Longevity begins with loose cultivation

Chapter 119 Getting Started
For the next month or so, Lu Zhong spent most of his time practicing drawing talismans.

In my spare time, I take the time to write a storybook.

With Li Hejun and his daughters around, he doesn't have to worry about printing books.

Huaben's income is continuous, he no longer has to go out to set up a stall, he can devote his energy to cultivation, and in an unexpected way, he has lived the life he imagined before.

With a solid talisman-making foundation, the practice of the golden light talisman progressed little by little.

At the same time, the preparations for the organ beasts did not fall behind.

The organ beast body ordered from the workshop was delivered on the agreed date, and after the machine soul was installed in it, a Bronze Leopard organ beast whose combat power was equivalent to the early stage of Qi refining was considered completed.

Finding some time, Lu Zhong found a nest of paddling beasts to practice his hands. He accidentally discovered it when he was looking for a place to nourish his soul last time. Their lair is located in a cave under the river. It is impossible to find this group of monsters.

The Water Beast is a first-order monster that lives in groups, and its individual strength is similar to that of the Bronze Leopard Mechanism Beast.

In one battle, the entire litter of water beasts was wiped out.

The materials obtained are not many converted into spirit stones, roughly a thousand spirit stones.

Lu Zhong's biggest gain is not in the materials of these monsters, but in the actual combat experience of manipulating mechanical beasts on a large scale.

Next, he put all his energy into practicing the golden light talisman.

On the eve of the ranking battle, a breakthrough was finally made.

After two months of hard work, Lu Zhong has mastered the drawing method of the golden light talisman, and successfully drew the first golden light talisman today. Although it is just a moment of luck, it can also prove whether the direction is correct or not.

He is confident that he can increase the success rate of talisman making to [-]% before the ranking battle begins.

And this is the minimum requirement for evaluating whether to master a talisman.

……

Half a month passed.

The ranking battle starts today.

At dawn, Lu Zhong got up early.

Outside, Li Hejun and Hongfu were holding hot water to eat, and they had been waiting outside the door for a long time. They came to see their master out, and they acted sincerely. If you can take advantage of this, you can get a lot of benefits from it.

After washing up and eating meat porridge made from Lingmi, he went out.

Perhaps because of the start of the Ranking Tournament, the flow of people on the street has increased a lot. Among them, there are many monks who have reached the late stage of Qi Refining, walking together in small groups, or alone like Lu Zhong. , all headed towards the outer sect of the Heling Sect where the ranking battle was held.

In front of the mountain gate, there are more changes here than in the past.

On the usually snow-white white stone mountain gate, two long banners of three colors were hung on one left and one on the right. They were woven with brocade and were more than thirty feet long, with the emblem of the Heling Sect embroidered on the surface in white, blue and purple.

This emblem has a lot of origins, and Helingzong called it "three spirits return to one seal".

Representing the three inheritances of Helingzong respectively, they have extremely special meanings.

In addition to these two eye-catching flags, there are also three-color ribbons on the side of the road, and there are pots of bright flower bouquets.

Walking on this carefully decorated avenue, all the monks who participated in this ranking battle felt the feeling of being valued.

Go straight along the road, and at the end is a grand palace.

The hall is about ten feet high, which is obviously higher than the surrounding buildings.

The huge temple door is now tightly closed.

Then, Lu Zhong followed the team until they arrived at the square in front of the hall, where there were more than [-] monks standing or meditating in different costumes, all of whom were participants in the ranking competition.

Xu Shi was all present, and with the sound of drums, the door of the palace slowly opened.

A group of people came out of the main hall, wearing Helingzong costumes of different colors. The leader was a middle-aged man with a short beard who was calm and majestic, exuding a powerful aura.

"It's the Foundation Establishment cultivator!" Someone shouted.

Hearing this, Lu Zhong quickly withdrew the Qi Watching Technique to avoid being blinded again.

"The rules of the ranking battle. Each draws lots to determine the opponent. The first battle will determine the winner. The winner will continue to fight until the final first place is decided! Only hurt people during the process, and you must not intentionally hurt people's lives, otherwise I am disqualified from winning." The middle-aged man with short beard said in a short and direct voice.

"Yes!" The crowd below responded.

"Very good!" The middle-aged man with the short beard nodded in satisfaction.

Now, the draw begins.

Lu Zhong and the others drew lots in turn to determine their respective opponents.

After getting the lottery, Lu Zhong glanced at it and found that it was the word "Seventeen".

Seeing this, a servant of the Heling Sect came over and said respectfully, "Master Immortal, your No. [-] lottery matches No. [-], please follow the villain."

Following the servant, he came to Channel [-].

On the stage, a big bearded monk dressed in a bearskin coat and standing with his hands behind his back turned his gaze.

Seeing that Lu Zhong's aura was not as good as his own, he immediately showed a confident smile, and suggested: "Friend Daoist's cultivation level is one level lower than mine, in my opinion, there is no need to fight this round, why don't you just admit defeat like this? "

Lu Zhong smiled lightly, shook his head and said, "I don't think so."

At this time, a horse-faced Helingzong disciple came from the stage. Hearing the conversation between the two, he said coldly: "You guys stop talking nonsense, we have finished two games on the first station. I will read the rules again." , apart from Master Niu’s saying that killing people is not allowed, the criterion for judging the outcome is that one party admits defeat, that is to say, no matter what method is used, as long as the other party admits defeat, it is considered a victory, do you understand?”

"Understood." The bearded man hurriedly said.

