longevity road trip

After half a day, Zhang Shiping followed the spirit-seeking beast from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and finally the spirit-seeking beast stopped in front of a smooth rock wall, digging with its sharp claws.

The spirit-seeking armored beast was too small and the digging speed was too slow. Zhang Shiping took it back and put it in the cage. A big hole came out.

Every time Zhang Shiping dug a small section, he released the spirit-seeking armored beast, judged the direction, and found that the direction was correct, so he dug in slowly.

Chapter 53

Under the guidance of this spirit-seeking beast, while driving Luo Junjian, he fixed the passage with earth magic, and dug a stone hole more than ten feet long intermittently. The fallen gravel and soil were propped up by him. shield blocked.

The spirit-seeking beast came out of the cage again. Instead of going forward, it lay down on the ground, sniffing non-stop, digging the soil with its claws, and the spirit-seeking beast got into the soil in a short while.

Zhang Shiping was not afraid of the armored beast running away, so he stared at it closely with his spiritual sense.

Relying on the sharpness of Luo Jun's sword, Zhang Shiping made the cave more spacious and dug out a hall covering an area of ​​half an acre. Zhang Shiping put the earth and rocks into storage bags, and finally dumped them outside.

The stone cave hall is full of potholes and corners, and before Zhang Shiping had time to repair it, the armored beast pushed the soil below the surface again, and then ran to Zhang Shiping's feet wetly and turned around a few times, half standing up. Staring at him, chirping to ask for credit.

After Zhang Shiping threw an earth-attribute spirit stone to the armored beast, he dug a canal next to the earth cave where the spring water was bubbling, and led it into the previously dug earth pit. The streams of spiritual energy gradually converged into pools.

This is one of the spiritual vein nodes in the second-order Lingshan Mountain. Building a cave on the node, and then using the spirit gathering method to gather spiritual energy, is a common practice for foundation-builder monks to open up caves.

It took Zhang Shiping a long time to open up another half-acre earthen hall, and dug more than a dozen houses of different sizes. After the prototype of the cave was built, Zhang Shiping repaired all the cave walls with basic earth magic After smoothing, he took out hundreds of longan-sized moonstones and pearls from the storage bag, and inlaid them on the cave wall and ceiling, and the originally dark cave suddenly became bright.

He took out a piece of jade slip from the storage bag, and took out eighteen flags. According to the formation method given by Senior Brother Wang, he inserted twelve of the yellow flags in various places in the cave, and arranged the rest at the entrance of the cave. Six green flags.

Zhang Shiping took out more than a dozen pieces of earth-attribute spirit stones emitting yellow radiance and wood-attribute spirit stones emitting green radiance, and placed them on the nodes of the formation one by one. With more than a dozen flashes of light, the eighteen flags were all integrated into the earth and rocks.

This set of trapped earth formations purchased from Senior Brother Wang is considered to be fully activated. He only has this set of formations to protect the cave. The formations he usually arranges during practice are some types of magic formations that gather spiritual energy, isolate sound, and The formation method doesn't have much protection ability at all.

In the next few days, Zhang Shiping searched for high-quality boulders in the mountains, cut out some stone beds and chairs with Luo Junjian, and left some wooden furniture. He deliberately ran to the nearby Xiaofang City Made a set.

The owner of the store saw that Zhang Shiping was a foundation-builder monk, and his attitude was extremely respectful. He immediately showed Zhang Shiping the best sets of furniture in his shop. The materials were all made of high-quality spirit wood. Furniture, and a few bamboo chairs.

In fact, this kind of matter of building a cave for monks to build a foundation can be used as a servant of the sect. Zhang Shiping just wants to experience the fun of building a cave.

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The next day, Zhang Shiping went to Uncle Ma's place first, and happened to meet Uncle Ma in retreat, Zhang Shiping asked his disciples on the mountain to tell him that he had been there after Uncle Ma came out of retreat.

Afterwards, he drove the flying magic weapon to the Foreign Affairs Hall, and all his share of Biyuan Mountain Baicao Garden this year has been handed over and can be handed over at any time.

Because after the advanced foundation was established, Biyuan Mountain would have to be handed over sooner or later. As for the well-growing Tier [-] spiritual tea garden, whoever is destined will take it.

He originally wanted to hand it over to a disciple he knew before called Lin Qing, but his cultivation base was not enough, and he was not yet in the late stage of Qi training.

Zhang Shiping did not stop at the stone platform this time, but directly drove the flying magic weapon to stop at the entrance of the Foreign Affairs Hall. As soon as it landed, several outer disciples who had been queuing up saw the Zongmen Foundation Establishment cultivator approaching. Immediately turned sideways to make way.

