Bluestone space, Yiyue Peak
This mountain peak, which is a homophony of Yiyi and Zhao Yueer's name, is the place with the strongest aura in the entire space.
Deep in the mountains, eighteen top-quality spiritual stones alone were buried. These spiritual stones were all obtained by Yang Zhen from Qin Mingyue at a friendly price of two million each.
You must know that the total number of top-quality spiritual stones in the Qin State's treasury is less than sixty. Every ten years, a tribute must be paid to the ancestor of the Zhou Kingdom who transformed into a god. At this moment, Yang Zhen was equivalent to buying three Jiazi of Qin's consumption.
In the world of cultivating immortals, spiritual stones of high quality and below are mined from spiritual stone mines through specific magic formations. Only the best spiritual stones are naturally grown, and there are often large spiritual stone mines around them. Therefore, the best spiritual stones are often taken out last when the spiritual stone mines are close to being exhausted, and the output is extremely low.
Each top-grade spirit stone, supplemented by the spirit-derived formation, can continuously provide the amount of spiritual energy close to 10,000 spirit stones every year, which is equivalent to a second-level high-grade spiritual vein. These eighteen top-grade spiritual stones under Yiyue Peak, under Yiyi's extremely exquisite arrangement, have reached the level of fourth-level low-grade spiritual veins.
Then there is a spirit gathering array composed of several high-grade spirit stones on the ground. Even Mu Zixue can meditate and adjust her breath here to restore her mana.
However, only one cave house of this level can be opened on the mountain. The other dozens of cave houses, large and small, are all used for the cultivation needs of second- and third-level monks.
Yang Zhen and Zhao Yue'er were sitting cross-legged in the pavilions in front of two third-level cave mansions.
The two are less than five miles apart.
Mu Zixue's expression remained as usual, she found a seat among them and sat in concentration.
She will be the protector of Yang and Zhao in their attack on the Zi Mansion.
Within the space, there is of course no risk of safety. The purpose of being so careful is to prevent things from going too far.
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The Purple Mansion is actually the embodiment of the Sea of Consciousness. The monks of the Purple Mansion, as the name suggests, are the monks who have opened up the Purple Mansion outside the Sea of Consciousness.
The sea of consciousness of the human body is located in the Niwan Palace. Before the opening of the Zifu, the sea of consciousness did not have a strong barrier, and it was easy for others to take advantage of it and even seize it. For example, back then, Yiyi often entered and exited Yang Zhen's sea of consciousness easily. This was certainly the reason why Yang Zhen let go of her sea of consciousness, but on the other hand, it was also because of the lack of protection in his sea of consciousness.
Therefore, when monks in the foundation-building stage confront Master Zifu, they will often be defeated by just one soul attack from the other party, unable to fight again.
Unless the person's soul is extremely powerful, even if there is no protection, he can still resist with the strength of his soul. There are only a handful of such geniuses in the world of immortality.
Therefore, just based on the difference in spirit, Zi Mansion is already a world of difference from Zhu Ji, and it is difficult to overcome.
To attack the Zifu realm, you need to guide the spiritual energy in the Dantian to the Niwan Palace. These invisible and qualitative auras gradually formed layer after layer of protection around Niwan Palace, and the layers continued to accumulate, just like spring silkworms spinning silk and spinning cocoons.
This cocoon is Zifu. The day when the entire cocoon is formed is when the Zi Mansion is completed.
Generally speaking, the thicker the "cocoon", the stronger the protection for the inner soul, and the less likely the soul is to be attacked by the outside world. However, this thickness cannot be infinitely deepened, otherwise it will affect the release of spiritual consciousness and imprison the development of spiritual consciousness.
Only when the monk's soul further improves, will the "cocoon" continue to thicken to accommodate the expansion of the soul.
Therefore, it is generally recognized in the world of immortal cultivation that the most important role of promotion to the Purple Mansion is that the monk's soul can be strengthened in an orderly manner, and there is no longer a bottleneck for ascent.
In addition, there are several benefits to advancing to the Purple Mansion.
First, Zifu is an important channel to communicate the true energy in Dantian and the soul in Niwan Palace. Spiritual energy can be transformed into attributeless spiritual energy through the sea of consciousness in Niwan Palace. This is why after monks enter the Zi Mansion, especially the Golden Pill, even monks with a single spiritual root of the water system can perform various spells such as fire and metal. It is rare for monks under the Foundation Establishment to have such a phenomenon.
Of course, when comparing the convenience and effect of spell casting, spells of this attribute are the best; some special spells can only be practiced by monks of this attribute.
Second, through the continuous circulation from the Niwan Palace to the Dantian, the true energy gradually becomes more condensed and thicker, which will be the basis for the next step to achieve the Golden Elixir.
Thirdly, the contact and integration of the invisible and material soul in Zifu with the invisible and material spiritual energy in the outside world will also lay a solid foundation for the birth of the tangible and materialless Nascent Soul in the sea of consciousness in the future, and even the tangible and material incarnation outside the body.
All in all, Zifu is an important step for monks to gradually transform from a mortal body to a spiritual body, and then enter immortality.
