Zhang Yun is a casual cultivator. A casual cultivator who has not had a very successful time in the world of cultivation. He was originally a mortal, but when he was twelve years old, he was playing with his friends and discovered a tree in the hollow of a dead ancient tree.
A incomplete volume of the cultivation classic "Annotations on the Way of Alchemy". Because of his curiosity and yearning for the magic of gods, Zhang Yun simply started practicing according to Mian's mental method.
Maybe it's because he has some affinity for cultivating immortals and he has good bones. Without any guidance from others, he actually passed the level of sensing spiritual energy that most people can't overcome in their lifetime, and successfully reached the stage of introducing energy into the body. He has cultivated to this point.
In one step, you can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into your body, condense it into true essence, and cast some elementary spells.
However, the road to cultivation is not a smooth road but is full of thorns. Without peerless talent or guidance from seniors and sufficient resources, it will be very difficult to take a step forward. Fortunately, although there are no profound spells or peerless elixir prescriptions in "Annotations on Alchemy",
However, there are many basic practices, such as making talismans and refining elixirs, which are like the classics given to junior disciples by a certain sect, which are just suitable for casual cultivators like Zhang Yun.
Zhang Yun used the skills he learned from "Annotations on Alchemy" to go into the deep mountains and swamps to collect some herbs, jade, and mineral materials while ensuring his own safety. If he was lucky, he could also find some ordinary genius treasures that were not guarded by monsters.
(Zhang Yun's cultivation level is too low and he doesn't know a few attack spells. A simple monster can beat him to pieces. But fortunately, the aura of heaven and earth at this time is rich, and the number of geniuses and treasures is a hundred times that of later generations, so some ordinary geniuses and treasures
Even low-level monsters don’t bother to protect it).
Relying on his talent in alchemy, he often took these herbs and the elixirs made from low-level heavenly materials and earthly treasures and practiced diligently. After decades of hard work, Zhang Yun still managed to reach the middle stage of introducing qi into the body.
But at this point in his cultivation, the "Commentary on the Way of Alchemy" is not that helpful to him, because after all, it is just a basic training book. It does not have many attack spells and Qi training techniques, and it is also very common. And if he wants to improve his cultivation level, there is nothing else to do.
In addition to slowly absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to improve one's skills step by step, the only other option is to take pills that can speed up cultivation.
However, due to the lack of attack spells, Zhang Yun was not good at fighting, so he was unable to collect those heavenly materials and earthly treasures that were guarded by monsters, forming a vicious cycle. Just when Zhang Yun was secretly annoyed because his cultivation had stagnated, he suddenly changed from
Some loose cultivators with connections learned that Taiyuan is recruiting cultivators. No matter what their cultivation level is, they can apply. If they are selected, they will be treated well.
Cultivators with powerful support can enjoy much better treatment than casual cultivators. At least they can avoid many detours in their cultivation if they have the guidance of a master. Zhang Yun has long suffered without the guidance of a master, and naturally yearns for the suffering of lack of cultivation materials.
"At any rate, I have been practicing for decades and have reached the middle stage of drawing Qi into the body. Maybe I will be selected. Then I won't have to be a helpless casual cultivator." With a trace of luck, Zhang Yun stepped over and defected.
The road to Taiyuan.
I have to say that the news released by Taiyuan is still very attractive to casual cultivators. Zhan Yun alone saw a thousand cultivators in Taiyuan. Of course, most of them were casual cultivators like him.
If you want to be selected, you must have certain qualifications. The personnel responsible for recruiting are disciples from several nearby large and medium-sized sects such as Daming Temple Branch, Qingfeng Temple, Shenghuo Sect, Yuping Sect, etc. The criteria for recruitment are based on qualifications, character, merit, and cultivation.
For, understanding, extraordinary skills and acrobatics (specialties). Zhang Yun's cultivation, understanding, and merits are all average, but his character is judged by the monks of Daming Temple to be quite pure and good at refining alchemy, so he meets the recruitment standards. After receiving a
After Zhang received the famous offering token, he was also assigned a training cave of his own.
Consecration. As the name suggests, he is usually supported by others and has to work for others when needed. Zhang Yun serves as an immortal master and does some things that can only be done by cultivators. Because he is not good at fighting and is only good at refining elixirs, he only needs to help Taiyuan from time to time.
