Chapter 61: After the Old Man
The seventh level of Qi Refining to the eighth level of Qi Refining is not considered a breakthrough in the realm.
The seventh to ninth layers belong to the three minor stages of the late stage of Qi Refining, and for each breakthrough layer, the increase in mana is only two to three percent.
However, from the early to middle stages of Qi Refining, or from the middle to the late stages, the magic power will skyrocket, almost doubling. The same applies to the Foundation Establishment Stage upwards.
Two days later, when his mana stabilized, Lu Changan walked out of the secret room.
The Xuan Shui Turtle rubbed against the residual scent of his body, and followed with all four limbs scurrying, its movements a bit silly.
Now, the Xuan Shui Turtle has been incubated for more than ten years, and its cultivation has fully entered the ranks of early first stage spirit beasts.
In terms of size, it is a little bit worse than its real cultivation.
The Xuan Shui Turtle is good at hiding its breath, so as long as it doesn't see any clever Beast Masters, it's difficult for the average cultivator to see what's going on.
Zee!
The ground rock rat eagerly carried a letter and scurried in from the courtyard.
Lu Chang'an took the letter, it was from Li Erqing.
In the letter, Li Erqing expresses his longing for the Yellow Dragon Immortal City, if not for his wife and son, he would like to come to the city.
About a year ago, Li Erqing's cultivation reached the eighth level of Qi Refining.
There is no bottleneck in the small realm, the knot is untied, and the family rewarded with pills and resources, Li Erqing's cultivation is progressing steadily.
It is not that Li Erqing's cultivation is fast, but Lu Changan's Evergreen Gong is slow and limited by the qi of age.
In the letter, Li Erqing also mentioned Mu Xiuyun.
Five years ago, after Mu Xiu Yun failed to build the foundation, she sat in the store in Bamboo Leaf Mountain for a long time, and her contact with the clan became less and less.
It is not hard to imagine that the failure of Foundation Establishment had a great impact on Mu Xiu Yun's state of mind.
Some years ago, Lu Chang'an sent two letters to the store in Bamboo Leaf Mountain, inquiring about Mu Xiuyun's recent situation, with the intention of pacifying and enlightening her.
However, there was no response from Mu Xiu Yun.
......
Lu Changan had just finished reading a letter.
A man's calm voice came from outside the courtyard door:
"Water Moon Residence? But it is the residence of fellow Daoist Lu."
Lu Chang'an detected the fluctuation of outgoing divine sense.
The person who came was just like a Foundation Establishment master!
"So it's Fellow Daoist Zhang, please come in!"
Lu Chang'an opened the formation and greeted him at the entrance of the courtyard.
The visitor was a duo, one of them was a green and strong cultivator with slightly darker skin and a stodgy face, it was none other than Zhang Tieshan.
Zhang Tieshan is already a Foundation Stage cultivator, and it looks like he has made a breakthrough in recent years.
"Uncle Lu."
Behind Zhang Tieshan, a disheveled and despondent young man, his face can vaguely be seen in the past handsome.
"Lin Lu, you're here too."
Lu Changan responded coldly.
Regarding Lin Lu's situation, Zhao Siyao had mentioned it in her letters some years ago.
The last time I saw Lin Lu.
It was ten years ago in front of his father Lin Yi's tombstone, and now this son is almost a man of his age.
It is difficult to compare the downtrodden youth in front of him with the rather arrogant young man from the sect a decade or so ago.
"In these ten years, Lin Lu has almost lost all the inheritance left behind by his father Lin Yi."
Lu Changan recalled what Zhao Siyao said in his letter.
......
In the first one or two years after Lin Yi's death, Lin Lu was still quite honest.
The next seven or eight years were hard to describe.
In the beginning, Lin Lu made a lot of friends, some of them are casual cultivators, but also the outer disciples.
Lin Lu's wealth was so great that he was flattered by those people.
Lin Lu has a lot of friends, some of them are casual cultivators and some of them are external disciples, but he has a lot of friends.
In the meantime, he spends his father's inheritance.
A few years ago, after being reprimanded by Zhang Tieshan, Lin Lu severed his ties with those friends and changed his bad habits, intending to get back on his feet.
However, at this very moment.
A pure and attractive female disciple of the inner sect broke into his world.
This pure female cultivator, naive and romantic, unlike those friends before, did not seek his fortune.
At the beginning of their acquaintance, the pure female disciple often gave him gifts back, the value of which was even more expensive than Lin Yi's gifts.
Lin Yi thought, this is to meet true love.
Two years ago, the pure female disciple wanted to compete for the core disciple, and asked him to borrow a large amount of spirit stones.
The female disciple's qualifications and prospects were good.
Lin Yi thought of the time when Lu Changan and the others invested in Zhao Siyao and gained the connections and friendship of the Foundation Establishment Stage.
He was genuinely in love with the pure female disciple, and his relationship was naturally unusual and could be completely emulated. He envisioned: in the future, he could have a Foundation Establishment female Dao Couple that would be more successful than Lu Changan's investment in Zhao Siyao.
Lin Lu sold his belongings and gave away the remaining hundreds of spirit stones to the other party.
Result.
The pure female disciple turned her face away after becoming a core disciple.
Not only that, she also fell for a disciple with a background in the sect.
As for the hundreds of spirit stones lent by Lin Lu, and there was no note left to prove it?
Lin Lu said that he had given it to the other party in order to show his generosity.
......
This is the first time that Lin Lu's face is haggard.
His cultivation was stagnant at the sixth level of Qi Refining, his wealth was empty, he was disheartened, and his Taoist heart was unstable.
His father, Lin Yi, paid the price of his life to save up a good hand for him, but he ended up in such a bad situation.
