Chapter 407

"Little thief!"

The Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu, who was fighting fiercely in the air, suddenly felt something in his heart and turned his head abruptly to look at his cave dwelling.

His connection with the Thousand Soul Banner had been completely severed.

Several years of effort turned into smoke and clouds at this moment!

Clearly, just now, while he was fighting Zhou Dinghai, someone had sneaked into his cave and stolen the Thousand Soul Banner.

But he had clearly used a secret technique to conceal the Thousand Soul Banner.

Even a Heavenly Phenomenon Realm powerhouse would find it almost impossible to find.

Losing the Thousand Soul Banner made his anger surge, and his eyes turned blood-red instantly.

"Damn you!"

"Who exactly is it?!"

His spiritual sense swept over.

He saw the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha grinning at him from inside the cave.

Furious to the extreme!

"Damn it!"

The Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu understood that everything today was due to that damned toad coordinating from inside and out; not only that, but it also coveted his treasure.

"Ah!"

For a moment, he was angry to the extreme and let out a long howl.

Zhou Dinghai, opposite him, also glanced downward.

Although he didn't understand what had happened, it looked like the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha had done something again to enrage the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu.

As the saying goes, the more an enemy wants to obtain something, the more one must stop them.

Seeing the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu wanting to escape.

He sneered: "Go to your death; when the time comes, everything will naturally vanish like smoke."

Having said that.

His long spear pointed straight at the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu's brow.

The Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu had no choice but to completely abandon the Thousand Soul Banner and fight the enemy seriously.

But just as the two were fighting fiercely.

A red-gold fishing rod swept toward him horizontally.

Looking again.

The middle-aged man, Daoist Xuan Yu, had already used some kind of sealing method to temporarily seal the Three-Eyed Ghost Elephant in place.

Controlling his magic treasure, he joined Zhou Dinghai to form a pincer attack on the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu.

Seeing that the Three-Eyed Ghost Elephant couldn't break through the seal in a short time.

The Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu, fighting one against two, was soon defeated; he was hit hard in the back by the fishing rod magic treasure, flew a hundred zhang in the air, his eyes splitting with rage.

Crushing defeat.

He was only one person; how could he be the opponent of two great powerhouses of the same rank?

But just as Zhou Dinghai's long spear swelled dozens of times, about to deliver a fatal blow to the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu—

A young man in white suddenly appeared in front of the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu.

He gave a strange smile at Zhou Dinghai and the other.

And then crushed the talisman in his hand.

In an instant.

He and the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu disappeared from the spot out of thin air.

Daoist Xuan Yu was startled:

"Great Teleportation Talisman!"

Li Rui had left the cave through Earth Escape.

By the time he appeared.

The war had already ended.

Those soldiers of Annan Town who had been waiting outside for orders swarmed up and were cleaning the battlefield.

The Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha had also received his message and left the cave.

Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong also saw Li Rui walking over.

"Brother Li."

The two quickened their pace and came to Li Rui's side.

Nie Siming laughed heartily: "My thoughts are clear; I've long been unhappy with these Purple Chai Jingong remnants, and today I've finally vented my anger."

A fierce tiger is indeed terrifying.

But if it comes to being annoying, it has to be fleas.

The Purple Chai Jingong remnants were those blood-sucking fleas.

Many people in Qinghe had died in assassinations by the Purple Chai Jingong, and he had long been extremely disgusted.

Yuan Xiong also smiled and said: "It's just a pity that the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu ran away."

Li Rui was surprised.

Tonight, two great Second-Rank powerhouses had taken action.

And Zhou Dinghai and Xuan Yu were both considered extremely outstanding existences in the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm.

Yet they were still able to let the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu escape.

Nie Siming took over the conversation: "It was a mysterious young man in white; he actually had a Great Teleportation Talisman in his hand."

Li Rui suddenly understood.

That Great Teleportation Talisman was a top-grade talisman.

Top-grade talismans were very useful even against Third-Rankers, and that Great Teleportation Talisman was a life-saving artifact that could teleport thousands of miles in an instant, making it impossible to find.

Of course, it was extremely rare.

There were very few people in the world who could draw a Great Teleportation Talisman.

Li Rui knew a lot about talisman Dao, so he knew even better how precious that Great Teleportation Talisman was.

It was a bit of a pity.

This time, it was a killing trap he had specifically set for the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu.

