Chapter 277 Birth of Xuan Teng (No. 1 leave, stuck and insomnia)
Inside the cave.
Lu Changan did not leave Moonwatching Immortal City hastily.
He closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, seemingly consolidating his practice.
In fact, it is fused with the second world, fully open the senses, and maintain a high level of vigilance.
Lu Changan must make sure that no Nascent Soul monster pays attention to him before leaving Moon-Watching Immortal City.
Three days later.
Another wave of Nascent Soul-level divine consciousness flitted past him briefly without staying.
This kind of hidden spiritual exploration is difficult for ordinary alchemy cultivators to detect.
Lu Changan thought to himself: "Earlier, that old monster Xu sent me a voice message to show his kindness. Normally, as a junior, I should pay a visit."
Unfortunately, he is not the real Nie Yuan, otherwise he would be able to cling to the backer of a Nascent Soul monster.
Of course, it’s not a big problem not to go.
Not every monk likes to cling and make friends. There are also monks who are thin-skinned, introverted, or aloof, and don't want to do this kind of thing.
Half a month later.
No Nascent Soul-level consciousness pays attention to him.
"Not urgent."
Lu Changan just left the cave to purchase resources in the city, but he still did not leave Moonwatching Immortal City.
While inside the city, he also keeps his senses sharp.
Moon Moon Immortal City was even more expensive, so Lu Changan only bought some relatively scarce Tier 3 materials.
The third-tier caves in the city are more expensive to rent, costing thousands of spirit stones a year.
Perhaps because of the high-end route, the third-tier caves and inns in the city can not accommodate many monks.
Due to the invasion of the magic way, the situation is tense. It is said that the inns and caves in the city will increase their prices in the future, and even implement traffic restrictions.
Moon Moon Immortal City, foreign monks are not allowed to do business, even setting up street stalls.
Ordinary monks stay here, sooner or later they will have nothing to eat.
Lu Changan has too many secrets, let alone staying in Moonwatching Immortal City.
Now, his lifespan is as high as 1144 years, but he dare not breed Xuantian gourd vines in the city.
You can only try again after returning to Jinyun Valley.
…
Another half month passed.
Lu Changan confirmed that no Nascent Soul monster paid attention to him.
On this day, he "changed his clothes" at the inn in the city, and left Mochiyue Fairy City as a fake middle-aged man.
Immortal city entry and exit will not interrogate identity.
Fly out of the fairy city for more than a hundred miles.
Lu Changan took out an earth escape talisman, and quickly escaped a certain distance underground.
Finally, with the help of the rock rat's ability, he made his way underground.
Underground rock formations have a strong isolation effect on spiritual consciousness.
In addition to leaving a certain distance, the old monster Nascent Soul in the city can no longer find him within the scope of his consciousness.
Moon City is thousands of miles away.
Lu Changan changed the identity of an old man who formed a pill again, and flew to Jiugangtian.
Until reaching the territory of Liang State, Lu Changan felt relieved.
This time, the certification of the Immortal Golden Elixir was finally successfully completed.
Afterwards, even if Nie Yuan's identity is found out, it doesn't matter what doubts are found.
The most important thing is that Lu Changan not only obtained the golden core, but also successfully concealed his identity.
It is not easy to hide the weather when the alchemy is formed, but it is easier to hide the quality of the alchemy after the alchemy is formed.
Seven days later.
The man in white, riding a turtle, returned to the former Huanglong Fairy City from the direction of the Black Mist Mountains.
The direction in which it appeared was completely different from that of Wangyue Immortal City.
Unless the process is derived from the result, it is difficult to associate the two out of thin air
In the previous two reconciliations of Huadan, Lu Changan used the third-order phantom and true talisman to create an alibi for closed-door cultivation.
It was three years after the last pill transformation. In order to avoid similarities, the same method was not adopted.
In the Black Mist Mountains, Lu Changan relied on the powerful spirit fused from the two worlds to forcibly break free from the third-order spiritual contract signed with Xie Wuji.
The scroll of the spirit contract in his hand turned into ashes.
"The third-order spirit deed was forcibly destroyed, and Chen Guoxie's side will definitely receive the news."
Lu Changan expected this.
But now, he is no longer a helpless casual cultivator, but the elder Zhendan of Jinyun Valley.
No matter how powerful the Xie family is, they are beyond their reach, and they dare not dominate Liang Guo, where the Jinyangzong is in charge.
