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Chapter 682 Origin and Destiny
a few days later.

The familiar Black Turtle Tuofeng spiritual place appeared in Qin Ming's sight.

After some maneuvers, he made sure that his whereabouts were not exposed and that no one was following him, so he returned to his Xiaogui Peak.

Originally, he wanted to go to the inheritance tower in Tianxing City to get opportunities, but after this unexpected incident, he had to put it on hold temporarily.

Even though the old fellow Ling Tianjun was severely injured by Taoist Lu Yun, there was no guarantee what he might do. After all, he was a cultivator in the Void Refinement Stage.

Qin Ming also maintained the principle of prudence and acted with caution.

He planned to wait until the current storm had passed before going to Tianxing City.

Fights between cultivators outside Tianxing City do occur from time to time, but it is relatively rare to see a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage taking action like what is happening now.

Therefore, the Star Guards were alarmed and came to investigate.

Qin Ming turned into a stunning green rainbow, and with a wave of his hand he opened the outer mountain protection formation, and fell towards the main peak.

He returned to his own territory, and his sense of security suddenly increased a lot.

"Write this Ling Tian Divine Lord down in my little notebook first, and wait until my master achieves the realm of Refining Void before dealing with him!"

"See if he's still arrogant!"

The Sky-Eating Rat walked out with a look of indignation on his face and said to Qin Ming.

After returning to Xiaogui Peak, Qin Ming called Mo Lingwei over.

"Recently, things outside will be a little bit unsettled, so you should not go out for now. Put aside the things you are doing and practice in seclusion for a while."

Qin Ming was also afraid that she would be targeted by Ling Tianjun.

"Yes!"

Mo Lingwei was surprised when she heard this. It seemed that something was wrong after Qin Ming came back this time.

He's not like this normally.

It was the first time she saw Qin Ming so cautious. It seemed that something big must have happened, but she didn't ask any more questions.

Qin Ming also returned to the cave to practice, while also secretly paying attention to the changes outside.

He took out Wu Kui's storage bag and checked this guy's assets.

As the beloved disciple of Lord Lianxu, this person's family background is quite affluent, and he has abundant resources for practicing the various cultivation methods required for the God Transformation Stage.

In particular, the spiritual materials used for body refinement account for as much as half.

In addition, all the elders’ elixirs, skills, treasures, and other life-saving items are available.

However, what Qin Ming valued most were the more than one thousand top-grade spirit stones.

He looked at these milky white crystals that exuded spiritual energy, and even he himself was quite moved:
"Since I ascended to the spirit world, few of the top-grade spirit stones I have are earned by myself."

"These are all these desperate guys who brought this upon themselves."

Qin Ming searched in his storage bag for a while and found the body-building technique practiced by Wu Kui, which was called "Purple Yang Hegemony Body Art".

This body-refining technique needs to be practiced with special spiritual flames, and the amount of body-refining resources consumed is also a terrifying string of numbers.

Even in Tianxing City, only Lord Lianxu can afford it.

He took the jade slip of martial arts and read through it in its entirety. Some of the secrets about refining the body with fire were quite useful to him.

I have to say that we still cannot underestimate the monks in the world.

However, the spiritual fire of heaven and earth that Wu Kui used to refine his body was of low grade, only grade five, and the power exerted by his physical body was also relatively limited.

If Qin Ming used the sixth-order ancient poisonous flame to refine his body, there was no telling what level he would reach. His magical powers would definitely be several times stronger than Wu Kui's.

He put the jade slip away and planned to study it later.

Afterwards, Qin Ming's spiritual sense quickly swept over the items in the storage bag.

Not long after.

Qin Ming discovered another thing, which was a yellowed book.

He used his spiritual power to take out the book, but after just one glance at it, he showed an extremely surprised look.

"It turned out to be this guy Wu Kui. I didn't expect he had such a habit."

One of the contents recorded in it aroused Qin Ming's great interest.

All I saw were some strange stone statues of zodiac animals carved on the pages.

He also stated that these things had extraordinary origins and were obtained by Lord Lingtian by chance. This was related to the fact that Wu Kui was assigned by Lord Lingtian to ambush and kill Qin Ming.

He also took a fancy to the blood of the Sky Devouring Rat.
Qin Ming immediately sent a telepathic message and called the Sky-Devouring Rat over.

A moment later, the Sky-Devouring Rat transformed into a Taoist boy in a green robe, with two buns on his head, and walked in holding a black steel fork.

The shape is similar to Nezha.
There was a roast chicken on the black steel fork, and it was eating with its mouth full of oil.

After it came in, it wiped its mouth and asked immediately, "Master, what do you want from me?"

"These past few days I found a kind of white-feathered black chicken on our Little Turtle Peak. It tastes really good. Master, would you like to try it? Hehe!"

Qin Ming waved his hand and handed the book to it. "You only know the runes on these stone statues? Especially the one on the rat zodiac, maybe it's your ancestor."

The Sky-Eating Rat stretched its head and looked at it carefully for a long time, but couldn't make out anything.

