Chapter 0488 Amber and Taoist Priest

The past flashed across the surface of the lake of mind, like a flock of migratory birds heading south for the winter, but they will never stay here to rest again.

Sun Yulu, a Taoist priest from Luanjing Mountain, looked at the huge amber from afar. It was said that the people inside had disappeared, but she always felt that she vaguely saw something. She smiled. The heart of a Taoist priest could not forget the deeds and emotions of the past, but it would not cause any waves in her heart. She felt ridiculous about it, and at the same time she missed it a little, just like an adult remembering the scene of playing in the mud when she was a child.

She stood on a low mountain peak. The land under her feet was barren, with large rocks exposed. It was not the autumn wind that swept away the flowers, plants and soil, but the war yesterday. At the foot of the mountain was the old place of Laozu Peak, like a dry lake, with amber suspended in the middle, three feet above the ground, flickering, and no longer having the magical effect of absorbing various forces.

A large group of Taoist priests flew over the amber, and one of them broke away from the team and flew towards Sun Yulu.

Mu Xingqiu landed on another rock, dozens of steps away from the Taoist priests from Luanjing Mountain, and the two of them saluted each other.

"Are you going to the place where the demons gather?" Sun Yulu asked. The Taoist priests had already flown far away and did not wait for Mu Xingqiu.

"Well, everything has been arranged. Everyone thinks that the sooner we leave, the better." Mu Xingqiu originally wanted to leave earlier. The longer the Taoist priests stayed, the more suspicious they would be. It would be better to leave early and leave a good impression on each other, but he was delayed by some trivial matters and had to wait all night.

"I seem to have seen Zuo Liuying. He will continue to supervise your transformation into a demon, right?"

"Not only that, he will continue to practice."

"Continue to practice?" Sun Yulu was surprised, "I thought...didn't he encounter the Sigh Tribulation?"

"He probably found a way to break it. Zuo Liuying won't explain much. He just asked the bald man to tell us that he will never speak again and no one should disturb him."

This is indeed Zuo Liuying's style. Sun Yulu smiled, "Zuo Liuying is a solitary Taoist priest. Why doesn't he find a place to live in seclusion? Following you is not just to supervise the transformation into a demon, right?"

"We all want to find Yi Shijun, so it's just on the way.

"To eliminate demons? "

Qi Wushang collected five demon species, which brought great trouble to the Taoist tradition. It showed that the guards of Wangshan were becoming more and more lax, and the number of demon species escaping was increasing. The return of demons to the human world was no longer an ambiguous prophecy, but a process that had already begun. The Taoist tradition was deeply shocked. The Taoists could no longer say that this was a matter of the future, and began to seriously prepare for the battle to eliminate demons. Zuo Liuying's demon control technique was one of the methods.

"In order to eliminate demons. Demon species have weaknesses, but Zuo Liuying's demon control technique is based on the blood sacrifice of the demon race. The price is too high. The old wounds have not healed, and new wounds have been added. We think that there may really be secrets hidden in the Demon Lord's righteous law, which can improve the demon control technique. Only Yi Shijun can crack it. "

The half-demon Yin Bushen claimed that he could crack the true law of the Demon Lord, but it turned out that he could hardly understand the literal meaning. Zuo Liuying was proficient in magic words and had read the original text on the scroll, but he could not understand the mystery. It was a long record describing the growth and division process of the demon species, and there was no specific method.

Zuo Liuying felt that the opposition between Taoism and demons was too serious to understand each other, and the demon clan, which had a thousand connections with the demon clan, might be able to understand the true law of the Demon Lord from a new perspective. This demon was definitely not Yin Bushen, nor was it the dead Qi Wushang, but only the old Yi Shijun, the weird old demon who dug out countless ancient magic and gave it away casually.

The Taoist sect attaches great importance to Yi Shijun and has been looking for him for several years. Zuo Liuying felt that it was not enough. He wanted to go out in person to see this mysterious old demon.

Sun Yulu nodded. In fact, she didn't care much about these things. Her eyes looked at Amber in the distance again, "Is he really dead? "

"The moment he turned into an amber Taoist priest, the Mengdu Sect member was already dead, and only a shadow was left. I saw it with my own eyes. I touched it and the shadow disappeared. "

"He always likes to take risks. I don't know if he is a sinner or a hero of the Taoist tradition?"

"Mu Xingqiu thought for a while, "At least the amber he left behind is still a treasure. Although it cannot absorb magic power, the power accumulated in it is enough. Yashan will take it away soon.

" "Yashan? Why not Pangshan?"

"Because Pangshan wants a large number of new disciples, Xijie Kingdom will not restore its previous population for a long time, so Pangshan uses amber in exchange for the right to select disciples within Yashan, and Yashan dispatched the sword washing pool, which is the greatest merit, and they think this is a deserved reward."

Sun Yulu, who has the heart of a Taoist priest, couldn't help but laugh with a hint of sarcasm, "Yes, Yashan does need amber more than other Taoist sects. They just allow you to take the bald man away?"

"Yashan Taoist priests can't go back on their words. They promised Zuo Liuying not to hurt the bald man, but they also sent Zhou Qianhui, the head of Yashan's divine engineering department, to join our team."

Zhou Qianhui's only task is to take the bald man back to Yashan after he dies.

Mu Xingqiu came to see Sun Yulu not to talk about these gossips. He was about to say something important when several Taoist priests flew in from a distance and headed straight for the mountain.

