Asking about longevity

In the Taixu Gate, the disciples live.

Private room on the second floor of the dining building.

Cheng Mo, Situ Jian and others were treating Mo Hua to a feast.

Outside the window, there are green mountains and green water, surrounded by clouds and mist.

Indoor spiritual fruit and wine, delicacies and delicious food.

This meal cost a lot of spirit stones, but Cheng Mo and others were all descendants of aristocratic families and had no shortage of spirit stones, so Mo Hua could eat with peace of mind.

Xiao Yu'er also sat next to Mo Hua and ate and drank together.

The dishes on the table are all Mo Hua's favorites.

Even if he doesn't like to eat, Mo Hua still likes to eat it because it's so expensive.

There are especially many chicken legs on the plate, including golden pheasant, grouse, cloud pheasant and other kinds of spiritual chickens...

These were specially "offered" by Cheng Mo and Situ Jian to their junior senior brother.

Mo Hua held a chicken drumstick in each hand and ate happily.

Cheng Mo and the other two would like to take this feast to express their gratitude for Mo Hua's "life-saving" grace.

At the same time, I am also grateful to Mo Hua. Although it is a coincidence, it has indeed led them to earn a lot of merit.

More than twenty traffickers in black died, and apparently only the leader in black "escaped".

The abducted monk was also rescued.

These monks who were trafficked were not very old, most were between ten and fifteen years old, all had high-grade spiritual roots, and they were all children of their families.

It's just that it's not a family from Qianzhou, but some small and medium-sized families from outside Qianzhou and in various state boundaries.

They came to Qianxue Prefecture in advance to seek the opportunity to join the sect.

And because they are not descendants of a local family in Qianzhou, once they are trafficked, it is very difficult to trace them, and most of them are ignored.

Although the trafficker is dead now, his appearance is beyond recognition, and there is no evidence of his death.

But it is a blessing that these children can be rescued.

Daotingsi did not tell the names of Mo Hua and others, fearing that they would be noticed by other traffickers, but it was also true that they had made great achievements.

So Daotingsi gave them some spiritual stones as rewards.

In addition, they made an exception and transferred 300 points of merit to each of them.

These meritorious deeds are indeed "exceptional", this is very clear in the ink painting.

Because of these meritorious deeds, they were quickly paid.

And the contribution that Uncle Gu had promised him, including the siege of the Devil's Cave and the killing of the Fire Buddha, was still "going through the process" at Daotingsi. He didn't know where it got stuck, and he hadn't even seen a trace of it yet.

Three hundred merit points!

Mo Hua was okay. Although he was very happy in his heart, he was not a novice disciple who had never seen any meritorious deeds.

He currently has more than a thousand meritorious deeds lying on his account.

Moreover, after killing so many traffickers and saving many people, three hundred points of merit are not too much.

It's just that Daotingsi has always been stingy, so it would be nice to have him.

What's more, Daotingsi also added another 20,000 spirit stones, which is not satisfactory.

But Cheng Mo and others are different.

These children have never seen so many achievements.

You can earn a few points by looking at gates and sweeping streets.

If you go out to do an initial foundation-building task, divided equally, each person only gets a few dozen points, and occasionally even only a dozen points.

Merit is a good thing that cannot be bought even with spiritual stones.

Getting these three hundred points is undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

Cheng Mo and the others all had crooked smiles on their faces, saying that they had to treat Mo Hua to a big meal.

During the dinner, Cheng Mo handed Mo Hua chicken legs, Situ Jian poured fruit wine for Mo Hua, Yang Qianjun and Yi Li toasted to Mo Hua, and Hao Xuan prepared the dishes.

The group of people was lively.

Mo Hua ate happily.

Xiao Yuer also learned to paint with ink. She held the chicken drumsticks in her little hands and gnawed them happily.

Several people are from the same sect, and after experiencing the battle with the traffickers in black, they were "live and die together", so the atmosphere at the table was very good, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

After eating for a while, Situ Jian still couldn't hold it back and asked curiously:

"Mo Hua...what did you do before?"

Why is he so skilled at hiding, investigating, setting up ambushes, fighting tricks, and assassinating at such a young age?

