Disguised as a mortal, Gu Pinglin temporarily sealed himself, but Duan Qingming didn't need it. He had already noticed the moment Xin Ji left the house. In order to lure Xin Ji into the trap, the two continued to play the following scene. As for whether this plan could deceive Xin Ji, neither of them was sure. If so, they had to find another way.
However, the plan went smoothly. Just as Gu Pinglin pretended to be angry, a shout rang out.
"Where did this youngster come from!"
Hearing this voice, Gu Pinglin lowered his eyes slightly and the corners of his lips quickly raised.
"Oh," Duan Qingming was surprised at first, then he put away his sword with a smile and bowed to the visitor, "I didn't expect that there are fellow Taoists here. I'm so sorry!"
Xin Ji stood on the wall, stroking his black beard with his hand: "It's abominable to disturb my sweet dreams in the middle of the night."
Gu Pinglin asked: "Where are you from?"
"I'm sorry to disturb you, Senior," Duan Qingming said, "You've come at the right time. This donor is haunted by a vengeful spirit, but he refuses to believe what I say."
"How do I know you are not lying to me?" Gu Pinglin said calmly.
Xin Ji put away his displeasure upon hearing this, and glided down the wall, bowing to Gu Pinglin: "I am a disciple of Feijian Palace, my surname is Wang."
Gu Pinglin replied: "I have heard of Feijian Palace, but I don't know if yours is true or not."
Xin Ji was not angry when his identity was suspected. Instead, he said with a smile, "This is a simple matter. I have a magic weapon. If there is really a vengeful spirit in you, this magic weapon will make it appear."
"Oh?" Gu Pinglin showed some interest, "Let me take a look first."
Duan Qingming was also curious. Seeing that Gu Pinglin didn't give any hints, he knew that he was going to act according to circumstances, so he smiled and said, "Senior, if you have any magic weapon, why not take it out and let me open my eyes."
I've been fooled! Xin Ji laughed inwardly and took out a scroll from his sleeve: "This is the painting."
"Painting?" Both of them were attracted and stared at the scroll.
Seeing that the time had come, Xin Ji raised his voice: "Don't underestimate this painting, pay attention!"
After he finished speaking, the scroll suddenly unfolded downwards, revealing a painting.
The canvas was made of silk, a little yellowed, and there was a faint aura flowing through it, indicating that the material was special. The painting on it was also very strange, not a landscape, not a person, not a grass insect, but a huge, black eye, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman.
The lantern light was very dim, but the eyes were extremely clear, even the eyelashes could be seen clearly, very lifelike. The eyeballs reflected the light, and there seemed to be a gaze moving inside, exuding an eerie aura that was simply chilling.
Although he was prepared, Duan Qingming couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this scene: "Huh?"
Gu Ying's sword made a sharp sound!
Duan Qingming also knew that something was wrong and was about to step back, but it was too late. The dark eyeballs were like a bottomless whirlpool, with a mysterious attraction that locked people's gazes tightly. Suddenly, a destructive force burst out from the whirlpool, destroying the consciousness of the two men!
Gu Ying's sword fell to the ground. Duan Qingming raised his hand to support his forehead. His body shook twice, then he calmed down. His eyes were empty and lifeless.
Gu Pinglin next to him was already stunned.
Xin Ji didn't pay any attention to Gu Pinglin. Seeing Duan Qingming fall for his trick, he laughed triumphantly, rolled up his pupil painting slowly, walked closer, leaned over to pick up the Gu Ying sword on the ground, wiped it twice excitedly, and praised, "What a good sword!"
Gu Pinglin looked away when the painting unfolded. He was not affected at all. He took in the whole scene and sighed inwardly.
The famous pupil demon is just a small character at this time, so he is so greedy for money.
"It actually developed spiritual energy." The Guying Sword was in very good condition. Xin Ji was not a sword cultivator, but he was more and more pleased with it. Seeing that it refused to surrender, he smiled and said, "Wait for me to refine you slowly."
