Do not engage in underworld operations in the human world!

Chapter 142 A large-scale left-behind monk ascends to the work site

The next morning.

As usual, the literary cultivators came to the courtyard of the academy to meditate.

However, what surprised them was that the academy was extremely quiet today.

Not only did the fifth senior sister, who always didn't care whether they were practicing seriously or not, and would go aside to peek at other people's homework and start to evaluate it whenever they were interested, was not there, even the elder sister who always came out to inspect and supervise from time to time was not there. None of the senior sisters showed up.

In other words, what was originally a tense and exciting class suddenly turned into a relaxing and relaxing self-study.

Except for a few disciples who still held themselves to the strictest standards regardless of whether they were supervised or not, the rest naturally relaxed and began to whisper.

"What's going on today?"

"I don't know. Forget it, Fifth Senior Sister. Senior Sister shouldn't oversleep."

"Where's Fourth Senior Brother?"

"I heard it was a blessing in disguise. I am in retreat."

"Blessed? How can I still be blessed when the Pure Yang Holy Body is released like that?"

"Don't you understand this? It's like the Millennium Cold Pond. It's naturally very cold, right? It's useless! If the water is not alive, it won't flow. If it doesn't flow, there will be no circulation and change. It's just a pool of stagnant water. Fourth Senior Brother's Pure Yang The same principle applies to the Holy Body, that is, it must discharge the old yang and give birth to a new yang, so that it can continue to grow and grow stronger. The so-called neither breaking nor establishing is nothing more than this."

"Who said that?"

"Fifth Senior Sister."

"No wonder, I mean, those physical cultivators in Chiyan Tower always say that they have to practice until they are as clear as clear water, with no trace of white turbidity in order to be considered successful in cultivation. So this is the truth?"

"Yep."

While the literary cultivators were discussing, someone opened the door from the attic and walked out.

As soon as the door was opened, the whispers stopped suddenly. The writers thought that the senior sister had finally come out, and immediately lowered their heads and pretended to write the essays that would be used for assessment in a week.

But he didn't want to look up and see Jiang Lu.

"Eh? Why is it him?"

Jiang Lu yawned, stretched out his hand to block the dazzling sunlight, and squinted his eyes.

"It's already morning"

He shook his head, clasped his hands behind his back, and walked outside the academy.

During the whole process, no one among the literary cultivators made a sound.

Because Jiang Lu's soliloquy clearly indicated that he spent the whole night living in the attic that only Wen Tao's direct disciples could live in. There was no need to say more about what this meant.

Zhou Luwei had been with them for a long time, she was very carefree, and she got along well with them. She didn't take the class distinction between direct disciples and inner disciples so seriously, so matters of etiquette and respect were not important.

But Jiang Lu was different. None of them were familiar with his temperament. Of course, they would worry that if they said something wrong and offended him, they might be scolded.

Therefore, not to mention Wen Xiu, who was in the Qi training period like Jiang Lu, even the few who had established the foundation kept silent, only waiting for Jiang Lu to leave before they dared to discuss anything.

Even Fan Jin, who had just reached the foundation building threshold yesterday and was very satisfied with his ambition, did not speak. Even though he couldn't bear to see Jiang Lu being so close to Zhou Luwei just one day after arriving, he just frowned and watched him leave.

It wasn't until Jiang Lu's figure disappeared from the courtyard gate that he muttered:

"Although the fifth senior sister may seem out of place, she is also a genuine Chaos Saint. Everyone admires the fourth senior brother, and the most mysterious third senior sister and the second senior brother who has never seen the dragon. Needless to say, the senior sister, Even the sect leader is full of praise, why does he stand side by side with these people?"

"Maybe he is also a kind of holy body?" someone asked.

"How can there be a holy body in the middle stage of Qi training?" Fan Jin shook his head: "After the fifth senior sister came into contact with Qi training, she started at the top of Qi training. She built the foundation of Immortal Taoism in one month. If she hadn't pursued the perfect golden elixir, she would have already become a golden elixir. She has undergone a major cultivation, not only her, but other senior brothers and sisters are also deliberately suppressing the speed of cultivation in order to pursue the ultimate. I have never heard of anyone in the holy body or in the middle stage of Qi training."

"Then there must be something special about it."

Xiao Zhan said: "For some reason, when I saw him, I felt my spiritual consciousness ringing non-stop. I feel that if I discuss it with him, I might not even make a sound when farting in the future."

