Cultivation Begins From The Desert

The old patriarch Zhou Minghan, a third-rank high-grade weapon refiner, personally forged a second-rank high-grade magic weapon, so naturally there was no possibility of failure.

The monks in the foundation-building period can already transform mana into the real foundation-building fire. Although the temperature of this real fire is a little lower than that of the ground fire, it is much higher than the white flame formed by the burning of [Yanyang wood].

What's even more rare is that the real fire is transformed by the magic power of the monks. It gathers and disperses at will, and it is extremely convenient to control. This is completely incomparable to the flames of spiritual objects such as earth fire and sky fire.

In order for Zhou Yang to watch carefully, the old patriarch deliberately slowed down the speed when he was refining the weapon, and he was distracted at some key points to explain to him through sound transmission of spiritual consciousness. This is the treatment only a direct disciple can receive .

Obviously, in the eyes of the current old patriarch, Zhou Yang, the junior, is his final chosen successor of the refining technique.

Zhou Yang also understands that opportunities are precious. Regardless of whether he understands what the old patriarch explained, he will write it down carefully. When he is free, he will take notes and write it down so as not to forget it in the future.

Although immortal cultivators have the ability to remember things with a photographic memory, they sometimes forget some memories after remembering too many things, so it is still necessary to take notes on some important things.

It is said that after cultivating the Nascent Soul Stage monks, they will gain the supernatural power of "memory recall". At that time, as long as they have the heart, even the memories in the mother's belly during the fetal period can be recalled. At that time, there is no need to take notes at all. .

After about two hours in this way, the old patriarch finished refining the weapon.

These two forged instruments are a defensive inner armor made from rat skin, and four short daggers made from four rat incisors.

Because when refining the weapon, two drops of Zhou Yang's blood essence were taken to sacrificial vessel, once the magic weapon was refined, it could be used directly.

He was not polite to the old patriarch either, Dang even took off his outer robe and put on the defensive inner armor on his body, and inserted four short daggers about seven inches long into leather sheaths and tied them around his waist for easy access at any time.

After he had done all this, the old patriarch Zhou Minghan said: "Your cultivation should be able to break through to the seventh level of Qi training soon, right? Once you break through to the seventh level of Qi training by then, with these two [ Wujin Armor] and [Armor Breaking Dagger] magic weapon, plus the [Silver Shield] that I gave you before, even if you encounter ordinary Qi training nine-level casual cultivators, you can still fight!"

The cultivator's cultivation level determines the number and level of his envoy's magical artifacts. With Zhou Yang's current cultivation base of the sixth level of Qi training, it would be difficult for him to envoy two second-level top-grade magical artifacts at the same time. If he can break through to practice At the seventh level of Qi, mana and spiritual consciousness have greatly improved, so that he can truly exert the power of the three second-order top-grade magic weapons on his body.

As for the more powerful third-tier magical artifacts, even if they were sacrificed to him, his current magic power and consciousness would not be able to exert half the power of the magical artifacts.

Therefore, the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, as a third-tier high-grade weapon refiner, obviously has a surplus of third-tier magical weapons in his hand, and he will not give them to Zhou Yang for sacrifice and refining. Not to mention a waste of resources, it will also bring Zhou Yang a lot of money. Go kill yourself.

After all, many casual cultivators at the foundation-building stage still use second-tier high-grade magic weapons after foundation building. If you see Zhou Yang, a monk at the Qi-training stage carrying a third-tier magic weapon, you won't be surprised if you don't want to kill him.

Zhou Yang also understood this truth, so even if he was valued by the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, he would not make such a request.

Hearing the words of the old patriarch at this time, his face straightened immediately, and he replied respectfully: "The grandson is about to report this matter to his great-grandfather. Recently, the grandson has already felt the barrier of the late stage of Qi training, and he is planning to use the abundant energy here in the cave on the top of the mountain. To make a breakthrough with his spiritual energy, please ask your great-grandfather for permission."

