Mortal: Fengling Linggen, married Chen Qiaoqian

"Master Daoyou, don't worry. Since we have agreed to this, we will naturally do our best. Moreover, if this secret technique is really helpful in impacting the Spiritual Transformation Stage, we may be able to use it one day in the future." The old woman laughed and responded.

"If I am lucky enough to enter the late Nascent Soul stage, this method may be our chance."

The gray-robed monk spoke slowly.

Yan Yun nodded slightly without saying anything more.

However, Master Hanli seemed quite satisfied with the performance of the three people. After thanking them loudly, he began to change the layout of the magic circle.

Yan Yun and others first returned to the stone house built with the Sun Essence Stone to take a rest.

Although they have successfully recovered their magic power, the frequent manipulation of extremely cold fire for several consecutive days has caused their consciousness to fall into deep fatigue, and they really need a large-scale rest and recuperation.

Time flies, and a day passes in a flash. When Yan Yun and others walked out of the stone chamber again, Master Hanli had already immersed himself in the cold air in the magic circle, with his eyes closed in meditation.

The volume of the milky white cold air mass has increased several times compared to yesterday.

Obviously, he has invested a lot of energy and enthusiasm in this matter. As for the middle-aged man in green and Bai Mengxin, they followed the former back to their original place shortly after they entered the stone chamber.

Only Master Hanli stayed outside the stone chamber from beginning to end and never left for a moment.

When Yan Yun was about to carefully observe the specific changes of the formation in front of him, he suddenly heard a surprised cry from the monk. He seemed to be very surprised and at the same time had a somewhat astonished expression.

Yan Yun glanced back and found that the monk was looking up at the sky with an indescribable strange expression on his face.

His heart moved, and he turned his head to look, but his expression changed slightly. It turned out that the entrance that was vaguely visible had disappeared without a trace, and the huge bronze tripod used to open the passage was also missing.

"Fellow Daoist Hanli, what is your intention?"

When the old woman saw the scene, she couldn't help but suppress her inner emotions, and a look of vigilance appeared on her face.

"Haha, fellow Taoists, don't worry. Since I don't want to be disturbed by any unexpected events during the next breakthrough, I decided to temporarily close this entrance. In addition, during the next breakthrough, I may need to rely on the power of this artifact called 'Qianlan Ding'."

Master Hanli remained calm and answered with a smile in the cold air.

"I see!"

The monk and the old woman looked at each other, revealing a hint of hesitation, while Yan Yun narrowed his eyes and stared at the silence in the air, not speaking for a long time. The atmosphere in the cave suddenly became tense and depressing.

"It seems that I have not considered it well, which has caused doubts among you fellow Taoists. In this case, I can give up using this tripod. Although the entrance still needs to be temporarily closed, I will place the Qianlan Tripod near the entrance. What do you fellow Taoists think?"

Master Hanli smiled slightly and spoke to Yan Yun and others in a friendly manner.

Then, he waved his sleeves, and a ball of blue flame carried the small tripod straight into the sky. In the blink of an eye, it rose to a height of hundreds of feet and stayed steadily below the entrance.

After seeing this scene, although Yan Yun and the others had not completely eliminated their doubts, they naturally felt much more at ease when they saw that the small tripod that could control the entrance was already away from Master Hanli.

The old woman thought for a long time, and finally her expression eased a little. She laughed dryly and said:

"Fellow Daoist Hanli, you are worrying too much. How dare the three of us question your sincerity? We were just confused for a moment. Let's hurry up and help fellow Daoist Master break through the bottleneck!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the old woman no longer waited for others to respond, and took the lead in flashing and flying into the magic circle.

"Donor Yan, what do you think? Although what Daoist Fellow Hanli said makes sense, I still have some concerns. To ensure that everything is safe, why don't we two act together? As for Donor Long, as far as I know, she has a deep connection with Xiaoji Palace, so we still need to act with caution."

The gray-robed monk actually secretly conveyed a message to Yan Yun.

The battle was changing rapidly. Yan Yun's heart tightened. He quickly glanced at the monk and saw that the corner of his mouth was slightly raised, revealing a meaningful smile.

Yan Yun was pondering the truth of the other party's words. Suddenly, a loud thunder-like sound came from the Xu Ling Palace above the Xuanyu Cave. The whole cave shook violently, as if it had suffered a violent impact.

