Lu Changan did not leave Wangyue Fairy City rashly.
He was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, seemingly consolidating his practice.
In fact, it is integrated with the second life, the senses are fully opened, and a high state of vigilance is maintained.
Lu Changan wanted to make sure that no Nascent Soul monster paid attention to him before leaving Wangyue Fairy City.
Three days later.
Another wave of Nascent Soul-level consciousness briefly passed over his body without lingering.
This kind of obscure spiritual detection is difficult for ordinary alchemy monks to detect.
Lu Changan thought to himself: "Previously, that old monster Xu sent me a message to show his goodwill. Normally, as a junior, I should pay him a visit."
It's a pity that he is not the real Nie Yuan, otherwise he could be the backer of an old Yuanying monster.
Of course, it’s not a big problem if you don’t go.
Not every monk likes to cling to others and make friends. There are also monks who are thin-skinned, introverted, or aloof, and don't want to do this kind of thing.
Half a month later.
No Nascent Soul-level consciousness paid attention to him.
"Not urgent."
Lu Changan only left the cave to purchase resources in the city, but still did not leave Wangyue Immortal City.
While in the city, he also kept his senses sharp.
Prices in Wangyue Fairy City were higher, so Lu Changan only bought some relatively scarce third-level supplies.
The rental price for the third-level caves in the city is even more expensive, costing several thousand spiritual stones a year.
Perhaps because of the high-end route, the number of monks that can be accommodated by the third-level caves and inns in the city is not very large.
Due to the invasion of demons, the situation is tense. It is said that the inns and caves in the city will increase prices in the future and even implement traffic restrictions.
In Wangyue Fairy City, outside monks are not allowed to do business, nor are they allowed to set up street stalls.
Ordinary monks who stay here will sooner or later come to nothing.
Lu Changan has too many secrets, let alone stay in Wangyue Fairy City.
Nowadays, his lifespan is as high as 1144 years, but he dare not cultivate Xuantian Gourd Vine in the city.
We can only wait until we return to Jinyun Valley before trying again.
…
Another half month has passed.
Lu Changan confirmed that no Yuanying old monster was paying attention to him.
On this day, he "changed his clothes" at the inn in the city and left Wangyue Fairy City as a fake middle-aged man.
There will be no identity checks when entering or leaving Fairy City.
Flying more than a hundred miles out of the fairy city.
Lu Changan took out an escape talisman and quickly escaped a certain distance underground.
Finally, he used the ability of the rock rat to travel underground.
The underground rock formations have a strong isolating effect on spiritual consciousness.
In addition, after being some distance away, the Yuanying old monster in the city could no longer find him within the scope of his spiritual consciousness.
Wangyue City is thousands of miles away.
Lu Changan once again changed his identity as an old man who formed an elixir and flew to Jiugang Heaven.
When he arrived at the territory of Liang Kingdom, Lu Changan felt relieved.
This time, I finally obtained the Immortal Golden Elixir successfully.
Afterwards, even if Nie Yuan's identity was found to be suspicious, it no longer mattered.
What's important is that Lu Changan not only took the Golden Pill, but also successfully concealed his identity.
It is difficult to hide the weather when the elixir is formed, but it is easier to hide the quality of the elixir after it is formed.
Seven days later.
The man in white, riding a turtle, returned to the previous Huanglong Fairy City from the direction of the Black Mist Mountains.
The direction of its appearance is completely opposite to that of Wangyue Immortal City.
Unless the process is deduced from the results, it is difficult to associate the two out of thin air.
In the previous two times of elixir transformation and re-knotting, Lu Changan used the third-level illusion talisman to create alibi for practicing in seclusion.
The last time I made the elixir, it was three years later. In order to avoid duplication, I did not use the same method.
In the Black Mist Mountains, Lu Changan relied on the powerful soul of the fusion of two lives to forcefully break away from the third-level spiritual contract signed with Xie Wuji.
The spiritual contract scroll in his hand turned into ashes.
"The third-level spiritual contract was forcibly destroyed, and the Xie family of Chen Guo will definitely receive the news."
Lu Changan expected this.
But now, he is no longer a helpless casual cultivator, but the true elixir elder of Jinyun Valley.
No matter how powerful the Xie family was, they were still beyond their reach and did not dare to dominate the Liang Kingdom where the Jinyang Sect took over.
