Chapter 297 Bamboo Hat Assassin (Update 9.1)
"Hehe! Daoist Xu doesn't sell the account of the 'Wanhua Chamber of Commerce', but asks for a third-order spiritual vein. If he dares to enter the manor alone, his cultivation may be more than a fake pill."
Lao Duan's realm was even higher, his spiritual sense swept over him, and he saw Lu Changan's true cultivation, with an unfathomable smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.
Of course he didn't know, it was the grandfather who released the water for the eldest grandson, and he didn't try his best to hide it.
Even if he is the grandson of the fourth generation, Lu Changan still has a slight precaution.
Show higher strength to avoid dissent from the other party.
Of course, this possibility is not high.
Lu Changan is a recent hotspot in the Heyuan Oasis. If you visit the dojo mansion in the oasis within a few hundred miles, you can see the traces of the outside world.
"Old Duan has great magic power, Xu's hidden tricks are ridiculous."
Lu Changan's complexion changed slightly, and he tried to be calm, as if he was afraid of this unfathomable alchemy expert.
"Master Xu doesn't have to be cramped, it's even better if you have a true alchemy, and with a third-order formation, guarding the Shanshui Manor is no problem."
Duan Lao smiled gently and everything was under control.
In addition to him, there is also the secret supervision of Grandma, which is enough to control Xu Zhenren.
The land spirit veins on the island are also notarized, and the other party will not be relied upon.
In the past, he was away and went to take care of the other two branches. Granny Yun, who is a third-order formation master, was in charge of taking care of and cultivating this third-order spiritual vein.
Grandma Yun was limited by her aptitude and potential. In addition, she escaped in the past and was seriously injured by a sect traitor.
The situation of the old side is similar.
It is just to maintain the cultivation base and not regress, and the two do not rely on the third-order spiritual veins.
Half an hour later.
Lu Changan and Mr. Duan finalized a lot of details, and finally signed a third-order spiritual contract.
Spiritual contract constraints are relatively loose.
Lu Changan's annual task is to refine a certain amount of entrusted alchemy and help take care of Shanshui Manor.
Alchemy apprentices, three places every ten years.
The contract initially agreed on thirty years, and Lu Changan can break the contract, but he has to pay for the living expenses during the period, which is calculated as twice the market price.
In addition, there is a supplement in the spirit deed:
Shanshui Manor ranges from ten to twenty years at most to decades at most. It may be leased to other people for the use of alchemy. I hope Lu Changan will cooperate.
Lu Changan has no objection to this.
He once simulated the reincarnation of the fourth life, and speculated that the spiritual pulse dojo cultivated here is one of the candidates for the descendants of Master Lihuo to start a family in the future.
Due to fear of being targeted, the descendants of the fourth generation dare not put their eggs in one basket in order to ensure the continuation of their blood.
Therefore, there are three branches of descendants distributed in Fengyuan Kingdom, which are basically not connected with each other.
Among them, the young and outstanding heirs, such as the Yun brothers and sisters, do not even know their own background.
As the grandson of Master Lihuo, Mr. Duan is in charge of overall planning and only communicates with the leaders of the three branches.
Asylum in war, the descendants of the fourth generation are in a state of being in a desperate situation.
Third-order alchemist fault, true alchemy monks are not manned enough.
If you can bind a reliable Tier 3 alchemist, let him help alchemy, train apprentices, and at the same time assist in guarding this optional Tier 3 spiritual vein, it will be the best of both worlds.
…
On the same day, Duan Lao handed over the formation control order of Shanshui Manor to Lu Changan.
According to the agreement, Lu Changan is not allowed to change the formation around the manor.
However, for the mansion building inside the manor, Lu Changan can set up formations by himself to protect privacy.
Lu Changan doesn't care, the hidden formation he has set up is definitely better than the outer formation.
The taboo-breaking treasure talisman it masters can easily break through the third-order formation.
A few days later, Lu Changan officially settled in Shanshui Manor.
Under the mansion, there is a ready-made basement, and there is also a pool and an artificial river in front of the pavilion.
Lu Changan asked the rock mouse to dig the pool deeper, and built a tunnel, which requires the key formula to open the restriction and lead to the basement.
