Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 282: Drinking and Talking about Beasts on a Starry Night

It has been six days since Xu Yuanchang arrived in Fengxian City. Apart from visiting Elder Mei once and chatting with the emotional Elder Mei for half an hour over tea, he has been meditating in the yard of the inn since then and no one has disturbed him.

On the fifteenth day of the winter month, the monks who were training outside the city would take a rest.

After receiving the letter, Shi Wangchen, Zhao Jun, Hei Xiayi, Zhu Zongshan and other people, about seven or eight of them, rushed into the yard.

"You are a happy kid, doing nothing, wandering around and making people hate you. You should at least have some conscience and remember that we are suffering outside the city, eating ashes and dirt. Hurry up and serve the wine and food and wait for my brothers to sit down."

The person who said this was Shi Wangchen, who was carrying spiritual wine, cooked spiritual fruits and other items.

Zhao Jun was more careful. He looked at him carefully and stopped, saying, "Oh, that's not right, Boss Qi, can you help me take a look at this kid? His aura feels... very strange. Why can't I understand his cultivation level?"

"Tell me the truth, kid. What happened? Don't tell us that you have been promoted."

He Shutang had the weakest cultivation among the group, and he asked directly with his fists clenched.

Xu Yuanchang slapped away several pairs of claws that reached out to touch him, including Lei Gongchong and Zhang Pingfeng, the demon hunters from Jietian City. He had come to the capital several times to meet them, and they all gathered together. He laughed and scolded, "What are you touching? Have you never met Senior Si Chong Lou? Why don't you bow to him according to the rules?"

Hei Xiayi covered his forehead and cried out, "What did I say a few days ago, 'come from behind and win', and I really got it right."

“I really haven’t touched the senior of the Fourth Floor. Brothers, go ahead and carry Elder Xu to the hall and put him in the upper seat.”

Shi Wangchen shouted and many people responded. They hurriedly carried the hated person away.

Zhu Zongshan fell behind and watched everyone making trouble with a smile.

Since he rose from a private to the position of military commander of the Huang Camp and held great power, after several months of strict military discipline and training of military formations, the Huang Camp, which had the smallest number of soldiers, the shortest establishment time and the weakest cultivation, suddenly became the most powerful one and remained at the top for three consecutive months.

He also benefited a lot, his soldier spirit began to condense, and his cultivation level advanced to the middle stage of the third floor.

The understanding of "Wu Chang Military Book" changes with each passing day.

The commander of the main camp, Wu Jixiong, has obtained the "Impermanence Military Book" presented by Xu Yuanchang from the holy land of military strategists in Buyai Mountain, Xiyuan, and promoted it to the entire army, ordering all military marquises and deputy military marquises to read the book carefully and intensify training.

Wu Jixiong now particularly values ​​the capable Zhu Zongshan, and has announced that whoever wins the championship in the year-end competition among the eight battalions will be promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, in charge of the training of the entire army, and will form a "Black Mountain Guard" as his personal soldiers.

The entire army was almost fully engaged in training. Even though everyone secretly believed that Commander Wu was a deputy commander position tailor-made for Zhu Zongshan, the other seven families also wanted to compete for it.

If you don’t steam the steamed buns, you’ll lose your breath.

Zhu Zongshan went out for a break, and five Yunshan guards followed him for protection, standing guard outside the courtyard gate.

The party lasted until noon, and everyone who had eaten and drunk their fill said goodbye and left one after another. It was a rare opportunity for them to leave the military camp, as they had their own sects, relatives and friends to visit, or to contact and deal with some matters.

Zhu Zongshan stayed as usual. He had nowhere else to go, so he would purchase some resources and then go back to the barracks.

Xu Yuanchang arranged the restrictions, took out the black impermanence token and the storage bag, handed them to the slightly stunned Zhu Zongshang, and said in a voice transmission: "A few days ago, I met Ling Zu at the ghost market, and he asked me to send the items to you."

I briefly described the circumstances of the meeting.

Zhu Zongshan was very excited to accept the Impermanence Token and the storage bag. It was obvious at first glance that the two items were not from this world.

He was looking forward to what the ancestor would leave for him in the token this time.
He stood up and bowed respectfully. The relationship between the ancestor and Elder Xu was unusual.

