"Senior Yan, you said that Xiao Li's father is most likely the King of the Night?"
“Yes, in the ancient times of cultivating immortals, although the human cultivators were powerful, they were not the only ones that dominated.
There are at least two huge forces, the demon clan and the sea clan, that can contend with them.
Not to mention the sea creatures, they occupy vast ocean areas and rarely come ashore. The sea is their home.
Except for powerful beings above the level of Yuanshen, very few cultivators can get involved.
As for the demon clan, in fact, both the sea clan and the demon clan belong to the category of demon beasts and spiritual beasts, but one lives in the sea and the other mainly moves on land.
The exchanges between the two were not close, and there was even some friction, which led to the division into two major forces.
Otherwise, if these two forces unite, it will be much more difficult for human cultivators to reach the initial stage."
Yan paused, then continued.
“As for the King of the Night I just mentioned, he is one of the twelve demon kings under the command of the Emperor of the Land Demon Clan, and his true form is also a night spirit raccoon.
He leads the raccoon clan and many other monsters, and his strength is very strong, comparable to the human race's Yuan Shen."
"Since there is a Lingli clan, Xiao Li may not be the descendant of the King of the Night, right?" Lu Qing asked.
“No, the Night Spirit Fox is an extremely rare creature among the Spirit Fox clan, and it is not possible to see one in an era.
When I was still asleep, there were only two night raccoons in the entire demon clan, and they were a couple.
So Xiao Li must be the descendant of those two."
"Yan" is very authentic.
Lu Qing was silent. If that was the case, then it was most likely true.
"But why is Xiaoli here? From what I've seen, it seems to be still a juvenile?"
"Yan" was also confused.
"Xiao Li is indeed still a juvenile. I met it by chance two years ago."
Lu Qing briefly recounted the process of how he first met Xiao Li, and said that Xiao Li had no memory of his identity or origin.
"It seems that many major events have happened in the world of immortal cultivation since I fell asleep." Yan sighed, "Otherwise, those two wouldn't have left their daughter alone.
I just don’t know what will happen later when the spiritual energy is exhausted and the catastrophe is about to happen.
How did the other camps resist?
Will they successfully leave this world, or will they all perish in the catastrophe in the end? "
Lu Qing was silent.
If even "Yan", an old antique who has lived for tens of thousands of years, doesn't understand it, it is even more impossible for him to understand it.
"Senior, if Xiao Li is really the daughter of those two you mentioned, then it must have been born tens of thousands of years ago. Why is it still a juvenile now?"
“This is not difficult to understand. I guess the King of the Night must have used some rare treasure to seal up Xiao Li when he was just born.
You should know that the Night Spirit Raccoon has two major attributes, fire and space, and is born with a strange spiritual perception.
Able to easily discover treasures that are difficult for ordinary people to detect.
The King of the Night is highly skilled in Taoism, so searching for treasures is a piece of cake for him.
I remember that there were several secret realms that came out, and this one collected the most treasures.
It is not impossible that he has some rare treasure that can seal Xiao Li for tens of thousands of years.
So please treat your night raccoon well.
This is a real lucky star. When the rules of heaven and earth evolve in the future, many secret realms will be able to emerge.
Maybe it will be the best help for you to explore the secret realm at that time."
When Yan said this, his tone became somewhat inexplicable.
Lu Qing's luck is really too strong.
Not only does he possess several spiritual weapons, but he has now even subdued spiritual beasts like the Night Spirit Raccoon.
It is really hard to imagine how many opportunities he will be able to obtain when the rules of heaven and earth truly evolve and perfect, and many secret realms emerge.
Thinking of this, it couldn't help but feel a little excited, and all the previous frustration was swept away.
Following such a master with supreme luck, perhaps one day in the future it will be able to break free from the cage and walk freely.
"Lucky star..."
Lu Qing looked at Xiaoli who was playing with Xiaoyan, and recalled the time when Xiaoli brought a hundred-year-old ginseng in his mouth to exchange for fish.
After thinking about it, I decided not to tell it about this for the time being.
Since it happened tens of thousands of years ago, no one knows whether the Night Spirit Cat couple is still alive.
Telling Xiao Li would be of no use except to cause him more trouble.
Perhaps letting it remain as carefree as it is now is what the Night Spirit Fox couple most wants to see.
The Wei family acted quickly.
Although Wei Shanhai took three days to gather all the materials Lu Qing needed.
