After Yang Xueyi retreated, Meng Zhang devoted most of his time and energy to cultivation.
In addition to normal practice, he also spent a lot of time studying the "Dayan Divine Calculation".
After being assassinated by Liu Dajin last time and having a whim experience, Meng Zhang studied "Dayan Divine Calculation" again and seemed to have some clues.
With further research, he began to make gains.
In addition, the Houtu God General obtained two complete spiritual beads in the sand monster's lair last time.
This kind of treasure cannot always be left in the warehouse to gather dust. It still needs to be used in a timely manner.
As long as a complete spiritual source bead is needed, a new spiritual vein can be generated from scratch.
Of course, the newly born spiritual veins are only the first-order low-grade ones.
Each time the first-level spiritual veins are upgraded by one level, only one spiritual source bead is needed.
Of course, depending on the quality of the Lingyuan Pearl and the difference in usage techniques, the time required is also very different.
To upgrade the first-level high-grade spiritual veins to the second-order low-grade spiritual veins, two intact spiritual source beads are required.
Each time the second-level spiritual veins are upgraded by one level, three spiritual source beads are required.
There is no shortage of first-order spiritual veins in the Taiyi Sect territory, and it is of little significance to improve the grade with first-order spiritual veins.
Taiyimen's current mountain gate, Fuzhao Valley, is a second-level low-grade spiritual vein. Meng Zhang was interested in improving his rank, but he didn't have enough Spiritual Origin Beads.
Finally, Meng Zhang thought for a while and decided to upgrade Taiyi Sect's original Laoshan Sect to a second-level low-grade spiritual vein.
There was originally a first-order high-grade spiritual vein there, and it only took two spiritual beads to achieve the goal.
And Meng Zhang has not forgotten that Laoshanmen’s spiritual eyes have a special nourishing effect. The orb containing the remnant soul of the protector general, as well as the spiritual weapon and spiritual snake spear, have been kept in the spiritual eye for nourishment. Even after the Taiyimen Mountain Gate was moved, these two items were not moved.
Generally speaking, after the quality of the spiritual veins is improved, there will be some good changes in the spiritual eyes.
Meng Zhang just hoped that the nourishing effect of the spiritual eye would become stronger and the two items would be restored as soon as possible.
An important role of Earth Master, a secondary profession like General Houtu, is to help improve spiritual veins.
General Houtu took two spiritual source beads and sneaked into the underground spiritual veins.
He had already experienced the surrounding terrain and was already very familiar with the direction of the spiritual veins.
Originally, even with two Spiritual Origin Beads, it would take several years to improve the spiritual vein level.
However, God General Houtu relied on the special techniques inherited from the earth master to greatly increase the efficiency of the spiritual veins in absorbing the spiritual source beads.
It only took a little more than half a year to successfully upgrade this first-order high-grade spiritual vein to a second-order low-grade one.
Before General Houtu took action, Meng Zhang sent someone to spread the word that an animist phenomenon had occurred at the Laoshan Gate of Taiyi Gate.
After each spiritual event, new spiritual veins are usually born, or the original spiritual veins are improved.
For example, Taiyi Sect's earliest territory, Sweet Water Oasis, had a complete first-order spiritual vein because of an anima.
Although this kind of thing is relatively rare, it does happen from time to time in the world of cultivation.
The moment the spiritual veins of Taiyi Sect and Laoshan Sect were upgraded, the ground shook violently, and the powerful spiritual energy that could not be concealed spread out everywhere.
Then, Houtu God will use his skills as an earth master and begin to slowly contain the overflowing spiritual energy.
The spiritual veins of Taiyi Sect and Laoshan Sect were upgraded due to encountering the Animist Spirit.
Such news quickly spread nearby.
The people who heard it didn't think much except sighing about Taiyi Sect's good luck.
It took more than half a year for this spiritual vein to completely stabilize.
From then on, Taiyi Sect gained another second-level low-grade spiritual vein.
Meng Zhang originally purchased two sets of second-level magic circles from Da Feng City, one was used in Fuzhao Valley, and the other set was kept as a backup.
Shortly after this second-level spiritual vein was stabilized, Meng Zhang asked Wen Qiansuan to assist General Houtu in setting up this second-level magic circle.
With the protection of the second-level magic circle, there is a sense of security here.
And this spiritual vein did not disappoint Meng Zhang, and the nourishing effect of the spiritual eye was indeed greatly improved.
Whether it is the remnant soul in the orb or the spiritual weapon of the Spirit Snake Spear, the recovery speed has been increased.
After that, in addition to specially arranging disciples to guard this place, Meng Zhang and two foundation-building monks, General Houtu, also took turns to sit here.
The daylight flies by, and it has been four years since the last time Taiyimen went out to conquer the sand monster.
Meng Zhang's training in the early stage of foundation building has been completed and he can start training in the middle stage of foundation building at any time.
In addition, after these years of unremitting efforts, he finally got into the "Dayan Divine Calculation" and mastered some superficial knowledge of the art of heaven.
Meng Zhang can already use the Dayan Divine Calculation skill smoothly.
Meng Zhang can accumulate a special calculation chip by meditating according to a special method for an hour every day. On weekdays, calculations are stored in his body. When he uses Dayan Divine Calculation to calculate, he can get the required results by consuming calculation chips.
Depending on the difficulty of the calculation, the amount of calculation chips consumed varies.
If it is just a trivial matter such as calculating the next meal prepared by the dining room for you, you only need to pay one or two calculation chips.
If you want to predict weather phenomena such as wind and rain, you will need to spend more than ten calculation chips.
As for deducing more important things, such as the whereabouts of a certain magic weapon, the whereabouts of a certain monk, etc., the price paid is even greater, and doing so will consume dozens or even hundreds of calculation chips.
Of course, if all the calculations are consumed and it is not enough, one can also consume one's own lifespan.
In addition, Meng Zhang's calculated level cannot exceed his own level of cultivation.
For example, he can deduce the whereabouts of the calculator, and can at most deduce the second-order magic weapon. When calculating the whereabouts of monks, the target can only be monks in the foundation-building stage, and definitely not Jindan Zhenren or higher-level monks.
If Meng Zhang insists on forcing the calculation, there is no way out. Spending a lot of life instead of calculating, it can be more or less effective.
The maximum lifespan of a monk in the foundation-building stage is four years, but most monks in the foundation-building stage cannot live past two hundred years.
Two hundred years seems like a long time, but it’s not enough for practice.
A little is consumed here, a little is consumed there, and before you know it, two hundred years are slowly running out.
Meng Zhang did not dare to waste his precious lifespan so easily. Moreover, while losing too much lifespan, a lot of vitality will also be lost. If you don't do it well, the foundation of your practice will be shaken, and you won't be able to qualify for the Golden Elixir Stage for the rest of your life.
After getting started with Dayan's arithmetic, Meng Zhang began to accumulate arithmetic chips while continuing to learn knowledge about arithmetic.
Now Meng Zhang has successfully mastered the art of Tianji, and can barely be called a Tianji master.
