Pagoda Immortality

"I don't know about that. Anyway, we just follow the instructions given by the higher-ups." The black-armored guard shook his head.

Hearing what the other party said, Lu Li was secretly disappointed, but he didn't dwell on the issue.

He pondered for a moment, and suddenly changed the subject and said, "Young man, let me ask again, are these thirteen guardians ranked by strength? Who is the strongest and who is the weakest?"

"Ranking? Of course there is. The strongest one is the first guardian, Lord Ye Kongming. It is said that his cultivation has reached the peak of the Venerable level.

As for the last one, it seems to be Lord Shi Ming. It is said that he has only broken through the Venerable level for a few years. However, since he can ascend to the position of guardian, his combat power is naturally not to be underestimated.

Senior, you should also be a king-level powerhouse, right? I kindly remind you that you should be more respectful when you see Lord Shi Ming.

Although Lord Shi Ming is only the last guardian, he is not someone you can provoke, and the rules of the headquarters are strict. The status is not necessarily determined by the combat power..."

The black-armored guard raised his head and glanced at Lu Li, reminding him kindly.

"That's natural." Lu Li smiled lightly and expressed his gratitude.

Then he asked around and asked about the location of the guardian named Shi Ming, and then he stopped asking any more questions.

Since he couldn't fly, the journey to the headquarters was quite long. According to the black-armored guard, even the black-armored dragon horse would take three days to get there.

Lu Li wanted to ask what to do in case of an emergency, but he took the words back. This question was too sensitive. If it alerted this person, it would be more trouble than gain.

The black steel carriage sped along the path between the mountains.

When there was still a day's journey to the headquarters, Lu Li suddenly stopped the guard: "Brother, let's stop here."

Then he took out a storage bag and handed it to the black-armored guard.

The black-armored guard was stunned for a moment, then happily took the storage bag, and then asked in confusion: "Senior, this place is still far from the main hall. If you walk there, is there any way?"

Lu Li smiled and pointed to a fork on the right: "If I'm not mistaken, the three-finger-shaped mountain over there is the cave of Lord Shi Ming, right?"

"Oh——!" The black-armored guard dragged out a long tail tone and grinned: "I understand, senior, you want to find Lord Shi Ming, right?"

"That's right, I'm new here, I'd better find a guardian to talk first, otherwise it will be more trouble than gain if I rush over and bump into the owner of the building..." Lu Li also said with a smile.

"I understand. However, this Lord Shi Ming is not so easy to talk to, senior, you have to prepare more..." The black-armored guard winked.

"Haha, thank you for reminding me!" Lu Li laughed and immediately understood what this person meant. It seems that Lord Shi Ming is also a man who loves money like his life.

The two exchanged a few words, and Lu Li got off the carriage and went to the fork in the road alone.

The black-armored guard played with the storage bag in his left and right hands, and smiled. He drove the carriage back to the original road with satisfaction and disappeared on the main road.

At the end of the fork in the road was a small square. Behind the square were three connected peaks, high in the middle and low on both sides, like three fingers.

At the end of the square was a forest path leading up the mountain, which led directly to the main peak in the middle.

However, Lu Li was stopped by a guard as soon as he arrived at the square.

"Who is it!" The man's pointed chin was like an awl, which could probably kill people.

"I am an envoy from the outer hall. I have come to visit the guardian. I hope you can be lenient." Lu Li said, and took out a storage bag very naturally and stuffed it into the other party's hand.

Lu Li was really going further and further on the road of bribery.

As it turns out, this is the best way to communicate. The guard, who looked sarcastic at first glance, instantly put on a smile after seeing Lu Li being so sensible:

"Haha, you are a brother from the outer hall. You should have said so earlier! Wait, I will help you report it."

As he said this, he stuffed the storage bag into his arms, took out a sound transmission talisman, and reported it respectfully.

After that, he asked Lu Li questions casually in a businesslike manner. Of course, most of them were irrelevant questions. Rather than asking questions, it was better to say that he was chatting about family matters, because in his opinion, Lu Li must have gone through several rounds of interrogation to get here, and there could be no problem.

Lu Li had already put away his cloak at this time, because such concealment would only arouse suspicion.

For this person's questions, he naturally answered them in the same way. Whether true or false, at least his attitude was very good.

While the two were talking, the jade talisman in the guard's hand lit up again. He activated it and put it to his ear, then laughed:

"Brother, I have fulfilled my mission. Go up. The guardian is in the cave on the main peak. By the way, walk up, don't fly, otherwise it will be bad if you make the guardian unhappy."

"Thank you." Lu Li smiled, bowed to the man, and walked quickly towards the path at the end of the square.

"Interesting." The guard with a pointed chin gently threw the storage bag in his hand, and couldn't stop smiling on his face.

The mountain path was rugged and narrow. Lu Li walked up along the path and finally reached the top of the mountain after walking for a long time.

What he saw was a tall mangrove forest. Lu Li continued to move forward along the forest path. After walking for about half a minute, he came to the edge of a meadow.

There is a cliff behind the grass, and a row of caves are built at the bottom of the cliff.

At this moment, outside the cave, there is an old man in a black robe with a broad figure and fat lips, sitting at the table drinking alone.

When he saw Lu Li coming, he just looked up, then put away his eyes and continued to eat and drink.

Lu Li shook his clothes, walked over quickly, and said to him with a fist: "Outer Hall Mu Binghai, meet Master Shi."

"Well, what do you want to see me for?" Shi Ming looked up at Lu Li and asked indifferently.

"Uh, I have a good thing, I want to ask the master to take a look, and there is also a little thing..." Lu Li smiled flatteringly, and touched his arms while speaking.

Hearing this, Shi Ming's eyes suddenly lit up, "What kind of good thing?"

"That's it, this..." Lu Li said, and a pink bead appeared in his hand.

But before the smile on Shi Ming's face disappeared, the Heart-Blocking Bead in Lu Li's hand suddenly flashed with a bright light, releasing a large pink mist, instantly covering the surrounding grass.

Shi Ming was caught off guard and was instantly hit, and when his face changed and he attacked Lu Li, he suddenly felt that his magic energy stagnated, and the power of the attack was greatly reduced, and was easily blocked by Lu Li.

At the same time, Lu Li flashed back and used the space confinement technique to directly fix Shi Ming in the pink mist.

"Thief...!" Shi Ming's eyes widened, and he tried his best to break the space confinement, but he found that the magic energy in his body was becoming more and more uncontrollable, and all kinds of obscene words that made his body numb rang in his ears from time to time, making his body react unconsciously, and then his eyes were confused and stagnant in the same place.

Outside the mist, Lu Li smiled sarcastically and grabbed the Heart-Blocking Bead back through the air.

Then he flashed over and stuffed a purple pill that had been prepared long ago into Shi Ming's mouth.

Then, he pinched his hands together, formed a soul seal and struck towards Shi Ming's forehead.

However, just as the soul seal entered Shi Ming's mind, Lu Li's face changed again, and he decisively took the soul seal back!