"...The three-destruction plan is in progress in an orderly manner. More than a hundred crypts in the Celestial Burial Ground have been destroyed, and millions of zombies and evil spirits have been burned. The progress of the 'Golden Wall Great Wall' is seriously insufficient. Three-thirds of it has just been built.
One, the sect alliance has once again recruited fire and earth cultivators, and they are being treated well..."
"...According to the spiritual news released by Dangxian City, the exchange price of spiritual stones has generally increased by 10%. The exchange channel for high-grade spiritual stones has been temporarily closed. The transaction price of bulk spiritual ores has reached the highest level in five thousand years. The average price of black iron has increased from one pound to four
The number of spiritual stones increased to five spiritual stones. At the same time, the shortage of spiritual elixirs became more and more serious..."
"... In the past year, eleven countries including Wu Zeng, Zhou Yang, Xifeng... have been expelled from the Plain of Ten Thousand Nations. The Plain of Ten Thousand Nations has been covered with clouds of war. Large-scale mortal wars that have shed millions of blood have occurred in many places. Many nations have formed nationalities.
The alliance and the Immortal Cultivating Family behind it also suffered heavy casualties..."
"...Many cultivating sects, led by Xiaoyao Sect, have opened their gates continuously in the past two years, and their recruitment standards have dropped significantly. Except for the ten major sects, the remaining second-rate forces have at least four spiritual roots to worship. Heshan Sect
, the last generation of the Heqi Sect..."
"...the popularity of the four major casual cultivating cities such as Dongtian City and Dangxian City is sluggish, and the market continues to be depressed. The reason seems to be that a large number of casual cultivators have joined sects and cultivating families..."
"...The ancestor Lancang of the Ziyang Sect died mysteriously, and the cause of death is unknown... The real person Muyan, a casual cultivator, has passed away, and the relics were obtained by a certain Qi Refining casual cultivator... There was a sudden riot in the Yushou Sect's zoo, and so far there have been
There are three large sixth-level monsters escaping, and those below fifth level..."
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On the ninth floor of Baguang Guangming Building, Zhao Sheng sat cross-legged on the meditation futon, slowly put the jade slip of information into the storage bag with his right hand, and murmured to himself at the same time: "The rain is about to come, the wind is filling the building!"
Ten years after leaving for the Broken Star Sea, the situation in Central Continent has undergone tremendous changes again. The current situation is becoming more and more severe, and all the major forces seem to be slowly tightening their grip.
The atmosphere in the world of cultivating immortals became increasingly heavy and gloomy, and everyone had a powder keg sitting under their butts, as if they were on fire at the drop of a hat.
There is no doubt that everything originated from the Heavenly Burial Plain. The seals between the two realms are about to expire, and the Netherworld and the Ghost Realm will inevitably invade the Tianzhu Realm again.
Because the war between the two worlds is getting closer, Central Continent has created this tense and heavy atmosphere.
The Central Continent Sect Alliance swept caves in the Plow Courtyard of the Celestial Burial Ground and burned zombies and ghosts without much concealment.
So much so that the news of the impending war between the two worlds gradually became faster and faster, and finally spread crazily among the immortal cultivators.
Perhaps the immortal cultivators in other continents and oceans are too far away, so the lower-level cultivators know very little about this matter.
But in Central Continent, not to mention casual cultivators, even some well-informed mortals learned of this shocking and tragic news.
Therefore, when Zhao Sheng returned to Xinglong City, everyone in the Zhao family was ecstatic, and people's hearts immediately stabilized.
However, because of this, Zhao Sheng was immediately "besieged" by all the clan elders. There were countless major matters that needed to be resolved urgently and he urgently needed to report them to his ancestors and wait for his reply.
As you can imagine, sometimes a dispute over the ownership of a spiritual mine can involve interests worth millions of spiritual stones.
In the Xinglong Zhao family, there is not just one major matter like this, there are many more important and ten times more complicated matters that require Zhao Sheng to make a decision.
Faced with this difficult situation, Zhao Sheng had to spend half a month to deal with these matters.
