I Borrowed a Brain from the Almighty

Yongxian Country is located in the border area between the Ancient God Sect and the Star Gate, due south, half of which is in the Ancient God Sect and half in the Star Gate.

This is where the former Ku Chai Venerable achieved enlightenment and returned to the void. Many of the places described in the bone slips are here. Chen Luo came here directly to save trouble. The spiritual veins and resources are ready-made and convenient.

After leaving the Ancient God Sect, Chen Luo has been thinking about how to go next.

The realm of refining the spirit is different from the realm of refining qi.

In addition to the qualifications of the nine steps of refining the spirit, more resources are needed, and most of these resources are under the monopoly of the Dao Sect. Chen Luo has only two ways to obtain these resources. The first way is to rob directly like Ku Zhu and others, and be an enemy of the Dao Sect. The second way is to surrender to the Dao Sect and be their dog.

Chen Luo doesn't want to take these two ways, he is going to take the third one.

First rob their ancestors, and then make the Changqing Sect bigger and stronger.

Wealth, law, and power.

He wants them all!

I didn't have the power before, but now I have it, so I naturally want to express my opinion.

The sky is full of yellow sand, and the camel bells are ringing.

There is a small town at the end of the raging sandstorm. Most of the buildings in the town are made of wood. They are covered with frost under the erosion of the sandstorm. The outer walls are dry and cracked, and they creak in the wind.

The wooden door was pushed open, and the sandstorm rolled in from outside.

A man covered with sand walked into the inn. He took off his bamboo hat, revealing his frosted face underneath. The man was wearing a coarse linen shirt and a steel knife on his back. The handle and scabbard seemed to be covered with starch, and the original color was worn away. The man patted the sand off his body, walked to the counter and put down two big coins.

"A pot of wine, stronger."

The shopkeeper looked at the old swordsman for a while, and after confirming that there was no problem, he put the big money on the counter.

After ordering the wine, the old swordsman walked to the window. There was only one seat left in the whole inn, but one person was already sitting there. A young man who was not stained with a speck of dust and was extremely clean.

This man was wearing a light blue robe, and there were a bunch of exquisite tea sets on the table. The green tea leaves rolled on the water, exuding a fragrance. This elegant style was incompatible with the snake catchers in the desert.

"I wonder if I can share a table with my friends?"

The old swordsman looked around and turned his eyes back.

In the past, he would never provoke such a person. He was definitely not an ordinary person to be able to clean himself up so cleanly in the desert. But today was different. Everyone who came here today was for "catching snakes".

If you miss today, you have to wait another year.

It was precisely because of this that the inn, which was usually not crowded, was unusually popular.

"Whatever."

The young man looked at the old swordsman with a strange look, as if he was wondering why the old swordsman saw him. But fortunately, the other party did not say much, and even agreed to his request to share the table, which made the old swordsman relieved.

"Thank you!"

After saying thank you, the old swordsman sat down opposite. He was very cautious and did not touch the other person's things. Instead, he carefully took off the long knife behind him and leaned it against the table leg, where he could easily reach it. Then he took out his dry food and started eating.

After a while, the waiter brought up the drinks he ordered.

The drinks were a little turbid and not good wine.

But the advantage was that the price was low, and snake catchers like them could only afford this level of drinks.

The old swordsman took a bite of dry food, poured the wine into the porcelain bowl next to him and took a sip. The spicy taste slid down his throat, and a few drops of overflowing wine dripped along the beard on the edge, exuding a smell of alcohol,

Ha!

The old swordsman took a long breath, broke off the dry food and took another bite. After the young man opposite said the previous sentence, he continued to meditate and ignored him, which made the old swordsman feel more at ease. Don't provoke such a mysterious person if you can avoid it. This is the experience he summed up from walking in the world.

Others in the inn were resting on their own. No one was talking. Everyone was waiting.

When the sun set, the sand snake appeared.

The precious sand snake was the most precious treasure of Yongxian Country, and it was worth their lives. Those who dared to sit in the inn and drink were all masters among the snake catchers. Newcomers were not qualified to enter. This was the rule of the inn.

The owner of such a large inn in the desert was naturally not an ordinary person.

"What time is it?"

Someone in the inn suddenly asked.

"Three quarters of the evening."

"So slow! At least another hour."

The time when the sand snake appeared was at night, and the earliest was three quarters of the evening. This was something all snake catchers knew.

"Why are there so many people this time?"

Someone asked in a low voice. Not only the old swordsman, but others also had similar questions. Snake catching is indeed a highly profitable industry, but it is extremely dangerous. The sand snake they want to capture is not an ordinary venomous snake, but a demon snake. This kind of snake is extremely ferocious, and the swords of ordinary warriors can't even cut through its skin. These snake catchers are not ordinary people. Each of them is a cultivator who has entered the Tao and has one or two minor magical powers. However, in the environment of the upper realm, the Qi Refining Realm is not considered as a cultivator, so most of them are still living in the mortal world. Only those Qi Refining Realm who have opened their eyes and are taken away by the big sects will leave the mortal world and go to a wider world.

The growth conditions of sand snakes are extremely harsh, which is related to the geographical location of Yongxian Kingdom. Only in the desert here can this kind of medicinal snake be raised. If you change to another place, the medicinal properties of sand snakes of the same species will be different.

When this secret was first discovered, Dao Zong also sent people to occupy this place.

