Seeking Immortality

Compared with the obvious weakness in Li Xuhan's demeanor and tone when he first woke up, although Li Xuhan was still supported by Zhang Hualing at this time, he had become much more energetic and his face had become much rosier. But coupled with the shocking wound on his chest and the blood that was still flowing out, it seemed too weird to look at it.

The reason why Zhang Xusheng can still survive without a heart is because he has integrated the wronged souls and blood essence of countless mortals and monks into his body. These wronged souls and blood essence will never be destroyed, and Zhang Xusheng is immortal. I just don’t know how Li Xuhan can survive now that he has no heart but has not practiced Zhang Xusheng’s evil method?

It's just that although the deaf-mute and blind master was confused when he saw Li Xuhan's abnormality, he felt ashamed because he didn't catch Zhang Xusheng. Secondly, because it involved the Jiuhua secret method, it was inconvenient to ask in detail, so he put his doubts aside. Forced to suppress himself, he just bowed to Li Xuhan and Zhang Hualing, bowed deeply, and said apologetically: "This time for Zhang Xusheng to escape, Li Jushi and Master Zhang suffered a lot from the old man. This time the old man not only He failed to join forces with the layman to kill Zhang Xusheng, but instead made the layman more considerate in his work. I feel ashamed of my trust in the layman. "

His voice was hoarse and vague when he spoke, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

But after hearing the deaf-mute and blind master's words, and then looking at the deaf-mute and blind master's face when he spoke, both Li Xuhan and Zhang Hualing, as well as the five brothers Xuan Wu Xing, were full of surprise.

It turns out that the reason why the deaf-mute and blind monk could make sounds was because he used the spiritual energy in his body to cause the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to vibrate, and he used the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to vibrate and simulate speech. But when the deaf-mute and blind gentleman apologized to Li Xuhan and Zhang Hualing, the sound came out of his mouth.

Everyone was first surprised that the deaf-mute and blind master was not really mute, which was inconsistent with the legend. But then I thought of the reason, and I was even more surprised.

It turns out that there is a Taoism in the Valley of Ascetication called "One word becomes a prophecy", which is said to be "when a word is spoken, God will respond." The functional effect is similar to that of Jiuhua Mountain's "Dai Tian Jue", but the magic and mystery are even greater than that of "Dai Tian Jue". It's just that if you want to practice, you need to practice the "Shut-up Zen" for 1,300 years, so the difficulty is even more difficult than the "Dai Tian Jue". It cannot be achieved without great perseverance and great wisdom.

Since the deaf-mute and blind master is not mute but has not spoken a word for thousands of years, the only possibility is that he is practicing the mysterious power of "one word becomes a prophecy".

The deaf-mute and blind deity is indeed practicing "one word becomes a prophecy", and for this reason he has persisted in the "closed-mouthed chant" from last year. This time, it was because he felt too sorry for Jiuhua Mountain that he stopped using spiritual energy fluctuations. Instead, he personally apologized to Li Xuhan and others, which shows his sincerity in apologizing. But this time he opened his mouth, the previous "keep silent" for more than a thousand years may have been greatly reduced.

Seeing the deaf-mute and blind master doing this, Li Xuhan and Zhang Xusheng could no longer blame them. They just sighed slightly and bowed to the deaf-mute and blind master in return, but did not say anything else. This time Jiuhua Mountain The loss of strength is huge. The two of them had no intention of being polite anymore.

Seeing the silence of Li Xuhan and Zhang Hualing, the deaf-mute and blind master understood what they were thinking, and his expression darkened slightly, and continued: "This time the Jiuhua Mountain lineage has suffered such a huge loss, it has nothing to do with my ascetic cultivation valley. Li Please rest assured, layman and leader Zhang, if Jiuhua Mountain encounters a disaster in the next thousand years, we, Kuxiu Valley, will definitely come to our aid.”