This is not like what a small formation master would do at all...

Mo Hua was startled.

Situ Jian said a little apologetically: "If it's inconvenient, there's no need to say it."

Although he is indeed curious, there are always some secrets in monks' practice that they don't want others to know.

Mo Hua thought about it and felt that since everyone was from the same sect, they might be able to help each other in the future, so he could talk to them appropriately to save them from being curious every day.

"I am a demon hunter!"

The ink painting is straightforward and confident.

Cheng Mo and others looked at the white and tender ink painting, the appearance of the small arms and legs, and looked suspicious.

He doesn't look like a monster hunter at all...

"Really?" Yi Li asked curiously.

Mo Hua said displeasedly, "Of course it's true!"

His father is a monster hunter, so naturally he is too.

It's just that his physical body is weak. When hunting monsters, he can't rush in and fight like other monster hunters.

But fighting with the body is also killing, and using traps and formations is also killing.

Anyone who can hunt monsters is naturally a monster hunter.

What's more, even the evil demon was hunted and killed by his disintegration formation. If he is not a demon hunter, who else is?

Mo Hua explained to them:

"Fighting in the flesh is just a trivial matter. The basic principle of a demon hunter is to prepare for a rainy day and not fight an unprepared battle..."

"Forewarned is forearmed, without prejudging the waste."

"Whether it's hunting monsters or fighting with people, before fighting, you must have a plan, a plan, and patience. If there are traps, use traps. If you can ambush, ambush."

"Be cautious, ambush deep, and strike ruthlessly..."

"This is what my father taught me..."

Mo Hua looked proud.

"oh……"

Cheng Mo and others couldn't help but nodded when they saw that Mo Hua's words were clear and reasonable.

Although Yu'er didn't understand, she nodded along with admiration.

"Then..." Yang Qianjun was also a little curious, "Reconnaissance, tracking, killing... well, slaying demons and defending the Tao, how do you do this without alerting the enemy?"

Mo Hua thought for a while and then simply said: "Uncle Gu taught me!"

Yang Qianjun was stunned, "Uncle Gu?"

Mo Hua said: "The Gu family of Daotingsi, a kind-hearted uncle Diansi from the Golden Core Realm, he taught me!"

Mo Hua sighed and said with some gratitude:

"He was afraid that I would suffer a loss in the sect and that I would be in danger while doing my mission, so he told me all about Daotingsi's experience in tracking down criminal cultivators."

"Uncle Gu taught me these!"

Mo Hua categorically emphasized it again.

"Dao Tingsi, Gu family, Jindanjing Diansi..."

Yang Qianjun and others all looked serious.

They glanced at Yu'er who was following Mo Hua again, and nodded secretly.

The child named Yu'er who followed Mo Hua was a direct descendant of the Shangguan family.

The Shangguan family and the Gu family are very close.

Mo Hua has a good relationship with the Shangguan family, and it is reasonable to have friendship with the Gu family.

The Gu family has served in the Daoting Department for generations and acted in accordance with the laws of the Dao. Naturally, they are very familiar with tracking and apprehending murderers.

It is natural and reasonable to have an uncle who cares about the family to teach him this.

Although the method is a little "brutal".

But if you don't be cruel to demon cultivators, others will be cruel to you.

It suddenly became clear to Yang Qianjun and others.

No wonder, although Mo Hua is an array master, he is so skilled at things like tracking, assassination, and entrapment.

It turns out that someone taught me...

Some of the doubts and grudges in their hearts gradually disappeared.

Several people ate for a while, and the atmosphere became more harmonious.

Mo Hua ate and drank enough and lay down to eat, but he heard Cheng Mo and others murmuring, discussing how to spend the three hundred points of merit.

Cheng Mo said he wanted to buy gold, soil and stones.

Situ Jian said that he would save some more to buy a special Fire Spirit Sword made by Taixu Sect.

Yang Qianjun and Yi Li said they wanted to buy some spiritual objects to break through the bottleneck...

Mo Hua was a little confused and asked:

"You are all children of aristocratic families, right? Your clan doesn't give you the things you use for cultivation? Do you still need to buy them from the sect?"

