Chapter 400

"Brother Li, are you going down the mountain?"

Sang Kong was planning to find Li Rui for tea when he saw Li Rui going out.

Li Rui nodded: "There are some things in the city that need to be handled."

Sang Kong was even more surprised: "Back to Qinghe?"

"Yes."

Li Rui smiled.

"Brother Li, the Purple Chai Jingong is still causing chaos; going out at this time is probably not a good strategy."

Li Rui: "Brother Sang, I have my own sense of proportion."

Seeing this.

Sang Kong did not persuade him anymore; after such a long time together, he also knew that Li Rui was not a reckless person.

The two stood at the door and chatted for a few words.

Li Rui went down the mountain.

Just as he walked out of the Qingwei Sect's sect-protecting array, thick earth Qi surged, and the whole person disappeared in place.

He easily bypassed the Earth-Walking Demon squatting outside the Qingwei Sect.

"Poor wage earner."

Li Rui looked at the Earth-Walking Demon who was sleeping soundly under a big tree, feeling quite empathetic.

During these days.

The Earth-Walking Demon had been spying on him, and he had also been monitoring the Earth-Walking Demon.

Ever since the Thousand Soul Banner was sent away.

The demon beasts of the Purple Chai Jingong around had all withdrawn, and the Earth-Walking Demon had also become lazy, sleeping soundly all day.

One could think of it.

He must have been hurt by his boss, the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu.

Of course.

Even if the Earth-Walking Demon squatted seriously, he couldn't stop Li Rui.

And he could determine the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu's position through the Thousand Soul Banner; the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu was indeed busy refining the Thousand Soul Banner and had no intention of entangling with him again. As long as the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu did not take action, there were not many in the Purple Chai Jingong who could threaten him.

Temporarily letting the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu take the Thousand Soul Banner, but being able to obtain the other party's information.

Not a loss!

Quietly.

He had already left the Ten Thousand Mountains.

But Li Rui still did not rush to return to the ground, but continued to earth-escape, walking while looking for whether the Purple Chai Jingong had left any backup.

Only after completely confirming did he quietly return to Qinghe City.

Li Rui walked into the Annan Town camp.

Just as he appeared.

He happened to see a few acquaintances.

Fu Tao also saw Li Rui, and he was a bit surprised: "Lord Li, why are you back?"

The others were also assistant regional commanders and generals of Annan Town.

Naturally, they all recognized Li Rui.

Li Rui: "Back to report on duty."

The others were enlightened.

Li Rui went to the Qingwei Sect, and they were envious enough to drool.

Joining an immortal sect had a great temptation for martial artists below Tongxuan.

Qinghe was not far from the Qingwei Sect, and there was a lot of communication.

They knew even more that Li Rui's status as an elder was higher than that of inner sect disciples, saving who knows how many years of struggle.

Of course.

They were only envious.

And I don't know where the wind came from, saying that Li Rui could enter the Qingwei Sect because it was designated by that Gu Jianzheng.

They had the ability to cultivate to the Primordial Realm, but they didn't have the ability to climb the thigh of Gu Jianzheng.

They couldn't learn even if they wanted to.

Naturally, they couldn't produce any jealous thoughts.

Li Rui chatted with them for a few words, and then went straight to the Regional Commander's mansion.

After the guards at the door reported.

He then walked in.

And saw Xue Gui holding a long spear in the courtyard, practicing martial arts.

"My lord."

Li Rui bowed and performed a salute.

Xue Gui looked at Li Rui faintly and put down the long spear in his hand: "How was your stay at the Qingwei Sect?"

"Everything went smoothly."

Saying that.

He took out a small booklet the thickness of a thumb from his sleeve.

"My lord, these are the information I have collected, and they have all been written in the booklet..."

Xue Gui raised his eyebrows: "I really didn't choose the wrong person."

The imperial court wanted Li Rui to go to the Qingwei Sect, not just to cultivate, but more importantly, to collect information.

Li Rui did a very good job.

"Let's go, come with me to find Regional Commander Zhou."

"Yes."

Li Rui bowed and said.

He knew his current situation too well.

Don't look at how everyone envies him.

But in fact, this job of being stationed at the Qingwei Sect was far from as simple as it looked.

One must balance the relationship between the Qingwei Sect and the imperial court.

After all, he lived on someone else's territory and couldn't be too ostentatious, so Li Rui had always been low-key, but low-key was low-key, and the information could not be less.

Don't look at him idling around all day.

Do you really think those walks at night were for nothing?

Li Rui had long ago figured out the situation of the Qingwei Sect and organized it into this small booklet.

