Chapter 323 Conversation with the Heavenly Master
Three years later.
In the secret room of the cave, Lu Changan, who was over 285 years old, installed the last refined foot part on the lower limbs of the bamboo hat assassin.
The bamboo hat puppet assassin's eyes glowed with a dark and cold light, and the fluctuations of his soul were almost the same as those of human monks.
咻! Poof!
The phantom flashed, and a shuriken stabbed out of the sleeve of the bamboo hat puppet, piercing the mana shield of Lu Changan's golden elixir middle stage.
Ding!
The remaining power of the shuriken was cold, and it struck Lu Changan's arm. There was a sound of gold and iron, but he could not attack further.
“Finally, I have reached the threshold of the third-level high-grade weapon! If I were not a third-level high-grade weapon refiner, I would not have enough materials.”
Lu Changan smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.
In the past four or five years, with the help of the weapon refiner, the Assassin Puppet has been finally brought to a whole new level through refining and transformation.
The strength of the bamboo hat assassin has reached the threshold of the late stage of pill formation, and his strength is slightly inferior to that of Fang Zhen back then.
However, there is no problem in playing two pill formations in the mid-term.
In the short term, it will be difficult for Lu Changan to gather the materials for a second third-level high-grade puppet.
Even if he has sufficient financial resources and a certain amount of connections to draw on, it would normally take decades to assemble the materials for a third-level high-quality puppet.
Even if you get it all together, the refining may not be successful, and the risk of failure is not small.
Another charm puppet clone also has the potential to be promoted to the third level of high quality.
The illusion method of the charm clone mainly relies on the power of the soul possessed by the second life, so it is not in a hurry.
The two puppet clones join forces, which is enough to suppress the general Pill Formation Overhaul.
“Unfortunately, the materials for making a supernatural peacock puppet are still lacking. Moreover, with the existing puppet skills and heritage, the success rate is too low.”
Lu Changan is a little regretful, he has to find a way to obtain the core puppet inheritance of Qianji Sect, including the technique of puppet array.
…
After Lu Changan left the customs, the maid Yun Ling presented a jade slip.
“Mr. Xu, this is the latest information on the demonic war sent by the Pavilion Master.”
Nowadays, Lu Changan does not have to do it himself for routine intelligence on the demonic war.
Xuanyin Pavilion has a complete intelligence organization. Due to Lu Changan, the leader of Niyue Pavilion will pay special attention to this aspect of intelligence.
The Demonic War was restarted and lasted for four to five years.
“The lucky son of Jing Kingdom, ‘Ling Yu Zhenjun’, has never been seen during this war.”
Lu Changan checked the information in the jade slips.
Among them, the one who influenced the war pattern, Zhenjun Lingyu, was his key target.
Although True Lord Ling Yu did not show up, Beast King Valley did not invade the Jing Kingdom on a large scale, but instead placed some of its targets on the Heng Kingdom in the east and rear of the Feng Kingdom.
Hengguo is a small and medium-sized immortal cultivation country similar to Jingguo. It does not have fourth-level spiritual veins.
Back when Lu Changan was in Wangyue Fairy City to form the Immortal Golden Pill, Granny Yan and Zhu Yuting he met were Hengguo monks.
Lu Changan once considered this place as an option to escape and cultivate, but now it seems that there is no way to escape the fate of the invasion of demons.
“The old palace master of Aoyue Palace, ‘Long Yue Zhenjun’, died in battle on the demonic battlefield and was killed by the Great Elder of Beast King Valley.”
After the restart of the Demonic War, this is the news of the death of the first True Lord of the Defending Alliance.
Lu Changan secretly thought that thanks to the successful relay of Aoyue Palace more than ten years ago, a new Nascent Soul Lord was born, who was Xia Wenyue's master.
Otherwise, the Nascent Soul inheritance of Aoyue Palace may be cut off in today’s general environment.
“Zhang Tianfeng, who was promoted to the late stage of alchemy a few years ago, seriously injured a well-known alchemy major in the Demonic Path a year ago, killed two true alchemy monks in the Beast King Valley, and became famous in the demonic battlefield.”
At the same time, Lu Changan also learned information about his old friend.
Today, Zhang Tieshan has a great reputation in the Wei Dao League, and ranks among the top three in the list of meritorious deeds among Alchemy monks!
For those monks who have made many achievements in battle, the League of Defenders will give heavy rewards.
