Chapter 196 Gone with the Wind·Chapter 9 Gudaoyuan

Lingyuan star was Mercury 100,000 years ago, and 99% of the surface of the planet was covered by oceans. With the change of climate and the passage of time, the oceans on the planet gradually disappeared, and the environment became drier, and slowly formed In the current desert climate, deserts and Gobi account for 80% of the entire planet's area, and more than ten percent of the area are mountains or grand canyons. It is difficult for ordinary mortals to survive here. The biggest feature of the Lingyuanxing Desert is the self-suppressed springs, and a small oasis will be formed around each self-supplied spring. The natives here are called sand people, and they usually live in the oasis.There are also mortals who migrated from other planets on the oasis. Because of the harsh environment, the number of people who can survive and reproduce is not too many, only a few hundred thousand people, distributed in various oases.Lingyuan star is also within the scope of Fengyuanxing's cultivation world, and its position is at the very edge of Fengyuanxing's cultivation world.

The cultivation sect that Bakalang belongs to is the only cultivation sect in Lingyuan Star, and it is the branch sect of Hanmo Jinshanbao, which ranks seventh among the seven martial arts sects of Fengyuan Star - Liushabao. Bakalang is an elder-level master.In Fengyuanxing's Hanmo Jinshan Castle, he is also an elder-level master, but he likes to travel around, so he seldom returns to Fengyuanxing and Lingyuanxing. Bakalang brought Li Qiang, Tianhong, Geng Feng and Meier to Lingyuan Star.After coming out of the teleportation array, Bakarang sent out a signal. His prestige in Quicksand Castle was extremely high, and soon five cultivators arrived, including the head of Quicksand Castle, Qi Hongya. Shouted in surprise, Bakarang was taken aback by him.

Qi Hongya is a master in the late stage of out-of-body. He has met Li Qiang before, but Li Qiang doesn't remember.After Qi Hongya screamed in surprise, he hesitated for a moment, and asked carefully: "Senior, is Li Qiang from the Chongxuan sect?" He is not sure about the superb refining techniques. Bakalang traveled abroad during the distraction period, and he hasn't been back to Lingyuan and Fengyuan for a long time, so he doesn't know many things.Li Qiang smiled and said, "I am Li Qiang from the Chongxuan sect." Qi Hongya yelled: "It's terrible, the devil king is back..." Bakalang was so angry that he cursed: "Qi Hongya! You are the head of Quicksand Castle, why are you making such a fuss, what do you look like!" Li Qiang couldn't help laughing: "The Demon King? Haha, am I so famous?"

Li Qiang still doesn't know that in Feng Yuanxing's cultivation world, he is no less famous than Fu Shan now, and that he has returned after a hundred years of disappearance, which is a major event in Feng Yuanxing's cultivation world anyway.Almost all sects have received a joint notice from Chongxuan Sect and Ancient Sword Academy: Once there is news about Li Qiang, please inform these two sects immediately. What surprised all the sects most at that time was that Shengcheng also issued the same notice: as soon as you see Li Qiang, notify Shengcheng immediately.It was not until the year before last that the holy city canceled this notice like a wanted warrant. As for the reason, these sects didn't dare to ask.Shengcheng is the leader of the cultivation world in the Fengyuanxing area. Not only are there many masters, but also mysterious. No sect dares to underestimate it. Therefore, Li Qiang's previous descriptions are very clear to people from all sects.

When the Wrath of the Gods was born, Qi Hongya went to the Heavenly Court Star with his master, and witnessed the thrilling battle with his own eyes. At that time, he was still a master in the late Yuanying period, so he recognized Li Qiang when he saw him.Li Qiang's title of Demon King of Confusion spread throughout the entire Fengyuanxing cultivation world from the mouth of the old man Baihuang. Qi Hongya stepped forward respectfully and saluted: "Qi Hongya, a disciple of Hanmo Jinshan Castle, has met senior." Li Qiang sighed, couldn't help feeling deeply moved, and finally returned to Feng Yuanxing's realm of cultivation.He smiled and said: "You are welcome, master, you should call me senior brother, and make seniors sound awkward." Li Qiang introduced Tianhong and others again, and then followed Qi Hongya to Liushabao's residence.

