Chapter 243: One Step Further
Chapter 243 - One Level Further
Thousands of miles away from the Clear Sand Bay, there is a medium to large-sized marketplace built near the river, called the "River Luo Marketplace".
The organizer of this market is the famous Crescent Moon Chamber of Commerce of the Jing Kingdom Business Alliance.
A few days later.
In the attic at the highest part of the He Luo Market.
Several executives of the Crescent Moon Chamber of Commerce gathered in a gloomy atmosphere.
The silver-bearded man sitting at the top, with a gaze like that of a falcon, exuding Dan power fluctuations, is a False Dan real person.
"Guest Minister Fang, what is your opinion on the death of Vice President Kou Sen?"
The gazes of several senior officials landed on a purple-faced man in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, who had a contemplative look on his face.
It was none other than Fang Zhong who had smuggled himself into the Jing Kingdom along with Lu Chang'an.
"President Le, I suspect that this matter is related to Lu Chang'an!"
Fang Zhong made a shocking statement.
"It's impossible to rely on Lu Chang'an alone!"
"Kou Sen is at the top of the battlefield amongst the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and with undercards such as third-order talismans, he has the ability to defend himself in the face of a False Pill Realist."
"Even if a False Pill Realist wanted to kill Kou Sen, he would still have to go through a lot of trouble and would definitely make a commotion."
"Although Lu Chang'an's strength is not bad, but with his 'Turtle Rune Master' nature, he would never risk his life to fight against a formidable enemy."
The Chamber of Commerce executives present shook their heads one after another.
"Guest Minister Fang, what is your basis for suspecting Lu Chang'an?" The silver-bearded man was surprised, his eyes flickering.
"For one, it is Mister Fang's intuition."
Fang Zhong paused, the divine light in his eyes blazing, "Back then, on the Nine Stars Chamber of Commerce's transnational spirit ship, the two of us lived next to each other and accompanied each other for two months, and we were completely kept in the dark. From this, it can be seen that Lu Chang'an, this person is very deeply hidden."
"Secondly, in the Xia Clan land, apart from Clan Chief Xia Hongyu, Lu Chang'an is the strongest, and the others barely threaten Vice President Kou."
After listening to Fang Zhong's remarks, one or two of the Chamber of Commerce's senior management showed thoughtfulness and were slightly shaken.
Perhaps Lu Changan alone could not do it, but if the Wufu Chamber of Commerce has other hidden hands, this possibility exists.
At this moment, the silver-bearded president sitting at the top, took out a piece of milky white jade pendant with shimmering light, and closed his eyes for two breaths.
"The information that just came back from the Xia Clan, during the time of Kou Sen's death, Lu Chang'an did not leave Qing Sha Wan, as many people have seen. As of the day the intelligence was obtained, he hadn't even left Qiufeng Island by half a step."
Chairman Ginsu's cold gaze glanced over Fang Zhong.
A Chamber of Commerce senior shook his head and said, "Fellow Daoist Fang, perhaps you have a gap with Lu Chang'an, but don't let your personal grudges affect your own judgment."
"I...... don't!"
Under the crowd's questioning gazes, Fang Zhong's old face flushed, but he was unable to refute.
He secretly gritted his teeth, could it really be his own illusion?
Several years ago, when Lu Changan's identity was revealed, Fang Zhong was shocked.
He was from the Liang Kingdom, and had heard the inspiring rumors of Lu Chang'an's foundation building at an advanced age a long time ago.
Later, he focused on investigating Lu Chang'an's information, and felt more and more that the other party was hiding something deep.
With Lu Changan's qualifications and age, cultivating to the late stage of Foundation Establishment is not simple. After two months of living together, he had kept the elite of the sect at the same cultivation level in the dark, and had not discovered any clues, which was beyond anyone's ability.
"With the death of Vice President Kou, we are missing a big help in targeting the Five Fortunes Chamber of Commerce in terms of force."
"In my opinion, we don't need to use those small schemes anymore. We increase our support for the Xin Clan, and with the numerical advantage of the False Dan real people, we will exert pressure both internally and externally."
Fang Zhong was uninterested in the subsequent high-level discussions.
Even though the Chamber of Commerce's information had cleared Lu Changan's suspicion of being the murderer, he always felt that this matter was related to the other party.
Fang Zhong sighed in his heart, but unfortunately, these people would not believe him.
......
Half a month later.
Qiufeng Island residence, inside the pharmacy.
Xia Wen Yue dressed in light blue cloud smoke dress, snowy face like a painting, willow waist, the past between the eyebrows of the smoke cloud subsided most of the time, the brow line emerges between the hidden expectations.
