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Chapter 547 Beizhou!Xuan Dan Collection

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Departing from Qingluowei in Longzuo County of Dagan, passing through the Frozen Port, and following the Frozen Ocean in the southern part of the Arctic Wasteland across thousands of miles, you can reach the Extreme North County in the North of the Great Zhou.

Compared with other routes, this route is the safest route to the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Although it is necessary to cross the Arctic wasteland, there may be a lot of ice floes along the way, but it avoids all kinds of problems caused by directly crossing the ocean. Unpredictable risks, such as hurricanes, sea beasts, whirlpools, sea fog and other disasters.

Although the Arctic wasteland is desolate and desolate, there are still scattered human and barbarian habitats for supplies and economic refuge.

The [Muzhen Continent] where the Northern Zhou Dynasty is located is different from the [Bianhuang Continent] where Donggan is located. It has a long and narrow terrain, the widest point from east to west is only more than [-] miles, and the longest distance from north to south is nearly [-] miles. The area is extremely vast , which is equivalent to more than [-]% of the area of ​​Hanyue's main continent.

On the Muzhen Continent, there are four human nations, which belong to the two camps of Immortals and Demons, with a total of more than forty counties.

Compared with the Eastern Gan, Western Jin, Southern Qin and other countries on the frontier barren continent, because the human race has not been open up wasteland for ten thousand years, each has room for development and there are fewer conflicts.

Because the earliest records of land reclamation in Muzhen Continent can be traced back to more than [-] years ago, the land suitable for human habitat and reproduction has already been occupied. Therefore, there are many conflicts and disputes among the four countries, and wars are also relatively frequent.

Not to mention that the countries belonging to the two camps of immortals and demons are in dire straits, even between Da Zhou and Da Xia, which belong to the camp of the immortal dynasty, there are many contradictions both publicly and privately, and internal friction and disputes often occur.

There were 13 "counties" in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and its national strength was relatively strong among the four countries.

There is a county in the south of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, named [Nanwan County].

Nanwan County is located in the bay and is famous for its many bays and islands with high mountains and cliffs. Due to many reasons such as poor resources, hot climate, frequent hurricanes and tsunamis, the population is sparse and the development is slow.

As a county, the total population of Daqian Longzuo County has already exceeded 500 million, but the total population of Nanwan County in the Northern Zhou Dynasty is less than [-] million.

In the depths of the bay in Nanwan County, there is a cliff towering like a forest, with countless hidden reefs under the sea, and a dangerous area where there will be mist and ghost howling for many years, which is called "Ghost Sea of ​​Reefs".

The ghost seas of the reefs are relatively rich in natural resources, and there are many low-level marine resources, but they are too dangerous to be visited by people. Only some desperate casual monks form teams to try it out, or make a fortune, or risk their lives.

now.

A seemingly old wooden fishing boat is carefully maneuvering in the ghost sea of ​​reefs.

The character "Li" was written on the side of the fishing boat with colored paint, and its owner was the Li family, an eighth-rank family living on a nearby island.

In order to make a living, this aristocratic family named "Hudao Li's" has been active on the edge of the ghost sea on the reefs for a long time, making a living by catching spiritual fish, collecting coral shellfish, and even raising abalone on the reef.

Although the work is dangerous, but with the maps passed down from generation to generation in the family and the experience accumulated by the ancestors as a reference, the income is barely enough to live on, enough for this small eighth-rank family to continue with difficulty. The family of Pintianren dare not expect extravagantly.

"Report to the Venerable Master."

On the deck of the fishing boat, Li Dinghai was saluting an extraordinary young man respectfully, and said cautiously, "In a few miles ahead, after passing [Broken Sword Cliff], you will be out of the range of my family. .”

He is the second patriarch of the Li family in Hudao, with a cultivation base at the early stage of Lingtai Realm.

Ordinarily, he is only in his early [-]s this year. Compared with Shou Yuan who is [-] years old in Lingtai Realm, he can still live for a long time, but he looks quite old because of the wind, rain and hard work all year round.

