Chapter 376: The Path to the Nascent Soul (I)

Zixia Peak Cave, the bedroom of the Supreme Elder.

Lu Changan laid Fairy Zixia, who was in his arms, on the bed. Since the latter had been hugging tightly, he had to sit on the edge of the bed.

Fairy Zixia's personal maid, without looking away, bowed and retreated, as if she had received some kind of notice.

Lu Changan looked at Fairy Zixia who was sleeping quietly with a slightly rosy face. From the previous first sight, to now guessing most of the truth.

Fairy Zixia's poisonous injury was not as serious as imagined, and she was left to others to deal with at will.

While Lu Changan was warming her up, he analyzed the situation in Jiang Ziyan's body again.

"The medicinal properties of yin and yang attributes..."

Lu Changan speculated that Fairy Zixia should have taken a rare and powerful elixir before, which was suspected to be the legendary [Yin and Yang Life and Death Pill]. Therefore, the toxins remaining in her body were very weak and lost their activity.

In this way, it would not threaten Lu Changan, who practiced Changqing Gong and had super strong resistance to poison.

Of course, [Sky Centipede Infant Poison] mainly poisons the Nascent Soul. At this moment, most of the poison is concentrated in the Nascent Soul spirit of Fairy Zixia.

If it is delayed for a long time, the infant poison will penetrate deeply, hurt the Nascent Soul's roots, affect the foundation of future potential, and greatly reduce the probability of advancing to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

This is more serious than the result of the Nascent Soul leaving the body directly that day!

If it were not for Lu Changan, the calculation of Dasheshan might have succeeded.

Lu Changan's warming and healing of the body, cleaning up the residual toxins, allowed Jiang Ziyan to concentrate all her energy on dealing with the evil poison in the Nascent Soul.

If the physical mana can be recovered faster and fed back to the Nascent Soul, it will help speed up the eradication of the infant poison.

This is also one of the reasons why Jiang Ziyan kept Lu Changan.

Judging from her vision, no one in this sect can compare with Lu Changan in terms of comprehensive treatment and warming.

"I wonder how effective the Changqing Gong is in healing the soul or the Nascent Soul?"

A thought emerged in Lu Changan's mind.

If it is only the Changqing mana, there is no essential difference in healing from the powerful wood-based skills, and it is estimated that it will not have much effect.

As for the longevity secret technique that shortens life, it is hard to say.

Lu Changan naturally would not make such an attempt.

From the beginning to the end, he did not dare to rashly explore the Yuanying of Fairy Zixia.

First, Yuanying is a taboo for the True Lord.

Second, Lu Changan was afraid of being infected by the source of [Sky Centipede Infant Poison].

...

Three days later.

Fairy Zixia opened her pale purple starry eyes, and her snow-like face regained some spirit.

After three days of conditioning, Jiang Ziyan's body poison was stable and her magic power was running smoothly.

"Senior Sister Jiang, you are awake."

Lu Changan looked a little tired and breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the two were no longer hugging each other, and Lu Changan could finally sit comfortably.

However, he and Fairy Zixia held their slender and icy hands together, and the delicate and cool touch at the beginning had long been adapted.

In the previous coma, Jiang Ziyan had been hugging him, and it seemed that she instinctively did not let go.

Later, Lu Changan took the initiative to hold her hand to maintain the state of warm care. Jiang Ziyan then let him go and lay flat on the bed.

"Junior brother, thank you for your hard work. If you were not around this time, I would not be able to escape this disaster. At least I would have to give up my body and let my Nascent Soul leave my body."

Fairy Zixia stared at the man in front of her. She was no longer as noble and unattainable as the former True Lord of the Nascent Soul. The look in her eyes seemed to contain the tenderness of an ordinary female cultivator.

"Senior sister, you are too polite. Junior brother took action at that time to save himself. If the poison of the Nascent Soul of Senior Sister penetrated deeply and brought serious consequences, it would be better for the Nascent Soul to leave my body. Instead, it would be Junior brother who dragged Senior Sister down."

Lu Changan tried to withdraw his hand, but Jiang Ziyan did not let go.

Instead, the two held each other tighter, interlocking their fingers and looking into each other's eyes.

At this moment.

One of them was lying on the bed, smiling; the other was sitting on the bed, whispering comfort. Holding hands, their eyes occasionally looked at each other. It was like a pair of cultivator lovers in their first love.

