Unsurpassed Spirits

Chapter 233 The White Tower
True Lord Weiyang's eyes fell on her body, and he paused for a moment. Luo Qingli suddenly felt that he had nowhere to hide. Just one look could make people feel even more stressed.

Lu Heng took a step forward calmly, "Master, this is Zhenjun Jinghong's disciple. I met her in Jinyun City before and brought her here."

True Lord Weiyang glanced at Luo Qingli again, his eyes were indifferent, as if he wanted to say something, but at this moment Song Jinghong suddenly strode out of the guest courtyard, pulled his little apprentice behind him, and by the way He glared at her, which meant nothing more than: I'll settle the score with you later!
Luo Qingli lowered his head with a slight guilty conscience, but with his master standing in front of him, the majestic oppression brought by True Lord Weiyang was suddenly reduced a lot.

Song Jinghong smiled slightly and said: "My little disciple is naughty. Thank you for your trouble, little friend Chengfeng."

Lu Heng bowed and said: "Senior's words are serious about Chengfeng's duties."

Song Jinghong looked at True Lord Weiyang again, "Fellow Taoist Weiyang, Jinghong needs to think carefully about what we discussed just now. I'm sorry."

True Lord Weiyang nodded lightly, and Song Jinghong pulled Luo Qingli into the guest courtyard without looking back.

Lu Heng saw his master curling his mouth almost imperceptibly, and felt confused, "Master, what's wrong?"

To be honest, Lu Heng had been his disciple for decades, but after decades, he still felt that the old man was unfathomable, and sometimes he couldn't understand it at all.

"There is a way to solve your uncle's matter." Zhenjun Weiyang said calmly.

Lu Heng's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but continue to ask. However, Weiyang Zhenjun was very secretive and was unwilling to say more.

After Luo Qingli was pulled into the room, Song Jinghong sat down in front of the desk with a gloomy expression. She sighed secretly, thinking that the master must be very angry this time.

"Master."

Luo Qingli stood obediently not far away, ready for Song Jinghong to call over everything on the table. Anyway, as long as the master smashed enough, her anger would be almost gone.

However, unexpectedly, Song Jinghong neither hit nor scolded him this time, but instead looked solemn and thoughtful.

There's something wrong with this situation...

"Master?" Luo Qingli called tentatively.

Song Jinghong looked over and glared at her fiercely, "Tell me, when will you make me feel at ease?"

She finally managed to raise an apprentice, but she was always on the verge of committing suicide. She had to worry about whether her life was in danger every day for three days. She never let her worry. This time it was even better. The soul lamp almost went out. A few sparks were left, but no one could be seen alive or dead, and no one even knew where he died.

"Master, didn't I come back intact? And before that, I had overfulfilled the tasks you assigned me. The merits and demerits are equal to each other."

"You will be poor!"

Song Jinghong snorted softly and said this. She was extremely satisfied with the fact that Luo Qingli won the first place in the Central Plains Alchemy Examination. Apart from anything else, this girl was indeed very talented in alchemy. Not vulgar.

"Don't you want to hear what happened to me?" Luo Qingli couldn't wait to share his experience with her.

Song Jinghong glanced at her and hummed, "Go ahead."

Luo Qingli found a futon and sat cross-legged in front of her, "In fact, for the past year, I have been trapped in the center of the secret realm and have not been teleported out..."

She briefly talked about her experience in the Chongyuan Secret Realm and in it from beginning to end.

Song Jinghong had heard about the sudden change in Chongyuan Secret Realm. After this incident, Luo Qingli disappeared. Before that, Song Jinghong also noticed that he had left it on her storage bracelet. A protective mark of his was broken, but Luo Qingli was not in danger of his life at that time.

In any case, the apprentice's skills were not bad, and there was a fifth-level spiritual beast beside him. She only thought that Luo Qingli had encountered some danger, but he had passed it safely now.

It wasn't until Ye Wangshu approached the Jade Toad Sect later, and the disciple guarding the Soul Hall said that Uncle Luo's soul lamp was about to go out, that Song Jinghong realized the seriousness of the situation.

"The environment in the center of the secret realm is very special. There is ice and snow, and there are no monsters there. Another Taoist friend and I descended into an ice abyss, but we didn't expect that there was a soul-eating spring under the ice abyss."

"Soul-Eating Spring!" Song Jinghong was slightly startled. She naturally knew the terrifying aspects of this Soul-Eating Spring. Of course, what was even more terrifying was the accompanying red lotus in the Soul-Eating Spring.

However, the conditions for the existence of the Soul-Eating Spring are relatively harsh, and not every Soul-Eating Spring will breed red lotuses. But when he saw a cluster of scarlet flames emerging from the young apprentice's white fingertips, Song was shocked. Hongjiu couldn't calm down anymore.

She stared fixedly at the cluster of calm flames. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator would be wary of the red lotus karma fire that specifically burns the soul. If you want to conquer this red lotus karma fire, how intense the pain must be. , just thinking about it can send chills down your spine.

"You, you are crazy! You are only in the foundation building stage, and you actually dare to take the risk to collect the red lotus karma fire!"

Song Jinghong wished he could pry open his little apprentice's head to see if it contained a bag of grass. "It's not like you don't know how powerful the red lotus karma fire is. Even high-level monks can't guarantee that they can survive the burning of the soul." How could you have such courage to do such a thing!"

No wonder the soul lamp showed signs of extinction at that time. Song Jinghong never imagined that it was because of this! "Master, the situation was critical at that time. Even if I didn't try, I would be swallowed up by the fire of karma... Moreover, I had collected seven thousand-year-old snow lotus seeds under the ice abyss before. Fortunately, I was able to survive it."