Xuan water turtle can move around in the pool on weekdays, and can also go to the basement to take care of the Xuantian gourd vine that reconnects with the earth.
"The small third-tier dojo in Shanshui Manor is enough for me and Xuanshuigui to practice, and there is no need to invest additional spirit stones."
After Lu Changan moved in, he was satisfied.
Xuanshuigui's reliance on spiritual energy is only equivalent to the cultivation base of fake alchemy, and part of it absorbs Lu Changan's golden alchemy evergreen mana, absorbing the energy of time during cultivation.
A considerable part of the spells and abilities of monsters come from the power of blood.
Therefore, normal monsters are slightly less dependent on aura than human monks.
The mysterious water turtle is slightly lower than ordinary monsters.
As for the rock rats?
The third-tier middle-stage monster, if you add it, this small spiritual vein will be too much to bear.
Lu Changan decided to stock it in the wild for self-sufficiency.
Boundless desert, the soil is rich in aura, and there are many ore spirits deep underground.
The ground rock mouse enters here, the sea is wide and the fish leaps, hunts sand beasts, explores resources and treasures, and occasionally hits the autumn wind, so don't be too comfortable.
Lu Changan doesn't have high requirements, he only takes 20 to 30% of the precious spiritual objects obtained through exploration, and the gains from killing sand bandits.
In the inheritance of the beast master left by the real Huanglang, there is this kind of breeding method in the wild. The monsters grown are more wild and more powerful.
The cost is also very low.
The disadvantage is that the risk is high, it is easy to die in stocking, and the probability of mutiny increases.
Risk, Lu Changan need not worry.
He has analyzed: Heyuan Oasis does not have a third-order top-grade spiritual vein, so there is no permanent overhaul in the late stage of alchemy.
This means that the ground rock mouse dominates the surrounding areas, and it is free to rub the spiritual veins to practice.
All sandworms, poisons, and strange animals are its meals.
As long as you make a fortune in a low-key manner and don't infringe on the interests of the major forces on the oasis, there will be no risk.
…
Months passed.
Lu Changan is in Shanshui Manor and has reached the age of 215.
In the past few months, I seldom saw the shadow of the ground rock mouse, and I couldn't think of leaving.
Went back home twice on the way, and gave Lu Changan some mineral spirits as a tribute.
Even without a fixed third-order spiritual vein, the ground rock mouse's cultivation speed was not behind at all, and even slightly faster.
Lu Changan guessed that this guy ate a lot, so he turned a blind eye.
As for the Xuanshuigui, Lu Changan can't make it too lazy or too comfortable.
The spiritual wood and herbs in the Shanshui Manor, as well as some cubs obtained from the real Huanglang, were handed over to it to take care of.
Those cub eggs, Lu Changan will sell them in small quantities on the oasis and for a long time.
Among them, the rarer varieties will be sold at the Xiancheng auction in the future.
The water and wood spells of the mysterious water turtle are suitable for repetitive mechanical work.
This tortoise has a lazy temperament and is aloof from the world. It must be spurred by external force, otherwise it will lie flat.
On this day, Duan Lao returned to Shanshui Manor with three alchemy apprentices, two men and one woman.
The mysterious water turtle goes back to the basement through the tunnel deep in the pool to avoid being discovered.
"Xu Zhenren, in the next ten years, I will trouble you to teach the three younger generations."
The three apprentices brought by Mr. Duan all have a certain alchemy potential, and their talent is probably better than that of Lu Changan.
"This is a matter of agreement."
Lu Changan promised to come down.
Teaching apprentices, not accepting them as personal disciples, take the time to answer doubts and give advice.
Whether they can become a weapon depends on their personal good fortune.
Lu Changan looked at the three apprentices, two with low-grade spiritual roots and one with middle-grade spiritual roots.
The one with the middle-grade spiritual root is called Niu Jie, with a dark complexion and an ordinary appearance.
Old Duan told Lu Changan that this person has a good talent for alchemy, so I hope you can pay attention to him.
"Niu Jie?"
Lu Changan has a weird mind, remember this person's name,
Lihuo Shangren lived for seven or eight hundred years, and his original name "Duan Daniu" is rarely known to the world.
