She sat in a tea shop on the side of the road. The owner of the tea shop was an old mortal. Zhao Ning came early and listened to him talk a few words, saying that she had lived in Guiyuan City since she was a child and had no luck in getting immortality or destiny. Returning to the mortal world, he could only live out the rest of his life by setting up a tea shop in the city.
Guiyuan City is full of mortals who have no immortal destiny and monks who are not in the Qi refining stage. The business of the tea shop is pretty good. There are many people. The boss gave Zhao Ning a bowl of noodles and went about his business.
Zhao Ning was eating noodles and listening to the guests waiting at the table next to her talking about yesterday's monster.
"I heard that several possessed cultivators appeared outside the city yesterday, and almost injured people's lives." The person who spoke was a male cultivator with a yellow turban, whose cultivation level was at the first level of Qi training.
His companion was also at the first level of Qi training and was wearing a gray Taoist robe. He had a surprised look on his face, "How come so many monks suffered from inner demons on the same day? It shouldn't be. Now there are Jingxin Dan, Condensation Technique, and Awakening Incense, so How come there are so many spells and pills to soothe my mind, but I still can't suppress the inner demon? Could it be that another demon has slipped out of Feng Mo Abyss."
"Who knows?" The male cultivator in the yellow turban was also full of doubts. He approached his companions and said, "Yesterday was when the Qingxiao Sect's inspection team was on duty in Guiyuan City. I heard that someone reported that Qin Keyuan, the leader of the Qingxiao Sect, came down to check this in person. thing."
"Qin Keyuan?" The gray robe companion failed to grasp the other party's focus, and instead focused on Qin Keyuan, "He has become the leader? Doesn't the leader of the Qingxiao Sect at least have to have a perfect foundation? That will be the future leader of the Qingxiao Sect. "
Zhao Ning's hand holding his face paused for a moment, and he glanced to the side without leaving any trace. In other words, Qin Keyuan was most likely the future leader of the Qingxiao Sect. No wonder the people of the Danling Sect were so afraid of Qin Keyuan last night.
"It has been completed long ago. Qin Keyuan, the leader of Qin, introduced Qi into his body at the age of ten, built the foundation at the age of fifteen, and completed the foundation construction at the age of twenty-five. However, a few years ago he suddenly said that he wanted to join the world to experience, refine his mind and kill the mortal world. He only returned to the sect in the first half of the year. I'm afraid I'll need a golden elixir in the near future. For those who are less than thirty years old, they must have the qualifications for the golden elixir." The male cultivator in the yellow turban looked like a fan of Qin Keyuan's younger brother.
But his companion was disdainful of this, "I don't think so, Tianlinggen. Qingxiao Sect has never told him that he is Tianlinggen. If Tianlinggen let him handle the sect's chores, he would have been removed long ago. Offer him up and let him practice well. You can see how much the major sects have attached great importance to talented geniuses over the past thousand years, and they can't wait to use the entire sect's efforts to cultivate them."
At this moment, the tea shop owner’s noodles were served, and the male cultivator with a yellow headscarf stirred the noodles, “You said that, and it suddenly occurred to me that the Qingxiao Sect had found a disciple with Shanlinggen in the first half of the year. I heard that he had extremely high qualifications, even He even asked Chief Qin to personally search for cultivation resources for him. What’s your name, Jia?”
"Jia Rui!" The companion said the name categorically, "Senior Brother Jia was able to introduce Qi into his body less than half a month after he started, and he had already practiced the second level of Qi in less than half a year. Qin Keyuan's talent was nothing in front of him. Moreover, I heard that there is a gap between Senior Brother Jia and the Chief of Qin, and Senior Brother Jia even promised that in the sect competition three years later, he will definitely defeat Qin Keyuan and take the title of Chief from him."
Zhao Ning put down the bowl and chopsticks and left the broken spirit stone for the boss. The two people at the table next to him were still talking, "It's a pity that I don't have the talent to enter the sect, otherwise I would have witnessed the grand showdown between Jia Tianjiao and Qin Shouzuo." …”
There was more to say, and Zhao Ning stopped listening.
She went straight to the central square. The Rogue Cultivator Alliance was located at the right back of the central square. None of the senior members of the Rogue Cultivator Alliance in Guiyuan City were very high in cultivation. I heard that there was only one Jindan Daoist, but there were many members of the Rogue Cultivator League. The connection between them is not by inheritance or blood, but by interests.