In fact, on the second day, the Wei family's convoy delivered some of the materials over one after another.
"Mr. Lu, the fine iron here is what we have temporarily collected from several foundries in the county. We are sending it to you first according to the instructions of our ancestors.
As for other jade materials, they have also been transferred from the state government.
It will probably be delivered in the next two days."
In a small courtyard halfway up the mountain, Chief Steward Wei spoke respectfully to Lu Qing.
The Wei family now attaches great importance to all of Lu Qing's requests. This batch of fine iron was escorted personally by Wei, the chief steward.
"Thank you, Chief Steward."
Lu Qing first thanked him politely, and then inspected the batch of fine iron.
"Ah Qing, what kind of formation are you going to set up that requires so much fine iron?"
The old doctor was surprised when he saw the large amount of fine iron escorted by Chief Steward Wei and heard that more would be delivered later.
"Not much left." Lu Qing shook his head, "I still need to further refine and purify this refined iron, and there won't be much left in the end.
What a pity! If I could have a batch of refined iron that has been refined for more than a thousand times, I wouldn’t have to go through the trouble of purifying it.”
When Wei Dazongguan heard this, he said:
There is no foundry in the entire county that can forge iron that is more than a thousand times refined.
That is to say, there is something in the collection of their Wei family's treasury.
It would be too difficult for Lu Qing to collect a batch of them at once.
It would be difficult to plunder the entire Cangzhou.
After all, the refined iron is a treasure that can be used to forge refined weapons.
It has always been in short supply and extremely popular.
Any warrior who obtains it will immediately try to find a way to forge it into the most suitable weapon for himself.
Few people would keep it and collect it.
Lu Qing naturally knew that his idea was just wishful thinking.
Therefore, after Wei Dazongguan and others left, he immediately started the furnace and prepared to refine fine iron.
With a pinch of magic formula, he hung the finger-sized Lihuo Ding in front of his neck as a pendant.
It flew out quietly, transformed into a cauldron half a person's height, and landed in the yard.
The old doctor's expression changed slightly.
Although he had seen it more than once, every time he couldn't help but marvel at the various miraculous methods of cultivating immortals.
"Senior Yan, I'm in trouble."
"It's no big deal. Leave it to me."
Lu Qing threw the fine iron piled in the yard into the Lihuo Ding bit by bit.
"Yan" accepts everything and swallows it all.
As it has its own space inside, it can swallow not only a bit of fine iron, but even a small mountain.
After swallowing all the refined iron, in the spiritual weapon space, "Yan" hand made a seal.
The next moment, a large amount of flames appeared out of nowhere and burned the pile of fine iron.
Soon, the refined iron was melted and turned into a large ball of iron liquid.
"Yan" looked relaxed as he controlled the flames in the space and continued to calcine the iron liquid.
As a spiritual weapon, it is not easy for the Lihuo Ding to refine some ordinary iron.
It can be easily accomplished without using any strength at all.
Under the control and calcination of "Flame", the impurities in the large mass of iron liquid were quickly refined and its volume gradually decreased.
Finally, when it was calcined to a limit and no impurities could be refined out, Lu Qing's figure appeared in the spiritual weapon space.
He took over the control of the Lihuo Ding, and under the control of his mind, the ball of pure iron juice split into dozens of small balls.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Qing began to impose restrictions inside.
The old doctor had been standing by, and when he saw Lu Qing enter a state of meditation, he stepped aside to help protect him.
Then, not long after, he saw small iron pillars gradually coming out of the Lihuo Cauldron.
On each iron pillar, mysterious patterns vaguely emerge, as if containing some kind of mysterious power.
After spitting out dozens of small iron pillars, Lu Qing finally opened his eyes.
There was a hint of fatigue in his eyes.
"Ah Qing, are they all ready?"
"Well, unfortunately, there is still a lack of refined iron. I can only refine thirty-six magic pillars for the time being."
Lu Qing said with some dissatisfaction.
"Then how many magic pillars do you need to set up the formation?" asked the old doctor.
"According to my plan, one hundred and eight magic pillars are needed to set up a complete formation."
The old doctor was a little shocked.
The amount of fine iron sent by the Wei family this time was not small, but in the end it did not even meet Lu Qing's requirements.
"But thirty-six magic pillars can barely form the framework of a large formation."
Lu Qing waved his hand, and the thirty-six magic pillars that he had refined with his mind suddenly emitted light, flew up from the ground, turned into streams of light, and flew down the mountain.
