Xianlu

Chapter 155 Sneak into the back mountain and exchange blood

Entering the ghost market, Xu Dao first added some bigu pills, spells, formation materials and other things on the market, then he found a random tavern, ordered a bowl of spiritual wine, and hung out in the ghost market stand up.

After simply inquiring about some recent events on Sheshan, he suddenly learned that the Shezhao tribe would hold a meeting to worship Jiangshen in June.

This gathering is said to be held every year, but it will only be grandly organized once in a few decades.

There was a lot of noise in the tavern, and there was not much time until June. Basically, out of every three tables of guests, two tables of guests were discussing this matter, but it was not known which day in June the specific time would be.

Xu Dao listened to the loud conversations of others, and suddenly he heard someone say:

"I heard that the elders of the Shezhao clan, that is, the Taoist priests in the foundation realm, will also show up at the gathering."

"Extremely! At that time, it will really be regarded as a grand event. If you can get the appreciation of the Taoist priest who established the foundation, you will be lucky!"

"Foundation Establishment Taoist." Xu Dao chewed the word, he suddenly thought of the voice he heard when he was in the lake, and thought: "There will be a meeting in June, and the time is probably the June [-]th that I heard in the lake. gone."

It's just that Xu Dao's eyebrows and eyes are not like other people's. He has no look of expectation, but frowned instead.

It's all because Xu Dao had experienced a meeting when he was in the Temple of the Bone, and the meeting was called the "Discussion Conference".

According to the information that Xu Dao has obtained so far, in his mind, the conference on Shezhao will probably be a gathering similar to the "Discussion Conference".

Especially when he was lurking in the dragon veins of Shezhao, he heard that the side of Shezhao would let Taoists who had obtained the Immortal Ascension Fruit into the Dragon Palace.

"I don't know if I will get benefits if I go to the Dragon Palace, or I will feed the dragon." Xu Dao thought with a sneer in his heart.

But these things have nothing to do with him. Even if he joins in the fun, he will just be mixed in with the crowd.

And there are more than a thousand practitioners in the ghost market, all of which are a large source of money from Shezhao. Even if it is just for the sake of the ghost market's business, most Taoists should not be in much danger.

Of course, now that he knew about this matter, Xu Dao naturally had to be on guard. He said to himself secretly in his heart:
"It seems that we really have to start running. If the situation is not right, the Shezhao tribe is going to close the ghost market, or close the mountain like the Bone Temple, and they must leave immediately!"

With this psychological preparation, Xu Dao didn't think too much, the most important thing for him right now was to get the little fox girl Su Jiu back, so as not to delay too long, and that guy died.

After eating a few bowls of wine, Xu Dao left the tavern and wandered aimlessly in the ghost market.He quietly walked to the place where the ghost city was sparsely populated and close to the back mountain.

Sheshan is wide and is the largest mountain adjacent to the Wuxia River. Although the ghost market is on the top of the mountain, it is not the highest.

The highest part of the mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist all the year round, and it is hidden from outsiders all day long. The mountain behind it is vast, and it is connected with small hills. It is also covered with clouds and mist, and has spiritual energy. It is the real living place of the Shezhao tribe.

And those who can live in the clouds and mists are all practitioners in Shezhao, because Xu Dao stayed on Sheshan not long ago, and Shezhao's so-called meeting to worship the river god has not yet been held, so he doesn't know Shezhao How many practitioners are there.

But according to what I saw in the ghost market, their number should be more than that of the Bone Temple. Even if they lost a lot of stubble in the Black Mountain, the number of Taoist disciples in the realm of Qi refining in their clan will not be small, after all, it is a tribe.

He quietly came to the place close to the back mountain, and while others were not paying attention, Xu Dao immediately slipped into the clouds and mist of the back mountain.

But soon, he stopped and squinted at a few stone pillars in front of him.The stone pillars are all carved with strange runes, and the characters are distorted and flashing with aura, showing that there is a formation in operation nearby.

This reminded Xu Dao of the saying in the ghost market, and he cursed in a low voice: "This Shezhao is really rich and powerful, and the formations protecting the mountain are half-opened on weekdays, which can prevent outsiders from entering."

There are also formations arranged by the Bone Temple on the White Bone Mountain, but the mountain protection formation of the White Bone Temple is only fully activated during the time when the whole view is going down the mountain, and it only plays the role of gathering spiritual energy and isolating sunlight on weekdays.

But the formation of Shezhao is different. It not only maintains the function of gathering aura, but also identifies people inside and outside. On the one hand, it can ensure safety, and on the other hand, it can also prevent outside casual cultivators from enjoying the aura of Sheshan.

