Chapter 256 Snake hits seven inches
In the blink of an eye, three years have passed.
The destruction of Lihuo Palace has long been a thing of the past, and fewer and fewer monks are paying attention and discussing it.
Even, in Jingguo, Liangguo and other places, the monks from Lihuo Palace are almost extinct.
In Liang Guoxiu's world, Jin Yangzong, who moved north, initially stabilized the situation.
Autumn Wind Island, in the medicine garden.
Lu Changan, who is over 163 years old, is still youthful, with fair skin, gentle and handsome.
"The monks from the Fire Palace have all moved away?"
Lu Changan stood with his hands behind his back, facing the shadow of the fruit tree behind him.
"Mr. Lu, hundreds of elite monks gathered in Lihuo Palace, boarded the Tier 3 spirit ship, and headed to the 'Seven Nations League' in the west."
Xing Peng's voice came from the shadows.
Lu Changan's face was ponderous, and he had heard about the Seven Nations Alliance.
The Xiuxian country over there is more developed in commerce and trade, and its strength is much stronger than that of the surrounding countries of Feng country.
"You guys have no idea about the relocated Lihuo Palace?"
"The true alchemy of the Lihuo Palace has recovered from its injuries in the later stage of overhaul, and we have gathered many true alchemy. We can't do anything with this manpower. Even if the war starts, I, Wujianmen, don't want to confront a large number of monks head-on."
The hooded man in the shadows shook his head and said.
The intelligence area that Wujianmen is responsible for is not limited to the periphery of Feng Kingdom and the Seven Kingdoms Alliance.
War is going on, or areas that are about to be invaded, Infernal Gate has secret operations.
"The Supreme Elder from Lihuo Palace, is there any whereabouts?"
Xia Wenyue is not on the island these days, so the communication between the two does not need to be particularly hidden.
"No."
Xing Peng said in amazement: "Young one, I have tested the tone of the higher authorities, and my sect seems to have lost the whereabouts of Master Lihuo. In recent years, Master Lihuo and the cultivators of Lihuo Palace have not had contact with each other on the surface. "
Lu Changan remained calm, now that time is short, it is difficult for the outside world to guess that Master Lihuo has died.
Considering the long lifespan of Zhenjun Yuanying, it is not uncommon for him to recuperate for ten or twenty years to recuperate and practice.
If the time is delayed for too long, and after more than ten years, Lihuo Shangren has not shown up, and the outside world will be suspicious.
Judging from the current situation, Lu Changan is not too worried about getting himself involved.
By that time, he had already become a true alchemy monk, ranking among the upper echelons of the surrounding countries.
Unknowingly, Lu Changan is more than halfway through the stage of building the eighth floor of the foundation, and is getting closer and closer to the ninth floor of the foundation.
Return to the practice room.
Lu Changan closed his eyes to participate in the training, and he almost understood the "Returning Dust and Transforming Pills" traded from Zhang Tieshan.
There is no guidance from a famous teacher, it all depends on the vision of the previous life and personal research and exploration.
The method of transforming alchemy is very unpopular and extremely dangerous, so we have to be cautious.
Lu Changan has no experience in his previous life, so it can be described as an unknown field.
Consciousness enters the Jiuyin Monument in the mind.
The white-bearded old man in the second life was 70% lit up, and it would be completely lit up again in a year or two at most.
The phantom of the purple-robed Taoist in the fourth life is uncertain in light and dark, and is more vain than the shadow of the soul in the previous two lives.
In the past two or three years, Lu Changan has learned some useful information from the huge and messy memory fragments, some secrets related to Lihuo Palace.
Of the three reincarnation methods of the Nine Seal Monument, Lu Changan currently prefers the second one, having a reincarnation past life in the Nascent Soul stage.
The income of this method is the most stable.
Among them, what moved him the most was the experience he had when he transformed into a baby and crossed the catastrophe.
In Lu Changan's previous life, he failed to attack the Nascent Soul stage, and died.
Of course, Lu Changan would not hang himself on a tree, it would be better to go along with the flow to fulfill Master Li Huo's wish and to end the karma.
Never involve yourself in the vortex of sect struggles.
The other two methods can also be used as alternatives, depending on the subsequent development of this world.
…
In the early morning of the next day, Lu Changan completed the routine training and treasure talisman cultivation.
Limited by the mana of the cultivation base, those third-tier treasure charms made of second-tier top-grade materials have little effect on accumulating.
The eight treasure talismans made from ghost bamboos are similar.
Especially those two third-tier top-rank cards, Lu Changan basically couldn't feel any changes.
"The mana used for cultivation is too far from the rank of the treasure talisman. I am afraid that it will not improve until after the alchemy is formed."
Complete two daily routines, and the time is approaching noon.
In the afternoon, it will be the time for Lu Changan to grow flowers and plants, or study the arts of immortality.
