longevity road trip

"Brother, this is the first time for me to come to the Cangjing Pavilion, and I would like to ask the senior teacher, why are the exercises on it all incomplete." Zhang Shiping doubted.Zhengyangzong's Sutra Pavilion is full of incomplete copies. He looked at so many, but he couldn't find a complete one. As a great sect of cultivating immortals, this is not the case.

Seeing what Zhang Shiping was probably thinking, that senior brother was also very enthusiastic, "Naturally there are complete exercises in the Sutra Pavilion, and they are all on the fifth floor. Only the senior uncles who have reached the foundation to go up."

Cultivators seldom carry exercises outside. The "Qingxuan Yuhuojue" that Zhang Shiping practiced by himself has a total of nine layers and more than [-] words. He has already memorized it fluently.Most of the storage bags carry notes about cultivation, recording experiences or doubts.

The Jade Slip of the Cultivation Technique is placed in the family, and many family monks do this. Only casual cultivators who live in no fixed place will bring all their wealth with them.

The disciples of the Zhengyang sect get the exercises, and if they have complete ones, they must keep them for themselves. Only the fragments are sold to the sect in exchange for merit points, and most of the complete exercises on the fifth level are contributed by the sect Jindan Yuanying monks The low-level exercises that came out.

"Thank you, brother," Zhang Shiping thanked, "Where do I need to copy the jade slips?"

The disciple pointed to the left downstairs, "There is a small room on the left of the first floor, ask the steward inside to copy the jade slips."

The disciples of the outer sect only had three sticks of incense in the Sutra Pavilion, and that senior brother didn't have much time. After Zhang Shiping thanked them, the two walked between the shelves, looking for the exercises they needed.

Zhang Shiping picked a skill called "Changing Yuan Gong". The remnant version has only four layers. Zhang Shiping is not half sure whether it can change the size of his own spiritual pressure, but he is interested in the "Changing Yuan Gong" It comes with a formula for exercising one's spiritual consciousness. In the brief, it specifically explains that it can strengthen a monk's spiritual consciousness, making it easier for monks to practice or release spells.

Seeing that there was still time, he went up to the third floor of the "talisman vessel" and turned around. He could see a lot of shelves, and there were only five or six jade slips on each shelf above. Zhang Shiping quickly turned around and found that there were It is some talisman formulas and production methods that can only be used in the foundation building period.

There are also the forging techniques used in refining weapons, and several methods of making magic weapons. Zhang Shiping doesn't know how to refine weapons, so he has little interest.

He wanted to go up to the fourth floor to see if there were any prescriptions for mana improvement, but the time was almost up, so he could only wait for the next time.

After Zhang Shiping went downstairs, according to what the senior brother said, he found a small stone door on the left side of the first floor, which just accommodated a person to enter and exit. After he entered, the stone door behind him was immediately closed, and one of them was stepping on a flying disc magic weapon. The tall and thin monks in white flew around.

The wall was divided into grids of different sizes, which were directly carved out of the mountain wall. The man heard the sound of the stone door closing and looked back. When he saw Zhang Shiping, he turned his head and put a simple book in his hand. Inside the stone lattice, after sealing a red mask, the person flew to Zhang Shiping's side.

Zhang Shiping was about to speak, but the man asked faster: "Which jade slip do you want to copy?"

Zhang Shiping talked about the "Changing Yuan Gong" he had chosen. There were four storage bags of different colors on the man's waist. He reached out and took out a jade slip from the second brown-red storage bag, and flew to the stone table to take it. He picked up a blank jade slip, pasted the two together, hummed a few words, and immediately threw the copied jade slip to Zhang Shiping.

"20 Yuan Lingshi." Zhang Shiping caught the jade slip, and the man's voice came.

Zhang Shiping was stunned for a moment when he heard that it would cost 20 yuan of spirit stones to copy a copy of the jade slips of the incomplete exercises, "This..."

The tall and thin monk had already stretched out his hand, Zhang Shiping took out a pile of spirit stones with a painful face, one or two, counted 20 yuan to him, and took the remaining two red spirit stones in by himself.

