I Live Forever With My Proficiency

Chapter 396 Meeting old friends from Luoyue City again

"Daughter, what do you think of Fellow Daoist Chen next door?"

Under the dim light, Brother Qiao asked tentatively. His daughter had returned with the team to collect medicine a few days ago.

"Dad, why did you suddenly say this?"

The daughter understood what her father was saying, and her face turned red.

"Why can't Dad say this? Your parents are getting older. Sooner or later, they have to take the first step. I think that Fellow Daoist Chen is calm and not impatient. He is a person worth trusting." Brother Qiao checked. His own daughter’s micro-expressions.

"Dad, my daughter has never spoken more than three sentences to Fellow Daoist Chen." The daughter muttered.

"Then what's the point? Before your father and your mother became Taoist couples, we never even met each other. Aren't they living a good life these years?" Brother Qiao said nonchalantly.

After a pause, he moved forward slightly. He didn't know whether his daughter was shy or unhappy, so he said cautiously:

"Dad, I want to ask you, if you were entrusted to Fellow Daoist Chen, would you like it?"

Brother Qiao actually plays drums at heart.

On the one hand, I don’t know what my daughter is thinking.

On the other hand, Chen Ping had politely rejected him. Although he believed that his daughter was outstandingly beautiful and worthy of Chen Ping, feelings were really not a matter of deservingness.

"Dad, my daughter doesn't want to." The daughter lowered her head.

My face was burning.

There was one thing she didn't express. Over the years, she had become very close to Miss Xia from the City Lord's Mansion. She had seen the wonderful things outside, and her vision was no longer limited to the small and vast city.

In her opinion, Chen Ping's cultivation level of Qi Refining's ninth level is barely passable.

Everything else is unremarkable.

But she herself is already at the seventh level of Qi Refining at a young age, and is not too far away from the ninth level of Qi Refining.

"You don't like Fellow Daoist Chen?" Brother Qiao asked cautiously.

"My daughter doesn't want to." The girl lowered her head and whispered softly.

Brother Qiao sighed softly.

At this time, Brother Qiao's Taoist monk came in with a medicinal soup:

"If you don't want to, forget it. Then Fellow Daoist Chen may not necessarily be interested in our daughter. He has not taken the initiative to come over for so long except to treat your illness. If he is really thoughtful, I'm afraid he will find a reason to come here every day. . But Chen Fellow Daoist has been very kind to us, so he sent some valuable treasures back to express his gratitude."

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Separated by a wall, Chen Ping naturally didn't know what was going on next door.

He picked up the oil lamp, took out a book called "Detailed Explanation of Ghost Cultivator 1, 2, and 3" that he bought from a store in Haohan City, and started to read through it.

Across the sea from Haohan City was Senluo Prefecture, which was exactly where he wanted to learn about ghost cultivation.

The so-called Senluo means Myriad Manifestations.

Including Myriad Manifestations, a mixed bag.

Senluo State is the only place on the Misty Continent where the ghost cultivator sect can be found.

As a Xiuxian City built on the coastline, Haohan City is often a transit point and stopping point for caravans traveling between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Therefore, this Xiuxian City also has a certain amount of information reserves about Senluo State.

The so-called ghost cultivation focuses on absorbing the energy of Yin spirits to strengthen oneself.

The promotion system of ghost cultivators is very different from that of immortal cultivators. It is not divided according to Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Gold Core, etc., but has its own system: Cai Yin Realm, Soul Gathering Realm, Soul Condensation Realm, and Yuan Swallowing Realm. territory…

In terms of strength, it is slightly stronger than the corresponding realm of immortal cultivators, but its main advantage lies in the unpredictable and unpredictable nature of its methods.

Generally speaking, ghost cultivators have two modes of self-cultivation:

One is to absorb the evil spirit of the Yin spirit one by one, just like the immortal cultivator absorbs the spiritual energy, continue to practice and become stronger.

The second one is about devouring others, sucking their essence and blood, and refining their remaining souls.

Because the first way is slow, most ghost cultivators will take the second way at the same time.

Even the second extreme road is the main one.

Because of this, even in a more tolerant continent like Senluo Continent, ghost cultivators are still feared by the public and are not tolerated by the world. It can only be hidden among the general public in the form of Independent Cultivator and practice secretly.

Even if there are some non-extreme ghost cultivating sects or families, most of them are in a state of seclusion.

