Chapter 253: Intercepting the Spiritual Veins and Taking Care of the Mineral Veins (Please collect and subscribe!!)
At first, Lu Chengchu thought it was Fairy Lin who had a unique vision and saw what was extraordinary about him. A few years later, I discovered that she was simply afraid of poverty.
In order to cultivate the golden elixir, Lin Qinghan had already consumed all the good deeds of the sect. If it had not been for the strong support of her family and the generous help of her fellow sect masters, she would not have been able to make up the expenses for the elixir. Even so, we still owe a lot of foreign debt.
Although the space in these secret worlds is not stable enough to support creatures with too powerful magic powers, the spirit plant and spirit mines are not included in this list.
The fifth-level Millennium Rehmannia glutinosa ginseng that Lu Cheng took out was of mild quality and good appearance. Although it is common, it is a precious elixir. Lin Qinghan received it in his pocket in the name of thanking his master. Use it yourself or sell it to meet your urgent needs.
The sect had this intention in sending her to carry out this mission. Knowing that she was in distress, she gave Lin Qinghan some ways to make money.
A Jindan master with spiritual stones and fifth-level magical weapons is completely different from the Jindan master who can only use spells, and his value to the sect is also low.
Some of those secret spaces are close to the main world and are easy to open, while some are far away from the main world. The mana of the monks in the Purple Mansion Realm is not enough to open them, so the sect's alchemist needs to be dispatched.
However, this matter is also a good thing for Lu Cheng. After accepting the gift of gratitude, Lin Qinghan took good care of his named disciple and chose him a position as a mine supervisor. For a Qi-training monk, this is a job that is quite lucrative.
In addition, with the title of Lin Qinghan Fairy, you can save a lot of trouble in this Fantasy Cloud Valley.
In the deep underground mineral vein area, a long-established training cave stands silently.
The entrance to the cave is made of bluestone, with stone pillars engraved with Taoist blessing talismans and spiritual animals on both sides, which seem to silently tell the story of hundreds of years of vicissitudes.
Entering the stone gate, a burst of fresh air comes to you, with a touch of aura in the air, which makes people take a deep breath and feel refreshed physically and mentally.
On the surrounding walls, dots of starlight are like stars in the night sky. The crystals embedded in them emit a faint light, leading the practitioners deeper into the cave.
On the ground, the floor paved with bluestone slabs is clean and solid.
Inside the cave, a stone table and benches were placed in the center. There were some tea cups and utensils scattered on the table, which had obviously not been used for many years.
Beside the wall, there are rows of bookcases neatly arranged. Of course, don't expect any secret scriptures, but the collection of classic Taoist books is also complete.
In the corner of the cave, there is a large white jade bed, which has a certain effect of clearing the mind and calming the mind.
In the deepest part of this cave, a half-person high altar occupies the central position.
There are complex Taoist runes engraved around the altar, and there is a faint spiritual light. In the center of the altar, there is a young Taoist in gray robe sitting cross-legged, his eyes closed and quiet, surrounded by a faint light. The white mist is like a fairy.
"The spiritual veins in the Cangyun Mountain Range are natural sixth-level spiritual veins. In addition, the three sects have been deliberately maintaining and cultivating them for so many years, and the spiritual energy is extremely abundant. I have set up a five-element formation here to steal the spiritual veins and spiritual energy with great confidence.
Even if If I fail, as long as the Yuanying monks don’t come out, even the few alchemy monks in this mountain gate can’t stop me.”
The journey was quite smooth and I was assigned to my own training cave, and then Lu Cheng began to think about how to do it. Taking advantage without contributing.
In this large spiritual vein in the Cangyun Mountains, the three sects of Xuan Mo Sect, Huan Yun Valley, and Haoran Academy have Nascent Soul cultivators sitting in charge. , Lu Chengchu sensed it as soon as he approached the Cangyun Mountains. Although he pushed the Jindan monks to the front desk to preside over the sect's affairs, it was obviously not them who really had the power to make decisions.
Although monks who have cultivated to the golden elixir realm have some status, their promotion will no longer directly increase the strength of the sect, increase the scope of power control and increase resources, so they must fulfill some of their obligations.
