Chapter 422 Three gates and four levels, the beast king counterattacks
Chapter 423 Three gates and four levels, the beast king counterattacks
Three years later.
Lu Changan's age reached 419 years old, and it has been seven years since he returned to Daqing.
Due to geographical separation, most of the cultivators from the Wei Dao Alliance did not know about the death of a Nascent Soul elder from the Qianji Cult.
Neither the Guardian Alliance nor the Beast King Valley has any interest or concern in the Far East Badlands where the two sects are located.
The two sects are in opposition to each other, with numerous forces. There are frequent wars among cultivators. In every era, the True Monarch of Nascent Soul has fallen. Even if other regions know the news, they don’t care much about it, or they may guess which master of water-based techniques is the most powerful person.
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This day, Changqingfeng Dojo.
In the secret room, Lu Changan finished his Evergreen Kung practice for the day.
"Compared with the rapid progress of "Qian Ji Yan Shen Jue", Evergreen Kung Fu has no follow-up techniques, and the cultivation efficiency is really too low."
Lu Changan slowly finished his work and sighed in his heart.
When I was in Dayuan and Yunxia Sect, I could make up for it with the help of Zixia Fairy in the Nascent Soul stage.
The efficiency of cultivation is low, and it takes up a lot of Lu Changan's time every day to refine puppets, draw talismans and other skills, leaving him little free time to tackle difficult problems.
This is because Lu Changan's physical training is stuck at the fourth level, unable to break through the bottleneck, and he has not wasted time in this regard.
Lu Changan has a long lifespan, so his cultivation efficiency is low, but the key is that he will not be able to advance to the middle stage of Nascent Soul in the future.
Fortunately, it is still far away to reach the peak of the early stage of Nascent Soul, so there is enough time to plan the subsequent exercises.
In the past three years, the cultivation of "Qian Ji Yan Shen Jue" has made rapid progress.
The previous puppet inheritance and secret techniques of controlling puppets mainly came from the Thousand Machines Sect and were inherited from the same origin.
Therefore, the early stage of the transfer was smooth and seamless, and the cultivation was completed to the fourth level of the elixir-forming level of "Qian Ji Yan Shen Jue".
Even so, Lu Changan's progress was beyond common sense and far exceeded that of Master Wei, a puppet-refining genius.
And Puppet Master Wei is faster than Elder Teng.
In terms of puppet refining qualifications alone, Lu Changan may not be as good as Wei Puppet Master, but his soul talent is much stronger.
In actual practice, Lu Changan also has two major advantages:
First, gain experience and insights directly from Elder Teng’s memory and avoid many detours.
Secondly, when the past life comes, the soul is more powerful, which can improve the training effect of "Thousands of Machines and Gods" and extend the training time.
Every time you practice the Soul Secret Technique, it takes a huge toll on your mind, and its recovery rate is much lower than your mana.
Lu Changan can break this shackles by coming through his past life, and the effect and time will be greatly improved.
Even if you come to the second life, there will be a promotion effect, which may be related to the reincarnation characteristics.
After cultivating the "Qian Ji Yan Shen Jue" to the fourth level, Lu Changan's spiritual consciousness has been enhanced by nearly half.
It may not seem like much, but compared to the soul foundation of Yuanying monks, this improvement is already considerable.
As you move up to the fourth level, most of the early basics have been transformed, and the speed of cultivation is not so exaggerated, but it is still enough to make the elders of Qianji Sect jealous.
The most difficult level is above the seventh level, which corresponds to the Nascent Soul level. Elder Teng was stuck for nearly a hundred years.
Lu Changan speculated that it would be easier to break through the bottleneck by himself.
In addition to the outstanding talent of the soul, after the advent of the fourth life, Lu Changan's soul is comparable to the peak of the mid-stage Nascent Soul, with great strength and easier to break through bottlenecks.
Moreover, when he reaches the top of the sixth level, there is still room for slight improvement in the intensity of his spiritual consciousness.
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End daily practice.
Lu Changan took out a jade pendant with flashing spiritual patterns and received the message from Zhang Tianfeng.
He did not hesitate and came to Tianfeng Mountain Dojo.
In the main hall, the two of them sat opposite each other and talked, but the topic was not about the Wei Dao Alliance.
