I am evergreen in the world of cultivating immortals

Chapter 437: Fame in the Eastern Region, the Eve of the Decisive Battle

When Lu Chang'an returned to the important frontline town, the siege magic army led by Fang Zhenjun had already evacuated dozens of miles in an orderly manner.

Obviously, Fang Zhenjun had learned the information about Yuanliu City and did not dare to fight any longer.

"Master Lu, I have accomplished your mission."

Several Jindan cultivators who were in charge of defending the city came to report and returned the previous puppets to Lu Changan.

After losing the fourth-level beast king, the demon army led by a single Nascent Soul cultivator was unable to break through the important town on the front line in a short period of time.

"You did a good job. I will ask for credit for you."

Lu Changan put away a few slightly damaged puppets, without making a fuss, and asked with a smile:

"How effective is the puppet defense of the city?"

"Replying to Master Zhen, the third-level puppets are very useful for defending the city. Although the consumption of spirit stones is quite large, it can effectively reduce casualties."

"Unfortunately, these high-level puppets are too rare, and there is no market for them during the war."

Several Jindan Zhenren were very satisfied with the effect of the third-order puppet.

Without a puppeteer, it is impossible to unleash the full power of the puppet, especially in a highly maneuverable, complex and chaotic fight.

But the defensive battle is different. The puppets are made of relatively solid materials and have no fear, which can reduce the losses of the monks of the Defense Alliance.

"I will ask Alliance Leader Chu to try to buy more second and third level puppets from the two sects' territories."

Lu Changan nodded and smiled, laying the groundwork first.

During war, the prices of various war supplies will increase significantly, such as puppets, talismans, and magic weapons.

Lu Changan prepared to refine a large number of second and third level puppets or talismans, and secretly trade them with Alliance Leader Chu in exchange for military merits.

Among them, refining puppets is more time-consuming, but with the assistance of Master Wei, he will take on most of the creation process.

Lu Changan only needs to work on the core components, which requires a true puppeteer to use the puppetry secret technique of the power of his soul.

In this way, Lu Changan can not only make a fortune from the war, but also consolidate his immortal cultivation skills and reduce the battlefield casualties of the Weidao League monks.

It can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

At the Nascent Soul stage, it is quite normal to display two third-level skills.

What is really difficult to break through is the fourth-level skills.

Lu Chang'an possesses three fourth-level skills and can refine second- and third-level puppets and talismans with ease and efficiency.

……

In the clouds dozens of miles away.

Fang Zhenjun released the magical power of his Nascent Soul to prevent Lu Changan in the important town from taking advantage of the situation to chase and kill him with Di Yanjun.

Fortunately, Lu Changan did not do so.

Fang Zhenjun did not regret his previous decision to let Lu Changan go.

The bad news of the battle in Yuanliu City further improved his evaluation of Lu Changan's strength.

There's no need to make a big vendetta against such a difficult character.

The force that will rule this area in the future will be the Beast King Valley, not the Nether Spring Sect.

As a reinforcement, he has no direct interest relationship with Lu Changan and the Weidao League.

Lu Chang'an watched the demon army led by Fang Zhenjun retreat with an expressionless face.

"It is not appropriate to attack Master Fang at this time. Otherwise, regardless of success or failure, it may attract the attention of the leader of the Demon Sect, Master Styx."

Lu Changan also had concerns about Fang Zhenjun.

As a disciple of the Demon Sect's first leader and a suspected reincarnation, the other party must have excellent means of self-preservation.

According to the existing information and divination, the Great Elder of the Mingquan Sect is one of the greatest threats to him in the Eastern Region.

It is said that when the demons in the Central Region were defeated, the Lord of the Styx used the sect's treasure and his second Nascent Soul to contain and resist the great Nascent Soul cultivator for quite some time.

……

Return to the cave in the city.

Lu Changan set up formations and imposed many restrictions, then took out the Black Feather True Lord's Nascent Soul from the sealed jade box.

The man in black robe looked like a baby, weak and powerless, severely poisoned, with frost on his surface, and sealed by a forbidden talisman.

