Practice begins with a fisherman

In addition, the most exciting thing for the monk who has been wandering in the desert for a long time is the clearly felt spiritual power, which made his tired nerves relax.

"Quack quack quack!" The two first-grade mid-grade cormorants sang happily, wishing they could immediately dive into the water to wash off the sand on their bodies.

"The oasis in the desert is known as the gathering place of life, and it is also one of the few places in the desert where monsters scramble to snatch it. Among them, a small spring is the most important point." Zhao Shoushou did not dare to approach slowly.

From this aspect, the oasis is also a restricted area of ​​life in another sense. No matter how cautious Zhao Shoushou is, it is not an exaggeration.

"I don't know if there are so many cacti growing on the spiritual veins that meet the requirements?" After muttering, he used the restraint art and moved forward cautiously, while he forcibly left the two first-level middle-grade cormorants behind.

There is also a kind of strange sand mirage in the desert, which is spewed out by a special kind of monster mirage.

This kind of strange monster does not have particularly strong combat power, and its grades are also different. It is mainly through the magical illusion that the monks will fall into it unconsciously and completely devour it without leaving any traces.

And mirage beasts like to create illusions in similar deserts, allowing monks to appear when they are tortured, and the quarter of an hour when the mind is relaxed is also the time when mirage beasts are most likely to succeed.

In this way, they absorb the essence of the monk's body and gradually strengthen themselves, thereby achieving the improvement of the rank. It is said that a monk in the foundation building period fell carelessly.

The sand mirage has a high degree of authenticity, which is higher than that of the mirage that has spread far and wide, and there is no way to distinguish it clearly before contacting it.

"The road to practice is thorny every step of the way. If you are not careful, you may fall here. I hope Zhao will not be so unlucky. Whether you can succeed in finding this place depends on one action." Zhao Shoushou kept chanting in his heart when he approached. .

As the distance gets closer, you can clearly feel that the spiritual power is getting stronger and stronger. From this point of view, the chance of success is relatively high.

Sufficient spiritual power is the most basic condition for all kinds of spiritual plants to grow for a long enough time. Thinking of a little smile on his face here, the reward is worth paying the price.

Chapter 157 A False Alarm

"Cracking, crackling" before approaching, there was a clear sound of gnawing. I looked closely and found that some squirrel-shaped little guys under some desert poplar trees were happily gnawing on the fruits that fell on the ground.

These little squirrels are about one foot tall, and they look very cute with their thick and soft fur. Only the occasional flashes of cold light on the conspicuous front teeth can prove that this is not a cute pet.

Seeing these vivid little guys, Zhao Shoushou just relaxed a little bit. After all, the monsters created by mirages still have some subtle flaws.

Of course, the authenticity of the oasis cannot be concluded so far, and he still needs to investigate a little bit. Even if it is true, it can be easily judged from these little guys who are eating that this place is not a good place.

If you want to gain a firm foothold here and pick the cactus spirit fruit in your hands, I'm afraid it will take a big battle. These fruits must be the delicacies that some monsters devour.

It has never been an easy task to snatch food from the beast's mouth, so he did not continue to approach, but carefully spread his consciousness little by little to search for possible monsters.

"The stripes and colors are almost the same as those of cactus. If you want to pick the spirit fruit with careless hands, you will know the price of recklessness if you think about these poisonous snakes entrenched below." The unintentional discovery made him gasp.

It turned out that there were at least seven or eight small but triangular-headed poisonous snakes entrenched under the cactus. These monster snakes are very good at hiding, and no breath leaked out, if not for one of them inadvertently shaking its head slightly. , Zhao Shoushou's spiritual consciousness is almost difficult to detect.

Perhaps it was relying on this talent to catch prey by surprise, and it was also because of the sudden shock that it caused its breath to leak out.

These monster snakes that were originally entrenched here were also quite frightened, and the unique sounds of snake monsters one after another made him lose his consciousness and have a splitting headache.

