Asking about longevity

Fourteen years old, ninth level of Qi refining, thirteen lines of spiritual awareness.

From the eighth level of Qi refining to the ninth level of Qi refining, the realm has been broken through, and the spiritual consciousness has also grown a bit.

But this kind of growth, after all, is only the growth of the Qi Refining Realm, and it seems a bit useless in front of the foundation-building consciousness.

It is tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away.

It is not even enough for the spiritual consciousness to break through the bottleneck and reach the fourteenth pattern of foundation building.

Mo Hua's spiritual consciousness is still at the peak of the Thirteen Patterns.

It's not even much better than the previous peak of the Thirteen Patterns.

Mo Hua in the carriage sighed.

It seems that this bottleneck is another big hurdle.

Similar to the threshold from Qi refining to foundation building, the thirteenth to fourteenth lines are the threshold from the early stage to the middle stage of foundation building. It seems that there is only one line difference, but the gap in it is also unfathomable.

You can't see the end of the ink painting at first glance.

Foundation building is like this, but what about the golden elixir?

Mo Hua stuck his head out and glanced at the sky.

The boundary he is currently in is the boundary of the third-grade Dali Mountain State.

In the third-level state boundary, the upper limit of the cultivation level that a monk can use is the golden elixir realm!

"The boundary of the third-grade state..."

Mo Hua murmured in his heart.

This is the first time that he has come to a state border above the second level.

Mo Hua took a breath and felt that the atmosphere around him was different. The earth was wider and the sky was higher.

Of course, it is possible that the boundary of the third-level state is indeed larger.

It's also possible that it's just my own illusion...

Mo Hua looked up at the sky again.

Although you can't see it now, there is a great formation in the sky.

When he was killing Feng Xi, he saw with his own eyes that the blood-red tribulation thunder was coming, terrifying and inexplicable, hovering above his head, and then gradually dissipated.

When the tribulation thunder dissipated, there were incredible formations in the clouds.

One of them was recorded on the Taoist monument by him.

This formation pattern is an immortal pattern.

It is far beyond the current state of ink painting that can be understood.

He still doesn't dare to look at the ink painting. He is afraid that if he takes one look, his consciousness will be drained, his sea of ​​consciousness will be cracked, and there will be endless troubles.

Moreover, this is the immortal pattern on the Tribulation Thunder, which contains the law of obliteration.

The rules are unreasonable.

If you watch too much, touch the immortal pattern, and be directly obliterated, at that time, no matter how powerful your master is, he probably won’t be able to save you...

It's better to keep it for now. Later, when your realm is higher and your spiritual consciousness is stronger, you can carefully comprehend it.

Mo Hua looked down at his little hands again.

Now, the spiritual power of the ninth level of Qi refining is flowing in his body!

At the ninth level of Qi refining, the spiritual power is a little deeper.

At the same time, the power of his spells has also become stronger.

Even if you only rely on the "divine consciousness compression" and "fast but unbreakable" fireball technique, under the foundation building, the general ninth level of Qi refining is no longer his opponent.

Of course, there are exceptions like the little senior brother and the little senior sister.

They can all fight against Zhuji.

Now, he is not a match for the foundation-building monks.

Unless the formation is used to disintegrate...

Otherwise, it’s 50-50 at most.

It's still the 50-50 situation of "invincible".

I can't kill them, they can't chase them, they can't catch me, they can't even see me...

"I just don't know if I can fight head-on with other foundation-building monks after I build the foundation, and my spiritual consciousness has become more advanced and my spells are stronger..."

Mo Hua couldn't help but think about it.

The expressions on the little faces are sometimes happy, sometimes expectant, sometimes worried, and sometimes frowning in thought...

Mr. Zhuang looked interesting and smiled slightly:

"Think about building a foundation again?"

Mo Hua came back to his senses, smiled and nodded.

"Don't worry," Mr. Zhuang nodded slightly, "As your cultivation becomes deeper and reaches the ninth level of perfection, you can try to build the foundation. As for spiritual consciousness, there is no need to force it, just let it happen..."

Now it seems that it is indeed too difficult for Qi Refining monks to cultivate the fourteen lines of spiritual consciousness.

Even the ink paintings are somewhat unlikely...

Mr. Zhuang thought for a moment and then said, "If it really doesn't work, it's possible to build the foundation at the peak of the Thirteen Patterns."

Mo Hua was a little regretful and worried:

"Wouldn't that be too powerful?"

