I am evergreen in the world of cultivating immortals

Chapter 449: Wealthy and Powerful, the Leader of Xuanmen

In Bishui City, Lu Changan waited patiently for nearly two years. Due to the sealing of his magic power, he was cut off from the induction of the Changqing Dao Fruit and could not practice during this period.

Two months before the Central Region Auction, he quietly lurked near the Bishan Sect.

On this day, above the gate of Bishan Sect, there was a beam of light as bright as dark green water, dyed the same color as the clear sky.

Along with the spiritual pressure of Yuanying Zhenjun, a tranquil and quiet beauty in a green dress came into Lu Changan's senses.

This Jurchen lady was probably in her twenties. Her clear eyes were like a clear pond, and her demeanor exuded an ethereal and graceful air that was not tainted by the mundane world.

"Bishan Sect, Tian Zhenjun, Bishui Fairy..."

Lu Changan only glanced at him out of the corner of his eye to avoid being sensed by the sensitive Nascent Soul.

As he expected, the Bishan Sect would send important cultivators to participate in the auction held once every twenty years in the Central Region.

According to intelligence, this Fairy of Green Water is the cultivator with whom Master Qingmu has the best relationship. The two have shared hardships and have a special friendship, and even a subtle relationship.

But the two True Lords who lived together day and night never got together, and never showed any signs of being overly close to the outside world.

"Master Qingmu, are you really willing to let your best junior sister go out alone..."

Lu Changan's eyes flickered and his thoughts raced.

To some extent, Fairy Bishui can be regarded as Qingmu Zhenjun's confidante, similar to the relationship between Lu Changan and Zhao Siyao back then.

The Fairy of Clear Water was not completely alone.

Behind him were two or three people in the middle and late stages of the Jindan realm. They were the powerful elders of the Bishan Sect, as well as the Nascent Soul seeds.

After watching several figures leave, Lu Changan did not rush to chase them. Instead, he used the divination technique to make some calculations.

Indeed, Lu Changan can intercept or capture the enemy halfway with a very high success rate.

However, once he takes action to capture and kill the Nascent Soul cultivator, Lu Changan will inevitably expose his identity, which will make Qingmu Zhenjun feel sensitive.

Fairy Bishui is not a new Nascent Soul. She is considered a strong player in the early Nascent Soul stage in the Wei Dao League, and cannot be compared with the likes of Yin Yuanhai.

The Bishan Sect is a major sect of immortal cultivation in the Central Region. Its heritage is greater than that of the Jinyang Sect of the Weidao League. In its history, it has produced more than one giant in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul stage.

Qingmu Zhenjun and the senior brother of Bishan Sect were confident that this girl would go out and would definitely give her a good way to protect her life. Perhaps she would have a certain ability to protect herself and have the confidence to escape when facing the ambush of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

"At present, Master Qingmu should not be able to confirm that I have arrived in the Central Region and am waiting near the Green Mountain Sect."

"True Lord Bishui went out to participate in an auction, running around for Qingmu, trading materials needed to refine a protective magic weapon..."

After calculation, Lu Changan made a rough judgment.

Qingmu Zhenjun still hid himself in his hole and could not come out.

When there is a need to refine a magical weapon to protect the Dao, True Lord Bishui is asked to go out and do it.

I have to admit that this arrangement is safer.

Qingmu might have expected that Lu Changan could not easily attack the Fairy of Green Water.

Lu Changan looked back at the Bishan Sect with a deep and cold gaze.

There is a fourth-order middle-grade spiritual vein at the mountain gate, and the sect protection formation is activated, in a state of being loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

"The Green Mountain Sect is currently missing a Nascent Soul leader, so their defense will certainly be weakened..."

Lu Changan continued to calculate the success rate of the infiltration and assassination.

The result made him frown.

Even if the Bishan Sect sent out a Nascent Soul cultivator, the difficulty of sneaking in and assassinating him was not reduced much.

