"Finally... I was fooled!"

Tianshou Mountain, the imperial palace.

The original tomb of Emperor Taizu has long been converted into a new palace.

During the more than ten years of reconstruction, in addition to a large number of skilled workers from the Ministry of Industry, Tian Xingzi also joined in.

According to the theory of astrology and formation, he used a large amount of cultivation materials from the Zheng family's treasure house to build the palace, making the entire palace extremely solid and magnificent.

In fact, the entire palace is part of the Tianshou Mountain protection formation.

In other words, the core of the Tianshou Mountain protection formation is located in the palace.

To be precise, it was in the palace where Zheng Yi himself was.

Tianshou Mountain Palace, Lingxiao Hall!
This place is the center of Tianshou Mountain Palace and also the center of the entire Dayu Immortal Dynasty.

From the name of this hall, we can also see Zheng Yi’s ambition!
At this time in the Lingxiao Palace, Zheng Yi, who used the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror to cover the entire Tianshou Mountain with his spiritual power, had already discovered the sneaky behavior of the Four Ghosts of the South Mountain.

Over the past year or so, in addition to gaining longevity through dual cultivation with the beauties, he has also been using his divine sense to monitor the dozen or so independent cultivators he has recruited.

Needless to say, Shi Xianggui and others.

They have already sacrificed a trace of their souls and ignited the soul fire. They will be people of the Dayu Immortal Dynasty for the rest of their lives, so there is nothing to monitor.

As for the Hehuan Sect's Li Huan Zhenren and others, up to now only his goddaughter Liu Yufei, under his instigation, sacrificed her soul and ignited the soul fire, and became his own.

Master Li Huan and his three remaining disciples have not yet sacrificed their spirits or ignited their soul fires, and no one knows what they are doing.

But there is no need to worry too much about the loyalty of these people.

After all, with the existence of Liu Yufei, they are already bound to the Dayu Immortal Dynasty.

Betrayal is because there are not enough bargaining chips and interests.

The chips and benefits he gave them were already enough, and no one in the world could give more than him.

What reason do they have to betray?
Apart from this group of people, the rest are the Four Ghosts of Shannan.

They are also the objects of my close surveillance!

as predicted.

After a long period of spiritual surveillance, he finally discovered something was wrong.

You Linzi, the eldest of the Four Shannan Ghosts, is a priest who stays in the capital of Dayu.

But I often send letters by flying sword, but I don’t know to whom.

Moreover, on several occasions, he secretly left the capital under the pretext of practicing in seclusion, and no one knew where he went.

The second sister, Hongniang, took advantage of her identity as a female cultivator and used her magic to seduce many officials of the Imperial Guards and asked them about Tianshou Mountain and the mountain protection formation.

At the same time, relying on his own understanding of formations, he became a guardian monk of one of the key formations of the Tianshou Mountain protection formation.

However, she was not very safe in this position and often secretly explored the secrets of the formation's core.

The third brother, Ling Xuzi, often disappears mysteriously and his whereabouts are very secretive.

The fourth brother, Lao Huang, used the ghost spirits he had cultivated to secretly investigate the defense and formation arrangements of the entire Tianshou Mountain.

In more than a year, these four people have explored almost all the formations and heavily guarded areas on Tianshou Mountain.

In addition to the Tianshou Mountain Palace, it is also the hub of the formation.

This was also done intentionally by Zheng Yi.

He wanted to use the Four Ghosts of Shannan to suppress the entire Dayu cultivation world!
He never imagined that he could conquer all the cultivators in the Dayu cultivation world simply by selling spirit stones.

For ordinary cultivators, they can naturally be subdued by luring them with benefits.

For example, Shi Xianggui and others, as well as Hehuan Zong and others.

As for the treacherous cultivators like the Four Ghosts of Shannan, they must be suppressed with strength!

This is also the reason why he offered such a generous salary and even spent a lot of spirit stones to reward Liu Yufei, Hehuan Sect and others.

While recruiting ordinary cultivators, it is also necessary to attract most of the cultivators with two minds in the Dayu cultivation world, and then surround and kill them!

In the face of powerful strength, strategies in the secular world are still effective!

Now he is just waiting for this group of wandering cultivators to fall into his trap and then annihilate them in one fell swoop.

As for why he has such a confident idea...

"Bang bang bang..."

There was a sudden knock on the door. Zheng Yi scanned the room with his mind and said, "Come in."

With a creaky sound, the door opened and a beautiful woman walked in.

She has a graceful figure, her eyes seem to be inlaid with stars, bright and deep, and her eyelashes flutter like a fan, revealing a hint of unknown cunning.

Her long and thin eyebrows are like the outline of distant mountains, elegant and vivid. Her cheeks are slightly stained with rouge, like peach blossoms just blooming, or like shy peonies about to bloom, revealing her natural nobility and charm.

The lip color is bright and not vulgar, and a light sip of it is a breathtaking picture. Her long black hair is cleverly tied behind her head with a golden hairpin, and a few strands of hair inadvertently fall on her neck, adding a bit of tenderness.

