Late at night, Feifenglin.
The forest was so thick and foggy that neither people nor deer could be seen.
Du Zhong went into the deep forest to collect herbs, and returned slowly. When he passed by a stream, he sat down to rest with a sad face.
Three years ago, he obtained the foundation-building pill and tried to build his foundation, but at the critical moment, his inner demon came and he not only failed to build his foundation but also damaged his root.
Now his life span is insufficient, so he needs to work harder to obtain longevity pills to prolong his life before building his foundation.
Snap!
There was a sound of dead branches breaking, and Du Zhong got up in surprise and asked, "Who's there?"
"Ahem."
There were mottled shadows of trees, sounds of coughing and wheezing, wisps of smoke coming out from behind the trees, and a hunched figure gradually came into view, accompanied by the sound of footsteps.
Du Zhong narrowed his eyes, then opened them wide, and then stepped back in fear, shouting, "Tao Fengnian, you, aren't you dead?"
"You and I have been friends for many years, and you really want me to die so badly?"
Du Zhong's heart trembled. This familiar voice was Tao Fengnian!
Shouldn't the Heart-Burning Gu burn even his soul, preventing him from becoming a ghost, being reincarnated, and completely turning into ashes
Tao Fengnian put away his pipe and walked slowly towards him. "That year, you fell off a cliff while collecting herbs. I happened to run into you while I was hunting monsters in the forest. Seeing that you were about to die, I wanted to take your belongings and leave. Now I regret it. I really shouldn't have saved you."
Du Zhong kept retreating, feeling guilty and panicked.
"What do you mean by saving me? You still took my spiritual stones in the end. Don't call yourself a savior!"
Tao Fengnian laughed mockingly and pressed forward step by step.
"Okay, there's no life-saving grace, but what about the support? You were just a medicine identification assistant in Xiancao Tower at that time. If I hadn't given you the elixirs in my hands to sell to Xiancao Tower, how could you have climbed up to the position of pharmacist step by step?"
Du Zhong gritted his teeth and was speechless.
"It would be fine if you didn't repay me, but you teamed up with Jia Xiuchun to poison me? Du Zhong, you have such a cruel heart!"
"I, I was forced to do it! You want to live, I want to live too, and I clearly told you about the harm of Gu that day, and told you not to eat it. Who can you blame if you want to eat it?"
Du Zhong continued to retreat, and Tao Fengnian stopped where he was.
"It doesn't matter who I blame or not. What matters is that I will kill you today just as you poisoned me."
Du Zhong stepped back in panic and stepped on something. He looked down and was horrified.
Under the fallen leaves, the fiery red thorn seeds were spread out densely, there were probably thousands of them.
The cold wind was howling, and a chill rushed from Du Zhong's feet to his head. He threw away his protective magic weapon in terror and ran for his life with the talisman in his hand.
Green light rises, and the formation is completed.
Du Zhong slammed heavily into the barrier of the Yi Mu Tian Luo Formation, and he heard the sound of seeds breaking shells, like chestnuts in the fire, crackling, making his scalp tingle.
Outside the formation, Tao Fengnian sat on a fallen dead tree. He slowly took out his pipe and stuffed it with tobacco without raising his eyes.
Du Zhong used various escape talismans frantically, but the formation was so tight that there were no blind spots. Even underground, a small five-star formation was laid out, which was as hard as metal and stone and impossible to escape.
There is also a small chaotic spiritual formation that disrupts the circulation of the five elements' spiritual energy, making it impossible for magical weapons and spells to exert their power.
The three formations are connected, destroying the heaven and the earth!
"Lao Tao, I was wrong. I don't want to die. Please forgive me. As long as you forgive me, I am willing to do anything for you. Please..."
Du Zhong cried and begged. The poisonous fire thorn seeds under his feet slowly sprouted and meandered upwards. The dark red flames shone with a scorching heat, making Du Zhong feel the despair and helplessness of death little by little.
From begging to anger, to madness, and finally to a desperate struggle.
Tao Fengnian said nothing, took out a lighter and lit the tobacco.
boom!
Thousands of poisonous fire thorns exploded, and the thorn vines and snakes danced wildly, filling the ten-foot area of the formation in an instant, and the fire was in full swing.
“Ahhh!!!”
The formation was supported by a medium-grade spirit stone. Du Zhong's struggle was in vain. He screamed in agony, his heart broken.
The deep forest was silent, and all sounds were isolated by the outer soundproofing array. Only Jiang Yuebai, who had disguised himself as Tao Fengnian, could hear them.
