Do not die

There are sixty high-grade spiritual stones in the spirit stone bag.

Among them, twenty pills were the total cost of fifty longevity pills and realm-breaking pills given to twenty-five people this time.

The other forty are purely a recognition of Chu Zheng's trust and the strength he has shown.

After understanding the general trend of the future and personally verifying the capabilities of this strategic ally, they did not hesitate to show their courage and determination in this final stage of controlling the association.

The high-level officials of the association did not stay in the courtyard for long. They simply touched their heads and quickly dispersed.

Some went straight back to Nuanyun Valley, firstly to continue organizing association members to work overtime and earn spirit stones, and secondly to select potential seedlings who deserved the association's full assistance to help them improve.

Some stayed in Qinglinfang, taking advantage of the convenience here to carefully understand the situation of those foundation-building professionals who had old friendships with Nuanyun Valley in order to determine who was the most trustworthy and worthy of entrustment.

At the same time, direct descendants of the association such as Yu Peng will receive full support from the association and spend a month doing everything possible to improve their cultivation.

For example, Yu Peng, when we last met, he was still at the fifth level of Qi cultivation. This time we met, he was already at the sixth level of Qi cultivation.

With a quick glance of his keen consciousness, Meng Zhou knew that he had already taken the Life Extension Pill and the Realm Breaking Pill once during this period.

Originally, this kind of elixir that could only be used once would be reserved for the breakthrough from the middle stage of Qi training to the late stage of Qi training, which is the biggest bottleneck level in the Qi training stage.

But now, with the elixir in Meng Zhou's hand to support him, he directly used it to break through the fifth level of Qi training to the sixth level.

Yu Peng's current aura is still a little weak, but Meng Zhou believes that in less than half a month, the magic power in his body will be pushed to the peak of the sixth level of Qi training, and then he will use the next half month to prepare.

A month later, at such a young age, he was able to break through to the advanced stage of Qi training and be on par with his teacher.

Although, this method of using a large amount of pills to quickly push the realm has many disadvantages.

But the biggest drawback is that the body's drug resistance increases, making the elixir less and less effective.

Except for those who are truly gifted, for other practitioners, youth is their greatest asset.

This is also an important bargaining chip to ensure the status of Yu Peng and others in the association in the future, and the integration of master and apprentice is also an important measure to continue the influence of these people.

Meng Zhou was filled with emotion as he thought about what Chu Zheng had roughly revealed to him about the association's various plans for the next month.

…

The next day, April 30th.

Hexin Building.

Meng Zhou was led into a room on the second floor by Zhang Wei and quietly waited for the auction to begin.

Everyone is now very familiar with the process of the auction, and the first items to appear are the third-level items.

Meng Zhou, who often attends auctions, has an obvious feeling that the quantity and quality of third-level auction items are slowly declining, and everyone's enthusiasm for bidding is also gradually decreasing.

After all, looking at the entire Qingxuan Territory, there are not many forces that are qualified to participate in the competition for third-level auction items.

This requires both sufficient financial resources and urgent needs.

Otherwise, it would not be a wise choice to spend a large amount of spiritual stones to photograph such valuable items only to leave them in a warehouse for people to remember.

With the previous six high-profile auctions, the demand for third-level items is no longer so urgent.

"It's almost going to be squeezed dry, right?" Meng Zhou thought to himself.

Soon, the few third-level auction items each had their own owners, and began to take turns to the second-level auction items.

The first second-level item to be auctioned was a second-level spiritual object called "Soul-nourishing Water", which had the effect of healing soul wounds, which aroused fierce competition among a group of foundation-building and even fake elixir monks.

The second auction item is a special seal that exudes inexplicable majesty.

It was held in the palm of the old man's hand, but it looked like a lifelike tiger.

"The Mountain King Seal, the second-level best seal.

This is a second-level high-grade demon tiger that has mastered the true meaning of the Mountain King, and is refined using a special method.

It can be turned into a seal to suppress powerful enemies, and it can also be used to unseal the seal and temporarily gain a fighting partner with strength comparable to the ninth level of foundation building.

The starting price for a high-grade spiritual stone is 40, and each increase in price must not be less than one high-grade spiritual stone. "

The first time he saw this seal, Meng Zhou looked very focused.

But as the old man introduced, Meng Zhou's brows gradually wrinkled.

After knowing the old man's starting price, he completely lost interest in the object.

On the one hand, it is inappropriate, and another reason is naturally: there are not enough spiritual stones, so I can’t afford it!

According to his experience, the final transaction price of such a special second-level top-grade seal will never be less than one hundred top-grade spiritual stones.

The final result was just as he expected, with 107 high-grade spiritual stones being sold at a high price.

