Immortal Palace Longevity

While thinking, he had walked a few steps and the cave was in sight.

"Huh?"

Looking at the open cave formation, Liu Yu's eyes flashed with surprise.

If he remembered correctly, the cave formation should have been closed before he left, why was it open now?

The formation at the entrance of the cave, in addition to himself, only the deputy tokens in the hands of Jiang Qiushui and Ji Ruyan could open it.

But the two women were still finishing the ceremony, so who opened the formation and who was inside?

As he approached the door, a faint orchid fragrance suddenly came into his nose.

"Is it her?!"

Liu Yu's heart moved, and he knew the identity of the person inside without a divine sense scan.

This orchid fragrance was somewhat familiar, with a special smell, he had been in close contact with it before.

When he smelled it again at this time, he naturally recognized it instantly.

For some reason, Liu Yu suddenly thought of the mysterious words of Elder Yan when he left, and the strange attitudes of Jiang Qiushui and Ji Ruyan.

The doubts in my heart were immediately solved.

"Squeak."

As expected, the moment Liu Yu opened the door, he saw the figure of a female cultivator.

This woman was wearing a plain tight Taoist robe, which had no complicated decorations and exquisite embroidery.

But that trace of elegant and noble temperament could not be simply covered by the Taoist robe.

Because the Taoist robe was too "fitting", her curvy figure was more prominent against the background of the Taoist robe.

Even at a distance of more than ten steps, the heavy weight could be felt.

A head of long black hair, tied behind the head by a dark red hairpin, revealed a large area of ​​delicate facial features, with a sharp contrast between black and white.

Light eyeshadow, curved eyelashes, elegant temperament...

And the snow-white and smooth skin, and a touch of stunning red lips.

Even if it was just a glance, with a man's intuition, he would instinctively feel that this was a rare beauty!

Graceful and dignified, mature and charming.

A plain Taoist robe wrapped around her delicate body showed the identity of the female cultivator in front of her. She should not care about the worldly affairs, but now she gave people a strange feeling.

This woman is Yan Hongyu.

Because Liu Yu did not deliberately cover up the movement, the woman naturally noticed it long ago, and hurriedly stood up the moment the door opened.

"Dinglingling"

The silver ornaments in her hair collided, making a pleasant sound.

"Meet Elder Qingyang!"

Yan Hongyu hurriedly saluted, and a blush appeared on her snow-white and charming cheeks.

She seemed not used to the change of identity between the two parties, and her behavior was quite restrained, so she did not introduce her name when she saluted.

An ordinary disciple decades ago, now transformed into an elder of the sect? !

And because of the failure of forming the elixir, she has no potential to go further, and the ancestor actually asked her to be a concubine...

"No need to be polite."

"Sister Hongyu, you and I have known each other for decades, so there is no need to be so polite."

Liu Yu walked to the other side of the table, took out a cup of spiritual tea from the storage bag and drank it by himself, with a smile on his lips.

"Yes."

Yan Hongyu agreed, then lowered her head and sat down without saying a word, facing the table with a changing expression.

At this time, she was no longer as wise and wise as before.

On the contrary, because of a series of blows, her expression was lonely and obviously not in high spirits, and she even showed a hint of fragility.

This hint of fragility was just right, adding a bit of feminine beauty to the woman, and with her graceful and mature temperament, her attraction to the opposite sex was even higher.

"Not bad."

Liu Yu looked at her with appreciation for a while, and nodded secretly in his heart.

When he accepted the magic weapon "Golden Jade Ring", he understood what Elder Yan meant, but he didn't think of refusing.

It can only be said that giving him a defensive magic weapon at this time really hit his soft spot.

And Yan Hongyu's appearance and figure are indeed very consistent with his aesthetics.

Faced with the dual temptations of magic weapons and beauties, how could Liu Yu refuse?

Not taking the initiative, not refusing, not...

The reason why he did not refuse the marriage again was that in addition to the two benefits that were in front of him, he also had long-term plans.

This time is different.