You can just refine elixirs without having to participate in battles with enemy cultivators like other cultivators.
Although the area of the training cave is small, the concentration of spiritual energy is not low. At least it is much stronger than Zhang Yun's "doghouse" before. As an immortal master in Taiyuan, Taiyuan can give you a low-level magic weapon refined by the weapon refining master every month.
Ten pieces of high-grade spiritual jade will also be provided for practice. Ling jade refers to ordinary jade that absorbs a large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, which is very useful to practitioners. The moistness of jade can eliminate the impetuous heart, and the color of jade can cheer up the bored heart.
It can purify the dirty heart and the structure of jade is naturally suitable for absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Therefore, jade has been loved by people since ancient times. If mortals wear it for a long time, they will be nourished by the spiritual energy, strengthen their bodies, and prolong their lives. People who practice jade can also use jade to arrange formations and refine magic weapons.
This kind of benefit made Zhang Yun couldn't help but sigh that Taiyuan was too generous. You know, the spiritual energy attracted by using spiritual jade to arrange the formation lasts ten times longer than ordinary jade! He usually uses ordinary spiritual jade to arrange the spiritual gathering formation.
Jade, such as spiritual jade, can only be used to break through the bottleneck of cultivation, but it is usually reluctant to use it.
Moreover, because Zhang Yun is good at refining elixirs, he will regularly receive a batch of heavenly materials and earthly treasures from Taiyuan for use in refining elixirs. Of course, most of the elixirs produced have to be paid, but Zhang Yun can accept 10% as hard work fee. This kind of
The generous treatment also made Zhang Yun determined to stay in Taiyuan for the rest of his life. After all, the life of a casual cultivator is too difficult.
In fact, these steps were planned by Yunlong for Liu He. Although Yunlong has no experience as a business wizard, the modern recruitment methods and welfare benefits are much more advanced than those in ancient times. They were slightly modified to recruit people like Zhang Yun who have no ambitions.
It is really easy for cultivators to expand their power in Taiyuan. Of course, the premise is that the resources possessed by Yunlong and Taiyuan are sufficient enough to support these cultivators.
After practicing for decades, during a retreat, with the help of a large number of spiritual pills and the abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth induced by the spiritual gathering array arranged by the spiritual stones, Zhang Yun finally broke through the realm of attracting energy into the body and buying it in the later stage to practice energy and become a god.
.Such results can be considered as an elder in some intermediate sects, and they can be considered a master.
After leaving the customs, Zhang Yun also learned among the congratulations of others that the Taiyuan power territory at this time had expanded nearly ten times and occupied the Central Plains. The founding emperor of the Song Dynasty was named "Song". The Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty was actually not Liu He but a man named
Zhang Yun, the young man from Zhao Kuangyin, was naturally very surprised by this.
After hearing the news, Zhang Yun was led by the guards to the Prime Minister's Mansion of the Song Dynasty to meet Liu He. (Masters in the transformation stage are already qualified to contact leader-level figures). Liu He first congratulated Zhang Yun on his successful advancement of transformation.
Shenqi. Then Zhang Yunlian gave him a task in his humble voice. To bring a batch of military supplies to Zhao Kuangyin who was attacking the Southern Tang Dynasty. These military supplies were carried in a Qiankun bag. Obviously, they were not for mortals but for the army.
Used by cultivators.
Zhang Yun was very confused. Why should he, a master of the incarnation stage, be asked to go for such a simple task of escorting supplies when it was enough to just deal with ordinary soldiers or cultivators in the Qi-Entraining Stage?
When Zhang Yun asked, Liu He smiled bitterly and told him the reason. It turned out that since the war between the Song and Tang Dynasties, the Song Dynasty had been victorious and the Southern Tang Dynasty had been retreating steadily. They fought until the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty - Jinling, and then the stalemate was reached.
It was not because the combat effectiveness of the Southern Tang army suddenly became stronger (the political situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty was turbulent and the military was weak, so the combat effectiveness of the army was extremely low), but because the sects who supported the Southern Tang teamed up to set up a formation in the open space in front of Jinling City.
They did not harm ordinary people, but informed the cultivators accompanying the Song Dynasty army: "Although the Southern Tang army was defeated, we cultivators have not failed enough to compete with you. But we are not willing to go against the Emperor of Heaven and go against heaven.