"Lu Turtle! This True Lord has the misfortune of falling into your hands, and I will never reveal any information."

True Lord Black Feather's Nascent Soul gritted its teeth and spoke in a tough tone, struggling barely in Lu Chang'an's hands.

At this moment, he still has the choice of destroying his own soul.

However, the intact Nascent Soul spirit is far from being dead, and there is still a lot of possibility for survival.

For example, if the situation of the demonic war turns around in the future, the Beast King Valley may redeem him.

This is the first time that the Wei Dao Alliance has captured a demon Yuanying alive, and it is very likely to be used as a bargaining chip.

It is even possible that if Lu Changan dies in the future war of demons, he will be rescued directly.

"hehe."

Lu Changan was too lazy to talk any more nonsense. He tightly grasped the weak Nascent Soul of True Lord Heiyu and contacted the [Nine Seals Monument] in his mind.

hum!
The mysterious ancient monument lit up with a grayish-white light, which followed Lu Chang'an's conscious arm and instantly enveloped Hei Yu's Nascent Soul.

"Oh no! This is——"

The Nascent Soul of True Lord Heiyu suddenly felt a great terror and lost its voice in horror. It was sucked into the Nine Seals Monument by the irresistible force of the rules of reincarnation and instantly turned into particles.

"Eighty-five percent!"

In the last moment before his consciousness was annihilated, True Lord Black Feather faintly heard Lu Chang'an's low murmurs.

Lu Changan’s consciousness entered the [Nine Seal Monument].

In the frame of the fifth life, the lit area increased by 10%.

Now, only the last half tenth is left to completely illuminate the fifth life.

The fifth generation of the Nine Seals Monument corresponds to the stage of transformation into a god.

It can be fully illuminated by devouring a Divine Lord or ten Nascent Soul spirits.

Lu Changan was full of anticipation. After devouring the first Nascent Soul spirit "Lihuo Shangren", he unlocked the secret of the basic functions of the Nine Seals Stele and the three autonomous abilities of reincarnation.

If the fifth life is lit up, can new abilities be generated?

……

Over the next period of time, Lu Changan began to sort out the vast fragments of Lord Black Feather's memories.

In Lord Black Feather's sea of ​​consciousness, all the core secrets of the Beast King Valley are restricted. Without a realm far beyond the realm, it is difficult to obtain them through soul searching.

However, after being swallowed by the Nine-Seal Monument, all the inheritance of martial arts techniques and the secrets of the sect will be revealed.

It just takes time to sort out the complex fragments of memory.

Because there is no way to transform one reincarnation into another, Lu Changan can only read the memories as a third party.

Therefore, it is impossible for him to completely light up the fourth life like Master Lihuo did in the past, transform it into his own reincarnation past life, and inherit the other party's skills and supernatural powers, as well as various immortal cultivation skills.

Even so, the memory knowledge Lu Changan acquired is quite valuable.

The first is a set of beast taming inheritance from the Beast King Valley, including some secret techniques that are not passed on.

Lu Changan will not switch to the beast taming school, but these knowledge will help him better cultivate the Black Water Turtle and the Earth Rock Lord and train their skills and talents.

The Beast King Valley has a history of more than 10,000 years. It was a small branch of the top beast taming sect in Zhongzhou a long time ago. The related beast taming heritage is close to the top even if you look at the Tianheng Continent.

In his memory, there are also some secrets of the Beast King Valley and the strategic layout in the magic battlefield.

However, the Beast King Valley should be wary of soul searching and torture, and the strategic layout may be adjusted accordingly.

It is a bit regrettable that Heiyu is not the most core elder of the Beast King Valley, and he certainly does not know as many secrets as Elder Wanhe.

In his memory, he also had a deeper understanding of the [Black Sky Wings], including the secret art of controlling spirits that combined the magic wing weapon with the cultivator's bloodline.

However, Lu Changan did not have the special bloodline of True Lord Black Feather, so it was difficult for him to replicate this, and he also did not want to be a birdman.

