Chapter 440

Early morning.

Li Rui woke up from his bed, feeling refreshed.

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

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

It was not difficult to find.

Besides this, Wu De even promised to help find a top-tier technique for hiding Qi.

This was undoubtedly an unexpected joy for Li Rui.

After finishing his morning lessons.

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

He practiced martial arts in the courtyard until noon.

Then he saw Yuan Xiong walk in.

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

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

Ever since Li Rui came to the spirit mine.

He had spent 99% of his time in the residence and rarely went out.

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

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

Yuan Xiong was speechless.

He considered himself a very hardworking person, but compared to Li Rui.

He still had to practice.

Otherwise, Li Rui wouldn't be a late bloomer, still able to be so fierce and diligent at nearly a hundred years old; besides his own good talent, it was inseparable from his diligence and caution that had been the same for a hundred years.

Yuan Xiong admired him from the bottom of his heart.

Restraining oneself for a day or a month was not difficult, but to be like Li Rui for a lifetime was not something an ordinary person could do.

"Brother Li, have you heard that the spirit mine in the Northern Plains has also produced top-grade spirit stones?"

Yuan Xiong said.

Li Rui nodded: "I have 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 top-grade spirit stones.

So there was no telling how many people had been eyeing it for a long time.

Once it was discovered, it was a bloodbath.

The Ten Thousand Mountains had already appeared once.

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

He and Li Rui were separated by ten thousand miles, and he also had official duties.

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

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

Yuan Xiong continued to speak to himself.

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

Yuan Dingting had a total of seven adopted sons.

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

Now, everyone was in the top three ranks.

Among them, Yuan Xiong's eldest brother and second brother were even powerhouses of the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm, with unfathomable strength.

This time, the war in the north was tight.

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

Li Rui had heard about it.

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 a burst of envy:

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

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

By comparison.

The spirit mine of the Ten Thousand Mountains was divided by three parties, forming a subtle balance; there were small conflicts, but a large war was almost impossible to break out.

Even the last demonic cultivator attack was just a small scuffle in Yuan Xiong's view.

How could it be as enjoyable as hundreds of thousands of troops facing off?

Li Rui did not have Yuan Xiong's trouble; he preferred a stable environment, so that he could cultivate for a long time.

Troubled times were not a good thing.

Enjoying leisure here was a blessing that one couldn't ask for.

Yuan Xiong said, and glanced at the Prince of Wei's residence not far away: "Our Prince of Wei has a truly big appetite; a batch of top-quality spirit stones was intercepted by him recently; it seems he is thinking of using the massive spiritual power to pile up a Heavenly Phenomenon 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 try not to cross the line too much.

Zhu Gan acted domineeringly, and Li Rui and Yuan Xiong were temporarily unwilling to offend a prince to death.

Li Rui and Yuan Xiong chatted for a long time.

Then 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 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, with 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 joy of his 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 Chang Qing Qi became increasingly vigorous.

Hu.

Li Rui let out a long breath of turbid air.

Another day.

Ever since he became a cultivator, the days had passed quickly.

The emotion only stayed in his heart for a moment.

Li Rui lay down.

Opening his eyes again, he arrived at the Tai Xu Dao Field using the Great Dream Immortal Wandering method.

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

He suddenly noticed an abnormality behind him.

A flash of joy crossed his eyebrows, and turning his head, he saw a chubby Daoist looking at Li Rui with a grin.

Wu De was also a bit surprised to see Li Rui.

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

Such frequent meetings made both of them a bit surprised.

Wu De immediately beamed:

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

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

He found it!

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

Wu De nodded:

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

"Meeting at the Tai Xu Dao Field is very troublesome; why don't we find a place to meet directly?"

"What does Fellow Daoist Zhu think?"

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

Wu De's move was clearly because he was worried that he would find the things, and Li Rui would turn his face and deny it.

The Tai Xu Dao Field was a place where reality and illusion intersected, and he couldn't do anything to Li Rui at all.

That is to say.

Today's Lotus Heart Array was a deposit; if Li Rui wanted the Qi-hiding method, he had to pay and deliver in person offline.

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

Li Rui pondered in his heart, but agreed directly: "Let it be done according to Fellow Daoist Wu's words."

Upon hearing this.

Wu De was overjoyed.

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

Not bad.

He had naturally found the Lotus Heart Array and the Qi-hiding method long ago.

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

But that Qi-hiding method was much more valuable.

So Wu De took out the trivial Lotus Heart Array first to take the opportunity to make a request.

The guard in Wu De's heart lessened a lot.

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

Li Rui obtained the Lotus Heart Array.

And exchanged the meeting place with Wu De.

Then he pretended that time was up and took the initiative to leave the Tai Xu Dao Field.

Meeting?

Naturally, it was impossible.

He didn't even have the ability to go to the cultivation world, so how could he meet Wu De?

Wu De coveted the opportunity for the lower realm he promised and tempted Li Rui with the Lotus Heart Array as a deposit, not knowing that what Li Rui valued was that deposit.

As for the Qi-hiding technique, as well as higher-level talismans and arrays.

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

Getting the Lotus Heart Array was enough.

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

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

Li Rui felt the profound meaning of the array recorded in his mind.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly.

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

The Lotus Heart Array was originally a Third-Rank array.

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

Coupled with the Primordial Immortal Martial Dao Fetus, which was naturally close to the Great Dao, everything was easy.

It only took one month.

Li Rui actually forcibly set up the prototype of the Lotus Heart Array with a Fourth-Rank array.

It could almost be called a miracle.

Of course.

Forcibly setting up an array, the effect was naturally not as calm as a Third-Rank array master.

An array that a Third-Rank array master could set up in an instant took Li Rui a full month.

But this was enough.

Li Rui didn't hesitate and started experimenting at the residence in the spirit mine.

Feeling the invisible barrier covering the entire house.

Li Rui was in a great mood.

With this Lotus Heart Array, 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 several more months.

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

The first thing he did upon returning.

Of course, it was setting up the array.

The Lotus Heart Array had long been mastered by him; the grand array that originally took a month to set up was shortened to ten days after a lot of practice.

Finally.

Li Rui watched the barrier of the Lotus Heart Array rise, covering the entire Mount Changqing.

Only then did he show a satisfied smile.

With this Lotus Heart Array, no one would be able to spy on him again.

Even the True Person Qing Ding couldn't.

Full of security.

Li Rui could finally continue to cultivate steadily.

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

The Dao is different.

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

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

Not only Mount Changqing, but Li Rui had also set up the Lotus Heart Array at his residences in the spirit mine and Qinghe.

That is to say, unless his luck was extremely bad and he encountered a First-Rank Land Immortal who could see through Gu Changsheng's methods 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 work on research.

How to make the array move.

(End of Chapter)