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Chapter 94: Harvest of the Water Palace! The past of Xuan Mo and Zhong Liye (7000 chapters)

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Just as Chen Xuanmo was concentrating and preparing to listen to the story of his family's development of the Water Palace and their various gains.

Chen Ningtai changed the subject: "However, the matter of the Water Palace is a long story, so I'd better report some other things first."

Good guy!
Chen Xuanmo exclaimed, "Oh my god, can this rebellious son still be kept?"

"Last year, the three major sects of the Great Wu Kingdom jointly issued a killing order against the Blood Soul Sect, and declared that any family or force that dared to collude with the Blood Soul Sect or shelter the Blood Soul Sect would be exterminated."

"But after the Blood Soul Sect did something big, it seemed like it suddenly disappeared. This made the extermination orders from the three major sects seem like hitting cotton."

Disappeared?
Chen Xuanmo frowned slightly.

He didn't believe that the Blood Soul Church had really disappeared.

Their last action was clearly organized and premeditated, and they must have had some agenda. Most likely, after the last large-scale blood sacrifice, they had gathered the blood evil power they needed, and who knows, they might be secretly plotting something now.

This made him secretly frightened. He always felt that if he left the Blood Soul Cult alone, something bigger would happen next.

"In addition to the Blood Soul Cult, the Cui family has stepped up their blockade of our raw materials in the past few months. We have no choice but to continue selling and raise the price. However, the Shangguan family sent Shangguan Yuntai over, suggesting that they can mediate and hope that our family will give some of the profits to the Cui family."

"But according to the strategy we had set before, I declined Shangguan's proposal for the time being and continued to stalemate the situation. However, our caravan did not purchase any 'nephrite' in the Dongchao Islands."

Chen Xuanmo nodded secretly.

It's not that he is a stingy person and unwilling to pay some protection fees to the Cui family. After all, this is a local Jindan elite family and it would be very troublesome to offend them.

However, the Cui family is now in a dominant position, and their appetite is definitely not small.

Once they give in now, Chen will completely become an employee, and most of the profits will be taken away by Shangguan and Cui!

Even if he still has to discuss cooperation with Cui in the end, he has to find a way to make the first wave of efforts to let Cui know that Chen is not a soft persimmon that can be easily bullied. Only in this way can he enter the cooperation stage with a slightly more equal attitude and there will be a virtuous circle.

After talking about these two things.

Chen Ningtai went on and on about some trivial matters at home, such as so-and-so got promoted, so-and-so had a baby, and so-and-so and his wife had a quarrel and almost got divorced. Fortunately, he, Chen Ningtai, stepped in to mediate and calmed the dispute!
Hearing this, Chen Xuanmo almost jumped up and hit him on the head with the hilt of the sword.

Fortunately, at this time, Chen Ningtai, who had finished his nagging, finally talked about the affairs of the Water Palace.

Since the family has a Foundation Establishment Stage expert like Chen Daoling in charge, their team for exploring the Water Palace this time is much more luxurious than before.

The team consists of Chen Ningzhuo, Chen Ningtai, Chen Jingsi, Yang Yuling and her thunder eel.

Among them, Chen Ningzhuo and Lei E, who had taken leave and returned, were lurking outside the Water Palace on guard.

Chen Ningtai, the strongest member of the family, protected Chen Jingsi and Yang Yuling, and entered the outskirts of the water palace through the secret waterway that they accidentally discovered last time.

Chen Ningtai first checked the eel skeletons and human skeletons that Yang Yuling had discovered last time. Combined with Yuling’s previous exploration report, he was able to roughly restore some of the circumstances of that year.

Most likely something unexpected happened in this water palace at that time. The thunder eel, which was suspected to be a fourth-level monster, jumped out of the water and killed the water palace disciple who was controlling it. The water palace disciple also closed the waterway before dying, and his counterattack also injured the thunder eel.

As a purely aquatic monster, the lightning eel had difficulty moving in a waterless environment. In addition, it was injured. Perhaps its injuries were too severe to struggle back to the pond, and it gradually died here.

As for what exactly happened in the Water Palace back then, it is unknown whether the thunder eel subdued by Yu Ling was the descendant of the dead thunder eel or just a coincidence.