In addition, the monks in the world of Dingzhang do not have low-grade pill formation, and the quality of pill formation is usually around the third or fourth level. Some have excellent cultivation techniques and deep foundations, and some have a second-grade pill, and some have extremely shallow foundations and have a fifth-grade pill, but they are all collectively called knotting. There is no difference between the alchemy monks and the alchemy masters and the golden elixir masters in the Tongxuan world.
The difference in the appearance of the elixir is only considered to be caused by the different techniques practiced and the monk's personal understanding of Taoism.
On the altar, Lu Cheng suddenly opened his eyes, then turned over and jumped to the center of the cave. At this time, there was a small khaki flag in his hand. On top of the formation flag, a The talismans and seals were flying around, as if dragons and snakes were swimming among them.
He took a deep breath and felt the fluctuations of the spiritual veins under his feet.
As Lu Cheng breathed and sensed, the air around him seemed to become denser. A huge hole appeared in the void behind Lu Cheng, and a silver-gray, extremely pure inspiration emerged from the depths of the earth. They were picked up and gathered in the five-element formation flag that Lu Cheng kept offering.
The runes on the five-pole array flag began to light up, and the light flowed like living water, and the five-color brilliance illuminated every corner of the cave.
The green wood flag on the east side is full of green, as if spring is in full swing, nourishing the vegetation and growing strong in an instant; the platinum flag on the west side is silent, but contains the power to destroy mountains and seas. The red fire flag on the south side is rising with fierce flames, and the flames are jumping; the Xuanshui flag on the north side is sparkling, and a cool air is filling the air. The central flag is Wutu. The land breeds all things, is solid, thick, and full of vitality.
Lu Cheng controlled the Seal Transfer Technique with both hands, and the five square formation flags around him also rotated accordingly. The power of the five elements converged in the formation, restraining and stimulating each other, forming a perfect cycle.
The most pure spiritual energy was trapped in it, and was gradually refined and filled in this cave.
In a very short period of time, the spiritual energy intensity in the cave has increased more than ten times, and is still increasing.
As the formation was completed, a look of satisfaction appeared on Lu Cheng's face. What he was doing now was to take away a little bit of the spiritual energy supply from the entire Fantasy Cloud Valley and distribute it to each monk. It will only be considered as a normal ups and downs of spiritual energy supply, and it is normal for most monks to feel at a loss about this.
With a sufficient supply of spiritual energy, whether you are recovering from internal injuries or practicing Xuan Gong to increase your mana, you can get twice the result with half the effort.
Then Lu Cheng began to live a solitary life in Huanyun Valley. Apart from doing the things he was responsible for as an underground mine manager every day, Lu Cheng was taciturn and said nothing to those around him. Don't care about anything at all.
He has almost only one master disciple in the entire underground mine, and he has been working there for a long time, so no one cares about him, and tries to make it as convenient as possible in every aspect.
Two years have passed smoothly. After being squeezed to the extreme by the endless sea of the East China Sea, Lu Cheng’s own mana has been tempered. Later, with sufficient spiritual energy replenishment, Lu Cheng’s mana has improved. He has reached the second level of Jindan, and is still making vigorous progress.
At the age of one hundred and forty-nine, Lu Cheng refined the unrivaled golden elixir and obtained the Taoist elixir in the Eighty-nine Cave.
Later, he protected his master in a series of bloody battles, and spent fourteen years in the sect's Guizang Mountain to recuperate and listen to Taoism.
Enter Huangquan Valley, inherit the legacy of Lin Chong Dao's humane law, and use the three fires to refine his body. In ten years, his body will be upgraded to the third level of the Golden elixir, and his magic power will be increased to the peak of the first level of the Golden elixir.
Then he went to the secret realm of Tianfo in the East China Sea to retrieve the Erjin Boat. He accidentally broke into the Endless Sea of the East China Sea. After five years of breaking the formation, his vitality was severely damaged. He entered the secret space of the Dingzhang Great World and was trapped for fifteen years in total. Forty-four years, including the two years of meditation and cultivation, forty-six years have passed since he cultivated the golden elixir.
In the Tongxuan world, the longevity of a Golden elixir monk can often exceed eight hundred years as long as he is not seriously injured and loses his vitality.
