Seeking Immortality

"Brother Xu, how can you use the Phoenix Spirit Fire?" Feng Qingtian suddenly looked up and stared into Xu Qingfan's eyes, and asked slowly.

Ever since he found out that Xu Qingfan could also use the Phoenix Spirit Fire, Feng Qingtian had been thinking about this question in his heart. He was even more shocked when he found the residual energy of the Phoenix Spirit Fire on the bodies of the disciples of the "Xuantian Sect" and "Huangling Mountain" sects.

Xu Qingfan was slightly stunned when he noticed that there seemed to be a hint of hostility in Feng Qingtian's eyes. But in a blink of an eye, he understood what Feng Qingtian was thinking.

For Feng Qingtian, the "Phoenix Spirit Fire" should be a unique skill of the descendants of the Feng family. He was proud of it and would not allow others to touch it. But now, there were other people who could use this unique skill of the Feng family. Although he knew that Xu Qingfan was his fellow disciple and that he should not do so, he still felt a hint of hostility in his heart.

After figuring out what Feng Qingtian was thinking, Xu Qingfan felt a little uncomfortable, but he was relieved because he knew that with Feng Qingtian's pride, he would never be hostile to him because of this matter.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingfan smiled faintly, pulled out the phoenix branch that had turned into an ordinary small branch from the bun on his head, handed it to Feng Qingtian, and said with a smile: "I can't cast the Phoenix Spirit Fire myself. The reason why I was able to cast it before was because of the help of this phoenix branch."

Hearing the conversation between Xu Qingfan and Feng Qingtian, the other three people of Jiuhuamen were all shocked. When they fought with Deng Tianai and Qiu Xuan in the "Sunflower Rain Barrier" of the *men, they also saw the powerful flaming phoenix, but they always thought that it was cast by Feng Qingtian, but they never thought that it was Xu Qingfan who did it.

In their previous impression of Xu Qingfan, Xu Qingfan could transform all kinds of exotic flowers and plants in the world for their own use, which was very difficult to deal with, but they thought that they could still win the battle with their own strength.

But just now, after Xu Qingfan said that he sprinkled the pollen of "Giant Spirit Flower" on Deng Tianai, they realized that Xu Qingfan did not use all his means in the previous internal competition. Or, Xu Qingfan collected many powerful seeds of exotic flowers and plants during the time he went down the mountain three years ago, and his strength increased greatly. If he competes with him now, it can be said that the outcome is unknown.

But now, they are even more shocked to learn that in addition to being able to transform all kinds of powerful exotic flowers and plants, Xu Qingfan can also use fire magic, which means that Xu Qingfan is now practicing wood and fire dual cultivation, which is generally a method that only great masters in the Jindan period have. How did Xu Qingfan have such magical powers?

Although the reason is unknown, the eyes of everyone looking at Xu Qingfan have changed a lot. If their attitude towards Xu Qingfan was friendly because of Xu Qingfan's proper command, then now they look at Xu Qingfan with a little more respect for the strong.

Especially Jin Qinghan, his eyes are even more complicated when he looks at Xu Qingfan. He and Xu Qingfan have known each other for decades. From the beginning, he has always been much stronger than Xu Qingfan, but now he suddenly found that Xu Qingfan's strength has been able to match his own without knowing it. The brother who needed to be taken care of in his heart at the beginning can now fight with him. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether he was relieved or disappointed.

Feng Qingtian certainly knew about the genius treasure "Wutong Branch". In fact, his magic weapon "Phoenix Feather Staff" was made of Wutong Branch and several other materials. When Xu Qingfan said that he could cast the Phoenix Spirit Fire by relying on this Wutong Branch, then this Wutong Branch must have other special features, and its preciousness can be imagined.

But now seeing Xu Qingfan handing the sycamore branch to him without any suspicion. He looked very trusting, and couldn't help but feel ashamed of the hostility he had just felt in his heart, but he was arrogant by nature and didn't say much. Instead, he took it in his hands silently and carefully detected it with his eyes closed.

As soon as Feng Qingtian received the sycamore branch, he felt the powerful phoenix aura contained in the thick wood spirit, which was as pure as the phoenix blood in his body. He was shocked, but after detecting for a long time, he still couldn't find out how the two auras of wood and fire coexisted on this sycamore branch. So he opened his eyes and asked: "Brother Xu. What is the mystery of this sycamore branch that can allow the two auras of wood and fire to coexist?"

Said. Feng Qingtian handed the sycamore branch back to Xu Qingfan, and a hint of reluctance flashed across his eyes. If this sycamore branch was his, not only would the power of the Phoenix Spiritual Fire he used be greatly increased, but the time it took to break through to the Jindan stage would be shortened by more than half.

Although Feng Qingtian was reluctant, he still handed the sycamore branch back to Xu Qingfan without hesitation, because he was confident that even without this sycamore branch, his progress in cultivation would still not be lower than anyone else.

Hearing Feng Qingtian's question, Xu Qingfan did not answer directly, but murmured slowly: "A phoenix is ​​coming, coming from the East China Sea, and it will not stop at the Wutong tree."

"Brother Xu, what do you mean?"

"Once there was a phoenix that was reborn on the Wutong tree where this Wutong branch is located, and left a powerful phoenix aura on the Wutong tree, which was later obtained by me. It happened that I accidentally obtained the Hualing Jue, the unique skill of the Hualing Sect thousands of years ago, when I went down the mountain before, so I refined it into my own spiritual control object. So I can use the power of this Wutong branch to cast the Phoenix Spirit Fire." Xu Qingfan explained slowly.

