Chapter 449: Rich and Powerful, the Leader of Xuanmen

In Bishui City, Lu Changan has been patiently waiting for nearly two years. Due to the sealing of his magic power, he was isolated from the induction of the Changqing Dao Fruit and could not practice during this period.

Two months before the Central Region Auction, he quietly crouched near the Bishan Sect.

On this day, above the gate of the Bishan Sect, a piece of blue water-like light was rippling, dyed the same color as the clear sky.

Accompanied by the spiritual pressure of Yuanying Zhenjun, a tranquil and quiet green-dressed beauty appeared in Lu Changan's senses.

This female Zhenjun was about twenty years old, with clear eyes like a clear pond, and her demeanor was full of spiritual and fairy spirit that was not stained by the mundane world.

"Bishan Sect, Tian Zhenjun, Bishui Fairy..."

Lu Changan only looked at them with the corner of his eyes to avoid being sensed by the keen Yuanying.

As he expected, the Bishan Sect would send important cultivators to participate in the auction held once every twenty years in the Central Region.

According to intelligence, this Fairy of Green Water is the cultivator with the best relationship with True Lord Qingmu. The two have shared hardships and have an extraordinary friendship, and even a subtle relationship.

But the two True Lords who have been together day and night have never been together, and have never shown any overly close behavior to the outside world.

"True Lord Qingmu, are you really willing to let your best junior sister go out alone..."

Lu Changan's eyes flickered, and his thoughts raced.

To a certain extent, Fairy of Green Water is True Lord Qingmu's confidante, similar to the relationship between Lu Changan and Zhao Siyao back then.

Fairy of Green Water is not completely alone.

Behind her are two or three middle and late Jindan elders, who are the powerful elders of the Green Mountain Sect, and the Nascent Soul seeds.

Watching several figures leave, Lu Changan did not rush to track them, and used the divination technique to make a little calculation.

Indeed, Lu Changan can kill or capture them halfway, with a very high success rate.

But once he captures and kills a Yuanying cultivator, Lu Changan will inevitably reveal his identity, which will make Qingmu Zhenjun feel sensitive.

Fairy Bishui is not a new Yuanying. Even in the Weidao League, she is considered a strong player in the early Yuanying period, not comparable to Yin Yuanhai and his ilk.

As a major sect of immortal cultivation in the Central Region, Bishan Sect has a heritage that exceeds that of Jinyang Sect of the Weidao League. In history, it has produced more than one giant in the middle Yuanying period.

True Lord Qingmu and the eldest brother of Bishan Sect are assured that this girl will go out, and they will definitely give her a good way to save her life. Perhaps in the face of the ambush of the middle Yuanying period, she has a certain ability to protect herself and is confident to escape.

"At present, True Lord Qingmu should not be sure that I have arrived in the Central Region and am waiting near Bishan Sect."

"True Lord Bishui went out to participate in the auction, run around for Qingmu, and trade the materials needed to refine the guardian magic weapon..."

After calculation, Lu Changan made a rough judgment.

True Lord Qingmu still shrank back.

As for the need to refine the magic weapon for the way of protection, the True Lord Bishui was asked to go out to do it.

I have to admit that this arrangement is more secure.

Qingmu may have expected that Lu Changan could not easily attack the Fairy Bishui.

Lu Changan looked back at the Bishan Sect with a deep and cold gaze.

Its mountain gate has a fourth-level middle-grade spiritual vein, and the sect protection formation is open and flowing, which is in a state of looseness on the outside and tightness on the inside.

"At present, the Bishan Sect is missing a Yuanying cultivator, and the defense force must be weakened..."

Lu Changan continued to calculate how much the success rate of infiltration and assassination is.

The result made him frown.

Even if the Bishan Sect sent a Yuanying cultivator out, the difficulty of infiltration and assassination did not decrease much.

There is a hidden power of heaven's secrets in the dark, which makes Lu Changan's calculation against the Bishan Sect unclear and the resistance is obvious.

"As a major sect of immortal cultivation in the Central Region, the Bishan Sect inevitably has inherited treasures and heavenly secrets that conceal calculations. True Lord Qingmu has suffered two major losses and knows that there is a fourth-level divination master behind me. It is normal for him to be on guard..."

"Besides, there is another key figure in the Bishan Sect, the Chen Zhenjun who is at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage. As an old-fashioned Nascent Soul, he controls the treasure of the sect, the fourth-level middle-grade sect protection formation..."

Lu Changan stopped calculating and made a decision.

