On the main peak of ice and snow where blue clouds and mist blend, there stands a white jade palace building, like a palace in the sky where the cold never comes.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth near the ice peak seems to have reached the fourth level.
Suddenly, a lotus platform with three-color petals flew out of the white jade palace.
On the lotus platform, there stood a beautiful female nun in a white dress. She was about twenty years old, with a slim waist, a snowy face, and a picturesque face. There seemed to be a touch of coldness and melancholy between her eyebrows, like a lonely fairy in an ice palace.
"Junior Sister Wenyue, Master, she has good intentions in not allowing you to leave the sphere of influence of Aoyue Palace, in order to protect your special innate Taoist body."
From the white jade palace, another beauty in a gauze skirt with cinnabar dotted between her eyebrows flew out and landed on the lotus platform.
"Nowadays, the demon battlefield has spread to the southeastern boundary of Feng Kingdom, and the territory of Feng Kingdom is not very stable. It is difficult to guarantee that there are demons lurking. Wenyue, you have only been forming elixirs for two years. Why not work hard for a few more years to cultivate your life-saving magical powers. By then, Master
Respecting nature will allow you more freedom..."
The beauty in the gauze skirt comforted me softly and patiently persuaded me.
"Master doesn't keep his word."
Xia Wenyue pursed her red lips lightly and said quietly: "We agreed at the beginning that after the elixir was formed, Wenyue would be allowed to go out on her own to visit relatives and friends."
After practicing for a period of time during the foundation building period, Xia Wenyue successfully formed the elixir two years ago. The upstream true elixir is embellished with the golden elixir Taoist rhyme, which can be regarded as a half-step golden elixir.
"At this time and that time, the Palace Master was severely injured in the demonic war, and the Nascent Soul was damaged. Master, as a disciple of the Palace Master, she has the immortal golden elixir at the peak of the elixir. Now she is in seclusion, aiming at the Nascent Soul, and has no spare time to take care of her junior sister.
safety.”
"Sister Nalan is right. Wen Yue should take the overall situation into consideration and not cause trouble to the sect and the teacher."
Xia Wenyue's starry eyes turned, and she sighed softly, no longer forcing herself.
"If Wenyue can think so, that's for the best."
Senior Sister Nalan breathed a sigh of relief.
If a real Dan Jie insists on going out, it will be difficult to keep an eye on him at all times.
Xia Wenyue's "Cold Soul Chalcedony" innate Taoist body began to breed "Taiyin Jade Liquid" after the elixir was formed. After cultivating to the middle and late stages of elixir formation, it had a slight bonus to the promotion of Nascent Soul, and he was a key figure of the demonic path.
Although this bonus is not as good as that of Huaying Dan, it is not the decisive factor, but people still flock to it.
In the Feng Kingdom itself, there are many powerful young heroes pursuing Xia Wenyue.
Even during Xia Wenyue's foundation-building period, Master Jiedan "lowered his identity", showed favor to her and sent her gifts.
"Wen Yue doesn't go out at will, but senior sister must inform Wen Yue about the outside world's intelligence. Especially the news about Jing Kingdom, and..."
"I know, and the whereabouts of that cheap teacher before you entered the school. Senior sister will definitely pay attention to it."
Senior sister Nalan said with a smile.
"This jade slip contains information you care about."
Before leaving, Senior Sister Nalan handed a jade slip to Xia Wenyue.
"Thank you, senior sister."
Xia Wenyue walked on the lotus platform and returned to her lonely and remote third-level spiritual peak.
Xia Wenyue stood in front of the cliff of Gufeng, her eyes were like late autumn pool water, calm and waveless, but with an indescribable coolness.
Eight years ago, Lu Changan mysteriously disappeared in Liang Kingdom and was never seen again.
Lu Changan was alone, with no spouse or heirs, and no retained soul lamp, which was related to life and death.
According to rumors, Wu Guizhen escaped from the war and ran away early.
From the demonic side, there is inaccurate information: Lu Changan ran away and was captured and killed by the Peacock Saint, who was plotting the secret of cultivating black water turtles.
Later, Xia Wenyue asked her senior sister to ask a strange person who was good at divination to make predictions, but she faced invisible resistance. She was only sure that Lu Changan was not dead, but the fate was unpredictable.
"Mr. Lu, I haven't seen you in sixty years... In a few years, Wen Yue may forget your appearance."
Xia Wenyue's indigo-like eyebrows frowned slightly as she murmured.
We haven't seen each other for many years, and Lu Changan almost never actively contacts her.
A long period of time.
