In the quiet room.
Lu Zhong slowly opened his eyes.
A happy look on his face.
"It's not easy. I finally mastered the Jingshen Thorn!"
In order to practice this technique, he endured a lot of hardships.
Using ice soul cold energy or spiritual energy to practice the Jingshen thorn as a trick is tantamount to asking for trouble. The training process is exciting.
It's like being eaten by thousands of ants.
Fortunately, he persisted.
In the sound of pinching and chanting mantras.
A small gray thorn gradually formed in his hand.
Illusive, ethereal, not like entity.
This is the Shocking God Thorn. Its entire body is made of divine consciousness. It can ignore ordinary protective shields and can directly harm the soul of a monk. It requires the use of divine consciousness protective gear or special secret techniques to defend against it.
And this kind of protective gear or secret technique is even rarer than spiritual weapons.
As far as Lu Zhong knew, generally only the true descendants of the sect or the direct descendants of the Jindan family could have such things.
They have both spiritual knowledge and secret techniques, as well as means to protect themselves.
It is precisely because of the offensive and defensive capabilities of spiritual consciousness and secret techniques that these sect true disciples or direct descendants of the Jindan family can rely on the advantages brought by their knowledge monopoly to create a huge gap in combat power with ordinary monks.
Currently, Lu Zhong is on offense and defenseless.
With a wave of his hand, he dispersed the shocking thorns.
Using the Shocking Thorn is not without cost.
For example, Lu Zhong now feels familiar waves of dizziness.
It is a side effect caused by excessive consumption of spiritual consciousness.
According to Lu Zhong's estimate, he could use the Shocking Sting three times at most before he would enter a state where his consciousness would be exhausted, he would have a splitting headache, and it would be difficult to move.
Therefore, the use of Jingshenshen must be used at critical moments.
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Time is like running water, passing by day by day.
The tidal period has long since ended.
It’s another new year, the fifty-third year since Lu Zhong came to this world.
At the end of the year, I went to live in a thatched cottage for one day.
There is no sadness at all. A monk has seen a lot of life and death, and his emotions are always more indifferent than ordinary people. In his eyes, the past is inevitably like smoke in the past.
No need to express regret, just remember.
On the first day of the new year, Yu Feng'er came to visit.
She was wearing a crimson dress today, with a white scarf draped over her shoulders, paired with a carefully combed bun and exquisite hair accessories, which made her look a little more solemn and charming than usual.
"Husband, this is the spiritual material you want."
Yu Feng'er said and handed a storage bag to Lu Zhong.
It contains elixirs, all of which are needed to refine the Grass Spirit Creation Liquid.
As for the Grass Spirit Pill, Lu Zhong has successfully mastered it by burning spirit stones during this period of time. At present, the pill production rate has reached the profit and loss line, and the refining of the Grass Spirit Creation Liquid will not be a problem.
Lu Zhong took it and checked to make sure it was OK.
"Well, I'm going to go to sea next, so I'll leave you alone."
"...I want to accompany you there." Yu Feng'er hesitated before speaking. After hesitating for a moment, she grabbed Lu Zhong's arm and whispered what she was thinking.
She wanted to be with Lu Zhong forever.
Touching Yu Feng'er's head, Lu Zhong held her in his arms again and said with a chuckle: "If our love lasts for a long time, how can we stay together day and night? Don't worry, I will be back before the tide comes. .”
It's like parting.
Both of them are foundation builders, and they have at least two hundred years to be together. It only takes half a year in the blink of an eye, so where do they come from so much sorrow?
After finally comforting her, Lu Zhong walked out of Lintao Pavilion and got on the prepared beast cart.
When they arrived at the harbor, they released the wooden spirit wind boat.
Immediately, there was a burst of acceleration, turning into blue light and going away.
…
After the tidal period, the sea beasts became much quieter.
The trip was uneventful.
Returning to Ganquan Island, there are many traces of the activities of sea beasts on it.
In order to ensure the safety of the alchemy process, Lu Zhong decided to inspect Ganquan Island.
Thanks to the intensive rainfall brought by the tide period, the vegetation on the island is obviously much lusher.
Many have already produced flower bags or are in full bloom. If there are no accidents, the fruits will mature when the tide comes and can be eaten by sea monsters that climb ashore. After digestion and excretion by sea monsters, they will take the opportunity to carry the seeds to other places. .
This is a special ecology unique to East China Sea plants.
They rely on this special method of sowing to spread their presence across the islands in the East China Sea.
Along the way, Lu Zhong found a lot of shed skin or carapace, some of which were valuable and could be sold for money. He estimated that there could be three to five hundred spirit stones.
Based on the idea that no matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat, he collected them one by one.
When we came to a headland, there was a beached ship.
To be on the safe side, Lu Zhong observed from a distance and did not approach.
The length of the sea is hundreds of feet, which is a common style of lucky boats.
According to the saying at the port, this is a lucky ship worth 5,000 yuan.
