Seeking Immortality

Although Xu Qingfan was somewhat upset that Nangong Qingshan also successfully advanced, he was generally very happy to see Yue Qingru and Jin Qinghan both advance easily.

Because the strength gap between the two sides in the first round of duels was very large, there were no exciting performances. So after watching the duels between other disciples for a while, Xu Qingfan nodded slightly to Jin Qinghan who had returned to the main stage, and then ignored Nangong Qingshan's resentful gaze that had been following him, and walked towards the back mountain with Yue Qingru.

At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and the old trees on the side of the road looked more vicissitudes under the blood-red sunset. The sky and the earth were green and red as if foreshadowing something.

Xu Qingfan was watching the scenery on the road while talking to Yue Qingru about what he saw and heard today, but he seemed a little careless.

"Junior brother, are you worried about something?" Yue Qingru asked after seeing that Xu Qingfan was a little absent-minded.

Xu Qingfan heard Yue Qingru say this, and he stopped hiding it. He said worriedly: "Brother, I didn't expect you to be assigned to the same arena with Nangong Qingshan. According to your numbers, you will have a duel after one more game."

"Yes, the former brothers have become the current opponents, ah~" Yue Qingru sighed.

"Brother, I want to say that when you face Nangong Qingshan, you must not hold back. Lest you give him a chance. People like him will not cherish the old friendship." Xu Qingfan turned his head and stared at Yue Qingru's eyes and said seriously.

Hearing Xu Qingfan say this, Yue Qingru was silent for a while, and then smiled and said: "I know this, brother."

"That's good." Hearing Yue Qingru's assurance, Xu Qingfan felt a little relieved.

Under the setting sun, the shadows of the two were stretched long.

No words were spoken all night.

The next day, the twenty-third day of the ninth month, frost fell. The wind was light and the clouds were clear, it was good to marry, and it was not good to travel far.

This day was also the second day of the Jiuhua Sect's internal competition.

Xu Qingfan stood under the No. 5 stone platform, watching the Taoist duel between the two masters of the Qigong period on the stone platform. Because there was a Jiuhua Sect guardian watching next to them, the two did not have to worry about the powerful Taoist magic hurting others by mistake. They all fought with all their strength, and the sand and stones flew, and the fire shot up into the sky. It was gorgeous and beautiful, but extremely dangerous.

In the end, because of the mutual generation of the five elements, using the wood-based Taoist magic to resist the fire-based Taoist magic can only make the fire-based Taoist magic more powerful, so the person who used the wood-based Taoist magic was no match for the disciple who used the fire-based Taoist magic, and was hit by a "fire snake technique" and fainted.

This was already the third match on the No. 5 arena. And Xu Qingfan was arranged for the fourth match.

"Brother Xu." When Xu Qingfan was about to go on stage, Jin Qinghan's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Why are you here? I remember you are also in the fourth match." Xu Qingfan smiled.

"I heard that you were the last one to finish the first duel yesterday?" Jin Qinghan asked.

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"Don't hold back today. The fighting power of a cultivator in the Bigu stage and a cultivator in the Qi Refining stage is completely different." Jin Qinghan said seriously.

"Okay, I will definitely not hold back today." Xu Qingfan couldn't help but laugh after hearing what Jin Qinghan said. How similar is this sentence to what he said to Yue Qingru yesterday?

"That's good. Let's compete today."

"What to compete for?" Xu Qingfan asked curiously.

"Who will finish the battle first?" As he said that, Jin Qinghan turned around and walked towards his own ring without waiting for Xu Qingfan to object. The crowd that had been watching around the ring also automatically made a way for him. Obviously, the title of "Jiuhua Shuangjie" is not covered. At the same time, many people also secretly looked at Xu Qingfan, guessing in their hearts that Xu Qingfan's background could be so close to Jin Qinghan, who was so arrogant.