"Very good, then go to the cave opposite the old man's cave to retreat and break through. This is the formation token of that cave. Remember to return it to the old man after you use it up."

With a wave of his hand, the old patriarch took out a Dongfu token and handed it to Zhou Yang.

"Thank you great-grandfather, my grandson is leaving."

Holding the token, Zhou Yang couldn't wait to bid farewell to the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, and moved into the opposite cave.

Of the three caves on the top of Yuquan Peak, except for the one where the old patriarch Zhou Minghan lives, the other two are unowned. The patriarch applied for a temporary residence in retreat.

However, there are not many monks in the late stage of Qi training in the Zhou family. In addition, it often takes more than ten years for monks in the late stage of Qi training to improve their cultivation level. Therefore, the two unowned mountaintop caves took eight out of ten years. is vacant.

There are dust removal circles in the cave, even if no one has lived in it for many years, it is as clean as new. Zhou Yang entered the cave with the control token of the cave. After visiting the layout of the cave for a while, he went directly to the retreat room in the deepest part of the cave.

The retreat room of the cave on the top of the mountain is directly connected to the spiritual eye of Yuquan Peak's spiritual vein, and it is the place with the strongest spiritual energy in the entire Yuquan Peak, and each retreat room has a cold jade bed carved with the second-order spiritual object cold jade.

The cold air emitted by the cold jade bed helps the monks to clear their minds and prevent them from becoming obsessed. Basically, some foundation-building monks with family backgrounds will add such a treasure when they build their caves.

And some well-to-do foundation-building monks, in addition to the cold jade bed, will also prepare treasures such as pure heart futons, meditation incense and other auxiliary treasures to carry with them.

Zhou Yang sat down cross-legged on the cold jade bed, and immediately felt a piercing cold air pouring into his body from the cold jade bed under him, straight to his forehead.

Blown by this cold air, his whole body became much more energetic, and the time to enter samadhi was almost twice as fast as usual.

In the next few months, Zhou Yang retreated peacefully in the mountaintop cave without taking a single step. When he was hungry, he would cook a bowl of [Golden Bead Rice] rice by himself, and when he was thirsty, he would use spells to condense clean water to drink directly. At the seventh level of Qi, never step out of the cave.

With this kind of determination, one day after three months, the door of the retreat room opened with a "squeak" from the inside, and Zhou Yang, who had already practiced the seventh level of Qi, walked out from the inside with a tired face.

After three months of retreat, every day was replaced by meditation, Zhou Yang's spirit was exhausted to the limit.

It was with this breath that he broke through the barrier from the middle stage of Qi training to the late stage of Qi training. When the barrier was broken, he could no longer hold on and walked into the bedroom next to the retreat room, and fell headfirst on the warm jade bed in the bedroom He fell asleep soundly.

This sleep lasted three full days and three nights before waking up. After waking up, Zhou Yang felt indescribably refreshed. He felt that he had never had such a good sleep in his life.

Of course.

Not to mention that it was the first time in his past and present lives that he had such a long sleep, even the warm jade bed he was sleeping on now was a treasure that he was completely unqualified to enjoy before.

This warm jade, like the cold jade, is also a second-order spiritual object. The difference is that the cold air emitted by the cold jade can help the monks concentrate and refresh their minds, and avoid going crazy, while the hot air emitted by the warm jade can help the monks soothe their spirits. Greatly improve sleep quality.

"No wonder everyone wants to become a high-level monk. Compared with a low-level monk, there is not only a difference in longevity and supernatural powers, but also the treatment they enjoy in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. It is also the difference between nobles and commoners. ah!"

Zhou Yang looked at the smooth and moist warm jade bed under him, and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone.

In the world of immortal cultivators, the problem of uneven distribution of resources is much more serious than the world he lived in in his previous life.

The low-level rogue cultivators can fight to the death for a low-grade spirit stone, but they don't know that they have worked so hard for decades, and they can't afford a bed for the high-ranking cultivators.

"Fortunately, I'm the one sleeping on the bed now!"

