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"That's it?"

Uncle Pang was holding a book in his hand. To call it a book was a bit of a compliment, because the content was only one page - to put it bluntly, the paper was too little to wipe his butt.

On the paper was the "Nine-Turn Golden Elixir Method" copied by Zheng Fa.

"That's it."

Zheng Fa looked sincere.

But Uncle Pang's expression was hard to describe - his expression was very complicated, as if he was doubting himself and the world.

This expression inevitably made Zheng Fa puzzled.

"Why... Venerable Tianhe also teaches his disciples like this?"

Also?

Zheng Fa blinked his eyes and finally understood the uncle's regret:

Among the three great masters of Jiushan Sect, he was the most meticulous when teaching his disciples, almost hand-in-hand.

But in terms of teaching results, the seedlings in his field grew the least.

I and Senior Sister Zhang were almost the pain in Uncle Pang's heart...

Now even Venerable Tianhe was so unreliable.

Uncle Pang will inevitably doubt himself, and may even feel that taking responsibility is a mistake...

"Brother Zhou, didn't you advance to the foundation-building stage some time ago?" Zheng Fa comforted him.

Zhou Qianyuan has been building his foundation for several months, and his progress is only half a year slower than Zheng Fa.

"Isn't it because of the "Talisman Foundation-Building Method"? " Uncle Pang sighed, not taking credit for it, "He learned the talisman method from me, and then from you, and later learned the "Talisman Foundation-Building Method", and his cultivation has made rapid progress. Where is my credit?"

The old man on the side also nodded: "So, Zheng Fa's generation of disciples, after entering the Nine Mountains Realm, have practiced a lot faster."

Sister Zhang also echoed: "Yes, the disciples have made too fast progress, so the resources in the sect have always been a bit stretched."

Hearing this, Uncle Pang couldn't help laughing: "This... I don't know whether to be happy or sad."

Anyway, judging from his expression, this trouble is quite pleasing.

The three of them looked at Zheng Fa. Although they didn't say it directly, they were praising him in their words.

Zheng Fa smiled, changed the topic, and said, "Although there is only a general outline, it is of great benefit to me."

"Nine-turn Golden Pill, after condensing the golden pill, use the three gates and nine orifices to continue to strengthen and improve the quality of the golden pill, and even the low-grade golden pill can be upgraded to the high-grade golden pill..."

Uncle Pang grinned and admired: "... No wonder Venerable Tianhe is so powerful..."

Zheng Fa certainly understood his amazement:

Xuanwei cultivators often say that there is no regret after the pill is completed...

For many years, these four words have been cited as the truth.

But Venerable Tianhe dared to say: Really? I don't believe it!

Looking at the general outline of "Nine-turn Golden Pill Method", Zheng Fa can also roughly understand Venerable Tianhe's thinking:

There is no regret after the pill is completed, probably because the reaction in the golden pill is too precise and too intense. It is really difficult for ordinary cultivators to strengthen it. If they blow it up, they will also kill themselves.

But the idea of ​​Tianhe Venerable in the "Nine-Turn Golden Pill Method" is: to refine the acupoints, forge a stronger body, and then use his spiritual power and consciousness that are stronger than the foundation-building period, and even various spiritual medicines, to complete this step.

Golden elixir is strong?

My body is stronger!

This idea reminded Zheng Fa of the strong body of the Tianhe disciple before.

According to Zheng Fa's understanding of this method, it is probably:

Workshop upgrade, equipment update, and production line overhaul.

What Zheng Fa doesn't understand is that if it is a top-grade golden elixir, where is the direction of improvement?

This is also the knowledge deficiency caused by the lack of the nine-turn method in the "Nine-Turn Golden Pill Method"...

"Strengthening the nine orifices should be a little good for forming the elixir." Zheng Fa said.

Sister Zhang thought for a while and said: "Then there seems to be such a secret method in the "Tianhe True Method"."

This time when I went to the Water Palace, in addition to the rock that recorded the "Nine-Turn Golden Pill Method", there was also a yellow gourd and a jade tube.

The jade tube contains the Tianhe True Method. Although it only reaches the Jindan stage, it also has some secret methods, especially the acupoint secret method.

"No..." Uncle Pang said, "Since the Tianhe Secret Realm came in a strange way, the Tianhe True Method must be tricky."

Zheng Fa had some guesses in his mind at this time. The person who arranged the Tianhe Secret Realm was probably looking for the jade pendant.

The jade pendant must be related to the Tianhe Venerable, but he didn't know what it was.

"The weirdness in the rocks... can't be spread out." Zheng Fa thought for a while and said to the four people in front of him.

