Chapter 217 In the middle stage of pill formation, new people are added
After reviewing in his mind what Song Yang, the master of Mingxin Pavilion, had done, Meng Zhou had to praise him.
From the perspective of Mingxin Pavilion, Song Yang can be regarded as a hero.
Although there are opportunities in the great era, if the master of the Mingxin Pavilion is a mediocre person, then the opportunities may become a murderous weapon.
Opportunities of great times can either lift people up or bury them.
It brings about drastic changes. As for whether this change is good or bad for a specific individual, it still depends on the individual's ability.
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Just when "New Xiaowu" was ordered to deliver the message on the jade slip, Meng Zhou looked at the others:
"Is there any hot information recently?"
Several people looked at each other, and "Xiao Liu" spoke:
"Brother, one of the hottest events in the Qingxuan Domain right now happened in the Gray Mist Mountains near Hongliang Bay.
There is a confrontation between strong men at the late stage of pill formation, and there are still traces of the scene."
When Meng Zhou heard this, his heart moved and he asked: "What is the specific situation?"
"Xiao Liu" quickly cheered up, arrived from the Qingxuanzong spaceship, gathered all the monks who had experienced in the Gray Mist Mountains, and began to question them, and carefully explained the situation.
His understanding of the entire situation was even more comprehensive and clear than many people who were at the scene.
Meng Zhou did not interrupt and listened carefully.
He never thought that so many things would happen after he left.
Hearing that the Master of the Law Enforcement Hall of Qingxuan Sect and the Master of the Talisman Array Hall were all present at the scene. The Master of the Talisman Array Hall even directed a group of array mages to lay out a formation that could reverse the entire canyon basin. Meng Zhou couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
of admiration.
Later, after Qingxuanzong dug out the real scene from the rubble, it was obvious that there was still action to be taken.
However, everything was deliberately covered up by Qingxuan Sect, and we don’t know what happened inside.
Even so, through this information, Meng Zhou had a better understanding of Qingxuanzong's capabilities.
He thought to himself that since the Qingxuan Sect was so well concealed, there must be more important discoveries later.
"Even if there is only one real scene, the experience of Qingxuan Sect is enough to reveal a lot of things."
Meng Zhou was not too worried about this. Even if Qingxuanzong completely restored the scene of the battle, he could not be implicated.
Finally, after Meng Zhou understood almost everything he needed to know, he picked up the jade slip of information compiled by the Changle Chamber of Commerce and left straight away.
After leaving the Changle Chamber of Commerce, Meng Zhou transformed into "Song Yang".
Because Meng Zhou always used escape techniques to hide himself and make no noise, the effect was similar to that of using small teleportation talismans. They actually interrupted the continuity of the action trajectory to separate "Song Yang" and the Changle Chamber of Commerce.
The identity of "eldest brother" is separated.
Entering the core inner city area, "Song Yang" was about to return to his cave, when he suddenly raised his head and looked at an area in the distance.
In the distance in that direction, there is a cave mansion covering an area of two acres.
At this moment, with the airspace directly above the cave as the core, a little bit of blue light was rapidly gathering.
This is the cloud of calamity gathering, which means someone is breaking through the barrier and forming elixirs.
Seeing that the speed at which the calamity clouds were gathering showed no signs of slowing down, Meng Zhou curled his lips and said, "Good ambition."
Since Sanchuanyuan was upgraded to a third-level spiritual land, except for the first year when everyone was still relatively "shy", it wasn't until the following year that Meng Zhou officially completed the pass and formed the elixir, and then it was officially "opened".
In other years, on average, there are people who rush to the pass and form elixirs every year.
However, most of these people's choices are like President Pan and Yao Gu. When they form fake elixirs and the calamity cloud begins to condense, they immediately stop continuing.
In the end, his cultivation stopped at the fake elixir level.
There were two cases of actually waiting for the tribulation cloud to form and entering it to experience the tribulation, but without exception, they all ended in failure.
Fortunately, both of them were well prepared. Although they failed, their lives were not in danger.
