Chapter 72 The Secret Realm of Dongting
Wei Zhong came out of seclusion. When Xie Linghua saw Wei Zhong’s figure, she immediately stood up and said in surprise: "Master!"
Wei Zhong smiled at him and looked to the side. Ling Ziwei thanked: "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Ling, for protecting the Dharma these days."
"You're welcome," Ling Ziwei asked immediately, "Is it successful, Fellow Daoist Wei?"
"Of course it is. Well, thanks to the more than one hundred Bailing Water Stones brought by Fairy Ling, otherwise the hundred collected by Pindao would not be enough.”
"It's good if it's done. Fellow Taoist, do you need Qianling Water Stone to enter that critical realm?"
Wei Zhong shook his head slightly: "This matter is not urgent. The poor Taoist still wants to practice for a while and try. Let’s enter the late stage of foundation building first, and then consider this matter after strengthening a bit.”
Ling Ziwei was slightly disappointed: “That fellow Taoist is practicing first, and he will definitely come to find my concubine after he reaches the late stage of foundation building.
I know that there are Qianling Water Stones in several secret places. When the time comes, my fellow Taoist will definitely gain a lot from it.”
Wei Zhong felt it was a bit funny. He cupped his hands and said: "I will definitely go nagging the fairy then.
In addition, the Bailing and Qianling Water Stones this time, please ask fellow Taoist to give a reasonable price. After all, they are resources within the Ling family. If they are given to me in vain, I am afraid that the elders of the Ling family will be very critical of fellow Taoist. "
Ling Ziwei pondered for a moment: "That's fine. Fellow Taoist Bailing Shui Shi can just pay the market price. The price can be offset by spirit stones or elixirs.
As for the Qianling Water Stone, I don’t need it. I got it from my brother, and it is considered a friendly gift from me. "
Wei Zhong shook his head: "This is not possible. Qianling Water Stone is not an ordinary object. How can you just give it away. If it doesn’t work out, then I will return it to fellow Taoist Ling Hua. "
After saying this, he handed over a storage bag to him: "It contains thousands of low-grade spiritual stones, as well as various levels of Qi-nourishing pills, Heqi pills and other pills, all of which are monks' Various commonly used elixirs. ”
Ling Ziwei had no choice but to take the storage bag: "Then I will follow you, fellow Taoist, this matter is over, I will leave first."
After saying that, without waiting for Wei Zhong to reply, he controlled the flying sword to transform. He left with a start.
Xie Linghua chuckled: "The master really doesn't understand the style."
Wei Zhong rolled his eyes at her and asked: "Tell me, do you have anything important to do during these days of seclusion? ”
Speaking of which, it only took Wei Zhong half a month to cast his spirit body this time, and the "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Technique" greatly accelerated this process.
Xie Linghua then talked about the arrival of Taoist Qingze.
‘Qingze asked me to make elixirs? ’
‘Is it the second-level realm-breaking pill? ’
Wei Zhong couldn’t help but think of the spiritual fruit he had obtained in the tide.
Sure enough, less than seven days later, Taoist Qingze rushed to Yunxia Island again.
"Fellow Daoist Wei, I'm looking forward to seeing you out of seclusion," Taoist Qingze, dressed in a yellow robe, stepped onto the spirit island on the back of a spirit turtle.
Wei Zhong looked at the turtle at his feet. It was the one that appeared while watching the tide and grabbing treasures a few days ago.
Immediately admired: "Fellow Taoist Qingze's beast control skills are really profound, he can control so many second-level spirit beasts."
"Haha, it's just a small skill, Taoist Wei. That spiritual bird is also extraordinary, but Ling is very greedy.”
Hearing this, Jiucai on the branch opened his eyes, took a look at Qingze with a stubble on his face, and then closed them again. Rest your eyes.
Wei Zhong laughed and invited him to sit down in the pavilion on the edge of the cliff.
He poured a glass of spiritual wine for him and asked: "I heard that my fellow Taoist asked me to make an elixir. I wonder what elixir it is?"
Qingze drank the spiritual wine in the cup in one gulp: "The second-level realm-breaking elixir, fellow Taoist, can be confident."
'It is indeed the case. '
Wei Zhong pondered for a moment: "The elixir suitable for breaking through from the middle to the late stage of foundation building is not child's play, and I only have a 50% chance of becoming a pill."
Wei Zhong stretched out his five fingers and answered like this.
Unexpectedly, when Qingze heard this, he replied with some surprise: "That's enough.
