There was a soft "bang" sound, and the bead flashed and turned into a ball of colorful mist about ten feet in diameter. It quickly escaped downwards and disappeared into the stone mountain in the blink of an eye. At the same time, the nearby
Celestial phenomena such as wind, rain, thunder and lightning disappeared in an instant, and everything returned to normal.
At this moment, all the monks nearby stared at each other, not knowing what to do.
At this moment, a sound like a dragon's roar came from the stone mountain, rising straight into the sky. Then the color of the world changed, and a human-shaped light and shadow about a hundred feet high appeared on the stone mountain.
This light and shadow shimmered with four-color auras, and its hands and feet were astonishingly thick. Because the aura on his face was so powerful, no one could see clearly the giant's lineup. They only felt that this figure seemed so majestic that no one dared to look up at it. This even made these monks horrified.
Unexpectedly, this light and shadow nodded slightly, and two powerful beams of light swept past everyone, making people hold their breath for an instant wherever they passed.
The sound of "pop" sounded one after another, and some monks' whole bodies sank, half-kneeling on the ground like Mount Tai weighing on top, unable to get up at all.
Several monks with advanced cultivation barely managed to stand firm, but their knees were shaking slightly and the veins on their foreheads were throbbing, looking like they were struggling to do so.
Just when these monks were trembling with fear and secretly complaining incessantly, the huge figure seemed to smile, and its body suddenly turned into starlight that filled the sky, and disappeared.
This scene left everyone stunned.
...In the quiet room of Xiaoshishan, Bai Ran was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed. But on the Tianling Cap above his head, there was a miniature baby about an inch tall, climbing and playing on his bun.
This baby was white and tender, with a blue-green body, and the appearance was the same as Bai Ran's, except that his face was full of excitement and laughter, which was very different from Bai Ran's usual silence.
Bai Ran's body underneath the baby has a ruddy complexion and a peaceful expression, as if he is sleeping soundly.
After a while, the baby seemed a little tired from playing. After yawning, a blue light flashed and penetrated Bai Ran's body from the Tianling Gai.
Bai Ran's expression moved, and after his eyelids trembled slightly, he finally opened his eyes, revealing a pair of warm and restrained bright eyes, which were unusually clear.
When Bai Ran woke up, she didn't get up immediately, but had a complex look on her face that was a little weird and mixed with ecstasy.
He suddenly stretched out a palm and looked over it several times under his eyes. Suddenly he raised one hand and touched the top of his head, with an incredible look on his face.
After a full cup of tea, the excited expression on Bai Ran's face gradually faded away, and he finally returned to normal.
He glanced at the situation in the quiet room, stretched, and finally stood up. Then with a flick of his finger, a ray of green light shot onto the stone door.
Suddenly, the quiet room door flashed with light and rose silently.
"Congratulations, master, for forming a Nascent Soul!"
Yin Yue turned into the appearance of a gorgeous young woman and was standing guard outside the quiet room. When she saw Bai Ran coming out, she immediately lowered her head and saluted respectfully. The degree of respectfulness in her address and tone was a bit beyond Bai Ran's expectations.
"Master? It seems that fellow Daoist Yinyue really recognizes me now! But this is normal. Your original cultivation level is not inferior to mine. If I fail to condense into a baby, how can you really trust me?"
Bai Ran touched his chin and said nonchalantly.
"What the master said is absolutely true. Now that the master has formed the Nascent Soul, he has naturally become one of the top immortal cultivators in this world. His longevity is more than a thousand years. The master is only two hundred years old now.
Given your age, as long as there is some luck, I believe that it is not unexpected for the master to reach the stage of transformation into a god." Yin Yue said with a solemn look on her gorgeous face.
"To talk about the Divine Transformation stage now is too far away for me. I don't know how many Nascent Soul stage monks are stuck in the early stage and cannot make any progress. Don't expect too much." Bai Ran shook his head lightly and remained calm.
said.
"I have quite a bit of confidence in the master." Yin Yue licked her lips and said with a sweet smile, looking particularly enchanting and alluring.
Bai Ran listened and showed disapproval.
...Outside the stone mountain, thousands of people have gathered, including the monks who came before and those who came from behind.
They were floating in the air around the mountain royal weapon, whispering incessantly.
With their knowledge and experience, they naturally had no idea what the celestial phenomenon just now meant. They could only make random guesses. But even so, what happened just now made them feel a little unbearable excitement.
Naturally, many people noticed the medicine garden that Bai Ran was responsible for in front of Shishan. Someone had already broken through the restriction and went in to check it out.
But apart from ordinary medicinal herbs, it was empty and there was not a single person in it.
The woman surnamed Mu mixed in the crowd and rushed here.
