Jiuzhen Tower is not in Fangshi, but in the bustling city center, a bit far away from Fangshi.
Everyone was talking and laughing and walking towards the city center; no, it should be more appropriate to say that they were floating away.
A hazy breeze rose under everyone's feet, about a foot above the ground, with an elegant posture and a very fast speed. Zhang Hao followed his father Zhang Shengde and listened quietly to everyone's conversation.
Jiuzhenlou is the top restaurant in Ninghe County. The so-called "Jiuzhen" generally refers to ingredients from nine places: fields, rivers, underground, mountains, lakes, sea, sky, overseas, and blessed places.
Fields, rivers, and common food materials are mostly available locally and are artificially grown and raised.
Underground (caves, etc.), deep mountains, and lakes are relatively excellent food materials, and many of them require hunting during the foundation building period.
The sea and sky are high-grade ingredients, which often require the Golden Elixir Stage to be used.
Overseas, it comes from outside the fertile continent; in other words, it is imported.
Blessed Lands are the most special. There are often some rare ingredients in Cave Heaven Blessed Lands, and their effects are not weaker than elixirs.
There are nine floors in Jiuzhen Building, which correspond to the ingredients one by one.
Zhang Hao lamented that behind the small Jiuzhen Tower, there must be a huge network of relationships. This Jiuzhen Tower is by no means simple.
Jiuzhen Tower is nine feet high and magnificent. As soon as everyone arrived, dignified and beautiful maids came out to greet them.
"Beautiful!" Zheng Changqiu said in Zhang Hao's ear, "But be careful. There was once a master of the Golden Core stage who tried to do anything, and his cultivation was abolished on the spot by the shopkeeper of Jiuzhen Tower."
Zhang Hao was immediately shocked, "Thank you, Uncle Zheng."
Zheng Changqiu chuckled: "But you can pursue it openly."
Zhang Hao: ...Hey, pay attention to your image, Senior Zheng!
Zhu Yuantang, who was walking at the front, took out a red token and said to the maid: "Take us to the eighth floor."
"Your welcome." The maid led the way with a sweet smile.
Zhang Hao was a little surprised. Is there a membership system? What Zhu Yuantang took out was obviously a membership card or something like that.
It seems that this is indeed an interesting world of practice.
Entering the Jiuzhen Building, Zhang Hao opened his mouth in surprise. The interior of the Jiuzhen Building is magnificent, and each floor is divided into two floors; the upper floor is a private room, and the lower floor is a hall.
When passing by the lobby on the third floor, Zhang Hao unexpectedly saw Qian Shaoxian. Young Master Zhang Hao immediately greeted him cordially and extended an invitation, but the sound was a bit loud, and the entire floor was attracted.
Qian Shaoxian snorted angrily; looking at Zhang Hao, Zhang Shengde's eyes were full of murderous intent.
"I know the guy who was having dinner with Qian Shaoxian!" Ji BuTong, the purchasing manager of Jiuyang Sect, said, "That guy is Miao Feihu, the leader of the Feihu mercenary group. He is at the peak of the Golden Core stage and is ruthless.
Qian Shaoxian actually got involved with this guy!"
Zhang Hao and Zhang Shengde looked at each other.
Ji Tingtong's words are typical of point-to-point, Miao Feihu was deliberately explained, and the meaning is self-evident.
When they reached the eighth floor and entered the private room, Zhu Yuantang seemed to ask casually: "Want to help?"
Zhang Shengde was not polite, "We are going to Zixu Temple tomorrow. If it is convenient, how about we all be friends together?"
Zhu Yuantang suddenly felt embarrassed: "This... is a bit far. If we were in the city..."
Mu Mingchen smiled: "Let's go together. I'm going to return to my family tomorrow to discuss the matter of Xuan Tie. Zixu Guan happened to be on my way."
"Thank you so much." Zhang Shengde quickly thanked him.
The delicacies are served with flowing water, and there is a maid beside you who is responsible for explaining each dish.
"The sea weed from the Emerald Sea is fumigated with purple sunflower seeds for 12 hours. Not only is it delicious, it can also remove erysipelas from the body and nourish the five internal organs."
"The bungar snake from Yugao Mountain (yu,gao), cooked with Liucuishan spiritual spring and snow lotus, has the effect of clearing the heart, reducing fire, and soothing the liver, especially the snake gallbladder.
