I am cultivating immortality in the chaotic world.

Chapter 138 "Riddled with holes."

"Our ancestors made Chaotian Sect famous on Xuantian Continent tens of thousands of years ago."

"And since I have inherited the position of the leader of Chaotian Sect."

"Of course we can't weaken this reputation."

After a pause, Chen Yu tilted his head to look at the horizon and said softly, "Master Chen Yu of Chaotian Sect, when I passed through the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, no one told me that this Master of Chaotian Sect would have so many problems."

Actually.

There were many things he could not decide. When Tianjiao first screened the secret realm, he did not know that the name Chaotian Sect was so famous, and he did not have any taboos.

Many geniuses remembered these words, "Chen Lu, the leader of the Chaotian Sect".

As for the shadow that Chaotian Sect left on Xuantian Continent tens of thousands of years ago, although so much time has passed and many people have forgotten this name, as long as you look for it in history books, you can find this familiar name of Chaotian Sect.

And he is the new sect leader.

It can be said that before even setting foot in Xuantian Continent, countless forces in Xuantian Continent remembered the name of Chaotian Sect again.

Three hours later.

Chen Lu stood at the entrance of the ancient ruins again and clapped his hands tiredly. The passage of the ancient ruins was extremely deep, and it was not an easy task to remove all the steps.

It took them three hours to remove all the stones that could block their spiritual consciousness.

This is good stuff.

It can't be wasted.

At this time, these stones had piled up into a small hill in the back mountain of Chaotian Sect. If the documents were not counted, these stones were all he had gained on this trip, oh, and that little wolf.

A thug with the cultivation level of the fifth level of Jindan is not bad.

However, compared to a fighter, he prefers to treat it as a pet. After all, it is still in its infancy. Although its cultivation is not weak, it is still difficult to truly regard it as a fighting force that can fight on the battlefield.

The sense of disobedience is too strong.

At this time, many monks surrounded the entrance of the ancient ruins. After removing all the stone steps, Chen Lu casually smashed down a few lightning spells to seal the cave entrance. If they wanted to enter again, they had to clear the landslide at the cave entrance first.

In fact, he was not worried about anyone going down.

Not to mention that there is actually nothing below, the only useful documents are in the secret room that can only be opened with the order of the head of the sect, and those documents have been stored in his storage ring.

Just because of the poisonous gas below, no one can step in.

but.
He still blocked the hole out of habit, which is equivalent to not wearing underwear. You know that the pants are blocking your view and no one can see it, but you still feel unnatural.

It was almost dusk.

After doing all this, Chen Lu returned to the inn in Feicheng. After a few people gathered together and chatted for a while, they continued to practice.

Feilong went to the small world to practice with that witch.

Chen Lu and the scholar were practicing in their respective guest rooms.

Soon, it was midnight.

Ten Golden Dan Tiandao Cultivation Pills arrived again. Chen Lu, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, took out the cultivation pills with ease and put them to his mouth. He circulated his mental skills, calmed his mind and absorbed the medicinal properties of the cultivation pills.

A night of hard practice.

At dawn, Chen Lu let out a long breath and tilted his head to look at the snow outside the window. It had snowed all night last night and was still snowing until dawn. This was the second snow this winter.

This heavy snow finally adds a touch of winter to this winter.

He looked inward at the cultivation level panel above his Dantian, and his own cultivation level had finally reached—
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"Cultivation": The fourth level of the Golden Core Stage (5.3%).
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"Ok?"

Chen Lu raised his eyebrows slightly. When he was at the third level of Jindan, he took a Jindan Tiandao Cultivation Pill, and his cultivation progress only increased by 3%. He thought that when he reached the fourth level of Jindan, one Jindan Tiandao Cultivation Pill would only increase his cultivation progress by 2%.

But I didn't expect that the progress of cultivation is still 3%.

This was beyond his expectation.

This means that he can break through the fifth level of Jindan faster than expected.

This "Genius Ranking" lasts for a full year, which means that he can receive ten Golden Core Heavenly Dao Cultivation Pills every day during this year. Unfortunately, he must receive them in batches every day.

It would be great if the money could be received all at once.

Then he looked inward at the sky above his Dantian. After his cultivation level broke through, the sky reappeared, wrapped in clouds and mist, with an extremely familiar and long-lost panel.
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"My cultivation has greatly increased, and I have officially entered the fourth level of the Golden Core Stage."

"Please choose from the three random entries below in ten breaths."

1:

"Entry Name": Acting on Behalf of Heaven
「Entry Level」: Blue.

