Lu Changan, who was practicing in seclusion, realized that Xuan Shuigui's promotion was within his expectations.
After absorbing a large amount of innate turbidity from the decay of Xuantian's relics, the Xuan Shui Turtle's bloodline transformed, at least comparable to that of a heavenly creature. Although it is a third-level Xuan Turtle, its lifespan is not much lower than that of Lu Changan.
The lifespan of ordinary monster species is similar to that of humans. However, those legendary species, such as true spirit dragons and phoenixes, and unicorn black turtles, have extremely long lifespans. The corresponding descendants of true spirit bloodlines, and species above the earth level, also have lifespans far longer than ordinary monsters.
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"This fourth-level blood dragon fruit is a rare body-refining holy fruit in the world of immortality. Even if it cannot advance me to the fourth-level body-refining fruit, it can still increase my physical strength."
Lu Changan took out a jade box and unsealed a dragon-scale bloody fruit, whose value was close to the Tianying Fruit.
The huge blood energy of heaven and earth surged in the secret room.
During the Nascent Soul Heavenly Thunder Tribulation three years ago, Lu Changan's refining body had been somewhat baptized by the Heavenly Thunder.
At that time, his body-refining bottleneck was faintly loosened, but he lost this feeling again after overcoming the tribulation.
This fourth-level blood dragon fruit was the dividend compensation given by Jing Wufeng after he came out of the Ancient Nether Palace.
Lu Changan originally planned to collect more precious body refining materials in the future to refine a breakthrough body refining holy elixir.
However, the current era in the world of immortality is not suitable for physical cultivation. The body-refining treasure materials of level 4 and above are almost extinct, and it is still far away from gathering the materials.
Even if you refine a fourth-level body-refining holy elixir that is a breakthrough, there is no guarantee that you will be promoted to the fourth level.
In addition to qualifications and opportunities, there are also constraints from the world and the environment.
In recent times, fifth-level body refining has been unheard of, and fourth-level body refining may be the limit in the human world. Therefore, the difficulty of promotion is far greater than that of a child.
Lu Changan simply took it immediately. Even if the chance of promotion was very low, he could still improve his physical training strength.
A few days later.
Lu Changan failed to advance to the fourth level through body training.
However, his body, energy, and blood have increased significantly by several percent, and the bottleneck has been loosened, allowing him to reach the quasi-fourth level of body refining.
The impact of body training was just a small episode during Lu Changan's retreat.
Most of his energy is used to improve magical powers and secret techniques.
With the insights from the fourth life of the Nascent Soul, and the memories and experiences of many Nascent Souls, Lu Changan practiced certain similar magical powers and secrets, and it was easy to understand by analogy.
For example, "Phantom Wood Clone" is very consistent with the attributes of the Evergreen Kung Fu. The memories of the three Nascent Souls all showed that they had practiced similar physical skills.
Lu Changan practiced "Phantom Wood Clone" in this life and easily achieved a small success.
In essence, in addition to maintaining his original intention, Lu Changan is equivalent to the reincarnation of the old monster Nascent Soul and rebuilding, not the fusion of residual souls and half-baked rebuilding like Hu Ang.
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During the retreat, another three years passed.
On this day, Yunxia Sect gave birth to a late-stage pill-forming master named Caiyue Zhenren.
Compared with when Lu Changan first came to Yunxia Sect, the sect's luck was much stronger and it was a prosperous scene.
The old and new members of the sect are changing, and capable people are emerging in large numbers. From top to bottom, everything is clearly beyond the era when True Lord Yunlan was in power.
Some monks in the sect privately discussed that Zixia Zhenjun was better at managing the sect than his senior brother Yun Lan.
The newly promoted Master Caiyue held a small celebration.
Xiao Qingshan sent a congratulatory gift to Lu Changan. After all, Master Caiyue gave a generous gift during the Nascent Soul Ceremony.
"In the past six months, the General Affairs Office has added two new tasks to exterminate demons. It's very strange."