When he was in the foundation-building realm, he had to worry about being controlled by the Yan family and becoming a thug and a tool to earn spirit stones.

But when he reached the Jindan realm, the two sides were on an equal footing, and the relationship had changed subtly.

If Liu Yu wanted to gain more power in the sect, it would inevitably cause a backlash from the vested interests.

At this time, he could not fight alone, and he had to unite the forces that could be united in order to win the benefits he deserved.

Even if they are fellow disciples or blood relatives, few are willing to give up part of the benefits they have obtained.

If they cannot obtain it by peaceful means, they must fight for it by extraordinary means, and the help of allies is indispensable.

After all, Liu Yu is only a newly promoted Jindan, and he has not even refined his own magic weapon.

Even if his strength is better than that of ordinary Jindan, he is far from being invincible.

When the strength is not enough, it is natural to plan and use the strength of others to achieve the goal.

As a camp of the same family lineage, the Yan family and the Li family are natural allies, so they naturally want to be closer.

As a Jindan elder, it is normal to take a concubine.

Even if he turns against her one day, she is just a concubine, which will not be a hindrance to Liu Yu.

But now, he can get further support from the Yan family and the favor of other family cultivators, so why not?

It only takes a few breaths to weigh the pros and cons in his heart.

After a few breaths, seeing Yan Hongyu still silent, Liu Yu frowned slightly.

Although today is the Golden Elixir Ceremony, he still has a lot of things to do, and he doesn't have much time to waste here.

But it is not easy for female cultivators to take the initiative to speak about the marriage, so he can only break the silence by himself, otherwise it will only waste time.

"Sister Yan came here late at night, I don't know what's the matter?"

Putting down the cup in his hand gently, Liu Yu looked at the other party leisurely and said lightly.

"......"

While struggling violently in her heart, Yan Hongyu suddenly heard the familiar voice, her delicate body trembled slightly, and her hands under the table clenched unconsciously.

But this woman is experienced after all, and has deep feelings for her family, and knows that she has no choice at the moment.

So, the decision was made a long time ago.

"Ah~!"

Yan Hongyu sighed.

Then she stood up slowly, and her curvy and distinctive figure was once again displayed in front of Liu Yu.

This woman seemed to have dressed up carefully, with just the right amount of eye shadow, lipstick, powder, etc.

One point less would be too light and look a little off, but one point more would be too thick and look a little vulgar.

It was neither thick nor light, but it added a bit of color.

It made people's appetites move, and they wanted to hold her in their arms immediately and "love" her well.

As Yan Hongyu stood up, the orchid fragrance with a mature charm became more and more intense, as if it was plucking the heartstrings, making people feel itchy.

After standing up, she still didn't say a word, but just frowned and glanced at Liu Yu, and then quickly looked away.

Then, the snow-white jade hand with neat and slender nails slowly touched the belt around her waist.

Seeing this, Liu Yu smiled slightly. The two did not communicate much, but they had already understood each other.

However, although it was essentially a transaction, it did not prevent him from enjoying it.

At the moment, Liu Yu did not hesitate at all, and strode forward to grasp the "beauty" with all his strength!

"Squeak" "Boom"

A trace of magic power closed the door, and the formation outside was also opened.

(Five thousand words omitted here)

From a distance, it seemed that there was a strong wind blowing, and the lights in the attic were swaying.

Time passed slowly, and the lights on the candlesticks were on all night until they suddenly went out at dawn.

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The next day.

The two dressed neatly and sat opposite each other in the cave.

"Hongyu, you can rest assured to live in Qingyang Peak in the future."

"If there is anything missing, just tell me."

Taking a sip of spiritual tea, Liu Yu spoke calmly.

"Yes, Uncle Qingyang."

Yan Hongyu was slightly stunned, then reacted and said calmly.

Although they have studied the Yin-Yang Dao together, it would still be very awkward to say those two words now.

After all, the two of them are several dozen years apart in age, and Yan Qun'er...

Therefore, Yan Hongyu hesitated for a moment and still called him Uncle Master.

