Chapter 406: Lihuo Couple, Bat King Reappears

Three days later.

Seven Nations Alliance, Lihuo Palace Mountain Gate.

Purple Sky Peak Cave.

Palace Master Chen Ruyan sat at the head, wearing a pearl crown and a blue palace skirt, with a graceful and elegant appearance.

"Chen'er, are you sure the visiting real person's surname is Nie? Describe his appearance."

Hearing the report from the disciples with tied hair below, Chen Ruyan frowned slightly and confirmed again and again.

"The man is a young man, wearing a blue shirt, and he is quite arrogant. He calls himself Senior Brother Nie of Lihuo Palace and wants the Supreme Elder to come out and see him. However, the visitor is a master in the late stage of Jindan, and the receiving cultivator dare not neglect him."

"I understand."

Chen Ruyan sighed secretly in her heart.

I thought that Senior Brother Nie, who had done a favor to Lihuo Palace, would not appear again after disappearing for so many years.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly came today.

Now the cultivators of Lihuo Palace have no impression of this Senior Brother Nie Yuan, and even don't know his existence.

Even she and her husband Wang Feng gradually faded from memory of this person.

"Ask the elder who is receiving us to be polite and socialize for a while."

After Chen Ruyan gave instructions, she sent a message to her husband who was in seclusion, waiting for his reply.

At the same time, she quickly flew out of Zitian Peak and headed towards the direction of the outer peak hall.

Passing by a medicine peak, Chen Ruyan's light of escape fell.

"Greetings, Palace Master."

The disciples on the medicine peak saluted and bowed to retreat.

In the pavilion, Chen Ruyan saw an old man with white hair and Danxia Taoist robes.

"Elder Dai, Senior Brother Nie from that year is back..."

"Senior Brother Nie?"

Elder Dai was stunned for a moment and stroked his white beard.

When Chen Ruyan sent a message and mentioned the three words "Tianying Fruit", a gleam of light flashed in Elder Dai's eyes.

Chen Ruyan discussed with Elder Dai, because this person has a lot of experience and is the only surviving Jindan elder who participated in the operation that year, except for the couple.

More than ninety years ago, Wang Feng was still in the late Jindan stage and received important information from Senior Brother Nie Yuan.

With the help of the blood bead, Wang Feng and his wife took their confidant Jindan and secretly took action to track down the seriously injured Tianluo Sect Xie clan leader, and then opened the secret treasure point with the blood secret method of the Tianluo ancestor.

In that operation, more than one immature [Tianying Fruit] was obtained, and the treasure point had many precious strategic reserve resources.

This was an important boost for the return of Lihuo Palace to its heyday.

Because of this harvest, Wang Feng's preparation of Yuanying resources was smoother. He was originally the only immortal Jindan and Yuanying seed after the destruction of Lihuo Palace, and he received the greatest tilt of inheritance resources.

Decades later, through the exchange of strategic resources, Wang Feng supplemented and enhanced his own chance of forming a baby.

After Wang Feng formed his infant, he finally made the Lihuo Palace return to its former glory and gain a firm foothold in the Seven Nations Alliance, becoming a major Yuanying force.

Elder Dai said expressionlessly and steadily:

"It is undeniable that Nie Yuan has helped the Lihuo Palace regain its glory. However, according to our speculation, he may have inherited the mantle of the previous Zhenjun Lihuo Shangren. He just provided a piece of information back then, which was considered a return to the sect."

He stroked his beard and smiled faintly, "If Nie Yuan had the ability back then, he would have done it himself, why would he have asked us to help?"

"What does Elder Dai mean?"

Chen Ruyan's eyes turned slightly, not completely agreeing, but feeling that there was some truth in it.

In the action back then, they also took risks, taking advantage of the situation between the big forces, and even killed a Zhendan elder in the battle.

"Nie Yuan's letter was only a unilateral agreement, and Lihuo Palace did not agree. It is impossible to repay him with a [Heavenly Infant Fruit], and there is no such condition in the sect."

