Do not die

The specific process of seizing a body does not need to be described in detail.

Anyway, Lian Ziling relied on his own ability and patience to quietly seize the body of this ninth-level alchemy-forming monk with dual cultivation of body and law without alerting the rest of the Jinding Sect.

Then, he spent some time to deal with the beginning and the end, and then left the hiding place of the Jinding Sect's senior officials.

Based on Lian Ziling's past behavior, Meng Zhou guessed that the reason why he acted like this was not to guard against the Jinding Sect, but to minimize his attempts to seize the body and avoid attracting the attention of Xingxiu Palace.

——Although with the help of Meng Zhou, the four secret forces loyal to Xingxiu Palace were suddenly destroyed, and Xingxiu Palace was temporarily "blind".

But as the Xingxiu Palace came out again, and put the five third-order spiritual veins under its control almost without any twists and turns, although the Xingxiu Palace showed an indifference that refused to let people stay thousands of miles away, everyone looked at the five In the realm of spiritual cultivation, there are many people who want to be dogs for the Xingxiu Palace.

What really troubles them the most is that they want to be dogs but can't.

On the other hand, Xingxiu Gong, who appears to be cold and cold and has never had any contact or communication with the five realms of cultivation, cannot really be indifferent to everything in the five realms.

In addition, the deaths of the four "loyal dogs" also required Xingxiu Palace to re-establish and improve its information control over the five domains.

The man is affectionate and the concubine is interested.

Xingxiu Gong, who had been temporarily "blind", soon regained his "sight".

If Lian Ziling's seizure of the Jinding Sect caused too much trouble, it would soon arouse the vigilance and attention of Xingxiu Palace. This is obviously not what Lian Ziling wants to see.

Therefore, throughout the entire operation, he chose to be as low-key and forbearing as possible, without causing any extraneous matters.

After completing the seizure of the body and harvesting a body with nine layers of elixirs and dual spiritual cultivation, Lian Ziling revisited the old place and came to the bottom of Wumeng Sea again, where the physical body perished.

Compared to a year ago, this area has undergone earth-shaking changes. What you see in front of you is the same seabed waters as other surrounding areas.

Lian Ziling skillfully used his ability to look back in time again, recreating the traces of this place before it was destroyed by the self-destruction of "Qi Huangzi" and others.

Only at this time could Lian Ziling truly feel the difference between this body now and the previous one.

Even though this body with dual cultivation of law and body and ninth level of elixir formation is already as high as the ceiling level that he can find, it is still far behind the original body.

The reflection at this moment is that his ability to look back in time has become much more difficult than before.

It's like sailing against the current. You pay more than before, but you get less than before.

"what is it?"

"What is the information that 'Qihuangzi' wants to contain?"

Through time retrieval, Lian Ziling "salvaged" the traces of time in this old nest of "Qihuangmen".

But this is not the end, but the beginning of a heavy workload.

He must find the one he truly owns among the vast amounts of time information!

This is not an easy task.

There are twelve hours in a day, and each hour can be divided into eight moments. Each moment can be divided into ninety snaps, and each snap can be divided into ten moments...

And this is not the end, we can continue to study it in detail...

It's only one day.

And there are ten days in the sky, and there are months above the ten days, and there are years above the months...

Who knows that the information "Qihuangzi" wants to hide is hidden in which specific year, month, day... or even in which moment?

Without more information, it would be as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack to retrieve that information!

However, although there is no more precise information, Lian Ziling has a vague guess in his mind.

The self-destruction of "Qihuangzi" and several other "Qihuangmen" formed pills, although they and the "Qihuangmen" lair were destroyed together, almost nothing was left behind.

But that's only almost.

After all, there is still some leftover.

After careful searching, Lian Ziling found some fragments of magic weapons and spiritual materials, among which another piece of spiritual material was the most complete.

——Through the spiritual analysis of its dense surface, it is very likely that this spiritual material is a third-level top-quality spiritual material. It is probably what Lian Ziling carries with him, and it is the only spiritual material of this quality. It is possible to survive that disaster by luck.

After finding these items, Lian Ziling naturally thought of the lost soul armor from Yan Zhuang.

