The black-robed monk in the sky stared down. From his slightly raised sleeve, a finger as thin as a bamboo joint slowly stretched out...
When all the villagers below saw it, they were all frightened to death.
They actually opened their mouths under the extreme cold radiating from the other party, and in the midst of a cold war, they begged for mercy.
Amidst the sounds of begging for mercy, Wu Lei also shouted urgently.
"Sir... Sir, please spare my life, spare my life... I don't know when I inspired Fu Yan!"
We are willing to dedicate this year's harvest of "Soul Crystal Buds" to your lord. We... we really didn't issue a "reward talisman", really not! "
In his desperation, he spoke a little more fluently at this time.
The man in black robes in the air was unmoved by the pleadings of the people below. Just when his fingers were about to click, he heard Wu Lei's topic again, and his movements immediately sluggish.
"My lord, my lord, the "soul crystal buds" here are all given to you, all given to you! We really sent out the "reward talisman" unintentionally, unintentionally!
Lying about this kind of thing will only lead to the crime of beheading the young ones, and it will not do any good. Please be aware of it, please be aware of it..."
After seeing the man in black robe hesitate, Wu Lei quickly cried and begged again.
The face of the man in black robe was still gloomy, but his voice came out again.
"Oh? Is it the 'Soul Crystal Bud' that is about to mature for twenty years?"
"Yes, Master Immortal, we were able to harvest it four days ago, but we originally wanted to grow it for a while. This is an apology from the little people."
The man in black robe is already a mid-term Golden Core Realm monk. "Soul Crystal Buds" of this vintage are actually not a good thing for him.
However, the "soul crystal sprouts" that have reached the minimum maturity age are still useful to the successors of his disciples. The daily consumption of his faction is also very huge.
In your daily practice, don't buy anything. Everything needs to be spent.
In order to make the mortals work for them, the Shangzong also protected them greatly. There were also strict rules and regulations for the monks to purchase the "soul crystal buds" they planted from mortals.
If anyone dares to force the purchase, no matter what your level of cultivation is, you will be severely punished without hesitation.
Such harsh measures made these mortals willing to take risks and go to some rare places to find the special "Crystal Smoke Land".
Then, after planting "Soul Crystal Buds", they can exchange for the immortality they need Pill.
No matter how much Pill these mortals swallow, they will eventually die at around four hundred years old because they cannot swallow the spiritual energy of the earth, heaven and earth on their own. But who doesn't want to live longer?
However, the elixirs that can usually be sold to mortals are not the ones that can extend one's life by a dozen or a hundred years at a time, but the ones that can only extend one's life by five or ten years at a time.
Only in this way can they work until they are at least two or three hundred years old before they can retire with peace of mind.
One reason for this approach is to make mortals work more, and another reason is that the higher the grade of Pill, the more powerful the medicinal power contained in it.
If a mortal wants to grow fifty or a hundred years, he may "stretch" to death after eating it!
The man in black robe had guessed before that the group of young and strong mortals who appeared here might have planted "Soul Crystal Buds" here.
It's just that he cares about the foreign monk, and that is the big target he wants to hunt.
Moreover, he didn't know whether the "Soul Crystal Buds" here were mature, and he didn't dare to lower the price to buy them forcefully.
Even when he had murderous intentions just now, he never thought of getting the "Soul Crystal Bud" here after killing someone.
If the person who planted the "Soul Crystal Sprout" was killed, someone would definitely investigate the reason. If one of them failed, he would have lost a lot.
Now that he heard that the other party gave it to him for free, the man in black robe was certainly willing, so that he could save another sum of spiritual stones.
"Take me to see it!"
The man in black robe didn't say much. He wanted to see how many "Soul Bud Crystals" the other party had planted here.
"Then Master Immortal, please come with me!"
After Wu Lei and others heard each other's words, it was like hearing the sound of nature, and everyone let out a sigh of relief.
But after surviving the disaster, their hearts began to contract, and they even felt that their brains were congested with blood.
This is the case for all intelligent creatures. When death comes, they are willing to use whatever they can to exchange for it. However, as soon as the crisis is over, they will remember the price paid and feel distressed.
