Chapter 265 Return to Liang Kingdom
Three months later.
Autumn Wind Island, underground chamber.
A mouse puppet with dark yellow fur, a streamlined body, and about ten feet long was assembled in front of Lu Changan.
Embedding several third-order puppet crystals, Lu Changan performed the puppet control technique.
The gray pupils of the mouse puppet glow with a cold red light, which makes people shudder.
Chick!
The silver-gray claw light flashed away, breaking through the restriction in the secret room, leaving a deep gap.
The afterimage of the mouse puppet condensed, and the invisible spiritual pressure emitted was comparable to a third-order creature.
"The first third-order puppet!"
Lu Changan looked happy, confirming that the puppet was operating stably.
After being promoted to True Pill, Lu Changan's spiritual power increased greatly. With sufficient third-level materials, he was promoted to third-level puppet master smoothly.
Before this, Lu Changan failed twice and scrapped a lot of materials.
The reason why the final refined puppet is a mouse puppet is because there are not many materials left.
The kind of puppet with heavy defense needs a lot of materials.
Third-level materials are expensive and scarce. The puppet materials accumulated before have been collected for ten or twenty years.
Mouse puppet, small in size, more flexible, and less material.
Lu Changan designed the puppet based on the rock mouse prototype, and its abilities have been simplified a lot.
"Hunting!"
Lu Changan issued an order, and the mouse puppet got into the ground, and the dust flew up.
The traces of escaping the ground are obvious, without the natural talent of the rock mouse.
After about a moment, the mouse puppet ran back in a hurry, disheveled and embarrassed.
Squeak!
Behind him, a ground rock rat with a similar size chased after him with bright eyes.
"Okay, don't mess around."
Lu Changan waved his hand and put away the mouse puppet.
Earth Rock Rat couldn't stop thinking about it, and looked away reluctantly.
"Master, can this puppet be my playmate?"
The ground rock mouse speaks immaturely.
"Didn't you go to the Black Mist Mountains to play with that Tier 3 bear demon? Half a year, haven't you had enough?"
Lu Changan said with a straight face.
It turned out that during the half a year of searching for body training exercises, Lu Changan gave the rock rat a long vacation.
The Rock Rat went to the Black Mist Mountains, looking for the third-order mid-stage bear demons he knew when he was advancing, and met some fellow monsters in the Black Mist Mountains.
The Rock Rat shook his head aggrievedly. It had only been half a year and he hadn't seen any rat demons of the same rank.
Rat monsters are relatively weak in the Black Mist Mountains, they are at the bottom of the food chain, and there are very few that can grow into big monsters.
"Don't worry. It won't be long before we return to the Liang Kingdom. Then, you will be able to see your old friends from the past."
Lu Changan said a few words of comfort.
The Rock Rat heard the words and swallowed, as if recalling some wonderful experience.
…
Send the rock rats away.
Lu Changan simply tested the comprehensive ability of the puppet mouse.
The strength is definitely not as good as the rock mouse.
Even Lu Changan, relying on mana and magic weapons alone, could not defeat the ground rock mouse who had formed a half-step golden core.
"The defense is relatively weak, and it can't withstand a few blows from the monk Zhendan. Although the materials are saved, you get what you pay for."
"Fortunately, the attack is not inferior to me, and it is more flexible."
The first third-order puppet, which generally met Lu Changan's expectations.
At the moment, Lu Changan doesn't really lack the ability to protect himself. In addition to the treasure talisman, there is also a small teleportation talisman obtained from Master Lihuo.
On the contrary, under normal circumstances, the attack is insufficient.
An extra dexterous mouse puppet is added to strengthen the attack, ambush, and attack.
"Now I'm still cultivating alchemy, and I need to refine more puppet crystals for later use."
Lu Changan took out a pile of spirit stones from the storage bag, and began to refine the third-order puppet crystals through the puppet technique.
Puppet crystal is an indispensable driving energy for high-level puppets.
Using spirit stones as the base material, it is refined by adding a small amount of soul materials with the loss of consciousness.
Puppets embedded with third-order puppet crystals have elementary intelligence.
Even if there is no master to control it, even if the master is not around, it can perform simple tasks.
For example, guarding the cave, patrolling and guarding, chasing and killing the enemy...
Of course, this kind of intelligence is not the complex intelligence of intelligent creatures, but more like the primary AI on Earth before Lu Changan crossed over.