Moreover, even if their calamity finally ended in failure, compared to those who took the initiative to retreat before the calamity cloud was formed, although they were all fake elixirs, their accumulation of foundation was deeper.
Right now, this is the third person who plans to truly break through.
"I hope you can succeed."
With this blessing in his heart, Meng Zhou let "Song Yang" return to his cave.
What surprised Meng Zhou was that this time, the experienced monk really succeeded.
Through the formation, looking at the sky in the distance, a little spiritual light fell from the sky and disappeared into a cave, and the clouds of calamity slowly dissipated.
Meng Zhou couldn't help but think:
"Come on, from now on, Sanchuan Plain will really be regarded as a Feng Shui treasure land."
Counting Meng Zhou himself, there are a total of four people in Sanchuanyuan who have experienced calamity and formed elixirs so far.
Among them, two cases were successful, namely Meng Zhou and the monk in front of him.
There were also two cases of failure.
Success or failure may seem half and half, but this is enough for many monks to make "reckless" decisions.
In comparison, the success rate of elixir formation in Jade Lake is really worrying.
Except for Ding Ning, who failed in disguise but succeeded, no other person has succeeded so far.
At first, it was because someone was causing trouble secretly.
But now, this factor has been eliminated, but the success rate still cannot go up, because except for those who directly target fake elixirs, other monks who want to form real elixirs will actively choose to avoid this place.
In this way, how can the success rate be improved?
After seeing that this person had successfully formed an elixir, Meng Zhou sent a message to Yao Gu: "Please prepare a small gift for me and send it over."
The gift itself is not important, the real purpose is to use this opportunity to convey goodwill in the past.
Meng Zhou didn't know what the rules were like in the casual cultivating circle over at Cuiyu Lake, but after he successfully formed the elixir, Cao Lie and Song Yang had given him this goodwill, so he planned to pass this goodwill on to others.
go out.
——Although Song Yang died in his own hands due to some changes later, Meng Zhou naturally would not be angry at this kind of goodwill transmission itself.
"In the future, if other monks successfully form elixirs in Sanchuan Plain, they will also follow this rule."
On the other side, under Meng Zhou's instruction, "Song Yang" also gave a similar explanation to a fake alchemy monk from the Professionals Association.
While asking him to send a congratulatory gift, he also told him to follow this method if he encounters similar situations in the future.
While doing this, "Song Yang" also maintained his usual all-around persona and sent a summons to Cao Lie to explain the situation to prevent him from having the illusion of being isolated.
What surprised Meng Zhou was that just a dozen days after the incident, Meng Zhou, who was drinking tea with Bai Zhi in the waterside pavilion, raised his head and looked into the distance in shock.
Seeing his expression, Bai Zhi asked doubtfully: "What's the matter?"
Meng Zhouyi waved his hand, and the surface of the pond next to him, as calm as a mirror, suddenly flipped ninety degrees and stood in front of the two of them like a screen.
The scene in the distance is directly projected on the water curtain mirror.
There, there stood a cave, and over the cave, flaming red clouds of calamity were slowly gathering.
When Bai Zhi saw this, she was also so surprised that she was speechless: "Why...why is there someone trying to form a pill again?"
Meng Zhou said: "Maybe it was just a coincidence that everyone was crowded together.
Otherwise, wouldn’t it be possible for them to discuss it with each other?”
Bai Zhi thought for a while and said:
"Tell me, is it possible that that person's success a few days ago gave this person more confidence?
Maybe he just wanted to get a fake elixir, and now that he sees this situation, he thinks he can give it a try."
Meng Zhou nodded and said, "Well, it's not impossible."
At this time, Meng Zhou suddenly saw Bai Zhi sighing lightly.
Surprised: "Why are you sighing?"
Bai Zhi said:
"A few days ago, there were only three alchemy-forming monks including Sanchuanyuan and you. If this one succeeds, wouldn't the number of alchemy-forming monks increase to five?
