Practice begins with a fisherman

As of now, Hulu Lingdao can basically achieve self-sufficiency in some of the commonly used auxiliary resources for cultivation, among which the most powerful is undoubtedly Fu Zhuan Tang.

In addition to Fu Yuehua, another early foundation-building monk has been recruited full-time as the head of the hall, which can basically guarantee the production of a second-level low-grade magic talisman every three days.

Due to strict quality control and strict selection of various raw materials, the various grades of talisman seals produced by Fu Zhuan Tang are obviously more powerful than the same grade of talisman seals outside.

In the case of equal prices, the various resources sold by the Gourd Pavilion affiliated to Gourd City are relatively popular, and some treasures that are in short supply can be sold out in half a day.

Of course, in addition to the Fuzhuan Hall, the skills of the Alchemy Hall, the Artifact Hall, and the Formation Hall have also been greatly improved. They can all successfully refine first-level treasures, and they can also earn a lot of spirit stones every month. .

The most outstanding one is a winemaker that Fu Yuehua recruited unintentionally. With the full support of Hulu Lingdao, he has successfully brewed a second-grade low-grade spirit wine with great effect.

The effect of long-term drinking can be comparable to some second-order low-grade panacea, and it has gradually grown into another famous product of Hulu Pavilion.

Of course, apart from the highest-grade spirit wine, the most sold ones are still various first-order spirit wines, and their effects are also different.

Healing wounds, detoxification, assisting cultivation base improvement, strengthening the body, consolidating the foundation, and even specially developed spirit wine that has a certain effect on improving the rank of spirit beasts can be described as a wide variety.

In order to maximize the value of spirit wine, Hulu Pavilion specially opened a store called Spirit Hotel, which is responsible for selling spirit wine. In addition, it also spared no expense in cultivating winemakers.

Originally, the brewer was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, but with the sufficient supply of spirit pills, he has quickly risen to the peak of Qi Refining in just a few years. spirit wine.

For this series of changes, Zhao Shoushou is happy to see the results. He encourages him and replaces all the treasures on his body that he will not use in a short time with panacea that can help improve his auxiliary cultivation.

During this period, he personally shot and killed a group of second-tier middle-grade sea beasts wandering around Lingdao by means of a thunderbolt. Using its blood as a deterrent, the entire sea area was stabilized for a while, especially with a flesh-and-blood The heavy mace is most obvious.

Originally, because the spirit gourd was about to mature, some undercurrents or monks with ulterior motives disappeared without a trace in an instant, as if they had never appeared before.

So after several months of busy work, after the environment around Calabash Lingdao had initially stabilized, Zhao Shoushou had entered into closed-door training again.

Different from the past, although Zhao Shoushou's promotion to the seventh floor of the foundation building was not that long, he has experienced a lot in these years. The various battles are far beyond the past, and the accumulation of several times is also very helpful for stimulating his potential.

The other harvest is naturally sufficient cultivation resources. After exchanging almost all the resources, all the harvest is the fifteen bottles of second-rank top-grade Zengyuan Lingdan in front of him.

Although this kind of elixir is only at the entry level, it is suitable for the seventh floor of foundation building. Zhao Shoushou only needs to refine it one by one, and he is sure to raise his cultivation to the peak of the seventh floor of foundation building.

The goal of this retreat is naturally to go one step further, to raise the level of cultivation to the eighth floor of foundation building. If it is not for obtaining enough resources through expeditions, this process will take at least 20 years.

Of course, Zhao Shoushou is not the only one who has gained something. The six monks in the sixth team have gained a lot. As long as they have enough time to digest, they will definitely gain a lot after they leave the customs. They will be promoted to the eighth floor of foundation building The monk should not be the only one.

"After successfully breaking through this retreat, at least ten years of time can be saved. It will be of great benefit to someone's next cultivation. You can only succeed and not fail." Zhao Shoushou, who sat down cross-legged, couldn't help feeling ruthless in his heart.

Immediately, a new round of retreat officially began. Although a large number of panaceas were in front of him, Zhao Shoushou did not rush to take the alchemy immediately.

After all, every elixir here is very precious, and he risked his life to fight for it from the mouths of countless sea beasts. It is necessary to ensure that the effect of each elixir can be fully exerted, and it cannot There is no waste of any kind.

