I conquer the immortal with my strength.

Chapter 331 Inspection
“Even if his talent is not inferior to yours and mine, he is just a newly promoted Jindan cultivator. With our cultivation level, how difficult is it to kill him in the Nether Desolate Ruins without anyone noticing?

But since Elder Ma has reminded me, no matter what my mentality is, I have to give him some face. I can't be too hasty in killing Xia Daoming. I have to wait for some time, so that I can explain to Elder Ma." Chai Hanshan said.

"Han Shan, you are right. There is no rush to kill Xia Daoming right now. However, the White Tiger Blood Pearl is related to our advancement to the late Jindan stage. We cannot really listen to what Elder Ma said and wait and see. If we really do so, nine times out of ten something will happen later." Qi Shilei said.

"Of course, but the killing cave is indeed dangerous. If we enter rashly, even with our cultivation level, we will inevitably die. We should not act rashly. Let's wait and see for a while before making a decision." Chai Hanshan nodded.
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"He is a guerrilla general and is under the command of Chai Hanshan. Elder Xia, it looks like we are going to have a hard time in the next three years." Coming out of the City Lord's Mansion, Luo Qian led Xia Daoming and his party, and said with a wry smile as they walked towards the Qingyuan Sect's headquarters.

"I don't mind. Suffering a little will actually be beneficial to my future cultivation. Besides, this is my first time in Youhuang Ruins, and I just want to walk around and take a look.

It seems that Elder Luo was implicated by me. I feel bad that he has to suffer so much at his age." Xia Daoming said.

"It's not entirely because of you. In fact, it's also related to the fact that City Lord Ma deliberately wanted to further provoke conflicts between our Qingyuan Sect and the Qi and Chai families. Qi Shilei and Chai Hanshan happened to be here, so he took advantage of the situation." Luo Qian said with a gloomy face.

"What should we do then?" Luo Mu couldn't help but ask.

"What can we do? Naturally, we will follow the arrangements made by City Lord Ma. But we just have to be careful when doing things." Luo Qian said.

"But you and Elder Xia must have been on separate missions. It's dark outside the city, and the cold wind is raging. Even if something happened, there's no way for people inside the city to know.

Father should be able to protect himself against Qi Shilei and Chai Hanshan, but if Elder Xia is left alone, he might be in danger." Hearing this, Luo Mu couldn't help but show a trace of worry on his face.

Xia Daoming was slightly stunned to see that Luo Mu, who had a grudge against him in the past and was proud and conceited by nature, actually cared about his safety instead of gloating over his misfortune, and looked at Luo Mu with some surprise.

Luo Mu seemed to have sensed something, and suddenly turned his head to meet Xia Daoming's gaze, and said calmly: "No matter how conceited and proud I was in the past, and I once targeted you, I will always be loyal to the sect.

Now I have no hope of making any great contribution to the sect, but Elder Xia is different. He is already a Jindan cultivator at a young age and will surely be a pillar of the sect in the future. I naturally don’t want Elder Xia to get into trouble.”

Xia Daoming smiled faintly and said, "Actually, what your father said is very right. Since the city lord has already made the arrangements, we can only obey his orders. We just need to be careful in everything we do in the future. As for whether something will go wrong, it's useless to worry about it now."

Luo Mu moved his lips and finally nodded.

The two of them now have completely different identities and strengths. No matter how much she says, it is just empty talk. What use is it to Xia Daoming?

The headquarters of Qingyuanmen consists of a bluestone wall and three ancient stone halls.

Luo Qian and Xia Daoming handed over their duties to the stationed personnel, and then each chose a stone temple as a place to live and practice.

As for Romu and others, they naturally shared the last stone temple.

The stone hall was gloomy and cold. Everything inside, including the tables, chairs and beds, felt cold to the touch. Even if a fire was lit, it could not dispel the coldness that kept seeping in from the outside.

Xia Daoming had a strong blood and was not afraid of the coldness. However, if other cultivators stayed in such a place for a long time, even with the help of spirit stones and elixirs, it would probably affect their progress in cultivation.

"No wonder we have to take turns every three years. This kind of place is really not suitable for a cultivator to stay in for a long time." Xia Daoming reached out and touched the cold desk, muttering to himself.

Soon, Xia Daoming walked around the place where he would live and practice for the next three years.

Then, Xia Daoming took out the Daqianyan Escape Array formation plate and laid down the formation flags one by one.

