Do not die

late at night.

In the open space next to Linchi Waterside Pavilion, two spiritual lotus seeds were lying quietly in Meng Zhou's hand.

One of them is a third-level middle-grade Earth Spirit Golden Lotus Spirit Seed.

Compared with the Earth Spirit Golden Lotus spirit seed used when cultivating the Earth Spirit Golden Lotus for the first time, this one has a bit more sharpness. When held in the hand, it feels like a needle is piercing the pores of the skin. .

This is one of the many spirit lotus seeds harvested the last time I cultivated the Earth Spirit Golden Lotus.

The other one is a third-level high-grade red flame fire lotus spirit seed.

During his last trip to Qingxuanzong, Yao Gu secretly found a lot of good things for him. In addition to two third-level high-grade spiritual materials that had been made into flying swords, there were also two third-level high-grade spiritual lotus seeds.

This Red Flame Fire Lotus is one of them.

It turned out that the Earth Spirit Golden Lotus clone had been abandoned by him on his own initiative because it was stained with blood marks.

Although Yanzhuang has been solved through the "wait and wait" method, it does not mean that the matter is completely resolved.

Before the traces at Baiyue Bay are completely erased, this hidden danger will always exist, and Meng Zhou cannot let it go.

Therefore, after returning to his cave in Sanchuan Plain, Meng Zhou immediately started cultivating a new clone of the Earth Spirit Golden Lotus.

One sheep was being herded and two sheep were being driven, so Meng Zhou decided to take the opportunity to take out a third-level high-grade spiritual lotus seed and try to cultivate it.

Under his exquisite techniques, the dormant vitality in the two spirit lotus seeds gradually awakened, and soon began to take root and sprout, firmly taking root in the soil at their feet.

Meng Zhou took out a drop of the Green Lotus Sword Marrow and slowly injected the rich vitality into the seedlings of the Earth Spirit Golden Lotus.

When this drop of Green Lotus Sword Marrow is completely integrated into this Earth Spirit Golden Lotus seedling, this Spirit Lotus seedling can no longer be called a seedling. It has successfully passed through the first and second levels and quietly advanced to the third lower level.

Then, with the injection of sixteen more drops of Green Lotus Sword Marrow, this Earth Spirit Golden Lotus completed the growth and accumulation of the third-order low-grade, and advanced to the third-order mid-grade, completely mature.

Meng Zhou sensed it carefully and could clearly feel that this Earth Spirit Golden Lotus contained more powerful edge and power than the one he had already disposed of.

If the skill of sword control is used, the power will receive more additional bonuses.

As for the reason, it is not difficult to guess.

The spiritual seed of the previous Earth Spirit Golden Lotus was the normal Earth Spirit Golden Lotus. Because he cultivated it with the Green Lotus Sword Marrow, it mutated during its growth. The resulting spiritual seed also became a "mutated" Spiritual Seed".

This Earth Spirit Golden Lotus was cultivated using mutated spiritual seeds, and the Green Lotus Sword Marrow was continued to be used during the cultivation process.

This resulted in the mutation level of this Earth Spirit Golden Lotus exceeding that of the previous one.

The Linglian clones they transformed into may not be significantly different in other aspects, but their sword-wielding talents are getting stronger and stronger.

Meng Zhou put away the spiritual lotus seeds in the lotus pod and thought to himself: "Since this kind of mutation can be continuously enriched and superimposed, what changes will happen if I continue to cultivate it in this way?"

Soon, this Earth Spirit Golden Lotus turned into a new Earth Spirit Golden Lotus clone.

The equipment that originally belonged to the previous Earth Spirit Golden Lotus clone was inherited by this Spirit Lotus clone without any sacrifice.

Including a third-level middle-grade robe, six third-order middle-grade spiritual puppets, and a third-order high-grade flying sword.

Then, Meng Zhou turned his attention to another third-level high-grade red flame fire lotus seedling next to him.

According to Meng Zhou's understanding, the growth environment of this kind of spirit lotus is very harsh.

These two conditions are indispensable for the third-level high-grade spiritual land and the fiery zone.

If such conditions are met, Meng Zhou's mediocre cave is hopeless.

It would be impossible for him to find a suitable growing environment for it.

Meng Zhou wanted to try to see if he could solve these pain points by directly applying the marrow of the Green Lotus Sword.

After all, to be honest, the third-level low-grade Ice Heart Blood Lotus also has special requirements for the growth environment, but with the help of the White Lotus Spiritual Essence, it can be completed without any hindrance.

Because of this experience, Meng Zhou was quite confident in this attempt.

Soon, as the first drop of the Green Lotus Sword Marrow was completely integrated, the Red Flame Fire Lotus successfully completed the growth and accumulation of the first and second levels, and was ready to advance to the third low-grade level.

