longevity road trip

This broken arm is hidden deep in the ground and is guarded by numerous magic circles. The depth of the ground would not have been so easy to discover if it hadn't been for the evil flames contained in this coffin.

With the help of the extremely cold energy of the ice spirit mine, the magic circle suppressed the broken arm of this evil beast's claw, but Venerable Xifeng was a little puzzled. Since Venerable Wanjian could cut off his arm, why not just turn it into ashes? stay for future troubles.

Just as Venerable Xifeng was thinking, her complexion changed, and the phantom body that had just differentiated, was frozen and shattered into ice slag the moment she went deep into the ground and first came into contact with the magic circle.

She was astonished in her heart, although that body was a phantom body, but it also had a cultivation base of around the Jindan period. She never expected that after touching the underground magic circle, she would lose contact with her true self before she had time to feed back a little thing

Venerable Xifeng turned his head to look outside the main hall, and a blood mist surged over, the figure flipped, and the blood mist seemed to be breathing.

After one or two breaths, there was an extremely ear-piercing hiss in the blood mist, and all the blood mist merged into the people in the mist, and the people inside also showed their true colors. He is handsome, but his eyes are slightly demented.

And around the corners of their group's mouth, if there were still some bloodstains left, no one would have thought that they were corpse refiners.

As the seventeen corpses walked into the hall, what followed was the scorching heat and an indescribable smell of corpses.The blood coffin in the hall glowed brightly, the lid of the coffin stood up, and the body of the coffin was filled with dark green bubbling corpse demon liquid. The seventeen corpses jumped into it without splashing a drop.

As soon as the corpse touched the corpse demon liquid, it turned into blood, and disappeared, the lid of the coffin was closed silently, and the aura of the blood coffin faded away.

Xuanshan's figure suddenly shifted to Xifeng's side. He raised his hand and said lightly: "The juniors will handle the affairs themselves, and we old bones should not add to the evil."

"It's been so many years since Tuzeng killed Nie. It's strange to hear such words from you. It seems that fellow Taoist Xuanshan has cultivated himself well over the years. However, I heard that Zhengyang is your registered disciple. It seems that Blood Moon Fellow Daoist didn’t deceive the old man, so forget it, he didn’t find out much anyway.” Xifeng calmed down his killing intent, if they had mentioned anything about space nodes just now, Venerable Xifeng wouldn’t be so concerned. easy to talk.

As for Venerable Xuanshan, I think I will do it myself.A space node can't pass through people, so the fewer people the better, although Nanzhou is obviously only distracted by the three of them, there may be one or two old monsters who don't care about the world.What they are worried about is the distracted Taoist friends in the northern border, the western desert, and the seas. If they hear the news, they will definitely try their best to get a piece of the pie. It is a matter of ascension and continuation of the road. deal with it.

She turned her head to look at Li Jingqing and said, "The younger generation of Yuan Ying from Zhengyang Sect is just outside the battle. Seeing Xuanshan's face, it is inconvenient for the old man to do it."

"It's natural, how dare you bother seniors with such trivial matters." Li Jingqing bowed and said with a sad expression.

He is just a remnant soul born from a demon corpse, and it is ridiculous to say that, the ancestor of Wanjian wasted a lot of energy and killed the deity, but his own demon soul was running around for the revenge of Wanjianmen.

But my own master Xuanji was able to abandon the sect and turn into a demon body, which is really ridiculous. Then what was he doing for these hundreds of years? At this moment, Li Jingqing was confused. As for the old monster Wang, It is also a reasonable thing, this ice spirit mine is the Zhengyang Zongling mine, and now it has changed, and even the golden core guarding this place has died. What the hell happened.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanshan, after I retrieve the broken arm, I will inform you of the space node that I know about. As for whether it is the same as the one Yu Xing knew, I can't guarantee that the wooden machine. "Woo Ji Sanren squeezed a spell to cast a spell, and eighteen drops of black-gray blood flowed from his body and fell on the blood coffin.

The wood machine scattered person watched the seventeen flame demon corpses he had refined into the coffins for cultivation. The Zhengyang Zong Jindan was an ice-type spiritual root, and it would take more time than other flame demon corpses to refine it into a flame demon corpse. more power.

