Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 190: Lizhou Civil War - Obtaining the Martial Arts
A month is not long, but it is not short either.

For many monks, this is just a period of retreat.

But during the month when Xiao Chen was striving for the Golden Core stage, almost the entire Lizhou was engulfed in war.

About half a month ago.

After many attempts, the Cang Yan Sect was finally able to confirm that the Si Hai Zong and the Li Huo Men were both extremely weak, with only two empty shells left.

Just a slight kick and it will collapse.

One particularly important point is based on the Cang Yan Sect's investigation results over the years and the trials during this period.

It is highly likely that Master Feihong of the Lihuo Sect and Master Shaqiu of the Sihai Sect are not in Lizhou now, but have traveled to the Eastern Region together.

In other words, the only ones left in the Lihuo Sect now are True Man Yunxiang, who is still seriously injured, and True Man Mingyan, who was recently injured.

And the only one left in the Sihai Sect was Master Bisong.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Especially the Cang Yan Sect and the Lihuo Sect, they have been holding grudges against each other for many years.

Both sides use fire-attributed techniques as their main cultivation system, and usually rely on fire-based spiritual objects for cultivation.

I have long wanted to kill the other party and seize their resources.

And it is different from the competition between ordinary sects.

As long as they can take down the Lihuo Sect, the Cangyan Sect can plunder the opponent's fire and use it to accelerate the advancement of their own spiritual fire.

This originally unknown purpose is the real top priority.

If he hadn't been thinking about this, Master Jin Jian wouldn't have bothered to secretly arrange any pruning plan.

Years of hard planning are all done just to be prepared for any eventuality.

The reason why he attaches so much importance to this plan is because it is of great importance.

The Cang Yan Sect has a third-order spiritual fire that is the sect's guardian. It was an accidental encounter that the founder of the Cang Yan Sect got when he went to the Eastern Region.

This information is not a secret, and other sects also know it.

But few people know that the spiritual fire possessed by the Cang Yan Sect has a great origin.

Its true form is the legendary Big Dipper Spirit Fire.

Its complete form is as high as the fourth level, and it is also one of the rare treasures in the Eastern Region.

Although when they first obtained it, the Cang Yan Sect only got a second-level fire seed.

However, since obtaining the fire, under the leadership of the founder, the Cang Yan Sect has been persistently putting various spiritual fires into it for the Beidou Spiritual Fire to devour.
With such continuous sacrifices, the fire successfully grew to the third level and could be used to suppress the sect's fortune.

It has been carefully cared for by generations of the Cang Yan Sect and nurtured in the spiritual veins for thousands of years.

Today, the Beidou Spirit Fire has secretly grown to the limit of the third level and will be promoted to the fourth level soon.

Originally, this process might have taken about six hundred years.

But according to the speculation of the three Jindan Zhenren of Cang Yan Sect.

As long as the Lihuo Gate is taken down and all six second-level spiritual fires are sacrificed to the Beidou spiritual fire, there is a 70% chance that the fire will be directly advanced.

The probability is already very high, enough to make them tempted and take the risk.

Hezhou was originally worried about civil unrest in Lizhou, which would waste the righteous forces.

For this purpose, he specially sent Master Qianzhu back to Lizhou to persuade Master Jinjian and Master Guiyan to give up their internal strife.

After all, we are now facing a powerful enemy. The Divine Fire Sect and the White Bone Demon Body threaten all cultivators.

However, the reason why the Cang Yan Sect dared to ignore the overall situation at this time and instead revealed its ambition to annex other sects was because of this.

It is precisely because they possess the Beidou Spirit Fire that they have the capital to fight against the White Bone Demon Body.

The South Dipper governs life, and the North Dipper governs death.

The reason why the Beidou Spirit Fire dares to use the name of Beidou is naturally because it has always been known for its ferocity, especially for killing living beings.

If used to make elixirs or medicine, it may not be very useful.

Once it touches a living thing, it is simply inextinguishable, and it will not be extinguished by wind or water. It will burn away the enemy's vitality and flesh and blood until it is reduced to ashes.

As long as the fire can be promoted to a true fourth-level spiritual fire, not only will the Cang Yan Sect have a more powerful foundation, but it will also be a piece of cake to deal with the white bone demon body.

After secretly communicating with Master Qianzhu.

The Cang Yan Sect dealt with the White Bone Demon Body and promised never to invade Qianzhu Market in exchange for Master Qianzhu remaining neutral and watching the sect war break out.

