After returning to Black Mountain, Qingchan quickly chose to retreat again. It had been almost seven years since she had reached the seventh floor of the Purple Mansion. Her magic power had reached the peak of the seventh floor of the Purple Mansion, and she was only one step away from breaking through to the eighth floor of the Purple Mansion.
If she hadn't stood up for Wen Ziqing, she would have been preparing to go into seclusion some time ago, because the matters involving her disciples had already delayed her efforts for several months.
This retreat lasted about a year. After Qingchan came out of the retreat, his cultivation had progressed further and it was time to prepare for the condensation of the golden elixir.
At this time, Lu Hongniang happened to be returning from Guiyuan Mountain. They had not seen each other for many years, so the three of them took the opportunity to go to the sect to visit the Jindan ancestor.
More than twenty years have passed, and compared to the time of the Monster Beast Rebellion, the cultivation of the three people has made great progress.
Now that the three members of the Zhang family have all broken through to the early stage of the Zifu, Qingchan's cultivation has reached the eighth level of the Zifu. Even Lu Hongniang, a golden elixir cultivator, does not dare to look down upon him.
According to her current cultivation progress, she will be able to break through to the golden elixir stage and become Lu Hongniang's fellow disciple in just twenty years.
After Lu Hongniang returned to the sect, she still settled in Zhongxuan Mountain Cave Mansion.
Zhongxuan Mountain is the core area of Qingxuan Sect, and the mountain is still as lively as before. Zhang Zhixuan glanced at it and found that various spiritual lights were flashing in the air, and immortal legends were flying in and out.
Especially when Patriarch Lu came back recently, her disciples, relatives and friends came to visit her, making it even more lively.
A huge cloud boat flew from outside the mountain, and the cloud boat emitted a spiritual light, as fast as lightning. The cloud boat paused lightly outside Lingshan Mountain, then hid in the clouds and mist. In a moment, it walked away from the clouds and mist.
Here come four monks.
These four monks are none other than Zhang Family Sanzifu and Wen Ziqing.
After Wen Ziqing got the foundation-building pill, he immediately closed the death barrier in Heishan. Half a year later, he successfully built the foundation.
In order to avoid being given trouble by Li Zigong in the sect in the future, he planned to wait for Lu Hongniang to return to the sect and then follow her to Guiyuan Mountain to guard her. With two senior brothers taking care of her, it would be easy for him to gain a foothold in Guiyuan Mountain.
As long as he has been stationed in Guiyuan Mountain for thirty years, he will be able to gain thirty years of free cultivation time. According to his qualifications of the Second Spiritual Root, one month will be enough to cultivate to the late stage of foundation building, and then prepare spiritual objects to break through Zifu.
Zhang Zhixuan put away the floating boat, and Wen Ziqing went to the General Affairs Hall to receive the mission. Zhang Zhixuan and the other three turned into a ray of light and headed to Lu Hongniang's Cave Mansion.
Seeing that the three Zhang family members had arrived, Lu Hongniang released the restrictions in the cave, a white light gently enveloped the three of them, and a gentle force held the three of them and escaped into the cave.
It was the first time Lu Hongniang's three people came to the cave. When she was condensing the golden elixir, Han Yan went up to Zhongxuan Mountain, but she did not enter the depths of the cave.
She has been operating in Zhongxuan Mountain for many years, and the caves she built are so beautiful that they almost hollowed out an entire mountain.
This cave is very large, with hundreds of houses connected by tunnels and complete with pavilions and pavilions, enough for hundreds of monks to live in seclusion.
The three of them were led into the depths of the cave by the white light, and only heard a voice coming from a distance: "I have to sit in seclusion for three hours before it is over. If you are bored, you can take a look at the books in the cave."
As soon as he finished speaking, a guiding talisman appeared out of thin air in front of the three of them.
Following this talisman, Zhang Zhixuan and the others came to a cave along the tunnel. The cave was colorful, with various runes carved on the crystal walls. Outsiders could not read the books in the cave without the owner's permission.
