There are two things in the gift box.
A jade tube.
A simple green-gray talisman pen.
Lu Changan picked up the ancient talisman pen, and the magic power flowed smoothly through it, and nodded secretly.
This is a quasi-third-level talisman pen.
Compared with Lu Changan's cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building, he only became a second-level high-grade Talisman Master in recent years, so this gift is quite sincere.
In the jade tube, a complete set of Talisman Master inheritance is recorded, part of which involves third-level Talisman Masters.
Quite a incomplete set of third-level Talisman Master inheritance.
Both gifts are related to the Talisman Master, so they are considered to suit his liking.
In the eyes of ordinary people, Lu Changan has good talent in fu arts, but his talent potential is limited.
It is not easy to advance to the late stage of foundation building, and it is almost impossible to form a core.
It is impossible to expect him to give away something that will form an elixir.
That is a scarce strategic resource for the major forces in the Liang Kingdom, including Huanglong Mountain.
…
Lu Changan cared more about the meaning of this meeting than the gift itself.
"That fake elixir master, in addition to protecting Fu Dong, or representing the top management of Huanglong Mountain, stopped by to conduct the last secret inspection of me."
Lu Changan thought.
After this, Huanglongshan truly felt relieved about Lu Changan and would not treat him as a potential danger.
There may even be opportunities to turn them into allies in the future.
At the same time, the secret investigation by the fake elixir master also ruled out the relationship between Lu Changan and Junior Brother Cheng.
Lu Changan is indeed in the middle stage of foundation building.
At this age, he can only be considered mediocre during the foundation building period.
As far as Lu Changan is concerned, he has lost one potential enemy and force, and can continue to practice in Wuqi Mountain safely in the future without worrying about anything happening.
In the next few decades, he will need a stable cultivation environment.
"With my talent and age, reaching the late stage of foundation building in Wuqi Mountain may exceed some people's expectations, but it is not a big problem. Compared with Fu Dong's inferior spirit root foundation building, it is not worth mentioning."
Lu Changan looks forward to the future.
No matter in the mortal world, or in the vast world of immortality.
There are always a handful of monks who have accumulated little experience and are late bloomers.
For example, Lu Changan's seventy-year-old foundation building only broke the thousand-year record in the Liang Kingdom's immortal world.
In other words, there were similar or even more powerful figures in the Liang Kingdom a thousand years ago and in the surrounding Immortal Cultivation Kingdom.
Lu Changan's cultivation speed has been steady, one step at a time, and there is no abnormal progress at each stage.
Even if one's cultivation level is abnormally advanced at a certain period, it is considered a normal small chance in the world of immortality.
Secrets and risks are always relative, related to strength, level, and background.
If one day, Lu Changan forms an elixir, it would be a secret and a great opportunity for ordinary monks.
But after forming the elixir, looking at the surrounding Immortal Cultivation Kingdom, they already have high-end combat power. Ordinary monks can only look up in awe.
Compared to the Pill Formation Overhaul, or the vision of True Lord Nascent Soul, this can only be regarded as a normal chance.
At their level, almost everyone has opportunities far beyond ordinary people.
…
In the blink of an eye, Lu Changan had been practicing peacefully at Xiaogui Peak for three years.
His age reaches one hundred and twenty-three years old, and his cultivation is gentle and close to the sixth level of foundation building.
In the past three years, the surrounding situation has been stable and no major incidents have occurred in Liang State.
The public security environment around Huanglong Fairy City has been significantly improved, and most of its former prosperity and popularity have been restored.
The difference is that today's Huanglong Mountain is far less powerful than in its heyday and is constrained by major forces and chambers of commerce.
Feiyue Lake Mujia has reduced internal friction and is developing prosperously.
Li Erqing's grandson Mu Congren, who had pioneered overseas, successfully took root in the local area and got on the right track.
The entire Liang Kingdom seemed to be in a peaceful atmosphere.
But recently, Lu Changan smelled something bad.
Especially on this day, the monks from the "Tengxing Chamber of Commerce" who came to purchase resources were sent away.
…
"The price of strategic materials is rising again, and the rate is beyond normal. It is even higher than when Huanglong Fairy City was in chaos."
Lu Changan thought deeply.
According to common sense, the turmoil in Huanglongxian City is over and the regional situation is stable, so the price of strategic materials should be reduced.