As a result, that scoundrel still escaped.

Li Rui didn't feel too much resentment.

It could only be said that the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu's life was not yet meant to end.

He had also recovered the Thousand Soul Banner; after this battle, the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu would probably need a long time to recover his vitality.

Li Rui's mouth curled up slightly.

Ten years ago, the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu was still an unreachable existence for him, and he didn't even dare to think about seeking revenge.

But now, he even dared to plot against the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu.

This was the change brought about by strength.

Just as Li Rui was talking to Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong.

Zhou Dinghai and Daoist Xuan Yu came together.

From afar, they heard Zhou Dinghai's hearty laughter: "Official Li, you deserve the first merit for this battle; I will certainly report it to His Majesty."

Li Rui said modestly: "It is the merit of General Zhou and Daoist Xuan Yu; I only provided some information."

"Official Li, no need to be overly modest."

Zhou Dinghai waved his hand.

At the same time, Daoist Xuan Yu also gave a Daoist salute to Li Rui and said with a smile: "Official Li."

Li Rui returned the salute: "Daoist Xuan Yu."

The two great powerhouses were very good to him.

He took the opportunity to say: "Daoist Xuan Yu, there are still some follow-up matters to deal with; for these days, I will temporarily not stay at your sect, and I will trouble you to look after Changqing Peak."

Don't look at the fact that the Sect Master of the Qingwei Sect is the Great True Person Qing Ding.

But in fact, that Great True Person is in seclusion ninety percent of the time and rarely seen.

The sect's affairs have always been managed by his first and second disciples.

Daoist Xuan Yu carries a lot of weight in the Qingwei Sect.

"Official Li, rest assured."

Daoist Xuan Yu agreed without thinking.

Li Rui then smiled and bowed again.

Afterwards.

The three from the Qingwei Sect returned to their sect first.

After cleaning up the battlefield.

Zhou Dinghai led the crowd back to Qinghe, and Li Rui followed along.

Accompanying them to Qinghe was also the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha.

In a huge pond in the backyard of the General's Mansion in Annan Town.

A huge vermilion toad was basking in the sun with its snow-white belly turned up.

This scene was seen by the servants in the mansion.

One by one, they looked as if they had seen a monster.

And Li Rui was sitting by the pond.

The Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha spoke: "Brother Li, you must help me keep an eye on my affairs; once I become the Chijiang Shen, as long as it's not Marquis Yuan in Yunzhou, I will block it for you."

Indeed.

Ever since it came down from the Ten Thousand Mountains, the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha had been staying at Li Rui's mansion.

Who told him to be the one who recruited the demon? Naturally, he had to manage it.

After spending some time together.

He successfully became the little brother of the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha.

The Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha was a Second-Rank Great Demon; if it were normal times, he should be the one currying favor with it, but it was only because the situation was special that he could find such a big brother as the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha.

Others didn't know.

Li Rui was as clear as a mirror in his heart.

The Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha was already the nailed-down Chijiang Shen.

It was just that the Rites Ministry's procedures were too long and would take some time.

The Chijiang Shen, shouldn't he curry favor well?

"Li Laoge, rest assured, I have been urging this matter."

Li Rui laughed.

It wasn't that his intentions were impure, but that the Chijiang Shen's matter wasn't decided by him; even if it was a sure thing, there might be some variables.

If he promised with a pat on his chest now.

And something happened.

Then it would be making an enemy of a Heavenly Phenomenon Great Demon for no reason, which wasn't worth it.

Li Rui wouldn't do such a thing of making enemies for no reason.

"Brother Frog, tell me again about that Tongxuan Spirit-Guiding theory."

Li Rui didn't expect.

The Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha, a Great Demon, actually knew the human cultivation system very well.

Although all paths merge after the Top Three Ranks.

It was said that demon cultivators had even appeared in the north.

But it still truly surprised Li Rui.

Having such a good opportunity, he naturally had to seize the time to ask for advice.

Among the people he knew, Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong were also just beginning to enter Tongxuan, and He Qiannian had stayed in Tongxuan for a hundred years, but because his path was too unique, he couldn't guide Li Rui.

This Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha was just right.

The Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha said lazily:

"Tongxuan focuses on nourishing the spirit, using one's own spiritual energy to connect with heaven and earth, divided into three stages."

