Great Red Immortal Sect

Chapter 120 Fragments
The smoke and dust in front of the shop stopped, and the four precious beads shone with divine light. Many of the surrounding cultivators changed their expressions and looked over as if they were bewitched.

The Chen family withdrew from Qinglifang, and the guards here were far weaker than before. Many foreign cultivators became greedy when they saw the four precious beads and quietly surrounded them.

Liu Xiaowen looked at the precious beads, and they were indeed the four water virtues of Han Ren and Kan, but only lacked "Gui Water". If there was another one like this, the five beads would be together, and it would probably be a first-level ancient magic weapon.

Not to mention these Qi-refining cultivators, even if a foundation-building cultivator from an immortal sect came here, they would be jealous.

"I'm cultivating 'Bing Fire', where do I get so many water-virtue spiritual objects?"

Liu Xiaowen had already rejected Zhang Yu's request. Looking around, he saw many independent cultivators ready to make a move. Some even cast their eyes on the magic weapons and elixirs in the shop, which made Liu Xiaowen's face gloomy.

Zhang Yu suddenly revealed his unexpected wealth, and how many people didn't become greedy? If they really started fighting over it, the Jianqing shop in the sect would probably be robbed as well.

At that moment, Liu Xiaowen drew out the magic sword in his hand, with red flames billowing, and looked around.

Zhang Yu still looked depressed, completely unaware of the gazes of the surrounding cultivators. He kept repeating the words in his mouth as if he wanted to commit suicide.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang Yu, please leave. We are not doing business today."

Liu Xiaowen was determined not to get involved with this person, so he activated the plaque. Suddenly, lightning flashed and sword energy spread everywhere. The surrounding cultivators dared not look anymore.

Zhang Yu looked sad. He casually put away the four pearls and walked slowly out of Qinglifang.

The surrounding wandering cultivators were all shocked. They had to worry about the guards in the market, but there was no law outside the market. This person probably really wanted to commit suicide.

Liu Xiaowen looked in the direction of Zhang Yu, and felt the seal characters in his qi sea move slightly. There was something on the other party that was attracting him, making him waver and want to move forward.

Zhang Yu walked out of the city in a daze, and many wandering cultivators followed him quietly, including some cultivators at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Several fellow disciples in the shop looked at each other in bewilderment. They were all quite tempted when they saw the precious pearl, but since Xiao Wen Zhenchuan had spoken, they had no choice but to give up.

After picking up the damaged Baihe sword on the ground, only the hilt was left. This magic sword was completely destroyed. Liu Xiaowen calculated how many spiritual objects he could refine from this hilt.
"I've worked for months in vain, and the loss is huge."

Liu Xiaowen sighed deeply, thinking it was just a way to avoid disaster by spending money.

Outside the market town, Zhang Yu walked slowly. It was summer, and the heat was scorching. Many wandering cultivators followed him, ready to make a move.

The sun is scorching, and outside Qinglifang is a countryside with many trees growing.

Zhang Yu was walking in the shade of trees. The sound of cicadas could be heard from all directions. Suddenly, a cold air rushed over, condensed into an icicle, and pierced Zhang Yu's vest.

A flame rose up, the whole body was silver-white, the tip of the flame was retracted, and the whole body was solid. It did not look like fire, but rather like some kind of molten iron. It gushed out of Zhang Yu's body and melted the ice cone.

A pool of cold water splashed on Zhang Yu's back. He looked up at the sky with a puzzled look on his face, not knowing where it came from. He shook his head and continued to move forward, heading straight to the south, as if heading towards the Yuliu Demon Mountain.

A flying sword rushed up, with streaks of blood on it, surging endlessly, turning into the mouths of many monsters, and flew straight towards Zhang Yu's face.

Zhang Yu did not move, allowing the flying sword to pierce his forehead. The silver fire rose again and instantly burned the flying sword to ashes. Suddenly, a wailing sound was heard not far away.

Many of the wandering cultivators around began to think of retreating and gradually left. In the end, only three cultivators at the sixth level of Qi Refining were left following. The four Water Virtue Orbs were too precious. Even though they could see that there was something wrong with Zhang Yu, these three people refused to retreat.

Zhang Yu stopped and saw three people standing in front of him. They were all independent cultivators, two men and one woman, looking straight at him.

A sturdy man, an old man in a black robe, and a woman in a blue skirt.

"What do you want?"

Zhang Yu looked at him listlessly and asked in confusion.

The three people in front of him were silent for a while, and finally the woman in the blue skirt spoke first. She looked quite young, but judging from her voice, she was probably quite old.

