Chapter 552: Harmonization! (Extra update, two-in-one)

"These demon cultivators are truly becoming more and more presumptuous."

Tan Yu looked depressed and couldn't help but complain to Li Rui.

"Brother Tan, there will always be a way."

Li Rui drank a mouthful of tea with a smile.

The demon cultivators of the Ten Thousand Demon Cave had not only wreaked havoc in the Yu Kingdom and Wu Kingdom but were even bothering Shenxiao City.

In the main city of Shenxiao City, there were countless strong people.

And with the City Lord sitting in town, those demon cultivators naturally didn't dare to act recklessly.

But the main city was worry-free, and the City Lords of the thirty-six guard cities were extremely troubled.

Tan Yu went down to the world to make contributions.

He and Yu Ziyi were now the Vice City Lords of Baohua City, one of the thirty-six guard cities; for an immortal city in the cultivation world to grow, the first step is to attract cultivators to live in the city, and then whether renting spiritual houses or buying spiritual pills and magic treasures, they all have to pay a sum of spirit stones to the City Lord's mansion.

This is a major source of income for the immortal city.

But now that demon cultivators are robbing the roads, and the cultivators living in the guard cities don't have high cultivation, fewer and fewer cultivators dare to come to the guard cities.

There is a saying in the cultivation world.

Cutting off someone's wealth is like killing their parents.

This saying works just as well in the cultivation world.

The actions of those demon cultivators are equivalent to robbing the spirit stones in Tan Yu's storage bag.

How can he endure it!

He intends to unite the City Lords of the thirty-six guard cities to take action together and exterminate the Ten Thousand Demon Cave.

To return peace to the Jin Ting Cave Heaven.

Li Rui didn't think well of it.

"Brother Li, if we join forces, we will definitely be able to suppress those abominable demon cultivators."

Tan Yu was very spirited.

Li Rui: "Brother Tan, the Ten Thousand Demon Cave has countless strong people; we still need to plan carefully, so as not to increase casualties in vain."

He didn't refuse.

But he also secretly hinted that with the foundation of the thirty-six cities, exterminating the Ten Thousand Demon Cave was too strenuous.

More importantly.

The strongest of the thirty-six cities was only in the Dao Body Realm.

And the Ten Thousand Demon Cave extremely likely had Heavenly Human realm strong people sitting in town; in the face of absolute power, numbers are useless.

Tan Yu had been an official in the Imperial Observatory for several years and had learned some skills in observing people's expressions.

He could naturally hear the subtext of Li Rui's words.

He laughed loudly: "Brother Li, no need to worry about this; I left some ties back when I followed Daoist Wang, and I heard Daoist Wang has already entered the Heavenly Human realm, so I have already sent a sound transmission, asking Daoist Wang to take action, although Daoist Wang is in seclusion and cannot take action, he also invited the Immortal Envoy, Elder Wen, to help us sweep away the demon bandits."

'He Wenxuan?'

Li Rui's eyebrows lifted slightly.

He naturally knew the Daoist Wang that Tan Yu spoke of.

It was exactly the Bai Yujing Elder who took Si Feng away.

He had to admit that he had underestimated Tan Yu, who could actually latch onto the thigh of Daoist Wang, and looking at it, the relationship between the two sides was quite good.

In contrast.

Yu Ziyi was too immature.

Tan Yu looked at Li Rui with expectation: "Brother Li, would you like to go together?"

Others didn't know, but he was an official in the Yu Kingdom, so he knew very well.

Li Rui's strength was far stronger than what those Shenxiao City Deacons imagined.

And he was a master of talismans and arrays.

He could definitely play a huge role on the battlefield.

Li Rui pondered for a moment: "Brother Tan, we are all brothers, so I won't hide it; I intend to go into seclusion for a period of time, I'm afraid I won't necessarily be able to catch up, but as soon as I come out of seclusion, I will notify you, Brother; slaying demons and eliminating devils is my duty!"

