Chapter 387 Demonic Rebellion, Fourth-Level Transmutation

Lu Changan, who was in seclusion, noticed that the promotion of the black water turtle was within his expectations.

When absorbing a large amount of innate turbid air from the withering of the Xuantian relics, the black water turtle's bloodline transformed and was at least comparable to the heavenly grade. Although it was a third-level black turtle, its lifespan was not much lower than Lu Changan.

The lifespan of ordinary monster species is similar to that of humans. But those legendary species, such as the true spirit dragon and phoenix, the unicorn black turtle, have an extremely long lifespan. The corresponding descendants of the true spirit bloodline, species above the earth grade, also have a lifespan far exceeding that of ordinary monsters.

"This fourth-level blood dragon fruit is a rare body refining holy fruit in the world of immortal cultivation. Even if it can't make me advance to the fourth-level body refining, it can also increase my physical strength."

Lu Changan took out a jade box and unlocked a dragon scale blood-colored fruit sealed inside, whose value was close to that of the heavenly infant fruit.

The huge blood energy of heaven and earth surged in the secret room.

During the Yuanying Heavenly Thunder Tribulation three years ago, Lu Changan's body refining body had been slightly baptized by the heavenly thunder.

At that time, his body refining bottleneck was slightly loosened, but he lost this feeling after overcoming the tribulation.

This fourth-level blood dragon fruit was a dividend compensation given by Jing Wufeng after he came out of the Ancient Palace.

Lu Changan originally planned to gather more precious materials for body refining in the future to refine breakthrough-type body refining holy pills.

However, the era of the current cultivation world is not suitable for body cultivation, and the fourth-level and above body refining treasures are almost extinct, and it is a long way to go before all the materials are gathered.

Even if a breakthrough-type fourth-level body refining holy pill is refined, it is not guaranteed that it will be promoted to the fourth level.

In addition to qualifications and opportunities, there are also the shackles of the environment of heaven and earth.

Since ancient times, the fifth-level body refining has been unheard of, and the fourth-level body refining may be the limit of the human world. Therefore, the difficulty of promotion is far greater than that of forming an infant.

Lu Changan simply took it at the moment, even if the promotion probability is very low, it can improve the strength of body refining.

A few days later.

Lu Changan failed to advance to the fourth level of body refining.

However, his physical strength, Qi and blood increased significantly by several percent, and the bottleneck was loosened, allowing him to enter the level of quasi-fourth-level body refining.

Impacting body refining was just a small episode during Lu Changan's retreat.

Most of his energy was used to improve his magical skills.

With the experience and insights of the fourth-generation Yuanying and the memory experience of many Yuanying, Lu Changan practiced some similar magical skills and secrets, and he learned by analogy.

For example, "Phantom Wood Clone" is very consistent with the attributes of Changqing Gong. The memories of the three Yuanyings have all practiced similar body skills.

Lu Changan practiced "Phantom Wood Clone" in this life and easily achieved a small success.

In essence, Lu Changan, in addition to maintaining his original heart, was equivalent to the reincarnation of the Yuanying old monster, not the half-hearted re-cultivation of Hu Ang's residual soul fusion.

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During the retreat, another three years passed.

On this day, Yunxia Sect gave birth to a late Jindan, named Caiyue Zhenren.

Compared with when Lu Changan first came to Yunxia Sect, the sect's luck was much stronger, and it was a thriving scene.

The sect has been replaced by new and old, and talented people have emerged in large numbers. From top to bottom, it is obvious that it has surpassed the era when Yunlan Zhenjun was in power.

Some sect monks privately discussed that Zixia Zhenjun was better at managing the sect than his senior brother Yunlan.

The newly promoted Caiyue Zhenren held a small celebration.

Xiao Qingshan sent a gift on behalf of Lu Changan. After all, Caiyue Zhenren sent a generous gift during the Yuanying Ceremony.

"In the past six months, the General Affairs Hall has added two new tasks to eliminate demons. It's very strange."

"Not only our Yunxia Sect, but also the major forces in Dayu Country have sporadically appeared some demonized monsters. Fortunately, most of them are below the third level and are not very harmful."

"Such an abnormal sign, could it be that the disaster of demon chaos will sweep across the Central Region again?"

At the small celebration party, the sect monks talked a lot, and the signs of demon revival were a hot topic.

For Xiao Qingshan, the demon chaos was unfamiliar. When the last demon disaster occurred, his mother was not even born.

Several high-ranking members of the sects present had already paid attention to this.

However, the current small number of low- and middle-level demons was not enough for them to take action personally.

The leader of Xuefeng Sect whispered: "The signs of the demons' revival this time are much earlier than before. According to the calculations of the fortune-telling master, the demon chaos will break out on a large scale within ten years at the latest, and the Central Region will bear the brunt."

