Immortal Formula

   Chapter 843 Hiking

   Xu Ning mentioned this, and Gu Yan frowned. Over the years, she used the ancient puppet technique and tried the puppets, and it started very smoothly. However, when refining to the late stage of the formation of pills, when the more advanced puppets were refined, there was a problem, that is, the group left by Zimo. On the soul stone, the demonic energy is too deep.

This is not a problem for Zimo herself. She was originally a magic cultivator, and the puppet technique she practiced also had a strong shadow of the magic sect, but what Gu Yan cultivated was authentic. The way of Xuanmen is better for lower-level puppets. If you want to refine the puppets in the later stage of forming pills, it is extremely difficult to blend the two. Gu Yan has opened the furnace several times, but all failed, and accompanied him in vain. Dozens of soul stones. This retreat also has the intention of wanting to penetrate this level.

Seeing Xu Ning's annoyed expression at this time, she knew that she had nothing to gain, and smiled: "If the matter is really so simple, it can be solved, and no one has been able to practice puppet art for ten thousand years. Let’s take this matter slowly.”

After Xu Ning heard this, she knew that Gu Yan didn't think of any good solution, she whispered: "I was thinking, since the two auras can't be merged into one, then one of them will be eliminated. Well, this time I turned on the pill furnace to refine the magic energy on the soul stone, but it has been several months since the furnace was opened, and the soul stone has never moved like a pine…”

As soon as she said this, she suddenly heard a loud bang in the pill room behind her. With a bang, half of the roof of the pill room was lifted off, and the pill furnace inside had exploded. It became broken powder. At the original location of the pill furnace, there was a pile of powder, which were the soul stones originally thrown into the pill furnace by Xu Ning.

  Xu Ning covered her mouth with her hand, made a "Yah" sound, rushed up, and rummaged through the shreds for a long time, but the soul stones had all been blown into powder and could no longer be found.

She blushed, almost as if she was about to cry. These soul stones were obtained by Gu Yan from the Tianfeng Valley. Today, there are no more soul stones in the Cangwu Continent. If you use one, you will only need one less. Son, let her refine a few pieces, which really made her annoyed.

Xu Ning lowered her head, her eyes seemed to be fixed on her toes, Gu Yan couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Forget it, it's just a few soul stones, you don't have to blame yourself for this. Just next time, probably I have to replace you with a sturdy pill furnace."

At this time, some disciples of Bixia Sect heard the movement and went outside the Lingyuan to inquire. Gu Yan waved and told them to go away. Xu Ning heard Gu Yan's joking words, and her face was even redder as if she was familiar. like grapes.

Gu Yan casually looked at the pile of powder that had been blown up under her feet, suddenly made a "huh", walked over quickly, stretched out her hand and twisted it a little, took a closer look, her face couldn't help showing joy, she patted Xu Xu Ning's shoulders, said: "Your method is really useless, isn't the devil on it already gone?"

  Xu Ning said "Yeah". She was only worried about it just now, and didn't pay attention to the pile of powder under her feet. At this time, she looked carefully at the stick, and sure enough, the magic energy on it had subsided. She said in surprise: "It really works..."

It's just that the sound of joy stopped abruptly in the middle of it, and she said hesitantly, "Even if the demonic energy above is refined, the original characteristics of the soul stone are gone, and now it's just blown into a pile of powder. , what else is there to use?"

Gu Yan's mood was obviously very good, she smiled and flicked Xu Ning's forehead, "Since it can eliminate the demonic energy above, it means that this method is the right way. As for the refining of the soul stone, there may be various reasons. But as long as the path is right, we can follow this path and explore slowly. This time, you have made a great contribution!"

Xu Ning was praised by Gu Yan, her face flushed red, she was very happy, Gu Yan said in a deep voice, "Magic Qi and Pill Fire are innately mutually exclusive, and the combination of the two will inevitably produce unpredictable changes. And the blazing energy in the pill fire is too strong, and it is not easy to grasp, if there is ice energy, then it is the most suitable..."

Although Xu Ning's method was right, Gu Yan found that she was stumped. Although she was one of the most sophisticated alchemists in Cangwu, she was born with the seven congenital fires and could restore even the ancient alchemy recipes, but these Although flames can burn away demonic energy, they will also destroy the original structure of the soul stone, so it is necessary to use the energy of ice. If her Profound Soul Orb is still there, then it is the most suitable. It's a pity that when she was in Tianji, the Profound Soul Pearl had been transformed by Jiufangyan, and now she has no such thing in her hands.

   She pondered for a moment, and then said, "When I was in retreat, I occasionally thought about it, and it was extremely quiet and thoughtful. It seems that I am going to take a walk outside the mountain."

   Xu Ning said happily: "Patriarch, can you take me there?"

