After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 886 The Return of Elder Centipede, and the Treasure Within the Ring-Shaped Jade Pendant!

Master Huang analyzed it with great seriousness.

"If they are rogue cultivators, then it's hard to say. If they are not rogue cultivators, there are three major secret sects in the Western Frontier: the Lingshan Sect, the Vajra Temple, and the Divine Fire Sect. Among the three sects, the Vajra Temple has reformed, but if they are cultivators from the Lingshan Sect or the Divine Fire Sect, well, that's interesting. These two sects are notorious for their evil nature..."

"You seem to know quite a bit about the three great secret sects?"

"I wouldn't say I know much about it. I only heard some things from Yunyangzi when I was his underling. The Lingshan Sect is also called Lingshan Temple. It's said to be very mysterious, the most mysterious of the three great secret sects. Yunyangzi said that after a great battle, the Lingshan Sect completely disappeared and rarely showed its face again. As for the Divine Fire Sect, it's a sect that plays with fire. It's said to be very powerful. They have some kind of fire offering technique, which seems very powerful. It can gain great power through sacrifice. However, I've only heard of it and have never seen it..."

At this point, Master Huang paused, looked at Chen Yang, and asked, "You shouldn't have offended any disciples of these two factions, right?"

Chen Yang stirred the egg drop soup in the pan, sprinkled in half a spoonful of salt, and said, "I haven't offended anyone..."

"Oh, at least I haven't offended you."

Master Huang nodded slightly.

It's unlikely that Chen Yang would have any dealings with these two factions, since both are located far away in the Western Frontier.

Chen Yang shook his head. "I haven't offended anyone, but I have killed a few."

"What?"

When Master Huang heard this, he didn't react for a moment.

It stretched its neck to look at Chen Yang, thinking it had misheard.

"Squeak..."

Not far away, Old Huang, who was sitting at the dining table eating plums, told Fourth Master Huang about the situation.

After hearing this, Master Huang was speechless for a long time.

Are all young people these days so arrogant that they dare to kill people from the Divine Fire Sect?

You don't know the infamous reputation of the Divine Fire Sect back then, do you?

However, considering that Chen Yang himself is strong and has the support of the Emei sect, everything seems to make sense again.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

Master Huang almost sucked blood from his teeth. "There's no doubt about it. It must be the Divine Fire Sect looking for you. You killed their people, and they can't confirm your identity, so they sent this group of vultures to find you and monitor you..."

It spoke with such certainty, as if it were the absolute truth.

Chen Yang shook his head. "Of the three Dao True Realm experts from the Divine Fire Sect, two are already dead. It's impossible that the Danba Divine Monk will come in person. Unless Danba himself comes, anyone else who does come is just a small fry, nothing to worry about..."

"Who told you that the Divine Fire Sect only has three Dao True Realm cultivators?" said Master Huang.

"Oh?"

Chen Yang looked at it in surprise, "Could it be that there are more than three?"

Master Huang shook his head. "The legend says there are three, but those are ancient legends. The Divine Fire Sect and the Spirit Mountain Sect have been in seclusion for decades. Are there still only three Dao True Realm cultivators? I don't believe it..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang paused, his shovel momentarily still.

Indeed, Master Huang's words served as a wake-up call for him.

In the span of several decades, too many things have changed. In an ordinary person's life, several generations would have passed. Yet, the Divine Fire Sect has not produced even one or two new Dao True Realm cultivators.
……

After dinner, Chen Yang first contacted the Camellia Tree. This old tea tree knew the situation on Qishan Mountain best and could report any changes to him in advance.

If there are any suspicious people active near Qishan, Camellia Tree will definitely be able to give him first-hand information.

Afterwards, he called Wang Yuanchao again and explained the situation.

It wasn't that Chen Yang was overly alarmed; the appearance of this group of vultures was indeed very unusual.

After hearing this, Wang Yuanchao also found it strange. He checked the information but had not received any news about experts from the Western Frontier descending upon Shu.

However, not being able to find it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

For example, the association did not have any information about Xu Qingchuan, who returned from Kunlun.

If they're determined, these people have a million ways to evade official surveillance.

Wang Yuanchao suggested that they observe the situation first, as they were currently busy coordinating with the General Association regarding Li Xiulian and her group, and were unable to spare any time for other matters.

If these vultures do indeed continue to harass him, he can request to use satellites to check their movements.

……

at night.

