Immortal Road.

Searching for ancient teachings.

Lin Shan had only been away for a few months, and the situation in western Lu had not changed much. However, it was reported that the branches of the Feather Clan were still gathering on the alien side of the border, and they were coming from all directions.

Except for Lu Xiuming, all other Nascent Soul cultivators in the sect went to the front lines of Yunchuan Academy and Lujiang Academy to guard against any sudden attack from the other side.

After introducing Grandmaster Manyi to everyone, he took her to familiarize herself with the environment.

Lin Shan set out to leave the mountain gate again. The spiritual tide in the outside world was surging, and he had limited time and could not afford to delay too much.

Heading north, we left the State of Lu.

This time, his target is a top force within the territory of the demonic kingdom of Chu.

Xushen Mountain!
It's time for Xu Jizi's move to come in handy.

In the Fallen Demon Valley, four holy-land-level forces competed and clashed with each other, and they supported four spokespersons respectively: the Yuanmo Sect and Huangquan Sect of Jin, the Qingmeng of Jiaozhou, and the Xushen Mountain of Chu.

In comparison, if you want to sneak in without being discovered, it is better to blend in with your existing identity.

Xu Jizi was once the master of Luwu Peak in Xushen Mountain. He was killed by himself in the Yuxing Secret Treasure. His remaining soul has been hiding in the Luwu Peak Master's token waiting for resurrection.

That year, after the remnant soul was discovered, he lied to Lin Shan that the token of the master of Luwu Peak was a spiritual treasure, and that he was the spirit of the spiritual treasure 'Jixuzi'. He tried his best to tempt him to return to Xushen Mountain in Chu State, saying that he could inherit Xu Jizi's status and wealth. Lin Shan took advantage of the situation and kept pretending to be submissive.

Now is the perfect time to talk to this guy again.

Take out the Luwu Peak master's token.

There was a dim little light inside, immersed in the corner and motionless. From the outside, it looked like a shaky meteor, and its soul was almost gone!

It seems that too much time has passed. Even though he has sealed himself off and fallen asleep, doing his best to reduce the loss of soul energy, this tiny bit of remaining soul can no longer hold on.

"Hey, wake up?"

A voice came from outside, echoing in the Peak Master's token.

It's a pity that it didn't cause any splash.

Lin Shan called out several more times, but the light spot still didn't respond. He didn't know if it was sleeping too deeply or was deaf.

I might as well use my spiritual consciousness to go in and start forcibly awakening him!
The light spot was finally startled by the noise, and its consciousness fluctuated vaguely, as if it had been sleeping for too long and was a little confused. For a moment, I didn't know what year or month it was, where I was, and who I was.
I was in a daze for a long time before I recalled everything that had happened in the past.

Sensing that Lin Shan was outside, he quickly pretended to be outside and sang a long verse.

"Ah~
A thought turns into a mulberry field, a dream turns into a mortal world, a dream lasts for thousands of years, what year is it now? "

"Hey you, He!"

Lin Shan's spiritual incarnation showed no mercy and slapped him hard in the face, almost breaking the guy's remaining soul.

"Awake? If you are awake, get up and get ready to work!"

"No, no, my friend, what are you doing?"

"Why, don't you remember your promise?"

"The promise you made? You mean, you woke me up this time because you were planning to go to Xushen Mountain?"

The remaining soul of Xu Jizi was extremely surprised. He didn't expect that after sleeping for so long, he would hear such good news as soon as he woke up.

However, due to his excited emotions, the soul light in his body shook and almost disappeared.

"Don't get excited. I'll help you stabilize your soul."

Lin Shan took out two spiritual medicines for healing the soul and sent them deep into the token. With the slow nourishment, the light spot was finally no longer so fragile and recovered a little bit.

The remaining soul of Xu Jizi hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

"How many years have passed now? How long have I been asleep? Hmm. It seems like more than a hundred years. Time flies."

