Chapter 1020 Jade and Mirror
Laoyue Mountain is not famous for its monkeys. Instead, it originates from a pool of water halfway up the mountain. The water is flat and clear, and the moon is often reflected in front of you. The five elements destroyed the mountain and cut off the river, but Laoyue Lake was spared. Therefore, The reputation is greater, but in these days, not many people still have leisurely ambitions.
On the cliff more than ten feet above the pond, Taoist priest Di Yuan stood facing the wind in his robes. He was caught by the mountain breeze, his black robe was fluttering, and his long hair was flying. He stretched out his arms, as if he really wanted to fish out the moon in the water. He did not move for a long time, and suddenly burst into tears. With a full face, he didn't care if there was anyone around him.
Dozens of casual cultivators were scattered around the branch. Some of them were shocked when they saw the mountain master crying. It was not because they were surprised by the tears, but because they knew that he was in a bad mood and was about to kill someone again. They hurriedly turned around and quietly hid sideways. Behind the trees and rocks, he was afraid that his figure would anger the mountain owner.
It's hard to find a strong backer, and it's hard to get along with someone once you find one. You show off your power in front of others, but you have to walk on thin ice behind others.
Di Yuanfu just cried, he didn't care what a group of casual cultivators would think of him.
A small human figure turned out from behind him. Nascent Soul in Shenyou City put on a floor-length black robe. He was still not used to it. He shrugged and twisted his waist. But now he was attracted by the Taoist priest's tears and stared at his eyes. His face never spoke a word. From birth to now, not a single word came out of his mouth.
"There used to be a pond like this where I lived." Di Yuanfu was never polite to the casual cultivators under his command. He would hit and kill whenever he asked. After bringing Nascent Soul back, he was quite polite and treated them as fellow travelers. , and even willing to tell his thoughts, "It's bigger than this one. During the day, dragons stir up the waves, and at night, it's as calm as crystal. We call it Dao Heart Pond. Once a year, Dao Heart reflects the moon, and the whole pond becomes cold white and condenses into beautiful jade. , for three breaths, the first breath produces jade, the second breath nourishes jade, and the third breath must be quick to pick jade. It doesn't matter if it's earlier or later. Only high-level Taoist priests of the jade department are eligible to participate. I only have time to collect 20% to 30%, and if the diameter is more than a foot, it is a treasure. "
Nascent Soul listened quietly, not knowing how many words he understood, and there seemed to be a trace of yearning on his young face.
Di Yuanfu wiped away the tears on his face and suddenly pointed to the Moon Pool below. The water in the pool suddenly grew to a height of more than ten feet, which was higher than where he was standing. The water rose and fell like an endless waterfall. The fish and shrimps are clearly visible, but there is no bright moon or beautiful jade.
"It's gone, everything is gone!" Di Yuanfu said sternly, "The Daotong itself destroyed everything. After waiting for hundreds of thousands of years, without a single battle with the demons, the Daotong itself collapsed."
All the casual cultivators up and down the mountain were hiding, and those who had their hair combed too high bent their legs to try to hide themselves properly.
Di Yuanfu withdrew the spell, and the pool water crashed back to the ground. After a while, it returned to calm. Only a few small fish and shrimps were splashed to the shore, struggling to survive.
"The Taoist priest is still there, why do you say 'everything is lost'?" came a voice from a distance.
Five miles away, a cloud dispersed, and a Taoist priest with white beard and hair appeared, descending slowly to the same height as Di Yuanfu. He held the sword in his right hand behind his back, and his left hand was behind his back. This distance and this posture are all The clearest signs of battle.
The casual cultivators dispersed quietly. Their mission was to guard the battlefield and not allow outsiders to enter at will.
"Taoist?" Di Yuanfu said with disdain, "If you don't have the heart of a Taoist, what can you call a Taoist? The calamity of the Five Elements destroys the body and mind. There are no real Taoists in this world."
