Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 1020 The general trend of the world
Tianyuan Continent, human territory, on the Xunfeng River.

This is a mighty river that runs across half of the human race's territory. Occasionally, some low-level monsters roam the water, but they pose little threat, so you can often see mortal ships traveling on the river.

Some mortal caravans would even specifically hire some immortal cultivators to sit on board the merchant ships to prevent the goods being transported from being attacked by aquatic monsters.

It is the flood season now, and the wind and waves are very strong. Except for a few fishermen, there are basically few merchant ships that will cross the river at this time of year.

Hongyun Trading Company did not want to do business at this time of year, but they did encounter a special situation. Their branch delivered a batch of important goods from a city where many immortal cultivators gathered. It was extremely important and the merchant owner specifically requested that it be received as soon as possible.

Therefore, even during the flood season when the danger is greater than that of aquatic monsters, one can still see a fleet flying the flag of the Hongyun Trading Company sailing on the river.

"My Lord, it is the flood season now. The weather may change at any time, causing a flood. Why don't you go back to the boat room and rest? It is still a bit dangerous outside."

On one of the merchant ships, a guild manager spoke to the immortal cultivator sitting at the bow in a flattering tone.

This man was wearing a loose green Taoist robe. He had an upright figure and a free and easy temperament. He let the moisture-laden river breeze blow on his face, looking very unrestrained and bold.

"Haha, it's okay, boss, don't worry about me. I don't care about a few waves. Besides, sitting on the bow can better guard against monsters in the water."

"Since the Immortal is so determined, I will not force you. I will trouble you on the way."

"Okay, okay, boss, just go and do your thing. Don't worry about me."

Having said this, the shopkeeper of Hongyun Trading Company turned around and went back into the cabin.

The immortal cultivator with a tall figure was naturally Li Qing. He was teleported all the way from Xinghe City to Xunfeng City, which was the nearest immortal city to the Taoist Palace. He planned to go directly to the Taoist Palace from the city to observe the Taoist Canon.

However, in the city, the owner of the Hongyun Trading Company was accidentally seen, who was begging for immortal cultivators in Xunfeng City to escort the fleet down the river. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he begged, it was still quite difficult for a mortal trading company to hire immortal cultivators.

Almost no cultivators in Xunfeng City were willing to accept this commission because it would take a long time and was quite troublesome.

Li Qing, who had just advanced to the fusion stage not long ago, chose to accept this commission. Of course, at the moment he was a casual cultivator in the Jindan stage, and he did not reveal his full cultivation level, otherwise it would scare the boatman.

But even so, it was enough to make the owner of Hongyun Trading Company burst into tears of gratitude.

"Everyone in this world is suffering, so just help whoever you see. It's on your way anyway." Li Qing enjoyed the moist river breeze, a rare relaxed expression on his face.

After a while, he took out some information and intelligence about the world of immortal cultivation that he had obtained from Xunfeng City in recent years.

In the more than ten years since the end of the battle for the Golden Spring of Destiny, many cultivators who successfully advanced to the fusion stage have emerged in the human race.

"Ziri Xingjun of Yuling Sect successfully advanced to the Fusion Stage four years ago and may inherit the position of Sect Master in the future."

"Yanxia Cave Heavenly King Sheng successfully broke through a year ago and became the third powerful person in the Fusion Stage within this faction."

Of course, the most popular among them are the descendants of those hidden families.

"Mo Feng of the Mo family of the Immortal Clan succeeded in merging with the Dao two years ago. He is the only candidate for the next generation of the Mo family's Patriarch. On the day of his breakthrough, the spiritual treasure left by a deceased ancestor of the family caused some unusual movements."

"The two stunning fairies Su Ling and Su Yin from the True Spirit family, both advanced to the Fusion Stage, and their power is unmatched at the moment."

"Peng Zhan of the Peng family completed his advancement several months ago. It is said that on the day of his advancement, a phantom of an ancient sky roc soared into the sky."

In addition to those who successfully broke through, there are naturally some people who failed to break through.

The Holy Son of Yin and Yang was troubled by demonic obstacles when he was transcending the tribulation, and eventually died in the great tribulation of the fusion period, turning into a handful of ashes. On that day, the entire Yin and Yang sect wept bitterly to see the Holy Son off.

After seeing this message, Li Qing was slightly stunned, and then showed a little regret.

He still had a good impression of the Holy Son of Yin-Yang Sect. When he fought against him at Niu's house that day, this man admitted defeat gracefully, which surprised Li Qing.

