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, the barbarians of the Northern Plains have been in constant friction with the Yu Kingdom since its founding.

The Northern Defense Army is the strongest of the four regional armies.

Back then, it was personally led by Yuan Dingting, and a group of fierce generals like Yuan Xiong and Nie Siming were all tempered on the northern battlefield.

Wasn't it all caused by the barbarians invading south year after year?

Yao Xue: "Little Uncle Master said that the place in the Northern Plains was our Yu Kingdom's territory during the time of the Great Ancestor, so the spirit mine should rightfully be our Yu Kingdom's property."

Upon hearing this.

Li Rui's mouth twitched.

The Northern Plains have always been a place of exile, always despised and shamed by the people of the Central Plains; before, 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 could be a little less.

The world is changing.

More and more spirit mines will appear.

Li Rui pondered slightly, took more than ten 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 talismans, her heart warming.

The Wenxian Tower is now in decline.

Only three people are left.

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

Naturally, there is an extra sense of closeness.

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

Yao Xue burst into laughter.

Three days later.

Yao Xue left Qinghe and headed north.

Half a month passed.

Li Rui heard the news that the Yu Kingdom and the Northern Polar Demon Sect were confronting each other with troops, with a posture of being ready to fight at the slightest disagreement.

"This Northern Polar Demon Sect should actually be called the Northern Polar Immortal Sect, but it accepts all without discrimination, and there are many demonic and demon cultivators, which is why it was called a Demon Sect."

"We have always been at odds with those barbarians in the Northern Plains; it's not that easy to negotiate."

General's Mansion, in the courtyard.

Nie Siming said while warming wine.

He had stayed in the north for more than ten years and had quite a lot of connections.

So he knew much more about the affairs 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 in places that don't border them, the Yu Kingdom's imperial court would want to have a hand in it.

No one would go against spirit stones.

Li Rui had heard that there were immortal dynasties in the cultivation world, and the imperial court must 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 descended to the lower realm to go sightseeing?

They came to rob!

As long as you clarify this layer of 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 by lip service like in the Ten Thousand Mountains; war is inevitable.

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

"It's just a pity that I don't have the chance to go north again."

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

Nie Siming likes the battlefield.

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

Second, it is related to the Great Dao.

Upon reaching the Tongxuan Realm, even if it is only the early stage, one has to consider the Great Dao.

He had heard Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong say this before.

War is very important for the Great Dao of the two of them.

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

Li Rui: "Brother Nie, rest assured, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Nie Siming nodded.

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

Li Rui was speechless.

He didn't expect that his advice 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 Siming's eyes shone.

Although both had broken through for many years, because Li Rui had always been in the Profound Clarity Sect or busy with other matters, they had never fought even once.

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

They were both old acquaintances.

They skipped the pleasantries directly.

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 in the early stage of the Tongxuan Realm, with the power of heaven and earth within ten feet gathered in his body, extremely overbearing.

Li Rui also became interested.

The Zhan Jiao at his waist unsheathed.

Nie Siming's overbearing external martial arts were already quite impressive in the early stage of the Tongxuan Realm.

The next instant.

Blade and spear collided.

An invisible shockwave rippled 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 Siming collided constantly.

The violent power of heaven and earth raged in 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 had actually been decided.

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

The dust settled.

And Nie Siming was seen walking out of the large pit in a disheveled state.

"I lost."

Nie Siming admitted defeat very straightforwardly, just like his spear intent, without the slightest hesitation.

Although he was defeated, his eyes were even brighter.

"Brother Li, you are truly incredible."

Nie Siming lost with complete conviction.

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

Li Rui laughed: "Lucky."

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

He was not 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 Tongxuan martial artist, gaining something is a great thing.

After 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.

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

If both of them hadn't been holding back just now, it wouldn't have taken many moves before the entire General's Mansion would have been overturned.

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.

Night fell.

Li Rui returned to his room early.

The Wan Gu Chang Qing Art was in operation.

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 Art as if it were thirsty.

Along with it.

The Dao Fetus was also flashing with divine luster at the same time.

He was one of the few people in the world who had 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 is expensive.

To be precise, it is expensive in spirit stones.

How many spirit stones he needs, the Dao Fetus needs just as many; it was still manageable in the early stage, but by the middle stage, even with Li Rui's family fortune, it started to become a bit tight.

There's no other way.

Who told him to eat a double portion?

Of course, others couldn't even beg for it.

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

Let's just say this.

Standing in front of 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 Chunfeng Hall is getting bigger and bigger, and coupled with his status as a guardian, he can barely maintain it.

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

After finishing cultivation.

He then dove into the bed 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 soul impact at all, and his steps were extremely steady.

Yet he did not 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 soul impact.

That was why he summarized his experience.

Save strength on every step.

Don't look at how each time it only adds a wisp, but adding them up over 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 looked 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 the next step again.

His body began to sway slightly.

The current soul impact had become terrifyingly strong.

Even he found it strenuous.

Instantly.

The Changqing qi shrouded his entire body, offsetting the soul impact.

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

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

Six steps!

Taking a deep breath.

He stepped out with one foot again.

The terrifying soul impact made his body sway even more.

At this time.

The Dao Fetus little person who had been sitting cross-legged in his dantian 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 stabilized himself.

He stepped down with a fierce step.

This time.

He had almost no 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 vast white jade square, as wide as the sea, and the jade buildings 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 time.

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

"In the sky, Bai Yu Capital, twelve towers and five cities. The immortal strokes my head, tying my hair to receive longevity."

(End of chapter)