Since even these third-level spiritual materials can barely survive the self-destruction of "Qihuangzi" from the front, there is no reason why the Divine Soul Armor, whose defensive performance far exceeds that of third-level spiritual materials, would be destroyed in such a self-destruction. .

At the same time, this divine soul armor is also the biggest "karma" between himself and the "Qihuang Sect".

This is also the first thing Lian Ziling wants to take back from "Qihuangzi" or "Qihuangmen".

But he did not find the divine soul armor that should have existed in this sea area.

During the search, he also used his ability to look back in time to confirm that he was not taken away by the current or accidentally taken away by passing creatures.

So, according to common sense, after it is confirmed that this thing does not have its own legs, it is very likely that this divine soul armor is not here long ago, but was taken away in advance and stored elsewhere.

Therefore, although there was no clear target, after analysis and calculation, Lian Ziling still identified the core clue on the divine soul armor.

After confirming this, Lian Ziling suddenly found that his workload suddenly became much smaller and he had the possibility of practical operation.

With his current ability, it is unrealistic to uncover the entire "history" of the Qihuang Sect.

Once the time back exceeds a hundred years, it has exceeded the limit of what he can do now.

But after determining the core clue of the Divine Soul Armor, things suddenly became much simpler.

Because Yan Zhuang died, the time when the Divine Soul Armor was "stolen" was very clear to him. It was not too far away, not more than twenty years ago. This was something he could easily reach with his time-traveling ability.

After clarifying this point, Lian Ziling basically determined that what he had to do was to sort out all the traces of time in the last less than twenty years.

Although it was a bit cumbersome, "Qihuangzi's" reaction itself was the biggest motivation for him to persevere.

"Do it."

After figuring out what to do next, Lian Ziling was not in a hurry and took action immediately.

——Because he knew that unless he was extremely lucky, this would be an extremely long "battle".

Before taking official action, he had to make logistical arrangements for the body.

Lian Ziling threw out a few formation flags, creating a small space in the underwater spiritual land that had been filled with sea water. All the evil spirits and sea water were eliminated, and there was only the purest spiritual energy in the formation space. .

Then, he played out a few more talismans, the formation disappeared, and everything in this sea area was as normal.

Lian Ziling's body flashed and he entered the formation space again. He adjusted his breath to restore his body to its optimal state, and then began to use his ability to trace back time.

The original source was the moment he sensed Yan Zhuang's death and replaced the broken natal card belonging to Yan Zhuang.

Before Lian Ziling started to look back in time, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Even he, now, no longer knows how to evaluate this action and how to evaluate the "Qihuangzi" group of enemies.

enemy?

Thinking of this word, Lian Ziling felt weird again.

Such a sense of weirdness and absurdity permeates the entire action, and at this moment, it seems to have reached a peak.

went well?

It seemed to be going well.

Along the way, it was a little slow, but it didn't get stuck at any point. After all, it was making progress little by little.

Is it difficult?

It seems quite difficult.

This feeling is especially true at this moment.

He felt like he was stuck in an inexplicable quagmire, unable to get out or retreat, but it was so difficult to move forward.

…

Lian Ziling lived in seclusion at his home in the original "Qihuang Gate", doing arduous labor that was as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

Repeat the cycle of consumption, rest, recovery, consumption again, rest again, and recovery again.

After Meng Zhou confirmed the current state of Lian Ziling through tracking the "footprints", he also settled down and quietly retreated.

During this period, Bai Zhi always stayed in this small "lotus space" and was no longer included in the sea of ​​​​consciousness by Meng Zhou.

Since leaving the Aurora Cave, it was rare for the two of them to have such a long period of harmony and tranquility.

Only after experiencing the previous "displacement" can we understand more clearly how rare such a life is for a practitioner who is dedicated to seeking the Tao.

Therefore, the two of them cherished this time together very much.

Because Meng Zhou had to track down the traces of Lian Ziling from time to time, and further developed and perfected the "footprint theory" by the way, he no longer distracted his mind elsewhere, so he had a lot of free time every day.

Meng Zhou didn't want to waste this time in vain, so he spent all of it on guiding Bai Zhi's practice.

In such a sticky day, time naturally flies by.