She looked at the male cultivator in front of her with her peripheral vision. For some reason, his ordinary appearance had a special charm at this time, which made her unconsciously want to get close to him.

"In that case, you can leave first."

"When the time is right, Liu will summon you and then guide you on your cultivation issues."

Taking out the alchemy notes and warming them up, Liu Yu said lightly without raising his head.

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With his keen spiritual perception, he could of course sense the other party's scrutiny, but he did not express more.

At this time, he was in a state like a saint or a Buddha.

Liu Yu saw the changes in the attitudes of Yan Hongyu and some female cultivators before and after.

He was not surprised by this.

The process of cultivating immortals is not only about increasing strength, but also a leap in the essence of life.

At the Jindan stage, he has achieved the initial transcendence.

Compared with mortals, he is no longer the same, and can survive even without a physical body.

To some extent, compared with low-level cultivators and mortals, cultivators above the Jindan realm are indeed more "perfect".

This is the difference in the essence of life, and it produces a special attraction, which is especially obvious to the opposite sex.

After all, evolution is the instinct engraved in the blood of all creatures.

It is also the nature of species to want to match with more perfect blood and give birth to more perfect offspring.

After the realm upgrade, Liu Yu's appearance has not changed much, but some flaws have disappeared.

He still looks ordinary on the surface, but he has become more "perfect".

"Understood, Master, Hongyu will leave."

Yan Hongyu agreed, then turned around and left quickly.

Although she initially accepted the reality, she still felt a little bit worried and could not let it go in a short time.

After the woman left, Liu Yu continued to review the alchemy notes, and put them away two hours later, got up and entered the practice room.

He sat cross-legged on the mat, took out the defensive magic weapon, the golden jade ring, injected magic power into it and began to refine it.

As expected, the moment the magic power was injected, he felt the breath of a different kind of magic power.

Obviously, before it was given to him, this magic weapon had been used by someone.

Liu Yu did not pay much attention to it. He increased his mana output and slowly pinched the spells on his hands, refining the magic weapon "Golden Jade Ring" with all his strength.

As his mana was running, his real spiritual pressure leaked out, which was almost comparable to some mid-stage Jindan cultivators.

If other cultivators knew that he had such a foundation just after forming the elixir, they would definitely be curious and want to explore the secrets.

His hands shone with green spiritual light, and one spell after another fell on the Golden Jade Ring.

The ring trembled slightly, as if it was oppressed and bound by some invisible force, trembling but unable to move.

Its bright golden spiritual light gradually turned green as time passed.

"The initial cleansing is completed."

A day passed, and Liu Yu flashed this thought, and the spells on his hands immediately changed!

The invisible and intangible powerful divine consciousness gushed out, spreading to the inside of the Golden Jade Ring, and began to engrave the divine consciousness imprint on its core.

It was not until two days and two nights later that Liu Yu initially completed the sacrifice and refining of this magic weapon and could use it.

"But at this time, only 70% of its power can be exerted."

"If you want to continue to increase the power, you have to try to remove the aura of the alien mana, so that the golden jade ring can be familiar with your mana."

After a little experiment, Liu Yu found that this ring had a good defensive effect whether it was brute force attack or spell attack. He nodded slightly and was quite satisfied.

Then, he put it into the storage bag and began to practice every day.

After opening the spirit gathering formation in the cave, Liu Yu closed his eyes and focused most of his mind on the operation of the technique.

Not long after, a large amount of spiritual energy slowly gathered towards the cave under the gathering of the spirit gathering formation.

As the technique was running, the spiritual energy even formed a layer of mist, which sank into his body, joined the Great Zhoutian cycle and was refined into mana.

After practicing to the Jindan realm, it is still 72 Great Zhoutian cycles, so the practice time has not increased.

It's just that the operation route of the technique is more complicated, but the purity of the mana is also incomparable to the foundation-building period, so the practice time on Qi refining is roughly the same.

"Hu~"

Three hours later, Liu Yu exhaled a breath of turbid air and opened his eyes, with a flash of light in his pupils.