The Guiyuan City Lottery Cultivator Alliance is more like a chamber of commerce. In order to survive under the major sects, they will assist the major sects in managing the Dengxian City in various places and issue loose cultivator tasks. However, their main resources come from Duobao Tower. , Duobaolou is a large-scale comprehensive chamber of commerce that integrates the sale and purchase of alchemy, talismans, magic spells, etc. Some of its resources may not even be comparable to those of some small sects.
The Duobao Tower in Guiyuan City is right next to the General Alliance of the Rogue Cultivators. Zhao Ning came here because she wanted to find a cave to live in.
In the central square, the Qingdan Cauldron of the Danling Sect still stands there. The cultivators in the city no longer want to gather around like yesterday. Most of them said that they left calmly after hearing the disciples of the Danling Valley explain the rules of the Immortal Recruitment Order. A few of them left calmly. People still don't believe in evil and try to test their destiny, and there are many people who regret it.
It was early in the morning, and there was not much business in Duobao Building. The female nuns greeting guests were standing by the door to join in the fun and looked towards the central square. When they saw Zhao Ning approaching, they quickly looked away. One of the female nuns in pink bowed towards Zhao Ning. He handed over his hand and said, "Fairy, if you need anything, I can guide you. Just call me Xiaodie."
Xiaodie looked like she was about the same age as Zhao Ning. As soon as her cultivation level was introduced into her body, Zhao Ning called out "Miss Xiaodie" and entered the Duobao Building. There were many alchemy tools and talismans in the building, divided into categories, glowing with color. The auras of different colors are protected by clear light masks.
Zhao Ning glanced at it briefly and said, "I heard that your building has a cave for rent. I want to rent it for half a year. I don't know the price?"
"It turns out that the fairy wants to rent the cave, please come with me." Xiaodie led Zhao Ning towards the inner room. There was a huge mountain map hanging on the wall of the inner room. Different marks were drawn on the mountain map. Xiaodie pointed at the map. Marked on it, "The cave's price varies depending on its location and concentration of spiritual energy."
“The cave opened by our Guiyuan City Loose Cultivator Alliance is on Qingzhu Mountain in the Qianren Mountains, less than half a mile away from Guiyuan City.
There is a low-grade spiritual vein in the Qianren Mountains that extends to Qingzhu Mountain. Therefore, the closer to the location of the spiritual vein, usually from the top of the left peak to the mountainside, the price is higher. Thirty low-grade spiritual stones are needed for ten days, from the foot of the left peak to the top of the right peak. Secondly, one ten-day period requires twenty spiritual stones, and for the remaining positions, one ten-day period requires fifteen spiritual stones.
The caves marked in red on Qingzhu Mountain are all rented by others, while those marked in green are unoccupied. Fairy, which cave do you need? "
Zhao Ning didn't hesitate much. Although the spirit stones were enough to support the most expensive Zuofeng Cave, there were surprisingly many caves marked in red in Zuofeng Cave. Zhao Ning asked Xiaodie.
Xiaodie smiled and said, "Generally, monks who can rent a cave don't care much about the difference of ten spirit stones per month, and Zuofeng Cave rents a lot of foundation building experts."
This is obviously not exhaustive. Many low-level Qi cultivators also want to be closer to the foundation-building masters in order to have the opportunity to curry favor with the foundation-building masters. The so-called close proximity to the water tower is also an excellent opportunity.
Zhao Ning didn't say much, just pointed to the cave at the top of Youfeng Peak, "This place looks clean, so let it be."
The caves on the left and right sides of the top of Youfeng Mountain were uninhabited, and they were some distance away from other caves. Zhao Ning took a fancy to them at a glance.
"Okay. If the fairy wants to rent for half a year, she needs to pay a lump sum of 120 low-grade spiritual stones. The shopkeeper will give you a cave prohibition token. After you get the token, Xiaodie will take the fairy to the cave."
Zhao Ning nodded and paid off the spirit stones. Xiao Die waited beside him. After a while, Zhao Ning got the prohibition token. The word "treasure" was engraved on the front of the token, and the serial number of the cave was engraved on the back. The place where Zhao Ning was located The cave is "Qijiu".
Xiaodie led Zhao Ning out, and when walking through the hall, she met Tian Hongjun, who was shopping for elixir materials with a few people.