Although the knowledge is shared, this thing is obviously of great importance - he is not looking for death.

Senior Sister Zhang, Master, Uncle Pang and Uncle Huang are all Yuanying cultivators of Jiushan Sect. After getting along for so long, Zheng Fa has considerable trust in them.

But except for these four people... it's hard to say about the other disciples.

Even Uncle Huang nodded, as if he understood the danger in this secret.

The old man laughed and sighed: "I don't know what the person who set up the secret realm was thinking, to let the rocks be taken away so easily."

"I checked..." Senior Sister Zhang said, "This Tianhe Secret Realm appears every few dozen or hundreds of years..."

"There are probably a lot of rocks?" The old man suddenly realized.

Senior Sister Zhang nodded and replied: "Every secret realm seems to have some, and many people have taken them back... probably without any understanding."

Zheng Fa thought about it and could understand this:

If no one is allowed to take them back, it will be easy to be exposed. There are a lot of rocks, and they have been searching for hundreds of thousands of years without any results, so they are naturally more lazy.

Even... Zheng Fa asked himself, if it weren't for Mu Qingyan's reminder and the archaeological proof that this secret realm was man-made.

If it were the monk next to him who got a benefit from the rocks, he would naturally want to look for the rocks of Lord Tianhe again, and he would probably not be willing to cheat others.

Whether you are looking for it in the market or going to a secret place, it is easy to expose your secrets.

After all, traditional Xuanwei monks, firstly unable to see the truth, and secondly unable to bear it, will always reveal their secrets, and this group of people can wait hundreds of thousands of years, so they naturally do not lack patience.

"Until the "Nine Transformations of the Golden Elixir Method" is understood, it is difficult to spread it to other people, but "The True Method of Tianhe" can be seen by others."

"You mean, Setting Sun Sword Immortal?"

Uncle Pang was stunned and immediately understood what Zheng Fa meant.

"Yes, this time Taichu Gang Qi is in great quantity and of high value. The Setting Sun Sword Immortal sent a message saying that he will deliver it personally this time."

…

Mr. Han, the Setting Sun Sword Immortal, is heading towards the Nine Mountains Realm.

He is short in stature, but his sword light is long and fast. He only stops to rest at night from time to time - it is said to be resting, but actually it is because there are too many people from the Zizi Demon Sect around him, so even he has to be careful and try to ensure his spiritual power. Sufficient and full of energy to avoid accidents.

On this day, he happened to stop in a village.

The village seemed deserted, with no one around the fields and houses.

Dozens of households had neither smoke nor lights.

Just looking at the farmland, we can find that although there are no rice seedlings in the field, it has not been deserted for too long - probably less than a year.

Apparently this place wasn't what it was a year ago.

The Setting Sun Sword Immortal paused, walked towards a house, and knocked on the door.

Inside the door, there was a trembling echo: "Who is it?"

He didn't answer, and it took a long time for the door to open. The person who opened the door was an old woman. She didn't have a light in her hand, and she looked at him hard with squinted eyes.

"Who are you……"

"Those who are traveling far away should seek a place to stay." Mr. Han said loudly.

"Please come in!"

The old woman led him to a bedroom and said, "This is where my son slept before. If you don't mind being a shabby guest, please stay here."

Mr. Han nodded lightly.

But the old woman seemed embarrassed and said: "I didn't even give you a drink of water. There is no lamp oil at home...I can't see clearly, old woman."

Mr. Han looked towards the kitchen outside.

With his spiritual consciousness, he could certainly see that not only did this family have no lamp oil, there was even no rice in the vat and no oil in the pot.

There is indeed a shallow layer of water in the water tank, not much, and probably the old woman cannot lift it.

Mr. Han said, "Where are the people in the village?"

"Human? Gone... In these days, some people from the Immortal Sect will come today, and some people from the Holy Religion will come tomorrow..."

"You have to hand over something, you have to take everything..."

Mr. Han nodded lightly, and the old woman said it quite well:

Not only that the Great Freedom Demon Sect is plundering everywhere, but the Hundred Immortals Alliance is also short of supplies now.

I heard that all the spiritual field resources in the Hundred Immortals Alliance are being invaded by the Demon Sect of Freedom, and the resources in the sect are stretched thin.

There are fewer resources, but there are not many people supported by the Hundred Immortals Alliance.

Master Tongming has gathered several sects, and has many small sects attached to him. These monks also have dependent families, and these dependent families must eat.

If you can't eat the spiritual grains, it's good to use ordinary grains to fill your stomach.

Naturally, I asked for more frequently.