After that, Meng Zhou waited until all the auctions of the second-order high-quality products were over. Then he left Hexin Building with some disappointment and did not continue to wait until the auction was over.

After walking out of the Hexin Building and about to return to the Zhang family courtyard, Meng Zhou suddenly felt a strange mana fluctuation coming from the direction of Qinglin Peak behind him, with a pressure at the level of the soul. He suddenly turned around and looked around.

Meng Zhou suddenly discovered that the barrier of the mountain guarding formation had quietly faded away at some point, and a cloud of spiritual energy quickly spread from a mountain peak close to Qinglinfang.

It has many similarities with the Foundation Establishment Vision, but in terms of scale and momentum, it is not comparable to the time when the Qi Practitioner broke through the Foundation Establishment.

"Someone is forming a pill!" Someone suddenly exclaimed.

Naturally, Meng Zhou was not the only one to notice the movement. All the passers-by around him had stopped and stopped to look up.

At this moment, just above the mountain peak, billowing dark clouds gathered, and soon became as thick as ink.

Gradually, there were thunder and lightning, like spiritual snakes swimming in the dark clouds.

Everyone suddenly understood why Qinglin Peak's mountain protection formation in this area was suddenly opened.

Just like Hexin Tower will provide a safe foundation building place for free in Hexin Tower, monks who buy third-level pills in Hexin Tower can either choose to take it away or take it on the spot. , Qingxuanzong provided him with a pill-forming venue in Qinglin Peak free of charge.

Perhaps in order to avoid leaking too much information about the mountain gate, Qingxuan Sect specially used the area outside Qinglin Peak and adjacent to Qinglinfang for this purpose.

Three months have passed since the first auction held by Hexin Building at the end of January. The preparation required to build the foundation to attack the core formation is much more than practicing Qi to rush through the gate and build the foundation.

At this moment, someone finally started to attack the pill formation, so Qingxuan Sect naturally wanted to temporarily withdraw the mountain-protecting formation in this area.

This not only avoids causing interference to the opponent's core formation, but also avoids being implicated by the Tribulation Thunder and damaging the formation.

At this moment, the rosy cloud phenomenon quickly shrank, and a small, faintly shining object flew out from the mountain peak.

Against the pressure of thunder above his head, he bucked the trend and soon disappeared into the thick dark clouds.

"Heavenly Thunder Refines the True Pill!"

Many people couldn't help but exclaimed, and many people had looks of admiration on their faces.

With that person's elixir-forming vision, the false elixir is guaranteed to be achieved.

But he didn't stop there, and took the initiative to throw the newly formed pill embryo into the dark clouds in the sky, facing the test of thunder.

If it succeeds, it will be gratifying. From now on, there will be one more True Alchemy cultivator in Qingxuan Domain.

But if he loses, he may not even be able to keep the chance of fake elixirs, and he may even die on the spot and his soul will be scattered.

This is a true seeker!

All the monks in the workshop who witnessed this scene had their thoughts turning over and over again.

I don't know how long it took, when people speculated that the elixir embryo might have been destroyed by the thunder, and the person who formed the elixir was dead.

A small, bright brilliance emerged from the dark clouds, drew a brilliance trajectory in the air, and quickly sank into the mountain below.

Even from a long distance away, everyone felt as if they were staring directly into the scorching midday sun when they looked at that brilliant brilliance.

But Meng Zhou understood that it actually came from the oppression at the level of the soul.

The power it naturally exudes is far greater than before it was baptized by the thunder.

The true elixir just flashed by in the air, but the mark it left on people's hearts never dissipated.

Until the mountain protection formation was activated again, covering everything in Qinglin Peak, people's passion never retreated for a long time.

“I don’t know whose senior this is?

His disciples have become prosperous now. One of them has attained enlightenment, and chickens and dogs can ascend to heaven! "

"Perhaps this is a senior casual cultivator who has no relatives or friends?"

"Do you believe it? Not to mention whether there is anyone among the casual cultivators who has this potential. Those third-level auction items that are all sold at sky-high prices, without the support of any force, can one person collect so many spiritual stones?"

"Well……"

"Tell me, what is the quality of that senior's elixir?"

"Low grade? Medium grade? Or top grade?"

"Maybe it's the golden elixir?"

"How could it be so exaggerated?!"

"..."

Everyone was talking a lot, speculating about the gossip of this new Danjie senior, but Meng Zhou had already returned to the Zhang Family Courtyard and started practicing regularly.

For ten days in a row, Meng Zhou didn't even leave the gate of Zhang's courtyard.

Occasionally, Zhang Wei would handle some minor chores.