Therefore, half a month ago, the Cang Yan Sect, which had planned in advance, launched a surprise attack.

They demanded that the Lihuo Sect and the Sihai Sect swear allegiance, voluntarily hand over all the fire and spiritual objects within the sect, and be incorporated under the rule of the Cangyan Sect.

The True Man Bisong of the Sihai Sect had only been in the Dan Formation stage for a hundred years, but he still had a lot of pride in his heart.

He wanted to fight to force the Cang Yan Sect to relax the conditions.

As a result, he fought with the Golden Mace Master for only a quarter of an hour before he was seriously injured on the spot by the opponent using the advantage of the golden mace.

In a panic, he detonated his spiritual weapon and fled into the Ten Thousand Demons Mountains, where his whereabouts are unknown.

The rest of the families in the Sihai Sect basically surrendered, and no one dared to act rashly again.

True Man Ming Yan originally wanted to fight, but after learning about the fate of True Man Bisong, he simply activated the formation and refused to come out, hoping to delay time to heal his wounds.

By adopting a defensive tactic, Lihuomen has managed to hold on until now.

But today, the Cang Yan Sect has occupied Nanhu and taken over the Lihuo Market.

They also used the spiritual veins in the market town to build a formation and established a temporary stronghold, with their troops heading straight for Qiyun Peak not far away.

All the large and small families within the Lihuo Sect had either taken refuge in Qiyun Peak early on, or had been recruited as cannon fodder.

Now, at the foot of Qiyun Peak, a large-scale war of attrition has begun every day, just like the front line of Xunmei Mountain.

The only difference is that many cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage were also driven forward by the Cang Yan Sect to consume the spirit stone reserves of the Lihuo Sect.

Every day the third-level formation is activated, a huge amount of spirit stones are consumed.

Not to mention that the three Jindan Zhenren of Cang Yan Sect took turns to attack the formation.

True Man Ming Yan could only activate the mountain protection formation to the maximum, while frequently manipulating the killing formation at the bottom of Qiyun Peak to repel the enemy.

As a result, the daily consumption of spirit stones tripled.

In addition, the Cang Yan faction acted decisively, and all the spiritual veins outside the Lihuo Gate were lost, leaving no subsequent supply.

If this trend continues, we will face the crisis of running out of spirit stones in at least three months and at most half a year.

Even so, the Cang Yan Sect was not satisfied and wanted to speed up the process and end the battle quickly.

So he secretly contacted the five major families, coerced and bribed them to turn against him, and destroyed the spirit stone reserves from within.

The five major families were all panicked by the threat from the Cang Yan Sect.

Especially the head of the Su family was extremely anxious and didn't know what to do.

Nanhu is the lifeblood of the Su family, but now it has fallen into the hands of the Cang Yan Sect and there is no way they can get it back.

That would be fine, but the more crucial issue is that he can no longer see the future of his family.
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The volcanic crater in the far south.

After three hours of adaptation, Xiao Chen has basically become familiar with the two spiritual weapons in his hands.

He sat cross-legged, thinking about what he should do next?
"Although the process deviated slightly from the plan before coming to Hezhou, fortunately, there were no major incidents and I was able to successfully form the golden elixir in the end."

"Also, now I have the spiritual weapon and the third-level spiritual object. It seems that I just lack the cultivation method."

"Where can I find the right technique?"

For every casual cultivator, finding the right technique is a big challenge.

Although Xiao Chen only needs the yellow-level skills now, the problem is that the southern region is located in a remote area and is not easy to find.

There is absolutely no place here for him to buy the third-level skills at will.

"Wait, I'm not a casual cultivator, I have a sect."

Xiao Chen suddenly had an idea: "Why don't we go back to Lihuomen?"

He took a blow from Ghost Dragon Immortal in front of everyone that day. If he appeared again at this time, it would definitely expose the secret he had. Otherwise, there would be no need for him to hide here.

But he has already formed the elixir now!

Which Jindan Zhenren doesn’t have any secrets of his own?
The key question is whether people with secrets have the ability to protect their secrets.

Although Xiao Chen has just formed a golden core, he has the White Bone Soul-Calling Banner and the Ghost-Faced Mysterious Light Shield in his hands, so he is really qualified to say no to other Golden Core True Immortals.

Even considering his current level of cultivation, others would definitely ask questions even if they had any doubts in their hearts.

Thinking of this, he suddenly had a direction.