Liusand Castle is located on the largest oasis in Lingyuan Star—Linhu Oasis. Linhu Lake is the largest lake in Lingyuan Star. The water source is completely provided by underground springs. The spring here is a spiritual spring. The treasure land, the quicksand castle was built by the Lin Lake. There are more than 300 disciples in Liushabao, and 90% of them are below the Nascent Soul stage, and there are only a dozen or so masters above the Nascent Soul stage. The lesser-known sects usually only ask for assistance from Quicksand Castle when the junior disciples of the major sects go to Lingyuan Star for training, and there are usually no practitioners visiting.

The arrival of Li Qiang and others caused a stir in the entire sect, especially the return of Bakalang, which made these disciples even more excited. He is very famous in Hanmo Jinshan Castle, and he is also a legend in the sect. The quicksand castle is a huge circular building built entirely of boulders. All the rooms are built in the inner circle of the circular building. There is a huge patio in the middle, which is as big as a football field. This is where all the disciples live. The place.The entire Linhu Oasis was protected by spells, not only to prevent the harassment of the indigenous sand people, but more importantly, to prevent the invasion of sandstorms and sandstorms.The magic protection is divided into inner and outer layers. The outer layer covers the entire oasis, and the inner layer is only to protect the water source and the residence of the quicksand castle. There are many mortals living in the oasis.

Qi Hongya's residence is not in the giant round castle of Liusha Castle. He has an elegant small yard beside Linhu Lake. There are no rooms in the yard. There is only a bluestone platform, polished to a smooth surface, and a few big trees grow beside the platform. The shade of the trees completely covered the platform, not even a ray of sunlight could penetrate.Since there is no rain all year round here, and the climate is hot and dry, the function of the roof is basically to shade the sun. With these big trees, even the roof is unnecessary. Li Qiang sat cross-legged on the platform and said, "Brother Qi, don't inform Chongxuan Sect and Ancient Sword Academy of my return for the time being, hehe, I want to go back quietly, I don't like making earth-shattering noises."

Except for Meier who took the Tianshi beast to play in the water, everyone else was sitting on the platform. In front of the platform, the blue water of the lake was rippling and the breeze was blowing, which made people feel refreshed and happy.Qi Hongya nodded and said, "Okay, Hongya obeys." Geng Feng was impatient, he shook his messy hair, and said with a chuckle: "Brother Karan, this... that..." He stretched out his hand, then retracted it, everyone laughed.Bakalang ordered a disciple to fetch the cold jade and ice crystal grains, and Geng Feng was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.Only then did Qi Hongya know that Li Qiang wanted to forge weapons, and he was also overjoyed. Not everyone can see the masters of the Chongxuan sect.

This time, it took Li Qiang three days to complete the refining. He used a condensing method that he was not familiar with. Although there were still various dissatisfaction, Li Qiang had already mastered this method of refining.Using Shenyili to refine weapons can cover almost any refining method in the cultivation world. Shenyili is the best kind of "fire". In comparison, Li Qiang has truly stepped into the ranks of master craftsmen. Geng Feng's flying sword has a very strange shape. It is composed of countless layers of crystal-like substances. The color is almost transparent, like an ice crystal flower condensed on the glass.Geng Feng was very satisfied, and he specially asked Tianhong to name it.Holding this weird flying sword, Tianhong finally couldn't help it anymore, he said with a cheeky hesitation: "Uh, brother, this... I have the same physique as Geng Feng... Hehe, this..."

