Chapter 215: Traveling on a Turtle

Valley moorland.

Within the cover of the third-order formation, a stone door opened, revealing the figure of a man in black robes.

"The covering formation is intact."

Lu Changan looked around outside the formation, seeing poisonous swamps, vast mountains, and silence.

From the depths of the lightly misty mountains, a frightening roar of an animal could occasionally be heard.

During the process of returning to the ground, his spiritual consciousness had already checked, and there was nothing abnormal for several miles around.

Before leaving, Lu Changan checked his storage bag to confirm that the restraints were not loose.

He reinforced the isolation and restriction again to prevent breath leakage.

One of the storage bags contains the biggest harvest of this trip, Xuanmu Gourd Vine.

After several days of deliberation, he speculated that the refuge of "Tinghai Pavilion" that year might be related to this object.

That's why Lu Changan was so cautious.

Half a day ago, he placed several isolation restrictions on the porcelain vat where Xuanmu Gourd Vine and Five Elements Earth were located.

During this process, Lu Changan's palm touched the dead little gourd fruit.

As a result, the Nine Seal Monument in his mind trembled slightly and lit up with a gray white light, which was a precursor to swallowing the Baisu Soul Gu that day.

Lu Changan instinctively restrained himself and let go of his hand in time, and the Nine Seal Monument also stopped showing signs.

It is not difficult for Lu Changan to imagine that there is a special quality in the Xuanmu Gourd Vine that can be absorbed by the Nine Seal Monument.

Maybe it will speed up the lighting of the fourth life like the Baisu Soul Gu.

This situation surprised Lu Changan.

In this way, it is even more necessary for him to cultivate the withered black wood gourd vine.

Even if the Xuanmu Gourd Vine is successfully cultivated and fails to meet Lu Changan's expectations, it can at least provide the Jiuyin Monument with some needed "nourishment".

At present, the signs of life in the gourd vine are too weak. Lu Changan estimates that lighting up the fourth life of the Jiuyin Monument will not speed up the progress much.

"When we return to Little Turtle Peak, we can use the 'Shadow Stone' to create a layer of isolation material."

Lu Changxin has a plan.

The Xuanmu Gourd Vine is stored in the ancient ruins. It has not been visited by the powerful enemy of Tinghai Pavilion for so long, or it may be deduced that he need not worry in this regard.

The main thing is to be on guard and be accidentally discovered by the high-level monks you encounter.

Finally, Lu Changan performed the Evergreen Kung Fu, and an invisible wave lingered throughout his body, and his sense of existence was greatly reduced.

Whoosh!

His figure turned into a black shadow, jumped out of the third-level covering formation, and flew over the Black Mist Mountains at low altitude.

With Lu Changan's current strength, he still doesn't dare to fly at high altitudes in the Black Mist Mountains.

…

One month later.

Lu Changan returned to Wuqi Mountain.

Before entering Little Turtle Peak, his consciousness swept away, revealing a hint of astonishment.

After not seeing each other for just a few months, the mountain guard Qi Feng and the maid Lan Rou showed an unusually close relationship.

Lu Changan didn't care much about this.

He had no plans to leave with his adoptive father's descendants as he planned to escape to another country.

Lu Changan called the two of them over and asked them a simple question.

A few months after leaving, Lu Changan prepared half a year's worth of talisman drawing tasks issued by the sect.

During this period, Qifeng and the two responded normally and there was no abnormality.

"The tasks assigned by the sect have increased again."

Lu Changan speculated from this that the pressure on the frontline battlefield would further increase.

The area around Wuqi Mountain, far away from the front line, is now somewhat chaotic.

Later, Lu Changan read several letters and verified his guess.

On the frontline battlefield, the Liang Guo Sect was at a disadvantage and under great pressure.

The only good news is that fighting locally has geographical advantages and does not lead to a crushing defeat.

However, the hinterland of the Liang Kingdom sect was infiltrated by monks from neighboring countries.

Fengguo's meticulous work penetrated into the rear, collected intelligence, secretly sabotaged, and instigated a rebellion against the immortal cultivating forces in Liangguo.

The monks of the sect conducted strict interrogations, and sometimes went to major cities, cultivating families, and personal monasteries to search, causing people to panic.

Order in wartime cannot be measured by peacetime.

Even if no evidence has been found for those small and medium-sized immortal cultivating forces, they will inevitably have to show their filial piety and spend money to eliminate disasters.

None of the few cultivating forces who were found to be "collaborating with the enemy" did not cry out for injustice.

How many of them were true collaborators, Lu Changan couldn't say.

Fortunately, Wu Qishan was powerful, and Lu Changan had a close relationship with the elders of Jinyun Valley, which saved them a lot of trouble.

…

Little Turtle Peak, the secret room of the cave.

Lu Changan counted the loot from this ancient ruins.

When he was at the ruins, he only checked for suspicious objects without making any specific statistics.

"The grade of Xuanmu Gourd Vine may be beyond the level of True Lord Yuanying, and its use is unknown. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will search for more ancient books."

"One jar of Five Elements Spiritual Soil, plus two jars."

