You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 170 Liu Xian
Liu Xian's impoverished appearance was completely different from what Zuo Chen had imagined.

Before meeting Liu Xian, Zuo Chen thought that this northern immortal should be wearing Taoist robes and have the spirit of an ancient cultivator. He might be a cultivator who survived from ancient times, just like the Great Master.

He could even be a riddle man who can't speak clearly for various reasons.

Who knew he was such a funny guy!
"Old Liu has always been like this. When I went to the mountains to invite him, I promised him that he would have liquor and rabbit meat for every meal, and he followed me down the mountain."

Zuo Chen laughed in silence: "I really live a carefree and free life."

"Master, you are joking." Liu Quande laughed after hearing Zuo Chen's comments. "I have lived in the forest for a long time and have not had much contact with people outside. After I came out, I didn't want to learn too many red tapes, so I just learned how to live in the forest, eating meat and drinking wine with Lao Li, and my life was quite happy. Anyway, just tell me what you need to do, and I will help Lao Li solve it."

While everyone was chatting and laughing, the golden sphere floating behind Liu Quande suddenly shook twice. Frightened, he immediately sat back in his original position, opened his mouth and exhaled a breath of fresh air, which he injected into the sphere in front of him.

In this way, the patterns on the golden sphere began to shine again.

Liu Quande also cursed: "These antiques are really troublesome to use. They require continuous supply of spiritual energy, which is really tiring."

Zuo Chen could see that the breath that Liu Quande had just blown out was indeed innate spiritual energy.

Liu Xian was indeed on the path of cultivating immortals, and was probably half a step into the foundation-building stage.

Stronger than the meatball-like Dahuang, but not as strong as the red Taoist.

Among the friendly practitioners Zuo Chen has met so far, Lin Xi has the highest level of cultivation, which is in the initial stage of foundation building, followed by this Liu Xian.

There are also some curious questions:
"I wonder where Liu Xian's master came from?"

Now, from Zuo Chen's point of view, there are only two ways to condense innate spiritual energy. One is to be like Caiyi and Luye, who have been influenced by Zuo Chen for a long time and have innate energy flowing in their bodies. They have suitable cultivation methods to protect it. In this way, even if their Taoism is not as good, they can still condense a wisp of Qi in their Dantian and perform some mysterious methods.

The other is that one's own Taoism is high enough, and the ordinary aura in the body has accumulated enough, then it can be gradually transformed into true Qi. Now Guan Gou Dou and Zhu Lao Ba are stuck in this realm, and there are a little signs in Fox Ni's body, but this little fox is too stupid and has no idea how to use this Taoism, which is a bit of a waste of talent.

There is no doubt that the Qi cultivated by the former method will be more condensed and have fewer impurities. The latter needs to eliminate other Qi in the body for a long time before reaching the state of Hunyuan Xiantian.

From Zuo Chen's perspective, the spiritual energy in Liu Quande's body was definitely not something that was slowly refined after he reached the realm of a terrestrial immortal.

His aura was clean and pure, the type that could give all herbs new life with a breath of pure qi. That is to say, he first practiced the Taoist spells and cultivated a body of true qi.

"Oh, Taoist priest, you are joking. I don't have any master. I am just lucky and got the Taoist legacy left by the immortal." Unexpectedly, after hearing what he said, Liu Quande waved his hand and said, "Back then, I was just a small snake in the mountains. One time, I went down the mountain in the wrong direction and ended up next to a bad water. As a result, I came across a Taoist temple there. I explored around and found some unique skills and methods. I practiced with them and became what I am today."

"I see, Immortal Liu has an excellent relationship with the Immortal."

"You are very kind."

Liu Quande paused, rubbed his hands, with some hope in his eyes:

"Speaking of which, Taoist Priest, I also have something I want to ask you."

"please say."

“The Taoist temple I visited at that time had no plaque, and there was no name left in the room. There were only two manuals placed there, one called Six Divine Powers, and the other called Heavenly Works Diagram. The former talked about the secret method of cultivation, and the latter talked about the art of carving. I learned both.

"To me, these two methods are like a grace of rebirth. If I hadn't gone to the Taoist temple at that time, I would have already exhausted my life span and been buried in the mountains. Therefore, I have always hoped to build a temple, so that at least the name of my master, whom I have never met, can be passed on."

After saying this, Liu Quande looked at Zuo Chen with burning eyes:

"Do you know which immortal in ancient times practiced these two methods?"

Zuo Chen shook his head:
"Liu Xian is joking. I don't know much about things in ancient times."

"Is that so?" Liu Quande sighed deeply, but seemed to have expected this and was not too disappointed.

Caiyi, who was standing next to him, was a little confused after listening to Zuo Chen's description.

Didn't Master Lin Xi say that the Taoist priest was an ancient immortal? Why did he say he didn't understand now?
Although she thought so in her heart, Caiyi did not say it out loud.

