Immortal in my old age, I will live forever

Inside an antique frieze-style double-warped castellated pavilion.

Chen Dengming and Zuo Qiuling were sitting in the middle of the hall opposite the door with smiles on their faces. On one side were several clever maids serving as foundation-building disciples, serving them brewed tea and fruits.

"This is a treasure taken from Xixiangmen in the Southern Region, Xixiang Fenglu Tea. Elder Zuo, please!" Chen Dengming raised his hand and introduced it.

Zuo Qiuling looked slightly surprised. He took the teacup and smelled the aroma. He nodded slightly and said, "After I came to the Four Regions, I also studied the styles of each sect in the Four Regions in detail. The Xixiang Gate of the Southern Region was famous in the Four Regions for its Xixiang Feng Lu Ling Tea." .

According to legend, two phoenix-blooded phoenix birds were kept in captivity in this gate. When the phoenix birds flew to the west every year, they would weep on the parasol trees on the mountain behind Xixiang gate.

His tears were shed on the spiritual tree Wutong, and the leaves of the Wutong tree were extremely fragrant. After being ground into tea, the tea leaves were rich in spiritual energy, making it a treasure of the world. "

He paused for a moment, then looked at Chen Denming and smiled, "Master Chen is interested, please!"

Chen Denming nodded, took a sip of tea and closed his eyes for a moment, not in a hurry to express his feelings.

Since Zuo Qiuling knew that he had intentions, he was also thinking about it at this time.

After a while, the two communicated again, and Chen Dengming said with emotion.

"This Xixiang Fenglu Tea is now out of print, because the Xixiang Sect has been completely wiped out due to the war. It is still unknown whether the Luan Bird survives.

I brought a few ounces of Xixiang Fenglu tea this time, because I didn’t want to drink this out-of-print spiritual tea alone, and the enjoyment of it alone would not be as good as the enjoyment of others. "

Zuo Qiu Ling said politely with a smile, "Master Chen, after Zuo tastes this out-of-print spirit tea, it will be considered a blessing. You should keep the more for yourself. If Zuo accepts it, wouldn't it be taken away from others?" good?"

Chen Dengming smiled faintly, "To be honest, apart from tasting tea, I also want to talk about the damage this war has done to the four regions.

Especially in the two southeastern regions, the Putuo Buddha in the southern region does not even care about the life and death of the monks and mortals within his own sect. The death of the monks in the southern region is actually more serious than that in the eastern region. "

Zuo Qiuling frowned and said, "It seems that Master Chen, you have a problem with the Putuo Buddha? What's your purpose here?"

"Of course Chen wouldn't dare to have any objections to a Taoist monarch like Putuo Buddha."

Chen Dengming smiled bitterly and shook his head, then straight to the point, "Elder Zuo, you also know that the person who severely injured Senior Dongfang in the past was an expert in ghost ways.

But the reason why the ghost master gave up was because the living Buddha on Sumeru Island took action.

After communicating with senior Dongfang, I became very curious.

Since the living Buddha is willing to take action to stop the ghostly god, why did the Vajra Putuo Sect, including Xumi Island, choose to stand aside during the war?

I think the only way to figure out the connection is to investigate under the underworld. "

Zuo Qiuling's frown deepened, and he stared at Chen Dengming with deep meaning and said, "Master Chen, is this your intention or the intention of Senior Dongfang? Or, is this the intention of the first ancestor of your family?"

Chen Dengming smiled calmly and said, "This is just my personal idea."

Zuo Qiuling was dubious.

Based on his understanding of Chen Dengming, Chen Dengming is extremely cautious and prudent in doing things. Even when he is arrogant, he is absolutely sure.

This pair of experts who may be suspected of being in harmony went to investigate in depth. It was like ants investigating an elephant. They were not like the cautious and cautious style of the other party.

"Master Chen, you have to know that now that the war is basically over, what kind of contact the ghost master had with the living Buddha is not something we can interfere with."

"I know, but you also know, Elder Zuo, that just because you don't ask questions doesn't mean there's no threat.

You must be clear about the identity of the ghost master and more potential threats. Only by going deep into the underworld can you investigate the clues."

Zuo Qiuling took a deep breath, put down the tea cup, and felt his thoughts fluctuate in his heart.

