Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 390 A sudden turn of events
As Xu Yuanchang approached the remains of the first lightning pillar, a spider-web-like electric grid of lightning appeared on the rubble ground and in the air, overlapping, interweaving and twisting, ready to bluff. There were dull and depressing rumbling thunder, as if it was brewing deep underground and was about to break out of the ground.

The fiery breath formed by thunder and fire is like fog and smoke, changing into mysterious red, green and silver colors.

Xu Yuanchang, who was in the formation, waved his staff with his left hand and made hand gestures with his right hand, looking vague.

Wherever it passes, it leaves a peaceful gap.

Occasionally, there would be a ball of lightning that would hit him, but he would also draw it into space to dissolve it.

Faced with the tangled dilemma of lightning, he was not the least bit timid. He was calm and scanned quickly, looking for a fleeting opportunity. He acted steadily, accurately and swiftly, unraveling the lightning nodes layer by layer.

He regards any test as a rare tempering, never complains about the fate, and just finds ways to face it.

There is no smooth sailing on the path of cultivation.

Yan Hanlin, who was watching from outside the formation, was a little nervous and worried. He yelled to the dozen or so fellow disciples who had come to watch the fun, "Shut your mouths and stop disturbing Brother Xu from breaking the formation."

The cultivators who can approach this place are all fellow disciples of the fifth and sixth floors.

A burly man raised his fist and gestured, then scolded with a smile: "You are itching for punishment, brother will help you loosen your bones."

Someone fanned the flames and laughed, "Senior Brother Yan even dared to bar his teeth at Second Senior Brother. He has no respect for the superiors and the inferiors. This is simply against heaven."

"Don't make any noise, just be quiet and watch the foreign expert break the formation."

"What a precise and precise method of breaking the control method!"

"You can see through the thunder fog and clearly see the master's techniques? Why do I find it hard to believe it?"

"Use your heart to feel and analyze, you don't need to watch it directly. There are many winding gaps in the array that are not closed by the lightning, which gradually separate several areas. It is quite exquisite."

The crowd was still arguing, led by the three sixth-floor monks, who knew that the noise outside could not be heard from inside the formation.

Unless someone enters the remaining thunder formation, or changes the operation of the thunder formation.

The abandoned Qingwei Yuanjiang Five Thunder Soul-Summary Array on Wuliu Mountain was damaged during the chaotic years when the humans and demons were fighting each other. Two of the five thunder pillars were destroyed, and due to the lack of seventh-level thunder crystals as the main material, it could not be repaired that year.

It dragged on for so long that a seventh-rank formation master in the sect used other materials instead and managed to operate it for hundreds of years. Later, problems such as thunderstorms and random thunder appeared, and several monks who entered the thunder formation to temper their bodies and souls were severely injured. The senior formation master was so angry that he dismantled the two lightning pillars that were not repaired. The remaining thunder formation was abandoned and no one could repair it. It has been delayed until now, and Wuliu Mountain has never produced a seventh-rank formation master again.

As time passed, the power of the thunder array had long been reduced to less than half of its original value.

Except for the sect's fifth and sixth-level formation masters, no one else is allowed to enter.

The burly second senior brother hooked Yan Hanlin's shoulder and cursed, "What are you so impatient for? Uncle Cao has already hinted that no matter whether the boy can break the formation or not, he will be allowed to become a guest elder."

Yan Hanlin struggled to break free from his second senior brother's huge force, and moved several feet away. He stared at the lightning column that was emitting huge thunder and fire, and said casually: "You are a rough physical cultivator, who only trains muscles. You don't understand the persistence and character of our formation masters to 'see the formation and understand the formation'..."

The figure flashed and disappeared.

The burly man slapped the air without getting angry. They were used to quarreling with each other. He laughed and scolded, "Persistence, bullshit. Who was struck by lightning and had his body burnt black and smoke coming out of his mouth and nose? You crawled out of the gravel like a dead dog, but you didn't persist in being struck by lightning? Only a few decades have passed, and you have healed your scars and forgotten the pain. You want to show off your spirit of a formation master to me, right?"

