I am about to die of old age, and I have awakened the character of longevity.

Chapter 232 The wizard’s secret to cultivating immortality: obtaining spiritual plants skillfully!
The Thirteenth Master instantly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his heart beating violently.

No wonder Xiaoyue didn't reply to herself, but was controlled.

But...how could there be a Martial Saint in this place?!

He held a higher status than Nineteen, possessing greater power. He was even more highly regarded by the Great Wizard. Naturally, his knowledge far surpassed Nineteen's. This was evident from the size of their names, code names, and serial numbers.

In the entire underground ancient village, there is only one Martial Saint, the Great Wizard.

Thinking of this, the Thirteenth Master became upset and vaguely felt that something big was going to happen.

Others might not know this, but Thirteenth Master knows this: Why would a great wizard, so powerful as he is, still hide in this underground world and live in poverty? The secrets behind this are truly incredible.

If someone finds out, we're doomed.

The Martial Saint of Daqian?

That’s not right either.

Isn’t Ye Nantian the Martial Saint of Daqian? He is a man.

But the person in front of me was clearly a woman.

Aside from those who found their destiny, the birth of a Martial Saint was incredibly difficult. It was rare to encounter one in hundreds of years. And yet, I had encountered one.

What bad luck!

Even so, the Thirteenth Master still reminded himself to remain calm and said in a hoarse voice, "You are hiding here, what advice do you have for me?"

He thought that since she was a woman, she might be more gentle in her actions.

He soon realized that he was overthinking.

Snapped!
Chen Yu'er shook the spear, and the tip of the spear went around the back of Thirteenth Master's head, and slammed forward fiercely. Thirteenth Master was knocked forward to the ground, and fell flat on his face. When he raised his head again, he saw Xie An standing in front of him.

Chen Yu'er put away her spear and sat on a nearby chair, drinking from her gourd. She clearly had little interest in interrogation, so it was more appropriate to leave it to Xie An, a task she had already become accustomed to.

Xie An was also used to this.

Chen Yuer will do the key things.

Do the dirty work yourself.

Before asking, Chen Yuer reminded him, "Grandmaster of the Second Rank, take it easy."

Xie An naturally needs to take it easy.

Nineteen was only a low-level second-grade cultivator, and using the seal to communicate with spirits had already caused Xie An to suffer significant side effects. Facing a peak-level second-grade master, the risk of rashly using the seal would be very high.

But Xie An was no longer the Xie An who had interrogated Nineteen.

If it comes to the last resort, it is not impossible.

Thinking of this, Xie An deliberately put on a fierce expression and said coldly, "I have a few questions to ask you. If you cooperate and answer them well, you can live. If you dare to lie to me, I can only send you on your way."

Thirteenth Master was naturally very unhappy when he heard this. He was not afraid of Xie An, but when he glanced at Chen Yu'er beside him, he felt a strong hostility. This made Thirteenth Master feel very scared, and finally hung his head: "Ask me, I will tell you everything I know."

Xie An nodded, "Why did you arrest Jin Xiaotang in the first place?"

Thirteenth Master snorted, "Every year we are responsible for capturing a few martial arts masters and handing them over to the wizard master for disposal. This is not uncommon. Jin Xiaotang was just unlucky and happened to be targeted by us."

"Bullshit!" Master Huang couldn't help but shout, "That would have made me be targeted by you guys shortly after entering the city. It's obvious this was premeditated."

Thirteenth Master said, "This is perfectly normal. We have spies all over Yunzhou. We have people in every city and every place. Any foreign martial arts master will become our target. Xiaoyue was previously in charge of Yunzhou City. Later, after Jin Xiaotang was captured, I transferred Xiaoyue to Yueya City to conceal our activities."

Master Huang was stunned.

Is it really such a coincidence?

But Master Huang's intuition told him that things were not that simple.

But the reason given by the Thirteenth Master was indeed tenable. After analysis, it seemed that there was not much problem. For a moment, Master Huang was unsure, so he turned to look at Xie An.

Xie An said, "Since you are arresting the martial arts master, why not arrest Master Huang as well? This guy is not honest. Give him a severe punishment."

Perhaps because he had been in the Demon Suppression Division for too long, Xie An also developed the habit of using severe torture at every turn.

"I thought so too. I've been annoyed with this guy for a long time. If I hadn't been in the city, I would have been killed by him." Master Huang suddenly became furious. Thinking of the humiliation he had suffered many years ago, he picked up a big knife and stabbed Thirteenth Master in the lower abdomen.

