Do not die

The alternating rotation of these two techniques did not absorb the external spiritual energy and refine it into mana, and seemed to be spinning in vain.

In fact, in this back and forth change, the route of practicing the perfect water nourishing and moisturizing technique becomes more and more complicated.

The counterfeit version of the second-level Spring Water Sutra gradually increased its inherent vitality during the repeated transportation by Da Zhoutian.

During this process, the experience of the fake second-level Spring Water Sutra increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Not any two methods of practice can simply complement each other's advantages and integrate them. The reason why Meng Zhou is confident to do this stems from two major premises.

First of all, even if the version of the Spring Water Sutra I practiced is a "fake version", its origin is based on the general outline of the third-level Spring Water Sutra, and its core lies in "water" and "vitality."

Although it itself does not do well in this regard, it is completely open to these two characteristics, and is even "thirsty" for talents.

Secondly, Meng Zhou has perfected the first-level Water Nourishing and Moisturizing Technique, which is comparable to or even surpassing the level of those who created it.

His understanding of this practice has already gone beyond the specific route of practice and grasped its core essence.

It is precisely based on these two major premises that he can achieve this level of things seemingly easily.

In this rotation, the experience of Chun Shui Jing, which had just started, was rapidly accumulated at a visible speed.

+1, +2… +10, +20…

+100, +200…

It didn't take long for Chun Shui Jing, who had just started to learn it, to reach the threshold of going further.

"Second-level Chun Shui Jing (fake) introduction 480/500"

Meng Zhou stopped and began today's formal practice.

The foundation-building magic power circulates in the meridian Dantian according to the exercise route shown in the Spring Water Sutra. The spiritual energy around the body is continuously refined into the body, turning into strands of new magic power.

When the mana has circulated in the body for twenty days, the progress of foundation building will be +1.

It was also at this time that the Chun Shui Sutra advanced from the entry level to the first level.

Furthermore, the version of the Spring Water Sutra that Meng Zhou is currently practicing has undergone subtle changes and become more complicated than the version of the exercise route in the jade slips.

In his personal information, the state of his skills has quietly undergone huge changes.

"Skill Technique: Second Level Spring Water Sutra (Bad) First Form 0/1500"

Not only has the mastery of the skills been significantly improved, but he has advanced from beginner to first-time master.

There is another huge change, that is, the "fake and inferior version" has become the "inferior version".

The skills have been significantly optimized, but the experience required to advance to the next level has also become more.

As the level of the skill increased, the vitality contained in it thoroughly cleansed Meng Zhou's body and mind, both internally and externally.

The pressure on the body and mind caused by carrying twenty consecutive days suddenly disappeared.

Meng Zhou has long been experienced in this situation. The current state was originally caused by him deliberately, and it was somewhat of a bug.

This time, the foundation-building magic power circulated in his body for thirty days. Only then did he feel that he had reached his limit and stopped practicing.

After stopping, Meng Zhou immediately checked the current situation.

…

"Life span: 52/326 years" (+6 years)

"7/1000 on the first floor of foundation building"

"Second Level Spring Water Sutra (Bad) First Form 30/1500"

…

Meng Zhou soon knew what changes this harvest had brought.

"The lifespan has been increased by six years."

“Originally, the foundation-building magic power can only be used for twenty times during one practice, but now it has been increased ten times.

This includes both the changes brought about by the entry-level promotion to the first-time adult, and the changes brought about by the version update, upgrading from the 'fake version' to the 'inferior version'. "

"These changes have also brought about a significant increase in the efficiency of spiritual energy refining. It originally took twenty great weeks to achieve +1 progress, but now it only takes ten great weeks to achieve +1 progress."

"Even under the current situation, my practice efficiency will be increased three times, from daily progress +1 to +3."

But Meng Zhou was obviously not satisfied with this.

The actual situation will not stop there.

Because the integration of Water Nourishing Body Technique and Spring Water Sutra has just begun and is far from over.

After finishing his practice, Meng Zhou began to continue the integration of these two practices.

On this day, Meng Zhou spent all his time doing this. He was not even distracted from practicing the secret method of soul refining.

In this process of integration, the newly formed practice experience is improving at a visible speed.

