Do not die

Since his cultivation reached the mid-stage of Dan Formation, Meng Zhou moved his daily practice place from Sanchuan Plateau to Aurora Cave.

Now, as his cultivation reached the sixth level of Dan Jie, and seeing that he was getting closer to reaching the later stage of Dan Jie, Meng Zhou realized that he had to find a "new nest" for himself.

Although with the current progress, there are still three or four years before this step is taken, of course, for this kind of thing, we must plan ahead and do it ahead of time.

Impossible to improvise.

What's more, at this point, the options available are very limited.

After several visits to the five regions, there were only five suitable places, and each place had its own owner.

Nowhere is it easy to obtain.

The key is that Meng Zhou's requirements are still very high.

It is not enough just to live in it, he must also have absolute dominance and control over the area.

Instead of being like a guest, "the guest does as the host does" and the host arranges whatever he wants.

This is really too offensive for a force like Qingxuanzong.

Therefore, as soon as Xuan Lin heard this request, he had a violent reaction.

Do you know how much we paid to gain control of the entire Qinglin Peak?

Do you want to take a walk now?

Xuan Lin stared at "Qi Huangzi" with an angry look, like an offended fighting cock.

"Qi Huangzi" looked at him with a smile, his expression relaxed.

"Don't think about it, no matter what, we will not agree to such conditions!" Xuan Lin said firmly.

"So, what do you do with the military merits in my hands?"

"..." Xuan Lin pursed his lips and said, "I will be able to satisfy you after all."

"Qihuangzi" shook his head and said, "I have already said that those things that fool people are worthless to me."

"..."

Xuan Lin didn't speak, his back molars clenched together tightly, and his hands in his sleeves clenched and loosened, loosened and tightened again.

What is certain is that if the person in front of him was not "Qi Huangzi" and someone else was so ignorant, he would have taken action directly.

The two sides didn't speak, and the atmosphere was deadlocked.

At this moment, Xuan Huan, who had basically been silent since the two people entered, but was just watching silently, suddenly shook slightly and took a step forward.

As soon as she moved, "Qi Huangzi"'s gaze shifted from Xuan Lin to her.

Xuan Xuan asked: "I wonder if you are renting such a mountain for your own use, or for the use of the entire Qihuang Sect? Or are you looking for a new headquarters for the Professionals Association?"

"What difference does it make?"

“If it’s the latter two, I’m sorry we cannot agree.

Although Qinglin Peak is not a small place, the third level spiritual land is also limited.

Over the years, as more and more disciples have achieved pill formation, we have gradually run out of resources and cannot afford more. "Xuan Xuan said.

"Qihuangzi" looked at her and said thoughtfully:

"So, if I'm the only one, this matter can still be discussed?"

"Yes." Xuan Xuan nodded.

"Furthermore, for the convenience of your daily life, you can add one or two more spots for forming pills. As for the number of Qi training and foundation building, you can arrange as many as you want as long as it is not too outrageous."

Meng Zhou was a little surprised. He knew how excessive his request was, and he really didn't expect that the other party would agree so simply.

As for the limit on the number of people who can form pills, Meng Zhou really wanted to say: "You can't ask for more!"

He originally just wanted to find a place for himself in the next stage, and never thought of bringing the Professionals Association with him.

As for the fictitious "Qihuangmen", he was still worried about how to continue blowing this cover up.

As a result, someone took the initiative and handed over a suitable pillow.

Let him not even have to make excuses.

This may seem like a restriction, but it actually saves him a lot of things.

However, although I think so in my heart, of course I still have to hold on for a while.

Therefore, after hearing Xuan Xuan's conditions, Meng Zhou didn't say anything and just stared at her.

Xuan Xuan calmed down for a while, then spoke again:

“After this beast wave, a large number of first- and second-order spiritual veins will be available in the outer ring area.

There are also more first- and second-level evil veins that will become resource areas.

With the successful experiences of Cuiyu Lake and Sanchuan Yuan, in order to fulfill previous promises, all spiritual veins with potential will be upgraded.

