Chapter 324 Three Hundred Sprouting

Two years later.

In the underground secret room, the dark gray medicine pool was evaporated by the invisible heat, leaving behind dry solid dirt.

A dark copper giant, with golden discs on his body like fish scales swimming, surrounded by boiling hot dark mist, and the terrifying blood pressure emitted was enough to move the Jindan Daxiu.

"290 years old, third-stage late-stage body refining!"

Lu Changan felt that his physical strength was unprecedentedly strong, as if the cave he was in would collapse if he was not careful.

Of course, the cave was guarded by formations and prohibitions, and it would not collapse so easily.

After a long time, the strange phenomenon on Lu Changan's body disappeared, the fish-scale-like gold pieces disappeared, and his body slowly shrank to normal size.

Lu Changan's "Golden Luo Tyrant Body" was at the bottleneck of the peak of the third-stage mid-stage, and he had been polishing for many years until today.

Not only the law cultivators, but also the body refining has a realm bottleneck.

Even if it is also a breakthrough in the late stage, the body refining is more difficult than the law cultivators.

The way of body refining, the later the stage, the more difficult it is to advance.

Talent, energy, will, and resources are all indispensable.

The reason why it is difficult is that the human bloodline in today's world environment is not as friendly to physical cultivation as in ancient times, and it cannot become the mainstream.

After the promotion of body refining, Lu Changan's self-protection ability has been significantly improved.

Not limited to the defense of a strong physical body.

With strong blood and essence, the load and consumption of "Red Sun Blood Escape" will be reduced accordingly.

The third-stage late body refining allows Lu Changan to perform the fourth-level "Red Sun Blood Escape" at a lower cost and for a longer duration.

After all, the fourth-level blood escape corresponds to the early stage of the Nascent Soul, which can easily shorten life by more than ten years.

After one year of consolidation of the body refining realm.

According to the established plan, Lu Changan began to plan the core inheritance of the puppet of Qianji Sect.

The inheritance branch of Qianji Sect in the outer sect alliance is called "Xuanji Building", which is a power organization built by the defectors of the sect.

Xuanji Building mainly operates puppet-related industries.

The largest base is in the nearby Gutian Immortal City.

The Peacock Saint attacked head-on that year, but did not gain any advantage and was defeated, although there was an element of acting.

At least, her strength at that time did not force out the quasi-fourth-level puppets and puppet army formations of Xuanji Tower.

"Behind the scenes of Xuanji Tower, there is an old Yuanying monster secretly supporting it, so you can't act rashly."

Lu Changan's plot was not accomplished overnight.

The first step is to test the truth and get more information.

The second step is to try to trade peacefully, and it is best not to do it.

The third step is that if the transaction fails, you can only use abnormal means to obtain the core puppet inheritance.

At this stage, only the first two steps can be implemented.

If you want to steal by abnormal means, it is best to wait until you have cultivated to the late Jindan stage and upgrade the divination technique to the top of the third level.

The top-level divination of the third level is also a third-level upper grade, but it has reached the limit of the third level. In the vicinity of Fengyuan Country, except for the Heavenly Master, no one can beat him.

Once promoted to the late Jindan stage, Lu Changan will have means to threaten and deal with Yuanying Zhenjun even if he faces him.

...

Half a month later.

Thousands of miles away from Gutian Immortal City.

A vague human-shaped phantom flew rapidly from the direction of the Immortal City.

With a "puff" sound.

The vague human-shaped phantom turned into a Taoist merchant wearing a bamboo hat, and his figure went into the sand cave.

The wind and sand whistled, and his breath was suppressed, covering up his traces.

A moment later.

A powerful spiritual pressure of a late Jindan master approached quickly, causing the surrounding wind and sand to stagnate.

The visitor was a puppet master with a dull face and mechanical arms.

It was the puppet arm city lord who fought against the Peacock Saint.

Although this Gu City Lord is the supreme ruler of Gutian Immortal City, he has been studying puppetry for many years and rarely interacts with outsiders, so his presence is low.

"Mr. Daoxiao, come out and see me, Gu knows you are nearby."

The Gu City Lord of Puppet Arms has a pair of dark blue eyes, accompanied by the peak Jindan consciousness, scanning the nearby area, and finally fixed on a piece of sand.

"As expected of the first puppet genius in Xuanji Tower."

The Taoist merchant carrying a box on his back emerged from the sand layer and spoke in a vigorous voice.