Elder Dai paused and gave a compromise:

"Let's negotiate in a friendly way and give Nie Yuan some other compensation. Nearly a hundred years have passed, and this person has not formed a baby, and has missed the golden age of promotion. What is the meaning of that [Heavenly Infant Fruit] to him, is that right?"

"Well, let's test his tone first, Elder Dai, please follow me."

Chen Ruyan saw that her husband had not replied yet, so she was not in a hurry.

As the Supreme Elder, Yuanying Zhenjun, Wang Feng would appear later, and even if they broke down in the talks, there would still be room for turning around.

...

Lihuo Palace, Outer Peak Hall.

A blue-clothed youth with a heroic figure, sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, was aloof and arrogant, sitting quietly, making the accompanying Outer Sect elders a little embarrassed.

At this time, two mid-to-late stage Jindan escape lights fell on the Outer Peak Hall.

"Palace Master, Elder Dai."

The elders of the outer sect bowed and left the hall as if they had been pardoned.

Lu Changan opened his eyes and saw a beautiful woman in palace dress in front of him, about thirty years old, mature and plump, noble and graceful.

"I am Chen Ruyan, the Palace Master of Lihuo Palace, and I meet Senior Brother Nie."

Chen Ruyan smiled slightly and simply bowed.

As the Palace Master of the Nascent Soul Force, this move is considered polite.

"Well, Junior Sister Chen, you don't have to be polite."

Lu Changan nodded, and he had no impression of Wang Feng's Taoist partner.

When Wang Feng formed a golden elixir in his early years, when he first came to the Seven Nations Alliance, he was only in the early stage of the golden elixir, and this woman had not yet formed a elixir.

At that time, in order to lure Wang Feng out to meet, the rock rat took away his Taoist partner's shoes and socks, which should have come from the current Palace Master Chen Ruyan.

Now, this couple, one is the Supreme Elder and the other is the Palace Master, and they completely control the power of Lihuo Palace.

"As expected of Senior Brother Nie in the words of the Supreme Elder, he has a lot of personality."

Elder Dai saw that the blue-clothed young man sat there without moving, just nodded to the Palace Master, and couldn't help but get angry, saying in a sarcastic tone.

In any case, Chen Ruyan is the master of a palace.

For the sake of Master Wang, most Yuanying cultivators would give him some face when they see him.

Although Chen Ruyan felt that Nie Yuan was a little arrogant, she didn't care when she thought that her husband and Lihuo Palace really owed him.

"Why doesn't Wang Feng come out to see Nie in person?"

Lu Changan's tone was cold and unhappy.

His current identity is Nie Yuan, and the character he played before was more arrogant, so there was no need to be polite.

Furthermore, he had done too many favors to Wang Feng and Lihuo Palace, and Lu Changan thought that the other party was too arrogant not to come out and meet him in person.

Not to mention the intelligence back then, which allowed Lihuo Palace to obtain the resources of Tianluo Sect's treasure land.

In the early years, in order to fulfill the last wish of Lihuo Shangren and transform his reincarnation life, Lu Changan personally came to the Seven Nations Alliance, brought three helpers, and killed the Jindan cultivators of the hostile forces.

In the earlier foundation-building period, Lu Changan and Wang Feng took the multinational spirit ship of Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce to avoid the war of cultivating immortals.

At that time, Wang Feng, as the grandson of the elder, was hunted down by the Xuanyin Demon Cult, was seriously injured, his foundation was damaged, and his cultivation fell.

Later, it was also Lu Changan who helped him to warm up his foundation, although at that time it was for the sake of a deal, and he got the third-level spirit wood to refine the life-saving treasure talisman.

If there was no Lu Changan, Wang Feng might not be able to achieve the Yuanying Zhenjun today, how could the couple have the glory today?

…

“Fellow Daoist Nie, the Grand Elder is in seclusion. I don’t know how long it will take to see him. If you have anything to say, why not discuss it with me and the Palace Master first?”

Elder Dai said slowly and prudently.

Anyway, the Lihuo Palace is not the one who wants to pay the debt.

This person is aggressive. It is more in the interests of the sect to wear down his spirit first and then slowly negotiate compensation.