I have collected a sufficient amount of elixir, and I can hand it over to the Taoist priests. I don’t know what kind of reward you need for making the elixir?”
Wei Zhong was greatly surprised, but he still expressed his request: “I don’t need the spirit stone, but after the spirit elixir is refined, if there is one, There are many, I need to pick one of them."
Qingze clapped his hands: "No problem."
Wei Zhong was a little uncomfortable with Qingze being so cheerful. In the past, when had he not bargained with others for any kind of rare elixir?
The two of them pushed cups and changed cups. Wei Zhong asked with a bit of curiosity:
"Pindao heard that fellow Taoist came to see me a few days ago, but Pindao has many retreats. Day. Why didn’t Fellow Taoist find another alchemy master to refine this elixir?”
When asked, Qingze felt a little angry:
“It’s all Zhu Shen’s fault. , this person is really petty, and he must retaliate. Last time he had a conflict with him while watching the tide
When I needed to make alchemy, I didn't know what method I used, and no alchemist nearby was willing to accept the commission.
Those who have the courage to accept the commission of this elixir have a very low success rate, far inferior to fellow Daoist Wei. ”
Wei Zhong then realized that it was this reason. It seems that Zhu Shen had a deep misunderstanding of Qingze about watching the tide and grabbing the treasure.
Of course, he was among them. The reason is.
“Ahem, if you need alchemy in the future, you can come and find it. As long as a poor Taoist has time, he will not disappoint fellow Taoist Qingze. ”
"Then thank you Daoist Fellow Wei."
After drinking and having fun, Qingze left the elixir needed for making alchemy and turned around to leave.
Wei Zhong agreed with him that he would come to collect the elixir in ten days.
Then Wei Zhong carried the elixir to the cave and took out a water-blue pill furnace.
This alchemy furnace is a special alchemy furnace customized by Wei Zhong for the water alchemy method. It is not the traditional use of spiritual fire for alchemy.
Wei Zhong took out the Yuan Shui Bead that had been condensed for a long time. The black water droplets are the size of a palm, as black as ink, and the smooth surface has a bright black luster.
At this time, the Yuan Shui Bead has reached the top grade among second-order magical instruments, which is much higher than the general second-order high-grade magical instruments on the market.
If Wei Zhong is a pill-forming monk at this moment, he can refine it a little and upgrade it to the third level to become a magic weapon.
Stuff the Yuan Shui Bead into the lower layer of the alchemy furnace, and this will be Wei Zhong's "spiritual fire".
The Yuan Shui Bead is originally a highly concentrated form of water spiritual power. It is just right to use this to temper the spiritual liquid or turn it into a pill.
Moreover, as Wei Zhong's natal magical weapon, he is even more handy and is quite proficient in refining elixirs.
Taking out the elixirs left by Qingze, Wei Zhong placed them on the ground in categories, and then refined them one by one according to the order.
It took a long time to refine the alchemy this time, mainly because Wei Zhong did not refine the second-level realm-breaking elixir very much. He only practiced it once for a fellow foundation builder three years ago.
Although it was a pill that time, it only turned out to be one, and it was still a low-grade pill, not of much use.
So I was a lot more cautious this time and tried to make sure there were no mistakes in the early stage.
In one day, more than half of the alchemy process has passed. The spiritual liquid is continuously concentrated in the furnace and is about to become an elixir.
Wei Zhong's eyes flashed, and he pointed at the bottom of the furnace. Suddenly, the Yuan Shui beads began to spin crazily, and the rolled up spiritual energy cyclone began to compress the spiritual fluid in the furnace.
"Come together."
Wei Zhong slapped the furnace lid, and three pills shot out instantly. Wei Zhong's spiritual power condensed into a big hand and he took it into his palm.
"There are three Cheng Dan, all of which are mid-grade. Not bad, not bad, a lot better than last time."
Wei Zhong accepted one with satisfaction and put the other two away in jade bottles.
Going out of seclusion, he summoned Xie Linghua, put the elixir bottle in his hand, and told him to hand it over to him when Taoist Qingze arrived.
Then the figure flashed and disappeared.
"The master is really diligent!" Xie Linghua sighed, put away the elixir bottle and retreated.
However, what he didn't know was that Wei Zhong did not return to the training room for retreat at all, but used the breath gathering technique and the invisibility technique to leave Yunxia Island.
When the island was far out of sight, Wei Zhong took out a fiery red second-level flying sword, changed into a set of black robes, and wore a magical wine gourd at his waist.
When I touched my face with my hand, it suddenly changed into a different look.
