A few days later.
Tianshou Mountain, back mountain.
Lingxiao Palace, forbidden area.
This is the cave that Zheng Yi specially selected for his own retreat. Not only is the environment beautiful, but the terrain is also difficult and ordinary warriors cannot reach it with physical skills.
The most important thing is that this place is also guarded by formations and is very quiet.
In the quiet valley, there are cliffs all around, like a huge screen carved by uncanny craftsmanship.
The valley is filled with a light mist, lingering like a veil between the rugged rocks.
These strange rocks have different shapes, some are like ferocious giant beasts, and some are like elegant cranes, as if they are telling the story of the years in this quiet environment.
The vegetation in the valley is lush, and exotic flowers and plants shine mysteriously in the weak sunlight.
The sound of gurgling water came from a clear stream. The stream meandered at the bottom of the valley, sparkling like a flowing silver ribbon.
At this time, Zheng Yi was sitting upright on a flat boulder, his eyes closed and his face calm.
As he practiced, the atmosphere around him began to undergo wonderful changes.
At first, a vague wave of mana emanated from his body, gently stirring the flowers and plants around him like a breeze.
Gradually, this mana fluctuation became more intense, as if forming an invisible vortex, and the surrounding mist was slowly drawn into it.
His breath also changed from the initial calm to powerful, like a dull thunder echoing faintly in the valley. Every breath seemed to resonate with the spiritual power between heaven and earth, and the surrounding spiritual power continued to flow towards his body.
His clothes fluttered gently under the surge of spiritual power, and his hair stood straight, as if being pulled by a mysterious force.
There seemed to be a faint halo flickering on his body surface, which was a sign of highly concentrated mana.
As his practice deepened, the flowers and plants around his body seemed to be nourished, becoming more colorful and full of vitality.
His whole body and aura almost blended into the entire valley, like a fairy in a painting.
I don't know how much time passed, but his whole breath became stable again.
The surrounding clouds and mist slowly dissipated, revealing his true appearance.
At this time, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and the surrounding mana quickly condensed, turning into two white dragons and sucking them into his nose at an extremely fast speed.
The aura around him also began to become more stable.
After a few breaths, he slowly opened his eyes.
There are no surprises in this advanced foundation building period.
He did not choose to use the Foundation Establishment Pill to advance, but relied on his own spiritual root qualifications to forcefully break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Fortunately, because of the existence of Tuoba Qingying and others, his spiritual root qualifications have become extremely excellent.
Especially the water attribute spiritual roots have even entered the realm of top-grade spiritual roots.
This also allows him to break through the foundation building without any bottlenecks or difficulties.
Everything falls into place.
After just meditating quietly for a few months, the mana vortex in his body condensed into a liquid state.
The foundation is built.
Later, after some 'warming up' with the invading casual cultivators, he gradually became familiar with the operation of mana during the foundation building period.
After suppressing the rebellion among the scattered cultivators, he continued to retreat to stabilize his cultivation.
After several days of meditation, his cultivation has now become extremely stable.
Foundation building, early stage!
With a thought in his mind, his mind contacted the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror.
Because of the breakthrough in strength, the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror also underwent strange changes.
【Lord: Zheng Yi】
【Talent 1: Yin and Yang】
【Talent 2: Illusion】
【Lifespan: 35/48852】
[Spiritual Roots: Water (Tianling Root 0/100000), Earth (Top Grade 855/10000), Wood (Top Grade 465/10000), Gold (Top Grade 110/10000), Fire (Top Grade 12/10000), Wind (Top Grade/010000) )】
【Mana: 100000/100000】
[Physique: The body of a hundred flowers]
[Comprehensive strength: first level of foundation building]
[Innate Spiritual Energy Progress (Level 2): 0/20 (Banned)]
[Progress of Three Thousand Worlds (Level 2: 10/10 (banned)]
[Upper Bound: Capture...]
Other attributes have not changed much.
The water attribute spiritual root has entered the realm of the best.
The data behind it actually increased to 100,000 points in one breath!
But the strange thing is that after the water attribute spiritual roots grow to the realm of heavenly spiritual roots, they can no longer grow.
Long before, he had tried it with Tuoba Qingying, Cui Xiabing and others.
No matter how long I practice dual cultivation, I can't continue to make breakthroughs.
It was as if Tianlinggen had reached their peak.
Or...the pinnacle of this world?
In addition to the water attribute spiritual roots that have reached the heavenly spiritual roots, the other earth attributes, wood attributes, metal attributes, and even fire attributes and wind attributes have all grown to the top level.
Given time, the spiritual roots of these five attributes may also be able to enter the realm of heavenly spiritual roots.
This also makes his foundation extremely solid.
He can practice exercises and spells of any attribute.
If there are some female dual cultivators with spiritual roots of different attributes, he can still obtain spiritual roots of different attributes!
