Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence.

Chapter 172
"How could he be from Lu country? How could he be from Lu country?!"

Yu Wentai is from Lu country, this news is like detonating a heavy bomb in Zhang Yao's heart.

His instinctive first reaction was disbelief.

What is the state of Lu like?The desert of cultivating immortals is indescribable, and breaking through the middle stage of Qi refining is as difficult as reaching the sky. The casual cultivators in the country are the worst group of free immortal cultivators he has ever seen, and their situation is better than that of miners.

Such a remote place can give birth to such an ancient talent like Yu Wentai?

You must know that this person is not only a genius in cultivating immortals, but also achieved the consummation of foundation building early on, but also has amazing combat power.

Even though Zhang Yao and him had a little bit of hatred, they had to admit that this man was amazingly talented, a talent that was rarely seen in a thousand years.

"No, my thinking is still too narrow..."

After Zhang Yao calmed down, he immediately overturned his previous thoughts.

Although the environment in Lu State is very poor, it may not be impossible to produce super geniuses. After all, people who go to high places are not destined to die and can only develop in Lu State.

And more importantly:

At the beginning, the ancestors of Jindan definitely had lie detection methods when facing Yu Wentai, who was just a newly promoted foundation builder. Even if it was related to such a big matter as the Five Elements Secret Realm, it might be possible to directly search for the soul.

Under such circumstances, Yu Wentai dared not, and could not, conceal his origin—so his origin and the relevant files recorded by Fu Haizong were extremely reliable.

"So... is he really from Lu country?"

At this moment, Zhang Yao's mood was extremely complicated, and his thoughts were flying.

"Qingxu?"

The real Haihe on the opposite side saw him startled, frowned slightly, and said doubtfully:
"What's the matter with you? Why did you fall into deep thought when you heard that Yu Wentai was from Lu State?"

"Oh."

Zhang Yao came back to his senses, with a normal expression and said:

"I was still trying to recall just now, which border area in the southwestern direction of Nalu Kingdom, why I haven't heard of it."

"So that's how it is..."

Master Haihe didn't suspect him, and casually said:

"In the small border countries near the southern border, all the immortal families have disappeared, and the dynasties of the country are often changed. Who knows which remote country it is in?"

"But it's pointless to dwell on this point. After all, if Yu Wentai can get to where he is today, his origin has long been unimportant."

"Well, the real person is right."

Zhang Yao nodded slightly, expressing his approval on the surface, but his heart became more dignified.

"It seems that we have to go back to Lu State secretly to find out the details of Yu Wentai..."

He secretly said in his heart, and made a decision.

Zhang Yao is very suspicious now that Yuwentai was born in the Yuwen family of the royal family of the Lu Kingdom, but later he left the family and came to Dali alone.

His speculation is not groundless:
First, the world of cultivating immortals in Lu State is too small. Apart from the Yuwen family, there are only monks from Kongqingchuan and Tiandushan.

Second, when he broke through Wuyin Island and sorted out Mrs. Liu's legacy, he discovered a suspicious point—that is, the number of spirit stones was too small.

It stands to reason that Mrs. Liu is a monk in the late stage of Qi refining. He even has a complete set of array flags and high-level magic weapons. It is not difficult to save hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, but the spirit stones of the Wuyin Island lineage There are only a few dozen pitiful pieces in stock.

If it is said to be used by others, it is unlikely, otherwise the Yuwen family would not have had so many years before a young man in the mid-stage of qi refining appeared.

In fact, Zhang Yao didn't pay much attention to this question at the beginning, he turned his head and left it behind. After celebrating the New Year in the past, he had already forgotten it completely.

It wasn't until Yuwentai's origin was exposed that he suddenly recalled it—is there a possibility that Yuwentai used up those spirit stones?

"If he was really from Yuwen's family, why did he abandon Yuwen's family later, and even left Lu State and never went back?"

"There is also the biggest secret passed down from the Liu family and the Yuwen family, which are the earth vein nodes and the earth vein spirit beads. Does Yu Wentai know?"

For a moment, various thoughts surged in Zhang Yao's mind, making it difficult for him to calm down.

After chatting with Master Haihe for a while, he took the initiative to say goodbye and leave. Master Haihe sent him out of Haitian Floating Island in person.

After leaving the range of Fubo Sea:
Zhang Yao's light escape speed was fully activated, and he rushed all the way back to Cangjiang Shui Mansion at the fastest speed.

"Master, you are back!"

Zhang Yao deliberately made the movement of the escape light louder, and when he returned to the water mansion, he took advantage of the opportunity to alarm the Taoist Cang'er who was patrolling.

