Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 417 The Fifth Prince

Ten days later.

Li Rui, Ning Zhongtian and a few others stood quietly in front of the path leading to the spiritual mine, as if waiting for something.

The mountain wind blows.

His clothes rustled, but Li Rui just looked ahead calmly.

Ning Zhongtian looked up at the sky.

Some dissatisfied grumbles.

"It's already so late, why haven't you come yet?"

But when he thought of the identity of the visitor, he didn't say anything else.

Can only wait.

After another hour.

A convoy of cars slowly drove up to the group.

The most eye-catching one.

It was the chariot in the middle of the team that was as big as a room. The huge chariot was carried by nine huge elephant-shaped monsters. The chariot was covered with ingenious carvings. A closer look revealed that there were four-clawed python patterns carved on it.

His identity is self-evident, he is naturally a member of the royal family.

Such a big scene.

The Yu State is not common.

Li Rui took two quick steps and bowed, "Your humble servant greets His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei."

Then I saw a few pairs of soft hands lifting the car curtains.

First, four or five beautiful maids came out, and the escorting guards set up the carriage seats. Then, a noble and heroic man walked out of the carriage.

The yellow dragon robe shows his extraordinary status.

This man was none other than the fifth son of the current Holy Emperor, Zhu Qian.

The Holy Emperor had seven sons, each of whom was granted a throne. The fifth prince Zhu Qian was the King of Wei.

The spiritual mine is of great importance.

Of course, it is impossible to let Li Rui guard the place alone. He will definitely send another trustworthy person.

How could the officials under him be as reliable as his own sons?
In fact, Li Rui was just one of the guards of the spiritual mine.

Zhu Qian was appointed as the governor by the Holy Emperor himself as a prince, and was specially sent to supervise all matters concerning the spiritual mine.

Besides.

He also brought three other guards.

Together with Li Rui, he is responsible for the specific affairs of Ling Mine.

Li Rui saw Yuan Xiong in the crowd at a glance.

The two of them just nodded slightly.

Li Rui saw Zhu Qian walking up to him.

"Lord Li, please show me the spiritual mine first."

Say it.

Zhu Qian took the lead and walked along the path surrounded by a group of fairy-like palace maids.

Seeing such a ridiculous behavior.

Ning Zhongtian curled his lips secretly.

Li Rui just followed quietly behind him.

Soon, everyone arrived at the spiritual mine.

Today, the spiritual mine is completely different from what it was before. The Qingwei Sect's psychedelic formation has been removed, majestic peaks stand tall, and towering city walls rise from the mountains.

After negotiation.

Finally, the State of Yu obtained the mining rights to the northern part of the Ling Mine.

Just the day after it was finalized.

Li Rui ordered the soldiers of Annan Town to build a city wall to separate it from the Wu Kingdom and the Qingwei Sect.

Looking at the city wall.

The fifth prince Zhu Qian, however, was dissatisfied, and snorted at another guard beside him: "Too bad, take your men to reinforce it again."

"Yes!"

The man took the order and left with his men.

Zhu Qian scolded as he walked.

Although not named.

But before, Li Rui was in charge of all the matters concerning the spiritual mine, so naturally it was Li Rui who was scolded.

Li Rui followed with a calm expression.

The situation did not calm down until Zhu Qian walked into the compound built specifically for him.

Zhu Qian walked into the courtyard surrounded by a group of palace maids.

Only then did Li Rui leave side by side with Yuan Xiong.

"Brother Li, don't take it to heart. I heard that the Fifth Prince has always been domineering and reckless, and he doesn't get along well with Mr. Gu."

Yuan Xiong comforted.

Li Rui smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, brother Yuan, I'm at ease."

It was heard that the Fifth Prince had tried to interfere in the matter of enthroning the Demon God, but was refuted by Gu Changsheng at the court meeting and reprimanded by the Holy Emperor.

It's strange to be able to see him.

Li Rui was well prepared.

Among the four guards, he was the only one who did not need to stay in the spirit mine for a long time.

in other words.

I didn't spend much time working under Zhu Qian.

You don't have to suffer every day.

The matter of the spiritual mine has come to an end.

Li Rui returned to Changqing Peak.

The days passed by.

It is not easy to mine spiritual ore, and the amount that can be mined in a day is limited.

Spiritual stones are divided into four types: low, medium, high and top quality.

The higher the quality, the rarer it is.

Low-grade spirit stones account for almost 80%, medium-grade spirit stones account for almost 20%, and high-grade and top-grade spirit stones are rarely seen.

Once born.

They would be presented as tribute to the capital.

Ordinary people simply cannot enjoy it.

People die for money and birds die for food. Li Rui often heard about miners who secretly stored spirit stones for cultivation and were then severely punished by the Fifth Prince Zhu Qian and beaten to death.

Although the method is brutal, it is indeed quite effective in a short period of time.

of course.

None of this has anything to do with Li Rui.

He had long passed the stage where he needed to go mining to practice, otherwise all those years of climbing up would have been in vain.

at this time.

There were more than a dozen medium-grade spirit stones placed in front of his knees, and even a high-grade spirit stone.

This is the advantage of being close to the water and getting the moon first.

Even though the Fifth Prince disliked him, it was impossible for him to go against him on everything. With his status as a guard, those spirit stones would not be a problem.

Li Rui's thoughts moved slightly.

The evergreen energy in the body wrapped the spirit stone in front of him.

Only a crisp cracking sound was heard.

The spirit stone exploded with a snap.