This thought just flashed through my mind, and then my spiritual thoughts were concentrated at the bottom of the attribute panel.
[Upper Bound: Capture...]
Upper bound?
What is it?
Is it the spiritual world?
Or...a world with a higher level of energy than the Three Thousand Worlds?
Since it is called the upper realm, it proves that it is at least higher than the current Xuan Cang Realm or Cang Lan Realm.
Not to mention immortals or something like that, at least they should be transformed into gods and wander around the ground, and the Nascent Souls should be as numerous as dogs.
I wonder what kind of world it will be?
Capturing...
It seems that in a short period of time, it will be impossible to connect to the upper world.
"Upper Bound, Upper Bound..."
Zheng Yi frowned slightly: "I just don't know, is it related to my breakthrough to the foundation building stage, or is it... that I came into contact with people from the Earth Demon Realm?!"
Earth Demon Realm!
Now the Tyrant Demon Lord who is sealed and suppressed in Qian Huan Glazed Painting comes from the Earth Demon Realm!
A few days ago, after suppressing the Tyrant Demon Lord, he easily subdued Feng Laomo, a foundation-building monk.
According to what he said, this so-called earth demon world once appeared in the world of cultivation thousands of years ago.
At that time, they did not know how to open the passage to the Xuan Cang Realm and invaded on a large scale.
At that time, Xuan Cang Realm still belonged to the era of monk sects, and a war between the two realms was in full swing.
That war lasted for hundreds of years.
Most of the Xuan Cang Realm is almost occupied by people from the Earth Demon Realm.
Seeing that the Xuan Cang Realm was about to be occupied by people from the Earth Demon Realm, people from the Spirit Realm discovered something was wrong and sent monks down to the realm to assist the Xuan Cang Realm monks in resisting the Earth Demon Realm.
With the help of the monks from the spiritual world, it took nearly a hundred years to drive out the people from the earthly demon world.
At the same time, the passages to the Xuan Cang Realm and the Earth Demon Realm were also sealed.
Even some of the demonic techniques currently circulating in the Xuan Cang Realm are rumored to have been spread from the Earth Demon Realm.
"I don't know if this Earth Demon Realm belongs to the 'Upper Realm'?" Zheng Yi murmured: "If the Earth Demon Realm is also an 'Upper Realm', then the Xuan Cang Realm will be in trouble..."
At this moment, his spiritual thoughts moved slightly.
With a wave of his hand, the surrounding clouds and mist dissipated, and a streak of fire flew in with a whoosh.
It exploded suddenly when it was still ten feet away from Zheng Yi, and at the same time Cui Xiabing's familiar voice came out.
"Your Majesty, my concubine and my sister have found out the situation of many casual cultivators and came here to report to you. I wonder if you have left seclusion?"
"A casual cultivator..."
Zheng Yi nodded slightly, stood up and left the place.
This group of casual cultivators is related to the establishment of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty in the future, so it is natural that something must be dealt with.
Outside the forbidden area, there was a woman waiting in a pavilion not far away.
She was wearing a moon-white palace dress, and the gauze was like clouds, dancing with the wind.
The hem of the clothes is like a waterfall, delicate and soft, with a faint luster.
The slender waist is tied with a soft silk belt, and the gracefulness is revealed.
Her face was like finely carved porcelain, warm and smooth.
Her eyebrows are like distant mountains, and her eyes are like autumn water, with depth and agility in her eyes.
The bridge of the nose is straight, the lips are like cherry blossoms, and the slightly raised corners of the mouth reveal a casual smile.
Standing under the pavilion, she seemed to blend in with the flowers, birds, fish and insects around her. She exuded an otherworldly aura, like a fairy walking out of a fairyland.
After years of practice, Cui Xiabing has now reached the peak of Qi training, and is only one step away from building a foundation.
After a period of time, she will also retreat to attack the foundation.
If successful, the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty will have a third foundation-building monk!
Seeing Zheng Yi coming, Cui Xiabing trotted out of the pavilion and said respectfully: "I have met your Majesty~!"
“My beloved concubine, please get up~”
Zheng Yi took her little hand and came to the pavilion. After looking around, he said strangely: "Didn't Ai Fei say that the imperial concubine is also here? Where is she?"
Cui Xiabing said: "My sister waited for a while, but His Majesty left on his own before he came out of seclusion."
"Your Majesty, Sister Qingying has a sweet temperament and is carelessly accustomed to royal rules. I hope you will forgive me."
"I also know everything about the invasion of Tianshou Mountain by loose cultivators a few days ago and how to deal with this group of loose cultivators. Your Majesty can just ask me."
Zheng Yi smiled and said: "I can't help but know her character, that's all. After all, she entered the palace late."
"Can you find out anything about the casual cultivators?"
