Immortal Road.

Chapter 248 Star Lord Projection
As Lin Shan's figure disappeared, Protector Qiu, who had been running at full speed and keeping an eye on the back, became panicked. He had originally breathed a sigh of relief, but now he became nervous again.

In his heart, he secretly cursed the Xun Gu Sect Leader for "playing dumb to eat the tiger". He was obviously stronger than himself, but he deliberately showed weakness to the enemy.

It's really unsportsmanlike.

However, he didn't have time to think too much. In less than half a cup of tea, he suddenly heard a gust of wind in his ears. This was a phenomenon that would be triggered when someone faster than him passed by.

Protector Qiu was experienced and he immediately stopped running. Right in front of him, a green vortex gathered in the air and spots of light gathered to form the figure of Lin Shan, the leader of the Xun Gu Sect.

Lin Shan still seemed surprised at this time, the magic of the Wind Escape Talisman of the minor magical spell level. He raised his hand to look at it, and did not seem to be worried that his opponent could escape.

Protector Qiu was so frightened that his soul was about to die. He quickly turned around and flew in the other direction.

Lin Shan smiled slightly and activated the minor magical talisman once again. His body floated like broken sand and turned into a green light spot that disappeared in the sky.

"Shu~"

A whirlwind gathered in front of Protector Qiu, and the broken sand spots gathered into a human being. Lin Shan looked at him with a smile on his face.

"???!!!"

Protector Qiu had a look of horror on his face. He finally managed to brake the car but almost fell in the air. He rolled over and turned around to run away.

But under Lin Shan's cat-and-mouse teasing, he couldn't escape at all and was stopped again and again. The water-blue magic sword followed him like a shadow, slashing at him continuously, which meant that the enemy was always by his side and had never been lost!
"Pfft~"

"Crack."

The flying sword caused Protector Qiu's internal organs to ache, his blood and energy surged, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

He was already exhausted from the fight and in poor condition, and now he could not withstand the continuous attack. Even with the iron chain protecting him, he gradually became exhausted.

Even the sound of the break, although slight, sounded like a huge bell in his ears, stirring up a huge wave.

This was not the sound of his magic weapon breaking, but the sound of the golden elixir in his body cracking!

He was already old and frail, and first he forcefully burned his essence to restore his youthful combat power, then he fought with Lin Shan for three hours, then he burned his blood to fly such a long distance, and then he was chopped so many times by the magic flying sword, his golden elixir finally couldn't bear it anymore.

The few cracks that had just appeared faintly had gradually transformed from toothpick patterns into pomegranate cracks!

Looking inward at the golden elixir in his dantian, Protector Qiu's face turned pale and his hands and feet were cold. He knew that if he delayed any longer, the golden elixir would not be able to bear the load and would break into pieces, and then his spirit would be instantly backfired.

Not only will Sanhua be severely injured, but his realm is also likely to drop. By then, he will definitely be a fish on the chopping board. He will have no choice but to be slaughtered!
"Okay, okay! Master Xun Gu, you are so powerful at such a young age, and you also have the Wind Escape Technique. I think you are only in the middle stage of the Golden Core. I am blind to this. What do you want in exchange for letting me go?"

Protector Qiu simply stopped running, sweat pouring down his forehead. When a dying person is about to die, he naturally cherishes his life, and begging for mercy is just an instinct.

He had lived to such an old age and witnessed the heyday of Jiuyou Sect. He was promoted from an outer sect disciple to an inner sect guardian. He enjoyed the attention of people from all directions and the solicitation of elders from various sects. He was very proud and enjoyed a great success.

Later, the huge Jiuyou Sect collapsed overnight. He followed the Jiuyou Young Master as a personal slave and wandered around, suffering from the ups and downs of life. He finally hid in the Yuanmo Sect for half a century. Finally, the Young Master found a backer in the Nascent Soul stage and was ready to rely on him. However, on the eve of his surrender, he suffered such a big setback in the State of Lu!

He never expected that he would have to risk his own life just to bring back Old Mo, who was in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Now, when you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

He was a cultivator of the magic sect, so naturally he didn't care about being shameless. He shamelessly begged Lin Shan for mercy, even at the cost of a huge price, as long as he could save his life.

However, Lin Shan had no intention of wasting time talking to him.

Because ever since he started practicing the "Yellow Bamboo Heshen Method", he has been in an awkward state of kidney deficiency. He just wanted to finish the job here quickly and get back the "Nine Transformations Golden Body Technique" to practice body building. How could he have the time to complain to him?
As long as you die, everything you have will be mine!

As for the power behind you, you can go back and order the disciples of Xun Gu Sect to inquire about it. Aren’t the purpose of this sect leader to keep a bunch of useless people is to do work, right?
Lin Shan was very annoyed at his men's incompetence, so he took out his anger on Protector Qiu. He controlled the flying sword and attacked fiercely. The soul pill in his mud pill was still spewing out soul power, and his endurance was endless. Although he looked weak on the outside, he was actually incredibly strong!
"Ding ding ding ding!"

