Spring passed and autumn came, and five years passed.
Qingtang Courtyard, Qingtang Pavilion.
Shen Long was sitting cross-legged on a green futon, his eyes were slightly closed, his hands were in seals, and his body was covered by a glow.
After a while, the glow on Shen Long's body dissipated, he opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
He could clearly feel that his whole body was full of strength and his energy and blood were strong.
He took a lot of Blood Rhinoceros Pills and his strength improved a lot.
A golden spirit beast bag on Shen Long's waist shook. He patted the golden spirit beast bag, and a golden light flew out. It was the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada.
"Promoted to the second level! Not bad."
Shen Long looked happy, and he was not surprised.
Calculating the time, he has been raising the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada for more than ten years. During this period, he has regularly fed the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada with feeding pills and elixirs. It is natural for the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada to advance to the second level. matter.
The hundred-eyed golden cicada made a clear chirping sound, and its body surface shone with golden light.
Shen Long's consciousness was attached to the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada, and with the help of its eyes, he looked outside.
He was surprised to find that he could see the people on the street and even the courtyard next door. In addition, he also discovered the location of the two courtyards.
"good!"
Shen Long praised, withdrew his consciousness, took out two golden ginseng plants, and fed them to the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada.
After the hundred-eyed golden cicada ate the golden ginseng, it neighed happily, flapped its wings lightly, and kept flying above Shen Long's head.
Shen Long slapped a cyan spirit beast bag on his waist, and the blue-eyed spirit fox flew out. It was currently in the middle of the first level.
The blue-eyed spirit fox rubbed its head against Shen Long's palm, looking very affectionate.
Shen Long fed it a spirit-feeding pill and a green cloud grass, put the hundred-eyed golden cicada back into the spirit beast bag, and entered the spirit-improving pagoda.
He appeared on the first floor of Yuling Pagoda, and more than 10,000 gold-eating ants flew over, like a huge golden cloud.
Under Shen Long's careful cultivation, the number of gold-eating ants has grown rapidly. Currently, there are more than 15,000, including 33 second-level gold-eating ants, and more than 500 late first-level gold-eating ants. Gold ants and gold-eating queens are at the early stage of the second level.
With a pinch of Shen Long's secret, more than 10,000 gold-eating ants condensed into a golden spear, its whole body glowing with golden light.
The second-level gold-eating ants have mastered the golden armor technique, and it is difficult for medium-level magic weapons to break the golden armor technique. In this way, they condense into the form of weapons to hurt the enemy.
As soon as Shen Long's magic formula changed, the golden spear turned into more than 10,000 gold-eating ants, flying to Shen Long's body. They condensed into a golden armor, protecting Shen Long's whole body.
Insect beetle magic!
This is the unique ability of social spiritual insects, which can be condensed into armor to protect their master.
The higher the level of gold-eating ants, the greater the number, and the stronger the defense power of the condensed armor.
As soon as Shen Long's magic formula changed, the golden battle armor turned into more than 10,000 gold-eating ants, floating in front of Shen Long.
Shen Long took out a cyan storage bag, with the mouth of the bag facing down, and poured it down. After a green glow passed by, a large pile of metal ore appeared on the ground.
The queen of gold-eating ants flew on the black marrow stone and started to chew it. The other second-level gold-eating ants enjoyed the black stone, and the first-level gold-eating ants enjoyed the first-level weapon refining materials.
Even though Shen Long was an alchemist, it was very difficult to raise so many spiritual beasts and insects. Fortunately, he killed four people of Li Jian and got a lot of property.
When Shen Long reached the second floor, an astonishing wave of heat hit his face.
He whistled, and a sharp bird song came from high in the sky. The golden-winged wind peng fell from the sky and landed in front of Shen Long.
Its size is more than twice as large as before, its wings are two feet long, and its size is far larger than that of spiritual birds of the same level.
Golden-winged Fengpeng is currently at the late stage of the first level, and its growth rate is relatively fast, mainly because Shen Long invested a lot of immortal cultivation resources to cultivate it.
Shen Long took out three spirit-feeding pills and three hundred-year-old green wind grass and fed them to Golden Winged Feng Peng.
The golden-winged Fengpeng made a cheerful bird call, flapped its wings, blew up a gust of wind, and flew high into the sky.
As Shen Long’s natal spiritual bird, the Golden-winged Wind Peng
As he advanced, Shen Long benefited.
In the past five years, he has mastered a second-level wind spell - Wind Wall Technique, which is a defensive spell. In addition, Shen Long feels that his body is much lighter and his reactions are faster.
Shen Long released the Iron Tail Scorpion. The Iron Tail Scorpion was much larger and was still at the early stage of the second level.
