Chapter 513: Sweeping Victory! 【Happy Lantern Festival!】
An Immortal Pill is born, heaven shows anomalies.
However, Lu Qingfeng had long prepared defensive measures, setting up an Array across the Blessed Land, isolating the inside from the outside. This contained the extraordinary phenomena of the Pill Formation within the Blessed Land, preventing any leakage.
Thus.
The risks of the Immortal Pill's accomplishment revealing his whereabouts and initiating needless conflicts were avoided.
Heavenly Repairing Immortal Pill refined.
Lu Qingfeng felt three parts more confident in his heart, refining the 'Qingming Immortal Pill' even more skillfully, effortlessly.
Forty-nine years later.
Immortal Energy overflows from the Pill Furnace.
Heaven and earth show extraordinary signs.
The 'Qingming Immortal Pill', finally refined!
"Is it done?"
Fairy Yan Lan, who was looking listless, suddenly became excited, perking up to see a pill exuding Qingming aura held in the palm of the Red-footed Child, still radiating warmth.
Smooth, ethereal.
"It's done."
A smile appeared on Lu Qingfeng's young face.
His words immediately filled Fairy Yan Lan with immense joy.
"That's wonderful!"
While thrilled, Fairy Yan Lan did not let her guard down, and didn't even glance at her teacher Ding Yu, her gaze solely focused on Lu Qingfeng.
Lu Qingfeng chuckled and shook his head, aware of Fairy Yan Lan's cautious heart, he said no more, waving his hand to toss the 'Heavenly Repairing Immortal Pill' and 'Qingming Immortal Pill' to Ding Yu. Ding Yu's mouth opened, and both pills entered.
"Are you truly willing to assist your teacher?"
Seeing Lu Qingfeng not coveting the two pills and letting her teacher consume them, Fairy Yan Lan was filled with endless doubts. She felt like Lu Qingfeng was shrouded in mist, inscrutable.
It must be known.
These were two Immortal Pills unparalleled in the Mortal world.
If consumed, even the Earth Immortal Dao Fruit would be hopeful. If released, any Mahayana True Immortal would go mad for it. Yet, this mysterious child seemed unattached, treating them as mere common elixir pills.
This indeed shocked her.
She couldn't help but speculate about who this person was and what his connection was to her teacher.
Lu Qingfeng paid no attention.
Ding Yu's expression was impassive, unmoving, only his breath fluctuated, showing immense vitality, with Mana also circulating on his body. His eyes nearly opened.
"Concentrate on the breakthrough!"
As it was a critical moment, no delay was permissible, and with Lu Qingfeng's soft command, Ding Yu's trembling eyes ceased their movement.
"Teacher!"
Seeing her teacher coming around, Fairy Yan Lan called out in her heart, filled with excitement. Yet, she dared not disturb, only excitedly watching the once towering figure, her eyes already red.
"Swallow the Immortal Pill."
"Spirit Vein assistance is needed."
The distribution of the top Spirit Veins had already been thoroughly investigated by Fairy Yan Lan.
Lu Qingfeng didn't linger in the Blessed Land; with a step, he landed on the Broken Star Sea.
"There are few top Spirit Veins in the Five Directions Realm."
"Southern Sea Alliance totals nine, each dominated by six major factions."
"East Continent Alliance totals five, dominated by three major factions."
"West Continent Alliance totals sixteen, also divided among three major factions, with the Eight Gods Temple holding the majority, possessing a full eight top Spirit Veins."
"Let's start outside these alliances."
Lu Qingfeng strolled leisurely ahead. With each step, he bridged tens of thousands of miles. After over 2500 years, Lu Qingfeng had nearly reached the peak of Mahayana Sensing; just a step away from ascending to the Mahayana Tribulation Crossing Realm, his speed naturally unmatched by ordinary Mahayana.
Within the Mortal world.
With lesser suppression from heaven and earth, the speed was staggering.
While executing Cloud Summit Steps and shielding the concentrated cultivating Ding Yu, Fairy Yan Lan struggled to keep up and could only barely hang behind by sensing a faint aura.
Thus.
A Red-footed Child ahead, a White-haired old man following, the two walking together. A stunningly beautiful fairy trailing far behind.
Before long.
They arrived at an Earth Realm.
This place was at the junction of the South Sea, Southern Continent, and East Continent, filled with miasmic gas, dense with Evil Qi.