That mysterious ghost master is indeed a great threat and unstable factor.

It is not that the counterattack monk alliance has no record of this matter and measures to be implemented.

It's just that all measures seem so feeble when facing a powerful enemy that can severely damage Dongfanghuayuan.

Therefore, in the investigation, we can only rely on our own many gods to discover it on their own. Many amazing secrets have been discovered so far, but there has been no dramatic progress.

The suggestions put forward by Chen Dengming are also reasonable.

If you go into the Yinquan to look for clues about the ghost master, you may make many discoveries.

This is exactly what it is inconvenient for one's own incarnation to do.

Because under the Yinquan is the world of the dead, the normalized Shinto Lord will become a non-self-doing monk when he enters the lower part.

It's like the ghost king of Yinquan came to the human world. He lost his geographical advantage and was too dangerous.

Except for the Yinquan Ghost Lord, no one who is a normal Nascent Soul Lord is willing to go to such a ghost place to seek death, so no one thinks of going to investigate under the Yinquan.

"you intend"

"I have a friend who is currently under Yinquan. Elder Zuo, you should know that Xingluo Yinquan Ghost Lord still maintains an unsupported trading relationship with me."

After half a stick of incense.

Chen Dengming and Zuo Qiuling walked out of the pavilion happily, and accompanied by a group of Jindan Foundation-building monks, they toured the immortal cities.

For a time, many monks in the city came to watch Douzhan Shoujun's grace.

The True Monarch of Nascent Soul has always been like a divine dragon, always flying at a height close to the Linggang wind layer. It is really rare to see ordinary Qi training or even foundation-building monks.

Not to mention Chen Dengming and Zuo Qiuling, who are extremely famous and are considered powerful among the Nascent Soul Lords.

For a time, many streets in the Immortal City were crowded with people, and the sky above was completely blocked while the roving monks maintained order, prohibiting anyone from taking off.

Groups of monks gathered in various areas of the city below, looking up into the sky in eager anticipation.

"Why haven't you come here yet? Mr. Douzhan Shou is not coming here, is he? I have admired this senior for a long time. I heard that he killed ten enemy Nascent Soul Lords and his military exploits are brilliant."

An ordinary-looking foundation-building monk said anxiously.

"Maybe he really won't come. It is said that he just came to see Elder Zuo to talk about some things this time. He is very low-key. At the last celebration event, I didn't see him show up even though he was far away."

Another monk murmured.

"It's not good to be too low-key, even..."

Before the other person finished speaking, he suddenly heard someone shouting excitedly.

"Quick, look, they are coming"

Everyone immediately looked up to the sky, their hearts beating fast.

I only saw a few figures flying from a distance, covered in subtle arcs of light, and the faint spiritual power they exuded was heart-stopping.

Many monks looked up, their eyelids twitching, and their legs and feet felt weak.

I could only see the blurry figure in the subtle spiritual light, and I couldn't see any of the facial features clearly, or I couldn't say that I didn't dare to look directly, which caused my vision to be blurred and my heart to be trembling.

Even Chen Dengming and Zuo Qiuling deliberately restrained their spiritual power.

However, the pressure of the two Nascent Souls and the several golden elixir monks surrounding them still made the air instantly quiet and depressing.

Many people could only vaguely hear the chatter and laughter coming from the air, which seemed so clear, yet so vague and distant.

Someone had the courage to look up and saw the confident profile of a handsome man with white hair on his temples and a body bathed in spiritual light.

The other party seemed to be aware of it, and he suddenly turned his head to look, his bright eyes piercing people's hearts like a flashing lamp.

A group of monks who were peeking in secretly felt as if they were shocked. They could not breathe smoothly. They felt as if all their thoughts and secrets had been seen through in an instant.

This feeling is clearly the feeling that monks have when they look at mortals.

It was not until Chen Dengming and others left that many monks felt relieved.

"Huh - scary, so scary. Just looking at me, my mind went blank just now."

A foundation-building monk standing at the gate of Fangshi was still frightened, and his hand unconsciously held the door number on the side.

"This kind of opportunity is rare. The True Monarch of Nascent Soul is rarely so close to us in such a real way. After our close contact, our minds will be more condensed. In the future, we will not be too shocked when facing the spiritual power of powerful monks. .”

