"What you meant was that you don't need our help."
Boom boom... .
The heavy checkpoint gate slammed shut, locking out the sky full of yellow sand and the lonely old man.
However, in the corner of the warriors beside the city wall, a vague figure emerged. It was a middle-aged man with big and bright eyes. A vertical line quietly appeared between his eyebrows, and he stared at the direction where Qiao Mu was going away.
Chapter 177 The Origin of Wu Sheng Ling Xi Jue (5k
The setting sun was like blood, the clouds under its reflection looked like they were stained with blood, and half of the sky was red.
At the foot of the low earthen hill, the land was cracked and the pale yellow weeds were sparse. An old man with wrinkles all over his face was walking alone, carrying a large bag that was half a person's height. The hot wind blew up the yellow sand.
"Many years after the Alien War, many people from the imperial court and the public went deep into the desert to search for the ruins of Anxi City, but they found nothing. That's why there was a legend that the sand city was completely wiped out by immortals."
"According to Daozhen, the city was not wiped out by the great immortal cultivators, but was covered up by a magic array that ordinary people cannot see through..."
Qiao Mu took out a map from the package and glanced at it briefly.
This map, including the dry food in his bag, were all gifts from the female general of Anxi Pass.
Although the Great Yan court did not find any survivors in the desert over the years, it did leave behind a map.
Except for the part covered by the illusion formation in the desert, the rest of the area had already been explored by the Great Yan court.
"The coverage area of the Immortal Gate Array is the core area of this 100-mile desert..."
"As long as we find the formation and use the boundary-breaking talisman left by Daozhen, we should be able to get rid of the illusion of the Immortal Gate formation and find the city in this hundred-mile desert."
When Qiao Mu thought of this, he suddenly had an idea and looked forward.
Suddenly, white shadows passed by on the mound in front of us. They seemed to be a group of soldiers holding spears and wearing armor
"Did you find the remnant of the army so quickly?"
Qiao Mu's mind moved, and he quickened his pace. In three or two steps, he climbed up the mound and looked out from a high place.
When he saw this, he felt a chill in his heart.
These white shadows looked like soldiers wearing armor, and there were probably several hundred of them in total.
It would be impossible for such a large army to march in the desert without making any sound, according to common sense.
But this legion was very quiet. No one was chatting. They just marched in silence, and even their footsteps were very quiet.
Qiao Mu's pupils shrank slightly, and when he looked again, he saw that the faces of these armored soldiers were as pale as paper and had no expression.
If it wasn't sunset, it would have looked more like a parade of ghosts at night.
Qiao Mu frowned and became curious.
He was also a fearless man, so he immediately followed quietly.
The light skill he practiced was the Shadow Step, which allowed him to tread stealthily. Although there were not many shelters in this desert, he had already perfected the light skill and could walk on snow without leaving any trace.
Every time he leaped up his body, he flew across the desert like an eagle, leaving only faint footprints that were almost invisible without careful observation.
Just when Qiao Mu was thinking that he could follow this silent army, something strange happened.
This army with pale faces, starting with the soldiers at the front of the team, disappeared into the air little by little from front to back.
A legion of hundreds of people just disappeared in front of Qiumu.
Qiao Mu stopped where he was, looked down at the ground, and suddenly frowned.
His lightness skill had been perfected, reaching the level of walking on snow without leaving any trace, so he left almost no footprints.
But what was strange was that the army of hundreds of people in front did not leave any footprints at all.
It's impossible that these hundreds of people have the same level of lightness skills as Qiao Mu, right
"I have been practicing Qinggong diligently for decades. I have worked so hard to reach the perfect level. How is it possible that I could be overtaken by hundreds of soldiers all of a sudden?" Qiao Mu was immediately dissatisfied.
"So they are probably not human. Are they the Yin soldiers passing through the border mentioned in the rumors?"
When Qiao Mu thought of this, he burst into laughter.
Although he was still unclear about what the so-called Yin soldiers were, their disappearance reminded him of the immortal sect's illusion formation mentioned by Daozhen.
"It seems that it is time to try the so-called boundary-breaking talisman." Qiao Mu thought to himself.
