Chapter 1197 Sword Pill Talisman Array
As a Yuanying ancestor and a master of refining, Jiao Yulong's status as a weapon refiner is a bit like bullying the weak in the weapon refinement skills competition with Xiao Mian, a Jindan cultivator.
However, looking at Xiao Mian's posture, it is clear that he wants to win with more people.
If Xiao Mian can really complete the four methods of refining weapons, refining pills, drawing talismans and carving arrays at the same time within the specified time, then even if he loses to Jiao Yulong in the weapon refinement, it is not a shameful thing - the premise is: he can really do four things at the same time!
It is not difficult to do four things at the same time. As early as the foundation-building period, Xiao Mian could do multiple things at the same time.
However, whether it is refining weapons, refining pills, drawing talismans, or carving arrays, the emphasis is on single-mindedness. Not to mention four things at the same time, even two things at the same time are not allowed.
How could they know: Xiao Mian didn't think about it at all!
To be honest, it was the Pengju pen tightly held in his hand that made Xiao Mian spend some time thinking. He didn't have to worry about other things such as refining weapons, carving arrays, and refining pills.
Xiao Mian gave the weapon refining to Hei Bu.
Hei Bu was able to handle the refining of spiritual materials and engraving of formations.
Xiao Mian gave the alchemy to Qing Jing.
Although Qing Jing had no experience in alchemy, Xiao Mian only wanted its three-color spiritual flames. The rest was due to the three spiritual materials that Xiao Mian took out.
As the saying goes - good medicinal materials make good medicine!
Xiao Mian gave the formation engraving to Gui Tou.
The wooden sword that was engraving the formation pattern was the Bodhi Gloomy Sword made by Gui Tou using Bodhi wood.
Ten thousand years ago, Gui Tou specialized in formations and entered the Mahayana, known as the Ten Directions Formation Sect!
With the help of these three, it would be difficult for Xiao Mian to fail...
In the end, when Jiao Yulong finally completed the Ice Sword in his hand, Xiao Mian had already completed a sword, an elixir, a talisman, and a formation.
The name of the pill is Immortal Pill. It is made of a leak-free seed, a drop of immortal water and a leaf of the Immortal God Tree. Although it cannot make people immortal, it can prolong their life.
The name of the talisman is Ice Flame Talisman. It is made of shark skin of deep blue ice shark and tiger blood of fierce wind flame tiger. It is a fusion of ice and fire, and its power is comparable to Xiao Mian's Ice Flame Finger.
The name of the array is Liuhe Mirror Array. It is engraved from a whole piece of six-sided black crystal stone. Once a cultivator enters it, he cannot get out. It is the best among the sixth-level illusion arrays.
As for the ice sword, it is more like an unformed stick than a sword...
But such a stick with a rather unattractive appearance, when it collided with Jiao Yulong's excellent ice sword, it smashed the other party cleanly.
Smash! Not cut off!
At that moment, Jiao Yulong was stunned, and even other spectators thought they were just watching a farce.
This is clearly not a contest of the same level!
How could they know: Although Jiao Yulong is the youngest master of refining weapons in the Huangdao Palace, unfortunately, his opponent is not Xiao Mian, but Hei Bu.
Although Xiao Mian and Jiao Yulong both use the fifth-level Ice Soul Frozen Soul Jade, how can Hei Bu's ability to purify spiritual materials be comparable to Jiao Yulong?
Hei Bu's attainments in formations are so good that even Gui Tou can't compare with him.
More importantly, when refining the Ice Sword, Xiao Mian shamelessly used his own blood...
Xiao Mian's blood is more powerful than the most excellent Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Stone.
For example, the Star Magnetic Sword was forcibly born into a high-level magic weapon flying sword by Xiao Mian's blood.
With all these factors combined, Jiao Yulong's defeat was not unjust.
However, in this way, Jiao Yulong and even the Huangdao Palace were certainly humiliated, while Xiao Mian and the Four Treasures Hall became famous.
After this incident, the reputation of Xiao Mian in Nanyue became more and more famous, and even the Four Treasures Hall set off a new round of storms in Tiandu City.
Xiao Mian did not keep the sword, pill, talisman and array he refined this time for himself, but put them in the Four Treasures Hall, clearly marked the price, waiting for the right person.
At that moment, those spectators who were watching the show rushed into the Four Treasures Hall.
Watching Jiao Yulong and Jiao Ling return home in disappointment, Xiao Mian was unmoved - one day, he would make Jiao Yulong pay the price for what he did today.
Leaving the crowded Four Treasures Hall aside, Xiao Mian went straight into the back hall.
