After staring at the jade box in his hand for a long time, Bai Ran sighed and slowly put the jade box into his storage bag.
Then there was a flash of blue light on the hand, and the light blue jade slip appeared in the palm of the hand again...
Should he take the risk to cultivate this second Nascent Soul? Or wait until he thoroughly understands the Xuanmu Transformation into Infants formula before making a decision.
After all, the risk and difficulty of this matter are not trivial, so he had better be cautious.
With this cautious decision in his heart, Bai Ran immersed his consciousness in the magic and entered the state of selflessness again.
The door of the hermitage room was tightly closed, while Yin Yue was in another secret room not far away, also meditating quietly.
All other chores in the cave are handled by several giant ape puppets.
Time flies so fast, spring turns to winter in a blink of an eye, and more than a year has passed.
On this day, near the Alphabet Peak where Bairan Cave Mansion is located, two blue and white rainbows flew through the sky from a distance.
After the light faded, two figures appeared in front of the gloomy fog. They were the two elders of the Luoyun Sect, the silver-haired old man and the sallow-faced middle-aged man named Lu.
The two of them couldn't help but look at each other and smile when they saw the formation locked tightly.
The middle-aged man surnamed Lu flicked his fingers, and a messenger talisman that had been prepared shot out of his hand, turned into a ray of fire, disappeared within the restriction. At the same time, he turned his face, smiled and said to the silver-haired old man beside him:
"It seems that Junior Brother Bai has not left the cave since he came back last time. He is really dedicated to practicing hard."
"This is normal, otherwise Junior Brother Bai would not have been able to successfully condense the Nascent Soul at just two hundred years old. Unfortunately, my life span is approaching, so it is impossible for me to take a further step on the road to immortality. And you probably don't have much chance either.
." Elder Cheng said with a strange expression on his face.
"Senior brother is joking. Given his age, there will be no problem in at least another hundred or two hundred years." Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man hurriedly comforted him.
"Hey, Junior Brother Lu! Don't you know about my situation? Maybe before I wasn't injured last time, I would have lived another hundred or two hundred years, and there would be no problem. But now, although the injury has fully recovered,
But this part of the lost vitality cannot be made up by just meditating." The silver-haired old man shook his head and said calmly.
"Senior brother!" When the middle-aged man surnamed Lu heard this, his expression changed and he wanted to say something else.
But the old man waved his hand and continued interrupting:
"Even if I don't fight with others from now on, I can still hold on for fifty or sixty years at most. There is no need to comfort me on this point, there is no doubt about it. Otherwise, why would I be so anxious to win over Junior Brother Bai to join the Luoyun Sect.
And deliberately made friends with him. You know, under normal circumstances,
No matter how anxious I am to win over the other person, I have to carefully investigate the other person’s origins. However, now my judgment is finally proven to be correct. Although this person’s origins are a bit tortuous, he does not have other purposes for our Luoyun Sect.
"The silver-haired old man said slowly.
"Did the disciples sent by Senior Brother last time really find out the origin of Junior Brother Bai?" The middle-aged man surnamed Lu couldn't help but be startled when he heard this.
"Yes, although Junior Brother Bai was vague about his origins, based on his name, appearance and origin of the Yue Kingdom, I sent several disciples to sneak into the Yue Kingdom and secretly inquire about it, and finally found out clearly
I guess our Junior Brother Bai is out of trouble.
You may not believe it. Our junior brother Bai was actually a foundation-building monk in the Yellow Maple Valley of the Yue Kingdom more than a hundred years ago, and he was quite famous when he was a foundation-building disciple. It is said that he fought against the devil back then.
, he killed it alone
He killed many monks of the same level. But later when the Yellow Maple Valley was defeated, the old monster Linghu, who had always been cunning and ghostlike, took his eyes off him for some reason and treated our Junior Brother Bai as an abandoned son. Later, this
Junior Brother Bai has disappeared without any news.
I don’t know where I have been practicing incognito, but I suddenly appeared recently. I have reached the late stage of Dan Jie, and I have also cultivated into Nascent Soul in our Luoyun Sect. It seems that this is a blank period, and there must be another opportunity.
." The old man said calmly.
"It's a bit funny to think of him as an abandoned son. One of the disciples who was abandoned turned out to be a rare cultivation wizard in a thousand years. He went from foundation building to Yuanying in a short period of time. I think old monster Linghu knows this.
, will you jump in frustration! After all, Huang Maple Valley is now in Jiu
The life of the National Alliance is not easy, and it is too difficult to rely on him as an old ghost to hold on. And if I remember correctly, he seems to be a monk at the same time as my senior brother, and he may not have much longevity left."
The middle-aged man named Lu had a sneer on his lips and said sarcastically.