Although all decisions in the Valley of Penance are made collectively by all the monks in the valley, given the status of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Master in the Valley of Penance, his words undoubtedly represent the attitude of the Valley of Penance. Based on the strength of the Valley of Penance, , no other sect will dare to take advantage of Jiuhua Mountain in a short period of time.

So after hearing what the Deaf-mute and Blind Lord said, Li Xuhan and Zhang Hualing felt slightly relieved, and bowed to the Deaf-mute and Blind Lord to express their thanks: "Thank you so much, Lord."

The deaf-mute and blind master hurriedly said: "I don't dare to take it seriously. It's better that the two Taoists don't blame the old man."

Then, the deaf-mute and blind master told Li Xuhan and Zhang Hualing in detail about the purple figure that rescued Zhang Xusheng just now, but neither Li Xuhan nor Zhang Hualing. But they couldn't think of any Mahayana master in the world of immortality who would have such characteristics, and would risk offending Jiuhua Mountain and Kuxiu Valley to help Zhang Xusheng.

After discussing half of the salary to no avail, the deaf-mute and blind master said again: "The situation of Zhang Xusheng's incident is strange, and it is related to my penance in the valley. Changes will happen later. I will not delay any more, and I will return to my suffering now." It’s time to repair the valley. I’d like to ask my two fellow Taoists to take care of me.”

Li Xuhan knew that the deaf-mute and blind monk was eager to return to the Valley of Penance to find the monks who had betrayed Zhang Xusheng, but he still said: "I'm afraid I will have to stay with you for a while. The monks from various sects will come to Jiuhua Mountain soon." . Because of the Huandao incident, I am afraid that I, Jiuhua, will have to prove my innocence. Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to explain these things clearly and convincingly..."

I heard Li Xuhan say this. The deaf, mute and blind man did not hesitate. He nodded and said: "That's fine. This time, I'm afraid half of the monks who hosted the newcomer competition in Huandao in the Valley of Ascetic Training have problems. I'm not afraid of them running away even though I'm here."

Li Xuhan smiled slightly after hearing the deaf-mute and blind master's words, waved his hand, and said to the deaf-mute and blind master: "I'm afraid it will take a stick of incense for those juniors to come. Let's wait for them in Jiuhua Mountain. ”

The deaf-mute man nodded, but did not move. Zhang Hualing and Xuan Wuxing, who were about to fly into Jiuhua Mountain, were slightly startled.

But Li Xuhan and the deaf, dumb and blind monk both looked up at the sky, and Li Xuhan said loudly: "Fellow Daoists, since you are all here, how about coming to my Jiuhua Mountain to sit down?"

Although Li Xuhan was heard talking to the sky, there was no sign of a human figure in the rare clear sky of Jiuhua?

But as Li Xuhan's voice fell, several old and clumsy voices came one after another.

"Fellow Daoists are thoughtful. I just came here to find out the truth out of curiosity. Now that there is nothing to do, I will go back to continue my cultivation."

"Thank you for the invitation, but I don't like the hustle and bustle, so I'd better go back to the mountain."

"I have something important to do, so I won't bother you any more."

Zhang Hualing and Xuan Wuxing knew that it was worth Li Xuhan and the deaf, dumb and blind monk to invite so politely and carefully. The cultivators who disappeared in the sky were definitely masters of the Mahayana stage. It seems that the fighting between Li Xuhan, Deaf, Mute and Blind and Zhang Xusheng just now has caused many masters who are in retreat to be startled.

In the end, only two masters stayed, one of whom was a tall, rough, bearded middle-aged man, and the other was an ordinary-looking, kind old woman.

"Jiuhua Mountain has just suffered a rare catastrophe since the establishment of the sect. The houses and scenery are almost destroyed. Please forgive me for the poor hospitality."

Li Xuhan said apologetically when he led the three masters to Jiuhua Mountain.

But Li Xuhan's eyes kept flashing when he spoke, and I don't know what he was thinking when he spoke.

