Chapter 197: The Gathering Bell Rings, Hundreds of Boats Race Against Each Other, the Ancient Moon Cave Is an Unprecedented Spectacle

One year and three months later, Qingyun Sect Danyang Peak.

"Master..."

Lu Chen came to the cave where Master Linghuo Taoist Jing Gong was.

At this time, Linghuo Taoist Jing Gong had been waiting for him for a long time.

After seeing Lu Chen appear, Linghuo Taoist Jing Gong said seriously: "Xiao Lu, are you ready?"

Hearing these words, Lu Chen nodded calmly.

As for what this preparation is, it is self-evident.

Naturally, it is the True Immortal Trial that is coming soon.

Although there are still three months until the start of the True Immortal Trial, no one will wait until the True Immortal Trial begins.

Usually you will go some time in advance.

Although Lu Chen didn't say anything, Jing Gong looked at his cultivation at the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment Stage and knew that he had been in retreat for the past few years with great results.

After all, Lu Chen went to the Great Yan Dynasty after his last breakthrough.

At that time, Jing Gong felt that Lu Chen could not hold back his anger and did not wait for his cultivation to be completely stable before seeking revenge on his 'enemy'.

But looking at it now, the reason why Lu Chen was so anxious at that time may also have something to do with the special nature of those 'grievances'.

Thinking of this, Jing Gong said: "I called you here today, firstly because the True Immortal Trial is coming soon, and I was worried that you would miss the time, so I asked you to end the retreat in advance."

"The second is the giant spirit gate you mentioned last time... we have achieved certain results."

That's right, after Lu Chen's last reminder, the head Gu Liqing asked people to quietly go to the Giant Spirit Gate in Eastern China to investigate.

Although people in the past were not able to enter the Giant Spirit Sect and investigate the complete situation of this sect.

But there is no airtight wall in the world.

Although Qingyun Sect only sent some of its subordinate forces.

But those forces also have their own characteristics.

For example, Qingyun Sect has an organization in the mortal world specifically designed to investigate intelligence, called Yanyu Tower.

The monks in Yanyu Tower are generally composed of former Qingyun Sect monks who have failed the Qingyun Sect's assessment or have other ordinary qualifications.

Although these people are average in strength, they are first-class experts in investigating information.

Under Yanyulou's investigation, Qingyun Sect already knew that a big change seemed to have occurred in the Juling Sect.

Not only did the atmosphere in the sect become very strange.

Even the original Giant Spirit Sect monks have been replaced a lot.

This is undoubtedly a very strange thing for a sect.

After all, it usually takes ten years to train a monk.

Even a sect like Qingyun Sect would not let its disciples take risks casually.

But the Giant Spirit Sect can change so many disciples in a short period of time, which is undoubtedly abnormal.

But when things get to this point, it's actually enough.

Therefore, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, the head Gu Liqing did not let the people from Yanyu Tower continue to inquire about the situation of Juling Sect, but asked them to withdraw first.

After hearing this, Lu Chen asked: "What is the leader going to do?"

Jing Gong did not answer directly, but asked: "What do you want to do?"

After Lu Chen thought for a moment, he said without hesitation: "Lead the snake out of its hole and make it public."

"Senior Brother Head said the same thing."

The two looked at each other and knew what the other was thinking.

Although it is not difficult for the Qingyun Sect to destroy the Giant Spirit Sect.

But it is very difficult to make the entire Zhongzhou sect pay attention to Gang Ni.

Because in essence, the current Gang Ni is not much different from the ordinary demon sects.

Take the current Giant Spirit Sect as an example. As long as the Qingyun Sect randomly sends out a few Nascent Soul stage elders, it will be enough to kill them from top to bottom.

In the Qingyun Sect, there are at least ten Yuanying Stage disciples.

If we also count some people traveling abroad and some old Nascent Souls who have been in seclusion for hundreds of years.

This number may be doubled.