The man next to him was wearing a jade crown and a basalt brocade robe, with bright eyes and sword eyebrows, and an elegant demeanor.

Hearing this, he said calmly and gently: "Old Ancestor Li, just keep driving according to the map signs. If you encounter danger, we will do our best to protect the safety of you and your clansmen. Regardless of whether this matter succeeds or fails, I will I promise you that Hudao Li's benefits will not be less."

This handsome young man is the seventh child of the "Shou" generation of the Wang family, the Dagan Pill King, and the family alchemist Wang Shouye who Wang Shouzhe placed high hopes on.

Wang Shouye is now in his early 190s, 30 years older than Li Dinghai, but he still looks like a handsome young man in his [-]s and [-]s, the difference is incalculable.

"Yes, Master."

Li Dinghai gave a wry smile in his heart, so he had no choice but to continue commanding his clansman to drive the boat to the destination.

Although Wang Shouye's attitude was very gentle, it was still very difficult for a small eighth-rank family to refuse a request from the master of Zifu.

After all, the most powerful monk Li Dinghai has ever seen in his life is only in the realm of heaven and man. To him, Master Zifu is already aloof and unreachable.

What's more, this group of people are all handsome and dignified, obviously they have a great background, they are far more than just a simple person from the Zifu. dumped.

"Don't worry, Patriarch Li." Seeing Li Dinghai's bitter face, Gu Hanyu, who was standing on the other side, smiled and comforted, "My Shouye Junior Brother has always followed his word. Although you need to take some risks this trip, Hudao The Li family must rise because of this."

She was still dressed in plain white, like a lotus emerging from water, clear and flawless.

Listening to her words, Li Dinghai's heart became hot all of a sudden.

That's right, the rewards this time are extremely generous, and they are all panaceas that are difficult to buy with money. If the Li family operates properly, it is very possible to take this opportunity to cultivate a member of the Heavenly Human Realm.

At that time, the family will be promoted to the seventh rank, and the Hudao Li family will still be reborn.

Of course, the premise of all this is based on the other party's "keeping their promises".

Under the dual motivation of fear and hope, Li Dinghai was naturally extra cautious, and the fishing boat went all the way to the destination without any danger.

While the fishing boat was driving, a woman with an enchanting figure and an extremely outstanding temperament was always standing on the side of the bow.

Her face was covered with a veil, and her face could not be seen clearly, only the long black and red dress swayed in the sea breeze, like a blooming black peony.

She doesn't speak much most of the time, but she always reminds suddenly at critical moments: "There are many hidden reefs three miles ahead, it is recommended to go around to the right."

"Please pay attention, the fog is getting thicker ten miles ahead, please move forward slowly."

"Huh? There's a huge Tier [-] Spiritual Blood Eel hidden in the reefs a few miles away. I'll catch it to replenish the body of Young Master Shouye."

This woman is one of Wang's enshrined, the former "Red Charming Demon Envoy" Jiang Qingxue.

As a cultivator in the Supernatural Realm, she can be regarded as a person even if she is placed in the fairy dynasty. In such a remote rural corner, she is naturally even more like a fairy descended into the world.

Relying on her huge divine sense to open up wasteland and navigate, everyone arrived at their destination without any danger along the way.

It was a foggy, seemingly extremely barren sea area.

The vast mist rolled on the sea surface, as if covering the sea ship with layers of gauze, making everything in the field of vision indistinct.Only at ten o'clock at noon can the vision become clearer, and some reefs can be seen appearing and disappearing under the action of the waves.

Seeing this sea area, he closed his eyes most of the way and rested his mind, but Master Dan Ding, who had been silent all the time, suddenly cheered up.

With the support of Gu Hanyu, he stood up and said excitedly: "This is here, this is here. It has been almost 700 years, and my Dan Ding has finally returned. Patriarch Li, how many days are there until the August [-]th tide?"

"There is still one month." Li Dinghai replied honestly.

"Okay, then wait a month."

