Whenever the old year comes to an end and the new year comes, there will be some special changes in the world.
This is something Meng Zhou has known for a long time.
However, apart from allowing him to harvest more Green Lotus Sword Essence during the first retreat of each new year, this did not bring him any more benefits.
And this time, it was Meng Zhou's first New Year's retreat after the completion of the True Picture of the Bright Moon in the Vast Sea. Meng Zhou finally realized belatedly that the special changes that only occur at the turn of the old and the new every year were related to his own perfection.
The wonderful reaction that occurs after the combination of the third-level perfect "three-pole cycle of essence, energy and spirit".
The negative energy accumulated in his body had reached the limit that he could bear at the moment, but he still felt extremely relaxed and could continue to practice.
Meng Zhou, who was used to seeing "big winds and waves", quickly calmed down. It wasn't until the negative energy that continued to accumulate finally reached the limit that he could bear at the moment that he decisively stopped practicing.
Meng Zhou checked what he had gained from this retreat. Although he was prepared, he couldn't help but be shocked after seeing the obvious changes.
[Cultivation progress +720, ninth level of elixir formation 2445/10,000]
The harvest from one retreat is worth the previous four.
However, the negative energy accumulated in the body is far greater than before, and the time required to release it all is about four times as long as before.
"In this way, the biggest change is that the retreat from quarterly to once a year."
Even so, this change was still a huge surprise to Meng Zhoulai.
In fact, many subsequent plans and arrangements that Meng Zhou had made long ago were adjusted due to this change.
In addition, in terms of time alone, Meng Zhou also made money.
Originally, retreats were held once a quarter, and each retreat lasted a little more than nine and a half days. The length of retreat in a year was about thirty-eight days.
But now, it only took Meng Zhou thirty days to complete his one-year practice mission.
——As soon as he left the customs, Meng Zhou immediately confirmed the current time, which was exactly late at night on the thirtieth day of the first lunar month.
No more, no less, the duration of the retreat is exactly one month.
These are all earned.
However, another thing happened that made Meng Zhou a little disappointed.
During this one-month retreat, in addition to the improvement in cultivation progress, another gain was sixty drops of third-level high-grade Qinglian Sword Essence.
"It seems that harvesting sixty drops in one retreat is the limit." Meng Zhou thought in his heart.
As early as when Meng Zhou's cultivation was still at the eighth level of elixir formation, he would harvest sixty drops of the third-level top-grade Green Lotus Sword Essence every time he went into retreat for the first time in the new year.
After breaking through to the ninth level of pill formation, he still harvested so much Qinglian Sword marrow.
Now, the retreat time has been extended three times, but the amount of Qinglian Sword Marrow has not changed at all, it is still no more than sixty drops.
Meng Zhou took a look at the astonishing reserves of the third-level high-grade Green Lotus Sword Essence in the spirit gourd space, and the little regret in his heart soon disappeared.
Since leaving Qi Yun Peak, until Meng Zhou's cultivation broke through to the ninth level of pill formation, that is, at the end of his eighty-fourth year, the number of third-level high-quality Green Lotus Sword Essence accumulated by Meng Zhou had reached 6128 drops.
The only consumption was to give "Qihuangzi" fifty drops of the third-grade high-grade Qinglian Sword Marrow, and the two together exploded Lian Ziling's fourth-grade body into flying ash.
After the cultivation level breaks through from the eighth level to the ninth level, the average monthly harvest of the third-level high-grade Qinglian Sword Marrow increases from fifty-four drops to sixty drops, and 720 drops can be obtained every year. As of now
So I bought another 2220 drops.
In other words, the total reserves of the third-level high-grade Qinglian Sword Marrow in the Spiritual Gourd Space have reached an astonishing 8348 drops.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that at the eighth level of elixir formation, the amount of natal living poison that Meng Zhou had absorbed in the Soul Soul Pond every month was just enough to make six "transparent round mirrors" and six natal living poison flying swords.
Since leaving Qi Yunfeng, the accumulation has not stopped, but considering the actual situation in the five regions, Meng Zhou did not increase the number of "transparent round mirrors" and natal living poison flying swords. These natal living poisons are all deposited in the soul pool.
And as Meng Zhou's cultivation level broke through from the eighth level to the ninth level, his qi, blood, body, vitality, consciousness and soul, all aspects of his abilities were further improved.
