Time flies, two or three years pass.

Lu Chang'an, who first came to the realm of cultivating immortals in Jingguo, practiced in a low-key and safe manner in the "Qingshawan Xia Clan" of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce, and rarely negotiated with outsiders except for the original duty of alchemy.

He stayed at the Akikaze Island Dojo all year round and hardly went out.

Unconsciously, the monks of the Xia family were accustomed to him, a middle-aged Dan master from a neighboring country.

Compared with the first year or two here, the Xia people's high-level vigilance and supervision of Lu Changan have been lowered a lot.

A few months ago, the high-level officials of the Xia clan invited Lu Changan to participate in important discussions within the clan.

Lu Changan decisively refused, on the grounds that it had nothing to do with the alchemy duty of signing the spirit contract.

Lu Chang'an came to Jingguo to seek a stable cultivation dojo, safely transition to the peak of the late stage of foundation building, and seek to form a pill.

Regarding the internal affairs of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce and the Xia clan, Lu Changan lacked interest.

Moreover, the invitation of the Xia clan's high-level is likely to be just a temptation.

"Up!"

On this day, in the alchemy room of the Autumn Wind Island Mansion, Lu Changan pinched the trick with his fingers and unfolded the furnace method.

Airplanes!

The amphora purple copper pill furnace in front of him, the spirit pattern flickered, exuding a blazing aura, and the lid suddenly trembled, and was smoothly washed away by a spiritual glow.

Accompanied by the rich medicinal fragrance, three crystalline purple pills flew out of the heat wave and landed in Lu Changan's palm.

Lu Changan examined the three pills in his hand, two of which had four stripes on the surface, representing the second-order lower grade pill level.

The remaining one, with three half-stripes, is an inferior elixir.

Of course, inferior pills are not unusable, but the efficacy is poorer, there are more impurities, and they may also contain a certain amount of erysipelas.

"Xiao Ming, you send these three Zhenxin Pills to the warehouse."

Lu Changan handed the medicine bottle containing the pill to the square-faced young man dressed as a medicine boy beside him with a fair complexion.

Xia Mingcheng was one of the two medicine boys who assisted Lu Changan in alchemy.

Alchemy is not only a technical work, but also a continuous physical work.

Many high-quality pills can't be done in three or five days.

Therefore, the medicine boy who assists in alchemy is indispensable for every full-time Dan master.

Only in this way will the Dan Master have time to practice and not be significantly delayed.

Lu Chang'an refining some elixirs that are not too difficult or valuable, and will hand over the intermediate stable steps and those boring times to the medicine boy to guard.

In this way, he can save energy, and the medicine boy can also get guidance and exercise.

"Yes, Wu Danshi."

Medicine boy Xia Mingcheng took the pill and retreated respectfully.

Although Xia Mingcheng is a medicine boy, he himself is actually a first-order mid-grade Dan master, and he can be regarded as half of Lu Changan's disciple.

In terms of alchemy talent, Xia Mingcheng also surpassed Lu Changan.

"In the past two or three years, the accumulated alchemy opportunities and experience have surpassed those of the past 20 years."

Lu Changan's alchemy skills at this time have improved a lot compared to before he came to Jing Kingdom.

Many years ago, he became a second-order Dan Master.

Due to the limitation of talent, the opportunity to practice is far less than that of a full-time Dan master, and the alchemy skills have almost stagnated for many years after that.

When it came to the Xia family, Lu Changan had too many opportunities to practice, and the materials were all provided by the Xia family or the Wufu Chamber of Commerce.

The types of pills refined are also more than before.

In this environment, Lu Changan's alchemy skills have finally improved.

It is still difficult to be promoted to the second rank of the middle grade, but at least you can feel the progress of your skills.

Lu Changan mainly helped the Xia clan to alchemy, followed by some alchemy tasks of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce.

Nominally, Lu Changan is a member of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce, and the same is true of the spiritual deed signed.

In essence, he belonged to the external monks of the Xia clan.

After all, the dojo, spiritual rice and grain needed for Lu Chang'an's cultivation, as well as the remuneration for alchemy, were all provided by the Xia clan.

Moreover, three years ago, on the spirit ship of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce, the Xia clan signed a spirit contract with Lu Changan and paid the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce a spirit stone.

Including the purchase of a second-order spirit deed, it is also an expense.

