Seeking Immortality

The old man who suddenly appeared behind Zhang Xusheng looked even more old than Li Xuhan. The passage of time had left very obvious marks on his face. He was thin and his skinny face was covered with ravine-like wrinkles. There was no life in his body, as if he had been dead for many days. His eyes were slightly closed and his mouth was tightly closed.

"Deaf, dumb and blind, you are finally here."

Seeing the old man who suddenly appeared, Li Xuhan showed joy on his face, bowed slightly to the old man, and said respectfully.

After hearing Li Xuhan's words, the deaf, dumb and blind also bowed slightly to Li Xuhan in return. The expression on his face was neither happy nor worried, and he looked calm about Li Xuhan's respect.

"I am late, please forgive me, fellow Daoist Li."

Then, an old voice sounded. Judging from the meaning of the words, this old voice was from the deaf, dumb and blind, but looking at his face, it was found that the old man had never spoken. It seemed that this old voice came from heaven and earth. But Zhang Xusheng and Li Xuhan knew that this old voice was indeed from a deaf-mute blind man, but not from his mouth. Instead, it was through the spiritual energy in his body that affected the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, causing resonance between the two, and then the sound produced by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth vibrating.

Only after knowing Li Xuhan's identity, and seeing that this old man was so calm when facing Li Xuhan's salute, people couldn't help but be shocked.

Although in the cultivation world of Shenzhou, in accordance with the principle of no superiority under the way of heaven, unless it is a master and a disciple meeting, once two cultivators meet, regardless of their status or strength, they must bow to each other to show respect for each other's efforts to fight against the way of heaven and seek immortality.

But although it is necessary to bow to each other. But there are still many details. Generally speaking. It is the cultivators with lower status and shallower skills who first salute those cultivators with higher skills and more respected status, and then those cultivators with higher skills and more respected status will return the salute.

Although Li Xuhan's power has greatly decreased at this time, he still has the cultivation of the Mahayana period. Moreover, as the former head of Jiuhuamen, one of the six holy places, his status in the world of immortal cultivation is even higher. Even if you search the entire world of immortal cultivation, there will definitely be no more than five cultivators who can be worthy of Li Xuhan's bowing. Moreover, these five people not only have extremely high status in the world of immortal cultivation, but their own strength has reached the Mahayana period more than a thousand years ago.

If one of these five people appeared here, plus Li Xuhan, they would have the strength to compete with Zhang Xusheng.

Sure enough, after hearing Li Xuhan's address to this old man, Zhang Xusheng's face changed slightly. Then he began to carefully look at the deaf, dumb and blind venerable in front of him. The expression on his face was even more cautious than when he looked at Li Xuhan just now.

At the same time, the deaf-mute-blind master was also carefully looking at Zhang Xusheng. Although his face was calm, his hidden vigilance was clearly felt by Zhang Hualing and others beside him.

Between the two, there was a feeling of finally finding an opponent after being in a high position.

After seeing the look on Zhang Xusheng's face, Li Xuhan asked calmly: "Junior brother Zhang, you have been in the Kuxiu Valley for so many years, how come you don't even recognize the other master in the Kuxiu Valley besides you?"

There are two master-level cultivators in the Kuxiu Valley. One is the Xuan Modada Master that Zhang Xusheng disguised before, and the other is not well-known because he rarely appears in the world of immortal cultivation. However, the few people in the world of immortal cultivation who know this master all respect him, even other master-level cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation.

It turned out that this master-level cultivator is probably the cultivator with the highest seniority in the world of immortal cultivation. He had reached the realm of Mahayana two thousand three hundred years ago. But how old he is, how senior he is. But no one can figure it out.

Later, in order to make further progress, he closed the gate of life and death in a secret deep cave in the Kuxiu Valley, hoping to comprehend the way of immortality as soon as possible. Before his retreat, in order to prevent himself from being tempted by the outside world during the retreat, he actually abolished his six senses with great willpower. The title of deaf, dumb and blind master also came from this.

