Chapter 164 The Twelve Earthly Branches of the Black Lotus, the Four Evil Places of the Mountain and Sea Realm

"This is the map of the mountain and sea world. Take it."

"Although with the existence of the mountain and sea scrolls, most mountain and sea beasts will not attack you, but there are exceptions to everything. It is best not to get close to some special places."

"Because there are some mountain and sea beasts sealed in those places, and they don't care whether they are from the Shanhai Division."

"In addition, the Mountain and Sea Realm opens every three months, and tomorrow happens to be the time when the Mountain and Sea Realm opens."

"If you miss the opening time of the Mountain and Sea Realm tomorrow, you will have to wait until the next opening of the Mountain and Sea Realm."

"So if it's not necessary, you'd better not go too far from the two realms of Sumeru today, otherwise it's easy to miss the time."

"Finally, this is the record of the strange beasts of the mountains and seas, which records the strange beasts of the mountains and seas that our company has discovered so far, including their appearance, abilities, fate, and the places where they often appear."

"Although it's a bit talkative, I still want to remind you, that is, don't rush to pursue those high-life beasts in the Mountain and Sea Beasts Record."

"Because many of them don't like to be controlled by others. They would rather live alone in the mountains and seas than sign a contract with Xing Xing."

"So when looking for strange beasts from the mountains and seas, it's best to act according to your ability. When you encounter a suitable strange beast from the mountains and seas, don't hesitate, even if your life is a little lower, it doesn't matter."

"After all, there is not much difference between the strength and weakness of the mountain and sea beasts. Each mountain and sea beast is born and raised, and has its own destiny and ability."

"What suits others may not suit you. It is more important to suit yourself than to have a good destiny."

"How about it, do you have any other questions?"

Lu Chen looked at the mountain and sea walk guarding the gates of the Little Penglai Fairy Island and the Mountain and Sea Realm, and replied: "No, thank you for reminding me."

Hearing this, the Shanhaizhang smiled and said: "It's okay, this is all my responsibility."

"Remember the opening time of the Mountain and Sea Realm tomorrow. If you miss it, you will have to wait another three months."

"good."

Lu Chen nodded, then turned and walked outside.

But just when Lu Chen walked out of the gate of Qingzhou Shanhai Division, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be a gaze watching him in the dark.

Without any hesitation, he immediately turned his head and looked in the direction of his gaze.

Except for some normal walking on mountains and seas, there is not much weirdness that catches the eye.

This immediately made Lu Chen frown.

Because since he experienced the strengthening of the 'Hualong Pond', his five senses have been greatly improved.

Coupled with the special talent of the 'Fairy Spirit Lotus Fetus', Lu Chen's perception of spiritual power, breath, etc. is very keen.

Therefore, Lu Chen was very sure that at that moment, someone was watching him secretly.

And that look definitely didn’t mean well.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen silently walked towards his hotel on Xiao Penglai Island, pretending to be leaving.

Not long after Lu Chen left, a smaller woman walked out from behind the door frame.

She looked at the direction Lu Chen left and was secretly shocked.

You must know that the blessing of her Buddha Mother can reduce her sense of existence to an astonishing level.

Even if you are a golden elixir stage monk, as long as you don't know about her existence in advance.

She was also confident that she would leave quietly under the eyes of the other party.

But just for a moment, she was keenly aware that Lu Chen seemed to have discovered her.

If she hadn't reacted quickly and hid immediately out of caution, she might have been found by Lu Chen.

Thinking of this, her impression of Lu Chen... became even deeper.

As expected of the Holy Son I teach, he is indeed extraordinary...

Thinking of this, Maotu immediately made up his mind.

After entering the world of mountains and seas this time, it is best to give priority to completing the tasks assigned by the leader.

Then let's see if there is a chance to take the Holy Son out of the world of mountains and seas.

While Maotu was thinking about this, a voice came from behind her.

"Miss Chu, why are you here alone?"

