Just when Meng Zhou broke through the alchemy and built the three-pole cycle of the alchemy level, he had already enjoyed an obvious benefit.
After the Third Level Spring Water Sutra, Meng Zhou successfully comprehended the true skill of the Black Turtle Carrying the Monument and perfectly integrated it into the three-pole cycle of cultivation system, and his progress in cultivation was significantly improved.
If the three-pole cycle with only the third-level Spring Water Sutra of the Qi Refining Method is involved, the practice efficiency is "1". Then, with the Black Turtle Bearing Tablet True Skill of the Body Refining Method also integrated into this system, the practice efficiency becomes "5"
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But this time, with the long accumulation of Xuangui's true skill of bearing the stele, and after entering the realm of perfection, the efficiency of practice has improved again, from "5" to "2".
This is also the reason why the 360 points of practice progress became 480 points this time.
In addition, the "Guardian Monument" that originally existed in the [Talent] column appeared in the [Supernatural Power] column, becoming a small magical power like Five Elements Escape, Wanxiang Method, and Transparent Moon Mirror.
After many verification attempts, Meng Zhou also had a comprehensive understanding of the "Guardian Monument" that became a small magical power, and confirmed that it was a very practical small magical power.
Compared with the "Guardian Monument" that existed as an innate ability, the "Guardian Monument" became a small magical power, and the depth and breadth of the ability have been greatly improved.
Its basic ability is to provide him with powerful defense, which is all-round.
From the qi and blood, to the magic power, to the soul pool of the sea of consciousness, there is no defect at all.
When this little magical power was unleashed, his entire life seemed to turn into a seamless egg shell with no cracks or cracks.
There is only one way to crack this eggshell, which is to use strong force to break it. If you try to exploit loopholes by looking for flaws, it will be ineffective in the face of this small magical power.
Compared to its defensive capabilities against physical strikes, spell damage, and even spiritual attacks, Meng Zhou valued its defensive and shielding capabilities against curses and other special occult means.
And that's not all this little magical power has to offer.
Depending on the objects used, this little magical power also has different "faces".
Using it on yourself is the ultimate defense method.
But if used on other people, this is the top banning method and the trapping method.
If someone is protected by him with the "Guardian Monument", while being protected, the person himself will be like a mosquito condensed in amber, unable to control himself or herself.
There are also disadvantages. If someone can break free of this kind of ban, then the effect of this small magical power on others will be completely disappeared.
Its real effect is, at best, to make the opponent freeze temporarily before breaking the ban.
Meng Zhou was already very satisfied with this.
Even if a pill-forming monk could break through this blockade with force, the brief moment of stiffness would be enough for him to get the bargaining chip that determines victory or defeat, or even the opponent's life or death.
Meng Zhou suddenly discovered that he just had a small magical power, but when he integrated it into his own ability system, it was like filling in the last piece of the puzzle. His cultivation was still at the sixth level of Dan Formation. Basically,
In the past, there was no single Dan-forming opponent worthy of a fight, at least, within the five realms.
As for the third-order great demon, let alone that. Even the third-order peak level great demon can only be used as raw materials for me.
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As the third-level Spring Water Sutra and the Black Turtle Bearing Stele were successively advanced to perfection, Meng Zhou was pleasantly surprised to find that the end point that originally seemed out of reach was suddenly close at hand.
As both the "Qi Refining Method" and the "Physical Refining Method" reached perfection, and a steady stream of new insights poured into his heart, Meng Zhou also felt a sense of urgency and pressure in his heart.
In addition to practicing in seclusion, he devoted all his spare time and energy to exploring the "soul refining method".
Time passes quietly in this rhythm.
June.
Cultivation progress +480, six levels of elixir formation 9070/10,000;
July.
The progress of cultivation is +480, and the sixth level of pill formation is 9550/10,000.
During this period, there were no twists and turns, and no one came to Qi Yunfeng to disturb him.
Time quietly came to the end of July. Meng Zhou paused his enlightenment and entered the quiet room some time earlier. Before officially retreating, he carefully adjusted his physical and mental state.
After that, in a deep state of concentration, Meng Zhou's consciousness once again looked like the way of heaven, overlooking another transformation of the "inner world".
At the end of this retreat, the various forces flowing in the "inner world" finally reached an overflowing state.
The entire "inner world" has been completely filled without any gaps or gaps.
