Chapter 298: Great Evil Hexagram
Two days later.
In the alchemy room of Shanshui Manor, the hot air and glow are lingering, and the alchemy furnace is turned on.
Three elixirs of different qualities fell into Lu Changan's hands.
One of the grains was like black coal and emitted a strange smell that made people dizzy.
“Two pills are made into pills, and one is a fine product.”
Lu Changan looked happy as he looked at one of the life-extending pills. It was like a crystal green stem, full of aura, exuding intoxicating life essence.
It turns out that the elixir Lu Changan refined recently in seclusion was the second-level longevity elixir.
Most of the materials for this elixir, including the main medicine, were contributed by Huang Langzhen.
Huang Lang Zhenren’s trophies are huge, including the main ingredient of the Crystal Condensation Pill.
After Lu Changan came to Feng Yuan Kingdom, he paid attention to purchasing some auxiliary materials. A few months ago, he gathered the materials for the second-level longevity pill.
A high-quality second-level longevity elixir that ordinary alchemists of the same level are not sure about.
With Lu Changan's current third-level alchemy master's skills, there is no need to entrust other alchemists to use the secret method of alchemy and sacrifice the finished product of one of the elixirs to create a high-quality second-level longevity pill.
Confirming that the elixir was correct, Lu Changan took it immediately and closed his eyes for a few breaths.
Due to taking too many second-level high-quality longevity pills, the life extension this time was only six and a half years.
Lu Changan's total lifespan reached 1126 years.
As an immortal golden elixir, Lu Changan does not need that much longevity during the elixir formation period.
However, cultivating Xuantian Gourd Vine, performing divination techniques, and "Red Yang Blood Escape" all require longevity.
Especially Xuantian Gourd Vine, its longevity is counted in hundreds of years.
Lu Changan has estimated that a thousand years of life during the Dan Formation period is more than enough, including some lifespan consumed in emergencies.
The extra longevity can be used to cultivate Xuantian Gourd Vine, or other attempts.
“There are some ingredients for the third-level longevity pill, but unfortunately there is no main ingredient.”
This time, Lu Changan was refining the high-quality longevity elixir to pave the way for refining the third-level longevity elixir in the future. He wanted to warm up and practice his skills first.
Although Lu Changan does not have the third-level longevity elixir, the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce in the Heyuan Oasis does.
Even if he joined the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce at that time, the Chamber of Commerce would not agree to sell such strategic resources to him.
Due to his refusal to join, Lu Changan was even restricted and suppressed to a certain extent by the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce, which refused to sell rare medicinal materials to him.
If you want to buy the third-level life-extending main medicine from Wanhua Chamber of Commerce normally, there is no way!
It happened that the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce wanted to devour the Xingyue Chamber of Commerce, but the latter tried its best to resist. Its two principals had developed a combined attack technique and had the strength to fight against the true elixir.
Lu Changan suddenly felt that Wanhua Chamber of Commerce’s third-level life-extending main medicine was destined to him.
…
End the retreat and walk out of the alchemy room.
Lu Changan saw the Yun brothers and sisters.
Yun Ling sat on the back of Xuan Shui Turtle, her long skirt was soaked by the water waves, her hair was wet, and her fair and delicate face was moist and rosy.
Poof!
The girl's feet like tender lotus roots are stepping on the water waves, and her laughter is like silver bells, showing her purity and brightness.
“Xu Zhenren!”
Seeing Lu Changan come out, Yunhao bowed his hands and quickly winked at his sister.
“I’ve met Mr. Xu.”
Yun Ling hurriedly stood up on the turtle's back and bowed.
She looked down and blushed. The soaked long skirt almost clearly outlined her exquisite and undulating curves.
While she lowered her head, she quietly cast a spell to steam dry her clothes.
Lu Changan had a smile on his face. Guan Qiaozhi in his previous life was from a low-level cultivator. It was inevitable that he would be a little cautious when following him.
Yun Ling in this life has a better background and qualifications. She is pure and playful, lively from the inside out, and touches people's hearts.
“Don’t be restrained.”
