txolops Chapter 2227 Foundation Building
Chapter 2227 Foundation Building
Chapter 2227 Foundation Building
The clouds gathered, blocking out the last ray of moonlight.
Qin Sang lowered his head and walked into the attic. He poured wine for Master Tongshen and Mr. Lu, then stood quietly by and listened to their conversation.
What he was thinking about in his mind was the "Heavenly Demon Form Refining" technique.
Unexpectedly, entering this illusion actually pointed him in the direction of "The Heavenly Demon Refining Form".
Because he was unable to split himself into two bodies, Qin Sang chose to major in the "Purple Star Sword Sutra", but that did not mean he would give up the "Heavenly Demon Refining Form". After all, everything above the fusion stage was uncertain, and it was unknown which path he would take at that time. Maybe he would switch to majoring in the "Heavenly Demon Refining Form" and embark on the path of strength.
Even if we don't consider the improvement of strength from practicing both the Dharma and the body, according to what Ghost Mother said before, the spirit, energy and spirit will be of great benefit to future breakthroughs. As long as his energy allows, he will definitely do his best to improve himself.
However, after learning that the way of the ancient demon cultivators was to send their demon souls to stars, Qin Sang had another layer of hidden worries.
Why did the demon race in later generations almost completely abandon this path? Are there some huge disadvantages and hidden dangers?
Even the demon clan has given up, so it doesn't seem wise for me to continue practicing "The Heavenly Demon Form Refining".
The demon cultivators of later generations will also cultivate Dharma images during the Refining Void Stage. I wonder what kind of changes will occur after breaking through the Fusion Stage.
In case the future path is not feasible, perhaps he can turn to practice the methods of demon cultivation in later generations. Therefore, he will not give up "The Heavenly Demon Refining Form" before breaking through the fusion stage.
Qin Sang's thoughts were in a mess, and he always felt like he was seeing flowers in the fog. He didn't know whether the illusion could give birth to powerful people in the fusion stage or even the Mahayana stage, and how they would exist.
In the world of cultivating immortals, those who have entered the fusion stage are considered powerful, with great magical powers and can already touch the great Dao. If this illusion could create a lifelike powerful being in the fusion stage, it would be too against the will of heaven, and the difficulty of breaking the illusion would be unimaginable.
Now, Qin Sang dared not treat this place as a pure illusion anymore. There must be many secrets hidden here, waiting for him to discover. If he really met a powerful demon cultivator in the Star Soul Realm, he might have a chance to ask him for advice.
In this case, he also has to pick up the "Heavenly Demon Refining Form" technique and disguise himself as an ancient demon cultivator. It will definitely be safer in this situation, and he can also get information from the demon clan, which will also help in finding Liuli.
But doing so would require half of your energy to be diverted, and your strength would improve even more slowly.
While thinking about these questions in his mind, Qin Sang did not forget to prick up his ears and eavesdrop on the conversation between Master Tongshen and Mr. Lu.
Seeing that Master Tongshen did not avoid this little disciple at all, Mr. Lu knew that Qin Sang was highly valued by Master Tongshen, so except for the most crucial secrets communicated through telepathy, he would tell everything else directly.
"After bidding farewell to my fellow Taoist, I went to Lingkong Mountain. Without much effort, I was able to find out a lot of information. Almost all the Golden Eagle cultivators responsible for guarding the territory received the same order. They posted portraits everywhere to look for those people..."
Mr. Lu said as he drank.
Lingkong Mountain does not refer to a single mountain, but an entire huge mountain range located in the northeast of Yuanjing Mountain. It is where the entire Golden Eagle tribe lives.
Lingkong Mountain is very vast. The deeper you go, the stronger the Golden Eagle Clan cultivators become. Except for the powerful Star Soul Realm cultivators who are rarely seen, it is said that the dojo of the Golden Eagle Clan's Dharma Realm cultivators are all deep in Lingkong Mountain.
Yuanjing Mountain is located on the outskirts of Lingkong Mountain, and the Golden Eagle Clan only sent a little eagle king in the Lingming realm to guard it.
"Oh? Did those fellow Taoists cause a big disturbance in Lingkong Mountain?"
Master Tongshen thought to himself that these people could escape unscathed after causing such a big disturbance in Lingkong Mountain, which was probably not something they could intervene in.
I was encouraged by my disciple and became a little impulsive.
"No, Lingkong Mountain has always been very stable! But the order was indeed issued from deep inside Lingkong Mountain."
Mr. Lu's expression became more serious. "These few days, I invited a few friends from the Golden Eagle Clan to a party. One of them revealed a piece of news during the banquet. The source of this order is likely to be the Phoenix Clan!"
"Phoenix Clan?"
Master Tongshen put down his wine glass, looking surprised.
Mr. Lu nodded, "This fellow Taoist has a strong background, and his information should be credible. If those people offended the Golden Eagle Clan, the Golden Eagle Clan would definitely send out the strong men in the clan to hunt them down. Now they are just posting portraits, and they don't see any big fights, which means that the Golden Eagle Clan doesn't take it too seriously. Maybe they drifted here from the Phoenix Clan."