Everyone looked horrified.

At this moment, if you stand on the top of the giant mountain in Xiaoji Palace, you can see an ice and snow phoenix with a body dozens of feet tall and its body as white as jade.

It was soaring around the forbidden light curtain of the giant mountain with its wings spread. A cold wind whistled past and a huge iceberg over a hundred feet in size formed out of thin air under its body. Then its claws loosened.

In an instant, as if a mountain was pressing down on one's head, the iceberg fell down with a loud bang, hitting the light curtain heavily, causing a deafening noise.

Countless dazzling white lights splashed everywhere.

The originally indestructible light curtain showed strange distortion, but it could not be broken after all. Despite this, the giant mountain continued to tremble under this impact, and some fragile buildings on the mountain even collapsed instantly.

This giant phoenix was transformed from the woman in silver.

Due to the heavy losses suffered by the low-level Ice Sea Monster Clan before, she was burning with rage in her heart, and she even ignored the fact that she was a spiritual beast of heaven and earth with icy attributes and ignored the outer layer of the icy restriction formation.

He forcibly broke through the space barrier, arrived above the Ice City, and used his magical powers to attack the protective restrictions of Xiaoji Palace.

Although she successfully launched a surprise attack, causing chaos among the monks in the giant mountain, the high-level monks in the Xiaoji Palace below would naturally not sit idly by and allow her to continue attacking.

Just as the white halo was flashing on the body of the demon bird and was about to condense an iceberg again, a silver stream of light and a ball of white light flew out from the light curtain below, and a human figure was swaying in it. It was Bai Yaoyi and the gray-haired old man.

Before getting close to the Ice Phoenix, Bai Yaoyi let out a delicate cry and two silver flying swords slashed out first.

The gray-haired old man rubbed his hands together with a gloomy expression, and a treasure swelled up in the wind and flew out from his sleeve. It turned out to be a crystal clear jade bottle.

The bottle was flashing with light, but a rumbling sound came from the mouth of the bottle, which seemed quite mysterious.

Upon seeing this, the Ice Phoenix's light green eyes lit up, and it flapped its wings violently. More than a dozen huge ice spears over ten feet long appeared under its wings and shot towards the two of them.

Upon seeing this, the gray-haired old man snorted coldly, and made a hand gesture in the white light. Suddenly, the jade bottle shook violently, and more than a dozen black and white light spurted out of the bottle mouth. After a flash, they actually wrapped around the ice spears in a strange way.

Surprisingly, these rays of light seemed to contain some kind of magical power. When all the ice spears touched them, they immediately trembled and shrank rapidly, becoming the size of chopsticks in the blink of an eye, and then were sucked into the jade bottle by these black and white rays of light. A trace of surprise flashed in Bingfeng's eyes, but he didn't have time to think about it. His body shook and turned into an endless gust of wind and snow, sweeping towards the two people opposite him.

Bai Yaoyi and the gray-haired old man were not afraid at all. Two silver streams of light and a ball of black and white air flashed brightly as they rushed forward.

Suddenly, a deafening roar sounded from the top of the giant mountain, with wind and snow interweaving and spiritual light flashing.

However, what was strange was that the beautiful woman and other elders of Xiaoji Palace did not show up to support. They must have been either presiding over the forbidden magic circle or going to fight other high-level monsters.

Amid the fierce battle outside, Yan Yun and others who were in the Xuanyu Cave in the Xu Ling Palace also truly felt the impact of the battle and looked shocked.

Master Hanli also turned his head and looked towards the cave entrance, his expression gradually becoming serious.

"It seems that the monsters have already started to act. In this case, we must be cautious about opening the cave entrance. If we are disturbed at the critical moment of the breakthrough, I am afraid that all our efforts will be wasted. I originally planned to rely on the power of you Taoist friends to resist the monsters, and I will never do anything that is harmful to the three Taoist friends."

The tone of the Great Elder of Xiaoji Palace became increasingly serious, revealing his firm determination.

"We understand what Brother Hanli said. However, when we help you break through the bottleneck, if we succeed, your cultivation will be improved, but our vitality will be greatly damaged. It is really worrying to be in such a closed underground environment. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and precautions are also indispensable. Although we have a deep friendship with your palace, it seems too risky to entrust our lives to you just based on a few promises."