Soon, the entire stone hall was covered by a large formation, blocking out outside prying eyes.

After making these arrangements, Xia Daoming felt at ease to take out the broken incense burner and then sat cross-legged.

The incense burner is filled with evil energy. Logically speaking, if the cultivator wants to use the power of the incense in the incense burner to calm his mind, increase the speed of cultivation, and eliminate the interference of inner demons, he needs to ask the Nascent Soul Ancestor to refine the evil energy.

However, Xia Daoming didn't want to use the power of the incense in the incense burner to assist his practice, so there was no need to go through so much trouble.

Above the boundless sea of ​​blood, the runes on the mountain god's scepter seemed to come alive and transformed into sharp, majestic and domineering axes.

The solidified incense ash shrouded in the evil energy began to move.

There were wisps of purple smoke visible to the naked eye rising up from below.

The purple smoke became more and more, and soon it broke through the evil energy.

The purple smoke that rushed out was attracted by the Mountain God's Sceptre and floated towards Xia Daoming, entered his nostrils, flowed down, entered the boundless sea of ​​blood, floated towards the Mountain God's Sceptre, and then sank into the Mountain God's Sceptre.

The ancient scene of numerous creatures prostrating themselves reverently to worship the golden statue of the mountain god once again appeared in Xia Daoming's mind.

This time the ancient scene was even clearer, so much so that Xia Daoming even had a slight illusion that he seemed to have really become the mountain god.

When this illusion occurred, Xia Daoming experienced a very mysterious change in his state of mind.

After one day and one night.

All scenes disappeared.

The broken incense burner no longer had any power of incense except for the thick evil aura that could not be dispelled.

After the mountain god's scepter absorbed a large amount of the power of incense, the runes on it became clearer and the aura it exuded became more astonishing.

"The power of the incense in this broken incense burner is indeed very impressive. If all nine runes of the mountain god's scepter are activated now, the power will definitely be much greater than before.

However, with the power of the Mountain God's Scepter now, I am afraid that I can only control seven or eight runes at a time, otherwise one mistake will damage the foundation of the Sea of ​​Blood."

Feeling the powerful force of the Mountain God's Hu, Xia Daoming was delighted but also secretly alert.

After all, he is not a mountain god. To offer sacrifices and use the Mountain God Scepter, he mainly relies on the boundless sea of ​​blood that others do not have.

But the boundless sea of ​​blood is not truly boundless after all.

Once too much blood essence is consumed at one time, it will inevitably damage the foundation and it will take a long time to recover.

In the following days, Xia Daoming did not rush to leave the city. Instead, he took a magic pill every now and then to consolidate and improve his cultivation, and usually practiced with the best spirit stones in his hands.

Anyway, he has no shortage of elixirs and top-grade spirit stones. He has just broken through the early stage of the Golden Core not long ago. He is at a stage where there is no bottleneck and he can quickly improve his cultivation as long as he has enough resources. Naturally, there is no need to save them.

Of course, if it were another Jindan cultivator, even if he had a fortune as rich as Xia Daoming, he would never dare to take elixirs and practice with top-grade spirit stones as unscrupulously as he did.

Because the meridians and dantian definitely cannot bear it.

However, because Xia Daoming opened up the boundless sea of ​​blood, his meridians and dantian were much stronger than those of cultivators at the same level.

Not afraid of breaking.

In a blink of an eye, it had been ten days since Xia Daoming came to the Slaughter Cave and the Desolate Ruins.

Spiritual practice requires a balance between relaxation and tension.

After all, Xia Daoming's practice method was too overbearing. After ten days, even with his strong physique, he began to feel a little overwhelmed.

Xia Daoming immediately stopped his practice, removed the formation, walked out of the stone hall, and came to the stone hall where Luo Qian was staying.

Xia Daoming had just arrived at the door when Luo Qian personally came out to greet him.

"Elder Xia, you came at the right time. I was just thinking about looking for you."

"Oh, but we have a mission?"

"That's right. We are guerrilla generals, responsible for gathering intelligence on the demon tribe and clearing out small groups of demon troops. We have been here for more than ten days now, and it is time to go out for some reconnaissance and inspection, lest we stay away for a long time and give Chai Hanshan an excuse to punish us."

"Since it is my duty, I have no other responsibilities. Do I go alone, or do you and I go together?"