Looking at the strange eyes of the people around him looking at him, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seems that I really have to work hard this time. Even if I can't beat Jin Qinghan, at least I can't lose too badly.

After stepping onto the stage, Xu Qingfan found that this opponent was obviously much stronger than the last time, both in terms of strength and spirit. I saw that this man had steady steps, calm eyes, and even a warm smile on the corner of his mouth when he came on stage. And his skill has reached the late stage of fasting, which is equivalent to Xu Qingfan's current strength.

"It's a big trouble. I'm still competing with Jin Qinghan to see who will win first. This guy's skill is equivalent to mine. Even if he has the magical power of "Withering and Flourishing", it's still unclear whether he will win or lose. Not to mention ending the battle quickly." Xu Qingfan smiled bitterly secretly.

What made Xu Qingfan feel strange was that he always felt that the opponent in front of him was very familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before. It's just that I haven't made many friends in Jiuhuamen, so why do I have this feeling?

After the two of them saluted the elder who was the referee, the man bowed slightly to Xu Qingfan and said with a smile: "Junior Li Yuhan greets Uncle Master Xu."

Seeing that Li Yuhan knew him, Xu Qingfan was even more surprised and asked curiously: "Do you know me?"

"Junior had the honor to meet Uncle Master more than 20 years ago." Li Yuhan said after a faint smile.

"Twenty years ago?" Xu Qingfan asked in confusion: "At that time, I seemed to have just joined Jiuhua Sect, so I shouldn't know anyone."

"Uncle Master, you are really a noble person who forgets things easily. That year, Uncle Master Lu brought you into the sect, and I was responsible for entertaining you." Li Yuhan explained softly.

"Oh, it's you." Xu Qingfan smiled awkwardly, thinking of the middle-aged man who drove the white boat twenty years ago. Twenty years ago, he already had his own flying magic weapon and managed things in the sect. Obviously, he was highly valued by Jiuhua Sect. After twenty years, I'm afraid his strength has become even greater.

"Master uncle remembered." Li Yuhan smiled. Although his expression was calm, his heart was surging like a storm. The reason why Li Yuhan remembered Xu Qingfan was that Xu Qingfan's qualifications were mediocre at the time, but he was accepted as a disciple by Lu Huayan, one of the masters in Jiuhua Sect, so he was impressed. But he didn't expect that this master uncle, who he thought was of low qualifications at the beginning, actually had the same skills as himself in just twenty years. How could he not be surprised?

"You'd better call me by my name. We have met again since twenty years ago. We are very lucky. It sounds awkward to call you master uncle." Xu Qingfan waved his hand and said.

Xu Qingfan was indeed quite embarrassed now. Li Yuhan in front of him was older than him, had more experience than him, and was as strong as him, but he kept calling him "Uncle Master". Xu Qingfan always felt that he was unworthy of it.

"The rules cannot be broken. You are a generation older than me, so I should call you Uncle Master." Li Yuhan insisted.

Just when Xu Qingfan was about to say something else, the elder next to him suddenly said, "Don't reminisce about the past, let's compete quickly." At this time, the onlookers under the ring who were looking forward to seeing a big battle also booed slightly.

"Forget it, this is a ring, let's start the competition." Xu Qingfan smiled bitterly, and suddenly felt like a monkey being watched.

"Okay, Uncle Master, please show mercy." Li Yuhan also said with a smile.

After this reminiscing, the scene seemed so peaceful, but would it really be so?

After Li Yuhan was polite, he knew that Xu Qingfan would not attack first, so he pinched his fingers and a yellowish-brown light shone on his body. Then, he saw that the ground of the rock platform suddenly bulged several places, and the ground at the bulges slowly cracked, and a yellowish-brown light slowly appeared inside. Xu Qingfan, who was standing by, felt that the earth energy between heaven and earth gathered at these places. Then, four stone puppets nearly ten feet high crawled out of the cracks on the ground and surrounded Xu Qingfan in the middle.

