Do not die

At the end of the day, Kou Chong didn't know whether there was something wrong with him or whether "Uncle Zheng" was out of his mind.

Faced with such an old man who didn't know which day he was going to die, Kou Chong wisely made the most appropriate choice——

Don’t retaliate when scolded, respond with silence.

It wasn't until "Uncle Zheng"'s unprovoked venting came to an end that Kou Chong said apologetically:

"It's all my problem, so I won't bother you."

After that, he turned around and left.

"Wait a minute." "Uncle Zheng" suddenly called him again.

Kou Chong stopped and turned to look at "Uncle Zheng" with a questioning look on his face.

"Uncle Zheng" asked: "What are you going to do now?"

Kou Chong said: "Keep thinking, what else?"

He felt that his previous intuition was not wrong.

At a certain moment just now, he even felt that he was only a thin layer of window paper away from actually finding the correct answer. He only needed to move forward slightly, and it would be done.

Although, this feeling subsided later.

I tried many times but could not reproduce the feeling I had at that time.

But Kou Chong was inexplicably convinced that his feeling at that time was not wrong.

Since "Uncle Zheng" can't give him any useful advice, he should just keep trying.

Kou Chong believes that there are two things in everything.

As long as he tries enough times, he will eventually be able to regain the feeling he had at that time, and even go one step further to find the answer he was pursuing so hard.

"Uncle Zheng" stared at him for a while, then slowly shook his head and said:

“The last thing people can’t force is their own thoughts.

Sometimes, the harder you try to calm down and eliminate all distracting thoughts, the more counterproductive the effect will be. "

Kou Chong opened his mouth, and after a while, he asked for advice: "Then... what should I do?"

"Uncle Zheng" sighed and suggested:

“The most important thing you should do now is to completely relax your mind.

...The reason why you are in that state is because you have stretched yourself too tight these days.

So, let's go, you won't be using this library hall for a while. "

Kou Chong was dumbfounded when he heard "Uncle Zheng" give such advice.

"Let's go? Don't come here anymore? Then...then where should I go?"

"Uncle Zheng" waved his hand and said, "Go wherever you want and put this matter aside completely.

It doesn’t matter whether you go to practice or just go shopping.

After a while, when you have completely put these thoughts away from your mind, then you can try here again. "

Having said this, "Uncle Zheng" paused and then said:

“Before this, don’t compete with yourself.

If you do that, you will only be the one who suffers in the end! "

After saying that, "Uncle Zheng" lay back on the armchair again, closed his eyes and took a nap, and gently waved his hands in a driving gesture, as if he didn't want to continue this topic with him.

Kou Chong was still confused about "Uncle Zheng's" strange behavior today.

However, he also found a reason to convince himself. Perhaps, "Uncle Zheng" is because my performance today touched some of his personal memories.

Whether he is angry for no reason or gives careful guidance after the anger, his emotional target is not himself, but the current "Uncle Zheng" versus himself at a certain moment in the past.

Thinking about it this way, Kou Chong felt that things suddenly made sense.

…

Meng Zhou secretly caused a stumbling block for "Uncle Zheng" and delayed the advancement of his plan, and finally left the "Lotus Space".

After taking the gold-powder double-pedicle lotus rooted in the body of the Earthly Charming Spirit Turtle into the spirit gourd space and doing some necessary processing of some traces, Meng Zhou quietly escaped from the body of the Earthly Charming Spirit Turtle and headed towards the spirit island. Sneak away outside.

This time, Meng Zhou had a clear goal, a place called the "Observation Hall".

To be honest, Meng Zhou and this place actually have a very deep connection.

At that time, Yanzhuang took the initiative to apply to become an "observer" specifically responsible for the "Juye Wilderness" in order to regularly learn about the current situation of Cuiyu Lake.

Its specific responsibility is to regularly collect, organize, and summarize the information that all forces loyal to Xingxiu Palace, including the Qiao family, regularly send to Xingxiu Palace, so that Xingxiu Palace can learn about the "Juye Wilderness" during the mountain closure period. approximate changes.

Observers must not only summarize and report this information regularly, but if they encounter special changes, they must immediately report it to all the senior officials of Xingxiu Palace.

On the other hand, maintaining the "loyalty" of these forces' informants is also a very important task.

Only in this way can they work harder.

As for how to do it specifically, it includes responding to the other party's soul call when necessary, helping the other party solve some difficult problems, and it can also be the gift of some precious secrets of practice, etc.

Such observation makes it obvious that Yanzhuang is not the only one.

During the nearly 200-year-long closure of the Xingxiu Palace, different observers gradually developed more standardized and strict procedures in the process of exercising their authority.