Besides, Chen Guo is close to the front line of the battlefield where the demons invaded, so it is impossible to involve too much energy in this matter.
…
Half a day later.
Lu Changan returned to Jinyun Valley.
"Elder Lu!"
"Really Lu!"
Entering the mountain gate, the disciples on duty saluted Lu Changan respectfully.
At this time, the aura of alchemy on Lu Changan's body was still that of the early stage of alchemy and the real alchemy of the downstream.
It took only a few months for Lu Changan to go out this time.
For monk Zhendan, it is a relatively normal time to go out.
In the hinterland of Jinyun Valley, among the peaks where the third-order spiritual veins are located, there is a mountain named "Yunlai Peak", which is Elder Lu's practice site.
The territory under the jurisdiction of Yunlai Peak is not only the main peak, but also a surrounding mountain and wild land.
These all belong to Lu Changan's property, which is equivalent to the size of the entire Wuqi Mountain.
In the elder mansion of Yunlai Peak.
Two qi refining disciples, a man and a woman, waited respectfully aside. They were servants and maids selected by Lu Changan in the past two years.
Lu Changan called them Xiaodong, Xiaoqiu.
The former has thick eyebrows and big eyes, simple and honest; the latter has a delicate appearance and a willow waist.
They are all qi refining disciples in their twenties.
"Elder Lu, here is your letter."
Xiao Qiu took out a jade box, knelt down and presented it.
Squeak!
The letter box in her hand disappeared, and a spirit mouse the size of a dirt dog took her place.
Lu Changan opened the letter box, and there were many letters in it, some were jade slips and books, some were paper or leather letters, and most of them were restricted.
As an elder of the sect and a third-tier talisman master, there are too many monks trying to make friends with Lu Changan.
The letters that fell into Lu Changan's hands had already been preliminarily screened.
Lu Changan picked out some friendly or interested letters.
Among them is a letter from Xuemeishan Li Congren, mainly to greet the elders and send some special products.
Mu Bingyun still maintains the habit of writing to him, but the frequency is not as high as before.
Either ask for advice on Fu Yi practice, or tell your thoughts and remember the past.
When Lu Changan was in a good mood, he would occasionally write her back.
This time, Mu Bingyun mentioned in the letter that her husband unfortunately went to the front line, and she was a little worried about it.
How can Lu Changan manage these things, the care for Mu Bingyun back then was still based on old love and regrets.
The descendants of Centipede Zheng from Tieling Villa even sent a letter to congratulate Lu Changan.
There are also some strange letters.
For example, alchemist Lin Ye of Wuqi Mountain, although he has passed away, has cultivated a talented successor of alchemy.
The successor of alchemy is now a second-rank alchemist. On behalf of his teacher, he expressed his gratitude to Lu Changan for his care.
The last two letters were sent by Zhou Qingxuan and Xia Wenyue.
Zhou Qingxuan sent an invitation to Lu Changan, hoping that he could go to Zhou's house to discuss the experience and skills of the Beast Master.
Lu Changan is not interested in Beast Familiar, but if he has time, he can study the Gu insect restriction in Zhou Qingxuan's mind, and further improve his own unique restriction.
Xia Wenyue's jade slip letter was sent from Aoyue Palace in Feng Kingdom.
The surrounding Xiuxian countries formed the Guardian League to jointly resist the invasion of the magic way.
Between Feng State and Liang State, the flames of war have not been affected, and normal exchanges will not be affected.
In addition to congratulating Lu Changan on forming an alchemy, Xia Wenyue mentioned the current situation in Aoyue Palace in the letter, telling him not to worry.
Because of Chen Guoxie's covetousness, Aoyue Palace protected Xia Wenyue very well.
The inheritance of Aoyue Palace is dominated by female cultivators, and most of the male cultivators in this sect are coolies, servants, and serve high-level people.
Xia Wenyue's master is a female Jindan Daxiu, who takes good care of her.
Xia Wenyue is still practicing "Frozen Ancient Scroll", and the resources she enjoys are not the same as Qingshawan.
Not long ago, her cultivation base broke through to the middle stage of foundation establishment, which was slightly faster than the average earth spirit root.
At the end of the letter, Xia Wenyue faintly expressed her miss for Lu Changan, and said that she would repay the kindness of rebuilding back then.
"After more than ten years of separation, this woman still has this kind of heart, which is really rare."