"It will take a few years, the old man will just wait." Xuan Shan said calmly, he has not much life left now, even if there is a slight possibility, he can't let it go.

"The magic circle set up by the ancestors of Wanjian can only use the scorching flames of the flame demon corpse with Jindan cultivation to slowly infiltrate it. Therefore, it takes more time, ranging from five years to ten years." Ji Sanren estimated in his heart that if he broke the formation with all his strength, when the formation was broken, it would also be the day when his broken arm would turn to ashes.

In a hidden mountain forest more than ten miles away from the ice and snow scene, a dirt bag bulged on the ground full of fallen leaves, a small blue snake came out, and with a flash of blue light, it flew onto Wang Paozu's shoulder. Green Snake panicked and shouted hoarsely: "Go!"

Wang Laozu disappeared without any hesitation.

There is a saying that there is no time in cultivation. When the ancestor of the Zhengyang Sect Wang and Patriarch rushed back to the sect from the Yuran Mountain Bingling Stone Mine, he arranged many things in succession.

After thinking about it for a long time, he found the ancestors of the four remaining sects, including Xuanhuomen and Qiyunzong, and told them about it. How could he know that the middle-aged and red-browed ancestor of Xuanhuomen, and the Qiyunzong ancestor The old men in linen all smiled wryly. The two golden cores they guarded in the mines of Yuran Mountain were also destroyed.For a while, they thought that other sects had succeeded.

The four ancestors of the sect discussed in private for a long time before leaving. I don't know if they returned to the sect or where they went

As for Zhang Shiping, who practiced in Hujia Village, Zhengyangzong seemed to have forgotten them.

Time flowed slowly, and it was more than ten years in the blink of an eye. During this time, they did not take half a step out of Hujia Village. Only Yujie went out from time to time. It's not cheap, and the treatment is not much different from that of Zongmen's true inheritance, so Zhang Shiping is happy to practice with peace of mind, saving him from running around for the spirit stone pill.

Chapter 279: Building Eight Layers of Foundation, Condensation Technique

Hujia Village is within the Zhou Tianhuawu Great Array, and its aura is as strong as the third-order Lingshan Mountain. For Ma Ying and Xu Qinghuan, with the speed of their refining mana, there is some waste.But for Zhang Shiping's foundation-building cultivator with the help of a bronze lamp, it was like a duck to water.

Coupled with the treatment of the true disciples of the sect, Zhang Shiping even felt that breaking through the late stage of foundation building was much easier than breaking through the middle stage of foundation building. , being an ordinary disciple is also much better than most family monks.

However, when Zhang Shiping broke through to the eighth floor of the foundation building, after the uncle Yu felt the spiritual energy fluctuations in the magic circle, he summoned him to the past, and told Zhang Shiping a lot of things that need to be paid attention to in the future, and even the things after the formation of the elixir. , also mentioned a few words or two.

For Zhengyang Sect, in the more than [-] years, many sect disciples have cultivated to the late stage of foundation establishment, but for the entire sect, only the monks who have reached the ninth floor of foundation establishment are a group of people worthy of training.

Yujie repeatedly urged Zhang Shiping not to recklessly break through to the ninth floor of the foundation building. While he was still young, when he was on the eighth floor of the foundation building, condense more mana, and then naturally advance to the ninth floor of the foundation building. is the best practice.

Otherwise, after the ninth floor of the foundation building, the mana will not be solid, not to mention whether it can trigger the pill tribulation, even if the pill calamity is reluctantly triggered, I am afraid that it will turn into ashes after a few tribulation thunders.

Of course, immortal cultivators can also refine their mana at the ninth floor of foundation building, but they have to worry about Dan Jie. At that time, they can't let go of their hands and feet. It's better to start preparations at the eighth floor of foundation building to avoid time to worry about

Of course, for disciples who are not talented enough, if they can cultivate to the middle stage of foundation building, they have already tried their best, and they don't care whether their mana is solid or not.

If every disciple wanted to consolidate their mana, then the disciples who could have cultivated to the middle stage of foundation building would only be able to linger in the initial stage of foundation building all their lives. The strength of the middle-level foundation building disciples of the sect would have been reduced by a large amount for no reason. How can they fight with the disciples of other sects in the middle stage of foundation building.