"Fellow Daoist Jixuzi, didn't you tell me that you are a spirit? Why is the spirit of the spiritual treasure so weak? It seems like it can't survive without my help?"

Lin Shan deliberately asked questions to scare this guy.

Xu Jizi was indeed flustered, thinking that the boy was suspicious, and hurriedly explained:

"This spiritual treasure is seriously damaged inside, and my soul energy will be lost faster. That's why I must enter a suitable body as soon as possible and learn from the Purple Star Ring spirit to reincarnate as a human. My friend, you have thought it through when you woke me up this time, and you plan to go to Xushen Mountain?"

"That's right. For the past hundred years, I have been stuck at the peak of the late Jindan stage and have not made any progress. I have looked up to the Yuanying stage several times but still could not get through. So I plan to try my luck at Xushen Mountain."

Lin Shan deliberately concealed his cultivation level, revealing only the late Jindan stage, and had a bitter look on his face.

As expected, the remaining soul of Xu Jizi was fooled after hearing this. His memory still stayed at yesterday. His soul light flickered slightly and he laughed secretly in his heart.

Although this kid has good talent, luck and a magical flying knife, how difficult is it to reach the Nascent Soul stage? How can you, a peasant cultivator without the support of top forces, become a high-ranking Nascent Soul True Lord?

Now that’s great, you’ve wasted a hundred years of time, your cultivation has stagnated, and you’ve suffered a lot from the society of cultivators, and now you know to come to me!
Humph, watch me teach you a lesson!
"Oh, brother, the Nascent Soul stage is indeed a huge hurdle that stands in front of cultivators of my generation. Even if you are extremely talented and intelligent, it is indeed too difficult to break through on your own without the help of top forces. This is not your fault~"

"If you had come to me earlier, why would you have wasted a hundred years? How foolish! How foolish!"

"But it's not too late for you to realize it now. Go to Luwu Peak of Xushen Mountain. It is one of the top five Taoist veins. In history, it has produced several Yuanying stage ancestors. The things left in the treasure house are definitely enough for you to break through to the Yuanying stage!"

"Don't worry, I'm here. As the spirit of the Luwu Peak's inherited spiritual treasure, I know more about it than Xu Jizi. I will make sure you return with a full load."

Lin Shan was overjoyed when he heard this, and changed his arrogant attitude. Thinking that he still needed his help to break through the Nascent Soul stage, he immediately became much more polite.

"Then I'll have to trouble Daoist Fellow Jixuzi."

The residual soul light spot also put forward the conditions very seriously:
"I want to reincarnate as a human, and I need your help."

"Of course, no problem, no problem!"

"Ahahahaha!!!"

The two men laughed out loud at the same time, seeming to be having a great time, but in fact, they each had their own ulterior motives and were extremely evil.

Xu Jizi had long been out of touch with the times. He didn't know that Lin Shan was already in the late Nascent Soul stage. Moreover, with the enhanced panel identification, he had long seen through his residual soul disguise and was still trying his best to plan his resurrection.

"Where are you now, my friend? When do you plan to go to Xushen Mountain?"

"We have already arrived in Chu State. We will arrive in one or two days at the fastest."

"Well, we can discuss how to help you take over Luwu Peak."

"Right on my mind!"

Lin Shan became excited; this was what he had been waiting for.

He wanted to sneak into Xushen Mountain, and then use the channel of Xushen Mountain to sneak into the Fallen Demon Valley, enter the battlefield in the center of the Spirit Tide openly, and then inquire about the current progress of the major holy places in exploring the secrets of the Spirit Tide.
Scoring consists of several steps that require careful planning and careful consideration.

Once exposed in advance, he will be unable to move forward, so the traitor Xu Jizi is particularly important. Let's see what tricks this old guy can give him!

"Xushen Mountain is a large sect of the devil, with a long heritage and rich history. Unlike those ordinary devil sects that recruit cannon fodder, it is basically impossible for ordinary people to sneak in."