At the beginning of the retreat, the main thing to refine is the spiritual power emanating from the spiritual veins, and the purpose is to ensure that the spirit is at its peak state as much as possible.

Zhao Shoushou is currently a monk of the seventh level of foundation building. Once he starts to practice, he will be like a monster with a gluttonous mouth, swallowing a large amount of spiritual power that had escaped into his dantian.

The spiritual pulse of Hulu Lingdao is only the second-level middle-grade. Originally, facing the increasing demand of Hulu Lingdao, it was just trying to support it. With the beginning of cultivation, the main spiritual power was basically used to supply and meet his needs. Even the spiritual power density of the entire spirit island began to decrease little by little.

Although the decrease was not obvious, some monks with more sensitive senses could already feel the changes. After a month or so, even monks in the Qi refining period could already feel it clearly.

"The spiritual power of Lingdao has been continuously declining. Could it be that some seniors in the foundation establishment period are at the critical moment of breaking through the foundation establishment?"

"I don't know how long this trend will last. The lease of this temporary cave is expensive. If it continues, I'm afraid the spirit stones accumulated in a year will be lost."

"It must be that the island owner is practicing in seclusion. Can he be promoted to the eighth floor of Foundation Establishment in just a few years?"

Cultivators with different cultivation bases have completely different thoughts, but under the coordination of the Spirit Island guards, the various voices of discussion subsided little by little.

With the passage of time, the monks who are resident on the spirit island have a certain understanding of the reasons for the changes. Although it will have a certain impact on them in a short period of time, generally speaking, they are happy to see the results .

In the late stage of foundation establishment, in the realm of comprehension, he was already a relatively powerful existence enough to suppress a second-tier middle-grade spirit island. Of course, if the island owner's cultivation could continue to improve, it would naturally be something worth celebrating.

The most precious thing in the retreat is time, and the most common thing is also time. Spring and autumn come and go, day and night, and the peaceful days lasted until three years later. One day, the monks who had basically adapted to the relatively poor spiritual power suddenly found that their spiritual power The concentration of strength rose again, which was the sign of the end of the retreat, but they could only guess whether it was successful or not.

"On the eighth floor of the foundation building, the actual change in cultivation is not that great. The concentration of mana in the dantian has increased by about [-]% again, and there is still a certain distance from the real solidification." Zhao Shoushou With a flash of light in his eyes, he murmured in a low voice.

With the support of sufficient panacea, the goal of this retreat was basically achieved.

Chapter 429 Sudden Increase in Sea Beasts

The bottleneck between the middle stage of foundation establishment and the late stage of foundation establishment is like an insurmountable mountain, and it is also a process of accumulation.

The seventh and eighth foundation building stages are both a small cultivation stage in the later stage of foundation building. The difference in strength between the two parties is not too big, and the only difference is the concentration of mana in the dantian.

Once the eighth-level monks in the cultivation world perform abnormally, it is common for them to fail in the face of the seventh-level monks. That's why Zhao Shoushou was able to complete the promotion of cultivation so smoothly.

Not only the eighth level of foundation building, but even the ninth level of foundation building, all that is needed is a large amount of spiritual power supplement. Simply put, the later stage of foundation building is like incarnation of a big stomach king, as long as there is enough spiritual power Dan, it just fell into place.

Of course, this is just a relative comparison of difficulty. If a monk cannot earn enough cultivation resources, every level of cultivation in the later stage of foundation establishment will become an insurmountable threshold.

According to Zhao Shoushou's estimation, if a monk in the late stage of Foundation Establishment relies solely on the spiritual veins on the Lingdao to practice in seclusion, it will take at least 50 years to go from the seventh floor of the foundation to the eighth floor of the foundation, even if everything goes well. time.

This also means that under the condition that everything is done step by step, based on the limit of 300 years of lifespan, there is no chance of hitting the golden core, especially for monks with poor spiritual root aptitude and low spiritual power conversion efficiency. Look tough.

A man has no wealth without night, and a horse has no night grass without fat. This principle also applies to monks' practice. If there is no previous struggle and hard work, how can they be promoted to the eighth level of foundation building in such a short period of time?

"It's no wonder that many monks are still reluctant to give up knowing that they will encounter dangers that threaten their lives every time. The state of rapid improvement in cultivation is so fascinating." Recalling the feelings during the training process, he couldn't help but sigh.

