Seeking Immortality

The emerald sycamore tree has a long and ancient style, its leaves are like green clouds, and its appearance is outstanding. ..

The roots are in the clear source, the sky opens purple flowers, the stars are above it, and beautiful birds come to sing.

There are good trees in the world, the heart is naturally spiritual, it can be used as a zither, and the spring and autumn are harmonious.

Lying down to listen to the night rain, getting up to watch the snow and clearing, independent and upright, majestic and honorable. "

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"This is for you, it may be of great use to you." Liu Huaxiang handed the long stick-shaped package to Xu Qingfan and said with a smile.

Feeling the strong wood and fire aura emitted from this long stick-shaped object, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but wonder in his heart. Among the five elements, wood produces fire. When equal amounts of wood and fire aura meet, the wood aura will be slowly transformed into fire aura. I have never heard that the two auras of wood and fire can coexist on a certain object. But the object in front of him obviously carries the two auras of wood and fire. No wonder Xu Qingfan is confused.

Take the package handed over by Liu Huaxiang Xu Qingfan was surprised again. What surprised him was not that the object was disproportionately heavy, but that the wide cloth wrapped around the long stick-like object was actually the "Qingling Yarn" which is very precious in the world of immortal cultivation.

It is said that this "Qingling Yarn" is made of the tail feathers of the "Qingling Bird", a human-level intermediate monster. However, this "Qingling Bird" is not only very rare, but also alert by nature and flies very fast, so it is very difficult to catch. In addition, this monster is very small, and it takes the tail feathers of ten "Qingling Birds" to make a one-foot-wide long yarn. "Qingling yarn". So you can imagine how precious this "Qingling yarn" is.

After the "Qingling yarn" is made, its greatest effect is to block the spiritual energy fluctuations emitted by spiritual energy-filled items such as magic tools and spiritual medicines. And the long stick-shaped object wrapped in the "Qingling yarn" in front of me can still emit such strong wood and fire spiritual energy under the cover of the "Qingling yarn". How strong will the spiritual energy of this object itself be?

Puzzledly, he unveiled the "Qingling" yarn that was used as a wrapping. The blue and red mists rolled, and the fire and wood A kind of spiritual energy rose to the sky. Fortunately, this is the top of Jiuhua Mountain, otherwise this powerful spiritual energy would have caused a great disturbance.

After the fog dissipated, a thick and long branch suddenly appeared in Xu Qingfan's hand. This branch was straight and smooth, with emerald green bark. Although it seemed to have been separated from the main trunk for a long time. .. But it still glowed with a strong breath of life, without any sign of withering.

Looking at the mysterious branch in his hand, Xu Qingfan looked up at Liu Huaxiang in confusion and asked: "Forgive me for my shallow knowledge. What kind of spiritual object is this branch, uncle?"

Liu Huaxiang smiled, but did not answer directly. Instead, he whispered a sentence from "Strange Talks of Mountains and Seas - Plants and Trees": "The phoenix sings on that high hill. The sycamore grows in the morning sun."

As soon as Liu Huaxiang finished reading, Xu Qingfan immediately thought of the source. He asked in surprise: "Uncle, are you saying that this branch is a branch from the sycamore tree? "

Hearing Xu Qingfan's words, Liu Huaxiang nodded. He said: "The phoenix tree where this branch originally stood has been growing for tens of thousands of years, and its spiritual energy is very abundant. But more importantly, a phoenix once passed through Nirvana on that phoenix tree."

Hearing Liu Huaxiang's words, Xu Qingfan was even more stunned.

The phoenix tree is known as the fairy among trees. Not only is it difficult to be injured by swords and knives, it is difficult to be destroyed by water and fire, and it grows for thousands of years without withering. Moreover, the wood spirit contained in the tree is far more than that of ordinary trees. Many famous high-level wood-based magic tools in the world of cultivation are made of the branches of phoenix trees.