Therefore, out of various considerations, the Zhengyang Sect decided that when the disciples in the sect reached the eighth floor of the foundation building, they would mention to them the points that need to be paid attention to.

And the period from the entry to the eighth floor of the foundation building is enough for the sect to see a disciple clearly and clearly.

The sect must know what the other party's character is and what his character is, otherwise he will raise a white-eyed wolf and be harmed by it.If the other party responds with other sects, then it is good to say that the Nascent Soul cultivator can detect it with a little bit of means, but the most fearful thing is the human heart. This kind of thing cannot be solved by mana.

There is a saying that people's hearts are changeable, which is even more impermanent than mana.

When Zhang Shiping heard Uncle Yu say this, he was glad in his heart that he practiced in the past, because the refining mana was fast, but he was stuck at a bottleneck. At that time, he didn't have many spiritual stones, but he couldn't afford many elixir. Honestly refining his own mana, relying on water to grind kung fu, he can break through to the next level like a boat.

If it was a cultivator who did not have a bottleneck in his cultivation before Nascent Soul, he would not have to think so much before conceiving.

But for Zhang Shiping, who needs to survive the ordeal of the pill calamity, he needs to carefully consider whether his mana is solid and whether the means to overcome the calamity are fully prepared.

Fortunately, when Zhang Shiping practiced in the past, he was suffering from shyness in his pockets, so he couldn't take spiritual stones all the time to increase his mana and break through the bottleneck. realm.

However, in the past ten years, when he practiced, he was not lacking in everything, and his diligence was rapid, and his mana was also vain, but it was not too serious.

Yu Jie looked at Zhang Shiping, felt the mana fluctuations on his body a little, and felt a little more satisfied on his face.She turned over and took out a jade slip, gave it to Zhang Shiping, and told him some cultivation tips.

Before leaving, Uncle Yu specifically told Zhang Shiping that if he felt that the Condensing Yuan Technique Jade Slip she gave just now was not feasible, he would be fine if he didn't practice it.

After returning to the stone room, Zhang Shiping stuck this Yuan Condensation Technique between his eyebrows. He wanted to know what kind of skill it was, which would allow Master Yu to confess one more word with confidence when he finally left.

After more than a dozen breaths, Zhang Shiping slowly took the jade slip down. He looked at the jade slip in disbelief, and again used his divine sense to read it several times, word by word, to confirm. After there was no falsehood, he endured it. He was afraid that he would be too rude.

If this technique is put into the hands of other monks, after reading it, he doesn't know whether the other party is happy or worried.

Even among the many monks in the Zhengyang Sect who have cultivated to the eighth floor of the Foundation Establishment, only a few have chosen to practice this technique.These disciples who choose to practice are mostly monks under the age of [-]. They feel that they still have plenty of time before they make up their minds to practice this method.

After Zhang Shiping saw this exercise, he was so surprised that he almost screamed.Since he had the bronze lamp, his concern was no longer the slowness of refining mana, but the bottleneck of each floor.

If it weren't for the existence of a bottleneck, his aptitude and Tianlinggen cultivator would be no different at all, which is what Zhang Shiping regrets.

Now Zhang Shiping has even passed the bottleneck in the later stage of foundation building that he is most worried about, and he has ten levels of confidence that he can cultivate to the ninth level of foundation building.

But the troubles in life are always one after another. When he practiced Qi, he thought about foundation building. When he was in the middle stage of foundation building, he only thought about the later stage of foundation building, and now he has reached the eighth floor of foundation building. , all that is in mind is the knot.

In the past, he still felt that the formation of elixir was so far away, so he was not so attached to his practice.

But when Jin Dan was in sight, only one layer of foundation and nine layers of realm were separated, Zhang Shiping told the truth, something called greed came out of his heart.There are only three or four Jiazi Shouyuan foundation-building cultivators, which can be compared with the eight hundred years of golden elixir.

Desire, it is better to say that it is better to say that obsession comes, this kind of thing is never born for no reason.

Once you have one, you want to have two. It is like a seed, which takes root and sprouts in the heart of the human heart and grows into a towering tree. As for the end, it covers the whole heart, and there are a few people who can break free.

