I am evergreen in the world of cultivating immortals

Chapter 319 The First Cultivator
After a while, Li Congren withdrew his respectful etiquette.The action just now seemed to be a tribute to the passing ancestor of the Mu family.

Mu Changxiu was shocked, and turned around to take a look: Mu Bingyun had indeed expired, and passed away with a peaceful expression.

After the grief, Mu Changxiu sent a message to tell him that preparations for the funeral had been made in advance.

"Master Li, did Grandpa Lu come here just now?"

Mu Changxiu asked in a tight tone.

It is absolutely unusual to be able to treat Li Congren, a fake Dan real person, with such respect.

Although Mu Bingyun is considered half an elder, she is not enough to make Li Congren lower his attitude so low.

The two young men from the Li family in Xuemei Mountain also looked at their grandfather curiously.

"Perhaps, only Aunt Bing knows."

Li Congren shook his head and looked directly at Mu Changxiu indifferently, making the latter feel embarrassed that his thoughts had been read.

In the Feiyue Lake Mu family, Mu Bingyun is the last monk who has a deep connection with the real person Changqing.

When Mu Changxiu was a teenager, his mother led him to meet Changqing, and he even received a meeting gift from him.

After that, there was no communication.

Today, the Mu family is declining day by day, and crises are looming.

Mu Changxiu eagerly wanted to see the Taoist cultivator who left legendary stories in the world of Liang Guo's immortal cultivators.

Li Congren has a middle-grade spiritual root with similar qualifications to him, so why can he form a fake elixir?

This is not only the financial resources, but also the opportunity and help brought by Treasure Hunter Rat in the early stage.

More than 100 years ago, Lu Changan, who was in the foundation-building period, went to Jing State to seek refuge and owed Li Congren a favor.

Many years later, Changqing, the real person who returned to the Liang Kingdom, deliberately stayed one night in Xuemei Mountain, which frightened the hostile "Dongmen Family" and took the initiative to apologize and turn enemies into friends.

That night, in addition to Lu Changan, the people who stayed at Xuemei Mountain were Zhang Tianfeng, the current helmsman of Jinyun Valley!

Since then, the Li family in Xuemeishan has not only resolved the troubles, but also gained a great reputation in the surrounding areas. Its chambers of commerce and industries have developed more and more smoothly.

Before Li Congren was promoted to False Pill, there were as many as ten foundation-building monks from the Xuemei Mountain Chamber of Commerce, including several worshippers.

Due to this layer of protection and the alliance with the Beast Control Zhou family, Xuemei Mountain itself has a good foundation, which allowed Li Congren to obtain crystal condensation pills and pill-forming spiritual objects.

This is not Mu Changxiu's speculation. The context of relevant deeds has been stated in biographies such as "Evergreen Legend" and "Xuangui Travels".

Especially "Evergreen Legend" is highly praised: the biography believes that Lu Changan is expected to become the "No. [-] Loose Cultivator in the Liang Kingdom". Later, he fled to the Feng Yuan Kingdom, either to keep a low profile or to avoid powerful enemies, and voluntarily gave up such false reputations. .

……

In the cave, Mu Changxiu asked again and again, suspecting that Li Congren was hiding something.

"Brother Changxiu, please don't force this matter."

Li Congren frowned slightly and spoke in an aggravated tone, which frightened the latter into bowing repeatedly.

Mu Changxiu sighed bitterly, knowing that he couldn't force it, so he just took a chance.

He was unwilling to accept it: the friendship between Master Changqing and Feiyue Lake was severed from his own generation.

That day, Li Congren and his two young descendants were guests at the single-family guest house on Yuexin Island.

"Grandpa, you hired someone to compile a biography of Changqing without his permission. Would he be unhappy if he knew about it?"

One of the girls in the purple dress is Li Congnen's favorite granddaughter. Her sparkling black eyes reveal her curiosity about the legendary figure.

It turns out that the mainstream versions of "The Evergreen Legend" and "The Travels of the Black Turtle" in the world of immortality were both compiled by Li Congren.

