Chapter 748: The storm is coming, little bird

“Compared to the gains, this lifespan is nothing. I still have over six hundred years of life.”

“Once the crisis is resolved, I can break through to the Nascent Soul stage and enjoy a thousand years of life!”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes were distant and profound. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, not concerned about the twenty or thirty years of life consumed by the divination.

After all, he wasn’t some Golden Core cultivator with little lifespan left.

Compared to today’s gains, these lost years were not worth mentioning!

“But is this the path of divination? If I were willing to expend several hundred years of lifespan, perhaps I could directly push the divination path to the fourth rank!”

Just now, spending lifespan to understand the workings of heaven and earth, the long river of fate, allowed Lu Changsheng to have a deeper understanding of celestial divination.

He knew that slowly comprehending the secrets of heaven would take forever to advance to the fourth rank!

If he used a large amount of lifespan as a price to forcibly窥视 the secrets of heaven and fate, leveraging his own destiny, he could quickly improve his understanding of the divination path!

Of course, even if Lu Changsheng wasn’t lacking in lifespan, he wouldn’t waste it doing such a thing.

“Father!?”

Lu Quanzhen saw his father’s appearance, his handsome face, full of vitality, visibly turning pale, deathly pale, and then spitting out blood, shrouded in a deathly aura, realizing that he had just used the art of divination!

And for divination to reach such a state, it meant encountering danger and calamity!

“It’s alright, your father has his own ways.”

Lu Changsheng’s voice was still as gentle and refined as ever, with an undeniable, strong confidence.

Even Lu Quanzhen couldn’t help but be infected by these words, putting his heart at ease.

Only, he was surprised and suspicious in his heart. When did his father learn the art of divination?

“Buzz!”

Lu Changsheng gently raised his palm, and the bone talisman from before spun up, like the rising sun, blooming with divine light, exhaling rolling spiritual energy full of life.

This spiritual energy poured into Lu Changsheng’s body, into his limbs and bones, and his pale face became fair and full at a visible speed.

The vicissitudes and deathly aura on his body were also directly dispersed as the majestic vitality of his fourth-rank physique recovered.

“This talisman treasure is really extraordinary. In times of danger, I’m afraid it’s equivalent to a life, right?”

After a moment, Lu Changsheng put away the bone talisman, seeing that he had almost consumed one-fifth of its spiritual energy source.

The remaining origin was enough for him to directly recover to his original state in extreme serious injuries!

With the Nirvana Divine Ability and this talisman treasure, he was equivalent to having three health bars.

“Quanzhen, you first go into the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Imperial Lotus. After I escape danger, I will solve your situation for you.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the Kun Peng egg, and the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Imperial Lotus appeared in his hand.

According to divination calculations, his safest and most secure method next was to wait and see, and then return to the Goddess Palace with the Second Palace Master, Shen Baishuang, to lie dormant.

In this process, in order to prevent the Kun Peng egg’s aura from being divined and calculated by others, the simplest method was to put it into the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Imperial Lotus.

This lotus was a top-tier fourth-rank existence, only one step away from advancing to the fifth-rank [Heavenly Yuan Dao Lotus]!

Therefore, putting the Kun Peng egg into the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Imperial Lotus’s cave heaven space, there was no need to worry about being detected.

“Yes, Father.”

Lu Quanzhen naturally had no objection.

“Buzz!”

As the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Imperial Lotus’s light swayed, a vortex ripple appeared, and the Kun Peng egg suddenly entered the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Imperial Lotus.

“Spirit Whale, you watch over Quanzhen.”

Lu Changsheng also looked at the nearby Rifting Sea Black Dragon Whale, signaling her to stay in the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Imperial Lotus next.

If the Kun Peng cub awakened, or if there were any problems, she could call out to him.

“Okay, Master.”

The Rifting Sea Black Dragon Whale transformed into a human form again and entered the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Imperial Lotus, causing Lu Quanzhen in the Kun Peng egg to be surprised and astonished.

He realized that the Lu Ling whale in front of him was the Rifting Sea Black Whale in his home.

It was just that before he could inquire about the details of the Black Dragon Sect, the Black Dragon Essence, his father had already helped the Rifting Sea Black Whale take another step forward.

Lu Ling whale didn’t care about Lu Quanzhen in the Kun Peng egg, her small face staring blankly at the Kun Peng egg in front of her. If there were any abnormalities, she would take action to suppress it.

However, in this process, she couldn’t help but lick her pink lips, swallowing her saliva.

