Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 306 I decide my territory

Xu Yuanchang burst out laughing. He had no idea about the pig and just asked casually. He underestimated the cunning wisdom that the demon pig had honed for survival and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Take a stroll up the low hill that used to be a node among the flowers.

Looking around, the mountain seems unremarkable and has long lost its former mysterious charm.

After staying for a while, Xu Yuanchang turned his head and looked far down the mountain. His eyes met with the black-haired demon pig that stopped to watch. He ignored it, went down the mountain from the other side, and continued his peculiar practice of immersing himself in observing various objects in detail at any time.

He wandered aimlessly, regardless of day or night.

I practice wherever I go. I don’t know how many years have passed, but my practice and state of mind have gradually reached perfection.

He has the Taiyuan Stone, Solid Foundation Stone, Soul-enhancing Jade and Life-enhancing Wood Stone given by Lao Li. They are all natural treasures that can help him break through and advance. Who else can have such favorable resources as him?

At present, we are still lacking an opportunity to immerse ourselves in the spiritual connection between heaven and man.

He was neither impatient nor anxious, and he honed and consolidated his own magic power. He made the seemingly real and illusory realm reach the point where anything could be mistaken for the real thing through his profound understanding. However, this was still an external illusion, and was limited by the level of his cultivation. It was difficult to deal with and could not affect masters.

The way of cultivating illusion goes from the outside to the inside, over and over again, and it is extremely difficult to break through.

A sneaky pig was following behind from a distance. When he rested, it rested too, and when he walked, it walked too.

A few days later, a torrential rain came unexpectedly, waking up Xu Yuanchang, who was standing alone on the top of a wilderness mountain, contemplating the weather.

The pig hid in a cave under a tree, staring at the Taoist priest in the rain in a daze.

Xu Yuanchang turned around and waved in the direction of the cave. When the demon pig stopped a hundred feet away, he said, "It's useless for you to follow me. I'm not familiar with Jin Zi, so I won't take you in, and there's no reason for me to take you in. You should return to the south as soon as possible, commit fewer murders in the future, live in seclusion, and perhaps you can die of old age."

He spoke very bluntly and was not optimistic about the future of the demon pig.

The monsters that survive in human territory have to either be subdued and taken to the battlefield to fight life and death, or be exterminated and killed by patrolling monks. There is no other way out. It is a miracle that Zhuifeng can advance to the third level in the wild.

There was a strong desire to survive in the demon pig's eyes.

It followed the Taoist for a few days, and considered the pros and cons of many issues over and over again.

When it made up its mind to follow the Taoist priest, it found that the Taoist priest regarded it as a waste.

It could sense instinctively that the Taoist had no ill will towards it.

The Taoist priest didn't want to take it in, thinking it was a burden on his path to spiritual practice, and it could sense this clearly.

As we got closer, we could see the demon pig grunting in the heavy rain, expressing its sincerity. It couldn't wait for Jin Zi and was filled with disappointment. But if it wanted to survive, it had to count on a Taoist priest who didn't covet its flesh and blood.

Its whereabouts have been exposed. As long as it leaves the Taoist priest, it will be in danger of being surrounded and attacked at any time.

"You discovered a monk's ruins and want to give me all the remaining treasures in the ruins. Do you want to be my little follower?"

Xu Yuanchang was a little surprised, and he also understood the reason why Zhuifeng was able to advance. The demon pig that often burrowed underground accidentally broke into a ruins and swallowed a lot of good things. Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult for a wild demon to break through to the third level.

This clever pig has a good plan.

She used the treasures in the ruins as a condition in exchange for the opportunity to follow him. She was unwilling to be a spirit pet, but instead wanted to be a follower who could come and go freely.

"I have no shortage of money, as long as I have enough treasures, you can go now."

Xu Yuanchang, who owns a Yingcai crystal mine, can indeed afford to make such big claims.

He was on the verge of a breakthrough, and unlike Liu Xianfeng, he didn't like to take in monsters. He needed peace and freedom, and didn't want a pig as his follower.

The demon pig was so anxious that he almost knelt down. He thought that since the treasure had been delivered to his doorstep, he would rather miss it.

It was the first time that it experienced the pain of having a treasure but not being able to give it away.

This relic was acquired with great difficulty and at the cost of nearly losing one's life.

The demon pig grunted a few times and spat out a khaki bead the size of a copper coin from its mouth. The bead was washed by the rain and floated towards the human Taoist priest thirty feet away. It was afraid that the Taoist priest would not believe it and swallowed it into his stomach and slowly refined it as a treasure as evidence. There were also many unnecessary items in the cave that it could not move away.

It found it difficult to be a follower.

Xu Yuanchang stretched out his hand and pointed at the bead three feet away, observing it carefully for a few seconds.

This treasure was originally of a higher grade, he deduced it was of level five, but it dropped to only level three, and its spirituality was almost completely lost, otherwise Zhuifeng would not have been able to refine it.