He was stabbed through and through, and blood couldn't stop gushing out.

It is very different from the previous situation when dealing with Xiaoyue.

hiss.

The Thirteenth Master grimaced in pain and tried to yell, but found that he could only make hoarse noises.

After being stabbed three times by Master Huang, Master Thirteen finally got scared. He was completely frightened by Master Huang's ferocious look. If he didn't tell the truth, Master Huang would really stab him to death.

"I said, I said..."

After hearing Thirteenth Master's narration, Xie An finally understood the situation of the village:
This village was originally the descendants of an ancient race. Initially, there were only a handful of people. At some point, a wizard came and became the master of this place.

This wizard is really very capable.

Can communicate with Lord Wu Ling who has disappeared for many years.

As long as one receives the witch spirit's blessing, one can avoid regressing and then awaken their spiritual roots to begin cultivating immortality. As a result, more and more people worship witches. Among them, a few people, with the help of witches, awaken their spiritual roots and begin cultivating immortality.

However, an accident occurred during the wizard's cultivation process, resulting in the appearance of eight arms. Later, the wizard learned that the Jin family had a cultivation method called the Soul Burial Sutra that could help the wizard return to normal, so he kept people paying attention to the Jin family's development.

Therefore, when Jin Xiaotang just entered Yunzhou City, the wizard master knew about it. He then had Jin Xiaotang kidnapped in order to find the Jin family's residence and obtain the Soul Burial Sutra.

As for the wizard's ability to cultivate immortality, it is because he has a stable source of spiritual energy.

As for where the spiritual energy came from and where it was, Thirteenth Master didn't know, but he judged that it was inside the ancestral hall, because there was a forbidden area in the ancestral hall, and no one except the wizard and the great guardian could enter.

Thirteenth Master speculated that the source of the spiritual energy was in the forbidden area of ​​the ancestral hall.

After hearing these stories, Xie An, Chen Yuer and Master Huang were all sighing.

What Master Huang is concerned about is, is it possible to cultivate immortality without breaking through the Martial Saint level?
However, Chen Yuer and Xie An, who had already started practicing Taoism, did not care much about this. Instead, they were more concerned about the source of spiritual energy in the forbidden area of ​​the wizard's shrine.

There was a long silence on the field.

puff!

Thirteenth Master covered his chest with his hands as blood gushed out, extremely panicked. "My dear heroes, if you have any questions, please ask them now. After you're done, please let me go and heal my wounds."

With his secret vault sealed, he was now no different from an ordinary person. If he lost too much blood, his life would be in danger.

He doesn't want to die.

Xie An asked, "Can the wizard find the Jin family's residence? Have you found the Soul Burial Sutra?"

Thirteenth Master: "How would I know? Jin Xiaotang has been under the watchful eye of the Wizard Master and the Great Protector, and now we don't know whether he's alive or dead. I really don't know..."

"How strong is the wizard?"

"I don't know. But it's almost four hundred years old."

"Brother Huang, please watch over him and bandage his wounds." Xie An left a message, then pulled Chen Yu'er into a quiet room and whispered softly, "What do you think?"

Xie An naturally wanted to obtain the spiritual energy of the forbidden area of ​​the ancestral hall.

But Xie An couldn't do this, it all depended on Chen Yuer's attitude.

Chen Yu'er said, "Have this person write down all the information he knows about wizards on paper, and I will analyze them one by one."

"That's as it should be." Xie An immediately asked Master Huang to fetch paper and pen, and had Thirteenth Master write down all the wizard's information. For example, any unusual phenomena the wizard experienced while cultivating, whether he had ever used a magic weapon, and what the scene was like when he did it. The details of teaching outsiders how to cultivate... all of it was recorded.

Thirteenth Master said that the Eight-Armed Wizard had been in seclusion for many years and rarely appeared in public. He had only seen him a few times, but the memory of him was profound.

Chen Yuer took the album and read and analyzed it word by word.

Xie An sat beside him, waiting quietly without disturbing him. Although he had seen the contents of the album, Xie An was not a Martial Saint after all, and did not know much about the details of the Martial Saint.

After a long moment, Chen Yu'er finally closed the book and said, "Based on my experience, this eight-armed wizard is at least at the third level of Martial Saint. That's the third level of Qi Refining. Whether he's reached the fourth level is still unknown. I... probably can't defeat him."

The third level of Qi refining!

This shocked Xie An.