The Kun Peng egg in front of her was too tempting for her.

If it weren’t for her absolute loyalty to Lu Changsheng, asking her to guard the Kun Peng egg would be like asking a monkey to guard the Peach Garden.

Seeing the Kun Peng egg and the Rifting Sea Black Whale all enter the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Imperial Lotus, Lu Changsheng pondered slightly, then threw the bone talisman, the Nascent Soul Pill, and the Five-Colored Spiritual Fan, and the Golden Little Cauldron all into the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Imperial Lotus.

In order to prevent any diviners from calculating that these items on him and the Kun Peng nest formed a subtle traction.

After all, as a top-tier third-rank diviner, he knew that he couldn’t underestimate other diviners.

These diviners belonging to the major top forces, sometimes expending lifespan to calculate, against their will, were much fiercer than him.

Afterwards, Lu Changsheng’s Yin-Yang mana flowed, and a Yin-Yang fish coiled around his body, clearing the aura of the Rifting Sea Black Dragon Whale and the Kun Peng egg on his body.

This was a secret method he learned from Hong Lian after being hunted down by True Lord Heavenly Silkworm and others in the Vast Sand Illusionary Domain.

It could isolate and clear the aura on his body, so as not to be sensed by others.

After finishing, Lu Changsheng flew out of the deep sea rift, and then simulated the 《Yin-Yang Creation Scripture》 into the 《Treasure Cauldron Medicine King Scripture》, like an ordinary cultivator, investigating the situation bit by bit.

According to his divination calculations, in the next period of time, Black Reef Island was likely to have a great battle, and he would be passively affected and involved in it.

What he had to do was to be steady and steady, not greedy, and hug the Second Palace Master’s thigh tightly.

At the same time.

Southern Wilderness Middle Domain.

A remote small mountain village.

Here, it was surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by green mountains, like a peaceful paradise.

Not far from the entrance of the village, there was a clear stream. Several village women were by the stream, sleeves rolled up, pounding and washing clothes while chatting about family matters.

However, among the village women, there was a six or seven-year-old girl squatting by the stream, gently pounding the clothes with a wooden stick in her hand, and then rubbing the clothes clean with her fair hands.

After washing, the girl wrung all the clothes dry, put them in a bamboo basket, and then got up to return to the village.

“Little Sparrow, you’re done washing already.”

“If my girl was half as sensible as you, that would be great.”

Several village women nearby saw the girl and praised her jokingly.

“If Little Sparrow hadn’t suddenly stopped growing, I would have wanted to ask for this girl to be my daughter-in-law.”

“Yes, not only is her skin fair and tender, but her face is also as delicate as a porcelain doll. If she grows up, she will definitely be like a rich city lady.”

Seeing the girl leave, several village women said regretfully.

Although this girl was well-behaved and sensible, and her appearance was delicate and lovely, she had a fatal flaw.

She stopped growing.

According to the time she came to the village, the little girl should be ten years old, but her figure and appearance were still exactly the same as three or four years ago.

Originally, many people thought about proposing to Granny Li to get Little Sparrow to be their child’s wife, but seeing this, they could only give up.

“Hmph, this little girl was picked up by Granny Li in the first place, and now she suddenly stopped growing. Maybe she’s a monster. I remember she had a scar on her forehead before, but it disappeared on its own not long after.”

Some people also thought that Little Sparrow’s situation was not like ordinary people, belonging to a monster.

“Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao.”

Little Sparrow didn’t care about these people’s words, carrying the bamboo basket of clothes back to the village, looking at the familiar figures, calling out crisply, very likable.

Although she suddenly stopped growing these years, and was born with divine power, and was regarded as a monster by some people, most people in the village still maintained a friendly attitude towards her, without prejudice.

Before long, she returned to a slightly mottled and dilapidated small house surrounded by a fence.

“Little Sparrow.”

The old woman sitting in the courtyard pickling vegetables saw the girl come back, and her wrinkled old face immediately unfolded, shouting with a smile.

“Grandma.”

The girl called out with a sweet smile on her small face, then carried a small stool and tiptoed to hang up the clothes in the bamboo basket.

“Little Sparrow, be careful, don’t fall, let me do it.”

The old woman stepped forward to help, but as she got older, her body became worse and worse, so Little Sparrow would rush to help with many things.

“It’s okay, Grandma.”

“Little Sparrow, you go rest, Grandma will cook for you.”

