Chapter 329 Refining and Control

"Meet the leader!"

In the respectful welcome of the cultivators, the dazzling brilliance of the golden escaping light gathered up and fell into the mid-air.

Wearing a mysterious robe and coat, Zhang Tianfeng, majestic and steady, came to the front of the cultivators.

"Master Zhang, is it possible to do that mission..."

Elder Miao and others were shocked, caught off guard, and felt ridiculous.

Head Zhang, who had just been in seclusion for a short time, actually broke out and admitted Lu Changan's lies.

"Elder Lu, thank you for the hard work of escaping to a poor desert land after a hundred years of separation."

Zhang Tianfeng looked squarely at his old friend in white on the big turtle in Xuanshui, with a solemn expression and bowed his hands.

Only he knows what Lu Changan has done in the past hundred years.

Provide key information about the devil in the devil's path, allowing Jinyun Valley to avoid huge losses.

Kill the Black Crow Master and pay homage to the dead Zhao Siyao.

The person behind the arrest and ambush of the Peacock Saint.

"It's not hard work. Head Zhang runs the mountain gate and fights against the invasion of demons. It's hard work and merit."

Lu Changan said calmly and calmly.

He lived a good life in Feng Yuan Kingdom. A hundred years were like a beautiful holiday, so short.

With the endorsement of Zhang Tianfeng, the leader of the sect, several real people present were speechless and did not mention the matter of "Lu Wugui ran away" again.

After Zhang Tianfeng was promoted to the late stage of pill formation, his majesty in Jinyun Valley surpassed that of the deceased great elder.

Master Zhang is famous on the battlefield and is called the best alchemy monk in the Liang Kingdom.

In addition to his personal strength, his business methods are also impressive. Jinyun Valley has experienced the demon war, but is still thriving, and its overall strength has reached a new high in hundreds of years.

Moreover, Zhang Tianfeng came from the Law Enforcement Hall, he was fair and strict, and measured rewards and punishments, so he was highly respected by the cultivators of the sect.

"Elder Lu has not returned for a hundred years. Zhang will introduce you to the new real person in the sect."

Zhang Tianfeng and Lu Changan walked hand in hand without much exchange of greetings.

The two talked and laughed, their words were simple and there was no airs.

It was as if the halo of identity as the head of the cultivating immortals and the legendary real person had faded away, and time went back to two or three hundred years ago when ordinary monks were just starting out in the world of cultivating immortals, cooperating and taking care of each other.

Looking at the seamless relationship between Zhang Tianfeng and Lu Changan, the real people present had mixed expressions, either envious or thoughtful.

"I heard that Master Zhang and Zhenren Lu were immortal seedlings who took the entrance examination in the same session. They have known each other since they were young. They have experienced the old days of the Liang Kingdom, the war of moving north to Jinyang, and the invasion of demons..."

"It is unimaginable that one of the two became the first cultivator of the sect, and the other became a legendary real person in the casual cultivator world."

"Alas, hundreds of years of friendship cannot compare. There is nothing wrong with Master Zhang taking care of this person."

The real people and senior officials in the mountain gate, including guest officials, came out one after another to see the ceremony.

"Congratulations on the return of Master Lu!"

A certain fake elixir master shouted, and many monks responded.

This was Lu Changan's shamelessness, so he secretly said "outrageous".

He had obviously been on the run for hundreds of years, but because of the attitude of the sect leader, he actually became the hero of the victory.

"This is Zhu Yuting who moved from Hengguo, fellow Taoist Zhu."

Zhang Tieshan introduced with a smile on his face.

She was a female cultivator in a purple gauze skirt with a graceful figure and an elegant figure. She was in the early stage of true elixir cultivation.

"I have heard the name of Master Changqing for a long time."

Zhu Yuting smiled gracefully, bowed, and looked at Lu Changan with admiration and curiosity.

"It turns out to be my Taoist friend."

Lu Changan nodded and did not communicate too much.

This woman was the female cultivator from Heng Kingdom who formed elixirs with him in Wangyue Immortal City.

However, Lu Changan was using Nie Yuan's vest at that time.

When we first met this woman, she had a bad impression of "Nie Yuan" and was a bit reserved and cold.