First-level spiritual veins are upgraded to second-level spiritual lands, and second-level spiritual veins are upgraded to third-level spiritual lands.

There are also a large number of spiritual lands and islands in the third-order evil veins, many of which are third-order spiritual lands of good quality...

These are all negotiable as long as you need them. "

Having said this, Xuan Xuan paused and said sincerely:

"Although it seems rather fragmented, for most pill formations, these spiritual lands are sufficient, and it doesn't have to be Qinglin Peak."

Meng Zhou did not comment on her rhetoric, but instead grasped one of the points.

"As far as I know, haven't you promised the spiritual lands in the third-order evil veins to the people of Ancestor Mingnan?"

Ancestor Mingnan, one of the three ancestors of the Yuling Sect.

The Spirit Controlling Army, headed by a large number of Spirit Controlling Sect's pill formations, is now the main force blocking the frontline of the beast tide.

Xuan Xuan said:

"We just said that they can find suitable spiritual places to settle in the third-order evil veins. We are not giving them all the spiritual places in the three third-order evil veins."

"Qihuangzi" put his hands in his arms and said with a smile:

"Are you deliberately stirring up trouble, are you so eager to get us to fight each other?

What a good calculation!

The beast tide hasn’t ended yet, and a new menu has been arranged for us! "

Xuan Xuan lowered his eyebrows and closed his eyes, not answering or refuting.

"Is this your decision or Qingxuanzong's decision?" Meng Zhou asked again.

Xuan Xuan said:

"How dare we make decisions on such a big matter? This is the decision of the five ancestors."

Meng Zhou was surprised and said:

"Are they now at Qinglin Peak? How did they make the decision?...Are they paying attention to our conversation in some way?"

As he said that, his eyes had already fallen on Xuan Lin.

Originally, when Xuan Lin negotiated with him, Xuan Yan stood by and watched silently without saying a word.

Now, as Xuan Xuan took over the conversation and negotiated with him, Xuan Lin silently took a step back and watched silently without saying a word.

Like a spectator, but also like a camera.

Meng Zhou's eyes directly met Xuan Lin's.

But what he seemed to be looking at was not Xuan Lin in front of him, but another pair of eyes hidden deep in these eyes.

Through the "window" of Xuan Lin's pupils, the two sides touched lightly across tens of thousands of miles of void.

He wanted to see it more clearly, but he only saw the five colors rotating and red flourishing.

The red color seemed to have a strange aggressiveness. When he caught this color, it was like a shark seeing blood, and it jumped towards his eyes.

Just when it was about to penetrate Meng Zhou's eyes, two bright moons emitting silver light emerged from the depths of Meng Zhou's eyes.

Under this silver glow, the undetectable strange red color dissipated like light smoke.

Xuan Lin suddenly trembled, his eyelids blinked twice uncontrollably, and traces of blood suddenly appeared on his pupils. Naturally, that special "window" state could no longer be maintained.

Xuan Lin clenched his teeth and was about to hold on, when he suddenly saw "Qi Huangzi" wave his right hand towards him.

He subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but the next moment, he felt a warm flow of warmth soaking into his pupils.

The severe pain turned into numbness.

Xuan Lin, who was still trying to endure the pain without saying a word, finally couldn't help but hum.

I don’t know if it’s itchy or pleasant.

"Be more careful next time."

The sound of "Qihuangzi" entered his ears at the same time.

The voice was gentle and full of concern.

But based on the actual situation, Xuan Lin was convinced that under the appearance of concern, this was even more of a warning.

After such an episode, Xuan Lin and Xuan Xuan seemed to have no change in their attitudes, but the originally somewhat pretentious respect became more down-to-earth and real.

"Qihuangzi" glanced around the two of them, and finally landed on Xuan Xuan, saying:

"So, the lease of the top of Qinglin Peak is finally settled?"

Xuan Xuan hurriedly said: "It's settled - but this can only be regarded as a preliminary intention.

