In Panlong Palace.
Zhang Yao and Taoist Tianshuang were still communicating about the changes that had occurred in Tianzhou, and Zhang Yao was very interested in the details.
Yuwentai has already refined the golden elixir. Even though his strength is not as good as his, it is not far behind him. How did Taoist Tianshuang escape from him when he was only in the early stage of the golden elixir?
"...It's a fluke to say the least!"
Taoist Tianshuang also looked scared when he mentioned this matter:
"The formation master named Liu is not amazing in appearance, but his strength is extremely terrifying!"
"At the beginning, I set a trap using Wanzai Ice Soul as bait and teamed up with another comrade to ambush him, but who would have expected that person to easily break the trap and kill that comrade with just a few moves!"
"At that time, I was so frightened that I almost thought I was going to reveal where I was..."
Zhang Yao looked thoughtful after hearing this.
Based on his understanding of Yu Wentai, this person probably saw it was a trap a long time ago, but in order to get more Wanzai Ice Soul, he decided to play with them.
"Then what happened next? How did you escape unscathed?"
Zhang Yao asked a question.
"later……"
Taoist Tianshuang showed a hint of joy and said:
"It's just a coincidence. When I was seriously injured and about to die in his hands, I met a 'Heavenly Gate Messenger'."
"The Tianmen messenger looked at me with the 'Tai Yi Mirror' in his hand and said that I should not die today. The formation master named Liu immediately retreated..."
When Zhang Yao heard this, he suddenly understood:
"Then you are truly blessed!"
The Tianmen envoys come from the "Nine Heavens Alliance" that governs the nine houses of Tianzhou. They have always been responsible for maintaining the orthodoxy of Tianzhou. Although they are few in number, their actions are also mysterious.
There are rumors that the selection criteria for Tianmen envoys are very bizarre. It depends on the monk's birth date and destiny, regardless of cultivation level. A Tianmen envoy may be an old Yuanying monster or a young monk in the Qi refining period.
The Taiyi Mirror in their hands claims to be able to illuminate three lives and determine destiny. Basically no one dares to disobey what they say.
In Liu Cang's memory, he had met the Tianmen messenger more than once. Although the two sides did not interact much, they left a very deep impression on him.
"Yeah, when I think about it now, I still feel like I'm surviving a disaster."
Taoist Tianshuang sighed:
"After that day, I hid in a cave in Tiandaofang City, recuperating carefully and avoiding vendetta, and stayed there for a full ten years."
"It wasn't until a few months ago that I found out that the formation master surnamed Liu disappeared two years ago and was nowhere to be found, did I dare to come out and act with confidence."
"Until I collected enough Wanzai Ice Soul, I hurriedly left Tianzhou and returned to Mani Kingdom."
Hearing this, Zhang Yao couldn't help but sigh:
"Fellow Taoist Tianshuang, this journey has been really not easy."
As he spoke, he paused and said:
"In exchange for the kindness of my Taoist friend, I am willing to exchange five million spirit stones and five magic weapons for your ten thousand years of ice soul. What do you think?"
"The price is too high."
Taoist Tianshuang shook his head repeatedly.
Five million spirit stones and five magic weapons are already comparable to the full net worth of many Jindan ancestors, and are enough to make any Jindan monk's heart flutter.
But the problem is, if he only had this structure and was greedy for worldly wealth, he would not have put aside his own affairs and fled back to the Central Plains to obtain the Wanzai Ice Soul.
His purpose was to let the famous Ancestor Qingxu, who had a bright future, accept this great favor firmly. How could he accept the high price?
"Brother Qingxu, the price you gave is higher than the market price, but what I paid is far lower than the market price. Just give me the cost price."
Taoist Tianshuang said, paused, and then continued:
"Just one million spiritual stones and one magic weapon."
"……good!"
Zhang Yao looked at him deeply and agreed without any further persuasion.
He also knew what the other party was asking for, and he promised on the spot to give the other party a reassurance:
"Don't worry, fellow Taoist, if you are in danger in the future, all you need to do is send a message, and the poor Taoist will not refuse!"
"Okay, with Brother Dao's words, I'll be satisfied!"
Taoist Tianshuang was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. Zhang Yao also solemnly returned the gift.
soon:
The two completed the deal, and an entire party of Wanzai Bingso also fell into the hands of Zhang Yao's puppet incarnation.
After chatting with Taoist Tianshuang for a while, this small-scale ceremony was coming to an end, and many Jindan monks left.
Zhang Yao also found an opportunity to apologize to his host and Ancestor Ze, then drove away directly with the escape light, heading back towards the Changle Mountain area as quickly as possible.
Three days later:
Zhang Yao's incarnation traveled tens of thousands of miles and finally returned to Changle Palace.
In the Demon Sealed Palace:
Zhang Yao sat cross-legged on the futon. In front of him was a huge light blue transparent ice crystal, which reflected his own blurry reflection and emitted an astonishing cold air.
