What’s Wrong With a Snake That Just Wants to Cultivate and Transform? - Chapter 101
Seeing Mu Yanyu becoming more and more emotional, Xu Nian almost couldn’t control himself and rushed to hug her and cry.
The next second, his fingers were clenched.
Xu Nian reacted suddenly, “Damn it, she is in a state of “amnesia” now, how can she recognize Muyan? This is a sure way of revealing her secret. She hasn’t thought of a countermeasure yet.
From the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Ji Yuebai looking in the direction of Muyanyu. She immediately gave Muyanyu a wild wink, hinting to her not to come over yet and to look for her later.
Fortunately, although they hadn’t seen each other for a long time, they still had a basic tacit understanding. Although Mu Yanyu didn’t understand why she did this, she firmly believed that Xu Nian had her own reasons for doing this, so she originally wanted to step forward. He stopped and pretended to be busy with other things.
Xu Nian finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She turned her head and secretly took a look at Ji Yuebai, but was caught on the spot.
Cold black eyes swept over Xu Nian’s cheek: “What’s wrong, A-Nian.”
Xu Nian shook his head guiltily: “It’s okay.”
Fortunately, Ji Yuebai did not continue to ask, because the leader Xue Zhengping was seriously injured and could not command to participate in the battle. Although the other elders have prestige, they are not as strong as Ji Yuebai, so the sect’s affairs are now all on Ji Yuebai’s shoulders.
In just a short while, the reconnaissance disciples rushed over to report to her the movements of the remnants of the retreating Demon Sect monks.
Before Ji Yuebai went to deal with the sect, he did not forget to take Xu Nian back to his cave and told her that it was safe here and no one from Tianyuan Sect would dare to break in.
It seems that she did not notice that Xu Nian left the illusion.
So Xu Nian waited for her to leave and then sneaked to Mu Yanyu’s cave.
As soon as he entered the cave, he was hugged head-on and accused mercilessly.
“Xu Nian, you heartless snake, forget it if you don’t want me, don’t you even want the spirit stone?”
Xu Nian quickly patted Mu Yanyu’s back and comforted her: “I’m not coming to see you as soon as I come back. Are you there?”
Mu Yanyu didn’t give up: “A few months ago, Ji Yuebai returned to the sect alone. I went to ask her about your whereabouts, but she refused to tell me anything. She also said that at that time You can’t see us.”
“At the time, I thought she was lying to me, but she just didn’t want me to see you.” “
Later, no matter how I asked her, she refused to tell me. I miss you now. You’re back, but you have to explain to me what happened.”
Xu Nian was so dizzy by Mu Yanyu that he quickly pressed her arm: “Don’t be impatient, it’s a long story, just listen to me Speak slowly.”
Muyanyu looked at her in surprise: “Okay Xu Nian, I haven’t seen you for a year, and you are so polite when talking.” However, she didn’t interrupt, and just listened to
Xu Nian’s transformation. Starting from the self-destruction of Qi Moxiu, when he talked about the rabbit demon in the secret realm of the East China Sea, the Qingxuan King Snake clan, and the wonderful inheritance of the illusion of Shuiyue Miyu…
Muyanyu’s expression changed from disbelief to shock, and then to horror. .
Finally, she repeatedly patted her chest and sighed: “Ji Yuebai has never told me that you are so lucky to have escaped from the hateful Qingxuan King Snake clan.” As if she remembered something,
Muyanyu spoke again Asked: “Since you have recovered from the illusion, why did you refuse to recognize me in the palace just now, but contacted me in private like this?”
Xu Nian blushed, she just briefly told Mu Yanyu She had a rough idea of what happened, but she didn’t say what happened between herself and Ji Yuebai. When the other party asked her about it, she didn’t know how to speak.
After a slight hesitation, Xu Nian finally said: “Because Ji Yuebai and I are together.”
Muyan Yu saw her and Ji Yuebai’s hands tightly held together from the very beginning, and at that time, she felt that There were already speculations, but she was not surprised at all when Xu Nian admitted it so frankly.
She looked at Xu Nian and said sourly: “So what? We were very familiar with each other before you and Ji Yuebai got together. She is so arbitrary and autocratic. We are just together and don’t have a formal status. We must control your personal freedom and prevent you from interacting with friends.”
Xu Nian waved his hands quickly when he heard this: “No, Yan Yu, you misunderstood.”
Mu Yanyu wrinkled her little nose angrily: “Xu Nian, you have changed , I haven’t said anything yet, you are facing Ji Yuebai like this, I didn’t expect you to be such a snake who forgets his friends after seeing sex.” The
friendship that had just been rekindled in front of him was about to break up in an instant, Xu Nian quickly put things in order explained to the other party.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Mu Yanyu, who was still filled with indignation, suddenly fell silent.
After a long while, she finally held back a few symbolic words: “You…this…emmmmmmm…”
It was obvious that she wanted to capture Xu Nian’s horse-catching fantasy. A comment, but apparently the CPU got stuck after receiving such an outrageous event.
Xu Nian looked at her with a bitter look on his face.
Mu Yanyu rubbed the goosebumps on her arms and finally said a complete nonsense: “I can see that Ji Yuebai truly loves you.”
Xu Nian nodded.
Muyanyu added: “This is all your fault in the illusion. I don’t blame you anymore.”
Xu Nian sighed faintly: “You just know my difficulties.”
Muyanyu shook, let alone Xu Nian, if she When I woke up and realized that I had done this, my first reaction was to pretend to be an ostrich. How could I accept it calmly all at once?
Seeing Mu Yanyu hesitate and try to comfort her, Xu Nian quickly changed the topic.
“What about you? How did you escape from the Fanyin Pavilion? You weren’t injured, right?”
When she asked this, Muyan Yuke said something: “I have to thank you.”
“You saved me then, let me I hurriedly took refuge and ran outside. After running a few steps, I met Xue Ling. It was only after that incident that I found out that her father was actually the head of the Tianyuan Sect. In short, when the explosion happened, Xue Ling She took out the teleportation scroll that her father spent millions of spirit stones to make for her, and teleported us back to Tianyuan Gate.” “
The situation was too dangerous at that time. Originally, we were quietly watching from the outside to see if we could find a way to help. Because of your efforts, when the explosion started later, if we were not far away from the monk in the transformation stage, we might have been affected.” Speaking of
what happened a year ago, Mu Yanyu touched her heart in fear, The feeling of being enveloped by the fear of death seems to still be vivid in my mind.
