Lu Zhong got up early in the morning, ate the food prepared by the maid, then boarded the magnificent flying boat and rushed towards the fairy city of Changchun, looking towards the north through the porthole.
The disaster of beast tide is beginning to appear.
Last year, the cold winter came earlier than before, and monsters that were hard to find food began to raid the northern region of Changchun. Many mortal monks were caught off guard and died, and the losses of various sects and families were also considerable.
Even the Chengde Chamber of Commerce had three farms damaged.
He had also visited the scene. At that time, there were raging monsters all over the place, which could not be solved by one person alone. That's why today's Changchun Hall meeting was held, and Zhenjun Wanmu sent an invitation to the realm to form pills.
"Discuss countermeasures together..." Lu Zhong chewed on these words repeatedly.
Today is different from the past. Changchun Valley is in a period of decline, and there is only one Yuanying True Lord left in the sect. Facing the alliance between Hua Yiguan and Yanzhen Sect, it is obviously at an absolute disadvantage.
Based on the information collected recently.
He couldn't help but doubt.
Was the big explosion in Changchun Valley a conspiracy of the two True Lords of Changchun Valley to use the mutation to lure out the hostile True Lords and then injure them to prevent the sect from facing a crisis of destruction after the death of Yunyao Patriarch?
If you think about it carefully, it's really very possible.
After all, since that battle, Zhenjun Yuchen of Yanzhen Sect has not appeared again.
Maybe, it was just that he had no time to care about his injuries.
Lu Zhong was thinking wildly, combining his ideas again and again, carefully examining and corroborating each other, and the flying boat arrived in the Changchun Valley unknowingly.
Under the guidance of a Changchun Valley foundation builder, they soon arrived at the Changchun Hall.
Compared with last time, the atmosphere in the palace was a little subtle.
The restraint and respect of some people disappeared, replaced by arbitrary orders. Although they still retained a certain degree of restraint, they no longer took Changchun Valley seriously.
Lu Zhong did not imitate them, and still maintained his awe for the Yuanying Sect. He greeted the familiar monks along the way, and when he found his position, he closed his eyes and rested there without moving.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, long time no see!" A greeting came from in front of him, but it was Master Qingding who came over on his own initiative, with a rare smile on his face.
"I've met fellow Daoist Qingding." Lu Zhong returned the gesture.
Randomly and without leaving any trace, I quietly sensed Qingding's cultivation level and discovered that the other party had reached the late stage of pill formation. It was really different to have the support of the sect behind him.
Chasing? I can’t catch up!
He sighed quietly in his heart.
"I haven't congratulated you fellow Taoist yet for successfully breaking through to the later stage, please forgive me!" Lu Zhong said with a smile.
"It's all thanks to the support of the sect, it's not worth mentioning..." Qingding waved his hand and shook his head. Then he seemed to have discovered something, with a trace of surprise on his face, and said: "I didn't expect that fellow Taoist also broke through. I remember that fellow Taoist entered
It’s not more than a hundred years since I formed the elixir, right? Your talent is truly astonishing!”
"Well, actually my talent is very average..." Lu Zhong told the truth.
After all, he is just a four-spirited person.
Master Qingding thought that Lu Zhong was just being modest, so he followed the words and was polite, and then revealed his purpose of coming, saying via message: "To be honest, I came here this time because I want to join forces with fellow Taoists."
"Join forces?" Lu Zhong did not expect that his purpose was actually this.
"Yes, that's right!" Qing Ding then leaked the information he knew.
However, True Lord Wanmu has decided that all monks who contribute to this beast wave will be able to obtain a certain amount of good deeds from the Eternal Spring Valley, and their good deeds will be exchanged for the treasury of the Eternal Spring Valley Sect.
Immediately afterwards, Qingding revealed another secret message, saying: "With your level of cultivation, you can exchange it for the sect's secret treasury. I think fellow Taoists should know what this means?"
What does it mean? Of course, Yuan Ying is expected!
Lu Zhong knew without thinking that among the treasures stored in the Changchun Valley secret warehouse, there must be spiritual objects that can increase the chance of having a baby, or secret techniques with similar effects.
"This Lord Wanmu is really an old fox..." Lu Zhong thought silently.
Knowing that the current strength of Changchun Valley is at a low ebb, and using the previous coercive methods, they will not be able to make the realm's Core Formation surrender and obey orders, so they decisively lure them to their advantage.
Birds die for food, monks die for immortality.
I believe that when this news spreads, the entire Changchun Region will be shocked.
When forming pills, they want to form babies, but when building foundations, they don't want to form pills. When refining qi, they also want to break through foundation building. Changchun Valley may really be able to use this to suppress the beast tide in the north.
As for the purpose, it is probably to gain time.
Maybe……
After all, Lu Zhong couldn't guess much about the old monster Yuanying's thoughts.