Six years ago in Qingwu County, Chen Yuer was at the first level of Qi Refining, but was defeated by Ye Nantian, who was at the second level. Now, Chen Yuer has reached the second level of Qi Refining... but there is a third-level eight-armed wizard.

It's a pity.

There is a stable source of spiritual energy in the forbidden area of ​​this eight-armed wizard.

If you can beat them, just grab them...

At this moment, Chen Yu'er said, "Furthermore, judging from various signs, this eight-armed wizard has not undergone a reverse transformation, but is a true immortal cultivator. This is extremely unreasonable..."

At this point, Chen Yu'er paused for a moment, looked up at Xie An, and said, "You are also unreasonable."

Xie An: “…”

Let’s get to the point.

Fortunately, Chen Yu'er didn't dwell on this issue too much. "How about we start with the Great Protector?"

"The Great Protector..." Xie An pondered.

This is certainly one way.

However, the relationship between the Great Protector and the Eight-Armed Wizard must be extraordinary, as they can even go to the forbidden area... If the Great Protector is captured and questioned, it is possible that we can actually learn about the Eight-Armed Wizard's cultivation secrets.

But there are risks as well.

Chen Yu'er knew what Xie An was thinking from the look in his eyes. "It's easy to become an emperor, but it's hard to find the chance to be an immortal. It would be such a pity if we missed this opportunity. Maybe in three or four hundred years, we'll be sitting in meditation and dying of old age."

These words touched Xie An.

Xie An had known about the existence of Gui Ye since two years ago. Now he had finally found the organization behind Gui Ye. He also knew that there were immortal cultivators, spiritual energy, and secret methods to avoid reversal of spiritual roots.

It would be a pity if we don't fight for it.

It is easy to obtain royal power, but it is hard to find the chance to be an immortal!
Even though this matter involves certain risks, Xie An feels that he should fight for it.

For other things, you can be stable and let it go.

But the chance to be an immortal must not be given up.

You know, since Xie An obtained the longevity fate sixteen years ago, he has been determined to live forever in his heart.

Sixteen years.

How can I give up when I am so close to immortality?
"Okay. I can use the Spiritual Mirror Seal to control the Thirteenth Master, and let the Thirteenth Master lure out the Great Protector." After such a long period of cultivation, Xie An's use of the Spiritual Mirror has been further improved. If he concentrates, he can control a person whose mental will is similar to his own.

If you control an opponent who has too strong mental will, you will easily suffer backlash.

Chen Yu'er said, "To be on the safe side, we have to set the meeting place outside. If something unexpected happens, we will have a way out."

Xie An agreed, "It should be so. Longmen Town is full of heroes and villains, and there are many people with mixed eyes. It is a good place to mix the good with the fake.

In addition, I can control Thirteenth Master's spirit and guide him into the ancestral hall to learn about its situation."

"So good."

……

Longmen Town.

The town was still brightly lit at night, and shops on both sides of the street were open for business. Those who came and went were all charismatic men from the Jianghu. Some came here to seek immortal fates, while others came to Yunhuang to slay great demons.

Yunhuang's monsters are countless, including numerous Grandmaster monsters. Every year, numerous martial arts masters come to Yunhuang to slay monsters and obtain their precious bones and other materials for alchemy or to sell for profit. As a result, Longmen Town itself is a massive trading market.

A small town where heroes from all over the world gather.

The largest inn in Longmen Town is none other than Longmen Inn.

Almost all news and transactions were completed within Longmen Town. Any charismatic traveler who came here would stop by the Longmen Inn, seeking information, trading for monster bones, or purchasing elixirs.

The boss of Longmen Town is called Long Si Niang. Although she is a charming woman, no one dares to underestimate her.

There are countless diners in the lobby on the first floor.

Three people were sitting at a table by the window, drinking and eating meat, looking very happy.

These three people are Xie An, Chen Yuer and Master Huang.

Xiaoyue was tied up in a room on the second floor. She came down to eat to find out the situation around her.

While the three of them were eating, many of the nearby heroes were talking loudly.

"Damn it! We went to Yunhuang a while ago to hunt a ninth-level martial artist snake demon. We spent half a month, and it actually escaped. It was all for nothing. I'm so angry."

"I'm lucky to be able to leave the Cloud Desert alive. In recent years, the number of monsters in the Cloud Desert has increased, and the monster plague has become more and more rampant. If a great monster from the Cloud Desert breaks out of the desert and enters Longmen Town, this place will be undefendable."

