After Zhang Yao refined a ray of demonic energy, he was keenly aware of his own changes.
Due to the mutual annihilation of mana and the earth's turbid energy, the mana he had recently recovered by breathing in the refining spiritual energy actually increased slightly in total.
Although this slight increase was insignificant, equivalent to an extra scoop of water in a vast lake, it was still captured by his spiritual mind.
"It turns out that sitting in the demon cave and refining the demonic energy can also improve one's own cultivation and enhance one's own magic power."
"No wonder those foreign golden elixir monks sit in the Demonic Lair in the Mani Kingdom and work there for tens or even hundreds of years. It turns out that there are such invisible benefits..."
Only at this moment did Zhang Yao finally understand.
The most important thing for a Jindan monk is his own cultivation. If he spends decades or hundreds of years accumulating good deeds purely for external things, it seems that the gain outweighs the gain.
But if the process of sitting in the demon cave itself can replace cultivation, then the price/performance ratio is very high. No wonder many golden elixir monks are flocking to it.
"Um……"
Zhang Yao sat cross-legged, concentrating, using his magic power to continuously refine the demonic energy, feeling the growth of his own magic power.
An hour later, he came to a basic conclusion:
Relying on the stimulation of mana by refining demonic energy, the efficiency is fixed and the speed is not very fast. At least it is far less than the speed of his first-grade golden elixir, and at most it can be compared with the fourth- and fifth-grade golden elixir.
If it could really rival the effects of high-grade golden elixirs, I'm afraid the many golden-bodied arhats in Mani Temple would be reluctant to give up such 'treasure lands'.
"But to me, it doesn't matter if my practice speed slows down."
In Zhang Yao's heart, thoughts flashed slightly:
"Refining demonic energy is very simple. You don't need to devote much attention. Most of your energy can be used to cultivate magical powers and Taoism."
"But being trapped here is equivalent to an extra layer of shackles. If you want to do something privately, it will be inconvenient..."
Sitting in the devil's nest, while enjoying the benefits, you also bear huge responsibilities.
If he leaves his post without authorization and causes a large-scale leakage of demonic energy, he will inevitably be wanted by the Mani Temple and hunted to death. Looking at the entire Central Plains, there will be no place for him.
When the old monk Tongguang introduced him to the Demon Sealing Palace, he focused on the 'Wandering Array' here, which was the main means of external communication.
If you have to go out for something, you need to notify Mani Temple in advance and ask them to send a golden Arhat to take over the guard, but this means that every move is exposed under the eyes of Mani Temple.
"Let's try it."
As soon as Zhang Yao thought about this, he separated a ray of spiritual thought and penetrated into the fugue formation of the Demon Sealing Palace.
There are various communication methods in the world of immortality, but ultra-long-distance real-time communication methods are relatively limited. They are limited by various factors such as cost, scale, safety, and concealment. The wandering formation is one of the most popular. kind.
However, the construction cost of the wandering formation is not low. In Dali, only the Tianbao Tower headquarters and a few Jindan-level powerful forces can build it.
The Mani Temple is extremely wealthy. It has built fugue formations in the twenty-four demon caves and dozens of large Buddhist temples, and even built a communication network based on this, which can be called the ultimate luxury.
"boom!"
The moment his spiritual thoughts penetrated the fugue formation, Zhang Yao felt his sea of consciousness tremble slightly, and he arrived in a new world in an instant.
Looking around:
All around are vast and bright golden 'light roads', laid out among the islands of light.
These different islands of light seem to be very far away from each other, but they seem to be within easy reach under the connection of the golden light path.
"A total of seventy-six nodes..."
Zhang Yao instantly saw all the islands of light, most of which were flashing, while a small number were silent.
The largest light spot island, surrounded by eight smaller light spot islands, was flashing non-stop at the moment and looked very lively.
"That should be the Mani Temple. There are nine divine wandering formations built in the temple..."
Zhang Yao had a guess in his mind.
And just then:
"Hey, a new comrade is here!"
A voice followed the golden light path and suddenly entered Zhang Yao's spiritual thoughts.
Before Zhang Yao had time to respond, more than a dozen divine thoughts were transmitted along the golden light path in an instant, making a huge noise:
"Welcome fellow Taoists to join us!"
"Looking at the location of the nodes, Taoist friend chose Changle Mountain? What a great spirit!"
"Monk, let me introduce to you. The person who sits in the Demon Cave of Changle Mountain is the famous Ancestor Qingxu, who is powerful in the southwest!"
"Hey, it turns out to be fellow Taoist Qingxu! I've really admired his name for a long time..."
Facing many divine thoughts, Zhang Yao dealt with them one by one. After chatting with many Jindan monks for a long time, he finally understood the current situation.
Including him in Mani's country, there are a total of seventeen foreign golden elixir monks.
Because there is no conflict of interest, they have a very good relationship with each other. They also hold Dharma meetings regularly to exchange monastic experiences and also serve as small trade fairs.
The fixed Dharma assembly in Mani Temple is held once every twenty years; however, the Dharma assembly held by foreign Jindan monks is often held once every few years and is held very frequently.
"That's good news!"
Zhang Yao was overjoyed:
“The more people there are, the wider the news will be.”
"Maybe you can help me find the Wanzai Ice Soul through the channels of these foreign golden elixir monks!"
He has already mastered three of the five-phase magical powers, and has specific clues about the Infinite Yintu. He is only missing one Wanzai Ice Soul.
It’s helpless to say:
Among the many heavenly and earthly treasures and spiritual objects that Zhang Yao needs, the Wanzai Ice Soul is the least valuable one, and the slightly rarer third-level spiritual objects are theoretically the easiest to find.