[Effect of the entry]: You can design a secret realm of heaven that is only accessible to those at the Golden Core level or below at the cost of 300 years of life, but there is only a certain probability of success. If it is too unfair, you will not succeed.

2:

"Entry name": Death sentence for remonstrance.

「Entry Level」: Blue.

[Effect of Entry]: You can change a person's subconscious memory at the cost of consuming 10 years of life. As the complexity of the memory change increases, the lifespan consumed will continue to increase.

3:

「Entry name」: Die cleanly.

"Entry Level": Yellow.

[Entry Effect]: When you die, everyone will forget your name, and all the records of you, such as documents, history books, jade slips, etc., will be automatically cleared.
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Chen Lu frowned and thought without saying anything. The three entries he randomly got this time were of little use to him.

And none of them is about combat effectiveness.

They are all auxiliary effects.

He even randomly got a completely useless entry "Clean Death". In his opinion, the reason why this entry was a yellow entry instead of a white entry was probably because the effect of this entry involved the power of rules.

A certain intensity.

This entry is actually quite powerful. It will erase the memory of you from the brains of all those who remember your name, and all jade slips and historical books that record you will also be automatically cleared.

This is no small project.

If we only talk about the effort, this yellow entry may be a bit underestimated. It just takes so much effort to pull out a big lump. If it was not after death, but before death, he thinks the effect is actually quite strong.

The first entry, "acting on behalf of heaven," was also excluded.

It is really unnecessary to spend so many lifespans just to create a secret realm of heaven that may not succeed. However, the second entry "Death of Advice" can be reluctantly selected.

Although it's of no use.

But it is a good choice among short ones. It can be used. If I need this entry in the future, I can use it. Unlike the other two entries which are completely useless.

"what?"

At this moment, Chen Yu couldn't help but shudder all over, and hurriedly shouted: "Cancel, cancel!"

After obtaining this entry just now, he suddenly had the urge to see if this entry could modify his subconscious memory. It turned out to be effective. Then he felt that there was a force of heaven and earth preparing to deduct his lifespan. As soon as he thought of what memory he wanted to modify, his lifespan would be automatically deducted.

He was just doing an experiment.

But I didn't intend to really modify my memory.

He also knew the conditions for using this term. It was impossible to modify memories remotely. Physical contact was required to modify the memories of others at the cost of sacrificing one's lifespan.

"Well"

Chen Lu, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, seemed to be thinking about something without saying anything. As a sage of the Heavenly Dao, he was not worried about having his memory modified by others, but he felt that the world of cultivating immortals was too dangerous. If he could get this entry randomly, others could definitely get it randomly as well.

If there were no Heavenly Saint, then others could modify your memory at will by simply paying a little bit of their life.

This is too scary.

The next few days.

Chen Lu and his companions did not leave the inn and were all practicing patiently.

Soon, three days passed until dawn of the third day.

Chen Yu, who had been sitting cross-legged on the bed practicing for the past few days, finally let out a long sigh: "Huh"

And his cultivation progress has also arrived.
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"Cultivation": The fourth level of the Golden Core Stage (90.3%).
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Once the Golden Core Heavenly Dao cultivation is completed tonight, it will be possible to raise the cultivation to the fifth level of the Golden Core.

not bad.

After practicing for several days in a row, I can’t sit in the inn all the time. I have to come out and move around to combine work and rest.

Early in the morning, at a roadside stall.

Chen Lu and his friends were really tired of mutton soup. No matter how delicious it was, they couldn't bear to eat it every day, so they decided to change the taste today.

Eat beef broth instead.

"This beef soup tastes really good too."

Feilong picked up a piece of vermicelli with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, then picked up a piece of meat and ate it quite attentively. Under the dedicated service of the female demon with the cultivation level of the fifth level of Jindan, Feilong's cultivation level increased very quickly.

The spiritual energy fluctuations on his body had already reached the third level of foundation building.

"Fat Dragon."

Chen Yu took a sip of soup from the porcelain bowl before admonishing, "Remember to spend some time consolidating your cultivation realm. You are not like me and the scholar. We both have the Heavenly Dao foundation, so our realm will basically not be unstable."

"You don't have the Heavenly Dao foundation, so take it easy."

"Uh-huh."

Fei Long put down his bowl and chopsticks, and wiped the grease from his mouth with his sleeve with satisfaction before smacking his lips and saying, "Don't worry, Brother Shu, I have been consolidating my cultivation level. If I let go and practice, I might have reached the fifth level of foundation building now."

"So fast?"

