Chapter 953: Old Friend

Soft-shelled turtle embracing, black and white intertwined.

The wine vessel with gold patterns on a dark blue background was shining, emitting a gloomy cold light. The white pool water in the center was rippling with colorful light. The middle-aged man wearing white fur and a treasure bead around his waist leaned against the pool, eyes closed.

The three vertical marks on his eyebrows were shining with silver light, and one hand was pressed on the pool. The soft white phantom colors poured down, surging on the pool water. This Zhenren secretly pondered:

'Finally there is a response, "Tang Liang Silver"... under the call, I should be able to see the things that have been placed in the land of embracing locks.'

He was pondering when a man stepped into the air, with a small red bird circling around him, laughing:

"Senior Liu!"

Liu Changdie raised his head, the brilliance of supernatural powers gradually dimmed, and replied:

"Xi Ming is out of seclusion! How is it?"

"Slightly improved!"

Li Xi Ming was quite satisfied with the results of this cultivation and laughed in response:

"This 【Xuan Soft Mansion Liu Liu Lingzhen】... how is it?"

Liu Changdie's expression was solemn, and he replied:

"I have also achieved some results... this array... is quite amazing."

He turned his hand lightly, and saw clusters of light falling into his sleeves. Liu Changdie said sternly:

"Xi Ming knows my 'Library Gold' orthodoxy, which is the gold of hiding and storing, Qi Library embracing locks, the symbolic meaning is extremely broad. Most grotto-heavens, grotto-heavens, and secret realms have the symbol of embracing locks..."

"This is also why the arrays of predecessors covered the mountains lightly, and later generations couldn't find them. Some small sects, or loose cultivators and demon cultivators, can only rely on opportunities and hit great luck to get some small grotto-heavens. Zifu-level ones don't even think about it."

"Even if Zifu cultivators with much higher cultivation come to find, they have to have a certain location, or use supernatural powers to cast spells, or use methods of breaking illusions to explore inch by inch, to have a chance to find them... To this day, a large number of predecessor grotto-heavens and secret realms are missing."

He said softly:

"And my 'Library Gold' orthodoxy, which symbolizes the storage of arrays, has some natural advantages... Over the years... I have gained some benefits one after another, which is also related to my orthodoxy."

"Oh?!"

Li Xi Ming pondered slightly and asked:

"That is to say, Senior has the ability to break the array?"

"Not so!"

But he saw Liu Changdie shake his head and laugh:

"【Qi Library Embracing Locks】 is not a joke. 'Library Gold' has hidden too many mysteries. Now we can't talk about breaking the array, we can only count, take. If you want to talk about the ability to break the array, that is the matter of 'Geng Wood' and 'Xuan Earth'. Although 'Tang Liang Silver' is closely related to the array... it is not good at it."

The Wood Virtue in the world is withered. Today's Wood Virtue is naturally the most famous 'Jiao Wood', and the rest are the 'Zheng Wood' of the Si family and the 'Ji Wood' of Zhenren Luo. The remaining two woods have no traces. Li Xi Ming heard this and replied:

"I have heard of some... 'Geng Wood'... what kind of orthodoxy is it?"

Liu Changdie shook his head and laughed:

"It can't be considered a powerful orthodoxy, and it is not famous. It's just that we who cultivate arrays have to remember these few orthodoxies that break arrays. As for 'Xuan Earth', I heard that the 【Seat Can Solve Array Blade】 of the Guanxie faction is 'Xuan Earth', so I specially remembered it."

"Today's 'Geng Wood' can mostly only rely on some orthodoxy records and spirit object changes to find traces. As for the last wood, it is even more silent..."

He mentioned the Guanxie orthodoxy, lowered his head slightly, and continued:

"And this 'Library Gold' of mine, in addition to helping build arrays, now also lets Zhaojing see the treasures underneath."

So he pressed one hand on the side of the pool, and the supernatural power moved, and the pool water boiled immediately, quickly turning into a transparent color.

This transparent color expanded continuously, from top to bottom, and gradually turned the white pool bottom transparent. In this change, he saw a deep blue color becoming more and more intense.

Liu Changdie took the opportunity to explain:

"Zifu spirit arrays usually have Zifu spirit objects to suppress them. Some powerful arrays even have several spirit tools underneath. They are all collected in the array disk when the array is not laid out, and cannot be seen clearly. Only when the array is laid out will they wander around and occasionally fall into the key."

He detained slightly, as if catching something with effort, and the transparency under his feet expanded even more, revealing overlapping array patterns and spells, with thousands of small flags fixed in the array.

These small flags had white patterns, black flag bodies, and heavy brilliance, arranged densely, like a vortex, and the flag feet were all facing the same direction.

And in that place, a deep blue round bead was fixed in place by the 'Tang Liang Silver' supernatural power, emitting crystal clear light. Strands of Mansion Water power poured into this bead from top to bottom, and after heavy refining, it was released again.

"Hmm?"