"not necessarily!"
Master Tongshen said in a sad tone, "Perhaps there has been an undercurrent behind us for a long time, and we are still unaware of it! Blame me for being a little rash. We jumped into the whirlpool without knowing anything, and I am afraid we will get burned!"
His and Mr. Lu's backgrounds are only slightly stronger than those of the casual cultivators, and the strength and power of their fellow Taoist friends are also similar. Openly opposing the Golden Eagle Clan is tantamount to hitting a rock with an egg, let alone the Phoenix Clan.
Mr. Lu was shocked when he heard this. "Fellow Daoist, do you mean someone wants to lure the snake out of its hole? If we stop now, I'm afraid it will be too late..."
It turned out that Mr. Lu had met a fellow human Taoist in Lingkong Mountain. The sect of that human cultivator was located at the northern foot of Lingkong Mountain.
There are some small tribes’ territories between the territories of the Golden Eagle Tribe and the Phoenix Tribe. Those small tribes are completely dependent on the Phoenix Tribe and obey the Phoenix Tribe’s orders. Therefore, Lingkong Mountain can barely be considered to be bordering the Phoenix Tribe’s territory.
The human cultivator was entrusted by Mr. Lu to go and investigate, but he had already returned to the mountain gate, and it was too late to call him back now. The two places were separated by Lingkong Mountain, so it was even more unsafe to send a talisman letter.
There was an uneasy atmosphere in the room, and Qin Sang's thoughts were deeper than they thought.
The Phoenix Clan was also a super clan in ancient times. Only a few large clans such as the Dragon Clan could compete with the Phoenix Clan. The only one who was superior to the Phoenix Clan was the Demon Star!
If a powerful being in the fusion stage emerges in the illusion, it is very likely that the powerful being has sensed something unusual and is looking for the intruder.
"Perhaps I am overthinking! In that case, let's wait for the news from that Taoist friend before making a decision," Master Tongshen comforted him, "However, we must remind Brother Kui and the others that they must be more careful in their next actions."
To rescue those people, it would take more than just the two of them, so Mr. Lu contacted a few more friends.
"That's right," Mr. Lu nodded, looking around, "I often have Taoist friends visiting me, and there are many people and eyes. Taoist friends like quietness and don't attract attention. From now on, you will be the one to contact me."
Master Tongshen said "OK", and then the two of them had a secret conversation for a while, and then Mr. Lu said goodbye and left.
Watch Mr. Lu fly out of the mountain.
A trace of worry flashed across Master Tongshen's eyes, and he sighed softly, "My disciple, do you now understand the dangers of the world of immortal cultivation?"
Qin Sang blamed himself, "It's all my fault for causing trouble and putting my master in danger!"
Seeing that Qin Sang really understood and was so clear about worldly affairs, Master Tongshen's mood suddenly improved greatly. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, my disciple. Even if the sky falls, Master will hold it up! Even a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Your brother is going down the mountain this time to find another place for Master. We can't afford to offend him, but we can hide from him. At worst, Master will settle you down and go to find the paradise opened up by the descendants of the gods and the strong men of the human race, and then take you there. You don't have to be afraid of these monsters anymore!"
After Mr. Lu left, Yuanjing Mountain returned to peace. The crisis they were worried about did not come, and Qin Sang lived a peaceful life at the mountain gate.
Master Tongshen originally wanted to go to the mortal world to seek opportunities, but he accidentally met Qin Sang, so he interrupted his travels and did not plan to go down the mountain again.
Qin Sang's meditation room is next to Master Tongshen, who often comes out of seclusion to give guidance to Qin Sang.
Under Qin Sang's repeated insistence, Master Tongshen finally gave in and taught him the most basic alchemy techniques.
Originally, Master Tongshen was worried that Qin Sang was learning alchemy in order to seek quick success with the help of external objects, but he didn't expect to give him an even bigger surprise.
It turned out that this disciple had a higher talent in alchemy than in practicing. Qin Sang could understand 80% to 90% of the several secret books on alchemy that he had carefully selected after Qin Sang explained them once. After asking him, his master, a few questions, he could fully understand them.
You know, Qin Sang has just started practicing, and even the most basic alchemy technique is beyond Qin Sang's level.
Master Tongshen had never seen such an enchanting disciple. When he thought that as his disciple's cultivation level became higher and higher, he might have nothing left to teach him, he couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.
Due to Qin Sang's extraordinary performance, Master Tongshen unprecedentedly drew the earth's fire and opened up a small fire room for him, allowing him to personally refine the elixir to see if his talent was really that high.
Of course, he asked Qin Sang to refine the most basic elixirs, mostly powders and nectars, and he could use any medicinal materials he wanted.
Qin Sang's performance certainly did not disappoint. He showed part of the elixir he refined to Master Tongshen, and the other part went into his stomach.