The guiding talisman emits a spiritual light, which penetrates into the crystal wall of the cave. The library suddenly shines brightly, and the defensive restrictions are immediately lifted.
The three of them took a casual look and found that Lu Hongniang's collection of books was not as rich as that of Patriarch Liang of Black Mountain. She was obviously not as rich as Patriarch Liang in her accumulation of foreign objects in Zifu. After forming the golden elixir, she spent most of her time on it.
In Guiyuan Mountain, there was no opportunity to enrich the cave's collection of books.
A few people casually read a few notebooks of predecessors to kill time, and spent three hours unknowingly.
Suddenly he heard someone calling in a low voice. Zhang Zhixuan followed the sound and found that Patriarch Lu had finished sitting in seclusion and came to the library.
She was seen sitting on the stone couch of the altar, wearing black Taoist attire, with streaks of mist exuding from her whole body. It looked like she had not finished her work for a long time.
Zhang Zhixuan and the others bowed respectfully to Lu Hongniang and said, "I took the liberty of visiting our ancestor today and disturbed our ancestor's Qing Dynasty. I hope you won't be offended."
Lu Hongniang inhaled the smoke in her mouth and said with a polite smile: "Even if the three of you don't come to me, I will come to you for help this time."
As soon as Lu Hongniang finished speaking, Zhang Zhixuan immediately asked thoughtfully: "Is it about the iron-backed ape?"
Lu Hongniang said: "My friend's guess is correct. Although we drove the Iron-backed Ape out of Guiyuan Mountain more than 30 years ago, this little ape is still unwilling to let us go. It has been harassing us for decades and has not let us go.
Take a step out of Guiyuan Mountain.
With it restraining me from the outside, I can only stay in Guiyuan Mountain most of the time. Even Siheng and Xiangxian find it difficult to leave Guiyuan Mountain. Over the years, although the sect has occupied this fifth-level spiritual mountain,
It's a pity that this spiritual vein has never been developed, and this ape is the main factor."
Zhang Zhixuan said: "What do ancestors want us to do?"
Lu Hongniang said: "Your mission is still to lure the enemy deeper as before."
Zhang Zhixuan said: "The fifth-level ape has already developed spiritual wisdom. If it suffers the same loss twice in a row, it may not take the bait again."
Lu Hongniang said: "If I act with you, it may not take the bait, but if I don't show up, Cang Yuan will definitely take action."
After hearing what Lu Hongniang said, Zhang Zhixuan's expression changed, and he said in embarrassment: "The three of us alone may not be able to resist the fifth-level Cang Yuan. We must persist until Ancestor Lu appears. Once the ancestor is defeated by other fifth-level apes,
If the monsters stop us, we may not be able to escape completely from the hands of the Cang Yuan. The risk is too great. Unless the two Taoist friends Zhu Wuya and Hu Peiyu come to help, we can only proceed with this trip if they join us.
Attack and retreat can defend."
Lu Hongniang shook her head and said: "Both Hu and Zhu can't move lightly. Ancestor Jin still needs their help to fight against Yang Wangyuan and Shen Chenzhou.
Hongshan Sect and Nanlu Pavilion have placed spies on our side, and the progress of Qingchan's cultivation cannot be hidden from them at all.
In the long run, the longer it takes, the better it is for us. Once Qingchan forms the elixir, the balance of power between the two sides will be completely unbalanced. They must seize life-saving straws and try to advance the time of the decisive battle until they can maintain a stalemate.
when.
A few years ago, when the monsters of the Southern Wilderness invaded, they had no regard for the overall situation of mankind and wanted to invade on a large scale. Once Hu and Zhu left, they were afraid that Yang and Shen would make some changes. In fact, in recent years, the northern line has
The battle situation was the most difficult. Sun Changgeng died and Zhu Wuya was injured. This was the case for the later monks of the Zifu, not to mention the losses of other low-level monks.
It’s just that we can’t provide assistance to the northern front. We must not continue to draw manpower from Yuntai Mountain. We still have to find a way to get rid of the scourge of the Iron-backed Blue Monkey ourselves.”