Two years later.

The underground chamber, the black-gray medicine pool, was evaporated by invisible heat, leaving a dry solid dirt behind.

A giant with a dark bronze body, the golden discs on the surface of his body swim like fish scales, and the hot and hot dark mist around his body, exuding terrifying qi and blood oppression, which is enough to move the Jiedan overhaul.

"290 years old, third-order late-stage body refining!"

Lu Changan felt that his physical strength was unprecedentedly strong, as if he was not careful, he would cause the cave where he was located to collapse.

Of course, the cave mansion is protected by a formation prohibition, and it is not so easy to collapse.

After a long time, the vision on Lu Changan's body disappeared, those fish scale-like gold pieces disappeared, and his body slowly shrank to normal size.

Lu Changan's "Golden Luo Ba Body", the bottleneck of the peak of the middle stage of the third order, has been polished for many years, and it has not broken through until today.

Not only Fa cultivation, but also the cultivation of the body also has a realm bottleneck.

It is also in the late stage of breakthrough, and it is more difficult to refine the body than to cultivate the Fa.

In the way of refining the body, the later you go, the more difficult it is to advance.

Talent, energy, will, and resources are all indispensable.

The reason why it is difficult is because today's heaven and earth environment, the human bloodline, is not as friendly to physical cultivation as in ancient times, and cannot become the mainstream.

After the promotion of refining body, Lu Changan's self-protection ability has improved significantly.

Not limited to the defense of a strong physical body.

The essence of qi and blood is strong, and the load and consumption of "Red Sun Turning Blood Escape" will also be reduced accordingly.

The refining body in the late stage of the third order can allow Lu Changan to leapfrog the fourth layer of "Red Sun Transformation Blood Escape" at a lower cost and last longer.

After all, the fourth-layer blood transformation escape, corresponding to the early stage of the Yuan Infant, often lost more than ten years of life.

A year after the refinement realm was consolidated.

According to the established plan, Lu Changan began to plan the puppet core inheritance of the Thousand Machine Sect.

The inheritance branch of the Thousand Machines Sect in the Outer Sect Alliance, named "Xuanji Building", is a power organization built by the defectors of the sect.

Xuanji Building, mainly engaged in puppet-related industrial business.

The largest base is in the nearby Gutian Immortal Castle.

The Peacock Saintess attacked head-on that year, did not take any advantage, and was deflated, although there was an element of acting.

At least, her strength at that time did not force out the quasi-fourth-order puppet of the Xuanji Tower, as well as the puppet army formation.

"Behind the scenes of the Xuanji Building, there is an old monster who secretly supports it, so you can't act rashly."

Lu Changan's plan was not achieved overnight.

The first step is to test the truth and get more information.

The second step is to trade as peacefully as possible, and it is best not to do it.

In the third step, the transaction fails, and the core puppet inheritance can only be obtained by abnormal means.

At this stage, only the first two steps can be implemented.

If you want to steal it by abnormal means, it is best to wait until the late stage of Jindan, and upgrade the art of divination to the top level of the third order.

The third-order top-level divination, although it also belongs to the third-order upper grade, has reached the limit of the third-order. In the vicinity of the Fengyuan Kingdom, except for the Heavenly Master, no one is better than him.

Once promoted to the late stage of Jindan, Lu Changan has threats and means to maneuver even in the face of Yuanying Zhenjun.

……

Half a month later.

Gutian Immortal City is thousands of miles away.

A vague humanoid phantom flew rapidly from the direction of the fairy city.

"Poof".

The vague humanoid phantom turned into a wandering merchant wearing a hat, and his figure burrowed into a hole in the sand.

The wind and sand are howling, and its breath is gone, and the traces are covered.

A moment passed.

A strong spiritual pressure from the late stage of the overhaul of the Yudan quickly approached, causing the surrounding wind and sand to stagnate.

The one who came was a puppet master with a wooden face and a mechanical arm.

It was the puppet city lord who fought against the Peacock Saintess back then.

This ancient city lord, although he is the supreme ruler of Gutian Immortal City, specializes in puppet skills all year round, rarely negotiates with outsiders, and has a low sense of existence.

"Your Excellency, come out and see, Gu knows that you are nearby."

The puppet arm ancient city lord had a pair of dark blue eyes, accompanied by the divine sense of the peak of the elixir, and scanned the surrounding area, and finally froze at the location of a sandy field.

"He is worthy of being the first puppet genius of the Xuanji Building."

The traveling merchant with the cage on his back drilled out of the sand layer and heard a vigorous voice.