But it was not until two months later that he reorganized the family's internal and external affairs, and made the entire Zhao family run smoothly again, greatly improving work efficiency.
Therefore, when Zhao Sheng occasionally felt bored, he would also envy the carefree and free-spirited cultivators.
However, little did he know that Daoist Rogue Cultivator was actually very envious of him for having such a powerful Immortal Clan who could fully support his cultivation.
Time flies, spring passes and autumn comes.
Half a year later, the Xinglong Zhao family gradually underwent subtle changes. At a time when other forces were recruiting casual cultivators and started the dangerous pattern of "big fish eating small fish".
However, the development trend of the Zhao family has rapidly changed from expansion to defense, from pioneering to production mode, and the intensity of opening up new territories has dropped by half.
Not only that, Zhao even began to cut expenses internally and reduce unnecessary expenses. Externally, he cut off all kinds of unprofitable businesses, sold off unimportant fixed assets, and at the same time purchased and hoarded various supplies in large quantities.
On the surface, what the Xinglong Zhao Family does is no different from other immortal cultivating forces. It is nothing more than reducing consumption in advance before the war, actively gathering resources, secretly hoarding resources, etc.
But in fact, before Zhao Xuanjing was promoted to Nascent Soul, the most important thing for the Xinglong Zhao family was to keep a low profile and maintain stability. This was the family's first priority.
In addition, because he did not know how far the war between the two worlds would eventually evolve, Zhao Sheng secretly launched a plan called "The whole clan deploys weapons."
With the decree issued by the ancestor of Jindan, the huge machine of the Xinglong Zhao family began to rumble and start quickly.
Of course, the bigger the ship, the more difficult it is to turn around. Even with Zhao Sheng taking command, it took the Xinglong Zhao family a full year to finally complete the turn.
In less than two years, the major forces in southern Xinjiang saw Zhao's clear transformation.
At this time, Zhao Sheng lost no time and deliberately showed up at the birthday ceremony of a certain ancestor of the Danding Sect.
The second thing is to set up a large amount of elixir purchase transactions with the Alchemy Sect, and more importantly, to tell the world that he, Zhao Sheng, the ancestor of the Zhao family's golden elixir is still alive!
The impact of Zhao Sheng's reappearance was immediate. The forces surrounding Xinglongyuan quickly became more honest, and disputes over territorial interests were greatly reduced.
Xinglong Zhao family thus ushered in a rare period of stable development.
No matter how dangerous the external turmoil was, Xinglongyuan ignored it and only focused on the whole family to start the large-scale production mode of refining alchemy, refining weapons and making talismans.
When the war was gathering clouds, no matter how many elixirs and magical weapons the Zhao family refined, they still couldn't satisfy those bottomless gluttonous mouths.
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Five years later, on the seventh day of July.
On this day, the Kun area of Xinglong Underground City was bustling with people, and a long queue stretched along the underground passage to the end of the passage.
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Next to each of them were two huge wooden barrels half as tall as a man. The barrels were filled with the corpses of various low-level farmed monsters such as Pidgeot, Gale Rabbit, and Armored Pig.
Five years ago, Gongdetang issued a major announcement, announcing the unlimited purchase of all kinds of monster meat, regardless of grade.
In the beginning, only the Xiuxian clan members actively participated in this matter. Later, when a certain secular clan member tried to sell a batch of the lowest quality Piling Fish to Gongde Hall and successfully exchanged it for a bottle of Qi-nourishing Pill, countless clan members immediately followed suit.
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Later, the entire Xinglongyuan started a craze for breeding low-level monsters. Some of the Zhao cultivators who had no skills were even more motivated to hunt and kill all kinds of monsters and birds.
In the past few years, Gongdetang seemed to have become a glutton, capable of swallowing no matter how many corpses of monsters it was, and would even seek purchase from surrounding forces.
Zhao Shiluo lined up in the queue with a slightly uneasy look. There was a big, white, fat, skinned pig in the barrel next to him.
