Chapter 218 Exit Passage
Looking at Wan Yan touching her face in self-pity, Shao Shiyu turned her head away speechlessly.
She was devoted to pursuing the Golden Elixir Dao, and she admired Xia Daoming the most, who resolutely ventured into the Dragon Fish Sea alone in order to practice the Dao. Therefore, she looked at Xia Daoming, a younger generation disciple, with a different eye and was quite concerned about him.
Because in him, she seemed to see the shadow of her own early years.
What Shao Shiyu hated most was Wan Yan, a cultivator who did not seek to make progress.
But Wan Yan was one of the few truly trustworthy friends in her Qingyuan Sect.
After repeated persuasion to no avail, she could only watch her friend "degenerate", and sometimes she simply chose to turn a blind eye and not be bothered.
And Mo Yongzhi shook her head repeatedly, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
She was not like Shao Shiyu, who knew that things were impossible, but still insisted on not changing her mind, forcing herself from time to time, and lived an extremely difficult life. She was also unwilling to be indifferent like Wan Yan, spending a lot of spiritual stones on her skin.
She prefers to practice quietly and silently, and try to lay a solid foundation.
If she can find an opportunity and walk on the golden elixir road, it is what she wants. If not, she will accept it calmly.
However, this does not prevent her from becoming good friends with Wan Yan and Shao Shiyu.
She still often recalls that when they were young, the three of them often went out together to find opportunities. At that time, they were full of vigor and looked forward to the future.
That was also the most beautiful years of practice in Mo Yongzhi's memory.
But now the three of them have been smoothed by the years, but the friendship of the three remains.
"Oh, there are more crow's feet at the corners of my eyes! No, no, without the anti-aging pill, it is estimated that in one or two years, my face will be full of wrinkles and completely old!" Wan Yan suddenly looked panicked while touching it.
"You are over a hundred years old, do you still want to be like a little girl? Let it go." Mo Yongzhi said unhappily.
"We are cultivating immortals, which is against the will of heaven. How can we let things take their own course? If there is a chance to keep you young forever, don't you want it? Look at Luo Mu, she is about the same age as us, but she looks only in her twenties. Don't you want to be like her?" Wan Yan retorted.
"Luo Mu's father is a golden elixir elder. You can't envy her. We are short of resources for cultivation now, so how can we think about keeping our faces young?" Mo Yongzhi said with a wry smile.
"Anyway, we are short of money. Why don't you lend me some spiritual stones first? I don't want to think about the anti-aging pill for now. Let's see if I can buy a relatively cheap spiritual pill that also has the anti-aging effect." Wan Yan blurted out.
"Wan Yan, you are obsessed! We cultivators should focus on cultivation, how can we only focus on the appearance?" This time, even Shao Shiyu couldn't listen anymore and turned his head.
"Forget it, I just mentioned it casually." Wan Yan waved his hand in frustration after hearing this.
"Well, let's talk about it when we get back. If it really doesn't work, I'll try to get some for you, otherwise you'll be depressed and it won't be good for your practice." Seeing Wan Yan's depressed look, Mo Yongzhi said reluctantly.
"That's true. If your thoughts are not clear, you can't practice with peace of mind, and if you're not careful, you may go astray. I'll get some for you when I get back." Shao Shiyu said seriously.
"This is not good. You're already short of money, and you didn't get anything this time. If you raise some more spirit stones for me, it may affect your progress in practice. Just now, I was just talking casually." Wan Yan said hurriedly after hearing this.
"Okay, don't we know you yet? And what you said is not wrong. Anyway, we're already short of money, and we can only practice step by step at present. It's impossible to buy expensive elixirs to help practice. Let's get some first and lend it to you. It won't affect the progress of practice." Mo Yongzhi waved his hand and said.
"Forget it!" Wan Yan hesitated after hearing this and said.
"There is no trivial matter in cultivation. If you don't have clear thoughts, how can you cultivate? This matter is settled!" Shao Shiyu said with a gloomy face.
"This..." Wan Yan showed a contradictory look.
"Three uncles, can I say something?" Xia Daoming said when he saw this.
"What do you want to say? You don't want to lend some spiritual stones to your uncle Wan, do you? Forget it, you don't have to worry about this matter." Mo Yongzhi said.
She knew that Xia Daoming made a fortune in the Wanluo Secret Realm last year, and it was two or three thousand spiritual stones.
But that little spiritual stone was nothing to her!
If Xia Daoming really had to pay for the spiritual stone, she would have no face to put.
