"Run!" Zhang Shengye grabbed Zhang Hao, and the flying sword appeared at his feet. With a swish, it jumped into the sky. After exhausting his breath, he flew more than 300 meters into the sky.
Turning around, I saw the dragon slowly retreating back into the sea, leisurely holding the fishing rod in its mouth, and disappearing into the sea. At the last moment, it seemed that it glanced back at Zhang Hao and Zhang Shengye, and something called '
An expression of contempt.
Zhang Shengye broke into a cold sweat: "It's so dangerous, so dangerous!"
"I think that dragon is just greedy for fishing rods and has no interest in us."
"..."
"Second uncle, what is the realm of that dragon?"
"It should be at the Golden Core stage, otherwise we won't be able to escape. Moreover, the ocean monster is huge in size, has thick skin and thick flesh, and its close combat effectiveness is even comparable to that of humans at the Nascent Soul stage."
Zhang Hao nodded and suddenly said nervously: "Second uncle, you don't have any fish to eat tonight."
"Little mouse, I originally planned to give it to you to eat, but I was afraid that you would go crazy again and why would you take pleasure in your misfortune? Haha..."
My second uncle is getting more and more naughty~~~
Returning to the beach again, Zhang Hao looked at the rolling sea, but his expression gradually became serious.
"Little Mouse, what are you doing here?" Zhang Shengye asked from the side.
Zhang Hao's eyes were still focused on the sea, and he said leisurely: "I am observing what method can be used to open the life channel in the sea!"
Zhang Shengye put away his smile and turned serious: "I have been thinking about this for a while. I was also thinking about this issue when I was fishing today.
But...you have also seen the dangers of the Green Sea of Death.
Little Mouse, if you take this road to the west, I'm afraid it won't work!
A dragon like that just now can only be regarded as the most common monster in the sea."
Zhang Hao shook his head slightly: "Second uncle, I have thought of a way."
"oh?"
"Second Uncle, manpower is limited. Therefore, if you want to rely on manpower to cross the sea, even a boatload of Nascent Soul masters will not be able to do it."
Zhang Shengye nodded: "Yes, even in the legendary divine transformation stage, there are times when you are tired."
Zhang Hao continued: "But what if we can use the power of machinery?"
"The power of machinery?" The situation in the smelting base suddenly appeared in Zhang Shengye's mind. Now, in the smelting base, it can be said that the power of machinery has been initially demonstrated.
If such a machine is dozens of times more powerful... doesn't it seem unrealistic? Zhang Shengye expressed doubts, "Little Mouse, the smelting base is in good condition, but such machinery is also very fragile and can be easily destroyed in one foundation building period.
"
Zhang Hao nodded, "But now there is a chance.
The Zheng Family of Nanyang County, the Mu Family of Anling County, the Jiuyang Sect, Yunying Trading Company, Yuxue Villa, etc., hundreds of families and trading firms from Qixia Kingdom want to imitate the Black Iron Guild and establish a weapon-refining guild.
I want to join!
Second Uncle, we have already made a good accumulation and can try to get involved in the weapon refining industry. The weapon refining guild will be our best opportunity."
After Zhang Shengye asked Zhang Hao some details, he nodded slowly: "Once the Weapon Refining Guild is established, it will form a relatively closed and monopolized environment just like the Black Iron Guild. It will be extremely difficult for outsiders to enter this industry!
Right now is indeed an opportunity.
But what should we use to knock on the door of the Weapon Refining Guild?
We only have some ordinary weapon-refining skills at home."
Zhang Hao hesitated and said: "Turbine, bearing, machine tool!"
"No!" Zhang Shengye objected without even thinking.
"We have no choice, Second Uncle." Zhang Hao sighed, "This is our only chance. But this decision is too big, so I want to hear Second Uncle's opinion."
Zhang Shengye looked at the rolling sea, and his mood was also tumbling. But after all, he was the second-in-command in the family, and he gradually found an idea: "Bearings. Steam turbines and machine tools must not be leaked."
"But with just one bearing, wouldn't it be too monotonous?"
"Then move our crossbow bed over there! The crossbow bed we built using new bearings and pulleys should be comparable to ordinary war instruments!"
Zhang Hao was silent for a while, and then suddenly changed the topic: "Second uncle, I want to go to the battlefield of Jinyang Kingdom to see what the war weapons are like and how they work!"
The waves rolled and the sea wind roared, but Zhang Shengye also did not answer immediately. Zhang Shengye understood that Zhang Hao was asking himself: How to get there safely.
Zhang Shengye's first reaction was to stop Zhang Hao from passing. But after thinking about it, he did not speak.
After a while, Zhang Shengye took a deep breath and said, "As a registered disciple of Xuanzhen Sect, you should go back to Cuizhu Peak."
Cuizhu Peak?
Zhang Hao's eyes suddenly brightened. Yes, he almost forgot that he was still a registered disciple of the Xuanzhen Sect!
…………
He went back at noon, first looked at his father, and then at his mother who was practicing hard. Zhang Hao returned to the house and began... to suppress his cultivation.
Cultivation emphasizes 'quietness', but recently Zhang Hao has had too many things going on, and his state of mind has fluctuated again. The suppressed true energy has once again begun to rise towards the foundation building stage.
"I don't believe it can't be suppressed!"
At this time, the true energy in Zhang Hao's body had begun to 'atomize'.
What is practiced during the Qi Refining period is true energy, while what is practiced during the foundation building stage is true energy. If true energy is in the "gas" state, then true energy is in the "liquid" state.
Of course this is just a metaphor, in fact it is much more complicated.
True Yuan is more advanced than True Qi! True Yuan is not a simple compression of True Qi, but also undergoes qualitative changes.
No matter how powerful you are in the Qi Refining Stage, you can't get rid of the limitations of the mortal body and life itself; but in the Foundation Building Stage, you can extend your life for the first time and change your destiny for the first time.
From the Qi refining stage to the foundation building stage, it is a qualitative change, and it is also the transition from a mortal to a cultivator.
Only after the foundation-building period can one truly be called a cultivator, or a monk.
True Qi is born with it, it’s just a matter of how much. The so-called breath of life is a breath of true Qi. It’s just that ordinary people have very little and turbid.
True Essence is obtained through cultivation and is the symbol of a cultivator. The appearance of True Essence represents the pride and belief of constantly striving for self-improvement and borrowing from heaven for another five hundred years!
Now, the true energy in Zhang Hao's body is transforming into true essence.
After finally stabilizing his cultivation level again, Zhang Hao opened "Annotations on the Secrets of Qi Training", which contained annotations from Taoist Master Mingxu:
Generally, cultivators only begin to compress their true essence after entering the foundation building stage; not to mention that this is already a step too late, the most important and troublesome thing is that this will bring the roots of the 'mortal' to the cultivator stage.
The correct approach is to complete the transformation of true energy during the Qi Refining Stage, completely cut off everything that is 'mortal', and enter the Foundation Building Stage cleanly.
In this way, during the process of crossing the foundation building period, the true essence will be refined again and become more pure.
This is the meaning of suppressing cultivation.
In this step, cultivators can be divided into two classes: "excellent" and "ordinary".
Putting down the "Annotations on the Secrets of Qi Refining", Zhang Hao sighed. This is the meaning of apprenticeship, and this is also the importance of inheritance.
Without such a "Commentary", I would have entered the foundation-building period in a daze. The road ahead would be extremely bumpy.
The Holy Land of Cultivation really deserves its reputation.
The most important thing is: my luck seems to be pretty good!