As time passed day by day, Lu Zhong kept paying attention to Feng'er's movements.
Perhaps the Ice Spirit Grass had a miraculous effect, and her condition was stabilizing and improving. She thought it was very possible to become a Nascent Soul.
Slowly, another three years passed.
During this period, in addition to his daily meditation practice, Lu Zhong also found time to further perfect the secret technique of the Broken Star Finger. While maintaining the same power, it also reduces the originally huge side effects. It is no longer like before, where one use will cause serious damage to the finger.
Next, he will continue to perfect the Broken Star Finger.
The goal is to create a magical spell, a magical spell that belongs exclusively to him, Lu Zhong. However, this takes a lot of time, and the results will not be seen for a while.
Just as the Southern Barbarians were becoming increasingly peaceful and the disputes were gradually subsided, waves arose.
…
Early spring.
The blue sea is already a piece of blue.
After finishing his night of practice, Lu Zhong stood up and opened the door of the quiet room.
It was raining outside, and drizzles were falling.
After taking a breath of fresh air, he walked along the path to the waterside pavilion. After breakfast, he was going to process the spiritual materials that he had brought yesterday so that he could refine them into elixirs.
Today it’s still wontons.
It is made with the lotus petals of Huo Hua Lian as the main ingredient and mixed with the essence of monsters. It tastes refreshing, with a hint of lotus fragrance.
The rich spiritual energy melted in his stomach, and his cultivation level also increased a lot.
Downed three bowls in a row.
Only then did Lu Zhong quickly put down the bowl, still not satisfied.
It's not that he doesn't want to eat more, but the fire flower lotus doesn't have many lotus petals, and he also took the essence to make elixirs before, so the Ling Kitchen can only cook three bowls of wontons.
Suddenly, an unknown wave swept past.
Lu Zhong's expression changed, he stood up and walked out of the waterside pavilion in a vigorous step, and then used the Star Escape to dodge continuously. When he stopped, he was already thousands of feet high in the sky.
Looking towards the north, a look of horror appeared on his face.
I saw a "black wall" in that direction, reaching thousands of feet in the sky and reaching the ground. It was sweeping towards this direction at a speed no less than that of the Yuanying monks flying away.
Everywhere he passed, the sky and the earth were shrouded in clouds.
"What happened?" Lu Zhong looked confused.
Not long after, the black wall pushed forward.
With lightning speed, Bihai Island was directly submerged.
At the same time, Lu Zhong noticed a familiar aura that was rising exponentially.
"Naihe?"
Someone triggered Naihe's power!
Lu Zhong immediately thought of the person from the Youxuan Dao Sect, and he couldn't help but be horrified, "Could it be that this person has already started his ascension plan?"
If it weren't for the power of the gods to activate the heaven and earth, it would be extremely difficult to explain why there were such changes.
His expression became gloomy and uncertain.
Use the power of Naihe to achieve your goal of ascension.
This move can be described as crazy.
You don't need to think about it to know that this move will definitely bring huge disasters.
"What will happen next?"
Lu Zhong was not clear about this.
After observing for a while at high altitude, he saw that no abnormal phenomena appeared. He was so worried that he had to land on the ground. His eyes fell on the faces of the maids, and he found that their faces were all abnormally white.
The reason for this situation is very simple. It is the erosion phenomenon caused by the power of Naihe manifesting in the world and the permeation of Yin spiritual energy.
If a monk continues to be eroded by Yin Qi, he will inevitably turn into a ghost.
"Even Bihai is like this, so the situation in the Southern Barbarians must be even more serious."
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong connected to the incarnation of Bihai Sect.
Unexpectedly, according to the avatar's report, the Nanman side was not affected. The reason is that the Great Wall of Aura Blocking set up by the sorcerers can not only block the dry tide spreading from the south, but can also block the power of the Naihe River, so that the southern barbarian beings can survive.
Naihe's manifestation lasted for six days and six nights.
Just at dawn on the seventh day.
The dark clouds covering the world suddenly disappeared!
Then, a heart-warming breath swept in from the north.
The higher the cultivation level, the more obvious the feeling.
"It's a catastrophe coming!"
Lu Zhong, who was meditating in the quiet room, suddenly opened his eyes and his face turned slightly pale.
"I didn't expect that that person actually triggered the catastrophe!"