"Kakaka..."
The cold air emanating from the Wanzai Ice Soul has even caused the sapphire floor and beams, pillars and dome of the Demon Sealing Palace, which is blessed by the power of the formation, to be covered with frost. The stimulating formation aura flashes to resist this extreme cold force.
The characteristic of the Wanzai Ice Soul is that the larger the volume, the more alarming the cold air. The cold air of this ice soul alone is enough to freeze to death an ordinary foundation-building monk.
"Such a cold air, it is indeed the genuine Wanzai Ice Soul!"
Zhang Yao nodded with satisfaction:
"It's rare for Taoist Tianshuang to work so hard. I really owe you a big favor this time."
If he only relied on collecting such a large volume of Wanzai Ice Soul bit by bit, he would probably have to collect it for years and months.
Now that it was done in one step, it saved him an unknown amount of time, and he was naturally extremely satisfied.
"It's this kind of retreat that can't be accomplished overnight."
"Among the five magical powers, the practice of 'Hanging God's Thought' is second only to the 'Infinite Shadow Movement' in terms of its complexity of practice. It will take at least several months."
Zhang Yao looked thoughtful and thought:
"It seems that I have to send a message to the Mani Temple and ask them to temporarily send a golden Arhat to replace me in the Changle Mountain Demon Cave."
This is one of the disadvantages of cultivating in the Mani Kingdom. Nothing you do can be hidden from the supervision of the Mani Monastery.
However, he was not planning to do anything shameful, and he did not want to touch Mani Temple's plans, so there was no need to avoid them.
…………
Three days later.
Mani Temple sent a golden Arhat to take over Zhang Yao's responsibilities.
Zhang Yao went to a large Buddhist temple in the Changle Mountain area, borrowed a meditation room, and prepared to start practicing.
In the quiet room:
"Rumble..."
Zhang Yao sat cross-legged and tried his best to stimulate his energy and blood. He could hear the roar of the rushing air like the Yangtze River.
In the practice method of the five-phase magical power, the ice soul of ten thousand years corresponds to the water attribute. It is necessary to use water to generate ice and separate the ice phase in order to cultivate the foundation of the "Cicada God's Idea".
In the Five Elements Soul Condensation Formation, water belongs to the kidneys and governs the water in the whole body. Therefore, the introductory step of the Chilling God's idea is very strange. It needs to use its own blood to warm the ice soul of ten thousand years, cooperate with the operation of mana, and gradually absorb it. melt.
Hot blood and ice water are mixed, flow through the whole body, and combined with the golden elixir inhalation, strengthen the Five Elements Soul Containing Formation and at the same time change the foundation of the kidneys, and finally achieve the idea of the Chilling God.
There is no doubt that this cultivation method is tailor-made for practitioners of the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra".
If you switch to an orthodox qi refining monk, although the power of qi and blood is not bad, it is extremely weak compared to the third-level spiritual object Wan Zai Ice Soul, and it is impossible to melt it with magic power.
As for the body-refining monks, although their bodies are extremely powerful, according to the different schools of practice, most schools have reached the stage of golden elixir, and what flows in the body is not necessarily blood.
"Buzz!"
Zhang Yao placed his hands on the surface of the ice soul, with a solemn expression, and began to stimulate the almost boiling blood in his body.
Under his deliberate urging, countless tiny drops of blood seeped out from his palms, red as the setting sun, with a hint of gold, and exuding a faint fragrance.
The blood beads gathered more and more, like hot magma. With the cooperation of the magic power, the ice soul soon melted into a hole the size of a bowl, from which the ice soul containing abundant ice-attribute spiritual energy flowed out. of water.
"hiss……"
Zhang Yao took a breath and trembled all over.
The ice soul water was mixed with blood and poured back into his body, participating in the circulation of energy, blood and mana. The bone-chilling cold almost froze his entire body and made him lose consciousness.
Fortunately, he has already developed the three five-phase magical powers, and his internal organs have been greatly strengthened, especially the fire-attributed heart, which can continuously resist the cold air, allowing him to persevere.
In the midst of such suffering, time passed by little by little.
One day, two days...
One month, two months...
It was not until four months later that a long roar suddenly came from the quiet room, revealing an unconcealed sense of joy.
Quiet room:
Zhang Yao smiled broadly, and in front of him was the ice soul with only a little bit left in it, which he put into his storage bag with a flick of his sleeve.
"It took one hundred and twenty days of hard work, and it's finally done!"
With a thought in Zhang Yao's mind, he ran the "Cicada God Thought" he had just made, and a thin layer of frost immediately appeared all over his body, and the cold air penetrated from the inside out.
Just a few breaths later:
Zhang Yao's entire body became a light blue translucent ice sculpture, and only his figure and appearance could be clearly seen.
