The myth begins with the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 138 Choice
So what should we do next?

"go!"

Ding Lin said, and without waiting for the five fairies to reply, he leaped up, and the demonic energy around him condensed into white clouds, wrapping up the three demons and without the slightest hesitation, he rushed out of the Snake Peak and fled into the distance.

If the old turtle had not gone through the tribulation and still had the same strength as before, Ding Lin would have come out of seclusion this time, become a dragon, and made great progress in his cultivation. He might come to test his current skills.

The body of a Jiaolong is extraordinary, and is considered top-notch even among the monster kings. Not only can it turn the seas and waves, but it can also go up to the sky and into the earth. The so-called dragon travels the world, and this can be seen for the first time when it is a Jiao. It is no longer like when it is a carp. Most of its magical powers are limited to the water. As for speed, although the Jiao is not the best, it is also excellent. Once it achieves the body of a Jiao, the improvement brought about is all-round.

Just now when he took off with the wind, Ding Lin felt his body was incredibly light. He took off the heavy armor of Li Xiang. He had seen the speed of Magpie Fairy and Wolf Eagle when they were fleeing. Now, in terms of escape speed alone, he was definitely faster than Magpie Fairy. If he used all his strength, he could even be faster than Wolf Eagle. With this escape speed, if the old turtle was still the same as before, even if he became a little stronger, even if he was still defeated and at a disadvantage, Ding Lin could leave whenever he wanted and would not be trapped in danger.

But times have changed, and now the old turtle has actually started to overcome his tribulation, so the situation has naturally become completely different.

Under the thunder from heaven, it is either life or death, but as long as the old turtle succeeds, then even if he is severely injured by the thunder from heaven, he can still suppress Ding Lin with his cultivation in the fairyland. As long as the old turtle has the intention, even if Ding Lin has made a huge improvement this time, coupled with the spirit vein formation, he will certainly be no match for him.

It would be better to escape now. Although he would lose the spiritual vein that he had worked so hard to cultivate, he could still save his life.

But if the old turtle fails to survive the tribulation, then naturally everything will be over, and it won’t take much effort to turn back then.

It is not shameful to assess the situation and make timely choices.

Ding Lin did not choose the direction carefully. He had only been in Qingcheng for a short time and was not familiar with the routes. After he flew out of Shechan Peak, he saw two beams of light from the Yuanshen realm escaping out. It was obvious that they had the same idea as him. So he arbitrarily chose the one that was closer, concealed his breath, and followed from a distance.

This trip is just to avoid disaster. As long as we stay away from it, how we move forward is not important.

Just keep moving forward.

Suddenly, the escaping light in front of him flickered, and without even a scream, the aura of the Yuanshen realm disappeared.

Ding Lin sensed nothing. He opened his eyes wide, his heart sank. His spiritual sense was flashing wildly, warning him of danger. He had no time to react, and his body moved faster than his consciousness. Without thinking, he suddenly fell down.

look up.

Then, Ding Lin saw a white cloud floating slowly above his head at a very fast speed, less than twenty miles away from him. Even though the distance was so close, his spiritual sense could not sense it at all, and he could only see it with his pair of flesh pupils.

On the white clouds, there was a group of thirteen people, all dressed as Taoists. The one in the lead had a gaunt face and a simple Taoist robe, the shoulders and cuffs of which were almost worn out. He had an ancient whisk tied around his waist.

Ding Lin's heart skipped a beat and suddenly started beating wildly. The moment he saw the thin Taoist priest, his spiritual sense began to flicker wildly, warning of danger.

wonderland.

This Taoist priest is definitely a genuine fairyland.

Ding Lin lay on the ground, practicing the Breath-Containing Technique, not daring to breathe, for fear of following the same fate as the monster before.

The Taoist glanced sideways downwards, and there was no real pressure in his sight, but the look alone was oppressive enough. For a moment, he almost couldn't restrain himself from taking action. The body of Quexian beside him shrank violently, and Ding Lin released a small wisp of demonic energy to subdue her.

The clouds floated over my head and then disappeared into the distance.

The Taoist priest didn't take any action after all.

Ding Lin lay in the bushes for a long time before he stood up. Thinking back to what had just happened, he had an illusion that his breath-concealing technique, which had been working for him ever since he learned it, had been seen through.

Maybe not.

Although Ding Lin had concealed his aura in the air just now, he could not hide the light of his escape as he rushed all the way, and it must have fallen into the eyes of the Taoist priest.

So, when the Taoist priest glanced down later, he was searching?

Because I didn't find it, I didn't take action.

Or maybe after the escape light fell, it no longer blocked the Taoist's path, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

And the previous great demon soul was destroyed because it was blocking the road?
My thoughts were all over the place for a moment, but I couldn't figure out what was going on.

