Cultivation Begins From The Desert

After the formal double cultivation with his Taoist companion Xiao Ying, Zhou Yang himself has added decades of cultivation by relying on the benefits brought by the first double cultivation.

And although he has focused on cultivating several supernatural powers over the years, his daily practice has not dropped much because of this, and his cultivation has also increased.

With the superposition of the two phases, his real cultivation base is not far from the fifth level of Jindan, which is actually not far away.

At this time, with the help of the power of the elixir, after three years of retreat, he successfully raised his cultivation to the fifth level of the golden elixir.

In the past three years, the situation has been peaceful.

After many attempts by the "Six Paths Alliance", they did not find out whether Lu Xuanji had passed away, after all, they did not dare to take the risk of lightly fighting.

The deterrent power of the ninth-level Nascent Soul cultivator is too great, especially the ninth-level Nascent Soul cultivator like Lu Xuanji, whose lifespan is about to expire.

The "Six Dao League" also has its own Nascent Soul Nine-Layer Cultivator, and he knows very well how terrifying the fighting power of this kind of existence is when it is desperate.

Not to mention that Lu Xuanji has been in the world of cultivating immortals in Yunzhou for thousands of years, and he is one of the best in the realm of the ninth floor of the Nascent Soul, which is beyond the reach of the ninth-level monk of the "Six Dao League".

Assuming that Lu Xuanji is still alive, even if he knows that the "Six Dao League" will launch an offensive against the "Xuanqing Dao League" after his death, he can't break the rules and take the initiative to pull the Nascent Soul of the "Six Dao League" The monks on the ninth floor were buried with him.

But if the "Six Dao League" is looking for death and actively attacks the "Xuanqing Dao League" at this time, he has a good reason to drag people to be buried with him.

Of course the "Six Paths League" would not be that stupid, so as long as they didn't get the exact information, they wouldn't take this risk.

But this calm situation is destined not to last long.

Zhou Yang knew that if it was as long as ten years, or as little as three to five years, the "Six Dao League" would definitely not be able to bear it and directly send people to the door to test it out.

If Lu Xuanji doesn't come out to suppress the scene at that time, a big battle involving the two superpowers of "Xuanqing Dao League" and "Six Dao League" will be inevitable.

In this kind of battle, there is actually no danger for monks at the Nascent Soul level.

Although the "Xuanqing Dao League" and the "Six Dao League" were also enemies for many years, the total number of Nascent Soul stage monks who fell due to the war between the two sides for tens of thousands of years is no more than a palm count.

The reason is that the purpose of the war is very clear. To expand the territory and occupy more resource points, it is not necessary to destroy the other side and dominate the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou.

In fact, that is unrealistic, because other powers in the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou will never allow such a dominant power to appear, unless that power has the power to overwhelm all the forces in the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou.

Neither the "Six Dao League" nor the "Xuan Qing Dao League" obviously possessed the power to overwhelm the entire Liuyun Continent's cultivating world. Therefore, in the battle for territory and resources, if one party loses the battle, it will usually voluntarily give up part of its interests and shrink its power.

After the other side gains benefits, it will not force too much, so as not to continue to escalate the intensity of the war.

This mode of war for resources is completely different from the feud war between the two superpowers in the Far West.

The nature of wars is different, and the scale and intensity of wars will naturally not be the same.

A monk in the Nascent Soul Stage is aloof, with a lifespan of three thousand years, so how could he fight to the death with monks of the same rank for the gain or loss of a country and a place?

As the saying goes: If you save land and lose people, you will lose both people and land; if you save people and lose land, you will gain both people and land.

As long as something like Lingshan blessed land is not destroyed, it will always be there. If it is lost this time, it will be fine to grab it back next time.

Just like Anguo, where Chongxuan Mountain is located, was originally owned by the "Six Dao League", but was later taken away by the "Xuanqing Dao League", and now it is back in the hands of the "Six Dao League".

This kind of thing has happened many times for tens of thousands of years, and the top existences of the two superpowers have become accustomed to it.

Therefore, as long as there is no battle for a strategic location where one side has to defend and one side is bound to win, monks in the Nascent Soul stage will definitely not fight to the death in the war.

The Nascent Soul stage monks don't leave the field, they don't fight to the death, and the Jindan stage monks are the core force in the war.

Often some important but not particularly important places in the war, such as the fifth-level top-grade spiritual mountains like Chongxuan Mountain, have to be fought and defended with the lives of Jindan stage monks.

It is quite normal for both sides to die more than a dozen Golden Core stage monks in each war.