"Not only our Yunxia Sect, but also some demonized monsters have appeared sporadically in various major forces in the Dayu Kingdom. Fortunately, most of them are below the third level and are not harmful."
"With such abnormal signs, could it be that the catastrophe of demonic chaos is about to sweep through the Central Region again?"
At the Xiaoqing party, the monks of the sect talked loudly, among which the signs of the demon's resurgence was a hot topic.
For Xiao Qingshan, demon chaos is unfamiliar. When the demon disaster happened last time, his mother was not even born.
Several high-level sects present here have long been concerned about this.
However, the current small number of middle and low-level monsters is not enough for them to take action personally.
Xuefeng Sect Master whispered: "The signs of the demon's resurgence this time are much earlier than before. According to the predictions of the divination master, the demon chaos will break out on a large scale within ten years at the latest, and the Central Region will bear the brunt."
Master Caiyue sighed quietly: "The demon disaster has little impact on the top level of the world of immortality, but I don't know how many ordinary monks will die."
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After Xiaoqing, Xiao Qingshan returned to Yunlan Peak and compiled and recorded the recent outside information in jade slips for Xiang Zhenjun to review after he leaves the customs.
The signs of demonic calamity have no effect on Lord Diyan.
Ever since Xuan Shui Turtle was promoted to the late third level, it has also begun to practice diligently in the past few years.
At the same time, he did not forget to supervise Hu Ang's every move.
Recently, a blue-armored puppet with the same mission sat cross-legged in the underground palace, entering a state of tranquility that seemed to be half asleep, completely forgetting the outside world.
Both the master and the blue-armored puppet are in seclusion, so Mr. Diyan has no choice but to shoulder the heavy burden.
Lu Changan is not closed off about life and death, and his spiritual consciousness occasionally checks the situation in the outside world.
"If the demon rebellion breaks out within ten years, it will be a good opportunity."
Lu Changan murmured.
He thought about the monsters he encountered during his travels. Although they were controlled by ghost cultivators, it was not accidental.
During the past demon turmoil, some remaining demons, or demonic power, were scattered in every corner of the Central Territory of the Great Abyss.
The demon disaster in the Central Region is said to have a certain connection with the Ancient Nether Palace.
Normally, the demonic turmoil occurs around 16 years after the ancient Youdian Palace.
But the last time the Ancient Youdian Palace was also unusual, there were a large number of participants, and the chance of finding treasures was greater than before.
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Five years later.
The number of monsters in the Central Abyss has increased significantly, and third-level monsters occasionally appear, bringing destruction to various places in the world of immortality.
In the forbidden area of the Central Territory, demonic energy surged, and many monsters with confused intelligence rushed out in advance.
One-third of Yunxia Sect's sect tasks are related to exterminating demons.
This year, Lu Changan finally ended his ten-year retreat.
After ten years of hard training, Lu Changan's magic power has improved slightly, but his magical power has improved significantly.
With ten years of limited time, Lu Changan majored in the highly lethal "Destroying Divine Light" and supplemented it with several other magical powers and secrets that Yi learned.
The reason why I majored in "Destroying Divine Light" is because it is compatible with the wood-based exercises, especially the Evergreen Technique, which is also very lethal to living creatures.
The characteristic of "Destroying Divine Light" is to stifle vitality, which is extremely harmful to flesh and blood creatures, animals and plants.
It is said that the land hit by the "Destroying Divine Light" will not grow a single blade of grass within a hundred years.
If it hits a monk, the life essence will be greatly withered.
Take Lu Changan's Nascent Soul Master's "Withered Divine Light" as an example. If an ordinary alchemy monk is hit from the front, he will turn into a pile of withered bones in an instant.
Even if the Nascent Soul cultivator gets involved in the body, the essence, blood and vitality will be lost, which will reduce the temporary fighting strength.
