Chapter 426

Li Rui was startled.

Another spirit mine has appeared!

This is a major event for the country.

And it's in the Northern Plains, which makes the matter very tricky.

One must know that the barbarians of the Northern Plains have been in constant friction with the Yu Kingdom since its founding.

The Northern Garrison is the strongest of the four armies.

Back then, it was led by Yuan Yuan Dingting himself, and a group of fierce generals like Yuan Xiong and Nie Nie Siming were all tempered in the battlefields of the north.

Isn't it because of the barbarians invading south year after year?

Yao Xue: "Little Uncle-Master said that the place in the Northern Plains was the territory of our Yu Kingdom during the time of the Founding Emperor, and the spirit mine should rightfully be the property of our Yu Kingdom."

Hearing this.

Li Rui's mouth twitched.

The Northern Plains have always been a place of exile, always despised and shamed by people of the Central Plains; in the past, they looked down on it and let the barbarians invade south, but now it has become the territory of the Great Yu.

It's nothing more than finding an excuse to intervene.

Who told the Yu Kingdom to be strong enough?

Even in the South Sea, they could find an excuse.

Li Rui chuckled.

'That's fine.'

With another spirit mine appearing, the pressure on the Ten Thousand Mountains spirit mine can be a little less.

Heaven and earth have changed greatly.

Spirit mines will only appear more and more.

Li Rui pondered slightly, then took a dozen talismans from his bosom and stuffed them all to Yao Xue: "These are all life-saving talismans; maybe you can use them."

Yao Xue looked at the full pile of talismans, her heart warming.

The Wenxian Tower is now talent-depleted.

Only three people remain.

Her master, Old Daoist Zhang, has completely let go and gone into seclusion; to put it bluntly, the only people she can rely on are Little Uncle-Master Gu Gu Changsheng and Li Rui.

Naturally, there is an extra sense of closeness.

Li Rui: "They are just little trinkets; take them, otherwise your Uncle-Master Gu will say I'm stingy."

Yao Xue burst out laughing.

Three days later.

Yao Xue left Qinghe and headed north.

Half a month passed.

Li Rui heard news that the Yu Kingdom and the Beiji Demon Sect were confronting each other with troops, looking like they would start a big fight if they didn't agree.

"This Beiji Demon Sect should actually be called the Beiji Immortal Sect, but because they don't discriminate in teaching and have many demonic and demon cultivators, they were called the Demon Sect."

"We were already not on good terms with those barbarians in the north; negotiating won't be that easy."

General's Mansion, in the courtyard.

Nie Nie Siming said while warming wine.

He had stayed in the north for over a decade and had quite a lot of connections.

So he knew much more about things in the north than Li Rui.

Li Rui nodded:

"There's no other way."

How important is a spirit mine?

Not to mention in the Northern Plains, even if it were a non-contiguous place, the Yu Kingdom's imperial court would have to intervene.

No one would go against spirit stones.

Li Rui heard that there are also immortal dynasties in the cultivation world, and the imperial court should have had the idea of imitating them.

Whether it's an immortal dynasty or an immortal sect, what is most important?

Spirit stones, spirit elixirs, and immortal arts.

Among them, spirit stones are of vital importance.

Otherwise, do you really think those exiled immortals came to this realm to sightsee?

They came to rob!

As long as you clarify this relationship, you will know that this battle is unavoidable.

The spirit mine is related to the future of the Yu Kingdom.

To put it broadly, this is a struggle for national destiny.

Since it is a struggle, it is impossible for everything to be solved with words like in the Ten Thousand Mountains; war is inevitable.

A flash of excitement crossed Nie Nie Siming's eyes, rubbing his hands:

"It's just a pity that there's no chance to go north again."

Li Rui looked at Nie Nie Siming's appearance of wanting to rush to the battlefield and shook his head slightly.

Nie Nie Siming likes the battlefield.

On one hand, it's because his cultivation method originates from the Military Saint Yuan Yuan Dingting, he is good at fighting, and in war, his cultivation speed is even faster; it's as if he was born for the battlefield.

Second, it concerns the Great Dao.

Upon reaching the Below Tongxuan Realm, even if it's just the initial stage, one has to consider the Great Dao.

He had heard Nie Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong both say.

War is very important to their Great Dao.

Even why Yuan Yuan Dingting changed from Viceroy to Marquis is related to that mysterious Great Dao.

Li Rui: "Brother Nie, don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Nie Nie Siming nodded.

Then he looked at Li Rui with high fighting spirit: "Brother Li, why don't we spar first?"

Li Rui was speechless.

He didn't expect that his persuasion would bring trouble to himself.

However, he didn't refuse.

"Then let's come."

The two immediately came to the drill ground of the General's Mansion.

Nie Nie Siming's eyes shone.

Although both had broken through for many years, because Li Rui had always been in the Qingwei Sect or busy with other things, they hadn't sparred even once.

Today, having finally found an opportunity, he naturally couldn't let it go.

They were old acquaintances.

They skipped the pleasantries directly.

Nie Nie Siming's spear came out like a dragon, killing toward Li Rui.

He had broken through earlier than Li Rui, and now, like Li Rui, he was at the initial stage of the Below Tongxuan Realm, with the power of heaven and earth within ten feet gathered in his body, making him incomparably overbearing.

Li Rui also became interested.

The Zhan Jiao at his waist unsheathed.

Nie Nie Siming's overbearing external martial arts were already quite remarkable at the initial stage of the Below Tongxuan Realm.

The next instant.

Blade and spear collided.

An invisible shockwave swept across the drill ground, sweeping away pieces of willow leaves.

At this time.

