Fire Monster

Chapter 243 Changes in the Internal Environment

More than half an hour later, Zhao Guanshan waited until Qin Wuyuan had finished strengthening all his spirit soldiers before he said, "I'm going to leave now. Take care of yourself. If possible, I will try to come once a month and bring you some supplies."

"Wait a minute, you better help me clean up the spirit mist demon soldiers here before you leave. The evil spirit general has four spirit demons under his command. Among them, the evil spirit general will not easily leave the magic tower. You just severely injured a spirit demon, and another spirit demon will not leave the evil spirit general, so there will still be two spirit demons that occasionally appear. I think I can avoid them, but it is really troublesome to have spirit mist demon soldiers everywhere in this ruin."

"As long as you help me clean up once, the next three months will be quiet."

Qin Wuyuan was actually a bit of a rogue, but what he said was true, so Zhao Guanshan did not refuse.

"You're in the front, I'll help you clear the way!"

"Okay, okay! But all the ashes you get from the killing must belong to me."

Qin Wuyuan laughed strangely and rushed to the ruins in front of him. The ruins here were huge and extremely complex, like a small city built on the terrain.

If Zhao Guanshan were to walk there, he would easily get lost. However, Qin Wuyuan had no such concerns. He had walked around this ruined battlefield countless times over the past few hundred years.

Without powerful spiritual soldiers, we can only circle around with those spiritual mist demon soldiers, and use our strategies and tactics to the extreme. We have to rack our brains in every battle, but the gains are pitifully small.

This is the price of congenital deficiency.

But this time, he was armed from head to toe, and dared to charge at a group of Lingwu demon soldiers alone.

Of course, in reality, Qin Wuyuan still maintained sufficient flexibility and mobility, and his various amazing moves dazzled Zhao Guanshan.

He killed a group of more than thirty spiritual mist demon soldiers in one breath, but he himself was not attacked even once. This scene simply made Zhao Guanshan amazed.

"Great! It feels so good!"

"A spiritual weapon that has been strengthened six times is really sharp! Lao Zhao, how about you lend me your spiritual weapon that has been strengthened ten times? Do you believe that I dare to kill the spiritual demon for you alone?"

Qin Wuyuan screamed strangely, and his whole body looked like a reckless old scoundrel.

"roll!"

Zhao Guanshan snorted coldly. Qin Wuyuan's divine movement was actually only suitable for clearing out miscellaneous soldiers. It had no effect at the level of spiritual demons.

"hey-hey!"

Qin Wuyuan laughed strangely and continued to clear out the miscellaneous soldiers in front like an old monkey. He seemed to know the location of every group of Lingwu demon soldiers very well, and he could ensure that the battle was over in ten seconds every time, neatly and quickly.

In this way, it took them more than an hour to clean up the entire ruined town, except for the temple in the center.

At this time, Zhao Guanshan finally saw the exit. Outside was indeed a vast desert. However, the mountain they were on was not Skull Mountain because the overall shape was different.

The two Skull Mountains on the Cangwu Taoist Palace side can be clearly seen inside, and the internal space is a circular town.

But the mountain of Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace is rectangular, and even the ruined town inside is rectangular.

"Could it be that this is a mountain formed from a torso?"

Thinking of this, Zhao Guanshan asked Qin Wuyuan, "Have you ever walked out?"

"No, it's more dangerous outside. Besides, without your help, it would be difficult for us to clear out the Spirit Mist Demon Soldiers in this ruined town."

"But in the past few hundred years, demon hunters from other Taoist temples came here once. They claimed to be demon hunters from the Floating Cloud Taoist Temple and were very powerful. It was they who severely injured the evil spirit leader and killed two demons."

"However, they also suffered heavy losses, so they did not stay long and left in a hurry. Since then, they have never appeared again. What about you, Old Zhao? Where have you been wandering for the past eight hundred years?"

"I work as a demon hunter at Cangwu Taoist Palace."

"Cangwu Dao Palace? It's the Cangwu Immortal Sect from two thousand years ago!"

Qin Wuyuan suddenly became excited. "I was wondering, Lao Zhao, you have suddenly become so rich. So that's how it is. Why don't you take me to the Cangwu Taoist Palace? There is no hope for the Linjiangfu Taoist Palace. We once wanted to find the Fuyun Taoist Palace, but there has been no trace of it for hundreds of years. Wait, you just said that you come here once a month. Could it be that the Cangwu Taoist Palace is nearby?"

"It's not nearby. A round trip would take nearly a month. Are you sure?"

Zhao Guanshan asked coldly.

"I'm not sure. Alas! I don't have a physical body anymore. What's the point of going to Cangwu Taoist Palace? It's better for me to stay here and protect my descendants." Qin Wuyuan smiled bitterly and stopped talking about it.

Zhao Guanshan was staring back at the very conspicuous temple in the ruined town in a trance. Although he and Qin Wuyuan were busy around, there was no movement in the temple. It seemed that the evil spirit leader was very determined.

Of course, another possibility is that the damage inflicted on them by the witchers of the Floating Cloud Palace hundreds of years ago was quite severe.

"Tell me, if we join forces, can we break into that temple?"

"No, Lao Zhao, don't try to trick me. Unless you can get a group of high-level demon hunters from the Cangwu Taoist Palace, I suggest you don't do this. Fighting in the Demon Tower is completely different from fighting outside."

"Do you know? A year ago, there was a big fool who came from some Taoist temple. He rushed into the magic tower alone and was beaten to death by the spirits and demons inside."

"Tsk tsk, I couldn't believe it when I heard the news. That's the evil spirit general! How stupid does one have to be to dare to challenge him in a one-on-one fight?"

