longevity road trip

"Just one piece, do you want it or not? If not, let's go to the senior Jianji who manages the market." Zhang Shiping understands this kind of casual practice quite well, and he can't make concessions.

The blue-faced old man's expression changed, and he opened his mouth only after the nearby stall owner whispered: "The old man is at a loss. If you bring a piece of spirit stone, you won't owe anything."

Chapter 4 Visit

Zhang Shiping took out a low-grade spirit stone from his purse and threw it into the hands of the blue-faced old man. The blue-faced old man took it with his right hand, put it in his arms quickly, and patted it several times. In a blink of an eye, he said with a smile on his face : "I still have a lot of good things at this stall, you two will take a look, and I will give you a discount for what you like."

The blue-faced old man hurriedly picked up two black stones from his stall, "Look at this black stone, it's the best..."

Lost a spirit stone in vain, Zhang Shiping was not in the mood to stay with this profiteer, he said something to Lei Mo, turned around and left, the young man picked up the broken bronze lamp from the ground and chased after Zhang Shiping.

"Brother Zhang, thank you for helping me out, and I will return this spirit stone to you." Lei Mo held two bronze lamps in one hand, and took out a fiery red spirit stone from his bosom in the other hand to Zhang Shiping.

"no need."

Zhang Shiping did not take the spirit stone, he took the two pieces of bronze lamp in Lei Mo's hand, "Just give me this lamp." The bronze lamp is not big, and the cracked lamp stand is slightly larger than a normal teacup, and the overall bottom and About the size of a palm, about seven inches high.

He put the bronze lamp into his arms in front of Leimo, so he couldn't just throw it away.

Zhang Shiping and Lei Mo walked half a street, and when they passed a shop with six doors and four floors, Lei Mo and Zhang Shiping separated.His sister was in the store, and Zhang Shiping was envious when he heard Lei Mo say that it was his family's property.

The Zhang family only has one small shop in Shengxian Town, and the business is mediocre, far inferior to this Shangbaolou.This small shop is managed by a senior of the eighth level of Qi training in the family. It is used to collect some herbs collected by casual practitioners or hunted monsters, bones, scales, flesh and blood. It sells low-level Qi training monks commonly used. Talismans and magical instruments are also sold on jade slips, bought at a low price and sold at a high price. Excluding costs and expenses a year, it can bring four to five hundred spirit stones to the family.

The Zhang family has shops in several places in Baimang Mountain, such as Shengxian Town, a town where cultivators gather. There are not many of them. He knows of six shops. As for whether there are any, Zhang Shiping doesn't know much. .The low-level monks of the Zhang family will not let them be distracted by some vulgar things in the 20-year-old and Guanqian families. Although the family is small, it is still harmonious. Occasionally, it is normal for some members of the clan to have thoughts in their hearts.He, Zhang Shiping, also thought about if he could cultivate in Baiyuan Mountain.

Some Xiuxian families in Baimang Mountain began to decline because of discord within the family, so that they were separated, but there were also some families that became more powerful after separation. There are two Jindan ancient families in Baimang Mountain. A foundation-building cultivator of the ancient family was dissatisfied with the ancestor of the Golden Core, and resolutely left home for decades, and finally became a Golden Core cultivator.This practice is actually very common among families with a long history.

There are two or three big cats and kittens in the Zhang family, so there is no need to think about this kind of thing.

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After he separated from Lei Mo, Zhang Shiping switched to several shops. He is very talented in cultivating the talismans he cultivated in the Hundred Arts of Immortals. He has been able to make seven or eight kinds of first-level talismans at the fourth level of qi training.

He is already very proficient in the light body talisman, bright eye talisman, powerful talisman, and divine movement talisman among the first-order low-grade talismans.However, due to his lack of cultivation, the success rate of making the first-level medium-grade sound transmission talisman, fireball talisman, and diamond talisman is not very high.

The making of talismans is not created out of thin air. The talismans that monks can make must first know this kind of magic. The way of talismans is to use runes to connect the aura of heaven and earth, and then seal the magic into the talisman paper.

