Chapter 256: Hit the Snake at Its Weakest Point

Three years passed in the blink of an eye.

The destruction of Lihuo Palace has long become a thing of the past, and fewer and fewer cultivators are paying attention to and discussing it.

Even in Jing State, Liang State and other places, the traces of Lihuo Palace cultivators are almost extinct.

In Liang State's cultivation world, the Jinyang Sect, which moved north, initially stabilized the situation.

Qiufeng Island, in the medicine garden.

Lu Changan, who is over 163 years old, is still youthful, with fair skin, gentle and handsome.

"Have all the cultivators of Lihuo Palace moved away?"

Lu Changan stood with his hands behind his back, his back to the shadow of the fruit tree behind him.

"Replying to Mr. Lu, Lihuo Palace has gathered hundreds of elite cultivators, boarding the third-level spirit ship and heading to the 'Seven Nations Alliance' in the west."

Xing Peng's voice came from the shadow.

Lu Changan's face was thoughtful, and he had heard of the Seven Nations Alliance.

The cultivation country over there has more developed trade and is much stronger than the countries around Feng State.

"Do you have no idea about the relocated Lihuo Palace?"

"The Lihuo Palace's late Zhendan overhaul has recovered from his injuries and gathered many Zhendans. We can't do anything with our limited manpower. Even if the war starts, our Wuxian Sect is unwilling to confront a large number of cultivators head-on."

The hooded man in the shadow shook his head.

The intelligence area that Wuxian Sect is responsible for is not limited to the surrounding areas of Fengguo and the Seven Nations Alliance.

Wuxian Sect has spies infiltrating areas that are at war or about to be invaded.

"Is there any whereabouts of the Grand Elder of Lihuo Palace?"

These few days, Xia Wenyue is not on the island, so the communication between the two does not need to be particularly concealed.

"No."

Xing Peng said in surprise: "I have tried to sound out the mouths of the higher-ups, and our sect seems to have lost the whereabouts of Master Lihuo. In recent years, Master Lihuo has not had any open contact with the cultivators of Lihuo Palace."

Lu Changan remained calm. Now that the time is short, it is difficult for the outside world to guess that Master Lihuo has died.

For the long life span of Yuanying Zhenjun, it is not uncommon to recuperate and practice in seclusion for 10 to 20 years.

If the time is delayed too long, and if Lihuo Shangren still does not show up in another ten years, the outside world will be suspicious.

Judging from the current situation, Lu Changan is not too worried about being implicated.

By then, he will have become a Zhendan cultivator and ranked among the upper class of several neighboring countries.

Unknowingly, Lu Changan has made more than half of the progress in the eighth level of foundation building, and is getting closer and closer to the ninth level of foundation building.

Return to the practice room.

Lu Changan closed his eyes and practiced, and he almost mastered the "Return to Dust Alchemy Method" traded from Zhang Tieshan.

There is no famous teacher to guide, and it all depends on the vision of the previous life and personal research and exploration.

The method of alchemy is very unpopular and extremely dangerous, so you have to be cautious.

Lu Changan had no experience in his previous life, which can be said to be an unknown field.

Consciousness entered the Nine Seals Monument in his mind.

The white-bearded old man in the second life was 70% lit, and it will be fully lit again in one or two years at most.

The shadow of the purple-robed Taoist priest in the fourth life was uncertain in brightness and darkness, and was more ethereal than the soul shadows of the previous two lives.

In the past two or three years, Lu Changan has learned a little useful information from the huge and chaotic memory fragments, some of which involve the secrets of the Lihuo Palace.

Of the three ways of reincarnation of the Nine Seals Monument, Lu Changan currently prefers the second one, which is to have a reincarnated previous life in the Nascent Soul stage.

The benefits of this method are the most stable.

What moved him the most was the insights gained when he was in the Nascent Soul stage.

In his previous life, Lu Changan failed to break through the Nascent Soul stage and died.

Of course, Lu Changan would not hang himself on a tree. It would be best to go with the flow and fulfill the wish of Master Lihuo and end the cause and effect.

He must not get himself involved in the vortex of the sect struggle.

The other two methods can also be used as alternatives, depending on the subsequent development of this life.

…

The next morning, Lu Changan completed his routine practice and treasure talisman cultivation.

Limited by the cultivation power, the nourishing effect of those third-level treasure talismans made of second-level top-grade materials is minimal.

The eight treasure talismans made of Tonghunyouzhu are similar.

Especially the two third-level top-grade ones, Lu Changan can hardly feel the change.

"The mana used for nourishment is too far from the grade of the treasure talisman. I am afraid that it will be improved after the elixir is formed."

After completing two daily tasks, the time is approaching noon.

In the afternoon, it will be the time for Lu Changan to grow flowers and plants, or study the hundred arts of cultivating immortals.

In the evening, two hours will be taken to use the foundation-building spiritual fire of Changqing Gong to sacrifice the embryo of magic weapon.