He immediately drew out his flying sword and headed towards the Lihuo Gate.

"Bang~!"

Xiao Chen directly crashed into a larger volcano not far away.

"Hiss~, I almost forgot, now I'm using my True Energy, my sword-controlling speed has increased."

The reason why true essence is more powerful than liquid magic power is reflected in all aspects.

Therefore, compared to before, his sword-riding speed suddenly became several times faster.

Fortunately, he was a physical cultivator and was not hurt. He brushed the dust off his clothes and flew up again.

This time, Xiao Chen deliberately raised his speed before starting to accelerate, adapting to his new sword-riding speed.

"At this rate, even a day of ten thousand miles would be easy."

"Well, if that's the case, then my Golden Light will also become much faster."

Xiao Chen immediately became curious, put away his flying sword and dropped it to the ground, then used all his strength to drive the golden light to hurry on.

Now he has won the Featherweight Championship III and has the blessing of true energy.

Xiao Chen truly achieved what was mentioned in the guidelines of this escape technique: he could fly thousands of miles across the land in an instant, and his figure was as swift as a shadow or a floating wisp of wind.

With his full effort, he entered the territory of Lizhou in just two days.

This means that he can cover a distance of 25,000 miles in a single day.

"happy!"

Xiao Chen felt the whistling wind around him: "With this speed, it will be much easier to go to other places in the future."

At his current speed, it would take less than two days to get from Lizhou to Hezhou.

"But speaking of it, the Golden Light of the Earth has already reached its peak, and there is no room for improvement."

"I think it's time for me to learn a new escape technique."

Xiao Chen thought to himself that if he could acquire a third-level escape technique, it would not be difficult to double his speed.

This time when I go back, in addition to the martial arts, I must not forget to ask Master Ming Yan for a book on escape techniques.

"Huh? What's going on?"

After forming the elixir, Xiao Chen's spiritual awareness range increased dramatically.

Before approaching Qiyun Peak, they saw the fully deployed defense formation.

He immediately stopped and paused.

Then he noticed the Cang Yan Sect flag flying high in Lihuofang City not far away.

"Ah? The Cang Yan Sect has gone crazy?"

Xiao Chen was a little puzzled. His previous channels of information were limited, and he didn't know that Master Jinjian had returned to Lizhou.

What's more, it is simply incomprehensible that at this time when the White Skeleton Demon Body has descended into the world and the Divine Fire Sect has invaded, why are there still people busy fighting among themselves?

What I mean is, can we keep it open to the outside world first?
Wouldn't it be better to join hands and resolve the threat from the demons first? Why do we have to fight against each other?

"Forget it, never mind. Let's go back and get the technique first, and then come out and settle the score with the Cang Yan Sect."

Xiao Chen's eyes flashed, and he landed on the ground, taking advantage of the night to walk towards Qiyun Peak from the other side. He still had the token of the Demon Exorcist Hall's manager on him, so approaching the formation would only trigger an alert, not be directly attacked.

Moreover, with the Ghost Face Mysterious Light Shield and the Night's Edge Blade, there is no need to be too careful, otherwise it will be a waste of time.

Inside Qiyun Peak.

Master Ming Yan was monitoring the formation while taking time to heal his wounds.

His injuries at that time were actually not serious, and now he has almost recovered thanks to the spiritual objects he had saved up before.

However, his mood did not improve, but instead he looked worried.

In her early years, Master Yunxiang went deep into the Wan Yao Mountains and injured her foundation. In recent years, she has been promoting her retreat and breakthroughs, but in fact she has been recuperating.

Originally, this matter was kept secret. As long as True Man Yunxiang showed up every few years, the other sects would not dare to have any idea about it.

But now it seems that it can no longer be hidden.

It has been half a month, and every time the Cang Yan Sect's golden elixir attacked, it was Master Ming Yan himself who took action. The other party, if they were not stupid, would suspect that something was wrong.

As expected, three Jindan Zhenren came at the same time yesterday. If it weren't for the help of the third-grade talisman left by Zhenren Feihong, the formation would have been broken.

But the problem is that even though the situation was so critical, Master Yunxiang didn’t show up.

Maybe the other party has already verified the guess in his heart.

What should I do if the three of them attack together again tomorrow?

Forcing Master Yunxiang to fight with injuries is not a long-term solution.

Secondly, Master Ming Yan didn’t know how to start speaking.

"Oh~!"