"No, I didn't want to lend the spiritual stone to Uncle Wan. I wanted to say that I was very lucky, and then I accidentally found a thousand-year-old black clam pearl. I was thinking..." Xia Daoming said with an "embarrassed" look.
"What?"
"What did you say?"
This time, not to mention Mo Yongzhi and Wan Yan, even Shao Shiyu couldn't help but exclaim.
"I said I was very lucky."
"The last sentence."
"I accidentally found a thousand-year-old black clam pearl."
"Oh my god, what kind of luck is this! You, you not only found a blood-curdling dragon breath grass that is more than three thousand years old, you also found a thousand-year-old black clam pearl, don't tell me again, you also accidentally hunted a dragon fish fry!" Wan Yan couldn't help but slap his forehead, with a look of shock and disbelief, and an indescribable envy.
"Hey, Uncle Wan, how did you know?" Xia Daoming said in surprise.
"You... really accidentally hunted a dragon fish fry!" Mo Yongzhi and the other two felt like they were going crazy.
"Well, that guy just happened to be injured, and then I accidentally picked up a bargain." Xia Daoming said embarrassedly again.
The guy he was talking about who was injured and accidentally hit was actually Tuoba Kui, but it made sense when applied to this young dragon fish.
Because Tuoba Kui was injured and accidentally broke into his "territory", he accidentally got a baby arowana from Shi Tianji's storage ring.
Xia Daoming's explanation is very reasonable.
Otherwise, given his strength, Mo Yongzhi and the others would definitely not be able to believe that he really wanted to hunt down a young arowana.
But what kind of luck does it take to have an injured arowana baby bump into his hand!
The hearts of Mo Yongzhi and the others were surging, and they could not calm down for a long time!
God is unfair!
The three of them worked hard for more than half a month and only found a few sporadic elixirs, which were barely worth the price of admission. In the end, this boy not only found what he needed, but also found what they were determined to get this time. You can give it.
This makes them feel really complicated!
"Ahem, three uncles. I'm thinking that my martial arts cultivation is just a little higher. I can only reach the ninth level of Qi refining. The resources I need now are actually very limited compared to you. So, I was thinking that it would be better to leave the thousand-year-old mysterious clam beads and the young dragon fish to the three uncles first," Xia Daoming said.
Mo Yongzhi and the others couldn't help but trembled when they heard this, and looked at Xia Daoming in disbelief.
"Give it to us first? Aren't you worried that we won't return it later?" Wan Yan asked after a while.
"I can trust these three uncles!" Xia Daoming said with a smile.
The three of them were slightly shocked when they heard this and fell silent again.
After a long time, Shao Shiyu, who never talked much, broke the silence and said: "I won't tell you any polite words. Lend us the baby dragon fish first. If you lack any cultivation resources before building the foundation, just tell us and we will give them to you. Prepare.
When you reach the state of perfect Qi refining, we will also prepare a Foundation Building Pill for you. By the way, I have a few Ningyun Pills here, please take them first. Only the more condensed and pure your true energy is, the easier it will be for you to achieve perfection in refining your energy. "
With that said, Shao Shiyu took out a pill bottle and handed it to Xia Daoming.
"I have no shortage of resources at hand right now. I also have this Cloud Condensation Pill. Master, you should keep it for yourself. Besides, Master Shao, don't forget that I will soon become Elder Zuo's registered disciple." Xia Daoming said, Didn't receive the elixir bottle.
"Don't put any hope in Elder Zuo, it's just a name. Maybe in a few days, his temperament will change and he will remove you.
But I believe you when you say that you don’t lack resources at the moment. You just made a fortune from the Mysterious Land of Ten Thousand Snails a year ago. With your cultivation level, you shouldn't be able to use it up so quickly.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t accept Ningyun Pill now. Anyway, if you need any cultivation resources at any time, just ask and we will prepare them for you. "Mo Yongzhi said.
She was open-minded and determined that she would not take advantage of Xia Daoming in vain, so she did not be polite to him either.
"Okay, I won't be polite to you. After we leave the passage and stay away from the deep valley, I will give you the Millennium Mysterious Clam Pearl and the Dragon Fish Juvenile." Xia Daoming said.
"Okay!" The three of them nodded and had a better impression of Xia Daoming.
It seems like a small thing, but it shows his calmness in doing things.
"By the way, Uncle Wan, how many beauty pills can be refined from the thousand-year-old mysterious clam beads?" Xia Daoming asked.
