Bu Shuihan looked extremely unhappy and asked Gu Pinglin, "Is he the person you want to take with you?"
"Of course," Duan Qingming interrupted, "Xiao Jiu and I are very good friends. It was his first time entering the Underworld Cave, so he was a little nervous, so he asked me to go with him."
Bu Shuihan said: "I didn't ask you!"
"Yes," Duan Qingming said without any concern, "Master said that fellow disciples should be friendly and take care of each other."
Bu Shuihan didn't like him. Like Gu Pinglin, he was not fooled by his gentleness. He held the sword and said, "Of course. Master said that you have entered the fifth level of Na Yuan. I wonder how much you have improved now. Brother, can I practice with you for a while?"
Duan Qingming smiled: "Hey, I am dull and can't compare to my senior brother's young genius. Last time I was just lucky."
"Of course it was luck!" When Bu Shuihan mentioned the last time, his face turned red and he sneered, "I didn't know your background last time. Do you think you can still have such good luck?"
"No," Duan Qingming said, "My cultivation is not enough for you, brother. I just lost a game, why do you have to hold a grudge?"
"What do you mean by lost!" Bu Shuihan was furious, "That was a trick!"
After hearing this, Gu Pinglin had roughly guessed the reason.
Yue Songting was delighted that Lingxin Sect could recruit Duan Qingming, a genius, and his words must have often revealed his joy. Bu Shuihan was young and unyielding, so he was bound to provoke him. Obviously, he did not get the upper hand. The two of them were several realms apart in cultivation, so it was no wonder that Bu Shuihan was unwilling to accept it and felt deeply ashamed. It was incredible in the world of cultivation to defeat the strong with the weak, but Gu Pinglin was not surprised. Duan Qingming alone could play around with the four major sects, and Bu Shuihan's cunning was really incomparable. However, the gap between the two was too big, and Bu Shuihan would at most suffer a loss, but he would never lose. Duan Qingming's words were obviously intentional.
Gu Pinglin was naturally happy to see Duan Qingming get a lesson, but he could anger Bu Shuihan with just a few words. If they fought again, Bu Shuihan would probably fall into the trap as well. So Gu Pinglin calmly pulled Bu Shuihan and stepped forward to block Duan Qingming: "Brother Bu, it's getting late, let's go in first."
When he spoke, Bu Shuihan's expression eased a little and he handed him a map: "Although there is nothing powerful in there, your cultivation is still shallow, so you must be cautious. If anything happens, find the teleportation array and get out."
"Thank you for your advice, senior brother." Duan Qingming walked out from behind Gu Pinglin and thanked him.
Bu Shuihan flicked his sleeves and walked away.
The dark cave was filled with gloomy air and had countless forked paths. The predecessors of the Lingxin Sect had opened up space inside one after another, and over the past hundreds of years, it had become much larger. The disciples of the Lingxin Sect often went in to practice and kill monsters, but inevitably some of them slipped through the net. They became stronger through cultivation, but they did not dare to break through the magic circle outside the mountain, so they opened up some small spaces underground. Therefore, ordinary disciples would not go to places that were not on the map. Before Gu Pinglin reached the Qi Refining Realm, he had spent all his time there.
This place is close to the underground spiritual eye, and the spiritual energy is extremely abundant, several times the amount outside. The two felt it as soon as they came in.
"Gu Xiaojiu, you confuse me."
"oh?"
Duan Qingming looked ahead and said, "Compared to Bu Shuihan, you and I knew each other earlier, so our friendship should be deeper."
Gu Pinglin asked: "What do you mean?"
Duan Qingming asked, "Are you afraid that he will suffer a loss?"
"You are overconfident," Gu Pinglin said, "He has entered the Qi Refining Realm. He may be fooled once or twice, but the gap is too big after all. He can only draw with you at most, but you may lose. Don't I care about you?"
"Is that so?" Duan Qingming asked.
Gu Pinglin frowned slightly and looked at him sideways: "Duan Qingming, there is no need to involve other people in our fight."
Gu Pinglin felt mixed emotions when he said this. He had harmed that innocent woman in his previous life and he felt somewhat guilty about it. Of course, he would not be so foolish again in this life. Nothing could surpass the Lingxin Sect and the Tao.