Low-level monks can't learn high-level spells, and of course they can't make high-level talismans.

Suddenly Zhang Shiping felt a warm feeling in his chest, he took it out and saw it was a sound transmission talisman, the bluish blue sound transmission talisman had red light flickering, very faint, the temperature of the cold jade had risen, almost like warm water.

It seems that Senior Chen of the Zhengyang Sect has arrived in Shengxian Town. This sound transmission talisman is very different from ordinary sound transmission talismans. It is a mother-child sound transmission talisman, which can sense each other within thirty miles.I heard that there are also sound transmission symbols for thousands of miles, which can transmit sound to each other within thousands of miles.

Zhang Shiping's spiritual consciousness came into contact with the sound transmission talisman, and there was a message from the other party, asking him to go to the Zhengyangzong garrison mansion in Shengxian Town to find him.The garrison mansion is easy to find. It is not far from the place where the high platform was built in the town. The mansion occupies the largest area and is very conspicuous.

Senior had an invitation, so Zhang Shiping naturally hurried over. Senior Chen was a friend of his father for many years, and now that he has successfully established the foundation, his status is naturally different from that of a monk in the Qi training period.

Zhang Shiping walked quickly, and came to a vermilion gate, outside the gate stood two young men in black clothes, with strong aura, higher than Zhang Shiping, they were at the sixth level of Qi training.

Zhang Shiping thought to himself that when he passed by in the morning, these two people were not there, only an old white-haired old man concierge.Judging by the energy and spirit of these two people, they should be disciples of the Zhengyang Sect. Zhang Shiping stepped forward and took out a letter to report his family name, saying that he wanted to visit Senior Chen. He called the porter twice to bring Zhang Shiping into the mansion.

They had already been ordered by Uncle Chen just now, see Zhang Shiping go in, and the person standing on the right said, "Here comes another person seeking connections."

"Speak carefully, Junior Brother." The disciple on the left didn't answer after saying a word, this person's temperament has always been like this, and the disciple on the right is also used to it, so he didn't say anything more.

Every time the Ascending Immortal Society, many people come to build relationships with the seniors of the sect, and they are basically people who are related to the monks who established the foundation of the sect. If the conditions are similar, the sect does not care about one more outer disciple, but Don't even think about the rewards of the immortal society's elixir and magic weapon.

Guided by the old concierge, Zhang Shiping entered the mansion, walked around the screen wall, and walked along a winding pebble path with bushes of flowers and plants on both sides. After walking through the path, he waited in the hall. To the friend of the father's mouth.

The person who came was a 40-year-old middle-aged man, dressed in a moon-white robe, with a bun on his head, fixed with a wooden hairpin. He came in, looked at Zhang Shiping for a few times and smiled: "Sure enough, I have five points with Tongan when I was young." picture."

"Junior Zhang Shiping pays a visit to Senior Chen." Zhang Shiping saw someone coming, and immediately got up to pay his respects. Firstly, it was because the person was a friend of his father, and secondly, he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator.He met each other with the etiquette between monks.

"Your father and I are sworn brothers, so I can afford to be called uncle, and my nephew doesn't have to be so alienated." Chen Wenguang, who was sitting at the top, looked at Zhang Shiping and said.

Zhang Shiping followed the words and called his uncle, and gave him the letter his father gave him. He read it for a while, chatted with Zhang Shiping, and arranged him in the mansion. As for the room in the inn, he sent a follower to talk about it. That's it.

Chen Wenguang didn't say anything that would guarantee Zhang Shiping to enter the Zhengyang Sect, but just let him live with peace of mind.

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and he stayed in the mansion to practice in peace these few days, and took advantage of the time to draw some spells for use by the Ascension Society.

Chapter 5 The Ascension of the Immortals

At Chenshi, Zhang Shiping left the mansion after having breakfast. When he passed by, there were already two long queues lined up at the Ascension Society. behind a couple.

