Chapter 171: Escape from the Mortal World

"Senior, you want to find an expert in formations? Do you want to learn formations? I am not talented, but I know a thing or two about formations."

A Qi-refining cultivator named Lu in the market saw Gu Meng asking about formation masters and approached him.

He said he knew a thing or two, but as we all know, those who dare to say so are confident.

Gu Meng smiled and shook his head: "Not really, I want to find a disciple... Have you heard of a formation master named Xin Ruyin?"

"I... haven't heard of it."

"Think about it carefully, Xin Ruyin."

"What Xin?"

Gu Meng followed his intuition. Ordinary people couldn't fool him. He had guessed that the person in front of him probably knew Xin Ruyin, and he didn't want to play the game of "Ma Dong" with him again and again.

"Fellow Daoist, don't joke around. I know you know her."

"This...Fellow Daoist Xin..."

This person did know Xin Ruyin. Although the time was much earlier, Xin Ruyin's formation skills were not that high, but she was already very powerful among ordinary casual formation masters.

Because of this, the monk surnamed Lu did not think that any random stranger could be Xin Ruyin's master.

Gu Meng did not say much, and took a set of low-level five-element formation plates from the stall of this person, and waved his hand.

The formation was infused with the Qijue Five Elements Qi by Gu Meng, and its spirituality was self-generated. The grade was actually raised by a small grade, which was incredible.

"Just treat it as a reward for leading the way. I also know a little about formations. Do you think I can be a teacher?"

"Senior?!"

The man was already stunned.

...

Gu Meng did not find Xin Ruyin to eat tender grass. He has been in the world for so many years. He devoted himself to the immortal way in the first half of his life, and refused to admit defeat in the second half of his life. He had no worldly desire for women at all.

It was just to study the physique, and he also admired this person a little... If he had worldly desires in the future, he would just treat him as farting.

While leading the way, the passerby was still communicating with Gu Meng. At first, he was full of flattery, praising Gu Meng's amazing formation cultivation, and then talked about Xin Ruyin's situation:

"Although fellow Daoist Xin is only a casual cultivator and is young, his attainments in formation are far superior to mine. No wonder the senior specially found him. I want to congratulate the senior in advance on having a good disciple."

There was no jealousy in his words, because normal people might be jealous of a tyrant who is a little stronger than themselves, but if it is a god of learning who is completely in a different dimension, that is another matter. Xin Ruyin is a god of formation.

"In fact, with fellow Daoist Xin's talent, he should have entered the Tianxing Sect to practice in seclusion, but unfortunately..."

At this point, the man stopped the topic and talked about something else.

Gu Meng nodded secretly. It is very civilized for passersby not to gossip about others.

"You don't have to worry. I know she has a special physique."

"Senior, you have already found out everything... Alas, God is jealous of talents, but fortunately, Fellow Daoist Xin seems to have found a way to treat it, but it probably requires some rare things. With her amazing talent, she can always use the formation to exchange for it in the future."

Gu Meng smiled, didn't say much, just said lightly: "I may have a way to save her."

...

Xin Ruyin has the body of dragon chanting, which is a special spiritual body. A male body was born in a female body by mistake. As the practice deepens, the yin and yang in the body will gradually become unbalanced, and the yang will become stronger, and finally die.

In the original book, Xin Ruyin did use the formation to exchange Han Li's spiritual herbs, but it was a pity that it was only a temporary solution and was useless.

The two chatted and walked like this.

"Senior, Fellow Daoist Xin's residence is in front."

After the passerby said this, he went inside and greeted Xin Ruyin, saying that a senior of the formation came to exchange formations, and also hinted at it.

Gu Meng didn't listen to what they said. He waited outside the door for a while, feeling relaxed.

Not long after, the casual cultivator surnamed Lu told Xin Ruyin about Gu Meng's basic situation, then gestured to Gu Meng and left on his own. After all, he was not Qi Yunxiao who would be with Xin Ruyin in the future, but just an ordinary friend.

Although Gu Meng was brought by him, his aura was obviously that of a foundation-building cultivator. If he really had an accident, it would only be one more death, and it would not play any role. It would be better to go back to the market.

A pretty maid came out of the door, accompanied by a woman in white to send passers-by away, and then walked towards Gu Meng.

The woman in white was of medium build, with a small nose and a pair of clear eyes.

To be honest, the woman's facial features were not very outstanding, and even compared with the pretty maid, she was slightly inferior.