Although the vast land of China is boundless, and the world of cultivation has a history of tens of thousands of years, there are less than a hundred phoenix trees so far, and most of them have been cultivated and refined into various magic tools and other spiritual objects.

It is said that thousands of years ago, Laoshan The sect was destroyed by some greedy cultivators because they got a phoenix tree that was over 10,000 years old.

But the reason why the phoenix tree became famous throughout the vast land of China is not only because of these reasons, but also because of another legend of the phoenix tree - the ancient mythical beast Phoenix.

Compared with the phoenix tree, the phoenix rarely appears in the world of immortal cultivation. For nearly a thousand years, immortal cultivators can only know a few words about the phoenix from legends and books.

"It has a chicken head, a swallow chin, a snake neck, a turtle back, a fish tail, five colors, and is about six feet tall. It has a body of blazing flames and eyes with the essence of the sun and the moon. The phoenix sings like a flute and sounds like a bell and a drum. When it appears once, hundreds of birds sing to welcome it. When it appears twice, the world is dry. When it appears three times, the sun does not set. "This is the description of the phoenix in the book "Legends and Tales", which is as famous as "Shanhai Yitan". It is difficult to tell whether it is true or false.

But what is certain is that the phoenix is ​​not only the best of all birds in the world, but also the only creature known to us that will not die. It is said that every time the phoenix dies, a fire will ignite around its body, and then it will be reborn in the fire and gain a stronger vitality than before, which is called "Phoenix Nirvana". This cycle repeats over and over again, and the phoenix has gained eternal life, so it is called "immortal bird".

"The phoenix flies in the South China Sea and to the North China Sea, and it will not stop unless it is on the phoenix tree." In this sentence, the phoenix is ​​another name for the phoenix. This is a sentence in "Legends and Tales" that describes the phoenix and the phoenix tree, which clearly explains the relationship between the phoenix and the phoenix. And the phoenix's nirvana is often carried out on the phoenix tree.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingfan suddenly understood why there were two kinds of spiritual energy, wood and fire, on the branches of the phoenix tree. It must be that when the phoenix was undergoing nirvana on this phoenix tree, a large amount of fire spiritual energy was released from its body, and the phoenix tree under it also absorbed a lot of fire spiritual energy belonging to the phoenix. But for some reason, these fire spiritual energy actually coexisted with the wood spiritual energy of the phoenix tree itself.

Looking at Xu Qingfan's somewhat dazed look, Liu Huaxiang's face showed a little nostalgia, and he said slowly: "A thousand years ago, my... master and a group of friends went to the East China Sea to travel, but found a ten-thousand-year-old phoenix on an unknown island in the East China Sea, and was even more surprised to find a phoenix undergoing nirvana on it. After three years, the phoenix's nirvana finally ended. After the phoenix flew away, my master and his friends also picked a branch of the phoenix tree as a souvenir."

When he said this, Liu Huaxiang's face showed a gloomy look, as if he thought of some unbearable memories. Xu Qingfan was surprised at the preciousness of the sycamore branch at this time, but he did not notice the strange look on Liu Huaxiang's face.

Finally. Xu Qingfan came back to his senses from the surprise just now, and quickly handed the sycamore branch in his hand back to Liu Huaxiang, saying: "Uncle Liu, this thing is too valuable. Let's not talk about the fact that I can't protect and control it with my current ability. Even if I can. Such a valuable thing, I absolutely cannot take it."

"Just take it if I give it to you." Liu Huaxiang did not reach out to take it, but said lightly: "The Taoism I practice is incompatible with the properties of this thing, and I have never accepted a disciple, so it is useless for me to keep this thing. But it's different for you. The wood method you practice is compatible with the properties of this thing. With it, your strength will increase a lot."

Seeing that Xu Qingfan wanted to say something else, Liu Huaxiang waved his hand to interrupt and said: "As for the problem of your inability to control and protect, don't worry. Didn't you get a copy of "Spiritual Transformation Jue" when you went down the mountain this time?"