The couple were in their early 30s. The man was carrying a red cherry gun on his back, and the head of the gun was tied tightly with a white cloth.The male monk was grabbing a handful of pumpkin seeds from his wife next to him, and the couple stood bored, killing the time by eating the seeds.

The woman has a plump figure, wearing red clothes, her teeth are constantly moving up and down, and there is a pile of melon seed shells under her feet. It seems that the two have been standing here for a while.The woman in red saw Zhang Shiping behind her, and handed over the pumpkin seeds in her hand, "Little brother, would you like some?"

"No, no." Zhang Shiping quickly refused, he thought that he would go out every day, anyway, the mansion is very close to here, and he will arrive in a few steps, he never thought that there are so many people in this team.

As soon as he went up in a row, someone followed him. It was an old man in sackcloth with a wrinkled face and black and white hair. "Big sister, give me some of these pumpkin seeds."

"Brother, you also come to line up, don't you know the rules of Zhengyangzong? They don't accept them when they are old." The woman touched a handful of pumpkin seeds from the small cloth bag to the old man.

"What are the rules of the Zhengyang Sect's opening of the mountain to accept disciples? I just didn't understand it when I first arrived here. I hope my younger sister will explain it to me."

"Zhengyangzong opened the mountain once every three years. Over the years, they have recruited disciples based on their cultivation and age. Brother, how old are you? They won't accept you after 60 years old."

"This old man happens to be 59 this year, no more than no more." The old man in sackcloth heaved a sigh of relief.

The woman was a little puzzled, but she didn't find out how old the old man was, and the monks of Zhengyangzong would naturally look forward to test his bones.The age of a monk cannot be determined based on his appearance alone, and the methods of cultivation have their own mysteries.

"The cultivation base needs to be seven levels. For example, this little brother is not more than 50 years old, as long as he can practice Qi at the third level and above, he can pass the primary election. Those who are over 300 years old must practice Qi at the sixth level or above. I heard that Every time nearly a thousand people pass the primary election, and then two or three hundred people are selected through the ring to become disciples of the Zhengyang sect."

Chen Wenguang told him about these things, and he needed more details.There are three arenas, which are divided according to age. Those under 20 years old are divided into Zone A, those under 40 years old are divided into Zone B, and those under 60 years old are divided into Zone C. About 100 people are selected for each.As long as Zhang Shiping performs well in the ring, he won't be able to get a spot as an outer disciple of the Zhengyang Sect.

If it really doesn't work, it's not a big problem to return Uncle Chen, a foundation-builder cultivator from the inner sect, for help.

While they were talking about something, there were a dozen or so monks lined up behind them. Usually, everyone was scattered, and when there were too many people, the scene was chattering.

"Why is it dark?" There was a dark shadow on the ground, and many monks who were covered looked up. A black spot appeared in the sky, and the shadow became bigger and bigger on the ground. It was a giant eagle with a wingspan of eight or nine feet, and its blue-black feathers shone like iron in the sun. Just by taking a look at this giant eagle, Zhang Shiping couldn't help but want to run away.

There was a person standing on the eagle's back, and he jumped down when he was seven or eight feet off the ground.

The man was a tall man with a height of nine feet, his complexion was dark and dark under the scorching sun all year round, his facial features were erect, his hair was short, and his temples were gray.Falling from a high altitude to the ground without making a sound, like a goose feather falling on the snow, the control of oneself is already perfect.

When he landed, the five Zhengyang Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators who had been sitting on the high platform had already come to him, "Welcome Uncle Ma."

"I said you boys don't wait for the old man, why are you running so fast, I don't know that the old man has trouble with his legs and feet?"

"It's my fault, I hope my uncle will forgive me." The five people bowed their heads and replied.The golden elixir has a lifespan of [-] years, and he is only [-] years old, just past middle age. The five foundation cultivators didn't know what to think, but kept respectful faces, and welcomed the ancestral golden elixir to the high platform.

This is Ma Hua, a Jindan cultivator of the Zhengyang sect, who vacated onto the high platform and took the main seat, "Let's begin."