Situ Jian and others were startled.

Cheng Mo said: "Aren't you the same... Oh, right, you're not..."

He scratched his head and explained:

"No amount of cultivation resources is too much. Let's not forget spiritual stones, such as the spiritual objects needed for breakthroughs in martial arts and the spiritual weapons needed for Taoism. The more the merrier."

"As you practice the technique, every time you have more spiritual objects, your spiritual power will become stronger."

"When casting a spiritual weapon, every time the material is more expensive, the quality will be higher."

"The cultivation of the top disciples of aristocratic families requires a lot of resources to strive for excellence."

"No matter how much the family gives, it is still limited. After all, there are so many disciples in the family. Unless your spiritual roots are really against the heavens, all the resources will not be available to you alone."

"Especially for high-grade spiritual disciples, the spiritual stones and spiritual objects needed to practice high-grade techniques are expensive."

"One or two is fine, but with more children, precious spiritual objects won't be enough..."

Situ Jian nodded and continued:

"Generally speaking, the resources provided by the clan to disciples will only be 70 to 80%."

"These resources are enough for you to practice, but not enough for you to 'keep improving'..."

"If you want to hone a deep foundation, practice your skills to the extreme, refine a better spiritual weapon, or stand out among the geniuses, you must cultivate in the best direction and pursue perfection as much as possible... …”

“These all cost a lot of resources.”

"Oh..." Mo Hua sounded a little confused.

Situ Jian was afraid that Mo Hua would not understand, so he gave an example:

"Regardless of the specific spiritual root restrictions, assuming you have full qualifications, you can cultivate one hundred weeks of spiritual power."

"Generally, a child from an aristocratic family can rely on the family's support to cultivate to 70-80% and gather 70-80 weeks of spiritual power, which is enough."

"But if you want to go a step further and cultivate to ninety weeks of spiritual power, or even more than ninety weeks of spiritual power, you will need additional resources."

"For more than ninety weeks of spiritual power, every day, it is extremely difficult to cultivate and the cost is extremely huge."

"Probably from ninety to ninety-one, the spiritual stones and spiritual objects required for this spiritual power cycle are more than the resources you need to cultivate to eighty heaven from the beginning."

"The further it goes to the extreme, the more so."

"If you want to stand out in the sect, you must try your best to keep improving, practice to the extreme, and achieve perfection."

"It's just that you have to figure out a way for these additional monastic resources."

"If your parents, grandparents, or direct ancestors are of a high level and have a prominent position in the clan, they will take care of part of the problem for you."

"For the rest, you have to fight for it yourself in the sect."

"This is the case with martial arts, some Taoist methods, spiritual weapons, etc..."

"And the merits of the sect, which can be used as 'hard currency' to exchange for various resources and inheritance, are naturally extremely scarce, and no amount of them will be enough..."

Mo Hua opened his mouth wide and was shocked.

Never before had he felt that the gap between the rich and the poor among monks was so huge.

The cultivation of Tianjiao disciples is completely different from the cultivation of casual cultivators like him.

He himself just makes do and makes do.

According to this rule, his spiritual power is not enough, let alone eighty weeks, sixty weeks is enough, let alone the "perfect" ninety or one hundred weeks...

He couldn't afford to repair it at all.

It’s really too expensive…

Even if he is sold... no, even if he is sold from this life to the next one hundred and eight lifetimes, he will not be able to repair it at all.

Mo Hua sighed, feeling a little down.

However, when he changed his mind, he remembered that he was a "divine consciousness enlightenment".

My Dao foundation is not in flesh and blood and spiritual power, and my strength does not rely much on precious spiritual weapons. There is no need to "roll" like them.

Otherwise, even if you roll yourself into a twist, you won't be able to compare with them...

Mo Hua became inexplicably happy again.

But he was still a little confused, so he asked quietly:

"Is it really meaningful to spend so much money to cultivate spiritual power for a couple of days?"

"How could it be meaningless?" Cheng Mo sighed, "You have one more day of spiritual power, which means you are stronger than others."