This is something that has never happened in this world for hundreds of thousands of years.
For some unknown reason, no god has ascended in this world for a very long time. Unexpectedly, the god of Youxuan Dao Sect succeeded in triggering the catastrophe of ascension with the help of Naihe's power.
Will that one succeed?
As a monk, Lu Zhong hopes from the bottom of his heart that this cut off road can be continued.
This thought has nothing to do with good or evil.
He still has a bottom line in his heart, and he will not resort to such crazy means as the other party, which harms hundreds of millions of living beings to achieve his own selfish desires. But if Xizong's transformation into a god can truly ascend successfully, it will undoubtedly prove that the road ahead has not been completely cut off, and monks in this world still have hope of ascending to the upper world.
In the future, if he can reach the state of becoming a god, he may find another way to ascend.
Time passed by minute by minute.
The aura of heavenly calamity still envelopes this world.
Mortals and most low- and mid-level monks are not aware of this change. They just feel that the weather has been unpredictable recently, but life continues as usual.
The sun rises and sets, and everything has nothing to do with them.
Only monks like Lu Zhong, who have reached the upper level of this world, are paying close attention to this matter.
Months passed in the blink of an eye.
The Lantern Festival is coming.
Lu Zhong stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the aura of heavenly tribulation that continued to pour in from the north. He couldn't help but feel strange. He thought that the duration of this tribulation was too long.
According to the records in the classics, the Ascension Tribulation was just a formality.
Where is it like now? It lasted for half a year.
…
Since the calamity of ascension came, Lu Zhong has been suffering every day. Under the aura of calamity, it is difficult to calm down, let alone meditating and refining his energy.
Helpless, he had no choice but to try to adapt himself.
As for cultivation, if it stagnates, it will stagnate.
It is better than forcing yourself to practice and become obsessed with it.
Time flies like water, and it has been three years in a blink of an eye.
Late one night.
Lu Zhong woke up from his trance.
Then his body flashed and he quickly reached the sky.
"He succeeded……"
Looking at the colorful clouds sweeping over from the north, his mood was extremely complicated. On the one hand, he knew that the road ahead was open, and felt joy from the bottom of his heart; on the other hand, he sighed that the god of the Youxuan Dao Sect, even if he committed such a crime, How could he succeed in ascending even though he was killing so many evil people?
Could it be that there is really a flaw in the way of heaven?
Immediately, he stopped thinking about it and carefully felt the wave of spiritual energy that he had experienced for the first time in hundreds of thousands of years.
The tide of spiritual energy that appears after a monk successfully ascends is proof that there are monks in this world who have successfully ascended. When the formal calamity of ascension dissipates, the upper world will give feedback.
As if it were a reward, pure spiritual energy would flow out of the Ascension Gate in a massive amount to replenish the lower realm spiritual energy consumed by the ascended monks during their practice.
Generally speaking, the greater the number of gods ascending from the lower realm.
Then after receiving the spiritual energy feedback, the spiritual energy in this world will become more and more abundant.
If things go on like this, according to the records in the immortal classics, it is even possible for the world to be upgraded, that is, from a low-level world with poor spiritual energy, to an extremely abundant spiritual energy that can support the middle and upper realms, that is, refining, integrating, and even The spiritual world where all Mahayana monks can exist.
Feeling the "fresh spiritual energy" rushing towards my face, even my soul was trembling with comfort.
At this moment, Lu Zhong couldn't help but think again.
As soon as the spiritual tide arrives, perhaps in the minds of some monks, the Taoist transformation god who was killing all sentient beings and posing huge hidden dangers to this world may now become the savior of the monks. Just because he brought an immeasurable amount of spiritual energy to this world where spiritual energy was exhausted.
…
Since the arrival of the spiritual tide.
The concentration of spiritual energy in the world is getting higher and higher day by day.
Affected by the spiritual tide incident, the production of spiritual plants in various regions of the Southern Barbarians increased significantly, which in turn triggered a wave of price cuts for elixirs. Low-level elixirs that used to be expensive in the past are now available to ordinary monks.
Not to mention Lingmi.
After the spiritual energy of heaven and earth rises, a large number of spiritual rice varieties can be planted in the wild, especially Qinghe spiritual rice, which requires very little spiritual energy, and can even survive in the mortal world.
Many forces that hoarded spiritual rice suffered serious losses as a result.