In addition to the elixirs carefully prepared by Master Tongshen to strengthen the body and replenish the essence, with the help of the elixirs, Qin Sang's cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, and he soon entered the third level of the Qi Refining Period. In the eyes of Master Tongshen, cultivation and alchemy go hand in hand, not only will they not interfere with each other, but they will also complement each other in the future.
Of course, this is according to what later generations said. Qin Sang is still at the first level of Yuan Jingshan's basic skills.
Like the demon race, the realm divisions of the human race in ancient times were also very different from those in later generations.
The human race has four realms: refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness and refining emptiness into the Dao. These roughly correspond to the demon race's Lingming realm, transformation realm, Dharma realm and Star Soul realm.
From this we can see that the evolution of the world of immortal cultivation has gone through a long process, and later generations of immortal cultivators have summarized a complete and reasonable practice system. What should be done in each realm and what is the key to breaking through to the next realm are all clear and summarized from the experience of countless predecessors.
There was also the concept of foundation building in ancient times, which was included in the realm of refining essence into Qi. Successful foundation building was equivalent to the foundation building period in later generations, but before that one could only explore on one's own, and there was no distinction between the thirteen levels of Qi refining period.
In the fire room.
"It's just an ordinary iron ring..."
Qin Sang had just finished refining a batch of medicine and was sitting beside the alchemy cauldron, playing with the Qianjun Ring in his hand.
His cultivation was too low. Qin Sang's cultivation and spiritual awareness could not support him to continue refining pills. He even needed the help of the magic circle engraved on the alchemy cauldron by Master Tongshen if he wanted to control the temperature.
He made some disguises and the appearance of the Qianjun Ring changed drastically.
Qin Sang has already started practicing. In his perception, the Qianjun Ring is still the most common iron ring and cannot open the small cave.
"Is it because I am not good enough?"
Qin Sang frowned.
If he had to reach his previous level of cultivation in order for the Qianjun Ring to be restored to its original state, even if he was a person who was cultivating again, he would not be able to do it in a short period of time.
With a light sigh, Qin Sang put away the Qianjun Ring, silently calculated the time, and thought that his master should come out soon.
He glanced at the medicinal materials on the shelf next to him, preparing to refine the first elixir recorded in the "Qinglu Huandan Jue" to give his master a "surprise".
Speaking of this, Qin Sang discovered another difference between the ancient times and later times.
The mustard seed ritual implements here are extremely precious!
In later generations, when disciples joined the sect, the first thing their master would give them was a mustard seed bag, but Qin Sang still didn’t have one.
Master Tongshen once said that when he successfully built his foundation, he would buy him a mustard seed magic weapon as a reward. The same was true for both his senior brothers and sisters. Moreover, the space inside was very small and could only hold necessities.
"There are still people who yearn for the ancient times, but they don't know that the ancient times were really inconvenient everywhere!"
Qin Sang shook his head secretly, took the spiritual materials on the shelf into the alchemy cauldron, triggered the magic circle, and ignited the earth fire.
The firelight illuminated Qin Sang's little face, which was bright red.
His expression was serious as he completed each step meticulously. The fire in the fire room grew brighter and brighter, almost setting his clothes on fire. Finally, the cauldron shook violently, the lid of the cauldron clanged, and a faint blue light shone through the gap.
Qin Sang narrowed his eyes, lifted the lid of the cauldron, and saw two blue pills, as transparent as water. They were the Hualu Pills.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was really difficult for him to refine the Hualu Dan with his current level of cultivation, but fortunately it succeeded.
After a short breath, Qin Sang picked up a Hualudan and put it directly into his mouth.
Then, his cheeks turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, his body swayed, his eyes became hazy, as if he was drunk, and finally he simply lay on the ground and fell into a deep sleep.
"Disciple..."
"Disciple?"
I don’t know how much time had passed before Master Tongshen’s voice was heard outside the door.
There was no response from inside, and Master Tongshen sensed something was wrong, so he broke in and was startled.
"Disciple!"
Master Tongshen rushed to Qin Sang, his eyes suddenly widened.
Because he saw a Hualu Pill in the alchemy cauldron! Qin Sang's current state was clearly that of someone who had taken the Hualu Pill.
"This, this, this..."
Master Tongshen was so surprised that he was speechless.
You know, he had only used Hualu Dan as an example to tell Qin Sang what to pay attention to when refining the elixir, but he did not explain the most subtle part of the elixir formula.
This apprentice actually succeeded in refining Hualudan through his own exploration!
Moreover, Qin Sang has not yet truly practiced the "Qinglu Huandan Jue" and cannot gain any benefits from the technique!
Suppressing the fluctuating thoughts in his mind, Master Tongshen carried Qin Sang back to the quiet room and personally stood by the bed.
"Master," after the effect of the drug wore off, Qin Sang woke up slowly, and his cultivation level increased dramatically.
“You are so bold!” Master Tongshen wanted to frown and scold, but he couldn’t suppress the corners of his mouth.
That night, Master Tongshen finally taught Qin Sang the "Qinglu Huandan Jue".
External medicine and internal cultivation complement each other. Qin Sang successfully touched the bottleneck and naturally returned to the foundation-building stage.