Lu Qing'an had already dismantled the demon-hunting formation and stored everything he had obtained from Zhao Dezhu in his storage ring. Not long after, the two met again in the reception hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
Bai Lu didn't feel too much about the change of Panlong City's lord. When he saw Lu Qing'an, he forced a smile, but his brows were filled with worry. Clearly, he had been going through some unpleasant things recently.
Lu Qing'an looked at Bai Lu and, before he could even speak, bowed and handed him the storage ring. "Fellow Daoist Bai, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I've put a lot of thought into this, but I still can't crack the Demon-Searching Formation. Here are your items, along with some theoretical insights I've gathered from my recent research on the Demon-Searching Formation. Please give them to Elder Long to see if he can deploy this formation."
Although Lu Qing'an is not a heartless person, he still hinted at some key points in the manuscript. It depends on whether Old Long can successfully set up the formation based on this.
After hearing this, Bai Lu's smile froze, and a cloud of worry thickened on his face. He glanced at Lu Qing'an with a wry smile and sighed, "I've caused you so much trouble these days, fellow Daoist."
Lu Qing'an waved his hand and said calmly, "Although it was unsuccessful, it was still a beneficial attempt. However, I don't see any hope of success, so I decided to give up and focus my energy on the path of cultivation."
Bai Lu sighed, slumped in his chair, and said dejectedly, "What a pity! Without this formation, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to keep my position as the Immortal Sword Sect's elder."
He soon felt relieved. If he couldn't be the one, then he couldn't be the one. At most, he could just be a casual cultivator like Lu Qing'an.
After hearing this, Lu Qing'an pretended to be clueless and asked in surprise, "Fellow Daoist, what happened?"
Bai Lu smiled bitterly and told the story of what had happened recently.
It turned out that Bai Lu had a mortal enemy many years ago. He thought that the other party had died and was trapped in a secret realm and would never be able to come out in this life. Unexpectedly, this guy not only came out of the secret realm, but also found his biological father.
His biological father holds a very high position in the Alchemist Guild.
A ninth-grade immortal-level alchemist!
Alchemists of this level have a very wide range of friends.
After all, alchemists of this level often make pills for powerful people in the Universe Realm.
Of course, an alchemist of this level would not dare to easily touch an elder of the Xianjian Sect.
Their Xianjian Sect is also a top sect.
However, they did not attack him directly, but instead used their connections in the Xianjian Sect to suppress him.
"Now, three supreme elders in the sect are trying to bully me. If I hadn't killed many demons in Panlong City, I would have been expelled from the sect for my past minor mistakes." Bai Lu took a deep breath and felt an unbearable heat in his chest.
"I think you have quite a few friends, so is there no one in the sect to help you?" Lu Qing'an asked tentatively.
"I have two Supreme Elders helping me, so I've been able to stabilize the situation right now, but who knows what they'll do next? My best bet right now is to make enough contributions to directly ascend to the rank of Supreme Elder. And if I want to reach this level of contribution quickly, the Demon Hunting Formation is definitely the fastest way to do it. I didn't expect that my fellow Daoist would give me bad news as soon as I arrived."
Bai Lu smiled bitterly at Lu Qing'an and said, "I don't mean to blame you, fellow Daoist. I just feel that I've been extremely unlucky recently."
Lu Qing'an waved his hand and said, "I don't want to bury your hopes, but I'm too weak to help you."
It is not wise to put yourself in the storm in order to help others.
Bai Lu sighed, stood up, and bowed, saying, "Forget it. I'll return to the sect and think of another way. I'll keep these things as my experience summary, and leave the rest to you. If you have time, you can try setting up the formation again."
After saying that, he returned the storage ring to Lu Qingan.
Seeing Bai Lu like this, Lu Qing'an didn't refuse, took it, and watched him leave. After Bai Lu walked away, Lu Qing'an murmured to himself: "Although this man is a good person, I will not put myself in danger just because you are a good person."
He shook his head and put Bai Lu's matter behind him. Everyone has their own difficulties to overcome. It is better to overcome them on your own than to rely on others to help you.
He has a lot of things to do himself, so there is no need for him to worry about other people's affairs.
As for joining the Xianjian Sect and becoming its elder, he didn't think about it again.
When Bai Lu was fine, he might still have been able to give it a try. But now that something has happened, if he were to use Bai Lu's channels to take the assessment to become an elder of the Xianjian Sect, he would most likely be considered as Bai Lu's friend and thus be targeted.
Lu Qing'an began to practice in seclusion.
Now he is still at the Yuexiao Realm, and strives to break through to the Xuanguang Realm as soon as possible.
So.
Time passes by like the wind.
January has passed in the blink of an eye.
Lu Qing'an would contact Huang Zisheng and Liu Bude once a month, gaining a few sixth-grade immortal treasures and accumulating some life span.
During this period, he would also send messages to Zhen Yongfu and Xu Qingying who were far away in the Xianjian Sect, asking about their situation in the Xianjian Sect and the current affairs of the Xianjian Sect.
While Xu Qingying was training in the Xianjian Sect, she was also collecting intelligence, so that Lu Qingan, who had never set foot in the Xianjian Sect, knew everything about it.
"I'm already at the eighth level of the Moon Sky Realm. If I continue my retreat for another six months, I should be able to reach the Heavenly Evolution Realm."
After reaching the Tianyan realm, his lifespan increased by more than 300,000 years. However, in his eyes, this amount of lifespan was no different from pocket money.
Now, the life span he has saved is tens of millions.
He continued his retreat.
This time, he decided to seclude himself for half a year.
He handed over the affairs of contacting Huang Zisheng and Liu Bude to the conscious puppet. Every month, he asked the puppet to take a few treasures to Jubaozhai to sell, and then buy elixirs from the Alchemist Guild to bring back.
Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
Lu Qing'an finally broke through to the Tianyan realm!
"Under full-strength cultivation, the breakthrough speed is indeed fast. However, I also discovered that the immortal world is just like the mortal world. The higher the level of cultivation, the slower the breakthrough speed. From now on, each breakthrough will probably take years."
He paused in his training, his gaze fixed on the mountain of immortal medicines before him. Over the past six months, the Consciousness Puppet had toiled tirelessly, and the accumulated value of these medicines now exceeded thirty million immortal stones!
"After the breakthrough, the amount of fairy fire I can control will increase slightly, but it will probably take more than half a month to completely burn these fairy medicines."
Lu Qing'an shook his head and began to devote himself to the painful yet joyful task of burning the elixir.
Half a month later, he finally burned all the immortal medicines and went into seclusion to practice again, his goal still being the Xuanguan realm.
The days began to repeat themselves.
For him, this kind of life is considered stable.
Time flies like an arrow and we travel in a hurry.
The seasons change without leaving a trace.
In the blink of an eye, five years have passed.
Finally one day, Lu Qing'an suddenly opened his eyes.
Breakthrough!
His cultivation aura reached the first level of the Mysterious Light Realm! !
At this moment, his life span also increased by more than 500,000 years, but in his eyes, it was just a drop in the ocean. Now, his life span reserve has reached 300 million years!
If you use it to exchange for treasures, you can directly exchange it for a lower or middle grade ninth-grade treasure!
This accumulation of lifespan is equivalent to him killing another dragon!
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