"Lu is not surprised that the Demonic War of the Seven Kingdoms Alliance broke out again. However, the Mingquan Sect, the leader of the six demonic sects, has given certain support, which shows that they are determined to conquer this hard nut."
Lu Changan looked at the direction of the Seven Kingdoms Alliance in deep thought.
A few years ago, he returned from the Seven Kingdoms Alliance.
The space formation node of Tinghai Pavilion is also within the territory of the Seven Nations Alliance.
"If the Seven Nations Alliance is completely conquered, even if the Beast King Valley does not take action, the people within the Guardian Alliance will probably be panicked and their will to fight will be lost."
There was worry in Zhang Tianfeng's eyes.
The Nether Spring Sect can support the Blood Spirit Sect and the Phantom Palace, and it is theoretically possible to assist the Beast King Valley. The difference is that the strategy of the Beast King Valley has been basically achieved and the situation is under control.
Once the Seven Nations Alliance is captured, the Guardian Alliance will have little space to survive. At that time, the Blood Spirit Gate and the Phantom Palace will also be able to free up their hands, putting tremendous pressure on the Guardian Alliance from the side.
"The news we have received so far is that the six demonic sects' rear areas in the Eastern Territory have reached an agreement on the distribution of interests and are almost in a state of rectification."
Zhang Tianfeng looked solemn and paused:
"Fortunately, the territory under the management of the Mingquan Sect is so large that it cannot use all its resources. The support for the Seven Nations Alliance currently consists of two Nascent Soul Lords, a dozen Dan-Jie Zhenren, and some high-level craftsmen.
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"I hope the Seven Nations Alliance can hold on, or at least not collapse."
Lu Changan looked far-reaching and murmured.
In fact, a hundred years ago, the Seven Nations Alliance was somewhat unable to withstand it.
Fortunately.
"Shenjun Aoki" suddenly emerged and suddenly came to the Seven Nations Alliance to kill the demon Yuanying, changing the regional situation.
Otherwise, the Seven Nations Alliance may lose a large area of territory and will not have the time to recuperate and breathe in these years.
"By the way, Lu Zhenjun. The materials for the quasi-fourth-level puppet refining agreed upon a few years ago have been secretly prepared."
Zhang Tianfeng took out a storage bag.
"good."
Lu Changan finished counting the materials and confirmed that they were correct.
Previously, Zhang Tianfeng helped refine the transformation magic weapon, and Lu Changan had a credit for the materials, so he gave him a quota to compensate.
Zhang Tianfeng ordered that the creation of this puppet should be kept secret.
The future situation of the Daqing East Territory is unclear. A quasi-fourth-level puppet can enhance the sect's heritage and strategic reserves. It may be able to cope with crises at critical moments and reduce a lot of losses.
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A few months later.
Lu Changan created a quasi-fourth-level puppet that met Zhang Tianfeng's needs.
This time, Lu Changan was responsible for the creation alone, and Puppet Master Wei did not participate in the entire process.
Perhaps it was due to his practice of "Thousand Machines to Evolve the Gods", Lu Changan felt that he was very handy, and the quality of the quasi-fourth-level puppet he created was higher than expected.
"Fellow Daoist Lu's puppet refining skills have basically reached the fourth level."
Puppet Master Wei objectively commented.
As for the final product, he, a fourth-level puppet master, could not find any obvious flaws.
In order to hone his puppet skills, Lu Changan used the suitable treasures obtained in the past few years to improve the supernatural peacock puppet and fill the gaps in the puppet army.
The original puppet army formation is almost complete.
If we hadn't killed the two Nascent Soul monsters Shen Laoxie and Elder Teng, the progress wouldn't have been so fast.
The puppet is actually a consumable item.
If a battle of skills fails, the puppet will often be seriously damaged, its quality will be degraded, and it may even be written off on the spot.
For example, Elder Teng had previously self-destructed eight puppets. Lu Changan narrowly won the battle to seal the demons, and half of the puppet army was destroyed.
In evenly matched fierce battles, the puppets will also be damaged and need materials to repair them.
Unless a high winning rate can be guaranteed and the loot resources obtained are greater than the losses, the puppet can continue to improve.
But as long as there is one disastrous defeat or one major disaster, all previous efforts may be in vain.