The valuable resources that can be redeemed on the battle merit list even made Lu Changan tempted.
“Spiritual creature that creates a baby! A creature that transforms calamity!”
Among them, the top Nascent Soul-level opportunity is extremely tempting to the Danjie monks, and all the major sects are also keen on it.
The highest reward is a low-quality Infant Transformation Pill!
When Lu Changan heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he almost had the idea of gaining military exploits.
After all, his own strength was outstanding among the others during the pill formation stage. Liang Shaotian, Peacock Saint and other top alchemy masters are no match for him.
“Don’t fall for the Weideo League’s tricks!”
Lu Changan understood that the purpose of the Wei Dao League was to encourage monks to fight bravely against the enemy, alleviate the conflicts and dissatisfaction between the middle and lower classes, and give some hope of promotion.
Forced recruitment alone is not enough.
If they are not given any sweetness and have no hope of promotion to the upper levels, how can those middle- and high-level monks be willing to fight on the battlefield?
Lu Changan estimated that the Infant Transformation Pill and the Infant Formation Spiritual Object will most likely end up in the hands of the Pill Formation monks of the major sects, leaving casual cultivators with little hope.
Moreover, the top ones on the battle merit list must be the key targets of the Beast King Valley, and may even be targeted by the Nascent Soul Lord.
…
Lu Changan’s established plan has not wavered!
In order to obtain more accurate information.
After the third-level puppet was first formed, he quietly left Feng Yuan Kingdom, let the bamboo hat assassin puppet enter Liang Kingdom, and met with Xing Peng.
This time, Lu Changan received shocking news.
According to Xing Peng, Beast King Valley paid a heavy price to invite the mysterious and supreme master of Wujian Sect.
The lucky son of Jing Kingdom may have been restrained by the leader of the Wujian Sect.
The leader of the Wujian Sect possesses the "faceless" disguise treasure, which can be transformed into thousands of identities, making it impossible to guard against.
In the past hundreds of years, the master of the Wujian Sect has rarely taken any action. Whenever he takes action, the Nascent Soul Lord from the hostile forces will surely fall, especially those in the middle Nascent Soul stage.
“The collision between the son of luck and the master of Wujie Sect, I don’t know who will win or lose.”
Lu Changan became interested.
Unfortunately, this level of duel game is beyond his ability to spy on.
While going back, the puppet clone smoothly stabilized the "Gu God's Forbidden" in Zhou Qingxuan's sea of consciousness.
Lu Changan's exclusive restriction has reached a higher level with the improvement of Yuanying realm, and it is difficult for ordinary true kings to resolve it.
The Zhou family of Yujuju has two pieces of news, one good and one bad.
Good news, in the past few years, a True Alchemy monk has been born in the Beast Control Zhou family.
It has to be said that the outbreak of the war made it easier for some upper-level resources to circulate.
The bad news is.
Zhou Qingxuan, the ancestor of the Zhou family, only had a few decades left in his life, and the original third-level spirit beast of the Zhen clan was already old and eventually died on the battlefield in exchange for military exploits.
Lu Changan had calculated that Zhou Qingxuan was twenty years younger than him and could at least live until he was promoted to the later stage of Jindan.
On the contrary, Shi Xianzi, even though she took the third-level life-extending pill to extend her life for twenty years, her life span now only lasts for more than ten years.
…
Returning to the oasis mountain gate of Xuanyin Pavilion, Lu Changan continued to practice quietly, collecting materials to strengthen the third-level high-grade puppet.
Another three years have passed.
Lu Changan’s age reached 288 years old.
On this day, the autumn fairy who went out brought back an unusual guest.
That was an elegant man with silver hair and a snow robe, walking side by side with the Autumn Fairy, like a couple of gods.
“Pavilion Master, this is Mr. Cedar, the elder of Snow Mountain Holy Land.”
The autumn fairy, who used to be cold and cold, seems to have melted winter snow, with a tender smile in her eyes.
Fairy Niyue took a deep look at Fairy Qiu and suppressed the unhappiness in her heart.
She naturally saw that Xuanyin Pavilion’s youngest true alchemy female cultivator was no longer perfect.
As the elder of Xuanyin Pavilion’s True Alchemy, he was actually good at making decisions and brought people from Feng Yuan Kingdom’s Snow Mountain Holy Land back to the mountain gate.
“This Qiu Fairy has been obsessed with the Heavenly Master and ghosts, and cannot distinguish priorities.”