"Is Your Excellency a puppet or a human monk?"

The ancient city lord's eyes flickered, and he looked at the mysterious wandering merchant in front of him, and his heart was surprised.

As a puppet master, he noticed that the body of the person in front of him was more like a puppet.

However, the spiritual intelligence, the fluctuation of the divine soul, and the spells cast, and the means of using talismans, are more like human monks.

"It doesn't matter if the poor Dao is a human or a puppet."

The mysterious traveling merchant Taoist, slowly said:

"It's the ancient city lord, why do you chase after it? Poor Dao just carried out normal activities and transactions in the city, and did not do anything harmful. ”

At this time, Lu Changan, who controlled the puppet remotely, couldn't help but be unexpected.

For the sake of safety, he sent a puppet clone to Gutian Immortal City to explore the truth of the Xuanji Building, and obtained a lot of intelligence clues.

The secret base of the Xuanji Building is under the Gutian Immortal City.

Underneath, there is a hidden castle.

According to his calculations, the core puppet and inheritance of the Xuanji Building are possible to be obtained in that underground castle.

Lu Changan is only investigating, and has not made further moves.

As a result, he was suddenly sensed by the ancient city lord, and he was killed coldly, and he didn't have time to hide.

Fortunately, at night, Lu Changan used the speed and concealment methods of the third-order late stage puppet clone to escape from Gutian Immortal City.

In order to avoid being surrounded, the puppet clone used several clever spells, including a third-order forbidden breaking charm.

At this moment, the Gutian City Lord chased out a thousand miles and bit it.

Lu Changan used the means of the year to stop the puppet's spirit stone stimulation and enter a dormant state, trying to avoid the other party's secret technique of sensing the puppet.

As a result, the general area was locked by the ancient city lord with a powerful divine sense, and the hiding location was finally revealed.

"Your Excellency Dao Xiao doesn't have to hide it, you are sneaking around in Gutian Immortal City to find out the secret information of the Xuanji Building, what do you want?"

The puppet arm ancient city lord spoke in a bad tone and patted the storage bag.

Suddenly, several third-order puppets appeared.

Not!

The blue cold wind howled for dozens of zhang, and one of them, a blue puppet more than ten zhang long, hovered above the head of the traveling merchant Taoist.

"Third-Order Top Puppet! The skill of merging with the alien spirit puppet is better than the ordinary knot pill overhaul......"

Lu Changan secretly envied that the quality of that blue puppet was even higher than when he fought with the Peacock Saintess decades ago.

He, a puppet clone who had just entered the late stage of the third order, was not an opponent at all.

Moreover, the puppet city lord himself is also a late-stage overhaul, and has a number of third-order boutique puppets, which are enough to exert their full power.

"The poor road has to be taken, and the ancient city lord can't keep it."

You Shangdao people are calm and calm, and they don't panic at all.

Boom!

Within a radius of ten miles, flying sand and rocks, the wind is blowing, forming an overwhelming sandstorm disaster.

The ancient city lord had lived in the desert for a long time and realized that this was not a natural disaster.

It's a late-third-order sand and dust spell.

The soles of his feet were cold, and he felt an invisible chill.

The unknown presence hidden in the depths of the sand gave him a hint of threat.

And that's not all.

In the dust behind the wandering merchants, a phantom of a female cultivator appeared, and the fluctuations of her divine consciousness were comparable to the peak of Jiedan.

The isolation of the wind and sand and the divine consciousness made it impossible for the ancient city lord to explore it.

Swish!

The vision distorted, and the scene of the dust storm vanished.

In its place was an ancient temple of blue-black.

In the depths of the temple, there was a throne with a green dragon's head, but there was no one on it.

The Phantom of the Wandering Merchant and the Nun separates below the throne of the Green Dragon.

"The ancient city lord, the Ming people don't say secret words. We're organizing the Split Helm to trade your core heritage of the Thousand Machines Cult, including the Alien Golem and Puppet Array skills. ”

The voice of the nun phantom is sometimes cold, sometimes soft, far and near.

"The core puppet inheritance of the Xuanji Building is not for sale."

The puppet arm ancient city lord calmly looked at the fantasy scene in front of him, and the green dragon throne at the deep end of the hall gave people a sense of desolation and mystery.

The empty and unmanned green dragon throne made him think about it, and he didn't know if it was a scene in reality.

"In this world, there is nothing that is not for sale, and there is no loyalty that cannot be betrayed."

The hat traveled to the merchants, and the old laughter came.