However, this is a theoretical lifespan, because there are four or nine heavenly tribulations to pass, and the average lifespan of a golden elixir monk in the Tongxuan world may not be as good as those monks in a world where vitality is relatively lacking and whose congenital lifespan is shorter.
Lu Cheng’s current cultivation progress is slow compared to his foundation, but it is very fast for most monks, especially his dual cultivation of law and body, although they do not complement each other. It will take twice as long to practice, but it will have some impact after all.
In the past two years, the Tie clan members have also contacted Tie Xiao through letters.
I want him to find a way to introduce his sister Tie Yushuang into Huanyun Valley through connections.
This is a survival strategy of the Immortal Cultivation Family, such as overt and covert fighting among the Immortal Cultivation Families or even genocide and killing. As long as one member of this family practices in a powerful sect, the other party cannot easily go to the sect to kill people. Ordinary Immortal Cultivation Families Provoking a sect is tantamount to seeking death.
Tens or hundreds of years later, it would be fine if that clansman had achieved nothing. If by any chance he succeeded in cultivation, and a cultivator from the Purple Mansion wanted to kill a foundation-building clan, there were many ways to do so, and it really wasn’t that difficult. , this is a great deterrent.
Through the letters, Lu Cheng realized that "his" sister Tie Yushuang had a good relationship with him.
Immediately replied to the letter, and attached a sum of spiritual stones, and explained at the same time:
I have just held a stewardship within the sect during this period, and have not stabilized yet. Now I am afraid that I will support my family members. It will attract criticism.
What's more, from the family's point of view, it is not a good choice to gather all qualified disciples in one sect. It is better for the family to smoothen the relationship and let the younger sister go to other sects to practice and share the burden. Family risk.
Lu Cheng's letter was accurate and reasonable. The most important thing was that the spiritual stone he gave was extremely rich for a small family. Of course, the Tie family would pay attention to his opinion. As expected, Lu Cheng came to the rescue within half a month. Got a reply again.
The letter said that his sister Tie Yushuang had been entrusted to worship at the gate of Haoran Courtyard. In addition, the letter told him to concentrate on his practice and not to spend lavishly on spiritual stones. There would be countless places where spiritual stones would be needed in his future practice.
"In this way, I have settled the cause and effect between you and me."
As he raised his hand, the letter in his hand was burned, and Lu Cheng turned sideways, facing the iron face in the mirror. Said so.
Immortal cultivators pay attention to the origin and destruction of fate, and it is best to have an end to both good and bad fate. With the help of his identity, Lu Cheng will take care of the Tie family appropriately. There are many people in a family, but they will not be all incompetent. It is not difficult to cultivate a foundation-building and immortal cultivating family with Lu Cheng's methods.
In the world of cultivating immortals, families with monks at the foundation-building realm are called immortal cultivators, and families with monks at the Qi-training realm are only considered casual cultivators.
To the southwest of Huanyun Valley, there is Zongmen’s underground mineral vein.
The deep and dark underground mine is shimmering with light and jagged rocks.
A few slender blue-green spiritual grasses poked their heads out from the cracks in the rock. The leaves were glowing with a faint blue light, like stars, adding a bit of vitality to this dark underground world. This is the spiritual grass associated with the spiritual mine. It has no value other than giving off light. Otherwise, it would have been harvested long ago.
A group of low-level immortal cultivators held mining picks and searched for spiritual stones in the veins.
Not everyone in the world of immortality is not engaged in production, although puppets can be made to complete many rough jobs.
But the lower-level immortal cultivators are cheaper than puppets and can better cope with various sudden changes. Although immortal cultivators can enter the mortal world to enjoy glory and wealth, on the one hand, there is almost no path for progress. Secondly, immortal cultivators who go to the mortal world also need to have some magic to protect themselves. If they want to go to a country To be a national master, you need to have the magic power of the late stage of Qi training. Those high-ranking officials in the mortal world are not all bastards who have never seen anything.
The real low-level monks in the world of immortality are those who only had the first and second levels of Qi training when they were young, and the fifth and sixth levels of Qi training only in their seventies and eighties. They also have descendants with spiritual roots. In order to Descendants, despite their old lives, went to the mines to earn spiritual stones.