Everyone responded to him with blank stares.

"Junior brother Xiao Zhan, you are really becoming more and more obsessed with it. It's better to make a clear distinction between work and life." Fan Jin sighed: "Besides, what are you talking about? Senior brothers and sisters are not among the most noble and noble. Will you treat him differently because of this kind of thing? Let’s not talk about them, but where do you put the dignity of the master by saying this?"

"Sorry, I didn't think carefully about what I said." Xiao Zhan lowered his head guiltily.

At the same time, the senior sisters who are extremely noble among people are still in Wentao Pavilion, their whole bodies are numb and unable to move.

Among them, Ling Ling, who had a different feeling for Jiang Lu, even though his body did not allow it, did not retreat like others. Instead, he relied on Ling Ling's strong willpower and Taoist heart, as well as Ling Ling, who had the highest level of cultivation and greater responsibility. The great food and paintings are the worst.

"To say that your apprentice is really evil."

Hua Zi, whose legs were not together, tiredly held up his eyelids that were as heavy as lead: "In front of him, it's like all living beings are equal. Not to mention them, even me, I can't protect myself even with my cultivation. , his soul will be destroyed by him."

"This" Yogurt Man Wenwen smiled happily: "This is the Holy Body of Slaanesh!"

There is a saying.

When people are being beaten by a group, the most important thing is not to resist, but to grab one of the other people and attack them desperately. Although you may not be able to protect yourself, the other person will definitely be injured more seriously than yourself.

As someone who has experienced this kind of desperate situation, Jiang Lu naturally understands the truth.

But the danger last night was far less than this worst-case scenario.

Not only were they not attacked by a group at all, but the opponents were even untrained ordinary people.

In this case, Jiang Lu could have fought several people at once, let alone fighting alone. It was equivalent to always facing the enemy in front of him, crushing the opponent with absolute advantage in 1v1, and then repeating Just one night of 1v1.

So for him, it can only be considered a bit of exercise, but in fact he didn't even sweat much.

And the reason why he came out alone was not for anything else. He was mainly entrusted by Wen Tao to go to the Alchemy Peak to get medicine to help the senior sisters relax and replenish their energy.

In addition to the first four people, five more people came one after another, the third senior sister from the academy, and the four senior sisters from the painting academy.

Jiang Lu also didn't expect that the two elite schools of Bailiu Sect, from top to bottom, were all just theoretical experts. At the end of the night, there were only legal lolita Wen Tao Hua Fu, senior sister Ling Ling, third senior sister Gongsun Yu, and others. He was impressed by a senior sister who was the only experienced one among all the people in the painting academy.

Others, even Jiang Lu still doesn't know their names.

Needless to say, the two masters would be great if they could do math problems, but unfortunately they can't.

Senior sister Ling Ling has the highest understanding and can understand everything at a glance. The Charming Holy Body and the Holy Body of Slaanesh complement each other, creating a wonderful chemical reaction and causing the most splashes.

If Genghis Khan saw her riding skills, he would probably give her the position of Khan.

Gongsun Yu, Jiyin Holy Physique, is exactly the opposite of the fourth senior brother. He is often too sensitive and suddenly loses consciousness even when walking. Therefore, he has been in seclusion all year round. Although he has majored in Jindan, he has never gone out to practice.

But Jiang Lu prefers to call it the Mint Holy Body. It has an ice cream-like constitution that melts as soon as it is boiled. If she was the one who entered the [Ten Days of Hell] with Jiang Lu in the first place, then I believe she would not have to encounter so many difficulties in preparing the holy water. She can withstand the power of an army alone, and she was the only one who needed to keep hydrating last night.

Jiang Lu didn't know the name of the senior sister from the painting academy, but he did know that her Taoist companion's name was Luo Tian, ​​and he was a swordsman.

She was unwilling to tell Jiang Lu her name, and she refused to call Jiang Lu by his name. She called her Taoist companion's name throughout the process.

But later on, although she still stubbornly stated that this move was only for the interests of the sect, one of her actions still made Jiang Lu feel a little warm.

It's hard to describe in detail what kind of behavior it is, but its gold content is equivalent to "he wants to wear it, but you don't need to wear it."

As for Zhou Luwei, she was blacklisted by Jiang Lu because she didn't know where she got the props and wore them to tease Jiang Lu.