The influence of the spiritual tide does not stop there. As the concentration of spiritual energy increases, the spiritual energy barren land in the past will be called a low spiritual area in the future. Although the concentration of spiritual energy there still cannot support the cultivation of high-level monks, it is an opportunity for monks in the Qi refining period, especially in the early stages of Qi refining, to get rid of exploitation.
In the quiet room, Lu Zhong was reading the files.
According to the statistical report submitted by Su Caocao, whether it is the Bihai region or the Seven Southern Barbarian Regions, a large-scale migration wave of low-level monks has formed. Countless monks chose to leave Xianchengfang City and began to disperse to low-level areas. Live in groups.
In the foreseeable future, a large number of "immortal cultivating villages" will spring up all over Nanman.
Without these "cheap labor", workshops in fairy cities in various cities have experienced large-scale shutdowns. Many families whose interests have been harmed have already begun to take action.
Or implement lenient policies to improve labor conditions.
Or...use strong tactics.
Conflicts and contradictions arise from this.
The question now before Lu Zhong is, how should Bihaizong decide on this incident?
It is to allow low-level monks to continue migrating;
Or turn to the sect family to hinder the spread of migration.
No matter which choice you make, there are pros and cons.
Allowing migration is undoubtedly an act of betrayal of a class that has its own interests.
As the Nascent Soul Sect, the Bihai Sect is essentially the representative of the interests of all the sects and families. While supporting him, the True Lord of the Nascent Soul, there is still a lot of leftovers left over, from which all forces can take what they need. Therefore, we can work together to maintain the stability of a region.
Once loose cultivators are allowed to migrate, the sects and families under the rule whose interests are harmed will undoubtedly become alienated from the Bihai Sect, causing a lot of trouble.
In Lu Zhong's eyes, this decision is undoubtedly an option to reduce stability.
However, if we strengthen our own class and issue laws to prohibit the migration of loose cultivators, it will inevitably cause other troubles. Monks are the ones whose great power is their own. Unless their freedom of movement is restricted by legal prohibitions, there is no chance of success in stopping the migration tide.
Compared with allowing, prohibiting is undoubtedly more difficult.
And this move goes against the general trend of heaven and earth.
After much thought, Lu Zhong decided to go with the flow and obey the general trend.
Moreover, the migration tide actually brings more advantages than disadvantages to the Bihai Sect. When more spiritual objects are produced in the spiritual fields, the Bihai Immortal Cultivation World will surely prosper as a result.
"Rebirth of the Great Era of Fighting Waves"
As for those vassal forces, if they are deviating from morality, they should be deviating from morality.
In the world of immortality, strength is ultimately respected.
There is Nascent Soul in charge.
The sect family below cannot change the world.
…
The will of the Nascent Soul is the will of the sect.
Adhering to Lu Zhong's will, Bihaizong promulgated the "Free Movement Decree".
In a nutshell, the content of the law is that in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Bihai Sect, except for resource points such as spiritual vein mines, monks with innocent wealth only need to agree with the jurisdiction of the Bihai Sect. No matter where they are from, they can use it according to their level of cultivation. Use spiritual stones to purchase land of corresponding area.
As soon as this decree came out, it caused shock in the southern barbarians.
This is no longer permission, it is clearly encouraging migration!
In the waterside pavilion, Lu Zhong and Shui Ni sat opposite each other.
Putting down the tea cup, Shui Ni, who came from afar, persuaded again and again: "You might as well be more cautious. Even if you find a place to try it first, if the law is feasible, it will not be too late to promote it. After all, the spiritual tide has an end. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth cannot continue to improve, and it will eventually come to an end."
Once the spiritual energy declines again.
What should we do with the number of monks who have grown during the spiritual tide?
Shui Ni always felt that Lu Zhong acted steadily, but this time he was really too reckless, which was obviously not the style he should have.
Her concerns are justified.
When the number of monks increases and there are not enough resources available, the degree of involution in the world of immortality will be far greater than it is now. Everyone has already seen the consequences of spiritual energy exhaustion. If the degree of involution intensifies, we don’t know what kind of fierce competition we will face.
And if the monk's power is attributed to himself, it may cause chaos in the world of immortality.
"Don't worry, I have my own considerations!" Lu Zhong said calmly.
