Chapter 255 - Backstabbing Again
Chapter 255 - Backstabbing Again
In the northern part of the Jing Kingdom, inside the stone hall of a hidden mountain peak in the Black Mist Mountain Range.
Elder Wang, who had yellow hair and gray robes, was sitting in meditation, recuperating from his injuries.
"Not good!"
His face suddenly changed, and he took out a colorful scroll of a purple-robed Daoist from his storage bag.
Snort
The portrait of the Daoist on the scroll, the purple flame flickered, emitted green smoke, and quickly dimmed, turning into a dead gray and white.
It was like a picture of longevity.
"This, how is it possible?"
Elder Wang's expression froze, and after a brief moment of shock, more emotions were not anger, but a body-crushing coldness.
Speechless panic and uneasiness.
The speed of a YuanYing spirit body is several times that of its counterpart.
Often, it takes a person of the same level, with higher cultivation or aptitude, to destroy them.
As for those below the YuanYing stage, it is very difficult to keep a spirit body YuanYing, the speed is not on the same level.
Unless the top True Dan cultivators join forces and lay out an ambush, along with Soul Dao treasures, and Lord Li Huo falls into it rashly.
The latter is unlikely, it is difficult for True Dan cultivators to ambush YuanYing stage with sharp senses.
In this case, it would take a lot of effort, and the commotion would definitely not be small, so it would be easy to get the news afterward.
Elder Wang actually knows that there is another possibility...... that the seizing of the body has failed!
The fire is a weak baby, if you take over the Jiedan cultivator, such as Elder Wang shot, there is a possibility of failure.
It is possible that if you are a great cultivator, such as Elder Wang, you may fail.
Unless the captured Jiedan cultivator has a strong soul, and his methods are far superior to Elder Wang.
"Master's plan, at most, seize the early stage of true dan, will not target the late stage of ji dan great cultivator......."
Elder Wang's face was miserable, shaking his head in the negative.
Either way, it is not something that the remnants of the Leaving Fire Palace team can fight against today.
"Feng'er!"
Elder Wang thought of something and immediately took out a soul lamp from his storage pouch.
The soul lamp, flickering steadily with flames.
Whew!
Elder Wang breathed a sigh of relief that the worst had not happened.
If both the young and the old had been destroyed.
I'm afraid that there would have been no hope for the Leaving Fire Palace to rise again.
"I'm the only one who knows about my master's soul painting. This matter must be concealed as much as possible, as long as it can be delayed......"
Elder Wang knew that if the cultivators in the team of Li Huo Gong knew the truth, how much of a blow would it be to morale, and people's hearts would be easily dispersed.
Good.
Only their grandparents and grandchildren know about the plan of the Divine Flame Elder to possess Wang Feng.
Finding the murderer?
Never act rashly!
The most we can do is a low-profile investigation, no publicity, and we can't be too serious.
Otherwise, you may dig a hole and bury yourself.
"The horse should be reined in when it reaches the cliff."
Elder Wang took a deep breath and suppressed his thoughts of pursuing the root cause and avenging Elder Tai.
"For the stormy Leaf Fire Palace, if you can't stop, can't help it, you'll surely meet your demise.
To take revenge, I am afraid that we have to wait until the day when the Li Huo Palace is revitalized.
In fact, Elder Wang has a key suspect in his heart.
That person's fortune is amazing, his fighting skills are outstanding, and he is extremely hostile to the Li Huo Palace.
The True Fire Demonic Flame that it possesses, the first of all the kingdoms, possesses the effect of restraining the spirit body Yuan Ying! ......
In the secret room of Autumn Wind Island.
A man and a rat stared wide-eyed, checking the storage ring that broke the prohibition.
The space inside the storage ring is not much bigger than an ordinary storage bag.
After all, it is a spatial prop that requires the incorporation of rare spatial treasures to create.
The items inside the storage ring are fewer than expected, but the aura that emanates from it, the oppressive feeling that comes from it, makes Lu Chang'an's heart feel great joy.
"Thousand Year Soul Nurturing Wood!"
One of the floating turquoise spirit wood immediately attracted Lu Changan's attention.
This was a legendary spirit wood, and it was a rare Soul Dao type spirit wood, rarer than spirit woods of the same rank.
Lu Chang'an had originally considered using the third grade Tong Ghost Bamboo as the embryo for his own magic treasure in the future.
The Soul Nurturing Wood in front of him is of the fourth rank, so it is a better choice.
Lu Changan took out the thousand year old Soul Nurturing Wood, and his soul felt inexplicably relaxed and comfortable, as if it was flowing through a hot spring.