After Nie Yuan formed the immortal golden elixir, Zhu Yuting's attitude changed greatly. With the help of her grandmother, she took the initiative to make friends with "Nie Yuan" and even took out the personal token to allow Lu Changan to have time to visit Hengguo in the future.

Unexpectedly, after the defeat of the Heng Kingdom, Zhu Yuting moved to the Liang Kingdom and became the guest elder of Jinyun Valley.

…

The top of the main peak in the center of Jinyun Valley.

This is the location of the first cave dwelling built in the history of Jinyun Valley, and it is also the place with the best aura environment in the entire Jinyun Valley.

Lu Changan and Zhang Tianfeng stood on the top of the mountain, taking in a panoramic view of the mountain gate of Jinyun Valley that stretched for hundreds of miles.

At this moment, the two immortal young men from the past, after two or three hundred years of climbing, seemed to have trampled the high-ranking Immortal Cultivation Sect under their feet.

"The scale of spiritual veins in Jinyun Valley has grown so fast. Does Fellow Daoist Zhang have a way to cultivate spiritual veins?"

Lu Changan withdrew his gaze and said with interest.

Spiritual veins of the same grade are also divided into scales.

For example, the third-level spiritual veins in Jinyun Valley are almost super large and can accommodate more than a dozen true elixirs practicing at the same time without any pressure.

"Zhang does have a way to speed up the cultivation of spiritual veins, but it requires a lot of precious resources."

Zhang Tieshan did not deny it.

In charge of a cultivating sect and performing meritorious service by killing enemies on the battlefield, Zhang Tieshan has collected a lot of high-grade gold and iron ore over the years.

The repair progress of the Lingbao fragments has been greatly improved, and it is now one-tenth of the completeness of the real Lingbao.

The recovery level of the weapon spirit is higher, bringing a lot of useful experience and knowledge.

When he was in retreat just now, his device sensed a hint of threat and issued a warning.

Unexpectedly, it was Lu Changan who returned.

He concealed his cultivation level and was discovered by the weapon spirit. He turned out to be in the late stage of pill formation. The specific quality is difficult to determine because the magic power is obscure and there is no fighting method.

Zhang Tieshan wanted to come, at least the upstream true elixir was the same as himself, otherwise it would be difficult to advance to the later stage of elixir formation.

"How long does it take to cultivate a fourth-level spiritual vein?"

Lu Changan's eyes flickered, and he had a faint expectation for the development of Jinyun Valley.

"It's very difficult! It takes a long time to break through to the fourth-level spiritual vein, and the accumulated resources far exceed the cultivation of a Yuanying Zhenjun. This is related to the heaven and earth luck of Daqing and the distribution of the earth veins."

"Unless you can intercept part of other fourth-level spiritual veins, you can significantly speed up the progress."

Zhang Tianfeng's eyes were fierce, and he did not hide anything in front of Lu Changan, including his hidden ambitions.

Lu Changan smiled, and there were far more people waiting for the subversion of the old order.

Zhang Tianfeng's lower-grade spiritual roots, even if his will was top-notch and he had the opportunity, he could achieve today's achievements, which was actually very conspicuous in the world of immortal cultivation.

However, his status has already been established. As the helmsman of the sect, he has extraordinary influence, and there is a Yuanying senior behind him.

The surrounding Yuanying Zhenjun, due to various concerns, even if they have a way to deal with him, it is difficult to start.

Lu Changan speculated that Zhang Tieshan's spiritual treasure-related opportunities, even if he was secretly attacked by the Yuanying, have the ability to protect himself.

His performance on the battlefield was probably reserved.

"How long do you plan to stay after you return this time?"

Zhang Tianfeng was slightly looking forward to it.

If Jinyun Valley can get another late Jindan great cultivator, and the unfathomable Lu Changan, it is expected to become the second sect of Liang State.

"It should not exceed ten years."

Lu Changan sighed lightly.

"So hasty? Doesn't Lu Daoyou have no confidence in the war of magic?"

Zhang Tianfeng was stunned. He didn't expect that it would take less than ten years. He was a little disappointed.

If he could get the help of Lu Changan, it would not be a luxury for Jinyun Valley to become a Yuanying sect within a hundred years.

Lu Changan knew Zhang Tieshan's idea and was actually a little moved.

He didn't mind cultivating to the peak of Jindan in one breath in a reliable sect, and even promoted to Yuanying in his own fourth-level spiritual vein.

