My teacher is a bit strong

"Yes." Sapphire nodded, "It's not dark here, everything is very bright, so naturally it has nothing to do with concealment... The purple probably represents the origin of this Taoist monarch or his practice of martial arts. A characteristic, it may also be his favorite color, etc. But no matter what it is, it must have nothing to do with his Dao Yun, and judging from the situation of these palaces, it seems that they are hiding something, so there is only one explanation .”

"The Taoism of this Taoist Lord is concealment and concealment." Su Anran already understood.

"More than that." But Qingyu still shook her head, "As I said, Dao Yun is actually every monk's different understanding of Dao. In fact, there are many Dao's that can produce the understanding of 'concealment', no less than a thousand , but there is only one that allows us to wander around here without finding the boundary.”

"Space!" Su Anran was shocked, "This Daojun's perception of Dao is actually related to space!"

But Qingyu's face was not in the slightest shocked or excited, but worried.

Su Anran quickly noticed this: "What's wrong?"

"I suddenly thought of a question that I might have overlooked before." Qingyu said.

"what?"

"Concealment, one meaning is that the Dao Lord may want to hide something, and this thing may not be a good thing, or he doesn't want people to find this thing, so he suppresses it here." Qingyu said, "And , the word 'Zi' represents the emperor, and it is related to the number 'nine'. The word 'you' also has another meaning... Do you think the Taoist's 'Zi You' may be 'nine' Quiet' of..."

"Stop!" Su Anran hurriedly interrupted Qingyu, "Next, don't say anything, please! Please! Don't set up flags!"

"Furige?" Qingyu was a little confused, "What is that?"

"Don't worry about what that is, anyway, don't say anything next." Su Anran didn't know why, when Qingyu said the word "Jiuyou", he suddenly shuddered, always feeling that the surroundings seemed to be full of people. It became a little gloomy, "In short, we... can't do it tomorrow. After we finish exploring these rooms, we will immediately go back the same way and leave this cave."

"Oh." Qingyu nodded obediently, without saying anything.

Her innate intuition didn't change in any way, which made her realize that as long as she followed Su Anran, she would be safe, at least she wouldn't die.

So of course she wouldn't care too much about what Su Anran was going to do, anyway, she really didn't have any interest in things like the cave.

"I don't think there should be any good things here." Qingyu said suddenly, "The cave of a Taoist monarch, how can he really sit down, unless he seals up the Daoyun in advance, otherwise as he When he falls, Dao Yun will also dissipate... Of course, his most precious thing must be left in the palace on the mountain, after all, it is the most important place in the entire cave."

"I think so too." Su Anran nodded, and then walked towards the front courtyard.

Except for the one that Su Anran and Qingyu passed through when they entered the courtyard, they have checked the gate buildings in the other two directions. One of them is a "gate" and leads to the other three buildings; The other one seems to be a study room, but the books in it were not preserved, and they turned into fly ash when touched, so Su Anran and Qingyu left after observing that there was nothing of value.

The current building is the last one in this courtyard.

Su Anran has already made up his mind, as long as this is the door, then he will turn around with Qingyu now, and then break out of this cave.

If it is not a door, then see if there is anything valuable inside - of course, Su Anran does not have any hope for this, because after exploring these two days, no matter whether it is the residence, the alchemy room, the study room, etc. Nothing seems to have escaped the passing of time, and nothing can be preserved.

Su Anran stepped across the threshold.

The space in front of him seemed to have ripples.

Su Anran, who has already had two days of experience, knows that this phenomenon means that this building is not a "door", but a room.

However, Su Anran hadn't seen the layout of the room clearly, but Qingyu's voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Unless... that mountain peak is a dojo, and the palace on the mountain is used to suppress something, then there may be good things here."

Qingyu chuckled, then followed Su Anran across the threshold, her voice continued: "If that's the case, hahaha, then this Daoist is really Jiuyou..."

Qingyu's smile froze suddenly.

At this moment, in front of Su Anran and Qingyu, there was a rather plain looking room.

There was only one middle-aged man with white hair in the room.

The man had no breath on his body, and he had obviously been dead for a long time.

With the courage of Su Anran and Qingyu's cultivation, naturally they will not be afraid of the dead.

But the problem is that the body of the white-haired middle-aged man in front of the two of them is the owner of this cave, Taoist Ziyou!

"Didn't I tell you not to speak?" Su Anran's voice was full of furious anger and a trace of mourning helplessness.

Chapter 175 The Gains on Both Sides

"It seems that there must be nothing good on that mountain." Su Anran sighed, accepting the cruelty of reality, "Let's see what we can get here, we'll leave after searching... This cave can't stay any longer."

Qingyu didn't dare to speak anymore.

She was afraid that Su Anran would blow her brains out.

The decoration and arrangement in the room are very simple, there are not many luxurious or expensive things, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like the ostentation that a Daoist monk should have.

However, Su Anran thought about the situation of Tai Yigu, especially Huang Zi's current situation, and felt that it was understandable.

