Chapter 440

Early morning.

Li Rui woke up from his bed, feeling refreshed and invigorated.

Although he didn't go to listen to Master Master Wanshou's Dao last night, he received good news from Wu De.

The Lotus Heart Formation was lost in this realm, but it still existed in the cultivation world.

It was not difficult to find.

Besides this, Wu De even agreed to help find a high-grade cultivation method for hiding energy.

This was undoubtedly an unexpected joy for Li Rui.

After finishing his morning practice.

Li Rui pushed the door open and went out; with the Lotus Heart Formation settled, he was in a great mood.

He practiced martial arts in the courtyard until noon.

Then he saw Yuan Xiong walk in.

"Old Brother Li, don't you want to go out and move around?"

Yuan Xiong looked at Li Rui, who was practicing in the courtyard, and said with a smile.

Ever since Li Rui came to the spirit mine.

He had spent ninety-nine percent of his time in the residence and rarely went out.

So much so that many people didn't even know that Li Rui, this guardian, was also at the spirit mine.

Li Rui: "The spirit mine has rich spiritual energy, which is best for cultivation; I can't bear to go out."

Yuan Xiong was speechless.

He considered himself an extremely hardworking person, but compared to Li Rui.

He still had to practice.

No wonder Li Rui was a late bloomer; even at nearly a hundred years old, he could still be so brave and diligent. Besides his own good talent, it was inseparable from his diligence and caution, which had remained the same for a hundred years.

Yuan Xiong admired him from the bottom of his heart.

Restraining oneself for a day or a month is not difficult, but to be like Li Rui, who has been like this for a lifetime, is something ordinary people cannot do.

"Old Brother Li, have you heard? The spirit mine in the Northern Plains has also produced high-grade spirit stones."

Yuan Xiong said.

Li Rui nodded: "I've heard a little."

Although he didn't step out of his door, his understanding of outside information was not lacking at all.

Didn't people come to send him letters every few days?

When a spirit mine is first discovered, it is highly likely to produce high-grade spirit stones.

So there were countless people watching it early on.

Once it was discovered, it would be a bloody storm.

The Ten Thousand Mountains had already seen one such occurrence.

Yuan Xiong: "I don't know who it will fall to in the end; we should know in a few more days."

He was thousands of miles away from Li Rui and had official duties.

Naturally, he couldn't get involved in this matter.

"Let's just wait for news from Second Brother and the others."

Yuan Xiong continued to speak to himself.

Hearing Yuan Xiong mention Second Brother, Li Rui couldn't help but laugh: "You brothers are truly one more fierce than the other."

Yuan Yuan Dingting had a total of seven adopted sons.

Ever since the youngest, Yuan Xiong and Nie Nie Siming, broke through one after another.

Now, everyone had reached the top three ranks.

Among them, Yuan Xiong's eldest and second brothers were even stronger figures of the Heavenly Elephant Realm, with unfathomable strength.

This time, the war in the north was tight.

The imperial court was helpless and finally had to ask Yuan Yuan Dingting to borrow people; a total of three went, and the leader among them was the Second Brother in Yuan Xiong's words.

Li Rui had heard about it.

Yuan Yuan Dingting's three adopted sons had all made great military achievements in the Northern Plains.

Even he, who was far away in the south, had heard of them like thunder.

Yuan Xiong was first proud, and then felt a burst of envy:

"If I had known, I wouldn't have come to guard this spirit mine."

Every time he heard about his brothers galloping on the battlefield in the north, he felt a longing in his heart.

By comparison.

The spirit mine in the Ten Thousand Mountains was divided among three parties, forming a delicate balance; there were small conflicts, but large-scale wars were almost impossible to break out.

Even the last attack by demonic cultivators was just a small scuffle in Yuan Xiong's eyes.

How could it compare to the pleasure of hundreds of thousands of troops facing off?

Li Rui didn't have this trouble like Yuan Xiong; he preferred a stable environment, as only then could it be convenient for his long-term cultivation.