He took out two century-old ink mustard grass and fed it to the Iron-tailed Scorpion. The fire rock beast rushed over, and Shen Long fed two fire cloud ginseng plants.
He inspected the volcanoes, applied rain to the elixir and fruit trees, and then exited the Spirit Control Tower.
Shen Long took out a blue communication disk, entered a magic formula, and asked: "Liu Shi, is there any news about the second-level dragon essence and blood?"
"not yet."
Liu Shi said.
Shen Long frowned. He had finished taking the Blood Dragon Pill. Without the second-level dragon essence and blood, he could not practice the "Nine Transformation Dragon Skill".
"Is there anything unusual or any major news in the city?"
Shen Long asked.
"No!"
Liu Shi said.
Shen Long was a little disappointed. Liu Shi's cultivation level was too low and he couldn't access important information.
Shen Long gave some instructions and put away the interrogation tray.
He contacted Liu Yushan and other foundation-building monks to inquire about the essence and blood of the second-order dragon, but there was no news.
Shen Long put the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada back into the spirit beast bag and walked out.
Shen Long started wandering on the street, met many acquaintances, and said hello to them.
He came to the Qingshi Square where there were stalls. There was no stall. He walked around and bought some materials for refining weapons and alchemy.
After a cup of tea, Shen Long appeared at the exit of Fangshi, and his royal weapon flew high into the sky at a very fast speed.
Three days later, he appeared above a dense green bamboo forest, descended slowly, and put away his flying magic weapon.
Shen Long released the blue-eyed spirit fox, iron-tailed scorpion and hundred-eyed golden cicada. His consciousness was attached to the hundred-eyed golden cicada. With the help of the hundred-eyed golden cicada's eyes, he could see every plant and tree within ten miles.
With the help of the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada, Shen Long can easily find where there are monsters and magical medicines.
The iron-tailed scorpion's body glowed yellow and dived into the ground. The blue-eyed spirit fox sniffed the air a few times and ran towards the southwest.
Shen Long used his wind control technique and followed him.
Before long, he disappeared deep into the bamboo forest.
Half a day later, Shen Long appeared in a long and narrow canyon. The stone walls on both sides were uneven and the vegetation in the canyon was sparse, making it look a bit desolate.
The blue-eyed spirit fox stopped. There was a cave not far away that was about ten feet big.
With the help of the eyes of the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada, Shen Long could clearly see the situation inside the cave. There were two red centipedes in the cave, as well as dozens of blood-leaf flowers. Blood-leaf flowers are a poisonous weed, poisonous insects and poisonous beasts. Something to love.
Shen Long's consciousness was widened and he sensed two auras in the cave, both of which were second-order demonic insects, so he felt relieved.
He put the blue-eyed spirit fox back into his spirit beast bag and strode towards the cave.
The cave is dark and dry, which does not affect Shen Long's actions.
Not long after, he came to the end of the cave and appeared in a cave several acres in size.
There are two red centipedes two feet long in the lower left corner, with extremely long tentacles and a row of sickle-like red claws under the abdomen.
As soon as Shen Long entered the cave, he alerted them.
Two red centipedes opened their mouths at the same time, and each sprayed dozens of red fireballs as big as millstones, hitting Shen Long.
Shen Long raised his right hand, and a green wind wall about ten feet high appeared in front of him.
Dozens of red fireballs hit the green wind wall, like an egg hitting a rock, and instantly disintegrated.
Two red centipedes pounced on Shen Long, and they crawled very fast.
At this moment, a dozen thick green vines emerged from the ground and wrapped around their bodies.
The iron-tailed scorpion emerged from the ground, its tail stinger suddenly trembled, and it accurately hit the head of a red centipede. There was a muffled sound, and more than a dozen blood holes appeared on the red centipede's head, killing it on the spot.
The sharp claws under the belly of another red centipede struck at the green vines, easily breaking them.
It opened its mouth and spit out a stream of red flames, heading straight for the Iron-tailed Scorpion.
The iron-tailed scorpion reacted very quickly. Before the red flame could get close, it dived into the ground.
The red flames hit the ground, exploding a huge crater, and there were signs of melting in the crater.
Dozens of thick green vines broke out of the ground and entangled the red centipede's body again.
The red centipede was about to cut off the green vines with its sharp claws when a sharp hissing sound sounded and its reaction slowed down.
The iron-tailed scorpion emerged from the ground and appeared in front of the red centipede. Its tail stinger suddenly shook, and a large black line shot out, hitting the red centipede's head one after another.
Suddenly there were more than a dozen bloody holes on its head, and it lost its breath.