Yan Hanlin appeared on the other side four or five miles away. He saw the loud noise of lightning at the foot of the lightning pillar suddenly subside, revealing the figure of Brother Xu with several burnt spots on his robe. He was overjoyed and kept shouting "Awesome, awesome", and returned to the side of his second senior brother again.

This is an excellent location to watch the battle.

"Don't make trouble, don't make trouble. You can't afford to pay for it if it's broken. Watch Brother Xu continue to solve the problem."

Yan Hanlin's body swayed after being slapped. He was dazzled by the light and stared at the figure intently.

The burly man had to put down his raised hand and cursed, "Your formation master's physique is the worst. You need to strengthen your tempering in the future. Otherwise, how can you withstand the ravages of various weird formations? It fell apart before it even started. What kind of formation-breaking is that?"

"What you said seems to make some sense."

Yan Hanlin answered absentmindedly, then subconsciously retorted: "The highest realm of a formation master is 'there is no formation in the world'. There is no need to break the formation, so why should I worry about my physical strength?"

The burly man rolled his eyes and didn't want to continue gossiping with the idiot. He went to chat with other fellow disciples and nephews.

Xu Yuanchang was thankful in his heart that he had the Fantasy Fairy Ring and the Creation Altar, which enabled him to deal with this messy and incomplete thunder formation. He had already broken one of the three lightning pillars, which was like prying under the foundation of the formation, making it easier for him to break it.

He discovered that the Creation Altar, which had absorbed more than ten lightning bolts, showed signs of expanding outward.

An idea suddenly occurred to him. Could it be that in order to advance from the fifth level to the sixth level of the Creation Altar, one needs to replenish thunder energy?
Or is it to replenish the five elements of energy? Because the essence of the divine light of creation is fire.

When he was in the lower world, he fed the Altar of Creation with a huge amount of resources. It was like a bottomless pit that could never be fed enough, and he felt very sorry for those resources.

After joining Wuliu Mountain, he used the sect's convenience to find a thunder pool and tried to replenish the thunder energy of the Creation Altar.

We also need to find a source of fire and think of a way to promote the advancement of the Phantom Fire Spirit.

As he thought about it, he made hand gestures quickly, stepped on the lightning, and cracked the code one step at a time.

"It's really enjoyable. Brother Xu's techniques are very unique. He can clearly explain such a complex residual thunder array with distinct layers. The staff array in his hand... his thinking is unique. I have learned something from it."

Yan Hanlin sighed to himself.

The top of Xiliu Mountain is shrouded in thick clouds and fog.

Cao Wanxin looked through countless obstacles and saw clearly that the remaining thunder array was disintegrated one by one, and a smile appeared on his cold face.

"Han Lin actually found a rare formation master, who has a brilliant idea and a very sophisticated and clever way of controlling the formation. He looks very different from the various sects and schools in Liuyun Continent."

"Senior Sister Ling finally sent someone to bring back a letter. I'm glad you're safe and sound."

Cao Wanxin agreed to accept the cultivator from a foreign land as a guest official because his senior sister, who had been traveling for three hundred years, recently brought him a letter reporting that she was safe, so he didn't have to worry about other sects plotting to cause trouble.

In order to fight for the interests of the sect, those old guys can resort to any despicable means.

The clues are hidden and difficult to guard against.

It was impossible for him to spend a huge amount of money and go to great lengths to ask someone to go to Fangcun Mountain Realm, which was far away from the two domains, to find out the information about Xu Yuanchang's sect, just for an insignificant sixth-rank guest.

It doesn’t matter now. When the time comes, he will release the handwritten letter from his senior sister, and all the evil plots against Wuliu Mountain will come to an end.

Senior sister is so powerful that even the two great masters of the Eighth Floor Tower in Wuji Temple and Hufeng Mountain dare not underestimate her.

He watched for half an hour and witnessed with his own eyes that the formation master used brilliant means to break the remaining thunder formation that had been abandoned for more than two thousand years, causing the formation to come to a complete standstill.