In addition to working on the Spring Water Sutra and Soul Refining Technique every day, all his free time is devoted to the cultivation of three second-level low-grade spells.

On the second day of the fifth lunar month, the art of shape-shifting is promoted from Xiao Cheng to Dacheng.

On the sixth day of the lunar month, the stealth technique is promoted from minor to dacheng.

On the eighth day of the lunar month, the Flying Escape Technique was promoted from Dacheng to Master.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, Meng Zhou was practicing three spells at the same time in the small courtyard.

As a spiritual snake whose power was comparable to that of a second-level low-grade spirit snake flew out of Meng Zhou's palm, the art of transformation had quietly completed its final accumulation, advancing from Dacheng to the master level.

Meng Zhou felt how various mana-shaped objects had improved after this promotion.

Not only has the power been improved, the power of a full blow should be a strong threat to the third-level foundation-building monks, and a fatal threat to ordinary first- and second-level foundation-building monks.

This is only one aspect of the change. The mana-shaped objects are more agile, and he can command them more smoothly and flexibly.

Moreover, the magic power is more convergent, and the transformed object will exist for a longer time without encountering a strong fight.

"This promotion is far greater than the change from Xiaocheng to Dacheng."

Meng Zhou was immersed in the changes brought about by this continuous improvement.

At this moment, Meng Zhou once again felt a strange feeling coming from the distant sky.

His heart moved, and he quickly left the small courtyard and came to the empty road.

Qinglin Peak's mountain-protecting formation was opened again. It was still the familiar mountain peak, and another strange phenomenon of forming pills spread out from it.

As the foundation-building phenomenon below became more and more obvious, the sky above became more and more red, and finally, in the helpless void, a raging flame burned.

Even people as far away as the city can feel the scorching heat.

When the flames burned to their maximum, the strange phenomenon of pill formation in the mountains and forests below had quietly disappeared.

But the scene people expected has never appeared.

The blazing fire in the sky also faded and disappeared little by little, until in the end there was no trace of the flame left.

Until the mountain guarding formation was closed again, there was no change in the mountain peak.

Many people couldn't help but let out a sigh.

In fact, this is a wiser and more common choice.

After forming a false elixir, one can live for four to five hundred years. Regardless of status or strength, there will be a huge improvement compared to when the foundation was established.

Moreover, the breakthrough process is safe and guaranteed. Even if it fails, you can return to the peak of foundation building without facing the test of life and death with a high probability of failure.

Once the fake elixir is achieved, it will be enough to create a stronger and longer-lasting force.

Whether it is for an individual or for a power, this is a sure-fire deal.

As for what was lost, it was just continued progress on the Great Dao, which completely eliminated the possibility of obtaining the Dao Yuanying.

But in this world, how many people can really achieve the Dao Yuanying?

And once the decision to refine the Heavenly Tribulation Pill is made, there is no guarantee of success.

Even Qingxuan Zhenzhuan, who is recognized as the most talented monk in Qingxuan Domain, has a precedent of falling at this level and dying.

so……

“No wonder monks in the Dan Formation Realm call each other Zhenren.

Only when you have passed this level can you gain the true seed for seeking the truth.

If you choose a more reliable and safer fake elixir due to life and death trade-offs, power constraints, or other factors.

No matter how strong you are, no matter how high your status is, you still can't be called 'true'. "

Meng Zhou returned to the Zhang family courtyard, ignored the disturbances from the outside world, and continued to practice quietly.

Just two days after that, Meng Zhou, who was adjusting his breath in the quiet room, once again felt the strange aura coming from the sky, and there were monks forming elixirs again.

But Meng Zhou was completely unmoved. Together with those foundation-building visions, he directly blocked them and immersed himself in his own cultivation.

…

May 13th.

"Exercise: Second-level Spring Water Sutra Xiaocheng 3995/4000"

Before preparing to start practicing, Meng Zhou made serious preparations.

Adjust the breath state and stabilize the mood.

It wasn't until I felt both physically and mentally in good condition that I slowly immersed myself in the great movement of mana.

After the magic power containing vitality has been transported in the body for five days, all kinds of insights about the Spring Water Sutra flow into my heart like flowing water.

Meng Zhou's understanding of the Spring Water Sutra has reached a new level, and the vitality contained in the magic power has become more intense.

"Second Level Spring Water Sutra Dacheng 0/8000"

Faced with such progress, Meng Zhou's mind remained as calm as ever, and the power of Dacheng's Spring Water Meridian was still running stably in his body.

It was not until a full fifty days later that Meng Zhou felt his limit and stopped practicing.

"The life span will be increased by another fifteen years."

"This time, my cultivation progress actually increased by a full 21 points."

