"I do know a little inside information..."
Chen Qingju said, paused, and asked inquiringly:
"By the way, after talking for a long time, I still don't know what to call you, fellow Taoist."
Zhang Yao looked normal and replied:
"I'm Zhang Qing."
"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Zhang."
Chen Qingju nodded, lowered her voice, and said:
"I heard that the continuous growth of the robbery cultivator gang in recent decades is the result of the deliberate indulgence of several Jindan forces in the Dali cultivator world."
"Intentional indulgence?"
Zhang Yao's expression changed, and thoughts suddenly flooded his mind.
"right."
Chen Qingju nodded and continued:
"The robbery gangs on the border of Dali have existed since ancient times, and they can be said to be endlessly killing and destroying them."
"As long as there are monks from the southwest countries who are constantly trying to go north to enter Dali, there will never be a shortage of people who want to take risks and risk their lives to find a path to immortality."
"Although the great golden elixir forces in Da Li were too lazy to care about border affairs, they would occasionally attack them."
"But in the past one or two hundred years, they have almost stopped attacking border robber cultivators. Even from a few decades ago, there are rumors that they are secretly supporting some robber cultivators..."
Zhang Yao frowned slightly, squinted his eyes, and asked:
"Is there any evidence for this?"
In fact, he doesn't care whether there is evidence or not.
So what if there is evidence?
How dare a group of Qi-refining cultivators dare to confront the Jindan Patriarch?
But he suspected that Chen Qingju came to him because he was not interested in drinking, so he specifically tried to test it.
"evidence?"
Chen Qingju laughed, spread her hands and said:
"Does it matter to those of us that there's no evidence?"
"In three days, the northbound team will set off. The top priority is to ensure the safety of us and others so that we will not die in the deserted area."
Zhang Yao pondered for a moment and asked calmly:
"Then what good advice does Fellow Daoist Chen have?"
"It's very simple."
Chen Qingju talked eloquently:
"I am almost the first among this group of monks to come. I have observed more than a hundred monks who signed up."
"At present, besides you and me, there are three monks who have achieved perfect Qi refining. I also visited them one by one and persuaded them to act together."
"If the five of us join forces and act together, it will be enough to ensure absolute safety during the journey through the deserted zone!"
"Join forces?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yao immediately waved his hand and said:
"That's not necessary."
"Thank you Chen Daoyou for your kindness, but Zhang is used to being a loner and is not very gregarious."
At first glance, what Chen Qingju said does make sense.
If a single Qi-Refining Perfection cultivator is at risk of being surrounded and killed, it is unlikely that the five Qi-Refining Perfection cultivators will be in danger if they join forces.
Even a large robbery cultivator group will only wisely choose to give in when encountering such a strong opponent, and will not bite such a hard nut.
But Zhang Yao suspected that she had ulterior motives, and of course she couldn't bring herself to cause trouble.
Anyway, with his strength and the cover of a large army, crossing the deserted belt is a sure thing.
"this……"
Chen Qingju was stunned, as if she didn't expect Zhang Yao to refuse flatly.
"Friend Daoist Zhang!"
She couldn't help but persuade again:
"Currently, if we act alone, the survival rate of a monk who has perfected Qi Refining is indeed 70-80%."
"But if you are 100% sure, why take the risk? Anyway, we are all temporary partners, and we will go our separate ways once we arrive in Dali..."
"Fellow Taoist, there is no need to say anything more."
Zhang Yao slowly shook his head and said calmly:
"I've made up my mind."
Chen Qingju's expression changed slightly. She saw Zhang Yao's firm attitude, so she stopped trying to persuade him and quickly left.
After she left, Zhang Yao returned to Canyonfang City, picked an uninhabited cave on the upper cliff, and lived in it.
"Wow!"
He waved his sleeves, and a total of nine formation flags, one large and eight small, fell down, evolving a complete formation to protect the entire cliff cave.
"I didn't expect that behind the Jie Xiu gang, there is also suspected support from the Dali Jindan forces..."
Zhang Yao was silent, thoughts surging in his heart.
This time when he went to Dali, in addition to looking for the thousand-year chalcedony, he also wanted to get a foundation-building pill.
For monks who have perfected Qi refining, the probability of successful foundation building is affected by many aspects such as spiritual root qualifications, skill level, age, soul strength, etc.
There are almost no shortcomings in all aspects of his conditions. Once he refines the 'Tian Xuan Ming Jade Formation' and breaks through to the point of perfect Qi refining, there is a 95% chance that he can successfully build the foundation in one go.
The Foundation Establishment Pill is just an extra layer of insurance just in case.
This elixir has been improved by the sages of the past dynasties and has the best comprehensive effect among the elixirs that assist in foundation building. It can increase the probability of breakthrough by 30%, and at the same time, it can protect the Qi veins from being cut off.
And once the Qi channel is severed, he will immediately become a useless person.
Therefore, even if the Foundation Establishment Pill is not necessary to break through the Foundation Establishment realm, no one will give up this opportunity if they have the ability and the means to get it.
Zhang Yao would never give up this opportunity.
He began to make secret calculations:
"I remember hearing Lao Qi say that in the big auction held once every ten years in Tianbao Tower, the Foundation Establishment Pill was always the auction item."
"This is also the only way to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills in the Dali Immortal Cultivation World, but the price is very expensive..."
The Foundation Establishment Pill is a second-level elixir, and it is a special controlled resource. Only a few golden elixir forces can produce it stably in the long term.
At the big auction, every transaction price of Foundation Establishment Pills was basically around 50,000 to 60,000 spirit stones, which was a huge sum of money that many Foundation Establishment monks could not afford.
"In twenty years in Mangshanfang City, I earned nearly thirteen thousand spiritual stones."
"After excluding the purchase of the Radiant Shield, the Thunder Cone and the Cultivation Manual, as well as some additional expenses, I still have about 7,000 spirit stones left. To purchase the Millennium Chalcedony and the Foundation Establishment Pill, the gap is huge. …”
Zhang Yao pondered for a moment and gradually had a plan in his mind:
"Go to Dali first, and after establishing a firm foothold in the world of immortality, continue to make money or look for other opportunities."
"As for the northbound team this time, it seems to be a good opportunity..."
Among these robbery cultivator groups, there must be no foundation-building cultivators.
If a foundation-building cultivator showed up, even just once, all the casual cultivators gathered on the border of the Lu Kingdom would have fled away in a swarm, and the gang of robber cultivators would have been able to scatter in all directions.
Since it is certain that there are no foundation-building cultivators, with his current invincible Qi-refining strength, as long as he is careful, he can completely hunt those calamity cultivators as prey.
"Those robbing cultivator gangs are suspected to have someone behind them. It's definitely not possible to kill them specifically."
"But it is completely feasible to take this opportunity to counterattack and find a few leaders of the Jie cultivators who have perfected their Qi refining to take advantage of them."
Zhang Yao touched his chin and his eyes flickered:
"It's hard to say who is the prey and who is the hunter..."
(End of chapter)
