Begin the path of immortality from mortals

"Why is this impossible?"

Hearing that Li Rong's eyes seemed to be a little doubtful despite her shock, Lu Tiandu laughed and briefly explained some of the situations in Yao Chi Palace.

Before he took the girls to the wilderness to open up new land, after hundreds of years of practice, Cousin Yushu, Duanmu Jinhan and other girls were already at the peak of the middle stage of fusion.

In the following fifty years, everyone was clearing the land and practicing at the same time. Cousin Yushu, Duanmu Jinhan, Lin Luan, Liu Qing, Feng Yi and other women successively advanced to the late stage of fusion.

Including Mu Qing, Ye Xian and other women, there are currently more than ten women in his harem whose cultivation has reached the late stage of fusion.

And among the women in the human world who were originally in the late stage of the Void Refinement Stage, there are more than ten of them who have advanced to the Fusion Stage. Even the remaining ten or so women in the Void Refinement Stage will all advance to the Fusion Stage within two to three hundred years.

By that time, there will be more than sixty combined monks, which will be a terrifying number.

Sure enough, after listening to Lu Tiandu’s introduction, Li Rong was dumbfounded again.

"Today, I learned that my race actually has such an amazing group of hermits! I wonder how they practice?"

Li Rong was amazed, "After I return to the human race, I will definitely visit Yaochi Palace!"

The forty or fifty fusion cultivators in the Yao Chi Palace mentioned by Lu Tiandu, no matter the number of fusion cultivators in the late stage or the overall number, have actually exceeded all the fusion cultivators on the holy island of the human and demon races.

As a member of the Holy Island, Li Rong felt a little complicated for a moment.

After all, she was basically familiar with the women mentioned by Lu Tiandu, such as Lin Luan from the Tianhuang Sect, Liu Qing from the Shenghuang Palace, Min Yan from the Min family, and Feng Yi from the Feng family.

The cultivation levels of these people were as high as hers, all of them were in the early stage of fusion. The lower ones, such as Min Yan and Feng Yi, were only in the late stage of refining void. However, now they have all become late stage of fusion cultivators that she needs to look up to!

She has been deep in the wilderness for many years, going through countless hardships, and she is lucky. Hundreds of years ago, her cultivation level was only in the middle stage of fusion, and she is still some distance away from the peak of the middle stage. If she wants to truly advance to the late stage of fusion, she will probably need the help of her master Mo Jianli. As a result, others in the human race are practicing faster than her. This...

Li Rong was puzzled, but she didn't want to talk about it anymore. She skipped the topic and asked Lu Tiandu about the human race's recent information:

"...I wonder if Master Mo is doing well these years? Fellow Daoist Lu probably doesn't know that I am one of Master Mo's direct disciples, right?"

Hearing this, Lu Tiandu looked surprised as if he had heard it for the first time:

"This is the first time I've heard of this. I've been living in seclusion for many years, and I haven't seen Daoist Friend Mo for three hundred years..."

Lu Tiandu briefly described what happened during his last gathering with Mo Jianli and Ao Xiao, and also talked about several major events that had occurred in the human race in the seven hundred years since he ascended to heaven.

Suddenly, Li Rong stood up abruptly, with a look of disbelief on her face:
"Fellow Daoist Lu is actually an ascended monk? Hundreds of years ago, he was serving in Tianyuan City to fight against alien invasions?"

Li Rong's mind was still echoing with Lu Tiandu's previous words about how he, the leader of Tianyuan City, fought against alien races, and her heart was full of disbelief.

She had previously guessed that Lu Tiandu was an ascetic monk in the fusion stage, so she had never heard of her reputation. However, she only realized at this moment that Lu Tiandu's true situation seemed to be very different from her previous guess!

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself to Fairy Rong. Lu is indeed an ascended cultivator, and it has only been more than 700 years since I ascended to the spirit world."

Lu Tiandu said.

"Over seven hundred years from the peak of the Spiritualization Realm to the Mahayana Realm? Fellow Daoist Lu was probably not that old when he was able to ascend from the lower realms, right?"

