Longzang

Chapter 639 The Origin of the Immortal Formula
When Wei Yuan returned to Qingming, a detailed intelligence report about the Shuli Kingdom was already on his desk.

This intelligence not only includes a map of the country and the distribution of important locations, but also lists the basic information of all the main characters, sorts out the important magical treasures, and even details the differences in personality and supernatural powers of Shuli's three incarnations.

This greatly changed Wei Yuan's perception of Lei Dong's abilities. This kid used to be hesitant and timid, but since submitting his first intelligence report, he's become much more decisive and efficient, clearly without any psychological burden. This intelligence report clearly demonstrates his dedication, and his attitude is noticeably different from before.

Furthermore, some of the information is thought-provoking. For example, the differences in the supernatural abilities, personalities, and magical artifacts of Shu Li's three avatars are not information that ordinary people could obtain. The fact that such data could be provided strongly suggests the secret assistance of a Netherworld Witch who is extremely familiar with Shu Li. In other words, Lei Dong has indeed won over a Netherworld Witch.

The fact that Lei Dong was able to win over the Netherworld Witches is mainly due to Lei Dong himself, plus a little bit of luck. Unlike the four Netherworld Witches of the Lei Ze tribe before, who followed Lei Dong only because of luck, and would immediately turn against him once the luck dissipated.

These sorcerers were all seasoned old foxes, and they knew the Chosen One very well. Whether they genuinely loved Lei Dong or just wanted to use him to gain some of his fortune, outsiders had no way of knowing.

The Kingdom of Shuli is extremely vast, covering an area of ​​approximately three thousand li. Within the kingdom are three key nodes, one of which is the Dark Iron Mountain, another is the Nether Spring, which produces three drops of spring water every hundred years. This spring water is a treasure that can help the Wu tribe improve their physique.

These two places are the foundation that Shuli intends to leave to his descendants.

The third place is the most important main hall in the kingdom. It is said that hundreds of years ago, Shuli began to plan an important matter at the location of the main hall before building it.

Decades ago, however, Shu Li's scheme clearly failed, his strength declined significantly, and he almost fell out of the ranks of the Netherworld Witches. It was only after Hong Ye intervened that he was able to stabilize his kingdom and even placed the little princess in Shu Li's kingdom to gain experience.

If the little princess succeeds in her cultivation, Uncle Li will be able to borrow her fortune and hopefully return to his former peak. However, no one expected that the little princess would encounter trouble in his kingdom.

This incident enraged the Heavenly Witch of Heavenly City, who, after failing to find the little princess, also punished Shu Li. It is said that a few years ago, Shu Li encountered a mysterious and powerful enemy, who severely injured him, causing all three of his incarnations to perish.

After reading the intelligence, Wei Yuan fell into deep thought. Shu Li's luck was clearly extraordinary. But in any case, a weakened enemy was undoubtedly the most ideal opponent.

The intelligence report mentions that there must be a secret hidden in the main hall of the Shuli Kingdom, otherwise why would the little princess of the Wu tribe go to a remote and dark Wu kingdom for training? However, the things hidden in the hall have obviously had their cause and effect erased by a powerful being, making them unrememberable, unseen, and unspeakable.

Wei Yuan immediately became interested. According to the storybook, this treasure was just waiting for its destined owner.

Shuli's three incarnations each possess different supernatural powers and vastly different personalities. If they did not originate from the same source, outsiders would surely think they were three completely different sorcerers.

However, two of the three avatars have already perished at Wei Yuan's hands. One of them was killed by Wei Yuan's human bomb before he could even unleash his innate divine power.

The second incarnation has a rather distinctive characteristic: its innate supernatural power is the crafting and nurturing of magical artifacts. This is an incarnation that Shu Li specifically uses to craft magical artifacts; it is not skilled in combat, which is why this incarnation has always stayed behind to guard the kingdom during past major battles.

Because he was not good at fighting, he was killed by Feng Tingyu in close combat, rendering Wei Yuan's many prepared backup plans useless.

The scroll was indeed mentioned in the records related to precious treasures. It was called "Jade Echo Mountain Dwelling Picture". It was said to be made from a fragment of a celestial artifact, with its own world inside and endless wonders.