"Stone puppet technique?" Xu Qingfan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Li Yuhan and said softly.

In order to take back his master's "Three-foot Green Silk", Xu Qingfan had carefully studied various Taoist techniques of Jiuhua Sect, so he easily recognized the Taoist technique performed by Li Yuhan.

"Master uncle is very knowledgeable." Li Yuhan praised softly. As he spoke, the four stone puppets strode towards Xu Qingfan. In the shaking of the earth, they arrived in front of Xu Qingfan in just a moment, and either raised their feet or raised their fists to hit Xu Qingfan.

Looking at the four powerful puppets, Xu Qingfan chuckled, but didn't take them seriously. These stone puppets are indeed powerful, but because they are filled with a lot of earth spirit energy, they are not very flexible. They are not a big threat to the extremely fast Xu Qingfan.

"Boom~~~~~~~~", the earth roared, and the rock arena seemed to be shaky. The fists and feet of the four stone puppets hit the arena where the two were competing heavily, but how could they touch a corner of Xu Qingfan's clothes?

But Xu Qingfan appeared three feet away from where he was standing. Although he was not injured at all, his face was ashen. Staring at Li Yuhan's seemingly harmless smile, he slowly said, "Earth Binding Technique."

It turned out that Xu Qingfan used "Turtle, Elephant and Leopard" and "God's Movement Technique" to dodge the stone puppet's attack, but was shocked to find that his body seemed to be filled with lead and his speed was at least reduced by half. It was slightly slower than the speed of ordinary monks in the Bigu period using the "God's Movement Technique". So Xu Qingfan guessed that Li Yuhan should have used the earth-based intermediate-level advanced Taoist technique "Earth Binding Speed."

"Junior has seen the duel between Master Uncle and Junior Brother Sheng, and I admire Master Uncle's speed. But when I think of myself, I have no means at all when facing Master Uncle, so I have to use a little trick. Master Uncle, please don't blame me." Li Yuhan seemed to be ashamed and said, his voice was still polite. But Xu Qingfan couldn't help but think of Zhang Hualing, the head of Jiuhua.

While Li Yuhan was speaking, the earth continued to shake. The four stone puppets attacked Xu Qingfan again.

Without the advantage of speed, facing the seemingly unfathomable Li Yuhan, Xu Qingfan was helplessly trapped in a bitter battle.

Although his speed was still faster than the stone puppet, the opponent had four puppets, and Xu Qingfan still looked a little embarrassed under the four-sided blockade. Li Yuhan just watched with a smile on his face, without any intention of taking advantage of the situation. Of course, it could also be because he had to distract himself to control the stone puppet, so he couldn't launch an attack himself.

And every time Xu Qingfan finally broke through the stone puppet's attack with speed, when he thought of attacking Li Yuhan directly, a wide and thick stone wall would suddenly appear in front of Xu Qingfan, blocking Xu Qingfan's way. When Xu Qingfan bypassed the stone wall, he found that the stone puppet had caught up with him, so he had to start avoiding the stone puppet's attack again.

"It seems that I can only use the magical power of "Withering and Flourishing Art" to fight the enemy." Xu Qingfan sighed. He was originally planning to use Withering and Flourishing Art as his secret method, but he didn't expect to encounter a strong enemy so early.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingfan sighed softly, and two spiritual lights, one blue and one gray, flashed between his eyes. At the same time, dozens or even hundreds of dazzling and colorful flowers suddenly appeared between his fingers like magic, bright and dangerous, giving people a weird feeling.

Seeing the strange Taoist magic suddenly performed by Xu Qingfan, Li Yuhan was slightly surprised, and the stone puppet he controlled could not help but pause slightly.

At this moment, Xu Qingfan rubbed his hands together, and the beautiful and dangerous flowers in his hands flew towards the four stone puppets, like the wind blowing through the flowers, bringing out a shower of flowers.