Seeking Immortality

Originally, Xu Qingfan only wanted to find out the location of Zizhen Immortal through Xiaohei, and see if there was any possibility of contacting Zizhen Immortal, but he didn't expect to find out so many secrets through Xiaohei. The ups and downs in his heart were really beyond words.

After carefully analyzing this information, Xu Qingfan realized for the first time in his life that he was not smart enough.

He was restless all night.

The next morning, the light drove away the darkness, and took back the earth that had been ravaged by the darkness for a whole night, and jumped happily in every corner.

Just as the sun shone through Xu Qingfan's entire room, Xu Qingfan's eyes, which were originally slightly closed, slowly opened, got out of bed, opened the door, and walked out of the yard.

After thinking for a whole night, Xu Qingfan finally determined the countermeasures for the next few days. After repeatedly confirming that there were no loopholes, he finally relaxed.

This time, Xu Qingfan went out to find Mo Ziliang who was waiting outside the door. This time, he went to find Mo Ziliang not because he wanted to cover Xiao Hei's way out like before. In broad daylight, Xiao Hei's invisibility effect was completely gone. He went to find Mo Ziliang this time to show that he liked talking to Mo Ziliang, so that he would not attract the attention of others, especially Liu Ziqing, by talking to Mo Ziliang twice last night. Secondly, after a night of thinking, Xu Qingfan was really mentally exhausted, so finding an honest man like Mo Ziliang to talk to was also conducive to Xu Qingfan's relaxation. Just like the previous two times, with the help of the "ground mirror", no matter how Mo Ziliang changed his position, Xu Qingfan easily found his position, and then started with a sentence "Senior, you are still here. What a coincidence, we meet again", and then a conversation with ulterior motives began.

Putting aside the difference between the sects and the purpose of Xu Qingfan and Mo Ziliang, Xu Qingfan actually liked talking to Mo Ziliang very much, because in Xu Qingfan's opinion. Mo Ziliang has the most essential thing in cultivating immortals, that is, a simple yearning for cultivating immortals. There is no other idea in his mind except cultivating immortals. In Xu Qingfan's view, this is the real pursuit of the Tao. More importantly, when talking with Mo Ziliang, he will not be too wary.

Cultivating immortals and the way of heaven are exactly what the two talked about. There is no intrigue, no need to guess each other's thoughts, talking and laughing, and being extremely relaxed.

After a conversation. After an hour, Xu Qingfan and Mo Ziliang both had satisfied expressions on their faces, and then the monitor continued to monitor, and the monitored continued to be monitored. They understood each other tacitly.

But when Xu Qingfan returned to the house, he found Liu Ziqing, or he could call him Xuanzhen Immortal, sitting in Xu Qingfan's house at this time. He had been waiting for a long time.

After knowing that Liu Ziqing mistakenly thought that he was a subordinate of Zhang Xu Shengdi, although Xu Qingfan was still wary of Liu Ziqing, he was much more relaxed when he faced him again, because Xu Qingfan knew that Liu Ziqing would never dare to touch him before his plan succeeded.

This time Liu Ziqing came to spy again, obviously he was still not very reassured about what happened last night. So Xu Qingfan still faced it with caution. He did not get carried away because he was about to break Liu Ziqing's painstaking plan, and was as humble and cautious as ever.

It was not easy to deal with Liu Ziqing. After sending this scary or pathetic man away respectfully, Xu Qingfan finally settled down, sat cross-legged on the bed, and closed his eyes to rest.

All actions were at night, but this was the time to recuperate.

Night seems to be naturally associated with conspiracy, trickery, calculation, and even thieves. In addition to liking the tranquility of the night, Xu Qingfan never thought that he would wait for the night to fall one day so that he could calculate others.

While closing his eyes to rest, time passed quickly. It seemed that it was just a moment. The day and night changed, and darkness regained the power between heaven and earth. Everything around seemed so quiet but dark.

Pushing the door open again, looking up at the moon and stars above his head, Xu Qingfan let out a long breath and walked towards Mo Ziliang again.

This time, Xu Qingfan was protecting Xiao Hei again.