Just as he was thinking about it, Jiang Lu successfully arrived at the Alchemy Peak and found the steward who was sitting in the accounting room.

"Is Mr. Su in charge?" Jiang Lu looked at the other party's waist badge and said, "Please give me the Qi Replenishing Pill for nine people. I want it to be of the highest quality."

"For nine people?"

Manager Su was stunned: "You are a monk in the qi training period, and you have to take a qi-boosting pill several times. This one is three pills. What do you want so many pills for?"

"Ah, it's not for me." Jiang Lu explained, "My master asked me to get it."

"Oh." Manager Su nodded: "Where's the souvenir?"

Jiang Lu took out the seal given by Wen Tao from his arms: "Here."

Manager Su took the seal, took a look at it, and was immediately surprised: "Elder Wen Tao? Are you a disciple of Shise Academy?"

"Yeah, what's the problem?"

Jiang Luxin asked, "Don't you look like a scholar?"

"There is no problem, it's just a little strange, because the disciples of Shise Academy never need Qi-Building Pills, so I was a little curious for a moment."

Manager Su looked at Jiang Lu in confusion:

"The people who usually exchange the most Qi-Building Pills are the people from Blazing Flame Tower. Your academy won't ask for one for a year and a half, so why do you want nine copies of it this time?"

"Uh"

Of course, Jiang Lu couldn't tell outsiders about the purpose, so he immediately shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I'm just running errands for my master. If you want to know, you have to ask her. How about I go back and ask?"

"No, no need."

Manager Su waved his hand quickly. When Jiang Lu said this, he also realized that he had overstepped a bit. He was curious, but he didn't want to cause trouble for an elder, let alone the most difficult one in the sect, every elder. They all sell her some face-saving food.

There was once a steward who met her and secretly commented on how short she was. She was thrown directly into the Blazing Flame Tower and trained to be a toy for those female cultivators who were refining their bodies. It was so terrifying.

God knows if the other party knew that she was asking for the Qi Replenishing Pill but she still hesitated, whether she would be thrown into the Beast Controlling Mountain tomorrow because she walked into the Alchemy Peak with her left foot first, and become one of those perverted pet beasts of the Beast Controlling lineage.

Thinking of this, he just wanted to deal with Jiang Lu as soon as possible, so he picked up his pen and started to prepare the note.

But as soon as he opened the inventory page of Qi-Building Pills in the account book, he was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then said to Jiang Lu apologetically: "Oh, unfortunately, Chiyan Tower took away all the remaining Qi-Building Pills yesterday. , we have to wait until the afternoon for the new Qi-Building Pill to be released. If it’s not urgent, how about you come back in the afternoon?”

"I'm just in a hurry. If I'm not in a hurry, can I come over early in the morning?"

Jiang Lu was also a little depressed. Wen Tao and Hua Ji were just that. Their cultivation level was there. Even without the Qi-Building Pill, they would recover after a short rest. But the others couldn't do it. They were all like that. After a while, My son is definitely not getting better.

They had work to do during the day, so Jiang Lu would feel very sorry if he delayed them.

"Please think of a way to make it evener, or tell me where you have exchanged a larger quantity of Qi-Building Pills. I'll try my luck and see if I can borrow some."

"Let me take a look at this for you." Manager Su reluctantly followed Jiang Lu's request and began to check where a large number of Qi-Building Pills had been mentioned recently.

After looking at it, Manager Su made a discovery: "Yes, in order to prepare for the sacrificial ceremony in a month's time, the Star Observation Tower has taken away a lot of various elixirs. They probably haven't been used yet. If they were just borrowed, look. In terms of Elder Wen Tao’s face, it shouldn’t be a big problem.”

"Oh, thank you!" Jiang Lu nodded gratefully, then turned and left.

"Hey! Seal!" "Oh." Jiang Lu turned around and took away Wen Tao's seal.

Seeing his frizzy appearance, Manager Su found it a little funny.

Wen Tao actually asked such a lowly disciple to run errands, which was really arrogant.

"Wait a minute." Jiang Lu turned back and said, "Where is the Star Observation Tower?"

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Under the guidance of Manager Su, Jiang Lu finally made it to the Star Observation Tower.

This is a seven-story tower standing on the cliff between two peaks. The base is a huge stone mill-like disc, connecting the peaks on both sides. Under the disc, there is a bottomless view. of abyss.

