Although the middle-aged Confucian scholar smiled and nodded at him, Li Yan did not think that this person was kind. There are immortal cultivators and people with vicious hearts. Maybe the spring breeze is warm one moment, but you will be worse than death the next moment, especially They are people with advanced cultivation. They often have eccentric and moody personalities. This middle-aged Confucian scholar had just seen through his "Stealth Night Concealment" at a glance, which already made Li Yan very afraid.
"Maybe this middle-aged Confucian scholar wants to enter the Tanxia Palace, so we must stay away from this person. We need to stay far away from where he appears. Don't offend him over a trivial matter."
Li Yan Although he was thinking this, he was also worried. If the other party was also going after the Red Mother Essence, what would he do?
The blood leaf High Person, the place where the red mother spirit was born, said that it was a dangerous place in the palace. After they accidentally obtained it, there was a robbery, and dozens of people died at that time.??
Although Xueye High Person said that most of those who knew about it had died in the killing that day, there were still a few who survived like him. These people kept the secret until they were fully prepared to explore it in the future, so whether the news spread is a matter of two opinions.
Li Yan is here to look for the Red Mother Essence, and the chance is extremely slim. Blood Leaf High Person said that monks rarely enter that place. They just happen to be outside when a piece of Red Mother Essence is ejected. This kind of opportunity is undoubtedly a rare opportunity in a thousand years.
Li Yan When he arrived at that place this time, he would have to wait for a long time. It might take days or even months with no results. If it didn't work in half a year, he would wait for a year. If there was still no result after a year, he would have to find another way.
Li Yan is still not sure whether he will eventually venture into the depths of the land where the Red Mother Essence erupted, and he will have to adapt accordingly.
While Li Yan was thinking, suddenly there was some small commotion around him. When Li Yan looked up again, he saw a figure suddenly rising into the sky. As the figure soared into the sky, except for the bookboy carrying a bamboo basket and looking up at the sky, the other monks stood up one after another, each of them looking wary and with a hint of fear.
Even Li Yan's spiritual power was faintly fluctuating, because the middle-aged scholar who had been leaning against the big tree suddenly flew into the air, and no one knew what he was going to do.
The aura of the middle-aged Confucian scholar has no fluctuation at all. If someone hadn't been paying attention to him, no one would have noticed that he had flown into the air. The aura of the middle-aged Confucian scholar was not deliberately hidden at all, it was just not obvious at all. If he wanted to kill everyone here, it would only be in his mind. No one here could react, and his soul would return to the underworld.
While everyone except the book boy was on alert, the figure in the air flashed again and disappeared. No one knew where he had gone.
The actions of the middle-aged Confucian scholar made everyone else confused. They wondered whether this monk with unfathomable cultivation was a
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Li Yan also looked at the night sky where the middle-aged Confucian scholar disappeared, with a flash of light in his eyes. In his feeling, the sense of oppression that had always existed before disappeared completely. He was also judging whether this monk with unfathomable cultivation had really left?
In the following time, even if the book boy put down his bamboo basket and sat there with his back against the giant tree, no one dared to come forward, let alone shout and ask.
Perhaps due to the uncertainty of the middle-aged Confucian scholar, everyone stopped talking or whispering, and all sat cross-legged, closed their eyes, and adjusted their breaths. Until a few hours later, no one came here anymore.
In such eerie silence, Li Yan, who had his eyes closed, suddenly heard several low voices shouting, "The palace gate is about to open."
Li Yan opened his eyes and looked for sound, but saw that the monks by the lake began to stand up one after another, and a few people were looking into the lake and began to talk quietly. At this time, the lake surface, which was originally as shiny as a mirror, seemed to have a golden light hazily appearing under the water in the center, and it became clearer and clearer, as if something was slowly rising from the bottom of the lake.
Li Yan also slowly stood up and looked at the large yellow light in the center of the lake at night, like a light that broke the night. He looked up at the night sky again and judged that it was half a stick of incense time from Mao Fashion. This was the same as what was recorded on Jade Slip. Then the yellow light under the lake at this moment was the rising palace gate. This process took about half an hour.
The surrounding chatter gradually became louder and louder. Except for the five-person group led by two Foundation Establishment monks, there was no movement. The remaining twelve people except Li Yan began to look at each other, but in the end their eyes fell in the direction of the book boy, who had already carried the bamboo basket on his back and was looking at the lake with excitement.
Li Yan Looking at the scene in front of him, he was still depressed. Before the palace gate was completely exposed to the lake, he had to decide on the quota of twelve people to enter today.
Long before, he had seen clearly the distribution of monks here. After the middle-aged Confucian scholar left, there were a total of eighteen people including him. The weakest ones here were himself and the book boy, both of whom were single Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and then there was a group of five led by two Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
If nothing else goes wrong, when the scholar is about to enter today, no one will dare to stop him, because no one knows whether the middle-aged Confucian scholar is nearby, and it is even uncertain whether the middle-aged Confucian scholar will return by then.
Then the book boy has taken up a quota. Among the remaining people, the two monks in the fake elixir realm are the ones with the deepest cultivation here. Of course, no one will compete with them.
They compete with each other.