"A jade tube that is close to the fourth-level formation inheritance. It is a rare heritage for a family that has been cultivating immortals for thousands of years."

"Two low-grade magic weapons. The ruler magic weapon used by Master Tan is of the same grade and is sufficient for the early stages of true elixirs."

"A third-level high-grade demon elixir, which has suffered a serious loss of demonic power. It is still a rare and hard-to-find material."

"A large piece of third-grade high-grade shadow stone can cover spiritual energy and shield spiritual consciousness. It is an excellent material for making concealment and shadow magic weapons."

"The deteriorated third-level poison has obvious effects on the fake elixir."

"Two large tanks of spiritual spring water."

"Hu Zhenren's formation inheritance and relevant records."

"There are six or seven other third-level materials and quasi-third-level materials."

"Twenty to thirty thousand spiritual stones, but it's a pity that Master Tan's storage bag was destroyed..."

Lu Changan only counts the trophies of the second level and above.

Ordinary first- and second-level elixir materials, including top-quality magic weapons, various props and miscellaneous items, were not attractive to him.

"Hey! This is... a special demon core that can be used as the main material of the Foundation Building Pill?"

After careful inventory, Lu Changan made some new discoveries.

Among the trophies, there are two special second-level and upper-grade demon cores, one of which comes from an earth-grade demon beast.

I remember back then, Lu Changan teamed up with Zhao Siyao and ventured into the Black Mist Mountains in order to obtain the main medicine of the Foundation Establishment Pill. After going through many twists and turns, he obtained the special demon core.

Now, after killing two real fake elixirs, I got two easily.

Among the many trophies, this was not very outstanding. To Lu Changan, it no longer had the appeal it once had.

Similar trophies are not limited to this, such as second-level high-grade animal skin materials.

…

Finished counting the loot.

Lu Changan took out a large porcelain jar filled with Five Elements soil from the secret room.

The withered gourd vine is planted on the Five Elements soil, and its life force has not changed, at least it has no tendency to wither.

On the way back, Lu Changan either watered the spiritual spring or nourished it with evergreen magic power every day.

It is preliminarily determined that the nourishment of Evergreen Mana can replace the water of the spiritual spring in the small space of the ruins, or even be more effective.

This is also an important factor in Lu Changan's successful transplant.

However, it is impossible for Lu Changan to cultivate treasure talismans and gourd vines all year round.

If you want a better growing environment, the gourd vine cannot always be placed in a storage bag. It is best to let it take root on the ground.

For this reason, Lu Changan asked Xuan Shuigui to try it instead of him.

Xuan Shui Turtle has both water and wood attributes. He uses his own bloodline talent to fully perform the Cloud and Rain Technique, and the effect is far superior to that of his fellow cultivator Ling Zhifu.

On weekdays, Xuan Shui Turtle watered the mountain with some reservations.

After several days of trying.

Lu Changan discovered that the cloud and rain technique activated by the Xuan Shui Turtle's bloodline talent can achieve the effect of spiritual spring water as long as the dose is sufficient and lasts for an hour every day.

Increasing the dose did not improve the effect.

Lu Changan nodded secretly. Occasionally, Xuan Shui Turtle could do this job for him.

The Black Water Turtle was very happy with this, and the withered gourd vine had an instinctive attraction to it.

After each watering and nourishing, the black water turtle feels happy physically and mentally.

Lu Changan once suspected that the turtle would get some kind of benefit after watering the gourd vine.

But after careful observation, no changes were found.

"That's all..."

Lu Changan couldn't figure it out and was too lazy to think about it any more.

In the next month or two, he will temporarily hand over this task to Xuan Shui Turtle.

Lu Changan wants to smelt and peel off part of the "shadow stone" to create a material for isolation and cover.

As a puppet master, Lu Changan is not troubled by the processing of weapon refining materials.

Using his foundation-building spiritual fire to smelt and peel off the third-grade high-grade shadow stone was very difficult and required a lot of time.

Fortunately, Lu Changan's Changqing Gong Qi has long pulse and long-lasting endurance.

It took nearly two months to create a half-inch-thick metallic leather using shadow stone as the main material and special monster fur.

This kind of metallic leather has a dull color and is unpretentious.

Stick it in a storage bag or a secret room to hide it from the spiritual detection of the True Alchemy cultivator.

As for the True Lord Yuanying, I guess I can’t hide it, but there is only one big boss at this level in the entire Liang Kingdom’s immortal world.

Even if Lu Changan wanted to meet, he was not qualified.

In case of encounter, as long as it is not deliberately paid attention to.

Since he was re-cultivating through reincarnation and had many secrets, Lu Changan tried his best to avoid dealing with higher cultivators at this level during his previous life.

In the last life, Lu Changan had contact with True Lord Yuanying, and the secret of the Nine Seal Monument was never exposed.

The situation in this life is more complicated. Evergreen Kung Fu, an ancient health-preserving skill, has a long history, and may be revealed by True Monarch Nascent Soul.

Therefore, it was best for Lu Changan to choose a country to cultivate immortality without the Nascent Soul Lord.

It would be fine if it turned into gray pills.

