Cultivation Begins From The Desert

The second-order magic weapon [Silver Gang Shield] is made from the fallen tree scales of the second-order spiritual object [Dragon Scale Tree] and mixed with the second-order spiritual object [Silver Gang Stone].

There are nine major realms in cultivating immortals. The magic tools, pills, formations, and talismans used by immortal cultivators are divided into nine levels from the first to the ninth level.

It is also a second-order magic weapon, and it is also divided into upper, middle and lower grades. [Silver Shield] is a second-order magic weapon carefully refined by Zhou Minghan, a third-order craftsman, and its grade is naturally the highest top-grade.

Before this magic weapon was refined, it looked like it was only the size of a palm. In fact, as long as Zhou Yang refined it, once it was released during battle, it could be turned into a giant shield the size of a door to protect his body, and he could adjust it at will. position.

And because the [Silver Gang Stone] was incorporated into the refining process, this magic weapon can not only easily block the attacks of flying swords and flying knives of the same rank, but also has a miraculous effect on the magic attacks of immortal cultivators or monsters. Greatly offsets the damage caused by spells below the third level.

"The second-order [Dragon Scale Tree] has one in my Zhou family, and I can harvest a few mature tree scales every ten years, which is considered self-produced, but [Silver Gang Stone] is not common, even if it is just a fist. A small piece, the price is at least five hundred low-grade spirit stones, the gift of the old patriarch is really not light!"

In the room, Zhou Yang looked at the small silver shield the size of a palm in his hand, and suddenly felt that the magic weapon became much heavier.

As a cultivator family, as long as each Zhou family member reaches the Qi training stage, they can regularly receive spiritual stone offerings from the family every year until they are over 60 years old.

According to the current clan rules, the Zhou family members on the first level of Qi training can receive 10 low-quality spiritual stones a year, and the second-level Qi training is 20 low-quality spiritual stones, and so on until the ninth level of Qi training. no change.

Because if there is no accident, the ninth level of Qi training is the limit of ordinary monks in the Qi training period. The current family rule of the Zhou family is that as long as the family monks are promoted to the ninth level of Qi training, they will be promoted to family elders, and each elder can receive it every year. The offering of 150 low-grade spirit stones is not restricted by age. As long as the elder does not die, he can receive it in full.

Zhou Yang had previously stayed on the fifth floor of Qi practice for two years, and his offerings were only 50 low-grade spirit stones per year. Based on this calculation, even if all his spirit stones were not used, it would take ten years of offering to exchange for one. The fist is big [Silver Gang Stone].

In fact, because he only entered the Qi training period at the age of seven, after ten years, not counting the treasures that his parents rewarded him as a gift, his entire net worth was only more than 300 low-grade spirit stones.

It can be seen that the old patriarch Zhou Minghan used the [Silver Gang Shield] as a reward for him to go down the mountain ahead of time. What a great gift!

"The old patriarch valued me so much, and I must not let him down. Whether it's learning the art of alchemy or stationing at Qingping Mountain, I have to do it beautifully!"

Zhou Yang's heart warmed, and he couldn't help clenching the magic weapon in his hand, secretly determined to do things well to repay the trust of his elders.

In the next few days, Zhou Yang closed the door tightly, and hid in the room with all his heart to sacrificing the [Silver Gang Shield] magic weapon he had just obtained. He did not walk out of the house door to do things for going down the mountain until after the magic weapon was sacrificed to the best of luck. Prepare.

He first went to another cave of the Zhou family to store scriptures, and learned the six-level qi training method of "Golden Sun Fire", and then selected five methods that were beneficial to fighting from among the many spells collected in the cave. of magic practice.

These five spells are the second-order attack spells "Golden Sabre Art" and "Fire Snake Art", the second-order defense spell "Golden Light Body Protection", and the second-order auxiliary spells "Sky Eye Art" and "Earth Escape Art".