"The Mountain and Sea Realm will open tomorrow. We thought about gathering a few teammates to discuss our actions after entering the Mountain and Sea Realm. But we suddenly found that you were missing. We have been looking for you for a long time."

Maotu Chuxia turned his head, and what caught his eye was a tall Shanhai Xing.

She looked at the other person and immediately showed a harmless expression on her face. She rubbed her hands and apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I just saw an acquaintance, so I chased him out. It turned out that I was wrong. I'm sorry."

Looking at Chu Xia's pitiful expression of recognition and her petite and cute face.

Walking on the Mountains and Seas·Deng Liang immediately put away some of his accusing words.

After all, cuteness...is justice!

Deng Liang, who was confused by Mao Tu's cute appearance, immediately turned his head and did not dare to look directly at her.

After coughing twice, he pretended to be a gentleman and said, "It's okay. We just didn't see you suddenly and thought you were lost."

"After all, the Mountain and Sea Realm is about to open, so everyone is a little nervous."

"And everyone has just passed the walking trial, and they all want to take this opportunity to contract a powerful mountain and sea beast, so they are subconsciously a little impatient. You don't need to be sorry, none of us blame you."

"But you'd better come with me quickly, don't keep the others waiting."

"good."

Chu Xia nodded, then lowered her head and followed Deng Liang towards the canteen of Qingzhou headquarters.

And not long after the two left, Lu Chen made a rare appearance and returned.

He came to the place where Chu Xia and Deng Liang were standing before and looked around suspiciously.

After confirming that there was nothing unusual, he left silently.

Originally, after he sensed the strange peek just now, he paid special attention to it.

Thinking of pretending to leave, and then suddenly coming back to see if he can find the person who is spying on him in the dark.

But after he came back, he could no longer feel the strange feeling.

Either the other person has left, or he just felt wrong.

If you are an ordinary person, you may feel that you are making a fuss out of a molehill.

But Lu Chen, who has a cautious personality, trusts his own judgment.

He firmly believed that someone was watching him secretly just now with malicious intent.

Even though the Qingzhou Shanhai Division is the headquarters of a state, the people who can appear here are basically the core figures of the Shanhai Division.

There shouldn't be any evil heretics.

But be careful, so it is not surprising that an organization as big as Wannian Ship and Shan Hai Division has been taken advantage of by someone with serious intentions.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen felt that perhaps he should make more preparations before entering the world of mountains and seas.

After all, no one knows which one will come first, the accident or tomorrow.

Just be careful, there's nothing wrong with that.

Before leaving the Qingzhou Shanhai Division headquarters, Lu Chen took a deep look around him.

Then he turned around and walked outside.

At this time, there is still one day before the opening of the Mountain and Sea Realm. I can use this time to make more preparations.

For example...use the experience points you have accumulated over a long period of time.

If he could comprehend another Hedao realm sword intention before entering the mountain and sea realm.

Even if it is impossible to create a new sword formation based on that sword intention in the short term.

But it is still possible to enrich your attack methods.

A little more means can give him a little more confidence when facing accidents.

Late at night, outside Qingzhou Shanhai Division, inside a hotel run by Penglai Xianmin.

The leader of the Black Lotus Cult, Mao Tu Chu Xia, discussed with a few ‘friends’ what to do after entering the world of mountains and seas.

He went back to the room alone to rest.

But as soon as she entered the room, she immediately came to the bathroom.

Then she bit her finger and began to draw a special formation on the bathroom mirror.

Then, she took out a mirror from her arms.

I saw that the frame of this mirror was very strange. It was shaped like a naked and sad woman, hugging the circular mirror with both hands.

Like a mother holding her baby.

Chu Xia looked at the mirror and dripped the blood from her fingers on it.

The next second, the sad woman on the frame of the mother-in-law mirror shed two lines of blood and tears.

After doing all this, Chu Xia placed the mother-in-law mirror on the sink in the bathroom.

A strange power radiated from the mother-child mirror, and eventually spread to the bathroom mirror.