There was a hidden power of destiny concealing Lu Changan's calculations against the Bishan Sect, making them unclear and encountering obvious resistance.

"As a major sect of immortal cultivation in the Central Region, the Bishan Sect inevitably has inherited treasures and rare items that can conceal the secrets of divination. Master Qingmu has suffered two major losses before, and he knows that there is a fourth-level divination master behind me, so it is normal for him to be on guard..."

"Besides, there is another key figure in the Bishan Sect, Chen Zhenjun, who is at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage. As a veteran Nascent Soul, he controls the sect's treasure, a fourth-order mid-grade sect protection formation..."

Lu Changan stopped calculating and made a decision.

After all, the Central Region is Qingmu Zhenjun's home ground, so it's not surprising that he has a trusted ally to take care of him.

If Lu Changan were in the Wei Dao League, he would have more allies. Apart from Zhang Tianfeng and Fairy Xia, who are closest to him, I think Master Liang and Chu Tianfeng would not refuse his request for help.

After a cup of tea.

Lu Changan left the Bishan Sect and followed the Bishui Fairy and her four companions.

Fairy Bishui led three Jindan monks, whose escape speed was not as fast as that of the Yuanying monster acting alone, so it was not difficult to track them.

After careful consideration, Lu Changan gave up the inferior plan of sneaking in and assassinating, mainly because of the high risk and the serious follow-up consequences.

He has the skin of Aoki's corpse, so he can continue to track and calculate his approximate location, so there is no need to rush.

Now, Qingmu Zhenjun is planning to create a magical weapon to protect himself and he will not leave in the short term, so this can be used as a starting point.

……

The Central Region Auction is located in the first fairy city of Daqing, Wuling City.

Five huge sacred mountains guard a magnificent ancient green fairy city. The outer layer is covered by clouds and mist, while inside it flows the colorful light of the Five Elements Array.

a few days later.

When Fairy Bishui and her group entered the city, Lu Changan did not follow them.

On the way, he took note of the magical aura of this Jurchen woman.

The number of cultivators traveling to and from Wuling City has reached its peak in nearly twenty years, gathering high-level cultivators from all regions of Daqing.

Among them there are even a small number of monks from the demonic camp whose identities are hidden.

Hundreds of years ago, the Ten Sects of Xuanmen defeated the Six Sects of Demonic Path and expelled the latter from the Central Region. The two sides also reached a ceasefire agreement and kept their distance from each other.

There is no explicit rule in the Central Region Auction that demonic monks are not allowed to participate.

Wuling City did not strictly screen the identities of foreign cultivators. The formation they were in was considered to be the top of Daqing, and they had enough confidence.

Against this background, an "old man in a straw raincoat" from outside the land successfully entered Wuling City.

The old man in the straw raincoat stayed in an inn in Wuling City. He inquired about the relevant information of the auction in the city and paid attention to some important figures.

Such actions are common and inconspicuous in Wuling City, which has a huge flow of people.

In the following two days, the old man in the straw raincoat changed his identity and purchased some intelligence in batches from several intelligence organizations in Wuling City.

"Tianzhilou, Daqingzhong Territory also has this intelligence organization? It's really not simple..."

The old man in the straw raincoat hesitated for a moment and did not enter this mysterious intelligence force that had visited the Eastern Region before.

While collecting intelligence, the old man in the straw raincoat secretly paid attention to the movements of Fairy Bishui and her group, but found nothing unusual.

Fairy Bishui had met several Nascent Soul cultivators from the Xuanmen camp, but the details of the encounter are unknown.

……

Three days later, the number of high-level monks gathered in Wuling City reached a peak.

The Central Region Auction was jointly organized by several top chambers of commerce in Daqing.

Due to the large number of auction items and participants, the auction will last for three days.

The third day of the auction was a special session for high-level cultivators, and there were many Yuanying-stage cultivators present.