She witnessed everything that happened nearby, and a look of uncertainty appeared on her face. The woman vaguely felt that this omen seemed to have something to do with Bai Ran.
At this moment, several more rays of light of different colors hurriedly flew here. After the light converged, five or six monks in the alchemy stage appeared with solemn expressions.
The leader was the old man named Feng who was in the late stage of pill formation. His face was as gloomy as water. Next to him were the old man in red shirt, the stunning woman named Song and several other monks with somewhat unfamiliar faces.
"All disciples, listen up. The area within ten miles of this mountain is temporarily designated as a forbidden area. Anyone staying nearby will be regarded as violating the sect rules and will be severely punished." The old man surnamed Hu couldn't help but see so many low-level disciples here.
He raised his eyebrows and said with a cold tone.
These low-level Luoyun Sect disciples were all confused when they heard that their master had given such an order, but they could only obey the order and leave with their weapons. The place suddenly became empty.
"Master Mu's nephew, please stay here for now." A pill-forming monk with an ordinary face suddenly moved his lips slightly and transmitted a few words to the old man surnamed Hu, and then pointed to the medicine garden below. The old man's expression moved.
The woman was ready to leave after being called.
"Disciple, please listen to your uncle's instructions!" The woman surnamed Mu was startled, and hurriedly turned around and flew in front of several pill-forming monks, with a look of respect on her face.
"Master Mu's nephew, I heard that you are in charge of this medicine garden." The old man surnamed Feng asked with a calm expression.
"Yes! This medicine garden is managed by a Qi Refining Stage disciple of this peak named 'Bai Ran'." The Yan Leng woman answered honestly.
"Qi refining period? Where is this person now?"
"Disciple doesn't know about this? Several senior brothers broke into the medicine garden just now and took a look. The disciple was not inside." The woman surnamed Mu hesitated for a moment before replying.
"Bai Ran? Could it be that foreign affairs disciple who ranked among the top ten in the sword trial competition more than 20 years ago?" The old man in red shirt asked with a slightly different expression.
"What Uncle Duan said is true, it is this disciple." The woman knew that the other party led the team to participate in the sword trial competition, so she replied not surprisingly.
"It is indeed a bit strange that a disciple from the foreign affairs period can enter the top ten. Could it be that this person really caused the birth sign just now?" The old man surnamed Feng looked at the stone mountain and murmured to himself with a complicated expression. There were a bunch of pill formation beside him.
The monks all looked solemn.
The stunning woman named Song's eyes flashed and she remained silent.
A sign of a baby! Could it be that someone just gave birth to a baby?
Others responded, but when the woman surnamed Mu heard this, she almost didn't believe what she heard, and her face was filled with shock and astonishment.
"Senior Brother Feng, look at the strange scene just now. That person has successfully conceived a baby and is now a monk in the Dan Formation stage. How should we deal with this person?" The old man in red shirt asked slowly.
"Although the other party is a newly advanced Nascent Soul Stage monk, it is no longer something we can face. It is estimated that the two uncles will deal with this matter personally soon. What we are doing now is not to offend anyone.
The other party. Hey! The two uncles are already here." The old man surnamed Feng pondered for a moment. As soon as he made his decision, his expression suddenly relaxed and he shouted softly.
When everyone heard this, Tong Gang felt relieved and hurriedly looked up.
I saw a flash of light from the sky, and two rainbows appeared in front of me, one white and one yellow.
When the old man surnamed Feng and others saw this, they immediately stood on both sides with respectful expressions on their faces.
"Just leave the matters here to me and the two of you. You can go and do whatever you need to do. You don't have to stay here." The silver-haired old man and the Yuanying monk surnamed Lu said calmly as soon as they appeared in front of these pill-forming monks.
The old man surnamed Feng and others claimed so and left near Shishan one after another.
Naturally, the woman surnamed Mu did not dare to stay here. After bowing deeply to the two masters, she hurriedly flew away with her weapons. However, before leaving, she couldn't help but look back in the direction of the medicine garden.
"It is rare for a person to conceive a baby. Is it really that 'Bai Ran'?" When this woman thought of Bai Ran, her heart was in confusion, and her jade face was full of confusion.
...In the cave, Bai Ran was talking to the young woman transformed by Yin Yue in the hall, with a relaxed look on his face, when suddenly a long old voice came from outside.
Upon hearing this message, Bai Ran frowned, then relaxed.
"Yinyue, please release the restriction and let the two Luoyun Sect elders come in first. Sooner or later, you will have to give an explanation to the other party. But after opening the restriction, you should not show your face again. After all, you have the body of a demon fox.
, although he is good at concealment and illusion, the demonic aura on his body cannot be hidden from the Yuanying stage monks." Bai Ran ordered with an unchanging expression.
