Immortal Road.

Chapter 371 Soul-Severing Blade, Alliance Backstab
Spring goes and autumn comes, flowers bloom and fade.

The cave is spotless because of the dust-avoiding restrictions.

Lin Shan was still sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, his hands clasped in front of his abdomen, one above and one below, with a small clock spinning in the middle.

While refining the Dingsha Five Elements Bell, he was also doing two things at the same time, studying the sacrificial spells of the Moya tribe.

It has to be said that the fourth-level secret technique is of a higher level. It takes a long time to comprehend it, and it is as obscure and difficult to understand as the minor magical spells.

Fortunately, he had the experience of absorbing the nectar of heaven and earth, and his comprehension had improved. In addition, his Jindan stage cultivation could be considered an entry ticket, which could provide magical power to support his experimentation and trial and error.

The barbarian secret techniques themselves are not too sophisticated, and they are activated with the help of totem pillars, so the difficulty is greatly reduced.

In two years, the ancient treasure was successfully refined and the secret technique was also successfully practiced.

There is an additional hexagram mark in my mind, which is the mark of the secret technique.

Equivalent to a spell mark.

If it is strengthened, it becomes a secret magical power.

However, it still needs to be used in conjunction with magic weapons, so it is quite limited.

"It's pretty good. The totem pillar is powerful to begin with. When used together with the Moya Sacrifice Spell, it's going to be incredibly powerful."

He opened his eyes and slowly finished his practice.

Basically, it's enough to reach the stage of the secret mark. There is no need to force yourself to reach the secret seed, which is very difficult.

After the Dingsha Five Elements Bell was successfully refined, it could be made larger or smaller and was collected by him.

After a little thought, he took out the summoning flag.

A black vortex appeared out of nowhere.

On the other side one could hear the clanging of iron and the noise of the furnace bellows.

"Hmm? Why did you call me?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord was busy over there and had no time to come out to greet him, so he asked him through the transmission channel.

Lin Shan had no way to drill back, so he could only shout at the other end.

"Has my life soul treasure been successfully refined?"

The sound of hammering at the other end suddenly stopped.

A moment later, the Black Skull Demon Lord came out of the whirlpool, touching his shiny big skull.

"It's been two years, it should be fine now!"

This guy is a master of weapon refining. Logically, he should be faster than ordinary weapon refiners.

Lin Shan estimated that it should be about the same.

The Black Skull Demon Lord nodded and told him that it had just been refined and had been soaking in the tempering pool.

Then he went back and took out a round object and handed it to him.

It is a circular knife disk with twelve flying knives arranged in a circle.

Lin Shan took it, and the enhanced panel displayed:
【God-slaying Blade】

Quality: Soul Treasure

Introduction: It is made of Gray True Ink Divine Grass as the main ingredient and is beloved by ancient Soul Dao monks. It is a set of magic weapons consisting of twelve flying knives that can kill gods. It contains thirty-six magic prohibitions, ignores physical laws, and can penetrate the soul.

Enhancement required: 64 points

Lin Shan was overjoyed. He originally thought that the Black Skull Demon Lord had refined a number of separate flying knives for him, and that they would need to be strengthened one by one, which he simply could not afford.

But I didn't expect this guy to refine it directly into a knife disk! He made these things into a whole!
This is equivalent to saving him 11×64 of ancient rhyme in the future!
This old guy is so awesome!

He is worthy of being called the master of weapon refining!
"Not bad."

Lin Shan was generous with his praise. He couldn't let go of the knife plate and was full of praise.

The Black Skull Demon Lord smiled obsequiously, with a somewhat servile look on his face, and took out ten Ming Snake Tushita flags.

"Brother, the flag has been repaired. How about you take it and have a look?"

Lin Shan took it and found that it was indeed well-made. Each one was emerald green and looked very pleasing to the eye.

It feels like freshly-baked original goods.

"Not bad."

Lin Shan suddenly had an idea and asked with some curiosity.

"Since you can combine the God-Slaying Flying Knife into one knife disk, can you combine these ten Ming Snake Tushita Flags into one magic weapon?"

In this way, if he needs to strengthen, wouldn't he only need to spend the ancient rhyme once?

The Black Skull Demon Lord shook his head and told him that it was not that simple.

This Ming Snake Tushita Flag is not like the one refined from scratch by the Gray True Ink Divine Grass. It has obviously been finalized and was later used by other refiners to save costs, so they simply put together twelve flags.

If it is to be merged, unless it is melted down and reshaped, it will greatly damage the material, reduce the grade of the magic weapon, and not restore its original effect, which is not worth the loss.

"But brother, I've added something for you, so that you can barely set up the formation with only ten flags."

As he said that, this guy took out a formation plate. After all, he was a master of formations. It was not a problem for him to combine the power of the ten flags and make a simplified version of the "Minging Snake Demon Formation".

Now, it finally looks like a top-level magic weapon!
Lin Shan couldn't help but admire again and again, this skeleton was indeed amazing, with these two skills, he could make a living anywhere in the world.

