Chapter 305: Ascension Pavilion, Ascension Stairs

Chapter 305: Ascension Pavilion, Ascension Stairs

Corpse Burial Valley.

Li Xiuchang learned the locations of several major demon sects through his second soul clone.

He had been prepared for a long time and immediately took action without hesitation.

He raised his hand and released the Rainbow Soul Banner!

The middle-grade spiritual treasure Rainbow Soul Banner contains hundreds of thousands of ghosts and evil spirits.

There is no need to release the evil spirits, the power of the soul banner itself is also amazing.

Wherever the ghostly Rainbow Soul Banner passed, the souls of the demon cultivators were forcibly extracted and put into the banner.

The ghosts of Su Qingchun and others in the banner did not need to make any moves at all, and these demon cultivators had no power to resist. They cried and howled, and fled everywhere, in a mess.

But they wanted to escape, but there was no way out.

Li Xiuchang immediately seized control of the Corpse Burial Valley formation.

Directly closed the formation, closing the door to beat the dog.

There were also those who were slightly stronger and had higher cultivation, who could resist the soul capture of the Rainbow Soul Banner.

But then, a dark mass of ghosts would surge out of the soul banner, like a ball of black fog.

Wherever the black fog passed, only a field of gnawed bones was left!

In the blink of an eye, nearly half of the demon cultivators in the Corpse Burial Valley disappeared!

If there is a purgatory on earth, it is no more than this.

"Who are you!"

"You are not the master of the Chu clan!"

Someone reacted and noticed Li Xiuchang who was guarding the exit of the formation.

"He must be from the four major sects!"

"Kill him!"

"You can only survive if you kill him!"

The shouts of a group of demon cultivators shook the sky, and countless magic weapons, magic arts, and endless magic arts rained down on Li Xiuchang.

"A bunch of rabble."

Li Xiuchang's body protection treasure light opened, and his body was covered with merit.

Dangdangdang!

Zilazila...

Under the illumination of merit, the evil arts of the demon cultivators turned into black smoke and dissipated, and the magic weapons and magic treasures were even more difficult to get close to them.

Li Xiuchang was right, this group of demon cultivators was a bunch of rabble.

The highest level of cultivation was only the transformation of the spirit, and there were only a few of them, all from the four major demon sects and the Red Demon Sect.

Even these incarnation demon cultivators could not last a round under Li Xiuchang's hands.

Of course, the number of them was still greater than those small demon cultivators.

Li Xiuchang was also ruthless to these small demon cultivators.

Although small demon cultivators were weak, they could harm people!

"Die!"

"All of you die!"

Li Xiuchang did not take action himself, but relied on a rainbow soul flag to slaughter the whole scene.

As the rainbow soul flag took the lives of demon cultivators one after another, the light of merit on Li Xiuchang's body became brighter.

At this moment, the surrounding ghosts and evil spirits were rampant, the demonic energy was overwhelming, and the ghostly energy was eerie. There were constant screams and resentful curses in my ears.

The corpses were piled up everywhere, and the blood under my feet made the land muddy.

In this hellish scene, Li Xiuchang stood in it, with the Buddha's light and the light of merit intertwined on his body.

Just like Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in hell.

The difference is that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva saves people from hell.

But he sends people to hell.

No, these demon cultivators don't even have the chance to enter hell, they will be received into the rainbow soul flag and become slaves forever.

After a while, the entire Corpse Burial Valley was completely quiet.

Except for Li Xiuchang himself, there was no living person.

Li Xiuchang put away the rainbow soul flag and silently sent a message to Elder Xiang: "Come quickly!"

...

Boom!

The Corpse Burial Valley's formation was forcibly broken from the outside with a loud bang.

Amid the shouts and killings, the strong men from the four major immortal sects rushed in, ready to fight a big battle with the demon cultivators.

But what they saw was only corpses all over the ground, not even a living person.

No! There is one!

Someone noticed that there was another person walking towards them.

"Give up!"

Someone went up to catch the only living person.

But a group of elders from the Xianchen Sect rushed up and surrounded the man.

"Xiuchang, are you okay?"

"Are you injured?"

The elders of Xianchen Sect received Li Xiuchang's message, and their hearts were in their throats. They rushed over as fast as they could. When they saw the corpses all over the ground, they were even more shocked.

They didn't feel relieved until they saw Li Xiuchang walking towards them intact.

However, they noticed that Li Xiuchang's expression was obviously not right.