After Zhang Shiping walked in for a while, a fat monk with a round face exclaimed: "This uncle looks really young, and I don't know how to take care of it."

Next to her, a female cultivator who was over fifty years old touched her face and agreed enviously.

A few people who lined up nearby also talked and got up. A monk with a missing front tooth swears that this senior is 120 years old, but he is so young after taking the Nourishing Pill, and he happened to have one of this kind of medicine on hand. It took him a long time to get it, and if the price was right, he could sell it.

When the female cultivators heard this, their hearts were slightly moved.

But as soon as he said this, he was sprayed in the face by an old monk in the back, "This senior is the guardian of the Baicao Garden in Biyuan Mountain. He is no more than 30 years old this year, so stop making noise."

This gray-haired monk happened to be one of the five stewards of Biyuan Mountain Baicao Garden. He originally thought that he was old and weak, and there was no hope for him to cultivate immortality. His persistence over the years was just to save more for his grandson. Some spiritual stone pills, this time he came to the Palace of Foreign Affairs to apply to return to his secular hometown.

However, watching Zhang Shiping become a foundation-building monk, his cloudy eyes flashed with inspiration again. Based on the fact that he has worked under Zhang Shiping for several years, there is no credit but hard work. When the time comes, he will introduce his grandson to work under Zhang Shiping. It is also a way out.

Zhang Shiping is young now, and he might be able to form a golden pill in the future. When the time comes, he will ascend to heaven alone, and his grandson will more or less benefit from it.

Zhang Shiping didn't know that someone thought this way, he turned several corners in the corridor of the Foreign Affairs Hall, and came to the place where the steward of the Foreign Affairs Hall was dealing with affairs.

"Next." He just finished dealing with the matter of the last disciple, sorting out the information on the jade slip, and bowed his head.

"I'm here to hand over the task of the guardian of the Baicao Garden in Biyuan Mountain."

Those who can serve as mountain guards are all late-stage monks who need to cultivate above the seventh floor. He raised his head and saw Zhang Shiping, and he still remembered his appearance, "Master..." The younger brother was about to say it, but he immediately saw Zhang Shiping Wearing the clothes of an inner disciple, his face changed drastically, and his eyes showed surprise.

"Junior Chen Jiajun pays homage to Senior Zhang." He had an extremely respectful attitude and reported himself.

Zhang Shiping held up a hand and said: "There is no need to be too polite."

Chen Guanshi quickly settled the matter of Zhang Shiping's Biyuan Mountain Baicao Garden. Seeing that Zhang Shiping turned to leave, he immediately asked Zhang Shiping if he needed to send tasks in the Foreign Affairs Hall, because Zhang Shiping had just handed over Lingshan, and there must be insufficient manpower.

Zhang Shiping thought about it and refused. He has not yet decided what to do with Kunshan in the future. He doesn't need so many disciples to help him. The remaining spiritual fields and handymen are planting, so he doesn't need it for the time being.

The gray-haired Biyuanshan steward at the door did not continue to line up, but retreated to the side, his eyes fixed on the door. As soon as Zhang Shiping came out, he gritted his teeth and came forward, "Junior pays respects to Senior Zhang."

"It's you, Steward Zhuang, what's the matter?" Zhang Shiping was quite impressed with these stewards. The monk in front of him was at the fourth level of qi training, and he worked under him for several years. He was diligent and did not make any mistakes.

Chapter 54 Antlers

The old steward explained his purpose to Zhang Shiping, Zhang Shiping thought about it, and because of the hard work of the old steward in the past few years, he gave him a token and asked his grandson to go to Kunshan to find him in half a year.

The reason why it was half a year later was because he was going back to White Ape Mountain. For monks who had just established their foundations, Zhengyangzong would give them half a year's vacation before arranging tasks.Foundation Establishment cultivators don’t need to be like outer disciples, they have to go to the Foreign Affairs Hall to pick up the task. After discussing with the head of the sect or a few other golden cores, they will pass the news to them through tokens.

Usually, like Zhang Shiping, who belongs to the lineage of Ma Hua and Ma Shishu's foundation cultivator, the one who orders the task is usually the head of Chang or Ma Hua. matter.

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In a small valley seventy or eighty miles away from Baiyuan Mountain, there was an old man carrying a bamboo basket, holding a bamboo pole in one hand and a thick-backed hatchet with a polished white blade in the other. Taking a small medicine hoe, he was walking in the valley with a clear direction. A few months ago, he saw more than a dozen stagweeds in the valley.

