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Chapter 327 Taoist Seniors
Chengtian Peak, Qinggang Market.

The barbarian wizards in the Jiuli world are ranked from one to nine, with the ninth grade being the lowest and the first grade being the highest. This grading was set by the former Taoist sect in the Jiuli world.

Before this, there was no clear level division among wizards.

Above the first rank is the great wizard.

The great witch corresponds to the celestial immortal in Taoism.

Of course, this is only a rough comparison. In fact, the two sides' fighting methods are different, and the forms of destructive power are also different.

A first-grade wizard is at the level of a ghost fairy creator. Of course, in the Taoist sect of the Jiuli world, people prefer to call him a "Yang God."

The Qinggang clan is one of the largest tribes in the Heishui state. It has a third-grade wizard in charge, and according to legend, there is also an ancestor who is a second-grade wizard in seclusion.

Even in some powerful states, it is not considered a weak force.

And since the third sun appeared in the Blackwater State, its potential naturally increased.

If the Qinggang clan continues to develop, it is only a matter of time before a first-class wizard appears.

However, in the Jiuli world, only the tribe that has a great witch can truly prosper and be qualified to become one of the decision-makers of the Jiuli Tribal Alliance.

Otherwise, they would only rise and fall with the attacks between tribes.

However, every emergence of a great wizard is unique, and there is no experience to look for. Many first-class wizards cannot find the way to become a great wizard until their bodies fail.

In contrast, the Yang God of Taoism, unless there are any accidents, can naturally advance to the celestial immortal after completing his merits and practices.

This is also the reason why Taoism once flourished in the Jiuli world.

Compared to the illusory great witch, the Taoist immortals have a clearer path.

Many of the barbarians with extraordinary talents entered Taoism in that era, practicing Qi cultivation and taking medicine.

But it eventually led to a brutal attack and liquidation by the Jiuli tribe.

Over the course of millions of years, one Taoist immortal after another turned into the blazing sun in different states of the Jiuli world. Some barbarians believed that this was like hanging the heads of the Taoist immortals in the sky, showing the mighty martial arts of the Jiuli tribe as the absolute overlord.

But Xu Xuanhu felt that things were not that simple, because the sky in each state was a star map corresponding to the stars in the sky.

This is clearly more like a Taoist ban.

However, Xu Xuanhu's current strength is far from enough to get involved in matters of this level.

He had to at least reach the level of a third-generation demon to be qualified to understand the mystery. He also wanted to know if the other two suns in the Black Water State were first- and second-generation demons.

Why did the third generation old demon come to the Black Water Province in the Jiuli world and transform into the sun?
These are all great mysteries.

He put aside these doubts for the moment and focused on what was happening in the present.

Xu Xuanhu was walking in the Qinggang market, wearing a black robe without any tribal emblem.

He secretly sensed the aura of the bag of spiritual rice that Xing Eclipse sold.

Unfortunately, after walking around, I still couldn't find it.

At this time, a fat old wizard came towards them and said, "You look unfamiliar. Are you not the wizard from the Great Black Mountain?"

"Senior, your guess is correct. I came out from the Fufeng tribe to travel." Xu Xuanhu did not make up a story. He had thought carefully about this identity.

In fact, wizards are mostly indifferent to each other.

It is not common to see someone like the fat wizard who takes the initiative to strike up a conversation with a strange wizard.

Xu Xuanhu was somewhat alert inside.

But it didn't show.

"I saw you walk around the Qinggang Market. Could it be that this market with the most abundant goods in Dahei Mountain doesn't have what you want?"

"I am young and uneducated. I came out to broaden my horizons, not to buy anything." Xu Xuanhu said calmly.

The fat wizard smiled slightly: "I found a good thing here."

He pulled out a small animal-hide bag from his sleeve.

A familiar breath came out.

Xu Xuanhu quickly lowered his head, a hint of fluctuation appeared in his eyes.

Spirit rice!

He was filled with thoughts.

What is this person's background?
"How is it?" The fat wizard smiled.

"Senior, what's in here?" Xu Xuanhu pretended not to know.

The fat wizard smiled and said, "This is spiritual rice. I believe you will recognize it."

Xu Xuanhu's eyes turned cold. He smelled a hint of danger from the fat wizard's mouth.

"I don't understand what you said at all," Xu Xuanhu denied.

He was already thinking about how to leave Qinggang Market.

The Wind and Thunder Wings are always in an activated state.

"Do me a favor and I will return the bag to you. Otherwise, you know what the consequences will be." The fat wizard said in a voice transmission.