Otherwise, just eating and doing nothing.

Something would happen.

He had Gu Changsheng covering him, which was true, but if he were separated from the imperial court for too long, or suspected of having different intentions, the ending would surely be miserable.

The imperial court would not allow such a thing as an undercover agent.

That was why Li Rui had to return to Qinghe to report on duty.

Especially to be seen by that Regional Commander Zhou.

Xue Gui also understood this truth, which was why he called him along; this was a necessary step to show loyalty.

An hour later.

Li Rui walked out of the Regional Commander's mansion.

Zhou Dinghai was very happy to see him appear, praised him greatly, and even said directly that he was the pillar of the empire.

Regarding this.

Li Rui had a normal heart.

Don't look at this General Fubo as being amiable on weekdays, making people feel like a spring breeze, but if he really dared to have any behavior that exceeded the rules, he would surely be slapped to death by Zhou Dinghai.

'Cautious.'

Li Rui thought in his heart.

At this time.

Xue Gui smiled and opened his mouth: "Li Rui, there is no need to be anxious; as long as your heart is still with the imperial court, no one can move you."

Li Rui: "I have received great imperial favor; how could I do anything rebellious?"

"Very good."

Xue Gui nodded with satisfaction.

Laughed heartily and turned to leave.

Li Rui's heart was not relaxed because of Xue Gui's words.

Those spies who were determined to have rebelled, did they really rebel?

Not necessarily.

As long as those big shots decide, it's enough; how the spies think is not important at all.

Although he was not a spy, his situation was similar.

Of course, it must be much easier.

Li Rui just liked to think about things in the worst way in advance, so he could be well prepared.

After reporting on duty.

He then returned to his mansion.

Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong, the two brothers, had long heard the news and were already sitting in the courtyard pouring tea for themselves, without the slightest awareness of being guests; Liang He was entertaining them on the side, which was a performance of treating Li Rui as his own true big brother.

Seeing Li Rui return.

Nie Siming laughed and said: "Brother Li, you must have been so happy in the Qingwei Sect that you forgot about us brothers."

Isn't that so.

Li Rui had been in the Qingwei Sect for several years.

Although there was correspondence during this period, he had never returned once.

This naturally had Li Rui's weighing in it.

Besides the reason of being spied on by the remnants of the Purple Chai Jingong.

It was also that if he returned to Qinghe too diligently, he might not be so comfortable in the Qingwei Sect.

This time was just right.

"Cultivation has no days or months; I closed my eyes and opened them, and a year passed."

Li Rui said with a chuckle.

Once heard.

Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong were both deeply convinced.

Don't look at their long lifespans, but in fact, they don't feel long when they feel it.

The main reason is that when cultivating, one really can't feel the passage of time.

In fact.

Except for freaks like He Qiannian, most top three rank experts spend their time in seclusion.

This is also an important reason why there are few top three ranks walking in the Jianghu.

Yuan Xiong also opened his mouth: "Brother Li, how are the immortal arts of the Qingwei Sect?"

Li Rui hummed twice.

Then a yellow talisman flew out of his sleeve.

The next instant.

A beautiful and watery great beauty appeared in front of several people.

Seeing this scene, Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong's eyes lit up: "What a brilliant talisman technique!"

They were knowledgeable.

They asked themselves that they had seen many methods of talisman masters.

But compared to this move shown by Li Rui, it was much worse.

Those talisman masters in the capital couldn't do it; this Brother Li of theirs had probably hidden many methods after going to the Qingwei Sect.

Liang He on the side was also greatly shocked.

His master actually changed into a living person casually; this simply overturned his cognition.

But soon, Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong also saw the clues.

This move of Li Rui's had almost no help for combat.

So they gradually lost interest.

Both of them were from the army and were most disdainful of these flowery things.

They pursued absolute combat power more.

Li Rui just pointed his finger, and the great beauty turned into a talisman and disappeared.

If he waited until his talisman technique was mastered.

Every talisman person could have considerable combat power; only then would it be called an immortal method, scattering beans to become soldiers.

Chatting with Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong, the two brothers, until late at night.

The two left, still feeling unsatisfied.

Although they didn't cultivate immortal arts, they still had a lot of inspiration in their exchanges with Li Rui.

Sending the two brothers away.

Li Rui then looked at Liang He: "Little He, you've worked hard these days."

Liang He smiled slightly: "Not hard."

Li Rui said, taking out a brand new small booklet from his bosom.

"You can practice and read first; it's best if you can refine it, and it doesn't matter if you can't."