If "Destroying Divine Light" is cultivated to a great level, it usually takes the middle and late stages of Nascent Soul to reach it, and its power reaches a higher level. If it is slightly touched during a fight, the target's lifespan can be reduced.
To practice this magical power, Lu Changan consumed a lot of blood and energy. In order to speed up the progress, he also lost three years of his life.
This is because he has reached the fourth level of physical training, and if his quality of essence, blood, and vitality were replaced by an ordinary Nascent Soul, he would probably lose ten years of his life.
If one consumes essence, blood and lifespan at all costs during the battle, the power of "Destroying Divine Light" can be increased to a higher level, which poses a great threat to monks below the middle stage of Nascent Soul.
With this magical power, Lu Changan has greatly strengthened his offensive capabilities.
Of course, there is no perfect magical power in the world.
"Withered Divine Light" also has limitations.
First, this magical power can penetrate the spiritual light of the magic shield, but it is easily blocked by defensive magic weapons, especially heavy magic weapons and metallic magic weapons.
After all, "Destroying Divine Light" belongs to the wood-type magical power, and it also has attribute restraints.
Secondly, its lethality against non-living things is very weak, such as dead puppets.
Things like puppets and zombies are not living things, so they are not afraid of the "Destruction Divine Light".
However, as a puppet master, Lu Changan has many puppets and is not afraid of being restrained by such means.
In addition to these two limitations, there are also things that most magical powers have in common.
No matter how powerful your magical power is, it must hit the target to be effective.
If the target is extremely fast or has a higher level, if it is blocked and resolved, the "Destroying Divine Light" will not be able to touch the enemy's body. Even if the effect is incredible, it will be in vain.
Lu Changan is not worried about this. He has many methods to help him. Puppet, spiritual pet, treasure talisman, and magic weapon can all be involved and suppress the enemy. On this basis, he can activate the "Destroying Divine Light" and it will be even more powerful!
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In addition to magical powers and secret techniques, Lu Changan also found time to refine and improve the quality of his main magic weapons and smelt precious materials.
[Dragon Wood Staff] Smelts dragon bones, purifies dragon blood, and improves the quality of its power.
[Nailhead Arrows] are also valuable materials that have been incorporated into the past reserves, such as the fourth-level mid-grade [Purple Nether Ore], which is also a dividend from the Ancient Nether Palace.
This mine is an extremely rare soul treasure material that can increase the quality of [Nail Arrow] and the lethality of the soul.
When I was building the supernatural peacock, I was not willing to use [Purple Nether Ore], but only used two other fourth-level mid-grade materials.
The main material of the shaft of the [Nailhead Arrow] is the precious soul-nurturing wood in the world of immortality. Under the cultivation of Lu Changan for hundreds of years, its spiritual quality also exceeds the ordinary fourth-level mid-grade spiritual wood.
This kind of precious spiritual wood in the world of immortality, if the environment of heaven and earth allows it, can theoretically grow infinitely to the fifth level, sixth level, or even higher.
Just like a monk's natal magic weapon, as long as the cultivation level continues to improve, the materials are smelted, sacrificed, refined and cultivated, theoretically it can be infinitely improved, and the immortal treasure can be forged.
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"After ten years of seclusion, I have reached the age of 391, and there are only ten years left before Jing Wufeng's promise to seal the demon."
Lu Changan counted the time.
Back then, I owed Jing Wufeng a promise to help him seal a dangerous place where demonic energy leaked in the forbidden area of the Central Region within a period of time.
Without Jing Wufeng's help, he would not have been able to kill Shi Xinlong in the past, and Lord Diyan might not have been able to be promoted to the fourth level Demon King.
Now that the demonic energy is pouring out of the forbidden area in the Central Territory, I don't know if it will have any impact on the agreement at that time.
Not long after she came out of seclusion, Fairy Zixia visited Yunlan Peak in person to exchange information on what had happened in the past ten years.
Among them, there is news about Jing Wufeng.