Moreover, Chen State is close to the front line of the battlefield where demons invade, so it is impossible to devote too much energy to this matter.
…
Half a day later.
Lu Changan returned to Jinyun Valley.
"Elder Lu!"
"Master Lu!"
Entering the mountain gate, the disciples on duty respectfully saluted Lu Changan.
At this time, the aura of elixir power on Lu Changan's body was still in the early stage of elixir formation, the condition of the downstream true elixir.
Lu Changan was out this time for only a few months.
For Zhendan monks, it is a relatively normal time to go out.
In the hinterland of Jinyun Valley, among the peaks where the third-level spiritual veins are located, there is a mountain called "Yunlai Peak", which is Elder Lu's training ground.
The territory governed by Yunlai Peak is not only the main peak, but also the surrounding mountains and spiritual fields.
These all belong to Lu Changan's properties, which are equivalent to the size of the entire Wuqi Mountain.
Inside the elder's mansion at Yunlaifeng.
Two qi-refining disciples, a man and a woman, were waiting aside. They were the servants and maids chosen by Lu Changan in the past two years.
Lu Changan called them Xiaodong and Xiaoqiu.
The former has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is honest and honest; the latter has a delicate appearance and a flowery waist.
They are all Qi refining disciples around the age of twenty.
"Elder Lu, this is your letter."
Xiaoqiu took out a jade box, knelt down and presented it.
squeak!
The letter box in her hand disappeared, and a spirit rat as big as a native dog took her place.
Lu Changan opened the mailbox. There were many letters inside, some were jade slips and albums, some were paper or leather letters, and most of them were restricted.
As a sect elder and a third-level talisman master, there are too many monks who try to make friends with Lu Changan.
The letters that fell into Lu Changan's hands had already gone through preliminary screening.
Lu Changan picked out some letters that he had friendship with or was interested in.
Among them is a letter from Li Congren of Xuemei Mountain, mainly to greet the elders and send some special products.
Mu Bingyun still maintained the habit of writing to him, but the frequency was not as high as before.
Or ask for advice on how to practice fu arts, or talk about your thoughts and remember the past.
When Lu Changan was in a good mood, he would occasionally send her a reply.
This time, Mu Bingyun mentioned in her letter that her husband unfortunately went to the front line and she was a little worried about this.
How could Lu Changan care about this? His care for Mu Bingyun back then was still based on his old feelings and regrets.
A descendant of Zheng Centipede from Tieling Villa actually sent a letter to congratulate Lu Changan.
There are also some strange letters.
For example, alchemist Lin Ye from Wuqi Mountain, although he has passed away, has cultivated a talented alchemy successor.
The alchemy heir, now a second-level alchemist, wanted to express his gratitude to Lu Changan for his care in those years.
The last two letters were sent by Zhou Qingxuan and Xia Wenyue.
Zhou Qingxuan sent an invitation to Lu Changan, hoping that he could go to the beast-controlling Zhou family to discuss the experience and skills of beast-controlling.
Lu Changan is not interested in beast control, but when he has time, he can study the Gu insect restrictions in Zhou Qingxuan's mind and further improve his own unique restrictions.
Xia Wenyue's jade slip letter was sent from Aoyue Palace in Feng Kingdom.
The surrounding immortal kingdoms formed a defense alliance to jointly resist the invasion of demons.
The war between Feng State and Liang State was not affected and normal exchanges were not affected.
In addition to congratulating Lu Changan for forming a pill, Xia Wenyue mentioned the current situation in Aoyue Palace in the letter and asked him not to worry.
Due to the covetousness of the Xie family of Chen State, Aoyue Palace protected Xia Wenyue very well.
The inheritance of Aoyue Palace is dominated by female cultivators, and most of the male cultivators in this sect are coolies and servants, serving the higher-ups.
Xia Wenyue's master was a female golden elixir master who took good care of her.
Xia Wenyue is still practicing the "Frozen Ancient Scrolls", and the resources he enjoys are not the same as Qingshawan.
Not long ago, her cultivation level broke through to the middle stage of foundation building, which was slightly faster than ordinary earth spirit roots.
At the end of the letter, Xia Wenyue faintly revealed her longing for Lu Changan and stated that she would repay the kindness of the past.
"After more than ten years apart, it's rare that this woman still has this heart."
Lu Changan nodded secretly, feeling slightly pleased.
After thinking about it, he didn't reply to Xia Wenyue's letter.
