Chapter 459: Length and Shortness

It was late at night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, it was peaceful and quiet.

The spirit boat traveled quickly through the dark night sky.

Like a giant whale swimming smoothly in the ocean.

As the height continues to increase, the surrounding environment also becomes harsh.

The air is getting thinner.

The temperature also dropped rapidly.

Large ice crystals even formed on the surface of the spirit boat.

But as the rays of light lit up, everything immediately disappeared without a trace.

The recharged spiritualist enters his post.

The soul boards placed everywhere began to work.

A large amount of chalcedony is consumed to provide energy, providing a tough protective barrier for the entire spirit boat.

At the highest point of the spirit boat, there is a three-story spire building.

It's like a giant whale with horns on its head, still flashing with smart light.

On the rooftop platform, two middle-aged men and women sat opposite each other.

While drinking tea and chatting, they admired the picturesque night sky, their expressions were quiet and indifferent, and their every move showed an elegant and noble temperament.

The middle-aged woman picked up a piece of delicate snack, put it in her mouth, chewed it slowly, and then took a sip of tea to moisten her throat.

"It is said that the Pavilion Master went to the lower star ring with the team some time ago. Has Senior Brother Feng Yin got the news? What is the situation there now?"

Her eyes flickered and she asked casually.

"Junior sister Yudan doesn't know yet?"

"I heard the pavilion master mentioned it."

The man put down the tea cup and fell into recollection, "It is said that the situation in the lower star ring is still very bad. The earth is still scorched black and dry, thick smoke and fire poison are spewing out from the cracks, and even the sky is dark red with blood everywhere. The smell of decay.”

After a pause, he slowly exhaled a breath, his expression slightly cold and condensed.

"But these are not the main points. After all, even in a harsh environment, as long as enough spiritual masters can be gathered to take action, it can be transformed and transformed.

Even if you can't return to the once vibrant and prosperous scene, you can at least regain most of your vitality, and then you can introduce various creatures to slowly develop and recover.

However, according to the pavilion master, the lower star rings have become very strange in their eyes.

The whole world was filled with heavy malice, and all kinds of weird and terrifying things happened at that time. Even they were unable to trace the source and find the real cause of all this. "

"Heavy malice?"

The woman's hand that went to get the tea paused slightly, "When Senior Brother Feng said this, I thought about the conspiracy news I heard at the beginning. Is it because of this that led to the occurrence of these malicious intentions."

"I can probably guess what Junior Sister Yutan wants to say."

"However, although the emergence of malicious intent is related to it, the rapid expansion later seems to be another reason."

"what reason?"

Yutan asked doubtfully.

"It seems to be involved with an organization called the Eye of the Void. As for what they are doing and what their purpose is, I don't know."

"Eye of the Void."

She remembered this word in her heart, and after a moment of silence, she suddenly spoke again, "According to Senior Brother Feng Yin, those rumors might actually be true!?"

"Have you always thought that these rumors are just conspiracy news with no trace?"

Feng Yin was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

But his eyes were dim, but there was no smile in his eyes.

“There is no smoke without fire, everything must happen for a reason.”

"Junior sister Yudan, please calm down and think about it. When the great destruction came a long time ago, if the star ring might have been severely damaged, and you, as a magician living in the star core, what choice would you make?"

The woman's fingertips trembled slightly, and her complexion instantly turned pale.

She took a deep breath to calm down the inexplicable surge of emotions.

"Senior Brother Feng means that there were really man-made reasons for the destruction of the lower star ring?"

Feng Yin lowered his eyes and stared at the ripples in the tea cup, "True and false, false and true, who can really tell clearly."

"I can only say that whether those rumors are true or false, they are far away from us, and there is no need to spend time and energy investigating them.

To take a step back, what can you and I do if we know the truth? Will it give you more resources for cultivation, or will it allow you to break through the spiritual barrier of the virtual realm and reach a higher level of enlightenment cultivation? "

Yudan sighed softly, "However, the lower level of the star ring has the most people, and to a certain extent, it can even be regarded as the foundation of the entire star ring. If that is really the case, wouldn't it be an act of self-destruction of the foundation?