Li Qiang suddenly realized: "Brother, you don't want me to refine the sword, do you?" Tianhong's face turned red.Li Qiang knew that he was a very proud person, so he hurriedly said: "Brother, you only need to order me to practice swords. Hehe, I was careless." Tianhong was relieved immediately, and smiled embarrassedly: "Who told my brother His refining level is so high, by the way, madman, this sword should be called the Frost Crystal Sword. Hey, the flying sword made by my brother is really amazing, this is the first time I have seen a flying sword of this shape." In the end, not only Tianhong got a new flying sword, but even Bakalang and Qi Hongya got a flying sword refined by Li Qiang, and everyone was very happy.The flying sword that Tianhong got was like an enlarged hexagonal snowflake. He tried to manipulate it, but there were snow shadows all over the sky. He was so scared that he quickly put away the sword, and he was so happy that he didn't know what to do.This kind of skeuomorphic form of the flying sword itself is really too rare. Tianhong knows in his heart that with this flying sword, he can easily display his full strength. A disciple sent a red slip, and Bakarang asked, "Is it the notification from the General Fortress?" Qi Hongya glanced at it for a while, and said with a smile: "The forty-yearly Taoism and spell competition held by Yunxiao Holy City is about to begin. This time, the general castle has given a place to Liushabao. Hehe, Tianyuan City is going to be lively again. gone." Li Qiang had heard about this Daoism and spell competition for a long time, and he asked curiously, "When will it start?" Meier couldn't help but take Li Qiang's hand, and said softly, "Brother, Meier is going to see it. Look!" Li Qiang said jokingly: "Go, let's play together, if Meier thinks it's fun, you can also go up and compete, ha ha." Unexpectedly, Meier was really tempted. She used to be a cultivator of Feng Yuanxing, and was very familiar with Feng Yuanxing's situation. The Daoist Spell Competition is Feng Yuanxing's biggest event, and every sect will go all out to participate. Family cultivators also attach great importance to it, because once they win, they will not only receive rich prizes, but also have the opportunity to go to Yunxiao Holy City to practice secretly and obtain more advanced secret treasures of cultivation.She immediately responded: "Okay, Meier will go to participate!" Li Qiang doesn't care if the sky falls as long as Meier is happy, let alone she just wants to participate in a competition.He also smiled and said: "Okay, Meier wants to participate, we have to get the first place no matter what, brother will help you prepare." Meier applauded and laughed: "Okay, I like it, brother, how do I sign up?" Qi Hongya said: "It's fine to participate in the name of a family cultivator, and I can help." He got a top-quality flying sword made by Li Qiang, and just felt that there was nothing in return, so he immediately volunteered to help.Meier smiled and thanked, "Thank you, Big Brother Qi." Even though she transformed into the appearance of a comprehension girl, Qi Hongya still felt overwhelmed by her coquettish demeanor, so he hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Miss Meier, you're welcome, this is just a trivial matter. " Bakarang asked, "When will it start?" Qi Hongya smiled and said: "It will start soon, depending on the school that signed up for. This time it seems to be a little different from the previous competitions. There is important news from Yunxiao Holy City. There are important people participating in the competitions, and this time The rewards are also different from before, I heard that it may be a fairy weapon, so every sect is actively preparing." Li Qiang was slightly stunned, and secretly muttered in his heart: "What exactly does Gan Shanyong want to do?" Tianhong asked Geng Feng, "Have we participated in this competition in Tianlai City?" Geng Feng said, "Uh, Master Uncle, it's not that you don't know that there are very few practitioners who have come out of Tianlai City to practice. Let's go there, I'm afraid we are all still in the sea of ​​wronged souls." Li Qiang said with a smile: "Participating more in these kinds of activities is not harmful. It is very beneficial for students to broaden their horizons. The ranking and prizes are irrelevant. The important thing is that it is worthwhile to understand." Tianhong also understood this truth, he hesitated , Said: "Forget it, I'll go back to Tanbang Star right away, brother Qi, please help our practitioners in Tianlai City to sign up, and we will also participate." Qi Hongya said: "No problem, sect registration is given priority. Our Hanmo Jinshan Fort has a residence in Tianyuan City. Senior Tianhong can come..." Li Qiang smiled and said: "Don't rob, don't rob, Brother Tianhong will lead someone Come on, no matter what, you have to come to the Chongxuan Sect or the Ancient Sword Academy, hehe, I haven’t seen the city owner’s sister for a long time.” Tianhong stroked his neat beard and said, "Okay, I'll go back first, brother, let's meet