Protector Qiu was shaken and retreated repeatedly in the sky. The green magic fire on the iron chain had been extinguished long ago. Because he had no extra magic power to maintain it, it was already good enough that he could use the rope dart to protect himself.

Seeing that Lin Shan was not giving in, Protector Qiu cried out and roared wildly.

"Master Xun Gu, please don't go too far. Do you really think that I'm at the end of my rope? I just don't want to fight you to the death!"

Lin Shan attacked fiercely, pretending to be oblivious and determined not to waste time talking to him. This was a good habit of a time traveler. It would never happen to him that a villain dies because of talking too much.

Protector Qiu kept coughing up blood, his face had more and more wrinkles, and his hair began to turn from black to white. This was a sign of excessive loss of essence in the body, which meant that his lifespan was being consumed at a rapid rate. This was reflected in his cultivation level, proving that his golden elixir was disintegrating from the inside.

When he falls from the Jindan stage, his life span of 400 years will be taken away by heaven and earth, and he will return to the 200 years of life span of the foundation-building stage. At that time, the two will collide with each other, and he will die of old age in an instant. There is no suspense at all about this outcome.

He thought back to his life, countless fragments flashed through his mind like a passing show, and in the end the desire to survive took over, he really didn't want to die!

Fight!

Dharma Protector Qiu had a ferocious look on his face, and he had no choice but to take out something from his storage bag. This was a magic weapon that the young master had given him to control. It was a treasure that he would use to team up with other Dharma Protectors in the Jindan stage at critical moments to unleash incredible combat power.

Now, at the critical moment of life and death, he did not care about the consequences of using this magic weapon in advance. Even if he was deprived of the position of guardian by the young master after returning, or even demoted to a low realm and thrown into a pot of burning scorpions, it was better than dying here now.

"Om~"

An ancient bronze gate stands above the white clouds.

This bronze door is ten feet high and three feet wide, dotted with black and green marks of time, with sporadic bloodstains remaining. The edge of the door frame is bumpy, as if it had suffered countless sieges long ago, with holes of various sizes all over it.

Lin Shan was suddenly startled. He didn't know what the old guy had released. Why didn't he use it before, but only at this time?
Protector Qiu was protected by iron chains. Regardless of anything, he raised his hands and worshipped heaven and earth. A surge of power emanated from the bronze gate. Faintly, one could hear the sound of surging waves and the roar of countless soldiers fighting.

"All the stars in the sky, lend me star power, grant me star soul, and push open the star gate."

"Please come, Star Lord!"

"Boom!~~~"

From the sky, a thick beam of star power shot down and hit the bronze gate. It circulated around the door frame and directly poured huge star power into Protector Qiu. The originally weak Protector Qiu immediately became radiant and the strength in his body was replenished again.

Lin Shan's magic flying sword hit him again, but he could no longer repel him. He could only hear the sound of ding ding ding and see the shining intersection where fireworks were flying.

Protector Qiu ignored it and just concentrated on activating the bronze gate. It seemed that he was summoning the infusion of star power, but it was only the most basic means, and there would be more powerful moves later.

"I respectfully look up to the stars and beg for their protection, to eliminate disasters and overcome misfortunes, to go to the world to fight the enemy, and I hope the Star God will respond to my call!"

"Crackle~~~"

The dark bronze door began to crack and fall off, and a piercing sound echoed through heaven and earth. The door in the door frame seemed to be about to be opened, and no one knew which star god projection would be summoned to help.

At this time, a cold question came from somewhere invisible behind the other side of the door. It seemed to be the voice of a young man. "Huh? Who is using the Star Gate?

Are you Qiu Qianren? Didn't I send you to Lu to bring Lao Mo back? I think he should have joined the True Lord Ku Rong by now, so why do you want to ask the Star Lord for projection?"

Lin Shan was shocked. He didn't know who the person who was talking was, and how could he transmit sound through this bronze door?
Guardian Qiu bowed and answered, "Young Master, I am now trapped in a life-or-death situation. I have no choice but to use the Star Gate. Please delegate the power to summon the Star Lord to help me kill the powerful enemy and escape."

Lin Shan watched Protector Qiu talking to the person behind the door, and felt inexplicably suspicious.

Star Gate? Young Master?
Could it be the young master of Jiuyou Sect?

Behind that door?
What will happen if the door is opened? Will the young master of Jiuyou Sect be summoned directly? Or will it be the projection of Xingjun?

As for which star god in the sky it was, he didn't know, but he must be very powerful.

At this time, Protector Qiu had the star power infused into his body to protect him. He temporarily blocked Lin Shan's flying sword and was having a brief communication with the young master inside the sect.

I only heard a cold reprimand from behind the door:
"waste!"

Protector Qiu lowered his head and dared not answer, he could only endure it silently.

"I gave you the Star Gate Sub-device so that you could practice it diligently, and later form a star formation with other guardians to open the secret treasure of Yuxing Zhenjun. But you didn't listen to my instructions and you're trying to infuse the star power too early, wasting an opportunity to guide people!"

