Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Hundreds of meters high Yuquan Peak, the higher the height, the stronger the spiritual energy. Generally speaking, it is enough for Zhou clan members in the Qi training period to practice on the mountainside. There are also comfortable palaces and pavilions for people to live in. There are also special facilities for basic necessities of life. Secular care of clansmen.

Only monks in the foundation building period will live in the monk's cave on the top of Yuquan Peak, and use the rich spiritual energy there to practice.

The entire Yuquan Peak is covered by a third-tier mid-level formation "Wanmu Qingtian Formation". Since this formation can absorb the aura of vegetation inside the formation to enhance its power, Yuquan Peak is from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Outside the spiritual field and the elixir garden, there are all kinds of tall trees, some of which are hundreds of thousands of years old.

The canopies of these towering trees are connected into one piece, blocking the sunlight, making the temperature in the mountains several degrees lower than that outside the mountains, and there are bursts of cool mountain wind passing through the forest. cool.

Dressed in fluttering white clothes, Zhou Yang used the lightness spell to go all the way up the mountainside, along the stone steps opened in the woods, and quickly climbed to the top of the mountain.

The top of Yuquan Peak has become very flat after manual trimming, with an area of ​​only tens of acres. Because of the rich spiritual energy on it, except for three monk caves built in three places, the rest of the place has been opened up as a field of elixir. Planted elixir of various grades.

When Zhou Yang came here, a scent of medicine mixed with various elixir aromas came to his nostrils. Just one sip lifted people's spirits, and the circulation of mana in his whole body accelerated a lot.

It is conceivable that if one can practice here all year round, the speed of practice will definitely be much faster than that on the mountainside.

But this is simply impossible.

The elixir garden is an important area of ​​the Zhou family. Many of the elixir in it are precious varieties cultivated by the Zhou family for one or two hundred years. The loss of any one plant is enough to make the old patriarch Zhou Minghan feel distressed for decades.

Therefore, except for the two second-rank Lingzhi husbands in the clan, even Zhou Yang, a beloved genius disciple of the clan, is strictly prohibited from stepping half a step to the top of the mountain without being called by the patriarch.

Moreover, the top of the mountain is not something anyone can set foot in if they want to. This is the core area of ​​the "Wanmu Qingtian Formation", which is guarded by a powerful formation force, and the guardians inside are not allowed to control the formation. When the monks came, they could only break through the formation and force their way.

"My younger brother, Zhou Yang, was ordered to visit the old patriarch and ask the elder to let him go."

He stood outside the formation on the top of the mountain, bowed his hands respectfully towards the area covered by the white mist of the formation, and saluted.

"It turned out to be Xiao Jiu. The patriarch has already explained it, so you come in first."

An old voice came out from the white mist, and then the vast white mist in front of Zhou Yang suddenly surged, and a safe passage for one person to walk appeared.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang quickly cupped his hands to express his thanks: "My nephew thanked Grandpa Seven."

Then he followed the trail all the way, and finally came to a white-haired old man sitting cross-legged under a tree tens of meters high.

The white-haired old man sitting cross-legged under the tree is named Zhou Yun, who has nine levels of Qi training, and Tian is the fourth elder of the Zhou family. He ranks seventh in the "Guang" generation and is also the only two of the Zhou family. One of the second-order spirit plant husbands.

The youngest monks of the "Guang" generation of the Zhou family are over eighty years old, and the Fourth Elder, Zhou Yun, is nearly a hundred years old, very close to the 120-year-old life span of a monk in the Qi training period.

Although monks' fighting skills will not decrease much due to age, generally speaking, those elderly monks who are close to a hundred years old in the cultivation period of the major immortal families will retire to the family's ancestral land to spend their old age in peace. For major events, no one will disturb them, the heroes who have served the family for most of their lives.

In particular, Zhou Yun is still a second-rank lingzhi husband, so he was asked to live in seclusion on the top of the mountain, just to take care of the elixir in the dozens of acres of medicine garden.

Seeing Zhou Yang approaching at this time, the old man waved his sleeves immediately, and a tea table, a tea set, and a futon appeared in front of him out of thin air. He pointed to the empty futon without any explanation and said, "The patriarch is receiving his merits. Xiao Jiu, you should drink a cup of tea with the old man here first, and chatter."

It is rare for the younger generation of the ordinary family to come to the top of the mountain, and the patriarch who is older than himself often retreats to practice. The old man usually stays alone on the mountain without anyone to talk to, and he is too bored to panic.

Of course I am very happy to see Zhou Yang, the most outstanding junior among the younger generation of the family, coming.

Ordinary young people may not understand the psychology of the elderly, but Zhou Yang, who has been a man for two generations, quite understands, and is willing to chat with these old people without hindering the business, and listen to them talk about various anecdotes in the world of cultivating immortals .

"It's not easy to drink a cup of the herbal tea made by Grandpa Qi on weekdays. Today, my nephew and grandson have to drink it to their fullest."

He smiled and went to sit on the futon, took the initiative to pick up the tea set and made tea.

Immortal cultivators make tea differently from ordinary people. The flame used to cook tea is transformed by mana. It only takes a moment to make the tea boil without any smell of smoke.

