This immortal has a lot of rebelliousness

Everything around changed again.

This time, Zhang Xianling came to the city wall on the east side of Haoqi City.

Standing on the top of the City Lord's Mansion.

Nangong Lingyuan below looked down at this city that was once prosperous but now looked a little dilapidated.

Years of militarism and extreme exploitation have made Haoqi City no longer prosperous.

The old monk narrowed his eyes, knowing full well that his actions had caused a lot of dissatisfaction and resentment.

But Nangong Lingyuan didn't care at all. In his mind, breaking through the Nascent Soul stage was the only goal, and everything else could be discarded.

"All living beings, after all, spend their lives in confusion."

There was a gloomy gleam in his eyes.

Nangong Lingyuan was completely obsessed, with only the desire to improve himself in his heart.

"I don't want to live like this. Even if it means I have to become an enemy of the entire Three Realms and Four Continents, I will achieve the Nascent Soul Realm and escape from the realm of these meaningless ants!"

He swung his sleeves suddenly.

Nangong Lingyuan suddenly turned around and went straight to the family's ancestral hall.

As the city lord, he was in a high position and had great power, so no one dared to stop him.

Zhang Xianling followed in mid-air all the way. As soon as he entered the ancestral hall, he immediately noticed the thing that had been haunting him under the incense tablet.

——It is the "Qiankun Qi Gathering Cauldron"!

Take a deep breath.

The elderly Nangong Lingyuan burned incense himself, and then knelt down respectfully towards the ancestors of the Nangong family.

"Ancestors, Ling Yuan's Qi and blood are weak, and he knows that he will not live long. However, his cultivation is still unable to successfully break through to the Nascent Soul Realm..."

There was a pause.

Nangong Lingyuan pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "For the prosperity of our family, and even more so for the prosperity of Haoqi City, Lingyuan respectfully informs all of our ancestors that from now on, I will officially activate the 'Qiankun Gathering Qi Cauldron'. I only ask that you ancestors understand me and, if you have spirits in heaven, bless me so that I can accomplish great things!"

Say it.

Nangong Lingyuan did not delay any longer. He waved his hand and the candles on the memorial tablet went out instantly.

The "Qiankun Qi Gathering Cauldron" that originally weighed a thousand pounds suddenly rose into the air and emitted a strange and dim light.

next moment--

Suddenly, numerous inscriptions appeared under the bronze tripod, twisted like tadpoles.

"This is......"

I couldn't help but widen my eyes.

Zhang Xianling was stunned on the spot, his astonishment was self-evident.

only because.

Those inscriptions are almost identical to those in "Anti-Bone Strategy", and are obviously of the same origin!

"The Qiankun Qi gathers the wrath of all living beings in the world!"

grin.

Nangong Lingyuan's expression was filled with excitement, as if he had instantly grasped the secrets of heaven. He vowed confidently, "With this treasure, I can harness the wrath of the people of the world to condense my Nascent Soul, thus transcending my mortal body!"

His eyes shone with brilliance.

Nangong Lingyuan summoned a trace of spiritual consciousness and projected it onto the inscription below the bronze tripod.

"What? Soul and body separated...transcend into a feather and take away the energy!?"

I couldn't help but take a step back.

Nangong Lingyuan got a hint from those inscriptions, which actually asked him to sacrifice his golden elixir and soul in order to completely break free from the constraints of his physical body.

The "Qiankun Qi Gathering Cauldron" can refine the primordial spirit's golden elixir and help him achieve the path of the Nascent Soul.

But it must be removed from the physical body and placed in another place to wait for the opportunity.

to this end.

He also needs to consume a large amount of spirit stones to cast and smelt four giant beast sculptures to support the "Qiankun Qi Gathering Cauldron"!

It is conceivable-

All this will not only be costly and time-consuming, but also fraught with huge risks for Nangong Lingyuan himself.

"Damn..."

I suddenly felt a little hesitant.

Nangong Lingyuan's eyes flickered constantly, and he was instantly caught in a dilemma.

Firstly, he was really worried that extracting his golden elixir spirit would put him in an unfavorable situation.

Secondly, the current Haoqi City has long been overwhelmed. Using a large amount of spirit stones to melt the beast statues would probably immediately cause serious damage to the vitality of the Nangong family.

"No, I won't accept it, I won't accept it!"

With a wave of his hand, a storm immediately arose.

Boom~~

The huge bronze tripod fell from mid-air and hit the ground hard.

"City Lord!"

A large number of guards rushed over after hearing the noise, thinking that something big had happened.

But there was only an elderly monk who was alone, kneeling on the ground with disheveled hair.

"Who let you in..."

Never looking back.

Nangong Lingyuan's voice was low and he shouted angrily: "Get out of here!"

As soon as these words came out.

The guards were slightly startled, and quickly bowed with utmost respect, then left the ancestral hall one after another.

"Why is it so difficult to achieve Nascent Soul Immortality? Do I have to take this path of no return?"

At the cost of the entire Haoqi City’s resources, they are doing such dangerous and evil things again.

Nangong Lingyuan has the chance to touch the threshold of the Nascent Soul stage, but there is only a chance left...

Suspended in mid-air.

As a bystander, Zhang Xianling saw all of this.

"He's truly unbelievable. He worked so hard just to achieve immortality and enlightenment, yet he's still just another pathetic person. Just like that old bastard Situ Zhong, there's not much difference at all."

Slowly stand up from the ground.

Nangong Lingyuan's shoulders were shaking constantly. When he raised his head again, the brilliance in his eyes had long gone, replaced by madness.

"It is better to live a miserable life than to die..."

He raised his eyebrows.

Nangong Lingyuan said coldly: "In that case, why not give it a try and fight for eternal life for thousands of years!"

After hearing this.

Zhang Xianling couldn't help but close his eyes, but his mind was extremely clear.

The young monk who was full of vigor and vitality in the past has now completely fallen into the devil's madness.

as predicted--

Nangong Lingyuan's next move made people feel a chill.

First, they plundered the resources of Haoqi City on a large scale, forcing all ordinary cultivators into a desperate situation.

Then he used the fight between the three heirs to divert internal conflicts.

A large amount of spirit stones were collected and secretly used to smelt and cast into four huge animal sculptures.

The mortal towns around Haoqi City suffered even more devastating consequences.

Ordinary people were forced to do labor and work day and night to rebuild the underground palace for him.

As for the outside world, Nangong Lingyuan claimed that they were building a secret room for his own retreat.

Three years passed by in a flash.

The situation in Haoqi City is worse than before. Both monks and mortals are complaining bitterly. In order to avoid all this, many people have left Haoqi City.

Finally, everything is ready.

Nangong Lingyuan announced that he would go into seclusion. If he failed to break through his cultivation level, the position of city lord would be passed on to his descendants.

But before this old man went into seclusion, he did not specify who his true successor was.

This also led to the open and covert struggles among the three princes later.

Zhang Xianling watched all this and finally understood the intention of Nangong Lingyuan's arrangement.

It's nothing more than a cover-up to divert everyone's attention.

In order to buy enough time for himself, he could slowly use the power of the Qiankun Qi Gathering Cauldron to absorb the anger of all living beings in the world.