The two talked alone for a while. Xu Yuanchang saw a ray of talisman light flying into the hall from outside. He quickly waved his hand to cancel the ban and took the communication talisman sent to him by Senior Brother Wu.

After checking the content of the message, he was shocked. The entire Chaos God Tomb in the Thousand Mountains and Hills had sunk into the ground, forming a huge tiankeng over 200 miles long. It was filled with fog, and gray, corrosive energy filled the white fog. No one could go down there at the moment.

Senior Brother Wu sent a special message to ask if he was willing to accept this elder-level mission to explore the tiankeng?

At present, he is the only one in Dingzhou who is not afraid of the erosion of the God of Silence. He once stayed in the God's Tomb of Cangpuling for five years.

The communication talisman informed that a few days ago, many treasure-hunting monks witnessed a mysterious masked woman in a green dress who, ignoring the restrictions, flew down the Tomb of Chaos Gods alone. Until yesterday when the Tomb of Chaos Gods collapsed, no one saw the masked woman in green dress come out.

In these troubled times, the masters of the fifth-story building in the Fortified Forbidden Area cannot go out easily.

The Xiyuan Holy Land must understand the origins of the masked woman.

Xu Yuanchang guessed who the mysterious masked woman who made such a big fuss was without having to think too much.

Looking at this quiet and pretty girl, it turns out that she is not an easy person to deal with.

He had to go there. His people were so powerful that they could shake the sky and the earth. He felt a headache coming on.

Zhu Zongshan saw that Elder Xu was frowning in thought, obviously he had encountered trouble. He tactfully offered to take his leave, saying that he did not want to disturb him as Elder Xu had something important to do.

After seeing Zhu Zongshan off, Xu Yuanchang said hello to Elder Mei, then flew straight into the air and headed southwest.

Mei Yuanjian watched the black spot disappear into the horizon, pinching his left hand in his sleeve, and shook his head after a long while. He received news last night that the Chaos God Tomb in Qianshan Gang had collapsed, but with his deduction skills, he could not figure out any clues.

"Who has such great magical power that can sink the forbidden land into the ground?"

Xu Yuanchang's current flying speed is incomparable to before.

When he first joined the Monster Catching Mountain, he specially got the complete secret book of "Dahuo Luo Dou Shu". He had already learned the secret method at the back and performed "rising and falling flying" to travel at lightning speed.

At dusk, he arrived at Qianshan Hill and met with eight fourth-story monks who were guarding the tiankeng near the Tomb of the Chaos Gods.

The Xiyuan Holy Land has already mobilized a thousand three-story monks from the Jianshan Kingdom and the Shanyang Kingdom nearby, arranged a military formation to surround the tiankeng, and prepared their talisman crossbows to kill the mysterious woman.

Xu Yuanchang chatted with Master Hong Yuan of the Zhilu Hall of the Xiyuan Holy Land for a while.

At this point, everyone was trapped in the tiankeng and was completely clueless about the situation beneath the white fog.

Xu Yuanchang didn't understand anything. He clasped his fists to signal, then jumped down to the sinkhole. Everyone watched as the figure disappeared into the white fog three miles below, seemingly without any protection on his body.

The head of Hongyuan Hall sighed: "Elder Xu is indeed very courageous!"

"Elder Xu has advanced to the fourth floor, and his magical powers are even more powerful. I hope he can find the person who caused the trouble."

"The masked woman who destroyed the Chaos God Tomb is likely to have fifth- or even sixth-level cultivation?"

"It's hard to say. It's possible that this person knows about the ancient tomb-suppressing formation."

Everyone was talking about it, and everyone looked unhappy.

After Xu Yuanchang went ten miles deep into the tiankeng, it was already pitch black below, the cold air was thick, the pressure was getting heavier, and there was a disruptive chaotic force everywhere, which was almost equivalent to a forbidden technique.

He used his avatar to fly deeper into the depths, looking for traces of the ancient cloud bead.

He is protected by the divine light of good fortune and is not afraid of the omnipresent corrosive energy of the God of Silence.

He released two incarnations, which circled around him three hundred feet in radius.

Before he could go any deeper, an incarnation discovered some words on the stone wall, and Xu Yuanchang flew closer to check.

