The ancestor is incompetent!

Chapter 164 Thousand Gu Evil Eyes
Li Yuan nodded slightly. What the old man said was consistent with the strength and weakness of the two paths he saw. There was little room for deception. He continued to ask, "Where did the Xuanming Yin Qi inherited by the Helian clan, which was exiled to Nanjue Island thousands of years ago, come from?"

"This..." The old man's face showed embarrassment. He opened his mouth to answer, but was a little slow. A young cultivator behind him spoke up and said, "The Helian family's Taoist lineage was personally allowed to be practiced by the master of Tianqi Sect, and it even directly avoided the poison..."

Before the young cultivator could finish his words, his throat seemed to be choked by someone and he could no longer utter a single word. His body convulsed and collapsed on the ground, his skin and flesh split open, and his clothes shattered into grey mist as he let out horrible screams.

The flesh on the exposed skin exploded inch by inch, and from the flesh and blood grew out terrifying and cold eyes. The whole body, from feet to head, even the facial features were covered with cold eyes.

This bizarre scene caused the other three true practitioners to retreat in horror, bowing their heads to the ground and begging, "Grandmaster, please spare my life! Grandmaster, please spare my life! Grandmaster, please spare my life!"

Li Yuan, who was standing not far away, was also slightly shocked when he saw this scene. He closed his eyes, his long hair fluttering behind him, and evil ghosts spread out from the ends of his hair and climbed in front of him, forming a gloomy ghost area to protect him.

At the same time, he sat cross-legged, his soul communicating, sensing the ray of mysterious Yin Qi above the nine heavens.

The three thousand Yin Eyes on the young cultivator's body were all staring at the three people who were begging for mercy not far away. Even though the three true cultivators did not look at them, they still felt that they were being stared at by countless pairs of eyes. An extreme fear arose in their hearts, and they stopped begging for mercy involuntarily after a few breaths. The three people twisted their necks with their hands, held the severed head in one hand, and pinched a small poisonous insect out of the bleeding neck with the other hand.

Then the three of them knelt facing south, holding their heads at their waists with one hand, their eyes looking straight to the south, and with the other hand they spread out their palms, and a bug the size of a grain of rice flew out and disappeared into the distance.

The real cultivator who had one eye all over his body at the beginning disappeared without a trace.

After more than half an hour, Li Yuan finally realized that he had opened the fog that protected the ghosts. What appeared before his eyes were three corpses of true cultivators kneeling facing south, with their right hands holding their heads at their waists and their left hands open with their palms facing forward. Their bodies had not decayed or fallen, which was very strange.

Even Li Yuan felt a little scared. The direct terror of ghosts and evil spirits was not as terrifying as this invisible and intangible weirdness, which made people more terrified and desperate.

He did not want to stay long and was about to return to the mountain, but he saw a clear and cold aura sweeping in from the east, and a woman's cold voice calling out was heard from the cold aura.

"Friend Li, I have heard of your great name for a long time, and today I finally get to meet you in person!"

Li Yuan raised his eyebrows, looked at the plain-clothed woman walking on the snow, and asked, "Did this fairy come from Tianxia Mountain?"

"Yes, my name is Ning Que, nice to meet you, fellow Taoist." This woman was the true cultivator of Xueyin Valley back then. She had also helped the disciples of Qiling Sect to break through their true cultivation. She could be considered a rare true cultivator from outside the sect who was friendly to the Qiling Sect.

"So it's Brother Ning. Congratulations on your breakthrough to the upper level. You can expect a bright future!"

Li Yuan calmed down a little and bowed to congratulate him.

"Haha, Daoist friend, you are too flattering. I was only able to achieve this position because of my master's favor." Ning Que glanced at the strange corpse and said in a voice transmission, "Daoyou Li, this is a real person's method of the upper Gu Dao. It is said that the Shishi Yinku has the magical power of a thousand Gu evil eyes, which is a first-class magical power. As long as you are infected with it, you will be planted with Gu eyes.

Fellow Daoist Li, I'm afraid you've also been infected with this poison!"

Li Yuan's heart sank when he heard this, "Is it impossible for me to escape even though I never looked him in the eye?"

Ning Que sighed, "When you see it emerge into the world, it has already been planted with the Gu Eye!
This Gu is extremely vicious, half real and half fake. Once planted, it is difficult to get rid of. It feeds on fear day and night. The longer the time, the more panic and fear there is, and the more terrifying its power becomes.

Of course, if a real person uses this magical power on a real cultivator, even if they don’t feed on fear, they will become a strange spirit with thousands of eyes, which is more terrifying than having their souls scattered.”

Li Yuan's face had turned gloomy. He asked, "Is there a way to crack it?"

"Of course there is. The evil of Gu is most afraid of Yang. If someone else is infected, they just need to burn the Fusang spiritual tree of your family with the fierce fire of Bing for three days and three nights to protect their soul and body, and it will be eliminated.

It’s just that you, Daoist friend, are full of Xuanming Daoist skills. If you were to climb the Fusang spiritual tree…”

"In less than three days, I was burned to ashes by the Bing Fire on the Fusang Spiritual Tree." Li Yuan frowned.

