longevity road trip

When he returned to Biyuan Mountain Baicao Garden, it was already night, Zhang Shiping returned to the yard, he did not take out the bronze lamp to practice, without the help of the bronze lamp, the speed of practice dropped back to the original level.

Losing the feeling of fast practice, Zhang Shiping simply stopped practicing. He took out the jade slip of martial arts that Master Xu gave him, and checked it.

Chapter 43 Fire Crow Art

Sitting cross-legged on the yellowed futon, Zhang Shiping stuck a blue jade slip between his eyebrows, square and smooth, with a smooth and delicate surface. He had just taken it out of the storage bag, and it was cold between his hands and his eyebrows. After a while, Zhang Shiping took down the jade slip.

He put it down just after reading the content of the jade slip. Zhang Shiping's face was a little strange, like surprise, but also like helpless distress.

This is a technique that is enough for Zhang Shiping to cultivate to the golden core stage, and it is basically impossible for him in the qi training stage to get it.But for Xu Youdan, this technique is just a copy, the cost is almost nothing, and it is quite a waste of a flaming liquid jade fruit.

Although Zhang Shiping didn't know the value of that flaming liquid jade fruit, but this master Xu gave Zhang Shiping his jade slip, which contained a skill that could be cultivated to the golden core stage, called "Fire Crow Jue" In Zhang Shiping's opinion, the attacking technique is absolutely enough.

In the Sutra Pavilion, Zhang Shiping has seen this kind of exercise before, it only has three layers, it is not as complete as the one given to him by Xu Shizu now.

It turned out that he was in the Sutra Pavilion. When he first saw the name of this skill, he thought it was a skill related to the fire crow demon bird. He needed to use the fire crow demon body material or the fire crow spirit to practice this technique. door skills.

But after looking at it, it turns out that this is a practice handed down by an ancient monk. It was created by an ancient monk named Taoist Huo Ya, and it was named "Huo Ya Jue".

Zhang Shiping has only seen the contents of the first two layers, since the spiritual stones needed in the latter are not small, he does not need this kind of exercise that cannot be cultivated to the foundation stage.

Now the Zongmen Xu Youdan Xu Shizu gave Zhang Shiping the skills that can be cultivated to the golden core, and there are nine levels in total.

In the first three floors, monks in the qi training period can practice. In the sect, Zhang Shiping heard that someone practiced this technique, which is similar in power to his "Qingxuan Yuhuojue".

In the middle three and last three floors, only the monks in the Foundation Establishment Stage and Golden Core Stage can practice.The monks in the foundation building period need to find a fire demon with matching characteristics, cooperate with the skills, and condense a layer of shield. When attacked by the opponent, they can unexpectedly release the fire bird technique with fire evil. Of course, the fire bird can be transformed In the shape of a fire crow, it can be called the fire crow technique. Its power is similar to that of the second-order fire bird talisman, and this shield is a good defensive skill. Its protection is stronger than the shield issued by the same-level talisman.

As for the third level in the later stage, the alchemy monks in the golden core stage can practice a spell called "Fire Crow Light Element Technique", which is a high-level fire attribute spell, and melting gold and breaking iron is just an easy way The essence of this "Fire Crow Jue" is the fact that it is accompanied by a mind attack.

When cultivating to the seventh level at the beginning, monks can attach this "Fire Crow Light Element Art" to the fire attribute spells or magic weapons they emit to increase the power of the spell. At the beginning, the power was only increased by one point. The attack strength of spiritual consciousness is even weaker, as long as the opponent is prepared and firm, it is almost useless.

But when you reach the eighth level, you can increase the power by more than a little bit, and you can increase the power by two or three levels, and the accompanying spiritual attack can also shake the opponent.At the ninth level, the fire attribute technique, with the help of the black crow light element technique, can increase the power of nearly three or four levels, and the spiritual attack is also an extremely powerful method among monks of the same level.

The opponent does not have a magic weapon to protect the mind, so it is extremely easy to get in the way under this invisible attack.

Zhang Shiping didn't know whether such a self-proclaimed exercise was good or not, because he had only seen this Golden Core Stage exercise, so he couldn't compare it.

