Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 407 Cold Crow Pass

"At dawn three days later, they will meet at Hanya Pass."

After thinking it over, since the others had already signed the blood pact, he figured he might as well be a good person and threw out two tiny discs.

"This is a magnetic compass, which can detect the location of the two people. We can use this compass to make contact later."

Two compasses, no bigger than the palm of a hand, traced an arc in the air and were caught by Hua Ling and Li Er Gou.

Hua Ling took it and looked at it.

Her eyes lit up: "Senior brother actually has cultivation in array formations?"

Among the myriad arts of cultivation, alchemy, array formations, artifact crafting, and talismanic arts are the four main branches. Mastering even one of them is considered quite remarkable, especially the array formation branch, which requires connecting array patterns and harmonizing with heaven and earth.

"I've learned a little bit."

Xu Yunfan neither confirmed nor denied the statement.

The territory under the Yuanshi Sect was known as the "Nineteen Cities of Xuanming," but in reality, it controlled ninety-one cultivation cities.

As a fortress on the northern border, Hanya Pass is guarded by three Foundation Establishment Elders on a rotating basis and is an essential route to the far north.

Beyond Hanya Pass lies the territory of the Wancheng Sword Sect, a righteous sect.

Forming a team there allows you to avoid the sect's surveillance and makes it convenient to do so at any time.
He glanced at Hua Ling, who was whispering to Li Ergou; the butterfly hairpin in the girl's hair was trembling slightly.

"This junior brother just said he understands feng shui?"

Hua Ling suddenly moved close to Li Ergou, her nose almost touching his chin.

Li Ergou stood frozen in place, veins bulging on his neck, but dared not take a single step back.

"Slightly, slightly related to skin and hair."

"That's just right!"

Hua Ling clapped her hands, turned around, and laughed:
"I've heard that there's an ancient cultivator's cave in the Frosty Wasteland, which contains fragments of the ancient 'Two Elements Dust Array' diagram."

She winked at Xu Yunfan, her eyes full of meaning.

Xu Yunfan's eyes flickered slightly.

The Two Elements Dust Array is the most important array of the Xuanfu Sect. If he could obtain this incomplete copy, it would greatly benefit his understanding of the Dao of Arrays.

But what concerned him even more was the source of Hua Ling's information. The Frosty Wasteland did not exist on the Yuanshi Sect's map at all; that was the Xuanfu Sect's name for the "Frosty Rift Valley."

It seems like this is aimed at him?
Xu Yunfan narrowed his eyes slightly, his mind slowly becoming active at that moment.

See you in three days.

He turned and left, and behind him came Li Ergou's suppressed groan.

It's obvious without even looking that Hua Ling is trying to make Li Ergou fall at her feet.

The disciples of Baiyu Peak always try to charm people before engaging in conversation.
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Three days later.

The light behind Xu Yunfan gradually faded, and he looked at the majestic city in front of him.

The walls of Hanya Pass were built from the bones of demonic beasts.

Thousands of white leg bones interlocked and interlocked, with blood that would never congeal flowing between them.

Yunfan stood at the pass of Hanya Pass, a biting wind carrying a chilling cold rushing towards him.

He looked down and saw a long, dark river, winding like a giant python, lying across the pass. The river was over a hundred miles wide, and the ink-like water was so thick that it was almost still.

Most chillingly, countless pale arms floated densely on the river's surface, sometimes outstretched and sometimes curled up, like drowning victims making their last struggle.

When the mountain wind sweeps across the river, one can faintly hear mournful howls coming from the riverbed. The sound is like the lamentations of thousands of wronged souls at the same time, sending chills down one's spine.

Xu Yunfan examined them closely and discovered that the wrists of those arms were all shackled with black iron chains unique to the Yuanshi Sect.

These were mostly things that were sunk to the bottom of the river by Emperor Yuanshi after the great battles of Hanya Pass over the years, and over time they became a strange place.

On the riverbank, several recently dumped corpses were slowly sinking, their rotting flesh being eroded and peeled away by the river water, revealing stark white bones.