"Master Di is more cynical than before." The white-haired Taoist priest sighed.
"The leader of Shi Gen is no longer as brave and useless as he was back then." Di Yuanfu did not sigh. He showed the white jade Ruyi in his right hand and stood it up in front of him. His left hand was tucked into his sleeve and hidden behind his back.
The two of them fell into silence. The mountain breeze was a little weaker, but it was more organized, like a group of people, with a vanguard, a middle army, food and grass, and two wings... Nascent Soul stretched out two He tried to catch the wind passing by with his hands, which was no easier than fishing for the moon in the water. Every time he opened his palm, there was nothing inside.
The white-haired leader Shi Gen's eyes finally turned to Yuanying, "How many do you have?"
"Isn't one enough? My ambition is not that big. I just need to be qualified to participate in the meeting." A trace of ridicule appeared on Di Yuanfu's lips, "Is Shishou Zuo empty-handed so far?" "
"It's bad luck. If I had known that mortals also had Nascent Soul hidden in their hands, I should have dug ten feet into the ground and dug through all the towns and villages in the world." Shi Shouzuo sighed again, turning the magic sword in his hand in a circle and holding it across his chest. In front of him, his movements were as casual as if he was driving away flies with a whisk. He had inadvertently set up a layer of restrictions around himself, blocking an attack.
This was a tentative attack. The white jade Ruyi in Di Yuanfu's hand flickered and soon returned to calm.
"Isn't it easy to get the Nascent Soul? It is said that there are the most Nascent Souls in Zhifeng Mountain, enough to form an army. The three masters of the South China Sea have also raised a lot of them. I don't know where Shi Hanyuan is hiding. If the rumors are correct, he should have some in his hands. Several Nascent Souls, as well as the Hongshan Taoist Group, the Nine Immortals of Luanjing Mountain, and the Xingshan Talisman Army... there are many people who control the Nascent Soul. By the way, I almost forgot the most important one - Zuo Liuying, who can summon the Yuanying Naturally, everything will not be lost at the Infant Conference.”
Shi Shouzuo smiled and sighed for the third time after hearing this, "Unfortunately, I can't beat any of the people you mentioned."
"So you come here and I'll take advantage of Yueshan." Ruyi in Di Yuanfu's hand flashed three times in a row, but no spells were issued. The test was over, and both sides were gathering momentum.
"You used to be the chief of the Shuyu Division of Zhaoshan, and I was the chief of the Mingjing Division of Qishan. Before retiring, we were both at the Xingluo realm. We were promoted to the Zhushen realm in the Daotong Tower. I am at the sixth level. How about you? A little worse than me, right? But you have more small fish and shrimps under your command. We are evenly matched. I think I have a better chance of winning."
Di Yuanfu laughed twice, "In just over two years, the Taoist priests have become bandits. There is nothing more ironic in the world, right?"
"The Taoist priests have always been bandits." Shi Gen said coldly, his arms motionless , the magic sword in his hand was shaking slightly, "In the past, I just sat back and enjoyed the fruits of others' labor, but now I have to do it myself. Di Yuanfu, we don't have to fight this battle. If you know yourself, join forces with me, and we will go to the meeting together with our Nascent Souls."
"Sorry, I miss the Taoist tradition, but not the Taoist priests. If I want to find someone to join forces with, I won't choose you."
Di Yuanfu was not angry. He lowered his head and said to the curious Nascent Soul: "Watch carefully, the real magic battle is also about cleverness."
Both sides have enough momentum and attack at the same time.
Two beams of light shot out from the opposite side, and their appearance was almost the same. They collided and connected into a line, as if they were emitted by the same person. Soon, a ball of light bulged at the collision point and gradually expanded. Sparks flew around the outer periphery of the light ball, and strong winds swirled around the outer periphery. These were all the forms revealed by the out-of-control magic.