Her longing for Lu Changan, the feeling she didn't dare to express in words back then, is now... getting weaker and weaker!
After entering the Proud Moon Palace and forming the Half-Step Golden Pill, Xia Wenyue's horizons widened. She was no longer the female nun from the family who had never seen the world.
Among Xia Wenyue's many suitors, there are many sect geniuses with earthly spiritual roots, innate Taoist bodies, and even golden elixirs.
Compared to those amazing young talents, Lu Changan, who formed the Downstream True Pill, could only be said to be mediocre in her circle even though he had talisman arts and medical skills.
Mr. Lu, whom I had admired and admired in his early years, naturally lost his halo.
It was not difficult for her to guess that Lu Changan had the same purpose as those suitors, and they were plotting the Taiyin jade liquid that she was gestating.
The difference is that Lu Changan is not like those people who use the guise of admiration and pursuit.
She felt lucky that when she was young and had never seen the world, Lu Changan did not take advantage of her and deceive her emotionally and physically.
If one's virginity is taken away, it will affect the development of Taiyin Jade Liquid in the future.
Although the relationship has faded, Xia Wenyue is still grateful and never forgets the kindness of the past.
She kept the promise made by the inner demon's oath and did not tell anyone.
Returning to Gufeng Cave, Xia Wenyue took out the jade slip given by her senior sister and checked the information she was concerned about.
"Jing Kingdom has not been invaded by demons on a large scale so far, only small-scale trials and frictions..."
"The Xia clan in Qingshawan, the old patriarch's health is not as good as it used to be, and he still has twenty or thirty years left to live. Fortunately, Xia Mingqu has formed a fake elixir."
"Jinyun Valley... huh? That Fairy Zhao died on the battlefield, and she died like a charm!"
Xia Wenyue's calm face finally changed.
She had paid attention to the situation of Fairy Zhao, because she was Mr. Lu's confidante for two hundred years.
Many years ago, she had considered Zhao Siyao as her imaginary love rival. Thinking about it now, she felt very sad.
"Xianzi Zhao died in the battle, and Mr. Lu, whose life or death is uncertain, will show up?"
Xia Wenyue thought with compassion in her eyes.
Maybe it’s the inertia of missing her for many years.
She has an obsession in her heart: it has nothing to do with love and repaying gratitude, she just wants to see the youthful Mr. Lu again.
…
Liang Guo, Jinyun Valley.
Qunying Mountain, in front of a newly cast tombstone.
Zhao Tan'er was thin and haggard, her dress was dirty, she was kneeling on the ground, her eyes were red and swollen, and she was crying like a tearful person.
"Master, it's all Tan'er's fault!"
"If you don't give that third-level middle-grade escape talisman to Tan'er, you won't die."
Zhao Tan'er repeated the same words many times in front of the tombstone, as if she was nervous.
That third-level escape talisman was the best escape talisman Lu Changan could produce at that time, except for the treasure talisman.
In fact, Zhao Tan'er used it two years ago and escaped life and death in the demonic war.
Otherwise, Zhao Tan'er will die.
Whoosh!
At this time, a golden escaping light in the middle stage of pill formation flew down.
"The murderer, is it confirmed to be the real Black Crow?"
Zhang Tieshan waved the big sleeves of his black robe, paid homage and offered incense, and then asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, Tan'er saw it with her own eyes."
Zhao Tan'er wiped away her tears, clenched her silver teeth, and her voice contained hatred and killing intent.
Master Black Crow, the demon master of the Beast King Valley, has cruel methods and is a monk in the middle stage of the True Pill.
This person's strength is close to that of a late-stage Core Formation cultivator. He has a record of killing fellow cultivators from the Wei Dao Alliance. His highest record is that he can restrain two mid-stage Core Formation cultivators at the same time.
"I encountered him on the battlefield today. If there is a good opportunity, Zhang will kill him and avenge Junior Sister Zhao."
Zhang Tieshan's slightly dark face showed an angry look, and he raised his hands and promised.
Apart from Lu Changan, he is Zhao Siyao's best friend in the world, and he is also a fellow disciple.
"Thank you, Uncle Zhang."
Zhao Tan'er bowed and said gratefully.
Her strength is far from the real Black Crow. If she encounters her alone, it would be great if she can escape with her life saved.
Zhang Tieshan is powerful in fighting skills. He formed the true elixir eighteen years earlier than Lu Changan, and is now in the middle stage of elixir formation.
In the entire Jinyun Valley, apart from the Great Elder, only Zhang Tieshan could fight against the Black Crow Master.
