At the back of the Xiao Qiong Mount.
Beside a few old trees that were almost completely withered, Li Changshou was frowning and sighing. He raised his hand and patted the trunk of an old tree.
"Thank you for your hard work."
A gust of wind blew, and the branches of a few old trees swayed gently, as if they were saying, "It's fine", "It's fine".
In fact, they were probably trembling.
There was no other way. In order to have more paper effigies participate in the actual battle, Li Changshou had repeatedly come over to get tree sap over the past six months. He had also continuously used various methods to restore their vitality.
Over and over …
The old spirit trees that could have lived for tens of thousands of years and had hopes of giving birth to wood spirits could not hold on any longer.
"Take good care of them."
Li Changshou sighed and felt a little guilty.
He looked at the tree branches that had been planted not far away and muttered in his heart.
"If you can't make it, I will treat your children well."
A gust of wind blew, and the old trees trembled slightly again.
Perhaps this is what it feels like to be touched.
Ahem, I'm not joking.
Li Changshou tapped the tip of his toes and floated away with the wind like a willow catkin.
He floated near the lake and stood on the treetop of a big tree in the forest.
He closed his eyes and focused. His long hair, which was tied up simply, fluttered in the wind, and the hem of his robe swayed slightly with the treetop …
When he was quiet, he was as light as a swan feather. When he moved, the clouds would collapse and the earth would crack.
To be able to achieve such an effect without using any mystical abilities or Dharma spells was also a realm that could only be achieved when one's Qi had been nurtured to a high level.
In the past six months …
Thanks to the efforts of the old trees, the first stage of the preparation plan was barely completed.
Fortunately, the people who were secretly coveting the Duxian Gate had given him time to prepare.
Otherwise, if a battle really broke out, he would not be able to do much.
In the past six months, the original and new array formations on the Xiao Qiong Mount had not been updated.
However, these array formations had completely merged into one.
Ancient patterns seemed to have grown in various parts of the forest. They merged with the mountains, grass, and trees, and no longer gave people a sense of "fear".
The Trapping Array and Bewildering Array were to block the enemy, while the Killing Array was naturally to kill the enemy.
If it could make people feel danger in advance and not dare to step in, then it was definitely not an outstanding killing array.
The great array beneath Xiao Qiong Mount, as well as the ideas that he could come up with, were all in the best condition at this moment.
Due to the fact that he had obtained a high-level Dharma treasure, the Restriction Secret Tome, the paper effigy technique had been slightly perfected. It had reached Li Changshou's minimum requirement — there was no need for him to completely place his mind on it.
There was still a long way to go before this divine ability could completely transform into a Cloning Technique.
At that moment, it was fine as long as it could be used.
After all, they had no emotions. They could spread poison, spit fire, recite scriptures, and indirectly control them. They were 'divine abilities' that could be used all day long.
Of course, there were also some unsatisfactory aspects.
This was the Poison Asura Hand that he had obtained from Elder Wan Linyun. Because he had only cultivated it for a short period of time, he was only at the basic level.
That mystical ability could be considered to have turned the technique of spreading poison into a mystical ability.
This allowed him to spread the poison more efficiently and to be more confident in his attacks.
Li Changshou opened his eyes and looked at the lake. His master and junior sister were studying the escape technique.
Due to Li Changshou's insistence, his master could not reject him. Half a year ago, he began to cultivate the Earth Escape technique …
His junior sister had come into contact with the Five-Element Escape technique earlier. At that moment, she was also strictly ordered by Li Changshou to cultivate more quickly. She was also studying the Water Escape technique.
Hence …
Occasionally, he would see a graceful figure with fluttering clothes and black hair. She would emerge from the surface of the lake and land, bringing up water droplets. It was a pleasant scene.
However …
"It's too slow."
Li Changshou frowned and shook his head.
He had clearly taught Ling'E all the tricks to quickly use the Water Escape technique. However, Ling'E was still very interested in the "appearance" and "exit". She was very concerned about the overall beauty.
This smug little girl …
Why don't you get two pearls around you and give yourself a soft light effect!?!
Li Changshou could not say anything about that. After all, his junior sister had reached the age where she liked to be beautiful. Moreover, she was born beautiful …
"Are those guys still not going to attack?"
Li Changshou muttered to himself and closed his eyes to sense it again.
The sky was clear and the air was far away.
More than ten months had passed since Jiuwu and the two elders returned with injuries.
The sect seemed to have quietened down again. The matter of the attack seemed to have been left unsettled.
Li Changshou had asked Jiuwu about the follow-up matters, but Jiuwu had only been vague.
It should be because the follow-up investigation did not manage to find anything.
The experts of the three Dao Sects were not fools. The low-level method of using someone else to kill someone was very obvious.
However, there was no way to find out who had secretly borrowed the knife.
And the gap between them was gradually formed from suspicion and suspicion …
That was the brilliance of the person who had schemed behind the scenes.
Li Changshou had been thinking about the control method used by the person who had schemed behind the scenes.
"Controlling puppets.
Causing the essence soul of the puppet to instantly dry up. "
What mystical ability is that?