"We recruit disciples from a young age, and the latest is when they reach the ninth level of Qi training. Once the foundation is established, it is basically set, and it is impossible to recruit them as the core."

"If you bring your art to the mountain gate now to become a disciple, you will probably be eaten up on the first day, with only a pile of bones left to be thrown into the ditch. I am not exaggerating!"

"So let me see, it's better to use Xu Jizi's ready-made identity to return and lie that you have been wandering outside for a hundred years. This is actually not a big deal."

It is not really an outrageous thing for a master of the magic world to go out and lose contact for a long time. Nowadays, there are many people who have been in seclusion for a hundred years, so it makes sense legally.

But the difficulty lies in how to impersonate Xu Ji Zi. "Does your original Xu Ji Zi body still exist?"

"of course."

When Lin Shan killed Xu Jizi in the Yuxing secret storage, he used the War God's Flying Knife, so there was no damage to the corpse.

In order to use them in the future, he even kept his body and golden elixir separately.

But when he took it out.

Because Xu Jizi's body had been stored for too long, the essence of his body had been severely lost and it became shriveled like a zombie.

Even though the originally huge golden elixir was sealed in the jade box, it gradually shrunk over the long years, falling from the peak of the golden elixir to the early stage of the golden elixir.

If it was a few years later, the early stage of the golden elixir would have been gone and would have probably turned into smoke and dissipated.

The remaining soul of Xu Jizi floated out of the token. After seeing the flashing light, he was so angry and heartbroken that he cursed the boy in front of him a hundred or eighty times in secret!

Do you store it like this?

Don’t you know that the physical body needs regular maintenance and the golden elixir needs to be nourished with spirit at all times?

Lin Shan really didn't know, until this moment he suddenly realized that he seemed to have been too careless before, and did not take care to seal Xu Jizi's physical body.

Now when I want to use it, it has become so weak!
"Don't worry, I have a way to do this."

As a wealthy dog ​​owner, his collection was much richer than that of ordinary people, and he immediately took out a large number of rare treasures.

Rejuvenate Xu Jizi's body and inject his cultivation into the golden elixir again.

Under the almost dull gaze of his remnant soul, fourth- and fifth-level treasures were taken out one by one, and in a short while the new year was here!

At this moment, the skin of the body is plump and the complexion is rosy. Although it cannot reach the heroic spirit of Xu Jizi in the past, it is in 80% of its original condition.

The golden elixir had only just recovered to its late stage. Lin Shan was afraid that it was too weak to be replenished, and if it was replenished too much at once, it would explode. So for now, it would be fine.

"How is it? Is it okay?"

"Where did you get all these elixirs?"

"Oh, you're talking about this. It's a long time outside now. This kind of treasure can be found everywhere and is easy to pick up. What's the problem?"

"Wanhui Nian?!"

The remaining soul of Xu Jizi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly reacted.

Yup!

I have been sleeping for too long and almost forgot that the Wanhui New Year has begun outside.

Lin Shan stuffed Xu Jizi's golden elixir into his dantian, sighed slightly and shook his head:

"It's a pity that the top forces still control most of the resources. There are no spiritual objects that can help me break through the Nascent Soul stage. Otherwise, I wouldn't have decided to take a risk after running into obstacles everywhere."

The remaining soul of Xu Jizi felt sympathetic and immediately agreed with what he said.

"What a pity, my friend. With your talent and character, if you were born in a better family, you would have reached the Nascent Soul stage by now, and would not have wasted time until now! But since your body and golden elixir are intact, it will be easy for you to impersonate Xu Jizi. I will teach you a secret technique."

At that moment, the light spot's spiritual consciousness engraved a secret technique for him.

Lin Shan received the latter identification.

【Thousand Miles of Thoughts】

Quality: Fourth-level secret technique

Introduction: Separate a wisp of divine consciousness and enter the soulless body to control the internal cultivation. At a distance of a thousand miles, the divine consciousness may lose touch with the main body.