Those arms that sink to the bottom of the river will soon rise to the surface again, joining this endless cycle of suffering.

Unable to reincarnate, unable to escape the cycle of rebirth, forever trapped in the sea of ​​suffering, until their souls wither and their spirits perish. Xu Yunfan felt a chill in his heart as he watched.

This river contains not only the remains of righteous cultivators, but also the aura of many disciples of the Primordial Sect.

"Senior brother is here very early."

The sound of bells came from behind. Today she had changed into a plain white dress, and the silver bells in her hair had been replaced with jade pendants. Even her aura was as restrained as that of an ordinary person.

If it weren't for Xu Yunfan's Martial Arts Heavenly Eye being able to see through illusions, one would almost think this was a rich little girl who had run away from home.

Li Ergou followed behind her, his face even more ashen than it had been three days ago.

The boy had a compass that Xu Yunfan had given him hanging from his waist.

“Last night, the Yuanshi Sect’s patrolling disciples at Hanya Pass sent a message to the sect.”

His voice was hoarse, and he seemed to be suffering from a pale and bloodless appearance.

Xu Yunfan glanced at it but didn't pay attention. The other party must be practicing some kind of secret technique to be acting like this.

Within the Yuanshi Sect, there are many strange and mysterious techniques that can make a person appear strange.

"Xuanfu Sect has added a patrol team to Falling Snow Cliff."

A wisp of sword energy was sealed within the ice crystal, pure and awe-inspiring, completely out of place with the surrounding filthy demonic energy.

A flicker of surprise crossed Hua Ling's eyes, as if she were re-evaluating Li Ergou.

"Where did you get this?"

Li Ergou smiled shyly and said, "I have a fellow villager in Hanya Pass. He specifically asked me before I came and told me that the ice crystal contains the sword energy that was collected from the body of a disciple of the Xuanfu Sect who died a few days ago."

"The Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword Technique?" Hua Ling examined it closely, a look of solemnity flashing in her eyes. "Isn't this the sword technique of the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect?"

"Yes, a few days ago, three Foundation Establishment True Persons from my Yuanshi Sect came together and took over a strange place within the sect, forcing the Xuanfu Sect to invite sword cultivators from the Wancheng Sword Sect, which led to a great battle with many casualties."

"No wonder there have been so many new disciples joining the sect recently..."

Hua Ling winked at Xu Yunfan.

Xu Yunfan responded with a smile.

Seeing that Xu Yunfan was not affected by her "Hundred Desires Technique" in the slightest, Hua Ling was not discouraged.

She didn't believe it yet.

Li Ergou was in a bit of a predicament.

"Now that the Holy Sect and the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect are engaged in battle, if we go out, we'll probably be instantly killed if we even show our faces..."

"That's why we have to take the Qingfu Ancient Road."

Hua Ling magically produced three talismans. "Concealing Breath Talisman, which can disguise itself as any cultivation technique below the Foundation Establishment stage."

The talisman was made from the skin of a strange beast, and the cinnabar patterns were inlaid with beads of undried blood.

When Xu Yunfan took the talisman, his fingertips touched Hua Ling's fingers.

The other person scratched his palm with their fingers.

He doesn't show it on his face.

That slut, she'll teach you a lesson tonight!
Although he had mastered the Hundred Desires Devouring Yuan Technique terribly, he could still accomplish some things with the True Martial Devouring Demon Technique.

"With this talisman, as long as we are careful, we can avoid those Foundation Establishment cultivators without any major problems. We are just small fry, and they don't need to calculate our karma. Junior Brother Li, lead the way."

At this point, Hua Ling couldn't help but sigh, "If only I had a secret treasure."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yunfan remained unmoved. The True Martial Devouring Demon Scripture naturally possessed a method for concealing one's aura. As long as one could condense the aura of a tortoise and snake coiled together, one could hide oneself from the heavenly secrets.

Hua Ling patted the storage bag at her waist, "I heard that snow demons appear on the ancient road, so I specially brought the Blazing Sun Nails."

(There should be more, because I'm writing this now.)

(End of this chapter)