"That's right. A while ago, there were hundreds of demon-suppressing guards stationed here. But a few days ago, for some unknown reason, the demons destroyed their lair and killed them all. This place is in turmoil."

"With the Taoist temple in Yunzhou, there's nothing to be afraid of."

"Before, Bai Yujing was in charge of Yunzhou City, but with Bai Yujing's arrival, the great monsters of Yunhuang have become increasingly rampant. It is said that the Monster King of that time came from Yunhuang and later established the Monster Court. It can be seen that the great monsters of Yunhuang are not simple. Everyone should leave as soon as possible, as they may die at any time."

"The boss lady is here, shut up."

The originally lively scene suddenly became utterly silent. Everyone lowered their heads to eat, not daring to breathe.

Da da da.

There was a sound of footsteps.

They were coming towards Xie An, so Xie An looked up and saw a charming woman in coarse cloth carrying a wine jar walking towards him. She glanced at them with her almond-shaped eyes, and everyone in the audience dared not speak.

"I've been doing business here for a hundred years, and I've never encountered a demonic plague. If anyone dares to say this place can't be saved, don't blame me for giving them a slap in the face."

The wealthy guests all lowered their heads, some even smiled.

"Don't mind me, Long Si Niang. We were just talking nonsense. With Long Si Niang here in Longmen Town, the monsters wouldn't have time to retreat. How dare you commit a crime?"

"That's right. Who doesn't know the name of Long Si Niang?"

"Shut your mouths and eat." Long Si Niang snorted coldly.

Everyone lowered their heads and ate their food.

In the huge hall, the only sound left was the slurping of people eating and drinking soup.

Long Si Niang finally felt satisfied and smiled brightly. She placed the wine jar on Xie An's table and said, "This is Longmen Town's peach blossom wine. You can't drink it outside. There's a popular saying here that if you don't drink a bowl of peach blossom wine, it's useless to come to Longmen. Three guests, please try it."

Xie An asked, "How much is a jar of peach blossom wine?"

Long Si Niang directly opened the seal and stomped her foot on an empty bench. "Not expensive, four hundred taels per jar."

Xie An: “…”

Isn’t this expensive?

It's simply a money grab.

Without waiting for Xie An to refuse, Long Si Niang opened three large bowls, filled them up, and handed them to Xie An and the other two.

Xie An said, "Long Si Niang, you are forcing me to buy and sell."

"Hahaha." Long Si Niang laughed heartily. "This guest is very straightforward. I understand that you are new here, so you didn't say anything about the inn being destroyed. This is exactly what I like. I won't charge for this jar of wine today. Feel free to drink."

After leaving a few words, Long Si Niang put down the wine jar and left.

Xie An was not polite and picked up the wine bowl and took a sip.

It tastes really good.

……

Late at midnight, the Longmen Inn became deserted.

Most of the wealthy guests went to their rooms to rest, and there was no one in the dining room on the first floor.

Long Si Niang sat behind the counter and counted the bills.

A middle-aged man dressed like a shopkeeper came over and whispered, "Si Niang, I haven't met any big money-makers these past few days. The only exceptions are those three guests you gave wine to just now, who seem to have quite a lot of money. Since Si Niang gave them peach blossom wine, I'll arrange to clean them out tonight."

The shopkeeper's surname is Liu, and everyone calls him Shopkeeper Liu. He appears to be a gentleman, but in fact he is a ruthless character.

This is a shady shop.

And the boss lady's gift of peach blossom wine means that the target has been locked.

These are all common rules, and Manager Liu is well aware of them.

Long Si Niang didn't even raise her head. She was busy checking the bills with one hand and calculating with the other. "If you don't want to live anymore, then go ahead."

Shopkeeper Liu was stunned. "Didn't Si Niang give wine as a gift?"

Long Si Niang said: "A third-grade master, a fourth-grade master, and a second-level martial saint. Go and rob them."

hiss!
Shopkeeper Liu gasped, his face pale: "So perverted..."

Long Si Niang said, "They must be here for the Eight-Armed Wizard. Pay special attention to Room 1. There will definitely be something exciting to watch next..."

Having said this, Long Si Niang suddenly looked up at the night outside the door, a smile of watching a play on her lips. ...

Room Tianzi No. 1.

Xie An and the other two all stayed here.

Logically speaking, Chen Yu'er was a woman, so she should have been given a separate room. However, the situation that followed was not simple. For the sake of convenience and mutual support, everyone was put together. Moreover, Chen Yu'er had a bold and heroic character and did not care about such trivial matters.

