The ancestor is incompetent!

Chapter 9: Nine Palaces

Li Yuan walked out of the market, but did not try out the newly bought magic weapon. Instead, he found a secluded place to change into the standard clothes of Qi Ling Sect disciples just like when he came here, and then used the light body technique to rush to the sect.

After drinking the first cup of tea in the Baiqi Hall, not a drop of water was left, and the second cup of tea was not touched. This is a secret code that only disciples of a sect know. Ordinary casual cultivators would not know it. This is used to make one's identity clear in order to avoid any unnecessary entanglements involving the four major controlling forces of the market town.

He rushed to the mountain gate as the sun was setting. Halfway through, he saw a flash of magic light in a dense forest. It was obviously a common killing and looting in the wild.

Li Yuan was about to make a detour when he heard a cry for help with spiritual power: "Daoyou not far away, please help me. I am a disciple of Qi Ling Sect. As long as we can hold out for a while, our master will come to help us. I am willing to offer all my wealth of 300 spiritual stones as a thank you, and even my body as a token of my gratitude! I only ask for your help!"

The voice is tender and lovely, and you can tell it is that of a beautiful girl, which makes people feel pity and love for her.

Then, hundreds of sparkling points of light scattered in all directions in the dense forest, apparently proving that what she said was true.

Li Yuan frowned after hearing this. He absolutely didn't want to get involved in this matter. Even though they were from the same school, many of the disciples had never met each other and had no feelings for each other at all.

However, according to the Qi Ling Sect's rules, if one sees a fellow sect member in trouble and does not come to the rescue, the consequences will be determined by the sect leader. At the very least, the person will be imprisoned in the Death Cave for half a year, and at the worst, his cultivation will be abolished.

However, it was written on the front of the mountain gate when he left the mountain for the market. If we check it, we will not be able to hide it at all.

Li Yuan's mind turned, so he used his spiritual power to shout back: "Which peak is this senior sister from?"

Hearing someone respond, the woman's voice came again, and she said with great surprise: "I am a disciple of Lingfeng, please help me, Junior Brother!"

Li Yuan asked again: "Sister, did you use the special help talisman that Senior Brother Yu Zhong gave us deacons? But how long will it take for someone from the sect to come?"

"That's right, junior brother, don't worry. These thieves are only three in the early stage and three in the middle stage. It only takes one stick of incense for the master to arrive!" The voice of the delicate woman came again.

"You little brat, I advise you to stay out of other people's business! You are just a damn Qi Ling Sect disciple. Leave this place immediately, or you will die!"

A rude and arrogant voice was heard. If an ordinary young disciple was overwhelmed with passion at this moment, he would definitely rush in to let the group of thieves see what he is capable of.

But Li Yuan felt a chill in his heart at this moment. Without even looking back, he madly used the light body technique to escape towards the mountain gate.

Because Lingfeng, including Qi Feng, gave the help talisman to the deacon disciples only after paying spirit stones in front of a spiritual puppet, and it was forbidden for any disciple to teach it privately, so it was impossible for Senior Brother Yu Zhong to give this talisman.

Li Yuan stepped on a tree branch, leaped several feet, and fled into the distance at an incredibly fast speed.

A beam of light rose above the dense forest, and a man wearing a white mask with black patterns on his head cursed, "This kid, you are so afraid of death!

Chase after him! "

After saying that, he was already riding on a white cloud and quickly chasing after Li Yuan.

Seven figures then rushed out of the dense forest below, each riding a cheap paper crane magic weapon and chasing after him.

At the same time, there was a figure in the dense forest who skillfully collected the hidden magic flags inserted in various formation points, and the spiritual stones scattered on the ground also lost their spiritual light and turned into ordinary stones.

Li Yuan's feet were as fast as the wind as he ran towards the mountain gate, and at the same time he activated the distress talisman without hesitation.

Ever since he broke through to the middle stage, he has been practicing two spells. One is the medium-level spell Ice Cone, and the other is this Light Body Spell.

Even though it was just a low-level spell, he had practiced it to be as swift as the wind. In addition, he often comprehended the Shuiyunjian escape technique in his martial arts and had a deep understanding of escape. Therefore, when he was running at full speed at this moment, he was three times faster than an ordinary mid-stage cultivator.

Seeing the pursuers approaching quickly from the sky, Li Yuan ran towards the sect gate with all his might. He could only take out the talismans he had accumulated for a long time and threw out ten of them, including the fire bomb talisman, the wooden sword talisman, the golden thorn talisman...

Like fireworks blooming in the sky, they immediately stopped them. After all, a paper crane, the most common and cheapest semi-magic weapon, would be burned if hit by a fire bullet.

The group of thieves cursed and dodged.

Li Yuan resisted the urge to release the puppets. The three mid-stage cultivators in front of him could entangle three puppets, and it was not far from here to the mountain gate. If he was discovered to have so many puppets, he would be doomed when he returned to the mountain.