Jiang Lu stood on the disk, looked down, and thought to himself: "Is the sacrifice here? Does that mean the Gate of the Netherworld should be down there?"

As expected of the Bailiu Sect, other immortals ascend by opening the Heavenly Gate and fly upwards, while they fall downwards, focusing on an evil fall.

Being able to come to the Star Observation Tower was an unexpected surprise for Jiang Lu.

He originally planned to come sooner or later to see how the sacrifice was run, but he didn't expect to have this opportunity the next day.

After thinking about it, he entered the Star Observation Building, found the steward on the first floor, and explained his purpose.

"Qi-Building Pill?"

The steward nodded: "We do, but I have to report it. Please wait here."

"Sorry to trouble you."

After the steward went upstairs, Jiang Lu wandered around on the first floor.

Each floor of the Star Observation Tower has different functions, among which all the disciples practice metaphysics.

Just like the disciples on the first floor, who are learning the art of seeking good luck and avoiding bad luck, each of them has a screen of light suspended in front of them.

Jiang Lu was curious, so he found a casual and friendly person to chat with.

After understanding it, he learned that these light curtains connected the world outside the Bailiu Sect's secret realm. To be precise, they connected some secret strongholds of the Bailiu Sect.

If someone pays a lot of money to ask the disciples of the Star Observation Tower to do fortune-telling, they can communicate with this light curtain through those strongholds, and then the disciples on the first floor can do fortune-telling remotely and work from home, which is quite humane.

However, due to the limited strength of the disciples on the first floor, they can only calculate evil and good, and they can only withstand the backlash of mortals, so they basically face ordinary people.

If you want to help practitioners seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, or learn more advanced deduction techniques that can calculate specific matters, you must be a higher-level disciple.

Listening to the other party's words, Jiang Lu began to think about the possibility of asking the people in the Star Observation Tower to help him deduce the location of the clone. But thinking about it carefully, I am afraid that this level of backlash would have to be destroyed by a thunderbolt, let alone the integration period. Come down and chop him to death on the spot.

So he retreated to the next best thing and asked about matters related to sacrifices.

"Senior brother, I have always been curious, how did our sect communicate with Baiyi Laomu, and what is the core of the sacrifice?"

"Is it the core of sacrifice?" The other party thought for a while: "The core is sincerity. Wherever sincerity reaches, gold and stone will open."

"Uh," Jiang Lu explained, "No, I mean, key items for sacrifices and so on."

"Oh, you said this." The other party suddenly realized: "As for the key item, it is probably the portrait of Baiyi Laomu. In it, there is the whole charm of Baiyi Laomu. Seeing this painting is like seeing Baiyi Laomu. I don’t make any difference.”

"So that means that the most important thing in sacrifice is the items related to the person being sacrificed, right?"

"I can't say that, but of course it would be best if there are any. The closer the object is to the person being sacrificed, the easier it is for the voice of the sacrifice to be heard by the deity. And the most important thing is that each object of sacrifice is Unique sacrificial inscriptions, this is the key point.”

The other party explained patiently: "Without the items, the sacrifice may be successful, but without the ritual text, everything is in vain."

"That's it"

Jiang Lu was a little disappointed.

Although he figured out that the key point was the sacrificial inscription, how did he know what his sacrificial inscription was?

Thinking of this, Jiang Lu asked again:

"Speaking of which, besides Baiyi Old Mother, are there no other immortals in the underworld?"

"This really exists!"

Hearing this question, the other party suddenly said excitedly:

"I have heard of a legend that the portrait of Baiyi Laomu seems to have come from the handwriting of a being above it, so her charm can be recorded.

If it were anyone under the immortal, not to mention recording her charm, just facing her would be pressured from the soul. This is the gap between humans and immortals. "

"Oh?" Jiang Lu suddenly saw a glimmer of hope: "Then that existence is..."

"I don't know." The other party shook his head: "I've already said it's a legend. It's hard to tell whether a legend is true or not, let alone who that existence is."

After a pause, he changed the topic again: "However, everyone said that that existence is the master of the underworld. After all, except for this kind of existence, no one can make Baiyi's mother willing to paint that kind of painting."

"That kind of painting? What painting?" Jiang Lu was a little curious.

The other party looked around and whispered: "Let's talk first. Although everyone knows this legend, no one has actually seen it. Don't say that I told you."