Even the other top ten sects in Zhongzhou don't have such terrifying background as Qingyun Sect.

But several Yuanying stage monks can still take action.

Faced with such a situation, in the eyes of most sects, a mere giant spirit sect is nothing more than a biting wild dog.

It's not difficult to kill.

After all, they don't know the nature of Gang Ni, and naturally they can't understand the threat of Gang Ni.

The only way is to capture a few gangsters alive, and then completely display them in front of all the sects on some important occasion.

Only in this way can the importance of other sects be brought to light.

And what kind of occasion will attract the attention of all sects, and it can also be guaranteed that there will definitely be evil spirits coming.

There is no doubt that it is the True Immortal Trial that is coming soon.

Jing Gong stood up and told them their plan this time.

"As for the matter regarding the Giant Spirit Sect, the leader is going to personally take action to see if he can catch any evildoers above the Nascent Soul stage."

"And its target is the Giant Spirit Gate in Eastern China."

"What the head brother means is that while this True Immortal Trial has attracted the attention of most sects in the world, it will also temporarily reduce their attention to other divine states."

"This is not only true for us, but also for those evildoers in your mouth."

"They would never have thought that we would attack them at this time and catch them off guard."

"But the head brother also said that you should prepare for the worst in everything."

"Although we have seen the evil in your mouth, we also understand the danger of these guys."

"But there is no guarantee that other sects will not have other ideas, so he must be prepared for the pressure we will face if we cannot prove that the Juling Sect is an external force."

"If such a situation really occurs, there must be corresponding countermeasures."

"As for what this countermeasure is, don't worry. It has nothing to do with you for the time being. You just need to concentrate on dealing with this True Immortal Trial."

"In fact, we have thought about taking action against those evildoers in the True Immortal Trial, but compared to those small fish who come to participate in the True Immortal Trial, it is more important to catch the big fish of the Juling Sect."

"Having said that, once there is a suitable opportunity, you still don't hesitate, you can directly find a way to capture them alive."

"I believe that you have such strength, Xiao Lu."

"And in order to ensure that our information will not be leaked, so that those evildoers can be prepared, so far, only you, me, and the head brother know the situation of the evildoers in the sect."

"Do you have anything else to add?"

Regarding the arrangement of the head Gu Liqing, Lu Chen felt that even if he was replaced, the result would be almost the same.

Grasp the main contradiction and temporarily let go of the secondary contradiction.

If you want to have both fish and bear's paw, you often can't get either.

Therefore, capture the Nascent Soul stage evildoers in the Giant Spirit Sect and temporarily let go of the small evildoers in the True Immortal Trial.

Lu Chen felt that there was no problem with Gu Liqing's plan.

Of course, this temporary letting go of the small evildoers was only for before entering the True Immortal Trial.

Once entering the True Immortal Trial.

For the True Immortal Trial that can only be participated by the Foundation Establishment Stage, Lu Chen can almost be said to be walking sideways in it.

Even if there are geniuses from other sects among the people who came to the True Immortal Trial this time.

But these geniuses are not a problem for him now.

Lu Chen is definitely a unique existence.

He can forcibly kill those evildoers who sneaked into the True Immortal Trial in front of these geniuses.

After all, Lu Chen has learned from Gu Liqing that the suppression of the True Immortal Trial on cultivators is a suppression at the level of "Tao".

Except for some secret methods and special magical powers, things like the talismans of the Transformation Stage or the four realms of Dao tools cannot be used in the True Immortal Trial.

Otherwise, a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator holding a Yuanying Stage or Transformation Stage talisman can walk sideways in the True Immortal Trial.

The meaning of the trial is lost.

As for how to find the evil hidden in the True Immortal Trial, it naturally depends on his mountain and sea beasts... Di Ting.

With Di Ting, even if the evil can cover up the breath on their bodies, they can't cover up their twisted hearts.

It can be said that as long as they are encountered by Di Ting, these evils will have nowhere to hide.

