I save spiritual roots for the next life.

Chapter 304 Seeking resources
In his previous life, he was born in Qi, a small country practicing cultivation in the southern region of the Eastern Wasteland. There, there was a popular saying: If you build a foundation before the age of 30, you can expect a Nascent Soul.

Before the age of 50, the foundation is established, and the formation of alchemy is expected.

In his previous life, Li Jizhou built the foundation at the age of 40, but finally stopped as a Nascent Soul due to the cage of heaven and earth.

Of course, this is just a limitation of the vision of a small practicing country, based on the experience of the monks there for generations.

However, how can the cultivation resources there, whether it is spiritual veins, elixirs, exercises, or secret techniques, compare with the prosperity of cultivation in Zhongzhou?
At that time, all you needed to practice cultivation was to have spiritual energy.

At most, taking Qi-Building Pills and Qi-Nourishing Pills will slightly increase your practice speed.

In this prosperous age of Zhongzhou, there are many magical elixirs and magical medicines before Qi training, and extraordinary secret techniques can greatly enhance the practice.

Of course, the threshold here is higher and the competition is more intense.

If Li Jizhou had the talent and middle-grade spiritual roots in his previous life, he would not be able to obtain such resources here either, and he would still be the same as in his previous life.

People like the Ninth Prince, who took innate essence before the age of ten, not only restrained the innate essence in advance and practiced cultivation in advance, but also greatly increased the speed of cultivation. This was the only case in the 5000 years of the Jiuli Dynasty.

It would be almost no problem for the Ninth Prince to reach the ninth level of Qi within one year.

However, it is impossible to build a foundation in one year.

The foundation building period is to lay the foundation for practice. If the foundation is not solid, there will be big problems in the follow-up. Therefore, even if he practices nine levels of Qi in a year, he will have to hone and accumulate for at least ten years. Only when all parties are solid can the foundation be formally established.

After the Taoist foundation is cast, it is then carefully polished and warmed, especially for the accumulation of the golden elixir and the birth of the golden elixir. This process requires opportunity and insight, which can take as short as 20 years or as long as a decade.

Of course, this time can be shortened if we don’t figure out the golden elixir or the Dharma.

However, it is impossible for a person with this speed of cultivation not to look forward to the golden elixir and pursue the Dharma.

Li Jizhou originally thought that he would be reborn as a Yimu spirit body and practice the Qing Emperor's Creation Technique. He originally expected to practice the ninth level of Qi for two years. However, due to the high-quality Kaiyuan Dan and the wood-attribute spirit stone given by Long Zhenxiao, the great grandson of the Dragon Prime Minister, as well as the Qing Emperor's Creation Technique. Extraordinary, it is almost certain that one can practice nine levels of qi in one year.

There is no bottleneck in this life's talent before Nascent Soul, and there is no need for assistance such as Foundation Establishment Pill and Crystal Condensation Pill.

The only thing that needs to be pursued is what kind of Tao foundation to forge, condense high-grade golden elixir, and give birth to high-grade Dharma.

In these aspects, the experience of the first two lives does not have much reference value. After all, the previous life only sought to improve the realm of cultivation, and is not qualified to consider these.

And if there were no people like the Ninth Prince who took the innate essence, no people like Li Jizhou who practiced the Qing Emperor's Secret of Creation Immortal Code, and no people who took the high-quality Kaiyuan Dan before the Qi refining period, it was the prince who used the fire-based heavenly spirit root back then. There are also a lot of resources, and I have practiced a certain Tianzun Kung Fu. I started practicing Qi when I was 16 years old, and it took me four years to practice the ninth level of Qi.

After that, he spent another eight years practicing and polishing. At the age of 28, he created the prefecture-level Taoist foundation. He then cultivated and cultivated it for another 26 years, comprehending the heaven and earth. Finally, at the age of 54, he successfully condensed the three lines of immortal golden elixir and gave birth to the realm of Tianpin Dharma.

"Hey! The Ninth Prince will also enter the academy this year. We have no hope of getting the top spot in the examination. What a pity!"

Li Jizhou, dressed in rich clothes, walked out of the Seventh Palace and came to the imperial city accompanied by Hong Luan.

As soon as he arrived in front of the grand gate of Jiuli Academy, he heard a sigh.