After receiving the Lingshi, the man's tone was obviously much closer, "See, this nephew is in exchange for the divine consciousness training method in Yuan Gong. Many senior brothers have practiced this method, but it can really be cultivated. There are not many famous ones, do you know why?" The man paused and looked at Zhang Shiping.

Zhang Shiping followed him and said, "I hope my uncle will enlighten me!"

"Naturally, this is due to the unbearable pain when practicing the divine consciousness technique, like the pain of splitting the soul. How many people can bear it. I think I have practiced it before, and I have figured out some ways." He took out a jade slip, "This is a pill formula that can cultivate spiritual consciousness that I found from ancient books back then. I was able to practice successfully with this prescription. I don't know if my nephew needs it."

Any elixir is extremely precious. Zhang Shiping took the jade slip and looked at it with his spiritual sense. He could only see one-fifth of the contents. He can't get the age of the medicinal materials. The main medicine is Ziye Yangshenhua, which is more than 500 years old, and the medicine can be prepared for decades to hundreds of years.

Seeing this Shiping returned the jade slip to him, "Uncle Master, this jade slip is really..." This alchemy is obviously not for monks who practice qi and build a foundation, and only those who can complete the prescription are those who are above the golden alchemy. rank monk

The man had a bright smile on his face, "I sold ten pieces of spirit stones to my nephew, so I can keep them until my brother has formed the alchemy, and it won't be too late to refine them."

I don't know how many people this master uncle sold this alchemy to, Zhang Shiping bought it after thinking about it, after all, he was prepared for any danger, and the price of the golden elixir alchemy at the Fangshi store was more than this price.

Lingshi is really not enough, and even if the Zongmen does not assign tasks in three months, he will not be able to sit still.

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After leaving the Sutra Pavilion, Zhang Shiping flew the magic weapon over the mountains, and flew for about an hour. He was short of mana and had to stop to rest, but he didn't want to encounter two blue-eyed golden monkeys fighting. Both monkeys were eight feet tall. , looks like a burly man from a distance.

Both of them are male monkeys, one is old and the other is in the prime of life. They are fighting for the position of monkey king. When they saw Zhang Shiping, the two male monkeys stopped and roared at him. In order not to cause a siege, Zhang Shiping again Immediately fly the magic weapon into the sky.

Chapter 10 The Blue-eyed Golden Monkey

After Zhang Shiping flew into the sky, he did not go far away, but circled more than half a circle. After getting out of the sight of the two monkeys, he sneaked back again, restrained his spiritual pressure as much as possible, and hid on a big tree not far away. Ye Shengmao completely covered his figure.

After Zhang Shiping left, the two blue-eyed golden-haired male monkeys, who were eight feet tall and looked like burly men, immediately fought together again, stirring up a large cloud of flying dust.Zhang Shiping saw that the two male monkeys became angry among the leaves. Gradually, as time passed, the old male monkey was exhausted and could not block the opponent's head-on claws. His left eye was scratched, and the old male monkey howled. A sound of wanting to escape.

Seeing her husband monkey's left eye burst, Zhang Shiping thought inwardly that it's a pity, the blue-eyed golden monkey is a first-order herd monster, the most valuable thing on its body is its pair of blue eyes.The Monkey King is a first-tier high-grade monster, which is equivalent to the cultivation level in the late stage of Qi training, and it is much more expensive than ordinary blue-eyed golden monkeys.

Although the golden fur on the young male monkey's body was already stained red by blood from his own wounds, when he saw the old monkey retreating, he became more aggressive and chased after him, leaving seven or eight wounds on his body. The old monkey didn't dare to resist any more, tightened his tail, and begged for mercy.

The young male monkey let out a long howl, jumped into the dozens of blue-eyed golden monkeys who had been watching earlier, and disappeared into the dense forest surrounded by stars. Then the old monkey got up and dragged his scarred body step by step. Footprints left.

Zhengyang Zongmen has a radius of hundreds of miles, and there are countless monsters living in it. Even the high-level monks of Zhengyang Zong can't kill all the monsters.What's more, monsters have reached the third level, that is, the cultivation base of the golden core period, their spiritual intelligence is no worse than that of normal people, and they know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. How can they stay beside the giant Zhengyangzong? The Nascent Soul boss doesn't have enough materials?

