Chapter 233: The Great Demon

A few days later.

Above the valley basin where the Iron Fortress is located, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is agitated and begins to gather in large quantities.

In the surrounding area, dark clouds are rolling and evil spirits are condensing.

A strong evil spirit came from the training hall, which frightened the monsters near the Black Mist Mountains and made them retreat.

"It's started."

In a side hall, Master Hu Xiao and Master Han Yu sat opposite each other, their expressions did not fluctuate much.

"From the appearance of the Dan, the monster of that Taoist friend should be an earth-type monster with a top-grade bloodline."

Master Hu Xiao relaxed, leaning on the big animal skin chair, and said casually.

"Master Han Yu kept that person so secretive and mysterious that Zhou thought it was a monster with a ground-grade bloodline."

Some time ago, Master Hu Xiao's tiger monster spirit pet that failed to attack was also a top-grade bloodline.

Unfortunately, his luck was bad, and he didn't even succeed in making a fake pill. The effect of the evil Yuan Dan was fierce, and the backlash force caused the tiger monster's cultivation to fall.

"As long as the opportunity is good, the monster beast with the best bloodline can also hope to become a third-level monster."

Han Yu Zhenren's voice was cold, and he could hear the sarcasm in the other party's words.

"That fellow Taoist at least has the evil essence pill. Judging from the breath, his pet has a solid foundation, and it should be no problem to form a fake pill."

Hearing this, Hu Xiao Zhenren's face froze and he was in a bad mood.

Han Yu Zhenren was deliberately exposing his scars.

The implication was that Hu Xiao Zhenren's pet failed because he was eager for success, and he forced the growth of seedlings during the cultivation process, and his foundation was insufficient.

Hu Xiao Zhenren frowned, snorted coldly, and his consciousness swept towards the training hall.

A trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he said angrily:

"That fellow Taoist is so defensive against us? Questioning your and my character?"

Hu Xiao Zhenren found that there were many restrictions in the training hall to isolate it from detection.

Not only that, there was also a heavy shield-holding puppet guarding the entrance of the training hall.

From the material, the puppet reached the quasi-third level.

With such protective measures, even if two fake pills join forces, they can't stop the formation of pills.

Han Yu Zhenren smiled lightly and said, "It's not wrong to be cautious. That fellow Taoist is just a means to prevent villains. Hu Xiao Zhenren won't mind, right?"

"Zhou will naturally not mind this! However, that person's behavior is sneaky, and I don't know his name and Taoist name. Zhou suspects that there is a problem with his identity..." Hu Xiao Zhenren said with a flickering look.

"My Snow Fox Chamber of Commerce guarantees this person's identity and respects his privacy. Your Chamber of Commerce has also brought unidentified cultivators to help his pets form pills."

Han Yu Zhenren disagreed.

The reason why she stayed here was to monitor Hu Xiao Zhenren and guard against the other party's tricks to affect Xiang Zhenren's pet's formation of pills.

Such a situation has happened before.

As long as there is no hard evidence, the relatively weak Snow Fox Chamber of Commerce can do nothing even if it suffers a loss.

...

Another four or five days passed.

The aura of forming pills in the sky gradually climbed.

Huh!

Above the training hall, a vortex-shaped earthy yellow cloud cluster condensed, with a size of more than one mile in radius, emitting a strong spiritual pressure.

Moreover, the earthy yellow cloud cluster was still expanding.

"It has a lot of stamina."

Hu Xiao Zhenren took a sip of tea and said with his eyes slightly narrowed.

At this time, the momentum of the unknown monster's impact on the formation of the elixir had surpassed his tiger monster pet.

As long as it is stable, it is not difficult to achieve a fake elixir.

Moreover, the momentum of the formation of the elixir is stable and improving.

Seeing this scene, Hu Xiao Zhenren was inevitably a little unhappy.

However, the development of the situation far exceeded the expectations of the two Zhenren.

"It's endless, and it's still rising?" Hu Xiao Zhenren's face became more and more ugly.

On the tenth day of the ground rock rat's retreat, the earthy yellow cloud cluster in the sky, after a certain node, the expansion speed increased significantly.

It was not until it climbed to a radius of two miles that the speed slowed down.

With the earth-yellow clouds as the center, the majestic demonic energy exudes a pressure that faintly exceeds the level of the quasi-third level.