After reading the introduction of the ghost cultivator, Chen Ping opened the Senluozhou map he bought again.

Judging from the map, the hidden family recommended by Xiyue is located to the east of Senluo Prefecture.

The journey is still very long.

He sat down at his desk and repeatedly read the information and maps, and finally planned a relatively safe road, carefully marked it on the map, and marked the sphere of influence and various risk areas along the way.

For Chen Ping, he just hopes that the hidden family recommended by Xiyue will not move.

Otherwise, you will have to find another ghost cultivator.

That would be really troublesome.

At the same time, he was thinking in his mind. After entering Senluo Continent, he slowly observed that if Senluo Continent was too dangerous and exceeded the risk, he would give up decisively and return home.

Close the book and map and continue drawing symbols.

In this way, the days pass by.

The time for drawing talismans always passes quickly. Another two months have passed. Chen Ping has stayed in this vast city for nearly 7 months. He cleaned the talismans on his hands.

In addition to the income from drawing talismans intermittently in the past few years, I already have a lot of talismans in my hand.

There are already 2,611 White Shield Talismans, and there are more than a thousand other Talisman such as Ten Thousand Miles Talisman and Fusion Spirit Talisman.

These talismans can be exchanged for thousands of High Grade spiritual stones, and the harvest is not bad.

Maybe stay a little longer and then leave.

This day.

While Chen Ping was drawing the talisman, he suddenly heard a noise coming from outside.

And the sound of bells coming from the direction of the City Lord's Mansion.

After coming to Haohan City for so long, this was the first time I heard the bell.

He walked out of the house and saw some monks running in panic outside, and some other neighbors standing in the yard looking up.

Chen Ping took advantage of the situation and looked up, only to find that the entire vast city's defense formation had been activated.

On a large inverted bowl, silk formations sparkle and the formation rhyme fills the air.

Next door, there were two female nuns standing in Brother Qiao's courtyard. One was Brother Qiao's daughter, and the other one Chen Ping also recognized was Xia Xiaoxun from the City Lord's Mansion.

"May I ask Fellow Daoist Xia why you activated the city defense formation?" Chen Ping asked.

Chen Ping didn't ask Brother Qiao's daughter, but he felt that the little girl blushed every time she saw him during this period, and also deliberately avoided contact with him. She no longer had the frank feeling she had before. Chen Ping guessed that she She probably learned about her father's promise to become a Taoist companion from Brother Qiao.

In order to avoid embarrassment between each other, Chen Ping did not ask her.

On the contrary, this Xia Xiaoxun has appeared more frequently next door in the past two months.

Every time she sees Chen Ping, she will say hello politely.

He is a person who is relatively easy to communicate with.

"That's the bell that my Xia family will ring when the most serious situation arises. I have to leave." Xia Xiaoxun looked solemn.

He hurriedly said goodbye to Chen Ping and daughter Qiao.

Chen Ping glanced at the noisy street and calmly returned to the house.

Then he quickly released his consciousness.

The result was a shock. In the sea area only more than 30 miles away from Haohan City, a row of spiritual ships armed to the teeth are sailing towards Haohan quickly and menacingly.

Obviously not a good person.

The words "Seagull City" are written on the flag on the spirit boat.

Chen Ping had heard of these Immortal Cultivation Cities. More than a thousand miles away from Haohan City, there was also a small Immortal Cultivation City built on the coastline.

Even smaller than Haohan City.

So small that there is only one monk in the Foundation Building.

I heard that Seagull City and Haohan City are not friendly with each other because they have similar functions.

Something is wrong.

What's going on in this vast city?

There is obviously no confrontation between the two cities, so why are there no defenses at all? Let the other person touch the door of your home before ringing the bell?

Chen Ping focused on ‘checking’ the spirit ships again.

I found that there were three Foundation Building monks on the deck of the spirit ship, and there was no aura of Gold Core.

This made Chen Ping breathe a sigh of relief.

These people pose no threat to him.

However, this vast city is obviously no longer suitable to stay.

Chen Ping began to clean up Xinruan.

I am not prepared to participate in such a turf battle between Xiuxian City and Xiuxian City.

There is no right or wrong in such a war between Xiuxian cities, only interests. It is just like the food chain between animals on the grassland, where the weak eat the strong.

If you take pity on the antelope, the wolf will starve to death.

He had no intention of interfering with such a conflict.

