Chapter 277: Promoting the Birth of Xuan Teng

Inside the cave.

Lu Changan did not leave Wangyue Immortal City rashly.

He closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, seemingly consolidating his practice.

In fact, it is integrated with the second life, the senses are fully opened, and a high state of vigilance is maintained.

Lu Changan wanted to make sure that no Nascent Soul monster paid attention to him before leaving Wangyue Fairy City.

Three days later.

Another wave of Nascent Soul-level consciousness briefly passed over his body without lingering.

This kind of obscure spiritual detection is difficult for ordinary alchemy monks to detect.

Lu Changan thought to himself: "Previously, the old monster Xu sent me a message to show his goodwill. Normally, as a junior, I should go and visit him."

It's a pity that he is not the real Nie Yuan, otherwise he could be the backer of an old Yuanying monster.

Of course, it’s not a big problem if you don’t go.

Not every monk likes to cling to others and make friends. There are also monks who are thin-skinned, introverted, or aloof and don't want to do this kind of thing.

Half a month later.

No Nascent Soul-level consciousness paid attention to him.

"Not urgent."

Lu Changan only left the cave to purchase resources in the city, but still did not leave Wangyue Immortal City.

He also kept his senses sharp while in the city.

Prices in Wangyue Immortal City were higher, so Lu Changan only bought some relatively scarce third-level supplies.

The rental price for the third-level caves in the city is even more expensive, costing several thousand spirit stones a year.

Perhaps because of the high-end route, the number of monks that can be accommodated by the third-level caves and inns in the city is not very large.

Due to the invasion of demons, the situation is tense. It is said that the inns and caves in the city will increase prices in the future and even implement traffic restrictions.

In Wangyue Immortal City, outside monks are not allowed to do business, not even to set up street stalls.

Ordinary monks who stay here will sooner or later come to nothing.

Lu Changan has too many secrets, let alone stay in Wangyue Immortal City.

Nowadays, he has a lifespan of 1144 years, but he does not dare to cultivate the Xuantian Gourd Vine in the city.

We can only wait until we return to Jinyun Valley before trying again.

…

Another half month has passed.

Lu Changan confirmed that no Yuanying old monster was paying attention to him.

On this day, he "changed his clothes" at the inn in the city and left Wangyue Fairy City as a fake middle-aged man.

There will be no questioning of identity when entering or exiting Fairy City.

Flying more than a hundred miles out of the fairy city.

Lu Changan took out an escape talisman and quickly escaped a certain distance underground.

Finally, he used the ability of the rock rat to travel underground.

The underground rock formations have a strong isolating effect on spiritual consciousness.

In addition, after being some distance away, the Yuanying old monster in the city could no longer find him within the scope of his spiritual consciousness.

Wangyue City is thousands of miles away.

Lu Changan took on the identity of an old man who formed an elixir and flew to Jiugangtian.

When he arrived at the territory of Liang Kingdom, Lu Changan felt relieved.

This time, obtaining the Immortal Golden Elixir was finally completed successfully.

Afterwards, even if Nie Yuan's identity was found to be suspicious, it no longer mattered.

The important thing is that Lu Changan not only obtained the golden elixir, but also successfully concealed his identity.

It is difficult to hide the weather when the elixir is formed, but it is easier to hide the quality of the elixir after it is formed.

Seven days later.

The man in white, riding a turtle, returned to the previous Huanglong Fairy City from the direction of the Black Mist Mountains.

The direction in which it appeared was completely opposite to that of Wangyue Immortal City.

Unless the process is deduced from the results, it is difficult to associate the two out of thin air.

In the previous two times of elixir transformation and re-knotting, Lu Changan used the third-level illusion talisman to create alibi for practicing in seclusion.

It was three years after the last elixir transformation. In order to avoid similarities, the same method was not adopted.

In the Black Mist Mountains, Lu Changan relied on the powerful soul of the two generations to forcibly break away from the third-level spiritual contract signed with Xie Wuji.

The spiritual contract scroll in his hand turned into ashes.

"The third-level spiritual contract was forcibly destroyed. The Xie family of Chen Guo will definitely receive the news."

Lu Changan expected this.

But now, he is no longer a helpless casual cultivator, but the true elixir elder of Jinyun Valley.

No matter how powerful the Xie family was, they were still beyond their reach and did not dare to dominate the Liang Kingdom where the Jinyang Sect took over.

