Chapter 255 Treasures of Heaven and Earth, Ghost Infant Fruit and Soul-Nursing Wood
Celestial induction, a sudden whim, Taoist monks attach great importance to this, although it is impossible to determine whether the induction at that moment was from heaven. People feel that there is nothing to lose by accompanying them once. Lu Cheng quickly made a decision in his heart.
The next day, early morning.
Lu Cheng left the cave, opened the formation restrictions, then drove the light and went straight to the agreed place.
In the Tongxuan world, Qi-training monks cannot fly away with weapons over long distances. In the Dingzhang world, due to the development and improvement of the Taoism system, the performance of Qi-training monks is much better.
Strictly speaking, the Taoist civilization of Tongxuan Realm has only developed for more than a thousand years. Although it has inherited some inheritance from the previous era, in general, it still has some insufficient foundation. The nearby Dingzhang, Tongtian, Liehuo, and Xuankong The seven worlds of Jumang, Yuqing, and Yin and Yang have each developed for tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years.
Although they all have some decay, they each have their merits.
When he flew to the agreed meeting place, Lu Cheng found that Xia Bin and four other people, two men and one woman, had already arrived.
The woman had a pretty face and fair skin, and she seemed a little impatient because of the long wait.
The other two men beside her were talking non-stop, as if they wanted to make the beauty smile.
This fair-skinned female cultivator is named Zeng Xue. The tall young man beside her is named Cui Zihao, and the other is shorter and stockier named Wu Zhichen.
The three of them are also Lu Cheng’s colleagues in the underground mines, but they don’t interact much with each other on weekdays. Now it seems that both Cui and Wu are obviously pursuing Zeng Xue. Lu Cheng usually doesn't pay much attention to these things.
“It seems that Tie is late.”
Lu Cheng came according to the time agreed with Xia Bin yesterday, and even had tea in advance. Unexpectedly, they all Everyone has arrived.
"Haha, Junior Brother Tie is still able to keep his composure. We made an appointment yesterday and arrived early today. Our ability to calm down and nourish Qi is really far inferior to that of Junior Brother."
Xia Bin smiled and stepped in to smooth things over.
Zeng Xue’s beauty can be described as natural beauty. The more powerful the cultivator is, the more easily he can cleanse his bones. His body and appearance are far better than ordinary people, but Zeng Xue’s appearance is better than that of ordinary people. The female fairies in the Foundation Establishment Realm are not inferior to each other, and they have always been the ones pursued by the brothers.
When Tie Xiao first came to the mining area, because he was a registered disciple of Jindan Zhenren, Zeng Xue made several subtle advances, but Tie Xiao was as cold as iron and remained unmoved. There was a vague tension between the two.
Xia Bin is already a middle-aged monk in his forties. He has passed the period of admiring his youth. He wants to win over Zhenren Jindan’s registered disciple, and he also wants Zeng Xue’s magical weapon. With help, as long as it can improve the safety and benefits of this exploration, he doesn't mind wasting some words.
“Now that everyone is here, let’s head down. Everyone is familiar with the shallow layer of the vein, but there is nothing good in the shallow layer. Let’s observe and agree on the exploration area as we walk.”
"Speaking of which, it just so happens that there is a martial arts competition between the three sects during this period, and many monks have gone to participate in this event. Otherwise, how would the good things get to us, the low-level monks in the Qi training realm."
Xia Bin said The three sects' martial arts competition refers to the three sects of Xuan Mo Sect, Huan Yun Valley, and Haoran Academy in the Cangyun Mountain Range. They send each other's foundation-building disciples to fight swords and martial arts.
The foundation-building realm is a realm that connects the past and the future. The dangers of sword fighting are controllable, and some skills can be truly seen. Therefore, the martial arts meeting between the three sects will even affect the division of the interests of the three sects in the Cangyun Mountains to a certain extent. In this way, Come, the rewards will be huge.
Foundation-building realm monks who are proud of their ability will participate, and most of the monks from the three sects will also go to observe and learn.
In this way, the number of monks who came down to explore after the Earth Dragon turned over naturally decreased significantly.
What's more, some information about this matter is still closed. The monks who know that every time the earth dragon turns over, there will be high-level spiritual beings appearing. Most of them are monks from the Huanyun Valley mineral vein. They will also consciously reduce the spread of this kind of news. , protect their own interests.
