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Chapter 381 Invasion [Two in One]

"Ancient Qingyuan Sect?"

"That's right. Could it be that Fellow Daoist Ling Yan also recognizes this sect?"

"Of course, I know a thing or two about the title of the greatest sect in the ancient human world."

“I didn’t expect that the secret realm of the Qingyuan Sect’s mountain gate is actually in the Five Elements Mountains.”

"Fellow Daoist Qin, please tell me the details of the situation."

Qin Ming then told Yue Lingyan about the origins of the fourth-level spiritual vein of the Five Elements Mountain occupied by the Shendao Mountain and the discovery of the Qingyuan Sect's secret realm.

After all, she was willing to tell him such important intelligence from the upper echelons of the immortal cultivation world and gave him so many treasures.

He also wants to give something back appropriately.

"Fellow Daoist Lingyan, I estimate that there is a high probability that the Blood Refining Demon Sect of the Blood World is coming for this secret realm, right?"

After Qin Ming finished speaking, he asked with a slightly worried look, "And the Blood Refining Demon Sect has descended to the world, won't it be out of control?"

After all, he is still seeking an opportunity to condense his Infant Form in Dajin.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, you don't have to worry about this. The power of the interface is so strong that even the demon sects in the upper realm must use something called the 'Descent Talisman' to descend into the lower realm, and there are various restrictions."

"The Blood Realm has some kind of connection with the Dali Dynasty, so it can send a small number of demon sect disciples to the lower world. At present, it is impossible to launch a large-scale invasion of the human world."

"And the duration of the descent is also limited."

“The talisman for descending to the world is extremely scarce, even in a holy sect like the Blood World. Furthermore, a demon lord whose cultivation level is above the Nascent Soul stage cannot use the talisman for descending to the world. Otherwise, he will be repelled by the power of the interface, and might even be swept into the turbulence of the void and perish.” Yue Lingyan explained with great knowledge.

After listening to this, Qin Ming suddenly realized that there were also restrictions on the lower realm of the Demon Sect in the Blood World.

He has to be a fourth-level demon saint! His vision is different.

“However, those Blood Refining Demon Sect disciples who descended to the human world are by no means ordinary people. Most of them are extremely talented, and there are even some powerful Demon Sect saints and saints. Although they have only reached the Golden Core Perfection stage, they are entrusted with the core inheritance of the Blood Refining Demon Sect. Their magical powers are not even inferior to those of the Nascent Soul stage.”

"It is recorded in the past great disasters that even a large clan of Yuanying of the human race was wiped out."

Qin Ming then asked, "If they are so powerful, why did Dali choose to invade the Great Zhou Cultivation World instead of the Great Jin?"

"Besides, Shendao Mountain is also secretly funded by Yinmo Sect, and the secret realm of Qingyuan Sect happens to be located at the border between the two countries."

Yue Lingyan thought for a moment and then said:
"I think the first thing they should be afraid of is the Lihuo Palace. Although the Lihuo Palace is now weaker than before, it is said that the founder's life spirit lamp is still lit."

"Secondly, there is the Wandao Merchant Alliance in Dajin, and it is said that there is also a Yuanying Patriarch behind it."

"If they unite, even Dali will have a hard time taking them down."

"But the Great Zhou is different. There is only one Yuanying sect, Xuanqing Temple, and its foundation is shallow. There is only one Yuanying early stage master, Master Jackdaw. Once the Great Li Demon Sect and the Blood Refining Demon Sect invade, it will be unable to support itself and will be in danger of being overthrown."

"In the past few decades, the Great Jin Cultivation World has at least been safe."

"If the situation changes, Fellow Daoist Qin can also come to my Fox Clan. I will also welcome you very much. You can stay as long as you want."

"Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Lingyan."

After listening to her analysis, Qin Ming's doubts were immediately resolved.

At the same time, he was also fortunate to have made the acquaintance of Yue Lingyan, a network of resources, otherwise, ordinary cultivators would not be able to get access to such top-level intelligence in the world of immortal cultivation in advance.

