ebookland Chapter 288: Just like the first time a couple checked into a hotel
Chapter 288: Just like the first time a couple checked into a hotel
Chapter 288: Just like the first time a young couple checked into a hotel
In the vast woods, a figure like a wisp of smoke came from the deep forest in the distance and appeared behind him in an instant.
It turned out to be a white-haired old woman.
The old woman had a hunched body, and her grey coarse linen clothes covered her skin that was as dry as tree bark. However, her old eyes were bright and sharp, like an eagle soaring in the blue sky.
"How did you get here?" The old woman stared at the two of them with a serious look, her expression somewhat cold.
"We came here by mistake and are looking for the exit." Lu Zhan did not hide anything and said with a polite smile, "Don't worry, old senior. We have no ill intentions. We just can't find a way out. May I ask where this place is?"
Hearing Lu Zhan's words, the old woman looked a little strange: "This is the grave-guarding village. Once you come here, you can't leave. At least no one has been able to leave from here yet."
"Tomb-guarding village?" Chu Wantang was a little surprised. This was completely different from the secret place she had imagined.
It’s not that I’m surprised that the secret realm is a big tomb. A secret realm like the one of Zhenyuan Immortal is actually used as a tomb. This is not uncommon.
What’s strange is that there are people living in the secret realm, and even guarding the tombs here.
Speaking of Zhenyuan Immortal, the old woman snorted coldly: "This is also the legacy left by our ancestors. Our ancestors left a painting with the rhyme of Zhenyuan Immortal on it. Our ancestors told us that if we encounter Zhenyuan Immortal, we must kill him as soon as possible. This is also the meaning of the sages."
"How did the outsider get in? Who brought the outsider in?"
When you go out, lying is a necessary skill.
The idea of nine truths and one lie won't work...
Although the old woman in front of him was only at the Half-Step Creation Realm and was not to be feared, there were still several vanloads of villagers in the village. He and Chu Wantang were new arrivals and knew nothing, so it would be inappropriate for them to make enemies with the local gangs.
"This is a long story. Since you are already in our village, why don't you go to my house and have a cup of tea."
"Really?" The old woman looked at Chu Wantang, seemingly not believing Lu Zhan.
Chu Wantang said in a cold tone: "That's right."
Getting along with each other in a friendly manner is the right way to go. Everything will be easy once you get to know each other well.
Chu Wantang was about to answer when Lu Zhan spoke up first, "Zhenyuan Immortal? The notorious cancer in the world of immortal cultivation? We have indeed met him! We even fought against him."
"He's really a newcomer, he seems to have come from outside!"
Some were holding kitchen knives with blood dripping from the knives, and it seemed they were killing chickens.
After passing through the woods and walking for a few more miles, the village ahead became clearer and clearer.
"You don't have to panic. They rarely see outsiders and find it new." The old woman sighed and explained, "Our ancestors were originally monks from Middle-earth. Later, they volunteered to guard the tombs of the sages and never left. We are their descendants and have never seen the outside world. All the news about the outside world is based on the information left by our ancestors or the information obtained by people who accidentally entered this place."
Lu Zhan suddenly became a little curious about who the sage buried here was and how Zhen Yuan Xian had offended that person to make him hate him so much.
"Of course, the two of us are also considered the moral role models for the younger generation in the world of immortal cultivation!" Lu Zhan kept smiling.
"Hey, is there a new person in the village?"
They had indeed passed many levels, and Lu Zhan had indeed punched Zhen Yuan Xianren away. In a sense, wasn't that just whipping a corpse...
The old woman narrowed her eyes and looked at the two of them, her gaze carrying a hint of coldness: "I sense a familiar aura coming from you... It's... the aura of Zhen Yuan Immortal! What is your relationship with him?"
The cultivator systems of the Great Zhou Dynasty are diverse, especially Taoist cultivators, who are flourishing everywhere, so one must be careful when lying.
"With great pleasure." Chu Wantang said.
"Oh?" The old woman's eyes were sharp and she seemed to be interested.
Although Lu Zhan's tone was filled with righteous indignation and he wished to kill Zhen Yuan Immortal as soon as possible, what he said was indeed the truth...
