In a hidden cave in the Cangqing Mountains, Lu Ren knew nothing of the Three-Extremes Ancient Ancestor leading Cang Yingxiong and the others toward him.
As he refined the Azure-Sky Dao Fruit, Lu Ren had sunk deep into cultivation, contemplating the profoundest depths of the Immortal Path Origin.
His Immortal Soul Body was completely immersed in the Immortal Path Origin, grasping at its mysteries with all his might.
The small Dao Tree within him slowly began to grow.
Though the Azure-Sky Dao Fruit had not given Lu Ren a pure understanding of the Immortal Path Origin, his cultivation was soaring.
After three hundred years inside the pagoda, Lu Ren advanced again, reaching the Mid Fifth-Step Supreme Realm.
The power of his Dao Rhyme had more than doubled.
And he had refined less than a third of the Azure-Sky Dao Fruit.
"Brother-in-law, this is bad! A large group is heading this way. I'm afraid they've found us!" Yun Qingyan's anxious voice rang out.
Lu Ren emerged from the Reincarnation Ancient Pagoda. "They've found us?"
He immediately extended his senses and detected more than a dozen figures flying toward them. Apart from the black-robed elder at their head, they were all familiar faces.
"Looks like they have. Come on, let's go out and meet them," Lu Ren said calmly.
"Brother-in-law, I'm afraid escaping from them again won't be so easy," Yun Qingyan said.
"Don't worry. I'm here."
With that, Lu Ren led Yun Qingyan out of the cave.
The Three-Extremes Ancient Ancestor and the others saw them emerge and immediately surrounded them.
"Lu Ren, you hid here for a hundred and thirty years. Today, you die!" Cang Yingxiong fixed him with a cold stare.
In a hundred and thirty years, Lu Ren had probably refined one percent of the Azure-Sky Dao Fruit.