At the same time, the five major holy places united with the * Sect, the Eight Desolate Points and dozens of sects in the cultivation world. From the head of the sect, the elders to the ordinary disciples, thousands of cultivators rushed to Jiuhua Mountain. With expressions of excitement or doubt, they were all ready to eradicate Jiuhua Mountain, the "cancer" of the world of immortal cultivation.

At the waist of Jiuhua Mountain, the wind stopped, the clouds dispersed, and the stars gradually appeared.

Looking at Bai Qingfu and Wang Qingjun who were unceremoniously taken away by the Jiuhua elders, they were obviously enemies who were going to fight to the death, but looking at their helpless appearance, Xu Qingfan clearly had an urge to sigh.

He was fed a few elixirs. After circulating the spiritual energy for several weeks with the assistance of a Jiuhua elder, Xu Qingfan found that the depression that was originally blocked in his chest and abdomen was relieved a lot, and the circulation of spiritual energy in his body was also much smoother. He knew that the internal injuries he had suffered before had been temporarily suppressed.

The internal injuries were suppressed, the battle subsided, and the noise returned to tranquility, but Xu Qingfan's mood became more confused.

Zhantai, Huandao, the eight major sects, Feng Qingtian, Huangxie, Gong Qingya, Jiuhua Mountain, Nangong Qingshan, Bai Qingfu, Wang Qingjun...

All of this, from the beginning to now, is obviously less than ten days, but Xu Qingfan feels that these things are all of his past ten years. How many twists and turns. How many hardships, how many times of life and death, it is difficult to talk about it for a while. Even if you want to talk, there is no word or language in the world that can perfectly express it.

When Bai Qingfu was taken away by a Jiuhua elder and disappeared from Xu Qingfan's sight, Xu Qingfan finally couldn't help but sigh slightly, shook his head to throw away those inexplicable emotions, then stood up, bowed to the Jiuhua elder who helped him heal his wounds behind him, and said respectfully: "Thank you for your help, uncle."

The Jiuhua elder was obviously in a very bad mood at this time, and I don't know if the Jiuhua elder who had taken the "Tianling Pill" before had him. He just patted Xu Qingfan's shoulder gently, said "well done", and then turned to the next injured Jiuhua disciple.

Xu Qingfan looked around, looking for his companions who had been fighting side by side with him. Jin Qinghan, Lu Qingshang, Feng Qingtian, Li Yuhan, Sheng Yushan. However, Feng Qingtian, Li Yuhan, and Sheng Yushan had been treated because their injuries were relatively light before. Jin Qinghan and Lu Qingshang were also treated at the same time as Xu Qingfan.

After seeing Xu Qingfan stand up. Jin Qinghan and the other five also walked towards Xu Qingfan.

Jin Qinghan and the other five, plus Xu Qingfan himself. They can be said to be the essence of the younger generation of disciples in the entire Jiuhua Mountain. In this catastrophe of Jiuhua Mountain, thousands of Jiuhua disciples gathered in front of Hualing Palace to fight with the low-level demons under Zhang Xusheng, but in the end, they were the six of them who stole the limelight.

But Xu Qingfan knew that in essence, these so-called elite disciples were no different from ordinary disciples. No matter how hard they fought, their victory or defeat had no impact on the general situation. Rather than saying that they were fighting for Jiuhua, it would be better to say that they were just fighting for their own survival for a while.

No matter how big an ant is, it is still an ant in essence.

Xu Qingfan hated this feeling of powerlessness because his fate could not be controlled by himself.

Looking back on the twists and turns of these days, Xu Qingfan's idea of ​​becoming stronger suddenly became stronger than ever.

If Xu Qingfan wanted to become stronger before, it was just because he was dissatisfied with 6 Huayan's judgment of him and his yearning for the way of immortality, then the reason why Xu Qingfan wanted to become stronger now was because he wanted to protect himself and all the people he cared about.