Zhang Shiping didn't directly cultivate this skill recklessly, but thought about using his own "Qingxuan Yuhuojue" to build the foundation first, but since there is no follow-up foundation-building technique with the same root and the same origin, it is inevitable to find another one at that time. During the foundation building period, it is not too late to consider practicing the "Fire Crow Jue" at that time.

The specific fire spirit required in this technique is extremely difficult to find. Generally, the exercises practiced by fire attribute monks do not have any special requirements for the evil spirit, as long as the attributes are relative, it is not more demanding than a specific evil spirit.

Although it is best to practice the same kind of kung fu from the qi training period to the foundation building period, but Zhang Shiping is worried that he will not be able to find this kind of fire spirit, and he will have to change the kung fu method, wasting time for no reason. More, so Zhang Shiping couldn't help being cautious.

Zhang Shiping had the same routine as before on Biyuan Mountain. Half a month later, Zhang Shiping was watering the loose soil for spiritual tea in the second-order spiritual tea garden.

Suddenly a fire came, Zhang Shiping grabbed it, swept away his consciousness, a very happy smile appeared on his face, it was the Zongmen telling him to go to the Foreign Affairs Hall to collect his two Foundation Establishment Pills.

After waiting for so long, Zhang Shiping flew immediately, not even picking up the buckets, hoes, melons and ladles in the second-order spiritual tea garden.He is flying extremely fast in the sky, and he is in a very happy mood. He will be able to get his own Foundation Establishment Pill immediately. After that, he will spend another year or two to perfect his mana and become full of energy. With the assistance of Foundation Establishment Pill Next, strive for an early success in foundation building.

Zhang Shiping flew for a long time, and when he landed on the Shitai Square outside the Foreign Affairs Hall, it was getting late.

It turned out that the winding road felt quite long, but under Zhang Shiping's hurried steps, it took him a little more than half of the previous time to complete it.

In a room, Zhang Shiping didn't see the square-faced deacon on the ninth floor of Qi training, but a monk sleeping on the table. Zhang Shiping didn't see what he looked like, only the gray hair of the man.

However, the person who can sit in this position is either the invisible Master of the External Affairs Hall, or his twelve qi-training and ninth-level stewards.

Either they cultivated higher than Zhang Shiping, or they started earlier than Zhang Shiping, so Zhang Shiping went over: "Junior Zhang Shiping pays homage to senior."

The voice was not too loud, the first sentence, the monk lying on the table did not move, Zhang Shiping said it twice, the man moved, stood up, yawned big, and then opened his eyes to see To Zhang Shiping.

He subconsciously used the Celestial Eye Technique, and when he saw Zhang Shiping's cultivation of the ninth level of qi training, he opened his originally confused eyes, "What is the purpose of this junior brother coming to the Foreign Affairs Hall?"

The steward has already received two monks at the ninth level of Qi training. One is a handsome man named Su Shuang in his twenties, and the other is a skinny, wretched-looking 50-year-old who is about 60 years old. Pay the sea.

These two monks from the ninth level of Qi training are here to receive the foundation building pill. For the ninth level of Qi training who has the opportunity to build a foundation, maybe the other party will succeed in building the foundation after a while and become a foundation building monk. The last call is for the uncle to come.

Therefore, when he saw Zhang Shiping's [-]th level of Qi training, he was [-]% convinced that it was another monk who came to lead the Jidan, and he was envious in his heart.

Zhang Shiping handed over the Zongmen Token, explaining his intention to come to receive the Foundation Establishment Pill.The steward took the token and checked that there were indeed elixir points in the token, and it was still enough to exchange for two.

His attitude was even more respectful, "Junior Brother, please wait a moment, I will go to the backyard immediately to call the Palace Master." He smiled, "This Foundation Establishment Dan is not on my side, you sit down first."

For things like the Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhengyangzong would not dare to put the pill in the hands of a monk in the Qi training period, not to mention how many pills there are, even if there is only one, it is inevitable that the other party will have bad thoughts, human nature is the last thing to gamble on. s things.

The gray-haired steward immediately got up and ran to the backyard. When he went out, he didn't forget to ask the doorman to serve Zhang Shiping a pot of good tea.

Zhang Shiping felt that this senior from the Foreign Affairs Hall was not bad, everyone wanted to be treated respectfully, and he was no exception.