Because after the initial difficult experiment, the experience has become more and more proficient, the integration efficiency has become faster and faster, and the rate of experience growth is much faster than in the entry stage.

Just when Meng Zhou started his formal practice for the day again, this inferior version of the Spring Water Already was almost at the end of its initial stage of formation, and it was just a step away from breaking through again.

"Second Level Spring Water Sutra (Bad) First Form 1470/1500"

As time passed, the foundation-building magic power moved thirty complete Great Zhoutians within the meridians and dantian.

The cultivation progress of the first level of foundation building is +3.

The second-level Chun Shui Jing (bad) is promoted from Chu Cheng to Xiao Cheng.

The upper limit of life is +8, and the life limit is increased from 326 to 334 years.

With this promotion, the physical and mental condition was restored to fullness again.

Meng Zhou, who was already familiar with this, controlled the magic power to circulate smoothly in the meridians and Dantian. This time, the foundation-building magic power, which contained more vitality characteristics, circulated for forty days before Meng Zhou stopped. To practice.

The cultivation progress brought about by the movement of these forty great weeks is increased to +8, that is, every five great weeks can increase his cultivation progress of the first level of foundation building by +1.

…

"Life span: 52/334 years" (+8 years)

"18/1000 on the first floor of foundation building"

"Second Level Spring Water Sutra (Inferior) Small Success 40/3000"

…

And until now, the integration of the two practices has only been less than half-way through.

However, with the integration of the two cultivation methods to this point, Meng Zhou has almost cleared up all the obstacles that need adjustment.

The next integration became a matter of course and a matter of course.

In just half a day, Meng Zhou completely integrated the core essence of the Water Nourishing and Moisturizing Technique into the Spring Water Sutra.

After the fusion was completed, the "inferior version" of Shunsui Sutra was updated again.

"Second Level Spring Water Sutra Xiaocheng 2875/4000"

The traces of the specially marked "bad version" have disappeared. Meng Zhou is not sure how different the current second-order Spring Water Sutra is from the original version.

But he believes that in terms of effect, it is already a technique that is not inferior to the original version and can perfectly fit in with the third-level general outline.

With the completion of this last step of integration, the life span has been increased by two years again, and the upper limit of life has changed from 334 to 336 years.

At the same time, among the exercises, the first-level Water Nourishing and Moisturizing Technique has completely disappeared.

"Even with my current cultivation progress, it only takes four months to break through to the second level of foundation building.

But the actual situation is that Xiaocheng Chunshui Jing will inevitably advance further during this period and advance to Dacheng.

At that time, my practice efficiency will increase again, and it will take less than four months. "

Meng Zhou was satisfied with this, even surprised.

But at the same time, he's also urgent.

Because he knew very well that he could still use the identity of "Mengzhuang" for three or four months at most.

He had to get him offline before his cultivation broke through to the second level of foundation building.

At that time, even if he still stayed in Qinglinfang, he would no longer be "Mengzhuang", and the good relationship accumulated by "Mengzhuang", including the good relationship with Hexin Tower, would also be invalidated.

He must use this short time to lay as solid a foundation as possible for himself.

Now, the cultivation method is available, and the soul refining method is also available. The missing piece of the puzzle is the body refining method.

Because in the Qingxuan Territory, most monks follow the traditional and popular "qi training route", and not many practice physical training, and there is no complete system. Meng Zhou has not heard of any force in the Qingxuan Territory that is based on the practice of tempering. Well-known.

Therefore, the difficulty of obtaining a second-level body-refining method is somewhere between the cultivation method and the soul-refining method.

And whether it is suitable for you or not is still a big question.

When he first broke through the foundation building, Meng Zhou was still confused and had no idea how to solve this problem.

But now, as the two poles in the three-pole cycle have changed from unknown to known, he gradually has a complete idea on how to solve the problem of body refining method.

When all three poles are "unknown", he should really be at a loss.

But when two of the three-pole problems are solved, the difficulty of the last problem will be much reduced.

Because in the three-pole system he constructed, the three-pole framework is cyclically integrated.

The three forces of energy, energy, and spirit are in a dynamic balance that circulates and reciprocates with each other.

As the other two poles rise, the pole that is still standing still will be in a low position of fact, a depression.