Just like this, Jin Qinghan and others walked to Xu Qingfan's side. Jin Qinghan asked first: "Brother Xu, are your injuries better?"

Xu Qingfan smiled and nodded, saying: "Thank you for your concern, I am much better now."

After confirming that Xu Qingfan's injury had improved, Feng Qingtian said nothing. He flew directly to the higher part of Jiuhua Mountain, which was the direction of the Feng family's old house. The Feng family's old house was also one of the few houses in Jiuhua that was not destroyed during the Jiuhua catastrophe.

Although Feng Qingtian's attitude could be described as cold, Xu Qingfan knew that for Feng Qingtian, being able to wait here for him to recover was already a very caring expression, so he didn't care. There was even a hint of joy in his heart.

Jin Qinghan silently watched Feng Qingtian's departing back, with an extremely complicated expression. In order to defeat Feng Qingtian in these years, he practiced so hard that even Xu Qingfan, who was familiar with him, only knew the tip of the iceberg. Moreover, after Feng Qingtian's Nirvana transformation, Jin Qinghan found that the gap between him and him had become farther and farther, and there was a hint of bitterness in his dissatisfaction.

Lu Qingshang apologized to Xu Qingfan and said, "My fellow disciples, I'm relieved that you're all right. But now I have to rush back to my master. Let's keep in touch."

With that, without waiting for everyone's response, Lu Qingshang flew to the foot of Jiuhua Mountain in a hurry.

Lu Qingshang's master was Elder Hou, the mountain guardian of Jiuhua Mountain, whose status was second only to Zhang Hualing and Zhou Huahai. In order to control the "Nine Extreme Formation", Elder Hou was controlled by Zhou Huahai using the "Spiritual Capture Technique", and his mind was greatly damaged. Even if he escaped, it was still unclear whether he could recover.

Since Lu Qingshang learned about his master's situation, he has been extremely anxious, but because the situation he faced has always been extremely dangerous. So he never showed it to affect his emotions and others. But at this time, the situation in Jiuhua Mountain finally eased, and Lu Qingshang finally couldn't bear the anxiety in his heart anymore. After slightly treating the injuries in his body and saying hello to everyone, he hurried to find his master.

After seeing Lv Qingshang and Feng Qingtian leave one after another, Li Yuhan and Sheng Yushan forced a smile at Xu Qingfan, and stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

This time, the two of them were in an awkward position. Their master Zhou Huahai took the lead in the rebellion, and most of their fellow apprentices also joined the rebellion, but they stood on Zhang Hualing's side for various reasons. This made them feel very complicated.

What they cared about more was their master Bao Qingfang. They didn't know whether Bao Qingfang also joined the rebellion. If so, then their identities would be even more awkward. After all, a master is a father for life. They couldn't imagine how to face their master and fellow apprentices in the future.

Originally, the two of them were the well-deserved leaders of the "Yu" generation disciples in Jiuhua Mountain. At this time, they should assist the Jiuhua elders to stabilize the situation in Jiuhua. But because of their awkward identities, they didn't dare to participate at all.

Seeing the helplessness under Li Yuhan's forced smile. Xu Qingfan sighed slightly in his heart, and instantly understood what he was thinking at this moment.

Before the battle with Bai Qingfu, Bai Qingfu had mocked Zhou Huahai for never accepting a real disciple in his life, and this undoubtedly included Bao Qingfang. Bai Qingfu was Zhang Xusheng's undercover, so what was Bao Qingfang's identity? Obviously, Li Yuhan was tormented by this idea at this moment.

Seeing that his former companions were all frowning and anxious about their own thoughts and ideas, Xu Qingfan sighed again in his heart, then squeezed out a smile on his face and said: "Everyone, although the demons have been defeated now, the front mountain is still in chaos. How about everyone go to my cave in the back mountain to rest?"

