Before dawn.
Pang Jian led Zhao Ling and others out of the underground cave and dug out another cave next to the ordinary low mountain.
"That's it for now."
Standing in the small rock cave, Pang Jian said, "Don't go out during the day. If you want to continue expanding the cave, try to do it at night so that there will be less noise."
Pointing to the top of his head, he explained, "There is a Fire Cloud Ship of the Lieyang Sect anchored high in the sky."
"Can you really let us survive?"
Zhao Ling was still skeptical.
"Well, when the dirty alien force invades, I will be the first to know."
Pang Jian was calm and composed, and said calmly: "When the time comes, I will come here to find you."
"Don't worry, I have a way to keep you from being infected by the foul alien power. When all parties are no longer interested in the Fate of Heaven and Earth and have evacuated this place, I will take you away."
Having said this, he stepped out of the crowded little cave.
After he left, the dark ghosts blocked the entrance of the cave with rubble.
The plump Bai Wei stared blankly at the cave entrance where Pang Jian left and said, "Do you think he can really let us survive?"
"There is nothing we can do but trust him."
Zhao Ling sat down against the uneven rock wall, took out a few sips of water, and said softly: "The leader gave up on us, and the strong man in the Yinling Temple has nothing to do with the dark ghost. I was desperate and ready to face the arrival of death, and he suddenly came to me..."
Her dim pupils gradually shone with light, and she shouted, "I believe him!"
Wu Yi frowned: "I heard that some big figures in the upper realm can enter the fifth realm without dying. Hong Jian, is it possible... that it is related to the upper realm?"
"This upper realm does not include the third realm."
Meng Qiulan interrupted in a deep voice, her wrinkled face full of worry: "Only the big figures of the second and first realms dare to fall into the fifth realm."
"But even those people will be very cautious when entering the fifth realm. They also need to resist the contamination of the filthy power at all times, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced."
"We have no chance to meet such a big shot, so stop imagining it every day."
…
Tianyun City.
Three slow-moving cloud sails rose into the sky one after another from the south, north and west districts of the city.
There are people wearing Galaxy Alliance clothes, moving around in different urban areas, placing their unique "Star Eyes" on street corners.
"Star Eyes" made of star stones are scattered throughout the streets in the city, allowing Huang Ying to see the situation inside the city.
On one of the cloud sails.
Dong Yao, Shangguan Dong, Ouyang Quan, He Hui, Su Hongfei and others were chatting while looking at Tianyun City below.
In the corner of Yunfan, there are cages that originally held ferocious beasts, but now they hold Yang Yuansen and others with disheveled hair.
"Apart from the common people, what the higher-ups are more concerned about is how cultivators like us will react in a land that has been infected by filthy alien forces."
Shangguan Dong, the lord of Tianyun City, said.
There are some civilians in Tianyun City now, as well as some independent cultivators who do not obey the discipline of the Shangguan family.
—They are destined to be infected by the filthy alien force.
Su Hongfei looked at Dong Yao and asked, "Why do you have to do this?"
Dong Yao explained: "The upper realm wants to find out the type of source of filth through the people below."
"It is said that in the fifth realm, the filthy alien forces in different areas contain different filth. The upper realm wants to find out how many filth sources are hidden in the filthy alien forces that are spreading this time, and wants to know the strength of the filth sources."
"Later, they will definitely arrange for people to come to the Fourth Realm and enter the area infected by the filthy alien force to check."
"Those people below are trapped in the filthy land. The changes in their bodies and minds can provide them with a reference. They may be able to judge the strength of the filthy power and the type of filth source."
"That way, they can arrange people according to local conditions and nothing serious will go wrong."
"… "
Dong Yao explained the intentions of the upper realm.
Yang Yuansen, who had been tortured and abused, listened to the conversation between several people and finally understood why they were still alive.
"If I had known this, I should have worked with Zhao Ling and Meng Qiulan to kill a few more Blood Moon people!"
Yang Yuansen, who even had bloody wounds on his bald head, glared at the people who were talking and said in a cold voice: "I joined the Dark Ghosts because I was annoyed with you big families! You are just a bunch of running dogs! Xinghe League, Blood Moon, Lieyang Sect, these sects in the upper realm, you do whatever they ask you to do!"
"puff!"
He Hui from the He family casually stabbed Yang Yuansen in the cage with a sword.
When the sword was pulled out, a bloody hole appeared on Yang Yuansen's waist and abdomen.
Yang Yuansen gritted his teeth in pain, but did not beg for mercy. He grinned and said, "I hope this filthy power will submerge the entire Fourth Realm. I want to see where you running dogs can run to by then!"
He Hui sneered: "We can go to the third realm."
"Haha! You guys are only arrogant in the Fourth Realm. If you really go to the Third Realm, you'll probably live worse than a dog!" Yang Yuansen, who knew he would be thrown down, laughed at him, "The areas in the Third Realm with pure spiritual energy have long been occupied by local family forces. How can there be room for you?"
