Chapter 385: Prison Break, Stone Throwing

After the catastrophe, the world returned to peace.

The monks who survived by chance fled from this doomsday-like land with panic.

Before they dispersed into the five regions, the monks in the five regions had been alarmed by this overly huge disaster.

While the monks who survived the disaster were still desperately fleeing, one after another, hidden figures appeared in this area quietly.

Most of these people just quietly explored and confirmed that the disaster had subsided and there was no trend of further spreading outward, so they left decisively and no longer explored the reasons behind this huge disaster.

However, there were also a very small number of monks who made more in-depth explorations, and they also cooperated with each other. If all their exploration footprints were combined, they basically covered all areas of the "gap zone".

They almost walked through the core areas where the disaster broke out most violently, and they even recorded the scene with a photo stone.

After collecting this information, these people also dispersed one after another.

Shortly after they dispersed, two figures appeared in the area.

Their figures flashed, appearing and disappearing in the center of each disaster outbreak.

When they went through all the disaster outbreak centers, they disappeared completely, as if they had never appeared.

…

In the depths of a third-level evil vein in the Hehuan Domain.

Inside a spiritual lotus that blends in with the surrounding environment.

Meng Zhou, who had left before the first batch of cultivators entered the "gap zone", randomly chose a third-level evil vein to settle down.

However, although his people left, his "heart" and his "eyes" never left.

All the cultivators who entered the "gap zone" to explore in secret could not escape his gaze.

He even knew the true identities of these people who tried their best to hide.

"I didn't expect so many old friends to be blown up at once."

Meng Zhou "saw" many familiar figures among those cultivators who were hiding their whereabouts, and they were the ancestors of the five sects who had been hiding for many years.

Of course, Meng Zhou's focus was still on those monks who had been secretly recruited by Xingxiu Palace and became the eyes and ears of Xingxiu Palace to monitor the five regions.

Meng Zhou just watched them quietly as they explored deeply, and did not make any obstructive or interfering moves.

After these people left with a lot of gains, Meng Zhou's heart could not help but slowly rise even though he had already left the "scene" far away.

Even his breathing became a little subtle, as if he was worried that some of his actions that made too much noise would attract some attention.

The "transparent round mirrors" that he had secretly mobilized and concentrated in the "gap area" also quietly dispersed.

He even stopped using the vision of the "transparent round mirror" for direct exploration, but used the special skills he had learned when dealing with Lian Ziling that year -

Through special processing, he extracted a pair of "footprints" from the massive information collected in the "interpretation world".

At a certain moment, Meng Zhou's spirit suddenly burst.

"Here we go."

In Meng Zhou's vision, two pairs of "footprints" suddenly appeared in the third-level spirit veins of the Yuling Domain.

The most special thing about these two pairs of "footprints" is that they appeared out of thin air, and they all revealed unique characteristics, different from any pair recorded in the "Interpretation World".

Then, Meng Zhou watched the two pairs of "footprints" almost without stopping, and without much cover, and went straight to the "gap area" between the five domains.

Then, they left their footprints on the "wounds" of heaven and earth that had just erupted.

These two pairs of "footprints" were like clocking in at work. After going through all the places they should go, they disappeared completely without stopping for a moment, as if they had never appeared.

Watching the actions of these two pairs of "footprints", Meng Zhou's heart, which had been hanging in the air, had unconsciously settled down again.

When these two pairs of "footprints" completely disappeared, he breathed freely.

But Meng Zhou did not really relax. Soon, Meng Zhou entered a state of concentration again and re-watched the whole process of the two pairs of "footprints" from their appearance to their departure in a fast-forwarded form.

Unconsciously, Meng Zhou's brows had been tightly furrowed.

He selected the clips that best reflected the characteristics of the two pairs of "footprints" and watched them again.

In this way, after watching them over and over again, Meng Zhou stopped until he was sure that he had fully understood the characteristics and charm of the two pairs of "footprints".

Then, Meng Zhou selected the "footprints" left by Lian Ziling in the past, which were deposited in the depths of the "interpretation world".

Because Meng Zhou put the most effort on this person, even the "footprint theory" was specially designed for him.

Therefore, there was no need to remember it specially. Meng Zhou found the familiar feeling at a glance and grasped the charm of Lian Ziling in the pair of "footprints".