"Ahem! Some of the biographies circulating on the market at that time smeared Chang Qing. Grandpa, I was protecting his image as an old man. I believe Grandpa Lu will not blame him."

Li Congren coughed lightly and explained.

He didn't lie. A few unpopular literati actually tried to smear Grandpa Lu for being a coward and running around.

Or maybe it could depict Grandpa Lu as an infatuated person and write an unpopular harem romance novel.

The biographies compiled by him correct the historical truth!
Lu Changan is portrayed as a wonderful man who is indifferent to fame and fortune, has high integrity and is not harmed by beauty.

The so-called running away is to assess the situation in a low-key manner, look far-sighted, and finally have the last laugh.

Even if there is an occasional romance, it is because all fairies are conquered by the charm of Changqing Master and are willing to become passers-by in his legendary life of cultivating immortals.

"Over 50 years..."

In the guest room, Li Congren looked up at the moon, feeling sad.Thinking back to the last time I met Grandpa Lu, it was a decade ago.

In the eyes of the world, Master Changqing has disappeared from the world of immortal cultivation in Liang for more than fifty years.

There are only some inaccurate rumors. Some say that he was buried in the vast sand sea, while others say that he took refuge in Feng Yuan Kingdom and will come back when the war is over.

Now, 20 years after the Demonic War ended, Master Changqing still has not returned.

call!
The lights in the house suddenly went out, and a cool breeze blew out of thin air.

Li Congren felt a chill in his heart and his body became cold.

After the strange wind passed, a transmission talisman appeared in his hand.

After listening to the content of the transmission notes, Li Congren looked overjoyed.

Stay until late at night.

He flew away from Yuexin Island alone and sneaked into the Jade Villa by the lake.

Jade Villa is the place where the lower-class members of the Mu family practice.

When they were young, Lu Changan and Li Erqing had been dormant here for many years.

Especially the Erqing Patriarch married here and gave birth to many blood descendants.

In the small courtyard by the lake, there is a Changqing Zhenren that belongs to his youth and is still well preserved.

Li Congren took a deep breath and sneaked into the former residence of Changqing Zhenren.

……

From the outside, Changqing's former residence is dark and silent.

Stepping into the small courtyard, Li Congren found that the house was lit with lights.

Squeak!

The door of the study room opened automatically, and sitting in front of the desk was a man in white who was as quiet as jade and handsome as a scholar.

It was the familiar figure whose appearance remained unchanged in Li Congren's memory.

"Unfilial junior Li Congren, please pay your respects to Grandpa Lu."

Li Congren floated into the study and bowed.

At this time, he discovered that there was a female cultivator in a green skirt wearing a veil on Grandpa Lu's back, bringing tea.

The female cultivator in Tsing Yi has an ordinary appearance, elegant manners, and a profound aura of magical power, which Li Congren cannot tell clearly. She is probably a true alchemy female cultivator.

Lu Changan raised his hand and motioned for Li Congren to take a seat, looking at him with a smile:

"That's right. With your qualifications, you can master False Pills. You are worthy of being Er Qing's most valued grandson."

In fact, Lu Changan plotted against the Peacock Saint fifteen or sixteen years ago, and when he came to Liang Kingdom, he discovered that Li Congren had formed a fake elixir.

Looking at the huge number of monks in the world of immortality, it is not common for middle-grade spiritual roots to form fake elixirs, but it is not an exaggeration.

In the eyes of the Pill Formation Overhaul, Yuanying Zhenjun, it is not even worth mentioning.

Unless one has low-grade spiritual roots and forms a Nascent Soul, he can be considered a child of luck.

"Congren is stupid and failed to form a true elixir. I am ashamed of myself for Grandpa Lu's guidance and care."

Li Congren spoke sincerely, with a somewhat regretful tone.

Back then, I saw the majesty of the real elixir monks in Xuemei Mountain, and realized the huge gap in strength and status between the fake elixirs and the real elixirs.

