In the past two years, I have been wandering around Xiying Island and living a hard life in the wilderness for a long time. Although I didn't feel the hardship at the time, now lying on the soft bedding, Jining still feels comfortable in the city.
With a move of his hand, he used the seven-star array to place a restriction, and then fell into a deep sleep. When Jining woke up, it was already noon the next day.
Jining slowly opened his eyes, with a hint of surprise on his face. Yesterday's deep sleep made him feel that his cultivation had made some progress, and his cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building had been completed.
There was a hint of relief on his face. Although he had experienced many dangers on the endless seaside of Xiying Island in the past two years, he had gained quite a lot. Not only had he completed the second stage of the Brahma Heaven Ming King Technique, Glazed Jade Body, but he had also unintentionally realized it. "Yunyin Sword Escape Technique" gave me a little more self-protection ability in this catastrophe.
Now that my cultivation level in the middle stage of foundation building has been perfected, as long as there is a chance, I may enter the cultivation level in the late stage of foundation building.
Before Jining finished washing up, Jining's spiritual consciousness discovered that You Yinglong, who had interacted with the flying spiritual weapon, appeared in his courtyard.
So Jining walked to the yard. When You Yinglong saw Jining coming out, he quickly bowed to Jining and greeted: "Brother Ji, yesterday I heard our elder step said that you were resting here, so I came to bother you!"
Then he was welcomed into the living room, and everyone exchanged greetings. Then You Yinglong took out a bottle of Heqi Dan and thanked Jining for his generous rescue that day.
The elixir was particularly important in the catastrophe, so Jining accepted it without mercy. Then the two chatted. You Yinglong said that after he came back, he heard other Taoist friends say that there was a gathering of monks in Huangshi City, and asked Jining if he was interested in attending this gathering of monks together, so that Jining could also get to know the monks in Daxizhou.
As the sky grew dark, Jining followed You Yinglong to the outside of Huangshi City. It turned out that this gathering was also held in a secret place outside Huangshi City. The two used the wind control technique to rush in one direction for more than half an hour.
Not long after, a small village with only four or five households appeared in front of the two of them, You Yinglong said, and then he walked into the yard of one of the simple houses. There was an old man sitting in the yard smoking a dry cigarette. The old man glanced at them and then smoked leisurely.
You Yinglong led Jining through the courtyard where the old man was sitting. Jining saw that there was a door behind the courtyard. You Yinglong opened the door and walked in.
"Huh?" Jining saw that there was a cave inside this door, and found that it was a magnificently decorated hall. The high and wide hall floor and pillars were all made of a kind of white jade. The top of the hall was full of relief shapes. A huge luminous pearl placed on a giant lamp emits soft light, illuminating the entire hall as if it were daytime.
Sitting on the main seat in the center of the hall was an old man with all white beard and hair. The old man looked kind and friendly, but the dignity he revealed inadvertently made people a little surprised. Only then did Jining discover that this old man with all white beard and hair was actually a Jindan. An early stage master. I also secretly sighed in my heart. I had never seen the masters of golden elixir monks in the East Continent. After arriving in Daxi Continent, I met so many golden elixir monks.
There were two rows of sandalwood chairs on both sides of the main seat in the center of the hall, and a few people were already sitting there. You Yinglong should know the old man who was sitting in the chair. He bowed to the old man from afar, and then he and Jining found a seat to sit down.
After sitting down, You Yinglong sent a message to Jining, and Jining had a general understanding of all this. The old man sitting in the main seat was named Zhuang Ping. His family was originally a well-known immortal cultivating family in Daxizhou, but the path to immortality was bumpy and difficult. After arriving here, the family has slowly fallen into decline. He is now the monk with the highest cultivation level in his family, and can also be regarded as the patriarch of their family.
In the past, Zhuang Ping usually organized a gathering of monks every three years to allow everyone to exchange their cultivation experiences, or to exchange unused spiritual weapons and objects among the monks. According to the past meeting time, it should be postponed for several months. There should be other reasons for holding the meeting in a hurry this time. You Yinglong only found out about this after returning yesterday, so he brought Jining here today.
Jining looked around and saw about thirty monks, both male and female, in the hall. Except for the old man, most of them were in the early stages of foundation building. There were not many monks at the peak of Qi Refining, only three or four. It seemed that he He You Yinglong is considered to have a high level of cultivation among this group of monks.
When the two of them appeared, other monks looked over one after another, but these monks were very cautious and quickly looked away after taking a look. Jining also put away his eyes and closed his eyes to rest. After that, several waves of monks came in, and the number of people in the hall gradually increased.
At this moment, the old man in the main seat looked around, his voice was a little low, and he said slowly: "I originally thought that if this gathering was held a few months in advance, there wouldn't be too many monks coming. I didn't expect that there would be more monks than usual. Many, it seems that everyone must have heard some news."
"Is it a monster that came out of the strange ghost mist in the Langya Mountains of Daxizhou?" Then some of the monks below asked in surprise.
Zhuang Ping nodded after hearing this and said: "Yes, although most of the monsters that ran out of the ghost mist in the Langya Mountains were wiped out by powerful sects such as the nearby Langya Mountains, some monsters escaped the encirclement and suppression and actually passed through the Langya Mountains. He ran to the Guzhu Kingdom near Liqiling Kingdom."
