Chapter 142: The Decline of Immortal City
Chapter 142 - Immortal City Decline
"What opportunities does Miss Zhou have that would make her think of someone from Lu?"
Lu Chang'an said nonchalantly.
This time, I don't know if it is because of the time constraints, but this woman called her by her first name, no longer the "Big Brother Lu" of some years ago.
"Lu Changan, didn't you say back then that you were good at healing and nurturing the sick turtle eggs of the Xuan Shui Turtle to grow healthily?"
Zhou Qingxuan's pretty eyes turned to the Xuan Shui turtle by the lotus pond.
Sensing the probing gaze of this late stage Foundation Establishment Imperial Beast Master.
The Xuan Shui Turtle was instinctively afraid, and its head shrank, burrowing into the pool.
"Mister Lu's wood system technique is still okay in terms of healing. However, back then, I was able to hatch the Xuan Shui Turtle healthily, thanks to the heavenly material that I got by chance."
Lu Chang'an dripped and said.
Decades, that set of words he remembered clearly and would not be bypassed by this woman.
"No need to explain so much." Zhou Qingxuan revealed a bright moving smile and went straight to the point:
"That Earth Dragon Beast under the seat of the Yellow Dragon Realist is seriously injured and dying, barely hanging on to its breath by relying on secret medicines."
"Yellow Dragon Mountain is looking for powerful beast tamers, medicine men, and strange men and women in hopes of saving the Earth Dragon Beast."
"Any cultivator who can save the life of the Earth Dragon Beast will be heavily rewarded by the Yellow Dragon Realm, including strategic resources such as 'Crystal Condensation Pills' and dan-forming spirits. And promise to do one thing for the other party within their means."
Learning the cause of the matter, Lu Chang'an duly revealed his surprise, his face flooded with thoughts.
The Yellow Dragon Realist and the Earth Dragon Beast had a deep bond.
The two have been together for hundreds of years, rising up from the bottom of the heap, sharing the same life and death together.
This Earth Grade Spirit Pet is, to a certain extent, the closest relative of Huang Long Zhen Zhen.
Even the personal disciples, including Fu Xuemei, cannot compare to the status of the Earth Dragon Beast in their hearts.
"Crystal Condensation Dan, the spirit of dan formation......"
Lu Chang'an secretly regretted, and inevitably, he was a little moved.
The Crystal Condensation Pill can increase the chances of forming a dan, countless Foundation Establishment Cultivators can only dream of it.
In the whole of Great Qing, the Crystal Condensation Pill is an extremely precious strategic resource.
In his last life, he had a higher starting point, a top-grade spiritual root, and good fortune, and only succeeded in obtaining the Pill after a great deal of hard work.
In this life, the wood root is a lower grade spiritual root, even with the addition of the Evergreen Merit, if there is no external chance, the chances of achieving the elixir are not optimistic.
"Miss Zhou, when it comes to third-order spirit beasts, there is really nothing I can do."
Lu Changan shook his head and said.
He had an intuition that if the Evergreen Secret Art consumed his longevity, the odds were that it would work.
However, how could Lu Chang'an expose such a secret technique in front of a real person from Yellow Dragon Mountain.
He has not yet reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and if he gets the item of the dan in advance, he will invite trouble, and he can only rely on the Yellow Dragon Mountain to protect him.
For the Yellow Dragon Mountain, he did not have half a good feeling.
The "Fu Xuemei", the enemy of the obstructionist, is the successor that Yellow Dragon Mountain wants to cultivate.
This woman has reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment a few years ago, and this is still the case of being dragged down by her younger brother.
Fu Xuemei promised her teacher that she would help her brother only up to the Foundation stage.
When faced with the path of the Node Dan, the Earth Spirit Root geniuses have to go all out.
"It's fine if you don't go, don't mention this matter to others for the time being."
Zhou Qingxuan showed slight regret and did not force herself.
The specific condition of the Earth Dragon Beast's injury was only known to the upper echelons of cultivators in Liang.
The Zhou family was invited by Yellow Dragon Mountain because they were good at roaming beasts.
"Don't worry Miss Zhou, Mister Lu won't say anything outside."
Lu Chang'an looked at this woman's back as she rose up in the air, slightly strange.
The injury of the Earth Dragon Beast is something that even a JieDan real person can do nothing about.
Even if he is a Foundation Cultivator, even if he is good at treating injuries, this woman would not expect anything from herself.
In this world, the secret of the Evergreen Technique is known to one and a half people.