But when it heard from Qin Ming that the reason why Lord Lingtian secretly sent Wu Kui to ambush them was most likely for the blood essence of the Sky-Devouring Rat, it was also surprised.

"What?! You actually set your eyes on my blood essence. This is simply outrageous!"

Qin Ming said: "When you broke through the tribulation, Wu Kui came to Xiaogui Peak. It is estimated that he saw something special about you at that time."

"Let's let that old guy jump around for a few more days! He's just at the Void Refining Stage, right? When I advance to the sixth-level divine beast, I'll be the first to make him pay! Humph!" When the Sky-Eating Rat heard that it was he who caused the misfortune, the roasted chicken in his hand suddenly lost its flavor, "Master, I'm going to practice now."

Qin Ming nodded and let it go, and started studying the book again.

……

Time flies by.

Two months later.

Yao Tiannan brought his star guards to visit Xiaogui Peak.

The main reason is the fight that happened not long ago.

When Qin Ming saw Yao Tiannan again, he discovered that the magical aura on his body had become much stronger, as if he had broken through to the perfect state of transformation.

He immediately cupped his hands and congratulated, "Congratulations to Master Yao for breaking through to the Perfect Spiritualization stage and taking a step further on the path to Immortality!"

“Thank you for the compliment, Brother Li! I made some contributions in the last mission to the Abyss, and barely got a chance to enter the Spirit Washing Mountain to practice. That’s how I was able to make a breakthrough. Otherwise, I don’t know how many hundreds of years I would have to wait.” Although Yao Tiannan was polite, he looked very ambitious.

After his cultivation broke through to the perfection of the Spiritual Transformation Stage, he was only one step away from becoming a Divine Lord of the Void Realm.

With his talent and qualifications, and with a good master, it is possible that he will have the opportunity to reach the Nascent Soul Stage in the future.

"However, compared to Yao, I heard from Elder Lin that Fellow Daoist Li also gained a great opportunity when he went to listen to the teachings before. It seems that it was the entrance token of the inheritance tower."

"Friend Li, this is truly enviable! It is a great opportunity that many people only dream of. I believe that your future path to immortality will also be bright."

After the two exchanged greetings.

Yao Tiannan also talked about the main topic.

"Friend Li, you must be careful and take care of yourself recently. Things are a bit uneasy around your spiritual cave."

"I guess you have heard about what happened not long ago. I heard from the senior elders that the fight in that place was probably caused by a strong person above the Refining Void level." "In addition, there is another matter that I would like to ask Brother Li about."

Qin Ming acted as if nothing had happened. He poured him a cup of spiritual tea and said, "Master Yao, just ask me. I will tell you everything I know."

"It's like this. After the great war, we visited and investigated the nearby cultivators, but found that Yunmeng Mountain was deserted and Taoist Lu Yun was nowhere to be found. Fellow Daoist Li has a good relationship with him, so I would like to ask you if you know his whereabouts?" Yao Tiannan asked immediately.

Qin Ming seemed to have expected this, and deliberately pretended to be surprised and replied: "What? Fellow Daoist Lu is missing?"

"Li is also very clear about this."

"The last time I saw him was when we returned from Tianxing City. After listening to Elder Lin's sermon, we parted ways."

"Could it be possible that this matter is related to Fellow Daoist Lu? Could it be that he is just traveling far away?"

Yao Tiannan observed Qin Ming's reaction and found his words reasonable, so he said:
"It shouldn't be, because Yunmeng Mountain has been cleared out, even the mountain protection formation has been withdrawn, there is nothing inside, it is obviously not a long journey."

"I didn't expect that Brother Lu would leave without saying goodbye." Qin Ming said with a strange expression.

Next, Yao Tiannan communicated with Qin Ming for half a day and then stood up to say goodbye.

"Well, if that's the case, I won't disturb you, Daoist Li. If you have any news from Daoist Lu Yun, please let me know."

"Of course, of course." Qin Ming agreed readily and escorted Yao Tiannan out of Xiaogui Peak.

As for Taoist Lu Yun, he probably won't come back again, so Qin Ming doesn't need to worry about anything.

How could he guess the whereabouts of a hermit like him who lived in the mountains?

Not to mention that the other party is hiding his true power, and it is very likely that he is a powerful person above the Refining Void level in disguise, and he just came here to play around.
It was a great fate for Qin Ming to be able to interact with her.

Just a few days after Yao Tiannan left, Li Changqing from Wutong Mountain next door also came to visit.

The Li family also heard about what happened nearby, and even more so about Taoist Lu Yun disappearing. Compared to Qin Ming, this incident was also quite a shock to the Li family, a family that had reached the level of a spirit being.

Li Changqing was also worried that something might happen to his tribesmen, so he also wanted to help Xiaoguifeng.

"Alas! How unpredictable the world is!"

"Although Fellow Daoist Lu Yun is a low-key person who rarely comes out of the world, he still has a good relationship with us in the Donghuang Mountains."

