Sitting opposite Chen Heng, after a long silence, Hou Juan sighed softly, and then forced a smile on her face.
"The Zongmen competition is about to start soon, I don't know if the senior brother is interested"
Looking at Chen Heng who was sitting in front of her, she asked softly.
The so-called small comparison of the sect is a rule within the Liuyun Sect.
There is a rule within Liuyun Sect, a big competition every three years, and a small competition every one and a half years.
Among them, Dabi is the only way for an outer disciple to be promoted to an inner disciple and become an inner disciple.
Only those disciples who have passed the competition and defeated the other outer disciples and performed outstandingly in the competition can enter the inner sect and become inner disciples.
As for Xiao Bi, the importance is much lower, but for ordinary disciples, it is also a good opportunity to verify their own cultivation.
In the small competition, the entire sect will take out some precious spirit stones and the like to reward those who win.
Practitioners must fight for things, and naturally they will not let go of such rare opportunities.
Therefore, in the recent period of time, many people have paid more attention to this, trying to express themselves in it.
Judging from Chen Heng's previous situation, Hou Juan naturally thought that he also wanted to participate in this competition.
"Let's see then."
Chen Heng said casually, but did not give a specific answer.
The so-called small comparison of the sect is an opportunity for other monks in the Liuyun Sect, but it is nothing to him.
The so-called experience has basically no effect on him.
As for the rewards that Xiao Bi bestowed, it was even more ridiculous to him, basically useless.
He participated in this small competition, and basically had no special role.
For him, it's okay to participate, but it's okay not to participate.
Neither good nor bad.
Sending Hou Juan out, Chen Heng turned and left, and continued to go to the spiritual formation, preparing to go there to practice.
The familiar place is still the same as it used to be, and there are not many people in it at the moment, only a few are familiar faces.
Looking at Chen Heng, these people all showed awe on their faces, showing great respect for him.
This is natural.
Half a year later, Chen Heng has already become famous here.
Anyone who saw him would dare not underestimate him.
When he came here, Chen Heng was about to enter it and find a place to practice in it as before, but he suddenly stopped.
"Fellow Daoist, please stay."
A sound suddenly came from not far away, and it just fell suddenly.
Hearing the sound, Chen Heng paused, and then continued to walk forward, without the slightest intention to stop.
"Hey, fellow daoist!"
Behind him, the man seemed a little nervous. Looking at Chen Heng, he couldn't help but speak loudly, and hurriedly said, "Can you stay."
This time, while speaking, the man strode forward, directly blocking Chen Heng's body, making Chen Heng think he had no choice but to pretend he didn't see it.
So, he stopped helplessly and looked at the person in front of him: "What's the matter?"
In front of him, a boy stood there.
The young man looked ordinary. He was wearing a white robe and had long hair. He didn't look too old. Standing there, he cupped his hands at Chen Heng and said, "Fellow Daoist, I have something to do next." Inquiry, I don’t know if fellow daoists are interested.”
"What's up?"
Chen Heng asked the question directly without looking up.
"I heard that Your Excellency's art of refining weapons is unmatched in this outer sect, so I want to ask Your Excellency to refine a magic weapon."
With a smile on his face, the young man said, "The reward is easy to talk about."
"I heard that Your Excellency recently wanted to ask for a piece of Nine Heavens White Jade to refine a magic weapon?"
"There happens to be a piece here."
"You have?"
Hearing this, Chen Heng couldn't help being a little surprised.
He wanted to find a piece of Nine Heavens White Jade, which he wanted to use to refine a magic weapon that belonged to him.
This magic weapon is what he wants to use to assist his practice. Many of the materials in it are basically collected now, except for a piece of white jade, which has not been found for a long time.
But I didn't expect that the person in front of me would actually have it.
This idea came to Chen Heng's mind, and at this moment he couldn't help but feel a little interested.
So, he thought for a moment, then nodded: "If there is white jade, it's not impossible."
After the words fell, the young man in front of him breathed a sigh of relief, and then nodded.
Standing where he was, he chatted with Chen Heng for a while, roughly communicating the details of the transaction, and then left in a hurry.
Looking at the figure of the other party leaving in a hurry, Chen Heng was thoughtful, then continued to move forward and walked into the spirit formation.
"It's here?"
A few days later, Chen Heng walked out of Liuyunzong and came to a market outside Liuyunzong.
This market was established by Liuyun Sect. It was originally only for the convenience of disciples in Liuyun Sect to trade, but in the end it attracted many casual practitioners, and finally the market like this one in front of us was gradually formed.
Walking into it, the surrounding scenery comes into view, which is very lively.
Chen Heng walked around, looking around the scene.
Strictly speaking, this is not the first time he has come to this place, he has been here many times in the past.
Even in the past half a year, he opened a shop here and started a business here.
People around hurriedly walked past here one by one, and some of them reacted with spiritual power, which seemed very unique.
