Immortal Palace Longevity

"But isn't this the situation that I expected the moment I decided to get close to the Yan family?"

Without thinking for long, Liu Yu had already made up his mind. He smiled lightly, and his calm eyes were clear.

The decision was made as early as when he was carrying out the second mission in Wangyue Xianyuan City, and it was put into action.

At this time, he naturally would not regret it, and would not do things that were inconsistent and make all his previous efforts go to waste.

The great power of this world belongs to oneself, which is cruel and beautiful.

Even though Liu Yu is already a cultivator in the foundation building period, even if he has an immortal mansion, he still has to be cautious, still has many constraints, and must abide by certain recognized "rules of the game".

Therefore, he must not show the advantages of the immortal mansion carelessly, and strive to maintain an "ordinary" personality, doing what kind of identity and what kind of things, from the Qi Refining period to now.

It is said that if he develops on a normal trajectory, Liu Yu will gradually show his own advantages and value, and gradually be accepted and integrated by the other courtyard lineage, and finally may enter the core.

But the world is always full of surprises. Because of a chance to save Yan Qun'er, he came into contact with the Yan family more and more, and enjoyed many benefits.

At that time, he was still on the periphery among the cultivators in the foundation-building period of the other courtyard lineage, and was not valued and cared for.

So there was a choice later.

When the value shown by oneself is limited, each cultivator has few choices. Most cultivators will choose to grasp what they can grasp in front of them and what is most beneficial to them. At this time, Liu Yu is no exception.

Moreover, among the three Yuanyang veins, the family lineage has never been weak.

As for whether he will become an abandoned child one day?

Liu Yu is not worried.

As his cultivation strength improves, he will gradually show higher alchemy attainments, or value.

As long as he has the value of being used, and this value is high enough, he will never become an abandoned child!

And with the Immortal Mansion, the more he reaches the later realm, the more obvious his advantages will be. Compared with other cultivators, his strength will only grow faster!

Maybe long before that, he had the strength to deal with various situations calmly.

Moreover, he has already enjoyed many conveniences from the Yan family in Wangyue City. In the eyes of some of his fellow disciples, he may have been labeled as such. If he does not get close to the Yan family and the family lineage, can he successfully integrate into the core of the other courtyard lineage?

Accepting the benefits of the Yan family but turning his elbow outward, not to mention other consequences, he may have to bear the label of "ungratefulness".

Liu Yu naturally would not make such a short-sighted move that would not please both sides. If he really bore the reputation of "ungratefulness", it would be tantamount to social death in the world of immortal cultivation, and he would have a hard time every step of the way.

It would be better to be a free and easy casual cultivator.

Although influenced by "Magic Cultivation Essentials", some of Liu Yu's concepts have changed more or less, but if he wants to be popular in the world of Chu, the reputation of gratitude, credit and other false names are still very important.

Unless he gives up the current situation that he has worked hard to manage and becomes a thorough magic cultivator.

So he must maintain these intangible assets.

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There are no years in the mountains, and the cold is over without knowing the years.

In the small pond in the back mountain, lotus flowers of various colors bloomed three times, and three years slipped through fingers.

In the cave on the top of the mountain, the practice room.

A young man in a black robe, with an ordinary face and pale skin, sat cross-legged on the cushion, with his eyes tightly closed, practicing.

The green light on his face flickered, and his brows were slightly wrinkled, obviously practicing the key points.

His upper body trembled slightly, and fine sweat emerged from his forehead and other parts of his body, and his neatly combed long hair was wet.

"Huh"

After three hours, the man's face gradually returned to calm. As he exhaled a breath of turbid air, he opened his black and white eyes, and his eyes were bright and bright.

This person is Liu Yu!

"The peak of the initial stage of foundation building, the third magic fire refining!"

The surging and pure mana flowed through the dantian and meridians, and an unprecedented strong feeling surged into his heart. Even the stars seen through the skylight seemed no longer so far away.

"Ahhh~"

Liu Yu showed joy on his face and his heart was excited. He couldn't help but howled to the sky.

The howl echoed in the stone chamber for a long time, as if to vent all the injustice in his heart in the past!

"Because of dreams, everything becomes bearable."

The real improvement of cultivation and the real and powerful strength made Liu Yu know that the path he was taking was correct.

At this moment, he knew that all the setbacks, dirtiness, filthiness, etc. he had experienced were worth it and tolerable; as long as he kept walking along the right path, all the setbacks would eventually turn into firewood for longevity and produce brilliant fruits of Tao.

After a long time, the howl stopped.

Liu Yu's eyes regained clarity, but his gaze was still bright. The storm in his heart gradually calmed down, turning into ripples and finally dissipating into nothingness.