This kind of trivial matter of opening a mountain and recruiting disciples does not need to bother the Golden Core cultivator at all. Maybe this kind of old monster is so quiet that he came to join in the fun, and the five Foundation Establishment cultivators under his door naturally understood.

After they received the news, they were waiting. Otherwise, the Ascension Fair would have started long ago, and there would not have been two long queues.

The two disciples of the Zhengyang Sect who had prepared a long time ago took out a compass and put three almost transparent spirit stones into the center of the compass. After the spirit stones were completely submerged, the bronze mirror in the compass glowed with a blue-gray light.

The disciple held it in his hand, and took a photo of the participating monks. Those who did not meet the standards were naturally reprimanded, and those who met the standards were divided into three parts according to their age.

The speed of the test was extremely fast. It took the two qi training disciples a little more time to replace the spirit stones. In less than a quarter of an hour, the couple in front of Zhang Shiping had passed and were assigned to the second area. He immediately stepped forward, and the cyan light on the compass The light shone on him, from head to toe, Zhang Shiping felt very bad, as if he was naked in public.

The disciple of Zhengyangzong's qi training period signaled Zhang Shiping to go to Area A, and the old man stepped forward on his back foot. The disciple looked at the old man suspiciously, and held up the light of the compass to shine on him.

The old man successfully passed the test, and Zhang Shiping believed in his heart that this wrinkled face with a face that looked like 69 was actually less than [-].

The old man bowed down and hurriedly thanked him. He took two steps in three steps and squeezed to the C area.

There are more and more people divided into three districts, and each district is densely packed with people. Not long after that, the results of the primary election have already been drawn.Zhang Shiping knew that the next step was the ring competition.

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The Golden Core cultivator on the high platform yawned, and said to several Foundation Establishment cultivators, "It's like this every time. It's a waste of time. This time, the old man is right. Let's do it in another way."

What else could Chen Wenguang and the other five Foundation Establishment cultivators say, as the veteran Golden Core cultivators in the sect, they could completely decide the assessment of the outer sect disciples.

"I don't know how the uncle wants to change the assessment method." An older foundation-building monk asked.

The Golden Core cultivator got up and took a step forward with a strong aura, "Naturally, whatever time is coming soon."

The golden core monk stepped out of the high platform in a few steps, stood in the air above the heads of the people who had passed the primary election, and his voice reached the ears of everyone in the Ascension of Immortals, "Later, I will test you with different spiritual pressure, no matter what method you use, you can Those who survive [-] breaths without falling down will pass the test, and after five breaths, they will start from Area A."

As soon as Zhang Shiping heard the sound, it was not a group arena, but the ancestor of Jindan. If he couldn't pass, his uncle would be in trouble.No, I can't always think about relying on others, Zhang Shiping's mind has a lot more thoughts for a while.

He calmed himself down in just five breaths, took out three Vajra Talismans and slapped himself on his body, and with a touch on his waist, a pennant flag half the size of a palm transformed into a miraculous light, which suddenly became several times larger. The yellow light mask transformed from the Dao Vajra Talisman was laid on another layer.

Just after this, Zhang Shiping felt the pressure on his shoulders first, even though the four defenses laid down had offset most of them, after ten breaths, he was already sweating profusely, and after fifteen breaths, his low-grade Black Wind Banner turned into a mask It was broken, and the flag fell to the ground. Zhang Shiping didn't care to pick it up, so he could only grit his teeth and hold on.

The hundreds of people in District A who were with him heard the voices of oops one after another, and only a hundred or so were left in fifteen breaths.

Twenty breaths arrived.The Golden Core cultivator restrained the spiritual pressure, Zhang Shiping's face turned green and pale, and he recovered after a while. Those who survived were almost like this, and there were no outstanding people.

Zhang Shiping put away the Black Wind Flag on the ground, and the three Vajra Talismans had been turned into ashes.

The Jindan cultivator's spiritual pressure control is very good. The three areas A, B, and C are separated by 20 meters.

