Seeking Immortality

Xu Qingfan originally wanted to capture the strong man within the scope of "Ronghua Mountain" and interrogate him carefully, but then he changed his mind and thought that as a mortal, if someone was really targeting him, this strong man would probably be just an insignificant chess piece. Even if he could be captured, he probably wouldn't be able to get any useful information.

And seeing the strong man's appearance at this time, it seemed that he was about to leave the scope of "Ronghua Mountain", which made Xu Qingfan's heart move. He thought that this strong man left "Ronghua Mountain" for no reason at this time. Maybe he had some other purpose, or he might contact the person who instructed him. So he gave up the idea of ​​​​capturing this strong man at this time, but after performing the "Invisibility Technique", he secretly followed the strong man.

After leaving the range of "Ronghua Mountain", the strong man walked all the way to the north, but he was like a mortal, and his speed was very slow. The outside of "Ronghua Mountain" was full of desolation under the ravages of the catastrophe. Six years ago, there was even a group of "beast crazy monks" who rushed to "Ronghua Mountain" without any mind. Although they were easily defeated by the Righteous Alliance in the end, the outside of "Ronghua Mountain" was also greatly damaged.

And in this wasteland, the strong man, as a mortal, was not nervous at all. Although he had excellent endurance and did not rest all the way, he only walked more than 20 miles until night fell.

Watching the strong man lying down and sleeping in the lee of a hill, Xu Qingfan hid his figure and quietly floated in the air, watching the chest and abdomen of the strong man rise and fall after sleeping. But suddenly he felt that he was wasting time. He was just a mortal. Even if there was a conspiracy against him, what harm would it do to him? What's more, according to the walking speed of this strong man. Xu Qingfan followed like this, and he didn't know when he would get the answer.

After a slight hesitation, for the sake of caution, Xu Qingfan still didn't give up, but floated in the air and sat cross-legged to meditate. $After each mission, each team has about ten days of rest time. If the casualties are too great, it will be longer. This time, Xu Qingfan's team has about fifteen days of rest time. Anyway, it's idle anyway, there's nothing to do, and there's no loss in following this strong man.

Just like that, Xu Qingfan kept a little consciousness to pay attention to the strong man, but he started to practice in the air, and he didn't think there was any difference from practicing in his own room.

However, after his mind fell into emptiness. Xu Qingfan didn't notice. When the strong man was sleeping, it seemed that he just turned over casually in his bed, but he changed to a more comfortable position and continued to sleep. But when he turned around, in the moment when he faced Xu Qingfan in the air, he suddenly opened his eyes slightly, and a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes.

No words all night.

The strong man got up very early. When the sun just rose on the horizon, the strong man had packed up and continued to walk towards the north step by step. Xu Qingfan was patient. He slowed down his speed in mid-air and followed him leisurely.

Nothing happened along the way.

That's it. The strong man walked leisurely. When it got dark, he found a place to rest and sleep. When it got light, he got up and hurried on his way. He walked for three days, and Xu Qingfan followed him for three days.

In three days, although the strong man kept walking like a tortoise in Xu Qingfan's eyes, he walked more than a hundred miles without realizing it.

The distance from "Ronghua Mountain" was getting farther and farther.

At this moment, Xu Qingfan finally lost his patience. Although he had nothing to do before the next action, it seemed too wasteful to spend time tracking such a mortal. With this time, he could at least urge Bai Yu Xiuxian...

Thinking of this, Xu Qingfan looked at the sword-carrying strong man who was walking slowly towards the north, but he did not hesitate and flew towards the strong man under his feet. At this time, the strong man was walking forward with his head down, but suddenly heard a gentle but slightly cold voice suddenly sounded from his ear.

"My friend, you are in such a hurry, but you don't know where to go? Can I help you?"