Duanlao's surname is derived from the pseudonym of "Duan".
Niu Jie's cattle should be similar.
Having been incognito for hundreds of years, those who spy on the legacy left by the Lihuo can almost stop.
"If Master Xu can train a third-tier alchemist for this old man, the third-tier dojo in Shanshui Manor can be transferred to you cheaply."
Before parting, Duan Lao promised.
Lu Changan smiled, and didn't care much about this kind of flattery.
This small third-order spiritual vein is useful to him now, but it will not be enough to add the Xuanshui turtle in the middle and late stages of alchemy.
Cultivating and improving the spiritual veins is extremely slow. The investment of a hundred or a thousand years cannot be done by several generations of monks.
If you want to be fast, unless you **** the spirit veins of other forces and relocate and cultivate them, you must have a skilled pulse master to take action.
…
That night.
Duan Lao in a toga appeared on the third floor of Qizhen Building in Heyuanfang City.
"Meet grandma."
Old Duan bowed respectfully to the wrinkled, silver-haired old woman.
According to seniority, Granny Yun is her grandmother.
Actually, Duan Lao is about the same age as Grandma Yun, and is not the latter's heir.
Grandma Yun was the last wife married by Venerable Lihuo in the Nascent Soul stage, and she was also the youngest Taoist couple.
The other wives, concubines and Taoist couples, most of them were married by Jianji and Jiedan, and most of them passed away.
"That Master Xu, can you rest assured?"
Grandma Yun gestured for him to be excused, but the latter stood respectfully and refused to sit down.
"Those who have been initially approved by my grandmother are naturally relieved. That real person Xu was once intercepted and killed in the deserted city of Scorpio. He was impoverished, humble and easy-going. Judging from his words and deeds, he should be a refined gentleman."
Old Duan paused, and added:
"However, grandson and Xu Zhenren met twice, and they didn't have that kind of sympathy and kindness."
"oh?"
Grandma Yun's doubts are still unresolved.
She and Yun Ling have similar feelings, but Duan Lao, as the grandson of Li Huo Daoist, doesn't.
From this, it can be speculated that the feeling of congeniality may not necessarily be related to Li Huo.
"Could it be related to the Yun family?"
Grandma Yun thought to herself.
Yun Yan and Yun Ling both have Yun's blood.
Yun Ling looks a bit like Yun Yan when she was young.
Combined with the talent of drawing symbols, Grandma Yun cultivated Yun Ling as an elite.
"Perhaps, it's because Xu Zhenren practiced the exercises, and his elegant temperament easily made a good impression on female cultivators."
Duan Lao guessed.
"Um."
Grandma Yun nodded, but did not express her true thoughts.
The two of them naturally did not understand the causal bond.
Old Duan is just one of the many descendants of Master Li Huo, and the bond is not that deep.
Although Yunling's seniority is lower and the distance is farther, she is also the reincarnation of Guan Qiaozhi and has a close relationship with Lu Changan.
Grandma Yun is the last official wife and Taoist couple of Master Lihuo. She has a deep relationship and her bond is second only to Yun Ling.
"Grandma, the traitor in Fangzhen, arrived in Gutian City this year, and may have traced the clues."
"Although the other two teams have hole cards of third-tier puppets and third-tier spirit beasts, they don't have real pills in charge. Once they are targeted by this kid, it will be extremely dangerous. Grandson must go there as soon as possible, take care of it secretly, and beware of that thief."
Hearing the name "Fang Zhen", Grandma Yun showed a look of fear.
She feigned death back then, but was discovered by Fang Zhen, the elder of the inner sect, who led his men to sneak attack and seriously injure her.
Fang Zhen used to be the deputy head of the Law Enforcement Hall of Lihuo Palace, with a meticulous mind.
In the middle stage of alchemy, attack the early stage of alchemy, with a large number of people. Relying on the trump card given by her husband, Yunyan wounded the thief and escaped from death.
"You act carefully, don't reveal your whereabouts."
Grandma Yun instructed.
"Grandma, don't worry, now that Zhenren Xu is in Shanshui Manor, grandson has more time and energy to deal with it..."
…
In the blink of an eye, three years have passed.
Lu Changan practiced comfortably and leisurely in Shanshui Manor without being disturbed by the outside world.