"So, from now on, I can practice for fifty days every day, and my daily cultivation progress will be +20!"

"It's really not that far away from breaking through to the second floor of the foundation."

…

[Name: Meng Zhou]

[Life span: 52/351 years] (+15 years)

[Status: Overflowing with vitality]

[Talent: Variety Spirit Body (Incomplete), White Lotus Spirit Body (Incomplete), Natural Sword Body (Incomplete)]

[Realm: 263/1000 at the first level of foundation building]

[Kung Fu: Level 2 Spring Water Sutra Dacheng 50/8000, Soul Pond Refining Moon Heart Beginner 880/1000, Level 1 White Bear Hanji Body Perfection]

【Skill:

Second level: Flying Escape Master 861/4000, Transformation Master 700/4000, Stealth Master 950/2000, Spirit Ascension Pill Beginner 100/250, Forbidden Breaking Talisman Array Beginner 20/250, Myogenic Art Beginner 20/250 , Introduction to Black Turtle Puppet 20/250

Level 1: The Hundred Dharma of Rope Knot is perfected, the Pill of Peiyuan is perfected, and the Pill of Breaking the Realm is perfected]

[Contract Oath: Rope Spirit Level 2: 278/1000, Dao Heart Oath·Hidden Binding: 455/1000]

[Occupation: Knot Master Level 2 2/1000

Spirit Tamer Level 2 1/1000

Pharmacist level 2 1/1000]

…

Although his cultivation level is still at the first level of Foundation Establishment, Meng Zhou's mana is much more abundant now than when he first entered Foundation Establishment.

In addition, after the Spring Water Sutra reaches Dacheng, it can slowly and automatically return Qi anytime and anywhere.

Although compared to the huge consumption of him practicing three second-level spells at the same time, this recovery is a drop in the bucket.

But he couldn't stand it and it continued, which made him spend less time recovering every day.

Under these factors, the daily experience gain of the three spells has been significantly improved compared to before.

The stealth skill increases the experience by 150 per day, the transformation skill increases the experience by 220 per day, and the flying escape skill increases the experience by 180 per day.

In addition, Chun Shui Jing gains 50 experience points each day, and Soul Pond Lian Yue Xin gains 30 experience points each day.

…

May 15th.

Hexin Building.

A room on the second floor.

Meng Zhou's attention was focused on the auction table. A scarlet spiritual fruit on the table in front of him jumped out of the tray and flew into his open mouth.

And inside his robe, he also wore a layer of close-fitting spiritual energy armor shield.

Just yesterday, he easily mastered the second-level low-grade object-controlling and armor-shielding techniques.

He has innate abilities, but practicing the art of controlling objects seems a bit unnecessary.

Meng Zhou learned it with the intention of covering up his natural ability. Furthermore, he also wanted to see how the art of controlling objects would be similar or different from his natural ability after he had perfected it.

Needless to say, Armor and Shield, it is always good to have an extra layer of defense.

Moreover, my mastery of these two spells is very low, and now they are at entry level. Even if they are noticed by others, they will not arouse suspicion.

But the other three spells are different. The lowest level of Stealth is already at the master level. The other two have all reached the master level and are inconvenient to be displayed on such occasions.

He did this purely so as not to waste time in Hexin Building.

It's so boring to be idle, but it's so good to practice and level up.

He was prepared to fight a protracted war.

He didn't believe that he would never meet something that suited his heart.

When Meng Zhou calmed down and didn't expect to solve the problem this time.

Meng Zhou's eyes widened.

At this moment, on the auction stage, all the third-level items and the second-level top items have been sold out. It is now the auction time for the second-level top items.

A small tortoise shell appeared in the old man's hand.

It has a back and an abdomen, and except for the gaps between the head and tail of the limbs, the rest of the turtle shell is tightly seamed and integrated.

It exudes water-based fluctuations that are integrated into one body.

However, there are traces of golden lines on the surface of the tortoise shell, which slightly destroy its integrity.

"Xuanling Turtle Armor, a second-level high-grade defensive weapon.

Its main material is taken from a Xuanling turtle with quasi-third-level strength. At that time, this turtle was hitting the second-level to third-level levels. It had successfully formed a demon elixir and was being tempered in the calamity cloud layer to complete its final transformation. .

This was when it was at its weakest, and the members of my sect, who had been lying in wait for a long time, took action with all their strength. Their original intention was to seize the demon pill that had just been tempered.

However, due to some mistakes, the turtle self-destructed the demon elixir. Not only did he not get the demon elixir, but the essence of his flesh and blood also exploded along with the demon elixir.