Ding Lin's eyes flashed and he stopped thinking about it. No matter what, the matter was over.

The life is still there.

"call!"

Magpie Fairy gasped for air, her pupils shrank to the size of a needle. The white cloud just flashed by, and she was the only one besides Ding Lin who noticed the Taoist priest on the cloud. As for the five fairies and the white and green snakes, they were not very skilled, and only realized something was wrong when Ding Lin suddenly dropped his light and hid himself, and they didn't have time to notice it at all.

"Mountain Master?"

The green snake spoke timidly.

"It's okay now."

Ding Lin said.

"It's Wang Chang," Quexian's face was a little pale, but she was also a spirit after all. After the Taoist priests left, she barely recovered. She had been in Qingcheng for 800 years, so she knew everything there was to know. "800 years ago, not long after I arrived in Qingcheng, Zhang Daoling ascended to heaven. Zhengyi Sect... at that time it was still called the Five Pecks of Rice Sect. There was no leader, and the monsters in the mountains wanted to take over. Overnight, 17 spirit monsters and 30 Shu immortal sects called themselves spirits and besieged the Five Pecks of Rice Sect's mountain gate. Wang Chang ascended to heaven at that time."

"Zhang Daoling has two disciples, one is him, and the other is Zhao Sheng. Zhao Sheng is a genius. After Zhang Daoling ascended to heaven, he took over the Five Pecks of Rice Sect's mountain gate. Wang Chang was unknown. That night, the situation was critical. Zhao Sheng relied on the mountain gate formation to forcibly attract the thunder tribulation to ascend to heaven, but he was held back. He fought hard and was seriously injured and killed seven Yuanshen. In the end, he was outnumbered and the Five Pecks of Rice Sect's mountain gate was breached. It seemed that the sect was about to be wiped out."

"At this moment, in the ancestral temple, a thunderbolt struck. Nine heavenly thunderbolts killed all the invading demons and immortal spirits. Because of the disturbance, the power of the thunderbolt was much greater than usual. However, Wang Chang withstood it and ascended to immortality after being bathed in the thunderbolt. After that night, the originally unknown Wang Chang became famous throughout the world. On the contrary, the originally brilliant Zhao Sheng was injured in the battle. After that, he tried several times in the following hundreds of years, but he could not even trigger the thunderbolt. His immortal path was completely cut off."

"After that battle, the Five Pecks of Rice Sect changed its name to the Orthodox Oneness. Wang Chang fought alone with his sword against the Supreme Master of the Five Great Immortal Sects in Shu. Although he was defeated, he escaped unscathed. From that time on, the Orthodox Oneness withdrew to three sects, and its disciples only lived in the main peak of Qingcheng and its three connected branches. It also ceded most of its secular industries, and Shu returned to peace."

"I was just lucky enough to achieve my primordial spirit with the help of a magic. I was also dragged into the battle against my will. When the monsters attacked the gate of Zhengyi Mountain, I did not dare to go deep into it. That's why I was lucky enough to escape."

Quexian narrated that he still felt a lingering fear when he recalled those years.

"It seems that they are heading to Linggui Peak." Ding Lin said.

"That should be the case." Quexian nodded. "In the past few hundred years, Aoshan is not the first one to try to ascend to immortality. Since the mountain gate was closed, the Zhengyi sect no longer cares about the other branches except the main peak and the three major branches. It just does not allow other immortal gates to approach. As a result, this place has become a place for cultivation that Yuanshen demon cultivators like us can get involved in."

"But there is only one thing. Whenever there is a possibility of a demon king being born in the mountains, the Zhengyi sect will take action to eliminate it. The last time it was the mountain king in the East Peak. At that time, I saw it from afar. The leader was Zhao Sheng. The mountain king only survived two thunder tribulations before he died. How come it was Wang Chang who took action personally this time? He is from the fairyland. Could it be..."

Quexian's expression changed.

"I'm afraid Ao Shan has a good chance this time."

Ding Lin also thought of it. He looked unhappy and said in a deep voice.

"Then let's..."

The magpie fairy's face turned pale again.

"Boom!"

In the distance, thunder was heard again, and the lightning was like thunder, turning from silver to gold and white, hitting the Linggui Peak, splashing the whole peak with fire trees and silver flowers.

"The fifth one."

Ding Lin said.

"Master, let's run away." Magpie Fairy said, "As long as the mountains are green, there will be no shortage of firewood. Wang Chang is gone. He has been a fairy for 800 years. He is a strong man even in the fairyland. Let's not talk about whether Ao Shan can succeed. Even if he succeeds, he is a newcomer to the fairyland and will definitely not be Wang Chang's opponent. Let's hide for a while and wait for Wang Changge to kill Ao Shan. After a few months, when everything is calm, we can go back."

