Seeking Immortality

Just when Xu Qingfan and others were leaving the mountain, another story was happening outside the mysterious East China Sea.

In the East China Sea, 3,000 miles away from the vast land of Shenzhou, there is an island called "Huanli". This island covers an area of ​​about 10,000 hectares. It is called an island, but it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a small continent.

Originally, there were still some people living here, and those residents even built a town on this deserted island. However, at some point, the island was suddenly covered by fog. Since then, no one has ever been seen coming out of that island, and the same is true for the refugees who fled to the island shrouded in fog during the troubled times.

Gradually, this island was filled with various legends. Some people said that there were immortals living here, but some people said that there was a demon on the island. Under the mysterious and unpredictable circumstances, this island gradually became unattended and eventually forgotten and ignored by others.

If there were immortal cultivators who noticed this place, and had the ability to enter this island from the fog and survive on this deserted island, they would be shocked by the scene on the island.

I saw that this island, which originally had thousands of families, was now deserted. The originally green land turned black, the sky was surrounded by dark clouds, and the air was filled with the stench of corpses. If a mortal took a few breaths, his body would become stiff in a moment, and then he would lose his mind and turn into a walking corpse.

And on this desolate and dead land, the only thing that was still moving was the endless zombies. Looking around, it seemed that this island was full of zombies. And these zombies walked aimlessly on the land, ignoring each other, and occasionally fighting and biting each other for unknown reasons. The silence made this island even more dead and desolate.

In the middle of this deserted island is a valley. Originally, this deserted island was full of plains, but on the day when the fog covered the island, this valley appeared silently like the fog outside the island.

This valley is full of black fog, and it is unknown what is inside. However, outside the valley, even the most powerful zombies dare not approach this valley at all. It seems that there is something in the valley that makes them fear instinctively.

In fact, this valley is the place where the Zhong family hides - "Valley of Death".

In the Valley of Death, the disciples of the Zhong family either practice the secret methods of the Zhong family or sacrifice the corpse spirit poison, as if they are always busy. Perhaps it is because they have lived in this dead "Valley of Death" for a long time, or because they only deal with corpses all day long. Every child of the Zhong family has a frozen and gloomy expression like a zombie.

And just like zombies dare not approach the "Valley of Death", the children of the Zhong family in the "Valley of Death" also dare not approach a cave in the deepest part of the "Valley of Death".

Except for two people, one is Zhong Xian, the head of the Zhong family, and the other is "Hong" in "Ming". The mysterious and powerful ancestor of the Zhong family, Zhong Kui, lives in this cave deeper than the darkness. Except for the last time he went out to find the sacred objects of the family, he has been sitting cross-legged in this cave for hundreds of years.

At this time, Zhong Xian, a member of the Zhong family, was kneeling in front of the ancestor of the Zhong family, slowly reporting what happened in the Zhong family over the years.

The ancestor of the Zhong family was hiding in the deepest darkness, and his expression could not be seen at all.

Suddenly. The ancestor of the Zhong family slowly stretched out his hand, and Zhong Ling immediately stopped reporting, but saw the ancestor of the Zhong family slowly opened his eyes and stared at a certain place in the cave. He asked softly: "Old friend, suddenly cast a phantom into my Valley of Death, is there something wrong?"

But I saw that where the ancestor of the Zhong family was looking, a phantom gradually emerged, but it was the leader of the "Ming" organization, "Tian" who was more mysterious than the ancestor of the Zhong family.

"Tian" also cast a look at the Zhong family ancestor like the Zhong family ancestor, but when the two people's eyes met, they immediately avoided each other. It seems that he doesn't want the other party to see his current thoughts through his eyes.

"Tian" was silent for a while. Slowly said: "The Eight Desolate Palace can't hold on. I need time for the Zhong family to come back in advance."

The Zhong family ancestor said "Huh" softly. But in an instant, the voice returned to calm again, and asked lightly: "Although the Eight Desolate Palace is just a prelude to your plan, the Eight Desolate Palace has the Shura statue in its hands anyway, and Mantian is also a man with scheming means. How can it not hold on in just a few years?"

"Tian" flashed a cold look in his eyes, and slowly said: "The Shura statue was stolen."

The Zhong family ancestor seemed to have no interest in asking details, but just said lightly: "Just take it back."

"Tian" said lightly: "It's a pity that I don't know who stole it, and I can't take it back."

The Zhong family ancestor seemed to smile in the dark, but the voice The voice was still cold: "Check the people in your underworld organization. All the people with ulterior motives and ambitions in the world are there."

"Tian" was not angry at the sarcasm in the words of the Zhong family ancestor, but pulled back the topic that the Zhong family ancestor had been digressing and asked: "I wonder when the Zhong family can make a comeback?"