After all, Huang Zi couldn't see that he was capable of showing off at all, the whole room was just like the rooms of those nerds on the earth, even more messy than nerds.The only redeeming feature is probably because this is the world of Xianxia, ​​there are cleaning methods that go against common sense, so there is no peculiar smell in the room.

In the room, Taoist Ziyou sat on the futon, his expression was calm, as if he was still practicing.

It's just that his body is no longer alive - it's not the ability of turtle's breath, because although the turtle's breath technique can hide the signs of life, it's just concealment, and some signs of life of the living can still be found by close observation.

Next to the remains of Taoist Ziyou, there is a table with a ring, two jade slips, and a token that seems to be made of jade.

Other than that, there is nothing else worth seeing in the room.

Su Anran's eyes were immediately attracted by the ring.

He directly picked up the ring, and then sensed it with his own spiritual sense, his face couldn't help showing joy.

"Storage ring?" Seeing Su Anran's appearance, Qingyu already guessed something.

"En." Su Anran did not deny, "But the space is not big, maybe about two cubic meters."

In Su Anran's system, there are also storage rings for sale. The standard capacity is three cubic meters, and the price is [-] achievement points.Then, every time a cubic meter is raised, the price will increase by [-] achievement points until it reaches five cubic meters, which is [-] achievement points.Then, starting from the capacity of five cubic meters, the price will double for every additional cubic meter of storage space. In other words, the price of a storage ring of six cubic meters is [-].

Su Anran felt that it would be impossible for her to buy a six-cubic-meter storage ring in her entire life.

After all, his current achievement point is just over [-], and this is the result of his entry into Tianyuan Secret Realm and Ziyou Taoist Cave Mansion.

A storage ring with a space of two cubic meters is already considered a pretty good trophy for Su Anran.

The only pity is that this storage ring is empty, with nothing in it.

"I want this ring." Su Anran said, "I'll give you some other subsidies later."

The storage rings of the third era are not all bad street things like the first era and the second era, especially the storage rings with large capacity are extremely rare.

The main reason for this phenomenon is that the forging skills of the storage ring, a magic weapon, were lost due to the destruction of the first and second eras.However, only a small part of incomplete technologies have been unearthed from many caves and ruins. These technologies not only need to be explored and restored by blacksmiths themselves, but also these incomplete technologies are in the hands of some powerful forces. out of reach.

In addition, many of the forging materials of the storage ring are extremely rare materials that are lacking in the mysterious world today, and can only be obtained from places such as the myriad world, the residual world, and the secret world, so the storage ring is even more limited. circulation.

At present, in the mysterious world, there are no more than ten blacksmiths who have the skills to create storage rings, and basically they can only create volumes of only one or two cubic meters. Only a few of them are truly master blacksmiths. In order to be able to stably create a storage ring of more than three cubic meters.But usually four cubic meters is the limit, and only by very coincidence and good luck can a storage ring of five cubic meters be created.

As for storage rings of more than five cubic meters, there have only been seven in the Xuanjie since the beginning of the Third Era in the tens of thousands of years, and they are not products of the Third Era, but excavated from ruins, caves and other places.

"I want your third senior sister's stuff!" Hearing Su Anran's words, Qingyu's eyes began to glow, she was a complete fan.

Su Anran was stunned for a moment, and then agreed.

He originally wanted to give Qingyu another Third Senior Sister's Sword Immortal Token, although the value of the two cannot be directly proportional, but in Su Anran's view, it should be considered equivalent to Qingyu, after all, you simply cannot understand The brain circuit of a fanatic.Unexpectedly, Qingyu didn't ask for the Sword Immortal Token, but asked for some daily necessities of the Third Senior Sister. Su Anran felt that this was much easier than asking the Third Senior Sister to get a few more Sword Immortal Tokens.

"These two jade slips... are not suitable for me."

"It's not suitable for me either." Qingyu said.

When Su Anran checked the storage ring, Qingyu had already checked the two jade slips.

One of the two jade slips is about formations, which Su Anran doesn't understand at all.The content recorded in the other jade slips is a set of cultivation methods that are different from the current ones. However, considering the birth period of the spell and the content about catching ghosts, etc., Su Anran and Qingyu guessed that Zi Youdao Jun should be a Taoist monk in the Second Era.

Therefore, the practice methods recorded in the jade slips are not suitable for today's practice.

However, like the content about formations recorded in the first Jade Slip, it still has considerable reference value for today's Daoist monks, especially those like Longhushan who are better at catching ghosts .

Seeing that Qingyu didn't intend to take these two jade slips at all, Su Anran put away the two jade slips after thinking about it: "Then let me go first, and I'll see if there is any room for maneuvering later. , if it can be sold, we can share the proceeds equally.”

"Okay." Qingyu nodded, "Anyway, it's useless for me to catch ghosts and demons. Our Demon League doesn't deal with the celestial masters of your human race."

Saying that, Qingyu handed the token to Su Anran again.

"What's this?" Su Anran took the token, flipped through it, but didn't see any strange tricks.

"This is the order to subdue demons, but your human celestial masters may be more accustomed to calling it the order to seal demons." Qingyu said, "This thing is similar to the beast rings of the disciples of the Beast Control Sect. It is used to subdue demons and ghosts. But this one is different."

