Time flies, and several months pass.
On this day, Lu Zhong went out.
In order to expand the sales of flying talismans, he accidentally got some useful information from a foundation-building monk he had just met. It turned out that not all the golden elixir monks in Lingyue Fairy City were inaccessible.
There is a golden elixir senior named Liu Piao Niang in the city. She can be said to be approachable. You only need to bring five hundred spirit stones to pay tribute, and you will learn from her many things. Only those who have reached the golden elixir level are qualified to fight with Secret things that chance learns.
When Lu Zhong got the news, he immediately became interested.
In the middle stage of foundation building, his cultivation speed suddenly slowed down a lot.
After much thought, he could not find out the specific reason.
This situation has not happened before, but Lu Zhong's spiritual power has its own purifying properties, so he is not afraid of the accumulation of erysipelas in the body, so he can forcibly increase his cultivation level by taking a large amount of refined elixirs.
In the case of a large number of kneading pills, even if you have the qualification of four spiritual roots, you can still have a cultivation speed that is comparable to that of three spiritual roots, or even the earth spiritual root.
But now, the situation has changed.
"I obviously have the help of forged spirit fire, Xuanyuan Dan worth fifty spirit stones, one every day, and there is also a spirit gathering array on the spiritual land, but why is my cultivation speed still so slow..." Lu Zhong was puzzled.
So, he made a plan to visit Liu Piao Niang, or get useful help from this golden elixir monk.
Riding the beast cart all the way through the streets and alleys, we soon arrived in front of a magnificent cave.
In front of the gate of the cave, there is a small table, and a female monk is sitting there.
What surprised Lu Zhong was that this woman was Su Xu'er, whom he had just met not long ago. Her cultivation level had improved slightly since the last time they met, and she was now at the perfect stage of Qi refining.
Seeing Lu Zhong, Su Xu'er's originally depressed expression suddenly turned away. She quickly stood up and said with a smile: "Xu'er has met Senior Lu! Thanks to Senior's insect pill, Qing'er has recovered." It’s as good as ever!”
"That's great!"
Lu Zhong guessed her identity, so he politely raised his hand and said, "I wonder if Senior Liu is free now? I would like to see you once."
The corners of Su Xuer's mouth raised mischievously, showing a confident smile, and said with a smile: "Originally, I was not free. If it were other people, I would have told them to wait for three or five months. But this time, since it is Senior Lu who is here, , then Xu'er can't let senior go in vain, please wait here for a moment!"
"Eh..." Lu Zhong wanted to stop her.
After all, it is really not a wise move to disturb a golden elixir monk rashly.
But as soon as Su Xuer turned around, she disappeared directly on the spot, making him unable to stop her.
After a while, Su Xuer came back and brought good news.
"Master, she is already in the back garden preparing to receive senior, but... although Xu'er asked for it this time, senior Lu still has to prepare gifts, otherwise master will still be angry!"
As she spoke, Su Xuer puffed up her mouth and pretended to be vicious when her master was angry.
Lu Zhong almost laughed when he saw it, but he still endured it.
Keep going.
The scale of Jindan Cave is really not small. Even if it is built in the inner ring of Lingyue Immortal City where every inch of land is precious, the front yard alone has more than ten acres of land, and the concentration of spiritual energy is not comparable to that of Xianyi Fang. The two are at least close. A hundred times difference.
"If you practice in a place like this, you can even save on pills, right?" Lu Zhong thought to himself.
But equally, the annual rent for this kind of cave is also very astonishing.
Thinking of the price, which easily started in five figures, he gave up the idea of moving to another place to live.
Following Su Xu'er, they soon came to a garden of clouds and birds, where spiritual flowers and spiritual herbs were planted everywhere, including rare elixirs that were hundreds of years old. Those clouds were formed when the spiritual plants breathed in and out spiritual energy.
Seeing the elixirs one after another, Lu Zhong was very jealous and wished he could pull them out and keep them for himself.
Of course, this is what I think about.
If he was really asked to do it, he really wouldn't have the guts to conquer the golden elixir monk Hu's beard.
After walking for a long time, I finally met Liu Piao Niang, a monk in the alchemy stage in a pavilion in the garden.
Although this person is said to have cultivated in the Danjie stage and is rumored to be more than three hundred years old, her appearance is almost the same as that of an ordinary woman, and her figure is not inferior to that of the young Su Xuer. She looks like a ripe peach, and her facial features The amorous feelings between the two are not comparable to those of ordinary female cultivators.