"Are you a puppet or a human cultivator?"

The ancient city lord's eyes flickered as he looked at the mysterious Taoist merchant in front of him, and was surprised.

As a puppet master, he noticed that the body of the person in front of him was more like a puppet.

But his intelligence, soul fluctuations, spells, and the means of using talismans were more like human cultivators.

"It doesn't matter whether I am a human or a puppet."

The mysterious Taoist merchant said slowly:

"Why are you chasing me, the ancient city lord? I am just doing normal activities and trading in the city, and I haven't done anything that harms the world."

At this time, Lu Changan, who was remotely controlling the puppet, was surprised.

To be on the safe side, he sent his puppet clone to Gutian Xiancheng to find out the truth about Xuanji Tower and learned a lot of intelligence clues.

The secret base of Xuanji Building is underground in Gutian Immortal City.

There is also a hidden castle underground.

According to his calculations, the core puppet and inheritance of Xuanji Building may be obtained in that underground castle.

Lu Changan was just investigating and had not taken any further action.

As a result, he was suddenly sensed by the ancient city lord and attacked without warning, leaving him no time to hide.

Fortunately, at night, Lu Changan used the speed and concealment of the third-stage late-stage puppet clone to escape from Gutian Immortal City.

To avoid being surrounded, the puppet clone used several advanced spells, including the third-stage top-grade forbidden-breaking talisman.

At this moment, the Lord of Gutian City chased him for a thousand miles and refused to let go.

Lu Changan used the same method as before to stop the puppet's spiritual stone stimulation and enter a dormant state, trying to avoid the opponent's secret technique of sensing the puppet.

As a result, the ancient city lord with powerful spiritual consciousness locked the general area, and finally exposed the hiding place.

"Your Excellency, Dao Xiao, there is no need to hide it. You are sneaking around in Gutian Fairy City, trying to find out the secret information of Xuanji Tower. What are your intentions?"

The puppet-armed ancient city master spoke unkindly and patted the storage bag.

In an instant, several third-level puppets appeared.

Well!

The blue cold wind howled for tens of feet, and one of the blue dragon puppets, which was more than ten feet long, hovered above the head of the traveling merchant Taoist.

"Third level top puppet! Incorporating the skills of the supernatural puppet, its strength is better than ordinary pill formation overhaul..."

Lu Changan secretly envied that the quality of the blue dragon puppet was even better than when he fought against the Peacock Saint several decades ago.

His puppet clone, who had just entered the late third level, was no match at all.

Moreover, the Puppet Arm City Lord himself is also a late-stage overhaul, and has many third-level high-quality puppets, which are enough to exert their full power.

"If Pindao wants to leave, the ancient city lord can't keep him."

Taoist Youshang remained calm and did not panic at all.

Boom!

Within a radius of ten miles, flying sand and rocks were blowing, and strong winds were blowing, forming an overwhelming sandstorm and natural disaster.

The ancient city lord lived in the desert for a long time and realized that this was not a natural disaster.

It is a late third level sand spell.

The soles of his feet felt cold, and he felt an invisible, sinister chill.

The unknown existence hidden deep in the sand gave him a sense of threat.

Not only that.

In the sand behind Taoist Youshang, the phantom of a female cultivator emerged, emitting fluctuations of consciousness comparable to those at the peak of pill formation.

The isolation between the wind and sand and the spiritual consciousness made it impossible for the ancient city lord to find out.

Uh-huh!

The vision was distorted, and the dust storm scene disappeared.

It was replaced by a blue-black ancient palace.

Deep in the palace, there is a throne with the head of a green dragon, but there is no one on it.

The wandering Taoist Taoist and the phantom female cultivator stand under the blue dragon throne.

"Lord of the ancient city, people in the Ming Dynasty don't tell secrets. We are organizing a branch to trade you for the core inheritance of the Thousand Machine Sect, including the supernatural puppets and puppet array skills."

The female cultivator's phantom voice is sometimes cold, sometimes gentle, sometimes distant and sometimes near.

"The core puppet inheritance of Xuanji Tower is not for sale."

The ancient city master calmly looked at the fantasy scene in front of him. The blue dragon throne at the deep end of the hall gave people a sense of ancient times and mystery.

The empty Azure Dragon Throne made his imagination wander, wondering if it was a scene in reality.

"There is nothing in this world that is not for sale, and there is no loyalty that cannot be betrayed."