"What a pity! The Dao is so ruthless."

After all, it is the fusion stage. This realm is already the pinnacle that almost all cultivators can reach in their lifetime. If you want to advance successfully, it is not so easy to break through.

Even a gifted person with extraordinary talent may still die.

"After reading so much, I finally saw a good news." Li Qing chuckled. The last piece of news was related to the Taotie family. Until now, there was still no news that Hu Chuan, who was known as the Taotie son, had successfully advanced to the fusion stage.

There are rumors that he failed to advance and died in the process of breaking through.

Because Mo Feng, who had a deep hatred with him, went to the Taotie family's territory several times to challenge Hu Chuan after successfully breaking through to the fusion stage, claiming that he wanted to fight to the death with Hu Chuan.

However, no matter how he challenged Hu Chuan, he never responded. Instead, an old man from the Taotie family who was in the fusion stage came out of seclusion and tried to force Mo Feng to retreat.

The result shocked the entire world of immortal cultivation. Mo Feng, who had just advanced not long ago, showed extremely powerful fighting ability and actually injured a strong man with Taotie blood in his body.

After doing all this, Mo Feng left an extremely arrogant remark: "When I master the laws of heaven and earth in the future, I will definitely come here again to learn from you old gluttons one by one."

At this point in the war, everyone realized that a new era had arrived.

The generation that was once placed with high hopes has finally grown into powerful people who can stand on their own. They have truly become powerful and can stir up endless storms.

Their future has arrived!

"The waves behind are pushing forward the waves ahead, and the old are replaced by the new."

“Haha, I wonder if there will be a new human Tianzun among this generation of Tianjiao, who can protect our race from wind and rain and intimidate other races.”

"Yes, the dragon son of the Long family who has been hidden for so many years has now been confirmed to exist, and has advanced to the fusion stage. With such a strong true dragon bloodline, he should be able to lead the way."

"It's hard to say. Over the years, I have never seen anyone with True Spirit bloodline advance to the Mahayana stage. It's hard to say whether there is any secret in this."

"But the blood of the heir of the Long family is astonishingly more than 50%, which can be said to be the most concentrated true spirit blood in history. If he can't even advance to the Mahayana stage, isn't it a bit strange?"

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Li Qing put away the information with a smile and looked far ahead at the river surface, where turbulent waves were surging, one higher than the other.

Soon, the waves began to move unusually, and a huge whirlpool emerged on the surface of the river, with demonic energy leaking out of it.

"Goddess, there is a demonic aura! There is a monster in the water that is about to attack the boat!"

The shopkeeper's exclamation came from behind, and he looked at Li Qing sitting at the bow with an uneasy look on his face.

"Hahaha, don't panic, it's just a late-stage third-order Black Water Crocodile."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing pointed at the vortex in front of him, and a red light flashed.

Boom!

With a muffled sound, the originally restless water surface suddenly calmed down, and then a large amount of thick blood dyed the river red. The third-level black water crocodile died without even showing its face. Of course, this was only because Li Qing restrained his methods. Otherwise, as long as he released his aura a little, no monster in the whole river would dare to show up and cause trouble.

"Amazing! The Immortal is truly amazing!"

"Thank you for your help, Immortal!"

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Amidst all the exclamations, Li Qing chuckled and waved his hand, then continued to lie leisurely at the bow of the boat, enjoying the gentle breeze.

After a long while, several rays of light suddenly came quickly from the sky behind. They turned out to be several human Yuanying stage monks flying on swords.

These people were traveling together. When they took a look at the blood of monsters that had not yet dissipated in the river, they couldn't help but show surprise.

"That person is so strong that he killed this third-stage water monster with just one strike. Who is he?"

"He should be a cultivator participating in the Dao Trial Meeting. Let's go and take a look."

"Well, this person has good fighting ability and is worth making friends with!"

"The competition is really fierce. I wonder how many people will be able to join the Dao Palace and become disciples of those venerables this time."

After a conversation between several young cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage, they flew straight towards the merchant fleet on their swords.

"Excuse me, fellow Taoist in front. I am Zhao Shan. May I ask if you are also going to the Taoist Palace?"

The young swordsman in the late Nascent Soul stage who was in the lead clasped his fists towards Li Qing and asked straightforwardly.

Li Qing was slightly startled, and looked back at these cultivators. He didn't know how they knew his goal, but he nodded and admitted: "Yes, I am indeed planning to go to the Dao Palace."