Song Jinghong no longer knew what to say to her, and she thought of another question, "How did you break through Honglian's own defense?"

The defense required a full blow from the Golden Core cultivator to break through. She didn't think her apprentice's cultivation level could break it.

Luo Qingli had already thought of an excuse for this issue. She couldn't talk about Biyou, so she could only use Sang Yuyan as a shield. "Another Taoist friend Sang had a secret treasure on his body. At that time, we didn't want to talk about it. With no other choice, we were all prepared to die together with Hong Lian. At that time, fellow Taoist Sang threw the secret treasure out, which actually shattered Hong Lian's defense."

It's not that there are no such secret treasures in the world of cultivation, but they are extremely rare. When she said this, Song Jinghong did not doubt it, but murmured: "Sang Yuyan... is your surname Sang?"

Like Yan Shitian, Song Jinghong also thought of the Ghost Domain Shura Palace, but now was not the time to dwell on this issue.

"After conquering the Red Lotus Karma Fire, I slept in the Soul-Eating Spring for more than half a year. When I woke up, I found a secret passage in the spring, and walked through the secret passage to another mountain..."

Song Jinghong was speechless for a long time after explaining the next thing in detail.

She always felt that the apprentice's luck seemed to be particularly bad, but also seemed to be particularly good. No matter where he went, something would happen. After a narrow escape, he could still gain something that others could only dream of.

Song Jinghong looked at the red lotus fire on Luo Qingli's fingertips and shook his head helplessly.

She has lived for more than 700 years, and has only seen it in one person. However, she never imagined that the second person she saw with innate spiritual fire would be her apprentice, and at this time, the apprentice was just a builder. base period.

Song Jinghong held his forehead and waved his hands, not bothering to vent his anger on her anymore, "With your cultivation level at your age, it is really unbelievable that you can possess the Red Lotus Karmic Fire. Before forming the elixir, you must remember to expose yourself to as few people as possible... ...But now that you have innate spiritual fire, you should learn this advanced fire spell earlier. If you encounter a strong opponent in the future, this will be a great help to you."

Luo Qingli thought so too. He nodded repeatedly when he heard this. Song Jinghong herself was not good at fire spells, but she was ready to wait until she returned to the Jade Toad Sect to pick out a few books from Zhenjun Fuji's small vault for her young apprentice. .

After finishing talking about his own affairs, Song Jinghong was still frowning. Luo Qingli couldn't help but ask: "Master, what happened?"

Lu Heng had previously said that there was something going on in the Thunder God Tao Pagoda that she wanted to ask Master for help. Later, when she asked in detail, Lu Heng refused to say anything. And just now, True Lord Weiyang came to the guest house to discuss with Master in person. This matter would definitely not happen. Simple, Luo Qingli couldn't help but ask.

Song Jinghong looked at her with a complicated expression, and said after a moment of silence: "It's not a big deal... Since you're here, just stay in the Thunder God Tao Tower for now. If you want to see where you want to go, you can find Lu Chengfeng. Wait here." After your work is done, you can return to Nanzhao with my master."

"Okay." Of course Luo Qingli had no objection. Song Jinghong was here, so she settled down in the Thunder God Tao Tower with peace of mind.

The next day, Lu Heng came uninvited and took her initiative to take her around the door while introducing her to the surrounding scenery.

As the first of the twelve Taoist pagodas in the Central Plains, the Thunder God Taoist Tower is extremely large and covers a wide area. It is three to four times that of the Jade Toad Sect. Of course, the number of disciples is much greater than that of the Jade Toad Sect. There are more than ten Ying elders, and there are hundreds of Jindan monks.

A cultivation level like Lu Heng's is actually nothing in the Thunder God Tao Tower, but his age is indeed too young among the younger generation. It is precisely because of this that Lu Heng is known as a genius and is known throughout the Central Plains. There are countless fans.

With Lu Heng by his side, Luo Qingli was almost always stared at, especially the female cultivators, who mostly looked at him with unkind eyes.

"Who is that female cultivator? Why have I never seen her before? Even Master Chengfeng is so polite to her..."

"I heard that he is the disciple of the Jinghong Zhenjun of Nanzhao Yu Chan Sect..."

"It seems she was the one who won the first place in the Alchemy Master Assessment Competition before!"

Luo Qingli tried his best to ignore the glances around him, turned his eyes and said half-jokingly: "Am I pretending to be a fox or a tiger?"

Lu Heng shook his head and laughed, "Actually, you are somewhat famous in the Central Plains, at least in the circle of alchemists."

Looking at the entire Central Plains, there are only a handful of people who can refine seventh-level elixirs in the middle stage of foundation building.

Lu Heng took her to the highest peak in the sect. On the top of the mountain was a nine-story tower with a patch of green bamboo planted around it. Lu Heng explained: "This white tower is the Thunder God Tao Tower, but it is not the elder or elder of our sect. Special invitees are not allowed in, so I can’t take you in.”

Luo Qingli nodded to express his understanding, and Lu Heng pointed in another direction and said: "Behind the Taoist Tower is Juling Spring, which is opened once every ten years. Practicing in Juling Spring will get twice the result with half the effort. The next opening will be in half a year. But under normal circumstances, non-Jindan elders of our sect are not allowed to enter."

"Master Chengfeng has never gone in?"

Lu Heng shook his head, "I haven't formed the elixir for a few years. Even if I am my master's disciple, I don't have privileges in everything."

While they were talking, the two of them suddenly saw two escaping lights flying across the sky, one of which was very familiar to Luo Qingli.

　Thanks to Ji Moxue, Shang Biebeishang, Yue Chenchen, and Longcheng Feiye for their rewards~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)