Seeking Immortality

The seventh day of the lunar month is the rainy day, when dragons and phoenixes return, which is good for offering sacrifices, paying homage to teachers, and praying for blessings. It is forbidden to marry, bathe, break ground, and bury.

According to the customs of the world, no matter what you do, you should ask the elders of the clan, and these elders jointly made up this set of "Hundred Days of Taboos", saying that using it to cheat food and drink is a bit excessive, but relying on this trick The "hundred-day profit" has indeed supported many people who are not diligent in their limbs but will not die in old age. Regardless of whether it is appropriate or not, he just directs the activities of the world.

Even the second elder who was very wise and open-minded in Xu Qingfan's heart was no exception. Xu Qingfan clearly remembered that one day when he was a child, there was obviously no food in the village, but the first elder and the second elder said, "No hunting for three days." "The whole Xujiazhai people were hungry for three days.

As a cultivator, a cultivator who has had initial contact with the way of heaven will naturally not believe these things. The way of heaven is just the laws of the world. It is just a scope, not a framework.

But what makes Xu Qingfan strange is that Liu Huaxiang, a cultivator in the realm of pill formation, knows these things very well. When Xu Qingfan decided to go into seclusion that day to try to merge with the "Wutong Branch", Liu Huaxiang immediately brought out the "hundred-day taboos", commented on the taboos of this day in a dignified manner, and then gave Xu Qingfan a "It's not great, but it's not too bad either".

Faced with this unspoken comment, Xu Qingfan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but facing the elder Liu Huaxiang, he was helpless.

Before retreating, Xu Qingfan bowed deeply to Liu Huaxiang and said, "Thank you so much for your guidance, Master Liu, during this time. I will never forget it. I don't know how long this retreat will take. Please Uncle Master, please take good care of Ting'er."

Liu Huaxiang nodded and said with a smile: "This little girl Ting'er is very well-behaved, you don't have to worry. You will probably spend a long time in retreat this time. I will take Ting'er around and look around. I can help you by the way. Collect the materials needed to perform the secret technique, just in case you don't get the elixir formation period this time, so you can save some time."

Hearing Liu Huaxiang's words, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but was slightly stunned and asked: "But Master Liu, my Jiuhua Mountain has been closed now. Others can't come in, and we can't go out. Master, how can you go down the mountain?"

Liu Huaxiang smiled slyly and whispered: "Sealing the mountain only seals the Jiuji Formation. Although the Jiuji Formation surrounds the entire Jiuhua Mountain, you don't have to pass through the Jiuji Formation to get out of the mountain."

"Uncle, you mean...?" Xu Qingfan asked in shock.

Liu Huaxiang didn't say much, he just smiled and said: "There is no hopeless and perfect formation in the world, and there is no wall without the slightest gap. Besides, how can a mountain be truly sealed? If there is an accident, wouldn't it mean that you will be suffocated to death? In Jiuhua Mountain? My Jiuhua Patriarch is extremely resourceful, how can I not think of these reasons?"

Hearing Liu Huaxiang just say this, Xu Qingfan knew that this matter might involve Jiuhua's secrets, and Liu Huaxiang wouldn't say much in his own capacity, so Xu Qingfan knew what was going on and didn't ask any more questions, and just nodded to Liu Huaxiang. Then he turned to look at Ting'er.

"Ting'er. Uncle, I don't know how long this retreat will take. During this period, you must listen carefully to Master Liu's words and don't practice day and night. Do you understand?"

Ting'er nodded obediently, but her eyes were like a lake. Although it was clear, it couldn't be seen clearly what kind of insects and fish were hidden underneath.

Then Xu Qingfan raised his head and looked at Xiaobi who was following Ting'er. Noticing Xu Qingfan's gaze, Xiaobi's body trembled involuntarily, as if she was extremely scared of Xu Qingfan. The limbs kept moving backwards.

Seeing Xiao Bi's appearance, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but feel funny. He was about to stop it from trampling on the flowers and plants in Liu Huaxiang's Herb Garden, but he couldn't help but laugh at himself when he thought that although Xiao Bi was smart among monsters, he didn't understand human language. , wouldn’t it mean that he would be in seclusion for a long time? Why worry so much about gains and losses?

In fact, Xu Qingfan did have some twists and turns during this retreat, because this was the first long-term retreat for Xu Qingfan since he cultivated immortality, and he had been in retreat every time before. Xu Qingfan either wanted to heal his wounds and regain his energy, or to refine magic weapons, or to increase his cultivation level. It would only take him three or two months at most, according to Liu Huaxiang's estimation. Xu Qingfan's retreat this time will take at least four to five years or even more. No wonder Xu Qingfan felt a little ups and downs in his heart.

He bowed to Liu Huaxiang again, and then touched the back of Ting'er's head. Xu Qingfan didn't hesitate anymore, turned around and walked towards his thatched cottage.