At that time, he made a wish that if he could form an elixir in the future, he would strive to form a true elixir.

It's a pity that I didn't take the last half step after all.

"Haha, Congren's achievement is already the No. 1 descendant of Li Erqing. You are good at running a family. If there is no true elixir in this generation, there may not be one in the future."

Lu Changan had previously calculated that Li's luck in Xuemei Mountain was much better than that in Feiyue Lake.

Even if Li Congren achieves False Pills and his family is so prosperous, Xuemei Mountain's lineage is still on the rise.

Of course, for this type of immortal cultivating family, the birth of true elixir cultivators is basically the ceiling, and it is difficult to break through.

After chatting for a while, Lu Changan asked Li Congren about the situation in Liang Guo's immortal world.

In the meantime, the woman in the green skirt also asked a question, and Li Congren answered it in detail without asking about the former's identity.

Lu Changan didn't want Fairy Niyue to know about Xing Peng's relationship.

Li Congren runs the Chamber of Commerce, including some business across the Immortal Kingdom, and has better information than ordinary monks.

Through Li Congren, Fairy Niyue learned about the situation at the gate of Xuanyin Pavilion in the past.

The former mountain gate was occupied by the Jiedan Sect that had moved from the original Feng Kingdom and belonged to the Jinyang Sect camp.

This sect is powerful and even more powerful than Jinyun Valley.

It is almost impossible to get back the old mountain gate in Fairy Niyue's lifetime.

Lu Changan asked about the current situation of the Peacock Saint.

Li Congren muttered: "The peacock demon girl is still being detained in Jinyang Sect. The Beast King Valley is not threatened, and it is not willing to use sincerity as a bargaining chip. And killing this girl will not do any good to Jinyang Sect..."

Lu Changan smiled knowingly after hearing this.

The current situation of the Peacock Saint is very embarrassing.

You can't go back, and you can't die.

With his magic power banned, he is unable to practice, and his cultivation will even slowly regress.

"However, the 'True Lord Wanhe' of the Beast King Valley sent someone to intercede privately, and perhaps gave the Jinyang Sect a promise of benefits, so that the Peacock Demon Girl can operate in a small area at the Jinyang Sect's mountain gate, become a maid, and do some servants. A living. Life is a little easier than before..."

"Becoming a maid?"

At first, Lu Changan was worried that the Peacock Saint would have some freedom and might escape.

Later, it was learned that the Peacock Saint not only had her magic power imprisoned, but her feet were also hinged and locked, which was refined by the Nascent Soul Master himself.

Once you try to leave Jinyang Sect, the restriction will occur, and life will be worse than death.

Many guests of the Jinyang Sect would even go to the outer mountains to admire the grace of the Peacock Saint reduced to a maid.

The Peacock Saint silently endured the humiliation and remained silent.

If Lu Changan goes to Jinyang Sect to visit, he can see the Peacock Saint, but he is not allowed to have contact with her.

Lu Changan speculated that the Jinyang Sect was worried that the Beast King Valley would really unify the surrounding countries in the future, and would not dare to really harm the Peacock Saint.

This leaves room for maneuver in the future and avoids targeted liquidation and retaliation.

If the same sect is defeated and relocated, but is targeted by the higher-ups of Beast King Valley, the difficulty will be completely different.

……

Half an hour later, Li Congren bowed to leave with a rosy complexion.

Before leaving.

Li Congren bought relatively affordable third-level talismans and third-level low-grade puppets from Lu Changan.

Lu Changan asked him two things.

First, Li Congren had better take care of the Mu family within his ability.

The friendship between Lu Changan and the Mu family gradually ended.

However, Li Erqing's lineage is closely related to the Feiyue Lake Mu family.

Without Feiyue Lake, there would be no Xuemei Mountain today.

Lu Changan had previously calculated that after Mu Bingyun's death, the Mu family would be in poor shape in the future, and might even be exterminated.

Secondly, during the funeral, let Li Congren do it for him and give a jewel as a meeting gift to Qifeng's descendants.

