Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence

a month later.

At noon, Zhang Yao finished his day's work and returned to his residence on the west side deep in the valley.

In Qingyunfang City, there are 1,200 acres of spiritual fields, and there are six stewards in total. He was assigned to a steward of Ouyang's family to take care of seven acres of spiritual fields.

Different from the extensiveness of Tiandu Mountain, the Lingmi here is a treasure, which needs to be taken care of every day, rain or shine.

Fortunately, Zhang Yao's spells have been practiced to perfection, and he can finish his work every morning, and the rest is free time, which he can arrange by himself.

"I have to spare three hours a day to take care of the Lingtian, which is still a bit time-consuming."

"If you can buy a Dongfu courtyard in the residential area, you can no longer be disturbed by the field affairs, and you can practice with all your heart."

"It's just a pity that even the cheapest Dongfu other courtyard will cost thousands of spirit stones, which is too expensive."

After returning to the residential area on the west side, Zhang Yao still felt a little regretful.

It was only after he moved in that he found out that there was a separate Dongfu courtyard on the west side that could be rented or purchased, but even if it was rented, the price was not affordable for ordinary casual cultivators.

Ordinary spirit farmers in Fang City earn only ten low-grade spirit stones a year, which is not enough to rent a Dongfu courtyard for a year.

"call!"

He returned to the quiet room of his residence, sat down cross-legged, and began to practice spiritual energy.

In the residential area on the west side, the aura is more abundant than in the urban area. This is the result of the deliberate regulation and control of the two big families that control the Fang City formation. It can be regarded as one of the invisible benefits of spiritual farmers and priests.

Of course, the place with the highest concentration of aura in Fang City is of course the mansions of the two families on the east side.

Afternoon:

Zhang Yao, who had practiced for several hours, was lying on a deck chair in the courtyard, flipping through a classic.

The classics are not thick, and on the cover are "Detailed Explanation of Basic Spirit Patterns", which he bought from a shop on South Street for ten spirit stones.

The spirit pattern is a kind of mysterious rune in the world of cultivating immortals. It is half like a word and half like a symbol. It can connect the aura of heaven and earth by itself, and play various wonderful effects.

Among all the arts of cultivating immortals: formations, talismans, and weapon refining are common in many places, and the root cause lies in the spirit patterns.

Different spiritual patterns can be combined, superimposed, and nested to achieve various magical effects. They can be evolved into prohibitions, used to set up formations, carry spells and draw them into talismans, or refine them into magic prohibitions and cast magic weapons.

"good."

Zhang Yao flipped through the classics, reviewing the old and learning the new, feeling more and more satisfied in his heart.

"It's not in vain. I caught you with a single glance, and almost emptied my net worth."

"If you learn the way of spirit patterns well, you will have a solid foundation whether you become a craftsman, a formation master, or a talisman master in the future."

During those years in Tiandu Mountain, he also learned a lot of spirit pattern knowledge from Fatty Chen.

But Fatty Chen himself is a wild fox Zen, and a lot of knowledge is incomplete, far less comprehensive than this "Detailed Explanation of Basic Spirit Patterns".

"Well, among the twelve basic spirit patterns of the earth attribute, the one that works best with the fire attribute should be this..."

In Zhang Yao's mind, sparks of thought flickered, constantly deducing the mystery of the spirit pattern.

Martial arts cultivation is in line with the state of the middle stage of Qi refining, plus he has lived a long life, the strength of his soul is even higher than some monks in the late stage of Qi refining.

This unique advantage, used to learn the arts of cultivating immortals, is also equivalent to a natural talent, which made Zhang Yao improve quickly.

"Tuk tuk."

Just as Zhang Yao was obsessed with deducing the spirit patterns, there was a knock on the door suddenly.

"Um?"

Zhang Yao raised his eyebrows, as if he had guessed the identity of the visitor, he said lazily:

"Old Qi, come in by yourself."

The courtyard door was pushed open, and a bald old man walked in with a smile.

"Brother Zhang, I just came back from closing the store, and my hands are a little itchy again."

"If you're okay, come and talk with me for a few rounds."

"Fine."