“Yes, this was just after the war, and we were still in the Immortal City, so we were lucky enough to see the True Lord Nascent Soul coming and going.

Normally, how could we have such a magical fate of meeting an expert by chance? "

"Have I now become a fairy in the eyes of many monks?"

Outside the city, Chen Dengming smiled with emotion, recalling his past cultivation career, it was true.

When he was a candidate for Taoism, he had never seen Nascent Soul, only the distraction. How could an ordinary monk have such an immortal fate?
After he smiled and asked Zuo Qiuling to stay, he made a secret to summon the spirit boat, flew up and quickly escaped.The purpose of this trip to meet Zuo Qiuling has been achieved.

The other party has agreed to allow him to use some materials to conduct a resource exchange transaction with the Ghost Lord of Yinquan in Xingluo, and befriend the Ghost Lord of Yinquan in exchange for capital for smooth activities in the world under Yinquan.

However, these materials need to be provided by the Counterattack Monk Alliance and cannot be selected by him personally.

That's actually enough.

He only needs to give Xingluo Yinquan Ghost Lord a little sweetness and stabilize the old ghost first, and then he can buy Zhu Xun more development time.

Otherwise, if this old ghost turns against him, he will be fine, and Zhu Xun's plan to develop and compete for hegemony under the Yinquan will not be implemented smoothly.

As for the investigation of the mysterious and suspected Hedao ghost master, Chen Dengming was not looking for death. It was just a verbal agreement with Zuo Qiuling.

However, although he would not investigate the mysterious ghost master, he would instruct Zhu Xun to collect legends about the Ghost Emperor's deeds under the Yinquan.

His intuition told him that the ghost master might have something to do with Gui Diyuan.

Collecting rumors about Gui Diyuan's deeds is not sensitive but attracts attention.

Because under the Yinquan, there are too many ghosts who worship the Ghost Emperor. It is commonplace to inquire about the legend of the Ghost Emperor.

Even if he failed to get what he wanted in the end, for example, it was discovered that Guidiyuan was not the mysterious ghost master and the investigation was in the wrong direction, at least he would get this result.

"Zuoqiu Lingneng agrees. It seems that the counterattacking monk alliance does not know the identity of the mysterious ghost power.

If we can successfully persuade Zuo Qiuling this time, the Vajra Putuo Gate and Sumeru Island I mentioned may have successfully aroused the other party's emotions."

Chen Deng Mingzhuo stood on the head of the boat, pondering in his heart, and let the spirit boat under his feet go towards the Huarong Road near Nanxun.

In order to convince Zuo Qiuling to lift the ban, he did a lot of homework.

I know that when Zuo Qiuling asked for help from Xumi Island in the past, the venerable sent by Xumi Island had refused on the grounds that "rescue would only cause more killings", and the relationship between the two parties was very tense at that time.

Therefore, he started from the Vajra Putuo Gate as a breakthrough point.

If Zuo Qiuling had even the slightest curiosity about the relationship between the living Buddha and the mysterious ghost monk, he would definitely hesitate in investigating the matter and would not refuse it outright.

Now it turns out that he was right.

Soon, half a day later.

Chen Dengming arrived at the Yingui Mountains.

This place is still blocked by the banning formation he arranged in the past, but it has also caused the ghostly mountains of the past to disappear, and the remaining peaks exposed outside the formation are full of vitality.

At noon, the golden sunshine shines on the green mountains. There are beautiful little flowers growing on the cliffs, swaying like butterfly wings, which is very moving.

There are traces of monks who had settled here.

Chen Dengming looked surprised. After scanning around with his consciousness, he found that no one was there, so he stopped thinking about expelling him.

No one wants to live outside this ghost mountain.

Now it seems that the feng shui has improved, but in fact it is just an illusion covered by the formation.

As the person in charge of the formation, he still has the formation order in his hand to control the formation.

Chen Dengming flew past, made a formation order with his hand, and spiritual energy from all directions gathered at once.

"Tao, fellow Taoist, now that I have obtained the Soul Clam Pearl, my family will be able to recover. Thank you, fellow Taoist, for your efforts over the years."

In the soul room, the little formation spirit was a little excited and said gratefully.

"Ling'er, you and I share life and death and depend on each other for our lives. Why are you so polite to me?"

Chen Dengming smiled.

