"Huang Tingguo!" Kong Li said in surprise. Sensing that the atmosphere was wrong, he quickly covered his mouth and whispered to Zhao Ning, "It is said that eating one can increase one's cultivation level by ten years, and can even ignore minor realm bottlenecks."
Peace in the small realm does not mean practicing Qi to build a spiritual platform and then building a foundation, but the early stage of Qi practice to the middle stage of Qi practice, and the middle stage of Qi practice to the high stage of Qi practice. Such a small realm can only be achieved by cultivators with poor spiritual talent. Being stuck for decades, or even a lifetime, it is inevitable for them to give it a try.
"We didn't know that the fruit had been picked in advance." The leader shrugged, looking indifferent, and raised his thick eyebrows, looking even more sharp and mean, "Come on, the person is not dead, he has unlocked our spirit-binding talisman. , we won’t offend anyone.”
The male cultivator took two deep breaths repeatedly, and after being whispered by his companions, he reluctantly kneaded the formula. As the talisman was murmuring, everyone realized that the chests of the people in the hall were actually glowing with spiritual light, and a green talisman appeared. The talisman had strange lines, and as the talisman absorbed the sound, the talisman turned into ashes and scattered.
Several people in the hall breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the side room, turned away from Zhao Ning and the others, snorted and left.
It was not easy to stay in the ancient medical hall, so Zhao Ning and others followed him out.
Standing at the door, Kong Li exhaled, "I never thought that I could experience such an experience after visiting the ancient medical hall. Among casual practitioners, I really can't say, I can't say."
She looked like a weathered old man, and was slapped on the back of the head by her grandfather.
She said coquettishly, "Grandpa, am I right? Look at the postures on both sides. If the male cultivator hadn't secretly cast the spirit talisman, he would have been assassinated by those people in the Lingwu Forest, and there would have been no Qianli. Send people all the way to the ancient medical hall."
Zhao Ning also felt strange, "Listening to what they said, the talisman was just an ordinary spirit-bundling talisman, how could it have such great power." Zhao Ning didn't know many talismans, but he had seen the spirit-bundling talisman from Master Baiyun. Often used to catch ghosts. "I heard from Sister Xiaoli before that Grandpa Kong is also a person who draws talismans. I guess he must understand the key to this."
Kong Nan stroked his beard, "I'm just using rough techniques, and all I draw are ordinary cinnabar talismans. That man's talisman is made of ancient cloud patterns, which has its own mysterious power."
"Ancient cloud patterns?"
"In ancient times, cloud patterns were used to write about the real treasure of the family. Every word has the power to reach the sky. Nowadays, the cloud patterns are gradually disappearing. Only a few words are still recorded by the great sect that has been passed down for thousands of years. That person must have some connection with the great sect. That person who conspired to assassinate me It looks like the monks are about to get their comeuppance.”
Chapter 043
After the ancient medical hall, the grandsons of the Kong family took Zhao Ning for a walk in Guiyuan City again. In the evening, Zhao Ning invited the two of them to eat at the Baiwei Building next to the central square. The monks did not eat grains, but they had to go to Zhuzhou to eat. Only in the basic level can one achieve fasting, while in the Qi training level one still needs spiritual food and spiritual objects to fill his stomach, not to mention that these spiritual food and spiritual objects contain their own spiritual power, which is also somewhat beneficial to practice.
Kong Li swallowed his saliva and endured the refusal, "Farewell, these spiritual foods are very valuable. One meal costs at least ten low-grade spiritual stones."
Zhao Ning smiled and didn't say much, but led the way directly to Baiwei Tower. Now she exchanged three thousand-year-old ginseng plants for five hundred low-grade spiritual stones, so she still had spiritual stones for every snack and meal.