Li Rong's heart was filled with shock at this moment. She really couldn't believe that there was such a talented person in the world who made rapid progress in his cultivation.

According to Lu Tiandu, isn't it one small realm per hundred years?

Is it possible that there is no bottleneck in his practice process?
Even if there is no bottleneck, what about the accumulation of true essence? Is there countless elixirs for him to practice in each realm?

The Void Refinement Stage is not so difficult, as many top families can still provide resources for cultivation.

However, a bottle of elixir that improves cultivation during the fusion stage costs 100 to 200 million spirit stones. Who can take elixirs every day to improve cultivation?
Not to mention that things that can break through bottlenecks are extremely rare, and even if you have spirit stones you may not be able to buy them. So, what kind of amazing opportunity does this fellow Daoist Lu have to be able to improve so rapidly?

Lu Tiandu smiled slightly, looking very calm:
"Lu is indeed not very old. He has been practicing for only about 1,400 years!"

Hearing this, Li Rong fell silent.

"Hehe, girl, you are competing with the sky in cultivation speed. Aren't you feeling uncomfortable?"

At this moment, seeing Li Rong suddenly fall silent, looking shocked, Ming Luo, who had been listening to their conversation, chuckled:
"Tian Du's cultivation speed is rare in the entire spiritual world. If you compare Tian Du's cultivation speed with yours, be careful that your Tao heart will be broken!"

As he spoke, Ming Luo also shook his head secretly.

After she learned this information about Lu Tiandu from Lu Tiandu, she felt complicated for a long time.

Although I can't say that my faith is broken, I still feel very uncomfortable.

After all, no matter who has gone through untold hardships and risked his life to achieve what he has today, how can he not feel complicated when others can achieve it easily and seem to be at ease with it!

"After meeting Fellow Daoist Lu today, I finally realized that there are always people better than you!"

Li Rong quickly calmed down after hearing this, clasped her hands together, and bowed, "Thank you, Senior Ming, for your advice."

Hearing that even Senior Ming, who was also in the Mahayana stage, said this, Li Rong quickly felt relieved.

Originally, Li Rong was considered a genius among the human race and was always praised by others. But when she met someone like Lu Tiandu, she unconsciously felt a little self-deprecating.

At this time, Li Rong remembered that Lu Tiandu had said before that he had not seen Master Mo for hundreds of years. Could it be that Master was also hit hard and was unwilling to appear in front of Lu Tiandu often?
Otherwise, as both are Mahayana practitioners of the human race, there should be a lot of intersection between the two.

Thinking of this, Li Rong felt more relieved.

"Fairy Rong, don't worry. When it comes to cultivation, opportunity is the most important thing. Who knows, one day the fairy will take advantage of the opportunity and rise to prominence!"

Lu Tiandu smiled slightly, changed the topic, and asked about the three people who had previously had a conflict with Li Rong.

In fact, it was not beyond Lu Tiandu's expectations.

According to Li Rong, in her early years, she accepted a mission from a large merchant in Shifang City. Later, during the mission, she fell out with a cultivator of the same level from the Yungang clan.

Being alone, she was naturally not afraid of anyone.

However, this time when she returned from her trip, she didn't know how this person got the information and actually joined forces with two monks from the Weng clan to besiege her.

In fact, she had a secret technique that could help her quickly escape from the battle circle, but before she could find a suitable opportunity, Lu Tiandu rescued her.

Afterwards, Lu Tiandu asked Li Rong about the news about Shifang Holy City in recent years and various information about the Xianlan ruins.

As the three of them chatted, an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Along the way, six dragons in the late stage of fusion led the way. Similar to the situation in the past ten years, there were no outsiders to disturb them.

It can be said that all the cultivators who sensed the aura of these dragons had their faces changed drastically. They probably guessed that the people in the carriage were Mahayana cultivators and had already moved away.

Just 100,000 miles away from Shifang City, the Six-Dragon Chariot came to a steady stop.

"This carriage is a bit eye-catching, but I won't be using it any more!"

