Do not die

On the way back, Meng Zhou was still thinking about this discovery.

The phenomenon of golden beetle swarms and similar phenomena has not been seriously explored in the spiritual world. At least, in the information that Meng Zhou came into contact with, this phenomenon was basically turned a blind eye.

Meng Zhou feels that this is very important, and may even be one of the most fundamental cornerstones of the world.

For a long time, practitioners' judgment of spiritual wisdom has been limited to a specific life form, and through comparison, it has been found that, except for human practitioners, other life forms are basically idiots.

Even though the monster beasts will continue to sublimate as they break through the shackles of their bloodline again and again, and their spiritual intelligence will become higher and higher, but compared to human practitioners, this improvement is not worth mentioning.

But through the transformation of the golden beetle swarm from the second level to the third level, Meng Zhou basically confirmed a conjecture in his mind.

That is to say, there is another form of spiritual intelligence in the world, which is not limited to the brain of an individual life.

As small as a swarm of golden beetles, it can even be extended to all insect swarms, and as specific as a spiritual insect, they may be non-intelligent, pure combat killing weapons.

But when a large number of non-intelligent individuals gather into a group, there is something tentatively called a "collective intelligence" covering them and governing them.

Moreover, this "collective intelligence" will continue to improve with the increase in the number of individual spirit insects and the sublimation of life levels.

The "ecosystem" expanded from this to cover all the monsters in Tianqi Mountain, but at its core, it is similar.

Meng Zhou also had some conjectures about the phenomenon that a large number of third-level monsters were "drowned" in the poisonous miasma jungle, but did not cause the "ecosystem" to become abnormally alert.

If you really want to explain it carefully, it may be very complicated and not necessarily accurate, but Meng Zhou felt that a sentence from his previous life was very suitable to explain this phenomenon, "The vassals of my vassals are not my vassals."

Although there is a huge difference in rank, in essence, "ecosystem" and "insect swarm intelligence" are both a kind of "collective intelligence".

As the saying goes, "the county officials are not as good as the current ones", the influence and interference of the "ecosystem" on the insect swarm is much weaker than that of the monster beasts because it is separated by one layer.

They will also behave more slowly when faced with events related to the swarm.

"You can try it if you have the chance."

Meng Zhou thought in his mind that he could try to use the golden beetle swarm to hunt those third-order monsters.

If the "ecosystem" covering the entire Tianqi Mountain behaves more slowly as a result, it basically means that his guess is correct.

“Now, because the ‘collective intelligence’ of the swarm of golden beetles is further manifested, I no longer need to perform detailed operations on each golden beetle.

I only need to pass the requirements to the "collective intelligence", and the insect swarm will automatically perform individual scheduling operations based on the instructions I give.

If you think about it carefully, this is actually very similar to the Beast Tide mode. "

"Is it possible to form a contract with the 'ecosystem' covering the entire Tianqi Mountain through the method of a spiritual controller, just like the 'collective intelligence' that controls the swarm of golden beetles?

And by controlling him, he can control all the monsters in the entire Tianqi Mountain? "

"If this can really be done, it won't be just Tianqi Mountain that I can interfere with?"

"Is that the true King of Beasts?"

Meng Zhou's thoughts spread, jumping from the swarm of golden beetles to the entire Tianqi Mountain, and then from Tianqi Mountain to the broader reality.

After a long time, Meng Zhou finally pulled back his thoughts that were about to drift into the clouds.

However, the moment his thoughts returned to his body, Meng Zhou naturally thought of a question.

"This kind of 'collective intelligence' can be manifested in insect swarms and monster beasts, but what about humans?"

Naturally, Meng Zhou once again thought of the statue of Lihen that he had glimpsed through the memories of those pill-forming monks in the Lihen Sect.

Meng Zhou suddenly realized that the meaning behind the Lihen Sect, which had failed time and time again in his hands, might be far more serious than he had thought before.

Although he is already a powerful alchemy monk, the world he sees is just a small corner of the real world.

The real world may be much larger and more complex than what you see now.

"Yes, Qingxuan Domain, and even the other four domains, are just some fragments that fell from Xingxiu Palace."

After gaining this level of self-awareness, Meng Zhou's mind became inexplicably calmer.

The thoughts that were gradually drifting due to the rapid improvement of cultivation level fell firmly to the ground again, becoming down-to-earth once again.