The first person to land was Xiao Qingtao, "Luckily you didn't go far. I want to go to the place where all the monsters gather with you."

The third person was Xiao Hao, riding a flea, sleepy-eyed, not at all like a Taoist who had condensed his Qi into a pill, "Why didn't you call me? Where's Baldy? I want to settle accounts with him, he said he would wake me up..."

Seeing that Baldy was not here, Xiao Hao patted Qilin's neck and chased to the north.

"The Taoist priests in this team may be possessed by demons at any time..." The reason why Mu Xingqiu was unwilling to bring other people was because it was too risky. No one could guess what the possessed Taoist priests would do. He would take risks himself, but he didn't want his friends to take risks with him. As for Zuo Liuying and Zhou Qianhui, they all had tasks to do, so Mu Xingqiu didn't need to be responsible.

Xiao Qingtao interrupted Mu Xingqiu, "Just like the non-demon Taoist priests could rebel at any time, I would feel more comfortable with you, and I also want to help Yang Qingyin."

Before Mu Xingqiu set off, he had just persuaded Yang Qingyin's mother not to follow him, but Xiao Qingtao was different. After this Taoist-demon war, non-demons were increasingly suspected in the Taoist tradition and could hardly make friends. "Okay." Mu Xingqiu agreed and turned his eyes to Xin Youtao, feeling both natural and unexpected about his decision.

Xin Youtao seemed determined to please Xiao Qingtao. Wherever she went, he would naturally go, but it was still a bit beyond Mu Xingqiu's expectation that he would dare to follow her to the dangerous place where demons gathered and live with a group of demon-invading Taoist priests day and night.

Xin Youtao coughed and said seriously, "It seems that I will live to see the demons return to the human world. If so, why not adapt to it earlier? I am the prince of Xijie Kingdom and a talisman master, so I am a representative sent by mortals."

This statement was made openly and honestly, and Mu Xingqiu and Xiao Qingtao could not refute it.

"Okay, both of you come with me, but this is not a promise or an obligation. You can leave at any time." Mu Xingqiu said.

Xiao Qingtao smiled. Her Xingyun Ruyi was destroyed, and she replaced it with a new one that was not very convenient. She flew up and chased the team in front.

Xin Youtao blinked at Mu Xing and followed Xiao Qingtao closely. He asked for another batch of talismans from the nearby human army. His footsteps were on a huge shield-like plate. The flying speed was quite fast, so he would not be left behind by Xiao Qingtao.

"You have several good friends." Sun Yulu smiled, "You don't look like a Taoist who concentrates on practicing and pursuing the origin of the Taoist fire."

Some Taoists have close relationships, but between practice and friendship, the former always has an absolute upper hand, and no Taoist will even choose between the two. Xiao Qingtao is not the only non-demon disciple in the Taoist tradition. She is the only one willing to follow Mu Xingqiu to save Yang Qingyin. For Taoists, this is the closest behavior to friendship.

Shen Hao is another kind of friend. He has promised to lead the Demon Slayer Society to attack the land of demons and reunite with Mu Xingqiu.

Mu Xingqiu smiled, "Listen to me, Meng Dujiao is dead, but he left something behind."

"What?" Sun Yulu asked in astonishment.

"Soul, the shadow in the middle of the amber is the soul of Mengdu Sect. It is wrapped in amber and has not dissipated."

Sun Yulu was even more surprised. She was a Taoist priest of the Lantern and Candle Department. She knew more about souls, but she had never heard of such a thing, nor had she seen similar records in the vast books. Suddenly, she understood one thing, "You absorbed his soul into the Frost Soul Sword?"

Mu Xingqiu nodded, "The soul of Mengdu Sect is very unique, and the suction of amber comes from it. Zuo Liuying cast some spells on the Frost Soul Sword to control this suction, so I can use the sword to absorb the demon seed."

"He always thinks about cultivation and never regrets until his death, so the soul continues to cultivate and turns the body into amber." Sun Yulu suddenly realized and felt a little fortunate in her heart. If she had not survived the love tribulation, she would be very sad at this time, because Meng Yuanhou had no place for her in his heart.

She glanced at the amber again.

"Why are you telling me this? This should be a secret between you and Zuo Liuying." Sun Yulu was a little confused.

Mu Xingqiu also glanced at the amber in the distance. He suddenly decided to do this when he saw Sun Yulu on the way. The heart of a Taoist priest will not let a person completely abandon his desires. Only when he reaches the Starfall or even the Infusion Realm will he not care about the past at all.

"Zhou Qianhui saw me using the Frost Soul Sword to absorb the demon seeds. The Taoist priests of Yashan will guess the truth sooner or later. They will catch up with me and ask me to hand over my soul, but I don't want to hand it over to them."

Yashan paid a lot of money to get the ownership of the Taoist priest of amber. Of course, he wants both "amber" and "Taoist priest". Mu Xingqiu doesn't want to hand it over, not only because he is more familiar with Meng Yuanhou, but also because the future is full of obstacles. He needs self-defense skills, and Meng Yuanhou's soul absorbs various powers indiscriminately, which is also a hint to the origin of Tao Fire.

Sun Yulu thought for a moment and said with a smile: "The demon land is dangerous. Luanjingshan owes you a lot of favors. I have no way to repay you, so I will give you a gift. But you can only use it secretly and never let anyone know about this gift."

Mu Xingqiu gave Sun Yulu a Taoist gift to thank her for her help.

(End of this volume)

Volume 12: The Road to Transformation