My Optimized Immortal Life

Lushan has a bad reputation. He acts domineeringly and has no bottom line. Even if he didn't offend Chen Qing, Chen Qing would have to worry about whether he would target him one day. After all, he is known as a weapon refiner to the outside world and must be wealthy.

Although Chen Qing was not afraid of being ambushed by the monks, he still had to try his best to avoid this situation so as not to fail and help others.

As the saying goes, he who strikes first gains strength, and he who strikes last suffers.

Chen Qing looked at the Taoist priest Lushan with a gloomy face and secretly made a plan in his heart.

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Although the auction became popular when the Linlang Mansion Order appeared, it was only temporary. After all five Linlang Mansion Orders were bought by the monks, the remaining items could no longer attract the attention of the monks.

Chen Qing took advantage of this opportunity to buy some rare refining materials at a price much lower than usual, which was considered a small profit.

His current attainments in refining have also made great progress with the contribution of a large number of refining materials. Although it is not like using innate abilities to improve his refiner rank all at once, it has laid a solid foundation.

On the high platform in the hall, with the ownership of the last lot finalized, the auction came to an end.

After putting the items he had photographed into a storage bag in the side hall, Chen Qing did not rush to leave the Fog Valley. Instead, he found a place where it was not easy to be discovered and waited quietly.

As one of the few great cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage in Luo Yun Mansion, Lushan was naturally not afraid of someone guarding him outside, but he still wanted to find out more about Wugu, so he came to Changhong while the wandering cultivators were taking the auction items.

"Fellow Daoist Changhong, your Mist Valley is quite lively. Every auction is packed with people. This is very rare in Luo Yun Mansion."

Changhong looked at the Taoist Lushan who walked to his side, then looked away and said calmly.

"Fellow Daoist Lushan, this place called Wugu is a place of retreat that Zihua, Guanyun, and I have worked so hard to find. Although it can be considered a bargain, it also helped your Luoyun Mansion to bring in resources from the outside world. For this alone, you should be grateful to us."

"That's true, but you've been in Luo Yun Mansion for decades now. Has Luo Yun Mansion ever given you any trouble over the years?"

Lushan laughed.

"That's natural. After all, a few decades ago, the evil old Taoist was rampant in Luo Yun Mansion, and even the cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining disappeared."

Changhong snorted coldly.

When the words "Evil Moon Taoist" were mentioned, the smile on Lushan's face froze for a moment, but then his old face smiled even brighter.

"Decades ago, the old Taoist Evil Moon dominated Luo Yun. He killed countless righteous cultivators with his Evil Moon Wheel. It was only thanks to Fellow Daoist Zihua that he was able to suppress and kill him. Otherwise, who knows how many more cultivators in my Luo Yun Mansion would have perished."

Lushan's words were extremely moving, but Changhong just smiled at him without saying a word. He only spoke after he finished speaking.

"How did Fellow Daoist Lushan save his life from that evil Taoist master back then?"

Lushan narrowed his eyes when he heard this.

He should be the only one who knows that he escaped from the hands of the Taoist Xie Yue. How did Changhong know about it?

"Fellow Daoist Changhong, you're joking. At that time, I had only just entered the third level of Qi Refining. When I heard that there were evil cultivators rampant, I immediately retreated to a county town and hid there for more than ten years. Fortunately, that evil old Taoist Yue didn't take a fancy to my small county town, otherwise, fellow Daoist, you wouldn't be able to see me now."

After giving Changhong a vague explanation, Lushan smiled again.

"But by then, Fellow Daoist Changhong must have already reached the middle stage of Qi Refining. The path to immortality is long and difficult. With my average aptitude, even if I were in the same Luo Yun Mansion with Fellow Daoist, it would be difficult for me to cultivate to the late stage of Qi Refining. I could only rely on some minor tricks to barely cross this threshold."

After praising Changhong in this way, Lushan looked at Changhong with a smile, making Changhong feel as if he had returned to the time when he was a mortal hunter and saw an old fox in the mountains.

This made him feel a little funny.

It’s a pity that I am no longer the hunter I was hundreds of years ago, and that old fox has long been dead and has disappeared.

"Alright, enough flattery here. Fellow Daoist Lushan, you should hurry up and get the Linlang Mansion Order. After all, the Linlang Secret Realm will only be open for a few days."

Changhong issued an order to expel him, so Lushan naturally didn't want to bother with him any more. After getting the order from Linlang Mansion, he left the hall and left quickly on a flying magic weapon.

Looking at the Linlang Mansion Order in his hand, the smile on Lushan's face gradually faded.

"Linlang Secret Realm? I've been practicing here for decades, and I've never heard of any secret realm within the mansion. It just so happened that this secret realm only appeared after you, Wu Gu, arrived. There must be something fishy going on."

Despite this, Lushan still put the Linlang Mansion Order into his storage bag.

He will not personally participate in this so-called Linlang Secret Realm, but will only arrange for a junior to enter with this order.

Fog Valley...is really...a great place.

Looking back at the several halls under the flying magic weapon, Lushan sneered in his heart.

And on a hill outside the foggy valley.

With the help of the Qi-gazing technique, Chen Qing finally saw the magical power unique to Lushan.

It's finally out.

Looking at the dark red light flying across the sky, Chen Qing stepped onto the flying boat that had been prepared long ago, activated the formation, and followed behind Lushan.

He planned to first find out where the cave in Lushan was, and then destroy both the people and the cave.

After all, for him now, he can break the first-level formation as long as he has enough time.

As for the middle-aged casual cultivator from outside, you can naturally ambush him when you go to the Linlang Secret Realm.

After making such a good deal, Chen Qing controlled the flying boat and landed far behind Lushan.

He had the ability to see the magical power of the monks, so he was not afraid of losing Lushan, but he also had to be careful to hide himself.

After all, he didn't know much about Lushan and didn't know what the other party had up his sleeve, so he had to be cautious.

However, the flying magic weapon that Lushan was controlling was quite good. It was a top-grade black cloud. Although its speed was not as fast as Chen Qing's flying boat, it was much faster than his Qingye.

After getting this black cloud, Qingye can give it to Xu Lingxin.

Chen Qing followed Lushan and crossed many mountains. After a few hours, he arrived at the north of Luo Yun Mansion. Chen Qing had never been to this place before, but with his qi-gazing technique, he found that the veins here were just as he had guessed, all converging to the west, without any discrepancy.

Seeing this scene, Chen Qing's heart trembled.

Sure enough, the geomantic veins of Luo Yun Mansion had been artificially modified, and modifying the geomantic veins of an entire mansion must be no small matter.

But no matter what it is, it should not affect my plan in the short term. If there is any unusual change, then I should consider running away.

Chen Qing secretly kept it in mind and didn't think any more about it. He slowly followed Lushan.

No matter what, his first priority is to improve his cultivation. For other things, he can only make more preparations.