Asking about longevity

After watching the fireworks, Aunt Xue thanked Mo Hua, then said goodbye to Mo Shan and his wife, and went back with Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi.

Mo Shan had an appointment with several brothers from the demon hunting team and wanted to drink together.

Liu Ruhua went to see the lanterns with Aunt Jiang and tried several newly opened dim sum shops.

The fireworks were still going off in the sky, so Mo Hua could only go shopping alone.

While walking around, Mo Hua suddenly felt something. When he looked up, he found Elder Yu sitting alone on the roof, drinking wine alone.

The ink painting uses the passing water step, sticks vertically to the wall, and walks to the roof step by step.

When Elder Yu saw Mo Hua, his eyes lit up and he patted the tiles beside him, "Come, sit here and have a drink together."

Mo Hua sat down next to Elder Yu, took out the fruit wine from his storage bag, and had a drink with Elder Yu.

Elder Yu's wine is strong and spicy.

Mo Hua's wine is sweet, you can drink as much as you like.

The fruit wine entered his throat, it was sweet and had an aftertaste. Mo Hua couldn't help but shake his little head, turned to look at Elder Yu, and couldn't help but ask:

"Elder, are you alone?"

"What's wrong with being alone?"

"Looking a little lonely..." Mo Hua sympathized.

Elder Yu raised his eyebrows, sighed, looked into the distance and said, "I'm happy, so I came up to have a drink alone."

Mo Hua nodded, as long as he was happy, it would be fine as long as it was not miserable.

Mo Hua thought for a while and suddenly asked: "Elder, is it difficult to become a foundation-building monk?"

"What, you want to build a foundation?" Elder Yu was a little surprised.

"It's still early, I'll ask first." Mo Hua said with a shy smile.

He is currently at the sixth level of Qi refining and has not yet reached the late stage of Qi refining. There is indeed still some time before foundation building.

"Building a foundation? It's hard to say it's hard, but it's not easy to say it's easy either."

"Elder, please be more straightforward."

Elder Yu choked for a moment, then stopped talking and said directly:

"There are actually only two difficulties in building a foundation. One is spiritual roots, and the other is spiritual stones..."

"There is no need to say more about spiritual roots. Good spiritual roots and deep spiritual power make breakthroughs easier. Not to mention spiritual stones. Without spiritual stones, practicing will be a problem, let alone building a foundation."

"Aren't there still spiritual beings?" Mo Hua asked.

"Most spiritual objects still cost spiritual stones to buy. At least the spiritual objects we ordinary monks need for practice can be bought with spiritual stones." Elder Yu said.

Mo Hua nodded, "So in the final analysis, it's still a matter of spirit stones."

Elder Yu nodded and said, "Not bad."

"Then if the spiritual roots are not bad and the spiritual stones are not lacking, will it be possible to build the foundation?"

"It's hard to say for sure about things in this world. There are always surprises in everything. But as long as there are no spiritual stones missing, foundation building will most likely be no problem."

Elder Yu took a sip of wine and continued: "Prepare spiritual stones and collect spiritual objects. If you fail once, try again. There will always be a success. And as long as you succeed once, you will be a foundation-building monk."

Mo Hua frowned, "It doesn't sound difficult..."

"Cultivation begins with qi refining. Although foundation building is superior, it is only one step more than qi refining. Starting from the golden elixir realm, each step becomes more difficult. It requires spiritual roots, talent, understanding, and inheritance. It’s all very harsh.”

Elder Yu sighed, "As for building the foundation, all it takes is spiritual stones."

A spiritual stone is enough to build a foundation, but in the past hundred years among casual cultivators, only Elder Yu has successfully built a foundation...

Mo Hua asked: "Does it take a lot of spirit stones to build a foundation?"

Elder Yu sighed, "It varies from person to person. For cultivation, including buying spiritual objects, it will cost at least tens of thousands of spirit stones."

Mo Hua silently calculated in his mind that an ordinary Qi Refining monk could earn one spirit stone per day, which is 360 spirit stones per year. It would probably take about thirty years to accumulate more than 10,000 spirit stones.