In the evening, take two hours to sacrifice the embryo of the magic weapon with the foundation-building spiritual fire of Changqing Gong.
Lu Changan plans to use the fourth-order soul-cultivating wood as the embryo of the future wood-type magic weapon.
Currently, it mainly cultivates the spirituality of the soul wood, and establishes a relationship with itself through the spiritual fire sacrifice.
What kind of magic weapon will be created in the future has not yet been determined.
It is best to hire a trusted Tier 3 refiner.
Lu Changan probably knows the candidates for the craftsman.
At the same time, he also practiced talismans, puppets, and alchemy. Lu Changan no longer had more energy to study other arts of cultivating immortals.
Among them, alchemy has not been promoted to the second-level mid-level, and Lu Changan almost gave up.
"Strange! Wenyue hasn't come back yet?"
Another three days later, Lu Changan took the Xuan water turtle to breathe on Qiufeng Island, and noticed something unusual.
In the past few years, the root cause of the disease in Xia Wenyue's body has almost been cured.
Her body is no longer weak. As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it is impossible to stay on Autumn Wind Island all day.
Occasionally go out to communicate, relax, and go to Fangshi and Xiancheng to purchase supplies.
Lu Changan knows very well that a truly powerful monk has to go through the trials and tribulations of wind and rain, and it is difficult for flowers in a greenhouse to become great weapons.
Until the evening of the day.
A cold white ray of light staggered and fell on Qiufeng Island.
Lu Changan's complexion changed slightly, his figure flickered, and he supported Xia Wenyue, who was out of breath and pale.
"Mr. Lu... I was attacked."
Xia Wenyue's hair was disheveled, and her snowy white dress was torn and stained with blood.
There is a deep wound on the shoulder and the back of the waist, stained with scorched blood, as if injured by a spell or magic weapon.
Fortunately, the injury is not fatal, not life-threatening.
"Who did it?"
Lu Changan was sullen, and injected Changqing mana to stabilize Xia Wenyue's injury.
"It's a fake Dan real person, wearing a black dress to hide his appearance. If it weren't for the life-saving cards given by Mr. Lu and the patriarch, Wen Yue might not be able to come back today."
Xia Wenyue's heart still had lingering fears, her **** heaved and her pale pretty face gradually returned to tranquility.
After a short while, a fake alchemy-level escape light landed on Qiufeng Island.
It comes from the patriarch Xia Hongyu.
Seeing the injured Xia Wenyue, Xia Hongyu's face was as gloomy as water, even if he cultivated his health and temperament like him, anger appeared in his eyes.
"Mr. Lu, how is Wenyue injured?" Xia Hongyu suppressed his anger and looked at Xia Wenyue with concern.
"Patriarch Xia doesn't have to worry, Wen Yue's injury is not particularly serious, and the foundation has not been shaken, it will be fine after a period of cultivation."
Lu Changan's words settled the big stone in Xia Hongyu's heart.
…
After the questioning, Patriarch Xia and Lu Changan discussed secretly in the study.
"From the attacker's methods described by Wen Yue, it looks a lot like Old Ghost Wu from the 'New Moon Merchant Guild'!"
"That old man is really shameless! The majestic fake Dan Daoist unexpectedly attacked a girl in the early stage of foundation establishment."
Xia Hongyu no longer had the elegance of the past, and said in a desperate way.
Xia Wenyue's life-saving trump cards include talisman treasures, quasi-third-level amulets, third-level escape talismans, etc.
In terms of life-saving means, they are no worse than the core disciples of the Nascent Soul Sect.
If it wasn’t for this, it would be very difficult for Xia Wenyue to come back alive under the attack of the fake real person Dan.
"How does the patriarch plan to deal with this matter?"
Lu Changan said with a calm expression.
The cause and effect of this matter is probably that the New Moon Chamber of Commerce suspected Xia Wenyue's qualifications and wanted to kill her in the cradle.
It's not that Xia Wenyue's innate Taoism leaked out.
But the one who knows you best is always the enemy.
The hostile forces will inevitably study every key figure in the Xia Clan.
Lu Changan once advised Xia Hongyu that sending Xia Wenyue to the Nascent Soul-level faction, none of the three sects in Jing Kingdom was qualified.
Xia Hongyu always wanted to keep Xia Wenyue in the family, as long as Xia Wenyue cultivated to the real pill, the dangerous period would be over.
"Old ghost Wu attacked the genius of his own family, Xia will naturally fight back, an eye for an eye."
Xia Hongyu's eyes were cold, and he did not hide his killing intent.
Lu Changan understood what he meant.
Since you murdered and attacked Xia Clan's genius, then I will attack your genius too.
Xia Wenyue was attacked, and it was useless to find a business alliance.
For such incidents, the method of dealing with the business alliance is that whoever advocates shall provide evidence.
If the Xia family suspects Old Ghost Wu's attack, he must provide iron evidence by himself.
Unless it is a particularly bad and influential case, the top management of the business alliance will send people to strictly investigate.
