Ask about the Immortal Way

"Two Taoist friends are here to invite you!"

Qin Sang smiled and invited Yu Zhen into the mountain gate. Accompanying him was the tribe leader Yuanxiang who had just come out of retreat.

At this time, the calamity clouds dissipated, and the sword slave arrived on his sword.

"I am here to introduce you fellow Taoists..."

Qin Sang introduced Jian Nu to Yuan Xiang and the other two.

With the breakthrough of Jian Nu and Su Nu and the Black Gold Skull, even if he takes away Zhu Que, Qing Yang Zhi will still have three powerful refining masters in charge.

Many small tribes within the Inhuman race are not as powerful as Qing Yangzhi.

The four of them sat down as host and guest, and Yu Zhen was not stingy with his words of respect to the sword slave, whose cultivation was far inferior to his.

Qin Sang and Chief Yuan Xiang smiled at each other.

Qin Sang knew very well why Yu Zhen came, and he had no intention of continuing to embarrass Yu Zhen.

Both parties were willing to do so, and with the Yuanxiang tribe leader mediating, they naturally had a very pleasant conversation.

“Haha, I have no intention of making things difficult for you, it’s just that we have different positions in the Holy Land. Today is a good time to return the item to its original owner,” Qin Sang took out the Gourd of Destroying Ashes and handed it to Yu Zhen.

Yu Zhen tightly grasped the gourd of extinction, his eyes burning, as if a huge stone in his chest had finally fallen to the ground. He breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Master Qin, just rest assured. Yu will do his best and will not let Master Qin down!"

The deal went so smoothly that it was beyond Yu Zhen's expectation that Qin Sang not only did not ask for an exorbitant amount of money, but instead proposed very lenient terms.

He visited Qingyangzhi many times, learned about Qin Sang's plans and arrangements for Qingyangzhi, knew what Qin Sang really wanted, and made a guarantee immediately.

"Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Yu! I won't let your efforts go in vain. Chief Yuan Xiang can testify for me that after the trade route with Kanxun State was opened, it brought rich rewards to Qingyangzhi and its allies!"

Qin Sang looked at the leader of the Yuanxiang clan.

The Yuan Xiang clan leader nodded with a smile and said, "Master Qin is right! Didn't Daoist Fellow Yu say that he had been trapped in the Holy Land for too long and wanted to travel? If we go to the human race in the future, we can avoid a lot of trouble by going through the Qingyang League."

Hearing this, Yu Zhen repeatedly said yes. His goal was achieved, and his expression and tone relaxed, but he was still as humble as before in front of Qin Sang. Two hundred years ago, Qin Sang's cultivation was only in the middle stage of the Refining Void Realm, but he was able to kill Xian Tong and others and cause a big disturbance in the dream. Now he has no qualifications to be arrogant in front of Qin Sang.

"After the trial in the holy land is over, I will leave first. I wonder what the final outcome of my fellow Taoists on the sacred mountain was. Did fellow Taoist Xi Rui break through to the holy realm?" Qin Sang asked curiously.

"When Yu woke up, most of the fellow Taoists were still entangled by the demonic shadows, and several of them had no breath at all. I'm afraid the outcome is not good. As for fellow Taoist Xi Rui, I heard that he was taken back to the cave by the ancestor behind him. It seems that breaking through the Saint Realm is not that easy..."

Yu Zhen shook his head.

The Yuan Xiang clan leader sighed and said, "Hongtian and the others are truly blessed! Those were the great opportunities left by the ancestors when the holy land was first opened. Because of the changes in the holy land, they appeared one after another and were obtained by them."

This kind of opportunity is hard to come by.

At that time, whoever encountered that situation would have a chance to rise to the top. The Yuanxiang clan leader believed that his talent was no worse than Hongtian and others, but he just lacked luck, so he could only sigh helplessly.

"Everyone has his own destiny! Legend has it that the changes in the holy land will be a sign of the rise of our race. If the legend is true, there will definitely be opportunities for us in the future," Yu Zhen comforted.

"You two fellow Taoists, one is the descendant of our ancestor, and the other is the head of our clan. If there is anything good, the higher-ups will definitely consider you first. People like me from other clans can only envy you."

Qin Sang's words immediately drew a look of contempt from the Yuanxiang clan leader.

He saw with his own eyes that after Master Ning and the old Taoist priest appeared in the holy land, Hongtian and others were all silent. Finally, a veteran and powerful alien appeared and respectfully invited them into the depths of the holy land. This shows the status and cultivation of Master Ning.

After chatting, Yu Zhen said goodbye first.

Qin Sang and Chief Yuan Xiang got together rarely and discussed the future plans of Qingyang League in detail. After Qin Sang left, Qingyang League still had to rely on Chief Yuan Xiang in the Fog Sea.

Finally, Chief Yuan Xiang was sent away, leaving only Qin Sang and Jian Nu in the hall.

"What are your plans for the future, fellow Daoist?" Qin Sang asked.

The sword slave entered the realm of refining emptiness, and there was no complacency in his expression. He still answered the same as before, "I will obey the orders of the master."