"I heard that when you picked up Junior Sister Zhao, she breathed her last. Junior Sister Zhao, do you have any regrets?"
Zhang Tieshan was silent for a moment, feeling guilty.
Due to the serious injury of the sect leader Xuan Xiao, his strength has declined significantly. He will take over the position of the sect leader of Jinyun Valley in the future.
He was very busy in these years, taking on some of the responsibilities of the sect leader, and did not give more care to Zhao Siyao.
Moreover, as the helmsman of Jinyun Valley and a member of the Law Enforcement Hall, he must be fair and strict and cannot be too obviously partial to anyone in a demonic war.
"Master said: Tell him not to come back."
Zhao Tan'er bit her lower lip with memories on her face.
At that time, Zhao Siyao was lying in her arms, dying, with a yellow face and the appearance of a middle-aged woman. Her chest, abdomen and legs were penetrated by black feather needles.
Zhao Tan'er was desperate and unable to save her life. She once thought that if she had Uncle Lu's medical skills, she could save her master.
In fact, before her death, the master left her two last words.
She kept the other one deep in her heart and did not tell Zhang Tieshan.
"he?"
Zhang Tieshan was thoughtful, looking resolutely towards the far north of the Liang Kingdom's immortal world.
As the leader of the sect, he knew some inside information and concluded that Lu Changan ran away to Feng Yuan Kingdom deep in the endless sand desert.
"Lu Changan, as Junior Sister Zhao's best friend, Zhang can understand if you don't come back for revenge. Master Black Crow, Zhang will kill for you!"
Zhang Tieshan murmured in his heart and secretly made up his mind.
However, Master Black Crow is a leader in the middle stage of pill formation. He has just entered the middle stage of pill formation and has no certainty of killing him within ten years.
The reason why he understood Lu Changan was that Zhang Tieshan knew that the former faced a more terrifying enemy.
That is the Peacock Saint!
A few months ago, the three major alchemy monks including Zhang Tieshan, including a late-stage alchemy monk, joined forces to fight against the Peacock Saint, but were beaten to a miserable state.
At that time, the beasts controlled by the Peacock Saint did not include the five-color peacock of heavenly blood.
The weapon spirit reminded him that this woman was very dangerous and asked him to be careful.
During the fight, the Peacock Saint once paid attention to him and left a faint message: "Master Tianfeng? I heard that you have a good relationship with Master Wugui?"
At that time, Zhang Tieshan's scalp was numb and he felt a sense of danger.
Even if there are fragments of weapon spirits and spiritual treasures, the genius saint of the Beast King Valley is an existence that he can only look up to.
As the top sect in Daqing, Beast King Valley is said to have a sect-suppressing treasure that is an imitation of the Lingbao, and is smelted from the fragments of the Lingbao.
After learning about Zhao Siyao's death, Zhang Tieshan investigated the information about the real Black Crow and learned that this person had pursued the Peacock Saint a hundred years ago.
Later, the achievements of the Peacock Saint made the Black Crow Master feel ashamed, so he simply hugged this thigh and became the saint's lackey.
Jinyun Valley is just an alchemy sect within the Weidao League. It must not offend the Peacock Saint, otherwise it may be targeted in the future and even face liquidation.
The Peacock Saint is not an ordinary Nascent Soul seed. She has great hope of becoming the Nascent Soul True Monarch.
With this woman's background, coupled with the powerful beast-control talent of the "All Souls Dao Body", once she becomes a Nascent Soul, her strength will be outstanding at the same level.
"Lu Changan, if you are not the reincarnation of Yan Donglai, it is best never to come back..."
…
The center of the endless desert.
The east corner of Fengyuan Kingdom, the Heyuan Oasis, and the Shanshui Manor Dojo.
"I see."
Lu Changan put away several divination objects stained with essence and blood, his voice hoarse.
He mourned for a moment in silence.
I just spent my life span, essence and blood and got relatively accurate divination results.
In the destiny, only one of Zhao's master and disciple can survive.
Lu Changan guessed from this that Zhao Siyao probably gave the third-level middle-grade escape talisman to his only disciple who regarded him as his daughter.
If she could choose again, Zhao Siyao would probably still trade her own life for Zhao Tan'er's survival.
After all, she is just a fake alchemy practitioner and can only survive for less than a hundred years at best.
"Judging from the hexagrams, the Peacock Saint is not the murderer. As the Saint of the Beast King Valley, she will not personally take action against a mere fake elixir."