Regarding some things that need to be paid attention to during this trip, Master Dan Ding made it clear to Wang Shouye and the others earlier. As soon as Master Dan Ding finished his instructions, everyone understood, each found a place, and began to wait.

In fact, it had been a long time since their group arrived in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the reason why they did not enter the ruins was because the time was not up.

The specific origin of the ruins discovered by Master Dan Ding is very mysterious, and the entrance is also extremely secret, and can only be entered at a certain time.If the time is not up, even if you arrive at the location, you will not be able to enter the secret realm.

And the big tide one month later is the only chance to enter the secret realm in nearly a hundred years.

For a moment, the entire fishing boat fell silent.

Master Dan Ding leaned against the stern of the boat, once again falling into a state of closing his eyes and not speaking.

Most of the time along the way, Master Dan Ding was extremely silent.Although he didn't say anything, Wang Shouye and other disciples knew the reason behind it.

In Longzuo County, everyone only knew that Master Dan Ding was a casual cultivator.But in fact, his old man is a native of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and his family is still a fifth-rank family.

Because of various reasons that his old man couldn't explain clearly, he left his family and became a casual cultivator. At the end of the road, he formed a team and entered the [Ghost Sea of ​​Reefs] for an adventure. In the end, all his teammates died, but he survived a catastrophe and got an adventure.

Relying on this fortuitous encounter, he moved to Daqian, and counterattacked all the way to the Zifu Realm, becoming a famous Sanxiu Alchemy Master.

And now, it was the first time he returned to Beizhou after hundreds of years, and he must have brought back some memories.

A month has passed in a hurry.

As the spring tide arrived as expected, the "ghost fog" on the sea surface became thicker and thicker, and soon became more than ten times thicker.

However, a miracle also happened at this time. At the location of the map mark, a reef island rose without being submerged, gradually rising more than ten feet above the sea level.

"Shouye, you leave Jiang Gongfeng and the two family generals to guard the boat." Master Dan Ding said with fiery eyes, "The rest of them entered the water with me."

As a land of Lingxu inheritance, the target of normal inheritance is the Purple Mansion Realm, and it is useless for Jiang Qingxue to enter, it will only make Baodian Qiling unhappy.

Naturally, Jiang Qingxue would not have any objections to this.

After Wang Shouye made some arrangements, he entered the water with his brothers and master.

They are all Xuanwu monks who have achieved success in cultivation, with Xuanqi gangsters agitating all over their bodies, they can easily block the sea water, just like avoiding water.

Master Dan Ding, like an old horse knowing the way, took the lead in diving into the bottom of the sea more than ten feet below the sea surface.

After groping against the reef for a while, he fitted himself up and rammed forward.

In an instant, a subtle spatial fluctuation rippled out, and his whole body disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.

His disciples' eyes lit up when they saw this, and they naturally followed suit, entering the space gap attached to the reef one after another.

Wang Shouye only felt that the surrounding space was distorted for a while, and the scene in front of him had completely changed in the next moment.

His feet were stepping on a piece of wet and gentle mud, and he could hear the sound of waves beating against the rocks in the distance. The sun was shining brightly in the sky, and the sky was clear. The slightly drunk sea breeze was blowing on his face. The smell of the sea.

Obviously, the location under his feet is an island.

And in front of him was a huge medicine garden.

The elixir in the medicine garden is everywhere, but there is no plan. The elixir of all grades grows randomly and messily everywhere in the garden. Some elixirs that were not strong enough in vitality were even about to wither due to lack of aura.

Only in the few spiritual fields near the center can you still see the traces of the formation prohibition, and the elixir planted in it seems to be much more regular, at least the varieties are not so messy.

Obviously, this pharmacy has been abandoned for a long time, and no one has taken care of it for many years.

In some biographical novels, I always like to write that the protagonist enters a relic and finds a medicine garden full of elixir left by seniors for thousands of years, and then the protagonist suddenly becomes rich and soars into the sky.