Although the door was closed, cutting off the realm outside the house, Xu Qingfan's originally ups and downs suddenly became joyless and worry-free. He strolled to the bed, sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes and calmed his mind, and began this journey that was of great significance to him. of retreat.

Originally, the "Wutong Branch" with the aura of the phoenix was already regarded as a sacred object in the world of immortality. Xu Qingfan had only obtained it for more than two years, and the "Linghua Jue" he had cultivated was also incomplete. How could he be able to merge with it so quickly?

But it was also God's will. Originally, Xu Qingfan could only initially use the energy in the "Wu Tong Branch" after two years, and barely reached the state of uniting his mind and body with a soul weapon. However, on Huandao, he and Feng Qing The changes that occurred between Tian and "Wutong Branch" not only gave him a trace of Phoenix blood in his body, but also greatly strengthened the connection between him and "Wutong Branch". In addition, in order to save Feng Qingtian, a large part of the Phoenix spiritual energy in the "Wutong Branch" was input into Feng Qingtian's body, so that the energy of the "Wutong Branch" itself was reduced a lot, although Xu Qingfan and it were reduced because of this. The possibility of forming a pill after merging also lowers the conditions for Xu Qingfan to merge with "Wutong Branch".

Due to all these factors, Xu Qingfan was able to meet the conditions for merging with the "Wutong Branch" more than two years after he obtained the "Wutong Branch". But even so, the definition of Xu Qingfan's retreat this time is just an attempt to merge with the "Wutong Branch", because even after the energy is greatly reduced, the "Wutong Branch"'s own aura is extremely abundant, which is stronger than the aura in Xu Qingfan's own body. More than double.

Therefore, during this retreat, Xu Qingfan was not sure whether he could successfully merge with the sycamore branch, and he did not know how long it would take to escape.

Gossip aside, after Xu Qingfan closed his eyes and calmed his mind, the spiritual energy in his body also slowly circulated. The two qi of dryness and glory, and the spiritual energy of the phoenix, each followed their own trajectory and continued to operate. As the spiritual energy circulated, the aura of Xu Qingfan also became hidden. It was difficult to understand, but at the same time, the three auras of green, gray, and red were flickering and changing on Xu Qingfan's body, reflecting the colorful thatched cottage where Xu Qingfan was.

After a while, when Xu Qingfan was sure that his state of mind and body had reached the best state, he no longer hesitated and began to contact the "Wutong Branch" that turned into a hairpin on his head. He saw a bright red light in the thatched cottage where Xu Qingfan was located, and the temperature became even higher. It was a sudden increase. As the "Wu Tong Branch" left, Xu Qingfan's unbridled body was also fluttering with the fluctuations of spiritual energy.

At the same time as the "Wutong Branch" was transformed into a prototype, Xu Qingfan suddenly opened his eyes, and a fiery light flashed from his eyes, and then he suddenly spurted out a large mouthful of blood essence from his mouth and sprinkled it on the "Wutong Branch". , not a drop fell, all covered the trunk of the "Wu Tong Branch".

Different from the previous time when Xu Qingfan used his essence and blood to drive the "Wu Tong Branch", this time after the "Wu Tong Branch" was soaked with Xu Qingfan's blood, it turned into little red lights and penetrated into Xu Qingfan's body one after another. Red light spots continued to enter the body, and the aura on Xu Qingfan's body became more and more mysterious.

It is clear that there is a monk in front of him, but if someone sees it, he will feel that there is a phoenix lying in front of him and taking a nap.

The tattoo of the flaming phoenix on the corner of Xu Qingfan's eye became brighter and more vivid at this time, as if it came alive in an instant and spread its wings to fly.

At the same time, outside Xu Qingfan's thatched cottage, Liu Huaxiang and Ting'er had been standing there since Xu Qingfan entered the house, as if waiting for something.

After a long time, a sudden change occurred, and an extremely powerful momentum suddenly came from Xu Qingfan's thatched house. Fiery red light continued to seep through the gaps in the thatched house. At the same time, the temperature in the air soared. The thousand-year-old snow on the top of Jiuhua Mountain was here. It also melts continuously under high temperatures. But Liu Huaxiang and Ting'er seemed to hear a crisp phoenix cry coming from the thatched house.

Seeing these changes, Liu Huaxiang nodded with satisfaction, knowing that Xu Qingfan's mind had fallen into emptiness at this time and could no longer pay attention to external objects, so he whispered to Ting'er beside him: "Ting'er, let's go down the mountain."

After hearing Liu Huaxiang's words, Ting'er raised her head in confusion, as if she didn't understand how to get down the mountain.

But she saw a sudden flash of strange light in Liu Huaxiang's eyes, and seeing these strange lights, Ting'er immediately fell into a coma.

Seeing Ting'er suddenly falling into coma, Xiaobi immediately screamed at Liu Huaxiang, but Liu Huaxiang glared at her. He didn't dare to move anymore, and just guarded Ting'er. She felt that Liu Huaxiang was going to It was three points more terrifying than Xu Qingfan who held its soul pearl.