Not long after, a large amount of blood flowed from the bathroom mirror, and soon covered the entire mirror.

Chu Xia looked at the mirror and immediately put her hand on it.

The next second, Chu Xia's vision went dark.

When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in a quaint courtyard.

In the center of the courtyard is a blood-red lotus pond, filled with black lotuses in full bloom.

Several people had gathered around the pool.

"Maotu, you're late."

Maotu Chuxia turned around, and the person speaking was the leader of the Black Lotus Sect wearing an ugly cow mask.

Before Chu Xia could answer, a slightly sharp voice came from the side.

"Maotu is a general of our religion who has been personally arranged by the leader to carry out special tasks. How dare you, Chouniu, a fool like you, to accuse her? Be careful that Maotu reports to the leader and will give you little shoes later, Jie Jie Jie..."

Listening to the unpleasant voice of Unitary Chicken, Chou Niu snorted coldly in his dull voice: "You half-and-half guy, do you think the leader is as petty as you?"

"Little belly chicken intestines? I am originally a chicken. What happened to the small belly chicken intestines? Jie Jie Jie..."

Even though he said that, the eyes he looked at the ugly cow under the unitary chicken mask were full of murderous intent.

Obviously he has a grudge against the ugly cow.

"Hahaha, as soon as I came here I saw the classic fight in the nest. The Black Lotus Sect is indeed a Feng Shui treasure. I really came to the right place!"

"With you here, my teacher is really... I can be 'bullied' in the future!"

Several people turned their heads and saw a man in a monkey mask walking to the edge of the pool, looking at the ugly cow and unitary rooster not far away with a playful expression.

He looked like he was just watching the fun and didn't think it was a big deal.

At the same time, several more figures walked out of the shadows.

And their faces also wear masks symbolizing the twelve earthly branches.

It's just that the twelve earthly branches that were supposed to have twelve people now only have eleven people.

For those who were absent, the eleven Black Lotus cult leaders present all knew the reason.

It was the Zi Shu who was beheaded by Master Can Jian of Shangqing Dao Palace.

In fact, Si Snake among the twelve earthly branches also died in the recent chaos in Luocheng.

However, Si Snake's position has been filled, only Zi Shu has not found a suitable candidate, so there are only eleven people from the twelve earthly branches.

But even if one person is missing, it does not affect the things they gathered to discuss this time.

"Is everyone here?"

Just when everyone was still about to say something, a cold voice came from the pond.

Hearing this voice, the twelve earthly branches who originally disliked each other immediately became quiet.

Not long after, everyone saw a black lotus blooming in the blood pool.

A child of about six years old sat on the lotus.

Seeing his appearance, everyone present immediately knelt on the ground.

"I am waiting to welcome the leader."

The child-like leader of the Black Lotus nodded calmly, then looked at Maotu, who was not far away, and said, "Maotu, how is the progress of what I arranged for you to do?"

Maotu Chuxia replied respectfully: "Return to the leader, I have arrived at the headquarters of the Qingzhou Shanhai Division, and I will be able to enter the Shanhai Realm soon."

"As long as everything goes well, we should be able to bring at least one of the four ferocious beasts out of the mountain and sea realm."

Hearing this, the leader of Black Lotus nodded with satisfaction, and then reminded: "This trip to the mountains and seas is a grand plan that our sect has been planning for thirty years, and there is no room for failure."

"As long as one of the Four Evils can be released from the realm of mountains and seas, the day will not be far when our sect will conquer the Nine Provinces."

"Maotu, I hope you won't disappoint me."

Maotu Chuxia lowered his head and said seriously: "Master, please rest assured. I promise to complete the task. It's just that I saw my sect's holy son in Shanhaisi not long ago. I don't know..."

"Don't worry about it. You are definitely no match for him right now. I will handle the matter of the Holy Son myself, so there is no need to do anything extra."

Maotu was stunned because she didn't expect the leader to say that she couldn't deal with the Holy Son.

You must know that although she used secret techniques to disguise her cultivation as the foundation building stage.