Talismans were originally a means used by immortal cultivators, and the boundary-breaking talisman that Daozhen gave him seemed to be specially made. It did not require the magic power of immortal cultivators, but could be activated by the essence and blood of ordinary warriors alone.
Qiao Mu bit his tongue and spat a mouthful of blood onto the talisman paper. Suddenly, the talisman paper emitted a faint golden light and slowly combusted.
At the same time, Qiao Mu's vision seemed to be slightly distorted. About a hundred meters away, the army of ghost soldiers appeared in his sight again.
But Qiumu didn't chase after him immediately.
Instead, he leaned forward slightly, lowered his head, grabbed a piece of yellow sand, secretly circulated the surging internal energy in his body, and then turned around like lightning, looking at a direction behind him and sprinkled it.
Every grain of yellow sand contains surging power, like a bullet breaking through the air.
But I heard a cry of pain from far behind me, and a middle-aged man came out from behind a mound, with a wry smile on his face, and kept saying:
"Father, spare my life!"
This middle-aged man's appearance was not ordinary, he had a pair of large, bright eyes. The most special thing was that there was even a horizontal crack between his eyebrows, which turned out to be an eye growing horizontally.
The moment Qiao Mu took out the boundary-breaking talisman from his arms, he sensed a slightly disordered aura in the dark behind him, and then he realized that there was a tracker hiding behind him.
Although this person was very good at stealth, his strength did not seem to be impressive, and he was forced out by Qiao Mu with a handful of yellow sand.
"Who are you? Was it the old general from Anxi Pass who sent you to follow me? Or are you the Mr. Hai from before?" Qiao Mu's eyes were sharp, and he kicked the three-eyed middle-aged man to the ground.
The more he looked at this person, the more familiar he felt. Thinking carefully, it seemed that he had seen this person sitting at the same table with Mr. Hai when he was resting in an inn outside Anxi Pass before.
"I can talk to you, old man, but please pay more attention to the boundary-breaking talisman in your hand." The three-eyed middle-aged man said with a wry smile:
"This boundary-breaking talisman should have come from the Nine Great Immortal Sects, right?"
"Once this thing burns out, I'm afraid there will be no chance to find the lonely city in the desert."
"If you have any questions, I will tell you everything I know."
"But before that, please don't waste your time on the Boundary Breaking Talisman."
The middle-aged man stared at the boundary-breaking talisman with his three eyes, seeming to be in great pain.
"Then let's talk while we walk." Qiao Mu captured the middle-aged man with one hand, and held the slowly burning boundary-breaking talisman in the other hand, and walked far behind the army of ghost soldiers.
"Tell me first, who are you? Why are you here? And what the hell are those eyes on your forehead?" Qiao Mu asked.
"Don't worry, old man." The middle-aged man said:
"Have you heard that in Tingchao Tower, there are two people, Thousand-Li Eyes and Wind-Ears, both of whom are gifted and leading storytellers."
"This so-called 'Clairvoyance' is even more extraordinary. It is obtained from the divine eye between the eyebrows of the monster three-eyed monkey..."
"If this third eye matures, it is said that it can see thousands of miles away and see the truth..."
"And I am the 'Clairvoyant' in the Tingchao Tower."
After being captured by Qiao Mu, the middle-aged man was quite calm. He immediately explained his background in Tingchao Tower and the origin of the divine eye between his eyebrows.
These words are actually describing one's identity and making one's value clear in order to avoid being killed.
And these words really worked, Qiao Mu loosened his grip on him a little.
Tingchao Tower is famous and well-known for its numerous informants and intelligence all over the world. A living storyteller is naturally much more valuable than a dead one.
"And my purpose in entering this vast desert should be the same as yours, which is to find the ruins of Anxi City."
When the middle-aged man said this, all three eyes showed sadness and almost tears.
"In fact, I also have relatives who died in this desert----"
"Stop it, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense." Qiao Mu waved his hands impatiently, thought for a moment, and then understood:
"You want to follow me and find that city?"
"Yes," the middle-aged man nodded rapidly.
He originally just wanted to follow Qiao Mu secretly, but unexpectedly he was surprised to see him take out the Boundary Breaking Talisman, and thus Qiao Mu sensed his presence.
Qiao Mu glanced at the boundary-breaking talisman in his hand and nodded slightly:
"If you want to follow, it's not impossible, but since you want to take this ride, you have to show some appreciation, right?"
