A small casual cultivator!

"It can move. Could it be a spiritual beast like the Jade Spirit Toad?"

After Lu Luan muttered something, he walked towards the lake.

With a tiptoe, he easily jumped onto the rock.

Then he gently placed his palm on it and stroked the surface of the rock.

"found it!"

Soon, a gleam of light appeared in his eyes, and he stopped in the middle of a rock that was shaped like an arch in the center of the stone.

"It seems to be inside this stone. Weird. What kind of spirit can penetrate the rock?"

Lu Luan couldn't help but become curious.

"First, cut this stone and take a look."

Next he took out his sword.

"what?!"

However, just as the Lihuo Sword was emitting sword energy, Lu Luan suddenly saw a small ball of bright light flying out from the stone, and like a frightened bird, it flew around in the cave.

"Want to run?"

Lu Luan flicked his finger and golden silk shot out.

Like a spirit snake, it chased the ball of light in the air.

Although the light was moving very fast, it was still bound by the golden silk before it could dodge for long.

"Come."

Seeing that he had succeeded, Lu Luan moved his fingers and took back the golden silk.

Soon, a ball of soft light appeared in his palm.

To prevent the spiritual creature from escaping, Lu Luan wrapped it with his true energy.

"What a rich spiritual energy!"

As soon as he held it, he felt a trace of cold air flowing into his flesh and blood.

He was startled at first, but immediately knew what that cold air was.

This is spiritual energy, very rich spiritual energy, like spiritual springs and spiritual mist.

Seeing that the light had been trapped, he looked at it carefully.

I discovered that in the center of the light, there was a small white snake as long as a middle finger!

“This… this is actually a spiritual vein!”

No matter how ignorant he was, he knew what spiritual veins were.

Lu Luan's eyes revealed disbelief and ecstasy.

The spiritual vein is a natural spirit gathering formation. With it, people can practice at a rapid speed!

There are large formations in many mountains of Zhengyang Sect to suppress the spiritual veins to help disciples practice.

After biting his tongue, Lu Luan calmed down, looked around at the things in his hand, and said:

"It's a pity that this spiritual vein seems to have just been formed, and its ability to gather spiritual energy is still very weak. Haha, but it is also extremely precious."

After calming down, his excitement gradually subsided.

Although spiritual veins are rare, they are actually not uncommon. The one in front of you is so small that it can't be considered a real treasure.

After all, which palace where the true disciples or core disciples live doesn’t have a few spiritual veins?

But for him now, it is a very precious thing.

Moreover, spiritual veins can grow!

"Great! When I break through to the fifth level of Qi Refining and become an outer disciple with an independent residence, I can open a small cave next to my residence to imprison my spiritual veins, and use the abundant spiritual energy to grow some good spiritual herbs."

Lu Luan thought with a smile.

Although this spiritual vein is small, it can be of great use. Not to mention the true disciples, even the inner disciples will definitely be jealous when they see it.

"Ok?"

After feeling the spirit vein struggling, Lu Luan frowned and said to himself: "I don't have a storage bag now, how can I collect it?"

Although the spirit vein has been captured, how to contain it becomes a big problem. We can't just let it go and leave it here to get it later.

"Can't we just use it to practice?"

After frowning and thinking hard for a few breaths, Lu Luan patted his head. He had forgotten that he just wanted to break through the realm.

This spiritual vein is full of spiritual energy. Let's see how it can survive after we drain it dry.

"Haha, I'll use you to break through the realm."

Lu Luan smiled gently. The spiritual vein was surrounded by such a thick spiritual energy that it was most suitable for impacting the realm.

Although he had taken the Foundation Refining Pill to compress his realm, his realm had been restored over the past half month, so it would not be difficult for him to break through.

This was considered a secret place, although some people went there but few of them. In order to avoid being exposed by bumping into other servants when he went out, he found a secret and dim place in the cave and sat cross-legged. He imprisoned the spirit vein between his palms and began to absorb its spiritual energy, preparing to break through.

After sensing the dangerous movement in Lu Luan's palm, the snake-like spirit vein began to struggle violently, but it was useless as it was restrained by the true qi.

He could only allow the surrounding spiritual energy to be devoured bit by bit.

In fact, for Lu Luan, this spiritual vein will be of greater help to him than the previous sword lotus. If nothing else, at least no one will miss it.

……

Somewhere on a mountain peak.

In a bamboo house among the purple bamboo forest, an old man looked at a portrait of a somewhat ruffian boy hanging upside down on the bamboo wall with a lot of thoughts in his eyes, and touched it gently with his hand from time to time.

Outside in the woods, a man and a woman stood and looked on.

After a while, the man asked first, "Senior Sister, why has Master been staring at Junior Brother's portrait so often recently?"