Whether it is from the perspective of maintaining the balance of the three poles or from the water potential, this characteristic will have an objective effect of "hoeing the strong and supporting the weak".

Although it is not the "Way of Heaven", this is actually the principle of "making up for the deficiencies when there is more than enough damage".

As long as you stand on the wind outlet, pigs can fly.

Now, there is such a special "wind outlet" in the three-pole system in his body.

In the face of such a "wind", Meng Zhou did not plan to spend a lot of effort searching for a body-training method that might not suit his liking. He planned to fly on his own.

On the 14th, in addition to completing the routine practice and resuming the practice of soul refining, Meng Zhou also mastered a new spell, the stealth technique.

"Introduction to Level 2 Stealth 50/250"

After officially starting to learn this spell, Meng Zhou discovered that learning this spell has some special advantages.

The stealth technique does not achieve true invisibility, but allows one to perfectly fit into the environment, like a chameleon.

This involves not only the camouflage of spiritual consciousness, but also the convergence, control, and disguise of one's own aura, as well as some adjustments to the body shape.

These are some of the many innate abilities he possesses after establishing his foundation.

From this point of view, the stealth technique and myself, who has a variety of spiritual talents, are really an unexpected match.

Learning a new spell is like getting a new toy.

With in-depth exploration and thinking, Meng Zhou also gained a more comprehensive understanding of this magic.

The most suitable scene for this spell is a place with complex environment and dim light.

The more complex the environment and the dimmer the light, the stronger the effect. On the contrary, the more difficult it is to achieve the effect.

A simple, brightly lit environment is the natural enemy of this spell.

Of course, so does powerful spiritual consciousness.

…

April 15th.

In the early morning, Meng Zhou got down from the white jade couch.

A layer of spiritual flow automatically appeared around his body. This was a small talent after the cleansing talisman was transformed into the mana of the meridians.

Its effect is not only to keep his body clean and fresh inside and outside at all times, but also to make him feel relaxed, happy and refreshed from body to mind after each use.

This is the physical and mental state that he enjoys and loves the most.

In this state, not only the body is more active, but the mind will also become more agile.

The spiritual current takes away all the dirty negative energy in the body and sinks it into the ground.

Meng Zhou put on the second-level high-grade robe that had been refined, and after some adjustments, the size of the robe completely fit him, keeping it in the most comfortable state for him.

This second-level top-grade robe, just as he requested, has a very simple effect.

It can activate a second-level high-grade defensive spirit shield, which can defend against the full blow of the monks in the late stage of foundation building.

At the same time, there is also a flying escape technique that is as effective as a second-level high-grade spell, and its instantaneous speed exceeds that of ordinary late-stage foundation-building monks.

However, whether it is a defensive spirit shield or a flying escape technique, the duration depends on the wearer's mana and whether it can be supplied.

For Meng Zhou, who is only at the first level of foundation building, he can only last less than ten breaths at most.

If the two are used together, all his mana can be drained out in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, magical weapons have the characteristic of "self-obscuring". No one will know what grade it is and how powerful it is until it is actually used.

He doesn't worry about revealing his true identity when he wears it. It is more than enough to be used as a life-saving trump card.

After cleaning up, Meng Zhou left the Zhang family courtyard and went straight to Hexin Building.

Now, he is already a regular customer of Hexin Building. What's more, as a foundation-building monk, he naturally doesn't need any capital verification and just walks in directly.

After taking a few steps, Zhang Wei came up to him, "Senior, are you coming to participate in today's auction?"

"Um."

Zhang Wei led him into a room on the second floor and brought him tea and snacks.

The auction began, and after several of the first and third-level items with the most terrifying harvesting capabilities were successfully sold, the skinny old man on the auction stage had a small, exquisite, smooth and beautiful palm-sized spaceship in his hands.

The flying boat was lifted into the palm of his hand, and it looked like a swimming fish.

"The second-level flying magic weapon, Flowing Cloud Boat.

It is made from the complete skeleton of a second-level top-grade cloud whale that is close to third-level strength.

With the talent of Cloud Escape, he can go up to the sky and into the sea, and his escape speed is extremely fast.

In terms of its overall quality, it is even better than ordinary third-level low-grade flying magic weapons.