Zhang Yao put away his books, came to the stone table in the courtyard, and motioned:

"Old rules, you stick to black."

"no problem."

The bald old man sat down enthusiastically, and soon took the sunspots, and started fighting with Zhang Yao on the chessboard.

Lao Qi is the owner of a shop on South Street, specializing in the sale of some low-level exercises and various classics, and the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Coincidentally:

A month ago, when Zhang Yao was going to purchase the "Detailed Explanation of Basic Spirit Patterns", he happened to bump into Lao Qi who was thinking hard about interpreting a chess record, so he made a few comments on the spur of the moment.

Lao Qi is addicted to chess like his life, but there are not many immortal cultivators who are obsessed with it, so that in the huge Qingyunfang City, they can't find anyone who likes it.

He finally ran into Zhang Yao, he was overjoyed, he wished to be his confidant immediately, and even gave Zhang Yao a 50% discount on the spot, the two became friends, and he came to play chess with Zhang Yao when he was free.

After going back and forth, the two got to know each other a lot, and gradually became like real friends.

"You lost."

In less than half an hour, Lao Qi was completely defeated, and his complexion became very ugly.

As an immortal cultivator, he also has the ability to remember with a photograph and think like lightning, but Zhang Yao's chess skills are enough to be called a "chess master" in the world, so naturally he wins less and loses more.

"Damn it! Do it all over again!"

With a wave of his sleeve angrily, all the black and white pieces on the chessboard were reset to zero, and the game was about to be restarted.

"If you can't make it down, it's a shame, right?"

Zhang Yao glanced at him, and said slowly:

"Chess quality is like character, so it can be seen that you can't afford to lose."

"If you can win, who would want to lose?"

After Lao Qi replied, he started to play again aggressively, but he lost to Zhang Yao in the end.

"It's really evil..."

He sat on the stone bench, frowning tightly, and was still reviewing the details of the round.

"That's right, old Qi."

When Zhang Yao was arranging the chess pieces, he suddenly said, "I want to ask you something."

"you say."

Old Qi didn't even raise his head, and replied casually.

"Um……"

Zhang Yao considered his tone before saying:

"You are the owner of the shop, and you are well-informed. I wonder if you have seen any exercises for spiritual roots of specific attributes?"

"Um?"

Old Qi was stunned for a moment, raised his head in surprise and said:

"Spiritual roots with specific attributes? Why are you asking about this? Do you want to switch to practice?"

"of course not."

Zhang Yao waved his hand and said:

"I'm already in the mid-stage of Qi Cultivation, and I only want to switch to the practice now, so it's too late."

Normally, unless it is a technique that has been inherited in the same strain, switching to practice is tantamount to re-cultivating.

But Zhang Yao had to take this step.

The "Thick Soil Jue" he practiced is just a high-end product, the highest can only be practiced to the completion of the Qi refining period, and there is no follow-up method at all.

As for the mere qi refining stage, if you want to create your own exercises for the subsequent foundation building stage, it is tantamount to nonsense.

Since he had to switch cultivation sooner or later, the sooner the better, if not for the high risk in the initial stage of Qi refining, he would have wanted to come to Weiguo for a long time to seek a high-quality exercise suitable for his spiritual root attributes.

"makes sense."

"If you switch to cultivation now, decades of penance cultivation will be ruined."

Lao Qi didn't doubt him, he thought for a while, and then said:

"Your question is actually very directional."

"Generally speaking, all exercises in the world can be divided into two categories—seeking the Tao or seeking the Dharma."

"The classics of seeking Tao often break through quickly and have weak bottlenecks, but the mana obtained from cultivation is relatively weak, and there are no spells for killing and protecting the body in the exercises. Fighting and killing people is a huge disadvantage."

"Seeking Dharma classics is the opposite. Breaking through difficulties and bottlenecks is sad, but the mana is very powerful, and the high-level spells that accompany the exercises are powerful. Fighting at the same level is always disadvantageous, and it is easy to gain a great reputation."

Having said that, he paused and continued:

"Of course, most of the exercises in the world are not that extreme."

"The nine success methods that are circulated today are all to strike a balance between the two. There are both the door to seek the Tao and the level to seek the Dharma."