"Haha, Daoist friend, don't worry." Ning Que said with a smile: "My Xueyin Valley is now the headquarters of the Wanxuan Immortal Sect, and it controls the Tianxia Mountain Range. The real master uncle in the valley just ordered me to come here just to save Daoist friend Li.

If you trust me, you may follow me into the mountains. I will have a way to solve this problem."

Li Yuan hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but still said, "In that case, I'm sorry to bother you with my presence!"

"Your sect has a long history of Taoism. It is a great honor for you to come to my Snow Song Valley. Why would you say you are bothering me?" Ning Que said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist, please follow me!"

The two of them then flew up into the strong wind layer on a cloud and left.

……

Above the Heavenly Palace, in the northeast, compared to the magnificence and splendor of other immortal palaces, this immortal palace seems very cold and desolate.

There wasn't even an immortal general guarding the main gate of the immortal mansion, making it look like an abandoned mansion.

The plaque on the Immortal Mansion was covered with dust and cobwebs. A gray spider was lying in the middle of the cobwebs, stopping in the center of the four characters "Shanggu Immortal Mansion".

Deep in the palace, in an ancient hall, a middle-aged man with a long beard was kneeling on the ground. He had sunken eye sockets and a cold look in his eyes.

He knelt down respectfully at this moment, and bowed to the strange pattern hanging in the middle of the hall, saying: "Grandmaster, I have found out that the Xuanming Daoism was exactly what Xuanming Zhenjun had found back then."

In the center of the hall, the strange pattern depicts parts of the limbs of five poisonous creatures, including the centipede dragon. A total of thirty-six kinds of poisonous insects and evil creatures were mixed into a very strange species.

The centipede's eyes glowed scarlet, and there was a strange, piercing sound like a male and female chorus.

"Searching? That's obviously stealing!"

Shang Gu's spirit angrily shouted, "Back then, Xuan Ming took advantage of the situation and teamed up with that old guy from the Samsara Realm to steal the Xuan Ming status sealed in the underworld, disguising it as a Taoist sect and passing it down to Tian Qi.

All of them old guys think that I can't poison you with the True Lord Gu, and that I pose no threat to them. Which one of them has ever looked me in the eye?

In ancient times, the Eight Qis were certified, and Xuanming Gu Qi was second only to Pure Yang True Qi. It should have been the second most prominent existence among the Eight Qis. Later, when the Sun took over the position of the Heavenly Palace and received Pure Yang Qi, Xuanming Gu Qi should have made further progress.

It's a pity that Xuan Ming stole the power of the position and took away the fate of Gu, causing the Xuanming Gu Qi to be split into two and the Gu Dao to decline. Although I was able to attain the position of True Lord because of this, I also fell to the lowest level among all the True Lords in the Heavenly Palace!

The humiliation over the past tens of thousands of years was not enough. Before his death, Xuan Ming also wanted to cut off the last bit of my thought of overlapping identities.

However, he could never have imagined that I, a great True Lord, would humiliate myself like this!

Hahaha, kid, go and guard the Xuanming Daoist tradition. As long as that kid is still alive, when he succeeds in ascending the throne, it will be the day for me to return to the world and regain my position!" The laughter of the Shang Gu Zhenjun, who seemed to be in a madness, echoed in the ancient hall, and the man kneeling on the ground said respectfully.

……

In the Xuanyuan Realm, Li Yuan looked inward and even used the Siming Heavenly Stone to check himself to confirm that he was not poisoned. Only then did he feel relieved and calmly think about what Li Yuan had just experienced.

Apparently the young cultivator said some untransmittable secret, which was discovered by the real person in the Corpse-Erosion Cave, so he cast a spell to silence him from thousands of miles away, and even killed the other three people as well.

It is rumored that among the Nine Continents, the Corpse-Erosion Cave is the most bizarre and cruel. Now it seems that it is indeed worthy of its reputation.

And most of the disciples in his lineage are not loyal to his sect. It is thought that he educates and trains his disciples in a way similar to raising a Gu. As long as that True Lord is alive, even if all the disciples and elders of the sect want to kill their ancestors, they will not be able to cause any trouble in front of him.

Li Yuan returned to the library and carefully wrote down what he had learned today. It seemed that what the Corpse-Erosion Cave was seeking was most likely the Xuanming Yin Qi position! However, even if the two paths were once one in ancient times, they have been separated for many years now, and the position has an owner. If you want to make the ancient Xuanming Gu Qi reappear in the world again, I am afraid it will be very difficult.

Judging from their actions, most of them will still let Li Yuan do nothing. Even if they want to seek something, they will do it after the Golden Core stage. After all, the stage below the Golden Core stage is too insignificant, and they can let Li Yuan explore the way for them. As for waiting for hundreds or thousands of years, it is not a problem for a True Lord who can hide for tens of thousands of years.