But her elegant and calm expression, the grace of her gestures, and the pair of black eyes that seemed to be able to speak, were enough to make up for her shortcomings in appearance.

Wearing a white shirt, she has a unique style, like a blooming snow lotus.

Anyone who sees this woman will not only not think that her beauty is mediocre, but will feel amazed.

"Senior, I am sorry for not welcoming you. I am Xin Ruyin, please come in and have a chat."

The voice is quite nice, but Gu Meng is not interested in it. He just stares at Xin Ruyin and scans her body up and down.

Xin Ruyin only feels a burning sensation in her body after being looked at by Gu Meng. She is seen through inside and out, as if she is naked.

In fact, she is not shy, but fearful. This man's eyes are so scary.

Gu Meng is not a hooligan. He is observing Xin Ruyin's special physique and thinking:

"Miao, Miao, it's another taste with Li Huayuan. This body of Dragon Roar... I want it too! Try it on my external body first."

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"I'm sorry, I was fascinated for a moment. Your body is truly a God-given treasure, worthy of study and study."

Xin Ruyin's expression changed drastically as soon as Gu Meng opened his mouth. Could this person be a demon cultivator from the Hehuan sect?

"Oh, I didn't mean anything else..."

After Gu Meng opened his mouth, he also realized that there was ambiguity in what he said. He explained it a little bit, but he didn't care much anymore. Gu Meng did whatever he wanted and said whatever he wanted.

Thinking that this man was a major foundation-building cultivator, and that his previous Taoist friends said that he might have a way to solve his problems, Xin Ruyin still reluctantly chatted with Gu Meng, and found that he really didn't seem to have any ill intentions, so he invited Gu Meng into the room and offered him Treat yourself to tea.

Gu Meng drank a cup of spiritual tea, and felt that the quality was average, not as good as the one in the Yue Emperor's treasure house, and not as good as the thousand-year-old spiritual tea grown by Han Li——

In fact, Xin Ruyin was already using spiritual tea, which was very expensive during the Qi refining period, and would only treat guests to drink it when doing business in the array.

Xin Ruyin was also a person with the characteristics of ice and snow intelligence. After observing his words, she increasingly felt that Gu Meng was probably a big shot, and perhaps one of the wealthy ones among the foundation-building monks - she didn't dare to think about it being higher.

During the conversation, she also wanted to take a closer look at Gu Meng's identity to see if he was a monk from a certain sect or a large family.

After all, a senior cultivator in the foundation-building stage must have a certain background.

Gu Meng reported his name and family background. He was an unknown casual cultivator located in Jingzhou, Yue State, and had nothing to do with the big sect.

Xin Ruyin didn't get any useful information and became very depressed. She felt that Gu Meng might be hiding something and telling lies, so she became even more wary of him.

"Senior Gu, may I ask why you came to see this little girl?"

After going around in circles for many times, Xin Ruyin finally stopped probing and got to the point.

"Oh, I just had an idea when I set out. I felt that you and I have a master-disciple relationship. I want to accept you as a disciple and study the body of Dragon Roar in you. In return for the research, I will help you solve the problem of Dragon Roar. The shortcomings of the body are also justified.”

Gu Meng said, then shook his head: "But I did something on the way, and I feel that your reaction just now is not to my liking, so I have to give you a test before I accept you."

When Xin Ruyin heard that Gu Meng wanted to take on a disciple, she didn't react much, because the passerby had already told her that a senior with unpredictable formation skills took a fancy to her talent and wanted to take on a disciple.

I was greatly surprised to hear that this senior could solve the problem of my Dragon Roar Body, but when I finally heard about the test, my heart sank...

That's right, this man's eyes are like a torch, giving people the feeling of seeing through people's hearts. Maybe he has already seen through his little thoughts.

"Senior..." Xin Ruyin smiled and wanted to explain...

Genius formation masters also need to understand the ways of the world, otherwise casual cultivators will not be able to survive at all, and the world of cultivating immortals will still be the jungle of the jungle.

"There is no need to explain, and I won't embarrass you. I will give you two questions. As long as you do it with your heart, I will give you the reward you want."

Xin Ruyin's expression changed: "I dare to ask the seniors, but there are some that can be used to make alchemy..."

"Yes, I have a lot of thousand-year-old spiritual herbs here." Gu Meng took out a pile of jade boxes, which contained rare thousand-year-old spiritual herbs in Tiannan.

Xin Ruyin was not happy, but surprised. She didn't expect there to be so many...