The Zhong family ancestor said indifferently: "I said that the Zhong family will not make a comeback until the Zhong family's sacred object is recovered."

"Tian" sighed slowly and said: "I have been looking for it for so many years, but I haven't found it yet? Don't you know the method of refining the Purgatory Underworld Staff? Just make another one."

Seeing what the ancestor of the Zhong family wanted to say after a moment of silence, "Tian" said again: "I know that the purgatory rod was made from your father's corpse, and it means a lot to you and the Zhong family, but you can't Are the children of the Zhong family trapped on this desert island just because they can't find it? What's more, after the birth of the Zhong family, it will be more convenient to find the holy object at this time. Is there any benefit in refining a hell rod? Harmful."

There seemed to be a sneer in the voice of the ancestor of the Zhong family: "A purgatory staff in purgatory not only requires the self-sacrifice of a Mahayana master, but this Mahayana monk must also practice the unique skills of my Zhong family. It also requires ten It’s really easy for the Ten Thousand Corpse King to provide death energy.”

"Tian" knew that the ancestor of the Zhong family had actually moved, and was just negotiating the price at this time, so he did not say anything else, but said slowly: "After the catastrophe, all the monks who died in the battle, the corpses of the alchemy stage and the Mahayana stage You take half, and you can take as many corpses of monks below the elixir-formation stage as you want."

"Heaven" knows that for the Zhong family, the corpses of immortal cultivators are the most difficult to resist. Only the corpses of immortal cultivators can allow them to sacrifice a higher level corpse than the Corpse King.

Sure enough, after hearing "Heaven's" conditions, the ancestor of the Zhong family fell silent. After a long time, he slowly said: "Ten years. It will take me ten years to refining a purgatory rod. During this time, How to prevent the catastrophe from ending, you have to figure it out yourself.”

"good."

After hearing what the ancestor of the Zhong family said, "Tian" happily agreed.

As the shadow cast by "Sky" in the cave gradually disappeared, the head of the Zhong family dared to interrupt, but there was a hint of panic in his voice.

"Ancestor, what should we do now?"

After being silent for a moment, the ancestor of the Zhong family said slowly: "Bring that Hong Zhao back and tell him that I have something to do with him. In addition, prepare a hundred thousand corpse kings."

Hearing what the ancestor of the Zhong family said, Zhong Xian let out a long sigh of relief in his heart. When he learned that he would sacrifice a master who practiced the Zhong family's skills and reached the Mahayana stage to refine the "Purgatory Underworld Staff", Zhong Xian He was really frightened, fearing that the ancestor of the Zhong family would sacrifice him. But since the ancestor of the Zhong family said so, then it was "Hong" who was sacrificed.

Suddenly, Zhong Xian's heart trembled, but he suddenly thought that back then, the ancestor of the Zhong family mainly let the disciples with other surnames also practice the core skills of the Zhong family, and vigorously cultivated "Hong" with the best qualifications. Did he have expected that there would be such a thing? What about a day?

Zhong Xian didn't dare to think any more, so he turned around and walked back.

At this moment, the sound of "flood" suddenly came from outside the cave.

"Junior Zhong Ming asks to see our ancestor." After a pause, "Hong" said again: "Tian Lao said three days ago that you had something urgent to do with me, so this junior came in a hurry."

In the cave, the ancestor of the Zhong family's eyes kept fluctuating, but he realized that his own thoughts had been seen by "Heaven", and there was a faint anger in his heart. But his voice was still calm, and he said to Zhong Xian: "Let him come in, and you continue to prepare."

After Zhongxian bowed in response, he turned around and left quickly. After a moment, "Hong" lowered his hands and cautiously entered the cave. His heart was filled with panic, but he was thinking about what the ancestor of the Zhong family had told him over the years. Still nothing has been completed. Calling him back this time may be a matter of life and death.

But the voice of the ancestor of the Zhong family was calm. Before "Hong" could greet him, he immediately asked: "Zhong Ming, how have my Zhong family treated you over the years?"

"Hong" immediately knelt down and said respectfully: "Whether it is the Zhong family or the ancestors, they all treat Zhong Ming like their own children. Zhong Ming will always remember him."

"Then if one day, the Zhong family has a big thing that needs you to complete, but it is not in line with your original intention, what will you do?"

"Hong" felt something was wrong in his heart, but his tone remained firm and he said: "Zhong Ming only has his ancestors and the Zhong family in his heart, nothing else."

"If you say that, I feel relieved."

The voice of the ancestor of the Zhong family came faintly.

Just like that, the world of cultivating immortals was in chaos, but the turmoil within it became even worse, and a greater catastrophe was about to come.