"Shut him up."
Dong Yao snorted in annoyance and said, "A mute falling into the Tianyun City infected by the filthy power does not prevent the Xinghe League from using the Star Eye to check his physical and mental condition."
He Hui understood and stabbed twice more, and Yang Yuansen's voice really stopped.
"The fourth world has really been completely infected. Our future..."
Looking at the gloomy sky, Dong Yao was also worried, not knowing where the way out for their seven major families would be.
…
Next to the blood pool.
When Pang Jian lay down again, the thing he saw on the top of the box was no longer the bright moon or the tiny stars.
It's a sun!
There was a big sun hanging in the sky, shining its scorching light down on him, making him feel warm all over.
"Outside, it's daytime now. In the box, it's the sun during the day, and the moon and stars at night!"
Pang Jian had an epiphany.
It turns out that the vision on the top of the box is not eternal, but changes with the alternation of day and night!
"Is this the sun? The legendary sun..."
Pang Jian, lying in the box, looked at the sun, which he had only seen in some scrolls, with surprise on his face.
At this moment, he felt as if he was in the place closest to the sky and could truly feel the warm glow of the sun.
At that time, he borrowed the divine power left by Sun Bin and had the opportunity to see the moon and the starry sky with the help of a little connection with Sun Bin.
Just like what he had seen in the box before.
today.
He finally faced the legendary sun and bathed in its light, which made him excited.
So he did not rush to practice, nor did he enter the concentrated state of "Hutian Yangqi Jue", but just stared at the sun in a daze.
I don’t know how much time passed.
“Snap!”
The lid of the box was opened from the outside by Luo Hongyan.
The spectacle of the sun hanging high in the sky, illuminated by the warm sunlight, disappeared in an instant.
Seeing that he was still in a daze, Luo Hongyan smiled softly and said softly with expectation: "Counting the days, it is time for you to reopen the Ghost Altar and trade with Dong Tianze again."
"Um."
Only then did Pang Jian step out of the box.
He immediately saw that the light emitted by the box became brighter, making the cave brighter.
It seemed that it was because he entered the box during the day and saw the big sun that the light of the big sun flowed into the box.
The box also absorbs the sun's rays, which makes it appear bright and shining, becoming even more extraordinary.
"Let me adjust your appearance."
Luo Hongyan floated over.
She twisted the paintbrush in her ruby-like little hand, dipped it in some dye that she got from somewhere, and came over to paint for Pang Jian.
Pang Jian closed his eyes, still marveling at the strangeness of the box.
"You are pretty, but your features are a bit cold and hard, and you look cold..."
Luo Hongyan, who was hovering in the air, smeared a strange dye on Pang Jian's cheekbones and said with a smile: "I really can't bear to make you ugly."
After a while.
She gently pinched Pang Jian's cheek with her flesh-and-blood hand and said with satisfaction, "Go ahead."
Pang Jian opened his eyes and felt that her last pinch was a completely unnecessary step.
Pang Jian felt strange in his heart, but didn't say much, and immediately entered the cave he had dug.
After sealing the entrance of the cave, he took out the materials for building the ghost altar and fiddled with them, then re-inserted the small banners.
After a moment.
Dong Tianze, who was pretending to be serious, quietly emerged in the center of the ghost altar and spoke in a deliberately hoarse voice: "I didn't expect you were still alive."
He also learned through the Yinling Temple that the Lieyang Sect was leading the effort to burn Yunze with fire in cooperation with various major families.
Before, he was still worried that the spiritual materials he had prepared might have to be sold at a low price.
I didn’t expect the transaction to go ahead as planned.
“This is what I prepared.”
Pang Jian placed the other part of spiritual jade, spiritual stones, and several uniquely shaped objects one by one in the grid grooves in front of him.
The items used for trading this time were no longer his possessions, but those that Luo Hongyan had looted from those evil spirits.
Pang Jian was not clear about the actual value of the items, but he knew that Luo Hongyan had an idea and should be able to satisfy Dong Tianze.
really.
"Um."
Dong Tianze glanced at it for a few times, then nodded gently, and put out the spiritual materials he had recently purchased, saying: "There are several spiritual materials in it, which involve the refinement of the soul. They are... unique to the Yinling Temple."
Dong Tianze wanted to say "we" but changed his words in time.
"You have reached the Marrow Cleansing Realm, which is still a long way from the Innate Realm. Why are you in a hurry to purchase soul-nourishing materials for the Dongxuan and Ningshen realms?" Dong Tianze asked doubtfully.
"Sooner or later, I will enter these two realms, so I'd better purchase in advance to be prepared." Pang Jian replied with his head down.
"It's still early..."
Dong Tianze looked at the new hall master with cold eyes. He had always been in awe of him and did not dare to look up at him. He said coldly: "The filthy power is about to infect the Tianyun Shattered Land. I hope that I can receive news from you from the Ghost Altar in the following days."
He disappeared immediately.
…
(End of this chapter)