But just when Xu Dao was circulating his magic power throughout his body and the magic spells had been drawn out, something suddenly flashed in his eyes.
Xu Dao's footsteps immediately stopped, and he looked up, with a look of surprise on his face. Just to his upper left, about a hundred miles away, there was a black shadow, which was rising and falling in the strong air.
The Gangfeng layer is so clear that apart from the thick Gangqi, not many things exist, even dead objects. In a few days, they will be polished into dregs by the thick Gangqi and annihilated one by one.
"Is there someone else practicing Gang?"
Xu Dao had an idea in his mind, but he soon remembered the headless corpse he encountered during his climb to the sky.
The mutilated corpse gave him a great shock at that time, completely shattering his impression of the Gangfeng layer. There was actually a corpse that could exist in the Gangfeng layer without being damaged. It must be at the Nascent Soul realm, or even above the great level.
A capable corpse.
Xu Dao stopped and looked at the black shadow. Because it was a hundred miles away and there were all kinds of strong winds that interfered with his vision, he couldn't see clearly and couldn't identify what the black shadow was. He could only see an outline.
Xu Dao's heart skipped a beat: "Could it be a human head?"
In his eyes, the thing looked like a fist or a black-faced steamed bun. Combined with the corpses he had seen during the climb to the sky, Xu Dao immediately wondered whether the black shadow he saw could be the remains of a corpse.
brain.
Through looking and observing, Xu Dao ruled out that the black shadow was the movement of someone practicing martial arts. He thought to himself: "Even if it is not the head of the corpse, it is most likely another piece."
When this idea appeared, more thoughts jumped in his heart. The four words "Nascent Soul Corpse" kept wandering in Xu Dao's mind, making him really want to go and take a look.
Even if there is something weird about the corpse, he will not benefit from it. Just observing from a distance can increase his knowledge. After all, why does a Nascent Soul corpse split apart and why it floats in the Gangfeng layer... can all be explained to him.
He brought a lot of news.
And if you get inspiration from it, or get specific benefits, you can make a lot of money.
After thinking about it for a moment, Xu Dao remembered the headless corpse he encountered earlier. The corpse did not move. It was just the aftermath of the gang energy that stirred him in.
Therefore, Xu Dao estimated that if the black shadow in front of him was really another corpse, then he would not encounter any trouble if he watched from a distance and didn't get too close.
An eager idea was born, and Xu Dao became curious.
But he didn't act rashly. Xu Dao first looked at the black shadow, and after making sure that the black shadow would not run out of sight for a while, he sat cross-legged in the Gangqi layer and took out his own to heal his wounds, just in case.
The emperor's liquid.
The pale golden imperial liquid appeared and was immediately inhaled by him.
Xu Dao closed his mouth, moved his teeth, and tapped his teeth to refine the imperial liquid in his belly.
After one breath, two breaths, three quarters and four quarters, more than half an hour passed. Xu Daofang had recovered most of the depleted mana in his body, and the injuries to his physical body and Yinshen were almost recovered.
There is still a little bit left, and it cannot be recovered in a short time. If it must be forcibly restored, it will consume a lot of imperial ooze, and the gain outweighs the loss.
Moreover, just to recuperate most of the state, the imperial liquid consumed is already more than half of what Xu Dao has in hand. If it is used for meditation and refining Qi, it can increase Xu Dao's Taoism by nearly five years after refining.
Originally, Xu Dao was lucky that there were no major mistakes in the process of refining the Gang, and he was able to waste no bits of Imperial Liquid, but now he still spent the money.
Therefore, he is really reluctant to part with the remaining half. And once he suffers from the black shadow, the remaining half of the emperor's liquid may be the elixir for his life, so he should save more.
However, it was a "waste" of Emperor Liujian, and Xu Dao also gained some benefits during it.
After completing the refining, he received enough elixirs to warm and nourish his body. Both his physical body and his Yinshen were nourished in time, and there would be no hidden injuries left.
Moreover, meditating and refining Qi in the Gangfeng layer also made the white rainbow penetrating Sun Gang that he had just condensed reduce the fire inside, making it more satisfying for him.
After all preparations were made, Xu Daofang opened his eyes and looked into the distance.
The black shadow was still in his field of vision, and it even became a little clearer. It should have been drifting towards him. The straight-line distance between the two had shortened, but the direction had changed again.
Xu Dao's eyes were slightly fixed, and he quickly made a spell and cast a lot of spells to protect himself. He also added a few more breath-concentrating spells, covered his whole body with the cuttlefish sword, and then rushed towards the direction of the black shadow.
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Along the way, Xu Dao's body collided with all kinds of strong energy, and he kept making squeaking sounds.
