Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Hearing the news of Lu Xuanji's passing away from Master Qingyang, Zhou Yang felt both surprised and not surprised.

When he was in the "Qiongtian Wonderland", Lu Xuanji had said that his lifespan was less than a hundred years old. Later, when he went to the Far West with him, Zhou Yang could clearly see that his body was beginning to decline.

To be honest, with Lu Xuanji's situation at the time, he was already surprised that he, who knew the inside story, was able to wait until now.

"Senior brother Lu has been busy with two things these years. One is to seal the space crack in [Death Sand Sea], and the other is to reopen the passage to [Sky Wonderland]."

"Before he passed away, the first thing has been done. The space crack there has been covered by a sixth-order large formation, and the overflowing devilish energy will also be purified by the large formation. As long as the large formation does not Bad, nothing will happen for thousands of years."

"The second thing he didn't have time to finish in the future, so he couldn't support it and sat down early. The old Taoist's retreat this time is also because he wants to concentrate on refining the few magic weapons he left behind."

Knowing that Zhou Yang and Lu Xuanji also have a good friendship, and Zhou Yang personally participated in these two incidents, Master Qingyang did not hide anything from him. explained.

Because of this, Zhou Yang understood why he hadn't heard anything from the old man in recent years.

But these things have little to do with what he wants to know this time.

So after listening to Master Qingyang's words, he first bowed his head and paid respects to this old man who had been so kind to him for half a quarter of an hour.

Then he raised his head, looked at Master Qingyang with doubts on his face, and asked, "The news of Senior Lu's passing away in immortality should still be a secret, right? How did [Six Dao League] know this secret so quickly, and couldn't wait for it?" I want to start a war!"

"Senior brother Lu has lived for more than three thousand years. For an existence like him, his life experience has been excavated by the [Six Dao League] long after he successfully conceived a baby. Based on the calculation based on his practice years, It is not difficult to deduce the limit of his lifespan."

"However, Senior Brother Lu took the life-prolonging treasure back then, and the [Six Dao League] can only roughly calculate that he will pass away within this period of time. It is not clear whether he has passed away, so he will try everywhere to test it. Find out the truth."

"You did a good job in Chongxuan Mountain. I think it temporarily calmed them down so that they would not dare to start a real war easily, and bought more time for yourself and us."

"However, the disadvantages of doing so are also obvious. After the news of Senior Brother Lu's passing away cannot be blocked, Chongxuan Mountain will definitely become their main point of attack. At that time, the pressure on your side will be great!"

Master Qingyang answered Zhou Yangzhi's question in a low voice with a calm expression, and analyzed and explained the situation for him.

After hearing what he said, Zhou Yang's complexion suddenly changed, and his heart was in a state of confusion.

Judging from what Master Qingyang said, the war seems to be inevitable, and Chongxuan Mountain where he is located will become the main battlefield at the forefront.

This is really not good news!

After being silent for a while with such a change of expression, he finally looked fixed, looked at Master Qingyang with a solemn expression and asked: "There is still one thing that I don't understand, even if the [Six Dao League] wants to test whether Senior Lu is still alive, it shouldn't be tested." Are you a monk of Xuanyang Immortal Sect? Why did you choose Chongxuan Mountain as the test site? It is nominally the territory of Yuqing Daozong!"

I never thought that Master Qingyang would say without any hesitation after hearing his words: "Xuanyang and Yuqing factions are connected with each other, and with the news of Senior Brother Lu's passing away, we can connect the sect together." The elders of the Jindan stage in the house are all concealed, but they can't hide the few Taoist brothers of Yuqing Daozong, otherwise the two factions will have a rift."

"And your alias [Qingyun Sanren] is already close to Daoist Brother Yulong of Yuqing Daozong. By putting pressure on you, he asked you to ask Brother Yulong for help, and then verify Senior Brother Lu from the side according to your countermeasures. It is not a strange thing to sit down and pass away."

It makes sense to explain it this way.

Zhou Yang nodded slightly, accepting what Master Qingyang said.

Then he frowned again, looked at Master Qingyang with a sad face and asked, "As Senior Qingyang said, if war is inevitable, should Chongxuan Mountain still be guarded? It must be impossible to keep it; if not, what should the younger generation do?"