In the end, only this turtle shell was left. However, although it survived, most of its spirituality was lost, and its spiritual quality was only equivalent to ordinary second-level high-grade spiritual materials.

But we always believe that the foundation is very good.

As we all know, the transformation of tortoise monsters begins with the tortoise shell.

Since it had formed a demon core at that time, its tortoise shell must have started to transform from the second to the third level.

Otherwise, it cannot survive such a self-destruction and still retain such perfect condition.

With such a good foundation, if it can be cultivated with water magic for a long time, it might be possible to cultivate a second-level top-grade defensive magic weapon! "

Meng Zhou stared at the tortoise shell in the old man's hand without blinking. As he told the story, his eyes became more and more intense.

As the old man finished his introduction, several voices came from the second and third floors.

"In that case, why doesn't your sect give such a magical weapon with great potential to his own disciples to nurture?"

"What's with those golden threads?"

"..."

Questions were directed at the old man on the stage.

Because of the normalization of auctions, many of them are regular customers, and everyone's mentality has become more and more calm and peaceful.

Qingxuanzong has now made it clear that as long as you have spirit stones, you don't have to worry about not being able to buy good things.

Now everyone will not be as afraid of missing out on a good thing as they were at the beginning, just like a pack of wild dogs fighting for food, which is a very vicious thing.

Everyone is gradually waking up now, and the spiritual stones in their hands are the most important thing.

No matter how good it is, as long as it exceeds the preset price in your heart, you won't buy it even if you say you won't buy it.

As for the vindictive bidding against each other, which ultimately allowed Hexin Tower to take advantage, this kind of thing has never happened since the first auction.

Not to mention a second-level high-grade magic weapon that is blown to the sky, even if it is a third-level auction item that exceeds psychological expectations, it will not be pursued closely.

If there are any doubts or even questions, everyone will point them out directly.

The old man directly filtered out some irrelevant questions, but he still answered seriously some questions involving the auction items in his hands.

"The demon turtle's self-destruction did not damage the shell, but it also caused some light cracks. This is also an important reason why its quality dropped to the ordinary second-level top grade.

These golden threads use a special kind of aquatic spiritual gold, whose spirituality is naturally compatible with the spirituality of this tortoise shell. It not only perfectly repairs its surface cracks, but also has the special effect of dispersing attack damage and improving defensive toughness. "

But his explanation was met with a meaningful "Oh".

The old man on the stage had his beard curled up, took a few breaths, and finally said calmly:

"Xuanling Turtle Armor, a second-level high-grade defensive weapon. The starting price is ten high-grade spiritual stones. Each increase in price must not be less than one high-grade spiritual stone. Let's start!"

After he shouted, no one on the second floor, which was full of foundation-building monks, spoke for a while.

The old man counted the time silently in his mind. As long as no one bids for it when the time is up, he will announce that it has not been sold.

Although every item that appeared on the Hexin Building auction stage was a treasure, there were still cases where the items failed to be auctioned, and he was quite open-minded about this.

"Eleven!" a voice shouted.

Meng Zhou, who had been staring closely at the mallet in the old man's hand and also paying attention to other people's moves, immediately shouted: "Fifteen!"

According to his plan, if no one bids for it, he will buy it just before the old man announces that the auction has failed.

If someone calls out the price, he won't climb up one by one with the other party, and directly beats the opponent's rhythm.

Sure enough, upon hearing his offer, the scene became quiet again.

After three breaths, although the old man felt a little regretful, he still knocked down the gavel.

"Bang! Congratulations to our friends from the 2nd, 2nd and 4th rooms for taking a piece of Xuanling tortoise shell. Next, we..."

Meng Zhou didn't stay any longer and went straight out of the room.

Arriving at the room where the magic weapon was handed over, a man with early foundation-building cultivation entered the room with Zhang Wei.

Meng Zhou took the Xuanling tortoise shell presented by Zhang Wei with both hands, and examined it with his magic power and spiritual consciousness. After confirming that it was correct, he pointed out fifteen high-grade spiritual stones and handed them to him.

What makes Meng Zhou strange is that the monks in the early stage of foundation construction were handing over to him throughout the whole process, and Zhang Wei did not say a word.

But before leaving, he looked at himself specifically, and there seemed to be some deep meaning in his eyes.

Meng Zhou was wondering, "What does this mean? Is there anything wrong with this Xuanling tortoise shell?"

But he had carefully inspected it just now, and everything was as the old man had introduced.

In fact, perhaps for the sake of Qingxuanzong's reputation, his introduction was a bit conservative.

On the other hand, based on his attainment of the second-level weapon, it can be seen that this is a new product that has just been refined and has not passed through any human hands. He is the first owner of this magical weapon.