Xu Qingfan was a little uneasy about deceiving Mo Ziliang, an honest man, but there was nothing he could do. Xu Qingfan's first encounter with Mo Ziliang was a stroke of luck. Although there were three cultivators monitoring Xu Qingfan, Xu Qingfan did not dare to expect anyone to be as easy to deceive as Mo Ziliang, and he would forget everything around him when talking about Taoism, so Xu Qingfan could only continue to deceive Mo Ziliang helplessly but happily.

The incident was no different from the previous night. While Mo Ziliang and Xu Qingfan were discussing Taoism, Xiao Hei's dark body merged into the dark night, silently flew over Mo Ziliang's head, and quickly flew towards the back mountain of Ronghua.

After a conversation, Xu Qingfan suddenly left on the pretext of something when Mo Ziliang was talking, because Xu Qingfan knew that Xiao Hei might have passed through the barrier between the front and back mountains and flew to the place where Zizhen Immortal was trapped.

But Mo Ziliang's words, "Friend Xu, will you come tonight? I will wait for you no matter what." made Xu Qingfan's heart tremble. Originally, he was thinking about talking to Mo Ziliang more after the matter was settled, but now it seems that he still needs to think more about it.

After returning to the house, Xu Qingfan sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes and performed the "Mind Eye Technique" again.

Although according to Xu Qingfan's plan, Xiao Hei was enough for today's matter, but Xu Qingfan couldn't let go no matter what, so he decided to observe it personally through Xiao Hei. When Xu Qingfan's mind was completely absorbed in the "Mind Technique", he found that the field of vision in front of him suddenly changed, and it was transformed into Xiao Hei's field of vision.

Just as Xu Qingfan had expected, Xiao Hei had already corroded the barrier and quickly flew towards the tangled place of strange trees.

After flying to the place where Zizhen Immortal was detained, Xiao Hei started to croak continuously. His voice was ugly and rustic, but it was outrageous. However, Xiao Hei had been "silenced" for a long time under Xu Qingfan's ban. , with Xu Qingfan's permission at this time, he was screaming very happily.

But the entire Ronghua Back Mountain, except for the "rail". But no Qingxu monk entered, so although Xiao Hei's scream was loud and unpleasant, Xu Qingfan was not afraid of being discovered.

According to Xu Qingfan's judgment, he was surrounded by those strange giant trees. Immortal Zizhen may not even be able to spread his spiritual consciousness very far, but he can only hear sounds in the giant trees.

Sure enough, even with the character of Zizhen Immortal in the Mahayana stage, it was unbearable to hear Xiao Hei's unpleasant cry, but his voice suddenly came from the giant tree: "Strange, how could I, Qingxu Holy Land, do this?" Is there a crow appearing? At this time, there is no grass growing in the back mountain, so there should be no living things left. Little crow, you are calling so eagerly, but you can’t find food in the back mountain?”

Hearing the voice of Immortal Zizhen, Xu Qingfan breathed a sigh of relief. Before, I was afraid that Immortal Zizhen would be angry with Liu Ziqing's words last night, and then decide to close the six senses and go into seclusion from then on.

After Xiao Hei heard a voice coming from the giant tree, Xiao Hei was a little unhappy because he followed Xu Qingfan's order. As long as there is a sound coming from the giant tree, it cannot scream at will.

But no matter what, Xiao Hei still obediently threw the cyan spirit bead on his left paw from mid-air to the ground.

This blue spirit bead seemed to be extremely fragile. It shattered immediately after hitting the ground, but a wisp of green smoke slowly emerged from the place where it shattered, and it did not disperse when exposed to the wind.

As the blue smoke continued to fluctuate, a voice slowly came out of the blue smoke. But it was Xu Qingfan's voice.

"Senior Zizhen. Hello, I am speaking to you through the Condensing Sound Bead. So you don't need to speak, just listen."

"My junior Xu Fan, a loose cultivator in the Southern Wilderness, met senior Liu Huaxiang from the Jiuhua Mountains fifty years ago. He had been very kind to this junior before and entrusted me to send you a letter. Of course, this junior will promise to do it. However, at that time, I was in the middle of nowhere. I am at a critical juncture in my cultivation. I just came out of seclusion recently. I just arrived at Ronghua Mountain to look for you. However, I heard about Senior Qing Lingzi and noticed something wrong in it, so I did not give the letter to the Qingxu disciples. I first sneaked into the Qingxu Sect, and after many days of secret investigation, I finally found where you were trapped, senior."