The woman sighed slightly and said, "Hey, maybe he saw something that reminded him of his junior brother."

"I'm worried about his health. He has finally come out of his grief, but now he's..." The man's eyes were full of worry.

"This is a knot in my heart. My master only has my little brother as a relative, but I never thought that... Hey, little brother, go get a pot of Lingzhai tea. I'll go in and persuade him."

The woman looked back at the old man and said to the man.

"Okay senior sister."

The man nodded and turned and left.

……

Five days later.

"boom."

A slightly moving air wave came from behind the stone.

"call……"

Lu Luan slowly opened his eyes, exhaled a long breath, and after feeling it for a while, he chuckled and said, "It's easier than I thought. It seems to be because of the foundation pill refining. No wonder most disciples can break through two levels from the fourth level to the sixth level in one year."

He thought he would encounter some obstacles suddenly, but he didn't expect to break through so easily.

He has been in the fourth level of Qi Refining for more than a year.

After feeling the state, he smiled and looked at his hands.

It was seen that the spiritual vein now seemed as if its body had been hollowed out, soft and limp like an earthworm, but its body was still trembling slightly.

"See how you can still struggle."

Lu Luan smiled with satisfaction, then used the Old Chu Skill to directly absorb the spiritual vein into his Dantian.

The essence of the spiritual vein is a special group of spiritual energy. Now that it has no power to resist, it can naturally be absorbed into the Dantian.

After feeling that it was staying in the Dantian weakly, Lu Luan said to himself: "Although it is weak now, it should be able to recover once it absorbs spiritual energy again."

Then he stood up, looked around, and muttered in confusion: "Strange, this broken place can actually give birth to a spiritual vein?"

After looking around, he said, "This should be a place where spirits gather."

"Oh right, this spiritual vein should normally be dormant in the rocks in the lake. I wonder if there are any treasures in there?"

Lu Luan fixed his gaze on the stone.

He thought of the jade spirit toad he had found in a dilapidated temple in a mortal town. The spirit toad had produced stone saliva simply by lying on a few stones for a long time and breathing in spiritual energy. So, wouldn't this spirit vein be...

With an idea in his mind, he jumped up.

"Sure enough."

As soon as he got closer, Lu Luan felt the little bug start to move strangely.

Then he raised his eyebrows, took out the Lihuo Sword and was about to start, but he stopped and said to himself: "I don't have a storage bag now. Should I run with a stone? This is not safe. I'd better put the things here first. I am now at the fifth level of Qi Refining. I will go to the Outer Sect Hall to apply to become an Outer Sect disciple before coming back."

After saying that, he put away the sword. After all, he had nothing to store now, and it would be difficult to deal with it if he took it out rashly. It would be better to become an outer disciple first and get a storage bag. It would only take an hour or two anyway.

After staying for a while, he walked outside.

After all, he would not feel at ease when he was not with him, so he returned quickly.

It can also help you stabilize your state of mind.

Lu Luan mobilized his true energy and used the magic of speed to run nimbly through the mountains, his gait just like a flying crane spreading its wings.

Now that I have reached the fifth level of Qi Refining, the cranes by the lake will be tactful and give me some face, and I no longer need to pay spiritual herbs to cross the lake.

After passing Xuanting Lake, he moved quickly among the fairy mountains.

"That senior brother's magical movement is so amazing, like a crane."

"He wouldn't be using cranes to practice, right?"

The servants they met on the road were amazed when they saw Lu Luan's footwork. Although they also practiced the magic of walking, they were not as agile and graceful as him.

……

Half a quarter of an hour later.

He came to a palace shrouded in clouds.

After running for such a long time, his breathing was only slightly rapid. If he had relied on his usual strength, he would probably have been too tired to stand up after reaching the mountainside.

This is the beauty of footwork.

"Outer Gate Hall."

After adjusting his breathing slightly, he said something silently and walked over.

"Junior brother, please stop. What brings you to the outer gate hall?"

As soon as he reached the door, two outer disciples who were guarding the door stopped him.

Lu Luan bowed and said, "Brother, I have reached the fifth level of Qi Refining and I am here to apply to become an outer disciple."

"So you're here to apply to become an outer disciple. Come with me," a disciple nodded and took him in.

"Thank you, senior brother."

Lu Luan bowed and followed.

On the way, the disciple looked at him with some confusion. After all, Lu Luan was not young, but he was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, which was rare in the sect.

After walking for a while, he turned back and said softly, "Junior brother, this outer sect elder is a little cold today, you must not offend him or cause trouble."

"Thank you, senior brother, for informing me."

Lu Luan nodded.