But this incident also made Yu Ling alert.

The monster controlled by the Beast Taming Seal is not completely reliable. If you want to drive the Thunder Eel in the future, you still need to cultivate more feelings with it and not abuse it. The gap in strength between you and it cannot be too big, and you need to remain vigilant.

According to Chen Ningtai's judgment, the water trough they came in from should be a waterway specially used for the beast masters to enter and exit, and the disciples here are also outer disciples or menial disciples who are specifically responsible for looking after the beast masters.

This area is most likely a place similar to the "Beast Garden".

After surveying the perimeter, the group went to the passage that blocked Yang Yuling's entry last time.

The force blocking people's way is invisible and gentle, most likely a ban without malicious intent, but it is hard to say what will happen if you force your way through.

Chen Ningtai tried it himself and felt that the force could only block those below the foundation building stage at most. With his strength, he should be able to force his way through.

However, most of the restrictions on passages like this are connected to the overall formation of the Water Palace. Once you force your way in, the consequences will be unpredictable.

He did not force his way in, but asked Yang Yuling and Chen Jingsi, who practiced water-based martial arts, to try again.

Today, as Chen Ningtai's strength grows and his record of killing enemies is remarkable, he has gradually developed a calm and composed demeanor like the family's stabilizer.

With the protection of Chen Ningtai, the family's top expert, Yang Yuling and Chen Jingsi became much bolder and began to try various things, such as bursting out water spiritual power, restraining their breath to try to get through, and increasing their strength to force their way in...

Soon, Yang Yuling easily passed through the seal with the help of [Water State of Mind].

Poor Chen Jingsi, although he is over forty years old, he is still stuck at the high level of Lingquan Realm due to his five spiritual roots. He has not even touched the edge of the water-based state of mind. He can only watch his sister-in-law Yang Yuling use the state of mind as a "pass" to go back and forth, having a lot of fun.

Chen Ningtai made a decision: "Yuling, you should carefully move forward to explore the situation. If there is any danger, immediately run back and call for help."

Judging from the current situation, the Water Palace has no ill will towards cultivators who practice water-based techniques. It would be better to let Yu Ling try again. She is still wearing the family's only gold seal and jade token. In addition, Chen Ningtai can provide violent support at any time, so there will be no problem.

as predicted.

Yang Yuling discovered a group of deserted courtyards behind the passage.

Perhaps because there is an energy seal that isolates it from the outside world, the dilapidated feeling of this place is much less than that of the beast taming place.

After some searching, she discovered that this was the official residence of the Water Palace disciples.

She found a relatively well-preserved diary, several scattered disciple orders, and picked up some miscellaneous trash that was worth a little money.

At the same time, she explored three paths leading to other places from the Disciple Courtyard, but she did not dare to trespass, so she went back to reunite with Chen Ningtai and others.

After trying out that the disciple order they picked up had the effect of passing the seal, Chen Ningtai and Chen Jingsi each wore the disciple order, successfully passed through the passage seal, and arrived at the disciple courtyard.

The three external passages of the Disciple Academy each have energy seals, but the energy seal level of the main passage leading to the interior of the Water Palace is obviously much higher. Even if Chen Ningtai wants to shake it, it will take some effort. Even with the disciple order, he was directly blocked.

Therefore, Chen Ningtai led two juniors to explore the western passage first.

After successfully passing through the passage, the three discovered that there was a [Water Spirit Guardian] in the early stage of foundation building in front of them, who directly drove the three away.

This water spirit guard is transparent all over, as if condensed from the essence of water. It does not seem to have any intelligence. It should be a water palace guard similar to a puppet, relying on the rich spiritual energy in the formation to exist.

Many years ago, the disciples of the Water Palace might have had a way to make the water spirit guards retreat, but now, Chen Ningtai and the others obviously had no way.

As a last resort, Chen Ningtai took action and defeated the water spirit guards without much effort.

Fortunately, this water spirit guard seemed to be operating automatically, and disbanding it did not cause any abnormal movement in the formation within the water palace.