For the specific situation, you still need to interview several ancestors. "

"when?"

"In the centenary celebration in two years' time, all five ancestors will be released from seclusion, which is most appropriate."

Meng Zhou was in a trance when he heard this.

My dear fellow, you are trying to bring me back.

Previously, Xuan Lin sent an invitation to the centenary celebration, and strange celestial changes occurred in the "interpretation world", which made him alert.

He responded vaguely, thinking that he would act accordingly when the time came.

Now taking this opportunity, Xuan Xuan took the initiative to push him in the back.

He believed that this was not what she meant, and it was most likely the instruction of the Qingxuan Ancestor who had just "connected" with her.

"What's wrong with the centenary celebration in two years' time?"

"You want me to participate so much?"

Originally, Meng Zhou was still torn about whether to attend Qingxuan Sect's centenary celebration in two years' time, whether to go or not.

Now, he felt a lot more vigilant in his heart.

After everything that needed to be said was said, Xuan Xuan and Xuan Lin were ready to leave.

Meng Zhou suddenly said: "Oh, there is one more thing."

Hearing this, Xuan Lin felt his scalp numb, but he still stopped and looked at "Qi Huangzi" to see what trouble he was going to make again.

"A new batch of elixir wine will be released soon. The quantity is large and the quality is good. Do you want the Deacon Hall to mix it in?"

After hearing this, Xuan Lin almost stumbled and wanted to say, thank you, no need!

However, the hole has been opened, and he opened it actively with help. It cannot be closed easily with just a word.

What's more, it doesn't matter whether the Deacon Hall intervenes or not. With the current market price of elixir wine, there is no need to worry about selling it.

As for this, "Qihuangzi" will gain more military merits and gain more leverage over Qingxuan Sect——

However, there is no need to worry if there are too many debts, and there is no need to worry if there are too many lice.

He doesn't care anymore.

What's more, as Chu Zheng took the lead, he was the first to discover that different elixirs and wines could be paired with each other to develop an "improving" effect.

As the secret recipe spreads rapidly and uncontrollably, smart people have successively developed new uses such as "nourishing yin", "nourishing the skin", "strengthening the kidneys" and so on.

The demand for elixir wine in the spiritual world has once again risen to a new level.

This cannot be stopped by his casual veto.

Therefore, Xuan Lin was stunned for a moment and said: "Old rules, the boss should leave through the Deacon Hall."

Since you can't stop it at all, you might as well take the initiative.

At least we can still take some initiative.

…

The eighth day of February.

Xuan Lin brought a group of monks from Deacon Hall to Sanchuan Plain again.

When they left, they all felt inexplicably light.

Because they used a huge amount of second- and third-level waste materials that were worthless to Qingxuanzong, as well as the statue of Lihen with negative value, to remove the military contribution equivalent to 300,000 high-grade spiritual stones from "Qihuangzi" .

After obtaining these resources, Meng Zhou immediately picked out the eight third-level Lihen statues individually.

All other things were thrown to Yaya to deal with.

Including hundreds of first- and second-level Lihen statues, as well as an extremely large number of all second- and third-level waste materials produced in the past hundred years since the founding of the Qingxuan Sect.

——Not only the by-products of failed alchemy and weapon refining, but also second- and third-level waste materials generated during activities such as making talismans, setting up arrays, refining puppets, etc., are among them.

Qingxuan Sect had a valley dedicated to discarding these materials, but now it has been emptied out by the Deacon Hall.

Even the larger amount of first-order waste materials, which were originally not within the scope of the transaction between the two parties, were treated as gifts by the Deacon Hall and handed over to "Qi Huangzi".

From this day forward, Yaya became unusually busy.

She first devoured all the ownerless divine will on the first and second level Lihen statues and turned them into her own resources.

At the same time, there were also many third-level waste materials that were selectively devoured.

When she was freely foraging in Tianqi Mountain, she had already reached the "Level 3 of Rope Spirit 8600/10,000".

