Chapter 446: It's my turn [Two-in-one, additional update, seeking monthly tickets!]

Li Rui looked at the change in Yuan An's expression, his mouth slightly raised.

'He's a good seedling.'

He evaluated him like this in his heart.

Since Yuan Yuan Dingting asked him to sharpen Yuan An's temperament, he naturally had to do his best; after all, that is the eleventh in the world.

In his view.

Yuan An is already quite good.

But he is stubborn, insisting on wanting to get rid of his status as an Heir Apparent, wanting to walk the Jianghu as an ordinary person.

Is that something you can just be ordinary if you want to?

Yuan An is destined to never experience the days of risking his life for a steamed bun.

Li Rui knows.

Don't look at Yuan An as gentle on weekdays; this kid actually has high aspirations.

He wants to replicate his father's path.

But with a different background, it is destined to be impossible to be the same. Experiencing life and living life are two different things.

And there's no need.

In Li Rui's view, what Yuan An should do is understand how to use his own advantages.

Everyone has their own path.

Rising against the wind is legendary.

But being born at the highest point and then crushing everything along the way by borrowing influence is also not bad.

As far as he knows, the Great Shaman of the Wu Kingdom was born in the most noble position in the Wu Kingdom, never suffered in his life, and finally walked to the highest point anyway.

Suffering unnecessarily is truly falling into the inferior path.

He has been watching most of the time, and this was looking for an opportunity to wake Yuan An up.

Today is a good opportunity.

Yuan An seemed to have realized something.

He straightened his expression and bowed deeply to Li Rui: "Thank you, Master, for your guidance."

Today's Master spoke especially seriously.

The previous Master was what Yuan Yuan Dingting asked him to call.

After today, it was what he called voluntarily.

Li Rui turned slightly to the side and did not accept this bow from Yuan An, laughing and saying: "Your Highness will understand these principles sooner or later; I just said them in advance."

Yuan An didn't think so.

Otherwise, there would be no such thing as 'pointing out' in the world.

Martial arts and cultivation require guidance, and temperament is the same.

Both are priceless.

About ten days later.

Yuan An ran up the mountain excitedly: "Master, something happened."

Li Rui looked at the excited Yuan An.

Something happened, what's there to be happy about?

However, considering the other party is the Heir Apparent, he asked kindly: "Your Highness, what happened?"

Yuan An: "Master is truly divine. A few days ago, a team of Profound Micro Sect disciples went to investigate the demon cultivator case in the village. Guess what? They all went and never returned; it's highly likely they are in grave danger."

The reason he was so excited.

Was likely that he truly felt how to correctly use his status.

If he had insisted on disguising himself as an ordinary person, maybe he would have been among those who disappeared this time.

Yuan An was reviewing.

Li Rui had to think about more.

Yuan An's status can be ignored, but his status cannot be ignored.

This matter does sound strange.

Generally speaking, immortals and mortals are different. Righteous cultivators of Immortal Sects are warned by sect elders before entering the sect not to kill mortals indiscriminately.

As for demon cultivators, there aren't so many rules.

But generally speaking, they wouldn't slaughter mortals either.

Unless it's useful.

For example, refining a soul banner.

Li Rui narrowed his eyes. If it were really as he thought, it would be very necessary to ask the old Daoist Daoist Zi Yang to pay more attention.

As for him.

Naturally, he wouldn't risk himself.

First, the demon cultivator is in the Wu Kingdom; second, those who disappeared are Profound Micro Sect disciples. The sentence he told Yuan An applies to himself as well.

It's just a precaution, to prevent that demon cultivator from really refining a magic treasure like a soul banner and running rampant in the Yu Kingdom.

The next day.

Li Rui sent Liu Liu Tiezhu to Daoist Zi Yang Peak to invite the old Daoist Daoist Zi Yang to Mount Changqing Peak for a drink.

After the last incident.

The relationship between the old Daoist Daoist Zi Yang and Li Rui became much closer.

Taking advantage of the gap while drinking.

Li Rui chatted and told the old Daoist Daoist Zi Yang about the demon cultivator in the village.

Upon hearing this.

The old Daoist Daoist Zi Yang immediately thanked Li Rui profusely and stated that he would definitely ask sect experts to go and investigate.