Not to mention the foundation building period, even in the qi refining period, he had never enjoyed such a generous treatment. With the help of the spirit pill, the improvement of his cultivation base can be described as rapid progress, and he can feel the improvement of his cultivation base every day .

Zhao Shoushou currently has not many resources left in the storage bag, mainly some necessary spiritual tools and charms, and now he can't help but start looking forward to the next expedition.

"Zhao Baihua and Fu Yuehua are asking to see you, can the island owner show up?" A familiar voice came to my ears, but the urgency in it was hard to hide.

According to common sense, the deputy island owner and elder Chuangong can basically handle all affairs on Hululing Island, so they shouldn't be so anxious.

"Could it be that another powerful monk came to the door?" A flash of light flashed in my mind, and after a brief tidying up of half a cup of tea, the three of them reappeared in the meeting hall. The majestic foundation-building monk.

"Why are you so panicked? Why don't you tell me in detail?" Zhao Shoushou's words were very simple, but full of firmness that was hard to refuse.

"Island Master Mingjian, the number of sea beasts around Hululing Island has at least doubled today. Among them, there are more than [-] sea beasts of the second rank and above. Among them, there are two top-rank sea beasts of the second rank. The sea lanes have been cut off for three days." Zhao Baihua was very anxious. presenting the current situation.

"Sea beasts surrounded the gourd spirit island? What about the other spirit islands? Have you ever encountered the same situation?" Hearing this, Zhao Shoushou frowned involuntarily.

Of course, this is not fear. Although the strength of the sea beast is strong, it is not a big threat to him. As long as there is no third-order sea beast equivalent to the golden core stage, Zhao Shoushou has enough confidence to protect the safety of Hululing Island.

Taking a step back, Hulu Lingdao fell, and he was sure to get out, and he could go to the Expeditionary Island to ask for help. This is an additional benefit for the members of the expedition team. Of course, this kind of support is not free.

The reason why Zhao Shoushou frowned was because he was worried about the source of these sea beasts. If it was done on purpose, the real enemy would be the mastermind hiding in the dark.

On the other hand, if the general increase in sea beasts is not the only dilemma facing Hulu Lingdao, he can breathe a sigh of relief. Compared with monks, he is more willing to fight with sea beasts, even if the opponent's strength is strong.

"The owner of the island is honored, our strength is limited, and it is difficult to escape from the siege of sea beasts. However, according to the feedback from the special communication talismans of various shops in recent days, almost all spirit islands have encountered them in just a few days. I have the same problem." This explanation came from Ding Chuhuai, a monk on the first floor of the Fuzhuan Hall.

This gray-haired, wrinkled foundation-building cultivator is an experienced talisman master. Unfortunately, he is also limited by his qualifications. After barely building the foundation, he has not made much progress in his cultivation.

Inspired by Fu Yuehua five years ago, he joined Hulu Lingdao as the head of the Fuzhuan Hall. In a stable environment with sufficient resources, he has not improved his cultivation for many years, and there is a faint possibility of advancing to the second floor of foundation building. sign.

Although he knew that the possibility of breaking through the early stage of foundation establishment in this life was not great, but for a monk, the most difficult thing to refuse was the improvement of his cultivation base. At this time, he had already wholeheartedly stayed on Hululing Island.

"After years of hunting and killing sea beasts in the inner sea, there are basically few remaining sea beasts. It is not a good phenomenon to suddenly appear surrounded by spirit beasts. All fellow Taoists can guard the spirit island. Let Zhao go and investigate first." I had a bad premonition, but because of the lack of various information, I couldn't make an accurate judgment.

During the several years of staying on the Expedition Spirit Island, most of the time was spent in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion. After reading a large number of jade slips, combined with the current situation, there is only one possibility, that is, the beast tide.

Of course, the occurrence of the beast horde did not happen overnight. The sea beast siege in front of us was nothing more than pediatrics, and the real test had not yet begun.

The beast horde did not erupt violently as imagined, and ended quickly in a short period of time. Every beast horde was a continuous process from the beginning to the real end, with breaks ranging from 50 to [-] years to more than a hundred years.

"Going out of the island to investigate is not a good strategy. What should we do if we are surrounded by a group of beasts?" Fu Yuehua obviously held an objection.

