Immortal Rebellion: Investing in Cause and Effect, Unexpectedly Hijacking Li Muwan's Deal

Lu Xuan went to the Inner Affairs Hall again and changed his identity jade token.

The new jade plaque is dark blue with silver patterns on the edges. The front is engraved with the two characters "Luohe" and the back has the four characters "Passed down by Lu Qing".

With this jade plaque,

His monthly quota of spirit stones and pills has doubled.

Furthermore, one can borrow all the books on the first three floors of the library free of charge.

He then chose a relatively secluded cave in the back mountain, where the earth's fire quality was good.

The cave dwelling comes with its own protective array, alchemy room, meditation room, and a small herb garden, making it far better than the previous courtyard.

Lu Xuan set up an even stronger protective and isolation array inside the cave.

Then, he took out the Azure Flame Furnace and began to infuse it with spiritual power.

As spiritual energy surged in, the alchemy furnace instantly grew to three feet tall, its entire body displaying a warm, cyan color.

The stove body has natural wood grain, and faint blue flames flow around the belly of the stove.

After inspecting the alchemy furnace, Lu Xuan nodded in satisfaction.

He then probed his divine sense into the purple jade slip given to him by Zhao Mu.

The jade slip contained a vast amount of complex information.

It contains not only Zhao Mu's various insights, experiences, and perspectives, but also seven or eight relatively uncommon but practical elixir formulas.

It even records Zhao Mu's own attempts to improve several classic elixirs, including lessons learned from failures.

This notebook is a valuable asset to any alchemist, whether they are at the Foundation Establishment or Core Formation stage.

Lu Xuan put away the jade slip and opened the system panel.

On the panel, the portrait representing Zhao Mu was emitting subtle, rhythmic fluctuations.

This means that Lu Xuan and Zhao Mu have already formed a deep karmic connection.

Previously, Lu Xuan had already noticed that Zhao Mu's lifespan seemed to be only a few decades left.

If he cannot break through to the Nascent Soul stage within these decades, he will perish.

"In my practice of the 'Heavenly Mandate Reincarnation Codex,' I am most wary of being too deeply entangled in cause and effect."

"...Perhaps I can try to help this old man enter the Nascent Soul stage, which can be considered as repaying his karma." Lu Xuan thought to himself.

He put away the Azure Flame Furnace and the jade slip, sat cross-legged, and continued his daily practice—refining Wang Lin's karma.

During this time, he also continuously sorted out Zhao Mu's alchemy insights and combined them with his own realm and knowledge to conduct deeper deductions and integration.

They were silently preparing for the upcoming alchemy conference, and also for the long-term impending fire that would engulf the nation.

On this day,

Lu Xuan was refining pills in his cave.

He prepared to use the Azure Flame Furnace to try refining a relatively complex first-tier elixir called "Heart-Clearing Pill".

This elixir has the effect of calming the mind and spirit, and helping to resist inner demons.

The refining process requires processing more than ten kinds of medicinal materials.

The cooking temperature needs to be adjusted more than twenty times, which is quite difficult for beginners.

He was completely focused, and followed the improvement steps recorded in Zhao Mu's notes methodically.

Inside the Azure Flame Furnace, the Azure Wood Earth Fire was gentle and agile, precisely adjusted according to his hand gestures.

The medicinal materials are added in sequence, melted, reacted, and fused...

Everything went exceptionally smoothly.

However, at the crucial moment when he was about to condense the core, Lu Xuan suddenly had a feeling.

This feeling did not come from the alchemy furnace, but from my own causal network.

Li Muwan, accompanied by two disciples at the late Foundation Establishment stage, stopped outside Lu Xuan's cave.

One of them stepped forward and asked loudly, "Is Junior Brother Lu Qing here? Elder Xu has ordered you to go to Pill Room No. 1, Class A, of the Earth Fire Hall."

"Elder Xu?" Lu Xuan remembered that in addition to the Palace Master, the Earth Fire Palace also had several senior elders, and Elder Xu was one of them.

His position was even higher than Zhao Mu's, and he was in charge of the daily affairs and resource allocation of the Earth Fire Palace.

"I wonder what Elder Xu has summoned me for?" Lu Xuan opened the barrier and stepped out.

He simply nodded politely to Li Muwan, but Li Muwan kept staring at him.

"Junior brother will know when he gets there. Please." The disciple in charge stepped aside to make way.

After realizing what was happening, Li Muwan suddenly said, "Junior brother, please come with me."

"?" The two people behind Li Muwan were a little confused.

Why would Senior Sister Li insist on personally taking this person to Elder Xu?