There was no one else in the back hall, only a human-shaped puppet sitting on the high hall.
"You kid, is it appropriate to be so flamboyant?"
"You are young if you are not frivolous! I must let those big guys in Tiandu City know that I, Xiao Mian of Nanyue, have arrived in Tiandu City!" Reaching out and knocking on the table, Xiao Mian slowly said: "Lest they pretend to be confused and kill me by mistake!"
"Heh! It seems that the last time Mo Lichou's incident was a big shock to you!"
"It's all my fault for being careless!"
Shaking his head with a bitter smile, Xiao Mian turned to ask Guitou about the recent situation in Tiandu City.
After Xiao Mian's retreat, Guitou was entrusted by Xiao Mian to move into Tiandu City.
In order to train the daylily talents, Guitou summoned them from the Xuanwei Cave Secret Realm to Tiandu City to manage the daily business of Sibaotang.
Guitou himself was responsible for training Luosha, Wen Tianxiu and others.
The three members of the Xiao family in Fumanju have been in retreat in a law-abiding manner.
Besides, nothing major happened in Tiandu City, except for the teleportation array problem that troubled Tiandu City and Xiangfu Chamber of Commerce, which seemed to have not been solved.
As the Tiandu Martial Arts Conference was approaching, more and more cultivators of all kinds gathered in Tiandu City, and Tiandu City was becoming increasingly strict.
"It seems that there is no change from before I went into seclusion!"
"If you want to talk about changes, it's not that there aren't any..." The puppet shook his head and said in a gentle voice: "Just after you went into seclusion, the Mo family was robbed!"
"Mo family? Robbed? Was it that senior who did it?"
"Nonsense! If it wasn't that old thief, who would dare to go after the Mo family? But some people say it wasn't the old thief, because the lost items of the Mo family were not recovered this time."
"Oh? What is it?"
"That's unknown! But..." Halfway through the words, the puppet flipped its hand, and a stream of light flew in front of Xiao Mian. When Xiao Mian looked at the thing carefully, the ghost head said in a gentle voice: "After the Mo family was robbed, the old thief came to find you. Although he didn't see you, he left this bottle of elixir for you."
"Elixir?"
Xiao Mian didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this.
Since he started practicing Taoism, the treasure that Xiao Mian was most afraid of getting was the elixir.
"Don't be so nagging! I've already asked that old man Hua Yunqing to look at it. This pill is extraordinary. It's called the Heavenly King Heart Pill!"
"Heavenly King Heart Pill? What are its effects?"
"This pill is ranked eighth grade and is hard to come by. It can nourish yin and clear away heat, nourish blood and calm the mind. It is more effective than the seventh grade Soul-Repairing and Soul-Replenishing Pill for the injured soul!"
"Really? This great-grandmaster is really thoughtful..."
"Hmph! Do you think he came here specially to visit your nephew?"
"..., what? Does he have other things to do? With his cultivation and his solitary personality, is there anything he can't do in this world?"
"Huaxia Realm! Zhenkong Dao! Li Jingnian!"
"The Change of the Imperial Mausoleum?"
At this time, Xiao Mian had already guessed Kong Kong'er's intention.
It turned out that since the outbreak of the Change of the Imperial Mausoleum, many cultivators in Huaxia Realm have flocked to the Imperial Mausoleum, but they all fell into a deep lake like stones.
The lake in the Imperial Mausoleum is so deep that one cannot see the bottom.
Not only ordinary cultivators are trapped in it, but also some top-level Jindan cultivators and even quasi-Yuanying cultivators cannot escape.
Among them is the most outstanding young disciple of the Vacuum Dao in the contemporary era - Li Jingnian!
As the Tiandu Martial Arts Conference is approaching, Li Jingnian's whereabouts are unknown, and everyone in the Vacuum Dao is anxious - although He Jingkong and Chen Jingxuan are also outstanding, it is not difficult to see after the turmoil of the Chen family that if they encounter the likes of Yama, they are much inferior.
Li Jingnian is trapped in the Imperial Mausoleum, and the entire Imperial Mausoleum has another mystery.
In order to suppress some powerful existences in the Imperial Mausoleum, the Vacuum Dao cultivators of all generations have continuously strengthened the Imperial Mausoleum barrier, so that the Yuanying ancestors cannot enter the Imperial Mausoleum.
Once a Yuanying ancestor enters the Imperial Mausoleum without permission, the sealing barrier of the Imperial Mausoleum will collapse.
By then, the entire Chinese territory will be reduced to a battlefield of Shura...
