Chapter 215: Traveling by Turtle
Chapter 215 - Traveling Far Away by Turtle
Valley Marsh.
Within the cover of a third-order formation, a stone door opened, revealing the figure of a black-robed man.
"The concealment formation is intact."
Lu Changan's eyes roamed beyond the formation, the poisonous gas swamp, the great mangy mountains, and the silence.
In the depths of the faintly misty mountain range, an occasional terrified beast roar came from the depths of the mountain range.
During the process of returning to the ground, his divine sense had already probed the surrounding miles without any abnormality.
Before leaving, Lu Changan checked the storage bag on his body to make sure that the restrictions were not loosened.
He reinforced the isolation restriction once more to prevent his breath from leaking out.
One of the storage pouches contained the biggest harvest of the trip, the Xuan Mu Gourd Vine.
After a few days of scrutiny, he speculated that the refuge of the Hearing Sea Pavilion might have something to do with this item.
Therefore, Lu Changan was so cautious.
Half a day ago, he placed several isolation restrictions on the porcelain jar where the Xuanmu Gourd Vine and the Five Elements Earth were located.
During this process, Lu Changan's palm touched the withered gourd fruit.
As a result, the Nine Seal Tablet in his mind trembled slightly and lit up with a grayish white light, unexpectedly producing the precursor of the day he devoured the Hundred Soul Compass.
Lu Changan instinctively restrained himself and let go of his hand in time, and the Nine Seals Tablet stopped showing signs.
Lu Chang'an had no difficulty imagining that there was a special quality in the Xuan Mu Gourd Vine that could be absorbed by the Nine Seals Tablet.
Perhaps it will be like the Hundred Lodging Soul Compass's sub-compass, speeding up the lighting of the fourth life.
This situation surprised Lu Changan.
In that case, it was all the more necessary for him to cultivate the withered Xuanmu Gourd Vine.
Even if the cultivation of the Xuan Mu Gourd Vine was successful and did not meet Lu Changan's expectations, it could at least provide the Nine Seals Tablet with some kind of "nutrients".
At the moment, the signs of life of the gourd vine are too weak for Lu Changan to estimate that it won't speed up the progress of the Nine Seals Tablet's fourth illumination by much.
"When we return to Little Turtle Peak, we can take the 'Phantom Shadow Stone' and create a layer of isolation material."
Lu Chang'an had a plan in mind.
The Xuan Mu Gourd Vine was stored in the ancient ruins, and it hadn't been searched for or projected by the rival powers of the Listening Sea Pavilion for so long, so he didn't have to worry about it in this regard.
The main thing is to be on guard against being unintentionally discovered by the high-ranking cultivators he encounters.
In the end, Lu Chang'an operated his Evergreen Kung Fu, an invisible fluctuation lingered all over his body, and his entire presence was greatly reduced.
Whoosh!
His figure transformed into a black shadow, leaping out of the third-stage concealment formation, and swept up at a low altitude in the Black Mist Mountain Range.
With Lu Chang'an's current strength, he still didn't dare to blatantly fly at high altitude in the Black Mist Mountain Range.
......
One month later.
Lu Chang'an returned to Wu Qi Mountain.
Before entering the Little Turtle Peak, he swept his divine sense and slightly revealed a hint of consternation.
In just a few months, Qi Feng, the mountain guardian, and Lan Rou, the maid, had shown an exceedingly close relationship.
Lu Changan didn't care much about this. He had no intention of taking his father's descendants with him in his plan to escape to another country.
Lu Chang'an called the two of them over and asked them a simple question.
During the months of his absence, Lu Changan had prepared a half year's stock of talisman painting tasks issued by the clan.
During this period, the Qi Feng duo responded normally without any abnormalities.
"The tasks assigned by the sect have increased again."
Lu Changan thus surmised that the pressure on the frontline battlefield had further increased.
The surrounding area of Wu Qi Mountain, which was farther away from the frontline, was now in a state of chaos.
Afterwards, Lu Chang'an read a few letters and verified his guess.
On the frontline battlefield, the Liang Clan is at a disadvantage and under a lot of pressure.