"The leader's trip to Fu Haizong, is it going well?"

Taoist Canger asked with a smile.

"very smooth."

Zhang Yao nodded slightly, and said:

"I've got the Kunyuan Spiritual Liquid, and I'm going to do a long-term retreat soon."

"This……"

Taoist Cang'er was mentally prepared, but he couldn't help but said:
"But if there is no leader in the meeting, I am afraid that some young people will not be able to help but jump up and down..."

Today's GCC, except for Zhang Yao, is not at its peak.

It has been many years since Haihe Daoist returned to the mountain gate. From the outside world, since the two parties do not move around frequently, and turn over the official accounts, the relationship between the two should have weakened. This naturally aroused some people's cautious thinking.

After all, the current GCC occupies the entire Fangzhou and half of Kangzhou, which is equivalent to a big piece of fat.

"Will not."

Zhang Yao waved his hand and said:
"In normal times, I really wouldn't easily retreat for a long time, but now this juncture is different."

"In a few years, the Five Elements Secret Realm will be opened. At that time, the whole territory of Dali will be full of wind and clouds, and all directions will be in harmony. Who will care about our little GCC?"

Taoist Cang'er heard the words, suddenly said:

"That's right, I almost forgot about the Five Elements Secret Realm..."

After chatting with him for a few more words, Zhang Yao took advantage of the opportunity to summon many Foundation Establishment Masters and publicly explained the matter of long-term retreat.

Everyone's reaction was similar to what he had expected. Few people were worried about the situation in the GCC. On the contrary, there were many discussions about the Five Elements Secret Realm, and everyone was ambitious and excited.

When everything is ready:
Zhang Yao also officially closed the Dongfu, and temporarily handed over the GCC to Peng Yuexian, and he entered the process of long-term retreat.

Inside the cave:
"call……"

Zhang Yao let out a long breath, feeling a little relieved.

In order to perform this scene well, he still spent a lot of thought, but right now it is only half of the success.

To make Lao Peng, Cang'er Taoist and others outside believe that he is still retreating inside the cave, at least he must first break through the late stage of foundation establishment and attract celestial phenomena.

"It's not too late, it's better to break through as soon as possible."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao reached out and took out the crystal vial.

Ever since he learned of Yuwentai's secret, he unconsciously felt a sense of urgency, wanting to improve his strength quickly.

"This feeling of worrying about gains and losses has really been a long time ago."

He laughed at himself, untied the magic ban on the crystal vial, raised his head and poured the spiritual liquid into his mouth.

The pale golden spiritual liquid fell into the belly, and instantly turned into a warm current that swam through the limbs and bones, continuously transforming into incomparably pure spiritual energy.

"boom……"

The mighty spiritual energy gathered into a torrent, and after swimming around the body, it all merged into the Dao foundation.

During this process, the aura operates completely spontaneously, improving one's cultivation level, nurturing one's soul, and strengthening one's body. The three are integrated into one, and even have the effect of slightly refining the Dao foundation.

"It really works!"

With a sigh of admiration in Zhang Yao's heart, he fully manipulated the torrent of spiritual energy in his body, and operated the method of "Wan Hua Du Tian Zhen Jing" to absorb and refine it.

Until seven days and seven nights later:

"Boom!"

After accumulating mana to the limit, it naturally broke through the invisible dam.

The bottleneck in the late stage of foundation establishment was broken, and the mana was like a bird jumping out of a cage or a fish leaping into an abyss, swallowing the spirit energy around it, and it skyrocketed, and it was out of control.

The improvement of the realm of mana brought about changes in the sky in an instant, and the aura vortex with a size of more than ten acres reproduced the water veins of the Cangjiang River.

"It's so fast!"

"That's right, it's only been a few days since the breakthrough, and it's broken again!"

"Kunyuan Lingye... Tsk tsk, it's really enviable, even a little bit jealous!"

Lao Peng, Fairy Lichen and others looked at the aura vortex above the water mansion, and while talking with each other, their eyes were envious.

In the entire territory of Dali, there are very few people who are eligible to enjoy the Kunyuan spiritual liquid, and this is the first time they have seen each other.

The effect of raising the cultivation base out of thin air is too powerful. To a certain extent, it is more useful for young foundation-building monks than prolonging life by decades. Hard work.

Half an hour later, the spiritual vortex in the water veins gradually disappeared, and Lao Peng and others also dispersed.

They all know-

From today onwards, in order to control the soaring mana and consolidate the skyrocketing realm, Qingxu Daoist will have to retreat for at least ten years.

…………

A month later.

