In this way, Luo Hong spent his days drinking tea and wine, understanding the formations, and practicing with Jade Dragon Wine. Two years passed in the blink of an eye.
Until one day, a white and a yellow escaping light flew from the sky. After hovering in a circle outside the protective formation of Youth Garden, they transformed into a suave man and a charming and lovely woman respectively.
"Senior Brother Liu, you see what I said is right. The Eighth Junior Brother has managed this garden in a prosperous manner. Even I am a little envious. There are countless jealous people in the family!"
Zhong Weiniang had a smile on her face, and her smart eyes kept stealing glances at Liu Jing's side face.
"Very good, very good. I know that Junior Brother Luo is not a thing in the pool. He is cautious and conscientious in his work, and he is humble and polite. His achievements today are all the result of his own efforts. He is much better than my senior brother who relies on his family.
Got it!"
Luo Hong's foundation building was the best news Liu Jing heard after coming out of isolation, and he sighed sincerely at the moment.
"Senior Brother Liu, there is no need to belittle yourself. You are now a monk in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and you are the well-deserved number one among the nine disciples of Master! Hehe, I heard that the day you came out of seclusion, Senior Brother, Master will be the first one.
I called him and gave him a scolding, telling him to focus more on his cultivation and stop talking about takeout all day long."
Zhong Weiniang obviously became more talkative when she was beside Liu Jing, chirping like a cheerful sparrow.
"Thanks to the jar of spiritual wine given by Junior Brother Luo, the bottleneck that was originally unbreakable actually loosened by three points after a bowl of wine. I didn't know what happened at the time. I felt like I was blessed, so I drank a jar of wine desperately.
It got rid of the bottleneck and it was really fun, haha!”
Liu Jing was also very proud of his breakthrough in cultivation. He made a gesture of drinking heavily while talking. Even though more than ten days had passed, he was still very excited.
After all, at his current age, if he can cultivate to the late stage of foundation building, there is great hope for forming a golden elixir. The revival of the family seems to be right in front of him.
"Hmph! Junior Brother Luo is indeed biased. What he gave to his senior brother was the same level of spirit wine as he gave to his master. Not only did he give it to the younger sister, it was only a small pot, and the quality was several levels worse. It was in vain that I used my family's power to help him collect high-level spirits.
It’s a talisman.”
Zhong Weiniang curled her lips and looked a little unhappy. She had always been favored because of her outstanding qualifications since she was a child, but unexpectedly she was bullied by Luo Hong.
However, the object of Luo Hong's preference is her sweetheart, so most of her current unhappiness is just pretending, but she is actually taking the opportunity to act coquettishly.
Sure enough, after Liu Jing took the bait and softly comforted Zhong Weiniang, she immediately smiled.
"Junior Brother Luo is a person who knows how to repay his kindness. He will definitely remember what Junior Sister did today. Okay, let's stop chatting here and do what Master ordered first."
After Liu Jing said that, he threw out a transmission talisman, and then he and Zhong Weiniang waited patiently for Luo Hong's reply.
In the small courtyard of Fanghuayuan, Luo Hong has a few more hairs on his chin than in the past two years. The Ice Muscle and Jade Bone Technique has a certain effect on rejuvenating his appearance. It stands to reason that he should have reached the age of growing a beard long ago, and he should not have just had it.
This sign.
At this time, he was meditating and practicing in the Spirit Gathering Formation. After sensing the transmission notes with his spiritual consciousness, he had no intention of stopping the practice in a hurry.
I saw spiritual energy overflowing from everywhere on Luo Hong's body. After a while, the spirit gathering array suddenly began to flicker on and off, but the frequency was extremely slow, giving people a feeling that it had reached its limit and could no longer hold on.
At this time, Luo Hong had just completed a cycle of the Great Zhoutian. He quickly reached out and touched his forehead, opening the secret pattern of the spiritual dragon, sucking away the remaining Jade Dragon Wine spiritual energy in his body, and also lowering the blood pressure of the Spirit Gathering Array.
Compared with elixirs, Jade Dragon Wine dissipates spiritual energy too quickly, so it is not suitable for daily practice, but is suitable for use when breaking through bottlenecks.
This rapid speed of spiritual energy dissipation also brings another trouble. The maximum spiritual pressure that the spirit gathering array can withstand is only about 60, so Luo Hong's internal spiritual pressure is only this value, although the coefficient of the first law of immortality has increased after foundation establishment.
increased, but this amount of spiritual pressure was not enough to allow Luo Hong to absorb spiritual energy and the speed at which Yulong Wine was released to reach a balance.
This resulted in a lot of waste of spiritual energy, and also caused the spirit gathering array at its limit to wander on the verge of being exploded from time to time. Luo Hong could only practice for a while, stop for a while, and then continue after reducing the pressure.
The huge waste not only made the Jade Dragon Wine, which was more than enough for Luo Hong to practice to the middle stage of foundation building, become less than enough, but also seriously slowed down the speed.
