Do not die

Although the traces of time in this spiritual place have been completely erased, Lian Ziling has basically confirmed that this must be a core stronghold of the "Qihuang Gate".

However, although the area of ​​​​this spiritual land is not small, the upper limit of the quality of the spiritual energy is really not high. Not to mention that it cannot support monks such as "Qihuangzi" who are at the peak level of pill formation, even those who are in the middle stage of pill formation. With this The quality of spiritual energy in the spiritual place is also difficult to support his normal practice.

Therefore, in addition to this stronghold, "Qihuang Gate" should also have a more secretive secret spiritual place with higher quality spiritual energy.

There is probably the current hiding place of "Qihuangzi" and other senior officials of "Qihuangmen".

And Lian Ziling can basically confirm that this hidden spiritual place is also in Wumenghai, and it is not too far away from here.

Because the spiritual land in front of us essentially serves "Qihuangzi" and other high-level officials of "Qihuangmen".

The situation he investigated from the Four Realms Mingxin Pavilion also proves this point.

In his mind, he had even basically restored the organizational structure of the "Qihuang Sect", a small but sophisticated secret force.

Its absolute core, without a doubt, is naturally the top management of the "Qihuang Sect" headed by "Qihuangzi".

Whether they are disciples, assistants or servants, in order to practice steadily without having to do everything themselves, they need some people to do their "hands and feet" in order not to suffer from being "isolated from the world" for a long time. Being disconnected from the outside world, they also need these people to be their "eyes and ears."

These people are divided into two levels: "inside" and "outside".

Those on the "outer" level are pure tool people. They don't know that they are serving the "Qihuang Sect" at all, such as the Mingxin Pavilion in the Four Domains and the Changle Chamber of Commerce in the Qingxuan Domain that was reorganized from the Mingxin Pavilion;

The "inner" layer knows about the existence of "Qihuang Sect" and is actively doing things for "Qihuang Sect".

On the one hand, the information collected from all over the five domains will first be summarized and organized by them, and then submitted to "Qihuangzi" and others;

On the other hand, whatever intentions "Qihuangzi" and others have will be conveyed, arranged, and executed through them.

For example, the Professionals Association was secretly guided by the "Qihuang Sect" and grew from scratch step by step. Another example is that the Wuyu Mingxin Pavilion quietly became the leader of the "Qihuang Sect" without outsiders noticing. Eye and ear gloves.

Because of these reasons, the hiding place of "Qihuangzi" and others cannot be too far away from here.

At this point, even if there are no more updated clues, Lian Ziling is confident that he can dig out the real nest of the "Qihuang Sect".

Even if he uses the stupidest method, centering on the island where this spiritual land is located, and exploring in circles, before exploring the Wumeng Sea, Lian Ziling believes that he will eventually get the answer he wants.

However, Lian Ziling did not immediately adopt this stupidest strategy.

He found the key clue from the Four Realms Mingxin Pavilion, which led him to find this place.

This also made him realize that although "Qihuangzi" had been as careful as possible and dealt with all traces directly related to himself very cleanly.

But "Qihuangzi" is not the only one in the "Qihuangmen", and simply erasing the traces related to him is far from enough.

Some seemingly insignificant details that have nothing to do with him may make all his efforts in vain.

In this world, there can be no truly perfect hiding!

And the facts once again proved that Lian Ziling was right.

At this moment, he has left this spiritual place.

But he did not leave the island where this spiritual place is located.

After circling this spiritual place on the island, he really made some important discoveries.

He stood on top of a clump of trees, and after using his time-traveling ability, several inconspicuous straight marks appeared in his eyes.

Lian Ziling knew that each of these traces represented a communication spell, a communication jade slip, or other communication objects.

What is certain is that the distance that this straight trace points to is neither the direction of the Alchemy Domain, nor the direction of the Jinding Domain, the Yuling Domain, or the Hehuan Domain, nor is it the direction of Qingxuan Sect Qi Yunfeng.

In fact, long before he discovered these traces, he had already discovered some similarly inconspicuous traces of time in other parts of the island.

And these traces of time point exactly in the directions of the Alchemy Domain, the Golden Cauldron Domain, the Yuling Domain, the Hehuan Domain, as well as Qingxuan Sect Qiyun Peak and Qingxuan Domain Sanchuan Plateau.