The scholar at the side had a flash of surprise in his eyes: "I relied on retraining and the foundation-building Heavenly Dao cultivation pill given by Brother Lu to barely reach the sixth level of foundation-building last night. You reached the fifth level just by letting go of your hands and feet to practice?"

"joke."

Fei Long rolled his eyes at the scholar with disdain: "That's a female demon at the fifth level of the Golden Core. The leader of the Xianhua Sect is only at the fourth level of the Golden Core. How can her cultivation level not increase quickly? What's more, I have the entry of Heavenly Fate Dual Cultivation, which increases my cultivation speed by nine times."

"If I had taken it easy, I would have already reached the fifth level of foundation building."

"How can an average person have the chance to have a demon girl with the fifth level of Golden Core cultivation at the first level of Foundation Establishment? But I feel that it won't last long. At most, it will take me until the seventh or eighth level of Foundation Establishment. The essence of this demon girl has been almost completely sucked out."

"So I plan to stop for a while, let her recover a little, and then continue practicing."

"Good."

Chen Lu chuckled and nodded without saying much. Everyone's cultivation speed was not slow, and he was happy for everyone.

After breakfast, go back and continue practicing.

However, just as Chen Lu was about to start practicing, he suddenly thought of something, and his body disappeared from the spot and appeared at the door of the dormitory in the small world. He knocked on the door of a dormitory.

Then he pushed the door open and walked in.

Then he saw the middle-aged shopkeeper sitting cross-legged on the bed, lying on the bed with lifeless eyes and a pale face.

"The shopkeeper?"

Chen Yu frowned slightly, strode forward, took out a few healing pills from his arms and put them into his mouth. After the shopkeeper's face looked a little better, he asked in confusion: "Did my little wolf hurt you?"

There were no outsiders in Chaotian Sect, except for the shopkeeper. He usually let the little wolf roam freely in the back mountain.

Could it be that the little wolf hurt the shopkeeper?

"No."

The shopkeeper sat up with difficulty and shook his head. A trace of guilt flashed across his face. He said hoarsely with shame, "I'm sorry to make you laugh, sir. No one hurt me. It's just that the storage ring you sent me last time has a very complicated restriction."

"I spent all my energy and used all I learned throughout my life to the utmost, but I only managed to crack one percent of this restriction."

"And so on."

"To break this storage ring restriction, even if you don't sleep or eat or drink, it will take at least 400 days."

"This is the case when everything goes smoothly. However, the deeper you go, the more difficult it is to open the barrier. It will probably take three to five years. The worst result is that you will never be able to open it in this lifetime."

"Is it so difficult?"

There was a hint of confusion in Chen Lu's eyes. He remembered that no matter whether it was the Golden Core Storage Ring or the Demon Clan Storage Ring, the shopkeeper could always crack it quickly. But the restriction of this storage ring that he picked up from the little wolf was so complicated?

“It’s very difficult.”

The shopkeeper nodded heavily with a look of admiration and helplessness on his face, "I don't know where you found this storage ring, but I am sure of one thing, this person's attainments in prohibitions are far superior to mine, and the gap is even hundreds of times as large."

"If I have the opportunity to learn from this person, it will be my lifelong blessing."

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, sir."

"No problem."

Chen Yu shook his head: "I'm not in a hurry. Since it will take at least three to five years, let's use those three to five years to slowly crack it. It doesn't matter when we crack it. Don't be in a hurry. Just take care of your health."

"Thank you for your concern, sir."

The shopkeeper's face looked much better now: "I have a feeling that as long as I can break the restriction of this storage ring, my attainments in restrictions will be greatly improved!"

"Yeah, okay, take your time."

After advising him to take care of his health, Chen Lu did not linger for long. He immediately left the small world and sat cross-legged on the bed again, ready to continue practicing.

But just then——

A hoarse and frightened voice suddenly came from the sound transmission ring on his index finger: "Brother Shu, Brother Shu, help!!!"

It was Liu Zide's voice.

Chen Lu did not stop, and immediately contacted the scholar who was practicing in the next room through the sound transmission ring. The scholar and several others immediately turned into streams of light and shot towards Liu Zide.

Liu Zide was sent out by him to buy up a large amount of evil wood.

I don’t know what kind of danger I encountered.

Is it because someone is jealous of me?

After almost dozens of breaths, Chen Lu arrived at the location where Liu Zide was.

There is a desolate wilderness a hundred miles away from Feicheng. There is no one around, no official roads, no villages, and no pedestrians.

Even the monsters can't be seen.