They also obtained a [Water Spirit Pearl] from the puddle of water left by the Water Spirit Guard.

This is a rare water-based treasure that can store water-based spiritual power or true essence, greatly improving the spiritual power or true essence endurance of water-based cultivators. It can also be refined into a water-based spiritual weapon, which is a good harvest.

Naturally, Chen Ningtai forced it on Yang Yuling, causing her family contribution to show a shocking deficit.

After dealing with the water spirit guards, they discovered that this place was the Water Palace's martial arts hall, but there were very few martial arts techniques in this hall. There was only one foundation-building method called [Cang Long Jue], which was said to be the foundation-building chapter of the Water Palace's orthodox method [Cang Long Zhen Jue], and it could be practiced to the peak of the Lingtai realm in the foundation-building period.

From the diary of a previous disciple, we learned that the name of the water palace here is [Canglong Water Palace], and the owner of the water palace is honored as [Master Canglong].

From this point of view, it is very likely that Master Canglong encountered an emergency that he could not overcome and left behind a legacy for later generations.

In the Transmission Hall, in addition to the [Cang Long Jue], there are also some water-based techniques left over, including [Wave-Walking Technique], [Water-Dividing Technique], [True Water Technique], [Whirlpool Technique], [Water Prison Technique], and [Water Blade Technique], all of which are techniques for fighting in water.

Among them, [Wave-walking Technique] and [Water-dividing Technique] were also included in the superior wild technique [Thousand Waves Treading Waves Technique] that Chen had seized before, but the remaining ones were all water-based techniques that Chen had never included.

Chen Ningtai once again gave the Canglong Jue to Yang Yuling, letting her practice it first.

Yang Yuling's family contribution deficit suddenly became more shocking.

She felt a little numb all over. She originally thought that she could accumulate a good amount of family contribution points by exploring the Water Palace, but in the end, she owed more and more!

However, this [Cang Long Jue] is indeed powerful.

As the foundation-building chapter of the Water Element Orthodox Method, it is much stronger than the Five Elements Superior Wild Methods collected and exchanged by the Chen family. Not only does it have a high upper limit, it also contains a secret body-tempering method called [Cang Long Spirit Body].

According to the description, this spirit cannot speed up the practice, but it can change the physique and increase the power of water spells. When it is practiced to the highest level, it can transform into a Mosasaur in the water, and is extremely powerful in water battles.

But the defects are also very obvious, that is, when cultivating the Mosasaur spirit body, the Mosasaur's essence and blood are needed to assist in cultivation, and it is necessary to reach the foundation-building stage before it can be tempered. The tempering process is also quite troublesome and takes a lot of time.

Fortunately, the Canglong Jue also includes the chapter on Qi Refining, which contains methods of tempering the [Water Spirit Body], which can make water-walking monks more flexible and powerful in underwater combat, which is much stronger than the Thousand Waves Treading Waves Jue.

After dealing with the Transmission Hall on the left, Chen Ningtai and his party came to the passage on the right.

After passing through the passage, they found that it was a warehouse. There was an energy shield at the door of the warehouse and they could not get in. However, Chen Ningtai found another way. He changed his position and started digging with the sharp dark gold spirit sword.

He actually dug a hole at the back of the warehouse. When he got into the hole, he discovered that there was a small batch of water and gold refining materials and about three thousand [Water Spirit Stones] left in the warehouse.

This kind of spiritual stone with the attributes of the five elements is much rarer than ordinary spiritual stones, but its effect on cultivators of all walks of life is also more powerful.

Whether it is daily practice or replenishing spiritual power, it is relatively more advantageous.

If you want to exchange it on the market, the exchange rate must be at least one to two, and it is difficult to exchange most of the time.

And that batch of refining materials is also valuable. They are the main materials that can be used to refine twenty or thirty spiritual weapons. If all of them are converted, it will be at least tens of thousands of spiritual stones.

Hear it here.

Chen Xuanmo was also very happy.

Now the family is in a period of growth and development, and is in short supply of various resources and spirit stones. This wave of harvest from the Water Mansion has solved Chen's urgent needs.