   Gu Yan said with a smile: "You are in the spiritual garden, stay well, when you advance to the late stage of forming an elixir, then you can go down the mountain, otherwise, isn't that the one who lost me?"

  Xu Ning gave a "hmm", lowered her head, looked at the tip of her shoe, and looked at Gu Yan only from the corner of her eye.

  Gu Yan said with a smile: "Okay, I'll leave the elixir and magic formula for you, you are here, take a good look at the spiritual garden, don't think about the matter of going down the mountain this time!"

  Xu Ning knew that although Gu Yan was easy-going, but her words followed the law, there was no room for change, so she had to agree, but she was overjoyed when she thought that she could use spirit grass and refine puppets at will in the spiritual garden. Gu Yan asked Xu Ning to invite Lin Zitong.

In the past ten years or so, the Bixia Sect has been developing steadily, and it has fought against the Demon Sect several times, but it is only a small and medium-sized scale, and it has not affected the vitality of the Bixia Sect. The affairs of the clan were all handled properly, and all the elite children of the clan were completely merged into the Bixia Sect, so that the name of the Yuan clan would no longer appear in Yunze.

   So far, the royal family who had been in Yunze three times, as well as the Yuan and Qin families, have been scattered.

After Yuan Zitan came to Danxia Mountain, Gu Yan also fulfilled the promise of the year, and let the elite children of the Yuan family worship the two Yuanying monks and teach them personally, while Gu Yan started to help Yuan Zitan. Infant.

It's just the matter of conceiving a baby. Seven points are up to you, two points are God's will, and only one point is artificial. Although Yuan Zitan got the help of Gu Yan's ancient elixir, but two retreats, she always felt that the time was not enough, and she didn't dare to take it lightly. Impact Nascent Soul.

Gu Yan knew that when he was in a stalemate with Qin Zhong in the past, he had failed to attack the baby twice, and he had left a magical barrier in his heart. I closed in the eight-pole chaotic primordial formation, and I don't know when the next time I will break through the barrier and come out.

She asked Lin Zitong and the others to be optimistic about Yuan Zitan. If he could have a baby, he would be the fourth Yuan Ying cultivator of the Bixia Sect. Under the current chaotic situation, the influence on the strength of the Bixia Sect, extremely important.

  Lin Zitong heard Gu Yan's words and seemed to have an explanation, so he said, "Master Gu, is this time planning to go down the mountain again?"

  Gu Yan nodded, "I plan to go to the north!"

If, as she expected, she could use the energy of ice to refine the demonic energy on the soul stone, then she would be able to freely refine a large number of puppets in the late stage of the formation of pills. This is an extremely important matter. Therefore, coupled with her more than ten years of seclusion, the cultivation base has reached a bottleneck, and she wants to go out for a walk in person.

   Looking at Cangwu, if you want to find the most suitable ice energy, then there is no more than the white mountain and black water, where the Chen family of Baiya is located. She had heard Chen Hanqing mention that between the white mountains and the black water, there stood a snow peak of thousands of feet, which was called "White Cliff", which is also the foundation of the Chen family. The area is still firmly occupied by them.

Although speaking of the purest ice energy, the Great North African River and the Wanli Icefield are more suitable than the white mountains and black waters, but there are monsters and beasts there, and the ninth-order beast king Jian Bingru sits there. , Gu Yan didn't want to brush his tiger whiskers easily.

Speaking of which, the Jian Yue that Gu Yan knew when he was in Nanpu was Jian Bingru's daughter. Later, Jian Bingru went to Nantianmen and took her daughter away, and Lin Feng also chased after her. Until now, There is also no news.

It's just that when Gu Yan was trapped in Phoenix Terrace, Lin Feng once sent a letter to Chi Lianfeng, announcing his good intentions. Since then, there has been no news. In Gu Yan's heart, he sometimes thinks that these two have been together. Friends who were born and died are also very worried. It's just that recently, she was afraid that she would not have the opportunity to go to the extreme arctic field.

Lin Zitong also knew that Gu Yan had been intensively studying puppet arts in recent years, and now she must be refining puppets. She didn't say much about any difficulties she encountered, but said, "If Master Gu has any arrangements, Despite your orders."

  Gu Yan said: "After I leave, Xu Ning will take care of the Lingyuan Garden. You can be optimistic about Yuan Zitan. I won't bother about the rest of the foreign affairs."

  Lin Zitong's face showed a smile, "It is her blessing to have Master Gu's care."

  Gu Yan laughed. After she made these arrangements, she left the spiritual garden and set off quietly, heading north.

   Before she left, she also brought the Heavenly Worker's Hammer squeezed from the hands of Master Ziyang.

Back then, when they were in Cangjian Villa, Ziyang and Yu Ding took advantage of the situation to force and wanted to occupy the map of Cangjian Villa, but they were made by Ye Yunting, who had cultivated the innate invisible sword energy. At that time, Gu Yan said that he borrowed the most precious Tiangong hammer of the door refiner, but there was no agreed time limit. Ziyang Zhenren never came to ask for it, and Gu Yan did not intend to return it.