Kong Li was a little excited while sitting in the elegant room of Baiwei Building, "I have lived in Guiyuan City for more than ten years, and I have smelled the fragrance of spiritual things in the central square for several years, but I have never had the courage to step into this place. Sister Zhao Ning, you are really a kind person. "
Kong Nan coughed slightly, grabbed his granddaughter who didn't care about her image, and said to Zhao Ning, "It was Miss Zhao Ning who helped me rescue Xiaoli. It was only a trivial matter to take my benefactor to visit Guiyuan City, but it cost my benefactor a lot of spiritual stones." Field. I am very ashamed."
"Grandpa Kong, what are you talking about? Zhao Ning is new here. It is only because Grandpa Kong and Sister Xiaoli are familiar with Guiyuan City that they are not at a loss." Zhao Ning greeted the two of them to try the spiritual food, "I have never seen this spiritual food in the world. The royal palace banquet is also delicious and tempting, let’s try it together.”
After this back and forth, the Kong family's grandfather and grandson did not shirk away. Kong Li ate and said it was delicious, so he simply let go and tasted some to his heart's content. Kong Nan also ate and nodded. Zhao Ning only felt that this spiritual food and spiritual meat was in his mouth, with different flavors. Entering the throat, the aftertaste is endless, and there is a soft spiritual energy floating in the internal organs. As I chew it, I start to think about whether I should ask for some spiritual food seeds to be planted in the House of Silent Spirit.
Halfway through dinner, I saw the commotion outside the window, but I saw many monks setting up stalls in the central square closing their stalls and gathering somewhere. In the center of the gathering were two monks wearing moon-white robes. The monks did not dare to get too close. , Zhao Ning could easily see that the two people had the same symbol on their moon-white clothes.
"Are these two people from the sect?"
Kong Li probed, "It's Danling Valley!"
She was excited again and waved to her grandfather urgently, "Grandpa, someone is coming from Danling Valley. Could it be that Danling Valley has recruited disciples earlier this year?"
It was rare to see that Kong Nan was also excited. An old man and a young man gathered together by the window and stared at the square. Not only them, the windows of the pavilion near the square were all opened, and several heads were sticking out of each window.
Kong Nan said, "Counting the past years, Danling Valley recruits disciples every ten years, which should be half a year later. Could it be something else?"
Danling Valley is one of the four ancient sects in Kunxu Cultivation World that has been inherited for nearly ten thousand years. It is no wonder that the monks around him were excited. Infected by the atmosphere, Zhao Ning also stood up and took two steps closer to the window.
I saw two Danlinggu disciples walking straight to the competition stage. They made a seal with their hands and fired out a spiritual light together. The spiritual light shot into the air of the competition stage. The light exploded in the air. The spiritual light circulated on the competition stage, and a huge alchemy cauldron appeared. , the alchemy cauldron seems to be different from the ordinary alchemy cauldron. It seems to be just similar to the alchemy cauldron and does not have the alchemy function of the alchemy cauldron.
"It's the Qing Dan Cauldron!!!" Kong Li became even more excited and kept shaking the grandfather beside him. Kong Nan was so tormented that he laughed heartily, "It's really ahead of schedule."
The spiritual light in mid-air on the competition stage disappeared into the alchemy cauldron, and a small green seal script appeared on the cauldron.
"The Order to Recruit Immortals."
The Liangdan Linggu disciples turned around and clasped their fists towards the group of people gathered in the central square.
"The Danling Valley recruits immortals once every ten years. We are looking for disciples with good spiritual roots to join the sect. We will be waiting here at Mao tomorrow."
The steady voices of the two people spread around the central square, and the square suddenly became noisy.
"Grandpa, Grandpa, I don't know how many places there are this year. I am determined to cultivate my mind. If I win, we will be disciples of the ancient sect!"
Zhao Ning didn't say anything, and she had some doubts in her heart. During the day, Kong Li was still sad that the sect only recruits disciples with excellent spiritual roots, at least three spiritual roots. Zhao Ning thought that Kong Li's spiritual roots were similar to hers, so why did he do it first? Zai had high expectations for a few places, but he didn't mention anything about spiritual roots.
It's just that it's hard to ask this question, so Zhao Ning can only remain silent.