If the tasks performed are more complex, the reliability will be poor.
"The third-order puppet material is running out. I will slowly save it in the future..."
Lu Changan refined a bunch of puppet crystals, which was quite expensive.
Evergreen Kung Fu has strong recovery power.
The next day, he completed the routine treasure talisman accumulation, and he didn't need to practice Evergreen Kung Fu.
The free time was just for practicing the middle-of-the-road body training method "Hundred Refinement King Kong".
Lu Chang'an did not conspire against Xiang Jinglong's "Earth Demon Supports Heaven".
As far as we know, this is a top-level body training method for majors, similar to the ancient school of body training.
Practice this method, you will indeed have some supernatural powers, and even stronger than most of the same level of cultivation.
However, when you reach the fourth level, you will face catastrophe just like you are promoted to the Nascent Soul stage.
Lu Changan is a cultivator of the health-preserving school. He pursues to live older, so how could he cause himself an extra horrible catastrophe.
Xiang Jinglong's body training method has been cultivated to the third level, so he should give up the fake alchemy and take the real road of physical training.
Lu Changan only wants to cultivate his body, not pursue physical cultivation.
Simply make the physical body stronger and faster.
The "Cloud Sand Body Refining Technique" and "Hundred Refinement King Kong" he practiced can only be regarded as secondary exercises or methods in essence.
…
Half a month later, Lu Changan was over 172 years old.
On this day, in the deep pool behind the mansion, a wave of water-wood aura rose up.
Lu Changan swept his consciousness and nodded slightly.
Xuan Shuigui has made a breakthrough and reached the middle stage of the second order.
Compared to the achievements of the rock mouse, the growth rate is comparable to that of a turtle.
This is the characteristic of the black water turtle, a long-lived species.
Actually, Xuanshuigui's current cultivation progress is more than twice as fast as that of the same kind.
If it were not the case, how could Lu Changan have bought the Xuanshui turtle egg of that sick young man with a few hundred spirit stones?
"According to calculations, this turtle is only one hundred and thirty years old."
Lu Changan pondered.
It takes about two hundred years for a normal black water turtle to reach the second level.
Lu Changan fed it with the evergreen magic power of the real pill level, allowing it to absorb the breath of the cycle of time.
Due to the large gap between the realms of the two sides, the Xuanshui Turtle will enter a period of rapid growth in the future, and it is expected to be promoted to the third rank within a few decades.
This growth rate is naturally abnormal.
But still slower than ordinary spirit beasts.
As a senior monk, Lu Changan's unique secret of cultivating spirit beasts is not a big deal.
Unless Lu Changan, in his own capacity, achieves the upstream true alchemy, or even the golden alchemy, then he may cause trouble.
Lu Changan had long planned for this.
Cheng Dan's quality is not easy to cover up when breaking through the realm.
After the alchemy is finished, there are many ways to hide the quality of the alchemy. Only by fighting with all your strength will the truth be revealed.
…
Three months later.
Behind the calm Qiufeng Island, Lu Changan had already packed all his luggage.
"How are you getting ready?"
In the side hall, Lu Changan circulated Danli, brewed a pot of boiling tea, and poured two cups in midair.
A cup of third-order spiritual tea flew to the corner behind him.
"Mr. Lu, the younger one has made arrangements and is going to be transferred to Liang Guoxiu Immortal Realm to perform special tasks."
Xing Peng, who was wearing a gray robe and hood, was flattered to take the teacup.
Lu Changan wants to return to Liang Guoxiu's world.
If Xing Peng is left in Jing country and ignored, the latter has the hidden danger of being out of control.
The prohibition planted by Lu Changan in the past, integrated into the principle of soul voodoo, it is difficult for Nascent Soul True Monarch to resolve it.
But out of control, there is a hidden danger after all.
Lu Changan attaches great importance to the intelligence and information of the world of cultivating immortals, and hopes that Xing Peng can be transferred to Liang Guo.
As a related household, Xing Peng fishes daily, asks his cousin Jueying Tanzhu to help, and is transferred to Liang Guo to perform special tasks.
The so-called special mission, the target is Lu Changan.
After Lu Changan was promoted to Zhendan, he ranked in the list of characters of Infernal Gate, and his priority was greatly increased.
As a good old casual cultivator, Lu Changan got to know quite a few Liang Guo monks, including the third-tier formation master, Jin Yungu Law Enforcement Elder.