Who would have thought that these little guys still have the ability to attack with sound, and suffered a lot from being careless for a while, and only recovered a little after a stick of incense.

"There are so many wonders in the world, there are such strange snakes in the desert, but it can only be a sneak attack. Since it has been discovered, you can only be a ghost under a certain sword." The sword kept vibrating, as if responding to the master's rhetoric.

After careful investigation, Zhao Shoushou can basically confirm that this is a genuine oasis of the source of life, but it takes a lot of effort to pick spiritual fruits and rest here.

"Cultivators rushing into it will definitely cause a strong reaction from the sojourner monsters here, so what if they are also monsters?" When thinking of this, his eyes looked at the two first-tier monsters squatting in the desert. Taste cormorants.

If they enter it first to investigate and test it, the danger level will not be too high, and there must be many foreign monsters in the oasis.

Even if there are some dangerous situations and there are no second-order monsters to take action, there is no problem in coming to meet them and leave safely.

Such an operation is better than Zhao Shoushou himself entering it as an outsider without being sure, causing a group of monsters to attack.

If two cormorants enter it to attract the attention of most monsters, Zhao Shoushou can take this opportunity to check whether the cacti here meet the requirements one by one. Taking the opportunity to pick them is also a good plan.

"Quack quack quack" got his consent, and the two first-rank mid-grade cormorants rushed into the oasis at an unprecedented speed. Their first goal was naturally the rippling blue water of the lake.

Everything was as expected, when the cormorants entered, the birds, insects, aquatic monsters, etc. all showed their heads, but they were obviously familiar with this situation, so they let the two cormorants rush into the lake. In the middle, I added it heartily.

"Good guy, it's really a treasure land of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It's really easy to get in and hard to get out." The monsters one after another made him very dizzy.

Although Zhao Shoushou had a little bit of confidence in his own strength, at least he was a superior existence among his peers, but he could only give up in the face of such a large number of monsters.

As a casual cultivator, he never thought that he could be strong enough to kill a three-in-three-out state in a group of monsters. Facing this situation, Zhao Shoushou decisively decided to make a fortune quietly.

The cacti he was most concerned about lived on the outskirts of the oasis, and he tried his best to use the unsophisticated breath-holding techniques to check them one by one.

There are two necessary conditions for forming an oasis in the desert: one is to have a relatively strong spiritual vein to resist the invasion of wind and sand, and the other is to be connected to an underground river to continuously provide sufficient water.

Whether it is a spiritual vein or a water source, it is not easy to form in the desert. Relatively speaking, it is equally difficult to destroy it without external damage.

This also means that the existence of each oasis is recorded in a hundred years, so it is most likely to find a suitable spiritual fruit here.

"The cacti on the outside are basically about a hundred years old, and the fruit contains weak spiritual power, but it is difficult to meet someone's needs. I can only find out where the poisonous snakes are entrenched." I can't say I am disappointed or happy, and some poisonous snakes are far from stopping him from moving forward. pace of.

"Hissing hissing" Not yet close to the core of the most lush cacti, the hissing sound of poisonous snakes has already been heard, as if stabbing a hornet's nest, one after another poisonous snakes flew out from their hiding places to spray venom on Zhao Shoushou, biting come.

Thanks to Zhao Shoushou's preparation in advance, the first-rank high-grade Shuiyin sword came out in response, and slashed straight at the center of the poisonous snake. It was a joy to cut it in two.

Occasionally, some fish that slip through the net are lucky enough to pass through the dense net woven by the dense sword light of the Shuiyin Sword, and they can only hit their heads in front of the armor transformed from the copper coin shield.

In short, although these poisonous snakes are difficult to deal with and gave him a moderate disarm at the beginning, they have always been difficult to open the situation in a frontal battle, and they have become dead souls under the knife.

"The spikes are long, dense, black and hard. The distance between the two spikes is more than five centimeters, and each spike is accompanied by a bulge that breeds venom. It must be more than 500 years old." I don't know how many poisonous snakes Zhao Shouman killed A happy face appeared under a cactus at the core.