The reason why it is positioned as the second-level best is because it has the ability to bring back breath, and the mana required to activate it is lower, and it can be activated by monks in the late stage of foundation building.

Therefore, the benchmark price is not an ordinary second-level top-quality flying magic weapon, but a third-level low-quality flying magic weapon.

The starting price is fifty high-grade spiritual stones, and each increase in price must not be less than one! "

When the old man introduced the Dharma boat, Meng Zhou perked up, sat upright, and his expression became more and more focused.

"I didn't expect that a suitable item would appear so soon, but it's a pity... I can't afford it!"

When the old man announced the starting price, Meng Zhou knew that he and this magical artifact were destined.

Even when he was at his richest, the number of spiritual stones in his hand did not exceed two thousand mid-grade spiritual stones, that is, twenty high-grade spiritual stones, which was less than half of the starting price.

Therefore, this thing is destined to have no fate with him.

In the end, the Liuyun Boat was auctioned off for a high price of 125 high-grade spiritual stones.

Seeing it disappear from the auction stage, Meng Zhou sighed in his heart and shook his head: "What a pity, what a pity."

When the grade of the second-tier lot dropped from top grade to mid-grade, Meng Zhou stood up and walked out of the room.

There is no need to continue watching the upcoming auction.

When he walked out of the room, all his thoughts were "raising money", "raising money", "raising money"!

After walking out of the room, Meng Zhou, led by Zhang Wei, came to the room where the host He Xin was again.

Seeing Meng Zhou, the owner of Hexin Building smiled kindly and had a storage bag in her hand. She handed it to Meng Zhou and said:

"This is what you want. I packed a whole bag for you, one hundred square meters. I think it will be enough for you in a short time."

Meng Zhou took the storage bag and explored the waste pills and equipment inside that were piled up like a mountain of garbage.

The one hundred square meters of storage space in the storage bag is packed to the brim.

But because the gaps are too large, if they are really compressed together, the total will only be about forty or fifty square meters, and among them, the number that really meets his needs will be even less.

Meng Zhou really wants to ask, if I change to a larger storage device, can you still fill it up for me?

Although Meng Zhou wanted to personally go to Qingxuan Sect's "garbage mountain" where waste pills and weapons were discarded to search for things that were truly suitable for him, he knew better than to stop.

Therefore, he didn't say anything more, and just transferred all the items in the storage bag to the jade volute.

During the Qi training stage, he needed to deliberately disguise himself with a storage bag to avoid exposing the fact that there was a more concealed storage equipment.

But now that the foundation building is successful, there is no need to have such worries anymore.

Sure enough, when the owner Hexin saw this, he did not show any surprise.

After Meng Zhou had transferred all the contents of the storage bag, he handed the empty storage bag back and expressed his gratitude to the owner of Hexin. At the same time, he also left a button for possible future needs.

"This is enough for me now, but if I really need it in the future, I hope you can make it more convenient for me."

Host Hexin nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, just tell me if you need anything."

After leaving Hexin Building, Meng Zhou went straight back to the Zhang Family Courtyard.

A regular life began for several days.

The Spring Water Sutra, the soul refining method, should be practiced every day.

The rest of the time is spent on the practice of three spells, flying escape, transformation, and stealth, and can gain a lot of experience every day.

As he gradually tried it, Meng Zhou discovered that these three spells could be practiced at the same time and gain a lot of experience at the same time.

However, in this way, the mana on the foundation level will be exhausted soon, and it is necessary to adjust the breath to regain energy.

The result of this is that the time to adjust the breath and restore the breath is longer than the time to practice these three spells.

The daily experience of Escape is +150, the daily experience of Transformation is +200, and the daily experience of Stealth is +120.

In just a few days of practice, not only had his cultivation improved significantly, but Meng Zhou's mastery of the three spells had also improved significantly.

On the 18th, the art of stealth advanced from beginner level to first level.

On the 19th, the art of transformation has been advanced to a minor level, while the art of flight has been advanced to a great level.

…

April 20th.

early morning.

After finishing his practice, Meng Zhou checked his current situation.

