Practice begins with a fisherman

"Town, clear" only heard Zhao Shoushou's crisp order, and the muddy lake water instantly became clear. Only at this time did he see clearly the appearance of the first obstacle that appeared during the excavation.

It turned out to be the real foundation of the treasure cave protective formation. If it was in a complete state, it would be a little difficult to break it. Unfortunately, it is now covered with obvious cracks.

Gently swiping the first-tier top-grade bronze dagger forward, and pushing forward with both hands, the already dilapidated formation collapsed instantly. At this time, the true appearance of the treasure cave appeared in front of his eyes.

"I don't know what kind of treasure will appear here? I really have a little expectation." Zhao Shoushou stepped into the cave with big strides, searching for possible treasures with all his eyes.

Through the surviving part that has not yet collapsed, we can basically see the basic distribution of the treasure cave, one main and two secondary. Now it is still intact and only one main passage in the middle remains.

"This is the treasure cave? How can such a simple treasure be worthy of the name of the Zhuji family?" Zhao Shoushou, looking at the only two jade bottles and three jade boxes, was very disappointed.

Under normal circumstances, even if the treasure cave can't be fully arranged, at least it should be occupied by more than half of all kinds of treasures.

As for the auxiliary holes on both sides, there are generally fewer storages, and the value is relatively low, which is destined to not be too much for him.

Chapter 166 Redeeming "Water Condensation Art"

"Could it be that this place was originally established when the Foundation Establishment Clan in Siming Mountain was just established or faced with the attacks of demons and ghosts, and all the treasures were consumed?" No matter how disappointed Zhao Shoushou was, he would naturally not let go of any treasure, even the assistants on both sides. Treasures that may exist in the cave will also be excavated one by one.

The two jade bottles contain panacea, and the three jade boxes are specially used to seal elixir or precious ores. The treasures that can be specially collected in the treasure cave by the foundation building period must have different characteristics. .

It has always been of great help to Zhao Shoushou, who is in the late stage of Qi refining. After all, the main purpose of the foundation building family in Siming Mountain was to help the younger generation of the family to rise quickly when there was an accident in the family.

Although there are only five jade boxes here, after Zhao Shoushou got over the initial loss, fiery emotions and expectations burned in his heart.

Treasures are useful rather than quantity. Instead of getting a table full of useless low-level spiritual materials and treasures, it is better to have a real treasure of heaven and earth that is helpful for foundation building.

Of course, these are just words of self-comfort. What he hopes more is to have both the fish and the bear's paw. Unfortunately, this is destined to be only a beautiful dream, at least there is no way to realize it here.

All these seemingly complicated emotions disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye. After Zhao Shoushou put all the five jade boxes into the storage bag, he began to dig out the auxiliary holes on both sides with a shaking hoe. go.

This kind of busyness lasted until an hour later, and there was very little harvest in the two auxiliary caves, only a few refining materials and one or two first-level middle-grade magical artifacts, all in all, it looked pitiful.

During his busy excavation process, another kind of additional gain is that there are a lot of various spirit fish in the spirit lake, and of course all of them are the credit of two first-rank middle-grade cormorants.

In the container of the spirit boat specially used to carry the spirit fish, nearly thirty first-rank mid-lower spirit fish are trying to escape, and the most expensive one among them is a first-rank mid-grade dragon cod covered in blood red.

It is said that this kind of spirit fish is the blood left by the carp before it transformed into a dragon after the successful jumping of the Dragon Gate, but the truth of it depends on the benevolent and the wise.

This kind of spirit fish does not have much effect on monks, but it is more attractive to some special monsters, which can stimulate the blood of spirit beasts.

Zhao Shoushou's attention was only swept away, his real focus was still on the harvest in the treasure cave, and he was looking forward to the treasures in the five jade boxes.

"It's finally time for the harvest, but I don't know how lucky Zhao is?" Sitting cross-legged in the cabin, he was about to open the first jade bottle.

According to the current level of cultivation, the effect of the panacea is obviously better than some elixir, spiritual materials and other items. What he wants to know most now is what is the grade of the panacea in the jade bottle?Does it help now?

"The whole body is turquoise, and bursts of fragrance go straight to the dantian. It smells like the capillaries in the whole body are instantly opened. Isn't this the famous first-order top-grade turbidity-dispelling pill?" Zhao Shoushou had a strange feeling in his heart when he guessed here.