In order to make the transfer successful, Xing Peng reported Lu Changan's hidden information to Wujianmen.
For example, Lu Changan has become a Tier 3 Great Talisman Master.
It was determined that Lu Changan was in the ancient ruins and got the opportunity to form a pill.
Including the unique secrets of breeding terrapins.
"I went to Liang country, and it is no longer your cousin's territory. Be more cautious in the future."
Lu Changan instructed.
"Mr. Lu, don't worry, Xing's cousin is a rising star in Wujianmen. In a few years, he is expected to become the sub-ruler of Jing Guo. The sub-rudder and sub-altar of Liang Guo will let me act cheaply for his sake."
Xing Peng said in a relaxed tone.
"That's good."
Lu Changan nodded in satisfaction, and promised:
"In a few years, when Lu has stabilized, we can consider giving you a first-line chance to transform into pills."
"Mr. Xie Lu is in grace."
Xing Peng showed gratitude at the right time, and thanked him.
Although he had some doubts about Lu Changan's opportunity to transform into alchemy, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.
After all, Lu Changan had the opportunity to form alchemy in the ancient ruins, so it's hard to say that he didn't have the opportunity to form alchemy.
One more thing, after years of contact and understanding, Xing Peng realized that Lu Changan was not an ordinary true alchemy monk.
Forming a true alchemy at the age of one hundred and seventy is already a small miracle that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve.
Even Lu Changan's pets have formed true pills.
Xing Peng's actual age is more than 30 years younger than Lu Changan, and his aptitude is acceptable. There is hope in theory on the road to alchemy.
"Go."
Lu Changan waved his hand and watched Xing Peng melt into the shadows and disappear into the side hall.
Lu Changan thought about it, if he had the ability to help others transform into alchemy successfully, wouldn't he be able to easily train and control some loyal subordinates in the future.
In the world of cultivating immortals, there are few real alchemy monks, but there are many fake alchemy real people.
However, succeeding in transforming pills by yourself and helping others transform pills are two different things.
It is difficult for outsiders to intervene in condensing or transforming alchemy.
The process of transforming alchemy mainly depends on the practitioner himself, while outsiders play the role of support and assistance.
"If this person is loyal and has a chance in the future, you can experiment with him."
…
A few days later.
Lu Changan left a letter on Qiufeng Island and fled quietly.
He didn't bid farewell to Xia Hongyu, Xia Mingqu, Xia Shenglan and the others to avoid the feeling of parting.
Jing Guo.
It is destined to be only a temporary transition place for Lu Changan.
It is no better than Liang Guo’s hometown feelings.
Here, he has nothing to remember.
Even Xia Wenyue, who once sowed the seed, joined the Aoyue Palace of Fengguo.
The sky above the clouds.
"Having lived in seclusion for 30 years, others laughed at me, Gou Chang'an. Swallowing a real elixir, dare to say that longevity is a joke?
A handsome and elegant man in white, with his feet in the blue light, stands with his hands behind his back, with a pair of star-like eyes, overlooking the mountains and rivers of the land of Jingguo.
Jiugangtian, also known as Jiuzhonggangtian, belongs to the field of high-level monks flying.
The strong wind here is fierce, and the foundation-building monks will be strangled to death in an instant if they enter.
Lu Changan only dared to fly triple in the world of Jiugang.
Why do high-level monks usually fly in the Jiugang sky.
It is said that the higher the sky is, the higher the chance of encountering extraterrestrial spirits when flying.
In the previous life, Lu Changan could only fly in the lower third level, traveling all his life, and obtained only a handful of extraterrestrial spirit materials.
Middle third level, belongs to the forbidden area of Yuanying Zhenjun, and the probability of encountering extraterrestrial spirits is higher.
Theoretically speaking, as long as one is lucky enough, even in the lower third level of Jiugangtian, there is a chance to meet fourth and fifth order heaven and earth spirits.
Lu Chang'an had heard similar rumors in his previous life. Ordinary true alchemy cultivators had great luck in the Nine Gang Heaven, and obtained Lingbao-level spiritual objects, which directly changed the fate of cultivating immortals.
Only a day's work.
Lu Changan arrived at the border of Jing Country's Immortal Cultivation Realm.
Next, there is a large piece of wasteland between the two countries, most of which are land of poor spirits, land of absolute spirits, and there are some natural moats.
