Chapter 158: Fighting Fake Pills?
"My fellow Taoists, this Heavenly Fire Gold Stone vein is not small. After clearing the Golden Scale Black Horned Lizard, I will only take 60%, and the remaining 40% will be shared by all Taoists."
"In addition, except for the third-level demon king, the rest of the Golden Scale Black Horned Lizards will be given to you."
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Huo Gan Zhenren spoke again.
"Please forgive me, Zhenren. I have a lot of things to do recently and cannot help you."
The thief cultivator who sold the star tree before was the first to speak.
After saying that, he stood up and bowed to Huo Gan Zhenren as an apology, and then walked out of the hall.
"Please forgive me, Zhenren. I have been out for a long time this time and need to rush back to the family."
Then, another person stood up and apologized and left.
The rest of the people looked at each other, and someone else wanted to stand up.
Huo Gan Zhenren was not in a hurry. He moved his hands at the corner of his mouth, and the figures who had stood up before retreated one after another.
"The Immortal is so sincere. If the junior is still unreasonable, it would be a lack of etiquette."
The cultivators who received the message actually retreated one by one.
Shen Lian also received the message from the Immortal Huo Gan.
The content of the message was also very simple. The Immortal Huo Gan already had the ability to create magic weapon embryos. If he participated in this clearing operation, he could refine a magic weapon embryo for him.
Shen Lian was not very interested in whether the Immortal Huo Gan could refine a magic weapon embryo, and he was not interested.
I think other cultivators also received the corresponding message.
"You guys play, I won't participate."
At this time, Xue Zishou stood up from his seat and stretched.
"Goodbye."
Watching Xue Zishou leave, Shen Lian also stood up from his seat. He came to investigate the red crystal fire ants, not to participate in any mining operations.
Besides, if the Immortal Huo Gan left, it would be convenient for him to investigate.
It's not that he is not interested in the mineral veins, but he is not interested in going with these people.
It is still possible to follow quietly and steal some Heavenly Fire Gold Stone.
"I also have important things to do, so I really can't delay. Senior, please forgive me."
"I wish you and all the fellow Taoists a successful start."
After bowing to Huo Gan, Shen Lian also went out of the hall.
Huo Gan Zhenren didn't care about the departure of Shen Lian and Xue Zishou, and his eyes fell on the remaining six cultivators.
However.
As soon as the two walked to the door, they were stopped by Gong Zhongze who was guarding the door.
"Two fellow Taoists, my master has told me the location of the vein. If you leave, who will take responsibility if there is any accident?"
Gong Zhongze's actions also attracted the attention of other cultivators.
"Ha..."
Xue Zishou sneered, "Tianzhu Mountain is so big, there are countless cracks in the ground, who knows which crack it is."
"It's still possible."
Gong Zhongze's figure blocked the door with a calm expression.
"Master, please consider everyone's safety."
After these words came out, the eyes of many monks who stayed behind also became sharp. Although the probability is very small, it does not mean that there is no probability.
"Oh, I am going to be forced into a pirate ship."
Xue Zishou spread his hands, then took two steps back, looking so scared.
"Okay, count me in for this, okay, who let us be weak in numbers, so we have to be obedient."
As he said this, he winked at Shen Lian.
Shen Lian looked at the restrictions in the attic. This Huo Gan Zhenren acted in a sly way, so it was normal for him to do this.
After that, he also returned to his seat.
For this scene, Huo Gan Zhenren on the seat squinted his eyes, as if he was asleep.
When Shen Lian and Xue Zishou returned to their seats, he woke up from a dream and said with a smile, "I thank you all in advance."
Seeing this, everyone did not dare to be arrogant. They stood up and bowed to Huo Gan Zhenren, and then sat down again.
"Including my servant, there are ten of us in total. Next, we will work together to kill monsters and open mines."
Huo Gan Zhenren continued with a smile: "Before that, everyone still needs to get to know each other briefly."
"Xu Qianzong, a casual cultivator near the Black Gold Mine City, has been promoted to the ninth level of foundation building for twenty years."
The cultivator who sold monster eggs before spoke first.
"I am Wei Wanling, an outer sect elder of Lingmu Sect."
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"Mu Yicheng, a local cultivator from Chijing Mine City."
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Everyone in the group briefly introduced themselves. They were all old foundation builders who had been promoted to the ninth level for many years.
One of them was named Qi Guangsen. He had been promoted to the ninth level of foundation building for seventy years. His aura also seemed very old, and he was obviously on the decline.