Perhaps it was the accumulation of energy, or perhaps he accidentally reached a certain condition, or perhaps it was the opportunity and other unknown reasons.

In the past three years, Liu Yu's cultivation has made great progress. He reached the peak of the initial stage of foundation building two years faster than expected, and he also completed the third magic fire refining, and his mana is more refined.

The improvement brought by cultivation and magic fire refining has increased his strength by 20% to 30% compared to three years ago.

Moreover, he is not far from the middle stage of foundation building. As long as he makes up for the part of mana cultivation consumed by magic fire refining, he will have an 80% chance of breaking through in a few years.

This is a kind of intuition.

After exhaling another breath of turbid air, Liu Yu calmed down completely, stood up and left the training room, washed his body and changed into a clean robe.

Many things happened in the past three years.

First, the second Yudan Hall, which sells foundation-building elixirs, opened successfully two years ago. The store was finally opened outside Yuanyang Sect, in the large market Jinxing Market, 500 miles east of the mountain gate.

Wu Chang ran up and down to collect information about shops that were interested in selling in various markets, and then reported it to Liu Yu for review.

Liu Yu then asked Jiang Qiushui to conduct a field investigation. The woman selected a good shop in Jinxing Market after considering all aspects of the conditions. He finally checked the results of the two and made the final decision after confirming that there was no problem.

The bargaining issue was naturally handed over to Jiang Qiushui, who was more skilled in this aspect.

However, no matter what, the right to use a shop in a large market like Jinxing Market was not cheap, and it was a huge expense in a short period of time.

In addition to Liu Yu's own cultivation consumption and other miscellaneous expenses, the spirit stones flowed out like water, and the storage bag was shriveled. Now there are only more than 2,000 spirit stones left, reaching the poorest point since the foundation building.

This is still the case with the two channels of income from the Yudan Hall in Renhe Market and the Yan family. He often changes his identity and goes in and out of the various markets inside and outside the sect to sell Jingyuan Pills and Yangyuan Pills, so as to collect the huge amount of spirit stones.

It is worth mentioning that most of the spirit herbs used to refine Yangyuan Pills have been collected, and the rest have been collected in the first year of returning to the sect.

Yangyuan Pills are just the most common second-level pills taken in the middle stage of foundation building. The general price is 650 spirit stones per bottle, and the difficulty of refining is not much different from the ancient Qingyuan Pill.

With Liu Yu's current alchemy attainments, he can easily refine it, and the success rate is gradually approaching 40%.

It must be said that the Qingzhu Danjing helped Liu Yu a lot in alchemy, not only in alchemy techniques, but also in many alchemy experiences and unique ideas.

No one could be generous when it came to spirit stones. After more than a month of long bargaining, Liu Yu finally bought the right to use the shop for fifty years at the price of 30,000 spirit stones, with an average annual rent of 600 spirit stones.

Although it was painful, the investment of spirit stones was still very necessary in the long run, so after both parties reached a consensus, he quickly delivered and signed the contract.

The breadth of the Hengduan Mountains far exceeded the imagination of ordinary cultivators. It spanned more than a dozen large and small countries in the south and north of the sky, isolating the south of the sky from other regions of the continent, and many countries had its branches.

The Chu State was located in the northernmost part of the south of the sky, adjacent to the Hengduan Mountains, and Qingzhou and Jingzhou were located in the north of the Chu State. There were more than a dozen branches of the Hengduan Mountains in both states.

There are many spiritual mountains and spiritual veins in these branches, where powerful monster tribes live and reproduce. The monsters in some branches are weak and are driven out and killed by human monks, becoming the place for human monks to practice. The mountain gate of Yuanyang Sect also comes from this.

For various reasons, not all branches can be occupied by human monks. Some branches are still forbidden areas for human monks, and intruders are almost dead.

The Jinxing Market was established dozens of miles away from a branch, and a relatively safe and stable passage to the branch was opened not far away. This branch is not big or small, and the resources for cultivating immortals are very rich. Although it is still dominated by monsters, the dominant position of monsters has been gradually shaken in the past thousand years, so more and more monks come here to adventure and earn money.

There are many branches of the Hengduan Mountains in Qingzhou that have not yet been developed, but there are very few suitable for adventures in the mountains to hunt treasures and monsters, and even fewer with stable passages.

As a result, the Jinxing Market became more prosperous. From the small market at the beginning, it gradually grew and became a large market today. Every year, there are many monks from other states of Chu who come here to make a living, and more and more monks come and go in the market.

Opening the second Jade Pill Hall here, there is absolutely no need to worry about the sales of pills, and because there are many monks coming and going, it is difficult to trace them after they are sold, so the risk is much smaller.

On the premise that Jiang Qiushui can be trusted, a little more second-level pills can be sold. With this store, the spiritual stone cost of the foundation-building period is basically enough.