"It's really no problem." Meng Zhou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

However, it would be wrong to say that there is no problem at all.

According to the information Meng Zhou learned, when the quality of the third-order high-grade Red Flame Fire Lotus reaches the third-order low-grade level, the entire Red Flame Fire Lotus will be like a burning red lotus-shaped flame.

The spiritual energy will form layers of thin, gauze-like mist on the surface of the Red Flame Fire Lotus, creating a light and shadow effect like a burning flame.

It was a vision caused by the special interaction between the special spirituality of the Red Flame Fire Lotus and the surrounding aura.

But the red flame fire lotus in front of it has no such vision. In addition to being able to feel the powerful fire spirituality contained in the restrained spirituality, as well as the extra sharp edge of the sword, There are no other abnormalities.

Regarding this change that was different from the real Red Flame Fire Lotus, Meng Zhou just recorded its performance, took out more Green Lotus Sword Marrow, and began to continue cultivating it.

One drop, two drops, three drops...

Every drop of Green Lotus Sword Marrow can allow this Red Flame Fire Lotus to complete a year's growth and accumulation.

It wasn't until Meng Zhou used twenty-four drops of Green Lotus Sword Marrow in one breath that the Red Flame Fire Lotus completed its twenty-four-year growth and accumulation in the third-level low-grade. , promoted to the third-level mid-level level.

After the Red Flame Fire Lotus began to accumulate the third-level mid-grade, the consumption of the Green Lotus Sword Marrow became even more exaggerated.

One drop of Green Lotus Sword Marrow is only equivalent to half a year's growth accumulation. Two drops are needed for the Red Flame Fire Lotus to complete one year's growth accumulation.

When the Red Flame Fire Lotus was still a seedling, in order to avoid "overnutrition" and directly "drown" the seedling, Meng Zhou had to carefully control it and slowly inject the majestic vitality in the Qinglian Sword Marrow into it.

But now, even if you throw the whole drop into it, it won't make a big splash. As for the side effects, don't even think about it.

One drop, two drops, three drops...

Ten drops...

Twenty drops...

Drop by drop of green lotus sword marrow was fed in, and the red flame fire lotus grew slowly.

Watching the Qinglian Sword Essence accumulated day by day, month by month, and year by year being squandered like this, Meng Zhou's heart was inevitably filled with ups and downs.

Originally, he thought that the reserves of Qinglian Sword Marrow he had accumulated were already considerable.

But now, he felt "poverty" again.

At the end of October last year, the Qinglian Sword Essence had accumulated 563 drops.

With the retreat in early November, the Chun Shui Sutra completed the accumulation of the Dacheng state and advanced to the master level.

The number of drops of Green Lotus Sword Marrow condensed per month has been increased from eighteen to twenty-four, and the efficiency has increased a lot again.

Coupled with the retreat at the beginning of the first month, the amount of Green Lotus Sword Marrow harvested was far beyond ordinary, and a full sixty drops of Green Lotus Sword Marrow were harvested in the entire month of January.

Now, today.

Just before this spiritual lotus cultivation, the reserve of Qinglian Sword Marrow had reached 695 drops.

"It seems like a lot, but if it is used to cultivate third-level high-grade spiritual lotus, it will only be six or seven."

Meng Zhou thought in his heart, as the sixtieth drop of the Green Lotus Sword Essence was integrated into the Red Flame Fire Lotus, this spiritual lotus completed thirty years of growth and accumulation at the third level mid-level, and finally advanced to the third level. Top grade, completely mature.

As the Red Flame Fire Lotus fully matured, Meng Zhou, who was close at hand, could clearly feel that he was standing next to an oven, with waves of heat rushing towards him like a continuous ocean tide.

And in this heat wave, there are also wisps of sword energy impacting with an edge that is hard to withstand.

If he were in the early stage of pill formation and suffered such an impact at such a close distance, he might not be able to bear it calmly.

Meng Zhou sensed it carefully for a while, then put away the nine spirit lotus seeds with the same sword energy and kept them for seed preparation. Then he transformed the third-level high-quality red flame fire lotus into the third-level high-quality red flame fire lotus. Lotus clone.

Meng Zhou used eighty-five drops of the Green Lotus Sword Essence to form a wonderful connection with this body. There was no discomfort at all. This Spirit Lotus clone was like an extension of his own body.

The consumption of eighty-five drops of Qinglian Sword Marrow made this spiritual lotus body, whose quality far exceeded his, be closely connected to his own, and the vitality connected with each other was as solid as a steel strand.

Meng Zhou had a feeling that with this connection, his maximum operating distance on the Red Flame Fire Lotus was definitely far beyond the two thousand miles of the Earth Spirit Golden Lotus.

"With this tight connection, there shouldn't be any big problems within ten thousand miles."

Meng Zhou punched the third-level mid-grade soul clone into it that had been purified again.

