Begin the path of immortality from mortals

"This blood poison is really cautious! It has taken a lot of detours along the way!"

In the gray void, Lu Tiandu, who was hiding in the dark and following Xuedu all the way, saw that he had returned to an area he had been to before, and couldn't help but frowned slightly.

If this blood poison continues to go around in circles like this, he doesn't mind using the secret technique of binding the mind and controlling the spirit or the secret technique of searching the soul on it. Then all the inside story will naturally become clear.

Just when Lu Tiandu was beginning to feel impatient, three blood rainbows appeared in the distant void at an incredible speed and reached the top of a nearby mountain at lightning speed. The light dimmed, revealing three blood-red little men about a foot tall.

Each of the little men had a handsome face, and it was impossible to tell how old they were. However, they were wearing strange red armor with dense runes engraved on the surface. Their skin was also bright red, and gave off a bloody smell that made one want to vomit.

Three pairs of emotionless eyes scanned the four directions at the same time, as if looking for something.

"Hey, this should be a bloodwood puppet made from earth blood. It looks like it has the cultivation base of the initial stage of refining emptiness. Its consciousness seems extraordinary. It should contain a trace of earth blood's consciousness. Could it be that the earth blood is connecting with the blood poison?"

Lu Tiandu looked at the three blood puppets and sensed something strange when he sensed the soul fluctuations of the blood wood puppet.

Puppets above the Spiritual Transformation level are called psychic puppets. These psychic puppets can usually move on their own. Of course, their intelligence is much inferior to that of normal cultivators.

However, these three blood-wood puppets at the early stage of the Void Refining stage were incredibly intelligent, and it was obvious that their bodies had been taken over by their masters.

Thinking of all the strange things about the blood poison along the way, Lu Tian seemed to understand something.

There were actually quite a few virtual-refinement-level monsters on the third floor as his vast divine sense search revealed, but it was obvious that Xuedu was very familiar with most areas of the third floor. Although he kept moving along the way, he obviously still had a specific target range.

This was obviously the agreed meeting place.

At this moment, the invisible Blood Poison suddenly appeared hundreds of feet away from the three Bloodwood Puppets, and said urgently:
"But what happened? Why didn't you show up at the appointed time?"

At this moment, Xuedu was still wearing the hat, but from Lu Tiandu's spiritual observation, its original dragon head had changed into a human head.

"Fellow Daoist Xuedu, don't worry. Although there are some minor problems, they are not serious. Everything is ready. Let's meet up now!"

One of the three bloodwood puppets transmitted the message.

"it is good!"

Xuedu responded and glanced around. After not finding anything unusual, he seemed to relax a lot.

Next, the four of them used the secret technique of invisibility again, and they flew at full speed, quickly heading towards a huge, slightly remote mountain range.

Lu Tiandu was still leisurely and stealthily hanging behind.

Half an hour later, just as Lu Tian was about to follow the four people down the mountain range below, the feeling that he was being watched became increasingly clear.

"So, there is a high possibility that the Earth Blood is in a secret cave somewhere in this mountain range? I wonder which one or both of the Earth Blood Twin Demons are there?"

This thought flashed through Lu Tiandu's mind, and he remembered the relevant information about the earth blood.

Dixue specializes in the art of puppetry. His apparent true form is a double evil demon body with two bodies. Each puppet body has the cultivation level of a mid-stage fusion. Among the many fusion demon kings in the first six layers of the Diyuan, he should be the number one under the six feet.

But secretly, he spent a lot of money to refine a purple blood puppet with amazing potential. And according to the difficulty of refining this kind of puppet, he obviously started refining it a long time ago.

According to the second trip to the Styx three hundred years later, this Purple Blood Puppet has the cultivation level of the peak of the middle stage of the fusion, and as long as there are enough top-level materials, Earth Blood seems confident that it can be refined into a psychic puppet of the late stage of the fusion.

The second time he entered the Styx, not only to fight for the Styx Divine Milk, but also for some magic treasures in the demon tomb in the Styx.

This is also the reason why in the original plot he used puppetry techniques and some materials to exchange for Han Li's Evil-Repelling Thunder to re-refine the armor on the Purple Blood Puppet.

If his purple-blood puppet body could drive the evil-repelling divine thunder, his chances of entering the devil's tomb and taking treasure would naturally increase a lot.

And as long as he can get the magic treasure or other top-level materials in the Styx, and then refine it into a purple-blood puppet body in the late stage of fusion, and cooperate with the two evil clones in the middle stage of fusion, I am afraid that the first place of the Earth Abyss Demon King will fall on his head.