"Yes."
Cui Xiabing said: "Based on the many casual cultivator ecstasy tests that Sister Qingying gave to surrender, I also learned the general ins and outs."
"This matter was initiated by the Four Ghosts of Shannan, and then contacted Donghai Tieguan Taoist, Snake Chan Brothers, Hua Laomo and other loose cultivators to join forces to plunder my Tianshou Mountain."
"Afterwards, monk families such as the Du family in Beimang Mountain also joined in."
Cui Xiabing said concisely: "In addition to them, there are also foreign monks who call themselves the 'Batian Demon Lord'. They don't know where they come from."
"Several of them said that this Overlord Demon Lord was possessed by Hong Shan, a monk from the overseas Star Island, who practiced unknown secret techniques to possess him."
"The root of everything is actually on Star Island!"
"Star Island..."
Zheng Yi murmured, murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Cui Xiabing said: "That Hongshan is actually the middleman and liaison person of Xingchen Island in my great Yu."
"In addition to Junior Brother Hong Hai, the master of Star Island, his true identity is also one of the people behind the Mayfly Tower in Yuguo."
"The floating island of the fishing country is actually one of the contact points of Xingchen Island in Dayu."
"For thousands of years, it has been monitoring the Da Yu cultivation world and ruling remotely."
Zheng Yi frowned and said: "Star Island is extremely far away from Dayu. Even if a monk in the foundation-building stage flies with all his strength, it will take several years or even ten years!"
"Then what is Hong Hai's purpose? Why would he spend so much manpower and material resources to monitor Dayu?"
"Dayu...is there anything he must get?"
"Or... is it an order from the Earth Demon Realm?"
Zheng Yi couldn't figure it out, but when he thought about the distraction of the Tyrant Demon Lord suppressing the Qianhuan Glazed Painting, he immediately had an idea in his mind.
"Let's put this aside in advance. Can all the surrendered cultivators pass the test?"
Cui Xiabing shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, there are eighty-seven loose cultivators who surrendered this time."
"Among them, fifty-nine people committed murders in our Tianshou Mountain. Only twenty-eight people did not kill anyone, but they also looted a lot of things..."
"Fifty-nine people..."
Zheng Yi's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "Where are the four ghosts in Shannan?"
"Young Linzi and Hong Niang surrendered, and the other two died in the melee that day."
"You Linzi and Hong Niang, Ling Chi, killed the nine tribes!"
Zheng Yi said unceremoniously: "Follow the Shadow Guards and investigate the identity of these two clansmen. All relatives within the nine clans will be killed!"
Rogue cultivators like You Linzi and Hong Niang are alone, but as cultivators, they are bound to provide certain support and protection to their own clan members.
Not to mention bringing him into the world of cultivation, but he can give countless mortal skills, gold and the like at his fingertips.
Only by annihilating all nine clans including You Linzi, Hong Niang and others can we be absolutely safe.
"This..."
Cui Xiabing still hesitated for a moment, and finally said respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty! I will go and deliver the order later."
"What about the other casual cultivators?"
"The rest of the casual cultivators..."
Zheng Yi's eyes flashed slightly and he said: "Those fifty-nine who are guilty of killing monks, trap and kill them all, the Yi tribe!"
"The remaining twenty-eight surrendered monks offered their souls and lit the soul fire."
"Those who don't follow will be killed!"
After saying this, Zheng Yi added: "First let the twenty-eight surrendered monks offer their souls and light the soul fire."
"Let them go and kill those fifty-nine monks again, do you understand?"
Cui Xiabing said with a serious expression: "I obey the decree!"
But she still hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, among these fifty-nine monks there are many who are in the late stage of Qi training and even family monks. Is it a bit... wasteful to kill them like this?"
"Oh? What do you think of my concubine?"
"Your Majesty, why don't you let them sacrifice their souls to ignite the soul fire? So far, they are all under the control of our Great Yu Immortal Dynasty. You can command them as much as you like and let them serve for my Great Yu Immortal Dynasty..."
Zheng Yi shook his head indifferently and said: "Ordinary people can indeed forgive, but these monks absolutely cannot forgive!"
"I am just doing this to scare the monkeys!"
"Only by using thunder to kill this group of casual cultivators who committed the crime of treason, can I kill the twenty-eight surrendered cultivators and shock the entire Dayu cultivation world!"
Zheng Yi's tone was full of murderous intent.
"From now on, I want the entire Dayu cultivation world to be shrouded under my orders!"
"Also, after killing this group of casual cultivators, Zhu Fengyunzi led these twenty-eight casual cultivators to wipe out the Du family in Beimang Mountain, the He family in Qingyun Mountain, and the Zhou family in Louguan Mountain. Stay!”
"Don't surrender? Then go die!"
"I, my concubine... obey your order!" (End of Chapter)