Chapter 85 The Plan to Eradicate Mosquitoes Lies in...

Chapter 85 The Plan to Eradicate Mosquitoes Lies in...

"Elder, you go to Poh Tian Peak first. I'll head back to the main peak for meditation," said Li Changshou respectfully as he entered the mountain protection formation and passed through the white jade-carved mountain gate.

Li Changshou handed the Soul-Capturing Bead and the bag containing the "spoils of war" to Elder Wanlinjun with utmost respect.

It's not that he hadn't considered keeping some for himself.

Most of the confiscated treasures had already been destroyed by Elder Wanlinjun's poisonous flames, rendering them worthless.

Moreover, this was a matter concerning the life and death of the sect. In the vast world of the Honghuang, finding a reliable ally was not easy.

Li Changshou acknowledged that the sect had treated him fairly as an "excellent" disciple.

Despite being the weakest and poorest disciple on the peak, he had never been intentionally mistreated or reprimanded.

On the contrary, many elders in the Bai Fan Hall showed considerable care for him, perhaps out of respect for the Liwei Ling Fish.

Therefore, Li Changshou did not wish to see the downfall of the sect. Today, he revealed the Soul-Capturing Bead and the divination stone in front of Elder Wanlinjun, showing his willingness to contribute.

For him, this was his way of making a small effort.

His principle was to help as much as he could under the premise of ensuring his own safety and providing support whenever possible.

Observing Li Changshou handing over the bag and the Soul-Capturing Bead, Elder Wanlinjun narrowed his eyes slightly, showing a hint of a "smirk" as he stowed them away in his sleeve.

The true immortal servants and the gatekeepers of the sect watched with nervousness, not knowing who this junior from the Reverting Realm was, but...

If Elder Wanlinjun, the Poison Immortal, smiled like that, this disciple's future would be uncertain!

Elder Wanlinjun immediately flew to Poh Tian Peak to discuss the matter with the sect leader and the other senior elders.

Li Changshou turned and bid farewell to the several immortal servants inside the sect before flying at a slightly lower altitude, following a seldom-used cloud path towards Xiao Qiong Peak.

On the way back, Li Changshou kept pondering about the mosquito that was killed by the paper man...

Maybe he could come up with some "mosquito repellent." Would poisoning the blood work? He chuckled at his own thoughts.

If a ruthless character like "Mosquito Daoist" appeared, he wouldn't stand a chance...

But if it was a mosquito that could be controlled by puppets and killed by a paper man like today, Li Changshou could find a way to deal with it.

The paper-cutting technique was naturally effective against it! On another note...

All the arrangements he had made in the past six months had not been in vain.

The sacrifice of those old trees was worthwhile! With these thoughts in mind, Li Changshou retrieved the paper men who had tidied up the battlefield and recited the scriptures and burnt them in the alchemy furnace with the Samadhi True Flames.

After a busy period, making sure everything was in order, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Soon, he found himself lost in thought, trying to figure out where he might have revealed something earlier.

The paper man that killed the mosquito had simulated his aura...

He had never shown himself in front of Elder Wanlinjun...

The mountain was almost burnt to the ground by the elder's True Flames...

"There shouldn't have been any oversight."

However, Li Changshou noticed a common trait between Elder Wanlinjun and his own master—being a little too eager.

Could it be that they had spent too long practicing in the mountains and forgotten about the dangers of the Honghuang?

Fortunately, he had stopped the elder in time on several occasions, or else if the elder had shown up in person and been attacked by the mosquito, the consequences would have been unimaginable!

Walking back and forth in the alchemy room, pondering continuously, a train of thought gradually emerged...

Today's events were not beyond his expectations.

Six months ago, he had already outlined all the possible directions of the story.

Today's battle only confirmed two or three of those storylines. "Indeed."

Apart from being the inheritor of the teachings of Dao, the sect had no special features.

The reason it attracted the attention of outsiders was that the sect had a minor disagreement with the Qi Refining Masters of the Golden Ao Island in the past.

Subsequently, someone had tried to exploit this situation.

This mastermind set up an ambush in front of the gate of the Jin Gongmen Mountain in Central Shenzhou to indirectly increase the "reputation" of the sect, making all three religions aware of the existence of a sect that inherited the teachings of Dao in Eastern Shenzhou.

Later, the mastermind would take advantage of the gathering of the three religions at the Golden Palace Gate to use controlled puppets to eliminate the sect...

For this mastermind, the cost was small, the risk was low, but the gains were considerable!

