"How could he be from Lu? How could he be from Lu?!"
The news that Yu Wentai was from the Lu country was like detonating a bombshell in Zhang Yao's heart.
His first instinctive reaction was disbelief.
What is the environment like in the State of Lu? The desert of cultivating immortals is indescribable, and breaking through the middle stage of Qi refining is as difficult as reaching the sky. The casual cultivators in the country are the worst group of free immortal cultivators he has ever seen, and their situation is only slightly worse than that of the mining slaves.
Can such a remote place give birth to an ancient talent like Yu Wentai?
You must know that this person is not only a genius in cultivating immortals, who has achieved the perfection of foundation building early, but also has amazing combat power. He has a reputation of being invincible in foundation building. He even has astonishing achievements in alchemy and weapon refining that surpass all other countries.
Even though Zhang Yao and him had some hatred, they both had to admit that this man was an amazing talent, a talent that was rare to see in a thousand years.
"No, my thinking is still too narrow-minded..."
After Zhang Yao calmed down, he instantly overturned his previous thoughts.
Although the environment in the State of Lu is very poor, it may not be impossible for super geniuses to be born. After all, if people go to higher places, they are not destined to die and can only develop in the State of Lu.
And more importantly:
When faced with Yuwentai, who was just a new foundation builder, the original Jindan ancestors definitely had lie detection methods. Even if it was related to such a big thing as the Five Elements Secret Realm, they might start searching for souls directly.
Under such circumstances, Yuwentai would not dare or could not conceal his origins - so the credibility of his origins and the relevant files recorded by Fuhai Sect are extremely high.
"So...he is really from Lu country?"
At this moment, Zhang Yao's mood was extremely complicated, and his thoughts were flying.
"Qingxu?"
Seeing him stunned, Master Haihe on the other side frowned slightly and said in confusion:
"What's wrong with you? Why did you fall into deep thought when you heard that Yu Wentai was from Lu country?"
"oh."
Zhang Yao came back to his senses and said with his usual expression:
"I was still trying to recall just now, which border area in the southwest the Lu Kingdom is in, and why I haven't heard of it."
"So that's it..."
Master Haihe did not doubt that he was there and said casually:
"The small border countries near southern Xinjiang are all extinct immortal families, and their country names and dynasties change frequently. Who knows which remote country they are in?"
"But there is no point in worrying about this. After all, if Yu Wentai can reach this point, his origin is no longer important."
"Well, the real person is right."
Zhang Yao nodded slightly, expressing his approval on the surface, but becoming more solemn in his heart.
"It seems that we have to secretly return to Lu State to find out the details of Yuwentai..."
He thought secretly in his heart and made a decision.
Zhang Yao is now very suspicious. Yuwentai was born in the Yuwen family of the Lu royal family, but later left the family and came to Dali alone to make a living.
His speculation is not groundless:
First, the world of immortal cultivation in the Lu country is too small. Apart from the Yuwen family, there are only monks from Kong Qingchuan and Tiandu Mountain. Since Yuwentai's surname is Yuwen and he is from the Lu country, he is probably from the Yuwen family on Wuyin Island.
Secondly, when he conquered Kirigakure Island and sorted out Old Lady Liu's legacy, he discovered a doubtful point - that is, the number of spiritual stones was too small.
It stands to reason that Mrs. Liu is a monk in the late stage of Qi refining. She even has a complete set of formation flags and high-level magic weapons. It is not difficult to accumulate hundreds or even thousands of spiritual stones, but she prefers spiritual stones from the Wuyin Island lineage. There are only a few dozen in stock.
It is unlikely that he was used by others, otherwise it would not have taken so many years for the Yuwen family to have a minion in the middle stage of Qi refining.
In fact, Zhang Yao didn't pay much attention to this problem at first, and turned around and forgot about it. He had forgotten all about it since he was celebrating the New Year in the past.
It wasn't until Yuwentai's origins were revealed that he suddenly recalled it - was there a possibility that Yuwentai had used those spiritual stones?
"If he was really from the Yuwen family, why did he abandon the Yuwen family later and never even go back after leaving Lu?"
"The biggest secret passed down from the Liu family and the Yuwen family is the earth line nodes and the earth line beads. Does Yuwentai know about it?"
For a time, all kinds of complicated thoughts surged in Zhang Yao's mind, making it difficult for him to calm down.
After he and Master Haihe chatted for a while, he took the initiative to say goodbye and left. Master Haihe personally sent him out of the Haitian Floating Island.
After leaving the range of Fubohai:
Zhang Yao's light escape speed was at full speed, and he rushed back to Cangjiang Water Mansion as fast as possible.
"Master, you are back!"
