My apprentice is too diligent.

The altar is to be broken down.

But the top priority is to kill the Gold-Swallowing Rat King first.

The Gold-Swallowing Rat King, who was attacked by the rebounding power of the Thousand Corpses and Thousand Souls Altar, screamed miserably and released wave after wave of mental attacks.

however.

Zhang Hongru and Chen Wuji are both in the Divine Sea realm.

The soul is powerful, and the mental attack of the Gold-Swallowing Rat King is certainly powerful, piercing the soul.

But it is not a real fourth-order monster after all.

This wave of mental invasion was fierce, but there was not enough energy left.

After Zhang Hongru blocked the first wave, he easily dealt with it. He controlled the five-turn sword and cut the same wound again, forcing the Gold-Swallowing Rat King to climb, charge and roll on the ground with a row of blood holes, trying to escape.

hum!hum!

Chen Wuji used the "Big Sunset Dome Sword" from afar, attacking the Gold-Swallowing Rat King and roaring repeatedly. He stopped at every turn, rushed randomly, hit the cave wall, and began to bleed from his seven orifices.

Chi Chi Chi!

Zhang Hongru seized the opportunity and struck with all his strength.

"Pfft~!"

Following a burst of blood, a big hole finally appeared in the neck of the Gold-Swallowing Rat King. The five-turn sword fell into it and the handle could not be seen.

But this does not affect Zhang Hongru's continued use of sword skills.

Pulling the five-turn sword through the air, the true energy roared.

"Shout!"

Amidst the angry and painful roar of the Gold-Swallowing Rat King, Zhang Hongru held his hands empty and made a fierce spin from the air.

wow~

Dark red blood with a strange green color poured out from the neck of the Gold-Swallowing Rat King.

The huge head of the Gold-Swallowing Rat King was detached from its neck, with only a layer of skin still connected. It lay in a pool of blood, its limbs trembling and its body trembling slightly.

Finally, the Gold-Swallowing Rat King stopped moving, his strange aura quickly dissipated, and his life flowed away quickly.

squeak~

At the same time, the auras of the other gold-swallowing rats that were running around were also disappearing, and their huge bodies shrank back to their original size.

The huge underground space was filled with gold-eating rats crawling and running around, crawling into burrows in the corners in panic and disappearing.

In the cave, there were left corpses lying on the ground, as well as the huge corpse of the Gold-Swallowing Rat King, soaked in a pool of blood.

Of course, there is also the Altar of Thousand Corpses and Thousand Souls!

"The Gold-Swallowing Rat King is dead. I will go to the surface to see if there is any change in the rat tide."

Zhang Hongru stopped his hand, retrieved the five-turn sword, glanced at the cave, and said to Chen Wuji, "If the rat tide continues, we must fight them off first."

"That's the truth. Go ahead, Master Zhang. I'm here to watch." Chen Wuji nodded, "I won't touch the Thousand Corpses and Thousand Souls Altar before you come back."

"it is good."

Zhang Hongru clasped his fists and walked away without saying any more nonsense.

Chen Wuji followed his words and did not touch the Thousand Corpses and Thousand Souls Altar, but just walked around the altar.

This altar made up of thousands of corpses is no longer divided into individual corpses, but all the corpses are merged together.

Form an altar of flesh and blood!

There is no altar of flesh and blood that is not evil.

The ghost tribe killed thousands of people, extracted their souls, and separated their bodies, just to open the ghost gate.

The purpose is clear.

It is to open a ghost gate in Jiulang Mountain, the purpose is unknown.

……

After observing the Thousand Corpses and Thousand Souls Altar for about half an hour, Zhang Hongru and Jin Ao returned to the underground space together.

"Sect Master Zhang, Senior Jin!"

Chen Wuji raised his hands to the two of them, "How is the rat tide?"

"It's gone."

Zhang Hongru replied, "As soon as the gold-swallowing rat king died, the rat tide began to become chaotic, shrank in size, returned to its original shape, and dispersed. Master and I killed most of them, and the remaining small ones fled back to the underground. This part of the gold-swallowing rats , is no longer something to be afraid of.”

"That's good."

Chen Wuji breathed a sigh of relief.

The rat tide is really going to affect Nanyang Mansion, and countless people will die.

Especially these gold-swallowing rats are either second or third level.

Fortunately, the mutation of the Gold-Swallowing Rat came from the Gold-Swallowing Rat King.

As soon as the Rat King died, the other Gold-Eating Rats returned to their original state and lost control.

"The rat tide is easy to deal with, but this 'Altar of Thousand Corpses and Thousand Souls' is a bit troublesome."

Jin Ao approached slowly, stopped in front of the altar, looked at the entire altar, and frowned slightly, "Clan Master Chen observed this thing, did you find anything special?"

"No."

Chen Wuji knew what special aspect Jin Ao was referring to.

Flesh altars often serve as sacrifices and provide energy.

In addition to these abilities, what is unusual is what makes it special.

However, Chen Wuji sensed it for a while and didn't notice it.

In addition to the defense mechanism on the surface of the altar.

Once touched, it excites!