After the girl finished her work, the old woman rubbed her little head and said kindly, but couldn’t help but sigh in her heart, the little girl suddenly stopped growing up well.

Otherwise, being so well-behaved and sensible, and looking so cute, she could completely find a good family.

That way, after she died, she wouldn’t have to worry about the little girl being taken care of.

“According to the time, immortals are about to come to accept disciples again, maybe Little Sparrow will be selected.”

The old woman thought of her eldest child who was valued by the immortals in her early years, and felt that Little Sparrow was likely to be valued by the immortals and taken to cultivate immortality.

Seeing her grandmother cooking, Little Sparrow sat alone in the small courtyard, silently running the breathing method in her mind.

This was a kind of breathing method she vaguely obtained when she slept a few years ago.

She didn’t know the specific situation, effect, or function.

She only knew that practicing according to this breathing method was good for her, so she practiced it in her spare time.

Although there was no big change, she felt that she was much stronger.

Seeing that her grandmother’s body was not well, she also tried to teach the breathing method to her grandmother.

But she couldn’t express it, and the other party couldn’t guide her based on her situation, only praising her for having the bearing of an immortal.

“Little Que’er, time to eat.”

Before long, Grandma’s voice rang out.

Little Que’er, who was sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed, silently circulating her breathing technique, immediately opened her bright eyes and replied, “Coming!”

Then she entered the small house to eat with Grandma.

The food was very simple. Apart from the occasional kind uncles and aunties bringing some meat, most of the time it was the vegetables and pickles they grew themselves.

“Roar!!!”

Just as the old woman and the child were eating a warm meal, a deep, heavy roar of a wild beast rang out, breaking the tranquility of the mountain village.

“This is… a wild beast entering the village?”

Granny Li’s hand holding the chopsticks trembled violently. Then, she quickly put down her bowl and chopsticks and said urgently, “Little Que’er, a wild beast has entered the village. You quickly hide.”

Although she was just an ordinary old woman from a mountain village.

But the small mountain village was surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the villagers lived by farming and hunting. Her late husband was also a hunter, so she knew very well what this sound was.

Moreover, having lived for so many years, this was not the first time she had encountered a wild beast entering the village.

“A wild beast entering the village?”

Although Little Que’er had never encountered such a situation, she had seen the uncles and aunties in the village go out hunting, carrying wild boars and tigers back, and knew that these wild beasts were very dangerous and terrifying.

The two walked out of the small courtyard. Grandma looked around and signaled Little Que’er to climb up the old tree not far away.

Judging from the sound, the wild beast just now should be a large tiger, so as long as she climbed up the tree, she would be safe.

“Grandma, what about you?”

Although Little Que’er looked young, she was as strong as an adult. Whether it was climbing trees or diving, she was proficient in everything.

But Grandma was so old, she obviously couldn’t climb up.

“Grandma is fine, Grandma will just hide in the courtyard.”

The old woman said to the girl, signaling her to climb up quickly.

“I’ll be with Grandma.”

Although Little Que’er was inexperienced, she knew that once the wild beast ran over, Grandma would be in danger.

If she was nearby, she could still protect Grandma.

“No, Little Que’er, you climb up the tree.”

Granny Li insisted, worried that the wild beast would run around and rush into their house.

But under the girl’s firm gaze, she finally sighed and contentedly closed the doors and windows tightly.

She knew very well that their dilapidated little house would be difficult to stop a wild beast.

She could only pray that the hunters and strong men in the village would kill the wild beast as soon as possible.

However, before long, an urgent voice came from afar.

“Everyone, run! This isn’t a wild beast, it’s a demon beast entering the village! Quickly go to the beast-proof cellar!”

Hearing this voice, Granny Li’s face changed drastically, filled with fear.

A demon beast entering the village!

Although there was only one word difference between a demon beast and a wild beast, there was a world of difference!

Wild beasts could be dealt with by the hunters in the village.

But demon beasts were not something that ordinary mortal hunters like them could handle.

Even if they did manage to deal with it, there would be heavy casualties!

Back then, her whole family had encountered a demon beast entering the village, and then only she was left.

“Little Que’er, run! Go to the beast-proof cave!”

The beast-proof cave was an underground cave built by the village to prevent demon beasts from attacking. It was also used to store food and dry rations on weekdays.

However, just as the two of them had walked not far from the fence courtyard, they saw a ten-foot-tall tiger with a white forehead biting a bloody, incomplete corpse, which was soul-stirring.

“Aunt Li!”

