He Ping sat motionless beneath the giant monument. He had just uttered the " Green Bat Thought Technique," his voice sharp and sinister, much like a nightingale or owl. While not quite soul-capturing, it was enough to make those with slightly weaker skills feel dizzy and their hearts race.
The young girl surnamed Yu, whose skill was still shallow and whose soul was not yet Great Cheng, was startled by the sound waves generated by the " Green Bat Thought Technique." Her heartstrings trembled, and her Qi and Blood boiled like boiling water.
His actions alone were enough to intimidate many people present, revealing his identity as Evil Dao and wicked person.
"Junior sister, sit down quickly!"
Senior Brother Chu realized the danger and slapped his junior sister to the ground.
"Sit quietly and observe your mind; truth and falsehood will be fully revealed. Preserve your spirit and illuminate yourself; return to emptiness and introspect. Do not let your mind wander; focus your attention and examine carefully. Only then can you communicate with the divine and explore the profound and subtle..."
Upon hearing this, Junior Sister Yu sat down cross-legged and silently contemplated to subdue her mind and calm the vital Qi and Blood throughout her body.
At the same time--
"Who exactly are you?"
To put it nicely, the Crimson Refining Snake Lord's personality is "arrogant and unruly"; to put it bluntly, it's "rebellious and perverse" or "arrogant and conceited."
Who would have thought that such an extremely arrogant person would not act rashly at this moment, but instead restrain his temper and politely ask the man in yellow sitting cross-legged under the monument a question? It has to be said that this scene really surprised many people.
Does it matter who I am?
He Ping spoke in a sinister tone, "No one is allowed to pass through here today. You'd better turn back as soon as possible, or you will surely face great disaster..."
"What arrogance!"
The Crimson Refining Snake Lord snorted, holding the crimson serpent coiled around him, a complex expression flashing across his face.
"Hehehe...!"
The Plague Doctor Sun Kui let out a strange laugh and spoke loudly, "Your Excellency is hiding your true identity, wearing a mask, and we don't know your background... Do you really think you can force us to back down with just a few words?"
"I'll say it again, 'This road is closed, trespassers will be killed.' I have no interest in repeating the same sentence over and over again!"
With a flick of his sleeve, He Ping sent a tall figure out from behind the stone tablet. It was the " Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body," with a blue lion's head on its head, six arms sewn on, and a body as large as an iron tower giant.
This Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body was surrounded by a faint aura of corpse energy, and a necklace of bone beads hung around its neck. Its appearance was extremely fierce, just like a celestial demon-slaying general descending to the mortal world. If it weren't for the excessively strong corpse energy, anyone would have been able to tell that this was a zombie, and would probably have regarded it as a Vajra Zen Court protector of the Buddhist lineage.
"Could it be the long-lost ' Sibi Art '...?"
The Crimson Refining Snake Lord's slender, almost reptilian-like orifice contracted. In that instant, he seemed to have thought of something, and his expression became noticeably tense.
The Sibi Art has long been extinct in the Great You Kingdom, and ordinary cultivators may not have even heard of it. However, the Empty Death Valley, where the Crimson Refining Snake Lord originated, has a long history, and there are some records of the past within the sect. He had heard from his elders about the Sibi Art and had also heard that this strange technique had once caused tremendous disaster.
"Can corpse refining techniques create something like this?"
Plague Doctor Sun Kui was taken aback for a moment, then narrowed his yellowish-green, cloudy eyes. However, he was an old hand at this, and with a swift movement, he untied the iron gourd hanging from his waist.
"If you want to get through here, you'll at least have to withstand this Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body in my hands!"
He Ping chuckled, and in that instant, both the Crimson Refining Snake Lord and the Plague Doctor Sun Kui felt a subtle chill run down their spines.
Swish!
A dark shadow flashed across the sky above the stone ridge. A black wind blew by, and two arms stretched forward. The five fingers of the hands were blood red and claw-shaped, with curved sickle-like hooks at the fingertips, enveloping the Crimson Refining Snake Lord and Plague Doctor Sun Kui.
