Chapter 326 Sincere Transaction

After being promoted to the late stage of Jindan, Lu Changan practiced slowly and inefficiently in the land of the third-level middle-grade spiritual vein.

There were not many days left for him to practice peacefully in Xuanyin Pavilion.

Before returning to the Weidao League, Lu Changan still had some things to deal with in Fengyuan Country.

This morning.

On the cave pool, a man and a woman sat on the back of a big turtle.

"From today on, I have a complete set of talismans to pass on to you."

Lu Changan, contrary to his usual behavior, changed into a white dress as Mr. Xu, gentle and handsome, indifferent and peaceful.

Yun Ling wore a green skirt, starry eyes and white teeth, with exquisite curves, and a little more mature and charming in her gentleness.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu."

She listened obediently, and felt that the man in white in front of her, in addition to the familiar intimacy, also gave birth to an unprecedented attachment and admiration.

Lu Changan caught Yun Ling's hidden emotions.

After so many years of getting along and guiding, in addition to stimulating Yun Ling's qualifications and potential, she did not let her solve the mystery of the womb.

It seems that it is difficult for ordinary cultivators to awaken their past lives.

It may require many conditions, which are related to the cultivation level before reincarnation.

Yun Ling's past life was not even at the foundation-building stage.

It was just an attempt to explore reincarnation, and Lu Changan didn't care much about success or failure.

"That's all for today. Please accept this jade slip."

Lu Changan passed on the simplified third-level talisman inheritance that he had compiled for nearly two lives to Yun Ling.

Although it was a simplified version, it was tailor-made for Yun Ling to give full play to her advantage of dexterity.

Moreover, it would not expose Lu Changan's personal talisman style.

Yun Ling accepted the jade slip, stood up from the turtle's back, and bowed solemnly.

"I heard that your brother is preparing to form a pill?"

"Yes, Brother Hao has cultivated to the ninth level of foundation building."

Yun Ling nodded.

Even she herself cultivated to the eighth level of foundation building two years ago.

Due to the improvement of her physique and the guidance of Lu Changan, Yun Ling's cultivation progress is not much slower than that of ordinary high-grade spiritual roots.

As a second-level high-grade talisman master, she has long been self-reliant and earned a stable income from spiritual stones.

"In the near future, Xu will leave Fengyuan Country for a period of time to deal with some personal matters and will not be able to take you with him. Before that, if you have any wishes or requests, just let me know and Xu will try his best to meet them."

Lu Changan made a formal promise.

"Please, let Ling'er think about it for a while."

Yun Ling pursed her pink lips, her starry eyes flashed, and she heard the hint in the words.

She opened her mouth, but finally did not ask or beg.

In the superior environment of Xuanyin Pavilion, Yun Ling was taken care of for decades of cultivation.

As a maid, Mr. Xu not only did not owe her anything, but also helped her for so many years.

For most cultivators, this is a rare opportunity in life.

She did not dare to ask for more, and she knew that Mr. Xu's decision could not be changed.

...

The next year.

Lu Changan often instructs Yun Ling, occasionally drinks tea and listens to music, and enjoys the beautiful dance of the Neon Moon Fairy at night.

Lu Changan seems to be more relaxed and rarely leaves Xuanyin Pavilion.

Even the promotion process of the late Jindan is concealed from the outside.

Secretly, Lu Changan quietly improves the art of divination.

At the same time, he controls the puppet clone to go out, purchase supplies, and gather intelligence.

Through the puppet clone, Lu Changan once again negotiates with the puppet-armed ancient city lord of Gutian Fairy City.

The ancient city lord opened his mouth last time, which means there is room for negotiation.

The top puppet inheritance is rare, but it is not a non-renewable resource.

"Fourth-level soul-raising wood? The ancient city lord insists on this thing. What is the demand?"

After two negotiations, the emotionally indifferent city lord did not mention the unrealistic infant-transforming pill, and the price he called was a little more reliable.

However, the soul-raising wood or the soul treasures of the same category are necessities.

In addition, there is also the "soul-raising puppet technique", which the ancient city lord insisted on and refused to give in.

"Soul-growing puppetry? This real person doesn't know it either."

Lu Changan sighed.

The other party mistook the puppet that possessed him in his previous life, which had a complete soul power, for the soul-growing puppetry.

The soul-growing puppetry is a mysterious puppet secret technique that can give the puppet spiritual consciousness, cultivate the puppet spirit, and cast many common spells of human cultivators, even including soul-like means.

This puppetry can not only improve the overall strength of the puppet, but also help to refine a real fourth-level puppet.