He casually put the Gu Ying Sword into the Mountain and River Bag on his waist, turned around to look at Duan Qingming, couldn't help but stroke his beard in amazement, smacked his lips and shook his head: "What a pity! Such an excellent talent, if I meet you again a hundred years later, maybe I can accept you as a disciple, but to refine this useless pupil painting, you must have a thousand pairs of monks' eyes. Now my master is short of materials, so I have to use you as a sacrifice first. Don't blame me, my good disciple, when the pupil painting is perfected, the master will remember your kindness."
As he said that, he reached out to take Duan Qingming's eyes.
The situation was critical, but Duan Qingming remained calm and didn't notice the crisis at all.
Gu Pinglin did not stop it.
This old man Xin is not a sword cultivator, and he has no idea how valuable the "Nine Chapters of Refining the Spirit" is. In fact, it is a sword cultivation technique. Bai Lian Mo Zu died early, and no one has seen the secret. As for the pupil refining technique, it is just a side door spell written by Bai Lian Mo Zu. This old man Xin treats the side door as the main door, which is simply a cow chewing a peony. It is difficult for him to have good aptitude and cultivate to the Dan realm in his previous life. Later, his disciple Fu Xiansheng discovered the truth of "Nine Chapters of Refining the Spirit", cultivated successfully, killed his master and replaced him. The world has only just learned the reason, and Fu Xiansheng has killed countless lives with this magic skill.
The most powerful pupil attack of the pupil refining technique is the pupil attack. It looks like a soul-collecting technique, but in fact it uses evil methods to release deformed sword intent, which severely damages the opponent's mind and causes mental disorder. The pupil painting that gathers the pupil power of countless cultivators releases extremely powerful sword intent, and ordinary sword cultivators have no power to resist. But Duan Qingming is the exception. In terms of cultivation, Duan Qingming is at most the third or fourth level of Qi transformation, but in terms of sword intent, no master of the inner alchemy realm can compare to him. To deal with this half-baked Xin Ji, no one is more suitable than him. Gu Pinglin deliberately did not remind him, but he knew that there was no chance that he would be hit.
However, something unexpected happened.
His hand stopped in the air. Xin Ji hesitated for a long time, then sighed and put his hand away, saying, "Forget it. I'll look for it again. If I'm lucky, I'll spare your life for now."
Gu Pinglin was surprised.
Knowing how to cherish talents, the future Eye Demon is indeed not without any extraordinary qualities. However, if he really accepts Duan Qingming as his disciple, his fate will probably be a hundred times worse than in his previous life. In his previous life, it was because of his failure to judge people that he lost his life.
"Fortunately, the pupil power is not enough, otherwise you would have been stupid," Xin Ji looked at Duan Qingming and said to himself, "I don't know how serious the damage to your consciousness is. If you are really stupid, it would be useless for me to come..."
Business was more important, so he set up a barrier to hide the two of them and planned to go outside to look for other candidates. Unexpectedly, when he turned around, a laugh suddenly rang in his ears: "Good Master, thank you very much."
Oh no! Xin Ji immediately touched his waist, but the mountain and river bag was gone.
Duan Qingming stood on the wall and opened the Mountain and River Bag. Gu Pinglin flashed to his side and summoned the Gu Ying Sword with a gesture.
Xin Ji then realized that he had been tricked, and his face turned grim: "You are courting death!"
Why do you think he was so nervous? Monks usually like to store things in storage bags. Other things are fine, but the Nine Chapters of Spirit Refining is in it!
Xin Ji has reached the eighth level of external alchemy and is not far from the internal alchemy level. He uses his magic skill "Strange Elephant Palm" and a giant hand emerges from the void and pinches the two of them!
A purple rainbow passed by, and Gu Yingjian successfully activated the sword formation. The sword energy covered the yard, and the giant hand was blocked and shattered in an instant!
Xin Ji was stunned for a moment, then sneered, "So you guys had this planned in advance."
Gu Pinglin said: "If you have no ill intentions, your plan will be in vain."