Lu Zhan had a complicated expression... They were good people, but they acted as if they were bad guys entering the village.
Lu Zhan was very indignant and took out the Jade Flowing Harp and showed it to the old woman.
Lu Zhan said angrily, “When the Zhenyuan Immortal’s secret realm appeared, we were the first to take the weapon from that old cancer and make him die with hatred. Unexpectedly, we encountered the Zhenyuan Immortal’s divine consciousness in the secret realm.”
His spiritual awareness has always been sharp. When the old woman mentioned the Immortal Zhenyuan, although her tone remained the same, the true energy around her was obviously cold, and even carried a hint of murderous intent.
"In order to kill that old Deng Shennian, I passed through many levels and finally knocked him away with one punch. I violently whipped his corpse and seized the magic weapon he left behind. The aura that the senior sensed was probably emitted by the magic weapon."
"..."
"Since you have never been out, how did you know about Zhenyuan Immortal?" Lu Zhan asked what he was thinking. It couldn't be that you had heard of Zhenyuan Immortal and then locked the enemy with the void, right? Even if you could lock the enemy with the void, there was no reason for you to be familiar with the other party's aura.
"Senior, could you tell us the origin of this place? We have mistakenly entered this place for many days and have not been able to leave." Chu Wantang smiled brightly and spoke in a very polite tone.
Lu Zhan immediately concluded that the old man from Zhenyuan Immortal had provoked the people from the tomb-keeping village.
As soon as Lu Zhan and Chu Wantang entered the village, the small village immediately became chaotic, with the sound of doors being pushed open one after another, and many people ran out to watch.
After all, Immortal Zhenyuan and Lu Zhan had met each other too late, and Lu Zhan even helped him transform the secret realm, but Lu Zhan said nothing about it.
There's nothing wrong with it. Lu Zhan didn't lie. It's just that his wording was a bit problematic and reserved.
"You are indeed not lying." The old woman suppressed her murderous intent and said with a smile: "I am a Taoist practitioner. My innate talent is to see the aura. I can tell whether a person is lying. You two are both honest people."
There are only dozens of households in the tomb-shou village. The houses are made of wood and are located among flowers, plants and lakes. The green trees and vines complement each other, and the scenery is beautiful, like a secluded paradise.
She was already extremely beautiful, and her smile was even more beautiful like a spring breeze. Even the old woman couldn't help but feel a little pity for her:
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The correct way to open it is to tell the truth but not tell it completely.
Some of them were carrying hoes on their shoulders, obviously they had not finished their farm work and had just come out to join in the fun.
Sensing that the atmosphere was not right, Chu Wantang smiled and changed the subject: "Seniors, have you ever thought about going out?"
"Go out?" The old woman smiled bitterly, the skin on her face wrinkled like orange peel: "Once you enter this place, it is very difficult to get out, unless you awaken the heroic spirit of the ancient sage, or a great being in the state of inaction breaks this secret realm from the outside."
"Unfortunately, the location of the secret realm is mysterious. Few people have entered it over the past thousands of years, and the powerful beings in the Wuwei realm will not destroy the secret realm for no reason. However, the heroic spirits of the ancient sages are difficult to awaken, and the situation has come to a standstill."
Awaken the sages?
Chu Wantang looked a little more relaxed. She had been into secret realms many times before and was not afraid of challenging missions. She was only afraid of having no clue.
As if she had sensed Chu Wantang's thoughts, the old woman said meaningfully: "Once there were two cultivators who mistakenly entered this place and wanted to enter the depths of the secret realm to awaken the sage."
"and then?"
The old woman said in a gloomy voice, "Now there is only one cripple left, and it is difficult for him to speak. The two of them are at the peak of the half-step creation realm, and are only one step away from the creation realm."
"..."
Lu Zhan and Chu Wantang looked at each other, and saw a bit of surprise, a bit of worry, and a bit of eagerness to try in each other's eyes, but there was no fear.
As they were talking, the old woman brought the two of them home and made a pot of tea for them.