With the consent of the three, Xu Qingfan flew to the back mountain first, and the peaceful expression of Ting'er when she was sleeping suddenly appeared in his mind.

According to dozens of miles east of Jiuhua Mountain, a cloud of dozens of miles in size that seemed to cover the sky and the earth was flying quickly towards Jiuhua Mountain.

On the auspicious clouds, thousands of immortals stood densely, some of them looked like immortals in their white and fluttering demeanor, and some of them looked eager to try, as if half of the cultivators in the entire immortal world were gathered here, and they were the major sects who came from Zhantai to Jiuhua Mountain to call for justice.

Among them, Qing Lingzi, the head of the "Qingxu Sect" in the six holy places, Master Xu Huan, the abbot of the "Ciyun Temple", and Zeng Lianxian, the leader of the "Five Elements Sect", stood at the forefront. All of them were silent.

In their opinion, the affairs of Huandao were full of weirdness, and Zhang Hualing was always cautious, so the possibility of Huandao's changes was probably that someone framed them. But they didn't expect that Zhou Huahai and others who were left on Zhantai by Zhang Hualing would admit at the critical moment that Jiuhua Mountain was responsible for this incident, which was really beyond the expectations of the three of them. Originally, they had no intention of using this incident to rectify Jiuhua Mountain, because the overly weak Jiuhua Mountain would not be of any benefit to them. Only people like Li Tianying who are almost obsessed with the devil will act only based on their own likes and dislikes, without caring whether what they do is really beneficial to themselves.

However, Zhou Huahai is the supreme protector of Jiuhua Mountain. If even he admits that the matter of Huandao was done by Jiuhua Mountain, then the three of them can no longer sit idly by and can only summon the immortals on Zhantai to rush to Jiuhua Mountain together. However, they are all confused about what Jiuhua Mountain and Zhou Huahai have done, and they always have a feeling that they are being used.

Next to the three holy land leaders. Standing are the master of "them" Jiuze Daoren and the great hall master of "Bahuang Hall". Although the expressions on their faces seem calm, a closer look will reveal the deep happiness contained in them.

For the two of them, they didn't care whether Jiuhua Mountain was framed or not. As long as Jiuhua Mountain suffered losses, their two sects would benefit, so they didn't consider the inappropriateness of the matter at all.

Standing behind the heads of these major sects were "Zhou Huahai" and his disciple Bao Qingfang. Compared with the slightly nervous look of "Zhou Huahai", Bao Qingfang was much colder and seemed to care nothing. The Jiuhua disciples behind them were mostly at a loss. For them, the changes that had taken place in the past few days were too difficult to accept.

As for the elders and ordinary disciples of other sects, they were either nervous or excited, which was not worth mentioning.

From afar, the majestic scene of Jiuhua Mountain appeared in everyone's vision from afar. And it became clearer and clearer.

As the distance to Jiuhua Mountain got closer and closer, "Zhou Huahai" became more and more nervous, and even had cold sweat flowing down. When Bao Qingfang saw the look of "Zhou Huahai", he snorted coldly, and a flash of disdain flashed in his eyes.

Finally, the auspicious cloud flew to Jiuhua Mountain. According to what "Zhou Huahai" had said before, Zhang Hualing had already fled to the outside of the East China Sea with all the monks of Jiuhua Mountain. But after arriving outside Jiuhua Mountain, everyone clearly saw Zhang Hualing standing outside Jiuhua Mountain. His face was leisurely, as if he had been waiting for everyone.

"Dear fellow Taoists, didn't you say that you would give Jiuhua a month to investigate the details? Why are you all coming to Jiuhua Mountain in just a few days?"

Zhang Hualing didn't even look at "Zhou Huahai" who was already shaking, but instead looked at Bao Qingfang who was staring at him coldly. Then he clasped his fists and said to the monks in front of him.

"Hmph. Old thief Zhang Hualing, stop pretending to be innocent. Your Jiuhua Sect's Supreme Protector Zhou Huahai has already told us the whole story. You are the one who controlled the Huandao incident. Now there are witnesses and evidence. What else do you have to say?"