Moreover, the fact that Dixue was secretly refining purple blood puppets in the Blood Refining Hall of the Blood Flame Palace in his cave would not be known to other demon kings until the second trip to the Styx.

And no one knew that Dixue had already transferred his main soul to the Purple Blood Puppet.

The two evil demon puppets died in other places, which had little impact on the purple blood puppet itself.

This information flashed through Lu Tiandu's mind, but he did not stop and continued to slowly approach the mountains.

It was the furnace shadow in the sea of ​​consciousness that warned him, but he was confident that with his cultivation of Earth Blood, he would not be able to discover his invisibility secret technique. Moreover, some of the mud puppets and other detection secret techniques set up by Earth Blood nearby had already been discovered by him.

At this moment, in a cave inside an inconspicuous low peak in the mountains below, a huge purple-red puppet thirty feet tall was staring at a stone table next to it with burning eyes.

On the stone table stood a huge bronze mirror. In the bronze mirror, it showed the scene of Blood Poison and three Bloodwood puppets entering the mountain.

This giant puppet is wearing black armor, with arms that reach below the knees, shiny purple-red skin covered with bowl-sized scales, and looks incredibly powerful.

What is even more surprising is its strange head.

It has a single white horn on its head, a tiger's mouth and a lion's nose, and six strange bloody eyes on its head. Two of them are the same as those of ordinary people, two are on both sides of the cheeks, and the other two are actually emerging from the back of the head.

Each of these bloody eyes slowly rotated on the head, emitting a cold light, giving people a creepy and weird feeling.

At this moment, the purple-blood puppet's lips moved slightly, as if casting some spell.

At the same time, Xuedu followed the three blood wood puppets and crashed into an ordinary mountain wall without hesitation. In the blink of an eye, the figures of the four disappeared.

With Lu Tiandu's spiritual power, he had already discovered this little illusion, so he followed the four people and escaped into the belly of a mountain.

What puzzled Lu Tian was that there were no other restrictions here except the illusion outside. Either this place was for temporary use, or Dixue was extremely confident in his own strength.

After passing some winding and rugged caves, the four Blood Poisons soon appeared in a spacious and huge stone hall.

"Since Brother Xuedu is here, have you prepared everything I need this time?"

At this time, the two bloody eyes on the front of the purple-blood puppet stared at Xue Dao and asked.

As for the three bloodwood puppets, they remained motionless after entering the stone hall.

"Does what you promised me before still count?"

The person who appeared before the crowd was a man in Confucian robes who was about thirty years old. His face was a little gloomy at the moment. Although he felt uncomfortable being stared at by the blood eyes and seemed to be under great pressure, he still asked in a deep voice.

"I swear by my inner demon that after the task is completed, I will remove the spiritual restraints placed on you, and will help you advance to the Saint level afterwards. Fellow Daoist Xuedu, don't worry."

The Purple Blood Puppet spoke sincerely at this moment, and after thinking for a while, he added:
"This is a rare opportunity. Mu Qing and my original body are both at Liuzu to discuss important matters and will not be back for a while. This is a rare opportunity, so don't miss it!"

Upon hearing this, Xuedu's expression changed.

According to Dixue, the soul restriction underneath is difficult to break even for other Saint-level monks, and if it is triggered randomly, the result may be the destruction of the soul.

However, thinking of his master Mu Qing who had done him a favor, Xue Du finally chose his own life. He was silent for a moment and then said:

"it is good."

In fact, Xuedu had already made the decision to come for this secret meeting. When he heard Dixue's purple blood puppet swear an oath, he dispelled his last bit of hesitation.

Then he told all the detailed information inside the Muqingmujing Cave.

"It turns out that the person who plotted to take Mu Qing's original spiritual wood and eventually made Mu Qing sacrifice half of his original vitality and self-destruct to injure him was the main puppet of Earth Blood, the Purple Blood Puppet!"

At this moment, Lu Tian, ​​who was hiding in the dark, heard the conversation between the Purple Blood Puppet and Blood Poison, and showed a look of sudden realization. "Yes, if we know Mu Qing's true form, there is no doubt that the spiritual wood of Mu Qing's true form is the top-level material for refining weapons."

"Among the five demon kings in the middle and late stages of the fusion of Diyuan, the true form of the demon king surnamed Zhu is currently unknown. The other blue ghost women practice the way of demons and ghosts, so it would be of little use for them to get Mu Qing's true form. The most likely ones to take action are Liuzu and Dixue."

"Six-footed people are obviously trying to seize the Styx Divine Milk in preparation for impacting the Mahayana realm. The Styx Divine Milk is naturally the first priority. It is not necessary for them to kill a helper with extraordinary magical powers for the purpose of refining materials on the eve of the trip to the Styx. This can also be ruled out."

