Starting with Taoist priests from Maoshan to cultivate immortality

Xie Qiyun shook his head and spoke the truth:

"I have already sent out the message."

However, a few hours might not be enough; reinforcements won't arrive until tomorrow morning at the earliest.

Kong Zhenhai's brows were deeply furrowed, and his long beard drooped down.

"Oh dear, this is tricky!"

Once the Tree Demon breaks through to the Foundation Establishment stage and the Ghost Realm is fully formed, it will suppress our cultivation... At that time, we will only have death to await.

Jiang Yu keenly sensed the key point in the words and asked:

"Senior Kong, you only said it's tricky, does that mean there's still a chance?"

Kong Zhenhai gave Jiang Yu an approving look, stroked his beard, and said:

"Forty years ago, I escaped from an unfinished ghost realm."

"The key is to disrupt the supply of spiritual energy to the ghost realm before it is fully formed."

"The Ghost Realm is actually similar to a human formation; breaking it from the inside is the easiest way."

Jiang Yu stroked his chin and asked curiously:

"Senior Kong, with your vast experience, why would you condescend to serve as a bodyguard for a mere mortal like Master Li?"

Kong Zhenhai picked up a beard hair, glanced at Master Li, and fell into reminiscence:

"During the calamity in the ghost realm forty years ago, my grandfather saved my life, which damaged my foundation and greatly reduced my lifespan."

Kong Zhenhai's nose tingled with emotion:

"Before the old man passed away, he entrusted me to take care of his descendants who had no aptitude for cultivating immortality."

"To repay this favor, I came here after receiving a letter from Shoucai asking for help."

"Unexpectedly, forty years later, we have fallen into the same predicament again."

Jiang Yu nodded:

"I see!"

Unexpectedly, Master Li was not just a nouveau riche; he was actually a descendant of a cultivator.

Kong Zhenhai came to his senses and said:

"I've digressed. In three hours at most, the barrier of the Ghost Realm will be fully formed. We must destroy the source of the array before then to have any chance of survival!"

Xie Qiyun frowned, his face grave.

"That's true, but the Tree Demon is accompanied by seventy or eighty Tree Spirits at the mid-stage of Qi Refining. If they join forces, we are no match for them."

"Let alone getting close to the source of the array protected by the tree demon."

Everyone fell silent.

Jiang Yu stroked his chin and suddenly laughed:

"Just lure them all out and kill them, won't that solve the problem!"

Kong Zhenhai sighed:

"Young friend, please don't joke around!"

Seventy or eighty mid-stage Qi Refining Tree Demons combined would be enough to exhaust even some Foundation Establishment cultivators to death.

Jiang Yu's eyes gleamed with confidence as he said:

"I'm not kidding."

The crowd exchanged bewildered glances, wondering what he was up to.

Jiang Yu smiled and looked at Xie Qiyun seriously:

"Miss Xie, have you forgotten the hundreds of Thunderclap Bombs you're carrying? With them, taking down those seventy or eighty tree demons will be a piece of cake."

"That's right!" Xie Qiyun's eyes lit up, then dimmed again, and she shook her head.

"No, the power of a single Thunderclap Bomb is simply not enough."

"Besides, those tree demons are fast, while the thunderbolts explode slowly. As soon as the fuse was lit, they all ran away."

Jiang Yu smiled faintly:

"Just lure them together, then use the Mystic Magnetic Talisman to trap them, that should do it."

The Mystic Token can generate a powerful magnetic force, rendering the affected enemy unable to move.

Furthermore, the more magnetic talismans there are, the greater the magnetic force generated, and the wider its range.

Everyone's eyes lit up:

"That's definitely a good idea!"

If the seventy or eighty tree demons are lured into the magnetic talisman trap, the power of the hundreds of thunderbolts exploding will be enough to annihilate them all.

However, to control a mid-stage Qi Refining Tree Demon, at least a mid-grade Xuan Magnetic Talisman is required.

At this moment, a hunchbacked monk, with a slight raise of his eyebrow, stepped forward and said:

"I am a first-tier talisman master, and my specialty is making mystical magnetic talismans."

His confident tone immediately drew everyone's attention.

He was one of the other two rogue cultivators in Lijia Town who happened to be there. He didn't have time to escape the Ghost Domain barrier, so Kong Zhenhai immediately invited them to discuss countermeasures.

Considering that Kong Zhenhai was a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, which would provide an extra layer of protection, they agreed.

The hunchbacked monk looked troubled and said:

"However, making the Mystic Token requires a Mystic Stone."

This material is extremely rare. I was passing through Lijia Town this time to go to Qingming Market to buy it.

I currently only have three mid-grade Xuan Magnetic Talismans left, and to achieve my plan, I need at least twenty-five more.

The hunchbacked monk's words plunged everyone into silence once again.

I finally came up with a great idea, but I couldn't implement it.

Such a situation is truly agonizing.

"I have a magnetic stone!"

Jiang Yu's light, airy voice reached everyone's ears.

They looked up.

Sure enough, Jiang Yu held a rhombus-shaped black stone, about the size of an adult's fist, with a jet-black sheen.

The hunchbacked monk narrowed his eyes, a hint of joy appearing on his lips:

"Indeed, this is a top-grade mystic magnetic stone."

"If used properly, it can produce at least twenty mid-grade Xuan Magnetic Talismans."

Jiang Yu frowned slightly: This quantity is not right.

In the afternoon, he used a piece of magnetic stone the size of a thumb to make three mid-grade magnetic talismans.

However, Jiang Yu did not make a fuss about it.

The hunchbacked cultivator smiled and looked at Jiang Yu, saying:

"Young man, you carry such rare talisman-making materials with you, you must be someone who understands talismans."

Jiang Yu pushed his hand and said:

"It was obtained by chance."

Master Li interjected:

"Master Jiang Yu is a Taoist priest of the Maoshan School, so naturally he can also make talismans."

The hunchbacked monk bowed.

"Making talismans and chanting incantations are indeed the specialty of Maoshan Taoists. I was mistaken."

Jiang Yu humbly returned the greeting:

"I have also made mid-grade Xuan Magnetic Talismans, but I have only made three."

The hunchbacked monk's eyes revealed a smile:

"Fellow Daoist, there's no need to be so modest. More people mean more strength."

The hunchbacked monk pondered for a moment, then said:

"With the material issue resolved, the next step is spirit stones."

Although the Mystic Magnetic Talisman is only a first-tier talisman, it is quite difficult to make.

To create enough talismans to trap the tree demons, a considerable number of spirit stones would be needed.

Kong Zhenhai agreed:

"Fellow Daoists have just gone through a battle and need spirit stones to restore their spiritual energy."

Furthermore, even if the treant horde is successfully defeated, spiritual energy will still be indispensable when attempting to destroy the source of the formation.

Knowing they were in a life-or-death crisis and it was not the time to hide their thoughts, everyone took out the spirit stones they had.

All of it together was only enough for about half of their entire operation plan.

Jiang Yu lowered his eyelids:

"This is going to be difficult!"

Master Li gritted his teeth, stepped forward, and cupped his hands in greeting:

"Everyone, I have a way to solve the lack of spiritual energy. Please follow me!"

Master Li led everyone into a secret room with three layers of hidden doors.

As soon as they stepped inside, a rich spiritual energy permeated everyone's pores, instantly relaxing their tense nerves.

In the very center of the secret room, there was a large, shallow white jade plate.