A group of people gathered around to look at the college announcement that had just been posted.

"The innate Wanfa Lei spirit body has also taken the innate essence... who can compare?"

"Yes, it is said that the Ninth Prince has been cultivating for less than seven months and is already approaching the seventh level of Qi training. It really takes one month to reach the first level of Qi training. This is the true pride of heaven. We can only look up to him. "

"Tsk, tsk, the Ninth Prince is only ten years old, and he has already reached the seventh level of Qi training? Coupled with his innate Ten Thousand Dharma Thunder Spirit Body, he may not be able to break the record of the Jiuli Dynasty during the assessment!"

"Hmph, it's just a good birth. If everyone here can take the innate essence, they will definitely be as good as him!"

"..."

The moment this voice came out, the people around him subconsciously moved away from him.

Li Jizhou was also squeezed by the crowd and took three steps back.

"Did I say something wrong?" The man was isolated, dressed in black, but standing tall and looking around with a bad expression.

"Brother, the Ninth Prince is an innate thunder spirit..." someone reminded.

"Yes, if that's not the case, look at His Highness the Prince's Fire Element Heavenly Spiritual Root, and he has never received the innate essence. Why don't you just follow the steps like the rest of us?"

"The Ninth Prince was gifted by Heaven because of his extraordinary innate nature. Even the Seventh Prince's Innate Yimu Spirit Body was unable to take the Innate Essence."

The black-clothed young man frowned coldly, with disdain flashing in his eyes: "Humph, what is the Wanfa Lei spirit body? Our senior brother Jing Bochang was born with a body of nine yangs, which is the origin of the great road. There is a vision of nine yangs reflecting upon birth. If he hadn't been delayed because of his poor background, he would have been able to..." when he was 16 years old.

"Jing Bo Chang? My brother is actually Jing Bo Chang's junior brother. How disrespectful."

"Senior Brother Jing is certainly qualified to say this."

……

Before the young man in black finished speaking, everyone present was amazed.

Li Jizhou nodded slightly. Before last year, the Ninth Prince Li Chaoyang was the most talented person in the Jiuli Dynasty.

However, just last year, when the 16-year-old Jing Bochang was taking the entrance examination in Yaozhou, north of the Jiuli Dynasty, he was detected to have the body of Nine Suns, surpassing the Ninth Prince Wanfa Lei Spirit Body.

However, because Jing Bo often lost his parents when he was young, he had no one to rely on and could only make a living by begging. He also suffered many hardships. He was also abducted by evil cultivators and had his child's yang harvested when he was less than ten years old. This damaged his innate origin and resulted in what he is today. Although his physique is lacking, he cannot compare with the Ninth Prince.

There are many sighs in the world. If Jing Bo had always been born into wealth, even if he was just an ordinary family, maybe another Tianzun would have been born in the Jiuli Dynasty.

Later, Jingbo was admitted to the Yaozhou Taoist Academy, and the teachers at the academy tried their best to warm it up, but it was still stronger than the ordinary Tianlinggen.

If there is another unparalleled magical medicine to nourish it, it is possible to complement the original source.

However, Yaozhou Taoist College has limited resources, so Jing Bochang came to Huangcheng College this year in an attempt to win the first place in the assessment and obtain sufficient resources.

He has been practicing for a year and is now 17 years old. Without the blessing of any magical objects, he has practiced Qi at the fourth level and is considered a leader in the remote Yaozhou Taoist Temple.

However, now that the Ninth Prince, a genius, is participating in the assessment, Jing Bochang has basically no hope of coming out on top.

"Sir, that little lady is very smart, and she is a good furnace. If the Nu family passed down the picking skills of the Jinhuohu clan to you and me, it would be a great help!" While Li Jizhou was thinking about it, Hong Luan's voice came from the sea of ​​​​consciousness. .

"Huh?" Li Jizhou looked at the young man in black again.

With the [-]% increase in his soul from his previous life and the soul condensation effect of the Bodhi Fruit, after one month of practice, he already has a consciousness comparable to the third level of Qi training.

But at this moment, he didn't see through the disguise of the young man in black.

Naturally, he would not doubt Hong Luan's words.

"Where is his cultivation level?"