Later, because of the discovery of the altar, Meng Zhou terminated her free movement.

But during the next two trips to Wumenghai and Kurosawahara, while looking for the altar, she also looked for some "food" along the way, and her growth progress increased by 300, reaching the "Rope Spirit Third Level 8900/1" Ten thousand".

Now, with the Qingxuan Sect's hundreds of years of accumulation, she could easily complete the remaining journey.

In order to avoid falling into a deep sleep due to "overeating", Yaya pays great attention to her eating rhythm.

Even so, it only took her a month to reach the end of the third level on March 10th.

"Rope Spirit Level 3 10,000/10,000"

In this month, her own growth was just incidental.

Her rope body swam like a snake, constantly shuttling through the "garbage mountain" that almost filled the entire cave.

Wherever she passed, the discarded materials that were spiritually mixed and intertwined, with "I" in "you" and "him" in "I", were disintegrated one by one.

"you" is "you";

"I am me";

"He" is "him".

The huge "garbage mountain" quickly turned into a hill made of various pure materials.

As a steady stream of different types of pure materials condensed and precipitated, the rest became useless waste after losing spiritual support, and was continuously transferred underground by Yaya and integrated into the earth.

The huge "garbage mountain" is shrinking rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

While Yaya was busy with this, Meng Zhou had also finished processing the dozens of third-level Lihen statues he had obtained.

From these eight third-level Lihen statues, Meng Zhou scraped off a total of twenty-four copies of the Masterless Divine Will.

Two of them are the most special. Fifteen masterless divine wishes are provided from the two Lihen statues.

According to Xuan Lin, the two Lihen statues were not harvested from the clearing of those strongholds, but were captured from "our own people" who had been lurking in Qingxuan Sect for a long time.

The two statues of Lihen are also of extremely high quality. One is a third-grade high-grade statue, and the other is a third-order mid-grade peak-grade statue. They are the two items with the highest unit price in this transaction.

After scraping off the masterless divine will, they all turned into ordinary third-level spiritual materials.

If the military merits exchanged for them are converted into spiritual materials of the same quality and the same size of the statues, even if there are ten statues piled up, there will still be a lot left.

However, Meng Zhou did not suffer.

What he really values ​​is these twenty-four masterless divine wills.

In his hands, they can be the third-order low-grade divine soul clones of the Twenty-fourth Regiment, or the third-order middle-grade divine soul clones of the Twelve Regiments.

Even the third-level high-grade divine soul clones, which are equivalent to those in the late stage of forming pills, can barely save five groups.

In the end, Meng Zhou turned them into the third-level low-grade soul clones of the Twenty-fourth Regiment.

Integrate them into twenty-four Tai Sui bodies that are refined from the third-level low-grade Tai Sui flesh and blood.

Counting the original "Ge Ping", Meng Zhou has twenty-five loyal "subordinates" who are flesh and blood, and each of them has the peak strength of the third level of pill formation.

When the twenty-five "subordinates" stood in a row, it was obvious that ten of them were significantly "weaker and smaller" than the other fifteen.

This is caused by "cutting corners".

The original "Tai Sui body shaping" secret method has a lower threshold, and Meng Zhou is confident that he can use a hundred pounds of Tai Sui flesh and blood to build a Tai Sui body.

After his improvements, the threshold for secret techniques has become higher.

After several consecutive failures, Meng Zhou used 150 kilograms of Tai Sui's flesh and blood to successfully refine the first "Tai Sui Body". He successfully got started and gained 500 experience points.

"Introduction to Tai Sui Body 500/7500"

Then, after consuming more than two thousand kilograms of Tai Sui's flesh and blood, he successively refined fifteen "Tai Sui Bodies".

The "Tai Sui Body" has completed the accumulation of the entry stage and entered the initial stage of growth. A large number of new experiences and insights are born in the heart.

"The body of Tai Sui first reaches 0/15,000"

Originally, it took one hundred and fifty kilograms of Tai Sui's flesh and blood to refine a "Tai Sui Body".