"There is hope for the true pill!"

Zhenren Hanyu and Zhenren Huxiao were greatly surprised.

Zhenren Hanyu had more surprises.

If Lu Changan's demon beast can form a true pill, the favor he promised will be extremely precious.

"Could it be that the demon beast has hidden something, and is actually a ground-grade bloodline, or has a superior pill-forming spiritual object to assist it?"

Zhenren Huxiao felt worse than eating a fly. Thinking of his own spirit pet's failure to form a pill, he couldn't help but feel jealous.

Zhenren Hanyu's pair of icy eyes were overflowing with brilliance, and he thought: "Zhenren Xiang's demon beast has just taken the evil Yuan Dan, and the momentum of forming a pill is violent but orderly, and the control is far superior to that of Zhenren Huxiao's tiger demon."

It can be seen that Zhenren Xiang's demon beast has a solid foundation and profound heritage.

This is not an effect that can be achieved by a superior pill-forming spiritual object.

After all, common Jindan spiritual objects can only improve the quality of the finished pill, and have little impact on the success or failure of the Jindan.

"If the Snow Fox Chamber of Commerce gets an ally of the True Dan level, it will be very disadvantageous to the family."

Seeing the Jindan atmosphere in the sky rising steadily without any disorder, Tiger Roar Immortal was a little restless.

He took out a jade pendant and sent a message.

Han Yu Immortal also quietly sent a message to the Chamber of Commerce's top leaders.

The birth of a third-level monster was enough to alarm the Chamber of Commerce's True Dan ancestors.

...

In the training hall.

Lu Changan sat several feet behind the Rock Rat to protect it.

The Rock Rat was three feet around him, and he could no longer get close. The violent monster power it emitted was enough to shock and injure ordinary false Dan cultivators.

The terrifying demonic pressure made the master Lu Changan feel palpitations and an indescribable sense of oppression.

If he had not cultivated the body refining technique to the quasi-third level and had a strong spiritual consciousness, he would not be able to bear being near the ground rock rat, let alone protecting it.

"Five Elements Earth is indeed the universal earth source! In addition to being a spiritual object for forming a pill, it can increase the foundation of earth-type monsters and improve the stability of the pill forming process!"

Lu Changan's expression was relieved and he smiled.

A more stable improvement means a smaller risk of forming a pill.

In this way, the strong medicinal effect of the evil Yuan Dan is actually a good thing for the ground rock rat, and it can maximize its effect.

Thanks to this stability.

Lu Changan's protection this time was easier than he thought, and he almost didn't have to do anything.

"Demon power turns into crystal! The quality of the pill is here."

Lu Changan noticed that the liquid demon power in the ground rock rat turned into tiny crystals like gravel, like mercury, emerging like mushrooms after rain.

These tiny demonic crystals are constantly condensing in the center, and are constantly compressed under the promotion of strong spiritual pressure and bloodline power.

A crystal yellow prototype inner pill is slowly taking shape.

Lu Changan had experience in forming pills in his previous life, and he did a lot of theoretical research. He let the rock rat use the five elements of earth and the black yellow crystal at the right time.

The prototype inner pill already has the climate of a true pill. After smelting two pill-forming spiritual objects, the aura began to rise sharply.

The surface of the prototype inner pill bloomed with five-color flames and earth-yellow halo.

"The lower reaches of the true pill are completely stable!"

"Close to the middle reaches of the true pill... Exceeding the middle reaches of the true pill... Close to the upper reaches of the true pill!"

In Lu Changan's perception, the quality of the prototype inner pill is rapidly and steadily improving.

When it exceeds the quality of the middle reaches of the true pill, the quality of the rock rat's pill has exceeded Lu Changan's previous life!

Lu Changan's mood is long-lost and excited.

Although it is not him who formed the pill, the spiritual pet surpassed his previous life in the formation of the pill, which is also a kind of alternative transcendence.

The quality of the finished pill affects the potential after the formation of the pill, and also has a certain impact on the strength.

For example, two cultivators with the same qualifications and the same skills form a pill.

The upper-level cultivator has stronger mana than the middle- and lower-level cultivators.

Although this gap is not particularly large, it can also suppress others at a critical moment.

…

"This kind of pill formation atmosphere, could it be to form an upper-level true pill!"

In the side hall, the expressions of Han Yu Zhenren and Hu Xiao Zhenren at this time could not hide their shock.

