Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 440: The contrast is sharp, Spring Rain breaks through (two in one plus more monthly tickets!)

Three days later.

Prince Yuan An and a group of Qingwei Sect disciples left Shiwan Mountain.

Don't think about it.

As Yuan Dingting's only son, he must have many hidden cards.

But as Li Rui said that day.

No matter how many cards you have, the key lies in the person.

If you want to make a living in the world, you must be cautious and prudent, and you must have connections and a backer.

Yuan An is Yuan Dingting's only son and has a powerful background.

But it may not work in the Wu Kingdom, so Li Rui gave the Black Dragon Order to Yuan An.

There is the Black Dragon Order.

As long as Yuan An doesn't provoke the great wizard to take action, he can basically get a golden medal of immunity from death.

What we need to be most wary of are those unscrupulous demon cultivators.

That's why Li Rui warned Yuan An.

The most important thing is to learn how to escape.

"Brother, do you think the prince's trip will be smooth?"

Ning Zhongtian asked.

Li Rui chuckled: "How would I know? Everything depends on fate."

There is no one in this world who cannot die, even Yuan Dingting’s only son is the same.

If Yuan An wants to follow in his father's footsteps, he must do this.

If you survive, you may become another little soldier saint. If you don’t survive, everything is over.

Anyone who has made it to the top of the world's martial arts reputation has come this way.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Anyone who wants to become the strongest must go through trials and tribulations, but as long as there is trials and tribulations, there is bound to be life and death. Even Yuan Dingting's son cannot be immortal. The State of Yu advocates martial virtues, and the most direct manifestation of this is that many princes also died in trials and tribulations.

Although revenge was taken in the end, death was real.

Ning Zhongtian just had a good impression of this young man who didn't have any airs of a prince, so he asked this question.

Li Rui looked at Ning Zhongtian and said, "How's your cultivation going? Are you sure you can achieve Xiantian?"

Ning Zhongtian was depressed:
"How can it be so easy to be born with it?"

Thinking of this, he became even more depressed. Ge Hong, Tan Hu and Wei Ming all made progress and reached the sixth level one after another.

Among them, Ge Hong and Tan Hu showed signs of breaking through to the fifth level.

But he, the first person of the fifth rank, has been unable to take that step.

Not everyone in the world is like Li Rui.

Breaking through is as easy as eating and drinking, there is no bottleneck at all.

Suddenly.

Ning Zhongtian said suddenly: "Brother, I want to go to the north."

Li Rui raised his eyebrows: "Have you thought it through?"

Ning Zhongtian nodded seriously.

"I've made up my mind. I plan to go with Lei Yong."

these years.

Life was comfortable, with Li Rui's support and no shortage of elixirs, but his progress was slowing down.

He also saw Yuan An going out for training.

Fang realized that he was living too comfortably.

After all, he is not the seed of immortality. A warrior who cultivates his body must be brave and make progress on the battlefield.

Ning Zhongtian would rather die on the battlefield than wait to die of old age.

Li Rui groaned and said, "Since you have made up your mind, then go ahead. I can ask Brother Yuan to write a letter to General He. If you take the letter with you, you should be able to find a good position."

"Thank you, brother."

Ning Zhongtian was overjoyed.

Li Rui sighed softly: "Fourth brother, don't lose your life so easily."

"Ah."

Ning Zhongtian nodded heavily.

Everyone has his own path to walk, and he can't protect several people for a lifetime.

If you want to reach a higher place, you have to rely on yourself.

You can’t become a grandmaster just by relying on resources.

Ning Zhongtian went to the north and took Tan Hu with him.

Before leaving.

Li Rui, Wei Ming and Ge Hong saw them off and got drunk.

The next day.

The two of them left the Qingwei Sect.

With Yuan Xiong's personal letter, they wouldn't have to start as privates directly when they got there.

But the sword has no eyes.

On the battlefield, anyone can die.