He remembered Ruan Jinghu saying that there were elders guarding the mountain gate all the time, and as long as they were within a hundred miles of the mountain gate, they were considered safe. Once the distress talisman was sent out, an elder might come to help within an incense stick of time.

If no elder shows up before this group of thieves catch up, he can only take out the Baibi Wulan to expose this magic weapon.

At this moment, Li Yuan was still running, and he began to chant spells and gather strength to cast the only spell he had learned, such as Ice Cone.

The first one to catch up was the monk holding a dark green precious flag. The word "Qian" was written on his clothes, and his speed was much faster than those semi-magical weapon monks.

Li Yuan was distracted and looked back, and the monk just happened to throw out a water-blue sword and slash at him from the air.

His heart sank. The cultivator in front of him had two magical weapons, and they seemed to be of good quality. In addition, these people were well-trained and were definitely not casual cultivators or thieves.

Without time to think, Li Yuan suppressed his impulse and continued to rush forward calmly. He then calculated the distance, and when the flying sword entered the range of thirty feet, he suddenly turned around and used the Ice Cone Technique that he had been accumulating power for a long time.

"scoff~"

Three icy ice cones slammed into the blue flying sword like three long swords.

"boom…"

The three ice cones were pierced by the flying sword and shattered into ice chips, but the flying sword also became much slower.

The eyes of the man in dry clothes in the sky turned dark, he stretched out his hand to call back the flying sword, but found that there was a layer of condensed ice on it, blocking his spiritual power.

"Ningbingfen, this kid is so cunning!"

He sneered, stretched out his hand, made a seal, and commanded the flag under him: "Hurry!"

The next moment, the dark green treasure flag rushed out at a high speed, making a loud sound of breaking through the air. Its speed increased several times and it flew in front of Li Yuan. And when its sleeves were spread, dozens of stone-like things flew out and exploded in the air, turning into pieces of black smoke.

Li Yuan paused and quickly changed direction, but this change brought the pursuers behind him closer.

The monk in dry clothes did not approach him rashly, but kept a certain distance to block his advance, obviously being very cautious.

Seeing this, Li Yuan could only prepare to take out his magic weapon and escape.

But at this moment, a sharp sound of golden swords suddenly came from the distant sky, and a golden light came quickly and landed above everyone.

Li Yuan was overjoyed when he saw who was coming, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Disciple thanks the elder for saving my life!"

The group of cultivators stopped in confusion, looking at the handsome man in the autumn yellow robe in the escaping light, with a pair of sharp sword-like eyebrows furrowed, and the murderous intent in his eyes made people shudder. "Who is this thief who dares to rob and kill my disciples in the territory of Qi Ling Sect?" The man on the sword glanced at everyone coldly, and the aura of the late stage of Qi Refining spread out, and the autumn wind blew countless dead leaves, shocking everyone so much that they dared not act rashly.

It was the man in dry clothes who spoke first: "Senior, you have also seen what kind of power we are.

This disciple has a very good spirit, and I, Jiugong, want to get him. I hope..."

“How dare you!” The man on the sword became furious, and he grasped the three-foot-long sword under his feet. The cold light of the sword blade flickered under the moonlight, and the precious tassel on the hilt swayed. “If you were not wearing dry clothes, I would have drawn my sword when I came.

Others can go, but you, the dry one, are no longer needed."

After saying that, he stretched out the sword, and instantly a sharp golden sword energy about ten feet long emerged from the sword, slashing straight forward with a fierce murderous intent.

The man in dry clothes was shocked and said hurriedly: "Nine Palaces, combine your skills!"

Several other thieves took off their black clothes and revealed their own robes, which were exactly the Nine Palaces represented by Qian, Kun, Zhen, Dui, Kan, Li, Gen and Xun, with only the center palace missing.

The eight people held a colorful flag in their hands at the same time, and the eight colored spiritual lights merged into a Bagua pattern to block the golden sword energy.

The golden sword energy pierced into the Bagua pattern, and eight precious patterns lit up. Among them, the Qian and Dui patterns were the most prosperous, and they actually blocked the sword energy.

Li Yuan, who had quietly retreated behind the elder from his own family, couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this scene.

You have to know that the gap between the late stage and the middle stage is comparable to a major realm, and this elder is Cui Huaiqiu, a very famous sword cultivator in the mountain gate. He has already cultivated sword energy and is much stronger than ordinary late stage cultivators. The three middle stage cultivators and five early stage cultivators in front of him can actually block this sword.

Cui Huaiqiu's eyes were colder, and he shouted, "Where is Neutral? If you want to destroy the Nine Palaces and Eight, then take a few more of my swords! Cui is not someone you can easily deal with!"

Hearing this, the Qianzi male cultivator's expression changed drastically and said, "Senior, please calm down. I have spoken out of turn. Please show some mercy!"

