Late at night.

Black clouds obscure the moon, but no moonlight is seen.

On the Lingquan Lake in the capital of Chen Guo, there is a black sky, ordinary people can't see anything half a foot away, and the surroundings are terrifyingly quiet, cold and treacherous, giving people a sense of horror.

Suddenly—

"Goo-poof-poof-"

"Karma—"

A waterfowl that had been perched on the sandbar in the lake suddenly flapped its wings, flew into the sky, and then swooped and glided towards the surface of Lingquan Lake.

Winter goes to spring, the ice and snow on the surface of Lingquan Lake melts, and everything is full of vitality.

"Boom-"

The white waterfowl rushing to the surface of the water are like a white lightning bolt, passing quickly across the water.

Its sharp beak slammed into the water, and it immediately pinned a herring that had just emerged from the surface and spouted at the water.

As soon as the white waterfowl struck a blow, it immediately lifted its body, and its slender feet swept across the water, drawing a long mark of water, and then like a white lightning, it silently rushed into the sky.

After soaring for more than a mile, it landed on a protruding black stone on the edge of the sandbar in the middle of the lake, pressed the herring with its equally sharp claws, tore its long mouth, and swallowed it with its head in its mouth, tasting the delicious food it had caught with relish.

The calm surface of the lake has been ravaged by white water birds, and there is a ripple, and the ripples continue to ripple outward from the center of the lake, spreading out.

The water ripples circled and circled, lasted for more than ten zhang, and finally subsided and returned to nothingness.

And at the end of the ripples, on the empty water, there was a small canopy boat, and at the bow of the boat, there was a long figure, at this moment, this figure was sitting cross-legged, motionless.

His back was straight, his hands were on his laps, and his eyes were silent, like a big bell in a Buddhist temple.

His long hair was swaying in the night breeze, and in front of him was a black stone that had no lustre, as if it were part of the darkness before him.

This figure is none other than Lin Xiuran.

Since the night of the Yuan Dynasty, the fragment of Chen Guo's "Stone of Asking Dao" was found, and more than three months have passed since then.

The process of refining the second Asking Dao Stone was a little more difficult than Lin Xiuran had imagined.

It took him three months to refine it thoroughly.

"From—"

Lin Xiuran, who was meditating in the dark, suddenly opened his eyes, and said a true sentence in his mouth.

"Boom-"

Suddenly, the pitch-black stone that had melted into the darkness emitted a burst of brilliant blue light, and the blue light illuminated the darkness all around.

On Lingquan Lake, the light is magnificent.

The blue and faint stone of asking the question was suspended in front of Lin Xiuran, dripping and turning, and there was a faint sound of gold and stone.

Inside, there seems to be tens of millions of golden iron horses rushing in.

It's the moment—

Lin Xiuran saw that the time was ripe, and the hands on his knees suddenly formed a magic seal, pointed a little bit, and hit the stone of the question.

At the same time, there was a loud shout from his mouth, "Cheng!"

In an instant, the blue and faint Stone of Asking Dao immediately stopped rotating, no longer floating in the void, but slowly sank into the Lingquan Lake.

The fist-sized Stone of Asking Dao was like a blue seed planted in the lake.

"Boom-"

The moment the Stone of Asking Dao sank into the lake, the blue streamers on the Stone of Asking were like tadpoles swimming outward, centering on Lin Xiuran's canopy boat, quickly spreading outward and spreading.

The entire Lingquan Lake instantly turned into a blue ocean, and even the sky was reflected in a faint blue and faint blue.

But the light lasted less than a breath.

The next moment, the blue light disappeared immediately, and in its place was the darkness as deep as ink.

A thick darkness reigned over Lingquan Lake.

The endless surface of the lake returned to the darkness where you could not see your fingers.

"Finally, it worked!"

Lin Xiuran slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity.

Returning to the Mirror, melting the new Stone of Asking, succeeded.

The Mirror of Normalization, which has been successfully refined, has greatly enhanced both the ability to restrain cause and effect and the ability to probe the divine sense.

With its powerful causal binding ability, Lin Xiuran could safely step into the foundation building period without worrying that the cause and effect in it would be detected by the great power far away from the sky.

"Now that everything is in place, it's time to build the foundation!"

Lin Xiuran muttered, raising the Convergence Mirror's causal binding ability to the foundation building stage level to ensure that the others and that great power could not perceive the fluctuations of mana, and at the same time, it put its hands back on its knees and closed its eyes again.

He let the cold night breeze blow by, and let his body drift with the water on the water.

The mana that had been suppressed for a long time finally exploded in an instant.

"簌-簌-"

Lin Xiuran no longer suppressed himself, and let the true qi in his body circulate and run between his limbs and hundreds of remains, and after one big week after another, those true qi became thicker and thicker, and became more and more viscous.

That gas-like true qi gradually became substance, and finally, it became like a liquid.

Lin Xiuran suddenly felt that a door appeared in front of him.

Pushing it away, he can re-enter the foundation building period, and become the immortal immortal in the world's mouth, able to walk freely out of thin air, without falling to the ground, not falling into the sea, and not being stained with dust.