Mr. Zhuang paused for a moment and looked at the ink painting with complex eyes:

"You are now at the ninth level of Qi refining and have the peak consciousness of the thirteen lines. You are already very... powerful..."

Which qi refining monk can have the peak spiritual consciousness in the early stage of foundation building?

This is spiritual consciousness, which is ethereal, difficult to cultivate, difficult to practice, and difficult to enhance...

Rather than the spiritual power that can be fed by spiritual stones.

It is unbelievable that the spiritual consciousness has crossed a huge realm.

"Oh." Mo Hua scratched his head.

The master said it was amazing, so it should be okay.

Then, he thought of another question:

"Master, don't I need to polish my realm?"

Mo Hua glanced at Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi, "Just like my little senior brother and little senior sister..."

He heard Zhang Lan say that the children of aristocratic families must lay a good foundation in order to build a foundation. Only in this way can their cultivation be solid enough and they can go further in the future.

Zhang Lan was also in the realm of Qi refining and had polished his foundation for a long time.

He was obviously from a noble family, but at such an old age, he was still only at the ninth level of Qi refining. Later, in order to fight against the big demon, just in case, he broke through to the foundation building.

Of course, he probably had a conflict with the clan and was a bit rebellious, so he deliberately messed it up, otherwise he wouldn't have established the foundation so late.

But the little senior brother and the little senior sister are different.

The three of them get along day and night.

Mo Hua watched them practice every day. Every time they practiced, their spiritual power became more concentrated, their cultivation became more profound, and their aura became more powerful.

Over time, although his realm has not improved, his cultivation has become extremely solid.

Even comparable to foundation building...

Mo Hua recalled it again.

When they first met, he was only at the third level of Qi refining, and they were already at the late stage of Qi refining. Now that he was at the ninth level, they were still at the ninth level.

Senior brothers and sisters are so talented that they have been suppressing their abilities for so long.

Is it not good that my spiritual roots are so weak and I don’t feel pressure at all...

Mo Hua looked at Mr. Zhuang with some confusion.

Mr. Zhuang's expression became subtle.

He thought for a while and decided to tell the truth:

"This...you don't have to press it anymore..."

"Your senior brothers and sisters, their spiritual roots are from the sky... they are of the highest grade. The exercises they practice are all the top-grade exercises of Man Zhou Tian, ​​and the Taoist methods they learn are also the superior skills of the family sect...

"For a family like the Bai family, foundation building and Qi refining are not much different..."

"The family's expectations for them are not just to build a foundation, but to lay a solid foundation and break through to a higher level of cultivation."

"The family's heritage is enough to support their practice."

"And once they have perfected their Qi refining and laid a good foundation, after the foundation is established, the spiritual power of Man Zhoutian will change qualitatively, laying the foundation of the great avenue."

"In the future, I will have enough spiritual power to perform extremely powerful Taoist methods, and I will also have enough foundation to seek a higher realm..."

"This is the path for the geniuses of aristocratic families. They want to polish their realm..."

Mr. Zhuang glanced at the ink painting and said, "You don't care..."

Mr. Zhuang tried his best to be subtle, but still felt a little worried:

"Your spiritual roots are a bit weak, your physique is a bit weak, and your inheritance is not as good as theirs, so you don't have to worry about it so much. It doesn't really matter whether you polish it or not..."

"Keep practicing and break through if you can. Although the spiritual power is a little less and the blood is a little weak, at least the consciousness is strong enough..."

"One handsome man covers all ugliness..."

"As long as your spiritual consciousness is strong, whatever else you can make do with it..."

…

The expressions in the ink paintings are complex.

For a moment, I didn’t know if Master was praising him or hurting him...

Mo Hua sighed, then thought again, it was actually good this way, as he didn't have to worry about polishing his cultivation, and it would save worry, effort, and spiritual stones.

Anyway, the spiritual root is this spiritual root, and the situation is just like this. It cannot be changed, so just make do with it, as long as you can build the foundation...

Ink painting calms down the mind.

No matter how good someone else's is, it's still someone else's.

It has nothing to do with yourself.

Just cultivate your own way.

Mo Hua looked calmly and nodded slightly.

Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but be slightly startled when he saw Mo Hua's expression. Then he nodded gently and sighed in his heart:

"This kid has a really good nature..."

…

The carriage drove all the way and trudged for more than ten days, finally crossing the mountain road at the border of Dali Mountain and arriving at Lishan City.