It turned out that Lu Changan discovered a high-grade spiritual root among Qifeng's descendants.

Lu Changan was happy that his adoptive father's descendants had established a family in the world of immortality.

And that Qi Feng has been taking care of Xiao Guifeng, including Guan Qiaozhi's mausoleum.Lu Changan admired this character and perseverance and decided to reward him.

The orb given by Lu Changan can slightly speed up the practice before forming the elixir. At the same time, it has a slow warming effect on the root bones, reducing the probability of damaging the foundation.

"Lu Lang, tonight...are we spending the night in your former residence when you were young?"

The Niyue Fairy curled up and approached from behind. Her fragrance was elegant and her voice was gentle, like the sound of a clear spring.

Many years ago, Fairy Niyue was shocked when she learned the identity of "Lu Wugui".

Later, when she saw Lu Changan's true face, she accepted it happily, and their friendship deepened.

"Tonight at my former residence, I will play music all night as a tribute to my memory."

Lu Changan laughed.

Hearing this, the woman in the green skirt in front of her transformed into a colorful feathered dress. Her veil faded away, revealing her peerless appearance. The beautiful silhouette of an immortal figure danced under the moonlight in the courtyard.

Immediately afterwards, a guqin floated in the air, emitting faint fairy sounds as deep as the valley.

Lu Changan was in a trance as he listened to the music and enjoyed the dance, as if he had returned to the Qi Refining Period more than 200 years ago, where he relied on others and was cautious.

At that time, he never thought that one day in the future, he would revisit his old residence and let the first fairy of the Liang Kingdom sing, dance, and play the piano and flute for him.

Early the next morning, the former residence in the small courtyard by the lake was silent without a trace.

Except for Li Congren, no one in the entire Feiyue Lake tribe knew that Master Changqing had visited his former residence last night.

……

In the next two days, Lu Changan did not attend Mu Bingyun's funeral.

He didn't want the outside world to know the exact news of his return.

a few days later.

The two took the magic weapon chariot and arrived at Wuye Town, a gathering place for casual cultivators on the southeastern border of Liang Kingdom.

Wuye Town is a newly built large-scale city. It is located at the rear of the Demonic Battlefield and on the border of Liang State. It is relatively convenient to go to Feng State and Wangyue Fairy City.

On its east side, there is a dangerous and unpredictable poisonous swamp, with poisonous substances and strange beasts emerging in an endless stream. It is ten times more dangerous than the flying sand chasm in Feng Yuan Kingdom, and it is very dangerous for Zhendan monks to cross it.

On the other side of the endless swamp is the boundary between the two religions, which is far away.

In recent years, with the Liang Kingdom's number one casual cultivator "Wuye Zhenren" sitting in charge, and escaping from the demonic war, Wuye Town has expanded rapidly, absorbing a large number of casual cultivators, and its scale is no less than that of some fairy cities.

It's just that the scale of the spiritual veins is inferior and cannot accommodate too many immortals.

Wuye Town is built around the mountains. On the top of the central mountain, there are several cave mansions, shrouded in clouds and mist, which are the residences of Wuye Town's upper-level controllers.

"Master Fairy, the center of the induction formation fluctuated for a moment, and soon returned to normal. I suspect that there may be unknown monks who hide their identities and invade illegally..."

In the second cave on the left, a village elder who was in the late stage of foundation building came in to report.

"The formation fluctuations, what color of light is the warning?"

In the front garden of the cave, a beautiful woman in her late forties sat lazily leaning on the railing, wearing a dark green dress, with a plump and undulating figure.

"It seems to be five colors."

The mayor said uncertainly.

"Five colors...just for a moment?"

Master Shixianzi's eyes cleared up, her casual posture was no longer the same, and her expression became serious.

For monks who quietly sneak into the city without verification, the formation in the city will have a reaction.

Depending on the color, there are various reactions.

The Qi Refining Stage is one color, the Foundation Establishment Stage is two colors... the fake elixir real person is just three colors.