Jiang Ziyan said: "Three years ago, Lord Jing Tianzhen appeared in the Central Territory, attracting the attention of many Yuanying old monsters."
"In a battle two years ago, Jing Tianzhen was undefeated against a giant in the middle stage of Yuanying. He also took advantage of the chaos to kill an early stage Yuanying without even escaping the spirit body of Yuanying..."
Mentioning this matter, Jiang Ziyan's eyes showed fear.
Lord Jing Tianzhen’s magical power breaks the convention that ordinary Nascent Soul Lords are difficult to perish.
Lu Changan was also envious after hearing this.
Jing Wufeng possesses special spatial powers, which may be able to limit the escape of the Nascent Soul spirit body.
Lu Changan happens to lack such magical powers or special magic weapons.
If he wants to kill the Nascent Soul in its early stage, he must resort to destructive means to kill the target Nascent Soul first, making it impossible for him to escape smoothly.
"Dalong thinks, does Jing Tianzhen really have possession of the fake spirit treasure? Otherwise, how could it cause such a big commotion?"
Fairy Zixia probed intentionally or unintentionally.
Although Jing Tianzhen has only been to Yunxia Sect once, she always feels that the former's relationship with Xiang Dalong is not simple.
"not sure."
Lu Changan shook his head and did not express his true thoughts.
He felt that there was "Zhen Shui Zhenjun" behind this matter.
The other Yuanying old monsters targeted Jing Wufeng, either because of their grudges against Gu Youdian, or because of their greed for opportunities such as fake spiritual treasures.
True Lord Mingshui had some misunderstandings about Jing Wufeng, and was concerned about the huge benefits related to Tinghai Pavilion.
"This Lord Jing Tianzhen should be a lucky person. He became the focus of the Central Region as soon as he appeared."
"Well, you, Taoist friend Jing, can attract firepower, so I can develop so comfortably."
Lu Changan silently clicked a like.
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Two days later, Fairy Zixia left Yunlan Peak.
Lu Changan suddenly thought of a possibility, checking the letters received in the past ten years.
The appointment to seal the demon is approaching, and Jing Wufeng should take the initiative to contact him when he returns to the Central Territory.
Not long after, Lu Changan's spiritual consciousness found a special third-level jade shell among the many letters. It seemed to be a congratulatory gift, but it had the heavenly character prohibition that Lu Changan was familiar with.
Lu Changan broke through the ban on Yubei according to the method agreed in the past.
Buzz!
A curtain of blue water appeared on the surface of the jade shell, and the free and uninhibited figure of Lord Jing Tianzhen appeared on it.
"Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Xiang for becoming one of the Nascent Souls. In the future, my confidence in sealing demons will increase by a few percent."
Mr. Jing Tianzhen stood with his hands behind his back, talking to himself.
"The impending demonic turmoil in the Central Region is not a bad thing for our agreed plan. This will help find the key nodes where the demonic energy leaks, and facilitate the repair of the seal."
"Jing returned to the Central Territory of the Great Abyss. He was planning to contact Daoist Xiang as soon as possible, but he was targeted by a group of troublesome guys. In addition to old monster Jin Kun, there was also Zhenjun Mingshui's inexplicable wife..."
Jing Wufeng explained the objective conditions that made it inconvenient to meet, so as to avoid involving Lu Changan and the Yunxia Sect.
After hearing this, Lu Changan recognized Jing Wufeng's character, and he might be able to become a trustworthy friend like Lao Zhang in the future.
"Jing Mou first went to the forbidden area of the Central Region to look for important gaps where the demonic energy leaked. In that chaotic place where the demonic energy is raging, it will help get rid of those troubles."
"When the demon turmoil comes to an end, Daoist Xiang will go with Jing to the forbidden area of the Central Territory to complete the agreement of sealing the demon."
At this point, Jing Wufeng's figure dimmed and he added another sentence at the last moment when he was about to disappear:
"By the way, there is a fourth-order void whale in the coastal waters of the Eastern Region. It has a thin true spirit bloodline. This whale possesses the power of space. It is said that it has a large collection of space treasures that Jing cannot take. If Xiang Zhenjun is interested, he can do it in the future.
