Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 144 Loyalty and Bravery
"boom!"

In Gua Gua's vision, Chishi Sanren smashed the rocks with one punch, forcing out a small beast with a golden body, as if wearing a golden armor, that was running around under the pile of rocks.

"Squeak~" The golden-armored beast bared its teeth, and a golden light shot out of its mouth.

When Chishi Sanren saw the golden light coming towards him, he did not retreat but advanced instead, using his body protection magic shield to block it.

"Zheng~" A flash of fire suddenly appeared and forced the Red Stone Wanderer back three feet.

However, before he could stand firmly, Chishi Sanren flew up again and aimed his iron fists at the golden-armored beast's face.

puff!puff!puff!
The golden armored beast's body expanded several times in an instant, and its golden armor turned inside out, like sharp blades.

……

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Li Ji'an would never have believed that there were such loyal and honest people in the cultivation world.

Not long after they separated, Chishi Sanren sent a message to find traces of him. Li Ji'an immediately asked Gua Gua to follow him and sent a message to Chishi Sanren to try his best to keep him.

So there was this scene.

The way he gave his all didn't seem fake at all.

Almost every strike was made with all his strength, and the most important thing was that there was a sense of risking his life.

This really refreshed Li Ji'an's understanding of the cultivation world, as he had been in it for more than seventy years.

"Or maybe he cares too much about the forbidden talisman?" If his strength was not enough to suppress Chishi Sanren, he would have wanted to trade that technique with him honestly.

"This person is also a physical cultivator! And he is a second-level physical cultivator. Doesn't he practice any magic?" Until he flew over, Li Ji'an saw that he was still fighting the golden-armored beast with his physical body, and doubts arose again.

"Daoyou Chishi is so righteous. Here comes Li!" But at the moment he had no time to think about it, so he immediately made a hand seal.

brush~
A flaming blade slashed towards the golden-armored beast.

"Squeak~" The golden armored beast that was restrained by Chishi Sanren had no power to dodge and was hit hard. Its golden armor suddenly turned red and it howled in pain.

At the same time, he turned his head and looked at Li Ji'an with resentment.

However, before he could attack Li Ji'an, Chishi Sanren came forward again.

With Chishi Sanren holding the line in front, Li Ji'an released his magic from a distance in mid-air, and the coordination was pretty good.

In a short while, the golden armored beast could no longer withstand the double attack of physical and magical attacks.

squeak~
When he was hit by Li Ji'an's Explosive Flame Slash again, he was distracted and Chishi Sanren seized the opportunity to punch him down.

Suddenly, blood splattered and a terrible howl broke out.

"Got it!" Li Ji'an was delighted.

The early second-stage monsters, especially the golden-armored beasts, are known for their extremely strong defense. His current magical attacks cannot hurt their vital points.

This shows the power of Chishi Sanren's physical cultivation.

Bang!
Just as Chishi Sanren was about to launch another attack, the golden-armored beast suddenly expanded in size, followed by a loud explosion.

In an instant, countless golden armor plates shot out with the sound of whistling wind blades.

Feeling its power, Li Ji'an's expression changed and he hurriedly activated a second-level golden bell talisman.

Buzz~A golden bell shadow emerged, completely covering Li Ji'an.

The golden armor shot out and hit the golden bell shadow, causing it to flicker. In just three breaths, the light and shadow of the golden bell disappeared.

Fortunately, he had already avoided the strongest attack of the golden armor flying blade at this moment.

"It's almost as powerful as the middle stage of foundation building!" Li Ji'an was quite surprised, because the physical training he was doing required the core of this kind of monster, so he had consulted a lot of information specifically.

I have never seen a golden armored beast have such a killing move.

"I'm afraid it's a mutated innate magical power!" The danger of the monsters in this world lies in this. If the strength is not one small realm higher than the target, there is no way to ensure killing.

Because after a monster is promoted or receives some kind of stimulation, or swallows some kind of spiritual object from heaven and earth, there is a chance that its bloodline abilities will awaken and mutate.