But Zhao Ning's silence does not mean that the noise in the central square will be the same as hers.
A few voices were very obvious in the din.
"Two senior brothers, this monk with good spiritual roots is one of a thousand. We all know that it is difficult to find in Guiyuan City. You don't need to say more about this. Why not first announce how many ancient disciples Danling Valley has accepted."
"Yes, yes, we don't care about spiritual roots, and we don't care about being ascetic monks. We are firm in the Tao and just want to join the sect. Please tell us how many places there are for ancient monks."
"..."
Suddenly the whole square was noisy.
Zhao Ning seemed to gain a glimmer of enlightenment in the noise, "A disciple of the ancient way, is it a path of cultivation that does not emphasize spiritual roots like medical cultivation?"
Kong Nan listened to the voice and told Zhao Ning with a smile, "Exactly, the way of spiritual roots is both strong and fast. Although spiritual roots are the most important, the transformation of spiritual energy into true energy is extremely powerful among the three thousand avenues, and Once you have reached the level of cultivation, you can break through by borrowing elixirs or heavenly materials and earthly treasures. This is the only method created by the Great Power. It is just that it is said that it is extremely difficult to ascend the spiritual root path. As for why, no one knows. That ancient path does not emphasize spiritual roots, but it is true that it is extremely difficult to ascend. The Qi is weak and there are many bottlenecks, but I heard that ancient great powers have ascended. However, hundreds of thousands of years have passed, and only a few ancient Taoist methods remain in the major sects. The treasures of heaven, materials, and earth are hard to find, and I am afraid they are not as good as spiritual roots. There is no hope for the Dao to ascend. Although the great sect attaches great importance to the spiritual root Dao, it cannot bear to lose the inheritance of ancient Taoist skills, so it will release a few places every ten years."
Zhao Ning listened to him and looked at the excitement of the monks in the central square, "Then why are they like this..."
"Zhao Ning, you won't be able to save the country now." Kong Li turned sideways excitedly and looked at Zhao Ning with a hint of accusation, "Looking forward to the quota of ancient disciples is just a way to enter the sect. Once in the sect, if I don't The sect cannot force us to practice the ancient path and continue to specialize in the spiritual root path. Besides, it is impossible to say that some of these senior brothers also entered the sect in this way."
Zhao Ning looked a little stunned. Who would have thought that there is such a roundabout way, but he also understands that three thousand disciples who join the sect may not be able to obtain the orthodox inheritance, but after joining the sect, the resources, skills, treasures, Spiritual stones and spiritual weapons are all easier to obtain than casual cultivation. Who cares why you entered the sect in the first place.
Zhao Ning was silent. Should this be said that their cultivation of Taoism was firm or impure?
But it has to be said that Zhao Ning, as a miscellaneous spiritual root, felt a little hesitant when he saw the opportunity that was clearly presented to the sect.
The crowd's voices were getting louder, but the two disciples from Danling Valley in front of the stage looked unhappy, and even hesitated a bit to say something.
"Say it quickly!"
"How many places are there?"
"I've been waiting for almost ten years!"
"Danling Valley is going to test our minds this time. I will also decide on this spot!"
"Say it!!"
"explain!!"
The two disciples were forced to speak, and one of them took half a step forward.
"Following the order of the Lord of the Danling Valley, we will not accept talented disciples of the ancient path at this time."
As soon as he said this, he and the other person took a few steps back until they retreated to the Qingdan Cauldron.
"What?!" Kong Li was so shocked that she almost fell out of the window. Kong Nan held her back with a solemn expression. When Kong Li turned around again, her eyes were already filled with tears. Her joy turned to great sadness. Kong Li could hardly react, "No. Is there at least one every time? If I were tested, I would be willing to do so, but why didn't I even give you a chance this time? Grandpa, are we destined to miss the big sect?"
Kong Nan hugged his sad granddaughter and suppressed his emotions to comfort her, "Don't be sad. This Qingdan Valley doesn't want us, and there are three other sects. It's okay, it's okay, don't cry anymore."