Chen Yang was sitting on the bed cultivating his primordial spirit when he suddenly opened his eyes.

A few breaths later, a dark shadow flew in from under the moonlight, entered the courtyard, and skillfully passed through the window frame, flying into Chen Yang's bedroom.

"Little guy, did you miss me?"

As the shadowy figure appeared, a voice rang in Chen Yang's ears.

Its enormous body gleamed black under the lights, with countless legs curled and waving in the air, and a pair of red teeth like pliers, its appearance sending chills down one's spine.

If Chen Yang hadn't become immune to the image of the eight-winged centipede, he would have been quite startled at first glance.

The visitor was none other than the eight-winged centipede.

Chen Yang's face lit up with joy. "Elder Wu, when did you wake up?"

"I woke up the day before yesterday."

The eight-winged centipede skillfully crawled into Chen Yang's bed. "I listened to those old men discussing Taoism at Tianhua Temple for two days, but it wasn't very interesting, so I came back to find you. You're the most fun kid."

Is it fun?
Chen Yang was both amused and exasperated.

It's trying to say that following me means you'll have work to do, fights to fight, and good food to eat.

After all, who else would be like Chen Yang, always giving him the best of everything?

Putting everything else aside, Chen Yang has invested a considerable amount in this centipede.

Moreover, centipedes are naturally aggressive and fierce, and they wouldn't be able to endure the hardship of being forced to cultivate themselves in the Heavenly Flower Zen Temple.

"Has your cultivation improved again?"

Chen Yang looked at it curiously. It had absorbed the brain of that mountain serpent, so its cultivation level must have improved.

"hey-hey."

The eight-winged centipede chuckled, "Not bad. I spent a few days in the Elephant Washing Pool, and while my strength didn't increase much, my mental state improved a lot. Although I haven't reached the late stage of the Dao True Realm yet, I should be close..."

"If I could absorb the essence of that mountain serpent for another day or two, hehe, my mental cultivation would definitely break through to the late stage of the Dao True Realm..."

"When the time comes, make sure you have all that essence elixir prepared properly for me. Breaking through to the Dao True Realm will be just around the corner!"

……

I'm not asleep yet, and I'm already dreaming.

Chen Yang glared at it. "Have you seen Lu Lingfeng's memories?"

Back when they were at Tianhua Temple, Chen Yang specifically woke up the eight-winged centipede and gave it many instructions.

The most important of these is Lu Lingfeng's memories.

This person is from the Shennong Sect, and his memories are crucial and very important to Chen Yang.

If the eight-winged centipede were to directly refine Lu Lingfeng's brain marrow, his memories would be impossible to recover.

"Hey, don't you trust me to handle things?"

The eight-winged centipede chuckled, "However, this person was punished by heaven, his brain was damaged by heavenly lightning, so the memories I can restore are not many..."

"Ah."

Chen Yang was mentally prepared for this.

When Lu Lingfeng died, no one knew what kind of mess he was made of by the lightning; it was a miracle his brain wasn't burned dry.

Let's try to save as many as we can.

What's the deal between him and Ding Huanchun?

Chen Yang immediately began his questioning, starting with questions about Ding Huanchun.

The eight-winged centipede said, "The two of them have known each other for a long time. The one surnamed Ding once asked Lu Lingfeng for medicine, but Lu Lingfeng asked him to join the Shennong Sect and serve the sect to make it bigger and stronger..."

"That man surnamed Ding was unwilling to be subservient to anyone and refused, so the agreement fell through. It wasn't until this time, when the Gu God Cult suffered a devastating calamity, that Ding Huanchun reconnected with him..."

"According to Lu Lingfeng's memories, Ding Huanchun has already decided to join the Shennong Sect as one of the newly established Four Seasons Venerables of the Shennong Sect..."

"Lu Lingfeng was ordered to come out of seclusion this time to recruit Dao Zhen Realm cultivators for Shennong Sect. He was quite capable, but unfortunately he ran into Ding Huanchun and was implicated by him, resulting in the complete annihilation of his entire group."

……

"And what's the story with that patriarch of the Shennong Sect?"

“Ancestor? There is such a person. His name is Lu Songtao. He has lived for over three hundred years and is Lu Lingfeng’s grandfather. When he entered the forbidden area of ​​Shuailao Mountain a hundred years ago, he was already a late-stage Dao Realm cultivator…”

"The Shennong Sect all thought this person had died on Shuailao Mountain, but just a few months ago, he suddenly returned to Shennong Mountain, causing quite a stir within the sect..."