Seeing the clan members leaving the counter one by one with satisfaction, Zhao Shiluo looked back at his grandfather and couldn't help but ask: "Grandpa, after selling the armored pig this time, can you really send me to the Xianwu Hall?"
"My dear grandson, you don't look down on grandpa! I think your grandpa also came out of Xianwu Hall back then. If I didn't have the confidence to send you in, how dare I boast about such a high-quality Haikou?!"
Grandpa is a burly old man with a beard, his bare arms have bulging muscles, his hands are as big as cattail fans, and his palms are thickly calloused.
Zhao Shiluo felt a little relieved after hearing this, but he was still worried.
The threshold of Xianwu Hall is getting higher year by year. Last year it reached the standard of not accepting students who are not half-step innate. Who knows how strict it will be this year.
"Grandpa, I'm already eighteen years old, but I haven't finished refining my iron body yet, and my inner energy has only been heated for thirty years. I'm afraid I won't be able to enter the Immortal Martial Hall." Zhao Shiluo said anxiously.
"Relax! Today we sold two meat-armored pigs and exchanged them for two bottles of Jingyuan Dan. I guarantee that you will be promoted to half-step Xiantian in three months. Before that, I will take you to see someone. You go
You will know that your grandfather did not live in vain in his life."
Grandpa's confidence infected Zhao Shiluo, and he finally felt relaxed.
At this time, several people in the team also heard the words of the grandfather and grandson, and looked at the two with envious eyes.
Ever since the "whole clan deployed martial arts", no one in the entire Xinglong City knew that the Xianwu Hall was the most popular place in the eyes of the mortal clan, with countless people trying desperately to get in.
"Brother, if you have connections, you might as well help your brother. Then the benefits of my brother will be indispensable."
"I have a bottle of bigu elixir here. If the old man can recommend it to me, this bottle of elixir will be considered as a thank you gift."
"...I have four spiritual stones if..."
Others rushed forward and made promises in advance, which made Zhao Shiluo very excited.
But his grandfather was not moved at all, he just chatted with others without letting the key points slip.
Not long after, it was their grandfather and grandson's turn.
Grandpa quickly went to the counter and exchanged the meat-armored pig for two bottles of Jingyuan Dan and three wooden armor talismans.
As soon as the exchange was completed, Grandpa grabbed Zhao Shiluo and quickly slipped out, leaving others unable to catch up.
An hour later, the grandfather and grandson walked around in circles, passing through half of Xinglong City, and finally came to a grand square with a vast area, thick and solid houses, endless stone walls, and the ground was paved with Qinggang Rock.
There were bursts of shouts in the dojo, and the air was filled with hot breath, which made people's blood boil. From the depths of the dojo, streams of energy smoke rose into the sky. At a glance, this place looked like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.
This place is Xianwu Hall, also known as Xianwu Dojo.
"Wait here!" Grandpa Zhao Hong left a message and hurried into the Xianwu Hall.
After half an hour, Zhao Hong walked out with a middle-aged man with a bright red face.
"Shiluo, why don't you come and meet your great-granduncle quickly!" As soon as the three of them approached, Zhao Hong winked at his grandson and shouted loudly.
Seeing this, Zhao Shiluo quickly bowed and saluted: "Shiluo pays homage to Master Zeng!"
"Well, the muscles and bones have been strengthened well, but the internal energy is far from enough. In addition, the recruitment standards of Xianwu Hall have been higher this year. This year, they only recruit young geniuses under the age of sixteen. This child should be eighteen years old.
What a pity!”
The middle-aged man's words shocked the grandfather and grandson.
Zhao Hong looked bitter and begged: "Master, uncle, can you see if you can be accommodating? You must know that you are the youngest martial arts master in the whole clan. If others can't do it, you can definitely do it. Back then, my father——"
The middle-aged man waved his hand, interrupting Zhao Hong's complaint, "Okay, don't always blame your father. The age of sixteen is a hard standard set by our ancestors, and I can't accommodate it. But in my hands
There is a quota for handymen who can indirectly join the Xianwu Hall. If you are willing to accept it, you can accept it. If you don't want to, I can't help it."