Lu Changan saw Fairy Zixia's intentions, and both sides understood tacitly.

After experiencing life and death and exposing many means and secrets, Lu Changan had no choice but to let nature take its course and accept the progression of this relationship.

In this way, both parties can feel at ease.

The breakthrough in the relationship makes Fairy Zixia feel more secure.

Lu Changan's personal strength is enough to compete with the Yuanying cultivators. Together with Di Yanjun, he has the strength to subvert Yunxia Sect and swallow her.

Even if Lu Changan did not reveal any ambition, Fairy Zixia also needs to get closer to her to ensure that he will not change his heart and be lured away by external forces.

Secondly.

After a long time of getting along, Jiang Ziyan admired Xiang Dalong's talent and character very much, although it was not the kind of love for true love.

As for Lu Changan, facing this peerless Yuanying Zhenjun, he also had some appreciation after decades of getting along. In addition to the instinctive attraction to beautiful things, there is also respect and admiration for the noble female cultivators in the upper realm.

After all, he has not yet entered the Yuanying stage in his three lives, and his status is lower than Jiang Ziyan.

The attraction of Fairy Zixia, whether overt or covert, the secrets exposed in this experience, and the objective reality of the closeness of the two sides for several days, Lu Changan, as a normal male cultivator, could not forcibly prevent the warmth of their feelings and cross the previous boundaries of superiors and subordinates.

…

"Dalong has such magical powers and successfully cultivated a fourth-level spiritual pet. In the previous state boundary, he is probably not an ordinary cultivator, right? Zi Yan has been kept in the dark by you for these years."

Zixia Zhenjun smiled sweetly, her beauty shocked the mortal world, and her tone of anger and resentment exposed the persona of an honest man and a small-town country bumpkin cultivator that Lu Changan created when he first entered the sect.

"Excuse me, Zi Yan, I had my own difficulties in the past, and I had to hide some truths."

Lu Changan smiled bitterly and pretended to have something to hide.

He was prepared to confess some of the situation after revealing some of his strength secrets to reassure the woman.

"If Dalong has something to hide, Zi Yan will never get to the bottom of it."

Fairy Zixia raised her head, her graceful figure half lying in Lu Changan's arms, looking considerate and warm.

In this posture, Lu Changan's sight just happened to overlook Fairy Zixia's curvy, plump and perfect figure.

In fact, the two had close physical contact in the past few days.

But at that time, Lu Changan had the mentality of a doctor, and he could not have frivolous and unreasonable thoughts about the Yuanying fairy of the superior.

At this moment, Lu Changan openly hugged the noble body of the female Zhenjun, who was as pure as jade, felt the tightness and elasticity of the lotus waist, and breathed the elegant fragrance lingering around the tip of his nose.

"The state where you originally lived was indeed behind the Great Abyss. You were born as a casual cultivator, and you once joined a foundation-building family and a Jindan sect. During this period, you also had some opportunities and luck, and you got the puppet inheritance. Your strength and foundation are far beyond the average Jindan cultivator..."

Fairy Zixia listened quietly, her dignified and beautiful face was shy with a faint blush, and her body and heart, which had been lonely for many years, actually surged with a long-lost restlessness.

She was born with a heavenly spiritual root, and achieved a lofty Nascent Soul, and her reputation spread far and wide in the Central Region.

This was the first time that she was so gentle with a male cultivator of a lower realm, and she tacitly agreed to the other party's casual teasing.

"...In the end, you offended the Nascent Soul sect, was hunted by the True Lord, and broke into a forbidden area in desperation. Fortunately, you accidentally traveled to the Great Abyss through the space crack. You can swear that you have no other intentions towards the Yunxia Sect, and you only want a stable practice and an environment to break through the Nascent Soul."

Lu Changan hid many details, and just gave a general background that conformed to common sense.

"Dalong's experience is indeed extraordinary. No wonder he has such a strong will. He remained calm when facing the pursuit of the Yuanying cultivator that day."

Fairy Zixia felt relieved after getting the answers to many of her doubts.

Indeed, the details of the past few decades have proved that Xiang Dalong has been practicing hard to advance to the Yuanying stage and has no interest in other matters.

"Does Zi Yan have any other doubts?"

Lu Changan talked for a long time, and his mouth was a little dry.