  This heavenly hammer has a unique effect on refining tools, and she is planning to use this treasure to refine a few more puppets. This time to White Cliff, if it goes well, she will be there for a while longer.

   And she also had a plan that Xu Ning didn't even tell. She also wanted to find a crystal soul when she went to the White Mountains and Black Waters this time.

Refining a puppet of the Nascent Soul period is an extremely difficult task. The purple ink back then was only handed down to the world by only twelve golden armored bronze figures. To refine such a puppet, the most important thing is to There is a crystal soul.

Ordinary soul stones can't support the spiritual energy that a puppet in the Nascent Soul stage needs. When she returned to Xuhai back then, the purple flame crystal soul she accidentally obtained was such a strange object, which was used by Lin Jiaxiu to refine it. She made a bone dragon, and now, whether in Cangwu or Nanhai, she couldn't find a suitable crystal soul. Even if there is another Purple Flame Crystal, the spiritual energy in it is not enough to support a Nascent Soul puppet.

And Xu Ning's discovery made Gu Yan have another idea. Since the spirit of ice can be melted away from the demonic spirit above, and then the soul stone can be refined, then, can a thousand feet of ice and snow also be refined into crystals? soul?

   It's just such a strange thing, it's really hard to come by, so Gu Yan didn't care too much. After she descended from Danxia Mountain, she concealed her traces, urged Jin Leiyu, and went straight north.

Although over the years, the Xuan Ting Demon Ancestor has never come to find trouble with Gu Yan, but according to Ning Fengzi, even if he has collected another remnant of his own and wants to refine it, there are no hundreds of them. Nian's kung fu is not enough, but Gu Yan has always been a bit jealous of him, not to mention that he has a revenge for killing his son. Over the years, he has been wanting to kill himself and then quickly Zhan Ruochen.

   Therefore, Gu Yan was extremely careful along the way. And according to what she saw, on the Cangwu Continent, there was already chaos.

Not only the battle between the ten major factions and the Demon Sect, but the countless loose cultivators also seem to be divided into two distinct factions. One faction stands on the side of the Ten Great Sects and stands firm against the Demon Sect, while the other faction is subject to dispersal. The call of the Xiu Alliance, driven by them, set off a **** storm on the land of Cangwu, some battles, and even mortals.

   In Cangwu, the boundaries between mortals and immortals were not obvious at first, but when everyone was fighting, they could still uphold an unwritten rule and would not easily attack mortals. But now, these battles, although not obvious, have gradually damaged the foundation of the cultivation world. Gu Yan could not help but sigh when she saw that kind of tragic situation. Although the chaos in Cangwu has not been fully revealed, she doesn't know how many years it will take before she can recover.

She is also not the kind of person who is merciless. When encountering chaos, she can take care of those who can reach out. Sometimes, she will let it go. In just a few days, she has already reached the middle of Cangwu and crossed the The place where Ziluoxia was back then, in front of her, was a mighty river that went thousands of miles away.

   After crossing this river, she is considered to have left Yuyang Prefecture, where Tianjimen is located, and can enter Chaoyin Country controlled by the Chen family.

On the Cangwu Continent, there are nine states and sixteen countries. The Chen family occupies two countries and one state. All of them are located in the north of Cangwu, extending down a line. The southernmost is Chaoyin, the second is the northern kingdom, and the northernmost is the northernmost. Yunshan Prefecture, and the foundation of Baiya Chen's family, Qianzhang Xuefeng, also stands there, and the focus of the battle between the Chen family and the magic gate is also in that place. As one of the three major demons of Demon Sect, the fifth division of Lou has been sitting there all year round, commanding the demon cultivators under him to fight against the Chen family.

In the Chen family, there are a total of five monks in the Yuan Ying period, including Chen Hanqing, and the current patriarch of the Chen family, Chen Hanqing's father, had retreated on the Qianzhang Xuefeng as early as several decades ago, attacking the Yuan Dynasty. realm, but there is still no news. The Chen family was recognized as the second largest force in Cangwu, besides the Danding faction. Of course, the aloof Yuxu Palace was not counted.

   Originally Hidden Sword Villa, it was possible to have an arm wrestling with the Chen family. After all, after Su Man's arrow was born, Ye Yunting advanced again. Originally, they should also have five sword masters. However, Yunyue died in Tianfeng Valley, Yunchi was seriously injured and self-appointed Sword Soul, and the momentum of Hidden Sword Villa suddenly slumped. Now it is impossible to compete with the Chen family.