The first-order high-grade dispelling turbidity pill is a relatively small and unique panacea. It does not help much in improving the cultivation level. The only function is to give the monks in the late stage of Qi refining one time to get rid of various toxins that remain in the body. Opportunity.

A monk from the beginning of his life's cultivation path to the ninth level of Qi training is undoubtedly inseparable from the help of a large number of spiritual pills. He usually thinks that he has refined all the erysipelas, but there is always a part of it left, and the amount accumulated over time will also increase. There will be more and more.

Although it will not have the slightest impact on the monks on weekdays, or even be aware of its existence, but it will be too late to regret if there is a qualitative change one day.

What's more, by taking the first-order top-grade Quzhuo Pill, all kinds of impurities in the meridians can be removed from the body as much as possible, which is also helpful for foundation building.

The above-mentioned reasons are the main reasons why Zhao Shoushou was delighted after seeing this panacea. This is a panacea that can really increase the potential of future practice.

"The first-rank top-grade qi-invigorating pill can greatly supplement the strength of the mana in the dantian, and promote the transformation of the cultivation base from the ninth level of qi training to the tenth level of qi training. It's a bit tasteless, and the only effect is to save some of the condensate pills." He was obviously dissatisfied with the second harvest.

The only function of the first-level top-grade Qi-invigorating pill is to shorten the time between the ninth level of Qi training and the tenth level of Qi training. This obviously conflicts with the premise that he has prepared a large number of Qi Condensing Pills.

In fact, for the vast majority of monks, this bottle of qi invigorating pill can save at least two years of time, and it is extremely precious, but his expectations are slightly higher.

The three jade boxes specially used to seal elixir and spiritual materials contained the first-grade top-grade elixir Hundred Flower Honey, the first-grade top-grade spiritual material Qin Jinshi, and the most precious second-grade low-grade spiritual material Lightning Strike Wood.

There is no doubt about the preciousness of the three kinds of spiritual materials and elixir. Whether it is refining magic weapons or selling them, they can get a lot of income. Not much help.

The most precious of the three treasures is naturally the second-level low-grade lightning strike wood, which is a kind of lightning wood dual-attribute spiritual material. After the foundation is successfully established, it can be used as the main material for refining the second-level low-grade spiritual weapon.

"This time, the harvest of the treasure cave under the Linghu Lake is only a little bit of help from this bottle of first-grade top-grade Quzhuo Pill, and it is finally worthwhile." Zhao Shoushou sighed in a low voice, and put the bottle The treasures placed on the spirit ship are stored in the storage bag.

In the next few days, Zhao Shoushou hovered over the spirit lake. After all, there were many spirit fish in the lake, the most precious of which were naturally several first-grade top-grade spirit fish.

However, due to the rank of the cormorant and the rank of the spirit ship, even though he had worked hard for several days, he still hadn't gained anything. It was not easy to catch these cunning little guys.

Of course, during this period, some ghosts of different grades and types came, but unfortunately, they had already become his spoils before they reached a large scale.

The most dangerous one among them is a monster that mutates like a water ghost, and it can be said to have the best geographical advantage in this spirit lake, which covers a large area.

At the most dangerous time, the long hair flying all over the sky almost pierced him into a bloody hole, but thanks to the timely rescue of the first-order high-grade copper coin shield, he escaped by luck.

In addition to his own training, this series of battles also meant that a large number of points were credited. One month later, he successfully exchanged 180 points in Fangshi. Since the outbreak of the chaos, he has accumulated a total of [-] points.

At this time, he naturally resolutely exchanged the "Congealing Water Jue" successfully, and exchanged the remaining [-] points for a piece of the cheapest first-grade top-grade Hundred Flower Fruit, which has the least effect among the base-building pills.

Chapter 167 Effect of Quzhuo Pill

The 180 points were obtained by Zhao Shoushou at all costs since the outbreak of the chaos, and it was almost the peak level of a late-stage qi refining monk who was born as a casual cultivator.

This time in Anzhou, he successfully exchanged the "Congealing Water Jue", which has a relatively complete inheritance, into his hands, which is already a successful completion of the task. As for the first-level top-grade Baihuaguo, it is just a surprise.