"After thinking hard for a long time, I finally came up with a countermeasure. My spiritual beast is called Dark Crow. There is a lot of death energy circulating in its body, which can corrode everything in the world. So I made a death spirit bead. If The senior wanted to get out of the trap now, so the junior asked the dark crow to throw the dead spirit bead into a hidden corner of these giant trees. After a day, the death energy inside would be released, which would continue to corrode these giant trees. In addition, the senior I believe that with just a few dozen days of work, senior, you will be able to get out of the trap. When senior gets out of the trap and regains control of the Qingxu Gate, I will wait for the senior’s call at the Xuhan Gate near the Qingxu Gate.”

"Senior, if you don't want to leave just yet, or if you don't trust me, I'd like to ask you to keep today's matter a secret. In addition, I'll leave it to you to decide how to deal with Senior Liu Huaxiang's letter."

As Xu Qingfan's voice all fell, the green smoke that had been continuously fluctuating and making sounds suddenly dispersed with the wind, leaving no trace behind.

Silently using the death energy to corrode the strange trees surrounding Zizhen Immortal, and combining the power of Zizhen Immortal to break open these strange trees, was the simplest, safest and most practical method that Xu Qingfan thought of.

In addition, Xu Qingfan's words can be said to be true or false. Although the matter that Liu Huaxiang entrusted him to bring to Immortal Zizhen was certainly true, Xu Qingfan concealed his identity. First, Xu Qingfan was afraid that if this matter failed, After his identity was revealed, the Jiuhua Mountain lineage would be implicated. Secondly, because Xu Qingfan was not sure whether Zizhen Immortal would have any sectarian views in his heart, so for the sake of safety, he could only conceal his identity.

Also, Xu Qingfan did not mention that he overheard the conversation between Immortal Zizhen and Liu Ziqing the night before. After all, most of the conversation was secretive. Even if Xu Qingfan saved Immortal Zizhen, he was the junior of Immortal Zizhen’s old friend and had the dual identity of the deacon and elder of Jiuhua Mountain. Immortal Zizhen had no choice but to let Xu Qingfan stay in "Ronghua Mountain" It will last another three to five hundred years.

While secretly reviewing his calculations in his heart, Xu Qingfan was also nervously waiting for Immortal Zizhen's response, if Immortal Zizhen refused to cooperate because he doubted his identity. So Xu Qingfan's calculation can only be regarded as in vain.

But Immortal Zizhen finally let Xu Qingfan get his wish.

As Xu Qingfan's voice fell, there was silence for a long time in the giant tree, and then suddenly the old voice of Immortal Zizhen came out: "Since I have been planning for a long time, let's do what I said, thank you very much. "

After hearing the answer from Zizhen Immortal. Xu Qingfan, who was far away in the front mountain, breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered Xiaohei to find a relatively hidden corner among the strange trees and giant trees, and dropped the "dead spirit bead".

In fact, Xu Qingfan did not say some things about this "dead spirit bead". First, as long as Xu Qingfan wanted, he could actually let this dead spirit bead work immediately, but just in case, Xu Qingfan covered the outer layer of the spirit bead condensed by the dead energy with a layer of "living spirit energy", just in case, Xu Qingfan was afraid that if this "dead spirit bead" worked too early and was discovered by Liu Ziqing and others, then Xu Qingfan would be the biggest suspect, even if Liu Ziqing was concerned about his identity as a subordinate of Zhang Xusheng. He could only let Xu Qingfan stay in "Ronghua Mountain" forever. And with this layer of "living spirit energy", the dead energy would have to wait until one day later to break through. By then, Xu Qingfan had finished preaching and left "Ronghua Mountain", and even if he was discovered, he would have nothing to do.

Secondly. To be on the safe side, Xu Qingfan not only filled this "death bead" with all the dead air in Xiao Hei's body, but also filled it with all the "dead air" in his body. After all, these strange trees can trap a Mahayana cultivator, even though he is only a Mahayana cultivator with only 30% of his power. He should never be underestimated. So Xu Qingfan thought it was better to be cautious.

As Xiao Hei threw the "death bead" down and flew quickly towards the front mountain, Xu Qingfan breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his plan was halfway done.

Then, Xu Qingfan's expression became calm, and then he stood up from the bed and pushed the door out.

In order to cover Xiao Hei's return, Xu Qingfan had to fool the old man Mo Ziliang again. But fortunately, it was the last time.