Most people keep secret about how they make money.
But along with the upturning of spiritual objects, there are also many poisonous insects and monsters that originally lived underground. Why does the mineral vein have to rest for a period of time every time the earth dragon turns over?
On the one hand, it is the damage of large equipment, and on the other hand, it is also to give these poisonous insects and monsters time to return to the ground to prevent them from killing miners in large numbers.
Xia Bin, Tie Xiao, Zeng Xue, Cui Zihao and Wu Zhichen, these five people are all late-stage qi-training monks. They are all capable of some skills among the monks in this realm. Based on their past experience, this time they The five people discussed and planned to explore deeper and find more spiritual objects.
A small group like this would not sign a blood oath contract with each other, which was not cost-effective, but since they were all from the same sect, it was somewhat guaranteed.
The five people explored downwards, flying deeper and deeper.
Xia Bin held the tactic in front of his forehead, then pointed at the Qiankun bag at his waist, and summoned an antique bronze mirror, floating beside him.
This second-level magic weapon, the treasure mirror, is actually a high-grade magic weapon. It also has a slight increase in spiritual awareness, aura locking, and certain offensive and defensive functions.
For the vast majority of Qi-training monks, they may never own a high-grade magic weapon in their lifetime, so Xia Bin caressed the mirror with great care.
"My father gave me such a magic weapon in his whole life, but he saved my life several times."
Xia Bin said with emotion as he walked forward.
Hearing this, Zeng Xue curled her lips cryptically. She had always thought highly of herself. Not to mention the second-level high-grade magic weapon, she felt that she would also have the third-level or even the fourth-level high-grade magic weapon in the future.
“Senior Brother Xia’s mirror is unique in its craftsmanship. The materials used and the skill of refining the weapon are both excellent. If used properly, it can be almost close to the best magical weapon.”
Lu Cheng Someone on the side affirmed that in order to refine the natal flying sword, he had put in a lot of hard work in refining the weapon. Although he mainly refined the flying sword, he also had some knowledge of other magical weapons.
"Junior Brother Tie still knows how to refine weapons?"
"Know a little bit about it."
Xia Bin cherishes his treasured mirror very much, although he also feels that his treasured mirror is better than the best. The magic weapon is much different, but half of the best magic weapon is comparable... But he doesn't know how difficult it is "if used properly" as Lu Cheng said.
Cui Zihao and others only thought that Lu Cheng was just talking nonsense to make Senior Brother Xia happy.
Another half hour passed.
"Oh, I found it!"
Suddenly, Xia Bin said this, and then flew over with his sword. He struck several times with his sword light and chopped off a stone.
Using magic power to brush off the clay and lime ashes on it, the stone revealed a faint luster of lapis lazuli.
"It's the third-level spiritual mine, Lapis Lazuli. Congratulations to Senior Brother Xia."
Lu Cheng smiled slightly and congratulated Xia Bin.
"Aha, haha, alas, Junior Brother Tie is laughing."
Such a large piece of lapis lazuli is worth at least a thousand spiritual stones. No wonder Xia Bin is so happy. According to the previous agreement, whoever discovers the spiritual object can One half will be divided, and the other half will be shared equally among the other four people. If there is a special contribution, compensation will be given afterwards.
At this moment, Lu Cheng suddenly looked behind Xia Bin.
Xia Bin was stunned by his sudden change in expression, and then quickly reacted.
Boom!
The rocks suddenly exploded, and a shadow as huge as a bear jumped out from it. The smelly wind immediately enveloped Xia Bin's entire body.
Buzz.
The bronze mirror floating next to Xia Bin suddenly emitted a spiritual light, covering Xia Bin's figure, and the next moment he was knocked away.
“Retreat.”
Lu Cheng raised his hand and shot out a ray of yellow light, forcing the shadow back, trapping it on the stone wall for a moment. Only then did everyone see clearly, this was actually a head. A giant rat as big as a tiger or leopard.
There are a lot of monsters like this in underground mineral veins, but most of them in the areas where human monks are active have been cleared away.
This giant rat has blood stains on its body, and its fur is broken to reveal strong muscles. It looks violent and crazy. It is obviously frightened and traumatized by the previous earth dragon turning over.
