novelapdf Chapter 138 The Trap Has Been Set
Chapter 138 The Trap Has Been Set
Having anticipated the plan, Daoist Qingmu pushed his hands and performed a hand seal.
Suddenly, the entire secret realm trembled violently.
Boom boom boom!
The hall shook; the sound came quickly and went quickly.
The cultivators inside the hall were on high alert, knowing that the third barrier was about to be reached.
"The design of yesteryear has finally come to fruition today. I wonder how many of the pieces I secretly placed are still left, and what the world has become."
Qingmu Daoren stood calmly in place, looking at the people in the mirror with a thoughtful expression. He thought back to his past self, who, like these younger cultivators before him, had risked his life for an opportunity.
However, things are different from before; now, it's up to me to make the move.
Those who struggled to make a living became others.
"Opportunities are not so easily obtained. Little do people know that everything in this world has already been secretly marked with a price."
Master Qingmu shook his head and chuckled, recalling how much suffering he had endured in the past for the sake of a chance encounter.
Now it's time for these younger generations to experience the true meaning of wickedness.
The benefits of the secret realms of our predecessors are not so easily obtained.
Just like this secret realm.
There are four passes in total. If it is not until the great era arrives and the person is born, this secret realm will only open every few hundred years.
At that time, he would deliberately grant several opportunities to the cultivators who entered, release a few lucky ones, and at the same time, send a wisp of his spirit to select a cultivator to possess.
Aside from that, it won't create much negative karma from killing.
But upon waking this time, Daoist Qingmu, in harmony with heaven and earth, realized that a great and prosperous era had arrived.
The first hurdle in refining the Soul Devouring Pill was originally intended to test a cultivator's cultivation level and see if they could endure and find an opportunity under Shen Tianlin's killing intent.
Even if it is necessary to refine the Soul Devouring Pill, it is only projected with magical power, and the spiritual herbs in it are not genuine spiritual herbs.
But now, the pill-refining process, which should have been a casual evaluation to select a few destined individuals, has become the actual refining of the Soul-Devouring Pill.
The cultivators in the hall were unaware that not everyone had successfully left the first pass by force.
Even Lu Qingyun didn't know.
Like Mu Shan and Niu Gao, they actually used their own methods to refine the Spirit Devouring Pill.
Although they did not say it in front of everyone, Qingmu Daoren saw it all clearly.
This is also why Daoist Qingmu wanted to choose a body from among them.
Master Qingmu smiled again, and as the Dharma seal was activated, the mirror reflecting all the cultivators gradually merged into one.
Although it was only a spiritual body, the magical power around him surged like ocean waves as the Qingmu Daoist's emotions changed.
At the same time, images of the first three passes of the secret realm appeared around them.
Master Qingmu waved his hand again.
In the first pass, the Soul-Devouring Pills refined by everyone immediately came into his hands.
"It's just that you guys were unlucky."
Qingmu Daoren activated the magic seal again, and the blood that dripped from the crowd on the second pass, Wanren Mountain, condensed into blood beads, appeared in the mirror, and came into his hand.
Those who were planned to be used as shells, such as Mu Shan, Niu Gao, and Lu Qingyun, had their blood beads extracted and fused with the Soul Devouring Pill.
The Green Wood Taoist raised a spiritual fire, which was the Sand Fire that Lu Qingyun had once used.
Under the scorching heat of the spiritual fire, he actually began what was unbelievable to ordinary alchemists: the secondary refining of these Spirit Devouring Pills.
The Green Wood Seal was activated, causing the medicinal properties to separate and then merge with the essence and blood of everyone present.
"This time it went unexpectedly smoothly."
Master Qingmu smiled slightly. Even he, using this method of combining pills, was only 70% successful, but now he had succeeded in refining them completely.
In the blink of an eye, several pills appeared in the palm of the Green Wood Daoist, with dark red pill patterns condensing on them.
This Soul-Devouring Pill is naturally different from the Spirit-Devouring Pill. Even if Mu Shan is knowledgeable and experienced, he probably wouldn't recognize this pill if he saw it.
"This elixir was personally refined by him as a great causal medicine, and I also captured a wisp of his divine soul on Mount Wanren. Now, it has been successfully refined by combining it with his essence and blood."
"I just need to let them fight it out again, until their magic power is exhausted and they are severely injured. Then I can use this Soul Devouring Pill to obliterate their souls. Once I've made a few, I can successfully possess their bodies."
With a smile on his face, Daoist Qingmu put the Soul-Devouring Pill into his storage bag, clearly having a plan in mind.
Then, he used his magical power to condense the remaining essence and blood of the cultivators who had little natural talent or fortune into one.
The fire in the sand burned in the air. Daoist Qingmu raised his hand, and in an instant, another dark red essence blood pill was refined by him.
This pill is different from the Soul-Devouring Pill.
The Soul-Devouring Pill works by using cause and effect as a guide to erase a cultivator's soul, leaving only a pure and immaculate body for the cultivator to possess.
However, this Blood Curse Pill is a combination of alchemy and incantation. Once activated, it can extract the blood and magical power of the cultivators whose essence he has taken, supplying them for his refinement and rapidly advancing their cultivation.
Even someone like Qingmu Daoren, with his profound cultivation and high status in life, would find his spiritual body slightly pale after refining the Blood Curse Pill and several Soul Devouring Pills.
"Fortunately, when I left this contingency plan, I thought that as time went by, my magical power might be worn down and I might not be able to refine the Soul Devouring Pill."
"Therefore, when this secret realm was set up, the first barrier was already prepared in advance, so that when needed, these younger cultivators could refine it into pills. Otherwise, my magical power might not be enough."
Master Qingmu chuckled. Although his spiritual body was somewhat weak, everything was still within his expectations.
At this moment, only a short while had passed since the main hall trembled.
"It's time to open this third barrier, to let them wear down their magical power and suffer some damage."
The words fell.
Master Qingmu raised his hand, and the hand seal changed once again.
The secret realm's origin was combined with that towering green tree, so it did not consume his spiritual power. Even though his spiritual body was weak at the moment, it did not affect his ability to activate the reserved methods.
In the main hall, a Taoist priest in black suddenly appeared; he was none other than Shen Qingmu.
Zhu Xiu looked wary, gazing thoughtfully at the face that resembled Shen Tianlin's.
The Taoist priest raised an eyebrow and slowly said:
"Now that you are ready, accept my talisman and prepare to enter the Myriad Wood Formation. This time, I have specially requested the sect to give you an opportunity to become my disciples."
"Since I have just entered the late stage of Foundation Establishment, I have never taken on any disciples. I hope you can seize this opportunity to become my first disciple. Of course, you are all of the wood element, so even if you cannot become the final victor, the spiritual land within the formation will be enough to benefit you greatly."
"Besides the top-ranked student who will become my first disciple, the second and third-ranked students will also be accepted as nominal disciples. I hope you will all act accordingly."
As soon as he finished speaking, the palace doors opened.
Outside of it was a teleportation array.
Each person then produced a talisman, which was quite similar to the current Yunxia Sect identity jade talisman.
Seeing this, the people of Yunxia Sect immediately believed it to some extent.
Niu Gao nodded slightly. Upon seeing this, Daoist Jinhua immediately ordered a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator to attempt to leave by activating the teleportation array.
"The jade talisman is fine, let's go!"
As the formation was activated, the eyes of the Ku'e Monk and the Great Red Daoist lit up, and they rushed in front of the crowd to activate the jade talisman.
Mu Shan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he waved his hand to give the order:
"Let's go too. Once inside, immediately seek me out and join us!"