The Han Cicada Divine Aspect Technique is an auxiliary magical power among the five magical powers. It can turn oneself into a protective state of ice, dormant like a cicada.
In the state of ice protection, one's own protective power is greatly strengthened, and at the same time, injuries can be recovered very quickly under the nourishment of the ice soul reunion.
Of course:
Zhang Yao himself has a powerful talent for transforming essence, which is as powerful as the immortal body. It seems that he doesn't need this idea of the Chilling God.
But first of all, this magical power is a necessary component to condense the "Five-phase Divine Wheel" and a necessary step to refine the ultimate "Nine-Color Divine Wheel", so it is impossible to give up;
The second point is that this magical power is also effective on the injuries of the soul. Even after the cultivation is completed, even if there is only a part of the soul left, it can be repaired as before. This is exactly what Zhang Yao currently lacks and can make up for him. Short board.
Although the Ten Thousand Souls Concern Formation is good, it is not invincible after all. Who can guarantee that there will be no serious damage to the soul in the future? His talent cannot quickly make up for the damage to his soul.
"Aurora Escape Technique, God-killing Thunder, Heavenly Wind Formless Body, Chilling God's Idea..."
Zhang Yao sat cross-legged, his eyes deep, his soul moving one after another.
White, purple, cyan, blue... As the four magical powers circulated one after another, the four radiances of different colors began to rise, and there were faint signs of condensing together.
In the center where the four rays of light gathered, something terrible seemed to be born, and the aura became stronger and stronger.
But in the end, the four rays of light collided with each other and failed to complete the final round of spinning. It was like the last piece of the puzzle was missing and could only be separated from each other.
If one of the five elements and five phases is missing, the cycle cannot be completed after all.
"Huh... the five-phase divine wheel is ready to come out, all it needs is the final 'Infinite Shadow Walking Technique'!"
Zhang Yao took a deep breath and felt a little pity, but at the same time, his mind also cheered up.
He already had the exact clues about the Wujian Yin Tu needed for Wujian Shadow's magic, and now he was waiting for the Jindan monks in Da Mo to send him a message.
According to the Jiuhua Patriarch of the Shenhua Sect that day, this date is very close, and a large-scale outbreak of the Black Tide may occur at any time.
Once he refines the five-color divine wheel, his strength will immediately skyrocket. At the same time, a restriction will be lifted, and he can smoothly enter the middle stage of the golden elixir.
"In the realm of golden elixir, cultivation is especially difficult."
"A middle-grade golden elixir can easily take two to three hundred years to cross a border, and it may even fall into a bottleneck."
"There are no bottlenecks for high-grade golden elixirs, and first-grade golden elixirs are the fastest. It only takes seventy or eighty years to cross a realm. With the blessing of the great formation, I can even go faster."
Zhang Yao thought of this. A faint smile appeared.
It has been more than forty years since he broke through the golden elixir. Although he has been practicing the divine channel technique for a long time and has never practiced hard and wholeheartedly, he is not far from the middle stage of the golden elixir.
If he reaches the middle stage of the golden elixir and has the five-phase divine wheel in hand, then he can walk sideways in the golden elixir stage.
"The future is promising!"
Zhang Yao sighed with emotion, immediately straightened his clothes, got up and left the quiet room, going to bid farewell to the abbot of the Buddhist temple.
A moment later:
"boom!"
A white ray of light crossed the sky and flew rapidly towards Changle Mountain.
After returning to Changle Palace and thanking the golden Arhat who had been stationed for him for several months, Zhang Yao returned to his former days of seclusion.
Occasionally visiting other comrades, or going to the Ziyao Palace in Bingzang Kingdom to purchase some spiritual gold, all were done by puppets, and their behavior was very low-key.
Until this day two years later:
The nine divine wandering magic circles in the Mani Temple all announced to the outside world that the Mani Dharma Conference held every 20 years was about to be held, and invitations were sent to all foreign golden elixir monks.
"Time flies really fast!"
"In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, and it's time to hold the Mani ceremony again."
In Changle Palace, Zhang Yao sighed with emotion and began to sort out his storage bags, select some treasures and spiritual stones, and prepare to participate in the trading session of Mani Temple Dharma Ceremony.
Mani Temple is located in the Central Plains, so it naturally hides countless treasures, but not only those on the list of good deeds, the Arhats in the temple also have many good things.
This time, the Mani Dharma Assembly naturally has places for trading and auctions, which opens up great opportunities for acquisitions.
"By the way, there is also the Tongtong Arhat who is in charge of the Great Awakening Hall!"
Zhang Yao again thought of the agreement he made with the famous Tongxing Arhat seven years ago, but he didn't take it seriously.
After all, many of the outside Jindan cultivators have met this popular Arhat. The White Jade Empress and Patriarch He Ze were invited by this Arhat on his own initiative just like him.
"When the time comes, let's pay him a visit."
(End of chapter)