Duan Qingming said "Oh" casually, and it was unclear whether he heard it or not. He stepped back: "Then, please."
Gu Pinglin was not humble and walked in front.
Many tree roots hang down from the cave ceiling, and there are few plants on the ground, mostly shade-loving flowers and plants that prey on living things, and some creeping ghost vines. The two walked for a few hours, and vengeful spirits and zombies began to appear in front of them, and they also encountered a few scavenging wolves. Gu Pinglin killed them effortlessly, but he didn't get anything rare. Duan Qingming was watching from the side and didn't make a move at all.
The deeper they went, the thicker the yin energy became, and the stronger the evil creatures they encountered. Gu Pinglin could only use his strength at the second level of Qi Gathering to deal with them, but it was obvious that killing these low-level creatures was of no help in improving his cultivation.
Two hours later, Gu Pinglin stopped at a fork in the road and turned around: "Why don't we say goodbye here?"
Duan Qingming asked: "Why do you want to say goodbye?"
Gu Pinglin said: "Your cultivation is far superior to mine, there is no benefit in traveling with me."
"You invited me in, didn't you just want to know my true cultivation level?" Duan Qingming said with a smile, "In that case, shouldn't you keep a close eye on me?"
Gu Pinglin also laughed and stared at him: "Mutual, don't you also want to test my progress?"
Duan Qingming curved his lips and said, "Alas, I never thought that I am such a person in your heart."
"you are not?"
"Okay, I can't hide it from you," Duan Qingming agreed, looking at the two forks in the road ahead, "Which one do you want to choose?"
Gu Pinglin was very direct: "I'll take the road on the right. We'll see you here in three months."
"It seems I have no choice but to go this way," Duan Qingming walked towards the road on the left. When passing by him, he patted him on the shoulder, "Goodbye, Gu Xiaojiu."
Seeing him disappear, Gu Pinglin walked towards the right road, killing evil spirits along the way. About two hours later, Gu Pinglin killed a fire-eating evil snake and took out the low-level snake gall. He estimated that the time was almost up, so he turned around and walked back.
Passing the fork in the road, Gu Pinglin couldn't help but laugh.
Neither path is possible. There are indeed some dangerous things in this dark cave. However, they have not been discovered yet, so they are not recorded on the map. No matter which path Duan Qingming chooses, he will be in trouble.
Gu Pinglin walked back for another half an hour and chose another fork in the road he came from.
With a firm determination, three months will pass in the blink of an eye.
The underground cave was dead silent. Suddenly, a whirlwind arose from behind a huge rock. The air flow vibrated and startled several vampire bats, which flew away with a "pu pu" sound.
Within the stable barrier, Gu Pinglin suddenly opened his eyes, with a gleam of light in his eyes.
The Nether Cave was filled with abundant spiritual energy. Not only did he make rapid progress in practicing the Lingxin School's skills, but he also practiced the Creation Technique very smoothly. In just three months, he had broken through to the fourth level of Na Yuan. In his previous life, it took him more than a year to reach this level.
The palm wind was mixed with the true energy and shot out, and the vampire bats fell one after another.
Gu Pinglin was satisfied with the result.
The next fifth level of Na Yuan is a hurdle, which is greatly related to aptitude. Ordinary people may not be able to break through it even after decades. But now that I have the help of the god-level technique Creation Jue, I estimate that I can break through it in three or four months. However, the entry competition is about to begin, and I don’t have time to stay here to practice.
Besides, it’s almost time, we have to watch a good show first.
Feeling inexplicably good, Gu Pinglin flew towards Duan Qingming's path.
Duan Qingming's cultivation level is at least above the sixth level of Na Yuan, perhaps the seventh or even the eighth level. He will definitely not waste these three months, and he may have already entered the small Zhou Tian. Low-level evil spirits cannot satisfy him, he must go further, and he should have reached that place now.
Gu Pinglin also calculated the time when he came. He was very familiar with the Nether Cave and skillfully avoided those ferocious creatures that were beyond his ability to deal with. He flew all the way without stopping.
About two days later, the roar of a ferocious beast was indeed heard from the front.
Fortunately, I didn’t miss it.
Gu Pinglin carefully followed the route he had chosen long ago and climbed up a huge rock entangled with black vines. This was undoubtedly the best place to watch the battle, and everything that happened below was immediately visible to him.