At the auction site, the sound of bidding could be heard occasionally, and an invisible majesty and oppression was revealed in the coldness.

Whenever an old Yuanying stage monster in the venue made a bid and his powerful spiritual sense swept through, the nearby Jindan stage cultivators dared not breathe and felt as if they were sitting on pins and needles.

“Is there a higher bid?”

"Otherwise... this extremely high-quality [Tribulation Umbrella] will fall into the hands of this Taoist friend."

The auctioneer was an elderly white-haired man, and his slightly curious eyes swept over the old man in the straw raincoat.

"My fellow outsider, could you please give Fengyun Palace some face? The [Tribulation Umbrella] is something that my closed disciple urgently needs."

On the suspended stand in the distance, a middle-aged Nascent Soul man in a wide dark yellow robe, sitting like a rock, looked down from above, and his voice was like muffled thunder, descending from the sky.

"My granddaughter also needs the [Disaster-Resisting Umbrella] to fight against the heavenly thunder disaster."

The old man in the straw raincoat seemed dissatisfied with the man's strong and domineering tone, and said in a sarcastic tone:

"Why, the Fengyun Palace, one of the ten major sects in the Central Region, cannot match the financial resources of a casual cultivator like me from the Southern Region, and yet you want to use your power to suppress others?"

"Humph! You are hiding your head and showing your tail. Do you dare to tell me your name? Could it be that you are a demon monk in disguise?"

The middle-aged Nascent Soul in Fengyun Palace was angry, his thick brows knitted, his tiger eyes flashed with fierceness, and his powerful Nascent Soul consciousness swept over the old man in the straw raincoat.

The smell of gunpowder from the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two sides made many cultivators at the auction look at them sideways.

Some Nascent Soul cultivators cast interested glances at the old man in straw raincoat.

Although Fengyun Palace ranks low among the ten sects of Xuanmen, it has always been overbearing and hates evil.

"joke!"

The old man in the straw raincoat snorted coldly, ignoring the powerful consciousness of the middle-aged Yuanying in Fengyun Palace, and a faint aura of burning fire emanated from his body.

On the contrary, the middle-aged Nascent Soul from Fengyun Palace couldn't help but groan, his face turned slightly pale, and he was shocked away by the opponent's spiritual sense and almost got hurt.

"This person's spiritual consciousness is probably close to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and he actually caused the 'Thunder Lord' of the Wind and Cloud Palace to suffer a loss."

"Flame-type skills? I wonder which old monster in the Southern Region did this?"

"The southern region has frequent volcanic eruptions, and the environment is harsh, but there are many high-level cultivators of fire-related techniques. If you are not a cultivator who has been there for many years, you really can't guess where this person came from."

Amid the discussion among a group of high-level monks, the auction item [Umbrella of Transmutation] fell into the hands of the mysterious old man in straw raincoat.

Lord Lei Ming of Fengyun Palace had a gloomy expression and did not get angry.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to raise the price again.

First, the auction price is already seriously overpriced.

Second, the auctioneer required two rare spiritual materials, and those who met the requirements would be given priority. He couldn't produce them, but the old man in the straw raincoat could.

Moreover, the old man in the straw raincoat had a higher level of spiritual awareness than him, and his fire-type magic power was very different from that of the Demon Sect. This made Master Lei Ming's previous words seem unreasonable.

To put it another way, the Central Region Auction is open to the entire Daqing and does not explicitly restrict the cultivators of the Demonic Path.

……

Later in the auction and before the finale, the quality of the items gradually increased, including items needed by Nascent Soul cultivators and materials and spiritual objects of the fourth level and above.

During this period, the old man in the straw raincoat made two more bids with strong bids, which outperformed his competitors and attracted a lot of attention.

The old man in the straw raincoat not only offers a high price and is wealthy, but he can also provide the scarce and unpopular materials that the client needs.

Even if they lose, the bidders will be convinced.

One of the items up for auction is a fourth-level fire-type elixir.