Lu Changan is going to use the fourth-level soul-nourishing wood as the embryo of the future wood-based magic weapon.

At present, the main thing is to nourish the spirituality of the soul wood, and establish a relationship with itself through the spiritual fire sacrifice.

What form of magic weapon to be created in the future has not yet been determined.

It is best to ask a trustworthy third-level refiner.

Lu Changan has a rough idea of ​​the candidate for the refiner.

At the same time, Lu Changan practiced talismans, puppets, and alchemy. He no longer had the energy to study other arts of immortal cultivation.

Among them, alchemy has not yet been promoted to the second-level middle grade, and Lu Changan almost gave up.

"Strange! Wen Yue hasn't come back yet?"

Three days later, Lu Changan took the black water turtle to the Qiufeng Island for a breath of air and noticed something unusual.

In the past few years, the root of Xia Wenyue's disease has been almost cured.

Her body is no longer weak. As a foundation-building cultivator, it is impossible for her to stay on Qiufeng Island all day.

Occasionally go out to communicate, relax, and go to the market and the immortal city to purchase supplies.

Lu Changan knows that truly powerful cultivators have to go through the trials of wind and rain. Flowers in a greenhouse are difficult to become great.

Until the evening of that day.

A white escaping light filled with cold air staggered onto Qiufeng Island.

Lu Changan's expression changed slightly, and he stepped forward to support Xia Wenyue, whose breathing was disordered and whose face was pale.

"Mr. Lu...I was attacked."

Xia Wenyue's hair was messy, and her white dress, like snow, was torn and stained with blood.

There was a deep wound on the shoulder and lower back, stained with burnt blood, as if it had been injured by a spell or magic weapon.

Fortunately, the injuries are not fatal and are not life-threatening.

"Who did it?"

Lu Changan was angry and input Changqing's magic power to stabilize Xia Wenyue's injuries.

"It's a fake Dan Zhenren, wearing a black outfit that hides his appearance. If it weren't for the life-saving trump card given by Mr. Lu and the clan leader, Wen Yue might not be able to come back today."

Xia Wenyue's heart was still frightened, her breasts were rising and falling, and her pale and pretty face gradually returned to calm.

In a moment, a false elixir-level escaping light landed on Qiufeng Island.

It came from none other than the clan leader Xia Hongyu.

Seeing the injured Xia Wenyue, Xia Hongyu's face was as gloomy as water. Even if he cultivated his health and cultivated his character like him, there was anger in his eyes.

"Mr. Lu, how is Wen Yue's injury?" Xia Hongyu suppressed his anger and looked at Xia Wenyue with concern.

"Clan Chief Xia, don't worry. Wen Yue's injury is not particularly serious and the foundation has not been shaken. It will take some time for him to recover."

Lu Changan's words made Xia Hongyu's heart settle.

…

Half an hour later.

After the questioning, Patriarch Xia and Lu Changan discussed secretly in the study.

"Judging from the attacker's methods described by Wen Yue, they look very much like Mr. Wu from the Crescent Chamber of Commerce!"

"That old immortal is so shameless! The fake elixir master unexpectedly attacked a girl who was in the early stage of foundation building."

Xia Hongyu lost his former elegance and said angrily.

Xia Wenyue's life-saving trump cards include talisman treasures, quasi-third-level talismans, third-level escape talismans, etc.

In terms of life-saving means, he is no worse than the core disciples of Yuanying Sect.

If not, it would be difficult for Xia Wenyue to come back alive under the attack of False Dan Zhenren.

"How is the patriarch going to deal with this?"

Lu Changan said with a calm expression.

The cause and effect of this incident is probably that the Crescent Chamber of Commerce doubted Xia Wenyue's qualifications and wanted to strangle him in the cradle.

It's not that Xia Wenyue's innate Taoist body was leaked.

But the one who knows you best is always your enemy.

Hostile forces will inevitably study every key figure in the Xia family.

Lu Changan once gave Xia Hongyu advice to send Xia Wenyue to a Yuanying-level sect. The three sects in Jing Kingdom were not qualified.

Xia Hongyu always wanted to keep Xia Wenyue in the family. As long as Xia Wenyue cultivated the true elixir, she would be through the dangerous period.

"Old Ghost Wu attacks a genius of his own clan, so Xia will naturally retaliate, tit for tat."

Xia Hongyu's eyes were cold and he did not hide his murderous intent.

Lu Changan understood what he meant.

Since you are plotting to attack the geniuses of the Xia family, then I will also attack your geniuses.

Xia Wenyue was attacked, and it was useless to find a business alliance.

For this kind of incident, the business alliance's method of handling is that whoever makes the claim must provide evidence.

If Mr. Xia suspects that Mr. Wu is responsible, he must provide ironclad evidence on his own.