I am not a mortal, and I thought that all immortal cultivators like him are immortal, with no desires or desires.In fact, immortal cultivators are more obsessed, but their minds are stronger. Zhang Shiping took a sip from his teacup, the corners of his mouth raised a little, and reminded himself in his heart that he had a long road ahead, so he should not be arrogant or impetuous.

After a while, the senior brother in charge did not keep Zhang Shiping waiting. He walked in and greeted a monk who established the foundation. It seemed that he was the master of the Palace of Foreign Affairs. Quite a few times, this was the first time he saw the Lord of the Palace of Foreign Affairs.

Chapter 44

Seeing the master of the foreign affairs hall in the foundation establishment period come in, he is a man of medium build, with a bun fixed on his head with a wooden hairpin, and a man wearing a pale green robe.

A head of shiny black hair, not even a single strand of white hair, Zhang Shiping was surprised, he thought that the master of the hall, whose head and tail were invisible, was an old Foundation Establishment cultivator. Gray and white stewards should be much more energetic.

Zhang Shiping didn't know that the master of the Palace of External Affairs had a cultivation base in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, otherwise he wouldn't be able to control the twelve stewards of the Palace of External Affairs under him. Several of the twelve stewards were Foundation Establishment cultivation bases, and there were no tyrannical cultivation bases. Because, the people below will not be convinced, and they will all do things honestly.

Zhang Shiping immediately got up and saluted, "Junior Zhang Shiping pays respects to senior."

"Sit down, sit down." The green-robed man pressed his hand to Zhang Shiping, motioning him to sit down, "Your name is Zhang Shiping, I heard Wen Guang said that you are indeed a good-looking talent."

"Dare to ask senior, where is my uncle now? I haven't seen him for several years." Zhang Shiping asked hastily when he heard the senior Zhuji mentioned his uncle.

Because a few years ago, he found out from the boy at Chen Wenguang's cave that his uncle had accepted the mission of the sect and went out. Chen Wenguang came back once and met Zhang Shiping, but he didn't talk to him about the mission. Just left again.Zhang Shiping passed by Lingshan where his uncle's cave was located every two or three months, but he hadn't seen him for several years.

Zhang Shiping didn't know any other Foundation Establishment monks, even the old man who guarded the mountain on Chili Peak had only met a few times, he knew each other but was not familiar with each other, so it was difficult for him to go up and ask.Now that Zhang Shiping heard the news from the head of the Palace of Foreign Affairs, Zhang Shiping was naturally a little excited, he didn't even ask about the matter of building Jidan just now.

"Why, didn't Wen Guang tell you that he was on duty at the cloud iron mine in Yuran Mountain? It's not a secret." The master of the foreign affairs hall in green robes didn't expect that Chen Wenguang didn't mention it to his nephew. .

The master of the Qingpao hall was called Ye Yuanwei, and he was a member of the Jindan cultivator Ma Hua's lineage. Chen Wenguang worked under him for a period of time before the foundation was established.

With this level of relationship, the Qingpao Palace Master did not let them go out after giving Zhujidan like the other people who came to receive Zhujidan.

Zhang Shiping and Ye Yuanwei, the lord of the Qingpao Palace, talked for a while. Seeing the two talking, the gray-haired steward quietly retreated, and whispered to the handyman disciple not to disturb others, while he himself It is to go to the next room to work and receive the disciples who come to the Foreign Affairs Hall.

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Zhang Shiping came out from the Foreign Affairs Hall, bid farewell to Ye Yuanwei, the lord of the Qingpao Hall, and took two Foundation Establishment Pills from him, but there was no robbery or coercion.

Zhang Shiping breathed a sigh of relief only when these two Foundation Establishment Pills fell into his storage bag.

After all, the Foundation Establishment Pill is something that the Zongmen even the Yuanying Patriarch pays attention to. Qi training monks who can get the Foundation Establishment Pill have the opportunity to advance to become the Foundation Establishment, and they are the backbone of the new generation of the Zongmen.Under such circumstances, if a Foundation Establishment cultivator is playing tricks on this issue, I am afraid that Yuanying Patriarch will slap him to death if he finds out.