But Zhang Shiping didn't think of this, he only had the desire for the golden core in front of him, but he knew that he was just a monk with three spiritual roots, no matter how fast he practiced, at the age of 67, he reached the foundation building The cultivation level of the eighth level is almost the same as that of the cultivators with different spiritual roots cultivated by the sect since childhood.

But when he reached the ninth floor of Foundation Establishment, he was completely uncertain whether he could break through the bottleneck of the Golden Core Stage.

Chapter 280

Let him give up like this, Zhang Shiping is really not reconciled.He has already cultivated to this level, and if he takes one or two steps forward, he will be able to spend another six or seven hundred years of leisure time, and he will live forever. How can he give up even if he wants to give up?

So when Zhang Shiping saw this Yuan Condensing Art, he fell into ecstasy, which undoubtedly brought him one step closer to Jindan. Sure enough, these sects that have been passed down for thousands of years are much richer than ordinary families. .

But after being pleasantly surprised, he held the jade slip of the exercise and thought to himself, whether he could practice this exercise or not, he needed to think about it and weigh it. There are no small things in practice. Practicing mindfully.Even if the Condensation Technique is leaked out, I am afraid that not many casual practitioners will get confused and practice this technique.

In fact, this practice does not have any outrageous requirements for practitioners. No matter what kind of practice he practices and what kind of spiritual roots he has, he can practice, but this does not mean that everyone is suitable for practice.

Practicing Yuan Condensation Art requires the cultivator, when he condenses the mana to the extreme, he cannot break through to the next level of realm, but needs the practitioner to use the method of dispersing Yuan in the formula, transform the mana into his own body, and then regenerate it. Let's practice again.

This has been repeated many times. On the one hand, the mana is used to strengthen the body, and on the other hand, the mana is condensed. According to this practice, at the end of the practice, when the practitioner is on the ninth floor of the foundation, the mana far exceeds the same level, and it is even possible that the mana Condensed to the extent that it can form a fake pill, and the physical body will be a lot more tyrannical than the monks of the same level. At that time, the monks will even be able to gain [-] to [-]% more confidence and break through the golden pill.

For Zhang Shiping, he was a little hesitant to cultivate himself to the eighth floor of Foundation Establishment after decades of hard work, use the method of dispersing energy, dissipate mana, and practice again.This is because it is not possible to cultivate one or two times to the level of a fake pill. According to the practice method, one needs to disperse the power to condense the essence of six levels or more before condensing to the realm of fake pills.

Fortunately, when re-cultivation, there is no bottleneck at all. Before the eighth floor of the foundation, as long as the cultivator has reached the mana, he can easily cultivate to the next realm, otherwise Zhang Shiping would not have to think about it like this.

And the Nine Layers of Condensed Yuan described in the Condensed Yuan Technique, the Golden Elixir is self-contained.Zhang Shiping glanced at it, and then discarded it. After the sixth level of this skill, the difficulty of cultivation suddenly increased. The sixth level still has some hope for human immortal cultivators. As for the ninth level of condensing essence, Zhang Shiping counted Well, if it was him, even with the help of the bronze lamp, if he really wanted to condense the Yuan Jiuzhong, he would have died long ago.

Although the cultivation of the human race is faster than that of the monster race and the sea race, it is far behind in terms of longevity.No matter how long the foundation-building cultivators live, they can only live for four years. The race is inherently limited, so what can I do?

The bronze lamp flickered, a ray of orange rose, Zhang Shiping put away the jade slip, but his eyes gradually became firmer.

In the stone room, strands of green fire emerged from all over Zhang Shiping's body, and the green fire was mixed with invisible ashes. These ashes were tempered by the green fire and dissipated in the air as soon as they came out of Zhang Shiping's body. .

Zhang Shiping sat cross-legged like a wooden statue of Buddha. His face was neither sad nor happy, nor did he frown because of the Qingyang fire refining his body.

He held his breath, and it has been four years since Zhang Shiping decided to practice Yuan Condensation Technique.After he cultivated his mana to the peak of the eighth foundation building, he didn't try to break through. Instead, he turned his mana into the acupoints of the body's meridians according to the method of dispersing the yuan in the condensing element technique.

This method of dissipating yuan does not dissipate all the mana in the dantian all at once, and it is done step by step.When he reached the seventh floor of foundation building, he thought about it for a long time, and finally consulted Master Yu, then he decided to practice the five-color glazed art that he obtained at the Hongyuelou auction.