The clansmen are not allowed to read the exercises and spells during the period of qi training in the cave of the Zhou family, but they cannot be taken out of the cave, and it is strictly forbidden to teach them to outsiders without permission.

Zhou Yang used to follow the teachings of his parents and elders. Apart from learning some simple first-order auxiliary spells, he did not devote his energy to learning those combat spells that were beneficial to fighting, and focused all his energy on improving his cultivation.

But now, since he has to go down the mountain to be stationed on one side, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not encounter a battle of fighting skills. If he does not know how to fight spells at that time, relying only on a few magical tools in his hand, the means are too single, and it is easy to be restrained and targeted.

Spells are easy to learn but difficult to master, but it only takes a little while to learn how to use them. With Zhou Yang's sixth-level Qi cultivation, it took almost half a month to learn all five spells.

At this time, it was not far from the one-month period given to him by the old patriarch, so he wrote a letter explaining the situation, asking the elders of the clan to bring it to his parents who were in a town thousands of miles away. Then he bid farewell to the elders and fellow monks who were familiar with each other on the mountain, and went down the mountain alone.

After going down the mountain, Zhou Yang took a camel that was necessary for desert walking from the people at the foot of the mountain, and plunged straight into the boundless sea of ​​sand.

This is the first time he has left the Yuquan Lake Oasis in seventeen years, and the first time he has set foot in the desert in two lifetimes.

The sand sea is endless, and people walking in it can easily lose their way.

Once lost in the sand sea, even immortal cultivators who carry a lot of clear water food through storage bags will eventually die of starvation and thirst if they cannot reach the oasis before the food and water are exhausted.

Immortal cultivators are much stronger than mortals, but until they reach the Jindan stage, they cannot completely inediate. Even cultivators of the Zifu stage need to regularly eat meals made from Linggu or the spirit meat of monsters to maintain their physical needs.

In fact, even a Jindan cultivator who is capable of fasting would not dare to fly around in the boundless sea of ​​sand.

Jindan cultivators are not afraid of losing their way, but there are not only dangers of getting lost in the sand sea, but also all kinds of terrifying natural disasters and powerful monsters that even Jindan cultivators can kill.

For example, in the famous "Black Sand Storm", once a Jindan cultivator falls into it, he will be isolated from his consciousness and shielded by the strange power contained in it, and finally he will be worn out by the endless power of the storm.

Another example is the most famous fifth-order monster [sandworm] in the boundless sand sea. Its body is thousands of feet long, and it has terrifying sharp teeth in its mouth. It can crush fifth-order defensive instruments with great force. If you accidentally fall into the sandworm's mouth, you will also lose your life in a confused way.

With these risks, unless there is a reason why they must come, those cultivators of the Jindan stage will never go deep into the sand sea easily.

Fortunately, whether it is the terrifying "black sand storm" or the fifth-order monster [sand worm] that sleeps only in some underground spiritual veins in the depths of the desert, they will not appear near the oasis, otherwise Zhou Yang may not dare. Walking alone in the desert.

He traveled in the desert alone for about five days with a camel, strictly following the map issued by his family, and arrived at his destination—Qingping Mountain smoothly.

Qingping Mountain is also an oasis, but it is a man-made oasis.

The area of ​​this oasis is very small, only a dozen square kilometers in size. The oasis can be formed only by the Zhou family investing tens of thousands of low-grade spiritual stones here, regardless of the cost, to create a second-order low-grade spiritual vein.

And the reason why the Zhou family spent a lot of money to build an oasis here is because a family member of the Zhou family who got lost in the desert more than 50 years ago discovered a medium-sized concentrated iron ore vein here.

Concentrated iron ore is a kind of spiritual ore that contains a little spiritual energy. After smelting and processing, it can smelt the first-order spiritual object fine iron and the second-order spiritual object black iron. The main materials for important buildings such as the Jing Pavilion and the Treasure House are also the main materials for the refiners to refine most of the first-order and second-order magic tools, and the market demand is huge.

