Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 311: A Mixed Fortune and a Mixed Fortune

"I heard it from Tang Yijian."

Seeing the disbelieving smile on his uncle's face, Xu Shengtian didn't keep him in suspense and mentioned the name to increase his conviction. He said, "That place is called 'Banliuwan'. The last time the old swordsman and his companions went to explore the wilderness, they found the Tongxuan Stone in Banliuwan. Given your relationship with the old swordsman, it won't be difficult to ask him about the truth of this matter. Many people in the southwest 'Bianhuan City' have heard about it."

"Do you know how many Tongxuan stones were found?"

Zeng Wanglou has very high standards and he no longer cares about ordinary fifth-level materials.

The Tongxuan Stone can enhance the cultivator's sense of heaven and man, giving him a chance to enter a state of meditation with a "Tongxuan" state of mind.

Whether you are concentrating on enlightenment or comprehending the secret techniques and magic, it can play an unexpected magical role. It is an extremely rare treasure of heaven and earth regardless of its rank.

It has little effect on cultivators of level seven and above, as that is another level of cultivation, closer to the heavens.

Even in the upper realm, Tongxuan Stone is a rare treasure that can only be encountered by chance.

There are almost no Tongxuan stones for sale on the market. They are rare and can easily bring about fatal disasters.

Therefore, people will generally use it up as soon as they get it to enhance their own strength, or exchange it for resources they urgently need. It is impossible to keep the Tongxuan Stone as a family heirloom.

Xu Shengtian saw that his uncle was thinking about something, and it was obvious that he took this matter seriously. His goal had been achieved, so he replied to Senior Zeng, "I didn't say how many pieces I found. It was all hearsay. I am far from the status of the old sword saint, so I can't say anything."

He glanced at his uncle from the side, his intention to instigate him being obvious.

Xu Yuanchang laughed and scolded, "You are so impatient. The old Sword Saint and Palace Master Fu just left Fu Cailing, and I didn't hear them mention this matter." Having said that, he took out the communication talisman, recited a few words silently, walked out of the main room and shot into the air.

Since the old Sword Saint didn't mention the matter of the Tongxuan Stone, it was of course inconvenient for him to ask directly, so he sent the message to the old Grandmaster Xi Yuelou.

In less than half an hour, I received a reply from Grandmaster Xi.

It turned out that the old swordsman led three fifth-floor monks deep into the half-flow bend and ran into several black spirits head-on.

He killed two fifth-level black spirits like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. The other three black spirits fled separately when they saw the bad situation. The old sword master found a Tongxuan stone among the confiscated spoils. He did not issue a gag order, and the news spread.

As the story spread, the word spread that Banliuwan produced Tongxuan Stone.

I guess it was done intentionally by the old sword master and some old foxes.

Xu Shengtian was a little disappointed, and then discussed with Zeng Wanglou the plan of capturing one or two black spirits alive.

Perhaps I can learn the true origin of the Tongxuan Stone from the fifth-level black spirit?

Xu Yuanchang walked out of the yard and did not get involved in the two people's conversation and irrelevant discussion. The old and the young actually had similar interests and no barriers between them. They came to the foot of the mountain several miles away and knocked on the strange courtyard door intertwined with trees and vines.

The vines withdrew to both sides, and the white-haired dragon vine stretched out its hand to invite him: "Fellow Daoist Xu, do you have time to come and visit us today?"

Xu Yuanchang stopped outside the door and explained with a smile: "The old swordsman and Palace Master Fu came to invite us to join the wilderness exploration. I greeted my fellow Taoists in advance so that we can prepare early."

He used a notification approach rather than a soft discussion approach.

Since Grandma Jiao Teng enjoys the protection of Fu Cailing, we should treat her equally when it’s time to contribute.

Jiao Teng smiled and nodded, then asked, "Did you say when we're leaving?"

"Two months later, the exact time is to be determined."

Xu Yuanchang stood there and said a few words, then leisurely went to the back mountain, and together with Liu Xianfeng, watched Zhuifeng who was working hard to mine in the pit.

The one hundred monks stationed in Fucailing were all withdrawn many years ago and transferred to places where they were more needed.

Briefly explain the matter to Liu Xianfeng.

"I'll go as well."

"Okay, count you in."

"I heard that the wilderness is very dangerous, and there are always fights every time you go in for adventure."

"Let's follow Mr. Zeng and advance and retreat together. If we are careful, there won't be any problems."

Xu Yuanchang chatted with Liu Xianfeng intermittently, looked toward the sky to the west, and said, "It's really lively today, one wave after another, who is coming next?"

There was a hint of surprise on his face, as he could see clearly that the person coming was an old acquaintance whom he had not seen for many years.

"It's your old lover, Fairy An. We haven't seen each other for more than 40 years. She came to visit me. I won't disturb you two from reminiscing about your old love."

Liu Xianfeng recognized the woman in white who flew over. She jokingly said she would not disturb her, but she had already flown into the air and greeted her warmly from a distance: "Sister An, you haven't been here for a while. I miss you all the time."

The person who flew over was An Ciyu, the former shopkeeper of Xianyuyuan Shop in Qingping County.