There are two lines of strange and complex large characters engraved on the blue-gray rock wall, and another line of small characters.

The handwriting is fresh and red, and carries a strong warning message.

Xu Yuanchang used the photo stone to record the words he didn't recognize and flew along the edge. He didn't go any deeper as there was no need to as Gu Yunzhu had already left.

When I flew back to the top of the pit, it was already dark and a full moon was rising from the east.

Xu Yuanchang told Hong Yuan and others who had gathered around him about what he had seen and heard below, emphasizing that he could not continue exploring more than ten miles deeper because the environment was harsh and the pressure was extremely high. He handed the photo stone to Hong Yuan, which recorded his itinerary.

Hong Yuan activated the image stone, and everyone saw several lines of red text on the dark stone wall. Someone recognized the text and said, "It is an ancient divine text. Two lines of large characters read 'Bury the gods back to heaven and earth, share the sorrow and do not disturb the dead souls'. I can't recognize the small characters either, but it is a warning that disturbing the dead souls will result in consequences."

Hong Yuan pondered and said, "It seems that it is more likely that it was done by a reincarnated god, or a god from the upper realm who secretly came down to earth."

The other party's purpose of collapsing the Tomb of the Gods was to avoid disturbing the dead souls, which made him feel much more at ease.

Hong Yuan looked at Xu Yuan and asked, "Elder Xu, what do you think is the possibility that the mysterious woman is still down there?"

"It's hard to say. I made quite a noise. If she's still down there, she must have known about it. She didn't show up or stop me from investigating. She wanted me to give up. Or maybe she's already gone and no one else could have noticed."

Xu Yuanchang made his attitude clear that he would not go down again.

Hong Yuan did not force him. He said a few polite words to Elder Xu and told him to do as he pleased.

He made several copies of the photo stone and ordered people to send them to the Xiyuan Holy Land immediately. Xiyuan then dispatched monks from the fourth floor to report the situation to the Gulei Forbidden Land, and the decision was made by a group of masters from the fifth floor.

At present, he still has to lead his men to defend this place tightly and not allow any slackness.

Xu Yuanchang rushed to Fengsheng Mountain in Wuqiu Mountain Area overnight.

The full moon sinks to the west, the starry sky is desolate, and the night wind howls on the mountaintops.

"Yunzhu, come out. I know you're nearby. Let's have a formal chat."

After a moment, a flash of starlight came from the south and came closer in the blink of an eye. As the starlight swirled and spread, Gu Yunzhu, who was wearing a green dress, appeared. There were only ten feet between the two of them.

"Master, I am summoning you in the middle of the night. Is there something urgent?"

Gu Yunzhu asked with a smile, the childishness on her face was gone, and even her figure seemed a little unreal.

Xu Yuan looked at her for a few times. After just ten days of not seeing her, he could no longer see through her cultivation. He smiled and said, "Do you know why I am looking for you? You cast a spell to sink the Chaos God Tomb just to avoid disturbing the dead souls?"

"if not?"

Gu Yunzhu asked sharply, the smile on her face gone.

Xu Yuanchang continued to ask: "How much do you remember? With the upcoming opening of the Dark Realm Gate, does Taoist Master Yanshan have any other arrangements?"

He keenly noticed that the Tomb of Chaos Gods seemed to have brought back bad memories of Gu Yunzhu's previous life.

Come to think of it, there are numerous remains of gods buried under the Tomb of Chaos Gods. As a former god, it would be strange for him to have a good attitude towards the Tomb of Chaos Gods.

He took out two chairs from the space and asked the woman opposite to sit down.

Gu Yunzhu's expression softened again, and she said, "I remember most of it. Taoist Yanshan didn't make any plans for me, but don't worry, I won't leave alone until I repay Taoist Yanshan's favor."

Then he asked curiously, "I heard from Xianfeng that there is not even a sixth-level cultivator in the entire Dingzhou. How can we resist the first few waves of attacks from black spirits and monsters in the future? In a battle like this where you have to risk your life, don't expect me to rush forward and fight back with my own life."

Xu Yuanchang placed a low table between the two of them and took out a jar of Hundred Flowers Wine and two small jade bowls.

Pour the wine full of floral fragrance and raise the bowl to signal.

After taking a sip, the fragrance lingers on your lips and teeth.