The soul clone can independently complete the operation of the red flame fire lotus body, but it behaves like a retarded person. His thoughts and actions cannot match at all. Don't even think about using it in actual combat.

In Meng Zhou's hands, two groups of divine soul clones appeared again. They were from the Earth Spirit Lotus "Zhuang Sheng" and the Ice Heart Blood Lotus "Song Yang".

——For this cultivation and experiment, Meng Zhou made a lot of preparations in advance.

He scattered all the thoughts in these three soul clones and refined them into a complete soul body.

After it was completed, Meng Zhou injected the body of the divine soul into the red flame fire lotus body.

The effect is much better than last time, but the distance control is still a bit worse.

Meng Zhou estimated that in order to fully control this red flame fire lotus body, one or two groups of minimum standard soul clones would be needed.

"Why!"

The results of the test made Meng Zhou sigh with disappointment.

He took out the group of divine soul clones again and broke them into three groups, one large, two small and three. After injecting corresponding thoughts to refine them, he put them into the second-level top-grade Earth Spirit Lotus body, the third-level low-grade Ice Heart Blood Lotus body, and And within the body of the third-level middle-grade earth spirit Golden Lotus.

Earth Spirit Lotus "Zhuang Sheng" went straight back to Zhuang Tianzhuang, while Ice Heart Blood Lotus "Song Yang" returned to his cave not far away.

The clone of Earth Spirit Golden Lotus did not hesitate at all. Tu Dun left Sanchuan Plateau and returned to Baiyue Bay of Cuiyu Lake quietly and by familiar routes. "He" will once again be silent in the elixir garden and the dry land Spirit Lotus area. crouched down.

Meng Zhou put the red flame fire lotus body into the empty gourd.

As soon as the income came in, Meng Zhou noticed something was wrong.

The spirituality of the second-level top-grade Nakong gourd is being slowly but continuously consumed.

Meng Zhou's heart trembled, and he quickly released the red flame fire lotus body.

The state of Nakong Gourd quickly returned to normal.

This unexpected change made Meng Zhou think about it.

As of now, the storage equipment used by Meng Zhou, in addition to the conventional storage equipment used to hide others' eyes, all the truly important items are stored by him in the second-level top quality Nakong gourd.

The space is large, the effect is good, the storage is convenient, and the quantity is large - there were seven cultivated on one vine, and many things can be stored in categories.

Moreover, the Nakong Gourd can be stored in the Dantian after a little sacrifice. It is much more concealed and convenient than other storage equipment.

Four of the seven Nakong gourds have special uses.

One stores the White Lotus Soul Marrow, one stores the Green Lotus Sword Marrow, and the other is used as an external Dantian, which stores a lot of mana. This is a "sequelae" caused by frequent leveling of various skills and excessive mana consumption. ".

There is another one specially used to store the heart essence and blood.

Yes, my heart is full of blood.

Ever since he started cultivating golden armored spirit insects, Meng Zhou realized that his own blood essence was also an extremely precious resource, especially when the quantity was exaggerated.

In the beginning, all the precious blood was used to cultivate and reproduce more and higher-quality golden armored spirit insects.

But after he successfully formed the elixir, Meng Zhou stopped feeding in order to prevent tens of thousands of golden-armored spirit insects from accidentally breaking through and overcoming the tribulation in Sanchuan Plateau.

However, Meng Zhou did not stop collecting the blood essence and blood in his heart. He continued to collect it. Without affecting his own condition, he stored the excess blood essence and blood in a hollow gourd.

It has been more than four years since I completed the elixir formation.

But maybe the gap between the power or resources of these three levels and the Nakong Gourd is not as big as the gap between the third-level high-grade Red Flame Fire Lotus body and the Nakong Gourd, or perhaps their nature is milder and not as good as the Red Flame Fire Lotus body. The lotus body is so extreme.

Therefore, the second-level top-notch Nakong Gourd did not show any unsuitability.

But now, Meng Zhou really felt the harm done by the former to the latter after putting the body of the Red Flame Fire Lotus into the Nakong Gourd.

This is simply like swallowing a mouthful of hot coals into the belly. Although it is not that exaggerated, over time, the empty gourd that contains it will inevitably be damaged, and in the process, the spirituality of the Red Flame Fire Lotus body will also be lost and dispersed. .

This is a huge disservice to both parties.

Now that this hidden danger has been discovered, Meng Zhou cannot ignore it.

Now, this obvious rejection is only manifested in the Red Flame Fire Lotus body, but if there is one, there are two. This sign undoubtedly reminded him.

The collection and storage capacity of the second-level top-grade Nakong Gourd has gradually failed to keep up with the growing demand for his strength.

Thinking like this, Meng Zhou had a spirit sealing box in his hand.

In this spirit box, there are a large number of third-level spirit seeds, which Yao Gu and others spent a lot of effort to collect for him.

