Aaron stood by the spring, making quick gestures with his hands, and murmuring: "The spring breeze turns into rain...quickly!"
Along with the surge of mana, layers of white mist emerged from his hands, gathering in the sky above the spiritual spring, and a light rain began to fall.
It's just that the area covered by the rain is very narrow, only one or two meters in radius...
"After months of hard work, this spell was finally completed... But when cast in the Dongmen Valley Spiritual Field, the area covers an acre. Here, it's only one or two meters..."
Aaron couldn't help but be speechless.
But looking at the several nine-eyed crabapples that looked more vibrant under the rain, I suddenly felt that it was worth the money.
Immediately, he glanced at the properties panel:
"This spring breeze transforms into rain technique, which essentially consumes the spiritual energy absorbed by my movement technique and turns it into spiritual rain to nourish the land and vegetation... If it is used frequently, it will inevitably delay one's own cultivation."
"But for me, the slower my cultivation progress is, the slower it will be. It's great to be able to save spiritual stones... Even if I transplant elixirs in the future, I won't have to spend spiritual stones to fertilize the field."
Aaron carefully inspected the land, feeling that it was being nourished by the spiritual rain and seemed to be gradually changing.
In a daze, he seemed to feel a kind of farmer's joy.
Plowing in spring and sowing in summer, harvesting in autumn and storing in winter...
The land will never let down those who work hard and will definitely reward them...
'Is this what farming feels like?'
'Has this been the case for generations of farmers throughout the ages?'
'It's a pity... the area around this spring is too small to grow much, let alone spiritual rice... and even if spiritual rice is planted in the rest of the land, it will inevitably degrade...'
Old man Donglong is best at growing spiritual rice, mainly the 'Lotus rice spiritual rice' that is most commonly eaten by the Dongmen family.
However, even if Aaron had a spiritual field, he would definitely use it to grow elixirs.
With a little emotion, he returned to the cave and continued to practice hard in seclusion.
Now that the technique has been obtained and the layout has been completed, we just need to wait for time to ferment...
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On the elixir island, the moon sets and the sun rises, the moon sets and the moon rises...
Unknowingly, a period of time passed by.
Monks in the Qi Refining Period cannot live without food for a long time, so Aaron still has to disguise himself from time to time and go to mortal cities to replenish supplies.
"Despite the vicissitudes of the world, I am still immortal..."
On this day, Aaron looked in the bronze mirror and found that the person in the mirror was still young and handsome, wearing a green shirt, with a calm demeanor, and he couldn't help but sigh.
He glanced at his attribute column:
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"It's been more than two hundred years since I built the foundation and repaired it, but I'm still immortal... Alas, how lonely is immortality..."
As for other skills and spells, most of them have been practiced to perfection by Aaron.
Due to the lack of demon beasts and Aaron's lack of interest in the demon seduction spectrum, there has been little progress.
As for the ‘Hui Yuan Jiu Fang’, it simply lacked spiritual rice and had few opportunities to practice, so it progressed slowly.
Even so, Aaron would occasionally go to Dongmenfang City in disguise, buy a batch of spiritual rice, make wine and bury it.
This spirit rice wine... gets more and more fragrant as it ages. Now, the first wine sixty years ago has become a real aged wine. Aaron has tried it himself and feels that the taste is at its peak. Even the old drunkards among the immortal cultivators must be satisfied.
Can't resist its temptation.
"It's a pity... Even though I have been paying attention, I haven't had the opportunity to inherit the Four Arts of Cultivation."
This kind of inheritance is the heritage of the family and the sect, and it is difficult to obtain without going through major changes.
"But... big changes are coming soon."
Aaron muttered to himself.
After so many years, Dongmen Xue, the original dual-spiritual cultivation genius of the Dongmen Family, has established a foundation and became the new head of the Dongmen Family.
The original head of the family, Dongmen Hong, abdicated and became the Supreme Elder, becoming old.
As for the original ancestor, he naturally died of old age long ago.
In fact, even 'Dongmen Xue' is over a hundred years old, and has already passed half of his life. If he cannot form elixirs in the future, it will only happen in this hundred years.
What is even more lamentable is that the Dongmen family is also in a state of insecurity.
Especially thirty years ago, the genius Dongmen Bao, who had high hopes in the family, failed to build a foundation, which cast a strong shadow on the rising momentum of the Dongmen family...
"When Dongmen Hong and Dongmen Xue die, maybe the Dongmen family will encounter a catastrophe!"