Xia Wenyue's innate Taoist identity is quite special, and her correspondence can easily be intercepted and viewed.
Fortunately, Xia Wenyue is not stupid, and her thoughts in the letter are very vague, and she is more interested in respecting and caring for her teacher.
"Until this female cultivator reaches the mid-to-late stage of elixir formation, try not to contact her so that the outside world will gradually forget about our relationship."
Lu Changan only needs Xia Wenyue to abide by the promise of the inner demon's oath, and there is no need for emotional entanglement.
The latter will only bring disaster to Lu Changan.
I believe that under the erosion of hundreds of years, this woman has seen the big world, and the bud of unrequited love in her youth will also be wiped out.
…
A few days later.
Lu Changan came to the underground stone hall at Yunlai Peak.
This underground stone temple located underground was built one after another by earth rock rats digging passages over the past few years.
At the beginning of the construction of the stone palace, Lu Changan invested in materials and built it himself.
Later it was discovered that the rock rat's innate spells made him better at building houses than himself.
Simply draw the blueprint and let the rock rat take care of it.
This underground stone palace has many restrictions.
When he came back this time, Lu Changan deployed a quasi-fourth-level formation here. The mansion above was enough for a third-level formation.
The Xuantian Gourd Vine was also transplanted to the underground stone hall to connect the energy of the earth's veins.
A special room is dedicated to this purpose.
"It's time to start."
Lu Changan drove the reluctant Xuan Shui Turtle out and stayed alone in the room.
He immediately sacrificed his lifespan and used the secret technique of evergreen.
Buzz~
Lu Changan's palms are surrounded by ancient and verdant halo, like new buds, exuding a life cycle of four seasons, blending into the withered Xuantian gourd vine.
The healing and repair methods of Evergreen Secret Technique do not use life span as the carrier.
The ability to heal is the Evergreen Kung Fu itself.
Even if he doesn't use Shou Yuan, Lu Changan's Evergreen Kung Fu is extremely good at treating people, better than many famous doctors in the world.
Lu Changan could treat some serious injuries or ordinary hidden diseases without sacrificing his lifespan and nurse them back to health.
Sacrificing life span allows the basic ability of healing and repair to be qualitatively transformed and sublimated.
Lu Changan had not been seriously injured in the three previous elixir transformations. The sacrifice of lifespan enhanced the effect and greatly saved time.
Many secret techniques in the world of immortality achieve terrifying improvements several times or even ten times at the cost of consuming life span.
"Four years of life!"
Lu Changan stopped and checked the changes in Xuantian Gourd Vine.
I saw that the withered and yellow part of the gourd vine, less than half an inch in length, was covered with green.
Such an obvious effect exceeds the foundation building period by more than ten times!
"The nourishing ability of the immortal golden elixir formed by the Evergreen Gong itself is several percent stronger than that of the true elixir in its early stages."
Lu Changan looked happy.
At this rate, he could spend up to several hundred years of life to restore the green color of the entire gourd vine.
A few hundred years of life seems like a lot.
But the goal of nourishment and recovery is, after all, Xiao Xuantian's growing gourd vine, the companion of the sky. Such an effect is already impressive.
Lu Changan measured the current golden elixir's initial mana power, "About ten years of life can restore an inch of the Xuantian Gourd Vine's greenness."
If you reach the middle and late stages of Golden Elixir, there is still room for improvement in the nourishing effect of Evergreen Gong.
"Forty years of life!"
After seeing the curative effect, Lu Changan sacrificed another forty years of his life.
After a while, the withered yellow area of Xuantian gourd vines regained a few inches of green.
Um?
At this time, Lu Changan frowned and looked at the dead and black prototype of the small gourd.
To be precise, this is just the embryo of the gourd and has not really taken shape.
"The gourd vine has regained some vitality, but this little Xuantian gourd has not changed much."
In Lu Changan's perception, the prototype of the gourd fruit was lifeless and lifeless.
I don't know if it's an illusion.
He felt that the dead energy emitted by the withered black gourd was even stronger.
Even the Evergreen Secret Technique can't save it.
"Could it be that the dead are new? We need to restore the green color of the gourd vines and then cultivate the Xuantian gourd again?"
Lu Changan thought for a long time.
Calculating this way, he could spend hundreds of years of life to recover Xuantian Gourd Vine at most.
At that time, it will take many years and how much lifespan will be consumed to bear Xuantian Fruit again.