Therefore, even the Thousand Machines Sect cannot accumulate infinitely many fourth-level puppets and inherit them.
In the short term, Lu Changan does not have enough fourth-level treasure materials to build a new fourth-level puppet.
The upgrade of the Alien Peacock to the fourth level, and the upgrade and transformation of [Nailhead Arrow] and [Black Sky Wing] cost Lu Changan too much precious materials.
In addition, too many puppets would exceed Lu Changan's control limit.
In the fight, puppets and magic weapons will occupy the monk's spiritual consciousness. The more there are, the stronger they are.
Puppet Master Wei controls the true fourth-level puppet as a puppet spirit. Under special circumstances, it can help Lu Changan save part of his spiritual consciousness load.
However, the puppet army formation and the supernatural peacock are inevitably loaded with a certain amount of spiritual consciousness.
The current puppet configuration is close to the limit, and any more will not be conducive to performance.
Lu Changan's future route is to strengthen the quality of puppets instead of pursuing quantity.
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In addition to the puppet refining technique, Lu Changan's other fourth-level skill will also enter the fourth level.
Over the decades since he was promoted to Nascent Soul, Lu Changan has accumulated a lot of talisman embryo materials for fourth-level talismans.
Some come from monsters and monsters, and some come from fourth-level spiritual trees. There are both harvests and trades, and the proportion of the former is higher.
This is an opportunity to practice skills that other Talisman masters cannot hope for.
Under the possession of the fourth generation, Lu Changan's spiritual consciousness was powerful, and the quality and success rate of the fourth-level talismans he drew in recent years could reach the standards of a fourth-level talisman master.
When the "Qian Ji Yan Shen Jue" reaches two more levels, Lu Changan's control over his spiritual consciousness will become even more sophisticated, and his talisman refining skills will be fully established at the fourth level.
Unfortunately, Lu Changan did not receive the inheritance of a fourth-level or above treasure talisman.
However, there are some similarities between spiritual talismans and treasure talismans in that they return to their origins through different paths.
The fourth-level spiritual wood is the spiritual talisman of the talisman. It can also cultivate spirituality using the past method of "Evergreen Gong", but the improvement in quality and power is very slow.
It is possible to cultivate high-quality products of the same level, but it is difficult to improve the level.
Unless the talisman embryo of the spirit wood is itself a fourth-level mid-grade, it would be less difficult to only refine a fourth-order low-grade one.
Lu Changan speculated that as the spiritual talismans and treasure talismans reach the fourth level and up, the skills continue to overlap and gradually become a system.
Due to the scarcity of fourth-level talismans, each one is equivalent to a treasure that can be passed down and has similar characteristics to the talisman.
Lu Changan also gained very little from the destroyed Yuanying old monster.
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half year later.
Lu Changan made talisman embryos from the fourth-grade mid-grade Tianshan wood, and refined several fourth-grade low-grade spiritual talismans, leaving them to be cultivated slowly in the future.
At this moment, he can be regarded as possessing three fourth-level skills.
Even among the Nascent Soul Lord, this is something unimaginable, and even the Nascent Soul Great Monk would find it difficult to do.
Due to the low efficiency of Evergreen Kung practice, Lu Changan did not have much time to consolidate and attack difficult problems.
The skills of puppet refining and talisman painting can both reach the fourth level.
Especially the talisman skill gave Lu Changan a feeling that he had barely broken through, had reached the upper limit, and had no progress.
"When the time comes, Fairy Xia should be almost ready."
Recently, Lu Changan planned to visit Feng Country.
He has a complete opportunity to conceive a baby in his hands, but keeping it is of little use to him.
During the hundreds of years of cultivating immortals, most of the old friends and younger generations with whom I was deeply bound have passed away, or their talents and longevity are limited, and they have lost their potential for further advancement.
Apart from Xia Wenyue, Lu Changan has no more suitable choice.
As far as the public is concerned, it would be beneficial to the overall situation if the Wei Dao Alliance could have one more Nascent Soul cultivator.
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On the eve of Lu Changan's departure, shocking bad news came from Fengguo.
This is bad news.
This is bad news for Lu Changan.
“Chu Tianfeng’s personal disciple ‘Situ Lan’ was assassinated on the way to the auction.”