His thoughts were spinning in his mind. He thought for a while and declined Qing Ding's invitation. After all, there was still a feud between the two of them, and Qing Ding was a man who devoted himself to Taoism. It was hard to imagine what he would do in order to go further.
Lu Zhong still found it hard to believe this person.
Furthermore, hunting animals is also a dangerous thing.
He didn't want to be a "gold digger", which would cost him his life. Faced with the huge herd of beasts, even Jindan Zhenren might fall.
Lu Zhong plans to become a tools seller.
From a businessman's point of view, there are many business opportunities hidden in this animal hunting event. If you can make a profit from it, the gains may not be worse than others' hunting to death.
On the other side, Qing Ding looked regretful.
Seeing Lu Zhong's resolute attitude, I felt dissatisfied in my heart, but then I thought about this person who has lived in the cave all year round. It is said that during many expeditions to secret places, I have never seen Zhen Lu participating.
"It seems that he is as timid as a mouse..."
After lowering his evaluation, Qing Ding decided not to contact Lu Zhong anymore.
He left immediately and moved on to his next target.
Lu Zhong watched the other party go away, vaguely guessing the other party's thoughts, but he breathed a sigh of relief. It would be better if the two of them stopped contacting each other.
Soon, Lord Wanmu appeared.
The content of the meeting was consistent with what Qing Ding said.
No matter who you are, as long as you hunt monsters, you can exchange for good deeds. The good deeds can be exchanged for the treasures in the Changchun Valley Sect's treasure house. This is the "Monster Hunting Order". As for the fact that Jindan Zhenren can exchange for the secret treasury, it is not mentioned.
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Lu Zhong figured it out quickly.
Probably you need to cooperate with the monks from Changchun Valley.
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As soon as the demon hunting order came out, Changchun Territory was in a state of excitement.
Especially the casual cultivators were cheering for this. With the powerful sect family monopolizing resources, they basically had no choice but to pick up food through their teeth. This opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Many people regard this as an opportunity to rise in class.
So we called our friends and set out together to the northern region of Changchun.
Under Lu Zhong's instructions, the Chengde Chamber of Commerce took action and announced the opening of a special route. All monks who went north to hunt monsters could take the flying boat to the northern region of Changchun for free.
In the Northern Territory, there will be a fully equipped camp waiting for them.
The sect-level mountain protection formation can protect you from the beast tide.
The uninterrupted supply of hot water at 12 hours a day, delicious spiritual rice and spiritual meat, coupled with warm quilts and cleaning services, are definitely something that casual practitioners have never experienced before.
In the camp, all elixirs and talismans are supplied at low prices.
Everything can be redeemed and enjoyed with just a little good deeds.
This is Lu Zhong's plan - to exchange spiritual stones for good deeds.
He planned to take this opportunity to exchange all the third-level elixirs in the Changchun Valley treasure house, especially the cultivation-enhancing elixirs suitable for the middle and late stages of elixir formation.
…
While the demon hunting order was in full swing, Lu Zhong was still practicing in seclusion.
In the absence of sufficient elixirs, he spent the rest of his time practicing secret techniques in addition to basic exercises every day, and he had made considerable progress recently.
For example, at this time, Lu Zhong made a handprint.
In an instant, the true energy in the Dantian boiled, as if burning, and the meridians simultaneously felt a huge sense of fullness. In this case, the Palm Thunder was used.
With a "boom", the black steel stone that was used as a target was blown to pieces.
"The power has increased by more than half a percent..." he estimated in his mind.
At the same time, the amount of real energy consumed increased by a full 50%.
Is the loss not worth the gain?
Lu Zhong didn't think so.
In the battles between monks, it is rare that the mana is exhausted. You can basically know the result with just one face-to-face meeting, and the purpose of the Burning Star Technique is to tilt the balance of victory.
Make the loser lose faster.
Turn a narrow victory into a small victory.
With his powerful magic power that is different from others at the same level, the Burning Star Technique has many wonderful uses.
No matter how bad it is, it can still make the meteor escape faster.
Sometimes just a little bit of speed can make the enemy lose their desire to pursue and kill, thus giving you a chance to survive, so Mr. Lu thinks this is a good secret technique.
If it were a secret attack technique, he might not be able to learn it.
After all, in the elixir formation stage, the strength of the attack methods all depends on the magic weapon. Most of the magic and secret techniques can only be used as supplementary means, with very few exceptions.
Speaking of magic weapons.
Lu Zhong took out the star iron stone.
This object can increase the magical effect of the Star Mirror. Now that the Star Mirror has been almost polished, it is time to refine it.
In order to refine it, Lu Zhong specially prepared an underground fire room.
Coming out of the quiet room, passing through the corridor decorated with moonstones, there is the underground fire room a dozen feet away. Hit the door with a ban, and the ban above disappears, and the door rumbles to the side.
There are a lot of materials scattered in the ground fire room.