Before the two arrived, Lu Changan had a subtle reaction and noticed this scene.
It can only be said that the rank of Tianshi is high enough. Fairy Qiu's previous attitude towards "Mr. Xu" was lukewarm, rather reserved and aloof, but now her elbows are turned outward.
“Mr. Cedar, please come in.”
Fairy Niyue smiled and politely welcomed Mr. Xuesong to the main hall of Xuanyin Pavilion.
In any case, Snow Mountain Holy Land and Xuanyin Pavilion have friendly relations and maintain a good relationship.
The current Mr. Xuesong is in the late stage of pill formation and major cultivation.
In the main hall, Fairy Niyue and Mr. Xuesong chatted alone for a long time.
Lu Changan did not rush into spiritual exploration.
Mr. Xuesong did not leave that day, but stayed overnight in Xuanyin Pavilion.
At night, Fairy Niyue found Lu Changan and explained Mr. Xuesong’s intentions.
“Elder Xuesong came over to propose marriage and wanted Xiaoqiu to become the concubine of the Heavenly Master.”
Fairy Niyue looked worried, not knowing whether it was a blessing or a curse.
If Fairy Qiu leaves, Xuanyin Pavilion will lose a true elixir female elder.
Even though the gift from the Snow Mountain Holy Land was very generous, including a Crystal Condensing Pill.
"Promise? This is a good thing. Xuanyin Pavilion has found a big backer."
Lu Changan said in a relaxed tone.
He is half an outsider, and it doesn't matter.
“At the same time, Snow Mountain Holy Land is willing to contribute to help Xuanyin Pavilion build a third-level high-grade spiritual vein gate. However, Xuanyin Pavilion must listen to Snow Mountain Holy Land’s orders and perform certain tasks.”
Fairy Niyue added.
Tianshi is not a concubine, but his feelings are that he wants the entire Xuanyin Pavilion to become a subsidiary force of Feng Yuan Kingdom.
At present, Xuanyin Pavilion is rooted in the outer sect alliance area, relatively free and developing smoothly.
The Waizong League is located on the edge of the tribal power of Fengyuan Kingdom and belongs to the newly developed desert territory. This place gathers monks from all walks of life, including immigrants from Feng Yuan Kingdom and fugitives.
The Outer Sect Alliance does not have fourth-level spiritual veins, and there is no True Lord Nascent Soul sitting in command.
But behind the scenes, there is the secret support of Yuanying Zhenjun from the two sects.
Snow Mountain Holy Land's influence on the foreign sect alliance is actually relatively limited, as the latter only nominally belongs to Feng Yuan Kingdom's sphere of influence.
The Waizongmeng once went to war with the tribes of Feng Yuan Kingdom, but it was settled later.
The existence of the Foreign Clan Alliance promoted the trade prosperity of Feng Yuan Kingdom. As long as it does not affect his own core interests, the Celestial Master turns a blind eye.
…
The next morning, Elder Xuesong came to visit Lu Changan’s cave.
Lu Changan had expected this.
Elder Xuesong, representing the will of the Heavenly Master, will inevitably come to test his own feet.
At this time, you must not show your timidity.
Lu Changan generously welcomed Elder Xuesong in and had a secret conversation in the tea room.
Elder Xuesong, behaves elegantly, and the snow robe on his body is of exquisite workmanship and does not contain any dust or dirt.
Even the tea that Yun Ling brought was flicked by this person to shake off the tiny bits of dirt hidden at the bottom of the cup.
Lu Changan suspected that this person had mysophobia.
“Mr. Xuesong, please have some tea.”
Hearing this, Elder Xuesong took a sip of the spiritual tea, frowned slightly, and then did not touch even a drop.
“What is the connection between Mr. Xu and ‘Master Lihuo’? Why do you take care of his descendants for no reason?”
Elder Xuesong put down his tea cup and glanced at the direction Yun Ling left.
A seemingly casual remark hits the point directly.
Lu Changan noticed a vague sense of prying eyes at this time, but maintained a calm expression.
“Senior Celestial Master performed the ‘Spirit Enchanting Technique’ and came to visit. Xu was flattered.”
Lu Changan was not polite and saw through the identity and reality of the Heavenly Master face to face.
Elder Xuesong, who is currently possessed by the Heavenly Master, is in the late stage of pill formation, but at critical moments, the Heavenly Master's magical power can come through the air, and he can exert his strength at the threshold of the Nascent Soul in a short period of time.