As for the trouble Jin Ao was talking about, he was referring to the ghost clan behind the Thousand Corpses and Thousand Souls Altar.

The unknown conspiracy is undoubtedly a big trouble.

"As expected."

Zhang Hongru said in a deep voice, "Since the ghost clan left this thing here, it must have a conspiracy. As long as it is a conspiracy of the ghost clan, no matter whether it is special or not, it will be destroyed!"

"good."

Jin Ao nodded, "The altar is gone, let's see what the ghost clan will do next. Let's destroy it together!"

After the words fell, he was the first to throw out a punch.

Boom~

Golden light burst out, enveloping the fist seal, tearing apart the airflow, and hit the surface of the altar.

Bang!

The defense mechanism was triggered, and a row of terrifying energy rebounded.

Jin Ao, who was well prepared, jumped into the air and dodged quickly.

Chen Wuji and Zhang Hongru also avoided the attack.

Then, the two of them took action together, releasing sword energy and fist seals, and bombarded the altar.

Boom boom boom!

Swish swish swish~

Violent energy swept through the underground space.

The explosion produced a shock wave, spreading outward in circles, hitting the cave wall, shaking the cave, and falling dust.

It wasn't until a dull loud noise passed that the altar's surface defense mechanism was forcibly broken.

The altar of thousands of corpses and souls merged together, and a scream of howling ghosts and wolves suddenly sounded.

Those were the cries of thousands of dead souls who were imprisoned on the altar of flesh and blood.

Grief, anger, despair, roar, madness...

"Wow~"

The golden light on Jin Ao's body suddenly exploded, turning into a curtain of light that enveloped the altar.

The sharp and shrill wails suddenly weakened.

After ten breaths, the scream disappeared.

Even the thousands of corpses that were fused together dissipated and turned into curls of smoke, drifting toward the exits.

"Sect Leader Zhang, Senior Jin, do you think Ying Changlong knows about this altar?"

Chen Wuji watched the smoke disappear little by little and asked softly.

"Probably don't know."

Zhang Hongru frowned, "Ying Changlong most likely discovered the anomaly of gold-eating rats, and there were a huge number of them. So before he died, he wanted to trigger a rat tide, cause trouble for us, and drag others to be buried with him."

"If he knew about the existence of the Thousand Corpses and Thousand Souls Altar, he would just hide it."

What is involved behind this is, did Ying Changlong collude with the ghost clan?

If there is, Ying Changlong will definitely conceal the existence of the Thousand Corpses and Thousand Souls Altar to prevent the secret from being leaked.

If not, I won't tell you.

After all, the Altar of Thousand Corpses and Thousand Souls cannot actively release attacks.

"Whether there was or wasn't, it doesn't matter now."

Jin Ao said calmly, "Once Ying Changlong died, the Seven Evils Valley was completely wiped out. As for the ghost clan's conspiracy, Jingyesi still needs to investigate it in depth. The same goes for the altar here. After returning, disciple, go to the headquarters of Jingyesi in the state city. One trip.”

"Yes!"

……

Farewell to Jin Ao and Zhang Hongru.

Chen Wuji returned to Qingniu Mountain and continued to retreat.

As Jin Ao said, Chen Wuji couldn't control much of what the ghost clan was planning. It was enough to inform Jingyesi of the relevant information.

Next, Jingyesi will be responsible. The soul treasure medicine obtained from Qisha Valley is accumulated by Qisha Valley for hundreds of years. It is usually stored and needs to be exchanged for merit.

Even the head of Wei Woxing cannot use it casually.

At this moment, Chen Wuji took a pot of it, took most of it, refined it and absorbed it, and his soul power gradually climbed upwards.

With the "Nine Heavens Dragon Yin Technique" running at full strength, the cultivation of the third level of the Divine Sea Realm quickly reached perfection.

At this time, Chen Wuji came to the training cave at the bottom of Gourd Lake through the teleportation array, and used the array to attack the fourth level.

From the early stage of the Divine Sea Realm to the middle stage of the Divine Sea Realm, it is a big threshold.

The sufficient accumulation of soul power is one aspect, and the sublimation of one's state of mind and will is the second aspect.

The third aspect is the degree of understanding of the power of the divine sea and vision that is mastered.

Especially the third one, the deepening of the power of vision is a further enlightenment of the natural laws of heaven and earth.

At this step, nothing you say or see with your eyes is of any use.

You need to use your heart and mind to feel, understand, and penetrate.

At this time, if there is a second piece of Tiancong Yunjing to help, we can get twice the result with half the effort.

Chen Wuji doesn't have a second piece of Tiancong Yunjing, but he has a magic wind feather!

This divine weapon is the condensed crystallization of the laws of heaven, earth and wind.

Through it, Chen Wuji deeply understood "Fengjuanwanyun" and made very rapid progress.

The second step, the sublimation of state of mind and will, is also boosted by the true meaning of martial arts.

Martial intention is condensed by will, which in turn can also help to sublimate will.

therefore.

Three steps, three conditions, Chen Wuji satisfied them all!

The mid-term breakthroughs of other Divine Sea realms are basically calculated in units of ten years.

