snake was sent from the island, how about we make a steamed meat slice?"

"Well, let's go!" Zhao Sheng waved his hand, signaling to the other party.

"Hey, wait a moment, senior!"

Saying that, Xin Buhai trotted into the nearby kitchen.

After Zhuji successfully passed the customs, Zhao Sheng originally just wanted to find a random scapegoat to collect ancient paintings and bamboo baskets for him.

When passing by Lamma Island, he found Xin Buhai on the third level of Qi Refining.

His cultivation base is a bit low, but he is a cultivator after all.

So Zhao Sheng chose Xin Buhai, who did not expect this guy to have good cooking skills.

After seven days, Zhao Sheng's mouth was pissed off by Xin Buhai.

Smelling the scent coming from not far away, Zhao Sheng thought to himself: "It's a pity that this little guy can't be a cook!"

……

Three months passed in a flash.

On this day, Xin Buhai found Zhao Sheng excitedly, and shouted excitedly: "Senior, I refined it! I refined that puppet."

"Oh, really?"

As soon as the words fell, Xin Buhai felt a pain in his forehead, his eyes darkened, and he fainted immediately, with an excited expression still remaining on his face.

I don't know how long it took before Xin Buhai became conscious in a daze.

"You're awake!"

A familiar voice rang in his ears, Xin Buhai subconsciously shuddered, and instantly regained consciousness.

He suddenly turned over and sat up, then lay down on the ground again, and begged for mercy with a face full of fear: "Senior, please forgive me! I didn't reveal your traces to the outside, because I have devoted myself to serving you for the past three months." . Spare the villain's life!"

Seeing this situation, Zhao Sheng frowned slightly.

He really couldn't understand Xin Buhai being so cowardly and cowardly, so he said quietly: "Get up! I never said I was going to kill you!"

"Hey, aren't you afraid, little one?"

Xin Buhai felt relieved when he heard the words, got up from the ground with a embarrassed expression, and then looked at Zhao Sheng flatteringly.

"follow me!"

With an order, Xin Buhai followed Zhao Sheng to the front of the backyard lobby.

Xin Buhai secretly looked around, his expression quickly changed from shock to fear
Obviously, the sight of Beifu Dongtian made Xin Buhai realize that this place is extraordinary, and he couldn't help worrying about his life.

Seeing the fearful look on Xin Buhai's face, Zhao Sheng couldn't help knocking on his forehead, and said coldly: "Don't worry! As long as you do one thing for me, I guarantee you will not die."

"Senior, please order!" Xin Buhai restrained his emotions and said respectfully.

Zhao Sheng pointed to the ancient painting on the lobby, and ordered: "Use the wooden puppet to take down the painting on the wall for me."

That's it?

Xin Buhai turned his head to look at the old man Hanjiang's fishing picture on the wall, and the pressure in his heart suddenly eased a little.

"Senior, wait a moment."

After finishing speaking, Xin Buhai took out the wooden puppet, then channeled his spiritual power, chanted the mantra of control, manipulated the spiritual power thread, and drove the wooden puppet to step into the lobby and go to the innermost part.

Zhao Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly, the thick black air enveloped the lobby in his vision, and the sense of crisis of death lingered in his heart.

However, when the wooden puppet touched the ancient painting, the scene Zhao Sheng was most worried about did not happen.

Xin Buhai stood on the spot, manipulating the wooden puppet to easily take off the ancient painting.

"Be careful! Roll it up slowly!" Zhao Sheng reminded very cautiously.

"OK!"

Xin Buhai responded lightly, and then rolled up the ancient painting bit by bit according to Zhao Sheng's instructions.

When the ancient painting was rolled into a scroll, Zhao Sheng's face instantly showed surprise.

Because at this moment, the black air of death in the lobby suddenly dissipated without a trace.

"Okay, very good! Xiao Xinzi, you have made a great contribution!" Zhao Sheng couldn't help but praise Xin Buhai.

Then, he ordered: "Next, use the puppet to bring out that bamboo basket."

Xin Buhai followed the instructions honestly, and drove the wooden puppet to lift the emerald green bamboo basket, and walked out of the lobby step by step.

"Senior. Uh!"

Just as Xin Buhai said two words, there was a sharp pain in his forehead, and then his eyes went dark.

"Come again!"

As the last thought flashed by, Xin Buhai rolled his eyes and fainted immediately.

……

The dazzling sunlight hit Xin Buhai's eyelids, he was stung by the sunlight and woke up from a coma.

Xin Buhai suddenly turned over and sat up from the reclining chair, opened his eyes, looked around in a daze, and found that he had returned to the familiar small courtyard.

The small courtyard was empty, without that nasty figure.

"senior?"

"senior?!"

He tentatively called out a few times, but found that no one responded.

really gone?
After repeated confirmation, Xin Buhai cheered excitedly: "That's great!"

At this moment, he suddenly saw a storage bag and a cheat book on the stone table behind him. On the cover of the cheat book, there were five big characters "Jin Ling Bai Practices".

"Hey! This is."

Just when Xin Buhai discovered the gift that Zhao Sheng gave him, a silver-white three-foot flying boat, stuck to the surface of the sea, galloped towards Jiuzhen Island at lightning speed.

……

Two days later, the airship skimmed across the undulating sea
At this moment, Zhao Sheng saw a large gray ship suddenly floating on the sea ahead.

This big ship is about seventy feet long, with a huge and round belly, and the width of the hull is several times wider than that of ordinary ocean-going ships. From a distance, it looks like a huge sea turtle lying on the sea.

When Zhao Sheng saw the sudden appearance of the sea ship, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

With a thought, the Qingling flying boat deflected suddenly, changed direction, bypassed the sea ship far away, and continued to fly forward.

However, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop!

A beam of light suddenly flew up from the sea ship, chasing after the ship at a very high speed.

Zhao Sheng narrowed his eyes, and quickly saw a middle-aged man in green robes in the streamer.

Using a cyan flying sword, he chased after him extremely fast.

"Stop coming!"

Zhao Sheng's face darkened, and the platinum spirit sword suddenly flew out from his waist, turning into a rainbow of platinum swords, lying in front of the flying boat
"Haha, fellow daoist, don't misunderstand, I don't mean any malice, and I hope fellow daoist don't blame me."

The middle-aged man in green robe laughed, and quickly stopped ten feet away.

But seeing this person is wearing a bamboo green robe, wearing a sapphire crown hat on his head, and a green jade pendant around his waist, his face is full of books, as if he has read poetry and books.

Judging from the breath emanating from his body, this person is also a cultivator of the foundation stage, but the specific cultivation level cannot be seen from the surface.

Seeing that this person was very polite, Zhao Sheng turned pale and asked, "Fellow Daoist, why are you blocking my way?"

"In Xiameng Quyi, dare to ask You Gao's name?" The middle-aged man in the green robe did not respond directly, but bowed his hands with a smile on his face.

"Zhao is an unknown person, so I won't mention his name. Fellow Daoist Meng, you haven't answered my question yet?" Zhao Sheng saw this situation, although there was no displeasure on his face, but there was a bit of dissatisfaction in his words tone of voice

Seeing this, Meng Quyi said with a slight smile:

"Fellow Daoist, don't be surprised! This sea area is under the jurisdiction of our Spring and Autumn League, because it's a bit secretive and inconvenient for outsiders to know. That's why I came here to ask. But Meng absolutely didn't harbor any malice."

"Meng Daoyou is originally a member of the Spring and Autumn League. Zhao was going to the Jiuzhen Island of the Guimeng League. I didn't expect to run into him here." Zhao Sheng was moved when he heard the words, and immediately put away the platinum flying sword, and made a haha replied.

Meng Quyi was startled when he heard the words, but his eyes lit up immediately, and his expression became more eager: "What a coincidence! We are also going back to Jiuzhen Island. Why don't fellow Taoists go back with us."

Zhao Sheng groaned, nodded and said: "It's better to meet by chance than to invite you. If that's the case, then I'll bother fellow Daoist Meng!"

Meng Quyi's expression became more joyful when he heard the words, and he said with a pleasant smile: "Where, where! Fellow Daoist Zhao came from afar, Meng should do his best as a landlord."

While speaking, Meng Quyi led the way, while Zhao Sheng drove Feizhou to follow.

A while later, in the largest guest room on the ship, Zhao Sheng and Meng Quyi sat opposite each other.

After Meng Quyi poured Zhao Sheng a cup of spiritual tea, he tentatively asked, "I don't know why Zhao Daoyou went to Jiuzhen Island? To tell you the truth, I am an elder of the Spring and Autumn League, and I have quite a few friends on the island. Divide thin noodles. If you have anything to do, Fellow Daoist, just ask, Meng may be able to help a little."

Zhao Sheng secretly thought what he really wanted, so he took advantage of the opportunity and said: "After Zhao established his foundation, the original cultivation place is no longer sufficient for cultivation. I heard that Jiuzhen Island has rich aura and high-level caves for rent, so I want to rent a cave for cultivation."

Meng Quyi was secretly happy when he heard the words, but there was a look of embarrassment on his face, hesitatingly said: "Fellow Taoists don't know something. The number of high-level caves on the island is limited, and priority must be given to satisfying the alliance's foundation building. As far as I know, the island can All the caves that have been rented out have already been rented out."

Zhao Sheng heard the meaning of his words, and asked tactfully: "It's gone to the outside world, so could it still be there inside?"

Meng Quyi nodded and said with a smile: "The League has set aside several high-level caves all year round, which are specially reserved for the residence and cultivation of Keqing Zhuji or elders."

Zhao Sheng understood it, and asked: "I wonder if your alliance will accept Keqing? Although Zhao has only established the foundation for a few years, his strength is still weak, but he is quite good at the way of talismans."

"It's okay! As long as Fellow Daoist Zhao is interested, the Spring and Autumn League welcomes any foundation-building comrades to join. The alliance was originally formed by many casual cultivators, and it does not reject foreign comrades at all." Meng Quyi was overjoyed, and quickly agreed, afraid Zhao Sheng refused.

Zhao Sheng nodded, and said with a smile: "Then I will be recommended by fellow Daoist Lao Meng."

As one of the 36 star islands, Jiuzhen Island can be said to be the key point of the Inner Star Sea.

The Inner Xinghai is the core area of ​​the Broken Xinghai, and it is the real prosperous place for immortal cultivators. It has an excellent location and abundant aura.There are countless big and small sect families.

Zhao Sheng originally planned to go directly to Xingshen Island after he was promoted to Foundation Establishment, and return to Central Continent on a transoceanic cloud boat.

But then, he temporarily changed his mind.

For one thing, Star God Island is where the Star God Palace is located, so there must be a lot of experts and strict defenses.He has the blood of the Spirit Race, so if he rashly broke into Xingshen Island, if he was recognized by others, he might be involuntary, and it would be difficult for him to even think about dying.

Secondly, the Spring and Autumn League is a good place for him to clear his identity. For the time being, he will live on Jiuzhen Island for a few years, and when he finds out the news, it will not be too late to leave.

The third is that Jiuzhen Island is a famous distribution center for cultivating immortal resources in the Broken Star Sea, and many alchemists gather here. Zhao Sheng wants to learn alchemy in this life, and there is no more suitable place than Jiuzhen Island.

(End of this chapter)