"Of course Chongxuan Mountain must be guarded!"

"If the [Six Dao League] really launches a war, they will definitely not be satisfied with a mere Chongxuan Mountain, so how can we easily let them get a fifth-order high-grade spiritual mountain for nothing?"

"Don't worry, Senior Brother Lu has already made arrangements for the aftermath before he died. If we really want to fight, we [Xuanqing Daomeng] may not be afraid of them [Six Daomeng]."

"However, the news of Senior Brother Lu's passing away has not been leaked, we can't rush to give you reinforcements, otherwise the [Six Dao League] will be aware of the truth through this incident."

"But don't worry, as long as you are sure that the [Six Dao League] has officially launched a war, our reinforcements will go to Chongxuan Mountain to help you immediately, and you will never let you fight alone!"

Master Qingyang looked at Zhou Yang solemnly, and gave him an affirmative answer in a firm and forceful tone.

This guarantee made Zhou Yang's complexion ease, and his complexion finally looked much better.

He didn't want to give up the treasure land of Chongxuan Mountain unless it was absolutely necessary.

After all, it is not easy to get a fifth-order top-grade spiritual mountain.

Even if it is a top sect like Xuanyang Xianzong, there are not many elders in the Jindan period who can control such a fifth-order high-grade spiritual mountain alone.

"With the words of the senior, the junior will know what to do."

He bowed his hands slightly, which was a formal expression of his attitude.

Seeing this, Master Qingyang couldn't help nodding his head in satisfaction and said: "Very good, you just guard there boldly, with your cultivation strength, even if a large-scale war breaks out, there will be no danger of your life. On the contrary, if you can make meritorious deeds in the war, it will be of great benefit to your future practice and to the Zhou family from which you were born!"

Zhou Yang understood the meaning of Master Qingyang's words.

For the powerful, war is the fastest way to accumulate wealth and foundation.

Once the war starts, the "Xuanqing Dao League" will definitely implement a wartime meritorious reward system. Contributors can use their actual military exploits to exchange various treasures from the Dao League, including many treasures that would not have been easily given out to others. exchanged treasures.

Moreover, the capture of the spoils obtained from killing the enemy in the war is also a great harvest.

You must know that in normal times, there are monks in the Nascent Soul stage who are intimidating, but few people dare to easily kill the monks in the Jindan stage of the sect.

But in the war, even if the elder Jindan of Xuanyang Xianzong was killed by the enemy, no monk in the Yuanying stage would come to his door to avenge him because of this.

Zhou Yang is undoubtedly the kind of person with strength.

However, he didn't respond to Master Qingyang's words, but changed the subject and said respectfully: "This junior wants to ask Senior Qingyang about something, and I also ask senior to explain to this junior."

"What's up?"

Master Qingyang looked at him, and saw him raise his hand, take out a jade box and open it, revealing a bewitching blood-red lotus pod inside.

"After receiving the news from the seniors a few years ago, the junior went to the wild jungle, and chanced upon the mature vision of [Demon Blood Ancient Lotus]."

"The lotus seeds in this lotus pod are the result of the younger generation throwing the corpses of a fifth-rank mid-grade wild beast and two fifth-rank mid-grade monster beasts into the blood pool to nourish the [Ancient Demon Blood Lotus] that has bloomed."

"Now the petals of [Old Blood Lotus] have been devoured by this junior's golden-winged Thunder Eagle spiritual pet, but this junior lotus seed doesn't know what its function is, but just intuitively feels that it should not only be useful to monsters. "

Holding the lotus pod in his hand, Zhou Yang slowly explained the origin of this spiritual object.

He didn't mention the matter of the colorful peacock swallowing two lotus seeds to advance to the fifth level, because that didn't help what he wanted to know.

[Demon Blood Ancient Lotus] It is very useful for monsters, he has known this for a long time, and he knows that its lotus seeds must have the same effect without asking anyone.

After listening to his words, Master Qingyang looked at him with weird eyes, and sighed with emotion on his face: "You are really lucky, such a good thing happened to you!"

Then without waiting for Zhou Yang to ask again, he had already mentioned the role of lotus seeds.