After thinking about it, he didn't know what else could be wrong with this magic weapon.

…

After leaving Hexin Building, Meng Zhou was about to return to the Zhang family courtyard when a voice suddenly came from behind him:

"Fellow Daoist Meng is really extraordinary. He has just become a foundation builder and yet he dares to spend so wantonly."

Meng Zhou stopped and turned to look. Xu Wanzhen had just walked out of Hexin Building and was walking beside him.

"Fairy." He greeted with a smile and a gentle nod.

Seeing that he did not answer her question, Xu Wanzhen was not annoyed and did not dwell on the issue. Instead, she walked slowly with Meng Zhou and asked:

“What are fellow Daoist Meng doing these days, and why are you nowhere to be seen?

If I hadn't heard your voice just now, I would have thought you had left Qinglinfang. "

Meng Zhou said: "Of course it's a retreat to practice."

Xu Wanzhen turned to look at him, her eyes becoming more and more surprised.

Meng Zhou rubbed his face in confusion: "Why, where did I say something wrong?

There are cultivation methods, soul refining methods, and Dao-protecting spells to practice. When I first entered the foundation building, everything had to start from scratch. I felt that twelve hours a day was not enough. How could I have time to wander around outside? "

Xu Wanzhen said quietly:

"Fellow Daoist Meng is really extraordinary. These days, every time I practice, I have many doubts.

The situation of other Taoist friends is not much better than that of my concubine.

Since we don’t have any elders from our sect, we can only meet up every three to five days to discuss the Tao in small groups, hoping that with the help of more people we can solve every problem.

The effect can only be said to be so-so. I have wanted to invite fellow Taoists to discuss Taoism together several times. "

Meng Zhou's expression froze. He really didn't expect that someone would find out something fishy about this issue.

Because of the three incomplete spiritual bodies, the qualitative gap between Meng Zhou and other new foundation builders has widened in terms of cultivation talent.

When he was practicing Qi, his exercises, martial arts, spells, and various other skills were all cultivated to perfection, and he saw many "truths" as a result.

From the beginning of Qi practice, I have jumped out of the mold of other people's methods, designed my own path of practice, and built a general framework for practice.

This allowed him to stand at a height that other casual cultivators could not imagine, looking straight at, or even looking down at, those kinds of methods.

Every aspect, if taken individually, would make him go much more smoothly in the foundation building stage than Luo Ping, Qu Jing and others.

All added together, many of the obstacles that they felt were insurmountable simply did not exist with him.

However, Meng Zhou would not waste time on such meaningless discussions to him just to cover up this point.

In fact, if he really does this, the most likely thing is to reveal more.

Because his real level has already opened a qualitative gap with other new foundation builders in the same batch, and as every day passes, this gap will become wider at a visible speed.

In the process of communicating with others, it is necessary to always conceal one's true progress. Just thinking about it, Meng Zhou knew that this was very difficult, and all the previous efforts would be wasted once exposed.

What's more important is that doing so makes no sense.

Therefore, Meng Zhou's expression changed slightly and returned to normal.

As a foundation-building monk, so what if I am a little secretive?

Xu Wanzhen saw that his expression was as usual. With her emotional intelligence, she would not continue to be annoying, but said:

"Fellow Daoist Meng, I have a question, may I ask for advice?"

Meng Zhou turned to look at her. Her attitude was sincere, even pleading.

"go ahead."

Meng Zhou thought for a while and agreed.

"When I was meditating on my body, I thought that I couldn't bear to have distracting thoughts. But when I really entered the body, I found that there were so many distracting thoughts that it was difficult to restrain them. Why is this?"

"You're obsessed with it... You're doing it on purpose. The more you want to do this, the more stubborn your thoughts become.

If you can really stop thinking without thinking, then you are no longer a small foundation builder. "

Xu Wanzhen's eyes flashed and she nodded suddenly.

She asked for advice this time, originally just for the purpose of hitting two shots if she had the chance. She did not really expect that "Fellow Daoist Meng" would give her serious guidance.

But she didn't expect that not only did he give guidance, but he also didn't try to be mysterious at all, and she suddenly understood.

She didn't know why the other party was so talkative at this time, and she didn't need to know.

What are you waiting for!

"Then..." She started to ask her next question.

There were not too many doubts piling up in her heart these days.

The two asked and answered questions. Although they walked slowly, the road finally came to an end.

"I'm here." Meng Zhou stood in front of the alley leading to Zhang's courtyard and said to Xu Wanzhen.

"Ah?" Xu Wanzhen woke up and let out a sigh of regret. Then, she saluted Meng Zhou in an unprecedented solemn manner:

"Master Meng, thank you for clarifying my doubts!"