Feeling that his mana and cultivation had hardly increased, he couldn't help but frown.

At this time, he finally understood why some Jindan cultivators would stay in a small realm for two or three hundred years.

It was because the speed of cultivation improvement was too slow simply by meditation.

Although the life span increased, the difficulty of improving cultivation also increased dramatically.

"After practicing to the Golden Core Realm, the gap between various qualifications will be narrowed because of the existence of the Golden Core."

"With my qualifications improved by the spiritual energy, and the seemingly ninth-grade Golden Core, even if I am a cultivator with a natural or special spiritual root, my cultivation speed is only twice as fast as mine."

"But at the current speed, if I rely solely on meditation to refine my Qi, it will take at least 120 years to practice to the middle stage of the Golden Core."

"There may be bottlenecks in the process. I don't know when I will practice to the peak of the Golden Core."

"It seems that I still need the assistance of external objects."

Liu Yu sighed slightly.

Because the Golden Core can also absorb and exhale the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, after reaching the Golden Core Realm, the cultivation speed of all cultivators has increased.

As the overall cultivation speed increases, the proportion of spiritual root qualifications will naturally decrease, and the corresponding influence will continue to decrease.

After reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, if no external objects are used, the cultivation speed of the natural and five spiritual roots will even be the same.

Because as the cultivation level increases, the proportion of the Golden Core Yuanying in the cultivation speed will gradually equal or even exceed the spiritual root qualifications.

Theoretically, if the difference in the grades of the Golden Core Yuanying is large enough, when both reach the Yuanying realm, it is not impossible for the five spiritual roots to surpass the heavenly spiritual roots in the cultivation speed.

However, although the cultivation speed has increased, the mana and cultivation that need to be accumulated have also become more.

"But now with a maximum lifespan of 800 years, to some extent, it is already considered an "immortal", and there is no rush for everything."

"You need to change your mindset and try to consider some issues from the perspective of an "immortal."

"The success rate of refining the third-level elixir corresponding to the Golden Core realm cultivation is still too low, and the spirit stones in my hand are not enough."

"It seems that I can't take elixirs frequently for cultivation in the next ten years."

"Even with the Immortal Palace to ripen, the cost of the third-level elixir is not low. I still have to improve my alchemy attainments first, and then refine the third-level elixir."

Taking advantage of the rest time, Liu Yu thought about his future cultivation plan.

The third-level pill recipe, through the harvest of the trip to the Holy Fire Secret Realm, currently has five in hand.

But there are only two suitable for me.

One is the third-level lower-grade "Fire Cloud Pill", which is a special pill for fire-attribute cultivators, and is very suitable for cultivators who practice fire-attribute techniques in the early stage of the Golden Elixir.

The other is the third-level middle-grade "Quenyuan Pill", which is a universal pill without attributes. It can play a good effect when taken by cultivators who practice any technique.

The spiritual herbs and medicines for refining "Fire Cloud Pill" have been collected before the pill is formed, and they have been collected with the inventory in the Immortal Mansion.

As long as you have enough confidence and can bear the loss of failed refining, you can start refining pills at any time.

"Don't rush to refine the "Fire Cloud Pill", or improve your alchemy attainments first."

"The golden jade ring has been initially refined. It's better to go to the sect's treasure house first to see if there are any surprises and get one or two materials for refining the natal magic weapon."

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and Liu Yu's thoughts gradually became clear.

There are only a few natal magic weapons recorded in Qingyang Gong, but the collection progress of any of them has not exceeded three-tenths, and there is still a long way to go.

"Judging from the current situation, it is unlikely that the natal magic weapon will be refined in the next ten years."

"This matter needs long-term consideration. The top priority is to improve our strength in all aspects and earn spiritual stones."

"From the perspective of an immortal, ten or twenty years is nothing."

"Of course, this is because I have higher requirements for my natal magic weapon, but it is also a common situation among all Golden Elixir monks."

"Compared to casual golden elixir cultivators and small-power cultivators, one or two hundred years after the elixir is formed, they won't even be able to gather the materials to refine the natal magic weapon."

