"Should be arriving soon."
A few hours later, Zhang Yao had reached the depths of Tiandu Mountain.
This place is close to the peak of Tiandu Mountain, thousands of feet high from the ground. The wind is freezing, dripping water turns into ice, and the clouds are misty, making it difficult for ordinary people to reach.
"Um?"
After going deeper for a while, Zhang Yao keenly noticed something strange.
He immediately activated his magic power and used the "Spiritual Eye Technique". His eyes flashed with crystal luster, and the clouds and mist in front of him began to billow, turning into illusions one after another, revealing the true face of Mount Lu.
Deep in the deserted mountains, a stone-stepped mountain path suddenly appeared, winding up, and at the end was a shadowy palace and pavilion.
There is a fairy family deep in the white clouds.
"finally reached."
Zhang Yao showed a smile when he saw this scene.
As recorded by Lunan, there are simple formations deployed deep in Tiandu Mountain.
These formations were set up using forest trees, clouds and mist, and had little effect on immortal cultivators. They were mainly used to drive away some mortals and wild beasts.
Zhang Yao climbed up the stone steps and soon alerted the secluded monks in Tiandu Mountain.
"Which fellow Taoist is visiting?"
Two monks came out together, a man and a woman. The man was dressed in white and looked extraordinary, while the woman was as beautiful as a green palace skirt, like a hibiscus in clear water.
They saw Zhang Yao on the stone steps mountain road at a glance, looked at it, and found that his appearance was quite unfamiliar, and they couldn't help showing a hint of surprise:
"Dare to ask where my friend is from?"
Zhang Yao bowed his head and said:
"I am a poor man of pure virtue. I am lucky enough to inherit the legacy of my ancestors and have been cultivating in the world."
"A few days ago, I accidentally heard that there was a fellow hermit cultivator on Tiandu Mountain, so I came here to visit."
"I see."
When the two of them heard this, they suddenly showed a hint of surprise.
Tiandu Mountain Spirit Vein was originally a gathering place for casual cultivators from the Lu Kingdom, and many of them had a similar background to Zhang Yao.
"Everyone who meets by chance is a guest. Fellow Taoist, please come quickly."
The two became very enthusiastic and invited Zhang Yao into the hermitage in Tiandu Mountain.
Zhang Yao looked around and found that there were at least a dozen palaces and buildings here, and further away there were peach orchards, waterfalls, bamboo forests, secluded ponds, medicinal fields and other beautiful scenery.
"call!"
Zhang Yao took a deep breath and tried to use the method to breathe in spiritual energy. He found that the spiritual energy here was extremely abundant, several times more than the outside world.
"Fellow Taoist, please take a seat."
The two monks invited Zhang Yao into a palace and brought some spiritual fruits, peaches, and jade dew to entertain him.
"This is all cultivated and brewed by ourselves. Fellow Taoist, please try it."
Zhang Yao tasted the spiritual fruit and jade dew, and his eyes lit up.
The place of hidden cultivation on Tiandu Mountain is built on miniature spiritual veins. Even ordinary peach trees and fruit trees are contaminated with trace amounts of spiritual energy under the constant nourishment of spiritual energy.
For immortal cultivators, this tiny amount of spiritual energy can only be considered better than nothing, but for mortals, if they are lucky enough to take a few pills, they can prolong their lives.
These jade dew nectar is brewed by extracting chalcedony and mixing spiritual fruits with magic. Long-term drinking is beneficial to spiritual practice, and the flavor is far better than ordinary things.
"The two fellow Taoists are really generous and hospitable."
Zhang Yao praised him.
He could also see that some spiritual fruits and peaches were just fine, but these jade dew and nectar obviously had some value and were not easily obtained.
"Fellow Taoist is too polite..."
The man in white laughed, and the woman in green skirt beside him also smiled.
Zhang Yao chatted with the two and learned that the man in white was named Zhao He and the woman in green skirt was named Jiang Rou. The two were Taoist couples.
There were originally seven secluded monks in the Tiandu Mountain Spiritual Veins, collectively known as the "Seven Friends of Tiandu".
Last year, a fellow Taoist named Mo broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, left Tiandu Mountain and went north to Weiguo. There are currently six people left.
"The remaining four fellow Taoists are all practicing hard in seclusion."
"My wife and I were taking care of the spiritual field just now. We noticed the fluctuations in the formation outside the spiritual veins, so we came out to check."
Zhao He smiled and said: "Fellow Taoist Qingxu, since you have come to Tiandu Mountain, you might as well stay and live in seclusion with us."
"The spiritual energy in the mortal world is thin and far inferior to the three major spiritual veins. We can live in seclusion in the mountains and avoid the troubles of the world, so we can be considered free and at ease."
Zhang Yao heard this and said happily:
"Pindao has exactly what he means."
From the early stage of Qi refining to the middle stage of Qi refining, there are bottlenecks.
This first bottleneck on the road to qi refining is just a small ditch that can be crossed at will for those who are geniuses in cultivation or those who have sufficient resources.
But for low-level casual cultivators, this is a mountain that is difficult to climb.
After he broke through to the third level of Qi Refining, he came to look for Tiandu Mountain just to use the spiritual environment here to accelerate and strengthen his own practice and break the bottleneck.
"That would be perfect!"
When Zhao He heard Zhang Yao's reply, he immediately clapped his hands and said with a smile:
"With the addition of fellow Taoist Qingxu, our 'Seven Friends of Tiandu' can once again be worthy of its name."
"Let's go, I will take fellow Taoists to choose a palace first, and after the other fellow Taoists leave seclusion, we can have a small gathering again."
Zhang Yao nodded slightly and said politely:
"Thank you so much, Fellow Daoist Zhao."
Soon, under the leadership of Zhao He and Jiang Rou, Zhang Yao walked around the Tiandu Mountain Spirit Vein and selected a vacant palace to stay.
The three major spiritual veins have existed since ancient times. The buildings in these spiritual veins have existed for thousands of years. They were built by the ancestors of immortal cultivators. The predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade.
Wait until half a month later:
The remaining four cultivators came out one after another. When they learned that a new fellow cultivator had arrived, they also expressed their warm welcome and gathered together to hold a small ceremony.
At the Dharma assembly, everyone exchanged their spiritual experience, tasted spiritual fruits and jade dew, and drank and drank together, which was considered a great time.
In this way, Zhang Yao officially joined the Tiandu Mountain Spiritual Veins and became one of the "Seven Friends of Tiandu".
…………
In the blink of an eye, three months passed.
"call……"
In the quiet room, Zhang Yao slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and opened his eyes.
"The aura environment here is indeed unmatched by the outside world and is of great benefit to practice."
He stayed in Tiandu Mountain Spirit Vein for three months and was very satisfied with everything here.
It is an independent place with unique scenery, including "golden summit glow", "fog sea and cloud dragon", "suspended bridge sunset" and other magnificent wonders.
On weekdays, there are also spiritual fruits, peaches, and bigu elixirs that can be enjoyed. There is no need to eat the fireworks of the world, and you can concentrate on practicing, and at the same time, there are a group of fellow practitioners for communication.
The most important thing is, of course, the abundance of spiritual energy.
Although the spiritual energy environment that is many times richer than the outside world cannot directly speed up the practice several times, it can at least increase it by a few times.
If he had chosen to come to Tiandu Mountain to practice after becoming an immortal cultivator, he would probably be able to break through to the third level of Qi Refining in twenty years.
"With my talent, if I want to break through the bottleneck and reach the middle stage of Qi refining, I guess I can only rely on hard work."
Zhang Yao was in a leisurely mood, without any anxiety: "Take your time."