With the birth of four True Lords of Nascent Soul in Xingxiu Palace one after another, the closure of the mountain that lasted for nearly two hundred years ended. In order to bring the eight wastelands of the outer world back into the order and control of Xingxiu Palace, a large number of Xingxiu Palace Formation Pills were sent to various places. Guarding in a deserted area.

This is the most important matter in Xingxiu Palace at the moment.

In order to manage these guarding pills, pay attention to their safety, coordinate and arrange their stay, and at the same time keep abreast of the timely developments in each domain...

Such a complicated and important matter certainly requires a professional team to be responsible for it.

Originally a very professional counterpart, in past experience, the "Observation Hall", which would end its mission little by little with the closure of the Xingxiu Palace, took on this new mission.

This is also the reason why Meng Zhou came here as his first stop after he understood the truth about "Xingxiu Tianchi", gradually had a mature way to break the situation in his mind, and determined his behavior in the next few years.

In this "observation hall", there are two pieces of information he must get.

First, the "Observation Hall" has information on all the monks sent to guard Jiedan.

Not only is there the cultivation status of each guarding pill, as well as a general introduction to its characteristics, but it also includes information on the contracted monsters, important magic weapons, special secrets, etc. it has mastered.

What's more important, all the monks who have submitted applications through Communication Xuanzhu within two months to be transferred and returned, as well as the monks who will be safely replaced at that time, their information is concentrated here.

This is information that Meng Zhou must master.

Secondly, the timely information collected by the "Observation Hall" from various wilderness areas is an important reference for the next phase of the actions of the four Nascent Soul Ancestors.

For example, when a large number of monks were dissatisfied with Xingxiu Palace's actions, they attacked Qinglin Peak on a large scale. The timely appearance of a Nascent Soul female cultivator directly killed the counterattack.

For another example, when Meng Zhou practiced "unity of heaven and earth" in the "gap zone" between the five realms and healed one "wound of heaven and earth" one after another, it eventually triggered a huge epidemic that affected the entire five realms of cultivation. A huge disaster that shook everyone.

That abnormality directly prompted two Nascent Souls to come to the front line to investigate.

This is also information that Meng Zhou must master.

Not to mention anything else, in the next few years, he will definitely take frequent actions, and it will no longer be a good thing to hide in the "Lotus Space" for several years.

He must try his best to avoid the possibility of a head-on encounter with these Nascent Soul monks during his outdoor activities.

Everyone uses Xingxiu Sea as their base. Without some advance planning, this kind of thing is very likely to happen.

In the eyes of middle- and low-level monks, the Xingxiu Sea with a radius of 50,000 miles is considered vast.

But at the level of Meng Zhou and those Nascent Soul monks, this is really not a big deal at all.

It's almost like living in the same house as everyone else.

Under such circumstances, if you don't want to meet other people, the best way is of course to start from the source and directly grasp their schedules.

And this is also the key to Meng Zhou's field trip to "Xingxiu Tianchi".

Although Meng Zhou had gleaned a glimpse of the truth from a large collection of ancient books, and although he was 99% certain in his mind, other situations may arise without on-site inspection and verification with his own eyes.

Therefore, it is necessary to conduct an on-the-spot investigation near the "Xingxiu Tianchi" in person.

And this is to ensure that when he goes for on-site inspection, there are no Nascent Soul monks in the "Xingxiu Tianchi".

Otherwise, even if he has strong confidence in his "Five Elements Escape".

This is too risky.

Now, as long as possible, he really doesn't want to take any risks.

The more stable the better.

Therefore, for so many reasons, he had to come to this "Observation Hall".

…

The "Observation Hall" is located on a large spiritual island.

Just next to this spiritual island, there is another spiritual island that is much smaller in area, with many formations such as the teleportation array and the heart-asking array arranged on it.

The monks of Xingxiu Palace go to the Eight Wildernesses of the Outer Realms, or return from the Eight Wildernesses of the Outer Realms, all here.

It should also be mentioned that this is just a conventional method, not the only one.

At least, according to what Meng Zhou learned, all Yuanying's round-trips did not pass through here.

Meng Zhou guessed that they should have higher authority and be able to come and go more freely.

After entering the spirit island where the "Observation Hall" was located, Meng Zhou quickly determined his first target.

Deputy Palace Master Cao Bin.

According to the information he learned, there is a palace master in the "Observation Hall" who is at the peak of the ninth level of pill formation.

The talent of this palace master is not inferior to that of the four new ancestors who have advanced to the Nascent Soul realm.

From a certain perspective, this palace master is even better than the four new Yuan Ying ancestors.