……

After the death of True Lord Black Feather's spirit, the sect's Hall of Ten Thousand Souls responded, and Beast King Valley was the first to receive the news.

The top brass of Beast King Valley were filled with grief and anger, and it was somewhat unexpected.

Originally, it was thought that Lu Changan would use the captured Nascent Soul of True Lord Black Feather as a bargaining chip to drag on for a while.

Even soul searching and interrogation would take time.

During the half month that Lu Chang'an was sorting out his memories, he also sent people to deliver letters and communicated with Alliance Leader Chu in the main battlefield of Feng State.

Although emergency communications can be made between Nascent Soul cultivators stationed in adjacent garrisons, they are simple messages such as warnings and requests for assistance.

Detailed and comprehensive intelligence still needs to be delivered by scouts.

Lord Black Feather died so soon.

The explanation given by Lu Changan was that True Lord Black Feather was very strong and he died from the torture.

The reason can be simple and reasonable, it doesn't need to be too rigorous.

Lu Changan was not worried about the secret of the Nine Seals Monument being exposed. There were too many evil and demonic cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation who used evil methods to refine souls, including devouring and utilizing the Nascent Soul.

The Nascent Soul of a cultivator is a great tonic for both humans and monsters.

A few days ago.

A young and strong Nascent Soul cultivator was transferred to the front-line area corresponding to the Beast King Valley to replace True Lord Black Feather.

Not only that, Lu Changan's garrison area, as well as the adjacent front line, all the fourth-level beast kings and older high-level war beasts were also transferred away.

Lu Changan felt a little regretful about this, as he lost the opportunity to bully the elderly.

In the battle that day, Lu Chang'an captured the Black Feather Yuanying and killed the Dharma body of Elder Wanhe, and his reputation was greatly enhanced.

Its reputation is not limited to the Defense Alliance and the Demonic Battlefield.

It won’t be long before your name spreads throughout the Eastern Region.

Even the forces in the Daqing Central Region and even in other regions will know the name of True Lord Changqing.

Among the three countries of the Weidao Alliance, no cultivator dared to doubt that Lu Changan was the second most important leader after Chu Tianfeng.

At the same time, the outside world's evaluation of Di Yanjun and Xia Xianzi has also improved.

After all, in the battle that day, the two of them played a very important role in capturing Lord Black Feather alive.

There are rumors that Lu Changqing is suspected to have entered an ancient cave or secret realm and obtained a treasure from an opportunity.

Otherwise, the magic weapons and rare treasures on Di Yanjun and Xia Xianzi are too powerful and have never appeared in the surrounding areas. It seems that they were obtained out of thin air.

There are also rumors that Lord Changqing might be the one who took over the body of a powerful being to cultivate again, otherwise how could he have grown to this level with such low aptitude as a casual cultivator.

Lu Changan just laughed off the above rumors and didn't care much about them.

At his current level, he doesn’t have to worry about outside greed when exposing the so-called opportunities and secrets.

……

half a month later.

After preliminarily sorting out the memories of True Lord Black Feather, Lu Changan prepared to set off and return to the headquarters of the Wei Dao Alliance.

Nowadays, the pressure of defending the battlefield area adjacent to Lu Changan and Fairy Xia has been greatly reduced.

After the fourth-level beast kings and high-level war beasts of the Beast King Valley evacuated, they gave up the siege on this area in the short term.

There was only minor friction and games between scouts to keep intelligence flowing.

Even so, Lu Changan and Fairy Xia also checked and balanced the three True Lords of the Beast King Valley camp.

The main battlefield of Beast King Valley was transferred to the southern part of Feng State.

The leader Chu, who was in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and the leader Meng of the Beast King Valley were both on that front. The Beast King Valley lost two Nascent Soul fighters in a short period of time, and no longer had any advantage in terms of top combat power. Even if the Nascent Soul True Lord of the Wei Dao League took the initiative to fight in the field, they would not necessarily fall behind.

In terms of top combat power, the only advantage of the Beast King Valley may be that it has one more person in the middle Nascent Soul stage.

