Cultivation Begins From The Desert

After returning to Cangyuan Immortal City, Zhou Yang's life was very simple.

Because his cultivation could not be further improved, and his weapon refining technique had reached the fourth-level top-grade, he spent most of his time studying the remaining advanced sword arrays and practicing talisman-making techniques in "Da Yan Jian Jue".

Sometimes he would take Taoist couple Xiao Ying and his concubine Qin Yue'er away from Cangyuan Immortal City for a trip, or he was invited to participate in some high-level monk exchange meetings, or to help some high-level monks who came to refine four stage instrument.

During this period, Zhou Yang still focused on one thing, which was to test Qin Yue'er.

He didn't believe that Guo Jinhong gave Qin Yue'er to him as a concubine, really just to win him over, and had no other purpose.

Both of them are not fools, just because Qin Yue'er was controlled by the "spirit control technique", it is doomed that Zhou Yang can't really trust her and treat her as a real pillow.

Guo Jinhong, as a Nascent Soul cultivator who has lived for more than two thousand years, how could he not even know this?

So Zhou Yang always firmly believed that the other party gave Qin Yue'er to him as a concubine, there must be some kind of sinister intention hidden in him that he didn't know.

It's a pity that no matter what methods he used to test, openly or secretly observed, he didn't find any abnormalities from Qin Yue'er.

She was like a concubine from a truly wealthy family, she obeyed all kinds of obviously unreasonable orders from Zhou Yang, she didn't dare to resist at all, and she didn't make any abnormal actions.

All in all, all her actions were no different from a real humble concubine, so that Zhou Yang couldn't tell whether she was really trained by Qin Zhiyun to become a humble maid, or she was pretending to bear the humiliation.

In fact, even when Zhou Yang couldn't find any doubts about her, he would find a monk to double cultivate with her to destroy her Yuanyin thoughts, to see if she could continue to show no flaws like this.

But he never dared to realize this idea.

It's not that he is reluctant to spoil such a beauty that belongs to him to other men, but that his heart does not allow him to use such evil means to achieve his goal.

Regardless of Guo Jinhong's intentions in sending Qin Yue'er to him, Qin Yue'er is an out-and-out poor person.

As a "victim", Zhou Yang could guard against and not sympathize with Qin Yue'er, but if Qin Yue'er didn't show any obvious malice, if he was allowed to harm such a poor woman like this, he really couldn't be so cruel.

What's more, if he really did this, whether Qin Yue'er would be willing to cooperate is also a question, and his Taoist companion Xiao Ying will definitely be very disappointed with him after knowing this.

So in the end Zhou Yang had no choice but to let go of Qin Yue'er's temptation and let him continue to stay by his side.

Five years later, Zhou Yang felt that there was no hidden danger in his body, so he borrowed a fifth-level cave from Cangyuan Sanren, and tried to retreat and form a pill again.

This time, when he formed the pill, after his mana was purified by the "three-turn pure Yuan pill", when he completed the first step of "condensing the pill", it was really much smoother than the first time.

After retreating for two years, without using any auxiliary alchemy treasures, he successfully passed the step of "congealing alchemy" and successfully condensed a solid alchemy.

The "Congealing Pill" was successful, of course Zhou Yang had to make persistent efforts to try the second step of "Consolidating the Pill".

When he followed the alchemy experience of the senior monks, and his soul stepped from the purple mansion to the lower dantian to merge with the real golden elixir, his mind sank, as uncomfortable as carrying a mountain on his back.

He knew that this was because the soul had not yet integrated with the golden core, and was affected by the enormous power contained in the golden core.

The step of "joining the alchemy" is that he wants to fuse the soul and the golden elixir into one, and let his own soul imprint on the golden elixir, so that the divine soul and the golden elixir will never be separated again.

With Zhou Yang's powerful soul, this step is indeed much easier than ordinary monks of the same rank.

According to what he knew from the alchemy experience of the senior monks, when many monks went through this step for the first time, not long after their souls sank into the golden core, they were overwhelmed and had to take the initiative to leave and return to the Purple Mansion, which led to The essence of the golden elixir is dispersed, and the elixir formation fails.

However, it was the first time he experienced this step, but he was able to settle down to proceed with the "melting together" step.

It's just that even so, his "alchemy" step was not completed in the end.

About 40% of the entire "Combining Pill" steps were completed, the pressure on Zhou Yang's soul reached its limit, and it was impossible to support him to continue.

Therefore, like those senior monks who fell on this step, he had to take the initiative to withdraw his soul and return to the Purple Mansion, and then watched the real golden core he had worked so hard to condense crack and overflow into countless liquid mana essences.

puff!

A mouthful of blood spurted out from Zhou Yang's mouth, and fell to the ground, leaving a pool of dark red blood.

This time he failed to form the alchemy, the impact on his dantian was not comparable to last time, now he just felt like there were countless knives cutting in his dantian, the pain made him twitch all over, drips of sweat the size of beans slid down his cheeks beads.

There is no way to relieve this pain, and it can only be overcome by personal willpower.

After three full days and nights of support like this, Zhou Yang felt much better. Only then did he dare to take out some healing elixir and take it, propping up his body and meditating to heal his injuries.

After three years of nurturing in this way, Zhou Yang finally controlled the injury in his dantian, and he was able to use a little mana.

With the ability to use mana and the power to protect himself, Zhou Yang did not continue to stay in this fifth-order cave, but returned the cave, and quietly went to the Chiyuan other residence to recuperate.

Of course, he asked Cangyuan Sanren to conceal this news, and even Taoist Xiao Ying didn't know that he had actually left the customs.