Master Huang felt a headache and covered his forehead. "This damn peach blossom wine is really strong. I opened seven secret treasures and still feel dizzy. If someone with lower cultivation level drank it, they would definitely pass out."

Xie An also had a severe headache and kept rubbing his temples. "This wine is indeed too strong. It just feels wrong. And this Long Si Niang sent me wine for no reason. I'm afraid she has other motives."

Chen Yu'er said, "Mrs. Long Si gave us the wine as a token of goodwill. There's no need to worry too much."

By the way, Xie An, did you sense the Thirteenth Master's actions? "

"Let me take a look." Xie An sat down on the chair and poured spiritual energy into the palm of his right hand. With a "hum" sound, the seal on the palm of his hand appeared, and white light surged and flowed.

A round mirror, wrapped in a circle of red spider lilies. It was so lifelike that Master Huang, standing by, was stunned. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Master Huang would have found it hard to believe... a precious mirror had actually been refined by Xie An. It seemed that Brother Xie was truly a man of great fortune.

In the past, Xie An of course shared the immortal technique of the Five Elements Soul Tempering Method with Master Huang.

Master Huang also practiced it, but it was useless.

You must obtain spiritual energy.

And a more cruel fact is: without breaking through the Martial Saint level, one cannot sense the existence of spiritual energy at all, let alone absorb it.

But Master Huang saw hope.

Especially at this moment, when he saw the light emitting from the palm of Xie An's hand, he became more and more looking forward to the matter of cultivating immortals.

hum!
The light emitted from the seal became stronger and stronger, and Xie An's spiritual perception was also drawn to the Thirteenth Master, and he knew what had happened to the Thirteenth Master.

I also saw what the Thirteenth Master saw and heard.

……

After Xie An and the other two left the villa in the underground ancient village, the Thirteenth Master was still sitting in the living room in a daze. The secret treasures that had been sealed in his body were opened, and he regained the strength of a peak second-grade master.

With a little mobilization of his hidden power, the Thirteenth Master's injuries recovered quickly.

After all, when Master Huang had stabbed him earlier, he had avoided any vital areas. The wounds he sustained were minor, not too serious. Plus, Master Huang had bandaged his wounds, so they were no longer a problem.

However, the Thirteenth Master clearly felt that there was an inexplicable thing in his spiritual consciousness, as if it was monitoring and controlling him.

He tried to resist, but couldn't.

No resistance.

If you resist forcefully, you will die.

This made the Thirteenth Master very panicked.

"Could this be the trick of that mysterious man?" Thirteenth Master rubbed his temple fiercely. "I'm so unlucky. I actually met a martial saint here... and a mysterious man. Damn it!"

"It seems I still need to complete what he asked me to do!"

After weighing the pros and cons, the Thirteenth Master decided that saving his life was more important. After all, he was only a few steps away from becoming an immortal, and he didn't want any accidents to happen at this juncture.

With Xiaoyue away, the Thirteenth Master gathered his emotions and returned to his home. He then recuperated for two days, and only after his wounds were mostly healed did he go out to the Shanbi Ancestral Hall.

The gate of the ancestral hall was black, like some kind of rotten wood, and gave off a pungent musty smell.

The Thirteenth Master pushed open the door and entered.

Because the ancestral hall was built into the mountain wall, half of it was suspended in the air, making it particularly steep. After entering the gate, there was a small courtyard inside, where a pharmacist was preparing medicinal herbs.

Crossing the yard, the Thirteenth Master went straight forward and finally arrived at the door of the main hall of the ancestral hall.

This is the limit that the Thirteenth Master can reach.

Inside the main hall is a place that outsiders cannot enter.

puff.

Thirteenth Master knelt at the entrance of the hall and said, "Thirteenth Master, I have something important to report to the Great Protector."

A sinister voice came from inside, "What's going on?"

"Thirteen accidentally learned that there is a person from the Jin family who seems to be proficient in a special soul method. It may be the Soul Burial Sutra that the wizard has been searching for. However, I am unable to distinguish the authenticity. I would like to ask the Great Protector to come forward."

"Wait here for a moment. I'll go see the wizard."

"Yes."

After a long time, footsteps were heard in the main hall.

Then a withered old man with white hair and beard walked out. He was wearing a dark green robe and had a very obvious triangular mark between his eyebrows.

"Where is this person?"

