"Wanxuan Pagoda is a small world after refining..." Qin Mingyue said.
Yang Zhen's eyes suddenly widened and her interest became even stronger.
Small and medium-sized worlds in the Zhenyu world are not uncommon. For example, the Langshan world he visited during his Qi training period was one of them. However, it is unique that it has been refined by others and can be stored in the sea of consciousness at any time like a magic weapon or held in the hand.
At least before today, Yang Zhen had never heard of it.
Perhaps the only known thing in the entire Eastern Region is the Wanxuan Pagoda.
It is precisely because it is so rare that no matter whether it is Qixia in the past or Han Rui and others in the mountain realm, they are often blind and fail to recognize treasures like small bluestones, allowing Yang Zhen to slip under the noses of these people again and again. Escape.
"This tower has a total of seven floors. The first three floors are the Alchemy Workshop, the Weapon Refining Workshop, the Sutra Pavilion, the Performance Hall and other places. Disciples who are registered in the Zhou Kingdom can enter and exit with tokens and contribution points. We, the winners of the competition, You are entering the fourth floor of the pagoda..."
"We were wrapped in the magic power of our ancestors and thrown into different locations on this level. There was boundless darkness inside. When I opened my eyes at that time, I could see almost nothing but clouds and mist lingering all around. It was clear. It took me a long time to see one or two lights through the clouds. The ancestor said that as long as you go to those starlights, you will have a chance..."
"So I walked quickly towards the stars. Not long after, the stars disappeared into the clouds and I lost my direction. Then I just started walking randomly. After half a month, I finally encountered At the first starlight..."
Qin Mingyue recalled the experience in the tower with great interest, and Yang Zhen listened with interest.
Twenty years ago, he was working in the Wushui County Pavilion. At that time, he was only in the Qi training stage. Ten years ago, he was already in the middle and late stages of the Zifu. He has no chance. Now listening to Qin Mingyue's personal account, it can be said that the shortcomings in my heart are gone.
"Have you been walking around like this for the past half month?" Hearing this, he couldn't help but interject.
"Of course not," Qin Mingyue said with a smile: "The spiritual energy in the pagoda is very rich, even compared with the fifth-level spiritual veins I am currently practicing. I spend most of my time practicing, and when I stop and have nothing to do, Only then will we continue to explore.”
"Are those clouds and mist an illusory formation? With the help of your spiritual consciousness, can you pass through these clouds and sense the starlight in front of you?" Yang Zhen continued to ask.
"It's not a magic formation, nor an ordinary cloud," Qin Mingyue said thoughtfully: "It's a bit like a formation that I can't understand that was suddenly disrupted. There are restricted interferences everywhere. These restrictions are very powerful and cannot be penetrated by divine consciousness.”
"There are also traps in the clouds, but they are not dangerous. At most, you will miss the mark and fall into another cloud, or you will just spin back and forth in a certain place and be unable to get out for a long time."
"Then how did you find that starlight?"
"I don't know. It's probably luck!" Qin Mingyue laughed at herself.
"Luck?" Yang Zhen felt incredible: "Is it just luck? Doesn't it have anything to do with cultivation, strength, patience, talent, etc.?"
"It doesn't matter," Qin Mingyue said seriously: "The roads I walked there were all messy and clueless. I don't even know how I found the starlight. This is not luck, what else can it be? ?”
"What opportunity did you get in that starlight?" Yang Zhen thought about it and asked again.
"A top-grade Ziyun Dan."
"What? Just one Purple Cloud Pill for more than half a month?"
Speaking of which, Ziyundan is considered a precious thing in the jade world. Especially for those families that cultivate immortality, a high-grade Ziyundan is enough to ensure that the family will have an additional Master of the Purple Mansion, which will not decline in the next few hundred years.
For example, the Zhao family back then.
However, for a disciple like Qin Mingyue, who was born in the royal family and had excellent qualifications, Ziyundan could be obtained at any time, so it was not a chance at all.
Not to mention it took so long.
"Is there nothing else?" Yang Zhen asked.
"Of course there is. The ancestor said that anyone who finds more than three stars within this half-year period can go to the upper floor of Wanxuan Pagoda." At this point, Qin Mingyue took a breath and said, He proudly said:
"I barely managed to find five of them at that time, and I am the chief one."
"What about the rest?"
"There is one with three stars, and there is no one else. Half of them even get nothing."
"So, my Princess Mingyue, not only has the best qualifications, but also has far more luck than them!" Yang Zhen joked.