"This is the Spirit Refreshing Flower. After drinking it, you will not be troubled by the formation and you can go to the flower sea without any obstacles." The old woman pushed the tea over and asked curiously, "I see that you are young but have extraordinary bearings. You should not be ordinary disciples of the mountain sect. Which family or immortal sect are you from?"
After being trapped here for a long time, the old woman has been trying to find a way out.
Our ancestors have fulfilled their responsibility of guarding the tombs, there is no reason for the descendants to continue doing so.
Unfortunately, none of the people who mistakenly entered this place over the years were able to awaken the sages, and all were forced to stay here.
But then again, if a disciple from a large family accidentally enters this place, even if they cannot awaken the sage, there may be other ways to leave the secret realm. For example, the immortal family behind them can take action to find this secret realm and break it from the outside.
No matter how powerful a secret realm is, it has an upper limit, and the upper limit of the secret realm is the strength of the tomb owner.
When the sage passed away, it was a time when talented people emerged in large numbers and the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was abundant. The sage was at the initial stage of the fifth realm of inaction at that time. As long as there was someone with higher strength than this, they could break into the secret realm from the outside.
Of course, the prerequisite is to find the location of the secret realm first.
"I am a disciple of the Qin family, and my master is..." Chu Wantang stopped speaking suddenly.
Chu Wantang suddenly realized a very important issue.
I don’t know how many years my master has lived, and the sins she has committed are no less than those of the Immortal Zhenyuan. It’s just that she is in a high position and very powerful now, so no one dares to settle accounts with her. But this does not mean that the sins my master has committed are few.
If we reveal the master's name at this time, wouldn't it be embarrassing if the villagers' ancestors were also harmed by the master?
Thinking of this, Chu Wantang changed the subject at the critical moment: "I came from Bianjing."
"The Qin family of Bian Jing..." The old woman seemed to be thinking about something, and her cloudy eyes suddenly lit up: "The Qin family, one of the five great families in the Middle-earth Continent? That is a family that has produced many geniuses since ancient times. If they are willing to take the trouble to break the secret realm for you, you may be able to leave."
Chu Wantang smiled and said nothing, without refutation.
Lu Zhan asked, "Just now, the senior mentioned that someone once tried to awaken the spirit of the ancient sage, but unexpectedly became disabled. May I ask where he is and if we can meet him?"
"It's probably useless to meet him. He is... that's all. You will know when you meet him." The old woman looked at the sky and said, "But it's late today. The clinic is closed. I will take you to see him tomorrow. If you don't mind, you can rest here tonight. My grandson is going into the mountains to hunt, so the room is just right."
"Thank you."
Lu Zhan and Chu Wantang both had nowhere else to go, so they both agreed to stay.
Although cultivators admire adventure and experience, it does not mean that they are mentally ill. The people of the tomb-keeping village have lived here for thousands of years and know much more about the secret realm than they do. Instead of exploring it on their own, it is better to find out the information first and then make plans.
This secret place has abundant spiritual energy, even far more than the outside world. The people in the tomb-keeping village have been nurtured since childhood and most of them are cultivators, but their lives are no different from those in ordinary villages.
Smoke continued to billow out of the chimneys, curling in all directions, giving off a strong flavor of life.
With the old woman’s warm hospitality, Lu Zhan and Chu Wantang had a bowl of vegetarian food and then went back to their room to settle down.
……
There is no night in the sea of flowers, but there is night in the village.
But there is no moon or stars at night here, only scattered red light, making the sky a little brighter.
The wooden house is a bit simple, but it is enough to shelter from the wind and rain. There is a bamboo bed inside and a stone pottery vase with a few beautiful wild flowers by the window. The environment is quiet and clean.
The two walked in one after the other, and the atmosphere gradually became awkward.
Although cultivators are not particular about trivial matters when outside, it depends on the situation. It is late at night now, and it is inevitable that it would be a little weird for a man and a woman to live in the same room alone.
"Why is there only one bed?" Xiao Chu's face turned a little red.
Although she and Lu Zhan had hugged each other tightly in the crack passage of Huoyun Mountain, it was a matter of urgency and they could not care about anything else. But now, there was no such thing as an emergency. The two of them sat in the small room silently, and even the air was a little anxious.
