"Lu is drawing talismans on Wuqi Mountain and can't leave for a while. Could you please trouble fellow Daoist Zheng to run some errands..."
Lu Changan spoke straightforwardly to such a fierce and rough man.
He needs Zheng Centipede to go to Huanglong Fairy City regularly to help him purchase high-grade materials and bring back frontline intelligence.
In this way, Lu Changan can sit back and relax in Wu Qi Mountain, gain insight into the situation, and enjoy the benefits of the beast tide.
Lu Changan offered a second-level talisman as a reward, and hinted that through a special channel, he might have a chance to obtain the mid-level foundation-building elixir.
For Zheng Centipede's family, every second-level talisman, even if it is low-grade, is a rare treasure.
As for the level-breaking elixir, ordinary foundation building is hard to come by.
“It’s Zheng’s honor.”
Zheng Centipede stood up and bowed solemnly.
Regardless of Lu Changan's cultivation, reputation, skills and connections, he yearned for and awed him.
Lu Changan can trade with the Zhou family on an equal footing. In the eyes of the Zhou family, he was rarely qualified to have a normal conversation.
Zheng Centipede specifically approached Lu Changan to trade this time, not only because the other party's talisman was of high quality, but also to deepen the relationship.
To him, Lu Changan's proposal was like giving him a pillow for a nap.
The two discussed some more details.
Zheng Centipede left with a sum of spiritual stones given by Lu Changan.
…
For a while, Lu Changan spent a lot of time drawing talismans.
There are too many materials, so we can only use the best ones.
Each Talisman Master has limited energy in a day, and the number of Talismans he can draw is limited. This does not include the time spent practicing exercises and comprehending spells.
If you draw a talisman that exceeds the standard, it will lead to mental exhaustion and may even take several days to recover.
The same applies to other skills such as alchemy and weapon refining.
This is why, when the beast tide breaks out and there is no shortage of materials, there will be a situation where the supply of combat supplies exceeds the demand.
Lu Changan cultivates the Evergreen Gong, has long Qi pulses and strong recovery power. He has advantages in this aspect, but he also has limitations.
In the past two months, the number of monks coming to Xiaogui Peak to buy talismans has increased dramatically, and sales have skyrocketed.
Most of these monks came from surrounding families, markets, and traveling merchants. The talismans bought from Lu Changan can be taken to the front line and there is still a little profit to be made.
The first-order puppets originally sold in bundles were sold out in advance.
Creating puppets took more time, and Lu Changan was too lazy to add more.
Unknowingly, Lu Changan made tens of thousands of spirit stones by selling talismans during the beast tide.
This does not include the materials and high-quality talismans he has hoarded.
“Enough is enough.”
Lu Changan cited depletion of reserves as a reason to reduce shipments.
In fact, without Lu Changan's deliberate restrictions, as more stray monsters came to wreak havoc in the rear, most of the surrounding monks retreated to their spiritual station.
To prevent this situation, the surrounding monks will purchase war preparation resources in advance.
The popularity of Wu Qishan has dropped off a cliff, and occasionally we have to clean up the sporadic invading monsters.
…
On this day, Zheng Centipede returned from Huanglong Fairy City, bringing second-level and high-grade talisman materials.
In the past, this was difficult to buy through normal channels.
There is also information related to the front line.
"The beast tide has entered its second half, and the situation on the front line is at a stalemate. Huanglong Immortal City has killed and injured thousands of monks. In order to avoid losses, some of the beasts were deliberately attracted to the rear..."
"There is one more thing that has nothing to do with the frontline beast tide."
Zheng Centipede thought for a while and added.
"In the 'Fox Valley' near Wuqi Mountain, a tragedy occurred recently. A foundation-building couple and dozens of monks, including several children, were robbed and all died tragically."
"Fox Valley?"
The tragedy mentioned by Zheng Centipede aroused Lu Changan's attention.
Fox Valley, five to six hundred miles away from Wuqi Mountain, is a second-level high-grade spiritual vein.
Back then, when Lu Changan was inspecting the Spiritual Vein Dojo, he considered Fox Valley, but because the rental price was too high, high-grade spiritual veins would be a waste for him, so he gave up.
In recent years, the owner of Fox Valley has been rented by a couple in the foundation building period who lived in Lihuo Palace for the rest of their lives.
This foundation-building couple both have skills. They are second-level high-level weapon refiners and second-level middle-level musicians respectively.