She was wearing a brocade long skirt with a phoenix embroidered with gold thread that sparkled in the morning light, and the hem of her skirt flowed with her body, like floating colorful clouds.

On her white jade-like neck, she wore a necklace made of hundreds of pearls, each of which was as round as a teardrop, as if condensing the essence of time.

Dayu Immortal Dynasty, Imperial Concubine, Tuoba Qingying!
At the same time, he is also the only cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage in the current Dayu cultivation world!

Facing Zheng Yi, Tuoba Qingying opened her lips and said, "Why did you call me here?"

Over the past few years, she has been angry about what Zheng Yi had done to her and even to the Tuoba family.

But the daily interactions over the past few years, especially the nights of revelry, had already changed Tuoba Qingying's opinion of Zheng Yi.

If she had not vowed since childhood to advance to a Nascent Soul cultivator and had not had a strong character, she would have fallen long ago.

Zheng Yi smiled and motioned Tuoba Qingying to come over.

Tuoba Qingying struggled in her heart for a while, but finally she sighed, came to Zheng Yi and sat down.

Zheng Yi took Tuoba Qingying's hand and asked while playing with it: "Who else knew about your advancement to the foundation building stage besides us who were in the palace that day?"

Tuoba Qingying tilted her head, thought for a moment and said, "There are also a few people from my Tuoba family, that's all."

"You didn't tell the other families?"

"My great-uncle was seriously injured and has been recuperating ever since. How could he have the time?"

"Well, from today on, you will stay in Lingxiao Palace and protect me."

"Dharma protector?"

Tuoba Qingying's eyes widened: "You want to break through?"

"good."

Zheng Yi nodded and said, "I got a secret method of dual cultivation from the Hehuan Sect. According to the records in the Hehuan Sect's classics, using this secret method to dual cultivate with a woman can increase the chance of breakthrough by 10%."

"If you practice dual cultivation with a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage, you can increase your chances of breakthrough by 30%."

"You...shameless!!!"

Tuoba Qingying stood up suddenly, glared at Zheng Yi and asked, "You asked me to stay just for this?"

"of course not."

Zheng Yi blinked and said, "I just can't bear to leave you. I want to see you every day."

"It's a pity that you went out to gain experience in order to achieve a breakthrough in your cultivation."

"As for me, due to my status, I cannot leave the capital, so I can only use this excuse to let you stay by my side for a few more days."

"you……"

Tuoba Qingying's face turned red all of a sudden. She had never heard such explicit love words before and she was immediately at a loss.

"Ying'er~!"

Zheng Yi stood up, took her hand and said, "I fell in love with you the first time I saw you, otherwise I wouldn't have tried every means to marry you, and I wouldn't have attached so much importance to the Tuoba family..."

"You are my only confidante and my favorite woman~"

"Seriously?"

"It's really better than pearls!"

"Then, then I will help you practice...but I have one condition!"

"What conditions?"

"Stop doing those embarrassing poses, especially when you're behind me..."

"Okay, okay~ I promise you..." Zheng Yi smiled and hugged Tuoba Qingying, then walked towards the secret room.

When the dual cultivation begins, won’t he have the final say on what postures to use?

How could Tuoba Qingying, a little girl whose hair hasn't even grown out yet, escape from his clutches?
[Absorbs pure Yin energy, water attribute spiritual roots +20;]

【Absorb pure Yin energy, mana +20. 】

[Absorbs pure Yin energy, water attribute spiritual roots +20;]

[Absorb pure Yin energy, mana +20...]

Lines of words appeared on the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror.

Zheng Yi's spiritual root aptitude is also growing rapidly.

The fluctuations of mana in the body also began to become clear from obscure.

As a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage, Tuoba Qingying also sensed something at the first moment.

"You, your realm..."

"Shh... don't talk, open your eyes."

"Hmm~"

[Absorbs pure Yin energy, water attribute spiritual roots +20;]

【Absorb pure Yin energy, mana +20. 】

[Absorbs pure Yin energy, water attribute spiritual roots +20;]

[Absorb pure Yin energy, mana +20...]

Zheng Yi practiced quietly on Tianshou Mountain, and his cultivation level improved rapidly.

The bottleneck of the foundation-building period is becoming weaker and weaker and is about to be broken through.

Two months passed in a blink of an eye.

On this day, several mysterious figures appeared outside the capital.

They took advantage of the night and flew quickly towards Tianshou Mountain.

The leader, wearing a tall crown, was the Taoist Iron Crown from Iron Crown Island, and the Taoist Nanfeng, who was wearing a yellow robe.

The remaining ten or so people were their disciples and good friends.

Nan Feng Zhenren asked, "Fellow Daoist Tie Guan, why is it so troublesome? Can't you just fly there directly?"

Taoist Tieguan shook his head and said, "No, according to the information sent by Taoist Youlinzi, in addition to the formation guards on Tianshou Mountain, there are also tens of thousands of elite soldiers guarding it."