"Being stronger is also stronger."

"Moreover, don't underestimate this. Your skills are a little worse, your Tao skills are a little worse, your spiritual weapons are a little worse... You are a little worse in everything, and the total difference is a lot..."

"This is just foundation building. The farther you go to the back, the greater the disparity becomes..."

"And more..." Hao Xuan also hurriedly explained to Mo Hua, "The sect's recruitment of disciples, and the recruitment of disciples by some Yuhua or Dongxu great masters, actually all depend on the number of days of spiritual power."

"Spiritual roots indicate potential, but potential is just potential."

"If you don't have the resources and can't cultivate enough spiritual power, it means you've wasted your potential."

"So the better your spiritual roots, the better your skills, and the more spiritual power you cultivate, the more promising you will be in the future."

“All three are indispensable.”

"So does family marriage."

"Even if you are a loser, stupid and stupid, and only know how to practice, if your spiritual roots are of the highest quality, your skills are of the highest quality, and you can cultivate a spiritual power of over ninety-five, the clan will value you."

Mo Hua didn't understand, "I only know how to practice, what does the family value?"

Hao Xuan blurted out, "Breeding..."

Situ Jian slapped him on the back to remind him not to talk nonsense.

Hao Xuan grimaced in pain, and then said sarcastically, "No, no, it's...marriage..."

"Marriage?" Mo Hua was startled.

"Yes." Hao Xuan nodded, "My mother secretly told me that the bigger the family, the more impersonal and utilitarian it is."

"Even if you are a waste, as long as you have good qualifications and a lot of spiritual power, our ancestors will not care. They will choose a good marriage for you, just so that you can give birth to offspring with better qualifications."

Hao Xuan sighed, "It's like raising pigs and breeding them with good piglets..."

Situ Jian glared at him again.

Hao Xuan immediately covered his mouth and thought:

So suspenseful, I almost spilled the beans again...

Yi Li also sighed:

"So sometimes, I also feel that our ancestors, who are highly cultivated, don't regard the disciples in the family as 'human beings'..."

Hao Xuan said strangely: "Aren't your ancestors of the Yi family pretty good? I haven't heard of any forced marriages..."

Yi Li muttered: "I didn't mention my ancestors..."

…

Mo Hua listened and frowned.

When Yang Qianjun saw this, his thoughts changed slightly and he said: "Of course, this is Qianzhou, and we are very particular about these things..."

He knew that Mo Hua's spiritual qualifications were not good, and that he had spiritual power all over the world, but he was also very...shabby. He was afraid that Mo Hua would be sad, so he comforted him:

"But our Yang family is less particular about these things..."

"Our Yang family is from the Taoist Military Department. Although we also pay attention to qualifications, we pay more attention to military merit. Whoever makes great contributions must be valued by the family."

"On the contrary, if you are talented but don't dare to fight on the battlefield, you will still be looked down upon."

Yang Qianjun looked at Mo Hua and said warmly: "Mo Hua, next year's annual vacation, why don't you come with me to visit Yang's house?"

Mo Hua was stunned.

At that moment, he seemed to feel that Yang Jiyong and Yang Jishan were both possessed by Yang Qianjun.

The words "drawing people into the fold" seem to be engraved in the blood of their Yang family.

Cheng Mo was unhappy, "Yang Qianjun, don't talk nonsense. There is no family that doesn't value spiritual root qualifications."

Yang Qianjun corrected: "It's not that I don't read it, it's that I'm not that particular..."

Cheng Mo said stubbornly: "Isn't this still the same meaning? No matter what, it still depends on the spiritual power. A strong one is a strong one..."

Yang Qianjun shook his head and said: "That being said... you can't beat others with ninety weeks of spiritual power, but you can defeat others with one more day of spiritual power?"

"If others don't confront you head-on and secretly ambush the killer, it will be useless no matter how much spiritual power you have."

"On the battlefield, with butcher's knives facing each other, the sky is filled with spiritual energy, like a meat grinder. What's the use of your extra week or two of spiritual energy?"