Bai Zhi's cultivation was also like having wings, flying forward all the way.

When Meng Zhou's eighty-one years were coming to an end, Bai Zhi's cultivation had reached the peak of the fifth level of pill formation.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month of the new year, the eighty-two-year-old Meng Zhou ended his first retreat of the new year.

[Cultivation progress +300, eighth level of elixir formation 6425/10,000;

Hanhai Mingyue True Picture experience +10,800, Grandmaster 89,600/320,000. 】

At the turn of spring and summer of this year, Bai Zhi's cultivation level broke through to the sixth level of pill formation.

And when this year comes to an end, Bai Zhi's cultivation of the sixth level of Dan Zhi has been consolidated very firmly. If expressed in terms of cultivation progress, she has now basically completed one-third of the sixth level of Dan Dan. distance.

According to this trend, in less than two years, he will reach the peak of the sixth level of Core Formation and officially launch a sprint towards the later stage of Core Formation.

Judging from this appearance alone, Bai Zhi's cultivation progress is frighteningly fast.

He grew up faster than the cheating Meng Zhou.

But if you dig deeper, you will understand that compared to Meng Zhou's steady step by step, Bai Zhi's growth is the real cheating.

And her problem is Meng Zhou.

It was not that she was running fast on her own, but that her feet did not touch the ground and she was carried forward by Meng Zhou. She was not relying on her own strength at all.

Such growth, if placed in a sect such as Jinding Sect, which emphasizes self-reliance in everything, would undoubtedly be the evil among evils.

But this kind of growth rate, in the Hehuan Sect, is dignified and righteous.

Being carried by a Taoist companion is a kind of "favor" that is most highly praised by the Hehuan Sect and coveted by many members of the Hehuan Sect.

…

It is the tenth day of the first lunar month of the new year, and Meng Zhou, who has just turned eighty-three, has completed his first retreat of the new year.

[Cultivation progress +300, eighth level of elixir formation 7625/10,000;

Hanhai Mingyue True Picture Experience +10,800, Grandmaster 132,800/320,000. 】

After sorting out the gains from this retreat, Meng Zhou followed his past practice and immediately tracked the "footprints" left by Lian Ziling in recent days.

"Hey!" Meng Zhou, who was sitting cross-legged, exclaimed subconsciously, and his slightly relaxed posture became more upright.

Just because he was not at the bottom of Wumeng Sea, he did not see the "footprints" left by Lian Ziling in the past two days at the place where the "Qihuang Gate" was originally.

To put it simply, he left here two days ago!

Whenever this happens, Meng Zhou will subconsciously feel a little nervous.

Because in theory, there is such a possibility——

His consciousness explored the "lotus space" and found that Lian Ziling, who had "lost contact" two days ago, was outside the golden-pink double-pedaled lotus he planted, staring at him unblinkingly.

Although, with Lian Ziling's tracking ability shown in the past few years, the possibility of this is very small, but theoretically there is such a possibility.

As long as you think of such a picture in your mind, it is really "refreshing".

Fortunately, Lian Ziling's departure also created the conditions for Meng Zhou to thoroughly investigate this place.

Soon, Meng Zhou's somewhat tense heart relaxed again.

"It's a little earlier than I expected. It seems that Lian Ziling should have found a more optimized screening plan during the screening process." Meng Zhou couldn't help but think like this.

…

"found it."

At the beginning, when Lian Ziling was faced with a vast amount of useful information that he didn’t know exactly where it was hidden in “the corner of time,” he used the screening method that came to his mind at the first moment, that is, starting from the deduced time source, Pull down a little bit.

It's like facing a very thick book with extremely rich content. Without knowing which page or line the information he is looking for is hidden, he naturally chooses to start from the first page. Page after page, line by line, paragraph by paragraph, sentence by sentence, word by word.

But later, he gradually realized that this method seemed a bit too stupid and not clever enough.

Therefore, while he was constantly "turning the pages" to search, he was also constantly trying new methods, which really brought him higher efficiency.

At a certain moment, the rapidly flowing traces of time suddenly stopped.

Lian Ziling was shocked and knew that he had found the traces that "Qihuangzi" tried so hard to erase. (End of chapter)