The emergence of spiritual energy conversion technology is of great significance to the world of immortal cultivators. Within the foreseeable upper limit of development, this technology can convert demon spiritual energy into fairy spiritual energy. Naturally, it can also transform other spiritual energy that immortal cultivators could not use before. into usable fairy aura.
Furthermore, in the Temple of Ten Thousand Witches and the Gate of Ascension, he also saw another possibility of continuing the world of immortality.
Since there are countless spiritual energies outside, why should our eyes be limited to one realm?
If the spiritual energy is exhausted, just take it from outside.
There is no such thing as depletion of spiritual energy outside.
According to Lu Zhong's estimation, the seven sects of the Southern Barbarians worked together to bring the Ten Thousand Witches Palace down. When the void passage was opened, the amount of spiritual energy that poured into the Southern Barbarians was not large. It was slightly larger than when the formation was activated, leading to the deployment and operation of Xuandu. The secret array consumes spiritual resources.
As it enters and exits, the total amount of spiritual energy actually increases.
It shows that opening the void channel to replenish spiritual energy has a high possibility of success.
Of course, there may be risks involved.
After all, the predecessors were not fools. They probably noticed something and did not choose to expand outside for a long time. Always choose to stick to the current place and wait for the opportunity of change to come.
But Lu Zhong still insisted on his opinion.
Otherwise, given the current environment of heaven and earth, he would definitely not be able to ascend to the upper realm.
After all, you can't cross the bottom line in your heart.
It is impossible to behave like a Taoist sect transforming into a god, treating all spirits as pigs, dogs and lambs.
Even if he succeeds in transforming into a god in the future, due to lack of sufficient resources, the final outcome will probably be like the previous transformation into a god, standing alone at the top of this world, waiting for the moment of decay.
In order to change this outcome, external development became the hope.
The large number of monks that have been reproduced are the reserve force for the implementation of the development plan. After all, no matter how strong he is, no matter how powerful he is, he will eventually run out of power.
Seeing that Lu Zhong had made up his mind, Shui Ni had no choice but to give up persuading him.
She turned to focus on Yu Feng'er's situation.
"According to the current trend, it will take Feng'er about six years to take the final step and trigger the Sixty-nine Heavenly Tribulation." Lu Zhong expressed his guess.
The speculation is well-founded and not just empty talk.
It's all based on his observation of Feng'er.
After hearing this, Shui Ni still didn't feel relieved. She went to Yu Feng'er's retreat place and sensed her aura. Although it was not as accurate as Lu Zhong's scene review, she still used this to determine Yu Feng'er's state. , the heart that had been hanging on me finally let go.
It was agreed that he would come to protect the Dharma in six years.
Shui Ni then left.
After sending her away, Lu Zhong's life returned to peace.
He is still persevering every day and has been meditating and refining his energy for hundreds of years to maintain his cultivation and keep improving. At the same time, he is also busy improving the secret technique of Shattering Star Finger.
Running the sect is a secondary matter and can only be used as an auxiliary to improve your cultivation.
Lu Zhong saw this very clearly.
Therefore, he has always left the sundries to the incarnation to deal with.
The days passed.
The impact of the migration law is gradually revealed. When migration in other places is suppressed overtly or covertly, the Bihai Sect, which openly encourages migration, has become a beacon in the darkness.
Loose cultivators began to migrate towards the Bihai Sect. Whether it was the Bihai area on the Nanman continent or the Bihai area overseas, a large number of monks poured in.
They may be traveling with their families or alone.
He traveled a long distance and chose to settle in Bihai Sect.
…
When the undercurrent of the outside world surges.
Just as Lu Zhong had predicted, one day six years later, the sky above Chaosheng Cave suddenly changed, and Yu Feng'er finally took the last step to attack the Nascent Soul Pass.
In order to protect Yu Feng'er, Lu Zhong could be said to have mobilized all his strength.
In addition to Shui Ni who came over, they also sent out the Mountain-shaking Blue Sea Ship, and it was Ba Qiong, the queen of the transformed insects. Both of them have Nascent Soul-level combat power. Even if they cannot defeat the invading enemy, if they just want to hold the opponent back, this is not difficult to do, and it will be enough to last until Lu Zhong comes to support.
In this way, the Nascent Soul's combat power will be guarded on all sides.
Although I dare not say that it is foolproof, it can at least prevent most threats.