If five colors appear, it is the highest alert, which means that it is at least a true elixir level or above.

However, there was only a momentary reaction, and the visitor might have left at the touch, or evaded the formation induction and sneaked into the interior of Nightless City.

"Stand down first. I will report this matter to Master Jiang."

Shi Manrong spoke calmly and sent the mayor away.

At this time, she looked at the rock landscape not far away from the corner of her eye. There was a rat demon as big as a puppy sitting cross-legged on it. It looked ordinary.

The mayor and mayor who had reported earlier did not notice the rat demon standing about ten feet away.

"It's you……"

Shi Manrong couldn't help but be startled. The clever eyes of the rat demon closely overlapped with a certain image in his memory.

It was impossible for an ordinary third-level rat demon to break into her cave as if there was no one there.

Shi Manrong glanced outside the cave and saw a man and a woman sitting in the Zhike Pavilion.

"Hey! Mom, where did the mouse come from?"

A clean and delicate young man in white came over and looked curiously at the rat demon on the rock.

"Xiaochuan, there are guests visiting outside the door. Please welcome them in without disturbing others."

Shi Manrong ordered.

"okay."

The boy in white took a token and came outside the cave.

The two people in the pavilion were a man in white and a female cultivator in green skirt.

The female cultivator in a green skirt wears a veil, covering her nose below the bridge, and her appearance is ordinary.

The gentle and quiet man in white made the young man a little startled.

This person's image and temperament were one of the few among the male cultivators he knew, and he had an inexplicable sense of affinity.

The magic power of the two men was so dark that it was impossible to tell whether it was true or not.

"Junior Master Xiaochuan, under the order of my mother, I will take you two to the cave as guests."

The boy in white was in the middle of Qi refining, and he bowed his hands.

"Xiaochuan, your mother is Shi Xianzi? The formation master of Wuye Town?"

Lu Changan couldn't help but ask.

"Yeah." The boy in white nodded.

Lu Changan didn't think much about it, and later prepared a meeting gift for Shi Xianzi's son.

Time passes.

After so many years of no contact, even if they are Taoist lovers, their relationship will fade, let alone a casual fling.

Even if Shi Manrong gets married and has children, in Lu Changan's eyes, it is still in line with common sense.

After all, Shi Manrong was divorced very early when he was young. He had a wish in Wu Qishan that year, and wanted to have a child who would continue his descendants.

Lu Changan asked the woman in the green skirt to stay in the pavilion and followed Shi Xiaochuan alone.

As soon as Lu Changan stepped into the cave, a powerful spiritual pressure of elixir appeared in the adjacent cave, reaching the middle stage of elixir formation.

Swish!
The afterimage of the Purple Star flew over and turned into a purple-robed real person with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes. He had a gloomy face and said in a bad tone:
"Lu! Do you still have the nerve to come back to find Man Rong?"

"Jiang Daoyou, don't come here unharmed!"

Lu Changan immediately recognized that this person was Jiang Yechen, whom he had a slight friendship with in the past, and was now the "Master Wuye" who was the number one loose cultivator in the Liang Kingdom.

Compared to 100 years ago, Jiang Yechen looked a few years older, with a calmer temperament and less of the femininity of the past.

Lu Changan secretly thought that he had heard before that Jiang Yechen had a good relationship with Shi Xianzi. Could it be that the two of them had become a couple?

Jiang Yechen's early lover, Shen Bixin, was married to a married woman, and according to life expectancy, she was expected to die at least sixty years ago.

However, Jiang Yechen and Shi Xianzi live in different caves, and they don't look like they are Taoist couples.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, I am a visitor. I don't have much left in my life, and I just want to catch up with my old friends."

The faint voice of Fairy Master came, seeming to be pleading.

Jiang Yechen snorted lightly and followed Lu Changan into the cave with a cold face.

"Master."

Shi Xiaochuan didn't dare to express his anger and said hello in a low voice.

Jiang Yechen put his arms around the shoulders of the boy in white, like a father and son, and entered the cave.