"My fellow Daoist, the three of us are delighted to see your precious pearl. We are willing to exchange it with you for our Qi-refining instruments."

The woman spoke in a calm tone, but her eyes flashed with a cold light, and her aura was fixed on Zhang Yu's vital points. The remaining man and the old man also agreed with her, their faces unfriendly and murderous intent suddenly filled their eyes.

Zhang Yu's expression remained unchanged. He took out four precious beads and said softly:
"Whoever can escort me on my journey today will receive this precious pearl."

"But there's something strange in my body. I'm afraid I might harm your lives, so please be careful."

After saying that, Zhang Yu sat cross-legged on the ground, gathering all his magical powers, and said nothing.

The three wandering cultivators were all puzzled by his actions. They hesitated and did not make any rash moves. In the end, the man could not help himself and stepped forward first, grinning and saying:

"Little brother, why didn't you tell me earlier that you wanted to leave? I, Feng Chi, specialize in this. I guarantee that there won't be any pain."

Zhang Yu showed some hope on his face, looked at the other party, and asked:
"Really?"

"Of course it's true."

As soon as Feng Chi finished speaking, he quickly raised a horizontal sword. It was pure white and was a low-grade Qi-refining magic weapon. There were streaks of blue-white lightning running on it, and raindrops were floating on it.

Lightning flashed on the knife. The man silently chanted an incantation, and a foot-long talisman burst out from his spleen, carrying a golden aura. He blew it, and black water gushed out and fell on the talisman, revealing words:
[Mine Messenger, Thunder Officer]

When the talisman stuck to the man, his aura suddenly increased. He swung his sword horizontally and chopped down. Suddenly, it was as if ghosts and gods came to help, and green lightning burst out.

Zhang Yu did not move, but stared at the sword that was slashing towards his head. He released his own magic power and watched the sword fall with lightning.

The two people next to him had strange expressions on their faces. Feng Chi's skills were superior to the two of them. If he got serious, this kid who was at the fifth level of Qi Refining would probably die.

Both of them cast their eyes on the precious beads, ready to grab them at any time.

The sword fell and cut off the opponent's head, but the silver fire rose up and melted the sword in an instant, spreading to Feng Chi's body, burning his body to ashes and turning it into a handful of ashes.

Zhang Yu looked at the other two cultivators again, his eyes filled with sorrow, and asked in a low voice:
"Would you two like to try it?"

The woman and the old man looked at each other, both with fear on their faces, and shook their heads.

Zhang Yu stood up, sighed, and was about to take the pearl back, but he saw the old man quickly take one and immediately flew away on the wind.

The woman did not move rashly, but looked at Zhang Yu's next move. However, she saw that the man just shouted loudly and did not use any other tricks, allowing the old man to leave.

She was also tempted. Perhaps just snatching the orb wouldn't cause that strange fire? Greed suddenly rose in her heart, and her eyes were fixed on the orb in Zhang Yu's hand.

Zhang Yu stood still, looking a little annoyed, blaming the old man for breaking his promise. But the woman was ready to take action, with cold air spreading from her hands, as she was about to take the pearl.

Suddenly, there was a sound of thunder in the sky, purple thunder surged, and the old man's head fell from the sky and fell directly between the two of them.

A man in a dark black Taoist robe descended from the sky, carrying a dark blue magic sword with the Big Dipper pattern on it. He looked middle-aged and slowly landed between the two of them.

The other party did not show any aggression, but just the look in his eyes put great pressure on the woman. She dared not look any further and immediately knelt down and saluted, saying:
"I've met senior."

Zhang Yu, who was standing by, had a strange look on his face and also bowed to greet him. The person in front of him was clearly a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The Taoist with a sword on his back took out a precious pearl, which was sky blue in color. The sound of waves came from inside, which was exactly from the "Hanshui" sect.

Xu Xuan looked at the two people beside him, threw the pearl into Zhang Yu's arms, and asked in a low voice:

"yours?"

Zhang Yu nodded, took the pearl, breathed a sigh of relief, and said gratefully:
"Exactly. Thank you, Senior."

Xu Xuan's face was unhappy, he was still sensing the aura of the gem. The black jade dragon-patterned bracelet in his body was vibrating. The gem was clearly surrounded by dragon energy, which was extremely pure.

Recalling what just happened, Xu Xuan was still confused. He had just returned from the Liu family and wanted to come to Qinglifang to check out the shop, but the sea of flowers transformed from Tiantuo in his qi sea had a response, driving him here to see the chaos below.