Lu Zhong didn't dare to look more, lest he offend the other party.
He presented the gift he had prepared in advance, bowed and said, "Junior pays homage to Senior Liu!"
The woman did not speak immediately, but looked at Lu Zhong with interest. After all, this was the first time so far that her precious disciple could ask for help.
Being looked at by a golden elixir monk like this, Lu Zhong really felt like he was on pins and needles.
The Dan Formation Stage is a much higher level than the Foundation Establishment Stage, so the former has the power to crush the latter, not to mention that this senior Liu Piao Niang is also a veteran golden elixir who has lived for more than three hundred years.
Fortunately, Liu Piaoniang only looked at it for a while, and then slowly said: "You, a junior, look at your magic power, you must be from the Heling Sect?"
How did you know? Lu Zhong was a little surprised, but when he thought that the other party was Jin Dan, he was not surprised at all. He thought that in the follow-up process of Lingyue Sect, there was no action against the former Heling Sect monks, so he boldly admitted: "Senior Wisdom Eyes Ruju, this junior has indeed practiced in Heling Sect for a period of time!"
Seeing Lu Zhong admit it personally, Liu Piaoniang laughed for some reason and glared at Su Xu'er who was eating Lingguo cakes next to her, as if she thought it was shameful to accept such a foodie apprentice, and then she Bring back the topic.
"Tell me, you, a junior, came to see me. What do you want to ask me for?"
"Junior would like to ask for advice, how can we quickly improve our cultivation? When I take elixirs, even if the accumulation of erysipelas in the body is not deep and the drug resistance is extremely low, why is my cultivation still slow? This is especially true after breakthroughs. After reaching the middle stage of foundation building, it became extremely obvious!" Lu Zhong said his purpose.
After listening to Lu Zhong's story, Liu Piao Niang pondered for a while and said: "Stretch out your hand and let me check your body."
"This..." Lu Zhong slightly hesitated.
In the case of physical contact, the other party can easily understand everything in his body, which is usually extremely taboo.
Thinking that there was no secret hidden in his body, he still reached out his hand.
When the jade finger was pointed at the wrist, a ray of divine consciousness immediately came in, and then stopped at the forearm with great sense.
"I understand!" Liu Piaoniang took her hand back and said calmly: "You, this junior, have advanced so fast that your meridians and even your body have been less infiltrated and polished by the spiritual energy. This step is very important to me. It is very important for monks. Spiritual energy can subtly change the body and make it more suitable for cultivation. This is why the higher the level, the smaller the qualification gap between monks."
Lu Zhong said expectantly: "In the opinion of the seniors, how should the juniors solve it?"
Liu Piaoniang smiled and said: "This is not easy. You don't have to do anything. Just wait for thirty to fifty years, and when your body is transformed by spiritual energy to a suitable level, your cultivation speed will naturally return to the original."
Seeing that Lu Zhong looked depressed and downcast after hearing this, the successful expression on her face flashed away, as if she had achieved some goal, and then she chuckled and said: "I do have a special body training method. It can solve the problem you encountered, junior!"
A glimmer of hope ignited in Lu Zhong's heart. He could naturally guess what the other party's purpose was. He was afraid there wasn't a lot of schemes hidden in it, but he still wanted to hear it.
If it's appropriate, there's actually no harm in agreeing.
However, although he understood what the other party was thinking, he still had to pretend, so he pretended to be Mi Hu and said, "I don't know how many spiritual stones the senior needs before he is willing to teach this body training method to the junior."
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"Pfft!" Liu Piaoniang couldn't help laughing and said bluntly: "I really don't know if your junior is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid. It can make me want to collect it. How can it be an ordinary skill? It's just a mere You can buy it with spiritual stones? I won’t make so many twists and turns with you, so I’ll just say it plainly!”
The woman reached out and took Su Xu'er into her arms, with a doting expression on her face, and then said unhurriedly: "Although the teaching beads of this body training method are damaged, I can only understand part of it. , the bead will not be able to withstand being broken, but it will be enough to solve the problems faced by your junior generation, and it is very simple for you to get it, just do one thing for me!"
It turned out to be waiting here!
Lu Zhong cursed secretly in his heart. Sure enough, a human spirit who had lived for three hundred years actually took a damaged preaching bead and wanted to do something for her. He also had a light tone, as if he could handle the matter casually. Cheng Zongzong, I really believe that you are a ghost!
Having said that, he still didn't want to miss this opportunity.
Born in sorrow and died in happiness.
