Celestial being

The old monster from the Return to Void Realm who is entrenched in the cave only opens the furnace once a day. Now that the "human material" has been taken away, this means that in the next two hours, he will concentrate on refining elixirs and will no longer Pay attention to the situation in the cave.

Hao Shang thought so in his mind, and walked quickly to another young man with white hair in the pharmacy.

"It's time to start." He whispered in the boy's ear.

The young man's eyes seemed unable to see. Hearing Hao Shang's words, the young man nodded silently, took out a knife from his sleeve, and cut open the palm of his right hand.

Red blood immediately gushed out from the wound, but then, a thumb-sized Gu worm poked its head out.

"It will take at least an hour for the soul-devouring insects to open a gap in the formation. We must do it as soon as possible..." The young man was mid-sentence, but was suddenly interrupted by a loud noise.

"Huh? I didn't expect that I would be found after hiding for so long. I wonder which fellow Taoist was ordered to arrest him this time?" After the loud noise, a hoarse voice like a ghost's howl sounded from the depths of the cave.

"Qu Jiuhuang, conquered Wangyou Island, and used hundreds of thousands of mortals and monks on the island as living materials to make elixirs... Were you the one who did these things?" Another rich voice asked calmly outside the cave.

"Yes, it's me. Why, do you have an old relationship with Wangyou Island? Do you want to seek revenge on me for them?" Qu Jiuhuang admitted frankly without taking it seriously.

"It's fine if it's you. As for seeking revenge, I have no interest in it."

As soon as he finished speaking, another thunder-like sound resounded through the bottom of the sea, followed by the sound of the stone wall breaking and the sound of seawater pouring in. Outside the door of the pharmacy, there was also a crazy influx of seawater.

"How is it possible? The formation is broken!" Hao Shang and the white-haired boy were shocked.

At the same time, deep in the cave, Qu Jiuhuang also showed a look of surprise. With a sweep of his sleeves and robe, he collected some important things on his body, and then flew directly out of the cave and rushed to the sea.

At this time, on the sea, Yuan Ming, wearing a mask, stood with his hands behind his back. Behind him, King Kong and Huazhi stood side by side.

As soon as Qu Jiuhuang appeared, Yuan Ming immediately activated the magic formula, and the formation flag that he had hidden nearby flew out instantly, forming a large confinement formation, covering both him and Qu Jiuhuang.

"Such formation attainments... When did a formation master like you appear in the East Jihai?" Qu Jiuhuang looked around with a solemn expression, and suddenly understood why the formation he had set up was so easily broken. .

"Haha, fellow Taoist, I've been at the bottom of the sea for so long, I'm afraid I can't keep up with current events." Yuan Ming smiled slightly, raised his hands to seal the secret, and several soul crows flew out of the sea of ​​consciousness.

"Lord, let me deal with him first." At this moment, King Kong took half a step forward and volunteered.

Now he is only one step away from breaking through, and he is trying to use this battle to completely sharpen his mind and step into the realm of the body of all things.

The understanding between life and death is the most effective for breaking through bottlenecks. What's more, with Yuan Ming and Hua Zhi fighting beside him, even if he loses, there is no need to worry about Qu Jiuhuang escaping.

Yuan Ming also understood his thoughts, nodded slightly, and agreed to his request to fight.

However, in Qu Jiuhuang's view, Yuan Ming's move undoubtedly meant that he looked down on himself.

"Arrogant!"

His heart became angry, and he gave up the idea of ​​​​escape. With a clap of his hands, he summoned a blood-colored bronze mirror and took the lead in attacking Yuan Ming and others.

For a time, countless bloody and spiritual flames rose up in the confinement formation, and the battle lasted for four hours before it stopped.

As the formation opened, Yuan Ming, with some blood on his body, walked out of the formation. His consciousness swept around, and when he saw no one was watching, he quickly left.

Not long after he left, two figures emerged from the sea below, it was Hao Shang and the white-haired boy.

There was a lingering look of fear on their faces.

The formation was broken, and Qu Jiuhuang's cave was swallowed up by the sea and collapsed. Although they were alchemy monks, they had been imprisoned and tortured by Qu Jiuhuang for so long, and they had very little mana left in their bodies. Faced with this predicament, they almost failed to escape. out, completely buried under the sea.

"Old Ghost Qu, He Luohui from Wangyou Island, come to collect your blood debt... eh? Who are you, Old Ghost Qu?"

Just when Hao Shang and the others were secretly rejoicing, a huge stream of light flew from the horizon. A young man in a white shirt shouted sharply. However, his consciousness swept over and saw that the cave under the sea had collapsed. Only Hao Shang and the others were nearby. Confuse.

Hao Shang and Hao Shang looked at each other, both showing confusion.

…

On the other side, it took Yuan Ming half a month to fly back to Spirit Ape Island with Qu Jiuhuang, who was beaten unconscious.

During this period, in order to prevent Qu Jiuhuang from waking up, he found a safe place and buried the soul descending rune on his body, completely controlling him.

Yuan Ming also dealt with all the evil cultivators he caught before.

After he returned to Spirit Ape Island, he directly imprisoned Qu Jiuhuang and other evil cultivators in the Shura Palace, and ordered him to pray to the Dark Moon God constantly, otherwise he would be killed completely.

After being given the soul descending rune, Qu Jiuhuang had no room for resistance and could only choose to accept Yuan Ming's request in exchange for a way out.