This retreat lasted for more than two thousand years, and the world of cultivation has changed dramatically. Until now, because the monks of his generation have passed away in his retreat one after another, even the monks in the Kuxiu Valley have not seen the true face of this master. There are even many monks who think that this master may have died of old age in the deep cave where he was in retreat.

Unexpectedly, this deaf, dumb and blind master is not only alive, but now appears in Jiuhua Mountain. And his appearance is so old and ordinary, without any momentum or even breath.

But Zhang Xusheng knew that if he could hide his aura to the point where he couldn't even detect it, how terrible his cultivation was.

And with the strength of this deaf, dumb and blind venerable and his status in the world of immortal cultivation, it made sense for Li Xuhan to pay him respect.

"Are you the deaf, dumb and blind venerable?" After staring at each other for a long time, Zhang Xusheng did not respond to Li Xuhan, but smiled and asked the deaf, dumb and blind venerable, with a warm smile on his face, as if it was just a greeting between old friends. At the same time, strange lights flashed in his eyes, as if he was brewing some other ideas in his heart.

"That's right, I have been in seclusion for more than two thousand years. Even those monks in the Kuxiu Valley have never seen my face. Daoyou joined halfway, so it's understandable that you don't recognize me." The old voice came again from the world.

Zhang Xu's Bible shows that after the brief surprise after the deaf-mute and blind Lord appeared, he seemed to have regained his previous calmness. He smiled slightly at Li Xuhan and Zhang Hualing, who had been watching quietly, and said: "I said you The two of you are obviously not talkative people. Why did you talk so much with me just now? It turned out that you were delaying time to wait for this reinforcement. "

Although the successive appearances of Li Xuhan and the deaf-mute and blind master were beyond his expectation, looking at his expression at this time, it seemed that for him, this matter had only become interesting now.

Zhang Xusheng smiled slightly and said to the deaf-mute and blind master: "Indeed, I have never seen your face since I entered the Valley of Penance as Xuan Moda. Because I always thought that you had already I didn’t expect you to be alive now, and I didn’t expect you to show up to make trouble with me now. If I had known that, I should have looked for an opportunity to kill you on the first day I entered the Valley of Penance.”

Although he was talking about killing people, Zhang Xu Holy Land's expression was still warm, as if the words he just said were just ordinary blessings between friends.

then. Zhang Xusheng turned to Li Xuhan again and said: "What I didn't expect is that senior brother, you are so proud that you can actually ask the deaf, mute and blind monk who has been in seclusion for more than two thousand years to come out of seclusion. You really let me It’s so flattering to be my junior brother.”

Li Xuhan glanced deeply at Zhang Xusheng, but did not answer. But he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, no matter whether he appeared or the deaf, mute and blind Lord appeared, Zhang Xusheng always dominated the process and context of the entire conversation. It's still the same as it was eight hundred years ago. No matter who he is with, he is always the center of attention.

And just when Li Xuhan was sighing secretly, the deaf-mute and blind master's old voice sounded again.

"Fellow Daoist Li personally came to the cave where I was retreating ten days ago and explained to me that he was impersonating me as a monk in the Kuxiu Valley. It is the key to the rise and fall of my Kuxiu Valley and Jiuhuamen sects. Naturally, I no longer have any intention. It’s just that I was in a critical place of retreat at that time and couldn’t get out in time. I didn’t come until now, but I caused such great damage to Jiuhua Mountain. I’m deeply sorry for this.”

Said. The deaf-mute and blind gentleman bowed slightly to Li Xuhan to express his apology, while Li Xuhan bowed back to express his understanding.

But Zhang Xusheng heard another meaning in the words of the deaf-mute and blind master, and asked Li Xuhan in surprise: "Ten days ago? The fact that I pretended to be the Xuanmoda of the Penance Valley was just a matter of time." The boy named Xu Qingfan guessed it, and then you realized how you found the deaf-mute blind man ten days ago. Did you already know my identity?"

Li Xuhan said calmly: "I have known that Xuan Moda was your disguise since two years ago."