The monk frowned slightly and spoke slowly.

"Indeed, it is normal for you fellow Taoists to be so cautious. If it were me, I would not put myself in such a dangerous situation. So, Master Mojiu, do you have a better solution?"

Master Hanli asked with a hint of helplessness.

"How about this. If you don't have any other ideas, you can temporarily hand over this Qianlan Ding to the three of us for safekeeping. After this matter is over, the three of us will definitely return the Ding intact. In this way, we can help you break through the bottleneck with peace of mind."

The gray-robed monk suddenly made this suggestion with a gleam in his eyes.

After these words were spoken, Yan Yun and the old woman standing on the beam of light were both stunned, and then nodded as if they understood something.

"Good idea! This really is the best of both worlds."

Yan Yun immediately agreed.

The old woman pondered for a moment and slowly nodded in agreement.

When the middle-aged man in green heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and he couldn't help but interrupt:

"Master Mojiu, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this. Master, you should know the origin of this Qianlan Ding. It is my exclusive magic weapon for practicing Qianlan Ice Flame. How can it fall into the hands of others so easily?"

As he spoke, he shook his head repeatedly to express his opposition.

"We are only keeping it temporarily. We will definitely return it to you before leaving this place. We have no intention of keeping it for ourselves. Ouyang Daoist is too nervous."

The gray-robed monk, who always appeared kind and friendly, now seemed extremely resolute.

"But……"

The middle-aged man in green was about to continue arguing, but was interrupted by Master Hanli:
"Forget it, Junior Brother Ouyang. Master Mojiu's words are not without reason. Okay, I agree to this matter. However, which of the three Taoist friends should be given the care of this Qianlan Ding?"

Although the great elder agreed to this matter, the last question made Yan Yun hesitate, and he couldn't help but glance at the other two people.

The monk and the old woman also fell silent, and no one spoke for a while.

"Since it was Master Mojiu who proposed this, let him keep the tripod for me. I have always had full faith in your character." The old woman said this with a slight movement of her eyes.

Yan Yun narrowed his eyes, thought quickly in his mind, and finally nodded slightly.

"Since you two Taoist friends trust me so much, I will keep this tripod temporarily." The gray-robed monk did not refuse and agreed solemnly.

Seeing that the three had already made a decision, Master Hanli did not delay any longer. He pointed at the small tripod in the sky. The tripod spun around, and the blue flames on its body shrank, and it slowly fell down.

Seeing this, the gray-robed monk did not dare to neglect it. He flicked his sleeves and a green light flew out from his sleeves, which immediately swept the small tripod into it and temporarily imprisoned it.

Although this cauldron can produce dry blue ice flames, he himself also possesses an extremely cold flame, so there is no need to worry about any mistakes.

This time, Yan Yun took the initiative to transform into a beam of light and shot towards the white light column. To be honest, after observing the previous few days, Yan Yun really understood this secret technique.

However, the final breakthrough method is the most important one, and one must witness it personally to finally master the entire secret technique.

So even though Yan Yun felt a little uneasy about the cave being sealed, he was not too afraid because he believed that God could pass through humans.

Even if the Great Elder of Xiaoji Palace really succeeded in breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Stage, there is nothing to be afraid of before he stabilizes his realm.

What's more, the limitations of the Spirit Transformation Stage in the human world today were also mentioned in two sentences in the jade slip left behind by Linglong when she flew away. After he had a brief understanding of it, his fear was much lessened.

However, for the sake of safety, he moved his mind and quietly summoned the Taiyin True Fire into the magic circle, and hid it under a piece of rock.

No one else noticed anything during this process.

At this moment, the gray-robed monk smiled and flew up, and the others also flew into the magic circle.

Master Hanli snapped his ten fingers without hesitation, activating the magic circle again.

Suddenly, a rosy glow appeared all around, and a layer of light curtain emerged again, covering everyone in it. A misty hurricane also blew up, covering the light curtain underneath it.

Yan Yun blinked and looked around carefully.

Although the activated restrictions seemed to be the same as those of the previous days, the fluctuations in spiritual energy were obviously somewhat different.

With his attainments close to that of a master of formations, he immediately saw some of the mysteries and analyzed them silently in his mind, but his expression remained calm. (End of this chapter)