But if casual cultivators want to enter the back mountain to practice, it is not impossible, and they can even buy caves in the back mountain like the Shezhao tribe.

It's just that after a year, it needs a lot of talisman money, which is not something ordinary casual cultivators can afford.

In addition, Shezhao will also register those who enter the back mountain and issue identity cards one by one.

This approach is not necessary for ordinary people, it is nothing more than the identity information and the location of the cave are known by Shezhao.

But for Xu Dao, otherwise, he came today to sneak into the interior of the Shezhao, one is to find the thief's house, to see who kidnapped his Taoist boy, and the other is to secretly look at the situation inside the Shezhao, in his heart There is a bottom.

Thinking to himself, Xu Dao pondered: "Why don't you just wait in the ghost market and see if there will be people with the smell of mayflies entering the ghost market?"

It's just that Xu Dao didn't have much patience for delaying things for too long.

As for finding someone to take him into the back mountain, it was completely out of Xu Dao's consideration.If that's the case, he will completely turn from darkness to light, and directly appear in the eyes of the Shezhao tribe.

When the time comes, whenever something happens in Houshan, the first person Shezhao suspects is an outsider like him.

Suddenly, Xu Dao saw that although there was aura on the stone pillars of the formation, the aura was not very strong, and the clouds and mist that filled the back mountain were not too strong.

"Why don't you try to restrain your breath and see if you can touch it in." Holding the jade hook of restraining breath at his waist, Xu Dao's heart skipped a beat.

As soon as he thought about it, he immediately walked towards the back mountain casually, as if he had just walked here, not knowing that behind the stone pillars was the back mountain of Shezhao.

And according to what Xu Dao knew in the tavern, even if he triggers the formation, it will only attract the nearby Shezhao clansmen who are guarding the gate and patrolling the mountain.

At that time, if the intruder has strong magic power and high level, the mountain patrollers will not be harsh, but will recommend the Taoist to buy a cave for a year or so in the back mountain.

Only when the trespasser is of a low level, will he be reprimanded, but that's all, at most he will be extorted for a few talismans.

Xu Dao poured mana into the breath-holding jade hook, and his whole body's aura suddenly became low, as if he had turned into a stone.

He didn't hesitate any longer, as soon as the aura on his body was blocked, he immediately stepped into the formation.

Silently, Xu Dao felt as if he had entered a dark place from a sunny place, and his body became cold, but other than that, there were no other changes around him.

Not only was there no warning light on the stone pillars, but even the surrounding clouds didn't roll much.

Seeing this scene, Xu Dao was overjoyed. Holding the jade hook, he secretly called out: "It's really a treasure."

It is said that this jade hook was obtained together with him when he obtained Nanke Anyu, and traced back to its heel, it is still a treasure in the Shezhao.

And since he got the jade hook of restraining interest, he has helped Xu Dao several times, which is quite extraordinary, and his achievements are not inferior to Nan Ke's.

After sneaking into the back mountain of Shezhao, Xu Dao didn't have time to think too much, he quickly disappeared here to avoid being seen by others.

In fact, relying on the jade hook to successfully "walk" into the back mountain, he no longer needs to be overly cautious.

After all, in the eyes of other people, the people in the back mountain were either members of Shezhao's tribe, or they were casual cultivators living in the back mountain, and not many people would come forward to bother them, let alone interrogate them.

Strolling in the back mountain, Xu Dao found that the back mountain of Shezhao was much wider than the site on Baigu Mountain that belonged to the Bone Temple, and he gradually realized that he could relax.

It's just that he is cautious by nature, so he still changed his outfit, put on a black robe, with an ordinary seedling clothes hanging inside, and the cuttlefish flying sword was hidden in his stomach.

After entering the back mountain, the telepathy of the Ant King Nanke became clearer, and Xu Dao sent another batch of mayflies to wander around the back mountain, looking for traces of their companions.

Not long after, the ant king and the swarm confirmed a route, leading Xu Dao to rush forward.

The mountains and forests on the road are wild and desolate, and snakes and insects appear frequently, many of which are surprisingly poisonous at first glance.If an ordinary person from the immortal way came here, he would immediately cover himself with a protective spell to prevent his body from being damaged by the poison.

But now that Xu Dao has achieved refining skin and flesh, he doesn't need to use spells, so as not to expose his figure.

Just like that, Xu Dao walked among the trees and poisonous insects like a fish in water, as if he was really a member of the Shezhao tribe.

After only half an hour, he stopped his movements and looked at a mass of confusion that appeared in front of him.