Master Ming Yan couldn't help but sigh, not knowing when Hezhou would send someone to mediate.

His only hope now is that Lingyuan Sect will coordinate the Cangyan Sect to retreat for the sake of the overall situation.

At this moment, the early warning formation in front of him suddenly lit up red, detecting that a Jindan cultivator was approaching Qiyun Peak.

"Night attack!"

Master Ming Yan was immediately shocked. Could it be that the Cang Yan Sect had lost patience and was planning to launch a general attack?
Fortunately, when he looked carefully, it seemed that only one person came.

Immediately afterwards, the defensive formation also reported the token message - the manager of the Demon-Exorcism Hall.

"Demon Exorcist Temple? Who could it be?"

True Man Ming Yan frowned, he also discovered that the Cang Yan Sect seemed to be sending people to secretly force the five major families to defect.

But in the past few days, those companies were relatively law-abiding and no one jumped out.

It seems that someone can't hold back any longer.

"Humph, I want to see who is looking for death."

Even if he is defeated by the Cang Yan Sect in the end, he is still capable of dealing with these traitors first.

So Master Ming Yan deliberately kept the formation still and waited at the foot of the mountain in person, wanting to see clearly who was secretly communicating with the Cang Yan Sect.

Not long after, a handsome young man appeared.

"Xiao Chen? You're not... okay?"

Master Ming Yan was stunned. He took back the word "death" from his lips, but blinked in disbelief.
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The rear hall of the sect.

The two sat opposite each other and drank tea.

However, even though a full quarter of an hour had passed, Master Ming Yan was still a little confused.

He was not surprised that Xiao Chen was still alive.

If a foundation-building cultivator only has to withstand a single blow from a Jindan Zhenren, he is not completely helpless in saving his life.

But the question is, how did he become a golden elixir?
This makes no sense at all?
Putting aside the low-grade wood spiritual roots, the formation of the elixir itself requires spiritual medicine of higher levels and the secret method of forming the elixir.

Where on earth did Xiao Chen gather all these things?
Why didn't he get any news?

Besides, this disciple has only been building his foundation for a few years, how could he form a pill so quickly?
Countless questions floated in Master Ming Yan's mind, so much so that he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Brother Mingyan, this tea is indeed good. I feel as if I have condensed a true essence."

Xiao Chen drank the last sip of tea in the cup and felt that not only did he have one more true energy, but he was almost about to have another one.

You know, he just drank a cup of tea and didn't practice any martial arts.

"Xiao... Junior Brother, you're too polite. This Guyuan Tea only has some effect the first time you drink it. It's not worth mentioning."

Ming Yan Zhenren looked at Xiao Chen, opened his mouth, and finally sighed: "Junior brother has come back now, I think it is a blessing from heaven that I can leave the Lihuo Sect."

It would be a lie to say that I wasn't interested in the secret of such rapid cultivation.

But now the Lihuo Sect is in a precarious situation and is in imminent danger.

If the two of them clash, the only one who will benefit in the end is the Cang Yan Sect.

In that case, it’s better not to say some things. At least we can still maintain some friendship among fellow disciples.

Master Ming Yan deliberately mentioned the Lihuo Sect in order to lead the topic in this direction.

No matter what, Xiao Chen grew up from the Lihuo Sect.

He was so young, he wouldn't just sit there and watch his sect being destroyed without doing anything.

With an additional force like this, it will be much easier to hold on.

There is a better hope of holding out until Lingyuan Sect sends someone to mediate.

"That's exactly what I wanted to ask, Senior Brother. What's going on outside?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen also asked curiously, "Also, I wonder what exactly happened in Huangquan Palace that day? How did it become like this?"

A quarter of an hour later, he finally understood the general situation.

I also know the current predicament of Lihuomen.

"Junior Brother Xiao, now that you've formed your golden elixir, you should be celebrating."

After Master Ming Yan finished explaining the situation, he changed the subject: "It's a pity that Cang Yan has sent troops to the city. It's really not very convenient."

"Plus, given the situation within the sect, we can't help you exchange your spiritual weapon for the time being. You may have to endure this for a while."

Under normal circumstances, when there are new Jindan in the sect, the older generation of Jindan will provide assistance.

Even help the golden elixir seedlings prepare in advance.

However, Xiao Chen's breakthrough was too sudden, catching everyone off guard.

Secondly, the situation of Lihuomen is special now, and there is really nothing we can do.

"Brother, you are treating me as an outsider. The situation is special now, so how could I not understand human feelings?"