"Longmen Town, Longmen Inn."

"lead the way."

"Yes, Great Protector."

……

Longmen Inn, Room No. 1, Tianzi.

Xie An knew all about the Thirteenth Master's meeting with the Dharma Protector and what he saw and heard. He described it in detail and informed Chen Yu'er and Master Huang.

Master Huang was greatly surprised after hearing this. "That great Dharma protector is coming soon?"

Xie An's face turned pale. It was not easy to control the Thirteenth Master. "The Thirteenth Master has a high degree of trust in the Great Protector. In addition, the Thirteenth Master had captured Jin Xiaotang before, so the Great Protector did not suspect anything.

Also, judging by the Great Protector's behavior, he probably hasn't found the Soul Burial Sutra, otherwise he wouldn't be so excited."

Master Huang nodded repeatedly, but he was very nervous when he learned that the Great Protector was about to arrive.

Chen Yu'er asked, "Is it possible to judge the Great Protector's strength through what the Thirteenth Master has seen and heard?"

Xie An said: "Stronger than the Thirteenth Master, but probably not yet a Martial Saint. So he is not to be feared."

Chen Yuer nodded.

After a long time, footsteps were heard outside the door.

Master Huang suddenly opened his eyes, "The Great Protector is here."

……

Outside Longmen Town.

It was late at night, and the Thirteenth Master followed the Great Protector out of the inn.

The Great Protector was a little bit abnormal, with his mouth twitching from time to time and a crazy smile from time to time. Occasionally, he would pinch the Thirteenth Master's neck and threaten to strangle him to death because he had been tricked by this guy.

Suddenly he became a better person and was very impressed by the Thirteenth Master.

The madness made Thirteenth Master panic and he didn't know how to deal with it. Fortunately, Thirteenth Master was an experienced person and knew that the Great Protector was controlled by the mysterious man with secret methods.

However, the Great Protector was very powerful and had an extraordinary martial arts will, so he had some resistance. Sometimes he would recover, and sometimes he would be controlled by someone, which was very unstable.

After a long time, the Great Protector walked a long way before he gradually stabilized. He put his arm around Thirteenth Master's shoulders and laughed, "Good brother."

Thirteenth Master: “…”

Okay, the Great Protector has been completely controlled.

But in Room No. 1, Xie An was sitting cross-legged on the bed, his face was ferocious and veins bulged on his forehead.

When the Great Protector just came to the room, Chen Yuer was sure that he was a first-grade master, and immediately sealed his secret storage. After some questioning, she found that he was not afraid of death.

In desperation, Xie An had to use the psychic power of the seal to control the other party.

Even though Xie An's strength has made great progress, it is still too difficult to control a first-grade master... and the backlash on his spirit is very great.

Life is simply worse than death.

But Xie An did not regret it.

The royal power can be given up, but the chance to become an immortal must be fought for.

After a long time, Xie An's condition finally gradually improved and his emotions returned to normal.

Chen Yu'er asked worriedly, "What's going on? If you can't withstand the backlash, then we'll sever the connection between the seal and the Great Protector and make long-term plans."

Xie An shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's stable now."

It was pretty much what Xie An had initially expected: although the Great Protector was a First-Rank Grandmaster, with Chen Yu'er's help, controlling the other party was possible. It was nothing more than enduring some pain.

Soon, Xie An continued to activate the seal, sensed what the Great Protector saw and heard, and told it out.

"The Great Protector returned to the main hall of the ancestral hall and remained in seclusion for half a day. Late at night, he went to the back of the hall..."

Upon hearing that the Great Protector had gone to the back of the ancestral hall, Chen Yuer and Master Huang became particularly expectant.

They knew that behind the main hall of the ancestral hall was the forbidden area of ​​the ancestral hall. It was where the eight-armed wizard practiced...

Xie An continued.

"There's a medicinal garden behind the ancestral hall. There are many spiritual plants planted there, including thousands of thriving cold spiritual grasses, the three iron trees we encountered earlier, and several other spiritual plants. There are thousands of them, more than ten times the number of spiritual plants we saw inside the bronze gate."

Chen Yu'er was shocked when she heard this. "Have you seen the eight-armed wizard?"

Xie An closed his eyes tightly, taking in what the Great Protector had seen and heard. "Yes, the eight-armed wizard has a bluish complexion, which is very strange. The room where he was in seclusion was filled with various puppets, wizard blades, and scepters. There were also crystal balls, astrology dice, a Ouija board, a divination mirror, a tortoise shell, and so on. At the top seat stood a very strange stone statue.