[Name: Meng Zhou]

[Life span: 52/336 years]

[Status: Overflowing with vitality]

[Talent: Variety Spirit Body (Incomplete), White Lotus Spirit Body (Incomplete), Natural Sword Body (Incomplete)]

[Realm: 58/1000 at the first level of foundation building]

[Skills: Second-level Spring Water Sutra 3075/4000, Soul Pond Refining Moon Heart Beginner 160/1000

The first-order white bear Hanji body is perfect]

【Skill:

Level 2: The flying escape skill is 130/2000, the transformation skill is 50/1000, and the stealth skill is 210/500.

First level: perfection in all aspects (details omitted)]

[Contract Oath: Rope Spirit Level 1: 100/100]

[Occupation: Pentathlon first-order limit (details omitted)]

After leaving the Zhang family courtyard, Meng Zhou walked all the way out of the central area.

In fact, according to the original plan, since he received a large number of second-level waste elixirs and waste weapons from the host Hexin, he was going to help Bai Ya make a formal breakthrough.

But in Meng Zhou's plan, Bai Ya's breakthrough was not a single event. He would also take the opportunity to complete the leap from the first level to the second level by several professions.

This involves an idea he had long before he established the foundation, which was to integrate the Rope Spirit more closely into his own practice system.

After various gains from personal breakthroughs, his originally relatively general ideas became clearer and clearer.

To complete breakthroughs in several professional systems, some spiritual stones are needed.

But because of Zhuo Yuan's active promotion, he received an unplanned sword manual, which also cost him almost all of his spiritual stones.

Therefore, Meng Zhou slightly adjusted his practice rhythm and practiced in seclusion in Zhang Family Courtyard for a few days.

The reason why he didn't rush out to earn spiritual stones was because he felt that after today, he probably wouldn't have to worry about spiritual stones anymore.

When Meng Zhou appeared in the business district, he had completely changed into a different person.

And when he stood at the door of Yu Peng's residence, he had once again transformed into "Zhou Yaoshi", and his cultivation level had returned to the level of Qi training.

However, he deliberately concealed the specific levels of Qi training.

One can only vaguely feel the power in the later stage of Qi training, but the specific induction is difficult to confirm.

Meng Zhou gently knocked on the door, and soon the door opened from the inside.

Yu Peng looked at Meng Zhou with surprise in his eyes.

"Uncle Zhou, you are here!"

After saying that, he welcomed Meng Zhou into the room. Meng Zhou immediately saw Chu Zheng standing up from his seat and walking toward him.

Meng Zhou smiled and stepped forward to greet him: "Brother, did I miss your business?"

Chu Zheng smiled and said: "That's right, I originally planned to come to Qinglinfang in the near future, but now it's just a few days early."

"How many days have you been here?" Meng Zhou asked.

"I just arrived yesterday." Chu Zheng replied.

Meng Zhou nodded. He and Yu Peng had agreed to meet again today in advance. This was because the association had gradually found a stable and safe route by arranging frequent trips between Nuanyun Valley and Qinglinfang. It is possible to predict Chu Zheng's arrival time at Qinglinfang more accurately in advance.

——Their traveling is different from Meng Zhou. Because they have to carry a large amount of precious resources back and forth, they do not know how to walk, and they will try to minimize the possibility of sleeping in the wilderness. They all use magical weapons and flying boats, using each first-order spiritual vein as a springboard. Zigzag.

The overall journey will be much longer, but safer.

Multiple people on the same boat can alternately control the flying boat, and it can also achieve long-term endurance flight.

Now, I don’t know how many chambers of commerce, gangs, and families use this method to transfer boatloads of resources back and forth between Qinglinfang and the spiritual place where it is located.

It's not like there aren't people who are motivated by interests and want to pay attention to these spaceships.

However, this act of directly competing for food with Qingxuanzong, which was originally a despised robbery and cultivation activity, immediately attracted a thunderous attack from Qingxuanzong.

Moreover, the methods are quite harsh, and the attack on this kind of behavior is completely connected.

Not only will the participants themselves die, but the forces behind them will also be tragically affected.

After such an iron-fisted purge, the safety of the cobweb-like routes within the Qingxuan Territory connected with spiritual veins as nodes has been greatly improved.

When old friends met, Meng Zhou did not talk about business immediately. Instead, he chatted with Chu Zheng about the various changes in Nuanyun Valley.

Meng Zhou was also really curious about the changes in Nuanyun Valley.