The old man in straw raincoat paid a high premium for this, further confirming his identity as a Yuanying-level monster of the Fire Element in the Southern Region.

On another suspended stand sat the Fairy of Green Water and three Jindan cultivators from the Green Mountain Sect.

Fairy Bishui couldn't help but pay attention to the wealthy old man in the straw raincoat, and felt a little envious in her heart.

She thought to herself that if she had the wealth of the old man in the straw raincoat, she wouldn't have to be so frugal if she helped Senior Brother Qingmu to create a magical weapon to protect him.

"This old monster from the Southern Territory is very generous and has a lot of scarce resources. Could it be that he has excavated some ancient cave or dangerous forbidden area? Perhaps he has the materials for the wood-based magic weapon that Senior Brother Qingmu needs." Fairy Bishui was thinking and making up her mind.

Little did she know that she was also the target of the old man in the straw raincoat's attention.

Fairy Bishui had a mediocre harvest at this auction. She only got a piece of fourth-tier spiritual wood, for which she paid a considerable premium.

There were two urgently needed precious refining materials, and she had not competed for them. One of them was bought by the old man in the straw raincoat.

Fairy Bishui was secretly annoyed, but the price offered by the old man in the straw raincoat was more than 30% higher than hers, so she lost without any temper.

After the auction ends.

The old man in the straw raincoat took the three auction items calmly and paid for the spirit stones and materials.

In this auction, in addition to the fire-type elixir, another precious material for refining weapons and the [Disaster-Removing Umbrella] can all come in handy.

[The Umbrella for Transmuting Disasters] is for the Black Water Turtle to use to survive future disasters caused by heavenly thunder.

The [Thunder Pearl] that Lu Chang'an had used to overcome the calamity was destroyed on the spot. Although he still had talismans and treasures that could resist the heavenly thunder, the effects were much worse.

The heavenly thunder tribulations of monsters and spirit beasts are more violent than those of human cultivators and should not be underestimated.

The unused fire-type elixir was extremely scarce in the abyss near the sea and could be sold at least twice as high a price.

After traveling back and forth between the two major realms of immortal cultivation and obtaining many Nascent Souls, coupled with the profit resources distributed after the war between the demons and the underworld, Lu Chang'an was extremely rich.

The resources he possesses, including the rare and precious materials, far exceed those of most Yuanying monks.

Through the Hundred Illusions Mask, Lu Changan disguised himself as a fire-type Nascent Soul cultivator this time.

The effect is so realistic because the fourth generation Master Lihuo has brought down the shadow of his previous life.

Master Lihuo is a typical fire-based practitioner.

In addition, there are spare fire talismans and the top-grade magic weapon Lihuo Gourd.

Of course, a Nascent Soul cultivator with a strong spiritual awareness might be able to see some clues, but at most they could see that Lu Changan was in disguise, and it would be difficult to see his true identity without taking action.

……

"Fellow Daoist from the Southern Region, please stay!"

As Lu Changan stepped out of the auction venue, a gentle and attractive male voice came from behind him.

The visitor was a fair-faced man with a dark blue long collar and black hair tied up. He was about thirty years old and looked like an elegant scholar.

Lu Changan had an impression of this person. He was a Nascent Soul cultivator who served the Chamber of Commerce behind the auction.

During the auction, not only the Nascent Soul cultivators from the major sects in the Central Domain, but also the Nascent Soul masters from other domains became acquainted with this person and called him "True Lord Ai".

"So you are Master Ai from the Tianhe Chamber of Commerce. What advice do you have for me?"

The old man in straw raincoat transformed by Lu Changan said calmly.

"Fellow Daoist, do you know Ai? What's his name?"

Ai Zhenjun was not surprised that Lu Changan knew him. Tianhe Chamber of Commerce was the number one chamber of commerce in Daqing. As a core figure, he had dealt with high-level cultivators from all over Daqing.