If this kind of thing gets out, the impact will be not small. During the Qi training period, the monks went to the secret realm and worked hard. After they came out, they managed to gather enough elixir points, but in the end they were intercepted halfway, unless others killed them in private. What can be done is clean, otherwise everyone will have to weigh it.

As for the Golden Core cultivators, they naturally have their share in the Foundation Establishment Pills that the Zongmen refines every time, in a word.

Zhang Shiping was about to drive back to Biyuan Mountain after he came out, when he heard Ye Yuanwei, the lord of the Qingpao Hall, send him a voice transmission, saying that Ma Hua, the ancestor of the Golden Alchemist, had summoned him,

Not far from Zhengyang Peak, there is Qinglin Mountain, the main peak of a third-order Lingshan Mountain, and a dozen second-order Lingshan Mountains nearby.

The cave where this Jindan Mahua is located is in this Qinglin Mountain. Zhang Shiping flew for a long time and reached the foot of the mountain. After receiving the transmission, he followed the disciple who guarded the mountain and entered this third-level spiritual mountain called Qinglin Mountain.

Having seen the Zhengyang Peak of the fourth-order Lingshan Mountain, Zhang Shiping was very calm in Qinglin Mountain. He put all his worries in his heart, because he didn't know what the Jindan Ma master was looking for him for. There is a feeling that everyone is a ghost.

If possible, Zhang Shiping would not want to appear in front of high-ranking monks. It would be best if he practiced honestly to the Golden Core stage or even the Nascent Soul stage.

Under the leadership of a handyman disciple, Zhang Shiping walked along the long bluestone steps and stopped beside a half-mountain cliff. He sat and waited in an old wooden pavilion.

The entire Qinglin Mountain is several thousand feet high, and this cliff alone is as high as a hundred feet, with flying waterfalls and flowing sounds.Zhang Shiping sat for a while, leaning over to look at the great river and mountains. The mountains in the distance were shrouded in clouds and mist. This scenery was more spectacular than Biyuan Mountain.

After a while, the black-clothed mountain guard disciple who led the way drove a disc-shaped flying instrument to fly down from the top of the mountain, greeted Zhang Shiping, and took Zhang Shiping to the top of the mountain.

When Zhang Shiping flew up, there was no majestic and continuous palace, but a small courtyard with three old houses, which was similar to ordinary houses in the world, and looked a bit old.

Under the leadership of the disciples in black, he pushed open the door, stepped on the gravel road, and entered the middle room. Zhang Shiping saw that Master Ma was resting with his legs crossed and his eyes closed. The disciples in black withdrew slowly. Voice.

An hour passed, this Ma Shizu didn't move, Zhang Shiping stood aside, muttering in his heart, he didn't know why this Ma Shizu summoned him?

"Come out." At this time, a voice came from outside the house, Zhang Shiping heard the voice of this Master Ma, but he was in the room, why did the voice come from outside.

He turned his head and saw that the place where Master Ma was sitting cross-legged was already empty, and Master Ma didn't know when he would go out in front of Zhang Shiping.He didn't notice it at all.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is like a ghost, but for Zhang Shiping, he can only sigh with emotion, he is worthy of being a golden core monk.At such a speed, if the monks in the Qi training period are not under the blessing of the formation, it may be useless to come as many as possible.

After Zhang Shiping saw that Master Ma in the room was not there, he hurried out.Seeing Master Ma in the yard, Zhang Shiping quickly followed.

The gap between the two was too great, so it was Ma Hua who was talking, and Zhang Shiping was listening and responding.

After half a stick of incense, Ma Hua asked Zhang Shiping to go back to Biyuan Mountain.

Zhang Shiping took off from the foot of Qinglin Mountain, and his speed was faster than before. He was not in the mood to appreciate mountains and rivers.This Ma Shizu only talked to him a few words, and gave him a fiery red round stone bead, which is a top-grade magic weapon, and being able to hit the opponent with this magic weapon has a miraculous effect on breaking the opponent's shield.

Zhang Shiping accepted this magic weapon called Hunzhi Stone Bead, and this Ma Shizu's eyes flashed with satisfaction.This means that from then on, Zhang Shiping was accepted into the true lineage of this Jindan monk, Ma Hua.

