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The cultivation level of this "Yan Shizun" is similar to what Meng Zhou expected.

Because he has determined that this "Yan Shizun" is the disciple of Xingxiu Palace who guarded Cuiyu Lake, Yan Zhuang.

Meng Zhou didn't know the specific time this person stayed in Cuiyu Lake, but the general situation can still be inferred from other information.

For example, it would take thirty to fifty years to propagate a powerful foundation-building family by "seeding" while guarding Jade Lake.

The time when Xingxiu Palace closed the mountain and recalled the disciples who were assigned to guard the spiritual veins in various places is also relatively clear, that is, more than 160 years ago.

Before being recalled to the Xingxiu Palace, Yanzhuang's cultivation was likely to stay at the peak level of foundation building. It was not that he did not want to make progress, but the spiritual environment of Jade Lake at that time did not allow him to go further.

——Xingxiu Palace and Qingxuan Sect have taken two completely different paths. It is better to have fewer disciples than to have too many disciples. The talents and talents of Xingxiu Palace disciples are the best choices, and the potential to form a true elixir is the lowest threshold!

Even if Yanzhuang was only in the early stages of foundation building when he was arranged to take charge of Cuiyu Lake, thirty to fifty years would be enough for him to reach the peak of foundation building.

After returning to Xingxiu Palace, if Yanzhuang immediately breaks through the core formation, and then uses about 160 years to advance his cultivation to the level approaching the late stage of the core formation, although this progress is not very fast, it is not Slow, quite satisfactory.

Although Meng Zhou's cultivation was only at the third level of Dan Jie, he was not timid in the face of "Yan Shizun" who was at the peak of the sixth level of Dan Jie. Even though this "Yan Shizun" was from the fourth level. Send the constellation palace.

But the idea of ​​taking action unexpectedly and immediately was killed by Meng Zhou the moment it arose.

What he was worried about was not the "Yan Shizun" himself, but Qingxuan Sect.

Not to mention starting a battle here, relying on this third-order middle-grade clone and six third-order middle-grade spiritual puppets, he did not completely win over the opponent. Once he allowed him to escape, it would be difficult to find such a person again in the future. good chance.

Once the battle begins, the eleven alchemy cultivators who are also cultivating in Jade Lake will inevitably be alarmed.

Even more troublesome is the follow-up.

Once a battle breaks out here in the middle stage of pill formation, it will definitely attract the attention of the entire Qingxuan Territory, and Qingxuan Sect will also react immediately.

For a long time to come, the area surrounding the battle, and even the entire Jade Lake, will receive intense attention.

In the light, in the dark.

And this did not meet Meng Zhou's expectations.

The hidden dangers at this key node in Baiyue Bay have not really been eliminated.

His crouching will become much more difficult.

Moreover, in his plan, after he has mastered the sword technique now, he will do it again to fundamentally eliminate this hidden danger.

If a battle is started here rashly, it will definitely add a lot of difficulties to subsequent plans.

And Meng Zhou had to consider another point.

Once a battle breaks out here in the middle stage of the formation of pills and above, and Qingxuanzong's attention is focused on it, there is no guarantee that Qingxuanzong will not use similar means to find some traces and clues.

I just got rid of a hyena, but a pack of vicious wolves chased me.

If so, it would be great fun.

Thinking about this in my heart, I saw the spiritual bird disappearing away, and "Yan Shizun" also disappeared somewhere.

After thinking for a while, Meng Zhou did not pursue the whereabouts of "Yan Shizun", but silently escaped in the mud under the water, walking with the spiritual birds in the sky.

After a while, the water reached its end.

Yan Shizun's figure was waiting on the shore early. He stretched out his left hand and let the spiritual bird land on his palm.

Just when Meng Zhou thought that Yan Shizun was about to feed the spirit bird again, he squeezed the first-order spirit bird's flesh and blood body gently and exploded.