In the past, I thought our place would be quiet for a long time, but if this trend continues, it won’t be long before this small third-level spiritual land becomes overcrowded?!"
After hearing this, Meng Zhou nodded slightly.
The overcrowding is a bit exaggerated, but if this trend continues, Sanchuan Plateau's "alchemy luck" will definitely exceed that of Cuiyu Lake, and the number of alchemy monks may reach the same level as Cuiyu Lake in less than ten years.
This may seem fast, but this is actually a small group of the most outstanding people in the Qingxuan Realm's cultivation world.
From the time Qingxuan Sect set off the great changes in the Qingxuan Domain until now, on average, it is equivalent to the birth of one alchemy monk every year.
At this moment, Bai Zhi had fallen into silence again.
When Meng Zhou saw this, he paused for a moment, but did not ask.
Meng Zhou somewhat understood her mentality at the moment.
Bai Zhi's cultivation has already reached the peak level of foundation building.
She stood in front of this threshold earlier than those monks who are now rushing to build elixirs.
It's a pity that she was never able to take that step.
What is lacking is not talent, cultivation, or aspiration for the Tao, it is just a feeling.
She stood there without moving, but the great era that was moving forward would not slow down to wait for her.
As the saying goes, "A thousand sails pass by the side of a sinking ship." How could she not feel emotional as she watched the former underachievers pass by her and surpass her?
Although she seemed very indifferent to the fact that her cultivation had stopped at the peak of foundation building, as a cultivator, how could she really deal with it calmly?
After drinking a pot of spiritual tea, the two of them dispersed.
At this time, the calamity thief returned successfully, and the calamity clouds in the sky were slowly dissipating.
Since then, Sanchuanyuan has gained another true cultivator of alchemy.
Meng Zhou was not thinking about the new pill-forming matter in his mind, but he was thinking, "It seems that I have to speed up the growth of Xuanling Turtle. If they don't live up to their expectations, I will give them a boost again."
Intensity."
At this moment, dozens of miles away, the two mysterious turtles in the pond of Zhuangtianzhuang, who were still playing leisurely, shivered in unison.
The two brothers looked at each other, looking at each other with big eyes and small eyes.
Then, each body seemed to have turned into an iron weight, sinking silently to the bottom of the water, and began to work hard.
This looks very much like a student who realizes that he has not written a single word of his summer homework until the night before school starts.
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April 30th, late at night.
Meng Zhou sat cross-legged on the bed in the quiet room, his consciousness skillfully entering a deep state of concentration.
From entering deep concentration in consciousness, to the various forces in the body circulating around the three poles, to completing the final accumulation of the third level of alchemy through cultivation, and breaking through to the fourth level of alchemy.
Everything is so effortless.
The breakthrough in cultivation from the early stage of pill formation to the middle stage of pill formation should have been a major event worthy of a special mention for other pill formation monks, but for Meng Zhou, it was so uneventful.
His consciousness, which seemed to be on the ninth level of heaven, did not even have obvious fluctuations.
Instead, he quietly watched this breakthrough and the various related reactions that occurred in the "other world".
This breakthrough is an all-round transformation and improvement.
What increases is not only the mana of Qi refining, but also the body refining, and the consciousness of the sea.
Driven by the three cycles of Jing, Qi and Shen, every breakthrough in cultivation is a joint breakthrough of "Jing", "Qi" and "Shen".
It wasn't until the negative energy in his body accumulated to the limit that his body could bear that Meng Zhou stopped practicing this time.
"Fourth level of elixir formation."
Cultivation progress +245, +220, the fourth level of elixir formation is 220/10,000;
Third level Spring Water Sutra +3000, master 21,000/120,000;
Black Turtle Bearing Monument True Skill +3000, Master 09,300/120,000.
After finishing the retreat, the first thing Meng Zhou paid attention to was the 12 drops of Green Lotus Sword Essence newly condensed in his Dantian.
Before this retreat breakthrough, Meng Zhou had been able to harvest 8 drops of Green Lotus Sword Essence from each retreat.