Could it be that they know each other?

Lu Xuan feigned composure and followed Li Muwan as they flew away.

But Li Muwan clearly had her own thoughts, and she did not take Lu Xuan to Elder Xu's Earth Fire Hall immediately.

Instead, he took Lu Xuan to a remote mountain peak.

"Senior sister, what's wrong with you...?" Lu Xuan asked, feigning confusion.

Li Muwan did not answer immediately.

She stood on the edge of the cliff, letting the mountain wind blow through her hair and skirt.

After a moment, she turned around and looked at Lu Xuan's face again, scrutinizing him carefully.

That sense of familiarity and closeness from the depths of the soul became especially evident in this quiet moment, almost bursting forth from the ground.

"Junior Brother Lu," Li Muwan finally asked, "Have we... met before?"

Lu Xuan showed a perfectly appropriate look of bewilderment, then suddenly realized and said, "Senior Sister, was it the one time I met you in front of the mountain gate when I was guiding you into enlightenment?"

My junior brother does remember her; she was exceptionally beautiful and captivating.

He spoke very frankly, and his tone and expression were flawless.

Li Muwan gently shook her head, but her gaze remained fixed on the object.

"No, not in front of the mountain gate. It was much earlier... about a few months ago, in the desolate mountains outside Dan City in the Chu Kingdom."

She deliberately slowed her speech, her eyes fixed on Lu Xuan's eyes, not missing a single subtle change.

"At that time, my elder brother and I were besieged by the bandits of the Crimson Flame Sect. We were on the verge of death, but fortunately a senior in green robes came to our rescue."

That senior's physique and demeanor bear a striking resemblance to my junior brother.

coming!

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan's face showed a hint of surprise and doubt, which then turned into an expression of admiration and longing:

"I never imagined that my senior sister had encountered such a dangerous situation!"

That senior in green robes must be a highly skilled master with extraordinary cultivation. How dare I, a mere mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, compare myself to him?

Senior sister has probably mistaken you for someone else.

"Is that so?" Li Muwan took a step forward.

Lu Xuan could even smell the faint medicinal fragrance on her body just by his sense of smell.

"But my intuition is never wrong."

When that senior saved us, he used his spiritual power to help stabilize our injuries.

That spiritual power carried a unique rhythm.

"When you opened your cave just now, Junior Brother, I vaguely sensed a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy. Although it was extremely weak, the rhythm... was very similar to his."

"Li Muwan's perception is so keen?" Lu Xuan thought to himself with surprise. "This is a detail I hadn't considered; I'll have to pay more attention to it in the future..."

But he still looked thoughtful, and then replied:

"The spiritual energy rhythm that Senior Sister spoke of... I must forgive my dullness, I really cannot comprehend it."

Perhaps it was just a coincidence? Or perhaps my senior sister was seriously injured at the time, and her perception was somewhat distorted?

The cultivation technique my junior brother practices is the "Azure Wood Nourishing Essence Technique" passed down in our family. It is balanced and gentle, conducive to nourishment. There are quite a few senior brothers and sisters in the sect who practice wood-attribute techniques, so perhaps they have similar characteristics...

Upon hearing this, Li Muwan fell silent.

Lu Xuan's answer was impeccable, and his expression was natural, showing no sign of pretense.

This made her start to doubt whether she was just overthinking things.

but……

The sense of closeness and familiarity that seemed to originate from the very source of my soul was so real and so clear.

It kept pounding on Li Muwan's rationality, telling her that the person in front of her was definitely not as simple as he seemed.

Li Muwan fell silent again, as the mountain wind blew by.

a long time,

She sighed softly.

The searching look in his eyes slowly faded, replaced by a complex, slightly weary expression.

"Perhaps... I'm just overthinking things. The recent events have left me unsettled, leading to these unfounded assumptions. I apologize for making a fool of myself, junior brother."

She finally gave in, reason prevailing over intuition.

Or rather, it was Lu Xuan's flawless performance that left her with no grounds for further questioning.

"Senior Sister, you flatter me. Senior Sister and Senior Brother have been able to turn misfortune into good fortune; they are sure to have good luck in the future." Lu Xuan offered his blessings at the right time, his tone sincere.

Li Muwan shook her head, seemingly shaking off all those chaotic thoughts.

She quickly regained her aloof demeanor as a prodigy of the Luohe Sect and said, "Let's go, don't keep Elder Xu waiting."

Having said that, she took off into the air first.

Lu Xuan watched Li Muwan's retreating figure, shook his head slightly, and then followed closely behind.