The reason for this decision was related to the secret talk of the Heavenly Master.

When leaving Fengyuan State, the Heavenly Master told Lu Changan a fortune when he saw him off.

For this reason, Lu Changan still owed the old fox a promise.

There was another agreement between the two.

"It has nothing to do with this."

Lu Changan shook his head and didn't say why.

The Weidao League has now been reduced to the territory of three countries. Each country has more garrison cultivators, so the defense pressure is relatively small, especially when dealing with top combat power.

...

That day, Lu Changan settled in a cave on the main peak in the heart of Jinyun Valley, enjoying the third-grade upper-grade spiritual vein environment.

This main peak is called Dayi Peak.

With the cultivation level of the middle stage of Jindan, it will be more efficient to practice in the third-grade upper-grade spiritual vein. Lu Changan is not worried about revealing his true cultivation level.

As a guest elder, enjoying such "overstepping" treatment is also a special case in Jinyun Valley.

However, as the old friend with the deepest friendship with the first cultivator of Jinyun Valley, other real people did not dare to raise any objections.

The next morning.

Lu Changan went to pay homage to Zhao Siyao's tomb.

In the next few days.

Lu Changan entertained some real people's visits.

A discerning person can see that with Lu Changan's strength and relationship, he is expected to become the second person in Jinyun Valley.

Most of the real people are willing to have a good relationship with Lu Changan.

Zhu Yuting, who is also a guest elder, also came and sat for an hour, showing a certain interest in Lu Changan.

Zhu Yuting's cultivation and beauty, as the only guest elder of the Jurchen Dan, are quite popular in the Dan formation circle of the sect.

However, Lu Changan did not give her any preferential treatment and treated her equally.

"Elder Lu, this is a token sent to Yunlai Peak in the past."

That evening, a sect manager in the late stage of foundation building sent some items and letters to the cave.

Yunlai Peak was Lu Changan's cave in Jinyun Valley a hundred years ago.

Lu Changan checked those items and letters, most of which came from old friends and juniors from all over Liangguo.

Some were requests for help.

For example, Ye Fei from Wuqi Mountain, who had Dan formation decades ago, tried to contact Lu Changan, but failed, and eventually died after failing Dan formation.

Among them, there were also letters from Xia Wenyue, the earliest of which came from a sixty years ago.

Lu Changan glanced at them casually and recalled the information Xia Wenyue had in recent years.

It was many years ago that Xia Wenyue was promoted to the middle stage of Jindan.

This woman even showed her skills in the defensive battle of Fengguo, and had a record of killing a Jindan Zhenren of the Demon Dao.

Lu Changan was not surprised by this.

The advantage of the innate Dao body is not in the speed of cultivation, but in the possession of certain innate characteristics, or the bonus of magical powers.

Xia Wenyue's "Ice Soul Jade Marrow" has a considerable bonus in ice magic, and her fighting strength is naturally stronger than most of the same level.

Theoretically, Lu Changan can go to Fengguo now and ask Xia Wenyue for Taiyin Jade Liquid.

"Wait a little longer..."

Lu Changan is ready to subdue the quasi-fourth-level puppet before considering it.

After all, asking for Taiyin Jade Liquid is easy to attract jealousy.

As far as he knows, Xia Wenyue has many suitors in Fengguo, and each of them is a dragon among men.

Her master is the current Yuanying Zhenjun of Aoyue Palace.

Lu Changan is worried that if he doesn't operate well, he will be chased by Yuanying Zhenjun.

It would be safer to accumulate more strength before going to Fengguo.

…

More than half a year later.

Zhao Tan'er returned from the battlefield of Jingguo as a reinforcement.

Zhao Tan'er was pleasantly surprised to learn that Lu Chang'an had returned.

However, she hid in the cave for several days, and seemed to be sulking, and refused to see Lu Chang'an.

At first, Lu Chang'an thought she was resentful.

If Lu Chang'an had not run away a hundred years ago and had become a Taoist couple with Zhao Siyao, perhaps that tragedy could have been changed.

Until this morning.

Lu Changan came to Zhao Siyao's mausoleum and "accidentally met" Zhao Tan'er who was worshiping.

Zhao Tan'er's black hair is like a waterfall, her figure is graceful and light, and her eyes are bright and beautiful, like two stars of tears. At this time, they are misty and staring at the master's mausoleum.