"At that time... what is the difference between Dongmenfang City and a little girl who is bullied?"
"But...I still won't take action!"
"At most...wait until the chaos is over and go buy the stolen goods..."
"Why should we fight for life or death when we can trade it for spiritual stones? How precious is life? I am so compassionate..."
Aaron sighed with emotion, looked at the exercise column, and frowned slightly.
Even though the spiritual energy in the mortal world is thin, and he needs to use the "Spring Breeze and Rain Technique" from time to time to irrigate the medicine garden, but after spending sixty years of hard work, he finally reached the ninth level of Qi Refining some time ago, and is only one step away from the later stage to the Great Perfection.
realm!
However, this step is stuck here, and it has been a year!
Different from previous practice, even though it is very slow, you can always see changes in proficiency every once in a while, which provides confidence.
But this time, Aaron slowly polished his magic power, but did not feel any loosening of his realm.
After one year, there has been no progress in cultivation at all, which is enough to make any immortal cultivator feel desperate!
"Have I...finally hit a bottleneck?"
"That's right... I have three spiritual roots, and my qualifications are pretty good... If I had four spiritual roots or five spiritual roots, I might be like Donglong, stuck by the bottleneck in the early and middle stages of advancement, to the point of despair!"
"But even I encountered a bottleneck when I reached the Great Consummation in the later stages of Qi refining... It is normal for cultivators to encounter bottlenecks. I am afraid that only the Tianling Root will have no bottlenecks before forming the pill.
I haven’t encountered any of them, not even the supernatural spiritual roots!”
"Ahhh...I want to add some more..."
"But the main body can't provide spirituality at all... The point-adding function of this golden finger has long been abolished."
"As for contact? It doesn't work at times, and it can't deliver accurate and sufficient information..."
"I have tried to sacrifice several times, but apart from letting me know that I am fine, there is no other information..."
"So, we still have to use orthodox methods to break through the bottleneck."
The so-called orthodox method, old man Donglong has said it before.
Either go to a battle of wits and gain insights from the thin line of life and death, or buy a panacea that can help you break through the realm!
Aaron will definitely not take risks in the former, but there is no spirit stone in the latter!
‘Danhong Ginseng’ and ‘Black Marrow Zhizhi’ are quite mature, but they are currently at a disadvantage in selling them, and there are not many spiritual stones, so it may not be possible to buy the elixir smoothly.
Therefore, Aaron adopted the most economical and safe method for him, etc.!
Slowly grind it out with time!
I only practice for an hour every day, and then I go sightseeing, taking care of the elixir garden, and silently waiting for the bottleneck to break through!
Perhaps it is this kind of inaction and a state of neither arrogance nor impatience that is very conducive to breakthroughs. In just ten years, Aaron seized an opportunity while watching the tide one day, sat cross-legged, and successfully achieved breakthroughs in Kungfu.
The bottleneck is the tenth level of the 'Hunyuan Jue'!
At this point in your practice, the Qi refining period has been completed and you can try to build the foundation.
"Finally the tenth level... The tenth level of the Qi Refining Stage is actually a state, which means that as long as you are brave enough, you can build your own foundation. The success rate is less than 10%... I will definitely not be able to risk it...
"
"Just a quick calculation...it took me about one hundred and thirty years to finally complete the Qi refining period, which is almost as expected..."
Aaron felt a little sad.
Some time ago, he went to the "Youyuan Inn" and got a letter from the owner, telling him about Dongfang Shuo's death.
Well, he has always been in contact with his employer, and of course later he adopted the name of "Fang Yu's descendant" and brought the "Fang Shiyu" vest back to the world.
Through letters, I also learned the inside story of the young man’s death.
Relying on the Golden Elixir Sect of the 'Qingding Sect', even though he encountered several dangers, Dongfang Shuo's path was much smoother than his own, and he also reached the state of Qi Refining Perfection.
It's just that the meritorious service he accumulated for most of his life was not enough to exchange for a 'Foundation Building Pill' from the door, and then he watched as he passed the age of sixty and became more and more desperate.
In the end, when he felt that his life span was about to be exhausted, Dongfang Shuo made a desperate move and took the great elixir that increased his qi and blood and then forcibly built the foundation. Naturally, he failed.
The younger you can build your own foundation, the better. Wait until your life span is about to run out before you build a foundation? The success rate may not be even one percent or one thousandth!
As for why there is a connection with Dongfang Shuo?
Aaron naturally had other plans.
In his little notebook, there is also the name of Qingding Sect Qingdan!
