"Are you alone?" Jiang Qingyu was a little surprised.
Xiao Feng smiled slightly: "Yes, if there are too many people, it will make you suspect our ulterior motives, right? Besides, I am still one of the few immortal cultivators in this era."
Jiang Qingyu hesitated for a while, then nodded: "Well, if you want to go back, you can only go through the crack."
A few days later, the crack appeared again. Jiang Qingyu and Xiao Feng walked into the crack under the watch of everyone.
They agreed in advance that if Xiao Feng didn't come back in three days, they would attack directly.
After entering the crack, Xiao Feng felt that he had entered a whole new world.
After possessing spiritual consciousness, he can feel the spiritual energy in the environment, and the concentration is much higher than that of the outside world.
As long as this spiritual energy is absorbed, it can be quickly converted into spiritual power, which is much more efficient than converting true energy into spiritual power.
In addition, the environment of Qingyun Sect is different from that of Golden Light Sect, at least not to the point where zombies are running all over the ground.
The reason for this difference is that either the concentration of spiritual energy at the beginning is very different, or the monks here are not thinking about becoming immortals and deliberately slow down their cultivation speed. In this way, the consumption of spiritual energy will naturally be reduced. .
Xiao Feng felt that the latter guess was more likely.
The two of them had just entered for a while when a stream of light came flying towards them.
The light fell, and a young man from Eguan Bodai appeared in front of them.
"Qingyu, where have you been these past few days? And who is this guy?" the young man asked with some surprise.
"Father, this is a Taoist friend I met outside. His name is Xiao Feng."
Jiang Qingyu answered cautiously.
The young man was startled: "The outside world? You went to the outside world? You... why didn't you discuss it with us in advance? What if something goes wrong?"
"If I had discussed this with you in advance, you would definitely not have let me go."
Jiang Qingyu said innocently: "Besides, I have nothing to do."
"You...hey...ok."
The young man looked at Xiao Feng again: "Are you a monk from the outside world? Are you a casual cultivator or a disciple of another sect?"
"If I say that I am a casual cultivator, are you going to take action?" Xiao Feng narrowed his eyes slightly.
The young man was startled when he heard this, then smiled bitterly and said: "How is that possible? This was not more than a thousand years ago. Well, everyone who comes is a guest. Fellow Daoist Xiao, please come with me."
After saying that, he used a spiritual force to lift the two of them up and fly them into the air together.
In fact, monks in the foundation building stage and even the Qi training stage can also rely on spells to fly, but only from the pill formation stage can they fly without relying on any spells, and the consumption of spiritual power is much lower.
Soon, the three of them landed outside a palace on the top of the mountain.
There were several young monks talking here. When they saw the young man, they immediately came up to say hello: "Hello, Uncle Jiang. Ah, Junior Sister Qingyu is back, and this is..."
Unexpectedly, the young man immediately made a serious face: "It's none of your business, get out of my way."
Several young monks had no choice but to leave with a wry smile. The young man didn't go far and stopped, as if waiting for someone.
"Speaking of which, I haven't asked for your surname yet."
Xiao Feng suddenly asked.
The young man was a little surprised and said, "Didn't Qingyu tell you?"
Jiang Qingyu quickly shook his head.
The young man understood something and replied: "I'm down here, Jiang Baihe, the elder of Qingyun Sect. You can call me Fellow Daoist Jiang or Elder Jiang."
"Really? Then I can take the liberty to ask, how old is Jiang Daoyou?" Xiao Feng asked again.
Jiang Baihe narrowed his eyes slightly, but still replied: "It doesn't hurt to tell you, Jiang is fifty-six years old this year."
"Really? This is really unexpectedly young."
Xiao Feng directly expressed his doubts: "As far as I know, monks should be able to live for a long time. The lifespan of the foundation-building stage is more than two hundred years, and the lifespan of the golden elixir stage can be doubled again."
“Both Daoyou Jiang and Daoyou Jiang’s daughter are young people born here, so logically speaking, this place should have been overcrowded long ago.
"But when I came here, I didn't see too many people. What's going on?"
Jiang Baihe was silent for a while and said, "You should have guessed the truth."
"Yeah, it's just that I can't believe that you really have this kind of awareness."
Xiao Feng's eyes suddenly looked into the distance: "Before I came here, I went to another sect. The monks there did not hesitate to kill each other and continue to practice."
Jiang Baihe shook his head: "Then the result there must not be too good, right?"
"The result is that they all basically turned into zombies, including the leader."
Xiao Feng said lightly.
Jiang Baihe breathed a sigh of relief for some reason: "Looking at it this way, our approach is still okay."
Xiao Feng nodded.
At this point, he already understood what Qingyun Sect was doing.
First of all, no one can cultivate to too high a level. The Dan Formation Stage or Nascent Soul Stage should be the limit.
More importantly, if you live to a certain age, you must choose to commit suicide and re-decompose your spiritual power into spiritual energy and return it to this world.
In this way, although the spiritual energy concentration cannot be guaranteed to remain unchanged, the rate of decline is slow enough.
The reason why Xiao Feng feels incredible is because people only have two purposes in cultivating immortality, seeking Tao or immortality. To seek Tao naturally requires improving one's realm.
But Qingyun Sect's current approach runs counter to these two purposes.
Jiang Baihe said calmly: "In fact, it is not difficult to understand. We believe that spiritual energy will recover one day. In order to ensure that the inheritance will not be cut off, we need to use the remaining spiritual energy rationally."
"After all, the reason why we closed the mountain gate is not to fight to the death, nor to give up on ourselves."
"It's a pity that not everyone understands this truth."
Xiao Feng nodded and said, "But I still don't understand why you are so sure that spiritual energy can be revived? Is there any precedent for this kind of thing?"
Jiang Baihe was silent for a while and said: "If I have to say it, we believe that spiritual energy is a part of nature. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and the moon waxes and wanes, so the recovery of spiritual energy is the same."
"But to be honest, the reason why we believe it is because we can only believe this way, otherwise this place would have become another Golden Light Sect, wouldn't it?"
Somehow, this description reminded Xiao Feng of a shelter in a certain game. The residents inside either believed that the radiation outside would disappear one day, or they believed that the radiation outside would never disappear and could only stay in the shelter. inside.
But no matter what, as time goes by, the situation in the shelter will definitely get worse and worse, and eventually it will either self-destruct or have to open the door.
However, these sect monks do not seem to have the power to open the door. According to Guo Fu, the barrier cannot be closed unless they have the cultivation level of the Tribulation Stage or the external spiritual energy has revived.