"If you want to surround someone like Zhao, you need at least one Tier [-] sea beast to come forward, but it's just two top Tier [-] sea beasts, which are not worth mentioning. Maybe you can hunt one or two as trophies." Zhao Shoushou's figure disappeared before he finished speaking.

The reason why he is full of confidence is because of his confidence in his own strength on the one hand, and because the Gourd Spirit Island is only a second-order middle-grade spirit island after all, and some powerful sea beasts will not choose this place.

The two top-tier second-tier sea beasts headed by them must be weaker existences in the same level or new sea beasts that have not been promoted for a long time.

After "Hissing" found the target, a large number of sea snakes spat out the snake letter excitedly, and the leaders were two second-level low-grade sea snakes covered in pitch black.

Chapter 430 Signs of Sea Beast Tide

Snake sea beasts are one of the most widely distributed, most numerous, and most diverse groups of large-scale monsters in the cultivation world, and they are the vanguard of almost every wave of sea beasts.

They were there at the beginning of the sea beast tide, and there will be no shortage of them at the end of the sea beast tide. Even though there are heavy casualties every time, they still enjoy it. The only gain may be to use a lot of resources after the beast tide is over. Breed one or two third-order sea snakes.

Their growth is just like the so-called raising Gu, nature selects the fittest to survive, and only the strongest in each group can grow up.

And these sea snakes are not afraid of death. They are born with some bravery and lack of IQ, which is the most suitable type of cannon fodder.

Of course, sea snakes are just a larger branch of snake monsters, and there are also quite a few snake monsters in the mainland cultivation world.

And no matter how large the types and numbers of sea snakes are, the snakes that appeared outside Hululing Island today are just drizzle, and will not affect him too much.

Even though these sea snakes were quite brave when they saw the monk appearing, and used all kinds of means to attack non-stop, the effect they achieved was quite pitiful.

"It's just some uncivilized sea snakes, dare to act fiercely in front of someone? Go" I saw him wave his hand, and the moon-breaking shovel came out of the air, and then a large amount of blood burst.

He didn't pay too much attention to these, and his eyes were always looking for two low-grade sea snakes of the second rank. Only by beheading their leaders thoroughly would there be no new sea snakes coming.

What's more, only the snake gall, demon pill, and snake skin of the second-order inferior sea snake have a little value to him. These are equivalent to the first-order sea snake in the Qi refining period, and they are not qualified to serve as blood food.

Zhao Shoushou's real purpose was to attract the two second-tier high-grade sea beasts who were the culprits hiding in the dark by hunting down some second-tier mid- and low-grade sea beasts.

In the overseas comprehension world, compared to the vast sea area, the spiritual islands are just distributed in the shape of stars, which is nothing to worry about. When the sea beast decides to hide, no matter what, the monks will not be able to find its trace.

Faced with this situation, if you want to break the stalemate, the only choice is to hunt and kill sea beasts in large numbers, especially the second-tier mid- and low-tier as the main combat power.

As long as the two second-rank high-grade sea beasts hiding in the dark have a bit of aggressiveness and are unwilling to give up Gourd Spirit Island, they will definitely choose to make a move.

After possessing the yellow-throated turtle shield and the heavy-duty mace, two powerful second-tier top-grade spiritual weapons, one for offense and one for defense, and his cultivation level promoted to the eighth level of foundation building, Zhao Shoushou couldn't wait to find enemies of the same level to fight together.

Since there are sea beasts coming to your door, how can Zhao Shoushou be polite?What's more, according to the guess, the other party is likely to be two sea beasts with less strength?It is safe and can achieve the purpose of tempering, isn't it killing two birds with one stone?

"Good time, I wonder if I can block the blow of the mace?" Zhao Shoushou, who had been prepared for a long time, quickly turned sideways when he sensed the sound of piercing the air from the right rear, and the heavy wolf covered with spikes The tooth stick happened to land from the sky.

Suddenly it looks like the sea snake sent to the door by itself, it is quite funny, the obvious difference in strength between the two parties, naturally the result has been doomed early, except for the piece of flesh and blood on the ground, there is only one demon pill and one snake gallbladder appear in hand.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's too bloody and violent. The snake's skin was pierced to pieces, leaving no usable value." Zhao Shoushou can be said to be a typical example of being cheap and good-looking.

