The whole world is cultivating qi, only I am cultivating the body

The one who invited Zeng Wenyu was a bald monk with his upper body naked. His muscular body was full of philosophical flavor. From the outside, he didn't look like a Qi-refining monk at all. If it weren't for the fluctuations of his cultivation level in the early Infant Realm, Zeng Wenyu even felt that he was more like a Body-refining monk than himself.

The appearance of the bald monk caused the other wandering monks around to scatter immediately. They all seemed to be very afraid of this bald monk.

Seeing Zeng Wenyu looking at him strangely, the bald monk smiled innocently and raised his hand to touch his bald head. "By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. I am Longtan, a monk from the Steel Body Sect, a small sect from New Country. Everyone in our sect likes to exercise. This body of muscles is all trained in the sect. At the same time, this body of muscles can also withstand some spell attacks. After entering the mausoleum, I will be the best punching bag!"

Zeng Wenyu could feel that there was spiritual energy flowing throughout Long Tan's muscles, and that spiritual energy was nourishing his muscles all the time. It was precisely because of this that he was able to develop such rock-hard muscles.

"Brother Long, what do you want to talk to me about?" Instead of following Long Tan rashly, Zeng Wenyu took a few steps back.

In fact, looking at the silly smile on Longtan's face, Zeng Wenyu subconsciously wanted to agree, but he really felt that Longtan's muscles were too philosophical and reminded him of something. In addition, he suddenly realized that there were no truly good people in the world of cultivation. The more honest a person looked, the more likely he was to use this appearance to confuse others.

"We, the early Infant Realm cultivators who are looked down upon by the people inside, have formed a temporary alliance. We are prepared to work together after entering the mausoleum," Long Tan smiled innocently again. "I just saw the power you have shown after a little effort, so I came to invite you to join our alliance."

"Alliance?" He didn't agree immediately. Even though Longtan had expressed goodwill, Zeng Wenyu still felt that a loose alliance of independent cultivators was not very reliable. "So how many people are there in your alliance?"

"There are already fifty-two cultivators in the early stage of the Infant Realm. They are all very friendly."

Friendly? Zeng Wenyu didn't believe it. All the independent cultivators were cultivators who pursued the maximization of their own interests. He believed that these fifty-two people must have ulterior motives. If they really came across something good, they would immediately attack the people around them. Would Long Tan in front of him not know about this? Unless Long Tan was the initiator of this alliance, he must have his own plan.

Should he join or not? To be honest, it might be better not to join. He would not have to worry about the people around him if he went in alone. Anyone who appeared in front of him could be regarded as an enemy. However, if he did not join, the monks who formed the alliance would be afraid of him. They would not let him, who refused the invitation, enter the mausoleum easily.

But if Zeng Wenyu joined this alliance, he would have to be careful at all times that people around him would attack him. He might be attacked by his so-called "teammates" at any time. So why did Longtan think he didn't have to worry about these things? Just relying on his muscles?

Zeng Wenyu admitted that Longtan's muscles were indeed defensive, especially the spiritual energy flowing under his muscles. Those spiritual energy could protect him from some weak spells and could withstand the first wave of attacks and counterattack. However, anyone with cultivation could see the spiritual energy under his muscles. He would definitely try his best when attacked by a sneak attack. How could Longtan defend against such spells at that time? Thinking of this, Zeng Wenyu looked at Longtan thoughtfully. This Longtan should have hidden his cultivation.

"How about it? Have you considered it? Do you want to join our alliance?"

Long Tan was still standing in front of Zeng Wenyu with a silly smile, but Zeng Wenyu could faintly feel the auras of several early Infant Realm cultivators appearing around him. They did not conceal their cultivation at all and just surrounded Zeng Wenyu, as if as long as Zeng Wenyu opened his mouth to refuse, they would directly attack Zeng Wenyu.

To be honest, Zeng Wenyu was not afraid of those people surrounding him. Whether he was attacking them or escaping from them, Zeng Wenyu was able to do it with ease. But this would bring a lot of trouble in the future. After testing his strength, these people would definitely attack him without reservation when they met him later. After all, in the mausoleum, eliminating one more opponent would mean one more gain.

Zeng Wenyu didn't want to have so much trouble: "Since our alliance has such strength, then I will naturally join. I believe we will have huge gains in the mausoleum!"

Hearing Zeng Wenyu's agreement, Long Tanhan walked to his side with a smile and patted Zeng Wenyu on the shoulder. "Great! Our team has grown again. Let's go. I'll take you to where our alliance is stationed. There are our tents there, so you don't have to live in the open air. By the way, what's your name?"

"I am Gao Yi!"

"Okay! Fellow Daoist Gao Yi, let's go!"

Longtan put his arm around Zeng Wenyu's shoulders and walked towards the forest. Zeng Wenyu suppressed his discomfort and followed Longtan away.

This area was full of tents. When Longtan brought Zeng Wenyu over, he felt a pair of unfriendly eyes looking at Zeng Wenyu from the tents. These should be the monks that Longtan had brought in before.

Taking Zeng Wenyu to an uninhabited tent, Longtan told Zeng Wenyu that this was where he would be living for the time being. Then he told Zeng Wenyu that he would introduce him to other people in the evening, and then he let go of his hand on Zeng Wenyu's shoulder and left.

Enduring the discomfort in his body, Zeng Wenyu walked into the tent and checked every corner of the tent. Only after making sure that there was no surveillance formation or the like did he sit cross-legged on the ground.

Now Zeng Wenyu really knew what method Long Tan had used. When he patted Zeng Wenyu's shoulder and put his arm around his shoulder, a small amount of spiritual energy in Long Tan's body entered his body. After entering his body, the spiritual energy disguised itself and hid. If the power in Zeng Wenyu's body was not the power of qi and blood, it would be difficult to discover this extremely concealed spiritual energy.

Zeng Wenyu did not rashly expel Longtan's spiritual energy from his body. Instead, he wrapped up the spiritual energy with the power of qi and blood, and repeatedly checked all parts of his body to prevent any omissions.

After processing the Longtan's spiritual energy in his body, it was already late. Longtan's voice came from outside the tent. He came to call Zeng Wenyu to go out and meet the others.

Long Tan did not realize that Zeng Wenyu had isolated his spiritual energy. This time he did not put his arm around Zeng Wenyu's shoulders in a friendly manner, but still used his silly smile to take Zeng Wenyu to meet the other monks in the camp. At the same time, he lit a bonfire in the middle of the camp and roasted the hunted monsters on it.

In order to prevent Longtan from noticing something was wrong, Zeng Wenyu ate with the other monks before returning to his tent. But Longtan? He was talking about unimportant things during the whole dinner. Some monks once asked how the things obtained by the alliance should be divided, but Longtan just laughed it off.

Returning to his tent, he found that there was nothing wrong with the monster meat. It seemed that Longtan was very confident in his methods, and was also afraid that his methods would be discovered by other monks in the alliance, so he did not tamper with the monster meat. However, when leaving the center of the camp, Longtan told everyone that he had received news from the center that the tomb would be opened soon.