The Path to Immortality

That night, more than a dozen disciples found Fang Ping.

"Being able to receive gifts even while sitting, perhaps, this is the joy of a foundation-building monk..."

As the sky lit up, Fang Ping couldn't help but feel helpless as he looked at the various scattered gifts randomly placed on the table.

Having walked all the way from the outer courtyard, he was very aware of the helplessness and embarrassment of the disciples during the Qi training period.

As an alchemist, he also had opportunities like this, so Fang Ping would not covet the filial piety from his disciples. Although the gifts were accepted in the end, some rewards were given, and these disciples basically did not suffer any loss.

After the early morning routine, Fang Ping pretended that his injury had improved slightly and went out to get some fresh air, then went to the previous upper cabin and walked around in a circle.

Huang Ruwen and Ma Bin happened to be there, chatting and laughing in low voices. They didn't know what they were talking about. They just looked a little haggard and tired, and even a little bit wretched... They must have been worried about the attack of the demon cultivator, so they worked all night. .

Seeing that the two of them were in high spirits, Fang Ping did not interrupt them hastily and left quietly.

In the next five days, as expected, under the full pursuit of the monks from the Hidden Sword Tower, the demon cultivators were too late to evade the pursuit and failed to organize a second attack.

When the early morning of the sixth day arrived, the long-distance flying boat finally arrived at the northernmost boundary of the Liang Kingdom, the Anmingshan Camp located behind Mingyun Immortal City!

Seeing the camp from afar, which had turned into a heavy city, the disciples on the flying boat who had been worried for many days finally felt at ease.

………

An Mingshan camp is located in the meeting hall.

Ancestor Lingyun, one of the five golden elixirs of the Luoyang Sect, was playing chess with Taoist Huo Ya, a golden elixir monk of the Spirit Beast Sect, while discussing the recent situation.

Just as Fang Ping and others were rushing to the front line in a flying boat, the Immortal Alliance envoy rushing to the Qianguo Jianfu Sect finally sent back the good news.

The two sides basically reached an agreement on forming an alliance, jointly besieging the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance, and dividing their interests after the war.

It can be said that only a few days later, when the agreed date arrives, both sides will launch a counterattack from the south and the north at the same time!

As for the demon cultivators of the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance, they certainly did not sit still and wait for death.

Taking advantage of this period of time, while deploying troops and generals, they made every effort to strengthen the defense line, switch from offense to defense, and be ready to stand ready.

Therefore, although the Immortal Alliance has reversed the situation in general, it is still not easy to break through the defense line repaired by the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance and regain the lost territory of the Yue Kingdom as soon as possible.

"... Can't your Spirit Beast Sect send some more disciples? If it's really inconvenient, you can send a few more spirit beasts to join the battle. It can help share some of the pressure."

Lingyun said casually while observing his opponent's chess moves.

Taoist Huo Ya chuckled and said: "To put it lightly, don't the spirit beasts of the Spirit Beast Sect also need to consume resources to cultivate? It doesn't matter if the monsters are caught casually, but the wild nature of these evil beasts is hard to eliminate. As long as there is a chance, It will backfire on its master. You, Lingyun, are also a Jindan cultivator. Do you think you have such common sense? But your Luoyang Sect has been urging you for so long, but why haven’t your disciples arrived yet?”

Ancestor Lingyun said calmly: "The counterattack is imminent, and manpower is needed everywhere. The Luoyang Sect is also powerless... But you can rest assured that a new batch of disciples from the sect will arrive within a few days at the latest. At least a dozen of them. The foundation-building monks and more than a thousand Qi-training monks should be able to relieve the temporary emergency."

"How many more days?"

Taoist Huo Yao looked a little dissatisfied. After all, it takes time to rotate, change defenses, and redeploy the reinforcements after they arrive.

Wouldn't it delay the counterattack for a few days?

As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Ya Taoist's face suddenly changed slightly, and his slight dissatisfaction was immediately replaced by a smile: "Not bad, not bad, I came at the right time!"

Ancestor Lingyun's consciousness swept away and he noticed it almost at the same time.

Noticing the dilapidated condition of the flying boat, Ancestor Lingyun couldn't help but feel a slight sinking in his heart.

Could it be that something unexpected happened on the way?

………

After a cup of tea.

After verifying its identity, the broken flying boat slowly landed on the square in the center of the Anming Mountain camp under the guidance of a foundation-building monk.

As more than a thousand Qi-training disciples left Feizhou one after another, it was natural that the Immortal Alliance monks from Anmingshan Camp were responsible for taking over.

Fang Pingping, the foundation-building monk, had nothing to do for the time being. Under the guidance of several qi-training disciples, he came to the cave specially prepared for the foundation-building monk to rest temporarily.

Jiang Chong, who is in charge of this operation, needs to go to the meeting hall of Anmingshan Camp to report to Elder Jindan.

"I've met Ancestor Lingyun."

Looking at the Lingyun ancestor who was playing chess with a Jindan monk of the Spiritual Beast Sect in the main hall, Jiang Chong saluted respectfully.

Ancestor Lingyun placed the pieces on the chessboard and said without raising his head: "It turns out that your boy is in charge of this mission... How about it? There seems to be a little trouble on the way?"

Jiang Chong nodded and briefly told what happened on the way.

"We were attacked by nearly twice as many demonic cultivators. It's rare to be able to hold on. How did you do it?"

Ancestor Lingyun nodded slightly. Although he was satisfied with the performance of Jiang Chong and others, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"This junior is about to tell the ancestor about this matter."

Jiang Chong said sternly: "In order to be able to defend this trip when encountering a demon cultivator, in addition to all the junior brothers and qi training disciples working together to fight against the demon cultivator, there is another person who is crucial. It was the junior brother who did not hesitate to fight desperately to help I'll wait until the monks from the Hidden Sword Tower come to help."

After that, he told Fang Ping exactly what he had done at the beginning.

"The Secret Technique of Burning Life..."

After hearing Fang Ping's deeds, not only the Taoist Huo Ya was slightly moved, but even the ancestor Lingyun could not help but remain silent for a while.

After a moment, he slowly spoke: "If I remember correctly, Fang Ping is a monk from another school. His position as deacon of the Alchemy Hall was decided by me personally after being recommended by Mr. Wei. At that time, I just looked at him. He is so skilled in alchemy that he can't bear to waste it, so he gave him such an opportunity to stay behind. I didn't expect that this guy is really brave and has a heart for fists... but I underestimated him!"

Jiang Chong looked at Ancestor Lingyun, waiting for his decision.

"Decades of longevity, plus abandoning the golden elixir path to save a man on a flying boat. Such great achievements must not be spent with ordinary rewards, otherwise the disciples of the Luoyang Sect will be alienated and no one will be willing to die in service."

Ancestor Lingyun groaned for a few breaths, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

After all, the credit is too great, and sometimes it is difficult to award a reward.

At any other time, this kind of credit would be enough to give him a pill-forming spiritual object.

But the war is not over yet, and the pill-forming spiritual objects must be given priority to the monks who have completed the foundation building and can attack the pill-forming as soon as possible. What's more, after burning life essence for decades, the other party has actually cut off the golden elixir path, and giving him any elixir-forming spiritual objects is a complete waste...

However, if you don’t give the elixir-forming spiritual object, what else can you give?

As the other party's alchemy master, I am afraid that there is no shortage of ordinary elixirs, spiritual stones, spiritual weapons, etc.

After a while, Ancestor Lingyun finally made a decision and said to Jiang Chong: "Let's do this. Go ask that boy Fang for me and see what he wants."