Except for Li Yan, the rest are basically teams with Foundation Establishment Late Stage and Dzogchen monks. Of course, there are also Foundation Establishment Early Stage and mid-level in their team, but the overall combat strength is definitely determined by the strongest monk.
Calculated in this way, by coincidence, among the eighteen people, the five-person team led by two Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator and Li Yan were excluded from the twelve places.
Now it seems that the five-person team knew that today's competition was hopeless, so they simply gave up their plan to enter today, but Li Yan must enter today.
Li Yan certainly wouldn't waste time here. It would be fine if he hadn't arrived at Red Maple Pool. It would be useless to think too much at that time. Now that he is here, if he enters one day later, there will be more variables to get the Red Mother Essence. Of course, the sooner he enters, the better. In this way, he has to grab a spot.
Depressed in his heart, there was no emotion on Li Yan's face. Since he had caught up with the crowd, no one could stop him today. Even if he exposed his strength, he had to enter. However, Li Yan was not the first to pass, and he was not in a hurry.
While everyone was talking, the yellow light under the lake became brighter and brighter, and a shining golden object had an outline, as if the top of a door frame was reflected on the bottom of the lake.
At this moment, a figure shot towards the center of the lake. When everyone stared at it, the figure was already standing above the lake. It was the fake alchemy monk who had been standing by the lake, staring at the water and meditating.
This man is about fifty years old. He is an old man in gray clothes. His hair has turned gray and his face is like bronze. The vicissitudes of life have long been written on his face, but his back is still straight and straight.
"Since all the fellow Daoists are being humble, then Duan must be the first person to enter today. I wonder if all the fellow Daoists have any opinions?"
Just when the old man surnamed Duan started to speak, someone below already said, "It's Duan Weiran from the "Heavy Lock and Hanging Heaven". This is not surprising. There are not many people here who are his opponents. When no other monks come again, he has already entered the quota."
"That's of course. Although Fellow Daoist Duan is Rogue Cultivator, he has learned an ancient immortal art and his skills are all-powerful. If he hadn't been aloof and arrogant, he had once..." Although those people spoke in very low voices, they did not deliberately avoid outsiders. They were all immortal cultivators here. Of course, everyone including Li Yan could hear it clearly. However, one person stopped talking at the end and stopped talking.
Li Yan has already noticed this person. Who knows that this person is one of the few fake elixir monks here. Moreover, this person's spiritual power is condensed and thick, which is one or two better than the other fake elixir. It can be seen that he has been immersed in the realm of fake elixir for many years.
Duan Weiran obviously heard the discussion below, but he still had no expression on his face.
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He stood quietly in the air, but sighed in his heart. If it hadn't been for an accident in his early years, he might have had hope of entering Golden Core Realm. After all, he had obtained an ancient inheritance of immortality.
Now that the time has come, he has entered the lower palace of Red Maple Pool and is going to a place where he may be able to squeeze out his last potential. If he doesn't become Golden Core Realm, he will stay there forever.
But he also knows that although Red Maple Pool's lower palace is isolated from the world, the power of the laws inside will not diminish at all. Even if he squeezes out the last potential, whether he can take over Heavenly Tribulation is another matter.
He is a Rogue Cultivator. Whether it is cultivation resources or hiring people to protect the law, the price is quite high. He cannot produce so many spiritual stones.
Immortal cultivators have the sorrow of cultivating immortals. Cats, dogs, and cats, no matter who they are, they will have their own friends. Duan Weiran has never thought of asking his friends to protect him for free, but his only friend has been recruited by the Pure Land Sect.
The old friend left in a hurry. When he left, he just vaguely said that he would be gone for a few years, and did not reveal any useful information. With Duan Weiran's sophistication, he naturally guessed the meaning of what his old friend didn't say.
He could guess what kind of secret mission Pure Land Sect his old friend was going out to perform. This mission should be a disaster, but with his old friend Gold Core Realm's level, he couldn't even judge his final outcome.
"Hehehe, Fellow Daoist Duan is naturally qualified. In fact, there is not much difference between entering Red Maple Pool one day earlier or one day later. However, Sun will just enter today. After all, the sect has many things to do, so he should go back early."
Just as the discussion below started, another figure rose into the sky, and then stood about ten feet opposite Duan Weiran.
Duan Weiran raised his head and looked at the person he saw. He was lean, with a long face and a bluish complexion. He had a tall hooked nose and was dressed in black robes. He looked like an eagle. He was clearly another fake alchemy monk here.
When Duan Weiran saw this, he raised his hands and cupped them without saying anything. The two of them had met at the lakeside before, so it was expected to see him coming.
After the monk surnamed Sun went up, no one was talking about it for a while, but Li Yan saw fear in the eyes of many people.
"In addition to his advanced cultivation, this person must be an evil person. Obviously many people here know him, but no one has spoken out again. I guess they are afraid of this person's bad reputation, but they don't know where he comes from." Li Yan thought in his mind.
For a moment, the entire Red Maple Pool became quiet. The yellow light on the lake became brighter and brighter. The top of a door frame gradually emerged from the water. In the silence, there was only the sound of the door frame breaking through the water.
At this moment, a chuckle fell into everyone's ears, and another person flew into the air.