"Zheng doesn't know much about the details of the annihilation in Fox Valley. It is said that it was broken through from the inside, and the perpetrators are suspected to be a secretive small gang of robbery cultivators, including several foundation-building monks."
Zheng Centipede confessed all the information he knew.
"Breakthrough from within?"
Lu Changan's eyes flashed.
During the beast tide, there were many robber cultivators and insidious people trying to fish in troubled waters.
But the situation is different when the Fox Valley family is wiped out.
The foundation-building couple in Lihuo Palace are in the middle to late stage of foundation-building. They are stronger than casual cultivators of the same level and are worth a lot.
Coupled with the background of Lihuo Palace, Jie Xiu would not dare to take their chances and would not be able to sneak into them.
"By the way, the information on 'Kong Mao' has made some progress this time."
Lu Changan asked.
This is the second time Zheng Centipede has brought back information.
"No, Kong Mao hunted a monster a few months ago and disappeared. At least in Huanglong Fairy City, there is no new news at the moment."
Zheng Centipede replied.
During the beast tide, this situation of going out to hunt monsters and not coming back happened from time to time, and it was basically out of the question.
"There is no need to pay attention to this person's intelligence anymore."
Lu Changan sighed secretly, having already analyzed the general outline of the matter.
Fox Valley and Wuqi Mountain have one thing in common:
The monks in charge are all craftsmen and are rich in wealth.
If you want to say which one is better to start, the risk is smaller.
That must be Wuqi Mountain.
The Foundation-building couple who live in Fox Valley have stronger backgrounds and are monks from Lihuo Palace.
"'Kong Mao' originally wanted to sneak into Wu Qi Mountain, but failed."
"Later, I strengthened the formation and defensive vigilance, which may have dissuaded people and shifted the target."
If Lu Changan's speculation is correct, Fox Valley can be regarded as taking over the "disaster" on behalf of Wu Qishan.
A year ago, when selecting the peak leader.
If he hadn't merged his mind with the second-generation imprint of the Nine-Seal Monument and used his real-person senses to detect it, he wouldn't have been able to tell that Kong Mao was hiding his cultivation.
…
After Zheng Centipede left.
Lu Changan sent a transmission note to Xiao Danfeng, inviting Ye Fei to come over and tell him about the massacre in Fox Valley.
Regarding Kong Mao’s relevant speculations, he did not say anything.
After hearing this, Ye Fei's soles felt cold.
"Fellow Daoist Lu asked Fairy Master to strengthen the formation vigilance a year ago. He was foresighted."
He said happily.
"Fortunately, if this group of terrible robbery cultivators commits this crime, they will definitely be wanted by the Lihuo Palace. They dare not stay around and will have to hibernate for at least a while."
"Having said that, precautions must be taken."
Lu Changan agreed with this point of view.
However, during the beast tide, the energy of all the major forces was involved, and it was inevitable that there would be some scoundrels who would take advantage of the situation.
…
A few days later.
Wu Qishan faced a little trouble.
A group of small-scale monster beasts came through the "gap" in the front line and launched an attack on this spiritual station.
The leading monster is a six to seven feet long monster lion with a majestic body and two heads.
There are two huge heads, one erupts purple flames, and the other erupts beams of freezing air.
"Two-headed demon lion! A mid-level second-order demon beast, a top-level demon beast with a high-grade bloodline."
On Xiaodan Peak, Ye Fei looked a little serious and activated the mountain protection formation.
The strength of the two-headed demon lion is much stronger than the ordinary mid-stage foundation building.
There are also nearly a hundred mid- to late-level first-order monster beasts that have entered Wu Qi Mountain.
In addition to the three main peaks of Wuqi Mountain, there is also a group of casual cultivators attached to the main peaks, including the housekeeper Lan Lin.
The attached casual cultivators built two formation strongholds and were attacked by some groups of monsters.
Roar!
The two-headed demon lion let out a frightening roar and actually chose to attack and defend the empty Xiaopanfeng.
Most of the monster beasts also attacked Xiaopanfeng together.
"Friend Lu Dao."
Ye Fei and Lu Changan flew to high altitude and had a brief exchange.
"Although there is no one guarding Xiaopan Peak, the formation set up by Fairy Master is very strong and cannot be broken through for a while. Let's clean up the scattered monsters around first." Lu Changan suggested.
"good!"
Ye Fei stepped on the escape light and first killed the scattered monsters near Xiaodan Peak.
call out! Chichi!