This scene appeared before his eyes, Li Xi Ming immediately frowned, showing a suspicious expression. Liu Changdie obviously had surprises, stood up suddenly, and doubted:

"This..."

The suppression and key objects of this large array, the root of 【Huayu Pool】, were not spirit objects, but spirit tools!

Li Xi Ming's pupils suddenly widened.

Although the deep blue round bead was not taken into his hand, the flashing light and the faint patterns above had fallen into his eyes. It was perfectly integrated with the whole array, I fear it was an object of the master's orthodoxy, which raised a thick sense of familiarity in him, and suddenly recalled a person:

'Li Quantao!'

The round bead before his eyes was more mysterious, and the color was no longer white, but showed a mysterious deep blue. It was exactly the same routine as the 【Wall Water Pill】 in Li Quantao's hands back then!

'There must be an origin between the two, 【Wall Water Pill】 might even be made by imitating the object before his eyes! It's just that it only became a spirit tool...'

Li Xi Ming although had not had much contact with this person, he was already Zifu when they truly met, and he didn't need to make friends with him. But he had seen that famous magic tool back then, and he secretly envied it, and remembered it in his heart at a glance!

'How could it be related to him! Hongxue Gate? Li clan?'

'No!'

Li Xi Ming's eyes flashed with different colors, and he searched for all relevant information in his mind, and finally recalled:

"【Wall Water Pill】 is an ancient magic tool... it was obtained by Li Encheng from the 【Mifan Orthodoxy】, and has nothing to do with the Hongxue Li clan... that is to say... tracing its origin, the master of Zhen Tao Mansion might be a cultivator of the 【Mifan Orthodoxy】..."

"And according to what Zhige'er said, 【Wall Water Pill】 is actually imitating the He Water and Weak Water beads of Emperor Wu of the Great Liang, but it only became a magic tool. I fear this one is imitating the magic treasure..."

"How much connection is there between the Great Liang and Douxuan..."

He pondered this way, and Liu Changdie on the side stared straight at the endless vortex-like small flags, scanned them carefully one by one, and his surprise became heavier and heavier, asking:

"Does the Fellow Daoist know these flags?!"

Li Xi Ming glanced at it, slightly puzzled, but Liu Changdie said gloomily:

"Back then, I went to your clan to lay out the array, and once had the honor to get the array flags of the clan for reference. They also had white patterns and black flag bodies... And the small flags condensed in the array are 70% or 80% similar to this flag!"

"Hmm?"

It took Li Xi Ming a long time to remember the name Wan Huaqian, and frowned:

"The ancestor of the Wan family? That array genius Wan Huaqian?"

The Wan family was once beside the Li clan, and it was even the first family the Li family came into contact with. Li Xi Ming naturally heard of it. At this mention, Liu Changdie hesitated and nodded, sitting down somewhat silently, with a heavy color:

"No wonder... no wonder..."

He muttered:

"The master of the inheritance obtained by Wan Huaqian must be inseparable from the master of this mansion! 【Bai Yu Purple Zi Flag】 is his natal tool. It is absolutely impossible to be similar to the array of this place for no reason... It seems he has obtained the inheritance..."

Liu Changdie's eyes were slightly solemn, and I don't know how many thoughts flashed in his heart, suddenly said:

"Does Xi Ming know the Mifan Orthodoxy?"

'Sure enough!'

Li Xi Ming secretly understood and replied:

"Naturally know, it is one of the Douxuan secrets!"

As soon as he said this, Liu Changdie already knew that he knew a lot, and sighed:

"Exactly... I see that the array here has the style of Douxuan, and the bead at the bottom is similar to the 【Wall Water Pill】 obtained from the Mifan Sect, so I know it comes from the same source..."

Liu Changdie calculated with his fingers, and the smile on his face was a bit stiff, muttering:

"Wan Huaqian fell more than three hundred years ago. Calculating the time, it seems that it is very close to the time when Chi Wei and Li Encheng went to the Mifan Sect..."

"Ah?"

Li Xi Ming was stunned. Although he was born in the south of the Yangtze River, Wangyue Lake was different from places like Li Xia and Simin, and had a taste of being independent. He heard fewer rumors, but he understood his meaning and said in a low voice:

"The Senior's meaning... is that the cause of everything might be Wan Huaqian?"

Liu Changdie sneered, seemingly having confirmed some rumors he had heard before, and replied:

"To say something nice, it is what kind of opportunity appeared, letting Wan Huaqian obtain the Mifan inheritance, and Qingchi also happened to obtain the Mifan clue... But to say something ugly, who knows how Chi Wei and Li Encheng entered the Mifan secret realm?"

"Wan Huaqian can also be considered a generation of geniuses. He built several arrays back then, and even the Lords of Qingchi came to see them, calling him a genius directly. So his reputation became known to everyone. Would this big figure of Qingchi go back and report anything? But he fell abruptly in Foundation Establishment... Turning around, Chi Wei and Li Encheng entered the Mifan secret realm... Hehe!"

