In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed.
The situation in Qingnang Territory is still the same as before.
Calm with a hint of chaos.
All evil forces are still trying to penetrate. Their purpose is very simple, which is to engulf all the billions of living beings in order to please the "god" behind them.
In this regard, the first one who refused to agree was naturally the indigenous forces in the Qingnang region.
Sects and families rarely join forces.
It was precisely with this in mind that Lu Zhong did not have any thoughts about Qingnang Wei.
Seizing the general's power is tantamount to causing trouble for oneself.
Right now, that's all he cares about.
When can I break through to the point of refining the void?
The collection of moonlight crystals is not going smoothly at the moment.
With no power to support and no reliable information channels, it is natural to suffer setbacks at every turn.
It is precisely for this reason that Lu Zhong set his target on the Tuwang Palace treasure house.
According to the exchange list that is updated every year, there is indeed a lot of moonlight crystals in stock in the treasure house.
The quantity is small and will only be enough for him to break through once.
That's enough.
However, it is not an easy task to redeem all the required crystals.
Even based on the minimum requirement, it will cost at least 100,000 merit to redeem it. If you want to be slightly richer, you need to increase your merit to 300,000.
And Lu Zhong’s plan was to choose the highest level.
In other words, it takes one million merits to exchange for ten moonlight crystals.
Only in this way can the step of refining the moonlight be achieved to the extreme.
Thus, the success rate of refining the void is slightly increased.
This is where the problem arises.
Just thinking about how difficult it is to collect one million merit points is a headache.
You know, you can only get 5,000 points for completing basic tasks every year.
According to current trends, it will take at least two hundred years.
For the monks who transform themselves into gods, this time cannot be said to be long, but it is actually not short. Moreover, moonlight refining does not guarantee a success. If it fails accidentally, it will take another two hundred years.
Lu Zhong couldn't help but take Guanxi's breakthrough in cultivation seriously.
It can be said that it is imperative to increase merit point income.
...
On this day, inside the Archon's Cave.
Lu Zhong was sitting cross-legged in the formation, with pure medicinal aura floating around his body, in different colors, all produced by the transformation of the secret formation of counter-creation. At this moment, it was like a ribbon, constantly pouring into his body.
Suddenly, a surging sound like waves came from his body, and an astonishing amount of blood surged out.
It was as if the tide was spreading, instantly submerging everything around it.
"Quenching blood, done!"
Lu Zhong slowly opened his eyes, feeling the unprecedented vitality in his body, with a hint of joy in his eyes.
With a flip of his hand, he took out the lightning rod.
Without hesitation, he cut his palm directly.
Even though he has been practicing for many years, his body still performs mediocrely in front of Lingbao. It feels like a knife cutting leather. Although there is a slight lag, it can still be cut easily.
Wherever the sword edge passed, there was an inch-deep wound.
Then a shocking scene appeared. Although the lightning rod could cut a wound, as soon as its blade passed by, only a faint red mark would be left on the palm.
"In terms of physical strength, I have not made much progress. I am only comparable to a fifth-level dragon. I have a good chance of surviving a blow from a spiritual treasure. Thanks to the Blood Tempering Mastery, my self-healing ability has become much stronger. , if you suffer a slight level of injury, you only need to consume mana to quickly recover from the injury. In this way, it not only improves the fighting strength in disguise, but also has a stronger self-healing ability, and also greatly improves the daily practice limit. .”
After summing up the harvest, Lu Zhong was very satisfied with it.
It's not in vain that he invested massive resources.
"However, if you want to complete the first level of Ascension, you need rare spiritual objects."
When Lu Zhong thought of this, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he murmured: "Guang Yaozhi... I didn't expect that this thing is needed. As expected, the stronger the skill, the more training objects are needed. It’s rare.”
The secret formation of counter-creation is magical. It can use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to reverse the spiritual energy of specific medicines, thus solving the problem of lack of spiritual medicines of heaven and earth. However, this requires him to analyze the spiritual energy of this kind of medicine, or obtain the young plant of the corresponding elixir, otherwise it will be refined from the secret formation of reverse creation.
The problem arises here.
Although some of the main ingredients of the elixirs he needed to make elixirs in the past were considered rare, it was not difficult to buy young elixir plants as long as they were willing to spend a lot of money. Or, it could simply be the finished elixir. After some refining, the impurities contained in the elixir, that is, the unconverted medicinal spiritual energy, can be extracted.
But Guangyaozhi is completely different, it is too rare.
As a result, there is no exchange option for this item even in the Tuwang Palace treasure house.
"Sure enough, cultivation is destined not to go smoothly." Lu Zhong thought in his heart.