"Oh? How did you know?" He said here. Zhang Xusheng nodded again as if aware, and asked: "Yes. I met that boy Xu Qingfan two years ago. Does this have something to do with it?"

Li Xuhan nodded and said: "The first time I heard the name Xuan Moda was eight hundred years ago. At that time, he was the one who discovered your research on evil arts and announced it to the entire world of immortality. Yes, I think you killed him because of this, right? Sometimes after killing him, you think his identity can be used, so you pretend to be him again? "

Zhang Xusheng smiled and said: "I didn't expect you to remember that guy's affairs so clearly. Indeed, because of that guy's nosy, my plan was messed up by him. How could I easily bypass him? . So I killed him not long after I escaped your pursuit. But it has nothing to do with you finding out that I was pretending to be him, right?"

Li Xuhan sighed again and said: "I'm afraid you don't know. Eight hundred years ago, after he discovered that you were studying evil arts, although he escaped your pursuit, he was still seriously injured. One of the injuries was even more serious. It severely damaged Linghai** to the point where he can no longer improve his skills in this life, but I am the only one in the entire world of immortality who knows about this."

As he spoke, Li Xuhan showed a trace of apology in his eyes, and continued: "Later, there was news in the world of immortality that Xuan Moda entered the Mahayana stage and became a grandmaster. At that time, I thought it was just a rumor, so I didn't pay attention to it. But I didn't pay attention to it. I didn't expect that kid Xu Qingfan would meet you two years ago, and according to his description, Xuan Moda actually reached the Mahayana stage. I thought it was incredible at the time. Later, I asked that kid to take Xuan Moda to the next level. I described what he said to me one by one, but I found that the tone and sentences of those words were very different from those of Xuan Moda eight hundred years ago. On the contrary, they were very similar to you, junior brother. Then in the past two years, I have sent people to investigate and investigate secretly. In the past few hundred years, whenever Xuan Moda practiced in seclusion, a certain sect in the world of immortality would suddenly and mysteriously disappear, and those sects were all those that I suspected you had destroyed for experiments. As a result, the result was. Ready to come out."

After listening to Li Xuhan's description, Zhang Xusheng nodded and sighed regretfully: "It seems that I was negligent and did not carefully check the body of Xuan Moda when I killed him. This Xuan Moda is really me My nemesis, he’s been dead for so long but he’s still causing trouble for me.”

After complaining, Zhang Xusheng raised his head slightly, his tone returned to his aloofness, and he said lightly: "Now I understand all the doubts in my heart. It seems that we must have a fight. But Senior Brother Li , Deaf, dumb and blind master. With my current skills and cultivation, do you really think you can stop me even if you join forces? "

As he spoke, his dominating aura was revealed unabashedly. It was obvious that he was full of confidence in his own strength at this time.

Li Xuhan smiled faintly. Said: "Junior Brother Zhang, although your skills have greatly increased over the years and you have become immortal, what I have done these years, Senior Brother, is not just waiting for death."

As he spoke, Li Xuhan's aura suddenly became stronger, and his aura was even more powerful than it was eight hundred years ago.

But although this powerful momentum is amazing, it is also paradoxically extremely hidden. On the field, only Zhang Xusheng and the deaf-mute and blind Zun could feel it. This also shows that Li Xuhan has used his aura and momentum to the point of smoothness and ease.

And as the momentum becomes stronger. Li Xuhan's original skinny figure gradually became taller and plumper. The wrinkles on his face gradually disappeared, and his eyes became sharp and clear. The whites fell off, but the blacks grew faster, and the black ones grew faster. How long did it take for a dying old man to turn into a tall and majestic middle-aged man? Then with a move of his hand, the "Suzaku Ring" in Zhang Hualing's arms turned into a stream of red light and flew into his hand.

Seeing Li Xuhan's sudden change, Zhang Xusheng said softly "Hey". I began to feel that I had underestimated this senior brother. The deaf-mute and blind man on the other side looked at Li Xuhan with a hint of admiration.