After returning to Aurora Cave, Meng Zhou once again began a regular and peaceful practice life.

…

[Contract oath: Rope Spirit Level 3 3000/10,000; Painting Spirit Level 3 1250/10,000]

Both Yaya and Bai Zhi successfully completed their breakthrough.

The Xuanling Turtle and the Golden-armored Spirit Insect were also successfully promoted from the second level to the third level.

After completing this key improvement, you can either rest, retreat, or silently digest the gains and strive to grow.

Four thousand golden armored spirit insects successfully broke through to the third low-grade level.

At the second level, they have powerful vitality, recovery power, defense power, and the ability to resist physical strikes and spell damage of all types, far exceeding Xiaoqiang's.

Now, these characteristics have been comprehensively improved.

Not only that, every golden armored spirit insect is like a pure combat weapon.

There is no intelligence and no soul.

This means that all methods targeting divine souls are completely ineffective against them.

Apart from crushing them into powder from the front with absolute force, there is almost no effective way to deal with them.

Facing this kind of golden-armored spirit insect is not to mention a nightmare for early-stage monks of the same level.

Four thousand golden-armored spirit insects gathered in a swarm, and even the monks in the middle stage of pill formation could only fall to their knees in seconds.

“Probably, only late-stage pill-forming monks can cause harm to them.

However, it's really hard to say how much damage they can cause with their powerful injury-avoidance and recovery abilities. "

Anyway, it is unrealistic to wipe out a large area like mosquitoes and insecticides.

What's more important is that after these golden-armored spirit insects break through the life shackles of the second to third levels, the massive amount of heart essence and blood stored in the Five Yun Spirit Gourd can finally be supplied to these golden-armored spirit insects.

Because of the abundant supply of heart essence and blood, these four thousand third-level low-grade golden armored spirit insects quickly reached the limit of their bloodline abilities.

However, Meng Zhou did not reduce the supply of essence and blood to his heart, and a large number of insect eggs were hatched.

Although, among these insect eggs, the bloodline of most of the golden-armored spirit insects does not exceed the third level, and there are very few that are better than the current batch of golden-armored spirit insects.

But as long as there is, it means the direction is correct.

Meng Zhou hatched all the golden beetle eggs, and through the stimulation of his heart's essence and blood, as well as rounds of life and death training, he fully stimulated the potential of all the eggs.

In less than three months, a new third-order low-grade spiritual insect was born.

These newly born third-level low-grade golden-armored spirit insects naturally passed through the bottleneck of the second and third levels without any abnormality occurring.

With the continuous addition of new generations, it not only increases the size of the golden armored insect swarm, but also injects more possibilities into the insect swarm with increasingly higher "collective intelligence".

However, Meng Zhou did not allow the insect swarm to expand uncontrollably.

The simple truth is that if the size of the insect swarm doubles, the energy and blood consumed will more than double;

On the other hand, when the size of the insect swarm reaches a certain level, the combat effectiveness of the insect swarm will not increase year-on-year as the size of the insect swarm increases without qualitative changes in individual strength.

After years of accumulation, although the reserve of essence and blood in the heart is very considerable, it cannot last long with the current consumption.

Therefore, after careful weighing, the number of golden armored spirit insects returned to four thousand after a brief increase.

And after a period of "metabolism", it further shrank to 2,000.

But amid such adjustments, the strength of the insect swarm increased instead of decreasing.

Because every golden-armored spirit insect that has survived through survival of the fittest has greatly improved in strength, from entering the third-level low-grade to the peak level of the third-order low-grade.

…

In a blink of an eye, the time has come to the end of the year.

The fifth day of December, afternoon.

Cultivation progress +300, fourth level of elixir formation 9520/10,000;

Third level Spring Water Sutra +3000, master 114,000/120,000;

Black Turtle Bearing Tablet True Skill +3000, Master 102,300/120,000.

Not long after he came out of seclusion, Meng Zhou felt something in his heart, and his consciousness returned to the Sanchuan Plateau, tens of thousands of miles away from the Aurora Cave, and the Ice Heart Blood Lotus clone.

Just now, the Bingxinxuelian clone, who was "acting" for both "Song Yang" and "Ge Ping" at the same time, received a message from Yao Gu.

In previous years, Meng Zhou would conduct a large-scale diagnosis and treatment every year.