Wu Kingdom, a village.

"Strange, why did the Profound Micro Sect send a Fourth Rank to investigate?"

The Wan Gui Daoist hid in the mountain forest outside the village, narrowing his eyes as he looked at the few Daoists who were carefully checking the village that had already become dead silent.

Correct.

The demon cultivator of human puppets in the village that the Profound Micro Sect disciples were investigating was him.

The Wan Gui Daoist considered himself cautious.

He only attacked some mortals, and the ones the Profound Micro Sect sent before were just some outer sect disciples.

He didn't expect that this time they would directly send the top ones from the inner sect to investigate.

He naturally didn't put a Fourth Rank in his eyes.

But he knew that before the Profound Micro Sect issued missions, there was generally a rating.

Missions with different danger levels had disciples of different strengths sent out.

Suddenly sending a Fourth Rank this time...

"Could it be that the Profound Micro Sect has already sensed something?"

The Profound Micro Sect has many powerhouses.

If he were discovered, once surrounded by those Daoists, he would also be hard-pressed to escape death.

The Wan Gui Daoist had been peeking in secret.

Until he watched the Profound Micro Sect group leave.

Only then did he become thoughtful.

'It seems this matter cannot be delayed. I must find a way to refine Li Rui in advance.'

After thinking.

The Wan Gui Daoist didn't return to the village, but swept towards the direction of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

"You mean you didn't find that demon cultivator?"

Li Rui was somewhat surprised.

This day.

The old Daoist Daoist Zi Yang took the initiative to come to Mount Changqing Peak to find him for a drink, and the two talked about this matter.

"Hmm, I ordered my eldest disciple to go and check. That demon cultivator is cunning; he actually abandoned the entire village, turning them into corpses, and fled away himself."

"These demon cultivators are truly ruthless."

The old Daoist Daoist Zi Yang said.

He added another sentence: "Currently, it seems that the demon cultivator should be afraid, so he chose to cut off his tail to survive."

Li Rui listened quietly.

It did look like what the old Daoist Daoist Zi Yang said—the demon cultivator was afraid, so he abandoned the village and fled.

He sipped his wine slightly, thoughtful.

Old Daoist Daoist Zi Yang: "That demon cultivator harms the world, and my Profound Micro Sect is a righteous Immortal Sect, so we naturally won't let him go."

The demon cultivator matter was skipped.

The old Daoist Daoist Zi Yang spoke of another matter:

"By the way, Brother Li, regarding the matter you mentioned before, I went to ask Elder Fu. He said it is the Spirit Brilliance Array that Brother Li wants, but Elder Fu needs ten top-grade spirit stones before he is willing to trade."

Ten top-grade spirit stones!

Li Rui chuckled.

That was truly a lion's opening of the mouth.

Although the Spirit Brilliance Array is a Third Rank array, it is a more obscure type among Third Rank arrays, and its value is not high.

One must know, most Third Rank arrays are only worth five or six top-grade spirit stones.

The old Daoist Daoist Zi Yang also knew it was somewhat outrageous and smiled bitterly:

"Brother Li, you also know that array masters are often obsessed with studying arrays, and their temperaments are mostly strange."

Li Rui still cupped his hands:

"This matter has troubled Brother Daoist Zi Yang."

"It's just a matter of mentioning it, how could it be trouble? It's just that I couldn't help Brother Li, and I feel ashamed."

The old Daoist Daoist Zi Yang waved his hands repeatedly.

Afterwards.

Li Rui never mentioned the array matter again.

As for why he wanted to buy an array from the old Daoist Daoist Zi Yang, on the surface he said the Yu Kingdom imperial court needed it, but in reality, it was because his array technique was about to break through.

This day.

On Mount Changqing Peak.

Li Rui pushed the door and went out, looking at Liu Liu Tiezhu who was waving a big hammer in the courtyard.

Ever since coming to the Profound Micro Sect.

Liu Liu Tiezhu spent most of his time practicing hammer techniques besides blacksmithing.

Although both of them learned Elder Tiekuang's Hammer Qi Technique.

But if one were to talk about it.