I hope to earn more spiritual stones and pave the way for future generations.
Not far away, several young immortal cultivators were sitting together. They were lighting a small bonfire with fire sticks. The bonfire jumped in the darkness, projecting their excited or tired faces.
They talked about today's harvest, and laughed heartily from time to time, which was in sharp contrast to the silence around them and the sound of digging spiritual stones in the distance.
Deeper in the mine veins, the inner disciples of the sect were besieging a spiritual beast that was accidentally introduced.
This spiritual beast is covered in spikes and looks like a large rat. Its eyes are like torches. It roars angrily, trying to drive away these enemies who invade its home.
The flying swords flashed with light, spiritual power surged, and ore fragments flew everywhere in the fierce battle. The faces of these inner disciples of the sect are full of fighting spirit. They hope to improve their cultivation through each actual battle and take a further step in the sect.
This is the world of immortal cultivators, full of hope and danger. There may be one among these many people who can step by step cultivate to the foundation building, purple mansion or even higher realms. When I think back to today, it's a different feeling.
"Steward Iron, please sign this bill."
A middle-aged man respectfully handed a bill to Lu Cheng, who was wearing an iron mask, with both hands.
Lu Cheng took the bill, scanned it over and frowned slightly:
"Why did so many people die? In order to collect more spiritual stones and spiritual mines, you hired many casual cultivators to mix them in Where?
I will not sign this ticket. If things continue like this, outsiders will say that the spiritual stones in my Huanyun Valley are all stained with blood. ”
If you strictly follow the established regulations, the lower-level managers and miners will be tired, but the risk of accidents can indeed be minimized.
But in order to obtain as much as possible Spiritual stones can be used as meritorious deeds or to enrich one's own pockets. The middle and lower-level managers below often give instructions to miners. , illegal operations, and the miners are willing to do this in order to get more spiritual stones.
But if an accident occurs and there is no response, the casualties will be particularly heavy.
"Hey. Hey, my iron manager, the tasks assigned by the superiors are heavy, what can those of us who are doing the work do? The person who died was not a monk from the sect”
"What can be ruined is my reputation in Huanyun Valley. I have to do things according to the rules for one day here. You put down other things in your hands first. You can handle these matters of pension for casual cultivators for me first. I can handle them in one day." No, just don’t work for a day.”
Lu Cheng is a monk in the Golden Core Realm, and his mind works like lightning. Many things, As soon as his consciousness swept over, he knew what was going on. The people below wanted to deceive him. Unless he was really unaware, or the deception had been refined to a subtle level, even the subtle changes in facial expressions could not be concealed. With Lu Cheng's eyes, taking care of things in this way can get twice the result with half the effort. He can make everyone below him obedient and his income has not dropped.
In fact, if we cut off half of the personal pockets of these middle- and lower-level managers, we can give an account to the sect and be a favor to the miners.
It’s just that these middle and lower-level managers are of course dissatisfied. They have been working here for many years and are familiar with the affairs. Some of them have methods to deal with the superior managers. They collude with each other and work in secret. But Lu Cheng understands these and has a strong enough background. .
If the disobedient stewards are directly eliminated and replaced with new ones who don’t have such a big appetite, the income of the sect and the miners will naturally increase.
In just two years, Lu Cheng's pseudonym Tie Xiao gained the nickname "Iron as God", and everyone said that he judged things like a god.
Actually, most of them are just scanned by the divine sense.
This matter only limited Lu Cheng's attention. Most of his attention was spent on studying the God Refining Technique left by Tian Yanzi.
Jing, Qi, Shen, and only spiritual consciousness are the shortcomings of his own practice. Now that he has obtained the appropriate method, it is impossible for Lu Cheng not to study hard and practice.
This God Refining Technique is profound and mysterious, quite obscure and difficult to understand. Lu Cheng started from the beginning of Tian Yanzi’s practice, and went back and forth little by little to finally understand it.
Half a month later, a piece of paper suddenly came from above, saying that there would be an earth dragon coming over, and mining of various mineral veins would be temporarily suspended.
All underground ore veins stopped working immediately and the miners returned.
The more advanced the immortal cultivator is, the more sensitive they are to the movement of the power of heaven and earth. Therefore, things like the earth dragon turning over can be predicted in advance in most cases.
