Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Once you have the lotus seeds, I will ask True Lord Fulu to set off and wait at the entrance of the secret realm to escort you back. Therefore, you don't have to worry about your safety outside the secret realm."

Yun Xuance said, "As for how to get to this secret realm? I'll give you the detailed route and set up a few tricks to deceive the Hedao Sect's spies."

"After all, they only knew I needed certain specific spiritual objects for forming a newborn, but they had no idea what they were. There are so many spiritual objects for forming a newborn in the world. If I really wanted to find those common spiritual objects, the auction of Jindan cultivators in [Penglai Immortal City] would be a great place to go."

Yun Xuance said, "The Hedao Sect will only set up a tight net around our Xuan Ce Sect in an attempt to intercept the Xuanjing. As long as you can break out of this encirclement, you shouldn't have any problems until you enter the [Mier Mountain Ruins]."

"I'm fine on my side, but Fellow Daoist Yunji and Fellow Daoist Gongsun are both at the early stage of the Golden Core stage and aren't very good at fighting, so I'm afraid there will be some setbacks."

Jing Yu said in a deep voice, "Master Yuanji has many hidden cards and amazing fighting power. Why doesn't the Sect Master send him out?"

"Haha, Xuan Jing, please rest assured. Gongsun Shangyi and Yunji will definitely return to the mountain gate safely!"

Yun Xuance seemed to have made up his mind long ago: "But I don't know if there are any problems with the things they brought back..."

Jing Yu also understood immediately and suddenly realized: "So..."

"It's just a deliberate attempt to confuse people," Yun Xuance said calmly. "Although the [Infant Transformation Pill] is precious, it's not something that's hard to come by. If the Netherworld Sect or the He Dao Sect intercepted this elixir today, I can ask True Lord Fulu or True Lord Fuhua to travel through the void to escort another one to me tomorrow. What's the point?"

“It would be better to take back a fake pill mixed with some ingredients to calm the heart of the Netherworld Dao.”

"Yes, the Sect Master had already prepared the Infant Transformation Pill!" Jing Yu nodded. "The one Yun Ji went to get was actually a deliberate opportunity for someone to poison or adulterate it..."

"It's a pity to spend so much on this Infant Transformation Pill..." Jing Yu said with some pain.

Yun Xuance laughed upon hearing this. "That's fine. When our sect master reaches the Infant stage, he'll be qualified to be a chess player. We can take this fake elixir to the [He Dao Sect] and demand an explanation from them. We'll then demand that [Ling He Zhenjun] pay back double the spiritual resources we've spent!"

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Two hours later, several long-distance merchant ships set sail from the territory of Xuan Ce Gate, carrying boxes of goods to different immortal cities or mountain gates.

Among them, there was a merchant ship flying the flag of the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce, which was heading north. Judging from its route, it seemed that it was planning to trade goods in the sphere of influence of the Danding Dao and Juntian Temple in the northern part of Zhongzhou.

After the merchant ship had been sailing for several days, a fiery red light broke away from the main force and flew out of the merchant ship. It slightly deviated from its direction and fled towards the territory under the jurisdiction of [Danding Dao].

The cultivator in the escaping light was a middle-aged male cultivator with a wretched appearance. He was in the late stage of foundation building. He had a mustache and a bowl-sized mole on his chin, which looked extremely unsightly.

The foundation-building cultivator staggered for a long time before running head-on into an invisible barrier, which forced his escape to stop.

The next moment, a majestic aura emerged from the distant mountains and forests, and an old man in a white robe suddenly appeared in front of the foundation-building cultivator.

This person was flying in the air, his spiritual pressure almost condensed into substance, his power was so great that it was almost far above that of an ordinary Jindan cultivator!

"Fake baby, real person!"

The monk with the mustache looked stern and his expression changed. He said in panic, "I am ignorant and have offended your Excellency. I hope you will show mercy!"

The fake infant remained calm and said, "My dear Xuan Jing, why are you so pretentious? Since I've come here, I've naturally seen through your disguise..."

The monk with the mustache was silent for a moment after hearing this. His originally bent back gradually straightened up. With a wipe of his hand, he wiped off the disguise on his face, revealing his heroic and angular true face.

Jing Yu said calmly, "What's your name, fellow Daoist?"

"[He Dao Sect] Ji Yunzi."

"So it's the Fake Infant True Person from the [He Dao Sect]," Jing Yuyan said. "Xuan Jing considers himself quite accomplished in the art of disguise, yet he was so easily seen through by fellow Daoist."

Ji Yunzi smiled faintly and said, "My friend Xuan Jing's transformation technique is indeed exquisite. Unfortunately, I have a [Qi-seeking Technique] that is most adept at tracking the aura of cultivators. You can change your appearance and even lower your cultivation level, but you can't conceal your aura. Naturally, you can't escape from my palm."

"However, my friend, your breath-hiding technique is quite powerful. From my sharp eyes, I can tell that you are at the late stage of foundation building. This technique is truly extraordinary!"

Jing Yu didn't respond, but laughed it off and changed the subject: "Fellow Daoist Ji Yunzi, are you here to stop me?"

Ji Yunzi pointed to the sky and said, "Some masters up there don't want Master Xuan Ce to form a fetus, so they sent me here to keep an eye on you. You've achieved golden and purple elixir, and you have a promising future. Why would you want to stay in a poor family like the Xuan Ce Sect? If you're willing to join the Underworld Sect now, you'll have a bright future. In a few hundred years, I'll even be able to call you Master!"

Jing Yu sneered in his heart: "You are just a fake infant immortal. I'm afraid your life span is almost over. In a few hundred years, the grass on your grave will be three feet high. How can you still call yourself an adult?"

But he said, "Xuan Jing is so influential that he actually managed to get [He Dao Sect] to send out a fake infant real person to intercept him halfway..."

Ji Yunzi narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "After all, my friend is a peerless genius who has achieved the golden and purple level of elixir. It is only natural to show some respect to him."

"That's because you're only in the middle Jindan stage right now. If you were replaced by a Jindan late stage genius like Chu Jingsheng from [Jian Pavilion], Yan Guiluan from [Xuanyin Pavilion], or Qi Baisheng from [Songfeng Pavilion], we'd have to send out at least three Fake Infant True Immortals to surround you, to have a 70% to 80% chance of keeping you alive."

After hearing this, Jing Yu had an idea in his mind whether the genius who had formed the Purple Qi Golden Pill could compete with the False Infant True Person at the late Golden Pill stage.

If it is a one-on-one fight, the Jin Zi Tianjiao in the late Jindan stage may not be able to defeat the Fake Infant Zhenren, but at least it should not be a problem for them to be evenly matched or to protect themselves.

Otherwise, there would not be a need to dispatch three fake infant true talents to have a 70% to 80% chance of retaining the golden purple cultivator in the late Jindan stage!

Seeing Jing Yu remained silent, Ji Yunzi looked slightly impatient: "Why, my friend, are you going to resist till the end?"

"Don't show your cultivation yet!"

Ji Yunzi's whole body was filled with magical power and his aura was surging. He suddenly shouted, "Today I will experience the golden and purple magical power!"

After saying that, he formed a magic seal in his hand, which turned into an ice cone and he shot it out as a test.

But the ice cone actually passed through Jing Yu's body without any hindrance, leaving a transparent hole in his chest.

That "Jing Yu" gave Ji Yunzi a strange smile, and then his body suddenly dispersed and turned into a pool of pus and blood on the spot, and then he disappeared without a sound.