Among its astonishing number of thorns, two green fruits exude a special fragrance that attracts his eyes. This is exactly what he has been looking for in this dry desert for a long time.

"The spirit fruit has been obtained, and the two people are still leaving quickly." Jian Guang flashed past the two spirit fruits and fell in response. After a summon, Zhao Shoushou had already left.

In his opinion, he has captured the most precious treasure in the oasis, but he didn't want to be seriously injured and escaped by the chasing of angry monsters. That's why he was so anxious to urge the two first-grade mid-grade cormorants who were still enjoying the cool water of the lake. .

Chapter 158 Prosperous Anzhou

In fact, this is nothing more than unnecessary worry. The spiritual fruit picked by Zhao Shoushou is nothing more than tasteless food for the monsters in the oasis, and it is a pity to discard it.

This is also one of the reasons why when Zhao Shoushou tried to get close, these poisonous snake monsters knew that they were invincible, but they still continued to attack regardless of their bodies.

Even some special monsters living in the oasis will be happy with this delicious food that fell from the sky. After all, it is not easy to hunt and kill these little guys on weekdays.

Therefore, when Zhao Shoushou left, not only did the large number of monsters not pursue them, but a new battle broke out because they were vying to eat the poisonous snake's corpse.

However, he obviously doesn't care about all of this. Now Zhao Shoushou is carefully observing this strange spiritual fruit, and the hope of having them help in building a foundation in the future is even higher.

As for the regret of missing the oasis, it is even more insignificant in front of these two spiritual fruits. As long as there is a little help for foundation establishment, he will do his best to fight for it.

Zhao Shoushou's current cultivation base is already at the peak of the eighth level of Qi training. As long as he leaves the desert to find a place for retreat, he believes that he can advance to the ninth level of Qi training soon, which is only one step away from the foundation building period.

In addition to cultivation, the current task is to raise as many treasures that are helpful for foundation building as possible.

The reason why he ventured across the desert to the more prosperous Anzhou in the legend was just to find more treasures, and the most preferred one was of course the Foundation Establishment Pill.

But he knew very well in his heart that it would be extremely difficult to achieve this when there was no absolute opportunity. Whether it was the barren Xianzhou or the relatively prosperous Anzhou, it was the same for him.

For most casual cultivators, unless they can get the legacy of their predecessors, they can only rely on the assistance of a small amount of treasures, and use their lives and paths as weights to fight for a slight chance.

All the way to the west in the desert is where Anzhou is located. It was not until half a month later that a trace of green came into view. It was some tenacious grass growing on the edge of the desert.

After spending a total of three months in the scorching desert, Zhao Shoushou changed from a monk to a savage savage, and it was only now that he saw the dawn of victory.

"Anzhou, Zhao Shoushou is here, I should leave my legend here." Encouraged by Green, Zhao Shoushou quickly moved forward.

Dingsha County is the first stop to enter Anzhou. From its name, it can be easily judged that the greatest wish of this person is that he is subject to the continuous invasion of the desert. The mortals here are very barren, and they work hard all day for a little water source. run around.

As the saying goes, Xiao He is successful and Xiao He is defeated, and because Dingsha County is close to the desert, it has become the only way for exchanges between Xianzhou and Anzhou, which has caused this place to be unusually prosperous.

Most monks from Xianzhou will choose to have a rest and trade in Dingsha County after being tortured in the desert. The square city here is also very prosperous, and more than [-]% of the transactions between the two states and counties are completed here. of.

Coupled with the existence of some casual cultivators who often hunt sand lizards in the desert, the daily transaction volume in the market here is astonishing, and there are many shops that are open to purchase various unique resources.

"Fang City, Dinghai County covers a vast area, with more than [-] streets and hundreds of shops. Does this fairy need a guide when he comes here for the first time? The villain has lived here for generations to ensure that he can lead the fairy to find a suitable shop in the shortest possible time. , all you need is a low-grade spirit stone."