There was an old laugh coming from the Taoist traveler in a bamboo hat.

The Ancient City Lord's face darkened. The Xuanji Building on the Outer Sect Alliance's side was a defector's identity to the Qianji Sect.

"It's not impossible to trade! Unless your organization can come up with the Infant Transformation Pill, the fourth-level soul-nurturing wood, and the lost... soul-growing puppet technique."

The ancient city lord's tone was arrogant, and the lion opened his mouth.

"Gee, the inheritance stolen by the traitor can be a treasure. You are not the only monk in the Outer Sect Alliance and Xuanji Pavilion who has the core inheritance."

The phantom female cultivator's laughter resounded through the dark and strange Qinglong Hall.

What else did the ancient city lord want to say? The illusory scene in the main hall in front of him disappeared.

Uh-huh!

In reality, the thicker yellow sand storm has already covered up the traces of the traveling Taoist monk and the phantom female cultivator.

The ancient city lord was afraid and did not dare to follow him anymore.

The traveling merchant Taoist and the female cultivator Phantom both have late-stage methods for forming pills, and there is a mysterious organization behind them.

The situation in the Xuanji Tower in the Outer Sect Alliance is not as good as imagined.

In the past, there was rejection from the locals of Feng Yuan Kingdom, and in the back, there was no way back to the boundary between the two religions.

…

The ancient city lord put away the puppet and returned to Gutian Fairy City.

Due to the cover of natural disasters such as wind and sand, the scene of the confrontation did not alarm the outside monks.

The ancient city lord didn't stop for a moment and entered the underground castle below the fairy city.

Finally, they arrived at one of the restricted palaces.

The ancient city lord opened a green wood and copper coffin, made seals with his hands, chanted incantations, and performed the secret technique of puppetry.

After counting the interest.

Inside the green wood and copper coffin, sat a man in green armor who looked like a zombie. His body was mostly made of puppet material.

"How long has it been?"

The blue-armored puppet man had two green ghost flames dancing in his eyes, which was eerie and strange.

"Lord, it has been seventy or eighty years since you last woke up."

The puppet-armed ancient city lord spoke with respect.

"It's been so long? This ghost-infused consciousness is getting weaker and weaker. We must find the soul treasure as soon as possible. If we succeed, within a few hundred years, this building is expected to give birth to an autonomous fourth-level puppet that can completely rival the Nascent Soul. True Lord."

"Yes, Master." The ancient city master's dull face rarely showed excitement.

The puppet in front of him, who was neither human nor ghost, was a fourth-level puppet master during his lifetime.

Creating a fourth-level puppet is also his lifelong goal.

"Wake me up, what do you want?"

"Back to the original poster... I have a suspicion that the traveling Taoist priest is from the mysterious 'Qinglong Society'."

The ancient city lord stated his previous experiences and his speculations.

"Qinglonghui?"

"That is top-secret information obtained by Huangsha Intelligence. Only Scale Claw is known, and few people in the world know about it."

The ancient city lord replied.

"I have never heard of the Qinglong Society. However, the image of the traveling merchant Taoist does look a bit like the legendary [Taoist Tianshu]."

The green-armored puppet man pondered.

"Tianshu Taoist? You mean the mysterious figure in the "Universe Strange People Series" of Tianheng Continent."

The ancient city lord recalled the records in ancient books and said in surprise.

Tianshu Taoist is a strange merchant, absolutely neutral, traveling around the continent, trading items with people who are destined to meet him.

If you meet him, you will definitely be able to trade the items you need, which is a great opportunity.

According to the ancient books of Qianji Sect, Tianshu Taoist may be the ancestor of puppets in this world.

He himself may be a puppet in a special form, and his intelligence exceeds that of most human cultivators.

…

Fragrant grass oasis, Xuanyin Pavilion cave.

"It was a bad start, and I almost lost my only third-stage late-stage puppet!"

Lu Changan breathed a sigh of relief.

The puppet means of Xuanji Pavilion exceeded his expectations, and the actions of the puppet clone were actually exposed.

In order to keep the third-stage late-stage puppet, he could only confuse the audience and bring up the fictitious Qinglong Society.

Fortunately, this time, he alerted the enemy and negotiated with the Lord of Gucheng, and got enough intelligence information, which saved him a lot of detours.

These information media will help Lu Changan to calculate and find a breakthrough point in the future.

