Xianlu

Chapter 473
In the quiet room this day.

Xu Daoduan sat, stretched out his hand to take the mountain and sea banner, and unfolded one, the light and color on the banner immediately changed, and the lines in the shape of insects flickered violently.

A human-high tooth general jumped out of it immediately, with a ferocious look, a ferocious face, and a murderous look.

It was the Foundation Establishment General who had just been cultivated not long ago.

Xu Dao let it out, and took a good look at it, with a look of satisfaction on his face.This is the first foundation-level general he has successfully bred in the West Sea since he lost the foundation-level general on the Heavenly Falling Island.

Xu Dao turned the scaled soldier's mountain and sea banner with the teeth in his hand again, and a tighter aura than before enveloped his body.

After cultivating this foundation-building general, Xu Dao not only has a submissive foundation-building subordinate, but also has mountain and sea flags superimposed on it, which can also increase his self-defense methods.

If the situation was critical during the battle, Xu Dao could even vent the damage into the banner like a flood, letting Ya Jianglin soldiers take the damage instead of him.

Caressing the flag, Xu Dao rejoiced in his heart: "With the addition of a foundation-building general, the safety of this trip to the secret storehouse of Fanxing Island is even more guaranteed."

He estimated the strength of the energy mechanism that enveloped him, and there was no need to expend his mana. A Taoist priest with a perfect concentration of evil spirits would not be able to break through this energy mechanism. And the tooth generals and soldiers inside can also support for a long time.

Although this artifact has only entered the Foundation Establishment level not long ago, it is already a secret treasure.Of course, the reason why it has such a miraculous effect is also thanks to the tooth general and scale soldier.

Thinking of this, Xu Dao sighed softly: "It's a pity that it's easy to breed Ya Jiang scale soldiers, but it's not easy to raise them."

This difficulty is nothing else, it refers to the consumption of resources.

In the past, he was just a disciple of Qi Refining Dao, or he had just entered the realm of foundation establishment. Whether it was the original gnat or the later tooth general and scale soldier, his number and strength were not high, and it was not difficult to raise them.

Coupled with Xu Dao's wealth, it's fairly easy to raise.

However, as Xu Daoxiu's cultivation level increased, the number and strength of the tooth general scale soldiers would naturally have to double if they wanted to continue to be useful, and the difficulty of raising them also increased.

In addition, Xu Dao left the Wu Kingdom, and the spiritual energy in the West Sea was lacking, and Yajiang Linbing was not a Taoist, and his spiritual wisdom was not enough to practice Taoism, but a monster.

Monsters are different from cultivators. If cultivators have no aura, they can still meet the most basic needs in daily life by absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, but they will "get thinner day by day", their strength will slowly decline, and they cannot fight with hands.

But except for a small number of monsters, or monsters who have learned Taoism, monsters live by devouring spiritual energy. They are not only strong because of spiritual energy, but also born because of spiritual energy.

If there is not enough spiritual energy, even if they are devouring non-spiritual blood food all the time, it will be difficult to meet the needs of their bodies, and they will fall into the point of "starving to death".

And this is an extremely important reason why fierce beasts are rampant in the West Sea.

Xihai is short of aura, and if the monsters want to survive, they can only swallow the filthy aura.

In such a situation, the Taoists who can swallow the essence of the sun and the moon have chosen to resort to unscrupulous means to extract their souls to refine money. The situation of the monsters is naturally even more miserable. They are all polluted by the evil spirit in the sea, unable to give birth to wisdom, and the fierceness is even more common All wild beasts are reduced to "vicious beasts" and devour each other, and there is no spirit beast in the wild.

If Xu Dao didn't want his family's teeth and scale soldiers to become ferocious beasts and eat them back, he had no choice but to serve him with spiritual food and water.Last but not least, he had to use the bloody aura in the blood money to supply it.

Otherwise, the generals would either hibernate themselves, consume their origin, and their strength would drop step by step, or they would directly starve to death, or they would frantically attack him.

Therefore, for Xu Dao, although the tooth general scale soldier is easy to use and very convenient, it not only consumes spiritual things when cultivating it, but also consumes a lot of energy to raise it on a daily basis.

Especially without the natural aura supplementation between heaven and earth, the latter's daily expenses and huge expenses in fighting skills will accumulate over time, and it will be the big head of raising generals and soldiers!
Not only Xu Dao's Yajianglin soldiers are like this, but also the Taoist soldiers in the West Sea.

The Taoist soldiers are all living Taoists, or monsters and ghosts with spiritual intelligence. It is like raising disciples, and naturally consumes one piece after another.