The next day. As soon as the morning light climbed over the horizon, Xu Qingfan opened his eyes. He woke up from meditation.

This day was the third day since Xu Qingfan came to "Qingxu Gate". It was probably the last day, but it was also the day when Xu Qingfan was going to preach.

Last night, perhaps because of the guilt in his heart after the continuous deception, Xu Qingfan really spent a lot of time discussing cultivation and heaven with Mo Ziliang. Although it could not be regarded as compensation, it could at least alleviate Xu Qingfan's guilt a little. Although talking about immortals and Taoism is a common hobby of cultivators in the world of immortals, Xu Qingfan also benefited a lot after satisfying Mo Ziliang's talk.

Originally, these days Xu Qingfan had been planning how to avoid revealing flaws, or how to hand Liu Huaxiang's letter to Zizhen Immortal. Xu Qingfan didn't think much about preaching in Qingxu, but when all the previous things were resolved and the preaching was about to come, Xu Qingfan suddenly became nervous.

It's not that Xu Qingfan had never preached before. He had preached to Ting'er more than once before, and even preached to the disciples of the three academies in Jiuhua Three Academy at the invitation of Li Yuhan.

But those times, there were only one or two hundred people listening to his preaching, and their cultivation was far inferior to Xu Qingfan, so Xu Qingfan naturally didn't feel nervous.

But this time it was different. According to the introduction of Xuan Lingzi, Liu Ziqing, Mo Ziliang and others, if someone came to Qingxu to preach, unless they were in seclusion, the disciples of Qingxu had to be present, and there were thousands of people! What's more, there were more than 40 Qingxu elders whose strength was still higher than Xu Qingfan, and Xu Qingfan had no preparation before, so how could Xu Qingfan not be nervous?

But it must be said that Mo Ziliang was really Xu Qingfan's lucky star. A conversation the night before made Xu Qingfan's eyes light up, and he had a clear path for the upcoming preaching.

It turned out that the night before, Xu Qingfan, who had finished everything, had a heated discussion with Mo Ziliang about immortals. However, Xu Qingfan's skill level was much lower than Mo Ziliang's, and some of the views he put forward were what Mo Ziliang had thought of. It could also lead to some more profound views. At the beginning, the two of them discussed with each other, but later it became Mo Ziliang talking and Xu Qingfan listening.

In the end, Xu Qingfan had no choice but to tell Mo Ziliang some of the withering and flourishing ways of life and death that he was most familiar with from practicing "Withering and Flourishing Secrets" and creating "Life and Death Secrets", which made Mo Ziliang's eyes light up. After all, few people in the world of immortal cultivation have thought of these things, and no one has the "living spirit" and "withering and dead spirit" in his body like Xu Qingfan. The two opposite natures of rare spiritual energy. What he comprehended is naturally very different from ordinary immortal cultivation.

And when Xu Qingfan talked about the way of withering and flourishing life and death. The discussion between him and Mo Ziliang finally turned into a mutual discussion.

After this incident, Xu Qingfan also decided that when he preached in Qingxu, he would talk about the way of life and death. When he made this decision, Xu Qingfan was still a little hesitant in his heart. After all, he had not mentioned these things to Ting'er a few times, but then he thought about it and felt calm. Since Qingxu Sect can preach to the world's cultivators for free every ten years. Why can't he? What's more, if they have not practiced "The Secret of Withering and Flourishing" or have both life and death in their bodies, then what Xu Qingfan said will only make them feel bright, but they will not have any practical gains.

Of course. If a genius suddenly appeared in Qingxu Sect at this time, and he could create a "Secret of Withering and Flourishing" or "Secret of Life and Death" based on Xu Qingfan's way of life and death, then Xu Qingfan would have nothing to say.

Just as Xu Qingfan frowned and thought about the details to pay attention to when preaching later, there was a sudden knock on the door. At the same time, Zhang Pei's respectful voice rang out: "Senior Xu, the time for the sermon is about to begin. Please move to the top of Ronghua Mountain, in front of Qingxu Hall."

As Zhang Pei's voice fell, several cranes were heard calling from the front mountain of Ronghua. It was the sound used by the "Qingxu Sect" to summon the sect members.

When Xu Qingfan walked out of the door, he found that in addition to Zhang Pei and the guard, Liu Ziqing and Mo Ziliang were waiting.