"Why, there's neither this nor that!" Tian Hongjun's irritable voice was heard before he walked out of the hall.
His voice attracted the attention of many people in the hall, and Zhao Ning was no exception. Seeing that Tian Hongjun was still holding the list given to him by Yu Jingjue yesterday, he thought he was buying the elixir in the list at Duobao Building.
The shopping guide apologized profusely, "Fellow Taoist, the age of the elixirs you want is too old. Moreover, medicinal materials such as Hanyulu must be picked and used on the same day, and it is impossible to sell them over the counter. "
"Then go to your medicinal field and pick it now. Master Tao can afford to wait."
The waiter was embarrassed and helpless, "Fellow Taoist, this kind of medicinal materials can only grow in the swamps of Lingwu Forest. The medicinal fields we are developing do not have such conditions."
"I think you just don't want to do Taoist business. I haven't shown you the whole list yet. I only gave you the first five herbs. You have four herbs that you don't have for various reasons. I think you should not call them Duobaolou." It’s called Wubao Tower.”
Seeing that this matter was about to cause trouble, the shopkeeper hurriedly came over to say hello, and winked at the other waiters, which meant that he should quickly lead the guests to what they should do, so as not to ruin the business. Xiaodie also received it, and hurriedly said to Zhao Ning apologized, but Zhao Ning didn't say much and left with Xiaodie.
After using the Wind Control Technique, he arrived at the foot of Qingzhu Peak in a short while.
Qingzhu Peak is taller and larger than Zhao Ning imagined. There are large tracts of bamboo forest on the mountain. Occasionally, you can see the light of monks casting spells in the forest.
Xiaodie led Zhao Ning to the cave at the top of Youfeng Peak. The road up Qingzhu Mountain avoided almost all the caves. He didn't meet any monks along the way, but Zhao Ning's keen senses allowed Zhao Ning to clearly sense the fluctuations of nearby spiritual power. As we approached the peak, the fluctuations became smaller, but the spiritual energy in the world was also much thicker.
Zhao Ning took a deep breath. Compared with the human fireworks in Guiyuan City, the aura of heaven and earth here was refreshing.
Xiaodie introduced with a smile, "Fairy, you can see the green bamboos planted nearby. These green bamboos are called Qingning bamboos. When the breeze blows, a burst of fragrance will spread in the bamboo forest, which has the effect of calming the mind and soothing the mind. So there are many The masters of casual cultivators like to retreat here, and Shen Xin breaks through the bottleneck. There is also a senior in Zuofeng who wants to break through the foundation building. He has been in retreat for three years. I think he will hear good news soon."
"Fairy, please come this way."
Xiaodie introduced Zhao Ning while guiding the way. After a while, the two of them had reached the top of the peak. The view from the top was much wider than the mountainside. From here, one could even see the general outline of Guiyuan City at a glance, "The cave here is It was transformed from a natural cave and was repaired by the seniors in the alliance. It is open inside and the fairy looked inside."
There is a small platform in front of the cave. There are stone tables and benches on the platform. A Jinping vine hangs above the cave door, forming a natural curtain for the cave.
Zhao Ning was following Xiaodie towards the cave, but she suddenly stopped halfway and looked towards the opposite peak. Xiaodie also noticed.
There was a whirlpool of spiritual power slowly forming above the left peak. Zhao Ning didn't know what was happening, but Xiaodie smiled, "Fairy, look, we just said that a senior had retreated to break through the foundation, but we didn't expect that we happened to meet him. When seniors break through.”
Zhao Ning didn’t enter the cave anymore. It was the first time he met Zhao Ning when he was promoted to Foundation Establishment. In other words, Zhao Ning, a senior in the Foundation Establishment stage, had only met Qin Keyuan. He didn’t know what kind of heaven and earth phenomena would be caused by his promotion to Foundation Establishment.
She stood on the edge of the platform and looked out, and saw that the clouds in the sky were affected by the whirlpool of spiritual power, and were gradually attracted to the top of the left peak. Many monks in the cave of the left peak were alarmed, and each of them rose up in the wind and landed on the top of the bamboo forest. superior.
The clouds in the sky gradually turned into a whirlpool. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth seemed to be wrapped in the clouds, giving the clouds a layer of clear light. Then a strange phenomenon appeared. A pillar of spiritual light rose from a cave somewhere on the top of Zuofeng and connected to the clouds. There was a faint feeling of falling clouds.