"Directly divided into early, middle, and late stages."

"Using one's own spiritual energy to trigger the power of heaven and earth within a radius of ten zhang is the early stage, one li is the middle stage, and ten li is the late stage."

"If one can reach a hundred li, that is entering Heavenly Phenomenon."

Seizing the creation of heaven and earth for a hundred li!

Li Rui's heart shook.

He had once seen powerhouses above Heavenly Phenomenon take action; every move was full of phenomena.

It was truly the demeanor of an immortal.

Ten zhang, one li, ten li.

He had also heard this theory before, but at the time he just listened to it as a story; he didn't expect that he would reach that step himself today.

The Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha continued: "Whether it's demons or humans, once they reach this level, their practice is about the same; it's all about using one's own spiritual energy to trigger the power of heaven and earth for one's own use, at most the form of expression is different."

It talked eloquently.

It knew a lot about the Top Three Ranks.

Not only because all paths merge after the Top Three Ranks.

But also because of its own bizarre experiences in the past.

Li Rui only learned after listening to the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha's own account that the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha was once the number one in the Yu Kingdom of the previous generation, the demon pet of that Sword Saint Liu Taibai.

Calling it a demon pet is actually not quite accurate.

The Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha was taken in by Liu Taibai in its early years and had always been by his side.

It was only after Liu Taibai passed away that the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha went to the Wu Kingdom.

Influenced by that number one in the world of the previous generation, it knew a lot about human cultivation matters.

Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha: "Brother Li, I once heard Mr. Liu say that this Tongxuan Realm is also called the Miaoxuan Realm in the Upper Realm, mysterious and mysterious, the gate of all mysteries; this realm is the key to enlightenment."

"The word 'Dao', when spoken of, is mysterious, but in fact, it's not that complicated."

"Heaven and earth are originally composed of many Great Daos; being able to glimpse one of them is enough to benefit for a lifetime."

"For example, your good brother Jiang Linxian, a natural sword Dao embryo."

"Generally speaking, one only has the qualifications to comprehend the Great Dao after reaching the peak of Tongxuan; one must be extremely cautious in choosing the Great Dao, otherwise it is very likely to fall into the struggle of the Great Dao."

"These were all told to me by Mr. Liu."

Li Rui's eyes lit up.

He had also heard the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha's theory about Dao from Jiang Linxian and the others.

The Great Dao cultivated in the Top Three Ranks is mostly related to the previous Qi form.

Sword-form true qi comprehends the sword Dao.

Like Jiang Linxian.

Spear-form true qi comprehends the spear Dao.

Like Yuan Dingting, Nie Siming, and Yuan Xiong.

He had also heard Wu De say that most of the cultivation world cultivates the Five Elements Great Dao, so spiritual roots are crucial; mixed spiritual roots are the lowest, three spiritual roots are medium, single spiritual roots are top-grade, and variant spiritual roots are supreme.

This is because the purer the spiritual root, the easier it is to comprehend the Great Dao.

One has a huge advantage from birth.

That's why the major immortal sects admire and pursue them the most.

Perhaps because of his dragon-form true qi, Li Rui has water spiritual roots, top-grade spiritual roots.

Comprehending the Five Elements Great Dao of Water is the most suitable.

Of course, this is not absolute.

And the distance is still very far.

On the world martial arts evaluation, there are more than five hundred people, but in the end, only more than eighty can comprehend the Great Dao and rank among the Second-Rank.

That is to say, only twenty percent of Third-Rankers can achieve Second-Rank.

As for First-Rank, that is even fewer.

The reason why it is so difficult from Third-Rank to Second-Rank is because of this enlightenment.

Only by comprehending a wisp of the Great Dao can one break through and achieve the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm.

But there are too few people who can comprehend the Great Dao.

As for the struggle of the Great Dao mentioned by the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha, he had never heard of it.

Li Rui: "Brother Frog, what do you mean by the struggle of the Great Dao?"

Upon hearing this.

The Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha knew it had made a slip of the tongue and laughed: "This matter concerns heavenly secrets and cannot be said much; you just need to know to be more careful in choosing the Great Dao, it's best not to collide with others, especially those First-Rank guys."

Li Rui: "Many thanks for the reminder, Brother Frog."

Although he was still far from comprehending the Great Dao, it was never wrong to learn more in advance.

