Ning Chen did not rush back to Lizhou, but stayed in the palace for three days, taking his sister Gou to Daning Palace to pay his respects every Shiqi was also in no hurry to return to Fulong City. It was not easy for her to come back, so she planned to stay in the palace for a while. Xue Qishan and Luo Ying had something to do, so they said goodbye on the night of Ning Chen's wedding. One returned to Dongyoujing and the other went to Yanzhou. Chen Xian also left the palace in the evening of the same day and headed for the Zhenwu Taoist Sect. Zhenwu Mountain outside Zhenwu City. This was Chen Xian’s second time setting foot in the Zhenwu Taoist Sect. This time Li Hanyue did not show up, only the third elder Ge Bingcheng showed up to greet Chen Xian. "I pay my respects to Prince Consort Chen." "Elder Ge, you are too polite!" Chen Xian smiled and stated his purpose.

Elder Ge said, "The old sect leader had expected that Prince Consort Chen would come, so he asked me to wait here. Prince Consort Chen, please come in." Zhenwu Hall. Li Daozhen was wearing a black and white Taoist robe and sitting cross-legged on a cushion. When he saw Chen Xian walk into the hall, he did not stand up. "Junior Chen Xian pays homage to Sect Master Li." "Please take a seat, Prince Consort Chen." Li Daozhen smiled and nodded. Chen Xian sat down on the mat. Li Daozhen waved his hand and a cup of fragrant tea appeared in front of Chen Xian. This surprised Chen Xian. "I wonder how much Prince Consort Chen has understood about the Zhenwu Xuanling Sutra?" Li Daozhen said with a smile. He did not practice the Zhenwu Xuanling Sutra because it was too difficult. However, many contents of the Zhenwu Taoist sect were comprehended from the Zhenwu Xuanling Sutra and deduced, including cultivation, swordsmanship, talismans, formations, and so on. However, the practice of the Zhenwu Xuanling Sutra is difficult to progress, and it may even lead to no progress in twenty or thirty years. Who would be willing to waste twenty or thirty years of their life to practice a very difficult technique? Chen Xian thought for a moment and said, "Sect Master Li should have met Immortal Li, right?" Li Daozhen shook his head: "My uncle has seen him, the previous old sect master, a powerful person in the Heavenly Tribulation Realm." Chen Xian's eyes flickered as he asked, "Where is the previous old sect master now?" Li Daozhen said: "My uncle longs for a free and easy life. As long as the Zhenwu Dao Sect is not destroyed, he will not show up." Those who are strong in the Heavenly Tribulation Realm are respected by the world as semi-immortals. What is a semi-immortal? The person who is about to become an immortal will become the most powerful being in the world, possessing powerful magical powers and able to destroy everything with a wave of his hand. Chen Xian said, "Has the old sect master ever told you, senior, that the Zhenwu Xuanling Sutra is a method of cultivating immortality?" Li Daozhen's old eyes flickered as he said, "My uncle once said that it is because of the cultivation method that it is difficult to practice. I wonder what Prince Consort Chen has realized?" Chen Xian shook his head: "Since you know, I will tell you straight away. I have studied the Zhenwu Xuanling Sutra for nearly two years and found that it is different from the martial arts exercises. Even the energy produced by cultivation is different from the martial arts vitality. According to the mental method, it is the true essence."

"True essence is something that is completely generated by breathing in and out, and the integration of one's own essence, spirit, and blood. The speed is very slow, and it feels like a health-preserving exercise. Its power is not as strong as that of martial arts exercises." "Of course, it's because I've only just started practicing. Perhaps it will only show its power when it reaches the minor success stage. However, according to the current progress rate, it will take at least a hundred years to practice the Zhenwu Xuanling Sutra to the minor success stage." "century?" Li Daozhen opened his old eyes slightly and looked at Chen Xian in disbelief. If Chen Xian could cultivate the [Zhenwu Xuanling Sutra] to the minor success level within a hundred years, it would be very powerful and worthy of his monstrous talent. He is more than a thousand years old and has been studying the "Zhenwu Xuanling Sutra" for more than a thousand years. He is only at the entry level now. As for the minor success realm, he himself has no idea and does not know whether he will have the chance to reach the minor success realm in this lifetime. If he could, he should be able to break through to the Heavenly Tribulation Realm, and his life span would increase to at least over three thousand years. "Within a hundred years, can you cultivate the [Zhenwu Xuanling Sutra] to the minor success level?" "I am just guessing, I don't know if I can do it." "You haven't read the Tianwu Sutra, you should go and read it, maybe it will be helpful to you." Chen Xian said: "Senior, you should understand that the Tianwu Sect does not want me to read the Tianwu Sutra. They used to target me secretly, and now they are targeting me openly. So it is better not to read the Tianwu Sutra." Li Daozhen sighed slightly and said to himself: "Ji Changfeng is really confused!" At your age, you still want to fight with Chen Xian? It would be fine if he wins the fight, but if he loses his reputation will be ruined. I really don’t know what Ji Changfeng is thinking. "Senior, I came here this time to ask you to go to Fulong City and help me set up a fifth-level formation." "The fifth-level formation is very troublesome to set up. It requires a strong formation base. I have to prepare. Prince Consort Chen can go back first. When I am ready, I will go to Fulong City." "Thank you, senior." Chen Xian stood up and bowed to Li Daozhen. Li Daozhen smiled and said, "I am helping you, but it is not without conditions. One day in the future, if our Zhenwu Dao Sect declines and suffers a disaster of extermination, I hope that Prince Consort Chen can lend a hand and save the Zhenwu Dao Sect." Chen Xian said: "Even if you don't say anything, I, Chen Xian, will not sit idly by if I hear about this kind of thing." Li Daozhen nodded indifferently. He still had some ideas in his mind, but that idea had to wait until Chen Xian cultivated the [Zhenwu Xuanling Sutra] to the minor success level. Leave the Zhenwu Taoist Sect. Chen Xian did not delay and returned directly to Fulong City. Qu Xunyang left Fulong City and headed for Kyoto City. "279 million experience points!" Chen Xian called out the panel, glanced at it, and stared outside the hall. His current cultivation level is still at the stage of developing supernatural powers, and he is still a little far from the perfect state. He had used his experience before, but he had already practiced the [Heavenly Divine Art] to the extreme, and the speed of improving his cultivation had slowed down. He now mainly focused on the [Eight Desolate God-Slaying Art]. The experience points consumed by [Eight Desolations God-Slaying Technique] are not increased as quickly as expected. Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. Ning Shiqi and others have not returned yet, but Li Daozhen has come.