The only good news is that the local battles have the advantage of geographical location, and there is no crashing defeat.
However, the hinterland of the Liang clan was infiltrated by the neighboring cultivators.
The secret agents of the Beacon Kingdom have infiltrated the rear, gathering intelligence, secretly sabotaging, and turning back the cultivation forces in Liang.
Sect cultivators have been conducting strict inspections and searching the major markets, cultivation clans, and personal dojos, causing a lot of fear and panic.
The order in wartime cannot be measured by the peace era.
Those small and medium-sized immortal cultivation forces, even if they are not found evidence, inevitably have to pay some filial piety, broken money to eliminate disasters.
There is not a single Immortal Cultivation power that has been found to be "collaborating with the enemy" that does not cry foul.
Lu Changan could not say how many of them were really collaborating with the enemy.
Luckily, Wu Qishan is very powerful, Lu Chang'an and the Golden Cloud Valley elders have a deep friendship, save a lot of trouble.
......
Little Turtle Peak, Cave Chamber.
Lu Changan counted the loot from the ancient ruins.
When he was at the relics, he only ranked the suspicious objects and did not specifically summarize the statistics.
"Xuan Mu Gourd Vine, the grade may exceed the level of a Yuan Ying True Lord, the usage is unknown. In the future, if you have the opportunity, look up more ancient books."
"One jar of Five Elements Spiritual Soil, plus two more jars."
"A jade cylinder of formation inheritance close to the fourth rank, for immortal cultivation families with a heritage of thousands of years, it is a rare inheritance base."
"Two pieces of lower-grade magic treasures. The ruler magic treasure used by Realist Tan is a high-quality product of the same rank, and is sufficient for even the early stages of True Dan."
"One third-rank upper-grade demonic dan, with a serious loss of demonic power, still a scarce and hard-to-find material."
"A large piece of Third Order Upper Grade Phantom Shadow Stone, it can mask aura and shield divine sense, it is an excellent material for building concealment and shadow type magic treasures."
"Metamorphic third-ranked poison, which has a pronounced effect on False Dan real people."
"Two large vats of water from the Spirit Spring."
"The Formation Inheritance of Realist Hu, the relevant transcripts."
"Other third-order materials and quasi-third-order materials, a total of six or seven copies."
"Twenty to thirty thousand spirit stones, it's a pity that Realist Tan's storage bag was destroyed......."
Lu Chang'an only counted the loot above the upper second rank.
Unusual first and second rank pills and materials, including extremely high quality magic weapons, and all sorts of props and miscellaneous items, had little appeal to him.
"Huh! This is...... a special demon core that can be used as the main ingredient of the Foundation Establishment Pill?"
After taking a careful inventory, Lu Changan made some new discoveries.
Among the loot, there were two special demon cores of the middle to upper second rank, one of which came from a demonic beast of the Earth Grade bloodline.
Years ago, Lu Changan had teamed up with Zhao Siyao to venture into the Black Mist Mountain Range for the main medicine of the Foundation Establishment Pill, and had gone through a lot of trouble to get his hands on the special demon core.
And now, after killing two False Pill real people, he had easily obtained two of them.
This was not very prominent amongst the many loot, and to Lu Chang'an, it was no longer as attractive as it was back then.
Similar loot was not limited to this, such as the top-grade second-ranked beast skin materials.
......
After counting the loot.
Lu Chang'an took out the large porcelain jar filled with Five Elements Earth in the secret room.
The withered yellow gourd vine planted on the Five Elements Soil had no change in its life qi, or at least no tendency to wither.
On the way back, Lu Changan either watered the spiritual spring or nourished it with Evergreen magic power every day.
Initially, it was determined that the nourishment of Evergreen Mana could replace the water of the Spirit Spring in the small space of the relics, or even be more effective. This was also an important factor in Lu Chang'an's ability to transplant successfully.
However, it was impossible for Lu Changan to keep the treasure talisman and gourd vine nourished all year round.
For a better growing environment, the gourd vine couldn't be kept in the storage bag all the time, so it was best for it to take root on the ground.
For this reason, Lu Changan asked the Xuan Shui Turtle to take his place and give it a try.
