The Path to Immortality

After Zhao Qixing's harsh reprimand and teaching, Zhao Yangong became more confused and annoyed. He didn't understand why his father made such a fuss over such a trivial matter.

But he didn't want to be scolded again, so he pretended to listen to the teachings humbly, nodded repeatedly, and retreated.

Zhao Yangong didn't notice the flash of disappointment in his father's eyes that became stronger and stronger.

Zhao Qiqing, who was silent on the side, couldn't help but sigh.

His eldest brother was good in every way, but the choice of the successor to the head of the family was really...

Is there a chance to change him?

A thought suddenly popped up in Zhao Qiqing's mind. It lingered in his mind for a long time.

………

In the evening.

Fang Ping called a few waiters and told them that he would be in seclusion for a period of time to comprehend the way of alchemy. No matter what happened, he should not be disturbed.

Then, he walked up the stairs in front of the waiters.

This was just a facade for outsiders to see. In fact, the moment he walked up to the second floor, Fang Ping used the Thousand Illusions Bracelet to complete his disguise.

A high-grade magic weapon seized from the Black Water Wanderer appeared in his hand.

Black Water Flag!

Under the urging of magic power, a dark black water gushed out from the flag, wrapped Fang Ping's body, and then disappeared into the air.

Unless a foundation-building cultivator used his spiritual sense to scan it, the Qi training cultivators in Luoyuefang could hardly see through the concealment and breath-retaining effects of the Black Water Flag.

Fang Ping had already experienced this personally.

Under the cover of the Black Water Flag, he swaggered out of the shop, mixed in with the endless stream of casual cultivators, and came to the entrance and exit of Luoyuefang.

The moment he stepped out of the market and out of the range of the formation, Fang Ping felt much more relaxed.

With his current strength, without the suppression of the formation, except for the four foundation-building cultivators in Luoyuefang, there should be no one who can threaten him.

With a brisk pace, he followed the mossy stone road to the dock area by the lake.

There were many boats of varying sizes moored here, some of which traveled regularly between Luoyue Valley and the market to transport secular goods; some were used to catch spiritual fish and precious aquatic products on the lake for the monks in the market; and some were pleasure boats for the monks to have fun on the lake.

Most of the sailors on the boats were mortals, or warriors who had only practiced some secular martial arts.

There were only a few low-level monks who served as guards on the boats, specifically to deal with possible robbers or monsters in the lake.

Seeing Fang Ping walking along, his eyes fell on the docked boats from time to time, and some boat owners and fishermen who lived on the boats looked over. But they were afraid of his identity as a monk and did not dare to rashly approach to recruit him, so as not to displease the monks.

After observing for a while, Fang Ping chose one of the pleasure boats that was more than ten feet long and relatively elegantly decorated.

With a flicker of his body, he landed on the pleasure boat.

"Whose boat is this?"

Fang Ping asked calmly.

A man in his forties, wearing a black sea-climbing shirt, walked up quickly and said enthusiastically: "Hello, Master. I am Liu Rong, the owner of this pleasure boat."

Fang Ping nodded: "It's been a nice autumn day recently. I want to rent a boat to cruise the lake for a month. How much does it cost?"

Rent a boat for a month?

This is a big deal!

The man's eyes lit up immediately, and he tried to quote: "If you only want to rent a boat, you can give some ordinary gold and silver. If the Master needs musicians, maids, spiritual wine and spiritual food on the pleasure boat, you will need to spend some spiritual stones. From low to high, it will cost five, ten, and twenty spiritual stones respectively. If the Master has higher requirements or specific needs, you can also customize it in advance."

Chartering a boat for a month, the highest level only costs twenty spiritual stones?

Inadvertently, Fang Ping was a little dazed, and remembered the situation when he was in the outer sect of Luoyang Sect, haggling over a few spiritual stones.

But he came back to his senses in an instant, and threw out twenty spiritual stones casually: "Get ready as soon as possible, we will go down to the lake tonight!"

"Okay, please come in, Master!"

Seeing Fang Ping so generous, Liu Rong was overjoyed and ran around to entertain him.

Seeing that the business was settled here, the other ship owners couldn't help but sigh with regret and dispersed.

Soon, the "lanterns" with bright stones lit up the dim pleasure boat.

A musician played a light music, and more than a dozen beautiful maids and dancers, who had just finished washing, hurried to the upper floor, served fragrant tea, seasonal fruits, and various cakes, and served carefully on the side.

In the melodious sound of stringed instruments, the pleasure boat set sail in the moonlight and slowly sailed out of the dock.

After a while.

At Fang Ping's request, the pleasure boat stopped on the sparkling lake. Keeping a safe distance from Luoyue Island, it sailed around the market town.

Several fishing boats that were late and returned under the stars happened to pass by nearby.

The mortals on the boat looked at the nobleman who was surrounded by pretty maids on the bright pleasure boat, and listened to the girls' soft words and giggles, and couldn't help but show deep envy.

………

Half a month passed in a blink of an eye.

These days, Luoyuefang has been peaceful. Many careless monks didn't notice anything unusual at all.

But with the help of his spare time, Fang Ping clearly felt that the monks in and out of the market town were becoming more frequent after observing from a distance many times.

Among the monks who left the market town, there were many who heard the news and wanted to hide in advance like Fang Ping.

As for the origins of the monks who entered the market town, it was hard to say.

Perhaps, the Zhao family, Ji family, and Shi family are secretly shrinking their power and recruiting monks from other places in Luoyue Valley to prepare for the upcoming crisis.

A war sweeping across the entire Luoyuefang is brewing rapidly and may break out at any time.

At night.

Fang Ping, who had just finished his training, came to the bow of the boat and had a rare moment of relaxation.

"Master Immortal!"

"Will the immortal master also come out to admire the moon tonight? I'm so excited!"

"Try the peeled Qiuyue fruit from my family. How does it taste? Is it as sweet as my family's lips and tongue?"

The young maids were so enthusiastic that they came over one after another.

Everyone knows that as long as they are favored by the immortal master and taken as concubines, their life trajectories and even the fate of the whole family will be different from now on.

In the slightly noisy night, the cool night breeze blows from the lake, giving people an indescribable feeling of comfort.

Just when Fang Ping was relaxing, a violent explosion suddenly sounded from Luoyuefang in the distance.

"boom!"

It seemed that the movement caused by the Foundation Establishment cultivator activating the spiritual weapon and using all his strength immediately aroused huge turmoil in Luoyuefang.

The next moment, loud shouts of killing rang out in Luoyuefang.

"Kill!"

"The head of the Ji family is ignorant and unjust, and his actions are corrupt and unfair, which has already aroused public outrage. Today, I, the Zhao family, will go out on behalf of all the monks on the island to attack the Ji family!"

"All Zhao family disciples, follow me to kill the Ji family and Shi family monks!"

"The sword has no eyes. If it doesn't matter, the casual cultivator should return to the room immediately and don't go out. Be careful of being accidentally killed!"

The sudden attack caught the Ji family and Shi family by surprise.

However, these two families were originally planning to take action against the Zhao family, but their launch would be a few days later.

Because of this, within an instant, the two families launched a violent counterattack.

The first-order formation on the island is operating at full strength.