After all, he is just a passerby and has nothing to do with anyone here.

This kind of battle doesn't even have much relevance to Independent Cultivator. At worst, another city leader will be replaced.

It’s more related to the City Lord’s Mansion.

Chen Ping quickly packed up his clothes, took back all the formations, erased all traces of himself in the house, and then went out.

Now that the city defense formation has been activated and the entrances and exits have been closed, he can no longer leave the city normally.

He thought for a while and realized that he was not in any danger and there was no need to destroy other people's city defense formations.

As long as the war begins, at a battle point like the ferry, the city defense formation will first tear a hole, and then leave from there.

"Everyone, Seagull City is suddenly attacking. Everyone, be prepared for battle. Mortals and monks in the early stage of Qi Refining can stay at home."

"Fellow Daoists of Qi Refining Late Stage, please go to the ferry to fight. We share weal and woe. Everyone who participates in the battle will be greatly thanked by the city lord's palace afterwards."

"Everyone."

There were city guards running along the streets shouting.

The narrow streets were filled with hurried monks.

Chen Ping walked out of the yard and prepared to follow the flow of people towards the ferry. But at this moment, he suddenly felt a very cold breath entering his body.

It's not a magic attack.

But a breath.

Yin spirit evil spirit?

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment. Since he raised evil spirits, he has become more sensitive to evil spirits and other things.

This breath is related to evil spirits.

But the aura doesn't seem to be very strong, and since he is successful in Body Refining, he naturally rejects such filthy things.

Chen Ping calmly got rid of the aura that carried the evil spirit, and at the same time walked forward along the flow of people as if nothing had happened, pretending not to notice.

His spiritual consciousness carefully scanned the surrounding crowd.

Soon, a tall monk in the crowd caught Chen Ping's attention.

He couldn't help but was stunned again.

Quite good at pretending.

He is pretty good at concentrating his breath. If I hadn't been at a higher level than him, I might not have been able to detect it. This person appears to be a Qi Refining Late Stage cultivator, but is actually a ninth-floor cultivator in the Foundation Building.

Chen Ping saw that the monk who was a master of martial arts breathed into him. He didn't stay much longer. He squeezed to the other side again and sneaked in on another Qi Refining Late Stage monk.

Then came the third Qi Refining Late Stage monk.

Good guy.

Specially select Qi Refining Late Stage monks to start.

This time, Seagull City made a big effort to capture Haohan City.

There are three Foundation Buildings on the ship, and there is actually another one here.

And it's the ninth floor of the Foundation Building.

This high-level monk could attack the Qi Refining Late Stage here. Chen Ping could only think that this person was a masterpiece from Seagull City.

Unexpectedly, I met my colleagues here.

He is also a person who understands the methods of evil spirits.

Chen Ping was very interested, but after this episode, he became vigilant and used his spiritual consciousness to constantly investigate the true cultivation level of the surrounding monks.

The entire vast city is not big, with only more than 2,000 monks in total, which is easy to investigate.

After investigation, it was found that there were many people who were cheating, but only this person came to the Qi Refining Stage from the Foundation Building.

After checking the cultivation situation, we almost arrived at the ferry.

A large group of monks stood in front of the ferry in darkness. City Lord Xia was delivering an impassioned speech. In stark contrast, in the sea behind City Lord Xia, a row of dark spiritual ships were already visible to the naked eye.

"Everyone, the time has come to test our combat prowess. Is a mere Seagull City worthy of coming to attack our vast city? Don't worry, everyone, there is a large city defense formation. If they dare to come today, we will not allow them to come." Come back." City Lord Xia's voice was loud.

The convoy below was silent.

These are the loyal forces of Haohan City.

Behind them, countless Independent Cultivators stood on the rocks of the cliff. Some of them stared resolutely at the rows of spiritual ships, some communicated in low voices, and some retreated silently.

But these have nothing to do with Chen Ping.

He blended into the crowd, and the moment the city defense formation opened a corner, it was time for him to leave.

Of course, he had always retained a spiritual consciousness to observe the tall monk, and he would not mind sending this person away when the time came.

Seagull City's spirit ship quickly sailed outside the ferry.

On the largest spiritual ship, a middle-aged monk stood on the bow. The strong wind blew his robes back, looking extremely high-spirited:

"Xia Wuji, I have found out that you colluded with the demonic cultivators in an attempt to subvert us and other righteous immortal cultivators. Today I am here to do justice for heaven, why don't you just surrender quickly?"