Therefore, in the West Sea, there are only [-] islands, and the subordinates will have Taoist soldiers stationed on the islands all year round to guard them.

The reason for this is not only because the secret techniques of martial arts are rare, but also because those who are not powerful have no continuous resources and cannot afford to support them.

Moreover, the number of Dao soldiers under the command of the major islands is also constant. Whether it is reduced or increased, it is a matter of prudence, even more cautious than increasing or decreasing the number of disciples and clansmen.

Because disciples and disciples can be selected and cultivated, the income brought by an elite disciple is far higher than that of ordinary disciples.But Dao soldiers are different, they win by quantity, and they must have a constant number in order to maintain deterrence.

And compared to ordinary disciples, the only purpose of Dao soldiers is to fight and kill. On weekdays, they either train soldiers or act as guards. Compared with disciples and disciples, they are out of production, almost pure consumption.

Xu Dao still secretly thought in his heart:

"As for the Dao soldiers, the disputes among the islands in the West Sea are just like ordinary people's fights. It depends not only on the number of people, but also on the amount of food and resources. The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass go first."

He wanted to have an army for one person, so it was as difficult to consume as it was to support an army.

Fortunately, the tooth generals and scale soldiers are not taboo, and they are not picky eaters. They can swallow things with aura, otherwise it will be even more troublesome to raise them. Without the support of one side, the soldiers can only be used as one-time consumables .

Thinking about this, Xu Dao sighed a little: "It's all because the spiritual energy of the world in the West Sea is too thin. It is more difficult than raising dead things by more than 01:30."

The "dead thing" in his mouth is a magic weapon.

Magical artifacts, although they need to be nourished with aura at all times, will degenerate spiritually and their power will drop if they lack food and clothing, but only when they need to be used, the magical artifacts will consume a lot of aura.

Compared with Dao soldiers, the daily needs of magic weapons can basically be ignored.

But the magic weapon is mostly used by a single person, and the magic power of the user is consumed when fighting, and it does not increase the magic power like a Taoist soldier, which is beneficial but not hindering.

Both have pros and cons, and each has its uses.

If Xu Dao had to choose one of the two, he really didn't know how to choose at the same level, he could only depend on the situation.

But for the Taoists of Xihai, they don't have this trouble of happiness at all.Because compared to the Dao soldiers that consume a lot, the magic weapon is also rare and valuable.

You may occasionally see unrefined Qi-refinement artifacts, but high-quality foundation-building artifacts, it is often difficult for a Taoist priest to own one, and it is difficult to use it properly if he has it.

This situation is even more severe than that of Wu Kingdom Tiandi.

There is no other reason, the spiritual energy is thin, the Taoist and the monster are in a difficult situation, one is insane, and the other has lost his wisdom. The materials suitable for refining magic weapons are also scarce, and the higher the spiritual material, the rarer it is.

The ferocious beast materials that can be continuously obtained are also unusable due to the pollution of evil spirits.

Taoists have to spend a lot of energy to nourish it and remove evil spirits one by one, or they can only be used to refine evil utensils, and most of them are supplemented by poisonous smoke and poisonous water, so it is difficult to become useful.

After Xu Dao came to Xihai, all the Taoist priests he saw also liked to fight people with their monster bodies.

This kind of situation is even more embarrassing than the mortal trackers not wearing clothes when stretching. It's not that the Taoist priests are reluctant, but they don't have it.

Sighing again and again, Xu Dao threw these thoughts out of his head and thought to himself: "But no matter what, the West Sea is a thousand times larger than the Wu State, its water is deep and the sea is large, and the total resources and opportunities are far greater than Wu State's." .”

And he secretly rejoiced that he had mastered the three secret vaults of Fanxing Island. Although he didn't know whether the contents inside could support him to complete the practice of refining the gang, but it was enough to keep him for decades. .

With a certain mind, Xu Dao looked forward to the Fanxing Secret Vault even more.

So he looked at Jian Ji Ya Jiang a few times, then waved the flag in his hand, put it into the flag, and put the 蚍乱 flag into his sleeve.

With a whoosh, the Shanhai Banner's face was pasted under the clothes, covering Xu Dao's whole body as much as possible to prevent accidents.

Immediately, Xu Dao got up and opened the quiet room, finished his recent retreat practice, and walked towards the Taoist priest of the Chen family in the cave.

The other party did not stay in the room, but waited in the hall early, An Sheng sat cross-legged in meditation and waited.Hearing the movement, he immediately opened his eyes.

Xu Dao gave Taoist Priest Chen a look and cupped his hands.

Taoist priest Chenmen jumped up from the futon immediately, and replied: "A certain one is ready."

Xu Dao replied: "Good!"