"Yes, the old ghost Linghu is a little older than me. But this old ghost is proficient in health preservation, and his lifespan is relatively longer. And with his reputation as a Nascent Soul cultivator, at least in
Before he passes away, there won't be any big problems in Huang Maple Valley. And I originally had the same worries about the Luoyun Sect. If I leave, I'm really afraid that my junior brother will be alone and unable to sing!"
"If we hadn't occupied a spiritual mountain holy vein like Yunmeng Mountain, my junior brother alone would have been enough to keep the Luo Yun Sect prosperous and worry-free. But now if the strength within the sect is even slightly weaker, I'm afraid there will be many jealous sects jumping out.
Well. According to my original intention, I wanted to warn Junior Brother that once I leave, the entire sect will voluntarily withdraw from Yunmeng Mountain to avoid any catastrophe for our sect. But now that Junior Brother Bai has joined, everything is naturally different.
.”
"Although this Junior Brother Bai seems to be an ascetic who pursues immortality wholeheartedly and doesn't care much about the sect. But the more he is like this, the more relieved I am. As long as I win over this person well, nothing will happen to me.
This catastrophe has never happened in years, but our Luoyun Sect will have no worries in a thousand years." The silver-haired old man twirled his long beard with his hand, looking confident.
"However, although Junior Brother Bai is a genius in cultivation, he is still too young after all. He is still a newly condensed Nascent Soul. He really doesn't know what his true magical powers are?" The middle-aged man hesitated and said a little worriedly.
"Well, I'm a little worried about you. After all, there are some ascetic monks who don't want to waste time cultivating any powerful magical powers. They just pursue the improvement of their realm. Although such monks have extremely deep cultivation, they can't even lower their skills when it comes to fighting.
The monks of the first and second levels all
Can't be defeated. Although I don't think this Junior Brother Bai is like this kind of ascetic cultivator, I still have to try better. So I went to the trade fair this time. I deliberately chose to stay at the door and let you accompany Junior Brother Bai.
Come on." The silver-haired old man said with a mysterious look on his face.
"What do you mean, senior brother?" the middle-aged man said with a bit of surprise after hearing this.
The old man smiled slightly, and just when he was about to say something else, the fog in front of him suddenly rolled up. Seeing this, the old man immediately fell silent.
The middle-aged people also kept silent.
The surging mist gently parted to both sides, revealing a passage on its own. The two of them walked in side by side without hesitation, and their figures gradually disappeared into the thick fog, and finally disappeared.
…Three months later, Tiannan’s once-in-a-century largest trade fair will be held in the Yu Kingdom at the northernmost tip of Tiannan.
Tiantian City, built in a deep mountain in this country, is the headquarters of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance and is also the only city of monks in the south of the country.
The people living in this city, regardless of age or sex, are all monks with spiritual roots. There are six or seven old monsters from the Nine Nations Alliance in the mid-Nascent Soul stage and above in this city. They are enough to kill any monk who is looking for trouble or provoking on the spot.
Kill.
Therefore, no matter whether it is good or evil, the Tiandao Alliance or the unruly and unruly cultivators, no one dares to be too presumptuous and cause trouble here.
A month or two before the Tiannan First Trade Fair was held, the Nine Nations Alliance, as the proprietor, began to remove most of the restrictions on the city's famous city protection formation, the "Shangyuan Light Extinguishing Formation".
Already.
Because at this time, some monks from far away had already arrived in the city, and some impatient monks even set up stalls in some markets in the city early. There were also other monks who came forward to ask for prices and trades.
After all, on the days when the trade fair is officially held, although there are many treasures and various rare materials emerge in endlessly, they are definitely not affordable by ordinary monks. If you really want to buy rarer and suitable materials, you should look for them earlier and buy them.
Come in.
The slightly deserted Tiantian City soon became bustling with people, as if it were an ordinary city in the secular world.
It's just that the people walking on both sides of the city streets are all immortal cultivators with a high level of cultivation.
The only currency used for shopping and trading is spiritual stones.
The only auction house in the city, which is also an auction house run by the Nine Nations Alliance, has also begun to accept the submission and valuation of various rare items.
The entire Khotan City gradually became heated.
When it was only half a moon before the trade fair, three rays of light were flying towards the city from thousands of miles away.
When the light was a little closer, I could see clearly that they were three monks, two men and one woman.
One of them was a cold and beautiful female cultivator, standing next to a young man with an ordinary face in a blue shirt, with a rather affectionate look on her face.
The other person is a middle-aged man in a blue shirt, with fluttering sleeves and an extraordinary aura.
Naturally, they were Bai Ran and Elder Lu who had come a long way from Xi Country. As for the beautiful Xiu, she was Mu Peiling, Bai Ran's concubine.
