Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Tangning looked at those clear and pure eyes, and her heart was shocked.

"Is this person me? Is he me?"

He muttered to himself.

In a blur, a ray of light shot into the foggy sky, the surrounding clouds and mists quickly melted, and the picture scroll also shattered and dissipated.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on his face, which was slightly dazzling. Tang Ning raised her head and looked at the fiery red setting sun, feeling clear in her heart.

The spiritual power in his body surged crazily, breaking through the Linghai point and running rapidly along the eight extraordinary meridians of his body, like a river leaking out of its embankment, with endless torrents and momentum like ten thousand horses galloping.

The skeletal meridians throughout the body are constantly changing under the impact of spiritual power, until the spiritual power recedes like a tide and returns to the Linghai point.

At this moment, he finally broke through the bottleneck in the early stage of foundation building and reached the middle stage of foundation building.

Tang Ning looked at the setting sun above her head, with neither joy nor sadness on her face. She seemed to be still immersed in the clouds and mist that filled the sky just now.

What was it? He felt that there was something very important, he caught it faintly, and then suddenly disappeared. The feeling was so mysterious that he couldn't let it go for a long time.

Until night falls, the bright moon hangs high, and the sky is filled with stars like rain.

Tang Ning remained motionless, looking at the bright moon and stars in the sky, until the sky turned white again.

He sighed softly, feeling a little disappointed. The figure turned into light and left, arriving at the Intelligence Section office.

"Uncle Tang." Several disciples who were on duty bowed and saluted when they saw him. They all looked at him in surprise when they discovered that he had broken through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment overnight.

Tangning responded softly and walked straight to the second floor of the attic.

"Uncle Tang has actually broken through to the middle stage of foundation building. He has only been building foundation for more than 20 years! This is really great news." After his figure disappeared, a disciple said with envy on his face.

"What's so surprising? Master Jiang Yuhuan from the Forbidden Secret Department and Master Zhuang Xinqian from the Qingxuan Palace have both broken through to the middle stage of foundation building in less than twenty years of cultivation." Another person said.

"Can this be compared? Uncle Zhuang Xinqian has the spiritual roots of wind and thunder. Our sect has never had such a qualified disciple in five thousand years. Uncle Jiang Yuhuan is also very talented. I heard that when he was testing his spiritual roots when he was young, he used the Immortal Stone. The red light fills the sky and reaches into the sky, so it is famous.”

"It is said that the vision that day caused quite a stir in the sect, and even the leader was alarmed. Later, everyone in the sect ranked the two of them as genius disciples. But Master Tang was just an ordinary disciple, and he was able to achieve what he has achieved today. , he has broken through the early stage of foundation building in less than thirty years of practice, can’t he be considered a breakthrough?”

"Although Uncle Tang's qualifications are not as good as those of the two, he is still considered a well-known monk in the sect. In the last sect competition, he ranked among the top three as the biggest dark horse. His strength was even praised by the master. He is even praised by Xuande Hall. The palace master admired him, recommended him personally, and directly transferred him from the Herbal Medicine Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to our Intelligence Department, and he has always been very fond of him. "

"A few years ago, the Demon Sect was plagued by plunder. The sect selected the top elite disciples to form a mobile team. The master of Xuande Hall personally ordered the generals. In our intelligence department, only Uncle Tang was selected. In my opinion, his strength is not as good as Zhuang's. , Uncle Jiang is not far behind, and can be ranked among the top three monks of the same level in the sect. Is it any wonder that they have broken through the middle stage of foundation building in more than 20 years?

"I also heard that Uncle Tang is highly appreciated by Hall Master Luo of Xuande Palace. The reason why he was transferred to our Intelligence Department was because of Hall Master Luo's efforts, in order to train him as the next deacon."

"That's nonsense. Before today, Uncle Tang was only a monk in the early stage of foundation establishment. How could he be qualified to serve as a deacon?"

"Then now that he has entered the middle stage of foundation building, he must be able to compete! Plus, Palace Master Luo appreciates him so much."

"Who can hold the position of deacon without the support of the sect's senior officials? Do you think that only Master Tang is appreciated, but Master Lu and Master Zhu have no one to support them? It's just that you don't know."

"Then tell me, who supports them?"

"How can you talk nonsense about this kind of thing? When your cultivation reaches their level, naturally someone will take care of you."

"I said it vaguely for a long time, it's the same as not saying anything, as if you knew."

"It's hard to explain this matter clearly. My source of information is definitely correct. The foundation-building monks in our department are all supported by senior sects. When you are lucky enough to build the foundation, everything will become clear."

Because Tang Ning had reached the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, several disciples started talking, and the news quickly spread throughout the Intelligence Department as if it had wings.

……………

At Zhongzhi Peak, in a cave surrounded by thick fog, Lu Xingxian and Lu Guang sat opposite each other, playing chess.

Lu Guang held the black chess piece and one piece fell: "I heard that Junior Brother Tang has advanced to the middle stage of foundation building. Do you know whether it is true or not?"

Lu Xingxian responded softly without making a move: "It's as expected."

Lu Guang muttered: "I remember that it has only been twenty-six years since he established the foundation! And his spiritual qualifications are only average, making him the worst among the department managers in our department. With this spiritual root, he has been in power for more than twenty years. Just breaking through to the middle stage of foundation building, the progress can be said to be rapid. Senior Brother Lu said that it was expected. It seems that he had expected it. How did he know it? "

Lu Xingxian said: "Although his spiritual qualifications are poor, his understanding is quite high. Ouyang Qing, the second generation headmaster of the sect, has created the Great Five Elements Reincarnation Technique. Since its inception, more than ten disciples have practiced this technique. He died unexpectedly, and no one has mastered it yet, but he is the only one who has mastered it."