Nie Yuan’s eyes flashed coldly, staring at the old and frail Elder Dai, and shouted coldly:

“Wang Feng is here, and he must call me Senior Brother! What is your status? Are you qualified to talk to me?”

The voice was like a wake-up call, containing a powerful majesty.

“You…”

Elder Dai’s heart trembled, his face flushed, and he was extremely embarrassed.

The majesty and momentum faintly exuded by the other party was far beyond the average late Jindan stage, and he instinctively did not dare to disobey.

Chen Ruyan was slightly startled, as if she had not expected Nie Yuan to be so strong and domineering.

Entering the Lihuo Palace alone, facing many Jindan strongmen and the Yuanying Zhenjun sitting behind him, he still has such confidence.

"Brother Nie, I have already communicated with my husband before. He may not be able to check it in the first time during his retreat."

Chen Ruyan forced a smile, even though she was a little unhappy, she did not get angry on the spot.

Before her husband had a Nascent Soul, he highly respected Brother Nie and remembered his kindness.

And she vaguely realized that Nie Yuan's prestige far exceeded that of a Jindan cultivator. He was calm and unhurried, and he might have something to rely on.

"Does Madam Wang have the right to give the [Heavenly Infant Fruit] she got that year to me now? If you can do it, I don't have to bother Zhenjun Wang."

Lu Changan said decisively.

The so-called Zhenjun retreat is all an excuse. As long as it is not a life-and-death retreat, Chen Ruyan, as a Taoist partner, must have an emergency contact method to prompt him to come out immediately.

"This... that [Heavenly Infant Fruit]..."

Chen Ruyan's beautiful eyes flickered, and she seemed guilty, so she naturally couldn't make the decision.

"Nie has limited patience. Let Junior Brother Wang come out."

Lu Changan closed his eyes and stopped talking. He didn't want to argue with a woman.

He was now in the territory of the Seven Nations Alliance. He would have to travel through a long distance of desolate land to reach the Weidao Alliance.

If he showed his Nascent Soul-level magic power, he would be captured by the Seven Nations Alliance's sensing array immediately.

The Seven Nations Alliance knew that the six sects of the Demonic Path would also notice him.

Lu Changan didn't want to be ambushed by the Nascent Soul monsters of the Demonic Path forces such as the Beast King Valley, the Wujian Sect, and the Blood Spirit Sect on his way back.

This time, he came to collect the debt and revealed that Senior Brother Nie was in the late Jindan stage, which was enough to alarm the decision-makers of the Lihuo Palace.

If the Lihuo Palace was truly grateful, even if he had not been promoted to the Nascent Soul, he should be treated as a distinguished guest.

...

Just when Chen Ruyan and Elder Dai were embarrassed and in a dilemma.

A powerful divine consciousness seemed to sweep from the nine heavens, accompanied by the faint spiritual pressure of the Nascent Soul True Lord.

"Haha! After not seeing you for so many years, when did Senior Brother Nie become so impatient?"

A clear and mellow male laugh came from above the hall.

"Greetings to the Grand Elder."

Elder Dai and the monks outside the hall saluted at the same time.

"Husband."

Chen Ruyan's eyes were filled with joy, she breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced at the motionless Lu Changan.

The voice had just fallen.

A handsome man in purple-green robes and with a fair face appeared in the hall.

He was about thirty-six or thirty-seven years old, with two strands of beautiful beard, elegant demeanor, and walked leisurely with his hands behind his back.

"Junior Brother Wang, after achieving Yuanying, the pomp is indeed different."

Lu Changan said indifferently.

It is difficult to connect the extraordinary Wang Zhenjun in front of him with the down-and-out fellow in Yunyan Xiancheng and Xunxian Mansion.

Noticing Lu Changan's tone, Chen Ruyan and Elder Dai looked at each other in disbelief.

Nie Yuan really dared to be so arrogant?

Not only did he not respect this Yuanying Zhenjun, he also regarded himself as his senior brother and ridiculed him in a weird way.

"Senior Brother Nie, these years... eh!"

Wang Feng walked forward, and his consciousness casually swept over Nie Yuan, but was bounced away by a more powerful consciousness.