Today, it's the day Lu Chang'an helped her to warm up and drive away the cold.
Mr. Lu's magic power warming, giving her an unspeakable affinity, warm and fresh, exceptionally comfortable.
Such a means has even stabilized her condition, and she is expected to get rid of the shackles of being a sickly child since childhood.
After waiting for a long time, Lu Chang'an, dressed in white, entered the pharmacy.
"Mr. Lu."
She was serene and meek, lying flat on the hospital bed.
This time, Lu Chang'an did not make the first move to heal her.
"In the previous warming, I dispelled the cold poison on your surface, and the next step is to root out the deeper cause of the disease. Every time I make a move after this, Mister Lu will have to consume Yuan Qi and energy, and it will even affect your cultivation advancement."
Lu Chang'an calmly narrated.
"If Mr. Lu needs Wen Yue to do anything, my daughter will do it without fail."
The two of them had a previous agreement, and Xia Wen Yue knew very well that Lu Chang'an could not possibly help herself without asking for anything.
If he really did not want to return the favor, he should be wary.
Mr. Lu once said that free things are often the most expensive.
"Mr. Lu doesn't need you to be a cow or a horse and serve you for the rest of your life. As long as you make the oath of the Heart Demon and promise me one request."
Lu Chang'an said with a faint smile.
Upon hearing this, Xia Wen Yue's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise. Rooting out the cause of her illness, Mr. Lu might have to put in more than a decade of effort, which was quite costly.
She was prepared to sacrifice herself and was willing to serve for the rest of her life.
At least, Mr. Lu was as handsome as jade and had an extraordinary temperament, so she didn't have any rejection.
"Mr. Lu please speak clearly." Xia Wen Yue got up and said.
"In the future, if you cultivate to the middle to late stage of JieDan, the only portion of the 'Tai Yin Jade Liquid' that the Dao Body can nurture must be handed over to Mr. Lu."
"And, you must keep this agreement a secret and not disclose it to anyone else."
"Tai Yin Jade Liquid?"
Xia Wen Yue did not know the role of her innate dao body at this moment.
Lu Chang'an no longer hid and told Xia Wen Yue part of the record of the "Cold Prancing Chalcedony" Dao Body.
In order to produce the "Tai Yin Jade Liquid", one must be able to keep one's body like a jade until the middle to late stage of the JieDan, which requires Xia Wenyue's cooperation.
Of course, Lu Changan didn't tell her the function of the Tai Yin Jade Liquid for the time being.
"This matter is not difficult, Wen Yue is willing to......"
Xia Wen Yue agreed without thinking, not even asking for the reason.
"Not difficult?" Lu Chang'an heartily laughed.
Even with the cultivation speed of the Earth Spirit Root, it would take at least a hundred decades for Xia Wanyue to cultivate to the middle to late stage of JieDan.
Even the legendary Immortals have seven emotions and six desires.
Not to mention the fact that immortal cultivators are mortals by nature, and it is not easy to suppress the physical human emotions during the long years of cultivation.
"I, Xia Wen Yue, am here......"
Soon, Xia Wen Yue made a heart demonic oath, her brows stretched and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It was tantamount to saying that Lu Chang'an cured her and had no constraints on her life except for the things she demanded.
This kind of request and payment was much more lenient than she had expected.
The reason why Lu Chang'an relaxed the conditions, naturally, he had a lot of careful consideration.
......
A hundred decades of waiting, there are too many variables. According to the conventional thinking, Lu Changan should take the route of "nurturing", take good care of it, and invest a lot of resources to help Xia Wenyue cultivate to the middle and late stage of the JieDan.
Lu Changan has raised two spirit pets, life is not easy, do not want to transfuse another drag bottle.
Moreover, Xia Wen Yue's face is absolutely beautiful, her face value is too high, and her innate Taoist body talent is amazing, so she can be called the proud daughter of heaven.
In the process of growing up, she is bound to attract butterflies and bring a lot of trouble.
Lu Changan doesn't want to keep wiping her ass.
Even without the Taixuan Jade Liquid, he still had hopes of advancing to the YuanYing stage in this life.
"Large investment, high risk, many variables, and unclear future returns......"
Thus, Lu Chang'an ultimately dismissed the nurturing route.
To take this route, he'd better be married to Xia Wen Yue.
Otherwise, with the qualification of the innate Dao Body, Xia Wanyue would most likely catch up with him in cultivation in the middle and late stages of JieDan, and his mindset would change in the future.
Not to mention, raising a stunning fairy by his side and not being able to touch her for a hundred or so years is not a good experience.
"Today, I casually sow a kind of, take the way of loose breeding, easy for her to experience and grow......"