"My last name is Jing."

"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Jing! It's our first meeting, and I have a sense of déjà vu. Have we met somewhere before?"

Ai Zhenjun looked at the old man in the straw raincoat with suspicion and tried to get closer to him in a familiar way.

"Haha! Several decades ago, I once saw Master Ai from afar, but he was not the same as he is today."

Lu Changan laughed and tried to fool around with the answer ambiguously.

After a few pleasantries, Ai Zhenjun quickly explained his purpose:
"Every time there is an auction in the Central Region, Wuling City gathers high-level cultivators from the five regions of Daqing. After the auction, which takes place every twenty years, Ai and several fellow cultivators will organize a Nascent Soul Exchange Meeting to conduct private transactions at a higher level."

"The exchange meeting will be mainly held in the Central Region, and we will also invite some capable fellows from the outside regions to participate."

"I see! I wonder which Yuanying fellows will participate in this exchange?"

Lu Changan was secretly delighted and asked casually.

He acted like a wealthy man at the auction and displayed some of his scarce resources in order to attract the interest of the Nascent Soul cultivators in the Central Region.

He had already learned about the Central Region Yuanying Exchange Conference after the auction from intelligence.

"Haha, there are many legendary figures who are famous in Daqing at this exchange meeting."

"For example, 'Master Lingyu' from Xingchen Pavilion, 'Master Jianglong' from Longhu Mountain...even 'Medicine King' is in Wuling City and has accepted our invitation."

"Tsk tsk... so many great figures, Jing has admired them for a long time."

Lu Changan showed a look of longing and readily accepted the invitation.

Ai Zhenjun invited more than just Lu Changan. He left an invitation letter, gave a few instructions, and then said goodbye and left.

The Yuanying exchange meeting will be held that evening, so there is no need to rush.

"Master Lingyu..."

Lu Changan put away the invitation letter and was very familiar with this name.

Hundreds of years ago, a son of destiny was born in the Jing State of the Wei Dao League. He went to the most prosperous Central Region of Daqing, achieved the status of Yuanying Zhenjun, and joined a great immortal cultivation sect with ancient traditions.

The existence of this son of destiny made the relatively weak Jing State in the surrounding area a neutral commercial and immortal cultivation country.

Later, this son of destiny intervened in the war of magic on the grounds of protecting his homeland, the State of Jing.

In the most dazzling battle, Master Lingyu defeated and seriously injured Master Meng of the Beast King Valley in one fell swoop.

It is said that Master Lingyu once fought privately with the leader of Wujian Sect, but the world does not know the specific result.

Over the years, Lu Changan has become the big boss of the Wei Dao League, and has been secretly communicating with True Lord Jueying, so he roughly knows the ending.

In that battle, both of them were injured.

In other words, nearly a hundred years ago, Master Ling Yu already possessed the strength to compete with the leader of the Demon Sect.

In Lu Changan's opinion, Master Ling Yu's hard power is probably above that of the leader of the Wujian Sect.

Firstly, the style of the Wujian Sect leader is not to attack head-on, but mostly to assassinate by surprise.

Jin Yue Zhenjun of Ao Yue Palace was actually disguised by the leader of Wu Jian Sect and was killed with one blow, without even having time for his Nascent Soul to leave his body.

Of course, covert assassination is actually part of strength.

The second basis is that Master Ling Yu appeared in the Central Region several years after the war and his injuries had healed.

As for the leader of Wujian Sect, he has been silent for many years, so his recovery from injuries is at least much slower.

Now, after so many years, Master Lingyu has become a leader among the ten sects of Xuanmen.

……

The dusk is dark and the moon is rising in the sky.

In the center of Wuling City, in the fourth-level spiritual vein forbidden area where the Tianhe Chamber of Commerce is located, there is an island with beautiful scenery located in the middle of the lake.

Within half an hour, more than a dozen Nascent Soul lights had arrived at the cave where the island in the middle of the lake was located.