But Li Xuhan's amazing change is far from over. I saw that after Li Xuhan got the "Suzaku Ring", the spiritual light on the "Suzaku Ring" flourished, and the fire spirit energy began to pour into Li Xuhan's body crazily, but Li Xuhan's body paradoxically emitted a strong Five colors of light. The momentum on his body is even more majestic.

then. Zhang Xusheng put his right hand into his mouth and bit it open, and eight drops of blood spilled out with a wave of his hand. And after a burst of light flashing, these eight drops of blood turned into the appearance of eight Li Xuhan, and the aura on their bodies was no less than that of the real Li Xuhan.

After these eight blood-formed Li Xuhan appeared, they immediately gathered with Li Xuhan's real body without any pause, forming a "Nine Palace Formation" and faintly surrounding Zhang Xusheng.

On the other side, compared to Li Xuhan, the deaf-mute and blind master did not have any abnormal changes, and he still had no breath in his body, but a purple long sword suddenly appeared in his hand, with an extremely mysterious and mysterious aura on it. The energy fluctuation is obviously a magic weapon that is no less precious than the "Suzaku Ring".

Seeing what Li Xuhan and the deaf-mute and blind master did, Zhang Xusheng's eyes flashed with light, but his brows also wrinkled slightly, because he realized that he was no longer sure of winning this time.

More importantly, the main reason why he came to Jiuhua this time was to regain his heart. He originally thought that Li Xuhan's strength had been greatly reduced and it would be easy to capture him, but he did not expect that Li Xuhan's strength would become so strong. He is strong and can win, but his heart is in Li Xuhan's body. It is extremely difficult to defeat Li Xuhan and the deaf-mute and blind master without hurting his heart. Unknowingly, there are already many things in his heart. A little worried.

Although his heart was ups and downs, Zhang Xusheng's expression remained calm, and he first said to Li Xuhan: "Huanyang Jue and Blood Coagulation*, these two techniques are no less difficult to practice than Daitian Jue, but I didn't expect that You actually mastered it at the same time, you really surprised me a lot. It seems that you have not just been waiting for death for these eight hundred years."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xusheng turned his attention to the long sword in the hands of the deaf-mute and blind master, and said: "Tianxun Sword, I always thought that this magic weapon that can induce the power of thunder has been destroyed in the last catastrophe. I went, but I didn’t expect it to be in your hands.”

"Now, do you still think we are not sure of killing you?" After the physical changes occurred, Li Xuhan's tone began to become cold, and murderous intent loomed in his eyes.

As he spoke, the aura on his body increased again, and the "Tianxun Sword" in the hands of the deaf-mute and blind master slowly raised up. Seeing that the two of them were about to take action, Zhang Xusheng still had a leisurely expression, as if he was threatening the two of them. Simply turning a blind eye.

But just before they took action, Zhang Xusheng suddenly shouted softly: "Wait a minute. Senior Brother Li, don't you want to ask me for the antidote to the Tianling Pill taken by the elders and disciples of Jiuhua? Deaf and mute Blind Lord, don’t you want to ask me for a list of those monks from the Valley of Penance who followed me to cause trouble?”

Zhang Xusheng's words seemed to have magic power. As his words fell, Li Xuhan and the deaf-mute and blind master abruptly stopped performing half of the Taoist magic.

Li Xuhan snorted coldly: "Will you tell us honestly?"

For him, even if it means sacrificing half of Jiuhua Mountain's strength. As long as I can get rid of Zhang Xusheng, it's worth it. But he knew that the Deaf-mute and Blind Master would not think so. The Deaf-mute and Blind Master had to know that those monks from the Valley of Penance had turned to Zhang Xusheng in order to rectify the Valley of Penance. He had no choice but to stop, but his heart was full of helplessness.

Suddenly he realized that although he had been planning this situation for a long time. However, the changes in the situation have always been in Zhang Xusheng's hands, which made Li Xuhan feel helpless.

Zhang Xusheng smiled slightly, and did not change his expression at all because of the threat he faced. He just said leisurely: "Of course I will. But I won't let you know so easily. Let's see the fight in front of Hualing Hall below. Are you here yet?”