"What happened?" Elder Xiang asked in a deep voice.

There were corpses everywhere, only Li Xiuchang was alive, and there were no high-ranking demons. Something big must have happened.

Li Xiuchang seemed a little dazed, but then he suddenly woke up and said:

"Address, I have the addresses of the four major demon sects and the Red Demon Sect here, elders, go and catch them, don't let Junior Brother Xue's efforts go to waste!"

"What!"

"Do you know where their lair is?"

"Who is Junior Brother Xue?"

Li Xiuchang didn't care too much, and directly told the elders the location of the lair of several major demon sects, and urged:

"Be quick, they are already alert, and they will run away if it's too late!"

The elders also knew that the matter was urgent, so they didn't ask any more questions. They said hello to the people from the other three major immortal sects, and several of them cooperated to organize five teams and went to the five addresses provided by Li Xiuchang.

These five addresses are quite far apart from each other.

But they all have one thing in common, that is, they are close to Xianyin and far away from the four major immortal sects.

Therefore, it is definitely too late to dispatch people from their respective sects, so they can only use the people on the scene, which is closer.

A group of strong men from the four major immortal sects rushed into the Corpse Burial Valley. Before they could figure out what was going on, they were sent out to the next location.

In the blink of an eye, most of the people present were gone.

Only one or two elders from the four major immortal sects are left to deal with the aftermath here.

The ones left behind by the Xianchen Sect are Elder Xiang and Elder Liu.

At this moment, all the remaining elders gathered around Li Xiuchang, pricking up their ears and preparing to listen to Li Xiuchang's story.

They were too curious about what happened here.

Li Xiuchang smiled bitterly and said, "This disciple is incompetent and failed to complete both tasks."

The two tasks given to Li Xiuchang by the Xianchen Sect at the beginning were to find out the true location of the Demon Conference, and to learn the location of the demon-sealing place.

Now Li Xiuchang has failed to deliver on these two tasks.

Elder Xiang comforted him with a smile: "Don't think too much. As long as the addresses you gave us are true, that's the biggest gain. It's more useful than any other mission!"

Elder Wu from the Yintian Sect on the side was also an old acquaintance of Li Xiuchang and asked directly: "Little friend Xiuchang, where did you get this information?"

"Junior Brother Xue told me." Before the elders could ask who was Junior Brother Xue, Li Xiuchang made a surprising statement: "It turns out that Junior Brother Xue is the newly appointed head of the Bloodthirsty Sect!"

"Who is this Junior Brother Xue you are talking about? Is he a disciple of my Fairy Dust Sect?" Elder Xiang's eyes widened in disbelief.

Xue Qingshan had just become an outer disciple not long ago, and he was low-key.

In addition, Elder Xiang and Elder Liu were both inner sect elders and were not familiar with most of the outer sect disciples.

Therefore, Xue Qingshan is not known at all.

Li Xiuchang introduced: "He is an outer disciple who has just moved into our Donggeng District recently. His name is Xue Qingshan. He has been promoted from a registered disciple."

"How could I, a disciple of the Immortal Dust Sect, become the leader of the Bloodthirsty Sect?" Elder Xiang felt like he was listening to a third-rate novel, and the more he listened, the more outrageous it became.

"I also just found out that not long after Junior Brother Xue Qingshan moved into my Donggeng District, I had almost no contact with him, and I haven't seen him recently until just now..."

"Junior Brother Xue told me that he was originally a demon cultivator from the Bloodthirsty Sect. Because he was tired of the life of a demon cultivator fighting and killing, he abandoned his demonic skills and joined our Fairy Dust Sect. He was originally planning to be a peaceful leader in our Fairy Dust Sect. An outer disciple, but he accidentally obtained the treasure left by the last demon lord! "

Li Xiuchang's words were astonishing, even involving the legendary figure of the Last Demon Lord.

"Then what?" Several elders quickly urged Li Xiuchang to continue.

"Then, he felt that this was the guidance given to him by the last demon lord, so he decided to follow the example of the last demon lord and eradicate the evil way!"

"Later, Junior Brother Xue quietly left the Xianchen Sect and returned to the Bloodthirsty Sect. Relying on the treasure soul flag left to him by the last demon lord and the ghosts in it, he used his Qi refining skills to kill the then Bloodthirsty Sect leader. Become the new bloodthirsty sect leader.”