Moreover, God has the virtue of good life. Mortal killing is too heavy. As participants, we will also lose our merits. Today, we will set up a formation here. As long as you can break the formation, we will surrender and cooperate with the Song Dynasty to persuade the Southern Tang Dynasty to surrender; if we win, we will not ask for it.
Duo will still help the Song Dynasty persuade the Southern Tang Dynasty to surrender, but the Song Dynasty will issue a decree to ensure the current status of several of our sects."
The Song Dynasty was naturally unwilling to be outdone, and they were really unwilling to kill many people after a long battle. It was in line with the status of cultivators to decide the outcome by fighting, and it could also reduce the number of killings. So after obtaining Zhao Kuangyin's consent, the two
The cultivators under the banner of the army took a break and began to fight.
However, the sects of the Southern Tang Dynasty are indeed very powerful and most of them are Buddhist sects. Although the formations they jointly arranged are not very lethal, their defense and recovery capabilities are very abnormal; the cultivators from the Song Dynasty have been fighting for a month but still have not been found.
Ways to break the formation.
Cultivators also consume materials from heaven, materials and earthly treasures, spiritual energy and jade. After Kaifeng was chosen as the capital of the Song Dynasty, Taiyuan became a logistics base responsible for attacking the army's materials. However, some strange things always happened. I don't know what they are.
People always attack cultivators who give supplies to cultivators accompanying the army. Liu He has sent two groups of cultivators to draw Qi into their bodies, but they have disappeared.
According to the cultivators in Taiyuan City, it is inferred that the cultivation level of cultivators who can continuously attack cultivators who draw Qi into their bodies but who dare not attack large groups of attackers will not exceed the middle stage of divine transformation.
If you are a master in the late stage of God Transformation, or even a master in the Return to Void Stage, you don't have to be sneaky and you can directly occupy a side and start a sect. To deal with the masters in the God Transformation stage, only masters who are also in the magic transformation stage can fight against them. But there are not many masters in the God Transformation stage in the city.
Moreover, they both had their own tasks and were responsible for the city's defense. Liu He was so anxious that he decided to send a large number of Qi-into-body cultivators to transport this batch of supplies.
It happened that Zhang Yun had left seclusion and advanced to the stage of transformation. This made Liu He, who was short of manpower, overjoyed. After briefly understanding Zhang Yun's situation and confirming that he could be trusted, he immediately handed over the task to him and promised that if the task was completed,
There are many rewards.
Naturally, Zhang Yun would not refuse to eat the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries. He simply packed up the Qiankun bag and flew towards Jinling in the escape light.
Halfway through the journey, Zhang Yun suddenly felt a golden light flashing in front of him, and then there was a buzzing sound and countless golden light spots came towards him. When he looked carefully, he couldn't help but gasped. What was there was not a golden light but tens of thousands of golden flying insects!
These golden flying insects were about the size of a palm and almost had a golden head with fangs and a red spot on the abdomen. Their eyes were red and exuded ferocity, bloodthirsty light. The wings on their backs flashed rapidly and turned into a cloud of insects, rushing towards Zhang Yun.
"Red-Eyed Golden Armored Ant! I can't beat the pain." In the "Commentary on Alchemy" that Zhang Yun picked up, in addition to the alchemy technique, it also mentioned some demonic beast materials that can be used as alchemy materials.
He was able to recognize the "red-eyed golden ant" immediately.
The original form of the red-eyed golden ant was a burrowing ant. By chance, it grew up in a gold mine vein and built a nest there. After long-term absorption of the gas of gold essence and the aura of earth veins, it mutated into the red-eyed golden ant. It has a cruel temperament and bloodthirsty.
The outer shell has absorbed the spirit of gold and is as hard as a diamond. Its lifespan, size and strength are hundreds of times that of ordinary ants. It also grows wings and inherits the ants' habit of unity and cooperation. It is very difficult to deal with.
The red-eyed golden ants like to eat metals and spiritual things. The higher the quality, the more they like jade and cultivator's medicine! Because these are spiritual things, the adult red-eyed golden ants contain a large amount of them in their bodies.
