Time flies, and several years pass in the blink of an eye.
Temporary cave house.
Lu Zhong was sitting cross-legged on the futon and had just finished sorting out the classics.
In his opinion, the biggest gain from this trip to Xuan Cang Fortress was not knowing the secrets of the Dao Alliance, nor obtaining the crucial jade essence, nor becoming the de facto master of the fortress.
Rather, it is the classics in hand.
Compared with the Taiyin Immortal Sutra of the Taiyin Sect, the part about cultivation contained in the Third Cardinal Academy only has the integration period and the previous part, but it is much more detailed than the former. It can almost be said to be a "step-by-step" guide.
How do you practice and even break through to the next level?
Therefore, although there is no specific method, Lu Zhong still regards it as a treasure.
Thanks to this, he has a clear and definite understanding of how to cultivate to the perfection of the Void Refining Stage in the future, how to achieve integration in the future, and how to take the next road.
"If you study carefully in the future, you will definitely gain a lot!"
"However, the most urgent task now is to refine the Nine Turns Jade Essence Pill."
To be honest, Lu Zhong has had enough of his situation. Even if he does enough homework every day, it will still take more than a hundred years for his cultivation to improve before he can see any improvement.
Even this situation is quite common during the Void Refining Stage.
Without further ado, he turned around and entered the alchemy room.
In this way, a period of time passed.
The refining of the Nine-turn Jade Essence Pill, as Ye Panyan said before, requires nine rounds of elixir refining before it can be made into a pill. However, in addition to consuming the mind, the process requires almost no control over the fire or the technique.
They are all extremely low, and they are considered to be at the bottom of the sixth-level elixirs.
After solving the difficulty of raw materials, Lu Zhong made it by opening the furnace for the first time.
The nine-turn elixir is made into a nine-turn elixir. The refined nine-turn jade elixir is like beautiful jade, with extremely obvious nine lines on the surface, which resemble cloud patterns and tree rings.
After taking it, the effect is indeed extraordinary.
For the first time in a long time, Lu Zhong felt what it means to be in a state of "rapid improvement in cultivation". After taking the elixir, the speed of his magic power improved greatly, almost several times higher than the previous state.
If it continues at this rate, I'm afraid it won't take another thousand years to reach the completion of the middle stage of refining the void.
After that, you can try to break through to the late stage of Void Refining.
According to the pre-planned plan, Lu Zhong decisively started seclusion.
The days started to pass day by day.
He didn't care about worldly affairs and immersed himself in cultivation.
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On this day, Lu Zhong withdrew from practice, looking a little depressed.
He originally thought that he could practice in seclusion all the time, and just kept taking pills and refining them, working hard to increase his magic power, until he broke through to the late stage of void refining.
But I never thought that disaster was coming!
"As recorded in the classics, even if you reach the stage of refining the void, you will not be able to live forever!" Lu Zhong walked out of the quiet room, looked through the magic circle, and looked at the clear blue sky above his head, saying helplessly.
When you reach the Void Refining Stage, you still have to perform the same cultivation as the Divine Transformation Stage, and you have to undergo a tribulation every three thousand years.
The form of disaster is not just thunder disaster, but also other two disasters.
Such as wind disaster or fire.
Comparing the three with each other, thunder disaster is actually the simplest.
Lu Zhong wished this was the case.
Unfortunately, what happened this time was a "fire".
This fire is not that fire, but a "yin fire". It burns from the spring and penetrates the mud balls to refine the monk's soul and prevent it from getting sick and weakened.
The strength was greatly reduced as a result.
Fortunately, he had newly acquired the Taoist League's classics, so Lu Zhong was not panicked about this, and knew better how to survive this disaster. Before this disaster came, he had already completed the transformation of his soul, which was comparable to a monk in the late stage of Lianxu.
So if you have something to rely on, you can definitely get through it directly.
But the problem arises from this.
In his weak state, there is no need to worry about disasters, but his strength is only equivalent to the early stage of becoming a god. Although he will gradually recover later, it is obviously not suitable to continue to retreat in the wilderness.
Soon, Lu Zhong had an idea in his mind.
As the saying goes, a small hermit hides in the wild, a big hermit hides in the city.
Instead of hiding in the wilderness, it is better to find a fairy city to live in seclusion, and he has a good choice now, which is to go to Feng Yuan Fairy City. Due to historical reasons, this city is not under the jurisdiction of the Tuwang Palace.
Without the restrictions of rules and regulations, Feng Yuan Immortal City is more free.
Over time, Feng Yuan Immortal City has become a gathering place for casual cultivators, and there are many monks in the combined stage. Although it is a mixed bag, it is also an excellent hiding place.
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Half a year later.