Looking through the river, it seems to be somewhat similar to the previous Sanxiu Majiachu River.
Stepping on the flying sword, Wei Zhong flew straight in one direction. This time he made an appointment with his colleagues to explore the secret realm of Dongting together, and he couldn't miss the appointment.
Flying to a small island in the river, Wei Zhong put away his sword and dropped it.
The island is not big, only about ten feet square. Because it is often flooded by the river, there are no plants on the island. There is only some dark green moss on the sand and stones.
There is a stone pavilion on the island. There are four people waiting in the pavilion. Some of them have familiar faces, while others are strange to Wei Zhong.
Seeing Wei Zhong fall, the young Taoist with a youthful look laughed suddenly: "Fellow Taoist Song, I have been waiting for you."
Then he pointed at Wei Zhong and introduced to everyone: "This This is Taoist friend Song Zhong, who has explored many secret realms with me. In order to be safe on this exploration trip, I specially invited him to join me.”
The name of this young Taoist is Lan Fangyi, nicknamed Xugu. He was a fellow Foundation Builder who Wei Zhong had known over the past eight years and was a mid-level practitioner.
"Fellow Taoist Lan, our exploration of the secret realm this time is extremely important. Isn't it inappropriate to invite such a fellow Taoist who is in the early stage of foundation building?" asked another one of the four.
This man, Wei Zhong, looked unfamiliar. He looked like an old man who was half a century old. His hair and beard were gray, his face was full of wrinkles, and his eyes were slightly protruding, making him look a bit angry and ferocious.
“Hmph,” the other person next to him was immediately confused after hearing what he said, “Fellow Daoist Song is not an ordinary early stage foundation builder, and his fighting skills may not be any worse than you, Old Monster Tan.
Besides, Pindao is also in the early stage of foundation building. If you say this, you are looking down on me, Mou Yuanfeng."
"Ahem," Lan Fangyi tried to smooth things over and said to Wei Zhong, "This is Tan Bo. Fellow Daoist Tan, who is in the middle stage of foundation building, is good at the first-hand formation
His heart is outspoken, so fellow Taoist Song should not take his words to heart. "
Wei Zhong glanced at Tan Bo, and then said to Lan Fangyi: "Fellow Taoist Xu Gu, rest assured, I am not such a narrow-minded person.
In addition, it seems that this exploration of the secret realm is unusual, so I would like to ask Fellow Taoist Xu Gu to explain in detail. "
" Let Fellow Daoist Shang explain this matter. After all, it was Fellow Daoist Shang who discovered the secret place. "
Wei Zhong followed Lan Fangyi's gaze and looked at the fourth person who had never spoken. This person's name was Shang Mengchun, who was in the middle stage of foundation building.
He is thin and slightly shorter than ordinary people. The large Taoist robe draped on his body is quite funny.
But Wei Zhong has never judged people by their appearance. He is also not an ordinary monk. He can even be said to be a weirdo among casual cultivators.
Having practiced Taoism for more than a hundred years, he is not only a second-level talisman master, but also a second-level array master and weapon refiner. He also has countless other first-level cultivation skills.
In total, he even has more skills than Wei Zhong. The only shortcoming is that it seems to have been involved in too many fields, resulting in lack of mastery. Among the three second-level skills, only Fu Dao is worthy of praise, and the other two are mediocre in strength.
"In this case, let me explain it.
A few days ago, when Pindao was exploring alone, he found a secret place in the Dongting Secret Realm, where the forbidden connections have formed a formation. I found a plant in it. Xuanming grass is estimated to be about a thousand years old. "
"Xuanming grass, is it the Xuanming grass needed to refine the dust-falling pill?"
Wei Zhong was shocked. As a second-level pill? Master, Wei Zhong naturally knows this one of the spiritual herbs used to refine the third-level elixir Dust Falling Pill.
As for Dust Falling Pill, as one of the elixirs that can increase the chance of a Foundation-Building monk forming a pill, it is sought after by countless Foundation-Building monks.
"Yes, it is this grass. I saw that this spiritual grass is two feet tall and has more than ten nodules on the stem. It is definitely more than a thousand years old and can be used to refine the Dust Falling Pill."
As soon as these words came out, the hearts of several monks present instantly became hot.
Even Lan Fangyi, who has known about this for a long time, is no exception.
"Why didn't fellow Taoist gather the elixir and instead invited me to wait?"
Shang Mengchun's thin face blushed slightly: "I, I was also attracted by a group of elixirs at the beginning. The beast chased him, and he accidentally discovered the location of the spiritual grass while running away in panic.