This also gave Qin Ming time to prepare for a rainy day.

Many things can be avoided.

The lower-level cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation often miss many opportunities because they learn about such changes too late and become cannon fodder for the big sects.

"It seems that after harvesting the spiritual plants in the spiritual field this season, we need to dispose of them and leave as soon as possible."

Qin Ming chatted with Yue Lingyan for half a day, then said goodbye and left.

Before leaving, Sky-Eating Rat looked back every few steps, "Little Silver Fox, if you have nothing to do, please come to the Spiritual Field to play with us!"

"Brother Rat, take care of yourself. My daughter will definitely come." The little silver fox waved goodbye to them.

Immediately, Qin Ming and the Sky-Devouring Rat turned into a stream of green light and disappeared into the sky in an instant.

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Blood world.

The dark clouds rolled and surged, and countless thunder and lightning flashed in the dark clouds, filling the air with a breath of destruction.

Above the sky, two scarlet moons hung behind the dark clouds, looking particularly strange.

The high platform was surrounded by an endless abyss, and pitch-black mountains stood nearby.

Boom Kaka!
Thunder from the sky kept striking the Black Stone Mountain, but seemed to be absorbed without a trace. There were also lightning of various colors appearing in the unreachable abyss, darkening and extinguishing continuously.

In the Blood Refining Demon Sect, on a black stone platform engraved with magic patterns, more than a dozen disciples of the Demon Sect with different body shapes were looking down.

The eyes of these selected disciples of the Blood Refining Demon Sect all revealed bloodthirsty excitement and were ready to make a move.

"Brother Jiang Yuan, this is a little gift from me."

“I didn’t get a place in the lower realm this time, but my Ten Thousand Souls Demon Banner still lacks hundreds of high-level cultivators’ spirits, more than ten golden elixir souls, and several kinds of demon spirit materials. I’m going to trouble you a lot with this matter, hehehe!”

A short monk with a horse face was flatteringly handing a small bag of black crystals to a young monk with black horns on his head.

The demon cultivator called Senior Brother Jiang had skin as pale as paper and a thin body, looking as if he was extremely frail.

His eyes looked extremely weird and there was an evil smile on his face.

But the aura on his body has already reached the terrifying golden elixir stage of perfection, and he is only one step away from condensing the demon baby.

Jiang Yuan took the crystal from the other party and weighed it, his smile getting wider. "Junior Brother Xing, you are really willing to spend so much money? I promise you such a large number of top-grade magic crystals."

"I can guarantee you the number of the monks' flesh, blood, and souls, but if you ask for other spiritual objects from heaven and earth, I can't guarantee that I can get them 100%."

"The treasures you need to upgrade your natal magic weapon are not easy to find!"

The horse-faced monk smiled bitterly and said, "I heard from the elders in the sect that an ancient Qingyuan Sect secret realm appeared near the Dali Trial Realm in the lower realm this time."

"This is also the reason why there were only five places for the lower realm in the past, but there are as many as eighteen places this time."

"Aren't the other elders' confidants also heading for the Qingyuan Sect's secret realm?"

"Otherwise, Senior Sister Lan, who had been in seclusion for many years, would not have put aside the attack on the demon infant and chosen to come out of seclusion and go to the lower world."

"Besides, after so many years, there must be many rare treasures born in the lower world."

"Brother Jiang eats meat, and I'll be content if I can just drink some soup with him."

Jiang Yuan smiled evilly and licked his lips with a bloody red tongue. "Since you are so sensible, I will agree to your request."

"Thank you, Senior Brother Jiang, for your help!"

As the two were talking, a beam of black light came from the distant sky, easily passed through the thunder, and landed directly on the platform.

The light faded away, revealing a cold and beautiful woman with a graceful figure, skin as white as cream, wearing a black gauze dress with magic patterns, and a pair of bare feet.

She had an expressionless face and eyes as deep as a cold pond. She stood in the void, looking down quietly from above.