"However, even if she doesn't intentionally give instructions, if the suitors and masters of Jiedan below understand her intentions, someone will naturally come forward."
Lu Changan felt a little ashamed, as his own cause and effect was somewhat implicated in Zhao Siyao.
Of course, even if it is not affected, judging from the hexagrams, Zhao Siyao gave the escape talisman to his apprentice, and sooner or later this disaster will happen.
The Peacock Saint's causal involvement only accelerates this process in advance.
In the magic battlefield, the death rate is very high, and False Dan Zhenren is considered a high-level cannon fodder.
The fake elixir master has no promotion potential. Even if he is unfortunately broken, the Immortal Cultivation Sect will not be hurt, so don't feel too distressed.
Therefore, certain high-risk tasks are often performed by fake Dan real people.
"You want me to go back to Liang Kingdom?"
Lu Changan captured the intention of the Peacock Saint.
After all, Zhao Siyao is Lu Changan's best old friend and confidante in the world.
Lu Changan tried to deduce the deeper reasons, cause and effect, but encountered invisible resistance.
"There is a divination expert who has blocked the secrets of heaven. That person's skills are superior to mine."
Lu Changan pondered and gave up the calculation.
Divination is not omnipotent and there is an invisible game.
It can be calculated, and naturally it can also be concealed, or even misled.
Just like playing chess, there is offense and defense.
Although fortune-tellers are very unpopular, top sects such as the Six Demonic Sects have strong fortune-tellers who can cover up some of the sect's secrets and strategies and prevent speculation.
At the same time, there are many strange objects in the world that can resist calculations or increase resistance.
Since divination is not as good as divination, Lu Changan analyzed it from the perspective of True Lord Yuanying.
After a long time, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
"Haha! The little peacock was found a flaw by this real person..."
Lu Changan suddenly realized.
turn out to be.
Back then, the Peacock Saint chased Lu Changan and was teased. One of her three wings was broken off, and her true nature was damaged. The silver ring she wore on her ankle to control spirits, a personal belonging like her, was also taken away by Lu Changan.
Such a shame and humiliation shocked the arrogant Peacock Saint into a deep state of mind.
It even left a knot in my heart.
Even a small flaw in one's mental state is a hidden danger that can be infinitely magnified for the future Nascent Soul's tribulation.
Especially the terrible inner demon tribulation.
If she doesn't understand her heart knot, it will be difficult for this woman to be promoted to Nascent Soul, and the risk is extremely high.
In other words, I don’t dare to go through the Nascent Soul Tribulation at all.
Even if you ask Lord Nascent Soul to kill Lu Changan, the fundamental problem cannot be solved. It must be done by the Peacock Saint herself in order to truly understand the idea.
Of course, the above are just the results of Lu Changan Yuanying's vision analysis.
"It's a sure thing. Otherwise, the Peacock Saint would not ask a divination expert to cover up this matter."
Lu Changan can basically be sure.
Knowing the truth, Lu Changan took the initiative.
It is equivalent to saying that he has mastered the forbidden ring of the Peacock Saint's promotion to the Nascent Soul.
If Lu Changan hides his name and never returns, the chances of the Peacock Saint being promoted to Nascent Soul are slim.
If Lu Changan didn't give her a chance, there would be no hope for her.
The only worry is that if the Peacock Saint cannot find him in the future, she may target Zhao Tan'er, Li Erqing's descendants, or even take revenge on Jinyun Valley.
"The Peacock Saint has only been promoted to the late stage of pill formation for more than 20 years. She still has many years to go before reaching the peak of pill formation. She is far from that step."
Lu Changan estimated that the Peacock Saint would be more anxious when she reaches the peak of pill formation and prepares to conceive a baby.
By then, the demonic invasion war will probably be decided soon.
The Peacock Saint is not a heavenly spiritual root. The characteristics of her innate Tao body and the blessing of the speed of cultivation are slightly inferior to the earthly spiritual roots.
…
More than half a year later.
In the secret room of the manor, in the third-level body-tempering medicine pool.
"Mid-level third-level body training!"
Lu Changan's giant dark gold body had dense golden discs floating like fish scales, slowly gathering on the surface of the body.
The terrifying physical pressure and blood pressure disappeared in the secret room.
Half a month later.
He has stabilized his cultivation and can freely control the physical power of "Jin Luo Ba Body".
Lu Changan declared to be in seclusion.
In fact, he quietly left Heyuan Oasis.
Fly all the way to the outskirts of the desert, heading straight to the direction of the Liang Kingdom's Immortal Realm.
