External Incarnation, Hunshan Luofu
"No, that's not it."
Lu Qingfeng shook his head and said to Ao Le, "It's only been a hundred years. With all the expectations of my father, I need to stretch my legs a bit so as not to disappoint him."
Once Immortal Dao's cultivation in the Immortal Path has reached the Core Formation, one possesses ample power to protect oneself and no longer needs to be as low-key as before.
Even if the Min River Dragon Lord hadn't mentioned it, Lu Qingfeng would have already begun to eradicate the demons within his territory.
Recruiting Luofuzi was a preparation for this.
As for the nine Mirror Stones...
Firstly, Lu Qingfeng was indeed lacking; the six Mirror Stone he possessed were far from sufficient to support his cultivation in all aspects.
Secondly, if a powerful figure like 'Luofuzi' were willing to be commanded and controlled by Lu Qingfeng, the not-so-good-reputed son-in-law of the Min River Dragon Palace and the Yuan Lake Water Lord, others would inevitably become suspicious if he didn't offer a high price.
"Husband, you tricked Father King out of the Mirror Stone, right in front of Le'er. Aren't you afraid that Father King and Le'er will be heartbroken?" Ao Le held Lu Qingfeng's arm, rested her chin on Lu Qingfeng's outer arm, and looked up at Lu Qingfeng with a slightly playful expression.
"If you don't tell, Father won't know and won't be heartbroken."
"As for you."
Lu Qingfeng couldn't help but chuckle, "At worst, once we get the nine Mirror Stones, I'll give you four of them."
The condition for Luofuzi of Snow Eagle Mountain to serve Lu Qingfeng for a hundred years is nine pieces of Nine-Flower Mirror Stone.
Lu Qingfeng did not.
Just then, Ao Lie arrived and brought up the matter. Ao Lie readily agreed, saying that his father would certainly not refuse.
The Min River Dragon Palace has very few experts at the Fourth Realm; even including the Min River Dragon Lord, they number no more than a handful. As an invincible expert at the Third Realm, if the Min River Dragon Palace were to recruit Luofuzi, he would undoubtedly be granted a fourth-rank divine position.
But even in the Min River, such divine positions are limited; once one is filled, it's gone. Although the Mirror Stone is precious, with the Min River's power, they can always collect more by searching elsewhere.
Although it's a bit painful to lose nine Nine-Flower Mirror Stones, if it can recruit an invincible expert in the Third Realm, then it won't be a loss.
Even if it cannot be brought back a hundred years later.
With a hundred-year buffer, Lu Qingfeng might be able to reach the Fourth Layer his Fate Dao cultivation and generate Pillfire. This could be considered as the Min River Dragon Lord protecting this future Fourth Realm powerhouse of the Dragon Palace.
Ao Lie was confident that his father would not be stingy.
This is also where Lu Qingfeng's confidence comes from.
As for 'heartbreak' and 'guilt'—
Indeed, there are.
"I can only repay my father-in-law when my cultivation is complete."
Lu Qingfeng felt apologetic and silently looked towards the Min River Dragon Palace in the east.
"I refuse to be complicit with my husband."
Ao Le shook his head, rubbing his chin on Lu Qingfeng's arm.
"Husbands and wives are like birds in the same forest."
"You secretly changed your cultivation method to the 'Prison-Warding Five-Thunder Heart Scripture' without your father's knowledge, and you still think you can get away with it?"
Lu Qingfeng snapped out of his thoughts, reached out and ruffled Ao Le's hair, teasingly saying.
"Snort."
"Alright, so my husband had planned to drag me down with him all along. I'll go tell my father and my third brother right now."
Ao Le released Lu Qingfeng's arm and made a move to leave.
Lu Qingfeng exerted a little force with his arm, took a step to the side, and pulled Ao Le into his arms. He lowered his head and whispered in Ao Le's ear, "Third brother and father are still thinking about holding their nephew and grandson as soon as possible. If you go back, who will I have children with?"
"Ah!"
Upon hearing this, Ao Le's eyes widened slightly as she looked at Lu Qingfeng, her face instantly turning red with embarrassment. "My husband was eavesdropping on my conversation with my third brother."
"I only heard half of it."
"It seems my guess was right. The spring night is too short, we still need to work hard and try to make amends."
Lu Qingfeng smiled, picked up Ao Le, and headed towards the inner hall.
A spring breeze overnight.
Yuan Lake Water Palace.
Lu Qingfeng sat cross-legged in meditation.