Unless it is a particularly egregious case with great influence, the senior management of the Business Alliance will send people to strictly investigate it.

"Old ghost Wu must be on guard if he misses. If Chief Xia wants to retaliate against their genius, it will be difficult for him to be effective. He might even fall into their trap."

Lu Changan did not agree with Xia Hongyu's revenge methods.

"Haha, Xia actually didn't plan to do it himself. He waited for the news and spent a lot of money to hire a black market killer to come forward."

"As long as there are enough spirit stones, we can hire fake elixir-level killers."

Xia Hongyu is worthy of being a monk of the health preserving school. He is too old to do anything.

"If you just kill one or two late-stage players, it won't solve the fundamental problem."

Lu Changan sighed.

"What do you think, Fellow Daoist Lu?" Xia Hongyu looked over in confusion.

"Hit the snake within seven inches. To capture the thief, capture the king first."

"What do you mean, Fellow Daoist Lu, kill Old Ghost Wu from the Crescent Chamber of Commerce?"

Xia Hongyu frowned slightly, feeling a little whimsical.

"To kill a well-established fake elixir like Wu Laogui, at least two people of the same level must be mobilized, or even real elixirs to take action. Xia cannot afford to do so."

There is generally not much difference in strength between fake elixirs.

Beating is normal.

The difficulty of killing is quite high.

"Lu once met an old friend of a real person in the Liang Kingdom. He had outstanding strength and was sure to kill the fake elixir. That real person happened to be in the Jing Kingdom recently and lacked spiritual stones, third-level spiritual objects and medicinal herbs..."

Lu Changan said slowly.

"Is that old friend of Fellow Daoist Lu really sure of killing the fake elixir master?"

Xia Hongyu looked at Lu Changan strangely.

This well-known good old man can actually contact a powerful killer?

"I'm 60% sure. Chief Xia, are you willing to give it a try?"

"In terms of remuneration..."

Xia Hongyu hesitated, fearing that he could not afford it.

"You only need to hire twice the reward of a normal fake killer. If the kill fails, the reward can be refunded."

"Okay! Xia doesn't believe in the killer, but he believes in Lu Daoyou's character and integrity."

Xia Hongyu made a decision quickly.

As long as the chief elder of the Crescent Chamber of Commerce is killed, the biggest threat to the Wufu Chamber of Commerce will be defeated without attack.

Another fake elixir from the Crescent Chamber of Commerce is Xia Hongyu's defeated general, so there is nothing to worry about.

…

Two days later, Xia Hongyu came to Qiufeng Island again and handed a storage bag to Lu Changan.

"Don't worry, Patriarch Xia, I will take the time to secretly contact that old friend."

Lu Changan glanced at the pile of spirit stones and several third-level spirit herbs in the storage bag, smiled and nodded.

After Xia Hongyu left.

Lu Changan extracted 30% of the income from the storage bag and threw it to the ground.

Squeak!

The rock rat floated out of the ground and swallowed the storage bag in one gulp.

"In another six or seven years, I will be able to advance to the ninth level of foundation building and prepare for Dan formation. During this period, stability is more important than anything else!"

Lu Changan said in his heart.

He was willing to help the Xia family solve the hidden danger for many reasons.

First, Xia Wenyue was in danger, which made Lu Changan unhappy.

Xia Wenyue was the seed he planted, which was related to the opportunity of Yuanying in the distant future.

Second, the road to Dan formation was getting closer and closer, and a stable training environment was needed.

Third, the rock rat needed to be self-reliant and increase the chance of actual combat.

As for the doubts that might be exposed in this matter, Lu Changan naturally considered them.

After so many years of getting along, he knew Xia Hongyu's personality better, and he was the same kind of person as himself.

Besides, he had been in Xia's for so many years, and after he formed the elixir, he would have to say goodbye to this place.

When he achieved the true elixir, those little doubts in the past were not worth mentioning at all.

As a veteran in the world of immortal cultivation, who doesn't have some connections and little secrets?

The next day, Lu Changan went out for a trip and came back in two days.

The ground rock rat was engaged in the assassination industry for the first time and lacked experience.

He asked the incense master of Wujianmen to help collect intelligence, check for loopholes and pass on some experience.

...

Since paying the reward, the Xia clan leader has been paying attention to Lu Changan's movements.

During the two days when Lu Changan was away, he couldn't help but worry a little. Would the other party run away?

Fortunately, Lu Changan came back soon and everything returned to normal.

In the following days, the Xia clan leader fell into anxious waiting, thinking about this matter every day.

After all, a huge reward was paid, and this matter was not trivial, and it was related to the fate of the two major chambers of commerce.

If it failed, leaving a handle, it might lead to backlash.

Until two months later.

Exciting news came that the elder of the Crescent Moon Chamber of Commerce, Wu Feng, died in a mysterious assassination and his body was not found.

I have something to do, so I will write less today. The Jindan plot is coming soon. .