The face of the ancient city lord sank, and the Xuanji Building on the side of the Outer Sect Alliance was the identity of a defector to the Thousand Machines Sect.

"It's not impossible to trade if you want to! Unless your organization can come up with the Infant Transformation Pill, the Fourth-Order Soul Nourishing Wood, and, the lost ...... Soul Golem. ”

The ancient city lord spoke proudly, and the lion opened his mouth.

"Giggles, the inheritance stolen by the betrayer also dares to live in strange goods. In the Outer Sect Alliance and the Xuanji Pavilion, the monks with the core lineage are by no means your own. ”

The laughter of the female cultivator's phantom resounded through the dark and strange Qinglong Hall.

What else did the ancient city lord want to say, but the illusory scene of the main hall in front of him disappeared.

Swish!

In reality, the thicker yellow sand storm has already covered the traces of the wandering merchant and the phantom of the nun.

The ancient city lord was jealous and did not dare to track it down.

The wandering merchant and the female cultivator phantom both have the means of the late stage of the knot, and there is a mysterious organization behind it.

The situation of Xuanji Building in the Outer Sect Alliance is not as good as imagined.

In the front, there was the rejection of the Fengyuan country, and the boundary between the two religions in the back could not go back.

……

The ancient city lord put away the puppet and returned to Gutian Immortal City.

Due to the cover of the wind and sand disasters, the scene of the confrontation just now did not alarm the monks from the outside world.

The ancient city lord did not stop for a moment and entered the underground castle below the immortal city.

Finally, arrive at one of the forbidden temples.

The ancient city lord opened a bronze coffin of green wood, pinched the trick with both hands, recited spells, and cast puppet secret techniques.

After counting the interest.

In the bronze coffin of Aoki, a man in green armor resembling a zombie sits up, and his body is mostly made of puppet materials.

"How long has it been?"

The blue-armored puppet man, his eyes danced with two dark green ghost flames, eerie.

"Landlord, seventy or eighty years have passed since you last woke up."

The puppet arm ancient city lord said in a respectful tone.

"So long? The consciousness of this ghost infusion is getting weaker and weaker, and it is necessary to find the soul treasure as soon as possible. If it succeeds, within hundreds of years, this building is expected to give birth to an autonomous fourth-order puppet, which is completely comparable to the Yuanying True Monarch. ”

"Yes, landlord." The face of the ancient city lord Mu Ne rarely showed excitement.

The puppet in front of him, who was neither human nor ghost, was a fourth-order puppet master before his death.

Building a fourth-order puppet is also his lifelong goal.

"Wake me up, what's the matter?"

"Go back to the main building...... Under the suspicion, the traveling merchant is suspected to be from the mysterious 'Blue Dragon Society'. ”

The ancient city lord recounted his previous experience, as well as his own speculation.

"The Blue Dragon Society?"

"That's the top-secret information that Huangsha Intelligence has obtained, only the scaly claws are known, and few people in the world know about it."

The ancient city lord replied.

"The Blue Dragon Society, I've never heard of it. However, the image of the traveling merchant is a bit like the legendary [Tianshu Daoren]. ”

The blue-armored puppet man, pondered.

"Heavenly Pivot Daoist? You are referring to the mysterious characters in the Tianyan Continent's "Unai Qiren Series". ”

The ancient city lord recalled the records of the ancient books and wondered.

Tianshu Daoren is a traveling merchant and strange person, absolutely neutral, walking in various regions of the mainland, trading goods with people who are destined to do so.

When you meet him, you will be able to trade the items you need, which is a great opportunity.

According to the ancient books of the Thousand Machines Sect, the Tianshu Dao people may be the originator of the puppets in this realm.

It is either a puppet in its own right, with a level of intelligence that surpasses that of most human monks.

……

Yerba Grass Oasis, Xuanyin Pavilion Cave Mansion.

"The division was unfavorable, and I almost lost the only third-order late-stage puppet!"

Lu Changan breathed a sigh of relief.

Xuanji Pavilion's puppet methods exceeded his expectations, and the actions of the puppet clone were actually exposed.

In the case that he had already been startled, in order to keep the third-order late-stage puppet, he could only confuse the public and move out of the non-existent Blue Dragon Society.

Fortunately, this time, I fought the grass and the snake, negotiated with the ancient city lord, and got enough intelligence information, so I could avoid a lot of detours.

These information media will help Lu Changan to calculate and find a breakthrough point in the future.

"Gutian Xiancheng is already vigilant, and it is not appropriate to act again in the short term."

Lu Changan decided to lie dormant for more than ten years and cultivate to the late stage of Jindan in one go.