When the flesh, flesh, and bones exploded, they seemed to turn into burning fireworks. Finally, they turned into a cloud of smoke and dissipated into nothingness.

After dealing with the spirit bird and dismembering its corpse, "Yan Shizun" followed the path that the spirit bird had already explored and quickly disappeared into the depths of the jungle.

Just when Meng Zhou was hesitating whether to follow closely, a small moving talisman suddenly appeared in Yan Shizun's hand.

As this talisman was activated, Yan Shizun's figure quickly disappeared.

Oh haha.

No need to hesitate now.

In this case, he had no chance to chase.

"But why? Could it be that after he checked here, he suddenly stopped checking and gave up halfway?"

Meng Zhou shook his head, thinking this was impossible.

Judging from Yan Shizun's performance, he is not someone who gives up so easily.

This is a goal that he has insisted on for a hundred or two hundred years without wavering.

Just as Meng Zhou was thinking about it, he was suddenly stunned, and then he quickly shook his head and said:

"No, no, no, no, no..."

Because "Yan Shizun" used the small moving talisman to leave, Meng Zhou was no longer so cautious and conducted a more careful exploration of the surrounding situation.

Then, Meng Zhou realized something was wrong.

Although it had been many years, Meng Zhou was certain that the place where he left the Jade Lake and landed on land was not here.

Meng Zhou couldn't help but recall more carefully. The memories from the moment he discovered the spiritual bird to when it flew all the way out of Baiyue Bay and entered the vast waters were all replayed in Meng Zhou's mind.

Then, Meng Zhou determined one thing.

"That's not the trajectory of my departure from Baiyue Bay."

"So, who is he after?"

This question is not difficult to guess.

…

Sanchuanyuan, the core inner city area.

Meng Zhou quickly sneaked back to his cave, found Bai Zhi, and asked directly:

"When you left Jade Lake, did you make clear plans for your next trip?"

Although Bai Zhi was confused as to why Meng Zhou asked this question, she still nodded and said:

"Yes, because at that time my cultivation level had just broken through to the ninth level of Qi training, but the painter profession had been stuck at the first peak level for a long time. I hope that when I break through and build the foundation, the painter profession will also break through.

A breakthrough in the painter's career requires the use of several special spiritual pigments, which are only available in Pingling Valley.

...However, I was hiding in Baiyue Bay at the time, and I had no intention of leaving immediately. The reason for this was because he sensed the malice of the Mo family and felt strong uneasiness in his heart, so he fled in a hurry.

Not long after I left Cuiyu Lake and landed ashore, I finally made the decision to go to Pingling Valley to look for those kinds of spiritual pigments. "

After hearing Bai Zhi's explanation, Meng Zhou nodded in his heart.

Therefore, the target that "Yan Shizun" traces back is not himself, but Bai Zhi.

However, Meng Zhou did not feel relaxed.

Because in the end, they will all come to themselves.

The ominous warnings in the sea of ​​consciousness also confirm this.

And the reason why he used the small movement talisman soon after landing was also found. He must have determined the specific itinerary of Bai Zhi through the retrospective image, so he simply stopped following Bai Zhi's movement trajectory and used the small movement talisman to leave. , and then go directly to Pingling Valley to find the thread again.

Although this will add a lot of twists and turns, and it will take a lot of extra effort to find the "thread" again, the benefits are obvious.

He can use this to interrupt the continuity of his own trajectory, making it impossible for others to track him using similar methods.

And as long as you don't know what his goal is, it will be difficult to find him again who is hiding.

Meng Zhou was about to notify the Earth Spirit Jin Lian's clone to go straight to Pingling Valley, but at this moment, Meng Zhou's heart suddenly moved.

Looking at Bai Zhi, she asked again: "When and where did you first meet Zhou Nan?"

"Zhou Nan?" Bai Zhi muttered softly, with a look of reminiscence in her eyes.

After a while, he slowly said:

“That was more than ten years after I left Jade Lake, and I was already in the middle stage of foundation building at that time.