The eldest grandson is very relieved of him, but he hasn't come back in the past three years?
Shanshui Manor seems to have become Lu Changan's private ashram.
The down-and-out real Xu was integrated into the Heyuan Oasis and became a family with houses.
On the oasis, there are fewer and fewer forces and monks who pay attention to Lu Changan.
However, the "Wanhua Chamber of Commerce" on the Heyuan Oasis has some prejudice against Lu Changan's rejection back then.
The chamber of commerce masters nearly half of the spirit wood herbs and alchemy materials on the oasis.
Lu Changan couldn't buy those scarce alchemy materials through the channels of the chamber of commerce, nor could he enjoy discounts on normal materials.
Perhaps, this is Wanhua Chamber of Commerce's rejection of Lu Chang'an and a different kind of suppression.
This restriction does not mean much to Lu Changan.
Alchemy is not his major in cultivating immortals, and he even ranks at the bottom of several existing skills.
Moreover, Lu Changan came from Liang Guo and purchased a lot of medicinal herbs that are scarce here.
"Water Arrow Turtle, keep messing around, and Ling'er will ignore you."
Shanshui Manor, a girl's voice like silver bells in the wind came from the pool.
A water arrow turtle with a width of about ten feet sprayed a jet of water onto the girl in the blue dress with starry eyes and white teeth.
Yun Ling wrinkled her nose, her pink face was full of anger, her hair was wet, and her long skirt was soaked, outlining her exquisite and undulating curves.
Puff puff!
The water arrow turtle swam to Yun Ling's feet, spitting blisters, comforting her obediently, and apologizing.
Yunling snorted softly, stretched out her white jade feet like tender lotus root, and kicked it.
The water arrow tortoise has thick skin and is not afraid of pain. It sticks out its head flatteringly and rubs against the girl's feet.
"It's itchy, lighten up, focus..."
Yun Ling giggled, her eyes sparkled, she twitched her pink lips, and she slumped on the thick turtle back with her long wet skirt.
"Sister, stop making trouble, girls must understand etiquette and shame..."
On the waterside corridor, Yun Hao, who has been promoted to the foundation-building stage, rubbed his nose and said with a wry smile.
He secretly slandered that it was not just a water arrow turtle with middle-grade blood, and it was also rare in the desert.
For some reason, when Yunling saw this water arrow turtle for the first time, she loved it very much, and she was full of maternal love.
Blastoise also fell in love with her at first sight.
The first visit to Shanshui Manor was to seek pills and add rare medicines to the store.
Later, in order to meet Blastoise, Yunling took the initiative to run errands and do odd jobs for that real person Xu.
The current water arrow turtle is naturally a mysterious water turtle that changes shape, similar to the human's disguise technique.
In order to meet Yun Ling.
Xuan Shuigui changed his laziness and worked hard to improve himself. He completed the shape-changing technique a year ago.
This can make it easy to form different turtle species.
However, it cannot cross species.
The water arrow turtle is a common water-type turtle. Its general appearance and water-type spells are 70% similar to the black water turtle.
"Brother Niu, when will Master Xu leave the customs?"
Yunhao found Niu Jie, headed by three alchemy apprentices. This person has outstanding alchemy talent and is already a first-rank alchemist.
"Senior Huiyun, the real person is refining alchemy, and he has only been in for a few days, at least a few days, and at most ten days."
Niu Jie has a dark complexion and an ordinary appearance.
Yun Hao sighed, and looked at his younger sister with a ruddy face and a bright smile.
…
Niu Jie, the Yun brothers and sisters and others didn't notice: at this time, there was a vague shadow sneaking into Shanshui Manor without anyone noticing it.
The three-tier formation in the manor is useless.
The fuzzy shadow flitted behind a thousand-year-old tree, and the indifferent eyes glanced at Yunling and Xuanjiang who were playing not far away.
It was a mysterious man in a bamboo hat wearing a gray and white robe and a black cloak.
The inner sides of the person's arms, like magnet plates, each hold a shuriken.
Shua!
Like a ghost, the mysterious man in a bamboo hat walked around the waterside pavilion, avoiding everyone's senses and restrictions, and quietly approached Lu Changan's alchemy room.