Xia Bin's previous behavior of chopping mountains and taking rocks obviously frightened it again.
"Level 3 demon rat, kill it!"
Because of the spiritual light of the treasure mirror protecting his body, Xia Bin was injured but not dead. At this moment, he turned around and said angrily with hatred.
Clang, Clang.
Cui Zihao and Wu Zhichen each used a flying sword to chop at the giant rat. Zeng Xue used a colorful ring and inserted various magic formulas into the colorful ring. Circles made of spiritual energy formed a circle. The ring appeared, then fell down.
“Roar!”
This demon rat was extremely fierce and roared at the two flying swords that were slashing at it.
The majestic demonic energy actually blew away the two Taoist flying swords, and then he ran and moved quickly. Suddenly, most of the spiritual energy rings that fell from the mid-air were knocked down. In the empty space.
Then the demon rat unexpectedly pounced towards Zeng Xue like this.
"Shield, rise."
For low-level monks, beautiful female monks are rare and precious, so although Zeng Xue has not betrayed herself, her opportunity still needs to be There are many more than ordinary monks, and they have a complete set of magical weapons, and they are of good quality.
Bang.
The huge demon rat and the iron shield thrown by Zeng Xue were colliding together. Zeng Xue's figure fell backwards, and the iron shield pressed back.
"Xue'er!" Cui Zihao called out urgently and took out a charm from his sleeve. There was a moment of hesitation and heartache in his eyes, and then he sacrificed it.
Following his movements, the golden light on the spell flashed, and within the fan-shaped area in front of him, countless golden blades suddenly stabbed out of the ground. It's full of sharp coldness like a blade. Just looking at it will make your scalp numb and your hair stand on end without getting close.
Second-level high-grade spiritual talisman, sharp gold talisman.
However, the demon rat was extremely sharp. Before the golden blade under its feet could be pierced, it suddenly jumped away, causing Cui Zihao to waste a second-level high-grade spell.
Then it changed direction and continued to pounce on Zeng Xue's cold iron shield. In a very short period of time, the second-level middle-grade defensive magic weapon was already crumbling.
"Xue'er, retreat to me."
The short and stocky Wu Zhichen also yelled, but at this time Zeng Xue was under the fast attack of a third-level monster. He still has the power to control which direction he goes to escape.
She could only use her full power to control her floating power, and instinctively fell back.
Finally, he suddenly gave up his defensive weapon, stood up with his sword, and fled in a panic in one direction.
"Spirit mirror, take a photo!"
At this time, Xia Bin also took a breath and inserted the magic formula into the magical mirror on the side, shining a spiritual light, trying to suppress the rat demon speed.
Unexpectedly, this rat demon was extremely agile. He ran nimbly several times, dodged the mirror light one after another, and chirped at the same time. He was obviously going crazy.
What frightens the people present even more is that a rat demon is already so difficult to deal with. If it calls more people, how can the people present survive?
“Brother Tie, save me!”
Zeng Xue's pretty face was pale at this time, her mouth was bleeding, and she was panicking. She happened to see the Taoist wearing an iron mask in the direction of her retreat, and she instinctively called for help.
As for this, against the rat demon that roared and ran towards him, the Taoist wearing an iron mask just used a second-level gold from earth.
There is no power to rectify and eliminate evil, but it is the power of the five elements of biochemistry. Under the golden light, the earth belongs to the earth and turns into gold, condensing like fine steel!
Seeing this spell, everyone present was confused. They didn’t know what Tie Xiao was doing when he cast such a spell.
However, when the blood-stained rat demon screamed and rushed closer, at that moment, a stone cone on the top of the cave gradually turned into a pale gold color.
The weight suddenly increased, and the broken rock bottom could no longer be connected. Under the influence of the earth's gravity, the golden cone whizzed down.
“Ah!”
Zeng Xue suddenly burst out with magic power and fled here. She was exhausted, and she screamed and fell to the ground under the pursuit and bite of the rat demon.
However, poof.
Zeng Xue’s face was filled with warmth.
After a while, she gradually recovered from her nervousness and looked in front of her, only to see that the extremely ferocious rat demon had been nailed to death in front of her, with a huge stone stuck in its back. cone.
"How could the foundation-building monster with its copper skin and iron bones be stabbed to death by a stone cone?"