When the ball of light expanded to a diameter of about three feet, the two men attacked again. This move was their unique move. The head of the Shuyu Section swung his left arm, holding a white jade ring in his hand, and the head of the Mingjing Section held a red bronze mirror in his left hand.
The casual cultivators on and off the mountain looked up and saw no spells except the two beams of light. There seemed to be no spells coming out of the jade ring and the bronze mirror. However, the eyes of the Yuanying standing at Di Yuanfu's feet lit up. He saw the ring giving birth to a white bird and the mirror shooting a red dragon, changing their forms and fighting in the air.
Shi Shouzuo came prepared, but Di Yuanfu was stronger than he expected. After a few moves, he was not in the upper hand. There were still dozens of casual cultivators on Lao Yue Mountain who did not join the battle. These people were not to be feared at ordinary times, but they could cause some trouble at critical moments.
"Hey." Shi Shouzuo shouted in a low voice, and his Taoist robe opened automatically, revealing his skinny chest, with a semicircular skull inlaid in the position of his heart.
"What a great Master of the Mirror School, he even used the Demon Bone." Di Yuanfu urged more mana. The Taoist tradition had fallen, and no rules were useful. In the past, Taoists avoided monsters as much as possible, but now they use them to enhance their own strength.
The red dragon showed its shape in the naked eye, and its four claws turned black. After a few grabs, it tore the white bird into pieces, and then jumped and entangled itself in the beam of light emitted by Di Yuanfu Ruyi. The beam was broken, and the black claw dragon merged into the master's beam, rushing towards the master of Lao Yue Mountain at a very fast speed.
The pool of water surged again, blocking Di Yuanfu in front of him. The beam of light from the Stone Master shot into the water screen, stirring up a large cloud of water mist.
Di Yuanfu shook the white jade ring in his hand, trying his best to maintain the ban in front of him, and at the same time sent a signal to his casual cultivators.
The scattered cultivators stopped watching the battle and fired spells from all directions. For a moment, dragons and phoenixes danced, fire and water surged. The momentum was much stronger than the two chief seats, but none of them could get within a hundred steps of the Stone Chief Seat, and they could only circle around the periphery.
"Di Yuanfu, if you want to dominate alone, don't even think about participating in the Yuanying Conference. With your ability, you'd better stay in Laoyue Mountain to watch the scene and hurt yourself. Hand over the Yuanying!"
The beam of light penetrated deeply into the water screen, stimulating more mist.
Di Yuanfu was about to give up, and suddenly put away Ruyi, grabbed the Yuanying with his right hand to block in front of him, and pressed the jade ring in his left hand on the back of the Yuanying.
The Yuanying was caught off guard and opened his mouth in pain, but no sound came out. After a pause, he was forced to spit out a ball of fire. This ball of fire was modified by magic, not so crude, as clear as crystal, so the power was more concentrated, and it knocked the beam back more than a mile at once, but the fire was not strong enough to attack the Stone Chief Seat five miles away.
The Nascent Soul struggled, but Di Yuanfu did not let go. He grabbed his neck and flew towards the enemy, treating the Nascent Soul as a weapon for close attack.
Shi Shouzuo was angry and envious, and wanted the Nascent Soul even more. The skull at his heart made a series of drumming sounds.
Both of them were ready to fight to the death.
Di Yuanfu had just flown more than ten steps when he suddenly stopped. Shi Shouzuo in the distance also had a sudden change of expression. Both of them saw something they should not have seen.
What appeared in front of Di Yuanfu was a small fish, and what Shi Shouzuo saw was a small shrimp. The fish and shrimp were alive, shaking their heads and tails, and seemed to be still swimming in the water.
The patterns on their bodies were a little special. The two looked carefully and found that they were actually in the shape of talismans.
The two were shocked and looked at the ground together. They saw that the person who offered the talisman was standing at the foot of the mountain. None of the dozens of casual cultivators noticed his arrival.