He nodded with a pleased smile. In the future, he could use it to transform the remnant lightning array and downgrade it to a sixth-level lightning array, which would allow the sect's fifth- and sixth-level disciples to benefit from tempering their bodies and refining their souls. The foreign array master had made an invaluable contribution, so it was not a loss to reward him with a guest elder position.

Seeing the Taoist priest walking out calmly from the gravel ground, Cao Wanxin turned and walked towards the hall on the top of the mountain.

The clouds on the mountain gradually dissipated, revealing the majestic and steep peaks.

Yan Hanlin laughed heartily and came forward to congratulate him. He extended his hand to introduce the burly men beside him: "This is Cen Kan, you can call him Senior Brother Cen, or Second Senior Brother. The other two are Guo Jiayi and Luo Tong. From now on, you are all fellow disciples. Please take care of each other and visit each other more often."

He only introduced the three Sixth Floor monks present, and the other Fifth Floor juniors would get to know each other slowly. He did not mention the ranking of Guo and Luo, because they were fellow disciples of the Later Jin Dynasty, and many Sixth Floor brothers and sisters had died for various reasons, making it inconvenient to calculate their ranking.

Several other fellow disciples from the Sixth Floor Tower were either in seclusion or traveling outside.

Xu Yuanchang clasped his fists and bowed to them one by one: "Hello, Senior Brother Cen, Hello, Senior Brother Guo, Hello, Senior Brother Luo."

Among them, Guo Jiayi, I met him once at the last Dharma discussion meeting at Changle Villa, but we never had any contact.

Cen Kan and others returned the greetings politely.

Yan Hanlin didn't want to keep Uncle Cao waiting for long, so he urged Xu Yuanchang to follow him and fly westward. After a hundred miles, they arrived at Xiliu Mountain, which was surrounded by a cloud and a faint rainbow halfway up the mountain. On the way, they explained some rules and taboos in detail through voice transmission.

Flying up along the jade steps from the foot of Xiliu Mountain, Xu Yuanchang could clearly feel the difference in spiritual energy. Compared with the guesthouse he rented for five thousand spirit stones a year, the spiritual energy was much stronger. After passing halfway up the mountain, the feeling became even more different.

There are magical plants and flowers planted all over the mountains, and little flower fairies and spirits roam among them.

Various formations are in harmony with flowers, trees, rocks, just like the gurgling stream flowing out of nature.

What a beautiful place with majestic mountains and beautiful waters, a great place for spiritual practice!

After flying to the top of the mountain, Yan Hanlin walked on his feet to the ground to show respect to his uncle-master. He took Xu Yuanchang across the green jade stone platform and climbed three flights of steps. After being informed by the boy outside the door, the two of them stepped over the high threshold and walked into the dark green and ancient hall. On the plaque were three large characters "Xi Liu Hall".

"Disciple Yan Hanlin has been ordered to bring Chief Xu Yuan to meet Uncle Master Cao."

Yan Hanlin bowed respectfully.

Xu Yuanchang clasped his fists in greeting, but he didn't say anything.

"Get up."

Cao Wanxin, who had his back to the door, spoke in a low voice, turned around and looked at the Taoist priest who looked calm.

The two men looked at each other, and a flash of fire appeared on Xu Yuanchang's body, and then disappeared. He involuntarily took a step back.

Cao Wanxin had a hint of surprise in his eyes, and a smile appeared on his face. He asked, "Master Xu Yuan, are you willing to join Wuliu Mountain and become a formal elder?"

A glimpse of the whole picture shows that the formation master in front of him has very profound magic power and soul power. He has learned pure Taoist exercises. He is only in the middle stage of the sixth floor, but he is already on par with the late stage of the sixth floor, and even surpasses some ordinary late stage of the sixth floor.

I wonder which sect would be willing to allow such an outstanding disciple to come to Wuliu Mountain as an undercover agent?
He changed his mind immediately and decided that the talent that came to his door must be kept.