As for Li Rui, he is taking a different path. As long as he lives a stable life and practices diligently, he can go very, very high.

Therefore, he did not need to go to the battlefield to seek opportunities like Ning Zhongtian and Tan Hu.

Ning Zhongtian and Tan Hu left.

Changqing Peak became even more deserted. Wei Ming and Ge Hong, like Li Rui, were obsessed with cultivation and seldom went out.

Except for the occasional noise made by a few soldiers from the Benhu Battalion.

Most of the time it was extremely quiet.

period.

Yuan An would sometimes come to Changqing Peak to take a look, but he would never stay for long before going out to gain experience again.

Or, in other words, this was the test for him before he could inherit the throne.

in the room.

Li Rui sat cross-legged on a cushion as usual.

After years of practice, the Eternal Green Technique has become more and more refined, and the Evergreen Qi has become much stronger than before.

He deliberately put more energy into studying the formation.

The formation has already shown signs of catching up with the talisman.

The effect is also obvious.

The speed at which he moved the formation became faster again, and was even able to catch up with the normal running speed of an ordinary demon horse.

Although it still cannot compare with Tongxuan Wufu's ability to travel thousands of miles in an instant, it is much more convenient for Li Rui.

"Tiezhu, I plan to go to the spiritual mine."

Li Rui said to Liu Tiezhu who was practicing hammer technique in the yard.

"Okay."

Liu Tiezhu responded with a grin.

Now when Li Rui goes out, he always rides in a carriage and rarely rides a horse. As for flying in the air, he has never done it again.

Others thought that his power was growing.

As soon as the disciples of Qingwei Zong saw the carriage, they knew that Lord Li from the Yu State was going on a trip.

I don't know.

Lord Li doesn't want the formation to fall.

Originally, Tan Hu was the most suitable groom, but Tan Hu went to the north, so Li Rui let Liu Tiezhu take on the role of groom.

Well known.

The groom knows a lot of secrets, so he must be a confidant.

Liu Tiezhu is undoubtedly the best choice as a disciple.

soon.

Liu Tiezhu found the carriage.

As Li Rui stepped onto the carriage, he heard Liu Tiezhu shout "Gee".

The carriage started moving slowly.

He sat upright in the carriage.

Although the mountain road was rugged, the carriage was extremely stable. This was not only because the horses pulling the carriage were top-grade demon horses, but also because of the talismans on the carriage.

Li Rui placed hundreds of talismans in the carriage.

Among them is the light body talisman.

Even if Tongxuan wanted to break open this chariot, it would take some effort.

If Li Rui can break through to the third level, the effect will be even more powerful.

Half an hour later.

The carriage had already arrived at the spiritual mine area, and from afar one could see the mining area where half of the mountain had been hollowed out.

Li Rui dozed off in the carriage.

However, his spiritual consciousness was dispersed over several miles.

The closer you are to the spiritual mine, the more powerful people are hiding in the dark.

These are the soul stealers who are lurking around.

The Qingwei Sect’s thunderous attack before shocked the people, but not long after, these people appeared again.

It's impossible to kill them all.

The spirit stones are enough to make many people fight for their lives.

Li Rui had no intention of killing those soul thieves.

You can never swat all the flies.

There is no need to go overboard.

After a while, the carriage slowly drove into the spiritual mine.

The soldiers of the Yu State who were guarding the spiritual mine were already familiar with the carriages. They just had a brief confirmation with Liu Tiezhu and then respectfully reassured themselves.

The carriage finally stopped in front of a magnificent mansion.

Li Rui got off the carriage.

Enter the mansion.

He first confirmed the situation of the evil puppet formation, and then reinforced the small five elements formation to offset the evil puppet formation. Only then did he feel at ease to continue practicing in the mansion of Lingkuang.

About three or four days passed.

Yuan Xiong came over and said, "Brother Li, the King of Wei is going to discuss matters. It's almost time."

