After Jining walked around, he came to the pavilion managed by Xiqifang City. Walking into the hall of the pavilion, I saw an old monk with white beard and hair sitting at a table with his eyes closed, so he went up to ask about the rental of temporary residence in Fangshi. What makes Jining a little surprised is that the cost of temporary residence here is not high. It is similar to that in Miaoshan City, which requires ten low-grade spiritual stones per year. There is just one more requirement. The monks who live in this city need to do something for the city every year. A one-month term as a deacon in the city, which means that he needs to patrol the city on behalf of the city.
For casual cultivators like Jining, having a low-cost place to stay is most important. Not long after, Jining held a dark sign made of unknown material in his hand. There were several words "Li Shiqi" on the sign. Jining guessed that it should be the room number of his temporary residence.
Which dark sign is he holding, and the general direction is given by the deacon from the city just now. After walking for more than half an hour, we arrived at the mountainside of Fangshi. Jining looked at the surrounding environment and found that this was already the edge of Xiqifang City. Seeing that Xiqifang City was so huge, almost the same as some mortal cities, Jining secretly sighed at the great cultivation environment of Daxizhou!
The scenery on this low hillside is elegant, with rows of single-family courtyards neatly built along the ridge. Jining saw that most of the single-family courtyards here had restrictions, but some did not. Jining guessed that these independent courtyards without restrictions should be the courtyards where no one lives.
Not long after, I found a temporary residence near the ridge, but there were only a few people living in my temporary residence, and I was about to enter the house. At this time, Jining heard a "bang" in his ears. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw thick smoke rising from the building next to him. The smoke contained a strong medicinal fragrance.
Then there was a strange cry from inside, and a middle-aged monk with white smoke in his hair and a messy appearance appeared in front of Jining's eyes. Jining saw that this middle-aged monk was already in the late stage of foundation building, and such an advanced monk looked like this, so he suppressed a smile and greeted him.
The middle-aged monk also noticed his embarrassment at this time. He nodded to Jining and hurried back to the room.
When I walked into my house, I saw that this small courtyard was very nice. The ground was paved with stones of a special material and looked extremely smooth. There is a tall old tree in the middle of the yard, and there is a well under the old tree. This ancient tree has lush leaves.
There are two wooden houses not far behind the yard. When I walked into the room, I saw that the inside and outside of the room were separated. There was nothing else except a square table and a few chairs in the outside, and there was nothing else except a simple bed in the inside.
Jining discovered that although the furnishings here were simple, the materials used to build the house turned out to be very precious century-old iron crown wood. Iron crown wood is extremely hard and comparable to ordinary steel.
Jining thought in his mind, no wonder it was necessary to use such materials to build a house, otherwise the explosion in the house next door might have destroyed the house.
At this time, I discovered that there was a talisman array in a hidden place inside. There was a groove in the middle of the talisman array. Jining took out a spiritual stone and inserted it into the groove, and then Jining instantly placed a simple restriction on the house he felt.
After arranging the restraints, he laid an animal skin on the simple bed and then lay down to rest. It didn't take long for Jining to fall into a deep sleep. He had not had a good rest in the giant ark for more than two years. Especially the frequent appearance of the sea monster later made Jining nervous. Although most immortal cultivators use meditation instead of sleeping, occasional sleep is also necessary.
When Jining opened his eyes, he found that he had slept for two days and two nights this time. Feeling that after these two days of rest and replenishment, his body and spirit were fully recovered, so he took out the spirit gathering array and prepared to practice. At this time, there was another explosion sound in his ears. Jining guessed which monk next door should refine the medicine again. Failed.
Recalling that two explosions occurred just a few days after I came here, it seems that I will not be very quiet here in the future. I also understood in my heart why there were so few monks living in this building, and I also knew that this was not good for my cultivation, but there was no other way for the moment.
After the Spirit Gathering Formation was embedded in the spirit stone, Jining felt that the Spirit Gathering Formation was suddenly filled with rich spiritual energy from heaven and earth. Jining was a little surprised to find that the Spirit Gathering Array Disk had such an effect when used in Daxi Continent.
Jining closed his eyes and began to meditate. The rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the Spirit Gathering Formation was running along with Jining's Immortality Secret. A large amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy was instantly absorbed into Jining's body, and then the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from outside surged into the Spirit Gathering Formation.
Jining felt that his whole body was being nourished by the rich spiritual power of heaven and earth. Gradually, Jining felt that the Dantian in his body seemed to have grown in size. Then a large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth poured into the Dantian, and he felt that his body had also changed. , the sea of consciousness also expanded.
Jining knew that he had now entered the middle stage of foundation building. He did not stop and continued to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to stabilize his cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building.
A month passed and he felt that his cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building had been stable, so Jining stopped practicing and opened his eyes. At this time, he saw that the deacon of Xiqifang City actually sent a transmission note. The content of the transmission note asked Jining to go to a certain place. The management office of Tangfang City.
Jining was a little surprised. He had only been in Fangshi for more than a month, so why did the deacon of Fangshi look for him? Thinking that my cultivation level has been stabilized in the middle stage of foundation building, I originally planned to go to Fang City for a walk, so I put away the spirit gathering array and walked out of the inner room, heading towards the management of Fang City!