Lu Changan sat down at the waterside pavilion and waved for the Yun brothers and sisters to come over.
Three or four years after arriving in Heyuan Oasis, Lu Changan maintained a good relationship with Qizhenlou.
A year ago, Yunhao successfully built the foundation and came over to thank Lu Changan.
This child has a high-grade spiritual root, and his promotion to foundation building is a matter of course.
Lu Changan speculated that Yun Hao was the most qualified among the descendants of Master Lihuo in Feng Yuan Kingdom.
Yun Ling has a middle-grade spiritual root. She is dexterous and has an outstanding talent for drawing talismans. She also looks like Yun Yan when she was young.
Therefore, Granny Yun took the two brothers and sisters with her and disciplined them personally.
“Master Xu, the incomplete second-level talisman inheritance you gave me last time was of great help to Ling’er. Not long ago, Ling’er managed to refine a second-level talisman.”
Yun Ling raised her eyebrows, filled with joy, and shared her success with Lu Changan.
Xu was in love and got a gift from the other party. After making the second-level talisman, the first person she wanted to tell was Zhenren Xu.
“It’s extremely rare that someone of his age can refine a second-level talisman.”
Lu Changan praised.
He became a third-level talisman master in his second life, and he also refined his first second-level talisman at about the same age.
The incomplete second-level talisman inheritance given by Lu Changan was once taught to Guan Qiaozhi, who had an average talent for drawing talismans and had been studying it for decades.
In this life, Yun Ling received the talisman inheritance that she had learned from her previous life. She had a sudden flash of inspiration and made gratifying progress.
Even though the mystery of the womb has not been solved, this incomplete inheritance of talismans, which is not outstanding, has a more promoting effect on Yun Ling than other monks.
Lu Changan used this inconspicuous method to help Yun Ling, allowing her to go further with Fulu.
“Mr. Xu, here are some materials you want to collect.”
Yun Ling took out a brocade bag and handed it to Lu Changan.
In order to play with the "Water Turtle", she was responsible for helping Lu Changan run errands and purchase general supplies and materials.
At the same time, she became an important link between Lu Changan and Qizhenlou.
Lu Changan, as a real person in Jiedan, took good care of the Yun brothers and sisters, which made some monks in Oasis Square City suspicious.
The version that has been circulated is nothing more than that Lu Changan wanted an old cow to eat young grass and fell in love with a beautiful little girl.
Grandma Yun did not listen to the rumors, nor did she stop Yun Ling from occasionally visiting Shanshui Manor.
According to the reflections of the Yun brothers and sisters: The elegant and easy-going Xu Zhenren had never had any unspoken behavior or hints towards Yun Ling during the years he settled in Heyuan Oasis.
There are no gratuitous benefits.
Even if the incomplete second-level talisman inheritance was given as a reward for Yun Ling's errand work, it was not worth mentioning to Master Jie Dan.
…
After chatting for a quarter of an hour, Lu Changan sent the Yun brothers and sisters away.
Yun Hao came over this time and asked Lu Changan to help refine several difficult and unpopular elixirs to expand the categories of Qizhenlou.
As long as the remuneration was reasonable, Lu Changan did not refuse.
He first came to Heyuan Oasis as an alchemist who was impoverished and had been kidnapped. He received some alchemy commissions from outside.
“From the descendants of Master Lihuo, some outstanding people may be born in the future.”
Looking at the backs of the Yun brothers and sisters, Lu Changan thought.
Master Lihuo once left some treasures for his descendants.
With Grandma Yun’s cultivation, the Yun brothers and sisters will achieve great success in the future.
In addition, among the three alchemy apprentices, the ordinary-looking Niu Jie has good alchemy talent and good understanding.
In the past few years of studying with Lu Changan, Niu Jie's alchemy skills have made rapid progress.
Moreover, this person is open-minded to ask for advice and is diligent and down-to-earth.
“Xu Zhenren, when I was refining alchemy a few days ago, I had two puzzles..."
The dark-skinned Niu Jie took advantage of Lu Changan's free time and came over to ask for advice.
After Lu Changan listened, he found that this person had a broad mind and patiently answered his questions.