Moreover, Chen State is close to the front line of the battlefield where demons invade, so it is impossible to devote too much energy to this matter.

…

Half a day later.

Lu Changan returned to Jinyun Valley.

"Elder Lu!"

"Master Lu!"

Entering the mountain gate, the disciples on duty respectfully saluted Lu Changan.

At this time, the aura of elixir power on Lu Changan's body was still that of the early stage of elixir formation and the downstream true elixir.

Lu Changan was out this time for only a few months.

For Zhendan monks, it is a relatively normal time to go out.

In the hinterland of Jinyun Valley, among the peaks where the third-order spiritual veins are located, there is a mountain named "Yunlai Peak", which is Elder Lu's training ground.

The territory governed by Yunlai Peak is not only the main peak, but also the surrounding mountains and spiritual fields.

These all belong to Lu Changan's properties, which are equivalent to the size of the entire Wuqi Mountain.

Inside the elder's mansion at Yunlaifeng.

Two qi-refining disciples, a man and a woman, were waiting aside. They were the servants and maids chosen by Lu Changan in the past two years.

Lu Changan called them Xiaodong and Xiaoqiu.

The former has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is honest and honest; the latter has a delicate appearance and a flowery waist.

They are all Qi refining disciples around the age of twenty.

"Elder Lu, this is your letter."

Xiaoqiu took out a jade box, knelt down and presented it.

squeak!

The letter box in her hand disappeared, and a spirit rat as big as a native dog took her place.

Lu Changan opened the letter box, which contained many letters, some of which were jade slips and jade books, and some were paper or leather letters, most of which were restricted.

As a sect elder and a third-level talisman master, there were too many monks who tried to make friends with Lu Changan.

These letters that fell into Lu Changan's hands had been preliminarily screened.

Lu Changan picked out some letters with friendship or interest.

Among them was a letter from Li Congren of Xuemei Mountain, which mainly greeted the elders and sent some specialties.

Mu Bingyun still maintained the habit of writing to him, but the frequency was not as high as before.

Or ask for advice on talisman practice, or tell her thoughts and reminisce about the past.

When Lu Changan was in a good mood, he occasionally wrote her a letter.

This time, Mu Bingyun mentioned in the letter that her husband had unfortunately gone to the front line and she was a little worried about it.

Lu Changan didn't care about these. He took care of Mu Bingyun in the past because of the feelings and regrets of the old people.

The descendants of Zheng Centipede in Tieling Villa also sent a letter to congratulate Lu Changan.

There are also some strange letters.

For example, although Lin Ye, the alchemist of Wu Qishan, has passed away, he has cultivated an outstanding alchemist.

The alchemist is now a second-level alchemist, and he expressed his gratitude to Lu Changan on behalf of his master for taking care of him.

The last two letters were sent by Zhou Qingxuan and Xia Wenyue.

Zhou Qingxuan invited Lu Changan to go to the beast control Zhou family to discuss the experience and skills of beast control.

Lu Changan is not interested in beast control, but he can study the poisonous insect restriction in Zhou Qingxuan's mind when he has time to further improve his unique restriction.

Xia Wenyue's jade slip letter was sent from the Aoyue Palace in Fengguo.

The surrounding Xiuxian countries formed the Weidao League to jointly resist the invasion of the demons.

Fengguo and Liangguo were not affected by the war, and normal exchanges were not affected.

In addition to congratulating Lu Changan on his elixir, Xia Wenyue mentioned the current situation in Aoyue Palace in the letter and told him not to worry.

Due to the covetousness of the Xie family of Chen State, Aoyue Palace protected Xia Wenyue very well.

The inheritance of Aoyue Palace is mainly based on female cultivation. Most of the male cultivators of this sect are coolies, servants, and serve the upper echelons.

Xia Wenyue's master is a female Jindan master who takes good care of her.

Xia Wenyue is still practicing "Frozen Ancient Scroll" and enjoys resources that are incomparable to Qingsha Bay.

Not long ago, her cultivation broke through to the middle stage of foundation building, which is slightly faster than the average earth spirit root.

At the end of the letter, Xia Wenyue faintly revealed her longing for Lu Changan and stated that she would repay the grace of rebirth that year.

"After more than ten years of separation, this woman still has this heart, which is also precious."