However, Meng Zhou's actions did not stop.

He also turned out all the information after a female cultivator with the Yuanying cultivation level came with twenty murderous Jindan.

——This is also a sign that the power of the Xingxiu Palace has once again entered the Five Realms.

The Nascent Soul female cultivator led twenty Constellation Palaces to forge pills, starting from the Alchemy Domain, then the Golden Cauldron Domain, the Yuling Domain, the Hehuan Domain, and finally the Qingxuan Domain. The group of people walked in such a circle. Within the five domains, there were only The five third-level spiritual veins all changed owners and returned to the control of Xingxiu Palace.

However, what makes Meng Zhou feel regretful is that because the number of "transparent round mirrors" is limited, and in order not to arouse the vigilance of the Yuanying monks, the function of the "transparent round mirror" that is already weaker than the "transparent moon mirror" has been affected. There were many restrictions, coupled with the fact that Meng Zhou's focus at that time was on Lian Ziling.

Under these many factors, there is very little information about this Nascent Soul female cultivator in the "Deduction World".

Even if we include all the traces of her sudden appearance at Qinglin Peak and extinguishing the wave targeting the Constellation Palace with one blow, Meng Zhou could only extract a pair of very vague "footprints".

However, when Meng Zhou placed it side by side with the other three pairs of "footprints", he felt a little helpless and thought with peace of mind: "That's okay. If it's just for comparison, that's fine."

Then, Meng Zhou focused all his attention on these four pairs of "footprints."

After careful comparison, Meng Zhou finally confirmed the thoughts that came to mind when he saw the two pairs of "footprints" appearing in the "gap zone".

"These four pairs of 'footprints' have different characteristics and charms... They come from four different people!" Meng Zhou judged in his heart.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhou couldn't help but take a deep breath.

This means that there are at least four Nascent Soul cultivators in the Xingxiu Palace.

And there may be more!

How can this not be shocking!

Meng Zhou also thought about whether one of the two Nascent Souls who came to the Constellation Palace this time could be Lian Ziling's true form——

Previously, he had confirmed that Lian Ziling, who quietly came to this domain a few years ago, was a Nascent Soul clone.

Therefore, it is not impossible that one of the two Yuanying monks, a man and a woman, who came to investigate the situation this time was another Lian Ziling.

However, Meng Zhou quickly dismissed this speculation.

It cannot be said that this possibility does not exist at all.

If Lian Ziling splits a Nascent Soul clone, he gives it a completely independent and free nature without any restrictions on it.

Let the Nascent Soul clone have complete autonomy in thoughts, actions, and decisions.

It is also possible that this reaction will show completely different characteristics and charm in the "footprints" of "interpretation of the world".

However, Meng Zhou believes that this theoretical possibility has no possibility at all in reality.

Not to mention that he had a little understanding of Lian Ziling's personality and behavioral patterns through the puppet Yan Zhuang. He was convinced that this was not something he could do. Even a normal monk would never be able to do this.

Therefore, the two pairs of "footprints" are most likely to belong to two male Nascent Souls.

In the same way, although one of the other two pairs of "footprints" is blurry and the other is clear, their characteristics are also very different, and they most likely come from two different female cultivators.

——It needs special mention that Meng Zhou used this original method to extract the "footprints" from the massive information of "deducing the world", which can only reflect a person's action trajectory and what was revealed in the process. has many unique qualities.

If the "footprints" collected are large enough and detailed enough, we can even get a deeper glimpse of his character and temperament, predict his behavior, etc.

But this "footprint" does not contain the person's specific appearance and other characteristics, and even the gender cannot be intuitively reflected. It is Meng Zhou's judgment based on the other characteristics of each pair of "footprints".

If a male cultivator completely identifies himself as a female cultivator, and his behavior pattern and thinking habits are completely female cultivators, then Meng Zhou's judgment based on his "footprints" will point to the conclusion that this person is a female cultivator. .

The reverse is also true.

Therefore, among the four Nascent Souls of the Constellation Palace, the only one Meng Zhou could confirm his name and identity was Lian Ziling.

Because this is the only person Meng Zhou has ever seen his face through the clone of Tai Sui's body.

The faces of the other three were completely blurred to him. Naturally, he could not know their more specific identities and names in Xingxiu Palace through Yan Zhuang's memory.