Moreover, the spiritual grass was in a residual formation, and the strength of the formation below was not enough to break it, so Taoist Fellow Tan was invited. "
"Here, fellow Daoist Shang, can you tell me more about the spirit beast and the formation? Such vague expressions, I don't trust you all to go with me," Wei Zhong said, spreading his hands.
"Fellow Daoist Song Zhong, let me talk about this," Lan Fangyi interrupted when he saw that Shang Mengchun couldn't express himself clearly.
"The group of monsters that were chasing Daoist Shang were a group of white eyebrows. Most of the red monkeys are at the first level, and only a few are at the second level.
The reason why fellow Daoist Shang was chased by it was because he accidentally broke into its territory. This time we will proceed with caution, and there is a high probability that we will be able to avoid this gregarious monster.
In addition, the formation mentioned by Fellow Daoist Shang is a fourth-order residual formation. "
"Fourth level? "Wei Zhong said in shock.
The fourth level corresponds to the Yuanying level, and several foundation builders who want to plot the spiritual objects in it are simply desperate.
See "Song Zhong" With the intention of retreating forever, Lan Fangyi quickly added:
"Fellow Daoist Song, please be patient. Although this formation is at the fourth level, it is already dilapidated.
Its rank has already fallen, and now it is not too much to call it a third-order broken formation.
My fellow Taoists and I have prepared the second-order Forbidden Breaking Cone. With the formation attainments of Fellow Daoist Shang and Fellow Daoist Tan, we can slowly figure it out. It is entirely possible to obtain the thousand-year-old Xuanming Grass.
And the place where the thousand-year-old Xuanming Grass can be born can't be a mortal place. Maybe there are even rarer spiritual objects waiting for us. "
After hearing his explanation, Wei Zhong's face became a little better.
"It's a pity that we failed to collect the third-order forbidden cone, otherwise this matter could have gone smoothly. How many points," Shang Mengchun said with some regret.
Wei Zhong's heart moved.
‘The third level forbidden cone, I have this thing myself. ’
I earned spiritual stones in the past few years and prepared some weird gadgets.
This forbidden cone is one of them. It can quickly open a breach in the third-level formation. It is an extremely useful tool for dealing with trapped formations.
The only drawback is that it is expensive and is a one-time thing.
However, Wei Zhong did not make a sound to take it out. There were not many Wei Zhongs, only two. They had to be used to save lives and could not be wasted here.
Since these people are so confident, let’s follow their plan.
"It's okay. I'm here. If you don't believe that we can't take down the remaining formation," Tan Bo was full of confidence. "But I have made it clear. When the time comes, I will do my best, and the treasures will have to be divided." I’ll give you half of it.”
Lan Fangyi retorted upon hearing this: “Fellow Taoist Tan is a bit greedy in wanting to share most of it. Where does this leave the four of us to divide the treasure according to our respective contributions? Come on, if fellow Taoist can really contribute most of it by then, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to give most of it to fellow Taoist.”
As soon as this was said, the other three people, including Wei Zhong, all nodded.
"I wonder when we will set off? Are there other fellow Taoists going with us?" Wei Zhong asked at the right time.
Lan Fangyi shook his head: "Fellow Taoist Song is the last one, and I was just waiting for fellow Taoist to arrive. Without further ado, how about I set off right away?"
"Yes."
“Yes.”
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The four of them had no objections, and drove towards the entrance of the Dongting Secret Realm in various ways.
Luohe Mansion is different from Mangyuan Mansion in that it not only has a wider area, but also has many secret realms, and there are also things like the Dongting Secret Realm that are open all year round.
"I heard that many secret realms have disappeared in recent years. Do you fellow Taoists know the reasons?" Wei Zhong asked curiously.
Shang Mengchun heard the words and replied: "Most of the secret realms mentioned by fellow Taoist Song are too broken, and their own space is not stable, so they are directly absorbed by this world.
It does not disappear, but becomes a part of this world. "
"Oh? "
'I didn't expect to hear a similar explanation here to the one I heard in Mangyuan Mansion before.'
"Did Fellow Daoist Song come from other cities? My Luohe Mansion has not broken many secret realms in recent years," Tan Bo asked tentatively.
"Where did I come from? I won't bother Taoist Tan to worry about it. Instead of asking about what happened next, you might as well think about how to deal with the remaining formation later. The second-order forbidden cones prepared by fellow Daoist Shang are not many. ”
"Huh." Tan Bo groaned and stopped asking.