Chen Xian was practicing until the black lotus in his mind reminded him and he noticed Li Daozhen. He was still a little surprised. He was indeed one of the two strongest people in the Heavenly Tribulation Realm. He felt that Li Daozhen was better than Ji Changfeng. "I've met senior." "Your perception is pretty good." Li Daozhen stood on the back of the white crane and nodded slightly to Chen Xian. The white crane then flew towards Fulong City, making a chirping sound from its mouth, which alarmed the citizens in the city. "That is?" "The old leader of the Zhenwu Dao Sect?" "It's a rare sight!" The citizens of the city also saw Li Daozhen riding on the back of the white crane. He looked like an immortal and made people very envious. Li Daozhen did not rush to fly into the city, but circled Fulong City three times before landing in the city with Chen Xian. "I just took a closer look. How about setting up an Eight Diagrams Heavenly Gate Formation with the residence of Prince Consort Chen as the center of the formation and the eight directions as the base of the formation?" "The fifth-level formation, the Eight Diagrams Heavenly Gate Formation?" Chen Xian murmured, and said, "Okay, thank you for setting up the formation, Senior." Li Daozhen smiled and nodded, and eight purple flags flew out from his loose sleeves, with Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen and Dui written on them, corresponding to heaven, earth, thunder, wind, water, volcano and marsh respectively. "This is an array flag. It needs to be refined for 49 days. I also added some power into it, so it took some time." Chen Xian nodded secretly. He knew about the array flag. It was recorded in the Zhenwu Xuanling Sutra. Array flags were one of the ways to arrange the array. There were also ways to arrange the array with spirit stones, spirit jade, and even using all things in the world. Some were too profound for him to comprehend. Regarding spirit stones, he didn't know whether they existed in this world or not, because he had never heard of them until now. However, there were records in the Zhenwu Xuanling Sutra that showed that there were such stones in the world that contained the spiritual power of heaven and earth. Perhaps it is hidden deep in the earth. Of course, in addition to the formation flags, there are other objects that can also be used as substitutes. For example, the foundation of the Kyoto City formation is not the formation flags, but extremely hard stone bars that are engraved with the power of the formation. This time, Li Daozhen used the formation flag. In addition to the ancient characters, there were also various formation patterns on the flag, which flashed with the spiritual power of heaven and earth. As Li Daozhen waved his arm, the eight purple flags flew to the eight directions of Fulong City. They did not land outside the city, but landed on the city wall. The flags touched the hard stone bars on the wall and disappeared in a flash. At the same time, a faint spiritual power was flashing on the ground of the city wall. Chen Xian could feel that not only that, the underground spiritual energy around Fulong City was also flowing towards the eight formation flags. Finally, Li Daozhen took out a purple flag with the word "Tianmen" written on it. "go with!" Li Daozhen waved his arm, and the purple flag flew out with a whoosh and landed in a lotus pond in the center of the mansion. Immediately, the rolling spiritual energy between heaven and earth poured down from the sky and fell into the lotus pond. hum! Then, a purple beam of light shot up into the sky from the lotus pond, followed by eight purple beams of light from all directions of the city, forming a powerful purple Tai Chi Bagua diagram above Fulong City. In the middle was a purple portal, flashing with the power of wind, thunder, mountain and fire. It all looked amazing. "This formation relies on the power of heaven and earth." Li Daozhen turned his head and looked at Chen Xian with a smile.