"However, most of the alchemy materials provided by the Xia Clan and the Wufu Chamber of Commerce are ordinary categories that are not too precious."

For example, Zhuji Dan, a second-order rank-breaking pill, Lu Changan has never refined it.

Lacking the corresponding training skills, Lu Chang'an refining this kind of elixir, the success rate and quality are difficult to guarantee.

The Wufu Chamber of Commerce has a higher-grade second-order high-grade Dan Master, who is mainly responsible for refining important pills due to old age and lack of energy.

It's like an ordinary second-order elixir, handed over to Lu Chang'an, or other families' Dan masters.

……

Lu Changan walked out of the alchemy room and stepped into the quiet garden courtyard.

"Wu Danshi, this is the information that the young master has recently collected from the Shang Alliance."

A soft girl's voice came.

Xia Wenyue, who was dressed in a plain skirt, flew back to Autumn Wind Island not long ago, bowed down, and handed a jade cylinder to Lu Changan.

Settled on Autumn Wind Island, Lu Changan only needed two places for medicine boys.

Xia Wenyue is another medicine boy.

She also serves as a maid and takes care of the island's mundane affairs, including receiving people and things.

She has been a sick seedling since she was a child, has a wealth of pharmacological knowledge, and walks with a pharmacist, similar to Ye Fei of Wuqi Mountain.

The pharmacist focuses on pharmacology, including medical skills and poison techniques, but the basic alchemy skills are also indispensable, but they are not as specialized as the Dan masters.

"Well, you go down and rest first."

Lu Changan took the jade tube and glanced at the pale and panting Xia girl.

Just flying a distance within the clan is difficult.

Lu Changan has been stationed on Qiufeng Island for two or three years, and Xia Wenyue has always been sickly pale and delicate, with light smoke shrouded between her eyebrows, giving people a sense of melancholy.

Even if she is physically weak, Xia Wenyue's appearance and temperament are unique in the Xia family.

In order to stay on Autumn Wind Island, Xia Wenyue was willing to be a maid.

In addition to assisting in alchemy, he also has to take care of many things on the island, including serving tea and pouring water, and running errands.

It's just that this woman is sick and weak, and her mana is weak, and she can't bear it.

Once, when Xia Wenyue was working on the island, she fainted directly.

Lu Changan saw that this woman was hard-working, hard-working, and not demonic, and had a good impression of her.

In a small talk in a good mood, Lu Changan kindly mentioned:

"Xiaoyue, you are cold and weak, and you seem to have some root cause. Wu has a little experience in medicine, so you can help you take a look. ”

Lu Changan's proposal, in addition to some kindness, was also out of curiosity.

His divine sense had probed, but he couldn't see the cause of Xia Wenyue's illness.

He couldn't help but wonder if this woman had a special physique.

That requires mana contact and an in-depth examination into the body.

Unexpectedly, Lu Changan's kindness was rejected by the girl.

"Thank you for the kindness of Master Wu Dan, the little woman's illness and weakness were brought out of her mother's womb. Before her death, my mother had asked a third-order pharmacist to see it, but she could not get a radical cure, so she could only stabilize the yin and cold qi through the medicine and barely maintain her cultivation. ”

"Over the years, Wen Yue has been content, and she doesn't have more extravagant hopes for this."

At that time, Xia Wenyue glanced at the middle-aged man with a round face and yellow beard and a slightly oily face, and politely refused the kindness.

Lu Changan naturally wouldn't stick a hot face to a cold ass.

Even if I was a little curious and a little strange, I didn't mention the topic again.

He estimated that if it was replaced by Lu Changan's original appearance, the result might be different.

Lu Changan disguised himself as a hundred illusion masks, inheriting the appearance and temperament of others, and his image is not ugly and obscene, but a little greasy of a middle-aged man.

……

"Liang Guo's cultivation of the Immortal Realm, a quarter of the Spirit Vein Dojo, was conquered by the Jinyang Sect's camp? Nowadays, there are more Liang monks who have fled to the neutral Jing Kingdom......"

Back in the room, Lu Changan checked the intelligence information in the jade tube.

In the two or three years that he was stationed on Autumn Wind Island, although he didn't go out much, he maintained his attention to the Liang State's cultivation war.

The news channels of the Jingguo Business Alliance are very wide, and the monks of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce have to go to Liang once or twice a year.