"You want me to go to the ruins... You are willing to be my spiritual pet for a hundred years in exchange for following me. Well, let's go to the ruins you mentioned first."

Xu Yuanchang returned the bead to the eager-eyed demon pig. He would not be fooled by the demon pig's honest appearance again. This guy was very alert, with his ears erect and turning around from time to time. If he sensed the slightest abnormality, he would definitely burrow into the ground and escape without hesitation.

He had no intention of plotting against a pig.

Zhuifeng's body was so clean without any black energy or karma, which made him secretly marvel at it.

I don't know if it's because I'm too timid or it's just my nature to chase the wind?
The demon pig was overjoyed. It opened its mouth as if laughing, and ran down the mountain with a grunt.

It can fly, but its cautious habits make it dare not fly in the air at will. It usually appears at night and sneaks through the woods at the foot of the mountain because it is too conspicuous a target in the air and easily attracts human hunting.

After going southeast for five or six hundred miles, we arrived at a valley with dense trees.

The demon pig walked to the foot of a low mountain with a cut-off top in the east and grunted a few times. Xu Yuanchang waved his hand and told the demon pig to hide in it. He released the incarnation of the mountain god and followed the demon pig into the mountain, which was more than 40 feet deep. There was a closed ruin underground.

It was hidden well enough, but was found by chance by the demon pig that could perform earth escape technique. It was lucky enough.

Xu Yuanchang began to cast a spell, using the "Invisible Phantom Escape" technique to change position.

Over the years, he had unknowingly mastered many advanced illusion techniques.

The next moment, he switched places with his incarnation, who was connected with his soul, and appeared in the dark cave ruins. This move could shift the danger to the incarnation, clone, puppet or phantom, while he himself appeared in a safe place and escaped.

His current cultivation level can support the replacement of any phantom within a range of sixty feet, which is also a kind of external illusion.

The illusions he knew were divided into two categories: "internal" and "external". The external illusion practiced "obstacles, spells, falsehoods, and borrowings" and rarely involved high-level soul illusions. The internal illusion specialized in "confusion, soul, nothingness, and image", and was able to stir up emotional fluctuations of the same or even higher levels, causing them to enter the illusion unknowingly.

After listening to Lao Li's advice, his unconventional approach was a breakthrough from the outside to the inside.

In the future, you will need to learn the art of inner illusion by yourself, but there is one fundamental thing: you must find a way to enhance your own soul power.

The demon pig was frightened. The Taoist's method was too powerful. It made no difference whether it escaped or not.

It subconsciously moved to the side and grunted a few times, reminding the Taoist priest to be careful of the thin silver liquid in the upper right corner. It almost fell into it and died.

This relic is quite large and contains several secret rooms. It suffered a great loss once and never dared to enter there again.

Xu Yuanchang used his spiritual sense to scan the ruins that still had some traces of the ancient formation, and "saw" a pool of silver liquid that looked like a mirror inlaid on the ground. There were many scattered bones nearby, and some of them had even turned into dust along with the treasures. The demon pig grunted and said that it swallowed several crystal stones that fell on the ground, which allowed it to successfully break through.

Xu Yuanchang inquired carefully but did not step forward immediately. He observed for a while, then pondered and took out a blank identity card. As an elder, he had the quota to recruit his own people. He used magic to engrave two lines of inscriptions on the back: Bailin Valley, Chasing the Wind.

He threw the sign to the demon pig and ordered, "Wait outside first. From now on, you will be a member of Guanbailin Valley for a hundred years. When the time comes, you can go to the demon tribe's territory as you wish."

The demon pig held the sign in its mouth, its eyes sparkling with joy. It didn't have to endure the humiliation of being a spiritual pet.

He turned around and walked out, fearing that the Taoist priest would go back on his word with such generous conditions.

All the remaining treasures in the ruins were given to the Taoist priest. He couldn't use them anyway. A hundred years would pass quickly. By the time he got familiar with the place, his cultivation should have improved. Then he could make plans on what to do next.

Of course, it will do its best to do the work of a follower.

It has a sensitive nose and can smell treasures buried ten or twenty feet underground.

Good at digging, understanding of people's expressions, not a nagging person, etc.

Xu Yuanchang placed the three avatars nearby and casually scattered ten bean soldiers, ordering them to form a formation and slowly move towards the pool of silver liquid.

Through the spiritual aura left on the bones, he could roughly judge that there were many sixth-level masters trapped among them.

Judging from the thick dust and remnants on the ground, it has been a very long time.

The bones that could be left behind could be refined into magic weapons by adding some materials, but he would not do that.

Zhuifeng broke in more than ten years ago, and he only had the strength of the late second level. He was able to break free from the trap of the silver liquid that confused his mind. He deduced that the mysterious effect of the silver liquid was no longer as great as before.

When the second-level bean soldier approached the ten-foot range mentioned by Zhuifeng, the spiritual connection between him and him was suddenly severed.