A cultivator in black brocade robes said, "Fellow Daoist, you must have hidden your cultivation, right?"

After hearing this, Li Qing was stunned again. He wondered how these young cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage could tell that he had concealed his cultivation aura.

Seeing Li Qing's slightly surprised expression, the four of them smiled at each other and then said, "Just now, we saw from afar that you easily killed a third-stage late-stage demon beast with one strike. I think your strength should be far more than what it seems."

“Besides, most of the cultivators who are going to the Dao Palace to participate in the Dao Trial Meeting are in the Nascent Soul stage, and it is rare to see cultivators in the Core Formation stage.”

So that's how it is. It seems I was misunderstood.

After thinking for a while, Li Qing nodded and said, "Well, fellow Taoists, you have sharp eyes. I admire you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing adjusted his cultivation aura to the middle stage of Nascent Soul.

The shopkeeper on the boat immediately showed a look of panic after seeing this scene. He hurried forward and said:

"I was blinded by my eyes and didn't recognize a true immortal. The immortal turned out to be a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage. I really deserve to die!"

"My Lord, when we get there, I will ask the merchant to raise the reward."

Li Qing politely declined, "Boss, there is no need to do this. Since we have already agreed on the remuneration, there is no need to change it. I am not the kind of person who goes back on his word. Don't worry, I will definitely escort you to your destination."

"Oh, thank you very much, Immortal. You are so kind and righteous, and I hope you will have a long and prosperous future!" The shopkeeper thanked him repeatedly.

When the young swordsmen saw this, they all showed admiration.

"There is less than half a year left before the Taoist Trial Meeting. Fellow Taoists, you must seize the opportunity and not miss out on important matters." Zhao Shan reminded.

In response, Li Qing just smiled and said, "Thank you for your reminder, fellow Daoist, this ship will reach the destination in about two months, I don't think there is any rush."

"If you are in a hurry, you can go ahead and don't have to go with me."

At this time, the only female cultivator among the four said thoughtfully: "Daoyou is so righteous, and I admire your integrity. Since it is still early, I will stay and walk with you for a while."

"Crossing the river by boat is quite an experience."

Seeing this, the other few people were actually willing to stay and go for a while.

"Since Fairy Wan is in such a good mood, then I, Zhao, will accompany you." Zhao Shan said with a smile.

"Yes, even if we go early, we still have to wait outside the Taoist Palace Mountain, and we can discuss Taoism together." Miao Yun, who was in the early Nascent Soul stage, also agreed.

The last person saw this and nodded helplessly, "Miss Wan was also from the Chamber of Commerce. I think she might have some sympathy for you."

The female cultivator in a fiery red dress stroked her black hair by her ears and said with little interest, "Let's not talk about the past."

Li Qing didn't have any objection. He didn't mind traveling with these Nascent Soul stage juniors for a while. He was free anyway.

The caravan's owner was a little overwhelmed, as he had been begging for employment but couldn't, and now there were four more of them!
He walked out again, wiping his sweat while saying in embarrassment: "My dear Immortals, the profit from this trip is limited, I am afraid I cannot afford to pay you."

"Hahaha, we stayed here voluntarily, why would we covet your reward? Boss, just don't chase us away." Zhao Shan said.

After hearing this, the shopkeeper finally felt relieved and returned to the cabin.

Just like that, several cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage talked about the current situation of the human race in the world.

"I heard that the conflict between the Feng family and the Peng family has intensified, and there is a hint of war going on."

"It seems to be caused by a fight for a chance to enter the Dao more than ten years ago. This time, the two True Spirit families may be serious about it."

Li Qing, who was sitting at the bow, was moved when he heard this and focused his attention on what these youngsters were talking about.

The red-dressed female cultivator Wan Hong placed the flying sword across her knees and said with great insight:

"There shouldn't be a full-scale war. The situation of the human race is not stable right now. The internal friction between the two True Spirit families, the Dao Palace will never let such a thing happen."

"When the time comes, perhaps a Heavenly Master will come out to stop the war and mediate."

The conflict between the Feng family and the Peng family has a long history. If the Dao Palace did not exist, these two True Spirit families would definitely engage in an all-out war.

"Well, Wan Xianzi's analysis makes sense. I think in the end both sides will send out their younger generations to compete with each other to end this war."

"Now that Senior Peng Zhan has advanced to the fusion stage, he should not act rashly."

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(End of this chapter)