Xu Nian also gently ran his fingers along her back: “Fortunately, we are all alive.”
Mu Yanyu’s light eyes lit up again, and she looked at Xu Nian: “It’s great to see you again. .”
After that, Mu Yanyu briefly talked about the current situation in the world of immortality.
Generally speaking, the Demon Sect behaves very strangely. It seems that they are just trying to snipe and eliminate the monks in the realm of cultivating gods.
As a result, the monks in the transformation stage who had the highest combat power in the world of immortal cultivation did not dare to go into battle. On the contrary, the monks from the sect with low cultivation were wiped out and slaughtered by the monks in the transformation stage from the Demon Sect.
It is hard not to suspect that this is a conspiracy deliberately devised by the Demon Sect.
Through this method, the backbone of the sect is greatly reduced. When the monks in the transformation stage have no one available, they will have to fight.
What are these ancestors in the transformation stage waiting for? Are they really afraid of those demon cultivators?
Xu Nian and Mu Yanyu discussed it for a long time, but there was no result.
After much thought, I finally came to a conclusion.
——I always feel like a pill in the world of immortality.
Xu Nian and Mu Yanyu are not people who have a sense of belonging. As long as they are treated well, staying there is not just a job.
The righteous path and the demonic path are just different forces. Strictly speaking, everyone is not a good bird. Back then, senior brother Qi didn’t kill his junior brother with his own hands just to swallow the artifact.
If the Tianyuan Sect really fell, they might be able to pack up and run away, becoming free and independent cultivators.
However, Xu Nian thinks so, which does not mean that Ji Yuebai also thinks so.
Unlike Xu Nian, who came to Tianyuan Sect halfway as a guest, after all, she was born in Tianyuan Sect and practiced in Tianyuan Sect. Her sense of belonging and responsibility to the sect was much stronger than Xu Nian’s.
Xu Nian thought for a while, if Ji Yuebai could fight off those demon cultivators, everything would be fine.
If the situation was not very optimistic, she would call Qing Yan to control Ji Yuebai and Mu Yanyu and run away together. What does the life and death of the two old people in the transformation stage of Tianyuan Sect have to do with them.
After thinking about it, they clearly have strong strength, but they hide in the depths of the sect as timidly as mice, passing the risks to the weak disciples of the sect, and let those disciples fight to the death for them to resist the attack of the demon cultivator. It is true. Extremely shameless.
On the way back to the cave, Xu Nian cursed the two ancestors in the transformation stage from the bottom of his heart.
I don’t know if her psychological activities were spied on, but as soon as she reached the entrance of the cave, she was stopped by a disciple in white.
“Miss Xu, Patriarch Bodhi wants to see you.”
This really means that when Cao Cao arrives, she is just a snake demon. What’s so good about her? Besides, when she was brought to Tianyuan Gate by Ji Yuebai, Patriarch Bodhi didn’t say that he wanted to see you. meet her.
Xu Nian was a little panicked, but his face was very calm, and he asked: “Does Master Ji know about this?”
The disciple nodded: “Don’t worry, Miss Xu, Master Ji is also there. Ancestor heard that you can help.” I drove away those demon cultivators, so I wanted to see you.” After
he explained this, things seemed reasonable, maybe he wanted to thank himself.
After all, he is an ancestor in the transformation stage, and he is very arrogant. He wants others to come over to thank him, so why can’t he just come and say thank you?
Xu Nian waved his hand: “No, I won’t thank you for your kindness. As a monster, I came to your Tianyuan Sect for no reason. This is quite embarrassing to be honest. Besides, I didn’t do it to help your ancestor. I just wanted to Ji Yuebai just relax.”
The disciple looked a little embarrassed: “Miss Xu, please don’t make it difficult for me, the ancestor is still waiting for you to come over.”
Seeing that Xu Nian still wanted to refuse, he added, “Uncle Ji is here too. Waiting for you.”
Yes, these words put Xu Nian on a shelf.
She may not give face to Tianyuan Sect or Bodhi Ancestor, but she doesn’t want Ji Yuebai to feel embarrassed in the sect. After all, it was Ji Yuebai who tried to protect her in the sect in the first place, so she came here as a monster. He practiced peacefully in Tianyuan Sect for some time.
Xu Nian nodded helplessly and followed the disciple.
The place where Patriarch Bodhi retreats is the most secret place in the sect. In addition to natural dangers, it is also surrounded by numerous formations. Xu Nian followed the disciple step by step, for fear of making a wrong move.
It’s no wonder that the Bodhi Patriarch refused to go out, and the Demon Sect monk didn’t dare to force his way in.
After going around and around, we finally arrived at the cave where Patriarch Bodhi was. The cave looked inconspicuous. Compared to the main hall of the Qingxuan King Snake Clan’s meeting hall, it could be said to be simple and crude. No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look like it. Tianyuanmen Bodhi Patriarch, the head of the eight sects of the righteous path, is a treasured retreat place.
Xu Nianyou looked at the disciple suspiciously: “Is this here?”
The disciple nodded solemnly: “Miss Xu, please come in.”
Xu Nian asked: “You won’t take me in?”
Disciple: “This is the retreat of Patriarch Bodhi. Here, the ancestor only invited Miss Xu. Without the permission of the ancestor, the disciples dare not enter without permission.”
Xu Nian quietly probed into the cave for a ray of spiritual consciousness, and indeed detected Ji Yuebai’s aura, but The next second, her weak spiritual consciousness was instantly wiped out by a raging surge of divine consciousness in the transformation stage.
The breath did not attack Xu Nian, but seemed to just want to give her a small warning for overstepping her bounds.
But now that she knew that Ji Yuebai was indeed inside, Xu Nian felt a little relieved. She raised her spirits and stepped into the cave with a narrow entrance. The cave looked like a gourd with a long mouth. After passing through a narrow corridor, It suddenly dawned on me.
As expected, this cave was not as simple as what was seen from the outside. It was actually a cave of its own. The magnificent grand hall suddenly appeared in front of Xu Nian’s eyes, and countless night pearls illuminated this huge space.
Xu Nian followed the aura up the stairs and entered the main hall.