"Is it related to the immortal-cultivation war in neighboring countries?"
The world of immortal cultivation in Liang is generally stable, and Lu Changan can only relate to the situation in neighboring countries.
In the past two years, there have been no major battles in the world of immortal cultivation in neighboring countries, and the Nascent Soul Master has never faced a direct confrontation.
The battlefield in Feng Kingdom is in a relatively stalemate.
The two Nascent Soul Sovereigns of the Jinyang Sect once challenged Chu Tianfeng, who was in the middle Nascent Soul stage of the Yan Kingdom. Although they were inferior, they were fighting on their own territory and focused on defense, so they would not necessarily be at a disadvantage.
In the short term and a few years, the war in the neighboring Feng State to the south will not involve the Liang State.
unless.
Lu Changan missed key information that only the higher-ups knew.
"Knowing the slightest thing, the price of combat readiness supplies continues to rise, and there must be something wrong if something goes wrong!"
Lu Changan trusted his intuition and judgment.
After thinking about it, he wrote another letter to Zhang Tieshan.
In the past two months, Zhao Siyao's reply to him contained no precise information or conclusion.
The Chamber of Commerce is also very well informed.
Lu Changan originally wanted to ask Shen Bixin.
However, in the past two years, due to low shipments, the eldest lady was busy and did not come to Wu Qishan in person.
Shen Bixin began to purchase materials at high prices during the turmoil in Huanglong Fairy City.
Lu Changan speculated that the top leaders of the chamber of commerce may have received information from upper-level channels and judged that Liang State would also fall into war.
Otherwise, there would be no obvious profit margin from the acquisition at the high price at that time.
This is a kind of risk game.
Once you lose the bet, you lose all your money.
Facts have proved that Tengxing Chamber of Commerce, where Shen Bixin is located, got it right.
…
Two months later, Lu Changan received a letter from Zhang Tieshan.
Zhang Tieshan seems to know something, but his expression in the letter is rather vague and hard to say directly.
He personally speculated that within more than ten years, the war would not spread to the Liang Kingdom, so Lu Changan did not have to worry too much.
Lu Changan heard the implication.
Zhang Tieshan did not deny the possibility of a war to cultivate immortality in Liang.
It was difficult for him to tell in the letter.
To get more precise information, it is best to meet in person.
After two lives, Lu Changan attaches great importance to the overall situation information of the upper-level people in the world of immortality.
In this way, he who is practicing steadily is at least prepared and can plan ahead.
Lu Changan didn't want to run away unless he had to.
A spiritual pulse dojo that is stable and can generate profits is hard-won.
Even if you run away.
Daily practice and advancement are indispensable to the Spiritual Vein Dojo.
If the entire Liang Kingdom and even the surrounding areas were caught in a war, where would they go to find a spiritual vein dojo to practice?
Spiritual stones and elixirs can only be taken out for a short period of time and used for practice, and cannot be relied upon for a long time.
Needless to say, there are drug resistance and side effects of elixirs.
If you rely on spiritual stones to practice every day, it will reduce the monk's sensitivity to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Because the essence of spiritual practice is the process of understanding the great road, improving the essence of one's life, and integrating with heaven and earth.
By relying solely on financial resources and taking medicine, one can indeed quickly improve one's cultivation level at a certain stage, but it is difficult to reach a high level in the world of immortality.
…
A few days later.
Lu Changan left Wuqi Mountain and flew to Jinyun Valley.
In the past few decades, he would go to Jinyun Valley for an average of two or three years.
Master and disciple Zhao Siyao, Zhang Tieshan, and Lin Lu would sometimes go out on missions or go to Huanglong Fairy City. They might stop by Wu Qi Mountain to purchase some high-quality talismans.
When Lu Changan arrived at Jinyun Valley, Zhang Tieshan happened to be out on business and was not at the mountain gate.
Zhao Siyao has also been in retreat recently.
Lin Lu happened to be free and personally received Lu Changan in the cave at Waifeng.
Lin Lu was wearing a deacon's robe. He looked middle-aged in his forties or fifties. He was handsome, slightly thin, and had a short beard under his chin.
Lin Lu is a generation younger than Lu Changan, with an age difference of only more than 20 years.
His actual age is approximately one hundred years old, and his descendants have been passed down for three or four generations.