Even in the Qianji Sect, the fourth-level puppets they have are mostly not as powerful as the Yuanying True Lord of the same level.

The main reason is the gap in the soul level.

The "puppet spirit" of the fourth-level puppet is naturally inferior to the Yuanying spirit of the human True Lord, and it is difficult to cultivate it to the same level.

And the soul-growing puppetry helps the puppet spirit to take shape quickly and greatly reduces the cultivation time.

It is rumored that the puppetry technique mastered by the Qianji Sect is incomplete and immature. And only the core elders are qualified to practice and touch that field.

Lu Changan was not in a hurry, and slowly negotiated with the Lord of the Ancient City, bargaining.

He denied that the Azure Dragon Society had the Soul Puppet Technique, but it was another means of cultivating puppet spirits.

Lu Changan's puppet clone was possessed by the spirit of the previous life, like a different kind of puppet spirit.

However, this puppet spirit was a blank sheet of paper, with only the power of the soul and the combat instinct of the previous life, but no consciousness.

Or it could be said that Lu Changan had consciousness, but belonged to the third life and existed in the present world.

"Could it be that Gutian Immortal City has the ambition to plan a fourth-level puppet?"

Lu Changan had an idea.

After divination, it was confirmed that this was almost correct.

"Soul-nourishing wood...planting soul puppetry...seeking the fourth level?"

After understanding the other party's general needs, Lu Changan took the initiative in this transaction.

...

Unconsciously, a year and a half had passed since Lu Changan was promoted to the late Jindan stage.

This day.

Granny Yun arrived at Xuanyin Pavilion and visited Lu Changan.

At first, she had never been to Xuanyin Pavilion because of the potential danger and did not want to implicate Yun Ling and Mr. Xu.

This time, Granny Yun learned about Yun Ling's message.

Yun Ling could not make a decision about Mr. Xu's promise, thinking of the grandmother who raised her.

In the end, she gave the choice of that promise to Granny.

In the cave, Lu Changan met Granny Yun alone.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu, for your care for our family and your support for Ling'er in the past."

Granny Yun had a head full of silver hair and looked older than before. After bowing, she sat down with a cane.

Lu Changan discovered that Granny Yun's life span was less than a hundred years.

Because he was seriously injured by a traitor that year, his foundation was damaged, he had a hidden disease, and his body functions declined prematurely.

"Mr. Xu's promise should not be violated. However, Yun Hao and Yun Ling will face the important stage of Dan formation one after another. I can only be shameless and ask Mr. Xu to refine the Ningjing Pill."

Grandma Yun didn't exchange too many pleasantries and quickly got to the point.

Lu Changan learned that the Ningjing Pill prepared by Grandma Yun was still missing some materials, and she couldn't find a reliable third-level alchemist.

Fortunately, Master Li Huo left a legacy for their lineage.

The main ingredient of the Ningjing Pill, "Seven-core Xuanyue Flower", which Grandma Yun owned, finally matured in recent years.

"This is not difficult."

Lu Changan's face was calm and he agreed.

According to his original plan, he wanted to leave a chance for Yun Ling to form a Dan.

Grandma Yun's Dan formation resources can only be used by one of the brothers and sisters.

As a top-grade spiritual root, Yun Hao has better qualifications.

In order to make the brother and sister complete, good things come in pairs, Grandma Yun came to ask for help.

Two months later, the materials for the Crystal Condensation Pill were gathered.

Some of them were from Lu Changan's own spoils of war, and Xuanyin Pavilion helped collect a few of them.

Lu Changan also sent a message to Grandma Yun to secretly refine the pill in the cave.

For seven days, Grandma Yun stayed in the cave with Yun Ling, but this time she did not ask to watch the alchemy.

She promised that if more than two Crystal Condensation Pills were obtained, the extra part would be used as a reward.

In the end, Lu Changan just performed normally, refined two genuine Crystal Condensation Pills, and refused the reward.

Except for Fairy Ni Yue, no one else in the outside world knew about the alchemy.

Grandma Yun left a Crystal Condensation Pill for Yun Ling, and then stood up to say goodbye and prepare for Yun Hao's pill formation.

"Ling'er, you don't lack Crystal Condensation Pills now, but the spiritual objects for forming the pill are equally important to the quality of the pill and the future potential. In this regard, you need to prepare it yourself."

Lu Changan planned to let Yun Ling practice for more than ten years in the late stage of foundation building and plan for the spiritual objects for forming the pill on her own.

With the life-saving trump card he gave her and the care of Xuanyin Pavilion, the risk is relatively controllable.