Li Rui nodded.

He immediately went to the residence of the fifth prince Zhu Qian with Yuan Xiong.

In fact.

The reason why Li Rui left Qingwei Sect and came to Lingkuang was precisely because of this matter.

When the two of them walked into the lobby of Prince Wei's Mansion.

Kechuan and Benshi have already arrived and taken their seats.

Li Rui and Yuan Xiong had just sat down when they saw Zhu Qian walk in.

Several people saluted.

"Your Highness."

Zhu Qian sat down in the uppermost seat without even looking at it.

He spoke slowly: "This king wants to break through the celestial phenomena. In order to prevent any bad guys from harming this prince, I specially ask you four to protect him."

There was a flash of surprise in Li Rui's eyes.

Zhu Qian wants to impact the celestial phenomenon?
He was immediately relieved. In terms of age, Zhu Qian was actually not young. He was even much older than Li Rui, having already been over two hundred years old.

As a prince, he has no shortage of martial arts techniques and elixirs.

There were even national masters who preached in person.

It took Zhu Qian two decades to reach the threshold of celestial phenomena, which was actually quite slow among the many people who had mastered the mysteries.

But to break through the celestial phenomena is another matter.

I heard from Yuan Xiong that Yuan Dingting was able to make rapid progress and enter the celestial realm. That was because of his special aspirations. It was not that easy for other people. It was common for them to take four or five decades to achieve that.

"Yes."

Li Rui and Yuan Xiong stood up.

How could they not understand that Zhu Qian's words today were specifically for the two of them?

Zhu Qian saw that the two of them agreed readily.

Then he nodded with satisfaction.

"very good."

After saying that, Zhu Qian got up and left.

His words were almost equivalent to an imperial decree within the scope of the spiritual mine. He asked Li Rui and Yuan Xiong to come to inform them, not to discuss. This was the authority of a prince.

Li Rui and Yuan Xiong looked at each other, then stood up and walked out of the Prince Wei's Mansion.

Yuan Xiong: "I heard that among your Majesty's several princes, the eldest prince had already entered the second rank a month ago. The fifth prince is getting anxious."

Li Rui smiled slightly.

"Let's just cooperate."

He had no intention of interfering in the fight between the princes.

Just wait and see.

Yuan Xiong: “That’s right.”

After Zhu Qian said he was ready to break through, he really began to retreat.

Two of the four guards take turns guarding.

The ceremony was quite grand.

But Zhu Qian was a prince with a noble status, so both Li Rui and Yuan Xiong had no choice but to do as they were told.

This went on for seven days.

However, Zhu Qian showed no signs of a breakthrough.

"Brother Li, how long do you think it will take for our Prince Wei to break through?"

There was a gleam of schadenfreude in Yuan Xiong's eyes.

Generally speaking, the longer you delay, the lower the chance of success.

He didn't like Zhu Qian's eccentric personality, so he was naturally happy to see Zhu Qian fail in his breakthrough.

Although the future crown prince does not have to be the best master in the world, if he is not even of the second rank, he will definitely not be able to ascend to the throne.

In other words, if Zhu Qian failed to break through, he would basically say goodbye to the position of crown prince.

As for why Zhu Qian chose to break through in the spiritual mine instead of returning to the capital.

I guess he just wants the spiritual energy here.

But just as Li Rui and Yuan Xiong were talking.

Suddenly, there was a strange movement between heaven and earth.

Yuan Xiong blinked:
"Did he really succeed?"

Li Rui and Yuan Xiong were about to stand up and rush to Prince Wei's palace.

The ripples in the heaven and earth dissipated like the tide.

Finally, peace returned.

Both of them were at the Tongxuan realm, so how could they not understand that this situation meant that Zhu Qian had failed to break through.

Li Rui and Yuan Xiong looked at each other.

The body that had stood up sat down again.

If they can't see the situation clearly now, then all these years have been in vain.