There are many first-class monsters like blue-eyed golden monkeys in the mountains. Zhang Shiping saw that the monkeys' playfulness had gradually faded away. The old monkey climbed to the riverside and scooped water with one hand while turning his head to be vigilant. Zhang Shiping was still a little far away and dared not Come out directly, the opponent is after all a monster that is equivalent to the late stage of Qi training of an immortal cultivator, if it is not seriously injured at this moment, he will not pay attention to it.

After drinking the water, the old monkey king walked towards the bushes and weeds for a while, stopped, and kept pushing the weeds away with both hands. The scorching red fireball condensed in front of him, and he pointed forward, and whispered: "Go."

The fireball hit the back of the old monkey king directly, but the old monkey king rolled over and dodged it. The fireball hit the weeds and ignited the surrounding area, and the flames rose.

Zhang Shiping did not stop, and he was not surprised when the fireball was dodged. When the fireball was still in the air, he had already taken out two wind blade talismans from the storage bag. He fired left and right, drawing two crescent-shaped tracks in the air.

The cyan wind blade slashed the old monkey king's thigh, and slashed across his waist, almost beheading the old monkey king's waist, and the red, green, and black flowed all over the ground.

But Zhang Shiping did not have much joy on his face. Just when the old monkey king rolled to avoid the fireball, Zhang Shiping saw a plant of herbs in the weeds, and the others were still green, except for three purple patches growing at the bottom. The leaves, thick as purple jade, have the effect of healing.

This 30-year-old purple jade leaf grass is worth as much as this blue-eyed golden monkey king, but he was burned to ashes by a fireball.

How can Zhang Shiping be happy.The blue-eyed golden monkey king struggled a few times on the ground before dying. He went over and dug out the only remaining blue eye of the monkey king and put it in a jade bottle, sealing it with a magic talisman.

Zhang Shiping put the rest of the monkey king's body directly into the storage bag. He extinguished the fire caused by the fireball just now. Just as he was about to take out the flying magic weapon and leave, Zhang Shiping suddenly threw a gust of wind towards his left rear. Blade, a figure dodged in embarrassment.

"Senior brother, please stop, misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding." That person was also an outer sect disciple who was wearing the same black clothes as Zhang Shiping.

Zhang Shiping didn't like to wait for others to strike first before being forced to fight back, and he was not a gentleman, so why did he need to fight back legitimately.It is the last word to strike first.

Zhang Shiping watched the opponent's every move, and his heart sank slightly. The man's body was agile, and he seemed to be embarrassed to avoid the wind blade, but his flustered footsteps were faked.

The cultivation levels of both sides were similar, Zhang Shiping was not sure to leave him head-on, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, brother, I'm too nervous, please forgive me." corner.

The man also said loudly: "Brother, I saw thick smoke rising from a distance just now, and thought it was a mountain fire, so I came here to take a look. It turns out that brother is here. Since I'm fine, I'll leave first. "The man took a few steps back after speaking, quickly stepped on a brown shuttle-shaped magic weapon, and flew away without stopping at all.

Zhang Shiping stared at the man flying away, and then put the yellow talisman in his hand into the storage bag. Since the thick smoke here has attracted others, it is not good for him to stay here any longer, so he can only hurry back to the small room where he lives. courtyard.

Not long after the death of the blue-eyed golden monkey, the blood on his body was not dry, so he wanted to take blood to refine cinnabar.

An important part of the talisman is to use the blood of various monsters as the mainstay, and add different auxiliary materials according to the formula to make the cinnabar into cinnabar that is finally used to draw talismans.These auxiliary materials can be medicinal materials or minerals. Each family has its own formula, which is the bottom of every talisman maker's box.

Putting these in the secular world, it is a craft that is passed on from male to female, and from inside to outside. If you want to learn this job, you have to be your own son.

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After nearly an hour, Zhang Shiping rushed back to the small courtyard. Like other monks, he did not recruit a few mortals to do some chores of fetching water and cooking. He didn't care about eating and drinking, as long as he could eat enough.