To this old woman, whether it was the Immortal Sect or the Holy Cult, they were all the same.

Although the Hundred Immortals Alliance and the Great Freedom Demon Sect are still fighting in the eyes of the Immortal Sect, for these people - it has completely changed their lives.

"Where did they go?"

"In the city, we will do some work for those immortal disciples in the city." The old woman said with a smile, "My son and daughter-in-law also went there. There is work and some food. I will not die of hunger..."

"What about you? Won't follow?"

"Am I not a burden?" The old woman smiled and said softly, "The world is getting worse and worse... With less people to eat, they..."

Mr. Han looked at the old woman in front of him with pity in his heart - he had extraordinary hearing, and from far away from the entrance of the village, he heard thunder in the old woman's belly, and her breathing seemed to be non-existent. If she was hungry for two more days, she would probably die.

If not, he wouldn't have knocked.

Mr. Han said no more.

Early the next morning, the old woman struggled to get up and went to her son's room to see that the bed was neatly made and no one was in the room.

The old woman looked outside the door and saw a small jujube tree in front of the house.

This is not the season for the jujube tree to bear fruit, but there is a big jujube on the tree, which is green and red.

The old woman was hungry. Looking at the dates, she couldn't help but salivate. She reached out to pick the dates and stuffed them into her mouth.

After eating a date, she felt warm and full, and she wasn't even thirsty anymore.

At this time, Mr. Han's voice came slowly: "This tree is used as a living resource, one tree a day, don't worry others will covet it."

The old woman was stunned for a moment, then suddenly knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "Thank you God, thank you..."

Mr. Han in the air curled his lips and cursed:

"Shit god!"

…

"Sorry for bothering you, Mr. Han!" Zheng Fa thanked you sincerely: "If it weren't for you, Mr. Han, I would have nowhere to find this Taichu Gangqi."

He had previously written to both the Hundred Immortals Alliance and Yan Wushuang, wanting to purchase a large amount of Taichu Gangqi.

But the responses they received were not ideal - there was Taichu Gang Qi, but the amount was not large.

It was Mr. Han who said he had a way to buy it and delivered it himself, which solved Zheng Fa's urgent need.

"I'm fine too."

After the greetings, Zheng Fa glanced at Senior Sister Zhang, took out the jade tube and yellow gourd from the water palace, and asked: "Old Han, do you recognize these two things?"

Old Han frowned slightly, first took the yellow gourd and looked at it, then took the jade tube and read it for a while, then opened his eyes and asked in surprise: "Tianhe Zhenfa?"

"Yes, we got it from a water palace."

"This..."

Old Han frowned, thought for a while and said: "There is nothing wrong with this "Tianhe Zhenfa". It is not much different from what is passed down in the sect... It is not left by the ancestor."

Indeed, Old Han was the first person to suggest that the Tianhe Sect betrayed the Tianhe Venerable - the more this "Tianhe Zhenfa" is like the secret of the Tianhe Sect, the less it is the original version of the Tianhe Venerable...

However, he did not want to practice this true method, but wanted to learn from the secret method of strengthening the acupoints in it to improve the power of his own Dan. It doesn't matter whether it is true or not, as long as it can be used.

"This yellow gourd..." Unexpectedly, Old Han seemed to care more about the gourd. After thinking for a while, he said, "It really looks like something from the ancestor..."

"Hmm?"

"I have heard a lot of rumors and secrets. Others don't know, but I know... The ancestor has a powerful and famous secret method, called-" Old Han stared at the gourd and said, "Gourd Sword Technique!"

"This yellow gourd looks very much like the legendary spiritual root gourd."

"This method has long been lost in the Tianhe School..." Old Han sighed, "We, the later generations... are not as good as the previous generation, and we don't even know this top secret method."

Zheng Fa suddenly realized, and his expression when looking at the yellow gourd became more serious.

Although this thing can't see any power now, but... it sounds extraordinary!

And it seems to be a spiritual root?

Zheng Fa had already decided to give some merit to the archaeological team members. Of course, the price of this yellow gourd would also have to be raised...

The next day, Zheng Fa apologized to Mr. Han: "Mr. Han, I am preparing to form a pill. I am sorry that I cannot entertain you more."

"Are you going to form a pill?"

"Yes!" Zheng Fa said, "I have already completed the foundation building period, and now the resources for the skills are complete. There is no need to delay."

Senior Sister Zhang has always been a bold and straightforward person, but in the past few days she has been urging him to make more preparations - but Zheng Fa also understands one thing. Although there is no regret when the pill is successful, it is naturally good to make more preparations.