Liang He, who happened to return from the Tiandi Alliance, heard the movement and rushed over, seeing the two fighting, his eyes widened.

Li Rui and Nie Nie Siming collided continuously.

The violent power of heaven and earth raged on the drill ground.

In the blink of an eye.

The drill ground, which was two acres in size, was blasted with countless large pits by the aftermath of the battle.

What Liang He never expected was.

It was only a moment.

A winner was decided.

Li Rui smashed Nie Nie Siming into the earth with one blade, and dust instantly shrouded the drill ground.

The dust dissipated.

And he saw Nie Nie Siming walking out of the large pit in a disheveled state.

"I lost."

Nie Nie Siming admitted defeat very straightforwardly, just like his spear intent, without any awkwardness.

Although he lost, his eyes were brighter.

"Brother Li, you are truly remarkable."

Nie Nie Siming lost with complete conviction.

Although he still had many means he hadn't used, based on his understanding of Li Rui, the other party would only hide more than him.

Li Rui chuckled: "Luck."

Nie Nie Siming grinned: "I'll go back and practice, and we'll fight again another day."

He wasn't afraid of losing.

He was only afraid of losing without gaining anything.

Fighting Li Rui today, although he lost, he gained a lot.

For a Below Tongxuan martial artist, gaining something is a great thing.

After Nie Nie Siming finished speaking, he turned and left in a hurry.

Li Rui then looked at his eldest disciple, Liang He, who was watching with his mouth agape.

"Xiao He, call some people to fill this place back up."

If they hadn't been holding back just now, the entire General's Mansion would have been overturned in a few moves.

This is the power of the Top Three Ranks.

Liang He nodded.

He had seen the great battle just now with his own eyes.

What is called immortals fighting!

A fire seemed to be ignited in his heart; if one had enough powerful strength, could one overturn everything?

Just a moment ago.

Liang He's heart of a powerhouse became even firmer.

At night.

Li Rui returned to his room early.

The Wan Gu Chang Qing Gong operated.

The medium-grade spirit stones before him shattered one after another, and the spiritual energy in the room became instantly dense.

Then it was all absorbed into his body by the Wan Gu Chang Qing Gong as if it were starving.

Along with it.

The Dao fetus was also flashing with divine brilliance at the same time.

He is one of the few people in the world who has nurtured a Dao fetus.

The function of the Dao fetus is very obvious.

That is, his spiritual energy is far stronger than that of ordinary cultivators and martial artists; it should be said that his combat power is almost doubled.

Otherwise, how could he suppress Chen Ming with a wave of his hand?

But there is one drawback, and that is that it costs money.

To be precise, it costs spirit stones.

He needs as many spirit stones as the Dao fetus needs; it was still manageable at the initial stage, but upon reaching the middle stage, even with Li Rui's family fortune, it started to become tight.

No way.

Who told him to eat double portions?

Of course, others couldn't beg for it even if they wanted to.

This is something that can break through limits; the higher the realm, the more obvious the effect.

Let's just put it this way.

Standing before you are two Yuan Dingtings; even the world's number one, Gao Tianxia, would have to weigh things carefully if he saw them.

Fortunately, Liu Tong is capable, the business of the Chunfeng Hall is getting bigger and bigger, and coupled with his status as a garrison commander, he can barely maintain it.

Li Rui had also long been thinking about ways to open up sources.

After cultivating.

He then crawled into the quilt and fell asleep.

Opening his eyes again, the clouds and mist dissipated.

The white jade steps appeared before his eyes.

Li Rui looked up.

He lifted his foot and stepped onto the first step.

At this time, he was not affected by the impact on his divine soul at all, and his steps were extremely steady.

But he didn't accelerate because of this.

He still climbed upward at a uniform speed.

Unlike Wu De, he could try countless times.

Every night, he would climb the white jade steps once, knowing every step by heart and understanding the situation of every impact on his divine soul.

That's why he summarized his experience.

Conserve strength on every step.

Don't look at how each time it only increases by a wisp, but adding up a thousand steps is extremely considerable.

Half an hour later.

Li Rui finally walked to the highest point of the white jade steps.

If this scene were seen by Wu De, his jaw would definitely drop.

Li Rui habitually glanced behind him.

After too many observations, he could already determine whether Wu De would appear through the aura of the Taixu Dao Field.

After confirming that Wu De would not appear.

He then stepped onto another step again.

His body began to sway slightly.

The impact on his divine soul was now terrifyingly powerful.

Even he was struggling.

Instantly.

The Mount Changqing Qi shrouded his body, offsetting the impact on his divine soul.

Li Rui's right foot stepped firmly onto the next white jade step.

He glanced at the end of the steps, which was close at hand.

Six steps!

Taking a deep breath.

He stepped out with another foot again.

The terrifying impact on his divine soul made his body sway even more.

At this time.

The Dao fetus little person, who had been sitting cross-legged in his body, suddenly sat up.

The surging spiritual energy instantly poured into Li Rui's body, and the spiritual power that had shown signs of drying up became full again.

The effect of the Dao fetus appeared!

Li Rui's figure paused, and he stood firm.

He stepped down violently.

This time.

He didn't have much hesitation.

One step, two steps, three steps... five steps!

Five steps in a row.

When Li Rui raised his head, he could almost see the wide white jade square, which looked like a vast sea, and the jade buildings and towers that appeared on the square.

It was no different from the legendary immortal palace.

'Is this the place where the immortals comprehended the Dao back then?'

Li Rui was deeply shocked.

And just at this moment.

A faint, ethereal low chant came to Li Rui's ears.

"In the sky, the White Jade Capital, twelve towers and five cities. The immortal strokes my head, and I receive eternal life."

(End of chapter)