"They set up camps at every intersection on the mountain road. Anyone who goes up the mountain will be checked by them. Without the order of Emperor Zhengyong, no enemy is allowed to go up the mountain."

"In addition, they have built watchtowers on many mountaintops of Tianshou Mountain. If you want to avoid being discovered, you can only approach at night."

"I see……"

"According to the plan, we need to hide secretly at the foot of Tianshou Mountain and wait for the Du family and the second of the four ghosts from Shannan to break the protective formation of Tianshou Mountain. Then we can rush into the mountain to fight and plunder."

"The main purpose is the Tianshou Mountain Palace located on Tianshou Mountain!"

The tone of the Taoist Tieguan became greedy: "I heard that the place stores all the collections of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty for more than 3,000 years..."

"There is even a foundation-building pill!"

"Foundation Pill..."

Master Nanfeng's tone also became a little greedy, and the figures of more than ten people quickly accelerated.

Soon, they came to a valley at the foot of a mountain and hid their bodies.

Looking at Tianshou Mountain in the distance, Taoist Tieguan's eyes suddenly showed a trace of yearning.

"Brother Nanfeng, do you feel that the spiritual energy here is very abundant, even more than that in the capital?"

"good."

Nan Feng Zhenren on the side also said: "Compared with this old man's Nan Feng Hu Heqi, he is simply a stinking ditch!"

"Haha, how can my Iron Crown Island not be compared to it?"

Taoist Tieguan said, "But please rest assured, Brother Nanfeng, I have already discussed it with the Du family. After this, you and I can choose a sacred mountain as our cave residence."

"By then, with such an abundant spiritual mountain as our cave abode, you and I might be able to try to break through the foundation-building stage."

"Hahaha...that's right! Brother Tieguan is so kind and generous. I will never forget it!"

"Brother Nanfeng, look up in the sky. That layer of mist is the protective formation of Tianshou Mountain, the third-level formation Xuanyuan Gathering Spirit Formation!"

Taoist Tieguan said: "I heard from Hongniang that this Xuanyuan Gathering Spirit Array is spread all over Tianshou. It can absorb the power of the earth veins and transform it into spiritual energy, and then concentrate the power of the entire mountain range to defend against outsiders."

"Its defensive power is enough to withstand the attack of a Jindan-stage cultivator."

"A powerful Jindan?"

Nan Feng Zhenren said in amazement: "I don't even have a Foundation Establishment cultivator in Dayu right now, so where can I find a Golden Core cultivator?"

"This Emperor Zhengyong is really generous. He used so many cultivation resources to build a useless third-level formation. It's a pity."

"Who says it's not true? The Emperor of Dayu is really rich."

"Last time, he recognized the woman from the He Huan Sect as his goddaughter and gave her a thousand low-grade spirit stones as a gift!"

"What? One thousand low-grade spirit stones, hiss..."

“Hehe, I think there is a spiritual stone mine under Tianshou Mountain. Otherwise, where did he get so many spiritual stones?”

"This Emperor Zhengyong is used to being a mortal emperor. Does he really think that my cultivation world is the same as the mortal world?"

"It is a waste of natural resources if Tianshou Mountain falls into his hands!"

The two of them talked in low voices while constantly looking at the sky.

When it was almost the hour of Chou, the two of them became very excited.

Because according to the plan, the time they agreed upon is about to arrive.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and a gentle breeze blows.

At this moment, the clouds that were originally floating above Tianshou Mountain moved!

It was as if there was an invisible hand controlling them, and the clouds quickly dissipated.

Almost at the same time, a ball of sparks suddenly appeared on an open space at the foot of Tianshou Mountain, appearing extremely clear in the dark night.

Along with the appearance of this fire, suddenly, a series of cracked lights like spider webs appeared above Tianshou Mountain, spreading towards the top of the mountain at a rapid speed.

Then it exploded under the strong wind.

"boom!"

In an instant, at least dozens of figures emerged from different directions of Tianshou Mountain and attacked!
“Hahaha…kill!”

"Brothers, rush!"

"The Spirit Stone is mine!"

A lot of roars were heard from the mouths of this group of people. At the same time, a lot of fire, thunder and strong winds appeared in the air and rushed towards the ground.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

"Who is so bold as to attack Dayu Tianshou Mountain?"

Angry roars were also heard from the top of Tianshou Mountain. They were from the imperial guards stationed at the foot of Tianshou Mountain.

After the initial panic, they quickly stabilized themselves.

Under the leadership of their respective captains, they resisted these monks.

These monks obviously had their own plans. One group of them split off and attacked the imperial guards stationed at the foot of Tianshou Mountain.

Most of the monks still rushed towards the top of the mountain.

Just as Taoist Nanfeng was about to take action, he was stopped by Taoist Tieguan.

"Brother Tieguan?"

"Wait a minute."

Taoist Tieguan looked at the mountain in the distance and said, "No hurry, let them wear down the defense of Tianshou Mountain first."

Nan Feng's eyes lit up slightly, and he said with a smile: "As expected of Brother Tie Guan, let's wait a little longer!" (End of this chapter)