Great Red Immortal Sect

Chapter 65: Unfinished
In the fork in the road, sword energy was everywhere.

The layers of pink gem light around Zan Luo were blown away, and the strange visions of the pink skeleton and the goddess chanting stopped. He looked at the person who came with a serious expression.

Xu Xuan lightly raised Hengguang, clouds scattered from the sword, and purple lightning burst out. He stepped forward and fought with the evil monk.

Seeing this, Fan Qingzhu hurriedly waved his sleeves to bring Liu Xiaowen and the other two back to his side, took out three crystal-white precious pills, fed them to them, and helped them heal their injuries.

"Master."

Fan Huayan had just woken up, her voice was weak and she was still a little dazed.

Fan Qingzhu's face was as cold as frost. He looked at Wen Si'an and said in a deep voice:

"I hope Fellow Daoist Wen can help look after my disciple."

Wen Sian raised his head slightly when he heard that. Fan Qingzhu rode the wind and came forward to attack Zan Luo, who found it difficult to resist and fell into a disadvantage.

Xu Xuan had already formed the intention to kill. The illusory calamity pool rose up, and two flying swords moved with thunder, locking onto Zan Luo's eyebrows.

Tiantuo had previously told Xu Xuan that Buddhist practitioners were different from immortal practitioners and would not practice the three fields of upper, middle and lower.

These monks cultivate their nature but not their life. All their cultivation is placed in the sea of consciousness. This body is like a boat that can be abandoned at any time. This is also the reason why reincarnation is convenient in Buddhism and Taoism.

If an ordinary Purple Mansion wants to reincarnate, it must have something at the Golden Elixir level to protect its soul.

A high monk who has reached the realm of Bodhisattva will reincarnate and cultivate many times, constantly accumulating cause and effect and improving his cultivation.

The flying swords were extremely powerful. Zan Luo had never seen anyone who could wield three magic swords while refining Qi. It was either because of a strong spiritual awareness or because of some strange magic weapons.

Fan Qingzhu stood aside to support the attack, controlling a stream of clear white water that wrapped around him and confronted Zanluo's pink precious light.

Seeing that he was no match for his opponent, Zanla chanted the Buddha's name loudly, and all the precious light around his body disappeared.

His limbs were shrunken, his torso was shriveled, and his body was as thin as a piece of paper. Only his head was swollen, his face was purple-red, and he flew away quickly, turning into a stream of light and moving forward.

This evil monk used extremely fast escape techniques and broke free from Fan Qingzhu's control in an instant. He fled like a jellyfish, dragging his body with his huge head.

Xu Xuan put away his sword, his face still cold, looking in the direction where Zan Luo fled, and said:

"This man has many tricks up his sleeve. If he doesn't die and continues to pester me, I'm afraid there will be some trouble."

Fan Qingzhu, who was standing by, had the same thought. Seeing that Zan Luo had provoked the sect leader, she felt a little relieved and felt that she could rely on him a little.

At that moment the woman echoed:

"This evil monk will definitely enter the alchemy room, and we will get rid of him then."

Xu Xuan's mind was not here, but he sensed the jade pendant subtly.

Ever since he met Fan Huayan, the ancient stele in his Qi Sea has been vibrating constantly, and the manifested White Jade Heavenly Palace is filled with clear light and immortal music.

'How can I succeed?'

If they were to fight directly, Fan Qingzhu and his group would be unable to resist and Xu Xuan would be able to take them all down by himself.

But he is not a demon after all, so it is not a good idea to act like this. It will easily arouse suspicion and make people think that the jade pendant is a valuable treasure.

"The alchemy room hasn't been opened yet, so there's no rush now. I can just take a break and recuperate."

Fan Qingzhu spoke softly, as if he knew this place very well.

Liu Xiaowen took this opportunity to walk to Xu Xuan and said:
"Master, I observed a stone wall and found a scroll of fourth-grade talisman."

After saying this, Xu Xuan hadn't moved yet, but Fan Qingzhu, who was standing beside him, had already looked over with surprise in his eyes. He didn't care about etiquette and said hurriedly:

"But it's the same as Fuqi?"

"Exactly."

Liu Xiaowen roughly anticipated the other party's reaction, so he took out the golden Taoist book from his arms and handed it to Xu Xuan.

"[Prayer for Good Deeds and Transformation of Karma] contains six paths and three grades of talismans. The three paths and four grades are used for praying for blessings, transforming misfortunes, escaping, and clearing the mind."

Xu Xuan flipped through it briefly, understood it roughly, put it away, looked at Fan Qingzhu and the other two standing beside him, and asked:

"Does Daoist Qingzhu recognize this talisman?"