Among them, the vast majority are third-level and low-quality spiritual seeds.

There are also two types of third-level high-grade spiritual species.

However, it was not the spiritual tea tree and spiritual lotus seeds that Meng Zhou explicitly requested. For this reason, Yao Gu felt quite regretful at the time.

One of these two kinds of third-order high-grade spiritual seeds is the spiritual seed of a relatively common third-order high-grade spiritual plant, and the other happens to be the gourd spiritual seed.

Meng Zhou took out the gourd spirit seed and held it in his hand.

Soon, the gourd spirit seed took root and sprouted on the ground in front of Meng Zhou.

…

A drop of Green Lotus Sword Marrow allowed it to complete the accumulation of the first and second levels and advance to the third low-grade level.

You can see that there are five small white dots smaller than rice grains hanging on the gourd vine.

This spiritual plant is called "Five Yun Spiritual Gourd". In the future, these white dots will grow into gourds.

…

Twenty-eight drops of Green Lotus Sword Marrow allowed it to complete the growth and accumulation of the third-level low-grade sword and advance to the third-level mid-grade level.

At the third level of low-grade, with continuous growth and accumulation, the white dots that were originally smaller than a grain of rice continued to grow in size, and finally turned into gourds.

The color also keeps changing from light green. After it completes the accumulation of third-level low-grade products and reaches the third-level mid-grade quality, it will be as green as emerald.

…

Sixty-five drops of Green Lotus Sword Marrow allowed it to complete the growth and accumulation of the third-level mid-grade, advance to the third-order high-grade, and become completely mature.

During the growth and accumulation of the third-level mid-grade, the five gourds, which were originally green, gradually began to differentiate and become different.

This difference is not only reflected in the change of color, but also in the Qi they emit. The difference is getting bigger and bigger.

In order to ripen this gourd vine, more Green Lotus Sword Marrow was consumed than Red Flame Fire Lotus.

However, the harvest is equally gratifying.

Meng Zhou first collected all the spiritual seeds in his bag.

Under normal circumstances, the higher-level spiritual plants are more difficult to cultivate, because this not only requires spiritual land of sufficient quality and a long time of waiting, but the more stringent condition is that the spiritual land environment must meet the needs of its growth.

For example, this five-yin spirit gourd must be planted in a third-level high-grade spiritual land that has the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth at the same time, and the spiritual power of the five elements is balanced. If you think about it, you will know that this condition is How harsh.

However, this threshold does not exist for Meng Zhou.

He took five different gourds into his hands and looked at them carefully, with a smile on his lips.

These five gourds are already hugely different from their appearance, color, and properties.

One of them is golden, smooth and cool to the touch.

One of them, yellow-orange-orange, feels slightly rough to the touch, but has a deep and heavy feel.

There is another one, which is burning red and warm to the touch, like holding a fire jade.

There is another one, which is misty green and seems to have hidden vitality.

The last one is black, smooth and cold.

The Five Yun Spiritual Gourd is a third-level high-grade spiritual object.

Able to store, good at warming and nourishing.

Storing the right items in the right spiritual gourd space not only ensures that the items themselves retain their spirituality, but also that over time, the spiritual items stored therein will be subtly warmed and nourished.

This kind of warming and conditioning will bring about benign changes in the spiritual characteristics of the spiritual items stored therein.

Although this change does not reach the level of upgrading, the second-level mid-level spiritual grass will not reach the quality of the second-level high-level spiritual grass.

But for alchemists and weapon refiners, this is still a rare treasure.

One of the most troublesome problems for alchemists and weapon refiners is that even if they are the same spiritual material, there are still differences in their spiritual characteristics.

There are no two identical leaves in the world, and there are no two identical spiritual materials.

No matter how skilled the alchemist or weapon refiner is, they cannot completely avoid the possibility of failure in alchemy or weapon refining.

An important reason is also here.

No matter how rich their experience is, they cannot guarantee that the spiritual characteristics and spiritual changes of all the spiritual materials used in the next batch of refining will be within their control.

You won’t know until you actually get started, and once you get started, there is a possibility of failure.

However, as long as the spiritual materials are stored in a suitable Five Yun Spiritual Gourd, the spiritual qualities of the same kind of spiritual materials will be warmed and harmonized by the spiritual gourd, and the "different" parts will be continuously worn away and become "convergent". ” part will be continuously strengthened.

Eventually, the spiritual qualities of all similar spiritual materials will become closer and closer, and closer and closer to the "standard answer".

This increase and decrease will greatly increase the success rate of alchemy and weapon refining.

Not only for refining alchemy and refining weapons, but also for drawing talismans, arranging formations, and any occupation that requires the use of a large number of different spiritual materials, this set of Five Yun Spirit Gourds is a treasure.