"If death is really imminent, unless you are planted with the longevity talisman of your destiny, you will die even if you have eighty weeks of spiritual power, you will die if you have ninety weeks of spiritual power, and you will die if you have full spiritual power of one hundred weeks."

"In my opinion, the boundary of Qianxue State has been peaceful for too long, so I like to waste a lot of monastic resources in such a meaningless place."

"I spent so much on spiritual stones and spiritual objects, and cultivated the spiritual power of one or two extra weeks, but in the end I didn't go to the battlefield to fight, didn't get rid of the demon guards, didn't resist the barbarians, and just stayed in Qianzhou to enjoy the blessings..."

Yang Qianjun was angry for a moment and couldn't stop talking.

Situ Jian also patted Yang Qianjun on the shoulder.

Yang Qianjun was startled, then sighed and said helplessly:

"I made a mistake..."

Cheng Mo thought of the Yang family's recent campaign in the Southern Wilderness, poured him a glass of wine, and consoled him:

"Practice hard first. You and I can't help you with the matter in Southern Wilderness now."

Yang Qianjun took the wine, drank it, and nodded.

After that, everyone stopped talking about other things, and the atmosphere became more relaxed. They only talked about the sect, the mission, and some trivial things. After eating and drinking, they said goodbye and dispersed.

Mo Hua kept these words in his heart.

The Yang family, in the southern wilderness, resisted the barbarians.

This barbarian tribe is not related to the so-called "Lord of the Wilderness".

But Southern Wasteland...

Should it refer to the vast wilderness south of Lizhou?

It seems very far away from Qianzhou...

Mo Hua shook his head.

These things seem to be far away from me, so I won’t consider them for the time being.

Mo Hua took Yu'er for a walk, ate some food, and then returned to his disciple's home.

He was lying on the bed and just wanted to take a rest, but when he remembered what Cheng Mo and the others said, he suddenly realized a problem:

Boundary breakthrough!

Cheng Mo's Dao foundation is either blood energy or spiritual power. When breaking through the bottleneck, they need to consume a lot of spiritual materials.

The more spiritual things, the better.

So they need to save more points and prepare early.

I am practicing "Tianyan Jue", so I don't need additional spiritual objects to break through the bottleneck, which is a good thing.

But this does not mean that your bottleneck must be simple.

The bottleneck of "Tian Yan Jue" is spiritual consciousness.

The bottleneck in the Qi refining period is to proceed step by step, from shallow to deep, to solve the formation step by step, and finally solve the mystery of the formation and break through the bottleneck of foundation building.

What will be the bottleneck in the foundation-building realm?

Or Liberation Front?

The mysterious formation has been solved, what more needs to be solved?

A second-grade mystery formation?

Mo Hua frowned.

"possible……"

Generally speaking, that seems to be the case.

But he still had a doubt in his heart. Is the bottleneck of foundation building really just that simple?

After all, his spiritual consciousness is already very strong.

With the qualitative transformation of the sixteen lines of spiritual consciousness, it should not be difficult to solve the second-level mystery formation in the early stage of foundation building.

But what if not? What else will change?

Mo Hua frowned and thought.

"From the breakthrough of Qi refining to foundation building...the reconstruction of the Mysterious Sky Formation of the Sea of ​​Consciousness Sutra, the compression of spiritual consciousness and the qualitative change..."

"Qualitative change..."

Mo Hua's heart skipped a beat.

"Could the bottleneck be... the 'qualitative change' of spiritual consciousness?"

"Require me to... make further 'qualitative changes' based on the reconstruction of my spiritual consciousness?"

How to achieve further qualitative change?

Mo Hua thought for a while, and the only way to achieve "qualitative change" at present... seems to be the same as before, by killing the goat's horns, killing the demons with the horns, and obtaining the pale gold 'divine marrow' to further 'deify' the consciousness...

Doesn't this mean...

Mo Hua thought for a while.

Do you have to continue to "devour" the divine marrow, "divine" your spiritual consciousness, and undergo further qualitative changes in order to break through the bottleneck of your skills and improve your cultivation level?

Mo Hua was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

No way……

In this world, there shouldn't be such a great skill in the world...

Do you need to "eat" God to break through?