In the room, Zhou Ming was sitting cross-legged on the bed, holding the soul-absorbing bead Gu in his hand.
From the soul-absorbing bead Gu, which was as dark as a black hole, a faint wail could be heard from time to time.
"Ten thousand souls, this is the current limit." Zhou Ming opened his eyes slightly and exhaled softly.
Continuous battles allowed Zhou Ming to collect a large number of souls on the battlefield. By devouring these souls for several days, his soul foundation skyrocketed again.
At this time, Ten Thousand Souls still maintains the shape of a sword, but its size is dozens of times larger than before, giving people a loose feeling.
This is because of the rapid growth during this period. As the quantity increases, the quality becomes diluted. Compared with before, it is like coal compared with diamonds. It takes a period of tempering to slowly solidify.
Soul Dao cultivation, soul strengthening, soul refining, and soul repose are all indispensable. This is a majestic road, and Zhou Ming can only be considered a small success now. On top of ten thousand souls, there are still one hundred thousand souls and one million souls.
Even the souls of billions of people.
Billions of human souls are the limit of human souls. Once you reach this point, you have reached the point where there is no further way forward.
But this situation happened before the Red Lotus Demon Lord. When the Red Lotus Demon Lord destroyed the Fate Gu, this restriction was broken.
Human souls can continue to advance, but no one can figure out how to advance. In fact, it was quite remarkable to have millions of human souls at that time.
Until the Ghost Demon Lord created the Soul Dao, and with the realm of the Supreme Grandmaster of the Soul Dao, he innovated with the old and brought out the new, found a way to continue to promote the billions of souls, and successfully promoted his own billions of souls to the wild soul!
The soul of billions of people is a human soul, which returns from the void to reality and directly interferes with the real world, unlike the illusory body before. But even so, the soul of billions of people is still relatively fragile.
This is a human innate deficiency.
Man is the spirit of all things and has full understanding, but his body and soul are far inferior to other life forms.
However, once you are separated from the billion souls and promoted to the desolate soul, your soul alone will have combat power comparable to the desolate level soul beast!
Follow the path of the desolate soul and practice all the way up until you reach the top. That is the billion desolate souls.
This level is what the soul cultivates, and it is also the limit that the entire world can contain.
The Ghost Demon Lord who pioneered the Soul Path at that time had a thousand arms and hands and three heads. The head on the front had dragon horns, lion's mane, snake boy, and ivory. The head on the left had a peach forehead, grass hair, and three heads.
The eyes are like flowers, and the right side of the head has cloud temples, electric eyes, fire ears, and a golden mouth.
At this level, the soul alone has quasi-nine-level combat power, which can directly resist disasters, defy the heavens and the earth, kill gods and ghosts, and shock the world.
This image is still superstitious and worshiped by many people. Many mortals in southern Xinjiang shape similar statues out of clay to worship and pay homage to him.
The road is long, and Zhou Ming is still far away on this road. His achievements are not worth mentioning at all.
It should be noted that in the Terminator world, Zhou Ming's soul has undergone transformation and can slightly interfere with reality.
But in the Gu world, he could no longer do this, because the differences in laws between the two worlds caused such a huge difference.
Putting away the Soul-Capturing Bead Gu, Zhou Ming inspected it and found nothing unusual, so he released the Big Lizard House Gu.
….
Outside, the sun was shining brightly, and there was a gentle breeze in the air, which already brought a bit of chill.
The signs of the coming ten-year snowstorm have already appeared. In the following days, the temperature will plummet, and the weather will become worse day by day, until an extremely cold environment is formed, the earth is covered with wind and snow, and everything withers.
In the past few days since the Nuer family announced that they would join the Yuan family, the Yuan family's army has not been in a hurry to leave, but has been stationed in Mengqiu.
On the one hand, it digests the ever-expanding forces to prevent the too large coalition forces from not only being unable to exert their full combat power, but also running slowly due to the bloated scale, which in turn reduces the combat power.
On the other hand, we are also observing the movements of other parties.
On the Caofu side, the Eastern tribe has subdued all other tribes and became the winner of the Caofu side, and began to march towards Yutian. This caused the reaction of the Hei family and the Liu family, who were still facing each other at the Yutian Heroes Conference.
The intensity and even the confrontation has eased.
In the direction of Dujiao, the Yelu family defeated the three clans in succession, displaying a fierce and brave momentum, like a prairie fire, and began to spread to all sides.
In Jinghu, the Song family suddenly emerged, joined forces vertically and horizontally, and created a reputation that skyrocketed and should not be underestimated.
The battles on all fronts were in full swing, but the Yuan family's army was concentrating on resting and recuperating, and the years were quiet.
"Lord Zhou Ming!"
Not long after Zhou Ming walked out of the Big Lizard House, he ran into a Gu Master. When the Gu Master saw Zhou Ming, he quickly saluted with great enthusiasm.