However, this is not that important to Meng Zhou.

…

[Hetiandi Master 1.086 million/1.6 million]

[Level 4 spiritual master 41,000/100,000]

[Rope Master Level 4 43,000/100,000]

Meng Zhou looked at the "wounds" of heaven and earth in the "gap zone", the number of which had returned to nearly two thousand, and he felt itchy.

But he understood better that in a short period of time, this could no longer be touched.

The Nascent Souls in Xingxiu Palace were alarmed, and two of them came over at once to check on the situation.

Although looking at the whole process from their appearance to their departure, it seemed that they were executing a fixed work process. They didn't really take it too seriously, and they didn't associate such a catastrophic change with a certain monk within the Five Domains.

However, the two Xingxiu Palace Nascent Souls were alerted and came to the scene to investigate the situation in person, which already illustrates the importance of this matter within the Xingxiu Palace.

If he doesn't stop decisively now, the consequences will be unpredictable.

Therefore, Meng Zhou rationally decided to stop practicing the "Union of Heaven and Earth".

What makes him a little uncomfortable is that it is now the third day of October, and there is no beginning and no tail.

Just follow the plan in your heart and see that the time for your next retreat is not far away.

Don't miss out on practicing, this is the prerequisite for all plans.

"wait."

Meng Zhou decided to take a vacation for himself.

Thinking like this, Meng Zhou had a thought and called out Bai Zhi, who was sleeping peacefully in the sea of ​​consciousness.

At the end of December, when Meng Zhou once again brought Bai Zhi into the Sea of ​​Consciousness, it could be clearly seen that Bai Zhi, who had just entered the seventh level of Danjie for the first time, had improved significantly in less than three months. improvement.

Although there is still some time left before she can go one step further, no one will doubt that she has accumulated at least ten years of experience in the seventh level of pill formation.

…

It’s a new year in the blink of an eye.

The third day of February.

After the retreat in the first month of the year, Meng Zhou spent another two days sorting it out. Only after he had completely controlled the new cultivation level did he emerge from the "Lotus Space".

After processing all the traces, Meng Zhou escaped into the depths of the real world and disappeared into this third-level evil vein.

[Cultivation progress +720, ninth level of elixir formation 6045/10,000]

When Meng Zhou ended his "deep dive" state and once again stood in the interlayer between the real world and the real world, he had arrived at the location of the original mountain gate of the Jinding Sect in the Jinding Domain, where the third-level spiritual vein called Zijin Cliff was located.

At this moment, Meng Zhou, who was standing between the real world and the real world, was looking at an alchemy monk in the Xingxiu Palace.

Back then, the Nascent Soul female cultivator from the Xingxiu Palace arrived with twenty murderous pill-forming monks, officially announcing the return of the Xingxiu Palace.

The first stop for its arrival was the mountain gate of the original Alchemy Sect, which was also the only third-level spiritual vein that was completely taken over by the Xingxiu Palace.

Because there is a mountain-protecting formation arranged by Dan Weapon Zonghua with great effort, Xingxiu Palace only needs to make some modifications in the key points of the formation - equivalent to changing a new lock, and it can take care of the entire third-level spiritual vein. Prevent anyone from intruding, including monks from the original Alchemy Sect.

For this reason, only one Danjie monk was assigned to this third-level spiritual pulse constellation palace.

In addition to the other four third-level spiritual veins, before the group of people from Xingxiu Palace arrived, all man-made objects, including the mountain guarding formation, were completely dismantled. Those that were really worthless were also completely dismantled. Destroyed, Mao didn't even leave a single strand for Xingxiu Palace.

In order to guard these four third-level spiritual veins, Xingxiu Palace has arranged four sentry areas on each third-level spiritual vein, and each has a Danjie to take charge.

In other words, within the scope of the five domains, there are seventeen Jiedan of the Constellation Palace who are in charge all year round.

Although the arrangement of the Xingxiu Palace is to "stay in charge all year round", these are the seventeen pill-forming people, not the seventeen wooden puppets who have no feelings or thoughts and can only follow instructions.

Every Dan-Jie cultivator in the Xingxiu Palace is not an isolated individual. There are always more or less ties behind them, and there are always things that must be dealt with by them personally.