Therefore, Zhou Yang is under great pressure, because his Chongxuan Mountain will definitely become a frontline battlefield in this war and an important strategic point of contention.

"During the three years of retreat as a teacher, what happened to those people in [Six Dao League]? What's the situation with those sects and families in An'an?"

On Chongxuan Mountain, after leaving the pass, Zhou Yang called Wang Yanzhang, Li Qingyun, and Ren Fei three registered disciples to him for questioning.

Before he went into seclusion, he told these three people to contact some monks he had met when they were hanging out in Anguo in private, and to inquire about the movements of various sects and families in Anguo.

If they want to attack Chongxuan Mountain, these sects and families in Anguo must be the pioneers. Through the movement of these forces, Zhou Yang may be able to find out the time when the enemy will attack in advance.

Of course, he certainly wouldn't just believe the news from these registered disciples. If the "Six Dao League" really wanted to launch an offensive, Master Qingyang would definitely notify him as soon as possible.

He asked a few unnamed disciples to inquire about the news, but he didn't want to completely rely on others to obtain information, and he wanted to have a pair of "ears" to hear the news from outside.

Hearing his words at this time, Wang Yanzhang glanced at the other two, and seeing that the two were unwilling to speak first, he cupped his hands at Zhou Yang and said, "Master, since I received it three years ago After your instructions, I personally disguised myself and went to several places where I was active to meet some close friends, and rewarded you with the treasures, asking them to help go around and collect news about the various sects and families of Anguo."

"According to the information that has been sent back now, those sects and families in Anguo are indeed ready to mobilize for war. The prices of healing elixirs and talismans in the fairy cities of various cities have generally increased by nearly 30%!"

The price increase of healing elixirs and talismans in Fangshi Xiancheng is indeed a sign before the war.

Although every faction usually stockpiles these items, no one knows how much the final consumption will be in the event of a war. Therefore, large-scale purchase and hoarding of these war preparation materials before the war is a routine operation.

However, Zhou Yang did not make an arbitrary judgment because of this, but looked at Li Qingshan and Ren Fei and asked, "What about you two? Do you have anything to add?"

"Master, when I was a casual cultivator, I used to have some friendship with a monk from the Anguo Yu family. This person has also succeeded in building a foundation. This time, I learned about it from him at the price of a third-level top-grade spirit talisman. There is a piece of news that two Jindan Sword Cultivators from Taiyi Immortal Sword Sect have arrived in Qingyun Valley, this is what the patriarch of their family said personally, there should be no falsehood."

Ren Fei cupped his hands slightly, and whispered an important piece of news he found out.

After he finished speaking, the face of Li Qingshan next to him suddenly changed, and he quickly lowered his head and confessed to Zhou Yang: "Master, please forgive me. I was used to walking alone when I was in the world of cultivating immortals. In this trip, apart from what Senior Brother Wang said It can be said that nothing has been gained.”

"It doesn't matter if you don't have any gains. Anyway, soldiers will come to block you, and water will come to cover you. Next, you will practice hard on the mountain and hone your fighting skills. The war will come soon, and you must be mentally prepared for it."

Zhou Yang shook his head, he didn't blame Li Qingshan for anything, he just waved his hands and made them retreat.

After all the registered disciples had retreated, he said to himself: "Is the main attack this time on Taiyi Immortal Sword Sect? It is indeed a formidable enemy!"

The "Six Dao League" now has five top sects and one top cultivating family. "Taiyi Immortal Sword Sect" is one of the sects, and its strength is second only to the "Taiyuan Sect" where the current leader is located.

As a sword cultivator sect, the monks of "Taiyi Immortal Sword Sect" are famous for being aggressive. Let alone their strength, at least they have much richer combat experience than most monks of the same rank.

Moreover, these sword cultivators usually have one or two powerful killing moves. For example, when Zhou Yang was participating in a death fight in the Far West, a sword cultivator of the "Taixuan Sword Sect" at the Zifu period used Lian Jindanqi. The powerful sword move "Instant Slash", which is not easy for monks to master, killed a monk of the same level in an instant.

As far as Zhou Yang knows, the Golden Core Sword Cultivators of the "Taiyi Immortal Sword Sect" will basically master a life-threatening move called the "Taiyi Feixian Sword Art". Few people can block it without injury.

"I don't know what happened to the dragon scale defensive magic weapon that Senior Qingyang asked someone to refine. If it can be practiced before the war, there is such a powerful fifth-level top-grade defensive magic weapon body protection, plus With my own strong physical defense, I will be much calmer when facing those sword cultivators!"

Zhou Yang rubbed his brows, really feeling the pressure.