City Lord Xia stood at the front of the team:

"Humph? Munda, what? Do you need to find such an excuse if you want to annex Haohan City? No wonder the nearby city lords of Xiuxian City look down on you."

Munda remained unmoved:

"Xia Wuji, it is a fact that you work for the demon cultivator. The evidence is solid, do you still want to quibble?"

As he spoke, he raised a transparent bottle with one hand.

"Evidence?" Xia Wuji sneered.

Before Xia Wuji could finish speaking, Menda shook his hand, and the transparent box flew into the sky and appeared in front of everyone in an instant.

It was a transparent bottle with the word "Xia" engraved on it, and it contained half a bottle of white powder.

Soon, Munda's hand shook again, the bottle returned to his hand, and he snorted:

"This is the evidence. Is this jade bottle unique to your Xia family? The thing inside is a highly destructive poison specially used by demon cultivators to deal with us and other righteous monks. I have sent many detailed works over the years. Before you They were found in my house, Xia Wuzhi, do you have anything to say?"

As soon as this thing came out, the loyal monks in the City Lord's Mansion on this side of Haohan City remained silent and unmoved.

But I don’t know who took the lead on the Independent Cultivator side, and there was actually a low voice of discussion.

Chen Ping grinned.

I always feel like I’ve heard this routine before.

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The conversation is still going on.

Chen Ping did not pay attention to their wrangling, but secretly released his spiritual consciousness and began to scan the spirit ships on the opposite side.

As a result, what he saw with his spiritual consciousness made him slightly shocked again.

In the cabin of the main ship, he actually saw a familiar face.

The face I saw in Luoyue City back then.

——A demon cultivator.

Chen Ping quickly verified his memory:

Back in Luoyue City, when Yun Haitang and Bai Liye entered the cave to destroy the fog formation, a female demon cultivator from the ninth floor of the Foundation Building entered the cave in an attempt to sabotage the plan.

‘Yes, that’s the man. ’

‘I didn’t expect to appear here. ’

Is it a coincidence?

Or has Seagull City surrendered to the demon cultivator?

He scanned all the spirit ships carefully again. Because there was a certain distance, he couldn't sense the demonic energy, and he couldn't know if there were other demonic cultivators present?

But the monk's strength can be tested clearly.

There are three Foundation Buildings on the deck of the spirit ship, two mid-stage Foundation Buildings, and one early-stage Foundation Building. None of these three people have restrained their auras, and their cultivation is outward.

Chen Ping had already seen these three people.

In fact everyone saw it.

But there were still two people in the cabin who had restrained their aura.

One of them, the first floor of the Foundation Building converged to the sixth floor of Qi Refining.

Stay by the female demon cultivator's side.

The other person is the female demon cultivator, who has converged to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

As for true cultivation

It's still the ninth floor of the Foundation Building.

I haven’t made any progress in so many years.

Chen Ping doubted whether there was something wrong with his perception, so he carefully sensed it again. This time he could even sense the faint fluctuations in spiritual power caused by the unstable Aura Concealing Technique of the female demon cultivator.

That's right, it's the ninth floor of the Foundation Building.

If the Aura Concealing Technique cannot be practiced to the point of astonishing the heavens, it will be in vain when crushed by the great realm.

If it is true that this demon cultivator and the Gao Lian cultivator who has been lurking in Haohan City are both from Menda.

That.

I'm afraid what Munda is planning is not just a vast city.

There are only two Foundation Building mid-terms here in Haohan City, and one of them has not fully recovered after being poisoned. As for Seagull City, six Foundation Buildings were deployed, including two Foundation Buildings with nine floors.

Does it take such a big deal to just capture a vast city?

Chen Ping is not sure why, but judging from the current situation, Chen Ping is more inclined to believe that the female demon cultivator did not appear here by coincidence, but had a purpose.

A Munda in the middle stage of Foundation Building may not be able to make Foundation Building Jiucheng do its bidding.

So, maybe Munda is controlled by a demonic cultivator? .Thinking of this, an electric current ran through Chen Ping's body.

There won’t be another mist formation, right?

But then he rejected this idea. If he really wanted to control the entire domain with the Mist War, a single nine-level Foundation Building magic cultivator would not be enough.