After everyone finished introducing themselves, Huo Gan Zhenren took out a talisman from his arms.
"To be on the safe side, we should sign the Houtu Contract."
"The Immortal is indeed thorough and a role model for cultivators of our generation."
"With the Houtu Contract, some people should believe it now. Not all Taoist friends think the same way as you do."
Seeing that the Immortal Huogan took out the Houtu Contract Talisman, the cultivators present were all satisfied.
With the contract, it means that this trip will be safer.
The Immortal Jiadan even took out the Houtu Contract. Is there any need to say more about such sincerity?
Xue Zishou scratched the back of his head, with a look of surprise in his eyes.
"During the entire process of hunting the golden-scaled black-horned lizard and mining the mineral veins, all of our fellow Taoists must not attack each other."
At this time, Master Huogan spoke solemnly.
"Just sign the contract as Master said."
The Houtu contract fell into the hands of the cultivators present in turn for inspection. When it fell into Shen Lian's hands, he scanned it with his mind.
He found that this Houtu contract was a bit incomplete.
It was too different from the Houtu contract he drew, and some of the lines of the restrictions in it were blurred.
He handed the Houtu contract to the next person silently.
After everyone checked the contract, they began to sign it with blood dripping.
During this process, Shen Lian noticed that Gong Zhongze, who was guarding next to him, did not come forward to sign the contract together.
But no one cared about this matter.
"With a contract, everyone can be honest with each other."
After signing the contract, Xu Qianzong smiled and spoke.
Although the others did not speak, they also had the same idea.
The divine consciousness sensed the contract that was immersed in the sea of divine consciousness. The pressure level was about 40% of the contract he and Saitama signed, and it should be less than 50%.
Even if the Houtu contract of this degree was violated, Shen Lian estimated that he would only be seriously injured by the backlash, and it would not be fatal.
With the guarantee of the contract, everyone did not delay any more time and headed out of the market.
After leaving the market, Huo Gan Zhenren waved his hand and summoned a red flying boat, and everyone flew into the boat one after another.
Shen Lian stayed on the land outside the market for a while, took the spirit puppet into his body, and then boarded the flying boat.
On the flying boat, Xue Zishou found a corner by himself, took out a few dishes, and drank happily, ignoring others.
The Tianzhu Mountain mining area is vast and the mountains and rivers are undulating. Because of the long-term mining of ore, many earth cracks have appeared inside the mountains.
Some cracks are deep and have spiritual power, which has become the habitat of some monster tribes.
After coming out of the Fire Valley Market, as he went deeper into the forest, Master Huogan did not dare to show off in public, and flew his flying boat close to the height of the middle part of the mountain.
Along the way, sometimes in order to avoid some monsters, he deliberately took a detour.
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On this day, in the vast forest, a red stream of light emerged from the distant valley, and then quickly plunged into a jungle.
At the same time, the red light flashed, and ten figures fell to the ground at once.
"We are here. After I found this place, I set up the Thousand Mountains and Ten Thousand Images Formation here to cover the entrance and exit of the rift valley."
Master Huogan looked at everyone looking around and said with a smile.
"Master is really mature and prudent."
"Next, after I open the entrance and exit, I still have to use the formation to re-seal the entrance to prevent our movements from attracting other monsters and cultivators."
"Master is right. Tianzhu Mountain is full of dangers. We still need to be more cautious."
Qi Guangsen stroked his beard and spoke. He was the oldest among the foundation builders present.
The other cultivators nodded in agreement.
"Master, please open the formation. I haven't found the rift valley yet."
"Everyone, follow me."
Master Huogan turned into a red light and fled towards the distant valley, and the others followed him.
When everyone entered the valley, Master Huogan shot a spiritual light and fell towards a verdant land.
Suddenly, ripples like water waves appeared in the valley, and the grass and rocks also wrinkled and soon twisted into a ball.
Then, in the valley that was originally lush with grass and trees, a winding and deep crack appeared, and a strong demonic aura permeated from it.
Shen Lian followed in the middle of the team, and his divine sense swept into the rift valley. There was indeed a golden-scaled black-horned lizard, but the depths of the rift valley were very deep, and his divine sense could not sense the end.
This kind of monster likes dark environments. If there is really a third-level demon king, it will hide in the deepest part.
In addition to the fact that the Houtu contract he signed was a little powerless, he did not notice anything else unusual.
"That third-level golden-scaled black-horned lizard demon king, I have confirmed that he should have just been promoted to the third level not long ago. He is now hiding in the deepest mineral vein in the rift to practice. It is not difficult for us to kill him together."