If his cultivation can keep up, Niu Jie's alchemy attainments may surpass Lu Changan's in the future.
…
In the following year or two, the tranquility of the Heyuan Oasis was broken.
The friction between the two major chambers of commerce, Wanhua and Xingyue, has become more and more intense, and there has even been an open fight.
Wanhua Chamber of Commerce is powerful and a giant in the Heyuan Oasis. If it successfully annexes the Xingyue Chamber of Commerce, there will be no commotion.
The results were not favorable.
It is said that the weak Xingyue Chamber of Commerce hired a mysterious assassin with true elixir cultivation in the black market of the nearby fairy city, causing trouble for the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce.
The true elixir assassin, in cooperation with the fake elixir couple at the helm of the Xingyue Chamber of Commerce, killed two fake elixir masters from the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce, and seriously injured and poisoned a true elixir monk.
The powerful Wanhua Chamber of Commerce was actually restrained. It was unable to do anything to the Xingyue Chamber of Commerce in a short period of time, and it had to worry about the assassination of important figures in its own chamber of commerce.
Wanhua Chamber of Commerce’s competitors in Gutian Fairy City are also eyeing it.
For a time, the situation in the Heyuan Oasis was unstable, even affecting the nearby Gutian Fairy City.
All forces are paying attention to the mysterious assassin who affects the situation in the oasis. They only know that he is from the black market and his specific identity is unknown.
It is late at night.
North of the Heyuan Oasis, where the Xingyue Chamber of Commerce is located.
A young couple with fake elixir cultivation, about thirty or so, and extraordinary bearing, sat cross-legged in the back garden, holding their breath and concentrating.
The young couple's names are Tang Mian and Tang Yue. They are the "Xingyue Taoist couple" who have become famous in Heyuan Oasis in recent years.
The couple had a record of repelling and injuring Zhendan monks.
In the shadow of the flowers, a man wearing a gray robe and a black cape suddenly appeared."fellow Taoist Black Owl."
Tang Mian and Tang Yue, Taoist companions of Xingyue, were frightened. They immediately stood up and saluted with respectful tones that could not conceal their fear.
The mysterious assassin who cooperated with them was good at hiding. Every time he got close, he was not noticed by the two of them.
“In order to use friendly means, the Red Snake Master of the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce fought fiercely, but he was attacked and seriously injured by your Excellency, and he almost died from the poison.”
Tang Mian has sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, with sharp edges and corners on his face. He smiles loudly and speaks praises.
Tang Yue Feng has a hairpin on her temples, she is graceful and graceful, mature and plump, she said in a soft and charming voice:
“It’s a pity that we couldn’t kill the Red Snake, otherwise our Star-Moon Merchant Guild’s crisis would have been largely eliminated.”
Under the shadow, the assassin in the bamboo hat's facial features were blurred, and he said with a cold voice:
“A certain company keeps their word, and can at least seriously injure the Zhendan monks of the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce, and their strength has plummeted within a few years. If the chamber of commerce had not had enough rare herbs and detoxified them in time, the last assassination would have killed him.”
The hat assassin at the moment is the third-level mid-level assassin puppet controlled remotely by Lu Changan.
Due to the level difference and the deliberate cover-up in the night, Taoist couple Xingyue didn't see any clues.
“Friend Black Owl, this is your reward.”
Tang Mian took out a jade box and threw it to the bamboo hat assassin in the distance.
Tang Yue apologized: "This chamber of commerce has suffered losses for many years, and the turnover of spiritual stones is in short supply. According to the agreement, the shortfall will be deducted from the first six levels of "Xingyue Jue" that my husband and I have practiced."
The assassin in the bamboo hat opened the jade box. In addition to a few second- and third-level materials, there was also a scroll of martial arts.
On the scroll, in addition to the content of the exercises, there are also patterns of stars in the night sky for observation and practice.
“The Qinglong Society behind a certain family is an ancient mysterious organization inherited from the Central Daqing Territory. If you find that your skills are fraudulent, don’t blame a certain family for being ruthless..."
The black cloak of the assassin in a bamboo hat swayed, and his figure disappeared from the sight of the young couple.