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Yang Zhen took out a high-grade Ziyun Dan, swallowed it on her back, and quickly held her breath and entered a state of trance.
Between the eyebrows, there is also a piece of purple sun jade as big as a pigeon egg.
The biggest risk in attacking Zi Mansion is the uncontrolled rush of spiritual energy. Not only will it damage the flesh and blood meridians along the way, but what's even more terrifying is that it will turn the Niwan Palace into chaos. It can range from damage to consciousness to loss of consciousness and death.
Ziyundan can form a layer of faint purple smoke around the sea of consciousness to resist the impact of spiritual energy. At the same time, it can also strengthen the attraction of Niwan Palace to spiritual energy in the Dantian. It is the most important elixir for advancing to the Purple Mansion.
Ziyang Warm Jade can further enhance the protective effect of purple energy and soothe spiritual energy, which is the icing on the cake.
Zhao Yueer also prepared a copy of these two treasures.
Yang Zhen's soul is already powerful, and its attraction to the spiritual energy in her Dantian is far superior to that of her peers. Although this will cause some of the spiritual energy to penetrate the purple mist and collide with the soul, it is basically painless and nothing to worry about.
In addition, he is also protected by the energy of chaos. Once something is hit by the true energy and is damaged, it can be repaired quickly. This forces those restless Qi to continue along the fixed veins and head towards Niwan Palace.
Under such conditions, in just three days, his Zi Mansion was basically formed and integrated, with almost no flaws to be found. Such a seamless Zifu not only improves its ability to withstand the impact of external souls by several percent, but also communicates with the inside and outside more completely, shortening the casting time.
If a monk's Zifu also has grades, then the Zifu that Yang Zhen accomplished can be said to be of the highest quality.
On the fifth day, with a long roar, Yang Zhen's face glowed red and she stood up!
Zifu, success!
The whole process was hassle-free and perfect!
Half a day later, a clear voice came from the front, Zhao Yueer built the Purple Mansion!
In twenty years of practice, Yang Zhen had surpassed his childhood sweetheart for the first time.
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"Are you the only one from the Purple Mansion? Come on, I'll check you out personally."
In the Qin Palace, in the Chengqian Hall, Qin Mingyue looked at the man in front of her with a smile.
This was the second day after Yang Zhen and Zhao Yue'er were promoted to the Zi Mansion. They decided to return to Xu State and report the news to their sect.
In addition, he also plans to return to Shuyang County to hold a Zifu Banquet.
Going from the State of Zhao to the State of Xu requires passing through the State of Qin, and Yang Zhen took the opportunity to visit her queen.
Her soft and delicate body hugged the man from behind, and the two of them rolled onto the white jade bed. Not long after, the Queen gave him a comprehensive inspection, leaving no blind spots.
After finishing, Qin Mingyue's eyes were as charming as silk, and she was panting, with uncontrollable excitement on her face.
"Forty-five thousand strands of chaotic energy, oh my God," the Queen said in surprise: "Compared with when you were building the foundation, it is simply incomparable!"
"Of course," Yang Zhen said proudly, word for word: "It's not comparable to the past!"
"How much chaos energy can you and Zhao Yue'er generate now?" Qin Mingyue asked curiously.
"About eight thousand silk."
The law of how the threads of chaos are produced, for Taoists of the same realm, is one times one for Qi training, ten times ten for foundation building, and ninety times ninety threads for Purple Mansion.
It's a pity that he and Mu Zixue have not yet reached the point of being connected. Otherwise, we would know how much connection there can be between Zifu and Yuanying.
Yang Zhen estimated that it was at least 200,000 silk.
If this progress is followed, it will only take five hundred times, that is, one and a half years, before Mu Zixue's damaged spiritual foundation will be fully recovered.
But now it takes almost forty years to reach the level of eight thousand silk each time.
"Just let her wait slowly!"
Thinking of this, Yang Zhen couldn't help but reveal a sinister smile.
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Before leaving Qin, Yang Zhen also went to Fangshi to visit Caiyun who was purchasing goods.
The little maid has reached the ninth level of Qi training. Compared with her previous cultivation, the progress is a bit too fast. She must slow down temporarily and settle for a while before attacking the foundation.
So Caiyun took over Caiyunfang again, and with Qin Mingyue's help, the business grew bigger and bigger.
However, as Zhao Yue'er's personal maid, of course she had to attend such an important celebration as the Zifu Banquet.
The next day, Yang Zhen and Zhao Yue'er both returned to Shuyang County.
The Zifu celebration is of great significance to the Zhao family today.
Although the family currently has Zhang Hejing, the elder of Zifu, in charge, and after Yang Zhen's wedding, the status of the Zhao family has been greatly improved, and no one in Yunzhou dares to underestimate it.
However, this kind of prosperity would always make the clan members feel uneasy if there is no real master of Zifu named Zhao to take care of them.
Now, nearly ten years after Zhao Beiqing was martyred and Zhao Leyin fell, the Zhao family finally has another Zifu ancestor!
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The Zifu Banquet celebration lasted for three days.