But in fact, as long as the biographer knows more about the elixir and spiritual plant, he will not have such unrealistic fantasies.

The elixir and spiritual plant also have a lifespan limit.

Not all elixir is better as long as it is aged, and not all elixir can last for tens of thousands of years without withering.Although the lifespan of the elixir and lingzhi has been much longer for human monks, it is still limited after all.

Generally speaking, the higher the level of elixir, the longer the lifespan.

Spirit medicines that can live for thousands of years are more common among fifth- and sixth-rank spirit medicines, while spirit medicines that can grow for ten thousand years, or even tens of thousands of years, are more common among spirit medicines above seventh-rank.

After the lifespan is exceeded, the elixir will wither normally, multiply and iterate, and it is impossible to live forever.

Therefore, even though there are many elixir medicines in this medicine garden, most of them are still low-grade varieties, and the ages are also uneven, and even small seedlings that have just grown for decades can be seen.

However, even so, the value of this medicine garden is still immeasurable.

After all, even if there is no elixir of ten thousand years, the elixir of thousands of years is already extremely rare and the value is very high.

Wang Shouye glanced over and found several black and yellow plums.

This kind of tree belongs to the species with a long life span, and can live for nearly ten thousand years at the longest.Once this kind of tree is more than 3000 years old, it will be able to bear fifth-grade Xuanhuang plum spiritual fruit, which can greatly improve the physique and nourish the physical body, especially suitable for male monks.

The fifth-rank spiritual fruit, even for the supernatural powers, has a certain effect, and it is a rare treasure of heaven and earth.

The black and yellow plum trees in front of me are of different sizes, the small ones are only a few feet high, and the tall ones are more than ten feet high. One of them is obviously more than 3000 years old.

Similar to this kind of elixir, there should be quite a few in the medicine garden, but how many and how much they are worth can only be determined after detailed screening.

As for whether there are any elixir medicines that are more than ten thousand years old, it is still unclear.After all, this medicine garden has been left unattended for too long, and it is really too messy. The scents of various elixir are mixed together, and the flickering spiritual light overlaps into a colorful halo, which makes people dazzled, and it is impossible to distinguish them in detail.

Even if there is really a ten-thousand-year elixir hidden in it, it may not be discovered in a while.

Seeing this scene, Wang Shouye was a little better, but the eyes of the rest of the brothers were green.

Although everyone has a lot of money now, so many elixirs still have a strong impact on everyone's three views.

Qian Xuefu, who has a round body and a rich face, couldn't resist the temptation, so he reached out and grabbed the nearest thousand-year-old elixir.

Wang Shouye hastily stretched out his hand to stop him, and reminded him with a deep drink: "Senior Brother Qian, stop, don't mess up your position."

Qian Xuefu's eardrums trembled from his voice, and he woke up instantly.

He saluted Wang Anye in embarrassment: "Thank you, Junior Brother, for your vigilance. This time it's me, Meng Lang."

"Hmph, worthless things." Master Dan Ding put his hands behind his back and gave Qian Xuefu a dissatisfied look. "If these elixir can be picked at will, how can I wait until today as a teacher?"

"Master is right." Qian Xuefu apologized again with a blushing face.

"Master, we are all alchemists. It's normal to see that the top-quality elixir can't be controlled for a while." Wang Shouye helped smooth things over.

"Shouye, you are the protagonist this time." Master Dan Ding said solemnly, "With your bloodline qualifications and prospects, it shouldn't be difficult to get the approval of Senior Baodian, and then theoretically you will inherit the entire medicine garden." .However, I hope you don't forget your brothers and sisters, and share some benefits with them."

"Master, don't worry." Wang Shouye hurriedly said, "Our senior brothers and sisters have always had a deep relationship, just like brothers and sisters of the first blood. Shouye will never forget them."

After getting along for many years, Master Dan Ding trusted Wang Shouye very much, he nodded and said: "The greatest blessing in my life, Dan Ding, is to accept all of you as disciples, especially Shouye, the future is limitless .Next, it’s up to you.”