In such a desolate place on a mountain top, a two-meter-wide cave appeared on the ground. A tremendous amount of resentment continued to pour out from the depths of the cave. Countless resentful spirits who were in the stage of Qi Refining and even Foundation Building cultivation kept pouring out of the cave.

The shrill wails of evil spirits echoed throughout the world.

The resentment that had almost condensed into substance made the surroundings even colder, as if it could completely freeze a person's blood.

And above the cave entrance.

The master of Liu Zide's Wang family was now constantly self-destructing with a look of fear and panic. Each time he unleashed a full-strength attack of the fifth level of the Golden Core and smashed madly into the cave entrance. Each attack could kill a large number of vengeful spirits.

But the number of entries that can self-destruct is limited after all.

If he didn't come, Master Wang would not be able to hold on for long. At that time, countless vengeful spirits would rush out from deep underground under the cave entrance and completely envelope Liu Zide and Master Wang.

With so many vengeful spirits around, there was no chance for the two of them to survive.

And then saw Chen Lu coming.

The old man of the Wang family shouted with excitement and a trembling voice: "Brother Shu, save me!!!"

"Step aside."

Chen Lu frowned slightly and waved his hand as hundreds of thunder dragons blasted over. The killing power of the Thunder Lord had a restraining effect on these evil spirits. Hundreds of thunder dragons flew over and completely blocked the entrance to the cave. All the evil spirits that hit the thunder dragons turned into a wisp of green smoke on the spot.

Then he waved his hand to signal the master of the Wang family to retreat, and he stood suspended above the cave entrance. Relying on the effect of the Heavenly Saint, none of the endless resentful spirits below were able to rush out. Before they could get close to him, they turned into green smoke and disappeared in the air.

Chen Yu, who was above the cave entrance, looked at Liu Zide and the other man and whispered, "What's going on? Did you dig it out of the Yin Prison?"

According to legend, after death, people will turn into ghosts and go to the underworld. Some people who have done many bad things in their lives will turn into vengeful spirits and suffer torture day and night in the underworld hell. The ghosts in the underworld are often extremely bloodthirsty and cruel.

"I..." The master of the Wang family had not yet come to his senses. He stood there with his legs trembling: "I..."

Liu Zide patted the stuttering Master Wang's shoulder, motioning him to step back, then he stepped forward and said with a slightly pale face, "Brother Shu, let me tell you. I've had a lot of dealings with Xiongshamu recently."

"The evil wood grows in places with evil spirits. The so-called evil spirits are places where a lot of people have died."

"But there are so many places where people have died in large numbers."

"Among the 19 states of Daxia, it's not just Feizhou where people have died. Moreover, with hundreds of countries at war, there should be more people who have died. Why are there no evil trees in the other 18 states of Daxia?"

"There is no evil tree in the Hundred Kingdoms."

"Is it only in Feizhou, Daxia, that there are evil trees?"

"I have never figured out this problem. I just thought that maybe it was because the weather in Feizhou was cold, so the evil wood grew there, so that people could burn it to keep warm."

"but--"

"It was not until the entrance to this cave was opened that we got the real answer: why only the evil tree grows in Feizhou? Because enough people died in Feizhou."

"I have been buying a lot of evil wood recently. Whenever I buy too much evil wood in a place, I will find that the temperature around that area will gradually become a little colder. At first I thought it was an illusion, but then I decided to do an experiment."

"They sent people to buy up all the evil trees within a radius of dozens of miles, and then sent people to pull out all the evil trees growing in this area, and this happened."

"What you mean is..." Chen Lu narrowed his eyes slightly, looked down at the cave below where endless vengeful spirits were rushing out, and roughly understood what Liu Zide meant.

"That's right!"

Liu Zide took a deep breath and nodded heavily: "I discovered the real function of the evil wood. It is not used for heating, but to suppress evil spirits!"

"The entire Feizhou is almost hollowed out, and there are endless vengeful spirits hiding under Feizhou."

"And I even suspect that the reason why the boundless ice field is so cold is that the bottom of the boundless ice field has been hollowed out, and there are also endless resentful spirits hidden underneath, or even a sea of ​​resentful spirits!"

"The evil tree is there to suppress these evil spirits."

"We have purchased a large amount of evil wood these days, which has resulted in a shortage of evil wood to suppress the vengeful spirits. The power to suppress the vengeful spirits has also weakened a little. As I cleared out the evil wood within a radius of dozens of miles, this place has become the weakest spot, so the vengeful spirits rushed out from here, just like Feizhou is a punctured watermelon."

