Chapter 83 Poisonous Alliance

Chapter 83 Poisonous Alliance

Small Qiongfeng, back mountain.

Beside several nearly withered old trees, Li Changshou frowned and sighed, raising his hand to pat the trunk of an old tree.

"You've worked hard."

A gust of wind blew by, and the branches of the old trees without any greenery swayed gently, as if saying 'It's okay, it's okay'.

Actually, they were probably trembling.

There was no other way. In order to have more paper men ready for combat, Li Changshou had been repeatedly extracting tree sap over the past half year and constantly using various methods to restore their vitality.

Over and over again...

Originally, these old spirit trees, with the hope of living for tens of thousands of years and giving birth to wood spirits, were now barely holding on.

"Take good care of yourselves."

Li Changshou sighed, feeling a little guilty in his heart.

He glanced at the nearby tree branches that had already been planted and uttered a word in his heart.

"If you can't make it through, I'll take good care of your children."

A gust of wind blew, and the old trees trembled lightly again.

Perhaps, that was touching.

Ah, no kidding.

Li Changshou tiptoed, his figure drifting away like willow catkins with the wind.

He drifted to the vicinity of the lake, standing on the treetop of a large tree in the woods;

with closed eyes and concentrated mind, his simple tied-up long hair danced in the wind, and the hem of his robe swayed slightly with the treetops...

Quiet as a feather when still, but earth-shattering when moving.

Achieving such an effect without using magical spells was also a realm achievable only by cultivating one's qi to an advanced stage.

Over the past half year or so...

Thanks to the efforts of the old trees, the first phase of the battle preparation plan was barely completed.

It was fortunate that those who secretly coveted the Du Xian Sect gave him this time to prepare; otherwise, if a real large-scale war broke out, he wouldn't be able to do much.

During this half year, the original and newly added formations on Small Qiongfeng did not receive updates;

but these formations were now completely integrated.

In the woods, it seemed as if ancient patterns had grown out, blending with the mountains, grass, and trees here, no longer giving people a sense of "shock" at first sight.

The trapping formations and the confusing formations were meant to hinder the enemy, while the killing formations were naturally meant to kill the enemy;

if people could sense danger in advance and dared not step forward, then that wouldn't be an excellent killing formation.

The large formation underground Small Qiongfeng, with all the designs he could think of, was now in its best state.

The method of the paper men had been slightly improved due to the acquisition of the advanced magic treasure prohibition secret scripture from Elder Wanlin, meeting Li Changshou's minimum requirements—not requiring complete focus of the mind.

This magical skill still had a long way to go before completely transforming into the art of external incarnation.

For now, it was enough to use it;

after all, they were all emotionless, versatile 'magical creations' capable of spreading poison, spitting fire, chanting sutras, and indirectly controlling things, available at all times.

Of course, there were also some shortcomings.

The magical skill he obtained from Elder Wanlin, called the Poisonous Puppet Hand, was only in its infancy due to the short time of cultivation, merely scratching the surface.

This magical skill could be considered as turning the skill of spreading poison into techniques, and spiritual techniques into magical skills;

making the spreading of poison more efficient and his actions more confident.

Li Changshou opened his eyes, looking towards the lake, where his master and junior sister were studying the art of concealment.

Because Li Changshou insisted, his master couldn't refuse either, and began practicing the earth concealment half a year ago...

Junior sister, on the other hand, was impatient to learn the art of the five elements, and was also strictly ordered by Li Changshou to intensify her practice. She was currently studying the water concealment.

So...

Occasionally, a graceful figure in flowing clothes and flowing hair could be seen emerging from the lake surface, bringing up droplets of water, which was also considered a pleasant scene.

But...

"You're too slow."

Li Changshou frowned and shook his head.

He had clearly imparted all the tricks for swiftly performing water concealment to Ling'e, but Ling'e still had a strong interest in 'entering' and 'exiting', paying great attention to the overall aesthetics.

This vain little girl...

Why not conjure up a couple of pearls around herself to give herself a soft light effect!

Li Changshou couldn't say anything about it. After all, junior sister had reached the age of admiring beauty, and she was naturally born with good looks...

"Those guys, aren't they going to make a move yet?"

Li Changshou muttered to himself, closing his eyes again to sense.

The sky was high and the air was clear, but people were surrounded by turbid air.

Calculating the time, it had been more than ten months since Jiuwu and the two elders returned with injuries.

It seemed that the situation within the sect had quieted down again, and the matter of the ambush seemed to have come to nothing;

Li Changshou had inquired about the follow-up from Jiuwu, but Jiuwu was always vague about it.

It should be that they couldn't find out anything in the follow-up investigation;

The experts of the three sects were not fools. This kind of plot to use a knife in the dark was low-level and very obvious.

But who had secretly used this knife was impossible to trace.

And in the gap, suspicions gradually arose...

This was once again the brilliance of the person calculating behind the scenes.

Li Changshou had been pondering over the past few months about the methods used by the person manipulating things behind the scenes.