As for the place where we met, I remember it very clearly. It was in a second-level evil vein called Gray Mist Mountain near Hongliang Bay. "

Meng Zhou's eyes flickered and he asked, "Is there any more specific information?"

"More specific? Why are you asking for such details?" Bai Zhi looked at Meng Zhou suspiciously.

However, although she felt a little strange in her heart, she still thought about it carefully.

After a while, he slowly said:

“I remember there were stretches of cliffs nearby, with dozens of large and small waterfalls hanging there.

Among them, the most special one is the one closest to us. Because there is a special kind of ore, the color of the waterfall appears purple-red under the sunlight, which is particularly different. "

Meng Zhou nodded and said, "I understand."

After listening to Bai Zhi's introduction, Meng Zhou, who had a "world of interpretation" in his mind, no longer needed any more introduction. He had even locked the specific position.

Meng Zhou didn't stop for a moment, and escaped from his cave again, quickly leaving the Sanchuan Plateau and heading directly towards the Gray Mist Mountains near Hongliang Bay.

Near Jade Lake, the Earth Spirit Golden Lotus clone hidden underground also immediately took action, targeting the Gray Mist Mountains as well.

Meng Zhou was also inspired by the actions of "Yan Shizun".

He realized that if he followed him, he would always be one step behind.

And the longer such follow-up time, the higher the possibility of exposure.

Moreover, since the person he was following was Bai Zhi, he didn't have much to worry about.

Before Bai Zhi came into contact with Zhou Nan and became Zhou Nan, Meng Zhou was not involved, and the impact on Bai Zhi itself was very small.

Therefore, he did not have to follow the intermediate process of "more than ten years" at all.

Not only did it save time, but it also completely eliminated the possibility of being noticed by "Yan Shizun".

Moreover, this kind of enemy aircraft will be waiting for work, preset the battlefield, and because of the preparation in advance, it can also arrange for the real body to suppress the formation... The success rate is much higher than that of the hasty attack at Cuiyu Lake.

It only took less than half a day for the real body from Sanchuan Plateau and the clone of the earth spirit Golden Lotus from Jade Lake to arrive at the Gray Mist Mountains and see the waterfall that turned purple in the sun as Bai Zhi said. Converge before.

The meeting of the two was also in the earth, without showing any figure.

The transparent moon mirror encompasses the purple-red waterfall and the surrounding area. Then, looking back in time, the scene in the moon mirror quickly retreats.

Because the approximate time and place when the two met had been determined through Bai Zhi, the most recent twenty years to now had almost been skipped by Meng Zhouchao.

However, as the time went back more than ten years, even if Meng Zhou used the most labor-saving method, he still felt that the consumption of his soul and mental energy suddenly intensified.

Fortunately, the quality of his soul is good enough and of high enough quality that it can still sustain him even if the consumption increases.

When the time went back twenty-five years ago, the quickly recalled images slowed down, and the consumption of soul and mental energy intensified again.

It didn't take long for Meng Zhou to feel that his soul and mental strength were on the verge of exhaustion.

This is a dangerous signal. If you continue to consume, it will be difficult to maintain the state. If you encounter a dangerous situation, you may even be unable to respond in time.

Meng Zhou immediately stopped looking back and began to restore his soul and mental strength.

During the recovery period, Meng Zhou thought about the terrible state of "Yan Shizun" and gained a new understanding.

"Even if his soul quality is stronger than mine, tracing the clues in this way is still a huge burden for him."

"I was going back to a relatively clear time and a very precise place under the premise that I had received very clear instructions. It was so difficult.

It will only be harder for him! "

"When he found nothing, he had to start looking for clues from an earlier source. That would probably go back more than a hundred years, starting after he left Jade Lake."

Meng Zhou felt his scalp numb when he thought of this.

Through practice, Meng Zhou can clearly feel that this kind of time regression, the farther back the information, the greater the burden and pressure on the soul.