"Shi Luo can do the dirty work of fetching water and cleaning. But I'm afraid it will delay my martial arts practice. Master, do you have any easier work?" Zhao Hong didn't even care about his old face for the sake of his grandson's future.
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The middle-aged man smiled slightly, "There really is such a job. There is a shortage of someone in the fungus and meat field, let him take over. In addition, I simply accepted Shi Luo as a registered disciple, which can be regarded as repaying Brother Qiong's past.
of life-saving grace.”
Zhao Hong was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly pressed down on Zhao Shiluo's head. Bang Bang Bang kowtowed to the middle-aged man three times.
"Thank you for your kindness, uncle, Shiluo. I will definitely not let you down!"
In this way, Zhao Shiluo confusedly became a disciple, and by the way became a handyman in the field of raising mushrooms and meat.
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It's September, and the hot southern Xinjiang is rarely experiencing a crisp autumn day.
The sun is shining brightly, the sky is cloudless, and Xinglong City is still bustling and noisy, with a huge flow of people.
However, within a radius of more than ten miles around the Bagua Guangming Tower, the temperature dropped unexpectedly and the light became very dim.
However, the top of the Guangming Tower was extremely dazzling. A thick pillar of blazing white light fell from the sky and went straight to the top of the ninth floor.
Looking from a distance, those with excellent vision can faintly see the end of the light beam, two tiny points of light shining on the extremely high and vast sky.
At this moment, if anyone climbs above the sixth floor of Guangming Building, he will notice that the building is extremely hot, and the fire spirit is very strong and extremely active. The billowing heat waves coming from above seem to indicate that there is a huge building hidden in the upper floors.
stove.
At this time, all the defense restrictions on the sixth floor of Guangming Building were activated. There were three elders of the Foundation Establishment Clan sitting scattered at the entrance of the stairs. Their bodies were ablaze with spiritual light. Each of them held a spiritual sword and guarded the entrance of the stairs with solemn expressions.
Before the ancestor has completed his cultivation, no one is allowed to enter this place without permission.
At this time, at the top of Guangming Tower, on the jade platform outside the ninth floor, Zhao Sheng was sitting cross-legged in a huge spirit-gathering array, his whole body shrouded in the dazzling light beam, and endless fire auras cheered around him, waves of auras
The frenzy surged in the magic circle.
Boom boom!
There was a faint rumbling and muffled sound in Zhao Sheng's body, the golden elixir in his dantian was floating and shining brightly, the true energy below surged like a sea, and the Golden Crow True Fire turned into a big sun, covering the golden elixir.
At this moment, a large amount of fire spiritual energy mixed with strands of Haori essence was sucked into the Dantian, and in the blink of an eye, it was tempered by the Golden Crow True Fire, and then transformed into pure true energy mana.
As time passed, wisps after wisps of purer true energy rose from the sea of qi, and eventually merged into the golden elixir, which also made Zhao Sheng's cultivation improve a little bit.
After being promoted to the golden elixir, the speed of cultivation of immortal cultivators is so slow that it makes countless real people despair. It often takes months and years of hard training to achieve a little bit of progress.
Ordinary three-spirit-root golden elixirs can spend their whole lives in seclusion and practice hard, but without a great opportunity, they will not even be able to touch the edge of the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation.
The three spiritual roots are like this, let alone the four spiritual roots and the five spiritual roots.
Well, most people below the Fourth Spiritual Root have difficulty even building a foundation, let alone being promoted to a golden elixir.
Zhao Sheng has the dual spiritual roots of gold and fire. Although he has hope of being promoted to Nascent Soul, no one can guarantee that he will definitely succeed.
That's why he deliberately refined the Haoyang Mirror.
Originally, Bagua Guangming Tower had a large magic circle for converting sunlight, which saved him most of his effort.
Therefore, starting from five years ago, Xinglong City suddenly had the strange sight of light pillars falling from the sky.