The time to form a golden core is too short, this is his flaw.

Other Jindan stage monks may not improve as fast as him, but they have enough time to practice all kinds of magical powers and secret arts, and as long as one of these magical powers and secret arts can harm him, it may threaten him in a war. his life.

If you give yourself hundreds of years to cultivate all the important supernatural powers in your hands to the level of Xiaocheng, plus the various powerful magic weapons in your hands, Zhou Yang dares to pat his chest and guarantee that no one in the Jindan period can do it. Then threaten yourself.

It's a pity that there are no ifs in the world. For his own shortcomings, he can only try his best to make up for them without affecting the improvement of his cultivation.

"Let's go and see Ying'er. It would be a good thing if her natal magic weapon can be refined successfully. At least if war breaks out, even if I am injured, I can quickly recover through her treatment."

Xiao Ying already has all the materials for refining the natal magic weapon, what is lacking is the refining technique.

She was originally a fourth-rank high-grade alchemy master. Although she didn't know the art of refining weapons at first, after a lot of practice in the past few years, plus Zhou Yang's experience notes specially prepared for her, the art of refining weapons can be regarded as entering the room, reaching level three.

The reason why he hasn't started to refine the natal magic weapon yet is because he wants to wait for Zhou Yang to check it out personally, so that if there are any small omissions when refining the weapon, he can also guide her in time to remedy it.

At this time, after Zhou Yang met her after leaving the customs, the two immediately entered the refining room and started refining the weapon directly.

It took less than half a month, and Xiao Ying successfully refined the natal artifact "Rejuvenation Immortal Vase".

This "Rejuvenation Immortal Vase" has just been refined, and it is only a top-rank fourth grade. Originally, it took Xiao Ying to nurture it for 20 to 30 years before it could be promoted to a fifth-rank magic weapon and began to produce such treasures as "Rejuvenation Fairy Dew".

But Zhou Yang didn't have that much time to wait, so he chose a extravagant method, directly asking Xiao Ying to extract all the remaining half of the fifth-order [Dryant Heart] essence into the magic weapon, and forcefully Shengsheng pushed it up to the fifth level.

The advantage of doing this is that because of the huge vitality absorbed, the "Rejuvenation Immortal Bottle" quickly condensed three drops of "Rejuvenation Immortal Dew" after it was promoted to the fifth level.

Don't think that there are only three drops of "Rejuvenation Fairy Dew" and think it's nothing.

In fact, under normal circumstances, with Xiao Ying's current cultivation level and the grade of the "Rejuvenation Immortal Vase", it would take at least ten years to produce a drop of "Rejuvenation Immortal Dew".

It is not impossible to speed up the production of "Rejuvenation Immortal Dew", that is to use the "Rejuvenation Fairy Bottle" to absorb the vitality of Yimu contained in various high-level spirit trees, and about one fourth-level spirit tree After absorbing all the vitality contained in the wood, a drop of "Rejuvenation Fairy Dew" can be extracted.

It's just that no one would do this kind of thing like killing chickens and taking eggs. It can only be done in emergencies, or when traveling abroad and encountering high-level spirit trees that cannot be transplanted and taken away.

"By the way, Ying'er, have you tested Sheng Yu's alchemy talent in the past few years? From your point of view, how is his alchemy talent?"

In the cave mansion, after Zhou Yang waited for Xiao Ying's natal magic weapon to be refined, when the two were chatting, they suddenly felt moved and asked about Xiao Ying's young genius disciple of the Zhou family.

Although he doesn't bother with the Zhou family's affairs much, he is still sincerely happy that there is such a young genius who is expected to be a golden core in the family.

If the Zhou family can produce a few Jindan stage monks, even if he is promoted to the Nascent Soul stage in the future, he will have his own cronies at his disposal immediately, and it will be much more convenient to do many things.

If you think about it, you will know that Guo Jinhong's cultivation base at the sixth level of Yuanying had all the disciples of the Haoyang Sect to motivate him, and he also had to use means to raise a group of Jindan stage monks to help him do things. From this, it can be seen that, Even a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot break away from the organization and work alone.

However, what Zhou Yang didn't expect was that after hearing what he said, Xiao Ying shook her head with a strange expression on her face and said, "This is also where the concubine is puzzled. But alchemy talent can only be said to be mediocre, even if the resources of the entire Zhou family are available for him to consume, I reckon that he will be able to upgrade alchemy to the fourth-level low-level in the end, and it will be the sky!"

In fact, she reserved her words.

