Do not die

After the catastrophe, the world returned to peace.

The monks who were lucky enough to survive fled this doomsday-like land with the panic of the rest of their lives.

And long before they dispersed into the five regions, the monks in the five regions had been alarmed by this huge disaster.

While the monks who had survived the disaster were still trying their best to escape, there were already invisible figures appearing in this area one after another quietly.

Most of these people just quietly investigated and confirmed that the disaster had subsided and that there was no tendency to continue to spread outwards. Then they left decisively and no longer delved into the reasons behind this huge disaster.

However, there are also a very small number of monks who have conducted more in-depth explorations, and they are vaguely cooperating with each other. If the footprints of their explorations are combined, they basically cover all areas of the "gap zone".

They almost personally visited the core areas where the disaster broke out the most violently, and they even recorded the scene with photo stones.

After collecting this information, these people dispersed one after another.

And not long after they dispersed, two figures appeared in the area.

Their figures seemed to flash, appearing and disappearing in the center of each disaster.

After they walked around the center of all disasters, they disappeared completely, as if they had never appeared.

…

In the Hehuan Domain, there is a level 3 evil force deep inside.

Inside a spiritual lotus that blends in with the surrounding environment.

Meng Zhou, who had already left before the first batch of exploring monks entered the "gap zone", randomly chose a third-level evil vein to settle down.

However, although his people have left, his "heart" and his "eyes" have never left.

All the monks who went into the "gap zone" to investigate could not escape his gaze.

He also knew clearly even the true identities of these people who tried their best to hide them.

"I didn't expect that so many old friends would emerge from this explosion."

Meng Zhou "saw" many familiar figures among the monks who were hiding their behavior. They were the ancestors of the five sects who had been hiding for many years.

Of course, the focus of Meng Zhou's attention was on those monks who had been secretly recruited by the Xingxiu Palace and became the eyes and ears of the Xingxiu Palace to monitor the five realms.

As for their in-depth investigation, Meng Zhou just watched quietly and did not make any move to obstruct or interfere.

And after these people left with full harvest, even though Meng Zhou had left the "site of the incident" far away, his heart could not help but slowly lift.

Even his breathing became a little softer, as if he was worried that if he made too much noise, he would attract some eyes.

The "transparent round mirrors" that he had secretly mobilized and concentrated in the "gap area" also quietly dispersed.

He no longer even used the sight of the "transparent round mirror" for direct exploration, but used the special skills he learned when dealing with Lian Ziling -

Through special processing, pairs of "footprints" are extracted from the massive information collected in the "Deduction World".

At a certain moment, Meng Zhou suddenly became energetic.

"coming."

In Meng Zhou's field of vision, two pairs of "footprints" suddenly appeared in the third-level spiritual veins of the Spirit Controlling Domain.

The most special thing about these two pairs of "footprints" is that they appear out of thin air, and both reveal unique characteristics, unlike any pair in the "Interpretation World" record.

Then, Meng Zhou looked at these two pairs of "footprints" and almost didn't stop or cover them up, and then went straight to the "gap zone" between the five domains.

Then, they left their footprints in the "wounds" of heaven and earth that had just erupted.

These two pairs of "footprints" were like clocking in at work. After visiting all the places they were supposed to go, they barely stayed for a moment before disappearing completely, as if they had never appeared.

Watching the movements of these two pairs of "footprints", Meng Zhou's wandering heart calmed down again without even realizing it.

After these two pairs of "footprints" completely disappeared, I could breathe easier.

But Meng Zhou didn't really relax. Soon, Meng Zhou entered a state of concentration again and watched the entire process of these two pairs of "footprints" from their appearance to their departure in fast forward.

Unconsciously, Meng Zhou's brows were frowning tightly.

He selected the clips that best reflected the characteristics of these two pairs of "footprints" and watched them again.

In this way, after doing it over and over again, Meng Zhou didn't give up until he was sure that he had fully understood the characteristics and charm of these two pairs of "footprints".

Then, Meng Zhou singled out the "footprints" left by Lian Ziling in the depths of the "interpretation world".

Because Meng Zhou put the most effort into this person, even the "footprint theory" was specially designed for him.

Therefore, there is no need to remember anything in particular. Just by looking at Meng Zhou, you can find a familiar feeling and grasp the unique charm of Lian Ziling in these "footprints".

