Xia Miao spoke in an understatement, but Zhuang Wudao could hear the contentment in the young master of the Xia family.
If Xia Miao does not make any mistakes as a disciple of an elder in the Golden Core Realm, he will be a reliable true disciple within ten years.
Being able to connect with the Golden Core cultivator shows how extensive the Xia family's connections are. Being able to find an elder from Li Chen, who is in urgent need of spiritual treasure resources, shows that the Xia family's power and foundation are far greater than outsiders think.
Much more substantial.
As for Xia Miao's talent, her spiritual roots are worthy of entering the third level, and she can indeed enter the door of a Jindan monk, but it is somewhere between acceptable and impossible.
It can be seen how much the Xia family paid for Xia Miao.
"Is he Master Yongzhen from Cuiyun Mountain? Then Ming Cuifeng is willing to let him go?"
"Master, he was a golden elixir formed seventy years ago. It's not wrong for you to call him uncle."
Xia Miao smiled and exposed the temptation in Zhuang Wudao's words: "Although the relationship between Cuiyun Mountain and Ming Cuifeng is not good, they are not mortal enemies. When Master comes forward, the elders of Ming Cuifeng must give some points.
Face. I am not like you. My spiritual abilities and understanding are ordinary, not outstanding.
, for Ming Cuifeng, he is a dispensable person. For someone like me, the reason why I was able to cultivate to the fourth level of the Qi Training Realm before I was eighteen years old was just because of the accumulation of pills. In Yue City, it can barely be considered
The proud son of the emperor, but placed in Lichen Mountain, he is just an ordinary person."
Zhuang Wudao also felt sad. In fact, it was okay for Xia Miao to be like this. It was said that in Lichen Mountain, even the most ordinary inner disciples had fourth-grade spiritual roots. Those below fourth-grade were very few.
When Zhuang Wudao entered the Yuanshen sect with a fifth-grade spiritual root, how could he feel no pressure in his heart?
Although there was a sense of resonance in his heart, Zhuang Wudao still said without any pretense: "You came here specifically to talk to me just to talk about this. I don't have any free time to talk to you such nonsense."
"Senior Brother Zhuang, why do you need to reject people thousands of miles away? I, Xia Miao, am not some ferocious beast that eats people."
Xia Miao shook her head and said sternly: "Brother Zhuang should have received the 'moon salary'? There are ten spiritual nourishing pills in it, right?"
Zhuang Wudao immediately knew what Xia Miao meant and shook his head decisively: "Don't even think about it!"
Soul-nourishing pills are precious and can increase one's spiritual consciousness. Even the Lichen Sect, one of the top ten sects in the world, does not produce many.
Although the Xia family is very wealthy, there are some things that money cannot buy.
This is also the reason why Zhuang Wudao decided to join the Lichen sect before. There are many members of the Lichen sect who would be difficult to collect if they were casual cultivators.
Xia Miao sighed: "I knew it! But I heard that secret disciples can use their accumulated 'good deeds' to exchange for the right to nourish the spirit pills, up to a hundred pills a year. If Senior Brother Zhuang has any extra at that time, please ask
Senior brother sells to junior brother."
Zhuang Wudao frowned. So secret disciples still have such privileges? He knew about "good deeds". The Lichen Sect issued various tasks every year. Cleaning up monsters, slaying evil spirits, teaching disciples, and sitting in the academy.
Wait, there will be a certain amount of good deeds after completion.
However--
"Junior brother, don't you think it's too early to say these words? Zhuang is still in the Qi training realm right now."
In order to become a secret disciple and truly be included in the disciples of the real person, you must at least wait until he has established a foundation.
"It's not early!"
Xia Miao chuckled softly: "In the Lichen Sect, there are countless people who are eyeing the 'Shen Yang Dan' every year. Make a reservation early so that others will not be the first to take the lead. If senior brother is willing to agree, I, the six Qi-training masters of the Xia family, will
For later offerings, you can leave it to your senior brother’s orders. You must know that that day, Nanlinhai, although it was the heartland of my Lichen Sect, was also a monster.
Like clouds, it is extremely dangerous. Senior brother wants to hunt monsters and accumulate good deeds. Instead of looking for those unreliable fellow disciples to partner with him, it is better to let me, the Xia family, help you. You must know that the monks of my Xia family don't need any good deeds.
I can share the profits with you. I just ask that when my senior brother becomes a secret disciple in the future, he can sell half of the nourishing pills to my Xia family."
Zhuang Wudao was slightly moved, not because of Xia Miao's words, but because of Nan Linhai that day.
It was a huge forest sea with an area of 35,000 miles around Mount Lichen. It was also the largest ancient spiritual land in the southeast of Tianyi.
According to legend, the aura within the mountain is as strong as that of some third-rate sects. It stretches for 35,000 miles, and is full of giant trees at least a hundred feet high.
There are not only hordes of monsters and beasts inside, but also countless elixirs. There are thousands of known mineral veins such as Yun Yuan Stone and Iron Essence, but none of them have been mined. And other more precious mineral deposits, such as Tianxin
Stones, magnetic gold, thousands of snow-silver, etc. are also countless.
The reason why the Lichen Sect chose to base near the Tiannan Forest Sea in the first place was because it relied on the huge resources of the Tiannan Forest Sea.
Since the Lichen Sect rose up in the Tianyi Kingdoms ten thousand years ago and dominated the southeast, and truly became the top ten sects in Tianyi, Tiannan Linhai has been regarded as a forbidden descendant. Other casual cultivators and sects are not allowed to join.
They are not allowed to enter. Once discovered, no matter what their identity is, they will be killed immediately and they will be extremely domineering.
