Uncle Jiu's Senior Brother

It was almost evening when the two finally arrived at Qingcheng Mountain.

I saw mountains surrounding it, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, the surrounding trees looked like city walls.

It is just like the deep forest with dense trees. The mountains are filled with mist and the winding paths lead to secluded places.

"What a great Taoist holy place." Lu Li was fascinated by the scenery and praised.

"Haha, I don't deserve your praise, Mr. Lu. Your Maoshan isn't bad either."

As he was speaking, an old Taoist with white hair and beard was seen standing a hundred meters away one moment and coming close the next.

What advanced footwork! It seems that this old Taoist has the same level of cultivation as Lu Li, but he is indeed better than Lu Li in footwork and use of magic power.

Maoshan is indeed not known for its footwork.

"Hello, Great Elder!" the young Taoist bowed and greeted.

"Well, go and claim your reward! This must be fellow Lu Li, who is famous in the spiritual world. My surname is Qu, so you can just call me Elder Qu," the old man said with a smile.

"Lu Li greets Elder Qu!" Lu Li bowed in greeting.

"Let's not be polite, Mr. Lu. It must have been difficult to get here. Those evil people should be killed. If I meet them, I will kill them too. Let's go! Let's go up the mountain first."

When Elder Qu spoke, he looked murderous with a fierce look in his eyes. He must have had a bad temper when he was young.

Then he went up the mountain with Elder Qu.

As if intending to test Lu Li's cultivation, Elder Qu took several dozen meters with one step. Lu Li followed closely behind him, and the two of them competed with each other in footwork.

After walking up the steps for a while, you will reach the palace gate on the top of the mountain.

Elder Qu stopped and praised: "Young friend Lu is indeed a young talent. Not only is his cultivation profound, but he has also cultivated the Maoshan Steps and Steps to the Great Perfection Realm. It is true that each generation is stronger than the last."

"Thank you for the compliment, Elder. Your cultivation is not weak either, and your footwork is even better than mine."

Lu Li knew very well that he should not act recklessly in someone else's territory.

"It's Luo Xianggong's footwork that's exquisite. If we were at the same level of footwork, I'd probably lag behind you."

"We have arrived at Luo Xiang Palace. How do you feel, young friend Lu?" Elder Qu stroked his long beard.

Lu Li saw more than a dozen large halls located on the top of the mountain. The Sanqing Hall, Sanhuang Hall and Donghua Emperor Hall were all located among them. In the front was the main hall, which enshrined the Sanqing saints.

The main hall is a pavilion-style building with a double-eaved roof and flying ridges. There are nine stone steps in front of the hall, with nine steps representing the highest point.

The topography of the mountain top is also uneven, connecting the palaces and pavilions into one, surrounded by steep cliffs and mountains.

"What a wonderful place, it fully displays the majesty of the Sichuan Mountains." Lu Li exclaimed.

"The mountains in Sichuan Province have unique auras and the land veins are good for people, especially in Qingcheng. That's why the Tianshi Dao chose to open a temple here."

Elder Qu looked proud. This place was indeed a good place to cultivate one's body and mind, especially with its abundant spiritual energy.

Lu Li nodded and went into the Sanqing Hall to burn incense.

After coming out, he burned incense to the gods in the side hall.

Who knows if you disrespect someone and he will make things difficult for you.

Afterwards, Elder Qu took Lu Li to the backyard, which was the area where the elders and disciples practiced and lived. All the buildings were connected by corridors.

After walking around for a while, I finally arrived at the main hall, where I saw an old Taoist priest with black hair sitting in the main seat. He was wearing a black robe with the four gods printed on it, and he was looking at me and smiling.

There were four or five old men wearing Taoist robes sitting on both sides. Elder Qu walked into the hall and nodded to the Taoist priest in the main seat.

Then he introduced him to Lu Li: "This is the head of our Menluo Xiang Palace, Master Qi, and these are the second elder, the third elder~~." He continued until he introduced the sixth elder who had white hair and beard.

"May you be blessed with boundless happiness. Lu Li, the 36th generation disciple of Maoshan, greets Master Qi and all the elders."

Lu Li bowed and saluted. The seniority was so great that it was almost impossible to be killed. These old men were probably over a hundred years old.