Every ten years is an obvious hurdle, and the pressure and burden will increase a lot.

He really couldn't imagine how great the pressure would be when this kind of retrospection was traced back to more than 160 years ago.

"Even if his spirit is several times more powerful than mine, it would be difficult for him to do this entirely by himself."

"He probably used some foreign objects, or a means to overdraw his soul."

Meng Zhou naturally came up with such a guess.

And this just explains the poor state of "Yan Shizun" who can't even cover up his own cultivation aura.

Meng Zhou even imagined how "Yan Shizun" would forcefully appear next to Qiao Xin and get some information about the great changes in Jade Lake from her.

The spiritual vein of Jade Lake was upgraded, and everything in this spiritual vein underwent earth-shaking changes in just ten years, completely destroying the former Jade Lake.

This change, which was not expected by "Yan Shizun", fundamentally destroyed some of his arrangements.

The clues he wanted to find could no longer start from the "now", but could only start from the source more than a hundred years ago.

As a result, with every additional year of delay, it will become more difficult to pursue the entire matter, until it becomes too big for him to bear.

That's why he took action immediately after confirming certain things from Qiao Xin.

——Although the great changes in Cuiyu Lake occurred more than ten years ago, because the changes in Cuiyu Lake were too complete, if he wanted to get information from Cuiyu Lake on the eve of the great change, according to the task he gave Qiao Xin, he must also investigate the entire Cuiyu Lake. Learn more about the situation later.

It is equivalent to using time to "light up" all the Jade Lake before the great change. This workload will only become more exaggerated, and it is the kind that can really exhaust people to death.

…

Then, Meng Zhou failed twice in a row.

It wasn't until the fourth time he looked back that he finally caught the figures of Bai Zhi and Zhou Nan appearing in the moon mirror.

Bai Zhi in the moon mirror has disguised herself by painting, and she no longer looks like her real body. She has more earthy and life-like appearance, and her appearance is still pretty and pleasant.

Compared with the "Zhou Nan" he saw, Zhou Nan lacked some of the charm accumulated over the years, and her maternal temperament was also slightly weaker.

The two came to the purple-red waterfall from two directions and saw each other.

Meng Zhou did not pay attention to the "historic encounter" between the two, but moved against the trajectory Bai Zhi had taken.

Following the movements of Bai Zhi, she escaped from many areas of the Gray Mist Mountains.

Finally, Meng Zhou stopped in a canyon basin.

The Earth Spirit Golden Lotus clone also followed silently.

After making some simple arrangements, the Earth Spirit Golden Lotus clone lurked somewhere where Bai Zhi had walked.

Meng Zhou escaped into the thick rocks next to the canyon basin.

The silent waiting began.

This wait lasts for several days.

Just when Meng Zhou was already getting bored of waiting, his heart suddenly moved, and he concentrated and calmed down all his breath.

"coming."

At this moment, Meng Zhou's consciousness had entered the Earth Spirit Golden Lotus clone and completely taken over the clone.

The clone's behavior pattern is still a bit too mechanical.

This battle is too important. The slightest difference, the slightest decision error, may lead to different results.

Therefore, it is more secure to control it with your own hands.

At this moment, a figure in green clothes appeared at one end of the canyon basin, fifty or sixty meters above the ground, walking as if gliding.

It seemed leisurely and slow, but every step he took would cover hundreds of meters, and his speed was no slower than Feidun.

Moreover, there is almost no visible consumption.

Just when he reached the middle of the canyon basin and was about to take the next step.

He was about to take the next step and suddenly paused, because at this moment, there was a loud thunder-like sound that exploded directly inside his body, making his head buzz.

However, although he was surprised with rich combat experience, he did not panic. With exquisite magic control, he dispelled the sonic attacks in his body layer by layer and quickly eliminated them invisible.

The trembling feeling in the brain also quickly subsided, and the world of clarity returned.

However, this sudden thunderous explosion did not have no impact on him.