But strangely enough, once human intervention occurs, the output of sand snakes will drop sharply, and the medicinal properties of the cultivated ones will be greatly reduced. Sometimes it will even cause furnace explosion, which is extremely unfriendly to alchemists. After trying many methods here, Dao Zong masters finally gave up control and decided to let them go.

Let the people of Yongxian Kingdom help them take care of it, and leave all the trivial and troublesome things to the people of Yongxian Kingdom. They only need to collect the finished sand snakes. This saves time and energy. Yongxian Kingdom has developed with the support of Dao Zong with this income line, and some people have also obtained the qualifications to practice in Dao Zong.

"Of course it was affected by that incident."

"What incident?"

Some snake catchers who had rested turned their eyes at the same time. The snake catcher who was talking was short and squatted on a bench to eat melon seeds. Seeing that the topic attracted everyone's attention, he also became interested and continued.

"Half a month ago, a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky of Yongxianjing. Someone saw the scorching sun rising in the midnight, and the light at that time illuminated half of the sky of Yongxianjing. This kind of reversal of yin and yang and the change of celestial phenomena caused great damage to Yongxianjing. Several worshippers died because of the backlash of divination."

"What does this have to do with snake catching?"

"Of course it has something to do with it."

The thin snake catcher grabbed a peanut and put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, and took a sip of wine before continuing.

"Someone has to take responsibility for something this big. The Imperial Master said that this is a disaster caused by the emperor's lack of moral integrity and his offense to the heavens. It is an ominous sign. It is necessary to issue a self-criticism edict and go on stage to offer sacrifices to the heavens to solve it." The thin snake catcher clapped his hands after eating peanuts.

"Since it is a sacrifice to the heavens, tribute is definitely needed. As the favorite sacrifice of the immortals, the price of sand snakes has naturally increased by dozens of times. With the sky-high price, more people will naturally gather."

"What nonsense, what about offending the heavens! This is clearly a battle of powers."

Someone couldn't help but say.

"What level of power can reverse yin and yang and turn night into day? I once saw a Yuanying Zhenjun. When the other party made a move, all the vitality of the world was sucked away, and all the laws were in his hands. In the domain of law controlled by that ancestor, I couldn't even activate the fire talisman, and everything around me was under the control of the other party."

When mentioning this matter, the person who spoke showed a lingering fear.

That time he almost died in the aftermath of the other party's battle. Maybe the Yuanying Zhenjun didn't know that there was such a little ant in the Qi Refining Realm at the scene of their fight.

Many people showed shocked expressions.

Yuanying Zhenjun can control the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth. This is a stronger person at a higher level than the Jindan Zhenren. Most of the people sitting here have never seen a Yuanying cultivator. For them, Yuanying cultivators are too far away and may not see one in their lifetime.

There are many strong people in the upper realm, but the range is wider.

The number of strong people distributed to the entire Xiuxian world is like a stone in the desert, not conspicuous at all.

As long as you don't go to those core areas, you will find that Qi Refining and Foundation Building are the mainstream of the Xiuxian world. Compared with those old monsters who have lived for more than 3,000 years, the cultivators of Qi Refining and Foundation Building are like leeks, changing one after another. The things that both sides pay attention to and the resources they snatch are not at the same level. The low-level cultivators can't even understand the ideas of high-level cultivators.

"But even that Yuanying-level warrior couldn't reverse yin and yang. The heaven and earth energy he called upon could only affect magic and magical powers, and the scope of influence was limited to the city. How could the half of the sky in Yongxianjing be caused by a battle between immortal cultivators?"

"Maybe it was a warrior above the Yuanying realm?"

The person who spoke before refuted. He knew some information that other snake catchers didn't know, but he didn't dare to discuss it publicly.

"It's getting more and more outrageous. What kind of place is our Yongxian Kingdom? How could it attract warriors above the Yuanying realm?" Someone laughed.

"Besides, isn't a being stronger than Yuanying Zhenjun an immortal? To offend an immortal is to offend God. I think what the national teacher said is correct."

For these snake catchers in the inn, cultivators above the Yuanying realm are just legends. They are things in the adventures of immortal cultivators. Most of them don't even believe in the existence of Dao Zong. The highest point they can see is Yuanying Zhenjun. As for the realm after Yuanying, they don't even know the name.

The old swordsman sitting opposite Chen Luo was also listening to what these people were discussing.

Unlike those well-informed snake catchers, he was a cultivator from a small sect and knew two small magical powers. When he usually fought with others, he used the sword skills he practiced when he was a mortal. That was why he carried a sword with him at all times. Compared with the magical powers of the cultivators, he believed in his sword more.

"A strange phenomenon from the sky?"

The old swordsman subconsciously touched the long sword beside him, and felt a little more at ease. Looking up, the young man opposite was still sitting cross-legged, not affected by the outside world at all. This unshakable mentality made the old swordsman very envious.

"I wish I had your mentality."

When the old swordsman was young, he was unable to cultivate his magical skills because of his unstable mind. As a result, he was still in the early stage of Qi training after practicing for most of his life.

"You are really weird, old man. You have been talking to yourself since you came in. If I didn't see that you have practiced, I would have thought you were crazy." The snake catcher at the table next to him seemed to finally be unable to bear it. When the old swordsman finished speaking, he opened his mouth and sprayed a sentence.

Alone?

The old swordsman was suddenly stunned. Can't you see such a big person?

A strange feeling rose from the old swordsman's heart. (End of this chapter)