If you don’t need food or drink, save for thirty years.

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This is just a spiritual stone for a breakthrough. If it fails, all the spiritual stones will be consumed, and thirty years of hard work will be in vain.

What's more, how can a monk not eat or drink, how can he be free from illness and disaster, and how can he not encounter unexpected troubles?

Mo Hua also sighed.

Elder Yu said bitterly: "The main reason why casual cultivators cannot build a foundation is actually poverty."

"There are many thresholds for monasticism, but poverty is the most desperate threshold."

"If your spiritual roots are not good, you will know from the beginning that this road is unreachable, but poverty will first make you see hope, and then make you experience despair. Spiritual stones will always be a drop in the bucket, and the road will always be elusive."

Elder Yu's expression showed both confusion and helplessness.

"Are all casual cultivators in the world like this?" Mo Hua asked.

"That's probably true." Elder Yu sighed, "In this world of monasticism, there are the most monks in the Qi Refining Stage, and those in the Qi Refining Stage suffer the most. The vast nine states are vast and boundless. In the future, you will step out of the Black Mountain Realm and go see it for yourself. You will know that there are many immortal cities that are poorer than Tongxian City, and there are countless monks who are more miserable than us demon hunters."

Mo Hua looked downcast and silent.

Only then did Elder Yu realize that he had said too much. These words should not have been said to his child.

Elder Yu patted Mo Hua on the shoulder and said instead: "We can't control other people's affairs. At least the casual cultivators in Tongxian City will get better and better in the future. It's all thanks to you."

Mo Hua was a little embarrassed, "I didn't do anything, I just drew some formations."

"The formation is the most important." Elder Yu said solemnly, "Without an formation master to draw the formation, even if one more casual cultivator appears, even if three or four foundations are built, it will not help. Will everyone be poor or poor? It should be bitter or bitter.”

Mo Hua was stunned for a moment.

He knew that formation masters had a relatively high status and formations were difficult to learn. Formations were needed in all aspects of cultivation, but they were not more important than three or four foundation-building monks, as Elder Yu said.

Elder Yu saw Mo Hua's doubts and patiently told Mo Hua:

"Qi refining is the bottom level, and the step up is foundation building. Becoming a foundation building monk will give you the qualifications to seek the great road and change your own life."

"I became a foundation-building monk and changed my own life, but I can't change the lives of other casual cultivators. I can deal with the Qian family and try to prevent the casual cultivators from being oppressed, but I can't actually help them."

"They are still poor, still miserable, still struggling to survive, and still can only refine their Qi for the rest of their lives. I only have cultivation skills. Even if I steal and rob, I won't be able to get many spiritual stones."

"But the formation is different!"

Elder Yu looked at Mo Hua with bright eyes, "Even if you only refine Qi, as long as you know the formation, you can truly benefit all casual cultivators. Allow them to make a living, earn spiritual stones, and make further progress in their practice."

"Cultivation can be used to kill, but formations can bless thousands of lives!"

Mo Hua was touched in his heart and nodded: "Elder, I understand."

Elder Yu nodded happily and said nothing, but quietly looked at the lights of thousands of families in Tongxian City.

Mo Hua also followed Elder Yu's gaze.

Red lanterns are hung from the street to the end of the street. Under the light, children are chasing and playing, and monks greet each other or walk together, making it very lively.

There are gorgeous fireworks in the sky, row upon row of shopping malls, and crowds of people on the streets.

The laughter and laughter blended into the lights of thousands of houses, and together with the bright fireworks all over the sky, lit up the entire night sky.

The lights and bright fireworks of thousands of houses also caught the eyes of Mo Hua.

The small ink paintings gradually strengthened the Taoist mind:

In this life, he will work hard to practice, understand the formations, ask for immortality with the formations that reach the sky and the earth, and change his destiny against the will of heaven.

Change your own life, and also change the lives of all low-level monks in the world.

By then, not only Tongxian City, but also all the casual cultivators in the world will no longer be just refining qi for the rest of their lives!