"The petals of [Yaoxue Ancient Lotus] can promote the advancement of monsters. Many people know this, but about the role of lotus seeds, very few people know. Our Xuanyang Immortal Sect is also because there was a patriarch who happened to be ten thousand years ago. Just like you, I encountered the blood lotus blooming, and saw the lotus seeds appear by chance, and after searching all kinds of ancient books and asking many senior experts in the world of cultivating immortals, I finally knew the role of lotus seeds."

"For monsters, these lotus seeds are still a great tonic that can improve their cultivation."

"For us immortal cultivators, this lotus seed is a natural spirit that restores the essence and blood. With your cultivation at the golden core stage, even if more than half of the essence and blood are lost, you can still recover intact by taking a lotus seed. "

"However, the biggest role of this lotus seed is to act as the main medicine of a sixth-order panacea [Blood Lotus Reincarnation Pill]!"

"[Blood Lotus Reincarnation Pill] is a sixth-order middle-grade elixir. Its function is to help monks in the Nascent Soul stage who have lost their bodies to re-condense their bodies, and there is no need to do things that go against the righteous way."

"Because [Blood Lotus Reincarnation Pill] will use the essence, blood, flesh and blood of monks in the Nascent Soul stage as auxiliary materials when refining, the body formed through its condensing is no different from the original body of the monks in the Nascent Soul stage, and there will be no difference. The meaning of rejection has almost no negative impact on future practice!"

"It's a pity, it's a pity that the formula of [Blood Lotus Reincarnation Pill] is extremely rare. Our Xuanyang Immortal Sect searched all over the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou, but we couldn't find such a formula. Later, it was more than five thousand years ago. When senior visited the world of cultivating immortals in Donghua Continent, he accidentally learned that there is such an ancient formula in the Palace of Longevity, the top sect that is most proficient in alchemy in the realm of cultivating immortals in Donghua Continent."

"The status of the Palace of Eternal Life in the world of cultivating immortals in Donghuazhou is similar to that of my Xuanyang Xianzong in the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou. The other party directly refused."

"The above is all that the old Taoist knows about the role of lotus seeds of [Demon Blood Ancient Lotus]."

After Master Qingyang finished speaking, his mouth moved, as if he wanted to say something more, but in the end he held back and didn't say anything.

It's just that Zhou Yang is not blind, how could he not even see such an obvious situation.

Dang even took a deep breath to suppress the surprise in his heart, and took the initiative to say: "Senior Qingyang, if you have anything to say, you can speak it out, and this junior is willing to listen."

Master Qingyang heard the words, just pondered for a while, then shook his head with a smile and said: "Actually, there is nothing bad to say, the old Taoist wants to ask you for two lotus seeds, and see if he can invite fellow Taoists from the Hall of Eternal Life Let's help refine a batch of [Blood Lotus Reincarnation Pill], just in case!"

When Zhou Yang heard this, he immediately responded: "This matter is easy to talk about, and the juniors on the left and right don't have much use for it. It's rare that the senior is willing to open his mouth, and the junior is willing to dedicate the remaining one-third of the lotus seeds to the senior! "

After speaking, he stretched out his hand to touch the lotus pod, and five purple-red lotus seeds were knocked out by him with a clever force, and flew towards Master Qingyang.

Raising his hands to catch the five flying lotus seeds, Master Qingyang looked at Zhou Yang with a flicker of eyes, first shook his head, then nodded, and sighed helplessly: "Tell me, do you want to use these What do you want to exchange for lotus seeds? The old Taoist told you in advance that although these lotus seeds are precious, they are actually not necessary for our existence. If your request is too difficult to fulfill, the old Taoist can only say that there is nothing we can do!"

A senior like him, of course, would not take advantage of Zhou Yang, a junior, for nothing. If he accepted the lotus seeds, he would definitely be rewarded with benefits.

If it was just two lotus seeds, the benefits he had originally prepared would be just right, but if there were five lotus seeds, those things would be a bit out of his reach.

That's why he shook his head just now.

"Senior, don't worry, what this junior wants is actually very simple, and it will never be difficult for senior!"

Zhou Yang grinned, and Dang even said his request.