Moreover, for the Qi refining period, snake gallbladder is ten times more effective than ‘Xiao Ling Yuan Dan’, and it has mild medicinal properties and no erysipelas.”
"Purple Jade Ganoderma from Fugui Mountain is steamed with snow-capped mountain spiritual springs. It can repair dark wounds in the body, nourish yin and yang, strengthen muscles and bones, and has a good nourishing effect on fractures, dark wounds, and meridian damage caused by excessive exercise.
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"The peak foundation-building ingredient from the country of Danyang, 'Sui Fish' (Sui Yi), is cooked with the unique snow mountain spiritual spring of Jade Snow Villa, and mixed with a little ground milk spirit liquid.
Cultivators at the foundation-building stage and below can form an 'ocean essence' in their Dantian after eating it, which can avoid the risk of becoming possessed within a month."
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The maid's voice was sweet and her explanation was concise and clear, but it opened Zhang Hao's eyes. In the world of spiritual practice, even the food is so unique.
Zhang Hao eats, practices and enjoys the delicious food at the same time. It is indeed a Jiuzhenlou, Zhang Hao can't wait to eat it with his tongue.
Not only that, Zhang Hao kept eating, and his cultivation level, which he had just broken through to the seventh level, was rapidly approaching the limit of the seventh level, and his cultivation seemed to be unbearable.
"Come on, nephew, eat this!"
Zheng Changqiu placed the snake gallbladder of the Bungara snake in front of Zhang Hao, "This snake gallbladder can relieve fire and can also be used as a Xiaolingyuan Dan. You have just broken through the seventh level and still need to consolidate. There is no benefit in breaking through to the eighth level now.
"
With a snake gallbladder in his belly, the restless real energy in his body instantly calmed down, and Zhang Hao's cultivation actually dropped from the peak of the seventh level all the way back to the middle of the seventh level; after a slight pause, it actually continued to decline, reaching the early stage of the seventh level in one breath.
But these true essences did not disappear out of thin air, but penetrated into the bones, flesh and blood, strengthening Zhang Hao's foundation.
Zhang Hao was amazed. His cultivation level seemed to have decreased, but Zhang Hao felt keenly that his combat effectiveness had increased, and his true energy had become more solid and flexible.
This is the effect of Ling Yuan Dan. Xiao Ling Yuan Dan is mainly for those in the Qi refining period.
At the same time, Zhang Hao also lamented—cultivation cannot be achieved without elixirs.
Mu Mingchen suddenly asked Zhang Hao: "My nephew, are you eighteen years old this year?"
"Yes, Uncle Mu."
"She is the same age as our Yingying." Mu Mingchen's words revealed some information.
As soon as these words came out, some people thought deeply.
Zheng Changqiu raised his glass: "Hey, hey, what are you doing? Drink, drink! I'll do it first as a courtesy."
The atmosphere gradually increased, Ji Bubu from Jiuyang Sect suddenly asked Zhu Yuantang: "Old Zhu, let me ask you something. I heard before that the country seems to be planning an 'Eastern Expedition'. Is this true or false?"
Everyone's movements froze instantly, and even Zhang Hao's eyes widened.
Is there going to be a war?
Zhu Yuantang was speechless and a little hesitant.
Mu Mingchen immediately said: "I have also heard that there are already people talking about it in Anling County."
"Yeah, what exactly is going on?" Ji BuTong also asked.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhu Yuantang.
Zhu Yuantang put down his chopsticks and thought for a moment before saying: "There's nothing to say about this matter, it's just a bit complicated.
In fact, we are not the only ones who want to march eastward. The rest of the Danyang Kingdom, the Jinyang Kingdom, the Zhongshan Kingdom, and more than a dozen other countries also want to march eastward."
"As we all know, our countries located to the west of the Fertile Continent are rich in mineral resources, but short of elixir resources. Almost all important medicinal materials need to be purchased from the East.
But Dongfang is holding our necks and raising the price arbitrarily. An ordinary Peiyuan Pill here costs 20 spirit stones, but in the East, it only costs three or two spirit stones, or even lower!
There is also the Foundation Building Pill, which is crucial for spiritual practice. It only costs 100 spiritual stones in the East, but here it can be sold for more than a thousand, and it is often out of stock!
The lifeblood of our spiritual practice is controlled by the East.
So, we have to fight.
But... the situation is not optimistic, because elixirs are monopolized, and the number of Eastern Golden elixirs is ten times that of ours!
If you fight, you may fail. But if you don’t fight, you will surely perish!