After all, the Central Region is True Lord Qingmu's home ground, and it is not strange to have trusted allies to take care of him.

If he were in the Weidao League, Lu Changan would have more allies. In addition to Zhang Tianfeng and Fairy Xia, who are closest to him, Liang Jiaozhu and Chu Tianfeng would not refuse his help.

After a cup of tea.

Lu Changan left the Bishan Sect and followed Fairy Bishui and her four companions.

Fairy Bishui led three Jindan cultivators, and their escape speed was not as fast as that of the old Nascent Soul monster acting alone, so it was not difficult to track them.

After careful consideration, Lu Changan gave up the inferior plan of sneaking in to assassinate, mainly because of the high risk and bad consequences.

He had the skin of Qingmu's corpse, which could continuously track and calculate his approximate location, so there was no need to rush.

Now, Qingmu Zhenjun planned to build a protective magic weapon and would not leave in the short term, so this could be used as a starting point.

…

The Central Domain Auction is located in the first fairy city of Daqing, Wuling City.

Five huge sacred mountains guard a magnificent ancient green fairy city, the outer layer is covered by clouds and mist, and the colorful light waves of the five elements formation flow inside.

A few days later.

The group of Bishui Fairy entered the city, and Lu Changan did not continue to follow.

On the way, he recorded the mana of this Jurchen.

The number of cultivators coming and going in Wuling City has reached the peak in the past twenty years, gathering high-level cultivators from all regions of Daqing.

Among them, there are even a small number of cultivators from the Demonic Camp who hide their identities.

Hundreds of years ago, the ten sects of Xuanmen defeated the six sects of the Demonic Path and expelled them from the Central Region. The two sides also reached a ceasefire agreement and did not interfere with each other.

There is no explicit rule in the Central Region Auction that demonic monks are not allowed to participate.

Wuling City does not strictly screen the identities of foreign monks. The formation where he is located is the top of Daqing and has enough confidence.

Against this background, an "old man in straw raincoat" from the outside world successfully entered Wuling City.

The old man in straw raincoat settled in an inn in Wuling City, inquired about the relevant information of the auction in the city, and paid attention to some big figures.

Such actions are common and inconspicuous in Wuling City, which has a huge flow of people.

In the next two days, the old man in straw raincoat changed his identity and bought some intelligence in batches from several intelligence organizations in Wuling City.

"Tianzhilou, Daqingzhongyu also has this intelligence organization? It's really not simple..."

The old man in straw raincoat hesitated for a moment and did not enter this mysterious intelligence force that had visited the East Region.

While collecting intelligence, the old man in straw raincoat secretly paid attention to the movements of Fairy Bishui and her group, but no abnormalities were found.

Fairy Bishui met several Yuanying cultivators from the Xuanmen camp, and the specific situation is unknown.

...

Three days later, the number of high-level cultivators gathered in Wuling City reached a peak.

The Central Region Auction was jointly organized by several top chambers of commerce in Daqing.

Due to the large number of auction items and participants, the auction lasted for three days.

The third day of the auction was a special session for high-level cultivators, and there were many Yuanying old monsters.

At the auction site, the sound of bidding was heard occasionally, and the coldness revealed invisible majesty and oppression.

Whenever the Yuanying old monster in the venue bid, the powerful divine sense swept over, and the nearby Jindan stage cultivators dared not breathe, as if sitting on pins and needles.

"Is there a higher bid?"

"Otherwise... this excellent quality [Tribulation Umbrella] will fall into the hands of this Taoist friend."

The auctioneer was an elderly white-haired old man, and his slightly curious eyes swept over the old man in the straw raincoat.

"This outsider, can you please give Fengyun Hall some face? The [Tribulation Umbrella] is something that my closed disciple urgently needs."

On the suspended stand in the distance, a middle-aged Yuanying in a wide yellow robe, sitting like a rock, looked down from a high place, and his voice was like thunder, falling from the sky.

"My granddaughter also needs the [Tribulation Umbrella] to resist the heavenly thunder tribulation."

The old man in the straw raincoat seemed dissatisfied with the man's strong and domineering tone, and said in a yin-yang tone:

"Why, Fengyun Hall, one of the top ten sects in the Central Region, has less financial resources than an old man like me, a casual cultivator in the Southern Region, and you want to use your power to suppress others?"

"Hmph! You are hiding your head and showing your tail. Do you dare to report your name? Are you a disguised demon sect cultivator?"

The middle-aged Yuanying in Fengyun Hall was angry, his thick eyebrows gathered, his tiger eyes flashed with fierce light, and his powerful Yuanying consciousness swept over the old man in the straw raincoat.