Could it be that this person is not a foundation-building overhaul, but an ancestor of the Golden Pill?

But this was related to her chronic illness that had not been cured for a long time. After the expression on her face changed several times, she still bit her red lips and said hesitantly:

"Senior, if there is anything you need to test this junior about, just say it!"

When Xin Ruyin said these words, she looked directly at Gu Meng with a pair of clear eyes, her expression was complicated, and she was a little afraid of getting involved in something troublesome.

She now feels that accepting a disciple may be just a cover, and there may be some big power behind it.

It may be called a test, but actually it just wants to break some big family's housekeeping formation.

Seeing how cautious this woman looked, Gu Meng shook his head and smiled. This must be the normal behavior of low-level monks. Gu Meng thought of the cautiousness he had when he first met an immortal cultivator when he was young. He wanted immortality but was also afraid. The mentality of losing your life.

Suddenly, I had some affection for Xin Ruyin. She was a bit similar to me in some aspects, especially her amazing talent.

"You don't have to be so nervous. I just want to test your quality...the first question."

Gu Meng took out another Five Elements Formation Disk and swiped it with his hand, disrupting its Five Elements Qi and allowing Xin Ruyin to restore it. This was a difficult task, just to show off Gu Meng's tricks.

Xin Ruyin also couldn't understand this operation. The more she took over the array and studied it, the more frightened she became. She said that the senior's attainments had reached a level that she couldn't understand, and she was truly convinced.

The test she had thought about before was just a pretense, actually to get herself to help. It seemed like just random thoughts. Now Xin Ruyin felt that Gu Meng's formation cultivation was indeed far above hers, and it was already an unknown territory.

In the past, she had seen some very subtle and unbreakable formations, but Xin Ruyin only felt that maybe her cultivation was not enough, or that she could study it thoroughly in a few more years, and the method Gu Meng was showing now was beyond her imagination. How many years will it take to crack it?

Of course, this is not the formation system of this world, it all depends on Gu Meng's self-realization.

"It seems that the first test question is indeed difficult. I will give you the second one. If you succeed, this spiritual herb will be yours. I am not bragging. I should be one of the most famous alchemy masters in the south of the country. I have my own school and am especially good at making strange and rare elixirs. You can tell me what kind of elixir you want to make with this spiritual herb. I can also help you."

Gu Meng looked frank. Xin Ruyin recalled that she might have been too clever. What Gu Meng said was actually true. There were not so many twists and turns.

"Please ask questions, senior."

"Try to see if you can fix this thing... The main body of this formation is far away from here. I copied a blueprint. Come and see it."

Gu Meng took out the jade slip from the storage bag and handed it to the other party.

As soon as Xin Ruyin took it, she immediately took a look at it with curiosity.

As a result, the contents of the jade slip surprised him and he cried out:

"Ancient teleportation array?"

"Well, I have some knowledge. It is indeed an ancient teleportation array. It leads to a place called Chaos Star Sea. It has been damaged for many years, but only a corner is missing. It is not difficult. Do you think you can complete it?"

This is what Gu Meng got on the road of this incarnation. Taking these opportunities in the original book is not only to make money, but also to test whether hidden tasks can be triggered.

No task was triggered by contacting the teleportation array. Maybe there will be rewards only after repairing the teleportation array and going to Chaos Star Sea.

Gu Meng also found the tiny spiritual spring that Han Li was supposed to find in advance, completed a hidden task, and got the reward [Spirit Point Technique], which can be used together with the special ability of the tunnel foundation to increase the concentration of spiritual energy and so on, and strengthen the speed of self-study.

The Seven Sects may think that Gu Meng found a hidden small spiritual vein and then lived in seclusion in the Seven Mysterious Gates of Caixia Mountain, but Yue Kingdom has been turned over by immortal cultivators for a long time, and outsiders will definitely judge that the spiritual vein of Caixia Mountain is not large.

At most, it can only accommodate a few people to practice, and there is no need to worry about others being jealous. Gu Meng has been regarded as a Nascent Soul, so it is not a crime to take this little thing.

Xin Ruyin was still observing the formation. She did not speak immediately after hearing Gu Meng's question. After studying for two incense sticks, she finally took her mind back from the jade slip, and nodded after thinking:

"Senior, this is indeed a genuine ancient teleportation formation. Originally, with my level, I could not repair a completely destroyed ancient teleportation formation, but this teleportation is only damaged in a small part, and it happens that this part of the formation is one of the few ancient formations I have learned. Give me more time..."

