Chapter 377 The Road to Nascent Soul (2)
“Elder Xiang.”
On the way to Zixia Peak, the monks on the road were respectful and polite. There are some strange looks among them, although they are hidden deeply.
In the past three years, Lu Changan went to the Taishang Elder's cave every seven days. During the period of recuperation, Zhenjun Zixia trusted him unconditionally.
Such frequent visits, interactions, and unusual relationships have caused some rumors to spread in the Yunxia Sect's power camp and even in the world of immortal cultivation in Dayu Kingdom.
In various versions, there is speculation about the "concubine" relationship between Xiang Dalong and Fairy Zixia.
In the eyes of the top leaders of the forces in Dayu Kingdom, Xiang Dalong and True Lord Zixia are joining forces, making the Yunxia Sect's situation more stable and eliminating one weak point.
“Elder Xiang, please come in.”
Hu Ang greeted Xiang Dalong with a low eyebrow and a submissive look. He had already become numb and adapted to Xiang Dalong's visit, or private meeting.
"Um."
Lu Changan didn’t say much. Every time he came here, Juan would guard the door.
Because Fairy Zixia trusted this direct disciple, she entrusted him to guard the door to block other visitors and avoid being disturbed.
The night was dark and windy, and Xiang Dalong did not come out for a long time.
Hu Ang, who was outside the cave, had a strange look in his eyes, realizing that Xiang Dalong's "visit" this time was different from the past.
One day, two days, three days…
Ju Ang's already stagnant heart was filled with inexplicable anxiety and a strong sense of ominous premonition.
His expression changed from gloomy to sunny, the secretly clenched fists and the secret technique of explosive seeds were finally put down with a silent sigh.
It has only been more than ten years since I was promoted to Dan Dan, and I have not even reached the middle stage of True Dan. With the absolute strength gap, he had no room for gaming.
Three years of suffering left Hu Ang disheartened. He was convinced that the loyalty of his former Taoist companions had been betrayed, both physically and mentally.
Once his identity is exposed, Jiang Ziyan may be more active than Xiang Dalong in silencing him as an outlier.
…
Three days and nights.
The Supreme Elder’s bedroom was in a mess everywhere.
Collapsing gum curtains; cracked walls, deformed exquisite and expensive furniture; scattered elegant purple palace skirts, fragrant hairpins and silk ribbons, wrinkled stockings and embroidered shoes...
In the pool adjacent to the dormitory, mist and clouds are rising, and the fragrance of immortality is curling up.
At this time, a fit and bald man stood up from the pool with his bare feet, steamed the water from his body, and put on a set of blue robes.
“Zi Yan, while I’m out training, if it’s not necessary, you’d better not leave the sect and focus on cultivation.”
Lu Changan felt refreshed and had some free time, so he gave instructions.
"Um…"
The Jurchen in the pool responded weakly.
Wow!
In the mist-shrouded pool, a white arm with soft lines emerged, like a flawless jade lotus root, hanging by the edge of the pool.
Under the water, Zixia Fairy's hazy ice jade body is as beautiful as a dream, but she lies limply in the water, unable to even speak.
After Lu Changan turned around, he couldn't help but be startled. Under the calm mind of a holy Buddha, he couldn't help but feel a faint sense of guilt.
Since the completion of body refining, Lu Changan has never been so unrestrained, enjoying himself, and not being compassionate enough.
After Xia Wenyue's incident, for several decades, he escaped to foreign lands, practiced hard in dormancy, and stayed away from women.
Xia Wenyue's time was when the other party was just having **** for the first time. Lu Changan was too physically strong, so he felt pity and didn't dare to completely let go of his hands and feet.
This time, it is the first time in three generations that the achievement of "bathing with the Nascent Soul Fairy" has been unlocked.
This is a brand new experience that none of the three Nascent Soul memories have.
Facing the Jurchen Lord, with her extraordinary toughness, Lu Changan has indulged himself without any scruples for hundreds of years, truly enjoying himself and feeling refreshed to the bone and soul.