"Oh? It's you, Chief Fei." Zhou Ming recognized the person and nodded calmly.
The Fei family is also a golden family in Beiyuan. The patriarch, Fei Jie, is a rank five poison path Gu master. He single-handedly supports the status of the Fei family as a large family.
However, Zhou Ming didn't pay much attention to the Fei family. The reason why he remembered Fei Chang was just because this person appeared in the original work.
According to the original plot, twenty years later, Fei Jie passed away. In order to compete for the position of clan leader, Fei Chang murdered his younger brother. Fei Qing, who should have inherited the position of clan leader, should have been justified.
Unexpectedly, just when the family's vitality was seriously damaged due to internal fighting, the Ma family came to attack and wiped out the Fei family, a large force, the Golden Family, which owned the Nuanmarsh Valley.
Even to the end of his life, he was unable to realize his dream of sitting on the throne of the clan leader.
"I didn't expect that the adults could still remember my name. I'm really honored!" Fei Chang was delighted and bowed deeply to Zhou Ming again.
"Yeah." Zhou Ming responded indifferently, and walked away without stopping.
"Fei family, hehe..."
Twenty years later, Fei Qing, the unlucky man who was murdered by Fei Chang, had a son named Fei Cai.
This name sounds funny, but after the Fei family was exterminated, Fei Qing was also taken as a slave to the Ma family.
Later, by chance, Fei Cai was given the surname Ma and received a name that would become famous in the five realms in the future: Ma Hongyun!
As his name suggests, this person is truly blessed with great luck. He can turn all kinds of crises into safety, and countless opportunities will come to him.
From a slave to a Gu Master, he later won the battle of the Royal Court and took over the blessed land of the Royal Court, and later became a Gu Immortal. He rose to fame in the chaos of the Five Realms and became a powerful pillar of the Northern Plains in resisting the invasion of Central Continent!
….
"At this point in time, Ma Hongyun will not be born for another seven years, and Fei Qing is just a young boy."
"Ma Hongyun is difficult to kill. He can always avert danger when encountering various dangers. But his father Fei Qing is not difficult to kill. If I kill Fei Qing now, will Ma Hongyun not appear again in the future?"
"However, if this is the case, there will be nowhere to find the Good Luck Qitian Immortal Gu."
"Then keep it, maybe you will have a chance to get that Immortal Gu in the future."
Zhou Ming couldn't help but smile as he thought this, and then temporarily put the matter behind him.
Ma Hongyun's heaven-defying luck did not come out of thin air, but came from a level eight Immortal Gu - Good Luck Qitian.
This Immortal Gu was created by Ju Yang Immortal Lord and left in the True Yang Tower at the Eighty-Eighth Corner of Wangting Blessed Land. It is one of the legacies left by Ju Yang Immortal Lord to his descendants.
As for how this Immortal Gu got into Ma Hongyun, it is a long story and will be discussed later.
A few days later, the Yuan family's army, which had had enough rest, was ready to go on the road again. However, at this juncture, a message from the direction of Yutian shocked everyone.
The Eastern Army entered Yutian and took the initiative to attack. The strong dragons defeated the local snakes, first defeated the Hei family, and then fought against the Liu family. The battle lasted for three days and three nights. They even managed to level the two superpowers and dominate Yutian by themselves!
What is shocking is not just that, but the family heritage shown by Dongfang Bai, the current patriarch of the Dongfang Family - the Gu Immortal of the Dongfang Family bestowed an Immortal Gu!
With the power of Immortal Gu, the Dongfang family's already strong strength became even more terrifying and extraordinary, crushing the Hei family and Liu family who were caught off guard, without giving the two families any chance to ask for help from the family's Gu Immortal.
This reflects Dongfang Bai's resourcefulness. The Dongfang family is a super power, and so is the Liu family and the Hei family. The Dongfang family has immortal Gu, and the Liu and Hei families also have it.
If Dongfang Bai exposes the Immortal Gu's trump card early, maybe the Liu family or the Hei family will ask for help from the family's Gu Immortal and borrow an Immortal Gu. Then the battle will become more complicated and the result will be more confusing.
But now, Dongfang Bai Nin didn't show his Immortal Gu until he actually took action, and directly won the battle.
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Outside Niyu Blessed Land, two Gu Immortals descended from the sky and came here at the same time. When they saw each other, a trace of helplessness flashed in their eyes.
"Liu Yong, I didn't expect the Liu family to send you here."
"Kuroyu, I didn't expect you to be the one coming from the Hei family."
The two looked at each other and sneered, saying that neither one wanted to let the other take advantage.
The Hei family and the Liu family are old rivals. They have disliked each other for a long time. Every time there is a dispute between the royal courts, a war breaks out between the two sides. Even at the Gu Immortal level, the relationship between the two parties is so tense.
Heiyu and Liu Yong are both level six Gu Immortals. Their age difference is not that big. They have been fighting each other since they were mortals. It can be said that they are enemies.