There are three things he asked for, one is that Master Qingyang give him a "Xuanyang Zixiao Shenlei" jade talisman for self-defense;

The second is to ask the colorful peacock and the golden-winged thunder eagle to help these two spiritual birds refine their bones so that they can speak human words and communicate with others after they are promoted to the fifth-level monster beasts;

The third is to ask him to help find a master craftsman in the Xuanyang Immortal Sect, help him refine that piece of [Flame Star Stone] into a fifth-grade alchemy furnace, and then help him take the ten pieces that Lu Xuanji gave him back then. The sixth-tier dragon scales and other materials were refined into a fifth-tier top-tier defensive magic weapon.

These three things are indeed not difficult for Master Qingyang.

The "Xuanyang Zixiao Shenlei" jade talisman was originally the treasure he was going to use to exchange two lotus seeds with Zhou Yang, and helping the fifth-order spirit bird refine the horizontal bone was not too difficult, he was fully capable do it.

As for the third matter, with the three extra lotus seeds in his hand, he only needs to exchange two lotus seeds to find a Nascent Soul Stage Artifact Refining Master to help Zhou Yang complete it, and he can also send a favor by the way. Earn a lotus seed for nothing.

Therefore, after listening to Zhou Yang's request, his complexion immediately eased, and he immediately nodded in response.

Therefore, Zhou Yang immediately took out the piece of [Flame Star Stone], the sixth-order dragon scales, and [Fire Yang Divine Iron] and handed them to Master Qingyang, and then brought the "Xuanyang Purple Cloud God Thunder" bestowed by Master Qingyang. The jade talisman quietly left the "Qingyang Cave" and returned to Xianyang City.

After arriving in Xianyang City, Zhou Yang went to Xuanyang Pavilion first, and asked Sun Zhengbin, the master shopkeeper of Xuanyang Pavilion, about the acquisition of "Cloud Breathing Grass".

The result made him very satisfied. After raising the price to 4,000 low-grade spirit stones per plant, only two or three years later, Xuanyang Pavilion has received nineteen "Cloud Breathing Grass".

If this speed continues, plus the inventory of "Cloud Breath Grass" that he already has in his hands, the amount of "Cloud Breath Grass" he can buy is enough for him to use the "Hiding Dragon Avoiding Tribulation Art" as a whole for at most twenty or thirty years. It is necessary for the door's supernatural powers to practice to the realm of Xiaocheng.

After paying all the spirit stones, Zhou Yang took away all the "Cloud Breath Grass" stock in Xuanyang Pavilion, bid farewell to Sun Zhengbin and returned to the cave where Zhou Guangxiang lived.

"The situation has basically been clarified. The war is inevitable. It's just a matter of time."

"The juniors you brought this time, after you let them all come to see me, I will explain the situation to them. It is up to them to decide whether to stay or not."

In the cave mansion, Zhou Yang called Zhou Guangxiang to him, briefly explained the danger that Chongxuan Mountain was facing now, and then revealed his own arrangement.

Chongxuan Mountain is about to become a battlefield, it stands to reason that it is not a good idea to let the monks of the Zhou family pass by at this time.

But Zhou Yang also has his own considerations.

Sooner or later, the Zhou family will walk out of the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea, and sooner or later the Zhou family monks will have to fight the enemy hard on the battlefield.

Now that there is such an opportunity, it might be a good thing for some Zhou family monks to accumulate this experience in advance.

Zhou Guangxiang also supported Zhou Yang's idea.

To put it bluntly, with one hundred and fifty Foundation Establishment Pills in his pocket, he doesn't care whether the Foundation Establishment monks of several families will be lost on the battlefield.

The Zhou family is no longer the Zhou family it was hundreds of years ago.

In the current Zhou family, the number of Qi training stage monks has reached more than 2,000. As long as the source of Foundation Establishment Pills is stable, it is absolutely possible to continuously mass produce Foundation Establishment stage monks.

Instead of letting these foundation-building stage monks sit and die in the world of immortal cultivation in the boundless sand sea in the future, Zhou Guangxiang hopes that they will stay in Liuyunzhou and work hard in the world of immortal cultivation to create a better future by themselves.

"There is something I want to tell you, Uncle Jiu. Among the three members of the Qi training period who came with my nephew this time, one of them has a high-grade spiritual root qualification with dual attributes of fire and wood. My nephew brought him here to let him Follow Aunt Nine to practice, learn alchemy, and train a second high-level alchemist for the family."