While talking, Wei Zhong and others approached the entrance of the Dongting Secret Realm.
This entrance is located in a large waterfall that stretches for several miles in the Luo River, hidden behind the flowing water of the waterfall.
The secret realm is open all year round, and no one charges for enclosing the land.
When the five people arrived, there were monks coming in and out of the surrounding area.
The other four people used their own methods to pass through the waterfall. Wei Zhong used the Black Water Spirit Clothes to spread outwards and easily lift up the falling water of the waterfall.
This is a change that Wei Zhong discovered after he practiced it to a proficient level. The film formed by the Black Water Spirit Clothes is no longer limited to the body surface, but can spread outward to form various shapes.
In addition, it also has the ability to resist water.
Crossing the waterfall, what follows is not a mountain rock, but a gray-white space passage.
The five people stepped across together, and the surrounding scene changed instantly.
A feeling of dizziness hit Wei Zhong's mind. It took a few breaths before he got better. He opened his eyes and looked around, seeing a small group of buildings.
There are monks coming and going among them, and the sound of selling and shouting is endless.
There is no fairy atmosphere at all, but it looks a bit like a mortal market.
This is the resting place built by the monks in the secret realm.
The five people walked out of the teleportation array at their feet and started to move away from this place in one direction.
After flying for half a day, Wei Zhong and others were close to their destination.
Shang Mengchun pointed to a piece of red forest in front and said:
"The autumn maple forest in front is where the group of white-browed red monkeys live. Please be careful, don't be fooled. The group of monkeys discovered it."
Everyone withdrew their magic swords and dropped them to the ground.
Wei Zhong put away the magic sword and used part of the breath-containing technique. I didn't dare to hold my breath with all my strength, for fear of causing other people's associations.
Tan Bo looked back at Wei Zhong in surprise, never expecting that this young monk in the early stage of foundation building could have such ability.
Shang Mengchun took out four talismans and handed them to everyone.
"This is a top-grade breath-holding talisman. I give it to all fellow Taoists." Then he glanced at Wei Zhong and asked, "Fellow Taoist Song is still the norm. You don't need this thing anymore, right?"
< br>Wei Zhong nodded.
‘The breath-containing effect of this talisman is barely similar to the breath-containing technique I am using at the moment, so naturally there is no need to put much effort into using it. ’
Tan Bo shook the spiritual talisman on his hand: "The first-level breath-containing talisman is not enough to avoid those group of foundation-building spirit beasts."
Shang Mengchun retorted: "If Taoist fellow Tan has a better method of concentrating on breath, , you can take it out and share it with everyone, even if it is included in the contribution.”
“Okay, okay,” Lan Fangyi took out five more brown bottles from his hand, “These are. This is a special beast-repelling incense for this group of monkeys. Please apply it on your body.
With this thing and the breath-absorbing talisman of Fellow Daoist Shang, you will be much more confident when passing through this place."< br>
Wei Zhong found out that there was some kind of black powder in the bottle, which gave off a pungent smell.
Keep the black water spirit clothes on your body until it is a thin and transparent layer, and pour the powder in the bottle from the beginning.
The five of them got ready and headed towards the autumn maple forest.
Wei Zhong heard the rumor of Shang Mengchun: "This group of white-browed red monkeys, led by the second order, covers most of the territory in the autumn maple forest.
I'm just waiting for you. You need to be careful to avoid the territory of the monster beasts before heading to that secret place.
Please be careful not to cross this creek. ”
Shang Mengchun pointed to a stream at his feet and said.
Wei Zhong looked up into the sky, and sure enough he saw a red-haired monkey jumping around on the treetops above his head, but he still had no intention of crossing the stream.
"The one above everyone's head is the white-browed red monkey. The one with white eyebrows is the first level, but if you see a monkey with yellow eyebrows, you should be careful.
There is a high probability that it is a second-level existence, the same level as you and me.
If you can, avoid it. Don't conflict with it unless it is absolutely necessary. If it entangles a large number of people of the same race, it will be very difficult. Escaped from its hands ”
Shang Mengchun kept reminding everyone while leading the crowd.
After walking an unknown distance, everyone came to a fragmented mountain forest. The trees here had become very sparse, and they could only hear the occasional roar in the distant forest.
Pointing to a narrow passage in the mountain forest, Shang Mengchun led everyone inside.
Not long after the five people entered, a majestic monkey about one foot tall walked out of the forest. Different from Shang Mengchun's description, his eyebrows have completely turned golden, and the hair on his body is also red and shiny, like a burning flame.
(End of this chapter)