He put one hand around Zixia Zhenjun's waist and the other hand on the latter's knees to make sure that the wound on the thigh was healed. Under the effect of Changqing Gong and the secret medicine for external injuries, the delicate and smooth snow-white skin was restored to touch.

"Zi Yan has one last question."

Zixia Zhenjun's starry eyes flickered, and she seemed to be curious and said:

"Looking at Dalong's progress in cultivation, he should be quite old, but he is trying his best to obtain the Nascent Soul. May I ask, what is the probability that Dalong can form the Nascent Soul?"

Faced with this question, Lu Changan hesitated for a moment and replied:

"In fact, my junior brother's opportunity and foundation are not inferior to the true disciples of the Nascent Soul sect, and the quality of the pill he has made is also half a step of the Golden Pill. With the planning over the years, he should have a 30% to 40% chance of impacting the Nascent Soul."

"30% to 40%?"

Fairy Zixia thought to herself that this probability is not low, more than most of the Jindan cultivators.

Even for the Immortal Golden Pill, if the opportunity of the technique is superior, the success rate of forming the Nascent Soul is only about 50%.

Besides, Lu Changan is not young, he is already over 370 years old.

It seems that after the relationship breakthrough, Xiang Dalong really covered up for her.

...

After confessing.

The two seemed to open their hearts, and the newly warmed relationship between them seemed to become stronger.

In the following days, Lu Changan was more adept at taking care of Fairy Zixia.

Jiang Ziyan was in a state of meditation half of the time, trying her best to dissolve the poison in her Nascent Soul; Lu Changan took care of her body in reality.

The other half of the time, the two were gentle with each other, or talking and discussing about everything.

What made Fairy Zixia happy was that Lu Changan's vision and cognition were completely in line with her own in the Nascent Soul stage.

There was no barrier between them, and they could promote each other in the discussion.

In the care of the sun and the moon.

Lu Changan was familiar with the body of True Lord Zixia, but he was not yet to the point of being frank with him.

"Although Ziyan resisted the deep invasion of the poison, it may take three years to completely eradicate it and restore it to a perfect state."

During the care, Fairy Zixia revealed her true situation.

Much better than Lu Changan expected.

On the one hand, thanks to the preparation of Fairy Zixia, she had the [Yin Yang Life and Death Pill], which protected the origin of the Nascent Soul in time, and then used a variety of precious materials and secret medicines in the detoxification.

Secondly, Lu Changan's Changqing Gong took care of the body and made it recover faster, so that Fairy Zixia could fight the poison with all her strength.

"Zi Yan, you are out of danger. In the next three years, Junior Brother will come to Zixia Peak every seven days, which will not affect the foundation."

"Since I came back, Junior Brother has not been with Lord Di Yan."

Lu Changan finally found an excuse to get rid of Fairy Zixia's dependence and retention.

He still had to practice and prepare for the formation of the Nascent Soul.

It was impossible to take care of Fairy Zixia day and night for three years, even if this was an opportunity that many admirers wanted.

...

"Elder Xiang, please go slowly."

The maid knelt down and saluted, just like she treated the former True Lord Yunlan, and watched him leave.

Walking out of the cave.

Lu Changan breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but savor the moist fragrance between his lips and teeth.

When they "parted" just now, Fairy Zixia was reluctant to leave, as if she was worried that if she let go, this support would be gone forever.

On the bed of the Jurchen Lord, the two kissed passionately for a long time before Lu Changan was able to leave.

"Xiang... Elder Xiang."

Outside the cave, a hesitant male voice interrupted Lu Changan's aftertaste.

Hu Ang bowed and saluted, treading on thin ice, not daring to breathe.

"Xiao Hu, are you still outside the door?"

Lu Changan looked surprised, glanced at him, and couldn't help thinking.

Before that, Hu Ang watched him carry the noble and transcendent Fairy Zixia into the cave, and left for seven days.

If this matter involving the privacy of the Supreme Elder was spread out, it would inevitably cause an uproar. He was guarding in front of the cave, and the situation was naturally very thrilling.

"Master told me to guard the door before."

Hu Ang answered honestly. Facing Xiang Dalong, who was in high spirits at the moment, he didn't even dare to have any evil thoughts in his heart.

"Well, you go down and rest."

Lu Changan knew that this boy was a smart man, waved his hand, and the latter left as if he had been pardoned.

