Ling Yao also couldn't understand Liu Yuan's evil spirit. Since he had made the decision, he naturally obeyed and whispered, "Then you can no longer act as Jiang Feng or Liu Yuan in the future."
Liu Yuan shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter. After this matter is over, I will go to the Northern Prefecture. In the Northern Barbarian Land, no one cares about my identity. The sky is high and the birds fly freely, and the sea is wide and the fish jump freely."
Chapter 291: Phoenix... that's also a woman
Liu Yuan did not hide the fact that he was going to Beifu.
In the past half month, he had already told Ling Yao about his plan when they were chatting. Whether it was to go to the extremely cold land of the North Sea to hatch the Golden Crow True Yang, or to go to the Desert Sea Time Sand dungeon to get his real main weapon, or to change something in the battlefield between good and evil in the North Palace, going to the North Palace was an inevitable decision.
The scheduled fight between Vihuan Luo and Shen Sifan is not far away... He has to mediate the fight, he just hopes that by the time he arrives, the two won't be in a life-and-death situation.
Of course, compared to the fast-jumping timeline in the game, he still has a lot of time to prepare and many places to go.
No matter what, staying in Central China is impossible.
Ling Yao sorted out the large amount of extra information in her mind. Even she couldn't help but be moved by what Ding Huan had learned throughout his life.
Ding Huan had been trapped in that cave for hundreds of years, facing the eight-armed demon all day long. All he could do was to polish his character and cultivation to make them more solid, in order to resist the demon's erosion of his mind.
Therefore, these things were obtained through his hundreds of years of research with a sincere heart.
Liu Yuan did not tell Lingyu about the Taoist treasure at the beginning, so now the Yuxu Taoist sect only knows that Ding Huan is dead and that before his death he asked Liu Yuan to bring "Gu Chang" to become Yuxu's disciples, and they know nothing else.
However, since Liu Yuan already had his own cultivation method, this Taoist canon was of little use to him. At most, he could pretend to be a member of the Yuxu Taoist sect occasionally. As for Gu Chang, since his current cultivation was still very shallow, he was not able to come into contact with advanced content, and his cultivation content was no different from that of ordinary Yuxu disciples.
So far, the only person who truly understands the profoundness of Taoism is Ling Yao.
Originally on the Hualing River boat, Liu Yuan was planning to use Ding Huan's business to change the subject, but unfortunately, an accident happened suddenly and he lost the opportunity.
After hearing the true situation, Ling Yao sighed and said, "As expected of Senior Zhou Zhongzi, he has extraordinary courage, but even such a person cannot escape life and death."
Liu Yuan knew that it was probably because of what she had experienced in the past few days, especially the battle on the river where she almost died, that made this Taoist nun, who was naturally cold and aloof, feel that fate was not in her control.
He hugged the delicate body tightly in his arms and stroked Ling Yao's soft black hair: "Man can conquer nature. Senior Ding got what he wanted and died a worthy death. If he had not chosen to trap the Eight-Armed Sky Demon, he might still be the glorious head of Yuxu Sect. But this goes against his will. This is his own choice. What's more, there is an immortal phoenix in this world that escaped the cycle of life and death."
A few days ago, it was Ling Yao who set goals for him, but now he is the one who guides Ling Yao. The changes in the world are truly amazing.
Ling Yao tilted his head, a little embarrassed: "I'm not a child anymore, don't treat me like Hong Fu..."
Liu Yuan's eyes could not help but move downwards, and he nodded seriously, "Indeed, how could a child...hiss, it hurts, it hurts, stop pinching me!"
Ling Yao loosened his fingers, and Liu Yuan reached out and rubbed his lower back, secretly shocked. If he continued like this, he would suffer from lumbar muscle strain sooner or later.
Seeing his exaggerated grin, Ling Yao smiled, lowered her head and leaned on Liu Yuan obediently, stretched out her hand to help knead, and said: "Phoenix Nirvana occurs once every thousand years. I know you know the location of the Nirvana secret realm very well, but the time is not right now. Even if the phoenix has awakened, it can't come out... How can you get the phoenix blood?"
Liu Yuan enjoyed the gentle massage from Senior Sister Yuxu, squinted his eyes and said: "If the mountain doesn't come to me, then naturally I have to come to the mountain."
Ling Yao frowned: "You want to enter the secret realm of Nirvana?"
Liu Yuan nodded and said helplessly: "This is the only way now."
Seeing Ling Yao's serious expression, probably trying to persuade him not to take the risk, Liu Yuan took out the Fire-Repelling Orb and said, "With the Fire-Repelling Orb in hand and my current level of cultivation in the Fusion Stage, the Nirvana Secret Realm is not a place of no return for me."
