Taiping Inn

Although Wu Yang's words were a bit mysterious, in Li Xuandu's opinion, it can be summed up in one word: desperate to try any possible means, and try everything when a dead horse is alive.

This is the so-called "variable".

The mysterious alchemists and wizards can always make simple things mysterious.

However, Li Xuandu did not object, and even agreed. He had long wanted to get away from Xu Wugui, but was still hesitant for some reasons. Wu Yang's move helped him make a decision, and there was no other way out.

Li Xuandu asked: "Where are we now?"

Wu Yang stretched out five fingers, and the ground between the two began to change. Li Xuandu heard that there was a "sand table" in the army. As early as when Zulong destroyed the six countries, Zulong had personally gathered sand into mountains and cities and pointed out the situation. At this time, Wu Yang directly changed the terrain and created a sand table about the size of a chessboard.

Li Xuandu saw the boundary between the fern forest and the ice field at a glance. He and Xu Wugui had passed there when they came, and Li Xuandu remembered it very clearly. From this, it can be seen that this sand table simulates the terrain of the entire cave. After all, Wu Yang and others have lived here for a thousand years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are familiar with every inch of the land.

Wu Yang pointed to a point in the southeast of the ice field and said, "This is where we just fought."

Then she pointed to a point in the north of the ice field and said, "We are here."

Li Xuandu looked at the sand table and found that the entire cave was a round sky and square earth pattern, divided into five parts, corresponding to the five elements, East Wood, West Gold, South Fire, North Water, and Central Earth. There is no doubt that the ice field belongs to the range of North Water, and they are in the northern part of North Water, close to the edge of the cave.

Li Xuandu pointed at the place where the two were hiding, "We have no way to retreat. If the five great witches search here like a net, won't we be trapped?"

Wu Yang shook his head and said, "The premise of pulling a net to catch fish is that the fishing net is strong enough. If the five of them are scattered, no one of them can be my opponent, but it will give me an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"I didn't think it through." Li Xuandu nodded, "Then where should we go next?"

Wu Yang glanced at Li Xuandu, "You are a little weak."

Li Xuandu was speechless. Looking at the world, he is also one of the best masters. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one on the Taixuan list. But after coming here, he is only slightly stronger than some pseudo-immortals. It is indeed a little weak. Sure enough, the strength of a person does not lie in himself, but in comparison. Babies are very weak, but they are strong compared to ants. Li Xuandu is very strong, but he is weak compared to Wu Yang.

Wu Yang continued, "But you also know witchcraft, I can teach you."

Li Xuandu was startled, then realized that the "witchcraft" Wu Yang was talking about should refer to the magical power he got from the national teacher.

Strictly speaking, Taoism and witchcraft both belong to the category of magic, but after the demise of witchcraft, Taoism was the only one, so it was no longer subdivided and was generally referred to as magic.

But before that, Wu Yang decided to leave this temporary hiding place and go from the North Water area to the Middle Earth area. The entire cave is divided into five areas, each of which will border with the other three areas. Take the North Water area for example, it borders with the East Wood, West Gold, and Middle Earth respectively. The only one that does not border is the South Fire area.

When the two went to the Middle Earth area, Li Xuandu's guess came true. The five great witches, Wu Xiang and others, may have got Xu Wugui's helper, so they started to search for Wu Yang and Li Xuandu in pairs. Strictly speaking, the five great witches did not expect to find Wu Yang, who deliberately hid his tracks. They were looking for Li Xuandu, who was weaker in cultivation. Since Wu Yang took the risk to take Li Xuandu away, Li Xuandu must be of great significance to her. They then inferred that the two would definitely be together. Finding Li Xuandu meant finding Wu Yang.

However, Wu Yang also had a response to this. She directly helped Li Xuandu to stimulate the power of the "Eternal Life Stone" to cover up Li Xuandu's breath. In Wu Yang's words, the "Stone of Life" is a sacred object, that is, an immortal object in the Taoist system, with many incredible uses. However, it was greatly damaged after experiencing the heavenly tribulation, making these uses unusable. Now she can only stimulate some functions of the "Stone of Life". If she wants to fully recover, she needs a large-scale blood sacrifice.

Li Xuandu immediately thought of the altar and blood pool built by the national teacher. It is rumored that the national teacher recruits a large number of slaves to go to the Great Snow Mountain Academy every year, nominally to build a mausoleum for the old Khan, but in fact all those slaves disappeared out of thin air for many years. Moreover, according to what Tan Taiyun said afterwards, the Khan's Golden Tent at that time turned into a huge refining array. It is conceivable how much effort and "manpower" the national teacher spent to refine the "Eternal Life Stone". This is the benefit of power. If there is no overwhelming power, even if the cultivation is heavenly, it will not be so convenient. It is said that to cultivate immortality, you need money, friends, and the land. Money ranks first. Gold and silver are wealth, but wealth is not just gold and silver. Many other precious things are also in the category of wealth, so immortals are no exception.