The eight-armed wizard was kneeling in front of the stone statue, praying devoutly, and calling the stone statue "Master Wu Ling".

The Great Protector bowed to the Eight-Armed Wizard and left the secret room. He went to the medicine garden to water the herbs. The Great Protector should be the one in charge of the medicine field.

After recounting all that the Great Protector had done, Xie An heaved a sigh of relief and opened his eyes. "That's probably the situation."

Chen Yu'er's eyes lit up. "No wonder the eight-armed wizard was able to cultivate immortality. It turns out he relies on cultivating spiritual plants and collecting spiritual energy. However, in this world, there is no spiritual energy or spiritual soil, so spiritual plants cannot be cultivated. Could it be that the method used by this eight-armed wizard is similar to the one inside the bronze door?"

Xie An had the same idea.

Use the innate vitality of the Martial Saint to cultivate it?
However, the innate vitality of the Martial Saint is limited. If it is all drawn out to cultivate spiritual plants, he will soon dry up and die.

Where in the world could there be so many Martial Saints to cultivate spiritual plants for him?

"I'll control the Great Protector and ask him." Xie An immediately came up with this idea. Although the distance was far, Xie An could control the Great Protector at any time.

After some psychic inquiry, Xie An came to the answer, "It is indeed so. But it is not quite the same as we thought. The eight-armed wizard has mastered a secret method called summoning spirits.

It's about finding the Martial Saint's withered bones, bringing them to the stone statue of Master Wu Ling, and then having the Eight-Armed Wizard perform some kind of magic that will allow the Martial Saint's withered bones to revive the dead, turning flesh into bones, and restoring their innate vitality."

hiss!
Master Huang was extremely surprised when he heard this: "Can an eight-armed wizard revive the Martial Saint?"

Chen Yu'er's eyes widened, thinking this was too unbelievable.

Xie An said, "That's not the case. The Eight-Armed Wizard's resurrection of the dead is somewhat similar to the corpse refining method - peeling off the flesh and blood of the Grandmaster and transferring it to the Martial Saint's withered bones. Then, the Martial Saint's withered bones can recover their innate vitality. In fact, they are still dead, but this innate vitality can be used to cultivate spiritual plants."

Chen Yu'er finally breathed a sigh of relief. "So, Nineteen went to the Bronze Gate not only to search for spiritual plants, but also to take away the Martial Saint's withered bones. He gave them to the Eight-Armed Wizard to flesh them out and cultivate spiritual plants. And the Eight-Armed Wizard cultivated so many ghosts to capture the Grandmaster, actually in order to strip the Grandmaster of his flesh and blood and transfer it to the Martial Saint's withered bones."

Xie An nodded, "That should be the case."

Chen Yu'er was amazed. "This is truly an incredible and mysterious method. In this world without spiritual energy, he cultivated spiritual plants and possessed the resources for continuous cultivation."

If we analyze it this way, we're probably greatly underestimating this eight-armed wizard. He's been cultivating for hundreds of years, and I'm afraid he's already a formidable cultivator."

Xie An deeply agreed.

After a while, Master Huang asked, "What should we do now?"

Xie An looked at Chen Yuer, and Chen Yuer also looked at Xie An with the same understanding.

Both of them saw desire and unwillingness in each other's eyes.

This eight-armed wizard is indeed terrifying, but he has found a sustainable way to cultivate immortality.

It would be a pity to give up at this point.

After a long while, Chen Yu'er spoke: "Xie An, what do you think?"

Xie An said, "I think this matter cannot be forced. But it is not appropriate to give up just like that. We need to make a long-term plan... I do have an idea. We can buy a house nearby and live there. Then I can control the Great Protector to take out some spiritual plants from time to time to meet our needs for cultivation."

Chen Yu'er tilted her head and looked at Xie An for a long time, probably shocked by Xie An's weird idea.

Xie An felt a little uncomfortable when Chen Yu'er stared at him with her big eyes. "Is there anything wrong?"

Chen Yuer: "You call this taking advantage of others?"

Xie An said: "Of course. These spiritual plants were originally cultivated using the flesh and blood of the Grandmaster and the withered bones of the Martial Saint. We can use them as they are."

Chen Yu'er finally straightened her head and said, "That makes sense. It's indeed a good idea. If I can reach the third level of Martial Saint, I might be able to fight him."