Wu Lei took a deep breath and could only stand up and walk in one direction towards the village behind. The other villagers only dared to stay where they were and wait.
The man in black robe also moved accordingly, like a group of suspended ghosts in the night, silently
Zhong followed behind Wu Lei.
But what he didn't notice was that there was a figure that he couldn't detect at all, which had been standing here before. Just after he finished talking to Wu Lei, he left here first.
Wu Lei led the way with a look of gratitude on his face.
There are several rows of uneven houses in the village. These houses are basically made of huge bluestones, but at this time, the entire village is empty.
After the two walked for a while in the village, Wu Lei finally stopped in front of an inconspicuous house.
From the outside, this house is only two or three feet in size. There is only one door and one window. The window is open next to the door, but it is closed tightly.
The door is large enough for two people to pass through side by side. The door is made of black oiled wood, giving it a very solid feel.
"Sir, this is it! Be careful, there is some unevenness in there!"
When Wu Lei looked up, a flattering smile appeared on his face. He knew that these immortals would not care about light and darkness, but he still said it as if he was flattering.
In fact, blood was dripping in his heart. He previously said that he would provide all the "Soul Crystal Buds" to the other party, but after getting a chance to survive, he changed his mind later.
In Wu Lei's heart, he felt that this man in black robe was really greedy and wanted to come to the fields to take a look. This was because he was worried about himself and he was going to take the pot with him.
This immortal master didn't let him bring anyone else over at all. If they were to harvest this piece of land at the normal harvesting speed, it would probably take them three or four days to work together.
Now it's obvious that the other party wants to harvest it himself, so he doesn't leave anything for himself.
However, fortunately, there are three "Jingyan Land" in this village, and this one is the largest. There are two smaller ones, but he won't take them there.
For his own benefit, Wu Lei is fighting hard at this moment, but he also has a backup plan.
In these three "Crystal Smoke Fields", apart from the mature "Soul Bud Crystals" here, the other two fields were discovered one after another. The years of planting "Soul Bud Crystals" are seventeen and nineteen years respectively.
I just said that I would give them all to the other party. As long as the other party knows the true situation here, they will definitely give away all these things in the next few years of their stay.
Now he started to pretend to be confused. It would be best if the other party didn't know. If he knew, he would say that he must have matured first.
After Wu Lei warned him, he immediately opened the door and walked in first.
The room was completely empty, with nothing in it, but there was a passage leading underground in the middle. After the two entered the room, they walked directly down the passage.
The passage is a sloping ramp, with stairs extending downward.
There are no candle lights below, but there is some soft white light reflected upward from the ground below, which makes it seem that it is not too dark here.
After the two of them walked down for about ten feet, the stairs ended here.
Looking around here, there is actually five acres of space underground, which has been plowed into ridges and ridges, very neatly, like a field.
It's just that what's grown here is not any kind of crops, but on the originally dark ground, every one foot away, there will be a strip of bluish-white luminous things standing on the soil.
It is these bluish-white luminous things that make this place and the stairs above not appear dark.
The strips are green and white, each about seven or eight inches in size, as thick as two fingers, shaped like a crystal ice pick, with a luminous pearl inside, emitting a soft light.
Underneath these long green-white things, there are black rhizomes rooted in the soil, surrounded by dark thin leaves, clustering each long green-white thing in the middle.
On the surface of these five acres of land, there is a layer of ice-like crystals scattered on the soil.
They do not emit light themselves, but with the help of the light of those long blue-white objects, they also reflect a slight light.
At the same time, there were tiny streams of mist flowing on these broken ice crystals, which caused a thin layer of mist to appear on the entire ground.
"Sir, do you think these 'Soul Crystal Buds' are pretty good!"
After Wu Lei stood still, he quickly turned sideways, bowed slightly, and said to the man in black robe who was looking at a large area of "Soul Crystal Buds" that was shining with light.
"Well, not bad! They have grown to seven to eight inches in size, so they are considered mature!"
The man in black robe nodded slightly.
"Soul Crystal Buds" are six inches mature, and it is best to grow to thirteen inches, but
After reaching ten inches, the growth rate will drop sharply.