This kind of spiritual creature is produced in many places, especially in places such as frozen soil and glaciers. It is relatively common and has many uses. For monks with ice attribute spiritual roots, it is an almost necessary spirit. things.
But it happened that Zhang Yao even found Fengxi Orichalcum and Wujian Yintu, but there was still no news about Wanzai Bingpo.
"I already have clues about Wujian Yintu, Baoxiang Liujinjiang, and Taiyin Dettol."
"The remaining treasures of Divine Essence, Water of Return to Ruins, and Great Sun are too rare. Counting on these Golden Elixir cultivators has little hope."
"But there should be a lot of hope in obtaining a certain amount of Wanzai Ice Soul..."
Thinking of this, Zhang Yao used his spiritual message to send messages to many Jindan comrades, asking for the Wanzai Ice Soul.
What surprised him was:
Not long after he sent the message, a golden elixir monk named Tianshuang Taoist who was stationed in the Mingze Demon Cave took the initiative to find him.
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu needs ten thousand years of ice soul?"
Taoist Tianshuang was very enthusiastic and said through his spiritual thoughts:
"To be honest, I have an ice-attribute alien spirit root, and I also practice top-level ice-attribute skills. I have a huge demand for Wan Zai Ice Soul, and I have accumulated a lot of it."
"Although the ten thousand years of ice soul is also very important to me, but the beauty of a gentleman and an adult, if my fellow Taoist needs it, I can sell some of it."
"Then thank you Taoist Tianshuang!"
Zhang Yao was overjoyed and quickly said:
"I wonder how much you still have in hand? I need a lot."
"It's okay, just ask."
Taoist Tianshuang responded via voice transmission in a rather forthright tone.
"I need a whole party of ten thousand years of ice soul."
Zhang Yao mentioned it cautiously.
"ah?!"
Taoist Tianshuang was shocked and felt a little unbelievable:
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu, you...you are not a monk of the Ice Spirit Root, right? How come you use so many Wanzai Ice Soul?"
What is the concept of a whole square of ten thousand years of ice soul?
Just using it as the main material to refine ice attribute magic weapons is enough to refine ten pieces. Even if he practiced and refined the magic for a hundred years, he wouldn't be able to use so many ten thousand ice souls.
So much ice soul can even be used to build an ice coffin made of pure ice soul.
"Fellow Taoist Tianshuang, please forgive me."
Zhang Yao sounded a little embarrassed and said:
"I am cultivating special magical powers, so I need so many ten thousand years of ice soul."
"If you don't have so much in hand, I will accept as much as I can. The price will definitely satisfy fellow Taoists!"
Compared with many other rare treasures and spiritual objects, the value of Wanzai Ice Soul is the lowest, but the required quantity is the largest.
"this……"
Taoist Tianshuang couldn't help but hesitate.
Frankly speaking, his purpose in finding Zhang Yao was simple, just to show his kindness and sell his favor.
After all, the reputation of Patriarch Qingxu is not small. Not only is he outstanding in strength, he is also extremely talented and has a bright future. Golden elixir monks like him who have been hanging out in the Central Plains for a long time have heard about it.
Now that there is an opportunity to make friends, he must not miss it. One more friend opens up a new path, and he still has a lot of the Ten Thousand Years Ice Soul that the other party needs.
But what he didn't expect was that the Qingxu Ancestor's demand for Wanzai Ice Soul was so great that it even exceeded his imagination.
He doesn't even have so much Wanzai Bingso in his hands, let alone trading favors to the other party.
"...That's all, send people to the end, send Buddhas to the west!"
"Since you have to sell your favor to him, then just do your best, and at least you can accumulate a few more years of good deeds!"
Taoist Tianshuang thought of this and immediately made a decision in his heart.
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu, this is it."
His spiritual voice said:
"The quantity you need is too large, and I don't have that much stock on hand."
"But after all, I am an ice-attributed spiritual root monk. I have a fixed channel to obtain the ice soul of ten thousand years, but the process is a bit troublesome."
"Why don't you wait a few years, and I will temporarily leave the Mani Kingdom and return to Tuannan Mansion to get enough Wanzai Ice Soul for you."
When Zhang Yao heard this, he was immediately moved and responded:
"How dare you trouble Daoist Fellow Tianshuang? Isn't this delaying your business?"
"It's better to forget it and I'll think of another way..."
Asking a dignified Jindan Patriarch to be an errand boy for him for several years, Zhang Yao asked himself that he didn't have such a big arrogance.
Not to mention, if the other party is willing to do this, it must be not to earn some spiritual stones, but to want him to accept this favor firmly in order to repay it in the future.
It's not easy to repay favors, especially since Zhang Yao is destined not to give up his current identity for a long time.
"No problem, Fellow Taoist Qingxu is too polite!"
Taoist Tianshuang has made up his mind, so naturally he will not hesitate any longer, but enthusiastically persuades:
"A few years is nothing."
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu, our own path is the most important thing for us Jindan monks. Think about it, if we miss this opportunity, we may have to wait for how many more years..."
After Tianshuang Taoist’s hard work and persuasion:
Zhang Yao hesitated for a while, then slowly made up his mind and said:
"Okay, then I'll ask fellow Taoist Tianshuang to go there for me."
"As long as you can get me a piece of the ice soul of ten thousand years, then you will be the benefactor of the poor Taoist."
It is difficult to repay a debt of gratitude, but self-cultivation is more important.
If he gets the Wanzai Ice Soul earlier, he can refine the 'Five Phase Divine Wheel' earlier, which is also of great significance to him.
"good!"
This was what Taoist Tianshuang was waiting for, and he immediately said with great joy:
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu, don't worry!"
"While I'm finishing the matters at hand, I'll send a message to Mani Temple and I'll set off for Tuonan Mansion immediately!"
(End of chapter)