But a pair of eyes was in the few remaining snakes, and it quickly searched for another low-grade sea snake of the second rank. Under Zhao Shoushou's attention, its obviously much larger size obviously couldn't be hidden.

A two-foot-long sea snake was leaving quickly, heading away from the gourd spirit island. After discovering the target, how could Zhao Shoushou watch it leave?

The figure that was originally parked in the air suddenly turned into a light and shadow, disappeared without a trace, and when it reappeared, it was already above the sea snake.

Under the obvious strength gap, the water diversion fork was just a flicker, and the brown-green sea snake below was already writhing, trying to break free from the spirit weapon seven inches away.

This hunting lasted for several hours. Including two sea snakes, a total of four second-tier low-grade sea beasts and three second-tier mid-grade sea beasts fell into his hands.

It's a pity that their leader made up his mind to be a pair of turtles with shrunken heads. Even if the backbone of a large number of sea beasts gathered under his command was attacked and killed, they were still hidden and motionless on the bottom of the sea. He also had no good way to deal with this situation.

Of course, this fight is not without any meaning. At least the sea beasts entrenched in the northwest of Lingdao have turned into birds and beasts, and the seaway has been reopened. Some monks entrenched on Lingdao took this opportunity to choose to leave and return to their respective places base camp.

There are also some monks who decided to stay here after seeing Zhao Shoushou's supernatural power with their own eyes. Most of them are casual cultivators during the Qi refining period, and they value safety more.

For a while, the entire spirit island was coming and going, which was a joy, and the number of monks on the gourd spirit island was also showing a trend of increasing.

However, Zhao Shoushou did not show any joy. After nearly ten days of observation and research, as well as going out to investigate, he did not hesitate to venture to the nearest spiritual islands to investigate, but he faced almost the same situation.

And these sea beasts seem to be organized, different spirit islands face different situations, and the more powerful the spirit islands face, the sea beasts will also increase accordingly.

Outside of Huangshan Lingdao, the second-rank high-grade spiritual island closest to Hululing Island, there are fifteen second-rank high-grade sea beasts, leading more than a hundred second-grade middle-low grade sea beasts, and there are countless first-grade sea beasts, which seem to have fallen. It's the same among the layers of sea beasts.

Before Zhao Shoushou had time to get close, he was already jointly attacked by three patrolling second-tier high-grade sea beasts. Although he didn't suffer too much damage, it was inevitable that he would be disgraced.

"How could Mr. Zhao be so unlucky? The interval between sea beast swarms can range from ten thousand years to tens of thousands of years. Why did it erupt so suddenly?" Zhao Shoushou in the island lord's mansion smiled wryly helplessly.

Compared to the optimism of others, Zhao Shoushou was under a lot of pressure. In the previous battle, he seemed to show great power and easily dispersed the sea beasts outside of Lingdao.

Another point is that it is obviously constrained by the strength of Hulu Lingdao. Except for him, the remaining three monks are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and they can only barely rely on formation defenses, lacking real assault power. I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the outbreak.

This is not because Zhao Shoushou underestimated himself, but just a prediction based on the actual situation.

Chapter 431 The Countermeasures of the Spirit Island Alliance

The outbreak of the sea beast swarm is a process of gradual concentration of power. According to the descriptions on some jade slips, it can reach about five times the initial power during the climax period.

This also means that Gourd Lingdao may be surrounded by at least ten second-rank high-grade sea beasts at that time, which must be a difficult force for Zhao Shoushou at present.

As the saying goes, two fists are hard to beat with four hands. In addition to the second-tier top-rank sea beasts, there are more second-tier mid-lower sea beasts. There is no good strategy to break the game in a short time.

The only thing that can be done at present is to continuously strengthen the strength of Hululing Island, and the most effective thing is undoubtedly the strengthening of the city wall protection array.

Every wave of sea beasts will lead to a significant reduction in the number of cultivators in the outer seas and the number of spiritual islands, and at least half of the vitality will be lost.

Of course, this does not mean that the appearance of the beast horde is all bad. Fortunateness is the source of misfortune, and misfortune is the source of blessing. There are also opportunities in danger.

In every beast tide, there will always be a group of golden core stage monks and Yuanying stage ancestors, which can be regarded as another kind of accumulation.

All kinds of geniuses and land treasures, which were originally quite rare in the cultivation world, will appear more frequently during the beast tide, but the reasons for this are not known.