The strong man looked up and saw that a cultivator in a green robe suddenly appeared in front of him ten feet away. There was a green jade pendant on his waist, and a crow-like spirit pet stood on his shoulder. There was a dark red phoenix pattern and a faint scar under each corner of his eyes. It was Xu Qingfan who had been following him for three whole days.

Thinking that the strong man had been trying to find out about him in Ronghua Mountain, in order to shock the strong man, Xu Qingfan smiled slightly, but then said, "I forgot to introduce myself. I am Xu Qingfan, a cultivator from Jiuhua."

To Xu Qingfan's surprise, the strong man did not seem to be surprised at all by Xu Qingfan's sudden appearance or his self-introduction. Instead, he kept looking at Xu Qingfan silently.

Seeing the strong man like this, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but frown. For some reason, under the strong man's expressionless but extremely deep eyes, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but feel uneasy. It was as if he was just an insignificant ant in the world, but was stared at by a tiger.

It had nothing to do with cultivation and identity. This was an instinctive fear of low-level creatures facing high-level creatures.

As a mortal, how could a cultivator who had reached the peak of the solid pill stage feel so uneasy with just a look?

Just when Xu Qingfan thought that he was overthinking it, he remembered that when he was spying on the strong man in the teahouse, his eyes could be noticed by the strong man. At that time, Xu Qingfan recognized it or it was just a coincidence, but at this time , looking at the deep eyes of this strong man, but felt that it might not be that simple.

It’s just that this strong man doesn’t have a trace of spiritual energy fluctuations in his body, and his spiritual consciousness is only as strong as a mortal’s. How can he do this?

With Xu Qingfan's current cultivation level, unless he is a Mahayana master, there is no way to hide from Xu Qingfan's detection. But it is even more unlikely that this strong man is a Mahayana master. After all, in this world, Mahayana The number of Qi Grandmasters is too rare. You can easily encounter them anywhere, and even if you encounter them, the possibility of specifically looking for him is very slim.

Could it be that this strong man is a cultivator in the elixir-forming stage, but has some strange technique that allows him to hide his aura of cultivating immortality? But why did I feel so uneasy under the gaze of this strong man?

Xu Qingfan thought secretly. Faintly, Xu Qingfan felt that he was too reckless to secretly pursue the strong man's identity this time without figuring out his identity.

In this way, because of this inexplicable uneasiness, Xu Qingfan kept secretly guessing the identity of the strong man in front of him, but this strong man was still looking at Xu Qingfan quietly as at the beginning, except that Xu Qingfan had just appeared. The few words they said at that time were followed by an unexpected silence.

Xu Qingfan was silent because he was speculating on the true identity of the strong man in front of him, or because he had a vague sense of fear and regret. However, the reason for this strong man's silence was unknown.

And in this silence, the strong man finally spoke, his voice was as soft as when calling for tea in the teahouse. But for some reason, when Xu Qingfan saw the strong man speaking, Xu Qingfan only had a vague feeling in his heart. The panic became even more obvious.

And what this strong man said made Xu Qingfan even more shocked.

"Your patience is much better than I thought. I thought it wouldn't be surprising that you would show up on the first night, or catch me while I was still around Mount Ronghua, but you didn't. I didn’t expect you to follow me for more than three days.”

Hearing the words of this strong man, Xu Qingfan suppressed the panic that was getting stronger and stronger in his heart for some reason, and asked slowly: "Your Excellency, have you already traced your whereabouts? But I don't know what kind of methods you used? Why are you here? I feel like you are just a mortal?"

Unconsciously, Xu Qingfan's words were filled with honorifics.

The strong man just smiled slightly and said: "I don't need to show up, because I know you will definitely follow me, and the reason why you think I am a mortal is even simpler, because I hide my aura, and Your cultivation is far inferior to mine."

Originally, Xu Qingfan's self-reported identity was to shock the strong man's mind, but what the strong man said next almost shocked Xu Qingfan's mind.

"That heaven-defying sword is in your hand, right?"

As he spoke, the strong man's originally deep eyes suddenly became dazzling.