Two years have passed, and it is still only the peak of the early stage of foundation building, and it is still just a step away from the middle stage of foundation building. It is estimated that even with normal cultivation, it will only take at most one month to break through.
Although it didn't delay much, it also proved that the old spiritual pressure cultivation system was on the verge of collapse. If Luo Hong wanted to continue to improve his cultivation quickly, he had to use a more advanced cultivation system.
With the help of the magical effects of Enlightenment Tea and Wine, Luo Hong has made rapid progress in the art of formations in the past two years. Not only has he learned to refine low-level formation flag formation disks, but he also has a thorough knowledge of the theoretical knowledge of various formations.
Moreover, inspired by an ancient formation named [Earth Evil Spirit Formation], he successfully designed a unique formation named [Five Evil Spirit Gathering Formation].
Luo Hong was confident that as long as he set up this formation at a suitable location, he would not have to worry about the speed of his cultivation for quite some time.
However, it is difficult to find a suitable location in Tiannan, but Luo Hong has other plans, and this problem will be solved by then.
After the pressure reduction was completed, Luo Hong walked out of the spirit-gathering array, stretched out his hand to capture the transmission note, poured in a little mana to activate it, and as expected, Li Huayuan's voice came out.
"Come to Green Wave Cave quickly!"
"What was supposed to come has come. I must have been asked to join the war. The countdown to the world of Yue Kingdom's immortality has begun."
Luo Hong shook his head helplessly, and walked straight into the main room without looking at the transmission talisman that was burned to ashes.
Inside the house, numerous wooden shelves were placed close to the wall, one next to the other. On them were neatly placed the various formation plates and formation flags that Luo Hong had refined over the past two years.
After sighing softly, Luo Hong used her spiritual thoughts to activate the treasure bag and put the array disks and the shelves inside.
Then he simply tidied it up, and then the imperial weapon flew out of the formation.
As soon as he came out of the formation, Luo Hong's consciousness caught sight of a person who surprised him.
"Senior Brother Liu, you are out of seclusion!"
"Haha, I have been out of quarantine for a long time, but I have been busy with other matters and have not come to visit my junior brother. This time I specially accepted the task of delivering a message for my master and came to express my thanks to my junior brother.
The spiritual wine that junior brother gave to my brother has been put to great use!"
Although Liu Jing waited outside for a while, he had no grudges in his heart and immediately spoke enthusiastically like an old friend reunited.
"As long as it comes in handy, senior brother, there is no need to come here to express thanks. Junior brother was only grateful to senior brother for taking care of him, otherwise how would he be able to cultivate what he is today.
It's a pity that the master summoned me in a hurry, otherwise I would have had a good time with my senior brother today and drank a thousand cups!"
Luo Hong said sincerely.
"When there is a chance in the future, Junior Sister Zhong and I also have important things to do. Junior Brother, there is no need to feel sorry."
Liu Jing glanced at Zhong Weiniang beside him and said with a slightly worried look.
The six demonic sects started a war, and although no Yue monk could survive alone, Zhong Weiniang was from the Zhong family, one of the three major immortal cultivating families in the Yellow Maple Valley, and there was no need to take risks with him.
"Junior Brother Luo, you treat Senior Sister and I like nothing. You only talk to Senior Brother Liu, and you don't say hello to Senior Sister. Do you still want the talisman?"
Zhong Weiniang laughed and cursed, and raised the dozen high-level talismans in her hand.
"Hehe, how can that be impossible? Junior Brother has specially prepared a gift for Senior Sister Zhong!"
Luo Hong had an idea, took out two high-level talismans with powerful aura and said:
"This is the [Spirit Turtle Armor Talisman] that my junior brother has painstakingly refined. It is not only a high-level defensive talisman, but also can be activated automatically like the spiritual water amulet that my junior brother refined before. Come on, senior sister and senior brother each have one piece.
"
"So good? Junior brother is so good, I'll give you the talisman!"
Zhong Weiniang was overjoyed when she heard this. With this talisman, her and Senior Brother Liu's safety would be much more guaranteed.
"Junior brother Luo, this talisman is too valuable. I owe you a favor as a brother. How can I accept such a heavy gift again? You should just give one to junior sister. I don't want it anymore."
Liu Jing struggled for a breath, then flatly refused.
"Junior brother has specially refined three of these talismans, and they were originally intended to be given to senior brother."
Seeing Liu Jing's resolute attitude, Luo Hong was thinking about how to persuade him when he suddenly remembered something and said:
"If senior brother is really feeling sorry, he can exchange it with an exotic treasure. Junior brother remembers that when senior brother was trapped by the earthly evil spirit at Demonic Spider Peak, he used an evil evil bead to rescue him. I wonder if I can exchange this bead for it.
?”
"Junior brother, is this what you want?"
After Liu Jing recalled for a moment, he took out a dark bead and asked.
"This is exactly what I love, senior brother, can you part with me?"
Luo Hong was overjoyed. With this bead, he would not have to calculate the right time to go to Xiangshan Mountain.
"This bead is of no use to me, but the evil spirit in it is not a good thing. If you want to do it, junior brother, you must first explain its use. As a brother, I can't harm you."
Liu Jing was 70% concerned and 30% curious.
"Hehe, to be honest with my senior brother, I want to use the energy of the Earthly Evil to create formations and let those demonic cultivators taste its power."
Luo Hong wasn't lying, he just didn't tell his true purpose.
"Junior brother has actually dabbled in the art of formations. I admire you! I will hand this bead over to you. I will teach you a set of formulas for controlling this bead to absorb evil spirits. Please listen carefully."
Liu Jing was surprised by Luo Hong's wide range of interests. He handed over the demon bead without any doubt and then spoke a short formula.
"Okay, junior brother, remember. Thank you, senior brother Liu, for making it possible. Master, we can't delay any longer. Junior brother, take the first step."
After Luo Hong said this, he raised his hands and flew away towards Green Wave Cave.
"Junior Brother Luo, take care of yourself! Junior Sister, let's go too."
Liu Jing shook his hands and put the Spirit Turtle Armor Talisman on his chest, then took Zhong Weiniang and flew towards the sky.
Unknown to the two of them, Luo Hong had stopped and watched them leave from a distance.
"With my talisman, it shouldn't be a problem for Senior Brother Liu and the two of them to survive in the battle with the Yue Emperor. As for whether they can see each other again, it depends on whether they have the blessing of forming an elixir.
Senior Brother Liu, be sure to take care of yourself!"
Luo Hong sighed, turned around and continued flying towards Green Wave Cave.
...
Eight days later, a blue light stopped on a spiritual stone mine with an open formation, and Luo Hong's figure was revealed.
Luo Hong did not hide his aura, so as soon as he stopped, three rays of light flew out of the spirit stone mine and surrounded him like horns.
"Quite cautious."
Luo Hong chuckled lightly and did not do anything to irritate the other party's nerves.
Soon, these three rays of light transformed into three middle-aged men, two of whom were wearing the clothes of Huadaowu. Their cultivation level was slightly worse than Luo Hong's, and they were only at the early stage of foundation building.
The leader was a male cultivator from the Moon Covering Sect with a beautiful beard and a white face. His cultivation was extremely profound and he was clearly a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building.
"My descendants, Xuanyue Sect, may I ask what this junior brother from Huang Maple Valley is doing here?"
Xuan Le looked at Luo Hong warily, waiting for him to prove his identity.
"I am the eighth disciple of Li Huayuan in Huang Maple Valley. I have been ordered by my master to come here for reinforcements."
As Luo Hong said this, he couldn't help but think of the conversation he had with Li Huayuan that day.
At first, Li Huayuan wanted to send him to participate in the blocking war organized by the seven factions on the border of Vietnam.
Luo Hong was not willing to go anywhere. He knew that this battle would be extremely brutal. Not only were the low-level monks killed and injured more than ten thousand people, but seven or eight of them were even killed in the Dan Stage.
A monk like him in the early stage of foundation building could not control the situation in such a battle at all. Whether he could survive or not depended purely on luck, and Luo Hong had never had much confidence in his own luck.
Therefore, Luo Hong claimed that his cultivation was about to advance further and his aura was unstable, so he was not suitable to participate in the war. However, he was still willing to share the worries of the sect and offered to help guard the Lingshi mine where Han Li was located.
In fact, Li Huayuan didn't want Luo Hong to be confused and die in the bombing of the battle between the two parties. After all, Luo Hong was a very useful tool man, so it was a pity to lose him like this.
Therefore, upon hearing that his excuse seemed reasonable, Li Huayuan agreed without much hesitation, and thus the present situation happened.
"This is the token in the door."
Luo Hong threw out a token with Huang Maple Valley written on it and gave it to the other party for inspection.
After Xuan Le took the token and checked it repeatedly, he said to the person next to him:
"Junior Brother Han is a fellow disciple of this person, isn't he? Please ask him to come over and confirm."
The man nodded slightly and turned into a ray of light, heading towards the nearby wasteland.
Not long after, he came back with Han Li, who was taking a rest.
"Senior Brother Luo! Were you also sent to guard this place?"
When Han Li saw Luo Hong, he was immediately surprised and delighted.
"Junior Brother Han, please identify this person carefully. Is this person pretending to be a demon cultivator?"
Xuan Le frowned, not because he was too cautious, but because Luo Hong came too unexpectedly, and he didn't get any information in advance.
"Junior brother, do you still remember this?"
A lifelike water swallow formed on Luo Hong's fingertips, flying up and down flexibly.
"There is no mistake, this person is my senior brother!"
When Han Li saw Shui Yan, the doubts in his heart that were aroused by Xuan Le disappeared.
"That's great. With Junior Brother Luo joining us, this place will be even more impregnable, and we can feel more at ease."
Seeing that there was no doubt about Luo Hong's identity, Xuan Le immediately started to greet her with false sincerity.