Xu Zhao Ning had just entered the world of cultivation. She had experienced a lot in one day and was emotionally exhausted. However, she could not feel the joy or sorrow in this news. She only had a pair of calm eyes, staring unblinkingly at the central square outside the window. The people on the square The doubts almost lifted a layer of the stone road.
But at least the two disciples of Danling Valley were well prepared. They drove the blue alchemy cauldron, and a circle of green light curtain spread out. No matter how excited the monks in the square were, no matter how much they wanted to be violent, they did not touch the disciples of Danling Valley. A piece of clothing.
After being noisy for half an hour, the casual cultivators in the central square were discouraged and did not show excessive anger. Perhaps they were just like Kong Nan comforting his granddaughter. If the Danling Valley does not want the ancient road, then he will go somewhere else. Of the three major sects, is it necessary to go to Alchemy Valley alone?
The two disciples of Danling Valley wiped away the non-existent sweat, looked at each other, and then raised their voices, "This matter was discussed between the sect leader in the valley and the elders. Although there are no quotas for ancient monks, spiritual root qualifications can be Open some, if you have three spiritual roots or above, you can come here for the first test."
With this stick and a sweet jujube, some people were overjoyed and sad, and some were overjoyed and sad, and it was chaotic for a while.
Kong Li cried bitterly in Kong Nan's arms again. Without him, she was the latter. She was sadder and sadder, unable to resist. It was just a girl of twenty-eight years old who could bear it.
"Sister Xiaoli." Zhao Ning tried to comfort her, but couldn't find the right words for a while. It seemed that she was also the one suffering the most grief.
Kong Nan sighed and stood up with Kong Li in his arms, "Miss Shen, I'm afraid Xiao Li is very sad right now. I'll take her home slowly. I'm afraid this meal of spiritual food will be wasted. I'll bring it to you another day." Xiaoli came to apologize. By the way, Miss Shen doesn't have a place to go in Guiyuan City yet, so why not stay at my husband's house? The family is poor but they can still put up a bed board. If Miss Shen doesn't dislike it, let's come together."
"I don't want to work with Grandpa Kong anymore." Zhao Ning shook her head. She had to take medicinal baths every day, which was inconvenient. "I want to live there permanently. I have to find a place to stay no matter what. It's still early, so I can still go find a place." residence."
Kong Nan glanced at him, nodded and sighed, "The little girl is younger than Xiaoli, but she is alone. I can't help little Miss Shen with big things, but if I can, I and my granddaughter will do their part. We live in the southeast corner. If Miss Shen finds a place to stay, she can come to the shabby room to sit down."
Chapter 044
At night, Zhao Ning found an inn in Guiyuan City and booked a small courtyard.
The small courtyard is expensive, requiring five low-grade spiritual stones in one night. For ordinary casual cultivators, this is simply a waste of hard-earned spiritual stones.
There are only three small courtyards in the inn. One of them was reserved by a few sect disciples, and the other was close to the alley. Zhao Ning chose the quieter and slightly remote courtyard.
The waiter at the inn had already prepared the soup. Zhao Ning took out a small jade bottle from the House of Silent Spirits and added a few drops of green liquid into the hot soup. The liquid dizzy and a strong medicinal fragrance suddenly wafted out.
The liquid in this jade bottle is a concentrated medicinal liquid made by Zhao Ning from various medicinal materials according to the recipe of washing tendons and cutting marrow. These medicinal materials are carefully cultivated in the East Wing Hall. They are of extremely high quality and old enough. Any one of them can If you take it out, it will be a priceless treasure in the world, and it will also be a good thing for low-level monks in the world of cultivation.
The medicinal liquid concentrated with countless precious medicines has extremely strong medicinal properties. Even if Zhao Ning has practiced Taoism and entered the Taoism, without dilution, this medicinal bath will not be a good thing for washing the muscles and cutting the marrow, but a venom that will break the muscles and cut the marrow.