Even the second life of possession, the flow of soul power was lowered by a few points.
This wood alone made Lu Chang'an overjoyed and it was worth the trip.
"Two YuanYing level magic treasures!"
Lu Chang'an then found magic treasures that emitted powerful spiritual pressure.
Fabulous treasures, belonging exclusively to cultivators above the JieDan stage.
They are categorized into lower grade, middle grade, upper grade, and extreme grade.
Between each grade of magic treasure, there is a huge difference in the requirements for magic power and divine sense.
Among them, the lower-grade magic treasures were suitable for use at the early stages of False Dan and True Dan.
False dan use is more consumptive and difficult to sustain.
Medium grade, suitable for use in the middle and late stages of True Dan.
Superior grade and extreme grade magic treasures, generally used at the middle and early stages of YuanYing.
Unless the magic power is deep and the divine sense is strong, one can utilize stronger magic treasures across the grades, and the consumption is quite high.
Above the magic treasure, there is the spirit treasure.
Spiritual treasures, corresponding to the level of Spirit Transformation and above, are basically extinct in the Immortal Cultivation World.
Even if they do appear occasionally, most of them are imitations, or broken spiritual treasures or fragments of spiritual treasures.
The two magic treasures in the storage ring of the fire master are a green-colored braided rope and a purple gourd.
The braided rope treasure, a top-grade treasure, had been used by Lord Li Huo in the previous battle, transforming into a nimble whip of thunder serpent, almost entangling Lu Chang'an.
Purple gourd, an extremely high grade magic treasure of the fire system, worth a lot to the early stage of YuanYing.
There were two reasons why Lord Li Huo did not use a stronger gourd magic treasure:
One, his initial goal was to capture Lu Chang'an alive and dish out secrets.
Secondly, a possessed Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator was already barely able to harness the braided rope of a top-grade magic treasure.
Although his divine sense was sufficient, his magic power was a hundred thousand miles short.
If it is not refined and nurtured for many years, there is the original residual mana, change other magic treasure, it is very difficult to drive.
"The main medicine for the formation of the dan, the Seven Star Xuan Yue Grass!"
"Not bad not bad! The ingredients for that crystal condensation dan have come together......"
"Huh! A small movement talisman!"
Among the ten or so third-rank talismans, Lu Chang'an found two special talismans.
Their material was not like ordinary talisman paper, it had a jade-like texture, and in addition to the complex runes, the surface was glowing with a hint of translucent silver patterns.
Speaking of small transfer talismans.
Back then, Liang Shaotian's eldest disciple, Li Hai, escaped through this talisman before the Secret Realm of the Green Underworld, as well as when Duke Wang was pursued by the Demon Sect.
A small movement talisman is usually of the third or fourth rank.
For the higher grades, the word "small" has to be removed.
These two small transfer talismans have reached the top grade of the third rank, and theoretically, they can escape from the hands of a late-stage JieDan cultivator.
However, the small movement talisman also has certain disadvantages, suitable for running, but not very suitable for chasing the enemy.
Because it is a spatial talisman, it is unstable, it cannot control the distance itself, and its direction is not precise enough.
For example, if the enemy runs out five or six miles, using a small transfer talisman will instantly vanish dozens of miles.
If the direction is not precise, then the enemy will be chased further and further away.
"What a brilliant refining technique!"
Lu Changan observed these two small transfer talismans and sighed to himself. There are too many varieties of talismans, and every talisman master can only be proficient in some of them in their entire life.
The Small Shifting Talisman is the talisman that Lu Changan failed to conquer in his previous life, mainly due to the lack of practice opportunities.
The materials are too scarce for the third level of talisman master, whether it is talisman embryo, talisman pen, or spirit ink.
A small transfer talisman requires spatial materials that are several times more demanding.
In his previous life, Lu Chang'an managed to become a third-rank top-grade talisman master, but he was not outstanding among his peers.
In his current life, he has returned to the path of talismans, cultivating and comprehending precious talismans, and has gained more insights into his techniques.
"Third and fourth rank pills, more than twenty bottles, half of which are healing and cultivation types. It seems that they are preparations for re-cultivation by taking over the body."
"Third and fourth rank medicinal herbs and spirits, ores, twenty to thirty items."
"A dozen or so top-grade spirit stones, a few hundred middle-grade spirit stones...... totaling more than 200,000 lower-grade spirit stones."
Lu Chang'an guessed that this was not all of Lord Li Huo's belongings.
If it were him, he wouldn't have put his entire fortune on a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
If he were to encounter a strong enemy, it would be easy for a YuanYing to escape from his body, but it would be difficult for a Foundation Stage body to escape.