He couldn't help but groan, and his face turned red and white.

The consciousness from Nie Yuan was obviously stronger than Wang Feng, at least reaching the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage.

Although the confrontation between the two Nascent Soul-level consciousnesses was obscure, Chen Ruyan and Elder Dai were not ordinary Jindan Zhenren, and they were well-informed and saw that Wang Feng was at a disadvantage.

"Could it be that he also..."

Chen Ruyan and Elder Dai were stunned and shocked, and an answer emerged in their minds.

Mrs. Wang's elegant and bright smile froze.

Elder Dai was sweating profusely, and his dissatisfaction and many calculations in his heart disappeared in an instant.

"It's worthy of Senior Brother Nie. Whether it's magical power or cultivation realm, it's beyond the reach of Junior Brother."

Wang Feng's face changed briefly, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He retracted his hands behind his back, his sleeves drooped, and he bowed honestly.

"Well, Junior Brother Wang has been promoted to the Nascent Soul stage, which is not in vain for my silent efforts behind the scenes."

Lu Changan nodded and stood up, raising his hand to return the greeting.

The two of them followed the etiquette of fellow apprentices, and Master Wang's posture was slightly lower.

"My sister-in-law greets Senior Brother Nie. I hope you can forgive me for my poor hospitality just now..."

Chen Ruyan greeted again and apologized.

"Greetings to Master Nie."

Elder Dai bowed and did not dare to look directly at the blue-clothed young man.

He did not dare to stay for long, and left the outer peak hall on the pretext that Yaofeng had something to deal with.

...

In the hall, Lu Changan and Wang Feng and his wife sat down again.

Wang Feng looked at Senior Brother Nie, who had mysteriously disappeared for nearly a hundred years, and his voice and appearance had basically not changed.

He felt complicated and had a sense of frustration that could not be concealed.

The two were both immortal golden elixirs. When they met in the Seven Nations Alliance in the past, Nie Yuan showed strength that far exceeded him, a second-generation immortal.

Wang Feng was the only Nascent Soul seed left after the defeat of Lihuo Palace. He was cultivated with all the inheritance of the entire sect to reach the Nascent Soul stage.

He also had some opportunities during the Demonic War, especially the information provided by Senior Brother Nie.

Wang Feng thought that with his good opportunities and the advantages of the sect's background, he could be ahead.

Senior Brother Nie fell into casual cultivation and missed the opportunity to get the Heavenly Infant Fruit. He was surpassed by him, and it was natural that there was a gap between the two.

When he learned that Senior Brother Nie, who was in the late stage of Jindan, came to visit, Wang Feng took good care of it, maintained the demeanor of a True Lord, and redeemed the frustration of being suppressed in the past.

However, reality once again gave him a heavy hammer.

Your Senior Brother is still a Senior Brother after all.

This time, Nie Yuan appeared. Judging from his spiritual sense alone, his cultivation level was obviously ahead of him.

Wang Feng didn't know that Lu Changan would actually be many years behind him when he was promoted to the Nascent Soul stage.

When Lu Changan left Daqing, Wang Feng's cultivation had almost reached the peak of the Immortal Golden Core.

After all, he was a genius with earth spirit roots, and he had received resources from the defeated Yuanying forces, without the time limit of Changqing Gong.

"Since Senior Brother Nie has been promoted to the Yuanying stage, why did he come to ask for the Tianying fruit? To be honest, in order to advance to the Yuanying stage, the entire Lihuo Palace's foundation was exhausted. The invasion of the demons was full of dangers, and Junior Brother had no choice but to not leave the Tianying fruit..."

Wang Feng looked ashamed and told his difficulties.

Lu Changan secretly complained that when you showed off your appearance not long ago, you didn't show any guilt or apology.

He was sure that Lihuo Palace could not produce the [Tianying Fruit] now.

Wang Feng and his wife did not think of shirking their responsibility, but compensated in other ways.

As for the specifications of the compensation, it depends on the negotiation skills and Lu Changan's strength.

If Nie Yuan, who came to collect the debt, was still in the Jindan stage, the compensation standard would definitely be lower, and he would have to lower his posture.