"I saw it." Li Xuhan replied.

"Let's make a bet. If the three Jiuhua disciples can defeat my three men, I will give you the antidote for the Tianling Pill and the list of the monks from the Valley of Penance who followed me to cause trouble. . If my three subordinates defeated the three Jiuhua disciples, how about you take three moves from me before you two attack me?"

After Zhang Xusheng finished speaking, Xiao watched the reactions of Li Xuhan and Deaf-mute Blind Zun with interest.

After thinking for a long time, Li Xuhan and the deaf-mute and blind Lord looked at each other and nodded slowly.

At the same time, under the command of Zhang Hualing and Zhang Xusheng, a group of elders and high-level demons in the sky also stopped fighting. After understanding the current situation, I was surprised. All eyes were focused on the duel in Hualing Palace.

In the sky, Zhang Hualing was the only one frowning. Was Zhang Xusheng setting up such a bet just to gain the upper hand by attacking with three moves?

For some reason, a shadow began to cast over Zhang Hualing's mind.

On the hillside of Jiuhua Mountain. In front of Hualing Hall.

In comparison, the melee in the sky is noisy and disorderly. The battlefield here has entered a relative calm.

The disciples of Jiuhua and the low-level demons under Zhang Xusheng stood on both sides and stopped fighting each other. Instead, he stared intently at the battle between No. 4 and Xu Qingfan, Jin Qinghan, and Lu Qingshang. He seemed to be stunned by this fierce battle.

The Jiuhua disciples who were watching this battle, no matter how arrogant they usually were, couldn't help but ask themselves, if they were to face No. 4's attack in their place, how many rounds would they be able to withstand? Even the elders in the sky were full of surprise at this time, unable to imagine that this was just a competition between those who were at the level of cultivation and below.

But those low-level demons seemed to be frightened by the dangerous aura of the three snake men, and they stood quietly without daring to move at all.

As for the other two snake men who looked similar to No. 4, they were just looking at the progress of the competition indifferently at this time, not knowing what they were planning in their hearts.

On the field, No. 4's movement seemed to be as fast as it could be in this world. No. 4's attacks were from left to right, and the distance of several feet was covered in an instant. The body turned into a phantom and surrounded Xu Qingfan and others without leaving any gaps. It seemed that the figure of No. 4 was everywhere in the fighting space, as if they were performing a clone technique. Although Xu Qingfan and others felt that No. 4 was attacking them one after another, they found that the other two were also being attacked continuously, without any gaps in between. The speed was eye-catching.

Faced with No. 4's ghostly speed and continuous attacks, Xu Qingfan and the other three used their magical powers to fight to the death. Needless to say, Xu Qingfan had his own high-level defensive magic weapon, while Jin Qinghan and Lu Qingshang also continued to use it. Although the lowest-level defensive methods or defensive formations such as "Spiritual Barrier" and "Golden Shield" are always broken by No. 4 with one blow, they are always used again the next moment they are broken. He is skilled and quick, and his use of spiritual energy is smooth and natural, which is admirable.

The sound of "boom" continued. Although it was not ear-splitting, it was connected without any interruption. It was the vibration between No. 4's attack and the defense of Xu Qingfan and the others; the light flashed, but it was Jin Qinghan's "golden shield" He Lu Qingshang's "spiritual barrier" was broken by No. 4's blow but was instantly replenished.

Although this battle is not as gorgeous and powerful as the Dao Fa Xiang Bang, it is a matter of life and death between close attack and defense. But it has its own kind of excitement.

It's just that although watching from the sidelines, this competition seems very exciting. But only the two sides in the fight know the dangers inside.

Although Jin Qinghan and Lu Qingshang seem to be able to use their defense in time to block No. 4's attacks every time, there is often only a thin line between blocking and losing. In so many battles, as long as the two people's reactions or movements are slower than once, then the two of them will not die. He was also seriously injured.