Zhao Ning took off her clothes and put on a small coat. She sat cross-legged and meditated in the potion, practicing the secret teaching of the Six Paths of Taixu. The potion seeped into her skin bit by bit. Her fair complexion suddenly turned red, and sweat dripped from her forehead. Falling on the delicate collarbone.
Zhao Ning closed her eyes and gritted her teeth. She felt as if the meridians in her body were being eroded by thousands of ants. She quickly changed her hand techniques, and the energy came out of the Lingqiao acupoint and slowly merged into the seven meridians and eight meridians. The discomfort in her body weakened a little. .
The medicinal bath lasted for half an hour. There were some stains on the skin, but they were not too obvious. The green color of the medicinal bath also completely faded. Zhao Ning opened his eyes, looked around his body, and washed away the impurities on his skin little by little, but he felt deep in his heart. strangeness.
"I have been in the mountains of the cultivation world for more than a month and have not had the opportunity to take medicinal baths. Why are there not many spiritual impurities of heaven and earth in my body?"
"It's very different from taking a medicinal bath in the ordinary world. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the world of cultivation is really much purer."
Zhao Ning suddenly remembered that she had bought a lot of books on common knowledge in the world of cultivation at the bookstore during the day. She simply took off the medicinal bath, put on her clothes and returned to the bedroom, where she sat on the couch and read those books.
What Zhao Ning was reading was a book called "Jiuzhou Continent Chronicles". The book was very thin, but what it said was quite mysterious. The book said -
The Kyushu Continent is a land of tens of millions of square meters, bounded by the misty sea and the natural chasm. It has been a land of its own for millions of years.
Things that happened millions of years ago cannot be tested. We only know that there were gods and men who created the world, there were gods and men who burned their bodies to protect the Nine Provinces, and there were countless powerful beings who shattered the void and set foot on the world. This era is called ancient times.
About 100,000 years ago, the sky suddenly shattered and the earth melted. The demons took the opportunity to invade the mainland. Strange auroras shone across the Kyushu. Thousands of living beings were wiped out. The shadow of death lasted for several years until the powerful mend the sky, sealed the demons, and finally restored the Kyushu. This era is the ancient times. beginning.
Afterwards, the creatures gained a glimmer of hope in the great destruction, and returned to prosperity for tens of thousands of years. However, after the great destruction, the spiritual energy in the hinterland of Kyushu declined. Only the spiritual veins in the thousands of mountains survived, and the human race also collapsed due to the great destruction. There are very few people who practice the Tao. As time goes by, the distance between the immortal cultivators and the mortals gradually grows. The immortal cultivators hide in the mountains and forests, and the mortals forget the Taoism in less than a hundred years of life, which gradually forms the current trend of Kyushu.
The book contains very few descriptions of ancient times and ancient times. It is more about introducing the general trend of Kyushu over the past 100,000 years. It is said that Kyushu has divided into nine major realms of cultivation, and the nine major realms of cultivation are secretly linked to the sixteen major mortal countries in the hinterland of Kyushu. There are endless battles for orthodoxy, spiritual veins, resources, etc.
Until three thousand years ago, a great power emerged from the sky, stopped the chaos in the world, and created the spiritual root path. At the same time, the nine cultivation worlds followed this path as the orthodox path, and began to focus on cultivating geniuses, attacking high-grade golden elixirs, and no longer fighting. Get peace.
This was followed by a brief introduction to various cultivation worlds in Kyushu. Zhao Ning’s current Kunxu cultivation world was in the southeastern corner of the Kyushu continent. There was no shortage of spiritual veins and spiritual minerals, and there were also many basic cultivation resources. However, few heavenly materials and earthly treasures had been discovered. , so his strength is considered average among the nine realms of cultivation.
Zhao Ning was curious about how the person who wrote the letter knew the strength ranking of the nine major cultivation worlds. Could it be that each of the nine major cultivation worlds sent people to fight?