Ao Le broke through to the Spell Gathering Realm after three years of seclusion, and Lu Qingfeng also just passed the Forty-Nine Heavenly Tribulation and advanced to the Core Formation Realm. Both of them need to stabilize their cultivation.
After three days of lingering in each other's company, they devoted themselves to spiritual practice.
As for offspring.
Despite the urging of the Min River Dragon Lord and Ao Lie, it is extremely difficult for cultivators to conceive life, and for Ao Le, Dragon Race, it is even more difficult.
We can only let nature take its course; we cannot force it.
Lu Qingfeng wasn't in a hurry.
Ao Le was completely unprepared.
It would be best to wait until he achieves the Primordial Spirit or even the Mahayana True Immortal Realm, and then consider whether to have children based on Ao Le. By then, Lu Qingfeng will have already achieved great success and fame, and in the Immortal Qin Realm, he will not only have the ability to protect himself, but his status will also be far from low.
If Ao Le is willing, then she can have children.
In this way.
Whether their children are practicing spiritual cultivation or ensuring their own safety, their well-being can be guaranteed.
There's no need to rush.
Currently, the couple lives a carefree life without children, and usually focuses on spiritual practice.
A secluded meditation room.
Lu Qingfeng sat cross-legged.
Before it stood a giant seven zhang tall. Its eyes were azure, and it had a hairy face and a thunder god's mouth; it was clearly a demonic ape. However, this 'demon ape's' aura was sometimes strong and sometimes weak, sometimes rising and sometimes falling, which seemed somewhat eerie.
Occasionally, a cluster of flames would emerge from his body.
Lu Qingfeng was familiar with both the flames and the body of the demonic ape.
Lu Qingfeng made a hand Hand Seals with both hands.
Within the demon ape's body, from who knows where, streams of divine light flowed, gathering and dispersing unpredictably, wandering freely, outlining mysteries within the demon ape's body.
The hand seal is on the outside.
The talisman landed on the demon ape, revealing mysterious patterns that entered its body from the outside in.
This is how one cultivates both internally and externally.
I don't know how long it's been.
Suddenly, countless divine lights burst forth from inside and outside the demon ape's body, and thousands upon thousands of talismans appeared.
Within the body of the demon ape.
A series of divine lights suddenly converged and fell into a mysterious, unknown place. In the flickering light, a hazy humanoid figure was revealed.
Standing in the middle.
As the humanoid figure descended, a thunderous roar resounded throughout the surrounding area. The demonic ape, whose aura was originally ethereal and illusory, now seemed to have fallen from the void onto the earth, or as if it had stepped from illusion into reality.
The atmosphere changed instantly.
Suddenly, the demon ape's eyes flashed with divine light, and its seven-zhang-tall body began to move.
At first, he was a little stiff, but soon he became agile and free. His seven-zhang-tall body swayed and transformed into a nine-chi-tall man. Except for the top of his head, all the hair on his body disappeared, and he became a burly man with a head full of messy hair and a rough face.
With an open mouth, a loud sound rang out—
"From this day forward, I am the Huntian!"
The sound echoed in the quiet room. Lu Qingfeng opened his eyes, met the gaze of the 'demon ape', and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
That was a joke.
"External Incarnation".
"The self and the body are one!"
Lu Qingfeng looked at the demonic ape with great delight.
Forty years of painstaking refinement.
From the Soul-Thought Generation, to the thought entering the demonic ape's body, continuously nurturing and strengthening that divine soul thought. Most of the time was spent on these six Mirror Stones.
Once the changes in the mind and thoughts of the soul transform from quantitative to qualitative, the Second Primordial Spirit is formed.
Having gained experience from advancing to the Nascent Primordial Spirit in his previous life, Lu Qingfeng, despite having just advanced to the Core Formation Stage in this life, and even having had a lower cultivation level before, relied on the Great Divine Ability of 'External Incarnation' and, based on his experience in advancing to the Nascent Primordial Spirit, used this Great Divine Ability Miaofa to achieve Second Primordial Spirit.
It is said to be the Second Primordial Spirit.
Naturally, it is quite different from the Primordial Spirit Immortal Dao; it would be more appropriate to call it a second divine soul.
Forty years of refining.
This second soul was constantly being refined within the demon ape's body. With the help of talismans, magic methods, and so on, it finally gained control of the demon ape's body today, completely achieving External Incarnation.
Having attained Great Divine Ability, they became one with Lu Qingfeng, without any independent personality. They were merely like brothers, simply each other.