Districts B and C got a big deal, and those old fritters took advantage of the dozens of extra breaths to give themselves a lot of blessings.

The spiritual pressure of the assessment is different. Some casual cultivators who have just reached the standard do not have suitable exercises or magic weapons. Just relying on their own superficial cultivation, five Jindan monks are crushed by the spiritual pressure of the Golden Core cultivator and fall into a coma. past.

A once-in-three-year Ascension Fair is in the hands of Jindan monks, and the assessment time is only a few dozen breaths, and the follow-up registration and other things do not take too much time. This is because Jindan monks have long disappeared. .

The five Foundation Establishment cultivators on the high platform looked at each other. Chen Wenguang watched Zhang Shiping pass the test from a distance, and the corners of his mouth rose. He knew that a Foundation Establishment cultivator like himself would have no face in front of the Golden Core cultivator, Uncle Ma, but he could not face the other four Foundation Establishment brothers. Accepting an outer disciple in front of him is just a matter of one sentence.

This is the best, he laughed, "Since the uncle has finished the assessment, I will naturally obey the order, and finish it as soon as possible, so I can go back to the mountain to practice."

A tall and thin middle-aged man among the monks who established the foundation showed a tangled expression, looking at a fallen young man under the stage, he gritted his teeth and made Yu Feijian chase in the direction where Jin Dan was leaving.

"Senior Brother Lin..." a Foundation Establishment cultivator spoke.

The older monk who established the foundation waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about Junior Brother Lin. Junior Brother Chen is right, finish it early and go back to the mountain early, my Qinghe is still waiting for me, I don't worry about my apprentice who is sloppy." .” Several people laughed together.

During the qi training period, the disciples registered the 230 four people who passed the test, and informed them that they had something to deal with their own affairs first, and they would meet again after two hours.

Zhang Shiping naturally went back to the mansion, and Chen Wenguang and other foundation-building monks also returned to the mansion. He called Zhang Shiping to his yard, and instructed him to do many things after entering the house, what to pay attention to, what to avoid, and so on.

When Zhang Shiping went out, he had a gray storage bag in his hand, and he squeezed it tightly. He had practiced for many years without a storage bag, and he did not expect to get it like this.

Worth 300 yuan of spirit stones, he has only saved less than [-] spirit stones over the years.

Back in his room, Zhang Shiping put the things in the baggage in the room into the storage bag, and also put his black wind flag in, leaving only a few talismans next to his body.

Chapter 6 Flying Boat

The Zhengyang Mountains where Zhengyangzong is located is centered on Zhengyang Peak, with a radius of hundreds of miles. There are 36 high and dangerous peaks, and there are countless hills and low mountains. This is just a medium-sized mountain range in Baimang Mountain.But there is a Zongmen where Yuanying sits on this Zhengyang mountain range. The incense has been passed down for more than 500 years, and it is one of the six sects of cultivating immortals in the mountain.

There is a white flying boat 28 feet long and [-] feet wide passing over the mountains, leaving a large shadow. Pick it up, wrap it with a step and put it in a satchel.

Under the scorching sun, the dark-faced old man was already sweating, and the shadow of the flying boat passed by. He raised his head and squinted to look at the sky, and couldn't help opening his mouth. After he got off the cliff, he kowtowed repeatedly in the direction where the flying boat disappeared, shouting God bless.

On the deck of the flying boat, there were groups chatting and talking, and some were meditating alone. In a small room of the flying boat, Zhang Shiping and Chen Wenguang sat facing each other.

"Uncle, this flying boat can carry 300 people. Is it a magic weapon?" Zhang Shiping asked curiously. More than 300 monks who passed the assessment after Shengxian Town set foot on this flying boat. indivual.He is a Qi cultivator of a small foundation family who has never seen a spirit boat that can carry [-] people and resist the wind so fast. In his impression, only the magic weapon used by Jindan monks has such power.

Chen Wenguang also knew the child's curiosity. When he first started, he saw this low-rank Fengxing Baiyingzhou, "This is the third-rank spirit boat of the sect, and it took eight years for Elder Lin of the sect to practice it." It's done."