Lu Qing's current spiritual power is comparable to that of the Foundation Establishment Stage. If he senses with all his strength, nothing that happens within a few miles can escape his eyes and ears.
Covering the small Jiuli Village is naturally not a problem.
Under the control of his soul, the thirty-six magic pillars fell precisely to the location he wanted them to fall and sank silently into the ground.
Having lived in Jiuli Village for so long, Lu Qing already knew the village's terrain distribution like the back of his hand.
Therefore, the landing points he chose were all the most suitable nodes for setting up the formation.
The magic pillar fell down, the qi energy was connected, and the whole Jiuli Village changed instantly.
The earth's energy was quickly unblocked, and the spiritual energy around the village was slowly gathered together.
Of course, these changes are difficult for ordinary people like Jiuli villagers to notice.
They just suddenly felt that the village seemed to have become much cooler.
"Old man, do you feel that the house seems to be getting cooler?"
At Uncle Zhang's house, his wife, who was enjoying the cool air with a sunflower fan, said in surprise.
"It seems to be much cooler. What's going on? Is it going to rain outside?"
Uncle Zhang, who was lying on a recliner and couldn't stand the heat, quickly got up from the recliner, ran outside and prepared to collect the clothes.
However, when he ran out to the yard, he found that the sun was shining brightly outside without even a trace of clouds, and the scorching sun was hanging brightly above his head.
But unfortunately, even though he was standing under the scorching sun, he did not feel the previous scorching heat.
Instead, I feel the sunshine is warm, like autumn or winter.
"What's going on?!"
Such a strange situation not only did not make Uncle Zhang happy, but instead made him feel creepy.
When something is out of the ordinary, there must be something wrong. Such violations of common sense often mean that something extraordinary is happening.
At this time, other smarter villagers in the village also noticed the sudden changes and ran out of the house to check the situation.
Just when everyone was worried, Lu Qing's voice suddenly came from the mountain.
"Don't worry, everyone. The changes in the village are caused by me. They are beneficial to the village and will not harm anyone."
The sound came from the mountain, but it was not deafening, as if it was ringing in the ears of the villagers.
After hearing this, all the villagers suddenly realized what was going on and felt relieved.
"So it was Ah Qing who did it. That's fine, everyone should just do what they need to do."
"Ah Qing is getting more and more powerful. I don't know what extraordinary skills he has learned during this trip. He can even influence the celestial phenomena."
"That's good. The weather has been getting hotter recently. It's much hotter than in previous years. I couldn't stand it any more. Now it's getting cooler. I can finally sleep well at night."
“Yes, the weather this year is strange. A few months ago, there was a torrential rainstorm that was so cold that it was deadly. I heard that someone in the neighboring village was frozen to death.
It's so hot now that people can't stand it. If it continues like this, I'm afraid there will be a drought."
"Luckily, we have Ah Qing. He is even more powerful now. He has made the whole village cool. This is almost as powerful as those gods in operas, right?"
"Could it be that Ah Qing and the old doctor went out this time to seek immortals and ask for the way?"
…
The villagers were talking about it, and the topic ranged from the celestial phenomena in recent months to whether Lu Qing understood the magic of the gods, and the conversation became more and more exaggerated.
Lu Qing, who was in a small courtyard halfway up the mountain, heard these discussions, shook his head with a smile, and withdrew his spiritual perception.
However, his expression became more serious.
In fact, what the villagers said was right, ever since the rules of heaven and earth changed and spiritual energy revived.
In the past few months, the celestial phenomena have indeed become much more complicated.
Not to mention the freezing rain that lasted a few months.
Over the past month alone, the sun has been scorching and the weather has been getting hotter and hotter, almost reaching the limit that ordinary people can endure, which is extremely abnormal.
"Master, it seems that this change in the world is really hard to say whether it is a blessing or a curse for ordinary people."
"I'm afraid it will be more trouble than blessing."
The old doctor also showed a sigh on his face.
He also heard the villagers' discussion just now.
Jiuli Village is adjacent to the Shiwanda Mountains, with beautiful scenery and clear waters.
What will the situation be like in those places outside where the environment is even more severe, in the face of such abnormal celestial phenomena?
When he thought of this, the old doctor felt heavy in his heart.
After a while, he suddenly said, "Ah Qing, I want to go to a nearby village in the next few days."
(End of this chapter)
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