Fortunately, he has Qingyang fire, which is enough for his early cultivation needs, otherwise he can only use the real fire of the foundation-building cultivator, and the effect is inevitably worse.

The five-colored glazed art requires practitioners to turn their bodies into an oven, with lotuses planted in the fire, transparent inside and out, and their bodies like colored glaze.

In the past ten years in Hujia Village, Zhang Shiping also had concerns in his heart, but he could not go out in Hujia Village, and Uncle Yu seemed to exercise Zhang Shiping's character. She never revealed the slightest relationship between Zongmen and Zhang Shiping in front of Zhang Shiping. things at home.

Zhang Shiping can only try to see if she can see only scales and claws on her face when Uncle Jade occasionally summons him. Unfortunately, this Uncle Jade looks young, but after all, he has lived a few years. A hundred-year-old senior.

If she didn't want others to know what she was thinking, how could she show it on her face?

Zhang Shiping was a little disappointed at first, but when he turned around, he straightened out his mentality and wanted to understand.

But on the Baiyuan Mountain side, Zhang Tongan had not seen Zhang Shiping for a long time, and he learned from the three Zhang Family Lingshan stewards that Zhang Shiping did not practice in retreat in the cave.

Zhang Tongan was naturally worried because there was no news of a foundation establishment for a long time, but as a mere foundation establishment cultivator, how can he say that he would see the golden core of the Zhengyang sect when he met him, but Chen Wenguang was not in the sect at that time. He could only wait in the welcoming courtyard of the Zhengyang Sect. Ye Yuanwei, the master of the Foreign Affairs Hall, knew that the other party was the biological father of Junior Brother Zhang, so he was very polite.

While Zhang Tongan had been waiting for a few days in Zhengyangzong Yingbin Courtyard, his friend Chen Wenguang hurriedly came to the door. The two talked for a long time, and Zhang Tongan returned to the White Ape Mountain with peace of mind.

He didn't know where Zhang Shiping was from Chen Wenguang. After Chen Wenguang returned to the sect, he learned about the news of Zhang Shiping's retreat and practice in the sect. He followed the instructions of the head of Chang and talked to his friend Zhang Tongan. Zhang Shiping was fine. After Zhang Tongan heard the news, he was worried and happy.

His son can be valued by the sect, and he may have the opportunity to become a Jindan monk in the future. Whether he is a father or the head of the Zhang family, he is extremely happy.He had let Zhang Shiping join the sect in the hope that he would be able to build a foundation, so what does he want now?

The Zhang family's eagle has already spread its wings, and he doesn't want the family to tie down his son. As long as he is flying high in the sky, he can remember that he has a home and his eyes can stay for a while, he is already very satisfied.But these words, Zhang Tongan can only hold in his heart, he can't say it, can't let other clansmen know, such selfish thoughts.

Since ancient times, there has been an endless stream of incense inheritance from clans.

In Zhang Shiping in Hujia Village, neither he nor his two senior brothers could take half a step out of the magic circle, worrying was useless, and they could only practice as hard as they could.If he was a teenager or 20 years younger, he might not be able to settle down, but now at his age, he can't tell the priority. It's just that he is not a father, and he still can't fully understand Zhang Tongan's painstaking efforts.

Zhang Shiping sat cross-legged on the futon. This futon is still the same Qingfan futon from before, but now it has lost its charm and has no miraculous effect of helping others to practice.

Under the light of the green fire, the light of the bronze lamp gradually dimmed, and the puppet, which had been standing by the wall, moved slowly and walked towards Zhang Shiping, who was sinking into the deep cultivation.

Every three days, the virgin puppet picked up the jar containing the lamp oil and filled the six bronze lamps with lamp oil one by one.These lamp oils are not the ones he used to store in his storage bag, how could Zhang Shiping suddenly keep the amount that he used for more than ten years.

He also prepared for a few years, because Zhang Shiping did not expect that he would not be able to go out. When the lamp oil was about to be used up in a few years, Zhang Shiping had to find Uncle Yu and ask her to help bring it back when he went out.Of course, what Zhang Shiping said was not only the lamp oil, but also some other sundries.