After the three of them got out of the Six-Dragon Chariot, Lu Tiandu put away the Six-Dragon Chariot with a wave of his hand. Then the aura around him suddenly increased. To anyone who could see him, he seemed to be a genuine late-stage fusion cultivator.

"Suggest friendly means!"

Li Rong took a quick look with her spiritual sense and couldn't help but exclaimed in admiration. She already knew the purpose of Lu Tiandu's visit.

Lu Tian had to go to Thunder Continent for something, and this time he came to Shifang City to borrow the super teleportation array in the city.

And hearing that Lu Tian was asking about the Xianlan ruins, it is estimated that he will visit the Xianlan ruins after returning from the Thunder Continent.

It is difficult for others to detect Lu Tiandu's Mahayana body cultivation. Obviously, Lu Tian did not intend to expose his strength as a Mahayana cultivator.

The Six-Dragon Chariot has the same meaning. The appearance of such a chariot will surely attract the attention of the Mahayana monks in the city.

If you use the teleportation array with your cultivation level at the initial stage of fusion, you might be looked down upon or the other party might ask for too high a price and you might be taken advantage of.

If one has reached the late stage of fusion, the other party will naturally treat it seriously.

Now that Lu Tiandu is using the Thousand Illusion Pearls to conceal himself, perhaps only a mid-stage Mahayana expert could see the clues, so he directly changed his aura into that of a late-stage fusion.

The three of them escaped together and headed straight for the Ten Directions Holy City in the distance.

A moment later, a majestic city stretching tens of thousands of miles appeared in the sight of the three people.

Compared to the largest city of the human race, Holy Emperor City, this city is smaller in area, but the amazing atmosphere in this city is incomparable to that of Holy Emperor City.

This city is like a prehistoric beast crawling in the wilderness. Before you get close to the city, you can already feel a majestic and awe-inspiring aura filling the air.

Within a thousand miles, eighty-one peaks rose from the ground, arranged one by one in the nine-square pattern. Buildings of strange shapes were lined up one after another, scattered across the plains and valleys.

From time to time, there were flashes of light in the city, but these lights were almost all flying at low altitudes, and the highest did not exceed a thousand feet in height.

Just as Lu Tiandu and the other two slowed down their escape speed, many cultivators of various appearances also slowed down their escape speed. They were looking at and talking about this ancient city that was famous in the wilderness.

Although Shifang City has obvious boundaries, it does not have clear city gates. Instead, there is a strange statue ten thousand feet tall erected in each of the eight directions of the city.

Among them are statues of real spirits such as the Vermilion Bird, the Black Tortoise, the White Tiger, and the Mountain Giant Ape, as well as exotic beasts such as the eight-headed strange python and the silver-armored toad. Each one is lifelike and extraordinary.

From Li Rong's previous detailed introduction, Lu Tiandu knew that these eight huge statues were made by the builders of Shifang City at that time with great effort, and they had never been destroyed for hundreds of thousands of years.

In addition to these eight, there is another statue of a heavenly phoenix of the same height in the center of the city, which can be seen with a sweep of the divine sense.

In addition, it is rumored that there is a mysterious statue underground in the city.

It is rumored that these ten statues are closely related to the city’s famous ancient formation, the “Ten Directions Extinction Formation”. It is rumored that once this formation is activated, even a Mahayana cultivator can suppress it.

It is also because of the protection of this formation that Shifang City has been able to stand in the wilderness for hundreds of thousands of years without being destroyed.

He heard the exclamations of the monks one after another, and Lu Tiandu swept his spiritual sense over these statues, secretly feeling a little surprised.

With his powerful spiritual power and the true blood in his body, he could easily sense that there should be some Vermillion Bird spirit in the Vermillion Bird statue closest to them.

With his current attainments in the art of formations, it is easy to see that the runes and mantras on the surface of these statues are related to formations. If nothing unexpected happens, these stone carvings are the bases of the Ten Directions Extinction Formation in this city.

"This formation is quite interesting!"