This kind of grass actually grows like a small tree, about the height of an adult's calf, with branches like stag horns, thick and forked, yellowish brown, and leafless. In five years, a staghorn plant will only bear one spirit. fruit.

Once it's time to bloom and bear fruit, the staghorn grass will supply all the nutrients it has accumulated for five years within three months. In just three months, the thick branches will become slender, and the fruits will absorb The staghorn grass will mature quickly after storing the nutrients in the branches, and it will turn red like blood. The medicinal power is contained in the red juice of the fruit, so it must be picked in time, otherwise the fruit will burst and all the juice will be sprayed into the soil.

The seeds in the fruit are sprayed out, and some can even be sprayed several miles away with the wind.

The old man used to cover the staghorn grass with branches. In three months, most of the branches that were broken and inserted into the soil survived. If you look at it from a distance, it is just a bush.

He pushed aside the branches, and there were thirteen staghorn plants in total, eight of which still had green fruits, and the remaining five staghorn plants had turned red and were ready to be picked.

The old man held a wooden box lined with cotton cloth in one hand, and cut it out with jade scissors in the other hand. This action was repeated five times, and the five staghorns were completely preserved in the wooden box. Gently put it in the bamboo basket.

He backed out gently, fixed the branches again, and used the branches to sweep the traces of his footsteps. After all, he was old and his legs and feet were bad. After finishing, he wiped the sweat on his face, turned around When he went out, his body froze and his expression became unnatural.

"The staghorn fruit is of good quality." Not far behind him, a young monk in a moon-white collared robe said to him with a smile.

"This senior was joking, there are no staghorn fruits." He quickly lowered his head, trying to walk out faster.This old man is just a mortal, but he was born in the Zhang family and has seen many monks from the family. His temperament is similar to that of the young man in front of him.Picking staghorn fruit by himself was seen by him, but the old man still took chances. After all, these five first-order spiritual fruits were really worth more than his life to him.

The young monk looked at the old man, and was about to say something, but suddenly his face darkened, he let out a cold snort, and he appeared behind a nearby stone, he chopped it down with a hand knife, and a qi trainer hiding behind the stone The middle-aged monk on the fourth floor passed out before he even had time to react.

The young monk silently recited a few mantras, pointed his index finger at the fainted middle-aged man, and several vines rose from the ground, binding the man's hands and feet tightly.

He looked at the middle-aged monk with only a long sword on his waist, without even a storage bag, and thought to himself as a poor man, but he squatted down, groped on the man, and found a sign that said " A token with the character "Chen", two bottles of elixir, a low-grade first-grade long sword magic weapon, and seven spirit stones.

Zhang Shiping looked at the elixir that he took out, one bottle was an ordinary elixir with little value, and the other bottle was a first-grade low-grade Huangya elixir with only three pills left.

Zhang Shiping pulled out the long sword and pierced the man's heart with a sword. A fireball technique instantly burned him to ashes, and the old man had already run 500 meters. After a while, he caught up with the old man.

Seeing that the long sword in his hand was still stained with blood, Zhang Shiping took out a white handkerchief to wipe it clean, and put it in the storage bag.

The old man was about to kowtow to beg for mercy, but saw a token floating in front of him. He took it and saw that the word "Zhang" was written on one side of the token.

"Don't worry, I'm a monk of the Zhang family." Zhang Shiping looked at the word "Zhang" sewn on the old man's cuff, but Zhang Shiping still asked the old man to take out the wooden plaque of the ordinary people of the Zhang family.

The old man quickly handed back Zhang Shiping's token with both hands, and quickly took out a palm-sized wooden token from his arms, covered with a layer of pulp, which looked old.

After Zhang Shiping saw that there was no problem, he let the Zhang family mortal go back with him. The old man was not walking quickly, so Zhang Shiping directly drove the flying magic weapon. After a while, drop him off in a town not far from the first-order Lingshan of the Zhang family.

Zhang Shiping didn't take the five first-order spiritual fruits in the old man's bamboo basket. He didn't take them by personal chance, and he didn't even have any idea about the remaining few immature spiritual fruits.

Of course, this is only for the members of the Zhang family, and it is uncertain if it is someone else.

After Zhang Shiping put down the old man, he flew very quickly, and soon arrived at a large courtyard on the flat ground at the foot of Xiaoyuan Mountain, and landed in front of the door. A young concierge saw a strange-looking cultivator coming, "This is the Zhang family. I don't know who the distinguished guest is looking for."

Zhang Shiping's face was a little strange, he didn't expect that he had not been home for six or seven years, and he had become a guest.At this time, a hunchbacked old man in common clothes came out of the door, trotted over with a copper kettle in his hand before he could put it down, "Third Young Master?" He called out in doubt and immediately affirmed, "It is the Third Young Master who is back, come in quickly Come in quickly, Madam has been mentioning the third young master recently."