Before diagnosis and treatment, he would send a message to Yao Gu several months in advance to let the Blue Blood Army prepare the arrangements.

But after the diagnosis and treatment at the end of last year, Meng Zhou left Sanchuan Yuan in his true form.

What remains in Mikawa Plain is just a disguise, and the purpose is only to maintain the existence of this identity in Mikawa Plain.

In addition, as he has perfected the two third-level pharmacist skills of bone regeneration and restoration, Meng Zhou, who is tens of thousands of miles away in the Tianqi Mountains, is immersed in his own practice. Naturally, he has no intention to do it anymore. Think about this.

Therefore, according to the usual practice in previous years, Yao Gu's matter would be notified between September and October at the latest. At the end of this year, there was still no news.

So Yao Gu also sent a subpoena to "Ge Ping" under pressure from all parties.

There were two subpoenas. One was to ask whether he had any medical arrangements this year as in previous years.

Another one is the summary of information, which is that since "Ge Yaoshi" finished his diagnosis and treatment last year, the intensity of the battle between practitioners and monsters has increased significantly.

Bixueyuan, Wucailing, and Qiandao Lake have suffered multiple small-scale animal tides.

Due to the conflict with the monsters, many monks died, and even more were disabled or seriously injured and could not recover.

Although there was no mention of it in the summons, its intention was self-evident.

Meng Zhou pondered for a moment and sent a message back to Yao Gu through the Ice Heart Blood Lotus clone.

The content is also two points.

The first is to explain that due to the need for spiritual practice, he does not have time to visit the doctor this year, but he will not stop the matter because of this. The next visit to the doctor is scheduled for mid-March next year.

The second part of the reply content is "guidance".

Because the conflict between practitioners and monsters is becoming more and more intense, the demand for pharmacists is also becoming more and more intense. This is a fact.

But you can't put all your hopes on yourself because of this. Although there are very few pharmacists among professionals, "Ge Pharmacist" is not the only one.

There are still some pharmacists in the professional associations.

Although their level cannot be compared with "Ge Yaoshi", they can still solve many problems.

Moreover, the growth of a pharmacist is a profession that attaches great importance to practice.

Only the more people you practice with, the easier it will be to make progress; the more people you don’t look for, the less likely you will make progress.

Because of the existence of "Ge Yaoshi", the Jade Blood Army has now become the first choice for all monks who are disabled or suffering from difficult-to-heal diseases.

On the contrary, pharmacists in professional associations were collectively "turned a blind eye" and became a little transparent.

——Of course, this also has his reasons. Who would go to a first- and second-level pharmacist to make "training materials" when they know that there is a third-level pharmacist and the alchemy master will visit regularly?

However, Meng Zhou believes that after this year, everyone will realize that his Danjie boss is not really clocking in to work regularly as they thought.

Therefore, he suggested that the Blue Blood Army coordinate and divert suitable injured patients to the pharmacists of the Professionals Association.

In addition to the low-level pharmacists in the Professional Association, there is also a group of pharmacists in Qingxuan Domain, which are the pharmacists of Qingxuan Sect.

Among them, the one with the most outstanding skills has even reached the third-level mid-level strength, and is not inferior to Meng Zhou.

For a long time, monks who were not from the Qingxuan Sect had a fearful and admiring mentality towards contact with the Qingxuan Sect.

Just like the attitude of ordinary people towards the government, they don't want to have anything to do with Qingxuan Sect if they can avoid dealing with it and solve problems by themselves.

But Meng Zhou no longer had such a mentality, after seeing through some of Qingxuanzong's intentions.

He could even feel that Qingxuanzong was willing to respond to everyone's needs in some aspects, and even cooperated with everyone.

However, because everyone is habitually afraid of Qingxuanzong, Qingxuanzong will not take the initiative to do certain things to avoid counter-effects.

What happened in Hongliang Bay is very typical.

A conflict implicated hundreds of foundations of the entire second-order spiritual vein, and nearly a hundred foundations were killed or seriously injured.

Faced with such a tragic situation, someone called Qingxuanzong, the referee, to come forward.

Then, Qingxuanzong really "lived up to expectations" and became a qualified referee. Not only did he immediately put an end to the chaos in Hongliang Bay, he also took the opportunity to clarify some rules that could cover the entire Qingxuan domain.