That is why the Zhenkong Dao strictly prevented Yuanying cultivators from entering the forbidden area of the Imperial Mausoleum, and at the same time, they recruited Jindan top-level cultivators and hired them to enter the Imperial Mausoleum.
But now, who still doesn't know that the Imperial Mausoleum is dangerous?
To enter the Imperial Mausoleum safely, at least one must be a Jindan top-level cultivator.
It happened that the Tiandu Martial Arts Conference was approaching, and all the cultivators with Jindan top-level cultivation wanted to show their skills in the Tiandu Martial Arts Conference.
Even if the Zhenkong Dao had put down enough chips, there were still few applicants.
After a while, Kongkonger thought of Xiao Mian.
Who knew that Xiao Mian was in seclusion, and Kongkonger was turned away.
After hearing Guitou say this, Xiao Mian frowned more and more, and without waiting for Xiao Mian to urge him, Guitou really revealed another hidden secret.
It was not only Li Jingnian who was trapped in the Imperial Mausoleum, but also Bihun Ji!
Of course - there is also Jingchu!
During Xiao Mian's retreat, Zhu Yanji, who went to Huaxia to look for Bi Hun Ji, tried to contact Xiao Mian through Beidou Si Nan Pan.
Zhu Yanji's intention coincided with Kong Kong'er's, and she wanted Xiao Mian to rescue Bi Hun Ji, who was trapped in the imperial mausoleum, and of course Jing Chu.
Unfortunately, Xiao Mian's soul was injured at the time, and it was not appropriate to move lightly.
In desperation, Guitou contacted Yin Jiansheng and Gui Hai through Beidou Si Nan Pan, and the two passed through the Xuanwei Cave Secret Realm and traveled to Huaxia.
Hearing this, Xiao Mian took out Beidou Si Nan Pan, but found nothing.
In desperation, Xiao Mian even used the Insight Halo, but still failed to contact Jing Chu, even Yin Jiansheng and Gui Hai, there was no news.
Staring blankly at the Beidou Si Nan Pan and the Insight Halo in his hand, Xiao Mian was stunned.
Fortunately, the stars are not destroyed, and Jing Chu and the other two should be trapped but not killed.
"Boy! Don't worry about me acting first and asking for your permission later. Your situation was really bad at that time. If there was any accident again, let alone the Tiandu Martial Arts Competition, even if you could save your life, your foundation would be shaken and you would not be able to make further progress on the road, so I..."
"..., I understand!"
Xiao Mian knew Guitou's explanation very well.
It was still a light punishment to miss the Tiandu Martial Arts Competition. If Xiao Mian had made a slight mistake that day, he would probably have died and his cultivation would have been completely wasted.
From this point of view, it was not wrong for Guitou to bypass Xiao Mian and directly ask Yin Jiansheng and Gui Hai to meet Jing Chu.
The problem is that now all three of them can't be contacted.
"Maybe they have found Jing Chu! Maybe soon, everyone can drink and chat happily in Tiandu City again..."
Xiao Mian talked to himself as if to comfort himself.
But at this moment, a figure entered the inner hall.
The figure flashed, revealing the heroic figure of Luosha.
"After not seeing you for so many years, Luosha, you have mastered the secret of the Demon Shadow Sect to perfection!" Xiao Mian's words were not a compliment. From his current perspective, Luosha's "Demon Trace Phantom Escape Technique" was no less than Yuan Yan's that day.
"......, I would like to thank Xiao Daoyou for your help!" Luosha bowed to Xiao Mian respectfully. Without waiting for Xiao Mian to speak, Luosha continued: "My brother is so rude and has offended Xiao Daoyou. I hope Xiao Daoyou will let him go because he is young and ignorant!"
"Luohou?"
Xiao Mian frowned and smiled bitterly.
That day, he felt that it was not easy for Luohou to realize the truth, so he did not release him from the Dragon Prison, and even set up the Tiangang God-trapping Array outside the Dragon Prison.
In this way, even if Luosha had a divine consciousness, he would not be able to see the situation inside the Dragon Prison.
After that, Xiao Mian closed his eyes to heal his wounds and completely forgot that Luohou was still realizing the truth.
Although Guitou could cancel the Tiangang God-trapping Array, he was helpless against the Dragon-trapping Prison. Moreover, Luosha always thought that Xiao Mian was angry at his brother for repeatedly getting into trouble, so he deliberately imprisoned Luohou. Feeling uneasy, he did not dare to ask Guitou to rescue him.
The matter was delayed until today.
The next moment, Xiao Mian did not bother to explain to Luosha, and rushed out of the inner hall...