Zeng Xue could not calm down for a moment, and murmured in disbelief.
"Use soil to turn into gold, use sharpness to break the blunt, of course it will kill you."
Lu Cheng stretched out his hand and pulled Zeng Xue up from the ground.
When a Qi-training monk faces a third-level monster, if he is not careful, he will be killed directly in two or three blows. This female cultivator's performance is considered good, at least she can hold on until her magic weapon is destroyed. You know, Lu Cheng I have seen too many monks being killed before they could even sacrifice their magic weapons.
"This spell, this spell is used wonderfully! Especially the timing, you are truly worthy of being a real disciple, I will obey you, Brother Tie."
Xia Bin, Cui Zihao and Wu Zhi Chen Fei escaped, Cui Wu and Wu were busy comforting Zeng Xue, while Xia Bin looked at the dead rat demon and the stone cones on it, and couldn't help but admire that this time he invited Junior Brother Tie Xiao to join the gang. Right people.
Within the mine veins, there were many incidents where broken rocks fell and killed people, but this was the first time Xia Bin saw the monks who used this magic to eliminate demons, and he was amazed.
Actually, this was Lu Cheng’s self-imposed limitation. He felt that he could do this kind of fighting method in Qi training realm, so he used it, but he didn’t expect that he might as well use this skill more often. After all, there are many monks with high magic power, but it is rare to have such a talent for fighting.
.........
That night, Cui Zihao, Wu Zhichen and Zeng Xue wanted to return because of the third-level rat demon during the day.
Although I picked up a piece of lapis lazuli, I almost risked Zeng Xue’s life. Calculated in this way, it seems not worth it.
“Things like this don’t always happen. After so many years of management in our Cangyun Mountain Range, some intelligent monsters have long avoided us and stayed far away. Even if the earth dragon turns around, The number of third-level monsters is not large, but the spirit mine is different.
If you are. If you want to go back, then go back, but Junior Brother Tie and I have to continue going down. Today you have all seen Junior Brother Tie’s Five Elements spell. The use of it is down to the smallest detail. Stay with such people for a while. , maybe you can learn two skills that will be useful in your future life.”
Beside the campfire, Senior Brother Xia Bin said this.
He actually suffered some internal injuries. If he was still young, Xia Bin would definitely return to the sect at this time to nurse his internal injuries so as not to affect his future path.
But it’s different now. He is no longer young. If he doesn’t take advantage of this opportunity to work harder this time, Xia Bin is almost destined to not be able to exchange for the sect’s foundation-building pill, and then his path in this life will be It's come to an end. Therefore, of course he did not want to go back.
"Hiss, that's strange. Master Qinghan from Jiuxia Peak is famous in Qinzhou for his flying needle technique. How can Senior Brother Tie's Five Elements spell be so powerful?"
"Dai Yi" Join the sect, Senior Brother Tie participated in the secret realm trial and joined the sect to become a disciple of Qinghan Zhenren. The monk below was not a casual cultivator but also a monk from a small family. At that time, he had no good skills and techniques to practice, so he could only work harder on these basic spells. Now it seems that Senior Brother Tie His understanding is really amazing!”
"It is difficult for casual cultivators to survive. In the end, all the casual cultivators who survive have unique skills, especially those who can practice to a high level. They are generally better than us sect monks, and their fighting skills are three points more fierce!"
Everyone's words gradually dispelled the fear in their hearts. Under the persuasion of senior brother Xia Bin, the three of them finally decided to continue exploring.
However, Zeng Xue contracted a problem from then on. She always liked to stand next to Tie Xiao. No matter what sweet words or appearance, they were nothing in the great terror between life and death.
The disciples of Zhenren Jindan are indeed much better than ordinary monks, even though Tie Xiao has never used any high-level magic weapons or any exquisite and profound spells from beginning to end.
Just a basic and universal five-element spell can cover everything, control everything, and be unfavorable.
The essence of Lu Cheng's Five Elements Spells is the innate Qi Great Capture, including his Five Directions and Five Elements Hammer.
It’s just that the Five Directions and Five Elements Beating is a modification of the innate Qi Great Capture, turning the power of capture into a concentrated attack. These basic Five Elements spells are prerequisites.