This spiritual power light pillar was not conspicuous, and could not even be caught without the monk's eyesight. However, because of his eyesight, Zhao Ning could see the turbidity of this spiritual power light pillar, and even countless shadows raging in it.
The spiritual light beam was incorporated into the clouds, and the restlessness of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth became more and more intense. The clouds seemed to be inspired by something, and were suppressed by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to change into the appearance of a cloud platform. However, this cloud platform looked extremely opaque, and even had a somewhat loose shape.
Zhao Ning heard a monk on the bamboo forest sigh, "This spiritual platform is difficult to stabilize. I'm afraid it will be difficult to build the foundation."
Then I heard Xiaodie saying next to me, "This senior often buys cultivation elixirs in Duobao Building. Looking at the strange foundation building phenomenon now, this senior may not have listened to the instructions of the seniors in the building."
Seeing Zhao Ning looking at her, Xiaodie said a few words in detail.
"Duobaolou's cultivation elixirs are the best, but you also know that no matter how good the elixirs are, they still contain some impurities. Ordinary quality elixirs can only be taken three times a day. How many pills are there? Without the impurities in it, it cannot be washed by itself, and Duobaolou's elixir will only reach the washing limit if you take five pills a day.
For example, the spiritual energy in this master's spiritual platform contains too many impurities and is not pure enough. The spiritual platform is empty. He must have taken at least ten pills a day. "
"Is the spiritual energy mixed?" Zhao Ning murmured. She didn't care about the problem of impurities in the elixir. She just felt the same way. Her own spiritual energy was mixed due to the damage to her spiritual orifice points. When the foundation was established, would she be in the same situation as this senior? .
Without Zhao Ning to think about it carefully, she saw that the spiritual platform transformed by the clouds had obviously taken shape, but after appearing and disappearing for several times, it collapsed.
"Oh my god!" Xiaodie screamed softly and subconsciously covered her mouth, "The foundation building failed."
But it didn't seem to be over. The shattered clouds became distorted and the color of the clouds became extremely dark. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth also followed. A strong hurricane suddenly surged from the top of Zuofeng, with a hint of blood in the wind.
"No! Leave quickly!" The expressions of the monks on the bamboo forest at Zuofeng suddenly changed, and they all retreated and ran away.
"I have entered the inner demon barrier!" I don't know which monk shouted, and then the blood in the wind turned into a blade and attacked the bamboo forest monk.
The leaves in the bamboo forest fell, and happened to collide with the blade. The bloody and sharp blade was instantly twisted by the bamboo leaves, and then a blade suddenly changed its direction, heading towards the cave where the inner demon barrier Fly away.
"Uh..." Very quickly, a breathless sound came out of the cave.
Xiaodie patted her chest and comforted Zhao Ning by the way, "Fairy, don't be nervous. There is a senior who has perfect foundation building stationed in the cave residence of our Sanxiu Alliance. He will never let the renting guests be harmed. The senior is stationed here. , will also protect our cave and not let some evil cultivators steal the cave secretly."
Zhao Ning nodded, watched the monks disperse around him, and followed Xiaodie into the cave to learn about the cave he rented.
The cave is indeed as Xiaodie said, it is very large, and the cave is divided into two floors: inside and outside.
The outer layer is equipped with short couches and long tables for entertaining guests, as well as a jade platform for practicing meditation. It may be the top of the peak. There is a hollow above the cave. The sunlight scatters from the hollow and falls on a curved pool below. In the pool are planted Jade Lotus, Jade Lotus is in its blooming season, it is really beautiful.
There is only a bed and desk on the inner floor of the cave, which is a resting place.
"If the fairy has any other modifications to the cave, that's up to you. However, there are restrictions around the cave. You must not dig any other inner chambers."
Zhao Ning was very satisfied with this cave and nodded in agreement.
She sent Xiaodie out of the cave and came back to stand on the platform. She happened to see a few people from the Rogue Cultivator Alliance on the opposite peak carrying out the bodies of the monks who had failed to advance from the peak cave.
Only a bamboo leaf was inserted between the eyebrows of the corpse. His pupils were bloodshot and dilated to the extreme. Zhao Ning recalled the appearance of the monster he saw that day, which was even more serious than this corpse.