It was none other than the Daoist Field of one of the Seven Immortal Venerables of the Longevity Alliance—
The Netherworld Underworld.
The Ghostly Nether Immortal Venerable was out cultivating, with no one inside. Lu Qingfeng wasted no time; within him, a figure with a human body and a snake tail, seven arms behind, and two arms in front, holding a Flying Snake leapt出, precisely the Houtu Demon God.
As Houtu appeared.
The seven arms behind and two arms in front simultaneously pressed down, fingers twitching as if connecting to some bizarre existence.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
As the aura spread, the Netherworld Underworld within ten thousand miles emitted bang sounds, as if suppressing points were being blasted open.
The originally sinister and eerie Netherworld Underworld suddenly became even more bizarre.
"Who dares!"
"Who dares to act recklessly in my Netherworld Underworld?!"
A thunderous shout echoed between heaven and earth, followed by a fleeting nether light, materializing a huge tomb between heaven and earth. Out of the tomb surged ten thousand ghostly shadows, all rushing towards the towering Houtu Demon God to tear into him.
"Senior, be careful."
"This is the secret technique 'Ten Thousand Ghosts Mound' from the upper Nine Nether Ghost Nether Sect, enslaving billions of ghosts, never exhausting!"
Fairy Yan Lan's voice emerged from the rear.
Visible on the giant tomb, the figure of Ghostly Nether Immortal Venerable emerged, his gaze sweeping over Fairy Yan Lan in the far behind, showing a light smile.
Then his eyes fell on Lu Qingfeng and the white-haired Ding Yu, his pupils shrinking slightly, "Ding Yu?!"
In his moment of doubt.
Bang!
Bang Bang Bang!
The booming echoed in the Netherworld Underworld, as if heaven and earth were flipping, a bizarre invisible and intangible existence was peeled away, directly overturning the tens of thousands of ghostly masses rushing towards the Houtu Demon God.
The dead died, the injured got hurt.
Ten thousand spirit ghosts turned into streaks of shadows, returning back under the Ghostly Nether Immortal Venerable's feet in the Ten Thousand Ghosts Mound.
"What a thief!"
"Daring to steal the Spirit Vein of my Netherworld Underworld!"
This shock was extraordinary.
Ghostly Nether Immortal Venerable occupied the "Netherworld Underworld Mansion" firstly because this place had a unique nature beneficial for his cultivation of the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Mound" secret technique. Secondly, there was a top-tier Spirit Vein deeply buried here, abundant with Spiritual Energy, making it a prime location for cultivation.
To occupy this place,
Ghostly Nether Immortal Venerable not only set up many layers of Arrays but also guarded it with the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Mound" and used secret techniques to suppress the Spirit Vein right here. Even a Mahayana True Immortal would not think of shaking the Spirit Vein.
But at this moment,
the Demon God summoned by that child actually directly extracted this top-tier Spirit Vein?!
Such a method—
"Is it because the secret technique is unique, or because his cultivation level is exceedingly high?!"
Ghostly Nether Immortal Venerable hesitated to make a move.
Lu Qingfeng paid no attention.
With a step forward, he pointed out towards the front end of the top-tier Spirit Vein that was struggling in the hands of Houtu's Demon God and shouted in his heart—
"Spirit Awakening Technique!"
The Spirit Vein seemed to come to life and seemed to be tamed, transforming into a dragon emitting spirit light.
"Roar!"
"Roar roar roar!"
Roaring, it followed behind Lu Qingfeng.
Lu Qingfeng swung his sleeve.
Pulling in the fluctuating mana, Ding Yu, who was in the midst of a cultivation breakthrough, fell onto the back of the dragon. Assisted by billions of Spiritual Energy, Ding Yu's aura grew stronger, sweeping across the heaven and earth's spiritual mechanism.
"Is this—"
"Ding Yu is breaking through?"
Ghostly Nether Immortal Venerable saw this, his eyes suddenly widened roundly, forgetting to care even about the extracted Spirit Vein and the mysteriousness of the "Spirit Awakening Technique."
Seeing the child retrieving the odd Demon God, leading the Spirit Vein Divine Dragon, and taking Southern Sea Alliance Leader Ding Yu, heading north.
His eyes flickered.
The next moment,
"Ding Yu has appeared, this matter must be reported to the Alliance Leader immediately."