The natal living poison that is assimilated into the Menstrual Soul Pond every month has increased by about 50% compared to the eighth level of elixir formation. If converted into physical objects, it can produce nine "transparent round mirrors" and nine natal living poison flying swords.
As of now, these natal living poisons deposited in the soul pool are also a very exaggerated reserve.
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After taking some time to roughly sort out the gains from this retreat, Meng Zhou once again devoted himself wholeheartedly to the cultivation of the "Wanxiang Pearl".
Two hundred and eighty days later, that is, on the tenth day of November of this year, after gaining 350,000 experience points, the "Wanxiang Pearl" completely completed the accumulation of the realm of small achievements and advanced to the realm of great achievements.
[Wanxiang Pearl Dacheng 0/800,000]
As the realm of "Wanxiang Pearl" improved, more insights poured into Meng Zhou's heart.
Although the level improvement this time also allowed the "Wanxiang Pearl" to be further expanded and improved, it was more focused on simplification of the entire production process and improvement of proficiency, which made Meng Zhou make the "Wanxiang Pearl"
The efficiency has once again been significantly improved on the original basis.
From an average of five pills every two days, gaining 2,500 experience points, to an average of six pills every two days, gaining 3,000 experience points, that is, gaining 1,500 experience points every day.
Fifty days later, when Meng Zhou completed the production of the last "Wanxiang Pearl" of the year and prepared for the upcoming retreat, the "Wanxiang Pearl" had already gained 75,000 experience points.
[Wanxiang Pearl Dacheng 50,000/800,000]
…
After one month.
Eighty-nine-year-old Meng Zhou ended his retreat and woke up.
[Cultivation progress +720, ninth level of elixir formation 3165/10,000]
After spending some time to roughly sort out the gains from this retreat, Meng Zhou did not immediately start to practice the "Wanxiang Pearl", but began to make calculations in his mind.
"According to the current progress, it will take a year and a half to complete the accumulation of Dacheng Realm."
“Beyond Dacheng there is a master, above the master there is a master, and above the master there is perfection.
Every time you go up a level, the time spent basically doubles."
Thinking of this, Meng Zhou shook his head.
Obviously, it is very foolish to continue to invest time in the cultivation of the "Wanxiang Pearl".
With every passing year, he gets closer to the peak of elixir formation.
Besides practicing, his most important task is to prepare for the breakthrough to Nascent Soul.
Thinking of this, Meng Zhou raised his head slightly and looked at the lotus space. He looked around at the pink lotus petals and felt a slight sense of melancholy in his heart.
If possible, he would be willing to continue practicing in this small space.
But reality doesn’t allow it.
Meng Zhou stood up and walked towards the other end of Lotus Space.
Bai Zhi, who was meditating with her eyes closed, opened her eyes, looked at Meng Zhou who was standing in front of her, and asked, "Are you going out?"
Meng Zhou nodded: "Yeah."
Bai Zhi then calmed down, and with her active cooperation, Meng Zhou took her into the sea of consciousness.
Meng Zhou originally wanted to tell her that she might stay in the sea of consciousness for a longer time this time.
But from Bai Zhi's perspective, time stopped the moment she entered Mengzhou's sea of consciousness.
Whether the time is longer or shorter, for her, it is just a matter of opening and closing her eyes.
…
After leaving the lotus space, he put the gold-powder double-pedicle lotus back into the spirit gourd space. He also did some processing on the area and erased all suspicious traces. After Meng Zhou left the place.
After leaving the place where he had been cultivating for many years, the first place Meng Zhou went to was the edge of the Five Domains.
The realm of death.
Stepping here again, looking at the land stretching to the end of his sight like solid waves, Meng Zhou felt a sense of calmness and calmness in his heart compared to the last time.
After entering the Realm of Death, Meng Zhou went 15,000 miles deep. This was also the last time he explored the Realm of Death, relying on many of his unique abilities to deduce the "loop point".
At that time, Meng Zhou discovered that the seemingly infinite and endless realm of death was actually only fifteen thousand miles away. He relied on reasoning and had no more powerful first-hand discovery.
But now, Meng Zhou stood near the "circulation point", looking ahead.
He easily saw a sky-connecting barrier lying in front of his sight.
Left and right, up and down, there is no end in sight.
——This is the natural improvement in vision brought about by the Knot Master advancing to the fourth level, and passing the threshold of the fourth level along with the alchemy and talisman formations.
This barrier is not in the real world, but in the real world.