But she is actually a real Golden Core cultivator.

And she has also experienced three gifts from the Buddha Mother, and her strength is more than a step higher than the average golden elixir stage monks.

But the leader said that she was no match for the Holy Son, which made Maotu somewhat unconvinced.

Because she knew that the Holy Son Lu Chen only had the cultivation level of the foundation building stage.

She uses one golden elixir stage to deal with one foundation building stage. Isn't this a success?

Perhaps he was worried that Mao Tu would do some unnecessary things this time, thus affecting his original plan.

The leader of the Black Lotus explained: "Although the Holy Son is only in the foundation building stage now, he has not only entered the Hedao realm, but also has the support of that being behind him. You are by no means his opponent."

"Maotu, after entering the world of mountains and seas, do your own thing well and don't be greedy for credit."

Hearing this, Maotu stopped talking.

I don't know whether she listened or not.

After the Black Lotus leader finished these instructions, he looked at everyone and said: "The plan has reached a critical stage now. I don't care what you have on hand, just put it all down now."

"When Mao Tu arrives at the Land of the Four Evils, she will activate the teleportation array so that you can smoothly enter the realm of mountains and seas."

"At that time, some people from the Shanhai Division will definitely react and forcibly open the Shanhai Realm."

"However, if you want to open the Mountain and Sea Realm continuously in a short period of time, you need the cooperation of multiple Penglai Immortal Islands, so it will take about seven days to prepare."

"So after alerting Shanhaisi, you have seven days to break the four evil seals."

"Fortunately, the Shan Hai Division has an agreement with the Shan Hai Realm. Only monks at the Golden Core stage and below, or guardians who fully grasp the fate of alien beasts, are allowed to enter."

"So the guardians of the Four Evil Lands will only be the masters of the Golden Core Stage, and they are the ones you need to deal with this time."

"I don't care what method you use, I hope you can finally bring at least one of the Four Evil Beasts out of Shanhaisi."

"As long as there is even one of the Four Evil Beasts, my teaching 'Great Darkness' can begin to be implemented."

"So this plan only allows for success and does not allow for failure. Do you understand?"

Hearing this, the twelve earthly branches nodded one after another, indicating that they would definitely complete the task.

After all, the Black Lotus Sect spent a lot of effort on this mission.

Once this mission fails, they will have no next chance.

Because after this experience, the Shanhai Division will definitely be on guard and strictly review those monks who enter the Shanhai Realm.

At that time, even Black Lotus monks like Mao Tu, who have special means, will have a hard time deceiving Shanhaisi.

That's why the leader of the Black Lotus said that this plan can only succeed and cannot fail.

Moreover, the Four Evils are extraordinary. Not only do they have special abilities, but they also have extremely cruel personalities.

Even if the twelve earthly branches are released, they may not follow them obediently.

Therefore, in addition to dealing with the original guardians of the Four Fierce Lands, they may also need to deal with the powerful Four Fierce Beasts.

Even though they have been sealed for thousands of years and their power has been greatly weakened, they are not something ordinary monks can deal with.

At least three or more of the twelve earthly branches need to attack at the same time to surrender.

Originally, if Zi Shu had not been killed by Master Can Jian, their plan would have had a high success rate this time.

However, due to Zi Shu's absence, one of the Four Evil Lands could only send out two twelve earthly branches.

Fortunately, Chenlong and Yinhu among the twelve earthly branches are outstanding in strength.

Just relying on the two of them, I think they should be able to successfully release a four-ferocious beast.

So if nothing else goes wrong, their plan this time should go smoothly.

The worst can bring out a four-ferocious beast from the world of mountains and seas.

But for some reason, the leader of the Black Lotus always had a bad premonition about this plan.

Because the timing of Lu Chen's appearance in the Shanhai Realm was too unlucky.

Generally speaking, in the world of mountains and seas, except for the four evil places, there are four wardens guarding them all year round.

The other entrances will only be guarded by ordinary mountain and sea walkers.

After all, the level of the Master of Scriptures is already a high-end force in the Mountain and Sea Division.

If too many Master of Scriptures are arranged in the Mountain and Sea Realm, it will undoubtedly be a great waste.

Not to mention the cultivators who usually enter the Mountain and Sea Realm, which is at the foundation-building stage.

And the guards who have contracted the mountain and sea beasts for the second time are rare in a thousand years.

The Black Lotus Sect Leader has also investigated this in advance.

At present, the seven guards of the Mountain and Sea Division have already completed the contract of the second mountain and sea beasts and will not enter the Mountain and Sea Realm.

And the two vacant guards have not been filled in the short term.

So they only need to consider this batch of walkers entering the Mountain and Sea Realm, and the four Master of Scriptures who guard the four evil seals.

Therefore, in theory, they only need to deal with four Jindan stage cultivators.

And with the strength of the twelve earthly branches, normally as long as three of the twelve earthly branches act together, they can stably take down a Jindan stage Master of Scriptures.

But the appearance of Lu Chen undoubtedly broke this balance a little.

Because although Lu Chen is only in the foundation building stage.

But whether it is his sword intent in the Hedao realm or the power lent to him by Gu Qie.

They all make him an outlier in the foundation building stage and must be treated as a Jindan stage.

In fact, if possible, he would rather wait until Lu Chen leaves the Mountain and Sea Realm before letting Maotu and others take action.

But he finally let Maotu get the opportunity to enter the Mountain and Sea Realm, and arranged the magic array that can enter the Mountain and Sea Realm.

You must know that the magic array that can cross the two realms cannot be arranged just by wanting to.

Not to mention that for the sake of safety, the magic arrays arranged by the Black Lotus Sect Leader have been specially arranged with time limits, and they will be automatically destroyed after the time is exceeded.

This is to prevent the people of the Mountain and Sea Division from following the clues and finding their traces afterwards.

Therefore, if he misses this opportunity.

Then it is hard to say whether there will be such a good opportunity to take action next time.

Not to mention that his other plans also need the help of these four evils.

It can be said that a single move affects the whole body.

Thinking of this, the Black Lotus Sect Leader simply stopped thinking about it.

After all, plans can never keep up with changes. Instead of looking ahead and behind, it is better to focus on the present.

Moreover, the four evil places are far apart from each other. Even if the Saint Lu Chen is accidentally involved in it, it can only affect the plan of one of the four evil places at most, and it will not have much impact on the whole.

Therefore, they do not need to release all the four evils, as long as they can ensure that one of the four evils is brought out.

There is a certain degree of fault tolerance.

Thinking of this, the Black Lotus Sect Leader immediately said: "Okay, let's talk about the four evils. Go back and prepare."

"Yes."

As the secret meeting ended, Chu Xia's soul returned to her body.

She took the mother-and-child mirror on the washstand and turned to leave the bathroom.

Without the influence of the mother-and-child mirror, the entire bathroom quickly returned to normal, without the weirdness of the blood-stained mirror just now, as if nothing had happened...

The next day, Qingzhou Shanhai Division Headquarters, the entrance to the Shanhai Realm.

"Xiao Lu, why don't you wait for me and prepare to go to the Mountain and Sea Realm by yourself!"

Lu Chen looked at Mu Xiaoye who had reached the foundation-building stage and replied: "The Mountain and Sea Realm opens every three months. I thought you couldn't catch up this time."

Mu Xiaoye put her hands on her hips and said confidently: "I am a genius. It doesn't take too much time to break through such a simple thing."

"Let's not talk about this. Xiao Lu, have you thought about which mountain and sea beast you want to find?"

Lu Chen nodded. For the mountain and sea beast he contracted this time, Lu Chen naturally had a plan.

But Lu Chen would not be stubborn and only identify one mountain and sea beast.

Everything depends on the actual situation when entering the Mountain and Sea Realm.

After all, plans can never change.

And while Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye were chatting, the gate between the two realms that symbolized the Mountain and Sea Realm not far away... opened.

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