Moreover, only by having a more accurate grasp of the current development of the association can he organize his own rhetoric.

Generally speaking, the development of the association did not exceed Meng Zhou's expectations.

There may be many differences in details, but the differences in general direction are not big.

At this moment, another thing Chu Zheng talked about made Meng Zhou look shocked.

"How did the Zuowangkan become the association's property? When did this happen?"

Chu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "It should be around the tenth day of February."

Meng Zhou asked hurriedly: "I remember that the owner of Zuowang Hall is called 'Hu Cai'? What happened?"

Chu Zheng was not surprised that Meng Zhou was curious about this matter.

After all, since Brother Zhou came to Nuanyun Valley, he has been practicing in seclusion at Zuowang Pavilion. It is only natural for him to have more affection and attention there.

Chu Zheng said: "Hu Cai is dead."

Meng Zhouyi was stunned, "Dead? How did you die? When did you die?"

Chu Zheng recalled it and said: "It should be the first day of February, but no one can tell the specific day of the month when he died.

The reason why we knew he was dead was because his family members found out through a special way that he had suffered a disaster, so they forced him to break open the stone chamber where he was in seclusion. Only then did we find that he had been dead for a long time, and his body had become rotten and smelly.

The condition of his death was also quite miserable, with a ferocious face and bleeding from all his orifices. There were even what appeared to be fragments of internal organs in front of where he fell to the ground and died.

It is speculated that during the retreat, his internal organs were suddenly broken, and a lot of them even mixed with blood spurted out of his mouth. His seven orifices were bleeding, and he died quickly. "

Having said this, Chu Zheng couldn't help but shiver, shook his head and said:

“That scene was somewhat breathtaking.

I have heard before that some people become obsessed with practicing Qigong, but the most serious situation I encountered was that the meridians and Dantian were damaged and the cultivation level declined.

This is really the first time I have seen such severe backlash! "

Meng Zhou hurriedly asked: "Were you at the scene at that time?"

Chu Zheng nodded and said:

"Yu Peng had been arranged to come to Qinglinfang at that time, and his house was vacant, so I moved there.

What's more important is that during the time when you were in Zuowang Hall for consultation, many professional monks who I arranged to see you there moved their residences to Zuowang Hall for the sake of convenience, so as not to travel back and forth. "

Meng Zhou thought of Yan Xiong and Miao Lin, who were typical examples.

Even after he took a liking to them, they had no intention of leaving. Instead, they seemed to be taking root there.

Many of the other professional monks who were cured by him were also like this. In this way, many professional monks gathered in the Zuowang Pavilion unknowingly.

Once this kind of atmosphere was formed, even if Meng Zhou left quietly, the atmosphere still did not change, and more and more professional monks gathered there.

Therefore, Chu Zheng lived in the stone room where Yu Peng once lived.

His relationship with Yu Peng was only a superficial reason. The real reason was that the association needed someone with sufficient status to sit there.

When "Hu Cai" died tragically in his retreat, Zuowang Hall had already become the first gathering place with the highest concentration of professionals in Nuanyun Valley.

Meng Zhou thought of another thing.

It's like, um, the second day of February.

At that time, I had just participated in the auction on January 30 and spent two days in seclusion at Ruyiju.

Then, on the second day of February, I went out to the stall area to buy a large number of high-quality ice talismans and flying arrow talismans, and then went to the central area to experience the foundation-building phenomenon up close.

On the way to Hexin Tower, I saw Yiyin, the deputy head of the Law Enforcement Hall, beating Meixiang Tower's "Mother Yun" to death in the street.

While "Hu Cai" was practicing in seclusion in a stone chamber, he suddenly started to bleed from his orifices and spit out his internal organs and died tragically. It was also in early February.

"Did the sudden death of 'Hu Cai' be affected by the death of 'Mama Yun'?

In other words, 'Mother Yun' controls the life and death of 'Hu Cai', 'Hu Gui' and others in some way. With her death, all those under her control will die suddenly? "

With these thoughts swirling in Meng Zhou's mind, he suddenly asked: "Why did the Zuowang Hall fall into the hands of the association?"

Chu Zheng twirled his beard with his hand, a proud smile on his face, as if he once again remembered an operation that made him feel quite proud.