At this time, Ming Luomei's eyes sparkled with wisdom, and she also exclaimed, "If there were ten Mahayana monks presiding over it, it would be really difficult to break through!"

Obviously, she, who possesses the blood of a true spirit, also saw something.

At this moment, Ming Luo revealed his cultivation level of the late stage of fusion.

The terrifying combination of two late-stage fusion cultivators and one middle-stage fusion cultivator was so terrifying that even though everyone knew that fighting was prohibited in the area of ​​100,000 miles within Shifang City, known as the Shifang Domain, no other alien cultivators were willing to get close to the combination of Lu Tiandu and three others.

"Let's go, let's go in and take a look around the city first!"

Lu Tian nodded, agreeing.

The maximum flying altitude within the Ten Directions Holy City cannot exceed a thousand feet, so the three of them slowed down their speed at this moment, and while flying at a low speed, they listened to Li Rong explaining the details of the city.

Except for some of the eighty-one sacred mountains in this city that are open to high-level monks from outside, most of the others belong to the original residents of Shifang City or the official organizations of Shifang City.

In addition to the vast land, as long as you take a fancy to a place, you can spend a small amount of spirit stones to purchase the corresponding nameplate, and then you can obtain the right to use it, and set up your own cave or commercial store.

However, the area of ​​this free residence is not large. If you want to expand the area of ​​your own cave, you have to pay more spirit stones to obtain the right to use it.

Apart from prohibiting fighting, this city ignores all other matters.

Of course, if there is a conflict, you can also seek arbitration from official organizations.

In addition, each of the eighty-one sacred mountains has an inspection team, and if there is anything unusual in a certain area, the inspection team will be dispatched at any time.

This city is only ten thousand miles in size, and the consciousness of a combined cultivator can cover it in an instant, so there is no need to worry about any trouble. Moreover, there are Mahayana cultivators behind them, so the rules of Shifang City are rarely violated.

It can be said that after entering this city, all cultivators will be protected by Shifang City regardless of their previous identities. If they violate the rules, the corresponding punishment will be very severe.

Lu Tiandu wanted to visit the rotating elder at that time and use the inter-continental teleportation array to go to the central hall of Tianyuan Peak in the center of the city.

However, there is no need to rush this matter for the time being. Lu Tiandu and Ming Luo, led by Li Rong, first toured the city's market.

Many monks from other races gathered in this city, and some other races came here specifically to set up business organizations, so the scale of the market in this city was unusually developed.

Although Lu Tian didn't have any expectations, after strolling around for a while, he actually found some rare materials and medicinal seeds that he hadn't collected before, which was quite a surprise.

As for Ming Luo, he also bought a few incomplete jade slips, saying that he wanted to study them.

Half a month later.

In a quiet cave on the edge of a cliff, a jade talisman with a translucent barrier of light flashed and disappeared.

Lu Tiandu, who was talking with Li Rong and Ming Luo, grabbed the jade talisman in mid-air, scanned it with his spiritual sense, and began to investigate.

After a moment, Lu Tiandu put away the jade talisman and said to Li Rong with a smile:

"This Elder Cha has already prepared the transmission, and it can be done today. With that, I, Lu, will take my leave!"

"Ah, so fast?"

Hearing that Lu Tiandu was leaving so soon, Li Rong was stunned for a moment, as if she was a little surprised, but she quickly reacted and said with a smile:
"Then I wish Brother Lu a safe journey. I will stay in this city for some time, waiting for Brother Lu to return. Then maybe we can enter the Xianlan ruins together!"

Lu Tian nodded and said:
"If nothing unexpected happens, I will be back on time. Take care, fellow Taoist!"

After Lu Tiandu put Mingluo into the treasure chariot, he left Li Rong's cave and disappeared in a flash.

Half an hour later, an astonishing spiritual power wave suddenly erupted from Tianyuan Peak in the center of Shifang City. A spiritual power beam pierced through the void and rushed straight into the sky...

"I don't know when I will see Brother Lu again?"

Li Rong looked at the celestial phenomena remaining in the void, with a strange look in her eyes, and murmured. (End of this chapter)