According to intelligence, the Beast King Valley has withdrawn a small number of elite monks and Beast King war beasts that were assisting the Seven Nations Alliance. At the same time, it has begun to summon more reinforcements from the rear territories.

Against such a backdrop, Lu Changan felt at ease returning to the Wei Dao Alliance headquarters.

The important town on the front line is guarded by Di Yanjun, and several third-level puppets are left behind.

The Weidao League's headquarters is not too far from the front line, and with the speed of a Nascent Soul cultivator, it won't take much time to reach the front line.

As soon as they arrived at the mountain city where the Wei Dao League was located, Yin Yuanhai, who was in charge of the headquarters, took the initiative to greet them.

"Congratulations to Master Lu for capturing and killing two demonic Yuanyings, turning the tide of the battle, and making a great contribution. My master praised him highly, and I, Yin, am also convinced and admire him very much."

"Yin wished he had fought alongside Master Lu at that time..."

When they met this time, Yin Yuanhai was much more enthusiastic and his words were full of compliments.

Lu Changan smiled, but did not expose Yin Yuanhai's insincerity.

Before that battle, Yin Yuanhai asked for orders many times and finally left Lu Changan, not wanting to be ordered by the latter.

But he never expected that Lu Changan would achieve such a great achievement not long after he left.

Lord Jin Yue and Fairy Xia of Ao Yue Palace both shared the spoils of war.

Yin Yuanhai couldn't help feeling a little depressed about this.

As a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator who has been here for less than a hundred years, he is in the stage of accumulating resources and is in urgent need of opportunities and military merits.

"Master Lu has requested that you do so. The headquarters has completed the calculation of your military merits."

Yin Yuanhai kept smiling as he accompanied Lu Changan into the headquarters mountain city.

"Greetings to Master Lu."

"Congratulations to Master Lu for killing the demon's Nascent Soul."

The monks near the headquarters took the initiative to congratulate Lu Changan. Many monks showed their heartfelt respect in their eyes.

After this battle, Lu Zhenjun had a very high prestige in several countries of the Wei Dao Alliance, and was the leader in the early Nascent Soul stage.

Seeing this scene, Yin Yuanhai felt mixed emotions.

Thinking back to the first time I met Lu Changan and took the initiative to propose a sparring match, it was such a joke.

Yin Yuan saw a sad fact: not only was he no match for Lu Changan in fighting, he was also unable to defeat the other's woman and pet.

During the sparring and gambling match that day, Di Yanjun did not use any magic weapons or rare treasures, and it was obvious that he did not try his best.

……

After entering the Weidao League headquarters, Lu Changan obtained a huge amount of military merit, which he used to exchange for treasures and resources.

The amount of military merit was so huge that it was reviewed and confirmed by many elders of the Weidao League, including Alliance Leader Chu and True Lord Liuyang.

The treasure trove exchanged for military merits is supplied by the various sects of the Weidao League, the immortal cultivation families, the immortal city markets... all the large and small immortal cultivation forces.

For cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage, this is a dream place, as there are plenty of opportunities to form a pill, and even some spiritual materials for forming a Nascent Soul.

However, at Lu Changan's level, there are not many treasures and resources in the treasury that are worth looking at.

The fourth-level materials in the treasure house account for a very small proportion.

Lu Changan squandered his military exploits to exchange for the necessary fourth-tier treasures and refining materials.

Most of the refining materials are the same as puppet materials, so there is no need to worry about exposing the identity of a fourth-level puppet refining master.

In addition, Lu Changan also exchanged a large number of second and third level talismans and puppet materials.

By using this batch of talismans and materials, you can also make some war materials in the magic war.

After coming out of the treasury, Lu Changan still had a military achievement left in his hands.

"Master Lu, my master has informed you that if it is a precious material that is not in the treasury, he will transfer the Nascent Soul cultivators in the alliance to try his best to satisfy Master Lu."

"Okay, this jade slip contains the list of materials that Mr. Lu needs."

Lu Changan was well prepared and handed over a jade slip.