[Manipulating puppets; Making the spirits of the puppets wither instantly;]

What kind of magical skill was this?

It should be considered evil magic.

There were really too many experts from the ancient times, too many to count on the surface, not to mention those who had been hiding in the dark with their venomous schemes.

His divine consciousness slowly spread out.

The second phase of preparations for battle would begin today. He was waiting for the transmission of a message talisman from Elder Wanlin, and the two of them would act together...

After spending three days in the underground secret chamber, contemplating various possible scenarios, Li Changshou rushed to the Dan Ding Peak at the first opportunity and met with Elder Wan Linjun.

His method of persuading Elder Wan Linjun was actually quite simple; A combination of dream induction, oath-taking, emotional appeal, speculation, and deduction quickly convinced the elder of Li Changshou's credibility, and he also realized the possibility of a strong enemy attacking the Du Xian Gate in the future.

Since the dream induction by the Moon God, Li Changshou had found the excuse of "dream induction" to be very useful.

The connection between Qi refiners and Daoists is not uncommon; It's just that his dream inductions were... a bit more frequent...

At Li Changshou's "suggestion,"

Elder Wan Linjun also, in the name of the elder, reminded the sect leader and other elders.

If this matter were done in Li Changshou's name, the level of attention within the sect would undoubtedly be greatly reduced. However, how effective the reminder would be was beyond Li Changshou's control.

He had already done his best.

"Elder, why haven't you left yet? It's already the agreed time to depart."

Muttering to himself, Li Changshou felt slightly puzzled.

His divine sense had been exploring Dan Ding Peak all this time.

Reflecting on what he had done in the past six months, he realized he hadn't done much;

Most of the time, he was refining poison and manipulating paper figurines in the sealed alchemy room.

This time, the refining of poison was purely to pursue the potency and quantity of poison pills;

Li Changshou had refined all the poison pills he bought in Linhai Town, collected in Beiju Continent previously, and obtained from Elder Wan Linjun into poison pills.

He then processed these poison pills into colorless and tasteless poison powder;

In addition, similar to the poison-spurring artifact like that 'longsword', which did not require high-quality materials but only needed a 'clever idea', Li Changshou also took the time to make many of them, assigning several to each of the Tianzi paper dolls from number one to twelve.

During this period of manipulating paper figurines, Li Changshou also discovered a major use for the paper dolls— an immortal energy storage device.

He could infuse his immortal energy into the paper dolls or directly extract it from them; If his immortal energy were depleted in the future during a confrontation with others, he could throw out several paper dolls to extract immortal energy...

Genuine treasures of the ancient times!

The immortal energy of the original body could be constantly restored, and during the refining of poison pills, he gradually filled twelve paper dolls.

In fact, upon careful consideration, this utility was quite redundant.

How could he possibly have a moment when his immortal energy was depleted?

He hadn't practiced the escape technique for so many years for nothing...

The conclusion of the first phase of preparations was the placement of the paper dolls.

Previously, he had 'risked his life' to place seven paper dolls outside the protective mountain array, hidden in mountain valleys and spiritual veins, beyond the protective mountain array, each carrying a large number of original paper dolls and sufficient reserves of 'poison pills'.

Li Changshou's plan was simple—

If an external enemy attacked the protective mountain array, he would remotely control these seven paper dolls to flank from behind, using poison pills to win by surprise, effectively killing the incoming enemies!

In addition, the master and Ling E carried one paper doll each on them, in order to protect the two of them at any time.

Shi Bo Jiu Wu and Shi Bo Shi Shi had already visited Dan Ding Peak to meet Elder Wan Linjun;

And in accordance with his instructions, Elder Wan Linjun handed over the 'Cry Decree' talisman to Shi Bo Jiu Wu, using very stern words to ensure that Shi Bo Jiu Wu would only open the talisman when the sect was in crisis.

The second phase of preparations was to join hands with Elder Wan Linjun...

They're here. Li Changshou's divine sense captured a trace of light appearing at Dan Ding Peak, and he didn't expect Elder Wan Linjun to come directly to Xiaoqiong Peak.

Looking down at his paper doll incarnation...

It shouldn't be exposed; As long as Elder Wan Linjun didn't touch this body by hand...

Forget it, it's better to explain to Elder Wan Linjun later that this was a puppet made of paper cuttings.

The more straightforward the person, the less room for deceit. Before Elder Wan Linjun flew down, Li Changshou had already flown away into the sky. At the same time, the original body was still cutting paper in the underground secret chamber, but now he raised his head.

His attention needed to be focused on the paper dolls; Although he had been trained for a hundred years to multitask, he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't show a distracted expression. ...

Elder Wan Linjun's reminder inside the gate should also be effective.

The guards at the gate did seem to be more numerous than usual. Li Changshou followed behind Elder Wan Linjun, responsible for saluting the several immortals guarding the mountain gate at the same time, saying, "Elder, you're going out." "Mm,"

Elder Wan Linjun showed a slight sneer.