He was quite familiar with the Nirvana Secret Realm dungeon. This was mainly an activity dungeon, which disappeared after the phoenix awoke and was born, and then became a fixed scene.
+1 for this scenic check-in spot.
But this is not the point. The point is that this activity copy is quite rare. It was completed by a team led by Liu Yuan. At that time, Liu Yuan was only slightly famous in the strategy circle. It can be said to be a big upset.
It was also because he obtained the first artifact-like bow [Huangtian] in this copy that Liu Yuan was able to further improve his combat effectiveness, and then conquer more characters, and finally achieved the title of God of Conquer.
What was more important was that because of this, Liu Yuan and the Phoenix had a good impression of each other, but at first, it was just an oath of friendship between allies, and later it gradually deteriorated...
Anyway, with the illustration in hand, the little phoenix will definitely not escape. However, there is one thing Liu Yuan still has a question in his mind.
Most of the other characters in the strategy guide have their own separate strategy plot lines, but Phoenix's character is directly added with favorability. I don't know how this can be self-consistent.
Ling Yao knew that the Fire-Repellent Bead was a genuine divine object after a brief investigation, but he still worriedly said, "The Nirvana Secret Realm is not filled with ordinary fire, and if the phoenix regards you as an intruder, the Fire-Repellent Bead will be useless. Moreover, although the phoenix is one of the four symbols, it is said that its temperament is not gentle..."
Liu Yuan blinked. Ling Yao was never an indecisive person, but it seemed not a bad thing that she was worrying about his comfort like this now.
He looked at Ling Yao with a smile. The latter of course noticed something. Seeing that he was not worried at all and looked confident of winning, he frowned and a light bulb went off in his head. He understood instantly.
Phoenix... that's also a female.
Senior Sister Yuxu reached out and pinched Liu Yuan's face, feeling both angry and amused: "You didn't even attack the Phoenix, did you?"
"Ah." Liu Yuan thought to himself, not only the phoenix, but also the dragon has been captured.
Ling Yao was speechless for a moment, then he sighed and said, "It seems that I worried for nothing. I thought it was a dangerous place, but I didn't expect it was just to let you visit your old lover."
Her eyes were dim. The phoenix is reborn once every thousand years. What is the identity of Liu Junxuan, who is the lover of the phoenix?
This question dissipated in a sigh, and in the end, he never asked it out loud.
Liu Yuan lowered his head and buried himself in it, squinting his eyes and said: "No matter whether it is new or old, my Jiao'er is always unique."
Ling Yao patted his back and said with a red face, "Nonsense."
Chapter 292 Empty Nest Elderly Xie Kua Kua
Liu Yuan had to sigh at the beauty of his senior sister.
There is so much treasure in one’s heart. It is truly a heart full of treasures, both inside and outside!
Liu Yuan had no resistance to Senior Sister Yuxu's maternal charm.
From the current perspective, City Lord Duan and the eldest senior sister have undoubtedly won, and Ling Yao has undoubtedly won the championship. City Lord Duan is slightly inferior and can be regarded as the runner-up, and the third place is Ning Xiangrong who is far away in Shuiyuewu.
Thinking back then, little Siyin was very envious of Sister Ning. I wonder if this little loli would cry on the spot if she saw Ling Yao.
This little girl is probably the softest and cutest person around Liu Yuan. She cries easily and is so young... Well, thinking about it this way, Ling Yao, who is over 300 years old, is more than qualified to be Gu Siyin's elder. If the two really meet...
Liu Yuan was not serious in his heart, so naturally he couldn't control his expression well.
Seeing his face full of dirty thoughts, Ling Yao pinched his ear and sighed helplessly, "Let's put aside the matter of the Nirvana Secret Realm for now. How did you offend the young patriarch and little princess of the Fusang tribe?"
The Fusang Sea God Tree Clan, in the ancient times tens of thousands of years ago when they were not yet isolated from Central China, established themselves as the Kingdom of the God Tree. Therefore, there are generally two sets of titles for those who hold high status in the Fusang Clan today, regardless of whether they are inside or outside the clan.
However, the latter has only a mocking meaning and is usually only said in private. After all, the Fuso tribe is now in decline, with only a few hundred people, and it cannot be called a country at all.
Liu Yuan restrained his expression and coughed twice. This time he was really innocent. His face straightened and he explained, "I didn't cause this. She and I only met once..."
He hesitated for a moment and said, "When I was at Chiyu Villa, Yuan Hongli and her grandfather came to a local gentry's house to ask for calligraphy and paintings. It happened that I was in urgent need of them, so I made a deal with them."