"I found a second-level high-grade alchemist in the inner sect's alchemy hall. She has many experiences refining Zhuyan Dan, and her success rate is quite high. I once specifically asked about this matter, and she said that if the quality is average, the age is just right. If it is stuck for a thousand years, it is estimated that one furnace can produce two or three pills.
As a reward, I will give her one, and the extra ones, no matter how many, belong to me. If the beads are of good quality and are more than a thousand years old, it is possible that four or five, or even seven or eight, can be produced. "Wan Yan thought about it for a moment and replied.
"The mysterious clam beads I collected are as big as a fist, with a faint golden glow. I don't know what quality they are and how old they are!" Xia Daoming said.
"It's as big as a fist and has a golden glow! Then, it's definitely more than a thousand years, it's possible in two or three thousand years." Wan Yan's face was full of shock.
For the purpose of Zhu Yan Dan, she went to the Sutra Pavilion to carefully read the information about the thousand-year-old Xuan Mu Pearl, the main ingredient of Zhu Yan Dan. She knew that once the Xuan Mu Pearl showed a golden glow, it would not only be of high quality, but also be more than a thousand years old.
"That's great. If the Zhu Yan Dan is released in large quantities and there is any left after the three uncles divide it, please leave it to me." Xia Daoming said.
"That's natural." Wan Yan said quickly.
"As long as your Uncle Wan doesn't miss her, it's okay. I don't care about your Uncle Shao. You can just take them all." Mo Yongzhi said.
"My two wives and I are still young. If we really don't have anything extra, it doesn't matter if we talk about it in a few years. Uncle Mo and Uncle Shao's share is indispensable now," Xia Daoming said.
“The Beauty Pill can only preserve your current appearance, and you have to take one every twenty years. It cannot keep people young forever, nor can it make people look young again.
Uncle Shao and I missed the age of taking Zhuyan Dan. Now we are very old. Even if we take Zhuyan Dan, we will only look ten years younger. We will have to take it again in ten or twenty years, otherwise we will slowly start to look different again. old. "Mo Yongzhi said.
"That's right. Speaking of which, you, Master Wan, should be the most talented among the three of us. If we hadn't valued this skin too much and spent huge sums of money to buy Zhuyan Dan every twenty years, we wouldn't be the three of us now. The weakest among them," Shao Shiyu said helplessly with a look of regret.
"So that's how it is. However, everyone loves beauty. If conditions permit, it's always good to be younger and more beautiful. If there are extra anti-aging pills, Master Mo and Master Shao can just take them first. There's no need to save them." Xia Daoming heard this and realized that it would cost a lot to stay young. However, he was rich and didn't take it to heart.
"Yes, yes, Daoming's words really touched my heart." Wan Yan agreed greatly, looking at Xia Daoming with a look of liking, as if he had found a soulmate.
"Well, now that Daoming is on your side, you will be more reasonable in the future." Mo Yongzhi smiled and shook his head.
As he spoke, the flying boat quickly flew over the island.
The huge whirlpool was still emitting a faint light that made people panic.
The four people got off the flying boat and stepped into the whirlpool without hesitation.
The world spun around.
The next moment, the four people's eyes lit up and they appeared above the familiar Youhe River.
The tokens of the four people were still valid, and they successfully got out of the formation covering the Youhe River.
As soon as he left the formation, Xia Daoming felt several amazing auras rising from the Xianyuan Palace located by the river without any concealment, as if deliberately showing off!
"Golden Dan Ancestor!" Xia Daoming was awed and wanted to leave here immediately.
Because he carried too many secrets with him!
"The True Dragon Blood Pearl is indeed extraordinary. Even the Golden Dan Ancestor was alarmed and came here to meet him. I wonder if Elder Luo Qian has come?" Mo Yongzhi said solemnly.
"It will be troublesome if he is here. Let's leave quickly." Wan Yan's face changed slightly.
But just as Wan Yan's voice fell, he saw Jia Shaoxuan flying up from the river bank, blocking their way, and said: "My master asked the four of you to meet him."
While speaking, Jia Shaoxuan glanced at Xia Daoming, with both surprise and jealousy.
He didn't expect that Xia Daoming, an outer sect disciple, could be favored by three foundation-building cultivators at the same time, follow them into the Dragon Fish Sea, and return safely.
"Don't say anything later, just kneel down behind us, I will decide everything." Xia Daoming was feeling a little heavy when Shao Shiyu's voice came to his ears.
Xia Daoming looked up at Shao Shiyu and nodded.
