The road to Jianghu started from the martial arts hall

After hearing the answer she expected, a smile bloomed on her beautiful face, a smile full of sweetness.

Fang Xun then said, "Ah Qing, come with me."

Bai Qingmeng's expression returned to her usual indifference. Without even asking where Fang Xun was taking her, she nodded slightly in agreement.

At this time, a wooden kite fell from the sky. Fang Xun was about to jump onto the kite, but Bai Qingmeng reached out and grabbed his hand.

"and many more!"

Feeling the warmth of the hand, Fang Xun turned around in surprise.

"you"

Bai Qingmeng's cheeks actually showed a rare blush.

"Fang Xun, I want to become a real person."

Fang Xun asked back, "Aren't you a human now?"

Bai Qingmeng's hand held tighter: "You know what I mean."

Fang Xun immediately smiled and picked up the girl by the waist, and the girl did not resist.

Fang Xun held Bai Qingmeng and flew into the air, onto the wooden kite.

With a swish, the wooden kite soared into the sky, and the two figures on its back gradually merged together.

In the sky, as clothes fell, a little red petal bloomed.

boom--

Then a column of pure holy light shot up into the sky.

Fang Xun and Bai Qingmeng's three treasures of essence, energy and spirit blended perfectly together.

A feeling of excitement and extreme happiness arose from the entanglement, making both parties feel as if they had received some kind of tonic.

Especially Bai Qingmeng, her aura began to rise steadily, and her momentum was even catching up with the former White Lotus Mother.

Then, a pure and holy light bloomed in the void, and ripples appeared. Countless masters below were startled and looked up at the sky in confusion, wondering what was going on.

In the palace, Yu Jiaolong, who had just fallen asleep for more than an hour, suddenly sat up with a start, her eyes full of sleepiness and confusion.

I turned around and looked around, and found that everything was normal.

“I always feel like something bad is going to happen.”

After muttering something, he fell down again and wanted to continue sleeping, but he couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning for a while.

Yu Jiaolong scratched her hair in annoyance, immediately stood up, put on her clothes, washed up, and left the bedroom.

The strange phenomenon in the sky came and went quickly, lasting less than a cup of tea before disappearing.

On the wooden kite's back, the two of them were still in a state of spiritual communion.

As yin and yang interact, some wonderful changes are brewing.

In fact, it only takes a few hours for the wooden kite to fly from Jianye Prefecture to Dongting Prefecture, but this time, it took three full days to reach the territory of Dongting Prefecture.

At this time, night had fallen, the sky was filled with stars, and the clouds and rain above the wooden kite had dispersed.

Fang Xun lay down lazily, with his hands behind his head. The countless stars in the night sky seemed to be within reach above his head.

Occasionally, you can see a meteor streak across the sky and then disappear into the night sky.

Bai Qingmeng, who was standing beside her, also put on her clothes again, and a spot of blood on her body was particularly conspicuous.

She was seen sitting cross-legged on the ground, her body straight, her beautiful long hair fluttering in the wind.

It seems like he is practicing meditation, but it also seems like he is carefully savoring the previous madness and happiness.

"Fang Xun, thank you. Now I feel like I am finally a human being. Is this what humanity is? It feels so wonderful."

Fang Xun savored the starry sky and spoke without turning his head.

"The way of heaven is impartial, and the way of man is private. Congratulations on breaking through the barriers and making great progress. I'm afraid that in a few years, you will surpass your past self."

Although Bai Qingmeng at this moment still makes people feel a little indifferent, there is a touch of humanity in this indifference, and he is no longer as unattainable as before.

In the past, Bai Qingmeng was beautiful and stunningly beautiful, with the spirit of heaven and earth and the essence of mountains and rivers.

But if warriors of lower realms see it, they will unconsciously feel ashamed.

I didn't even dare to look at that beautiful face for a second, let alone take the initiative to talk to her.

And now Bai Qingmeng finally has a hint of worldly life, making people feel much more lively.

Bai Qingmeng's realm has reached a higher level, and Fang Xun, who has absorbed his virgin Yin, has also made some progress in strength. Although the benefits he has gained are not as great as the other party, it is enough to make people happy.

For the Zhenwu realm, such progress is something that can only be achieved by chance, and one can only practice diligently at ordinary times.

Fang Xun, who entered the sage time, quietly admired the brilliant starry sky above his head, but his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

'How should I explain this to Zhao Ning?'

After thinking for a long time, Fang Xun still couldn't come up with any result, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

At this time, the wooden kite finally stopped floating slowly and returned to its previous speed. After two quarters of an hour, it arrived above Tieshan Town.

The workshop is still brightly lit at night, and famous craftsmen are working day and night to make various tools.

In Master Lu's yard, he was seen staring at a roll of drawings on the table, frowning and thinking about something.

Suddenly, his eyes moved, as if he had noticed something. He raised his head to the sky and saw a wooden kite swooping down.

boom--

After a burst of air flow, Fang Xun and Bai Qingmeng also appeared in front of him.

"Master Bai?"

After seeing Bai Qingmeng, Master Lu was stunned at first.

Although he had met Bai Qingmeng only a few times, Master Lu had noticed some changes in Bai Qingmeng.

There seemed to be a hint of humanity in the other person, and he felt even more unfathomable.

When he looked at Fang Xun again, the shock on his face could no longer be suppressed.

"The Marquis has broken through to Zhenwu?!"

Fang Xun smiled and said, "It was just luck." As he spoke, he took out a stack of drawings and spread them out on the table.

Only then did Master Lu come back to his senses, and his eyes were attracted by the stack of drawings on the table.

What he saw on the drawing was a large device that he had never seen before.