However, Meng Zhou's actions did not stop.

He also dug up all the information after a female cultivator with Nascent Soul cultivation level arrived with twenty murderous pill formations.

——This is also a sign that the power of Xingxiu Palace has entered the five realms again.

The Nascent Soul female cultivator took twenty Constellation Palaces to forge pills, starting from the Alchemy Domain, then the Golden Cauldron Domain, the Yuling Domain, the Hehuan Domain, and finally the Qingxuan Domain. The group of people walked around in this circle. Within the five domains, there were only The five third-level spiritual veins all changed owners and returned to the control of Xingxiu Palace.

However, what makes Meng Zhou feel regretful is that because the number of "transparent round mirrors" is limited, and in order not to arouse the vigilance of the Yuanying monks, the function of the "transparent round mirror" that is already weaker than the "transparent moon mirror" has been affected. There were many restrictions, coupled with the fact that Meng Zhou's focus at that time was on Lian Ziling.

Under these many factors, there is very little information about this Nascent Soul female cultivator in the "Deduction World".

Even if we include all the traces of her sudden appearance at Qinglin Peak and extinguishing the wave targeting the Constellation Palace with one blow, Meng Zhou could only extract a pair of very vague "footprints".

However, when Meng Zhou placed it side by side with the other three pairs of "footprints", he felt a little helpless and thought with peace of mind: "That's okay. If it's just for comparison, that's fine."

Then, Meng Zhou focused all his attention on these four pairs of "footprints."

After careful comparison, Meng Zhou finally confirmed the thoughts that came to mind when he saw the two pairs of "footprints" appearing in the "gap zone".

"These four pairs of 'footprints' have different characteristics and charms... They come from four different people!" Meng Zhou judged in his heart.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhou couldn't help but take a deep breath.

This means that there are at least four Nascent Soul cultivators in Xingxiu Palace.

And there may be more!

How can this not be shocking!

Meng Zhou also thought about the possibility that one of the two Nascent Souls who came to the Constellation Palace this time could be Lian Ziling's true form——

Previously, he had confirmed that Lian Ziling, who quietly came to this domain a few years ago, was a Nascent Soul clone.

Therefore, it is not impossible that one of the two Yuanying monks, a man and a woman, who came to investigate the situation this time was another Lian Ziling.

However, Meng Zhou quickly dismissed this speculation.

It cannot be said that this possibility does not exist at all.

If Lian Ziling splits a Nascent Soul clone, he gives it a completely independent and free nature without any restrictions on it.

Let the Nascent Soul clone have complete autonomy in thoughts, actions, and decisions.

It is also possible that this reaction will show completely different characteristics and charm in the "footprints" of "interpretation of the world".

However, Meng Zhou believes that this theoretical possibility has no possibility at all in reality.

Not to mention that he had a little understanding of Lian Ziling's personality and behavioral patterns through the puppet Yan Zhuang. He was convinced that this was not something he could do. Even a normal monk would never be able to do this.

Therefore, the two pairs of "footprints" are most likely to belong to two male Nascent Souls.

In the same way, although one of the other two pairs of "footprints" is blurry and the other is clear, their characteristics are also very different, and they most likely come from two different female cultivators.

——It needs special mention that Meng Zhou used this original method to extract the "footprints" from the massive information of "deducing the world", which can only reflect a person's action trajectory and what was revealed in the process. has many unique characteristics.

If the "footprints" collected are large enough and detailed enough, we can even get a deeper glimpse of his character and temperament, predict his behavior, etc.

But this "footprint" does not contain the person's specific appearance and other characteristics, and even the gender cannot be intuitively reflected. It is Meng Zhou's judgment based on the other characteristics of each pair of "footprints".

If a male cultivator completely identifies himself as a female cultivator, and his behavioral patterns and thinking habits are completely female cultivators, then Meng Zhou’s judgment based on his “footprints” will point to the conclusion that this person is a female cultivator. .

The reverse is also true.

Therefore, among the four Nascent Souls of the Constellation Palace, the only one Meng Zhou could confirm his name and identity was Lian Ziling.

Because this is the only person Meng Zhou has seen his face through the clone of Tai Sui's body.

The faces of the other three were completely blurred to him. Naturally, he could not know their more specific identities and names in Xingxiu Palace through Yan Zhuang's memory.