Before anyone else could respond to Zhang Hualing's words, Li Tianying, the Palace Master of the "* Palace", had already pointed at Zhang Hualing's nose and shouted angrily. Facing Li Tianying's rudeness, Zhang Hualing was not angry. He just raised his right hand and said to everyone: "Dear Taoist friends, please go to Jiuhua Mountain to talk. True Man Shehe, Xia Xiangu, Deaf, Mute and Blind Master and my master are waiting for you inside."

Hearing Zhang Hualing's words, the knowledgeable cultivators on the scene were all shocked. True Man Shehe and Xia Xiangu were famous cultivators in the vast land of Shenzhou. They had reached the realm of Mahayana a thousand years ago. As the oldest cultivator, the deaf, dumb and blind have been in seclusion in the Kuxiu Valley for more than a thousand years. Zhang Hualing's master, Li Xuhan, is said to have passed away five hundred years ago, but he was also a legend when he was alive. According to Zhang Hualing, he is not dead. Obviously, the news of Li Xuhan's death was a mystery in Jiuhua Mountain.

And now. These four Mahayana masters actually gathered in Jiuhua Mountain, but is it true? If it is true, what are these four people seeking? Is it related to the change of Huandao?

Looking at Zhang Hualing's peaceful expression, Qing Lingzi, Master Xu Heng, and Zeng Lianxian became more and more confused, while Mantian and Jiuze Taoist's original happy expressions disappeared in an instant, and Zhou Huahai and three other Jiuhua elders guarded the law. There are also some Kuxiu Valley monks who can't help but show panic.

An hour later.

The sky of Jiuhua has become completely dark, the starlight fills the entire sky, and the moon is as cold as water.

Li Xuhan and Zhang Hualing stood outside Jiuhua Mountain, watching the monks from various sects leave.

An hour ago, when the monks from various sects entered Jiuhua Mountain, they were shocked to see the dilapidated scene and corpses everywhere. The corpses in the image of demons made people feel that things were not simple.

When the leaders of various sects came to Hualing Hall. They met the four great masters of the Mahayana period, heard their proof, and saw the real Zhou Huahai. The leaders finally confirmed that the incident on Huandao was not caused by Jiuhua Mountain. Although some people, such as Jiuze Taoist, Mantian, and Li Tianying, were very unwilling to accept this result, they dared not question it in front of the four masters.

So Jiuhua Mountain finally restored its reputation. And regained the "Xuanwu Order" representing the status of the holy land, and the deaf, dumb and blind lord also publicly expressed his support for Jiuhua Mountain. In addition, it was unclear whether the Shehe Zhenren and Xia Xiangu also had such a clear support for Jiuhua Mountain as the deaf, dumb and blind lord, so those who originally planned to take advantage of Jiuhua Mountain's great loss of strength to plot against Jiuhua Mountain also temporarily held back their thoughts.

What caught Zhang Hualing and Li Xuhan's attention were two other things. One was that the deaf, dumb and blind lord imprisoned the cultivation of all the Kuxiu Valley monks present on the spot, just to better interrogate who among the monks betrayed Zhang Xusheng and participated in the Huandao incident. The other thing was the fake Zhou Huahai and Bao Qingfang. The fake Zhou Huahai was an elder who had been missing in Jiuhua Mountain for many years, but it was unknown whether he had surrendered to Zhou Huahai or Zhang Xusheng. He was actually operated on by Zhang Xusheng and turned into Zhou Huahai. However, his strength was still much worse than Zhou Huahai, so Zhang Xusheng didn't know what he did to him, but he was able to increase his strength in a short period of time, but the flaw was that his vitality was greatly reduced. Soon after returning to Jiuhua Mountain, he turned into dry bones in front of everyone. The scene was extremely weird.