In addition, I remember that there is a magician who lives in the core of the star and is the origin of the lower star ring. Will he just watch and let the lower star ring be destroyed without making any objection? "

"Junior Sister Yu, please calm down and think about it carefully."

Feng Yin drank hot tea, but when he spoke, his words were completely cold and cold.

"Not to mention the lower star rings that have long been turned into wasteland, even ordinary people like the middle star rings, and even spiritual masters from various spiritual realms, do you really think of them as the same people as yourself?"

"To put it bluntly, the spiritual magicians in the middle star rings are relatively good. Those ordinary people who are engaged in various jobs are just cows and horses that are not even human in the eyes of you and me."

Yudan opened his mouth, as if he wanted to refute.

But in the end she didn't even say a word.

He just listened quietly as Feng Yin continued to speak.

"As for the lower star ring being the foundation of the entire world, don't listen to what the big guys say. You should observe and study how they actually do it.

This will protect you and me to the greatest extent, and perhaps when the next big change comes, it will allow us to survive for a while longer."

"But..."

"No buts."

Feng Yin looked into her eyes, "Let me say something unpleasant. If Junior Sister Yu and I were sitting in that position, we might be more ruthless and more resolute than them. This is..."

He stopped talking halfway.

Across the square table, Yu Dan also frowned slightly, his pupils shrank, and a look of surprise and astonishment flashed across his face.

Almost at the same time, they had come to the edge of the rooftop platform and looked down at the spirit boat below.

After a few breaths, their eyes met and they looked at each other.

They both saw deep surprise and confusion in each other's eyes.

"This feeling is actually the cave heaven domain of the master of the divine magician?"

Yu Dan held his breath and concentrated, muttering to himself in a very low voice.

Feng Yin closed his eyes, and his eyebrows were throbbing.

A faint spiritual light was clearly visible, winding around his fingertips, and finally all gathered together and sank into the center of his eyebrows.

"It feels like the cave realm, but there are some special strange and weird things."

His mind flashed with thoughts, glanced at the woman next to him, and swallowed the rest of the sentence.

"This should be an incomplete cave realm."

"And it is an ownerless cave realm!"

"I don't know which divine magician died, but left the cave realm, and it appeared in this spiritual boat I am guarding."

Feng Yin took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

His heart suddenly became hot, and even his body couldn't help shaking slightly.

If he could take this cave realm into his pocket, it would definitely bring him unimaginable benefits.

It's not a problem to break through the realm and climb up the level of cultivation, and it can even help him become a new divine magician!

If that time really comes, even the high and mighty Star Jade Pavilion Master will be nothing more than a dog that he can do whatever he wants.

The charred ruins.

The sky is dark red like blood.

Under the increasing pressure, Song Shao's face is bleak and he is in a state of panic.

He no longer looks proud and reserved as before.

At his feet, a bright girl lies quietly.

Under Song Shao's unblinking gaze, she becomes visibly weak and old.

From the beauty of her twenties to a head full of white hair.

From tight skin to loose wrinkles.

It only took a few short breaths.

"Young Master, save me, I don't want to die yet..."

She spoke with all her strength, and her voice was no longer crisp and tender, but became old and hoarse, sounding like dry sand.

Song Shao shuddered, his scalp suddenly numb, his whole body was cold, and he couldn't even stand.

His legs softened and he knelt on the ground, "Senior, spare me. I have never offended you, but..."

"Okay, all your friends have been told. It's no use to be stubborn now."

"You want me to stand by your bed and serve you?"

"I think your best fate is to be used as manure to plant trees."

"Just like her, I will scatter your ashes for you later."

Wei Tao said calmly, kicking the girl who was only breathing her last breath into pieces, turning into flying black ashes.

"No, you can't kill me, I am the son of the Song family in the Central Spirit Realm..."

Song Shao watched his personal maid turn into ashes and dispersed. He was instantly shrouded in endless fear and even began to cry and scream.

"Central Spirit Realm, son of the Song family?"