But sometimes you also need to burn your boats.

If you keep insisting on preparation, you often achieve nothing.

Even with the "Nine-Turn Golden Pill Method", Zheng Fa has become calmer - if it doesn't work, I will upgrade it again!

Old Han did not persuade him, but nodded with a smile and said, "Just rest assured to form the elixir, I will go around the Jiushan Realm by myself, you don't mind, right?"

"Of course."

...

After Zheng Fa went into seclusion, the Jiushan Sect fell into an atmosphere of relaxation on the outside but tension on the inside.

Old Han found that no matter who he chatted with from the Jiushan Sect, they were a little absent-minded and frequently distracted - of course he could understand that Zheng Fa's elixir formation was really important, and there was no one from the Jiushan disciples from top to bottom who didn't care.

But in this way, there was nothing to talk about with those Jiushan disciples...

On the contrary, the mortals on the Paradise Island did live as usual, with men farming and women weaving.

He spent all day on the Paradise Island and made a friend:

Zheng Shan!

"Why are you frowning?" Looking at Zheng Shan with a depressed face, Old Han couldn't help but ask curiously.

He was close to Zheng Shan not because of any affinity, but because on this paradise island, only Zheng Shan could talk to him freely and close to him - as Zheng Fa's sister, she could see several Yuanying every day... so she was used to it.

"It's time to take the exam!"

Zheng Shan responded while pretending to be a spiritual crane body.

It can be seen that she has practiced the spiritual crane body well... mainly because of Zheng Fa's special training.

"Exam?"

"Yes!" Zheng Shan's tone was unusually nervous, "Mathematics, martial arts, after the exams, you can really enter the Jiushan Sect to practice!"

Old Han was a little surprised.

Of course he could see that Zheng Shan was very favored... Not to mention her proficient spiritual crane body, just her attitude towards him, you can tell that she lives a very comfortable life.

"Are you still afraid that you can't enter the Jiushan Sect?"

"Of course not!" Zheng Shan tilted her head, "Grandpa Pang said that I have a good talent, good mathematics, and my brother also taught me martial arts, I will definitely get in!"

Old Han smacked his lips and tasted something.

Zheng Fa has indeed been giving special treatment, but he doesn't seem to be willing to let his sister off, but tries to maintain relative fairness.

"I don't want to embarrass my brother!" Zheng Shan said loudly.

Old Han smiled and nodded gently.

"And..." Zheng Shan muttered, "I'm not as smart as my brother. I've studied mathematics for a long time, but I still don't understand it as well as my brother. How can I surpass my brother in the future..."

Old Han blinked, as if he didn't understand, and asked: "Surpass your brother?"

"Yes!"

Zheng Shan nodded.

"Do you know how powerful your brother is?"

"Of course I know! My brother is the most talented person in Jiushan... Xuanwei Realm!" Zheng Shan puffed up her chest and said with pride.

"Then you still want to surpass your brother?"

"My brother said so!"

"..."

"My brother said that he is not much better than his predecessors, but by learning the wisdom of his predecessors, he knows some truths that his predecessors have not discovered." Zheng Shan seemed to be reciting Zheng Fa's words, "I am behind him, so I can naturally learn his knowledge and will be stronger than him in the future."

"If not, how can the future of Jiushan Realm be good?"

The Canyang Sword Immortal was stunned. For some reason, he remembered the old woman in Xuanwei Realm saying that the world is bad.

He was speechless.

"But... I study mathematics, but I don't think I am better than my predecessors... I can't learn what my predecessors can do! Every time I feel that my brain is broken..." Zheng Shan suddenly said again, with a confused look on his face: "Did my brother lie to me?"

"..."

Old Han was silent for a long time, and didn't know how to answer.

After a while, he heard Zheng Shan say:

"Brother has been in seclusion for six months... How long will it take for him to come home?"

"Huh? Didn't he lie to you?"

"... Can being a fool make brother come back?"

Old Han looked towards the Wanxian Island where Zheng Fa was in seclusion. At this moment, the street-slipping golden crow on Wanxian Island suddenly flapped its wings and cried loudly, and the sound of a crow resounded through the sky.

He suddenly stood up and saw the grand scene of Dan formation that he had never seen in his life:

First, a little light flashed, and then the light spot exploded!

Exploded thousands of golden lights, shooting in all directions.

The light made him unable to open his eyes as a Yuanying, and he could not help but close his eyes slightly. Through his eyelids, his vision was also white.

After a few breaths, he only felt that the light converged a little, and opened his eyes again, and saw——

The white fog on the nine mountains cleared, and a golden sun came with clouds!