Xie An smiled. "I feel this eight-armed wizard is a bit silly. He is very obsessed with witchcraft, especially worshiping the stone statue of Master Wu Ling. He also seems to trust the Great Protector very much. He usually spends most of his time practicing hard in the secret room and rarely pays attention to the medicine garden. Whenever he needs spiritual plants, the Great Protector sends them to the secret room. This gives us an opportunity."

Chen Yuer praised Xie An enthusiastically: "That's very good."

Just do it.

The next day, the three of them bought a remote house on the outskirts of Longmen Town and moved in.

After some arrangements, Master Huang was responsible for the outer security, while Xie An and Chen Yuer settled in the living room.

Although Master Huang couldn't cultivate immortality yet, he knew that the Eight-Armed Wizard had the ability to bless and open spiritual roots, so he was filled with hope. He thought that as long as Chen Yu'er's strength improved and he could control the Eight-Armed Wizard in the future, he would still have the hope of cultivating immortality.

With this in mind, Master Huang is full of energy.

Xie An sat in the living room, activating the spiritual energy in his body, controlling the seal, and commanding the great protector to take the first batch of spiritual plants.

Thanks to the magical psychic magic of the psychic mirror, Xie An was able to control the Dharma Protector tightly. Although the Dharma Protector knew that if he was discovered, he would be sentenced to death.

But he had no way to refuse Xie An's will.

Finally, I had no choice but to follow Xie An's instructions:

First, the Great Protector prepared a batch of spiritual plants needed for the eight-armed wizard's practice and gave them to the eight-armed wizard in the secret room. Then he said that there were few masters captured recently, and the innate vitality of the Martial Saint's bones was low, so the growth of spiritual plants was average, and hundreds of cold spiritual grasses had withered.

This phenomenon has occurred before and is not uncommon.

The eight-armed monk, who sat cross-legged in his secret room all year round and never left, expressed his understanding and asked the Dharma Protector to hurry up and cultivate the spiritual plants.

The Great Protector expressed his knowledge.

Then, the Dharma Protector left the secret room and went to the medicine garden. He dug up more than a hundred cold spirit grasses, packed them in a sack, and left in a hurry.

Such an operation would obviously not arouse suspicion.

Xie An and Chen Yu'er had already made their plan. Since they were planning to obtain spiritual plants, they might as well do it sustainably.

If you are discovered as soon as you take a part of it, you will suffer a great loss.

Xie An told Chen Yuer: The Great Protector has taken hundreds of cold spirit grasses and is on the way here.

Chen Yu'er was very happy to hear this and kept giving Xie An a thumbs up.

In fact, when Chen Yu'er first agreed to help Xie An find the ancient city of Kongsang, she had some reservations. She felt that Xie An's ability was average and he might not be able to help much. But she didn't refuse, simply because she wanted to repay the favor.

After working together for so long, Chen Yuer no longer dares to underestimate Xie An.

late at night.

There was a knock on the door.

Xie An and Chen Yu'er went to open the door themselves, only to see the Great Protector walking in, exhausted, carrying a sack. He tossed the sack to Xie An, "One hundred stalks of Cold Spirit Grass."

Xie An opened the sack and saw that there were indeed a hundred stalks of Hanling grass growing very well.

It’s developed.

Xie An highly praised the Great Protector and said, "Well done."

The Great Protector was very unhappy and cursed Xie An's ancestors in his heart. It's not that he didn't think about telling this information to the Eight-Armed Wizard, but every time he was about to speak, he felt a strong spiritual will in his mind controlling his thoughts, making him unable to speak.

This made the Great Protector feel very upset.

He knew very well that if he continued like this, the eight-armed wizard would find out sooner or later and slap him to death.

But there's no way to refuse.

As if seeing through the Great Protector's thoughts, Xie An gave him a promise, "Don't worry. I won't harm you. In the next few months, I won't let you get the spiritual plants. That way you won't be discovered."

The corners of the Great Protector's mouth were twitching.

Yes, one hundred stalks of Hanling Grass are enough for you to cultivate for several months.

When you are done using it, you have to let me go again, right?
Damn it!
At this moment, Chen Yu'er asked the Great Protector, "What is your relationship with the Eight-Armed Wizard? Why does he trust you so much?"

Xie An also looked at the Great Protector curiously.

Although he used psychic magic to control the Great Protector's mind and could read his memories, how vast is a person's memory? Xie An didn't have the time to read all of someone's memories from hundreds of years ago.

(End of this chapter)