Du Zhong was squeezed in the poisonous fire thorns, and the fire poison burned every inch of his body. There was not enough space in the array, and the thorns pierced and grew into his body, truly burning his heart and bones.
The screams continued without stopping.
Jiang Yuebai watched the green smoke rising from the pipe with an expressionless face. He watched the thorns growing in the array silently like Tao Fengnian and listened to Du Zhong's miserable howls for mercy.
At this moment, she felt happy.
The fire poison of the poisonous fire spider king in the poisonous fire thorns is stronger than the burning heart poison. It will keep Du Zhong awake at all times and clearly feel the pain of being burned by the fire.
"Grandpa, I have doubled back the suffering he made you endure."
The tobacco in the pipe burned quietly all night. When daybreak approached, the last flame went out and there was no sound in the formation.
Jiang Yuebai waved his hand and withdrew from the formation. The tangled red thorns turned into black ashes and scattered all over the ground. Xiaolu flew in to search, but found nothing.
Eucommia ulmoides was burned to ashes in the poisonous fire, and his soul was also burned.
Jiang Yuebai tore off the human skin mask on his face, took off his wig, shook off his black hair and stood up. The first ray of morning light penetrated the treetops, leaving behind beams of light and reflecting traces of dust.
The dark clouds covering the sun eventually disperse, but the green mountains remain even though they are hidden.
A black-sailed boat rushed into the sky and headed towards the Tianyan Sect on the green mountains.
Now that the matter in Nangu is settled, I will go back today to get the spiritual farmer's token, get rid of my status as a menial worker, and become an outer disciple of the Tianyan Sect.
"I, Jiang Yuebai, am back, facing the rising sun!"
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Tianyan Sect, Hedan Hall.
"What?! You said Jiang Yuebai has returned to the sect?"
In Jia Xiuchun's room, she pushed away Lin Suiwan's hand that was pointing a hairpin at her head, and looked at the servant at the door in shock and anger.
The young servant who was serving Jia Xiuchun nodded and said, "Yes, the guards at the mountain gate have checked the token and it is indeed Jiang Yuebai. She is in the Internal Affairs Hall now."
“A bunch of rubbish!!”
Jia Xiuchun smashed the rouge box and the servant Qi Ming knelt at the door, his head broken and bleeding. He lowered his head and dared not move.
Lin Suiwan asked, "Have you seen clearly what her current level of cultivation is?"
Qi Ming shook his head. "I haven't been able to find out clearly, but the disciples guarding the mountain gate said that she returned by flying a magic weapon, and she might have reached the late stage of Qi training."
Lin Suiwan's face was ashen. "Late stage? Seventh or eighth level? It's impossible to be the ninth level. I practice with the help of pills every day, and now I'm only at the sixth level of Qi training. She has been mining in Yinshan for five years, how can she practice so fast? This is impossible!"
Qi Ming kept his head down and added, "Before I came here, I went to the Internal Affairs Hall and heard that..."
"What did you hear? Tell me now!" Jia Xiuchun didn't have much patience.
"I heard that she applied for the spiritual cultivator assessment."
Jia Xiuchun looked up suddenly and Lin Suiwan opened his eyes in surprise.
"Uncle Master, what should we do? If she really gets the Spiritual Farmer's Token, wouldn't she be an outer disciple like me? How can we deal with her then?"
Jia Xiuchun frowned and thought, "I don't think she can get the Spiritual Farmer token. There are tens of thousands of servants in the sect who have practiced hard, but less than fifty of them have passed the Spiritual Farmer exam. She has been in a place like Yinshan Mine for five years, mining and practicing. How could she have time to improve her magic?"
"But what if?"
Lin Sui Wan was very worried. She was still frightened when she thought about how Jiang Yuebai had beaten her and forced her to call her "senior sister".
"No chance of that happening! Even if she has the ability to get the Spiritual Farmer's token, what can she do? The Spiritual Farmer is under the jurisdiction of the Alchemy Elder. I can't do anything to her. And there is Elder Lin! As long as she is still active in the outer sect, there are plenty of ways to deal with her!"
Lin Suiwan nodded, "We can't let her go this time."
Jia Xiuchun's eyes were vicious. That little girl was also responsible for killing her brother, and she was determined to avenge her.
"I was kind-hearted at first, but ended up nurturing a tiger. If she dares to come back this time, I will definitely crush her to death. Then I will go and find out. If she fails the assessment, I will give her the transfer order from five years ago. I wonder what excuses she can use to shirk her responsibility."
"yes."
I have 100 monthly tickets, so... I will add one more chapter...
Thank you everyone!
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