It's easy to be tricked if you're caught off guard.

"Fellow Taoist Akaishi!"

After the shocking incident, the golden armored beast, which had lost its golden armor, took advantage of the chaos to burrow into the rocks underground. However, the red stone wanderer ignored the fact that his body was pierced by the golden armor and chased after it again.

The power that Li Ji'an felt at such a long distance was already so strong, and Chi Shi Sanren was almost at zero distance, so the damage he suffered could be imagined.

At this moment, Li Ji'an clearly saw that the red stone wanderer's body was covered with golden armor, which almost penetrated three-quarters of the flesh.

However, Chishi Sanren seemed unaware and continued to chase the golden-armored beast.

This scene made Li Ji'an completely unable to understand.

Apart from thinking that he is eager for the forbidden talisman and is determined to get it, I really can't think of any other possibility.

Even the intention of letting Gua Gua take action slowed down.

Chishi Sanren's behavior was too abnormal, and most importantly, his strength made Li Ji'an feel threatened, so he had to keep a hand just in case.

Besides, the golden-armored beast had lost its golden armor, and even with Gua Gua's ability to escape underground, it could not escape.

He mainly wanted to see what Chishi Sanren's intentions were.

Moreover, judging from the fight he had just witnessed, he was clearly highly skilled in attacking and was fearless. He did not look like someone who had never fought anyone before as shown in the information.

This time, Li Ji'an deliberately distanced himself from Chishi Sanren and followed him from a distance.

However, Chishi Sanren's attack power was still off the charts throughout the journey, bombarding the boulders all the way, making the golden-armored beast in a miserable state.

After chasing for hundreds of miles, the Golden Armored Beast finally ran out of strength and could be captured by Chishi Sanren at any time.

"Stop!" Suddenly, a figure flew out from the stone wall in front, looking sternly at the chasing Chishi Sanren and Li Ji'an who followed behind him.

"Please stay, fellow Taoists. We discovered the area ahead first." After seeing the two people clearly and feeling their breath, this person hurriedly changed his attitude and the fierce look in his eyes subsided.

"Fellow Daoist, please help stop that little beast!" Chishi Sanren shouted hurriedly.

The man took a look at the golden-armored beast that had just passed through the rocks and was covered in blood, and cast a spell. A giant yellow mud hand suddenly broke out of the ground and grabbed the golden-armored beast.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist!" Chishi Sanren hurried forward and took the golden-armored beast off the giant yellow mud hand.

The monk did not make any other moves.

Li Ji'an scanned from afar with his spiritual sense, and saw that it was also a foundation-building cultivator, whose magical power was weaker than his own.

"Fellow Daoist Li, I'm glad you fulfilled your mission!" Chishi Sanren came forward holding the dying golden-armored beast.

"Thank you for your hard work, Fellow Daoist Chishi." Li Ji'an used his magic power to take the golden-armored beast from a distance and threw it into the storage bag. His spiritual consciousness was always watching Chishi Sanren.

At this moment, he found that Chishi Sanren had come out of his excited state and had returned to his previous sloppy Taoist appearance with a kind face.

Only the golden armor embedded all over his body proved his bravery just now.

Seeing that the expected situation did not happen, Li Ji'an hesitated but still sent a voice message: "Thank you, fellow Daoist Chishi. I won't show off my wealth. I will give you the forbidden talisman after we leave this place."

Taoist Chishi conveyed his agreement and expressed his trust in Fellow Daoist Li.

"Fellow Daoist, please stay!" Just as the two were about to leave, another person flew out from behind the stone wall.

"Big brother." The foundation-building cultivator called out.

"Excuse me, is this Fellow Daoist Chishi?" The cultivator known as the eldest brother clasped his fists from afar.

Sensing that this person was at the middle stage of foundation building, Li Ji'an secretly took out a teleportation talisman.

