In the cold wind and freezing rain, we were on a platform at the top of the mountains.
At this moment, a group of monks were gathering. They gathered together in twos and threes. Their cultivation levels ranged from high to low, including true practitioners in the middle and late stages of foundation building, as well as young people who had just introduced Qi into their bodies and had just embarked on the path to immortality.
Lu Zhong and Yu Feng'er stood on the edge of the crowd, talking to the clan leader of the Xiaolan River Lin clan.
Just now, the two of them were waiting for the secret realm to open, but the other party took the initiative to approach.
The Lin clan of Xiaolan River is located in the south of Changchun Fairy City.
This family has made a living by planting for generations, and every once in a while, it can provide a large amount of spiritual materials to the market, including many yellow bud flowers. It is an ally that the Chengde Chamber of Commerce has recently attracted, which is of great significance in ensuring the supply of Huang Ya Dan.
"Is this fellow Taoist the master of Lintao Pavilion? I have admired the old man Lin Muyun for a long time!" The Lin clan leader was a thin old man. He was smiling and said to Lu Zhong, cupping his hands.
"Lv Zhong, I have met fellow Taoist Lin." Lu Zhong replied politely.
The two chatted for a while, and Lin Muyun suddenly issued an invitation and said: "To be honest, I entered the secret realm of Changchun this time because of an ancient phoenix-blood vine that is about to mature. However, the monster guarding this vine is really powerful.
, it is difficult for me to kill this old man alone, I wonder if Fellow Daoist Lu would be willing to lend a helping hand to me?"
Hearing this, Lu Zhong did not reply immediately.
Phoenix Blood Ancient Vine is a blood-nourishing treasure that matures for at least six hundred years. When monks take it when they enter the path, it can lay a solid foundation like a rock. For monks who have practiced for many years, taking it also has a miraculous blood-transforming effect.
Cure old illnesses in the body.
Such a spiritual object is no less valuable than a pill-forming spiritual object.
Behind Lin Muyun were two late-stage foundation-building monks, who should be the helpers he specially invited to obtain the Phoenix Blood Ancient Vine.
In this case, I also extended an invitation to myself...
"Fellow Daoist Lin, is it difficult to deal with the guardian monster?" Lu Zhong glanced at Lin Muyun and said.
"Haha, I really can't hide it from fellow Taoists!" Lin Muyun's expression did not change, and then continued to transmit: "The monster guarding the Phoenix Blood Ancient Vine is indeed not simple. It is an extremely rare second-level alien blood beast. It is about to start its journey towards the third-level.
It has undergone transformation, so its strength can rival those of fake elixir realm monks."
In order to increase the stakes, he began to promise benefits, saying: "I can make the decision. As long as Fellow Daoist Lu can help the three of us kill the alien-blooded beast, 40% of the Phoenix Blood Ancient Vine can be shared with Fellow Daoist."
Hearing this, Lu Zhong glanced at Yu Feng'er next to him, who looked agitated.
Obviously, he was attracted by the Phoenix Blood Ancient Vine.
Noticing Lu Zhong's gaze, Yu Feng'er pulled Lu Zhong aside and said through a message: "Husband, look at me, we should agree to it. The five foundation-building monks will join forces to deal with the alien beast.
It’s easy. This Phoenix Blood Ancient Vine is of great benefit to you, husband, so you can’t miss it easily.”
Her words moved Lu Zhong's heart.
The Lin family has a good reputation and has never had any negative news.
There are no pitfalls in working with them.
However, Lu Zhong thought for a while and decided to refuse.
Because there is no need to be fussy. In fact, if Yu Feng'er hadn't taken the initiative to invite him this time, he would rather continue to stay in Lintao Pavilion and slowly practice and study spells, instead of going to the Lintao Pavilion for the spiritual objects he can buy with spiritual stones.
He is about to transform into a third-level monster to fight.