Lu Chang'an's plan, only prepared in the early stage of Xia Wenyue's cultivation, appropriate assistance, nudging one or two.
In this way, his contribution would be relatively small.
As long as Xia Wanyue didn't fall in the middle, she would at least be able to cultivate to the level of Lu Chang'an's previous life, and at a much faster speed.
Even if this woman backs out in the future, Lu Changan doesn't mind negotiating terms or getting a favor from a peak JieDan.
Lu Changan added "This agreement is confidential and shall not be disclosed to anyone else" in the Heart Demon Oath to prevent certain variables and risks.
Half an hour later, Lu Changan finished warming up Xia Wen Yue.
This time, he secretly performed the Evergreen Secret Technique, consuming a small amount of his lifespan.
Curing Xia Wen Yue's root disease would consume at most one or two months of longevity. To Lu Chang'an's five hundred years of lifespan, it was insignificant, and even far less than the consumption of casting some secret arts.
Just like before, Lu Chang'an would slowly regulate Xia Wen Yue's illness over a longer period of time.
In this way, he would not be too conspicuous in the eyes of outsiders.
"This time, with the warmth and healing, the body seems to have lightened up a bit."
Xia Wen Yue sensed the unusual nature of this warming.
Looking at the white-clothed man whose face was weak and whose forehead was oozing with fine sweat, her eyes flickered with gratitude.
Xia Wen Yue bit her lower lip and made up her mind.
"Now that you have cultivated to the eighth level of Qi Refining, your progress is not bad, and your body is also much better. However, the technique you have practiced is far from being worthy of an innate Dao body, it is a waste."
Before Lu Changan left, he took out a jade slip and handed it to Xia Wen Yue.
"In the future, you switch to this technique."
"Thank you, Mr. Lu."
Xia Wen Yue took the jade slip and stuck it on her forehead, realizing that it was a cold-attribute technique called the Ice Sealed Ancient Scroll, which could be cultivated to the late JieDan stage.
The Frozen Ancient Scrolls was a technique that Lu Chang'an had obtained in his previous life in Dakun, and it was said to have come from a broken YuanYing sect many years ago, and it was not controversial.
This gong method is not bad in terms of power, requires high root bone qualifications, and is not complete.
Lu Chang'an's spiritual root attributes did not match in his previous life, and he got it only after he had formed the dan, thus making it more of a chicken rib.
"The Da Kun of his previous life, and the Da Qing of this life, although they are located in the same Heaven Honoring Continent, they are separated by an unknown distance."
Lu Chang'an wasn't worried that this gong method would reveal any information.
......
One month later.
Over the mountains in the southern part of the Jing Kingdom.
A group of Merchant Alliance cultivators, riding several flying carriages, shuttled between the clouds.
The transportation of large-scale materials in the Immortal World still requires a fleet of cargo boxes, and dart guards are even more indispensable.
The transportation of large quantities of materials cannot be solved by a single cultivator carrying multiple storage bags.
The reason is that the Immortal Cultivator's storage bag is not a self-contained space.
An ordinary storage bag doesn't have much space, just the size of an ordinary room.
In that case, it's bound by size and weight. Especially the weight.
The prohibition of the storage bag can significantly reduce the load, but if there are more goods, the Immortal Cultivator will not be able to cope with it.
If a Foundation Establishment Cultivator carries multiple storage bags with millions of pounds of iron ore supplies, he would not be able to fly even after the restriction reduces his weight.
Either that, or it would drastically reduce the speed of rushing.
"True Lord Liu, unknown cultivators have appeared ahead."
A canyon came into view, the caravan slowed down its flight speed, and many dart guards protected the caravan, standing by.
"Hmph! So bold, blatantly intercepting my Snow Fox Chamber of Commerce's caravan."
In the center of the ancient elegant carriages, an old man in green shirt coldly snorted, such as muffled thunder-like voice, resounded through the clouds.
The green-shirted old man is the False Dan real person of the Snow Fox Chamber of Commerce who is escorting the dart this time.
In front of the clouds, six or seven figures emerged, wearing bronze masks.
Although the number of people is not as good as this side, but the cultivation is more than the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, the leader also has a false dan real person, does not show weakness to emit false dan level of spiritual pressure.
Inside the carriage, Liu Zhenren, his heart is vaguely uneasy, his back is inexplicably cold, seems to have been swept by a powerful divine sense.
Thinking about the enemy has no advantage, but greatly grinning intercept, Liu Zhenren suddenly feel bad.
In the eyes of the world, a fierce battle will be born.
Suddenly, the six or seven figures in front of the interception, seems to have received some orders, very reluctant to withdraw.
