"Alas, it's really annoying to follow you. Why do you practice a wood attribute cultivation method? Otherwise, we would have reached our destination a long time ago!"
On Jiang Tianlin Laozu's shoulder, a huge praying mantis bared its fangs and brandished its claws to vent its dissatisfaction.
Jiang Tianlin had a smile on his face, but his eyes flickered with caution. All his Divine Sense swept in different directions from time to time.
"Don't worry, with the help of my Water Transformation Technique, even if a Pure Yang cultivator really notices you, they may not be able to catch up. Besides, at this time, those Pure Yang cultivators are maintaining the space portal of the Dao Altar world in the land of West River. They don't have the time to pay attention to an ordinary great cultivator like you!"
Halving Mantis continued to prattle on and on, but Jiang Tianlin was still as cautious as ever.
A few days after Zhenling's several cultivators on the battle merit list were sent to the three secret realms and the Dao Altar world, Jiang Tianlin Laozu finally found a chance to not attract attention and came to the bank of Qingming River in West River. Relying on the Water Transformation Technique that Lu Ping had left for him, he plunged into Qingming River and flowed eastward, heading for Zhenling's encampment near the Nine Mysteries Tower.
After discussing with Lu Ping, Jiang Tianlin still planned to find an opportunity to cut off the water vein branch after the Dao Altar world opened and hide it in the Yingxu Treasure Mirror.
Jiang Tianlin Laozu could be regarded as an illustrious and knowledgeable person in the cultivation world of the North Sea, but even so, he never expected to really come into contact with a Pure Yang Spirit Treasure one day. Even if he firmly believed that Zhenling would be carried forward in the hands of his generation and become a large sect, completing Zhenling's dream of passing down the legacy for more than ten thousand years, a Pure Yang Spirit Treasure still seemed so far out of reach for him.
However, at this time, a real Pure Yang Spirit Treasure appeared in front of him and was truly in his hands. Even though he had always been free and easy, it was difficult for him to suppress the excitement in his heart.
The only thing that annoyed him a little was that this mantis seemed to be too talkative. Since they had traveled all the way from the west of the river, this fellow had already muttered tens of thousands of words into his ear. As the spirit of a pure Yang spirit treasure, this fellow obviously would not be the least bit courteous just because he was his master's uncle. Even when faced with a great adept of the late Dharma stage, there had been all sorts of sarcasm and criticism and all sorts of attacks along the way.
Fortunately, Jiang Tianlin was a magnanimous person, and on account of the pure Yang Spirit Treasure, he naturally would not lower himself to the same level as the mantis. However, there were times when he would curse in his heart, "Such a talkative guy, I wonder how my disciple put up with it."
If Lu Ping had heard this, he would probably have laughed in his heart. After the spirit of a Pure Yang Spirit Treasure had advanced to the Pure Yang Spirit Treasure, it hoped that it would converge with humans and communicate with intelligent practitioners. If it had been Lu Ping, he would have directly kept it in his core space. At most, he would have entered the House of Gold and let the mantis harm his followers.
However, Jiang Tianlin obviously still maintained some respect for this Pure Yang Spirit Treasure. Along the way, he still needed the help of this fellow to use the Water Transformation Technique, so he could only endure this fellow's nagging.
With great difficulty, they finally arrived at the encampment. This mantis knew that it was time for business, so it became much quieter. This allowed Jiang Tianlin to finally heave a sigh of relief. It could be seen that the pressure this mantis placed on a great cultivator like Jiang Tianlin was quite heavy.
Jiang Tianlin secretly patrolled along the Qing Ming River near the encampment several times until he confirmed that there were no cultivators nearby. Then, under the impatient urging of the mantis, Jiang Tianlin arrived near the buried underground well where Zhenling's encampment was previously located.
Following the underground river vein that Lu Ping had guided to the encampment, Jiang Tianlin arrived at the fork of the Qing Ming River a few kilometers upstream. By then, a bronze mirror had already appeared in Jiang Tianlin's hand.
The bronze mirror suddenly disappeared from Jiang Tianlin's hand, and a trace of abnormality suddenly appeared in the Qing Ming River where Jiang Tianlin was. If one looked down from the sky at the river's surface, one could clearly see that the river's surface was as calm as a mirror.
"Done?"
"Done!" Jiang Tianlin nodded.
"That's it?"
"The problem is that we can't be discovered and leave without anyone noticing. It's not about how difficult it is to cut off this spirit vein!"
"Yes!"
The mantis said proudly. "With this mantis here, cutting off a water vein is naturally a piece of cake!"
Jiang Tianlin's face darkened. Fortunately, this mantis also knew that this was not the time to delay. The river's surface strangely calmed down, anyone who saw it would know that there was a problem below.
The mantis's body shook, and two thin wings spread out from its back. Then, it attached itself to a huge purple-gold pair of scissors. This pair of scissors was so huge that Jiang Tianlin had to use both hands to control it.
The praying mantis complained that Jiang Tianlin's wood-attribute true essence made it uncomfortable. As Jiang Tianlin clasped his hands together, two sharp blade lights cut off the connection between this branch vein and the main vein of the Qing Ming River.
Rumble!