"He shined brilliantly with this technique in the last competition, which made many disciples envious. After the competition, several people tried to learn this technique, but they all failed, died or were injured."

"If it weren't for his extraordinary understanding, or his ability to hide it deeply, there would be something different about him. Otherwise, why would he be the only one to learn this technique? Others could only stay away. Whether it is his extraordinary understanding or his ability to hide it deeply, with what he showed It’s only a matter of time before our strength reaches the mid-stage of foundation building.”

Lu Guang nodded and said: "So that's it. Senior Brother Lu's insight is beyond my reach."

"Junior Brother Tang Ning has been buying the Vitality Pills needed for cultivation from Junior Brother Xu of the Pill Department, and each purchase was enough for a year. Three years ago, he stopped buying pills, so I know that his cultivation has reached a new level. In the early stages of foundation building, he has hit a bottleneck, so he has already predicted that he could break through the initial level of cultivation at any time in a few years or ten months. "

Lu Guang asked doubtfully: "Buying a year's worth of vitality pills every time? Twelve bottles of pills and eighteen thousand spirit stones a year. With his average spiritual root qualification, his monthly salary is only five hundred spirit stones. Even if we add in field missions and ministry subsidies, we can’t afford such a huge expense.”

Lu Xingxian said: "That's why I said he kept it secret. I learned that he has never stopped for more than 20 years since the establishment of the foundation. Every time he went to Junior Brother Xu to buy elixirs. The sect's salary and rewards It’s definitely not enough to consume his elixir, there must be another adventure.”

"In addition, he is also proficient in alchemy. The place he has visited most in recent years is not the cave, but the sect's elixir room. As far as I know, he has refined a large number of Wan Ling Dan in recent years to Sold to the Pill Department at a low price. Do you know how many Wanling Pills he has sold in the past few years?

Lu Guang said: "How much?"

Lu Xingxian said: "In the past three years alone, he has refined no less than two hundred bottles of Wan Ling Dan, and sold them to Junior Brother Xu from the Dan Medicine Department at a low price of two hundred Ling Stones. Just half a month ago, he Another batch of Wan Ling Dan was sold, a total of fifty bottles."

"Two hundred bottles of pills, a total of 6,000 pills. Over three years, he refined six pills every day. It is not a lot in terms of quantity alone, but it is enough to show that his level of refining Wanling Pills is very mature."

Lu Guang was silent for a while: "I didn't expect that he was also proficient in the art of elixirs. Each bottle has two hundred spirit stones, and the unit price is less than seven spirit stones per bottle. He refined so many, but sold them at such a low price. This is Why?"

Lu Xingxian said: "Obviously he is not refining elixirs for spiritual stones. In the past few years, he has been going to and from the elixir room every day, staying there day and night, frantically refining elixirs, which is quite impatient. I think he is neither For the sake of spiritual stones, he can only improve his skills through frequent alchemy refining. I heard that every time he buys elixirs, he uses high-grade spiritual stones.

"High-quality spiritual stone?" Lu Guang was stunned.

There is no high-grade spiritual mine in Xingang. Where can I get high-grade spiritual stones unless they are exchanged in the market?

And ordinary people would never go to Fangshi to exchange for spiritual stones, not to mention that Fangshi has always been famous for eating people without spitting out bones. It is so dark that the foundation-building monks in the sect have not heard of anyone using high-grade spiritual stones to trade.

Middle-grade spiritual stones are the standard equipment for the sect's foundation-building monks. Only the golden elixir monks occasionally have a few high-grade spiritual stones in their storage bags, which is why Lu Guang is so surprised.

Lu Xingxian said: "According to what he said, his married wife would worship at a major sect outside Qinghai due to fate. These high-grade spiritual stones were left behind by his wife."

"His wife? When did he get married?"

"There is no record in the secret security department files. He was sixteen years old when he entered the sect. Maybe he started a family in the secular world, or maybe it was an excuse. Who knows?"

"Even Senior Brother Lu doesn't know who his wife is and which sect she belongs to?"

Lu Xingxian shook his head.

Lu Guang frowned slightly: "It seems that he has a lot of secrets. He has average to lower qualifications, and his cultivation has been advancing rapidly. With a meager salary, he has no shortage of elixirs and spiritual stones. All of them are rare high-grade spirits. Shi, is more proficient in alchemy. If Senior Brother Lu hadn't informed me, I would have known nothing about it.

Lu Xingxian said: "More importantly, this person is highly valued and appreciated by Master Luo of Xuande Palace."

Lu Guang remained silent.

"Now that he has advanced to the middle stage of foundation building, he will definitely be more valued by them, and I don't have much life left. As time goes by, his cultivation will become more refined. You know what I am worried about. His potential threat is higher than that of Junior Brother Zhu. Intelligence I'm really worried about who will fall into the future. I invite you here to discuss this matter. What do you think?"

"Shall I go to Qiyuan Island?"

Lu Xingxian said: "You have been trapped in the bottleneck of the middle stage of foundation building for many years, and there has never been an opportunity to transfer you to Qiyuan Island. The land there is vast, and the cultivation resources are far beyond what our Xingang has. It also has unlimited opportunities, which may be able to help you. Breaking through the middle stage of foundation building.”

"As long as you can cultivate to the late stage of foundation building, with my recommendation and Uncle Shi in charge of Qingxuan Palace to strategize, no matter whether it is Zhu Xu or Tang Ning, no matter how troublesome they are, they can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai."

"But if you have been trapped in this level of cultivation, even if Uncle Shi is in charge, it will be difficult for you to take over the position of deacon. After all, the appointment of deacons is not the responsibility of the Qingxuan Palace family. Without sufficient cultivation, it is difficult to convince the public. I There’s not much time left.”