Qin Sang smiled and said, "If you want a quiet place to practice swordsmanship in peace, you can stay in Qingyang Temple. If you want to travel around and hone your swordsmanship, you can call upon all the people and things in Qingyang League at will."

Over the years, Huanhen has made rapid progress under the training of sword slave, and his sword skills have been transformed. All the sword practitioners in Qingyang Temple have benefited from this.

Qingyang Temple is a hodgepodge to begin with, so Qin Sang naturally wants to keep Jian Nu. It would be even better if Jian Nu could become master and disciple with Huan Hen.

"Thank you, Master Qin. I have just achieved a breakthrough and my realm is not stable yet. I would like to stay in Qingyang Temple!" said the sword slave.

…

After one stick of incense.

Qin Sang flew out of the mountain gate on a cloud. Suzaku was lying on his shoulder, drowsy. The little Qilin was clinging to his feet, poking his little head out of the clouds, observing this new world with curiosity in his eyes.

Flying over the Qingyang Zhizhi Altar, Qin Sang dropped from the sky and landed directly on the Shanyu Garden in the Zhitan.

The immortal officials who were managing the altar were conscientiously handling various affairs and were completely unaware of Qin Sang's arrival. Only the two chief officials of Shanyu Garden felt something, dismissed their attendants, and flew towards Chihua Forest.

Seeing Qin Sang looking at Chi Huashu with his back to them, the two officers were shocked and hurried forward to greet him, "Greetings, Lord Envoy!"

"Oh? As the chief shaman of the Wu clan, you personally enter the altar to serve as an official. Aren't you afraid of affecting the affairs of the clan?" Qin Sang looked at one of them.

This person is Ming Qiu, the adopted son of Fang Lao Mo, who succeeded Fang Lao Mo and became the chief wizard of the wizard clan.

Qin Sang established a rule that the post of Shanyuyuan Dulu must be held by a human cultivator, and Mingqiu was the deputy.

"Your Excellency, please understand that I have resigned from the position of High Shaman, and everything will be governed by Qingyang first!" Mingqiu said solemnly.

Now the Qingyangzhi people are caught between the aliens, and their witches are caught between the humans. Mingqiu is worried that other people will not know the seriousness of the situation and affect the relationship between the humans and the witches, so he finally decides to come in person.

"What a courage! It's worth it for Fellow Daoist Fang to cultivate you!"

Qin Sang nodded, waved away Shan Yuyuan Dulu, and said to Ming Qiu: "How are your cultivation of those sacrificial insects?"

Back then, Qin Sang passed on the secret techniques of sacrificial insects and the cultivation of sacrificial insects by Hao Bo to Ming Qiu. Now, the Chihua tree is growing well, and those sacrificial insects can also benefit from it.

Qin Sang looked around the Chihua forest.

It is more like a flower forest than a forest. The jungle is made up of many flower trees, which are exactly the same kind of flower trees that Qin Sang saw when he encountered the insect sacrifice. The trunks of these flower trees are only half as high as the one he saw back then. The flowers are still sparse and have strange shapes, like round-necked pots hanging on the trees.

However, it was not easy to make the Chi Hua tree grow to this extent. Firstly, Ji Xia made great efforts, and secondly, Qing Yangzhi opened up trade routes, and finally found a way to obtain the spiritual objects to cultivate the Chi Hua tree.

Ming Qiu made a seal at his waist, and then a buzzing sound was heard and a yellow cloud flew out.

Yellow clouds were suspended above Mingqiu's head, and through the clouds he could see the shadows of insects.

In the center of the insect swarm, there was an insect that was obviously larger than its companions. It was one of the insect kings that Qin Sang gave to Ming Qiu.

"Senior Ji Xia cultivated the Chihua tree into a forest, which was of great help to me in raising sacrificial insects. The Lord Envoy gave me the Insect King. I kept one and distributed the others to the elders of the clan. They are respectively in charge of the Shanyu Garden of each Jingtan. Each of them relies on the Chihua tree and the Insect King to cultivate an insect swarm. We have also explored the ability of this sacrificial insect. It mainly affects the soul. The strength of the Insect King is as important as the number of insect swarms..."

Mingqiu reported to Qin Sang meticulously.

Qin Sang had already discovered the ability of this sacrificial insect a long time ago, and now that he knew the origins of the witch clan, he had new feelings.

In ancient times, witches were people who could communicate with gods and were the gods' walkers on earth.

The witches chose this kind of spiritual insect as a sacrificial insect, one of the purposes of which was to make the people's hearts purer and more pious during the sacrifice. Sacrifices to the gods were often accompanied by blood sacrifices. When Qin Sang saw the sacrificial insect, he seemed to see the mysterious, bloody and wild ancient times!

"After the insect swarm formed a certain size, some gall crystals were produced. However, I led the entire tribe to cultivate sacrificial insects, but the output was not much, and the quality did not meet the requirements of the Lord Envoy," Ming Qiu presented a jade box with both hands and said hesitantly, "I have an idea..."

"explain!"

Qin Sang opened the jade box and took a look. These gall crystals were not enough for the Tianmu Butterfly to satisfy its hunger.

There is no hope of using sacrificial insects and gall crystals to help the Tianmu Butterfly improve its cultivation.