in Tianyuan City." He left as soon as he said that, and disappeared in a flash of white light.Geng Feng suddenly jumped up from the platform like a monkey untied. As soon as Tianhong left, he felt relaxed all over. With his old man around, he was restrained enough. "I want to take part in the competition too, wow haha!" He jumped into the air dancing and circling.Qi Hongya was dumbfounded and said: "This competition can only be participated by cultivators who are below the distraction stage. He...uh, it seems that he is not qualified." Geng Feng seemed to be held in the air by something, and he heard it clearly. After a while, he shouted: "What kind of bullshit rule is this! Can I only watch? I'm so mad!" He fell to the ground dejectedly, Feng Yuanxing also held competitions before, but Geng Feng had to go out every time, so he never participated in it, so he didn't know the rules of the competition. Qi Hongya explained: "There are many rules in the Grand Competition. People with different cultivation levels cannot compete together. For example, a cultivator in the Nascent Soul Stage cannot compete with a cultivator in the Leaving Body Stage. There are two levels. Cultivation... Well, there is a competition you can participate in..." Bakarang interjected: "Well, that's right, it was attended by masters of distraction stage and above, and it was a special competition to learn spells... But that one seems to have no ranking, and it's just for other low-level cultivators to observe." Geng Feng became excited again: "That's fine, I'll take part in this." As long as there is a fight, he doesn't care about anything else. Meier leaned against Li Qiang, and said with a smile: "Brother, I'm going to participate in the competition... Is there any problem?" Anyway, as long as Meier likes, Li Qiang will fight for it desperately. Fortunately, Meier is not the kind of unreasonable little girl, otherwise, with Li Qiang's love, she can really do whatever she wants in the cultivation world. Meier said: "Brother, when I go home, you have to accompany me, Meier is still a little scared." Li Qiang patted her on the shoulder lightly, and said: "Brother is here, don't be afraid." Meier Resting her head on Li Qiang's shoulder seemed to put her at ease. Li Qiang asked: "Is there a place called Hanmoyuan in Lingyuan Star?" Bakarang asked in surprise: "How did Brother Li know this place? It's a very old name, and now it should be called... um, what is it called, Qi Hongya, do you know? It's the place near the edge of Juliu Oasis." He I can't even remember the name of the place. Qi Hongya said: "Hanmoyuan is now called Gudaoyuan. That place is very desolate and there are very few people. Senior brother asked me what this place is for?" , However, I don’t know if it’s still there, I’m planning to undo the restriction.” Bakalang asked: "When did this happen, we don't seem to have heard of it?" He turned his head to look at Qi Hongya, with a questioning expression in his eyes.Qi Hongya said: "I have never heard of it, and there is no record of this in the classics. It is strange, Senior Brother Li, who is the master who is imprisoned? Which sect is it?" Li Qiang shrugged and said: "I don't know who he is. I only know that this person has been imprisoned by the masters of the Buddhist sect for a long time. Maybe he has ascended a long time ago, or he may have died. I just want to untie him." Forbidden to see, the rest can only be resigned to fate.” In fact, Li Qiang’s mentality is different from before, and his attitude towards life and death is much more indifferent. He has experienced and seen countless times of life and death. The kind of passion for infinite life, too. Qi Hongya said: "I know that place, hehe, let me be a guide, will Elder Ba go too?" Bakarang nodded and said: "I'm the landlord, of course I'm going." Li Qiang nodded his thanks, he stood up, and said with a smile: "We're flying over, it's rare to come to Lingyuan Xing, so we should take a look at the scenery here anyway." Geng Feng said: "Scenery? What's there to see, there is probably nothing good in this place except sand and stones." He doesn't care about any scenery, the old lunatic is only interested in fighting and self-cultivation.Li Qiang had known this guy's temper for a long time, he said: "Let's go!" He flew into the air first, and Mei'er hugged Xiao Bai and followed closely. Qi Hongya gave some instructions to his disciples, and then flew up with Bakarang.The five of them flew out of the Linhu Oasis and headed towards Gu Daoyuan in the south. The ancient road was originally a place where wind and sand raged. Most of the year was full of flying sand and rocks, and only certain times were calm.There are very few oases in Gudaoyuan. There are only a few water sources. Few plants can grow here. The environment is very harsh. Only a few indigenous sand people can survive here with their special skills. When Li Qiang and the others arrived at the sky above Gudaoyuan, it happened to be a calm time. The boundless sand dunes shone golden yellow under the sunlight.Qi Hongya said: "This is the ancient