The silver-haired elder Cheng wanted to stay in Luoyun Sect to prevent young people from taking advantage of the situation and causing trouble, so he didn't come to follow.
According to what the elder said, he had participated in such grand gatherings seven or eight times, and there was nothing urgently needed, so he naturally wanted to give the opportunity to the two younger juniors.
As a result, Bai Ran and Elder Lu appeared here.
Mu Peiling encountered a bottleneck in her cultivation and happened to come out of seclusion. When she met Bai Ran again, when she heard that the first trading event in Tiannan was about to be held, she couldn't help but excitedly suggested that we go together to broaden her horizons.
After all, if the elixir cannot be formed successfully, this event may be the only one she can participate in.
Bai Ran was not a mean person, and he felt that there would be no danger in going to trade this time, so he agreed immediately.
After all, the journey is not close, and it is also a pleasure to have a beautiful woman accompany you.
Of course, when going to the trade fair this time, there were also some monks from the three sects of Yunmeng Mountain who either went together or went alone.
Naturally, Bai Ran and others were not willing to go with these juniors, so they set off early and went to the Yu Kingdom first.
The chosen route tried to avoid the countries of good and evil, so they entered the Nine Nations Alliance without incident, and finally arrived near Tiantian City.
At this moment, Bai Ran was casually looking at the nearby scenery. Occasionally, monks passed by in the distance, but when his spiritual consciousness glanced at the middle-aged man surnamed Lu and Bai Ran, their expressions suddenly changed. They did not dare to stay for a moment, and immediately flew away.
He seemed to be flying away, as if he was afraid of provoking something!
Bai Ran and the traveling middle-aged man did not hide their cultivation. If an ordinary monk saw two Nascent Soul monks together, he would be frightened and immediately take a detour.
At the beginning, Mu Peiling was a little uncomfortable with this woman. Later, she saw this more often, and she became accustomed to it and turned a blind eye.
At this time, Elder Lu was walking forward while talking pleasantly to Bai Ran beside him.
"It has only been nearly a hundred years since the trade fair was held in Tiantian City. In the past, the trade fair was always controlled by the good and the devil, and was held alternately in Tianluo Kingdom and Fengdu Kingdom. After all, our Tiandao Alliance had not yet been established at that time.
The Nine Nations Alliance was once again overwhelmed by Master Mulan. Such a hugely profitable event could only be held by these two people.
The big forces have taken control. But after the two paths of good and evil began to expand, the monks from other forces naturally no longer felt confident in allowing the country of good and evil to hold trade fairs. So starting from the last time, the right to hold the trade fair was lost.
Undisputedly, it fell to the neutral Nine Nations Alliance. This can be regarded as a dumb loss after the power of good and evil increased greatly!"
"Senior Brother Lu said this, he really gave the Nine Nations Alliance an advantage. However, I am really interested in the rumors about Tiantian City. This is the only city of monks in Tiannan. I heard that the magician alliance back then,
Once they reached the territory of Yu State, they
The monks from the nine countries who were newly allied under Tiantian City used the 'Shangyuan Light Extinguishing Array' to be defeated. I heard that in that battle, just the monks at the Yuan Ying stage were killed, which is incredible.
It's not tragic." Bai Ran said with a look of interest on his face.
"Haha! Junior Brother Bai, don't worry, this Tiantian City will never disappoint Junior Brother. But I have always felt that Junior Brother is a little different from before after retreating this time. But it doesn't seem like he has improved his cultivation. It seems that Junior Brother
You must have mastered some secret skill, otherwise you wouldn't have such a weird feeling." After the middle-aged man surnamed Lu smiled, he suddenly changed the topic and asked tentatively.
"I have indeed practiced a new skill, but it is still far from being a great success. I have heard from other disciples that Senior Brother Lu's 'Thousand Waves Jue' is a famous top-level skill. I have always
I want to take a quick look." Bai Ran smiled slightly and easily dropped the topic, directing the words to the other party instead.
"Junior brother, don't listen to the nonsense of those disciples in the sect. My 'Thousand Waves Jue' can only be said to be a relatively common water-based technique. Although it is extremely easy to deal with the pill-forming monks, a pair of monks of the same level will lose more than they win."
Fortunately, this technique also has two life-saving magical powers, which will prevent my brother from losing his life after defeat..." Elder Lu shook his head and said with a wry smile.
Hearing what the other party said, Bai Ran believed a little in his heart. He remembered that last time, this man and the silver-haired Elder Cheng were trapped together by good and evil forces. As a result, Elder Lu escaped unscathed.
In Yunmeng Mountain, the silver-haired old man with a slightly higher cultivation level was seriously injured before he was able to get rid of his opponent.
It can be seen that the other party's life-saving methods are indeed extraordinary.
Bai Ranhao's heart moved, and when he was about to say something more, his face suddenly became startled, and he turned his head to one side in surprise.