The bright light is dazzling, and the high-altitude main seat is surrounded by a holy halo. It is the legendary ancestor Bodhi.
Xu Nian’s pupils dilated the moment he saw the creature on the main seat, his body tensed uncontrollably, and he entered a state of preparation for war in an instant.
She quickly searched for traces of Ji Yuebai, but found that there was no trace of Ji Yuebai in the hall, as if the aura she had detected before was just her illusion.
The ghastly pressure fiercely attacked Xu Nian, and that pressure was not at the same level as the previous demon cultivators.
Although they are both in the stage of transforming into gods, this ancestor of Bodhi is the peak existence in the stage of transforming into gods.
Xu Nian, on the other hand, quickly activated the illusion and escaped the coercive shock.
In the final analysis, coercion is the invisible oppression of high-level people against low-level people. It can be understood as the most instinctive fear between rats and cats, and sheep and wolves. Eliminating this fear through illusion can avoid the difficulty in movement and mental oppression caused by coercion. Wait for negative status.
On the main seat, the creature known as Ancestor Bodhi finally spoke.
The snake’s letter surged under its fangs, and it made an old and withered voice: “How did you, a fourteenth-level snake demon, discover my disguise?” The
shape of his body was extremely weird, and it couldn’t even be simply called a creature. Or some kind of monster.
There were several strange, shrunken heads on the shriveled body, including human heads, snake heads, and heads of strange monster beasts that Xu Nian didn’t know about. The body below the waist looked like the stumps of various monster beasts. Spliced together, it looks like a deformed tentacle.
It looks so scary. Anyone with eyes can see it.
Xu Nian was panicked and complained wildly in his heart.
But she quickly realized that since he asked this, it meant that except for her, no one else in the sect had discovered his disguise at all, or that some of them who could have been discovered were “dealt with” on the spot. Lost.
As for Xu Nian, it is naturally because she has accepted the inheritance of illusion. As long as the illusion is lower than hers, she will not be able to hide in front of her.
She quietly changed her gestures, trying to release the illusion to the monster-looking Bodhi Patriarch: “Where is Ji Yuebai, what did you do to her?”
Her illusion seemed to have achieved results, and the one with the head of the Bodhi Patriarch was The head answered very obediently: “She is at the back of the palace, and those are the materials I prepared carefully to seize her body…”
Hiss –
he actually wanted to seize Ji Yuebai’s body.
Even though Xu Niandang had murderous intentions, he was thinking of controlling the ancestor Bodhi who was trapped in the illusion to commit suicide. Unexpectedly, the other party suddenly woke up. First, a monster’s head woke up, and then all the heads broke out of her illusion. `
In just an instant, Xu Nian’s body was pierced by the terrifying arthropod-like arms, and bright red blood spurted out from her body.
Ancestor Bodhi showed a distorted smile on his face: “It’s worth waiting for me for so long. The fresh blood of the Nine-turn Spirit Gathering Body makes the soul boil as always.” He
grabbed Xu Nian’s broken body, arthropod arms Send it towards the open mouthparts of the abdomen.
The flesh and blood were torn into pieces by the sharp mouthparts, and the gushing blood was sucked, but the spiritual energy did not flow in as much as expected.
Ancestor Bodhi came to his senses, and found that instead of the Xu Nian he was grabbing on his limbs, it was a colorful venomous snake of unknown species. Its fangs had already bitten his body, but they could not penetrate it. Through his monster body.
The dense tide of snakes drowned him, and countless venomous snakes attacked her crazily.
While Xu Nian was controlling his snake servant, he continued to cast illusion spells on the Bodhi Patriarch. However, the Bodhi Patriarch, who had been hit by two illusion spells in a row, was on guard at this time. Several of his heads took turns to attack. As long as one of them When the head is hit by an illusion, it instantly switches to another brain that is not hit by the illusion to control the body, and instantly coordinates cognition to pull oneself out of the illusion.
This is the first time Xu Nian has encountered such a difficult situation since he inherited the inheritance of illusion. In the past, his opponents only had one head, and he only needed to control one. Now this monster turned out to be a multi-core processor, with information independent but able to be shared. In one processor If the virus goes viral, several others can quickly take over command.
Her illusion was definitely targeted.
Ancestor Bodhi also understood: “Illusion practitioners in the Great Cave Ming Realm, no wonder they can see my illusion skills at a glance, but it is my master who knows how to do it.”
This nine-turn spirit gathering body cultivation talent is really amazing. A year ago, he learned that Ji Yuebai was overjoyed after bringing back a Qingxuan King Snake with a nine-turn spirit-gathering body. Patriarch Bodhi has been stagnant in the stage of transformation for thousands of years, but has yet to reach the threshold of ascension. Instead, the group of demon cultivators with low intelligence and vulgarity ascended one after another, which made him heartbroken after living for thousands of years. Out of jealousy and anger, he had been practicing hard for thousands of years without caring about worldly affairs, and in the end he let those stupid demon cultivators get ahead of him.
When the demon cultivator’s ascension rate soared, he also had doubts in his heart. In just a few hundred years, one or two ascension could explain whether it happened to be a great opportunity, but the demon cultivator continued to ascend. There were dozens of them, but none of the human monks succeeded in ascending.
A hundred years ago, he relied on his prestige as the leader of the eight major sects to become gods, and took the opportunity to provoke a war between human monks and demon cultivators. He discovered the secret of the ascension of the demon cultivator Qingxuan King Snake clan, which was made from the blood of his compatriots. Nine turns to gather the spirit body, eating flesh and blood can greatly increase the strength and help ascend.
He deceived the venerables of the other sects and returned all the Nine-Transformation Spirit-Gathering Qingxuan King Snakes to the Tianyuan Gate Forbidden Area for him to practice. He first chose a disciple to eat the spirit snakes for him, and the disciple turned out to be really good at cultivation. There has been a huge increase, and the progress of cultivation has also been rapid.
Seeing this, he felt free to eat the flesh and blood of those spirit snakes, and his cultivation that had been stagnant for hundreds of years also improved. However, he did not expect that the nine-turn spirit-gathering monster beast that was suitable for demon cultivators would be used on him. But something happened. His body mutated towards the snake monster that failed to transform. At the same time, the spirit snake he captured was gradually consumed. He had clearly touched the threshold of ascension, but he was only one step away.