Soon, Shao Shiyu sent a message to Mo Yongzhi and Wan Yan.
"Remember, don't take the lead in this matter. The more people take the lead, the more Elder Luo will be angered. I am a late-stage foundation-building cultivator, and my weight in the sect is more important than you. Even if Elder Luo is angry and punishes me, it will be less severe."
Mo Yongzhi and Wan Yan's lips trembled slightly, but they finally closed their mouths.
Luo Qian is the ancestor of the Golden Core. He is not only a big figure in the Qingyuan Sect, but also a big figure in the cultivation world of Daliang.
The head of the Xianyuan Hall of Changhe Sect specially arranged a private room for him to rest.
Luo Qian is nearly 400 years old, but he looks just like a sixty-year-old man.
His cheeks are very thin and long, his cheekbones are protruding, he wears a high crown on his head, and wears a black robe with gold edges, which gives people a very solemn feeling.
"Disciple greets the elder!" As soon as Shao Shiyu and the other two walked into the private room, they bowed respectfully to Luo Qian who was sitting cross-legged on the futon.
Xia Daoming is an outer disciple. He followed the three people and followed them honestly, feeling nervous.
However, Xia Daoming took himself seriously, but Luo Qian didn't take him seriously at all. He just glanced at him and never looked at him again, but fell on Shao Shiyu and the other two.
"What is the situation in Longyu Sea now?" Luo Qian asked.
"Replying to the elder, the True Dragon Blood Pearl was taken by Tuoba Kui of the Black Evil Hall. He escaped with a small teleportation talisman and hid himself. He has not appeared yet.
Now that the people in the Dragon Fish Sea can't find him, they have gathered outside the forbidden killing zone at the exit of the passage, waiting for him to appear, because according to the regulations, he must leave the Dragon Fish Sea today." Shao Shiyu replied.
"Tuoba Kui has not appeared yet. One is that he may have been killed by a monster or someone else; the other is to wait for the wind and waves to pass before escaping from the Dragon Fish Sea. This is a strategy, but it must give up a lot of benefits to the Blood Knife Sect." Luo Qian said after hearing this.
"The elder is wise and sees through it!" Shao Shiyu said.
"Have you ever met Luo Mu in the Dragon Fish Sea?" Luo Qian asked, ignoring Shao Shiyu's flattery.
Xia Daoming's heart sank slightly, and he asked as expected.
"Replying to the elder, we met the senior sister outside the forbidden killing zone when we returned, and we also searched for Tuoba Kui with her." Shao Shiyu replied.
"Then why did you come out first?" Luo Qian's face darkened slightly, and a chill spread in the room.
Jia Shaoxuan, who was standing behind Luo Qian, showed a trace of gloating.
And Shao Shiyu and others had already sweated a little on their foreheads.
"Replying to the elder, our stipulated time in the Dragon Fish Sea has come, so..." Shao Shiyu explained.
"What's the harm if the stipulated time has come? The True Dragon Blood Pearl is of great importance. As disciples of Qingyuan Sect, how can you abandon your fellow sisters and come back first?" Luo Qian interrupted.
The chill in the room became more and more chilly.
It even gave people a feeling of biting cold wind.
"The disciple was wrong. He only cared about the stipulated time and insisted on bringing his junior sister and nephew out. I am willing to accept the punishment from the elder!" Shao Shiyu said in fear.
"You will be punished to face the wall in the Black Wind Cave for half a year. After you go back, go directly to the Law Enforcement Hall to report and accept the punishment." Luo Qian said coldly, without any mercy because of Shao Shiyu's good attitude of admitting his mistakes.
"Black Wind Cave!" Mo Yongzhi and Wan Yan's faces changed drastically. Just as they were about to ask for mercy, Shao Shiyu had already pulled their sleeves, then bowed respectfully to Luo Qian and said, "Thank you, elder. I am willing to accept the punishment!"
"Go down!" Luo Qian flicked his sleeves.
"Yes! I'll take my leave!"
The four of them stood up and left.
After leaving the Xianyuan Hall, Wan Yan immediately released the flying boat.
The four of them boarded the flying boat and flew away quickly.
After flying hundreds of miles, Wan Yan finally said angrily, "Elder Luo is too cruel. If he has the ability, his daughter can take the opportunity herself. We haven't received any orders from the sect, and Luo Mu has not been able to take out the sect token. Why do we have to accompany her? Why should we punish our senior sister to face the wall in the Black Wind Cave for half a year?"