Soon, the two stopped outside a small house, and the disciple pointed ahead and said, "Junior brother, go by yourself."

"Ah."

Lu Luan walked forward, and when he reached the door, he bowed respectfully and said:

"Lu Luan, the errand disciple, greets the elder."

But there was no movement in the house.

The disciple said that the elder was a bit aloof, so he didn't dare to move. He just stood there and waited quietly.

After a while, a cold voice came: "Come in."

"Thank you, elder."

After bowing, he opened the door and walked in.

What came into view was a very elegant courtyard, with bonsai screens and fine spikes of grass fluttering in the wind. In the center of the courtyard, there was a lotus pond, and beside the pond, an old man was cleaning the wings of a white-bearded crane.

Lu Luan was very well-behaved. After a quick glance, he stopped looking around rashly and bowed respectfully to the old man's back, saying, "Disciple Lu Luan, greetings to the elder."

"Snapped."

The door behind him closed by itself, but the old man did not respond to him. Instead, he continued to clean the crane's feathers.

Seeing that the other party ignored him, Lu Luan's heart sank, and he wondered if it was because of his age that made the elder unhappy.

In silence, Lu Luan felt a terrible pressure in his heart.

Since the elder didn't speak, he didn't dare to move, nor even to look up.

"This elder doesn't really dislike me, does he?"

Lu Luan began to have random thoughts in his mind.

"Lu Luan."

Suddenly, a voice came from the front. It turned out that the old man had approached nearby without anyone noticing.

Lu Luan, who was lost in thought, suddenly woke up and quickly replied, "Disciple Lu Luan, greetings to the elder."

He was secretly shocked. This elder had such great skills that he appeared in front of him in an instant.

"No need to be polite."

The old man said this with an indifferent expression, but his deep, flashing eyes hinted that his heart was already extremely uneasy.

Lu Luan then raised his head, and when he saw the elder's face, he was stunned. Wasn't this the strange old man he met half a month ago?

The old man sat on the chair, took a sip of tea, and asked, "I see you are already seventeen years old, how come you are only at the fifth level of Qi Refining? Are you the offspring of a disciple from outside the sect?"

Lu Luan quickly replied, "Reporting to the elder, I was a casual cultivator before. I joined the Immortal Sect because I saved a disciple and got a Zhengyang Order."

"Strange, a casual cultivator with a weak foundation can just be a record-keeping disciple, why are you recruiting him?" The old man seemed puzzled, and then asked: "What is your spiritual root?"

Lu Luan replied: "Senior Sister Long Li said that I have the best mortal spiritual roots and have the potential to break through to the foundation-building stage. It's just that I was poisoned by the fire, which affected my cultivation."

He hurried to explain.

"I didn't expect it to be a top-grade mortal spiritual root. Not bad! Not bad!" The old man's eyes showed surprise.

He waved and said, "Come here."

"Yes."

Lu Luan bowed and walked up.

The old man stood up and placed his hand on top of his head.

Lu Luan only felt a powerful force surging into his body, circling around and then flowing back.

The old man withdrew his hand, his eyes were very gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "The fire poison has actually corroded to this extent, damn it! Damn it!"

Lu Luan noticed from the corner of his eye that he seemed to be very anxious, and was a little confused. After all, he was just an outer disciple, with no relatives or friends. Was it necessary for the elders to worry so much?

Of course, he didn't dare to speak out.

"Who made you suffer from this fire poison?!"

The old man's voice was very cold, and there was a chilling murderous aura in it!

Lu Luan quickly replied: "Reporting to the elder, this was caused by me eating the flesh and blood of magma creatures when I was trapped underground."

"Is that so."

The murderous intent in the old man's eyes gradually began to fade. After seeing the confusion in his eyes, he quickly recovered his composure and said, "I was wondering who would dare to do such a cruel thing to one of our disciples."

Then he took out a storage bag from the side, handed it to him, and continued:

"After becoming an outer sect disciple, you will be rewarded with skills, spirit stones, and magic tools. They are all in here. As for magic skills, you need to go to the martial arts building to choose them. However, you have a hidden disease in your internal organs. There is a magic skill called the Five Elements Sword Controlling Technique, which can refine five flying swords in the five internal organs and strengthen the lungs. It will be of great benefit to you."

"There is actually such a precious technique!" Lu Luan was delighted and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Elder, for telling me."

"Well, this is the badge for outer disciples. It has the restrictions I left on it. Go to the martial arts building to get the magic."

The old man took out another thing and gave it to him.

Lu Luan took it.

"Okay, you go back."

After explaining everything, the old man waved his hand.

"Thank you, Elder. I will take my leave now."

After bowing respectfully, Lu Luan turned and left.

After seeing him disappear, the old man raised his head and closed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.