Then, the "inner world" suddenly increased in size, as if the overflowing power had forcibly opened up a wider "inner world".
With this change, the inner world that was originally full of power became empty again.
"Breakthrough." Meng Zhou thought in his heart.
For the alchemy monks, the significance of breaking through from the sixth level of alchemy to the seventh level of alchemy and transforming from a mid-level alchemy monk to a late-level alchemy monk cannot be overstated.
This is the biggest and most difficult level that a monk must break through before he reaches the peak of pill formation and touches the barrier of Nascent Soul.
And as long as you can successfully break through this level, continue to break through to the eighth level of pill formation, or even the ninth level of pill formation, it will not be too difficult.
Theoretically, even if you use water to grind your time, as long as you have enough time, even if you crawl forward bit by bit like a snail or a turtle, you can reach the peak of elixir formation.
——As long as there is enough time.
Taking this step means standing at the top of the Five Realms Pyramid.
Therefore, if a monk crosses this threshold, I can't be too excited.
But Meng Zhou's mentality was very dull. This was not only related to the special state he was in now, but also because he had already expected this breakthrough.
The entire process and all changes were on track and there were no unexpected changes.
He even felt that this breakthrough came too late compared to the past.
Meng Zhou, who had a stable mentality, firmly held the "steering wheel" until the negative energy accumulated in his body reached the limit that he could bear, then he stopped this retreat and sorted out the results.
[Cultivation progress +450, +10, seventh level of elixir formation 10/10,000]
Because Meng Zhou's practice is basically a three-pole cycle of essence, energy, and spirit, its biggest feature is that the growth progress of "jing", "qi", and "spirit" are forcibly tied together.
In the past, the effects of this kind of "forced binding" on Meng Zhou could be considered to be equal parts pros and cons.
Without this kind of binding, the changes brought to him will be more obvious when he completes the third-level Spring Water Sutra, when he completes the Black Turtle Bearing Monument True Skill, and even every previous breakthrough.
Although this change will only be reflected in mana and qi, blood and body alone, breaking the balance of essence, energy and spirit, the effect is that the quality of mana and the state of body refining will reach the peak level of the third level in advance.
Now, because of this "forced binding", some achievements that should have flown to the finish line first are being forcibly dragged forward with the large army, steadily and steadily.
Now, with this breakthrough, all the power contained in the "Inside World" has taken a huge step forward.
What Meng Zhou felt was energy, blood and body far beyond what he had before this retreat, more surging magic power, and the space in the sea of consciousness had quietly become much larger.
The soul pool has also become wider, deeper, and more real.
The bright moon at the bottom of the pond, the laurel tree in the moon, the palace in the moon... all become clearer.
For Meng Zhou, the changes brought about by his breakthrough in cultivation were all-round.
This time, because it is the breakthrough from the middle stage of pill formation to the late stage of pill formation, this phenomenon is even more obvious.
In addition, with this breakthrough, the condensation of the Qinglian Sword Marrow has also undergone significant changes.
On the one hand, the quality of Qinglian Sword Marrow has been significantly improved. Whether it is the vitality contained in it or the sharpness of the sword energy, it is far beyond the past, and there is a clear gap.
The Qinglian Sword Marrow has been upgraded from the third-level mid-grade to the third-order high-grade.
While the quality has improved, the quantity has decreased a lot.
Instead of being able to condense 36 drops per month, it can only condense 24 drops in January.
It seems that the number has been reduced a lot, but if you look closely at the vitality contained in every drop of Qinglian Sword Marrow, you can find that the benefits brought by this breakthrough on Qinglian Sword Marrow even exceed the level of the third-level Spring Water Sutra.
That time of consummation.
In addition to these gains, Meng Zhou also had some regrets.
Judging from the changes in the progress of cultivation after the breakthrough to the seventh level of alchemy, with this breakthrough, the efficiency of cultivation dropped sharply to one-third of the original level.
Some time ago, because the Qi refining method and the body refining method were completed one after another, the efficiency of practice increased again and again.
After only a few days of prosperity, he had to return to the miserable life of "eating chaffy vegetables". How could Meng Zhou not feel regretful?
"We have to work harder and come up with the soul refining method quickly." Meng Zhou thought in his heart.
The Qi refining method and the body refining method have all reached the level of perfection and there is no way forward.
In order to improve the efficiency of cultivation, the only feasible way that Meng Zhou could think of was to create a soul refining method to completely complete the three-pole circulation system of essence, energy and spirit.
