Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 255 The aged An Chengping, a complete upgrade
Hanging Mountain

The mountain palace hangs high above the sea of ​​clouds.
As the trials on Evil Island and the Land of Calamity begin simultaneously

The two founders of the floating sects, one focused on Evil Calamity Island and the other on the Land of Bewilderment, guarding against any unforeseen events.

The five surnames, seven clans, twenty-four families, and the guardians of the Suspended Mountain were deployed on one side at the coastal boundary west of the Suspended Mountain, and on the other side they went down the Suspended Mountain and stationed themselves near Weixian Town.

Because Li Wushou punched him and shattered his sternum, it took him a day to recover.

Today he is preparing to descend from the suspended mountain and head to Weixian Town to take up his post.

There's no need to go through Wangxian City and cross the water curtain to get from the Suspended Mountain to Weixian Town; they have their own dedicated passage.

Amidst the churning sea of ​​clouds, Protector Lü, along with several members of the Lü family, soared through the clouds.

Just as he approached Wei Xian, a biting wind blew against his sleeves. Unbeknownst to Protector Lü, a white jade bean-like object slipped out of his sleeve.

It plummeted straight down, entering a low altitude and moving away from the perception of Protector Lu and the others. Bai Yudou shook its body, slowly releasing its aura, and hovered in mid-air.

The bone material evolved, and after a moment it transformed into a five or six-year-old child with white hair and a pale face, wearing a gray-white cicada-like garment, looking quite old.

This is precisely the incarnation of Li Wushou's Bamboo Gentleman White Bone Cicada.

Earlier, during the brief moment of fighting with Protector Lü, Li Wushou sealed his aura and left it on Protector Lü's chest.

Now that Protector Lü has descended from the Suspended Mountain, it's just in time. He had originally thought that if the other party didn't leave soon, he would also find an opportunity to leave the Suspended Mountain and enter Wangxian City.

He had some suspicions in his mind that he needed to verify through the incarnation of the Bamboo Gentleman.

Standing still in mid-air, Zhu Junzi stretched and then, with an air of arrogance, surveyed the surrounding terrain.

He wouldn't have agreed to do this for Li Wushou if he wasn't outmatched.

And every time he tried to refuse, for some reason, the image of Chen Gou'er eating white bone cicadas one after another would flash through his mind. The other party's teeth were truly terrifying. The tough bones of the white bone cicada were no different from chicken bones to the other party.

This sent chills down his spine!

Only then did he reluctantly agree to Li Wushou's request.

After observing for a while, Zhu Junzi felt a little resentful because he realized that he didn't know the way.

Li Wushou hadn't even prepared a topographic map for him?

Forget it, I'll just have to rely on myself!
With a shake of its body, dozens of white-boned cicadas flew out from their shells and scattered in all directions.

Fifteen minutes later, the white-bone cicada transformed and determined its direction, flying off into the distance.

There are vast tracts of fertile land along the way, and the crops here are grown thanks to the timely rain and clouds from the suspended mountains, which can produce six harvests a year.

Seventy percent of the grain on both the north and south banks was produced from the vast fertile fields on both sides of Wangxian City, while the rest was cultivated by the cities themselves.

This is also one of the ways that the suspended mountain controls the incense offerings on both sides of the river.

By controlling the people's granaries and stomachs, there's no need to worry about the incense offerings; even the City God, who relies on incense offerings, cannot escape this constraint.

After flying for about several dozen miles, Zhu Junzi arrived outside a farm.

Although this place is called a farm, it is more impressive than many of the mansions of wealthy gentry in Wufang City.

Besides the gardens and courtyards in the front yard, the farm also has more than a dozen granaries and a vast grain drying ground at the back, where golden millet is spread out on the ground and bathed in sunlight.

This is the farmhouse of Qiwang Anjia in Nan'an!
Zhu Junzi came here to observe the infatuated young master of the An family.

He wanted to see what state the other person was in.

After confirming that the painter Yan Qiubai was the person in the Land of Misfortune, Li Wushou felt more and more that An Chengping's state was not simply a matter of infatuation.

Silently crossing the courtyard, the bamboo stalks transformed into a white-boned cicada the size of a thumb.

Based on the layout of the farm, this should be the owner's villa.

The bamboo stalk quietly settled on a branch!

In the courtyard, a man with a full head of white hair lay on a rocking chair, resting with his eyes closed, while two maids gently fanned him with palm-leaf fans.

At first glance, Zhu Junzi thought he had entered the wrong courtyard, but upon closer inspection, his pupils suddenly contracted.

This gray-haired man is none other than An Chengping!

In just about ten days, a young man who looked to be in his twenties or thirties had aged so much.
How can this be?

The other party is a cultivator. When Li Wushou met him last time, he was clearly close to the Foundation Establishment stage. Such cultivation, even if it doesn't guarantee a youthful appearance, can certainly keep one looking young for one or two decades.

How come you look like you're in your forties now?
Zhu Junzi was shocked, and then for some reason he thought of Liu Mu of the Liu family, whose brow had been pierced by Li Wushou's magic sword.

The other person also aged rapidly, looking as if their lifespan was nearing its end.

Between these two?
Zhu Junzi pondered for a moment, then composed himself and looked toward the bedroom. He wanted to find the painting from before; An Chengping used to always have it in his hand, but now it was nowhere to be seen.

But Zhu Junzi not only didn't feel it was normal, he felt it was even stranger.

But after searching the bedroom and even the study next door, he found nothing.

However, next to the bed in the bedroom, there was a small silkworm room filled with mulberry leaves, but Zhu Junzi did not find a single silkworm.

What kind of weird quirk is this?