At present, this woman is in charge of the Jinxing Jade Pill Hall, and she is the shopkeeper to handle all affairs. Of course, Liu Yu has to arrange a few people here, either openly or secretly, which is still very necessary.

As for the Jade Pill Hall in Renhe Market, it is handed over to Sun Ju to manage.

After more than 20 years late, this woman got her wish of "regularization", but her expression at that time did not seem to be as happy as imagined.

After washing his body and changing into new clothes, Liu Yu lay on the armchair in the hall of the cave, and smiled slightly when he thought of this.

Then he took out a rare spiritual herb and medicine illustration book collected by Jiang Qiushui, poured a pot of spiritual tea, and flipped through it comfortably.

In the first year, Wu Chang tried to build his foundation, but failed as expected, and no miracle happened.

After the failure, his spirit and energy obviously declined, and the whole person seemed to have aged ten years in a short period of time.

Wu Chang also completely cut off some thoughts and gave up cultivation completely, but he did not give up on himself, but tried his best to earn spiritual stones.

Liu Yu was very pleased to see this, and he summoned Wu Chang to comfort him and pointed out a clear way for him.

He himself has no hope of immortality. He can pin his hopes on his descendants. He does not have to leave the sect. He can also find Taoist companions within the sect. However, if he wants to develop into a family, he will be subject to many restrictions and cannot be as free as an independent family. develop.

Finally, Liu Yu implicitly hinted that if Wu Chang stayed in the sect to develop and work honestly for himself, his descendants could take care of him if they had spiritual roots.

But Wu Chang was still hesitant. He couldn't make up his mind for a while and said he wanted to think about it.

This matter mainly depends on his own wishes, and it is not easy for others to force him.

However, from Liu Yu's point of view, if Wu Chang leaves the sect, it will take another ten or twenty years at most, which means that it will be gone as soon as it is used smoothly, and trust will be compromised.

But Wu Chang stayed in the sect to marry a wife and have children, so he could work for him throughout his life. Not only did it last for decades longer, but he also felt much more at ease when using it.

There is no doubt that the latter is more in Liu Yu's interests, so he said a few more words of comfort before sending him away.

Among the sects Liu Yu was once familiar with, only Jiang Qiushui succeeded in building the foundation, while the others all failed. Silinggen Weiheng is still in the middle stage of Qi refining and has no chance to even build the foundation.

As for Shang Chuanjiang, whom he is most familiar with, his contact with Liu Yu gradually decreased after Liu Yu established the foundation, and there seemed to be some barriers. However, he has not yet attacked the foundation, and it seems that he is ready to give it a try when the opportunity is greatest.

But if he wants to break through the bottleneck of foundation building, it will only be in the past few years. Shang Chuanjiang is about the same age as Liu Yu, and is also close to the age of fifty, the mark of rapid weakening of Qi and blood. If he doesn't give it a try, he will have no chance.

In the second year of the three years, Yan Kai came to visit him. He was well prepared with the Foundation Establishment Pill and had great luck. Not surprisingly, he had become a Foundation Establishment monk.

After building the foundation, this son remained humble, corrected his attitude and did not make any excuses. Apparently, he had not forgotten the good fortune he had in Wangyue City.

When a foundation-building monk wanted to get closer, Liu Yu naturally would not push him away, nor did he show off as a "senior foundation-building" person.

They "cordially" had a long chat with him over tea in the cave for a long time, talking about some of his experiences, and also gave Yan Kai some guidance on the cultivation methods in the foundation building period, as well as the taboos of cultivation.

Of course, compared with when Jiang Qiushui was given guidance, a lot has been deleted.

In the end, Liu Yu "accidentally" revealed that he was a second-level low-grade alchemist and could now refine second-level low-grade elixirs. He also "generously" said that if Junior Brother Yan wants to buy cultivation elixirs in the future, he can just come to his senior brother. , for the sake of fellow disciples, I can sell a bottle of Jingyuan Pill to my fellow disciples every two years for the price of 420 spiritual stones.

Yan Kai was naturally overjoyed and said on the spot that he would never forget Senior Brother Liu's kindness, but he had to do it if he had to do something!

With this incident, the relationship between the two naturally got closer, and finally Liu Yu personally sent him out of the cave.

Thinking of Yan Kai's attitude, Liu Yu put down the rare spiritual grass illustrated book, left the cave and came to the highest point of Cailian Mountain. Facing the blowing evening breeze, he fell into calm thinking.

Although he received good karma due to the exchange of the Instant Thousand Miles Talisman and the gift of foundation building experience, as well as other reasons, Yan Kai's foundation building showed that he was relatively close to him.

But when Liu Yu becomes a disciple of the Li family and joins the family lineage, can this closeness be maintained?

This is a question.