Chishi Sanren, however, returned the greeting without any defensiveness, saying frankly, "It is I, the poor Taoist, and it is a pleasure to meet you, fellow Taoist."

"Hahaha, nice to meet you. My name is Yuan Zheng, and this is my second brother Pan Lun. I have heard of your great name for a long time, and today I finally have the chance to meet you." Yuan Zheng came closer with a big laugh.

"Nice to meet you." Chishi Sanren was just as easygoing as when he first met Li Ji'an.

"It's not easy to meet a fellow Taoist, so I won't beat around the bush. The four of us brothers are now gathered at Hukoujian, and we sincerely invite all the cultivators in the world to join us in planning great things." Yuan Zheng said cheerfully.

Li Ji'an raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.

Hukoujian was the family that was swallowed up by the Zheng family earlier. There was a second-level medium-grade spiritual vein underneath it, which was later occupied by the bandits of Tianyuan Prefecture, and they used it as a base to compete in the wilderness.

I never thought that I would meet the leader of that gang of bandits today.

"Thank you for your kindness, fellow Daoist. I still need to explore the tomb and cannot join." Chishi Sanren said honestly.

Yuan Zheng sighed slightly: "Fellow Daoist Chishi, in this world, it is difficult for independent cultivators to survive. If we don't unite, there will be no hope."

Seeing that Chishi Sanren's expression remained unchanged, he added, "Fellow Daoist Chishi, Yuan doesn't like to play tricks. To be honest, we brothers all have great ambitions and are determined to unify the wasteland. By then, the eight second-level spirit veins will be connected by a magic array, enough to form a third-level spirit vein training ground for Dan-forming..."

However, no matter how Yuan Zheng tried to persuade him, Chishi Sanren always had a kind face and showed no sign of being moved.

Until the end, when Yuan Zheng was ready to give up,

Chishi Sanren's face suddenly turned stern.

"There's corpse gas!"

"Hmm?" Yuan Zheng and Pan Lun looked at each other immediately.

Before they could react, they saw Chishi Sanren took out an old compass and started muttering to himself while changing his steps.

Yuan Zheng paused for a moment, then suddenly realized, "I almost forgot about Fellow Daoist Chishi's legend. To be honest, this is a Yin Vein that my brother and I discovered some time ago. We've been planning for a long time and are almost on the verge of breaking the restriction. Since we have a chance today, why don't we work together to break the restriction? I'm willing to share the contents with you two."

As Yuan Zheng was speaking, he looked at Li Ji'an who was not far away.

"Okay, okay, I will try my best." Chishi Sanren's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Fellow Daoist, I have yet to ask you for advice?" Yuan Zheng looked at Li Ji'an.

"I am just a casual cultivator with a shallow cultivation level, so I won't hinder you from enjoying the opportunity." Li Ji'an refused decisively without any hesitation, and sent a message to Chishi Sanren.

Chishi Sanren was determined to explore the tomb.

"Goodbye!" Li Ji'an did not stay any longer and turned around and left.

Yuan Zheng frowned slightly, but finally didn't force it.

Not long after, Li Ji'an, who had already escaped thousands of miles away, stood on a thousand-year-old tree. He used his full spiritual awareness to guard against the surroundings while sharing his vision with Gua Gua.

In sight is a deep underground culvert, filled with thick evil and oppressive cold.

Yuan Zheng and the other two are working together to break through a layer of restriction.

Seeing that Chishi Sanren was still concentrating, Li Ji'an became more and more confused.

I checked many times along the way and found no trace of any markings.

"Could it be that Fellow Daoist Chishi is truly a loyal and honest person?"

Rumble!
Suddenly, just as the three broke the ban, there was a loud noise in the culvert.

Then the evil spirit rolled and gushed out.

And in the midst of the thick evil, a ray of decaying golden light flashed and instantly appeared in front of the three people.

With just one glance, Li Ji'an immediately called back Gua Gua and flew away towards the outside of Fallen Dragon Ridge without looking back.

(End of this chapter)