One of them is the "Heavenly Pivot Taoist", and the other half is Mu Xiu Yun.
As for Mu Bing Yun, at most, it is believed that he has a secret method. Repairing this woman's foundation took more than ten years, so it wasn't very sudden.
"However, there is another variable......"
Lu Changan thought of the prying eyes of the Hundred Lodging Soul Compass when he met with Chen Fuhai.
The Hundred Lodging Soul Compass, which can host various races, has insights and perceptions that far exceed those of ordinary people.
He closed his eyes and merged his mind and consciousness into the second generation of the Nine Seal Tablet.
The Nine Seals Tablet is currently exploring two small functions, active and passive.
Active: Soul Shadow descends, consuming the soul brand that has been lit up over the years and can be used in battle.
Passive: the mind consciousness into the Nine Seal Tablet, and a certain life fusion, only get the divine sense of sensory support, will consume the lit energy.
The second, cannot be applied to combat, somewhat sharing its soul perception.
If you are returning to the peak of your previous life, or advancing to YuanYing, there is little point in applying the abilities of these two lives.
Swish!
After Zhou Qingxuan flew out a few miles, Lu Changan's Realist level divine sense subtly probed over.
Until it peeked into her sea of consciousness.
Zhou Qingxuan's sea of consciousness had no abnormalities.
Due to his gift of defending beasts, he had a purple glittering light, which made him slightly different from ordinary cultivators. Lu Changan didn't enter the sea of consciousness to investigate, as he would have been detected.
Retracting his divine sense, Lu Chang'an was unable to come to a conclusion.
If the Hundred Souls Compulsion is lurking deep in the sea of consciousness, it cannot be observed on the surface.
Unless one is strong enough to see through a late stage Foundation Establishment's sea of consciousness with a single glance.
Back then, he was able to discover the Hundred Lodging Soul Compulsion on Chen Fuhai's body because it had surfaced on the surface of the Sea of Consciousness and spied on him before it had a chance to lurk.
Zhou Qingxuan stood on a second-stage demonic bird and flew out of Wu Qi Mountain.
"Can't even impress the things that are conjugated to the dan?"
"Even if one is a cultivator of the Evergreen Kung Fu, their lifespan will eventually expire, and the key resources still have to be fought for."
Zhou Qingxuan's pretty eyes flickered.
"When this person was in the Qi Refining Stage, his Qi and blood were pure, his youth was not old, and his life was blessed. After the Foundation Establishment, the breath is deep and obscure, instead, it is hard to see, we can't rule out that it is some other top level wood system technique."
"Can't test it anymore! This person, even if he has nothing to do with Yan Donglai, has a great origin."
"This time the hibernation is deep. Should not expose his identity......"
......
A few months later.
Lu Chang'an turned 107 years old, four or five years had passed since he was promoted to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
He predicted that it would take about seven more years to cultivate to the fifth level of Foundation Establishment.
On the contrary, the Cloud Sand Body Refining Technique has vaguely touched the sixth layer.
The inheritance of this Body Refining Technique can be cultivated up to the seventh layer, or six and a half layers, which corresponds to the Pseudo-Pan level.
It was sufficient before the end of the Pseudo-dan.
This body refining inheritance is not of too high a grade, but the advantage lies in the simplicity of the cultivation method.
As long as one has enough time to cultivate.
Enough financial resources to purchase Spirit Sandstone.
As well as a decent talent for body refining, one can ascend relatively smoothly.
Lu Chang'an's so-called body refining talent was actually exchanged for the self-healing power of the Evergreen Technique.
......
This day.
Shi Manrong returned from Yellow Dragon Immortal City and invited Lu Changan and Ye Fei, the two Peak Masters, to be guests at his residence.
Inside the cave mansion of Xiaopan Peak.
This time we met, the cultivation level of Fairy Shi reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and her face was bright and moist, and she was very attractive.
"This time, my concubine will come back and stay at Wu Qi Mountain, and it has also been a long time since I have met with the two peak masters."
Fairy Shifu is dignified and graceful, elegantly smiling.
Lu Changan could see the change in Fairy Shi's mindset.
In the two years before and after the beast tide, Fairy Shifu gave him a feeling of urgency and busyness.
This time, when he was promoted to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, his mind settled down.
"Master Fairy and Yellow Dragon Mountain, can they still maintain cooperation?"
Lu Chang'an asked.
"The cooperation has ended, my concubine refused their retention."
Fairy Shifu said gently.
Lu Chang'an was not surprised by this.