"Do you think we should kill him directly from the outside, or bypass the little lizard and reach the deepest part to kill the lizard king first?"
Huo Gan Zhenren gave the choice to the monks present.
"With the Zhenren leading, I think we should surround and kill the lizard king first, so that it will be much easier to clean up the ordinary first and second-level black-horned lizards in turn."
"Okay, then let's go around."
A cloud of light red smoke appeared on Huo Gan Zhenren's body. Soon after the smoke enveloped and sank into his body, his breath was reduced to a very weak level.
The remaining monks also followed suit and performed their own breath-retaining methods.
After practicing to this point, the breath-retaining techniques in the hands of the monks present are no longer rare.
"Everyone enter the rift, I will rearrange the formation."
Shen Lian followed the crowd into the rift.
Huo Gan Zhenren cast the spell again, making the rift in the valley disappear and turn it into a land of lush vegetation.
Everyone was a foundation-building master, so it was easy to bypass the ordinary first- and second-level black-horned lizards on the periphery. Following the winding and dim prey, everyone quickly went deep into the depths.
Occasionally, someone would kill the black-horned lizard that blocked the way, and then put it into his own storage magic weapon.
A fake Dan, plus a group of foundation-building ninth-level masters, how could these small lizards in the rift block the way.
Soon, after passing through a crack, traces of excavated mines appeared on the surrounding rock walls, but it was a long time ago, so this was normal.
But after walking along the inclined rift for dozens of miles, Shen Lian's mind had already shown the end of the rift, but he did not notice the so-called third-level golden-scaled black-horned lizard.
"Something is wrong, why are they all first-level golden-scaled black-horned lizards."
Qi Guangsen spoke as he walked, his mind swept around, a group of golden-scaled black-horned lizards could not be only first-level, there must be at least a dozen or twenty second-level ones.
But now they have walked all the way, and they have not found a second-level one, which is very abnormal.
However, because of the Houtu contract, he has not thought much about it.
"Did someone get there first?"
At this moment, everyone was checking the surroundings with their minds, including Huo Gan Zhenren.
"The place where I found the third-level lizard king is in the innermost part."
At this moment, Huo Gan Zhenren also frowned and was sensing the surroundings with his mind.
"Fellow Daoists, shall we go forward and have a look?"
Both the Lizard King and the mineral vein are very attractive to many cultivators. With the Houtu Contract, everyone nodded and went forward again.
However, Shen Lian was prepared.
He sensed that the end of the mineral vein was not far ahead.
There was indeed the Skyfire Gold Stone, but it had been excavated.
If that was the case, there was nothing to doubt.
But there was no strong smell of the black-horned lizard at the end. The smell of the third-level demon king was very strong. Even if it was killed, it would not be completely dissipated in such a closed place in a short time.
According to Master Huogan, he found this place during the beast tide, but the beast tide was only two or three years before and after.
It was not possible to completely dissipate the smell of the third-level demon king.
Either there was no third-level demon king here, or it had been killed a long time ago.
Thinking of this, he sent the spirit puppet into the earth and stone. After making preparations, he wanted to see what kind of tricks Master Huogan would play.
"No, we have been deep for so long, and even the number of first-level black-horned lizards is so sparse..."
"You are right, fellow Taoists."
At this time, a fire bead appeared in the hand of the ever-smiling Huo Gan Zhenren.
On this bead, there were balls of fire, and each fire was like a swimming fish, exuding a terrifying aura.
"Ah, Zhenren..."
In an instant, the fire exploded among the crowd. Because they were not prepared in advance and the distance was close.
When Huo Gan Zhenren took out the exotic fire bead, everyone could not react at all.
When they noticed the red fire fish swimming, they all used their own spells to defend themselves, but facing this kind of exotic treasure that was refined in advance and did not need to use spells, how could they react.
"Puff puff puff..."
The red fire fish exploded on the bodies of the cultivators. Although everyone's resistance was not comprehensive, they also formed a trend of fighting each other.
The Houtu Contract immediately exploded with power.
Whether it was Master Huogan or the other cultivators, they all vomited blood and screamed while holding their heads.
The foundation-building cultivators were in even worse shape, as they were hit by the red fire fish. Under the double blow, their faces turned pale and they were in an extremely depressed state.
The oldest fellow Daoist, Qi Guangsen, was smashed directly between the earth and rocks, and it seemed that he was breathing in more than out.