When Xin Ruyin said the last sentence, her face also showed a look of relief.

"Oh, you can do it, your aptitude is really good."

Gu Meng had already stuffed the jade boxes containing spiritual herbs to Xin Ruyin, and he seemed to be indifferent. This is not just ordinary wealth, but the ultimate local tyrant in the world of cultivation.

Xin Ruyin felt hot holding it: "Senior, don't."

After a pause, he said: "This kind of ancient formation is not commonly used, and I haven't studied it very deeply. Therefore, senior must give me more time, so that I can thoroughly study how to repair the ancient teleportation formation described in the jade slip!"

After saying this, he felt a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, just consider it as you passed the assessment, these are your rewards, don't forget this matter later, just submit the homework to me."

To be honest, Gu Meng felt that this formation was a bit difficult to start with, mainly because he had not come into contact with too few formations in this world, all of which were self-realization and Zhuxian Gu Meng. Now that he has obtained the inheritance of the Black Evil Sect, it is better. The five elements related formations are suppressed by the original, but the teleportation formation is a space-related law.

Xin Ruyin couldn't refuse, so she still accepted the jade box: "Thank you, senior."

"Hmm?" Gu Meng looked at Xin Ruyin with a smile.

Xin Ruyin gritted her teeth, feeling that if she missed this opportunity, she didn't know when she would meet it again, so she couldn't hesitate any longer: "Master?"

"Well, from today on, you will be my registered disciple first."

...

Gu Meng looked at the prescription that Xin Ruyin found herself, and it was useful, but it really couldn't cure the disease. Gu Meng explained the matter clearly and pointed out the specific principle.

However, Xin Ruyin had been busy with this for so long, and she would definitely be unwilling to let her hit the wall. Anyway, Gu Meng didn't cherish the thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, so he let Xin Ruyin try it herself.

Sure enough, there was no way to dissolve the Dragon Yin Body, and Xin Ruyin blamed herself for wasting the herbs.

Gu Meng was also observing this self-rescue, and he gained a lot. Xin Ruyin's special physique was also very rare among cultivators, and it was more valuable for research than the pure gain of the Sanyang Body.

And Li Huayuan was still an important figure in Huangfeng Valley after all, and Gu Meng didn't want to keep him for too long without reason. Xin Ruyin was different. She had no background and could stay by his side as a long-term experimental subject.

"The Bu Tian Living Spiritual Cultivation Technique is worthy of being a product of the system reward. It can not only change fate and plant spiritual roots, but it also has a lot of room for development as long as it continues to be improved."

"Although I don't quite understand why, as long as I continue to meditate and actively guide, the cultivators around me can gradually improve to a certain five-element spiritual body, imitating the effect of the three-yang body."

"It seems that the "Five Clouds Body Refining Technique" should be the same. I can completely deduce the unfinished parts by myself. Now it looks like just a prototype."

Gu Meng shook his head and thought: "It's even more difficult to transform into a dragon's voice body. Even if I have wisdom that goes beyond the sky, it will take a lot of time. These things actually require me to understand them by myself..."

"I still need the help of more monks. Not only the geniuses can help me improve, but the experimental products are also very important..."

"It's time to really open up the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect. Let's all try cheating. There are bugs in cheating that may lead to physical problems. You can also accumulate experience in the process of rescuing."

…

"Master."

Xin Ruyin was lying on the bed. To be precise, it was not a bed, but an operating table.

After she failed to save herself, she could only accept Gu Meng's treatment plan. Now she has arrived from Yuanwu Kingdom to Caixia Mountain in Yue Kingdom where Gu Meng's body is located.

One of the treatment plans Gu Meng gave her was to directly use strong medicine to return to normal, clear it and restart it. After that, she should practice martial arts again to improve her physical condition, and then replant her spiritual roots.

Nowadays, the mortal Gu Meng's ability to transform the human body is far inferior to that of the mysterious Gu Meng. In fact, there are still some risks.

For example, there is a bug when clearing, the spiritual root is not cleared completely, or the spiritual root is cleared but the cultivation level is not cleared, resulting in the body exploding and dying. The rules of the mortal world are sometimes very rigid, unlike the mysterious world where human body transformation is convenient.

Another corresponding solution is conservative treatment. Suppress it first and then talk about it. You can think of it as a traditional Chinese medicine treatment. When you can't suppress it, you can take the Shen Leg Dayan Pill to treat the symptoms.