When all the sects are focused on the True Immortal Trial, catch the evil leaders in the Giant Spirit Sect.

This is the core of the Qingyun Sect's plan this time.

This plan seems simple, but sometimes the simpler the plan, the easier it is to succeed.

The great way is simple, nothing more than this.

"Okay, don't worry too much about the evil things. Even if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. We will treat these alien visitors well."

"For now, you just need to focus on the True Immortal Trial. This is for you. Keep it well."

While speaking, Jing Gong gave Lu Chen a special three-level magic weapon.

[Name: Ice Silkworm Robe]

[Quality: Three-level Spiritual Treasure]

[Effect 1·Dustless: Can automatically remove dust, blood stains, etc. on the robe]

[Effect 2·Aura: Can activate the robe aura to form a special spiritual shield, which can offset the damage of magic to a certain extent]

[Special effect·Ice Condensation: Condenses thousands of years of black ice and freezes anything within one kilometer around]

"I have observed carefully that ordinary spiritual treasures are not very effective for you, but the robe is of good use to you, and it should be of great help to your True Immortal Trial this time."

"In addition, I also asked my senior sister to refine a lot of pills for you. Although because of the True Immortal Trial's 'True Immortal Domain' ', only elixirs below the fourth realm can be used, but even though they are all elixirs, they also have different qualities. "

"Senior sister refines perfect third realm elixirs for you. With them, as long as you have a breath left, they can pull you back from the gates of hell."

"Although you may find me annoying, I still have something to say, that is, don't try to be brave in everything, and move away when you encounter danger."

"With the sect, as long as the other party is not an immortal who travels in the mortal world, we can get you back."

"So remember, running away is not shameful, but dying is shameful, understand?"

Looking at Jing Gong's serious expression, Lu Chen nodded seriously.

"Okay, you go to the main peak now, where there are already many true disciples of our sect waiting."

"Three days later, you will go to the Guyue Cave with them."

"Yes."

After bidding farewell to Jing Gong, Lu Chen set off for the main peak of Qingyun.

Three months later, in the southwest of Zhongzhou, Xihai Pass.

Xihaiguan is a port city to the west of Zhongzhou, Zuiyunhai.

The main reason why this sea area is called Zuiyunhai is because of the immortal secret realm that appears here every hundred years... Guyue Cave.

According to legend, the owner of Guyue Cave, Guyue Zhenxian, is a person who loves alcohol.

The predecessor of Guyue Cave is just the "wine cellar" left by Guyue Zhenxian in the mortal world.

But later, for some unknown reason, this wine cellar was made by the real person Gu Yue into a trial place specifically for testing inheritors.

But even so, those fairy wines still had a considerable impact on the surrounding sea area over the years.

One of the most important effects is that every time Guyue Cave is opened, a 'drunken cloud' will appear on the Western Sea.

Not to mention mortals, even monks would find it difficult to resist the astonishing 'drunkness' when they enter these drunken clouds.

In every true immortal trial, many monks fell from the air into the sea because of being 'drunk'.

If you are lucky, you will be photographed by the waves to the nearest island or shore.

Those who are unlucky will become food for monsters in the sea.

However, as the monks in Zhongzhou study more and more about Guyue Cave, the current "Zuiyun" will only affect those casual cultivators who come to Zhongzhou for the first time and do not know Zuiyun.

Zhongzhou sects all have their own methods of resisting Zuiyun.

As the True Immortal Trial gets closer and closer, Xihaiguan, a former mortal city, is now gathering a lot of practitioners.

Among them was a pair of casual cultivators from Southern China.

"Master, look above your head!"

In a restaurant in Xihaiguan, an ordinary-looking young man in simple clothes looked at the huge fairy boat appearing above his head and couldn't help but exclaimed.

I saw that it was a 100-meter Jiuyao Immortal Boat. From a distance, it looked like a big mountain appearing above everyone's heads.