In the pavilion, an ordinary-looking woman in a green skirt seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

She actually felt that the temperament and image of the boy in white were more like Lu Changan.

……

In the side hall, Lu Changan saw Shi Xianzi again after decades.

Although she doesn't live long, Shi Manrong has a good look and looks like a beautiful woman in her middle age.

Although her appearance is not as good as before, it is more mature and graceful, dignified and elegant, and she is as pale as a chrysanthemum.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, why don't you let that female Taoist friend come in?"

"She is a female cultivator from the tribe of Fengyuan Kingdom. She is withdrawn and doesn't like to interact with strangers."

Lu Changan said calmly.

Shi Manrong didn't think much about it. The female cultivator in the green skirt outside had no outstanding appearance or temperament.

A female nun from an indigenous tribe?

Jiang Yechen couldn't help but think deeply: It seems that Lu Changan went to Feng Yuan Kingdom to seek refuge and did not live a good life. Perhaps he married a powerful indigenous female cultivator and sold his male sex in exchange for a stable environment for Gou Ming to practice, thus cultivating to the middle stage of alchemy.

Otherwise, with Lu Changan's vision back then, he would not have found an ordinary-looking indigenous female cultivator to make do with.

After being separated from Shen Bixin for more than a hundred years, his wasted life and rich experiences have changed Jiang Yechen's mood and aesthetics.

In the past 20 years, he reunited and cooperated with Shi Xianzi, and he gradually developed an appreciation for it.

Although today's Shixianzi is not as beautiful as many young women, her noble and mature temperament like the scent of plum blossoms, which has been honed through hardships, makes him quite moved and resonates with her.

The two had a good relationship, but they never broke through that boundary.

Now that Fairy Master has a short lifespan, Jiang Yechen tried his best to plan a third-level life-extending pill for him to win the favor of the beautiful lady, but unfortunately it didn't go well.

Lu Changan, Shi Xianzi, and Jiang Yechen talked about old times for a while.

It turns out that Shi Xiaochuan is Shi Manrong's adopted son. He not only has the talent for formations, but also has high-grade spiritual roots.

Jiang Yechen, the number one casual cultivator in the Liang Kingdom, took the initiative to accept a disciple, and Master Xianzi had no reason to refuse.

Since Jiang Yechen was here, it was difficult to discuss the topic in depth.

Lu Changan hinted several times that he wanted to talk to Shi Xianzi alone.

Jiang Yechen refused to leave, with a stern face and the look of someone supervising a scumbag.

"Jiang saw the relevant description in "Evergreen Legend": If he hadn't escaped to a different place, Daoist Lu would be truly the number one casual cultivator in the Liang Kingdom."

Jiang Yechen had a slight smile on his lips, his eyes gradually became sharper, and his body exuded a cold evil spirit pressure that was beyond the same level.

"Today, Jiang has itchy hands. As long as fellow Daoist Lu can fight with Jiang undefeated, I will not stop you from having a private meeting with Man Rong from now on."

Over the years, due to good opportunities, Jiang Yechen, who was already highly qualified, became the number one casual cultivator in the Liang Kingdom.

Except for the sect's Pill Formation Overhaul, he has no opponent at the same level.

In the casual cultivator circle, it is even more lonely and invincible.

150 years ago.

Jiang Yechen competed for the position of Peak Master of Wuqi Mountain. He had the best overall conditions, but was unexpectedly rejected by the "blind" Lu Wugui.

At that time, Jiang Yechen said nothing on the surface, but felt somewhat unhappy in his heart.

The Shi Xianzi he admired was ruthlessly abandoned by Lu Wugui who ran away decades ago.

Did you come to your door shamelessly today again?

On his own territory in Wuye Town, Jiang Yechen was more affectionate than reasonable and wanted to show Lu Wugui some color.

It would teach him that the majesty of Liang Guo's No. [-] casual cultivator is definitely higher than ordinary true elixirs.

(End of this chapter)