Even so, this is Lu Chang'an's greatest harvest in this life, even in his three lives.
Just a single high-quality magic treasure is worth more than the price of an ordinary True Dan cultivator.
Unfortunately, even if Lu Changan is promoted to True Dan, he won't be able to manage it in a short period of time.
Moreover, that purple gourd magic treasure, should be one of the Lei Huo Palace's Zhen Zong magic treasures, obviously stolen goods.
"Fourth-order Soul Nurturing Wood, Small Shifting Talisman, Seven Star Xuan Yue Grass, Space Storage Ring...... Enough is enough, one cannot be too greedy."
Lu Changan sorted out the loot and gave some suspicious things to the Ground Rock Rats and brought them to a farther place to be destroyed.
The rock rat was rewarded with dozens of medium-grade spirit stones and a third-order spirit fruit, so it was happy to disappear.
......
Inside the secret room, Lu Changan pondered for a moment, then entered the fourth life of the Nine Seal Tablet to view the huge memory fragments of the Divine Flame Lord.
Half a month later, Lu Changan shook his head.
Those memory fragments were too fine and fragmented, not categorized and related, and less than one ten thousandth of the memories were useful.
This could be the reason why the Nine Seal Tablet devoured the YuanYing, twisted it into particles, and then disrupted and reorganized it.
However, Lu Chang'an still found clues from it.
A certain memory fragment, in an unknown location, Lord Li Huo closed an underground palace and exterminated a group of Rexes.
At that time, Lord Li Huo was not injured, so it should have been a backdoor left behind many years ago.
In addition, from Wang Feng's shallow memories, he learned that Lord Departing Flame had handed over a portion of the important resources of the inheritance to Elder Wang.
Elder Wang was the current administrator of the Li Huo Palace, if there was no promise of strategic resources, how could he keep those injured retreating sect cultivators.
Cultivation emphasizes on "wealth, couple, law, and land".
Among them, "wealth" ranks first.
If you have enough "wealth", the latter three are not difficult.
This is also the reason why Leaving Fire Palace still has a chance to rise even after losing its Spirit Vein Dojo.
"That's all! If I don't end the karma and transform the Leaving Fire Lord into a past life reincarnation, I'm not qualified to get my hands on more. Otherwise, it's just excessive greed, and it's easy to miss big things."
Lu Chang'an stopped forcing himself, and from now on, he would focus on his cultivation and skills, and no longer spend a lot of time deliberately sifting through the huge and disorderly memory fragments.
......
Lu Chang'an is not a man of the world, he is a man of the world.
Lu Chang'an possessed the second life, the soul shadow has been dispersed.
Inside the Nine Seal Tablet, the white-bearded old man engraved in the second life, which is now dead silent, has slowly begun to light up again under the nourishment of the divine soul.
Lu Changan estimated that it would not take ten years.
Ten years to light up, that is the time of the early stage of foundation building.
Now at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, the Divine Soul has grown a lot.
Looking at the current trend, it will be able to light up again in four or five years at most.
Before his second life possession disappeared, Lu Chang'an took the third rank top grade Tong Ghost Bamboo, made it into talisman embryos, and drew eight third rank treasure talismans.
The remaining half of the Tong Ghost Bamboo was obtained in Wang Feng's storage bag. Because he got the fourth-ranked Soul Nourishing Wood, Lu Chang'an didn't have much to worry about and didn't have to save.
Since he had taken the third-ranked top-grade spirit bamboo, the eight treasure talismans he had made this time had overplayed their role and produced two third-ranked top-grade talismans.
The remaining six, all of which are of third-order medium grade, are basically fine products.
The general talisman, equivalent to the same level of cultivator's spells a blow, the power is not the same as the level of driving magic treasure.
Therefore, the talisman is less dangerous to the same rank; when encountering a powerful cultivator of the same rank, it is even a bit scratchy.
Unless they win by numbers.
Fine talismans are different, equivalent to the full power outburst strike of a same-ranked cultivator, the threat is significantly higher.
"On that day, fighting with the Leaving Flame Realist, the eight precious talismans consumed just replenished the gap. And the quality is even higher!"
Inside the secret room, Lu Chang'an was simultaneously harboring more than sixty Treasure Talismans.
The eight at the center were all taken from third-order upper-grade spirit bamboo, with great potential!
According to previous experience, it would not be a problem for all of them to become third-order top-grade, or even top-grade.
Two of the treasure talismans are themselves third-order top-grade, and one day in the future, they might be expected to be cultivated into fourth-order!