Liang He's heart was excited.

He knew that the immortal art his master gave him!

In the room.

A flash of nostalgia crossed Li Rui's eyes.

Counting it up, he hadn't been back for several years.

Ever since he started cultivating immortal arts, the days had truly passed by very quickly.

What he gave Liang He was the Initial Explanation of Qi Refining he brought from the Qingwei Sect; even menial disciples could get one.

It taught how to step onto the immortal path.

It was not a secret; he had already asked the elders of the Qingwei Sect.

He had already tested that his eldest disciple had a middle-grade spiritual root and had the possibility of immortal cultivation.

As for why he didn't pass on the more profound Five Spirits Body Refining Formula.

One was that the level was too high, and Liang He couldn't learn it at all.

Two was that the Five Spirits Body Refining Formula came from an improper source; if someone discovered it, it might bring fire upon himself, which would harm his own disciple.

That was why he found the regular path of the Qingwei Sect.

The room was very clean.

One look and one knew that someone had been cleaning it all the time while he was away.

He took off his outer coat and put it on the head of the bed.

But he didn't go to sleep.

Instead, he walked to a corner of the room and applied slight force to a wall brick.

The whole wall turned.

A secret room appeared in front of Li Rui.

Walking into the secret room.

Li Rui put his boots in the secret room, and then his whole body's thick earth Qi surged, and the whole person sank into the ground.

Earth-escaping for a hundred miles.

An hour later, he arrived at a small mountain peak a hundred miles outside Qinghe City.

There was no one here.

Why so certain.

Because this mountain was a fierce mountain in the eyes of Qinghe people, and there were often rumors of ghosts.

But Li Rui knew that there were actually no ghosts here.

It was just that there were more desolate graves; in the early years, a merchant passed by here, tired enough, and lay directly on a grave to sleep soundly, and nothing happened when he got up; it was only after returning to Qinghe that he realized it later.

Li Rui knew the rumors were fake.

As for why he came here tonight.

It was for a breakthrough.

Not bad, the stone fetus in his dantian had already revealed most of its figure and had reached the time for a breakthrough.

This was also another reason why he came to Qinghe City.

The Dao Fetus is a big matter.

There were too many experts in the Qingwei Sect, and there was that unfathomable Great True Person Daoist Qing Ding sitting in town; if the secret was discovered, it might cause a big storm.

In Qinghe City, there were also experts like Zhou Dinghai.

So Li Rui had long ago selected this place.

As for the clothes and boots in the room, they were just in case.

It was just a false appearance created for the enemy.

The more critical the moment, the more one cannot ignore these small details.

Li Rui took a deep breath.

Sitting cross-legged on the desolate land, the clean moonlight sprinkled on his body, and his whole body seemed to be surrounded by immortal Qi, making the whole person look incomparably holy.

The next instant.

Large swaths of yellow talismans flew out of his sleeve.

Bang bang bang exploded around him.

These were all Spirit-Containing Talismans.

The Spirit-Containing Talisman has the effect of enhancing spiritual energy; the place where Li Rui is has no spiritual energy, but at this moment, the spiritual energy became unusually rich.

It was because the Spirit-Containing Talisman had another function.

That was being able to transport spiritual energy.

These spiritual energies were brought out from the Qingwei Sect.

Not bad, for today, Li Rui had started preparing several years ago; otherwise, he wouldn't be pondering a lowest-level Spirit-Containing Talisman every day.

The concentration of spiritual energy reached its peak in an instant.

Li Rui's eyes condensed.

He took out three large elixirs in one breath and swallowed them all into his abdomen.

For today, his preparation was quite sufficient.

At the same time, the Great Henglian and the God-Reaching Scripture merged and operated rapidly.

"Not enough."

"Still not enough!"

Li Rui's eyebrows frowned slightly.

His gaze looked toward the moon in the sky.

In an instant.

A domineering Great Henglian took away the moonlight of heaven and earth; at this moment, it seemed that the moonlight of the whole mountain gathered on Li Rui alone.

The spiritual energy within a foot of his body increased again.

Reaching a terrifying degree, almost turning into spiritual liquid.

If this scene were seen by He Qiannian, he would definitely feel greatly gratified.

We martial artists, we must fight with heaven!

Looking inside himself.

A breeze from nowhere blew through the immortal court, the bright peach trees swayed slightly, and peach petals fell.

Some happened to fall on the head of the stone fetus under the peach tree.

Suddenly.

Just as the peach petals fell on its head, the stone fetus's fingers actually moved slightly.

Then it was the crossed feet.

Then it was the eyes.