The commoner man came in to welcome Zhang Shiping. Except for the taller trees, the layout of the yard remained unchanged. Zhang Shiping walked to the front of the hall and saw a ten-year-old boy dancing with a sword, as graceful as a dragon, with one move. One style, the movements are smooth and flowing.

The middle-aged man sitting in the hall was chatting with a beautiful woman next to him, while pointing at a long sword with a green edge to exchange ideas with him.

The middle-aged man is casual, but the teenager is happy.This young man is Zhang Shiping's fourth brother Zhang Shiming, who has grown into a handsome young man after seeing him for several years.He can't practice because he has no spiritual roots, so he can only focus on the practice of secular martial arts. Sometimes Zhang Tongan will guide him for a while when he comes back. This is the happiest time for him.

Zhang Shiming stabbed with his sword, and the tip of the sword happened to be facing the tip of Zhang Tongan's long sword. The long sword was quickly retracted, trying to block the next attack, but saw the long sword retreat in the air and fly back into the hall.

Zhang Tongan held a long sword that had already been sheathed, looked at Zhang Shiping who had just walked over, his mouth became more and more contentious, and finally his expression was excited, and he said "good, good" several times.

Chapter 55 Celebration

"Shiping pays homage to his father." Zhang Shiping bowed to Zhang Tongan, and Zhang Tongan stepped forward and came to Zhang Shiping to look at him. Unexpectedly, in just a few years, his son had advanced all the way from Qi training level to foundation building. It was beyond his expectation.

Zhang Shiming put his sword back into its sheath and looked at the third brother that the mother often mentioned. He hadn't seen him for several years, and there was only a vague shadow left in his memory. He couldn't even remember what his third brother looked like.

At this time, a noble lady followed by two ten-year-old maidservants walked out quickly, came to Zhang Shiping, stared at him, her eyes were a little red, "Pinger, how have you been these few years? You can see that you have lost weight."

"Come here tomorrow, this is your third brother." The lady pulled Zhang Shiming over again.

"I've seen the third brother." Zhang Shiming bowed to Zhang Shiping, Zhang Shiming looked a little restrained, after all, Zhang Shiping was too strange to him.

Zhang Shiping looked at his fourth brother who had grown up, and took out a long sword and a bottle of first-grade mid-grade jade tea pill that he refined from the storage bag.

This sword is not the one he obtained by killing the Qi-training cultivator of the Chen family earlier, it is just a magical weapon that is called by the world. After all, the Zhang family and the Chen family are similar. He might be attacked by the monks of the Chen family because of this.

As for why the first-rank middle-grade pill was given, it was because the erysipelas contained in the first-rank low-grade pill could not be refined by mortals, so taking low-grade pills would be harmful to mortals in the final analysis.

The erysipelas contained in the first-order middle-grade elixir is much less, which is completely acceptable to ordinary people, but a single elixir needs to be divided several times and swallowed with warm water.

And why it's not a first-order high-grade pill, it's purely because it's too expensive.

Zhang Shiping was afraid that his fourth brother would not know how to take the elixir, so he explained it carefully. He emphasized that it was a first-grade middle-grade elixir, which was actually what he told his father Zhang Tongan.

Zhang Shiping also saw that his fifth younger sister was still a child, a very quiet child, not as lively and active as other children.

At the next evening, Zhang Shihao also rushed back because of the servant's notice. The whole family had a happy reunion dinner together.

The next day, Zhang Shiping just got up, Zhang Huaiyu, the head of the Zhang family who rushed over from Baiyuan Mountain, saw Zhang Shiping, and after confirming that Zhang Tongan was really a foundation cultivator as Zhang Tongan said, he was excited.

Because in the past two years, Zhang Qiyue, the eldest elder of the Zhang family, has been getting worse and worse in health, and basically recuperates on the White Ape Mountain.The dark wounds left by him in the early years, as he got older and his mana gradually weakened, problems gradually appeared.

This situation is too normal for a cultivator.When I was young, no one could guarantee that he would not be injured in the fights between monks, or between monks and monsters, and that he would have time to heal himself without leaving any hidden wounds.

That time, Zhang Shiping was crushed by the purple light arrow of the gray-clothed cultivator. If it weren't for the help of the bronze lamp and the healing elixir, he would have to cultivate for at least two or three months. How could he heal so quickly and not stay behind? A bit of a dark wound.