So he turned around and apologized to Lin Muyun:
"Sorry, I'm here just for the Purple Jade Spiritual Essence. I don't want to cause any trouble."
"It's understandable. Since Fellow Daoist Lu doesn't want to be troublesome, I won't disturb Fellow Daoist." Lin Muyun's expression was still full of smiles, but it was just a little less genuine than at the beginning.
After that, he took the people away and went to find other people.
After a while, Yu Feng'er came over, hugged one of Lu Zhong's arms tightly, raised her head and said quietly: "Husband, did I miss something? Could it be that the Lin family has some conspiracy inside."
She often feels that she is not as good as Li Hejun.
He is not thoughtful enough and his vision is not far-sighted enough, which leads to frequent mistakes in doing things.
This time, it should be the same.
Sensing Yu Feng'er's emotions, Lu Zhong touched his head and comforted him: "The matter is not that complicated, but I don't want to cause any complications. Now the Chengde Chamber of Commerce is becoming more and more prosperous, and there are countless spiritual stones that are coming in every day. It seems that there are spiritual things like Phoenix Blood Ancient Vine.
Although it is hard to find, a similar substitute is not impossible to obtain if you are willing to spend spiritual stones, so there is no need for us to take risks."
The less trouble, the better.
If you want to stay in the world of immortality for a long time, the best way is not to cause trouble.
Of course, if trouble comes knocking on your doorstep.
Lu Zhong didn't mind using his sword and magic skills to send the opponent away.
After hearing this, Yu Feng'er realized that she had gotten into trouble.
Then he started to smile again.
"Everyone, it seems that the time is almost up, why don't we set off?" A female cultivator in the crowd, wearing Changchun Valley clothing and holding a jade ruyi, glanced at the wind and rain that was gradually subsided, and raised her voice to everyone.
"Everything will be subject to the arrangements of fellow Taoist Qingshao!"
Everyone responded one after another and agreed with the female cultivator's proposal.
Seeing that there was no objection, the female cultivator threw the jade Ruyi high in her hand.
The two silver inscriptions "Changchun" are engraved on the jade Ruyi, which is the key to the secret realm of Changchun. This secret realm was once the cave of the ancient Changchun Taoist who repaired it. It was refined by the Changchun Taoist with great magic power, and it has its own ecological system inside.
, so it still maintains the heaven and earth environment of ancient times, which is very suitable for the growth of elixirs.
Every sixty years, you can use Changchun Ruyi to enter the secret realm.
After a while, Yu Ruyi rose to the sky and gave off bursts of light.
This situation is like a blue sun hanging high in the sky.
In an instant, things changed again.
A thick mist overflowed from Yu Ruyi and washed towards the people on the platform below. Any monk shrouded in the mist would disappear immediately and be transported to the secret realm of Changchun in an instant.
Lu Zhong held Feng'er tightly to prevent any accidents.
Then there was a feeling of dizziness, and the two people appeared on a white jade platform.
The surrounding clouds were turbulent, accompanied by the roaring wind.
It is obvious that Baiyu Terrace is located high in the sky.
Looking straight ahead at this moment, you can see a group of magnificent palaces, where the Changchun Immortal Mansion is located. However, after so many years of exploration in the Changchun Valley, there is only an empty shell left in this Immortal Mansion, as long as there are things that can be moved away.
, have all been swept away by Changchun Valley.
Changchun Immortal Mansion can still exist because of the blessing of the founder of Changchun Valley.
If it hadn't been for the strict order of Patriarch Changchun before his emergence, not to destroy any brick or tile of the Immortal Mansion. I'm afraid that this majestic Immortal Mansion floating in the sky would have been destroyed by the monks who scraped the ground three feet away, without even the slightest valuable residue.
There won't be anything left.
"It's still the old rule. The exploration time should not exceed three hundred and sixty hours. If you haven't met at Yutai after this time, please stay in the secret realm for sixty years and wait for the next secret realm to open." Qing Shao said the rule.
