Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence.

Chapter 262 The first clue

"Dead... dead?"

Ancestor Ming Yuan was stunned for a moment, not expecting such a development at all.

The arrogant Master Tianying, who was confident of victory just now, was killed so easily and couldn't even escape.

And at the moment when Master Tianying himself died:
The shadow clone instantly 'dissolved' and collapsed like black mud, eventually forming a black mud ball the size of a head, floating in mid-air.

The three black evil beasts seemed to have escaped some control and influence, and fled in a hurry after whimpering a few times.

The war ended here.

"This is the end..."

Ancestor Ming Yuan looked dazed for a moment, as if he was in a dream and felt unreal.

Two or three breaths ago, he was still being attacked by a wolf in front and a tiger behind him. He was in a desperate situation, seriously injured and waiting to die, with no hope at all.

But just two or three breaths later, Master Tianying's true form was killed with one move. The shadow clone's consciousness immediately collapsed, and the black evil beast fled, winning the battle so easily.

"Cough cough..."

The weak coughing sound woke Ancestor Ming Yuan.

He immediately glanced away and saw Zhang Yao, who was extremely pale and shaky. His aura was as weak as a candle in the wind, and he seemed to be unable to even maintain his ability to escape the light.

"Qingxu!"

Regardless of his serious injury, Ancestor Mingyuan quickly flew over with his flying light and supported Zhang Yao.

"How is your injury?"

He asked with a worried look.

"Hoo, hoo... I'm fine."

After Zhang Yao took a few deep breaths, his breath began to pick up quickly, and he waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

"I just need to adjust my breath and recuperate for a while."

On the surface, he was not injured, but in reality his condition was very bad.

It is a trivial matter for the six organs to be broken, but the Liuhe Taiyuan Guixu Formation is temporarily unusable, which has affected the foundation of his practice and must be repaired as soon as possible.

It can be said that this time was the most serious injury he had suffered in hundreds of years. Even though he and Yu Wentai fought twice in the past, he never suffered such serious injuries due to his talent.

"That's good."

Ancestor Ming Yuan noticed that his breath was stabilizing, and then he felt relieved and said:

"Thanks to you this time, we can turn things around."

"We'd better take the time to recover from our injuries. This deep underground world is also full of dangers. Our current state is too dangerous."

The one who could kill Master Tianying must be Zhang Yao's powerful trump card, and he wisely did not ask.

"it is good!"

Zhang Yao agreed immediately, and he and Ancestor Mingyuan immediately found a hidden place nearby, where they sat cross-legged to heal their injuries.

"Gudong!"

Ancestor Ming Yuan showed a pained expression and took out a silver elixir. After swallowing it, his breath immediately became much stronger.

Zhang Yao, on the other hand, concentrated carefully, combining his remaining mana and spiritual thoughts, and focused all his attention on his body and abdomen.

The injuries of broken bones and broken organs all over the body can actually be cured in just one or two breaths due to the talent of energy transformation, but the 'Liuhe Taiyuan Guixu Formation' that collapsed once cannot be repaired by itself.

"The price this time is still too high. Try to avoid this life-threatening situation in the future."

After Zhang Yao carefully inspected it, his heart sank.

The major formations in his body are the foundation of his practice, but the formations are a combination of internal and external elements and cannot be maintained solely by his magic power.

simply put:
If the formation collapses or breaks once or twice, it won't have much impact. If it occurs too many times, it may shake the foundation of the formation.

For example, this time the Liufu Formation was shattered, causing a small part of the six directions' true blood to drain away. If too much true blood drained away, the Liuhe Taiyuan Guixu Formation could no longer be maintained.

"Fortunately, not much true blood has been lost, and it will have to be replaced with dragon true blood sooner or later, so the impact will not be big."

Zhang Yao was determined in his heart and began to quickly re-carve the spirit patterns, build the formation veins, and repair the Liuhe Taiyuan Guixu Formation in his body.

After half an hour:
Zhang Yao repaired the formation in his body with ease, and then he took a deep breath and calmed down.

"Fortunately, the Five Phase Divine Wheel is powerful enough and can kill Master Tianying with one strike, otherwise the situation would not be good."

Zhang Yao's thoughts flickered, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of joy.

Although the Five-phase Divine Wheel is powerful, Master Tianying not only has his original form, but also has a shadow clone. Who knows that his consciousness will not be transferred to the clone after his original form?
The price to pay for driving the incomplete five-phase divine wheel is huge. Once the situation cannot be reversed, Zhang Yao will become a lamb to be slaughtered.

Therefore, he did not intend to use the Five-phase Divine Wheel to kill Master Tianying at first. He did not take the risk until the situation collapsed and he had no choice but to take the risk.

Fortunately, the final result was good. Master Tianying seemed to have no way to transfer his consciousness.

"No...that's impossible to say."

Zhang Yao suddenly woke up:

"He has so many tricks, and I have already become something like a black tide monster. If he doesn't know how to transfer his consciousness, it seems unreasonable."

"It's just that under the suppression of the five-phase divine wheel, there is a high probability that he will not be able to use his wonderful magic and secret techniques, so he died so neatly..."

When he thought of this, he felt more and more grateful, and at the same time, he was even more eager to refine the true and complete version of the Five Phase Divine Wheel.