Tang Mian and Tang Yue looked at each other with solemn expressions.
After a long time, it was confirmed that the assassin in the bamboo hat had left. The two set up a ban and communicated through voice messages.
"The cultivation conditions of "Xingyue Jue" are very strict. The two of us are in sync with each other. We got the insights from our ancestors. We succeeded in cultivating it by chance. We only got a glimpse of the door. It's just the content of the foundation building chapter, so why not give it to him."
Tang Yue’s voice was cold and no longer as soft and charming as before.
"Well, having said that, this behavior goes against the training of our Tang family."
Tang Mian sighed.
Although Tang Mian and Tang Yue have the same surname, they are not related by blood.
Tang Yue was a spiritual-root seedling adopted by his parents. Due to her good qualifications and good looks, she later became his child bride.
The ancestor of the Xingyue Merchant Guild is said to have come from overseas. He was chased by a powerful enemy and broke into a forbidden area. After passing into a coma, he arrived at the legendary Tianyan Continent.
The lost skill "Xingyue Jue" has never been heard of in Feng Yuan Kingdom and even Daqing, but it is shocking overseas.
This technique comes from the Xingyue Palace in the overseas holy land.
The jade slips of his ancestors record that he is a disciple of Xingyue Palace, and "Xingyue Jue" is the sect-controlling technique of this force.
The Star King and the Moon Queen are the supreme rulers of the Star and Moon Palace.
Both of them are great monks of Yuanying. They used the supreme magical power of the ninth level of "Xingyuejue", and they were once said to be undefeated against the God-Transforming Heavenly Lord.
Tang Mian and his wife were dubious about this. After all, they had never been overseas.
The "Xingyue Jue" left by their ancestors is only a fragment, and they have been able to cultivate to the elixir formation stage at most.
The content of the exercises before the foundation building period can also be copied. At the beginning of the alchemy period, you must view the stone murals from the Xingyue Palace.
…
Half an hour later.
Shanshui Manor, in the secret room.
Lu Changan looked at the exercise scroll of "Xing Yue Jue", and his eyes gradually showed surprise.
Previously, after hearing about the achievements of Taoist monk Xingyue, two fake elixirs teamed up to seriously injure the real elixir monk. With his Nascent Soul vision, he felt that this combined attack technique had great potential.
It happened that the Tang couple were in short supply of spiritual stones and could not afford the payment, so he proposed to use exercises to offset their curiosity to satisfy their curiosity.
After reading the foundation building chapter of "Xing Yue Jue", Lu Changan realized that the mystery of this technique may be comparable to the "Eternal Green Technique of Ancient Trees" and its power is unparalleled.
“Strange, the style and characteristics of this technique have never been heard by Da Kun in the previous life or Da Qing in this life.”
Lu Changan thought for a long time and could not figure out the origin and origin of "Xingyue Jue" for the time being.
This exercise has high requirements for qualifications and understanding.
If you just practice alone, it will be difficult to advance, and its power is comparable to that of a superior skill.
If it is a Taoist couple who has a clear mind and a special physique and practices together, they can get twice the result with half the effort, be extremely powerful, and even have superior combat power.
The conditions were so harsh that Lu Changan couldn't help but shake his head.
He is a lonely monk who maintains health and abstinence, and is probably insulated from "Xingyue Jue".
In contrast, Lu Changan is more concerned about how to use the Xingyue Chamber of Commerce to check and balance the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce, and ultimately plots the main medicine of the third-level longevity pill.
Previously, he secretly helped the Xingyue Chamber of Commerce and contained the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce, and disgusted the latter.
By remotely controlling the puppet clone, Lu Changan received the due reward of a killer and made extra money at the same time.
To avoid suspicion, when the mysterious assassin seriously injured the Zhendan monk of the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce, Lu Changan was purchasing supplies in Heyuanfang City to prevent the outside world from thinking of him.
How did the major forces in the Heyuan Oasis know that the assassin was just a puppet.
Normal puppets cannot be controlled from such a distance, and it is difficult to conceal them during a battle of wits.