"Crackle, crackle", the bean soldiers engaged in fierce infighting.

In a moment, they exploded into powder.

"The silver liquid... could it be a magical weapon?"

Xu Yuanchang looked serious. Zhuifeng could not provide many clues. The guy was frightened and never dared to get within thirty feet of the silver liquid again. There were clear footprints left in the ruins, which were all marks made by Zhuifeng.

Zhuifeng's cultivation level was not high, so he used his nose and instinct to avoid all the places in the ruins where there were broken formations.

Except for that pool of silver liquid that seemed harmless to humans and animals.

Pigs are also curious. They learn from their mistakes and accumulate experience through blood and tears.

Xu Yuanchang thought for a moment, then released a bean soldier and followed the footprints to approach the silver liquid again.

The bean soldier continued to move forward after passing ten feet. The impact he suffered became more and more obvious, and his connection with Xu Yuanchang was in jeopardy. It walked until it was five feet away, then it twisted and expanded and exploded with a "bang".

Xu Yuanchang felt through his soul that the bean soldiers were seriously disturbed by illusions. A layer of golden light like ripples on his body eliminated all the disturbances. Observing the rapidly changing scenery of the illusion, he was certain that the pool of silver liquid, which was about ten feet in size, was a very high-grade illusion weapon, which might have been downgraded.

It is a great treasure that can provoke the conflict and change of the soul in the puppet incarnation.

It was an unexpected discovery.

I heard from Lao Li that the most important thing in refining phantom weapons is the materials, and the second is the illusionist's skills. He must be able to control the changes of the phantom weapons at every stage, and it takes years and a lot of money to refine them.

With the help of Taoist Master Yanshan's Divine Platform of Creation, he spent countless materials and managed to refine a low-grade protective phantom armor. Fortunately, he could continue to add high-level materials and strengthen it in the future.

I'm just missing an attack phantom weapon, so here's my pillow when you feel sleepy.

The twelve flying knives that Lao Li hastily refined were inherently flawed and could barely be used up to the fifth floor.

He once again sent out a third-order ghost bean soldier, and this time tried to get within three feet, but inevitably exploded in the end.

Xu Yuanchang thought for a long time, released the incarnation with the Yinhun Fire, commanded the incarnation to withstand the interference, walked to the front of the pool of liquid, and black gas came out of the incarnation, and dark green flames flickered violently on its body.

He didn't dare send out his second incarnation to help, as that strange phantom weapon might provoke infighting between the two incarnations.

The avatar crouched down slowly and with difficulty under his control.

The ghostly fire on his body was rolling, reflecting the silver liquid, making it look eerie and terrifying.

Xu Yuanchang, who was a hundred feet away, suddenly became dazed. A golden light flashed on his body, removing the interference from his soul. He shouted, "Catch it!"

The incarnation staggered and fell headfirst, landing on the silver liquid, stretching out his hands to grab the liquid tightly.

The liquid trembled slightly, slowly engulfing the entire incarnation that pounced on it like a swamp, and the ghost fire made a "hissing" sound.

Xu Yuanchang reacted very quickly, running nearly twenty feet along the footprints, urging the ring's divine light of creation to roll towards the silver liquid, and tightly wrapped around the incarnation's hands and feet, shouting: "Give it to me... take it!"

The golden light shone brightly, finally shaking the pool of liquid.

Xu Yuanchang was overjoyed and wrapped more golden light around it. Suddenly, there was a loud "crack" and a red lightning appeared out of nowhere and hit Xu Yuanchang's head, who was struggling with the silver liquid.

At the critical moment, Xu Yuanchang activated the protection of his phantom armor and Taoist robe to the maximum, and he took a heavy blow.

Golden stars appeared in front of his eyes, his hair exploded like a hedgehog, and traces of lightning flashed on the surface of the bloated light armor, quickly disappearing in the illusion runes of overlapping light waves.

"Collect, collect, collect!"

Xu Yuanchang did not retreat but advanced, urging the golden light and shouting loudly.

He knew very well that when two brave men meet in a narrow road, the brave one wins, and there might not be such a good opportunity next time.

The second lightning came as expected, but Xu Yuanchang was prepared. He used the incarnation of the mountain god to take the attack for himself. He was not going to do such a stupid thing as getting hurt.

He suddenly stopped ten feet away, and golden light burst out, pulling the liquid and the incarnation into the space of the Fantasy Fairy Ring.

Throwing it onto the two-story Creation Altar, he wanted to see what kind of treasure the silver liquid was.
Light waves covered the surface of the silver liquid, and a faint, shrill scream came from inside.

"Fellow Daoist, please stop and do not use the divine light of creation to make sacrifices."

Xu Yuanchang showed a hint of sneer on his face. It turned out that there was indeed a remnant soul hidden in the silver liquid.

The lightning and the phantom soldiers are not of the same kind. Do you think he can't see it?

Once you enter his territory, he has the final say.

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(End of this chapter)