Meng Zhou nodded and turned into the alley.

"Master Meng!" Xu Wanzhen suddenly shouted again.

"Huh?" Meng Zhou turned his head.

"Can I still ask you for advice in the future?" Xu Wanzhen asked with a look of hope on her face.

She was looking forward to it. Master Meng easily solved many doubts for her today. Maybe, to the other party, this doesn't matter, right?

"It's best not to. I also have my own practice plan."

Meng Zhou replied lightly, turned around and left.

"ah?!"

Xu Wanzhen stood there blankly. After a while, she left with some disappointment.

…

Returning to the Zhang Family Courtyard and entering the quiet room, Meng Zhou activated the Spiritual Earth Formation to prevent any strange aura from spreading.

He took out the Xuanling tortoise shell and first used his magic power to refine it.

The mana properties of the Spring Water Sutra are particularly consistent with the spiritual properties of this tortoise shell. It easily penetrates into the core of the magic weapon, leaving its own mana imprint and spiritual consciousness imprint.

From then on, this magical weapon completely belonged to him.

Meng Zhou's divine consciousness controlled the magic weapon and moved it flexibly around him for a few times before recalling it to his hand again.

Meng Zhouzhou held the underbelly of the Xuanling turtle shell with one hand and pressed the back of the Xuanling turtle shell with the other, carefully feeling its spiritual fluctuations, and through these spiritual fluctuations, he could sense the traces of life of the quasi-third-order Xuanling turtle.

The vitality-rich spring water has magical power. Entering the inside of this tortoise shell is like entering your hometown, without any obstacles.

On the other hand, he turned the eight medicine master spells into innate abilities, thus obtaining a kind of incomplete spiritual talent, which gave him an ability to examine and explore the breath of life far beyond that of ordinary monks.

Gradually, Meng Zhou felt that he was touching.

But just when he was about to "touch" it directly, a thin and tough metal layer blocked his way, preventing him from directly "interrogating" the traces of life hidden deep in the Xuanling turtle shell.

With regret, Meng Zhou opened his eyes.

Looking at the golden threads on the surface of the Xuanling tortoise shell, according to the old auctioneer, this is a kind of aquatic spiritual gold. Its spirituality is naturally compatible with the spirituality of the tortoise shell. It is used to repair some cracks on the tortoise shell caused by the self-destruction of the Xuanling turtle.

With his attainments in the art of weapons, Meng Zhou knew right away when refining this magical weapon that the spiritual gold used a simple inlay process and did not involve smelting and fusion.

"That's easy."

Thinking in his mind, Meng Zhou touched the golden thread with his fingers and moved slowly.

It cuts across the entire back of the tortoise shell, the underbelly, and finally stops somewhere on the side of the underbelly.

"right here."

Meng Zhou has found the starting point of mosaic.

He sent a little mana into the place he found, and saw the golden thread slowly rising up.

Meng Zhou pinched it with his fingers, and then gently pulled it. Soon, all the silk threads covering the surface of the tortoise shell were pulled off, turning into a thin golden thread in his hand.

Meng Zhou felt the pure spirituality flowing on the surface of this thread.

This is also a second-level high-grade precious spiritual material.

Meng Zhou rolled it into a roll and put it into a jade volute.

The Xuanling tortoise shell in his hand, as the golden thread was pulled out, revealed fine cracks all over the body, and its spirituality also became a little unstable.

Meng Zhou, who had completely refined it as his own, could clearly feel that the quality of this defensive weapon had declined significantly at this moment.

He is almost about to fall from the level of the second-level high-grade.

Meng Zhou didn't care about this.

When he bought this magic weapon, he was not interested in the defensive magic weapon.

His hands were once again placed on the back and underbelly of the tortoise's shell.

Soon, he once again captured the traces of life hidden deep inside. Because there was no barrier from the metal diaphragm, he easily came into contact with it, and began a skillful "interrogation" and "inspection" of it.

…

night.

After Zhang Wei returned home, he did not go back to his residence. Instead, he came to the small courtyard where Meng Zhou was retreating and knocked gently on the door.

After a while, Meng Zhou opened the door and welcomed him in.

When Meng Zhou saw him coming to the door in person, he said directly: "Today at Hexin Tower, you seem to have something to say to me?"

Zhang Wei nodded: "Yeah."

"Is it related to the Xuanling tortoise shell?" Meng Zhou asked again.

"Yes." Zhang Wei nodded again.

Meng Zhou's expression became serious and he asked, "What's wrong with the Xuanling tortoise shell?"