Rustling.

Large swaths of stone chips fell, sprinkling on the immortal platform.

Finally!

The stone fetus's head was completely exposed, like an infant of only a year old, its whole body crystal clear, as if it were the most extreme purity in heaven and earth.

Dao Fetus!

Li Rui's expression shook.

Success!

The spiritual energy around his body was also sucked clean by him at this moment.

The vision on the mountain peak dissipated.

It was just that this mountain peak was somehow much darker than elsewhere.

Li Rui looked at the infant in his dantian.

It was agile and extraordinary.

And that infant was doing exactly the same action as Li Rui, sitting cross-legged; Li Rui looked at him, and he also looked at Li Rui.

This feeling was very wonderful.

Li Rui blinked his eyes.

He and the infant in his dantian seemed to have a tacit understanding.

You are in me, and I am in you.

At the same time, Li Rui only felt that his whole person was incomparably empty and urgently needed spiritual energy to fill it.

He had long ago completed his spirit.

Several years of time.

Spiritual energy had long been full.

What was thirsty was the Dao Fetus in the dantian.

Not bad, the Dao Fetus can also accommodate spiritual energy.

This is also the key to why the Dao Fetus Realm is far superior to martial artists and cultivators of the same level.

One is worth two.

He alone accommodated twice the spiritual energy of others; this advantage is extremely remarkable.

It is equivalent to one against two.

And the later it gets, the greater the difference.

So the birth of Dao Fetus experts is almost always an existence that suppresses an era.

Double spiritual energy, simply can't fight.

Li Rui's mouth lifted slightly.

Finally, it was done.

He couldn't help but feel grateful to He Qiannian in his heart; if it weren't for He Qiannian's Great Henglian, he would have no chance to reach this step.

He Qiannian's talent was something he admired incomparably.

Two years.

The Dao Fetus is formed, and there is no obstacle to stepping into Tongxuan.

Just wait for the Dao Fetus to be full of spiritual energy.

Li Rui is a proper top three rank.

However, he did not rush back to the Qingwei Sect.

Since he had already refined the Dao Fetus, there was no need to rush for this moment.

His figure dived into the ground again.

Half an hour later, he returned to the secret room.

And then, as if nothing had happened, he dove into the quilt and slept soundly.

The next morning.

Qianhe Martial Arts Hall, in a small courtyard.

He Qiannian was lifting iron in the courtyard, and the heavy divine iron, like a small mountain, was like a toy in his hands.

Every year and every month was like this.

At this time.

A sound rang at the door.

"Senior."

He Qiannian immediately heard that it was Li Rui.

"Come in."

The courtyard door creaked open, and then he saw Li Rui walk out from behind the door.

He Qiannian smiled: "You kid stayed in the Qingwei Sect for several years; I thought you didn't want to go down the mountain because you were served by those fairies."

Li Rui: "Senior, I am not that kind of person."

He Qiannian raised his head:

"What kind of person?"

Li Rui didn't answer, but said abruptly: "Senior, I succeeded."

This sentence was said without beginning or end.

He Qiannian was stunned for a moment.

His whole body stiffened.

Looking closely, one could see his fingers trembling slightly.

"Succeeded?"

He couldn't help but confirm again.

Li Rui nodded: "Yes, if it weren't for Senior's Great Henglian, I would have no chance."

"Good, very good!"

He Qiannian nodded heavily, his eye sockets a bit red.

Then he laughed out loud.

Who says external skills are the end path?

His disciple had practiced the Primordial Dao Fetus and was destined to walk an extraordinary path in the future.

Both of them tacitly did not say those two words.

Too heavy.

Matters are achieved through secrecy.

The best way is to never say it out.

He Qiannian knew Li Rui's thoughts.

The Dao Fetus is too important and will definitely be envied.

But even so, Li Rui told him the first time, which shows his trust in him.

He Qiannian felt a warmth in his heart.

Li Rui was treating him as a master.

Li Rui said solemnly: "Senior, I will definitely carry forward the Great Henglian in the future."

He Qiannian passed him the Great Henglian, originally to carry forward the external cultivation techniques.

Otherwise, without relatives or connections, why pass it to him?

Passing on skills in the Jianghu requires going through heavy tests.

But he saw He Qiannian wave his hand:

"Those are small matters; you just take care of yourself first."

"Also, you kid are almost at Tongxuan; what kind of system is it to keep calling me Senior."

"From now on, you call me Brother, and I call you Brother!"

Li Rui blinked his eyes and said tentatively: "Li Laoge He?"

"Eh, that's right."

(End of chapter)