After finishing, he ignored everyone, gave his two companions a look, turned into a ray of light and flew towards the clouds below.
There were footsteps coming from the side, but Lin Muyun hadn't given up yet.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, do you really no longer think about it?"
The dispute between the Chengde Chamber of Commerce and the Wangxi Chamber of Commerce caused a commotion in Changchun Fairy City. It was through this incident that outsiders learned that the master of Lintao Pavilion, Lu Zhong, had the strength to repair the sword and become a master.
In addition, the disappearance of Zhang Xiyun, the former fake elixir monk of the Zhang family in Baihua, is also inseparable from this person.
That's why Lin Muyun invited Lu Zhong repeatedly because he took a fancy to Lu Zhong's strength.
"Sorry, I really don't want to cause trouble." Lu Zhong refused.
As soon as these words came out, he immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of a middle-aged man with a jade crown behind Lin Muyun. He said with a cold face: "Fellow Daoist Lin, why are you using so much talk? Since Lu Daoyou doesn't like these small profits, Then let’s not disturb him, no matter how strong the alien-blooded beast is, how can it be defeated by the six of us joining forces!"
Lin Muyun took the initiative to invite them before and successfully persuaded the two of them to join him.
"Okay then." Seeing Lu Zhong's firm tone, Lin Muyun had no choice but to give up the invitation.
On Lu Zhong's side, after rejecting Lin Muyun, he released the wood spirit wind boat.
Fly towards where the Purple Ling Chalcedony is.
After passing through several layers of clouds, a vast mountain range appeared in front of them.
According to the exploration records of the past dynasties, the Changchun secret realm is thousands of miles in diameter and is covered with various complex terrains such as mountains, rivers, plateau lakes, deserts and oceans. It is difficult to imagine what kind of power it is to create such an amazing secret realm.
"By the way, take this spiritual sword."
Lu Zhong handed the green vine spiritual sword obtained from Zhang Xiyun to Yu Feng'er's hand so that she could have more power to protect herself. After all, as far as he knew, Yu Feng'er only had a low-grade spiritual weapon robe on her body, and it was still The kind used for decoration, the protective ability is much lower than that of normal spiritual weapon robes.
"Husband..." Yu Feng'er was moved in her heart.
Such a spiritual sword costs at least 70,000 to 80,000 spiritual stones.
Generally, it takes nearly a hundred years to build a foundation before you can afford to purchase a spiritual weapon. Even monks from a family with a richer wealth usually obtain the spiritual weapon passed down by the family through inheritance.
She didn't refuse.
Yu Feng'er knew Lu Zhong's character well, and once he said he would give it, he would not take it back.
Holding the Ivy Spirit Sword, Yu Feng'er rested her head on Lu Zhong's shoulder, looking at the clouds passing by both sides of the flying boat, her heart felt as sweet as honey.
After flying for a full three hours, there was a rocky wasteland ahead.
Lu Zhong controlled the flying boat and slowly landed on the ground.
He held out the dragon and tiger flags, turned around and said to Yu Feng'er: "There is a territory ahead of the monster bird that cannot be avoided, so we need to walk through this wasteland next. Your fighting experience is so-so, remember to follow me closely."
"Listen to your husband." Yu Feng'er held the talisman in her left hand and held a sword in her right hand.
Follow Lu Zhong closely, not exceeding the range of three feet.
Seeing her like this, Lu Zhong also breathed a sigh of relief.
Rookie teammates are not to be feared. As long as they have self-awareness, they are not hopeless. With more experience, they might be able to grow up.
Considering that Yu Feng'er is less than sixty years old, he can be considered young in the foundation building practice.
She still has a long life ahead of her, and she cannot always live under her own protection. There will always be times when she needs to stand alone.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong decided to train Yu Feng'er.
I don’t expect to be as strong as myself in top-level foundation building, but at least I don’t want to be a weakling.