After the end of the beast tide and the failure of the Yellow Dragon Realist's demon hunt, there wasn't that much demand for array mages, and it was impossible to maintain the previous over-the-top treatment and provide some scarce resources.
In the first two years, Fairy Master seized the opportunity to get on that express train, whether it was cultivation, or formation attainments, they were significantly improved.
Lu Changan speculated that Fairy Shifu, who was in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, might have touched the third stage of formation attainments.
"Fairy Shifu, I heard that Real Emperor Huang Long's Earth Dragon Beast was saved, is this true?"
Ye Fei curiously said.
"It was indeed saved alive."
Shi Man Rong had previously been honored as a guest at Yellow Dragon Mountain and knew more inside information that belonged to the upper echelon.
"However, the cultivation of the Earth Dragon Beast, from the middle third stage, fell to the quasi third stage."
"Cultivation has fallen?"
Lu Changan got the news from Zheng Centipede a month ago, and only knew that it was saved, the specific details were uncertain.
"Which strange person healed the Earth Dragon Beast?"
"It was the Imperial Beast Zhou Clan. The clan's imperial beast wizard, 'Zhou Qingxuan', provided assistance and programs."
Fairy Master replied.
"The person who really stepped in to save the day was actually Huang Long Zhenran himself."
"I heard that in order to save the Earth Dragon Beast, the Yellow Dragon Realist consumed the True Dan Origin and paid certain unknown prices."
Hearing this, Lu Chang'an had a probable guess about the method of salvation.
Huanglong cultivates the earth technique, which is compatible with the attributes of the Earth Dragon Beast. He consumed his True Elixir Origin to perform some sort of secret technique with precious medicines, which might be able to have an effect similar to the Evergreen Secret Technique.
"By consuming the True Elixir Origin, a real person's strength will be permanently diminished, and their life span will also be reduced!"
This is equivalent to a reduction in both strength and lifespan.
Lu Chang'an really didn't expect that the Yellow Dragon Master would be willing to pay such a price for his spirit pet.
If Fu Xuemei is a Fu Di demon.
Then, Huang Long Zhen Zhen is a demon who protects his pets.
In terms of status and strength, Huang Long Zhenzhen was similar to him in his previous life.
In his place, he had also consumed a tiny bit of his life for his spirit pet, but not nearly as much as Huang Long Zhen Zhen.
Ye Fei pondered, "Huang Long Zhenzi should have a deeper intention in doing this, this is playing a big game!"
"Oh? What's Brother Ye's high opinion?"
Lu Changan and Shi Manrong looked over.
"First of all, by preserving the Earth Dragon Beast, we will be able to maintain the hefty name of 'Huang Long Zhen'."
Ye Fei analyzed.
Lu Chang'an and his duo nodded their heads without denying it.
The Daoist name of Huang Long Zhen Zhen is closely related to the Earth Dragon Beast that grew up with him.
"The name of Huang Long Zhen Zhen still exists, it is enough to shock the curmudgeons."
"Moreover, the lifespan of the Earth Dragon Beast is far beyond that of the human race, and when Huang Long Zhen Zhen passes away, the Earth Dragon Beast will still be able to guard the successor of Huang Long Mountain as a spiritual symbol for the future."
"Huang Long Zhen Zhen has far-reaching plans!"
Ye Fei's eyes glowed with admiration and admiration.
Hearing the latter comment, Lu Changan's face twitched.
Those false names were far less influential than the double reduction in strength and lifespan of the Huanglong Realist.
In the Immortal Cultivation Realm, strength is fundamental.
Being strong and having a long lifespan is even more scary.
The rival forces of Yellow Dragon Immortal City don't care about that superficial reputation.
"What Fellow Daoist Ye said does make sense in a certain aspect."
Shi Manrong said with a smiling face.
"However, half a month ago, a direct descendant of Yellow Dragon Mountain died in a robbery outside the city, and this news has not spread for the time being."
"This...... is really bold!"
Ye Fei was caught off guard and his face was slightly hot.
A direct descendant of Yellow Dragon Mountain was killed outside of Immortal City. This was something unimaginable at the peak of Yellow Dragon Immortal City.
Based on the news he received today, Lu Changan confirmed more and more that Yellow Dragon Immortal City's strength had greatly diminished and was continuing to decline.
In the past few months, Yellow Dragon Immortal City has sold many of its properties, and some of its foreign personnel have been tightened up.
Huanglong Mountain will not be aggressive in the future, but will try its best to hold on to the basics.
......