"Rootless fruit, golden vine, fire spirit grass, hundred flower fruit, glazed water, cactus spirit fruit, plus a bottle of first-grade high-grade turbidity-dispelling pill, a few kinds of treasures that are useful for foundation building in exchange for several births and deaths, It may be all the treasures that can be found before foundation establishment," Zhao Shoushou sighed.

Four first-tier top-grade auxiliary elixir plus glazed water, a cactus fruit whose effect is still suspicious, may be all that Zhao Shoushou gained before he advanced to foundation establishment.

Naturally, this kind of crude conditions cannot be compared with sect disciples who have the support of elders, but it is already quite good for most casual cultivators.

In the world of comprehension, many unlucky monks may only have a poor elixir to help them before building their foundation, and some monks even attack directly without any elixir.

What these monks rely on is nothing but passion and unwillingness. Whether they can succeed depends mostly on a little bit of luck.

This is also one of the reasons why there are so few foundation-building monks in the huge group of casual cultivators. Every year, at least a thousand casual cultivators in the late stage of Qi refining fall in the backlash against the bottleneck of the foundation-building stage, and even more monks managed to save a life. He was deeply injured and even lost the qualification to continue to practice.

"Zhao's luck has always been good. With the help of elixir and glazed water, even if he fails to advance, he will not have any problem trying to keep his cultivation base and attack again in the future." Zhao Shoushou couldn't help cheering secretly.

For most casual cultivators, hitting the foundation-building period is a near-death experience, and Zhao Shoushou is also in this range, so when he gets closer and closer, he feels a double test of suffering and anticipation in his heart.

However, there is still a long distance between the ninth level of Qi training and the foundation establishment. The most important thing at this stage is to do everything possible to consolidate the foundation besides improving the cultivation base, so as to add a glimmer of hope for the next step of foundation establishment improvement.

The most effective method now is the first-order top-grade Quzhuo Pill in his hand, which removes the toxins and some impurities remaining in the meridians and dantian, and keeps his body as pure as possible.

According to some records in the cultivation world, monks with better spiritual roots have fewer impurities in their bodies, and vice versa.

Zhao Shoushou's aptitude as a four-spirit root monk is relatively low, and this bottle of first-rank high-grade turbidity-dispelling pill will have a better effect, so his current task is to refine it as soon as possible.

And because the exchange of "Ningshui Jue" and Baihuaguo in Dingshafang City has become a big hit, Zhao Shoushou also chose to leave immediately. After all, 180 points are already half of the foundation pill.

Maybe it will attract the attention of some caring people, and even if some monks feel greedy, some unnecessary troubles will definitely appear.

Zhao Shoushou left decisively when all the monks hadn't reacted. Perhaps he had avoided many unknown but possible dangers.

As for the place for refining Quzhuo Pill, it has also been selected. Not far from Dingsha County is a place called Shuixi. Although this place belongs to Dingsha County, it has a completely different atmosphere.

There are only a few cultivating families with the strongest cultivation bases, and they are only those who have practiced Qi Dzogchen, and these cultivating families all make a living by growing elixir and spiritual rice.

What caught his attention was that there was also a cave house for rent in the small town of Shuixi. attention.

As a member of the casual cultivator, Zhao Shoushou always kept in mind the code of conduct of keeping a low profile. If it wasn't for the sake of "Congealing Water Jue", he would not have exposed himself too much.

"Birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, flowing water is gurgling, the fights are getting less and less, and it is a good place to live in seclusion." After arriving in Shuixi Town three days later, Zhao Shoushou nodded very satisfied with the environment here.

Since embarking on the road of practice, most of the time has been spent in fighting, practicing, and killing. Suddenly being in such a paradise invisibly is of great help to the improvement of the state of mind.

Zhao Shoushou disposed of some unused resources in Fang City at one time, including a large number of spiritual fish caught in the Siming Mountain Spirit Lake, sand lizard skins hunted in the desert, and some inconspicuous trophies. The 800 yuan low-grade spirit stone is enough to support the expenses for renting the cave.

Half a day later, Zhao Shoushou successfully rented a cave with a first-order high-grade spirit vein for a year at the price of 60 yuan per month for low-grade spirit stones.

It may be because there are relatively few spiritual veins here, and naturally the price will be slightly more expensive, but for Zhao Shoushou the most important thing is a relatively safe and stable environment.