Most of these things are ordinary things, not worth any spiritual stones, but the amount required is a bit large. After Zhang Shiping finished speaking as usual, Yu Jie glanced at him lightly, nodded in response, and sent Zhang Shiping to practice quickly. .

After Zhang Shiping bowed, he retreated.Over the years, he has long understood a truth. The more he flinched in some things, the more suspicious he would become.

It's just that what Zhang Shiping didn't know was that after he stepped down, this Uncle Yu's eyes were full of worries

Chapter 281

If Zhang Shiping could see the worries in Uncle Yu's eyes, with his mind, he might be able to guess the current situation of Zhengyang Sect.But every time Yu Jie came back from going out, she usually only informed Xu Qinghuan about the recent situation of the sect.Among the three Zhengyang Sect foundation-building disciples in Hujia Village, Xu Qinghuan was the oldest and had the highest cultivation.

What Zhang Shiping didn't know was that this uncle Jade had not returned to Zhengyang Sect for a year or two.

For more than ten years, the world has been ups and downs.

In Hujia Village, the village women who used to wear clothes on the edge of the Jinshi Well have now changed their faces.A few years ago, the old man from Hujia Village was sitting on a bamboo chair in the courtyard on a sunny day and passed away. There are seven points of relaxation in my heart, and three points of heartache.

Hu Hu, his waist is not so straight anymore, and his body is a little hunched. He is already old, and what he likes most now is to walk in the alleys of the village with a bamboo stick. He can walk for a long time in an alley that is only ten feet long.The old man was stubborn and would not let his children and grandchildren help him.

While he was leaning on the bamboo stick and taking small steps, an old man with white hair and a yellow complexion strode past him.

Xu Qinghuan walked to the end of the alley in a blink of an eye. After waiting for a while in front of Jinshan Yunshe, he saw the magic circle in front of the door open the door, and walked in.Yu Jie and Xu Qinghuan talked about tea time in the living room, and she called Ma Ying and Zhang Shiping to discuss important matters.

Less than half a cup of tea time passed, Zhang Shiping in the stone room spit out a mouthful of green fire, and hurriedly stopped, three steps counted as two steps, and in a blink of an eye, he arrived at the Yunshe near the mountain, but Ma Yingren hadn't arrived yet.

As soon as Zhang Shiping entered Jinshan Yunshe, according to the etiquette, he first bowed to the Zongmen's uncle and senior brother, and then he took his seat.

"Senior brother, I would like to congratulate senior brother here. I wish senior brother a long life." After Zhang Shiping took his seat, he felt the aura of mana on Xu Qinghuan's body a little, and his face naturally showed joy.

"What's there to congratulate." Xu Qinghuan's face did not show much joy. His heart was extremely complicated. On the one hand, it was the important event of his own way to form elixir. He was indecisive.

More than ten years ago, Xu Qinghuan was already at the ninth level of foundation building, but he didn't have much confidence in forming alchemy, so he chose to re-cultivate and refine mana.When he was young, when he cultivated to the eighth level of foundation building, he felt that the mana he obtained from his Thick Soil Carrying Art was extremely pure. Time went on to condense mana, so he did not choose to practice Condensation Technique.

But it is a pity that he cultivated to the ninth floor of the foundation building, and thought he could break through the golden core in one fell swoop. After he was seriously injured by Lei Jie and returned, he suddenly realized.

After he healed his injuries, he practiced the Condensation Technique honestly. The technique treasured by the sect has its own reasons.When Zhao Wuxie formed the alchemy, he had already completed the first level of cultivation, and now in Hujia Village, for more than ten years, he dared not relax a bit in his cultivation. twice.

He originally thought of triggering the pill tribulation when he was at the fourth level of Ningyuan, but this day was always unsatisfactory. Xu Qinghuan had not much Shouyuan left, the first level of Ningyuan was more difficult than the first, and it took less time to practice the fourth level of Ningyuan. It will take nearly ten years. If he wastes a few more years, when his body withers and his mana declines, it will be even more impossible for him to form an elixir.

Therefore, he came to Uncle Jade's side this time to discuss this matter.With his current cultivation realm, he has not fully grasped that he can survive the thunder tribulation, so he can only use the magic circle.

However, he also knows the current situation. If he goes back to the sect to transcend the calamity, it is of course the best.