After exploring for half a month, everyone has gained something. They can probably earn about two thousand spirit stones, which is about one-fifth of what is needed to redeem the sect's foundation pill. For practicing It's already a lot of money for a Qi Realm monk.
Xia Bin, Zeng Xue, Cui Zihao, Wu Zhichen and others were satisfied and returned to the sect.
After dividing the spirit stones with the four people, they went their separate ways. The Taoist wearing an iron mask appeared again at the entrance of the mine a moment later, and then his body turned into a sword and escaped quickly. Down.
This time, in just an instant, Lu Cheng had covered the space distance that the five people had fled for half a month. It was not that the golden elixir monk's escape light was so fast, but that the five Qi-training monks had also covered the distance in the underground mining area. He didn't dare to fly away at full speed, and most of his energy was put into searching and defending the surroundings, but with Lu Cheng's magic power, there was no need to do this.
The further underground, the darker the yin energy becomes.
Soon, Lu Cheng arrived deep underground where the previous five people had not reached.
Previously, Lu Cheng had already noticed at the end of the exploration that there seemed to be some abnormalities in the underground Yin Qi. It seemed... too clean.
If he was accompanied by several companions of the Golden Core Realm, Lu Cheng would have already stated that he would explore with everyone, but at that time, he was followed by several minor cultivators of the Qi Training Realm, so Lu Cheng was After the incident was over, he came alone. The deeper he went underground, the more he confirmed that his previous sense of heaven was not wrong. There was indeed something abnormal deep in the underground veins of Magic Cloud Valley.
He kept flying down and used his spiritual consciousness to sense. Although Lu Cheng had not yet mastered the Divine Refining Technique, his spiritual consciousness was actually much higher than that of the early Golden Core monks. He had cultivated the Great Five Elements Earth Ultimate True Fire many years ago. It has the effect of tempering the physical body and warming the spiritual consciousness, but the effect is not very strong and is the result of many years of accumulation.
Now Lu Cheng has been cultivating Taoism for two hundred years. After many years of cultivation, his spiritual consciousness has reached the common level of a monk in the middle stage of Jindan.
At the end of the underground vein, a red light suddenly flew over. After a few circles, it suddenly turned into a human form, but Lu Cheng walked out of it.
In front of me, I saw a strange tree that was as tall as a person, with its roots broken through the rock, growing straight. It was as black as ink, and its wood was delicate. The tree body was surrounded by deep Yin Qi, which almost condensed into liquid. The yin energy absorbed by it surrounded the trunk and branches of the tree, rolling and rolling like clouds. However, it had no elegant posture. Instead, it conveyed a sinister and devouring meaning in silence.
“…This is the soul-nourishing tree and the ghost baby fruit?”
After coming to this world for more than two years, Lu Cheng read through the Dao Zang and completed a lot of knowledge, so he immediately recognized these spiritual objects.
The former is an underground tree demon, also known as the soul-nurturing tree or the ghost baby tree. It is similar to the soul-falling vine grown by eating ghosts, but it is far more powerful than the former by a hundred times.
Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, and the effectiveness of the Ghost Infant Tree is a hundred times greater than that of the Soul-falling Vine, which is only a top-level fourth-level spiritual object.
Wearing the soul-nourishing wood on the body can nourish the soul and spirit of the monks, making the spiritual consciousness slowly grow. It has endless magical effects in healing the soul and injuries. It can also inhabit the soul and ensure that the sanity remains intact.
The Ghost Infant Fruit is also commonly known as the longevity fruit. Taking it can lead to immortality and leads directly to the Yuanying Avenue. Of course, the so-called Nascent Soul condensed from the Ghost Infant Fruit must be at the bottom of the Nascent Soul cultivators, but two thousand years of life is not fake. There are senior monks in this world who have obtained the Ghost Infant Fruit, used it to reverse yin and yang and cultivated the Nascent Soul. The Great Dao, and then guarded the sect for two thousand years to practice and realize Taoism. After a calamity, he repaired it again, and in five hundred years he entered the realm of Yuanshen.
The monks who have cultivated the Ghost Infant Nascent Soul will remain at the first level of the Nascent Soul all their lives and cannot increase their magic power, but they can still study the various arts of immortality, enlightenment and truth, and accumulate Taoist connections. Instead of fighting for one life, they can fight for the avenue of hundreds of generations and achieve immortality.
(End of this chapter)