As for the invasion of gods?
Thinking about it, I knew it was impossible. The natural and man-made disasters encountered during the Tribulation were just a kind of hardship, and they were not intended to kill the cultivators. When Lu Zhong didn't expose himself, he really couldn't think of a reason why Feng'er transformed into a god and took action when he was going through the tribulation.
Just when Lu Zhong was alert, his expression suddenly changed and he glanced at the suspended figure in the air, as if he sensed something.
Soon, a freezing storm appeared.
Wherever he passed, whether it was sea water or vegetation, everything turned into withered ice.
This is the celestial phenomenon of having a baby.
Although the scope of influence is small, the symbolic significance is not small at all.
"Start breaking the pills!"
His heart tightened, and he became even more vigilant.
Tianluo Secret Boy was pushed to the extreme, trying not to miss any detail to prevent any real threat from taking advantage of the opportunity to interfere with Yu Feng'er's breakthrough.
Time passed by minute by minute.
Disaster comes as expected.
First, Shui Ni guarded the direction, and then Baqiong led the insect swarm to guard the position.
According to the information report, the person who attacked Shui Ni was a strange Nascent Soul monk.
As for the origin of this person, through the secret techniques he performed and the visions he experienced while exercising, it can be initially concluded that he was born in the Changchun Valley and came here to avenge the destruction of his sect.
From this point of view, Changchun Valley truly deserves to be called the Ten Thousand Years Sect.
There are many hidden secret hands, and even after the destruction, a Nascent Soul Lord can be cultivated.
As for Ba Qiong, the one who attacked was a demon cultivator in disguise.
Through the description sent by the Queen of Insects, Lu Zhong discovered that the other party was the demon cultivator and conch girl that he had met once before in the Black Evil Abyss. Apparently, the Shuigong side had blamed Bihai Sect for the black dragon's death, so Yu Feng'er was chosen as the target of revenge.
The people who should be robbed appeared one by one.
The person who came was not very strong and did not pose much of a threat to Feng'er.
Lu Zhong felt certain and felt relieved.
But he was secretly thinking in his heart that since Yu Feng'er followed him, his life has always been smooth sailing, but he never thought that he would have to suffer the consequences caused by him when he was going through the tribulation.
"Cause and effect?" Lu Zhong muttered this word.
He couldn't help but think to himself, if there really is a theory of cause and effect in this world, then good deeds should be rewarded with good deeds, and it would not be like this, like the "underworld cultivating immortality" in the storybook of the previous life.
Murder and arson can lead to enlightenment and ascension, but building bridges and paving roads will end up with no body intact. Even after death and reaching the sea of souls, they still have to use consumables to help others ascend.
"Perhaps, there is no cause and effect in the world, there are just rules..."
Lu Zhongruo had some enlightenment and believed that the catastrophe in the process of conceiving a baby was just a rule set by heaven. Just like forming a pill will inevitably encounter the "three-nine catastrophes", and conceiving a baby is just in addition to the "six-nine catastrophes". , just one more "natural and man-made disaster" disaster.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but curse secretly.
"It's so damn realistic!"
Time passes between thoughts.
Shui Ni and Ba Qiong successfully held off the enemy.
Seeing this, Lu Zhong did not intend to go to support.
For now, the most important thing is to protect Yu Feng'er during the tribulation, and killing the invading enemies are secondary matters.
If he wanted to in the future, he could use the gray mist space to find and kill them one by one.
As for now, guarding is still important.
After all, if there are any hidden enemies, they are most likely afraid of him, Lu Zhong. A Nascent Soul Lord who has a record of killing monks of the same level has considerable intimidating power.
As long as the attacker is not strong enough to crush him, he should always think carefully before taking action.
In order to avoid failure in taking action, he would end up losing his own life.
But Lu Zhong waited and waited, but no new enemy appeared.
On the contrary, on Yu Feng'er's side, she had completed the step of breaking the pill into a baby. A huge spiritual energy storm appeared and was close to pouring towards her, and a Nascent Soul aura gradually appeared.
"The next level is the inner demon calamity!"
Looking back on his own journey through the tribulation, Lu Zhong really felt that the demons in his heart were nothing, but judging from the experiences of other monks who had overcome the tribulation, this process was no less dangerous than the two before and after.
He couldn't help but sweat for Yu Feng'er.
