After returning to Montenegro, Qing Chan quickly chose to retreat again, she had cultivated to the seventh layer of the Purple Mansion for almost seven years, and her mana had reached the peak of the seventh layer of the Purple Mansion, and she was only one step away from breaking through to the eighth layer of the Purple Mansion.

If it weren't for the sake of Wen Ziqing, she would have been preparing to retreat some time ago, because the affairs of her disciples had delayed her efforts for several months.

This retreat lasted about a year, and after Qingchan came out, the cultivation took another step, and it was time to prepare for the condensation of the golden pill.

At this time, it happened that Lu Hongniang returned from Guiyuan Mountain, and they hadn't seen each other for many years, and the three of them also took the opportunity to go to the sect to visit this Jindan ancestor.

More than twenty years have passed, and compared to the time of the Demon Beast Rebellion, the cultivation of the three of them has made great progress.

Now that the three Purple Mansions of the Zhang family have all broken through the early stage, Qingchan's cultivation has reached the eighth layer of the Purple Mansion, and even Lu Hongniang, a Jindan monk, does not dare to underestimate it.

According to her current cultivation progress, I am afraid that in another twenty years, she will be able to break through to the Jindan stage and become a fellow practitioner of Lu Hongniang.

After Lu Hongniang returned to the sect, she still settled in Zhongxuanshan Cave Mansion.

Zhongxuan Mountain is the core area of Qingxuanzong, and the mountain is still as lively as before. Zhang Zhixuan swept casually, and found that all kinds of spiritual lights were constantly flashing in the air, and one by one the immortal cultivators flew around, in and out.

Especially when Lu Laozu came back recently, her disciples, relatives and friends came to pay a visit, which was even more lively.

A huge cloud boat flew out of the mountain, and the cloud boat emitted a spiritual light, as fast as lightning. The cloud boat paused lightly outside the spiritual mountain, and then hid in the clouds, and in a moment, four monks came from the clouds.

These four monks are the three purple mansions of the Zhang family and Wen Ziqing.

After Wen Ziqing got the Zhuji Dan, he immediately closed the dead pass in Montenegro, and the foundation was successfully built half a year later.

In order to avoid being troubled by Li Zigong in the sect in the future, he was going to wait for Lu Hongniang to return to the sect, and then he would also go to Guiyuan Mountain to guard, with the care of two senior brothers, it was easy for him to gain a foothold in Guiyuan Mountain.

As long as he is stationed in Guiyuan Mountain for thirty years, he can get thirty years of free cultivation time, according to his qualifications of the second spiritual root, one Jiazi will be enough to cultivate to the late stage of foundation building, and then he will be ready to break through the Purple Mansion with spiritual objects.

Zhang Zhixuan put away the floating cloud boat, Wen Ziqing went to the general palace to receive the task first, and Zhang Zhixuan and the three of them turned into a light and went to Lu Hongniang Cave Mansion.

Seeing that the three members of the Zhang family had arrived, Lu Hongniang let go of the prohibition of the cave, and a white light gently wrapped the three of them, and a gentle force held the three of them and escaped into the cave.

The first time Lu Hongniang's three people came to the cave, although the cold smoke went up to Zhongxuan Mountain when she condensed the golden pill, she did not enter the depths of the cave.

She has been operating in Zhongxuan Mountain for many years, and the beauty of the construction in the cave mansion has almost hollowed out the entire mountain.

The cave was large and had hundreds of houses connected by tunnels and pavilions, enough to accommodate hundreds of monks in retreat.

The three of them were dragged into the depths of the cave by the white light, only to hear a voice coming from a distance: "I have to sit in the prison for three hours before it ends, if you are bored, you can take a look at the books in the cave." ”

As soon as the words fell, a guide appeared out of thin air in front of the three of them.

Following this spirit rune, Zhang Zhixuan and the three of them came to a cave along the tunnel, the cave was colorful, and all kinds of runes were engraved on the crystal walls, without the permission of the owner, outsiders could not look at the books in the cave at all.