"According to rumors, Situ Lan has resolved the knot in his heart. In recent years, he has been secretly preparing to have a baby, but his whereabouts were betrayed by his mole."
“After Situ Lan’s death, the demonic ‘Wu Jian Sect’ claimed responsibility for the incident.”
"Beast King Valley claims that this is a retaliatory counterattack against True Lord Evergreen for violating the peaceful trade agreement, killing True Lord Black Feather's body, and not cooperating in handing over [Black Sky Wing]!"
After receiving the information, Lu Changan frowned and remained silent for a long time.
A few years ago, Beast King Valley threatened to take "countermeasures" during negotiations.
At that time, Lu Changan subconsciously didn't take it seriously, maybe it was just a joke.
As a fourth-level divination master, his whereabouts are difficult to determine. He has no Taoist heirs and is not afraid of revenge from the Beast King Valley.
The juniors Zhao Tan'er and Lu Chang'an, who are close friends in the family, have done fortune telling and found no signs of disaster.
Unexpectedly, the counter-retaliation that had been brewing for several years in the Beast King Valley would eventually fall on the disciples of Alliance Leader Chu.
It seems to have nothing to do with Lu Changan personally, but in fact it has a huge impact.
"As expected of the demonic camp, if you say counterattack, then counterattack. This move in Beast King Valley can be said to kill three birds with one stone."
Lu Changan sighed secretly, realizing the negative impact of this incident.
First, Situ Lan's death killed a potential baby-bearing seedling in the Wei Dao League, and once again shattered the expectations of a Sanyuanying sect in Wuya Palace.
Secondly, assassinating the direct disciple of Alliance Leader Chu would be a blow to the prestige of Alliance Leader Chu and the main war faction.
When Lu Changan killed True Monarch Black Feather's body, didn't Alliance Leader Chu reward him and support him?
Beast King Valley directly slapped the Chu leader in the face and retaliated by killing his own disciples, making him feel sad.
Third, drive a wedge between Lu Changan and the Wei Dao Alliance.
Taking advantage of this incident to counterattack, the main peace faction of the Wei Dao Alliance became dissatisfied with Lu Changan.
If Lu Changan had given in appropriately and handed over [Black Sky Wing], the relationship between the two camps could have been eased.
Situ Lan was assassinated and was implicated by Lu Changan. Many monks in Wuya Palace inevitably had prejudices against him.
Who can be sure whether this incident will make Alliance Leader Chu have thoughts and regrets.
After all, Situ Lan was once a personal disciple valued by Alliance Leader Chu, and the relationship between master and disciple was deep.
Once there is a gap between Chu Tianfeng and Lu Changan, Beast King Valley's counterattack will be a complete win!
If Chu Tianfeng is the number one monk in the Wei Dao League, then Lu Changan, who has a fourth-level spiritual pet, is the second most powerful monk in the Wei Dao League.
"Brother Situ, the real cause and effect of this matter has little to do with Lu."
"I can only blame you for not being careful when going out. The sect was infiltrated and leaked. If you don't have the ability to protect yourself against the old monster Yuanying, how can you go out?"
Lu Changan shook his head and after some calculations, he came to some conclusions.
When preparing to have a baby, leaking the news is key.
Lu Changan's behavior just gave Beast King Valley a reason to take revenge openly.
In fact, Situ Lan is older than Xia Wenyue, so he is not in the best stage for conceiving a baby. Of course, he is not old, and his hope is slim, but he is not in his prime.
If he hadn't received the news from Xiao Niyue, Lu Changan would not have known that Situ Lan might have resolved the knot in his heart and was still firmly preparing to have a baby.
Chu Tianfeng seemed to be willing to give his disciple a chance.
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Soon after, Zhang Tianfeng visited Changqing Peak to discuss countermeasures with Lu Changan.
Zhang Tianfeng said seriously: "An unfortunate incident occurred in Wuya Palace, and it has a certain relationship with our sect. Lu Zhenjun had better go to Feng Kingdom to mourn the dead on behalf of Jinyun Valley and handle the relationship with Wuya Palace and the leader of the Chu Alliance."
"Well, Mr. Lu happens to be going to Feng Country."
Lu Changan nodded, agreed to the matter, and set off to leave Jinyun Valley that day.