It gives a feeling of inexplicable, a tiger's head and a snake's tail.
In the valley below, in the dense forest.
A purple long hair, curves proud of the true Dan female cultivator, as if the empty valley orchid, independent of the world.
She was originally staring at the Chamber of Commerce caravan above her, but suddenly her face turned aghast, only to feel a trace of bone-chilling coldness coming from the soles of her feet.
It was a True Dan demon aura that was strong enough to threaten her, and its strength was probably higher than hers.
"The Snow Fox Chamber of Commerce, it is true that they have obtained the favor and shelter of a third-ranked great demon."
Fu Xuemei's face was expressionless, and she simply stood still without making a move.
The Third Order Great Demons hiding underground were just staring at her, checking and balancing each other.
Due to the deeper rock layers and the isolation of the True Dan demon's demonic power, her divine sense was unable to detect their faces.
Only after a long time did the third-ranked demon slowly retreat.
"Old Huang of the Ten Thousand Beasts Chamber of Commerce promised to provide clues to revive the 'Earth Dragon Beast' no matter whether I succeed or fail this time."
Fu Xuemei let out a sigh of relief.
According to the agreement, she would not fight with the True Dan powerhouses, and at most, she would make a move to kill or seriously injure the leading False Dan real person.
Fu Xuemei did not join the Ten Thousand Beasts Chamber of Commerce, it was just a temporary cooperation.
If you want her to join, you must save the petrified and sealed Earth Dragon Beast.
Unfortunately, even the Beast Chamber of Commerce, which is the best in the Jing Kingdom, can't do anything about it.
Luckily, the "Yellow Wolf" of the Chamber of Commerce knows a way to revive the Earth Dragon Beast.
......
Hundreds of feet under the rock layer.
A layer of earth yellow halo, enveloped in a man and a mouse.
The full body of the Earth Rock Mouse is two feet long, so there is no problem with it being a mount.
However, in terms of comfort, it is far inferior to the Xuan Shui Turtle.
This rat is scurrying around in the ground, if it were an ordinary cultivator, he would have already vomited.
"The first promise owed to the Snow Fox Chamber of Commerce was easily accomplished."
"I didn't expect that the True Dan cultivator invited by the Chamber of Commerce of Ten Thousand Beasts would be Fu Xuemei......."
Lu Chang'an was a bit surprised, but not surprised.
Over the years, due to the impact of the war, many cultivators from Liang Kingdom migrated to Jing Kingdom.
Among them, there are very few True Dan cultivators, but Fu Xuemei is one of them.
Back then, the Yellow Dragon Mountain lineage collapsed and disintegrated, with the tacit approval of the Fire Palace behind it. Fu Xuemei naturally will not stay in Liang to help the clan resist the invasion of the Golden Sun Sect's camp.
Lu Changan has been practicing in Jing for more than ten years and has heard the rumors.
It was rumored that several large chambers of commerce had tried to draw Fu Xuemei in, but were unsuccessful.
Lu Chang'an and Fu Xuemei have long since cleared the air.
He was not concerned about the appearance of this woman.
As the war continued, more Liang cultivators might enter his field of vision in the future. After secretly escorting the Snow Fox Chamber of Commerce's caravan to its destination, Lu Changan set off on his return journey.
On his way back, he passed by the Cloud Smoke Immortal City, and took the reward of the third-order beast pill at the Snow Fox Chamber of Commerce's residence.
......
Returning to Autumn Wind Island, Lu Chang'an devoted part of his mind to cultivation, as well as instructing Xia Wen Yue in her cultivation.
Xia Wanyue's original introductory technique was attribute-less, and she smoothly switched to the Frozen Ancient Scrolls.
After switching to the cold attribute technique, Xia Wanyue's cultivation speed rose by a large margin.
Lu Changan's initial assessment was that it was faster than the speed of an ordinary Earth Spirit Root.
Not only that, the cold mana that Xia Wanyue cultivated, as well as the power of her spells, was stronger than the description in the Frozen Scrolls.
"Worthy of being an Innate Dao Body, the son of the Great Dao."
Lu Chang'an was indescribably envious in his heart, and even produced a hint of sourness.
Not to mention the fast cultivation speed, the magical powers and aptitudes also have the bonus of a precious body, and the battle power exceeds that of the same class.
It's true that people are more angry than others.
If Xia Wen Yue's luck was better, her future achievements would be immeasurable.
One day in the future, Lu Chang'an might really need to hug this woman's thigh.
A year and a half has passed.
During Xia Wen Yue's stage of rapid advancement, Lu Chang'an was not idle either.
After cultivating at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment for fifteen long years, his cultivation finally advanced one level further.
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