When Xu Qingfan followed Liu Ziqing and Mo Ziliang to fly to the Qingxu Palace on the top of Ronghua Mountain, he found that there were two or three thousand Qingxu monks sitting cross-legged in the open space in front of the "Qingxu Palace" waiting. They were so dense that they made people dizzy.

In front of the Qingxu disciples who were sitting cross-legged, there was a bamboo platform. On the bamboo platform, about thirty Qingxu elders were sitting on bamboo chairs, waiting quietly like those ordinary Qingxu disciples.

Seeing such a grand scene, Xu Qingfan didn't know why the tension that was still left in his heart suddenly disappeared.

After seeing Xu Qingfan appear, all the monks of Qingxu stood up in unison. Whether they were ordinary Qingxu disciples or those Qingxu elders who were extremely respected on weekdays, they all bowed deeply to Xu Qingfan to show the respect and gratitude of "Qingxu Sect" for preaching.

In this scene where thousands of people bowed, Xu Qingfan slowly descended from the clouds, and as Xu Qingfan fell, everyone in Qingxu also stood up.

Seeing this scene, Xu Qingfan admired in his heart. No matter what the inside story of the Qingxu Sect's change was, this pursuit and yearning for the way of heaven was definitely not comparable to other sects.

Xu Qingfan secretly decided in his heart that after returning to Jiuhua Mountain, he would also hold a Jiuhua preaching. This will be of great help to the future development of Jiuhua.

But at the same time, Xu Qingfan also noticed that although there was no problem with the etiquette, some elders were reluctant to bow before, and when they stood up, they looked at him with unconvinced or distrustful eyes. Obviously, they did not think that Xu Qingfan, who was only in the middle stage of the Void Pill, could say anything that would interest them, who were in the Real Pill Stage or above. Among them, the tall and thin old man who sat with Xuan Lingzi was the most obvious, and those Qingxu elders with strange faces were also sitting around him. Xu Qingfan knew that this old man was Huan Lingzi, who was as famous as Xuan Lingzi.

In response, Xu Qingfan just smiled slightly, but did not care. The sermon in a while would naturally prove everything.

According to the rules of the "Qingxu Sect", as long as the sermon was sitting on the futon in the middle of the bamboo platform, it meant that the sermon had begun. Xu Qingfan did not have any extra courtesy after the sermon, but sat directly on the futon and started to preach.

Looking at the two or three thousand Qingxu disciples with strange eyes under the bamboo platform, Xu Qingfan took a deep breath, and his mood suddenly became extremely calm. Then he suddenly smiled slightly, and then waved his hands, and a small flower under the bamboo platform floated towards Xu Qingfan's hand.

Just as the Qingxu disciples were surprised and some Qingxu elders were mocking, the flowers in Xu Qingfan's hands suddenly withered, and after a moment they became full and bright again, then withered again, and bloomed again, and repeated several times.

Seeing Xu Qingfan's move, everyone on the field became solemn.

ps: The second update, more than 7,000 words. Today's 20,000 words are done! ! I am exhausted and my waist and back hurt. I saw that some friends in the comment area started to talk about the "Five Decays of Heavenly Beings" and the "Three Decays of Heavenly Beings" in this book. This is completely different, and there will be explanations in the following chapters.

In addition, after the past few days, Chongzi summed up two things. First, people should not brag, let alone brag too much. Although Chongzi has the ability to make up for the bragging, he has a bad character. At the end of last month, he suddenly caught a cold, and only updated 3,000 of the 13,000 in the last two days. On the 1st, the school suddenly lost power, and Chongzi had no choice but to rush to the Internet cafe to finish the manuscript, but the Internet cafes around were crowded, so Chongzi took a taxi to a far away Internet cafe. Just after paying the fee and sitting down, a classmate called, and then the school called, and then Chongzi took a taxi back to school. After typing 4,000 words, the school had a power outage again. It was really a joke. I explained to everyone yesterday about the sudden meeting on the 2nd, but no matter what, I broke my promise again, and I dare not mention my reputation to anyone from now on. But today I finally broke the 20,000. The second thing is that I will never write a chapter of 10,000 words again. The feeling of being far away is very despairing and mentally exhausted.

Well, anyway, the update that I owed everyone is finally here. I breathed a sigh of relief and felt liberated.