Not only are the edges and corners sharp, but there are also bearings and gears that Master Lu is not even familiar with.

After looking at the marks and notes for a while, Master Lu figured out something. This was a device that relied on boiling water to provide energy.

The more he looked at it, the brighter his eyes became: "Wonderful! It's really wonderful!

Just use coal as fuel to make the mechanism run automatically and provide tremendous power. Where did you get this thing, Lord?"

Combining these characteristics, coal, boiling water, and tremendous force, the name of the machine on the drawing is obvious. It is the steam engine drawing that Fang Xun got from Banshee.

Fang Xun smiled and said, "I'm not in a position to tell you about my origins. Master Lu, I'll give you this blueprint. How long will it take you to build a prototype?"

"Prototype?"

“Oh, it’s the sample used for testing and verification.”

After Master Lu roughly understood what it meant, he stared at the drawing and said without turning his head.

"I still need to study it, but it seems that the various parts required for this 'steam engine' are not difficult to manufacture. A craftsman in the enlightenment realm can easily make it.

I estimate that it will take at most two months to build the first prototype.”

Fang Xun nodded. In addition to possessing terrifying strength, martial artists at a high level could also perform delicate operations such as carving patterns on rice grains with an axe.

Although masters in the Kaiqiao and Shenyi realms cannot compare with humanoid photolithography machines in the Zhenwu realm, they can easily become humanoid machine tools and rub out various high-precision parts by hand.

Fang Xun doesn't expect to develop high-tech products for the information age in the short term, but a steam engine from the 19th century on Earth is still possible.

He believed that Master Lu would not let him down.

Fang Xun no longer disturbed Master Lu who was immersed in the blueprint. He took Bai Qingmeng's hand, jumped back onto the wooden kite, and left quietly.

After a while, they arrived at a secret underground palace in Dongting Prefecture.

This underground palace was originally used by the King of Yue to store supplies and serve as a refuge.

When Fang Xun and Bai Qingmeng arrived, they found that the place was much more spacious. There were only a dozen large boxes and a white jade altar standing in the center.

There were nine large pits dug around the white jade altar, and Fang Xun only needed to fill them with essence and blood.

There are still many traces of transportation left on the ground, which should not exceed three days.

Then Fang Xun opened the boxes one by one and checked them, and saw that they were all filled with the magic array materials that he had asked Old Wu to prepare.

"Old Wu is very efficient. He finished it in three days. The only thing missing is blood."

Fang Xun nodded in satisfaction, then started to set up the magic circle with Bai Qingmeng.

It would probably take some time for the blood to arrive, but the waiting time would be no more than ten days or half a month, which was just enough time for him to set up the magic circle.

At the same time, in Jinling Prefecture, Jiangzhou, swords were sharpened.

Ever since the Lijiang Pavilion was ransacked five years ago, it has been abandoned.

The Liujiantai on the top of the mountain was covered with moss, and the traces of the great battle five years ago were still there.

One of them was an inconspicuous black crack like a thin line, extending from the center of the sword platform to the cliff. It was the mark caused by Xun's sword five years ago.

At this moment, a petite figure suddenly fell from the sky, raising a cloud of dust when she landed on the ground. It was Yu Jiaolong.

Revisiting the old place, she took one look at the sword mark and ignored it. She parted her cherry lips and let out a sharp whistle.

High in the sky, a giant white-feathered bird heard it and chirped in response. Then it spread its wings and returned to the direction of the palace.

At this time, Yu Jiaolong had already left the top of the mountain and walked towards a passage leading into the mountain.

Three days ago, after taking a nap, she asked Taoist Yu to find a Feng Shui location for her to go into seclusion.

After screening one by one, the final one was selected.

The Lijian Pavilion used to make a living by forging swords. Not only was the underground fire here extremely active, but a feng shui formation was also arranged to allow the underground magma to surge up and provide abundant energy for the furnaces in the mountains.

After much deliberation, Taoist Yu decided that this was the best place to meet Yu Jiaolong's requirements.

She came here alone in secret and did not tell anyone except Taoist Yu.

With the lesson learned from the old King of Yue, Yu Jiaolong and Fang Xun were both extremely cautious.

Soon, Yu Jiaolong went deep underground and came to a hot and empty cave.

I saw the raging magma below and the heat waves coming towards me. There was only a high platform in the center for people to stand on.

Yu Jiaolong jumped onto the platform, took out the jade box that Fang Xun left for her, and sat cross-legged.

After taking a deep breath, she took out the phoenix blood from the brocade box and swallowed it without hesitation.

With a bang, Yu Jiaolong's body surface turned red, and she felt as if there was a ball of fire burning inside her body.

Enduring the severe burning pain, the "Nine Heavens Divine Emperor Secret" flowed through his heart, and the true energy in his dantian also began to circulate throughout the body.

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With the sound of a phoenix's cry, colorful flames bloomed and transformed into the shadow of a giant bird behind Yu Jiaolong.

This bird has a snake head and a fish tail, a chicken beak and parallel wings, a dragon pattern and a swallow chin, and its body is covered with colorful feathers. It is none other than the mythical beast Phoenix!

Rumbling--

As soon as the phoenix appeared, the magma under the ground began to riot.

In just a moment, the boiling magma overflowed the platform and submerged Yu Jiaolong's body.

Her entire life force completely disappeared at this moment.

But the next moment, the extreme death turned into life, and a new vitality emerged inside the magma.

Although this vitality is weak, it is full of newborn vigor.

After the new life appeared, it began to devour the fiery energy in the ground and slowly grew stronger, and the fierce and scorching magma fire also calmed down and became docile.

For a moment, the cavernous area filled with fire fell into an eerie silence. (End of this chapter)