The maze is composed of poisonous mist, which is far darker than the poisonous mist that permeates the mountain. Within the area covered by the poisonous mist, there is no grass, only some living things such as scorpions and centipedes will occasionally crawl out.

Obviously this is where a Taoist's cave is located. Its owner is good at using poisonous mist, and most of them are monks from Shezhao.

Standing near the cave, Xu Dao took out the Ant King from the ants, held it in his hand and silently felt it, and said in his heart: "The ants on Su Jiu's body are not dead, it seems that she may still be alive, but I don't know. How's it going?"

Although it is determined that Su Jiu is very likely to be alive, and has also found the location of the other party.

But Xu Dao didn't break in directly, but looked around, found a condescending place where he could hide his figure, and silently watched.

This is someone else's cave, and he is not a fool, how could he rush into it regardless.

What's more, Su Jiu is just one of his Taoist boys, so it's not worth the risk for him.

Xu Dao didn't just wait, he looked at the place where the poisonous mist was, and silently called out a gnat, and let it crawl forward.

Zizi!The poisonous fog arranged by an unknown person is really fierce, even if a gnat encounters it, half of it will die on the spot.

However, there are still living things in the poisonous fog, which proves that they can actually be adapted, and the Nanke scorpion is the most adaptable thing Xu Dao has ever seen, and it has been trained in the Longmaisha Cave not long ago.

He calmly controlled the gnats, and it didn't take long for the gnats to barely survive in the poisonous fog, which made him feel relieved.

"The next step is to sneak into this cave."

However, Xu Dao's next action was not to immediately enter the poisonous fog, but to stay away from the cave and find a place inaccessible.

After making the appropriate arrangements and completely hiding his whereabouts, Xu Dao just came out of his body, driving the gnats out, and quietly flew into the poisonous mist with the breath-reducing jade hook.

Possessed inside the mayfly, Xu Dao easily slipped into the poisonous mist, crawled over many obstacles, and carefully avoided the centipede, scorpion and other things inside.

On the way, he found that the interior covered by the poisonous mist was a ravine, which was full of Yin Qi, and there was no grass growing, only snakes and insects entangled with each other formed a forest like a tree.

And in the middle of the ravine, you can see a stone house, and there is a wooden cross outside the stone house, which is stained with blood, and a person has just been nailed to it.

Xu Dao looked around and found that the person was his little fox girl, Su Jiu!

His eyelids twitched a few times, the emotions in his heart were just waves, and he didn't think of getting angry and rushing to rescue the other party, but continued to observe in a leisurely manner.

Xu Dao noticed that although the little fox girl was nailed to the wooden frame, there were no other wounds on her body except for the black steel nails stuck in the palms and soles of her feet, which sealed her blood.

It's just that his face is pale, his ears are drooping, his speech is blocked by something, his breath is dying, and he is obviously not in a good condition.

Just next to the wooden shelf, there is a table with knives and forks, bottles and cans, colorful things, suspected tableware, giving people a permeating feeling.

After thinking about it in his heart, Xu Dao drove the mayfly and slowly groped forward.After getting close to a certain distance, he suddenly stopped.

I saw that only an inch away from the gnat, there was an idea circulating, lurking under the ground, if someone stepped over it, it would definitely trigger the formation and alarm the owner of the house here.

Xu Dao observed it for a few times, and thought to himself: "It's not true, but the formation is common, but it's ingenious."

If someone passed through the poisonous fog like him, and then relaxed his vigilance after seeing the stone house, he would be caught by accident.

Fortunately, the formation method is ordinary, not high-level stuff, especially because it is a dark formation, which may be deceived.

Xu Dao used the breath-holding jade hook to sway past the dark formation like a stone again.

It's just that after this formation, he can no longer hide the protection and early warning formation arranged on the stone house.

Because the stone house is where the Taoist really practiced, there are no snakes, insects or stones, even the fog is difficult to invade, and it will be shielded from the outside.

But Xu Dao didn't need to run into the stone house, Su Jiu was hung outside the stone house, he could lurk there.

After more than ten breaths, Xu Daofei landed on Su Jiu's body and sank into the other's hair.Before he could show up, a sharp voice suddenly came from inside the stone house:
"Okay, little girl, have you thought about it, are you willing to nod your head and dedicate your heart and soul to me?" His voice was harsh, like a wild cat in heat.

Su Jiu's face was pale, her lips were black, and she looked like she had lost too much blood. When she heard the question in the stone house, she barely opened her eyes, which were full of numbness and despair.

(End of this chapter)