In terms of quantitative changes alone, this breakthrough did not increase but decreased.
But if you compare them carefully, you can feel the difference.
The previous Qinglian Sword Marrow was obviously much lighter in color than the one condensed this time.
After the cultivation level breaks through to the middle stage of pill formation, not only the color of the Qinglian sword marrow becomes darker, but the vitality contained in it, and even the sword energy contained in it, become more majestic.
After careful comparison, Meng Zhou finally came to a more accurate judgment.
"The previous Qinglian Sword Marrow was tentatively called the third-order low-grade. The ones that are now condensed are the third-order mid-grade."
"Although they are both the Qinglian Sword Marrow, compared to the lower grade, the third-level middle-grade sword has twice as much vitality and sword energy as the latter."
"Such a drop of Green Lotus Sword Marrow, if thrown as a firecracker, would be as powerful as the self-destruction of an ordinary monk in the middle stage of pill formation."
"If it is used to activate spiritual plants, the effect will be twice that of the third-order low-grade."
Therefore, it seems that the number has become smaller, but in fact it is more condensed.
Before this breakthrough, 24 drops of the third-level low-grade Green Lotus Sword Marrow could be condensed every month. According to the current trend, 16 drops of the third-level mid-grade Green Lotus Sword Marrow should be condensed every month.
"That's quite a lot."
Meng Zhou put these eight drops of Green Lotus Sword Marrow into the Five Yun Spirit Gourd.
Cultivation progress +300, fourth level of elixir formation 520/10,000;
Third level Spring Water Sutra +3000, Master 24,000/120,000;
Black Turtle Bearing Monument True Skill +3000, Master 12,300/120,000.
Breaking through from the first level of alchemy to the second level of alchemy, or from the second level of alchemy to the third level of alchemy. Breakthroughs at this small level only cut the practice efficiency in half, reducing it by one-half.
And this kind of breakthrough from the early to the mid-term has brought Meng Zhou a more thorough and comprehensive improvement.
But at the same time, the efficiency of practice also dropped even more, from one-half of the small-level breakthrough to one-third.
"In the future, your cultivation will not improve so quickly."
Meng Zhou had already been mentally prepared for this.
In fact, the current slowness is only relative to the early stage of pill formation.
If you really want to make a horizontal comparison, it will still be extremely crazy.
After finishing this retreat, Meng Zhou walked out of the quiet room and was about to play with Bai Zhi.
But seeing Zhu Qian talking quietly to Bai Zhi, Meng Zhou asked, "What are you doing here?"
Zhu Qian held two invitations in both hands, respectfully and politely presented them to Meng Zhou, and said with a serious face:
"Sir, I am sending you an invitation."
Meng Zhou didn't say anything about his behavior, but Bai Zhi pinched her gently and whispered:
"What sir, should you call me master next time?... You are the only one who can cause trouble, aren't you?!"
Zhu Qian, however, had no intention of respecting her teacher at all. She twisted her back and scolded in a low voice: "I'll kill you!"
Seeing Meng Zhouyi looking over in surprise, Bai Zhi, who had already been able to get along with him in a normal manner, suddenly blushed and said nothing, pulling Zhu Qian back to the room.
Meng Zhou paused and murmured softly: "It's really inexplicable."
As he said that, he lowered his head and looked at the invitations of the two people carefully.
This is a celebration invitation sent by two alchemy monks who successfully formed elixirs a few days ago. What’s interesting is.
The celebrations are all on the same day, and three months later, during the annual exchange meeting in Mikawahara.
It is also the Double Knot Dan celebration, and it is also during the annual exchange meeting.
There is no need to doubt that the two of them set the Dan Dan Festival on this day because they must have referred to their own "successful cases" with Ding Ning.
A strange thought arose in Meng Zhou's mind, and he thought, could this become the tradition of Sanchuan Plain in the future?
It was not until this moment that Meng Zhou knew the names of the two new Dan-Jie practitioners.
The first person to break through was named Liang Rui, and the person who broke through more than ten days after him was named Deng Gang.