Hearing Liu Huaxiang's words. Xu Qingfan was slightly stunned, then hesitantly asked: "Uncle Master, you mean. Let me sacrifice this sycamore branch to refine it into my 'spiritual object'?"

"That's right, the "Spiritual Transformation Art" is also a rare and wonderful method in the world of immortal cultivation. It would be a pity if I don't practice it." Liu Huaxiang said with a smile.

The practice of "Spiritual Transformation Art" can sacrifice all spiritual objects in the world into one's own "spiritual object". Then, when the practice and the "spiritual object" achieve the point of unity of mind and spirit, it can be practiced with the spiritual object and then merged. Refining the "spiritual object" into one's own body, obtaining the characteristics and energy of the spiritual object.

In fact, in the days since returning to Jiuhua Mountain, Xu Qingfan has begun to study "Spiritual Transformation Art". And ready to practice at any time. At the beginning, Xu Qingfan wanted to exchange a "Gathering Spirit Stone" in a market at the foot of the mountain as his

Although the "Gathering Spirit Stone" is not a particularly precious thing in the world of immortal cultivation, its ability to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is what Xu Qingfan, who has low qualifications, needs most. After merging with the "Spirit Gathering Stone", Xu Qingfan's cultivation speed will naturally increase a lot, and even slightly improve Xu Qingfan's qualifications.

But if Xu Qingfan sacrifices this sycamore branch to refine it into his own "spiritual control object", the effect of merging with it will be far greater than merging with the "Spirit Gathering Stone".

After merging with this sycamore branch, Xu Qingfan can not only obtain a small part of the overflowing spiritual energy contained in the sycamore branch, but also use the principle of wood generating fire in the five elements to perform fire magic. In this way, Xu Qingfan can perform both wood and fire magic at the same time, and his strength will be greatly improved.

Moreover, after merging with the sycamore branch, the effect of improving Xu Qingfan's qualifications is no less than that of the "Spirit Gathering Stone", because after refining this sycamore branch into the body, Xu Qingfan's fit with the wood and fire spiritual energy between heaven and earth will be far better than before.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but hesitate. Although he was unwilling to get such a precious thing from Liu Huaxiang for no reason, Xu Qingfan could not say "no" no matter what when he thought that this sycamore branch could greatly increase his ability and even improve his hope of entering the Jindan stage.

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When Xu Qingfan came out of the "Herb Garden", the sun had set. The moonlight in the night sky was like water, and the stars were twinkling. Xu Qingfan's mood, which had been a little depressed because of Ting'er's matter that day, became comfortable under the bright night sky.

Controlling the "Wanli Cloud", Xu Qingfan flew quickly towards his cave in the back mountain.

When Liu Huaxiang said, "The elders have given, how can the younger generation refuse?", Xu Qingfan finally accepted the precious sycamore branch.

But Xu Qingfan always felt that the moment he put the sycamore branch into his sleeve, Liu Huaxiang's eyes flashed with a trace of nostalgia and sadness, which made Xu Qingfan feel that Liu Huaxiang's gift to him was not as simple as he said.

But Xu Qingfan didn't feel that Liu Huaxiang had any ill intentions in this move. Moreover, if Liu Huaxiang had ill intentions towards him, he wouldn't have needed to use any tricks with his strength, let alone use treasures like the sycamore branches as bait. So when Xu Qingfan noticed Liu Huaxiang's strange look, although he felt strange, he didn't think much about it.

"Or, Master Liu must have remembered the great-grandmaster who gave him this treasure." Xu Qingfan guessed secretly.

"Wanliyun" was extremely fast, and while Xu Qingfan was thinking about it, it had already carried Xu Qingfan to his cave in the back mountain.

Under the control of the "Three Yuan Formation", a wisp of mist rose around Xu Qingfan's cave in the back mountain, making it even more mysterious under the night sky. And just outside the mist, a figure was constantly wandering.

Xu Qingfan was curious, and after controlling the "Wanli Cloud" to land next to this figure, he saw the person's face clearly and said in surprise: "Junior Sister Dongfang, why are you here?"