With all the insights and gains brought about by this ascension, he only needed one hundred kilograms of Tai Sui flesh and blood to refine a "Tai Sui Body".

The only drawback is that the final flesh-and-blood body is smaller and thinner.

In other respects, it has little impact.

The most important aspect of power is that the power of qi and blood is directly related to the state of the flesh and blood body, which has been greatly affected.

However, the decisive factor that affects mana is not the strength of the flesh and blood body, but the state of the meridians and Dantian as well as the blood, roots and bones.

In this regard, it does not make any difference whether it is one hundred and fifty kilograms of flesh and blood or one hundred kilograms of flesh and blood.

There is naturally no difference between the "root bones" transformed from Tai Sui flesh and blood of the same quality.

In fact, due to the improvement of refining techniques, it is even easier to shape the meridians and Dantian.

Therefore, although the bodies of the last ten Tai Sui became thinner, their magic power was slightly improved.

After obtaining these twenty-five "subordinates", Meng Zhou did not let them idle.

Instead, they become assembly line workers.

The various pure spiritual materials transformed by Yaya became raw materials.

Coupled with a small amount of spiritual materials produced in the Sanchuan Plain, it becomes a vat of fermented and brewed elixir wine.

——Although the quantity of the elixir wine brewed by Angelica dahurica is huge, it has been squandered after being released in large quantities many times.

When Meng Zhou and Xuan Lin revealed that a larger batch of elixir wine was on the market, he actually did not have any elixir wine on hand.

Now, with the help of these twenty-five loyal "subordinates", this batch of oral elixirs has truly come to fruition.

This means that the body of Tai Sui, which is refined with the flesh and blood of Tai Sui, has an advantage over the body of Linglian, in addition to having flesh and blood and being less likely to be discovered, it also has the advantage of "restoring energy".

Once the Linglian body's strength is excessively exhausted, its recovery is very slow.

It must be buried in the soil and slowly absorb the essence of the earth to recover slowly.

However, Tai Sui's body, which was refined from Tai Sui's flesh and blood, perfectly replicated his physical state at the peak of the third level of Dan Formation.

Consumption can easily be replenished.

You can sit cross-legged and meditate, breathe in spiritual energy to recover, or you can quickly refine the pure spiritual energy in high-grade spiritual stones to recover quickly.

This is something that any Tai Sui body transformed into flesh and blood can do.

As for these twenty-five Tai Sui bodies that have absorbed his heart essence and blood and perfectly replicated his physical state at the peak of the third level of elixir formation, they can also quickly recover their mana by eating large amounts of third level demon meat. .

The most indispensable thing in his spiritual gourd space is this thing.

He harvested a large number of third-order demons from Tianqi Mountain, and the other parts have been concentrated and refined into nine high-quality demon spirit puppets, leaving only a large amount of high-quality flesh and blood that has not been processed.

They just become the best fuel to "drive" these "Taisui bodies".

There are also many materials that are really not suitable for brewing elixir wine. With the help of his spirit master and spirit control master, and with the help of these 25 laborers, they have all been transformed into various kinds and grades. Spirit puppet.

After handling all this, let the "assembly line" + "artificial intelligence" run automatically.

All kinds of "garbage and waste materials" that had been piled up in the Qingxuanzong Valley for nearly a hundred years eventually turned into jars of elixirs and wines with different effects, neatly stacked.

Under the skill of the spirit master, even the poorest raw materials can eventually become a fragrant wine, no matter what the intermediate process is.

For a moment, Meng Zhou's conscience was slightly touched.

He muttered two sentences over and over in his mouth: "Eggs and milk, milk and eggs."

But he soon came to his senses and said:

"How can this be the same? This is real material and the effect is real."

Then, Meng Zhou simply threw all this aside and allowed it to run on its own. He spent another two thousand kilograms of Tai Sui flesh and blood to refine twenty Tai Sui bodies.

The body of Tai Sui, which once again gained 10,000 points of experience, completed the accumulation of the initial state of achievement and advanced to Xiao Cheng.