The hull of the Fuchuan is made of century-old ironwood. Ironwood spiritual energy conductivity is extremely poor, but its hardness is not inferior to that of low-grade defensive magic weapons. It is also extremely resistant to seawater corrosion, so it is often used in ship hulls.
It can be seen that this ship is dedicated to the East China Sea route.
Due to frequent attacks by sea beasts, the hull was covered with patches of various sizes, and even the armored iron plates hanging on the surface showed signs of scratching and corrosion.
But what surprised Lu Zhong was that all parts of the ship were intact.
Whether it's a mast rudder or a sail covered with wind arrays.
As far as he knew, large ships like this would be guarded by real people with golden elixirs. They were basically fighting monks who had refined their own magic weapons and had unparalleled combat power.
In terms of strength, they are far above ordinary golden elixirs.
Even if they really can't be defeated, such monks usually have a variety of escape methods and will not fall easily.
But now, everything is quiet.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster!
Lu Zhong decided to get closer to a hundred feet away and use the gray fog space to investigate.
Approach cautiously.
After a while, he found out the result.
It was not that there were no people on the boat, but the bodies had all been eaten by sea beasts, leaving only some blood and broken bones.
Judging from the remaining fragments of clothing, it is not the style of the Nanman side, but with obvious East China Sea characteristics. They are basically short clothes that are easy to move around. The clothes are often embroidered with sea water patterns or patterns of sea beasts on the sea emperor list. .
But Lu Zhong still had a question in his mind.
"Where did the alchemy monk on the ship go?"
With the strength of Jindan Zhenren, it is impossible to die easily.
Thoughts swirled in my mind, and many possibilities emerged.
Considering the time when the ship ran aground, it should have been during the tidal period. Even someone as powerful as Jin Dan would not dare to abandon the ship at will. Therefore, if the other party is still alive, it is most likely that he came ashore after being stranded.
Realizing this possibility, Lu Zhong felt a chill in his heart, thinking of the flag he planted with his own hands before going out.
"No way! It's not like that, it's really not like that..."
He quickly checked his surroundings, but fortunately no one was ambushing him.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Lu Zhong began to rewind the time of the scene to the day when the ship ran aground.
It was a stormy night with heavy rain and wind. Amidst the roars of sea beasts, a large sea ship headed straight towards the headland and finally ran aground on the beach.
Not long after, a figure stumbled out. His cultivation was in the early stage of pill formation. He was seriously injured and his face was as pale as gold paper.
This person walked towards the south while erasing the traces left behind.
Lu Zhong searched for traces all the way.
The more he followed, the uglier his face became.
Finally got an answer.
The other party is in Ganquan Cave!
"What to do? Do you want to escape or..." Lu Zhong was having a battle between heaven and man in his mind, and decided to rely on the gray fog space and explore across the mountain. The other party could not have expected that he had such an ability.
Fortunately, I have gray fog space.
After making a decision, he took a breath and hid, lurking towards Ganquan Cave.
They were careful along the way, lest they trigger the trap left by the other party.
Arrived safely.
Immediately use the gray fog space to explore the situation in Ganquan Cave.
The previously set trap channel has been lifted. Obviously, this person's formation attainments are not inferior to Lu Zhong's. Together with the Golden Spirit Lock Rock Formation and the Xiao Xumi Formation inside, they have also been cracked.
Right at the spiritual vein node, there was a figure sitting cross-legged in meditation.
There were many bottles and jars scattered in front of him, as well as medicine dregs and dirty blood spit out by this person.
Judging from his gloomy appearance, he has been out of breath for a long time.
"Dead?" Lu Zhong said in surprise.
A Jindan Daoist died like this?
Noting the scattered storage bags of the other party, I couldn't help but feel excited.
This is the relic of the alchemy monk!
He doesn't know what's inside yet, maybe even a life magic weapon. Although he doesn't have any use for it, selling it for spiritual stones would cost at least several hundred thousand.
If you get it, forming an elixir will not be a dream!
Breathing inadvertently intensified, and various conjectures came to mind.
He stood up and wanted to walk into Ganquan Cave. Lu Zhong suddenly stopped. He seemed to have thought of something and frowned slightly. He did not hesitate to use his consciousness to review the scene inside.
After a while of burning incense, I opened my eyes. The excitement in my heart faded away, and my face became gloomy.
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In the Ganquan Cave.
Haili, who died of serious injuries, now has his soul hiding in the golden elixir, and is extremely anxious.
"Why hasn't the cave owner come back? If that person doesn't come back in three days, then my soul will dissipate in the wind and I will lose the chance to be reborn!"
Haili is a monk from the East China Sea and was once the owner of a large island.
The reason why he ended up like this is related to the magic of demon pill refining.
Refining demon pills has always been a big problem.
The East China Sea cultivation world has been studying this for hundreds of thousands of years.
It involves the secret method of transforming spiritual energy, which is the key to overcoming the alchemy of demon pills. It should be noted that the demon spiritual energy contained in demon pills is not like the medicinal spiritual energy in elixirs, which can be easily refined and absorbed by monks.