In the small courtyard, Zhang Shiping took out the body of the blue-eyed golden monkey king. Part of the spiritual energy in his body had been lost, and the blood was the same, not so fresh. He took out several large jade bottles, put the blood of the monkey king in, and sealed each bottle with a magic talisman. , I was relieved.

Use a magic talisman to seal the spirituality in the blood. After all, he still lacks a few medicinal materials on hand, so he has to go to the market to buy some raw materials.In the past, there were naturally secular members of the Zhang family in the family to help process medicinal materials, so there was no need to go to the market to buy them.

After Zhang Shiping finished processing the blue-eyed golden monkey, the sun had already set in the west. He washed the pear-patterned boning knife, put it back into the storage bag, dried his hands with a handkerchief, and cooked something casually to satisfy his hunger. Go to the room to practice.

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Zhang Shiping was sitting cross-legged on a bamboo-yellow futon on the ground. On the left was a small wooden counter with a bronze lamp.

He let out a long breath, the bluish-red aura flashed on his body, he let out a long breath of foul breath, and restrained the aura on his body.Since he had the help of this bronze lamp, his practice was not as hard as water dripping on stones in the past, which saved him a lot of hard work.

Chapter 11 Ten Days

For Zhang Shiping, who has the three attributes of fire, earth, and wood, his aptitude is his greatest constraint, and time is his greatest enemy. It can also be said that time is the greatest enemy of all immortal cultivators.

With the help of the bronze lamp, the accumulation of Zhang Shiping's own mana is comparable to the cultivation speed of the monks of Tianlinggen, but there is a problem, that is, the bottleneck of each level of cultivation still exists.

The reason why Tianlinggen monks are so valued by the sect of cultivating immortals is because they have no bottleneck before Yuanying. A monk in the late stage of alchemy, and this monk has a high probability of breaking through to become the ancestor of the Nascent Soul stage.

Zhang Shiping's cultivation has progressed rapidly, and the mana in his dantian has grown significantly compared to when he just broke through the fifth level of Qi training.

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As soon as the hour arrived, Zhang Shiping was no longer meditating, he passed the corridor, the wooden boards on the corridor were covered with a layer of dust, and bamboo leaves were scattered here and there.

He went out to the north, and the place he was going to was a small mountain. There was a mountain path with thousands of layers of stone steps, leading to the top of the mountain.Zhang Shiping landed at the foot of the mountain in front of a large bluestone that was seven to eight feet high and needed dozens of people to hug it.

This mountain is the place where the seniors of the sect teach the disciples of the outer sect. Every ten days, that is, ten days, a monk who establishes the foundation will come and talk about the cultivation methods, which can also be spells, alchemy, forging tools, immortal planting, etc. Wait for something about cultivating immortals.The time is all morning or the whole day, depending on how the lecturer arranges it.

Zongmen stipulates that flying is not allowed when going up the mountain. Zhang Shiping naturally followed the rules. There are low shrubs and weeds growing on both sides of the mountain road, and tall ancient trees in the distance. Seven or eight people hug each other. Two long-tailed golden pheasants saw someone coming and flapped their wings and flew low into the grass.

Zhang Shiping walked halfway, looked up and saw a stretch of houses on the top of the mountain in the distance, he walked quickly, and met several black-clothed outer disciples like him in front of him, and he greeted them one by one as he passed by.

"Brother Zhang, brother Zhang."

When Zhang Shiping turned his head, he heard a familiar voice. He saw a man in his twenties, with a white face and beardless, striding forward. Zhang Shiping stopped and waited.

The person who came was called Lin Qing, and he lived next to Zhang Shiping's small courtyard, 80 meters away. Zhang Shiping met him several times, and they talked a few words when they discussed Taoism together.

"Brother Zhang came so early. When I was looking for you this morning, no one opened the door thinking you were already here." Lin Qing caught up and said beside Zhang Shiping.

Zhang Shiping slowed down to talk to him. There were more and more monks on the road. When they stepped on a stone paved flat ground, there were already many people coming from various mountain paths in front of them, entering the gate one after another.

