Two years later.

In the underground secret room, the black-gray medicine pool was evaporated dry by invisible heat, leaving behind dried solid dirt.

A giant with a body made of dark copper, with golden discs swimming like fish scales, surrounded by a dark mist of hot water, exuding a terrifying pressure of energy and blood, which is enough to make the Danjie Overhaul move.

"290 years old, third level late stage body refining!"

Lu Changan felt that his physical strength was unprecedentedly powerful, as if if he was not careful, the cave he was in would collapse.

Of course, the cave is protected by formation restrictions and will not collapse so easily.

After a long time, the strange phenomena on Lu Changan's body disappeared, those fish-like gold pieces disappeared, and his body slowly shrank to normal size.

Lu Changan's "Jin Luo Ba Ti" has been grinding away at the peak of the mid-level three levels for several years, and it was only today that it broke through.

Not only in Dharma cultivation, but also in physical training, there are realm bottlenecks.

Also in the later stages of breakthrough, physical training is more difficult than legal training.

In the way of body refining, the further you go, the more difficult it becomes to advance.

Talent, energy, will, and resources are all indispensable.

The reason why it is difficult is that today's world environment and the human bloodline are not as friendly to physical cultivation as they were in ancient times, and cannot become mainstream.

After being promoted through body training, Lu Changan's self-protection ability has improved significantly.

Not limited to powerful physical defense.

The Qi, Blood and Essence are strong, so the load and consumption of "Red Yang Blood Escape" will be reduced accordingly.

Body refining in the late third level allows Lu Changan to cross over to perform the fourth level "Red Sun Blood Escape" at a lower cost and with a longer duration.

After all, the fourth level of Blood Escape corresponds to the early stage of Nascent Soul, and can easily take away more than ten years of life.

One year after the body refining realm was consolidated.

According to the established plan, Lu Changan began to plan the inheritance of the puppet core of Qianji Sect.

The inherited branch of the Qianji Sect's outer sect alliance, called "Xuanji Tower", is a power organization built by defectors from the sect.

Xuanji Building mainly deals in puppet-related industrial businesses.

The largest base is in the nearby Gutian Fairy City.

The Peacock Saint attacked head-on, but did not gain any advantage and suffered a defeat, even though there was an element of acting.

At least, her strength at that time did not force out the quasi-fourth-level puppets and puppet army formation in Xuanji Tower.

"Behind the scenes of Xuanji Tower, there is an old Yuanying monster who is secretly supporting you. You cannot act rashly."

Lu Changan's plan was not accomplished overnight.

The first step is to test the truth and get more information.

The second step is to try to trade peacefully, it is best not to take action.

In the third step, if the transaction fails, the core puppet inheritance can only be obtained through abnormal means.

At this stage, only the first two steps can be implemented.

If you want to steal it by abnormal means, it is best to wait until you reach the late stage of Jindan and upgrade your divination skills to the top level of the third level.

The top level divination of the third level, although it also belongs to the top level of the third level, has reached the limit of the third level. Around Feng Yuan Kingdom, except for the Tianshi, no one is better than me.

Once he is promoted to the late stage of Jindan, Lu Changan will still have the means to threaten and circumvent him even when facing the True Monarch Nascent Soul.

…

Half a month later.

Gutian Fairy City is thousands of miles away.

A vague humanoid phantom flew rapidly from the direction of the fairy city.

There was a "pop" sound.

The vague humanoid phantom transformed into a traveling Taoist priest wearing a bamboo hat, and his figure got into the sand cave.

The wind and sand roared, its breath was gathered away, and the traces were covered up.

After a while.

A powerful spiritual pressure from the late stage of pill formation was approaching quickly, causing the surrounding wind and sand to stop.

The person who came was a puppet master with a dull face and mechanical arms.

It was the puppet-armed city lord who fought against the Peacock Saint back then.