"With my current cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Stage, I can barely feel any progress in harboring a treasure talisman of the middle to upper third rank!"
Lu Chang'an estimated that the effect would be a little more obvious when Evergreen Mana nourishes the third-order treasure talisman after the completion of the dan.
In addition, more than half of the treasure talismans were initially made from second-order top-grade spirit wood, and after nourishing them to the third-order lower-grade, there was basically no progress.
After all, the grade of the raw material is dragging the leg.
Unless the cultivation to a very high realm, such as to reach the first baby, the God, then contain the low grade treasure talisman, may have the effect of "point of petrified gold".
......
The next two or three months will pass.
Lu Chang'an will turn one hundred and sixty years old.
At this time, Lu Chang'an's appointment with Wang Feng for the last treatment was less than half a month away.
In the past half year, Lu Chang'an has been keeping an eye on the information of the Li Huo Palace through the "Infernal Sect".
As a result, he did not receive any news about the fall of the Flame Lord, and the outside world seemed to know nothing about it.
Lu Chang'an could easily imagine that the current helmsman of Li Huo Palace had suppressed the news to avoid disrupting the military.
Most of the practitioners of the Li Huo Palace are controlled by the Infernal Sect, and no one has traced them to the Five Fortunes Chamber of Commerce or the Clear Sand Bay.
Lu Changan was not surprised.
If the only YuanYing True Lord of his power had fallen unexpectedly, would he dare to seriously investigate and take revenge himself?
If he hadn't made a clean break for it, he would have had a clear conscience.
Even if there are suspects in the Fire Palace, Lu Chang'an has to be ranked at the back of the list.
In the past, the Fire Palace had dominated a country and had made many enemies.
Lu Chang'an did not have any enmity with the Leaving Fire Palace, and even had a good relationship with the sect's disciples Song Wenshu and Wang Feng, at least on the surface.
Mr. Wang went out for half a year to collect materials and search for his body, and he came into contact with many cultivators.
Lu Chang'an had been dating Mr. Wang for several years, if he had bad intentions, he would have made a move on him long ago, why wait until now?
As for taking over the body, there is even less motive.
The Divine Flame Lord is a Heavenly Spiritual Root and has achieved YuanYing.
How could he look at Lu Changan, an old, mediocre wood spirit root?
Even if they don't care about qualifications and age, their spirit root attributes don't match.
Thus, unless the Departing Flame Palace had turned on God's Perspective or Lu Chang'an had an aura of hatred on him, he would be listed as the most skeptical target.
"The attitude of the Departing Fire Palace depends on whether or not Wang Feng dares to come for his last treatment."
Lu Chang'an sat steadily in a fishing boat.
The small leader of the Infernal Sect, helping to gather intelligence, can determine if Wang Feng is going to Immortal City alone.
He now has many cards to protect his life, and with the small transfer talisman, he is not afraid of injured True Dan cultivators coming to his door.
He is getting closer and closer to the appointed time.
"Mr. Lu, around Cloud Smoke Immortal City, I haven't seen any sign of Wang Feng recently."
On this day, Xing Peng emerged from the shadows of the house and reported the recent intelligence.
"It seems that Wang Feng might have some suspicions, or he doesn't dare to go out casually out of his wit." Since Wang Feng wasn't coming to Immortal City, Lu Chang'an naturally didn't need to go to the appointment.
......
Two days later.
An unexpected guest came to visit Lu Chang'an at Autumn Wind Island.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, this is something that Mr. Wang asked his concubine to deliver."
Shen Bixin was dressed in a woman's dress, wearing a hat and a green veil to hide her face, which had become darker over the years.
Through the veil, Lu Chang'an could vaguely see a pair of dark eyes, as well as the contours of her pretty features.
"Oh? Fellow Daoist Shen has met Mr. Wang?"
Lu Changan received a sealed jade box.
Shen Bixin's arrival at this time actually makes sense again.
After Song Wenshu died in battle, Shen Bixin was pregnant with his flesh and blood and was considered the widow of the Li Huo Palace.
When Wang Feng first sought medical treatment, it was also Shen Bixin who acted as an intermediary.
"Have not seen." Shen Bixin's tone was quiet, "That night, my concubine had more of this on her bed and couch. There was also a note with a message from Mr. Wang asking my concubine to help pass it on."
"It was hard for Fellow Daoist Shen to make the trip."
Lu Chang'an politely entertained.
Although the two of them were old friends in the past, Lu Chang'an was not in a good position to communicate too deeply with the current undead.
He kept his manners and sent Shen Bixin out of the residence.