Li Rui's Hammer Qi Technique had long since dissolved into the invisible, only obtaining the true meaning; in comparison, Liu Liu Tiezhu was purer, having learned both the intent and mastered the form.

He was the most true-to-name successor of Elder Tiekuang's Hammer Qi Technique.

"Master."

Seeing Li Rui go out, Liu Liu Tiezhu put down the big hammer in his hand and said with a grin.

Li Rui: "Liu Tiezhu, prepare the carriage, let's go out and walk around."

"Alright."

Liu Liu Tiezhu agreed without thinking: "Master, where are we going?"

"Just Qinghe."

That day.

The two went down Mount Changqing Peak.

But what puzzled Liu Liu Tiezhu was that Li Rui actually told him to deliberately slow down, and just leaving the Ten Thousand Mountains took a full seven days.

The carriage moved extremely slowly.

The demon horse's four hooves kicked and tapped on the official road, walking leisurely.

It was almost no different from a donkey pulling goods.

Liu Liu Tiezhu sat outside the carriage, holding a bamboo whip he didn't know where he got.

The one pulling the carriage was a demon horse.

Extremely human-like, and a top-grade demon horse selected from the Annan Town Imperial Horse Prison, there was no need to whip or drive it at all.

It was just that Liu Liu Tiezhu wanted to experience the addiction of being a coachman.

At this speed, it would take at least five or six more days to reach Qinghe.

Although Liu Liu Tiezhu didn't know why his master wanted to do this, as long as he could leave the Profound Micro Sect, he was ten thousand times happy.

'Truly idle to the point of birds.'

At this time.

Li Rui, inside the carriage, was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, his hands pinching, and the magic techniques constantly changing.

Seven or eight small array flags were flying in front of Li Rui.

Looking closely, it actually matched the technique of the Big Dipper stars.

The next moment.

Li Rui's sleeves moved without wind and began to fly.

It's just that.

What blew the sleeves was not Mount Changqing Qi, but array intent.

Li Rui pinched the hand techniques, and the speed was getting faster and faster; if there were an array master here, they would definitely recognize that this was the long-lost Lotus Heart Array.

In just an instant.

"Rise!"

Following Li Rui's light shout.

A Third Rank Lotus Heart Array was actually set up by him inside the carriage.

Forming an array with a single thought!

Third Rank Array Master!

Third Rank array master, like a martial artist reaching Below Tongxuan.

It represents the ability to connect the array with heaven and earth, and the power of the array will have earth-shaking changes.

Another thought.

The small array flags shrank in an instant, and finally turned into seven small dots falling into Li Rui's palm.

If Ke Liu Chuan were here.

Seeing this scene, he would definitely be shocked beyond measure.

Just because Li Rui had only just broken through to the Third Rank, and he could actually do the void array setting that only Second Rank array masters could do!

Looking at the small array in his palm.

Li Rui's mouth raised slightly.

It's done!

From now on, he no longer needs to slow down, completely achieving the array moving with the body.

This is also a method Li Rui developed from the array-shifting technique after years of contemplating the Dao of arrays.

Void array setting is a capability only Second Rank great array masters can possess.

He, a Third Rank array master who just broke through, naturally couldn't completely look down on the Second Rank, even with the Eastern Heaven Gate.

This is equivalent to Below Tongxuan cross-level challenging Heavenly Phenomenon.

Also being able to speak the law.

Completely impossible things.

Li Rui can do it, one is that the Eastern Heaven Gate truly makes him gifted, and the second is that he is actually taking a shortcut.

His void array setting range is extremely small.

It can only protect himself.

It cannot compare to those mountain-protecting arrays; in addition, he can only cast the Lotus Heart Array.

Other arrays won't work.

The limitations are huge.

But for Li Rui, it is already enough.

From now on.

No need to worry about his secrets being seen through.

This instant.

Li Rui only felt his whole body relaxed, his smile increased involuntarily, and finally he even laughed out loud.

Liu Liu Tiezhu outside the carriage heard the laughter inside.

Couldn't help but scratch his head:

"Master, what happy thing happened?"

Li Rui: "Nothing, nothing."

The carriage finally arrived at Qinghe City.