"Yes, Master." Yinyue replied respectfully, walking out with gentle steps.
A moment later, the two Luoyun Sect elders who were waiting outside the stone mountain suddenly saw that the scenery of the stone mountain below changed. The originally seemingly ordinary rocks and rock walls suddenly appeared with a large green mist, covering the entire hill.
The evil spirit in the fog was soaring into the sky, and the runes were fluttering, clearly showing the appearance of a severe restriction.
The silver-haired old man and the monk surnamed Lu looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The other party opened a cave in Luoyun Sect and set up such a powerful formation. As the masters of this place, they were not even aware of it. It would be really embarrassing to tell them. At the very least, they would be laughed at by several close friends.
, is inevitable.
At this time, Bai Ran's faint voice came from the mist.
"Mr. Bai borrowed your sect's spiritual land to practice this time and didn't say hello to his fellow Taoists. He was really rash. I hope you two won't take it off. I will lift the restriction now and please come into the house for a chat."
Bai Ran's words were very tactful and polite.
"Haha! What are you talking about, fellow Taoist! It's a blessing for our sect to take a fancy to our Luoyun Sect and condense the Nascent Soul in our sect. How could we be dissatisfied! However, we were in a hurry this time.
I feel a little ashamed to be preparing gifts to celebrate the birth of my Taoist friend." The silver-haired old man laughed, as if he didn't mind at all.
"Brother Taoist, you are joking. Bai Ran is already deeply blessed by being able to have a baby here." Bai Ran replied calmly.
As these words came out, the green light mist rolled violently, and a passage of two or three feet opened in front of the two of them.
Seeing this scene, the two silver-haired old men did not hesitate at all, and flew into the passage. In an instant, they flew to a bluestone door.
The stone door was wide open to the outside, and standing in front of it was a young man in a green robe, more than 20 years old, with an ordinary appearance and a smile on his face. It was Bai Ran who came out of the house to welcome them.
"Two fellow Taoists, please come in!" Bai Ran smiled at the two of them and made way to the cave.
"I'm sorry to disturb you." The two silver-haired old men were not polite. After a brief hug, they followed Bai Ran into the stone door.
Then the cyan light mist outside rolled, the passage disappeared, and the restriction was bridged as before.
Although the two silver-haired old men sensed this scene, they knew that this place was within Luoyun Sect, so naturally they would not be worried...
After the two of them and Bai Ran walked through a short passage, they entered a large hall.
"How about you two fellow Taoists try the spiritual tea that I have made here first." Bai Ran waited for the two of them to sit down, then turned his consciousness and saw a giant ape puppet holding a tea tray in his hand and slowly walked in. Between the tea trays
There were three cups of freshly brewed tea on the table, which were placed in front of the three of them one by one. Then the puppet withdrew expressionlessly.
"Good tea! But I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Bai actually practiced the mechanism puppet technique, which is very rare." The silver-haired old man took a sip of the tea in his hand, praised it lightly, and then stared in the direction where the giant ape puppet disappeared, a little bit
said in surprise.
"It's nothing. Bai just knows some puppetry and has refined a few drives. How can he fall under the eyes of two fellow Taoists?" Bai Ran replied nonchalantly.
"Haha! Fellow Taoist is so humble. Although this giant ape is just a puppet, judging from the spiritual energy on his body, there is no problem in defeating a foundation-building monk." The middle-aged man surnamed Lu was equally impressed by Bai Ran's puppet skills.
Unexpectedly, he couldn't help but test out the words.
"Indeed, the full blow of this kind of puppet can be compared with that of a monk in the middle stage of foundation building, but its actions and attack methods are too simple. The materials used to refine it are valuable, enough to be worth a top-level item.
It's a magic weapon." Bai Ran shook his head slightly and pointed out several flaws of the puppet casually.
"But just like this, Taoist friend's puppet is no small matter. Especially if a low-level disciple brings one with him, it is more than enough for self-defense. However, this kind of mechanism puppet technique seems to originate from the Qianzhu Sect in the far west.
Could this fellow Taoist be a monk from the Far West?" The silver-haired old man was still full of praise for the giant ape puppet, but he changed the subject and asked about Bai Ran's origins.
Upon hearing the old man's words, Bai Ran smiled slightly and half-closed his eyes.
Without even thinking about it, he understood the other party's intention and replied calmly on the surface:
"I learned the art of puppetry from an unknown book. I don't know if it has something to do with the Far West. However, the monks in the Far West are proficient in the art of puppetry, and Bai knows it too. It has been there for a long time.