Daoyuan, except for the local sand people, only cultivators can come here, ordinary people can't get here at all, it's too hot. Meier cheered and swooped down with Xiaobai, and the little girl went to play with sand. Li Qiang said: "Wait for me." He flew to a sand dune, sat down cross-legged, and his consciousness immediately extended in all directions along the sand dune. Qi Hongya's cultivation was the worst among the five. He asked, "What is Senior Brother Li doing?" Geng Feng curled his lips: "Him? The little lunatic must be using his spiritual sense to investigate in a large area. Hey, what is this guy doing? What's the matter, the old lunatic can't figure out his cultivation level at all now, alas, it's unbelievable." Bakaran had personally witnessed Li Qiang's power on the lake of fire, so he was very aware of Li Qiang's strength, which was indeed an unfathomable level of cultivation.He smiled and said: "Brother, don't guess anything. I know Brother Li's level of strength. There is no way for us cultivators to compare. He seems to have left the path of cultivation. As for what it is, I don't know." Li Qiang's current cultivation base is extremely high, and he didn't find it difficult to search for a wide range of spiritual consciousness. He soon found a suspicious place. It was under a certain sand dune in the northwest, and there were fluctuations he was familiar with. It was the Buddha. Produced by Zong's unique magic weapon.He jumped up and said with a smile: "I found it, let's go there. Meier stop playing, and take Xiaobai with me." Li Qiang flew all the way to the northwest, and soon he hovered above a large sand dune.Geng Feng asked curiously, "This is it?" Li Qiang nodded and said, "Get out of the way, everyone, I'll separate the sand dune." Everyone immediately flew to the side, watching how Li Qiang was going to separate the big sand dune. This sand dune is huge, blown into a huge half-moon shape by the wind. Li Qiang didn't use any magic weapon, but simply pinched the fairy formula. A huge sand dune is like a snowdrift roasted by fire, and it collapses quickly, and the speed is jaw-dropping. With the disappearance of the sand dunes, the landform below was exposed. It was a huge rock like a mountain, and the dark rock glowed with a dark blue light.Meier was the first to shout: "Oh my god, brother, this is a stone formed by the Buddha sect's congealing technique, brother, the people who are banned here must be very remarkable, such a large congealing stone must have been shot by many people together "The little girl knows a lot, especially about Buddhism. She has read the Buddhist classics that Li Qiang got, so she can recognize how this huge stone was formed at a glance. Now even Geng Feng was convinced, he shook his head and said: "Little lunatic's sisters are so powerful, alas, my life is in vain." Li Qiang smiled and said: "That's right, it's indeed a restriction made by congealing stones. Good guy, there are at least six elder-level masters in the Buddhist sect who attack at the same time, and there must be one master who attracts his attention. Well, it looks like it's an ambush!" trap." Meier said: "Brother, can you crack the method?" Li Qiang came prepared, he had the solution spirit formula given by Elder Zhi.He said: "Stay back, everyone, I'm going to lift the restriction, this thing will explode, don't accidentally injure me." He continued to pinch the spirit formula, which is the secret method of the Buddhist sect.The huge rocky mountain trembled violently, and the cracking sound of "click" and "click" came out clearly. More and more cracks appeared on the whole boulder, and slowly, blue brilliance emerged from the cracks.Following the completion of Li Qiang's last spiritual formula, he pushed it out, waved his hands downward, and shouted: "Open!" In an instant, the blue light in the crack suddenly turned bright, emitting a dazzling white light, and there was a rumbling vibration. The sound became louder and louder, as if a fighter plane was flying from a distance at high speed and was about to approach. "Boom!" "Boom!" There were two violent explosions, black stone flakes shot in all directions, and a huge puff of smoke rose into the air.Li Qiang smelled an extremely stench. He waved his hand, and a gust of wind suddenly blew across the ground, sweeping away the rising smoke.Everyone saw that there were two large holes exposed on the huge black stone like a mountain, like two black eyes, silently staring at the sky. Bakalang, Qi Hongya and Geng Feng all leaned over.Mei'er threw herself into Li Qiang's arms, and whispered: "Brother, it's strange, cracking the spirit formula should shatter the whole stone, why did you open two holes?" Tall, but still very timid.Li Qiang said with a smile: "Perhaps the master trapped inside tried to refine this boulder, so the entire restriction must have undergone some changes." Geng Feng said eagerly, "Little lunatic, let me go down and take a look first? Hehe, I don't know who is inside, and I didn't come out to take a look after such a big movement. Hey, is he already finished?" Very curious.