Wow, so fast!
Suddenly, a black wind swept across their faces. Both the Crimson Refining Snake Lord and the Plague Doctor Sun Kui felt a strong wind brush against their cheeks. They saw the Azure Lion God looking down from above, its claws wreathed in intense corpse energy, and it was clawing down at their faces.
"Don't even think about it!"
Plague Doctor Sun Kui acted first. He pulled off the lid of the iron gourd, and with a bang, a stream of air shot out. Then, countless fire chestnuts burst out like a shower of flowers from a fairy maiden.
It was as dazzling as fireworks, with intense five-colored light streaking across the sky and a deafening roar!
In an instant, the scene was quite spectacular. However, this spectacle was tinged with extreme danger; almost the entire area within several dozen feet of the Plague Doctor Sun Kui had become a dangerous forbidden zone.
In an instant, explosions rang out incessantly, and gunpowder mist filled the Gloomwind Stone Ridge. People even at great distances covered their noses with their sleeves and retreated in unison.
The fire chestnuts sealed inside the iron gourd explode upon contact with anything, and are mixed with fire plague poison. Just a little bit of them will cause skin ulcers and a host of other diseases.
On the other side, the Crimson Refining Snake Lord roared and tossed its head, causing its crimson hair to stand on end. Some of the hair curled up and turned into crimson serpent heads, and thousands of venomous snakes opened their mouths, their sharp fangs snapping at the Azure Lion God.
The Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body soared into the air, seemingly with no way to avoid it. But at the critical moment, the human bone necklace around its neck swayed and transformed into dozens of enormous skulls, more than ten in number, their eyes gleaming and cawing strangely.
In that instant, a phantom aura surged around the heavy Azure Lion God. Countless plague flames shot into the aura, but their momentum suddenly stalled. Instead, the impact of the falling star's body shattered the layers of plague flames.
Bang bang bang!
As the smoke surrounding the zombie body resisted the fire and poisonous flames, several wisps of black smoke drifted out, along with several skulls.
The skulls, their mouths agape, were desperately biting at the snake heads that were surrounding them, tearing apart the venomous snakes that were coiling around them.
In the blink of an eye, the Law Technique of the Crimson Refining Snake Lord and the Plague Doctor Sun Kui were broken. At the same time, the Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body also took the opportunity to land, its claws reaching down as if to tear apart the protective spiritual light on the two cultivators and dismember them in a bloody manner.
Both the Crimson Refining Snake Lord and the Plague Doctor Sun Kui were greatly shocked. Neither of them had expected that a mere zombie could be so ferocious, relying on this explosive close combat to tear through their defenses almost simultaneously.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of golden beams of light streaked through the air, striking the Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body repeatedly. The body was blasted back more than five zhang away, crashing heavily to the ground and kicking up a large amount of sand and gravel.
"Oh!"
He Ping raised his eyelids slightly and suddenly chuckled.
"Interesting. Who goes there?"
As he asked the question in a loud voice, a booming laugh, seemingly coming from nowhere, came from somewhere.
"It's worth its own unique significance, a laughingstock playing with puppets and empty promises. Return to the beautiful scenery of water and clouds, and listen less to the fools' tales of unrealistic dreams..."
Amidst the chanting, a phantom-like figure, as ethereal as green smoke, appeared from nowhere and bowed deeply to He Ping, who was sitting beneath the stone tablet.
" Chixinzi of the Immortal Puppet Sect, I would also like to experience your superior skills."
"So it's a master from the Immortal Puppet Sect."
He Ping slowly stood up, patted himself, and gave a cold smile.
"Does Your Excellency truly intend to make things difficult for me? You should know that the path I'm on is not so easy to traverse!"
"Hahaha! Whether it succeeds or fails, at least we have to try!"
Chixinzi chuckled, with golden " Severed Ghost Hand " floating around him. He gave a low shout, and the " Severed Ghost Hand " flew out like rockets, heading towards He Ping's location.