Lu Changan nodded secretly, feeling a little relieved.

After thinking about it, he did not reply to Xia Wenyue's letter.

Xia Wenyue's identity as a congenital Taoist body is relatively special, and the correspondence between her and Lu Changan is easy to be intercepted and checked.

Fortunately, Xia Wenyue was not stupid. Her thoughts in the letter were very obscure, and she was more inclined to respect and care for her teacher.

"Before this female cultivator reaches the middle and late stages of Jindan, try not to contact her, so that the outside world will gradually forget our relationship."

Lu Changan only wanted Xia Wenyue to abide by the promise of the Heart Demon Oath, and there was no need for emotional entanglement.

The latter would only bring disaster to Lu Changan.

I believe that after hundreds of years of long time, this woman has seen the world, and the budding of unrequited love in her youth will also be wiped out.

...

A few days later.

Lu Changan came to the underground stone hall of Yunlai Peak.

This underground stone hall, located underground, was built by the rock rats in the past few years by digging passages.

At the beginning of the construction of the stone hall, Lu Changan invested materials and built it himself.

Later, he found that the rock rats' innate magic was better at building houses than himself.

He simply drew a blueprint and let the rock rats take care of it.

This underground stone hall was arranged with many restrictions.

This time when he came back, Lu Changan set up the quasi-fourth-order formation here. The third-order formation in the mansion above was enough for daily use.

The Xuantian gourd vine was also transplanted to the underground stone hall to connect the earth veins.

For this purpose, a room was specially opened.

"It's time to start."

Lu Changan drove out the reluctant Xuanshui turtle and stayed alone in the room.

He immediately sacrificed his life and performed the Changqing secret technique.

Buzz~

Lu Changan's palm was surrounded by an ancient green halo, like a new bud, emitting a life energy of the four seasons, blending into the withered Xuantian gourd vine.

The healing and repair of the Changqing secret technique is not based on life as a carrier.

The ability to heal is the Changqing Gong itself.

Even without using life, Lu Changan's Changqing Gong is extremely good at treatment, better than many famous doctors in the world.

Some serious injuries or ordinary hidden diseases can be treated and cured by Lu Changan without sacrificing life.

Sacrificing life allows the basic ability of healing and repair to be qualitatively sublimated.

Lu Changan had not been seriously injured in the three previous elixirs. He sacrificed his life to enhance the effect and save a lot of time.

Many secret techniques in the world of immortal cultivation are to consume lifespans to achieve several times or even ten times the terrifying improvement.

"Four years of lifespan!"

Lu Changan stopped and checked the changes in the Xuantian gourd vine.

The yellow part of the gourd vine, less than half an inch long, turned green.

Such an obvious effect is more than ten times that of the foundation-building period!

"After forming the immortal golden elixir, the nourishing ability of the Changqing Gong itself is several times stronger than that of the early stage of the true elixir."

Lu Changan showed a happy expression.

At this rate, he can consume a few hundred years of lifespan at most to restore the greenness of the entire gourd vine.

A few hundred years of lifespan seems a lot.

But the goal of nourishing and restoring is, after all, the growing gourd vine of Xiao Xuantian, the companion of Kaitian. This kind of effect is already very impressive.

Lu Changan measured it with the current Jindan early stage mana, "About ten years of life can restore one foot of greenness to the Xuantian gourd vine."

If it reaches the middle and late stages of Jindan, the nourishing effect of Changqing Gong will still have room for improvement.

"Forty years of life!"

After seeing the effect, Lu Changan sacrificed another forty years of life.

After a while, the withered and yellowed area of ​​the Xuantian gourd vine regained a few inches of greenness.

Hmm?

At this time, Lu Changan frowned and looked at the withered and blackened little gourd prototype.

To be precise, this is just the embryo of the gourd, and it has not really taken shape.

"The gourd vine has regained some vitality, but this Xuantian little gourd has not changed much."

In Lu Changan's perception, the prototype of the gourd fruit was dead and silent, without any vitality.

I don't know if it's an illusion.

He felt that the withered black gourd exuded a stronger aura of death.

Even the Evergreen Secret Technique was powerless to save the situation.

"Could it be that he died and came back? He had to wait until all the gourd vines were green again before re-cultivating the Xuantian gourd?"

Lu Changan pondered for a long time.