Lu Zhong knew his character. If he really waited for thirty to fifty years without a breakthrough, his ambition would probably be exhausted. By then, even if he had cultivated to the point where he had perfected his foundation, he would have lost his heart towards the Tao, and he might have lost his mind due to fear. Thirty-nine heavenly tribulations, but willing to live an ordinary life.
At that time, all we can do is have a group of wives and concubines, eat together and wait to die?
It sounds good, but if you lose the opportunity to see the scenery of the world of cultivation, how can you make people willing to do it?
Northern Border, Western Border, East China Sea, Southern Barbarians!
There is a vast world outside that he has not yet seen.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong's eyes suddenly became firm.
He cupped his hands and said, "Senior, please make it clear!"
"It's a good thing for you!" Liu Piaoniang covered her mouth and said with a chuckle. She couldn't see that her words actually played a role in strengthening Lu Zhong's Taoist heart, which would be of great benefit to his future practice.
"What I want you to do is to protect my disciple and go to Shen Yuan Palace to get something!"
Shen Yuan Palace, Shen Yuan Palace again!
Lu Zhong thought to himself, why is it this place again.
After he obtained a black bead a while ago, he began to pay attention to the information related to Shen Yuan Palace, and learned some information about the secret realm here.
For those who don’t know, Shen Yuan Palace is actually a famous secret place in the southern barbarian capital. It is located at the junction of Lingyue Sect and Huayi Temple. It is a sinking basin with an area of thousands of miles, surrounded by countless terrifying ancient magic. The Forbidden Surrounding Parcel is said to have been the headquarters of a force called the "Medicine King Immortal Sect" in the past.
It's just that for unknown reasons, this force disappeared in the long river of history, leaving behind a large number of elixirs scattered throughout the secret realm, many of which were precious spiritual objects that could increase the chance of forming pills.
The Black Lotus Pearl is the token of ordinary disciples of the Medicine King Immortal Sect, so it has the ability to be used as a key to travel through forbidden areas.
Due to the settings of the Medicine King Immortal Sect, the Black Orb can only be used by foundation-building monks. If a golden elixir monk or a monk in the Qi Refining Stage obtains it, he cannot enter the secret realm with it.
"Only foundation-building monks can enter..." Lu Zhong thought of this and felt much relieved.
I have the Qingyang Mirror, a spiritual weapon, a sword and talisman that can be used as a trump card, and I still have a few chances to use the jade card given by my master, so I don’t have any problem if I want to protect myself.
The only question now is, how to deal with the black bead that entered Shen Yuan Palace?
As far as he knew, regardless of the value of the ticket, even if it was sold directly, the Black Lotus Pearl could be sold for one hundred thousand spiritual stones, which is equivalent to the normal price of a low-grade spiritual weapon, so even if he has a Black Lotus Pearl on him, Ruozhu, he would not take the initiative to take it out.
After organizing his words, Lu Zhong asked tentatively: "To be honest with you, senior, this junior is very moved, but how should we deal with this black bead?"
"This is easy to say!" Liu Piao Niang seemed to have been prepared for it. Seeing that Lu Zhong was already attracted, she immediately raised her sleeves, took out a black orb from it, and said with a smile: "If you agree, this black orb will be yours. Got it!"
Lu Zhong's eyes lit up and he thought to himself that you are really willing to give up!
But after taking a closer look, his expression became strange, and he couldn't help but ask: "How come this bead is slightly different from... what the younger generation saw in the classics?"
You have to look closely to find that the black bead in Liu Piaoniang's hand is slightly gray in color under bright light. It is not as black and bright as the two black beads that Lu Zhong got previously, and the surface is also bumpy. It looks like More like a poor imitation.
"This is just an imitation, of course it is different from the one in the classics." Liu Piaoniang saw Lu Zhong's puzzled face, so she took the initiative to explain to dispel his doubts and said: "The benefits of the secret realm of Shen Yuan Palace are so great. Even the alchemy monks like Concubine Shen couldn't help but become extremely jealous after seeing it, so some fellow Taoists who specialize in refining weapons got interested and began to study the imitation of the black bead in order to obtain the qualifications to enter."
After all, once it is really successful, even the golden elixir monks can get in, so you can imagine how much benefit you can get!
"The Black Beast Bead in front of you is the final research result. Although this object also has the function of a key to the secret realm, it is not a spiritual weapon in itself. It only has one opportunity to enter and exit, which is not as good as the real Black Beast Pearl. The effects of many secret places in Shen Yuan Palace are not cheap, it cost me a full fifty thousand spirit stones!"