Tan Yu heard Li Rui was going into seclusion.

He was startled in his heart.

'Is this about to open the Purple Mansion?!'

Generally speaking, although cultivators often go into seclusion, most of the time it can be interrupted; like Li Rui's kind, which cannot be interrupted, most are for accumulating spiritual power to break through.

In their view.

Li Rui was still in the Embryo Formation stage.

Tan Yu's face revealed regret, but since it was a major event like opening the Purple Mansion, he couldn't force it.

Finally, he said something like "prepare well, no need to rush" and left.

Li Rui looked at Tan Yu's back.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

If it were a normal situation, he might have helped, doing the meritorious deed of slaying demons and eliminating devils; after all, the demon cultivator matter was something his East Sea City was also deeply troubled by, but when Tan Yu said He Wenxuan would also take action, he immediately dismissed this idea.

Although his Immortal Qi attainment was higher and could deceive He Wenxuan.

But He Wenxuan was a Dao Body Realm after all.

He had confidence when quiet.

But once it was a life-and-death struggle, any situation could happen; he had confidence in protecting his life, but if He Wenxuan discovered the clues of Immortal Qi during the battle, that would be real big trouble.

So the decision not to go was easy.

Without him, demons would still be exterminated.

But if He Wenxuan discovered he possessed Immortal Qi, he would have to face Bai Yujing's pursuit.

Unless he proved the Dao through strength, kneading all his Immortal Qi, Great Dao, and magic power into his physical body, so that even a Dao Lord couldn't see the clues, he would never easily take action.

After that day.

East Sea City could no longer see the Marquis Wu'an who crossed a city every day to watch the sea at the East Sea Pavilion.

Soon.

The news that the Marquis was about to break through spread in the city.

These years.

Li Rui ran around, leading people to slay demons and eliminate devils, protecting East Sea City's peace, so his reputation grew better and better; hearing that the Marquis Wu'an was about to break through, some martial arts guests even took the initiative to squat at the door, just to guard Li Rui's seclusion.

"Being an official like this, one should be proud."

Ning Zhongtian looked at the door and couldn't help but sigh.

'When can I have this treatment?'

He and Tan Hu and the others were all envious.

No need to think, if Li Rui were to pass away at the end of his life, it would probably stage a beautiful story of a city mourning for a wise prince of the previous dynasty.

A man should be like this!

Li Rui just smiled lightly.

"By the way, Fourth Brother, how is the situation in the other thirty-five cities?"

He was in seclusion.

But he wouldn't miss half of the news from the outside world.

Whether wandering the world or in the cultivation world, being a deaf or blind person is absolutely not advisable.

You don't have to participate, but you can't not know.

Ning Zhongtian: "I've inquired, those guys from the Ten Thousand Demon Cave are extremely cunning; I don't know which link leaked the news, but they escaped; I heard City Lord Tan was very angry and has planned to unite the City Lords of the thirty-five cities to search the sea, swearing to exterminate those demon cultivators."

"Hmm."

Li Rui nodded.

'These demon cultivators have some skills.'

He secretly commented.

Demon cultivators, besides having overbearing demon sect methods, the most important thing is the ability to escape.

Those demon cultivators who don't know how to escape have long since become materials for righteous cultivators to refine pills.

So the Ten Thousand Demon Cave's news being so well-informed didn't surprise him too much.

"The thirty-five cities have many talents, no need for us to worry; Fourth Brother, you just keep observing."

Li Rui ordered.

"Yes, Li Laoge."

Ning Zhongtian agreed; he felt the same.

Among the thirty-six guard cities of Shenxiao City, the City Lords of the ten cities closest to Shenxiao City are all great experts of the Dao Body Realm; with those big figures there, why would an East Sea City need to worry?

Li Rui withdrew his focus.

He looked at the few big pills in front of him, his mouth curling up slightly.

"This time, it should be faster."

Not bad. 【55

Laid out before Li Rui were precisely the elixirs for the Dao Body Realm.

Seventeen of them in total!