The cost of cultivating Xuantian gourd may be even greater.
Lu Changan realized that the longevity of the golden elixir stage might not be enough.
He can't use up all his lifespan, he must at least keep it for a few hundred years.
Unless there are more sources of longevity.
For example, things that extend life, second-level quality life-extension pills, third-level life-extension pills...
Another example is swallowing the Tao Fruit of other Evergreen Skills.
"Don't worry, let's observe for a while."
Lu Changan still has 1,100 years to live, so he will stop for now.
…
Two months later.
After observing, Lu Changan discovered some good news.
As long as the Xuantian Gourd Vine is watered and nourished with evergreen mana every day, the latter will be in a state of slowly returning to green.
Xuan Shui Turtle's cloud and rain nourishment is much less effective, but it can at least keep the gourd vine in a state of recovery.
It can be seen that the gourd vine has at least reversed its vitality.
Theoretically speaking, even if Lu Changan does not spend his life span on a blood transfusion, as long as the time is long enough, Xuantian Gourd Vine will eventually recover.
"The more parts of the gourd vine are restored to life, the faster the greenery will grow and recover on its own, which should also increase."
Lu Changan made a guess.
He also sacrificed a hundred years of longevity and left a thousand years of life.
This time.
Before waiting for the observation results, Jinyun Valley received an unkind visitor that he expected.
…
"Xie Wuji, the Xie clan of Chen Guo, the elder of Tianluo Sect of Chen Guo, came to Jinyun Valley to pay a special visit!"
The huge iron fan magic weapon pierced the Jiugang Sky, carrying a handsome young man in a brocade robe, arriving at the gate of Jinyun Valley.
After not seeing each other for many years, Xie Wuji’s cultivation reached the peak of the early stage of True Pill.
"Thank you, fellow Taoist, for coming all the way. Why?"
A loud laugh came, and a handsome man wearing a high crown, golden feathers, and extraordinary bearing flew out of the door.
"Master Xuanxiao."
Facing the Jinyun Sect Master who was in the middle stage of the pill formation, Xie Wuji suppressed his anger and bowed his hands in greeting.
After a moment of greetings, Xie Wuji explained his purpose:
"Let Master Lu from Guigu come out and see him. This person has betrayed his trust and openly tore up the third-level spiritual contract. Xie wants to confront him."
The person who came was, after all, an elder of the Yuanying Sect. Sect Master Jin Yun sent a message and ordered his disciples to inform Lu Changan.
The sect’s reception hall.
Lu Changan flew over quickly.
"Xie Wuji!"
Before Xie Wuji could speak, Lu Changan shouted angrily:
"Back then, you took advantage of Lu's foundation-building period and his low cultivation level to force Lu to sign a third-level spiritual contract. Today, you dared to complain first and come to your door."
Xie Wuji was interrupted just as he opened his mouth, and couldn't help but be startled.
It was unbelievable that Lu Changan, who had been polite and tolerant to him, met him today and got a slap on the head.
"Lu Chang'an, don't be slanderous! You took Xie's elixir-forming spiritual object, and after being promoted to a true elixir, you signed a new spiritual contract. Can Xie be able to coerce a true elixir cultivator?"
Xie Wuji laughed angrily and retorted.
Five or six years have passed since the second spiritual contract was signed, and Lu Changan has never been to Aoyue Palace.
"If I didn't agree to renew the contract back then, I'm afraid Lu wouldn't be able to return to Liang. It was just a temporary measure."
"As for the elixir-forming spiritual objects given by Master Xie in the early years, Lu will return them to you."
After Lu Changan finished speaking, he threw a porcelain vase to Xie Wuji.
This is another water-based elixir spiritual item he purchased. It is of equal value to the pure water Xie Wuji gave him back then.
"Lu Changan! You have devoured so much of my Xie family's resources, and now you have turned your back and refused to admit it, so you just used a pill-forming spiritual item to fool people?"
Xie Wuji looked gloomy and sneered.
"So many resources?"
Lu Changan felt moved and chuckled:
"Lu can swear an oath from the inner demon that he has never taken any other resources from the Xie family except for the pill-forming spiritual object. Do you dare to swear that you have not embezzled any resources from the Xie family?"
Hearing this, Xie Wuji's expression changed slightly: "Shameless Mr. Turtle, how dare you stir up trouble and confuse the public, I'll beat you up!"