"According to the information Lu Lingfeng knew, this Lu Songtao was trapped in a blessed land within the Shuailao Mountain for a hundred years before finally escaping. However, Lu Songtao didn't explain the situation within the mountain to him. Lu Lingfeng only guessed that this Old Ancestor Lu must have discovered some secrets within the Shuailao Mountain. Upon his return, he immediately ordered them to go out and recruit Dao True Realm cultivators. This move was probably to gather strength and re-explore the Shuailao Mountain..."

Listening to the eight-winged centipede's story, Chen Yang unconsciously frowned. "So, Lu Lingfeng's promise to Li Xiulian and the others that this ancestor could grant them the opportunity to break through to the Celestial Realm was just empty talk?"

"It's just empty promises."

The eight-winged centipede shook its head. "Lu Lingfeng doesn't know what's going on in the mountains. It's just a pie in the sky to attract these Dao Realm experts. However, there's no guarantee that this ancestor really knows something, otherwise he wouldn't be in such a hurry to gather people. Maybe this pie in the sky might actually come true..."

……

The eight-winged centipede told many things about the Shennong Sect, but Lu Lingfeng's memories were incomplete and damaged, so there was also a lot of information that the eight-winged centipede had guessed at.

Chen Yang took out Lu Lingfeng's ring-shaped jade pendant. "How do I open this?"

"Heh, you've got a knack for picking up bargains."

The eight-winged centipede stared at the jade pendant for a moment, then chuckled, "This is a storage jade pendant. There's a small space inside, but it's only half a meter in size, so it can't hold much..."

Half a meter of space is indeed a bit of a waste.

It's better to just bring a suitcase.

However, it is still a storage space, and it doesn't stand on the ground and has little weight.

How do I open it?

Chen Yang was more concerned about this problem; he had tried many methods, but none of them could open the space inside.

The eight-winged centipede said, "Opening the space inside is very simple; just input a wisp of vital energy."

Vital energy?

Chen Yang was both amused and exasperated. He had tried his primordial spirit, his mental power, his true essence, and even the blood oath, but to no avail.

If this thing is true, it is actually the most basic essence.

It's like buying the most expensive combination lock, but setting the combination to 123456, so simple that no one would think of anything more.

Without saying much, Chen Yang immediately transformed his spirit into qi, and his qi into essence. A wisp of essence flowed from his lower dantian and into the ring-shaped jade pendant in his hand.

Chen Yang closed his eyes, and his mental energy entered.

Sure enough, after the essence permeated in, the space inside the jade pendant quickly appeared before him.

It really is a very small space.

It is about one meter long, half a meter high, and only about half a meter wide, which is about the same size as a large suitcase.

too small.

Even something as small as putting a sword in there would probably have to be placed at an angle.

It was crammed full, but there weren't many useful items. Most of it was just clothes to change into, and the rest were some daily necessities like toothpaste and toothbrushes.

Chen Yang used his mental power to wrap around and take out all the useless things at once.

The rest, besides some bottles and jars, included some books, cash, bank cards, ID cards, and other miscellaneous items.

The bottles and jars naturally contained elixirs.

Chen Yang took out these items as well. The bottles were all labeled. This Lu Lingfeng was much more responsible than the people whose bags he had scavenged before.

It was immediately clear what kind of pills were in the bottle.

Chen Yang glanced at the bottles briefly; five of the eleven bottles were already empty.

Of the remaining six bottles, two contain Immaculate Pills. These pills have similar effects to Marrow Cleansing Pills and are used to temper Immaculate Bones and forge an Immaculate Body.

There are a total of six Immaculate Pills in the two bottles.

For Chen Yang, it was an unexpected surprise.

He has now forged the Immaculate Bone, but his physical body has not yet entered the Immaculate state. If he relies on his own cultivation of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture to fully cultivate into a half-immortal body, it will take at least several months.

With these six pills, this time should be greatly shortened.

Besides the Immaculate Pill, the remaining four-grade pills include two bottles for healing: one bottle of [Meridian Nourishing Pill] with 8 pills remaining, and one bottle of [Body Condensing Pill] with 6 pills remaining.

One is used to nourish the meridians, and the other is used to treat external injuries.

With the Three Corpse Divine Tree as an encyclopedia, it can tell you the origin and effects of these pills as long as they have names.