The Xuan Shui Turtle is a dual attribute of water and wood, and with its own bloodline talent, it is able to perform the Cloud and Rain Technique with full power, which is far more effective than that of a spiritual plant with the same level of cultivation.
On weekdays, the Xuan Shui Turtle is reserved when it comes to watering the mountains.
After a few days of trial and error.
Lu Chang'an discovered that the Cloud and Rain Technique that the Xuan Shui Turtle had catalyzed with its bloodline talent, as long as the dosage was enough and it lasted for an hour every day, it would be able to achieve the effect of the water from the Spiritual Spring.
Increasing the dosage further did not enhance the effect.
Lu Changan secretly nodded his head, this chore could occasionally be given to the Xuan Shui Turtle to do it for him.
The turtle is very happy about this, the withered gourd vine has an instinctive attraction to it.
After each watering and nourishment, the turtle is happy both physically and mentally.
Lu Chang'an once suspected that the turtle could get some kind of benefit after watering the gourd vine.
However, after careful observation, he did not find any changes.
"It's just......"
Lu Chang'an couldn't figure it out and didn't bother to think about it anymore.
For the next month or two, he left this task to the Xuan Shui Turtle for the time being.
Lu Chang'an wanted to melt and strip away some of the "Shadow Stone" to create a material for isolation and concealment.
As a Puppeteer, the processing of weaponry materials is not difficult for Lu Changan.
With his Foundation Establishment Spirit Flame, melting and stripping away the third grade Shadow Stone was very difficult, and it would take a lot of time to wear it out.
Fortunately, Lu Changan's Evergreen Kung Fu chakra was long and enduring.
It took nearly two months to create a half-inch thick metallic leather using the ghost shadow stone as the main ingredient and a special demonic beast's fur.
This metal leather is dull in color and plain.
If you stick it in your storage bag or in a secret room, you can hide it from a True Dan cultivator's divine sense.
As for the YuanYing True Lord, I don't think it can be concealed, but there is only one big brother at this level in the entire Liang Immortal Cultivation World.
Even if Lu Changan wanted to meet him, he wouldn't have the qualifications.
In case of an encounter, just don't be deliberately noticed.
Due to being a reincarnation re-cultivator with many secrets on his body, Lu Chang'an had tried to avoid dealing with upper cultivators at this level in his previous life when he was at the JieDan stage.
In his last life, Lu Chang'an had contact with YuanYing ZhenJun, and the secret of the Nine Seal Tablet was not exposed.
The situation in this life was even more complicated, the Evergreen Kung Fu, an ancient nourishing Kung Fu, had a great origin, and might be seen by the Yuan Ying True Lord.
As a result, Lu Chang'an chose the cultivation country where he made his dan, and it was best if there were no Yuan Ying True Lords.
It would be fine if he formed the Gray Dan.
If one advances to the true dan, especially if the quality of the dan is good, one will probably enter the vision of a Yuan Ying True Lord.
In that case, among the neighboring Immortal Cultivation Countries, the Jing Country is the most suitable.
The Jing Kingdom is an Immortal Cultivation Kingdom with well-developed trade and commerce, and the reason why it has been able to remain neutral for hundreds of years is said to be for some special reason.
......
On this day.
Lu Chang'an, who had been back to Wuchi Mountain for two months, started harvesting the high year precious medicinal herbs planted on the mountain.
Back when he was stationed at Little Turtle Peak, Lu Changan had planted a number of medicinal herbs and spirit trees, a significant portion of which required a long vintage to be of high value.
Of course, Lu Changan couldn't make it too obvious.
He only transplanted the part of it that had a high vintage and was the most valuable.
Some of the less valuable or ordinary spirit wood and herbs were left on Little Turtle Peak.
The portion that was transplanted was a huge sum of money that would make a late stage Foundation Establishment cultivator's eyes red.
With the help of the earth system demonic beast, Lu Chang'an completed the transplantation in just one day.
A quasi third-order mountain protection formation, Lu Changan had removed the core in advance and only retained some of the peripheral power, which was equivalent to a second-order mid-grade formation.
Cultivators from the outside world, who were not second-order or above array masters, could not see the clues.