Duan Qingming looked at the Mountain and River Bag for a while, then took out a booklet from it, his eyes fluctuating: "Nine Chapters of Spirit Refining?"
Gu Pinglin asked: "Is it a surprise?"
Duan Qingming flipped through it briefly and sighed, "It's worth it to be able to witness this long-lost magic skill."
"I can't let you stay!" Xin Ji's secret was discovered, his eyes were sinister, and he was determined to kill the two men. "You want to use the sword formation against me? It's too early!"
Several small flags flew out, and a flash of purple light appeared on the periphery.
The night was dark and nothing seemed to have changed, but the sword energy that shrouded the sky had disappeared.
"The Meridian Breaking Formation." Duan Qingming said.
Generally speaking, sword formations are set up according to the terrain, and the power they draw from is the power of the earth veins. Now that the power of the earth veins has been cut off, the sword formation has of course lost its use.
"How could this old man be defenseless!" Xin Ji laughed wildly, "Hand over your things obediently and I will spare your souls, otherwise..."
The giant hand reappeared in the air and slapped the two men’s heads!
Gu Pinglin rushed out quickly.
"Can you escape? Prepare to die!" Xin Ji waved his hand and a barrier came down, blocking his way.
But Gu Pinglin did not continue to run away. He rushed halfway and suddenly turned around. The Gu Ying sword was filled with purple air, forming a giant sword shadow and stabbed towards the giant hand!
The Lingxin School's unique skill "Looking Back to See the Truth" is both offensive and defensive. It is Gu Pinglin's favorite and most proficient move. Now with the help of the true qi of creation, it has a more glorious aura than in his previous life.
"Good boy, I underestimated you," Xin Ji gritted his teeth, "Today I will let you see how powerful I am!"
With the activation of magic power, the giant palm doubled in size!
While Gu Pinglin drew his sword, Duan Qingming remained standing still. He paid no attention to the fatal crisis hanging over his head, and was fascinated by the brilliant sword light.
Perhaps it was because the sword light was too strong, that pair of deep eyes were reflected with dazzling brightness, and the pupils shrank sharply, as if excited, as if realizing something.
Gu Pinglin was also surprised that he didn't cooperate, and shouted at him to "Do it!"
The gap in cultivation was too great, and the sword light was ultimately no match for the giant hand. Gu Pinglin flew backwards two feet, and a mouthful of fishy, sweet blood rushed to his throat.
The giant hand also consumed energy, and the downward pressure slowed down slightly, with a moment of pause.
In this gap, Duan Qingming suddenly moved.
He did not rush forward, but flew diagonally upwards. When he was about to hit the barrier in mid-air, he turned around suddenly, with Mingfeng across his chest.
With the sword in his hand, he seemed like a different person, his hair brushing on half of his handsome face. The smile was gone, the leisure was gone, only the sharp edge remained.
Turn sideways, point fingers together, and Mingfeng attacks!
The white light brought out an indescribably beautiful sword shadow, not as brilliant as "Looking Back to See the Way", it seemed a little ethereal, but its momentum was no less impressive, three parts soft and seven parts hard.
The fourth move of Guying swordsmanship is Liufeng Guying.
Unexpectedly, he could figure out this move in the middle of a battle. Gu Pinglin covered his chest in shock for a moment, then reacted quickly and seized the opportunity to use the Creation Art. He was very familiar with this move, and he injected his true energy into the Mingfeng Sword halfway through, just right. The sword shadow became more ethereal and the speed increased a bit.
As expected, the giant hand shattered, and the remaining force affected the barrier, causing it to dissipate.
The price was not small. Both of them staggered back, and Gu Pinglin finally lowered his head and spat out blood.
Xin Ji had not expected this result at all. He was stunned for a moment, but instead of being angry, he was delighted: "You have both formed external elixirs? Great! Very good! I will use your two eyes to refine pupil painting, and my pupil power will surely increase greatly."
"You have a backup plan, so why don't I?" Gu Pinglin snorted coldly and threw out the Gu Ying Sword.