"Dalong, don't break your promise. I'm waiting for you to come back..."
After a long time, Jiang Ziyan regained her breath, and her beautiful porcelain-like face emerged from the water, shy and angry, and her skin, which could be broken by blows, showed a light red ripple.
Lu Changan noticed the resentment in Jurchen Jun's tone.
Three days ago, he asked Zhenjun Zixia for instructions on this far journey.
As a result, the Nascent Soul Fairy, who was in charge of a sect, did not allow him to leave easily.
The reason is that he is worried that Lu Changan will never come back and never come back.
Lu Changan can only promise that after he has gained experience and completed the elixir, he will definitely return to Yunxia Sect to attack Yuanying, and will stay in Dayuan for some years.
As if they had experienced an oath of eternal love, the two fell in love again, breaking the last taboo.
Originally, Lu Changan still had some concerns.
Fairy Zixia was angry and said bluntly that the skin of the Heavenly Spirit Root was saved by the other party, and she should repay her kindness. This relationship does not require any psychological burden on each other, nor does Lu Changan need to promise that his status will be permanently bound to the Yunxia Sect.
Lu Changan no longer had any scruples, and fell in love with the Yuanying female cultivator for the first time in the foreign land of Great Abyss.
Even in the long life of a longevity person, this is a remarkable chapter.
“The best magic weapon that Zi Yan needs, I remember that after ‘Jing Tianzhenjun’ left the Ancient Nether Palace, he seemed to have one, and it still has the attributes of wind and cloud. When there is an opportunity in the future, I will help introduce it and facilitate the transaction.”
Before Lu Changan left, he left another message to reassure the Lord Zixia so that he would not cause unnecessary trouble by going out to collect materials.
Although he does not want to be restricted by any female nun, he still does not hesitate to take proper care of him within his ability.
“The best magic weapon with wind and cloud attributes!”
Hearing this, Jiang Ziyan’s lavender star-like eyes were filled with surprise.
Having possessed Zhenzong’s top-quality magic weapon, she has reached the peak of the early stage of Yuanying. Her fighting skills and self-protection ability have greatly increased among those at the same level, and she has become one of the veteran Yuanyings.
At that time, you will not be at a disadvantage in a single fight with True Monarch Red Snake.
Given Jiang Ziyan’s steady understanding of Xiang Dalong, now that she has opened this door, she must have a lot of confidence.
Her eyebrows stretched, and she thought to herself: "It's not in vain that Ben Zhenjun opens his heart to give and retain him. With Xiang Dalong's character, he can finally get his sincerity. With Ben Zhenjun's unparalleled charm, he can stay in Yunxia for a long time." Zong, it’s not impossible…”
Of course Fairy Zixia didn’t know that even without this frank confrontation, it was Lu Changan’s long-awaited plan to trade the top magic weapon [Wind and Cloud Fan] to her.
…
Lu Changan, who had just passed away in spring, left the Zixia Peak Cave Mansion and did not pay attention to Hu Ang, who was forced to smile with his face and lost his soul.
Lu Changan pretended to return to the main peak cave and left the Yunxia Sect that night without anyone noticing.
Only Fairy Zixia's Nascent Soul consciousness could barely capture the traces of his departure.
Lu Changan went out in private, so his traces and routes would not be revealed, and with the help of divination, he was not too worried about being ambushed.
Three years ago, they were ambushed by Dashan Mountain because the two of them appeared in public in Yuntian City and on their way back to the sect in Dayu Kingdom.
The enemy Yuanying knows the approximate direction and time of the route, and coupled with the many methods of the beast control sect, there is a possibility of squatting.
In addition, Lu Changan speculated that there were high-level divination objects that obscured the secrets of the Great Snake Mountain operation. Because when he left Yuntian City, he divined the bad luck and found no abnormality.