They were all leftovers from his repair of the spirit puppet. Unfortunately, he spent nearly 100,000 spirit stones, which only restored its strength to the fake elixir realm. It was still one step away from the theoretical upper limit of strength in the early stages of elixir formation.
Wave your sleeves to collect the materials and put them into a storage bag.
Lu Zhong began to refine the star iron stone.
The reason why the earth fire chamber is used is because the star iron stone is too refractory and needs to be calcined and purified after being melted. Simply relying on one's own true energy to supply spiritual fire can refine a person to exhaustion.
Stop thinking too much and concentrate on refining.
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In the blink of an eye, it has been one year since the "Monster Hunting Order" was promulgated.
There are more and more camps similar to those provided by the Chengde Chamber of Commerce in the northern region of Changchun. They are either copied entirely, slightly modified, or have their own characteristics.
As a scammer, the Chengde Chamber of Commerce has the largest camp and the largest number of monks gathered there.
Therefore, most of the good deeds earned by the monks in the camp, through renting houses, taking commissions from mutual transactions, receiving healing services, etc., went into the pockets of big forces such as the Chengde Chamber of Commerce.
Changchun Valley knows this, and the monks in the camp are also very aware of this.
But no one thought it was wrong.
After all, everything is between you and me.
Occasionally, there are monks who will complain in private that they are fighting for their lives, but as long as one is accidentally injured, all their efforts will become a wedding dress for others.
When the northern region of Changchun was in full swing, Lu Zhong was still refining star iron stone.
After a year of hard work, this matter is coming to an end.
When the last drop of spiritual fluid was incorporated, the Starry Mirror began to sparkle and glow, as if it was cheering for joy. The star power it attracted was obviously much stronger than before.
Feeling the star power tempering the body, Lu Zhong was thinking in his mind: "At this rate, and with the help of the Barbarian Ancestor's Heaven-Swallowing Technique, I might be able to obtain the star source spirit body during the pill formation stage."
Spiritual body!
He could clearly see the benefits of this thing from Yu Feng'er.
Unfortunately, if it is not inherent in nature, it is extremely difficult to obtain it the day after tomorrow.
Turn around and come to the atrium.
Cultivation of immortality is all about cultivating immortality, and you still have to eat.
Affected by the recent increase in the supply of monster meat, the dishes on the table are now much richer than before. A full table of rare animal meat that was rarely seen in the past is now available.
As soon as he sat down, Yu Feng'er handed over a bowl full of animal meat, with a smile as bright as a flower:
"Come on, husband, you need to make up for it more!"
Lu Zhong took a closer look and saw that they were all those things.
Good guy!
Am I that weak?
"Just one bowl! No more." Lu Zhong took it helplessly and did not refuse Yu Feng'er's kindness. He finished the carefully cooked animal meat before tasting his favorite dishes.
I have to say that the new chef's skills are indeed better than the previous one.
Bowl after bowl of spiritual rice.
He didn't stop until he was full of wine and food.
While refining his skills, he chatted with Yu Feng'er, mainly about the demon hunting order. Chengde Chamber of Commerce made a lot of benefits from this matter, which naturally caused dissatisfaction.
Recently, there has been a lot more resistance, both overt and covert.
After some discussion between the two, the countermeasures were quite simple.
That is to continue to strengthen one's own strength. With Lu Zhong, a monk in the middle stage of pill formation, those who secretly covet it will probably not dare to take action directly. At most, they will face more troubles.
and encountered inexplicable resistance.
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After being gentle with Yu Feng'er for a while, Lu Zhong turned around and came to Bihai Sect.
Recently, Bihai Sect encountered a trouble. A strange spiritual insect appeared in the territory, which caused a lot of harm to the disciples. The casualties were approaching double digits, so the head of the general affairs had to send a letter asking for help, asking the ancestor.
Come and help solve the problem.
In the Bihai Palace, Lu Zhong was sitting in the hall.
In the hall, Yan Yi, the head of the general affairs, and Yi Ying, the deacon, each stood in their own positions, with uneasy expressions on their faces, fearing that the ancestor would blame them.
"What is the specific situation?"
He also wondered what kind of spiritual insect it was that could cause Bihai Sect to suffer such a big loss. After seeing the water mirror technique released by Yan Yi, Lu Zhong did not recognize what kind of spiritual insect it was even though he had read the identification book.
"Is it mutated?" Lu Zhong thought in his mind.
This possibility is not impossible.
Due to the rapid reproduction speed of spirit insects, mutations will occur from time to time, so a large number of new groups of spirit insects are born every year, and some of them are particularly talented.
Their strength is sometimes stronger than the existing insect swarm, and often replaces them.
The reason why the spirit insect list changes frequently is because of this.
According to Yan Yi, after this kind of spiritual insect appeared, people were sent to kill it as soon as possible, but they never thought of killing more and more, as if there was no end.
He suspected that the scale of the insect swarm revealed was just the tip of the iceberg.