"It's a crime to lie to an immortal. The little old man is a mortal born and bred in this place. Please learn from the immortal."

"An immortal will not be deceived if he knows everything clearly, but the small ones only need half a low-grade spirit stone."

As soon as Fang entered the gate of Fangshi, several hunchbacked mortals surrounded him to recommend him, hoping to get hired and earn some meager spirit stones.

Most of these people are descendants of monks, because they have no spiritual roots and cannot cultivate, so they can only be trapped in the city for life.

Because of the lack of means of earning a living, apart from some simple coolies, they could only wait for the monks to be hired at the door, which was very miserable to say the least.

This is the first time Zhao Shoushou has seen this kind of situation, so there will definitely not be mortals in the small square city of Xianzhou, and judging from the prosperity of the city, the impact of the chaos in Xianzhou has already Cut a lot.

Anzhou is a relatively special existence, with abundant resources, but none of the top ten sects in the cultivation world has a resident here, which instead makes this place a paradise for some middle-level sects and families.

It's not that these powerful sects are unwilling to occupy this place. The native sects in Anzhou form an alliance to resist all external forces and unite as one. This is also the reason why they can quickly suppress the chaos.

Now all the demons in Anzhou have basically been suppressed within a fixed range of activities, and the monks only need to take turns to attack them to completely wipe them out without leaving any hidden dangers.

"Zhao needs to rent a cave full of spiritual power to live temporarily, and he has some spoils to deal with. Who can lead the way?" Zhao Shoushou asked decisively, not caring about the scrambles that mortals only saw.

"The rental of Dongfu is located on the north side of Fang City, and the loot is sold on the east side. The villain can guide the immortals." In the end, a young man successfully snatched up this errand.

"Don't stay too long, go straight to the destination," Zhao Shoushou ordered coldly.

Normally speaking, when a newcomer enters an unfamiliar environment, one should be the first to familiarize himself with the environment here, so as to be aware of it, and to flee in case of danger.

Maybe it was because of the harsh environment in the desert, or maybe it was the obvious contrast produced silently. In short, when entering Fangshi, an uncontrollable throbbing surged in my heart, and I could already feel the shaking of the bottleneck faintly. The ninth level of Qi Refining is still waving to him.

Even though he was fully prepared psychologically, when an opportunity arises, it is still difficult to suppress the fluctuations in his heart. The most important thing for Zhao Shoushou now is to take this opportunity to break through the bottleneck and advance to the ninth level of Qi refining.

Since he embarked on the road of cultivation, almost all the bottlenecks have been a little bit difficult to break through. Only this time is the opportunity to take the initiative to appear.

However, Zhao Shoushou never thought that one day such treatment and opportunities that only geniuses could have would appear on a casual cultivator with four spiritual roots.

Since the opportunity had already appeared, Zhao Shoushou would naturally not waste it, so now he was very anxious to rent a cave with abundant spiritual power to practice in seclusion.

As for finding a place to sell combat power items, it was just a matter of convenience. Zhao Shoushou could never hire a guide, just to find a place to rent in the cave.

"Please take a look, Immortal. This is the place for renting out the Dongfu. It belongs to the Dingsha Sect. The price of the Dongfu is differentiated according to the degree of spiritual power." Half an hour later, a mountain peak appeared in front of the eyes, and the mortal who guided the way was very familiar with the introduction with.

Chapter 159 Expensive Second Class Cave House

Because the area of ​​Fang City is too large, the means of transportation here is a carriage powered by puppet cows. It only needs a low-grade spirit stone to reach all places in Fang City, which is convenient and fast.

The production of puppets is also a major feature of Anzhou. There is a medium-sized sect called "Qianzhu School" specializing in the production of puppets.

The monks of this school use the flesh as the raw material for cultivation, and refine themselves into a special kind of puppet at the highest stage. Of course, driving a puppet to fight is also a good method.