"If there are too many monks who are disabled or seriously injured by monsters and cannot recover, which has affected the safety of certain forces and even spiritual veins, don't wait for me to take action and directly ask Qingxuan Sect for help.

I believe that Qingxuanzong will definitely arrange for a pharmacist to handle this matter. "

After replying this message to Yao Gu, Meng Zhou thought for a moment, and then with the help of the Bingxin Blood Lotus clone, he sent a message to the fake alchemy monks of Qingxuan Sect who were also in retreat in the inner city area of ​​​​the core of Sanchuan Plain.

He intercepted the appropriate parts of the messages Yao Gu sent him and the messages he sent back to Yao Gu and put them all in.

It not only explains the current urgent need for pharmacists in the cultivation world, but also explains his current dilemma and hopes that Qingxuan Sect can contribute and lend a helping hand.

Then, the Ice Heart Blood Lotus avatar assumed the identity of "Song Yang" - on the surface, he was still a third-level Talisman Maker of the Professionals Association, a core member of the Professionals Association, and the vice president of the Talisman Maker Branch. Now he is also a third-level Talisman Maker of the Professionals Association. He is the talk representative of the Professionals Association in Mikawahara.

"Song Yang" sent a message to the Professionals Association, which meant that "Ge Pharmacist" hoped that the Blue Blood Army could have more cooperation with the pharmacists of the Professionals Association.

Not long after, multiple subpoenas came to him one after another.

Yao Gu said that he immediately contacted people from the Professionals Association and Qingxuan Sect to facilitate the matter.

The fake elixir monk of the Professionals Association who received the summons from "Song Yang" said that he had arranged for someone to urgently send the information back to the headquarters of the Cuiyu Lake Professionals Association, and he believed that a pharmacist would be here soon.

Even Qingxuanzong's fake pill, who was usually transparent in Sanchuan Plain, sent him a reply, saying that he had reported it to Qingxuanzong and believed that there would be a good result soon.

Finally, he was asked to practice with peace of mind and not to let these chores affect his practice.

This person's friendly attitude made Meng Zhou more convinced of his suspicion: "It seems that Qingxuan Sect is indeed ready and is just waiting for me or other influential monks to open their mouths."

…

After handling the matter, Meng Zhou continued his calm and regular practice routine.

Unknowingly, he had lived in the Aurora Cave for more than a year.

The fifth day of the first lunar month, afternoon.

Cultivation progress +300, fourth level of elixir formation 9820/10,000;

Third level Spring Water Sutra +3000, Master 117,000/120,000;

Black Turtle Bearing Tablet True Skill +3000, Master 105,300/120,000.

Shortly after finishing this retreat, sixty-six-year-old Meng Zhou and Bai Zhi sat in a stone pavilion in the middle of the water.

The once gloomy dark space has now been replaced by a gorgeous aurora sky that never stops, flows, and never repeats.

Bai Zhi has also gone from being dumbfounded and excited at the beginning to now treating her as normal.

Even though the changes in the aurora now are more complex, more subtle, and more dreamy than at the beginning.

For example, at this moment, on the water surface beside the two of them, there was a strange aurora passing by against the water surface.

At first glance, this aurora looks like a simple double helix structure. One color is mainly blue, and the other is mainly purple. They are like two long snakes intertwined with each other. I am in you, and you are in me.

In addition to these two main colors, there are more brilliant colors embellished among them.

Only Meng Zhou knew that the two colors of aurora formed a complex and exquisite knot structure.

This seemingly ethereal flowing aurora is actually the core hub of the entire Aurora Cave. The talismans all over the dome and all the stone walls in the water are all unified by it.

The vast amount of messy spiritual materials have their own places and uses, and they have also achieved further sublimation.

Meng Zhou has already stopped improving the Aurora Cave. It's not that he doesn't want to go further, but it's that he has reached the limit that this third-level spiritual land can support.

Because of his transformation, the performance of this third-order spiritual land in all aspects has exceeded the level of the third-order high-grade.

But it is still a step away from the third level of excellence.

Together with its effects on gathering spirits, concealing, shielding, defending, hallucinating, and imprisoning, etc., all of them have reached a level that exceeds the third level top grade and is close to the third level top grade.

In addition to obtaining a high-quality retreat cave, Meng Zhou's attainments in rope knotting have also made great progress.