The clairvoyant was tactful and smiled immediately.
He was not afraid that Qiao Mu would ask for benefits from him, but he was afraid that this man was a stubborn and unyielding killer.
"How about the Bloodthirst Technique?" Clairvoyance said with a smile:
"Mr. Qiao has also seen Mr. Hai perform the Blood Burst Technique with his own eyes. This method is a self-destructive martial arts forbidden technique that can temporarily enhance vision and reaction speed..."
"And it can also be used in conjunction with the Qiao family's Heavenly Demon Disintegration."
Qiao Mu blinked.
As the storyteller of Tingchao Tower, he was not surprised to have heard of the reputation of the Qiao family.
But what does the Qiao family's Demonic Disintegration mean? Has the Demonic Disintegration really become the Qiao family's signature martial art
However, Qiao Mu believed that the more of this self-destructive martial arts secret technique he learned, the better.
Now, in addition to the disintegration of the demon, he also has the Red Moon Blood Burning Technique that he learned from the painting.
He had also imagined this when he was comprehending the Blood Moon Diagram.
If he takes the Heavenly Demon Disintegration as a foundation, draws on the strengths of all schools, and masters many explosive and self-destructive forbidden techniques, then perhaps one day in the future, he will be able to achieve the Heavenly Demon Disintegration in the literal sense.
In other words, the body will disintegrate directly after use, without even having to destroy the corpse.
"Good, but not good enough." Qiao Mu still felt unsatisfied after listening to the secret manual narrated by Qianliyan.
More, the better!
Anyway, he is not afraid of biting off more than he can chew, the more the better.
The clairvoyant just gave a slight wry smile.
He didn't carry the martial arts secrets with him, but he could still recite short secrets like "Blood Rage Technique". Now that Qiao Mu was greedy, how could he satisfy him
"I really can't recite other martial arts secrets," said Clairvoyant with a wry smile.
"Mr. Qiao, why don't I exchange it for a big secret?"
He glanced at the Boundary Breaking Talisman in Qiao Mu's hand, and thought to himself that by the time he finished telling the secret, the Boundary Breaking Talisman would probably be burned out.
By then, no matter whether the ruins of the lonely city can be found or not, Qiao Mu will probably not waste his time on interrogating him.
"This secret is extraordinary. It is related to the Martial Saint from forty years ago and Madam Bai who guards Anxi Pass." Clairvoyance acted mysterious.
"What? They were a couple forty years ago? If you are talking about this kind of secret of love between men and women, then I am not interested." Qiao Mu said casually.
Qianliyan froze for a moment, his expression became very strange, and he spoke after a while:
"Mr. Qiao, you are overthinking. The secret I am about to tell you is naturally very important."
He said solemnly:
"Now everyone knows that the Martial Saint was a Martial Saint. Before his death, he was already the most powerful martial artist."
"And the foundation of his being the strongest in martial arts is actually the so-called "Martial Spiritual Rhinoceros Art"!"
"Ever since the Martial Saint revealed his identity in Nanzhou, the world has known that it was the Martial Saint who devoured the top ten martial artists in the world, relying on the miraculous skill "Martial Spirit Rhinoceros Secret" created by the Martial Saint."
"But the world only knows one side of the story. Although the Martial Saint Spirit Secret was created by the Martial Saint, it was derived from another extraordinary skill..."
"It's called 'Spiritual Secret Technique', and it's the method practiced by Madam Bai who guards Anxi Pass."
Qiao Mu was slightly startled.
If that's the case, it makes sense.
Madam Bai was also within Qiao Mu's intuitive perception, but she was different from other practitioners of "Wu Sheng Ling Xi Jue".
But in this case, when he caught Mrs. Bai and asked her whether she had practiced the "Martial Spirit Holy Rhinoceros Secret", wasn't he just catching a father asking his son
"Then which famous sect's secret martial arts did this 'Lingxi Jue' come from?" Qiao Mu asked.
Judging from the past behavior of the Martial Saint, he guessed that the "Lingxi Jue" might have been stolen.
"The person who created the Lingxi Jue was Li Changge, a deputy general under the command of the Martial Saint when he was a general." Clairvoyance said: