"Oh? Could it be that the real culprit who killed Master Hua and framed Boss Xiang was related to Wu Qishan?"
The skinny old man's eyes flashed and he guessed.
Xiang Jinglong is very worried about this matter.
In the past, Xiang Jinglong was the only one who robbed and murdered others. He felt extremely unhappy when someone spat dirty water on him and became the one who took the blame.
"No!"
Xiang Jinglong shook his head in denial, "The three peak masters of Wu Qi Mountain are pretty good, but they are far from this level of ability."
Eighteen years ago, the person with the highest cultivation level in Wu Qi Mountain was in the middle stage of foundation building, while the Oogway Talisman Master at that time was in the early stage of foundation building.
Master Hua Dan possesses talismans and other means of protection.
Even a ruthless person like him, who is at the peak of foundation building, is not sure of winning, let alone crushing him quickly.
Xiang Jinglong interrogated Master Hua from Alchemy Master Lin Ye and found out that Master Hua had plotted against Lu Changan, and behind the scenes was Fu Xuemei, a close disciple of Master Huanglong.
From his perspective: Lu Changan is also a victim. Even though he hates him, he is powerless.
As for Master Hua, he speculated that it was the black glove from the upper echelons.
Maybe he fattened the pigs and then slaughtered them. Or maybe he knew some secrets and was killed by the higher-ups. In order to attract people's attention, he framed them and left behind evil methods to confuse the public.
"It's not Wu Qishan, that's..."
"We already have some clues about a certain family! But the real culprit behind the scenes is too high-level. It's not a good thing for you to know too much."
Xiang Jinglong snorted coldly, with an evil look in his eyes.
"Wait until a certain family forms a fake elixir, then thoroughly investigate and clear up the matter!"
After speaking, he withdrew his gaze towards Wu Qishan, turned around and flew to the southeast.
"Boss Xiang, are you no longer planning for the real elixir?"
"What a ridiculous idea of a real elixir! With a certain family's qualifications and his age, it's not easy to achieve a fake elixir."
…
Half a month later.
Wuqi Mountain, Xiaogui Peak.
Two people, a man and a woman, visited the foundation building.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, Mr. Jiang brought Ms. Shen over to pay his respects."
Jiang Yechen is dressed in a purple brocade robe, handsome and feminine, with sword-like eyebrows and cold stars.
He joins hands with the woman in white who has a beautiful face and a quiet temperament. She is none other than Miss Shen after she wakes up.
"The little girl 'Shen Bixin' is here to express her gratitude to Fellow Daoist Lu for saving her life."
Miss Shen gave a polite courtesy, spoke and behaved appropriately, and had the scholarly talent of a lady.
It's just that the injury has not healed, and his beautiful face shows a trace of sickly paleness.
"Ms. Shen's words are serious. Mr. Lu is only assisting in medical treatment, not saving lives."
Lu Changan said politely.
"Really? Fellow Daoist Ye once said that without Fellow Daoist Lu's help, the treatment that day would probably have failed."
Miss Shen's bright eyes settled on his face and stayed there for a few breaths.
During the treatment that day, although Shen Bixin was unconscious, she had some hazy consciousness.
She had fallen into the abyss of endless darkness and coldness.
Until a certain moment, a green warmth surged from the bottom of his chest.
That warmth contained the vitality of dead trees, allowing her to see the dawn of life in the darkness, inspiring a stronger will to fight against death.
After questioning afterwards, Shen Bixin had an intuition that Lu Changan also played a key role in saving her.
"Haha, Miss Shen, please don't be too serious. Fellow Daoist Ye and I have always promoted each other."
Lu Changan laughed dumbly.
In the previous treatment, he did not spend his lifespan to use the Evergreen Secret Technique.
As his cultivation improves, he lives longer and longer, and his magic power increases day by day.
Even if it is normal healing, the effect is quite outstanding.
However, this therapeutic effect is only outstanding and does not exceed common sense.
Certain ancient wood-based exercises are even more effective in healing injuries.
In the cave, Lu Changan entertained Jiang Yechen and Shen Bixin.
The two are currently in a romantic relationship, and have not yet reached the stage of being a Taoist couple.
Shen Bixin is the eldest lady of a medium-sized chamber of commerce in the Liaoyuan Fairy City. The person in charge of the chamber of commerce is her biological grandfather.
"Friend Lu Dao, this is a VIP order from the 'Tengxing Chamber of Commerce'. If you go to a store under our Chamber of Commerce on the next day, you can enjoy a discount and purchase some restricted and scarce resources."
Shen Bixin presented a blue and gold-gilded token.
"Miss Shen is interested."
Lu Changan planned to go to the Liaoyuan Immortal City in the future, so he did not refuse.
"I heard that Fellow Daoist Lu is outstanding in his talisman skills and the talismans he sells are of reliable quality. Can the young lady purchase some for the Chamber of Commerce?"
A slight dimple appeared on Shen Bixin's face, and she proposed a deal again.
Lu Changan had no time to think: "No problem, Lu only sells second-level talismans, and the supply quantity is limited."
"No problem, second-level talismans are relatively scarce in all the major fairy cities in Liang Kingdom."
Shen Bixin nodded.
Then, she saw Lu Changan take out a small box, which contained several thick stacks of talismans.
"Are these all second-level talismans?"
Shen Bi's heart moved slightly, her bright eyes showing bright colors.
Even with the spiritual stones she had on hand, she couldn't eat this box of talismans.
"Well, it's mainly the second-level middle and lower-grade ones. The second-order high-grade ones, there are only two or three at the moment."
Lu Changan pushed the small box over and let Shen Bixin choose.
"Second-grade high-grade talisman?"
Shen Bixin secretly thought that Lu Changan's talisman skills had reached the second level.
In fact, Lu Changan deliberately began to slowly reveal the skills of a second-level high-grade Talisman Master.
Due to the limitations of materials and talents, in the world of Liang Kingdom's immortality, there are very few Talisman Masters whose skills can reach the second level.
Not long after, Lu Changan and Shen Bixin completed a deal.
Shen Bixin spent more than 8,000 spirit stones to buy twenty or thirty second-level talismans from Lu Changan. In addition to the middle and lower quality, there were also three second-level high-quality talismans.
A top-quality magic weapon suitable for use in the middle and later stages of foundation building, generally worth about two thousand spirit stones.
As a consumable item, the price/performance ratio of talismans is actually low.
Because ordinary second-level high-grade talismans are less powerful than the top-grade magic weapons controlled in the later stages of foundation building.
The monks control magic weapons of the same level and cast secret spells, which are more powerful than ordinary spells using talismans.
…
Half an hour later, Lu Changan sent Shen Bixin and Jiang Yechen out of the cave.
"It's best for you two fellow Taoists to stay in Wuqi Mountain for a while and wait for Miss Shen to recover from her injuries before leaving."
Lu Changan said kindly.
Jiang Yechen and Shen Bixin understood the reason and nodded in thanks.
It is impossible to determine whether the three robbery cultivators who attacked before are squatting around Wuqi Mountain.
In principle, the caves on the three main peaks of Wuqi Mountain do not allow business guests to stay overnight.
A few days ago, the two of them stayed in a guest room at the foot of Xiaodanfeng Mountain.
A few months later.
Shen Bixin recovered from her injuries, and she and Jiang Yechen visited Xiaogui Peak again before formally bidding farewell.
Seeing the two people's backs, Lu Changan looked thoughtful.
Jiang Yechen and Shen Bixin are both foundation-building monks with good qualifications and potential.
Jiang Yechen, who has a high-grade spiritual root, has severed ties with the Jiang family, one of the seven aristocratic families.
This person also had a small chance.
When competing for the Peak Master, Lu Changan discovered that Jiang Yechen had a soul artifact on his body.
This is extremely rare among foundation-building monks.
This means that it is difficult for Lu Changan to use the secret technique of divine consciousness to instantly kill Master Hua, Young Master Huang and others, which will be effective against Jiang Yechen.
Shen Bixin's qualifications are slightly inferior to Jiang Yechen's, but she has an extraordinary background. Through her own chamber of commerce, she can more easily obtain some scarce resources for cultivating immortals.
…
Someday one year from now.
Lu Changan finally left Wuqi Mountain and flew to the southeast.
The goal of this trip is Liaoyuan Fairy City.
This first fairy city in the Liang Kingdom is located in the center of the Liang Kingdom, east of the Lihuo Palace.
Because Jiang Yechen and his two men came to Wu Qi Mountain to treat their injuries and there might be calamity cultivators nearby, Lu Changan postponed his departure for a full year.
This time he went to Liaoyuan Fairy City. In addition to purchasing scarce supplies, he also wanted to let the Xuan Shui Turtle advance outside.
It is said that the Liaoyuan Fairy City even has caves with third-level spiritual veins for rent.
The monsters are promoted to the second level, making much less noise. They become even more inconspicuous in the higher-level and more prosperous Liaoyuan Fairy City.
The geographical location of Wuqi Mountain is not far from the hinterland of Liang State, much closer than starting from Jinyun Valley.
With Lu Changan's current level of cultivation, it only takes more than half a month to arrive.
However, he deliberately spared the area around the "Lihuo Palace" and flew two or three days longer.
This day.
A vast dark red plain came into Lu Changan's field of vision.
At first glance, the terrain texture of the dark red plain looks like burning maple leaves.
The temperature of the surrounding environment has increased significantly, making it impossible for ordinary mortals to survive, and it has become a forbidden area in the secular world.
This is the "Plain of Fire".
Lihuo Palace and Liaoyuan Immortal City are both located on this high-temperature plain.
Another half-day flight.
In the distant sky, smoke, clouds and fire cover the sky.
It is a natural formation formed by volcanoes.
In the center surrounded by eight volcanoes, there is a giant volcano, on which stands a fairy city covering an area of seven to eight hundred miles, and its entire body is made of red crystal stones.
Viewed from a high altitude, it looks like a burning red agate.
Whizzing!
Approaching the "Liaohuo Immortal City", Lu Changan occasionally met monks in the foundation building stage.
Occasionally, fake elixirs and real people would shuttle around, and their powerful spiritual pressure would make nearby monks avoid them in awe.
Fortunately, those real people, the stronger their cultivation, the higher they fly, and they rarely meet ordinary monks.
"Liaoyuan Fairy City has a strong fire spirit, which is more suitable for fire-based exercises and weapon refiners to settle in."
An idea flashed through Lu Changan's mind, and he landed in front of a main entrance of the Liaoyuan Fairy City.
In the side hall next to the gate, I paid the spiritual stone and received a temporary identity card.
…
Lu Changan used the Hundred Fantasy Mask to disguise a new identity in advance.
Baihuan Mask can store the appearance, physical characteristics and mana of up to three identities.
There were doubts and evidence against the three original identities, and Lu Changan had long since erased and replaced them.
His image at this moment is that of an ordinary-looking young man.
This identity is based on a passerby Qi-refining monk in a remote area in the northern part of Wuqi Mountain.
The mask can also make small adjustments to the facial features of the identity.
According to the wearer's consciousness, the Baihuan Mask can also adjust the cultivation level of the simulated identity.
For example, Lu Changan is at this moment.
Not only was the cultivation not lowered, it was also raised to the late stage of foundation building.
The resources he wants to purchase are of higher quality.
Having a high level of cultivation and status makes it easier to do things and reduces the risk of being targeted.
There is no strict distinction between the inner city and the outer city in the prairie fire fairy city.
The terrain of Fairy City gradually increases from south to north.
The further north you go, the better the spiritual environment is.
The northernmost "City Lord's Mansion" and "Lihuo Palace" enjoy a quasi-fourth-level spiritual environment.
Lu Changan settled in a high-end inn in the north of the center of the city, and was able to enjoy the cultivation environment of the second-level spiritual veins.
The price is naturally high, twice as much as renting a peak spiritual vein in Wuqi Mountain for a year.
"There are still three months left before the annual medium-sized auction in Liaoyuan Fairy City."
Lu Changan walked around the city for half a day and heard some news.
Naturally, he would not miss this opportunity.
This kind of auction that happens once a year is not of particularly high quality. At most, there are some fake elixir monks and a few early and middle elixir-forming monks.
Before the auction begins.
Lu Changan searched for the needed supplies in various large stores in the city.
Second-level high-grade puppet materials and talisman materials.
Lu Changan even paid attention to the materials on Zhuyan Dan.
When he killed Master Hua, he obtained the key ingredient of Zhuyan Pill.
"Taking the Beauty Pill can maintain an ageless appearance, which is slightly different from the effect of the Evergreen Gong."
If conditions permit, Lu Changan would like to take a Beauty Pill.
In this way, it will be difficult for high-level monks in the future to see the small flaws in his youthfulness through his appearance.
…
Two months later.
Lu Changan made some gains in the Liaoyuan Fairy City.
A large quantity of second-grade high-quality puppet materials is purchased at a high cost and can be used for several years.
Second-grade high-grade spiritual bamboo, I bought two.
I bought one of the second-level longevity pills.
I also collected several materials for Zhuyan Dan.
For this reason, Lu Changan spent more than 10,000 spiritual stones.
Procurement is progressing so much.
In addition to the high level of the Liaoyuan Fairy City, Lu Changan's cultivation in the "late stage of foundation building" and the "Tengxing Chamber of Commerce" VIP order presented by Shen Bixin played a certain role.
Tengxing Chamber of Commerce has more than a dozen large and small stores in Liaoyuan Fairy City and has certain channels.
"It's a pity that Tengxing Chamber of Commerce can only be regarded as a medium-sized chamber of commerce in Liaoyuan Fairy City, which is far inferior to the status of 'Huanglong Pavilion' in Huanglong Fairy City."
Lu Changan felt a little regretful.
If he can get the VIP order of "Lihuo Palace", he can buy higher-end restricted resources in Liaoyuan Fairy City.
The Lihuo Palace manages the major properties and upper floors of the Lihuo Palace in the Liaoyuan Immortal City, similar to the Huanglong Pavilion in the Huanglong Immortal City.
It can be seen that the Huanglong Pavilion token given to him by Fu Xuemei provided a lot of convenience in Huanglong Fairy City.
…
One month later.
Lu Changan attended the medium-sized auction held by Lihuo Palace as scheduled.
The auctions at this level are basically all those with cultivation levels above the foundation building stage.
A few Qi Refining monks also came with their elders to gain knowledge.
More than twenty people came from the False Dan Master, and two or three from the Jiedan Master, all of whom were in their early stages of cultivation.
At the end of the first half of the auction, there will be an auction of Foundation Establishment Pills, and two pills will be auctioned at a time.
The competition is fierce, even more so than in Huanglong Fairy City.
The participants basically all have a background in fake elixirs.
One of them was easily bought by Master Jiedan, and the other monks did not dare to fight for it.
Just imagine, when Lu Changan was at the eighth or ninth level of Qi refining, how dare he come here to compete for the Foundation Building Pill?
The same goes for ordinary foundation-building families.
"Liaoyuan Fairy City is backed by the Lihuo Palace and gathers elites from all over the Liang Kingdom. There are too many well-established monks, and it is not suitable for casual cultivators without a foothold."
Lu Changxin has a conclusion.
In the core area of the prairie fire fairy city, if you provoke a young monk at will, it is very likely to involve a foundation-building monk. If you are unlucky, he has a fake elixir background.
"The third-level low-grade spiritual bamboo 'Kuching Bamboo' is produced by Qingzhumen. The bamboo shoots of this bamboo can be used as third-level auxiliary medicine, and the main body can also be used as a low-level magic weapon material."
"This time, Qingzhumen is selling three pieces of 'Bitter Bamboo', each with a starting price of two thousand spiritual stones."
The auctioneer introduced.
"The third-level spiritual bamboos of Qingzhumen are rarely sold to the outside world. Three of them were sold at once this time?"
Lu Changan felt a little strange.
At the venue, many monks looked surprised.
There are some competitors in the third-level spiritual bamboo field; Lu Changan's cultivation in the later stage of foundation building, taking one with more than 3,000 spiritual stones, is enough.
The best magic weapon is worth two thousand, the low-level magic weapon is worth tens of thousands, and the ordinary third-level materials also fluctuate within this range.
The third-level middle-grade spiritual wood that Zhang Tieshan sold at that time was relatively small, and he gave it a friendly price.
What Lu Changan bought this time was a complete third-level spiritual bamboo, which was full of spirituality.
If a skilled weapon refiner takes action, he may use it as the main embryo of the prototype of a wood magic weapon.
However, this level of wood magic weapon material is not very attractive to Lu Changan, who has already repaired the prototype of a magic weapon.
The embryo of the wood magic weapon he dreams of is the black wood vine, a spiritual creature of heaven and earth, which can be cultivated as a natal magic weapon.
The natal magic weapon is not something to be trifled with. Even if the requirements are lower, it must at least use third-level high-quality wood spiritual objects as raw materials.
…
"Elixir-forming auxiliary medicine, third-level fire essence jujube, is an important auxiliary material for refining the third-grade 'crystal condensing elixir'. Even if taken alone, it has a slight beneficial effect on the impact of elixir formation."
Involving alchemy auxiliary medicines, the next auction set off a craze.
The participants were basically at the peak of the late stage of foundation building, and the competition was fierce.
Lu Changan's cultivation was simulated to the late stage of foundation building, almost at its peak, and its effect was reflected.
Participating in the auction at this moment does not seem out of the ordinary.
In this auction, more than one pill-forming auxiliary medicine is for sale.
He wanted to try to take a picture while trying not to attract anyone's attention.