The ground beneath your feet has no meaning to this barrier and cannot create any obstacles.
Looking at the huge barrier in front of him, Meng Zhou thought about everything he had discovered during his last trip around the Five Domains.
When the two were superimposed together, a picture naturally appeared in Meng Zhou's mind.
The five realms are like a huge egg, and the barrier in front of you is like the eggshell of an egg, wrapping the entire five realms within it.
For this barrier that exists in the real world, the earth has never been an obstacle.
And in his original understanding, the method that condensed the entire Reality of the Death Realm into a piece of iron and made his "Five Elements Escape" ineffective is no longer so mysterious now.
According to his understanding, this is just a "by-product" of the sky-connecting barrier, a "radiation field" whose source comes from the sky-connecting barrier.
From then on, the realm of death no longer had any "mysterious" elements to Meng Zhou.
What he is thinking about now is "Can I break through this barrier?"
After studying for a long time, Meng Zhou shook his head with regret.
With Meng Zhou's current perspective, he could see that this sky-connecting barrier contained extremely profound concepts of formations and talismans.
But when asked to untie it, Meng Zhou, who had just entered the fourth level of the array, talismans and talismans, expressed his inability to do anything.
Although, his "first time" is a little different from the usual "first time". As the "Wanxiang Pearl" broke through the realm of great achievements, the knot master profession has also made great progress, reaching [the fourth level of the knot master 50,000/10
Thousands of levels.
He is already a senior fourth-level low-level knot master, and his vision of the way of alchemy and talismans has also reached the level of a senior fourth-level low-level one.
But with this achievement, in front of this sky-connecting barrier, he could only barely see a doorway. As for letting him use his hands and feet on it, or even secretly poking a hole so that he could pass through this barrier,
That's still far from it.
Although Meng Zhou felt a little regretful about this, he was not too disappointed.
This time he came to the Realm of Death, and his expectations were not high. Being able to discover this barrier to the sky, the reward has exceeded his lowest expectations.
——Before coming, he was mentally prepared to find nothing.
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After leaving the realm of death, Meng Zhou thought about his next move.
If you want to break through the Nascent Soul, regardless of other things, a suitable fourth-level spiritual land is a necessary prerequisite.
If you have a choice, the best way is of course to leave these cage-like five realms and find a place like this.
But if you really can't get out of the Five Realms, you can only find a way within the Five Realms.
Meng Zhou naturally remembered the grand plan he had heard from Qingxuan Five Elders.
In the past few decades, Qingxuan Sect implemented many radical plans in Qingxuan Domain, but their original intention was a plan of the five elders of Qingxuan.
——They want to upgrade the third-level spiritual vein Qinglin Peak to the fourth-level spiritual land.
In order to increase the success rate of this plan as much as possible, they planned to use those first and second level spiritual pulses to practice.
Jade Lake and Sanchuan Yuan benefited from this by being able to upgrade from the second-level spiritual veins to the third-level spiritual land so easily.
Later, in order to win over "Qihuangzi", the five elders Qingxuan took the initiative to share this plan with him.
In order to prove his ability, of course, the more important reason is to create the practice method of "The True Picture of the Bright Moon in the Vast Sea" and to collect more real sample information of the first and second level spiritual vein upgrades.
Meng Zhou directly captured all the first and second level spiritual veins with upgrade potential within the Qingxuan Domain, and upgraded them all in a very short period of time.
In fact, after completing this, the plan could have been logically advanced to the final step - attacking Qinglin Peak and trying to push it to the fourth level.
In the end, this step was not taken, for various reasons.
As for the five elders of Qingxuan, they had just come into contact with "Qihuangzi" at that time, and they were far from trusting each other, but Qinglin Peak was their foundation. It was impossible for them to make a complete decision before they were absolutely sure.
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As for Meng Zhou, at that time he was just pretending to be at the same level as them, with peak pill-forming cultivation, but only he knew the actual situation. Under such circumstances, he would certainly not actively promote Qinglin Peak.
upgrade;
In addition, there were changes in the outside world. First, the altar of the Lihen Sect attracted their attention. Ancestor Guangcheng used his life to prove that the Void God Crystal could be taken by force. Then the Xingxiu Palace came out of the mountain...
One thing happened after another, causing this plan to fail.
At this moment, Meng Zhouzhen had reached the stage where he had to plan for his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul, and he naturally thought of this plan again.