"Master, what happened?" Mu Peiling, who was next to Bai Ran, asked curiously. Now that she was Bai Ran's concubine, she naturally no longer showed a cold look, and as a result, her face blossomed.
Below, she is charming and seductive, with flowing eyes.
"A team of monks are flying towards the two of us. Among them is a Nascent Soul Stage monk. Judging from the situation, he seems to have noticed us." Bai Ran frowned, but immediately said calmly.
"Hey! It's true. I didn't expect that junior brother's spiritual consciousness is so powerful that he could sense it earlier than my brother! But junior brother is really careful and cautious, and he actually keeps his spiritual consciousness open at all times near Tiantian City!" Lu.
The middle-aged man glanced in the direction Bai Ran was looking, with a look of surprise on his face. He couldn't help but glance at Bai Ran higher.
When Bai Ran heard this, he smiled and said nothing.
In fact, with the strength of his spiritual consciousness, there is no need to deliberately let go, it is just automatically sensed. However, the Nascent Soul monk in the distance can also fly towards them from such a distance. It seems that his spiritual consciousness is not weak.
people.
Bai Ran and the middle-aged man named Lu were equally curious about who the other party was, and the three of them unconsciously slowed down their escape.
After a while, a melodious sound of drum music came, and golden light flashed in the distance. A group of warriors wearing golden helmets and armor, like heavenly soldiers and generals, were surrounding a magnificent beast chariot, slowly approaching here.
Slowly flying in. Faintly, there was a white crane flying in front, followed by a palace maid from Tiding, looking as grand as an emperor on a patrol.
Mu Peiling was dumbfounded, and Tan's mouth opened slightly in shock.
Bai Ran was equally shocked in his heart, but on the outside he looked calm as usual.
He knew that there were many strange things among the monks in the world of immortality. Especially after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, some monks' temperaments became weird and unreasonable due to the severe influence of their skills or other reasons. This was a common thing. So after being surprised, he didn't think anything of it.
Got it.
But when the middle-aged man surnamed Lu saw this scene, he took a deep breath and immediately lowered his voice and exclaimed.
"Nanlong Hou! Why did this old monster come to the trade fair?"
"Junior Brother Bai, please don't talk nonsense. This man has great supernatural powers and a weird temperament. But I had a chance encounter with him back then, so I can handle everything."
The middle-aged man surnamed Lu gave a few hurried instructions, and then asked Bai Ran and the two of them to stop hiding and wait for the group of monks to come over with a solemn look on their faces.
Seeing how nervous the middle-aged man surnamed Lu was, Bai Ran finally had a hint of emotion on his face, but he didn't ask any more questions and just followed the instructions one by one.
Seeing this, Mu Peiling became even more sensible and said nothing.
After a short while, the golden-armored warrior and the beast chariot in the distance gradually approached. After Bai Ran saw the situation of the other party clearly, he couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart.
Those sword-wielding warriors were just fine. Although they all looked tall and mighty, they were only at the foundation-building stage. What shocked Bai Ran was that the two men pulling the golden beast chariot
Spiritual beast.
One is covered with green scales and armor and has strange horns on its head, like a unicorn fairy beast. The other has fluttering fire feathers and long golden eyes. It is actually a big bird like a fire phoenix.
When Bai Ran was secretly shocked by the appearance of these two spiritual beasts, the beast cart had already arrived in front of Bai Ran and others.
The middle-aged man surnamed Lu didn't wait for the beast chariot to approach, he held his fist loudly and said:
"Is this Junhou of Nanlong inside? I have met Taoist fellow Taoist Luo Luo of Luoyunzong. The last time I saw Junhou was when I followed Master Muli three hundred years ago. It is really lucky for Lu to see you again today.
!”
Although the middle-aged man surnamed Lu said that he was neither humble nor arrogant, Bai Ran could clearly hear his fear of the Nanlong Marquis. He actually seemed to regard him as a junior.
The huge beast cart was covered by a ball of golden light, and it was impossible to see anything clearly above it. However, the sound of drums and music that originally came from the beast cart suddenly stopped after the middle-aged man surnamed Lu said a greeting.
When the team was dozens of feet away from Bai Ran and the others, they stopped without warning and suddenly became silent.
When Bai Ran saw this situation clearly, his eyes suddenly shrank, but then returned to normal.
"Oh! So you are Mu Li's apprentice. It seems that you were just a pill-forming monk back then. I didn't expect that after not seeing each other for three hundred years, you would also form a Nascent Soul. I heard that our master parted ways three hundred years ago. After that, he passed away. It's a pity. But who is the fellow Taoist next to you? He looks very unfamiliar!" A lazy voice came from the golden light, and the last sentence mentioned Bai Ran.