The Iron-tailed Scorpion destroyed the two early-stage second-level monster centipedes effortlessly.
The iron-tailed scorpion waved its pincers, tearing apart the red centipede's body and putting it into its mouth.
Shen Long ignored it, put on a pair of blue gloves, and carefully dug out all the blood leaf flowers.
There are a total of forty-five blood-leaf flowers, the lowest age is twenty years old, the highest age is more than a hundred years old.
These blood leaf flowers can be used to feed iron-tailed scorpions and can also be used to make elixirs.
Shen Long sacrificed a black gourd and inserted a magic spell. The black gourd bloomed with dazzling black light. It grew in size and sprayed out a black glow, covering the bodies of two red centipedes. Two mini centipedes flew out from the body. , this is their essence, which can be used to refine weapons and make talismans.
The black gourd is a medium-grade magic weapon, the demon soul gourd, which is mainly used to store the souls of demonic beasts.
He put away the body of a red centipede, and the other one was eaten by an iron-tailed scorpion.
Shen Long released the blue-eyed spirit fox and let it continue to search for the elixir.
It's not that he lacks this thing, he just takes this opportunity to hone the blue-eyed fox and enrich its experience in searching for elixirs.
After leaving the canyon, there is a dense black forest in front of us. At a glance, we can see a large number of black trees with lush branches and leaves.
The iron-tailed scorpion was moving underground. Shen Long used the hundred-eyed golden cicada to explore the path. After confirming that there was no problem, he let the blue-eyed spirit fox move forward.
Not long after, he disappeared into the dark forest.
Seven days later, Shen Long stood in an open area. Not far away was a steep mountain peak, and at the foot of the mountain was a cave entrance several feet wide.
Along the way, Shen Long killed many second-order monster beasts and insects. Basically, the iron-tailed scorpions and fire rock beasts could take care of them without him taking action.
The blue-eyed spirit fox stood next to Shen Long, not daring to move forward.
Shen Long used the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada to investigate. There was a group of bloodthirsty bats in this cave. The bloodthirsty bats were brutal and bloodthirsty. They flew relatively fast and could release wind blades and sound waves to damage the enemy.
There are hundreds of blood moon grasses in the bloodthirsty bat's lair. The century-old blood moon grass can be used to refine the blood moon pill, which has the effect of replenishing qi and blood and has a good healing effect.
Shen Long put away the blue-eyed spirit fox, released the fire rock beast, and let it enter the cave.
The fire rock beast naturally obeyed the order and rushed into the cave.
Not long after, a deafening explosion came from the cave.
With the help of the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada, Shen Long could see what was going on inside the cave. The Fire Rock Beast was attacked by hundreds of black bats with blood-red eyes.
He quickly gave the order to the fire rock beast to come back.
The fire rock beast opened its mouth and spit out dozens of red fireballs as big as millstones, which hit the bloodthirsty bat, then turned and ran towards the outside of the cave.
The Bloodthirsty Bat King is in the middle stage of the second level. It makes a harsh roar and spits out a blood-colored sound wave to meet the incoming red fireball.
The blood-colored sound waves collided with dozens of red fireballs and died together.
The other bloodthirsty bats flapped their wings and released gray wind blades, heading straight for the fire rock beast.
The fire rock beast's body surface glowed red, and a thick red light curtain emerged, covering its whole body, which was the fire shield technique.
Dense gray wind blades hit the red light curtain one after another, making a muffled sound, and the red light curtain dimmed.
, it broke into pieces not long after, the gray wind blade hit the fire rock beast, and there was a muffled sound. There were some faint slash marks on its body surface, which could not be found without careful observation.
The fire rock beast rushed out of the cave, and the bloodthirsty bat king chased out, and other bloodthirsty bats followed.
A sharp neighing sound sounded, and their speed slowed down, but soon they returned to normal and chased away.
As soon as they flew out of the cave, a green tornado swept over them. The strong air flow sucked them into the green tornado. The first-order bloodthirsty bat was directly twisted into a blood mist by the strong air flow.
The Bat King sprayed out a blood-colored sound wave and defeated the green tornado. A harsh sound broke through the air, and hundreds of golden arrows shot out, piercing the bodies of a large number of bloodthirsty bats, and they fell from the mid-air.
In one encounter, most of the bloodthirsty bats were reduced, with only more than thirty bloodthirsty bats left, and more than a dozen early second-level bloodthirsty bats.
The golden arrows disintegrated and turned into a large number of gold-eating ants. They flew into the air, and with the second-order gold-eating ants as the center, they condensed into more than thirty golden spears and headed straight for the bloodthirsty bat.