“Mr. Xu, he is indeed a mysterious person in the hidden world. Pindao’s ‘spirit possessing method’ is difficult to detect in the non-fighting state and at the Nascent Soul stage.”
Elder Xuesong showed slight surprise on his face and admitted it frankly.
It turns out that the elder Xuesong in front of him is the true will of the Heavenly Master of Feng Yuan Kingdom.
“Xu has been in the realm of the Outer Sect Alliance for many years and has never heard of the Heavenly Master coming here in person. But has he made an agreement with the Nascent Soul Lord of the two sects?”
Lu Changan asked curiously.
“Although there is no explicit agreement, this Heavenly Master has a tacit understanding with those two old monsters, and the water in the well does not interfere with the river.”
Xue Song nodded.
There is another reason. After leaving the tribal area of Feng Yuan Kingdom, his magical power has been reduced.
Most of the nearby Nascent Soul Lords know this.
Liang Kingdom is one of the immortal-cultivating countries closest to Feng Yuan Kingdom in the Wei Dao League.
At that time, Zhenren Lihuo had a certain understanding of the Celestial Master.
This is also the reason why Lu Changan dared to face the person possessed by the Celestial Master.
Tianshi is both a Taoist monk, and is even more at home than Lu Changan, and basically never leaves an acre of land.
As long as he stays in the Holy Land of Snow Mountain and the hinterland of Feng Yuan Kingdom, Tianshi can be compared to the middle stage of Yuanying, and no one around the Yuanying old monster can threaten him.
There are certain risks if you leave this area.
“Mr. Xu, I haven’t answered the question just now.”
Xue Song just answered Lu Changan's question and asked again.
According to his calculations, the cause of this problem may involve Lu Changan's heels.
“The answer is simple.”
Lu Changan smiled lightly and said truthfully:
"Yun Ling's previous life was the reincarnation of the maid on Little Turtle Peak. When we meet again, I just take care of her."
“Reincarnation?”
This answer was beyond the Celestial Master's expectation and was truly surprising.
Involving the secret of reincarnation, confirming the identity of previous reincarnations is not something ordinary Yuanying can do.
As a fourth-level divination master, the Celestial Master can only roughly judge the identity of the previous life through divination calculations when he meets an old friend from reincarnation in person.
As for Lu Changan, his divination skills have not reached the fourth level, but he can determine his identity.
I wanted to explore Lu Changan’s background, but the final answer made the Heavenly Master face a lot of mystery.
“If the Heavenly Master doesn’t believe it, it’s not difficult to confirm the situation of Yun Ling’s heels when the answer is already known, and then work backwards to confirm.”
Lu Changan is so confident because the information barrier established with the "Nine Seal Monument" and the secret of reincarnation naturally blocks divination calculations.
The Heavenly Master will only fall deeper and deeper into confusion if he extrapolates in this direction.
As long as you can't see through his heels, with the prudence of a heavenly master, a wise man will be wary and will not dare to threaten Lu Changan.
Moreover, Lu Changan now initially has the means to protect himself and escape in front of True Lord Yuanying.
Even if the Heavenly Master comes to the foreign sect alliance in person and its strength is greatly reduced, Lu Changan will not be afraid and have no strength to resist.
“There are many wonders in the world. Mr. Xu opened my eyes.”
The Heavenly Master opened his eyes, and after reasoning backwards, he found that what Lu Changan said was true.
He couldn't help but sigh, and his tone of voice became a bit more humble.
After this calculation, he faced an unfathomable mystery, and Lu Changan's whereabouts could not be explored.
In this way, I am afraid that only the ten Xuanmen sects in the Central Region can work together to make a plan.
“The Heavenly Master is full of praise. If you discuss the divination, Xu will look up to the mountain and stop.”
Lu Changan said politely.
It’s better to go too far and he doesn’t have to be pretentious.
Even if you deceive the Heavenly Master, you must remain humble and low-key.
The chat that followed was in a pleasant atmosphere, as if both parties were on equal terms with each other.
The topic of the Heavenly Master went around to the ten sects of Xuanmen, trying to find out Lu Changan's purpose.
Lu Changan was very tight-lipped about the topic of the "Ten Sects of Xuanmen", but said that he was friends rather than enemies with the Heavenly Masters, and had no dealings with the six demonic sects.
Chatted for half an hour.
The Heavenly Master discovered that Lu Changan was knowledgeable and his vision was at least at the Yuanying level.
