Mortal Bones

A soul contract of a spirit beast with the strength equivalent to that of a cultivator in Wangyou Realm is naturally tempting.

But Taiping is not the kind of person who will forget everything for the sake of immediate benefits. What really makes him start to waver is Bai Yu's determination to give up his freedom in order to see his mother.

He couldn't bear to trample on this determination.

"I'll think of a way."

Finally, Xu Taiping nodded.

...

Late at night.

"Sister Lingyue, should I be more hard-hearted?"

In the bedroom, under the candlelight, Xu Taiping asked the fairy Lingyue in front of him with some self-mockery.

"Taiping, it's not a bad thing that you have compassion. Otherwise, what's the difference between humans and demons? You just need to remember that when you have compassion for others, you must never do anything against your heart."

"If you think that helping Bai Yu to see her mother is not against your heart, then do it boldly."

"We cultivators are seeking survival in the Great Dao, not stealing life, and this practice is like sailing in the vast ocean in the dark night. That heart of self is the bright moon and stars in the sky. If you lose it, you will inevitably be lost in the vast ocean."

"In the practice of the Great Dao, giving up your heart means giving up everything."

Fairy Lingyue sat side by side with Xu Taiping, and said in a gentle and persuasive manner.

After hearing this, Xu Taiping, who was originally a little confused, suddenly became clear in his eyes.

"Seeking survival, not stealing life, giving up your heart and giving up everything."

He muttered to himself with a look of realization.

"Taiping, your sister has met many cultivators in her life, some of whom are so powerful that they can peek into the secrets of heaven. But even so, even if they see the dangers ahead and see that death is imminent, they will not choose to abandon their Taoism, but will hold swords and clench fists, and cut through mountains and slay demons when they encounter them."

"The reason they do this is because they know very well that once they choose to abandon their Taoism, their path of cultivation will stop here."

"What if you can live in shame and steal for a thousand years? The way of heaven still regards you as a straw dog. Only living towards death is the only way out for cultivators of our generation on the long road of cultivation."

Fairy Lingyue suddenly held Xu Taiping's face and said solemnly.

"I understand, sister Lingyue."

Xu Taiping's eyes became firm again.

"Of course, if you promised Baiyu to kill the Peacock King for revenge, sister's words will be regarded as never said."

Fairy Lingyue continued with a smile.

Killing the Peacock King and helping Baiyu see his mother for the last time are not on the same level of difficulty.

"Sister Lingyue, I'm not a fool. How could I do something that would lead to my own death?"

Xu Taiping certainly knew what Fairy Lingyue meant.

"Okay, start preparing to break through the Wangyou Realm. If you can't break through tonight, I still won't let you take risks."

Fairy Lingyue's expression became serious again.

"Yeah."

Xu Taiping nodded vigorously.

The reason why he answered Bai Yu "I'll think of a way" instead of agreeing outright was because he was waiting to see if he could successfully build a foundation and break through the Wangyou Realm tonight.

If he could succeed, he thought that if the enemy was in the open and we were in the dark, he would at least have a chance to escape from the Peacock King.

Fairy Lingyue thought the same thing.

"Xiao Taiping, Xiao Taiping, the immortality that comes from sitting in a cave for a thousand years is the most fragile. The day such a person ascends is the day of his death. Moreover, let alone the Qingxuan Sect, even this world is just a corner of the thousands of cultivation worlds. The road ahead is still very long."

Fairy Lingyue looked at Xu Taiping who was sitting with his eyes closed and muttered to herself.

She didn't want Xu Taiping to take risks before, because he hadn't even reached the Kaimen realm, but now he is a cultivator in the Quasi-Wangyou realm, and he must know the difficulties ahead.

"Boom!..."

After taking the foundation-building pill, Xu Taiping's aura suddenly surged, and the whole person was wrapped in wisps of green cyclones, emitting an invisible might.

Then his soul sensed that the true qi floating like clouds and mist in the dantian began to condense into raindrops little by little.

After a while, he only saw "heavy rain" in the dantian, and finally the rain gathered into streams, and the streams gathered into rivers, making his originally dry dantian look like a crisscross of waterways.

It is exactly what the Canxia Gong said, that the accumulation of rain into streams, the convergence of streams into rivers, and the gathering of rivers into seas, and finally the process of shaping the sea of ​​qi.

The difficulty of this step is that once the "spiritual rain" above the head is interrupted, the rivers gathered in the dantian will quickly evaporate and turn into a group of scattered true qi again, and finally the foundation-building breakthrough will fail.

As time went by, the spiritual energy gathered around Xu Taiping became more and more dense, and even the whole courtyard began to be wrapped in the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Everything seemed to be developing in a good direction.

However, Fairy Lingyue's expression did not relax at all.

In her opinion, with the foundation-building pill and Xu Taiping's tenacious confidence, it was only a matter of time to break through the foundation-building. Even if it didn't work this time, it would definitely work next time.

The only thing that really worried Fairy Lingyue was the extraterritorial demon.

"If you fail to build the foundation, you can try again. Once your soul is devoured by the extraterritorial demon, you will really have nothing."

"Boom!~"

At this moment, the spiritual energy around Xu Taiping suddenly exploded, his clothes were all shattered, and streams of dirty air began to flow out of his pores, and colorful light began to flow on his skin.

"The last step."

At this moment, Fairy Lingyue not only did not feel relieved, but became more nervous, because she knew that if the demon from outside the domain was going to appear, it would definitely be at this time.

"Hoohoo..."

As she expected, a biting cold wind blew in through the gap in the window, and the strong wind slapped the window with a "bang bang" sound.

But the next moment, the world suddenly became silent, and an arm that was completely black and exuded a chilly air stretched out through the window.

Wherever the arm passed, whether it was the window or the wall, a layer of ice crystals began to condense.

At this moment, Fairy Lingyue made a seal with her hands and shouted:

"The divine power cuts through the golden armor, and the yellow turban holds an iron whip."

"The red robe covers the body and the green boots, and the wind belt has tiger eyes."

"The dragon rope is tied around the waist and the Three Pure Ones are ordered to chase the evil spirits."

"Quickly tie him up and surrender, and I will cut him into pieces like dust. Hurry up and obey the command."

As soon as the voice fell, the formation she had arranged in advance around the position lit up, and then a shadow of a strong man in golden armor appeared in front of her out of thin air.

"Zha!"

The strong man in golden armor shouted like thunder, holding a whip in one hand and a knife in the other, slashing and whipping the arm of the outer demon.