Thanks to the strength of the method of refining the formation and entering the body, Zhang Yao has initially mastered the skyrocketing mana and realm.

Body strength, soul strength, and total mana are far stronger than the normal foundation building of the same level. This is also his biggest advantage, allowing him to take the lead.

Zhang Yao reckoned that it would take at most two or three years to fully absorb the skyrocketing mana and realm and lay a solid foundation.

But he couldn't wait that long.

"Late will change, let's go back sooner."

Zhang Yao got up and left the quiet room, and walked towards the formation center in the cave.

He went back to the State of Lu this time, first to find out Yu Wentai's true background, and second, to avoid disaster.

Yu Wentai hid so deeply, and the several Jindan Patriarchs who cooperated with him may have even greater ambitions and schemes, and no matter how they end up, they will inevitably be incompatible.

No matter how rich the inheritance left by the Sanren of the Five Elements is, it is still limited after all, and it is impossible to satisfy everyone.

There are no eggs under the overturned nest, and if a full-scale war is really going to break out, even if he hides in the water mansion and retreats to death, he may not be able to escape.

"Avoid small chaos in the city, and large chaos in the countryside."

"This Dali is about to repeat the Great War of the Five Sects, I'd better go back to my hometown in the remote countryside and hide..."

Zhang Yao played a few formulas and at the same time used the method of escaping the tunnel, secretly penetrated the protection of the formation, and sneaked out of the Cangjiang water mansion all the way from the ground.

He was the master of the Water Mansion, he controlled the center of the formation, so he would not alarm anyone, and left the range of Cangjiang directly through the underground route.

All the way to hide the light, hide carefully, and go south in a low-key manner.

After spending half a month, Zhang Yao traveled across various countries, crossed multiple barren belts, and returned to his hometown after a long absence.

"Finally back again..."

Above the sky, Zhang Yao stood with his hands behind his back, and his divine sense shot at the capital below.

It has been decades since he left the territory of Lu State. The troubled times were over long ago, and the new dynasty has passed for many years.

"Ok?"

Zhang Yao was stunned for a moment, showing a hint of interest:
"It's unexpected that I can still meet acquaintances..."

With a flash of his figure, he disappeared in place.

…………

In the center of the capital, inside the imperial palace.

Zhao Hechu put down the memorial in his hand, rubbed the center of his eyebrows, showing a trace of exhaustion.

As the founding monarch of Daliang, he was already in his sixtieth year, but he was still young and vigorous, and his appearance was not much different from that of a man in his early thirties.

Because of his extraordinarily energetic and rough experience at a young age, he hated the bureaucratic system very much. Although he had to use it, he also abolished the thousands-year-old cabinet system and was able to monopolize power.

But after the Prime Minister and Ge Lao disappeared, the power was highly centralized, but the extremely complicated government affairs of the nineteen prefectures in the world, and the hard work day and night, made him, a great master of martial arts, feel a little out of breath.

"I am a master of martial arts, my energy, blood and physique are more than ten times stronger than ordinary people, and I can endure no matter how hard I work."

"However, the descendants of the future generations are all born to be nobles, clothed and well-fed, pampered and pampered, how can they suffer from the hardships of practicing in winter and practicing in summer?"

"I'm afraid that within a generation or two, there will be court elders and university scholars again, and the collapse of the bureaucracy is almost certain..."

When Zhao Hechu thought of this, he could only sigh helplessly.

Not to mention him, even the former royal family and the Yuwen family, which is said to have the support of the Xian family, could not solve this problem.

What he can do is to gather power as much as possible when he is in power, build a relatively mature and perfect system, and try to ensure that the country can last for dozens or hundreds of years.

"Your Majesty, please use the panacea."

The old eunuch on the side brought a silver tray with a red pill on it.

"Ah."

Zhao Hechu responded, and skillfully twisted the red pill, swallowed it, drank another cup of ginseng tea, shook his head and said:
"No matter how improved this homemade elixir is, it will never be as good as the immortal home's bigu elixir."

Hearing his words, the purple-robed eunuch on the side remained silent, not daring to answer rashly.

The entire Daliang Nineteen States knew that this great grandfather was born as an orphan, and it was only because he met an immortal on the Baibo Lake that year that he was able to practice shocking martial arts and conquer thousands of miles of land.

But even though he is a respected Ninth Five-Year Master and an invincible martial arts master, he is still an ordinary person after all, so he still misses the life on Xiandao all the time, and from time to time he reminisces and sighs a few words, and the people around him have long been used to it.

"Let's go."

The hem of Zhao Hechu's dragon robe swung open, and he walked away:

"I'm going to worship the immortal master..."

(End of this chapter)