He controlled a set of high-grade needle-shaped magic weapons, and sixteen light gray needles passed by the mid-to-late first-order monsters.
The needle-shaped magic weapon contains huge poison, and the late-stage first-order monsters can see blood and seal their throats, and their lethality is astonishing.
"Fellow Daoist Ye, please keep some reserves. A mid-level second-level monster cannot threaten Wu Qishan."
Lu Changan reminded.
Their rear spiritual station is rarely attacked by monsters from the front.
The real threat is the fellow monks who take advantage of others.
Zhizhi!
A strong and vigorous orange-purple rat demon emerged from the cave halfway up Xiaogui Peak.
The afterimages flew by quickly, and the scattered first-order monsters nearby had their blood splattered, their throats torn, and their disembowels disemboweled.
The monster beast further away had its body pierced by thorns one after another.
The two-headed demon lion roared, turned around, and led the group of demon beasts to kill the rock rat.
The Earth Rock Rat flashed quickly, dodging purple fireworks and freezing air beams.
They are both in the middle stage of the second level and can fight head-on. It is no match for the two-headed demon lion.
"Friend Lu Dao, lead the two-headed demon lion here, and we will work together to destroy this demon."
Ye Fei solved the monsters near Xiaodan Peak and said in a message.
At this moment, there are only twenty or thirty monsters scattered on the mountain, and those casual cultivators can deal with them.
boom!
The two-headed demon lion chased to Xiaodan Peak and was suddenly caught in a poison trap.
The ground collapsed, sharp iron thorns pierced its flesh, and a black poisonous mist erupted, covering its figure.
The two-headed demon lion has good resistance to poison and is only slightly sluggish. Its two heads erupt with purple flames and freezing air beams.
Lu Changan dodged calmly, his whole body lit up with a green protective shield.
He also sacrificed the best magic weapon, the Vajra Bell.
Buzz! boom!
A large golden bell, outlined with gold patterns, swelled to six or seven feet, fell from the sky, and suppressed the two-headed demon lion, making its body half shorter.
Lu Changan, as the only mid-stage foundation-builder on Wu Qi Mountain, couldn't make too obvious a move.
"Friend Lu Dao, good job."
Ye Fei controlled a set of needle-shaped magic weapons and took advantage of the situation to attack the weak spot of the two-headed demon lion.
The Earth Rock Rat escapes underground and casts earth spells.
The ground beneath the double-headed demon lion bulges with steep hills, forming a double-layered trap with the diamond bell above.
Roar!
The two-headed demon lion roared, its eyes glowed with blood, and it hit the diamond bell above its head crazily. The latter's light was bright and dark.
If it weren't for Lu Changan's Changqing mana and long pulse, this demon would have almost knocked open the Vajra Bell.
Next, it only takes a moment to steadily kill the two-headed demon lion whose strength is close to the late second level.
…
"Be careful! A monk is approaching."
From the corner of his eye, Lu Changan looked towards the side of Wu Qi Mountain.
Two unfamiliar foundation-building monks took advantage of the sound of fighting and quietly approached.
Both of them were wearing gray clothes and hats. Their appearance could not be clearly seen, but they could only be roughly distinguished as an old man and middle-aged man.
Ye Fei's heart skipped a beat.
If Lu Changan hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have noticed.
From this point of view, Lu Changan had some reservations about the previous battle and had been paying attention to the area around Wuqi Mountain.
Right now.
Whoosh!
In the distant sky, a red glow swept across.
The two gray-robed Foundation Builders looked up and their expressions suddenly changed.
"No! It's a monk from Lihuo Palace!
"Quickly retreat..."
The two of them were extremely decisive, quickly flew into the nearby mountains and forests, and fled.
The red glow appeared from far to near, showing a red iron boat.
On both sides of the boat, a flame pattern composed of water droplets and small flames is carved on each side, which is the exclusive flying magic weapon of Lihuo Palace.
On the red iron boat, there were two Lihuo Palace foundation-building monks, one male and one female.
One of them was a heroic young man with an upright figure, who was in the late stage of foundation building.
The women in green skirts standing side by side are beautiful and calm, and are in the middle stage of foundation building.
The two flew over Wuqi Mountain and found that Lu Changan and the two men were in the final moments of the fight with the two-headed demon lion.
The two-headed demon lion has reached the end of its power.
The heroic young man pondered and offered up a fire-patterned long sword.
Whoops!
A flash of crimson cloud fell from the sky and penetrated the head of the two-headed demon lion.