However, to Meng Zhou, the most precious quality of this Five Yun Spirit Gourd seems to be just that.

Because of him, once you get started, as long as you don't deliberately mess around, whether it is refining elixirs, refining weapons, making talismans or setting up formations, the success rate is 100%.

He has never experienced the troubles of other weapon refiners and alchemists, so naturally he cannot truly empathize with them.

After completing the ritual refining of the Five Yun Spiritual Gourd, Meng Zhou was ready to transfer the items stored in the Nakong Gourd.

But immediately, Meng Zhou frowned slightly, and a strange look appeared on his face.

He stretched out his hand and made a move, and five spiritual gourds of gold, yellow, red, green, and black were suspended in front of him, spinning slowly, with the gourd opening facing an open space.

Then, as Meng Zhou had a thought, he spat out his magic power, and each gourd mouth ejected flying sword energy like a machine gun.

Not only are they different in color, but they also have their own characteristics and characteristics.

The sword energy power hidden in the ninety-four drops of Qinglian Sword Marrow has not disappeared, but has penetrated deeply into the five spiritual gourds.

The mutated Five Yun Spiritual Gourd, while possessing the qualities that a normal Five Yuan Spiritual Gourd should have, actually has an additional characteristic.

It can convert mana into powerful sword energy comparable to the third-order high-grade sword.

Meng Zhou put several flying swords into it, including a third-level high-quality flying sword made of third-level high-quality lightning wood, and some other flying swords of lower quality.

Meng Zhou suddenly discovered that these flying swords were automatically collected by the spirit gourd to the core area of ​​​​the spirit gourd space, and slowly warmed up.

In a short period of time, no effect could be seen, but Meng Zhou was so shocked that he could not speak.

"This... this... if Wen has been raised for a hundred and eighty years, how powerful will this sword be?"

With this in mind, Meng Zhou also began to transfer the items in the empty gourd and store them in different spiritual gourds according to their spiritual characteristics.

There is no need to mention anything else. Meng Zhou transferred all his heart essence and blood into the black water spirit gourd.

The White Lotus Spiritual Essence and the Green Lotus Sword Essence were all transferred into the green wood spiritual gourd.

Because the Wuyun Spirit Gourd has a larger space and can be divided into different storage areas, Meng Zhou no longer pursues the exclusive use of the gourd.

The black water spirit gourd also acts as an external Dantian.

In addition to the white lotus soul marrow and green lotus sword marrow, the green wood-type spiritual gourd also contains other wood-type spiritual materials, including the blue wolf's skeleton and skin.

The mountain ape's bones and skins are stored in a yellow earth-based spiritual gourd.

After storing all the important items in different spirit gourd spaces, Meng Zhou put the Five Yun Spirit Gourd into his Dantian.

The original seven empty gourds were officially retired.

"It just so happens that this thing was used in the Gray Mist Mountains at that time. Maybe it has been noticed by Qingxuan Sect. It is really not appropriate for me to use this thing again. It can be left to the Earth Spirit Golden Lotus clone for use."

After doing this, Meng Zhou took inventory of the remaining Qinglian Sword Marrow in his hand.

Before tonight, there are still 695 drops.

Now, there are only 499 drops left.

The third-order mid-grade Earth Spirit Golden Lotus, the third-order high-grade Red Flame Fire Lotus, and the third-order high-grade Five Yun Spirit Gourd. In order to cultivate these three things, as many as 196 drops were consumed.

There is nothing to say about these three things. They are worthy of their third-level middle-grade and third-order high-grade levels.

But the only thing is that they all have too much appetite.

"No flowers, this Qinglian sword essence really has no flowers at all."

…

After returning to the quiet room and recuperating for a while, Meng Zhou began his routine retreat.

When the bright moon mirror gave the warning, it was already late February.

When Meng Zhou was hiding in the Gray Mist Mountains, waiting for Yanzhuang to surrender, Meng Zhou once thought that this time the retreat could not be carried out on time and had to be postponed.

Fortunately, Yanzhuang was very efficient, and he was able to track Bai Zhi's trajectory over more than ten years in just a few days.

Coupled with the fact that Meng Zhou acted decisively and swiftly, he returned to Sanchuan Plain before February 30th, allowing his retreat to be carried out on time.

…

The fifth day of March, afternoon.

Cultivation progress +900, third level of elixir formation 8855/10,000;

Third-level Spring Water Sutra +3000, Master 15,000/120,000;

Black Turtle Bearing Monument True Skill +3000, Master 03300/120000;

After finishing the retreat, he adjusted a little and got used to it. Meng Zhou walked out of the quiet room and invited Bai Zhi to drink a pot of spiritual tea quietly.

After getting along for a long time, the two of them have already become familiar with each other's personality, and there is no need to keep the atmosphere open to talk.