"It's true that more success than failure leads to failure!"

"The guiding star power is not enough to turn the tide, and you even want me to send the star god projection. What kind of a waste are you!"

Guardian Qiu did not dare to pretend to be deaf and could only respond tremblingly:

"My Lord, the enemy I encountered this time was too powerful. It is difficult to defeat him by just summoning the power of the stars. I can only ask you to send the Star Lord to project his energy. It is not a pity for me to die. The most important thing is that I am afraid that the Star Gate will fall into the hands of the enemy!"

There was a burst of rage behind the bronze door, and one could imagine how much the young master over there hated him for not fighting back.

I just asked you to pick up Old Mo who is in the Foundation Establishment stage, how did you end up like this?

"Before you left, I repeatedly stressed that you should keep a low profile and not fight with others. Why did you still make such a big mess? Were you besieged by the cultivation world of Lu? Or did you encounter a group of mortal enemies from other countries who were also eyeing the secret treasure?"

Guardian Qiu answered honestly:
"Neither. It was a second-rate sect called Xun Gu Sect. They killed Lao Mo, and then their leader came to hunt me down personally."

The young master behind the door was even more furious.

"Xun Gu Sect? What the hell is that? You are the guardian of a great sect of Jiuyou Sect. How come you can't even defeat a wild Jindan?"

"Young Master, this Xun Gu Sect Master clearly has the power of a mid-stage Jindan, but he is insidious and cunning. He deliberately showed weakness to the enemy and took every step carefully to trick me into fighting him. In the end, he..."

"What nonsense!"

Lin Shan stood up at this time and expressed his deep contempt for the slander of Protector Qiu. I have been upright from the beginning to the end, and have been beating you openly. How could there be any conspiracy or trickery?

But at this time, his kidney deficiency struck and he couldn't help wiping his sweat and coughing.

"Cough cough cough~~~"

Guardian Qiu had a look of grief and indignation on his face. He jumped up and pointed at him anxiously: "Look, look, you are doing this again!"

"Huh? Who are you?"

The young master Jiuyou behind the bronze door was very surprised. He felt that there seemed to be someone on the other side, so he asked through the door.

Guardian Qiu quickly explained: "Young Master, this person is..."

"That's right! My name will not change, my surname will not change, and my Dharma name is... well... that's not important! You just need to know that I'm Master Xiong Shan!"

Lin Shan's habit of passing the buck came back at the critical moment. It didn't matter who he threw the blame to, so he just pushed it all onto the man on Xiongshan. This guy had the life of a cockroach anyway, and he was the only one who could withstand my body of disaster. Shouldn't I catch him and beat him to death?
Guardian Qiu was completely confused. Aren't you the leader of Xun Gu? How come another person from Xiongshan appeared? Could it be that
Master Xiongshan, is this a Buddhist name you came up with on the spur of the moment?
He was puzzled.

The young master Jiuyou on the other side of the gate seemed a little impatient. It cost a huge amount of money to maintain communication between the inside and outside of the gate, and he didn't have time to argue with the two of them.

"Alright! Stop talking nonsense to me. I'll send the Star Lord Projection to you this time. Explain it to me when you come back!"

"What a small Xun Gu Sect, dare to provoke my Jiuyou Sect, it's simply courting death!"

"This young master is too lazy to listen to these messed up Buddhist names. Remember to be reborn into a good family in the underworld!"

……

"Boom~~~"

There was a loud noise behind the door, as if some powerful being was communicating and calling. The bronze door began to creak again, trying to open the door and let the people inside out.

Protector Qiu was overjoyed, as if he knew how powerful the Star Lord's projection was. He looked at the bronze gate with anticipation, waiting for the moment of his comeback.

The stars in the sky were pouring down continuously, and Protector Qiu was surging with star power. The bronze door was simple and heavy, and was slowly opening, preparing to let Lin Shan, the ant who dared to offend Jiuyoumen, taste the feeling of despair.

At this moment, there was a strange movement in Lin Shan’s storage bracelet. After hesitating for a moment, he took out the source of the movement.

An exquisite silver compass.

A pointer on it was shaking towards the bronze door, all the runes on the twenty-four equally divided circle were lit up, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the constellations and the Milky Way flashed, and clusters of nebulae were floating above the compass, as if preparing something.

Lin Shan still didn't understand what was going on with the Xuxingpan and why he was so excited for no reason.

Suddenly, all the starlight in the sky stopped pouring out, coming to a halt, neither going up nor down. Even Protector Qiu and the bronze gate lost their support, and the light around them dimmed.

Protector Qiu had just been receiving the baptism of star power, but now he was standing there in a daze, staring blankly, at a loss as to what to do.

The bronze door was only pushed open a tiny crack before it could no longer be opened.

Immediately afterwards, the huge column of star power suddenly changed direction, abandoned Protector Qiu and the bronze gate, and instead pounced down towards Lin Shan!

Lin Shan: “???”

Protector Qiu: “???”

Young Master Jiuyou: “???”

(End of this chapter)