This Jindan cultivator is just investing in advance. Zhang Shiping is very likely to build a foundation. If he succeeds in building a foundation, he will naturally bear traces of the Mahua lineage.

And Zhang Shiping also learned that his doubts and questions for many years were about the guardians of the Baicao Garden in Biyuan Mountain.

Chapter 45 Patching

After Zhang Shiping came out of Master Ma Qinglin Mountain, his drive was three minutes faster than usual, and he stopped at an unknown mountainside after getting away. He stood with his hands behind his back in the stone pavilion, looking into the distance. The trees at the waist of the peak are lush and graceful.

Zhang Shiping folded the fiery red burnt stone bead in his hand, just now from Ma Shizu's mouth, this golden elixir said a little about Biyuan Mountain, so stop.

At that time, Zhang Shiping was only at the seventh level of qi training, but he was just in the late stage of qi training, and he took the task of guarding the mountain in the Biyuan Mountain Baicao Garden. No one came to snatch such a lucrative task.Zhang Shiping thought it was strict rules, first come, first served, but it turned out that Ma Hua, the ancestor of Jindan, had inquired about this matter and made the adjustment, no wonder no one dared to come out to make trouble and stir up trouble.

And this Jindan monk Ma Hua mentioned this matter, not to make Zhang Shiping accept his feelings, a Qi training monk who has not yet established a foundation is not worthy of a Jindan attempt, but mainly to tell Zhang Shiping in advance, After he succeeds in building the foundation, he will leave the Baicao Garden in Biyuan Mountain, and go to other Lingshan Mountains to open up his own cave.This is a consistent practice in the sect, and Zhang Shiping also understands it.

A newly-promoted foundation-building cultivator can open a cave in the mountains near Zhengyangzong, recruit handyman disciples to take care of the Lingshan, and plant some spiritual plants. He can also accept the mission of the sect, or hunt monsters.If the foundation-building cultivator can't break through the golden core before the end of Shouyuan, then this spiritual mountain will be taken back by the sect after a foundation-establishing cultivator has lived for decades. Of course, the things on it belong to the sect, and Biyuan Mountain is the same Only when the son came, the sect could slowly prosper.

For the yellow-faced old man, the reason why he was able to be a mountain guard for so long is because he made great contributions at the time of Huofeng, and the Zongmen Yuanying ancestor also knew that this disciple in the Qi training period went to be a mountain guard in Biyuan Mountain Baicao Garden , so that he can do it safely and steadily for decades.

As for the mission of the guardian of the Baicao Garden in Biyuan Mountain, Chen Wenguang and Ye Yuanwei, the master of the Palace of Foreign Affairs, actually mentioned Zhang Shiping. When Brother Dan didn't come forward, a monk in the late stage of foundation establishment, whoever replaced him, would give him face.

What's more, he is in charge of the Palace of Foreign Affairs, without his consent, who would dare to embarrass him for the task of a small guardian of the Baicao Garden in Biyuan Mountain.

Of course, when Ye Yuanwei reported the affairs to Ma Hua, he also mentioned a few words about this matter. Jin Dan didn't take such trivial matters to heart, but only mentioned it a little when he saw Zhang Shiping's possibility of building a foundation.

Zhang Shiping didn't know what was going on here, but he could understand that Master Ma didn't have any malice towards him. After thinking it over, Zhang Shiping didn't worry too much anymore.The best thing now is to advance to the foundation building stage, so that you won't be as weak as you are now.

Zhang Shiping wiped it from his storage bag, and took out his leaf-shaped flying magic weapon, with white aura flashing, he jumped out of the stone pavilion, and stepped on the magic weapon.

He flew all the way towards the Biyuan Mountain Baicao Garden. If Zhang Shiping polished his mana to perfection and succeeded in building the foundation, then the spirit stones that came down from the Biyuan Mountain Baicao Garden in one year would be the most important foundation building period for Zhang Shiping. It is not difficult for monks to earn these spirit stones.

If the establishment of the foundation fails, it will take a few more years of cultivation, but whether you can keep the guardian of the mountain at that time is another matter.The monks who failed to establish the foundation with the help of the Foundation Establishment Pill will invisibly reduce Zhang Shiping's impression in the eyes of those Foundation Establishment Dan monks.