Before setting up this cave, the knot master was still at the lower level of the third level, but now he has reached the middle level of the third level and is close to the upper level of the third level.

"Tier 3 Knot Master 6400/10,000"

…

At this moment, Bai Zhi suddenly asked: "When are we going back to Sanchuan Plain?"

Meng Zhou looked at her, "Do you miss your apprentice?"

Bai Zhi nodded, not hiding her emotions, and said:

"Well, I haven't seen her for so long, and I still miss her a lot."

Meng Zhou nodded, "Let's wait another two months. Then we will go back to Sanchuan Plain to live for a while."

When Bai Zhi heard this, she nodded happily and said, "Okay."

She made this request because Meng Zhou had already told her that he had made arrangements in Sanchuan Yuan and they could go back at any time.

While talking, Meng Zhou seemed to remember something and smiled at Bai Zhi: "I'll show you something good."

Bai Zhi looked curious, "What?"

A small pile of items appeared in Meng Zhou's hand. Bai Zhi looked at it intently, and the curiosity on her face turned into confusion.

In Meng Zhou's palm, there were more than a dozen dried fruits that looked like preserved fruits and were completely dehydrated.

Bai Zhi examined it carefully and said doubtfully:

"This... I think this looks like the dried fruit of Yuxinzhuguo? Is there anything special about this?"

Meng Zhou smiled and said, "You'll know it right away."

While he was talking, a pot of rootless spiritual water that was boiling in the stove was already boiling.

Meng Zhou put the dried fruit into the pot, and as the boiling spiritual water poured in, a light aroma filled the air.

However, Bai Zhi had no time to pay attention to this peculiar aroma at the moment, but stared at the jade heart red fruit that quickly filled up with the boiling water in the pot.

It only took a short time from "dried fruit" to "fresh and tender spiritual fruit".

Meng Zhou handed a portion to Bai Zhi's hand, stretched out his hand and said, "Try it."

Bai Zhi looked at the three fresh spiritual fruits floating in the cup, as well as the light red liquid that exuded a light and sweet smell.

After looking at it carefully for a while, Bai Zhi asked: "Should I eat or drink?"

When Meng Zhou heard this, he smiled and said, "Anything is fine, you can try it."

Bai Zhi nodded slightly, then took a fresh and tender jade heart red fruit and put it into her mouth.

"Hmm~~"

Bai Zhi's eyes suddenly widened, and she quickly swallowed the spiritual fruit into her belly in a few mouthfuls, and said in surprise:

"Hey, this jade heart red fruit feels so special after you made it like this. It tastes very good, but it is a little different from the fresh jade heart red fruit.

and……"

Having said this, Bai Zhi thought about it carefully for a while, then slowly said:

"I don't know if it's an illusion, but after eating this Jade Heart Crimson Fruit, I felt a little warm and comfortable in my body. This is a feeling that the real Jade Heart Crimson Fruit doesn't have."

The surprised Bai Zhi raised her glass and took another sip, nodded slowly and said:

"The effect is similar to the Jade Heart Crimson Fruit I took just now, but the taste is very different."

“It’s delicious and drinkable.”

After finishing the review, Bai Zhi looked at Meng Zhou and asked, "How did you do this?"

Meng Zhou laughed and said:

"Didn't you think that the taste of Lingcha was too simple at first, and that it was not as rich in taste and efficacy as Lingjiu?

So, I tried to develop this fruit tea, is it okay? "

Meng Zhou was very happy that he had broadened his horizons because of Bai Zhi's words.

After more than a year of accumulation, precipitation and exploration, I finally succeeded in finding a new path.

After Bai Zhi heard this, she also exclaimed, her mouth slightly opened, and she was so moved that she couldn't help herself.

Meng Zhou's focus was that her unintentional words had broadened her horizons and paths.

But what touched Bai Zhi was that he...he actually accomplished something to this extent just because of my casual words.

At this moment, Bai Zhi looked at the man in front of her saying this in an understatement, and the surging emotions in her heart already felt like they could not control themselves and were about to overflow her chest.

…

Because of Bai Zhi's unintentional words, Meng Zhou realized that there was a broader world besides the spiritual baker and the spiritual wine master.

In the final analysis, the essence of this kind of exploration is a deeper understanding and control of the spirituality of various materials.

Meng Zhou transformed the Aurora Cave and processed a large amount of complicated spiritual materials.

