The Path to Immortality

Inside the room.

Li Zhenwei and Li Youer greeted Fang Ping together.

Fang Ping turned around, glanced at the tray in his left hand, and then looked at Li Youer beside him, and then put away his playful eyes: "City Lord Li came to see me this time, could it be that he has discovered the whereabouts of the monster?"

On the night when the immortal arrived, Li Zhenwei wanted to come to pay a private visit.

But he was worried that the immortal would not like it, so he suppressed his impulse and waited for a reasonable reason.

Hearing what Fang Ping asked, he felt relieved and replied, "Master, two hundred soldiers and one thousand city defense soldiers from Weiyuan City have entered the post of Panlong Ridge and found the traces left by the monster recently. If we are lucky, we may find something in the next two days, so I came to report to the Master."

"Yes."

Fang Ping said with satisfaction, "Tomorrow, I will move with the army."

Li Zhenwei agreed respectfully, and then hesitated for a moment, stepped forward, and presented the tray to Fang Ping with both hands.

"Master, you came to Weiyuan City to help us kill the monster. This great favor will be unforgettable to me. I hope you will not despise this little gift."

Fang Ping waved his hand and cast a magic power, opening the two brocade boxes on the tray.

In one of the brocade boxes, there was a ginseng that was hundreds of years old.

It's a pity that this ginseng grew in the mortal world, and it has years but not much spiritual energy.

For secular warriors who are training their blood and qi, it is indeed an extremely rare precious medicine, but in the eyes of cultivators, it can only be said to be so-so.

On the contrary, the items in the second brocade box are more valuable.

At first glance, this is a plain-looking earth-yellow stone, but it is actually called the Earth Soul Stone, which contains a trace of earth-based essence. It can be used to forge some inferior magic tools, and it also has a certain effect on some cultivators in the early stages of Qi training who practice earth-based exercises.

In the market, only three pieces can be sold at a "high price" of up to one spirit stone...

"It's bad, the immortal master didn't fancy it at all!"

Noticing Fang Ping's expression, Li Zhenwei's heart sank.

Sure enough, the next moment he heard Fang Ping say: "Slaying demons and eliminating evil is a task arranged by the sect. It's a good intention, but I won't accept the gift."

After that, he gave Li Zhenwei an indifferent look.

Li Zhenwei was still a little unwilling, so he gritted his teeth and pulled the lovely Li Youer beside him: "Reporting to the Immortal Master, this is my daughter Li Youer. She is 28 years old, waiting to be married, and admires the immortals..."

The pressure of the middle stage of Qi training suddenly descended.

Li Zhenwei could no longer speak.

His expression was dazed for a few seconds, and he finally understood the rumors that he had heard about the difference between immortals and mortals.

Swallowing the bitterness in his heart, he pulled his daughter who was also a little lost, and quickly left the courtyard.

The illusory mist rolled in, closing the passage for entry and exit again.

Putting away the formation plate, Fang Ping couldn't help but sigh slightly.

In the eyes of mortals, he is a high-ranking disciple of the immortal sect. He can go in and out of the blue sky, call the wind and rain, and do everything.

But only Fang Ping himself knows that he is just a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training. He can't even fully master his own path, so how can he have the energy to consider the thoughts of two mortals?

"Immortal, hehe~"

………

The next morning.

Just as the soldiers who had gone deep into Panlong Ridge had finished eating the dry food they had brought with them and were preparing to search around the mountain again, a stream of light flew from the direction of Weiyuan City at the end of the sky.

In a flash, the stream of light came over the army.

After briefly hovering for a moment to ensure that all the soldiers could see it, it landed lightly in the army.

"Immortal Master! The Immortal Master is here!"

"The Immortal Master is here, and there will be peace!"

No matter whether it was the soldiers of the City Lord's Mansion or the martial artists who were invited to help, seeing the green light appear, their morale was boosted.

The first two times they went into the mountains to encircle and suppress the monsters, they couldn't even hurt the monsters' fur, but they suffered heavy casualties, and they had already developed fear in their hearts.

In the past two days, although the monster has not appeared yet, the morale of the army has been slightly unstable.

Now that the immortal master has arrived, and he is flying with a sword in the way that is most in line with the imagination of mortals, the fear in the hearts of the soldiers has suddenly dissipated, and the efficiency of searching the mountain has greatly increased.

How could a mere monster be a match for the immortal!

Everyone is convinced of this.

During the grand search of the mountain, the sun gradually came to the zenith.

Just as the soldiers were approaching the area where they encountered the rock armored lizard twice before, an inconspicuous arc quietly rose from the ground in the mountains and forests in the southwest.

After a few breaths.

The ground suddenly exploded, and a rock-white giant lizard several feet long suddenly broke out of the ground and swallowed the two soldiers who were unable to dodge.

"The monster has appeared!"

"Everyone be careful!"

"Get out of the way!"

The warriors nearby suddenly shouted in panic.

There were also quick-reacting military guards and martial arts masters who had used powerful crossbows, swords infused with true qi, hidden weapons and other means to try to distract the attention of the monster and buy time for other soldiers nearby to escape.

However, the rock armored lizard was a monster in the middle stage of Qi training after all.

Even if it had just entered the fourth level of Qi training, its strength was qualitatively different from those monsters in the early stage of Qi training.

In addition, the thick rock armor on its body, which was condensed by earth magic power, could not cause any damage to it, let alone these ordinary soldiers, even if the master warrior took action personally!

The weak attacks of the military guards angered the rock armored lizard instead.

It stomped its feet hard, and under the power of magic, sharp spikes spread rapidly in all directions with its body as the center.

In an instant, six or seven soldiers and martial artists who didn't have time to dodge were pierced by the spikes and died instantly.

This terrifying spell reminded the nearby soldiers of the tragic scenes of the previous two encirclements, and the team suddenly panicked.

Bai Lingzi and Li Zhenwei, who were in charge of the central army, looked at Fang Ping with solemn faces.

Only if this immortal master took action could it be possible to kill this terrible monster.

"Finally it appeared!"

After confirming the strength of the rock armored lizard from a distance, Fang Ping had no more hesitation in his heart.

He flew up on his sword and flew into the air.

This rock armored lizard has the ability to walk on the ground. Seeing that the situation is not good, it is likely to burrow into the ground to escape. Once it is alerted, it will be difficult to kill it.

Therefore, Fang Ping did not hold back and made a full-strength attack.

The Nine-Turn Golden Ring flew out quietly and hovered above the Rock Lizard.

The power of the middle-grade magic weapon was so amazing that the demon beast, which was killing people everywhere, suddenly felt the heavy pressure and crisis like a mountain.

But before it could react, the golden ring had already fallen with a golden light.

"Boom!"

The golden light, which seemed to be real, suppressed the arrogant demon beast into the earth.

The solid rocks nearby began to crack and shatter under the power of the golden light, and a large pit was sunken that was big enough to bury the Rock Lizard.

The nearby soldiers who were still in shock were stunned.

Even Bai Lingzi, who was about to remind Fang Ping to be careful, was stunned.