Lu Zhong, who had been touring the great mountains and rivers and relaxing a lot, finally entered the boundary of Fengyuan Immortal City.
Within the scope of this fairy city, you can see large and small farms everywhere, as well as elixir gardens shrouded in formations. Satellite cities are formed around cities. These satellite cities obviously have their own duties, either raising spiritual beasts or planting crops.
elixir, or building workshops, in order to provide basic resources to Feng Yuan Immortal City.
After all, there are tens of millions of resident monks in Fengyuan Immortal City. If sufficient resources cannot be supplied, it will be impossible to maintain it.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Lu Zhong landed thousands of miles away early, and after making some inquiries, boarded the passenger airship bound for Fengyuan Immortal City.
At this moment, half of the passengers on the flying boat were local monks, and the other half were monks like him who came from other places in the Feng Yuan world.
Suddenly, there was a burst of noise and exclamations from the front.
Lu Zhong followed the voice and looked around, and saw a giant mound-like fairy city shrouded in front of him under the colorful glow!
Circle after circle of pale golden city walls, surrounding the floating giant peak in the center, rise layer by layer. While dividing the city into several areas, they also seem to have different defense tasks.
You can see that the city walls are covered with flashing runes and traces of various restrictions.
In the complex airspace ahead, there are many pavilions suspended in the air. They seem to function as "traffic lights." During the shuttle, monks constantly change the spell aura and subtitles of different lengths to direct the entry and exit of the city.
The flying boats, beast carts, and monks all went their own way to prevent congestion.
On the ground, there were countless convoys gathering.
Bustling and prosperous.
This is the top fairy city in the spiritual world!
Lu Zhong looked at the fairy city ahead and couldn't help but feel shocked.
As the flying boat passed through the aura isolation formation of the fairy city, it was like entering another world. The concentration of aura was comparable to that of fifth-level spiritual veins. There is no doubt that the aura deep in this city must be even richer.
What surprised him even more was the defensive formation here.
This formation gave Lu Zhong a sense of familiarity, as if it was the same formation as the Qingwei Tianjin of the Beiyang Cardinal Academy.
He suddenly understood why Feng Yuan Immortal City was not under the jurisdiction of the Tu Palace. It was probably not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't. Feng Yuan Immortal City was protected by this forbidden formation, and even if the monks from the Tribulation Stage came, they would be helpless.
Even if all the evil forces are close to each other, they must work together to defeat it.
"I'm afraid not, it's the legacy of the Dao Alliance..."
Lu Zhong thought to himself.
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When the airship landed safely at the airport, the guests on the ship got off one after another.
Ahead is a pass, and there are patrolling city guards in armor. Each of them is at the foundation-building stage, and is led by a captain at the core-formation stage. According to the notice in front of the pass, anyone who enters the Feng Yuan
All monks in the fairy city must register at this gate in advance, and then they can get an identity card.
With this identity card, you can move freely in the fairy city.
Lu Zhong did not line up with the crowd, but came to a small hall next to it.
"I wonder what you call me, senior?"
The Yi Yuanying female cultivator inside sensed the unfathomable aura of the visitor, and a smile naturally appeared on her face.
Hearing this, Lu Zhong reported it casually.
"Chen Xia."
"It turns out to be Chen Xia, Senior Chen!" The female cultivator smiled broadly and quickly completed all the procedures. She handed over an exquisite jade badge and said respectfully: "Senior, this is your identity badge. Please keep it.
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Lu Zhong took the photo in his hand, took a look at it, and found that there was nothing strange about it.
After obtaining the identity card, he successfully entered the fairy city.
Looking at the bustling flow of people on the street, Lu Zhong began to recall the relevant information about Fengyuan Immortal City, which came from various sources.
According to the known information, Fengyuan Immortal City is governed by the Fengyuan Association. This association is not composed of casual cultivators. It is essentially a ruling group elected by the major forces in the Fengyuan world through mutual compromise.
The current president of Feng Yuan Society is Master Tuwanggong Lingyin.
The vice-president is a legendary casual cultivator who has reached Tianfuzi in the early stage of Mahayana.
Under the chairman and vice president, there is a committee of eighteen people.
The eighteen elders are all in the integration stage. They are responsible for all aspects of the operation of the fairy city. They may lead a large law enforcement team to crack down on illegal activities, and also intimidate the cultivators to collect taxes; or they may coordinate the overall planning of resource production and city construction.
; Or maybe he is a good dancer and is responsible for coordinating the interests of all parties.
Under the Eighteen-person Association, there are various interest groups, large and small.
The division of labor is carried out layer by layer, and each layer performs its duties, building a stable order in the fairy city.
Lu Zhong was not prepared to participate.