He had mentioned this request to Alliance Leader Chu in a letter before.

Daqing’s supplies are not as good as Dayuan’s, so Lu Changan did not ask for excessive materials and treasures.

In addition to the need to construct a fourth-order puppet formation in the future, Lu Changan also wants to refine and repair the [Five Animals Poison Fire Fan] he got from "Shen Laoxie".

Shen Lao Xie had someone refine this fan back then, and he copied it using the blueprint of the magical treasure [Five Animals Poisonous Fire Fan], hoping to create a top-grade magic weapon.

Due to the difficulty of refining, which exceeded the normal requirements for a top-grade magic weapon, the final creation was unsuccessful, with slight flaws, and was slightly worse than expected.

This fan suits Lu Changan's taste and is very suitable for wood-attributed exercises, so he plans to repair it.

[Five Animals Poisonous Fire Fan] In addition to the poisonous fire power, it also contains three feathered poison needles.

If it can be repaired and refined successfully, combined with Elder Wanhe's three higher quality [Flying Feather Needles], it will become a fully functional and vicious magic weapon.

In addition, this kind of repair and refining is also a valuable experience.

Lu Changan didn’t dare to hope to create a true spiritual treasure.

In the future, when you advance to the middle and late stages of the Nascent Soul, if conditions permit, you may try to create a replica of the pseudo-spiritual treasure, the [Five Animals Poisonous Fire Fan].

……

Lu Chang'an only stayed at the headquarters for half a day. After exchanging a large amount of resources, he returned to the important frontline town.

In the frontline area that Lu Changan and Fairy Xia are in charge of, the Beast King Valley has basically given up on large-scale attacks.

On other battlefield fronts, the wars of immortal cultivation were not as fierce as imagined.

The main reason is that the Beast King Valley has lost two top fighters in the Nascent Soul stage and no longer has the power to crush others.

The Beast King Valley did not want to start an all-out war at first, but under the push of an invisible big hand, it was sinking deeper and deeper into the quagmire of war.

"In the next few years, we may fall into a war of stalemate and attrition."

Based on the existing intelligence and divination techniques, Lu Changan has already gained insight into the future situation.

as predicted.

In the following three or four years, the Demonic War reached a stalemate, with both sides investing large amounts of "consumables" and fighting on and off.

The Wei Dao League mainly focused on defense, occasionally launching surprise attacks, and only lost some strongholds and individual immortal cities.

As the attacking party, the Beast King Valley suffered greater losses. At the beginning, a large number of war beasts and pets were killed or injured, and later on, many human monks also suffered casualties.

Two years ago, Lu Changan launched a surprise attack and reached the front battlefield in the southern part of Feng State. He used the [Divine Light of Destruction] and killed another fourth-level beast king.

Sect Leader Meng of the Beast King Valley was furious and wanted to kill Lu Changan on the spot, but was stopped by Chu Tianfeng.

At the same time, during these few years, a number of second and third level puppets have appeared one after another in the important fairy city of the Wei Dao League, and the number is far more than in previous immortal cultivation wars.

Among them, Zhang Zhenjun of Jinyun Valley even used a quasi-fourth-level war puppet to resolve a surprise attack by the Beast King Valley where they outnumbered the enemy.

This batch of mid- and high-level puppets helped the Wei Dao Alliance avoid many casualties among its monks.

A rumor came from the Wei Dao League that Alliance Leader Chu secretly sent people to the two religions' territories to create a batch of second and third level puppets.

There are also reports that this matter is related to Lu Zhenjun.

The Beast King Valley asked the Wujian Sect to investigate the channels for obtaining puppets, and even ambushed them on the way to the two religions, but there was no clear news.

In a few years, Lu Changan made a fortune from the war and earned a lot of money.

By exchanging his war merits, he obtained a batch of fourth-level treasures he needed, including precious materials for repairing the [Five Animals Poisonous Fire Fan].

Just last year, Lu Changan asked Zhang Tianfeng to secretly repair and upgrade the [Five Animals Poisonous Fire Fan].