Xiao Chen expressed his understanding and then asked, "It's just that I luckily broke through, and now I still lack a technique to practice."

"I heard that there is a third-level technique in the sect. Would it be convenient for me to take a look?"

It doesn't matter if you don't give me the spiritual weapon. Since you consider me your own, you should at least give me a few manuals, right?

Upon hearing this, Master Ming Yan’s face froze.

Xiao Chen was a little surprised. You wouldn't be reluctant to give up even this, right?

"Junior Brother Xiao, there's something, um, I might need to explain to you first."

True Man Ming Yan said hesitantly, "Although it is true that there is a third-level inheritance within the sect, its quality may be a little unsatisfactory."

"As you know, our sect was founded on fire magic, and we have never had a senior brother who mainly practices wood magic."

In order to prevent Xiao Chen from misunderstanding and thinking that he was deliberately holding it back.

Ming Yan Zhenren quickly explained, "Well, if you're willing to wait a bit, after the siege of Cang Yan Sect is lifted, I'll go to Ling Yuan Sect and exchange it for a new inheritance."

The reason why he said this is because the skills are the foundation of a cultivator.

Although there are cases where one changes cultivation midway, doing so is tantamount to destroying one's own cultivation.

Not only will the previously used cultivation resources be wasted, but for cultivators with insufficient qualifications, they may miss the best time for cultivation.

"It's ok!"

Xiao Chen immediately said, "Now that our sect is in trouble, I won't wait any longer. I'll practice my skills first and repel the enemy first."

It’s better to have a low grade. I like low-grade ones. If it’s high, I’ll cough.

Ok?
Master Ming Yan was a little surprised when he saw Xiao Chen, whose face showed no sign of disappointment.

real or fake?

To be fair, when he had just formed his elixir, he even felt that the earth-level technique he had was too low.

In other words, we are really limited by the conditions in the Southern Region. We have been waiting for a year and still can't find a better one, so we can only make do with this one for now.

However, since Xiao Chen took the initiative to say that it was okay, he didn't say anything more.

"That's easy. All the third-level techniques in the sect are stored on the top floor of the Sutra Library."

As he spoke, Master Ming Yan took out a formation flag and said, "Junior brother, take this formation flag and you can block the protective formation inside."

"Just take any book you like. You're welcome."

Really just take it?
Xiao Chen immediately took the battle flag with both hands: "Thank you, Senior Brother!"

"It's getting late today, Senior Brother, you should go to bed early. I'll go look at the exercises first."

Having said that, he bowed and said goodbye.

Looking at Xiao Chen's hurriedly leaving back, Master Ming Yan seemed to feel a sense of joy.

He shook his head, thinking that he must have been too tired these past two days.

Inside the Sutra Pavilion.

Xiao Chen took the formation flag and easily crossed the formation barrier and reached the top floor.

There was only one bookcase left, on which were placed about forty thick books.

At first glance, there seems to be a lot of them, but upon closer inspection, about half of them are separate spell manuals.

There are only twenty-three volumes of genuine techniques.

Moreover, the largest number of fire-related skills occupies a total of twelve volumes, including one local level, four mysterious level, and nine yellow level.

When it comes to wood-based skills, there are only two left, and both are yellow-level skills.

One of them is called "The Secret of Reincarnation of Withering and Flourishing", which is about the way of prolonging life and can increase the lifespan of cultivators.

Another book called "The Rejuvenation Sutra of All Things" follows the pure wood path and its function is to increase the monk's ability to recover after injury.

"Ouch!"

Xiao Chen instantly understood why Master Ming Yan hesitated just now.

These two skills do look shabby, and have almost no other function except for improving one's realm.

But it doesn't matter, with Hex here, these are all minor problems.

He decisively took the "Wanxiang Huichun Sutra". More healing abilities are always better than none.

After choosing the technique, Xiao Chen looked at the spells under the bookshelf.

Master Ming Yan had said before that you can just take the book you like.

In that case, he really won't be polite.

The spell secrets are all Xuan level and Huang level, accounting for half and half.

Of course, he didn't ask for much. He just picked up a yellow-level sword technique, a yellow-level escape technique, and one spell each for attack and defense.

It is better to master a limited number of spells and even reach perfection than to bite off more than one bite off more than one bite. Instead of learning more than a dozen spells, it is more practical to practice a limited number of spells until you have mastered them or even achieved great success.

(End of this chapter)