It should be considered an evil technique.
There were too many experts in the Primordial World. There were countless of them in the open, not to mention the sinister people who had been hiding in the dark.
He slowly spread out his immortal senses.
The second stage of the preparations was about to begin today. He was waiting for Elder Wan Linyun's communication jade token. The two of them would take action together …
…
After staying in the secret underground chamber for three days and thinking about the various possible situations that might happen in the future, Li Changshou rushed to Pill Tripod Peak immediately and met Elder Wan Linyun.
The method he used to convince Elder Wan Linyun was actually very simple.
After a series of dreams, vows, sensationalism, guesses, and deductions, the elder quickly believed Li Changshou. He also felt that there might be a powerful enemy attacking the Duxian Gate.
Ever since the Moon God appeared in his dream, Li Changshou realized that the excuse of "appearing in his dream" was very useful.
It was not rare for Qi Refinement cultivators to have a connection with the Dao.
However, he had appeared in his dream …
It was just a little more frequent …
Under Li Changshou's "suggestion", Elder Wan Linyun also used his own name to remind the Sect Leader and the other elders.
If he used Li Changshou's name, the importance of the sect would definitely be greatly reduced.
However, the effect of the reminder was not something that Li Changshou could control.
He had tried his best to do what he could.
"Elder, why haven't you moved yet? It's already time to set off."
Li Changshou muttered to himself, feeling a little puzzled. His immortal senses had been probing Pill Tripod Peak.
Recalling that he had not done much in the past six months, he had not done much.
Most of the time, he had been refining poison and fiddling with paper effigies in the sealed Pill Chamber.
The purpose of refining poison this time was purely to pursue the power and quantity of poisonous pills.
Li Changshou had refined all the poisonous herbs that he had bought in Linhai Town, collected in the North Continent, and obtained from Wan Linyun into poisonous pills.
Then, he specially processed the poisonous pills and turned them into colorless and odorless poisonous powder.
Apart from that, the poison-inducing Dharma artifacts that were similar to the "long sword" did not have high requirements for treasures. It was just difficult to think about it. Li Changshou had also taken the time to make a lot of them. He had given a few to the Heaven Paper Effigies.
During this period of time, Li Changshou had discovered a great use for the paper effigies.
It was an immortal power storage device.
He could inject immortal power into the paper effigy or extract it directly.
If he were to fight with others in the future and his immortal power was exhausted, he could throw out a few paper effigies to extract immortal power …
It was really an immortal treasure from the Primordial World!
The immortal power of his main body could be recovered at any time. He only needed to use the time between refining poisonous pills to fill up the twelve paper effigies one after another.
Actually, thinking about it carefully, that use was quite useless.
How could he have exhausted his immortal power?
He had not cultivated the escape technique for so many years for nothing …
The end of the first stage of preparing for battle was to settle the paper effigies.
Previously, he had asked his master to "risk his life" and go out. He had placed seven paper effigies in the hidden ravines and spirit meridians outside the mountain-protecting array formation. Each paper effigy had a large number of original paper effigies and enough "poisonous pills".
Li Changshou's idea was very simple.
If an enemy attacked the mountain-protecting array formation, he would control the seven paper effigies from afar and surround them from behind. He would use poisonous pills to win by surprise and effectively kill the enemy!
In addition, his master and Ling'e each had a paper effigy with them to protect them at any time.
Jiu Wu and Aunt-Master Jiushi had already gone to Pill Tripod Peak to pay their respects to Elder Wan Linyun.
Elder Wan Linyun had also followed his instructions and handed the brocade pouch that contained the "crying technique" to Jiuwu. He had also used very strict words to make Jiuwu open the brocade pouch only when the sect was in danger.
In the second stage of preparation, Li Changshou had to make arrangements with Elder Wan Linyun …
It's here.
Li Changshou's immortal senses captured a stream of light that appeared on Pill Tripod Peak. He did not expect Elder Wan Linyun to rush to Xiao Qiong Mount.
He looked down at his paper effigy incarnation …
I shouldn't be exposed, right?
As long as Elder Wan Linyun does not touch this body personally …
Forget it. I'll take the initiative to explain to Elder Wan Linyun later that I'm an avatar made from Man-Forming Paper Cutouts.
The purer a person was, the more he could not deceive them.
Before Elder Wan Linyun could fly down, Li Changshou had already flown into the sky on a cloud.
At the same time, the main body of the paper effigy in the secret underground chamber looked up.
His attention was on the paper effigy.
Although he had been training to multitask for a hundred years, he could not guarantee that he would not reveal an absent-minded expression.
…
Elder Wan Linyun's reminder to the sect should be effective.
There were indeed more guards at the mountain gate than usual.
Li Changshou lowered his head and followed behind Elder Wan Linyun. The immortals in charge of guarding the mountain gate bowed at the same time and said, "Elder, you're going out."
"Yes." Elder Wan Linyun sneered.
The immortals' expressions tensed up. They lowered their heads and used their Dharma artifacts to open the array formation restrictions at the mountain gate. They respectfully sent the elder out for a patrol.
As for what Elder Du was going to do or what he was going to do, they did not dare to ask.