"Let's go together for the first time, and then take turns traveling after you are familiar with the environment."

The two men discussed it, explained things to Luo Mu and the others, and soon left the base and came to Mingyou Palace.

Mingyou Palace controls the formation flags for entering and leaving the city.

Ming is inside the city, You is outside the city.

Youhuangxu is a dangerous and cold place. Except for the guerrilla generals in charge of reconnaissance and patrol, few people would leave the city.

But today, when Luo Qian and Xia Daoming arrived at Mingyou Palace, they were shocked to find that there were more than ten people gathered in groups of three or four in the palace.

Among these ten people, there are actually three Jindan cultivators, and the remaining seven are all cultivators in the late foundation building stage or the perfect foundation building stage.

Seeing Luo Qian and Xia Daoming coming, everyone looked towards them.

A short and fat Jindan middle-stage cultivator saw that the two were both Jindan cultivators, so he stepped forward and asked, "Are you two Daoists also going to the Slaughter Cave to look for the White Tiger Blood Pearl? Are you interested in teaming up together? This way, you can look after each other and have more chances of saving your lives."

"Thank you for the invitation, but we are the guerrilla generals of Zhilu City. This time we are out to investigate the situation of the demons and will not enter the killing cave." Luo Qian bowed slightly.

"So you two are guerrilla generals. Excuse me." The short and fat monk bowed quickly.

The others also bowed in greeting.

“Since a guerrilla general is going out on a mission, Mingyou Palace will open the protective shield now. Those who want to go out can go now. Otherwise, the protective shield will not be opened until the next time someone goes out on a mission or returns.” An early Jindan cultivator from Mingyou Palace stepped forward, first met Luo Qian and Xia Daoming, then looked around at everyone and spoke loudly.

The voices echoed in the hall. Some monks looked hesitant and retreated, while others looked determined.

Outside the Mingyou Palace, the light curtain was lifted to both sides, and a cold wind whistled in, blowing on the body like a knife.

Luo Qian and Xia Daoming took the lead and walked out of the crack opened by the light curtain, and the others followed closely behind.

As soon as he stepped into the city, even with Xia Daoming's cultivation level, he subconsciously shrank his neck and felt uncomfortable all over.

The chilly wind was like a sharp needle that could penetrate any hole, constantly drilling into my body.

The faces of the foundation-building monks suddenly turned pale, and a hint of fear appeared in their eyes.

Apparently, the desolate ruins were even more desolate and uncomfortable than they had imagined.

The expressions of the Jindan cultivators were relatively calm, but after each of them changed their faces slightly, they flipped their palms and pinched a high-grade spirit stone in their hands. At the same time, they sacrificed a defensive magic weapon, which emitted various colors of light, covering themselves and the accompanying foundation-building cultivators.

The environment in the city is relatively stable, and the cultivators who are building their foundation can use elixirs, elixirs, and spiritual stones to practice and replenish their magic power.

But outside the city, the environment is harsh and all kinds of energy are unstable. The foundation-building cultivators can only rely on elixirs and magic medicines, but cannot use spirit stones to replenish their mana consumption.

Elixirs and magic medicines are precious and are usually only taken at critical moments in cultivation. Moreover, the same elixir and magic medicine cannot be taken multiple times.

Therefore, after leaving the city, the accompanying foundation-building cultivators all conserved their energy under the protection of the golden elixir cultivators and would not use their magic power easily. Only when they needed to kill the enemy would they not hesitate to expend their magic power and sacrifice their magic weapons to attack.

However, Jindan monks have strong magical powers, and they only sacrifice defensive magic weapons, so the magic power consumed is relatively small, and they can replenish the consumed magic power at any time with spirit stones.

PS: I will continue to strive for three updates today. On a whim today, I looked at the backend data analysis and found that more than 60% of the readers of this book are over 30 years old, and male and female readers over 40 years old account for the largest proportion, reaching 23%.

I felt a little emotional for a moment. I think many of these book friends who are over 30 years old must be old book friends who have followed Lao Duan all the way. At this age, most of them should like to read books quietly and support me silently.

I wonder how many book friends have watched the movie "Old Cannon" starring Feng. The days of high spirits and passion are gone after all, but I am still working hard unwillingly, which makes me feel a little sad! Old book friends, if you have time, you may leave a message in the discussion post of the book friend circle, just as a reminiscence of youth.

(End of this chapter)