It's like a young Taoist couple who secretly came out to check into a hotel but have no experience...
"My grandson lives alone, does he need two beds?" Lu Zhan sat on the bed politely and said politely, "You can sleep on the floor tonight, and I'll sleep on the bed."
"Hmm?" Chu Wantang raised his eyebrows.
Lu Zhan said seriously: "Don't you have mysophobia? You must be uncomfortable sleeping on someone else's bed. I'll make the decision and let you sleep on the floor."
“Tsk…” Chu Wantang turned away and muttered, “You think I’m Jiang Ningshuang? You’re fooling me with this nonsense.”
Having said that, Xiao Chu still lay obediently on the floor, but she did not lie close to the floor, but three feet off the ground. Lu Zhan could see her as soon as he turned around, and the two of them seemed to be on the same bed.
The room was quiet, with only the sound of each other's breathing. Lu Zhan was sleeping on the bed, about one and a half meters away from Xiao Chu. The two of them looked at each other sideways.
Walking through the darkness, Chu Wantang looked at the pair of dark eyes, her heartbeat inexplicably accelerated. She sat up suddenly and said coldly, "I'm not going to sleep anymore. I'm practicing."
"Alright." Lu Zhan lay down silently, closed his eyes and said, "It's just right for you to keep watch."
"..."
Chu Wantang's face was tense. Although she was meditating, her mind was a little confused. She simply spread out her spiritual awareness and quietly observed the village at night.
Lu Zhan seemed to be asleep, but he was actually rewarding himself secretly. He submerged his consciousness into the sea of consciousness to help his soul and spirit cultivate together.
Through the observations over the past two days, Lu Zhan discovered some strange rules in the dual cultivation of the soul and spirit.
For example, the mode of dual cultivation of two souls is to hold together and rotate rapidly, generating true Qi during the rotation. But if there is someone pushing from the side, the rotation speed of the souls will increase, and more true Qi will be obtained.
Unfortunately, Yuanshen No. 3 had not yet taken shape, so he couldn't help pushing the back. Lu Zhan could only come in and quietly push the Yuanshen.
Hmm... after pushing it, the rotation speed is indeed faster.
However, this high-speed rotation only lasted for half a quarter of an hour, and the two souls felt a little listless as they were hungry.
Lu Zhan pushed the two winged fire dragons' spirits over and let the two adult spirits eat them first, and then gave them to spirit number three after they were full.
At the same time, Lu Zhan's sea of consciousness shook slightly, and he gained the talent of the Winged Fire Dragon.
[Winged Fire Dragon Wings: This is the innate talent of the Winged Fire Dragon. It uses the fire element's true energy to condense flaming wings. It flies at an incredibly fast speed and has infinite power. When flying, it brings about a hurricane of fire and has the ability to burn everything.]
The Winged Fire Dragon is a descendant of dragon. Even though its bloodline is thin, it is not comparable to ordinary monsters. The talents it obtains are naturally of superior quality.
But compared to the Winged Fire Dragon Wing, Lu Zhan wanted the talent of breathing fire from his mouth more. When combined with the essence of the divine fire, it would surely be extremely powerful.
Of course, this does not mean that the Winged Fire Dragon Wing is less powerful. Relatively speaking, the performance of the Winged Fire Dragon Wing is actually more comprehensive.
Not only can it fly, it also has the power to burn everything. When it flaps its wings, it can ignite a sea of fire. But the problem is... this is based on the premise that it can fly. It can't just stand in place and flap its wings randomly, that would be too cruel.
For Lu Zhan, who is afraid of heights and motion sickness, flying and jumping up and down in the sky is indeed a bit physiologically aversion.
However, since he had acquired the talent, he could not waste it. Lu Zhan made up his mind to practice more and overcome his physical defects.
After learning the talent, the memories of the two winged fire dragons also emerged. Just as Lu Zhan was about to check, he heard hurried footsteps coming from outside.
"Deng deng deng-"
The sound of footsteps mixed with the smell of blood was heard, and Lu Zhan and Chu Wantang opened their eyes almost at the same time.