But he did not take out the star snail treasure ship, and even put the mountain and sea flags into his sleeves instead of holding them on his head. This was to prevent the magic weapon from being too powerful, causing abnormal energy, and being disturbed by the Taoist priests who might exist on the other side of the shadow.
noticed.
Xu Dao ran forward cautiously. Fortunately, he had just completed the Gang Qi refining, and the Gang Qi was melted into his true energy, and he no longer looked at other Gang Qi like poisonous snakes.
Otherwise, such a journey of hundreds of miles can exhaust all the true energy in Xu Dao's body, and the spiritual light of the magic weapon can also consume most of it.
Running quietly to a distance of thirty or forty miles from the black shadow, Xu Dao's eyes lit up slightly.
The black shadow that appeared in his eyes really looked like a head. It was still standing upright, but the black energy was wrapped around it, covering its whole body. It was also rubbing against the nearby Gang Qi, as if a dark flame was burning.
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Through the outline and vision, Xu Dao believed that the head should be close to the shape of a human head. Even if it is not a human head, it should be that of a wolf, dog, cat, etc., rather than the head of a bird, crocodile, etc.
Driven by curiosity, his steps became faster and he wanted to get closer.
But after walking forward for more than ten miles, Xu Dao suddenly stopped, with a look of surprise and uncertainty on his face.
Because just above the huge black head, there was actually a ball of golden light hovering, rising and falling as the head rose and fell.
The golden light was not big, but when it fell in Xu Dao's eyes, it was brighter than the sun in the sky. Even though it was ten or twenty miles away, it still dazzled his naked eyes.
Xu Dao was shocked: "It is absolutely impossible for a mere refining Gang to have such power."
While he was frightened, there was also a voice of surprise:
"Huh!"
It was not Xu Dao who was speaking, but the golden light above Heiqi's head, which stirred up a sound:
"In such a desolate and exhausted land, there are still people who can set foot in the ninth level of the sky and harvest Gang Qi. Judging from your demeanor, it seems that you have completed the Gang Qi refining."
When Xu Dao heard this, he was immediately shocked: "Golden Dan Taoist Master!?"
He concealed his aura and used the cuttlefish sword to cover his body. As a result, the other party saw through his concealment at a glance. It must not be just at the level of foundation building, but higher.
Jin Guang made a sound, and then he was even more surprised, as if he was surprised by Xu Dao:
"The body is strong and the soul is strong. You are a Taoist priest who can practice both immortality and martial arts. You are still following the path of ancient Qi refiners! No wonder you can set foot in the ninth level of high heaven. You can still complete the Gang refining easily."
boom!
The golden light flashed, and an invisible spiritual consciousness was released from the golden light. It fell on Xu Dao like a mountain, causing him to stumble and almost fall in mid-air.
Fortunately, it just skipped over and had no intention of humiliating Xu Dao.
At least ten miles away, the opponent's consciousness could easily cross it. Xu Dao shouted in his heart: "Nascent Soul, Nascent Soul!"
There was half a look of fear and half a look of astonishment on his face, and it was hard to tell them apart: "The people in the black shadow are not just in the Golden Core realm, but in the Nascent Soul realm, real ghosts and immortals!"
Although the spiritual consciousness in the Golden Core Realm is stronger and larger than that in the Foundation Establishment Realm, it is limited by mana and Taoism, and can only cover a thousand feet at most. It can cover a mountain, but it cannot span ten miles.
Only the Yuanying Zhenren at the higher level can have their spiritual consciousness range calculated in miles.
What surprised Xu Dao was that the golden light did not show any malice toward him, otherwise the other party could crush him to death with just a snap of his fingers.
On the contrary, Jin Guang's attitude was more friendly than the previous two sentences, and he praised:
"It's true that you are a good young man who cultivates both immortality and martial arts, and combines soul and body. He is not a body-snatching puppet! What's even more surprising is that you were born in the West Sea, and your magic power is also very refined. There is no evil at all, which is really rare."
"With such qualifications, if you have the potential to become a top-grade elixir, it would be a pity if it was buried."
Xu Dao was slightly startled when he heard this.
Laughter continued to sound high in the sky:
"Taoist, you and I, Chunyang Dao, are quite destined. You can go to the East, come to Taihe Mountain to find a small temple, and sign up to become a registered disciple."
But the moment after the laughter sounded, that golden light may have been because he focused too much on Xu Dao, but he neglected the black head below him.
"Not good!" The golden light shook, and his spiritual consciousness was immediately swept back, suppressing the black energy head beneath him.
Woohoo!