The violent vibration of the main vein of the Qing Ming River made it impossible for this section of the water to be completely calm even with the suppression of the Abundant Void Treasured Mirror. Jiang Tianlin also clearly felt that although the vibration from the water vein had been greatly weakened by the Abundant Void Treasured Mirror, it still could not completely conceal the turbulence of the water vein. He didn't know if the Nine Profound Tower would notice anything wrong.
"Haha, I said it was easy, with this mantis here … Hey, what are you doing, hey …"
Not waiting for the mantis to boast again, Jiang Tianlin no longer indulged it this time. He directly threw it into an empty spirit grass garden that had just been opened up and had not yet been planted with spirit grass. Jiang Tianlin had already disappeared from this Heavenly Cave magic treasure. Not far away in the sky was a waterfall that was constantly being pulled down like a thread. It was the cut off water vein.
Jiang Tianlin followed the cut off water vein all the way, and then put it into a small lake in the Heavenly Cave of the Abundant Void Treasured Mirror as fast as he could. Then, he put away the Abundant Void Treasured Mirror and flew along the Qing Ming River towards the source of the river upstream.
At this time, Jiang Tianlin had the time to summon the two halves of the Spirit Treasure from the Abundant Void Treasured Mirror. Before the mantis could complain, he had already injected vigorous Zhen Yuan into the scissors again. Casting the Water Transformation Divine Ability, Jiang Tianlin plunged into the Qing Ming River like a fish and disappeared.
In the world of the Taoist altar, after condensing three drops of Triple Light Divine Water and completely erasing Taoist Chan's will from a piece of Qing Ming stone, Lu Ping could not care less about the loss of Zhen Yuan in his body and quickly retreated to the side.
The reason why he retreated was that the further he was from the ruins of the Taoist altar, the lighter the double pressure on Lu Ping would be, and his strength would be maximized. The reason why he retreated was because the will of Jiao Daoren, who cultivated the Triple Light Divine Water, seemed to be coming from that direction when Lu Ping summoned the Dharma Form of the Dragon.
This was indeed a strange thing. For thousands of years, there had been many cultivators who entered the world of the Taoist altar and were guided by the will of the Seventh Patriarch. However, no one had ever heard of anyone being able to determine the direction of the will and eventually find the piece of Qing Ming stone by chance.
Yet, Lu Ping could sense the direction of Jiao Daoren's will. Although he could not confirm that the piece of God's Stone was there, Lu Ping was inexplicably confident. Confused, Lu Ping could only attribute all this to the cultivation method he was cultivating.
The Soaring Dragon Galaxy Technique!
This was one of the seven cultivation methods personally taught by Jiao Daoren. It must be this cultivation method that attracted the attention of Jiao Daoren's remnant will!
However, Lu Ping soon noticed that he seemed to be being followed. After retreating several kilometers in that direction, Lu Ping had encountered at least three wills. Two of them were at the great cultivator level.
Lu Ping was shocked. At this moment, he realized that he was too impatient. If he retreated, he would be able to shake off the cultivators who were chasing after the wave of the will of the God's Stone. This was because when most cultivators were trying their best to go deeper into the Taoist altar, they would never think that Lu Ping would go in the opposite direction.
However, as Lu Ping retreated diagonally, he could not avoid encountering cultivators along the way. At this moment, Lu Ping did not advance but retreated. This abrupt action was suspicious in the eyes of others.
At this moment, Lu Ping made a prompt decision to stop. Then, he sat cross-legged on the ground and began to cultivate. The aura around him was fluctuating, as if he had suffered a serious injury.
This was also a scene that often happened in the Taoist altar world. In order to pursue a breakthrough in cultivation, some cultivators would constantly move deeper into the Taoist altar ruins in an attempt to dig out their own potential. However, in the end, not only did they fail to break through, they were also seriously injured and had to be pushed to the periphery of the Taoist altar world to recuperate.
Cultivators who did not hesitate to harm themselves for a breakthrough in cultivation were rarely provoked. People who were ruthless to themselves were often more ruthless to others. There was no need to find trouble with these people because of some doubts. Moreover, the Taoist altar world did not tolerate the existence of killing, so there was naturally no point in taking advantage of the situation to rob others.
Lu Ping pretended to be an injured cultivator who had retreated to the periphery of the Taoist altar world. He took the opportunity to take two pills to recover his Primary Energy and began cultivating. As expected, he managed to deceive the three divine senses that were tracking him.
However, Lu Ping dared not be careless. After cultivating for three days, he did not find any more divine senses wandering around him. Only then did Lu Ping cautiously move in the direction that Jiao Daoren's divine sense had sensed.
This time, however, Lu Ping had learned his lesson. Not only did he change his direction from time to time, he also paid careful attention to whether there were other cultivators around him. Four hours later, Lu Ping finally arrived at a place not far away from where he had sensed the divine sense.
At that moment, however, Lu Ping had no choice but to stop and quickly retract his aura to the minimum. Tens of li away, five great cultivators were gathered there. Lu Ping did not know what they were doing. Two of the five were the great cultivators that Lu Ping had picked up and the great cultivator surnamed Gu from Wuxing School who had called him away. The five of them were gathered at the place where Jiao Daoren's divine sense had been sensed by Lu Ping.
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