The Bat King flapped his wings lightly, and a giant black wind blade flew out. Other bloodthirsty bats followed suit and released wind blades to attack the golden spear.
With a pinch of Shen Long's magic formula, more than thirty golden spears lit up with a burst of golden light at the same time. The giant wind blade hit the golden light, and there was a sound of gold and iron clashing. The golden spears were intact.
The golden spear hit the bloodthirsty bat's body, easily piercing the bloodthirsty bat's body, and more than half of the bloodthirsty bats were killed.
The Bloodthirsty Bat King realized something was wrong and wanted to escape from this place. A sharp and piercing hissing sound sounded. It suddenly felt dizzy, as if someone had hit it head-on.
When it came back to its senses, more than thirty golden spears had merged into one, turning into a golden spear several feet long, hitting it and nailing it to the stone wall easily.
The bloodthirsty bat king is not dead yet, his body is struggling violently.
The tail of the golden spear disintegrated and turned into thousands of gold-eating ants. They condensed into dozens of golden arrows and struck the bloodthirsty bat king one after another, pricking it into a sieve.
The bloodthirsty bat king died, and the remaining bloodthirsty bats wanted to escape. Dozens of golden spears shot out, catching up with them easily and piercing their bodies.
None of the more than a hundred bloodthirsty bats escaped the net and were all killed, and more than a hundred gold-eating ants were lost.
Shen Long's face was filled with joy, and with a pinch of the magic formula, more than 10,000 gold-eating ants flew back to the spirit beast bag.
He sacrificed the demon soul gourd, took away the bloodthirsty bat's soul, and then put the bloodthirsty bat's body into the storage bag.
He walked into the cave and picked blood moon grass.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Shen Long walked out.
He did not continue to hunt monsters. This time he went out and killed many second-level monsters, and also obtained a lot of elixirs, with the highest age being one hundred and fifty years.
He put the fire rock beast and iron-tailed scorpion back into the spirit beast bag, and left the place with his royal weapon.
Returning to Fangshi, Shen Long sold some monster beast corpses, purchased a batch of second-level weapon refining materials, and returned to Qingtang Courtyard.
He saw a transmission talisman floating in the center of the yard. He grabbed the transmission talisman and crushed it. Qin Yuwei's voice rang out: "Fellow Daoist Shen, in two months it will be the 100th birthday of the head of our Qin family. If you are free, come to us." The Qin family is having a drink, and many fellow Taoists are participating."
"100th birthday!"
Shen Long was stunned for a moment, took out a blue communication disk, entered a magic formula, and asked: "Master Nephew Chen, is there anything going on in the world of immortality recently?"
"Hundred Ghosts Sanren has appeared. He has advanced to the late stage of foundation building. He has not appeared for decades. Everyone thought he was dead. The head of the Qin family is celebrating his 100th birthday. The Qin family has sent out invitations and invited many Guests, Master Xuan Ming of the Yin Corpse Sect has returned, his cultivation has greatly improved, and he is already in the late stage of pill formation."
Chen Li said slowly.
Shen Long nodded. It seemed that Qin Yuwei was not lying.
He was in an enemy country and had to be cautious.
Shen Long asked several questions, and Chen Li answered them all.
Shen Long put away the communication tray, sat down cross-legged, and meditated to adjust his breathing.
A quarter of an hour later, Shen Long
Adjusting his condition to the best, he took out a Blood Rhinoceros Pill and put it in his mouth.
The elixir melted in his mouth, and not long after, Shen Long could clearly feel his body getting slightly warm.
He quickly exercised his energy and refined the medicinal power.
Seven days passed quickly. Early that morning, Shen Long walked out of Qingtang Courtyard, intending to set up a stall to sell elixirs. Before he had gone far, Lin Guang walked towards him.
"Fellow Daoist Shen, I haven't seen you for a long time. Fellow Daoist Ye has something to do with you. I wonder if it would be convenient for Daoyou Shen to come to my place and have a chat?"
Lin Guang said politely.
He is currently in the middle stage of foundation building, and he often buys elixirs from Shen Long.
Most of the foundation-building casual cultivators in Fang City have bought elixirs from Shen Long, and Shen Long is somewhat famous in Fang City.
"convenient."
Shen Long agreed and followed Lin Guang to Zizhuyuan.
Ye Hong, Su Nan and Yu Susu are all here. Yu Susu and Su Nan are both in the middle stage of foundation building, and Ye Hong is still in the middle stage of foundation building.
After chatting for a while, Ye Hong got down to business: "Fellow Daoist Shen, we found an ancient monk's cave, but the power of the restriction is too strong and we can't break it. We would like to invite you to join us, how about it?"
"Ancient Monk's Cave?"
Shen Long was slightly startled.