"The body of Tai Sui is small and is 0/30,000"

With this promotion, Meng Zhou gained more experience and insights.

Originally it took one hundred kilograms of flesh and blood to build a Tai Sui body.

With this breakthrough, Meng Zhou discovered that he only needed sixty pounds of Tai Sui flesh and blood to build a Tai Sui body.

Meng Zhou stared at the first "dwarf-shaped" Tai Sui body carefully for a while, and then started to refine the second one.

Under his rich and skillful experience, subtle changes occurred in the final body of Tai Sui.

The size is still the same, and the weight is still the same, but only through the adjustment of the head-to-body ratio.

The "dwarf type" that looked awkward and weird turned into a "child type".

"Well, this is much more pleasing to the eye."

Meng Yiyi worked hard and refined twenty-six more "child-shaped" Tai Sui bodies before stopping.

It's not that he doesn't want to continue, but that he can't continue.

Tai Sui's flesh and blood, which was originally cultivated with 347 drops of third-level low-grade Qinglian sword marrow, has now shrunk to ten kilograms again.

"The body of Tai Sui is reduced to 14,000/30,000"

Except for the first twenty-five bodies, Meng Zhou did not use his heart essence and blood to transform the following Tai Sui bodies, but put them all into the spirit gourd space.

…

The eighth day of April.

Two months after leaving, Xuan Lin once again brought a group of monks from the Deacon Hall to Sanchuan Plain.

When he arrived, his face was beaming with joy.

Under Meng Zhou's questioning gaze, Xuan Lin handed a list to Meng Zhou.

After a brief glance, Meng Zhou asked in surprise: "Where did you find so much garbage?"

In the list, there are all kinds of "waste materials" listed, and the total amount is more than the last transaction.

Xuan Lin gave a rough explanation, and then Meng Zhou realized that this guy had actually become a second-level dealer. He didn't know what conditions he used to pack up all kinds of waste materials saved by the Hehuan Sect, Jinding Sect, Yuling Sect, and Alchemy Sect over the years. Received it.

The Hehuan Sect and the Jinding Sect are just fine. The waste materials they provide are even less than those of the Qingxuan Sect.

The Yuling Sect and the Alchemy Sect are exaggerating. If you take any one of them, the waste materials produced in these years are far greater than those of the Qingxuan Sect.

Xuan Lin looked at "Qihuangzi" who was focusing on the list in his hand and asked:

"Does the price finalized last time still count?"

His helpless look made him look pitiful.

Meng Zhou nodded and said, "Make a count."

Xuan Lin's face suddenly showed a look of surprise.

Because in this way, the Deacon Hall will lose another military merit worth 1.5 million high-grade spiritual stones.

Not only him, but also the monks from the Deacon Hall who came with him breathed a long sigh of relief.

My whole body felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted off me.

But soon, this simple feeling of lightness disappeared from them.

When their spaceship lifted off from the Sanchuan Plain, merged with the Gangfeng layer again, and escaped far away, no one felt a trace of lightness.

It just felt like the spaceship was carrying an unbearable weight.

The storage equipment they brought with them was already filled with jars of elixir wines ranging in quality from first-level to third-level low-grade.

After a long time, Xuan Lin finally asked:

"How much military merit are these elixirs worth?"

After a period of silence, one person said: "Ten...ten times."

Xuan Lin opened his eyes and felt a little dizzy.

…

Meng Zhou looked at the "garbage mountain" in front of him, which was several times larger than the last time. He couldn't help but silently praise the initiative of Xuan Lin and others.

There is no need for him to contribute anyway, and of course he doesn't mind turning them all into treasure.

As for whether he could handle so much elixir and wine, Meng Zhou wasn't too worried.

With the various effects currently displayed by the elixir wine, even if the beast tide is extinguished, its demand will not decrease much.

What's more, not all of these "junk" turned into elixir wine.

No matter what, they will become heavier mountains pressing on the head of the Deacon Hall. (End of chapter)