At that time, even if Wu Lei faced a situation like today, he probably wouldn't be willing to give it all away for free.
Moreover, the growth time after ten inches is calculated in hundreds of years, and a generation of mortals cannot live that long.
Therefore, when ordinary people plant "soul crystal sprouts", they will basically use 60% of the "soul crystal sprouts" as a crop that is harvested every twenty years.
The remaining four achievements are to be cultivated continuously. After the "soul crystal buds" grow to ten inches before being sold, it will be a crazy fortune.
Similarly, they will also keep some "soul crystal buds" for their descendants to collect.
In this way, as long as it is not a newly opened "Crystal Smoke Land", there will usually be some "Soul Crystal Buds" that are more than a Sexagenary Cycle old.
Seven or eight inches of "soul crystal buds" are considered good for refining elixirs and medicines.
The man in black robe didn't want to waste time here. Since these were mature "soul crystal buds", there was nothing he could do to be polite.
He immediately raised his hands and waved them forward at the same time. The "Soul Crystal Buds" on the ground shook and fell off their roots one after another.
The next moment, like shooting stars chasing the moon, they all gathered towards the man in black robe.
These "soul crystal buds" shining with bluish-white light disappeared one after another as soon as they came into contact with the large cuffs of the black-robed man.
Seeing everything in front of him, Wu Lei felt that his whole condition was not good.
Although I was mentally prepared, I watched the ground below getting darker and darker, and the "Soul Crystal Buds" entered the "pocket" of the black-robed man one after another.
Wu Lei felt that his whole body was continuing to collapse, and his heart felt like blood was spurting out.
They spent countless days and nights cultivating these little by little, but in just an instant, they became someone else's.
Fortunately, this process did not last long. It took them several days to harvest the five acres of land. In the hands of the black-robed man, all the "soul crystal buds" on the land disappeared in a few breaths.
This made Wu Lei less dizzy and reduced the long-term psychological torture.
After collecting the "Soul Crystal Buds", the man in black robe immediately turned around and left, ignoring Wu Leili at all.
But when he took a few steps up the stairs, he suddenly felt dizzy, and he was shocked.
Although he didn't know what happened, he immediately activated the mana in his body, but he was shocked to find that his mana had become extremely slow.
All his strength seemed to have been drained away in this short period of time, and even using his soul power became extremely difficult.
He barely held on to the wall. In his dizziness, he felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, his strength was passing away rapidly, and the scene in front of him was already a little blurry.
"Poisoned!"
This was a thought that came to his mind, and he immediately turned his head with all his strength and looked at Wu Lei with murderous intent in his eyes.
"You despicable bastard, how dare you plot against your immortal master..."
A low growl came from his mouth, but he stopped talking immediately.
Under the dim light, he saw that the mortal village chief had fallen to the ground, and he did not know whether to live or die.
But beside him, another vague figure appeared.
The man in black robe can be considered an experienced person. The moment he saw the blurry figure, he did not hesitate, his eyes suddenly focused, and an invisible attack was directed towards the opponent.
After he launched this attack, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength and slowly fell down against the wall.
The dark figure below was also looking at the man in black robe above.
Suddenly, he flashed to one side as he felt something in his heart, and a shadowless attack grazed his body, flew back, and then disappeared into the void.
"Huh? Soul attack, this... this is the soul... Soul Cultivator!"
The man sensed a turbulence in his soul. Although he was not attacked, he was still affected.
At the same time, his soul naturally felt a sense of danger, and he couldn't help but whisper to himself in surprise.
Listening to this voice, it is none other than Li Yan!
He controlled people like Wu Lei just to make the other party relax their vigilance and then set up an ambush.
After Li Yan was just surprised, he immediately walked towards the man in black robe who had fallen on the steps. He had a pale face and looked at Li Yan with somewhat distracted eyes.
"The evil... evil spirit monk, indeed... is indeed evil-minded, and he has also used... his hands and feet... on mortals..."
Li Yan Looking at the opponent's face, he no longer hesitated, and with all the mana in his hand, he did not care about the consumption Divine Sense.