The guiding spirit rune released a spiritual light, and the spiritual light submerged into the crystal wall of the cave, and the library pavilion instantly bloomed, and the defensive ban was immediately lifted.

The three of them looked casually and found that Lu Hongniang's collection of books was not as rich as that of Liang Laozu in Montenegro, and the accumulation of foreign objects in the Purple Mansion period was obviously inferior to Liang Laozu. After forming the Jindan, most of the time was spent in Guiyuan Mountain, and there was no opportunity to enrich the collection of books in the cave.

A few people casually read a few notes from their predecessors to kill time, and spent three hours unconsciously.

Suddenly, he heard someone calling in a low voice, Zhang Zhixuan followed the prestige and found that Lu Laozu had finished sitting and came to the library.

I saw her sitting on the stone couch of the Dharma platform, wearing a dark Taoist dress, and her whole body exuded clouds and mist, and it seemed that she should not have been working for a long time.

Zhang Zhixuan and the three of them bowed respectfully to the matchmaker and said: "I took the liberty to visit the ancestor today, disturbing the ancestor's cultivation, and I hope the ancestor will not be surprised." ”

Lu Hongniang inhaled the smoke into her mouth and said with a polite smile: "Even if the three of you don't come to me, I will ask you for help when I come back this time." ”

As soon as Lu Hongniang's voice fell, Zhang Zhixuan immediately asked thoughtfully: "Is it for the iron-backed ape?" ”

Lu Hongniang said: "Xiaoyou guessed well, although we drove the iron-backed ape out of Guiyuan Mountain more than 30 years ago, this little ape still does not give up, and has been harassing us for decades, preventing us from stepping out of Guiyuan Mountain."

With it contained outside, I could only squat in Guiyuan Mountain most of the time, and even Si Yu and Xiang Xian were difficult to leave Guiyuan Mountain. For so many years, although the sect had occupied this fifth-order spiritual mountain, it was a pity that it had not been able to develop this spiritual vein, and this ape was the main factor. ”

Zhang Zhixuan said: "What is the ancestor going to let us do?" ”

Lu Hongniang said: "Your task is to lure the enemy deep as before. ”

Zhang Zhixuan said: "The fifth-order ape already has spiritual wisdom, and if it suffers the same loss twice in a row, it may not be able to take the bait." ”

Lu Hongniang said: "If I act with you, it may not take the bait, but if I don't appear, the ape will definitely not be able to help but do it." ”

Hearing Lu Hongniang's words, Zhang Zhixuan's face changed, and he said in embarrassment: "Relying on the three of us alone, I'm afraid we won't be able to resist the fifth-order ape, and we will hold on until Lu Laozu appears." Once the Ancestor is stopped by other fifth-order demon beasts, we may not be able to retreat from the hands of the ape here, so the risk is too great. Unless Zhu Wuya and Hu Peiyu are allowed to help, and the two of them join, this trip can be attacked, retreated, and defended. ”

Lu Hongniang shook her head and said: "Hu and Zhu can't move lightly, Jin Laozu still needs the assistance of the two of them to fight against Yang Wangyuan and Shen Shenzhou."

Hongshan Sect and Nanlu Pavilion have planted spies on our side, and the progress of Qingzen cultivation cannot be hidden from them at all.

In the long run, the longer it drags on, the better it will be for us. Once Qingchan is married, the balance of power between the two sides will be completely unbalanced, and they must grasp the straw that saves their lives, and try to advance the time of the decisive battle to the time when the strength can hold each other.

A few years ago, at the juncture of the invasion of the Southern Wilderness Demon Beasts, they had to invade on a large scale regardless of the overall situation of the human race, once Hu and Zhu left, they were afraid that Yang and Shen would have to make a move. In fact, the battle situation on the northern front has been the most difficult in these years, Sun Changgeng sat down, Zhu Wuya was injured, and the monks in the later stages of the Purple Mansion were like this, not to mention the losses of other low-level monks.

We can't just give aid to the northern front, we must not continue to transfer the manpower of Yuntai Mountain, and we have to find a way to get rid of the scourge of the iron-backed ape. ”