The fuzzy shadow flashed again, and got into the alchemy room through the crack of the door.
The temperature in the alchemy room is very high, and the bluish-red light outlines the angular and ruthless face of the man in the hat.
In front of the alchemy furnace, an elegant middle-aged man in a green shirt, with a formula in his hand, controls the green-gold real fire, with a meticulous expression.
It seems that he didn't notice the unexpected guest behind him.
The man in the bamboo hat raised his sleeves, revealing the sleeve arrows inside. The cold light flashed and aimed at Lu Changan's back.
"Meet the real Changqing."
The hat assassin cupped his hands and saluted, making a blunt and indifferent voice.
"How is the investigation?"
Lu Changan asked calmly without turning his head.
"Returning to the real person, after infiltrating investigations, it has been confirmed that the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce has indeed cultivated the main medicine of the third-order longevity pill, and there is more than one longevity fruit."
"In addition, the chamber of commerce has a third-level alchemist, and in the future it plans to refine a third-level longevity pill to increase the influence of the chamber of commerce."
"Good job."
Lu Changan said approvingly.
Actually, the above is just a question and answer, a simulated real-life dialogue in order to train the assassin puppet.
…
Two months ago, Lu Changan made a breakthrough in his puppet skills and refined a third-tier middle-grade puppet.
This third-tier middle-grade puppet, Lu Changan used Wujianmen's "Xing Peng" as a template to create the form of a human assassin.
Through the flesh and blood bag technique learned from Ada Maru, he was disguised as a man in a bamboo hat.
This assassin puppet has a relatively brittle body, and its defense ability is not as good as that of the third-tier turtle puppet.
However, it is agile, extremely fast, good at hiding, and strong in assassination.
Lu Changan tailor-made magic weapons or parts for it, including a cloak that adds concealment.
Assassination, there are shuriken and sleeve arrows, which are small magic weapons, and they are smeared with the poison of the third-level middle grade.
In addition, it is also equipped with special poisonous smoke bombs, which can obscure the senses of the mind and weaken the opponent, which is conducive to running away or fishing in troubled waters.
In the beginning, Lu Changan injected the shadow of the soul of the first life into the puppet of an assassin. As a result, the power of the soul in the Qi refining period could not control the ability of the third-order middle-grade puppet at all.
Thus, Lu Changan infused it with the shadow of the second world's soul.
The second life is the soul of the peak of alchemy.
The assassin puppet's explosive fighting skills and various micro-manipulations are even better than those of monks of the same rank.
However, it consumes a lot of soul and puppet crystals.
The effective distance of remote control reaches thousands of miles.
If you don’t fight, just hurry and investigate, you can make do within 10,000 miles.
With such a long distance, it has almost the same effect as an incarnation outside the body.
It's just that the assassin puppet has no independent consciousness, so it needs to be remotely controlled by Lu Changan to exert its true strength.
In terms of fidelity, the assassin puppet deceives Qi refining, and the foundation building is okay.
Close conversations, after a long time, may be seen.
When encountering a monk who formed a pill, it is easier to reveal his secrets.
"I heard that the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce is attacking the Xingyue Chamber of Commerce, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, and intends to annex the latter. How long do you think the latter can last?"
Lu Changan stabilized the real fire in front of the alchemy furnace, and pondered.
"Although the Xingyue Merchant Guild has lost its true alchemy cultivators, it has seen a turning point in recent years. A pair of fake alchemy men and women at the helm of the Chamber of Commerce have practiced the lost joint attack technique."
"This technique absorbs the power of the stars and the moon, men and women attack together, and has supernatural powers. A few months ago, the Zhendan killer and others hired by the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce were defeated by the two together at night. They were severely injured and barely escaped..."
Lu Changan, with the vision of the Nascent Soul stage, felt that the combination attack method had a lot of background.
If it wasn't for Yun Yan's recommendation, Xingyue Merchant Guild would have been his choice at the beginning.
"Next, do you know what to do?"
"Subordinates understand!"
The cloaked assassin opened the leather armor, took out a few puppet crystals and embedded them in his chest, and then made a fuzzy afterimage and disappeared from the alchemy room.
(end of this chapter)