"Junior Brother Xu, do you mean that you can now cultivate both wood and fire?" Lu Qingshang was the most impatient among the people. At this time, he heard the conversation between Xu Qingfan and Feng Qingtian and asked first.

Xu Qingfan smiled bitterly and said: "Double cultivation of wood and fire? How can it be that simple? Now I have not refined this sycamore branch into my body and combined it with it. Every time I want to borrow the power of this sycamore branch, I have to use it with all my strength, and even more... Using the essence and blood in your own body as a guide is very costly, and you don’t have the energy to use the wood method at the same time. It is still far from the dual cultivation of wood and fire, let alone the Tao method that combines wood and fire.”

"Even so, Junior Brother Xu was able to obtain the phoenix aura of the phoenix tree branch and the Hualing Cult's secret skill Hualing Jue. The opportunity is enviable to others." Wang Qingjun said with a smile.

Jin Qinghan has now put away his complicated thoughts just now, and said at this time: "Senior Brother Xu, when we first met, you still lamented that the immortality was ethereal and there was no hope of immortality, but now there are spiritual things like sycamore branches. Come to think of it. The pill-forming stage is within reach.”

Xu Qingfan shook his head and said: "Despite my qualifications, my body is completely unable to automatically absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The reason why my cultivation progress over the years is not inferior to that of my brothers is because of the power of the spiritual pill and the wood that was originally sealed in my body." Although B's Qi has this sycamore branch at this time, even if it is completely refined into the body and combined, there is still little hope of forming a pill. The most likely possibility is to become a monk who is no less powerful than a monk in the pill formation stage. It’s just a monk in the period of spiritual silence, and immortality is still elusive.”

Talk about this. Xu Qingfan paused for a moment, sighing at the bleakness of the road to cultivating immortality, and his tone became a little bleak, and continued: "What's more, once cultivating immortality enters the elixir-formation stage, it is no longer possible to rely on external forces to improve the realm of cultivation. It is completely I have to rely on myself to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Even if I am lucky enough to enter the elixir formation stage, how will I improve my cultivation?"

Seeing Xu Qingfan's desolate expression, Jin Qinghan hurriedly comforted him: "Senior Brother Xu, don't be discouraged. With your cultivation and mine, our time in this world is still very long. Senior Brother Xu, you have many opportunities. Maybe there will be more in the future. Maybe it’s a chance.”

Xu Qingfan didn't take Jin Qinghan's words seriously. Although he was still alive for a long time, the road to immortality was even more difficult. The further he went on, the more difficult it became to improve his strength. As for such things as opportunities, there is no saying that they happen when they come across them. What's more, Xu Qingfan couldn't think of any opportunities that could help monks in the elixir formation stage improve their cultivation.

But in order not to worry Jin Qinghan, Xu Qingfan still smiled and nodded in agreement, then frowned and said: "Speaking of the Phoenix Spirit Fire. There is one more thing I must tell you brothers. The two factions of Xuantianmen and Huanglingshan who were killed Disciples, the aura remaining on their bodies among those killed by the fire method is the Phoenix Spirit Fire, and they seem to have been killed by the Phoenix Spirit Fire."

"What?"

Hearing Xu Qingfan's words, Jin Qinghan and the other three were horrified. Feng Qingtian had the blood of the phoenix, and Xu Qingfan had the phoenix branch. However, these were opportunities that could not be sought, but killing the disciples of the Xuantianmen and Huanglingshan sects How can a person like this be able to cast Phoenix Spirit Fire?

Faintly, everyone felt a sense of ominousness in their hearts.

Xu Qingfan looked at the horrified expressions on everyone's face, and his face was extremely serious, and then he said slowly: "If my prediction is correct, everything that happens on Huandao Island is probably closely related to our Jiuhua Sect, so I will wait for you. Before the elders of the sect come, you must be careful so as not to be taken advantage of."

Feng Qingtian said with a solemn expression: "Now the fact that those people were killed by the Phoenix Spiritual Fire is known to five people. It is because the people from the other six sects lack spiritual awareness and do not understand the aura of the Phoenix Spiritual Fire. What I'm worried about is that with such a big thing happening on Huandao, the heads and elders of other sects will definitely come to Huandao in a short time, and they will definitely search for the bodies of these disciples if any of them have seen it before. Having experienced the Phoenix Spirit Fire and having a better understanding of the aura of the Phoenix Spirit Fire, we can’t escape suspicion.”

After hearing Feng Qingtian's words, everyone's expressions became more solemn for a moment, and their eyes showed worry.

But Xu Qingfan had other ideas in his mind at this time. He remembered what Liu Huaxiang said when he introduced Wutong Branch to him. According to Liu Huaxiang's introduction, his master was not the only monk who was qualified to be Wutong Branch, but there were many monks with him. After obtaining the sycamore branch, will the person who takes action this time have any contact with those monks?

Thinking of this, Xu Qingfan pondered slightly.

Just like that, the five people fell into silence for a while. Everyone in the group had their own thoughts and their faces were solemn.

Suddenly, the bodies of Xu Qingfan and the other five people suddenly shook, and then they all stood up and looked around themselves and the others.

All around them, hundreds of dots of terrifying green light suddenly and eerily appeared in the originally invisible darkness. As these green lights slowly became clearer and larger, a strong smell of blood spread over them.

After using the Sky Eye Technique to see the surrounding scene clearly, Xu Qingfan suddenly shouted in a low voice: "Everyone, be careful, it's the Green Dragon Python!"