The smell of gunpowder from both sides made the cultivators at the auction look at each other sideways.

Some Nascent Soul cultivators cast interested glances at the old man in straw raincoat.

Although Fengyun Hall ranks low among the ten sects of Xuanmen, it has always been domineering and hates evil.

"What a joke!"

The old man in straw raincoat snorted coldly, ignoring the powerful consciousness of the middle-aged Nascent Soul cultivator of Fengyun Hall, and a scorching aura of extreme fire was faintly emanating from his body.

On the contrary, the middle-aged Nascent Soul cultivator of Fengyun Hall could not help but groan, his face slightly pale, and was almost hurt by the other party's consciousness.

"This person's consciousness is probably close to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and he actually made the 'Thunder True Lord' of the Wind and Cloud Hall suffer a loss."

"Flame-type skills? I wonder which old monster in the South Region?"

"The South Region has frequent volcanic eruptions and a harsh environment, but there are many high-level cultivators of fire-type skills. If you are not a cultivator who has been there for many years, you really can't guess where this person is."

Amid the discussion of a group of high-level cultivators, the auction item [Tribulation Umbrella] fell into the hands of the mysterious old man in the straw raincoat.

Thunder True Lord of the Wind and Cloud Hall had a gloomy face and did not get angry.

It's not that he didn't want to raise the price again.

First, the auction price was already seriously overpriced.

Second, the commissioner of the auction required two rare spiritual materials, and those who met the conditions would be given priority. He couldn't take them out, but the old man in the straw raincoat could.

Besides, the old man in the straw raincoat had a higher cultivation level and consciousness than him, and the aura of the fire-type magic power was very different from that of the Demon Sect. This made the previous words of Thunder True Lord seem wrong.

To put it another way, the Central Region Auction faces the entire Daqing, and there is no explicit restriction on demonic cultivators.

…

After the auction, before the finale, the quality of the auction items gradually increased, and there were many items needed by Yuanying cultivators, and materials and spiritual objects above the fourth level.

During this period, the old man in the straw raincoat made two more bids, with strong bids, overwhelming competitors, and attracting attention.

The old man in the straw raincoat not only bid high and had great wealth, but also could come up with the scarce and unpopular materials required by the client.

Even if he lost, the bidders were convinced.

One of the auction items was a fourth-level fire-type spiritual medicine.

The old man in the straw raincoat paid a high premium for it, further confirming his identity as a fire-type Yuanying old monster in the Southern Region.

On another suspended stand, the Fairy of Green Water and three Jindan cultivators from the Green Mountain Sect sat.

Fairy of Green Water could not help but pay attention to the rich old man in the straw raincoat, and she was a little envious in her heart.

She thought to herself that if she had the wealth of the old man in the straw raincoat, she would not have to be so frugal if she helped Senior Brother Qingmu to forge a magic weapon to protect the way.

"This old monster in the South Region is generous and has a lot of scarce resources. Could it be that he has excavated some ancient cave or dangerous forbidden area? Perhaps he has the wood magic weapon materials that Senior Brother Qingmu needs."

Fairy Bishui thought about it and made up her mind.

Little did she know that she was also the target of the old man in the straw raincoat.

Fairy Bishui had a general harvest at this auction. She only got a piece of fourth-level spiritual wood and paid a high premium.

There were two urgently needed precious refining materials that she had not competed for, and one of them was taken away by the old man in the straw raincoat.

Fairy Bishui was secretly annoyed, but the old man in the straw raincoat offered more than 30% higher than hers, and she lost without any temper.

After the auction.

The old man in coir raincoat took the three auction items calmly and paid for the spirit stones and materials.

In this auction, in addition to the fire elixir, other refining treasures and the [Calamity Umbrella] can also come in handy.

The [Transformation Tribulation Umbrella] is used by the Xuan Shui Turtle to survive the thunder tribulation in the future.

The [Thunder Bead] that Lu Changan once used to overcome the calamity was reimbursed on the spot. Although there are still talismans and treasures that can withstand the thunder, the effect is much worse.

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The thunder tribulation of monsters and beasts is more severe than that of human monks, and should not be underestimated.

The useless fire elixir was extremely scarce in the Great Abyss near the sea, and could be sold for at least twice as much.

Traveling through the two realms of cultivating immortals, he gained a lot of Nascent Souls, and with the profit resources distributed after the Demonic War, Lu Changan was extremely rich.

The resource reserves and rare materials he possesses far exceed those of most Yuanying monks.