As for the two first-tier mid-grade cormorants who looked like followers, they fell into a deep sleep again after devouring two first-tier mid-grade dragon cods.

However, they are not the improvement of the rank, but the purification or return to the ancestors of the blood, and I don't know what changes after waking up?

"Is the effect of Zhuo Zhuo Pill as magical as in the legend? How many filthy things will hide in Zhao's body after being refined by spiritual power?" After Zhao Shoushou finished speaking, he closed his eyes and entered the cultivation state.

The first-order top-grade Quzhuo Pill has a special taste, which seems to be formed by the condensation of multiple flavors. In short, it is obviously different from other types of panacea.

The spirit fluid transformed by Quzhuo Pill is divided into nine parts in the chest, the largest part goes into the dantian, and the remaining eight parts go into the eight channels.

In the process of refining the elixir, there is neither pleasure nor pain, but one can clearly perceive that many things that were originally hidden in the depths are driven away and then try to go out through the pores of the whole body.

This process is obviously extremely energy-intensive. When the power of the first turbidity-dispelling pill is about to be exhausted, these strange things just reach the connection between the meridians and the flesh.

Naturally, Zhao Shoushou would not give up halfway and then enter the second elixir. It was in this continuous refining process that he did not know how long it took until he woke up like a dream when a stench came.

"There are so many foul-smelling impurities hidden in a certain meridian? This body is not a body that has undergone spiritual training, it is clearly a huge and complicated garbage dump." Before he could finish his sigh, he couldn't bear the stench and quickly gathered Some water, a hearty rinse.

Although these foul-smelling impurities were unpleasant, it also meant that the effect of the Zhuo Zhu Pill was obvious. After cleaning, he felt a sense of lightness that filled his whole body, and his thoughts were unprecedentedly accessible.

Chapter 168 Invitation and Probe of the Cheng Family

Since his thoughts are clear and his mood is happy, Zhao Shoushou will naturally not give up such a great opportunity to practice easily. Not only did he not leave the customs, but he entered a deeper level of cultivation after taking care of it.

This is the time when the first-grade top-grade qi-invigorating pill, which is also obtained from the Siming Mountain's spiritual veins, will show its talents. Whenever a pill is refined, the mana in the dantian will be filled at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Zhao Shoushou was infatuated with this feeling of rapid improvement in his cultivation, and hoped that he could raise his cultivation to the tenth level of Qi training as soon as possible, reaching the level of impacting the foundation establishment.

The sun rises and the moon sets, day and night go by, time always passes quickly, and half a year just flies by, especially for him who is cultivating.

During this period of time, it can be said that Zhao Shoushou kept his ears to the outside world and only focused on practicing the scriptures, just like the paradise in Shuixi Town.

However, the outside world was obviously not calm during this period of time. The cause was that the Cheng family who had lived here for generations, for unknown reasons, three family elders in the late stage of Qi training fell outside for no reason and without warning.

For a while, the Cheng family, which originally belonged to the most powerful family in Shuixi Town and acted arrogantly and domineeringly on weekdays, was left with only a ninth-level Qi training monk struggling to support it.

The other two families in Shuixi Town had one late Qi refining monk, the Man family, two Qi refining late monks, the Xiao family, and the Chen family, which had three late Qi refining monks.

The essence of a monk's practice saying that one thousand dao and ten thousand is just a consumption of practice resources, and the Cheng family almost occupied the most fertile spiritual fields and elixir gardens in Shuixi Town by relying on their stronger strength.

Now that the decline is already showing, the remaining three cultivation families will naturally not let it go easily. The so-called beating the dog in the water, and the decline is the inevitable end if one fails to deal with it.

The Cheng family is naturally unwilling to give away the resources that have been in business for hundreds of years, so during this period of time, they are frantically looking for suitable monks to win them over at all costs.

Zhao Shoushou, a casual cultivator who lives here temporarily and has no worries, is naturally the tender meat in the eyes of the Cheng family, and is also their next target.

"Have you ever found out the root of casual cultivators living in the rented cave? Are you sure you have the cultivation level of the ninth level of Qi training?" In the manor carefully built by the Cheng family for generations, a sad and thin monk asked one after another, making him anxious mood is evident.