Bao Qingfang was a demon under Zhang Xusheng like Bai Qingfu. In fact, Bao Qingfang's original talent was not high, and his strength was always very low, but later he was tempted by Zhang Xusheng. After being transformed, he became a high-level demon, and his strength was far stronger than the four snake guards. And from then on, he was loyal to Zhang Xusheng.

Facing the questioning from the major leaders, compared to the weakness of the fake Zhou Huahai and the two Jiuhua elders, he found out that Zhang Xusheng committed suicide in front of everyone after escaping safely.

When the figures of the monks from various sects disappeared in front of the two people, Zhang Hualing sighed slightly. His originally peaceful expression suddenly became extremely tired and worried.

"What are you worried about?"

See the change in Zhang Hualing's expression. Li Xuhan turned around and asked calmly.

Zhang Hualing said: "Master, our Jiuhua has experienced this catastrophe. Our strength has been greatly damaged. I am afraid that if Zhang Xusheng attacks again, I, Jiuhua, will no longer be able to resist. Although I have the guarantee of the Deaf, Mute and Blind Lord, I can't prevent it for a while." In this life, my Jiuhua strength is so weak that I am probably vulnerable to Zhang Xusheng. Even facing the * gate and Bahuang Palace, my status as a holy land cannot be guaranteed. "

Li Xuhan shook his head and said softly: "You don't have to worry about this. Although Zhang Xusheng is powerful, he will be unable to attack within hundreds of years. Do you think I will let him take the heart back easily? I know best how powerful Zhang Xusheng is. Even with the combined power of me and the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Lord, it is very likely that he will not be able to defeat him. In view of this, I would have done something wrong with that heart. It would have been fine if he had not fused the heart into his body. , once he is integrated into the body, he will not be able to recover for hundreds of years. "

At this point, he seemed to be exhausted. After taking a breath, Li Xuhan continued: "As for the threats from the * Gate and Bahuang Palace, you don't have to worry. Today I saw four master-level masters gathered in Jiuhua Mountain. , they will not act rashly before they understand the relationship between them and Jiuhua Mountain. What's more, if my prediction is correct, the palace will decline soon, and the two gates will surely be found by then. * Palace’s troubles, and I can’t care about Jiuhua.”

Hearing these words of Li Xuhan, Zhang Hualing's eyes flashed with joy, and he was filled with admiration. Unexpectedly, Li Xuhan's thoughts were so far-reaching, and he expected everything. Not only did Zhang Xusheng take away the heart, but he also thought about how Jiuhua Mountain's strength would be greatly reduced in the future to deter other sects. Thinking about it, if Zhang Xusheng had not exploded the aura in his body before and shocked other Mahayana masters and attracted them to Jiuhua Mountain, Li Xuhan would have done the same to intimidate other sects afterwards.

Although Zhang Hualing was also conceited about his resourcefulness, after hearing Li Xuhan's various designs, he still couldn't help but admire him in his heart. He was not as conceited as he was.

But after seeing the shocking wound on Li Xuhan's chest, Zhang Hualing's originally happy eyes were filled with worry, and he asked worriedly: "But Master, your injury..."

Li Xuhan shook his head and said calmly: "It doesn't matter. I used the soul-destroying technique and I still have nearly a hundred years of life. You don't have to worry."

Hearing what Li Xuhan said, Zhang Hualing's body trembled slightly and he wanted to say something, but in the end he remained silent.

The "Soul-Destroying Technique" slowly corrodes the cultivator's soul in exchange for his life. No matter what kind of injury he suffers, the cultivator can survive. But once this method is used, when this cultivator dies, his soul will be broken and will never recover, unlike other cultivators whose souls will be trapped in reincarnation after death. Even if he is alive, he will suffer the pain of soul tearing every moment. It can be said that it is the most cruel and costly among all Taoist methods. In order to protect Jiuhua Mountain for a longer period of time, Li Xuhan actually used this method.