"That goes without saying!" Qin Mingyue felt proud for a while, then continued:
"The concentration of spiritual energy on the fifth level is at least three times higher than that on the fourth level. I practiced there for a day and night, which is almost equivalent to ten days in the outside world. The ancestor promised us to stay for a year, and because of that, I I found a starlight and stayed for an extra three years..."
"Wait, what do you mean, is this fifth level still looking for starlight?" Yang Zhen interrupted.
"That's right, the fifth level is the same as the fourth level. It still has endless darkness and endless clouds. Moreover, the restrictions are more complicated and messy, but the starlight is much sparser and dimmer. I was able to catch one in the first year, and the following three No matter how I searched for it, I couldn't find it. Later, my ancestor invited me out..."
"Is there any reward for finding this starlight?"
"Of course! It's better than all the rewards on the fourth level combined," Qin Mingyue said with a smile: "After finding this starlight, the ancestor took me to the sixth level and personally taught me some key joints in my practice. He also taught me a sword technique, which is the 'Brilliant Sword'."
"So, if you really respect him, he can be regarded as half of your mentor." Yang Zhen said with envy.
"Yes." Qin Mingyue nodded, with respect in his eyes.
"That trip to the Wanxuan Pagoda was very rewarding for me," the Queen continued: "I have been suppressing my own realm before. After practicing on the fifth level for a year, and after receiving the guidance of my ancestor, I let go I suppressed it, took the high-grade Ziyun Pill, and broke through the Zi Mansion in one go, and reached the third level of the Zi Mansion in one go."
"In the next three years, my cultivation continued to advance by leaps and bounds, and I didn't stop until I reached the eighth floor of the Zi Mansion. Despite this, I still felt that there was still a large amount of spiritual energy reserves in my body. After leaving the tower, a few years later, I reached the peak of the Zi Mansion. realm."
"My Mingyue is really a genius!" Yang Zhen praised sincerely.
Although it seems that his cultivation level is not slower than others, and he even entered the golden elixir stage two years earlier than the other party, but his family knows his own affairs, and his speed is mostly due to the time flow of Baisu space. If calculated based on actual time, it was much slower than Qin Mingyue.
"Looking at it this way, the biggest opportunity for Wanxuan Pagoda is actually to get the guidance of the ancestor. The other pills, spiritual energy, etc. are not surprising." After a while, Yang Zhen commented.
He paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, and then said doubtfully:
"If this is the case, why don't ancestors arrange some monsters and puppets on the fourth floor of the pagoda for everyone to wander around, or move some mountains, rivers and other scenery for everyone to enjoy. Why do we have to arrange that kind of boundless darkness? There? Wouldn’t it be too boring to stay in this kind of environment for half a year?”
Qin Mingyue showed a smile:
"I have also discussed your question with other people. It is generally believed that the dark world in Wanxuan Tower should be the relics left after a certain formation was destroyed three thousand years ago. The ancestor can also be regarded as using waste. Let’s arrange for some juniors to have fun inside and then give out some gifts as some entertainment after practicing.”
"However," she changed the topic and said with a slight hesitation in her tone: "I stayed there for four years and six months, but I have some discoveries and guesses of my own."
Without waiting for Yang Zhen to ask, she immediately said:
"I was born with fire-type Heavenly Spiritual Roots, and I also have gold-type Heavenly Spiritual Roots hidden in my body. I am more sensitive to the spiritual energy of gold and fire than ordinary people. After I advanced to the Purple Mansion, I vaguely felt that the spiritual energy in the pagoda was somewhat different from the outside world... "
"The aura of the small world is different from that of the big world. Isn't this normal?" Yang Zhen said disapprovingly.
"No," Qin Mingyue shook her head: "I have been to small worlds like Panxi Mountain, and I have also been to your bluestone space. The aura and Zhenyu world in these two places are different. But the biggest difference is that in the bluestone space Inside, there is no depressing feeling like that caused by the heaven and earth magic circle in the Zhenyu Realm. This feeling becomes more obvious the higher the cultivation level!"
"A small world like Panxi Mountain, in the Zhenyu Realm, will also be affected by the magic circle of heaven and earth. Logically speaking, the same is true for Wanxuan Tower, but I don't have such a feeling in that tower!"
"So, Wanxuan Pagoda is actually not a small world, but a big world?" Yang Zhen asked.