Lishan City is a third-grade immortal city with beautiful scenery, spectacular city walls, and magnificent caves in the city.

Most of the monks in the city use Qi refining to build foundations. They have golden elixirs, but not many.

The destination of this trip is the largest and only third-grade sect in the entire Lishan City:

Five Elements Sect.

Before going to the Five Elements Sect, Mo Hua and his party found an inn to rest for a while.

Mo Hua first settled Dabai and asked the waiter to feed it high-quality grass. After seeing that it ate deliciously, he touched Dabai's mane before leaving.

After that, he ordered some dried fruits, food and tea, and delivered them to Mr. Zhuang's room.

I don't know where the old man went.

Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi sat respectfully, listening to what Mr. Zhuang said.

Mo Hua placed the food on the table.

These meals were all ordered by Mo Hua himself.

Ink painting also gave instructions on how to make it and what flavor it should be made into.

Master, senior brothers, sisters, and puppet elders, everyone has their favorite food.

After a day's journey, Bai Zisheng, who was hungry, asked about the fragrance. He couldn't help but glance at it, and immediately sat upright to listen to Mr. Zhuang's teachings.

Mr. Zhuang laughed a little and said:

"Let's eat something first."

Bai Zisheng's eyes brightened, and he said respectfully with joy:

"Yes, Master!"

While eating, Mo Hua and his senior brothers and sisters chatted about what they had seen in the city.

What are the different types of monks, what customs have different behaviors, and there are a dazzling array of spiritual weapons, elixirs, and formation books on the market.

Mo Hua sighed in his heart.

The third-grade fairy city is indeed different.

On the street, he could see many foundation-building monks.

Many of the spiritual weapons and elixirs placed on the market are second-grade. Mo Hua even saw a second-grade formation book.

He wanted to look through it, but the stall owner wouldn't let him.

He also said something like, "What kind of book should children read? This book is not for you to read. Don't let your spiritual consciousness be exhausted..."

There were a lot of ink-painted villains, so I didn’t bother with him.

His current cultivation level is not enough, and it is true that he cannot learn the second-level formation, so it is in vain.

The key point is that this second-grade formation book is quite expensive. Just looking at the names of the formations recorded in it, they are all crappy formations and not worth wasting spiritual stones.

I am almost building a foundation, so I need to save my spirit stones...

But Mo Hua also discovered a strange place.

In the entire Lishan City, it seems that most of them are monks who open business pavilions, open shops, and set up stalls to sell various monastic items.

Most casual cultivators are also traders.

There are no casual cultivators like spiritual farmers, mining cultivators, demon hunters, craftsmen, etc. who work hard and earn spiritual stones.

Mo Hua felt a little confused and asked Mr. Zhuang.

Mr. Zhuang said: "The Formation Sect is like this..."

"Five Elements Sect?"

"Yes," Mr. Zhuang nodded, "The Five Elements Sect is an orthodox sect. It is a sect based on formations. Most of the monks in the sect are formation masters."

"The cultivation world respects formations."

"Cultivation focuses on killing, which can only strengthen one's own power, but formations can affect thousands of monks."

"This is especially true for some powerful monastic families with many monks."

"The Five Elements Sect is proficient in formations and is located here. Many monks, families, and sects will come here to seek formations. Some monks will even settle here specifically."

"Some monastic forces, in order to make good friends with the Five Elements Sect, will also send an elder to station here and give gifts during holidays."

"After two visits, the caves here are very expensive."

Mr. Zhuang said with some emotion: "Although this place is remote, the cave in this city is really not something that ordinary monks can afford."

"Dongfu is too expensive, and prices are rising."

"The casual cultivators in Lishan City also rely on the blessings of their ancestors and have only a few eaves and tiles to live on, so they can barely survive. Otherwise, they will not be able to survive."

"As time goes on, there are fewer and fewer monks in Lishan City..."

Mo Hua said doubtfully: "I see the street is quite busy."

Mr. Zhuang shook his head, "A monk has a long lifespan, so we can't just look at it for the moment, we have to look at it in the longer term."

"I came here hundreds of years ago. There were many more monks then than there are now."

"There are already very few monks nowadays..."

"The prosperity of pavilions and pavilions is just an appearance. Prosperity without people is ultimately just the shadow of the moon in the water and the epiphyllum in the mirror."

Mo Hua nodded thoughtfully.

Then he asked: "Then these have nothing to do with the Five Elements Sect, they have nothing to do with others buying the cave at a high price..."