"Meet Senior Sister Lan Bing!"

When the monk from the Blood Refining Demon Sect on the high platform saw this woman appear, he immediately bowed and greeted her.

"Hey! Junior Sister Lan, I didn't expect that you would join in the fun too?" Jiang Yuan said with a smile.

Lan Bing raised her brows and said in a cold voice, "Since Senior Brother Jiang has come out in person, I have to come out and do some activities anyway."

At this time.

An old man in a black robe emerged from behind, holding a compass in his hand, and said to everyone:

"The time has come! Hold on to the lower world!"

"You must pay attention to the interface power intersection period, which only lasts for ten years. By then, no matter what the situation is, you will be forcibly recalled by the Saint Gate, unless you die."

"During this period, how much benefit you can gain depends on your own luck."

After saying this, the old man began to chant mysterious magic formulas and activate the compass in his hand.

A jet of black light suddenly burst out from the compass and hit the center of the platform where everyone was.

Oh oh oh!
Countless runes swirled out from below, directly drawing the energy of heaven and earth.

More than a dozen true disciples of the Demon Sect took out a dark yellow ancient talisman one after another and poured their magic power into it.

hum!hum!
As the light in the descent talisman lit up, dark beams of light fell from the sky and landed directly on these disciples of the demon sect.

"Junior Sister Lan, when we go down, will you join forces with me?" Before using the talisman, Jiang Yuan smiled and communicated with Lan Ling through voice transmission.

"If you and I join forces, no one in the lower realm will be our opponent."

Lan Bing was unmoved by what he said, and seemed not very interested in it. "Forget it. I have my own things to do in the lower world this time. It's better for us to separate."

After saying that, she directly activated the descent talisman, and as the black light fell, her figure instantly disappeared on the platform.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan just smiled indifferently, and then activated the talisman in his hand.

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the other side.

After flying for several days, Qin Ming rushed back towards the Five Elements Mountain.

But along the way, he discovered that there were actually quite a few low-level monsters in the Beast-Screaming Mountains, fleeing frantically from the direction of the Great Zhou border.

Seems to be avoiding something.

He frowned and thought to himself, 'Could it be possible that the war came so quickly?'

Qin Ming immediately took out the map and looked at it for a while, and finally his eyes fell on the border of the three countries.

"The Great Zhou Yunlan Immortal City."

This place happened to be not far from him, so he decided to go and investigate.

Qin Ming rode the Silver-Winged Frost Bee for two days and arrived at the border between Da Zhou and Da Jin.

A fairy city of not very large size came into Qin Ming's sight.

He immediately put away the Silver-Winged Frost Bee, hid his body and fell down.

However, they saw that the defensive formation of Yunlan Immortal City had been fully activated. The cultivators in the Immortal City looked as if they were facing a great enemy, and they were stationed in rows on the city walls.

What surprised Qin Ming even more was that there were tens of thousands of refugees gathered outside the fairy city. Most of them were low-level cultivators and mortals, but there were also some foundation-building cultivators mixed in.

"Help! This is horrible!"

"Those evil spirits are slaughtering the people of Great Zhou! How cruel!"

"The disciples of the Yin Demon Sect use the flesh and blood of the monks to feed the demon corpses and puppets. This is truly inhumane!"

"Even the Jindan family couldn't withstand the attack of the Dali Demon Sect. Three families were wiped out in just a few days!"

"Please, adults, please show some mercy and let us in!"

The refugees escaped death one by one and wailed everywhere.

"Master, there are so many refugees from the Great Zhou. It seems that what Senior Yin Yue said is true. The demons of the Dali Dynasty are already invading the Great Zhou."

The Sky Devouring Rat squatted on Qin Ming's shoulder, shielding his eyes from the sun with his hands, and looked into the distance, "I think the demon cultivators from the Blood Refining Demon Sect should be here too, right?"

Qin Ming looked at the terrified refugees and sighed, "Well, that should be the case. Those demonic monks often poison living beings, using the souls and flesh of the monks to improve their magic skills or to train demon soldiers. Wherever they go, there must be suffering."

