For the first time, he felt that the way of heaven was so ruthless.
After staying in place for a while, he looked up to the sky with a long sigh and headed towards Wangxian Town.
Since that demon cultivator is useless, it's time to get rid of him. Since he is a member of the Black Corpse Hall, he can get some benefits by handing it over to the sect.
…
Time flies so fast and a year flies by in the blink of an eye.
In the quiet room on the second floor of the bamboo building, Lu Zhong slowly opened his eyes.
In the palm of his hand, a golden spell slowly dissipated.
"Huh, it's not easy!"
After taking such a long time, he finally eliminated the evil thoughts in his soul. At this moment, his heart was completely clear, and with the soul power supplemented by the purification of evil thoughts, the strength of his spiritual consciousness has also been greatly improved. Now the coverage range has been directly increased.
At fifteen feet.
Although the distance of fifteen feet is far less than the distance of one hundred feet for foundation building, it is an unparalleled advantage during the Qi refining stage.
Lu Zhong estimated that if he were to fight with ordinary Qi Refining Stage monks at this moment, even if he met a ninth-level Qi Refining monk, as long as the opponent did not possess a talisman or a big killer weapon such as Tianleizi, he would be able to do it.
Relying on the advantages brought by spiritual consciousness, the opponent can be easily eliminated.
but……
"You still have to be cautious!"
Thinking of this, he secretly made a move to detect malice.
Seeing that there was no feedback in his heart, his brows relaxed.
When I opened the door and went out, I happened to meet two monks walking towards me.
"I've met Senior Brother Lu!" One of them was a handsome young man. When he saw Lu Zhong's face, he immediately raised his hands and saluted.
The female cultivator holding his arm next to him also bowed and bowed.
Lu Zhong followed the reputation and found that it was Xiao Changyuan, one of the few acquaintances he had in the Heling Sect. He couldn't help but smile on his face and greeted: "Junior Brother Xiao, are you okay?"
Speaking of which, this is the first time the two of them have met since the Xiaoyuan Valley Mine.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Lu, for saving me last time!" Xiao Changyuan said seriously.
He only found out afterwards that Lu Zhong was being chased by the foundation-building monks at that time. If the other party hadn't reminded him at that time, he would have been a dead body by now.
"It doesn't have to be like this." Lu Zhong said equally seriously.
His idea at the time was just to avoid customer losses. After all, Xiao Changyuan had bought him a lot of golden talismans at that time.
After chatting for a while, the topic moved to the sect war that has not yet ended.
Since the end of the Battle of Juefeng Pass, the Heling Sect has turned from defense to offense, launched an all-out attack on the two alliances, and achieved major results one after another. Even Master Yunqing of the Luo Yun Sect was successfully injured by design.
It can be said that the outcome of the war between the three sects will inevitably end with the Heling Sect annexing the two alliances.
"Speaking of this, I will be transferred to Luoyun soon, and I'm afraid senior brother will also be assigned soon." Xiao Changyuan revealed the news, and his mood immediately dropped.
The war was ruthless, and even if the Heling Sect had the upper hand, casualties were still unavoidable.
Regarding the news that he would be dispatched, Lu Zhong had already heard from Shui Ni.
That's how it is when you join a sect. There will always be times when you can't help yourself.
But for the sake of inheritance, it’s worth it.
In the past few years since he joined the Heling Sect, he would never miss the sermons of the three ancestors whenever he was free. Coupled with the reading of various cultivation classics, he now has no less basic knowledge than Heling.
Most of the monks in Lingzong have made great progress compared to the period of casual cultivation.
Whether it is making talismans or mastering spells, I have benefited a lot from this.
The basic complement is reflected in cultivation, which is the increase in the speed of cultivation.
According to Lu Zhong's own estimation, as long as he can maintain the current advancement speed, he will be able to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining in three or two years, and then prepare for foundation building. His speed is no less than that of elite sect monks, or
He is a disciple of the Great Immortal Cultivation Family.
The two chatted for a while before they separated.
Lu Zhong took two steps and came to the edge of the cliff, summoning the spiritual wind and jumped up.
…
Wangxian Town.
As the war situation gradually became clearer, the population here gradually decreased, leaving only the mortals who came to seek immortality and ask questions. It was no longer as noisy as before, and everything was returning to its previous state.
We came to the printing workshop, which was recently renovated and the building is much larger.
After the sales of storybooks dropped, they have yet to recover.
The reason is naturally due to the massive loss of population and fewer people buying books.
After all, as far as the Xiaoyuan Valley Mine is concerned, hundreds of thousands of people have been lost, and by extension to the entire three sects, countless mortals have died in the war.
Without this most important source of customers, it would be impossible to recover sales of scripts.
The reason for expanding the printing workshop was just Li Hejun's suggestion. She wanted to increase printing production capacity and increase profits by printing books.