Deep in the underground stone mansion, a towering platform with yin and yang fish rotating in each other stands tall. Taoist Lu Cheng sits cross-legged on it, with his eyes closed and his face solemn.
He was wearing a gray Taoist robe. As he took a deep breath, the hem of the robe rose and fell gently, as if he was integrated with the surrounding environment.
Around the altar, there are incense burners burning with wisps of green smoke rising up. The air is filled with a light aroma, which has the effect of clearing the mind and focusing the mind.
Lu Cheng formed a seal with his hands and slowly moved the operation method of the God Refining Technique into his body. He first meditated to the extreme and sensed his own thoughts.
Observe these distracting thoughts, then cultivate them into demons, then devour and refine them, and reintegrate them into your own consciousness.
During this process, the consciousness is like a tempered iron sword, gradually becoming tougher and sharper under the tempering of the God Refining Technique.
However, practicing the way of spiritual consciousness has always been extremely dangerous, not to mention that Tian Yanzi was born in a demon sect, and his skills are powerful and have serious backlash.
Observe calmly: Killing, greed, sexual immorality, harsh words, lies, double talk, idle talk, greed, anger, ignorance and other poisons are all suppressed and shielded by normal Taoist practice. Although they exist objectively, they are not real. Affect one's own practice.
The God Refining Technique does the opposite, observes them, cultivates them, eats demons with demons, eats evil with evil, and achieves its own Taoism.
When I started to practice in Lucheng, I felt that there were many monsters, demons and ghosts around the Dharma altar. They were whispering, I was watching them, and they were watching me.
Lu Cheng's forehead began to ooze fine beads of sweat. When it came to the step of cultivating his own demonic thoughts, these existences turned from virtual to real, and turned into many naked bodies without a trace of hair, but their pupils were blood red. , a child with sharp white teeth in his mouth.
They gathered around the altar, staring at the landing city:
You are murderous. You can fly your sword at a thought and kill people from thousands of miles away. Father, now you want to kill us again. Why do you practice Taoism like this?
You are greedy and unbridled. Spiritual stones, magical weapons, brilliant magic techniques, beauties, and the trust of your teacher. What don’t you want? What's not to like? Why should you practice Taoism like this?
You are promiscuous...
You talk nonsense...
You are greedy, angry, and ignorant, and you are all poisonous...
Boom, a circle of magic fire burned around the altar, encircling Lu Cheng and protecting the Taoist.
Every time Lu Cheng inhales, he seems to condense the spiritual energy between heaven and earth into his Dantian, and every time he exhales, he expels all impurities from the body, making his consciousness clearer.
"Five elements, turn!"
As Lu Cheng's hands were turning, the five elements on the altar were turning, and a huge hole appeared behind him, swallowing up the evil spirits that had formed around him. All the spiritual and demonic thoughts were swallowed into the endless void hole.
This time he failed to practice the God Refining Technique. At the last moment, Lu Cheng used his strong physique to promote the Five Elements Qi Training Technique and forcibly suppressed his own spiritual consciousness that had started to run rampant. If he allowed his spiritual consciousness to go crazy, , it is natural to be seriously injured in the end.
The Dharma Fire is the True Fire of Samadhi, and the Five Elements Qi Training Technique can push the hole to swallow all the Dharma. This blood essence and Qi Training are Lu Cheng's way of protecting the Tao, and they are also the guarantee for him to practice the God Refining Technique.
“Ahem.”
“Either my understanding is wrong, or there is something wrong with the Divine Refining Technique itself. Is this how Tian Yanzi cultivated his Divine Consciousness back then? It’s absolutely impossible. , I am afraid that before I can achieve anything through cultivating my spiritual consciousness, I will already be crazy.
Of course I am murderous, greedy, and evil. Liquor, gossip, and lies, but I have been practicing Taoism for two hundred years and am still self-restrained. There is no way that Tian Yanzi, a demonic monk, is better than me."
Lu Cheng has seen Tian Yanzi. From the practice notes, he knew the other person better than himself, so he knew clearly that it was impossible for Tian Yanzi to be able to practice this technique, but he could not.
(End of this chapter)