The combination of formation and refining equipment is simply a perfect match!
I gave it a total of fifteen soul herbs in the beginning. Now that it has refined twelve flying knives for myself, I feel embarrassed to ask for the remaining three. After thinking about it, I decided to let it go.

Considering the voice he just heard from the other side of the passage, Lin Shan was thoughtful. This thing was probably also using the soul grass to make soul treasures for itself, but it was time to improve its strength.

Seeing that Lin Shan did not mention the remaining three soul herbs, the Black Skull Demon Lord obviously agreed to take care of them himself, and he kindly shared with him his experience in nurturing soul treasures.

"Brother, generally speaking, the nurturing of life treasures and soul treasures is divided into three levels."

"Take the early stage of Jindan as an example. In theory, a primary magic weapon with twelve restrictions needs twenty-four years, a mid-level magic weapon with twenty-four restrictions needs forty-eight years, and a top-level magic weapon with thirty-six restrictions needs seventy-two years."

"Back then, the Dai family Jindan Zhenren from Wangyue City needed twenty-four years to nurture the Phantom Gold Lock."

"However, the length of time it takes to nurture your body also depends on the quality of your own mana and soul power."

"If you are in the middle stage of Jindan, you can shorten the time by half. If you are in the late stage of Jindan, you can shorten it by half again!"

"With your soul power level, the 9981 Acupoint Soul Pill can barely reach the critical point of the late stage in the early stage, so if you keep it in the sea of ​​consciousness to nurture it, theoretically it doesn't take 72 years, a quarter of the time will be enough."

"This is based on your own strength. If you are willing to use your soul source to speed up, then the period of nurturing your soul treasure can be shortened."

Lin Shan nodded. If he didn't use the soul source to accelerate, it would take him about eighteen years to recover.

The benefits of the natal magic weapon are:
1. Increase power by 20%;

2. As long as you are not dead, no one else can take away the control;

3. Once there is any damage, it can be put back into the Dantian to repair.

The repair here refers to the repair that does not affect normal use. If there is a shortage of weight, you still have to find materials to make up for it. It is impossible to make it out of thin air.

"It took me about twelve years to nurture this life soul treasure, the Blazing Black Gold Flag."

The Black Skeleton Demon Lord had the secret technique of forging souls in the Nascent Soul stage. Combined with his previous foundation and the racial advantages of the Skeleton Clan, he was able to complete a mid-grade magic weapon in just twelve years, which would have taken him forty-eight years to create.

Lin Shan thought about it and decided that eighteen years was acceptable. If he used soul energy to speed up, it would only be twice as fast at most, so there was no need to waste it.

He placed the soul-severing blade between his eyebrows and began to warm the soul pill.

Seeing that he was fine, the Black Skull Demon Lord hurriedly jumped back into the summoning channel. After all, he was in the middle of refining treasures on the other side and couldn't delay too much.

After Lin Shan saw it disappear, the black vortex dissipated out of thin air.

Another wave of the summoning flag.

A blue vortex appeared.

From the other end came the hissing sound of electricity and the sound of deep sleep. Lei Otter suddenly received the call and fell out of the whirlpool in a daze.

"Pfft!"

It woke it up right away!

The beast looked panic-stricken, and it flew directly to the other end of the cave, looking around vigilantly for the enemy.

As a result, Lin Shan just smiled slightly, and when he saw that the guy's injuries had almost healed, he nodded and told it.

"Let's go back!"

Lei Otter was furious: “???”

Are you playing?
You summoned me for no reason. Are you crazy?

Seeing it standing there motionless, Lin Shan kicked it back into the summoning channel.

"Shu~"

The vortex disappears.

Put away the summoning flag.

Lin Shan sat cross-legged again. In the next period of time, he planned to use his soul energy to practice and improve his soul cultivation.

Only half a month later, a message arrived outside the cave.

"Master Lin, the situation is extremely urgent. If it's nothing important, come quickly!"

Lin Shan was shocked when he received the letter. This was clearly a message from the master of Qingyang Peak. He didn't know what had happened that made them summon him in such a hurry.

But now two years have passed, and the situation in Xiaoyizhou is changing rapidly, so he has been given quite a bit of leniency.

Taoist Qingji works all year round without a break!

Lin Shan did not dare to delay. There was nothing to clean up in the cave itself, so he stood up and flew away on the rainbow.

When he arrived at Qingyang Peak, he found that people up and down the mountain were packing their things, packing big and small bags frantically, and the atmosphere was tense with disciples coming and going.

Instead of arresting anyone and questioning them, he broke directly into the meeting hall on the top of the mountain.

The master of Qingyang Peak has been waiting here for a long time. Some deacons in the Foundation Establishment stage who stayed behind at the mountain gate are listening to instructions and nodding in agreement.

When Lin Shan came, he found a seat on the left.

The leader of Qingyang Peak nodded to him and said, "Master Lin is here. I just happened to want to talk to you about something."

"Peak Master, I saw that the mountain gate seemed to be making some preparations."