Maybe the Taoist priest has his own considerations.

After talking about these, Zuo Chen took a look at the carvings above the sphere.

After just a quick glance up and down, Zuo Chen felt that the pattern looked familiar.

like……

Where have I seen these patterns before?

"Liu Xian, do you have anything like immortal peach pits here?"

Hearing Zuo Chen say this, Liu Quande was slightly stunned, then nodded: "Indeed, there is. Why are you suddenly asking this?"

"I saw a peach pit in Xuzhou before, and it had these carvings on it."

Hearing this, Hu Wen, who was touching Fox Ni nearby, raised his head and looked at Zuo Chen.

After walking with Hu Wen for so long, it was the first time that Zuo Chen saw the emotion called "fanaticism" in the eyes of this polite and calm young man. "Master, it was you who planted the peaches!"

Hu Wen quickly rushed to Zuo Chen's side, and almost threw Hu Ni out of his arms:
"How did you do it? Did you carve a few more patterns? Or did you use some mysterious magic? Liu Xian and I studied it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. I didn't expect that you could grow a peach tree with just a little effort!"

Even Zuo Chen couldn't help but lean to the side and pointed at Hu Wen, who looked a little strange:

"What happened to him?"

Li Ji came to Hu Wen and slapped him on the head. Hu Wen cried out "Ouch!" and then realized that he had lost his composure. He showed an embarrassed expression on his face and smiled awkwardly:
"I really enjoy studying the art of nature with Willow Fairy and carving some patterns. The peach pit was also given to me by Willow Fairy. I tried so hard but couldn't get the peach tree to grow branches. I didn't expect you to ripen it."

He sighed again, "Actually, I wanted to ask you about this a long time ago, but there were too many things going on at the time, and a lot of things happened in the north, so I put this matter behind me and forgot about it."

Zuo Chen found it quite interesting to hear Hu Wen say this.

Before in the ghost town, he heard that a young man left a treasure to protect the ghost town. He thought it was some kind of spiritual master and naturally did not think of Hu Wen.

Only today did I realize that their fate had been sealed at that time.

"I don't know any magical skills, but the patterns you carved are actually simulating the moment a flower blooms. I just happen to have some understanding of this method, so... I planted it like this."

"I see." Upon hearing this, Hu Wen nodded in understanding, but also felt a little disappointed.

I originally thought that Zuo Chen was also an incredible master of astronomy, so I could ask Zuo Chen for help on some of the problems I encountered.

Unfortunately not.

However, Liu Quande thought about it after hearing Zuo Chen's words:

"Master, can you tell what's wrong with this fortress?"

"I can try, but whether it works or not is another matter."

Liu Quande immediately made way for Zuo Chen.

Walking in front of the golden sphere, Zuo Chen looked it up and down, left and right, and some enlightenment came to his mind.

Although this sphere looks like a core, Zuo Chen can tell from the carvings on it that this thing is probably the switch of the entire fortress.

Now that the switch is slightly damaged, once the spiritual energy can't be supplied, the method of Yaoguang Yingyue can't be maintained.

Unfortunately, this switch can only be activated by the innate true qi, thus trapping Liu Quande here.

After much thought, Zuo Chen simply activated the Qi Observation Technique.

As magical powers emerged in his eyes, the Qi energy connected to the metal sphere in front of him was also reflected in Zuo Chen's eyes.

"Ok?"

Zuo Chen raised his eyebrows slightly.

He saw two light golden lines above the metal sphere.

A dangling rope was tied above the entire northern fortress. It is now flickering and its energy supply is intermittent.

The other one is much thicker and directly connects to the entire underground location of the northern fortress. It is unknown how deep it extends.

Retracting his gaze, Zuo Chen remembered that Li Ji once said that a large number of secret treasures were buried underground in the northern fortress, in order to provide energy for the fortress so that it could continue to use the magic of escape and protection to maintain the balance of one side.

Why is there a switch connected to such a large piece of secret treasure?
Zuo Chen turned and asked Li Ji:
"Is there a way to get to the underground of the fortress?"

Li Ji recalled for two seconds and shook his head: "I have never heard of such a thing."

This is strange.

Zuo Chen just felt that this place might have some other functions, but unfortunately he knew nothing about the art of nature and could not figure out what other functions this switch had.

"Master, is it possible to fix this place?"

Hearing Liu Quande's question, Zuo Chen shook his head.

"Alas, what a pity."

Liu Quande sighed softly.

He originally thought that someone as skilled as Zuo Chen would be able to free himself from this golden ball.

But immediately, Liu Quande heard Zuo Chen say:
"It can't be repaired, but I do have a way to make sure you don't have to keep watching over me, Liu Xian."

Liu Quande: “?”

(End of this chapter)