Zhang Yao deliberately made the noise of the light escape loud, and when he returned to Shuifu, he took advantage of the situation and alerted the Xiangu Taoist who was on patrol.
"The guild leader's trip to Fuhai Sect is going smoothly?"
Taoist Xiangu asked with a smile.
"very smooth."
Zhang Yao nodded slightly and said:
"I have obtained the Kunyuan Spiritual Liquid and will soon undergo long-term retreat."
"this……"
Taoist Xiangu had already been mentally prepared, but he still couldn't help but said:
"But if there is no guild leader sitting in the meeting, I am afraid that some young people will not be able to help but jump up and down..."
Today's GCC, except for Zhang Yao, is not at its peak.
It has been many years since Master Haihe returned to Shanmen. In the eyes of the outside world, since the two parties do not move around frequently and pay the public accounts according to the quota, the relationship between them should have faded. This naturally aroused some people's thoughts.
After all, the GCC now occupies the entire Fangzhou and half of Kangzhou, which is equivalent to a big fat piece of meat.
"Will not."
Zhang Yao waved his hand and said:
"In normal times, I would not easily stay in seclusion for a long time, but this time is different."
"In a few years, the Five Elements Secret Realm will be opened. When the whole territory of Dali is turbulent and the scenery is everywhere, who will care about our small GCC?"
Hearing this, Taoist Xiangu suddenly said:
"Yeah, I almost forgot about the Five Elements Secret Realm..."
After Zhang Yao chatted with him for a few more words, he summoned many foundation-building masters and publicly explained the matter of long-term seclusion.
Everyone's reaction was similar to what he expected. There were not many who were worried about the situation in the GCC. On the contrary, there were many discussions about the Five Elements Secret Realm, and everyone was ambitious and quite excited.
After everything is ready:
Zhang Yao also officially closed the cave, temporarily handed over the GCC to Peng Yuexian, and entered a long-term retreat.
Inside the cave:
"call……"
Zhang Yao let out a long breath and felt a little relieved.
In order to perform this scene well, he still put a lot of effort into it, but it was only half successful at the moment.
To make Lao Peng, Taoist Xiangu and others outside believe that he is still in retreat inside the cave, they must at least break through the late stage of foundation building and attract celestial phenomena.
“It’s not too late, it’s better to break through as soon as possible.”
Thinking of this, Zhang Yao reached out and took out the crystal vial.
Ever since he learned Yuwentai's secret, he had unconsciously felt a sense of urgency in his heart, wanting to improve his strength quickly.
"This feeling of worrying about gains and losses is something I haven't experienced in a long time."
He laughed to himself, casually untied the magic seal on the crystal vial, raised his head and poured the spiritual liquid into his mouth.
The pale golden spiritual liquid fell into his belly, and instantly turned into a warm current that traveled through his limbs and bones, continuously transforming into extremely pure spiritual energy.
"boom……"
The mighty spiritual energy gathered into a torrent, and after traveling around the body, it all merged into the Tao Foundation.
In this process, spiritual energy moves completely spontaneously, improving cultivation, nourishing the soul, and strengthening the body. The three are integrated into one, and even have a slight effect of refining the foundation of the Tao.
"It really works!"
Zhang Yao sighed with admiration in his heart, and then he used all his strength to control the torrent of spiritual energy in his body and use the method of "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra" to collect and refine it.
Until after seven days and seven nights:
"Boom!"
After mana was accumulated to the limit, it naturally broke through the invisible dam.
The bottleneck in the later stage of foundation building is broken, and the mana is like a bird in a cage or a fish leaping into the abyss. It absorbs the surrounding aura and surges wildly, out of control.
The improvement of the level of mana caused changes in the celestial phenomena in an instant, and a spiritual energy vortex as large as more than ten acres reappeared in the water veins of the Cangjiang River.
"It's so fast!"
"Yes, it's only been a few days since I broke through, and I've broken through again!"
"Kunyuan Spiritual Liquid... tsk tsk, it's really enviable, even a little jealous!"
Lao Peng, Fairy Li Chen and others looked at the spiritual energy vortex above Shui Mansion. While talking to each other, their eyes were very envious.
In the entire territory of Dali, there are very few people who are qualified to enjoy the Kunyuan Spiritual Liquid, and this is the first time they have seen them.
The effect of improving one's cultivation level out of thin air is too powerful. To a certain extent, it is more useful for young foundation-building monks than extending their life span by decades. After all, the cultivation level is directly raised by one level, which also saves decades of life in disguise. Hard work.
Half an hour later, the spiritual energy vortex in the water veins gradually disappeared, and Lao Peng and others also dispersed.
They all know——
From today on, in order to control the soaring mana and consolidate the skyrocketing realm, Master Qingxu will have to stay in seclusion for at least ten years.