Looking at Zhang Yu, Xu Xuan's eyes darkened slightly. The ancient stele vibrated, and he felt that this person must be a man with destiny.

When Xu Xuan approached this person, he couldn't help but feel a sense of closeness, but soon the clear energy flowed away and he regained his clarity of mind.

"It's not magical power, but destiny."

Xu Xuan knew in his heart that if it was a supernatural power, he would find it difficult to detect Tiantuo's absence. Supernatural power could not touch the ancient monument. Only luck could have such an effect.

A faint thought came from the sea of flowers transformed by Tiantuo, asking Xu Xuan to contact this person, and then there was no sound. "What exactly does Tiantuo mean?"

This old monster said that he was sleeping now, but he sent such a message, which made Xu Xuan a little puzzled.

From the moment Zhang Yu entered Qinglifang and was surrounded in the dense forest, Xu Xuan watched and let things take their course. Only when he saw that Xiao Wen was fine did he breathe a sigh of relief.

The old man snatched the pearl and ran away. In his haste, he rushed straight to the cloud where Xu Xuan was hiding. He happened to find someone there. In order to protect the pearl, he cast many spells first, but he didn't want to be killed by Xu Xuan's sword energy.

"Is it a coincidence, or is it his fate that forced me to show up?"

Xu Xuan looked at Zhang Yu, wondering where this person came from and what he wanted.

Turning around and looking at the female cultivator, she was still kneeling on the ground, not daring to move at all. Xu Xuan's eyes darkened and he let her leave.

Xu Xuan casually summoned the mustard seed thing from the ashes on the ground. It was from Feng Chi. This man practiced thunder magic, which made Xu Xuan a little curious. The old man didn't have any good things on him, only some spirit stones, and his magic tools were only at the fetal breathing level.

In comparison, although there were no spiritual objects in the mustard seed object in the sealed pool, there were two yellowed pages, each with a talisman written on it. He accepted them first and read them later.

Looking at Zhang Yu beside him, Xu Xuan's expression darkened slightly. He was ready to ask about the situation before making a decision. He just said:

"What's your name? Why are you looking for death?"

Zhang Yu looked very sad at the moment. After hearing this, he just said softly:
"I am Zhang Yu, a man who should have died long ago."

Xu Xuan was thinking about how to comfort this person, and said in a deep voice:
"Why are you so depressed? You are so young, and you have already reached the fifth level of cultivation. You have a good chance of building your foundation. Don't be so depressed."

"Tell me about it, maybe I can be of some help?"

Xu Xuan used some of his skills to say this, which calmed Zhang Yu down and made him feel a little calmer.

Zhang Yu looked over, his expression mournful. His white robe was stained with mud from the ground. He slowly stood up and said mournfully:

"Senior, you don't know that I am guilty. I killed my wife."

The man in front of him spoke slowly and leisurely, and Xu Xuan listened carefully, trying to figure out his background.

Zhang Yu was born in the southeast. He was originally a scholar. By chance, he embarked on the path to immortality. He stayed overnight in a temple and met a woman by chance. The two got to know each other, fell in love, and became Taoist companions.

At this point, Zhang Yu's eyes shed a few tears, and with a wry smile, he continued:

"Many years ago, my wife and I were traveling on Yunxia Island in the East China Sea. Unfortunately, we encountered a bloody disaster. A dragon son was plotted against and died."

As he spoke, Zhang Yu's face was filled with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"The Dragon Palace was furious and began to hunt down and kill the immortal cultivators. A dragon king revealed his true form, beaming with crimson light, and swallowed up the tens of thousands of cultivators on Yunxia Island in one gulp."

"My wife tried to save me, but she fell into the dragon's mouth and died. I was crazy at first and wanted revenge, but I was just a Qi cultivator, how could I afford to provoke the Dragon King?"

Zhang Yu's expression gradually darkened, and he said in a low voice:

"I am incompetent. How can I have the dignity to live in this world? When I escaped, the Dragon King spewed out a mouthful of Dao fire, burning the remaining monks. I was lucky enough to survive."

"That dragon fire also penetrated into my body, burning my heart and blood, while also protecting my body, making it impossible for me to live or die."

Xu Xuan frowned when he heard this. This situation was not right, but Zhang Yu looked over and said:
"Senior, how do you think I should end my life?"

"Although I tried to charge into several Purple Mansion Mountain Gates before, I was always knocked unconscious by the formations, and it was difficult to escape death."

"I heard that the monsters in Yuliu Monster Mountain in the south are very powerful, so I decided to go and take a look."