The four major guards take turns on duty and rotate in coordination.

But when Li Rui and Yuan Xiong were resting, Zhu Qian made a breakthrough. This was definitely not a coincidence.

It is clear.

Zhu Qian didn't trust either of them.

If the breakthrough is successful, Li Rui and Yuan Xiong will go to congratulate.

But now that the breakthrough has failed, if he goes there, Zhu Qian will inevitably feel that they are mocking him. It would be wiser not to meet them at this time.

The world completely returned to peace.

Yuan Xiong couldn't help but sigh: "It really failed."

There are more than a thousand martial artists in the world, but only a hundred of them can reach the level of celestial beings. In other words, only one in ten can reach the level of celestial beings.

Even though one percent may not seem to be a low ratio, you have to know that everyone who can reach the Tongxuan realm is a genius.

I don’t know how many geniuses are stuck at this level.

Even though the fifth prince Zhu Qian had the best timing and location, he still failed at this step.

Although you can continue to try to impact the celestial phenomenon after a failed breakthrough, the difficulty has increased many times, and it can almost be said that the possibility of entering the celestial phenomenon has been cut off.

In other words, Zhu Qian no longer had the qualifications to compete for the throne.

Li Rui also looked emotional.

Cultivation is so cruel, no matter you are a prince or a saint, you will be treated equally.

Even Zhu Qian had a difficult time.

It will be even more difficult for other warriors and monks.

Li Rui and Yuan Xiong are already well-versed in the mysteries, and they will reach this step sooner or later.

Even a monster like Yuan Xiong cannot guarantee that he can cross that chasm.

Li Rui's mood was different.

He was born with the innate immortal martial arts talent, immortal spiritual roots, and the Eternal Youth Skill. He had no bottlenecks at all, so Zhu Qian's troubles did not exist for him at all.

But this also made him alert.

The road to immortality is long and arduous, so one must not slack off. If one dies halfway, all the best talent will be wasted.

Outside the spiritual mine.

Deep in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Several men in black robes were stunned when they saw the world returning to calm.

"Failed?"

A man in black robe said.

The others hesitated at first, then nodded: "It should be."

"It saves us a lot of trouble."

The other old man in black robe laughed twice.

This old man is none other than the Taoist Master Wan Gui.

Some days ago.

Ji Lei suddenly sent a message, asking him to cooperate with the strong men of the North Pole Immortal Sect to disrupt the breakthrough of Zhu Qian, the fifth prince of the Yu Kingdom. Unexpectedly, they had already laid an ambush and were just waiting to take action.

As a result, Zhu Qian himself failed.

The eyes of the Taoist Master Wan Gui were full of gloating.

The so-called celestial realm in this world has trapped countless cultivators even in the world of immortal cultivation.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have to go to the lower world to look for opportunities.

It's just for that glimmer of opportunity.

He was very happy to see the prince being humiliated.

Then a fox-faced Taoist priest at the side slowly spoke: "Zhu Qian's fate has come to an end. It saves us from having to settle the accounts. Please leave now."

This fox face does not look like a fox.

But this Taoist is a demon cultivator who has obtained a special method, so he can transform into a human-shaped demon head.

Demon cultivators are rare in this world.

But it is very normal in the world of immortal cultivation, so Taoist Wan Gui was not surprised.

After listening to the words of the fox-faced Taoist.

The powerful men from the North Pole Immortal Sect retreated.

another side.

Yu State Spiritual Mine, a dark room deep underground in the Prince of Wei’s Palace.

Zhu Qian's face was pale and his expression was listless.

Just as he was about to stand up, he saw an old man slowly walking in from behind the dark room door with a stone.

Zhu Qian's eyes were extremely cold, but when he saw the old man, he still called out:
"Mr. Zhou."

The old man whom Zhu Qian called Mr. Zhou took out a magic pill from his arms and handed it to Zhu Qian.