Through the Baihuan Mask, Lu Changan disguised himself as a fire Nascent Soul cultivator this time.

The effect is so real because Master Lihuo in the fourth life cast down the shadow of his previous life.

Master Lihuo is a typical fire-based practitioner.

In addition, there are spare fire talismans and the best magic weapon Lihuo Gourd.

Of course, Yuanying monks with strong spiritual consciousness might be able to see the clues. But at most, it can be seen that Lu Changan is disguised, and it is difficult to see through his true identity without taking action.

…

"This fellow Taoist from the Southern Territory, please stay!"

As soon as Lu Changan stepped out of the auction venue, a gentle and magnetic man's voice came from behind him.

The person who came was a pale-faced man with long navy blue collar and tied black hair. He was about thirty years old and looked like a handsome scribe.

Lu Changan had an impression of this person. He was a Nascent Soul cultivator from the chamber of commerce behind the auction.

During the auction, not only the Nascent Soul monks from the Central Domain’s Immortal Cultivation Sect, but also the Nascent Soul monsters from other domains all knew this person and called him "Ai Zhenjun".

"It turns out to be Mr. Ai Zhen from the Tianhe Chamber of Commerce. Do you have any advice?"

The old man in coir raincoat that Lu Changan transformed into had a calm expression.

"Fellow Taoist, do you know Ai? How do you call him?"

Ai Zhenjun was not surprised that Lu Changan knew him. Tianhe Chamber of Commerce is the first chamber of commerce in Daqing. As a core figure, he has dealt with high-level monks from various areas in Daqing.

"My surname is Jing."

"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Jing! When we met for the first time, Ai had a feeling of déjà vu. Have we met somewhere?"

Ai Zhenjun looked at the old man in coir raincoat with confusion, and gradually got closer to him.

"Haha! Decades ago, Jing met Lord Ai Zhen from a distance, but it was not the way he looks today."

Lu Changan made a haha, making him confused.

After a few words of greeting, Ai Zhenjun quickly explained his purpose:

"Every time there is an auction in the Central Realm, Wuling City gathers high-level monks from the Five Realms of Daqing. After the auction every twenty years, Ai and several fellow Taoists organized a Nascent Soul Exchange Meeting to conduct higher-level private exchanges. trade."

"The exchange meeting will mainly focus on the Central Territory. In addition, some powerful colleagues from the Outer Territory will be invited to participate."

"That's it! I wonder which fellow Nascent Soul members will participate in this exchange?"

Lu Changan was secretly happy and asked casually.

He showed great wealth and revealed some scarce resources at the auction, just to attract the interest of the Nascent Soul monks in the Central Domain.

He had already learned about the Central Domain Nascent Soul Exchange Meeting after the auction.

"Haha, there are many legendary figures who are famous in Daqing during this exchange meeting."

"For example, the 'True Lord Lingyu' of Xingchen Pavilion, the 'True Lord Subduing Dragon' of Longhu Mountain...even the 'King of Medicine' is in Wuling City and agreed to our invitation."

"Tsk tsk...Jing has been admiring such big figures for a long time."

Lu Changan showed his longing and readily agreed to the invitation.

Ai Zhenjun not only invited Lu Changan, but also left an invitation letter, said a few words, and left.

The Nascent Soul Exchange Meeting will be held that evening, so there is no need to rush.

"Zhenjun Lingyu..."

Lu Changan put away the invitation letter and was very familiar with this name.

Hundreds of years ago, a son of good fortune was born in the Jing Kingdom of the Weidao Alliance. He went to the most prosperous central region of Daqing, became the True Lord of Nascent Soul, and joined the ancient sect of cultivating immortals.

The existence of this son of luck turned the relatively weak Jing Kingdom into a neutral trade and immortality country.

Later, this son of fate intervened in the demonic war on the pretext of protecting his homeland of Jing Kingdom.

In the most dazzling battle, Zhenjun Ling Yu defeated and seriously injured Sect Leader Meng of the Beast King Valley in one fell swoop.

It is said that True Lord Ling Yu once had a private fight with the leader of the Wujian Sect, but the world does not know the specific results.

Over the years, Lu Changan has become the leader of the Wei Dao Alliance and has secretly communicated with True Monarch Jueying, so he knows the general outcome.

In that battle, both of them suffered losses.

In other words, nearly a hundred years ago, Zhenjun Lingyu had the strength to compete with the leader of the Demon Sect.

In Lu Changan's opinion, Zhenjun Lingyu's hard power is probably higher than that of the Wujian Sect Master.

