Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 331 Aragaki Master
"That white-armored tortoise is probably already a second-grade upper-grade one. Such a strange thing is simply unheard of. Thinking about it this way, it is probably related to the spiritual spring in front of us." Kang Dabao thought to himself. Although he was out of danger temporarily, he still hadn't lost his vigilance.

With a wave of her hand, Yuan Xiyue's slender neck easily found the big palm of Master Kangda.

Xiaoqi was swimming happily, so Kang Dabao ignored it for the time being and first collected the huge body of the white-armored tortoise.

Apart from anything else, the second-grade top-quality tortoise shell alone is the best material for refining weapons.

If a skilled weapon master were found, this tortoise shell alone would be enough to serve as the main material for several mid- to low-grade second-level defensive spiritual weapons.

If it weren't for the fact that Master Kang was aware of the danger he was in and acted too hastily, causing most of the tortoise shell to be destroyed without any scruples, this material would be much more valuable.

As for whether the flesh and blood of the white-armored tortoise can be refined into Xiaoqi's advanced resources, Kang Dabao still wants to go back to Chongming Sect and ask the dragon beast master before making a decision.

If this is feasible, Xiaoqi will probably have enough food to last until he advances to the second level.

After playing around for a while, Xiao Qi calmed down. It was not very old. It had only been less than 20 years since it was hatched by Master Kang. Among the spirit beasts belonging to "Zang Liu", this age was negligible.

The spiritual spring was obviously of great help to him. In just a short period of time, Xiaoqi's body had grown visibly bigger.

Ever since Master Kang laid the foundation, they have had a lot more spirit stones on hand. It is rare that Xiaoqi has been able to advance to the first-grade upper level in less than twenty years.

It should be understood that forcing things to happen is not a good thing, so in the past one or two years, Kang Dabao stopped most of Xiaoqi's resources and focused on teaching him how to circulate qi, refine his spirit, practice Dharma and calm his mind.

Therefore, Xiao Qi has been drifting further and further away from Master Kang in recent years. It's not that Xiao Qi's practice is slow, but Kang Dabao's progress is too fast in recent years.

Bing Ye, who is less than sixty years old and has already established his foundation, is considered a core disciple in the eyes of a powerful family in the capital, such as the Fei family of Yingzhou. This is really rare.

But the opportunity Xiaoqi got today was quite good. Kang Dabao watched for a while and saw that as Xiaoqi's figure grew taller, water vapor began to rise from the spiritual spring.

It is easy to imagine that the old alligator turtle was a gift from the mountain master. Even Nanny Sun, a cultivator from the capital who had seen some worldly things with the master's family, was a little surprised to see that Master Kang had such a spiritual beast in his hands.

So in terms of bloodline alone, Xiao Qi is much better than the white-armored tortoise that just died in Kang Dabao's hands. If the spiritual spring can be of such great help to the latter, then Xiao Qi should be even better.

The head of the Kang family was not in a hurry. He looked around the beauty and carefully examined the room. Different from other rooms, there were more than ten murals on the stone walls of this room.

Most of the murals depict a Taoist priest and a giant turtle.

The Taoist holds a whisk in his hand and has kind eyes, giving people a sense of being detached from the world; the giant turtle has deep eyes and kneels respectfully under the Taoist. Its thick tortoise shell, which looks like bronze, is mottled with stars and clouds, making it look very mysterious.

There are often clouds around the man and the turtle. On each mural, they are either subduing dragons and tigers or moving mountains and filling the sea. Just by looking at these murals that do not have the slightest spiritual essence, one can tell that the master and servant both possess the power of heaven and earth that is enough to make people look up to them. They are definitely not ordinary people.

"Is this Taoist the Senior Master Guanyu?" Kang Dabao felt something was not right. According to the legend, the Senior Master Guanyu had a spirit beast called Hidden Six, but that spirit beast was only good at fighting and could only make some ordinary fake pills. It definitely did not have the abilities of the auspicious beast depicted in the mural.

Therefore, Master Kang felt that the Taoist depicted in the mural might be the fish-watching cultivator.