Lu Chang'an asked the young master of the Xia clan, Xia Mingqu, to bring back the war information of the Liang State Immortal Cultivation Realm to himself.

At the same time, he was curious to know if the news of the ancient ruins had leaked.

Lu Changan couldn't ask directly, so he found an excuse and said that he was concerned about the situation around Huanglong Immortal City, and asked the Wufu Chamber of Commerce to help pay attention to it.

"There is still no news of the ancient ruins. It is safe to assume that the news of the ruins has not leaked out on a large scale, at least. ”

"Shi Fairy became a third-order formation master, and for a few years, he is still safe and sound. Before she left the ruins, she should have dealt with the beginning and the end, and did not reveal the core secrets......"

Lu Changan came to a basic conclusion.

The Xuanmu Huvine on his body involves a major opportunity above the Yuan Infant level.

If he really leaked such a core secret, the identity of the third-order array mage would not be able to keep the master fairy.

If it is an ordinary cave house, ruins.

Shi Fairy was promoted to Fake Pill and became a third-order array master, and his identity was comparable to that of True Dan, which could be completely covered.

Nowadays, Shi Fairy is considered to be the number one big man in the Liang Kingdom Immortal Cultivation Realm.

A year ago, in the information brought back by the Wufu Chamber of Commerce, there was a brief mention of this newly promoted third-order formation master in the vicinity of Huanglong Immortal City.

It is worth mentioning.

The Wufu Chamber of Commerce has some business dealings with the Zhou family of the Liang Kingdom.

Some of the information was provided by the monks of the Imperial Beast Zhou family.

"From the Jinyang Sect of the Feng Kingdom, there has been no news of the bounty of the 'Turtle Talisman Master' so far. Could it be that Mu Jiu'an and his gang back then concealed this matter and did not attract the pursuit of Jinyang Sect? ”

For another hidden danger, Lu Changan also paid attention to it.

He could only be sure that the little turtle talisman master had not entered the field of vision of the high-level of the Jinyang Sect.

If it is an important bounty figure, it will be rewarded by the Yuan Infant level sect across borders.

"At the moment, it seems that these two hidden dangers are not a big problem."

Lu Chang'an pondered:

"In the future, if I or one of the ground rats succeeds, there will be no need to worry. You don't even have to hide your identity, you can cultivate normally in the land of Jing Country as Lu Chang'an. ”

After reading the information, Lu Changan's mood became more and more stable.

In the three times of information provided by the Wufu Chamber of Commerce, there was never any mention of the "Turtle Talisman Master".

The name of the tortoise talisman master is only slightly well-known in the Liang Kingdom's immortal cultivation world, and once he crosses the immortal cultivation country, basically no one knows this person.

Unless it is a character like Huanglong Zhenren, he has a certain "legend", even in neighboring countries, it is known by some monks.

Or a third-order array mage like Shi Fairy will be concerned by the intelligence of the high-level leaders of the Feng State and the Jing State Business Alliance.

Lu Changan guessed that the monks of the Xia family must have checked the identity of "Wu Fan" two years ago.

After the results of the investigation, it may be suspected that Lu Changan used a pseudonym.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

As long as Lu Changan has no bad intentions towards the Xia clan, he can honestly refine the pill. In the middle of foundation building for smuggling and refuge, how big a wave can it make?

In the short term, Lu Changan is not worried about his true identity being exposed.

First, in cross-border investigations, the influence of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce is very limited.

There are not a few monks who have fled to Jingguo. In the context of chaotic war, it is not too normal to disappear a foundation building period.

Second, no one in the outside world knows that Lu Changan has the attainments of a second-order Dan master.

Even if someone thinks of the turtle talisman master, the cultivation of the second-order Dan master and the middle stage of foundation building can exclude Lu Chang'an.

Normally, it is difficult to conceal the cultivation during the foundation building period, and it is difficult to hide the fake Dan ancestor of the Xia clan.

……

Ten points at night.

Lu Changan dismissed Xia Wenyue and went to the basement under the Autumn Wind Island Mansion alone.

On Autumn Wind Island, two medicine boys live in a house built on the outskirts.

Lu Chang'an's mansion and the deep pool behind him were within the shroud range of the quasi-third-order formation.

Underneath the basement, there is a secret tunnel that connects to the deep pool at the back of the mansion.

This tunnel was secretly dug by the ground rats just a few months after arriving on Autumn Wind Island.