In this way, he would consume hundreds of years of his lifespan to restore the Xuantian gourd vines at most.

By then, it would take many years and consume many years of lifespan to produce the Xuantian fruit again.

Cultivating the Xuantian gourd might cost even more.

Lu Changan realized that the lifespan of the Jindan stage might not be enough.

He couldn't consume all his lifespan, so he had to keep at least a few hundred years as a base.

Unless there were more sources of lifespan.

For example, things that prolong lifespan, second-level fine lifespan pills, third-level lifespan pills...

For example, swallowing the Dao fruit of other Evergreen Techniques.

"No hurry, observe for a while."

Lu Changan still had 1,100 years of lifespan, so he stopped for the time being.

...

Two months later.

After observation, Lu Changan found good news.

As long as the Xuantian gourd vine is watered and nourished with Changqing magic every day, the latter is in a state of slowly recovering green.

The effect of the cloud and rain technique of the black water turtle is much worse, but at least it can keep the gourd vine in a state of recovery.

It can be seen that the gourd vine has at least reversed its vitality.

Theoretically, even if Lu Changan does not consume his life span for blood transfusion, as long as the time is long enough, the Xuantian gourd vine will eventually recover.

"The more the gourd vine recovers its vitality, the faster the green will grow and recover on its own."

Lu Changan speculated.

He sacrificed another hundred years of life and left a thousand years of life.

This time.

Before waiting for the observation results, Jinyun Valley welcomed an unfriendly visitor he expected.

…

"Xie Wuji of the Xie family of Chen State, the elder of the Tianluo Sect of Chen State, came to Jinyun Valley to pay a visit!"

The huge iron fan magic weapon cut through the Jiugang sky, carrying a handsome young man in a brocade robe, and arrived at the gate of Jinyun Valley.

After many years of not seeing each other, Xie Wuji's cultivation reached the peak of the early stage of the true elixir.

"Fellow Daoist Xie, what brings you here from afar?"

A loud laugh came, and a handsome man wearing a tall crown, golden feathered clothes, and a noble demeanor flew out of the door.

"Master Xuanxiao."

Facing Master Jinyun, who was in the middle stage of Jindan, Xie Wuji suppressed his anger and bowed to greet him.

After a brief greeting, Xie Wuji explained his purpose:

"Ask Master Lu from Guigu to come out and see. This man is treacherous and openly tore up the third-level spiritual contract. Xie wants to confront him."

The visitor was, after all, an elder of a Yuanying sect. Master Jinyun sent a message and asked his disciples to inform Lu Changan.

The sect's reception hall.

Lu Changan flew over quickly.

"Xie Wuji!"

Before Xie Wuji could speak, Lu Changan shouted angrily:

"Back then, you took advantage of my low foundation-building stage and forced me to sign a third-level spiritual contract. Today, you dare to come to my door and complain first."

Xie Wuji was interrupted as soon as he opened his mouth, and he was stunned for a moment.

It was unbelievable that Lu Changan, who had been polite and tolerant to him, was hit hard when they met today.

"Lu Changan, don't slander me! You took Xie's Jindan spiritual object, and after you were promoted to Zhendan, you signed a spiritual contract again. Can Xie still coerce a Zhendan cultivator?"

Xie Wuji laughed angrily and retorted.

It has been five or six years since the second signing of the spiritual contract, and Lu Changan has not been to Aoyue Palace.

"If I had not agreed to renew the contract, I might not have been able to return to Liang State. It was just a stopgap measure."

"As for the Jindan spiritual object that Master Xie used both kindness and power in the early years, Lu will return it to you."

After Lu Changan said this, he threw a porcelain bottle to Xie Wuji.

This is another water-based Jindan spiritual object he bought, which is as valuable as the pure water that Xie Wuji gave him that year.

"Lu Chang'an! You have eaten so many resources from my Xie family, and now you turn your back on me and use a Jindan spiritual object to fool people?"

Xie Wuji looked gloomy and sneered.

"So many resources?"

Lu Chang'an's heart moved and he chuckled:

"Lu can swear an oath of the devil in his heart that he has never taken any other resources from the Xie family except that Jindan spiritual object. Do you dare to swear that you have not embezzled the resources of the Xie family."

Hearing this, Xie Wuji's face changed slightly: "Shameless Turtle Master, how dare you spread rumors, confuse people, and blame others!"