You can cooperate in hunting and go to the sea."
Hearing this unintentional news, Lu Changan's head suddenly moved.
He remembered that Jing Wufeng was proficient in space formations and had once set up a fourth-level illusionary sky formation to hunt down the demonic Stone Heart Dragon. This person was at least a quasi-fourth-level formation master.
Lu Changan also lacks space treasure materials to repair the space teleportation array left behind by Tinghai Pavilion.
Cha Hai Zhenjun is a fourth-level formation mage. Unfortunately, the Nascent Soul that devoured this person only lit up one-tenth of the fifth life, which was not enough to transform into a reincarnation experience.
Otherwise, Lu Changan could directly become a fourth-level formation master instead of a third-level formation master.
Fortunately, Master Shahai has a general plan for repairing it, but it mainly lacks space materials.
If you obtain space treasure materials in the future, please consult Jing Wufeng, and you may be able to repair the space formations left behind by Tinghai Pavilion more smoothly.
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After Lu Changan came out of seclusion, the first place he visited was the Underground Palace Dojo.
Not to visit Lord Diyan, nor to the Xuan Shui Turtle who was promoted to the late third level.
Lu Changan stepped under the underground palace and entered a restricted and isolated room.
"Friend Lu Dao, you are here."
The green-armored puppet, who had been sitting cross-legged for several years, slowly opened his eyes. The green flames in his eyes were less ghostly and gloomy, and more radiant with wisdom.
Lu Changan looked into the eyes of the puppet, and the spiritual pressure of the Nascent Soul Master was emitted from his body, and the latter actually exuded a similar spiritual pressure aura, not inferior at all.
Lu Changan looked overjoyed, and his figure blurred and disappeared from the place.
Boom!
In an instant, a nearly fourth-level physique was blessed with huge power, and its huge palm with expanded golden patterns struck the green-armored puppet like thunder.
The green-armored puppet lightly raised his green iron palm to resist the huge force that destroyed the mountain peak.
His figure sat in place without any sway.
There was even a soft force that pushed Lu Changan away, preventing him from being subjected to the powerful counterattack.
"Not bad! This kind of control is worthy of being a true fourth-level puppet."
Lu Changan looked up and down and found that the body of the blue-armored puppet had not changed at all. It was a fourth-level puppet with complete quality.
The real change lies in the puppet spirit.
Today's blue-armored puppets, whose spirits exude spiritual power similar to that of Nascent Soul monks, have far greater control over their body's power than in the past, and can handle highly complex and high-speed fights on their own.
However, this puppet is not a real living being.
The puppet spirit has an existence similar to the divine soul, but it is not the same as the divine soul or the Nascent Soul.
Lu Changan couldn't help but think of the artificial intelligence before time travel, and the puppet spirit was like an alternative existence of a higher form.
The unique puppet clone of the spirit possessed in the previous life has more prominent advantages, so that he does not have to bear the consumption of spiritual consciousness and can go out on independent missions or act separately.
"With Lao Wei's current strength, can he stand up to a Nascent Soul cultivator on his own?"
"If it's the Yunxia Sect's female Nascent Soul, Wei is more confident."
Master Wei said calmly.
"It wouldn't be difficult if Fellow Daoist Lu gives some fourth-level treasure materials and lets Wei strengthen the puppet's weapons and armor to compete with the veteran Nascent Soul in its early stages."
Master Wei didn't know that Fairy Zixia had obtained the ultimate magic weapon [Wind and Cloud Fan], and coupled with her peak cultivation in the early stage of Nascent Soul, her strength was now far from what it used to be.
"Okay! It's really the right time and the right place! Ben Zhenjun's debt settlement plan can be implemented with confidence."
Lu Changan chuckled lightly, with a stern look in his eyes.