He has the secret formation of positive and negative creation, which can solve the problem of the elixir year and the scarcity of elixirs in the world, but it does not mean that he will not encounter the problem of elixirs.
Lu Zhong had already expected this.
When the problem actually occurs, you will still feel a headache.
There is no choice but to put it on hold temporarily.
When will I get Guang Yaozhi, and when will I put the practice of Tempering Spirit Yao Ascension back on the agenda?
Fortunately, after breaking through the blood quenching stage, his physical strength is considered sufficient.
Otherwise, he would definitely have to find a body-refining method to make up for it.
Before that, Lu Zhong decided to focus on improving his cultivation.
In order to cultivate as quickly as possible to the perfection of spiritual transformation.
...
A few days later, Lu Zhonggong finished leaving the customs.
Walking out of the cave, everywhere you look is deserted that can be seen with the naked eye.
In fact, apart from the necessary maids to complete the daily cleaning, there is no one else in the Archon's Cave. The popularity of the Cave may be the lowest since it was built.
Looking at the distant peaks, he couldn't help but sigh.
"I don't know what the situation is like in the Qinghe Realm... Although there is a secret formation of creation, it is no longer as difficult as it was before to cultivate a god-forming monk, but things are unpredictable, and no one knows what will happen in the future. What."
Fortunately, Lu Zhong never felt an unknown premonition in his heart.
Judging from this, the situation in Qinghe Realm is at least not bad.
At this moment, a burst of footsteps sounded.
A young maid wearing lotus sleeves and colorful clothes, who was in the foundation-building stage, came in from the outside in a hurry. When she walked in front of Lu Zhong, she immediately handed over the invitation card she was holding and offered it with both hands:
"My lord consul, Li Jiyun, the head of the Li family in Shuyang Mountain, would like to see you."
Lu Zhong took the invitation and glanced at it lightly.
Seeing that it was really the Li family in Shuyang Mountain, I felt a little surprised.
Lu Zhong originally thought that if he spread the word to the outside world that he wanted to take back the government-run elixir plantation in Qingyang Region, no one would come to take action in a short time.
However, the development of things now was beyond his expectation.
It's only been a few days, but someone actually came to your door?
Lu Zhong pondered for a moment and said:
"Take him to Yanhe Hall."
"Yes, sir."
The maid received the order and quickly disappeared into the corridor.
...
Yanhe Hall.
Lu Zhong met Li Jiyun.
This person is slightly stout and has reached the middle stage of Nascent Soul. He looks very imposing. He must be aloof on weekdays, but when faced with Qingnang's power, he can suppress his arrogance.
This is what the patriarch of a cultivating family should look like.
Since it was an informal meeting, after a brief exchange of greetings, the two of them got down to business.
Lu Zhong took a sip of tea and then said slowly:
"Okay, please tell me what you mean."
"Senior Lu, please save the Li family in Shuyang Mountain!" When he said these words, Li Jiyun looked sad, as if the Li family in Shuyang Mountain was really facing a life and death crisis.
"What happened?"
Lu Zhong's expression was still as calm as ever.
As far as he knew, the Li family in Shuyang Mountain was a Yuanying family. It had been inherited for at least ten thousand years and was currently a three-family Yuanying family. It is precisely with such power that we can firmly control half of the elixir gardens in Shuzhou, one of the thirteen states of Qingnang.
A family of this size rarely collapses suddenly.
Usually, there is a slow decline.
"Senior, he is the son of Changchun!"
When Li Jiyun said this, he looked like he was gritting his teeth. To be able to make a Nascent Soul cultivator show such an expression shows that he really hates these evil forces in his heart.
Hearing this, Lu Zhong suddenly didn't feel strange.
If all evil forces are involved, the Yuanying family will indeed be in danger of being destroyed.
Moreover, if he thought correctly, the threat facing the Li family in Shuyang Mountain must be extremely difficult. Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible for the Qingnang Guard to let the Li family beg for themselves.
"It seems that you are really desperate if you can ask for help from me."
Lu Zhong couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he thought of this.
Not rejected outright.
He planned to listen carefully to find out what trouble the Li family had encountered. It's not sympathy or pity, I simply want to know more about the "Son of Changchun" so that I don't have to face him face to face in the future and still know nothing.
Seeing that Lu Zhong knew the source of the trouble and was willing to listen to him tell the whole story, Li Jiyun couldn't help but feel hope in his heart, so he immediately organized his words to explain the threats that the Li family in Shuyang Mountain was facing.
The cause of the incident was beyond everyone's expectations.