Li Changshou seemed to see a dark figure behind the sect, reaching out towards Poh Tian Peak.

However, behind this dark figure, there was a more magnificent but slightly blurred figure, ready to slap the former away...

The major sects were in covert competition.

The sect still had a chance of winning.

The mastermind behind these schemes dared not show up personally and could only control puppets through mosquitoes from afar!

This point was also confirmed by the fragments of memory. In the memories of these humans and demons, there was always a buzzing sound of mosquitoes.

The key now was how the sect would respond next.

If Li Changshou's speculation was correct, there would soon be a "ding ding ding ding, ding ding ding" sound...

This was certainly not the classic chanting of scriptures by a monk from a later era.

Suddenly...

Ding—

Ding—

The bell of the Poxian Peak rang out.

This time, the bell was particularly penetrating.

...

As the bell rang, one or two figures flew out from each peak, rushing towards the main peak, the Duxian Hall.

By the lakeside, Old Daoist Qiyuan, upon hearing the bell, immediately flew on clouds to the Poxian Peak.

After all, he was nominally one of the peak masters.

Seeing this, Li Changshou quickly transmitted his voice to remind his own master a few words. After asking his master to go, no matter what he heard or saw, he shouldn't speak out casually and should follow the arrangements of the sect.

The bell awakened many disciples who were originally in seclusion, and the entire Duxian Sect became lively.

This kind of emergency bell had not rung for a thousand years, so the alchemists from each peak were now watching, not knowing what had happened...

Before long, sixteen figures flew out from the Poxian Peak and directly rushed out of the mountain protection array towards the "large-scale disturbance scene" just now.

The first person was the head of the Duxian Sect, followed by many experts from the sect like Wan Linjun and Master Wangqing.

Li Changshou knew...

They were not going to inspect the results of the battle; they should be searching for the enemy's main force.

But this time, they were destined to return empty-handed. At most, they would find some traces left behind by the enemy when they hastily retreated.

The next time the enemy appeared, it would definitely launch a full-scale attack on the Duxian Sect, and it shouldn't be too long before it happened...

There would be consequences within three years!

The mountain rain is coming, the wind fills the building; the small peak sits alone in leisure.

Li Changshou lay on the rocking chair, holding a jade slip transcribed in the Daoist treasury, quietly reading the words and illustrations inside.

This feeling of seeing the big picture was quite refreshing...

Of course, the most enjoyable life would be one without any incidents...

This jade slip was called the "Hundred Birds Record," containing many rare spiritual beasts and birds.

There were actually many natural enemies of mosquitoes, but finding some spiritual beasts with decent spiritual power that could restrain the blood mosquitoes seen today and could be obtained immediately and bred in large numbers was quite troublesome.

Persistence pays off.

Half an hour later, Li Changshou's eyes lit up. He actually found among them a spiritual beast that he had been keeping in the Ling Beast Circle of the Small Qiong Peak...

A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he took out a bottle from his embrace.

Years ago, when he went to the Beijuluzhou to collect herbs, he casually killed Yuan Qing's group and obtained a pair of Love Gu.

Love Gu was a type of gu worm, considered a sorcerer's method, not a Daoist method.

At first, Li Changshou thought of directly using these Love Gu on the rarest spiritual beasts he could obtain, urging them to mate and create some life value...

But he had never found a suitable target.

Some time ago, during the "Thick Wealth" alchemy, Li Changshou studied many obscure alchemy methods and unexpectedly found a sustainable use for Love Gu.

Feeding the Love Gu with Solid Spirit Poison Grass, turning them into stone, called Love Stone;

Then, with the combination of spiritual spring water and many herbs, putting the Love Stone in it, soaking it for forty-nine days, one could obtain a special medicinal liquid.

This medicinal liquid itself was a rare item, having effects similar to the Lovers' Tree used by the Matchmaker Immortal. It could also be used in alchemy...

The pill in Li Changshou's hand was made from this medicinal liquid.

Of course, it was specially tailored for rare spiritual beasts!

"Thank you... Da Yu and Er Yu."

Getting up, Li Changshou, with a slight smile, floated to the Ling Beast Circle at the back of the mountain.

On the lake, practicing water escape Ling E was practicing day and night. She tiptoed to look towards the direction of the alchemy room, just happened to see Li Changshou's figure floating past.

"Stinky senior brother, why don't you come over and talk to me! I've been practicing for several days and nights without resting, and you're not considerate at all..."

The direction senior brother went...