"Who said that Nie didn't use the Tianying Fruit? I have been practicing in seclusion for many years. Nie also left behind disciples and descendants who need to be cultivated."

Lu Changan was blunt and made Wang Feng speechless.

If Lu Changan answered that the Tianying Fruit was indeed useless, then the value of collecting the debt would be low.

Chen Ruyan smiled and suggested softly:

"Why not exchange the [Tianying Fruit] for an equivalent spiritual resource?"

"Yes, Wang is willing to pay a slight premium of 10% or 20%."

Wang Feng agreed.

Compared with the opportunities they had in the past, which allowed Lihuo Palace to be upgraded to a Yuanying force, it was just a key main ingredient of Huaying Pill, which was nothing.

"After nearly a hundred years, how can the value be so simple?"

Lu Changan sneered and refused to buy it.

If Wang Feng and his wife had entertained him with gratitude before, he would have stopped while he was ahead. But things did not go as he wished, how could he let them go easily now?

"In the early years, my senior brother was just a Jindan cultivator, and that [Heavenly Infant Fruit] was crucial, and it could be said to be the most important thing in his mind!"

Lu Changan glanced at Wang Feng and Chen Ruyan and asked with a smile.

"I would like to ask Junior Brother Wang, the most important thing in your heart right now, are you willing to pay off the debt of the main ingredient in the past?"

"This..."

Wang Feng and his wife Chen Ruyan looked at each other, a little embarrassed.

Chen Ruyan lowered her eyes and said nothing, her face was slightly red under her temples, and she was a little embarrassed.

The couple had a very good relationship, and Wang Feng naturally could not deny Lu Changan's words.

"Okay, I won't embarrass Junior Brother Wang."

Lu Chang'an raised a hint of amusement at the corner of his mouth and said what he needed.

"If Lihuo Palace can produce a fourth-grade longevity pill or longevity fruit, a fourth-grade mid-grade or higher-grade spiritual bird wing skeleton, a fourth-grade mid-grade or higher-grade spiritual wood or wood-based spiritual object... any one of them can repay the Tianying fruit of that year."

After hearing the above conditions, Wang Feng's face changed slightly. The value of these items exceeded the Tianying fruit and was very rare in the world of immortal cultivation.

With the current foundation of Lihuo Palace, it is difficult to take them out.

Chen Ruyan hesitated and said: "There is only one third-grade mid-grade longevity fruit in my palace's treasure house. I originally planned to exchange it for military merits in the Seven Nations Alliance and contribute it to Qingmu Zhenjun. But later Qingmu Zhenjun left the East Region..."

Lu Chang'an felt like cursing when he heard this.

This couple almost did something to aid the enemy.

Wang Feng also added: "Junior brother, I have two pieces of Tiansu wood here, which are still a few years away from the fourth-grade middle grade."

"Forget it, let's make do with it."

Lu Changan didn't want to waste time, so he collected the debt and replenished his blood.

After collecting the debt.

He warned Wang Feng and his wife not to reveal their identities as Yuanying period, so as to avoid attracting the attention of the Seven Nations Alliance and the Demon Sect.

Wang Feng agreed, and also sent a message to Elder Dai who had left earlier.

...

Lu Changan chatted with Wang Feng and his wife for another half an hour, and had a higher level of understanding of the situation in the Daqing East Region.

In the past few decades, the six sects of the Demon Sect stopped fighting, and Qingmu Zhenjun was only a local turning point.

There is also the son of destiny of Jing State, Lingyu Zhenjun in the middle stage of Yuanying. He had defeated the leader of the Beast King Valley in his early years, and was later injured in a battle with the leader of the Wujian Sect.

After Lingyu Zhenjun was injured and recuperated for decades, his strength and magical powers improved again, and he became one of the leading figures of the ten sects of Xuanmen.

This person's interference made the Beast King Valley feel like a thorn in their throat, and they could not invade Jing Kingdom head-on.

In addition, there is another saying that the six sects of the Demonic Path have occupied a lot of territory in the Eastern Region for so many years. Due to their different contributions and different progress and gains, they have internal differences and contradictions in the distribution of territory and interests.