"What is this useless thing?"

Wei Tao brushed off the dust on his sleeves and raised his hand to point at his forehead.

"Don't you know that I'm a divine magician living in the core of a star?"

"Even your friend named Feng Ying has said so, but I didn't expect you, a fool, to come up and tell me who you are.

This saves me the time of interrogating you. I just need to wait for a convenient time to have an in-depth discussion with your family."

"You, I..."

Song Shao suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and his breath was visibly declining.

Bang!

He was kicked without warning.

He was kicked right in the back of his head.

He fell into a deep coma.

"Since you are so stupid, I will be kind enough to give you a painless death.

So that you won't say anything speechless under the despair and oppression of the great terror between life and death."

Wei Tao sighed softly, and a holy light of great mercy appeared on his face.

Then he bent down and began to grope in the gorgeous clothes, sweeping away all the valuable items.

Not long after, he stood up with satisfaction, ready to leave the ruins. His figure just began to fade but suddenly stopped.

It seemed that the wind was blowing.

Blowing the ashes attached to the ruins.

Floating into the air.

The wind also contained a faint spiritual power, and appeared silently in the ruins.

"Interesting, are they lining up to deliver fertilizer to me?"

"What's more interesting is that in the cave heaven area that belongs to me, I can't find the trace of the people who came for a while."

Wei Tao thought silently, and suddenly a mysterious light exploded and fell heavily on his back.

Boom!!!

Caught off guard, he took two steps back and fell into the big hole he had dug.

"Senior Brother Feng's Xuanzhen Spiritual Technique is really powerful. He killed that guy in just one move."

Quietly, two figures appeared on the edge of the ruins, slowly walking through the ruins and towards the center.

"I was shocked just now. I thought he was the owner of this place."

Feng Yin slowly exhaled a breath, with a faint smile on his face, "In the end, when I saw him, I realized that he was just a lucky guy who was hit in the head by a pie, and he was not the magician who opened up the cave world at all. "

Yutan looked around casually, observing the ruins with a radius of less than a hundred meters.

After a moment, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "It seems that the master magician has definitely died, otherwise this cave realm would not have declined to such a dilapidated state."

"Oh? There is a mummy over there. It seems that they fell into this cave together. It's just that one was buried here, but the other survived."

Feng Yin observed carefully, and a sudden expression flashed between his brows, "That corpse should be a descendant of the Song family in the central spiritual realm of the middle star ring. He can also be regarded as a somewhat powerful young man from a wealthy family. Unexpectedly, he died here. Among the ruins.”

"Senior Brother Feng is very knowledgeable, but I am too lazy to take the trouble to memorize the various spiritual symbols of the star rings below."

Feng Yin just smiled and was about to say something, but suddenly fell silent.

"Um!?"

"No, he's not dead yet. I can still feel this person's breath of life."

He frowned, felt it carefully, and stopped about ten steps away from the pit.

"oh?"

A flash of light flashed in Yudan's eyes, and his tone was rather surprised.

"The vital part of the vest was hit by Senior Brother Feng's Xuanzhen blow, and I didn't sense the breath of a defensive spiritual spell. How could that person survive the damage without dying?"

She whispered, her pupils suddenly contracted slightly.

A figure in ragged clothes and covered in black and gray was reflected in his eyes, walking out of the deep pit in front of him.

"Senior Brother Feng was right. Although this man looked disgraced, he actually saved his own life."

Yudan's eyes wandered, and he suddenly realized that the other party didn't seem to be that simple.

Wei Tao stood on the edge of the pit, quietly looking at the two people a dozen steps away, and said with confusion, "The three people before were devoured when they entered this place, how come you two seem to have nothing happened?

Also, what method did you use to enable you to perform spiritual arts easily and smoothly here? "

After a pause, he continued, "If you can teach me, I can spare your life."

"Spare us?"

"You are such an interesting young man. You always say things that make people laugh."

"Could it be that you boarded the spirit boat and prepared to go to the upper star ring, but you still don't know who the two of us are?"