In the "Deduction World", information about the two people was also extracted, and Meng Zhou quickly had a rough understanding of their situation.
These two people are not unknown people in Qingxuan Domain.
Compared with the sudden rise of "Ge Yaoshi" in the past, the sense of abruptness is much smaller.
Back then, both of them had participated in their and Ding Ning's elixir formation celebration as foundation builders.
Because of Yu Qiao's intrusion, both of them suffered a lot of disasters. He even treated them, so it seemed that they still had some small friendship.
This Liang Rui's background is higher, he has an elder from Fake Pill, and he is also a small shareholder of Sanchuanyuan.
In comparison, Deng Gang's background was lower, and his growth experience was more inspiring.
However, this is all in the past. Now, their name alone is enough to support a powerful force.
Moreover, the main palace of Sanchuan Yuan City has already reserved a place for these newly promoted Jiedan. When all parties were distributing equity, 20% of the share was specially reserved for these newly promoted Jiedan.
Although, on average, the income for individuals is not much, it is enough to bind them to become the masters of Sanchuan Yuan.
At this moment, a flying message entered the cave and fell into Meng Zhou's hands.
There are only a few people who can directly pass the information to him without interception by formation.
This message was sent by Yao Gu to explain to him the current dynamics between Liang Rui and Deng Gang.
These two people themselves are still in retreat, but the power that represents them has become active.
On the one hand, they are actively preparing for the Dan Dan Festival, and using this excuse, they have frequent exchanges with the Blue Blood Army and the Sanchuan Society, all for the sake of the celebration.
On the other hand, as the new upstarts of the Sanchuan Plain, the status of these two forces may still be lower than that of the Sanchuan Society, the Blue Blood Army, the Professionals Association, and the Lord's Palace of Jade Lake City in the future, but they will definitely be higher than those of the small shareholders.
In the world of spiritual practice, there has never been such a virtue as humility.
They are taking advantage of the celebration and doing their best to squeeze out a space for themselves.
Those in front couldn't squeeze and didn't dare to squeeze, but those small shareholders behind them felt uncomfortable.
"Stay back a little."
"A little further back."
This is probably the real situation of these small shareholders now.
If this kind of thing happens again three or five times, and if you still can't quickly cultivate your own true cultivation of alchemy, then it will not exist in name only, but in name only.
Beneath the peaceful appearance of Meng Zhou and other Dan-forming monks, right under their feet, these two Dan-forming monks have already triggered a series of chain reactions.
The chicken is flying and the dog is jumping.
Almost immediately before and after Yao Gu sent him the subpoena, the Professionals Association also sent a subpoena to "Song Yang" who was also in retreat, and also mentioned this matter.
However, the focus is naturally very different from what Yao Gu said. This change is discussed entirely from the standpoint of the professional association.
And a day later, "Zhuang Sheng" who was in Zhuangtianzhuang also felt the wave spreading from Sanchuan City.
Moreover, it is conceivable that this wave will not stop here, but will continue to spread to the distance, covering the entire Sanchuan Plain, and even the entire Qingxuan Territory.
And also from this moment on, the information collected by the Changle Chamber of Commerce from all over the Qingxuan Territory also showed that the stories about the newly promoted pill-forming Liang Rui and Deng Gang were replacing the once famous "Ge Yaoshi" and became a new topic.
main character.
Because their life experiences are much clearer than the "Kudzu Yaoshi" who "has nothing to say", they were already very famous before they formed the elixir.
When talking about these two people, it seems that everyone can say a word or two.
Feeling all this from various channels, Meng Zhou had a sense of deja vu that he was passing out.
Meng Zhou was not unhappy at all about this change, but smiled.
Finally he dropped from the top of the topic list, and he felt relaxed all over.
Meng Zhou tried to fully open his keen magic tentacles, and the feedback information also told him that the unusually noisy feeling he felt when he brought up "Ge Yaoshi" as a topic when he had nothing to say was much lessened.
Of course, it is still far from true tranquility.