Lu Changan nodded secretly, feeling a little relieved.
After thinking about it, he didn't reply Xia Wenyue's letter.
Xia Wenyue's innate Taoist identity is rather special, and correspondence between them is easily intercepted for viewing.
Fortunately, Xia Wenyue is not stupid, the thoughts in the letter are very vague, and it is more inclined to respect and care for the teacher.
"Before this female cultivator reaches the middle and late stages of alchemy, try not to contact her, so that the outside world will gradually forget about our relationship."
As long as Xia Wenyue abides by the oath of the heart demon, Lu Changan does not need emotional entanglement.
The latter will only bring disaster to Lu Changan.
I believe that after hundreds of years of time, this woman has seen the big world, and the germ of unrequited love in her youth will also be obliterated.
…
A few days later.
Lu Changan came to the underground stone hall of Yunlai Peak.
This underground stone temple located underground was built successively by rock rats digging tunnels in recent years.
In the beginning of the construction of the Stone Palace, Lu Changan put in materials and built it himself.
Later, it was discovered that the rock rat's natural spells were better at building houses than himself.
Simply draw the blueprint and let the rock rat do it.
This underground stone palace is heavily restricted.
After returning this time, Lu Changan deployed quasi-fourth-order formations here, and the third-order formations in the mansion above are enough for daily use.
The Xuantian Gourd Vine was also transplanted to the underground stone hall to connect with the energy of the earth veins.
For this purpose, a room is specially opened.
"It's time to start."
Lu Changan drove out the reluctant Xuanshuigui, and stayed in the room alone.
He immediately sacrificed his life span and cast the evergreen secret technique.
嗡~
Lu Changan's palm was surrounded by an ancient and verdant halo, like a new bud, exuding a kind of life energy of four seasons, blending into the withered yellow hyacinth gourd vine.
The healing and restoration of the Evergreen Secret Technique does not use lifespan as a carrier.
The ability to heal is the Evergreen Art itself.
Even without Shouyuan, Lu Changan's Evergreen Kungfu is extremely good at healing, surpassing many famous doctors in the world.
Some serious injuries or common unmentionable diseases can be treated and recuperated by Lu Changan without sacrificing his lifespan.
Lu Changan didn't suffer serious injuries in the previous three transformation pills, and the effect of sacrificing his life was sublimated, which greatly saved time.
Many secret techniques in the world of cultivating immortals obtain several times or even ten times the terrifying increase at the cost of consuming life yuan.
"Four years to live!"
Lu Changan stopped his hands to check the changes of Xuantian Gourd Vine.
I saw that the withered and yellow part of the vine was less than half an inch long, and it was green.
Such an obvious effect is more than ten times more than that of the foundation building period!
"Forming an immortal golden pill, the nourishing ability of the Changqing Gong itself is several percent stronger than that of the true pill in its early stages."
Lu Changan showed joy.
With this progress, he can consume hundreds of years of life energy at most to restore the greenness of the entire gourd vine.
Hundreds of years of life seems to be a lot.
But the goal of nourishing and recovering is, after all, Xiao Xuantian's growth gourd vine, the accompanying thing of opening the sky. With this kind of effect, it is already very impressive.
Based on the current mana at the initial stage of Jindan, Lu Changan said, "With about ten years of lifespan, the Xuantian Gourd Vine can restore an inch of greenness."
If it is in the middle and late stages of Jindan, there is still room for improvement in the nourishing effect of the Evergreen Kung Fu.
"Forty years to live!"
After seeing the curative effect, Lu Changan sacrificed another forty years of longevity.
After a long while, the area where the Xuantian gourd vines withered and turned yellow regained a few inches of greenness.
Um?
At this time, Lu Changan frowned, looking at the withered and blackened prototype of the little gourd.
To be precise, this is just the embryo of a gourd, and it has not really formed.
"The gourd vine has regained some vitality, but this Xuantian little gourd has not changed much."
In Lu Changan's perception, the embryonic form of the gourd fruit was dead and silent, without any vitality.
I don't know if it is an illusion.
He felt that the dead air of the withered gourd was stronger.
Even the evergreen secret technique is powerless.
"Could it be that the dead are newcomers? After the gourd vines are all restored to green, they will be re-cultivated with Xuantian gourds?"
Lu Changan pondered for a long time.