Among the ten major sects in Cangwu, Yuxu Palace is far above, and Luoyun Sect does not enter the Central Plains. Among the remaining eight sects, Danding Sect is the strongest, and Tianjimen is the weakest. They practice the way of the vajra, and they don't pay much attention to worldly affairs. The rest of the factions are not easily distinguished from each other. During several incidents, the Chen family has gradually shown a sharp edge. Gu Yan couldn't help but sigh in her heart. She didn't know where Bixia Sect would finally be able to stand in this tide.

The river in front of me, named Miluo, is the dividing point between Tianjimen and Chen's family. At that time, it will calm down, and at that time, there will be a ferry place by the river.

But now, on the day of crossing the river twice a month, the surface of the river is calm, but Gu Yan can't see that there is a crossing here. The people on both sides who want to cross the river are blocked on the opposite side. Gu Yan originally thought She crossed the river silently, but at this time, she couldn't help but feel a little curious. She hid her cultivation and disappeared into the crowd, and she heard the voices of those people.

The people who are waiting to cross the river here are all relatively low-level monks, because in the Miluo River, it is said that countless monks died here because of the war between Dao and Demon, and the river surface for hundreds of miles was dyed red, and the murderous aura that condensed lasted for a long time. It was only after the dispersal that such a big tide came into being. In the tide, murderous aura was everywhere. Generally, monks in the Qi-Refining Stage could not resist it. limit.

   At this time, someone was talking and said: "What is the Tianjimen doing, why doesn't even the ferry head open?"

   Someone next to him whispered, "Shh! Didn't you read the notice issued a few days ago, Tianjimen will seal this river for a month, and people on both sides are not allowed to cross the river."

   The person who spoke earlier said very angrily: "Those people in Tianjimen, with their cultivation, can naturally come and go freely, but what about us, if we can't cross the river for a month, how many major events will be delayed?"

   The man said with a wry smile, "Then what else can be done? They are all immortal masters and can come and go freely on this Miluo River. What about you?"

Another person next to    said, "You two, be careful! Haven't you heard of it, this time it's the real Zixiao of Tianjimen, who gave the imperial order!"

   Hearing these words, the two suddenly stopped, looked around a few times, and hurriedly walked away.

   When Gu Yan heard this, her brows moved slightly. It turned out that the real Zixiao from Tianjimen actually came in person.

   Zixiao is Ziyang's junior brother. He is also the second Nascent Soul cultivator in Tianjimen, but Gu Yan has never seen him before.

  The matter of Tianjimen usually comes from Ziyang, the head of the sect. It is said that during the last Ziluoxia war, Zixiao was also in retreat and did not come forward, so he was regarded as a very mysterious figure. And Gu Yan once heard Chen Hanqing mention that it is the real person Zixiao who has obtained the true inheritance of the secret art of Tianjimen's artifact refining, and his style of behavior is resolute and ruthless, which is completely different from Ziyang. This time, on the Miluo River, he issued the order to seal the river. What is his plan?

   After thinking about this, she asked the person who started talking: "Brother, do you know what is the purpose of the decree to seal the river issued by Master Zixiao?"

The man glanced at Gu Yan and wanted to walk away, but he found that he couldn't see through her cultivation, and he couldn't help but move, and said with a smile, "How can we guess what Yuan Ying's major repairs are doing? I heard that they are looking for something in the Miluo River..."

As soon as he said this, suddenly, on the Miluo River, without warning, the sky-splashing waves rolled up. Dozens of monks standing by the river were immediately involved in the river, and were completely swallowed up by the surging river.

   Everyone exclaimed loudly.

Standing by the river, most of them are cultivators in the qi refining and foundation building stages. They only have one or two flying instruments at most. Can't get far at all.

   And the waves on the Miluo River, like a white train, rushed along the heart of the river, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of people were swallowed by the tide.

   The person who was talking to Gu Yan didn't care to say anything else, he turned around and ran back. The tide was coming behind him, Gu Yan smiled slightly, reached out, grabbed his collar, flew forward, and left the river several hundred meters away in a blink of an eye.

   The man was shocked for a while, looked at Gu Yan, and exclaimed: "Flying with qi, without the help of magic tools, you... Are you a real person of Jie Dan?"

   He probably never would have thought that the one standing in front of him was actually a Yuan Ying Patriarch.

  Gu Yan didn't say anything, she just said: "This Miluo River, isn't there a period of peace every syzygy day? Why is this time..."

As soon as her words came to this point, suddenly there was a sound like a conch from the sky, and then it seemed that a long rainbow was rolled from the sky, sweeping all the clouds in half the sky. . A young monk wearing a white robe with a black border embroidered on the outside, looking extremely majestic, was already standing in the air. His big hand pressed down from the air and forced the surging river to level. , shouted sharply: "Everyone leave this place!"

   The person in front of Gu Yan was shocked and said, "Zhixiao Master, actually came here in person?"

   (end of this chapter)