"This demonic convention was planned by him. The actual purpose is to attract more demonic cultivators to the scene so that they can be wiped out all at once!"

When Li Xiuchang said this, several elders could already figure out the plot behind it.

Elder Liu frowned and asked: "So, he killed all the demon cultivators here?"

"That's right!" Li Xiuchang said resolutely, "Before Junior Brother Xue left, he slaughtered all the demon cultivators in this place. He also told me the locations of several major demon sects he had collected, and asked me to tell the sect that it was him. As a disciple of the Xianchen Sect, this is my last gift to the sect.”

Elder Xiang asked: "What about others?"

"Leaved through the teleportation array." Li Xiuchang pointed to the teleportation array not far away.

Immediately, an elder flew over to check the teleportation array, and came back after a while, shaking his head: "The teleportation array cannot be used. It should be that the formation at the other end has been destroyed."

Li Xiuchang sighed: "Junior Brother Xue wanted to kill all the leaders of the major demonic forces, but those demons were cunning and refused to show up. It was not until recently that Junior Brother Xue was notified and asked to meet them through the teleportation array.

"Junior Brother Xue's teleportation will inevitably lead to a fierce battle."

The elder of the Wenjian Sect on the side asked directly: "Do you know where he teleported to?"

Li Xiuchang shook his head: "Junior Brother Xue himself doesn't even know where he will be teleported."

None of the elders doubted Li Xiuchang's words.

The main thing is that most of what Li Xiuchang said was the truth, but he "showed off" in some aspects and pinned all the things he and Senior Brother Motu did on Xue Qingshan.

He also blamed all the unexplainable parts on the "Last Demon Lord".

Of course, this doesn't count as passing the blame. The last demon lord was involved in this matter.

In this way, 80% is true and 20% is false. Even if it is calculated using hexagram techniques, it is basically inseparable.

In addition, Li Xiuchang has a certain degree of "anti-divination" ability and is not too afraid of hexagrams.

And to be cautious, he still asked Senior Brother Motu to contact Senior Brother Gui through a message to help cover up the secret.

There is no need to cover it too tightly, so that the divination person can see the general outline, but cannot calculate the details.

After listening to Li Xiuchang's account, Elder Xiang sighed: "You silly boy, if you can't tell me anything directly, why take the risk? Do you really think that we old guys are stubborn people?"

The elder of Dengxian Pavilion nodded and said: "Yes, we are just old, not stupid. We can still distinguish right from wrong."

Elder Wu of the Yin Tian Sect said directly: "Lao Xiang, if you don't want this disciple, I, the Yin Tian Sect, will take it!"

Elder Xiang glared: "This is the demon-killing hero of our Fairy Dust Sect, and the pride of our Fairy Dust Sect. What a wonderful idea!"

The elder of Dengxian Pavilion immediately said: "I will ask the sect to send the formation master to come and determine the transmission direction of this teleportation array. Let's rush there quickly. We may be able to help."

Elder Liu hurriedly said: "Can you please send more people from your sect to search the surrounding area? This teleportation array will probably not teleport too far."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right now!"

Li Xiuchang saw that several elders happily accepted Xue Qingshan, the former demon cultivator. They were all willing to accept him and were even very concerned about his safety.

This made the words he had prepared suddenly become unspeakable.

He originally wanted to say that because Xue Qingshan used his Qi training body to forcefully activate the soul flag left by the last demon lord, his body was overdrawn and he would die soon.

In this way, Xue Qingshan's purpose of feigning death and escaping can be achieved.

But when the words came to his lips, Li Xiuchang still changed his words: "Junior brother Xue said that after this battle, he wanted to retreat to the mountains and forests to practice peacefully. The last demon lord left him a lot of resources, enough to support his cultivation until he ascended.

"If the elders can't find him, don't worry. There are many powerful ghosts in the soul flags left by the last demon lord, which are enough to keep him safe."

Although it is not a bad idea to ask Xue Qingshan to return to the Xianchen Sect to continue practicing, I believe that in the Mochen Sect, he will not be bad in the future.

And although some of the words don't sound good, they are true - although the elders of the four major immortal sects are willing to accept Xue Qingshan, they must do so under the premise that Xue Qingshan has already taken action.

It is equivalent to using his own actions to draw a clear line between him and the devil and show his loyalty.

If there were no such things, and Xue Qingshan directly confessed his identity to the Xianchen Sect, there was a high probability that he would still be regarded as an undercover agent planted by the devil and be interrogated and observed.