Flying all the way, Zhang Shiping was thinking, and after a short period of time, he arrived at Biyuan Mountain Baicao Garden. He returned to the second-order spiritual tea garden, finished the unfinished work, packed up, and went back to the quiet room in the small courtyard Meditate among them.

A few days later, some merchants from Baimang Mountain came over, and Zhang Shiping asked them to send a letter from home, just to report that they were safe and to send their parents greetings.

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In Yunjinfang City, a thin-faced short monk in his thirties with a mustache came in from the entrance of Fangshi, his squinted eyes were full of shrewdness, this was Zhang Shiping after a disguise.

The main purpose of his visit to Yunjinfang City this time was to buy the elixir for improving mana above the middle grade of the first level, to repair the thick soil purple gold shield, and to sell the materials of the monsters in the secret realm.

There are only a few roads here, and Zhang Shiping is already very familiar with them. He did not go directly to Xiangmingju when he came this time. Take back the first-rank low-grade jade tea pill, I don't need it now, so I can take it back to the low-rank monks of the Zhang family.Perhaps the elixir can be bought at Xiangmingju, but there is no need to worry.

Along the way, Zhang Shiping did not choose to go to some big shops. He hadn’t been here for a while. After walking around, he found that there were several new shops in Yunjinfang City. Zhang Shiping didn’t send his magic weapon to Xinkai. The idea of ​​repairing the shop, who knows if this kind of newly opened shop will suddenly take away the things of the customers, this kind of thing has not happened before.

Therefore, some old shops with sect or family endorsement are more popular with monks.

He walked to a small shop with the signboard saying "Su Ji Iron Shop" and stopped. It was a small shop that had been open for a long time. , I heard that it is an old store that has been passed down by the family for almost 200 years, but the family is not big, and the scale of the store cannot increase.

This kind of small shop usually also buys monster beast materials from some monks, and the price is generally a little higher than that of big shops.Cultivators can also provide their own materials and entrust them to forge their own magic tools. Of course, this requires some spiritual stones, and the price is naturally much cheaper than buying finished products.

There was an old monk sitting at the counter, his fingers were not much flesh, his skinny fingers looked slender, and he was dialing an iron abacus.

In the store, there was only one elderly customer in Ruyi, accompanied by a shirtless young man, looking at the swords and sticks hanging on the wall.

Zhang Shiping was welcomed by a boy in green clothes, entered this Su Ji iron shop, and asked the old monk sitting at the counter, the old man first asked Zhang Shiping why he came.

Zhang Shiping took out a transparent black shield with a small hole in the middle and several cracks on the side.This thick-soil purple-gold shield was cracked by Senior Brother Cen with a short spear in the secret realm, and after being damaged, it caused some spiritual damage. Zhang Shiping's manipulation is not so smooth and flexible, and needs to be repaired, "Look at the shopkeeper, my side How long does it take to repair the shield?"

The old monk in the Qi training period stretched out his hand and touched it, and said, "My fellow Taoist, this black shield should be forged from two minerals, black thick soil and purple dazzling gold. Kind of monster material with soil attribute, sorry for my poor eyesight, I can't tell what kind of monster material it is."

"The shopkeeper has good eyesight. There are some second-order monster earth armor and centipede carapaces added here." Zhang Shiping admired this old man very much. I have more confidence in this old Suji store, it really deserves to be an old connoisseur for decades.

Chapter 46 Top Grade Huang Ya Dan

The old man touched his long white beard, "So it's a second-order earth armor centipede, a good material with earth attributes." He looked at the thick earth purple gold shield, observed the depth of the small holes on it, and the number of cracks. Reported a price of 27 Lingshi to Zhang Shiping.If Zhang Shiping was in a hurry, they might work overtime, and they could take it away tomorrow, but the price would be three more spirit stones.

Zhang Shiping thought about it, and decided not to spend more on the three spirit stones. The price of 27 spirit stones is still fair, and 30 yuan is free.

So Zhang Shiping handed over the thick earth and purple gold shield to the old monk, paid a deposit of five spirit stones, and took an iron plate with the words "Su Ji" from him as a token, and the two parties agreed for three days Come over and get this thick soil purple gold shield in the future.