Zhang Shiping and Lin Qing also walked over. After entering the gate, they chose two adjacent places in the front of the hall. They sat on the futon, closed their eyes and rested, and stopped talking. Lin Qing didn't want to disturb Zhang Shiping either. , can only whisper to the people around, who is the lecturer today, and what kind of content is being taught.

Some people hoped that it was practicing exercises, while others hoped that it was alchemy. There were more and more people at the back. After a while, 200 people were seated, and a middle-aged monk dressed as a Confucian in green clothes with long beards came out and sat at the front. On the futon in the middle.

He first said his name, surname Huang Mingze, and closed the door with a wave of his hand, and officially began to teach. He was talking about an earth attribute spell, the swamp spell, which can quickly turn the hard ground into a swamp, and can catch it by surprise when fighting. .

Zhang Shiping was very interested. That Foundation Establishment cultivator named Huang Ze really had a skill, explaining a swamp technique thoroughly from its principle to its application.Zhang Shiping's mana was running, and following the meridian operation method he taught, he recited the mantra silently in his heart, and felt that he could easily melt the stone brick ground in front of him into a swamp. Since it was in the hall, he did not release the spell to disperse it.

Many outer disciples are also trying spells. Some of the spells in the hall are running smoothly, while others are jerky. Another one directly casts a swamp spell directly under the buttocks of a monk in front of him. Move aside.

In normal times, the swamp spell is easy to dodge, as long as a light body spell, or a short-term floating in the air like that figure can dodge it.This swamp spell can be used for a sneak attack, and it can also be used in conjunction with other spells to attack up and down,

The foundation-building old man dressed as a Confucian scholar in blue coughed twice and said, "Silence, silence."

Seeing the old man speak, everyone didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore, the monk whose seat had turned into a swamp moved to the side, and the monk behind him apologized in a low voice.

The old man also casually mentioned some issues that need to be paid attention to when releasing water attribute spells. Zhang Shiping majored in fire attribute exercises, and the old man did not mention the five element basic exercises of the fire attribute. Maybe the old man did not mention them without studying them.

The content of the professor was originally based on the mood of the monk who established the foundation, and he could not force it. Zhang Shiping wrote it down one by one. After the old man left, Zhang Shiping took out a blank jade slip and stuck it between his eyebrows. After a few breaths, a swamp technique It has been copied into the jade slip by him.He then took out a new jade slip and recorded in detail the practice experience of water attribute spells told by the old man.

The soil becomes a mountain, and the water drips into a river.

Like Zhang Shiping, a large number of people in the hall recorded what the old man taught today and their own experience.

Only then did they leave in twos and threes, Zhang Shiping and Lin Qing also went out, walking quickly in the mountains, there was a huge boulder on the mountainside, and there was a stone pavilion on the boulder, the whole body was made of stone, after going through wind and frost, the distance between the two of them was a few steps away. Stepping up the stone steps, five or six people have come to the pavilion, all in their 30s and [-]s, and their cultivation is in the middle stage of Qi training.

"I've seen fellow Taoists." Zhang Shiping and Lin Qing came forward, and after saluting with fists clasped, they also chose a seat to sit quietly, and after half a cup of tea time, four people came from the pavilion.Among the four, there was an old man whose mental state was better than that of young people except that his hair was a little gray, and his cultivation was at the seventh level of Qi training.

Everyone saw that the time was almost up, and a monk Yu who was at the sixth level of Qi training said, "It's time, everyone, let's start." He looked at the old Jingshuo monk on the left who was at the seventh level of Qi training, with piercing eyes, "Wu Daoyou don't know if you have the elixir of improving mana in your hand?"

This monk Wu is a first-level alchemist. He can refine Huang Ya Dan, which is the most commonly used in the mid-stage of Qi training. The success rate is not low. He can produce several bottles every month. , attracted Zhang Shiping and several people to loot.

As soon as the words came out, the rest of the people stared at the old man, Zhang Shiping was no exception, the main reason he came here was to buy the yellow bud elixir.

Zongmen lectures are held once a ten-day period, but the dozen or so people like Zhang Shiping only get together once a month to exchange ideas.The first time Zhang Shiping didn’t know there was such a small gathering of monks. The second time was introduced by his neighbor Lin Qing. He was unprepared at the beginning, but when he saw two or three people he wanted, the bid was not enough, so he only sold some talismans.