"The influx of so many refugees into the border this time shows that the situation in Da Zhou has begun to go downhill."

"Will the Great Jin Dynasty watch the Great Zhou fall into the hands of the evil sect?"

“After all, this is a great demonic calamity that occurs once every thousands of years. Once the Great Zhou is annexed, even though the Great Jin is powerful, it will probably be difficult to remain unscathed, right?” said the Sky-Eating Rat, touching his chin.

"This matter is not something we can control, but it will take some time for the Great Li Demon Sect to take over the Great Zhou. I'm sure the Lihuo Palace and the Wandao Merchant Alliance will not sit idly by."

Qin Ming stayed here for half a day, and then found a few independent cultivators who had fled here to get some information from them. Then he left thoughtfully.

A few days later.

Qin Ming returned to the spiritual field of the Five Elements Mountain. This place was relatively far away from the war and there didn't seem to be anything unusual.

"Manager Lu, you're back!" When Old Jia saw Qin Ming returning, he hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and complimented him.

"Well, has anything unusual happened during the time I was away?" Qin Ming asked calmly.

"Reporting to the shopkeeper, everything is fine in the spiritual field."

"I mean, is there no other news in Lingxu Market?"

Old Jia was stunned. "Manager Lu, you mean..."

Seeing the other party's expression of knowing nothing, Qin Ming knew that the news of the demonic invasion of Da Zhou had not yet reached here.

So, he took another walk around the Five Elements Mountain market and found that the cultivators here were still unaware of the invasion of the demonic sect.

Obviously it will take some time to reach Dajin.

After all, the territory is too far away.

However, Qin Ming has begun to discover that the prices in the market town have begun to rise slightly, which must be closely related to the war in the outside world.

These major forces that control the world of immortal cultivation have obviously noticed something unusual.

But no news was leaked.

He first found Hua Tianxiong, pulled him into the Small Spirit Realm, and asked, "Hua Tianxiong, do you understand what's going on in the Great Zhou Immortal Cultivation Realm?"

"Ah? Master, you already know everything! I was just about to report this matter to you. When I was communicating with Elder Qian of Lihuo Palace a few days ago, he revealed some things about the upper level to me."

"Tell me to give up the business in Da Zhou for now. I think there will be a war."

"It seems that there has been some minor friction."

Hua Tianxiong replied respectfully.

Qin Ming saw that he was also kept in the dark, so he said:

"This is more than just a small-scale friction. I'm afraid the Great Li Demon Sect is going to swallow up the Great Zhou."

"If those righteous sects do not unite to resist, the fall of the Great Zhou will only be a matter of time."

"Ah? The country is destroyed?!"

"Master, is it so serious? What is going on?"

"This time, the Great Li Demon Sect invaded the Great Zhou Dynasty, which is related to the great demonic catastrophe that occurs once every thousand years."

"Please pass this intelligence information to Su Yuqing for me, and let him prepare early."

"Also, please help me pass on the things in the storage bag to him as well."

Qin Ming took out a jade slip and a storage bag.

The storage bag contained the shape-changing demon grass he obtained on this trip, as well as a portion of other spiritual materials for refining the Infant Condensation Pill. Qin Ming had several materials in his hands, and he could also use entries to ripen them again.

This time, Su Yuqing took out the family's most precious treasure and gave it to Qin Ming as a gift.

Nor can he be allowed to do business at a loss.

"Yes, Master!"

"By the way, Master, when I went to Zhongzhou Lihuo Palace some time ago, Master Sultan asked me to pass this thing to you." After Hua Tianxiong said this, he took out an exquisite jade box and handed it to Qin Ming.

He opened the jade box and saw two Bodhi seeds with fascinating aura lying inside.

"Taiyi Bodhi!"

In this way, three of the five main materials needed to refine the Ningying Pill are now complete, leaving only the Five Elements Spiritual Ginseng and the Evergreen Spiritual Saliva.

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(End of this chapter)