I am a late bloomer in the world of immortality

He is also the only True Lord of the Golden Elixir in the Tao family.

But Wei Tu didn't expect that Tao Chongzhou, who had not been heard from for decades, would die in the Black Blood Swamp.

You must know that True Lord Jindan is not a foundation-building monk, and he has many options to choose from.

Surrendering to the demon cultivators, or going to other remote areas to avoid fighting, are both feasible strategies.

There is no need, you must risk your life by crossing the Black Blood Swamp.

"The Black Blood Swamp, except for the Golden Elixir Overhaul, other Golden Elixir cultivators have difficulty crossing. This is exactly what Tao Chongzhou told me. It makes no sense... he would enter the Black Blood Swamp alone..."

Wei Tu thought secretly.

"Take me over and see the bones." Wei Tu wanted to make the final confirmation.

Although his guess was pretty close, he couldn't rashly assume that this person was Tao Chongzhou without seeing the bones with his own eyes.

Besides, he has an old relationship with the Tao family.

He also has the obligation to help the Hanshan Tao family collect the bones of their Jindan ancestor Tao Chongzhou.

After a while.

Bai Zhi led Wei Tu to the place where she found Jin Dan's body.

"It is indeed Tao Chongzhou's body."

Wei Tu came closer, sensed the aura on Jin Dan's corpse, and judged.

"It has been more than two years since he died. There are still some injuries on his body. In addition to the injuries from the monster beasts and poisonous mist in the Black Blood Swamp, these injuries also include some scars from magic weapons."

"It seems that Tao Chongzhou was attacked by fellow monks and accidentally died in the Black Blood Swamp."

Wei Tu speculates on the cause of death.

However, Wei Tu did not open Tao Chongzhou's storage bag to search for any information about the perpetrator hidden in the storage bag.

He cut wood into a coffin, packed Tao Chongzhou's bones, and then continued on his way.

If it is a stranger.

Wei Tu will also make this small fortune.

But the Tao family has an old relationship with him.

In addition to abiding by the contract and helping the Wei family in the matter of smuggling, after he arrived in Kang State, Tao Fangde and other Tao family monks also worked for him several times.

There is no need to be so jealous of money that you even touch your friends' belongings.

Outside.

Wei Tu also didn't think that Tao Chongzhou's storage bag could contain something spiritual that would tempt him.

After all, the Tao family is just an ordinary Jindan family, and its ancestor Tao Chongzhou is not much different from Jindan casual cultivators.

…

One month later.

Wei Tu finally arrived in Kang State.

He didn't take any rest and immediately went to the Ying Ding tribe to inquire about the safety of the Fenshan tribe and the Wei family.

Fortunately, perhaps because he had only left Kang State for a short time, his reputation was still spreading within the Ying Ding tribe, so neither the Fenshan tribe nor the Wei family encountered major setbacks.

All was calm.

"If you want to talk about a crisis, there is one."

"After the high priest left, Grand Master Yuanxian once took a spiritual contract and wanted the Fenshan tribe to compensate him for his losses, but he was stopped by Yuan Jie who came after hearing the news..."

"On behalf of the high priest, Yuan Jie compensated Master Yuan Xian with 30,000 spiritual stones."

In Yanfen Mountain, Yan Yu reported to Wei Tu what happened after Wei Tu left.

"Wonhyun?"

Hearing this, Wei Tu raised his eyebrows slightly.

More than fifty years ago, when he came to the Fenshan tribe and served as the high priest, he made a bet with Yuan Xian: whether he could revive a dying elixir.

That elixir was suspected to be a dead branch of the strange tree "Thunder Spirit Tree".

Wei Tu had no intention of honoring this bet. He originally planned to wait until the time came to compensate Yuan Xian with 30,000 spiritual stones, and then cut off the dead branches of the Thunder Spirit Tree.

Unexpectedly, after Yuan Xian knew that he was in trouble, he immediately went to the Fenshan Department and demanded compensation.

"Although it is hateful to take advantage of someone's situation, Yuan Xian and I have no friendship at all, so what he did is reasonable and reasonable."

Wei Tu was not annoyed.

However, what makes Wei Tu quite regretful is that he has to owe Yuan Jie a favor for this.

"However, it is a good thing that favors reciprocate. Last time, Yuan Jie owed me a favor when he killed the second prince."

Wei Tu shook his head.

Yuan Jie is a young talent from the Ying Ding tribe and is expected to become the Righteous King.

His friendship with him had many benefits for his practice within the Ying Ding Tribe.

Subsequently.

Wei Tu asked Wei Yan where his sister and brother were.

Just now he came to the Fenshan tribe, but did not find the Wei Yan siblings near Yanfen Mountain.

If he hadn't known that the Fenshan tribe had not encountered any external attacks, he might have thought that the Wei Yan siblings had been kidnapped by the monks.

"It's Fairy Kou. Fairy Kou from Jingshui Pavilion immediately rushed to our clan and picked up Fairy Yan and her sister after knowing that the high priest was in danger."

Yan Yu quickly replied.

"Hongying?"

Hearing this, Wei Tu felt warm in his heart.

There is a long distance between Ningyue Palace and Ying Ding Department. Kou Hongying was able to rush over as soon as possible after learning the news and pick up the Wei Yan siblings to save him from worries.

His thoughtfulness is priceless.

…

After learning that everyone in the Fenshan tribe and the Wei family was safe, Wei Tu remembered Tao Chongzhou's bones in the storage bag, so he set out for the Zama tribe where the Tao family in Hanshan now lived.

"What?"

"Is there any news about our ancestor?"

After hearing the news, the Tao family cultivators gathered together with excitement on their faces.

In recent years, the Tao family, although they have been cared for by Wei Tu, have not encountered any major crises, but the care of outsiders is different from the care of their own ancestors.

The ancestor Tao Chongzhou is here.

The Tao family can continue to establish the Jindan family in Kangguo. If they retreat, they can be like the Wei family, protected by a high priest and fully integrated into the Yingding tribe.

Just, after the excitement.

The Tao family cultivators calmed down again.

Because this time, they still didn't see their ancestor Tao Chongzhou.

This means that Tao Chongzhou may still be in Zheng State, or...

"No, it's impossible." The Tao family cultivators held back their thoughts and did not think about the worst outcome.

"Senior Wei, what happened to my ancestor? Please speak up."

Tao Fangde bowed his hand.

He had a gut feeling that the news wouldn't be good. Otherwise, Wei Tu would not have "sold out" and asked him to summon the Tao family's direct relatives.

"Fellow Tao Dao has passed away."

Wei Tu sighed softly.

As soon as he flicked his sleeves, a crudely made coffin appeared on the ground.

"This time after Wei escaped from the hostage of the two female fox cultivators, he returned to Kang State. In the Black Blood Swamp, he accidentally came across Tao Taoist Friend's bones..."

Wei Tu slowly narrated.

While talking, he took out Tao Chongzhou's storage bag from his sleeve and placed it on the desk.

"Ancestor is dead?"

"The ancestor has fallen?"

Although they had expected it, the Tao family cultivators couldn't help but feel sad after hearing the news, with sad expressions on their faces.

Unlike ordinary people from the Tao family in Hanshan, these people could sneak to Kang State because they were either family elites or direct descendants of the family.

Therefore, the relationship between them and Tao Chongzhou is not just a simple ancestor and clan member, but also a blood relationship between them.

"Ya'er, please open this storage bag on behalf of our Tao family."

Tao Fangde spoke.

He looked at a girl in a white dress standing among the Tao family cultivators.