In fact, with the strength of Lu Changan, Earth Rock Rat, and several puppets, they are enough to sweep the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce head-on and seize the third-level life-extending main medicine.
However, his purpose of escaping to Feng Yuan Kingdom was to hibernate and cultivate, preferably to the late stage of pill formation.
The state of cultivation is the foundation. You cannot lose your identity because of small things, or attract attention, causing the hard-earned hidden cultivation plan to go bankrupt.
Hence, Xingyue Chamber of Commerce is the vanguard that Lu Changan has pushed to the public, and it has withstood the attention and pressure of all parties.
He himself lives behind the scenes, at most controlling puppet clones and negotiating with the Taoist companions of Xingyue.
…
One month later.
Lu Changan is 220 years old and has been in Feng Yuan Kingdom for seven or eight years without knowing it.
“I don’t know how the demonic invasion war is going.”
On this day, Lu Changan was soaking in the pool of the third-level medicinal bath, practicing "Jinluo Hegemony", his mind was far away.
His deep gaze seemed to penetrate the endless desert of flying sand, looking towards the distant Liang Kingdom’s Immortal Realm to the south.
Due to the separation of Feisha and Tianqi, it is not easy for the war information from the Wei Dao League to be transmitted.
Even the occasional news is accompanied by various rumors and is not reliable enough.
In Feng Yuan Kingdom, which is located in the center of the desert, the vast majority of monks do not care about the war in the outside world.
For tens of thousands of years, no matter how chaotic the outside world is, it has been difficult to affect Feng Yuan Kingdom.
Of course, Feng Yuan Kingdom is not a safe haven, and there are many internal disputes and wars.
Wow!
Lu Changan's gigantic and uplifted body was like a gold and bronze statue. Stepping out of the medicine pool, the body energy and blood exuded could faintly touch the middle stage of the third level.
Lu Changan speculated that the breakthrough in body refining would occur in the next year and a half.
Not only is a breakthrough in body refining in sight, but forty-three years have passed since Lu Changan was promoted to the Immortal Golden Elixir.
The progress of cultivation in the early stage of pill formation is over 70%.
The middle stage of Dan formation is not far away.
“If both physical training and magic power are cultivated to the middle stage of elixir formation...by then, without the help of the Nine-Seal Monument, my fighting skills may not be inferior to those in my previous life..."
Looking forward to the near future, where he can catch up with his previous life, Lu Changxin feels confident.
At that level, under the Nascent Soul, few monks could threaten Lu Changan, including the original Peacock Saint.
Lu Changan, who was in a cheerful mood, put on a brand new white robe and opened a bottle of treasured third-level spiritual wine.
It’s a pity that Feng Yuanguo has no real friends with whom he can talk freely.
There is not even a temporary partner for casual romance.
A moment of slight regret.
Lu Changan suddenly had a whim!
The third-level mid-level divination technique gave rise to a bad premonition.
“Something must have happened…”
Lu Changan predicts bad luck for himself every two months. This feeling has nothing to do with him.
It involves an old friend whom I have known for two hundred years.
“The hexagram of great evil!”
Lu Changan pinched his fingers and made a little calculation, his expression changed drastically.
Great disaster means at least 90% chance of death.
In order to obtain more accurate hexagrams, Lu Changan pushed the divination technique to the extreme, even spending some lifespan to calculate.
However, the more he calculated, the uglier Lu Changan's face became.
He divined that Zhao Siyao's life was over and he was almost cut off from this world.
“Who did it? The battlefield of magic…the true elixir monks in the Valley of the Beast King…”
Lu Changan's eyes flashed with murderous intent.
"I gave her a third-level mid-level escape talisman, plus a puppet to protect her. The threat to her from ordinary true elixir monks will not be a serious disaster."
Lu Changan knew that Daxiu’s position on the battlefield in the late stage of Jiedan was second only to the Yuanying True Lord, so he would not take action against the fake Dan True Lord.
Poof!
Lu Changan spit out a mouthful of blood and took out several divination objects.
With further calculations, the causal numbers given by divination allowed him to gradually deduce the true cause.
(end of this chapter)