Three days later.
On Little Turtle Peak, Guan Qiaozhi sent away a 9th level Qi Refining practitioner who purchased a talisman.
"Brother Lu, recently there are a lot fewer people buying talismans, Wu Qi Mountain is not as popular as it used to be."
Guan Qiaozhi's eyebrows were slightly worried.
After the beast tide, the demand for talismans has plummeted.
There are too many demonic beast materials circulating in the market.
The prices of ordinary first-order talismans fell to quite a bit lower than the normal market.
Second-order talismans, too, have fallen back to normal prices, without the high premiums during the beast tide.
Fortunately, Lu Chang'an has always taken the high-end route.
During the Beast Tide, he utilized the low price of materials to draw and hoard a batch of second-order talismans.
At the same time, he also acquired some of the first-order medium and upper-grade materials at ultra-low prices.
Even if he sold them now, Lu Chang'an would be able to make a huge profit.
However, Lu Chang'an was rich in hand and had over 20,000 Spirit Stones in reserve, so he wasn't in a hurry to sell.
The Immortal Cultivation world is a volatile place with many ups and downs.
Lu Changan has a long lifespan and believes that he can wait until the market rises again.
"During the beast tide, we earned quite a few spirit stones. Now, it's just time for you to clear your head for a while."
Lu Chang'an said soothingly.
He drew the talismans and Guan Qiaozhi handled the materials, so he could get a certain amount of commission.
"Brother Lu, now that the outside world has stabilized and the mountain is not so busy, Qiaozhi would like to go back to the secular world."
Guan Qiaozhi slightly gritted her teeth and spoke out her well-considered decision.
"When do you plan to leave?"
Regarding this matter, the two had already passed the gas, Lu Chang'an was not surprised.
"Tomorrow." Guan Qiaozhi said solemnly. That night, Guan Qiaozhi carefully waited for Lu Changan to take a bath.
......
The next day, the sky was light.
Guan Qiaozhi led a blue-skirted girl in.
The girl was at the fourth level of qi refining, but she was less attractive than Guan Qiaozhi when she was young.
"Who is she?"
Lu Chang'an walked out of the cave and looked towards the blue-skirted girl who was curtseying in a hurry.
"Brother Lu, her name is Lan Rou, a descendant of Sister Lan Lin's clan."
Guan Qiaozhi introduced with a smile.
"I see that she is well-behaved and obedient, and is slightly proficient in talismans. When my concubine is not around, I let her work as a maid on the mountain, doing odd jobs and receiving guests."
"Maid Lan Rou, meet Elder Lu."
The blue-skirted girl bowed, her eyes lowered
"Hm."
Lu Chang'an probed with his divine sense and confirmed that there was no problem with this girl.
His comfortable and leisurely life in Little Turtle Peak was partly due to his smart and capable maid.
Not counting the reception of guests, it is not easy to take care of the huge mountain and cave.
Normally, there would be five or six maids and servants.
The small turtle peak only has one maid because the Ground Rock Rat is a hard worker, the Xuan Shui Turtle is responsible for irrigation, and there is also the assistance of the puppets.
The main reason was that Lu Chang'an didn't want to have too many people around.
So, it is necessary to have a capable maid.
"Qiaozhi, you have never traveled alone before and the journey may not be smooth. This is my gift to you, which includes protection."
Before parting, Lu Chang'an handed Guan Qiaozhi a storage bag.
"Thank you Brother Lu for taking care of me all these years. In a few years, Qiaozhi will return."
Guan Qiaozhi's eyes reddened as she tried to raise her smile, her crow's feet appearing at the corners of her eyes.
She took one last look at the youthful white man.
Since she first met him at the age of thirteen in the Yellow Dragon Immortal City, until today, sixty years later, his appearance had hardly changed at all.
It was always that serene and indifferent, pleasing to the eyes.
"Take care on the road and keep a low profile."
"I know."
Guan Qiaozhi flew in mid-air without looking back.
"As long as Brother Lu is still at Little Turtle Peak, there will be a place for you here."
Lu Chang'an eyed her back and waved his hand.
After two lifetimes of Immortal Cultivation Reincarnation, he could honestly look straight at the beauty's sunset and the mulberry evening scene.
Guan Qiaozhi's situation was different from that of Mu Xiuyun.
He can't say for sure whether she will return or not.
Whatever Guan Qiaozhi's decision, he respects her choice.
The first time I saw this, I was very sleepy. I've been a little stuck in my head lately, so I'm going to take a little break.
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