First, the style of the leader of the Wujian Sect is that he will not attack head-on, but mostly assassinate by surprise.

Jin Yue Zhenjun of Aoyue Palace was disguised by the leader of the Wujian Sect and was killed with one blow. He didn't even have time to get out of his body.

Of course, stealth assassination is actually part of the strength.

The second point of evidence is that Lord Lingyu showed up in the Central Region a few years after the war and had recovered from his injuries.

The leader of Wujian Sect has been silent for many years, and at least the recovery from his injuries is much slower.

Now after so many years, Zhenjun Lingyu has become the leader of the ten sects of Xuanmen.

……

The dusk was dark and the moon was rising in the sky.

In the center of Wuling City, the fourth-level spiritual vein forbidden area where Tianhe Chamber of Commerce was located, there was an island with beautiful scenery in the center of the lake.

Within half an hour, more than a dozen Yuanying escape lights had arrived at the cave where the lake island was located.

With the help of the black wind cloak, Lu Changan hid in the shadow corner dozens of miles away.

Until a certain moment.

He caught a familiar green water escape light and landed on the lake island in the core forbidden area of ​​Wuling City.

"Here we are."

Lu Changan was delighted, but did not act immediately.

"Haha, the Green Water Fairy is here!"

"Tian Zhenjun, why didn't your sect's 'Qingmu Zhenjun' come to this exchange meeting?"

In an open-air square on the lake island, there were a dozen or so Yuanying cultivators sitting.

Seeing the arrival of the Green Water Fairy, some Yuanying fellows stood up and greeted each other. There were also some Yuanying old monsters who sat there indifferently.

After a moment of greeting, the Green Water Fairy found a cushion to sit down.

She quietly looked around the scene. More than 70% of the faces were familiar, and most of the unfamiliar ones were from other regions.

The Daqing region was vast, and even in the Central Region, Fairy Bishui had not seen many of her peers. Not to mention, there were many Yuanying cultivators in remote corners of the other four regions.

Fairy Bishui frowned slightly, thinking of the mysterious old man in the raincoat who was rich, powerful, and had many scarce resources at the auction in the daytime.

She expected that with that person's strength and financial resources, he would be invited to this Yuanying exchange meeting.

Of course, some cultivators did not like this kind of exchange meeting, or had their own small circles, and would not come to participate even if they were invited.

In fact, Fairy Bishui was not the only one who was looking forward to the arrival of the old man in the raincoat.

With scarce resources and a generous and generous spirit, such peers are naturally popular at the Yuanying exchange meeting.

Moreover, at every Central Region exchange meeting, the Central Region cultivators naturally have an advantage. Even if they cannot always kill the fat sheep from other places, they can often get some advantage in the transaction.

…

It seemed that the time for the Central Region Yuanying Exchange Conference to officially begin was approaching.

At the last moment.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two beams of light flew almost in order to the lake island where the exchange conference was held.

“Master Lingyu has arrived!”

On the lake island, the Yuanying cultivators from various regions were silent for a moment, and then they all stood up to greet him.

One of the blue beams, as bright as a star, faintly attracted the moon in the night sky and shook the stars in the sky.

Buzz!

The starlight slowly faded, revealing an unusually young silver-haired man in a star robe; his appearance could be described as a handsome boy, which was seriously inconsistent with his actual age.

His cold facial features were like marble carvings, with a perfect three-dimensional sense, and a pair of deep and boundless star-lit pupils. A light blue star mark appeared between his eyebrows, adding a bit of mystery and nobility.

Master Lingyu did not deliberately release his spiritual pressure, but made the Yuanying cultivators on the scene feel the inexplicable pressure from the entire sky.

Even the giants of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul who were already present were obviously suppressed by the aura.

Ling Yu Zhenjun ignored Ai Zhenjun, Jianglong Zhenjun, Leiming Zhenjun and others who came to the lake island.

"Hmm?"

His sharp eyes subconsciously looked to the side and below.

The old man in the straw raincoat who almost escaped at the same time was covered by the starlight and had no sense of existence.

When did this old guy arrive?

I merged with the starry night, but I didn't notice it?

"Hmm?"

The old man in the straw raincoat also had the same reaction, looking at Ling Yu Zhenjun with a slightly strange look.

Lu Changan was secretly surprised. When did Ling Yu Zhenjun appear in the night sky? He had been hiding for a long time and didn't notice it?

Besides, is this person sick... He had to appear at the last moment.

After the two of them said "Hmm", they couldn't help but look at each other, and instantly noticed the similar surprise in each other's eyes.