Although these materials are not imported, they have all been mixed into Fu Mo Spiritual Liquid.

But we reach the same goal through different paths, and get to the root. This is also the understanding and control of different materials and complex spirituality.

During this period, various insights naturally merged into one.

The spiritual wine master profession, which was already at the third level of low-grade, has become a brand new profession.

It not only covers the field of spiritual wine master, but also the field of spiritual baker that he expected. Meng Zhou is confident that if he is allowed to prepare monster meat now, from taste to efficacy, it can be better than before.

And that's not all, this new profession also gives him the ability to process more materials into spiritual tea and give the spiritual tea richer effects.

The jade heart red fruit tea that Meng Zhou asked Bai Zhi to try was just a small test of this ability.

And this is not the limit of this new profession. He can handle various spiritual materials more accurately, casually, and freely, and mobilize the ever-changing spirituality in them for his own use.

In the information list, the original occupation of "spiritual winemaker" was also replaced by a string of question marks.

【? ? ? 】

This means that this is a completely new profession that has never existed before.

After some deliberation, Meng Zhou named this new profession "Spirit Adjuster".

As soon as it was clear, the new "Spirit Adjuster" profession reached the third level of high-grade level.

[Level 3 Spirit Adjuster 7000/10,000]

He surpassed the Medicine Spirit Master and reached the same height as the Spirit Controller.

Moreover, when making horizontal comparisons, Meng Zhou had a strange feeling in his heart, that is, this newly developed "Spirit Adjuster" had some strange similarities with the "Medicine Spirit Master" and "Spirit Controller" sex.

Going back to the roots, they are all a kind of development and utilization of spirituality.

However, the methods of development and utilization vary.

"So, is there a composite profession that is above them?"

While he was pondering this matter in his mind, Meng Zhou suddenly felt his lips soften, and under the warm touch, a unique sweet scent of jade heart red fruit flowed down his mouth and penetrated into his heart.

Meng Zhou, who was immersed in his thoughts, suddenly widened his eyes and saw a beautiful face occupying his field of vision with an unprecedented aggressive attitude, looking at him with a condescending gaze.

"You..." Meng Zhou was so shocked that he subconsciously leaned back.

Bai Zhi's eyes were blurred and she asked, "What are you hiding from?"

"I……"

"Aren't we Taoists?"

"you……"

"I don't believe you are really indifferent to me, your eyes are empty!"

"I……"

"What you you me me, do you stutter?"

Meng Zhou straightened his expression, looked at Bai Zhi, and said seriously: "Don't regret it."

"Tch...ah!"

Just as Bai Zhi showed a disdainful expression, she suddenly felt her body light up, and the two of them had disappeared from the stone pavilion.

…

Twenty days later.

Bai Zhi fled from the central stone island with a look of panic and fled to another small island more than 20 miles away.

She waited for a long time with lingering fear, but when she saw that the man had no intention of chasing her back, she felt a little relieved.

Until this moment, the indescribable aftertaste accumulated in the body is still like a wave of frenzy, impacting one after another.

"Beast!"

…

Meng Zhou felt that his body and mind were more transparent and ethereal than ever before.

A few days later, Meng Zhou felt that the negative energy accumulated in his body was dissipated, and his consciousness skillfully entered a deep state of concentration.

Meng Zhou had a lot of expectations for this retreat.

Because at this moment, his cultivation progress is "9820/10,000 at the fourth level of pill formation".

In addition, the level 3 Chun Shui Jing of Qi Refining Technique has also reached "Master 117,000/120,000".

Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, this retreat will not only usher in another breakthrough in his cultivation.

The third level Spring Water Sutra will also completely complete the accumulation of the master level and advance to the realm of the master.

And things did not go beyond Meng Zhou's expectations.

When various forces in the body circulated around the three poles of essence, energy, and spirit for 1,800 cycles, Meng Zhou could clearly see that the "inner world" had quietly undergone a small transformation.

This means that his cultivation level has broken through from the fourth level to the fifth level.

With the breakthrough in cultivation, the efficiency of Chun Shui Jing, which was still at the master level, in absorbing and transforming spiritual energy suddenly dropped a lot.

However, this did not last long.

As various forces circulate around the three poles of essence, energy and spirit, they cycle over and over again.

At a certain moment, Meng Zhou discovered that the river network throughout the "inner world" had undergone a transformation and improvement, and more intense vitality filled the "inner world".