Zhao Shoushou is also very interested in these puppets powered by spirit stones on weekdays, and if he has the opportunity, he will also buy one or two.

But the most important thing now is naturally the breakthrough in cultivation. After sending the guide away at the price of a low-grade spirit stone, his gaze has been fixed on the cave rental office not far away.

Judging from the number of monks entering and leaving, the business here is obviously very busy, and it should be the most popular place in the entire Fang City. In fact, this is not surprising.

Most casual practitioners do not have the opportunity to occupy the spiritual veins to dig caves, so when they face a bottleneck in their cultivation or need to retreat, they naturally choose to rent a temporary cave for help.

"This Lingshan Mountain also has at least a second-level low-grade spirit vein. The Anzhou cultivation community is really generous, and they are willing to rent it out." He was obviously surprised by this kind of generosity.

After all, in Xianzhou, not to mention the second-level spiritual veins, even the first-level middle- and upper-level spiritual veins are overcrowded. Most of the squares and cities are built on the first-level middle-lower-level spiritual veins, and the rented caves are just better than nothing.

"I don't know the price of the cave rental? How long can the few hundred spirit stones left in the storage bag last?" However, these questions obviously won't make him entangled for too long, and he will soon move forward to the present.

It is very difficult for casual cultivators to earn spirit stones, but the money is like flowing water. The 6000 yuan of low-grade spirit stones they obtained from the adventure in the Taiyu Lingshi vein have basically been exhausted.

"Welcome fellow Taoist to the rental office of Fang City, Dingsha County. I wonder what level of cave you are planning to rent? How long will you rent it for?" Fang Yi entered one of the mid-stage Qi refining monks and greeted him.

"Zhao came here for the first time. I don't know how many levels the cave is divided into? What's the spiritual power? How much is the price? Can a fellow Taoist introduce one or two?" Zhao Shoushou asked very politely.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, here is a detailed introduction to the rental rules." Qi-refining mid-stage monks are obviously very familiar with this situation.

"Wu-class cave, enjoy the spiritual power of the first-rank low-grade spirit veins, five low-grade spirit stones every month"

"Ding and other caves, enjoy the spiritual power of the first-level middle-grade spirit veins, 20 yuan per month for low-grade spirit stones"

"Class C Dongfu, enjoy the first-level top-grade spirit energy, 50 yuan per month for low-grade spirit stones"

"A second-class cave, enjoy the second-level low-grade spiritual power, 300 yuan per month for low-grade spiritual stones"

"A first-class cave, enjoy the second-level middle-grade spiritual power, 500 yuan per month for low-grade spirit stones; Note: First-class caves only accept foundation-building monks for rent"

A set of simple rules is clear and clear, but it is just like the real world of self-cultivation, which divides all the monks into three, six, and nine ranks from the lease of the cave.

However, the only advantage is that as long as there are enough spirit stones, Zhao Shoushou can refine Qi at the eighth level, and rent a second-level cave to enjoy the pure spiritual power emitted by the second-level low-level spirit veins.

Since stepping into the path of practice, except for some occasional opportunities (secret realms, spirit stone mines), most of the rest of the time has been busy.

Fortunately, he found half of a weak spiritual vein on Cormorant Island. After years of cultivation, it has barely reached the level of a low-grade first-rank. Most of the time in his cultivation path is in a barren spiritual environment. under.

There is no doubt about the importance of abundant spiritual power to a monk, especially at the critical moment when he is about to break through the ninth level of Qi training.

After groping for the spirit stones in the storage bag and calculating carefully, Zhao Shoushou decided to rent a second-class cave, which is the highest level under the current situation and can enjoy the spiritual power of the second-level low-grade spirit veins.

"Zhao is going to rent a second-class cave. For three months, please choose a place with the most spiritual power. In addition, Zhao is here for retreat and practice. Please don't disturb him before he leaves." Zhao Shoushou Carefully took out 900 yuan of low-grade spirit stones, and the dividends from the Taiyu spirit stone veins have basically been consumed.