If you are promoted to a true elixir, especially if the quality of the completed elixir is good, you will be able to enter the vision of the Nascent Soul Lord.

Looking at it this way, among the surrounding immortal-cultivating kingdoms, Jing Kingdom is the most suitable.

The Jing Kingdom is a country that cultivates immortals with developed commerce and trade. It is said that there is some special reason why it has been able to remain neutral for hundreds of years.

…

This day.

Lu Changan, who had returned to Wuqi Mountain for two months, began to harvest the old and precious medicinal materials grown on the mountain.

As early as when he settled in Xiaogui Peak, Lu Changan planted a batch of medicinal spiritual trees, a considerable part of which would take a long time to become valuable.

Of course, Lu Changan couldn't do it too obviously.

He just transplanted away the older and most valuable part.

Some less valuable or ordinary spiritual wood herbs were left on the Little Turtle Peak.

Just the transplanted part is worth a huge sum of money, which can make monks in the later stages of foundation building jealous.

With the help of the earth-type monster, the Earth Rock Rat, Lu Changan completed the transplant in just one day.

Lu Changan removed the core of the quasi-third-level mountain-protecting formation in advance, leaving only part of the peripheral power, which is equivalent to a second-level mid-level formation.

Outside monks, who are not second-level formation masters or above, can't tell the clues.

…

Everything is ready.

Early the next morning, Lu Changan talked to the mountain guard Qi Feng alone.

"Grandpa Lu, how long will you be out this time?"

Qi Feng was a little surprised.

Now that the Liang Kingdom is caught in a war to cultivate immortality, the outside world is relatively chaotic, and Wuqi Mountain is a rare pure land.

And, overnight, Lu Changan harvested all the valuable medicinal herbs on the mountain.

This must not be suggestive.

"I'm going out this time to seek the opportunity of forming a pill. It will take at least half a year, and it may take more than half a year..."

Lu Chang'an harvested herbs, and claimed to the outside world that he was planning to form a pill in advance and buy the prototype of a magic weapon.

As for whether the outside world believed it or not, he didn't care.

"I left a letter in the study. If I don't come back in half a year, or if you encounter a difficult problem, you can open it..."

Lu Chang'an said solemnly.

"Yes, Grandpa Lu."

Qi Feng wanted to say something but stopped, not daring to ask more.

At this moment, he felt that Grandpa Lu was "telling his last wishes", and there was an unspeakable taste in his heart.

As a casual cultivator, he had been wandering outside for so many years, and finally found a peaceful place for cultivation, and was taken care of by the elders.

Now, all this seems to be leaving him.

"You don't have to worry, the rent of Xiaoguifeng is nearly ten years away. Even if I don't come back in the short term, it will not affect your cultivation."

Seemingly seeing his hesitation, Lu Chang'an smiled slightly and made a suggestion.

Hearing this, Chifeng breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly thanked him.

In fact, in addition to the letter, Lu Changan also left a simple inheritance of cultivation to his adoptive father's descendants, even including a foundation-building pill left over from that year.

"Grandpa Lu..."

Chifeng was about to say something else.

Lu Changan waved his sleeves and waved at the pool where the lotus was blooming.

...

Splash!

A dark green turtle leaped out of the pool, stepped on the waves and broke through the air, causing a surging blue water wave.

The shadow of the big turtle made Chifeng, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining, feel a strong sense of oppression.

The quiet and gentle man in white slowly floated onto the back of the black water turtle, stood with his hands behind his back, and braved the wind and waves, like a fairy.

Chifeng and Lan Rou were in a trance for a while.

Squeak!

The rock rat anxiously flew out of the cave and landed on the back of the big turtle that was about to go away.

Whoosh! Puff!

The black water turtle was 18 feet wide, with blue light emanating from its feet. It carried a man and a mouse and flew out of the Little Turtle Peak where it had lived for seventy years.

This movement was noticed by Ye Fei from the neighboring Little Dan Peak.

"Daoyou Lu, where are you going on a turtle?"

Ye Fei was quite surprised.

In Little Turtle Peak, he often saw the black water turtle with earth-grade bloodline, as if it was just a mascot.

However, this was the first time he saw a black water turtle carrying its owner out for flight.

There must be something wrong when things are abnormal!

"Haha, Lu is going out to visit friends and look for the opportunity to form a pill. Daoyou Ye, please take care."

Lu Changan chuckled and turned back to clasp his fists.

Finally, he took a look at Ye Fei, who looked like a young middle-aged man with sharp edges and corners.

"Daoyou Lu, be careful on the road."

Ye Fei was stunned for a moment and bowed in return.

At this moment.

Many cultivators of Wuqi Mountain watched the black water turtle break through the air on the waves, carrying the calm figure in white clothes, blending into the formation mist outside Wuqi Mountain, and the figure gradually disappeared.

Suddenly, Ye Fei's mind moved, and he thought of something, and his face was slightly shocked.

"Turtle-like spiritual pets are not good at speed, but they have outstanding endurance, are good at long-distance travel, and are extremely comfortable to ride."

"Is Brother Lu preparing to... travel far on a turtle!?"