What's more, for any monk, progress in practice is the most important thing and must be given top priority.

Given the current situation in the Five Realms, the guards of the Xingxiu Palace can only practice ordinary cultivation. If there is a key breakthrough, the Five Realms are not a good choice.

Because of these reasons, since these seventeen Xingxiu Gongjie Dan took office in the five regions, at least one or two, as many as three or five, left basically every year.

At the same time, the same number of Xingxiu Palace monks with similar cultivation levels will come to replace them.

Because all the processes are completed in the caves where these guarding pills are located, and these monks never come into contact with the monks from the five realms, only Meng Zhou knows that there is such a thing inside these guarding pills. Flexible side.

Meng Zhou made long-term and detailed observations on this.

From this, he also discovered that, except for some very special cases, all the monks who were replaced by new Dan-forming monks that year would crush a half-red and half-white Xuanzhu two months before they were replaced. .

Meng Zhou guessed that there should be a department within Xingxiu Palace specifically responsible for the management and coordination of these guarding pills.

And the half-red and half-white Xuanzhu crushed two months in advance should be some kind of special means of communicating across the realm of death.

Applications must be filed two months in advance so that the department responsible for management and coordination has ample time to find a suitable replacement within the Xingxiu Palace.

At the same time, through Meng Zhou’s careful observation, looking at the way the new replacements appeared and the way those replaced left, Meng Zhou could basically confirm that the arrival and departure of these pill-forming monks were most likely not caused by the source. from themselves.

They are just passively thrown in by some kind of force, or they are dragged away.

This discovery disappointed Meng Zhou for a long time.

This means that he cannot find the "key" to leave the Five Realms from these monks who guard the Pill Formation.

These monks who guard Jiedan do not have the right to "open the door" and "close the door."

The only thing they can do is to call out through the half-red and half-white Xuanzhu two months in advance when they want to leave.

Although he was disappointed, Meng Zhou had to admit that this was reasonable.

If he really found the "key" to leave the five realms from these guarding pills, he should be wary of whether there were any traps hidden in them that would kill people without paying for their lives.

So, what should you do?

When this question came to mind, the first thought that came to Meng Zhou's mind was to "steal and replace the pillars", and become the cultivator who was about to be replaced, and then use his identity to quietly leave the cage of the Five Realms.

Meng Zhou was confident that he could do everything he wanted to do quietly without the direct surveillance of the Yuanying of the Xingxiu Palace.

Those arrays that protect and guard the Jindan?

Sorry, let alone his current array attainments have risen with the improvement of the rope knot master's realm, and have reached the level of the fourth-level middle grade. Even before his array attainments have broken through to the fourth level, this array rooted in the third-level spiritual vein is just a decoration for him.

Even if he has a reason, he may make these arrays become his "accomplices" at any time.

As for these guards of the Jindan from the Xingxiu Palace, Meng Zhou did not even regard them as obstacles.

Although everyone is a Jindan, how to deal with them, whether to roll them into a round or flatten them, Meng Zhou is confident that this is all in his mind.

This was the first idea that Meng Zhou thought of, but it was also the first idea that Meng Zhou rejected.

Even third-level sects such as Qingxuan Sect and Danqi Sect have a very strict management system for disciples above the inner sect.

Because changing disguises is very easy for cultivators who have reached a certain level of cultivation.

So, how to make sure that their disciples are not impersonated by people with ulterior motives is a difficult problem that all forces must face.

In fact, from a certain perspective, whether this problem can be solved well or even perfectly is the key to whether this force can enter the hall.

Life lamp, soul tablet, heart essence and blood, and other unique secret methods, tools and methods...

Meng Zhou, a layman, can think of many effective methods in an instant, let alone Xingxiu Palace? !

What's more, Meng Zhou knew from Yan Zhuang's memory that Xingxiu Palace did have a set of strict management methods for this.

Even if the current situation is not in Yan Zhuang's memory, it is clear that Xingxiu Palace will be more strict in managing the Jindan cultivators entering and leaving this domain at this moment.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to directly replace the other party and then leave as the other party.

The target he is targeting cannot be killed at will, and even cannot show obvious abnormalities.

This also negates the second solution that Meng Zhou thought of.

The second solution he thought of is not to directly replace the target, but to completely control the target and turn the other party into his own puppet.

