Cheng Buzheng sat cross-legged on the jade bed, holding his chin with his right hand, as if thinking about something.
at this time.
His face no longer showed the joyful expression he had just after the breakthrough, but only had a hint of bitterness.
He thought about the next practice and how to continue.
This island only has tiny spiritual veins, which cannot satisfy his cultivation at all.
If you want to continue to improve your cultivation, the only way is to take pills.
The spiritual stones obtained by the three puppets for refining the Qi Gathering Pill alone are not enough to satisfy Cheng Buzheng's cultivation in the later stages of foundation building. Even Xiaohou's rations are only barely satisfactory.
Second-level mid- to high-level bipolar pills and divine enhancement pills!
Although the grade has increased by a small level, the elixir required has also increased. The original age of the elixir has increased from two hundred years to the current three hundred years, and the price has more than doubled.
The main material of the Bipolar Pill has also changed from the second-order mid-grade desolate beast to the second-order high-grade beast, and the price has also doubled several times, not to mention the other auxiliary elixirs.
Although the second-level mid-level Bipolar Pills and Spirit-Enhancing Pills also have an improvement effect, the effects are much worse and cannot be compared with the previous progress.
Fortunately, the fifty years of guarding were coming soon. In almost four years, this mission would be completely over.
Thinking of this, Cheng Buzheng felt much better!
In fact, while guarding Xuanli Island, there are many things that cannot be done freely.
It is precisely because he cannot leave the island for a long time, and the talisman he left behind when he left Xuanli Island has been consumed! This also makes him even more afraid to leave for a long time.
The safety of the island is closely related to the interests of the defenders themselves!
Because this is related to the issuance of contribution points, as long as monsters and wild beasts attack the island within ten years and cause losses to the island, the contribution points will also be reduced accordingly.
If it causes heavy losses, or even no contribution points at all, it is equivalent to wasting ten years in vain.
At the same time, you will also be held accountable by the Immortal Alliance.
This also makes every defender rarely go out for long periods of time.
Thinking that the guard mission was almost over, he couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart.
Immediately.
He stood up and walked directly outside the cave, and then disappeared into a black and white aura.
Outside Xuanli City, somewhere in a secret place.
Three hundred places underground.
A black and white spiritual light suddenly flashed. Cheng Buzheng glanced at the three puppets in front of him and took a storage bag from the hands of puppet No. 3.
Immediately, it turned into a spiritual light and disappeared again.
Two months later.
Cheng Buzheng walked out of the underground fire chamber in Xuanli City and then floated away.
Back in the cave, a flash of inspiration flashed behind Cheng Buzheng, and Xiaohou suddenly appeared.
Cheng Buzheng touched Xiaohou's head and said:
"Next, we are going to be frugal and vegetarian, and your rations will also be reduced!"
Xiaohou felt the helplessness in Cheng Buzheng's heart, and nodded as if he was very sensible.
If Cheng Buzheng hadn't felt the grievance in Xiaohou's heart, he wouldn't have known that Xiaohou didn't really care.
“So sensible!”
Cheng Buzheng patted Xiaohou on the head and said:
"When the guarding mission is completed, I will compensate you!"
If Cheng Buzheng hadn't been afraid that Xuanli Island would be attacked by second-level monsters and desolate beasts when he went out, he would have gone to the Pagoda Tower in Huanqiu City to take over the alchemy mission.
At that time, the honor points gained from completing the mission can be exchanged for spiritual materials and elixirs, and there will be no such embarrassing situation.
But it would take at least half a month to go back and forth. Xuanli City was also very prone to accidents, and Cheng Buzheng was not sure whether Huanqiu Island could be rescued in time.
If rescue fails, he will bear all the responsibilities.
Except when you go to Xuanfeng City and the City Lord's Mansion to hand over tasks and collect contribution points once every ten years, if Huanqiu Island fails to rescue, all responsibilities will be borne by the rescue monks from Huanqiu Island.
And he has been guarding Xuanli City for less than ten years, so he doesn't have this opportunity.
As for letting Xiaohou guard the island, that was his original plan.
But considering that if the second-level monster faced several monster beasts, Xiaohou would not be able to match it and would probably die tragically from the beast's mouth.
Although the possibility was very small, just in case, Cheng Buzheng gave up the idea of going out at this time.
Likewise, we can’t ask anyone to help with purchasing now.
Because he did not have enough spiritual stones in his hand, he exchanged a large amount of spiritual medicine and spiritual materials for refining the second-level high-grade bipolar pill and the divine enhancement pill.
Besides.
There are some spiritual materials in the second-level high-grade elixirs, bipolar elixirs and divine enhancement elixirs, and the elixirs are relatively rare.
It is difficult for ordinary monks to buy it. Only the main body can purchase it in person at the Treasure Tower.
Not to mention, let Hu Niu do the purchasing.
Nowadays, I can only maintain my cultivation with the second-level mid-grade Bipolar Pill and the Divine-Enhancing Pill.
Although the progress of cultivation cannot be compared with before, and it is not possible to take one elixir every half month, it is still better than taking no elixir at all.
The same is true for Xiaohou.
Only in this way can basic cultivation be maintained.
Mainly because the guard mission was about to end, Cheng Buzheng was unwilling to have any accidents happen, causing his contribution points to decrease or even disappear!
Fortunately, the last time I attended the Wanbao Conference, no second-level monsters and wild beasts attacked the island.
Otherwise, he will really die!
But in order to purchase treasures to assist breakthroughs and reach the late stage of foundation building as soon as possible, I had to take such a risk.
Fortunately, the result did not disappoint him. Not only did he purchase the Earth Milk Spiritual Essence, but he has now been promoted to the late stage of foundation building.
If it were during his guarding period.
Xuanli City suffered heavy losses, and it is very likely that he will be held accountable by the Immortal Alliance.
If things evolve like this, it will be extremely inconsistent with his subsequent arrangements, and it can even be said to be two completely opposite paths.
at this time.
There is no need to take risks for these last few years.
There is a huge gap between benefits and risks, and it is indeed extremely uneconomical to take risks.
What's more, contribution points are also related to the future purchase of auxiliary treasures to break through the realm.
Therefore, there is no reason why he should be a little slack!
Just in case, everything is stable for the time being!
Cheng Buzheng thought of this, took out a bipolar pill and put it in front of Xiaohou, patted its head and said:
"Eat, this is half a month's rations!"
Xiaohou glanced at the pill in front of him with great reluctance, and swallowed it carefully, without looking like he was gobbling it up before.
Finally, Xiaohou stuck out his tongue and licked it again, as if he was afraid of wasting some of the medicine's power, and then squinted his eyes, as if he was reminiscing about something.
immediately.
Cheng Buzheng took out a second-level mid-grade bipolar pill from another long-necked jade bottle.
Raise your hands, open your mouth, and swallow.
Then he closed his eyes and started to move around the world again, refining the power of the medicine.
The spiritual energy in the cave was instantly swept away by him, and in conjunction with the movement of the heavens, streams of medicinal and spiritual energy were refined and fell into the Dantian.
The moment he entered his Dantian, he was swallowed up by a terrifying suction force into a gray vortex like a pillar of heaven.
After a while.
Drops of gray liquid dripped from the bottom of the vortex, blending into the gray sea of mana below.
at this time.
The gray mana sea no longer has only a shallow layer before.
There is still a one-third gap between the Mana Sea and the Dantian space being completely filled.
Moreover, in the Mana Sea, there are bursts of gray mist on the sea, and it looks like...
Extremely profound!
Incomparably vast!
Moreover, there is a special rhythm in the mana sea, as if it is gestating some kind of terror.