He stretched out his hand to invite, and the two of them immediately stepped out of the cave, and rushed to Fangshi in the east.

The weather was just right, the sun was pouring down, the market was crowded with people, shoulders rubbing each other, Taoists of various colors came and went, it was extremely lively.

Today is the third day of the re-convening of the sea market, and the Taoists in the nearby sea area are flocking to see that the business expenses and chances are also the day when Xu Dao and the three agreed to travel.

When they came to a wine room, there was no need for Xu Dao and the others to wait, Zeng Shijian was already waiting there.The other party sat alone in front of the wine table by the window, with wine jars the size of a human head built up next to them, stacked one after another, with a pale face, drinking happily one sip at a time.

When Xu and Dao arrived, Zeng Shijian raised his head and looked at him with drunken eyes.Immediately, a strong smell of alcohol was released from his body, and his eyes suddenly became clear: "Here we come."

Zeng Shijian got up abruptly, patted the wooden box lying horizontally on the wine table: "Leave."

The three of them glanced at each other, touched each other with their spiritual senses, and then they walked together and walked a hundred miles away.

After leaving Haishi, the three of them used their own means to hurry in the vast sea.After walking towards the north for more than half a day, the sky was dark, and Xu Dao just pretended to take out the "sea chart" from his sleeve.

He held it in his hand and identified it a few times in front of the two of them, but he didn't let them see clearly.

Xu Dao looked up at the stars in the sky, pinched his fingers, followed the stars and pointed to the west, and shouted: "Two fellow Taoists, come with me."

For the next time, the three of them didn't stop for a quarter of an hour, and they kept running on the sea, just because Xu Dao needed to rely on the astrology to adjust the direction from time to time, and would often change the direction of running slightly.

After nearly a month, the three of them finally arrived at the location marked in Xu Dao's memory.

As they approached their destination, they spread out to check whether there were others following them, or Taoist priests who accidentally bit them.There was no accident, Xu Daofang led the two of them to the marked point.

Arriving at the destination, there is still nothing around, no islands or reefs, only stars shining.

Chen Men and Zeng Shijian glanced at Xu Dao, then cast their gazes to the empty sea in unison, and used their eyesight to look under it.

The sea is also deep below the surface, and there are no reefs or submerged islands.

Xu Dao said at the right time: "The two fellow Taoists are right in thinking. This cave is located in the sea, but it is not built in a submerged reef."

He didn't explain too much, but called out: "Follow me, you two, and you will know when you go down to less than ten feet." Then he jumped from the midair into the dark sea water by himself.

Chen Men and Zeng Shijian nodded, each cast a magic spell to avoid water, only a few steps behind, rushed into the sea water.

After entering under the sea surface and reaching a height of thirteen feet, Chen Men and Zeng Shijian's eyes were filled with astonishment: "This is it?"

The undercurrent is surging.

The two of them suddenly felt their bodies shaking, even if they used mana, they could barely keep from drifting with the tide.But they didn't see any trace of the undercurrent on the surface of the sea just now. Such a powerful undercurrent is extremely rare in the West Sea.

Xu Dao walked against the water, his body was ups and downs, which was far easier than the two of them. He shook his head, and his spiritual sense came out: "Yes, this place is a sea eye. There is a trench thousands of feet deep below, and there was a hole in it. The water is constantly flowing in, stirring up the surrounding water flow."

"But the sea eye is not big enough to rise to the surface of the water and form a movement."

After explaining, Xu Dao took the lead in letting go of his mana, allowing himself to be swept up by the undercurrent around him, drifting randomly in the sea.He also continued to transmit the voice: "Please relax, let the undercurrent take you and me to the depths of the sea eye. Otherwise, there will be formations covering the bottom, and you will not be able to find it if you want to find it."

Chen Men and Zeng Shijian knew nothing about it, and after taking precautions, they also floated in the sea.

After moving around like this for a long while, the surroundings were pitch black and the pressure was enormous, the three of them just fell into a deep ditch.After another long time, they seemed to have entered a natural dark passage, and their eyes suddenly shone.

Dots of blue light are in front of you, twinkling like stars, breathing ups and downs.Xu Dao didn't need to explain, the other two knew that they had reached the door, so they cheered up and took the initiative to move closer to the starry spot.

When they got closer, they realized that the light spots were spirit fishes swimming one after another, wagging their tails, only half the size of a palm, with a transparent belly containing a ball of blue light.

Both Chen Men and Zeng Shijian exclaimed: "There is such a spiritual creature in the sea!"

Then an invisible barrier firmly blocked them dozens of steps away from Lingyu, and they were forbidden to enter, they had to be broken.

(End of this chapter)