Just when the two refused to give in to each other, the door to Niyu Paradise suddenly opened.
When the two saw this, they immediately stopped arguing, glared at each other, and flew into the blessed land with an invisible dividing line between them.
A slender jasper corridor extends out on the lake to a lonely pavilion.
Outside the pavilion, drizzle was falling and a cool breeze was caressing.
….
Different from the outside world, the rain here falls from bottom to top. This is where the name reverse rain comes from.
In the pavilion, there was sitting a tall, slender Gu Immortal with an extraordinary temperament. He had a tall crown, white beard and hair, and his eyes were always shining with hundreds of glaze lights.
Looking across, Hei Yu and Liu Yong, who had just entered the blessed land, immediately felt awe-struck and quickly fell down to bow respectfully to the Gu Immortal.
"Junior Heiyu (Liu Yong) has met senior Dongfang."
They couldn't help but be disrespectful, because the Gu Immortal with white hair and beard in front of them was the Lord of Niyu Blessed Land, the Grand Master of the Dongfang family, and the famous seventh-level Wisdom Path Gu Immortal of Beiyuan - Dongfang Changfan!
"It's you two here, sit down and have a cup of tea.
Dongfang Changfan smiled faintly, waved his sleeves on the stone table in front of him, and two cups of tea appeared in front of them.
"Thank you, senior, for the tea." The two of them bowed respectfully again, sat down in front of the stone table, and picked up the tea on the table.
Their respect for Dongfang Changfan was not only because of his status as the leader of the Dongfang family, not only because of his strength as a seventh-level Gu master, but also because of Dongfang Changfan's legendary reputation.
Dongfang Changfan is a famous Zhi Dao Gu Immortal in Beiyuan. He has countless glorious achievements in his life, and many Gu Immortals have suffered from his schemes.
When he was just born, the Dongfang family was already in decline. But after he became a Gu Immortal, he turned the tide and saved the crumbling family from the fire and water. He sought benefits, designed enemies, and gradually strengthened the family, and finally made the family stronger.
The Dongfang family has risen again, and its reputation is even greater than before.
He is a rank seven Gu Immortal, a well-deserved giant in Beiyuan, and the backbone of the Eastern tribe.
Although he is now very old and his days are numbered, none of the two Gu Immortals in Beiyuan, the good and the evil, dare to despise him. Instead, they pay more attention to him and even fear him.
Who knows what crazy things a Gu Immortal with a short lifespan would do in order to extend his life?
The three Gu Immortals were drinking tea and chatting, and soon they talked about the battle between the royal courts, and both Heiyu and Liu Yong had embarrassment in their eyes.
"Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists. If we don't succeed this time, there will be another one." Dongfang Changfan comforted the two of them and said, "The battle for the Royal Court is the asset left by Ju Yang's ancestors for our Golden Family. Don't let the competition of these younger generations ruin the life."
It’s just to clear up the rift.”
With that said, Dongfang Changfan placed the two lists in front of Heiyu and Liu Yong and said, "Now that we have talked about it, let's talk about business."
The two of them took a look at the list and saw that it was densely packed with contents. It was a massive amount of information.
supplies.
The Hei family and the Liu family lost the battle for the royal court and were both captured by the Dongfang family. According to the rules set by the Juyang Immortal Lord back then, the two families could deliver a certain amount of materials to redeem themselves.
Of course, this rule is only valid for the Golden Family, and other families do not have this bargaining qualification.
Super families have more than one Gu Immortal. The competition between these behemoths is just a game called "The Battle of the Royal Courts". The main purpose is to weaken other families, expand their own family, screen and absorb talents through war, which is of course impossible.
Fight to the death.
The two of them browsed through the supplies on the list carefully, but their eyelids jumped wildly when they saw that the contents were not only huge in scale, but many of the items also involved the two tribes' unique Gu insects, or the latest developed Gu prescriptions.
However, until they read the entire list, neither of them said a word of rebuttal, but simply agreed to the contents of the list.
The loser pays the price, this is the rule of the game set by Ju Yang Immortal Lord.
There have been several times in history when certain tribes were unwilling to pay such war indemnities, and all ended up with the bleak end of genocide.
Until now, no family dares not to abide by it.
These are the rules of the game of Beihara Shodo. If any tribe does not abide by it, it will be excluded and become the target of everyone else.
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Of course, the winner cannot ask for an exorbitant price, otherwise he will also be ostracized by other tribes.
After so many royal court battles, these have long become a tacit understanding among all clans.
After the war compensation for Niyu Paradise was negotiated and finalized, the Liu family and the Hei family each sent envoys to pick up the two families and their vassal families.
After that, a large amount of materials were transported and paid to Dongfang Bai as a "ransom".
The war compensation from the Hei family and the Liu family made the Dongfang family make a lot of money and their strength skyrocketed!