Although No. 4 seems to have completely taken the initiative in the fight, he is actually complaining secretly in his heart. Using his speed to instantly kill the enemy is his usual method. In addition, his attacks are sudden, and the enemy is often killed before he realizes it. Although useful, it is just a way to save trouble when he encounters weaker enemies. His real strength is controlling wind and poisonous sand. But it was useless because he underestimated the enemy for a moment. Unexpectedly, Xu Qingfan could detect his attack in advance and lost the opportunity. As a result, he could only attack continuously without daring to pause. Now, even if he pauses for a moment, he will immediately encounter a strong counterattack by Xu Qingfan and three others. . The current state of Xu Qingfan and the other three people is like a spring. The tighter the pressure, the greater the rebound force.

His shortcoming is that his defense is weak. With the attack power of Xu Qingfan and others, resisting with his body will probably result in death or injury.

Looking at the scene on the field, Xu Qingfan was secretly anxious. In the case where the other two snake men have not yet taken action, if they hold on for a long time like this, they will definitely lose. Too much spiritual energy and mind will be consumed, which will be extremely detrimental to the subsequent battle.

This stalemate must be changed.

Xu Qingfan secretly made up his mind.

All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind instantly, but none of them were guaranteed to be foolproof. But looking at the stalemate, Xu Qingfan finally gritted his teeth. He secretly thought: "If we continue to consume like this, even if we can defeat this No. 4, we will still die when the next snake man attacks. It's better to give it a try, maybe we can achieve miraculous results."

Thinking of this, the look of determination in Xu Qingfan's eyes flashed away, and he gradually began to act like he was unable to sustain his strength. Every time No. 4 attacked, his defense became increasingly weak, and even the murderous intent locked on No. 4 was also coming from time to time. The intermittent interruption not only showed that the spiritual consciousness was seriously consumed, but also made No. 4 dare not really let it go without any care.

Although the situation was changing rapidly during the battle between the four offensive players, No. 4 quickly noticed something strange about Xu Qingfan. He was slightly surprised at first. He never expected that Xu Qingfan, who was under the least pressure on the field, would be the first to be unable to hold on.

But in an instant, when I saw Xu Qingfan's right leg that was still unable to move at will, and then thought of the fierce battle between Xu Qingfan and Nangong Qingshan not long ago, I couldn't help but feel enlightened.

"Although the guy No. 41 is just a piece of trash, he is the trash made by the master himself. Even if he loses to a guy like Xu Qingfan, he should have consumed most of his spiritual energy. So it is reasonable that Xu Qingfan could not hold on first."

Although he thought so in his heart, No. 4 was suspicious by nature, so he did not act rashly. Instead, he slowly shifted the focus of his attack to Xu Qingfan. In the past, No. 4 would attack Jin Qinghan and Lu Qingshang three times each in every breath, but only attacked Xu Qingfan twice. After shifting the focus of the attack, it became attacking Jin Qinghan and Lu Qingshang twice each in every breath, but attacking Xu Qingfan four to five times.

Sure enough, after No. 4 shifted the focus of his attack, he found that Xu Qingfan's defense was becoming more and more weak and hasty. There were several times when No. 4 almost broke through the defense line with one blow. Later, even Jin Qinghan and Lu Qingshang found that Xu Qingfan was wrong, and the anxious look on their faces further confirmed No. 4's thoughts. Suddenly, as if the spiritual energy in the body was temporarily insufficient, the long green dragon surrounding Xu Qingfan paused for a moment, and with this pause, a flaw appeared in the originally tight defense, and that flaw was Xu Qingfan's chest.

Seeing this fleeting flaw, No. 4 didn't have time to think about it for a while, and instantly increased his speed to the extreme, turning into a phantom, and rushed towards Xu Qingfan. At the same time, the five nails on his right hand also stretched out suddenly, like five sharp swords stabbing at Xu Qingfan fiercely.

"Senior Brother Xu!!"

"Senior Brother Xu!!"

Seeing this scene, Jin Qinghan and Lu Qingshang exclaimed. Wanting to rescue, but found that they couldn't catch up at all.