"This is the Sea-opening Map of Xinyuan Zhenren," Yuan Xiyue, who had been locked by the head of Kangda, finally had the opportunity to speak. The daughter of the Yuan family was quite clever, and thus won a chance to breathe.

Kang Dabao loosened his fingers, not even looking at the red marks on Yuan Xiyue's neck, and asked doubtfully, "Master Xinyuan?"

Yuan Xiyue closed her beautiful eyes and said softly, "Xinyuan Zhenren was the previous generation's owner of Zhaixing Tower, and was listed as a founding hero in Taizu's Purple Light Pavilion Meritorious Officials Record. When Taizu drove away water beasts and opened up the sea in the southeastern sea, Xinyuan Zhenren was Taizu's vanguard.

The star-patterned jade turtle under his seat is also a famous auspicious beast in the Immortal Dynasty. There is also a portrait of it in the Purple Light Pavilion. Even many Nascent Soul True Immortals who follow the dragon do not have this honor.

Taizu also specially ordered the Doctor of Painting of Ziji Palace to draw this set of "Xinyuan Zhenren Opening the Sea Map" for their master and servant, and publicize it to the world to show their contribution.

Because Xinyuan Zhenren was the leader of the Shannan Dao sect, this set of portraits became widely circulated in this sect. These murals may have been painted by the owner of the stone chamber in imitation of Xinyuan Zhenren’s demeanor.”

"The previous owner of Zhaixing Tower? A founding hero listed in the Purple Light Pavilion's Record of Meritorious Officials. Wasn't he also trapped in the ancient forbidden land with Taizu?"

Sect Master Kang grasped the key points of what Yuan Xiyue said, and his doubts were even greater. He knew very little about such secrets, and indeed did not know as much as a cultivator like Yuan Xiyue who had inherited the family tradition.

As for why Xin Yuan Zhenren, who was the owner of Zhaixing Tower and lived far away in Shannan, was transferred by Taizu to open up the sea outside Taizu, it was not very strange. It was nothing more than "enforcing the law in a different place", a trick that he had been accustomed to in his previous life.

The David Immortal Dynasty inherited the previous dynasty but also made progress. Three thousand sects were moved here to educate hundreds of millions of people. Local households like Zhaixing Tower had to show their loyalty to avoid being overshadowed by outsiders.

These bigwigs may not have thought that after more than a thousand years, all the great sects of the Immortal Dynasty, regardless of whether they were natives or immigrants, had become collusive and directed their attacks against the Kuang clan.

Yuan Xiyue shook her head slightly and said calmly: "Some people say that Master Xinyuan was lost in the ancient forbidden land with Taizu, and some people say that he got an opportunity and went to the outer sea and never came back.

Over the past thousand years, there have been at least four or five different stories about the whereabouts of Zhenren Xinyuan, but I'm afraid even the current owner of Zhaixing Tower doesn't know which one is true or false.

However, there is no need to go into detail about these things. After all, unless Master Xinyuan has already achieved the status of Master Huashen, or according to the lifespan of Master Yuanying, he would have probably ascended to heaven somewhere long ago. "

"So that's how it is," Sect Leader Kang was half-believing and half-doubting. After all, this matter involved the life and death of Yuanying Zhenren. The Yuan family of Jingnan was considered a good family in the border states, and the news that had been passed down might not be true, so they couldn't just believe everything they heard.

Yuan Xiyue obviously knew more than that. Seeing Kang Dabao's indifferent tone, she continued, "However, there was a rumor in the early years that it was said that Guanyu Shangxiu obtained part of Xinyuan Zhenren's treasures and then achieved the Golden Elixir realm as a casual cultivator.

Even his Purple Scaled Mountain Turtle had swallowed a drop of blood from the Star Patterned Jade Spirit Turtle, and only after its hair was shaved and its marrow cleansed did it break through its own shackles and become able to fight against the fake pills."