After the defeat of the war, the Qingxuan King Snake clan has long retreated to the secret realm of the East China Sea. It is not a good idea for him to catch the spirit snake and escape whole body by himself. For people like him, the more critical the moment of ascension is for people like him. , the more he cherished his life, he made many different types of spirit gathering bodies based on the method of making the nine-turn spirit gathering body of the Qingxuan King Snake, but the effect was far inferior to the spirit snakes of the Qingxuan King Snake family. On the contrary, he As a result, his body became more twisted. Later, he extended his experimental claws to humans, and strange human heads grew on his shoulders… There was
no progress in his cultivation, and Shouyuan continued to grow day by day. As time went by, Patriarch Bodhi became more and more panicked. He began to look for seedlings with good roots to cultivate as containers for his body. Since the body was taken away from him, it consumed a lot of money, and the new body had to be strong enough to hold his thousands of years of soul. Consciousness requires at least the cultivation level of Nascent Soul stage.
The incident at Fanyin Pavilion a year ago caused the restriction he planted on Ji Yuebai to disappear, along with the spiritual snake she brought back. This made him think that the container he cultivated had been killed, and there was a huge spread in the sect. After a fire broke out, he originally wanted to make do with the body of the unsatisfactory leader Xue Zhengping, but in the end, Ji Yuebai returned to the sect unscathed a year later, and his cultivation reached the late stage of Nascent Soul.
The joy of regaining the lost made Patriarch Bodhi unable to care about anything else. He immediately summoned Ji Yuebai and restrained her when she was not prepared. The perfect container was ready, and the rest was the tonic to help him ascend. He drove He asked his disciples to summon the spirit snake that followed Ji Yuebai. The nine-turn spirit-gathering spirit snake that he had always coveted had a great improvement in cultivation at this moment, and the blood and spiritual energy in his body was surging and alluring. It was simply a blessing from heaven. He too.
The only unsightly thing was that this spiritual snake turned out to be a phantom cultivator in the Great Hollow Realm, and he could see through his disguise at a glance.
But now that she has entered his territory, there is absolutely no reason to let her out, but he just needs to use more methods.
Within a few breaths, Xu Nian was almost exhausted. It was too exhausting to unleash illusions on such an old monster, and the snake servants she summoned were annihilated by the opponent’s moves almost instantly. They couldn’t even hold on for a blink of an eye. .
She frantically summoned Qing Yan who was living in the bracelet: “Don’t sleep with me, Immortal, it’s imminent. If we don’t come out, neither of us will have a good life. Can you still snatch my body back from that old monster?” ]
As if he heard her call, a familiar emphasis came from the sea of consciousness: “Call me the Supreme Kunlun Qingyan Great Immortal.” ]
Xu Nian: …
But just pretending to be pretentious, this guy showed up very timely. Just when Xu Nian released the illusion but had no time to avoid the attack of Patriarch Bodhi, Qing Yan’s huge and strong body suddenly appeared in the cave. In the midst of it, the splendid palace collapsed at once. Not only the arrogant Bodhi Patriarch, but also Xu Nian were crushed in the ruins.
Fortunately, Xu Nian was prepared and transformed into a small snake shape to shuttle through the ruins.
Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the wild giant snake Qing Yan, she wanted to find where Ji Yuebai was hidden. Since the Bodhi Patriarch wanted to seize Ji Yuebai’s body, he would definitely protect her body before seizing her body. .
The two terrifying pressures collided, and the entire cave began to shake, and gravel continued to fall from above.
Xu Nian finally found Ji Yuebai, who was unharmed under the protective shield. Her snow-clad black hair was spread out, and she was lying quietly on the stone slab, as if she was a sleeping beauty waiting to be awakened by her kiss.
However, Xu Nian knew very well that Ji Yuebai was controlled by the old monster, Patriarch Bodhi, by some means. Patriarch Bodhi was her master. No matter how powerful she was, how could she want to set up a defense.
Xu Nian wanted to take Ji Yuebai away, but as soon as his fingers touched the protective shield, his whole body was paralyzed as if he had been electrocuted.
At the same time, Ancestor Bodhi also arrived in an instant, and the fierce zhenqi turned into a sharp blade and hit her vitals directly.
How could Qing Yan let him achieve his wish? His thick tail slammed to the ground, and the exploding rocks and violent airflow blocked the blow.
Even in the spacious cave, Qing Yan’s huge body was still somewhat unable to move. When his body moved, he would inevitably bump into the edge of the cave. A slight attack from the huge body would cause the earth to shake. The Bodhi Patriarch thought about it several times. He wanted to kill Xu Nian, but Qing Yan stopped him.
The cave was overwhelmed at this time and collapsed completely like the main hall. The dark skylight from above filtered in through the large collapsed hole. Such violent movement naturally attracted the attention of the elders of Tianyuan Sect.
At the same time, there were also those demon cultivators in the God Transformation stage who came to inquire.
There was chaos in Tianyuan Sect. Since Ji Yuebai was not there, the demon cultivators in the God Transformation Stage drove straight in. No elder could stop them.
In this way, dozens of elders faced off against the three demon cultivators in the god-transformation stage during the day.
When those demon cultivators saw the disgraced Xu Nian who was fighting with Patriarch Bodhi, they couldn’t help but clapped their hands and laughed: “It’s true that we misunderstood you as a demon cultivator. It turns out that you are living your life here in secret, although we usually can’t stand you either.” These demon cultivators, the enemy of your enemy is your friend, so we wish you a helping hand.” With
that said, they flew into the cave and surrounded the Bodhi Ancestor together with Qing Yan.
Xu Nian was hiding behind Qing Yan and was beaten up by the unconventional moves of Patriarch Bodhi against monsters. At this moment, these demon cultivators in the transformation stage came and fended off many attacks for her. , the pressure suddenly dropped.
On the other hand, the elders of the Nascent Soul Stage were anxious and angry when they saw their ancestors being besieged. However, they were not strong enough to just deliver food to any of the three demon cultivators of the Transformation God Stage.
Everyone was helpless and looked at each other, but then they thought about it. There were intact eggs under the overturned nest. If these demon cultivators really work together to surround and kill their ancestors, how can they, the little shrimps, have a good life?