The quiet atmosphere does not make people feel awkward or uncomfortable, but instead gives them a rare sense of comfort and tranquility.

After drinking the spiritual tea, Bai Zhi went to ponder her method of music and painting, while Meng Zhou returned to the quiet room again and put the divine soul armor in his hands.

In an instant, information related to it emerged continuously in Yan Zhuang's memory, and appeared in Meng Zhou's mind based on time.

…

Yanzhuang, twenty-nine years old.

Yanzhuang is in high spirits this year.

He rushed to complete the Qi Training Realm before he turned thirty, and his cultivation level broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

In the Xingxiu Palace, although the disciples who are the disciples of the Initiation Mountain Sect may be emotionally distant, they are all treated equally in terms of treatment.

However, there are still some hidden thresholds in the Constellation Palace.

Among them, there are two biggest thresholds, one is to complete the foundation building before thirty, and the other is to complete the core formation before one hundred years old.

——It can’t be done perfunctorily, the kind of breakthrough for the sake of breakthrough must be high-quality foundation building and high-quality pill formation. Otherwise, not only will it not be praised, but it will be reprimanded. In the Constellation Palace, it will be truly recognized. Enter another volume.

Yanzhuang, who completed the foundation building before he was thirty years old, is talented and talented. Looking at the entire Xingxiu Palace, he can definitely be ranked at the forefront.

After completing the foundation building, according to the rules of the Xingxiu Palace, a trial assessment will be conducted as usual.

This year, Yanzhuang accepted the assessment.

The trial and assessment area is in a reef group with dense islands and reefs and an extremely complex underwater environment.

When he dived under the water and searched for the mission target among the crisscrossing coral bushes, he discovered a long box that almost grew in the coral bushes.

Immediately, Yan Zhuang's mind was severely touched.

Because with the growth rate of the coral bush, it would take at least hundreds of years, or even longer, to grow to the point where it could almost completely cover and bury a long box.

Moreover, that long box is very special. Unless you see it with the naked eye, you will not find anything through spiritual inspection.

He subconsciously felt that there must be some valuable treasure in that long box.

However, Yan Zhuang only wrote down the matter at a glance, and then continued his trial and assessment as if nothing happened.

It wasn't that he wasn't interested in the long box. On the contrary, he didn't want anyone to know about his discovery.

Because according to the rules of the Xingxiu Palace, during the trial and assessment, his every move will be seen by others, and will also be recorded as an image.

In order to enjoy this discovery exclusively, he pretended that the long box did not exist during the entire trial and assessment period.

After completing the trial and assessment, he did not act rashly. He still practiced quietly in the Constellation Palace.

In this way, more than ten years have passed, and Yanzhuang's cultivation level has changed from a new Foundation Establishment monk to a mid-stage Foundation Establishment monk.

Alone, he crossed tens of thousands of miles of sea, experienced many twists and turns, and finally found the coral jungle again.

Finally, I found the long box that was almost completely hidden by the coral bushes in that familiar location.

In the end, Yan Zhuang discovered three things in this long box that was hidden deep in the remote waters of Xingxiu Sea and was almost completely submerged in the coral jungle.

A roll of ancient paintings that were so tattered that the specific content could no longer be seen clearly. The ancient paintings were so worn that it gave people the feeling that they could be broken into dust with just a little force.

But in fact, the scroll of ancient paintings was so magical that it completely exceeded Yan Zhuang's own knowledge.

At that time, he was already in the middle stage of foundation building, and he tried every means but could not cause any damage to the dilapidated ancient painting.

That scroll of ancient paintings is not subject to any law or force.

In addition to this broken ancient painting, there are two other items.

A jade slip, and the other thing that Meng Zhou was holding at the moment, the divine soul armor, but it was not the regular version of the divine soul armor.

The regular version of the Divine Soul Armor only provides the user with all-round defense from the Soul of the Sea of ​​Consciousness to the flesh and blood.

The quality ranges from the third-level top quality to the third-level top quality, but whether it is the third-level top quality or the third-level top quality, they are all considered important treasures in the Constellation Palace.

According to the jade slip, the piece Yan Zhuang found in the long box was of a quality that was above the third level.

"Is it a fourth-level heavy weapon?!" Yanzhuang couldn't control his wildly beating heart, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat with excitement.

He took the jade slip and studied it carefully.

The content recorded in that jade slip is actually very simple, it is a relatively detailed introduction to the situation of this special version of the Soul Armor.

This divine soul armor was the first to break the restrictions of grade.

It is a well-known common sense that third-level magic weapons can only be used by alchemy monks, or at least fake alchemy monks. Even if foundation-building monks get it, they will have nothing to eat.

This special version of the Divine Soul Armor can be used by foundation-building monks.

But the no-dead-end defense it provides, from the sea of ​​consciousness to the flesh and blood, is still at the top level of the third level.

