"The content of those exercises should be accurate, because the jade slips recording the exercises are also authentic."
"That is to say, I already have the conditions to study the Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra..."
Zhang Yao thought this and suddenly felt a little moved.
He carefully recalled the details of the transaction and once again confirmed that the jade slip was genuine.
There is a spell in the world of immortality, which is similar to the spell of extracting chalcedony. It is specially used to confirm the manufacturing age of jade slips, so as to facilitate the identification of authenticity.
Without this kind of magic, Lao Qi's shop would have been unable to open long ago.
When Zhang Yao completed the transaction, he also tested it and confirmed that the jade slip was made more than a thousand years ago.
"More than a thousand years ago, Tianbao Tower most likely did not exist."
"And the jade slip itself was left by a foundation-building monk for his family. It is unlikely that it could hide Tianbao Tower's methods."
Zhang Yao thought of this and quickly made a plan in his mind.
Since he is planning to give up his skills and change his cultivation, of course he must have a safe place - for example, the State of Lu.
When he climbed Tiandu Mountain, he used the Taoist name Qingxu; when he joined Qingyunfang City, he made up his place of origin. There is no connection between the two.
More importantly, whether he was in Tiandu Mountain or Qingyunfang City, he had changed his appearance and used a completely different appearance.
Ever since he entered the realm of the Grandmaster and was able to control his own appearance, he has not shown his true appearance for many years and has always used a false identity and appearance.
"Jiang Rou became their pawn, most likely because Zhao He joined Qingyunfang City as a worshiper and died in the battle."
"Judging from her appearance in the market, she must have been doing some shady and dirty work for the two major families in recent years, relying on this to survive."
"It is completely impossible for those foundation-building monks to start from her and trace my whereabouts..."
"The coincidence of using Jiang Rou as a pawn to put the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra" into his hands should be the only real accident in this plan..."
Zhang Yao repeatedly calculated and deliberated:
"With my level of martial arts, even if I meet a monk in the early stage of Qi refining in the Lu Kingdom, I will have enough power to protect myself."
"Besides, I am very familiar with the country of Lu. I can choose a suitable place to cultivate, which is far better than in other strange countries..."
As soon as Zhang Yao thought about this, his thoughts became more determined.
He stood up, used the stars to confirm his direction, took out the spirit stone to restore his mana, and continued to escape underground.
After spending more than a dozen spirit stones along the way and traveling thousands of miles in one breath, Zhang Yao finally felt relieved after leaving the territory of Weiguo and crossing the barren belt.
…………
Half a month later.
Zhang Yao traveled thousands of miles without alerting anyone, quietly returned to the state of Lu, and went all the way south to Yunzhou.
Yunzhou, on Panlong Ridge.
The former Nanwang Town has long been reduced to rubble and ruins, and only the ruins of the once luxurious Zhennan Prince's Mansion remain.
The lineage of Zhennan Wang, who was canonized at the founding of the People's Republic of China, has been exterminated for more than a hundred years. The Nanwang Town, which was built around this center of power in the six counties, has long since disappeared.
Panlongling, which was originally remote and depopulated, has once again returned to the state of a barren mountain.
"It's really desolate, with only some rabbits and foxes..."
Zhang Yao was alone, walking among the ruins of Zhennan Palace, looking a little sad.
After more than a hundred years of rain and wind, the regulations of the former Zhennan Palace have long been lost. The Carved Column Gallery has decayed, and only some bricks and stones are still there.
"Well, it should be here soon."
Zhang Yao came to the depths of the ruins of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, felt it for a moment, and smiled.
The gathering of spiritual energy also follows the shape of mountains, rivers and earth veins. In addition to the most common underground spiritual veins, the nodes where spiritual energy gathers also exist in other ways.
For example - spiritual springs, spiritual rocks, or spiritual veins in the water.
There is a spiritual spring on Panlong Ridge. Although the spiritual energy density is not as dense as Tiandu Mountain and Kong Qingchuan, it is much better than the ordinary realm.
At the beginning, Lunan had to let his children and grandchildren build the palace here against all opinions, just to occupy this spiritual spring.
Back then, when Zhang Yao first started cultivating immortals, he would have come here long ago if he hadn't worried that occupying this spiritual spring would attract the attention of the Yuwen family and even the Liu family, causing uncontrollable trouble.
Soon, Zhang Yao saw a deep pool in the ruins of a dilapidated courtyard.
The small pool is only seven feet square, but it is ten feet deep. The water in the pool is so clear that you can vaguely see the flow of the spring.
"call……"
Zhang Yao took a deep breath, sensing the vitality of the world around him, and showed a hint of satisfaction.
"This place is not bad."
"Although it is far from comparable to Qingyunfang City, it is better because it is clean and no one disturbs it."
If this spiritual spring only supplies one person, the effect will be somewhat worse than that of Tiandu Mountain's spiritual veins, but not much worse.
This is also the most suitable place for him to study the Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra.
…
A few months later.
On Panlong Ridge, deep inside Zhennan Palace.
The original ruins have been cleared away, leaving a small wooden house and a field.
"These spiritual grasses are growing well..."
Zhang Yao is using the "Fertile Soil Spirit Technique" to take care of the newly opened spiritual field.
This spiritual spring on Panlong Ridge has a limited range of radiating spiritual energy, but it is enough to open up half an acre of spiritual land and supply him alone.
In the spiritual field, there are three kinds of low-level spiritual grasses planted, which are the materials for refining the Bigu Spirit Pill. The seeds were brought from Tiandu Mountain many years ago.
"It will take at least three to five years to fully master the "Complete Basic Formations"."
"Furthermore, we have to perform the 'Five Elements Containing Spirit Formation' thousands of times. Only after we have become extremely proficient in the practice can we formally abandon the technique and rebuild it."
"This process will take about ten years in total."
Ten years later, when Zhang Yao was confident enough, he would abolish the practice of "Hou Tu Jue" and switch to the "Wan Hua Du Tian Tian Jing".
Before that, he had to try his best to accumulate some Bigu Pills as a reserve for future reconstruction.
After a while, Zhang Yao finished taking care of the spiritual field and leaned on the recliner, flipping through the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra" he had burned, reviewing the past and learning the new.
As a method of refining the formation into the body, the basic part also contains some formation knowledge, paving the way for the three major formations to be constructed during the Qi refining period.
Thanks to his attainments in the way of spiritual patterns, he quickly gained access to these basic formation knowledge, and within a few months, he was able to set up several simple formations.
Among these basic formation knowledge, there are a total of twelve basic formations. The most profound one is the "Small Spirit Gathering Formation", which is also the formation that he values the most.
"The Five Elements Soul Condensing Formation, some of the spirit pattern veins should be derived from the Spirit Gathering Formation."
"Actually, after the formation is completed, the qualifications of the Five Spiritual Roots themselves have not changed. It is entirely with the assistance of the Spirit Gathering Formation Veins that the cultivation speed can be increased five times."
Zhang Yao looked thoughtful when he thought about this.
"So, my previous guess was wrong..."
(End of chapter)