"Actually, I had been in contact with Hu Cai long before his sudden death. I wanted to buy the Zuowang Pavilion at a reasonable price in the name of the association."

When Meng Zhou heard this, his eyes widened unconsciously.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems reasonable.

Zuowang Hall has gradually become the first settlement place for professional monks in Nuanyun Valley, and its importance within the association is naturally increasing day by day.

On the other hand, the association also made a lot of spiritual stones through the Nuanyun Valley and Hongsong Ridge trade routes.

In this case, it is also reasonable to take down the Zaiwang Pavilion and turn it into a back garden that belongs entirely to the association.

"Hu Cai did not agree to my proposal at the time, saying that it was an important asset of their family and it was impossible to let it go."

"But who would have thought that not long after, he died suddenly and in such a confused manner!"

Having said this, Chu Zheng shook his head and sighed, as if he was lamenting the impermanence of the world.

Then, he continued to talk about the change of hands of Zaowang Hall.

"The Hu family members who came to deal with Hu Cai's funeral were stunned for a long time without speaking after seeing the tragic scene of his sudden death, as if they were frightened.

Then he complained in a low voice, 'Hey, it's unlucky, why are people dying one after another? Can this damn place still be wanted? ! ’

He went to collect Hu Cai's body, but I thought about his words.

Because according to what we know, the proprietor of Zuowang Hall is Hu Gui. He was suddenly replaced by Hu Cai last year, saying that there were other arrangements within the clan.

But I heard something fishy from the Hu family's complaint, so I planned to deceive him! "

Hearing this, Meng Zhou's eyes widened uncontrollably, "You lied to him? How did you lie?"

Chu Zheng proudly twirled his beard under his chin again and said:

"While he was carefully collecting Hu Cai's body and checking the scene for traces, I suddenly asked him, 'Did Hu Gui also die here?'

When the man heard this, he was immediately startled and jumped up from where he was.

A pair of cannibalistic eyes stared at me as if I was a murderer. "

Meng Zhou's eyes almost bulged out and fell to the ground.

Brother, you are so brave!

At that moment, it should be true that the other person wants to eat your heart.

The other party has most likely regarded you as the murderer of Hu Gui.

"But I didn't let him scare me, and directly persuaded me, 'Two owners of your Hu family have died here in succession, which means that the fortunes of this place and your family are in conflict with each other, so you might as well get rid of it as soon as possible. '

At the beginning, he was still entangled with me and said some incomprehensible things.

But under my strategy, he finally suspected that the Zuowang Hall would be an obstacle to the fortune of his Hu family, and finally agreed to sell the Zuowang Hall to the association.

Once his defenses were broken, everything went very smoothly. In addition, the other party was eager to make a move and was not good at bargaining.

In the end, the association successfully acquired the entire Zuowangkan at only 30% of the normal price. "

"..."

Meng Zhou had nothing to say.

This is no longer picking out the wool, this is clearly pulling a handful of hair from the God of Death's head!

Meng Zhou looked at Chu Zheng, who was still alive and kicking, talking and laughing, and decided in his heart that the secret behind Zuowang Pavilion should be left to rot in his stomach.

Otherwise, he was really worried that Chu Zheng would be scared out of his mind.

After chatting for a while, the unfamiliarity between the two due to not seeing each other for a long time disappeared, and they returned to the same state of talking about everything they had in Nuanyun Valley.

Chu Zheng asked Meng Zhou directly why he was so anxious to call him to Qinglinfang to meet him.

Meng Zhou didn't answer but asked: "Brother, have you thought about the future development of the association?"

Chu Zheng thought about it seriously and smiled bitterly:

“Of course I have thought about it, not only I have thought about it, but all the top leaders of the association have thought about it.

But now we find that this is not determined by our thoughts. "

"Oh, what should I say?" Meng Zhou asked curiously.

Chu Zheng shook his head and said:

“Do you know what the association thought at the end of last year?

At that time, the profits of the Nuanyun Valley and Hongsong Ridge trade routes had gradually become meager.

However, there is also an advantage. We have developed some of the few professionals in Hongsong Ridge into members of the association.

After the Heshengtang and Anle Gang incidents, all forces have become more gentle and talkative.