The Xuanshui Turtle lives in the deep pool at the other end of the tunnel on weekdays, and when no one is around, it comes out to bubble, and when a monk comes, he dives below.

Due to the cover of light and darkness, the secret tunnel and the Xuanshui Turtle have not been discovered by the Xia monks so far.

Moreover, Lu Changan made it disguise itself as an ordinary spirit turtle.

Creak!

A yellow-haired rat demon opened the secret door of the tunnel and led Lu Changan in front.

The spotted yellow squirrel demon, looking at its physical appearance, is a common breed called "Huangyan rat", which is a close relative of the ground rock rat.

This is the result of the Ground Rat's practice of Transfiguration.

Due to the proximity of blood, even the beast master is not easy to see.

On weekdays, it stays in the mansion of Autumn Wind Island as a Huangyan rat, a mid-second-order cultivator, responsible for labor and guarding.

There is a formation to cover up, as long as the ground rock rat does not go out and bump into the Xia clan patriarch "Xia Hongyu", there is no problem.

A moment later.

Along the tunnel, Lu Changan came to the deep pool at the other end.

In the land of the deep pool, there is a stone house that is covered by a formation and cut off from the flow of water.

Crash!

The Xuanshui turtle landed in Chang'an and the rat demon, shielded the water flow, and entered the stone house hidden at the bottom of the pool.

Inside the stone house, the soil is moderately wet and dry.

A large porcelain jar standing on the surface of the soil.

The porcelain jar is filled with five-colored soil and planted with a wilted gourd vine.

It was the Xuanmu Huvine that Lu Changan brought out from the ancient ruins.

At the bottom of the porcelain jar, a hole was broken; The five elements of soil at the bottom of the tank are in contact with the soil at the bottom of the lake, connected to the "earth qi", and are no longer rootless.

Although it is not really rooted, it has a similar effect.

Lu Changan put the Xuanmu Huvine to grow here, and naturally had some consideration.

First, this deep pool is connected to the earth's veins, and the aura is active and the earth's qi is vigorous.

Second, with the help of the natural geography of the deep pool, combined with the dark array of the quasi-third-order formation, and the isolation material created by the shadow stone, the concealment is good.

Third, the turtle lives in a deep pool and can be cared for all year round.

When Lu Changan was busy, the Xuanshui Turtle performed the Cloud Rain Technique to help water the Xuanmu Vine and maintain its vitality.

The turtle is more than happy to do this job.

"Putting the Xuanmu Vine here to grow is more hidden and difficult to find than if I take it out."

On the basis of his experience in his previous life, Lu Changan had repeatedly scrutinized the Xuanmu Huteng, and even made a slight calculation.

As a result, he came to a conclusion.

Xuanmu gourd vine has the ability to shield the heavens and calculate.

Of course, Lu Changan was not proficient in estimation in his previous life, but he only had a little scratch, and the calculation launched by the later stage of foundation building was very effective.

Lu Changan approached the withered gourd vine, observed for a moment, and couldn't help but shake his head.

After the vine was connected to the earth qi at the bottom of the pool, there was no obvious sign of growth.

Since the Xuanmu Huteng was taken out of the ruins, all Lu Changan could do was to maintain its vitality.

If you pay longevity and perform the Evergreen Secret Technique, you can feel that the vitality of the Xuanmu Huvine has risen by a very small margin.

Perhaps, investing a large amount of longevity, there is a possibility of reversing growth.

However, how could Lu Changan be willing to use a large amount of Shouyuan to gamble on an unknown result?

Even if you have to try a little, you must at least be promoted to the True Dan, and the longevity will increase significantly.

……

"Let's go."

With a wave of his hand, Lu Changan put the large porcelain jar planted with gourd vines and the five elements of soil into the storage bag, temporarily cutting off the connection with the earth's qi.

Next, he plans to go out and plan a knot for the ground rock rats.

Although the Xuanmu vine is hidden here, it is subjectively more reassuring to carry with you.

As long as there is the nourishment of the Five Elements of Earth and Evergreen Mana, it can maintain the vine from dying.

"In three years, I have gained Xia's initial trust. It shouldn't be delayed any longer......"

Lu Changan patted the ground rock rat's head.

He then passed through a secret tunnel and returned to the ground of the Akikazeshima Mansion.

The next morning.

Lu Changan took the initiative to visit the young master of the Xia clan, Xia Mingqu, and said his intentions.