As early as a hundred years ago, he reached the peak of Dan Formation and launched a sprint towards the Nascent Soul realm.

However, he also failed here.

Although he did not fall and still managed to keep his cultivation level from falling, he also lost the possibility of going further forever.

Because of this reason, the palace master could not face the four newly promoted Nascent Soul Ancestors with a normal heart.

Although he is the master of the palace, he almost never shows up and doesn't care about anything.

The person who is really responsible for the specific affairs is Cao Bin, the deputy palace master who has just entered the eighth level of cultivation.

After determining the specific target of the action, Meng Zhou further confirmed the specific contracted monster.

A snake that is not distinguished by its size, but has a green body.

The most special thing about this snake is that its saliva has two properties at the same time, strong venom and powerful healing power.

Whether it is "poison" or "healing" depends entirely on the snake or Cao Bin's thoughts.

Meng Zhou saw through the nature of the snake saliva at a glance, it was poisonous.

This gave Meng Zhou a warm feeling in his heart.

In addition, because of the special nature of this snake, Cao Bin did not let it go out to roam freely in the Xingxiu Sea, but restrained it within the scope of the Spirit Island.

This greatly facilitated Meng Zhou's actions.

Meng Zhou spent several days designing the most suitable body of Tai Sui based on the condition of the spiritual snake, and spent twenty kilograms of third-grade high-grade Tai Sui flesh and blood to refine a body of Tai Sui in the form of a snake.

Then, Meng Zhou followed the method that had been used on Kou Chong and Fan Ling, and replaced the spirit snake without the deputy hall master Cao Bin noticing.

Then, through the influence of "contract connection", Cao Bin took the initiative to call back the spirit snake and put it into the beast bag.

Through this series of obscure operations, Meng Zhou became the real master of the "Observation Hall" without anyone noticing.

Of course, he didn't act recklessly.

He just watched silently through Cao Bin's eyes and ears.

Soon, the information about the guarding pills sent to the eight wastelands in the outer world, as well as the information that could directly or indirectly prove the activity patterns of the four Nascent Soul monks, appeared clearly in Meng Zhou's mind.

The goal was achieved smoothly, without any accidents during the whole process, and Meng Zhou himself was surprised.

“It seems that as long as the route is correct and the method is appropriate, it is normal to achieve the goal.

The process is thrilling and full of twists and turns. It’s not that the goal is too difficult to achieve, it’s just that the route chosen is not stable enough and the method is not appropriate enough. "Meng Zhou thought so in his heart.

What first caught Meng Zhou's attention was the extremely regular activities of the four Nascent Soul monks.

It can be clearly seen that from the time when Xingxiu Palace came back to the present, the activities of the four Nascent Soul monks have been completely silent in the first and second months of every year.

Even if a very serious incident occurred somewhere in the wilderness during this period, such as an organized counterattack by the cultivation forces within the wilderness, the wanton actions of the Lihen Sect, etc.

As long as it happens within these two months, the four Nascent Souls will not respond immediately and in a targeted manner.

Their response to incidents that occurred within these two months was basically concentrated in March of that year.

Except for the past two months, their response was very timely.

It can even predict events in advance and nip those plots against the Constellation Palace in the bud.

With such an obvious pattern, Meng Zhou came to the conclusion naturally without even thinking about it.

"This should be their time to practice in seclusion, right?"

Because he had similar experiences to them, Meng Zhou easily came to this conclusion.

Moreover, their actions were so consistent that they were most likely retreating together in the same place.

And this place can only be the "Xingxiu Tianchi".

Meng Zhou made this judgment in his mind, and at the same time, he also set the time for his first close field visit to the "Xingxiu Tianchi".

Next March.

At that time, the four Yuanying monks had just finished their two-month retreat, which was the busiest time.

What if I'm not busy?

"So the immediate goal is for them to enjoy a solid March next year."

How to do this?

Meng Zhou looked at the guarding pills distributed in the eight wastelands of the outer realm.

Through the deputy palace master Cao Bin, Meng Zhou learned that just tomorrow, a guard Jiedan will return from one of the wilderness areas. At the same time, there is also a monk who has come to the spirit island here and will arrange to hand over half a day in advance. replace.

Another half month later, in another deserted area, another guard Jiedan returned to take turns.

A month and a half later...

Finally, Meng Zhou determined his goal.

Ten days later in the wilderness of Hongze.

Because just fifty-five days later, the guarding pill will return to the wilderness of Hongze.

This means that if he goes to the wilderness of Hongze with the replacement pill in ten days, he can hitch another ride back in fifty-five days.

Limited time is utilized to the maximum extent possible. (End of chapter)