"I have been around for more than ten or twenty years, so I am already very fast."

Shaking her head, Liu Yu took out the "Yueyue Pot" and began to practice the "Star True Body".

The reason why we do not directly practice the "Mystical Method of Preserving God" is because the knowledge of spiritual consciousness is more profound, and only half of the third level of the golden elixir stage has been understood, so it is naturally out of the question to practice.

He would not joke with his own life, and would not take the risk to practice the third level of the Mystical Method of Preserving God before fully comprehending it.

As for the second level, the spiritual consciousness that is already seventy-five miles away has lost the effect of tempering and growth.

Naturally, there is no need to spend time practicing, just run it once in a while to get familiar with it.

"Zi Zi"

As a wisp of "taiyin power" floated out from the spout of the Moon-Yearing Pot, frost began to condense in the practice room, and freezing sounds came and went.

Wisps of cold air formed into white mist, covering the burly figure.

After cultivating to the golden elixir realm, the essence of life has improved a lot, which has led to an increase in body refining.

Liu Yu could feel that even without the assistance of "Taiyin Power", physical cultivation was improving all the time under the influence of the golden elixir.

At this rate, even without the aid of external objects, it would only take about twenty years for physical cultivation to break through to the third level.

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things.

Coupled with the assistance of the power of Taiyin, it will be enough in about ten years.

Once he also breaks through to the golden elixir realm in terms of physical cultivation, Liu Yu's strength will immediately increase dramatically.

Therefore, this is the time when he is the most powerful and the time when he is the weakest.

In the next few decades, as long as you can cultivate steadily for a period of time, your strength will surely improve by leaps and bounds!

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"Rumble"

The formation is activated and the door is opened.

When Liu Yu walked out of the practice room, she immediately saw the figures of two female cultivators, Jiang Qiushui and Ji Ruyan.

"husband"

The two women saluted and called in unison.

At the Golden Elixir Ceremony, Liu Yu had announced in public that he would take Jiang Qiu Shuishui as his concubine, so the woman has now changed her tune.

I don’t know if it’s been decades, but now I finally have a status.

"sit down."

Liu Yu said lightly, then walked to the main seat and sat down, taking some time to look at the two women.

There was an inexplicable look in the dark pupils.

"..."

However, when the two women heard this, they did not stand up immediately, but exchanged glances with each other while bending down.

"Husband, sister Ruyan and I both know we were wrong."

"About Senior Sister Hongyu..."

In the end, Jiang Qiushui gritted her teeth and stood up to admit her mistake.

She knew Liu Yu best and knew that although her husband seemed fine now, he might be furious in his heart.

At this time, it’s better not to be harsh.

In a few words, Jiang Qiushui explained the whole story clearly.

It was indeed Master Xianyun and Elder Yan who used their strength, and under the guise of thinking about Liu Yu, and the magic weapon "gold and jade ring" was too valuable, so the two women put Yan Hongyu into the cave.

Liu Yu was naturally angry when he let people in without his permission.

However, the two women were excusable, so they just gave them a scolding to make them realize the seriousness of the matter, and the matter was considered in the past.

The sub-tokens in the hands of the two women can only open the formation leading to the hall. The practice room, alchemy room, bedroom, etc. cannot be entered.

And with the Soul Restriction, there is no need to worry about their betrayal.

If it were another monk, Liu Yu might have beaten him to the end, or even killed him on the spot.

He has too many secrets and is destined not to trust any monk.

"Husband, I have already made arrangements for selecting the maid."

"As soon as the news was released, many female cultivators from the sect wanted to join Qingyang Peak."

"Because there were too many people, I took the initiative to screen out two hundred people and eliminate those who were unsuitable in terms of appearance and body shape."

"Husband, I don't know when the interview will be arranged and how many maids will be selected?"

After the violent storm passed, Ji Ruyan spoke cautiously.

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Thanks to fellow Taoists such as Lesion 5000 points and Yunyewang 5000 points for their support!

PS: Make up for the thousand words I owed yesterday.

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