In order to mine the concentrated iron ore in the concentrated iron ore vein, the Zhou family can only build an oasis here for the miners to live in. At the same time, in order to protect the miners from the attacks of the low-level monsters in the desert, the Zhou family must send monks to station here.

Whether it's building an oasis or allowing the cultivators to continue their cultivation, the Zhou family can only artificially create spiritual veins here.

Of course, all this investment is worth it.

Only this medium-sized concentrated iron ore vein, the concentrated iron ore mined every year, after being processed and sold, can bring the Zhou family a net profit of more than 500 low-grade spirit stones. More than 50 years later, the original investment has long been Earned it several times over.

And judging from the reserves of concentrated iron ore, it can be mined for at least another fifty years.

The oasis area of ​​Qingping Mountain is very small, and most of the area has become the living area of ​​miners. Only a small hill with a height of 100 meters in the center of the spiritual vein has been separately marked out as the residence of the monks and the warehouse for finished materials.

It can be said that the small hill is the real Qingping Mountain.

Because the current chief elder of the Zhou family is the second-order array mage, a second-order array "Cloud Sea Splitting Array" is also arranged on the Qingping Mountain Spirit Vessel. covered, making it difficult to see the layout.

Zhou Yang came to the outside of the formation, and after he used his mana and shouted, the clouds and mist in front of him surged, making a way for him to enter the mountain.

He entered the inside along the passage of the formation, and soon saw the cultivator stationed inside, a thin-faced middle-aged scholar, this person ranked 16th among the cultivators of the Zhou family with the character "Xuan", and his name was Zhou Xuanjin.

"Hey, how could it be Yang'er that you came to replace me? Are you not yet twenty years old?"

Zhou Xuanjin, who was dressed as a scholar, saw Zhou Yang coming in, and couldn't help but let out a small yawn. Before Zhou Yang saluted and said hello, he put down the book in his hand and asked questions.

"Returning to Uncle Sixteen, this is the arrangement of the old patriarch. His old man said that his younger nephew's cultivation base has reached the standard of going down the mountain, and he made an exception to let his younger nephew go down the mountain to experience earlier." Zhou Yang answered honestly.

Zhou Xuanjin's face was startled, and he whispered in a puzzled voice: "The cultivation base has reached the standard of going down the mountain? When did our Zhou family have this standard?"

After speaking, his heart moved, as if he had remembered something, he hurriedly applied a "Sky Eye Technique" to himself, looking at Zhou Yang with golden light in his eyes and looking up and down.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it. After a look, he couldn't help opening his mouth and exclaimed, "Aah! You have broken through to the sixth level of Qi training!"

"After retreating in [Yuyang Cave] a month ago, I was lucky enough to break through."

Zhou Yang smiled slightly and nodded in recognition without hesitation.

In fact, in the cultivation world, it is a very taboo thing to directly use the "Heavenly Eye Technique" to observe other people's cultivation. There are often cultivators who fight for this kind of thing.

However, Zhou Xuanjin was his own senior, so Zhou Yang didn't care about such trivial matters.

"Tsk tsk tsk, amazing, amazing, how old are you!"

"As an uncle, I have worked hard for 40 to 50 years to cultivate the seventh level of Qi, but you are good, you have practiced the sixth level of Qi at the age of seventeen, and it will be another ten or eight years. The cultivation base will surpass me!"

"Hey, I'm getting old, and I can't compare to young people. They all have the qualifications of mid-grade spiritual roots. Why is there such a big gap!"

Zhou Xuanjin put away his spells and looked at this outstanding junior with complicated eyes. He didn't know whether he should be happy that the family had so many talents, or should he feel ashamed and lost that his cultivation base was about to be surpassed by a junior who was several decades younger. .

This is not the first time that Zhou Yang has encountered such a situation. Since he broke through the sixth level of Qi training, the peers and elders on Yuquan Peak have been amazed and happy about his cultivation speed, more or less. Like Zhou Xuanjin, they all showed a look of loss and gloom.

In this regard, he can only be silent, not too much to say.

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