"There is no concealment in her cultivation, and her disguise is not an ordinary disguise technique. It is a transformation technique similar to that of the demon clan. It has nothing to do with the strength of the soul. She has only practiced superficially, but she can't see through it below the core." Hong. Luan explained.

"Similar to the transformation technique?" Li Jizhou raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling a little moved.

The art of disguise among human monks, even if they practiced the Changchun Gong in their previous lives and had the characteristics of the annual rings, were able to store essence, blood, and breath to disguise themselves, but they would be seen through when faced with someone whose soul was too much higher than theirs.

"Young master, don't think about it anymore. This kind of secret technique can only be practiced by those with the blood of the demon clan. That little lady is a descendant of the human race and the demon clan." Hong Luan chuckled, extinguishing Li Jizhou's enthusiasm.Li Jizhou smiled coquettishly: "It doesn't matter, I don't need to hide my head and show my tail."

In this life, he has a distinguished background and has cultivated the Qing Emperor's Creation Technique. There is no need to do anything sleazy, as long as he is upright and upright.

After a final glance at the preliminary screening list, Li Jizhou took Hong Luan and prepared to leave.

At this moment, someone saw Li Jizhou in the middle of the list.

"Even without the Ninth Prince, Jing Bochang probably wouldn't be able to come out on top. Look, the Seventh Prince is also participating in the assessment this year!"

"It is said that before the Ninth Prince was born, the Seventh Prince's innate Yimu spirit body was favored by the Holy Emperor. It is very likely that the drop of innate essence will be his."

"It's a pity that his temperament is unstable, and he has developed an arrogant and indifferent temperament because of this incident. Not only is he increasingly disliked by the Holy Emperor, but no one in the temple even thinks highly of him. I'm afraid he is another waste of talent!"

"Ha! No matter what the seventh prince is, he is also an innate Yimu spirit body and a prince. Even if he goes to the fiefdom in three years, he will at least become the Nascent Soul True King. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be an idle prince for thousands of years?" Someone immediately said lightly. Smile, and the words are full of envy.

"Hmph, God has given such a spiritual body, wouldn't it be a waste if we don't strive to realize the destiny of immortality?"

"How do you know that the Seventh Prince has no intention of enlightenment? With his hatred for the Ninth Prince, maybe he will try his best to compete with the Ninth Prince in the assessment in three days!"

"It is possible! The seventh prince's innate Yimu spirit body is not much worse than the ninth prince's Wanfa Lei spirit body. In addition, he is five years older and has resentment in his heart. Maybe he has been preparing secretly for a long time. Maybe he is in the third assessment. Guan will have an extraordinary performance!”

"Hahaha, the top three have nothing to do with me anyway. It is also a great fun to watch the peerless genius show off his extraordinary abilities!"

……

Li Jizhou gradually walked away, paying no attention to the discussions behind him.

Although there are rewards for the entrance examination, they are mainly for class placement.

The top thirty will enter the inner courtyard directly and will be personally taught by the dean, who will be provided with cultivation resources worth one thousand middle-grade spiritual stones every year.

The latter can only enter the outer courtyard first, and only after reaching a certain level can they enter the inner courtyard. The outer courtyard has a maximum of one hundred middle-grade spiritual stones for cultivation resources each year.

However, these are not things Li Jizhou considers.

As the seventh prince, even with low-grade spiritual roots, he can enter the inner courtyard directly, so there is no need to take the assessment.

Jiuli Imperial City is bustling with activity. It is more magnificent than any fairy city that Li Jizhou has seen in his previous life. The city is crowded with people, and all kinds of merchants and shops are prosperous. Walking on the street has a sense of human fireworks, if not for the spiritual consciousness sensing the magic power of passers-by. The fluctuations are really like a prosperous mundane city.

Li Jizhou was not just hanging around. He left the palace today with a very clear purpose. First, he had a look at the Taoist temple where he was about to practice, and second, he had a look at the market conditions of the Jiuli Dynasty.

This life requires a lot of resources. On the one hand, relying on the status of a prince, but also on the other hand, the inheritance of various skills accumulated in his previous life cannot be wasted.

First, Li Jizhou came to an extremely luxurious pill shop.

After a quick glance, the first to third floors are all placed in the lobby on the first floor.