Enhancement required: 64 points

The remnant soul of Xu Jizi explained:

"This is the Thousand Miles Divided Mind Technique. If you separate a strand of your divine consciousness and place it in Xu Jizi's body, you can control his demeanor, movements, and language, including his cultivation."

"As long as the main body is within a thousand miles, there is no need to worry about losing contact with the divine consciousness. You can control its movements at any time."

"If you don't believe me, you can try it out now to see if it's within a thousand miles and whether I'm lying to you."

Lin Shan was a little surprised. After being authenticated by the enhanced panel, this secret technique was exactly the same as what Xu Jizi said. This guy really didn't do anything tricky. Is he really that kind?
Although he didn't trust Xu Jizi, he trusted the enhanced panel. He generously said that there was no need for testing and that he trusted him.

However, the remaining soul of Xu Jizi urged him to take a test first to prove that he was sincere and not lying.

Lin Shan had no choice but to hurriedly learn this secret technique, and then separated a wisp of his spiritual consciousness into Xu Jizi's body.

Xu Jizi suddenly opened his eyes, stood up with a calm face, glanced at Lin Shan, turned around and walked out and flew towards the horizon.

After estimating that it was a thousand miles away, Lin Shan pretended to clap his hands in exclamation:

"It can actually sense a thousand miles away. This secret technique is truly magical!"

"Of course, I didn't lie to you, did I?"

The remaining soul of Xu Jizi was very proud, thinking that he had initially gained Lin Shan's trust.

After his physical body was controlled back by his spiritual thoughts, he spoke to Lin Shan again.

"Now that the first problem has been solved, the next step is to go into the mountains and impersonate Xu Jizi. I have been with him for hundreds of years and already know everything about his daily life, tone of voice, and movements. I can guide and correct you at any time."

"If you are afraid of being discovered, you can stay outside Xushen Mountain and control Xu Jizi with your mind to return to Luwu Peak. As long as you have this peak master token, everyone in Luwu Peak will have to recognize you as the peak master. I will hide in the peak master token to give you advice."

"In this way, within half a month to a month, you will be able to get familiar with the surrounding environment and wait for the opportunity. By then, I will be by your side to help you open the Dao Meridian Treasury of Luwu Peak without anyone noticing and obtain the auxiliary spiritual items for the Nascent Soul Stage."

Well, you were waiting for me here!

Lin Shan felt amused.

This guy asked his real body to hide outside Xushen Mountain, and used his spiritual power to control Xu Jizi's physical body to enter the mountain gate, bringing his residual soul with him as an adviser.

If something happens inside, the main body can only stare outside anxiously. Who knows, by any accident, this guy might destroy his spiritual power, take back his body and revive again!
The abacus beads are about to fall on my face!

"Haha, that's not necessary."

Lin Shan took out the Star Palace and placed it in the hands of Xu Jizi's physical body. He threw himself into it and sat in the yard, smiling and speaking to Xu Jizi's residual soul.

"I have a magical treasure for the cave, so my main body can go in with me, so I don't have to hide outside."

Xu Jizi was stunned and was impressed by Lin Shan’s impressive operation!

He quickly opened his mouth to stop him:
"My friend, you can't do that. Sneaking into Xushen Mountain is so dangerous. How can you take the risk yourself? What if you are exposed? You can just use your divine sense to go in."

"It's okay. Isn't it possible that Fellow Daoist Jixuzi is here? How could he put me in danger? Don't you think so?"

Lin Shan spoke leisurely, looking like he was not afraid of death and had a lot of determination.

He used his spiritual power to control his new body to assemble the Star Palace. With his other hand he took back the Luwu Peak token and strode out of the flying shuttle, with the mountains and rivers of the Chu State passing by below him.

There are clouds and mists ahead, and mountains upon mountains, with seventy-two peaks reaching into the sky.

Xushen Mountain is right in sight!
(End of this chapter)