However, the area within the Tiannan Forest is too vast. Even if the Lichen Sect has experienced tens of thousands of years of development, it still cannot fully grasp it.
There are still millions of monsters in the forest, and they are in groups. There are even five fourth-level monsters among them, forming three forces. They have been enemies of the Lichen Sect all year round, and they occasionally counterattack, killing and injuring Lichen.
Countless disciples. The two sides are at loggerheads, involving nearly half of the Li Chen Sect's strength.
And every year, there are always tens of thousands of monsters spawning in the forest in an endless stream.
Therefore, cleaning up the advanced monsters in the Tiannan Forest Sea is the biggest source of good deeds for Lichen's tens of thousands of disciples.
Good deeds have a wide range of uses. They can be used to exchange for secret techniques within the sect, as well as specially made elixirs and spiritual weapons, as well as cheap Yuan Yuan Stones, and can even be used to avoid certain crimes.
However, what concerned Zhuang Wudao was not the good deeds, but the blood sacrifice once every three months.
Nothing can be done in Lichen Mountain, and there are no sacrifices. Even the Lichen Sect cannot fully control the vast Tiannan Forest Sea. And within the forest sea, there are enough monsters to sacrifice to the 'King Abiping'.
It's just that this Tiannan Linhai is indeed dangerous according to legend. I'm afraid I'm not strong enough to use a sword alone, but if I rely on the power of my sect, I might be in danger of leaking something. Evil people can be killed by everyone.
, how can it be allowed to mix with Li Chen?
Even the offerings from the Xia family may not be reliable.
"The idea is good, but Junior Brother Xia, is it possible that you haven't heard of the Taiping Chongyang Festival?"
"Chongyangzi? I've heard a lot about him. I know he is your father."
Xia Miao hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "I didn't expect that senior brother would have such a life experience. Sure enough, a tiger father has no dog son! No wonder senior brother can achieve what he is today."
When he heard the last sentence, Zhuang Wudao's face suddenly turned livid. Did Xia Miao come here specifically to make him angry? He suppressed his anger and said, "So your Xia family is not afraid of trouble?"
"Of course I have concerns. If someone from the Shen family from the north really comes, my Xia family will naturally protect themselves wisely."
When Xia Miao said this, she frowned slightly and didn't care about Zhuang Wudao's gaze. "Senior brother and I just have similar interests and work together. There is no friendship at all. Of course, senior brother doesn't have any affection for my Xia family."
What a burden."
"Um?"
Zhuang Wudao actually laughed out loud: "You are quite interesting! But I still need to think carefully about cooperation and let's talk about it in the future!"
After saying that, he ignored her, left Xia Miao who looked disappointed, and went back to her cabin.
His curiosity about this soul-bone treasure ship was over, so he naturally didn't want to waste time on the cabin deck anymore.
Xia Miao was still unwilling to give in, and said loudly from behind: "Senior Brother Zhuang, are you worried that our Xia family and Beitang family are enemies and will put you in a dilemma? So, senior brother, you can rest assured that my Xia family's vision is not limited to Yue City.
A corner of the land. If Yue City can fight for it, then it’s fine if we don’t fight. Business can be done from all over the world. Although Yue City and Songjiang are rich, they are not as rich as the entire southeastern world. There is room for my Xia family’s Hundred Soldiers Hall to use——
"
Zhuang Wudao shook his head, with no intention of looking back. However, he was also a little surprised by the ambition of the Xia family. The Xia family of Baibing seemed to have made up its mind to enter the cultivation world and get involved in the business of monks' spiritual weapons and precious materials.
.The opportunity lies in fully moving towards the Lichen Sect.
The cabin assigned to him by Sikong Hong had four rooms and one living room. In addition to the bedroom, there was also a special spiritual room and an alchemy room, which was a full 40 feet long and wide.
It is the best cabin on the ship except for those Foundation Establishment monks. Inside the spirit chamber, there is even a formation reinforcement, so you can practice boxing and practice skills without restraint.
However, this wall was originally made of third-level animal bones. Zhuang Wudao couldn't move even an inch despite all his strength.
However, when Zhuang Wudao was in the cabin, the first thing he took out was a bottle of emerald green elixir. The elixir inside was also emerald green in color and exuded a faint fragrance of bamboo leaves. There were only nine of them the size of longan.
It was the nourishing pill that Xia Miao mentioned, and Zhuang Wudao had already taken one before.
The Nourishing Pill melts in the mouth, like eating mint. A stream of fresh air goes up the back and goes straight to the brain. The refreshing power spreads all the spiritual thoughts.
Zhuang Wudao only felt that his mind was so clear that he couldn't be more alert. With the help of the power of the nourishing pill, his spiritual intelligence was also in an extremely clear state at this moment.
If you meditate on the techniques at this time, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. One hour is worth three to five hours of practice.
Zhuang Wudao didn't dare to waste it like this. He opened his soul consciousness with all his strength and continued to expand, so that his soul was close to bursting.
At the same time, he recited the first sentence of the Great Compassion of Yin and Yang of Heaven and Earth in his mouth, causing the power of soul consciousness to vibrate in waves.
In the past, if he was acting like this, his Yuanshen would have been injured and collapsed. However, with the help of the power of the Yangshen Pill, he could still hold on.
It was not until an hour later that the efficacy of the Nourishing Pill gradually weakened. Zhuang Wudao did not dare to continue and gradually stopped.
After another meditation session to fully recover, Zhuang Wudao found that his spiritual consciousness had covered a distance of thirty-seven feet when he unfolded his soul thoughts.