Therefore, in the previous decades of truce, the six sects of the Demonic Path were reorganizing the rear and digesting the strength of the existing territory.

The remaining three countries of the Wei Dao League are much weaker than the Seven Nations League, and they have stopped fighting with the Beast King Valley again.

This time, the two sides entered a more subtle and ambiguous relationship, which was also beyond Lu Changan's expectations.

...

Wang Feng and his wife sent Lu Changan out of the hall.

"Brother Nie, you really don't plan to stay at the mountain gate and join forces with your junior brother to lead the Lihuo Palace into a more glorious era."

Wang Feng hesitated again and again and tried to keep him.

Now that the six sects of the Demonic Path are ready to go, any Yuanying force of the Seven Nations League will face challenges.

"Haha! If I really return to Lihuo Palace, I'm afraid it will make me feel uneasy."

Lu Changan sneered and shook his head.

Even if Wang Feng knew half of his strength, he would not dare to say this.

In fact, before Lu Changan returned to Daqing, he had planned Lihuo Palace as a backup place for cultivation.

But the priority was lower than Jinyun Valley.

If Jinyun Valley and Zhang Tieshan were not successful, he would consider Lihuo Palace.

In Lu Changan's fourth-level divination, Wang Feng's promotion to Yuanying was a high probability event.

This boy was originally a second-generation immortal, fled to a foreign country in poverty, and his life had ups and downs throughout the entire Demonic War, from the defeat of Lihuo Palace to reconstruction and revitalization.

Qualifications, background, opportunities, and mental state are all missing, and it is natural for him to achieve the Yuanying stage.

In fact, in this era of the Demonic War, every high-level cultivator who survived has a very different experience, and can write a legendary chapter and become the protagonist in his personal biography.

…

After flying thousands of miles out of Lihuo Palace, Lu Changan quickly changed his identity in a corner where no one could see him, using the Hundred Illusions Mask.

“When I show up in the Weidao League with my Nascent Soul cultivation, Mr. and Mrs. Wang Feng might be suspicious of the identities of Changqing Zhenjun and Senior Brother Nie.”

Lu Changan thought to himself.

After all, the time when Lu Changan and Senior Brother Nie disappeared and reappeared was too coincidental, and the time when they broke through the realm was almost the same.

However, the Nascent Soul Stage is already at the top of the cloud in the world of cultivation, especially in the Daqing Territory, where there are no Nascent Soul masters.

In the past, many secrets or identity vests were exposed, which was harmless and even interesting.

A few days later.

Lu Changan, who changed his identity, approached the border of the Seven Nations Alliance at the speed of an ordinary cultivator.

After leaving the territory of the Seven Nations Alliance, he will restore his identity as Lu Changan and speed back to the Liang Kingdom of the Weidao Alliance.

Hmm?

Lu Changan, who was on his way, suddenly noticed the fluctuations of the Seven Nations Alliance's sensor formation.

This situation usually occurs when a high-level cultivator of the Demonic Path, or even a Nascent Soul Master, breaks into the border of the Seven Nations Alliance.

Half a day later.

A familiar Nascent Soul Master's aura flew over the clouds and rushed to the border of the Seven Nations Alliance.

That Nascent Soul aura was Wang Feng, whose Taoist name was "Zihuo Zhenjun".

Lu Changan frowned slightly, counted with his fingers, and did not notice any signs of crisis.

He roughly judged that there was friction between the Demonic Path and the Seven Nations Alliance on the border, and the situation has been a little tense in recent years.

And the Lihuo Palace is a Yuanying force that is close to the Weidao Alliance.

Not long after.

The breath of the Blood Path Yuanying Zhenjun emerged at the border of the Seven Nations Alliance, which made Lu Changan feel familiar.

He looked at the rolling blood clouds in the distant sky, accompanied by dense blood-colored bats, and the bloody smell that diffused made people choke and nauseate.

Lu Changan narrowed his eyes slightly, and some memories of the past emerged in his mind:

"It turned out to be this old monster from the Blood Spirit Sect..."