These Yuanying elders were about to grit their teeth and dig out the treasure at the bottom of the box to fight the demon cultivator and the wild giant snake that appeared out of nowhere. Suddenly, the scene in front of them suddenly changed. They opened their eyes wide in surprise and couldn’t believe it. He looked at the creatures surrounded in the center of the cave.
Darling, this is their Tianyuan Sect Bodhi Patriarch, this is clearly a monster crawling out of hell.
An even more sharp-eyed elder shouted out loud: “How come the head on the monster’s shoulder looks like that of Ancestor Xuan Jun?”
Another elder beside him couldn’t believe it: “How could it be that Ancestor Xuan Jun was not possessed by a demon a few months ago?” Has the sect fallen in ambush?”
A demon cultivator who was fighting with the Bodhi Patriarch heard this and said: “Although our demon sect does have the intention to kill Xuan Jun, before we take action, that Xuan Jun He suddenly broke down and was blamed on our demon sect.”
These demon monks are no different from lunatics. They have killed more than one god-transformation monk with their own tricks. It really doesn’t look like this. lie.
These Yuanying elders who originally wanted to go down and fight them hesitated.
Is the monster in front of him really the supreme Bodhi ancestor of their Tianyuan Sect? Although the terrifying and supreme pressure is indeed unparalleled in the world of immortality, how could he become such a weird look? Lian Xuan Elder Jun’s head grew on his shoulders, and his originally kind face was now wrinkled and filled with anger.
But just when those Nascent Soul elders wanted to protect themselves wisely, they were horrified to find that their bodies were moving uncontrollably, and their true energy was circulating violently in their bodies, completely disobeying orders.
One of the demon cultivators who was fighting with Patriarch Bodhi sensed the danger and suddenly opened a space to dodge. As expected, the Nascent Soul Stage elder who had been hesitant just now jumped to him at an incredible speed and exploded instantly.
Although the energy of the explosion was not as violent as that of the God Transformation stage, the shock wave that spread out in the cave still made everyone quickly mobilize their spiritual power to resist, and had no time to take care of the attack. Xu Nian was a little unlucky. He did not expect that the Nascent Soul monk was going to attack. He exposed himself and failed to dodge in time. He was immediately shocked and suffered internal injuries and vomited blood.
His eyes swept over the several god-transformation stage demon cultivators who were fleeing in embarrassment, as well as the Nascent Soul stage elders who looked at him in horror but could not control their bodies.
Ancestor Bodhi sneered: “After spending so much resources of our Tianyuan Sect, we still want to escape before the battle. It is simply a daydream. How can there be such a beautiful thing in the world.”
At this time, the desperate Nascent Soul elders finally discovered that their bodies I don’t know when I was planted with the prohibition of not disobeying the order. I could only watch as I was being manipulated, like a human bomb, and pounced on the demon cultivators in the transformation stage.
Seeing that the Bodhi Patriarch was about to repeat his old trick, Xu Nian had one head and two heads. In this case, she had no time to run. She might be blown up by the Nascent Soul cultivator controlled by the other party as soon as she slipped out. At such a close distance, By then it won’t just be a matter of internal injuries.
But if she didn’t run, she would be lucky enough to avoid all of the Yuan Ying elders who dropped them one by one. If the other party tried to attack and drop bombs in an all-round way, she would still be injured.
In the blink of an eye, Xu Nian quickly cast a large-scale illusion, quickly brainwashing these Nascent Soul monks, instantly cutting off Patriarch Bodhi’s control over them, and taking the control back into his own hands.
At the same time, Xu Nian issued an order to the Yuanying elders: kill the Bodhi Patriarch.
Therefore, the Nascent Soul stage elders who were originally controlled by Patriarch Bodhi to die are now able to attack Patriarch Bodhi. The lingering hatred of kissing Black and White Wuchang is still there, and they want to kill Patriarch Bodhi at this time. It’s simply a lesson from heaven and earth.
Ancestor Bodhi, who was originally at an advantage, instantly became a disadvantage. Killing these Nascent Soul Stage monks was as easy as killing ants for him. He could barely use them as a handy tool, but when he was simultaneously When the sixteenth-level Qing Yan and the three demon cultivators of the Divine Transformation Stage were besieging him, the attacks of those Nascent Soul Stage cultivators became the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Patriarch Bodhi never expected that he would actually shoot himself in the foot.
It’s just that he has been working hard for a hundred years and is just one step away from the promotion he dreams of. How can he be willing to give up now?
His broken and twisted body kept gathering Qi, and the violent wind swept across the entire cave in an instant. The demon cultivators in the transformation stage quickly retreated: “No, this old monster is going to self-destruct.” After hearing this
, The Nascent Soul stage elders also used all their strength to run back, almost rolling and crawling.
Just kidding, the self-destruction of a monk in the God Transformation stage is no joke. In the last Fanyin Pavilion incident, a mere demon cultivator in the early stage of the God Transformation stage self-destructed and took away a God Transformation monk of the same level and twenty-four Nascent Souls. As a monk, the lethality is terrifying.
Xu Nian felt something was wrong. The Bodhi Patriarch would rather become like this and obtain his own flesh and blood to help him ascend. He also wanted to seize She Ji Yuebai…
No, Xu Nian quickly ordered Qing Yan to rush forward. .
The self-exploding wind rose to a critical point and stopped. At the same time, the twisted body burst out with a golden light and went straight to Ji Yuebai in the protective shield not far away.
When those demonic cultivators in the transformation stage realized something was wrong, they were already afraid of the self-destruction and the air flow violently flew away for dozens of feet, and it was too late to rush to intercept it.
Although Xu Nian discovered something was wrong, she and Qing Yan were both bulky and the other was only fourteenth level, so they couldn’t match the speed of a spirit body in the transformation stage.
He could only watch helplessly as the spirit of Patriarch Bodhi invaded Ji Yuebai’s sea of consciousness.
Ji Yuebai in the protective shield frowned slightly, seeming to be in some pain.
Those demon cultivators in the transformation stage were about to kill Ji Yuebai who had not yet woken up, but they were stopped by Xu Nian.
“Stop, you can’t touch her.”
Those demon cultivators in the transformation stage had been fighting with Ji Yuebai for a long time. They had already found her distasteful and wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of her, but they were blocked. The demon cultivators The wild giant snake behind them is not easy to mess with. Its powerful body alone is probably enough for the three of them to fight for a while, not to mention that there will be a sneak attack by an illusory cultivator like Xu Nian. It will be extremely difficult to fight.