Lu Changan was too lazy to control speech.

Before this, Fairy Zixia let him carry her into the cave, which was intentional.

The Supreme Elder was injured, and Lu Changan took care of him for seven days and seven nights, preventing other cultivators from outside from visiting.

Under such facts, it is impossible to block the speculation and private discussion of the outside world.

True Lord Zixia is probably eager to make this public, hoping to confirm the relationship and bind Lu Changan to Yunxia Sect.

After all, True Lord Yunlan has fallen for many years, and the single Fairy Zixia has no moral burden to get married again.

For the benefit of the sect, joining forces with Xiang Dalong is a reasonable development in the eyes of high-level cultivators from the outside world.

…

Leaving Zixia Peak, Lu Changan came to the fourth-level spiritual vein underground palace where Lord Di Yan was.

Squeak!

Lord Di Yan turned into a rat demon as big as a dog, came to Lu Changan, rubbed against him, seemed to smell something, and couldn't help drooling.

"You kid, your nose is really sharp."

Lu Changan smiled and took out the huge corpse of the quasi-fourth-level monster "Red Flame Snake" from the storage bag.

Half an hour later, the Earth Rock Rat assisted Lu Changan in processing the body parts of the Red Flame Snake.

The Red Flame Snake, which was at the quasi-fourth level, was also of the Earth Grade bloodline. Its snake skin, venom sac, snake gallbladder, and pills were all valuable materials.

There was a lot of snake meat and blood, and Lu Changan gave a lot to the Earth Rock Lord as snacks and animal food.

Over the years, the Earth Rock Lord's food supply was all provided by the Yunxia Sect, and Lu Changan, the master, rarely worried about it.

Of course, the Earth Rock Lord, who was supported, also had the obligation to guard the sect as the sect's sacred beast.

The Earth Rock Lord coveted the semi-finished spirit pill of the Red Flame Snake.

This pill was a rare tonic for it, which was in the early fourth level, and could promote its cultivation.

Lu Changan did not agree for the time being.

This pill might be used as a trading item in the future, and it could also be used to refine many precious pills.

The Earth Rock Rat had been comfortable in the Yunxia Sect for a long time in recent years, and was supported by others. It basically had food to eat, and lost its previous wildness and diligence.

This big pill can't be easily fed into its mouth.

"By the way, give the big turtle some snake meat and snake blood."

Lu Changan ordered.

Di Yanjun agreed, took a small portion of snake meat and snake blood, and went to the secret hall further down the underground palace.

In one of the secret halls with heavy restrictions, the black water turtle was guarding next to the "Xuantian Gourd Vine".

Compared to before leaving Daqing, the new shoots of the Xuantian Gourd Vine planted in the fourth-level spiritual vein are now growing stronger than a few decades ago.

Since taking a large amount of innate turbid air that year, the blood of the black water turtle has been greatly improved, and the species has also undergone a qualitative change.

This turtle has been promoted to the rank of heavenly grade, breaking the shackles of the black water turtle species, and its cultivation is not far from the late third level.

Lu Changan observed that the Xuantian Gourd Vine grew steadily and gently, just like his own progress in Changqing Gong.

...

The next day, Lu Changan returned to his Qingluan Peak Cave and gave Xiao Qingshan some advice on his cultivation.

As Lu Changan's only confidant in the sect and the chief steward of the cave house, Xiao Qingshan enjoys the same treatment and resources in Yunxia Sect as the true disciples in the sect.

With extraordinary Yin-Yang side door talent and the "Dragon and Phoenix Double Cauldron Method" bestowed by Lu Changan, his cultivation qualification is comparable to that of the top-grade spiritual roots, and his actual cultivation speed is not behind that of the true disciples.

Over the years, Xiao Qingshan and Lu Changan have become more and more familiar and close.

In a dream, a vague figure of a man in white emerged, but he did not break the mystery of the fetus after all, and recalled the "Li Erqing" in his previous life.

Lu Changan occasionally paid attention to Xiao Qingshan's cultivation status, hoping that the latter would be promoted to the Jindan stage in the future and make new progress in the secret of reincarnation.

After several days of socializing.

Lu Changan began to concentrate on cultivation again, occasionally using new materials to refine the quasi-fourth level and strengthen the refined puppet.