"Okay, I'm just saying this casually, let's just say goodbye."

After Zhao Guanshan finished speaking, he jumped out of the Skull Mountain under Qin Wuyuan's complicated gaze. He didn't want to return to reality for the time being, because since he had severely injured the spiritual demon, Xiao Chengyun in Linjiang Prefecture would not be in any danger at all. At most, there would be some inquiries and investigations from the Taoist Palace, but it was estimated that nothing would be found out.

The people in Linjiang Prefecture's Taoist Palace were probably already unstable, and no one was willing to investigate the matter in depth. After all, they knew that they no longer had any demon hunters in the spirit world, so if they didn't shrink their defenses now, when would they?

Next, Zhao Guanshan walked twenty miles in one breath, and then looked back from this distance. As he expected, it was still a mountain of skulls, but not skulls, but headless torsos.

Its lower body was buried deep in the earth, while its upper body stood in the desert. One arm was missing, and the other arm was also buried under the desert.

"Is this left by the immortal?"

"It is said that the teachings and knowledge left by the immortals are all in the spirit world, but why haven't I seen them? Do I have to kill the evil spirit leader and occupy the magic tower to obtain new teachings and knowledge?"

After walking around, Zhao Guanshan returned to Skull Mountain, found a place, took out the Purple Fire Dagger, and cut off a piece of rock as big as a basketball.

The rock is extremely hard, and it is not cost-effective to cut it with spiritual weapons.

For example, his Purple Fire Dagger had not suffered any damage after fighting with the demon for such a long time, but after being cut, its original +10 enhancement had dropped to +9.8.

Even the Dharma Stone is easier to cut than this.

And if that piece of Dharma Stone and this piece of rock were all polished, the ashes obtained would be irreparable.

Because in order to strengthen it to +10, he polished at least five cubic meters of rock.

This is still an enhancement of +10. If the spear in Qin Wuyuan's hand had an enhancement of +6, it would be directly useless.

At that moment, Zhao Guanshan took the basketball-sized rock and began to rub it against other rocks. This was a way to obtain spiritual ash, but the prerequisite was to have a spiritual weapon with a +10 enhancement.

More than an hour later, when the rock was completely ground down, he harvested a large pile of high-quality spiritual ash. If they were all gathered together, they would be as big as a human head.

However, these spiritual ashes are still not enough to make up for the loss of the Purple Fire Spirit Soldiers.

In other words, he couldn't obtain spiritual ashes infinitely in this way. The reason why he did this now was to prepare for his next trip to Cangwu Taoist Palace.

"So, if you really want to get rich, you still have to go to Cangwu Taoist Palace."

Zhao Guanshan suddenly missed the rotten giant.

Next, he did not return to the interior of Skull Mountain, but went directly back to his statue space at the place where the rocks were cut.

Normally, this is unsafe.

But this stronghold has been abandoned. Even if Qin Wuyuan is guarding it, it is useless. It is better to log off outside than inside.

He couldn't travel thousands of miles to find Cangwu Taoist Palace and log off there.

Returning to reality, when Zhao Guanshan opened his eyes in the Imperial Seal Chariot, he saw Xiao Chengyun sitting not far away with a concerned look on her face, with a long sword placed flat on her legs, and next to her was a full row of fifty spiritual swords. When necessary, she could really go on a killing spree with her sword energy as wild as a madman.

"Brother, how did you suddenly enter into meditation? Did you have some sudden enlightenment?"

"No, I just thought that since I have nothing to do, I might as well practice diligently. By the way, have you finished praying?" Zhao Guanshan asked with a smile.

"It's done, but it doesn't work. I don't know what happened. When I was praying, I suddenly felt like I had a nightmare. My soul was trapped in a deep well. No matter how I struggled, it was useless. But I don't know why I woke up inexplicably. I thought I was invaded by evil spirits, but no matter how I tested, I couldn't find any clues."

Xiao Chengyun frowned.

"and after?"

"Then someone from the Dao Palace came. He was a fifth-level Qi Refiner from the Qin family. After he arrived, he said in a very casual manner that it was nothing and let me go. Senior brother, I always feel that since Qin Wuyuan's death, there is really something wrong with the top leaders of the Dao Palace. They are afraid. It's that kind of feeling that I can't explain."

"Crying the truth?"

"Right, right, right. It's like trying to cover one's ears and steal a bell. Brother, your summary is so insightful. Have these Qigong practitioners even lost their enterprising spirit? It seems like they are all trying to escape!"

"You clearly want to practice and pursue the great way, but you are restraining your hands and feet and pretending to cover your ears, thinking that you won't be discovered by the evil spirits?"

Xiao Chengyun was very disappointed. She could feel that the top leaders of the Taoist Palace were a little different.

Zhao Guanshan hesitated for a moment, but ultimately said nothing. She needed to at least cultivate to the fifth level of Qi Refiner to be qualified to know these things, instead of just letting her imagination run wild at this stage.

She is different from Zhao Guanshan.

Zhao Guanshan has the help of the statue space, which is equivalent to gathering the strength of the three of them, so there are more opportunities for error.

"Are you still going to the Taoist temple?"

"not going."

"why?"

"The Dao Palace has just issued an order that from today onwards, prayers are prohibited. I have no source of income. In addition, the Dao Palace has also issued an order to the Dao Academy that from now on, ordinary people who want to enter the Dao must be reviewed by the Dao Palace. The Dao Academy is no longer qualified to train low-level Qi Refiners."

"Brother, I have a feeling that a storm is forming. From now on, the situation of low-level Qi Refiners will become increasingly difficult. I must work hard to get you to the fourth level within ten years, otherwise, it will be too late."

(End of this chapter)