After she was promoted to a third-level talisman master, she hinted at a wooden man who pretended to be ignorant of romance but failed. After bidding farewell to Xu Yuanchang, she traveled for many years. Later, by chance, she joined the Qianfu Mountain, a sacred place in Xiyuan, and studied the art of talismans under the tutelage of a fourth-level talisman master.

During the chaotic and tense period when the Dark Realm Gate was opened, she worked day and night with her master to draw a single type of rune on the array pillars, as well as various rune tools that could be used.

With abundant resources for cultivation and a large number of talismans to practice with, she finally made a breakthrough a few years ago and was successfully promoted to the Golden Core Realm Talisman Master. She also had free time to go out, and went to Fucai Ridge many times, becoming familiar with the pleasant-looking Liu Xianfeng.

"It's been more than half a month since your son came back, but you hid it from me and didn't send me any information. You even said you missed me so much. Liu Xianfeng, come here and I'll loosen up your skin and bones."

An Ciyu smiled and mercilessly exposed the hypocrisy of a certain tree spirit, and greeted Xu Yuanchang, whom she had not seen for many years.

In the words of her master, she was already a genius who had broken through very quickly, but compared to Xu Yuanchang, she was nothing. So one should not compare oneself in life and work, otherwise one would be asking for trouble.

Liu Xianfeng apologized with a giggle. The young master had returned, and she was so happy that she forgot everything.

Xu Yuanchang invited An Ciyu, who had become cheerful and no longer a little girl, to visit him. Some friends are destined to drift apart because their paths have changed and it is lonely at a high place.

Two and a half months passed quickly.

Xu Yuanchang, Zeng Wanglou, Jiao Teng and Xu Shengtian crossed the Dingzhou territory and walked in the buffer zone of more than 10,000 miles. Liu Xianfeng was "settled" in the red willow branches in the bamboo box on Xu Yuanchang's back.

They will go to the wilderness as a separate group. The old sword master, Fu Xianzhi, Lin Jin and the former Taoist priest You Shiyuan of Dingxiantai Taoist Temple will each lead a group of people and go to different places within a range of ten thousand miles. In case they encounter a strong enemy, they can send messages to call for reinforcements.

There are dozens of teams composed of monks from the fifth and fourth floors, who lag behind to take care of each other. During this exploration journey, they will not go too deep into wastelands and deserts.

The sky gradually darkened, and the turbulent winds in the sky became more violent and fierce.

"According to the feng shui map, we have already penetrated three thousand miles into the wilderness. We will set up camp on this hill tonight to rest. Jiao Teng and Fairy Liu will use the terrain to arrange a ten-mile protective tree array. Shengtian will use magic to open up two caves that can block the evil wind and are connected inside. We will set off early tomorrow morning and head for Banliuwan, which is ten thousand miles away."

Zeng Wanglou directly assigned the task.

Along the way, they passed many mines that had traces of mining and were hastily buried. The monk team following behind them would seize the time to dig high-level materials, and discard the mineral materials below the fourth level because they could not afford to waste precious time. Occasionally, they could dig out surprising natural treasures from under the mines.

Liu Xianfeng escaped from the bamboo box, and with Grandma Jiao Teng, they quickly set up the campsite with the sparse and low plants nearby as the center.

Xu Yuanchang paid attention to the slightest movement within a ten-mile radius, and watched Lao Zeng throw three copper coins onto the ground on the top of the mountain. The method used by Lao Zeng was very different from his half-hearted "Money Divination". After three divinations, he saw that Lao Zeng's brows were slightly knitted, and suggested:

"How about we find another place to rest?"

Zeng Wanglou put his fingers into his sleeves and made hand gestures for a while, then said in a voice transmission: "It's a mixture of good and bad. We can't escape. We are being targeted by a master."

Xu Yuanchang was startled and asked in a voice transmission, "Do you mean to use this place as a battlefield?"

He immediately understood that Lao Zeng had asked Jiao Teng and Liu Xianfeng to arrange the tree formation, which was an obvious tactic of underestimating the enemy. He did not notice any clues at all. The gap between him and Lao Zeng was too great due to their different cultivation levels.

"We can't send a message for help, otherwise the expert in the dark will escape and follow us all the time, which is very troublesome and hard to guard against. The only way is to kill the expert who is following us."

Zeng Wanglou emphasized again: "We must not let Liu Xianfeng and the others know in advance. They are in danger and it is easy for them to reveal their flaws."

He wanted to remind Xu Yuanchang and also to observe the little guy's decision-making and way of doing things.

Xu Yuanchang replied with a voice transmission "I understand", and loudly chatted with Lao Zeng about tomorrow's schedule, secretly asking: "How many people are there on the other side? Aren't they all masters?"

"At present, we have only detected a sixth-level expert who appeared when we entered the wasteland. Perhaps there are other accomplices hiding a hundred miles away. Your powerful magic weapon of phantom soldiers will play a role at the critical moment when I command you to trap the opponent's expert for a while."

Zeng Wanglou was not a reckless person. More than two months before setting off, he had already understood the magical powers of several people.

Be aware of what is going on and bring out the strengths of each companion.