Sensing the scent of the gall crystal, the Tianmu Butterfly flew out on its own initiative, landed on the jade box and feasted on it, but soon expressed disappointment, as the quality was far worse than the gall crystal of that year.

Ming Qiu said: "According to the records of Hao Bo, the fastest growth time for sacrificial insects is when the whole clan is offering sacrifices. During the ceremony, not only will various precious materials and spiritual medicines be consumed, but blood sacrifices are also required. The tributes at that time were basically from the demon clan and the human clan, which is very similar to the blood feeding method of later generations!"

He glanced at Qin Sang carefully, and said boldly: "I think that if we conduct a sacrifice in Qingyangzhi and ask the monks in Qingyangzhi to contribute their blood and essence, it will speed up the cultivation of sacrificial insects."

At this point, he explained repeatedly: "Don't worry, Lord Envoy, as long as the person presiding over the ceremony controls it properly, it will only consume a part of their blood and energy, and will not harm anyone!"

This is equivalent to carrying out a blood sacrifice in Qingyang Prefecture. Except that no one's life is harmed, it is an outright demonic act.

Qin Sang founded Qingyangzhi and claimed that it was the orthodox Taoist sect. Mingqiu was worried that he would be struck to death by a thunderbolt after proposing this.

But Mingqiu was ordered to cultivate sacrificial insects, so he dared not hide anything and could only report it.

Looking at the cloud of insects above Mingqiu's head, Qin Sang seemed to be thinking about something.

Ming Qiu only knew one side of the story. In ancient times, there were gods in the sky, so sacrifices could be responded to. The gods would show all kinds of miracles during the sacrifices, respond to the people's prayers, and accept the people's worship.

In the era that evolved in the dream, all the gods disappeared. Without gods, the subsequent sacrifices would probably be nothing more than a formality.

It depends on the era in which Hao Bo existed, whether it was before or after the gods disappeared.

If the so-called festival mainly relies on the power of blood sacrifice, then it doesn't matter whether the festival is held or not.

Thinking of this, Qin Sang ordered: "No need to deliberately hold a ceremony! I will let Yu Nu cooperate with you, help you collect the spiritual medicines needed for the sacrifice, and try the blood sacrifice method."

Li Yufu went into seclusion, and Yu Nu and Shen Chen took over the management of Qingyang on his behalf.

If this method is feasible, then if we disguise it and post the task of donating essence and blood on the merit list, it will definitely attract many cultivators, and the entire Qingyang Prefecture can provide a steady supply of essence and blood for the insect sacrifice!

"Junior obeys your command!"

Mingqiu collected the cloud of insects and was about to bow and leave when Qin Sang stopped him.

"I will be heading to the Wu Clan in a while. You can pick two of the babies chosen by Fellow Daoist Fang and go with me."

"Finally, we are going to the Wu Clan!"

Ming Qiu was greatly shocked.

The witches of the Storm Realm are like wanderers who are stranded in foreign lands. They know their home is somewhere else, but they are trapped here and unable to go back.

Although Qin Sang did not discriminate against them, who would want to live under someone else's roof?

Finally, there is a glimmer of hope!

Ming Qiu suppressed his excitement and said repeatedly: "Before my foster father passed away, he ordered me to teach them seriously. I dare not slack off and gather the strength of the whole clan to support their cultivation. It happened that two people stood out, a man and a woman, who have reached the late Nascent Soul stage and will soon be able to start to strive for the Spiritualization stage. Since they can remember, they have been kept in a secret place and taught by my foster father and me personally. They know nothing about Qingyangzhi!"

"The late Nascent Soul stage is barely enough... Go and make preparations. I will take them away when I leave."

Qin Sang nodded. He could teach them on the way and push them to the Spirit Transformation Stage, which would make it much easier for them to act in the Wu Clan.

They don't know Qing Yangzhi, so even if they are kidnapped, they don't have to worry about the secret being leaked.

"yes!"

Ming Qiu bowed and retreated.

Qin Sang walked around the Chihua Forest, then met with Yu Nu who was in charge of the altar. Then he left the altar and went to the other three Jings.

One is to visit old friends, and the other is to prepare to reopen the Thunder Altar and seal the Thunder Oath for the Thunder Beast Guard!

This time, he was going to travel hundreds of millions of miles, and he didn't know when he would be able to return. With his level of cultivation, a thousand years was just a blink of an eye.

Those old friends in the lower world, who were born in the demon race, might be able to hold on longer, but the human cultivators were gradually facing the dilemma of lifespan. Most of them were unable to break through the Void Refining Stage, and when Qin Sang returned, I'm afraid many of them would have passed away.

This may be the last time we see each other!

Qin Sang first wandered around Zhongzhou and visited Lu Zhang and others. Then he went to Canglangjing, drank and chatted with Bao Zhengnan and his sister, and talked to Yuan Zhu about the dangers he encountered in the Seven Killings Palace, sighing. He went to Xitujing again, and Master Huaiyin asked him about the way of body training. Then he went to Beihaijing and stopped at Xuantian Palace.

Finally, return to Xiaohanyu - the original place.