Xu Xuanhu suddenly calmed down. He knew that no matter what the reason was, the other party must know his true identity. He was puzzled as to where he had revealed his flaw.

However, since the other party did not expose his disguise immediately, it was obvious that he was found to be very useful.

Xu Xuanhu decided to pretend to be submissive for the time being. After all, if the matter of the spiritual rice was leaked out, the Qingshui clan would probably have to flee immediately.

This is not what he wants to see.

"Senior, please just tell me what you want to say. There is no need to scare me." Xu Xuanhu neither admitted nor denied it.

"The formation base in the southeast of Qinggang Market has been damaged. I need your help. Help me use this thunder talisman there."

The art of formation was also passed down from Taoism and is used by many wizards.

Because wizards can communicate between heaven and earth, they can comprehend the profound principles of heaven and earth.

Moreover, practicing formations is also beneficial to the practice of wizards.

"We are all fellow Taoists, I believe you should be happy to help me."

The fat wizard's next words shocked Xu Xuanhu.

The other party turned out to be from the Taoist sect.

He was really unexpected.

However, Xu Xuanhu himself also practiced the Golden Elixir method taught by his father, but he was very careful to conceal it.

Thanks to the inheritance left by the old priest, his performance in public was indeed that of a real wizard.

Moreover, the Golden Elixir Method itself has a method to restrain one's aura.

It turns out that the other party is a Taoist master, so he can sense the same kind of aura on him?

Xu Xuanhu guessed in his heart.

But he didn't agree immediately.

The fat Taoist didn't give him a chance to refuse.

He simply stuffed a thunder talisman into his hand and then disappeared into the crowd.

The subsequent conversation between the two people just now was all conducted through voice transmission.

Therefore, Xu Xuanhu was not worried that someone around him would hear it.

He was just weighing the pros and cons of the matter.

He used the thunder talisman and immediately ran away. With the speed of Fenglei Wings, normally, only the old ancestor of Qinggang clan who was in seclusion could catch up with him.

If a huge disturbance is created in the Qinggang clan, then the matter of Lingmi will be covered up even if it is exposed.

My father once said that to solve a problem, you don’t necessarily have to solve the problem itself. You can also solve the original problem by creating a bigger problem.

Does he really want to do as this Taoist senior says?
First of all, the other party is from the Taoist sect, so they naturally would not collude with the barbarians.

From a standpoint, this is not the plan set by Qinggang.

Could it be that the Taoist sects in this world are still secretly planning a counterattack?

Xu Xuanhu thought a lot for a while.

But he made a quick decision.

Because he heard the message.

"If you don't use the thunder talisman before sunset, perhaps the Qinggang clan will know that your tribe controls the spiritual field."

He hated this threat.

But there was no time to think now. There was less than a quarter of an hour until sunset.

Xu Xuanhu came to the southeast corner of Qinggang Market.

With his knowledge, he could certainly find out where the base of the formation was.

There are special people guarding here and no outsiders are allowed to approach.

The guards saw the strange wizard Xu Xuanhu approaching and showed their vigilance. "My friend, this is not the place for you to come. Please leave immediately."

Xu Xuanhu didn't say anything, he just took out the thunder talisman and injected his true energy into it.

A flash of lightning appeared.

He exhaled and spoke.
"Edict!"

This is to coordinate the operation of the true Qi, and also to let outsiders know that it is the Taoist practitioners who are taking action.

The lightning talisman turned into a stream of light and hit the base of the formation.

The two guards quickly moved out of the way.

The forbidden magic at the base of the formation could not resist this powerful thunder talisman.

At this moment, Xu Xuanhu had already activated his Wind and Thunder Wings and fled at lightning speed.

He glanced back in mid-air.

The power of the thunder talisman was beyond his imagination.

A miniature mushroom cloud rose in the southeast corner of Qinggang Market.

The perpetrator had already fled.

The direction in which Xu Xuanhu fled was completely opposite to the direction of the Qingshui clan.

He flew several hundred miles before he stopped.

It’s not that the true Qi is exhausted.

He adjusted his breath on a cliff, then looked towards the void not far away, "Senior, I have completed what you asked. Please give me this bag of spiritual rice."

There were ripples in the void, and a fat wizard appeared, "How did you know I was here?"

"Guess."

"You are quite smart." The fat wizard casually threw out a small animal skin bag.

After Xu Xuanhu caught it, he didn't even look at it. He ignited a ball of fire in his hand and burned it to ashes.

The fat wizard took a look at him with appreciation and said leisurely, "I am Zhang Ziran, if you have something to ask me, you can leave a message at Xianhe Rock and I will know then."