Li Xi Ming frowned secretly, listening to Liu Changdie's eyes gradually becoming clear:

"The 【Bai Yu Purple Zi Flag】 was in Li Encheng's hands, and later I found out that there was another one in your clan, which made me doubt. Now think about it... it was Li Encheng who obtained part of the Mifan magic tools, and the loose cultivators recognized the array flags of the same source in his hands as 【Bai Yu Purple Zi Flag】."

"The methods of this group of people are still as always... after using people... they still have to keep the Wan family, see if there are any backhands, and let them go for a hundred years... until Chi Wei was about to fall, they didn't care anymore, and handled the possible troubles at will... Hehe!"

Liu Changdie had a deep hatred for the big figures in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and thought everything was gloomy. Li Xi Ming was relieved, feeling that although his analysis was not objective, most of it made sense, and only sighed:

"If Wan Huaqian had kept a low profile back then and didn't reveal the inheritance, I fear he would have had a world of his own."

Liu Changdie only waved his hand, staring at the spirit tool at the bottom of the array, and replied:

"This is a good thing underneath, but I can take it out, but 【Huayu Pool】 is also considered abolished."

【Huayu Pool】 is an extremely critical thing now, Li Xi Ming naturally couldn't bear it, pondered for a while, and asked:

"If one day... I want to take out the spirit tool inside, can I use Mansion Water spirit objects to replace it, even if 【Huayu Pool】 is scattered, but can keep this array, so that this array will not collapse?"

Liu Changdie stared at this array gloomily, pondered for a long time, and replied:

"It's still a bit reluctant now. If I spend a few decades to eat through this array, maybe I can make some changes. By then, there may be more wonderful means."

"Good!"

Li Xi Ming nodded with joy and replied:

"I will take the 【Bai Yu Purple Zi Flag】 of the clan for Senior's reference!"

Qingchi Peak was shrouded in clouds and mist, Lu Water fluttered, and spring water could be heard faintly. The Sect Master Hall was empty. After crossing half of the courtyard, he saw a person sitting in front of the steps.

This middle-aged man had small eyes and a long face, looking quite like a sect disciple, but at this time he was frowning, full of anxiety, sitting alone in front of the steps, at a loss.

It was the current Qingchi Sect Master Lin Wuning.

Lin Wuning didn't have any means, only knew how to cultivate. On weekdays, he relied on the help of the Ning family and Li Yuanqin to settle down. Since Ning Wan closed her doors, the Ning family's hearts were scattered, and Li Yuanqin closed his doors to break through, Lin Wuning had not had a peaceful day.

He should have kept Li Yuanqin, but Li Yuanqin was talented and had been working hard for many years, never meaning to quit. The originally set breakthrough date had been pushed back year after year. At the current juncture, it was really impossible to push, so he could only let him go.

And after Li Yuanqin left, the Ning family became a headless fly on the spot. Lin Wuning usually ordered one thing, and Li Yuanqin handled it for him in two or three times. But now that he had to handle it himself, he was only at a loss.

Now that he had opened the scroll in his hand and saw Qin Xian's report, saying that he wanted to transfer to the East Sea.

Qin Xian was a member of the Si family. Li Yuanqin was not there, and Lin Wuning had a headache. He thought about it and didn't know how to answer. But he heard footsteps in front of the hall, and hurriedly raised his head. Only then did he find Qin Xian with a heavy face, not even saying a greeting, and rushed in from the mountain.

"You!"

Lin Wuning stood up in horror, but saw a trace of contempt in Qin Xian's eyes, stepped aside lightly, and made a gesture of leading the way.

The anger that Lin Wuning had just risen in his heart was interrupted by his actions, and a trace of suspicion secretly rose in his heart:

'What is this for! Which Zhenren is here?'

But he had no time to react, and immediately froze in place in a daze.

A man in green robes had already walked up the mountain. He had a middle-aged appearance, a square face and a long nose, but his steps were very light and free. He carried a long sword on his back and tied a scroll around his waist, looking at him with a smile.

On his body, the rich brilliance of supernatural powers that had not yet been collected was still floating, making the trees on the top of the mountain sway, as if he were under a hundred trees, and the faint mulberry leaves covered and fell, drifting down along his sleeves.

He stood on the mountain, as if everyone's eyes should fall on him, and as if he were sitting in the honorable position, his supernatural powers were flat and orthodox, as if he were a high cultivator of the Immortal Sect.

Lin Wuning only felt like being struck by thunder, his brain was blank for a moment, and he finally knew why the one surnamed Qin was so proud. But his legs didn't listen to the exchange, and he knelt down with a thud, terrified:

"Greet... Zhenren!"

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Li Xi Ming 【Zifu Early Stage】 【Zifu Alchemist】

Liu Changdie 【Zifu Early Stage】 ===== CHAPTER 954 =====

Liu Zhangdie 【Early Zifu】