The Path to Immortality

Under the modification of Fang Ping's spiritual consciousness, although the formation of the small courtyard seems to have not changed at all, several key nodes have been quietly tampered with by him.

With just a thought, he can explore the outside world at will without being affected.

The two Wuhui Sect foundation-building monks who were monitoring them outside the small courtyard naturally didn't know that the formation had been secretly cracked by someone.

He seemed to be dedicated to his duties and not squinting, but in fact he was quite relaxed, using his magic power to transmit sounds at will, chatting about something.

Fang Ping's consciousness reached out and he easily eavesdropped on the chat between the two.

However, the content of the chat made him a little disappointed. It was either some gossip within the sect or some battle reports with the Ruyi Sect.

Fang Ping had no understanding of the situation here, and was not concerned about the grievances between the Ruyi Sect and the Wuhui Sect.

This battle report is naturally of little value to him.

The only thing that is certain is the information obtained from eavesdropping on the conversation between Jinghai and Jingkong: Wuhui Sect was indeed at a disadvantage in the battle with Ruyi Sect. Even the golden elixir monk named Patriarch Lei was symbolically punished by the sect.

Perhaps they felt a little discouraged when talking about such unfavorable news, the two foundation-building monks quickly changed the topic and chatted about other miscellaneous matters.

After listening for a while, one of the things aroused Fang Ping's interest.

That is a city called [Xianzhou]!

It can be heard from the exchange between the two foundation-building monks that this Xianzhoufang City seems to be quite famous and large.

More than ten years ago, some forces fought for the ownership of this city, which caused considerable damage to the city and greatly reduced its popularity.

But just recently, the battle and fighting that has lasted for more than ten years finally came to a conclusion.

After the reconstruction of Fang City, in order to regain its former popularity, the new owner of Xianzhoufang City is said to be holding an alchemy meeting in half a year, and alchemists from the entire Dali Dynasty will be welcome to attend.

If you can get a good ranking, you will not only become famous in one fell swoop, but also receive generous rewards from the city.

"The Da Li Dynasty seems to be the secular ruler of this land... Is the Danhui of Xianzhoufang City?"

Fang Ping, who was quite interested in this, secretly took note of the matter and planned to find a nearby well-informed city or fairy city to inquire about it after leaving this place.

………

The non-returning sect foundation-building monk who stopped Fang Ping and the others earlier said that he only had to wait for a moment and wait for Deacon Liu to return before he could decide whether to let Fang Ping and others go.

However, this wait lasted for half a day.

Just when Duan Muchen and Ding Biwu were both a little anxious and asked about the Wuhui Sect monks outside but received no reply, Fang Ping, who was casually looking out from the window of the stone house, suddenly changed his expression.

He can project his spiritual consciousness of more than two hundred feet, and he just detected two foundation-building monks falling from the sky and walking into a stone room in the center of the camp.

Fang Ping was not sure which of the two visitors was Deacon Liu, or whether they were neither, so he immediately braced himself and opened his consciousness to explore the movement in the stone house.

At this time, a member of the Wuhui Sect who had previously participated in stopping Fang Ping and the others also walked into the stone house.

The small courtyard of Fang Ping and others is at least 150 feet away from the center of the camp. In addition, there is an isolation formation in the small courtyard. It is common sense that the spiritual consciousness of the foundation-building monks cannot overhear the communication here.

Because of this, both the two new foundation builders and the monks who came to report later seemed quite casual and did not take any extra precautions.

"...This is what happened. I would like to ask Deacons Liu and Meng to tell me how to deal with it."

Zhu Ji, who came to report, told the whole story of Taoist Jinghai's death.

During this period of time, the monks who came out of Yunzhou Island and rushed to the Western Wilderness were several times less frequent than in previous years.

Taoist Jinghai was not the first person to lead the way when something went wrong.

Deacon Liu was already used to this.

He pondered for a moment and said with slight approval: "Junior Brother Zou did a good job. We really cannot let them go until the matter is investigated."

Find out?

How to find out?

The monk surnamed Zou looked troubled and said: "There are many dangers in Jishi Mountain. If you want to find out, I'm afraid... you can't really send people to investigate near Tianfeng Bingluan's lair, right? What's more, even if the matter is true, it has been like this in the past. After a long time, we may not be able to find the traces left behind.”

Deacon Liu was still thinking, but Deacon Meng next to him was already a little impatient.

Just listen to him say: "It's okay to deal with the three Yunzhou Island monks later. I'm afraid they don't dare to have any opinions. Let's talk about business first. Deacon Liu, do you know why I came here this time?"

Deacon Liu knew something about Deacon Meng’s identity and background.

Combined with this sensitive time, he could probably guess the other party's true purpose.

However, as a master of pretending to be confused, he still looked confused on the surface.

Seeing Deacon Liu's appearance, Deacon Meng shook his head and said directly: "You must have known about the loss of the spirit mine in Jihai Mountain before, Deacon Liu. Ancestor Lei who is responsible for guarding the spirit stone mine here is a golden elixir monk. He shouldn’t be punished, but if there is no punishment, who would be willing to fight to the death for the sect once the storm starts?”

"Therefore, no matter what, the sect will take measures to serve as a warning to others."

"The ancestor of Jindan must not touch him lightly, but the same cannot be said for his disciples."

At this point, his tone became more murderous: "Meng's trip is in the name of the sect, to capture the Wu Huiguan disciples supported by Ancestor Lei."

Deacon Liu and the monk surnamed Zou showed surprise on their faces, which might be real or fake, as if they had not expected that Deacon Meng's trip would actually involve the internal struggle of the sect's top leaders.

After a slight pause, Deacon Liu said with dissatisfaction: "Jinghai and Jingkong of Wuhui Temple risk their lives every year to act as guides. I don't know how many spiritual stones they have earned for the sect, and they have also recruited many guest officials. Just because Lei Laozu escaped in the battle, the monks below should be punished? This is a bit inappropriate."

Wuhui Temple is responsible for the valley side, and Deacon Liu is responsible for this side of the valley. Although the two sides are not under the same ancestor, they have a tacit understanding.

As a grasshopper on the same rope, Deacon Liu usually receives a lot of benefits.

At this moment, seeing that the disciples of Wuhui Temple are about to be implicated, he has to bite the bullet to excuse the other party.

Deacon Meng sneered again upon hearing this, and looked at Deacon Liu meaningfully: "The people in Jinghai did help the sect earn a lot of spiritual stones. But you don't think that the spiritual stones they secretly raised the price and extorted over the years have been handed over to the sect truthfully, right?"

After these words came out, Deacon Liu's face immediately turned pale, and there was a bit more fear and guilt in his eyes.

Deacon Meng looked at his expression and said jokingly: "Some things are not unknown to the sect, but they are just too lazy to care on weekdays. But recently, the people in Wuhui Temple have been going too far, and they even took the lion's share... Deacon Liu, do you still think Jinghai and the others are innocent?"