Seeing a circle of ripples in the formation in front of him opening the door, he immediately entered the formation with his long sleeves fluttering, quickly flew over the steep and steep mountains, came to the outside of the gloomy Yin Cave, and spread the message into the Yin Cave. Go to a spiritual thought.

Not long after, the Yin Spring in the Yin Cave vibrated and rippled in circles, the cold air curled up, and a cold and depressing fluctuation of spiritual thoughts came out.

"Master Changshou, you actually came to see me. It seems you haven't forgotten your agreement with me."

Chen Denming smiled faintly, bowed and said, "Chen is not a person who gets rich by breaking his promise. It seems that the Ghost King of Xingluo Yinquan doesn't understand Chen yet."

"Hmph! Don't say anything hypocritical."

Xingluo Yinquan Ghost Lord did not buy it, and said in a hoarse voice, "I have heard earlier that your war in the human world is over, and those evil cultivators from outside the territory have been defeated.

And you, Master Chen, have also become more famous, but now that the war is over, why are you still delaying in fulfilling your promise to me? "

Chen Dengming spread his hands and said, "Isn't Chen here already? I'm here just to discuss cooperation with you. Otherwise, why do you think I came here?"

"Hahaha, don't you know why you came here?"

Xingluo Yinquan Ghost Lord said calmly, "Your Taoist friend and his two ghost ladies are now in my residence.

They were indeed capable. They were able to kill the old ghost undercurrent and even obtain the soul clam bead from the old ghost.

You came here this time not to trade with me, but to take them away, right? "

"Old fox." Chen Dengming's eyes turned slightly cold.

He could only understand Zhu Xun's situation by entering the Human Heart Palace.

I wonder how Zhu Xun and the two ghost ladies are doing now.

However, he also ordered Lao Zhu to cover the two ghost ladies back to Xingluo Ghost City and then return to the human world.

Now Zhu Xun and the two ghost ladies may indeed be in Xingluo Ghost City.

But this possibility is very small. Not to mention that he has warned him before, Lao Zhu is not a fool himself and will not teach others to catch them all in one go.

To put it another way, even if the worst-case scenario did happen, he had already anticipated and prepared for it, and the trading authority he had fought for with Zuo Qiuling was just to deal with the Xingluo Yinquan Ghost Lord's fall out.

"Starfall."

Chen Dengming's tone turned cold, "I am here this time to conduct the first transaction with you regarding the exchange of the first batch of materials, and the two parties have completely reached a cooperation.

But what you are showing now is not sincerity, but hostility."

"Oh?"

Xingluo Yinquan Ghost Lord was doubtful, and then sneered, "We ghost cultivators are most concerned about interests and reality. You asked me to show my sincerity, but you have delayed me for too long.

You said you want to make the first deal, well, come up with the materials in your world that satisfy me.

If you can't get it out, I will accept the soul clam pearl, your brother and his wife as the interest for these years. "

"Oh, damn it, this Xingluo Yinquan Ghost Lord is too insidious." In the soul room, the little formation spirit was angry and angry.

Chen Dengming, however, was very calm and said calmly, "The supplies are on the way and will arrive in just a few days. Guijun has been waiting for this for so many years, can't he not be able to wait for these few days?"

"Okay, I will wait for you for a few more days."

Chen Dengming hummed softly, no longer making excuses, and flew back to the mountains and forests with a flick of his sleeves.

He wanted to enter the palace of people's hearts and determine Zhu Xun's current situation.

The reaction of Xingluo Yinquan Ghost Lord was really not what he expected at all.

Fortunately, he came already prepared.

"Tao, fellow Taoist, if you really make a deal with this old ghost, wouldn't you be helping the evildoer, and it may cause a lot of trouble in the future."

In the soul room, Xiao Zhenling couldn't help but remind him.

Chen Dengming smiled hoarsely, two dim lights flashed in his eyes, and he said in his heart, "No problem. The deal I make with him now is just to exchange time for space.

What was replaced was the space for Zhu Xun and I to develop, and we lacked time to develop.

This old ghost has plenty of time, but he doesn't have much room to grow.

As for the materials being traded, the materials Zuo Qiuling allocated from the Counterattack Monk Alliance will not be cheap for this old ghost, they will only whet his appetite."

(End of this chapter)