"Where is the Black Wind Cave? Is the environment bad?" Xia Daoming asked with a gloomy face.
"The Black Wind Cave is in the back mountain west of Qingyuan Mountain. There is a black wind blowing there all year round. The black wind is as cold as a knife, and it is no different from cutting your body with a knife.
If it were a Qi-refining cultivator in such a place, he would probably die in half a month, not to mention half a year. Generally, if you don't make a big mistake, the Law Enforcement Hall will not give such a heavy punishment!" Mo Yongzhi said with a heavy face.
"Luo Qian is so cruel! We didn't do anything wrong, so do we have to let him punish us? Doesn't the law enforcement need to be approved by the Law Enforcement Hall? Can we ask the Law Enforcement Hall..." Xia Daoming said with a grim face after hearing this.
"In the sect, the most powerful one is the Elder Hall. The Golden Core Elder is ranked in the Elder Hall and has great power. I am just an ordinary foundation-building disciple of the inner sect, and I don't have a special master. The elders are senior teachers, and they have the right to discipline me when they see something wrong.
Since Elder Luo has spoken, as long as there is a reasonable reason, the Law Enforcement Hall will definitely not interfere. Moreover, since Elder Luo has spoken, if I still dare to resist, once he is angry, I will definitely not be able to bear the consequences.
Now it is only half a year in the Black Wind Cave, it is a bit hard, but it is worth it to get your Blood Rain Dragon Breath Grass, Millennium Black Clam Pearl and Dragon Fish Fry.
Otherwise, after the prescribed period, Changhe Sect really wants to take away what we have gained on the pretext of violating the regulations. We are just ordinary foundation-building disciples of the sect, and I am afraid we can only suffer this loss in silence."
Shao Shiyu waved his hand to interrupt, and the cold old face did not show any dissatisfaction or unwillingness, but seemed very calm.
"Your uncle Shao is right. As Elder Luo has opened his mouth, for ordinary foundation-building disciples like us, the consequences will only be worse if we resist.
It's a pity that the master you want to worship is Elder Zuo, who has an unpredictable temperament. I don't know how long this nominal disciple status will last. If you change to another Jindan elder, with your ability, you can't become a direct disciple, but this nominal disciple status can always be stable.
You have your own Jindan elder master, so it's not the turn of other Jindan elders to order punishment casually, unless you really violate the sect rules, or you offend the Jindan elders for no reason." Mo Yongzhi said, and said the latter with regret.
"Uncle Mo means that this disciple status is also a protective token?" Xia Daoming asked.
"Of course, there are so many inner disciples who are trying their best to become the disciples of the Jindan elder. How can the status of the Jindan elder's disciples be ordinary? It's a pity that none of the three of us have caught the Jindan elder's eye, otherwise why would we only have the current cultivation level? Why are we so poor now?" Mo Yongzhi said.
"It seems that the status of the Jindan elder's disciples is very useful!" Xia Daoming said.
"Isn't that nonsense?" Wan Yan said unhappily.
Wan Yan didn't know that Xia Daoming worked hard to find the Blood Rain Dragon Breath Grass that was more than 3,000 years old. The real purpose was not to become the disciples of the Jindan elder, but to enter the inner sect in advance.
Otherwise, Wan Yan would definitely be stunned by Xia Daoming's bizarre purpose and seriously suspect that Xia Daoming was crazy.
"Haha!" Xia Daoming smiled without comment, and then took out the thousand-year-old black clam pearl and the dragon fish fry.
"Three uncles, please keep them." Xia Daoming said.
"It is indeed a black clam bead of excellent quality. I will take it first." Wan Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she quickly put the thousand-year-old black clam bead into the storage ring.
"Senior sister, you need to go to the Black Wind Cave to receive the punishment. I will take the young dragon fish and find someone to refine the Shenglong Pill." Mo Yongzhi said and put the young dragon fish away.
"I get angry when I talk about the Black Wind Cave!" Wan Yan said.
"The Black Wind Cave is really nothing. I have suffered all kinds of hardships in my life in pursuit of the Golden Pill. Now I am a little worried that the True Dragon Blood Pearl will fall into Luo Mu's hands. With her character, if she becomes a Golden Pill Elder one day, our situation will probably be very bad." Shao Shiyu said.
Xia Daoming felt subtle when he heard this.
He didn't dare to guarantee other things, but he definitely dared to guarantee that the True Dragon Blood Pearl would not fall into Luo Mu's hands.
However, he couldn't say this out loud, so he could only hold it in.