The deacons below were watching their noses and their hearts, all sitting still as still as a clock.

The master of Qingyang Peak explained to him.

"That's right. Originally we still had time, but three days ago, the barbarian tribes betrayed our alliance and launched a surprise attack on Junior Brother Qingyan who happened to be outside!"

"what?"

Lin Shan frowned and said worriedly, "What about him..."

"It's okay. Junior Brother Qingyan has fought his way out of the encirclement and is now at the ancient battlefield camp. He and Junior Brother Qingji are guarding the void passage with their backs to each other."

After hearing what the Qingyang Peak Master said, Lin Shan no longer failed to understand the seriousness of the situation.

Originally, Qingyang Peak and the forces of good and evil were in a three-way confrontation.

However, because there are few people, they are good at defense but not enough at offense.

And when the barbarian tribes want to intervene, they are bound to destroy the balance.

The three major barbarian tribes plus a bunch of small tribes have the same number of Jindan stage people as the sum of the three. Although their combat power is generally a bit weaker, they are outnumbered!

Qingyang Peak did not want to bear the pressure, so it decided to divert the trouble to others and throw these barbarians into the ancient battlefield of the evil demons from outer space to fight with both the good and evil sides. It was just the opportunity for them to study the void battleship they had obtained.

“Just two years ago, Zhong Shenxiu, a young genius from the Demonic Alliance, was so lucky that he discovered the wreckage of an alien demon warship and brought it back to the Demonic Alliance, causing a sensation!”

"The Righteous Alliance then frantically searched and mobilized all their capabilities. There were countless dangerous ruins in the huge ancient battlefield of the outer space evil demons. The scale of the war was huge. They took risks and suffered heavy casualties. They went deep into a special area and finally found a ship. They began to study it day and night."

"The barbarian tribe arrived late, so they didn't catch up with the others. They could only follow behind and eat ashes, scavenging for some leftovers."

"After both the good and evil sides got what they wanted, they retreated and took a defensive stance, occasionally sending people out to look for key relics."

"From then on, the Barbarian Tribe used our void passage to roam the ancient battlefield, making it a mess, and it really relieved us of a lot of pressure."

"It's a pity that after searching all the ruins that could be excavated, they didn't get what they wanted, so they could only turn their attention to the three of us. I didn't expect that they would not choose their old rivals, the Good and the Evil, but instead chose to backstab and attack Qingyang Peak."

The leader of Qingyang Peak told him about a series of events that had happened in the past two years when he was away, as well as the causes and consequences.

For a cultivator, two years may be a simple period of time for him to practice a secret technique, refine a magic weapon, or go into seclusion.

But for the area where four directions intersect, the tension has lasted for a long time.

Lin Shan naturally had no doubt about Zhong Shenxiu's luck. It was indeed true that this boy had great fortune.

It is normal and no big deal that the barbarian tribe cannot find the fourth void battleship.

After all, the Void Battleships are not cabbages, so how can they all benefit equally?
The desperate natives, seeing the three foreign forces engaged in an intensive arms race, have long been eager to leave this hellhole and return to the main world to see the wider world and end their more than 100,000 years of exile.

There is a reason why they chose to stab Qingyang Peak in the back instead of fighting to the death with both the good and the evil.

These two families have been fighting with the natives for so many years, driving them all the way to the northern wilderness. There are quite a few magical weapons or instruments similar to the Suppressing Barbarians Disk that Master Jin Guang used to fight against Lin Shan.

In contrast, Qingyang Peak had just arrived and its foundation was unstable, and there were few Jindan Zhenren, so it was difficult for them to take care of both ends, making it an easy target for them to bully.

That's why they decided to launch a surprise attack on Taoist Qingyan first and eliminate an important fighting force from Qingyang Peak who was traveling outside.

However, Taoist Qingyan was not only a great sect master but also a master of weapon refining. He still managed to break out of the ambush and siege, and ran out to join Taoist Qingji.

The situation of Qingyang Peak in the ancient battlefield of the evil demons from outer space is not optimistic at the moment. It can be said that it is trapped both internally and externally.

"Didn't the Peak Master order Brother Qingji to close the void passage?"

Lin Shan was a little confused.

As long as the void passage is closed, those barbarians will not be able to enter. The inside and the outside will be separated, isn't that equivalent to being trapped in one's own cocoon?
"It's useless. Junior Brother Qingji has already done that. However, the people from the Demonic Alliance have already opened the void channel to the Barbarian Tribe. They have reached a temporary agreement and will no longer rely on Qingyang Peak."

After listening to the story told by the head of Qingyang Peak, Lin Shan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This matter was really full of twists and turns.

I came here and became the enemy of the barbarian tribe one moment and ally the next, and now I have become the opponent without realizing it.

"What do you mean, Peak Master?"

He thought of the scene he saw on the entire peak when he came here. Could it be that the master of Qingyang Peak
"I plan to take the risk and leave early. I need you, Master Lin, to go ahead and head to the void passage to pick up my two junior brothers and disciples as they leave the ancient battlefield!"

(End of this chapter)