…

The subsequent development of things was within Li Xiuchang's expectations.

Dengxian Pavilion sent their sect's top team of formation mages to study the teleportation formation.

There were also a large number of disciples from the Celestial Immortal Pavilion, searching around the Corpse Burial Valley, and ended up catching many scattered demon cultivators.

The formation level of the magic path is also limited. It didn't take much effort for the formation master of Dengxian Pavilion to determine the transmission direction of the teleportation array.

Finally, I followed the direction and found the bodies of Chu Tianfang, the leader of the Red Devil Sect, and the second-in-commands of the other three major demon sects.

As for Xue Qingshan, of course he has disappeared.

Although Xue Qingshan was not found, it was good news for Elder Xiang and others.

At least it can be seen that Xue Qingshan has the upper hand. He has killed several top figures in the Demonic Dao and is likely to escape unscathed.

At this time, Xue Qingshan was actually following Brother Motu and Li Xiuchang's clone on the way back to Xianchen Sect.

On the other side, the strong men of the four major immortal sects went straight to the lairs of the four major demon sects and the Red Devil Sect.

The great elder of the Red Devil Sect, Chu Tianfang, and the sect leader Chu Xiangnan, one died and the other was captured alive by Li Xiuchang, and they did not have the chance to be summoned back.

So he was completely unprepared and was taken over by the four immortal sects. Not even a single ghost in the entire sect escaped.

The Bloodthirsty Sect has almost come to an end. The top management has been almost wiped out by Xue Qingshan, leaving only an empty shell, unable to resist in front of the four major immortal sects.

On the other hand, the Desire Demon Sect, Black Soul Sect, and Blood Flower Sect, because the leaders of these three sects were not dead and the clones they sent died in Motu's hands, they were alert and made arrangements to escape in advance.

In the end, under the pursuit of the four major immortal sects, the Blood Flower Sect, which had the weakest overall strength, was completely wiped out.

The Black Soul Sect and the Desire Demon Sect suffered heavy losses, and only the leader escaped with a few cronies.

The four major immortal sects still did not give up and continued to hunt.

As for Li Xiuchang, he originally planned to follow the two elders directly back to the Fairy Dust Sect.

But Chen Gao, a disciple of Dengxian Pavilion, heard that Li Xiuchang was coming and insisted on inviting Li Xiuchang to come and sit.

Chen Gao and Li Xiuchang shared adversities in Immortal Yin back then, and later formed the Four Immortals Merchant Alliance with Li Xiuchang. Now he is the person in charge of the Four Immortals Merchant Association in the Dengxian Pavilion area.

Relying on the platform of the Four Immortals Chamber of Commerce, Chen Gao went from an ordinary inner disciple of Dengxian Pavilion to a slightly famous genius. This is the benefit of having money and resources.

Over the years, Chen Gao has made a lot of spiritual stones in the Four Immortals Chamber of Commerce, and of course he has also brought a lot of profits to the Four Immortals Chamber of Commerce.

Chen Gao was very grateful to Li Xiuchang. It is no exaggeration to say that Li Xiuchang changed his destiny.

Therefore, it was rare for Li Xiuchang to come to the Western Regions, so he had to entertain Li Xiuchang well and express his gratitude no matter what.

It was hard to refuse the hospitality, and Li Xiuchang thought that Dengxian Pavilion was the only one among the four immortal sects that he had never been to, so he finally agreed to Chen Gao's invitation.

…

Li Xiuchang saw Dengxian Pavilion for the first time. Even though he had seen a lot of things in the world, he couldn't help but sigh.

Unexpectedly, Dengxian Pavilion is really a tower that can reach the sky!

From a distance, you can see a huge pavilion, towering into the clouds and reaching the sky.

Because the pavilion is too high, it gives people the illusion of being "slender" from a distance.

But when we got closer, we found that the pavilion was "thick and long" and covered an amazing area!

Chen Gao introduced: "It is said that this pavilion in my Dengxian Pavilion is an immortal artifact! It was left by my first generation ancestor of Dengxian Pavilion."

"I have long heard about the majesty of the Dengxian Pavilion, but I have been busy and have no time to come and see it. When I saw it today, I really regret not coming earlier." Li Xiuchang praised it without hesitation.

Not entirely out of politeness, but from the heart.