According to her experience, with Zhou Shengyu's alchemy talent, if the Zhou family didn't provide him with alchemy resources regardless of loss, the chances of becoming a third-tier alchemist were not high.

And even with her dedicated teaching and the help of the Zhou family providing resources regardless of loss, there is still huge uncertainty about whether Zhou Shengyu can become a fourth-level alchemist in the future.

Although Zhou Yang didn't know about this, Xiao Ying's words made him realize something, and his complexion suddenly became ugly.

"Husband, your complexion seems a little ugly, did the concubine say something wrong?"

Xiao Ying looked at him cautiously, her voice was very soft.

"No, it's not your problem, it's Guangxiang's problem, this kid is playing tricks on me!"

Zhou Yang shook his head lightly, his tone was rather annoyed.

"No way! Isn't Guangxiang always respectful to your husband? How could he do such a thing?"

Xiao Ying stared at him with her small mouth slightly opened and her eyes wide open, her face was full of disbelief.

She has also stayed in the Zhou family for hundreds of years, and she is very aware of Zhou Yang's position in the hearts of the Zhou family monks, and she is very aware of how much Zhou Guangxiang, the head of the Zhou family, worships Zhou Yang.

So even if Zhou Yang said it himself, she couldn't believe it was true for a while.

"Hmph, if you hadn't said that Sheng Yu's alchemy talent is mediocre, I wouldn't have figured it out. If I figured it out in the future, my plan would have been successful long ago, and I would be punished even if I was punished." He, to him, it's nothing more than pain or itching!"

Zhou Yang snorted coldly, his tone was very displeased, it was obvious that his anger was still lingering.

Seeing this, Xiao Ying opened her small mouth, but in the end she couldn't hold back her curiosity, and asked softly, "What does this have to do with Sheng Yu's alchemy talent?"

"Sheng Yu has a high-grade spiritual root aptitude, right? If he doesn't learn alchemy and concentrates on his cultivation with his talent, with the Zhou family providing him with sufficient cultivation resources, he can open up the Purple Mansion in at most a hundred years, and he You are so young, and you say that Guang Xiang will not be the head of the Zhou family, who is the most suitable position for the head of the Zhou family?"

"And I told you last time that Guangxiang has consciously raised his son Tongxuan for a long time, and wants Tongxuan to succeed him in the Zhou family in the future."

"Then here comes the problem. With Sheng Yu's spiritual root aptitude, if he has been cultivating within the family, it is not impossible to catch up with Tong Xuan. If he wants to be the head of the Zhou family, you can say Tong Xuan Can the position of the young patriarch still be as stable as it is now?"

"Let's be more realistic for my husband's sake. From a practical point of view, the Zhou family's other foundation-building monks with ideas and ambitions would definitely rather let Zhou Shengyu, who is not deeply rooted, be the patriarch, rather than let Zhou Tongxuan inherit his father. position, choose a strong boss for yourself!"

"As for the patriarch of the family, who is the husband, there will be an outstanding junior like Sheng Yu to choose from. Out of consideration for the balance of family power, he may not be willing to let Tong Xuan inherit the position of patriarch."

"But now, in the name of cultivating outstanding juniors, he sent Sheng Yu to us to let Sheng Yu practice with you and learn alchemy. At first glance, he was very kind to Sheng Yu himself, but in fact he completely disregarded Sheng Yu and Zhou. The contact between those of the same clan at home was cut off."

"A hundred years from now, even if Sheng Yu succeeds in opening up the Purple Mansion and alchemy fails, if he wants to go back to the Zhou family to compete for the position of patriarch, which Zhou family monk is willing to support such a stranger who has never practiced in the clan as the patriarch? For husband The patriarch of this family will not allow such a thing that disrupts the order of the family to happen!"

"Even if you think about it deeply, Sheng Yu is not talented in alchemy, but we have high hopes for him and give him countless resources to train him. When we find out this situation later, will we be disappointed in him because of too much investment? ? And thus dislike him?"

Zhou Yang explained the stakes to the Taoist couple in an angry tone, with an indescribable anger on his face.

In his opinion, Zhou Guangxiang's move was sinister, using his power for personal gain, using his trust to plot against his elder, and using the patriarch's power to plot against Zhou Shengyu, a junior, the nature was very bad!

"Husband, calm down, Guangxiang sent Sheng Yu here, perhaps as you said earlier, to ensure that Tong Xuan can smoothly become the next patriarch of the Zhou family, but the last guess you mentioned must be overthinking. "

"I am a fourth-rank top-rank alchemist. How talented is Sheng Yu in alchemy? I only need to watch him practice alchemy a few times to know. I will definitely tell you the situation when the time comes. How can we invest resources in him regardless of loss? What about learning alchemy?"