Only the place he discovered now pointed to a completely unfamiliar direction that he could not connect with anywhere.

——And Lian Ziling is already very confident in his understanding of "Qihuangzi" and "Qihuangmen". It makes him feel strange and unable to connect with other traces related to "Qihuangzi" and "Qihuangmen". This is the biggest flaw!

Through careful observation, he finally confirmed the direction of these straight lines and firmly remembered them in his mind. Lian Ziling left the place in a flash and submerged into the sea, blending with the surrounding water.

Turning into a part of the sea water, he headed straight towards the direction confirmed in his heart.

On the sea, in the sea, under the sea...

Wherever he passed, he did not miss any place.

The winding mountains under the sea, the islands protruding above the sea, or the deep and silent trenches... He always moved straight forward, not avoiding any environment or missing any place.

As for the island spiritual land that played an important role in his reasoning and was left far behind him, there should have been a large number of monks there, but now there was not a hair to be seen, and not even a trace of time could be found. traces of human beings.

In this regard, if not ignoring, it can be said to be indifferent.

Perhaps he was directly dismissed by "Qihuangzi" and others, and integrated into the Five Realms Cultivation World. After nearly two years of chaos, he might have died at least seventy-seven or eighty-eight;

Of course, the more likely scenario is that, in order to save trouble and prevent these people from being exposed, they will be directly dealt with by "Qihuangzi" and others, and completely wiped from this world.

As for whether this is too cold-blooded and inhumane...

Well, thinking about it, Lian Ziling felt that if he were to change places, he would do this.

So, no problem.

After all, no matter what the constraints are, it cannot be said to be 100% reliable. Only the dead can truly keep secrets.

Therefore, he didn't care about the whereabouts, life or death of these people.

Naturally, he would not think about whether the group of people who had existed in his reasoning actually existed.

With such a firm belief, he "groped" and moved forward in a certain direction.

When he left the island thousands of miles away, he had already discovered two first-order spiritual lands hidden deep under the sea along the way.

One is located inside a submarine mountain and is completely solid;

One is located on the submarine plain, and the entire spiritual land is filled with coral reefs. Various sea creatures appear in it, just like an underwater forest.

Two thousand miles, three thousand miles, four thousand miles...

Gradually, a huge and deep trench appeared in his field of vision.

The strong evil spirit spread outward from the depths of the trench and erupted, which suppressed his consciousness to a certain extent in this area.

However, even so, with his fourth-level soul, he could still easily detect everything in the trench.

Nothing unusual.

Just when he explored the trench, confirmed that there was nothing abnormal, and was about to move forward, he suddenly stopped.

"Huh!"

His invincible and powerful spiritual consciousness was suddenly blocked shortly after he penetrated the rock wall on one side of the trench.

This is the first time this situation has occurred since arriving in the Five Realms.

This unusual scene naturally attracted his unprecedented attention.

Soon, he knew why.

There was a formation that was infinitely close to the fourth level, blocking the front of his consciousness.

Lian Ziling's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

He adjusted carefully to ensure that he was in peak condition in all aspects.

Then, he blended into the rock wall silently and approached the formation barrier step by step.

He came to the formation barrier, put his hand on the formation barrier, and stayed still for a long time, as if he was feeling the energy flow of the entire formation.

At a certain moment, he exerted force in his hand, and the formation of Qi flowed smoothly, and suddenly a hole appeared around the area where his palm came into contact.

What’s even more amazing is that the energy of the formation outside this area is still flowing smoothly, which means that the formation is still intact and running normally. It has not been invaded by external forces, and naturally it has not suffered violent damage. It will not Trigger any alerts.

Lian Ziling, whose figure was between illusion and reality, like a ball of air or a ghostly shadow, silently entered the formation from the hollow.

In an instant, a very high-quality third-level spiritual land came into view.

Cave houses of different sizes are scattered in this small spiritual land. Judging from the flow of spiritual energy around some caves, it seems that there are people inside who are meditating in retreat and breathing in spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy around one of the caves was the most disturbed.

Seeing all this, the corners of Lian Ziling's mouth, which was as hard as gold and iron, once again curved in a small arc.

But the next moment, the corners of his mouth that had just been curled up suddenly froze.

Just in the direction where he was looking at this moment, outside the cave that he basically identified as where "Qihuangzi" was hiding, the originally regular spiritual energy disturbance suddenly changed dramatically.