Seeing this, Lu Changan and Ye Fei breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fellow Daoist Lu is a monk from Lihuo Palace."
Ye Fei looked up at the red flying boat above his head, with awe on his face and lowered his voice.
"Two fellow Taoists from Wu Qishan, I'm Gao Cheng, the patrolling monks of the Lihuo Palace Law Enforcement Hall, came to investigate the clues to the massacre of the family in the 'Fox Valley'."
The way of a heroic man in the late stage of foundation building.
"This is my junior sister, Zhuang Wenjing."
The woman in green skirt beside him nodded reservedly.
"It turns out he is the superior cultivator of Lihuo Palace."
Lu Changan stood in awe, and both parties exchanged greetings.
Lihuo Palace is a Nascent Soul-level force in the immortal cultivation world of Liang Kingdom, and its status as a monk outside is superior to others.
"You two advanced practitioners, you can move to Little Turtle Peak. Fellow Daoist Ye and I will coordinate the investigation."
Lu Changan raised his hand to greet him.
The body of the two-headed demon lion was handed over to the casual cultivators below for disposal.
Lu Changan and Ye Fei are preparing to go to Xiaogui Peak.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, our time is limited, so we won't sit at the house."
Gao Cheng said lightly.
Zhuang Wenjing on the side looked impatient, as if she didn't want to interact with the two casual cultivators.
"It's okay to talk here."
Lu Changan's expression looked unnatural.
"You two, please read the information in the jade tube and then answer Gao's question."
Gao Cheng opened his palms and revealed something.
A cold light appears!
There was a shadow of a dagger, like a lurking poisonous snake spitting out a message, and lightning stabbed Lu Changan.
"Friend Lu Dao!" Ye Fei couldn't help but exclaimed, and the hair on his body stood up.
Ding!
A blue crystal dagger stabbed the golden bell, breaking through the golden light on the surface and leaving a concave white mark.
The golden bell was almost in front of Lu Changan in advance.
"Junior, when did you see it?"
Gao Cheng's blow missed, his face was gloomy, and he made a hoarse voice that was inconsistent with his heroic appearance.
"I don't see any obvious flaws."
Lu Changan took a picture of a high-grade defensive talisman on his body and said in a calm tone, matter-of-factly:
"We have never met each other, and you are unwilling to go to Xiaogui Peak. How can Lu be convinced?"
There is a mountain guarding formation on Xiaogui Peak, which is Lu Changan's home court.
…
Whoosh!
After Gao Cheng's attack failed, the green-dressed girl Xiuzhuang Wenjing turned into a light pink mist and flew behind Lu Changan.
One was in the late stage of foundation building, and the other was in the middle stage of foundation building, intercepting Lu Changan one after another.
But he ignored Ye Fei.
"Friend Lu Dao, let's run separately!"
Ye Fei was overjoyed and took a second-level middle-grade escape talisman on his body, turning it into a ball of wind shadow and escaping in the opposite direction.
Lu Changan's face twitched slightly, he didn't expect to be targeted in this way.
He expected that Ye Fei would not escape so easily.
…
Ye Feicai escaped two or three miles.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two gray figures came from outside Wuqi Mountain and intercepted them.
It was the two men in gray clothes and hats who had sneaked up before, one old and one middle-aged.
The old man in gray clothes was in the middle stage of foundation building and his face was aging.
The middle-aged man in gray clothes established his initial cultivation base and used the Puppet Control Technique.
The wind howled in the sky, and a second-order flying eagle puppet hovered above Ye Fei's head with its claws.
"Targeting it against me?"
Ye Fei looked like he was mourning, his mouth trembling.
This situation is like facing two mid-stage foundation building stages, more dangerous than Lu Changan.
Lu Changan played a mid- and late-stage foundation building, and at least he had a second-level spiritual pet to help him.
"Mr. Ye, please cooperate honestly and let us capture you without any help. We may be able to give you a way to survive."
The middle-aged man in gray clothes said calmly.
"How do you want me to cooperate?"
Ye Fei smiled and opened his hand secretly.
"Ignorant!"
The two men in gray clothes held their breath, holding anti-virus talismans in their hands, and a layer of water film covering their bodies.
There is a layer of isolated colorless poison on the surface of the water film, which makes a sizzling sound.
The two men had sullen expressions, controlling magic weapons and puppets to attack from a distance, driving Ye Fei into disgrace.
