Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Chengming transferred you here?"

True Man Yue Hua had almost guessed the truth: "You are an alchemist with extraordinary skills. You have even been praised by the True Man of the Immortal Alliance. It is reasonable that you should be refining pills in the rear. Why send you to the front lines and give up your life in vain?"

"He must have seen your close relationship with Yuwen Xiaojin and Yueqiu, and is using this to threaten my lineage!"

True Man Yue Hua angrily said, "Ever since the disappearance of the treasure tripod, Tota has become even more shabby. At this critical moment, he still condones his disciples to suppress dissidents and form cliques, turning this once thriving Immortal Alliance into a mess. It's really..."

"The same goes for Yueqiu and Yuwen Xiaojin. I was supervising the battle on the front lines, and they just cowered down like quails? They allowed Chengming, a young man who had just achieved his golden elixir, to act so recklessly. What about the other immortals who stayed behind in the Immortal City?"

True Man Yuehua's words seemed to be speaking up for Jing Yu, but he was actually pointing the finger at True Man Tota, angrily accusing him of allowing his disciples to cause chaos in the Immortal Alliance. Jing Yu naturally refused to respond, but just pretended to be submissive and kept his head down without saying a word.

"Forget it. Since the transfer order has already been issued, I can't interfere any further." Master Yuehua sighed and said, "May the best of luck to you."

That’s it?

Jing Yu secretly complained. He had thought that Master Yuehua would keep him in the mountain gate of Houtu Sect to refine the elixir, so that he would not have to guard the true and false array eyes. Now it seemed that he still had to go through this journey.

But the next moment, he saw Master Yuehua waving his sleeves, and two beams of mysterious light fell in front of Jing Yu. He subconsciously reached out to grab them, and when he looked closely, he found that they were actually two jade boxes.

When they opened it, they saw that the first jade box contained a dark blue spirit bead the size of a baby's fist. Upon closer inspection, they could faintly see a vast ocean inside the spirit bead.

The second jade box contained a stack of talisman papers neatly stacked on top of it, about five sheets in total.

True Man Yue Hua said, "This bead is called the Small Dinghai Pearl. After the divine imprint is placed on it, it can be infused with magical power to summon a water curtain around itself for self-defense. Its material is also among the upper-middle-level among the top-grade magical instruments. It is naturally useless for Jindan cultivators, but it can still be used at the foundation-building level. It is especially suitable for water-based cultivators like you."

"I will give you five more [Golden Spear Breaking Formation Talismans], which are relatively common, top-grade Foundation Establishment offensive talismans. Each one has the power of a strike from an ordinary late Foundation Establishment cultivator. If you use them well, you may be able to hold on until this demonic disaster is over."

"After all, it's because of my lineage that I've been affected, so I can't just ignore it." Master Yuehua waved his hand and said, "Go."

Jing Yu's face showed surprise, and under the envious gazes of the crowd, he bowed and thanked:

"Thank you for the treasure!"

When he looked up again, Master Yuehua, who was originally standing on the high platform, had disappeared without a trace.

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Jing, it turns out you have such a powerful backer! Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Gu Dacheng stared at the two jade boxes in Jing Yu's hands with envy in his eyes. His tone was obviously much warmer than before. He added, "I hope you will take good care of me on the battlefield in the future..."

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Jing, do you have any idea of ​​changing teams?"

"Senior Xuan Jing, I would like to ask for a healing elixir to soothe my qi. How much is the price?"

"Xuanjing..."

A group of foundation-building monks actually surrounded him, which made Jing Yu feel a little amused and helpless. He thought in his heart:

"How could I, a cultivator of the early Foundation Establishment stage with apparently inferior aptitude and a severed path, be worthy of being courted by a great cultivator of the late Golden Core stage like True Man Yue Hua? Furthermore, this battle is extremely dangerous. If it were an ordinary cultivator, they would most likely perish. Even if I were to court them, I wouldn't be able to recoup my investment... He must be feeling a little guilty, so he's offering a small compensation."

"It's been rumored that Master Yuehua has a simple and straightforward personality, quite like an ancient cultivator. Now it seems that their words are true. He is indeed very different from his two colleagues, Yuwen Baoding, who is extremely cunning and two-faced, and Master Tota, who appears rough on the surface but has an extremely strong desire for power."

"Looking at it this way, it's no wonder he chose Wan Lingjun as his disciple. In fact, besides being compatible with his technique, he might have also taken his personality into consideration."

"Hu Yueqiu, the eldest disciple of Master Yuehua, is a man of great talent and good manners, very different from this master."

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The [Guishui] team that Jing Yu belonged to was assigned to garrison on a fairy mountain called [Zuowang Peak] together with the other two teams. This fairy mountain was inconspicuous among the 360 ​​peaks of Houtu Sect, and it was located in a remote area, making it almost impossible to be the center of the formation. Those majestic peaks were often invaded by demon cultivators more than ten times, and there had not been a decent attack on [Zuowang Peak], which made Jing Yu feel a little bored.

He knew in his heart that the cultivator in charge of the garrison arrangements of the Xiaoyao League must have seen that he had some relationship with True Man Yuehua, so he deliberately gave him convenience. He was very grateful for this favor.

Now, in this [Zuowang Peak], in addition to their three teams, with a total of fifteen foundation-building cultivators, hundreds of Qi-cultivating cultivators have been assigned to patrol the mountains day and night. However, if these hundreds of Qi-cultivating cultivators really fight, they can only be regarded as a supplement at best. With a hundred people forming a formation and setting up a few formations, they can barely resist a few demon cultivators who have just entered the foundation-building stage. It is better than nothing.

On this day, the red sun was rising. A young man in brocade clothes sat on the top of Zuowang Peak, holding a golden-red magic sword in his hand. At this moment of sunrise, he captured a wisp of misty purple air and refined it into the magic sword, giving the magic sword a bit more mysterious meaning.

"Brother Guan!"

Li Ci, who looked like a white-haired old woman, was leaning on a peach wood cane. She looked at the young man and said with a smile, "So early?"

"So it's Senior Li." Guan Zhen put away his magic sword and greeted him politely. "Every day when the sun rises, this wisp of purple energy is of great benefit to my [Purple Sun Sword]. It's a morning practice that I have to do."

"Brother Guan is quite an oddball. You're clearly a water-based cultivator, yet you're forging a fire-based sword. Aren't you afraid of the conflict between water and fire, or the reverse flow of your magic power?"

Guan Zhen smiled and said, "Senior, you may not know that my family has a rather special sword cultivation technique called [The True Essentials of Sword Cultivation at the Harmony of Water and Fire]. It evokes the image of water and fire complementing each other, and the harmony of yin and yang. It is quite magical, and it is not difficult to use water magic power to wield a fire magic sword."

Li Ci nodded repeatedly upon hearing this. "After all, he was once a direct descendant of an aristocratic family. He truly possesses a profound family heritage and originally had a promising future. It's a shame he was sent to such a place... I heard that the demonic cultivators have been active these days, and many of his fellow cultivators have been killed!"

Guan Zhen shook his head. "Those great peaks are being harassed by demonic cultivators daily, and we've suffered heavy casualties. Luckily, we have the Houtu Sect's formation to help us, otherwise we would have been completely defeated. It's the remote location here, where there aren't any formation eyes, that's why we have some peace and quiet."

"Speaking of which, we are actually benefiting from Fellow Daoist Xuan Jing."