With the help of the black wind cloak, Lu Changan hid in a shadow corner dozens of miles away.

Until a certain moment.

He caught a familiar glimpse of green water light and landed on the island in the middle of the lake in the core forbidden area of ​​Wuling City.

"arrive."

Lu Changan was delighted, but did not take immediate action.

"Haha, the Fairy of Clear Water is here!"

"Tian Zhenjun, why didn't your sect's 'Aoki Zhenjun' come to this exchange meeting?"

In an open-air square on the island in the middle of the lake, there were a dozen or so Nascent Soul cultivators sitting around.

Seeing the arrival of the Fairy of Clear Water, some of their Nascent Soul peers stood up and greeted each other, while some old Nascent Soul monsters sat there indifferent.

After a brief greeting, Fairy Bishui found a cushion and sat down.

She looked around the scene quietly. More than 70% of the faces were familiar, and most of the unfamiliar ones were monks from other regions.

The Daqing region is vast, and even in the Central Region, Fairy Bishui has not seen many of her peers. Not to mention the many Nascent Soul cultivators in the remote corners of the other four regions.

Fairy Bishui frowned slightly, thinking of the mysterious old man in straw raincoat who was rich, had extraordinary magical powers, and possessed many scarce resources at the auction in broad daylight.

She expected that the man's strength and financial resources were enough to get an invitation to this Nascent Soul Exchange Conference.

Of course, there are also some monks who do not like this kind of exchange meeting, or have their own small circle, and will not come to participate even if they receive an invitation.

In fact, Fairy Bishui was not the only one who was looking forward to the arrival of the old man in the straw raincoat.

Possessing scarce resources and being generous and magnanimous, such fellow cultivators are naturally popular at the Nascent Soul Exchange Conference.

Moreover, at every Central Region exchange meeting, the Central Region cultivators naturally have an advantage. Even if they cannot always slaughter the fat sheep from other regions, they can often gain some advantage in the transaction.

……

It seems that the time for the Central Region Yuanying Exchange Conference to officially begin is approaching.

Just at the last moment.

Whoosh!Whoosh!
The two beams of light flew to the island in the middle of the lake where the exchange meeting was held, almost in no particular order.

"Master Lingyu has arrived!"

On the island in the middle of the lake, Nascent Soul cultivators from various domains were silent at first, and then they all stood up to greet them.

One of the blue lights, as bright as a star, faintly pulled the moon in the night sky and shook the stars in the sky.

hum!
The starlight slowly faded away, revealing an extremely young silver-haired man wearing a star robe; his appearance could be described as a handsome young man, which was seriously inconsistent with his actual age.

His cold features were like marble sculptures, with perfect three-dimensionality, and his eyes were deep and boundless. A pale blue star mark appeared between his brows, adding a touch of mystery and nobility.

Master Ling Yu did not release his spiritual pressure intentionally, but he made the Nascent Soul cultivators present feel the inexplicable pressure coming from the entire sky and stars.

Even the giants in the middle stage of Nascent Soul who were present were obviously suppressed by the traction of Qi.

True Lord Lingyu ignored True Lord Ai, True Lord Jianglong, True Lord Leiming and others who came to the island in the middle of the lake.

"Ok?"

He subconsciously looked to the side and below with a sharp gaze.

The old man in the straw raincoat who escaped almost at the same time was obscured by the starlight and had no sense of existence.

When did this old guy arrive?
I have merged into the starry night and the dark night, but I didn't even notice it?

"Ok?"

The old man in the straw raincoat had the same reaction and looked at Master Lingyu with a slightly strange look.

Lu Changan was secretly surprised. When did Master Lingyu appear in the night sky? He had been hiding for such a long time and no one noticed him?

Besides, is this guy sick...he has to appear at the last minute?

After the two of them said "hmm" at the same time, their eyes met involuntarily, and they instantly noticed a similar hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

(End of this chapter)