"Father, it is precisely this kind of harvest that makes me feel that Master Canglong intends to leave some treasures for future generations." Chen Ningtai reported, "Therefore, I did not deliberately force my way through that main road. Perhaps, after Yu Ling has made some progress in practicing Canglong Jue, she will be allowed to pass."

Chen Xuanmo nodded secretly.

This is the right approach.

With Chen Ningtai's current strength, he would definitely be able to break in by force, but it is hard to say whether it would trigger any bad restrictions. Maybe Master Canglong hated his descendants for being impolite and forcing their way in, so he set up a self-destructive formation in advance!
After reporting on the affairs of the Water Palace.

Chen Ningtai added: "Father, Jing Huan and Yu Ling are both getting quite old. I think it's time for us to urge them to have a baby."

Chen Xuanmo was speechless.

This time when I woke up, I only had 259 strands of purple energy. No, there are only 258 strands left now. Have you figured this out?

But think about it, it is true, Jing Huan is 25, Yu Ling is 26, it is time to have the baby.

Therefore, when he woke up this time, Chen Xuanmo consumed another 100 strands of purple energy to help Jing Huan and Yu Ling give birth.

Chen Xuanmo was determined to save up the remaining purple energy. The last time the Blood Soul Sect's Blood Deacon attacked him, he was really scared, so now he felt uneasy because he had less purple energy.

According to his thinking, he had to accumulate at least five or six hundred strands of purple energy before he could feel a little safe.

After visiting the children, Chen Xuanmo fell asleep again.

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And some time later.

After the autumn harvest, each family paid the tribute they were supposed to pay.

Chiyang Peak.

At the top of the mountain, Chiyang Palace.

Under the scorching sun, the Chiyang Palace was shining brightly, emitting halos like the red sun.

In the secret retreat room, the fire-based spiritual energy condensed into thick mist.

A handsome, beardless middle-aged man dressed in black was sitting cross-legged in meditation. Red fire was lingering around his body like a dragon. At first glance, it looked like he was in a sea of ​​fire.

I don’t know how much time passed.

The red true fire gradually subsided, and the man opened his eyes. Two red suns appeared faintly in his eyes, as if they could burn all evil spirits.

After a long time, the two red suns gradually dissipated.

It was also at this time.

A slightly older voice sounded from outside the secret room: "Has the Peak Master woke up from his retreat? Your subordinate Kou Mingliang wishes to see you."

"Come in."

The man said in a cold voice.

"Yes, Peak Master."

An old man wearing the uniform of the inner sect steward of the Yunyang Sect pushed the door open, walked around the screen and approached the man, and saluted solemnly again, "Congratulations to the Peak Master for your improvement in cultivation. I believe that it won't be long before you can reach the Golden Core Stage."

"Brother Kou, please call me Junior Brother Zhongli." The man said calmly, "Besides, I, Zhongli Ye, am only acting as the peak master at the moment. If I don't achieve golden elixir and avenge my master, how can I have the face to call myself the peak master?"

When he said the last sentence, his eyes were filled with murderous intent: "Is there still no trace of the Blood Soul Cult demon recently?"

Kou Mingliang said hurriedly, "Since the Blood Soul Cult attacked 27 immortal cultivation families at the same time last year and sacrificed millions of mortals, it has completely disappeared. The three major sects are now searching for the traces of the Blood Soul Cult monster."

Hearing this, Zhongli Ye’s face became even gloomier.

He knew that this matter was by no means simple and wanted to investigate it, but now the Sect Master Ziyin Zhenren strictly forbade him to leave Chiyang Palace, saying that as long as he could not reach the Golden Core Stage, he was not allowed to step out of the Chiyang Palace. So he could only suppress his thoughts and calm down to practice hard.

After a pause, he continued, "I heard that Chen Xuanmo's family has a child with three spiritual roots? And the most prominent one is the fire spiritual root?"

Kou Mingliang's face froze and he couldn't help but curse in his heart.

Which bastard told the Peak Master about this?

He pondered for a moment, then said carefully: "This is a strange matter. Although Senior Brother Xuan Mo's family has a third spiritual root, they have always kept it a secret and only said to the outside world that he has four spiritual roots."