However, this is not that important to Meng Zhou.

…

[Hetiandi Master 1.086 million/1.6 million]

[Level 4 spiritual master 41,000/100,000]

[Rope Master Level 4 43,000/100,000]

Meng Zhou looked at the "wounds" of heaven and earth in the "gap zone", and the number had returned to nearly two thousand. He felt itchy and greedy.

But he understood better that in a short period of time, this could no longer be touched.

The Nascent Souls in Xingxiu Palace were alarmed, and two of them came over at once to check on the situation.

Although looking at the whole process from their appearance to their departure, it seemed that they were executing a fixed work process. They didn't really take it too seriously, and they didn't associate such a catastrophic change with a certain monk within the Five Domains.

However, the two Xingxiu Palace Nascent Souls were alerted and came to the scene to investigate the situation in person, which already shows the importance of this matter within the Xingxiu Palace.

If he doesn't stop decisively now, the consequences will be unpredictable.

Therefore, Meng Zhou rationally decided to stop practicing the "Union of Heaven and Earth".

What makes him a little uncomfortable is that it is now the third day of October, and there is no beginning and no tail.

Just follow the plan in your heart and see that the time for your next retreat is not far away.

Don't miss out on practicing, this is the prerequisite for all plans.

"wait."

Meng Zhou decided to take a vacation for himself.

Thinking like this, Meng Zhou had a thought and called out Bai Zhi, who was sleeping peacefully in the sea of ​​consciousness.

At the end of December, when Meng Zhou once again brought Bai Zhi into the Sea of ​​Consciousness, it could be clearly seen that Bai Zhi, who had just entered the seventh level of Danjie for the first time, had improved significantly in less than three months. improvement.

Although she is still a little short of the opportunity to go one step further, no one will doubt her if she has accumulated at least ten years of experience in the seventh level of Dan Formation.

…

It’s a new year in a blink of an eye.

The third day of February.

After the retreat in the first month, Meng Zhou spent another two days sorting it out. Only after he had completely controlled the new cultivation level did he emerge from the "Lotus Space".

After processing all the traces, Meng Zhou escaped into the depths of the real world and disappeared into this third-level evil vein.

[Cultivation progress +720, ninth level of elixir formation 6045/10,000]

When Meng Zhou ended his "deep dive" state and once again stood in the interlayer between the real world and the real world, he had arrived at the location of the original mountain gate of the Jinding Sect in the Jinding Domain, where the third-level spiritual vein called Zijin Cliff was located.

At this moment, Meng Zhou, who was standing between the real world and the real world, was looking at an alchemy monk in the Xingxiu Palace.

Back then, the Nascent Soul female cultivator from the Xingxiu Palace arrived with twenty murderous pill-forming monks, officially announcing the return of the Xingxiu Palace.

The first stop for its arrival was the mountain gate of the original Alchemy Sect, which was also the only third-level spiritual vein that was completely taken over by the Xingxiu Palace.

Because there is a mountain-protecting formation arranged by Dan Weapon Zonghua with great effort, Xingxiu Palace only needs to make some modifications in the key points of the formation - equivalent to changing a new lock, it can take care of the entire third-level spiritual vein, and can Prevent anyone from intruding, including monks from the original Alchemy Sect.

For this reason, there is only one Dan-Jie monk in charge of this third-level spiritual pulse constellation palace.

In addition to the other four third-level spiritual veins, before the group of people from Xingxiu Palace arrived, all man-made objects, including the mountain guarding formation, were completely dismantled. Those that were really worthless were also completely dismantled. Destroyed, Mao didn't even leave a single piece of it for Xingxiu Palace.

In order to take care of these four third-level spiritual veins, Xingxiu Palace has arranged four sentry areas on each third-level spiritual vein, and each has a Danjie to take charge.

In other words, within the scope of the five domains, there are seventeen Jiedan of the Constellation Palace who are in charge all year round.

Although the arrangement of the Xingxiu Palace is to "stay in charge all year round", these are the seventeen pill-forming people, not the seventeen wooden puppets who have no feelings or thoughts and can only follow instructions.

Every Dan-Jie cultivator in the Xingxiu Palace is not an isolated individual. There are always more or less ties behind them, and there are always things that must be dealt with by them personally.

What's more, for any monk, progress in practice is the most important thing and must be given top priority.