In the past three years, Yuan Ming has been arresting evil cultivators with King Kong and Huazhi. In total, he has arrested nearly a hundred Nascent Soul evil cultivators, as well as two returning cultivators, Fei Shang and Qu Jiuhuang.

Nowadays, these people are forced to believe in the God of the Dark Moon under the pressure of the soul descending rune, and they pray and recite in the Shura Palace day and night to repent of their crimes.

Thanks to this, Yuan Ming's Willing Power income has increased several times. Taking into account the future provision of Qu Jiuhuang, who has just been captured, Yuan Ming can already guarantee that he can condense a Willing Power Pill every three months.

In this way, it is no longer difficult to gather two hundred wish power pills within a hundred years.

Through the battle with Qu Jiuhuang, King Kong gained a lot of insights and gained a lot. He has entered the spirit beast bag retreat, preparing to break through the body of all things. After Yuan Ming thought about it, he simply stopped arresting and retreated again. Practice.

What he didn't know was that due to his arrest in the past three years, a rumor spread in the East Pole Sea.

It is said that there was a powerful man with a righteous mind, who was deeply aware of the rampant evil cultivators, and secretly took action to hunt down the evil cultivators, just to restore a peaceful world to the East Extreme Sea.

Some people also say that this is actually another ambitious big devil who wants to unify the evil cultivators in the East Jihai and form a new force that can fight against the Dongji Palace. Capturing the evil cultivators is just to scare the monkeys and force others to surrender. That’s all.

For a time, rumors spread all over the East Ji Sea. Even many void-returning powers became interested in this mysterious monk who never showed up or went to the East Ji Palace to receive rewards. They offered rewards one after another. Some just want to meet each other, and some want to provoke and declare war.

But all this has nothing to do with Yuan Ming, who is in seclusion again.

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Time flies by, and in the blink of an eye, thirty-seven years have passed.

With the arrival of the centenary period, Yuan Ming once again ended his retreat.

This time in retreat, his magic power has improved a lot, but he is still far away from the late stage of returning to the void.

After leaving the seclusion, Yuan Ming showed up in front of Sikong Zhan and others. After taking care of the backlog of chores, he returned to the cave alone. After activating the restriction, he summoned the Tiantian Cauldron.

"Senior Qi Ling, the hundred-year period has come, and the two hundred wish power pills have been collected. Please show up to see me." Yuan Ming counted out the two hundred wish power pills, and then called out.

As soon as he finished speaking, the two hundred Wish Power Pills disappeared instantly, and the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron emitted a dazzling aura at the same time, condensing a phantom of a head half a man tall in mid-air. It was the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron's spiritual space .

"You did a good job. I have accepted the Wishful Pill. As agreed, I will help you again. If you have any requests, just say so." He spoke slowly, his voice going straight into Yuan Ming's sea of ​​consciousness.

Compared with before, Qi Ling's appearance was a little more pompous this time. It is not known whether it was because he gradually recovered and regained his original momentum, or because of his personality, which made him unwilling to meet Yuan Ming in an ordinary manner.

"Several crystals in the Heaven Stealing Cauldron altar have exhausted their spiritual power. I wonder if Senior Qi Ling can restore them?" Yuan Ming didn't care about this and asked directly.

After this period of practice, Yuan Ming became more and more satisfied with the Hunyuan True Kung Fu, and gave up the idea of ​​asking for the technique from the Artifact Spirit, and instead began to consider the possibility of repairing the Heaven Stealing Cauldron to restore its original efficacy.

"Since the spar has been exhausted, it cannot be restored and can only be replaced. However, I cannot leave the Tiantian Cauldron now, and I am afraid that I cannot help you get the replacement spar." The weapon spirit shook his head.

"Senior said before that no matter what happens..." Yuan Ming's eyes flashed, but he hesitated to speak.

"Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet. Although I can't do it myself, I can tell you the specific locations of those crystals. You only need to follow my instructions and you can easily obtain these five crystals." Item Spirit. said immediately.

"May I ask, senior, what are the five specific crystal stones?" Yuan Ming was a little surprised.

"The Five Elements crystals are missing two types, the Fire Yuan Stone and the Wutu Yuan Stone. The special crystals are missing three types: the Guiyuantian Crystal, the Abyss Ming Stone, and the Questioning Heart Jade." Qi Ling said, and a divine thought followed. It drifted into Yuan Ming's sea of ​​consciousness.

What is recorded in the spiritual thoughts is exactly the location of these five crystal stones.

Yuan Ming looked carefully and found that among the five types of crystals, four were not within the scope of the East Extreme Sea. Only the Guiyuan Tianjing was currently in the hands of the Heisha Sect on Heimo Island in the East Extreme Sea.

As for this Black Evil Sect, Qi Ling also thoughtfully provided more information, including mentioning that this sect is a sect formed by demon cultivators. There are many void-returning demon cultivators in the sect, and their strength is extraordinary. .

After reading the information, Yuan Ming couldn't help but be shocked.

Demon cultivators are like rats on the street in Dongji Sea. Even the evil cultivators who are wanted by Dongji Palace are not very willing to have anything to do with them. Moreover, their whereabouts are so secretive that they cannot be caught at all. The weapon spirit is obviously inseparable. Where did you get the information to steal the Tianding?

"According to what the senior said, this Black Mo Island is like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to sneak into it. I wonder what the senior's magic method is?" Yuan Ming glanced at the weapon spirit without leaving any trace, and asked intentionally, but he also knew that it would never do it. After hesitating for a moment, he gave up the idea and asked instead.