But what Liu Liu Tiezhu didn't expect was that Li Rui didn't return to the Annan Town camp, but brought Liu Liu Tiezhu to a remote alley to drink noodle porridge.

"Shopkeeper, two bowls of noodle porridge, two white cakes."

Li Rui familiarly found a corner seat for himself and sat down.

The carriage was parked by him outside the alley.

The owner of the noodle porridge shop was a simple and honest middle-aged man.

"Alright."

Just after responding.

Two bowls of steaming noodle porridge were served, along with two white cakes that looked very pleasing and were bigger than a face.

"Hmm, still the same taste as before."

Li Rui praised.

If he remembered correctly, he had already outlived four generations of owners of this noodle porridge shop.

Liu Liu Tiezhu finished eating quickly and wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

He originally wanted to wait for Li Rui to finish eating, and then go to Annan Town, but he didn't expect Li Rui to use the last bit of white cake to wipe the last bit of noodle porridge from the bottom of the bowl and eat it into his mouth.

He clapped his hands:

"Let's go, let's go back."

Liu Liu Tiezhu habitually said: "Alright, but it's been a long time since I've seen Senior Brother."

But he heard Li Rui say: "Who said Annan Town? It's back to the Ten Thousand Mountains."

Upon hearing this.

Liu Liu Tiezhu was dumbfounded.

Traveling thousands of miles, just for a bowl of porridge?

Li Rui smiled.

And didn't speak.

Little did he know, on the way here, he had incidentally broken through his array technique.

"Hehe, Lord Li, why do you have time to come?"

Ke Liu Chuan looked at Li Rui who got off the stopped carriage and greeted him with a smile.

Ever since Zhu Gan's breakthrough failure.

He had become much more irritable.

Besides Ke Liu Chuan and the other two guardians, he would beat and scold others at every turn; it was said that every once in a while, many maids and servants in the mansion would be beaten to death for a small mistake.

His temperament changed greatly.

Li Rui, to avoid trouble, came to the spirit mine less often than before.

"Mr. Ke."

Li Rui cupped his hands.

Ke Liu Chuan looked Li Rui up and down: "Lord Li, your array technique has improved again. I said before, that array-shifting technique is a minor path, don't spend too much effort on it."

He naturally couldn't see Li Rui's true array attainment.

But he could also sense that there was progress.

Li Rui nodded with a smile: "I have indeed gained some insights recently."

He naturally wouldn't tell Ke Liu Chuan.

In just over ten years, his array attainment had already caught up to Ke Liu Chuan's hundred years of painstaking study.

After some pleasantries with Ke Liu Chuan.

He returned to the mansion in the spirit mine.

Seeing the Evil Puppet Array again, the feeling was very different.

If it were before, it was like looking at flowers in the fog, unable to see clearly, only able to take shortcuts and delay; but now... the situation was very different.

Every foundation of the Evil Puppet Array was seen clearly by Li Rui.

Suddenly.

Li Rui frowned slightly.

'That evil array master has been here?'

He sensed that the Evil Puppet Array in the mansion was several times more ferocious than before, obviously having been reinforced by that evil array master.

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

Then he came to the door again.

Taking advantage of the gap while talking to the two guards at the door, he calmly sensed the aura in their bodies.

His heart sank.

Those two had already been refined into human puppets.

And the means were extremely brilliant; I'm afraid even the people themselves hadn't discovered it.

Li Rui had originally left means to delay the effect of the Evil Puppet Array on the two, so they wouldn't fall into the trap so quickly.

It must have been that evil array master who took action himself.

'No patience?'

Li Rui walked back to the room.

Dangerous cold light flashed in his eyes.

Ten Thousand Mountains, a hidden mountain forest.

"You mean, Li Rui went to the spirit mine again?"

The Wan Gui Daoist, who was meditating, slowly opened his eyes.

The young Profound Micro Sect cultivator stood before him, answering respectfully: "Yes, he has been there for three days."

"Good, very good."

The Wan Gui Daoist's mouth raised slightly.

"You"

"Can be free."

Only to see the Wan Gui Daoist grab towards the young Profound Micro Sect cultivator with a big hand.

The young Profound Micro Sect cultivator's pupils were instantly occupied by fear, but no matter how he struggled, his body couldn't move half a step.