Liu Yuan is still not sure about Xie Qian’s identity, but it is very likely that he is the legendary saint.
However, since his title is "hermit" and he has stayed in such an unknown mortal town for such a long time, he certainly does not want to be known by the world.
but.
Old man Xie Qian is very strange. The “recluse” is followed by “the man who has never been willing to be lonely”. He retires but also refuses to be lonely... Is he a proud old man or an empty-nest elderly person?
So Liu Yuan decided not to say it clearly. As for why an ordinary country gentleman would be visited by the Fuso tribe leader and asked for calligraphy and paintings with precious treasures, and even he himself was one of them, there were some hidden information in it, whether he knew it or not, let the knowledgeable Fairy Lingyao tell him.
Anyway, he just told what he saw and heard, and did not mention Xie Qian's name.
Ling Yao frowned after hearing what he said. He looked at his mysterious expression, waiting for you to ask, and said carefully, "Is the surname of that country gentleman Xie?"
Hmm? Liu Yuan raised his eyebrows. It was accurate. It seemed that Xie Qian's identity was quite famous in a certain range, and everyone knew that he was in seclusion.
She is indeed a tsundere...
He nodded and said, "Yes."
Ling Yao was encouraged and continued to ponder, "That calligraphy and painting has the ability to repair the Soul Palace. The Fusang clan leader Yuan Kaiji came here for this purpose. It is said that he and... this Xie family squire once studied together, so it is no wonder that he was able to find him."
She lowered her beautiful eyes, and when she mentioned "the squire Xie family", she and Liu Yuan looked at each other, and they exchanged a look that showed that they both knew what was going on, and both got the information they "wanted".
Liu Yuan verified the "tofu pudding revenge" he had learned from Xie Qian. Since Ling Yao knew it so clearly, it meant that the deeds and rumors about old man Xie were indeed very famous. Who else could have made Ling Yao's attitude so respectful, combined with the information he had known before, except for a saint?
His heart skipped a beat, it turned out that he had actually drawn a genuine SSR card when he drew the card before.
At the same time, he regretted it greatly. With such a card in hand, he had maxed out his favorability. At the beginning, he only took a few experience scrolls at Xie's house? That's it?
What a waste of natural resources!
However, Liu Yuan was just thinking about it. He had just traveled through time not long ago and was in an overly excited state. The level of the people he came into contact with was also there. How could he have the ability to judge these things? Even if he knew Xie Qian's identity at that time, could he threaten him to repay his favor?
This is a saint, and his favorability is not gained through strategy like it is with other characters. If you show greed in front of him, you really don't know what the consequences will be.
Thinking about it this way, being a novice and ignorant at that time was not necessarily a bad thing.
Ling Yao was thinking that if the soul palace other than the three dantians was damaged, then it would be reasonable for the cultivation level to decline greatly and even for the body to need to be rebuilt.
Jun Xuan was very secretive about this, and at that time he even went to ask the saints for calligraphy and paintings that conveyed his ideas. I'm afraid his circumstances over the years were even more terrible than she imagined.
Ling Yao felt pity in his heart and said softly, "Let's not talk about this. That person's affairs are too far away from us."
It sounds like this saint seems very aloof in people's eyes. Liu Yuan couldn't help but defend Xie Kuakua: "In fact, he is quite kind. He writes and paints when he has nothing to do on weekdays, and hangs his paintings all over the pavilion. He refuses to give anything to people who ask for it. He is very venomous to people he dislikes, and he says something against them. He usually doesn't see people, but when someone visits him, he asks the guards to say that no one is there. Then he plays the piano very loudly, making sure that people outside can hear it..."
He smacked his lips. “That seems a bit excessive.”
Ling Yao chuckled, and then was a little surprised. Liu Yuan's tone didn't sound like he was talking to a senior expert who was far away. Instead, it sounded like he was talking to a friend he visited every day...
However, that saint was aloof and conceited in his life and had no close friends. Ling Yao had no doubt that Liu Yuan knew him, but it sounded as if they were close friends, which was a little unbelievable.
Liu Yuan shook his head and said, "Forget it, you are right. The current matter is more important. Get up, let's meet the young clan leader and find out why she is looking for the Nirvana Secret Realm."
As soon as he said that, Ling Yao remembered that she was still in his arms. She quickly stood up and straightened her clothes. Under Liu Yuan's gaze, she pursed her lips, and a faint blush appeared on her cold face.
This is the most attractive thing about Senior Sister Yuxu. Although... ahem, well, that's it, she is always as cold as smoke and easily shy.
Chapter 293: This Young Clan Leader Is Probably Beyond Salvation
Yuan Hongli sat upright on a wooden chair, holding a cup of hot tea in her hand.