If there are powerful and ancient fourth-level heavenly secret objects, even if the "Celestial Master" of Feng Yuan Kingdom takes action personally, they will be greatly disturbed and restricted.
This time out, Lu Changan not only went to the Alchemy Alliance to refine the Infant Transformation Pill, but also traveled for several years on the way.
Traveling can not only sharpen your mind, but also look for other opportunities to have a baby and try your luck.
Since it is a trip, Lu Changan will not rush at full speed, but will slow down appropriately.
He plans to "circle" most of the Central Territory, hiding his identity, passing through various major strategic fairy cities, and finally settling on the Alchemy Alliance.
Of course, those war zones where evil forces are rampant and extremely chaotic should be avoided if possible.
Two months later.
Lu Changan left Dayu Country leisurely and heard some gossip about himself.
During this period, Lu Changan quietly approached the Yunxia Sect to observe the changes in the sect's luck.
Two months after taking away the "Xuantian Gourd Vine", the Yunxia Sect's luck has not changed significantly.
This is in line with his speculation.
Xuantian Gourd Vine brings an "increase" in luck, which accumulates slowly and is not a fixed value.
Even if Xuantian Huteng leaves and the fortune of the cultivating forces declines, it will be a slow decline process.
And it’s not necessarily a decline.
If the sect is run properly and capable people emerge in large numbers, after Xuanteng leaves, the subsequent fortune may maintain an upward trend.
This result made Lu Changan more and more sure of his sect’s lucky star identity.
“I wonder what the development momentum of Jinyun Valley, which was under the leadership of Lao Zhang after he left Daqing, is now?”
Lu Changan remembered that after Xuantian Gourd Vine sprouted, he planted it in Jinyun Valley for a while.
…
On this day, outside the border of Daeyu Kingdom.
A middle-aged traveling businessman with yellowish skin and a dusty face fell into a desolate mountain.
“Friend Lu Dao.”
On the hillside, there was a man in green armor who had been waiting for a long time. He was wearing a green bamboo hat. He couldn't see clearly the fangs inside, and he was communicating directly with Lu Changan.
The man in green armor who looks like an attendant is a fourth-level puppet in disguise, led by Master Wei, who has been traveling outside for more than ten years.
“Master Wei, have you gained anything from these years of experience?”
The middle-aged traveling businessman played by Lu Changan has shrewd eyes and a philistine smooth temperament. He smiles and looks at the fourth-order puppet he has not seen for many years.
“Now, my puppet spirit can’t make any progress. The gains from previous travels may occasionally inspire me, but it still cannot transform and improve the puppet spirit.”
Master Wei's tone was calm, much less aggressive than he was at the beginning, and he was not discouraged by his failure in promotion. He is refining puppets and inheriting the ancient Thousand Machines Sect, and most of the fourth-level puppets are like him. Although it can compete with Nascent Soul's cultivation at the level of mana, there is a gap at the level of soul.
True fourth-level puppets are also very rare in the Thousand Machines Sect, and they belong to a level that Master Wei Puppet has never set foot in during his lifetime.
Lu Changan learned about the situation and pondered: "The areas that Mr. Wei traveled to before were limited to the areas around the Yunxia Sect's influence, and they were not completely integrated into a certain life and profession, so there were some limitations."
Puppet Master Wei’s previous travels were not only geographically restricted, but also only observed and comprehended in a certain place, which was not grounded enough or selfless enough.
"Friend Lu Dao, what you said makes sense. This time I will travel with you to various places in the Central Territory to see the elegance of the civilization that cultivates immortals in various places in the Great Abyss."
Wei Puppet Master accepted it humbly. Over the years of getting along with each other and getting to know Lu Changan, he let go of his former arrogance and became more humble.
If he fails to be promoted to the True Fourth Level Puppet, he will not be indispensable under Lu Changan.
“In the next few years, Mr. Wei will call me Dongjia.”
Lu Changan explained.