"That kid Guangxiang is also a smart person, he certainly wouldn't fail to think of this, so he probably just wants to use the reason of learning alchemy to bring Sheng Yu out of the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea!"

Xiao Ying hurriedly stepped forward to grab Zhou Yang's hand, and comforted him softly, fearing that he would really do something that she would regret in the future in a fit of anger.

"Ying'er, what you said is not unreasonable. The last point may indeed be because you think too much about your husband."

Zhou Yang's complexion softened slightly, and his anger was slightly reduced. After all, the last point was too bad in nature. If it was true, then he might really want to stage a "killing Ma Su with tears" in the future and personally abolish it. This junior who I valued the most in the past.

"But even so, the fact that he used power for personal gain is a fact. Do you want him to understand that as a husband, he, the patriarch, has the final say on everything about the Zhou family, and personally smashed his plan!"

Zhou Yang looked at the Taoist couple with a warm and angry expression, hesitation flashed in his eyes, and his determination was hard to make.

The two have been a Taoist couple for hundreds of years, how could Xiao Ying not know what kind of character Zhou Yang is, and that it was so hard for Zhou Yang to make up his mind, which obviously shows that there is still room for redemption in this matter.

Otherwise, with Zhou Yang's personality, he would have made an arbitrary decision long ago.

Therefore, after she hesitated for a moment, she shook her head lightly and said, "My concubine thinks that there is no need for my husband to do this. Anyway, whoever is the patriarch of the Zhou family, you, the ancestor of the family, has the right to abolish it directly. If Zhou Tongxuan becomes the head of the Zhou family The Zhou family is the head of the family, and he is unworthy of virtue, so you can abolish him, why bother to ruin the relationship between uncle and nephew for many years, and make it difficult for Guang Xiang and Guang Xiang to behave in the family?"

"Guangxiang did something wrong this time, but let's think about it carefully. As a father, he is not wrong to prepare a good future for his son within the scope of his power and responsibility. After all, he didn't really harm any clansmen because of this, otherwise We only need to pretend to miss a little while crossing the Duanyun Mountains, and we won't be able to meet Sheng Yu!"

"And he sent Sheng Yu to practice beside us. Apart from killing the possibility of Sheng Yu competing for the head of the Zhou family in the future, it is actually a good thing for Sheng Yu's future path. At least he will practice with us. Sheng Yu started from the beginning. It is much higher than ordinary Zhou family members."

"Now it seems that he specially asked my concubine to accept Sheng Yu as his disciple. I'm afraid it's a lie to let my concubine teach Sheng Yu alchemy, and it's true to compensate Sheng Yu!"

"Who is selfless in life? Husband, don't you often say that you want to have a son with your concubine and go back to the Zhou family to inherit the position of the head of the Zhou family in the future? Why do you, the abdicated patriarch, have such thoughts, Guang Xiang Can’t the reigning patriarch think like this?”

"In terms of contribution to the Zhou family, Guangxiang is far inferior to your husband, but he has made great contributions to the Zhou family in running the family over the years. No one can match this contribution except you. His son Tongxuan It's not the kind of trash that can't be supported at all, isn't it human nature for him to want his son to take over the position of patriarch?"

After hearing what Taoist couple said, Zhou Yang couldn't help thinking.

After going like this for a long time, he sighed softly: "Hey, maybe you are right, Ying'er, Wei Fu was indeed a little angry just now, because he felt that Guangxiang betrayed me, that's why he was so angry I want to punish him severely!"

"Thinking about it carefully, except for a small use of power for personal gain in this matter, Guangxiang really did not commit any serious mistakes. If my husband cut off his son's future because of this, then it is really a relative's revenge! "

After finishing speaking, his face became condensed again, and he said in a deep voice: "Let's put this matter aside for now. After the threat from the [Six Dao League] is over, my husband will go back to the Boundless Sand Sea Cultivation Realm to remove him from the position of patriarch. , let his son Tongxuan succeed him, and then bring him to Liuyun Continent to cultivate in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, and if he fails to become a golden core, he will not be allowed to return to the Boundless Sand Sea Cultivation Realm!"

When Xiao Ying heard what he said, she immediately nodded and said: "This is the best. In this way, Guangxiang was punished for using power for personal gain, which served as a warning to future generations; because his wish has been fulfilled, he can also go out to seek alchemy with peace of mind. Chance; Tongxuan inherits the position of patriarch, and with his father's lessons learned before him, he will definitely work hard for the family to prove that he is not incompetent, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone!"