Looking at the two people who were spitting and cursing at each other, the leader of Jinyun Sect was stunned and found a chance to slip away.

An hour later.

"Jinyun Valley, sheltering this shameless villain will eventually be backfired..."

Xie Wuji left Jinyun Valley cursing.

Until he flew to the Nine Gangs Heaven, the anger on Xie Wuji's face disappeared, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Hey! Lu Changan is cooperative. After this incident, the embezzled resources will be written off!"

It turned out that in order to persuade Xie Wuji and bribe Lu Changan, the Xie family gave him a sum of real Dan-level materials, including Ningjing Dan.

Xie Wuji knew that Lu Changan was playing tricks and couldn't persuade him, so he simply embezzled them.

Today, he questioned Lu Changan and scolded him, which was nothing more than acting.

As for the embezzled resources, push it to Lu Changan.

Anyway, the war of the invasion of the demons has started, and the Xie family has no energy to investigate this matter.

"That kid has a big appetite. He actually sent a message to ask me to give him half of the embezzled materials?"

Xie Wuji sneered in his heart.

In his opinion, he did not pursue and urge Lu Changan, and let the matter end here, which was already a win-win result.

Lu Changan probably knew it well, and he went down the stairs, and didn't want to continue to entangle and become an enemy of the Xie family.

...

Half a day later.

Xie Wuji flew over the wasteland between Liang and Chen.

As night fell, Jiugangtian also fell into darkness, and the strong wind blew more violently.

"With this embezzled resource, and accumulating a few years of military merit, I can impact the middle stage of Jindan..."

Xie Wuji flew to the direction of Tianluo Sect of Chen, thinking in his heart.

Suddenly.

A strange black fog appeared in his vision, whistling along the strong wind.

"Who is it!"

Xie Wuji shouted angrily, and in the blink of an eye, he fell into a dark night covering several miles.

From the outside world, an inverted black light shield isolated Xie Wuji from the outside world.

In the black light shield, the air was cold, and suddenly there was a surge of magic power that shocked ghosts and gods.

Two erratic and strange shadows, about ten feet high, each holding a shadow blade, pierced Xie Wuji from the front and back, and flanked him.

"Wujianmen——"

Xie Wuji felt cold in his heart, his Dan power was surging, and his body was condensed into a real golden ring light shield.

Huh!

The Iron Fan Magical Treasure swelled like a Buddha's hand, coated with a layer of dark golden light film, flipped up and down, slapped left and right, stirring up the Tiangang wind and clouds, enough to collapse mountains and destroy cities.

However, the two strange shadows were extremely flexible, occasionally disappearing inexplicably and exchanging positions.

The main body of the Iron Fan Magical Treasure was like a cattail fan slapping a mosquito, missing again and again.

The little residual power could not hurt the two strange shadows of the Zhendan level.

Chi Chi!

The shadow blades of the two shadows, the arc-shaped ghost blades that occasionally cut open Xie Wuji's golden ring light shield, leaving a crack.

As time passed, Xie Wuji's mana was consumed a lot, and his shoulders, ribs, and legs were left with blood marks deep enough to see the bones.

The two strange shadows had attacks comparable to those of the early Zhendan, but their speed was comparable to those of the middle Zhendan.

He could do nothing about it, and he could not escape.

Like a ulcer attached to the bone, it lingered.

"Who is from Wuxian Sect? Tell me your name."

Xie Wuji's face was pale, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead. While speaking, he took out the few remaining forbidden-breaking talismans and third-level middle-grade escape talismans from his storage bag.

Puff!

A sickle magic weapon with a grayish-white aura pierced out of thin air from the shadows of the night and pierced Xie Wuji's chest.

"Wuxian Sect, Jueying Sect Master, as you wish!"

A man's voice that seemed to come from the Nine Nether Cold Pond echoed in Xie Wuji's ears.

Xie Wuji's body spasmed and he turned back with difficulty.

A mysterious man in a black cloak, with a blood-stained scythe connected to a chain in his hand, blended into the night.

The mana fluctuations he exuded reached the peak of the middle stage of the Jindan stage.

Shua shua!

The two strange shadows before, like ghosts, returned and merged into the shadow of the mysterious cloaked man.

"Jueying Sect Master..."

Xie Wuji's pupils dimmed and his consciousness fell into the dark abyss.