The leader of the demon cultivator said: “If we don’t take the opportunity to kill the container now, when he completely takes over the body of the container, I’m afraid we won’t be able to deal with it.” Xu Nian refused to back down: “If you do it now, then we are
the enemy. .”
Several demon cultivators in the transformation stage discussed it with their spiritual consciousness, and then said: “Then let us prepare. If it is the old monster who wakes up by then, and if she has not been taken away, then we will not take action. .”
Xu Nian stared at them: “You are demon cultivators, how can I trust you.”
Those demon cultivators looked at each other, but they did not expect that a demon cultivator like Xu Nian would also question the credibility of their demon cultivators.
However, given the current situation, fighting between them would not be a good strategy for either the Demon Sect or Xu Nian. The only person who would benefit would be the old monster, Patriarch Bodhi.
Under Xu Nian’s insistence, they did not touch Ji Yuebai for the time being.
Of course, the most important thing is that they used many methods but were unable to break through the protective shield left by Patriarch Bodhi. Methods such as bomb attacks were stopped by Xu Nian with a murderous expression on his face.
It seems that they were all tricked by the old monster. Perhaps before the battle started, the other party had already thought of such a thing.
Xu Nian’s heart suddenly tightened as he looked at Ji Yuebai’s painful expression in the protective shield.
No matter what, she believed in Ji Yuebai.
Patriarch Bodhi also made a dangerous move this time. He really didn’t expect that he would be forced into such a situation.
What surprised him the most was that Ji Yuebai brought back the Qingxuan King Snake.
With a mere fourteenth level of cultivation, he was not only an illusory practitioner of the realm of great enlightenment, he could even summon servants whose level was far stronger than his own. The wild giant snake put great pressure on him in terms of body shape and attack power. Since the body was made of Xu Nian’s spiritual power, any damage he caused to the wild snake would be instantly restored by Xu Nian’s spiritual power.
However, Xu Nian is very slippery. Not only will she release several illusions to hide, but she will also summon many servants with the same body shape as herself as a cover-up. However, these servants all carry the same spiritual consciousness and aura as hers. For a period of time, There was no way to tell. He originally wanted to force the Nascent Soul elders to blow themselves up and injure her, so that he would not be able to flexibly use his spiritual energy to drive the wild giant snake, but he shot himself in the foot instead.
Fortunately, he had a backup plan. When he learned that his life was about to end a hundred years ago, he had been planning for this day.
He had chosen Ji Yuebai since she was an ignorant baby, killed her blood relatives to end the mortal bond, taught her step by step, made her trust her master from the bottom of her heart, and made her develop a cold, aloof character who would not interact with others. She has no real friends…
All of this is to dilute her connection with the world and her desire for survival, so that she can be more easily controlled by herself and become an excellent container.
But now, it is the time for him to reap the rewards.
But what Patriarch Bodhi never expected was that as soon as he entered Ji Yuebai’s interior, he encountered fierce resistance.
He has always been proud of being a good disciple who respects his teacher and respects his teachings. At this time, he is using all his consciousness to drive away this outsider, and has no intention of accepting him.
“Ji Yuebai, I am your master, don’t resist any longer.” He tried to order the other party as before.
As a master, he used his disciple’s trust to try to seize his body. How could such a person deserve to be called a master?
Ji Yuebai said coldly: “There are several masters in the world who regard their disciples as vessels to seize their bodies.”
He never thought that Ji Yuebai’s state of mind would change so much in just one or two years.
Ancestor Bodhi: “You are what you are today, and your current cultivation is all given by your teacher. If you were no longer a teacher, you would have been married as a woman in the mortal world, and you would be able to see the scenery you have now. Now, what should you do?” It’s your turn to repay me.”
For some reason, Ji Yuebai thought of what Xu Nianhui said, and followed his thoughts and said, “Master, wait under the Nine Springs, and the disciple will help the master burn more paper money. .”
Ancestor Bodhi was so angry that smoke erupted from his seven orifices, and his soul turned into a ball and rushed towards Ji Yuebai.
Ji Yuebai was well prepared and fought with him without fear, trying to expel the invading soul of Ancestor Bodhi from her inner scene. After all, she had the home field advantage. Although the soul of Ancestor Bodhi was superior, she But it was no match for him.
Xu Nian tried various methods, even trying to cast an illusion spell on Ji Yuebai through the protective shield, but never succeeded.
She became increasingly anxious, pacing back and forth around the protective shield.
Qing Yan was so dizzy at the sight.
After Patriarch Bodhi gave up his body, those monks in the transformation stage took advantage of the time to cut his twisted and terrifying body into thousands of pieces, crush his bones and raise ashes hundreds of times to completely cut off the old monster’s escape route.
Xu Nian tried every means to let his snake servants dig tunnels and invade from the soil. However, the Bodhi Patriarch was a human being who had lived for thousands of years. How could she easily take advantage of the loophole? Naturally, she failed. .
After a long wait, Ji Yuebai’s long eyelashes trembled and she slowly opened her eyes, her eyes as clear as stars scanning the crowd present.
The green flames outside the protective shield, as well as the three god-transformation stage demon cultivators, suddenly felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
As Ji Yuebai stood up and lightly touched the protective shield with his fingers, the previously indestructible protective shield disappeared easily like a bubble.
Xu Nian blinked, and regardless of everyone’s gaze, he pounced on Ji Yuebai.
“Yuebai, you’re finally awake, you scared me to death.”
Ji Yuebai gently smoothed her hair.
Seeing this, everyone’s tense nerves suddenly relaxed.
The next second, I suddenly heard the thin lips of the pink girl slightly opening: “How are you sure that I am Ji Yuebai?” As soon as
she finished her words, the hairs of everyone who had just relaxed stood up instantly, and they looked at the white clothes in front of them warily. Brunette woman.
Only Xu Nian rubbed her cold cheek and put his fingers around her flexible waist: “How could I not recognize you.” “
Bad Yuebai, you actually learned to joke.”
Ji Yuebai smiled lightly, as if The ice and snow had just melted: “Thanks to Ah Nian this time.”
Xu Nian was a little confused, but she worked hard to improve her cultivation so that one day she could help Ji Yuebai. No matter what, she nodded happily: “Yes.”