On the other side, He Ping also commanded the Azure Lion Divine Dharma Body, summoning countless skulls that Jiujiu and wailed as they fought Chixinzi. The scene became chaotic as the two clashed, with sand and stones flying everywhere and everything shrouded in mist.
The onlookers were stunned. Both of them were top-notch experts. The moment they clashed, they could feel each other's strength, and their attacks became increasingly fierce.
Boom!
Rocks flew and scattered, stone tablets exploded and shattered, and two figures moved towards the depths of Great Canopy Mountain while fighting.
"That person... is Chixinzi of the Immortal Puppet Sect!"
The Crimson Refining Snake Lord's expression was extremely solemn. The name of the Chixinzi, or rather, his reputation in the cultivation world, was far worse than his own. He had never expected that this person would save his life!
" The Immortal Puppet Sect has indeed reappeared... This Chixinzi has been missing for at least ten years, I wonder why he has reappeared today?"
Plague Doctor Sun Huai breathed a sigh of relief. He knew very well that the two were top-tier experts at the Seeking the Dao level, and he couldn't afford to offend either of them.
"They've entered Great Canopy Mountain!"
The others present also began to discuss it.
"This is a golden opportunity. Without Chixinzi's unexpected help, we might not have been able to enter Great Canopy Mountain!"
"However, it's probably extremely dangerous inside. After all, even a master like Chixinzi is vying for this fortuitous opportunity..."
"I'm not planning to go in. I don't think I have much of a chance this time."
"Fortune and fortuitous opportunity are found in danger, and so are opportunities. I want to enter Great Canopy Valley together!"
"That's right, let's go in together. If Luo Jiuzhao hasn't gone far, we might be able to try our luck..."
Outside the Yinshan Stone Ridge of Great Canopy Mountain, at least half of the group that had rushed over boldly strode quickly into Great Canopy Mountain, intending to search for Luo Jiuzhao's whereabouts!
He Ping and his puppet Chixinzi continued their act, exchanging blows that were quite exciting, but only "exciting" in name only!
"Junior brother, what is your intention in going to such lengths to let these people in?"
Chixinzi posed this question while fighting him.
"Only by muddying the waters can I profit from the chaos! Otherwise, whether the experts from the Purple Armor Hall capture Luo Jiuzhao or the Five-Colored Wealth Gods intercepts that person, it won't do me any good..."
He Ping naturally had his own calculations.
"But the group behind us is too weak. They might not be able to help us achieve our goal. Even if we release them, it would only be a few big fish to cause trouble. Releasing small fry wouldn't be of much use."
Chixinzi shook his head, his hands hidden in his sleeves swirling in a strange, slicing force that sent sizzling sounds through the air as the Milo Blade continued to fire wildly, its fierce gusts of wind and blade energy scraping against faces.
He Ping, who was fighting him, remained calm and composed, his body flying backward in a straight line, as if flying upside down on the treetops, rocky peaks, grassy tips, and tree branches.
He flipped his robe and fell like a withered leaf, with wisps of yellow smoke rising from his body. This yellow smoke contained the two energies of metal and water, which condensed in the air to form a smoke wall. On the one hand, it could resist attacks and protect his body, and on the other hand, it could lift his body and fly away.
As the two moved forward and backward, their thoughts also connected.
"No, actually there's a formidable figure hidden among that group, but he doesn't intend to reveal himself and is extremely well-hidden... Hey, I'm not the real Moxiuluo, and I don't want to face that kind of expert. I'll just slack off from now on!"
He Ping smiled inwardly.
"Anyway, the act was convincing enough. It's not surprising that I, ' Moxiuluo, ' couldn't stop a veteran expert like Chixinzi from the Immortal Puppet Sect. My focus now is on doing everything I can to stop Chixinzi. If I can do this well, my superior, Indaluo, should give me a reward, right?"
He had no intention of helping " Eastern Esoteric School " achieve its goals; instead, he planned to exploit the organization to the fullest extent possible, which was the true survival Principle for someone in the palace of an evil organization.