I'll go there later
The monks plan to practice puppetry skills. As for Bai, he is a genuine Tiannan monk. He was born in Yue country in his early years, but was forced to flee other countries after the Six Demonic Sects invaded." Bai Ran told the above half-truth and half-falsely.
A few words.
"It turns out that fellow Taoist is from the Yue Kingdom, which really surprises me. Seeing that fellow Taoist looks so young, I wonder how many years fellow Taoist Bai has been practicing. Could it be that the skills he practices also have a miraculous effect on his appearance?" The monk surnamed Lu and the old man looked at each other.
After a quick glance, he finally couldn't help but ask.
From the beginning, he felt that Bai Ran's appearance was too young, but a monk who could reach the stage of condensing the Nascent Soul must be at least three or four hundred years old. Just like the monk surnamed Lu himself, he entered the Nascent Soul stage when he was nearly 400 years old.
of.
"The exercises that Bai practiced did not have the effect of fixing the appearance. But by chance in the early years, he once took a pill to fix the appearance, and his appearance remained the same as the moment he took the pill. There will be no change. And
Counting on my fingers, I'm over two hundred years old."
"What, two hundred years old?" When the monk surnamed Lu began to hear the words of Dingyan Dan, he secretly thought, 'Sure enough,'. But when Bai Ranyi told his age, his face changed drastically and he looked shocked.
color.
"Fellow Taoist has really only practiced for two hundred years." After hearing Bai Ran's words, the silver-haired old man felt the same in his heart and asked slowly. As far as he knew, after only practicing for two hundred years, he was able to condense.
The monks of Nascent Soul, before Tiannan went up to Merge
It's true that they have happened, but there are only a dozen or so people. All of these people are extremely talented, and most of them have truly become earth-shattering figures. Among them, there are even those who broke through to the late Nascent Soul stage before suddenly disappearing and ascending to another world.
The legend exists.
The young monk in front of him also claims to have only practiced for two hundred years. Doesn't this mean that this person is very likely to break through the early stage of Nascent Soul and become something extraordinary?
"What, is there anything wrong with me conceiving a baby at the age of two hundred years?" When Bai Ran saw this, a trace of suspicion flashed in his eyes. Although he knew that he had formed a Nascent Soul in two hundred years, which was indeed much earlier than other monks.
I really don’t know what the meaning of this move is. After all, Bai Ran only knows a little bit about things related to Nascent Soul Stage monks, and has no chance to come into contact with them.
"It's nothing. Fellow Daoist Bai condensed into a baby at such a young age, which surprised both of us. It seems that Fellow Daoist's future is limitless!" The silver-haired old man sighed lightly and said with a hint of envy on his face.
At the same time, he had already made up his mind. Regardless of whether what the other party said was true or false, the Luoyun Sect must win over a Nascent Soul Stage monk, and they must not antagonize this person. It is best to persuade this person to join.
Luoyun Sect, this is even better.
The middle-aged man surnamed Lu on the side also had a complex look on his face, but his brows had returned to normal. After the silver-haired old man moved his lips slightly and said a few words, both of them showed a solemn look on their faces.
Bai Ran looked calmly and showed no dissatisfaction in his eyes. Instead, he took this opportunity to pick up the teacup on the table and took a few sips.
At this time, the silver-haired old man and the middle-aged man surnamed Lu seemed to have finished discussing, and then the silver-haired old man suddenly said:
"Since Brother Bai is still a casual cultivator, please forgive Cheng for asking this arrogant question. Now that my Taoist brother has become a Nascent Soul, will he have anywhere to go in the future?"
"Where to go? I didn't think about it at the moment. The country of Yue is now ruled by demons. I have offended the Ghost Spirit Sect monks in my early years, so it is impossible to go back. Other places..." Bai Ran said with a look of deep thought.
, seems a little undecided.
"If fellow Taoists don't dislike the fact that Luo Yun Sect is weak, you might as well join this sect. Although our Luo Yun Sect is far less powerful than the Gu Jian Sect, it is also a little bit behind Bai Qiao Yuan. But fortunately, our sect is not as powerful as the Gu Jian Sect.
There is no special cultivation method and no inheritance of exercises.
He has always gathered the strengths of hundreds of schools for his own use. As long as fellow Taoists are willing to join our sect, he will work on an equal footing with my two brothers from now on, and will never treat fellow Taoists as outsiders." The silver-haired old man looked solemn and solemn.
Said. It can be seen at a glance that these words are indeed true words.
"Become an elder of your sect?" Bai Ran frowned inadvertently, with a trace of hesitation on his face.
"Cheng Tiankun of the Luo Yun Sect, congratulations to my fellow Taoist Yuan Ying for forming the Yuan Ying. I wonder if I and my junior brother can come into the house to talk about it."