Master Wei nodded, looked at Lu Changan, who looked like a middle-aged traveling businessman carrying a large box and cage on his back, and understood his position for this trip.
From now on, he will be Lu Changan's bodyguard.
Wow!
A yellow-haired native dog appeared on the other side of Lu Changan, rubbing his trouser legs affectionately.
“Fallowing his master’s instructions, the mouse has mastered the canine form of transfiguration.”
The yellow-haired native dog wags its tail and spits out human sounds.
"good."
Lu Changan nodded in approval. The Earth Rock Rat left the sect and resumed some of his previous diligence and progress.
From now on, rock rats will not only have to find their own food in the wild, but also sometimes have to provide food for their owners, including exploring paths, guarding, keeping vigil, etc.
A desolate and poor place.
One person, one puppet and one pet, the elongated shadows in the dusk are hidden in the wind and dust.
…
Two years later.
Lu Changan traveled through several power sectors in the Central Region, passing by large and small immortal cultivation forces.
As a traveling merchant, Lu Changan did business with all kinds of monks, not even limited to humans.
Lu Changan has a lot of useless resources at hand, and has a variety of immortal cultivation skills. He can make a lot of profit from every transaction.
Due to his extraordinary vision, Lu Changan could occasionally "pick up mistakes" in his transactions with middle- and low-level monks.
Individual lost spiritual objects and treasures may even have certain effects and value to high-level monks.
Of course, as a foreign businessman, if you occasionally leak money, you will inevitably be stolen by evil cultivators, or be slaughtered as fat sheep by local indigenous people.
However, all the monks who had the idea of this pair of traveling merchants completely disappeared from the world without exception.
Whenever encountering this kind of thing, the rock rat will be more excited and can give it a toothpaste to change its taste.
When you encounter weakness, you become weak; when you encounter strength, you become strong.
This is the traveling merchant group that Lu Changan belongs to. They travel around the world and do business with monks from all walks of life.
General monks cannot see the true cultivation level and details at all.
Even if you are the True Monarch of Nascent Soul, you have to carefully investigate or have close contact to see the clues.
Of course, Lu Changan never takes the initiative to cause trouble or harm the interests of others. The few cases where someone takes action are forced to do so in self-defense.
In addition, this group of traveling merchants only stayed briefly in each area, and their whereabouts were uncertain, so they did not attract much attention from the local forces.
…
That evening, Lu Changan left from a small market town where a cultivating family lived.
Actually, Lu Changan had no intention of staying in the market town. This place was just a small trading base for the foundation-building and immortal cultivating family, not even a market.
“Master, the boy from yesterday has not shown up yet. Will he break his promise?”
Leaving the market town, the yellow-haired native dog transformed from the rock rat,
“It’s okay, I’m just looking for guidance. Is there any loss in this transaction?”
Lu Changan packed his bags and left the market town accompanied by guards and local dogs.
“Senior.”
●Just after arriving at the intersection of the market town, a panting young man in yellow ran over with sweat on his head.
“Senior Lu, according to the direction you pointed out, I found Xiaohong.”
The young man in yellow shed tears of gratitude and bowed.
For this trip, Lu Changan used his real surname. Anyway, no one in Dayuan knew about Lu Changan, and the person he used was not his true appearance.
The young man in yellow is named Huang Fan, and he is a casual cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining.
The "Xiao Hong" he refers to is called Huan Hongniang. She is a confidante whom she met when she first entered the immortal world. She shared hardships together at the bottom of the world of immortality, helped each other, and made a private decision for life.
However, in the past seven days, Huan Hongniang suddenly left without saying goodbye, disappeared, and could not be found.
Huang Fan was so anxious that he sought medical treatment and sought help from passing merchants.
Because several casual cultivators in the town who were in the middle and late stages of qi refining had transactions with Lu Youshang, and everyone was very happy and behaved very politely.
Lu Changan agreed to Huang Fan’s commission.