This situation is laid out just for the sake of
He lured the monks to see if he could be captured alive, and then Soul Search, so that he could get more information.
And just when the magic power in Li Yan's hand was surging, his expression suddenly changed, the magic formula in his hand changed, and a finger wind hit the man in black robe.
But the next moment, Li Yan's face became extremely ugly.
His seal was still a little late. A stream of black blood flowed from the corner of the black-robed monk's mouth, and his head hung heavily to the side.
Li Yan's poison made it impossible for the opponent to use his magic power, but he never expected that the opponent could still use his soul power in such a weak state.
Li Yan's speed was actually fast enough, and he only had time to get to the opponent's side before he chose to commit suicide.
This is not to blame Li Yan. He really didn't know that his Zhili Poison could use other powers even after injuring the man in black to such an extent.
This was the first time he had truly faced Soul Cultivator, and his previous experience of facing enemies had gone awry at this moment.
Li Yan pressed his palm directly on the opponent's head, and a burst of mana instantly entered the body...
After a moment, Li Yan withdrew his palm expressionlessly.
The other party's soul was completely destroyed, and even Golden Core Realm shattered in his body and turned into a gray bead. Li Yan didn't know if he could step into Heavenly Dao reincarnation after this soul disappeared. This man also hated himself enough for doing this.
Li Yan immediately began to check the other party. He had seen secretly before that the man in black robe seemed to be able to communicate with Dharma Treasure easily.
From such a long distance, all the "soul crystal buds" were collected into the sleeves.
After inspection, Li Yan found a black jade bracelet on the wrist of the man in black robe. It looked like something from an immortal family.
Li Yan Nothing else was found on the man in black robe, so this black jade bracelet was special. After he took it off, he immediately used Divine Sense.
But even if Li Yan used all the power of Divine Sense, it was impossible to communicate with it at all.
"Does this require the use of soul power?"
Li Yan guessed the reason after just one try.
However, he felt relieved because of this. If Divine Sense could really open it or sense something abnormal about this bracelet, then Li Yan would be a little afraid of this place.
If he can't use Divine Sense, but others can access it unimpeded, his death will only happen sooner or later.
"Judging from the remaining mana in this man's body, he is just a monk from the Golden Core Realm. Calculate the time of his arrival and his approximate flight speed.
His sect should be at least seven thousand miles away from here. This person's death will soon arouse the suspicion of his sect, and he must leave now. "
Li Yan As soon as he thought of this, he popped up two fireballs. The two people on the ground burst into flames in an instant. In just a flash, they completely disappeared from the world.
Afterwards, Li Yan immediately left here and quietly appeared in the open space in front of the village.
After he fired another fireball, the remaining villagers in the village were waiting in whispers for Wu Lei and the man in black robe to appear.
Unfortunately, they disappeared between heaven and earth without even letting out a scream.
Even the remaining three pretty women, Li Yan, didn't even frown when they killed people.
The psychedelic spells that were cast on these people when he was questioning them were removed long after he finished questioning them, so as to avoid the flaws being discovered by later cultivators.
Then, Li Yan planted a slave mark in their bodies. As long as the visitor cannot use Divine Sense, it will be difficult to detect the problem.
Therefore, everyone in the village couldn't help but say what they said after seeing the man in black robe.
They will not show any resentment or resistance to Li Yan's orders. They regard Li Yan as their god in everything.
Now that the man in black robe died, Li Yan could only kill everyone in the village. He was not willing to waste time anymore, and then he would have to add these people to "Tuban" and then modify the memory.
This method of eliminating traces is the most thorough!
Li Yan After identifying the direction for a while, he decided to continue flying in the direction originally planned. Since he wanted to find out the news here, he must find the best place where there are gatherings of living beings.
But just through the information obtained from the mouths of these mortals, we already know that this place is hostile to foreign monks.
Moreover, although other monks would come here later, they would come with vigilance.
Therefore, Li Yan immediately used Concealment Divine Ability, and his body quickly merged into the void...
Shortly after Li Yan left the village, two monks in black robes suddenly arrived. Both of them were monks of the Nascent Soul Realm.
After they stayed in the village for half a cup of tea, the two of them split up and roared away!