Yun Ling herself is a second-level top-grade talisman master. In the past, she did not practice in isolation. She had traded with nearby oases and settlements, and had also encountered inferior sand bandits.

"Ling'er knows that she will not disappoint Mr. Xu."

Yun Ling smiled with dimples, full of fighting spirit and hope for the future.

In fact, Lu Changan and Grandma Yun both prepared Dan-forming spiritual objects for her.

This unified statement was just to sharpen the brother and sister.

...

A few months later, Lu Changan was close to 310 years old.

His divination skills finally reached the top level of the third level.

For this reason, he consumed several years of his life in the past one or two years, and his total life span dropped to 1090 years.

The top-level divination of the third level is still a third-level top-grade, without a qualitative leap, but it has been cultivated to the limit of the third level, and the foundation is deeper.

Lu Changan contacted the ancient city lord again to trade the puppet inheritance.

Before that, he deliberately left the other side alone for more than half a year.

In this negotiation, the Lord of the Ancient City finally made a major concession and expressed a certain sincerity.

Lu Changan understood the other party's needs and changed the transaction items into castrated versions.

For example, the fourth-level soul-nourishing wood was replaced with a soul-nourishing wonder made from a small section of soul-nourishing wood.

For the soul puppet technique, Lu Changan provided a second-level puppet with relevant skills for Xuanji Building to study.

In addition, Lu Changan added another 30,000 spirit stones.

Xuanji Building was willing to trade the core puppet inheritance, including the puppet army formation.

But it could only be quasi-fourth-level at most.

Lu Changan could accept it. He needed the puppet inheritance of Qianji Sect to strengthen his own puppet skills.

As for the higher fourth-level puppet, it was difficult to gather complete materials before being promoted to Yuanying.

This was not a matter of financial resources.

Most of the precious resources of Yuanying level were circulated in small circles among the same level. Or, occasionally one or two appeared at the top auction.

Even with the vision of the fourth generation of the Nascent Soul, Lu Changan would avoid too much negotiation with the True Lord unless necessary.

The two parties agreed to trade in the desert thousands of miles away from Gutian Immortal City one month later.

…

The day before the agreed date.

Lu Changan was surrounded by many divination artifacts, trying his best to deduce the danger and the Nascent Soul monster behind the Xuanji Building.

For Lu Changan now, only the power of the Nascent Soul level could bring real threats.

Therefore, his divination precautions were mainly to see if the Nascent Soul monster would intervene in this transaction.

With some precautions, Lu Changan sacrificed his life to improve his divination ability, so that he could at least detect a sign.

The third level top level divination was relatively smooth and I did not experience strong resistance.

"It turns out that Xuanji Tower and the old monster Yuanying behind it are not completely of the same mind."

Lu Changan basically confirmed that the old monster Yuanying behind the Xuanji Tower did not know about this transaction.

Because the interests of both parties are not completely consistent.

The old monster Nascent Soul from the realm of the two religions is pushing and supporting the outer sect alliance, and its real plot is in the Holy Land of Snow Mountain.

The branch forces of the two religions are just tools they use to check and balance the eight major tribes of Feng Yuan Kingdom.

Forces such as Xuanji Tower had to cooperate with them. Otherwise, without the support of Nascent Soul Lord Old Monster, they would either become attached to Feng Yuan Kingdom or be annexed.

After the divination was confirmed, Lu Changan controlled the two puppet clones and headed to the agreed upon location.

Ground rock rats take care of themselves underground in the sand.

Lu Changan's true self is hidden in the dark, some distance away.

Half a day later.

Somewhere in the desert, the sand was piled up to form a sand dune about ten feet high and covering an area of ​​one hundred feet.

The dune is shaped like a pyramid, but at the top is a flat platform that can accommodate a dozen people.

The surrounding area is several miles away and is isolated by a layer of third-order phantom formation, making it difficult for ordinary monks to enter.

On the sand dune, two figures were sitting.

In addition to the puppet-armed ancient city lord, there is also a man in blue armor who looks like a zombie with his eyes closed.

On both sides of the sand dune, four third-level puppet giants stood, holding halberds and looking like guards holding their hands.

After a while.

A traveling Taoist priest wearing a hat on his head, stepping on the windy sand, entered the range of the third-order magic array alone, and went straight to the platform at the top of the sand dune.

"one person?"

The puppet-armed ancient city lord had a strange look in his eyes.

In order to guarantee this transaction, he invited the quasi-fourth-level puppet from the Xuanji Building.

Even if there is support around, it is quite risky for the wandering Taoist Taoist to enter the illusion array alone and trade with them.

"You can check the surrounding situation."