When Yutan heard this, it was as if he had heard a big joke, and even his eyes turned into crescent moons.

“But I’m in a good mood today, and I don’t want to argue with you, a soil spore, and I can even satisfy your little request.

Tell me what spiritual magic you want to perform here, and I'll see if I can help you achieve your wish. "

Wei Tao nodded, thought slowly and said, "I want to make a spiritual rain here, but neither the small cloud rain technique nor the wind and rain technique can be used smoothly.

If you have a way to solve this problem, you can stay here and help me plant trees. I can ensure your safety.

If not, I can only beat you to death and bury you near my sapling to see if I can make it sprout two more buds. "

"You planted a tree in the Cave Heaven Realm, so you want to make a spiritual rain here?"

Yudan spoke slowly with a smile on his face, but his hands hidden in the sleeves of his broad robe were moving secretly.

Just like the transformation of phantom lightning, it finally formed two completely different seals, which suddenly caused the spiritual power in the body to flow turbulently, and then poured out majesticly.

boom! ! !

Wei Tao stood there motionless.

His expression seemed a little dazed.

He seemed to be thinking about something.

It seemed like he was just waiting quietly for an answer.

He was unaware of the sudden attack.

He didn't even make a defensive response at all, but was hit by a red light right in the face, and fell into the pit again without saying a word.

Yudan exhaled a breath of turbid air and slowly calmed down the somewhat disordered breathing after the explosion.

"The pressure on me here is great, and it's more than ten times more difficult to take action than outside."

She whispered, "But this time it should be okay. He was attacked by my Red Moon and was hit in the face without any defense. Even if he is not dead, he still has to shed several layers of skin."

"Junior Sister Yu's Chiyue has improved again, which is really a gratifying thing."

Feng Yin smiled slightly and did not hesitate to praise him.

But at the next moment, he suddenly narrowed his eyes, with a look of surprise and uncertainty in his eyes.

"kindness!?"

"No, that person is not dead yet."

"He's not dead yet!"

After receiving a blow from his Xuanzhen, and then being hit in the face by Chi Yue, the two kinds of damage were superimposed on each other, and he had not used any spiritual skills to defend himself. Even if the pavilion master came in person, he would probably end up in this situation. Seriously injured and dying.

The results of it?

The guy in the pit clearly wasn't a spiritualist above the realm of light.

It is even unknown whether he has reached the Void Realm, but he can withstand two spiritual arts of Xuanzhen Chiyue with his flesh and blood body without dying?

It is simply out of the ordinary.

After a few breaths.

In the almost astonished eyes of the two, Wei Tao slowly walked out from the bottom of the pit again.

And this time, the black ash on his body disappeared without a trace, and the whole person became refreshed and clean, even the white long gown he wore was brand new, forming a great contrast with the image of being covered in dust just now.

"I wanted to communicate with you in a friendly manner."

"Unfortunately, not only did you ignore my kindness, but you even threw it on the ground and trampled on it wantonly."

Wei Tao said expressionlessly, "I am kind by nature, and I don't want to use people as fertilizer to nourish spiritual trees. As a result, you are destined to be fertilizer, and you deserve to be beaten to death by me."

At this moment, Feng Yin suddenly shouted, "He may have a rare spiritual art immune physique. We use spiritual power to strengthen ourselves, and then rush up to fight in close combat, and we will definitely be able to take him down!"

Boom! ! !

Suddenly, a black and red light burst out.

Then it merged into the bodies of the two people like lightning.

It even formed two sets of heavy armor on the surface of the body.

Boom!

The spiritual power exploded, bringing a whistling gale.

It swept away the surrounding black ashes.

They rushed forward at the same time.

But they stopped abruptly after a moment.

In the suddenly contracted pupils of the two people, a terrifying figure with black scales and bone spurs on its body was reflected.

Watching him stomp on the ground and punch forward.

Boom!

A thunder exploded close to the ground.

Where the fist passed, the gale whistled.

The huge airflow was like a substance, sweeping over.

In an instant, it shattered the defenses that the two people had hastily set up, and smashed them heavily and flew out.