True Person Caiyue sighed faintly: "The demon disaster has little impact on the top of the cultivation world, but I don't know how many ordinary cultivators will die."

...

After Xiaoqing, Xiao Qingshan returned to Yunlan Peak and sorted out and recorded the recent external intelligence in the jade slip for True Lord Xiang to check after he came out of retreat.

The signs of the demon disaster had no effect on Lord Diyan.

Since the Black Water Turtle was promoted to the late third stage, it has also begun to practice hard in the past few years.

At the same time, it did not forget to monitor Hu Ang's every move.

Recently, the Qingjia puppet with the same task sat cross-legged in the underground palace, entering a state of tranquility that seemed to be half asleep, and completely forgot about the outside world.

The master and the Qingjia puppet were both in seclusion, so Di Yanjun had to take on the heavy responsibility.

Lu Changan was not in seclusion, and his consciousness occasionally checked the situation outside.

"If the demon turmoil breaks out within ten years, it would be a good opportunity."

Lu Changan murmured.

He thought of the monsters he encountered during his travels. Although they were controlled by ghost cultivators, it was not accidental.

In the previous demon turmoil, some remaining monsters or demonic powers were scattered in various corners of the Central Region of the Great Abyss.

The demon disaster in the Central Region is said to be related to the Ancient Nether Palace.

Normally, the demon turmoil occurs in the Ancient Nether Palace about sixty years ago.

But the last time in the Ancient Nether Palace was also unusual, with a large number of participants and more treasure opportunities than before.

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Five years later.

The number of demons in the Central Territory of the Great Abyss has increased significantly, and third-level demons occasionally appear, bringing destruction to various places in the world of immortality.

In the forbidden area of ​​​​the Central Territory, demonic energy surged, and many monsters with confused intelligence rushed out in advance.

One-third of Yunxia Sect's sect tasks are related to exterminating demons.

This year, Lu Changan finally ended his ten-year retreat.

After ten years of hard training, Lu Changan's magic power has improved slightly, but his magical power has improved significantly.

With ten years of limited time, Lu Changan majored in the highly lethal "Destroying Divine Light", supplemented by several other magical powers and secrets that were easy to learn.

The reason why I majored in "Destroying Divine Light" was because it was compatible with the wood-based techniques, especially the Evergreen Technique, which was also very lethal to living creatures.

The characteristic of "Destroying Divine Light" is to stifle vitality, which is extremely harmful to flesh and blood creatures, animals and plants.

It is said that the land hit by the "Destroying Divine Light" will not grow any grass within a hundred years.

If it hits a monk, the life essence will be greatly withered.

Take Lu Changan's Nascent Soul Master's "Withered Divine Light" as an example. If an ordinary alchemy cultivator is hit from the front, he will turn into a pile of withered bones in an instant.

Even if the Nascent Soul cultivator is exposed to the body, the essence, blood and vitality will be lost, reducing the temporary fighting strength.

If the "Destroying Divine Light" is cultivated to a great level, it usually takes the middle and late stages of Nascent Soul to achieve it. Its power is even higher. If it is slightly touched during a fight, the target's lifespan can be reduced.

To practice this magical power, Lu Changan consumed a lot of blood and energy. In order to speed up the progress, he also lost three years of his life.

This is still the fourth level of his physical training. If the quality of essence, blood, and energy were replaced by an ordinary Yuanying in the early stage, he would probably lose ten years of his life.

If the essence, blood, and longevity are consumed at all costs during the battle, the power of the "Destroying Divine Light" can be increased to a higher level, which will pose a great threat to monks below the middle stage of Nascent Soul.

With this magical power, Lu Changan has greatly strengthened his offensive capabilities.

Of course, there is no perfect magical power in the world.

"Withered Divine Light" also has limitations.

First, this magical power can penetrate the spiritual light of the magic shield, but it is easily blocked by defensive magic weapons, especially heavy magic weapons and metallic magic weapons.

After all, "Destroying Divine Light" belongs to the wood-type magical power, and it also has attribute restraints.

Second, its lethality against non-living things is very weak, such as dead puppets.

Things like puppets and zombies are not living things, so they are not afraid of the "Destruction Divine Light".

However, as a puppet master, Lu Changan has many puppets and is not afraid of being restrained by such means.

In addition to these two limitations, there are also things that most magical powers have in common.

No matter how powerful the magical power is, it must hit the target to be effective.

If the target is extremely fast or has a higher level, if it is blocked and resolved, the "Destroying Divine Light" will not be able to touch the enemy's body. Even if the effect is incredible, it will be in vain.

Lu Changan is not worried about this. He has many methods to help him. Puppet, spiritual pets, treasure talismans, and magic weapons can all involve and suppress the enemy. On this basis, activating "Destroying Divine Light" will be even more powerful!

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In addition to magical powers and secret techniques, Lu Changan also found time to refine and improve the quality of his main magic weapons and smelt precious materials.