Upon closer examination, Lu Qingfeng possessed the ' External Incarnation Divine Ability in his previous life, but at that time, besides Immortal Artifact, Lu Qingfeng only had sixth-tier Law Artifact, and the 'External Incarnation' was merely an ordinary Divine Ability.
Lu Qingfeng was unable to refine the Immortal Artifact, as it only reached the Golden Core level and could not be refined into External Incarnation. He also looked down on sixth-tier Lu Qingfeng Law Artifact, so he had been studying them but had not yet tried.
This lifetime.
It finally worked.
For example, Luofuzi, the sword cultivator on Snow Eagle Mountain outside Yuan Lake, was the first External Incarnation that Lu Qingfeng had created.
"Luofuzi".
Thinking of this incarnation, Lu Qingfeng's heart was filled with joy—
Eighty years ago.
Not long after Lu Qingfeng assumed the position of the Yuan Lake Water God, while he was surveying the divine realm and controlling clouds and rain, perhaps by luck or by chance, his Great Divine Ability, the 'Seven Birds Lesser Evolving Numerology,' sensed a fortuitous opportunity.
This Divine Ability uses seven birds to represent life, surveys the earth and the heavens, observes phenomena based on objects, concentrates the mind and spirit, and silently observes comings and goings.
After advancing to the level of Great Divine Ability, its uses become even more ingenious.
When the fortuitous opportunity, one senses something.
Lu Qingfeng immediately performed calculations and used the "Heaven-Hearing Earth-Seeing Great Method" and the "Grand Luo Insight" to investigate. Finally, he discovered a cave abode of Immortal Qin Qi Refining from the Immortal Qin Dynasty, 70,000 miles away from Yuan Lake.
This is the first fortuitous opportunity Lu Qingfeng has discovered within a hundred thousand miles in the past hundred years.
It is also the only one.
The first incarnation— 'Luofuzi' —was forged from the eighth-order Law Artifact 'Three Radiance Heavenly Xin Swords' obtained from that cave abode.
[Law Artifact: Three Radiance Heavenly Xin Swords]
[Grade: Eighth Tier]
[Note: Forged by Daoist Tianxin, a Qi Refining from the Immortal Qin, using White Iron Essence. Using a clever method, it is composed of thirty-three 'Sun Xin Sword,' thirty-three 'Moon Xin Sword,' and thirty-three 'Star Xin Sword.' When combined, the ninety-nine swords become the Three Radiance Heavenly Xin Swords, its power comparable to an eighth-tier Law Artifact. Having been nurtured in Daoist Tianxin's Grotto for many years, each sword is already at the peak of the seventh tier; combined, they are comparable to a peak eighth-tier weapon.]
The Three Radiance Heavenly Xin Swords.
This was Lu Qingfeng's greatest gain in Daoist Tianxin's Grotto. It consisted of ninety-nine flying swords, each of which, individually, was a top-tier seventh-order sword. Combined, it was comparable to a top-tier eighth-order sword.
It is similar in nature to the twelve Dutian Blazing Fire Divine Banners that Lu Qingfeng obtained in the Baiyan Mountain Rock Mountain of the Chiyan Realm.
In this way, one External Incarnation.
Forty years ago, he emerged at the peak of the Core Formation realm, his combat power unmatched among Core Formation. He slew the Heavenly Jade Great Monster of Snow Eagle Mountain, making his name known far and wide.
Since it is a vessel of Law Artifact, the physical body is Law Artifact, and the Law Artifact is the physical body.
Eighth-tier Law Artifact cannot be destroyed by anyone other than Mahayana True Immortal.
That's all.
'Luofuzi' can then remain invincible in the Core Formation and Primordial Spirit stages. Even if he is defeated, he will not have to worry about dying.
The second External Incarnation that Lu Qingfeng cultivated was made from the physical body of that Heavenly Jade Great Monster.
"Celestial Pivot Battle Ape!"
Lu Qingfeng and 'Hunshan' looked at each other and both laughed.
Speaking of the Celestial Pivot Battle Ape.
Lu Qingfeng was the first to be entangled with the 'Demonic Baleful Entangling Silk Divine Curse' in the Chiyan Realm. The 'Demon King Huntian' who was eventually killed in the Dutian Blazing Fire Immortal Formation was also the Celestial Pivot Battle Ape, who wielded the 'Celestial Pivot Starfire' and had considerable combat power.
Unexpectedly, I will encounter that fellow clansman again in this life in the Immortal Qin Realm.
The workings of the world are truly mysterious and beyond words.
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