"Understand."

Seeing Jiang Lu nodding heavily, the other party released his desire to share, his eyes were bright and clear, and he said word by word: "Nude painting!"

"Ah?" Jiang Lu was stunned: "It's what I thought, right?"

"Correct!"

The other party nodded:

"Because the content of the painting is sensitive, the scroll is kept in the painting box and is not unfolded during the annual sacrifice.

Moreover, the Baiyi mother in the portrait has a crazy look on her face, which is not like the stunning beauty that exists in the human world. I heard that that kind of look is something that even the lunatics in Wangchuan can't imagine.

There was once a senior who was in the Nascent Soul Stage who was refining his body. After taking one look at the portrait, he went into seclusion in the Blazing Flame Tower like crazy. He worked with his hands for a whole month, forgetting to sleep and eat, and finally his body exploded and died. "

"Hiss" Jiang Lu was speechless: "Is it so scary?"

"Yes, I also heard that Baiyi Laomu is not a human at all, but a great demon, ghost and fairy with many animal characteristics!"

"not human?"

"I heard that although she is charming, she does not have a foxy face, but a kind of confusion that is pure and mixed with confusion. How should I put it?"

"Pure and lust, pure lust?"

"Yes, yes! That's what I mean, you are simply a genius!"

"You go on."

"That appearance is very similar to that of a cat, but except for her head, her body is not as powerful as a cat's body. Instead, it is very delicate, and there are two pairs of spider-like appendages on her back. Her true nature The phase is definitely not any kind of creature that exists in the human world.”

Listening to the other party's description, Jiang Lu thought of something.

With such physical characteristics, this Baiyi mother is not a cat in the form of an insect, right?

When he thought of this, Jiang Lu suddenly thought of something.

He used [Super Memory] to urgently search the memories carried in the Evil God's Hip, and suddenly remembered that he did seem to remember a special cat bug.

The cat bug somehow wandered into the outside world and swallowed something unknown. It unexpectedly transformed and was met by Jiang Lu when he and Zeus were wandering around the world. After an in-depth exchange, she was completely devoted to Jiang Lu. , followed him back to the underworld.

It seemed that she was arranged to be a supervisor of something.

Jiang Lu thought about it carefully and finally remembered.

At that time, he had a department dedicated to cultivating talents with various talents from the human world, and selected those with good conditions to be extradited to the underworld and entered a reception department under the Ministry of Commerce.

In other words, it seems that Baiyi's mother, who is regarded as a god here, was just a talent base manager and part-time life secretary arranged by herself.

To put it harshly, he is the madam of Jiang Lu's subordinate industry.

"tsk"

Thinking of this, Jiang Lu only felt that the contrast between the two worlds was a bit too magical, but everything made sense.

It’s about why no immortals came back after ascending.

This is the same as when people who go out to work see the prosperity of big cities and try their best to stay in big cities and are unwilling to return to small counties.

He looked at the other party in surprise: "Brother, have you heard too much about this?"

Normally, the most critical information should be the one or two keywords given by the Riddler. Even if you know a little bit, the conclusion you draw may be completely opposite to the facts.

But the old man in front of him was different. He said he had heard about it, but in fact, even if he cut the amount of information in half and spent some time at most, Jiang Ludu could still think of it.

"Hi."

The other party waved his hand indifferently:

"What is this? I said it was hearsay, but that is also compared to the intelligence system of our Star Observation Tower. Things that are not 100% certain can only be regarded as hearsay here.

I dare not say anything else, but at least the physical training in the Nascent Soul stage is a fact, and the appearance of Baiyi Old Mother is also based on facts. "

"Do you have any explanation?" Jiang Lu became interested.

"Because the priest has not produced anyone who can ascend in nearly a hundred years, and even if she ascends, Baiyi Old Mother never appears, so no one has seen her in person."

The other party said:

"The previous building master was a cultivator. After seeing the portrait of Baiyi's mother, he didn't die suddenly like the Yuan Ying stage senior. I don't know what kind of demon he was possessed by. Anyway, he just didn't think about food or tea all day long.

During this period, he painted countless portraits of Baiyi's mother, so her appearance was passed down.

He hoped that one day he would be able to ascend and see the other person. Until one day, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he stole the secret and deduced how to meet Baiyi's mother. "

"and then?"

"Then I will become the previous landlord."

　Good afternoon!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)