With such a quantity, I fear even ordinary Dao Body Realm cultivators would find it hard to produce so many great elixirs in one go.

Li Rui could be so lavish.

First, he had mortgaged the Tianyuan Chamber of Commerce to the imperial court, and from then on, the Tianyuan Chamber of Commerce became completely official, and with a wave of the Holy Emperor's hand, he obtained five great elixirs. If one thought other officials could do the same.

That would be a grave mistake.

Li Rui could sell them for a good price, and while the Tianyuan Chamber of Commerce itself being valuable was one aspect, more importantly, the Holy Emperor valued Li Rui's potential.

Talents in the Yu Kingdom were fought over by major immortal sects.

There was an urgent need for a new generation of powerhouses to stabilize the situation.

Li Rui was undoubtedly an excellent choice.

As for the other twelve, they were sent by Gu Changsheng, or to be precise, borrowed.

He even suspected whether this Heavenly Secret merchant was placing a bet on him.

Gu Changsheng's conditions were even simpler.

That was, after one hundred years, just return fifteen to him.

Compared to those moneylenders back in Qinghe who demanded thirteen back for every nine lent, that was far more conscientious; if one reached the Dao Body Realm in a hundred years, would they still worry about not being able to scrape together fifteen great elixirs?

Looking at the great elixirs before him.

How bold!

This scene, I fear, would make even those prodigies from the Profound Heaven Sect and Wan Fadian turn green with envy.

Those immortal sects had deep foundations, but their competitors were no fewer.

When divided up, there wouldn't be many.

But Li Rui was different; he heard that Zhang Shoufu had a top-secret list, which contained the outstanding figures the Yu Kingdom was willing to exhaust the nation's resources to support, and Li Rui estimated that he should be among them, otherwise he would never have received such preferential treatment.

A few people enjoying the foundation of a nation.

Wouldn't that be better than the treatment of immortal sect prodigies?

This is the same logic as some disciples with excellent aptitude not choosing to go to major immortal sects, but settling for second best and becoming true disciples in second-rate immortal sects.

Li Rui picked up a great elixir and placed it in his mouth.

The powerful medicinal force exploded in his body instantly.

At the same time.

A series of shattering sounds rang out in the room as pieces of top-grade and high-grade spirit stones broke, and for a moment, the spiritual energy in the room became so dense it almost liquefied.

Secluded cultivation to break through.

It was just that what he had to do was not to open the Purple Mansion as Tan Yu had said, but to harmonize with the Dao!

"These demonic cultivators are truly cunning; in the vast Endless Sea, how are we supposed to pursue them?"

A city lord of one of the thirty-six guard cities of Divine Firmament City said as much.

They were annoyed beyond measure.

Ever since Tan Yu came forward and gathered the people from the thirty-six cities, they had been searching in the Endless Sea, but there had been no results.

Tan Yu's expression was not good either.

He did not speak, just sat there gloomily.

There was a mole!

The killing intent in his heart could no longer be concealed.

The people of the Wan Mo Ku didn't leave early or late, but chose to leave on the eve of their planned action; there was no need to think, they must have obtained intelligence.

Their operation this time was strictly confidential.

Only elders at the level of city lords and deputy city lords of the thirty-six cities were qualified to know.

That is to say.

The mole was right there in the main hall.

Tan Yu scanned the room without changing his expression.

He wished he could rip open these people's hearts and livers to see if they were black.

Today.

These city lords and deputy city lords gathered here, of course, for the sake of the Wan Mo Ku matter; after all, they couldn't just keep dragging it out.

Just as everyone was arguing.

A voice rang out: "Everyone, I have a method."

Hearing this.

Everyone turned their gazes toward that person in unison.

"Fu Rui?"

Many people recognized the young man's identity; he was the most prized disciple of the Divine Firmament City deputy city lord.

This time, He Wenxuan agreed to take action.

So Fu Rui and Shi Xueyan also participated in this operation to encircle and suppress the Wan Mo Ku.