Then he turned around and came to a housekeeping office on the street. It is said that there are nearly a thousand places like this in the fairy city, and they are responsible for the leasing and operation of hundreds of thousands of caves, large and small.
Obviously, this is a very profitable business.
It is for this reason that house leasing is directly under the jurisdiction of the Eighteen-member Club.
There are advantages and disadvantages to this, but these are not things Lu Zhong should care about. After considering his own needs, he carefully selected a cave he liked.
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Jinghua Lake, Shuiyunzhujing.
After paying the hundred-year fee, Lu Zhong took a flying boat to the west side of Fengyuan Immortal City.
Thousands of miles away from here is the Dongfu District.
Regardless of whether the cave is large or small, it is all built on a branch of the fairy city's spiritual veins. The concentration of spiritual energy is exactly fifth level. The difference in spiritual energy in different locations is very small. It is suitable for monks in the transformation stage to live here.
The Shuiyun Bamboo Land chosen by Lu Zhong is a spiritual land near the lake.
The place is not big, only about ten miles in radius.
The building area is not large, but the living room, guest hall, alchemy room and quiet room are all available. In addition, the cave also has ten acres of spiritual fields, where some spiritual rice and spiritual plants can be grown to meet daily needs.
Lu Zhong turned around and was generally satisfied.
The only thing I can't stand is the formation set up in the cave, the popular one called "Water Wave Cloud Sealing Formation". But it's easy to solve. You can just set up a new one yourself later.
After some planning, he released his avatar and modified the details.
After working like this for several days, I finally stopped with satisfaction.
At the same time, Lu Zhong did not forget to spread the word so that people would know that an alchemist had recently moved here.
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The days passed day by day.
While Lu Zhong resolved the disaster, he also did not stop improving his cultivation.
Relying on the persona of an alchemist and the good reputation he deliberately built up, it became much easier for him to buy and sell spiritual items. The elixirs that had been accumulated in the mountains, rivers and caves flowed out like water, and were exchanged for spiritual materials and flowed back.
During this process, the situation in the Linghuan world was also changing.
What attracts the most attention is naturally the reappearance of the Dao League.
Ever since Ye Panyan's identity was exposed, both the immortal cultivators and the evil forces have been working together to launch attacks, lest this blessinger of the golden tree really revive the destroyed Taoist alliance.
However, relying on Xuancang Fortress, Ye Panyan defeated his opponents time and time again.
Even, through this, he has accumulated such a great reputation and recruited a group of monks who are committed to the Taoist Alliance. Of course, how many of them are sincerely loyal to the Taoist Alliance is a highly debatable topic.
In any case, this series of major events officially announced the return of the Taoist Alliance.
At the same time, Lu Zhong also discovered with the help of his incarnation that the fallen immortal had indeed begun its activities.
Many families that have produced ascended monks, or large sects with long-standing inheritance, have been making frequent moves recently. It is obvious that they are planning something, but it is difficult for outsiders to know their purpose at the moment.
Even Tianyuan Immortal City was greatly affected.
According to Lu Zhong's knowledge, nearly half of the elders in the Eighteen-person Association have reported contacts with these ascended forces.
In this regard, he has tried to send out avatars to test and go back to the scene to review.
The purpose is naturally to find out the truth about the abnormality.
The result was nothing.
Obviously, it was the fallen immortal who took action.
Although they are immortals who cannot become immortals, they seem to be able to block the power of the gray fog space. Those monks who ascended to power relied on the treasures given by the immortals to accidentally stop Lu Zhong's intention.
This was his first time in the gray fog space.
"I'm afraid similar situations will appear more frequently in the future."
Although Lu Zhong had been mentally prepared for this, when this scene actually happened, he was still a little disappointed. After all, the reason why he could rise from the lower world as a casual cultivator cannot be ignored, but the most important thing is
There is a gray fog space, and through this, we gain advantages that others do not have.
Seeing that the temptation failed, he decisively chose to give up.
In this way, time passed little by little.
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In the blink of an eye, time flies.
Lu Zhong soon stayed in Fengyuan Immortal City for a hundred years.
To the cultivators of Lianxu, this short span of time is no different from the passage of a month.
On this day, a visitor suddenly came to visit.
With the maid leading the way, two monks, a man and a woman, were ushered in.
The male cultivator is in the early stage of spiritual transformation. He is as tall as jade and is wearing a navy blue robe.
Another female cultivator was born with a big body and a thick body. Her appearance can only be said to be passable, but her cultivation has reached the late stage of divine transformation. Judging from the stability of her aura, she is probably on the verge of a breakthrough.
Having two people together like this makes people wonder whether the male cultivator is physically ill.