On the surface, the two men talked loudly, but secretly they were deducing and discussing many details, trying to make the situation as complicated as possible. Both of them were cautious and calculated people, and many of their ideas coincided.

In less than half an hour, Xu Shengtian opened up two connected caves and hid them in the rocks with his originality.
Liu Xianfeng and Jiao Teng also completed their arrangements and returned. The ground within a radius of ten miles was filled with a faint woody scent.

The sky was as dark as a curtain, and a fierce wind was howling low down.

Everyone entered the cave on the mountain wall. Zeng Wanglou lived alone in a simple cave and disappeared quietly.

Xu Yuanchang seemed to be in high spirits. He called Liu Xianfeng and Xu Shengtian to make tea and chat in the stone hall. Jiao Teng sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, silent.

After finishing a pot of tea, I heard Lao Zeng shouting from outside: "Who?"

Xu Yuanchang grabbed the stunned tree spirit and disappeared in a flash, leaving behind a warning voice: "Enemy attack, be careful!"

He didn't even bother to pick up the bamboo boxes, coffee tables, teapots and other items in the stone hall. He had already used phantom to appear three hundred feet away, leaving more than ten afterimages in the low sky.

A ray of black crystal light suddenly appeared, carrying an unparalleled murderous aura and strangling Xu Yuanchang who was flying low in the sky.

There were a few "crackling" sounds, and in the blink of an eye, the afterimages were destroyed.

Xu Yuanchang appeared hundreds of feet to the east without delay, leaving more than ten afterimages. He used teleportation to avoid the attacks that followed him like a shadow. He had already "seen" a hazy black shadow fighting with Lao Zeng, and a gray shadow that appeared seven or eight miles away. It turned out that the two sixth-level black spirits were dealing with them.

In a short moment, most of the trees nearby were broken into pieces.

There are many restrictions here, with the evil wind suppressed to about thirty feet, and the space for movement is not enough to fully display one's abilities.

The black crystal light that was chasing Xu Yuanchang failed several times, and suddenly turned around, transforming into a black curtain that covered Jiao Teng and Xu Shengtian who came out of the cave. "Boom", the entire hill collapsed.

The little tree spirit hidden in Xu Yuan's long sleeves, which turned into a ball of green mist, almost screamed when he saw the enemy's sneak attack from the east and west.

"Hide tight, don't come out and cause trouble."

Xu Yuan shouted loudly, reminding the two people who had just escaped using the wood-breaking escape technique.

He took the opportunity to flash in the air a few times and approached the direction of Lao Zeng who was fighting in the east. He used phantoms to confuse the black crystal light that was chasing him relentlessly. The feeling of the dancing tip of the knife stimulated his mind so much that he dared not make any mistakes.

"put!"

Following Zeng Wanglou’s shout.

There was a flash of silver light in the night sky, like a net of overlapping lights spreading out, instantly covering an area of ​​a hundred feet.

Entangling the two figures engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat, Xu Yuanchang followed closely behind and rushed towards the "illusionary realm" formed by the phantom soldiers. He had refined the phantom glass mirror to the point of being handy, but due to the limitation of his cultivation level, he could only trap an area of ​​a hundred feet.

"Swish", the end of the black crystal light drew out a few afterimages.

The phantom armor on Xu Yuanchang's body burst out with brilliant light. He couldn't use the phantom shift to dodge, otherwise he would not be able to seize the opportunity, so he could only take the blow head-on. "Bang", the light was dazzling, and he plunged into the phantom realm, rolling more than ten feet in embarrassment.

"Let me out quickly!"

Zeng Wanglou was also trapped in the illusion of raging flames. He couldn't attack the illusion like the trapped black spirit, so he shouted.

The next moment, the boundless flames surrounding him disappeared. Zeng Wanglou was very experienced. He threw the black umbrella in his hand towards the black shadow that was rushing left and right, and shouted, "Retreat!"

The black shadow had just escaped from the sea of ​​fire and instantly fell into the small foggy world.

Xu Yuanchang simply moved the illusion domain away from the black spirit and quickly narrowed the coverage area. The gray shadow outside was lashing and attacking the illusion domain like crazy. He had to hold on for a while until Lao Zeng finished the battle.

They had deduced how to deal with two sixth-level black spirits.

The best result is to kill one and let the other escape. It is too much of a gamble to kill both sixth-level black spirits.

Unless the two black spirits come into contact with each other and are trapped in the illusion realm, but that is impossible.

Xu Yuanchang calmed down the surging blood and energy after being hit, waved his hand and cast a spell to send out three fourth-level bean soldiers. Zhu Zongshan had brought him the ghost beans that Lao Chang had bought for him a month ago.

He currently has only three fourth-level bean soldiers under his control.

It's enough to be used as cannon fodder.

Three bean soldiers formed a battle formation and rushed out fiercely, holding off the angry black spirit's attack for about three breaths before exploding into powder one after another.

This gave Xu Yuanchang a chance to catch his breath. He once again sent out a handful of third-level bean soldiers and rushed out in a "death spiral" formation.

He had enough ghost beans and found a way to delay the opponent.

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(End of this chapter)