Upon seeing this, the few demon cultivators in the transformation stage were about to retreat quietly. The next second, they were stopped by the familiar frost sword.
Ji Yuebai glanced at them: “The visitors are guests. Since you are all here, you might as well stay at Tianyuanmen for a while.”
Those demon cultivators in the transformation stage looked disdainful. They just wanted to leave. She was nothing more than Nascent Soul. With his later cultivation, he could still stop them.
Immediately afterwards, the giant wild snake with an astonishing size surrounded them, trapping the three of them.
As the surging sword energy of the white-clothed sword cultivator overflowed, these demon cultivators in the God Transformation stage were horrified to discover that after devouring the soul of the old monster, this woman’s cultivation level unexpectedly jumped to the peak of Nascent Soul. The state of becoming a god.
Previously, this sword cultivator was only in the late Nascent Soul stage, so he could hold the three of them down without falling behind. Now his cultivation is getting better and better, and the demon cultivator still has the wild giant snake in the god transformation stage. The three of them were watching eagerly from the side… The three of them were really dumb and eating Coptis chinensis at this moment, completely confessing to the Tianyuan Gate.
In order to prevent them from going crazy like the demonic cultivator from Fanyin Pavilion before, Xu Nian secretly gave them psychological hints while they were panicking. This kind of psychological hints was different from the illusion and was extremely hidden and difficult to detect.
Things became easier to handle after that. With the three magic sect monks in the transformation stage in hand, through Xu Nian’s illusion hints, he quickly asked a lot of things.
It turns out that from the perspective of the Demon Sect, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in this world was originally in a normal cycle, endless, but the appearance of cultivators broke the balance of the spiritual energy cycle in this world.
Most of the spiritual energy that originally nourished all things was plundered by a small number of immortal cultivators under the slogan of pursuing the great road, causing the spiritual energy of one party to dry up and the life that could originally survive to decline and annihilate. And practicing ascension requires the consumption of an extremely large amount of spiritual energy. If these immortal cultivators If you continue to ascend like this and carry the spiritual energy captured from this world to the upper world, only to consume it without returning it, then this world will also be depleted and desolate.
Therefore, after a hundred years of painstaking research, the Demon Sect launched the “God-Slaying” plan.
That is to say, killing the monks in the transformation stage who have gained the most spiritual power in each sect, so that a large amount of their spiritual energy can return to the world after their death.
Xu Nian was dumbfounded when he heard that this demon sect actually had such great ambitions.
Admire, admire.
However, this matter is indeed a bit extreme. It is important to protect the sustainable development of the world, but the more important thing should not be to study how to produce spiritual energy.
After the demon cultivators in the transformation stage fully revealed their plans, they were released from the ban.
However, they still firmly stated that although Ji Yuebai and Xu Nian have not yet reached the stage of becoming gods, when they are about to ascend, their demon sect will still firmly implement the “God-Slaying” plan.
Xu Nian was confused about this: “Don’t you demon sect also have many stages of transforming into gods? What if a traitor ascends?”
The monk in the stage of transforming into gods gave a righteous explanation: “Every disciple who enters the sect will keep the teachings in mind. , I made the inner demon oath at the beginning of my cultivation. Furthermore, I have already lived a long enough life after cultivating to the stage of becoming a god, so why should I be so greedy.” Compared with the monks who claim to be righteous, the Demon Sect is simply a “
saint”, Xu Nian couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.
As for the Demon Sect, they discovered during the “God-Slaying” operation of other sects that, in addition to the Bodhi Patriarch, the ancestors of several other sects in the God Transformation stage also appeared to be trying to devour the nine-turn spirit gathering body to strive for the ascension. The ancestor of the Divine Stage cultivated the container and used people to create the nine-turn spirit gathering body through secret methods. He had already entered a state of madness, but his strength was far inferior to that of the ancestor Bodhi.
He was quickly eradicated by the monks of the Demon Sect’s transformation stage.
However, all the sects thought that the world of cultivating immortals was hopeless and that the sects were about to be occupied by the demon sect and fell into despair.
The monks of the Demon Sect suddenly disappeared into the world of immortality, just like a hundred years ago, without a trace, and had no intention of occupying the world of immortality.
Only Xu Nian and Ji Yuebai knew that they might be accumulating strength and preparing for the next “God-Slaying” plan.
And next time, it might be them.
However, that was also a long time later.
That was the end of the matter.
After the Demon Sect retreated, Ji Yuebai returned the management rights of Tianyuan Sect’s internal affairs to Xue Zhengping after he recovered from his injuries.
She now has a high prestige within the sect, and her strength is undoubtedly strong. Many elders secretly thought that she would take over the position of leader, but unexpectedly she did not take over.
Even Xu Nian couldn’t help but ask: “Yuebai, why don’t you become the leader.”
Who knew that Ji Yuebai tapped the tip of her nose with his finger: “When you become the leader, you will have endless affairs to deal with. You are so busy.” Endless work, and I just want to be tired of being with you, forever and ever.”
Xu Nian got the advantage and behaved: “Then Yuebai, you don’t want to be the leader, but you are actually doing it for me?”
Ji Yuebai could see through it at a glance. He noticed her little thoughts and said softly: “It’s me. I don’t want you to be distracted by the woman next to you. I want you to only see me in your eyes and heart.”
Xu Nian remembered that she was still pretending to have amnesia. , so he started to pretend to be stupid: “Where can there be other women? Aren’t you the only one I have from beginning to end?”
Ji Yuebai didn’t say anything when he heard this, but just looked at it unblinkingly with his beautiful black eyes. she.
Xu Nian felt guilty when she saw her, and wondered if Ji Yuebai had discovered that she was secretly looking for Mu Yanyu, so he put his arms around her neck, kissed her soft lips, and used his tongue to pry apart her lips and teeth. , passionate entanglement.
Those who are favored are confident. She has always known that Ji Yuebai would find it difficult to refuse her.
It was the same this time, her eyes softened, and she finally picked up Xu Nian by the waist, and went straight to the bed tent that Xu Nian personally selected in the cave. It was a beautiful spring night, with orioles singing gracefully.
After the sect’s affairs were completely on track, Ji Yuebai mentioned the matter of getting married to Xu Nian.
It is said that they are getting married, but it is not as troublesome as ordinary people. They just formally agreed to be Taoist couples.