After a pot of tea was brewed, Zhou Yang poured the tea for the two of them, and then impatiently picked up his cup of fragrant hot tea and drank it down in one gulp.

Ordinary people drink tea like this, and the scalding hot tea may even scald their throats, but for immortal cultivators whose bodies have been tempered by mana, this temperature is the same as ordinary people drinking warm water, which is nothing at all.

When the old man saw him drinking tea like this, not only did he not feel dissatisfied, but he looked at him happily and asked with a smile, "How is it? Is the new herbal tea made by the old man satisfying you?"

After asking, he didn't wait for Zhou Yang to answer, he took a sip from the teacup himself, then closed his eyes with a face of enjoyment, and said in a proud tone: "This is the withered potion of the second-level elixir [Xianyuncao] used by the old man." Ye, plus twenty-year-old [White Jade Ginseng] ginseng root, the first-grade elixir [Geranthemum chrysanthemum] and other five new teas, the total is only three or two. The spirit dew collected from the elixir in the medicine garden in the morning."

"It's really good tea. Grandpa Seven's herbal tea is no worse than the spiritual teas my nephews and grandchildren had drunk before, in terms of taste and efficacy. If it can be produced in large quantities, it will also provide an extra income for my Zhou family. ah!"

Zhou Yang put down the teacup, silently felt the changes in the mana in his body, and sniffed the scent of the medicine left between his lips, his face was full of admiration.

Hearing his admiration, the old man was overjoyed at first, then shook his head with depression and helplessness and said: "The old man also has the same idea, but [Xianyuncao] is used to refine the second-order panacea [Xianyundan]. The main medicine, you can’t just waste this kind of elixir just to make tea, right? If you only use the dead leaves that wither naturally, the amount is enough for this old man to drink by himself!”

"this……"

Zhou Yang lowered his head in embarrassment, and resolutely did not answer the old man's words.

There is only one second-level alchemist in the family, and that is his father, Zhou Xuanhao. Once [Xian Yuncao] matures, it will be used by his father for alchemy. If he dares to say that the spirit grass is used to make tea, his father will definitely slap it. He must die.

"Hey, you are a cunning little cunning, don't worry, the old man is the kind of person who doesn't care about the overall situation? Just now I was just talking casually!"

The old man smiled. He didn't know what Zhou Yang was thinking. He first comforted him with words, and then told him some interesting things he experienced when he was young, to help him resolve the embarrassment just now.

The two chatted like this. After chatting for about a quarter of an hour, the gate of the cave where the old patriarch practiced on the top of the mountain suddenly opened automatically, and the old and majestic voice of the old patriarch came from it: "Is Xiao Jiu here? Come in first."

Hearing this voice, the two people who were talking stopped in unison, and then Zhou Yang immediately stood up and cupped his hands at Zhou Yun: "Grandpa Seven, nephew and grandson are going to visit the old patriarch first."

"Go, go, don't let the old people wait for a long time."

Farewell to Zhou Yun, Zhou Yang walked directly along the open gate of the cave, and soon saw Zhou Minghan, the contemporary patriarch of the Zhou family and a monk in the foundation period, in the training room deep in the cave.

Zhou Minghan is more than 150 years old this year, but his face looks much younger than Zhou Yun outside, the hair on his head is not completely white, and his complexion is as rosy as a baby.

This is normal. The lifespan of a monk in the Foundation Establishment Period is more than two hundred years old. If there is no accident, Zhou Minghan still has at least forty or fifty years of life span, and he has a high level of cultivation, so he naturally looks younger than Zhou Yun.

When Zhou Yang saw Zhou Minghan, the patriarch of the Zhou clan was sitting cross-legged on the cold jade bed and meditating. He didn't dare to look too much. After entering, he bowed deeply and paid respects: "Grandson pays respects to great-grandfather."

As the only surviving monk of the "Ming" generation in the Zhou family, Zhou Minghan was also in the foundation building period, so he naturally became the great-grandfather of all the monks of the "Yuan" generation.

"Xuanhe has already sent a message to the old man about your performance in [Yuyang Cave]. You have done a good job in this matter, Xiaojiu. Even when the old man was your age, he was far behind you in terms of the overall situation. Far worse!"

Zhou Minghan on the cold jade bed opened his eyes slightly, and looked at Zhou Yang with an undisguised expression of appreciation.

When Zhou Yang heard the words, it was a lie to say that he was unhappy in his heart. He was the first descendant of the "Yuan" character who was praised by the old patriarch Zhou Minghan. The status will definitely rise to another level.

But he was happy, but he didn't get carried away because of it, and quickly replied respectfully: "Great-grandfather is serious, grandson just did what he should do, but he should not be praised by great-grandfather."

"It's a good thing to do! If every child in my Zhou family has Xiao Jiu who is as sensible as you, why should the Zhou family be unhappy?"

Zhou Minghan couldn't help showing a happy smile on his face, obviously he was satisfied with Zhou Yang's answer, and couldn't be more satisfied.

He smiled and stretched out his hand, and an invisible force dragged Zhou Yang's bowed body up.

"Come on, stand up straight, and let the old man take a good look at my Zhou family's unicorn!"

When the old patriarch was happy, he even called out the word "Qilin'er", which shows that he loves and values ​​Zhou Yang, a junior.