"Now, I have basically gathered all the resources for the infant formation, and there are only a few reinforcement points at most."

Lu Changan was in a very peaceful mood at the moment.

With a long life span, the resources for forming a baby are basically settled, so there is nothing to worry about.

There are one or two points to strengthen the resources for forming a baby.

First, the more superior spiritual objects for forming a baby, the better.

The spiritual objects for forming a baby with different attributes come from various wonders of heaven and earth, and the gains can be superimposed.

This is a high requirement for excellence, not a decisive factor, so there is no need to force it.

Second, the heart-protecting item.

The Shangqing Pill that Lu Changan has is not a superior spiritual object for protecting the heart.

However, "Ancient Wood Evergreen Art" has a bonus to the state of mind.

This is the effect of spiritual precipitation achieved by practicing slowly and in the breath of long years.

This kind of state of mind bonus gives Lu Changan a better chance of winning when facing the heart-protecting disaster than the cultivators of the same level.

In addition, Lu Changan has the memory experience of the fourth life "Master Lihuo" successfully giving birth to a baby.

This does not include the memories and experiences of Patriarch Tianluo and Zhenjun Chahai. It’s just that the latter two cannot be directly transformed into real experience and insights, but they can also be used for reference.

"When Jiang Ziyan's infant poison is eradicated, I will travel and go to the Alchemy Alliance to refine the 'Infant Pill'."

Lu Changan quickly formulated the final plan for the road to Yuanying.

…

Two or three years passed by in a blink of an eye.

Three years ago, Fairy Zixia was attacked, which did not cause much disturbance in Daewoo.

Dashan took action only briefly, leaving no direct evidence and no high-level monks to testify, so the matter was left unresolved.

It is an explicit rule of the Great Universe that Yuanying monks cannot fight without reason.

However, there is no ironclad evidence of the methods behind the scenes, and there are no casualties. Daewoo Country will not strictly investigate, and most of them will turn a blind eye.

What's more, Fairy Zixia rejected the royal family's marriage and overtures. The Dayu royal family will not give any preferential treatment or protection to the Yunxia Sect.

…

Unknowingly, Lu Changan's age reached 373 years old.

There are only the last seven years left to reach the peak of pill formation.

In the past two or three years, he went to Zixia Cave every seven days, and his relationship with Jiang Ziyan became increasingly harmonious. They were sometimes gentle and talked about the great road.

Even though the relationship continued to heat up, Lu Changan did not break through the last layer of the relationship.

As the True Monarch of Nascent Soul, Fairy Zixia has her own nobility and reserve, and will not take the initiative to ask for anything. She is eager to break through the last hurdle. That is a sign of losing her worth.

Lu Changan knew that if he was promoted to Yuanying in the future, he would not be able to stay in Dayuan for a long time and die in Yunxia Sect.

If the relationship with Fairy Zixia reaches the level of a Taoist couple... it will be difficult to cut off this relationship in the future.

With Jiang Ziyan's intelligence, it is not difficult to guess some of Lu Changan's concerns.

Three years ago, Lu Changan's answer on his return from Yuntian City had revealed that he would return to his hometown after being promoted to Nascent Soul.

As for whether he will return to Yunxia Sect after returning to his hometown, only God knows.

…

The main peak cave is the training room.

call!

Lu Changan put away the Evergreen Technique. The meaning of the reincarnation of time around him and the green vitality floating in the air were slowly disappearing.

In front of him, there was floating a longevity fruit that had been cultivated not long ago and promoted to the fourth level.

"With this fourth-level longevity fruit, Master Le will be able to refine the fourth-level longevity pill. Not only can it be used for personal use, but it can also be traded for resources to strengthen the infant."

With a smile on his face, Lu Changan sealed the fourth-level longevity fruit in the jade box.

In the past three years, he spent several years of life to cultivate this third-level top longevity fruit that had been growing for many years to the fourth level.

According to previous estimates, if he takes a fourth-level life-extending pill, he can extend his life by more than a hundred years.

"Everything is ready."

Lu Changan took a long breath, stood up and left the cave.

In the last seven years, the journey on the road to the Nascent Soul, including traveling and refining elixirs, was not a short one.

Before leaving, he wanted to ask Fairy Zixia for instructions.

Since he has been away from the sect for a long time this time, he will take away Diyan Lord, Xuan Shuigui and Xuantian Gourd Teng.