"And that child—"
Ghostly Nether Immortal Venerable's figure flashed, and he disappeared.
...
From south to north.
Starting from the Netherworld Underworld Mansion, Lu Qingfeng successively extracted the Spirit Veins of all the cultivation places of the Seven Immortal Venerables of the Longevity Alliance.
Afterwards,
It was the dwelling of the leftovers from the Blood Sea.
Such as "Jiguang Everday City."
Such as "Demon Wind Tidal Sea."
Such as "Holy Fire Purgatory."
With Lu Qingfeng's ferocity, the dangerous locales in the Five Directions Realm that could block the steps of Mahayana True Immortals couldn't withstand Lu Qingfeng. Once Houtu's Demon God emerged, he would extract the Spirit Veins.
Time passed,
Traveling the Five Directions Realm, two months passed in a blink.
...
On this day,
Above the South Sea.
Lu Qingfeng in the lead, followed by twelve Spiritual Vein Divine Dragons spiraling, Ding Yu sitting cross-legged among them, cultivating.
Such a commotion,
Had already caused the Celestial Cycle to tremble with fear.
"At such a critical juncture, the Alliance Hierarch is in closed-door cultivation in a secret place!"
"If we don't take action now, if we really let this child help Ding Yu achieve Earth Immortal, it would be dangerous for us!"
"This child has a mysterious background, and his strength is unfathomable. To enter and leave all the major perilous places as if walking on flat ground is just one thing; even the City Lord of the 'Jiguang Everday City' was casually slaughtered. I'm afraid even if the seven of us join hands, we might not be able to withstand this child's edge."
"The Earth Immortal Realm is not easy to breakthrough, let's wait and see!"
...
The Seven Immortal Venerables of the Longevity Alliance gathered together, yet the Alliance Leader's whereabouts were nowhere to be seen. Wary of the reputation of the Red-footed Child, they dared not rashly approach, only closely following behind and watching, brewing a crisis.
South Sea Alliance.
East Continent Alliance.
West Continent Alliance.
The three major Righteous Sect alliances were also watching. Watching the child's actions, targeting only Demons and Longevity Alliance, and not clashing with the three alliances, seemed not to be an evil demon. Coupled with Fairy Yan Lan mediating by the side, each pressed down their minds, waiting for the follow-up.
Days passed.
On the twenty-third day after coming out of Bamboo Mountain Blessed Land.
Lu Qingfeng, leading twelve Spiritual Vein Divine Dragons, leading Ding Yu sitting cross-legged and cultivating, went straight to one of the three great schools in West Continent, the 'Eight Gods Temple.'
"Yes, he indeed came to our Eight Gods Mountain!"
On Eight Gods Mountain.
The Temple Master of Eight Gods Temple, Shen Tujiu, seeing the approaching heavenly spirit light, silently lamented.
Seeing the child descending on the clouds in front of Eight Gods Mountain.
His heart was even more bitter.
But he quickly bowed and greeted, "Shen Tujiu has seen the three Fellow Daoists."
Ding Yu sat cross-legged on the twelve Spiritual Vein Divine Dragons, cultivating in peace, oblivious to externals. Fairy Yan Lan closely followed behind, silently guarding the teacher's cultivation, not making a sound.
Only Lu Qingfeng.
Holding a green bamboo staff, walking barefoot, his spirit unyielding.
"Green Bamboo Staff!"
"It seems he is the person who took Ding Yu away back then."
"But—"
Shen Tujiu frowned secretly, seeing the green bamboo staff in Lu Qingfeng's hand, aware of its power. Yet his heart was still puzzled, not knowing the background of this child, now looking like he aims to help Southern Sea Alliance Leader Ding Yu break through.
But this Ding Yu, had clearly been exhausted before.
How could he make another breakthrough?!
Amazed,
Yet he did not speak out.
Instead, it was Lu Qingfeng.
Seeing Shen Tujiu coming out to greet him, he waved his hand and threw out a page of golden books. The golden page floated over and landed in Shen Tujiu's hand.
Shen Tujiu's face showed doubt, looking towards the Red-footed Child, only to hear that child speak loudly, "This is the 'Nourishing Spirit Secret Technique', which can nurture spirit veins, quite profound."
"Nourishing Spirit Secret Technique?"
Shen Tujiu took it and looked, only to see within the golden page there was a dense fog, making it unclear.