At this point, Wei Yuan had a thorough understanding of Shu Li's kingdom and could act decisively.

At this moment, Xu Henshui returned to Qingming with Wei Yuan. Then, carrying a whole stack of jade boxes, he came to Wei Yuan and said, "The immortal orchids are all here. After you obtain the ancient immortal formula, you can place it in the mortal world. I like to comprehend it there."

“…Okay.” Wei Yuan felt that his mental world was almost becoming a public tourist attraction. At this moment, the girl from Yin Yang sent him a thought: “Let him in, we have found a magic formula.”

Wei Yuan was taken aback, then told Xu Henshui about it. Xu Henshui was overjoyed and immediately returned to his residence to sleep, returning to the mundane world.

Wei Yuan was already waiting amidst the bustling city, and then led Xu Henshui to a secluded spot outside the city. There stood a small stone hall there, with a stone pillar inside. It seemed that the craftsmen had originally intended to carve something, but abandoned the project after a short while, leaving only this unfinished piece.

Xu Henshui knew what was going on as soon as he saw the stone pillar. Sure enough, Wei Yuan didn't have any pill formulas; they were clearly bestowed by the remnant soul of the immortal hidden in the Azure Netherworld. It seemed this immortal possessed quite a few pill formulas; he needed to cultivate a good relationship with him.

Wei Yuan pointed to the stone pillar and said, "The ancient elixir formula is stored here. Let me demonstrate how to activate it for you."

Then, Wei Yuan bowed to the stone pillar, asking the senior to bestow upon him the immortal formula, before infusing it with Dao power.

The stone pillar then lit up, and more than a dozen images appeared around it, all of which were materials that Wei Yuan did not recognize at all. Xu Henshui examined them carefully, but he could not recognize any of them either.

Then one of the herbs, shaped like a snail shell, lit up and emitted a fragrant aroma. Xu Henshui was overjoyed and immediately sat cross-legged, beginning to carefully comprehend the herb.

At this moment, in another part of the human world, more than ten streams of immortal spiritual energy floated in front of the girl Yin Yang. Most of them originated from various immortal plants, while the other two streams were the auras of the Gate of All Realms and the aura of a strange little world, respectively.

She was holding several objects in her hand, shaped like dice, but with several more sides than ordinary dice.

She casually tossed a few dice, looked at the numbers, took a little of the corresponding immortal energy from each, put them to her lips and blew gently, and all the energy merged into a new energy.

She flicked her finger, sending the aura flying. As a result, the second medicinal herb in front of Xu Henshui lit up and began to emit its aura.

Xu Henshui perked up, waved to Wei Yuan, and said, "Go ahead and do your thing. I need to comprehend the immortal formula. Call me when there's a battle."

Wei Yuan bid farewell to Xu Henshui, but the guy was completely absorbed in the ancient immortal formula and didn't hear what Wei Yuan was saying at all.

Wei Yuan traveled to Shu Li's kingdom once more. At this time, Shu Li's third incarnation had arrived with his army, bringing thousands of strange beasts, and confronted Wei Yuan from afar.

However, his army was positioned far from the main hall, clearly intending to lure Wei Yuan away, unaware that Wei Yuan had already obtained accurate intelligence from Lei Dong. Wei Yuan sneered and immediately dispatched a small team of cultivators from the fortress towards the main hall.

Shu Li's avatar was shocked to see this and hurriedly led his team to stop them, but he obviously had no concept of artillery interception and was covered by Wei Yuan's artillery fire, resulting in heavy casualties among the legion's alien beasts.

Enraged, the avatar unleashed several streaks of gray energy, swift as lightning, instantly destroying several of Wei Yuan's cannons, their sharpness directly threatening Zhang Sheng's Void-Slaying Power.

The last remaining incarnation was the most skilled in combat among the three. The gray aura was named the God-Slaying Arrow, which was incomparably sharp. An ordinary dharma form would be seriously injured with one arrow, and even a god could not save it after three arrows.

However, Wei Yuan now possessed both knowledge of his enemy and his own abilities, and had numerous methods at his disposal. If this avatar didn't have any backup plans beyond the intelligence gathered, Wei Yuan would have entered the main hall today to take a look.

(End of this chapter)