Troubled times were not a good thing.

Enjoying leisure in this place was a blessing that one couldn't even ask for.

As Yuan Xiong spoke, he glanced at the Wei Wang residence not far away: "This Wei Wang of ours truly has a big appetite; a batch of high-quality spirit stones was intercepted by him recently; it seems he is thinking of using massive spiritual energy to pile up a Heavenly Elephant Realm expert."

Li Rui just smiled.

He naturally knew about this matter too.

But the spirit mine belonged to the imperial court, which meant it belonged to the Emperor, and the Emperor's son wanted to use spirit stones.

What could he and Yuan Xiong say?

At most, it was just watching to make sure things didn't go too far.

Zhu Gan acted overbearingly, and neither Li Rui nor Yuan Xiong wanted to offend a prince to death for the time being.

Li Rui and Yuan Xiong chatted for a long time.

Afterward, the two went to a remote place outside the spirit mine to spar.

In the end, Li Rui naturally won.

And it was a big win.

Yuan Xiong considered himself not a weakling among the Below Tongxuan, and he had even entered the top one thousand in the world's martial arts rankings.

But in the sparring, he was completely suppressed, had no power to fight back at all, and was finally slapped into the ground by Li Rui with one palm.

Although he lost, Yuan Xiong was even more excited.

Being able to have an opponent like Li Rui was the only fun he had guarding the spirit mine.

Yuan Xiong left with satisfaction.

Li Rui's life returned to normal.

This day.

Late at night.

The cold moonlight shone on Li Rui, and the evergreen energy became more and more vigorous.

Hu.

Li Rui exhaled a long breath of turbid air.

Another day.

Ever since becoming a cultivator, the days had passed by very quickly.

The emotion only stayed in his heart for a moment.

Li Rui lay down.

Opening his eyes again, he arrived at the Grand Void Dojo using the Great Dream Immortal Wandering method.

Just as he was preparing to ascend the white jade steps as usual.

He suddenly sensed movement behind him.

A trace of joy flashed in his eyes, and turning his head, he saw a chubby Daoist looking at Li Rui with a grin.

Wu De was also somewhat surprised to see Li Rui.

Less than ten days had passed since they last met; ten days for a cultivator was truly just the blink of an eye.

Such frequent meetings made both of them somewhat surprised.

Wu De immediately beamed with joy:

"Fellow Daoist Zhu, what a coincidence; I was just thinking that it would take a few more days before I could send the things to you."

Li Rui understood the meaning in Wu De's words.

Found it!

Ripples couldn't help but rise in his heart, but his expression didn't change at all: "Oh, Fellow Daoist Wu has found it?"

Wu De nodded:

"It's shameful to say, but my ability is truly average; I only found the Lotus Heart Formation, and the energy-hiding method still needs time; however, Fellow Daoist Zhu, you can rest assured; I, Wu De, have always had a good reputation in my work, and I will definitely not let you down."

"Meeting at the Grand Void Dojo is very troublesome; it's better to find a place to meet directly."

"What does Fellow Daoist Zhu think?"

Li Rui examined Wu De with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

Wu De's move was clearly because he was worried that after he found the things, Li Rui would turn his back and refuse to acknowledge the debt.

The Grand Void Dojo was a place where reality and illusion intersected, and he couldn't do anything to Li Rui.

That is to say.

Today's Lotus Heart Formation was a deposit; if Li Rui wanted the energy-hiding method, he had to pay and receive the goods offline.

'If I'm not mistaken, Wu De should have already found the energy-hiding method.'

Li Rui pondered in his heart, but agreed directly with his mouth: "I will follow Fellow Daoist Wu's suggestion."

Upon hearing this.

Wu De was suddenly overjoyed.

He didn't expect Li Rui to agree so readily.

Not bad.

He naturally had already found the Lotus Heart Formation and the energy-hiding method.

The Lotus Heart Formation was lost in Li Rui's realm, but in the cultivation world, it was just an ordinary Third-Rank formation, which was just a small effort for Wu De.