Yuan Xiyue said this without waiting for Kang Dabao to ask, and continued: "Regarding this matter, Sect Master Kang can just treat it as a joke. I think even the Liangyi Sect looked down on Master Guanyu before he left.

If he really inherited the teachings of Xinyuan Zhenren, the Star Picking Tower in Shannan would have captured him long ago."

Kang Dabao just nodded after hearing this, and his five short fat fingers closed the red marks on Yuan Xiyue's neck again. The latter was so angry that her beautiful eyes bulged, and she cursed in her heart: "This bastard is really pragmatic! What's the difference between this and ignoring people just because they pull up their pants!"

Sect Leader Kang Da didn't bother to care what Yuan Xiyue was thinking, he just stared at Xiao Qi in the spring. Xiao Qi had only been in the spiritual spring for a short while, but her body had grown to the size of a table. There were even golden lines on the edge of her skirt, Kang Da's magic eyes could see clearly, this was a sign that she had advanced to the first level of the best.

What's even more gratifying is that Xiaoqi's momentum is still rising. Only half a day has passed, and this originally adorable little beast has already swam out of the water, looking as if it is floating in the air. Without even saying hello, it jumped into the spirit beast bag of Master Kang.

"Huh," Kang Dabao sealed his pocket tightly and let out a long breath. As Xiaoqi's life-long owner, Kang Da could feel that Xiaoqi's change was not harmful.

Judging from his appearance, he is probably about to advance. Xiaoqi's bloodline is not low, so he should not be in as much danger as ordinary cultivators when he advances. But in theory, he also needs to prepare spiritual objects for advancement.

As a result, Kang Dabao's unexpected joy turned into anxiety, which was extremely complicated.

After collecting Xiao Qi, the Great Sect Leader Kang was not in a hurry to leave, and released the lion insects first. These little guys with silver armor on their backs were much less in number after the last fierce battle. Kang Dabao was busy recently, so he had not put his energy into restoring their population.

This time, Xiao Qi benefited greatly from this spiritual spring. With such benefits, Master Kang will certainly not forget the group of spiritual insects that he had raised with great care.

But the lion insect group showed little interest in the spiritual spring. They just lingered by the water for a while and took a sip, thinking it was enough to give Kang Dabao face. Then they buzzed back to the side of Master Kang, wanting to fly back into the spiritual insect bag to reproduce in peace.

"Tsk, it seems that this spiritual spring is useless to spiritual insects. I wonder if it is only useful to spiritual beasts like 'Zang Liu', or if it is useful to all spiritual beasts with insects, scales, fur, and feathers." Kang Dabao just thought of this and moved his gaze to Yuan Xiyue.

The latter was sweating on his back when he was looked at by him. Just as he was about to ask something, he saw that Master Kang had already shifted his gaze elsewhere.

"Forget it. There is still a stone gate that has not been opened, and this female cultivator is still needed to lead the way. Let me collect the Xie Lingshui first and bring it back to the sect, and then we will make plans."

Yuan Xiyue had no idea what Kang Dabao was thinking. After he withdrew his gaze, he took out the spiritual objects that contained water one by one.

Thanks to the fact that Master Kangda has never abandoned his frugal nature, after killing many foundation-building cultivators, he still has quite a few of these relatively useless things left in his hands.

One bottle, two bowls, four bowls, eight cups, and fifteen other magical instruments of various colors were offered one by one. After they were filled up in sequence, the water level of the spiritual spring, which was already low, was drained by about one foot.

Kang Dabao was not satisfied. He thought that the cave was only open for half a month, and he didn't know when he would come again. Even if other spirit beasts couldn't use this spiritual spring, Xiao Qi could use it, so there was no reason to complain about having too much.

The head of the Kang sect once again looked at Yuan Xiyue. He said frankly, "Fellow Daoist Yuan, do you have any magical tools to help me?"

Just as Yuan Xiyue was about to speak, the storage bag was taken away by the head of Kangda. The latter's skillful movements were totally inconsistent with his rough appearance.

