Deep in the Heilao Qun Mountains, four people floated in the air.

Chef Li was shrouded in a ball of flames and surrounded by three people.

A black flag floated in front of the thin old man in black robe. The flag was fluttering, emitting black air, turning into ferocious monsters, roaring at Chef Li.

The burly middle-aged man was wearing his upper body, with strong muscles exposed, his arms were extremely thick, and thick black hair, like the arms of a monster, holding an extremely thick sickle. His burly body looked a little small compared to the thickness of the sickle.

The middle-aged woman in strange clothes looked at Chef Li in the center with a gloomy face, surrounded by countless flying insects, and more than one type.

But below it was a mess, with trees destroyed, mountains collapsed, gravels everywhere, and some animals' flesh and blood scattered among them. Naturally, the monsters that had no time to escape were swept away by the aftermath of the four people's fierce fighting, and their bodies were shattered in an instant.

"Does fellow Taoist have the right to do it for these low-level cultivators?" said the thin man in black with a frown. The pressure released by Chef Li was stronger than any of them. I think it was at least the cultivation level of the late stage of the Nascent Soul.

"The three fellow Taoists have reached such a state of cultivation. If they do not continue to pursue the way of immortality, they still have to intervene in this secular dispute. It's a bit over the horse. I'd better listen to my advice to practice diligently. The higher the cultivation level, the greater the responsibility. The burden on the shoulders of the Nascent Soul cultivators are very heavy." Chef Li sighed and said.

"Fellow Taoist, what do you mean?" the old man in black robe said in confusion, obviously not knowing why he was responsible.

"The fellow Taoist sect moved here, of course, because it was impossible to solve the sealed object in the forbidden area, and the responsibility was the sealed object." Chef Li stared at the black-robed monk and said slowly.

"How do you know about it?" The thin black-robed monk was shocked when he heard this. This matter was a secret of the sect. Even the burly man and the middle-aged woman did not know about it. The sect knew about it less than a few palms. And the other people knew about it, so how could they not be shocked?

"Hmph, you guys patted your butt and left. Such vulgar formation repair is useless at all. You can't resist it and collapse after a few years. It's really irresponsible." Chef Li continued.

"Have you been to that forbidden area?" the thin old man shouted in surprise. The other party said this, so he naturally saw the forbidden area with his own eyes.

The sect where the old man in black robe is the Soul Refining Sect, which mainly refines souls and corpses. There is a forbidden area within the sect, which can only be entered by cultivators above the Killing Stage.

The forbidden area is a barren mountain with only one hole. After entering, it leads directly to a small stone chamber. There is no layout in the stone chamber, only a well in the middle. Occasionally, some black gas will be sprayed out from the wellhead. These black gas can be integrated into the soul refining flag, and its power can be strengthened after sacrifice.

But in recent years, this forbidden area has been somewhat abnormal. In addition to the increasing frequent black air, there is also a trace of death energy mixed in these black air. Death energy is naturally familiar to the cultivators of the Soul Refining Sect. They often collect death energy to refine souls or corpses, but the trace of death energy emitted from this well is extraordinary, and the level of purity is unheard of even this Nascent Soul-stage cultivator.

The black air alone cannot absorb too much. After only a small part of it is integrated, it must be refined immediately. If the black air that is integrated into more is not refined quickly, it will cause damage to the soul inside it. In the mild case, the power of the soul-devouring flag is greatly reduced, and if it is slightly more serious, it will destroy the soul-devouring flag.

Although this dead energy is a good thing, it is even more difficult to refine. As soon as it is absorbed into the soul, it will spread on the soul, and in an instant it will dissipate the soul inside. At the beginning, the soul devouring flags of several cultivators in the Killing Dan stage were destroyed. Not only was the soul inside melted away, but the spirituality of the soul devouring flag itself was eroded.

In the entire Soul Refining Sect, the only thin old man in the Nascent Soul Stage refined some dead energy into the Soul Devouring Flag.

But slowly the dead energy mixed with the black gas became more and more powerful, but it was difficult to erase. It would cause harm to nearby people when it spread, which attracted the attention of the old man in the Nascent Soul stage and decided to go down the well to take a look.

Although the dead energy is difficult to refine, its independent attack method is not too strong. Besides, it is just a slight strand of dead energy, which is naturally easy for the Nascent Soul cultivator to deal with.

The space at the bottom of the well is relatively spacious, with a radius of several acres, and is shrouded by a formation light cover. The black air inside it is rolling and tumbling like a sea, but it can be seen clearly. As soon as the black air touches this formation light cover, it is wiped out by the flashing runes on it. In this black air, there are also a light gray air ball, which is a rich dead air.

The old man in black robe observed carefully and saw that at one of the light shields, the fluorescent light flashed and dim. As most of the black gas was wiped out, strands of seeped out from it, and the black gas was sometimes mixed with a trace of dead air.