If the demon spiritual energy is not transformed, the elixir produced will have no effect on the monks and will not increase their cultivation. On the contrary, they will gradually demonize themselves and eventually turn into bloodthirsty monsters that have lost their intelligence.
For hundreds of thousands of years, the East China Sea cultivation world has continuously improved the demon alchemy alchemy technique.
In the process, it is not that relevant secret methods have not been developed, but because the required demon elixirs are too rare, or require the use of extremely rare spiritual materials, those secret methods may suffer from the same raw material problems as elixir alchemy, resulting in the secret method Gradually lose its effect.
What the East China Sea cultivation world really needs is a perfect demon elixir refining technique that can utilize low-level demon elixirs and refine them in large quantities using only spiritual fire.
Only in this way can the East China Sea cultivation world grow stronger, instead of continuing to cultivate elixirs and leaving a large number of demon pills unusable.
Hai Li risked his fortune and life just to snatch a "perfect demon elixir alchemy".
But in the end, it was all in vain. The so-called perfect demon elixir refining technique had no effect. It was just an ancient secret technique from hundreds of thousands of years ago. The required spiritual materials had disappeared and there was no way to refine the elixir.
"I knew this was the case, alas..."
Haili regretted endlessly, regretting that he should not have given up on being the island master and ended up in this situation.
Suddenly, there were footsteps.
He was extremely excited, the cave owner was finally back!
"Quick, get over here! Come here and get my storage bag!" Haili shouted crazily in his heart.
As long as he waits for the opponent to get close, he can activate the body seizing.
The owner of the cave is just building a foundation. Haili, who has already formed a core, is confident that he can overpower the opponent. Once he gets the body, he will have the opportunity to return to the realm of core formation. At that time, he will be able to return to the throne of the island master. It's not impossible.
vertex
"Stop? What is he doing?"
Haili was stunned, and then he understood, and his expression changed dramatically!
On the other side, Lu Zhong was casting a spell to create a shocking thorn.
Before becoming a Nascent Soul, a monk's soul is very fragile.
It's a good thing that you had a body to live in during your lifetime, which can resist the erosion of the outside world. If you unfortunately lose the protection of your physical body, even the soul of Jindan Master will be as fragile as paper. It will not take long to dissipate with the wind, let alone be destroyed by the gods. The secret knowledge technique directly attacks.
"No, fellow Taoist, please stop!"
Lu Zhong turned a deaf ear and shot out the congealed Jingshen thorn with his finger.
The location is clearly on the right side of Haili's body, under an inconspicuous small stone.
"Ahhhhh!"
Haili let out a shrill scream.
A red ball glowed with spiritual light and rolled out from under the small stone.
The Jingshen thorn was inserted into it, and it seemed to be blocked by something, so it did not kill Haili with one blow, but only seriously injured the Danjie monk.
However, Lu Zhong's goal was also achieved.
He knew that the process of seizing a body was full of restrictions and dangers, for a soul like this that had been severely damaged.
Not to mention seizing the body, even its existence is a question.
"Tell me, what is your origin?" Lu Zhong said with a cold look on his face.
The other party was hiding under the rocks, and it was obvious that he had bad intentions, so when he saw him, he used the Shocking Thorn to severely damage the other party's soul.
Haili was in unbearable pain at the moment. The power of the divine consciousness secret technique just now was not small. Even if the caged gauze blocked most of the power, his soul was still seriously injured. If he hadn't taken spiritual substances that enhanced his soul before, , I am afraid that now I am confused and have become an incurable idiot.
Then he saw the other party raising his hand, making hand gestures and reciting a mantra, and suddenly the ghosts of the dead emerged.
"Stop, stop, stop. If you have something to say, please say it! I am Haili, a monk from the East China Sea..."
Seeing this, Lu Zhong sneered and dispersed the light in his hand.
"If I'm not mistaken, did you just want to attack and seize the house?"
When Haili heard this, he secretly thought something was wrong.
You must know that seizing someone's body has always been frowned upon in the world of immortal cultivation, especially in China. It is a serious crime that requires killing. Even in the world of East China Sea cultivation, one will be expelled from the inland sea islands.
Now that the other party saw through his plan, he suddenly felt anxious and began to think of countermeasures.
"It's unfair, fellow Taoist, I was not afraid that sea beasts would come in, so I hid my soul under the stone, so that those damn beasts wouldn't grab it from my lower body and take away the golden elixir where my soul was hidden."
Haili refused to admit that he had evil intentions and wanted to seize the owner of the cave.
"Is that so?" Lu Zhong said calmly.
He didn't delve further, as he still had many things to ask.
It's like the nautical chart in the other person's mind. This is precious information worth millions. Since this person can successfully escape to the sea outside Changchun, navigation without the nautical chart is impossible.
If you can ask, you can expect a baby in the future!
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A little late...sorry everyone