"Don't worry, no one will force you to pay back your life. It is enough for you to repay the favor within your ability. But I believe that we can survive the catastrophe. Perhaps the losses will be terrible... I am also afraid of death, so I want to avoid the limelight for the next few years."

After drinking, Xu Yuanchang spoke the truth, saying, "I won't let my people do stupid things that will cost them their lives. I really hate the secretive behavior of Taoist Yanshan. Maybe he has his own reasons... Forget it, let's not talk about that old man. It's boring."

Gu Yunzhu was very interested in what he heard. She took a sip of Baihua Wine and said with a smile, "You said Taoist Master Yanshan is an old man. Have you ever seen him in person?"

"I have seen it. How about I learn his signature skills?"

"That's not right. After the passage to the upper world is closed, how could Taoist Master Yanshan go down to the lower world?"

"Nothing is impossible. I have also seen an eighth-rank three-legged turtle, Yuan Zhu, at Wuya Lake in Wuqiu Mountain. Ask Xianfeng later. She has also seen it up close. Its might is terrifying."

It is enough for Xu Yuanchang to know that Gu Yunzhu will be willing to help Dingzhou resist the invasion of black spirits in the future.

He didn't need to know why Gu Yunzhu, the reincarnation of a god, was willing to let go of the grudges of the past.

That is Taoist Master Yanshan’s business.

He might as well talk about some light topics to bring them closer to each other.

Gu Yunzhu was a little confused. As far as she knew, only the gods in the Divine Court could respond to the invitation from the lower world to "invite gods" and could use their clones to come down to the mortal world, but there were many restrictions.

Of course she knew Yuan Zhu, the famous old demon turtle.

Xu Yuanchang used his spiritual sense to probe into the space in the ring. The colorful crystal stone was still contracting like a heart, shining brightly, and the black rabbit nearby was sleeping soundly.

He guessed that the rabbit would not come out for a short time, so he covered the ring with calming energy and asked in a voice transmission: "Do you know the evil beast Li Dan?"

"Yes, what, have you seen him?"

Gu Yunzhu smiled with ulterior motives.

She didn't believe that Taoist Xu could see Li Dan, because she heard that Li Dan's body and soul were separated and suppressed, trapped in darkness and unable to escape.

Xu Yuanchang thought to himself, I see that person every day, I am tired of it, so he transmitted his voice: "Eight thousand years ago, the evil beast was suppressed by Taoist Master Yanshan, Gao Jianren, and Smiling Po and other masters. A few years ago, I heard that because it was sealed for a long time, the soul of the evil beast escaped from the underground. I want to know what kind of character he is."

Gu Yunzhu frowned and said, "That's a big problem. Li Dan has a strange personality, both good and evil. No one who has been suppressed for eight thousand years will have a good temper. If he wants to take revenge, almost no one in the lower world can stop him, and it is very difficult to kill him."

Xu Yuanchang deliberately asked: "Will he kill all the mortals in the lower world?"

"That's not the case. He doesn't have a murderous nature. He even participated in the battle against the Black Spirit back then... Wait, I understand. He is also a chess piece arranged by Taoist Yanshan. Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a coincidence that the Soul of the Beast would appear at this time."

Gu Yunzhu asked: "Can we contact Li Dan? Maybe he can be of help?"

"Aren't you afraid that he will cause trouble?"

"Although he is a bit unreasonable, has some quirks, and is good at stirring up trouble, he will agree under the general trend. If I can find him, I can talk to him."

"What was your name back then?"

"Tell him I'm Xin Zi, he knows that."

"Yunzhu, can you recover to the seventh level in the lower realm?"

"Impossible. Even if I have the resources to recover to the seventh level, I can't take the risk."

"Oh, what's the point?"

"It is said that if you break through to the seventh level of cultivation in the lower realm, you will face severe heavenly punishment. I have not cultivated a suitable star magic weapon, so how can I resist it? When I recover to the sixth level, it will be the end. There is no need to take the risk."

Gu Yunzhu told everything he knew, finished his bowl of wine, and refilled it for himself.

Xu Yuanchang suddenly understood something as his mind flashed.

The rabbit had always deceived him by doing the opposite.

He clamors to come out, but in fact he dares not to come out.

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(End of this chapter)