Lin Lu's only bottom line is that he did not lose the stronghold of the Hidden Immortal Pavilion.
It was the place where Lin Yi was buried.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, please come in and have a seat."
Lu Changan politely entertained Zhang Tieshan.
This time, Zhang Tieshan came over, half a year ago Zhao Siyao had informed him in a letter.
Zhang Tieshan had a deep friendship with Lin Yi back then and naturally didn't want his only immortal seedling son to sink so low.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, I want Lin Lu to change his environment and sharpen his skills for a few years in Yellow Dragon Immortal City. I hope you can help take care of it."
Zhang Tieshan explained his intentions.
"Fellow Daoist Lu don't worry, I won't disturb your purification. I've rented a house in the inner city for Lin Lu and arranged an errand as well."
"I've been friends with Lin Yi for over twenty years, it's only right that I take care of his son."
Lu Chang'an did not refuse.
The care he referred to was at most something he could do in passing, and would never affect his own cultivation or safety.
"Then I'll take care of it."
Zhang Tieshan had actually prepared a Rank Breaking Pill for Lin Lu.
However, he wanted to sharpen Lin Yi's heart before gifting it afterwards.
In this way, he was considered to be as kind as he could be.
From now on, they would not owe each other anything and treat Lin Lu as an ordinary disciple.
......
After explaining about Lin Lu, Zhang Tieshan took out a storage bag.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, this is what Senior Sister Zhao asked me to bring you."
In the storage bag were the Foundation Establishment Pill materials that Zhao Siyao had helped Lu Chang'an collect over the years.
Lu Changan opened it and took a look, his heart was slightly happy.
The materials that Zhao Siyao had collected included the main ingredient of the Foundation Establishment Pill, as well as five or six auxiliary medicines.
Lu Changan estimated that it would cost at least a few hundred spirit stones.
He was about to take the spirit stones and entrust Zhang Tieshan to bring them back to Golden Cloud Valley.
"Senior Sister Zhao said: you helped a lot for her foundation building, you don't need to give spirit stones for these materials."
Zhang Tieshan blocked the way.
Lu Chang'an sighed lightly and did not force himself.
Zhao Siyao is returning his favor by doing this.
When this favor is exhausted.
If there is still a large realm gap between the two sides, their relationship will inevitably fade and become distant.
......
"Fellow Daoist Zhang came to Yellow Dragon Immortal City this time to eliminate the 'Evil Faced Flying Eagle'?"
During the casual conversation, Lu Chang'an learned of one of Zhang Tieshan's purposes for this trip.
"The Evil Faced Flying Eagle has been nowhere to be found all these years, and based on some indications, it is possible that he is lurking in the area of Huanglong Immortal City."
Zhang Tieshan analyzed.
"After all, this person stayed at the ninth level of Qi Refining for many years, and in a chaotic place like Yellow Dragon Immortal City, he has a better chance of building his foundation."
Lu Changan agreed, "If this thief advances to Foundation Establishment, the danger will be more than ten times greater. Fellow Daoist Zhang has achieved Foundation Establishment, and I believe that he will be able to succeed this time."
"How easy can it be? This thief is good at disguise, cautious and cunning, and these years hibernation low-profile up."
Zhang Tieshan shook his head and sighed.
After chatting for a long time, Zhang Tieshan took Lin Lu to leave.
When leaving the courtyard, Zhang Tieshan glanced at the Xuan Shui Turtle in the corner of the courtyard and looked thoughtful.
Back then, at the auction in the Bamboo Leaf Mountain Market, Lu Changan fought with the 100 year old for the Life Extension Pill and auctioned off the Xuan Shui Turtle.
Afterwards, the reputation of the "Turtle Dan Master" was quoted as a joke by the neighboring cultivators, and there was a heated debate. Lu Changan intended to let the Xuan Shui Turtle show its face once in a while.
If it had been hidden in the house and was suddenly brought out one day, it would have appeared to be a big guy. It would have been a sudden and unusual appearance.
......
Lu Changan sent Zhang Tieshan out of the courtyard.
A high level foundation builder visits.
The surrounding neighbors take notice and are no longer suspicious of Lu Chang'an's background.
Not long after.
Taoist Master Guan learns of this and invites Lu Chang'an to his home with a warm banquet.
After seven or eight years of coming to Yellow Dragon Immortal City, Lu Chang'an and Daoist Master Guan had been maintaining the talisman-for-materials cooperation, and both parties had a lot of dealings with each other.
In the evening, Lu Chang'an arrived at Taoist Master Guan's home.
"Master Lu, you're here!" A sweet girl's voice came out.
Nowadays, Guan Qiaozhi was already a big girl like a flower, wearing an embroidered jacket, with a lithe body and delicate curves.
Talking about not a stunning beauty, but also considered bright and delicate.
After saying hello, Guan Qiaozhi went to the back kitchen to get busy.
Lu Chang'an and Guan Dao Chang drank wine and ate food, chatting as usual.
"Alas, this girl's gourmet delicacies, I wonder how much longer I can eat them?"
This time when they met, Daoist Master Guan had aged a bit more, past the age of eighty to ninety.
Lu Changan had a keen sense of longevity and could tell that Elder Guan would not live for more than ten years.
Theoretically, the lifespan of a Qi Refining Stage can be up to 122 years.
However, various factors such as injuries from fighting, internal depletion of essence, great sorrows and joys, and minor omissions in the cultivation of qigong will all affect the lifespan of Guan Lao.
Generally speaking, a qi cultivator can live to be about 100 years old, which is considered to be the end of his life.
Guan was seriously injured back then, so it is difficult for him to live a long life.
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