There are foundation building pills and crystal condensing pills.

Looking at the notice on the second floor, there are both fourth-level and fifth-level elixirs, but you need the cultivation of the Nascent Soul Lord to get up there.

"The authentic Foundation Establishment Pill is [-] spirit stones!" Li Jizhou raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw the price of the Foundation Establishment Pill. It was about [-]% cheaper than the price in the Eastern Barren Southern Territory.

The genuine Crystal Condensation Pill and the three hundred middle-grade spiritual stones are similar to those of the Yan Kingdom.

The prices of other types of elixirs are slightly lower than those in the Eastern Barren Southern Territory.

Later, after Li Jizhou looked at the selling prices of medicinal materials, he felt slightly disappointed. He was not sure about the high-level ones. However, the profit for third-level elixirs and below, including third-level elixirs, was pitifully low, less than [-]% of that in the Eastern Barren Southern Territory.

Li Jizhou had expected this.

The more developed a place is, the more all walks of life are involved, especially low-end and popular things, the more they are involved and the profits are low.

Zhongzhou has a good environment, with many low-level monks and many practicing monks from all walks of life.

After leaving the elixir workshop, Li Jizhou visited the Talisman and Seal Workshop, the Weapon Refining Workshop, the Puppet Workshop, etc. in turn.

It's almost the same, low-end ones are worthless.

However, I learned at Fu Seal Workshop that the profits of high-level Fu Seal scripts are very terrifying. The profit of quasi-fourth-level Fu Seal scripts is twice as high as that of Eastern Barren Southern Territory.

The big hurdle of Nascent Soul is like a natural chasm even in Zhongzhou, blocking [-]% of the monks from outside.

However, due to the cultivation environment in Zhongzhou and the large number of monks, there are quite a few monks in the Nascent Soul stage, many of whom are even the main combat force of the imperial court. There are many opportunities for fighting in daily life, and they need a lot of talisman and seal support.

Li Jizhou's pressure on resource demand was greatly reduced after the pill was formed.

However, the cultivation resources before forming the elixir cannot rely on skills.

"The prince's salary, the father's reward, the mother's support, the Taoist temple's reward..." These are the only ways to obtain resources on the surface.

Secretly, the prince, the ninth prince and the dragon prime minister were also trying to win over him.

However, if you want these three parties to continue to bleed, you need some means.

"Seventh brother!"

Just as Li Jizhou was preparing to return to the palace, a familiar voice sounded.

"Brother, what a coincidence, I met you here." Li Jizhou greeted him with some joy, showing great respect.

Just when he was thinking about how to make him bleed, he came to his door. How could Li Jizhou not be happy?

"It seems that my seventh brother and I are really in love with each other. Let's go. My brother won't come home until he's drunk today!" Prince Li Zhi smiled heartily and led Li Jizhou towards the restaurant opposite.

At the same time, in the Nine Palaces,
Concubine Rong said earnestly: "Your Majesty, you don't have to use your full strength for the assessment in three days. Especially when you are facing off against Lao Qi, give him the lead."

Li Chaoyang's immature face looked very reluctant.

"Mother, you have given me such a generous gift, why do you still do this? What's the point of wooing Li Qian? You might as well prepare more heavenly and earthly spiritual things for me, as long as I give birth to a golden elixir that is stronger than the prince. , what else is there to worry about?”

After all, Li Chaoyang has a young mind, and the admission examination is a grand occasion where he wants to be praised by the world, so he really doesn't want to listen to his mother and concubine.

"Your Majesty, my mother knows how much you want to show your talent in front of the world, but compared to being praised by the world for your extraordinary talent, how can it be more realistic to be supported by the world?

You want to realize the path to immortality and ascend to the immortal world. Don’t worry about these false names! Concubine Rong continued.

"Also, don't underestimate the role of the seventh prince. Whether you can defeat the prince before forming the pill, the seventh prince is the key!"

Speaking of this, Concubine Rong's eyes narrowed slightly.

When she accompanied Li Chaoyang to visit the Seventh Prince, with her Nascent Soul stage, she could clearly sense the Seventh Prince's strange attitude towards her.

As someone who has experienced this, she understands it very well!

(End of this chapter)