Little Que’er recognized that the incomplete corpse in the tiger’s mouth was Aunt Li, who usually took good care of her.

Her head was buzzing, and she had never seen such a scene before.

“Little Que’er, run!”

The old woman also recognized the incomplete corpse, but didn’t dare to look at it too much. She quickly grabbed the little girl and hurried towards the back mountain.

But she was too old, her figure was hunched, and her speed was too slow.

However, at this moment, the tiger with a white forehead suddenly seemed to smell something and looked towards Little Que’er.

“Roar!”

The tiger with a white forehead swallowed the incomplete corpse in its mouth in one gulp, roared in the direction of the girl, and pounced over, stirring up a terrifying bloody wind.

“Little Que’er!”

Seeing this, the old woman’s expression changed drastically, and she signaled Little Que’er to run quickly.

But the speed of the tiger with a white forehead was too fast. In an instant, it pounced towards the two of them.

“Bang!!!”

Little Que’er was knocked down, while Granny Li was sent flying by the foul, fishy wind, and smashed heavily to the side, making the sound of bones breaking.

“Grandma!”

Little Que’er saw that Grandma’s head was bleeding, her expression was anxious and annoyed, and she wanted to shake off the tiger with a white forehead.

However, an amazing scene appeared. She actually struggled free a bit under the tiger’s claws.

“Roar!!!”

The tiger with a white forehead opened its bloody mouth and bit directly at her.

The girl’s body trembled, the blood all over her body seemed to flow backward, and then her eyes turned red as she shouted loudly, directly flipping the tiger with a white forehead on her body.

“Grandma!”

Little Que’er broke free from her restraints and hurriedly stepped forward to check on Grandma’s condition.

She saw that Grandma’s turbid eyes were lightly closed, her breath was weak, and there was blood flowing from the back of her head.

“Grandma!”

Little Que’er’s brain was blank, buzzing, and she shouted with red eyes, not knowing what to do.

“What’s going on!?”

At this moment, several hunters and fleeing villagers not far away saw the situation here, and couldn’t help but be full of suspicion, surprise, and their jaws dropped.

Little Que’er actually struggled free from the demon beast’s hands.

Even they, the hunters who practiced martial arts, couldn’t do it.

“Could it be that Little Que’er is also a monster?”

A hunter swallowed his saliva and said with a trembling voice.

Little Que’er was adopted by Granny Li in her early years, and the fact that she suddenly stopped growing these years was no secret in the village.

It’s just that everyone didn’t pay too much attention to this kind of thing, and only thought that there was a problem with the little girl’s development and growth.

But at this moment, the little girl’s situation could no longer be described by common sense.

“Roar!!!”

The tiger with a white forehead was angered by the little girl’s behavior. The roar in its mouth formed layers of sound waves and continued to pounce on her.

At this time, the girl’s brain was almost blank. She was not afraid at all, and only wanted to kill this tiger, and then quickly help Grandma stop the bleeding.

Her white fist stretched out, as if by instinct, and smashed out fiercely, forming a burst of tiger and leopard thunder.

If it was an ordinary wild beast, it might have been beaten to death by the little girl, but this was a demon beast!

Even the lowest-level demon beast was not comparable to ordinary mortals.

“Pfft!”

The tiger with a white forehead’s sharp teeth bit the little girl’s arm, as if to bite off her thin arm.

But just as the blood seeped out, this blood seemed to turn into magma and flames, forming a burning sensation on the tiger with a white forehead, and a violent roar of pain in its mouth.

At the same time, on the girl’s fair neck, a wooden plaque with the word “Que” on it bloomed with brilliant light, forming a blazing fire that directly burned the tiger with a white forehead into ashes.

“This this this…”

The villagers and hunters in the distance looked at each other, all with panicked and fearful expressions.

“What’s going on?”

Little Que’er looked blank, not knowing what was going on.

She didn’t think much, endured the pain in her arm, looked not far away, at the old woman lying motionless on the ground, and shouted: “Grandma!”

“Grandma! Grandma!”

But no matter how she shouted, Grandma didn’t respond.

She knew that Grandma had fallen asleep, and quickly used her clothes to bandage Grandma and stop the bleeding.

“Uncle Zhao, Grandma is bleeding, do you have any herbs?”

Little Que’er looked at the villagers in the distance who were dumbfounded, with somewhat panicked, blank, and frightened expressions, knowing that too much bleeding required not only bandaging but also applying medicine.

However, when these villagers saw her, they fled as if they had seen a monster, completely without the usual kindness and friendliness.