"Uncle Lu..."

Suddenly seeing Lu Changan behind her, the corners of her eyes were red and her nose was sore.

"Don't blame yourself."

Lu Changan's voice was gentle, he patted her shoulder and comforted her.

After inquiring, he learned that Zhao Tan'er had always felt guilty about the death of his master Zhao Siyao.

It's not that I'm angry with myself, but I feel ashamed to meet him.

"Uncle Lu, it's all Tan'er's fault for taking the life-saving escape talisman you gave to the master..."

Zhao Tan'er blamed herself with tears in her eyes.

Seeing the elders who are closest to me in the world, the emotions that have been pent up for decades seem to have found an outlet.

Her black hair was fluttering and the fragrance was diffused. She turned around to hug Lu Changan, buried her head in the latter's arms, sobbed softly, and talked for a long time.

"Uncle Lu and your master will not blame you. Besides, as a fake elixir master, your master has seen the end of this life, so it is better to hope for the next life..."

Lu Changan estimated that even if nothing happened back then, Zhao Siyao would have died in the next few years.

"Uncle Lu, do immortal cultivators really have reincarnations?"

Zhao Tan'er wiped away her tears and raised her head, her eyes shining brightly.

"have."

"So sure, don't tell me you've seen it before?"

"I've seen it."

Lu Changan's confident answer made Zhao Tan'er feel much better.

Although she knew that Uncle Lu was mostly trying to enlighten and coax her.

After a long time, Zhao Tan'er's mood stabilized, she released her arms from hugging Lu Changan, and her pretty face glowed slightly.

Thinking of the last words left by the master before his death.

She stared at the youthful man in white in front of her, an elder who looked like half a master, and opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

In front of the tombstone, Lu Changan and Zhao Tan'er chatted for a long time until evening.

"Lin Lu?"

During this period, Zhao Tan'er mentioned his old friend and junior who disappeared on the battlefield of Fengguo in his early years.

Lin Lu is the son of the young Marquis Lin Yi. When the prodigal son returned, he was very filial to Lu Changan. During the middle period of foundation building, he participated in the sect's expedition against the Feng Kingdom.

After some twists and turns, Lin Lu did not die. He actually switched to practicing demonic skills, was promoted to a fake elixir, settled in the demonic camp, married a wife and had children.

"Do you have anything else to say to Uncle Lu?"

Before leaving, Lu Changan saw that Zhao Tan'er had something on his mind.

"That's it."

Zhao Tan'er shook his head, spoke in a brisk tone, and changed the subject: "We haven't seen each other for a hundred years. We are both in the middle stage of pill formation. Uncle Lu wants to have a good discussion with Tan'er."

During the warmest twenty or thirty years in Jinyun Valley, Lu Changan fought with her and taught her practical experience, which helped her on the battlefield.

A few months later, Zhang Tianfeng and Zhao Tan'er went to the Demonic Battlefield.

Zhang Tianfeng entrusted Lu Changan to take charge of the sect and refine the talismans, so that he could go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and earn military merits.

Lu Changan gave Zhao Taner a third-level high-grade escape talisman to save her life, and told her not to be greedy for merit and rush forward.

…

one year later.

Lu Changan returned to Jinyun Valley for two years and turned 313 years old.

The return of Master Changqing triggered a heated discussion in Liang State. However, in the general environment of demonic invasion, the major forces did not pay too much attention.

This day, Da Ri Peak Cave Mansion.

Lu Changan, who was meditating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and smiled faintly:

"Fellow Taoist finally woke up."

The storage ring on his finger flashed with white light, and a zombie-like man with blue armor appeared on the ground.

In the group fight a few years ago, the quasi-fourth-level puppet suffered numerous scars. Only the outer shell was damaged, but Lu Changan repaired it.

"Junior, did you repair the injuries on my body?"

The eyes of the man in blue armor lit up with green will-o'-the-wisps. The first time he woke up, he felt uncomfortable all over and said in a bad tone.

"That's right, how about your craftsmanship?"

Lu Changan smiled lightly.

"Dog-skin plaster, patch it randomly!"

The man in green armor was very angry and was about to have a seizure, but found that his body could not move, and there was a cold, strange and dangerous aura coming from the puppet where the ghost's consciousness was.