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In a private room in an elegantly decorated restaurant in Xiqifang City, several plates of dishes and a jug of wine were placed on the round table in the private room. Jining now knows why there are so many restaurants in Xiqifang City. It turns out that Xiqifang City is close to the Endless Sea, and there are many kinds of sea monsters here. Gradually, the monks discovered that the meat of monster beasts not only tastes delicious after cooking, but also contains a trace of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. As a result, the restaurants in Xiqifang City gradually became popular in cooking dishes with the meat of monsters, which made Xiqifang City a unique existence among the Xiuxianfang cities in Daxizhou, and also allowed Xiqifang City to attract a group of people who love tongue. The monks lived here.
Jining drank a glass of wine and remembered what the deacon of Fang City said just now. It turns out that in addition to managing Xiqifang City, the Xiqifang City Management Office also needs to be responsible for the safety of surrounding small islands. There are basically some mortals living in those small islands. These mortals usually collect some immortal cultivation resources on the island and give them to Xiqifang City.
Originally, these small islands were very safe, and monsters in the sea rarely appeared. However, during this period, monsters in the sea often attacked ordinary mortals on the island.
Therefore, the managers of Xiqifang City need to send monks to the island to protect these mortals. However, there are no less than a thousand small islands around Xiying Island, so the number of monks to be sent to the islands is very large. This left the managers of Xiqifang City with no other choice but to notify all the monks they could think of arranging.
Jining learned from the deacon of Fang City that if the monks go to these islands to protect mortals for more than a year, these monks will receive a permanent cave in Xiqifang City. Moreover, these monks stationed on the island can share half of the resources provided by the mortal islands to Xiqifang City.
Hearing such a generous promise made Jining a little excited. After all, he didn't have many spiritual stones and other cultivation items left in his body. However, when things go wrong, there must be monsters. Jining knows that it is not easy for monsters to suddenly appear on the surrounding islands.
The management deacon of Xiqifang City was aware of Jining's concerns and asked Jining to think about it for two days before replying to them.
Jining put down the wine glass in his hand, stood in front of the window and looked up at the sky. He watched the wind and clouds surging in the sky, and the dark clouds in the sky became thicker and thicker. However, a sudden gust of wind blew by, and the dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated. Jining looked at the changes in the sky and thought for a while. When he saw this hexagram, the top of the ridge and the bottom of the stem were the hexagram of water and the need for the sky. This hexagram was the sign of clouds above the sky, dense clouds and no rain. The hexagram shows that dense clouds are in the sky, and if you use them to be constant, you will prosper.
Seeing this celestial phenomenon shows that although this trip will be difficult, the sky shows dense clouds and no rain, so there will be no major danger.
Jining knows that the way of heaven is vague and changes with time! I also know in my heart that the sky ivory will change with the changes of time and place. As the saying goes, the so-called changes in fortunes are due to changes in time.
If a monk does not dare to get involved in any danger, his path of cultivation will also be over. The most important thing now is to seek good luck and avoid bad luck, but there is no guarantee that everything will go wrong.
Jining looked at the turbulent sky and had already made a decision in his heart.
Two days later, Jining appeared in the sky above a small island riding a flying spiritual weapon. This small island was not too far from Xiying Island, only more than a thousand miles away.
He looked at a small island with lush trees below. This island was called Silver Water Beach, and Silver Water Beach was hundreds of miles in radius. There is a spiritual tree called Ding Teng growing on the island, and the Ding Teng fruit produced by Ding Teng is an auxiliary material for refining elixirs. In another three months, the vine fruits will be ready for picking. Jining’s mission this time is to protect these vine fruits from being destroyed by monsters and ensure the safety of mortals who plant the vine fruits. Wait for the vine fruits to mature in three months and then pick them. Just complete it, and then Xiqifang City will send a boat to take Ding Tengguo and the mortals back to Xiying Island.
After Jining landed on Silver Water Beach and put away his flying spiritual weapon, his spiritual sense sensed that there was a large village twenty or thirty miles away.
His body swayed and he walked in one direction like a ghost. It seems that Jining's wind control skills have become extremely fast after reaching the middle stage of foundation building.
In less than a quarter of an hour, they arrived at the entrance of the village. Jining saw that there were more than a thousand people in this village. Tall wooden fences were placed around the village, which seemed to be used to prevent attacks by monsters.
At this time, I saw several people standing at the entrance of the village. One of these people was a very old man who was also a monk, but his cultivation level was relatively low, only the fourth level of Qi training. It seems that they should have been informed by Xiqifang City that there are monks coming here today.
After seeing Jining, several people at the entrance of the village hurriedly walked towards Jining.
An old man with gray beard and hair, a monk at the fourth level of Qi training, bowed to Jining respectfully and said: "Hello, Master Immortal, my name is He Wenshan, and he is the head of Dingteng Village. I received a notification today that The Immortal Master came to Yinshui Beach today, and I am here to welcome him!"
Jining nodded after hearing this, and then followed these people into the village.