As if thinking of something, after Zhou Guangxiang agreed with Zhou Yang's opinion, he changed the subject and suddenly brought up this matter.

After Zhou Yang heard his words, he was taken aback for a moment, then smiled happily and said, "This is a good thing. Apart from you, is there finally a second member of the family with high-grade spiritual root qualifications? Agreed, I will tell Yinger, and I guarantee that she will be willing to accept this child as a disciple!"

"With Uncle Jiu's words, my nephew is relieved, and my nephew will let them come to see Uncle Jiu."

Zhou Guangxiang felt relieved, and immediately smiled and stepped back to find someone.

Not long after, the six descendants of the Zhou family who followed him to the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou were all brought to the cave, and the descendant with top-grade spiritual root qualification was even honored to be interviewed by Zhou Yang alone.

Zhou Shengyu, the second high-grade spiritual root aptitude monk of the Zhou family, is only seventeen years old this year. He has five levels of Qi training and was born after Zhou Yang left the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea.

The young genius of the Zhou family was very flattered by Zhou Yang, the ancestor of the Zhou family, who was interviewed alone. After the respectful kowtow and salute, he stood there a little cautiously and answered Zhou Yang's various questions honestly. .

"The answer is not bad. It seems that you have done a solid job in your cultivation. This is very good. Today, I will give you a warning. Don't blindly seek speed!"

In the cave, Zhou Yang glanced at the young and immature junior in front of him, nodded in satisfaction, and said something that made the young man breathe a sigh of relief.

He quietly raised his head to glance at Zhou Yang's handsome face, which was exactly the same as the portrait hanging in the clan's ancestral hall, and replied loudly with a slightly excited tone: "The younger generation must remember the teachings of our ancestors."

Hearing the voice of this junior, Zhou Yang knew that this was another loyal "fan" who grew up listening to his own legend and adored and admired him very much.

To be honest, with his current cultivation status, there is no need to engage in such tricks to unite people's hearts.

But he also knew that because of his achievements and influence on the Zhou family, this kind of thing would happen naturally even if he didn't need to do it deliberately.

Just like some famous ministers and generals who left great achievements in history in his previous life, even in the past thousands of years, there are still descendants who have a strong sense of admiration and worship for them after learning about their great achievements through history books.

"Okay, you go to the side and wait."

Shaking his head, he didn't care about such trivial matters, Zhou Yang asked this young junior to go aside first, and the sound transmission let Zhou Guangxiang walk in with five other juniors.

To the satisfaction of both Zhou Yang and Zhou Guangxiang, after Zhou Yang explained the situation of Chongxuan Mountain, the five Zhou family monks finally agreed to go to Chongxuan Mountain to practice after some hesitation.

As a reward for making such a decision, Zhou Yang distributed a Foundation Establishment Pill to the three Qi Training Stage cultivators on the spot, and rewarded the three Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators with a fourth-order low-grade Spirit Talisman.

Next, after Zhou Yang and Zhou Guangxiang explained some more things, they returned to Chongxuan Mountain with the six younger generations of the Zhou family.

As for Zhou Guangxiang, he was carrying one hundred and fifty Foundation Building Pills and a copy of "Purple Heart Chalcedony". The world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea.

After Zhou Yang returned to Chongxuan Mountain, he handed over the five Zhou family descendants other than Zhou Shengyu to Zhou Ronghua. In name, these people were his registered disciples, and no one except the Zhou family knew their identity. real relationship.

Zhou Shengyu was taken in by Xiao Ying as the second disciple the next day, and he will pass on the mantle of alchemy to him in the future.

However, his current cultivation level is still low, and Xiao Ying is busy refining the natal magic weapon, so for the time being, he can only decide on his status first, and then let the senior sister Ye Yunshan take the place of teacher and apprentice.

Zhou Yang didn't have time to worry about these trivial matters. After he learned from Master Qingyang that a big battle was about to start, and that the "Six Dao League" would not attack again until he found out about Lu Xuanji's life and death, he went directly to the closed room to take it. The elixir hit the fifth layer of the golden elixir.

The battle is imminent, if the cultivation level can be increased by one level, it will be more effective than any other means.