And these are not the most powerful aspects of this divine soul armor. What really distinguishes it from other divine soul armors is its two brand-new functions, [Storing Soul Power] and [Amplifying Soul Power].

In your spare time, you can store the power of the divine soul in the divine soul armor and use it all at once when needed.

When necessary, these divine soul powers can be released through the divine soul armor. Because the divine soul armor has a stronger endurance, the released soul power can be amplified.

The only disadvantage is that the greater the soul power amplification, the faster the stored soul power is released.

If the power of the divine soul that a monk usually injects into the divine soul armor is like a trickle, this divine soul armor is a special reservoir that continuously accumulates and stores this trickle on weekdays.

When needed, the gate is opened directly to release water. The amount of runoff depends entirely on the size of the opening.

As long as you are willing, you can instantly change from a trickle to a flood from the Milky Way.

"This...this...doesn't this mean that as long as I store enough soul power, I can kill the alchemy monks at will?"

Yanzhuang's face was red and his ears were red, and he was stunned.

He had realized that he had encountered a legendary adventure.

At this moment, just like the protagonists in those legends, I have become a person favored by fate and the road.

In addition, this divine soul armor also has the potential to continue to grow.

As long as he has the ability, he can even take it one step further, from the third level to the fourth level.

Without any hesitation, Yanzhuang immediately began to refine the soul armor using the method described in the jade slip.

He will not rest assured of such a valuable treasure until it is completely his own.

If you don't refining it quickly at this time and end up missing this important treasure, it will be a thousand times more painful than never having owned it.

"What's going on with the old broken paintings?" This thought also flashed through Yanzhuang's mind while he was refining the divine soul armor.

This doubt did not stay in his mind for long. As he completed the sacrifice of this divine soul armor, he was... shocked again.

Only then did he realize belatedly that it was a little too early to lament that he had been favored by the great road of destiny when he obtained the Divine Soul Armor.

This seemingly shabby ancient painting is the greatest blessing of fate!

After he finished refining the soul armor, some information that seemed like last words and inheritance poured into Yan Zhuang's mind.

"This painting was once a fourth-level top-quality artifact. In ancient times, it was one of the most important treasures of the Xingxiu Palace.

Due to unknown reasons, it was suddenly destroyed. After thousands of years, the once important treasure of the sect gradually sank to the bottom of the secret vault, and no one cared about it. "

This is an introduction to dilapidated ancient paintings.

And Yanzhuang's memory about the secret library also appeared in Meng Zhou's heart.

Xingxiu Palace is an ancient sect with a long history. It has had its glory days and its troughs. It has survived many disasters and continues to this day.

There are many precious and unknown treasures stored in the secret vault. Those who are not real core members do not even know which way the secret vault door opens, let alone enter the secret vault.

Since this dilapidated ancient painting was once a top-grade fourth-level artifact and the most important treasure of Xingxiu Palace, even if it was damaged to this extent, there was absolutely no reason to throw it outside.

Storing it in the secret vault is the final outcome of such items.

And because of its damage, its importance and degree of attention will inevitably decrease as time goes by, until eventually, no one cares about it at all.

Through this simple narration, Yan Zhuang had even figured out how this valuable treasure flowed out of the secret vault.

"It must have been many years ago that a core member of the Xingxiu Palace guarded theft... But I don't know what happened after he took this painting out of the secret vault, and finally let these things end up in this remote sea area?

Could it be that he was worried that this thing was too valuable and did not dare to hide it around him, so he could only hide it in this vast sea and wait for a while to get it again?

However, he may have encountered something unexpected during this period, and finally took advantage of me..."

At first, Yan Zhuang tried to analyze the ins and outs of this matter and the hidden story behind it, but soon, as the subsequent information entered his mind, all these thoughts disappeared.

…

"The magic weapon has spirit.

If the spirit of the third-level magic weapon is just a false spirit or imitation spirit, then the spirit of the fourth-level magic weapon is the 'true spirit'.

One of the most important signs that distinguishes the fourth-level low-grade magic weapon from the third-level top-grade magic weapon is whether it has the ability to make independent decisions and judge the pros and cons. This is a sign of true spirituality.

By the time they reach the fourth level, their spirituality is undoubtedly that of a true adult.

Although this treasure was destroyed, its spirituality was not completely destroyed, it just fell back into a state of filth and confusion. "

…

"The fourth-level heavy treasure cannot be controlled by anyone other than the Nascent Soul. This is because the spirit of the magic weapon will actively refuse the hands of low-level monks. People choose treasures, and treasures also choose people.

Except for the fourth-level treasure, whose spirituality has fallen back into the realm of filth and confusion. Although it is still difficult to master it, there is a method available after all. "

…

""The Secret Method of Cleansing Spirits with Blood"

Through this secret method, important treasures are transferred among bloodline heirs.