At the same time, the quality of the third-order late-stage puppet will be improved.

……

Five years later, Lu Changan's age came to 296 years old, approaching the 300-year-old mark.

On this day, while in retreat, he had a faint feeling.

Lu Changan opened his eyes, pinched his fingers to calculate, and sighed lightly.

He looked back at Liang Guo in the distance, in the direction of Wuye Town.

Over there, Shi Fairy has reached the end of his life and spent the last day of his life.

Lu Changan didn't go back to see the master fairy for the last time.

Through the information known in previous years, and even calculations, Lu Changan learned that the last twenty years of Shi Fairy's life were accompanied by someone.

Jiang Yechen, Shi Xiaochuan, Shi Manrong, a family of three are happy and very warm.

Perhaps, the master fairy is a trade-off made in order to raise a son, to have a good entrustment.

Or, he was really moved by Jiang Yechen and moved sincerely.

With an aging face and the last twenty years of his life, Shi Xianzi was indeed with Jiang Yechen.

This is the reason why Lu Changan did not go back.

Thinking back on the life of the master fairy, Lu Chang'an's heart was full of strangeness.

When I was young, I met someone unladylike, and the dewy love after the divorce was indulgent.

In the end, when I got older, I was tired of playing, and my heart was tired, so I found the ultimate home of an "honest man".

If the teacher fairy is lonely for life, Lu Changan will have a little psychological debt.

Although the two sides have known for a long time, it is just a dewy relationship, and they are not ashamed.

In the end, the happy and warm ending made Lu Changan feel gratified.

"Jiang Daoyou ......"

Lu Changan was thrilled and secretly thanked him.

……

Lu Chang'an, who was cultivating quietly, time flew by.

His Jindan cultivation has been steadily advancing, gradually approaching the peak of the middle Jindan period.

Unknowingly, Lu Changan's age came to the 300-year-old mark.

At this moment, the gensui turtle, who was taking care of the gento, was filled with cheerful and joyful emotions.

"Has there been a change in the endon?"

Lu Changan rushed to the bottom of the cave mansion, the deepest underground secret room, as soon as possible.

I saw that the vine, which was full of green, twisted and winding, and was three feet and six feet long, exuded a trace of mystical primordial life qi.

On a branch of the vine, a tiny shoot grows.

It's easy to ignore without a closer look.

"Three hundred years old in this world, the vine sprouts!"

Lu Chang'an was excited, as the so-called everything is difficult at the beginning, this is a good sign.

The sprouts born by the black vine give him an intuition, which is a qualitative change, giving birth to the infinite mystery of heaven and earth.

Lu Changan is over three hundred years old, but he has awakened from his previous life at the age of eighteen.

In terms of the career of cultivating immortals in this world, it is less than three hundred years.

Some time followed.

Lu Changan observed the subtle changes in Xuanteng's career, and under the eyes of Yuan Ying, he made many calculations.

After all, the once dead Xuantian relics brought great opportunities to the two spirit pets.

The Xuanshui Turtle is even more mutated, at least becoming a heavenly bloodline.

After observation and calculation, Lu Changan really discovered the benefits brought by the sprouts of the Xuanteng, or the invisible gain.

That's luck!

As a third-order divination master, Lu Changan has a keener insight into qi numbers.

After the Xuanteng sprouted, the spiritual vein mountain gate where it was located was gathering the luck of heaven and earth very slowly.

Other high-ranking monks, difficult to detect.

Lu Chang'an has been observing for a long time to feel the slightest change.

The major sects in the world of cultivating immortals, for hundreds of thousands of years, it is common for luck to rise and fall.

For example, Xuanyin Pavilion, the momentum has developed smoothly over the years, and the luck has been slowly increasing.

Therefore, even if a high-ranking monk discovers this phenomenon of qi increase, he will become accustomed to it.

"It's a pity that this kind of luck convergence does not belong to an individual, but to this spiritual vein mountain range that takes root! The overall luck that belongs to a certain force collective! ”

Lu Changan regretted that if he was inflicted on himself, he would be expected to become a son of luck for many years.

As the owner of the gento, he does not enjoy privileges and does not discriminate equally.

The monks who belong to this spiritual vein force enjoy the indirect gains brought by collective luck to individuals, which are insignificant and difficult to detect compared to the whole.

Still, it's better than nothing.

In the future, Lu Changan will have a clear conscience if he runs away from any force!

Because, not only does he bring disaster to the sect he joins, but he can also bring a faint blessing of luck.

(End of chapter)