He did find a mulberry grove behind the farm, but he didn't find any silkworm farmers nearby. Could it just be their hobby?
After observing for a while, Zhu Junzi left a white bone cicada on a branch and silently left the farm, flying towards Wangxian City.

He learned from Li Wushou that the painter held a painters' conference when he left Wangxian City for Weixian Town, and painted portraits for many people.

So he planned to check them out one by one, and even inquire about Liu Mu to see if he had ever commissioned an artist to paint a picture.

If all these people were as old as An Chengping, then this would be hilarious!
Zhu Junzi was slightly excited because he felt like he had discovered a formidable character.

Feeding on human lifespan?
Is this a sacrifice or something being raised?
Evil Island

A place where magnetic forces are mixed
A streak of silver light, like a shooting star, defied the magnetic repulsion and ripped through the void. A two-headed gorilla leader, with bulging, muscular muscles, stood on a large black rock, pounding his chest with both hands, panting with red breath, and scanning his surroundings with bloodshot eyes.

"laugh!"

A flash of red light appeared, and a deep wound, exposing bone, appeared on the tough skin.

"Roar!"

The gorilla leader was in pain and nearly went mad. Its two heads kept scanning the surroundings, trying to catch a glimpse of the figure in the silver light.

However, the opponent was too fast, so fast that even his divine sense could hardly detect him.

Suddenly leaping off the black boulder, the gorilla leader grabbed a tree beside him and uprooted it with terrifying force.

Then, after removing the branches, the gorilla leader waved the log in the air, attempting to force the figure hiding in the shadows to reveal itself.

The violent force slammed into the void, creating a loud bang, as if it could shatter a mountain.

But the silver light was not only fast but also agile, darting through the void and taking the opportunity to strike the gorilla leader again.

Another deep wound, so deep it exposed the bone, has appeared!
It had no fewer than a dozen such wounds on its body.

The two-handed gorilla leader grew increasingly frenzied, but no matter how it swung the log, it could not touch the silver light.

Damn it! Damn it!
The two-headed gorilla roared incessantly. It was actually regretting its decision; it should have abandoned the star stone and rushed towards the center of the island the moment it received the summons.

I never expected that this thing would come knocking on my door after only a moment's hesitation.

Even more tragically, it still doesn't know what the other party is.

Just then, the silver light that was wandering in the void suddenly stopped, and a figure in a dark blue robe slowly emerged from the void.

people? !

The two-headed gorilla leader was taken aback, then his killing intent surged forth, and he picked up a log and hurled it at the figure.

Smash it, chew it up, swallow it whole!

This was the only thought on the two-headed gorilla leader's mind at that moment.

Li Wushou remained calm as he gazed at the ferocious two-headed gorilla leader.

He felt genuinely satisfied with the practical test he had just undergone.

After the Golden Core Dragon Seed digested the strange birds, mysterious silver patterns appeared on its surface. Once the power of the divine soul activated the silver patterns, Li Wushou was able to control the extreme speed of the strange birds.

However, perhaps due to his size, Li Wushou's speed was still slightly slower than that of the strange bird.

But compared to his previous self, it was already extremely terrifying. According to the test results, it was nearly three or four times better.

Moreover, this speed can be adjusted at will depending on the amount of spiritual power injected.

This not only indicates flexibility, but also suggests that if Li Wushou's spiritual power increases again in the future, his overall speed will be even faster.

This discovery made him even more delighted!

Li Wushou felt even more confident in dealing with a Nascent Soul True Monarch who was close at hand.

Now that the inspection was complete, Li Wushou had no interest in playing along with the two-headed gorilla leader any longer.

With a thought, a dragon's might suddenly descended, causing the two-headed ape to freeze abruptly. Then, as if the void had collapsed, it pressed down directly on its head.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two consecutive sounds rang out, and both heads exploded.

Li Wushou's golden core quietly emerged. His divine soul silently recited "food is heaven," and the two-headed ape leader's massive body transformed into a torrent of blood energy, which was absorbed into the golden core.

With one step, Li Wushou arrived beside the large black rock. He smashed the rock and picked out a star fragment the size of a washbasin, which he then placed into the Yin-Yang diagram.

At this point, Li Wushou had collected seven star fragments!

After nearly five days, he had only collected seven pieces. Li Wushou didn't know if this speed was considered fast or slow.

But he was not satisfied, because it meant that he had only consumed seven evil spirits at the Golden Core level.

This is quite different from what he initially expected.

Fortunately, the shadowy creatures were eating quite well. Many of the evil spirits were weak, only equivalent to Qi Refining cultivators, but their large numbers, along with some minor leaders equivalent to Foundation Establishment cultivators, allowed them to devour the creatures non-stop for the past few days, resulting in a considerable harvest.

As a result, Li Wushou's spiritual energy condensation level also rapidly increased.

According to Li Wushou's own standards, his current level of spiritual energy refinement has surpassed that of Protector Lü.

He had never seen the spiritual power of the five elders, so he was unsure whether he had reached the first level of the Golden Core stage.

But Li Wushou is now fearless against any Golden Core cultivator!

His spiritual power was too immense, already far surpassing that of ordinary Golden Core cultivators. Now, its refinement had caught up, and he didn't believe those elders could withstand his punches.

So overall, Li Wushou was quite satisfied.

Compared to before, this has saved him more than a decade.

Moreover, the old beggar and Chen Gou'er had been eating very happily during this time.

However, there was also bad news. Whether through his own observation or feedback from the shadowy figure, he discovered that the evil spirits of the entire Evil Calamity Island had been converging on the very center of the island since half a day ago.

The old beggar and Chen Gou'er both stopped hunting and returned to the Three Immortals Pavilion to rest.

It seems someone has sensed the killing and is summoning these evil spirits.

That evil spirit king?
The average has dropped! I'm utterly heartbroken!

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