She pouted and hurriedly followed, pretending to want to see what senior brother was doing at the spiritual beast circle.

I'm not going to talk to senior brother!

Not long after, Ling E flew on clouds to the sky above the spiritual beast circle and immediately saw her senior brother squatting beside a certain pond.

Li Changshou didn't turn his head, just gently waved his hand to Ling E...

Ling E understood, restrained her breath, and floated to her senior brother's side, gathering her skirt and kneeling on the grass, looking in the direction her senior brother was looking.

"Erm..."

"Shh!"

Li Changshou made a hushing gesture, and Ling E couldn't help but support her forehead with one hand, not daring to look more.

On the lotus leaf in front of the pond, two extremely rare "Spiritual Jade Frogs," as green as jade, were engaged in something indescribable...

Ling E couldn't help but curl her lips, avoiding her gaze, and whispered to her senior brother:

"Senior brother, although this junior sister loves you deeply, you should also pay attention to your influence!

Some things can't be put on the surface, which will affect junior sister's evaluation of senior brother."

Li Changshou casually responded, "Thanks, help me adjust the evaluation to slightly above average."

Ling E rolled her eyes and hummed, "No way... it's above average!"

She suddenly blinked, looked at the frogs over there, and suddenly remembered something.

"Senior brother, didn't you say that it's difficult to breed this kind of spiritual beast, and you can't bear to use them for alchemy or drinking?"

Li Changshou shook the empty bottle in his hand and smiled, "A mountain man has his own way."

"Is this..."

Ling E suddenly understood something, her face blushing. At first, she was a little disgusted, but then she blinked her eyes, deliberately said:

"Oh -

Senior brother, you did secretly refine this kind of pill!

What the books say is indeed correct. Alchemists who like to refine alchemy will inevitably have this kind of idea!

Ah, seeing as I am your little junior sister, I'll reluctantly help you out!"

Li Changshou indifferently said, "Don't have any bold ideas. Each bottle of this pill has been specially sealed by me."

"Stingy... Where's the big senior brother who prevents his little junior sister from being generous!"

"No way, after all, he has a little junior sister with complicated thoughts."

Ling E immediately rolled her eyes and glanced at the spiritual beast circle beside her, but her mind had flown somewhere else.

Naturally, she didn't know that Li Changshou was actually busy with important matters at this time.

This kind of spiritual beast would become a very important part of the defense system of the Small Qiong Peak...

And after this ordeal, the jade frogs won't go to waste either. We could also call over Uncle Jiǔ for a hot pot, have a little feast. It should taste pretty good!

...

Half a day later, after the tolling of the bell, all the dozen or so experts who had gone out returned to Pòtiānfēng. Shortly after, the sect leader personally ordered that from today onwards, all disciples were forbidden from leaving, and the protective mountain formation was to be completely sealed off. Then, the sect leader, along with several senior elders, along with Elder Wànlínjūn, carefully discussed the strategy for dealing with the enemy.

Elder Wànlínjūn's seniority was close to reaching the rank of senior elder, but he had always paid little attention to such matters, spending his days secluded in the Dan Peak refining pills and cultivating. At this moment, although his prestige and influence in the sect had diminished somewhat, his status was still not low.

Regarding the fact that Elder Wànlínjūn had single-handedly wiped out so many strong enemies this time, resolving a crisis for the Dùxiānmen, it was only proper for the sect to show some appreciation. However, for such a deserving elder, neither "reward" nor "gratitude" seemed appropriate.

After much thought, the sect leader could only smile and say, "Elder Wànlínjūn must have used a lot of precious poisonous pills this time. The sect should compensate the elder for these losses."

Elder Wànlínjūn, however, slightly furrowed his brow as he looked at the storage ring handed to him by the sect leader, instinctively about to shake his head in refusal. It didn't seem right to accept such a reward for doing what was expected of him.

But soon, Elder Wànlínjūn remembered something, and a hint of a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Well, this could be considered an award for Li Chángshòu...

"All right, I'll take it."

With that said, Elder Wànlínjūn turned and, leaning on his cane, walked toward the door of the hall, leaving behind a dignified and elegant figure for the few people behind him.

The sect leader, who was actually of the same generation as Elder Wànlínjūn, immediately frowned and looked at the few senior elders sitting behind him, whispering softly, "Did I say something wrong just now? Did I upset Elder Wànlínjūn?"

The few senior elders could only smile bitterly. They weren't that familiar with Elder Wànlínjūn either...