Even the state boundaries outside "Qingzhou", Lu Changan can tell a thing or two, and he knows some human geography.
This makes the Celestial Master who has been living at home all day feel ashamed.
From this, he was sure that even if Lu Changan was not part of the Xuanmen Ten Sects, he was still a Yuanying old monster who had taken possession of his body or been reincarnated, and he was definitely not a good person.
…
That afternoon, Elder Xuesong said goodbye and left without mentioning the concubinage, leaving Xuanyin Pavilion as a vassal force.
Inside the cave, Lu Changan breathed a sigh of relief.
Having been "talking and laughing" with the old monster Yuanying for half an hour, I felt exhausted mentally and every word I used must be careful and precise.
Had he not really experienced the fourth life of the Nascent Soul, and his conversation and knowledge were consistent with his status, there would be no way he could have fooled the Celestial Master.
The kind of picture-book biography of a foundation-building, elixir-forming monk who has no relevant experience and knowledge and can suppress the True Monarch Yuan Ying is simply a joke.
When you really meet the old monster Yuanying, your mood will be slightly disturbed, and any loopholes in your words will be seen through at a glance.
In this conversation, Lu Changan learned two important pieces of information:
First of all, the situation of the Heavenly Master is not as transcendent as imagined. He sits aloft and watches the clouds rise and fall around him.
The Heavenly Master is not only afraid of the Six Demonic Sects, but also has long-term concerns.
At the same time, a few Yuanying old monsters from the two sects have gotten involved and spied on the border areas of Feng Yuan Kingdom.
The boundary between the two religions is in chaos. There are a few Yuanying old monsters who cannot survive and intend to migrate to Feng Yuan Kingdom.
Lu Changan suspected that there might be important secrets in the Snow Mountain Holy Land for outsiders to peek into.
The forces of the two religious branches in the Outer Sect Alliance are secretly supported by the old monster Yuanying.
It's just that the Celestial Master is proficient in divination and rarely leaves his homeland. It is difficult for the Yuanying old monsters in the two sects to find a breakthrough.
Second, it concerns the core inheritance of Thousand Machines Sect.
As for the details of the two religious branches’ alliance outside the sect, the Heavenly Master knew all about it and answered it.
Lu Changan realized that the Heavenly Master might want to help him to proactively resolve crises in the future, instead of being passively defensive and keeping the door closed.
“The Thousand Machines Sect branch of the Outer Sect Alliance actually has quasi-fourth-level puppets, and it also controls the third-level puppet army. Even if the True Monarch Yuanying comes to kill, they can resist it.”
“The branch of the Five Poison Sect has fourth-level poison and soul poison, which can threaten the True Monarch Nascent Soul.”
Lu Changan was quite surprised when he learned about the trump cards of the two branches of religion.
If you had just entered the middle stage of the Golden Core and overcame Fang Zhen, who was in the major repair of the Core Formation, and thought that you could look down on the foreign sect alliance and be invincible at the Nascent Soul stage, you would be totally wrong.
Lu Changan suspected that the Heavenly Master had revealed so much in the hope that he would be tempted to take action, conflict with the branches of the two religions, and reduce the latter's strength.
But this is a conspiracy.
Even if Lu Changan knew about it, he still had to find corresponding resources to increase his trump card against True Lord Yuanying.
Lu Changan plans to wait until the late third stage of body refining, or after being promoted to the late stage of golden elixir, and then take a long-term approach to this matter.
In the earlier chapters, I found that some readers thought that reincarnation was too high-end, and felt that it was exaggerated when it touched on the surface. In fact, it was actually the setting of the book.
Among mortals, when Old Demon Han was in the Nascent Soul stage, he also met several reincarnated old friends. One of them was Formation Master Xin Ruyin in his impression, and there were a few others he had forgotten.
In our country’s classical mythology, such as Liaozhai, there are some female ghosts or scholars who are not great cultivators. Immortals also have relationships with previous lives. These are all relatively down-to-earth secrets of reincarnation. In Journey to the West, the underworld that controls the six paths of reincarnation is not that high-level. It is nothing more than the rules for the normal operation of the world, similar to the five elements.
The protagonist of this book, the Golden Finger Nine-Seal Stele, is a treasure based on the rules of reincarnation. After becoming a high-level monk, it is reasonable for him to get involved in reincarnation for the first time and meet people from his previous life.
(End of this chapter)