...... Everything is ready.
Early the next morning, Lu Chang'an approached the mountain keeper Qi Feng alone to talk.
"Grandpa Lu, how long will you be out this time?"
Chi Feng was a bit surprised.
Now that Liang is caught up in the Immortal Cultivation War, the outside world is relatively chaotic, and Wu Qi Mountain is a rare pure land.
And, in one night, Lu Chang'an harvested all the valuable herbs on the mountain.
This must not give rise to associations.
"I'm going out this time, plotting the chance of conjugation, less than half a year, more is hard to predict......."
Lu Chang'an harvested herbs and claimed that it was in the name of planning for the completion of the dan and purchasing the prototype of the magic treasure in advance.
As for whether the outside world believes it or not, he doesn't care.
"I left a letter in my study. In half a year's time, if I don't come back, or you encounter tricky trouble, you can open it......"
Lu Changan's tone was solemn and instructed.
"Yes, Grandpa Lu."
Qi Feng wanted to say something but did not dare to ask more.
At this moment, he had the feeling that Grandpa Lu was "explaining the aftermath", and his heart had an unspeakable flavor.
After so many years of wandering around as a monk, it was not easy for him to find a peaceful place to cultivate, and to be taken care of by his elders.
Now, all this seems to be leaving him.
"You don't have to worry, the rent of Little Turtle Peak, there are still nearly ten years. Even if I don't come back in the short term, it won't affect your cultivation."
As if he could see his uncertainty, Lu Chang'an smiled faintly and gave a word of advice.
Upon hearing this, Qi Feng breathed a small sigh of relief and hastily thanked him.
In fact, in addition to that letter, Lu Changan had also left a simple Immortal Cultivation legacy for his father's descendants, even including a Foundation Establishment Pill that was left over from that year.
"Grandpa Lu......"
Qi Feng is ready to say something else.
Lu Changan waved his sleeve robe and beckoned to the lotus blooming pool.
......
Wow!
A big dark green turtle leapt out of the pool, treading on the waves and breaking the air, causing a surge of blue water waves.
The shadow of the turtle made Qi Feng, who was at the ninth level of Qi refining, feel a strong sense of oppression.
The serene and gentle white man, his body slowly floated down to the back of the Xuan Shui Turtle, standing with his arms folded, facing the wind and breaking the waves, as if he were an immortal character.
Qi Feng and Lan Rou were in a trance.
Zee!
The ground rock rat anxiously darted out of the cave and landed on the back of the soon-to-be-distant giant turtle.
Whew! Puff!
The Xuan Shui Turtle is one zhang eight feet wide, and its feet are swirling with blue recluse light, carrying one person and one rat, flying out of the Little Turtle Peak where it has been living for seventy years.
This movement was detected by Ye Fei of the neighboring Xiaodan Peak.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, you are traveling by turtle, where are you going?"
Ye Fei was surprised.
In Little Turtle Peak, he had seen the Xuan Shui Turtle of Earth Grade Bloodline from time to time, as if it was just a mascot.
However, this was the first time he had seen a Xuan Shui Turtle carrying its owner out for a flight.
When things go wrong, there must be a demon!
"Hehe, I'm going out to visit my friends, and I'm looking for a chance to form a dan. Ye Daoyou, please take care of yourself."
Lu Changan laughed lightly and turned back to clasp his fists.
He took one last look at Ye Fei, who had clear-cut angles and a middle-aged green appearance.
"Fellow Daoist Lu take care on the road."
Ye Fei was stunned and bowed his hand in return.
At this moment.
The many cultivators of Wu Qi Mountain watched the Xuan Shui Turtle treading the waves and breaking through the air, carrying the spoilt and unperturbed figure in white, blending into the fog of the formation on the periphery of Wu Qi Mountain, and his figure gradually disappeared.
Suddenly, Ye Fei's mind moved, thought of something, face slightly shocked.
"Turtle type spirit pet, not good at speed, but wins in endurance outstanding, good at long distance rushing, and ride exceptionally comfortable."
"Fellow Daoist Lu this is to prepare...... to travel far by turtle!"
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