Lu Changan also sold the stolen goods to Zhang Tianfeng and took out some unused magic weapons and precious materials.

Zhang Tieshan was not surprised at all and became more wary of Lu Changan's hidden strength.

Judging from some of the spoils that were sold, there were no less than several Nascent Souls who died at Lu Changan's hands, which was much more terrifying than the outside world had estimated.

In order to repair the broken spiritual treasure, Zhang Tianfeng needs to absorb the essence of gold and iron from magic weapons and precious mines. He will accept any magic weapon materials that are suitable for the task.

……

Before we knew it, Lu Chang'an, who had been guarding the front line of the battlefield, was already 435 years old.

This war of immortal cultivation led and instigated by him has finally entered the crucial stage of decisive battle.

Inside the cave of an important town.

Lu Changan sat cross-legged, nourishing the successfully repaired [Five Animals Poisonous Fire Fan].

This is an ancient black feather fan, with five feathers as the main body, flashing five colors of light: green, blue, purple and red.

The three [Flying Feather Needles] obtained from Elder Wanhe were refined again, coated with a fourth-level mixed giant poison, and hidden in the mechanism inside the Poison Fire Fan.

"Uncle Lu! Accurate information has been received from the front battlefield in the southern part of Feng Country. The great elder of the Beast King Valley has appeared."

A beautiful lady in a green dress, who was in the late Jindan stage and had a graceful figure, entered Zhenjun's cave residence with a token in hand.

The person who came was Zhao Tan'er.

"Yes, I already know."

Lu Changan came out of seclusion and met the only disciple of his old friend.

With Zhao Tan'er's qualifications, she suffered some disadvantages when she was trying to reach the late stage of Jindan. Later, she received the elixir and spiritual objects that Lu Chang'an gave her, which allowed her to advance to the late stage.

A few years ago, Lu Changan used his authority in the Wei Dao League to transfer Zhao Tan'er to the front-line area he was guarding.

In this way, she can take care of her old friend and disciple, and at the same time allow her to gain some military merits.

The battlefield area that Lu Changan was in charge of was relatively safer, causing the Beast King Valley to give up the military attack.

Many people with connections to the top leaders of the Wei Dao League are eager to have their disciples and descendants come to the area guarded by Lu Zhenjun.

"From past experience, the great elder of Beast King Valley is lazy in sect management and rarely participates in the fighting in the Demonic War. Once this person appears on the battlefield, Beast King Valley will make a big move, or even a decisive battle."

Lu Changan came to the city wall of the important town and looked at the border area where the Beast King Valley was located.

Today, his fourth-level divination produced a subtle sense of divine inspiration.

The three demon Yuanying of Fang Zhenjun, who had been balancing the opposite side for many years, had just left the front battlefield one after another.

Not only that, other demonic cultivators who had established their foundation and formed their elixir were also evacuating in large numbers.

It seems that they are preparing to move to the main battlefield in the southern part of Feng State.

Prior to this, he received a message from Alliance Leader Chu and was ready to assist the main battlefield.

If Fang Zhenjun and the other two left, he and Fairy Xia would need to act according to the circumstances.

……

Lu Changan flew out of the important frontline town to investigate the situation.

At the same time, he told Fairy Xia to get ready.

If the situation is not right, we must work together to assist Fengguo’s main battlefield.

If the main battlefield collapses, the rest of the battle lines will be powerless to recover.

Lu Changan was about to meet Fairy Xia.

Boom~
In the border area of ​​the Beast King Valley, a huge and powerful Nascent Soul magical energy surged.

The powerful spiritual pressure far exceeded that of all the Nascent Soul cultivators encountered before on the battlefield.

Lu Changan's heart trembled and he felt an invisible oppression.

The Nascent Soul aura was so profound that it even surpassed that of the old monster Jin Kun encountered in the Great Abyss that year.

"My dear Lu, where are you going? Why don't you stay here and chat with me today?"

There was a rumble of thunder in the distant clouds, and a pale old man with a round face and a big belly like a Buddha appeared, looking at Lu Changan with a smile.

(End of this chapter)