Wei Tao slowly retracted his body, and his eyes and expression seemed a little speechless.

"Immune to spiritual arts?"

"You really have an extremely rich imagination."

"You wanted to rush up and fight me in close combat, thinking you were so powerful, but before I really used my strength, you flew away screaming?

To be honest, since my boxing skills have been perfected, this is the first time I have encountered a crouching dragon and a phoenix like you. You insist on using your own weaknesses to attack my strengths, which makes me laugh out loud."

Yu Dan struggled to get up and stared at the figure who was slowly approaching.

Her heart suddenly tightened.

The blood in her body seemed to be frozen.

From the ends of her hair to her heels, she was cold.

Yu Dan wanted to speak, but only a gurgling sound came out of her throat.

Under great pressure, she couldn't even say a complete word.

Even breathing became extremely difficult.

She turned her head with difficulty, wanting to look at Feng Yin next to her.

But she was extremely surprised to find that this stronger companion than her couldn't even stand up.

She could only half-kneel on the ground, her body was still shaking slightly, as if she was on the verge of coma.

Yu Dan felt a bitter taste in her mouth for no reason. It was not until this moment that she realized with horror that the opponent was not immune to spiritual arts as they thought, but just had a strong and tough body.

But...

He took the killing spiritual arts with his face.

He smashed the defensive barrier with a punch.

This level of body, like the transformation of a demon, has exceeded the limit she could imagine.

Wei Tao stopped a few steps away, looked down and observed carefully.

"So that's how it is. Your cultivation level is much stronger than the other three, so you can resist the wasteland and the seedlings of the sacred tree from devouring your vitality.

Now that you are injured, the spiritual power in your body tends to be chaotic and weak, and you can no longer maintain the lock on the flow of life."

At this point, he sighed secretly, "I must thank you two for solving this mystery for me.

When I meet a master again in the future, I will beat him half to death first, and then throw him here to provide the seedlings with devouring and absorption. This is the choice that maximizes the benefits."

Wei Tao stood with his hands behind his back, speaking in a gentle and casual tone, just like an old friend chatting.

But Yu Dan did not feel relaxed at all.

The strong oppression, coupled with the loss of vitality, was like a noose around her neck, and it was shrinking at an increasingly fast speed.

Without any hesitation.

Not even giving him a chance to say another word.

She knelt down directly, holding her forehead with her hands close to the ground.

"My lord, I surrender."

"You surrendered just after being punched by me?"

Wei Tao frowned slightly, "This is not consistent with your performance just now, so I suspect there is a trick."

"Then what should I do to make my lord believe in my sincerity in surrendering?"

"I only trust two kinds of enemies, one is a cold dead person, and the other is a person who is seriously injured and about to die."

Chi!

Without any warning, a cold light flashed.

Bringing up a burst of hot blood.

Wei Tao's body moved slightly, but in the end he did not make any move.

Feng Yin suddenly widened his eyes, and his pale face was filled with despair and fear, and the rest was an expression of disbelief.

He looked at the spirit blade that pierced through her vitals, and then cast his gaze on Yu Dan. His bloodless lips kept moving, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Chi!

The short knife was pulled out and thrust in again.

Blood splattered again, staining the exquisite clothes she was wearing red.

This happened three times.

Yu Dan didn't continue, but bowed to Feng Yin who was twitching.

"When we were drinking tea and chatting before, Senior Brother Feng told me to think more about it, not to look at what they said, but to look at what they did.

Senior Brother also told me that if I were in that position, I might be even more ruthless and more determined."

She took a deep breath and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Now I understand, Senior Brother can go with peace of mind."

A corpse fell softly to the ground and soon lost its fresh breath.

All the vitality was swallowed and absorbed by the seedlings of the sacred tree and turned into nutrients for growth and development.

There was a slight clang.

She threw away the short knife in her hand, supported her forehead with her hand again, and knelt on the ground.

"I am Yu Dan, the servant, and I greet you, sir."

Wei Tao was silent and looked at the woman at his feet quietly.