There is another way. The mortal Gu Meng has extremely high authority in the five elements. It is a superior law. He can temporarily transform Xin Ruyin into the body of the five elements to suppress the dragon's roar body.

As long as he stayed by Gu Meng's side, there would be no problems. Gu Meng could also keep observing the suppressed Dragon Roar's body, which was a best-of-both-worlds strategy. This was also the treatment plan Xin Ruyin chose.

Seeing that she was ready, Gu Meng pulled out the Qijue Sword Bone outside the five-color divine light - this was also a method he had researched to bypass the limitations of cultivation and mobilize a little of the divine light effect in advance - the divine sword had been inserted directly into Xin Ruyin's lower abdominal dantian. .

"ah--"

Xin Ruyin gritted her teeth and persisted, but couldn't help but scream out. Only Gu Meng, a wolf-slayer, wouldn't care about the surgery without anesthesia.

Seeing the patient's painful reaction, Gu Meng couldn't bear it. He was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see this, so he slapped Xin Ruyin's Tianling Cap with his palm.

Xin Ruyin fell into coma instantly, and now she could safely undergo surgery.

"This dragon's body is indeed wonderful. It is carried by a female body. After the spiritual energy enters the body and evolves, the yin and yang wax and wane out of balance. Yin cannot control yang, and yang cannot control yin."

“After an attack, the meridians appear to be withered, but in reality the internal organs, meridians, and qi and blood are all out of balance, with excessive yin and yang, partial yin and yang decline, mutual loss of yin and yang, rejection of yin and yang, loss of yin and yang, and separation of yin and yang… There is no cure for medicine and stone, but Bian Que San even."

"Fortunately, I am a miracle doctor. I still have several ways to treat Cricket's terminal illness."

After laughing strangely for a while, Gu Meng started the operation.

...The operation was successful and the patient has recovered...

"Are you awake? Have you turned into a boy?"

Xin Ruyin: "???!!"

Almost frightened to death, Xin Ruyin breathed a sigh of relief after groping up and down for a while to confirm that he had not really turned into a man.

"Brother disciple, I was just joking. Your operation was successful, but these two constitutions still exist in you at the same time. On the first and fifteenth day of every month, the yin and yang and the five elements in your body will be temporarily out of balance, and you will still be in some pain after all. You must improve your cultivation as soon as possible... By the time you reach the Golden Core or Nascent Soul stage, you should be able to recover and completely transform into a new five-element spirit body."

By then, the research on the Dragon Roar Body should have been completed.

"It's been good, I've never felt so relaxed."

Xin Ruyin is still young, and her desire to survive is still very strong. As long as she can survive and enjoy a normal and complete life, two days of pain every month is nothing. The worst is that she can hide in the array and not go out for those two days.

Gu Meng nodded, as long as he was satisfied.

Hmm... I actually got a hidden mission, changed Xin Ruyin's ending, and obtained the true understanding of the formation in this world. Now Gu Meng's formation cultivation is truly astonishing.

At the same time, in an operating room, another Gu Meng was operating on Li Feiyu, who was also unconscious, and planting spiritual roots.

He also tried to alienate spiritual roots and change his physique at the same time, and pirated a fake three-yang body.

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At the top of the peak, the real body of the mortal Gu Meng was located. He looked at the Five Elements Spiritual Material in his hand and wanted to refine a small mountain, name it Five Elements Mountain, and use it as the gate of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect...

Forget it, it's a waste of time, he doesn't know the Tathagata Divine Palm, and it's too early to refine treasures now.

If the mountain is not high, it will be famous if there are immortals; if the water is not deep, it will be spiritual if there is a dragon.

Even if you are in Caixia Mountain, all you meet are ordinary people. As long as your mind is calm, there is practice everywhere.

Well, actually I just want to wait until after the golden elixir stage. If I have procrastination, I can make a big one in one go.

There is no shadow of the Five Elements Mountain yet, and the mountain guarding formation has been conceived in advance.

The division between the two realms, the shroud of sitting and forgetting, is a phantom formation, a five-element inversion formation, and a three-point return to the origin and seven absolute formations.

…

The scene changed to a laboratory in another world.

This is an authentic underground laboratory. In this world, Gu Meng is not wearing the ancient clothes of the mortal world, but a white coat.

He looked at the circles of experimental subjects around him and fell into deep thought. He was a little hesitant about whether to start the plan...

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