Regarding the emergence of the fourth foundation-building monk in the family, the head of the Zhang family immediately sent his disciples to distribute invitations, inviting more than a dozen foundation-building families and dozens of qi-practicing families nearby to participate in the grand foundation-building ceremony of the Zhang family. .

After ten full days of preparation, the Zhang family set up more than a dozen tables on White Ape Mountain, entertaining foundation-builder monks and late-stage qi practitioners from various families, including of course the Chen family who was at odds with the Zhang family.

In the second-level Lingshan of the Chen family, in the main hall on Wuyun Mountain, the head of the Chen family looked at the invitation card sent by the monk of the Zhang family, and watched the monk of the Zhang family's qi training swagger away, so he would not be angry. He will definitely cut off at least one of the five limbs of that person, so that he can understand how many eyes Prince Ma has.

But he held back, even if he killed the monk of the Zhang family who practiced Qi at the fifth level, it was just an extra excuse for the Zhang family. missing one.

"Don't worry, things are not that bad. This Zhang Shiping will have to go back to Zhengyangzong sooner or later." Another foundation-building monk of the Chen family came in from outside the hall and said. He asked someone to inquire about Zhang Shiping and found out that he was the son of Zhang Tongan, a foundation-building monk of the Zhang family. , joined Zhengyangzong in the early years.

After learning that Zhang Shiping was the founder of the sect, the head of the Chen family was slightly relieved, but his brows were still knit together.

Zongmen's foundation establishment also needs to take into account the sect's mission. It can't stay in the family and contribute to the family all the time like the family's foundation establishment.But the Zhang family always had one more foundation-building cultivator, and the Chen family sighed. These days are getting more and more difficult.

The two Foundation Establishment monks discussed with several Ninth-level Qi-training monks in the clan, and finally decided to send a Ninth-level Qi-training monk to participate in the celebration.

The reason why the two Foundation Establishment cultivators didn't go was because they were afraid of the Zhang family's sudden attack. If they were not afraid of [-] yuan, they were just in case. After all, if something happened to the two of them, the Zhang family would definitely not let go of this opportunity.

The monk at the ninth floor of the Chen family's qi training, under the orders of the family's foundation-building monks, was honest and honest during the Zhang family's celebration. Even if he was teased by other monks from other families, he just smiled awkwardly, without the slightest hint of embarrassment on his face. I can't see the anger coming.

Zhang Shiping originally wanted to make some trouble, but he didn't find an opportunity in front of the foundation-building monks of the nearby family, so he had no choice but to let the Chen family's Qi training ninth-level monk go.

The foundation building ceremony of the Zhang family lasted for a full day and night. Zhang Shiping toasted to all the fellows who came to build the foundation. Amidst the bursts of congratulations, Zhang Shiping also drank a lot of wine with a smile. After the celebration was over, Zhang Shiping waited for the other foundation building monks After he left, he used his mana to force out the alcohol smell in his body, and his dizzy mind gradually regained consciousness.

Under the service of the family maid, Zhang Shiping took a hot bath and rested all night.

Three months later, Zhang Shiping drove the flying magic weapon to take off from Xiaoyuan Mountain, and flew towards Zhengyangzong. On the way, he flew over a first-level spiritual mountain not far from Xiaoyuan Mountain, named Mount Yutu.

After Zhang Shiping took down this first-order spirit mountain, he did not continue to attack. He was not sure to kill the two foundation-builder monks of the Chen family directly, so he decided to boil the frogs in warm water and take his time, because he was afraid that they would jump over the wall in a hurry.

It was originally the Lingshan of the Chen family, but now it is the eighth first-order Lingshan of the Zhang family.The Chen family hadn't had time to pick some of the elixir above, and they were all cheaper than the Zhang family.

If Zhang Shiping can stay in the family for a long time, then what they get from the Chen family will not only be a mere first-order spiritual mountain, but at least they will have to peel off a layer of their skin.

A spiritual mountain is almost the bottom line of the Chen family.

Chapter 56 Warning

Zhang Shiping had already flown back to the Zongmen of Zhengyang Zongmen, but on the way, the Zongmen Token in his arms was slightly warmed up, and he took it out to see that the Zongmen's annual auction in Bairuifang City will be held in March It was held two days later, and Zhang Shiping felt that he was not far away, so he took the task of an auction guard through the token.

Zhang Shiping wanted to take a look at this kind of auction that only monks who established the foundation could participate in.

Bairuifang City, more than seventy miles away from Zhengyangzong, is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with towering peaks and a valley below. Zhang Shiping looked at the ancient bushes from a distance, and he drove the flying magic weapon between two weeping willows. Large, with thousands of willows hanging down, this is one of the entrances to Fangshi.