"I don't know how Master Qin is doing. The last time we met was when he subdued the flying zombie. It's been twenty years now. Now the thirty-sixth generation disciples are so old, and their cultivation is only slightly worse than mine. He is really old." Master Qi spoke with full energy but with a sense of boldness.

Master Qin is Lu Li's master, the head of Mount Mao. Lu Li heard from his uncle Jiu that his master's surname was Qin.

"The last time I saw Master was a year ago. He was in good health. I'm worried about you. You don't look old. I thought you were only in your forties."

Lu Li's behavior was so friendly that there was nothing to fault with it. Master Qi was also smiling after hearing this.

"Okay, now that we've finished our family chat, let's get down to business," Elder Qu said anxiously.

Everyone in the hall began to become serious, and Lu Li reached out and took out the corpse-hiding talisman from his arms.

"Blue Talisman." Master Qi couldn't help but say, glancing at Lu Li. This kid was really careful in doing things.

"Hehe, I drew this myself because I was afraid of accidents on the road." Now is the time to show off my skills.

"Not bad, you can do it." Master Qi said with a smile.

"Imperial decree! Out!"

Then the Xishuangbanna bronze-armored corpse appeared in the hall. It had been nailed down by the chicken blood coffin nails and wrapped in Huang Chou's coffin covered with talismans.

After coming out, his eyes were red and he looked a little listless, no longer as fierce as before.

"You are so careful. You have wrapped it like a dumpling." Elder Qu said with concern.

Master Qi waved his hand to break the corpse-suppressing talisman and the evil-dispelling talisman, revealing the body of the bronze-armored corpse.

He wrote another talisman in the void and injected it into the copper-armored corpse's body, saying, "Okay, remove the coffin nails. If you keep nailing them down, the copper-armored corpse's aura will be completely destroyed."

Elder Qu pulled out the seven coffin nails, but the bronze-armored corpse did not react at all. Instead, it stood obediently in the hall.

Lu Li was curious about what kind of talisman Master Qi had just written.

Master Qi saw what Lu Li was thinking. "That's a soul-controlling talisman. Most zombies have hard shells but no souls, so the founder of Luoxiang Palace created a soul-controlling talisman that can control some zombies with the mind. Of course, these zombies must have been refined using the special secret method of Luoxiang Palace."

This Xishuangbanna bronze-armored corpse had been refined through sacrifices for decades, and was stolen by disciples in the palace when it was about to succeed.

Half of Elder Qu's abilities can only be exerted with the help of this bronze-armored corpse.

"Young friend, I have a request. I wonder if you could sell this corpse-hiding talisman to me? I can exchange it for something else." Elder Qu said hesitantly.

"Just give it to Elder Qu. It would be too polite to ask for an exchange." Lu Li was best at doing good deeds like this.

But doesn't Luoxiang Palace have this kind of talisman? You know, Luoxiang Palace is also a big sect.

There really aren't any in Luoxiang Palace. Once, a sect leader died together with an evil cultivator along with the talisman secret book, resulting in the loss of all the talismans above the yellow level in the sect.

"I see that young friend seems to be lacking a certain footwork. I happen to have a book called 'Seven Steps of the Big Dipper'. If you practice it to perfection, you can drive the magic power in your body to circulate while moving. I'd like to exchange it for three talismans. What do you think?" Elder Qu said with concern.

"Old Man Qu, you are so generous. We don't have as many things as you." The second elder said regretfully.

"Good footwork. I'll change it." He took out three corpse-hiding talismans and handed them to Elder Qu. This business made a lot of money.

Seeing Lu Li being so straightforward, Elder Qu took out a yellowed secret book from his arms, on which was written "Seven Steps of the Big Dipper".

Then he took out a jade box and said, "This is the promised Shenyuan Barrier Breaking Pill. Please keep it. Since it is handed over to you, you can handle it."

Lu Li took it with both hands. Wasn’t this what he had gone through all this trouble for?

I finally got it.

Lu Li originally wanted to go down the mountain directly after finishing his business, but several other elders insisted on exchanging Lu Li's talisman, so he had no choice but to stay in Luo Xiang Palace temporarily.