The restrictions contained within it are beyond imagination, and life and death depend on the other person's thoughts.

"Your Excellency, please first understand the current situation before you speak."

Hearing this, the man in green armor calmed down, recalled the experience of the previous battle, and regretted it.

After a long time, he spoke with difficulty: "Fellow Taoist has captured me alive, what are you going to do with him?"

"Haha, it depends on whether your Taoist friend will survive or be completely wiped out and lose the qualification for reincarnation."

Lu Changan's tone was nonchalant, as if he didn't care about the other person's life or death.

The man in green armor felt awe-struck, as the price of becoming a ghost cultivator was that he could not be reincarnated.

The ghost form can last longer in the world, but it has to withstand the erosion of the turbid air and distorts the temperament. It may completely lose its nature and become a pure evil ghost.

"My consciousness and the puppet spirit are indistinguishable from each other. If fellow Taoist strangles it forcefully, it will cause the puppet spirit to collapse and damage the puppet center..."

The man in blue armor pointed out the key point, which was also a situation Lu Changan avoided.

The most he can do is repair the outer shell of a quasi-fourth-level puppet, and the central core is powerless.

Puppetes at this level need to refine the puppet spirit core in order to control and exert their strength.

Re-cultivating a puppet spirit takes a long time and is extremely troublesome.

The power of the soul in the previous life is not equivalent to a puppet spirit. It is just like a blank piece of paper. Whether it can be transformed into a puppet and how to implement it is unknown.

"Haha, since Taoist friends have stated their key points and bargained for the price, they have chosen to survive."

Lu Changan teased.

This remark irritated the man in green armor, who said angrily:

"I am not living in disgrace! I am willing to transform into a ghost spirit just to create a real fourth-order puppet and avenge my blood feud..."

Lu Changan laughed secretly. This man turned into a ghost spirit and his emotions were unstable. If he was provoked a little, he would easily lose his mind and be tricked.

There was no conflict of interest between the two parties. Instead, both parties needed a fourth-order puppet.

After understanding the other party's bottom line, Lu Changan took the initiative in the subsequent negotiations.

The man in green armor was surnamed Wei before his death. He was a puppet genius of Qianji Sect. With the peak of Jindan cultivation, he exhausted his life's energy to create a fourth-order puppet. As a result, he was picked peaches by his "sponsored" fellow disciples, and his wife and daughter were raped and killed.

Half an hour later, the two sides reached an agreement and made a vow to the devil in their hearts.

Wei puppet master agreed to fully assist Lu Changan in creating a real fourth-order puppet and teach him his lifelong puppet master skills.

The puppet inheritance and experience that Wei Puppet Master possessed far exceeded the two jade slips that were traded previously.

Lu Changan promised that in the future this puppet would be promoted to the true fourth level, allowing him to seek revenge and providing corresponding assistance.

Afterwards, Wei Puppet Master took the initiative to cooperate with Lu Changan to refine and control this quasi-fourth-level puppet and erase the previous remaining marks.

...

Finally, Lu Changan became the master of this quasi-fourth-level puppet.

He set up a magic array in the cave, tested it several times, and was satisfied.

Due to the consciousness of the puppet spirit, he was a fourth-level puppet master in his lifetime, and he could exert his powerful strength without Lu Changan's deliberate control.

The material of the Qingjia puppet is not far from the real Nascent Soul level quality.

On the contrary, the puppet spirit is far behind the fourth-level puppet, which is not enough to exert the full power of the puppet.

If this can be made up, the combat effectiveness of the Qingjia puppet will not be weaker than the fourth-level beast king in the Beast King Valley.

The frontal destructive power may not be as good, but it is more flexible and intelligent, and has more combat methods.

Lu Changan thought about it and let the soul image of the peak of the second life Jindan descend, calling it "soul puppet technique", trying to merge it into the puppet spirit of the Qingjia puppet.

Wei puppet master cooperated with half-belief and half-doubt, and the result was unexpectedly smooth.

"Such a pure soul! Hmm? This fluctuation is..."

Wei puppet master's consciousness controlled the puppet spirit and successfully accepted the power of the descending second life soul.

In an instant, the power of the puppet spirit soared, and the control of the puppet and the use of magic skills were improved to a small level.

Lu Changan was delighted, which was equivalent to a portable fourth-level beast king, the same configuration as the Peacock Saint back then.