Fire Monster

Chapter 367 Turning Point
Time flies, and another ten years have passed.

At this time, thirty-five years have passed since Zhao Guanshan abandoned everything and left the Demonic Fire Abyss.

The super forgetfulness rune on his body had long since become ineffective, and only the super misdirection rune was still working.

This means that as long as he dares to reveal his true identity, he will be locked and discovered immediately, and his inside and outside will be seen clearly.

Even after another sixty-five years, when the super misleading rune became ineffective, there would be no point in him continuing to hide.

Instead, he will miss a lot of time for practice.

It should be noted that he has only cultivated to the seventh level of Qi Refiner so far, and his Pure Yang Body has only been tempered to the fifty-fourth level.

But looking at Wang Xuan, Jiang Yunbai and the other four, they are all ninth-level Qi Refiners, with ninety-nine-layer Pure Yang Body. Except that they do not have as many golden merit sand grains as him, they are far better than him in other aspects.

However, Zhao Guanshan finally waited for the situation he wanted.

In the thirty-sixth year of his dormancy, without any warning, countless people within a radius of 5,000 miles suddenly left their homes and merged into a river of fog. The river of fog flowed, evolved, and took everything in its way into it, including villages, towns, capitals, emperors, royal families, aristocratic families, armies, and immortal practitioners. Everything was swept up and disappeared like smoke.

Finally, the foggy river flowed, passed through the checkpoint, and transformed into a giant moth again, flying through the checkpoint. Then the foggy river transformed into a black-sailed boat, a caravan, a sedan chair, a group of refugees, dozens of knights, and two male and female cultivators.

Just like some elements in a painting, they passed through the checkpoint leisurely.

However, Zhao Guanshan could see clearly that in this scroll, there were about thirty grains of golden sand emerging.

This is real and was stripped away from the four protagonists including Wang Xuan, Jiang Yunbai, etc.

When the painting faded away, Skull Mountain returned to its original appearance, but Zhao Guanshan could clearly sense that the interior of Skull Mountain was different.

Some properties have changed.

This change was related to the golden merit sand lost by the four protagonists, and also to some operations of the fallen immortal.

Although he didn't know what would happen next, Zhao Guanshan decided after a little thought that he could not wait any longer. He had to take action, but not to pass the level, but to continue mining the ash.

Because the limits that the blue deer mentioned will sometimes change. As the saying goes, different times have different circumstances. The previous limits were in the previous external environment, and the current limits have undoubtedly increased.

Of course, if he guessed wrong and lost the bet, there would be nothing to say.

This kind of gamble is still better than the four protagonists who have already passed.

Next, he revisited the place he was familiar with, and even the original mine entrance had not changed.

This shows that neither of the fallen immortals noticed this.

Everything followed the same method as before. He easily covered the entrance of the cave with a large shield of spirit ash and entered it with his physical body. Phew, it was not easy. For more than 30 years, he had no time to mine the spirit ash. He hurried to return his soul to his body and quickly circulate the innate pure yang energy in his body. If he didn't practice anymore, this body would begin to age.

Almost at the time when Zhao Guanshan entered into meditation and practice, he didn't know that there were two more teams of demon miners on and below the Skull Mountain. They all came from the pass, each of them with bared fangs and claws, extremely ferocious, like evil demons, but they were clearly distinguished from each other and obviously belonged to two different forces.

Above the two teams of demon miners, there were two figures overlooking the Skeleton Mountain.

One of them was none other than the Qianjin Immortal from the Floating Clouds Taoist Palace. He looked elegant and had an extraordinary aura, with clouds and stars hidden in his eyes. Between his breaths, there were dense clouds, wind and thunder. Behind him were numerous illusions, layers of ladders to heaven, large curtains, and statues of immortals. Most importantly, there was a circle of golden merit sand that gathered into a ring and hung high behind him, indescribably sacred, like the Emperor of Heaven.

But in fact, the total number of these golden grains of merit sand is only one hundred.

The other one did not have so many tricks. She was just a lonely figure with messy long hair covering most of her face and her eyes lowered. Even if she only showed a little bit of her side profile, she was still stunning and beautiful beyond words.

If Zhao Guanshan were here, he would find that she was the female immortal.

The real person is more beautiful than the statue.

But one must ignore her strangely twisted body. It is not a body at all, but a densely woven group of snake-like tentacles. Each woven knot seems to hide a bottomless abyss, from which grows a long arm, with the palm facing outward, and in the palm is a sorrowful eye, and in each eye is a reflection of the world.

This is not the end, because her body has been weaving like this all the time, one knot after another is woven out, one abyss after another appears, one eye after another, as if destined to devour everything.