Fan Qingzhu looked hesitant. He gently held Fan Huayan's hand and said softly:

"Hua Yan, take out the remaining drawings and let Sect Leader Xu take a look."

Upon receiving the order, Fan Huayan took out a map. This map was more detailed, covering almost all the secret passages and stone chambers in the cave, and even recorded what was in each one.

'In the twelfth year of Shenghe, it was painted by Kang Yuan, a disciple of Tianci Dao. It took nine years to complete the construction of Fuming Mansion in Tianshui County and Cixin Mansion in Chiyun County.'

Shenghe, this is probably the reign title of a king of Qi State. It seems that the cave in Tianshui is called Fuming, and the one in Chiyun is called Cixin.

Xu Xuan looked carefully and found that the core of this place was the alchemy room, which should contain a furnace of Shangling Dan, a top-grade foundation-building furnace [Shuihuo Weiji Furnace], and several core Taoist books, including the fourth-grade talisman.

"Xiao Wen actually got it at the Dharma Wall. What happened?"

Before he could think about it, Fan Qingzhu stepped forward and said softly:

"Senior, this talisman is of great use to me. I am willing to give you some spiritual objects, just to see it."

Xu Xuan looked normal and said with a smile:
"Fellow Daoist, there's no need to be so polite. You can take this talisman and have a look. However..."

Fan Qingzhu's face showed some joy, his eyes moved, he took a few steps forward and said softly:
"What do you want, fellow Daoist? Just tell me and I'll come."

Xu Xuan's face remained calm, not wanting to alert the other party, and he said sincerely:

"Fellow Daoist, you have nowhere to stay right now. Our sect is short of manpower. Would you be willing to come and serve us?"

After saying this, Fan Qingzhu hesitated for a moment, looked at Fan Huayan beside him, and said hesitantly:
"Hua Yan, you."

When Fan Huayan heard this, his expression changed slightly, and he said sadly:
"Master, there's no good solution now. Let's just forget about the past for now."

Seeing this, Xu Xuan hurriedly comforted him:
"I don't want Fellow Daoist Qingzhu to work for my sect forever. If you can break through the foundation-building stage, you can decide whether to stay or leave." Fan Qingzhu was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't know what the sect leader was thinking.

"I just hope that you can take a token as a witness, so that I can safely hand over this talisman to you."

After saying this, Xu Xuan looked at Liu Xiaowen who was standing beside him. This disciple understood and stepped forward and said in a deep voice:

"Fellow Daoist Hua Yan, could you please give me the jade pendant you are wearing as a token of your sincerity?"

Xianghe saw this and hurried forward and said:
"How dare you take advantage of someone in distress? This jade pendant belongs to the young lady's mother—"

Fan Huayan stopped her maid, took the crescent jade pendant from Su Bai's neck, placed it in her palm, and said softly:
"It's not something important. Fellow Daoist Xiao Wen didn't ask for any magical instruments or spiritual objects, so just take the jade pendant."

Her face suddenly turned red with embarrassment, which made Liu Xiaowen confused. He took the jade pendant, and their hands touched slightly, then immediately separated.

"Put it away first."

Xu Xuan gave the order. He didn't want to touch the jade pendant directly at the moment, for fear that something strange might happen.

"Got it!"

Xu Xuan's heart was filled with excitement, wondering what kind of changes this jade pendant would bring to the immortal tablet in his body.

As they were moving forward, a long bell sounded from underground. Fan Qingzhu's face changed and he said anxiously:

"The alchemy room is about to open."

They no longer hesitated. This place was not far from the alchemy room. If they used all their strength to control the wind, they would arrive in no time.

Entering from the stone path, there is an extremely wide cave. Many people have walked out from the stone paths around it.

It is surrounded by gray stone walls, engraved with countless patterns of flowers, birds, fish and dragons. The blue bricks on the ground are clean and spotless.

This underground cave is connected to eight stone paths, which are distributed in accordance with the hexagrams. At the core is a lapis lazuli furnace, shaped like a gourd and three people tall. It continuously spews out water and fire. Countless auspicious cloud patterns are engraved on the furnace, and it is illuminated by clear and bright precious light.

Next to the alchemy furnace, there were a few volumes of Taoist books placed on the ground, as if someone had flipped through them and then casually thrown them aside.

Xu Xuan looked around and saw clearly who was coming from all directions, but he did not act rashly.

The first people he noticed were Duan Chengsi and Duan Pingdu from the Duan family. Both father and son had good cultivation. Duan Chengsi was about the same age as Xu Xuan, and was now at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

As for Duan Pingdu standing aside, he has now reached the fourth level of Qi Refining. He is even younger than Liu Xiaowen.

"This cultivation speed is a bit terrifying."