"Others only think that the body of the Earth Blood Puppet is the body of the Twin Demons, but they don't know that it has also refined the Purple Blood Puppet, which has amazing potential. In order to refine the Purple Blood Puppet into a psychic puppet of the late stage of fusion, how could he not want to seize this top-level refining material that is right next to him?"

"During his second trip to the Styx, he prepared various means to seize the treasures in the dangerous Demon Tomb. Perhaps he knew that it would be fruitless to seize Mu Qing's body again, so he had no choice but to let the body go with him into the Styx. Otherwise, with his caution, he would never let the Purple Blood Puppet fall into danger before it advanced to the late stage of fusion."

"Moreover, according to the original story, the conversation between Mu Qing and the Golden Spirit who was guarding his body happened not long before the first trip to the Styx. Mu Qing thought that the demon kings had a common goal and no one would threaten his body, so he relaxed his vigilance. But he didn't expect that Dixue would secretly let the Purple Blood Puppet take action, right?"

"As for the fact that Mu Qing was not sure who attacked him in the original plot, this was naturally because the one injured by his self-explosion was the Purple Blood Puppet of Earth Blood, and his twin evil spirit bodies were not damaged, so he could continue to participate in the first trip to the Styx as if nothing had happened."

"However, three hundred years later, when they went to the Styx for the second time, Mu Qing obviously knew who the traitor was, and he also knew that this person was instructed by someone else. In order not to delay the trip to the Styx, he did not take action, but planned to skin and tendon the traitor after returning to avenge the destruction of his body."

"This saying of 'pulling out tendons and peeling off skin' is really appropriate when applied to the blood dragon Xuedu!"

"As for the fact that Xue Du, a cultivator in the late stage of the Void Refinement Realm, was controlled by Di Xue, it was too easy. Di Xue is good at communicating with spirit puppets, and is obviously very proficient in the art of controlling the spirit. Moreover, in the original plot, he gave Han Li the spirit puppet in order to plot against and control Han Li. This secret technique of controlling others through puppets is quite clever..."

Lu Tiandu felt a little sad in his heart.

When he read the original novel, he didn't think about it carefully and always thought that it was Lan Guipo who had a grudge against Mu Qing. After all, the two had clashed with each other many times.

Now that I think about it carefully, I realized that I was wrong.

The two seemed to be competing against each other on the eve of their second trip to the Styx, but in fact it was mainly because of Han Li's divine thunder to ward off evil.

A body condensed from a wood spirit would naturally be very interested in the wood-attributed divine thunder, which could ward off evil. Moreover, Mu Qing had originally planned to let the golden spirit keep an eye on Han Li, and after taking away the Divine Milk of the Styx, he would threaten Han Li to accompany him into the Demon Tomb to fight for a wood-attributed treasure that was very important to him.

According to Mu Qing's observations when he first entered the Demon Tomb, taking this wood-attributed treasure would not only help him advance to the late stage of fusion, but would also make it possible for him to advance to the Mahayana stage.

In addition, it was not known whether it was Han Li's wood-attributed true essence or the evil-repelling divine thunder that seemed to be of great help in Mu Qing's recovery from his injuries.

In this case, there is no need to explain much about Han Li's importance. Mu Qing wished he could keep Han Li under his own eyes.

As for the Blue Ghost Po, she is naturally restrained by the masculine divine thunder such as the Evil-Repelling Thunder. Anyone who wants to control the Evil-Repelling Thunder is her potential enemy.

Mu Qing's eagerness towards Han Li naturally made Blue Ghost Lady very alert.

However, the two of them later reached a deal for Han Li, and the items in the deal were useful for Mu Qing to heal his injuries.

If it was Blue Ghost Po who made the sneak attack at that time, she would definitely not want to let Mu Qing recover from his injuries.

Moreover, after the two advanced to the Land of the Styx, they cooperated in various ways to deal with the enemy. Obviously, the two women were able to join forces for a short period of time. In addition to the dangers of the Land of the Styx, they should also be more vigilant against Six Legs and Earth Blood.

After all, one is in the late stage of fusion, and the other has two puppet bodies in the middle stage of fusion. The two women fighting alone are probably no match for either side.

When it comes to treasures like the Styx Divine Milk, any conflict is possible.

The two have fought and united, and it is obvious that they are not mortal enemies.

"So, the next scenario is that the ape Jin Ling, who was guarding Mu Qing's body, was lured away from the Mu Jing Cave, and then the Purple Blood Puppet, led by the internal guide Xue Du, rushed to the Mu Jing Cave to seize the spiritual wood?"