"I hope nothing happens to him."

Taoist Lu Yun was a sixth-rank alchemy god, so if the Li family asked him to make elixirs, he would never refuse.

Therefore, the Li family was quite grateful to Taoist Lu Yun.

Now that there are security issues in the surrounding area, Li Changqing also wants to spend more time with Xiaoguifeng.

After all, Qin Ming is in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, and with a fifth-level spirit pet, he is a force that cannot be underestimated.

Moreover, since the disappearance of Taoist Lu Yun, Qin Ming, a casual cultivator, has become the only sixth-rank alchemy god in the surrounding area. In the future, when refining pills, he will definitely have to ask for help from him.

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Li. If Fellow Daoist Lu Yun has any news, I will inform you as soon as possible." Qin Ming also replied confidently.

Li Changqing smiled when he heard this, and then said, "After Daoist Fellow Lu Yun disappeared, Yunmeng Mountain became a land without an owner. I heard from Lord Yao that Tianxing Trading Company has re-auctioned the spiritual land. It is estimated that soon, a new Daoist will move into Yunmeng Mountain."

"Oh? Fellow Daoist Li, do you know who he is?" Qin Ming was quite concerned about his new neighbors.

If things go wrong, it may even affect the structure of the Donghuang Mountains.

Li Changqing stroked his beard and said, "I heard that the one who took over the Yunmeng Mountain Spiritual Land this time was the Wang family, a beast-controlling family."

"This Wang family is not simple. It is said that they rose in other spiritual realms in just a few hundred years. Now, the whole family has moved to Tianxing City to seek development. Their ambitions are not small."

"Friend Li, do you think our two families should come and visit us?"

"A family of beast-taming and immortal cultivation?" Qin Ming couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard the news.

He then thought for a moment and said, "Since they are new neighbors, we must be polite. Let the people below go and meet them first."

"Friend Li, what you said makes sense and is exactly what I want to say." Li Changqing also nodded.

Afterwards, after communicating with Qin Ming for half a day, the Li family members said goodbye and left.

……

The next day.

Qin Ming was practicing in the cave, while the Sky-Eating Rat and the Black Water Crocodile were patrolling the mountains outside.

It held a black steel fork in its hand, rode on the back of a black water crocodile, and flew around the mountains. The whole rat was full of energy and vitality, holding the black steel fork, looking very majestic.

After so many years of practice, the Black Water Crocodile, like the Little Silver Fox and the others, had recently reached the fourth-order perfection realm, and was only one step away from advancing to the fifth-order demon lord.

Spiritual intelligence is also gradually opening up.

"Second brother, you should learn more from me. Although you only have a heavenly bloodline now, with the master here, you may have the opportunity to awaken your true spirit bloodline in the future."

"Now you are just missing an opportunity. The taste of the sixth-level divine pill is really unforgettable, and it can also awaken the ancient blood in your bloodline. Unfortunately, we demons can only eat it once in our lifetime."

"It would be great if I could eat it every day."

The Sky-Eating Rat was calmly preaching to the Black Water Crocodile, bragging about his experience of taking the panacea.

Suddenly.

On the Xiaogui Peak, a huge wave of spiritual energy suddenly resounded, forming a vortex of spiritual energy that poured into the cave halfway up the mountain.

It lasted for most of the day.

"Eh? Isn't that the cave of that old man Baili Hui?"

"How could he attract such a huge spiritual power of heaven and earth? Could it be that he has recovered to the Spiritual Transformation Stage?"

"Come on, second brother, let's go take a look."

The Sky-Eating Rat immediately slapped the Black Water Crocodile under it, turned into a purple light, and fell down.

In the cave on the mountainside.

As the huge vortex of spiritual energy disappeared, a spiritual pressure of the early stage of incarnation was released.

Baili Hui walked out of the cave. He still maintained his original dwarf appearance. After all, the sequelae of being possessed by a demon were irreversible.

However, the aura on his body seemed to have recovered to the level of the Spirit Transformation Stage.

"How many years!"

"I never thought that I, Baili Hui, would have this day!"

After practicing with Qin Ming for more than a hundred years, he finally succeeded.

Of course, this is entirely dependent on Qin Ming's panacea and various cultivation resources.

Otherwise, he would probably die of old age in the shantytown of Qianji Immortal City.

Not to mention recovering the level of cultivation.

At this moment, Qin Ming was like a reborn parent in his mind.
The scenes of humiliation he suffered in the sect also came to his mind.

"Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. You guys who are trying to take advantage of others' misfortunes, just wait for me!"

Qin Ming naturally noticed this situation. Since Baili Hui's cultivation had returned to its original level, he did not need to overcome the tribulation again.

During this period of time, he was preparing to go out to the border of the Giant Spirit Tribe, and Xiaogui Peak happened to be left with Baili Hui and Mo Lingwei to guard it.

With two Jindan-stage cultivators in charge, there wouldn't be any problems in his lair in the short term, so he could go out without worry.

(End of this chapter)