It collected all kinds of Gangqi from all around, and formed into blossoming purple ginkgo leaves, which danced and fell wildly, turning into electric snakes, hitting the black Qi's head.
But the black air head did not move at all. Instead, the black air on it became more and more powerful, rising up and rushing towards the golden light, and then poured into it like snakes and insects.
A sigh sounded: "What a pity."
Immediately, Xu Dao saw with his own eyes that the golden light was corroded by the black air, and the layers of golden light were peeled away, revealing a paper crane that was only a square inch in size.
The paper crane seems to be made of folded leaves, has a head and wings, and is small and exquisite.
At the same time, the head of steaming black energy shook, and its black energy immediately expanded, like a black lotus blooming, sweeping in all directions crazily and extremely quickly.
Xu Dao immediately heard another shout:
"The corpses in this ancient battlefield still have evil spirits, which have caused the five degenerations of heaven and humans. Get rid of them quickly." It was the voice just now.
Hearing this sound, Xu Dao didn't ask a question, but immediately responded. Congshan Ruliu's feet fell, and he plunged downwards like a fish.
Whoosh whoosh! The fierce wind blew away from Xu Dao's side.
The voice just now didn't tell him how far he should run away, so he just ran down, using all his magic power.
The paper crane on Heiqi's head floated its wings slightly, broke free a few times, suddenly became dry, and then withered and turned into a ball of fly ash, with only a ray of golden light escaping.
Black flames continued to burn on the nameless head.
After Xu Dao escaped from the ninth level, he continued to dive downward, faster and faster, and he also had time to look behind him on the other side.
Just taking a look at it, Xu Dao felt happy.
I saw a huge black lotus flashing in the sky, and the huge head seemed to be just one of the lotus seeds. The black air filled the air, and the distance of more than ten miles was covered in just a dozen breaths.
Xu Dao understood that if he had not listened to the words in the golden light just now, he might have been swept away by the black energy, and he didn't know what kind of miserable end he would have met.
He did not dare to delay, fearing that the black energy would be enough to penetrate several layers of the sky, so he continued to fly downwards, with the strong energy grinding around him, creating a red fire.
After flying down for a full quarter of an hour, Xu Daofang stopped his magic power and looked up again.
In his eyes, the huge head and the unfolded black lotus became a black shadow, the size of a mosquito dot, which was completely distanced from him. In addition, it was protected by many layers of high heavenly energy, and the black lotus should be
It will not be expanded.
Xu Dao breathed a sigh of relief at this time. He allowed himself to fall downwards and kept thinking about the words he just heard. In addition to the shock, there was also a little excitement in his heart:
"Immortal! He must be in the Nascent Soul realm."
at the same time.
A golden and simple palace, no more than a few steps long.
There are ginkgo trees as thick as a human body, planted all over the mountain, and their branches and leaves are dark yellow, instead of the green they should be in spring and summer. It is these ginkgo leaves that are falling and piled up in the golden color.
It was formed into piles, as if they were covered with a soft blanket of gold threads.
There is also a purple-leaf ginkgo in the view, which is only as thick as a baby's arm. Its branches and leaves are curved, and the upper stems of the leaves are like dragons.
A man was sitting cross-legged under a tree, meditating and resting happily. At this moment, a ray of golden light suddenly shot back from the horizon, fell on the top of his head, and turned into a strand of blond hair.
At this time, the Taoist raised his eyes slightly, held his golden hair and pondered. He first sighed softly, and then showed surprise:
“It’s amazing that there are such Taoist priests in the West Sea!”
With a sigh, the Taoist closed his eyes again, leaned his head back, and dozed off against the purple-leaf ginkgo.
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The other side.
Xu Daoshang was still flying wildly, but because he was running too fast, he fell down like a meteor.
This strange phenomenon also attracted the attention of many Taoist priests in Xihai.
It turned out that Xu Dao kept moving around in the Gang Qi layer in order to practice Gang Qi, and was driven by the Gang wind. He had already left the cave. And where he emerged from the Gang Qi layer, there happened to be a large island nearby.
There are many living people there, and there are frequent ships.
Xu Dao saw the island in mid-air, so he simply changed his direction and rushed towards the island.
But just after he landed on the island, before he could sit down and drink tea, he actually saw his own portrait on the island's notice board.
To be precise, it's a portrait of the Star Snail Treasure Ship! There are two other blurry figures next to it, and it's hard to identify them clearly.
Xu Dao was slightly startled and stepped forward to take a closer look.
This thing is clearly a wanted order. He and Taoist priest Chen Sect have been wanted in the West Sea, and a reward of one million talismans is being offered!
Xu Dao was immediately surprised and happy about this.