He didn't know what he thought of, and he muttered such a sentence with a strange face, and then he got up together and left the cave.

Walking out of the cave where he had stayed for three months, Zhou Yang originally wanted to meet the old patriarch Zhou Minghan and tell him the good news that he broke through the seventh level of Qi training.

He never thought that just a few steps out of the cave, he found that the seventh grandfather Zhou Yun who had been sitting under the [Dragon Scale Tree] for a long time had disappeared, and a white cloth was hung on the tree.

Seeing the white cloth, Zhou Yang's face changed suddenly, and the [Dragon Scale Tree] was hung with a white cloth, which is something that only the elders of the family will do after death.

"Which elder died?"

His heart sank, the joy of breaking through the seventh level of Qi training was instantly dispelled by this bad news.

There are only eight elders in the Zhou family. This sudden loss of one person is not just as simple as the loss of one elder, but also the loss of a high-end combat personnel. The loss to the family is definitely not one more Qi training seven Layer monks can make up for it.

Not daring to neglect, Zhou Yang immediately changed his itinerary and rushed towards the family ancestral hall at the foot of the mountain.

When he arrived at the ancestral hall, he discovered that as long as the family monks in the Yuquan Lake Oasis, including the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, they all took care of the funeral for the deceased elders here.

Only then did he know that the dead elder was Zhou Qian, the great elder of the Zhou family, the tenth-level Dzogchen monk who had taken the "Building Foundation Pill" but failed to build a foundation.

Zhou Qian, the great elder of the Zhou family, is the eldest of the "Guang" generation. He is also a middle-rank spiritual root monk, and even a rare second-rank top-rank formation mage.

It is precisely because of Zhou Qian's extremely high talent in formations and good spiritual root aptitude that the Zhou family put the treasure on him back then and gave him the "Building Foundation Pill" purchased with the family's savings.

If he succeeds in building the foundation, the Zhou family will not only have one more foundation-building monk, but also a rare third-tier formation mage, and the strength of the entire Zhou family will double by then.

Unfortunately he failed!

His failure this time not only caused the Zhou family to waste a precious "Building Foundation Pill", but also caused his own Dao heart to be dusted. After working so hard to pay off the family debt, he didn't even leave a descendant.

"Your great grandfather is only three years older than the old man. With his cultivation of Qi Dao Consummation, he should have been able to survive for a few more years. Unfortunately, after he knew that his family was planning to develop the Red Flame Iron Mine, he resolutely resolutely Bet all your lifespan to forcibly attack the realm of a Tier 3 formation master, and want to leave a Tier 3 formation and a legacy of a Tier 3 formation master for the family!"

Outside the ancestral hall, when Zhou Yang came out after worshiping the deceased old man Zhou Qian, he happened to see the red-eyed old man Zhou Quan, and then heard the old man speak hoarsely about the reason for Zhou Qian's death.

Zhou Yang didn't have a deep impression of this great grandfather at first, because this great grandfather, unlike Zhou Quan or Zhou Yun, often appeared in front of the younger generations of the family and taught them how to practice.

Counting carefully, in the past 22 years, the number of times he has met this grandpa is probably less than five times, and every time he met was at some important family gathering, and he only followed his parents' orders. It's just a salute, the intersection between the two is really rare.

But now, after hearing the old man Zhou Quan talk about the cause of the death of this great grandfather, he is in awe, and has a great admiration for this old man who has been dedicated behind the scenes in obscurity.

Then he looked at the old man Zhou Quan whose eyes were red and seemed to have cried, and comforted him in a low tone: "Third Grandfather is sad, although the great grandfather passed away, his contribution to the family will always be remembered in the memories of us living heart!"

He didn't ask old man Zhou Qian whether he succeeded or not, because that was not important anymore.

Many people tend to only value the result, but they don't know that the process is sometimes more important than the result.

If the old man Zhou Qian hadn't made up his mind to attack the realm of the third-order array mage, how could there be any results?

So sometimes the result is really not important, the important thing is to have a heart to achieve the result!

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