The ancient city lord had no expression on his face and raised his hand to signal.

"No need! Pindao came here this time to make a sincere transaction. I believe the same is true for Xuanji Tower."

The traveling merchant flew to the top of the sand dune and sat across from the two of them.

Before he sat down, he tapped the storage bag with his palm.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh...

Eight rays of light and shadow fell to the ground, emitting third-level spiritual pressure, and eight archer puppets were arranged around the sand dune.

The ancient city lord's eyes twitched. The eight third-level archer puppets were made of excellent materials. They were all top-quality products of the third-level low-grade, equivalent to the peak of the early stage of pill formation.

A round of volleys would make even a major repairman of Danjie feel numb and retreat.

"It's very strange! This person has the characteristics of a puppet, but has a complete soul. He can even control the puppet with his spiritual consciousness."

The man in green armor sits cross-legged with his eyes closed, his face is stiff and emotionless, his consciousness fluctuates, and he is confused and confused.

He was a fourth-level puppet master during his lifetime, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether the other party was a puppet or a human monk.

They are puppet masters, so they can see the clues.

"We are also sincerely trading. Why don't we get straight to the point and display the trading products directly."

The ancient city lord didn't like to be polite, so he directly rolled up the two jade slips with his elixir power and floated them in mid-air.

"Just be sincere."

Taoist Youshang smiled and took out three trading items from the cage.

They are a wooden bracelet, a second-level puppet, and a heavy bag of spiritual stones.

Three trading items were floating in the air, being explored by the ancient city lord and the man in green armor.

The consciousness of the two ancient city masters was the first to explore the wooden bracelet.

"It is indeed a strange object made from the fourth-level soul-nurturing wood."

The ghost puppet spirit stored by the man in blue armor conveys surprises and excitement, and communicates with the ancient city lord.

The wooden bracelet is one of Lu Changan's two original soul-nurturing rings. It has been re-tempered over the years.

As a trading item, the appearance was re-adjusted, other materials were added, and it was completely transformed.

Even the original creator Zhang Tieshan couldn't easily see through it without looking carefully.

"That second-level puppet also has a complete soul and is an extraordinary puppet. It's just that the power of the soul is weaker, and it can only be perfected by refining..."

The ancient city lord and the man in green armor then inspected the second-order puppet and confirmed that it was correct.

As for the bag of spiritual stones, as a supplement, the two of them didn't care much.

"Are you two satisfied?"

Taoist Youshang narrowed his eyes slightly, and just used his spiritual consciousness to roughly check the puppet inheritance in the two jade slips.

These include the puppet array and the technique of cultivating puppet spirits.

The restrictions set on the jade slip cannot be copied and can only be viewed.

Lu Changan, who was hiding behind the scenes, judged based on his vision that the inheritance itself was fine, and cooperated with the calculation to confirm it.

It is understandable that Xuanjilou should keep some unique skills in the puppet inheritance.

Lu Changan also played a trick.

The power of the soul of the second-level puppet comes from the first life of possessed spirit. It cannot last for two days before it collapses.

He can even make it explode by remote control.

In such a short time, Xuanji Tower could not come up with anything useful.

"good!"

The ancient city lord nodded and agreed to the deal.

The trading items of both parties fell into their respective hands at the same speed.

"If there is no problem, Pindao will leave first..."

Taoist Youshang got two jade slips, put away the formation of eight archers, and flew out of the illusion formation.

Until his figure left the illusion formation.

The zombie-like man in green armor opened his eyes, and strange and sinister green ghost flames danced in his eye sockets.

"It is worthy of being a precious spiritual tree in the world of immortality. It can not only nourish the soul, but also create killing soul treasures to restrain ghosts."

With his iron-like palms, he played with the bracelet made of soul-nurturing wood, feeling the hot spring-like atmosphere and the ghost spirit pouring into his body.

"Congratulations to the host, with the help of this thing, your consciousness can last longer. In the future, I will help you to create a real fourth-level puppet. Mysterious Tower will not have to look at the face of that old monster."

The ancient city lord said with great joy, his dull face showed an expression of enthusiasm and expectation.

The two are not fooled by external objects or female sex, and have been passionate about puppetry skills throughout their lives.

One person and one puppet didn't notice that there was something strange in the eyes of the second-level puppet that was traded beside them.

…

"The puppet spirit transformed from the soul of the ghost realm maintains the spiritual consciousness during life? It's kind of interesting..."

Hundreds of miles away, Lu Changan learned the video and audio of the exchange between the two through the puppet possessed by him in the first life.

"Create a true fourth-level puppet? That's quite an exaggeration!"