Just when he was troubled by the sound waves in his body and eager to resolve the trouble, his whole body was temporarily in a state of being unable to move.

It's like being forcibly controlled.

And in this brief moment, a flying sword approached silently.

The sharp sword tip that flew over had already left a blood mark on his forehead, just as the flying sword was about to pierce his head.

"Ding--"

There was a crisp sound of gold and iron clashing.

The tip of the sword didn't seem to hit a person's skull, but instead seemed to have pierced a hard shield.

As the light flickered, starting from the forehead of the man in green, a set of face-covering armor had been put on the man, protecting him without any blind spots.

"Soul Armor!"

In an instant, Meng Zhou, who had read numerous classics, recognized the origin of this object.

Divine Soul Armor is a treasured armor specially worn on the Divine Soul. It has the powerful ability to protect the soul and life.

With this soul armor, you can truly achieve all-round three-dimensional defense.

From the spirit to the body, as long as it encounters a fatal threat, it will take the initiative to defend itself against the enemy.

Its preciousness can be imagined, and Meng Zhou never thought that this important treasure, which had only appeared briefly in the classics, would appear in front of him.

"Is this the foundation of Xingxiu Palace?"

And at the moment when Meng Zhou's offensive was blocked, "Yan Shizun", who had been passive since being controlled by the sound wave, immediately responded.

Two spiritual beasts flew out from the beast bag on his waist, one on the left and one on the right, protecting him.

These two spiritual beasts are a mountain ape and a green wolf.

As soon as these two third-level middle-grade monsters appeared, their unconcealed aura spread out from the canyon basin.

The Gray Mist Mountains, which were originally extremely vibrant, seemed to have fallen into deathly silence for an instant.

Only the roar of the mountain ape and the howl of the blue wolf sounded.

"You hiding rat, come out!"

Amidst the roar of "Yan Shizun", the more than 20-meter-high mountain ape's knee-length hands were like two huge drumsticks, slamming on the ground.

The silent ground power boiled instantly, and the entire canyon basin seemed to tremble.

The Linglian clone that had merged with the basin had to be revealed. Almost as soon as he emerged, densely packed, rapidly rotating cyan wind blades surrounded him.

Linglian's clone was not afraid of this airtight offensive.

However, Meng Zhou did not reveal the powerful third-level body refining achievements of the Linglian clone. Instead, he put his feet on the ground and the next moment, he had escaped from the siege of the mountain ape and the green wolf.

This is Cunbu's ability after being gifted. As long as his feet touch the ground, he can roam freely in the surrounding area. There is no such thing as encirclement.

Seeing this, "Yan Shizun" suddenly realized the opponent's intention in choosing this battlefield.

Although he owns a mountain ape spirit beast, he also has the ability to control the power of the earth.

But compared to the other party, this environment is more unfavorable to him.

He wanted to jump up and move the battlefield to a higher sky, where he also had the darling of the sky, Qing Lang, as his fighting partner.

The two spiritual beasts he controlled were on one place and one day, which gave him more room for choice.

But just when he was about to jump up, huge suppressive force came from above his head and from all directions almost simultaneously.

It was like Mount Tai pressing down on top of his head.

"Boom - boom!"

Wearing the soul armor, "Yan Shizun" was like an iron ball, which was hit hard by six huge forces that hit the body at the same time, and hit the canyon basin below with amazing kinetic energy.

Amidst the huge roar, the mountains seemed to be trembling. In a huge pit, "Yan Shizun" clung to the bottom of the pit dizzy.

Six third-level middle-grade spiritual puppets fell from the sky. If any one of them was picked up alone, no matter the aura or physical height, they would be no less inferior to the mountain ape.

Moreover, each spirit puppet has an earth power talisman array drawn on it.

This did not have much effect on the mountain ape. As the darling of the sky, the green wolf suffered a tragedy. As the force of the earth increased dozens of times, its light footsteps and agile movements became a thing of the past in an instant, as if it was trapped in a mud swamp.

