Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 418: Accelerated Progress

"Brother Li."

The next morning.

Brother Yuan, who heard that Li Rui had come to Lingkuang, was the first to come to the door.

"Brother Yuan."

Li Rui laughed.

However, he did not welcome Yuan Xiong in, but directly pulled Yuan Xiong out: "I haven't been to the spiritual mine for a long time. Brother Yuan, take me for a walk."

Although Yuan Xiong was a little confused, since Li Rui said so, he readily agreed: "It's good to go for a walk."

Say it.

Yuan Xiong took Li Rui for a stroll.

The spiritual mine is huge and extends very far.

As they walked, Li Rui asked, "Brother Yuan, has anyone been coming to my house frequently recently?"

Yuan Xiong thought for a moment and said, "Only three people usually guard Brother Li's house. There should be no one else."

"Brother Li, what's wrong?"

Li Rui shook his head: "Just asking."

Yuan Xiong is a man of meticulous mind.

He quickly sensed something unusual, but since Li Rui didn't say anything, he didn't ask any further questions.

The two soon reached the mining area.

Here, you can see soldiers from the Yu State transporting spirit stones out.

In fact, mining spiritual mines is not tiring.

The miners, who were previously students of the Taoist academy, only needed to find the spiritual stones, and the rest of the transportation work would be done by the soldiers of the Yu State.

It's just boring.

But the advantage is that the rewards are generous, and they are all paid in spirit stones.

For cultivators from ordinary families, this is undoubtedly a good way to obtain spirit stones.

As far as Li Rui knew, there were still quite a few poor monks in the Taoist temple.

Many people are willing to come here to mine.

At this time.

I saw several commanders who were in charge of the mines nodding and bowing to someone, looking extremely flattering.

"Mr. Ke."

Yuan Xiong called out.

The man turned around and turned out to be an elegant middle-aged man.

Li Rui recognized that this person was Ke Chuan, one of the four guards who came to the spiritual mine with the fifth prince Zhu Qian.

Ke Chuan clasped his fists towards Li Rui and the other man and said, "It turns out to be Lord Li and General Yuan."

This Kechuan is different from Li Rui and Yuan Xiong.

He had never been an official before, but was an elder of a major sect.

I heard that he was valued by the Imperial Master, so he went south with the Fifth Prince Zhu Qian to the Lingkuang.

The four garrisons were all under the supervision of the King of Wei.

But when it comes to confidants, Kechuan has another one to guard him. Li Rui and Yuan Xiong have been excluded intentionally or unintentionally.

Yuan Xiong: "Mr. Ke, where are you?"

Ke Chuan replied with a smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei ordered me to strengthen the formation."

"Mr. Ke has worked hard."

Yuan Xiong smiled and nodded.

Among the four, Ke Chuan is the most special. Even if he is valued by the National Master, he must have outstanding abilities to convince the Holy Emperor.

After all, there are countless people eyeing this spiritual mine guarding position.

He didn't even get the chance to become a high-ranking official, and in the end, the chance fell on the head of a sect elder.

It is because Ke Chuan is a master of formations.

To build a spiritual mine, a mountain protection formation is a must.

Otherwise, borrowing the Qingwei Sect's formation would not only damage the dignity of the Yu Kingdom's court, but also put it under the control of the Qingwei Sect.

Li Rui looked at Kechuan.

I thought secretly in my heart.

Kechuan is a formation master.
'Could it be him, or the fifth prince?'

He had been wondering who was the person who set up the evil formation in his house.

Although the Holy Emperor is now in the prime of his life and has not appointed a crown prince, those bigwigs are actually placing bets in secret.

The State of Yu did not have the rule of appointing the eldest son as the heir.

But the fifth prince’s maternal family is the famous Boyang Gao family.

Maybe it doesn't make sense to say this.

If it was said that Marquis Dingyuan's wife also had the surname Gao, it would be much more intuitive.

The fifth prince should call Marquis Dingyuan his uncle.

The Fifth Prince naturally dislikes Li Rui as he is Gu Changsheng's confidant. With the Fifth Prince's rough and reckless temperament known in the capital, it is possible that he will ask Ke Chuan to set up a large formation and turn Li Rui into a puppet.

In this way, we can get a glimpse into the secrets of Gu Changsheng's faction.

But soon.

Li Rui shook his head again.

Each of those princes is a shrewd man, not to mention the fifth prince who is the favorite to compete for the throne.

If this matter were to be exposed, he would be directly deposed by the Holy Emperor.

The risk is too great to take.

Even so, he was still a little more wary of Kechuan.

At this time.

Ke Chuan looked at Li Rui with a smile: "Master Li, we didn't have time to talk last time we met. Come to my house when you have time. I have some good wine. I'm sure you will like it."

Li Rui: "You're welcome then."

The three of them were chatting and laughing happily.

I stood there for half an hour.

Li Rui and Yuan Xiong then left, while Ke Chuan continued to study the formation.

After walking around the spiritual mine, it was already evening.

Yuan Xiong invited Li Rui to his house for a drink until late at night.

Only then did Li Rui return to his mansion.

"Master Li."

When they came back, the two soldiers who had been lazy during the day stood straight waiting for Li Rui to return.

Li Rui chuckled: "Not bad."

He patted their shoulders and walked into the room reeking of alcohol.

The two soldiers were immediately flattered.

I don't know.

Li Rui just injected a talisman into their bodies.

Every move of the two of them will be controlled by Li Rui.

His house was tampered with.