"But for some reason, Master Xuan Yang from Fentian Peak accidentally found out about this, and he personally went to the child's house to accept him as his disciple. It is said that there was some arguing in the middle, but I am not sure about the details."

"Unexpectedly learned about it?" Zhong Liye sneered, "This Chen family's style of doing things is really the same as 'Senior Brother Xuan Mo', full of tricks and deceit."

"This, it's not that serious, it's not that serious..." Kou Mingliang whispered a few words to defend Chen.

In fact, Kou Mingliang and Chen Xuanmo did not have a deep personal connection. When Chen Xuanmo was with Master Chiyang, he was just an inner disciple in the Qi Refining Stage. After Chen Xuanmo left Chiyang Peak to start his own business, he successfully established his foundation and became one of Master Chiyang's direct disciples.

However, every time the Chen family sent tribute to the sect every year, they would always give a gift to Master Chi Yang.

At the same time, all the fellow disciples on Chiyang Peak also had a share, but due to the small size of the Chen family, the only things they could give away were some local specialties.

But even so, everyone still remembers the kindness of Senior Brother Xuan Mo.

Only Zhongli Ye never accepted Chen's gifts.

"Why not?" Zhong Liye sneered, "You only look at the surface of people. In this world, no one knows Chen Xuanmo better than me. In order to win favor and please people, he will use any means."

"Even Master was kept in the dark by him, thinking that he was smart and sharp-witted, with a tough character, and often told me to learn from him how to behave in society."

When he said this, Zhong Liye's face became a little agitated, and he snorted angrily, "But I am the only one who knows how much effort he put into trying to please Master. They are all crooked and evil ways, and I, Zhong Liye, disdain to learn them."

Kou Mingliang sighed in his heart, but dared not speak any more.

Junior Brother Zhongli has never been very close to others, especially when it comes to Senior Brother Xuanmo, he often finds it difficult to control himself.

He heard that Junior Brother Zhongli's entire family died tragically when he was eight years old, and that it was the master who passed by who rescued him and gave him to Senior Brother Xuanmo to raise and care for. Logically, the relationship between the two should have been very deep, but he didn't know why it ended up like this.

Zhong Liye also felt that he seemed to have lost his composure, and said with a slightly depressed mind: "The process of Master Xuanyang accepting disciples is not known to outsiders, but I am sure that after the death of the master, Chen felt uneasy without a backer, so he designed such a good play of accidentally becoming a disciple and finding a backer for himself again."

At this point, Zhong Liye could no longer suppress his anger: "Master has just passed away, and the Chen family can't wait to change their family. Isn't this a cold-hearted family that is inherited from Chen Xuanmo? If Master is still alive, he will definitely regret supporting the Chen family for so many years."

"Well..." Kou Mingliang said in a low voice, "Junior Brother Zhongli, the Chen Clan didn't say they wanted to change their clan."

"Didn't change his sect? Then why doesn't a child with three spiritual roots and fire spiritual roots become my disciple?" Zhong Liye sneered, "Are they bullying me because I haven't reached the Golden Core stage yet and am unworthy of being the child's master? Or do they think that I, Zhong Liye, will deliberately abuse the child because of Chen Xuanmo?"

Kou Mingliang was speechless.

I thought to myself.

Junior Brother Zhongli, you have always disliked Senior Brother Xuanmo, and you have also been distant from Chen. When Chen Ningzhuo came to visit you, you ignored him. How dare Chen send a child with three spiritual roots to be your disciple? Isn't this asking for trouble! ?

Today, the Chen family is thriving, and three more spiritual roots have become disciples of Fentian Peak. The future is limitless.

In addition, he himself had a good impression of Chen, so he coughed twice and said, "Junior Brother Zhongli, in fact, the outside world has rumors that the child with three spiritual roots has an outstanding talent for refining weapons. It is indeed more appropriate for him to be a disciple of Fentian Peak."

"Besides, the Chen family has never expressed the intention to change their sect. Their sect relationship is still under our Chiyang Peak, and this year's annual tribute was also paid to Chiyang Peak as expected."

“?” Zhong Liye looked surprised.

This was beyond his expectations.