Cui Huaiqiu remained unmoved and said, "My former Taoist companion was killed by you, Jiugong. I am standing here talking nonsense with you for the sake of our ancestor."

After looking around and seeing no unusual movements, he said, "In that case, then you can learn Cui's swordsmanship!"

He suddenly floated into the air, holding the sword in his left hand and stroking the sword with two fingers of his right hand. When he raised the sword, a ten-mile long wind came, rolling up the Qianqiu leaves, and turned into a tornado more than ten feet high that merged with him.

In the mighty gust of wind, he only shouted coldly, "Kill!"

Then, golden energy was seen penetrating the sky. Under the silver moon, swords rose up like the wind and chopped the Bagua pattern that had reappeared into pieces with one sword. At the same time, the precious flags in the hands of the eight people also shattered.

The man in dry clothes fled in terror, but had no time to react and was instantly cut in two by the golden energy. The sides of his body were cut smooth and flat, and his blood spilled on the autumn leaves on the ground, dyeing them red.

The other seven people retreated in fear. A Tai Chi fish eye slowly emerged, turned for three breaths, and then turned into spiritual light and disappeared.

Cui Huaiqiu did not chase him. He just turned his head to look at the disciple he had saved and said, "It was not easy for you to escape from the ambush of the Nine Palaces. What you saw today, the secrets of the Nine Palaces, must not be revealed to others, otherwise the consequences will be no different from death. Go back to the mountain and practice well."

After saying this, he turned around and rode away again.

Li Yuan hurriedly bowed in the direction he left and said, "Thank you very much, Elder, for saving my life. I will not mention anything about what happened today!"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

But he remembered something, turned around and released the Yi wood puppet bestowed by the sect, controlled it to rush to the side of the man in dry clothes, then took out the storage bag, quickly put it away, and continued to rush back to the mountain gate as quickly as possible.

This time they were very close to the mountain gate, and although it was late at night, nothing happened.

When he returned to the mountain gate, the fat deacon and the thin deacon were still having a heated discussion. When they saw him coming back, they hurried forward to ask.

"Junior Brother Li, were you the one that Elder Cui saved just now?" asked the fat deacon.

Li Yuan replied: "I am ashamed. I encountered a group of thieves outside the mountain. There were three or five thieves in the early to middle stage. My strength was too weak and I could only activate the help talisman immediately."

"So it's Junior Brother Li." The thin steward said with a smile: "That's normal, after all, he is the weakest person in the mountain.

Junior Brother Li, don’t forget to offer thirty spiritual stones to the peak.”

Li Yuan looked embarrassed and said, "I know about this, but I'm short of money. Is there a time limit?"

"Just pay it within a month!" The fat deacon replied, "Brother, tell me about Elder Cui's brilliance! I have admired Elder Cui for a long time. The Golden Cloud Qiu Ze Sword is a top-grade magical weapon. How powerful would it be if it was used by a sword master like Elder Cui!"

Li Yuan had no choice but to modify the story, saying that Elder Cui used that earth-shaking sword to wipe out the group of thieves, and then flew away in a dashing manner.

The two of them were still not satisfied after listening to this. The thin steward also said with emotion: "It is rumored that Elder Cui is only a hundred years old and is the best master in our mountain gate except for the two peak masters. Now it seems that his reputation is well-deserved.

"

It was not until the second half of the night that he managed to escape and returned to his own courtyard before dawn.

He sat cross-legged in the quiet room, reviewing what had happened that night, and then opened the clothes dryer's storage bag.

I saw a pile of spirit stones inside, and I counted them, there were more than a hundred in total.

Now he doesn't have to worry about offering spirit stones. Previously, he had spent all his fortune buying Baibi Wulan, and only had a few spirit stones left.

This talisman for help is not without a price. Once activated, one must offer thirty spirit stones as a token of gratitude to the mountain gate and the elders.

No one had any objection to this matter. After all, if it could really save lives in danger, who would think that their life was not worth thirty spirit stones?
Of course, the talisman for help is only effective within a radius of 300 miles from the mountain gate. Beyond this distance, it cannot be sensed by any sensory objects within the sect.

Li Yuan flipped through the bag again. There was nothing left in the storage bag of a mid-stage cultivator except for the spirit stones. He remembered the neutron mentioned by Elder Cui. Could it be that this neutron took away all the good things from them?

The precious flag he was thinking about was also chopped into pieces by Elder Cui's sword. Now there were only a few bottles of unknown elixirs and a book in the storage bag.

Li Yuan opened the book, but it was not a secret manual of martial arts, but something recorded by the man in dry clothes.

There are many strange patterns on it, including the Eight Diagrams, the Eight Directions, the Nine Palaces, and some patterns of evil ghosts eating people.

There were also some complicated characters, either code words or some kind of secret ancient text, which Li Yuan could not understand at all. This Nine Palaces force was too mysterious.

(End of this chapter)