The entire body of this Fengxing White Shadow Boat is made of 300-year-old wind-suzuki wood, with dense formation patterns engraved on it. Zhang Shiping can't see it now because these patterns have disappeared into the wind-suzuki wood after burning.

With the blessing of the formation, the flying boat that originally required Jindan cultivation base can be controlled by only two middle-stage foundation-establishment monks. The older and more qualified monk is in the late-stage foundation-establishment period. Inside the core room of the flying boat, the flying boat is controlled to fly towards the sect.

Chen Wenguang is a monk who has just entered the foundation establishment. He is in the early stage of foundation establishment after consolidating his cultivation. He does not need his help. This is the time for him to come to Zhang Shiping, chat with him, and explain what he needs to pay attention to in the sect in the future. things.

Otherwise, if Zhang Shiping offends some people that he can't even afford to offend, he can't keep Zhang Shiping from talking, fearing that he will fall into it and it will be over.

"Shiping, you are now a disciple of the Zhengyang Sect. I need to tell you something. The sect is not as harmonious as the family. When encountering problems, you can't just be weak and give in. If you take a step back, others will take a step forward." Chen Wenguang said lightly, " But when you meet someone you can't afford to offend, you have to be patient, there are more than 600 foundation cultivators like Uncle in the sect, do you understand from the bottom of your heart?"

Chen Wenguang is a monk in the early stage of foundation establishment, and he has just broken through, so he is almost the lowest level of foundation establishment monks.He was just a casual cultivator before entering the sect, and he succeeded in building the foundation by some coincidence.Some methods are not as good as the established foundation monks.

He doesn't have many spirit stones himself, so he can't take the elixirs used by monks in the foundation building period to increase mana for a long time. Spirit stones are also extremely scarce for him. The storage bag given to Zhang Shiping is still a late-stage Qi training man he killed before. monks.

Zhang Shiping said: "Don't worry, uncle, my nephew understands, and won't cause trouble to uncle."

"That's not what I said. I will find you a good place when you get to the sect, like the elixir field, the beast mountain, and the ground fire room. These places are all good, and I can arrange them for you." Chen Wenguang Listed three places, one by one for Zhang Shiping.

The Beast Mountain is the mountain where the Zhengyang sect raises spirit beasts. It is a series of high mountains and deep valleys connected to each other. Areas are separated by formations and used to raise different types of spirit beasts.

The so-called spirit beasts are trained monsters that can be driven by monks, and their temperament will not be as violent as wild monsters.

This Beast Mountain has to feed spirit beasts every day. No matter how docile the spirit beasts are, they cannot be approached by ordinary people. Therefore, most of these tasks must be done by the outer disciples. In addition, some spirit beasts will also riot. It's not idle, but you can earn a lot of spirit stones.

But the elixir field is different. Some medicine gardens have been planted with precious elixir for hundreds of years. Some of these were cultivated by the sect a long time ago, and some were brought back from outside by high-ranking monks of the sect. All of them are delicate and expensive. It is not easy to serve, and it is generally not handed over to disciples in the Qi training period.

The elixir fields that disciples like Zhang Shiping took care of during the qi training period were like the elixir rice fields planted on the plains below the mountain. It was enough to ensure the most basic yield, and it was about the same to use the elixir every three to five days. As for fertilizing, weeding, weeding and catching insects Naturally, there are servants in charge, and it is a leisurely job.

The last ground fire room was opened by Zongmen Yuanying's predecessors. The lava ground fire was induced from the bottom of the ground to rise to the ground, and the ground fire room was built with heat-insulating materials for forging tools and alchemy.

The ground fire gushes out from the ground, and it needs to be controlled with formations, otherwise it will be like a ferocious beast out of the cage, and it will be out of control.A formation master of level three or above is required to arrange a fire control formation according to the terrain.

The formations arranged by various formation masters, even if they are the same formation, are different in the subtleties of the techniques, and the effectiveness of the formations is also different.