"Gutian Fairy City is already alert, and it is not advisable to take any action in the short term."

Lu Changan decided to lie dormant for another ten years and cultivate to the late Jindan stage in one breath.

At the same time, the quality of the third-stage late puppet was improved.

...

Five years later, Lu Changan was 296 years old, approaching the 300-year mark.

On this day, he was in seclusion and had a faint feeling.

Lu Changan opened his eyes, calculated with his fingers, and sighed.

He looked back at the direction of Liangguo and Wuye Town.

There, Master Fairy had already died and spent the last day of her life.

Lu Changan did not go back to see Master Fairy for the last time.

Through the information known in previous years, and even calculations, Lu Changan learned that Master Fairy had someone to accompany her in the last twenty years of her life.

Jiang Yechen, Shi Xiaochuan, Shi Manrong, the family of three is happy and warm.

Perhaps, Master Fairy made a trade-off for the sake of having a good trust for her adopted son.

Or, she was really moved by Jiang Yechen and moved her heart.

With an aging face and the last twenty years of her life, Master Fairy was indeed with Jiang Yechen.

This is why Lu Changan did not go back.

Recalling Master Fairy's life, Lu Changan felt strange.

When she was young, she met the wrong person, had a fleeting relationship after divorce, and indulged herself.

In the end, she was old, tired of playing, and tired of her heart, and found an "honest man" as her final destination.

If Master Fairy lived alone for the rest of her life, Lu Changan would have a little psychological debt.

Although both parties knew long ago that it was just a fleeting relationship, they were not ashamed.

The final happy and warm ending made Lu Changan feel relieved.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang..."

Lu Changan was impressed and thanked him secretly.

…

Time flies by fast for Lu Changan who is practicing quietly.

His Jindan cultivation is progressing steadily, gradually approaching the peak of the middle Jindan period.

Unknowingly, Lu Changan has reached the age of 300.

At this time, the black water turtle who is taking care of the black vine is happy and joyful.

"Is there any change in the black vine?"

Lu Changan rushed to the deepest underground secret room under the cave as soon as possible.

I saw that the green, winding, and 36-foot-long black vine exudes a trace of mysterious and original life energy.

On a branch of the black vine, a tiny bud grows.

If you don't observe carefully, it is easy to ignore it.

"Three hundred years old in this life, the black vine sprouts!"

Lu Changan was excited. As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. This is a good sign.

The buds of the black vine gave him the intuition that it was a qualitative change, pregnant with infinite mysteries of the opening of the world.

Lu Changan is 300 years old, but he awakened from his previous life at the age of 18.

In terms of the immortal cultivation career in this world, it has been less than three hundred years.

For a period of time afterwards.

Lu Changan observed the subtle changes in the life of Xuan Teng, and made many calculations under the eyes of Yuanying.

After all, the once dead Xuantian relics brought great opportunities to the two spirit pets.

The Xuanshui turtle even mutated, at least becoming a heavenly bloodline.

After observation and calculation, Lu Changan indeed discovered the benefits brought by the sprouting of Xuan Teng, or in other words, the invisible gain.

That is luck!

As a third-level fortune-telling master, Lu Changan has a keener insight into fate.

After the sprouting of Xuan Teng, the spiritual vein mountain gate where it is located is actually gathering the luck of heaven and earth very slowly.

Other high-level cultivators can hardly detect it.

Only after long-term observation can Lu Changan feel the subtle changes.

It is common for the major sects in the world of immortal cultivation to have ups and downs in luck over hundreds and thousands of years.

For example, Xuanyin Pavilion has been developing smoothly in recent years, and its luck has been slowly increasing.

Therefore, even if high-level cultivators discover this phenomenon of improving luck, they will get used to it.

"Unfortunately, this kind of luck does not belong to an individual, but to the spiritual mountain range where it is rooted! It belongs to the overall luck of a certain force!"

Lu Changan regretted that if it were applied to him alone, he would be expected to become a son of luck over the years.

As the owner of the black vine, he did not enjoy any privileges and treated everyone equally.

The cultivators belonging to this spiritual force enjoyed the indirect gains brought to them by the collective luck, which was insignificant and difficult to detect compared to the whole.

However, it was better than nothing.

From now on, Lu Changan will have a clear conscience when he flees from any force!

Because, not only will he not bring disaster to the sect he joins, but he can also bring a slight blessing of luck.