In the sky, the group of earth-yellow clouds flowed with a five-color halo, and the size expanded to a radius of three or four miles.

The demon power fluctuations from the training hall seemed to have reached the level of a third-level demon.

In addition to jealousy, Hu Xiao Zhenren was more panicked.

"It has reached the last step of forming a pill..."

Hu Xiao Zhenren knew that if there was no external force to stop it, a third-level demon comparable to a true pill cultivator would be born.

True pill cultivators or third-level demons are already the deterrent combat power of the major forces in the Jing Kingdom's cultivation world.

What's more terrifying is

That unknown demon beast is very likely to achieve the upper-level True Dan.

This means that in the future, the probability of being promoted to the late third stage, comparable to the late stage of the human Jindan, will be relatively high.

Even, there is a glimmer of possibility that the fourth-level transformed demon king, comparable to the Yuanying Zhenjun, can achieve it.

This is the advantage of achieving the upper-level True Dan.

If it is the middle and lower-level True Dan, the door to the Yuanying Zhenjun is basically blocked.

"What should I do? The woman Han Yu Zhenren is staring at me, plus the mysterious fake Dan Zhenren who is the guardian, a quasi-third-level puppet..."

Hu Xiao Zhenren felt quite powerless.

One against three, even if he thought he was strong, he had no chance of winning.

This secret base located in the Black Mist Mountains, the two major chambers of commerce took turns to send a fake Dan Zhenren to guard it, including several foundation-building period.

Han Yu Zhenren was watching him, and some small moves were not easy to do.

Hu Xiao Zhenren did not want to take risks, the success rate was too low.

However, just now the ancestor of the Ten Thousand Beasts Chamber of Commerce sent a message to him, asking him to find an opportunity to destroy the Jindan, even if he had to break up with the Snow Fox Chamber of Commerce.

Roar!

From the depths of the Black Mist Mountains, a terrifying beast roar came, interrupting the thoughts of Tiger Roar Master.

"A third-level monster! Could it be attracted by the amazing Dan formation atmosphere?"

Tiger Roar Master felt the aura of a third-level monster coming from far away, and was delighted.

Although this secret base is controlled by the two major chambers of commerce, it is located in the Black Mist Mountains after all.

Such an amazing Dan formation aura can be sensed by a third-level monster hundreds of miles away, or even thousands of miles away.

"A third-level mid-stage monster?"

In the training hall, Lu Changan frowned, his expression solemn.

This spiritual vein place is guarded by a fake Dan master, and with the third-level formation, it is actually not afraid of the attack of an ordinary third-level monster.

At least, it is enough to support until the strong reinforcements arrive.

However, the rock rat is in the process of Dan formation, and the upper True Dan atmosphere draws a large amount of spiritual energy from the heaven and earth, which significantly weakens the power of the third-level formation.

...

Roar!

A huge third-level bear monster slowed down after approaching the valley where the steel fortress is located.

The bear monster was five or six miles away, spying from afar.

Perhaps out of some kind of fear, not knowing the truth, no further action was taken for the time being.

"The power of the third-level formation has been weakened by more than half. Once the bear monster launches an attack, the consequences will be disastrous."

Hu Xiao Zhenren looked stern, took out a formation flag, and walked out of the side hall.

"What are you going to do?"

Han Yu Zhenren shouted, blocking his way.

"Of course it's to strengthen the third-order formation? Are you waiting for the bear monster to attack and kill me?"

Master Huxiao spoke righteously and sternly.

It's not like he's completely putting on airs.

Facing the prying eyes of the mid-level third-level demon, I felt really panicked and worried about my own life.

"This..." Master Han Yu also hesitated.

When Huxiao Zhenren strengthens the third-level formation, he must extract spiritual energy, which will lead to insufficient spiritual pressure of the Earth Rock Rat's core.

"Don't worry, Master Hanyu. Zhou appropriately strengthens the formation, which will only have a partial impact on the elixir formed by that Taoist friend's spiritual pet. It may slightly reduce the quality of the elixir, but it is better than everyone losing their lives together."

Master Huxiao argued according to reason and could not find any flaw in his words.

Before the crisis of extinction, it seems natural to sacrifice the interests of individual monks to ensure the safety of the collective.

Master Han Yu fell into silence, seemingly speechless to refute.