And the place where the transaction took place this time is also here.
"Are you sure that person will come?"
In a room, bursts of sound passed by.
The young man who came to look for Chen Heng before was sitting here, sitting cross-legged alone, looking as if he was meditating, very calm.
He wasn't surprised at all when he heard the voice in the room, he just sat there alone, and responded softly: "Of course I will come."
"It has been agreed before, so naturally there is no problem."
"Are you sure there is nothing wrong with the person you chose?"
Inside the room, the inexplicable voice sounded again, the voice seemed a bit gloomy and unique: "You don't have many demon seeds on your body, if you use the wrong place, it will be very troublesome."
"rest assured."
A sneer appeared on the boy's face: "I have been observing for a long time."
"The guy who came here this time is definitely a rare genius among the outer sects of the Liuyun Sect."
"The other party's reputation has spread widely in the past six months."
"To put it bluntly, within half a year at most, you can enter the inner sect and become an inner sect disciple."
"Of course, that's not the point."
"A mere internal disciple is of course nothing to us, but the other party can refine magical weapons, and will definitely be valued by many people in the future. It is easier to find out the news."
"As long as we control him, it is easy to do something at critical times."
He smiled, and then said again: "Of course, even if you can't do these things, if you can control a master craftsman, it's not a loss."
"What do you say?"
"Not bad."
In the room, the person lurking in the dark spoke softly, as if agreeing with the boy's actions.
After a while, the evil energy in the young man subsided, and he returned to his previous appearance again, and then walked out.
"Brother Zhang."
After walking out of the room, he saw Chen Heng not long after.
"Brother is indeed on time."
Looking at Chen Heng, there was a smile on his face, and the expression on his face was very sincere.
Chen Heng glanced at him, didn't say much, just said directly: "Lead the way."
Hearing this, the boy nodded, then turned around and walked to the side.
Soon, they came to another place.
There is a spacious space in front of you, with alchemy furnaces burning all around, and all kinds of common tools needed for refining are basically available here.
Chen Heng looked around at the decorations, then nodded.
"Have you brought anything?"
"It's all ready."
A smile appeared on the boy's face, and he quickly took out various things beside him.
On the side, all kinds of things are just placed there, and it looks very complete.
Looking at these things, Chen Heng turned around, thoughtful.
Come prepared.
The thought flashed through his mind.
It is not an easy task to get together the things needed for a complete set of refiners.
And the things in this place are so complete, even surpassing Chen Heng's.
This can no longer be said with careful preparation.
The identity of the young man in front of him is probably not simple.
is a character.
This thought flashed through his mind, and then he walked aside, and started to move his hands in front of the young man.
The golden spiritual fire was shining brightly and began to burn.
As the spiritual fire burned, he threw various materials into the spiritual fire, and then gradually melted under his control.
The refining of the magic weapon has begun.
Watching Chen Heng start to move and stand aside, the boy named Liu He gradually became serious.
Although I have decided to set Chen Heng as my intended target, I still need to observe more.
After all, the demon seeds issued by the demon master are limited and cannot be wasted casually.
If the ability and aptitude are not enough, there is no need to be controlled at all.
So the necessary observation is still very necessary.
So, he began to observe carefully, watching Chen Heng's movements.
Soon, his eyes changed.
"What a masterful technique."
Looking at Chen Heng's movements and the various unique techniques, his face changed slightly, and he was a little surprised: "Even if the so-called master of crafting is so, I'm afraid that's it."
What he didn't know was that the Chen Heng in front of him was actually a master craftsman.
He had never met other master craftsmen, and felt that those craftsmen he had seen before were nothing compared to Chen Heng in front of him.
After a while, he came back to his senses, and the thoughts in his heart gradually became firm.
An invisible and intangible black filament spread from one corner, and gradually spread towards Chen Heng's body.
When the black filaments spread to Chen Heng's body, Chen Heng's movements paused slightly, and then he quickly returned to normal the next moment.
Everything is as if it never happened.
Looking at this scene, Liu He showed a smile on his face, and his heart was filled with joy.
As for Chen Heng, his face was still as calm as before, and he seemed a little silent, as if he didn't feel anything.
He finished refining the magic weapon in silence, then got up from there, and looked at Liu He in front of him.
In a short period of time, there seemed to be some changes in his body.
A ray of inexplicable evil appeared on his body and spread over his body.
It seems that under the influence of this evil spirit, his face became a little dull, and his whole body seemed to have undergone some mutations, and there were some inexplicable changes.
But for all of this, he seemed to be unaware of anything, and still maintained his previous appearance.
"The commission is complete."
Standing there, with a cold face and full of evil spirit, he looked at Liu He in front of him: "What about my reward?"
"Nature is ready."
Seeing Chen Heng's current appearance, Liu He smiled and said softly, "Thank you so much, brother."