This is the Spring Water Sutra that has finally completed the accumulation of master level and advanced to the master level.

And with this change, the negative energy that had been accumulated to the limit was quickly emptied.

It was like a downpour in a smoggy sky. The world became clear and transparent again, and his body and mind returned to the refreshing state before retreating.

Naturally, Meng Zhou would not stop doing this kind of good deeds.

He continued to retreat until the negative energy in his body once again accumulated to the limit that his body could bear.

It can be clearly felt that with the breakthrough of Chun Shui Jing from master to master, the transformation efficiency of practice has been significantly improved, even more than before the breakthrough of cultivation.

After finishing this retreat, Meng Zhou immediately looked at the various gains brought about by this retreat.

…

Third-level Spring Water Sutra, +3000, +3300, Grandmaster 0.33 million/240,000;

Cultivation progress, +180, +60, +330, 390/10,000 at the fifth level of elixir formation;

Black Turtle Bearing Monument's real skill is +6300, Master is 111,600/120,000.

"Hiss~~ This time of retreat is worth two times in normal times." Meng Zhou sighed in his heart.

The simultaneous breakthroughs in cultivation and Chun Shui Jing once again gave Meng Zhou's strength a huge, all-round improvement.

In order to digest and absorb all the gains from this retreat, Meng Zhou spent a lot of time.

It wasn't until late February that I managed to absorb all the gains from this retreat.

…

Early March.

Meng Zhou woke up from seclusion again.

Cultivation progress +330, fifth level of elixir formation 720/10,000;

Third level Spring Water Sutra +3300, Grandmaster 06600/240000;

Black Turtle Bearing Monument True Skill +3300, Master 114,900/120,000.

After finishing this retreat, Meng Zhou finally walked out of the central stone island and found Bai Zhi who was "hiding" on another island more than 20 miles away.

When she first saw Meng Zhou appear, Bai Zhi's expression changed, her body became blurred, and she was about to disappear in front of him using True Illusion Escape.

Meng Zhou immediately had an idea, and a tyrannical force that was a mixture of mana and blood surged out of his body and turned into a huge palm, "squeezing" Bai Zhi in his palm.

The Qi of the whole body was forcibly controlled, and Bai Zhi naturally could no longer disappear with the escape of true illusion.

The giant hand held Bai Zhi in its palm and carried it to Meng Zhou's side.

When Bai Zhi saw this, she panicked and said, "What are you going to do?"

She looked so panicked and pitiful. People who didn't know about it didn't know what kind of plot would unfold in their minds.

Meng Zhou was speechless and thought to himself, is this guy addicted to role-playing?

Or are you getting too involved in the drama?

"Okay, okay, it's time to act, it's time to act."

Meng Zhou said: "Didn't you say you want to go back to Sanchuan Plain? What, you don't want to go back?"

Bai Zhi, who was panicked just a moment ago, instantly completed the smooth transition, stood beside Meng Zhou, and muttered: "You didn't tell me earlier."

"Do you have anything to bring?" Meng Zhou asked.

Bai Zhi shook her head, but looked at the mysterious turtles that were as big as two small islands on the water in the distance, and said, "Don't you take them with you?"

Meng Zhou shook his head and said: "No need, just let them guard the cave here."

Although these two Xuanling turtles not only successfully completed the sublimation and transformation from the second to the third level due to Meng Zhou's various operations, they also surpassed the shackles of their blood races, and their bloodline quality reached a level that even the third-order Xuanling turtles could not reach. .

But even so, they still inevitably fell to the bottom of their own power sequence.

Unlike the golden-armored spirit insects, even if their bloodline quality is very excellent, the third-level low-grade ones are far from their end.

But it would take a long time to convert potential into strength, and Meng Zhou did not intend to continue to forcefully mature them as before - even if he did, the effect would not be very good.

For a long time from now on, they will hardly be able to play any bigger role than guarding the cave for themselves.

In comparison, the Golden Armored Spirit Insect is much better.

With the massive amount of heart essence and blood filled in, the golden beetle swarm, which has changed for several generations, has been successfully upgraded from the third-order low-grade to the third-order mid-grade.

The only price, and the biggest price, is that not even a fraction of the blood and essence accumulated over the years will remain, and will soon be completely consumed. (End of chapter)