Based on this calculation, he spent hundreds of years of life energy, and at most he could recover the Xuantian Gourd Vine.
At that time, it will take many years and life energy to grow the Xuantian fruit again.
Cultivating Xuantian gourd may require a higher price.
Lu Changan realized that the lifespan of Jindanqi might not be enough.
He can't use up his lifespan, at least he has to save a few hundred years as a base.
Unless there are more sources of life.
For example, things that prolong life, the second-order high-quality life-extending pill, the third-order life-extending...
Another example is devouring the Dao fruit of other Evergreen Kung Fu.
"No hurry, just observe for a while."
Lu Changan still has 1,100 years of lifespan, so stop for now.
…
Two months later.
After observation, Lu Changan discovered a piece of good news.
As long as the Xuantian gourd vine is watered and nourished with evergreen mana every day, the latter will slowly recover its greenness.
The nourishing cloud and rain technique of Xuanshuigui is much less effective, but at least it can maintain the gourd vine in a recovery state.
It can be seen that Huteng has at least reversed its vitality.
Theoretically speaking, even if Lu Changan does not consume his life essence for blood transfusion, as long as the time is long enough, Xuantian Gourd will eventually recover one day.
"The more the gourd vine recovers its vitality, the faster the greenness will grow and recover on its own, and it should also increase."
Lu Changan guessed.
He also sacrificed a hundred years of life, leaving a thousand years of life.
This time.
Before waiting for the observation results, Jinyun Valley welcomed an unkind visitor that he expected.
…
"Chen Guo Xie Wuji, Chen Guotian Elder Luo Zong, come to Jinyun Valley to pay a special visit!"
The huge iron fan magic weapon pierced through the sky, and carrying a handsome young man in a splendid robe, arrived at the gate of Jinyun Valley.
Not seen for many years, Xie Wuji's cultivation has reached the peak of the early stage of Zhendan.
"Thank you, fellow daoist, for coming from afar, what's the matter?"
A burst of laughter came, and a handsome man with a high crown and a golden feather coat flew out of the door.
"Sect Master Xuan Xiao."
Facing the Jin Yun suzerain who was in the mid-stage of alchemy, Xie Wuji suppressed his anger and bowed his hands in salute.
After a short exchange of pleasantries, Xie Wuji explained the purpose of his visit:
"Let Master Lu from Guigu come out to see him. This person broke his promise and blatantly tore up the third-order spiritual contract. Xie wants to confront him."
The person who came was, after all, the elder of the Nascent Soul Sect, Jin Yun Sect Master sent an order via voice transmission to let the disciples inform Lu Changan.
Zongmen Reception Hall.
Lu Changan quickly flew over.
"Thank you Wuji!"
Before Xie Wuji could speak, Lu Changan shouted angrily:
"Back then you took advantage of Lu's foundation building period and his low cultivation level to force Lu to sign a third-level spiritual contract. Today, you dare to sue the villain first and come to your door."
Xie Wuji was taken aback when he opened his mouth and was interrupted.
It's unbelievable that Lu Changan, who used to be polite and tolerant to him, met today and was hit in the head.
"Lu Chang'an, don't spit blood! You took Xie's alchemy artifact, promoted to true alchemy, and then signed a new contract. Could it be that Xie can coerce true alchemy monks?"
Xie Wuji laughed angrily, and retorted.
It has been five or six years since the second contract was signed, and Lu Changan has never been to Aoyue Palace.
"If Lu did not agree to renew the contract back then, I am afraid that Lu would not be able to return to Liang Country. It was just a stopgap measure."
"As for the alchemy artifact that Master Xie gave with kindness and power in the early years, Lu will return it to you."
After Lu Changan finished speaking, he threw a porcelain bottle to Xie Wuji.
This is an additional water-type alchemy that he bought, which is equivalent in value to the clean water Xie Wuji gave back then.
"Lu Changan! You have eaten so many resources from my Xie family, and now you turn your back on it and don't admit it, so you just use a piece of alchemy to fool people?"
Xie Wuji sneered with a gloomy face.
"So many resources?"
Lu Changan's heart moved, he smiled lightly and said:
"Lu can make an oath of inner demons. Except for the alchemy spiritual object, he has not taken any other resources from the Xie family. How dare you swear that you have not embezzled the resources of the Xie family."
Hearing this, Xie Wuji's complexion changed slightly: "Shameless real man, how dare you tell the truth, confuse the public, beat him down!"