"Please give me more advice from now on"
If he pointed it out, he smiled softly and said.
Afterwards, he picked up an exquisite wooden box and put it in Chen Heng's hands.
Chen Heng subconsciously opened it and looked at it casually.
What was placed in the wooden box was a piece of pale white pure white jade, which was very crystal clear and extraordinarily beautiful. It seemed to contain some unknown aura, which made people feel a little extraordinary at a glance.
It is none other than Nine Heavens White Jade.
For monks, the Nine Heavens White Jade is considered a very rare material for refining weapons, even if it is not used to refine magic tools, it is also a good material if it is simply used to assist in cultivation.
It is a very rare thing.
Putting the things away, Chen Heng looked at Liu He, nodded to him, and then turned around without saying anything, and left this place.
When Chen Heng's figure gradually disappeared from sight, a smile gradually appeared on Liu He's face, and then he returned to the previous room.
"how?"
In the room, the voice continued to echo, just like that suddenly.
"It's done."
Liu He had a bright smile on his face, which couldn't be concealed: "The devil seed has been planted, and it will take root and sprout in a few months at most."
"At that time, this person will be a member of my Demon Sect."
"good."
In the room, the voice continued to sound, seeming to nod.
"I just don't know what's going on with the others.",
Speaking of this, Liu He showed a little pity on his face again: "It's a pity that we only have this one demon seed on hand, otherwise we should find a few more people."
"I heard that in Jiulianzong's side, the progress is quite smooth, and even controlled several elders."
"I don't know what we are doing here."
"It should be soon."
In the room, the voice continued to echo: "It's nothing more than a sect of a small country, but it's nothing to our Demon Sect."
"It takes just a little bit of hands to take it off."
"If the suzerain wasn't afraid of Tianmingzong's discovery, why bother?"
"yes."
Liu He sighed softly, but then smiled again: "But this is not bad."
"Just take your time."
the other side.
Walking on the road, when Chen Heng walked out of Liu He's room, all the devilish energy in him disappeared, and all abnormalities disappeared, as if nothing had happened.
He just walked out of there like he didn't notice anything.
Walking out of that place, among the crowd, recalling the exclamation just now, Chen Heng was thoughtful.
"trouble."
He had a clear feeling about what happened just now.
When the so-called demon seed had an effect on him, he already felt that something was wrong, but it didn't happen. He just wanted to see what Liu He wanted to do.
But now it seems that there are some problems with the identity of the other party.
"Demon Qi, a member of the Demon Sect?"
Walking on the road, Chen Heng recalled the feeling just now.
When the monster entangled his body, he could feel that the magic power on his body seemed to be a little out of control, and the control over his body seemed to be gradually weakening.
This kind of feeling is very slight, if it is an ordinary person, I am afraid it will not be able to feel it at all.
And after that, the devilish energy on his body was directly lurking inside his body, quietly replacing the mana in his body, using his own mana to hide it.
"A good method."
Chen Heng probably felt it for a while, and then nodded involuntarily: "If it is really a cultivator of spirit refining, I am afraid that I will not be able to notice anything at all, and will be directly affected in silence, and the mana in the body will be slowly eroded and swallowed. .”
That unique mana will devour his own mana, and even use his own mana to cover it up, making it impossible for the monk himself to discover it.
Invisibly, the cultivator's control over his own mana will become weaker and weaker. Although he doesn't seem to notice anything at ordinary times, when the critical moment comes, his control over his mana may disappear instantly.
And monks lose their mana, and I'm afraid they will be slaughtered by then.
This is only the effect that Chen Heng has detected so far.
It is not known what other abilities it has.
However, judging from the current situation, these heterogeneous demonic energy should still have the effect of manipulating others.
With the continuous expansion of the strange devilish energy, these devilish energy will affect the monk's soul, and may eventually form a brand new soul in the monk's body.
And it seems that it is not impossible for this brand-new soul to cooperate with the strange devil energy in the body to directly swallow the original owner at a critical moment.
At that point, the monk might become another person.
"A very ingenious method."
Sensing the strange devilish energy in his body, Chen Heng couldn't help but nodded secretly: "If I'm really an ordinary spirit refiner, I'm afraid I'm going to be tricked right now."
The nature of this demonic energy is very high, and an ordinary spiritual cultivator would definitely not be able to detect it, or even expel it.
Only higher-level characters may still be able to detect it and expel it.
This may also be one of the main reasons why the opponent attacked him instead of others.
After all, his previous performance was very outstanding, and he happened to be still in the stage of spiritual refinement, which can be regarded as a stage that can be controlled.
As long as he is directly controlled at this time, after a period of time, when the devil energy in the body grows to a certain level, it will become more concealed.
At that time, even if Chen Heng really builds the foundation, it will not affect these.
You can still control him.
Thinking of this, Chen Heng couldn't help shaking his head secretly, not knowing what to say.
(end of this chapter)