Chen Xian nodded secretly. The formation relied on the power of heaven and earth, which was beyond the power of ordinary people to resist. However, it also depends on the level of the formation. The lower the level, the less power it can borrow. The Bagua Tianmen Formation in front of us is a fifth-level formation. It uses the power of the thousands of miles around Fulong City to form this large formation. It should be an offensive and defensive formation. Li Daozhen said: "This formation can only stop those who are below the level of Sky Breaking Great Perfection, so you have to be aware of this." Chen Xian nodded. He set up this formation mainly to protect the citizens of Fulong City. It doesn’t matter if I can’t stop Ji Changfeng. I believe it will take some effort for Ji Changfeng to break through this formation. Li Daozhen said: "The opening and closing of this formation lies in the formation eye. With your cultivation strength, your spiritual consciousness can naturally control the formation eye and open the left three and right four. I don't need to say more about closing the formation." "Thank you so much, senior!" Chen Xian smiled and nodded. Li Daozhen smiled and moved his mind. Ripples appeared in the lotus pond and the Bagua Tianmen Formation above the city slowly dissipated. "I'm leaving now!" Li Daozhen did not stop either, he stepped on the white crane and returned to Zhenwu Taoist Sect. "The junior will see you off, senior." Chen Xian took a step forward and appeared high in the sky, watching Li Daozhen fly away on a crane. Back to the mansion. He appeared beside the lotus pond, staring at the bottom of the pond, where a purple flag was flashing a faint purple light. The so-called three on the left and four on the right does not mean moving the formation flag, but turning the formation flag three times to the left and then four times to the right in its current direction, and then the formation will be activated. To turn off the formation, it is naturally four on the left and three on the right. Chen Xian stared at the formation flag, wondering how the Zhenwu Dao Sect refined the formation flag? It takes 49 days, so it was obviously already refined long ago. Li Daozhen just refined it a little bit more before rushing to Fulong City. "The art of formations and the art of talismans are somewhat similar." Chen Xian murmured. The power of formations comes from the natural forces of heaven, and the power of talismans comes from the rules of heaven. In fact, nature also has rules, such as the changing of seasons, volcanic eruptions, drying up of mountains and swamps, etc., which should all affect the power of formations. The art of talismans draws on the power of the laws of nature, and the laws exist between heaven and earth. For example, the fire control talisman, water control talisman, earth escape talisman and so on can help you get the power of the five elements. After watching for half a day, Chen Xian returned to the main hall to continue practicing. …… Lizhou. Ning Chen brought Gou Xiaomei, Qin Fei, Yan Conglong, Zhang Xing and others back to the palace. Gou Datang came over first. Ning Chen directly changed the address: "Big Brother."

"Your Highness Prince Li." The two of them called each other and bowed as required: "Greetings, Princess." "Brother, your salute is not done properly. Try it again." "...!!" Gou Da Teng glanced at the giggling Gou Xiaomei. "Okay, okay, I was just joking with you, brother." Gou Xiaomei's temper remained unchanged. Gou Datang said: "You are a princess now, so you should be careful about your words and actions, so as not to let people gossip about you behind your back." Gou Xiaomei curled her lips and said, "Who dares?" Gou Datang shook his head helplessly. Soon, Xie Zifeng and Nie Yongxuan came to the palace to congratulate Ning Chen. Due to their duties, they did not go to Kyoto City to attend Ning Chen's wedding, so they could only come to congratulate him at this moment. Ning Chen was reminded by Chen Xian and became wary of Xie Zifeng, but from the current point of view, Xie Zifeng seemed to support him very much and was open and honest with him about everything he knew. Ning Chen will not target Xie Zifeng. If Xie Zifeng really has ulterior motives, it will not be too late to deal with him then. As for Nie Yongxuan, he had also asked Qin Fei to investigate and found out that he had always been in contact with Wuqi Hou in Kyoto City. Wuqi Hou was already old and seldom came to court. He did not have any power in his hands. As for who he secretly supported, it was currently unclear. However, Nie Yongxuan was also very sincere to him and said that he strongly supported the establishment of a martial arts alliance, even if it meant emptying his own pocket. So judging from the current situation, there is nothing wrong with Nie Yongxuan. After briefly asking the two about their current situation in Lizhou, he let them leave. "There is still a shortage of 20,000 people. I don't know if it can be completed within a year?" Ning Chen murmured to himself. In the Lizhou military camp, there are already 80,000 soldiers with cultivation levels above the Jade Sea Realm. Although there are so many of them, the expenses are very high. This point made Ning Chen feel a little confused. In addition, another 20,000 Yuhai Realm soldiers will be recruited within a year. If successful, the strength of the Lizhou military camp will double. Ning Chen looked at Gou Da Teng, he really couldn't open his mouth. Gou Da Teng also saw Ning Chen's dilemma, and he said, "Your Highness Prince Li, how many resources does the military camp need at present?" His Gou family still has some prestige in Lizhou. Now his sister has become the Princess of Li. This is something known to the world. There is no reason for his Gou family not to fully support Ning Chen. Ning Chen took a deep breath and said, "At least two hundred thousand taels of gold and one million pills are needed. Maybe it can last for a year." Gou Da Teng nodded: "Don't worry, Your Highness Prince Li, leave this matter to my Gou family." (End of this chapter)