Demons and ghosts are just a general term.

But what it actually refers to, combined with those two jade slips, Su Anran has already guessed.

"What's the difference?" Su Anran didn't understand anything about Taoism.

To Su Anran, Taoism is just like science, it requires a lot of thinking.

Whether it's formations, divination, or even various spells, etc., they all require a lot of calculations and deduction to be able to play well. In Su Anran's view, they are exactly the same as science.When he was on Earth, Su Anran was a typical liberal arts student, so for Su Anran, the things of Taoism mean that he can understand every word and every symbol individually, but once these things are combined together, , he started to be confused.

"Now the Heavenly Master's order to contain demons and goblins does not have any refining effect. They are only contained. They must be brought back to the sect before they can be suppressed by other means." Qingyu said, "But this The Demon Containment Order is different, it has the ability to refine, so from the moment it is caught and contained inside, it is equivalent to being tortured."

"Is there any difference?" Su Anran still didn't understand.

"The demons and ghosts that have been refined will not die immediately. Once the mind relaxes or compromises, it will be marked with a special mark. In conjunction with the "Five Methods of Controlling Ghosts" and "Purifying Self" in the second jade slip The Devil Slaying Heart Sutra can control the subdued ghosts." Qingyu said again, "So if you sell this token and that jade slip to those celestial masters, the price will be even higher!"

After a pause, Qingyu spoke again and added: "After all, in that jade slip, there is no forging method for this kind of special magic weapon, so if a celestial master wants to practice these two skills, then he must find someone to decipher them." And study the forging method of this token, otherwise the value will be greatly reduced."

After hearing what Qingyu said, Su Anran understood completely.

This is a typical bundle sale!

"I didn't expect you to be so business-minded."

Qingyu rolled her eyes, too lazy to talk to Su Anran.

In fact, her heart was full of tears.

Who let her have so many older sisters, three aunts and six wives, other than being a descendant of a great sage, there is no other benefit, and there are only a few cultivation resources that can be received every month. How can there be today's cultivation base and talent.

Qingyu always felt that the human monk said something right.

The accumulation of a large amount of resources may not be able to create a genius, but every genius must be accumulated by a large amount of resources.

After tidying up the things in the room, Su Anran and Qingyu checked again, and after confirming that there were no other omissions, Su Anran and Qingyu bowed to the remains of Taoist Ziyou, and then the two Just leave here quickly.

They no longer intend to continue to explore this cave. After all, after accidentally discovering that Taoist Ziyou's "Ziyou" also refers to "Jiuyou", they know exactly what is being suppressed in this cave.

So at this moment, the feeling of this cave mansion has become quite dangerous for the two of them.

They don't intend to stay in such a dangerous place any longer.

Therefore, the next step is naturally to find a way to break through.

……

On the other side, it took nearly three days for Yang Qi and Shen Pingan to finally reach the peak of Baifeng with their people.

This huge palace on the top of the mountain gives the overall feeling of being full of extreme luxury.

Standing outside the gate of the confinement hall, Yang Qi and others looked up and saw a plaque hanging on the gate of the main hall.

It's just that due to the washing of time, the plaque lacking the protection of some special powers has become dilapidated, and even the writing on it has become extremely blurred.

Vaguely, only the last two words can be roughly recognized: Youdian.

"This must be the residence of Taoist Ziyou!" Shen Pingan said excitedly, "Look, even the name of the temple says Youdian, so the first character must be purple!"

"Wait a minute, Ping'an." Yang Qi called out to Shen Ping'an who was about to open the palace door, "Don't rush to open the door."

"What's wrong? Brother?" Shen Ping'an turned his head strangely.

"Don't you think the temperature here is too low?" Yang Qi frowned, "And the closer we get to this hall, the lower the temperature becomes. This is by no means a normal situation... Let's be careful and compare first. good."

"Brother, you are just too nervous." Shen Pingan smiled, "This cave has been abandoned for so long, and we have hardly found any danger along the way, so there is no accident now... This is a cave. Xuefeng, low temperatures are quite normal."

While saying this, Shen Ping'an didn't pay attention to his senior brother's strange expression anymore, he pushed the palace door open suddenly.

"call--"

The moment the palace door was pushed open, a strong wind suddenly blew out.

Shen Pingan, who was standing in front of the temple gate, had barely reacted, his whole body turned into a lifelike ice sculpture at this moment, and his face even kept pushing the palace door open, and remained calm about the harvest he was about to get. With a contented excited smile.

"Peace!" Yang Qi exclaimed.

But it was just an exclamation, and the bone-piercing wind blowing from the hall had already attacked Yang Qi and the others.

At this moment, Yang Qi not only felt the chill that almost froze his soul, he even smelled the smell of death and decay.

For a moment, a flash of understanding flashed in Yang Qi's mind.

Here is the reason for the origin of the name "Land of Souls"!

"Hide behind me!"

Yang Qi let out a roar, and quickly crushed a token.

A golden light suddenly burst out from Yang Qi's body, and then turned into a circle with a radius of about three feet.