Others are at the mercy of others, and I am the prey. The enemy is stronger than me, so Yuan Xiyue is straightforward. She doesn't say any extra words. She just blows out a fragrant breeze from her mouth that falls on the hibiscus ribbon on the storage bag in Kang Dabao's hand.

The storage bag showed a small opening, and the female cultivator then said in a cold voice: "When I was building my foundation, Patriarch Bu Wen gave me a second-level low-grade water-swallowing bead, which has the power to make clouds and rain, swallow water and absorb spirits. Maybe it is enough for Master Kang to use."

Kang Dabao's eyes lit up, and he probed his consciousness into Yuan Xiyue's exquisite storage bag. He ignored all kinds of gorgeous underwear that made people's blood boil, and went straight to the water-swallowing bead at the bottom of the storage bag.

Kang Dabao was lucky indeed. The quality of the spiritual weapon he snatched from Yuan Xiyue was not high, but it was just right for his use at this moment.

However, this is a spiritual weapon after all, and it would take Kang Dabao some time to refine it to perfection. In order to complete the task, Sect Leader Kang Da asked Yuan Xiyue to do it personally.

Every profession has its own specialty, and this is especially true for spiritual instruments. The capacity of this water-swallowing bead alone is enough to match the total capacity of the fifteen water-storing instruments that Kang Dabao had previously sacrificed.

Seeing that the water level of the Wang Lingquan had dropped another foot, Master Kang showed a look of satisfaction on his face.

Kang Dabao carefully put the Water-Swallowing Bead into his sleeve, and even Yuan Xiyue's storage bag, if he was not worried that the latter would need something to defend herself after opening the last stone door, Kang Dabao would not have planned to return it to her.

This female cultivator is not an easy character to deal with. The Buddha Mother Mingfei has a very powerful background. It is said that the temple protector abbot obtained the orthodox Tantric skills from Benying Temple. It is possible that she has learned some profound Buddhist teachings, and she will give her a powerful performance when the time is right.

That's why Master Kang is so cautious. He naturally wants to strip Yuan Xiyue as cleanly as possible, even to the point of opening up the grooves of her buttocks to see clearly.

After all, although this treasure is of great value, whether it can save one's life is what Kang Dabao cares most about.

After getting the storage bag, Sect Leader Kang, who couldn't bear to see others rest, urged Yuan Xiyue to go to the last stone gate.

The latter's face was ashen, and his mood was far from as relaxed as it was at the beginning. The white-armored tortoise was really powerful. If Kang Dabao hadn't taken action, Yuan Xiyue would have died.

If another powerful creature emerges from the last stone door, Yuan Xiyue will definitely not survive as she has lost her last life-saving defensive spiritual weapon.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan?!" Sect Leader Kang didn't think that he had gone too far. If he were in Yuan Xiyue's shoes, he didn't know how she would deal with him.

Although physical cultivators like Kang Dabao are not as rare as Feng Wan's pure and spiritual body, they are also excellent cauldrons for female cultivators like Yuan Xiyue who practice dual cultivation.

It would take less than half a month for his flesh and blood, which had been cultivated through the ancient original body and was full of Qi and blood, to be drained clean by Yuan Xiyue using all sorts of means.

Therefore, Master Kang felt that his methods were considered gentle. If it were someone else, Yuan Xiyue would not have survived.

"I'll go now. Master Kang, please wait for a moment." This female cultivator was really smart. She knew that Kang Dabao was not interested in women and was an extraordinary gentleman of morals, so she really saved herself from those seductive tricks and approached the stone gate.

The restrictions on this last stone gate were much more complicated than those of the previous ones. The two spent a lot of time and energy to deduce it, but made little progress.

Just when Master Kang was frowning, a turbid stream gushed out from the bottom of the spiritual spring.

The turbid current was quickly blocked, but several figures jumped out from the bottom of the spring. The leader had a handsome face, dressed in black, with a sword gleaming and an extraordinary bearing.

Sect Leader Kang had never thought that he would be able to meet his fellow apprentice in this place. Without thinking, he picked up the big banner and rushed towards the green crocodile behind Jiang Qing.

(End of this chapter)