Although this ancient city lord is the supreme ruler of Gutian Fairy City, he specializes in puppetry skills all year round and seldom negotiates with outsiders, so his presence is low.

"Your Excellency Dao Xiao, please come out and see me. Gu knows you are nearby."

With a pair of dark blue eyes, accompanied by the consciousness at the peak of pill formation, the ancient city master of Puppet Arm scanned the area nearby and finally settled on a piece of sand.

"He is worthy of being the number one puppet genius in Xuanji Tower."

The traveling Taoist priest carrying a box and cage emerged from the sand and heard a vigorous voice.

"Are you a puppet or a human monk?"

The ancient city lord's eyes flickered as he looked at the mysterious Taoist merchant in front of him, feeling surprised in his heart.

As a puppet master, he noticed that the body of the person in front of him looked more like a puppet.

But its spiritual intelligence, soul fluctuations, spells it casts, and the way it uses talismans are more like human monks.

"It doesn't matter whether Pindao is a human being or a puppet."

The mysterious traveling businessman said slowly:

"On the other hand, the ancient city lord, why are you pursuing him so hard? Pindao was just doing normal activities and doing business in the city, and he didn't do anything harmful to nature."

At this time, Lu Changan, who was controlling the puppet remotely, could not help but be surprised.

To be on the safe side, he sent a puppet clone to Gutian Fairy City to inquire into the reality of the Xuanji Building, and learned a lot of intelligence clues.

The secret base of Xuanji Tower is underground in Gutian Fairy City.

Under the ground, there is a hidden castle.

According to his calculations, it is possible to obtain the core puppets and inheritance of Xuanji Tower in that underground castle.

Lu Changan is only investigating and has not taken any further action.

As a result, he was suddenly sensed by the ancient city lord and killed him so suddenly that he had no time to hide.

Fortunately, at night, Lu Changan escaped from Gutian Fairy City by using the speed and concealment of the third-order late stage puppet clone.

In order to avoid being surrounded, the puppet clone used several clever spells, including the third-level high-grade forbidden talisman.

At this moment, the Lord of Gutian City chased him for a thousand miles and refused to let go.

Lu Changan used the same method as before to stop the puppet's spiritual stone stimulation and enter a dormant state, trying to avoid the opponent's secret technique of sensing the puppet.

As a result, the general area was locked by the ancient city lord with powerful spiritual consciousness, and the hiding place was eventually exposed.

"Your Excellency, Dao Xiao, there is no need to hide it. You are sneaking around in Gutian Fairy City to find out the secret information of Xuanji Tower. What are your intentions?"

The puppet-armed ancient city master spoke unkindly and patted the storage bag.

In an instant, several third-level puppets appeared.

Well!

The blue cold wind howled for dozens of feet, and one of the blue dragon puppets, which was more than ten feet long, hovered above the head of the traveling merchant Taoist.

"Third level top puppet! Incorporating the skills of the supernatural puppet, its strength is better than ordinary pill formation overhaul..."

Lu Changan secretly envied that the quality of the blue dragon puppet was even better than when he fought against the Peacock Saint several decades ago.

His puppet clone, who had just entered the late third level, was no match at all.

Moreover, the Puppet Arm City Lord himself is also a late-stage overhaul, and has many third-level high-quality puppets, which are enough to exert their full power.

"If Pindao wants to leave, the ancient city lord can't keep him."

The Taoist traveler remained calm and did not panic at all.

Boom!

With a radius of ten miles, flying sand and rocks and strong winds formed an overwhelming sandstorm and natural disaster.

The ancient city lord lived in the desert for a long time and realized that this was not a natural disaster.

It's a sand dust spell in the late third level.

The soles of his feet felt cold, and he felt an invisible, sinister chill.

The unknown existence hidden deep in the sand gave him a sense of threat.

Not only that.

In the sand behind the wandering Taoist priest, the phantom of a female cultivator emerged, emitting fluctuations of consciousness comparable to those at the peak of pill formation.
To be continued...