Given the current situation in the Five Realms, the guards of the Xingxiu Palace can only practice ordinary cultivation. If there is a key breakthrough, the Five Realms are not a good choice.

Because of these reasons, since these seventeen Xingxiu Gongjie Dan took office in the five regions, at least one or two, as many as three or five, would leave every year.

At the same time, the same number of Xingxiu Palace monks with similar cultivation levels will come to replace them.

Because all the processes are completed in the caves where these guarding pills are located, and these monks never come into contact with the monks from the five realms, only Meng Zhou knows that there is such a thing inside these guarding pills. Flexible side.

Meng Zhou made long-term and detailed observations on this.

From this, he also discovered that, except for some very special cases, all the monks who were replaced by new Dan-forming monks that year would crush a half-red and half-white Xuanzhu two months before they were replaced. .

Meng Zhou guessed that there should be a department within Xingxiu Palace specifically responsible for the management and coordination of these guarding pills.

And the half-red and half-white Xuanzhu crushed two months in advance should be some kind of special means of communicating across the realm of death.

Applications must be filed two months in advance so that the department responsible for management and coordination has ample time to find a suitable replacement within the Xingxiu Palace.

At the same time, through Meng Zhou’s careful observation, looking at the way the new replacements appeared and the way those replaced left, Meng Zhou could basically confirm that the arrival and departure of these pill-forming monks were most likely not caused by the source. from themselves.

They are just passively thrown in by some kind of force, or they are dragged away.

This discovery disappointed Meng Zhou for a long time.

This means that he cannot find the "key" to leave the Five Realms from these monks who guard the Pill Formation.

These monks who guard Jiedan do not have the right to "open the door" and "close the door".

The only thing they can do is to call out through the half-red and half-white Xuanzhu two months in advance when they want to leave.

Although he was disappointed, Meng Zhou had to admit that this was reasonable.

If he really found the "key" to leave the Five Realms from these guarding pills, he should be wary of whether there were any traps hidden in them that would kill people without paying for their lives.

So, what should you do?

When this question came to mind, the first thought that came to Meng Zhou's mind was to "replace one's strength with one's own." He would become the monk who was about to be replaced and leave, and then use his identity to quietly leave the Five Realms. This cage.

Meng Zhou was confident that he could do everything he wanted to do quietly without being directly watched by the Nascent Soul of the Constellation Palace.

Those formations that protect and guard the core?

Sorry, not to mention that his current formation attainments have increased with the improvement of the knot master's realm. He has reached the level of the fourth-level mid-level, but his formation attainments have not broken through to the fourth level. This kind of formation is rooted in the third-level spiritual veins. The above formation is just a decoration to him.

In fact, as long as he reasons, he may make these formations become his "accomplices" at any time.

As for these guards who were born in Xingxiu Palace, Meng Zhou did not even regard them as obstacles.

Although everyone is a pill-forming person, how to deal with them, round them or flatten them, Meng Zhou is confident that it all depends on his own thoughts.

This was the first method Meng Zhou came up with, but it was also the first idea rejected by Meng Zhou.

Even third-level sects such as Qingxuan Sect and Alchemy Sect have a very strict management of disciples from the inner sect and above.

Because changing disguise is very easy for monks who have reached a certain level of cultivation.

So, how to make sure that one's family has not been impersonated by someone with ulterior motives is a difficult problem that all forces must face.

Even, from a certain perspective, whether this problem can be solved well or even perfectly is the key to whether this force can gain access.

Life lamps, soul cards, heart essence and blood, and various other unique secret techniques and equipment methods...

A layman like Meng Zhou could think of many effective methods in an instant, let alone Xingxiu Palace? !

What's more, Meng Zhou had long known from Yan Zhuang's memory that Xingxiu Palace did have a set of strict management methods for this.

Even though the current situation is not in Yan Zhuang's memory, he knows from his own ass that Xingxiu Palace's management of the alchemy monks entering and exiting this domain at this moment will only become stricter.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to directly replace the other party and then leave as the other party.

The target he is eyeing cannot be killed at will, or even show any obvious abnormality.

And this also rejected the second solution that Meng Zhou had in mind.

The second solution he came up with was not to directly replace the target, but to completely control the target and turn the opponent into his puppet.

Then, he would use the method of change and follow the other party out.