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Chen Lu remained silent and did not say anything. He just looked at Fei Long who was standing beside him with a look of horror on his face. If someone else heard what Liu Zide said, they would definitely sneer at him.

The area underneath Feizhou is hollowed out and contains a sea of ​​resentful spirits?

The reason why the boundless ice field is so cold is because there are so many vengeful spirits below?

Complete bullshit!
But they truly believed it, because they had been to the bottom of the endless desert, and underneath the endless desert there was a sea of ​​fire that flowed like magma.

Moreover, Chen Lu had experienced firsthand how low his temperature would drop if he carried too many vengeful spirits on his body. For the abnormally cold temperature of the boundless ice field with a sea of ​​vengeful spirits flowing beneath it, it did not seem unacceptable.

"In the past, many families and sects also burned evil wood. Why has this never happened before?"

The scholar at the side asked in confusion.

Liu Zide also patiently explained: "In the past, these families and sects burned the evil wood in Feizhou. The heat and evil spirit emitted by burning the evil wood can also suppress the evil spirits under Feizhou."

“No one will take the evil wood out of Feizhou.”

"Because people outside Feizhou can't use it at all."

"As a result, for so many years, the evil wood and Feizhou have maintained a delicate balance, and this year is particularly cold. In other words, the vengeful spirits under Feizhou are particularly violent this year, which slightly breaks this balance."

"But it is still under control. As long as there are no unexpected circumstances, Feizhou will be a little colder this winter at most, but nothing unexpected will happen. However, since we purchase a large amount of evil wood and only purchase it without burning it, this balance is completely broken."

"I understand." Fei Long nodded, and said with a sigh, "It means that if you didn't suddenly come up with this experiment and cleared out all the evil trees within a radius of dozens of miles, this big hole wouldn't have appeared, right?"

"No."

Liu Zide shook his head with an unpleasant expression: "If I hadn't done this experiment, then when the balance was completely broken, there wouldn't just be this one hole. Hundreds or even thousands of holes would appear in the entire Feizhou at the same time."

"It's full of holes."

"Each cave requires a Jindan cultivator to suppress it. There are not that many Jindan in Daxia."

"By then, the entire Feicheng will be flooded with blood and completely turned into a den of ghosts. Even Daxia will have a hard time escaping this disaster. This is a great disaster!"

Chen Lu understood what Liu Zide meant. Although many things were Liu Zide's guesses, according to his judgment, they were not far wrong and were the same as what he saw.

A vengeful spirit is a life.

He only stood here for a short while, and nearly a thousand vengeful spirits rushed towards him and turned into a wisp of green smoke. One can imagine how many vengeful spirits there are under Feizhou, and how many people have died in Feizhou.
Evil wood should be a relatively precious thing in Xuantian Continent.

The reason why they can be seen everywhere here may be that many people died here. However, Xuantian Continent is much larger than their Daxia. Is it possible that there is no ancient battlefield like Feizhou in Xuantian Continent?

"Go down and have a look."

Chen Yu tilted his head and looked at Liu Zide: "Take out all the evil wood and see if you can block this hole."

"it is good!"

Liu Zide nodded hurriedly. They had no time to do that just now. The cave entrance suddenly broke open and the vengeful spirits rushed out like the sea. The evil wood was unable to stop them. If the master had not used the self-destruction method to suppress these vengeful spirits, they would have been flooded long ago.

soon--

Thousands of evil-looking trees were scattered around the entrance of the cave, and the vengeful spirits that were about to rush out suddenly let out a shrill scream and retreated again.

It seems that the evil wood does have a suppressing effect on these evil spirits.

Even though Chen Lu was no longer standing at the entrance of the cave, the vengeful spirits were only screaming and wailing below the entrance, and not a single one rushed out.

"Walk."

Chen Yu looked at the scholar and whispered, "Go down and take a look."

Chen Lu and several scholars immediately jumped into the cave and fell into a sea composed of countless vengeful spirits. As soon as they jumped in, it was like a red-hot fire stick inserted into ice and snow, instantly melting all the vengeful spirits along the route.

And all the vengeful spirits that rushed towards him were melted without exception.

Below the cave entrance is a narrow passage that is hundreds of feet deep and perpendicular to the ground. These vengeful spirits rushed to the ground through this passage, and after falling hundreds of feet, the view in front of them suddenly became clear.

A huge space came into view.

It is exactly the same as the sea of ​​fire under the boundless desert, the only difference is that there is no fire here, only countless vengeful spirits.

At a glance.

Unknown number.

I just felt a suffocating feeling.

(End of this chapter)