Improving his strength can also reduce unnecessary troubles for him. At least it can avoid the bloody situation of being kidnapped and requiring Lu Zhong to bravely brave the dragon's pond and tiger's den and fight to the death to save him.
After hearing this, Yu Feng'er agreed.
"It's really comforting to have a teammate who strives to improve!" Lu Zhong thought happily.
…
In the following time, Lu Zhong was completely determined and started special training for Feng'er.
"As long as you can't die, don't expect me to come to your rescue!" he said.
There is no way, if Yu Feng'er expects her to help, the training effect will be greatly reduced. She grew up in the family and experienced almost no ups and downs. It is difficult to sharpen a tough mind, which is necessary for fighting.
After going through many hardships, you can't cultivate it at all.
As for whether this kind of tempering without real life and death is really effective.
According to his idea, even if the silver-like wax gun head is really beautiful but useless, it is still better than a complete hothouse flower, which can always last a little longer in the battle.
Once you have experienced more ups and downs, you may not be able to truly grow.
With fifteen days as the deadline, Lu Zhong asked Yu Feng'er to persevere.
I cried, I was hurt, but I pretended I didn’t see it.
Just don't die.
At the beginning, Yu Feng'er was holding a spiritual weapon and was in a hurry to kill a first-level monster.
Fortunately, if you kill a lot, you can quickly become proficient at it.
When he faced the second-level monster, his true colors were immediately revealed.
Seeing her being knocked away again and again, her hair disheveled and in disarray, Lu Zhong still held his breath and watched with cold eyes, and did not take any action as he said before.
In the end, he still relied on the advantage of the spiritual weapon in his hand to barely kill the target.
Beside the bonfire at night, Lu Zhong healed Yu Feng'er's injuries.
He also pointed out all her mistakes during the day.
"Husband, did I...did you do a bad job this time?" Yu Feng'er snuggled into Lu Zhong's arms. At this moment, she simply pulled up her hair and said with a worried look on her face.
My mother has never met, and my biological father died young.
It can be said that she spent her childhood alone.
No one teaches and no one cares.
Everything is explored by oneself.
If it hadn't been for the decline of the Yu family at that time, Zhang Hai cut off all sources of spiritual stones, so that even foundation-building monks could not be trained, and at worst, there were not even late-stage Qi-refining monks. She would not be able to rely on the ninth-level Qi-refining skills.
He cultivated his skills and took over as the head of the Yu family who had been vacant for a long time.
Touching her head, Lu Zhong said comfortingly: "Ordinary monks can't defeat the second-level monsters alone. From this point of view, you are still very talented. You are much better than those rotten trees that cannot wither. In the future, you just need to wait for fighting experience."
If you accumulate more, you might be able to have a combat power similar to the Changchun True Tradition."
"Really?" This was the first time for Yu Feng'er to hear someone sincerely praise her.
"Of course." Lu Zhong smiled.
At the same time, Yu Feng'er was reminded that something was approaching.
The latter reacted quickly.
The next moment, a black shadow came from the left and right.
However, they were stopped by two people who had prepared their weapons.
"See, what I just said is true!"
As Lu Zhong spoke, the Golden Yang Spirit Sword in his hand trembled, and he shot out dozens of sword energy, flying away the incoming black shadow, and then swung his sword to slash at the black shadow that was about to fight Yu Feng'er.
With a "clang" sound, this black shadow was also ready to fly away.
The black shadow fell to the ground and turned into two pitch-black beetles.
The insect shells are all glowing with metallic luster, a pair of pincer-like mouthparts are opening and closing unsteadily, making constant squeaking sounds, and the insect's eyes are glowing with red light, making it look quite impatient.
Judging from the breath, it is at least the second level.
Lu Zhong saw the origin of the beetle at a glance and thought that Yu Feng'er might not recognize it, so he reminded: "This is the black gold beetle. Their nest may be nearby. The weak point is the golden thread in the abdomen of the beetle. Use your spiritual weapon to attack
A heavy blow to that area can cause them to become unstable."