Just when Chen Ping was confused, he heard a voice coming from beside him:

"Does Fellow Chen Daoist think we and Haohan City have a chance of winning?"

At some point, Brother Qiao and his family crowded into Chen Ping's side.

Before Chen Ping could answer, another person took over the topic:

"What's the chance of winning? There are three Foundation Building monks across from us. The only Foundation Building here in Haohan City that can really participate in the battle is City Master Xia. It will only be a matter of time before the city defense formation is broken."

"Hey, I don't know if the Independent Cultivator and I will be implicated when the city is destroyed?"

Chen Ping smiled:

"Don't worry, City Lord Nameng is a good person at first glance. Even if he annexes Haohan City like us, he will never embarrass us like Independent Cultivator."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of several monks around him showed bitterness, and the monk Gao Lian in the crowd at the far end couldn't help but curl the corner of his mouth slightly.

Chen Ping saw it in his eyes.

It turned out to be someone from Munda.

"How can Munda be a good person? Hey, Chen Fellow Daoist doesn't know. Hey, this person is very lecherous. No beautiful female cultivator can escape from his clutches. This is how his family was established, and this person will definitely retaliate. , I’m afraid I’m going to be unlucky this time.”

The face of Brother Qiao next to him was extremely ugly.

The girl beside him was holding on tightly to the corner of her robe, her face turned pale.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, how about that?" Brother Qiao glanced at his daughter.

Chen Ping was speechless.

When did this happen?

Still thinking about this:

"Don't think too much, it will be fine."

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The tugging ahead is still going on.

Chen Ping was actually very curious. In such a sure-win game, all he had to do was push it evenly, but why did Munda keep talking, as if he had to occupy a huge moral high ground before he gave up.

"Comrades, Xia Wuzhi colluded with demon cultivators and deserved death, but this has nothing to do with you. As long as you rebel against Xia Wuzhi and help me kill him, you will not only not be punished for any crime afterwards, but you will also be punished. Get rich rewards from my seagull city." Munda shouted.

"Hmph, you said colluding with the demon cultivator is collusion?" Xia Wuji's face turned dark.

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge phantom of a skull suddenly floated above the heads of the seven or eight Qi Refining Late Stage monks in Seagull City.

The shadow made a terrifying roar.

These seven or eight monks include Independent Cultivator and City Lord's Mansion monks.

All are high-end combat capabilities.

For a moment, there was chaos in the vast city. The monks quickly retreated and flew sideways, putting a distance between themselves and the seven or eight monks who appeared with phantom skeletons.

Everyone is full of vigilance.

The war has not yet begun, but chaos has already broken out in Haohan City.

"Xia Wuji, you still say you are not a demon cultivator?" Menda asked loudly.

"Fellow Daoists of Vast City, kill those demon cultivators and eliminate harm for us and everyone else."

"Fellow Daoists from Seagull City, follow me to attack the city. Kill all those who resist."

"The formation is broken!"

Munda roared.

Following this explosive roar, the originally gleaming folds of the city defense formation flickered a few times, and the lines of the formation quickly dimmed.

Xia Wuji was shocked and suddenly looked in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion.

His face turned pale.

This city protection formation is his only support.

Now it's suddenly gone.

All the monks in Haohan City looked frightened, including those loyal monks from the City Lord's Mansion, who would be in chaos without fighting.

"Someone destroyed the formation." A Xia family disciple reacted first and rushed towards the city lord's mansion.

"Hahaha, it's too late. Kill~"

Munda laughed wildly.

But he was halfway through shouting the word 'kill' when he stopped and suddenly turned his head to look at the cabin.

The other monks who were just about to launch an attack suddenly stopped and turned to look at the cabin.

There was an irresistible sense of oppression coming from there.

A feeling of pressure that made them want to kneel down.

Immediately afterwards, a female nun with a cold face came out of the cabin, her eyes burning.

Munda was confused for a moment. The demon cultivator who came to help had promised to take action only in extreme circumstances. How could she actually get out of such a favorable situation now?

But immediately he realized something was wrong.

He found that the female devil's eyes were fixed on a person on the other side of Haohan City.

Not just Munda, almost everyone discovered this scene.

On the deck of the spirit ship, everyone dispersed silently to make way for the female devil.

On the Haohan City side, the Independent Cultivator next to Chen Ping also noticed something was wrong and quickly dispersed.

Chen Ping suddenly stood out.

(End of chapter)