The hardships and twists and turns of smuggling in the past are almost useless to Lu Changan today.
The flying speed of a true dan master is far better than that of the foundation building period.
Jiexiu on the way is treated like an ant.
The terrific places in some areas also slowed down Lu Changan's flight speed.
The magic power of the monk Zhendan is as majestic as an abyss.
It’s just a small piece of unreal land, and there is no need to stop and rest halfway to replenish mana.
…
Two days later.
Border wasteland, near a river.
Two screams came.
A combination of an old man and a girl in a pink skirt fell in a pool of blood.
"Charm and poison? Small tricks!"
A blue-clothed young man in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, with a mocking expression on his face, coughed lightly, blood spilled from his mouth.
Puff puff!
Nie Yuan manipulated the top-grade magic sword, and made a few slashes on the old man and the girl, making sure that those who died could not die again.
In the battle just now, he was in the late stage of foundation establishment, and he fought two early and middle stages of foundation establishment, and was actually slightly injured.
Nie Yuan was very dissatisfied with this, after all, he was from a great sect.
"Little friend is young, with pure mana, extraordinary background, and is expected to form alchemy. Why did you become a robbery cultivator and eat black here?"
A gentle voice came from above his head.
"Who are you?"
Nie Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he looked towards the sky, an ordinary man in civilian clothes.
The other party appeared out of nowhere, with no discernible depth of cultivation.
"A certain family is naturally the one who upholds justice."
The man in civilian clothes was condescending, and he clapped his palms down slowly.
A blue palm in the shape of a wind roll expanded in the field of vision, making the surrounding air heavy like a mountain.
"True pill mana! Senior, please forgive me—"
The ground under Nie Yuan's feet collapsed, showing panic, and he dodged immediately, but he felt like he was stuck in the mud.
It wasn't that his speed was much slower, but that the palm was too fast, which brought a sense of suffocation.
Bang bang!
Nie Yuan's body shield instantly shattered, and the hastily operated top-quality magic weapon fell to the ground dimly and cracked.
The next moment, he fell into boundless darkness.
"Nie Yuan... Inner Disciple of the Lihuo Palace... Falling into a bandit... Raising materials for forming alchemy..."
"Well, this person has a good identity."
Lu Changan put his palm on the head of Nie Yuan's corpse, and obtained general information from the memory of the remnant soul that has not yet disappeared.
This person has a strong evil spirit, and he has harvested many lives in the border wasteland.
Lu Changan killed him without any psychological burden.
After the soul search, Lu Changan intercepted the person's blood essence and remnant soul energy, and sealed them in two bottles.
In the future, through the Imaginary Mask, Lu Changan will be able to simulate the identity of this person, with the same mana and aura.
"It's still easy to abuse food!"
Lu Changan smiled lightly, waved his hands to clean up the scene, and destroyed the corpses and traces.
During this period, the divine consciousness has been paying attention to the surroundings to confirm that there is no third party.
Nie Yuan is not the first late stage Foundation Establishment Lu Changan killed on the way.
There is no harm in the vest rebuilt by Multipoint Huadan.
…
Fly one or two thousand miles.
In the field of vision, a huge Tier 3 spirit ship appeared.
Lu Changan felt familiar.
"This... seems to be the transnational spirit ship of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce?"
After a brief recollection, Lu Changan came to a conclusion.
It is still uncertain whether it is the spirit ship that he was on that year.
But the style is the same, with the banner of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce on it.
Thinking back in those days, when they boarded the transnational spirit ship of Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce, they were thrown into the warehouse below the deck, and they had no choice but to add spirit stones in exchange for guest rooms, and they were slaughtered and traded like commodities.
"Brother Zhendan! Are you here for us?"
On the spirit ship, the steward of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce, and the hundreds of monks on board, were panic-stricken.
The monks of Zhendan were on their way, mostly in the Jiugang Chongtian, and had no communication with the spirit ship of the chamber of commerce.
The real dan cultivator in front obviously came straight to the spirit ship.
"Hey! The person who came seems to be 'Changqing Daoist'!"
"Changqing real person? That black..."
When the handsome and elegant man in white came into view, someone on the spirit ship recognized his identity.
The steward of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
Changqing Daoist is a well-known inspirational alchemy expert, with high morals and high prestige, and he is definitely not a robber.