Seeing the two people who were foaming and scolding each other, Sect Master Jin Yun was stunned, so he found a chance to slip away.
An hour later.
"Jin Yungu, if you protect this shameless villain, you will suffer backlash..."
Xie Wuji cursed and left Jinyun Valley.
Until he flew to Jiugang Chongtian, the anger on Xie Wuji's face disappeared, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Hey! Then Lu Changan cooperated. After this trouble, the resources embezzled privately will be written off!"
It turned out that in order to convince Xie Wuji to buy Lu Changan, the Xie family gave him a sum of real pill-level supplies, including crystal condensing pills.
Xie Wuji knew that Lu Changan was cheating, so he couldn't talk to the other party, so he simply took it for himself.
To question and scold Lu Changan today is nothing more than acting.
As for the resources embezzled privately, it is pushed to Lu Changan.
Anyway, the invasion of the Demon Dao started, and the Xie family didn't have the energy to investigate the matter.
"That kid, he has a big appetite. He actually asked me to share half of his embezzled supplies?"
Xie Wuji sneered inwardly.
In his opinion, it is already a win-win result for him not to pursue and urge Lu Changan to let the matter be settled.
Then Lu Changan probably knew it well, and he went down the steps, and he didn't want to continue entanglement and become an enemy of the Xie family.
…
Half a day later.
Xie Wuji flew over the wasteland between Liang Guo and Chen Guo.
As night fell, Jiugangtian also fell into darkness, and the wind that blew became more violent.
"With this privately embezzled resources, after a few more years of military exploits, we can hit the middle stage of alchemy..."
Xie Wuji flew to Chen Guotian Luozong's direction, thinking about it.
Suddenly.
A strange black mist appeared in the field of vision, whistling along with the strong wind.
"who!"
Xie Wuji yelled angrily, and in the blink of an eye, he fell into a dark night that covered several miles.
From the outside, an inverted black mask isolated Xie Wuji from the outside world.
Inside the black mask, the air was gloomy and cold, and the mana fluctuations of weeping ghosts and gods suddenly surged.
Two erratic and strange shadows, about ten feet high, each holding a shadow blade, pierced and flanked Xie Wuji.
"The Infernal Door—"
Xie Wuji felt chills in his heart, his vitality burst forth, and his whole body condensed like a real golden ring mask.
Hum!
The magic weapon of the iron fan swells like a Buddha's hand, coated with a dark golden film, flipped up and down, horizontally shot left and right, stirring up the wind and clouds in the sky, enough to collapse mountains and destroy cities.
However, those two weird shadows were extremely flexible, occasionally disappearing inexplicably and swapping positions.
The body of the iron fan magic weapon is like a cattail fan slapping mosquitoes, failing again and again.
A small amount of remaining prestige can't hurt the two strange shadows of the true alchemy level.
Chichi!
The shadow blades of the two shadows, and the arc light blade drawn from time to time, cut through Xie Wuji's golden ring mask, leaving a gap.
As time went by, Xie Wuji consumed a lot of mana, leaving deep bloodstains on his shoulders, ribs, and legs.
Those two strange shadows, the attack is comparable to the early stage of Zhendan, but the speed is comparable to the middle stage of Zhendan.
He can't do anything, and he can't escape.
Like a gangrene attached to the bone, the ghost lingers on.
"Which one from Wujianmen, report your name."
Xie Wuji's face was pale, with cold sweat oozing from his forehead. While speaking, he took out the few remaining taboo-breaking talismans and third-tier middle-grade escape talismans from the storage bag.
Pfft!
A magic weapon with a gray and white sickle pierced out of nowhere from the shadows of the night, piercing through Xie Wuji's chest.
"Infernal Gate, Lord of Jue Ying, as you wish!"
It was as if a man's voice from Nine Nether Cold Pool echoed in Xie Wuji's ears.
Xie Wuji's body convulsed, and he turned his head with difficulty.
A mysterious man in a black cloak, with an iron chain wrapped in his hand, connected to a blood-stained scythe, blending into the night.
The mana radiated by him fluctuated, reaching the peak in the middle stage of alchemy.
Swish Swish!
The previous two strange shadows, like ghosts, returned and blended into the shadow of the mysterious cloaked man.
"The master of the absolute movie..."
Xie Wuji's pupils were dimmed, and his consciousness fell into a dark abyss.
(end of this chapter)