After finishing speaking, Master Dan Ding stopped looking at them, but bowed deeply towards the distance: "This junior pays homage to Senior Qi Ling. This junior lives up to Senior Qi Ling's entrustment, and finally found someone who is qualified to inherit the treasure book." Excellent apprentice."

There is a small path in the medicine garden where they are. At the end of the path, the outline of a building can be clearly seen.

It was a very typical alchemy room, with running water at the entrance, small windows for heat dissipation and ventilation on all sides of the roof, and squatting town objects carved in the shape of four gods and beasts on the eaves, with an obvious style of the Shenwu period.

Master Dan Ding's salute was towards that building.

However, after half a stick of incense time, there was still no response.

Master Dan Ding saw this, saluted again, and repeated the words just now, but still no one responded.

His brows were slightly frowned, but he still reassured everyone: "Perhaps senior Qi Ling is resting, we will call him old man later."

"Yes, Master." Everyone waited according to their words.

And while everyone was waiting.

In the sky outside the ruins space, a flying chariot was cutting through the sky, shuttled through the mist, and was quickly heading towards the sea area.

The shape of this flying chariot is simple and heavy, the compartment is spacious, and the spirit bird pulling the chariot is actually a seven-stage green luan at both ends.

When flying, Qingluan has a graceful posture, and her blue feathers are shining in the sun, looking elegant and noble.

The old man driving the car was also introverted, unfathomable, showing his extraordinary identity everywhere.

The decoration inside the flying car is even more luxurious. The hanging silk curtains are light and elegant, and the red copper incense burner on the short table is made into a pattern of flowers. , full of fairy spirit.

As the smoke diffused, the light fragrance permeated the entire car, like a deep valley, quiet and distant.

Such an exquisite craftsmanship can only be completed by the most ingenious and skilled craftsmen. Even in the families of the upper three ranks, it is considered relatively expensive, and it will never be used so casually in the chariot.But in this flying car, several similar exquisite ornaments are randomly placed.

It can be seen from this that the identity of the owner of the flying chariot must be extremely valuable.

On one side of the car, a young woman in a black starry brocade dress was sitting by the window, looking at the ghostly sea of ​​reefs in the mist.

Her face was covered with a veil, so she couldn't see her face clearly, only the cinnabar-like red marks on the center of her eyebrows were extraordinarily bright, and made her skin white and delicate, like white porcelain.

The light light shrouded her body, and the black starlight brocade on her body refracted strands of starlight, like the reflection of the stars, elegant and beautiful, with a hazy feeling like the night.

Opposite her, sat an old woman also dressed in black.

Her hair was neatly coiled on the top of her head, but her hair was already grey. Her skin was shriveled and wrinkled, making her look extremely old.

"Luo Jia." She looked at the young woman and said in a hoarse voice, "This time, this is the last time I will be self-willed with you. Otherwise, your majesty will blame me, how can my family and I bear the wrath of the emperor?"

"Nurse Ling, don't worry." The woman's cold voice was pleasant to the ear, "After decades of investigations and information collection, I'm [-]% sure that the place where True Monarch Xuandan sits and melts is here .”

"I believe in you, and I'm willing to help you." Nanny Ling gave her a doting look, "I know you want to fight for your own destiny. But you have to promise me that if you succeed in inheriting the book of Xuandan this time, That's all, if you fail, you have to obediently go back to the blind date meeting, everything must be the overall situation."

This woman is the well-known Princess Luojia of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the future Princess Luojia.

The young heroes from all walks of life gathered towards the Northern Zhou Dynasty to marry her. Perhaps they would never have dreamed of it. As the center of the whirlpool, Princess Luojia is also planning and working hard for her own future at this moment.

"Yes, Nanny Ling, I listen to you."

Princess Luojia answered simply, but there was incomparable firmness and confidence in her calm eyes.

After secretly preparing and planning for so long, it was finally possible to determine the location of a treasured book.

This time, she is bound to get this [Xuan Dan Treasure]!
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(End of this chapter)