Mr. Zhuang shook his head, "The Five Elements Sect is adding fuel to the flames..."

"To add fuel to the flames?" Mo Hua didn't quite understand.

Mr. Zhuang said: "Hundreds of years ago, the Five Elements Sect was in decline. At that time, the ancestors of the Five Elements Sect, in order to revive the sect, moved the sect to this remote Lishan City."

"It's remote from the mountain city, without any disturbance."

"The ancestors of the Five Elements Sect want the disciples within the sect to be focused on studying formations without any distractions, and at the same time attract other formation masters to learn from each other and exchange formations, so that Lishan City can become a place for formation masters to study and become a true formation master. City of learning.”

"This move is indeed very effective."

"The Five Elements Sect gradually grew stronger, and the atmosphere of formation learning became stronger. Lishan City prospered for a while and became a resort among formation masters."

Mr. Zhuang sighed: "It didn't work anymore..."

"With the gathering of formation masters, the value of the cave has doubled, and every inch of land away from the mountain city is valuable."

"The good intentions of their ancestors are not as practical as the spiritual stones after all..."

"The younger disciples of the Five Elements Sect have begun to think that the residences, halls, and pavilions that were originally used for formation masters to study and discuss the Tao should be demolished and built into prosperous caves. They can be sold and rented at high prices to obtain huge amounts of spiritual stones."

"They don't have to do anything, just lie down and the spiritual stones will come into their account."

"This spiritual stone is too easy to come by and too rich. The disciples in the sect have become lazy and enjoy themselves. They no longer study the formations hard and no longer seek the way of heaven."

"It's just that the Five Elements Sect seems to have gained a lot from this move, but this benefit was obtained in exchange for the hardships of their ancestors and their future prospects."

"The hard work of their ancestors has been wasted."

"The cave is too expensive for ordinary monks to live in, so they gradually leave."

"Although some formation masters who are talented but have ordinary backgrounds cannot afford to live in such an expensive cave, they can only find other places."

"Disciples of the Five Elements Sect, it is too easy to obtain spiritual stones, and they are greedy for pleasure, so they no longer bother to study formations."

"The entire formation atmosphere in Lishan City has faded."

"The level of the Five Elements Sect's formations has also dropped again and again, and some formations have also been lost..."

Mr. Zhuang looked a little solemn and said with emotion:

"Whether it is an array master or an array sect, they must ultimately take the array as the foundation. Don't be short-sighted in pursuit of profit. Otherwise, the prosperity will end and the whole place will be in depression."

Mo Hua also felt awe-inspiring.

A place where formation masters gather to study... what would that look like...

The ink painting is full of longing and regret, and I can’t help but ask:

"Master, hasn't Five Elements Sect thought about changing it?"

With such a big sect and so many formation masters, even if some people seek profit, there will always be someone who can figure it out.

Mr. Zhuang sighed:

"It's hard to get back..."

"The entire sect is used to just lying around and earning spiritual stones. From top to bottom, the interests are deeply rooted. Anyone who wants to move will be the enemy of the entire sect."

"They have neither the courage nor the ability."

"Even if there is someone who has the ability to change, he may not want to change, because most of the people who have the ability to change are the ones who benefit the most from it..."

When scraping bones to heal wounds, you must start with yourself first.

Mo Hua couldn't help but sigh.

Things in this world are really complicated.

But there was one more thing that concerned him.

Mo Hua asked: "Master, you said that after the Five Elements Sect fell into decline, our ancestors moved the gate to Lishan City..."

"Then what was the Five Elements Sect like before it fell into decline?"

Mr. Zhuang looked solemn and sighed:

"That was thousands of years ago..."

"At that time, the Five Elements Sect was, if not the most top-notch sect, at least one of the few first-class formation sects in the entire cultivation world."

Mo Hua opened his mouth wide.

He never expected that the ancestors of the Five Elements Sect could be so rich!

The first-class formation sect in the entire cultivation world.

How many grades does that have to be...

"Is their inheritance so powerful?" Mo Hua asked in surprise.

"Not bad." Mr. Zhuang nodded:

"What the Five Elements Sect relies on, and is most famous for, is a complete formation, from low-grade to high-grade, that can increase the spiritual power of the Five Elements!"

Mr. Zhuang glanced at the ink painting and said solemnly:

"This is what you have to learn and must learn, the first-grade and thirteen-line Five Elements Absolute Formation!"