Then, he will use the method of change to get out with the other party.

If only this step is achieved, it can be easily done with Meng Zhou's spiritual master attainments at the third stage.

At the beginning, the ancestor Mingnan used people as puppets and used the means of the spirit master to turn the ancestor Guangcheng into his own spirit puppet.

The means of the spirit master are even better than those of the spirit master. When they are used, they are more calm and satisfactory, not bound by form, and less worldly.

Meng Zhou is confident that as long as the target's cultivation is still at the Jindan level, he does not need to upgrade the spiritual master profession to the fourth level, and he can turn the other party into a human-shaped spirit puppet completely under his control without alarming anyone.

But there is a prerequisite for doing so, that is, when the "human-shaped spirit puppet" controlled by oneself takes oneself out of this area, there is no strict "disinfection process" waiting on the other side.

"Human-shaped spirit puppet" cannot withstand a comprehensive "physical examination". Once it enters this process, it will soon be discovered to be abnormal.

If this is true, I will be exposed soon.

So, do you want to gamble?

Of course not.

I am a hider, not a gambler!

But in this case, how should I get out?

How should I use this opportunity that seems to be within reach?

Meng Zhou racked his brains and thought about it. In the end, his active thinking really allowed him to find a new way again in a seemingly desperate situation.

However, in order to take this road, there is a basic premise, that is, the attainments of the "spiritual master" must be further improved on the basis of the third-level limit.

In other words, the "spiritual master" profession must reach the fourth-level lower grade, and the new method he thought of is qualified to be tried.

Of course, it would be best if the "spiritual master" profession could go one step further and reach the fourth-level middle grade before he officially takes action.

It can be said that such harsh conditions are impossible for any cultivator except Meng Zhou to complete.

Its difficulty is no less than the "prison break" he wants to try.

However, it is precisely because of such a high threshold that Meng Zhou sees the real dawn.

"With such an outrageous prerequisite, Xingxiu Palace would not think that anyone can achieve it?"

"But it is precisely because of this that they will completely ignore the existence of such a possibility, so that this road has a real foundation for success!"

...

At this moment, somewhere in the third-level spiritual vein Zijin Cliff.

Meng Zhou stood in the interlayer between the real world and the real world. Outside, there was a mountain surrounded by a third-level top-grade formation, and a cave was located in it.

In the quiet room of the cave, a guarding cultivator with a peak of the sixth level of Jindan sat cross-legged in meditation.

Because he felt that his accumulation in the sixth level of Jindan was deep enough, he couldn't wait to return to the cave that belonged to him completely in Xingxiu Sea and break through the barrier from the middle to the late stage of Jindan.

As for the fact that this cave is not bad now, and it has all the conditions for him to break through, he didn't even consider it.

What a joke, what if someone attacks the Purple Gold Cliff Spiritual Vein at the critical moment of his retreat?

This kind of thing has happened before!

If it weren't for the arrival of the Yuanying Ancestor, the consequences would be unpredictable!

Even if there were no signs at the moment, he would never risk his future.

So, a month and a half ago, he crushed the communication pearl assigned to him by the palace to show his intention.

Now, there is still half a month before the replacement arranged by the palace arrives, and his mind has begun to drift.

He doesn't care much about the guarding mission.

In fact, even before he applied, he didn't care much. Anyway, he stayed in this small place, and his response was very limited. He either manipulated the formation to expel the intruder or sent a message to shake people.

This overly simple task naturally couldn't arouse people's interest.

Not only him, all guarding the Jindan had similar problems. Over time, they slacked off unconsciously.

At this moment, he was imagining his plans after returning to Xingxiu Sea, so he naturally didn't know that he had been targeted by a beast beyond the cognition of ordinary cultivators.

Suddenly, he felt as if his soul was bitten by a mosquito while sitting cross-legged.

Then, nothing happened.

When he opened his eyes again, it was no longer him who controlled this body, but Meng Zhou.

But at this moment, Meng Zhou still stood quietly in the interlayer between the real world and the real world, and took out an object from the spirit gourd space without panic.

It was a blank Tai Sui body.

Even if he had a greater confidence in his heart, with his temperament, he would still habitually keep his hand steady.

This Tai Sui body was the stone he threw out.