Several people from the Sanxiu Alliance placed the body on the ground outside the cave. Several people entered the cave again and came out after a long time. The storage bags around their waists were bulging and seemed to be full of things.
There were smiles on the faces of several people, and there was a strange feeling of returning home with a full load. The smiles were hidden only when those who were talking and laughing came to the corpse again.
Someone frowned and said, "Isn't this a slap in the face of our Sanxiu Alliance? We have done away with the mountains of green bamboos that have taken hundreds of years to cultivate, and we are meditating and concentrating. This is to prevent monks from being deceived by inner demons or not practicing well and going too far. Why? Is the inner demon that is promoted to Foundation Establishment more powerful? Even the green bamboos in the mountains can't prevent it."
"Who knows? There seem to be quite a few cultivators who have fallen into demons this time. Yesterday, the leader of the Qingxiao Sect went down to deal with it himself. It doesn't matter if you ask me. The four major sects' ten-year recruitment time for disciples has come, and Danling Valley even went ahead of schedule. Now, these monks couldn't hold back and wanted to take a shortcut to enter the sect. In this foundation-building realm, you can enter the sect without considering your spiritual roots. After entering the sect, you will directly become an inner disciple. The temptation is not ordinary. This Just thinking about it makes me feel like I have a demon inside me."
"Go aside. You have only practiced a few levels of qi. Don't even think about building a foundation. Take a look at this corpse. Building a foundation is not that simple. Let's go. Let's go." After saying that, the people from the Rogue Cultivator Alliance threw the corpse in. In the storage bag, several people ignored the gazes of the casual cultivators in the bamboo forest and went down the mountain talking and laughing.
Someone in the bamboo forest was angry, "Look at these people from the Sanxiu Alliance. They say they are not allowed to fight in the cave and are not allowed to covet other people's caves. But you see, once a person dies, the things in the cave become theirs."
"Then what can we do? Our territory is still being watched by our seniors who have completed the Foundation Establishment. If you have the ability to go to the sect, if you go to the sect and die, your things will also belong to the sect."
Zhao Ning no longer stood at the door of the cave. She returned to the cave. The cave was so quiet that she could only hear her own breathing.
She sat on the jade training platform, crossing her legs and meditating, but she did not perform the exercises. Instead, she was thinking moment by moment about the vision of heaven and earth she had just seen being promoted.
Even if you don't use Ling Qiao Powder, there will still be impurities in the spiritual energy entering the body or taking elixirs. The spiritual energy will be impure and impurities will accumulate. After practicing until the Qi training is complete, it will be like the situation of the senior just now when you want to advance to foundation building.
The scenes before Zhao Ning's eyes were full of visions of the spiritual platform, which were empty, empty, and muddy, until they finally collapsed.
She was thinking that this would happen in normal practice. How many impurities would accumulate in the body if the Lingqiao acupoint was broken like hers? The foundation was even more serious than that of the senior. Maybe she wouldn't be able to wait for the spiritual platform vision.
Zhao Ning opened her eyes suddenly. She walked down from the jade platform, knelt on the short couch, took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the House of Silent Spirits and put them on the long desk, sharpening the ink, thinking about Yu Jingjue's day that day. Attitude, Yu Jingjue didn't want to treat her.
Although Zhao Ning did not believe that Yu Jingjue was talking nonsense from thousands of years ago, saying that he was practicing the best medical traditions that were thousands of years ago, Zhao Ning believed that it was Yu Jingjue who could perform the spirit-restoring injury technique, and Not others.
First, Zhao Ning guessed something from Yu Jingjue's words, and second, Qin Keyuan's previous words made Zhao Ning more sure.
"There are people who practice medicine who can use the magical power of reviving spirits and transforming injuries. People with this medicine have weird personalities and need to be more sincere."
Qin Keyuan's words passed through Zhao Ning's mind. He casually pointed out that there was this person in the market, and this person had a weird personality. In addition, the Kong family's grandfather and grandson introduced Guiyuan City. Yu Jingjue was the only one who agreed with Qin Keyuan's statement. , in Yu Jingjue's vague and perfunctory statement, Zhao Ning was more sure.
Zhao Ning thought, Senior Qin was right. When asking for medical treatment, you must show sincerity.
Chapter 048
The brush was stained with ink, and dozens of medicinal materials were written down in small regular script.