Those trapped in the third level of the Divine Sea Realm and unable to break through for decades account for the majority.

Chen Wuji has every advantage.

Half a year!

It only took more than half a year to complete the transition from the early stage of the Divine Sea Realm to the middle stage of the Divine Sea Realm.

Officially entering the fourth level of the Divine Sea Realm!

At the moment when the breakthrough was successful, there was a gathering of storms and clouds in the sky above Hulu Lake.

But under Chen Wuji's control, it quickly dissipated and did not attract much attention.

On the hilltop near Hulu Lake, people who happened to be passing by saw a strange phenomenon.

However, this kind of phenomenon was not uncommon in the Changhong Mountains, so it was not taken seriously.

In the cultivation cave.

Chen Wuji stayed in the stone house to consolidate the realm after the breakthrough.

Half a month later, he left the stone house, passed through the teleportation array, and returned to Qingniu Mountain.

I checked the disciples’ cultivation progress and answered a few questions.

Ask about the situation in the outside world over the past six months or so.

"There are no major incidents, but recently, the chances of ghosts and ghost slaves appearing in various places have been increasing compared to previous years."

Han Ying replied, "Including Baihe City, there are also ghost slaves. For this reason, Jingyesi has been running around in the past six months and has more than doubled his manpower."

Are ghosts appearing more frequently?

Jingyesi has increased its manpower?

Chen Wuji pondered for a moment and then ordered, "Try to inquire as much as possible about the ghost clan's activities, such as where the ghost gate has been opened. Jingyesi will deliberately hide such things. It is difficult for people who are not near the incident to know what happened."

"Yes!" Han Ying responded.

"Also." Chen Wuji said sternly, "Instruct all disciples not to leave Nanyang Mansion unless they can, especially Wu Tian, ​​telling him not to run around. With our current industry, wealth, and resources, we are enough It’s used for practice.”

"Disciple understands!"

Han Ying took the order.

For several consecutive years, a lot of money was spent.

The intelligence agency Han Ying is responsible for has extended its tentacles to the prefecture in central Fengzhou.

The ten prefectures in the north have all been included.

Fengzhou Prefecture City has already entered.

The distance to the south is too far, so there is no contact for the time being.

But with the existence of Fengyun Tower, most events can be known.

The ghosts have become more frequent. In the eyes of others, it has a slight impact, but they don't think too much about it.

however.

One after another, Chen Wuji, who came into contact with the actions arranged by the ghost clan, secretly sensed that a big change was coming.

He can feel it.

Jingyesi, who specializes in targeting monsters and ghosts, can naturally do the same.

Not surprisingly, increasing manpower was just a superficial move by Jingye Siming.

Secretly, Jingyesi definitely has other actions.

Once such a big change occurs, it will happen.

Almost no one can avoid it.

Chen Wuji's abilities are limited and he cannot take care of too many people. He can do well by taking good care of his disciples on the mountain, the surrounding villages, and even Baihe City.

No matter how far away you are, you can only see the imperial court.

……

The ghosts are on the move.

Chen Wuji will naturally not stop strengthening his strength.

The soul treasure medicine obtained from Qisha Valley has been refined and absorbed almost as much.

Next, you have to find a way to find it yourself.

That's right, extract the opportunity!

Elders, protectors, and opportunities to extract help.

After more than half a year, it started again.

Swish!

The vision changes, and the consciousness rises to the heights of Qingniu Mountain.

Looking around, the scene suddenly moved to the southwest.

Teleport, teleport, teleport again.

The picture continues to span mountains and rivers.

All the way to the southwest, non-stop shuttle.

Go straight to the southwest of Toyosu.

However, after crossing the great plains in the southwest, the opportunity screen still did not stop and continued to move southwest.

After leaving Fengzhou, we crossed the rolling mountains and vast ancient mountains.

Enter Shuzhou!

Shuzhou has a huge territory, no smaller than Zhongzhou.

Before the Qing Dynasty, several small countries here had been fighting and subverting for many years.

The Qing State army crossed the natural chasm and advanced into Shuzhou. After several years of conquest, they unified this area.

And like other states, it is divided into prefectures.

The chance scene entered Shuzhou, all the way to the west, across multiple prefectures, and then stopped for a moment above the head of a large city.

There is a plaque hanging on the gate tower of this big city.

Emerald City.

With the Emerald City as the base point, the chance screen continues to the west.

At this moment, the movement slowed down and moved westward for a moment, arriving over a village on the mountainside.

Finally, we stopped at the main entrance of a slightly larger courtyard in the northwest corner of the village.

The screen stopped on a tired middle-aged man who had just walked out of the door.

Swish!

Vision disappears and consciousness returns.

"This opportunity..."

"It's a bit weird."

Chen Wuji hummed.

The opportunity points to Shuzhou, which is almost to the west of Shuzhou and the far west of Qingguo.

Because of Emerald City, Chen Wuji knew.

Located in Shuzhou, Jinxiu Mansion.

Jinxiu Mansion is the westernmost mansion in Shuzhou! (End of chapter)