After his cultivation reached the late stage of Dan Formation, Meng Zhou did not feel relaxed, but instead felt more urgent.
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The fifth day of September, early morning.
Meng Zhou ended this retreat.
——This is also another change brought about after the body-training method is completed.
Originally, with the third-level Spring Water Sutra, the state of the Black Turtle Bearing Tablet True Skill in the three-pole cycle stabilized, and the time consumed in retreat practice at the beginning of each month also became fixed.
The retreat ends in the afternoon of the fifth day of the lunar month, near dusk.
And with the Qi refining method and the body refining method both perfected, the time spent in one retreat has been significantly shortened.
The circulation speed of various forces in the "inner world" has obviously become smoother and smoother.
[Cultivation progress +160, seventh level of elixir formation 170/10,000]
After finishing this retreat, Meng Zhou immediately devoted himself to the exploration and understanding of the soul refining method.
When Meng Zhou was immersed in such a state, scenes of bizarre and bizarre scenes appeared in the Soul Pond of the Sea of Consciousness.
Sometimes there is a bright moon in the sky, and the stars are like a sea. If you look at it as a whole, all the stars and the bright moon are included in the field of vision, and it looks like a turtle-shaped outline, which seems to be swimming in the sea of stars.
Oh, no, the sea of stars is just a part of its body.
Therefore, it is not swimming in the sea of stars, but swimming outside the sea of stars.
Every tiny movement it makes, in the sea of stars, is a celestial change like an epic myth.
"It's fake, big, and empty. It seems to have a clear and concrete vision, but in fact it's just a vision, so far away that you can't touch it."
A cold comment, followed by a soft sigh.
Immediately, the calm soul pool suddenly rippled gently.
As the ripples of the soul pool rippled gently, this vast and breathtaking scene completely disappeared in an instant.
Instead, there is just a small secluded pool in the mountains, quiet and deep.
On the edge of the deep pool, there is a stone tablet without words.
In the deep pool, there is a bright moon, and a vivid little turtle is playing in the deep pool.
The most invincible time seems to have lost its effectiveness here.
Flowers bloom and fall, flowers fall and flowers bloom.
Past, present, Future……
I don’t know how many years have passed, but the world outside the deep pool may have been changed by the sharpest carving knife of time.
But here, nothing has changed at all.
The deep pool, the stone monument, the bright moon, the turtle... they all seemed as alive as yesterday.
Heaven and earth will eventually perish, and everything will have its end.
If there really is immortality in the world, there is no need to have too many greedy extravagant hopes, you only need to have "existence" itself.
“It seems like you want very little, but actually you want everything.”
"This is not greed, this is the most greedy!"
"The most important thing is that there is also no road... Some places seem to have roads, but it is actually an illusion.
At least, that’s the case for me now.”
The cold comment sounded again, followed by another sigh, the soul pool rippled again, and these pictures disappeared.
Soon, a new scene appeared in the soul pool.
In the soul pool, a scene of white clouds emerged.
Soon, the entire Soul Pond turned into an endless sea of clouds, floating, free, and ethereal, with a bright moon looming, vague and hazy, as if it were an illusion, making the entire sea of clouds look like an illusion.
In the bright moon that occasionally looms, sometimes there are immortals flying into the sky and fleeing to the earth, burning rivers and boiling seas, and sometimes there are steel jungles and iron birds soaring.
Immediately, all this disappeared, leaving only an ordinary small mound and a boulder, which pressed a small turtle underneath, making it unable to move. It struggled hard, but it seemed that it could never get out of this predicament.
The next moment, the white clouds are reborn, the boundless sea of clouds reappears, and the bright moon is dim, free, ethereal, and illusory.
Real? Fantasy?
Gui Mengye? Meng Zhou Mengye?
Turn dreams upside down.
This vision of the soul pool existed for a slightly longer time than the previous two, but in the end, it disappeared without a trace under a burst of ripples in the soul pool after a sigh.
Since the completion of the Spring Water Sutra in February of the first year of the year, Meng Zhou devoted all his time and energy after retreat to the exploration of new paths.
As the Black Turtle's true skill of carrying the stele has reached perfection, this kind of exploration has become more "unbridled".
Over the past few months, visions have appeared frequently in the Soul Pond, and there are all kinds of strange things.
The appearance of every vision is a projection of Meng Zhou's thoughts.