After Wu Yang helped Li Xuandu to activate the "Eternal Life Stone", he dug out an "ice cellar" that could accommodate two people with his bare hands, and then used Qi to turn into solid ice to seal the entrance. As the heavy snow continued to fall, soon no trace could be seen. In this case, even the great witch in the realm of immortality could not find the traces of the two.

The two hid in the ice cellar, about a foot away from each other. Because the ice cellar was relatively low, they could only sit on their knees. Li Xuandu quietly listened to the whistling wind and snow outside, silently counting his pulse and heartbeat and calculating the time. At this moment, Wu Yang suddenly said: "They would never think that I would go to the Middle Earth."

Li Xuandu asked: "Why?"

"Because the Middle Earth is Wu Peng's territory, Wu Peng has set up many traps there. I have suffered losses before and my legs were broken by them there, so they must think that I dare not go there again." Wu Yang glanced at his injured leg.

For the Immortal Realm, ordinary flesh injuries are of course nothing, and they can recover in a blink of an eye, but Wu Yang's injured leg is lingering with a strange colorful aura, which prevents the injury from healing.

Li Xuandu asked, "What is this?"

Wu Yang replied, "It's the 'Shebi Corpse Poison', which is very difficult to deal with. Even for me, it takes three years to cure it. If you are poisoned by this poison, you can probably live for a month."

Li Xuandu couldn't help but sigh at the various strange methods of the great witches. In the outside world, the masters of the Heaven Realm are almost immune to all poisons, but here, even the one-tribulation earth immortals are subject to it.

The five great witches finally failed to find the traces of the two. After hiding for three days, Li Xuandu and Wu Yang left their hiding place and continued to head towards the Middle Earth.

On the way, the two encountered many strange beasts, and the aura they exuded was very strong, but they were all sent away by Wu Yang. It was not until they saw the border of the ice field that the two stopped and began to rest. In Wu Yang's words, there will be many dangers to face next, so we must prepare well.

The so-called "preparation" mentioned by Wu Yang was to impose layers of restrictions on his injured leg so that it would no longer be a burden to him, and at the same time prevent the "Shebi Corpse Poison" from affecting him during a fierce fight.

Li Xuandu sat on top of a frozen rock, looking at the Middle Earth region not far away. It seemed to be no different from the outside world, not as extreme as the East Wood Region and the North Water Region. He asked, "What is there in the Middle Earth region?"

Wu Yang sat under the rock, busy fiddling with his injured leg, and answered without raising his head, "There are pearl trees, jade trees, Qi trees, and immortal trees."

Li Xuandu had heard the names of these trees from Lu Wushen, and knew that their fruits were the key to refining the elixir of immortality. He asked again, "You have already refined the elixir of immortality, what's the point of going to the Middle Earth region?"

Wu Yang replied, "There is also the key to the formation set up by the six of us. This is the key to fighting against Lu Wushen."

Li Xuandu certainly remembered that the task given to them by Lu Wushen was to destroy the formation, and Wu Xiang had also said that the five of them mastered the formation.

Li Xuandu asked softly, "Are we going to seize the key to this formation?"

Wu Yang stood up, stretched his injured leg, and said, "Yes."

Li Xuandu jumped down from the stone and said seriously, "But I am very weak."

Wu Yang nodded, "So I want to teach you witchcraft, where should I start? From the 'art of the universe'? Or from the 'art of the universe'?"

Li Xuandu said, "Nanhua Daojun once said: 'The four directions are the universe, and the past and present are the universe.' The 'art of the universe' is the method you used, right?"

"That's right." Wu Yang nodded, "Do you want to learn?"

Li Xuandu's hand appeared Take out the "Longevity Staff", "I can use similar means, but I must rely on the power of this snake staff. If I learn it, can I not use the snake staff?"

"Almost." Wu Yang's tone was a little uncertain, "Your foundation is too weak, basically all comes from external forces, and you don't have much power of your own."

Speaking of this, Wu Yang began to be distracted, "Since this is the case, there are two ways. One way is to learn from scratch, which will take a long time, about ten years or so. The other way is that I will give it to you directly. You should know about initiation, right?"

"Of course I know." Li Xuandu was shocked.

Wu Yang said: "I can directly instill what I have learned into your brain, which will save a lot of time, but it will be a little painful."

Li Xuandu thought Wu Yang was going to ask for his opinion, but he didn't expect Wu Yang to have made a decision for him, "I have decided to use the second method. You bear with it, it will be quick."

Before Li Xuandu objected, Wu Yang suddenly took action to control Li Xuandu, making him unable to move.

Then Wu Yang stretched out his hand and pressed on the top of Li Xuandu's head.

The next moment, Li Xuandu screamed.