"Goo-goo-goo-"

In the flow of true qi and liquid, there is a faint sound of flowing water.

Lin Xiuran suddenly opened his eyes and stood up.

He stood with one hand behind his back, and with the other, he pushed the door forward.

There was nothing in front of him, but it was as if he had really touched a door.

With a slight push of his hand, the true qi liquid in his body immediately rushed towards the invisible door.

A steady stream of true qi liquid continued to impact the closed immortal gate.

Gradually, the door began to shake and shake.

In the end, as another trace of True Qi liquid touched the invisible door, the gate could no longer withstand the impact of the True Qi liquid, and collapsed with a bang.

In front of Lin Xiuran, in reality, there is darkness, but in reality, there is light.

He stood at the front of the bow, empty in front of him, and at his feet was the dark and dreary waters of Lingquan Lake.

But he was not afraid, and stepped forward, the green cloth shoes under his feet were empty, and there was nothing, but he seemed to be stepping on solid ground, and stood firmly.

He took another step forward, again, stepping into the void.

At this moment, both of his feet had left the bow of the awning boat.

The canopy boat slowly flowed along the current, but he was suspended in mid-air and motionless.

The wind blows, leaving behind and independent.

This feeling of standing proudly in the air is finally back.

In Lin Xiuran's heart, there was an indescribable happiness.

Since his rebirth, after more than six years, he finally broke through the shackles of mortals, lived for five hundred years, and embarked on the path of immortality.

"Wow-"

Before Lin Xiuran's exuberance could be discharged, a tail of golden scales jumped out of the water and came to him.

This golden scale, from the very beginning, has been hovering beside his boat, protecting him.

Although Lin Xiuran didn't need it, he still acquiesced to its behavior.

On its body, the scales were shining with golden light, illuminating the darkness in front of him, and shining Lin Xiuran, who was dressed in green clothes, was also shining with golden light.

It was wrapped in a mass of water, half a human tall, and it was on the Golden Scale Test that saved the round monk, but also delayed the climbing of the ladder.

It bowed respectfully to Lin Xiuran.

This is not only a blessing, congratulations to Lin Xiuran for stepping into the foundation building period and becoming an immortal, but also a thank you, thank him for taking care of himself in the major water systems in the past year.

It has always been by Lin Xiuran's side, and with the help of the Unified Mirror, it has mastered the golden pill in its body.

Although it was not able to enter the Immortal Court to cultivate, it followed Lin Xiuran's side, and its entry was not bad.

If you can break through to the foundation building period in the mortal world, then you don't need to become an immortal talisman, and you can also set foot in the territory of the immortal court.

And this is also a kind of compensation given by Lin Xiuran for saving the round monk.

Today's golden scales, following Lin Xiuran step by step, seem to have a feeling of selling himself to Lin Xiuran as a spiritual pet.

He doesn't like to receive spirit pets, and he didn't have one in his previous life, but now, let it be!

With it to follow, Luo Xin'er and Hua Jieyu, in secret, can also have a protective person.

"Xiaojin, the ability to unify the mirror has been strengthened again, and you will slowly realize it, strive for it as soon as possible, and also enter the foundation building period. If you persevere, one day in the future, you will be able to turn into a dragon with golden scales!"

Lin Xiuran looked at the golden scales wrapped in the water mass and said lightly.

"Xiao Jin" is the name that Lin Xiuran gave to Jin Scale, and for this matter, Jin Scale "Xiao Jin" gladly accepted it.

In fact, in this world, it is many years older than Lin Xiuran, but it doesn't care about the word "small" at all, and it doesn't dare to have the slightest disrespect for Lin Xiuran.

"You need to remember, be diligent in your heart, and don't waste a day!" Lin Xiuran said again.

Xiao Jin listened to Lin Xiuran's admonition and nodded solemnly, very respectful.

In this world, is there any golden scale that does not want to incarnate into a dragon and leap above the nine heavens?

It doesn't dare to slack off in its cultivation, and today it is Lin Xiuran's protector, and he hasn't had time to practice yet, so he can't delay it any longer.

After making a respectful gesture to Lin Xiuran, it plunged into the lake and went to practice.

The fins swayed lightly, the tail swayed, and after a while, it sank into the water and disappeared.

Perhaps, the next time Lin Xiuran sees it again, it will be able to spit out like the fox before.

Lin Xiuran saw that the golden scales were sinking to the bottom, and the surroundings were empty and lonely, so he did not stay in this Lingquan Lake for a long time.

He walked in the void, tread the waves, and returned to his house in the city.

......

And in the city, in a gloomy street, a huge monster is standing.

After enduring it for a long time, the monster finally could not resist the desire of its tongue, and after eating all the children captured by the little emperor, it was still hungry.

It smashed the iron door that surrounded it like tofu.

The guard didn't dare to stop it, but watched in amazement as it scurried out of the basement and onto the roof of the palace.

Then, with a howl, it spread its wings, and in the darkness of the night, flew into the streets of the city.

Hungry, hungry, hungry......

Those screaming babies will be the food in its mouth.

......