"In Xiafeitang, the steward of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce, the person in charge of this spirit ship. Daoist Changqing is here, do you have any advice?"
A sixty-year-old man with fake alchemy came out from the spirit ship and bowed his hands.
Lu Changan returned the salute politely, and said with a smile:
"Lu received the 'gift' from the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce in his early years, and was able to avoid the war of cultivating immortals, and smuggled into the world of cultivating immortals in Jing country, and finally succeeded in forming alchemy by luck."
"Seeing the old spirit ship again now, I can't help remembering it in my heart, and plan to rest on the spirit ship for half a day."
Hearing this, the expressions of all the cultivators on the Spirit Ship of the Chamber of Commerce suddenly changed.
In the early years, the real Changqing had such a tortuous experience, which is an interesting story.
Only the steward Fei Tang, his complexion changed slightly, he vaguely guessed something.
"Realist Lu is serious. There is just a first-class guest room on the ship, please come in quickly."
The people in charge of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce invited Lu Changan to the guest room on the top floor politely.
There were no extra first-class rooms, so one was temporarily vacated.
"This is the first-class guest room of the transnational spirit ship? The place where Mr. Wang lived?"
Lu Changan lived in the guest room on the top floor, which was a luxury suite of hundreds of square meters, which was nearly ten times larger than the cramped guest room he lived in back then.
The first-class rooms of the spirit ship are served by dedicated servants and maids.
The services that can be enjoyed in ordinary fairy cities can be satisfied here.
Half a day later.
Under the admiration of the monks on the transnational spirit ship, Lu Changan flew in the direction of Liang Guoxiu's world.
"Renren Lu has a high moral character, he said that half a day will be half a day, and he even paid the room fee."
"Renren Lu has a broad heart and is approachable. Just now, I saluted from a distance, and he nodded at me as a gesture."
Under the sound of blockbuster praise.
Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce was in charge, with a hint of bitterness in the corner of his mouth.
Just half a day ago, the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce took care of Lu Changan in every possible way.
Delicacy from mountains and seas, spiritual tea and wine, accompanied by beauties...
Moreover, he secretly took out 10,000 spirit stones and a VIP order from the chamber of commerce to clean up the dust for Daoist Changqing.
Before leaving, Master Changqing did pay the room fee.
…
Another day of flying.
Lu Changan finally left the border wasteland.
The familiar atmosphere belonging to the land of Liang Guo rushed to the face.
He couldn't help but look back, many things in the past are not worth mentioning now.
In the early years, the bad experience on the spirit ship of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce was recorded in a small notebook.
He is not a man who cares about everything.
I just relaxed for half a day on the spirit ship.
Didn't do anything, and didn't embarrass the monks of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce.
After arriving in Liang State.
Lu Changan slowed down and took the Xuanshui Turtle instead to take a look at the changes in the land of Liang Guo.
Crossing the border of Liang State, Lu Changan felt that the atmosphere was not right.
The two teams of sect patrolling monks encountered along the road contained a murderous aura and were heavily guarded.
After confirming the identity of Lu Changan, a master of true alchemy, and a monk inspecting the sect, after a brief shock, he answered the question respectfully.
"The army of monks from the Six Sects of Demonic Dao is approaching the border of Yan Kingdom..."
"The Wuya Hall of Feng Kingdom, headed by Chu Tianfeng, summoned monks from the surrounding sects to confront the demon camp."
Lu Changan received an astonishing news, even though he had expected this day.
Right now, the surrounding areas of Feng Kingdom and the Demonic Dao camp are on the eve of war, and swords are on the verge of breaking out.
also.
From the reaction of the patrolling monks in the sect, Lu Changan found that they did not know the information about his alchemy.
The upper echelons of Liang Guo must know the news of Lu Changan's alchemy.
However, across the Immortal Cultivation Kingdom, there is a delay in the news for the monks of the middle and lower classes.
It is this kind of information gap that makes it difficult for ordinary monks to catch up with the monks at the top.
"The land of old friends closest to the border is Xuemeishan Li's family..."
Lu Changan sat on the broad back of the Xuanshui turtle, surrounded by waves, and flew towards a certain direction.
The Li family of Xuemeishan, the patriarch Li Congren, the most outstanding grandson of Li Erqing.
Thirty years ago, Lu Changan smuggled into Jing country and boarded a transnational spirit ship, which was facilitated by Li Congren's connections.
(end of this chapter)