With the help of generations of descendants of blood, the power of life and creation is used to continuously cleanse the dirty and misty spirituality.

Moreover, these bloodline heirs come from the same source. When the spirit of Chongbao returns to clarity, practitioners of secret arts can easily gain its sovereignty. "

With his heart pounding, Yan Zhuang thought that the ultimate goal was to let someone obtain a broken fourth-level magic weapon.

But soon, Yan Zhuang knew that he had gone astray. The master of the long box had a plan that was far more arrogant and bold than he thought!

…

In the last message, Yan Zhuang obtained another secret method, which can also be called a cultivation method.

What needs to be understood is that the path of Taoist cultivation includes Qi training, foundation building, elixir formation, Nascent Soul...

What seems to be a natural path now is not inherently so, and it is a matter of course.

This is a path that has been constantly explored, constantly improved, and finally made clear.

This kind of exploration has not stopped yet.

In this kind of exploration, there must be some different paths and different methods.

Just like the Alchemy Sect created the path of natal magic weapons and natal magic weapons.

"Dan" and "Qi" are fellow practitioners.

This not only broadens the path for the alchemy monks, but also provides a brand new choice for the fake alchemy monks.

The fake elixir cultivator is originally unable to continue to grow and practice, but if he also refines his own magic weapon, he can switch tracks.

Transformed from "improvement of cultivation" to "improvement of natal magic weapon".

Completely bind one's strength and life's path to the magic weapon of one's destiny.

The treasure is with the people, but the treasure is gone and the people are gone.

The higher the quality of the natal magic weapon, the strength that a person can exert will naturally increase accordingly.

The third-level low-grade natal magic weapon has grown all the way to the third-level top-grade natal magic weapon.

To understand it from another angle, the subject of practice has changed from people to magic weapons, and people are just the "instruments" of this natal magic weapon.

As of now, the end of this road is the third level, and it is also the end of the theoretical road, because the Alchemy Sect itself is still groping forward with difficulty.

In fact, in the exploration of the great avenue, this kind of achievement of the Alchemy Sect is not an isolated case, nor can it be said to be so shocking.

Because in the Xingxiu Palace, there has been a similar method for a long time, and it has been developed much earlier than the Alchemy Sect.

However, Xingxiu Palace regards itself as the founder and defender of the "right path" standard. What they want to follow has always been the noble and righteous path, and rectification of the original source is their pursuit.

It's not that they don't understand those heretics, but they disdain them.

Similar "non-mainstream" cultivation methods and secret methods are sealed in the secret vault of Xingxiu Palace.

And the last message in this divine soul armor contains such a "non-mainstream" practice method, which can also be called a secret method.

This is a way to cultivate the Nascent Soul without having to do it yourself, and give people the power to rival the Nascent Soul.

This method can be called the "infant surrogate method" or the "fake baby method."

The approximate method is as follows:

A strange object that can be integrated with the soul, the more powerful the better, it is called the "fake baby body".

A fourth-level magical spirit that is completely under his control, and he calls it the "soul of the fake baby".

Then, the cultivator only needs to place his or her soul in it as a "fake infant spirit."

From all aspects, apart from not being able to personally cultivate the Nascent Soul, no matter in terms of combat ability or life span, it is not inferior to the real Nascent Soul at all.

Moreover, the stronger the soul-melting magical object is, the more advanced the spirit of the fourth-level magic weapon is, the more powerful this "fake baby" will be.

After seeing this information, Yan Zhuang raised his head directly.

"Isn't this special soul armor with the potential to be upgraded to the fourth level the best soul-melting rare item?"

"It would be even better if we could collect soul-nurturing wood."

This is simply the ultimate cockpit.

“Although this ancient painting has been damaged, its spiritual quality will not be compromised.

It has the potential of the fourth-level top grade, as long as I can clean it again... Hiss, doesn't this mean that although it is the path of fake infants, with this combination, it can be as good as the late Nascent Soul, or even The peak achievement of Nascent Soul? "

Yanzhuang was not calm at all.

No matter how confident he was in himself, he was not sure whether he could reach the realm of Nascent Soul in his lifetime.

Now, what should we do if such a pie from the sky falls in front of us?

what to do!

Half a year later, Yanzhuang applied for release.

Then, he was arranged to sit in the second-level spiritual jade lake hundreds of thousands of miles away from the Xingxiu Palace.

This chapter counts as an additional update. I will try to make up for the chapters that were supposed to be updated today before five o'clock tomorrow afternoon. We are all lazy, so we can't do it without putting some pressure on ourselves.

In addition, those of you who are smart will definitely find that the information in the second half of this chapter is Yan Zhuang's memory, and it is all information from his perspective, which is different from the third-person omniscient perspective.

Therefore, you must not believe it, but you cannot believe it completely.