After leaving the mountain-protecting array formation, Li Changshou sensed the seven paper effigies that he had already placed previously.
Wan Linyun turned to look at Li Changshou. A "gentle" smile appeared on his thin face. He said in a low voice, "Where are we going to patrol first?"
"Let's go to the east first, Elder." Li Changshou smiled and said, "We have to hide our auras. Elder, can you reveal the aura of a Perfected Immortal?"
"Yes, it's simple."
Elder Wan Linyun tapped the copper staff in his hand, and his aura changed.
He rode a cloud and flew towards the east. Li Changshou kept observing the surrounding mountains and rivers as he pondered quietly.
Soon, the white cloud flew 500 kilometers away from the immortal gate. It gradually slowed down and began to search for something carefully …
Elder Wan Linyun suddenly asked, "Look at the valley over there. It's quite secretive. Could there be a powerful enemy hiding there?"
"Elder." Li Changshou handed a pendant in his hand to Elder Wan Linyun. "This is a gadget that I refined when I had nothing to do. It's called the Sensing Stone.
The only effect is to monitor if anyone's immortal senses and spiritual senses are on us.
As you can see, the Sensing Stone is light green. This is the result of my Spiritual Sense and your Immortal Sense probing outside.
If the color deepens, it means that someone else's immortal senses and spiritual senses are staring at us. "
"Oh?"
The elder immediately found it interesting. He held the Sensing Stone and sized it up. Soon, he could not help but laugh. "It's actually the flower juice of a colored flower that changes color when it encounters spiritual senses."
"I really can't hide it from your sharp eyes, Elder." Li Changshou smiled and said, "Refining artifacts is not all about restrictions. Elder, you often teach me to learn and use it flexibly. Didn't I use it now?"
Wan Linyun immediately stroked his beard and smiled.
The two of them patrolled to the east for a while before turning to the north.
They came out this time because Li Changshou wanted to investigate the terrain outside.
If a powerful enemy were to ambush the Duxian Gate, they would definitely not be able to swagger over from the sky. Instead, they would use the terrain to approach the Duxian Gate first.
Moreover, it was very likely that the other party would make arrangements in advance. They would gather a large number of "puppets" a certain distance away from the Duxian Gate and attack.
The second stage of preparation was to continue the path of "If I were the other party" and search for the possible hiding places of the other party.
If they could launch a surprise attack in advance, their chances of winning would naturally be higher.
After checking the east, they would check the north. After checking the north, they would check the west.
Li Changshou's main body quickly drew in the secret underground chamber of the Xiao Qiong Mount. He drew the terrain within a radius of thousands of kilometers in detail.
When the two of them turned to the southwest, the two Sensing Stones changed color at the same time. The color instantly darkened.
"Changshou, look …"
"Elder, just pretend that you didn't discover anything." Li Changshou immediately sent a voice transmission.
Elder Wan Linyun, who liked to be expressionless, also had a calm expression on his face.
The two of them continued their previous flight path and rode a cloud to investigate. Li Changshou and Elder Wan Linyun discovered something unusual almost at the same time in a dense forest on a hillside facing the sun.
There were wisps of aura fluctuations.
Elder Wan Linyun sent a voice transmission. "As expected, someone is spying on the Duxian Gate. Changshou, go back first. I'll go meet them!"
"Elder, it's not good to alert the enemy. Judging from the distance that the other party is hiding, they are not ready to attack," Li Changshou said. "Let's return to the sect after patrolling first. Then, we'll come out quietly and catch them off guard. That way, we can succeed."
"That's right. Changshou makes sense!"
Elder Wan Linyun looked at Li Changshou and revealed his signature cold smile.
"Although I'm much older than you, I'm not as good as you at scheming."
Li Changshou smiled bitterly and said, "Elder, I'm just a little smart. Your achievements in the Dao of alchemy are already unprecedented in the history of the Duxian Gate."
Wan Linyun smiled and shook his head. He sighed. "Unfortunately, my master did not see it.
Changshou, what should we do next? "
"Let's …"
And so on, and so on, and so on.
The two figures covered in poison gradually drifted away from the hillside. They did not seem to notice anything unusual.
After they left for about 500 kilometers, there were still two immortal senses locked onto them. The immortal senses only disappeared when they were near the sect …
Li Changshou sent a voice transmission. "Elder, there are probably at least two Heaven Immortals there. Should we get help?"
"It's fine. It doesn't matter if there are two more."
Elder Wan Linyun said calmly, "Changshou, just come up with a plan. I'll do the fighting."
"Elder, have you forgotten? I'm a paper effigy formed by your Man-Forming Paper Cutouts mystical ability. I want to witness your glory in killing the enemy later."
Elder Wan Linyun smiled and nodded. After the two of them entered the sect, they looked at each other. Everything was silent.
In less than an hour, two wisps of green smoke floated out of the mountain gate and quietly hid underground …
The immortals guarding the gate were being watched by two deacons from the Hundred Mortal Hall. None of them dared to make a sound or move.
In Li Changshou's opinion, there were some situations that he had to be wary of.
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