At that time, everyone was sitting together, planning to open up the Red Pine Ridge trade route in Nuanyun Valley. At the same time, they were in contact with two other first-order spiritual veins and opened up two more lines.

At that time, the plan was almost complete. The association was only responsible for organizing production, and the Nuanyun Valley force and the Red Pine Ridge force were each responsible for one of the lines.

Just when everyone is ambitious and ready to do something big after the New Year..."

Having said this, he spread his hands and said:

“You saw the results.

Qingxuanzong has made big waves one after another. We little shrimps can do nothing and think about nothing except following the ups and downs of Qingxuanzong and picking up some leftovers. "

Meng Zhou looked at Chu Zheng and said with a smile: "I have picked up the leftovers from the association. It will definitely make more money than you originally planned to open up a new trade route!"

Chu Zheng muttered: "Then I would rather earn less!"

Meng Zhou nodded, he could understand Chu Zheng's thoughts.

The association has a strong ability to generate blood and wealth. The association does not resist the idea of ​​earning more spiritual stones, but it is not overly enthusiastic either.

This is also the advice he has given a long time ago. The core of the association will always be "professionals" and cannot fall into the vicious circle of only earning spiritual stones. In that case, the association will be just an ordinary chamber of commerce.

Compared with earning more or less from spiritual stones, what the association cares more about is my control over the situation.

It was obvious that the association, and even the entire Nuanyun Valley and Hongsong Ridge, had no control over the huge waves set off by the Qingxuan Sect.

Whether their situation is good or bad depends on Qingxuanzong's thoughts.

It's not up to them to decide.

After understanding Chu Zheng's thoughts, Meng Zhou was completely relieved.

Without Chu Zheng and Yu Peng noticing anything, he had already used his spiritual consciousness to upgrade and strengthen the crude formation in this room, ensuring that nothing unusual would be reported.

He looked at Chu Zheng and said: "Brother, you have seen what Qingxuanzong has done these days. Regardless of other things, have you seen the impact on professionals?"

When Chu Zheng heard this, he sighed:

"Why haven't you seen that the prices of all kinds of raw materials are rising?

But on the other hand, the prices of various manufactured goods are slowly falling, and the profit margins of professionals are slowly becoming smaller.

This is only the visible aspect, the more hidden point is that the number of spiritual stones in everyone's hands is slowly decreasing.

The value of spiritual stones themselves is becoming higher and higher. In the future, everyone will become more and more accustomed to collecting spiritual stones.

If it is not necessary to buy elixirs, magic tools, talismans, etc., I will buy them as little as possible. "

“Those professionals who are not highly talented and ordinary professionals who have no background support will be in an increasingly difficult situation.

When the career path cannot support their livelihood and practice, I think a large part of them will give up the career path. "

As a member of the profession, he seemed very worried about the prospect of depression in the future, but this kind of "celestial level" change was not something that he, a small first-level high-grade Talisman Maker, could control.

“Fortunately, we have an association and our ability to withstand risks is much stronger than that of individuals.

There are also spiritual materials produced in Nuanyun Valley and Hongsong Ridge.

In addition, I did make a lot of money by following Qingxuan Sect this time, and I was able to hold on for a while.

As long as we survive the most difficult period, things won't be too bad in the future.

No matter what, professionals are still indispensable.

No matter how much everyone saves, there will always be a demand for elixirs, magic weapons, arrays, and talismans. "

Thinking of the situation of the association, Chu Zheng felt a lot more relaxed.

Listening to Chu Zheng's words, Meng Zhou nodded slightly from time to time.

When he stopped sighing, Meng Zhou said: "Brother, there is such a news, I think you must be interested."

"what news?"

"The auctions of this size organized by Hexin Tower will continue until the auction price of ordinary Foundation Establishment Pills stabilizes at around 12,000 low-grade spiritual stones."

"Hiss~" Chu Zheng couldn't help but gasped, "How many foundation-building pills does Qingxuan Sect have? Can such a hole be filled up?!"

Meng Zhou said: "Of course you can get as many as you want!"

"This...this is going to drive casual cultivators to a dead end!" Chu Zheng said angrily.

Meng Zhou shook his head and said: "Qingxuan Sect is not trying to force casual cultivators to death, but is trying to force them all into the Immortal City!"

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