"Lihuo Tianzun, your symptoms are getting worse. You must make a decision soon. The more you struggle, the more karmic debt you will incur. In the end, you will destroy everything."

The Qianjin Immortal spoke with some concern, as if he was very concerned.

But the female immortal was in a very stable state. "I will make a decision, but before that, shouldn't you be the ones who really need to stop? I still say that if you send out three fallen immortals, I can also send out three fallen immortals. If you are included, I will also kill myself. As long as eight fallen immortals die, everything will naturally return to normal."

"Such a simple matter, but you made it so complicated, even creating five destined protagonists. Is that interesting?"

"Ha, this is a great suggestion. I think it's feasible. But Lihuo Tianzun, have you forgotten that we have already carried out such a plan once? Last time, I killed you, but you didn't want to die at all."

"That's because you didn't keep your promise!"

"Haha, you secretly kept the immortal soul and made your true spirit immortal. What kind of integrity is this? I said that as long as you die, I will die. One death for another, it's such a simple thing. You hide your little thoughts and still blame me!"

Immortal Qianjin sneered.

"Then stop talking nonsense and let's destroy it together!"

"Humph, that's exactly what I meant!"

The two were on the verge of a fight, as if they would fight at the slightest disagreement, but in reality, neither side moved. It would be good for the two of them to die together, but that would not solve the fundamental problem. The other fallen immortals had to die before the two of them could fight to the death and give the world a glimmer of hope.

So after a moment of silence, Qianjin Immortal said with a fake smile: "I hope that the Heavenly Venerable will show mercy to the four 'protagonists' I sent over. If they can successfully kill the fallen immortals under your command, it will be a very good result for both you and me."

"Of course, I will also take extra care of the group of 'protagonists' that you sent over, and by the way, I will also take special care of that fellow named Zhao Chengfeng. Please rest assured, I will never touch a hair of his, and I will save it for you to vent your anger."

This seemed to be a tacit understanding formed a long time ago. The female fairy did not say anything, which was considered as her tacit agreement. She wanted to kill the fallen fairies under her command, but did not want to do it herself because of their current state. They would rather not take action if possible. They still had to rely on these fallen fairies to do the dirty work. However, they were indeed like a cancer, and a large part of the karmic debt was caused by them.

Therefore, cultivating the destined protagonist and having them kill each other's fallen immortals who have lost control is a fairly safe method.

Over a long period of time, both sides have killed two fallen immortals through such means and made considerable profits.

I really tasted the sweetness.

Therefore, as long as they are not crazy, they will show mercy and let this one-time pawn who is the destined protagonist off the hook.

"Isn't Zhao Chengfeng here? I thought you would train him to be the protagonist of destiny and send him here."

The female fairy spoke softly, she was deeply obsessed with this name.

"No, although I have instilled all kinds of information into him decades ago to guide him to discover the truth about the spirit world, and even spent a lot of effort to push the plot forward, this kid is hiding in his Zhenhai City and won't come out. I think Tianzun should also know that Linjiang Dao Palace has been taken down, but Zhenhai City really doesn't reveal any flaws. If you don't know, you would think that Tianzun is personally presiding over it."

"Anyway, there's nothing I can do. I'm training a new holder of the Fire Key."

"Let's put this aside for now and talk about the present. This Skull Mountain was left behind by our immortal ancestors after their lifespans ran out. It was for dealing with karmic crises. As their descendants, we are not only unable to maintain order in the Immortal Palace, but now we have fallen to the point of digging up our ancestors' bones. We are so unfilial and deserve to die."

"It's okay. There are still thirteen seats left. The situation is improving. Our plan is proceeding in an orderly and effective manner. Don't delay. Let's get started."

Qianjin Immortal urged that this kind of Skull Mountain is equivalent to a treasury that can make up for the deficit.

However, Skull Mountain has always been under the strict supervision of the two of them, and now it is finally time to mine it.

"You deserve to die!"

The female immortal glared at the Qianjin immortal.

"Yes, yes, the fault lies with me. When six of my fallen immortals have died, I will end my life without your urging."

"Now, let's hurry up and mine!"

Qianjin Immortal urged that karma reform would require a large amount of merit to offset and save the market.

The female fairy said no more, and casually carved an extremely complex and mysterious fairy talisman, and dropped it towards Skull Mountain.

The same was true for the Immortal Qianjin. After casting two immortal talismans, it was as if an invisible barrier in the Skull Mountain was unlocked. The countless strange yellow sands suddenly returned to normal at this moment, and the immortal ban was opened.

Two teams of high-level demon miners howled and rushed forward.

(End of this chapter)