Better than nothing, but still better than nothing.
Bypassing the busy workshop, Lu Zhong went directly to the backyard.
The water is still gurgling here. Due to the existence of the soundproof array, the noisy noise from the nearby workshops cannot be transmitted here. Combined with the fragrance of flowers and plants, it can be regarded as a quiet and peaceful place.
Li Hejun, who has been well nourished, now looks even more moist and attractive.
"Master, wait...are you really here?"
Li Hejun's face was flushed, and his heart was beating wildly. You must know that this place is only separated from the next workshop by a wall, in case someone couldn't help but overhear.
"Of course, it will be over soon."
Lu Zhong urged, and then grabbed her wrist without any explanation.
He transformed his pure spiritual power into it slowly and sorted out Li Hejun's meridians that had withered due to the power of the spiritual fruit.
Although the life-extending effect of fairy spiritual power is far inferior to the life-extending effect of the spiritual power of vegetation and monsters, it can still have a certain effect after being moisturized for a long time, which is not much worse than taking life-extending elixirs.
Receiving the high concentration of spiritual energy, Li Hejun's body has been trembling slightly.
She gritted her teeth to prevent herself from screaming.
After a while, the combing of the meridians was finally over.
Ruo's face, which was as creamy as fat, was already stained with red clouds and covered with beads of sweat. His whole body was so weak that he could only collapse on the ground.
Li Hejun panted heavily and said with a blushing face:
"Sir, does the process of practicing immortality have this kind of... feeling?"
"Of course, otherwise who can persevere after decades of practice?" Lu Zhong told the truth. This is indeed the feeling of the monks when they practice their skills.
And the higher the concentration of spiritual energy, the stronger this feeling becomes.
Of course, most of the time the monks' focus is not on this.
What they are more concerned about is the improvement of their own cultivation.
If you fail to improve your cultivation for a long time, you will feel extremely uncomfortable.
It was rare to have leisure time, so Lu Zhong was not in a hurry to go back.
Brewing a pot of spiritual tea and reading the elixir illustrations carefully is actually a kind of enjoyment.
The night is like water, calm and peaceful.
Lu Zhong put down the thick book in his hand and looked at Li Hejun, who was sleeping soundly next to him. With the monk's extraordinary eyesight, he could clearly see that time had left many traces on her body.
"Although I can't practice cultivation, it's not a blessing to be able to live a stable life?"
As far as the current situation is concerned, Li Hejun's situation is much better than that of ordinary people outside.
Shaking his head, Lu Zhong stood up and looked south.
Someone has been sent to the gate just now to deliver a message, ordering him to set off to Yongling City tomorrow and wait for orders.
"How great would it be if I could practice peacefully all the time?" Lu Zhong couldn't help but think of Bai Xiaohan in his mind.
In my heart, I suddenly understood the other person's pursuit of stability.
…
Early the next morning, Lu Zhong rented a red-tailed eagle and rushed to Yongling City.
"Is this Junior Brother Lu Zhong?"
As soon as he arrived at the chicken room in the city, he was greeted by an imposing male cultivator. Behind him were several Heling Sect disciples, all of whom were in the late stage of Qi refining.
"I am, I wonder who my senior brother is?" Lu Zhong asked doubtfully.
"Haha, I forgot to report my origin first!" the male cultivator laughed heartily, and then said with a cupped hand: "Li Changxuan, this operation to eliminate the demonic cultivators in Yongling City is led by my organization."
"I see, I've met Senior Brother Li!" Lu Zhong said, cupping his hands.
He had heard of Li Changxuan's name more than once. He remembered that he was one of the pill-forming seeds in the sect. He was also a senior brother in the Qi Refining Stage of the Xuan Yue lineage. He was quite famous among the disciples in the sect, so he didn't expect that he would come here.
This is good news. With such a senior brother who has completed his Qi refining period as the leader, it will be much easier to carry out the mission of clearing up.
Following each other, everyone quickly arrived at the north outer gate of the city.
The main hall where they passed after the victory in the ranking battle was now covered with maps, large and small. Lu Zhong could tell at a glance that they were related to the waterways in Yingling City, but what puzzled him was that.
The years of the maps are not consistent. There are old maps with yellowed paper and newly drawn maps.
This question was quickly answered.
When all the disciples involved in the operation arrived, Li Changxuan explained the mission.
It turns out that the reason why the demonic cultivators and the monks of the two sects in Yongling City have never been exterminated is because they have been using the water channels in the city to move. The water channels in Yongling City are not visible on the surface. This is because Yongling City was built.
The history on the ruins of the ancient city, so the waterways hidden underground are so intricate that they can no longer be described as a spider web.
In fact, everyone has two goals for this action.
To deal with the hidden demon cultivators and the monks from the two sects, what we actually have to do incidentally is to eradicate the monsters entrenched in the waterways, which is the real purpose of this clearing operation.