In Chiyuan Biefu, after Xu Song studied the spirit-gathering circle for ten years, he has already got a lot of clues, and it is not far from officially reversing and engraving the layout method.

After Zhou Yang arrived here, he didn't bother him to study the formation, but just continued to recuperate here, and studied swordsmanship by the way.

"Da Yan Jian Jue" is extensive and profound, and the advanced sword array recorded in it becomes more and more difficult to practice. With Zhou Yang's current cultivation strength, it is not easy to learn.

However, this also strengthened his will to learn it. If this swordsmanship can be fully grasped, even if it lacks the corresponding part of the golden core stage later, after he successfully forms the core, it can still become a powerful opponent for him. means.

After spending another three years in Chiyuan Befu, Zhou Yang has not learned the last advanced sword formation in "Dayan Sword Art", "Nine Palaces Sword Formation", but Xu Song has successfully mastered it. The special spirit-gathering circle completely reproduced it.

"The rank of this spirit-gathering array itself is not high. It can be arranged by a fourth-rank top-ranking array mage. However, in order to achieve the effect of the current cave on the third-rank spirit veins, it takes more than 30 years for the formation to work. It has been achieved, and five high-grade spirit stones with five-element attributes must be used as the foundation of the formation when setting up the formation."

"And according to the old man's deduction, this spirit-gathering circle can only increase the concentration of spiritual energy in the circle to the level equivalent to a fifth-level high-grade spirit vein, and it is impossible to reach the level of a sixth-level spirit vein!"

"Also, once you set up this spirit-gathering circle in the spirit vein, don't try to upgrade the grade of this spirit vein in the future, because this spirit-gathering circle will change the foundation of the spirit vein and make it lose Promotion possible!"

"Finally, this jade slip records the old man's research experience on this spirit-gathering formation and the method of arranging the formation. You only need to find a fourth-level top-rank formation mage and ask him to follow the above method, and he will definitely be able to make this formation. The formation is laid out."

In Chiyuan Befu, Xu Song found Zhou Yang who was recuperating, threw a jade slip into his hand, and explained his research results to him with a tired face.

Over the years, he has devoted all his attention to studying this spirit-gathering circle, and his mind has been exhausted. The current tired look is not deliberately pretending to win Zhou Yang's sympathy.

Holding the jade slips he threw over, Zhou Yang suppressed his excitement in his heart, and bowed to Xu Song with a serious face, and said: "Senior Xu has worked hard, and this junior will do what he says, which makes me feel better." Someone sent you to the [Valley of Fallen Demons] to cultivate in secret!"

"This is what you said, the old man is waiting for you to fulfill your promise!"

After Xu Song finished speaking, he took a deep look at him, and went directly to rest in the "Yunshen Card" hanging on his waist.

And Zhou Yang didn't delay, he left Chiyuan Biefu immediately, and quietly delivered the "Yunshen Card" to Li Hong, ordering him to go to the "Valley of Falling Demons" himself, and send Xu Song into it to sneak in. build.

After finishing all this, Zhou Yang officially returned to the cave in Cangyuan Immortal City, announcing the result of his failure to retreat and form alchemy.

At this time, thirteen years have passed since he retreated to form alchemy, and the monks who have some knowledge of alchemy have already guessed the result, so even his Taoist companion Xiao Ying heard him talk about it, and there is nothing too serious. The big feeling is just a few words of comfort to him.

Xiao Ying's cultivation at this time has also reached the seventh floor of the Zifu, and it is not far from the eighth floor of the Zifu.

At this time, only two years have passed since the 20-year agreement between Qingyuan Sword Sect Han Xiao and Zhou Yang. Counting the time, Zhou Yang also has a plan to go to Qingyuan Mountain in Jinyang State to receive the "Jade Liquid Golden Pill" idea.

However, just when he had this idea and was about to leave in another year, the "Mysterious Light Ring" he had been wearing on his left index finger suddenly burst into silver light and shone brightly.

When he saw this scene, his face immediately darkened.

"Damn Old Ghost Guo, has he started thinking about me in less than twenty years?"

"At this juncture, he suddenly summoned me to visit him. Could it be related to the [Jade Liquid Golden Elixir] that Qingyuan Sword Sect promised me?"

"Sure enough, the old ghost in the Nascent Soul stage is treacherous. He summoned me at this juncture. Unless I don't want the [Jade Liquid Golden Elixir], I can only obey his call and go to see him!"

Zhou Yang cursed secretly in his heart, he almost scolded all eighteen generations of Guo Jinhong's ancestors.

However, it is impossible for him to give up the "Jade Liquid Golden Pill" that he risked his life to earn at this juncture. He could only respond to the call, arrange some things in a hurry, and took Qin Yue'er to Jin Dynasty together. Yang country.

Qin Yue'er had to bring it with him. Firstly, Guo Jinhong had asked him to take him back to Wangyou Valley every few decades to check the restriction of the "spirit control technique". He is with Taoist companion Xiao Ying.

On the contrary, it was Taoist Xiao Ying. Zhou Yang let her stay in Cangyuan Immortal City this time, and gave her the "Great Teleportation Order" and thirty-six high-grade spirit stones.

If something really happened during his trip, or if there was no news within ten years, Xiao Ying would take Zhou Guangxiang, Zhou Tongyue and others directly back to the Boundless Sand Sea Cultivation Realm, and then cut off the connection with the teleportation formation.

ps: After doing the math, there are about six or seven chapters left before the alchemy can be formed. By the way, I also want the protagonist to succeed once, but the type of this book is not that fast-paced, although many people don’t like to read it now. It's kind of a "struggle novel", but I'm really writing a book called "Zhou Yang Struggles to Cultivate Immortals in a Different World"!