"Patriarch, this casual cultivator used to haunt Fang City in Dingsha County, but he is undoubtedly at the ninth level of Qi training. He once sold a large number of first-grade top-grade sand lizard skins, and it is likely to come from Xianzhou on the opposite side." A man covered in black The monk who couldn't see his face clearly in his clothes responded one by one.

"Xianzhou is a poor and remote place. I came to Anzhou just to find suitable resources. Let's go and find out what I want?" The patriarch of the Cheng family ordered confidently, as if he had seen the success of recruiting The wonderful scene after the thugs in the late stage of Qi refining.

Generally speaking, at the same level of cultivation, although monks from places with scarce resources are slightly inferior in terms of equipment, they are undoubtedly superior in terms of fighting will and combat effectiveness.

Therefore, for a small family facing a crisis like the Cheng family, it is necessary to recruit some casual cultivators from remote places in Xianzhou to act as thugs.

As for these casual cultivators, what they want is just some trivial price in their opinion. These small families seem insignificant but occupy a stable spiritual mountain for generations, and it is not difficult to accumulate a large amount of property over time.

This move was also tried and tested countless times when the family was in danger, but the Cheng family obviously made a mistake.

From their point of view, this impoverished rogue cultivator from a backcountry area does not value ordinary resources, and it will cost a lot of money to want him to act as a thug.

The only need to drive him to fight bravely as a loyal thug is only for treasures that can only help, and it is precisely this that is also the fatal shortcoming of these small families.

Even with the hard work of several generations, they were lucky enough to get one or two natural and earthly treasures that have a certain effect on foundation building, how could they be willing to provide them?This is doomed that there is no room for cooperation between the two.

As qualified neighbors, the other three Xiuxian families are naturally quite familiar with these routines, and they will do their best to stop them.

However, all these plans have nothing to do with those who are wholeheartedly preparing to retreat and improve their cultivation. Even some tentative communication talismans from various families did not even respond, until one day the patriarch of the Cheng family came to visit.

"Cheng Mouhua from the Cheng family specially came to visit, and please Daoyou Zhao to show up." In the ninth month of Zhao Shoushou's retreat, as the situation of the Cheng family became worse and worse, the patriarch of the Cheng family finally came to visit.

In fact, when Cheng Mouhua saw a large number of communication talismans on the formation at the gate of the cave, he realized that he was facing a monk who was dedicated to cultivating.

In his practice career, there are only two perceptions of this kind of monk who is dedicated to hard work, one: unless the important interests are difficult to impress; the other: stubborn to unusually stubborn, so after seeing this scene, he suddenly felt his scalp go numb .

In fact, his hunch was correct. The monk he was about to face was a persistent and stubborn monk, and his practice was interrupted due to inexplicable reasons, which made him feel extremely bad.

There is a widely circulated proverb in the secular world, "To cut off one's wealth is like killing one's parents", while in the world of self-cultivation it is "to cut off one's path is like killing one's parents." The hatred between the two cannot be easily eliminated.

"If I remember correctly, Zhao and Cheng Daoyou have no mutual hatred, and the security formation of a certain cave has been opened, why did Daoist use special means to interrupt a certain practice?" Zhao Shoushou asked expressionlessly, obviously It is a face that does not communicate well and immediately starts a war.

"Zhao Daoyou atones for his sins. Cheng is here to ask for something urgent. I wonder if I can enter the cave to have a talk?" Cheng Mouhua said eagerly.

"But the filth among the big families in Shuixi Town? I don't know what price you are going to pay?" After briefly reading the communication talisman, Zhao Shoushou already had an answer in his heart.

"As long as fellow daoists are willing to help, the entire Cheng family will be grateful. How about offering another 1000 or [-] low-grade spirit stones when the matter is over? I can find a female cultivator of the same age and pretty face as a good match for fellow Taoists." Cheng Mouhua looked generous and sincere.

"Zhao does not lack spirit stones. Since the Cheng family is not sincere, there is no need to continue the discussion. Now, I only need some treasures that are effective for foundation building. If you can't provide everything, you can talk about it. As for everything else, Why bother to use it to humiliate you?" As soon as the words were finished, the formation method was closed again.

Cheng Mouhua, the patriarch of the Cheng family outside, had a bitter expression on his face, as if he had anticipated the current encounter.