"Qingxu!" Ancestor Mingyuan's voice came from one side.

Zhang Yao turned around and saw that he was full of energy and stable, and seemed to have recovered at least [-]% to [-]% of his strength.

"You finally woke up and it seems you've almost recovered."

As Ancestor Ming Yuan spoke, he held up a large round mass of black mud in his hand.

"Is this the clone of the faceless shadow?"

Zhang Yao looked at him and asked.

"Correct!"

Ancestor Mingyuan sighed with emotion:
"As I deduced before, this thing is the black evil beast that was fused by Master Tianying."

"I don't know what method he relied on to almost wipe out the instincts of this black evil beast, and even refined it into a clone that can control it freely..."

Zhang Yao's expression moved slightly, and he asked:

"Then the Black Evil Beast has reached this state, will the Zhuoxiu tribe still admit it?"

"It should still happen..."

Ancestor Ming Yuan is not sure either.

After the two of them calculated it together, they first went to find the place where Master Tianying died and found his storage bag that had fallen into a gap in a rock wall somewhere.

Zhang Yao and Ancestor Mingyuan opened the storage bag on the spot and prepared to divide the contents.

"This guy's net worth is really quite a lot..."

After Zhang Yao's spiritual thoughts swept through them one by one, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

Master Tianying seems to have an extraordinary background, and he has attacked and killed many golden elixir monks before, so his net worth is extremely rich, and even some monks with perfect golden elixirs cannot compare with him.

After the two divided the most conspicuous spiritual stones, magical treasures, secret treasures, etc., they distinguished and identified the uses and values ​​of the remaining spiritual herbs, spiritual gold, spiritual elixirs, and some other miscellaneous items.

"The 'Xiao Tian Yuan Dan' used for healing is considered to be a good quality elixir among the third level."

"And this ore should be 'Tai Sui True Gold'. This is a top-notch treasure."

"Huh? The command talisman of the White Jade Heavenly Palace..."

Ancestor Ming Yuan suddenly took out a hexagonal talisman made of white jade from a pile of debris, with a stern look on his face:
"This guy is actually a core member of White Jade Heavenly Palace!"

"Oh? White Jade Heavenly Palace?"

Zhang Yao raised his eyebrows and said:

"Could this be one of the three heavenly palaces you mentioned?"

"Correct."

Ancestor Mingyuan explained concisely and concisely:

"Ziyao, Qingchen, and Baiyu, the existence of these three heavenly palaces within the Nine Palaces of Tianzhou is almost an open secret at the golden elixir level."

"The three major heavenly palaces each have their own emphasis. The Ziyao Heavenly Palace contains many precious spiritual gold materials, the Qingchen Heavenly Palace contains many rare and precious spiritual objects, and the White Jade Heavenly Palace contains superior magic weapons and elixirs."

"What they have in common is that the control and screening of peripheral members are very loose. Except that they do not allow repeated joining, it is basically a public platform."

When he said this, he paused for a moment before speaking:

"But the core members are different."

"The core members are basically trained by the senior officials of the three Tiangongs. They belong to their own people within the Tiangong, and their status is completely different from that of the peripheral members."

"Typically, for example, the 'Tiangong Messengers' who carry out pursuit and deterrence missions are basically core members with profound cultivation and powerful strength."

"I see!"

After Zhang Yao listened, many doubts in his mind were solved.

At present, the basic structures of the three heavenly palaces are pretty much the same as what he learned from Ancestor He Ze back then.

As for more detailed questions, he didn't have time to ask. Instead, he thought about the current situation:

"Master Tianying is a core member of the White Jade Heavenly Palace... Then he probably got the magic method of subduing, refining the Black Evil Beast and creating its clone from the Heavenly Palace!"

"And now that he is running into this Mo Yuan to stir up trouble, could it be that he got the instruction from the senior officials of White Jade Heavenly Palace?"

How much does White Jade Heavenly Palace know about the situation under Mo Yuan?
If it was Master Tianying they sent out specially, what was their goal?Could it be that they are targeting the Zhuoxiu tribe in the underground world?
"I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to figure this out."

Ancestor Ming Yuan also had a hint of caution in his expression:
"The scale of the three heavenly palaces is huge, but the number of core members is actually small. Every death of one is not a trivial matter and will definitely lead to investigation."

"If this is Master Tianying's private action, then it's actually not bad. After all, we are not soft persimmons, and dead people have little value."

"But if he is performing a top-secret mission for the top management of Tiangong, then the two of us may be in a lot of trouble later..."

Zhang Yao frowned, then slowly relaxed his brows and said:
"The plan for now is nothing more than soldiers coming to block it and water coming to cover it up."

"In my opinion, we should not waste time. We should first find the whereabouts of fellow Taoist Sima Yan and collect his body."

"Then, hurry up and go to the Zhuoxiu tribe to complete the 'Earth Milk Bath'. After all, time waits for no one."

"Ah."

Ancestor Ming Yuan nodded, agreed with his view, and sighed:
"I'm sorry for fellow Taoist Sima. He was so unlucky that he died twice in the hands of Master Tian Ying..."

"It's time and fate!"

(End of this chapter)