This sudden change immediately aroused his alertness.

"Did he notice my entry?"

"How did he find out?"

Although his heart was full of doubts, Lian Ziling did not hesitate at all. He stretched out a palm and grabbed the cave from a distance.

In an instant, the cave's hard shell only had time to make a tiny clicking sound before it turned into powder.

A figure that he missed so much appeared in his field of vision.

"Qihuangzi!"

Lian Ziling's figure flashed, and the next moment, he appeared in the completely destroyed cave.

"Qi Huangzi" was sitting cross-legged on a stone couch, looking at him warily.

Lian Ziling's gaze shifted from "Qihuangzi" to "Qihuangzi"'s right hand.

At this moment, on the right hand of "Qihuangzi", there is a ball of white light, which expands and contracts erratically. As it expands and contracts, it seems that the surrounding void is distorting, and the surrounding spiritual energy is violently disturbed by the appearance of this ball of white light.

Lian Ziling's eyes narrowed.

In the expansion and contraction of this white light that seemed to distort the void, he knew what it was.

Because he saw some familiar traces in this white light - traces of time.

[Is this the way this person forcibly erases the traces of time? ! 】

Lian Ziling made this judgment in his heart.

The next moment, "Qihuangzi" threw out the white light in his hand. The expanding and contracting white light quickly condensed. Lian Ziling had no doubt that the next moment, this ball of white light would completely explode. The white light that could erase the traces of time, It will fill the entire spiritual land in an instant!

When Lian Ziling realized this, he felt like his scalp was exploding.

[When he saw my arrival, his first reaction was not to run away, nor to defend himself, but to erase the traces of time in this spiritual land! 】

[What is he trying to cover up? 】

[Is there anything that makes him feel more important than his own life? ! 】

Lian Ziling's thoughts were racing in his mind, and he couldn't think of any traces of time that "Qi Huangzi" would risk his life to cover.

But he knew one thing, if the enemy wanted to do something, he couldn't let it happen!

Therefore, almost without any hesitation, Lian Ziling focused all his attention on the white light that was already on the edge of casting.

In an instant, majestic soul power surged out of his body like a torrent.

Substantial soul power surrounded the white light that was about to explode.

Blazing white light bloomed, but this light did not spread to the entire spiritual land.

It was abruptly "extinguished" in a "flame" state by his endlessly powerful soul power.

Lian Ziling, who successfully prevented the "Qihuangzi" operation, felt relieved.

From the time he entered until now, it seems that a lot of things have happened, but in fact, all changes happened in a breath.

It was precisely because the time was too short that when choosing what method to use to deal with the white light, he used the safest, most secure, but also the most expensive method.

Although he successfully prevented the explosion of white light, the consumption of his basic soul power was still real.

At that moment, he even felt as if his mind was empty, which was a sign of overusing his brain.

Lian Ziling shook his head, and subconsciously wanted to take a few steps back to put some distance between him and "Qihuangzi", hoping to wait until he could calm down before talking.

He knew that Qihuangzi's ability could not be regarded as a normal pill formation. Based on Qihuangzi's performance when he attacked the phantom of the Lihen statue for the last time, he already had a strength close to that of a fake infant and should not be underestimated.

But at this moment, as he was retreating, he felt he hit something.

next moment--

"Bang!"

A loud noise, accompanied by a violent impact, came from the point of contact behind him.

Before he could react.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

There were several loud noises in succession, followed by extremely violent shock waves that blasted into the body.

"Self-destruct!"

"There is a pill that is self-destructing!"

Lian Ziling's actions were abruptly stopped by these self-destructions.

Not only did the somewhat empty brain not get relief, but the physical condition also became a little worse.

At this moment, another figure hugged him from the front.

That's Qihuangzi.

He saw the energy all over his body surging violently. Lian Ziling, who realized what he wanted to do, wanted to break away immediately and stay away from him.

However, the successive self-destruction impacts inevitably caused some interference to his body, making his movements slower than normal.

And it was this slight delay that made him face the most violent impact in front of him.

He saw with his own eyes that the complete and healthy "Qihuangzi" turned into pieces in the east and west in front of him.

Then, it completely turned into ashes and nothingness.

At the moment when "Qihuangzi"'s body and head were separated, Lian Ziling clearly saw that his mouth was still opening and closing.

"Let's die together!" (End of this chapter)