Duan Pingdu was valued by the Immortal and was accepted as a disciple. Many people knew this news. He did not hide his abilities. Although the surrounding families were wary of him, they did not dare to touch him.

In front of the two of them was an old cultivator with white hair and beard. He had his eyes closed and seemed to be in a deep sleep, and it was impossible to tell whether he was asleep or not.

Zan Luo had returned to Duan Pingdu's side at this moment. His face was a little pale. When he saw Xu Xuan, he no longer showed that evil smile this time, but just chanted a Buddhist name.

Looking to the side, it was someone from Kongjian Sect, an old woman who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining. She was wearing a plain grey robe and carrying a magic sword on her back. There was murderous aura around her and she was meditating and regulating her breathing.

Zuo Mohe and Qi Wen did not accompany her. The old woman was followed by a female cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining, who seemed to be her descendant.

The woman was wearing the same silver-gray Taoist robe as Qi Wen, with intricate star patterns on the sleeves. She was older, probably of the same generation as Xu Xuan.

Liu Qiuci also came. This young man in green clothes was now at the seventh level of Qi Refining. When he saw Xu Xuan, he nodded slightly and a smile appeared on his handsome face.

A cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining followed Liu Qiuci. He was a young man wearing a sky-blue straight-collared robe.

This man had a golden bird-ghost belt around his waist. He had a slender figure, sharp eyebrows, and thin lips that were slightly pursed, with a smile that had some ambiguous meaning.

The Chen family closed the mountain and no one came here. No one from the Zhu family came either. I don’t know what their plans are.

As for the Wu family, it is probably in serious decline and cannot mobilize any manpower.

The remaining wandering cultivators had the means to make it here, not to mention that most of them had fled here from the north and had great backgrounds.

Sure enough, the scarred man had also arrived here. The pagoda in his hand was burning with black and gray flames, and his body was covered in blood.

"Zuo Mohe and Qi Wen from the Empty Sword Sect haven't come yet. This old woman completely ignored me. As for the people around Liu Qiuci, they're not simple either. I'm afraid I can't count on them."

Xu Xuan glanced at the man in the sky blue robe inconspicuously. This man had a unique temperament that caught Xu Xuan's attention at first glance.

"At such a young age, he has reached the seventh level of Qi Refining. He must be a direct descendant of the Immortal Sect. Which family has the Liu family contacted? Why did this person come here in person?"

Xu Xuan was confused and didn't want to get involved with this person, so he didn't plan to go forward and greet Liu Qiuci.

The alchemy furnace began to vibrate more and more violently. All the cultivators present, whether they were from aristocratic families or independent cultivators who had come from exile, held their breath and concentrated, waiting for the moment when the elixir would be born.

Fan Qingzhu came here and told Xu Xuan a lot of secrets, including the origin and efficacy of this precious pill.

The gift of Shangling Dan is a precious elixir bestowed by heaven on the State of Qi. The recipe for the elixir had long been taken away by the Song family of Dali and is rarely seen in the world.

Fuqi is the Taoist doctrine of bestowing blessings on those who do good deeds. This elixir is even more miraculous. It has the wonderful effect of improving one's cultivation and breaking through bottlenecks. It can almost save one from the hard work of an entire level of Qi refining, and there are no hidden dangers.

Although this elixir is only effective when taken for the first time, if he obtains it, he can directly break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining. After spending a few more years, he can break through to the ninth level and plan to build his foundation.

"The time it takes for the various families in the original world to break through to the foundation building stage will probably be accelerated, perhaps within twenty years."

Xu Xuan looked around and saw the sleeping old cultivator from the Duan family and the old woman with a sword on her back from the Kongjian Sect. Although these people had reached the peak of Qi Refining, their lifespan was coming to an end. Trying to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage would be tantamount to seeking death.

Duan Chengsi and Liu Qiuci are now at the seventh level of Qi Refining, just like Xu Xuan. If they get the precious elixir, the time it takes them to break through will probably be similar.

In the center of the underground cave, the treasure furnace could no longer be suppressed. The water and fire energies broke open the lapis lazuli lid on the top of the furnace. There were sounds of praise and laughter. Twelve crystal green pills appeared and were lifted up into the sky by clouds that turned into dragons and tigers.

Liu Xiaowen and Duan Pingdu, the two people who had been cleansed by the blessed spiritual spring, had strange phenomena appear on their bodies. The aura of blessings and virtues flowed, and a green precious pill flew over and fell directly into the hands of each of them.

Xu Xuan summoned the Hengguang, and an illusory calamity pool appeared above his head. The two flying swords moved as he wished, and the surrounding black and gray fire, pink precious light, and many spells came at him one after another. The place was suddenly in chaos.

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