She took a sip of tea and looked outside nervously.
The guards guarding the door were wearing uniform black uniforms with the Demon Cult's iconic Shura pattern painted on their backs, indicating that this was the territory controlled by the Demon Cult.
If it weren't for the note and Yuan Hongli's natural trust in Liu Yuan, and the guide's frankness, and his loyalty to his duty in the face of several people's suspicion, questioning and even threats, and his serious statement that the lord of the mansion is now discussing matters with the Holy Envoy of the Demon Cult at Wuyin Cliff, Yuan Bailang, Xi He and the others would never let their young patriarch put himself in danger.
Even so, these people still surrounded the weak Yuan Hongli tightly, making the room look extremely crowded and even a little funny.
Halfway through, Su Lanfeng came over and persuaded Yuan Hongli with kind words. Then they each found a stool to sit down, otherwise they would have been like door gods.
But if you were in the middle of it, you wouldn't want to laugh, you would only feel solemn. As the "bodyguards" of the young patriarch, these people's cultivation is naturally not bad. At this moment, they are on high alert, sitting in a circle, with an imposing manner, making the guards outside the door break out in a sweat.
Fortunately, these people are members of the evil cult. They have received brainwashing training since childhood and their wills are extremely firm. Even so, they still stand outside the door meticulously and without wavering.
Xi He is relatively young, and judging from the fact that she gave Yuan Hongli advice directly earlier, she is a lively person. She glanced outside and muttered that she was bored, but then she turned around and swung her legs, whispering, "Young Patriarch, is the man you mentioned really that powerful?"
"Well, not only is he amazing, but he's also a very nice person."
Yuan Hongli smiled faintly, thinking back to the time when the young man was in the Xie Mansion. He remained neither humble nor arrogant in front of his grandfather and Mr. Xie. After being targeted by his grandfather, he only retaliated a little. In the end, not only did he give him the card, but he also gave him one more.
Although Mr. Xie, who had a bad temper, gave Liu Yuan a whole pile of calligraphy and painting scrolls, if it were someone with a narrow mind, he would definitely leave and take this opportunity to avenge Yuan Kaiji's threat.
Yuan Hongli did not ignore the look the young man gave her when he threw the scroll for the last time, and she even kept it in mind - if it weren't for this look, Yuan Kaiji would not have teased his granddaughter.
I didn't expect to hear from him again under such circumstances...
Xi He blinked mysteriously: "Young Patriarch, you are blushing."
Yuan Hongli came back to her senses and said hurriedly in panic: "Where, where is it..."
But when I touched my cheek, I found that it was not as hot as I had imagined, but even a little cold.
These days, there has been heavy rain and thick fog on the Hualing River, and the coast is wet. And this rain is not ordinary rain. It seems that some divine creature has been born, or a great demon has advanced. There is a biting chill in the rain, and cultivators with lower cultivation bases will feel quite uncomfortable.
Yuan Hongli and others came from Fusang Sea, where the Golden Crow lives. It is warm like spring all year round and full of exotic flowers and plants. When they arrived here, they all suffered from some acclimatization problems and their hands and feet were cold. After drinking this cup of hot and fragrant tea, it only warmed their bodies slightly, but it was far from causing their blood to surge to the point of making their faces blush.
The action of touching her face only made her intention to hide something more obvious.
Yuan Hongli was really embarrassed and blushed this time, but she was usually gentle and soft, so at this moment she could only stretch out her white jade fingers to scratch Xi He's face, glared at her in feigned anger and said, "You are so bold that you even dare to make fun of me. When I return this time, I will put you in solitary confinement for a year!"
Xi He made a bitter face and begged pitifully: "Ah... Sister Hongli, please don't, I hate being locked up the most..."
Yuan Hongli pinched her nose and pretended to be serious and said, "No, I let you fool around every time before. This time I must make you suffer a little and make you lose your dignity."
It's because you, the young patriarch, have no dignity...
Xi He whimpered, with a mournful expression on his face, but he secretly blinked and pretended to wipe away tears, saying, "Sister Hongli always bullies a child like me. I'm going to tell my brother-in-law!"
Yuan Hongli was stunned: "What brother-in-law?"
Xi He showed a pair of cunning eyes from between his fingers: "Whoever can call my sister over with a note will be the winner."
Yuan Hongli was immediately embarrassed, and she stammered but didn't know how to refute. Or maybe her thoughts were exposed. She held the teacup in both hands and placed it on her knees, lowered her head and spoke in a mosquito-like voice: "He has done a favor to my clan..."
As she spoke, she felt guilty and simply stopped talking.