Li Yuan once again turned over a new page, connecting the Wanxuan Immortal Sect and Xueyin Valley together. It was obvious that Gong Hanyu of Xueyin Valley was by no means an ordinary cultivator, and might even be a Jindan clone or a spirit. When the Wanxuan Immortal Sect came to Nanjue Continent, it landed directly on the sky of Xueyin Valley. It was obvious that the two had a deep connection, and the True Lord behind the Wanxuan Immortal Sect was most likely... the Upper Extreme Cold Qi?
……

On Tianxia Mountain, the snow is falling more heavily than decades ago. The snow has dyed the sky and the earth white, which is the only color in this snowy mountain.

As dusk deepened, the white dragon lay down.

The snow on thousands of peaks condenses into broken jade, and the cold branches on the rugged rocks are covered with white.

In the empty valley, Li Yuan followed Ning Que, and the two walked into the deep mountains. Above their heads, there were three or two white cranes spreading their wings. When they flapped their wings, their feathers swept the white snow that looked like silver sand. Not far away, there was a huge ice-sculptured jade tree in the snowfield.

Li Yuan's eyes moved slightly. This was something that had not been described by the elders in the sect who had entered Xueyin Valley. It was probably something that happened after the arrival of Wanxuan Immortal Sect.

Ning Que led him along the way through the snow, and the long footprints left behind were soon buried by the wind and snow.

"I've met Master!"

Ning Que bowed respectfully to Gong Hanyu who was sitting cross-legged on the snowy plain and said, "Disciple has brought Fellow Daoist Li back to the valley."

Seeing the person in front of him whose appearance had not changed from what his ancestors had described hundreds of years ago, Li Yuan also said respectfully: "Junior Qi Lingmen Li Yuan, greetings to the senior!"

Gong Hanyu opened his eyes, and the wind and snow in the sky suddenly stopped, so much so that one could hear a pin drop on the entire snowfield.

"Que'er, you step back first."

"Yes! Master!" Ning Que did not ask any more questions. He just stood up respectfully, glanced at Li Yuan with a smile, and retreated.

After the surroundings returned to silence, Gong Hanyu asked, "Your master is..."

"I am a disciple of the previous leader of Qi Ling Sect, Li Yuan."

Li Yuan replied.

"Li Yuan?" Gong Hanyu nodded, "He was a cautious boy, but unfortunately he was not lucky enough and died early.

After all, Yuanshui is scarce. If one can cultivate this magical power, if he does not die, he will at least achieve something in the future.

Just like the Linglong Sect’s Dongcang Mountain Master, Jiang Yunzhi.”

Li Yuan was puzzled when he heard this, "Is this mountain master also cultivating Yuanshui?"

"That's right. If the Yuanshui is incomplete, it will be impossible without the help of the spiritual creatures. Jiang Yunzhi has Jiang Xu's savings of thousands of years, and the old man has left a way out for her. Now that she is born, she must take advantage of the opportunity to ascend to the throne!" Gong Hanyu sighed: "With the strength of Jiang Xu's seven lives and his various plans, he can be said to be the person with the greatest hope of becoming a true lord in the past ten thousand years.

If he wanted to cultivate Jindan disciples to succeed the sect, he would not have failed to cultivate even one Jindan for thousands of years.

In less than twenty years, we will see many true cultivators on Nanjue Island trying to ascend to the throne.

By then, the battles between the ten great immortal sects and the Nine Continents Dao Sect will be interesting to watch."

Li Yuan asked doubtfully: "Even if Tianqi is gone, shouldn't it be the Eleven Immortal Sect?"

Gong Hanyu smiled faintly, "With the Qiwu Immortal Ruins closed to the world, naturally only the ten major immortal sects will come to Nanjuezhou."

"I see." Li Yuan nodded. "Thank you for clearing up my confusion. I'm poisoned and don't know how to cure it. I hope you can give me some pointers."

“Haha, don’t worry, that Gu won’t take your life.” Gong Hanyu chuckled and said, “If you ask for help from other golden elixirs, I’m afraid it may not be able to cure it.

But in the Wanxuan Immortal Sect, it is not a big deal."

Li Yuan did not feel secretly delighted when he heard this, but only asked: "How can I be of service to you, senior?"

"Service?" Gong Hanyu shook his head, staring at him with those phoenix eyes that seemed to be able to see straight into people's hearts, "A person who has risen to a higher position, maybe he can be of some use on Nanjue Island.

But, in today's Nanjue Continent, it is just a bigger ant.

The ten great immortal sects and the ways of the nine continents all sent their golden elixir cultivators to descend upon this continent, occupying the mountains and demarcating the land, gathering tribes to support them, in order to compete for the destiny of all spirits.

I hid my identity here in the past, one to avoid the world, and the other to guard the Taoist tradition of Xiaoxia Mountain under the order of the Immortal Master, just for that ray of earth virtue that could help Master Jiang consolidate the earth mountain.

Even if your ancestors have plans, it still depends on the methods of the adults in the Heavenly Palace.

This strand of Su Yao's Wu Earth status was created by the Wu Earth Golden Pill of the Wanxuan Immortal Sect. It was thrown into the ten-thousand-foot-high mountain of Master Jiang. When it was quiet, it became the soil of the mountain, and when it was chaotic, it became the ant hole of the collapsed dam. "

(End of this chapter)