The Runmai Dan (润脉丹) does have some use.

When Chen Yang used the Mountain-Driving Whip, he inevitably suffered a backlash from the lightning, which damaged his meridians. This [Meridian-Nourishing Pill] was just the right thing to do to heal the injuries to his meridians.

There are two bottles left, but only one pill remains in each: one is a [Minor Dragon Tiger Pill], and the other is a [Minor Rejuvenating Pill].

Both types of elixirs occupy the character "小" (small/small).

In fact, both drugs are generic versions.

The Three Corpse Divine Tree and the Five Thunder True Man gave Chen Yang a quick science lesson.

【Dragon Tiger Pill】Originating from the Celestial Masters sect, it is a type of great pill in Taoism. Its function is the same as the Heavenly Dragon Pill and the Five Dragon Pill, which temporarily enhance physical strength. However, the Dragon Tiger Pill is superior to the Five Dragon Pill.

A single high-grade Dragon-Tiger Pill is said to temporarily increase the power of at least ten dragons.

It is at least.

The specific effects vary from person to person.

Of course, the premise is that the user's basic physique can withstand such powerful force; otherwise, they will inevitably be blown to pieces by the violent dragon and tiger energy.

The Great Rejuvenation Pill, on the other hand, is more practical.

This pill is a unique elixir of the Faxiang Temple. Its medicinal effects can greatly enhance cultivation and even cure all poisons. Even within the Faxiang Temple, not just anyone can use this elixir.

As for the [Minor Dragon Tiger Pill] and [Minor Rejuvenation Pill] that Chen Yang currently possesses, the fact that they both have the word "minor" in their names makes it obvious that they are significantly inferior to the previous two pills.

Both of these drugs are generic versions, and their efficacy certainly cannot match that of the originals.

In the past, many sects and factions had their own methods to prevent and treat these two kinds of medicine, but they were generally only about one-tenth as effective as the original medicine. If they could reach one-half, they would be considered to be of the highest quality.

The two pills in Chen Yang's hand are probably imitations made by the Shennong Sect. Their effectiveness is currently unknown.

He didn't value the Lesser Dragon Tiger Pill, but he could try this Lesser Rejuvenating Pill.

After all, it can improve one's cultivation level.

……

Chen Yang didn't rush to take the drug, but instead continued to examine the contents of the jade pendant.

There wasn't much left in the small space; just a dozen or so books, mostly novels.

Chen Yang's gaze swept across the room and settled on one of the books.

Compilation of the Twelve Formations of Shennongmen

This isn't a novel; it seems to be about battle formations.

He glanced through it briefly, but found it obscure and difficult to understand, so he only glanced at it before putting it aside.

He doesn't have much time to study other miscellaneous things right now; alchemy alone has already taken up too much of his time.

Therefore, even if you want to learn formations, you should put them aside for now.

After taking out the book tray, there were even fewer things left in the jade pendant space. In one corner was a small golden gourd, and in another corner were more than ten small triangular flags.

There were no more.

There are eighteen flags in total, with bronze flagpoles, each about a foot long, engraved with many obscure patterns. The flags are triangular, in various colors, and embroidered with many incomprehensible incantations.

The eight-winged centipede said, "These are the array flags used to set up the formation. You can take the rest, but put these array flags and that book into my jade pendant. Give me the jade pendant; I want to study the formations when I have time..."

"Ah."

Chen Yang chuckled upon hearing this, "You just learned swordsmanship, and now you're learning formations too? Can you handle it?"

"Hey."

The eight-winged centipede laughed, "Do I need to learn? I can just take Lu Lingfeng's memories. Although they are incomplete, it shouldn't be difficult to fill in the gaps after I study this book..."

Cowhide!

It's just a copy-and-paste job. If everyone practiced like that, what would happen?
"Okay, here you go. Once you've figured it out, send it to me. I'm ready to eat it right away."

Chen Yang didn't care; the jade pendant's space was too small, and he didn't even bother with it.

He took out the gourd from the jade pendant's space, stuffed the array flags and books inside, tightened the rope on the jade pendant, and put it on the eight-winged centipede.

"Is this rope strong enough?" The eight-winged centipede flew to the dressing mirror, somewhat vain.

"Ropes woven from silkworm silk are impervious to water and fire, and are difficult to damage with knives and axes; they are not so easy to break."

As Chen Yang spoke, he picked up the last small golden gourd.

What the hell is this thing?
(End of this chapter)