The black-robed monk was confident that he had several means to deal with these black and dead auras, but it was not a long-term solution after all. The fundamental solution was to start with the formation, so he sent a voice to call Sun Bo, the formation master in the sect.

Sun Bodang, who had a very high level of cultivation in the early stage of Jiedan, had a high level of formation attainment, but after more than ten days of research, he still could not find the formation base and spiritual energy of this formation. Naturally, he could not repair this formation light cover. He had to settle for the second best and set up a set of formations at the location where the black and dead aura was leaked, and then wiped it out.

Even so, the formation he deployed was consumed by a large amount of spirit stones and was only able to last for three or four years and was eroded by black and dead energy. He had to re-arrange it. In this way, the Soul Refining Sect focused on a nearby sect that established a sect based on formations. The highest cultivation level in its sect was the early stage of the Killing Dan, which was Zhen Zihang.

Under the persuasion and threat of the Nascent Soul cultivator, Zhen Zihang agreed to join the Soul Refining Sect without much trouble. The formation cultivation can be said to be comparable to Sun Bo, but the formation techniques are very different. Although it is impossible to improve the original formation, the formations set up under the joint efforts of the two people can give the black and dead aura that penetrates out for more than ten years.

Even so, it was not a long-term solution after all. So when the great wizard of the Witchcraft Sect wanted to move to the imperial capital plain at the invitation of the great wizard of the Witchcraft Sect, the Soul Refining Sect agreed without hesitation because they had prepared for this before.

Seeing that the problem of death energy cannot be completely solved, the Nascent Soul Refining Sect's Nascent Soul Stage monks selected a group of Foundation Establishment Disciples and sent them to the Imperial Capital Plain. The main task is to collect information from various sects and even penetrate them into the sect to steal skills. Of course, this is mainly concentrated in small and medium-sized sects.

"Since fellow Taoist has learned about this, I hope to resolve the doubts." The old man in black robe ignored the puzzled eyes of the other two, bowed slightly to Chef Li and said.

"I have no way of knowing the details of the dead energy. It's just that there are several secret realms in this world that are sealed with objects related to the dead energy, but there are weak and strong ones. Even the secret realm that only appears once every thousand years and can only be entered in the Nascent Soul stage can be entered." Chef Li sighed and said.

"Since you have reached this level, you have to do something that needs to be faced in this level. Don't worry about the entanglements among the younger generations anymore." Chef Li continued.

"There is a rumor that there is an opportunity to reach a higher level of cultivation in the secret realm. Is there such a thing?" the middle-aged woman dressed in strange clothes asked.

"There is indeed such a rumor, but there is no way to know whether it is true or not. However, although there are opportunities, there are dangers. I have seen with my own eyes that many monks fell because of the dead energy entering their bodies." Chef Li sighed.

"Has fellow Dao entered that secret realm?" the three of them asked in surprise.

"That's not. More than a thousand years ago, I had not yet practiced to the Nascent Soul stage. I only saw that scene with the elders of the sect. So I would like to advise the three of you that since you have a place to settle down, I will hurry up and practice. If you have a point of strength, you can also increase your strength and have more protection in that secret realm." Chef Li said.

"Since fellow Taoist cares for the monks of the villa so much, we will not pursue it anymore. Thank you for your advice today." The old man in black robe bowed and said. As for the disciples of the sects who lost, he didn't care much about it, but he felt that it would be a loss to lose face, so he became determined to kill all the people.

Chef Li was about to talk, but turned his head to look aside. Seeing this, the three of them looked at it. After a few breaths, they saw a figure coming quickly. In an instant, they approached several people. The momentum they emitted was much stronger than that of the three. Obviously, their cultivation was higher than that of the three. This person was naturally the helper called by Chef Li before.

The visitor was wearing a light green Taoist robe, with a bun, and a pale boot, and his beard was gray. He didn't even look at the three of them, but only stared at Chef Li in the middle and said, "Cook, why are you calling me to come to this broken place?"

"It's solved now, it's okay." Chef Li waved his hand and said.

"You, are you going to walk the stupid guy to play?" The old Taoist priest shook his sleeves and said angrily.

"Since that's the case, then the three of you will arrange your own sect." Chef Li said to the three of you.

"Then I won't bother you anymore. I hope you will invite you to the sect to be a guest in your spare time." The three of them bowed and left.

"I dare to ask fellow Taoists why I have to protect the villa in order to protect everyone." The three of them were about to gallop in the distance, but the old man in black robe turned around and asked again.

"The sealing dead energy is not enough to help the formation. Now that the way of formation in the cultivation world has declined, the formation master is extremely short of. Then Zhao Wenqi is still a well-qualified formation master." Chef Li said truthfully.

"We will definitely remember the words of fellow Taoists." The old man in black nodded and said.

(End of this chapter)
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