"Your Highness is in a state of confusion, so take this tranquilizing pill first."

Zhu Qian nodded.

After taking the pill, I felt better.

Failed to break through, decades of hard training were wasted, and the soul was even more damaged. Although he did not die, it would be extremely difficult to break through again next time.

He looked at the old man in front of him.

This person was the protector found for him by his uncle.

A grandmaster ranked among the top 100 in the world in terms of martial arts.

Nine-finger magic power, Zhou Tong.

As a prince, it is impossible for him to just let four people in the Tongxuan realm guard such a major event as breaking through the celestial phenomena. In fact, Zhou Tong has been guarding him in secret all the time.

A bitter look appeared on Zhu Qian's lips.

Even he didn't have the confidence to try to break through again.

Seeing Zhu Qian's low spirits, Zhou Tong used his secret method to shout, "Your Highness, please do not forget your identity. If you give up on your own, even the Imperial Master will not be able to help you."

Zhu Qian suddenly felt his mind clear.

My body shuddered involuntarily.

After a while, I was afraid.

It was clear that he had failed to break through just now and was being eroded by his inner demons. If Zhou Tong hadn't woken him up, he would probably have gone possessed by now.

Zhu Qian bowed and said, "Thank you Mr. Zhou for your advice."

He soon regained his fighting spirit.

Just as Zhou Tong said, although he has failed now, don't forget that he still has an uncle who is among the top five in the world.

Maybe the Grand Master who is the head of the hidden sect in the world can help him return to the celestial realm.

He is a prince.

There is still a long way to go.

Zhu Qian’s failure to break through became a taboo in the spiritual mine, and no one dared to mention it.

Li Rui and Yuan Xiong were even more self-aware.

He didn't even plan to meet Zhu Qian.

Li Rui stayed in Lingkuang for only a few days before returning to Changqing Peak by carriage.

Zhu Qian's breakthrough failed, but on the surface there seemed to be no impact at all.

But don't ask.

This matter must have spread to the imperial court in the capital, and the impact may be far greater than what is seen.

of course.

None of this has anything to do with Li Rui.

The bamboo sea of ​​Changqing Peak remains green all year round, making the courtyard even more peaceful.

In the courtyard.

Liu Tiezhu spent the whole day forging iron and practicing with hammers, while Li Rui was practicing in the room.

This is what spiritual practice is like, most of the time it is ordinary.

A fine and continuous spring rain is falling outside the window, and the raindrops hit the green bamboo, making them look even more crisp and tender.

Li Rui sat cross-legged by the window.

Let the raindrops coming in from the window wet the robe on your right hand.

this moment.

Li Rui seemed to have merged into the spring rain, and his vigorous vitality could not be concealed in any way.

next moment.

He slowly opened his eyes and walked out.

He did not hold an umbrella or use any magic to block the rain.

soon.

The heavy spring rain soaked him completely.

Li Rui just walked in the rain, walking and walking, and before he knew it, he had left Qingwei Sect.

In the mountains and forests of Shiwan Mountain.

Still no sign of stopping.

They walked from day till night, covering hundreds of miles.

Only then did Li Rui stop.

He leaned casually against a big tree, and the spring rain still showed no sign of stopping.

But it does not mean that spring rain can cover hundreds of miles.

Instead, a rain cloud was following Li Rui. If someone could measure it, they would definitely find that it was exactly one mile.

This night.

Li Rui entered the middle realm of Tongxuan naturally.

There were no setbacks at all.

Everyone has been talking about this a lot recently, and I have noticed it. All books have transitional plots. There is no way around it; it is essential. I feel that this book has more than 1.3 million words so far, and I have never been watering down the plot unnecessarily, nor has there been any suppression of the realm. It's just that chapters are always needed to pave the way from acquisition to performance. There would be no point without a climax, right? I have absorbed everyone's criticisms and suggestions, adjusted my state, and will continue to provide good plots for everyone.

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