But that energy-hiding method was far too valuable.

So Wu De had first taken out the insignificant Lotus Heart Formation to take the opportunity to make a request.

The guard in Wu De's heart lessened quite a bit.

He immediately told Li Rui all the mental methods of the Lotus Heart Formation.

Li Rui obtained the Lotus Heart Formation.

And exchanged a meeting location with Wu De.

Afterward, he pretended that the time was up and took the initiative to leave the Grand Void Dojo.

Meeting up?

Naturally, that was impossible.

He had no way to go to the cultivation world, so how could he meet Wu De?

Wu De coveted the opportunity to reach the lower realm that he had promised and used the Lotus Heart Formation as a deposit to tempt Li Rui, not knowing that what Li Rui valued was that deposit.

As for the energy-hiding cultivation method, as well as higher-grade talismans and formations.

He wanted them, but Wu De was not a fool and would definitely not give them to him easily.

Getting the Lotus Heart Formation was enough.

It just happened to solve Li Rui's urgent need.

Anyway, both of them met at the Grand Void Dojo; Li Rui had complete control, and it was possible that he wouldn't see Wu De again for ten or even a hundred years.

Li Rui felt the formation mysteries recorded in his mind.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly.

'Fellow Daoist Wu, you are truly a lucky star.'

The Lotus Heart Formation was originally a Third-Rank formation.

An ordinary Fourth-Rank formation master naturally couldn't comprehend it, but Li Rui had opened the Eastern Heavenly Gate, and his ability to comprehend the six arts of cultivation was so powerful that it was almost abnormal.

Plus the Innate Immortal Martial Dao Fetus, which was naturally close to the Great Dao, everything he did was easy.

It only took one month.

Li Rui actually forcibly laid down the prototype of the Lotus Heart Formation with a Fourth-Rank formation.

It could almost be called a miracle.

Of course.

Forcibly laying down the formation, the effect was naturally not as calm as a Third-Rank formation master.

A formation that a Third-Rank formation master could lay down in an instant required a full month for Li Rui.

But this was already enough.

Li Rui didn't hesitate to experiment in his residence at the spirit mine.

Feeling the invisible barrier that enveloped the entire house.

Li Rui was in a great mood.

With this Lotus Heart Formation, his sense of security had increased a lot.

But he still had no intention of leaving the spirit mine.

Instead, he returned to Qinghe.

Staying there for another few months.

Waiting until news came from the Qingwei Sect that True Person Qing Ding had been invited by the imperial court to discuss the Dao in the Northern Region, he then returned to Mount Changqing Peak after a year.

The first thing upon returning.

Was of course to lay down the formation.

He had long since mastered the Lotus Heart Formation, and the grand formation that originally required a month to lay down was shortened to ten days after a large amount of practice.

Finally.

Li Rui watched the barrier of the Lotus Heart Formation rise, enveloping the entire Mount Changqing Peak.

Only then did he show a satisfied smile.

With this Lotus Heart Formation, no one could spy on him ever again.

Even True Person Qing Ding couldn't.

Full of security.

Li Rui could finally continue his cultivation peacefully.

For a cultivator like him, spirit medicines and magic treasures were secondary; first, he must have a stable environment; otherwise, living in fear all day and fighting everywhere, how could he cultivate well?

The Dao is different.

He was not someone who entered the Dao through battle like Yuan Xiong and the Nie Nie Siming brothers.

So naturally, he had to build his place of residence to be secure enough.

Not just Mount Changqing Peak, Li Rui had also already laid down the Lotus Heart Formation at his residences in the spirit mine and Qinghe.

That is to say, unless he was extremely unlucky and ran into a First-Rank Land Immortal who could see through Gu Gu Changsheng's measures on the road, no one would be able to see any clues.

However, the number of First-Rank powerhouses was already extremely small.

Those who could appear in the Ten Thousand Mountains were even more pitifully few.

The probability was too low.

Even so, Li Rui had already begun to study.

How to make the formation move.

(End of chapter)