Qin Mingyue shook her head again: "If I had never been to the Bluestone World, I might think so. But comparing the two, there are still many differences. Wanxuan Tower is by no means a big world!"
"It's just that I can't figure out why it can avoid the influence of the heaven and earth magic circle. This is my first discovery and my first doubt."
"The second point is a guess of mine. Although the starlight distributed in the darkness seems to be irregular, there is actually some indescribable connection."
"I think they are actually a star map, a star map that really exists in this world!"
"Star map?" Yang Zhen was stunned: "What's the use of that?"
…
The next day, afternoon.
A luxurious and magnificent fourth-level spaceship was parked in the square in front of the palace hall, and dozens of people were boarding the ship one after another. Qin Mingyue, dressed in a royal robe, stood in front of the railing of the main hall, looking through the moving crowd at the two young people among them.
Yang Zhen, and Zhao Yuer next to him.
However, both of them have used pseudonyms, one is Liu Yun and the other is Yang Yue. The appearance has changed a little, and the cultivation aura has been lowered to a larger level through the [Shadowless Soul Hiding Technique], which is the third level of Zifu and the fourth level of Zifu. As long as the realm does not reach the peak of the Golden Core, and one goes out of his way to look at them, it is almost impossible to discover that they have hidden their cultivation.
Qin Mingyue ordered people to make the identity tokens overnight. No matter how they checked, they were all genuine Qin monks.
The fleet that the two of them followed was the delegation sent by the State of Qin to participate in the Eastern Region Competition. Although the Eastern Region Competition started in early March, it has been going on for almost a month now. However, in the early stage, small countries and casual cultivators participated to select the best among them, and then competed with the disciples of the seven major countries in the Eastern Region.
In other words, these disciples from the seven major countries skipped the preliminary competition.
After learning about Zhou Guo's arrangement, Yang Zhen suppressed her initial impatience and followed Qin Mingyue's suggestion to blend in with the participating delegation. It would be easier to act without attracting attention.
The envoy of the mission is Qin Zhaohuan, who is also an old acquaintance of Yang Zhen. The deputy envoy's name is Kang Changgui, he is at the ninth level of the Purple Mansion. He looks like a middle-aged man, with a medium build, an ordinary name, and an ordinary appearance. He is the kind who cannot be distinguished among the crowd.
However, Qin Mingyue specially sent people to recall this person from Qin State early this morning. This morning, he specially arranged for Yang and Zhao to meet with him.
"Master Kang serves as the deputy commander of the Wude Department (the Qin State's exclusive foreign intelligence agency)," Qin Mingyue introduced after the few people met: "Master Kang is responsible for all the intelligence affairs of the Qin State in the Zhou State."
"Master Kang has been living in the Kingdom of Zhou for many years and has deep connections in the Zhou Kingdom's cultivation world, official circles, and people. After the two of you arrive in the Kingdom of Zhou, if you need to inquire about anything or visit anyone, you can arrange for Master Kang to do it."
Yang Zhen and Zhao Yuer quickly greeted Kang Changgui.
Qin Mingyue then introduced the names of Yang and Zhao, using pseudonyms of course, and then told the story about Qing Xiaoling. After speaking, the queen's face suddenly became solemn, and she sternly said to Kang Changgui:
"Master Kang, please remember that the orders given by Master Liu Yang are my orders. You must not disobey me in the slightest. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" Kang Changgui responded quickly.
"Even if they order you to die, you must not hesitate in the slightest, understand?" The Queen said the next words through a voice transmission: "Don't worry, if you really do anything good, your family, this palace I will never treat you unfairly!”
Kang Changgui was horrified. If he had just a little bit of disapproval in his heart, as if he was dealing with an errand, now he no longer dared to have any other thoughts.
There was a hint of fear in the eyes looking at Yang and Zhao.
…
The fourth-level flying boat traveled all the way. After a day and a night, it arrived at Anyi, the capital of Zhou Kingdom.
Zhou State sent a Jindan monk with several subordinates to greet him. After some pleasantries, the mission was arranged in a courtyard that Qin had already purchased, which was similar to the embassy in Yang Zhen's previous life.
After taking a short rest, Kang Changgui hurriedly left the station to find someone to inquire about Qing Xiaoling's whereabouts.
Yang Zhen and Zhao Yue'er had nothing to do at the embassy, and it was inconvenient to talk to the people around them, so they joined hands to visit the largest city in the entire Eastern Continent.
The destination the two of them headed for was Wanxuan Pagoda.
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