Zhang Weidao: "There is nothing wrong with this magical artifact. I just remind seniors that if you travel to Qingxuan Territory in the future, you must not use this magical artifact in Wumenghai."

"Ah?" Meng Zhou was stunned and quickly asked: "Why is this?"

Thoughts were racing in his mind, searching for the little information about Wumenghai that he had in his mind.

Wumenghai is located in the southeastern border of Qingxuan Territory. The sea area is nearly 20,000 miles. The sea area is covered with first- and second-order evil veins, plus the third-order evil veins in the core area cover thousands of miles.

Not only are there a large number of first- and second-level sea monsters living there, but it is said that there are also many third-level monsters.

Then, some legendary anecdotes heard in Xiangming Tower emerged in my mind.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhou's heart moved and he blurted out: "Is this mysterious turtle hunted from Wumeng Sea?"

Zhang Wei nodded and said, "Yes."

Meng Zhou secretly criticized Qingxuanzong for being such a scammer, but he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The situation was much better than he thought, and there was no problem with the magic weapon itself.

The problem is a legend heard by Meng Zhou.

Within the circle of practitioners, there is no opponent within the Qingxuan Domain that can compete with the Qingxuan Sect.

But if monsters are also included, then the Wumenghai third-order monster can give Qingxuanzong a run for its money in terms of both quantity and quality.

However, the monster's territorial sense is too strong.

Moreover, for them, evil veins are the source of their strength and even status. If their position is occupied by other monsters after they leave and grow up, it is absolutely intolerable.

Therefore, as long as humans do not provoke them, they are willing to sleep in their own territory until they die.

The third-order great demon who has condensed the demon elixir has more spiritual wisdom, and also understands the simple truth that only by working together can we fight against human practitioners.

They have completely overcome the food chain nature deeply rooted in their blood, and regard all third-level monsters as companions.

Therefore, if he was ignorant and used this Xuanling tortoise shell within the Wumeng Sea, those third-level demons would sense that the despicable human being would strangle his companion at the critical moment when he was condensing the demon elixir, and leave his remains. After refining the magical weapon, there is a high probability that he will not be able to walk out of Wumenghai alive.

Although Meng Zhou had never thought of venturing to Wumenghai, who could say for sure what would happen in the future.

Therefore, he seriously thanked Zhang Wei for the reminder.

Finally, Meng Zhou curiously asked: "How did you know that the magic weapon I photographed was made from Wumenghai?"

Meng Zhou didn't believe that every item auctioned by Hexin Building would tell Zhang Wei and other low-level employees its specific ins and outs.

And popular monsters like Xuanling Turtle exist in almost all evil veins, not just Wumenghai.

Zhang Weidao: "This is actually a trial mission for the new inner sect of the little girl. The sect asked them to sneak into the Wumeng Sea Xuanling Turtle's nest to steal the turtle eggs.

This was also an oversight in the early exploration. I originally thought it was just the nest of an ordinary second-order mysterious turtle.

Unexpectedly, in addition to an ordinary second-order mysterious turtle, there is also a quasi-third-order mysterious turtle that is preparing to attack the third-order demon.

The situation at that time was also very dangerous. Several guardians quickly stopped the trial and killed the quasi-third-level mysterious turtle when it was at its weakest.

Even so, the operation came at a high cost. "

Meng Zhou suddenly realized that he did not expect such a connection.

He then heard that when the shopkeeper of Ruyi Ju Chen introduced him here, he said that Zhang Wei's eldest daughter already had the strength to be promoted to the inner sect, and she could be promoted to the inner sect only when the assessment came.

It seems that during the days when he lived in the Zhang family courtyard, the eldest daughter of the Zhang family had become an inner disciple.

What's that girl's name... Zhang Xiaoyi said, his sister's name is... Zhang Yun?

At this moment, Meng Zhou had a thought in his mind and looked at Zhang Weidao: "Did your daughter and the others get the Xuanling turtle eggs?"

Zhang Wei shook his head and said: "The mission was urgently canceled before they had time to act."

Meng Zhou was disappointed, but Zhang Wei's next words cheered him up again.

"...However, before those few guardians killed the quasi-third-order mysterious turtle and ran away in an emergency, they looted the turtle nest, and the turtle eggs were no exception."

Meng Zhou hurriedly said: "So, Qingxuan Sect has a batch of Xuanling turtle eggs?"

"Really?" Zhang Wei said with some uncertainty. What if the family was divided privately and not handed over to the public?

"Can I buy it?" Meng Zhou asked.

Zhang Wei reacted and looked at Meng Zhou: "Senior, do you want to buy Xuanling turtle eggs?"

Meng Zhou nodded.

Zhang Weidao: "Then... let me ask my daughter to help you ask?"

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