"What you said makes sense," Ding Lin said. Suddenly his eyes flickered and he suddenly thought of something. "But, if Ao Shan chooses to leave directly after he succeeds, do you think Wang Chang will still attack him?"

"This..." The magpie fairy's lips moved, "As long as we escape, even if Ao Shan becomes the demon king, he will be out of reach. Besides, we are the ones who have suffered losses between him and us. He took over my Lingque Peak and plotted against the mountain master. He has always had the upper hand. Now that he has become the demon king, as long as we stay away from him, he may not remember this grudge."

"Boom!"

Another bolt of thunder fell, the sixth bolt of thunder.

In the thunder, golden lightning has occupied 50% of the total, competing with the silver light. Even from a thousand miles away, the dazzling light can be clearly seen.

Ding Lin's expression suddenly turned very ugly. He had already had a vague feeling just now, and when this thunder tribulation fell, that feeling was finally confirmed.

"But I don't need to escape anymore."

Ding Lin said.

"Mountain Master?"

The magpie fairy was a little anxious.

Ding Lin did not explain. He suddenly slapped the top of his head, and the mountain god seal rose from the mud ball. Although Ding Lin did not urge it, it was shaking gently, as if to express something.

“This is…” The Fifth Fairy’s expression changed. She looked at Ding Lin, and suddenly a guilty look flashed across her face. “I’m sorry, I thought… I was just thinking… I wasn’t…”

"I know." Ding Lin's face had returned to calm. "I don't mean to blame you." He suddenly showed bitterness on his face. "At that time, I just wanted to leave a handle, but I didn't expect that I would end up tying myself up in knots."

"It's my divine seal." Quexian also understood.

"You also said that the spiritual energy of Linggui Peak can be ranked among the top three among the veins in Qingcheng, which is enough to support Ao Shan's practice. However, he still took the trouble to seize the spiritual vein of Lingque Peak at the cost of destroying the mountain. It is indeed for use at this time. He formed a formation with the three elements. I didn't expect that in addition to practice, he also has such attainments in the art of formation. The power of heavenly thunder is not something that ordinary people can withstand, but with the spirit of the earth veins, it is possible to withstand it. It's really a good plan." Ding Lin said.

"At that time, I used the divine seal to absorb the remaining corner of Lingque Peak. I originally wanted to keep a backup plan so that I could take back the spiritual vein in the future. However, I didn't expect that the spiritual vein would be used here. Ao Shan has already started to use the great formation. With the integration of thoughts, even if he didn't realize that I left a backup plan in that spiritual vein before, he must have understood it now. I can sense the spiritual vein of Lingque Peak through the divine seal, and he can naturally sense me through the spiritual vein. I can't avoid it. Do you know how wide the true immortal realm's Yuanshen can cover? At least three thousand miles in radius."

Ding Lin spoke calmly.

"Even at this moment, I can be cruel and give up the divine seal, but it is too late. The thunder tribulation is fleeting, and I have already revealed my whereabouts. Moreover, because of this backup plan, if I and the old turtle still had some room for maneuver before, now it would be a fight to the death. If he succeeds, do you think that with his power as a newly promoted demon king, if he promises to leave immediately after killing me, will the king allow him to kill me on the spot in Qingcheng Mountain?"

The White Snake and the Green Snake also understood.

The white snake looked gloomy and depressed.

"Mountain Master."

The green snake couldn't help but call out.

"I can't escape, but you may not," Ding Lin looked at Que Xian, "Go, take them with you. With your speed, you should be able to travel 600 to 700 miles in this half a minute. Ao Shan may not think of you, so you still have hope."

"how about you?"

The fifth fairy said, biting her lip, her face full of self-blame.

"Let's go." Ding Lin waved his hand and looked at Quexian.

"Then Mountain Master, take care."

Magpie Fairy was also an ancient spirit, so naturally she would not hesitate at this time. With Ding Lin's permission, she raised a gust of evil wind, grabbed the five fairies on her back with her mouth, then grabbed the white snake and the green snake with one claw, and soared into the sky with a flap of her wings.

Ding Lin watched them disappear from his sight, but his eyes were still looking into the distance.

The next moment, his pupils suddenly changed into vertical ones. Complex light and shadows were reflected in his pupils, and a sharp murderous light flashed out without any concealment.

This is the naked and undisguised demonic nature that is revealed after being forced into a desperate situation!
Ding Lin is no longer the weak mortal in his previous life. Having been a demon for so many years, he would sometimes choose to avoid danger due to various reasons. But when the time came when there was no escape and he needed to give it a try, he would never lack the courage.

(End of this chapter)