He asked many more questions in one breath.

Only then did he leave satisfied.

Back in his room.

Li Rui began to study the art of talismans again.

What the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha just said was Dao; the six arts of cultivation like talismans can only be counted as arts, and martial arts moves are also arts.

Dao is indeed high and far.

But arts cannot be ignored either.

In the process of seeking Dao, most of the time is actually life.

In these times, the role of arts is great

Lightly, it concerns obtaining resources; heavily, it concerns life and death.

In this aspect, cultivators are indeed much more powerful than pure martial artists, no wonder it's hard for body cultivators in the cultivation world to get ahead.

After all, fighting and killing don't happen every day.

Li Rui thought the same.

Having many skills doesn't weigh one down.

Learning more is never wrong,

Now his talisman art can be considered to have entered the hall, able to draw medium-grade talismans, no longer as weak as before, and can play a significant role even in battle.

With a thought.

A yellow talisman turned into a middle-aged man.

Looking at his aura, he already had the strength of a Fifth-Rank!

Li Rui's mouth curled up slightly.

This clone talisman finally made a name for him.

"Alright, from now on you stay in the mansion and be a guest."

The middle-aged man bowed: "Yes, Master."

The smile on Li Rui's mouth grew wider.

Actually, he was just self-directing and self-acting just now.

The middle-aged man turned from the talisman was completely controlled by him; this feeling was very wonderful.

It was just a bad taste.

The middle-aged man turned back into a talisman.

A small white flag flew out from Li Rui's sleeve again, swelled instantly, and turned into a large banner the height of a man.

It was precisely the Thousand Soul Banner recovered from the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu.

After these days of refining, the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu's traces had been completely erased.

Li Rui used the Thousand Soul Banner with his current Tongxuan Realm cultivation.

The power was truly extraordinary.

Quite a bit of the style of those old demons.

Li Rui certainly wouldn't show it to others at will, but it was most suitable as a trump card.

Changqing Qi was exhaled from his mouth.

He began to continue refining the Thousand Soul Banner according to the incantation of that evil method.

Cultivation is just like this.

Not a bit idle.

Li Rui often practiced for a day and a night, and the days passed quickly.

In a blink, a month passed.

A magnificent and gorgeous carriage slowly drove into the Annan Town camp under the escort of Annan Town cavalry.

Led by Zhou Dinghai.

Xue Gui, Nie Siming, Yuan Xiong, and Li Rui all came forward together.

Besides that.

There was also the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha.

This was also the first time the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha had appeared openly since coming to Qinghe; before, it had always stayed at Li Rui's mansion and had never left the mansion once.

The reason why it was so ostentatious today.

Naturally, it was because the carriage had come from the capital.

The carriage stopped slowly in front of the few people.

The curtain was lifted.

They saw an old eunuch with a kind face and white eyebrows and hair get off; along with the old eunuch, there was also Vice Minister Wang of the Rites Ministry.

As soon as Vice Minister Wang got off the carriage, he smiled and cupped his hands at Zhou Dinghai and the others:

"Everyone, long time no see."

He had been an envoy to the Wu Kingdom last time and had quite a friendship with everyone in front of him.

While speaking, he looked at the Heavenly Ox Zhu Ha, who was standing at the back of the crowd and was a full zhang tall.

He was secretly shocked in his heart.

Sealing the God of Mountains and Rivers was the responsibility of the Rites Ministry.

This was also the reason why he appeared in Qinghe.

However, relying solely on him, a Third-Rank Vice Minister, he naturally couldn't seal a great god like the Chijiang Shen, so the old eunuch beside him was personally named by the Holy Emperor to leave the capital.

After greeting.

Vice Minister Wang introduced: "This is Eunuch Hong from the palace."

Upon hearing the two words "Eunuch Hong."

Li Rui's pupils contracted slightly.

In the imperial palace, there was only one eunuch who could be treated with courtesy by a high official like Vice Minister Wang, and that was the Chief Eunuch of the Ceremonial Secretariat, Hong Huang!

A great eunuch who was bestowed with a large red python robe!

Eunuch Hong laughed: "This old servant is here under the Holy Emperor's decree to read the imperial edict."

This kind-faced appearance.

Was completely different from the rumors of him torturing and killing two Second-Rank Heavenly Phenomenon people!

(End of chapter)