[Dragon Wood Staff] Smelts dragon bones and purifies dragon blood, and its power quality is improved.

[Nailhead Arrows] are also valuable materials that have been incorporated into the past reserves, such as the fourth-level mid-grade [Purple Nether Ore], which is also a dividend from the Ancient Nether Palace.

This mine is an extremely rare soul treasure material that can increase the quality of [Nailhead Arrows] and the lethality of the soul.

When I was building the supernatural peacock, I was not willing to use [Purple Nether Ore], but only used two other fourth-level mid-grade materials.

The main material of the shaft of the [Nailhead Arrow] is the precious soul-nurturing wood in the world of immortality. Under the cultivation of Lu Changan for hundreds of years, its spiritual quality also exceeds the ordinary fourth-level mid-grade spiritual wood.

This kind of precious spiritual wood in the world of immortality, if the environment of heaven and earth allows it, can theoretically grow infinitely to the fifth level, sixth level, or even higher.

Just like a monk's natal magic weapon, as long as the cultivation level continues to improve, the materials can be smelted, sacrificed, refined and cultivated, and theoretically it can be infinitely improved to create an immortal treasure.

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"After ten years of seclusion, I have reached the age of 391, and there are only ten years left before Jing Wufeng's promise to seal the demon."

Lu Changan counted the time.

I owed Jing Wufeng a promise back then to help him seal a dangerous place in the forbidden area of ​​the Central Territory where the demonic energy leaked within a period of time.

Without Jing Wufeng's help, he would not have been able to kill Shi Xinlong in the past, and Lord Diyan might not have been able to be promoted to the fourth level Demon King.

Now that the demonic energy is pouring out of the forbidden area in the Central Territory, I wonder if it will have an impact on the agreement at that time.

Not long after she came out of seclusion, Fairy Zixia visited Yunlan Peak in person to exchange information on what had happened in the past ten years.

Among them, there was news about Jing Wufeng.

Jiang Ziyan said: "Three years ago, Lord Jing Tianzhen appeared in the Central Territory, attracting the attention of many Yuanying old monsters."

"In a battle two years ago, Jing Tianzhen was undefeated against a giant in the middle stage of Yuanying. He also took advantage of the chaos to kill an early stage Yuanying without even escaping the spirit body of Yuanying..."

Mentioning this matter, Jiang Ziyan's eyes showed fear.

Lord Jing Tianzhen’s magical power breaks the convention that ordinary Yuanying True Lords are difficult to perish.

Lu Changan was also envious after hearing this.

Jing Wufeng possesses special spatial powers, which may be able to limit the escape of the Nascent Soul spirit body.

Lu Changan happened to lack such magical powers or special magic weapons.

If he wants to kill the Nascent Soul in its early stage, he must resort to destructive means to kill the target Nascent Soul first, making it impossible for him to escape smoothly.

"Dalong thinks, does Jing Tianzhen really possess the pseudo-spiritual treasure? Otherwise, how could it cause such a big commotion?"

Fairy Zixia probed intentionally or unintentionally.

Although Jingtian Zhenjun had only been to Yunxia Sect once, she always felt that the former had a complicated relationship with Xiang Dalong.

"It's hard to say."

Lu Changan shook his head and didn't say what he really thought.

He felt that "Mingshui Zhenjun" was behind this matter.

Other Yuanying old monsters targeted Jing Wufeng, either because of the grudges of Guyou Palace or because of greed for opportunities such as pseudo-spiritual treasures.

Mingshui Zhenjun had some misunderstandings about Jing Wufeng and was thinking about the huge interests related to Tinghai Pavilion.

"This Jingtian Zhenjun must be a man of luck. As soon as he appeared, he became the focus of the Central Region."

"Well, with Fellow Daoist Jing attracting firepower, I can develop so comfortably."

Lu Changan silently gave a thumbs up.

...

Two days later, Fairy Zixia left Yunlan Peak.

Lu Changan suddenly thought of a possibility and checked the letters he had received in the past ten years.

The appointment to seal the demon is approaching, and Jing Wufeng will return to the Central Region and should contact him actively.

Not long after, Lu Changan's consciousness found a special third-level jade shell among many letters. It looked like a gift, but it had the familiar sky character restriction on it.

Lu Changan broke the jade shell restriction according to the method agreed in the past.

Buzz!

A blue water light curtain rippled on the surface of the jade shell, and the free and unrestrained figure of Jingtian Zhenjun appeared on it.

"Congratulations to Brother Xiang for joining the ranks of Yuanying. In the future, the journey of sealing the demons will be more confident."

Jingtian Zhenjun stood with his hands behind his back, talking to himself.

"The demon turmoil that is about to happen in the Central Region is not a bad thing for our agreed plan. This will help find the key nodes of the demonic energy leakage and facilitate the repair of the seal."