The abundant spiritual energy instantly enveloped his entire body. The Eternal Green Technique was activated, absorbing the spiritual energy into his body. His entire body, including the Dao fetus in his Dantian, became crystal clear in an instant.

About a quarter of an hour passed.

The spiritual energy was completely absorbed, leaving only a pile of spiritual stone residue.

Li Rui slowly opened his eyes, feeling that he was still not satisfied.

The efficiency of practicing with spirit stones is indeed much higher than absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth by oneself.

Unfortunately.

With his current level of cultivation, low-grade spirit stones are no longer useful.

But middle-grade spirit stones are much more expensive, and high-grade spirit stones are even more painful for him. It is impossible for him to have them every day.

Li Rui is not greedy.

Being able to obtain these spirit stones is already far superior to most of the Tongxuan realm people in the Yu Kingdom.

This can be considered as a benefit for him to guard the spiritual mine.

"In five years at most, we should be able to make a breakthrough."

Li Rui pondered secretly.

Although his Eternal Youth skill emphasizes steady progress, if he has enough spirit stones, he can also achieve success quickly.

Ok.

Stable and fast.

Li Rui exhaled slowly, then stood up, pushed the door and walked out.

Today is the day for inspection.

As one of the four guardians of the spiritual mine, he can't stay in Qingwei Sect forever.

"Fourth brother, come with me to the spiritual mine."

"Okay."

Ning Zhongtian, who was practicing martial arts, responded.

The two of them immediately descended from Changqing Peak. Li Rui directly controlled the magic sword to slash the dragon and took Ning Zhongtian to fly hundreds of miles. In just a moment, they arrived at the location of the spiritual mine.

Ning Zhongtian looked at Li Rui's sword with envy as it sheathed itself around his waist.

It is no secret that Li Rui has a magic sword.

Along with this magic sword, Tie Kuang, the weaponsmith of Shenbing Villa, also became famous.

What Ning Zhongtian envied was not only the magic sword, but also Li Rui's ability to control the sword.

It is almost the same as the magic weapon of monks.

Li Rui and Ning Zhongtian walked towards a large courtyard.

There are five such courtyards in total.

The largest one was naturally reserved for the most honorable fifth prince Zhu Qian, and the other four guards each had one.

Compared with the other four, Li Rui's yard is obviously much quieter.

It was such a large house with three courtyards, but only three soldiers from Annan Town were guarding it on weekdays.

The two soldiers guarding the door were sitting on the threshold chatting.

See Li Rui appear.

He stood up in a hurry, his helmet almost falling to the ground, and saluted Li Rui stutteringly: "Master Li, you are here."

Li Rui hasn't been to the Ling Mine for three months.

They secretly cursed their bad luck.

I was caught being lazy.

If Li Rui got angry, they would have to go to the logistics department to dump slop.

But Li Rui said, "You guys continue."

He entered the house without even looking around.

He hasn't been here for three months, but the house is generally clean.

Ning Zhongtian: "Brother, how long will we stay here?"

"January."

Li Rui said, "Fourth brother, find a room for yourself. You'll have to work hard these two days and patrol the spiritual mine a few more times."

"Okay."

Ning Zhongtian readily agreed.

Li Rui was a garrison commander and a third-rank official at that. It would be a loss of status for him to go on the inspection in person.

This is why he brought Ning Zhongtian here.

Ning Zhongtian's appearance is equivalent to fulfilling his responsibilities.

This is enough to shut up other people.

Li Rui walked in the yard with his hands behind his back, but when he walked under a big willow tree, his eyes changed.

Ning Zhongtian noticed the change in Li Rui's eyes.

"What's wrong, brother?"

Li Rui said nothing, drew out the magic sword from his waist to kill the dragon, and stabbed the ground under the willow tree.

Under Ning Zhongtian's surprised gaze.

Li Rui picked up a huge, fat maggot as thick as an arm from the mud.

Even because it was not completely dead yet, it kept twisting on the tip of the knife.

Ning Zhongtian widened his eyes: "This..."

Li Rui's eyes turned cold.

"It's an evil formation."

There are evil magics in immortal magic, and naturally there are evil formations in formations.

Someone actually set up an extremely powerful evil formation in Li Rui's house.

If Li Rui himself wasn't a fifth-level formation master, he wouldn't have been able to discover it at all.

Li Rui closed his eyes and felt it carefully.

It was soon confirmed that this evil formation was the legendary evil puppet formation.

Its function is to influence a person's mind silently. Over time, the person in the formation will become a puppet, and will be controlled by the person who set up the formation.

The evil puppet formation is a third-order formation!
Who is so deliberate in dealing with him?

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly, and a cold light flashed across them.

"What a vicious method."

The man did not want to kill him directly, but wanted to turn him into a puppet. This is very interesting.

Ning Zhongtian also had a murderous look on his face.

"Brother, what should we do next?"

What he didn't expect was that Li Rui actually released the big maggot again, looking relaxed: "Just pretend you didn't see it and continue doing what you have to do."

Ning Zhongtian was stunned.

But he never questioned Li Rui's decision.

Li Rui casually threw a small stone on the ground and then returned to the room.

Just now, he had set up a small five elements formation.

Although it is impossible to resist the evil puppet formation, it can delay its effect.

It'll be fine if you stay there for ten days or half a month.

The person who set up the evil puppet formation was also extremely patient. If he wanted to turn a master of the profound arts into a puppet, he would have to stay in the formation for at least ten years.

Plus he doesn't come here often.

Fifty years is not impossible.

But even so, that person still chose to take great pains to set up a large formation.

Li Rui sat cross-legged on the bed.

There is more murderous intent in my heart.

(End of this chapter)