"Tao Shidi Fu, what high opinion do you have?"

A city lord of the thirty-six cities spoke up.

He had once been like Fu Rui, a true disciple, but not the kind that was most valued; later, he voluntarily resigned his status as a true disciple and became a city lord of the thirty-six cities, which is why he could call Fu Rui Tao Shidi.

Fu Rui felt the gazes of the crowd, his mood pleasant, the corners of his mouth slightly raised:

"I wonder if you have heard of the Ten Thousand Mile Soul-Chasing Talisman?"

Once these words were spoken.

Everyone showed expressions of surprise.

The city lord of the thirty-six cities who spoke earlier was even more astonished: "Tao Shidi Fu, are you about to become a Dao Body Realm talisman master??"

When the others heard this, the looks they cast toward Fu Rui turned into envy.

Those who came today were almost all in the Purple Mansion Realm.

A great talisman master of the Dao Body Realm, what kind of existence was that?

They could almost be considered as good as most Dao Body Realm cultivators.

Moreover, talisman arts could provide feedback, and coupled with Fu Rui's aptitude, it was almost a certainty that he would reach the Dao Body Realm!

How could they not be envious?

'He is worthy of being the city lord's most prized disciple.'

Fu Rui had great fame in Divine Firmament City, a noble status, good aptitude, and what was even rarer, he was an extremely rare talisman genius, always regarded as the successor to the next deputy city lord, and it wasn't impossible for him to become a city lord.

Truly, his reputation was well-deserved!

Fu Rui smiled slightly: "You all flatter me; it's just that my talisman arts have slightly improved, which is why I can activate this Ten Thousand Mile Soul-Chasing Talisman, and perhaps I can rely on this talisman to find the location of the Wan Mo Ku."

Just looking at his appearance, one could tell.

Either he had already broken through and was deliberately hiding it, or at the very least, he was not far from being a Dao Body Realm great talisman master.

Tan Yu's eyes lit up.

An unexpected joy!

He didn't expect Fu Rui to have such means.

This Ten Thousand Mile Soul-Chasing Talisman had great fame, with the saying that there was nowhere to hide across the eight wildernesses of heaven and earth.

It was quite overbearing in the path of tracking.

And unlike other talismans, only great talisman masters with extremely high attainments in talisman arts could activate it.

Of the six arts of immortal cultivation, the higher one goes, the harder it is to climb.

Even in Divine Firmament City, Dao Body Realm great talisman masters were extremely rare, and their status was extremely high; wanting to hire them would cost a great price.

Now that Fu Rui was taking the initiative, it saved them a great deal of trouble.

Tan Yu stood up and bowed to Fu Rui:

"Tao Shidi Fu is righteous; for today's righteous act, I will certainly report it to Daoist Wang."

Hearing Daoist Wang.

The smile on Fu Rui's face grew even wider.

The core disciples of Bai Yujing were not all born that way; many were selected from the twelve towers and thirty-six cities, among which merit and contribution were an extremely important link; he was so dedicated, of course, to have more of a friendship with that Daoist Wang.

In the immortal cultivation world, one also had to have a good reputation.

He laughed heartily:

"Demonic and evil paths, everyone should join in killing them!"

East Sea City, in the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion.

Li Rui, who had originally been practicing with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them.

The next instant.

Talismans flew out from his sleeves one after another.

At the same time, the array flags that had already been set up in the room flew on their own, arranging themselves in the image of the Eight Trigrams.

At the same time.

The aura around Li Rui became obscure, until finally, not the slightest abnormality could be seen.

It was precisely the Profound Unity Hidden Treasury Method taught by the artifact spirit, the little old man!

Doing all this.

Naturally, it was for one purpose: to conceal all fluctuations in the room.

Not bad.

Li Rui had already felt the opportunity for the Dao.

Having prepared everything, there was naturally no need to wait any longer and miss the good fortune.

Immediately.

Harmonize with the Dao!

(End of chapter)