Seeing the two people frothing and scolding each other, Sect Master Jin Yun was stunned and found an opportunity to sneak away.
An hour later.
"Jinyun Valley, for shielding this shameless villain, there will eventually be backlash..."
Xie Wuji cursed and left Jinyun Valley.
Until he flew to the top of Jiugang Heaven, the anger on Xie Wuji's face disappeared, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Hey! Then Lu Changan cooperated. After this incident, the resources he embezzled have been written off!"
It turned out that in order to persuade Xie Wuji to bribe Lu Changan, the Xie family gave him a sum of true elixir-level materials, including crystal condensation elixirs.
Xie Wuji knew that Lu Changan was cheating, so he couldn't persuade him, so he simply kept it for himself.
Questioning and scolding Lu Changan today is nothing more than acting.
As for the resources that were misappropriated, leave it to Lu Changan.
Anyway, the demonic invasion war has started, and Xie has no energy to pursue the matter.
"That kid has a big appetite. He actually sent a message asking me to give him half of the stolen supplies?"
Xie Wuji sneered in his heart.
In his opinion, it was a win-win result for him not to pursue and urge Lu Changan and let the matter be settled.
I'm afraid Lu Changan knew this well and walked down the steps, not wanting to continue to entangle himself and become an enemy of the Xie family.
…
Half a day later.
Xie Wuji flew over the wasteland between Liang and Chen.
As night falls, Jiugang Sky also falls into darkness, and the wind blows more violently.
"With these private resources and a few more years of accumulated military exploits, we will be able to reach the middle stage of pill formation..."
Xie Wuji flew in the direction of Chen Guotian Luo Sect, thinking in his mind.
suddenly.
A strange black mist appeared in the field of vision, roaring along with the strong wind.
"who!"
Xie Wuji shouted angrily, and in the blink of an eye, he fell into a dark night covering several miles.
From the outside, an inverted black mask isolates Xie Wuji from the outside world.
Inside the black light shield, the air was cold, and mana fluctuations suddenly surged that made the ghosts and gods cry.
Two strange and erratic shadows, about ten feet tall, each holding a sharp shadow blade, pierced Xie Wuji's front and back, attacking from a flank.
"Wujianmen——"
Xie Wuji felt a chill in his heart, his elixir was brimming with energy, and his whole body condensed like a physical golden halo of light.
Phew!
The magic weapon of the iron fan expands like the Buddha's big hand, and is coated with a dark golden light film. It flips up and down, and shoots left and right, stirring up the wind and clouds in the sky, enough to collapse mountains and destroy cities.
However, those two strange shadows are extremely flexible, and occasionally disappear inexplicably and switch places.
The body of the iron fan magic weapon is like a cattail leaf fan swatting mosquitoes, but fails again and again.
The slight residual power could not hurt the two strange shadows of the True Pill level.
Tsk!
The shadow blades of the two shadows, and the arcing blades drawn from time to time, cut through Xie Wuji's golden ring of light, leaving a crack.
As time went by, Xie Wuji consumed a lot of his magic power, leaving bloodstains on his shoulders, ribs, and legs that were deep enough to show the bones.
The attack of those two strange shadows is comparable to that of the early stage of the true elixir, but their speed is comparable to that of the middle stage of the true elixir.
There was nothing he could do and he couldn't escape.
Like a gangrene attached to a bone, its ghost lingers.
"Which member of Wujianmen should tell me his name."
Xie Wuji's face was pale, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. As he spoke, he took out the few remaining forbidden talismans and third-level middle-grade escape talismans from his storage bag.
Poof!
A magic sickle with a gray aura pierced out of thin air from the shadows of the night and penetrated Xie Wuji's chest.
"Wujianmen, Master of Jueying Altar, as you wish!"
It was like a man's voice coming from the Nine Nether Cold Pond, echoing in Xie Wuji's ears.
Xie Wuji's body convulsed and he turned around with difficulty.
A mysterious man in a black cloak, with an iron chain wrapped in his hand connected to a blood-stained scythe, blended into the night.
The mana emanating from him fluctuates and reaches its peak in the middle stage of pill formation.
Swish!
The two strange shadows before, like ghosts, returned and merged into the shadow of the mysterious cloaked man.
"Master of Jueying Altar..."
Xie Wuji's pupils dimmed and his consciousness fell into the abyss of darkness.