He traveled all the way doing business, and meeting each other was a fate, and he did not refuse transactions or entrustments at all levels.
Therefore, Lu Changan did some divination and calculation, and pointed out the general direction based on the clues left by Xiao Hong.
“Xiaohong.”
Huang Fan turned around and called softly.
Under the moonlit night, ten feet away from behind, there is a girl in red dress with fluffy hair and light body. She is shyly hiding behind the trees, watching quietly, like a deer half dodging, not daring to come closer.
“The matchmaker is unfamiliar, I hope my seniors will forgive me.”
Huang Fan touched his head and apologized sheepishly.
"Um."
Lu Changan glanced at the girl in red clothes in the distance, nodded slightly, and said nothing.
The yellow-haired native dog at his feet, seeing the girl in red clothes, instinctively tensed up his body, his eyes darkened, and then lay lazily on the ground.
“According to my previous promise, as long as I can find Xiaohong, I am willing to give the most precious thing in my body.”
After Huang Fan finished speaking, he took out his ancestral tooth-shaped pendant and presented it to Lu Changan respectfully.
“Little friend Huang, I have both money and goods.”
Lu Changan smiled brightly and pinched the tooth-shaped pendant in his hand. The latter was not damaged and he put it away.
After a few more pleasantries, Lu Changan reached out and patted Huang Fan on the shoulder before leaving.
Huang Fan respectfully sent the middle-aged businessman away, and suddenly felt that in the place where he had been photographed, qi, blood and mana were flowing freely, and the bottleneck in the middle stage of qi refining that had been stagnant for several years was faintly loosened.
“Ahuang.”
After confirming that the traveling merchant group was really far away, Huan Hongniang, who was hiding behind a tree, breathed a sigh of relief and came over with a smile on her face.
…
"interesting."
Lu Changan, who had traveled dozens of miles, made some calculations and smiled thoughtfully.
Huang Fan’s ancestral strange tooth pendant seems to come from some ancient monster. It is too old and has almost lost its spirituality. Its strength cannot be shattered by his body-refining power.
That Huan Hongniang’s heels are not simple, and the specific source cannot be deduced.
“Master, why didn’t you get rid of the demons and punish the evil just now?”
Di Yanjun remembered that Lu Changan had taken over the task of exterminating monsters before, and he eradicated monsters that were eating people and harmed them, and received rewards.
“This is a human tracing transaction, not a demon elimination mission. However, it seems that you are also a demon, and you have eaten...”
Lu Changan took his time and looked at it with a half-smile.
Di Yanjun's hair stood on end, he couldn't help but shrink his head with a guilty conscience, and escaped into the ground.
…
One year later, Lu Changan entered the Sang Kingdom, an ordinary country that cultivated immortals in the southeast corner of the Central Territory, which was on the edge of the Central Territory.
Lu Changan walked on the wind, accompanied by green-armored guards and yellow-haired dogs.
On this day, he performed a divination as usual.
During his travels, he often used divination techniques to practice and improve his skills.
The first is to predict the approximate bad or bad direction.
The second is for certain entrusted transactions, such as finding people and finding objects, telling fortunes for others, etc.
“Hey! After coming to Dayuan for so many years, I finally encountered a superior hexagram, and the auspicious star shines brightly.”
Lu Changan couldn't help but be overjoyed after completing his calculation.
In his previous travels, he only occasionally divined small fortunes, such as Huang Fan and Huan Hongniang before.
In the past hundreds of years, the overall fortune was average to low, and he encountered a fateful disaster and came to the Great Abyss.
However, blessings and misfortunes in life have their ups and downs, and it is impossible to have bad luck and many disasters all the time.
“Sure enough, if you work behind closed doors, you will have fewer opportunities. On this trip, just follow your heart and destiny, accumulate good and eliminate evil along the way, and things will turn around.”
Lu Changan secretly thought that since he was lucky enough to enter the country of Sang, he would stay here for a while.
(End of this chapter)