Back to the room, Lu Changan probed and broke the jade box's prohibition.
Inside the jade box, there was a third grade medium grade spirit wood.
At the bottom was a letter.
"...... Wang mou lost faith, can't come to seek immortal mansion inn to meet the appointment, I hope you Lu forgive me. The other half of the Tong Ghost Bamboo, Wang Mou accidentally lost, with this complete third-order spirit wood as compensation. The favor owed back then is still valid."
In his letter, Wang Feng expressed his apologies and put an end to the deal between the two of them.
It was also mentioned in the letter that Wang Feng had received a gift of Heavenly Materia Medica from his grandfather, and even if there was still a time when he hadn't been treated, it wouldn't affect his foundation.
Lu Changan pondered for a moment. From the content of the letter, Wang Feng's reaction seemed normal.
Out of caution, he did not dare to go out at will, and entrusted someone to write a letter to tell Lu Chang'an that he could not come to the appointment.
Lu Changan suspected that Wang Feng might be wary of him if he lost contact with him.
At the same time, this letter may not be without temptation.
After thinking about it, Lu Chang'an took out a pen and paper and replied with a letter.
"Many thanks to Mr. Wang for the payment, Lu Mou has received it......"
Very conventional polite pleasantries, expressing his recognition and appreciation for Mr. Wang.
At the end of the letter, Lu Chang'an gives his sincere blessing;
"May Duke Wang achieve the Immortal Golden Dan soon and revitalize the Leaving Fire Palace!"
The most important reason why Lu Changan didn't deal with Wang Feng that day was that it was related to the heartfelt wish of Lord Li Huo.
To revitalize the Leaving Fire Palace, to cultivate Jindan cultivators, to find a stable spiritual vein in the mountain gate, and to see the hope of recovering the peak.
Secondly, Wang Feng has no grudge against Lu Chang'an.
Killing him would not yield any benefits, nor would it reduce the risk, and it would also affect Lu Chang'an's ability to fulfill the wish of Master Li Huo, to end his karma, and to gain reincarnation in his previous life.
After writing the letter, Lu Chang'an summoned the Ground Rock Rat.
Shen Bixin's flying speed was not fast enough, so the Ground Rock Rat carried the letter over to him and asked him to help deliver it to Mr. Wang.
Lu Changan believed that Shen Bixin, as the widow of the Fire Palace, was stationed in Jing Country first, and must have a way of contacting her husband's clan.
......
Two months later.
The northern border of the Jing Country, within a large courtyard of a cultivation workshop.
Wang Feng finished reading the letter in his hand, especially the sincere blessing at the end, which made him slightly moved.
"Fellow Daoist Lu has a noble character and has spared no effort in depleting his vital energy to help me repair my darkly wounded roots. I...... actually have a trace of doubt about him?"
Guilt arose within Wang Feng.
The fall of the Supreme Elder is currently known only to him and his grandfather within the Li Huo Palace.
Previously, he didn't suspect Lu Chang'an himself.
It was just a speculation: could Lu Chang'an have been bribed?
For example, he provided intelligence information and cooperated with the person behind the scene's setup to exterminate Lord Li Huo's YuanYing.
In his mind, Lu Chang'an was at most an accomplice and thus wary of him. "Grandpa's analysis is correct, the biggest suspect is Liang Shaotian!"
A stern light flashed in Wang Feng's eyes.
Afterwards, the Li Huo Palace purchased Liang Shao Tian's whereabouts during that period of time through Tian Zhi Lou.
The answer was that Liang Shao Tian was in seclusion recuperating from his injuries.
Elder Wang thought that the seclusion was a cover!
As long as Liang Shao Tian didn't show up publicly during that time, he couldn't clear his name.
A year before Lord Li Huo's demise.
Liang Shao Tian led a team to attack the team of Li Huo Palace, causing casualties, and had a fight with Lord Li Huo.
As the Divine Flame Lord's injuries were even worse, adding insult to injury, would Liang Shaotian let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
"Liang Shao Tian!"
Wang Feng secretly resolved that when he achieved Immortal Golden Dan and was promoted to Yuan Ying in the future, he would avenge his master's ancestor and eradicate the demonic sect.
He was an Earth Spiritual Root, better qualified than Liang Shaotian's Upper Grade Spiritual Root.
Liang Shaotian's conditions for forming a dan were not ideal and he only formed an upstream true dan.
Compared to him now, he has become the clan's only Jindan Seed, Yuan Ying Seed, with resources maximized for cultivation.
With his grandfather's full support, he would be able to catch up with Liang Shaotian in the future as long as he achieves the Immortal Golden Dan!
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