Even if the three people guarding the house were not spies, it is very likely that they had been tricked long ago.

Li Rui returned to the room.

The effect of the evil puppet formation had been delayed by him using the small five elements formation. Not only was it impossible for the evil formation master to detect it, it could also delay the time it took for the formation to take effect.

It’s not that his attainments in formation are better than those of the evil formation masters, it’s just that he is in the formation while the evil formation masters are not.

Li Rui continued to practice the Eternal Green Technique as usual.

Then he crawled into bed and fell asleep.

When consciousness awakens.

He has already arrived at Taixu Taoist Temple.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a fat figure on the white jade steps.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, we finally meet."

He and Wu De had not seen each other for about years since their last meeting.

Li Rui's mind moved.

The magic sword at his waist was unsheathed and shot towards Wu De.

Wu De reacted very quickly.

A palm-sized golden shield with tortoise patterns appeared out of thin air and collided with Zhan Jiao.

Then Wu De cried out in pain.

The whole person fell down from hundreds of white jade steps.

"Gan!"

"Who the hell dares to plot against me?"

As soon as Wu Degang stood up, he saw Li Rui looking at him with a smile.

He blinked his green bean-sized eyes: "Fellow Daoist Zhu?"

Li Rui chuckled and said, "Friend Wu Daoyou is very capable."

Wu De stood up.

Secretly depressed.

He had stopped Li Rui twice with his flying sword. Now Li Rui attacked him by surprise, and he had no temper at all.

Moreover, he had already reached a bottleneck just now.

Even if Li Rui didn't take action, he would still have to turn back.

Wu De: "Friend Zhu, long time no see."

Li Rui bowed and said, "Friend Wu, how are you?"

I heard you're all right.

Wu De just sat down and said, "Don't mention it. I originally got a chance to go to the lower world, but I didn't expect it to be snatched away by someone with connections. I'm so angry."

"Netherworld?"

Li Rui asked.

Wu De blinked: "Brother Zhu, don't you know?"

"The Wanjie Huntianyi discovered a small world. I didn't expect it to be a cave heaven. I heard that the natives inside are extremely fierce. However, since it is a cave heaven, there must be great opportunities."

Li Rui's expression did not change at all:

"I've been in seclusion the whole time, so I really didn't notice it."

Wu De couldn't help but feel sour: "Master Zhu is still a good friend. You don't need to worry about these trivial matters. Just focus on the great way."

Li Rui smiled but said nothing.

But I was secretly surprised.

cave sky
If what Wu De said was true, then the cave heaven he was talking about was most likely the world he was in.

Although he had many questions in his mind, he still chose to hold it in.

Didn't ask further.

I secretly thought it was a pity.

It would be great if Wu De could go to the lower world.

He must find it out, then ban it and get all the information he knows.

"Friend Zhu Dao"

Wu De was about to speak.

Suddenly he felt a gust of cold wind behind him, which made him shiver.

"Where does this evil wind come from?"

Wu De muttered in his heart: "Fellow Daoist Zhu, if your family has a quota for the lower world, why not sell one to me? The price is negotiable."

Li Rui: "Fellow Daoist Wu, this matter is decided by the elders in the family. It is useless for me to say anything."

Wu De laughed dryly twice.

Of course he understood, he was just asking casually, just in case it worked.

Li Rui suddenly said, "Fellow Daoist Wu, I've recently become interested in talismans and formations."

He stopped talking halfway through.

Wu De's eyes lit up: "Fellow Daoist Zhu, this is easy to handle. I don't understand talismans and formations, but I have a good friend who is very good at it. Let me think of a way."

But my heart was filled with joy.

There is a door!

He didn't expect that his casual words would actually have such an effect.

Suddenly he beamed with joy.

He was secretly glad that what Li Rui wanted were talismans and formations rather than magical powers, otherwise it would have been a headache.

Although the six arts of cultivating immortals are exquisite, they are still far inferior to the immortal arts.

Wu De was about to continue speaking.

He cried out "Oh no!"

Before he could finish his words, he disappeared into thin air.

Wait until Wu De disappears completely.

Li Rui's mouth corners then slightly raised.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, you are truly my treasure trove."

The previous divine experience made him extremely satisfied.

He was already looking forward to what kind of surprise Wu De would bring him.

Li Rui stayed in Lingkuang for six or seven days.

period.

He strolled around with Yuan Xiong during the day and practiced at night.

But it's the same as before.

I never saw Wu De again, and I guess it will take a long time before I see him again.

This day.

Li Rui pushed the door open and planned to inspect the spiritual mine.

The two guards at the door still stood straight and saluted Li Rui respectfully.

Li Rui patted the two of them again.

He was a third-rank official, but he was so approachable that the two men were delighted.

Li Rui walked away with his hands behind his back.

The reason why he took the photo was actually to secretly instill the meaning of the talisman to break the ban.

After a few days of observation.

As he expected, the three people guarding the house had no problems themselves, but were restricted by a formation set by others.

Once an attack occurs, it will be controlled instantly.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Li Rui did not directly contact them with the ban-breaking talisman, but chose not to use it for a long time, and used the talisman's meaning to suppress the restrictions in the three people's bodies every day.

In this way, when the evil formation master was about to activate the formation restrictions, he could block him in advance.

All of this was done extremely covertly.

No one knew except him.

He strolled along the way.

Just as he walked out of the Spirit Mine Formation and came to the periphery for inspection—

Suddenly I felt a breath.

Li Rui frowned slightly.

are people.

And he actually knew her.

Chen Ming!

(End of this chapter)