That is the Shuyang ancestor with the highest cultivation level in the Li family of Shuyang Mountain. Without anyone knowing, he was seduced and corrupted by the son of Changchun, and fell into the embrace of evil. Precisely because there was such a spy among the top officials, the degree of corruption of the Li family was shocking. In just two years, most of them had been corrupted.
The so-called corruption means betraying the immortal way and turning to evil ways.
By doing something like this, you can usually get baptized by the corresponding "god", which can wash away all the fairy aura and turn it into the power of evil, and you can get great benefits from it.
The benefit of investing in the Son of Eternal Spring is usually longevity.
Tens of thousands of years!
In fact, if it weren't for the monks of the Li family, they would have accidentally discovered this situation before the annual Shuyang Mountain celebration. I'm afraid...the entire Li family in Shuyang Mountain has been corrupted.
The current Shuyang Mountain has already become a nest of evil.
Even the elixir garden under his control has become a stronghold for corrupt monks.
Originally, Qingnangwei could easily solve a situation like this.
But the bad thing is that Shuzhou is adjacent to the Molten Iron Region.
After the corrupted monks gained the upper hand, the evil forces in the Molten Iron Domain immediately spread over.
It is precisely because of this that Qingnang Guard is unable to rescue.
"Speaking of which, the source of this disaster for the Sons of Changchun is the fallen Molten Iron Territory next door. If it hadn't been conquered by evil forces in the past two years and became a part of the wilderness again, so that the corrosion spread, I, Shuyang Mountain Li The situation at home will not deteriorate to this extent overnight."
When Li Jiyun said this, he couldn't help but sigh.
"So, you want me to take action." Lu Zhong said lightly.
Immediately afterwards, he said:
"It is true that I do have the ability to not only kill all the Sons of Changchun who have invaded Shuzhou, but at least expel them all. But... what price can you pay? The elixir plantation in Shuzhou, haha... It’s a bit too little.”
Lu Zhong did not say big words. After all, although the Sons of Changchun are strong, those operating in the Qingnang region are actually just a weak branch.
The most powerful ones are only equivalent to the Void Refining Stage.
According to the information he knew, the group that invaded Shuzhou did not follow them during the Void Refining Period.
The trouble is that there are so many heretic monks who are equivalent to the god-transformation stage that even if the Qingnang Guards assemble them all and launch a large-scale battle, they will have to pay a heavy price to drive them out.
All the indigenous forces are watching the fire from the other side. Seeing that their own homes are not in danger, how can they fight to the death?
When Li Jiyun said this, he knew that if he couldn't appeal to Governor Lu this time, he might have no choice but to appeal to those forces that refine the void.
And this is tantamount to luring a wolf into the house, which is completely different from letting the Tu Palace rule and control power.
The Tu Palace is in power, even if it can cover the sky with one hand, it still has to leave.
But once the forces from outside the state extend their hands into Shuzhou, the Li family's fundamentals will be greatly affected. To put it mildly, it was eaten away bit by bit, and the seeds of decline were sown from then on. If it were the worst outcome, the Li family might be in a state of collapse and never have a chance to turn around.
So, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Also, the elixir franchise in Shuzhou! Before I came, I had already met with various sects and families in Shuzhou. They are also facing the threat of evil invasions and are in urgent need of people to repel the invasion of the Sons of Changchun. , so I am willing to sell all the elixirs produced in the future to the Qingnang ruling government."
Having said this, Li Jiyun handed over a spiritual contract.
Just as he said, all the sects and families in Shuzhou have indeed made a commitment to this.
After Lu Zhong read the spiritual contract, he suddenly became interested.
If it were now, what was missing most from the alchemy workshop he controlled.
That is undoubtedly the raw material for the elixir.
The amount of elixirs produced in one state is not very large. Although it cannot meet the production capacity of the factory, it can also alleviate the current situation a little. At least those two alchemy workshops no longer have to do OEM work for others.
Think of the benefits that getting the elixir franchise can bring to you.
Lu Zhong couldn't help but be moved.
Of course, if you are tempted, you will be tempted.
It was impossible to get him to agree immediately.
After all, what Lu Zhong knows about the situation in Shuzhou currently comes from the reports of Qingnang Guards. Who knows how much water is mixed in them. If Ning Situ had bad intentions, he would probably be in trouble.
Therefore, Lu Zhong did not intend to take action immediately before investigating the situation.
As for the situation, will it be corrupted?
Don't worry about this.
For matters between monks, the time span is often measured in years.
It is considered commonplace if it lasts for thirty or fifty years.
This time is enough for Lu Zhong to send out several incarnations to find out the true situation in Shuzhou.
(End of chapter)