"However, the material of that puppet is almost at the Nascent Soul level! It's not a complete exaggeration."

Lu Changan was a little jealous of the material of the quasi-fourth-level puppet.

"That's all, deal sincerely!"

Lu Changan thought about it for a while and gave up.

The ancient city lord and the quasi-fourth-level puppet teamed up, and the lineup was really powerful.

In terms of the ancient city lord alone, his strength is close to that of the Peacock Saint, and the blue dragon puppet he possesses is comparable to the peak of the late stage of pill formation.

There are also puppet military formations that are good at positional warfare.

The quasi-fourth-level puppets are more powerful and cannot be suppressed until the fourth life comes.

It was also near Gutian Fairy City, so the time and place were not favorable.

Lu Changan controlled the puppet clone, and the Earth Rock Rat withdrew.

At this time, an unusual picture and sound came from the second-order puppet on the other side.

"Owner! You are trying to...not mean a sincere transaction, the Qinglong Society doesn't know the details, it's unfathomable!"

The ancient city lord's expression changed and he spoke.

I saw a dark gray-green ghostly aura lingering on the tips of the green-armored man's nails, blending into the void and pointing in a certain direction.

"Why are you panicking!"

The man in green armor had sinister eyes and a dissatisfied tone.

"This is the secret technique of tracking the ghost path that I used. I just tampered with the two inheritance jade slips. In the Daqing Realm, there is basically no ghost path inheritance, and it is difficult to detect abnormalities under the Nascent Soul."

"If it was the trader, he would have noticed it afterwards and erased it. We were trading sincerely."

"Jiejie, if we can't find it, it proves that the Qinglong Society is just a bluff and a trick."

The face of the man in green armor looked a bit ferocious, making people shudder.

"Owner! Your consciousness is affected by the power of the ghost, please fall asleep quickly!"

Although what the man in green armor said made some sense, the ancient city lord instinctively felt that it was inappropriate.

The important thing is that the man in green armor is mentally unstable at the moment.

After turning into a ghost, it is easier to develop negative emotions than before.

This is also why the man with blue armor will keep himself sealed and asleep all year round.

"I will make up my mind on this matter!"

The man in green armor shouted harshly, opened his arms, and the ghostly green iron wind swept across several miles.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The ancient city lord and four third-level puppets were knocked upside down, and two of the third-level puppets were torn apart and exploded on the spot.

"Owner!"

When the ancient city lord barely managed to stabilize his figure, the blue-armored puppet flashed vaguely and disappeared from sight.

He wanted to cast a spell to check and balance, but he was too late. The latter had already flown out of the effective range of influence.

"That magical soul artifact alone is far from enough for me to become a fourth-level puppet controlled by ghosts. The person doing the deal must have the opportunity I need!"

In the eyes of the man in blue armor, willow fire flickered, flying to the Nine Gang Heaven in a few breaths.

It was transformed from the ghost realm and believed in its own intuition. The Green Dragon Society was probably just a cover.

If traders had absolute strength, why would they need to be so patient, haggle over prices, and trade with them sincerely?

…

In the desert, Lu Changan flew tens of thousands of miles.

Ninety-nine percent of the area where Feng Yuan Kingdom is located is an uninhabited desert with a harsh environment.

Oasis spiritual veins are like panning for gold in the sand, so few are there.

"Hey! You really dare to pursue me so far?"

Lu Changan stopped his escaping light and looked in the direction behind him.

Those two jade slips were tainted with the vague aura of ghosts.

Even if there is no information transmitted by the second-level puppet, Lu Changan will investigate it carefully after getting it.

Near Gutian Fairy City, the time and place were not favorable, and Lu Changan did not want to get entangled with it.

He is not afraid of a mere fourth-level puppet with an unstable mind.

Therefore, Lu Changan did not erase the ghost aura on the jade slip to see if the other party would dare to leave alone and actually pursue him.

Unexpectedly, the blue-armored puppet kept by the ghost spirit was so persistent that it chased him tens of thousands of miles away.

"Lu was trading sincerely! Since you have evil intentions, don't blame me for not practicing martial ethics."

Lu Changan snorted coldly, quickly disappeared, and made arrangements nearby.

Finally, two more jade slips stained with the spirit of ghosts were handed over to Taoist Youshang dressed as a puppet in the late third stage and asked to meditate and rest in the sandpit.

After a while.

Boom——

A terrifying spiritual pressure swept over him along with the overwhelming clouds and ghostly aura.

That feeling of oppression is close to that of the fourth-level beast king that the Peacock Saint used to protect!