As he spoke, he turned into a gust of breeze and disappeared from Xu Xuanhu's sight.

Xu Xuanhu secretly wrote down this sentence.

Xianheyan is near Qingshui clan.

This is also the name given by Shimizu.

The other party really knew his origins very well, but he knew nothing about Zhang Ziran's origins except that he was a senior from the Taoist sect.

However, Xu Xuanhu suspected that the other party was the Taoist monk who suddenly appeared in Heishui Province in recent years.

Rumor has it that this man looks like a teenager, which does not match the face of the fat wizard in front of him.

But Xu Xuanhu suspected that it was a disguise.

Xu Xuanhu went through a lot of twists and turns before returning to Qingshui clan.

For the next few days, he ordered the people in the tribe not to go out casually, and ordered Xingyao to secretly inquire about the news outside.

Sure enough, because of the Qinggang market incident, Qinggang had no time to take care of other things and spent all his energy on this matter.

Moreover, the Qinggang clan took advantage of this incident to attack several powerful tribes in the Dahei Mountains.

Because they didn't think it was done by the Taoist sect, they suspected it was done by these tribes.

In the Jiuli world, weakness is the greatest original sin.

Even if this incident had not happened, Qinggang clan would obviously have taken action against them.

These tribes obviously understood this very well, and when Qinggang took action, they fought back.

They obviously knew they had no other choice.

Xu Xuanhu knew that if things continued like this, sooner or later the same thing would happen to the Qingshui clan.

He can only continue to accumulate strength.

...

...

In a secluded valley.

The fat wizard that Xu Xuanhu met was being chased by a fireball at this moment.

In fact, this ball of fire had been chasing him for a long time.

Faintly, the shadow of a three-legged golden crow can be seen in the fireball.

"Old Black Mountain Demon, don't think that a magic weapon with the spiritual power of the Sun God Fire can do anything to me." The fat wizard waved his sleeves, and lightning hit the fireball.

But the fireball did not dissipate.

"Xu Gongming, put away your little magic tricks. I know it's you." A deep voice came from the fireball.

The fat wizard sneered and transformed into a young Taoist priest.

This is the current physical form of the old Heavenly Master, and he is also Xu Qing’s demon guardian.

The Demon King Guardian was created by Xu Qing from the Heaven of Transformation, so he and Xu Qing are considered to be one and the same person.

"If you want to continue fighting, I will accompany you to the end." The young Taoist said calmly.

"It seems that you have finally broken through to the Creator. You are now so confident in what you say."

"It's better than being imprisoned in a cage, fellow Taoist."

"Humph, if you don't want to be trapped to death in the Pure Yang Realm, you will have to come sooner or later."

"If I'm not mistaken, the two old guys around you have already destroyed their self-esteem. How long do you have?" The young Taoist said bluntly.

In the fireball, a deep voice replied: "The process of transformation must be like this. Do you think you can escape in the future?"

"It seems that you know more than me. If you are willing to tell me these secrets, we can work together to find a solution." The young Taoist changed the subject.

"It's okay to tell you. The three thousand great ways of the Taixu Three Thousand Worlds all have their masters. After becoming a celestial being, whether it's impacting Taiyi or ascending to Daluo, the final result is transformation of the Dao, not 'refining the void and merging with the Dao'. Unless the master of one of the Daos dies, there will be a chance for you and me."

"What about Lü Zu, Sakyamuni, and Chongyang Zhenren?"

"They are nothing but the incarnations of Taiyi and Daluo." Inside the fireball, the Black Mountain Old Demon's tone was filled with sarcasm.

Xu Qing certainly knew what a response body was. It was a mythical existence, an incarnation used to resolve cause and effect in the human world. It would dissipate when the matter was resolved.

"How can we make them die?" the young Taoist asked directly.

In the fireball, the Black Mountain Demon sneered but did not respond.

"Where is your Taiqing Bell?" The young Taoist suddenly mentioned something else.

"You have the mirror, so you don't have to ask the clock. Unfortunately, if I could use that mirror, you would have been doomed long ago."

The words of the Black Mountain Old Demon surprised Xu Qing.

It turns out that the old demon is simply unable to use the bronze mirror.

"So, the Taiqing Bell is not as good as this mirror?"

"You don't need to test me. I may not know as much about the mirror as you do. Haha, it doesn't matter. When you reach my current state, you will understand what despair is."

“There is no road ahead.”

...

...

Pure Yang Realm, Dayu Dynasty.

The Black Mountain Old Demon’s last whispers rang in Xu Qing’s ears.

"There is no road ahead..."

It's like a curse of despair.

(End of this chapter)