The cultivation level has been stagnant at the third level of foundation building for many years and has not yet advanced.
Lin Lu's luck seemed to have come to an end after he spent his father's legacy and was promoted to the foundation-building stage.
Lu Changan chatted with his nephew for a long time and got to know his situation.
Lin Lu's qualifications are much lower than Zhao Siyao's, close to middle-grade spiritual roots.
As a sect deacon, you have to take care of a lot of secular things, which also has a certain impact on your practice.
Coupled with the lack of outstanding qualifications, advancement was not smooth.
In contrast, Zhao Siyao's female disciple Zhao Tan'er advanced much more smoothly than Lin Lu.
Zhao Tan'er has been building foundation for many years, and was promoted to the middle stage of foundation building two years ago.
It only took about twenty years from the early stage to the middle stage of foundation building.
As a veteran, Lu Changan casually gave Lin Lu a few words of advice on his practice.
When he killed Master Hua, Lu Changan got two "Jade Clear Pills", which helped him break through the bottleneck and advance to the middle stage of foundation building.
This kind of level-breaking elixir also needs to be queued up to redeem in the sect.
He sold Lin Lu one at the market price.
Lin Lu had a family, heirs, and disciples, so he didn't have much money.
More than ten years ago, he redeemed a "Jade Clear Pill", but he was just shy of breaking through the bottleneck and was no longer eligible to redeem it in the future. Moreover, the sect's contribution was scarce, and it was beyond its capabilities to take care of the descendants.
Lin Lu used spiritual stones to buy it, plus two second-level materials as a deduction, and bought a "Jade Clear Pill".
One of the ingredients happened to be the auxiliary medicine of Zhuyan Dan, which was originally planned to be handed over to the sect in exchange for contributions.
That ingredient is not limited to use as a beauty pill, so Lu Changan doesn't have to worry about being exposed.
So many years have passed.
Lu Changan has almost collected the materials for Zhuyan Pill, except for the last auxiliary medicine.
…
The sect’s principle is not to keep anyone overnight.
Through the authority relationship of the deacon, Lin Lu arranged Lu Changan to stay in the guest room at the foot of Jinyun Valley.
A few days later.
When Zhang Tieshan returned to Jinyun Valley, Lin Lu notified him in time and met with Lu Changan as soon as possible.
Zhang Tieshan's cave is at the inner peak.
His position is the Archdeacon of the Law Enforcement Hall, and his status in the Law Enforcement Hall is second only to the law enforcement elders and several fake elixir masters.
"Friend Lu Dao, I've kept you waiting for a long time."
Since Zhang Tieshan established the foundation, he has not seen him for many years, and his old-fashioned and slightly dark face shows a kind expression.
"Serious words, but it only takes a few days."
Lu Changan sat down accompanied by Lin Lu.
After chatting for a while, Lu Changan and Zhang Tieshan chatted about some past events and anecdotes.
Lin Lu regarded himself as a junior, occasionally chatting and adding a few things.
"Last time I saw the doubts in Brother Lu's letter, Zhang also talked with Elder Neifeng in the past few months before he came up with a definite answer."
When Zhang Tieshan got to the point, he did not shy away from Lin Lu.
"Oh, may I ask what the truth is?"
Lu Changan showed interest at the right time.
"The truth is, it may not have much to do with Fellow Daoist Lu."
Zhang Tieshan stroked his beard and smiled, then turned his eyes to Lin Lu.
"But for Nephew Lin, it may be a good opportunity to make a contribution."
Lin Lu was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but think deeply.
Lu Changan had a flash of inspiration and suddenly realized.
"What Zhang Daoyou means is that in the south of Liang State..."
"That's right." Zhang Tieshan nodded.
Lu Changan's eyes flashed slightly, and all doubts disappeared in his heart.
The development of the situation was slightly beyond his expectation.
He originally thought that Liang Guo might be passively involved in the war of cultivating immortals in neighboring countries.
The truth is.
The upper echelons of the Liang Kingdom decided to take the initiative to intervene in the war, invade Feng Kingdom from the north, and take advantage of the chaos for profit!
I fell asleep very late yesterday, and there may only be one update tonight. . After the New Year, I finally stopped socializing. As a result, my new house needs to be renovated, my old house needs to be sold, and I may have to transfer the ownership tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, which are all quite worrying things.
(End of chapter)