Ye Fei took advantage of the mountain terrain and the slippery rolling, activating defensive magic weapons and talismans, and managed to struggle.
He was vaguely aware that these two people wanted to capture him alive, so they were cautious about taking action.
…
Compared to Ye Fei's embarrassment.
The battle on Lu Changan's side was a different story.
He neither ran away nor fought back.
Evergreen's mana maintains the Vajra Bell and turns into a big bell, covering itself.
clang! clang!
Gao Cheng wielded a golden-blue giant axe. Every time he struck it, the golden patterns on the surface of the golden clock dimmed a bit, leaving a shallow mark.
"Let's see how long you can block it."
He grasped it with his palm, and a ball of bloody flames fell on the golden clock, spreading and burning.
The aura of the golden bell dimmed suddenly, and there were craters formed by erosion.
Upon seeing this, Lu Changan took out a high-grade talisman and placed a layer of ice-blue light on the golden clock to slow down the destruction of the top-grade magic weapon by the bloody flames.
"Lu just needs to hold out longer than your companions."
Lu Changan was unhurried and Changqing's magical power was long, showing a certain advantage at this time.
Moreover, he didn't feel bad that the best magic weapon was damaged. There were still several pieces in the storage bag, although they were all stolen goods.
In addition to the best magic weapon, he also had a turtle puppet that he didn't take out.
"Master, save me!"
Not far away, Zhuang Wenjing screamed.
The rock rat and a human puppet with a wolf head were attacking the woman one after another.
This rock rat has a mutated bloodline. Not only can it use earth spells, but it is also extremely sensitive and can sometimes attack him at close range.
A second-level mid-level wolf-headed puppet, carrying three silver-black javelins on its back, holding a silver-black javelin in each hand, dragging the electric arc, and piercing it with a shot from far away and sometimes close.
It can be poked at close range and thrown from a distance.
Moreover, the thrown javelin can be recovered at a certain distance.
Under the double attack, the spiritual light of Zhuang Wenjing's defensive magic weapon dimmed, and the protective magic shield cracked.
laugh!
A javelin dragged an arc of electricity and passed over her leg, leaving a trail of blood.
"Well……"
Zhuang Wenjing's body stiffened, and her fair legs were covered in red and black.
The javelin is poisonous!
"Yue'er!"
Gao Cheng yelled angrily, his throat hoarse.
Previously, Lu Changan showed his trump card of a second-level mid-level puppet, which was unexpected, but barely acceptable.
He adopted the strategy of quick victory and capturing the king and the thief, and wanted to be the first to kill Lu Changan, the master of the puppet and pet.
In the battle in Fox Valley, although the biggest trump card was lost.
But the late stage of foundation building crushes the middle stage, coupled with the blood flame secret technique, Gao Cheng has this confidence.
Zhuang Wenjing was also confident that she could hold down the rock rat and the puppet for a while.
The Earth Rock Rat does not have a mid-level bloodline, so it does not have enough attack power.
As for the second-level mid-level puppet, its owner has to deal with the late stage of foundation building with all his strength, and how much combat power can he exert.
However, Gao Cheng misjudged the defensive capabilities of Lu Changan's "Turtle Talisman Master".
Zhuang Wenjing even underestimated the strength of the rock rat and the wolf-headed javelin puppet.
Two miscalculations caused irreversible regret.
Whoosh!
Gao Cheng shouted angrily and flew over to rescue Zhuang Wenjing.
clang!
Lu Changan activated the sound waves of the diamond bell, which shocked the blood and made Gao Cheng's body slightly sluggish.
He kneaded the secret with one hand, and thorns and vines sprang out from the nearby hills, either wrapping around Gao Cheng's legs or blocking his way.
"ah……"
On the other side, Zhuang Wenjing screamed, unable to move due to the poison, and was scratched open by a rock rat.
puff!
The javelin with the head of a wolf and the body of a man pierced its abdomen.
"Yue'er!"
Seeing this scene, Gao Cheng's blood surged up, blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, and he coughed in his lungs.
"The injury has not healed? You still dare to attack me, Wu Qishan."
Lu Changan narrowed his eyes slightly and saw the clues.
——I’ve been suffering from insomnia and low spirits these past few days, and I don’t have enough plot ideas. Today is just one chapter, one chapter at a time, and I really don’t want to stop updating.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and there are a lot of social activities. During the Spring Festival, two updates a day may not be possible.
We can only try our best to keep updating, but it may not be possible. Say hello to everyone in advance.
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