"Hey, wherever these monsters from the ghost mist go, life is devastated and no living thing is seen. The scary thing about this group of monsters is that the more humans they devour, the stronger they become. I heard that mortals in many cities in Lone Bamboo Country have been killed. These monsters destroyed the city. Now it seems that Guzhu Kingdom has disappeared in the Immortal Abandoned Land soon! Most of you and I are considered local monks of Qiling Kingdom and have connections with Guzhu Kingdom. Although I heard that Langya Mountain has sent The elite of the sect came to annihilate this group of monsters. I am organizing a gathering for everyone today. First, I will inform you about this matter, and I also hope that you can help the mortals of Qiling Kingdom escape this disaster. Those who have the ability can also participate in Langya The monks of the mountain slaughtered all these monsters.”
After Zhuang Ping said this, he looked around and found that the monks who were bustling just now became silent. Perhaps they were shocked by the news. Although everyone's cultivation level is not too high, the immortal cultivators are all smart people. They know very well about their own strength. Fighting against these monsters will basically cost their lives.
After seeing it, Zhuang Ping said: "Although these monsters are scary, they are also an opportunity for you and me. Like monsters, these monsters will condense their essence into elixirs. It is called soul stone. The soul stone contains dark mysterious power. It can not only To temper the spiritual thoughts of monks, you can also refine the soul stones into the eye stones of the illusion array. Normally, such items are extremely difficult to find, so several sects are willing to use foundation-building pills in exchange for soul stones."
Jining was a little surprised when he heard what Zhuang Ping said. He was no stranger to soul stones, and he still had more than ten of them on his body.
Zhuang Ping then explained to other monks, saying that each sect is willing to use pills or spirit stones in exchange for soul stones, but it still depends on the quality of the soul stones. For example, if you have ten high-grade soul stones, you can directly exchange them for one soul transformation pill. Or five thousand spirit stones. For the lower grade spirit stones, a hundred are needed.
When the monks present heard this, there was a commotion. Most of the monks here are small family monks and casual cultivators, and it is basically difficult to obtain elixirs. They also know that cultivation becomes more and more difficult after foundation building, and among the foundation building monks, only one in ten thousand can form golden elixirs.
Most of the small family monks and casual cultivators can basically only linger in the foundation building stage throughout their lives, and if they can get the Spiritual Transformation Pill, they will have a little more chance of forming a golden elixir!
Hearing that hunting monsters can actually obtain soul stones that can be exchanged for spiritual elixirs, the monks who were not interested just now began to whisper. They gathered with those monks who had good relationships to discuss that they should form a team to hunt these monsters. . After hearing this, You Yinglong also showed excitement on his face.
After hearing the news, these Qi Refining monks didn't pay attention to the usual exchange of items for sale between monks at the last stage of the gathering. They all hurriedly said goodbye to Zhuang Ping, the foundation-building monk. You Yinglong also got up and left after sending word to Jining.
You Yinglong and Jining hurried back to the quiet Sihai League station. You Yinglong invited Jining to a part of the manor and said to Jining straight to the point: "I wonder if fellow Taoist Ji is interested in hunting these monsters this time!"
Jining pondered for a moment, but did not refuse immediately and said: "Although you and I monks are very yearning for the Spiritual Transformation Pill, these monsters can actually escape from the encirclement and killing of several sect elites. They must be extremely powerful. It is not you and me who are foundation-building monks." It’s all I can handle. But Fellow Daoist You is well-informed, so I hope Fellow Daoist You can tell me something, and I’ll make a decision after weighing it.”
After hearing this, You Yinglong nodded and said that it turned out that You Yinglong was also a monk from a family of immortal cultivators in Daxizhou, but he joined the Four Seas Alliance because he did not want to have too many family ties.
You Yinglong said that although their You family is not very famous in Daxi Continent now, their You family has a long history in Daxi Continent, and there has also been a Nascent Soul monk in the family. He also accidentally saw the records of his family's Yuan Ying great monk ancestors who traveled around various continents during his lifetime, and then he learned some details about these monsters.
There is a dangerous place in the central continent of Kunyun called the "Endless Abyss". The "Endless Abyss" is filled with ghosts and mist all day long. It is said that one can reach the land of darkness through the Endless Abyss. The ghost mist in the "Endless Abyss" is extremely vicious. As long as animals or humans inadvertently inhale a trace of ghost mist, it will corrode the souls of these creatures and make them disappear.
If some cultivators or monsters inhale a trace of ghost mist, they will become soulless walking corpses. In the ghost mist, there lives a very powerful Yin beast that looks like a mandrill. The Mandrill Yin beast is very bloodthirsty and smells The energy of living beings will come forward to devour flesh and blood. If a large amount of living creatures' flesh and blood is swallowed, the mandrill Yin Beast will mutate into a mandrill ghost and be able to live outside the ghost mist.
Legend has it that the appearance of the mandrill ghost is the beginning of the end of the world. The mandrill ghost has the ability to fly into the sky and escape from the earth. It can travel at night and day, covering thousands of miles in a night, destroying all life along the way. The soul stone in the Yin beast's body is the source of the Yin beast's power. As the amount of flesh and blood it consumes increases, the quality of the soul stone will also increase. I heard that the mandrill ghost's body is no longer a soul stone but a soul crystal. The soul crystal is a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth, but the specific effects have not been mentioned by the ancestors.