…………
One month later.
Thanks to the strength of the method of refining the formation into the body, Zhang Yao has initially mastered the skyrocketing mana and realm.
The strength of the body, the strength of the soul, and the total amount of mana are far more powerful than the normal foundation building of the same level. This is also his biggest advantage, allowing him to take advantage of it.
Zhang Yao estimated that it would take at most two or three years to fully digest the skyrocketing mana and realm and lay a solid foundation.
But he couldn't wait so long.
"Changes will happen later, so it's better to go back early."
Zhang Yao stood up and left the quiet room, heading towards the center of the formation in the cave.
He returned to Lu State this time, firstly to find out the true background of Yuwentai, and secondly to avoid trouble.
With Yu Wentai hiding so deeply, the several Jindan ancestors who collaborated with him may have even greater ambitions, and no matter how it ends, they will inevitably be incompatible with each other.
No matter how rich the legacy left by the Five Elements Individuals is, it is ultimately limited and cannot satisfy everyone.
There are no eggs left under the overturned nest. If a full-scale war really breaks out, even if he hides in the water palace and retreats to death, he may not be able to escape.
"A small chaos avoids the city, a big chaos avoids the countryside."
"This Dali is about to reenact a five-sect war. I'd better go back to my hometown in a remote village and hide..."
Zhang Yao fired several magic formulas and used the underground escape method at the same time, secretly penetrated the formation protection, and sneaked all the way from the underground to leave the Cangjiang Water Mansion.
He was the Lord of the Water Mansion and controlled the center of the formation. Naturally, he would not alert anyone and left Cangjiang directly through the underground route.
Covering the light, hiding carefully, and heading south in a low-key manner.
After spending half a month, Zhang Yao traveled across various countries and crossed many deserted areas, and returned to his hometown after being away for many years.
"Finally back again..."
Above the sky, Zhang Yao stood with his hands behind his back, shooting at Shangjing City below with his spiritual thoughts.
It has been decades since he left the territory of Lu State. The original troubled times have long since ended, and many years have passed since the new dynasty was established.
"Um?"
Zhang Yao was startled for a moment and showed a hint of interest:
"I never imagined that I could meet someone I know..."
His figure flickered and then disappeared.
…………
Go to the center of the capital, inside the palace.
Zhao Hechu put down the memorial in his hand and rubbed his brows, showing a hint of exhaustion.
As the founding monarch of Daliang, he was already in his 60s, but he was still in the prime of life, and his appearance was not much different from that of a man in his early thirties.
It was precisely because of his extraordinarily high energy and the bumpy experiences he had experienced at a young age that he extremely disliked the bureaucracy. Although he had to use it, he abolished the cabinet system that had lasted for thousands of years and was able to monopolize power.
But without the Prime Minister and the Pavilion Elder, power was highly concentrated, but the extremely complicated government affairs of the nineteen states in the world, and the hard work day and night, actually made him, a great master of martial arts, somewhat breathless.
"I am a master of martial arts. My energy, blood and body are ten times stronger than those of ordinary people. I can endure no matter how hard I work."
"But the descendants of future generations are all born into noble families. They are well-dressed, well-fed, and pampered. How can they endure the hardships of training in the winter and the three days in the summer?"
"I'm afraid it won't take more than one or two generations, and we will have to show up with the elders and bachelors. Then the collapse of the official system is almost certain..."
When Zhao Hechu thought of this, he could only sigh helplessly.
Not to mention him, not even the former royal family and the Yuwen family, which was said to have the support of the Xian family, could not solve this problem.
All he can do is try to gather power while he is in power, create a relatively mature and complete system, and try to ensure that the country can last for tens or even hundreds of years.
"Your Majesty, please use the elixir."
The old eunuch on the side brought a silver tray with a red pill on it.
"Um."
Zhao Hechu responded, skillfully rolled up the red pill, swallowed it, drank another cup of ginseng tea, shook his head and said:
"No matter how improved this home-made elixir is, it will never be as good as the Immortal Family's Bigu Pill."
Hearing his words, the purple-robed eunuch beside him remained silent and did not dare to speak rashly.
The entire Nineteen Prefectures of Daliang knew that this great ancestor was born as an orphan. It was only because he met an immortal on Baibo Lake that he was able to develop a body of astonishing martial arts and conquer thousands of miles of territory.
But even though he is a great master with unparalleled martial arts, he is just an ordinary person after all, so he still misses the life on the fairy island, and expresses a few words of nostalgia and emotion from time to time. People around him have long been used to it.
"Let's go."
Zhao Hechu swung the hem of his dragon robe and walked away:
"I'm going to pay homage to the immortal master..."
(End of chapter)