"Old ghost Wu must have been prepared for his mistakes. If Patriarch Xia retaliates against their genius, it will be difficult to be effective. Maybe he will fall into their trap."
Lu Changan did not approve of Xia Hongyu's revenge.
"Hehe, Xia actually didn't intend to do it himself. After the rumors, he spent a lot of money to invite black market killers to come forward."
"As long as there are enough spirit stones, fake alchemy-level killers can be hired."
Xia Hongyu is worthy of being a monk of the health-preserving school. He is too old to do anything.
"If you just kill one or two late-stage stars, it won't solve the fundamental problem."
Lu Changan sighed.
"What's your opinion, Fellow Daoist Lu?" Xia Hongyu looked over suspiciously.
"When you hit a snake and hit seven inches, the king is the first to catch the thief."
"Fellow Daoist Lu means to kill Old Ghost Wu from the New Moon Merchant Guild?"
Xia Hongyu frowned slightly, feeling a little whimsical.
"To kill an old-fashioned fake alchemy like Old Ghost Wu, at least two or more of the same level must be mobilized, and even a real alchemy can be used. Xia can't afford it."
There is generally little difference in strength between fake pills.
Beating is normal.
The difficulty of killing is quite high.
"An old friend of a real person that Lu once met in Liang State, who is outstanding in strength and is sure to kill the fake pill. That real person happened to be in Jing State recently, and lacks spirit stones, third-order spiritual objects and herbs..."
Lu Changan said slowly.
"That old friend of Fellow Daoist Lu, is he really sure to kill the fake real person?"
Xia Hongyu looked at Lu Changan strangely.
This well-known good old man can actually contact a powerful killer?
"I'm 60% sure, Patriarch Xia, would you like to give it a try?"
"In terms of remuneration..."
Xia Hongyu hesitated, afraid that he would not be able to invite him.
"You only need to pay twice the salary of a normal fake pill killer. If you can't kill it, you can get a refund."
"Okay! Xia doesn't believe in that killer, but he believes in the integrity of Fellow Daoist Lu."
Xia Hongyu quickly made a decision.
As long as the Great Elder of the New Moon Chamber of Commerce is killed, the biggest threat to the Wufu Chamber of Commerce will be defeated without attack.
Another fake pill of the New Moon Merchant Guild is Xia Hongyu's defeated opponent, so it is nothing to worry about.
…
Two days later, Xia Hongyu came to Qiufeng Island again and handed a storage bag to Lu Changan.
"Don't worry, Patriarch Xia, I will find time to contact that old friend in secret."
Lu Changan glanced at the large pile of spiritual stones in the storage bag, several third-order spiritual herbs, and nodded with a smile.
After Xia Hongyu left.
Lu Changan took 30% of the income from the storage bag, and threw it on the ground.
Squeak!
The rock rat floated to the ground and swallowed the storage bag in one gulp.
"In another six or seven years, I will be able to advance to the ninth floor of Foundation Establishment and prepare for alchemy. During this period, stability is more important than anything else!"
Lu Changan thought to himself.
He is willing to help the Xia family solve hidden dangers because of various considerations.
First, Xia Wenyue was in danger, which made Lu Changan unhappy.
Xia Wenyue is the seed he planted, which is related to the chance of the Yuanying in the distant future.
Secondly, the road to alchemy is getting closer and closer, requiring a stable cultivation environment.
Third, rock rats need to be self-reliant to increase their chances of actual combat.
As for the doubts that might be exposed in this matter, Lu Changan naturally considered it.
Having been together for so many years, he knows Xia Hongyu's personality quite well, and he is the same kind of person as himself.
Furthermore, he has stayed in the Xia family for so many years, and he will bid farewell to this place after he has formed the alchemy.
When he becomes a real pill, those little doubts in the past are not worth mentioning at all.
As a veteran in the world of cultivating immortals, who hasn't got some contacts and little secrets?
The next day, Lu Changan went out for a trip, and returned within two days.
The rock rat is engaged in the assassination industry for the first time, and has little experience.
He asked the incense master of Wujianmen to help collect information, check for omissions and fill in vacancies, and impart some experience.
…
Since patriarch Xia paid the reward, he has been paying attention to Lu Changan's movements.
During the two days when Lu Changan went out, he was unavoidably worried. Will the other party run away?
Fortunately, Lu Changan returned soon, and everything returned to normal.
In the following days, Patriarch Xia fell into anxious waiting, thinking about this matter every day.
After all, he paid a huge amount of rewards. This matter is no small matter, and it is related to the fate of the two major chambers of commerce.
If it fails, leave a handle, which may lead to backlash.
Until two months later.
Exciting news came that Wu Feng, the great elder of the New Moon Chamber of Commerce, died in a mysterious assassination, leaving no bones.
I have something to do, the word count is less today. The knot plot is also coming soon. .
(end of this chapter)