If he could only achieve this step, he could easily accomplish this by relying on Meng Zhou's ultimate level of spiritual master attainments.

At the beginning, Patriarch Mingnan used human beings as puppets and used the method of a spiritual master to turn Patriarch Guangcheng into his own spiritual puppet.

The spiritual master's methods are even better than those of the spiritual master. When used, they are more calm and smooth, not rigidly bound to formalities, and even less pyrotechnics.

Meng Zhou is confident that as long as the target's cultivation level is still at the level of pill formation, he does not need to upgrade the spiritual master profession to the fourth level to turn the target into a humanoid spirit that is completely under his control without alerting anyone. puppet.

But there is a prerequisite for this, that is, after the "humanoid spirit puppet" controlled by him takes him out of this domain, there is no strict "disinfecting process" waiting on the other side.

"Humanoid puppets" cannot withstand a comprehensive "physical examination". Once they enter this process, abnormalities will soon be discovered.

If this is the case, he is not far away from being exposed.

So, want to take a gamble?

of course not.

I am Gou, I am not betting on dogs!

But in this case, how should I get out?

How should we take advantage of this opportunity that seems so close at hand?

Meng Zhou racked his brains and thought about it. In the end, his active thinking allowed him to find a new way out of a seemingly hopeless situation.

However, if you want to take this path, there is a basic premise, that is, the attainment of a "spiritual master" needs to be further based on the third-level limit.

In other words, the "spiritual master" profession must reach the fourth level of low-level, so that the new method he thought of can be qualified to try it.

Of course, it would be best if the "Spirit Master" profession could go one step further on the basis of the fourth-order low-grade and reach the fourth-order mid-grade before he officially takes action.

It can be said that such harsh conditions are impossible for any monk except Meng Zhou to complete.

The difficulty is no less than the "jailbreak" he wants to try.

However, it was precisely with such a high threshold that Meng Zhou saw the real dawn.

"Such an outrageous prerequisite, Xingxiu Palace doesn't think anyone can achieve it, right?"

"But it is precisely because of this that they will completely ignore the possibility of such a possibility, giving this road a basis for real progress!"

…

At this moment, somewhere in the Purple Gold Cliff with the third level spiritual vein.

Meng Zhou stood in the mezzanine between the real world and the real world. Outside, there was a mountaintop surrounded by a third-level top-level formation, and a cave mansion was located in it.

In the quiet room of the cave, a guarding monk with the peak of the sixth level of alchemy sat cross-legged and meditated.

Because he felt that his accumulation on the sixth level of the Dan Formation was deep enough, he couldn't wait to return to the cave that belonged to him in Xingxiu Sea and break through the barrier between the middle and late stages of the Formation of the Pill.

As for the fact that the current cave was pretty good and fully equipped for him to break through, he didn't even consider it.

Are you kidding me? What if someone attacks Zijinya's spiritual veins at the critical moment when I break through seclusion?

It’s not like this has never happened before!

Had it not been for the arrival of the Nascent Soul Ancestor, the consequences would have been unpredictable!

Even if there were no signs at the moment, he would never risk his own future.

Therefore, a month and a half ago, he crushed the communication bead assigned to him in the palace to express his feelings.

Now, it was half a month before the replacement arranged by the palace arrived, and his mind was already wandering.

I don't pay much attention to the guard mission anymore.

In fact, even before he applied, he didn't think much of it. He stayed in this small area anyway, and his response was very limited. He could either control the formation to drive away the intruders, or summon people to shake them down.

This is too simple a task, and naturally it cannot arouse people's interest.

Not only him, but all the guarding pills have similar problems. Over time, they become slack without realizing it.

At this moment, he was thinking about the arrangements after returning to Xingxiu Sea. Naturally, he had no idea that he had been targeted by a beast that exceeded the cognition of ordinary monks.

Suddenly, sitting cross-legged in silence, he felt as if his soul had been lightly bitten by a mosquito.

Then, there is no more.

When he opened his eyes again, it was no longer him who controlled this body, but Meng Zhou.

But at this moment, Meng Zhou was still standing quietly in the mezzanine between the real world and the real world, taking out an object from the spirit gourd space unhurriedly.

It was a blank Tai Sui body.

Even if he has greater confidence in his heart, given his character, he will still habitually play it safe.

This Tai Sui body is the stone he threw.