Pfft!

His head exploded in an instant.

Red and white matter spilled all over the floor, and the young cultivator's corpse slumped to one side with a thud.

Already dead beyond death.

After doing all this.

The Wan Gui Daoist smiled more.

He was extremely cautious in his actions.

Naturally, he couldn't leave any future trouble for himself.

Ever since he discovered that the Profound Micro Sect might have discovered him last time, he had been planning to close the net in advance.

Anyway, Li Rui had been in the Evil Puppet Array for several years.

Already more than half transformed.

He specially reinforced the Evil Puppet Array, so that he could forcibly refine Li Rui.

Plus the Illusion Array, as long as it was done quickly enough.

The powerhouses in the Yu Kingdom spirit mine wouldn't discover it.

Once successful, he would directly run away, completely leaving the Profound Micro Sect's area, perhaps directly going to the Northern Plains to join the Northern Polar Immortal Sect.

At that time, even if the Profound Micro Sect had great abilities, they wouldn't be able to do anything to him.

Since he was going to leave.

Then naturally, he couldn't leave any handle for himself.

His only handle in the Profound Micro Sect wasn't this young disciple refined into a human puppet.

The Wan Gui Daoist secretly said it was a pity:

"Originally I thought about letting you be an inner sect disciple, but you don't have that fortune."

Planting an inner sect disciple was of great use to the Wan Gui Daoist.

But compared to Li Rui, he still chose to give up.

Killing to prevent all accidents.

After doing all this.

The Wan Gui Daoist swept towards the direction of the spirit mine.

Tonight.

Li Rui must be refined into a human puppet!

Yu Kingdom Spirit Mine.

Teams of soldiers patrolled the camp.

Guarded strictly.

This was the arrangement of the Fifth Prince; that demon chaos had passed for several years, and originally it should have been relaxed, but Zhu Gan went from bad to worse, instead becoming more severe, demanding even stricter requirements.

The soldiers below were all miserable.

But Zhu Gan's status was too noble, and no one dared to resist.

In a grand mansion.

The courtyard was pitch black.

Not a single lamp.

Liu Liu Tiezhu had already been sent by Li Rui to Yuan Xiong's mansion; in such a large mansion, there was only Li Rui alone.

How could it not be cold and clear?

At this time.

Li Rui was sitting cross-legged on a prayer mat.

Meditating with his eyes closed.

At the same time.

Outside the grand mansion.

A man in black slowly walked towards the gate of the mansion.

The two guards who were originally watching the gate, chatting and laughing, had their expressions become dull in an instant, as if they had lost their souls.

The man in black didn't even speak.

The two took the initiative to open the door.

The Wan Gui Daoist showed a satisfied smile; having been refined into human puppets, they naturally only had obedience in front of him.

Just like this.

Without any obstruction, he entered the mansion.

Even the patrolling guards couldn't see a single clue.

Sitting in the middle of the courtyard.

The Wan Gui Daoist narrowed his eyes and looked at a room.

That was exactly Li Rui's room.

The doors and windows were closed, pitch black.

A ruthless look flashed in his eyes; without a moment's hesitation, he immediately began to pinch the magic techniques and operate the Evil Puppet Array and the Illusion Array.

If there were no accidents.

The current Li Rui was already deeply planted with evil roots.

As long as he forcibly refined him with great magic power, Li Rui wouldn't have any chance to resist.

He had long since investigated.

Li Rui had only broken through to Below Tongxuan for over ten years; at this age, he was at most in the initial stage of Below Tongxuan.

And he was in the upper stage!

Not to mention he had also painstakingly set up the Evil Puppet Array.

Li Rui being refined was not wrong at all.

But just as the Wan Gui Daoist activated the array and prepared to refine, he suddenly showed a look of astonishment on his face.

He was surprised to find.

Li Rui was not in the room at all.

At this time, in the room, there was only a yellow paper that had been riddled with holes by the evil aura of the Evil Puppet Array.

Substitute Talisman!

The Wan Gui Daoist's pupils instantly contracted, and his face became ugly to the extreme.

At this time.

A figure sounded from behind him.

"Finished?"

"Then it's my turn."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 447 =====