"Jing returned to the Central Region of the Great Abyss and was originally going to contact Brother Xiang as soon as possible, but he was targeted by a group of tricky guys. In addition to the old monster Jin Kun, there is also the inexplicable woman of Mingshui Zhenjun..."

Jing Wufeng stated the objective conditions that made it inconvenient to meet, so as to avoid involving Lu Changan and Yunxia Sect.

Hearing this, Lu Changan recognized Jing Wufeng's character. Perhaps he could become a trustworthy friend in the future like Lao Zhang.

"Jing will go to the Central Region Forbidden Land first to find an important gap for the leakage of demonic energy. In that chaotic place where demonic energy is rampant, it will be helpful to get rid of those troubles."

"When the demon turmoil comes to an end, Fellow Daoist Xiang will follow Jing to the Central Region Forbidden Land to complete the promise of sealing the demons that year."

Speaking of this, Jing Wufeng's figure dimmed, and at the last moment before disappearing, he added:

"By the way, there is a fourth-level void whale near the sea of ​​​​the East Region, with a rare true spirit bloodline. This whale has spatial magical powers, and it is said that it has a valuable collection of spatial treasures, which Jing cannot get alone. If Xiang Zhenjun is interested, we can cooperate in hunting in the future and go to the sea."

Hearing this unintentional news, Lu Changan's heart suddenly moved.

He remembered that Jing Wufeng was proficient in spatial formations and had set up a fourth-level phantom formation to hunt the demon stone heart dragon. This person is at least a quasi-fourth-level formation master.

Lu Changan also lacks the space treasures to repair the space transmission array left by Tinghai Pavilion.

Shahai Zhenjun is a fourth-level array master. Unfortunately, devouring this person's Nascent Soul only illuminates one-tenth of the fifth life, which is not enough to transform into a reincarnation experience.

Otherwise, Lu Changan can directly become a fourth-level array master, instead of a third-level array master.

Fortunately, Shahai Zhenjun has a general plan for repair, mainly lacking space materials.

If I get space treasures in the future, I will ask Jing Wufeng for advice, and maybe I can repair the space array left by Tinghai Pavilion more smoothly.

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After Lu Changan came out of retreat, the first place he visited was the underground palace.

Not to visit Diyanjun, nor to promote the third-level late Xuanshui turtle.

Lu Changan stepped into the underground palace and entered a forbidden and isolated hall.

"Daoyou Lu, you are here."

The green-armored puppet, who had been sitting cross-legged for several years, slowly opened his eyes, and the green light in his eye sockets was less ghostly and more wise.

Lu Changan looked into the puppet's eyes, and the spiritual pressure of the Yuanying Zhenjun emanated from his body, while the latter actually emanated a similar spiritual pressure, not inferior at all.

Lu Changan's face was overjoyed, and his figure blurred and disappeared from the spot.

Whoosh!

In an instant, the quasi-fourth-level physique was blessed with great power, and the expanded golden pattern giant palm slapped the green armor puppet like thunder.

The green armor puppet raised the green iron palm lightly to resist and remove the huge force that destroyed the mountain.

Its figure sat in the same place without shaking at all.

There was even a soft force that pushed Lu Changan away to prevent him from being affected by the powerful recoil force.

"Not bad! This control power is worthy of being a true fourth-level puppet."

Lu Changan looked up and down and found that the body of the green armor puppet had not changed at all. It was a fourth-level puppet with complete quality.

The real change was in the puppet spirit.

Now, the puppet spirit of the Qingjia puppet exudes the power of consciousness similar to that of a Yuanying cultivator, and has a much better control over the power of the body than before, and can deal with highly complex and high-speed fighting methods on its own.

However, this puppet is not a real living being.

The puppet spirit has a similar existence to the soul, but it is not the same as the soul or the Yuanying.

Lu Changan couldn't help but think of the artificial intelligence before the time travel, and the puppet spirit seemed to be a higher form of alternative existence.

The puppet clones that were unique to the spirit in the previous life had more obvious advantages, allowing him to not have to bear the consumption of consciousness, and to go out on missions independently, or act separately.

"Can Lao Wei's current strength independently compete with a Yuanying cultivator?"

"If it is the female Yuanying of Yunxia Sect, Wei has a greater chance."

Wei puppet master said calmly.

"If Fellow Daoist Lu gives me some more fourth-level treasures, it won't be difficult for me to strengthen my puppet's weapons and protective gear and compete with the old Yuanying early stage."

Wei Puppet Master didn't know that Fairy Zixia had obtained the top-grade magic weapon [Wind and Cloud Fan], and with her cultivation at the peak of the Yuanying early stage, her strength was far greater than before.

"Great! It's really the right time and place! I can rest assured to implement my plan to settle accounts."

Lu Changan chuckled, with a fierce look in his eyes.