Master Huxiao pursed his lips, and a trace of cunning flashed in his eyes. He bypassed Master Hanyu, held the formation flag in his hand, and walked out of the side hall.

"Huh! How naive! Since you have to do this, you must do it!"

Master Huxiao sneered secretly.

He planned to control the third-level formation to increase its power to the maximum, so that the supply of spiritual veins in this place would be insufficient.

At the same time, through the secret door, cut off the spirit gathering array in the training hall.

As a result, at the critical moment of impact, the monster's spiritual pressure plummets, and there will definitely be a backlash!

…

Master Hu Xiao walked out of the side hall and was about to implement the plan.

Suddenly, his body became cold and he landed on the cliff with one foot in the air.

The night was dark and windy above my head, and there was an abyss beneath my feet. I lost my footing and fell towards the endless hell.

"not good--"

Master Huxiao was horrified, roaring in his heart, biting the tip of his tongue fiercely.

There was a "click", and the sound of cracking came from the chest of Master Huxiao.

By the time he broke free from the third-order illusion and returned to reality, he had lost control of his body.

To be precise, this body has stopped breathing.

"Master Huxiao, you finally couldn't help but take action?"

An old man in coir raincoat stood in front of him, with an indifferent tone, and smashed all the organs in his chest with one palm.

"伱, you guys..."

Master Huxiao spoke with difficulty, and soon he was bleeding from all his orifices and fell to the ground.

Before he died, he finally understood that Lu Changan had been guarding against him.

As long as he dares to stop the pill formation, the other party will launch thunderous methods without mercy.

"Master Xiang, did you kill him directly?"

Master Hanyu's pretty face turned pale slightly.

She had negotiated with Lu Changan beforehand, and if Master Hu Xiao secretly caused trouble, the two of them would work together to stop it.

He never expected that if Lu Changan didn't take action, he would directly kill Master Hu Xiao as soon as he took action.

This is a veteran fake elixir master. Two people of the same level may not be able to win if they join forces.

"It doesn't matter! If this matter brings trouble to Master Hanyu, Xiang owes you an extra favor."

Lu Changan said generously.

"That's good! Mr. Xiang will become prosperous in the future. Don't forget the promise made today."

Master Hanyu's face was as cold as snow, revealing a rare smile.

Lu Changan said with a sharp voice: "Xiang Mou said nine things!"

Hearing this, Master Hanyu felt relieved.

She looked at the third-order bear demon wandering outside the valley, worry in her eyes:

"Master Xiang, if that bear demon comes to kill..."

"Master Hanyu, please rest assured, Xiang still has other methods to suppress the situation but it is useless. Even if the bear demon comes to kill you, you and I can join hands and cooperate with the greatly reduced power of the third-level formation to delay the formation of the pill with confidence."

Lu Changan said calmly.

"A way to keep the bottom of the box?"

Master Han Yu thought of the identity and background of the other party and felt at ease.

She felt an inexplicable sense of security, and she was inevitably a little curious about this Master Xiang, and even had a slight liking for him.

"I think that bear demon may not really have any malicious intentions."

Lu Changan looked at the third-order bear demon outside the valley, thoughtfully.

…

For the next half day, the bear demon wandered outside the valley, but did not break in.

Until a certain moment.

The huge clouds of clouds above the training hall began to disperse smoothly.

Bursts of rays of light lingered above the main hall, and the faint sound of the great avenue descended into the main hall.

Lu Changan noticed that the ending of Earth Rock Rat's elixir formation was somewhat different from his previous life and even Fu Xuemei's elixir formation.

He was previously on guard against the third-level bear demon outside, but failed to concentrate on it.

Boom!

When the alchemy atmosphere subsided, a true elixir-level demonic aura overlooking the mountains emerged from the hall.

For a time, the demonic aura soared into the sky, the situation was turbulent, and the demons retreated in fright.

"The demonic energy is rising into the sky, this is the atmosphere of a great demon!"

Chief Lu smiled appeasingly, with a happy expression on his face, and a big stone settled in his heart.

The Earth Rock Rat has just been promoted to the third level, and the fluctuations of demonic power it exudes are comparable to those of a long-standing demon.

This kind of elixir-forming atmosphere and demonic power fluctuations must form the upstream true elixir.

At this moment, the bear demon outside the valley, even if it comes to kill, is no longer a real threat.