He was well prepared this time, and he also hunted down the blue-eyed golden monkey king. Monster materials are as sought-after among cultivators as pills.

Chapter 12 Huang Ya Dan

The old monk Jingshuo wiped it from the storage bag, and three bottles of yellow bud pills were arranged on the ground one by one. The white porcelain bottle with the painting of the valley orchid blooming alone, he picked up one bottle, pulled out the red cloth cork, and gently poured out one. The elixir is in the palm of the left hand, and the round elixir is rolling in the palm of the hand.

Zhang Shiping immediately smelled a fragrance. The yellow bud dan on the palm of his hand was yellow in color, the size of a longan core. The old monk put the elixir among the crowd, and took it back to cherish it and put it into a white porcelain bottle after everyone saw it clearly. In the middle, cover the bottle with a red cloth stopper, "Everyone, as usual, there are three bottles of yellow bud pills in total, ten pills in each bottle, and spirits with two attributes of water and wood, whether it is elixir ore or monster materials, can be exchanged first. "

Sitting together were two male and female monks, in their thirties. The male had an ordinary appearance, but he was in good spirits. The female was plump and had a mole at the corner of her mouth. They looked at each other and nodded.

"Senior Wu, what do you think of this water cloud stone?" The male monk took out a stone with a dark green appearance and wisps of white mist inside.

As for the water cloud stone, Zhang Shiping stared at the stone twice as big as an adult's fist in the male monk's hand, and immediately estimated its value in his heart, it must be worth a bottle of Huangya Dan, and a lot more.Water cloud stones are usually found in places with abundant water attribute aura, such as Lingquan and Lingtan, and they are all in the shape of small pebbles. It is relatively rare to see such a large size as this male monk took out.

The monk surnamed Wu took the water cloud stone, felt the abundant water attribute aura inside, and after confirming that the stone was not golden and jade, he pushed a white porcelain bottle in front of the couple, "This water cloud stone is of high quality. It's worth fourteen yellow bud pills." The old monk pushed a bottle of yellow bud pills in front of the male monk, "The rest, do you want yellow bud pills or spirit stones?"

"Lingshi." The man spoke first.

"Huang Ya Dan." The female monk's voice was affirmative, looking at her husband, the male monk could only change his mouth to the pill.

Cultivator Wu looked at the young couple with a smile, and then put the water cloud stone into the storage bag.Hearing that these two people wanted fourteen yellow bud pills, and nearly half of the thirty pills went straight away, everyone said anxiously: "Fellow Daoist Wu."

"Everyone, please rest assured." Cultivator Wu took out two white porcelain bottles from the storage bag, one containing Huangya Dan, poured four elixirs into the empty bottles and handed them to the male monk.

Although these four yellow bud pills were not in the three bottles of pills exchanged, but the yellow bud pills were already missing by one-third, and several other people also took out the spiritual objects they were going to exchange, Zhang Shiping naturally took out the sealed blue eyes The eyes of the golden monkey.

Cultivator Wu picked a circle and chose a six-cent-long jiaoteng root with a medicine age of 120 years. He also took a fancy to a black water turtle shell in the hand of a person. It was the size of a washbasin and had sufficient spirituality. Paid a sum of Lingshi.

Although the old man with blue-eyed golden monkey eyes in Zhang Shiping's hand was interested, but with the black water turtle shell, he chose the water-type turtle shell between the two choices.

Although the blue-eyed golden monkey has a gold character in its hit, it is not a metallic monster. The group of blue-eyed golden monkeys lives in the forest and is an out-and-out wood-type monster.

Cultivator Wu didn't like it. A monk with more white eyes and less black eyes was very moved by Zhang Shiping's eyes, and asked Zhang Shiping, "Friend Zhang, what do you want to exchange for this blue eye?"

Zhang Shiping thought for a while, "Of course it is best to have pills."

The man had a troubled face, everyone needed pills, and he didn't have much on hand.

"However, I am also very interested in talismans. I can exchange anything about talismans."