Lu Tian listened to Xue Du still talking in detail about the various restrictions and inside stories of the Wood Spirit Cave, and responded coldly.

"I had intended to accelerate Mu Qing to the peak of the late stage of fusion in a short period of time, and then use his yin energy to advance his body cultivation to the seventh level of minor success. How could I let you ruin my good deeds?"

"In that case, I can just suppress this purple-blood puppet and refine it into my first spirit slave. Then I can go to the fifth floor and suppress the twin evil spirit bodies of the earth-blood. Wouldn't it be possible to obtain three spirit slaves in the middle stage of fusion at once?"

"I can't refine a real dragon into a spirit slave now, but it's not difficult to refine a fusion stage spirit puppet into a spirit slave."

Lu Tiandu thought that the secret technique of refining spirit slaves in the method of refining the Nine Dragons Flying Chariot would be useful now, and he became excited.

"I have a lot of top-grade materials on me. Maybe I can refine the Purple Blood Puppet to the late stage of fusion next. Wouldn't that mean I will have an extra spirit slave in the late stage of fusion? This is definitely worth my effort!"

Cultivators like Mu Qing who practice spiritual cultivation through spiritual trees are actually members of the spirit race in the outside world.

And through his interactions with Saint Qianqiu, Lu Tiandu also knew how rare it was to have such spiritual power.

He had practiced for who knows how many years to accumulate countless vital energy. If his self-explosion damaged half of his energy, Lu Tian didn't know how many resources would be needed to help him recover.

Since we have met by chance this time, we must not let it happen.

And with this life-saving grace, Mu Qing would probably be more likely to agree to his conditions.

Originally, he was not planning to attack these demon kings when he entered the Abyss, and he would wait until he entered the Styx. However, there were so many benefits at this moment that even he could not help himself.

"Everyone, have you finished chatting? If you have, please stay here!"

A moment later, just as the Purple Blood Puppet seemed to secretly give orders to the distance and was preparing to leave with Blood Poison, Lu Tiandu suddenly appeared at the entrance of the stone hall and chuckled.

"who?"

The six bloody eyes of the purple-blood puppet suddenly flashed with blood. With a shock in its heart, it stared at Lu Tiandu and shouted loudly.

All living creatures within a thousand miles of this place had already been slaughtered, and he was monitoring this place from time to time, but he did not expect that a cultivator would sneak up on him.

"The one who suppressed you!"

Lu Tiandu smiled faintly, the eye between his eyebrows suddenly opened, and three god-killing spears shot out instantly.

At the same time, as Lu Tiandu's mind moved, a golden-purple vortex suddenly appeared in the stone hall and covered the blood poison who was about to escape in horror.

The next moment, the purple-blood puppet's soul was injured before it could even make a move. Amid its shrill screams, Lu Tiandu's body flashed with five-colored spiritual light, and he turned into a giant five-colored peacock about ten feet long.

As the five-colored peacock's gorgeous tail feathers and huge wings flashed suddenly, a sea of ​​five-colored light containing countless runes rolled towards the thirty-foot-tall purple-blood puppet.

For a moment, the sky was filled with rays of light and the entire stone hall began to buzz.

The next moment, the spiritual light around the five-colored peacock converged, and Lu Tiandu's figure appeared again.

Not far away, Dixue's purple-blood puppet, which was at the peak of the middle stage of fusion, was surrounded by five-colored runes. It was obvious that both its puppet core and its soul had been sealed.

"Yes, this five-colored divine light is still useful in sealing!"

Lu Tiandu smiled slightly as he looked at the huge puppet that was sealed in an instant.

It is not difficult for him to kill a cultivator in the middle stage of fusion, but it is very difficult to capture him without him self-destructing.

He also had not learned the space sealing technique from Youluo, and the Wind and Thunder Prison Diagram was unlikely to seal and suppress a cultivator in the middle stage of fusion unexpectedly. The safest thing was naturally the five-colored divine light after the peacock's transformation.

He had discussed with Bu Suzhen before about the magical power of the Five-Colored Divine Light. Now that he had mastered the eight Jingzhe transformations and could use the Five-Colored Divine Light with the help of the Five-Colored Peacock's true blood, it would not be difficult for him to seal a cultivator in the middle stage of the fusion.

"In that case, let's search his soul and poison his blood first, and then go directly to the Wood Spirit Cave to wait for Mu Qing!"

Blood Poison was suppressed by the Wind and Thunder Prison Diagram at the first sight. At this moment, with the golden and purple vortex in the air, the unconscious Blood Poison was thrown out again.

Then, the golden purple vortex flickered, instantly collecting the sealed purple blood puppet, and then turned into a stream of light and sank into Lu Tiandu's body. (End of this chapter)