Liu Piao Niang deliberately emphasized her tone in the end, her eyebrows slightly furrowed and she looked extremely distressed.
Two imitation black tiger beads are equivalent to one hundred thousand spiritual stones.
Even if she was good at making money, she still had to guide two hundred monks to accumulate this amount of spiritual stones.
Lu Zhong seemed not to have heard, and focused all his attention on the information the other party had just disclosed.
Is it true that the Black Lotus Pearl can also enter many secret places in Shen Yuan Palace?
If this is the case, then the true black bead he holds cannot be exposed.
Liu Piao Niang has already drawn up a spiritual contract and handed it out: "Junior, if you are willing, you can sign this spiritual contract."
Lu Zhong checked it and found no problem using the template.
On the other side, Liu Piaoniang saw that Lu Zhong was still refusing to sign and asked, "What, is there a problem?"
"It's like this. This junior wants to see that body-training technique." Lu Zhong has not forgotten the original purpose. If he signs the spiritual contract later and the other party randomly gives up a technique, wouldn't he want to Suffer a big loss?
After all, this was not stated clearly in the spiritual contract.
Glancing at Lu Zhong with a smile, Liu Piao Niang took out a preaching bead from her sleeve. There was a gap on its surface, and pure spiritual energy could be seen leaking out. She said calmly: "I can't believe the thoughts of a junior like you. There are so many, so I’ll let you take a look, remember you can only read the introduction!”
She said this not out of stinginess, but because the Preaching Bead was on the verge of damage, and every time she checked it the damage would increase, so she gave such a reminder in advance.
Lu Zhong took a cursory look and showed a hint of joy on his face.
There is indeed a profound body-training technique recorded in the Preaching Bead.
"Jade Vein Skill"
As the name suggests, it is a technique that focuses on meridians.
The first level tempers the small Zhoutian meridians.
The second level tempers the Great Zhoutian Meridians.
The third level tempers all the meridians of the body.
The training direction of Jade Vein Gong is very clear. It is simply to temper the meridians to make them continuously stronger and stronger, so as to accommodate more spiritual energy. This can just solve the problem faced by Lu Zhong of insufficient meridians strength, and also partially The effect of spiritual energy tempering the body.
But just like Nong Yan Jue, it is also very difficult to practice this skill.
When tempering the meridians, one needs to endure unspeakable extreme pain and spend a lot of money on spiritual stones. Special elixirs must be purchased for medicinal bathing to achieve the effect of tempering the meridians.
"That's enough!" Lu Zhongxin thought.
At the same time, I was secretly feeling regretful.
If the intensity of his spiritual consciousness could be higher, he might be able to directly interfere with the preaching bead through his spiritual consciousness in the gray fog space, and obtain the techniques inside it directly in the Hui Shuo scene.
However, this consumes too much spiritual consciousness, and he may faint from it.
By that time, if Liu Piao Niang really sees anything, it will be totally outweighed by the gain.
"Forget it, I have to go to Shen Yuan Palace anyway."
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong signed the spiritual contract.
…
After coming out of Liu Piaoniang's cave, Lu Zhong did not return to Xianyi Fang. Instead, he made a special trip to the inner ring business district. The most powerful stores in Lingyue Fairy City were all opened in that area.
The elixir required for the Jade Vein Skill is not simple, and can only be easily purchased in commercial areas.
He casually summoned a beast cart, and Lu Zhong directly used the teaching bead with the "Jade Vein Kung Fu" recorded on it. It happened that only the first level of the Kung Fu was passed down, so the bead could no longer withstand it and immediately broke into pieces. Into a pile of ashes.
He looked at it expressionlessly, and then consumed most of his consciousness to obtain the second level while recalling the scene.
As for the third-level skills, you have to wait for a while and the gentleman can try to obtain them after he recovers.
Soon we came to the business district.
There are a lot of people here, all wearing cassocks, and they are all wealthy monks.
Lu Zhong asked questions one after another, and quickly gathered all the elixirs in the "Quenching Pulse Fang Xiao Zhoutian Chapter". The whole process was quite smooth. After all, the elixirs required for the first level of exercises were all centuries old. There are no very rare types of ordinary elixirs that are less than 100 grams, so you can buy them with flower spirit stones.
After buying the elixir, he went to several elixir shops and bought out all the elixirs suitable for the middle stage of foundation building.
The quantity is not large, basically only three or three taels, and rarely a whole bottle.
