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 emanating 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 your 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 charm’, 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 charm' 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 man in black robe's face was still as gloomy as water, 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 can be considered an apology from the little people."
The man in black robe is already a middle-stage golden elixir monk, and "soul crystal buds" of this age 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 rarely visited places in search of special "Crystal Smoke Lands".
Then, after planting "soul crystal buds", they can exchange for the immortality elixir they need.
No matter how many pills these mortals swallow, they will eventually die at about 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 decade or hundreds of years at a time, but the elixirs that can only extend one's life by five or ten years at a time.
This will allow them to work until they are at least two or three hundred years old, and then 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 the elixir, the more powerful the medicinal power contained in it.
If a mortal wants to grow fifty or a hundred years, he may die 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 his heart is focused on the foreign monk, and that's the big target he wants to hunt for.
Moreover, he didn't know whether the "soul crystal buds" here were mature, and he didn't dare to lower the price to force a purchase.
Even when he had murderous intentions just now, he never thought of getting the "Soul Crystal Buds" here after killing people.
If the person who planted the "Soul Crystal Sprout" is killed, someone will definitely investigate the reason. If one of them fails, he will suffer a big loss due to a small gain.
Now that he heard that the other party gave it to him for free, the man in black robe was of course willing. This way 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 as if they heard 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.
All intelligent creatures are like this. 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 they 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, always with a look of gratitude on his face.
In the village, there are several rows of uneven houses. 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. It has only one door and one window. The window is opened 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, which gives people a very solid feeling.
"Sir, this is it! Be careful, there are some unevenness inside!"
When Wu Lei raised his head, 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 had previously said that he would provide all the "soul crystal buds" to the other party, but after he had 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 not at ease with himself and he was going to take the blame as well.
This immortal master didn't even let him bring anyone else over. If the harvesting speed was normal, it would probably take them three or four days to finish harvesting this piece of land.
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 will not take the other party there.
For his own benefit, Wu Lei is fighting hard at this moment, but he also has a backup plan.
In addition to the mature "soul bud crystals" in these three "crystal smoke fields", 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 starts to pretend to be confused. It would be best if the other party doesn't know. If he knows, he will say that he must have matured him 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 downwards.
There are no candle lights below, but there is some soft white light reflecting 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 the crops planted here are not 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 objects 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 thin dark 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" mature at six inches, 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 can be harvested every twenty years.
The other four achievements are to be cultivated continuously, and then sold after the "soul crystal buds" grow to ten inches, which 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 dozen years old.
Seven or eight inches of "soul crystal bud" can be used to refine elixirs and medicines, which is pretty good.
The man in black robe didn't want to waste time here. Since these were mature "soul crystal buds", what else could he be polite about?
He immediately raised his hands and waved them forward at the same time. The "soul crystal buds" on the ground shook for a while and fell off the 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 big 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 saw 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 as if blood was spurting out.
They spent countless days and nights cultivating these little by little, but in an instant, they became someone else's.
But 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, in a few breaths, all the "soul crystal buds" on the land disappeared.
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 just 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 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 out of his mouth, but he stopped talking immediately.
Under the somewhat 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 could be considered an experienced person. The moment he saw the blurry figure, without hesitation, 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 is also looking at the man in black robe above.
Suddenly, he flashed to one side with some feeling, and a shadowless attack brushed his body, flew back, and then disappeared into the void.
"Huh? Soul attack, this... this is soul... soul cultivation!"
The man sensed a turmoil 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 looked at Li Yan with a pale face and his eyes were somewhat distracted.
"The evil...evil spirit monk, indeed...is indeed evil-minded, and he has also used...his hands and feet...on mortals..."
Li Yan looked at the other party's face, and he no longer hesitated. With the magic in his hand, he no longer cared about consuming his spiritual consciousness.
This situation is laid out just for the sake of
He lured the monks to see if he could be captured alive, and then searched for the soul, so that he could get more information.
And just when the magic power surged in Li Yan's hand, 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, and a stream of black blood flowed from the corner of the black-robed monk's mouth, and his head hung heavily to the side.
Although Li Yan's poison prevented the opponent from using his magic power, he never expected that the opponent could still use his soul power in such a weak condition.
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.
It's not Li Yan's fault. He really didn't know that his fragmentary poison had injured the man in black robe to such an extent and that he could still use other powers.
This was the first time he had truly faced a 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 the golden elixir shattered in his body and turned into a gray bead. Li Yan didn't know if he could step into the reincarnation of heaven after this kind of soul disappeared. This person also did it to him.
Hateful enough.
Li Yan immediately began to inspect the other party. He had secretly seen before that the man in black robe could easily communicate with the stored magic weapon.
From such a long distance, all the "soul crystal buds" were collected into the big sleeves.
After inspection, Li Yan found a black jade bracelet on the wrist of the man in black robe, which seemed to belong to the immortal family.
Li Yan didn't find anything else on the man in black robe, so this black jade bracelet was special. After he took it off, he immediately used his spiritual consciousness.
But even if Li Yan used all the power of his spiritual consciousness, he could not communicate with him 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 he could really open it with his spiritual consciousness, or sense that this bracelet was abnormal, then Li Yan would be a little afraid of this place.
If he can't use his spiritual consciousness, but others can access here unimpeded, then his death will only happen sooner or later.
"Judging from the remaining mana in this man's body, he is just a monk at the Golden Core Realm. Calculate the time of his arrival and his approximate flying speed.
His sect should be at least seven thousand miles away from here. The death of this person will soon arouse the suspicion of his sect, so we must leave now."
As soon as Li Yan thought of this, he popped up two fireballs. The two people on the ground suddenly burst into flames. In just a flash, they completely disappeared from the world.
Afterwards, Li Yan left here immediately and quietly appeared in the open space in front of the village.
After he fired another fireball, the remaining villagers in the village were whispering and waiting for Wu Lei and the black-robed man to appear.
It's a pity that they disappeared between heaven and earth without even uttering a scream.
Even among the remaining three pretty women, Li Yan didn't even frown when he killed someone.
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 visitors cannot use their spiritual consciousness, 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.
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 black-robed man died, Li Yan had no choice but to kill everyone in the village. He was unwilling to waste time by adding these people to the "Tuban" and then modifying their memories.
This method of eliminating traces is the most thorough!
After Li Yan identified 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 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.
As a result, Li Yan immediately used his concealment power, and his figure quickly merged into the void...
Shortly after Li Yan left the village, two monks in black robes suddenly arrived. Both of them were monks in the Nascent Soul realm.
After they stayed in the village for half a cup of tea, they split up and roared away!
This chapter has been completed!