"Not only that, Chen has also prepared a gift for you this year." Kou Mingliang said, pulling out a list from his sleeve and respectfully handing it forward, "It just so happens that I want to show you this."

In the past, Zhong Liye never looked at Chen’s gift list.

But this time, he took it and looked at it carefully. Most of them were local specialties that were always available in previous years, such as Qingling lotus seeds, Ling rice, Qingling knife-shaped anchovies, and East China Sea fish. However, the last few items made Zhong Liye's brows jump slightly.

"One thousand spirit stones, 387 fire spirit stones, and one red flame lotus seed."

Especially the last one, which more or less helped him in his attempt to reach the Golden Core Stage.

Indeed, for Zhong Li Ye, these resources are of very limited help in his breakthrough to the Golden Core stage and can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket.

But it depends on who gives it.

It was not easy for a small foundation-building family to squeeze out so many resources when Zhongli Ye needed them the most to break through to the Golden Core stage. It might even squeeze out the cultivation resources of many of their own clansmen.

You know, attribute spirit stones are rare, and even if they appear occasionally, they are mostly scattered. These 387 pieces must have been collected bit by bit by Chen who spent a lot of time.

The same goes for the scarlet flame red lotus seeds. If you didn't pay special attention, how could they appear by chance?

There are more than a dozen immortal cultivation families of all sizes under the name of Chiyang Peak, but none of them has the same ambitions as the Chen family.

For a moment, Zhong Liye was silent.

He recalled the time when he first met Senior Brother Xuan Mo when he was eight years old.

At that time, Senior Brother Xuan Mo was in his seventies and had just established his foundation not long ago.

"Boy, stop crying. Your senior brother is also an orphan in this world. It's no big deal. Come on, let me take you to the Hundred Flower Valley to see the beautiful senior sister~"

"Oh, why are you so bitter and resentful all the time? Come on, let me take you to the Hundred Flower Valley to see the pretty senior sister~"

"Don't worry if you encounter a bottleneck in your cultivation. Come on, let's relax. Senior Brother will take you to Baihua Valley to see the beautiful senior sister~"

"You are good in everything else, but you are too straightforward. You were bullied by that kid from Jin Guang Dong, right? Come on, I will teach you how to retaliate with some dark means. After we are done, I will take you to Baihua Valley to see the beautiful senior sister~"

"Junior Brother Zhongli... sad news has arrived. Senior Brother Xuanmo has passed away at Qingyu Cliff."

The scenes from the past reappeared in Zhong Liye's mind one by one, so clear and profound, as if they were happening again yesterday.

After a long, long time.

Zhong Liye came back to his senses and looked at Kou Mingliang who was standing beside him. He said calmly, "Brother Mingliang, I heard that Chen has a child in our Chiyang Peak?"

"Yes, yes, that child's name is Chen Jinghuan, and he is the great-grandson of Senior Brother Xuan Mo. He has a calm and measured personality, and stands out among the core disciples." Kou Mingliang said hurriedly when he saw that things seemed to be taking a turn for the better.

"In recent years, I have been anxious to practice in seclusion, and I have neglected many things." Zhong Liye said calmly, "Brother, please ask Jing Huan to come over to meet me. If his character is qualified, I will accept him as my personal disciple."

"Okay, okay, I'll go and make the message right away." Kou Mingliang was slightly delighted and went to make the message immediately.

****
These things happened while Chen Xuanmo was asleep, so naturally he knew nothing about them at the moment.

Time flies.

Before we knew it, it was the 215th year of the Xuanmo calendar.

Chen Xuanmo woke up as usual to the sound of Chen Ningtai's chattering sacrificial text.

Wisps of purple air were rising from the bodies of the tribesmen, converging towards the Xuanmo Lingjian, and then flowing through the sword and into the lucky bead.

The Black Ink Spirit Sword also gained some benefits from this, and its quality...

and many more!

Chen Xuanmo's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he had some subtle feeling.

At the same time, the Xuan Mo Ling Sword also shook slightly, and streams of light bloomed from the sword, which was very beautiful.

This is……

The Xuanmo Spirit Sword is advancing?
……

(End of this chapter)