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Time flies by and September is here in a blink of an eye.
Seeing the Double Knot Pill celebration getting closer and closer, Meng Zhou suddenly had an idea in his heart.
"Song Yang" left the cave, came to Changle Chamber of Commerce, and found "Xiao Wu".
Passing a jade slip to him: "Send this jade slip to Fuyun Tower of Qinglinfang as soon as possible."
"Xiaowu" said respectfully: "Yes, big brother."
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this day.
Linchi Waterside Pavilion.
Meng Zhou and Bai Zhi sat opposite each other and drank tea as usual.
Meng Zhou suddenly said: "Tomorrow is the Dan Dan Festival, but I don't want you to go out."
"Okay, then I won't go out." Bai Zhi nodded lightly.
Meng Zhou looked up at her and said in surprise: "So simple? Aren't you curious why I said that?"
Bai Zhi looked at him, smiled slyly, and said, "I was a little curious at first, but now I'm not curious at all."
As she said this, she smiled proudly, as if she had won a huge victory.
"..."
Meng Zhou was stunned for a moment, and then he understood Bai Zhi's brain circuit, and couldn't help but smile.
If he hadn't asked that question, maybe Bai Zhi would really be curious and ask him why he did this.
But when he asked this question, Bai Zhi stopped asking.
A look like "Have you already thought of a reason and are just waiting for me to ask? But I just don't ask, and I can't hold you back!"
How... childish.
But, that's okay.
Because Meng Zhou didn't think of any reason.
He simply didn't want Bai Zhi to be exposed to others casually anymore, even if she had the magical ability to disguise herself.
Now, Sanchuan Plateau is gradually replacing Cuiyu Lake and becoming the new whirlpool center.
In the future, there will be more monks coming to Sanchuanyuan overtly and covertly, and their backgrounds will be more complicated.
On that day, when he and Ding Ning held a pill-forming celebration, many uninvited people from outside the realm came to "watch the excitement".
There are no real gates or walls in the Qingxuan Domain, which is a hundred thousand miles away. Meng Zhou doesn't believe that just because the Qingxuan Sect is so light and can't be scolded at all, it is really stable and peaceful.
The deterrence of the five bans also has a limit. The straight-line distance between Sanchuan Plain and Qingxuan Sect's mountain gate is already more than 50,000 miles.
Under such circumstances, Meng Zhou was really worried about letting Bai Zhi wander outside alone.
As for bringing her with me to attend the Dan Dan Ceremony together.
It's better to let her go out and play alone.
Since it's so troublesome, it's easier to just stay grounded.
Bai Zhi had already made plans and said softly:
"In this case, if I call Zhu Qi here tomorrow, I won't have to play. Will she have the nerve to leave me and play alone?"
Early the next morning, Meng Zhou left the cave and came to the celebration center carrying a heavy gift.
This is a special building located between the core inner city and the eastern outer city.
The area is large enough and the functions are complete enough.
Of course, the most important thing is that Meng Zhou and other pill-forming, fake pill-forming and foundation-building monks who are qualified to enter the core circle are all under the protection of the third-level high-grade city defense formation.
Even if there is another special event like Yu Qiao's visit last time, unless the opponent's strength reaches the peak level of pill formation, there is no way they can make such a fool of themselves again.
Everyone gathered together, chatting and laughing.
Although no one said it, everyone remembered the psychological trauma Yu Qiao brought to everyone last time.
"I believe that after this time, everyone will recover without medicine." Meng Zhou thought in his heart.
"Song Yang" is still the same Song Yang, and he naturally became the organizer and connector of the topic, making this celebration not a dull moment.
This celebration started in the morning and ended when night fell in the evening and the four outer cities in the southeast, northwest and northwest all turned into cities that never sleep.
During this period, there were no disturbances.
And just after the celebration ended, before returning to the cave, "Song Yang" received a message from "Xiao Wu" of the Changle Chamber of Commerce.
Meng Zhou took a brief look and smiled softly: "Yu Qiao, are you so impatient?"