However, he did not inquire through Dongfang Shuo rashly, but expected the other party to reply and unintentionally reveal some clues.
"Unfortunately...there is no..."
"Back then, more than 200 years ago, Master Qingdan changed from the Cao family to the Red-blooded Carp King... This spiritual fish is only effective for those who are cultivating immortals in the Qi refining stage, and may not be suitable for those who are in the foundation building overhaul..."
"Two hundred years have passed. Even if my enemy builds a foundation, he will die of old age... Unless Qing Dan can form a pill, he will probably not survive until now... Fortunately, his sect is still there, and his family may still be there...
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"When I was more than two hundred years old... some of my spiritual roots may have become Nascent Souls, and I perfected the Qi Refining... Fortunately, if I take revenge, it will not be too late for a hundred years!"
Aaron stretched himself and walked out of the cave.
He was planning to go to Dongmen Gufang City.
After cultivating to the tenth level of Qi Refining, you must prepare to build the foundation.
But whether it's foundation building skills or foundation building pills... Aaron doesn't have them.
In fact, he is just a "parallel import" with no cultivation. Not to mention the scarcity of spells, all the magical weapons are of low grade. Not to mention that other Qi Refining Dzogchen are commonly equipped with medium-grade magical weapon sets. Even one of them cannot be found.
come out!
'But...as long as I don't do anything, others won't know.'
'The Great Perfection of Qi Refining can almost go sideways in Dongmen Valley. No one except Foundation Establishment Overhaul will sell it, and few people dare to provoke it!'
'And...will I fight with immortal cultivators of the same level? I will only bully those whose cultivation level is lower than mine, much lower!'
'Shilipo Sword God, Novice Village's trumpet abuser, I like it the most!'
Aaron made a routine inspection of his elixir garden and found that the 'Nine-Eyed Begonia' plants had bloomed and the pattern of one eye on it was more than half complete.
"In the blink of an eye, it has been seventy years, and it is about to become a begonia. Unfortunately...it still can't sell a few spiritual stones."
"Furthermore, even the spiritual energy here is actually somewhat difficult to supply for the 'Nine-Eyed Begonia' to continue to grow. If I hadn't rained spiritual energy from time to time, I'm afraid it would have stopped growing..."
Aaron walked out of the valley spring and came to the edge of the elixir island.
At this time, he saw several fishing boats approaching and couldn't help but frown: "Has the Fish King been born again?"
This can be regarded as the repertoire of Taize Lake. Every few decades, a fish king is born.
In fact, a few decades ago, a red-blooded Carp King appeared in the world, but before Aaron heard about it, he was caught by martial arts people, causing a bloody storm in Taize Mansion.
"Calculating the time, it's almost time... Anyway, I'll go catch the Fish King to save so many people running around and disturbing the peace..."
The Red-Blooded Carp King only has some effect on monks in the Qi Refining Stage. Aaron has now reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, so he doesn't actually think much of it.
Of course, I have to admit that it tastes good, and if you take it to the market, you can sell a lot of spiritual stones.
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It's night.
The moon is high.
Aaron disguised himself as a tall, middle-aged man with dark skin and a stern face, driving an iron leaf boat across Taize Lake.
From time to time, a handful of high-grade fishing bait on the 'Monster Lure Spectrum' falls down.
This bait has been refined with mana, and has a miraculous effect on attracting spiritual fish!
Not long after, I saw scales gathering on the water surface, and countless schools of fish madly chasing the iron leaf boat.
"Very good... the 'Monster Lure Spectrum' is indeed more effective than the Sea Driving Residual Technique, and has a wider attracting range... If we keep going like this, we can catch the Red-blooded Carp King in one night!"
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At this time, the lake is in another direction.
On the deck of a large ship, Huang Tianba, the leader of the 'Tianxiong Gang' who had ruled Taize Mansion for more than a century, was standing in front of an ordinary-looking young man with a smile on his face: "Young Master Qing... This time the Fish King
After being born, I, the Tianba Gang, will keep the money and give it to you."
"Hmm..." The 'young master Qing' responded in a nonchalant manner and waved Huang Tianba away.
Huang Tianba bowed and stepped back, leaving the deck like an old dog.
"Gang leader..."
Behind him, the guardians on the left and right had unhappy faces.
"Shut up, everyone."
Huang Tianba reprimanded his men sternly: "Now on this ship, the young master is bigger than the sky. Do you understand?"
His subordinates don’t know, but Gang Leader Huang knows that that ‘Young Master Qing’ is an immortal cultivator!