"Yes!" Yu Feng'er nodded heavily.
After Lu Zhong's guidance, she made a lot less mistakes when fighting the Black Gold Insect. With the help of the Black Gold Insect's weaknesses that she knew in advance, she quickly suppressed her opponent and firmly controlled the battle situation.
Under the attacks of the Ivy Spirit Sword and spells, the black gold insect was knocked around.
On the other side, Lu Zhong has already solved his opponent.
The strength of the Black Gold Insect is not weak, but it is only equivalent to the initial stage of foundation building and cannot kill it with one round of Chiyang Sword Technique.
Watching Yu Feng'er fight with the Black Gold Insect, he became more and more convinced that she had a talent in fighting that was unmatched by ordinary people. Not only had she integrated Lu Zhong's previous instructions, she had also learned more skills by analogy, and her whole person was growing rapidly.
"It's hard to imagine what life you lived before!" Lu Zhong thought in his heart.
In a normal environment, Yu Feng'er would have grown up to be as good as the True Master of Changchun Valley, at least he would have been an elite foundation builder. How could he be severely injured by being besieged by monks of the same level as he was in Luofeng Gorge before?
After about half a quarter of an hour, Yu Feng'er finally eliminated the black gold bug.
Looking at the motionless insect corpses on the ground, she felt a joy she had never experienced before.
"Be careful, it's pretending to be dead!"
Lu Zhong on the side reminded him at the right moment.
Yu Feng'er didn't hesitate, put her sword fingers together and immediately struck with the sword.
When the Ivy Spirit Sword was about to kill the black gold insect, it suddenly turned over and spit out a ball of green and black liquid from its mouth, trying to wrap the Ivy Spirit Sword.
Unexpectedly, the green and black liquid hit the sword shadow, but it fell into nothing.
It turns out that Yu Feng'er cast a phantom technique on the spirit sword, but what was actually cut out was just the phantom of the Ivy Spirit Sword.
Immediately afterwards, a burst of green light passed by.
The golden thread from the abdomen of the insect is divided into two parts, and the black gold insect dies.
"good!"
Lu Zhong glanced at her approvingly.
Yu Feng'er grew up faster than he thought.
Next, as long as you learn how to trick people and prevent being tricked, as well as all the necessary fighting skills and common sense, you can be on your own.
"Let's go and find the black gold insect nest. There must be black gold cordyceps inside!"
Black Golden Cordyceps is a type of elixir-forming auxiliary spiritual creature.
After taking it, it can provide a huge amount of spiritual energy and temporarily accelerate the transformation speed of true energy, which is of great help to the elixir condensation process.
Yu Feng'er nodded excitedly, put away the insect corpse, and quickly followed.
After a while, the two people appeared in front of a hidden cave behind a rock.
After a lot of fighting and killing the first-order black gold bugs in the insect nest, Lu Zhong found a piece of black gold cordyceps of different years in the insect egg incubation room.
The age of Black Golden Cordyceps is judged from the golden rings on the surface of the elixir. Each ring represents a hundred years of age. The medicine is considered mature only after it is four hundred years old and has the value of being used as an auxiliary elixir for forming elixirs.
After careful observation, Lu Zhong found that three plants were mature.
He picked the three black golden cordyceps carefully and did not forget to give one to Yu Feng'er. The remaining immature ones were allowed to continue to grow, with no intention of harvesting them to refine the spirit liquid of good fortune.
When forming elixirs, only one serving of each spiritual substance can be taken.
When the two black cordyceps plants fail to produce pills, it won't be too late to come back and pick them again.
Except for Lu Zhong, who has mastered the secret method of creating spiritual liquid, which can make immature elixirs exert the effect of mature elixirs, when others see the immature black gold cordyceps, they will most likely choose to write down the location, calculate and determine the time, and wait for it.
Come and pick them when they are ripe.
"Oops, someone got there first!"
Suddenly, a voice came from outside, full of surprise.