According to the results of the investigation before the operation, they mainly wanted to deal with two monsters: the Yin Sickle Rat and the Moon-Watching Toad.
The reason why there are only two groups of monsters is because in the long-term competition for territory, other monsters have been driven out of the underground waterways of Yingling City, and in the end only the Yin Sickle Rat and the Moon-Watching Toad are left.
The two groups of monsters have been fighting for an unknown amount of time. The last one occupied the superficial waterway, and the other occupied the remaining waterway of the ancient city, forming the current coexistence situation.
Regarding the characteristics of monsters, the Yin Si Rat is good at hiding and acts like an assassin.
The Moon-Watching Toad is a rare ice monster.
After hearing this, Lu Zhong suspected that the purpose of wiping out the monster beast tribe was more likely to obtain the ice spiritual materials from Moon Watching Toad, and then refine them into magic weapons for use in the war against the Luoyun Sect.
After all, Luoyun Sect is a sect located in a giant lake.
The word "cloud" in the name actually comes from the accumulation of water vapor in the lake that resembles a sea of clouds.
For this reason, most of the Luoyun Sect is composed of water cultivators.
And just like that, the ice magic weapon can only defeat the water type.
After explaining the situation, the specific arrangements will be made.
Lu Zhong is now at the eighth level of Qi refining, and he is considered to be among the best among the people. As expected, he was assigned as the captain of a cleanup team, responsible for leading ten inner disciples who have reached the middle stage of Qi refining, plus thirty more refiners.
An outer disciple who is in the early stage of Qi cultivation.
"Okay, that's the specific arrangement. Do you have anything to ask?" Li Changxuan looked at everyone with a smile.
Everyone looked at each other, but no one stood up.
Lu Zhong saw that no one said anything for a long time. For the sake of his own life, he had no choice but to stand up and say: "Senior Brother Li, since we are clearing out the monsters entrenched in the waterways in the city, I wonder if the foundation-building cultivators from above have been sent to support.
The monster beast group has been entrenched for so long, it is inevitable that second-level monster beasts will be born..."
"Lu, what do you mean?" Next to Li Changxuan, a young man with a jade crown suddenly shouted.
"Zian, it doesn't have to be like this." Li Changxuan waved his hand to quiet the jade-crowned young man, then turned to look at Lu Zhong and said, "Junior brother Lu, what you said does make sense, but I didn't think it through well."
After pondering for a while, he took out a spiritual talisman and said to everyone: "I will send out the sound transmission talisman and request more manpower from the door to prevent the second-level monsters that may appear during the operation."
When Lu Zhong heard this, he suddenly wanted to laugh.
As far as he knew, there was only one free foundation-building monk in Heling Sect now.
That is my master Shui Ni!
With the merit of "killing" Chen Jiangnu, the saint of the Black Corpse Hall, Shui Ni has been staying in her cave recently, and her life is more comfortable than that of her fellow juniors.
When I visited her recently, her posture became more and more lazier each time.
"But if she comes to support us, it will be reassuring once we encounter a second-level monster."
Just as thoughts were rolling in Lu Zhong's mind, Li Changxuan had already activated the transmission notes in his hand.
The transmission talisman is a second-level high-grade talisman that can record several speech sentences. After being activated, it can fly to the preset target on its own. As long as it is within a thousand miles, there will be no transmission errors.
The only trouble is that it may be intercepted midway.
After all, the transmission notes really fly in the sky and are not directly transmitted to the destination.
In addition, bad weather may also affect the sound transmission, at least it will definitely attract lightning strikes.
Soon, there was a reply on the door.
"The leader has already replied, and the navy uncle will come to support soon." Li Changxuan announced the contents of the transmission notes to everyone.
"Uncle Navy?" someone asked in surprise.
Shui Ni's name is known to everyone in Heling Sect. After all, her status is extremely special.
At this time, someone suddenly made a sound, and then looked at Lu Zhong with a strange expression, and said doubtfully: "Senior Brother Lu, I remember that you seem to be Uncle Navy's apprentice, right?"
Regarding Shui Ni's recruitment of disciples, it caused quite a stir at first.
But gradually, because Lu Zhong was too low-key and had almost no contact with his fellow disciples, everyone only remembered that the navy uncle had accepted an apprentice for the first time, but they did not know the name of that apprentice.
"That's right." Lu Zhong responded.
At this time, everyone was in an uproar.
In the corner, the face of the young man with the jade crown who was scolding Lu Zhong suddenly changed.
However, no one present paid attention to him. They all focused on Lu Zhong, their eyes full of curiosity. After all, this person was chosen by Shui Ni and became his disciple.
But no matter how you look at it, Lu Zhong doesn't seem to have any other outstanding qualities besides being more handsome than Li Changxuan.
And I heard that it is just the four spiritual root qualifications.