The faces of the guards tightened, and they bowed their heads to activate the formation restrictions at the mountain gate with their control array artifacts, respectfully sending the elder out to inspect.

As for what Elder Poison was doing outside, they dared not inquire.

Once outside the protective mountain array, Li Changshou felt a stronger connection to the seven paper dolls he had already placed.

Elder Wan Lin turned his head to look at Li Changshou. A gentle smile appeared on his thin face, and he whispered, "Where should we start our inspection?" "Let's start with the east, Elder," Li Changshou smiled, "We need to conceal our aura.

Can Elder reveal the aura fluctuations of the True Immortal Realm?"

"Mm, simple."

Elder Wan Linjun pointed his copper staff, and the aura changed on its own.

They flew towards the east, with Li Changshou constantly observing the surrounding mountains, rivers, and valleys, silently pondering.

They quickly flew out of the sect's territory, and their speed gradually slowed down as they began to carefully search for something...

Elder Wan Linjun suddenly asked,

"That valley over there is quite hidden as well. Is it possible that there are strong enemies hiding?"

"Elder,"

Li Changshou handed over a pendant in his hand to Elder Wan Linjun,

"This is a trinket I made when I had nothing else to do, called a Sensing Stone. Its only effect is to monitor whether there are any other people's divine senses or spiritual senses probing us.

As you can see now, the Sensing Stone is light blue, which is caused by my spiritual sense probing outside. If the color deepens, it means that someone else's divine sense or spiritual sense is staring at us."

"Oh?"

The elder suddenly found it amusing, holding the sensing stone and examining it for a moment before bursting into laughter, "Turns out it's just the color-changing flower juice that reacts to spiritual presence."

"I really can't hide anything from your sharp eyes, Elder," Li Changshou chuckled. "Not all craftsmanship is about restrictions. You always teach us disciples to learn and adapt. Isn't this just putting it into practice?"

Elder Wanlin Jin chuckled and stroked his beard.

The two of them patrolled eastward for a while before turning north.

This outing was actually Li Changshou's idea to explore the terrain outside.

If a strong enemy were to attack the Immortal Gate, they wouldn't come openly from the sky but would likely approach cautiously using the terrain.

Moreover, it's very possible that the enemy would gather a large number of 'puppets' outside the Immortal Gate and then launch a sudden attack.

The second phase of preparation is to continue the approach of 'putting myself in their shoes' and search for possible hiding places of the enemy.

If they could anticipate and counter the surprise attack in advance, their chances of success would naturally be greater.

After checking the east and then the north, they wandered to the west.

While they were exploring, Li Changshou quickly sketched the terrain for thousands of miles in detail in the underground secret room of Xiaoqiong Peak.

And when the two turned to the southwest, both sensing stones changed color simultaneously and the color deepened instantly.

"Changshou, look..."

"Elder, let's pretend we didn't see anything," Li Changshou immediately transmitted his voice.

And Wanlin Jin, who usually had an expressionless face, remained completely calm.

They continued their previous flight trajectory, exploring around on clouds. Almost simultaneously, Li Changshou and Wanlin Jin discovered an anomaly in a dense forest on a sunny hillside.

There were strands of fluctuating energy.

Wanlin Jin transmitted his voice, "Indeed, someone is spying on the Immortal Gate. Changshou, you go back first, I'll go meet them!"

"Elder, it's not wise to alert them prematurely. Judging from the distance they're hiding, they're not ready to attack yet," Li Changshou said, "Let's finish our patrol and return to the gate. Then we can quietly come back out and catch them off guard. That's the way to succeed."

"Indeed, Changshou, you have a point!" Wanlin Jin looked at Li Changshou and smiled with his trademark smirk.

"Though I'm much older than you, I'm not as good at scheming as you are," Li Changshou smiled bitterly. "Elder, my tricks are just a bit of cleverness. Your achievements in alchemy are unmatched in the Immortal Gate."

Wanlin Jin smiled and shook his head, sighing, "It's a pity that our late master couldn't see it. Changshou, how do you plan to proceed?"

"We'll..."

And so on and so forth.

These two poisonous figures gradually drifted away from the hill, completely pretending they hadn't found anything unusual.

And even when they were about a thousand miles away, there were still two strands of spiritual consciousness locked onto them until they disappeared near the gate.

Li Changshou transmitted his voice, "Elder, there are probably at least two celestial immortals over there. Should we get some help?"

"No harm, a couple more won't make a difference," Wanlin Jin said indifferently. "Changshou, you focus on making plans. When it comes to fighting, I'll handle it myself."

"Elder, don't forget, the one accompanying you is a paper figure transformed by the magical power of paper cutting. I also want to witness your skill in defeating the enemy later," Li Changshou said.

Wanlin Jin nodded with a smile, and the two exchanged a glance after entering the gate, everything understood without words.

Half an hour later, two wisps of green smoke drifted out of the gate and quietly disappeared underground...

At this moment, the gatekeepers, controlled by two assistants from the Hundred Mortals Palace, dared not speak or move. In Li Changshou's eyes, some situations had to be guarded against.