There are spiritual eyes in the underground of Lingxin Sect, which attracts more advanced evil creatures than other third-rate sects. Few disciples take this fork in the road, and some fierce beasts hide in it to cultivate and become powerful. The most troublesome one is a high-level corpse-eating beast. Gu Pinglin accidentally disturbed it at the beginning. At that time, he had reached the Xiao Zhoutian realm and almost lost his life.
As expected, the man and the beast were fighting fiercely.
The beast had a wolf's head and an ox's tail, was two people tall, had sharp claws and fangs, and moved swiftly. Its body was covered with hard black scales, and it occasionally spewed out dark-green corpse gas from its mouth. Anyone who inhaled it would inevitably fall limp.
The person in plain clothes opposite was eye-catching, and the true energy stimulated a flash of purple light. Duan Qingming was fighting with him with the Gu Ying sword in his hand. A few strands of long hair had fallen down, fluttering in front of his forehead with his movements, and he looked a little embarrassed.
It looked like the battle had lasted for a long time.
Gu Pinglin curved his lower lip.
In times of crisis, people will inevitably reveal their truest cultivation. The speed of gathering and the power of fluctuation of this true energy are indeed the seventh level of Na Yuan. This person likes to challenge his limits the most and will never admit defeat and run away easily, but it is still unlikely for him to kill this beast with the seventh level of Na Yuan. Even if he can win this battle by design, it will take a lot of effort.
He was standing in such a conspicuous position that Duan Qingming noticed immediately: "You are here indeed."
Gu Pinglin did not hide the satisfaction in his tone: "It's a rare opportunity to see you take action, why wouldn't I come?"
Duan Qingming said solemnly: "You already knew it."
Gu Pinglin curled his lips: "You think too much, it must be that you have bad luck."
As he was speaking, the corpse-eating beast swung its claw, and Duan Qingming barely dodged it. He immediately swung his sword back, but just as Gu Pinglin expected, Gu Ying's sword only left a shallow mark on the beast's back.
The corpse-eating beast was provoked to become even more ferocious. It roared and pounced on him again.
Duan Qingming was having a hard time dealing with it. He gasped for breath but remained calm: "We are brothers. I am in danger now, and you still want to stand there and watch me make a fool of myself?"
"I believe in your ability." Gu Pinglin became more and more pleased as he watched. He put his hands behind his back, showing no intention of intervening to help.
Within two sentences, the beast's claws brushed past Duan Qingming's right shoulder again.
"You really don't want to save him?"
"certainly."
"That's ruthless enough."
"Thanks for the compliment."
As he was talking, Duan Qingming was forced to retreat again and again by the corpse-eating beast, and the battle circle began to shift towards Gu Pinglin. Gu Pinglin still stood firmly on the boulder, observing his moves while guessing his strength, and was not worried. The difficulty of the corpse-eating beast lies in that it will not give up easily once it has set its eyes on an enemy. Even if Gu Pinglin goes over now, it will still chase Duan Qingming to kill him.
As expected, the corpse-eating beast's attacks became more and more fierce, and Duan Qingming could only narrowly avoid them each time, and the situation became more and more thrilling.
Gu Pinglin looked down for a long time, but gradually his gloating expression disappeared and he frowned.
It was abnormal that every time he avoided it, it was so thrilling and real. After fighting for so long, even he was somewhat familiar with the attacks of the corpse-eating beast, but Duan Qingming had not made any progress
wrong!
Gu Pinglin suddenly came to his senses and saw that the corpse-eating beast had stopped attacking and was looking over here.
"I've been playing with it for two days," Duan Qingming's voice sounded, with an extremely familiar smile, "It's your turn, Gu Xiaojiu."
Knowing that he was negligent, Gu Pinglin hurried to check, and saw that his clothes and hair were stained with light yellow powder, emitting a slight smell of decay, which was exactly the smell that the corpse-eating beast was most interested in.
Corpse pollen.
"Duan Qingming!" Gu Pinglin was furious.
After two days of fierce fighting, both sides had consumed a lot of physical strength. Duan Qingming took medicinal pills to sustain himself, but it was not so easy for the corpse-eating beast to eat. It was extremely hungry at the moment, and suddenly it smelled the smell that interested it the most. It immediately barked excitedly, turned around and pounced towards Gu Pinglin.