Such a scene is rarely encountered in Southern China, which is known as the desert of cultivating immortals.

In response, the old man next to the young man looked up while eating chicken legs.

When he saw the sect flag hanging on this fairy boat, the old man's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Lingyin Valley, I didn't expect them to come too."

Hearing the old man's words, the young man named Ye Hao couldn't help but said: "Master, is this Lingyin Valley very powerful?"

"sharp?"

The old man seemed to have thought of some joke and said sarcastically: "Xiao Hao, if this Lingyin Valley were in Southern China, it would be really powerful."

"But if it is placed in Central China, it would be considered good."

"There are only five Nascent Soul Stage monks and more than ten Golden Core Stage monks in the entire Lingyin Valley Gate."

"That is to say, their ancestors in the transformation stage are still there, and the Lingyin Valley is full of female cultivators, and they have good relations with several other sects. Otherwise, they would have been kicked out of the top ten in Zhongzhou."

"ah?"

Ye Hao was shocked when he heard that Lingyin Valley, which had monks at the Transformation Stage and many Yuanying Stage monks, was being kicked out of the top ten of Zhongzhou's Hundred Gates.

After all, in his eyes, let alone the monks at the transformation stage, even the golden elixir stage monks were already unattainable in his eyes.

Because in his opinion, the master Mohe Taoist Fang Mo, whose strength was bottomless, according to him, was only at the golden elixir level.

In horizontal comparison, there are more than ten monks like Fang Mo in Lingyin Valley.

He didn't know where his master could speak so loudly, but his words were full of contempt for Lingyin Valley, as if he looked down on them.

Thinking of this, Ye Hao couldn't help but said: "Master, you are a golden elixir stage monk, why do you still look down on a sect with an ancestor who is in the God Transformation stage? Are you in the God Transformation stage?"

Hearing Ye Hao's words, the old man's face darkened. Just when he was about to say something, a huge shadow that covered the sky and sun shrouded the entire Xihaiguan sky.

I saw that this was a huge fairy boat that was ten times larger than the Lingyin Valley fairy boat. It looked like a moving island.

Not only that, this fairy boat is also surrounded by five small fairy boats.

And this so-called small fairy boat is only compared to the extremely huge fairy boat in the middle.

Seeing this fairy boat, the old man's expression became extremely serious.

Ye Hao beside him was dumbfounded.

Because he had never seen such a huge fairy boat similar to an island before, he was directly shocked.

"Xiaohao, listen, after you enter the True Immortal Trial, if you encounter something that cannot be solved, then go find the disciple on this immortal boat."

"Ah? Master, didn't you say that the monks in Zhongzhou are not only profound in cultivation, but also more scheming than the last, so you told me not to trust those disciples of the big sects?"

Fang Mo said expressionlessly: "Although I hate to admit it, the disciples of this sect are different from other sects."

"Remember what I told you?"

Ye Hao nodded and said, "Remember, stay close to true villains and stay away from hypocrites."

"True villains are certainly dangerous, but their danger is written on their faces, making them easy to guard against."

“Hypocrites may seem safe, but their dangers are hidden in their hearts and cannot be guarded against.”

"Yes, but there is actually something I didn't tell you."

Hearing this, Ye Hao asked curiously: "What is it?"

"He is a true gentleman."

"A true gentleman?"

Fang Mo looked at the immortal boat with the Qingyun Sect's flag hanging above his head, and said in a complicated tone: "Generally speaking, people who can cultivate to the golden elixir stage are either true villains or hypocrites, but this sect is an exception."

"The vast majority of them...are true gentlemen."

"Because they've gotten to the point where they can ignore most of the rules and just be themselves."

"Qingyun Sect, this is the undisputed number one sect in Zhongzhou."

"It is also the only sect that values ​​a monk's character more than his qualifications."

"When they select disciples, they look at their character first and then their qualifications."

"If your character is not up to par, no matter how good your qualifications are, they won't accept you."

"And it is also because of this that all the official disciples of this sect are basically people with outstanding minds, and there are very few who commit crimes."

"Occasionally, some people go astray due to special reasons. No matter how high the person's cultivation is or how good the qualifications are, they will never tolerate it."

"At first, some people questioned whether they were doing this for a show, but when something persists for tens of thousands of years, there is no such thing as a show or not."

"No one is perfect in terms of deeds and heart. Qingyun Sect has used tens of thousands of years of experience to establish their position as the number one leader in Zhongzhou."

"So if you encounter danger during the True Immortal Trial, you can find a way to find someone from the Qingyun Sect for help."

"They generally won't refuse if they can do it, unless you are not clean yourself."

Hearing this, Ye Hao didn't know what he thought of, and subconsciously asked: "What if they trouble me?"

Fang Mo was silent for a moment and said: "Then I can only cut with you, as if I don't have you as a disciple. After all, if you provoke other sects, your other masters and I can still find a way to protect you, but If you offend them, there’s really nothing you can do.”

"By the way, remember that except for what I taught you, other methods cannot be used in front of the disciples of Qingyun Sect, otherwise they will kill you as a demon cultivator."

"hiss!"

Ye Hao took a breath, looked at the huge 'seven-level immortal boat' above his head, and subconsciously shrank his neck.

Qingyun Sect could make Fang Mo, who even looked down upon Lingyin Valley, take Qingyun Sect so seriously.

No matter how stupid he is, he knows that this sect is definitely not simple.

"Okay, now that even the Qingyun Sect is here, this Zuiyun Sea should be lively soon."

It seemed to be in response to Fang Mo's words.

A bell suddenly appeared in everyone's ears.

It seems that only monks can hear the sound of this bell, and mortals cannot hear it at all.

At the same time, Lu Chen, who was sitting on the Seven-Yuan Immortal Boat meditating, suddenly opened his glasses.

Then he came to the Xianzhou platform and looked in the direction of Zuiyunhai.

In the depths of the Zuiyun Sea, a huge ancient bell appeared on the sea level.

Under everyone's curious eyes, the ancient clock slowly started to rotate.

Every time it rotates, many fairy scenes will appear on the clock face.

These patterns are not only lifelike, but they don't look like they were carved on them at all. Instead, they seem to be on the ancient clock body.

As the light changes, the lines that were originally just patterns immediately jump out of the bell body and turn into immortal images.

In these photos, there are immortals sitting astride immortal beasts and crossing the starry sky.

He has great supernatural powers, can move mountains and fill seas, and be covered with stars and the moon.

There are also fairy banquets, colorful clothes and feathered clothes, and natural sounds of singing and dancing.

And these images will change endlessly every time the ancient clock rotates.

After rotating nine times, a huge palace appeared around the ancient clock.

Among them are many immortals whose faces can be seen clearly, as if they are overlooking all living beings and standing on the top of heaven and earth.

Seeing this scene, Lu Chen sighed with emotion: "This should be the Immortal Gathering Bell mentioned by Master. It is indeed the method of the Immortal Family, and it is daunting..."

The Gathering Immortal Bell is an ancient fairy weapon that only appeared when the Ancient Moon Cave was born.

The ringing of the Immortal Gathering Bell is actually telling the surrounding monks in disguise that Guyue Cave... is about to open.

"The immortals gather together and sing twelve times, and the true immortals leave their shadows"

After the Juxian Bell appears, it will ring a total of twelve times.

This was the first time, and it would ring again every month.

And the twelfth time was when Gu Yue Cave was born.

It was at the end of the first Immortal Gathering Bell that countless immortal boats appeared from all directions, breaking through the sky in the direction of Zuiyunhai.

For a time, the entire sky around Zuiyunhai was occupied by hundreds of immortal boats, blocking out the sky and the sun.

The scene of hundreds of rivalries vying for power was truly a grand occasion rarely seen in the world of immortality for a hundred years.

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