The major families in Yunzhou sent important members of their clan to attend. On the first day of the celebration, Dai Chenghong came to Shuyang County again, giving the Zhao family plenty of face.
On the evening of the third day, after the celebration, all the elders of the Zhao family gathered together.
As Zhao Yue'er's Taoist companion and the guest elder of the Zhao family, Yang Zhen also participated in the discussion.
In addition, after continuing to practice in the Baisu space in the past few days, Qin Wan has advanced to foundation building.
"Ancestor." Zhao Yunhe, the 250-year-old patriarch, bowed respectfully in front of Zhao Yue'er.
"See you, ancestor!" More than a dozen foundation-building elders, except Qin Wan, all bowed down and prostrated, shouting in unison.
In the world of cultivating immortals, only the elders who are direct blood relatives are not allowed to address their descendants according to their spiritual realm.
Zhao Yue'er frowned, not used to being called ancestor at such a young age, but she didn't refuse.
"Ancestor," Zhao Yunhe said, "Ancestors have taught us that after we, the Zhao clan, become the Zifu, we can read the genealogy and the legacy of our ancestors."
After saying that, he presented an iron box and a key with both hands.
Yang Zhen looked closely and saw that the iron box was actually a seven-piece exquisite box. With his current state of Zifu, he could not open it at all.
If there is no way to open the Seven Apertures Exquisite Box, violent disassembly will often lead to the self-destruction of the contents inside. It is a very special magic weapon for storing objects.
Zhao Yue'er took the key and followed the instructions on the box, stretching out her jade hand to squeeze out a little blood essence.
"Ancestor——" Zhao Yunhe glanced around and whispered: "This box needs to be opened in the secret room, otherwise..."
Zhao Yue'er pointed her fingers and said displeasedly: "Can't Yang Lang watch it with me?"
"No." Zhao Yunhe wiped his forehead and replied with a grimace.
Zhao Yue'er had just released a little bit of Zifu's pressure, but it made him feel as if a huge mountain was crushing him.
Our ancestor is by no means an ordinary early Zifu person!
"What if I insist on letting him see it?" Zhao Yuer'er smiled, but the aura on his body became even more fierce.
Zhao Yunhe fell to his knees with a plop, his lips trembling, and he dared not speak anymore.
"Yang Lang and I are one husband and wife. If I can see Zhao Jiafan, he can also see it!" Zhao Yue'er stood up, and the flowing floral water mist green leaf skirt that swept the floor made her figure extra graceful:
"Since you recognize me as your ancestor, what I say will become the rules of the clan!"
"Do you understand?"
There was silence in the room, and then the third elder, Zhao Yunhu, was the first to stand up and said respectfully: "I obey my ancestor's instructions!"
With him taking the lead, the other elders stood up one after another: "I will obey my ancestor's instructions!"
Only then did Zhao Yue'er smile brightly. She nodded apologetically to her grandma, then took Yang Zhen's arm and walked hand in hand towards the secret room.
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"Kacha!" The lid of the exquisite box bounced up gently.
Inside was a jade slip and several pages of yellowed paper.
Yang Zhen picked up the first one, which contained a poem with eight lines in five words and a total of forty characters. Among them was the line he was familiar with: "We live in peace in Changle, and there are green jade in the northern clouds." It was the genealogy of the Zhao family.
The next few pages are the suicide note left by Zhao Quancheng, the ancestor of the Zhao family who moved to Shuyang County. Although it has been a thousand years, the handwriting is still strong and clear, and it seems that you can imagine the demeanor of the Master of the Purple Mansion back then.
Yang Zhen did not hesitate, took the letter in her hand and read it carefully.
Zhao Yue'er put the jade slip in front of her forehead and watched intently.
After a while, the two stopped at the same time and looked at each other.
"It turns out that your Zhao family is actually part of the royal family of the Zhao Kingdom. That's disrespectful." Yang Zhen said with a smile.
A thousand years ago, a turmoil broke out in the Zhao royal family. Zhao Quanxiang and his family were defeated in the competition for the throne, and his father and ancestors were imprisoned. Zhao Quanyong fled to the Yunxiao Sect's territory alone, just in time to catch up with the fall of the Yan Kingdom and the new establishment of the Xu Kingdom. He made great achievements as a casual cultivator in the troubled times of dynasty changes, and thus obtained a place to settle down in Zhuyang County.
In all the countries in the Eastern Region, in any thousand-year dynasty, this kind of nonsense happens endlessly and is not uncommon. After Yang Zhen read it, she laughed it off and had no intention of avenging the Zhao family's grudges from thousands of years ago.
Come to think of it, the same is true for Zhao Yue'er.
Sure enough, after he narrated the contents of the suicide note, the newly minted ancestor of the Zhao family shook his head and said: "If you succeed in cultivation in the future, you can worry about it later."
"What's inside the jade slip?" Yang Zhen asked. This jade slip needs to be dripped with essence and blood, and he cannot inspect it.
"It's a map," Zhao Yue'er said: "It mentions a place name——"
She looked at the man and said word by word:
"Beiyun Mountain!"