Xu Yuanchang's surprised expression disappeared, and after a little hesitation, he said, "I dare not hide it from Senior Cao. After I advance to the seventh floor, I may not be able to stay in Liuyun Territory for long."

He spoke without affectation, as if speaking from his heart. He had already deduced a variety of strategies to deal with the situation. He anticipated that Senior Cao would test him, so he was prepared in advance and used firepower to resist, so as not to completely expose the cultivation level of an ascended monk.

He wants to perform well, but he always knows when to stop and too much is as bad as too little.

"It's okay, you can leave anytime you want. Remember that Wuliu Mountain is also your home, come back and visit when you have time."

Cao Wanxin did not take it as an offense, but instead showed an appreciative look.

He liked the other party's youthful vigor, no wonder he dared to travel across several regions with the sixth-level cultivation.

He took out a formal elder metal plate from his sleeve, and swiped across the back with two fingers, leaving the three words "Xu Yuanchang" on the blank space. He threw the plate to the Taoist priest more than ten feet away and said, "Hanlin, you take Yuanchang to report to the sect master and assign matters such as the mountaintop spiritual fields and menial disciples. I'll trouble you to help with that.

Yan Hanlin grinned from ear to ear. He had not expected that Uncle Cao, who always kept his word, would change his mind twice for Junior Brother Xu today and recruit Junior Brother Xu as the official elder of Wuliu Mountain. This was totally beyond his expectation.

The more I feel that his vision is first-rate and powerful, and he has made great contributions to the sect.

"It's not a bother, it's my duty. Han Lin will take his leave and not disturb my uncle's meditation."

"Yuanzhang, if you have any questions about cultivation in the future, come to Xiliu Mountain and I may be able to help you solve them."

Cao Wanxin gave another instruction with a kind expression.

Xu Yuanchang quickly responded politely and followed the excited Yan Hanlin out of the hall.

After flying down the mountain, Yan Hanlin led his junior brother with full authority into the air and introduced various places of the sect. Wuliu Mountain covers an area of ​​more than 500 miles, and every formal elder can be assigned a place for cultivation with good spiritual energy, as well as spiritual fields, orchards, and medicinal gardens, which are managed by special disciples and all the produce belongs to the elders. If it is a guest elder, it is just a title, and the treatment is very different.

No matter how big or small, I will tell you everything.

The scenery inside the sect is picturesque, with birds singing and cranes dancing, and an air of immortality.

When the two flew to the halfway point of the main peak of Wuliu Mountain, the second senior brother Cen Kan, Guo Jiayi, Luo Tong and others who received the message came out from Wuliu Hall to greet them. Some said "Congratulations, Junior Brother Xu" and some said "Welcome, Uncle Master Xu". They walked into the main hall in a happy atmosphere.

Xu Yuanchang met the leader of Wuliu Mountain, Lu Jiuzhen, who was also the eldest senior brother of the Liuchonglou generation.

"Yuanchang has met the Sect Master."

"Don't be so formal. You have to call me Big Brother. Haha, we have a new general in Wuliu Mountain. Congratulations! Hanlin, you go and arrange to set up a few tables in Yingfeng Pavilion. Cen Laoer, Jiayi, Luo Tong and others will be here. Our sect hasn't been so lively for a long time. All the disciples in the fifth floor of the sect who are not in seclusion should come to congratulate and meet their Uncle Master Xu. Don't go out and not recognize your own family and make a fool of yourself."

Lu Jiuzhen had white hair and beard, and looked much older than Uncle Cao. He took the sign handed over by Xu Yuanchang, looked at it, and returned it. He smiled and gave instructions, opened a jade book, and used a jade awl pen to register Xu Yuanchang's name in the book.

You will also need to leave behind the soul lamp later.

"Big Brother, what you said is absolutely right. I will arrange it right away."

Yan Hanlin agreed, ran out of the hall and sent out several messages in succession.

"Yuanchang, come with me to the Patriarch's Hall. After you burn incense and worship the Patriarch, you will become a member of our Wuliu Mountain."

Lu Jiuzhen greeted with a smile.

Xu Yuanchang followed him.

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(End of this chapter)