Before the six spirit puppets landed on the ground, they had already made a division of labor.

Two of them greeted the mountain ape, two of them entertained the green wolf, and the other two cooperated with the Linglian clone to entertain "Yan Shizun" who was about to struggle out of the pit.

Each side used more to defeat the smaller, and Shan Yuan and Qing Lang could no longer be distracted from dealing with the Linglian clone.

"Yan Shizun" was about to burst out of the pit, but he was greeted by a rain of swords pouring down like a violent storm.

"Ding ding ding ding——"

With dense crisp sounds, every light sound, the third-level high-grade flying sword will leave a shallow mark on the surface of the soul armor.

"Yan Shizun" wanted to evade, but was forced by two spirit puppets on the left and right. His movement was completely restricted and he could only move within an area.

He also planned to use some spells to break the situation, but unfortunately, before each spell was formed, the sword energy accurately hit key nodes, causing the situation to collapse before it could be achieved.

It can be said that if it were not for the protection of the divine soul armor, he would have become a piece of fish on the chopping board.

Even now, things aren't much better.

Controlling the flying swords to attack intensively, Meng Zhou concentrated on all the changes in the soul armor.

The appearance of the Divine Soul Armor was something he did not expect.

In this battle, his real opponent was not the "Yan Shizun" hiding in the soul armor, but the soul armor itself with extraordinary spirituality.

"This must be at least the third level of the best, right?"

However, Meng Zhou still had the confidence to smash the turtle shell into pieces.

Every attack he made seemed to be random and random, but every blow hit the key node of the soul armor's energy flow.

Meng Zhou used the skill of splitting shadows, and under the fierce attack that was as dense as raindrops, not only did "Yan Shizun" have no way to react, but the originally flawless and extremely high-quality soul armor was finally knocked hard by him. A slight flaw opened up.

What Meng Zhou was waiting for was the emergence of this flaw.

In an instant, "Yan Shizun", who was still thinking of ways to turn the tide of the battle just a moment ago, suddenly felt an extremely cold wind rising from the depths of his heart.

When he was about to find out, he was horrified to find that snowflakes were falling all over the sky in the sea of ​​consciousness.

The next moment, he knew nothing.

Just when the flaw in the soul armor was exposed, the long-awaited Unbounded Sword Domain took advantage of the opportunity and entered, and the soul of "Yan Shizun" was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture.

Then, the falling snowflakes fell on the soul of "Yan Shizun".

Every snowflake turned into a blade with the soul-pulling technique. Without feeling any pain, the soul of "Yan Shizun" was instantly dismembered into thousands of pieces.

A steady stream of massive information poured into Meng Zhou's heart, but Meng Zhou had no intention of paying attention to it at the moment. All of this information was introduced into the "deduction world" by him.

And as the soul of "Yan Shizun" died, the sea of ​​consciousness collapsed, and the originally indestructible soul armor shrank in an instant, turning into a black toy only the size of a baby's fist.

The Mountain Ape, who was evenly matched with the two spirit puppets, was suppressed and retreated step by step. The Blue Wolf, who was about to be defeated, let out a roar and scream at the same time.

Then, it collapsed.

They were alive and well a moment ago, but they have turned into two corpses.

Without any delay, Meng Zhou took out a hollow gourd and put "Yan Shizun", six spirit puppets, and the bodies of mountain ape and green wolf into it.

Then, mobilize the earth's power in this canyon basin with maximum strength.

In an instant, the power of the earth surged like a wave.

The next moment, with constant crackling and loud cracking sounds, the canyon basin that had been repeatedly loosened during the fierce battle began to experience large-scale landslides.

A loud rumbling sound shook the world.

Smoke and dust were everywhere, and I couldn't see my fingers.

When I finally could barely see, there were still canyons and basins everywhere.

But before the smoke and dust had completely dissipated, one spaceship after another had broken through the strong wind layer above the Gray Mist Mountains and descended rapidly. (End of chapter)