Xu Xuan remained silent. The other party was determined to die. He had never seen such a situation before.

Under normal circumstances, he would have decided not to contact this kind of people, but since it was Tiantuo who asked for help, he could only give it a try. With the ancient stele protecting him, the other party's luck would hardly affect him.

"There's hope if you're alive, but nothing is left if you're dead. Who knows, maybe your wife is still alive, waiting for you."

Xu Xuan spoke in a calm voice, comforting Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu, who was standing by, had a look of hope on his face, but then he shook his head and said:
"After falling into the dragon's mouth, I clearly saw her body shattered and her soul dissipated. There was no chance of survival."

Xu Xuan did not respond, but asked:
"How did you get those Water Virtue Orbs?"

Xu Xuan asked softly. He would not make a mistake. These gems all contained dragon energy and were extremely pure.

"I got this from a legacy. I originally had another one with 'Guishui' in it, but it was burned by the dragon fire."

Zhang Yu looked at the pearls in his hand and said:
"What's the use of these external things?"

He sighed deeply, opened the mustard seed, and put away several precious pearls.

At this moment, Xu Xuan felt the ancient stele tremble. Something in the other party's mustard seed object was connected to the ancient stele in his body, and the scene of this thing quickly came into Xu Xuan's mind.

A tiny fragment of green jade, about an inch long and wide, seemed to have fallen off some object, and was engraved with patterns of the sun and the moon.

The ancient monument in his body vibrated like never before, even more strongly than the jade pendant he had seen from Fan Qingzhu before. This frightened Xu Xuan, and he silently looked at Zhang Yu's mustard seed.

Zhang Yu came back to his senses and saw Xu Xuan looking thoughtful. He then spread out the mustard seed and said in a deep voice:
"Senior, if there is anything you want, just tell me. I am a dying man."

"As I traveled, everyone I met wanted to rob me and kill me. No one was willing to listen to my story. Only you, Senior, were willing to give me some advice. Now that I'm telling you, I feel better."

Zhang Yu's expression became more and more excited. He shook the mustard seed object, and suddenly many spiritual objects fell to the ground. Four precious beads, several magic tools, and the jade fragment were clearly among them.

Xu Xuan looked at it, pretending to linger on the orb for a moment, but actually he was paying attention to the piece of green jade fragment, silently sensing it with the ancient stele in his body.

'That's exactly it.'

There was nothing magical about the jade fragment. It was just ordinary and fell into the mud, reflecting the sunlight.

Xu Xuan casually picked up a few Qi-refining spiritual objects, all of which were of low value, and mixed them with the jade fragment, saying:

"Since you are willing to thank me, I don't want to take advantage of you. Accepting these spiritual objects for Qi training is enough for me."

Zhang Yu felt that the other party was a very moral person. Not only was he willing to guide him, a young Qi-refining cultivator, but he was also unwilling to accept more spiritual objects. This was really rare.

After Xu Xuan got the jade fragment, he no longer thought about any other spiritual objects. He immediately used his magic power to send the fragment to the qi sea.

The fragment quickly connected with the clear air, and seemed to be changing, but after the tremor, it returned to silence. Xu Xuan silently sensed that the jade fragment seemed to be missing a part, which was why it was useless.

With his normal expression, he silently put the jade fragment back into his body. Then Xu Xuan started chatting with Zhang Yu and roughly understood that the man's wealth came from a foundation-building cave.

First he asked about the precious beads, and then about some magical instruments. Xu Xuan calmly took out the jade fragment and said softly:

"What is this? It seems to be of no use."

Zhang Yu seemed a little confused. After thinking for a while, he remembered something and said:

"I came across this by chance. I originally had two pieces, like mother and child jades. Even though they were separated by great distances, their magical powers could sense each other."

"There was another fragment that my wife held, but it fell into the dragon's mouth. The object is now useless."

Xu Xuan's mind sank. The question now was, was this person's Taoist partner still alive? If they had truly perished, that thing would have fallen into the Dragon Palace, something he couldn't plan for.

But looking at Zhang Yu, the dragon fire in his body and his unusual destiny clearly indicated that something was wrong.

'Do you want to get involved?'

Xu Xuan was lost in thought. The shade of the trees was scattered around him, and the sunlight was fragmented. In his qi sea, the sea of flowers transformed by Tiantuo changed again. Many blood flowers rose up and revealed words, which attracted Xu Xuan's attention.

【Donghua】.

　I have a headache today and feel very uncomfortable. I can only update once and will add more tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)