Spiritual energy is very suitable as a material for alchemy and can also be used to extract top-quality metal materials. It has always been "popular" with the majority of alchemists and weapon refiners. After being captured by many parties, it is rare to see such a large group of red-eyed golden ants in ordinary places.
Seeing this large group of "Red-Eyed Golden-Armored Ants," Zhang Yun immediately knew why the first two batches of cultivators had disappeared. It turned out that such a group of Red-Eyed Golden-Armored Ants had recently appeared on this supply line. They were very interested in cultivators and cultivators.
The spiritual energy contained in the training materials they carried was very sensitive, so they attacked them.
The cultivators who draw Qi into their bodies have weak magic power and low quality of real energy. They cannot learn the art of flying, can use the Five Elements Escape Technique, and cannot move very fast. Most of them can only walk on the ground. These red-eyed golden ants are originally the mutation of burrowing ants.
Naturally, cultivators below the incarnation stage who are proficient in the art of burrowing into the ground cannot detect them at all.
They lurk underground and suddenly appear when the cultivators above them pass by. The surrounded cultivators in the Qi-into-body stage cannot even react in time. Without powerful magic weapons or special spells, they cannot break through their siege and can only be bitten alive.
Death and devouring provide nourishment for the red-eyed golden ants. This sneak attack technique is their instinct, so they are extremely skilled.
Fortunately, the escape light set up by Zhang Yun when he advanced to the transformation stage can move in the air, so he avoided the ambush of the red-eyed golden ants. After all, the red-eyed golden ants are just insects. Even if they have mutated their intelligence, they have very low intelligence and can only think clearly.
Act on instinct.
When they saw that the "delicious food" in their hands was about to fly away, they rushed out one after another without caring about hiding in the ground. Their flying speed could actually catch up with Zhang Yun's escaping light.
Zhang Yun saw that there was a cloud of insects blocking the road ahead, and if he moved in another direction, his escaping speed would be weakened due to the sudden turn, and he would be chased by the red-eyed golden ants. As a result, he would be unable to complete the transportation task. He shook his lower teeth and fought hard.
Zhang Yun pinched a few weird hands on his chest and shouted "Gengjin Divine Wind Escape Light Divide Absolution!" His figure suddenly blurred and then turned into a colorless and invisible wind, and then divided into several large and small strands.
Different air currents suddenly passed through the insect cloud in front and gathered together fifty meters away from the insect cloud, revealing Zhang Yun's body again. Then he continued to fly toward Jinling on the Escape Light without looking back.
The large group of red-eyed golden ants were stunned for a moment and stopped in place. Their simple intelligence could not figure out how Zhang Yun had just passed through their surroundings. But simple thinking also has the advantage of being simple. They were just stunned.
After a moment, he followed his instinct and turned around in a circle and continued to chase Zhang Yun.
"Huhu." Zhang Yun's face turned a little pale. He had consumed half of his mana just now and could no longer use it a second time. He estimated that it would take another three hours to fly to Jinling and he would be safe after seeing the large army.
He just named the escape method "Gengjin Divine Escape". He learned it from the broken jade slips found in a ruined temple.
This escape method evolved from the Five Elements Escape Technique. The energy of Gengjin that absorbs the heaven and earth is transformed into the invisible, colorless, strongest and unbreakable Gengjin Divine Wind by a special method. As long as there are no conflicting spells, it can be used.
Escape is a first-class method. Zhang Yun is not good at attack and defense spells, but he has a special liking for this escape method.
His character is soft. Attack spells don't suit his temperament; defensive spells don't suit his temperament either. He's surrounded. No matter how strong his defense is, he's still at his mercy once all his magic power is used up. Only when you practice escape spells well can you hurt anyone in a blink of an eye.
Less than.
Zhang Yun's friends were speechless at his idea. However, Zhang Yun was an alchemist and was not a combatant, so he was left alone. However, he did not expect that Zhang Yun's approach saved his life today.
After Zhang Yun was chased by Chong Yun for three hours, his magic power was almost at the bottom, but he finally saw the Jinling City in front of him who was giving gifts, the golden formation, and the military camp a few miles away from the formation.
"Finally saved." Zhang Yun took a deep breath and shouted in front of him regardless of his face: "Fellow Taoists, save your lives!"
(I have been thinking about it for a long time today and made some changes to my writing style. Let’s see if it works. I will continue to make changes.)