Xin Ji was slightly startled and looked around warily.
There was no movement around.
If it was just a bluff, the two men had no intention of taking the opportunity to escape. Could there really be some more powerful killing array behind them? Xin Ji looked at the two men with suspicion and did not dare to act rashly.
The White Tiger Formation failed to work as expected. Gu Pinglin was silent for a moment and asked, "What did you do again?"
Duan Qingming easily sheathed Mingfeng: "Sorry, I saw you setting up the formation earlier, and I accidentally broke one."
Gu Pinglin gritted his teeth: "Duan-Qing-Ming!"
"How can I let you control everything?" Duan Qingming said slowly, "If you want to use me, you must be prepared to take risks."
"If you want to die, don't drag me into this!"
"Hey, brothers live and die together, this is the loyalty and righteousness of the Lingxin Sect."
Xin Ji finally reacted. Seeing the two of them fighting, he couldn't help but laugh: "Well said, he is just using you to steal my secret book. As long as you kill him, I will accept you as my apprentice."
Duan Qingming said with a smile: "You are too dangerous to use your apprentice as a sacrifice at every turn. You should consider this proposal only when it is absolutely necessary."
Xin Ji also didn't want to alarm anyone, so he decided to make a quick decision and use his pupil painting.
As soon as the pupil painting appeared, the situation changed suddenly.
This is the power of "Nine Chapters of Spirit Refining". This painting has not yet been completed, but it has already gathered the pupil power of hundreds of cultivators. Even though the two of them have the experience to not look at the evil eye in the painting, the attack from the spiritual consciousness still increases people's pressure. Duan Qingming is still okay, but Gu Pinglin's movements are much slower.
After barely going through dozens of moves, Xin Ji urged his "Magic Elephant Palm" again, and the two of them took it together, their faces both pale.
Seeing the opportunity, Duan Qingming used his sword to break the barrier and pushed Gu Pinglin out of the battle circle: "The move just now, look back and see the Tao!"
Gu Pinglin got out of control, had no intention of cooperating, and turned around and ran away.
Xin Ji laughed loudly and approached Duan Qingming.
"Don't let him get away," Duan Qingming immediately gave up resistance, "The thing is with him."
"Good disciple!" Xin Ji snorted coldly. After all, he was concerned about the "Nine Chapters of Spirit Refining". He sealed his true qi and turned to chase Gu Pinglin.
The partition wall was destroyed, and Gu Pinglin was stopped by the barrier when he fled to the east courtyard.
The art of refining spirits is harmful to the heavens and is taboo in the world of cultivation. If even the slightest clue is revealed, it will definitely attract a siege. Moreover, how could the Demon Realm not covet such a magical skill? Therefore, Xin Ji had already prepared for it and set up a barrier in his residence. If Gu Pinglin fled here, he would be considered to have walked into a trap. Xin Ji chased him from behind. Gu Pinglin was already injured, and he fell to the ground after being hit by his palm.
"Hand it over!" Xin Ji shouted.
Gu Pinglin wisely handed over the Mountain and River Bag.
"Be careful, it's poisonous!" Duan Qingming's voice came.
Xin Ji sensed it carefully and became furious: "How dare you plot against me, you little brat!"
Duan Qingming walked up to him and said to Gu Pinglin with a smile, "Junior Brother Gu's poison skills have improved a lot."
Gu Pinglin looked at the two of them calmly.
Xin Ji used magic to seal the poison gas on the mountain and river capsule, then picked it up and hung it around his waist. He looked at Gu Pinglin with a gloomy face, and murderous intent suddenly emerged: "Today I will use you to refine my pupils first."
"Master, calm down," Duan Qingming patted his arm and reminded him, "It's almost dawn, and I'm afraid someone will come. It's better for us to leave this place as soon as possible."
Xin Ji thought about it and was about to seal Gu Pinglin's true energy, but suddenly he realized something was wrong and changed color: "You..."
"I'm not the only one who's poisonous," Gu Pinglin said.