Xu Nian had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and now he took out the previously treasured marriage certificate from his storage bag and handed it to Ji Yuebai.
“Yuebai, why are you just saying it now? I have agreed to this a long time ago.”
“Blame me.” Ji Yuebai had a smile in her eyes, full of Xu Nian.
Xu Nian threw herself into her arms and acted coquettishly: “How does Yuebai want to compensate me?”
Ji Yuebai took out the storage bag he had prepared and handed it to her: “This is what I have saved recently, and it is all for you.”
Xu Nian blinked: “What else?”
Ji Yuebai also blinked, then gently moved closer and pressed Xu Nian’s lips.
Xu Nian felt itchy in her heart. Recently, Yue Bai had become more knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and her life was like honey mixed with oil.
She gently touched the other person’s pink lips with her fingers: “It’s not enough.”
Ji Yuebai’s clear eyes were filled with doubts.
Xu Nian suddenly came closer and whispered in her ear.
As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Yuebai’s porcelain-white cheeks suddenly turned crimson.
“Okay.” She agreed to Xu Nian.
Seeing that she agreed so easily, Xu Nian couldn’t help feeling regretful. He knew she should have said it seven times, ah no, ten times.
On the day of the wedding ceremony, all the prominent people in the world of immortality came, and the list of congratulatory gifts was too long to count.
Even the monks from the Demon Sect in the God Transformation stage quietly came over in disguise and gave him a gift.
The person who presided over the ceremony was Xue Zhengping.
When the newlyweds walked into the hall side by side, the originally noisy and lively space became a little quieter, and the good colors between heaven and earth seemed to converge on the beautiful couple in front of them.
No beautiful adjective can describe the beauty of these two people.
One side is like the bright moon in the sky, as bright as a fairy, and the other side is like a myriad of purples and reds, a stunning color that is rare in the world.
However, they complement each other perfectly, as if they were born to be a match.
It’s not that people in the world of immortality have never seen beauties before, it’s just that this is the first time they’ve seen such stunningly beautiful people during the ceremony, so beautiful that people and gods are outraged.
When Xue Zhengping coughed slightly and announced the ceremony, everyone woke up as if from a dream.
Amidst the cheers, Xu Nian and Ji Yuebai drank Hexin wine and performed rituals unique to the world of immortality for good luck.
Mu Yanyu looked a little lost in thought, and she didn’t know when she clenched her sleeves tightly.
However, Xue Ling on the side pulled her sleeve carelessly: “Yan Yu, look there are two of Xu Nian’s people sitting over there. They seem to be the little green snakes you like. Should we go and find them?” Do they want to talk?”
Mu Yanyu came back to her senses and said with a smile: “Then let’s go.”
The ceremony was grand. Everyone in the world of immortal cultivation knew that the genius sword cultivator from Tianyuan Sect actually became a double cultivator with a demon cultivator. , but no one dared to gossip.
In the world of immortality, when a monk in the transformation stage died tragically, Ji Yuebai, a sword cultivator at the peak stage of Nascent Soul, was at the pinnacle of combat power in the world of immortality. Not to mention, she had once fought three transformations with her own strength. God-level demons cultivate without falling behind.
Under the absolute strength, there was only joy and a happy atmosphere in the ceremony.
Originally, Xu Nian was wondering if there would be some righteous man who would stir up trouble, but she actually thought too much.
A lot of fragrant spiritual dishes were cooked at the banquet. Xu Nian, Mu Yanyu, Xue Ling and Qingcheng Qingjin sat at the table and drank too much without realizing it.
When everyone dispersed and the noise gradually died down, Xu Nian leaned on Ji Yuebai and returned to the cave.
The cave has been decorated like a new house. Xu Nian rolled on the brocade quilt where the mandarin ducks were playing in the water, and fell asleep under the soft quilt.
In the middle of the night, drunk, Xu Nian woke up in a daze and went to lick the earlobe of the woman next to him.
But the other person’s body was shaking violently, which made her more and more aroused, and her body couldn’t help but cling to him.
While suppressing the other party, she was still complaining: “Yue Bai, didn’t you Bai Rili promise me?” The
pink snake letter gently licked the delicate earlobe, neck and below the collarbone, and the other party’s forbearing gentleness was next to the ear. snort.
The green snake scales wrapped around the soft and delicate body tighter and tighter. The undulations of the snake scales followed the movement of the snake’s body and rubbed against the skin as delicate as mutton-fat jade. The cool touch was intertwined with the heat.
The fiery tail seemed to be depicting the most wonderful picture in the world, tracing it gently, describing it carefully, and outlining it bit by bit, just like the beautiful white water blooming in the moment of love. Tasting it slowly and smelling it deeply made her heal. The hair is blooming, as if it is playing the most beautiful and moving movement, gently curling, slowly twisting and lifting, never letting go of every climax node.
When Xu Nian woke up, the whole snake was stunned.
She, she, she actually used her snake body to do such and such things to Ji Yuebai.
He even threatened the other party with an agreement.
She nervously looked at Ji Yuebai beside her, only to see that he was a little embarrassed to look at her.
The cold and beautiful black eyes subconsciously avoided her gaze. Xu Nian stood up and kissed the corner of Ji Yuebai’s lips apologetically.
Ji Yuebai turned around and hugged her, calling her gently: “A-Nian.”
Xu Nian leaned against her and responded: “Yes.”
Ji Yuebai rarely childishly declared sovereignty: “You will be mine from now on.”
Xu Nian Of course: “I have always been yours.”
After a short silence, Xu Nian said: “Actually, I have something that I have been hiding from you.”
Ji Yuebai looked at her: “Huh?”
Xu Nian gritted his teeth and finally He admitted: “Actually, I have recovered my memory a long time ago.”
Ji Yuebai chuckled: “Actually, I knew it a long time ago.”
Xu Nian was stunned: “When.”
Ji Yuebai blinked: “The moment I saw you .”
Xu Nian blushed. It turned out that the other party had known about it for a long time. Fortunately, she thought she was pretending to be good. She bit Ji Yuebai’s lip angrily.
“I’m going to punish you. This is the agreement.”
“Well…”
Ji Yuebai kissed her back, her voice drowned in her lips and teeth.
She could never refuse Xu Nian.
no matter when.
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