After being promoted to the middle stage of the third level of body refining, Lu Changan's strength and self-preservation ability have improved significantly.
Even so, Lu Changan had no intention of visiting the Liang Kingdom to cultivate immortality in person.
Two months later.
Lu Changan flew to the outskirts of the Feisha Wasteland, close to the border of the Liang Kingdom's Immortal Realm.
"go!"
Lu Changan was sitting in the sand beast carriage under the sand layer, controlling the puppet clone.
Whoosh!
The assassin in a hat wearing a gray robe and a black cloak turned into an afterimage that was invisible to the naked eye and flew into the realm of immortality in Liang Kingdom.
The bamboo hat assassin is possessed by the power of the soul at the peak of the pill formation in the previous life, and has powerful spiritual consciousness and senses.
His magic power is comparable to that of the middle stage of pill formation, and he can cast most common spells of human monks.
In terms of concealment, he is better than Lu Changan.
It represents Lu Changan's trip to the Liang Kingdom, and is not very different from the original one.
A few days later.
The assassin in a bamboo hat approached Zhou's family and used remote control to cast magic spells to stabilize the ban on the poisonous insects in Zhou Qingxuan's mind.
According to the agreement, Lu Changan controlled and stabilized Zhou Qingxuan's Gu insect ban once every ten years.
At the same time, Zhou Qingxuan also controls the ban on Gu insects by Xing Peng, the master of Wujian Menxiang.
Now, it's just one year ahead of schedule.
The beast-controlling Zhou family, the Supreme Elder’s cave.
"Could it be that the old immortal is coming back?"
Zhou Qingxuan, who was wearing a goose-yellow dress and had a delicate face like a girl, suddenly felt something and was shocked.
"Not good! According to Xing Peng, there are spies from the Wujian Sect around the Zhou family, Xiaogui Peak, and Jinyun Valley..."
Zhou Qingxuan frowned, worried and did not dare to go out easily.
Half an hour later.
Zhou Qingxuan suddenly noticed that the formation restrictions in the cave were triggered.
"who?"
She broke out in a cold sweat, and then she discovered that a mysterious man in a bamboo hat appeared in the shadow of the window curtain.
"A certain family codenamed 'Black Owl', a member of the Qinglong Society, has been ordered by the Lord to resolve the ban on Gu insects, and I have something to ask you."
The hoarse and deep voice of the man in the hat sounded, and he had already cast a spell to set up a soundproof barrier.
"Qinglonghui? The Lord you mentioned..."
Zhou Qingxuan's beauty turned pale, and her heart was horrified. Looking at the mysterious man in a bamboo hat so close, she felt deep awe and did not dare to say anything.
The Zhou family has third-level formations and spirit beasts with a keen sense of smell. Even if they are in the middle or late stages of pill formation, it is difficult for them to come to her bed as if there is no one around.
…
Seven days later, on the outskirts of Feisha desert.
puff!
Lu Changan emerged from the sand, beckoned the assassin in a bamboo hat flying from a distance, and put it into his storage bag.
Through the remote control of the puppet clone and the dialogue with Zhou Qingxuan, Lu Changan learned about the war situation in the major immortal cultivating countries of the Guardian Alliance.
Includes detailed information on Zhao Siyao’s death.
"The demonic invasion focused on outflanking and attacking the Feng Kingdom, but they didn't invade the Jing Kingdom on a large scale?"
Lu Changan was away for nearly nine years, and Jing Kingdom had not suffered much loss, which was surprising.
Neither Feng nor Jing were conquered, so the fire of war could not burn Liang.
If it weren't for the Peacock Saint, he would have been able to practice in Liang Kingdom's Jinyun Valley for many years, and he might have been able to save Zhao Siyao from death.
"Master Black Crow, the direct murderer who killed Zhao Siyao."
After getting useful information, Lu Changan stopped staying and returned to Feng Yuan Kingdom deep in the desert.
I'm afraid no one could have imagined that Lu Changan would return to the world of immortal cultivation in Liang Kingdom in an unusual way.
Through this operation, Lu Changan gained more experience in using puppet clones.
He imagined that in the future, if he could create a puppet clone at the late stage of pill formation, his lethality would be as much as that of his true self.
At that time, you can avenge Zhao Siyao by remote control without taking risks.
He could even retaliate against the Peacock Saint, making her fearful and not dare to implicate her innocent old friend again.
The Peacock Saint also had disciples, relatives and friends, and a family from which she was born, so she was not alone.
If you want to take advantage of Lu Changan, who is alone, does not marry and have children, and lives a long life, you are making a big mistake.