The area near Dengxian Pavilion is not as noisy and lively as the Xianchen Sect, because the market of Dengxian Pavilion is directly located on the first floor of the pavilion!

There is no formation protection on the first floor, and only the disciples of Dengxian Pavilion can pass through by simply checking their identity.

This is the confidence of the Dengxian Pavilion. After all, it is guarded by an immortal weapon. Anyone who dares to make trouble can be suppressed in minutes.

Going up from the second floor of the pavilion, it is the living area of ​​the disciples of Dengxian Pavilion.

Li Xiuchang followed Chen Gao to the market on the first floor of Dengxian Pavilion. It felt like a vegetable market, lively but orderly.

Each merchant has a fixed stall or shop, and there are also some temporary stalls for rent for casual cultivators.

There are endless customers coming and going. Compared with the Xianchen Sect market, it is no worse in terms of scale and traffic.

"Boss, look, that's the Dengxian Pavilion branch of our Four Immortals Chamber of Commerce!" Chen Gao pointed to a shop with luxurious decoration and looks quite upscale.

Now all employees of the Four Immortals Chamber of Commerce call Li Xiuchang "Boss".

Li Xiuchang waved his hand and said, "It's not a work situation, so there's no need to be so distant. You and I can still call each other brothers as before."

Chen Gao smiled and nodded.

Li Xiuchang looked up at the four characters "Four Immortals Chamber of Commerce" on the shop sign.

He went in and took a look, and couldn't help but sigh that this branch was more impressive than the headquarters of the Xianchen Sect.

When the employees of the branch saw Chen Gao, they all greeted him: "Minister Chen".

Chen Gao is the "minister" of the Dengxian Pavilion branch, one of the four major branches of the Four Immortals Chamber of Commerce.

Chen Gao hurriedly introduced Li Xiuchang to the employees: "This is the president of our Four Immortals Chamber of Commerce."

The employees looked at Li Xiuchang curiously. They had long heard of Li Xiuchang's name, but it was the first time they saw this legendary president.

But they didn't expect that Li Xiuchang would be so young and looked like a teenager.

But that temperament was not something a teenager could have.

"President." Several people bowed and shouted hurriedly.

"No need to be polite, just call me 'boss' from now on." Li Xiuchang smiled and helped them up, "You guys do your own things, don't worry about me."

Li Xiuchang strolled around the Four Immortals Chamber of Commerce for a while, and knew that with him around, the employees couldn't concentrate on their work, so he left quickly.

After strolling around the market on the first floor, Li Xiuchang didn't buy anything.

Mainly through the channels of the Four Immortals Chamber of Commerce, he can buy the specialties of the Dengxian Pavilion at any time, and there is nothing worth buying specifically.

Seeing that Li Xiuchang didn't seem to be very interested in the market, Chen Gao thought for a while and suggested: "Brother Li, do you want to try the Dengtian Steps in my Dengxian Pavilion?"

"What is that?" Li Xiuchang asked curiously.

"That is a staircase that goes straight from the first floor of my Dengxian Pavilion to the top. How many floors you can climb depends on your ability and luck, but you should be able to gain something every time you climb a floor."

Li Xiuchang became interested after hearing this: "Then take me to see it."

"Brother Li, wait a moment, I'll apply."

Chen Gao explained: "Only the formal disciples of my Dengxian Pavilion and a few distinguished guests from outside can try the Dengtian Steps, but Brother Li, as a disciple of the Xianchen Sect, with the relationship between our two families and your identity, it shouldn't be a problem to apply for a challenge."

Li Xiuchang nodded: "Then I'll trouble Brother Chen."

Soon, Li Xiuchang was taken to the most central location of the market on the first floor. There was a special area vacated here, and there were no stalls or shops.

And there was no ceiling above his head. When he looked up, he saw the second floor directly from the first floor.

He could see that the top of the second floor was still connected, without any obstruction, leading directly to the third floor, the fourth floor... all the way to the top floor!

Chen Gao introduced: "It seems that this place is open and can go directly to the top floor, but in fact, if you try it, you will know that it is impossible to pass through. You can't go to the upper floor. You can only go up step by step through the way of the heavenly stairs!"

As the two were talking, a spiral staircase fell from the sky and landed right in front of Li Xiuchang.

Seeing this staircase, Chen Gao showed joy: "It seems that the application I just submitted has been approved by the elders. Brother Li, give it a try and see how high you can climb. The last time I tried, I climbed to the third floor!"