Yu Dan maintained her posture of worship and continued slowly, "As you said, my companion is dead, so you can rest assured."

"Besides, I killed Senior Brother Feng with my own hands, and my hands are stained with the blood of my fellow disciples. I have already betrayed Xingyu Pavilion, and I will not even be tolerated by the upper-level Xinghuan.

There is no other way to choose except to surrender to you wholeheartedly."

Her tone was calm and her voice was soft.

It was as if she was not the one who killed people just now.

Wei Tao looked at the woman in front of him with interest, and after a moment, he said bluntly, "Whether you betray or not is your own choice. What does it have to do with me?

Besides, you can kill your companions today, and you may wave a dagger at me tomorrow. How can I believe in your surrender?"

Yu Dan fell into despair and almost collapsed on the ground.

But in the next moment.

She trembled and listened to Wei Tao continue.

"But your ruthless nature has aroused some interest in me. I want to see how far you can go.

You just want me to take you in. You are far from doing enough now and have not met my minimum requirements."

"Sir, what else do you need me to do?"

Wei Tao said slowly and gently, "First, you need to make it rain here, and then you need to withstand my strengthening. Only then can you pass the test and survive in my hands."

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The spiritual boat crosses the dark void.

The three-story building at the top.

The center of the best viewing terrace.

Wei Tao lay on his back in the reclining chair, holding a cup of spiritual tea in his hand and tasting it slowly.

Yu Dan served beside him, adding tea and water from time to time, and placing snacks and fruits.

Time passed little by little.

After passing through a faint barrier, a golden ring above became clearer and clearer.

The mountains and rivers above can be clearly seen.

"Sir, we will reach the end of this journey in one day."

Yu Dan introduced the information of the spiritual boat docking area, and at the same time carefully observed and explained in detail the places that Wei Tao was interested in.

"Please rest assured, sir, for the few people missing on the spiritual boat, I have already thought of an excuse and made full preparations to deal with it. I will never bring trouble to you."

"Sir, if you want to find information about the spiritualist Zhang Ji, you can go to Xingyu Pavilion with me. Maybe there will be records in the classics there.

In addition, there is also a large family of spiritualists named Zhang in the upper star ring. I also know someone among them, and I can also ask her about it from the side."

Wei Tao nodded, closed his eyes and began to rest.

Time passed by little by little.

The next morning when the dawn was just beginning, the spiritual boat began to slowly descend.

Enshrouded by the quietly rising bright light, it landed on a large platform outside a city.

After a long journey, people packed up their luggage, greeted their familiar friends, and lined up to file out of the spiritual boat.

Some of them laughed and talked, some looked curious, and some looked hurried. They quickly got on different cars and left in different directions.

Wei Tao followed Yu Dan and walked slowly along the passage paved with square stones.

He felt the more concentrated spiritual energy of the upper star ring, as if his body and mind were baptized in all directions.

Suddenly, a noise came from the front.

There were two carriages for picking up people, which stayed in the waiting area and did not leave.

A large Song character on the carriage flashed a faint light under the morning light.

An old man was holding the Xingyu Pavilion disciple who came down from the spirit boat and asking about the whereabouts of the person he was waiting for.

Both sides were emotional and seemed to be about to quarrel.

Until Yu Dan came close, a spiritual technique directly penetrated the carriage, and then pressed the old man to the ground without any hesitation, and then threw him a handwritten note, which directly resolved the dispute.

"It's my fault for disturbing your mood, sir."

Yu Dan quickly retreated to Wei Tao and whispered in a low voice.

Wei Tao didn't comment on this, but just asked casually, "Will they cause any more trouble?"

She lowered her eyes, and her tone suddenly became cold and icy when she spoke again, "Please rest assured, sir, it's just a family of spiritualists in the middle-level star ring. If they dare to make trouble again, let them know how powerful the Xingyu Pavilion is."

The two quickly left the waiting area and looked at the towering city in front of them.

Under the light of the pale golden sunlight, it was dormant quietly, but it gave people a faint sense of oppression, lingering in their hearts all the time.