What I got in exchange was just a stinky face from the horse-faced monk.

Seeing Lu Zhong nodding, the man took out a token in his hand.

In an instant, a bowl-shaped shield was formed, covering the two of them.

A moment later, the bearded man flew upside down and flew out of the shield.

The horse-faced monk who was watching the battle next to him looked at Lu Zhong on the stage with a strange face, and thought that even if he could use any means, this man's means were really unexpected.

Looking at the platform, you can see that there are all mechanism beasts on it.

Except for the seven tiger wolf mechanism beasts, the other mechanism beasts are not strong, but all of them are rough-skinned and thick-skinned. Even a monk in the late stage of Qi refining can't stand it, let alone a monk of the same level next to him.

Therefore, the bearded man lost terribly.

The knowledgeable horse-faced monk shook his head, and cupped his hands to Lu Zhong on the stage: "Fellow Daoist, put away the mechanism beast. Your next show is Channel [-], please go over there."

More than [-] monks participating in the ranking battle took turns.

One fight starts and another fight ends.

Soon, the ranking results will come out.

With a final record of four wins and one loss, Lu Zhong temporarily ranked twelfth, and then added the extra points for his status as a talisman maker, and the ranking was adjusted to fifth.

This result was beyond his expectation.

Originally, according to Lu Zhong's prediction, he should be ranked seven or eight.

Wei Tie came over and said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Lu!"

"Congratulations, congratulations!" Lu Zhong knew that Wei Tie was ranked tenth, and he was also the winner of this ranking competition. To be honest, he didn't expect this even more. There are a lot of monks.

Counting him, Wei Tie, and two other Qi-refining seventh-level monks, they accounted for almost half of the ten places.

The reason for this situation has a lot to do with the bonus points at the end of the ranking battle. Many monks are strong in battle, but they don't have many points to add, so they are overtaken by low-ranked monks.

……

In the Golden Palace, the ten winners gathered here.

Either standing or sitting, distributed throughout the temple
"Does anyone know what we are waiting for?" A beautiful female cultivator in a blue skirt asked the people around her with her arms folded, "Which Taoist friend is willing to help my concubine?"

"I know this. After I win the ranking battle, in addition to being included in the Heling Sect, I also have the opportunity to be favored by the monks who established the foundation in the sect and be accepted as an apprentice." Responding to her was a white-clothed The young man, a formation mage with a nine-level cultivation of Qi Refining, is the well-deserved number one in this ranking competition.

When Lu Zhong on the side heard this, he thought that there was such a thing.

The female cultivator asked again: "I don't know what are the benefits of being accepted as an apprentice?"

After asking this question, many people in the hall cast interested glances.

The young man seemed to like to show off, and after receiving the attention, a smile appeared on his face, and he raised his voice and explained: "Of course there are benefits, and all fellow Taoists must know the suffering of loose cultivators.

The suffering is that there is no guidance in cultivation, the suffering is that there is no supply of cultivation resources, and the difficulty is that it is difficult to find suitable exercises.

Once accepted as an apprentice by the Foundation Establishment cultivator, even if he just worshiped the master and became an ordinary nominal apprentice, he could enjoy the treatment that surpassed that of the disciples of the outer sect.

From then on, someone gave guidance, someone provided resources, and someone gave exercises. "

"I see." The female cultivator nodded, and said to the young man, "I don't know..."

Seeing that the two started talking, Lu Zhong looked away.

He heard everything the young man said just now, and he had some thoughts about it.

I can't help thinking of a sentence in my heart.

There is no gratuitous payment, and all gifts have already been marked with a price.

Just as he was thinking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall.

After a while, six monks of different ages walked in from the outside.

The only thing in common is that they all exude a powerful aura, and they are obviously foundation-building monks.

Walking in the front was a white-haired old man, leaning on a dove stick, he didn't appear to have any inconvenience in his legs and feet, and he kept talking: "Senior brother is also the master, I said that I will not accept disciples in this life. , but he insisted on asking me to come, isn't this a waste of time?"

"Senior Brother Sha, don't you know the character of Senior Brother Sect Leader? He is also for the sake of the sect, so please be considerate and considerate." Said a burly man with a jade crown on his head, red face and long beard.

"Then why didn't he call Shui... That one also comes over." The old man Jiuzhang excitedly said.

There was a white-haired Taoist in a black Taoist robe with a fairy-like appearance in the team. He turned his head and said with a smile: "Hey, we can't offend anyone, and the head brother can't be called, Brother Sha!" If you are not convinced, just go and call Senior Sister Shui over!"

Hearing this, the old man with a dove stick suddenly became speechless and faltered.

That Senior Sister Shui is amazing, he has been taught several times.

As Fat Taoist said, no one in the Heling Sect can afford to offend her except for the three ancestors.

Seeing the old man with a dove stick, who was rarely deflated, the three Foundation Establishment cultivators in the crowd who had been silent all this time couldn't help laughing at this moment, but they were quickly glared back by him.

The three of them immediately restrained their smiles. This master is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and they don't want to offend.

At this time, the red-faced and long-bearded monk called Lu Zhong and others.

"Among you who want to be a teacher, come out and introduce yourself." After finishing speaking, he was afraid that everyone would not know how to introduce himself, so he reminded: "Talk about the good things, pick out the strengths, and it doesn't matter if you exaggerate a little bit." .”

good old man.Lu Zhong silently tagged this future uncle.

After being reminded by the uncle, everyone introduced themselves in a decent way.

The first one to be picked away was undoubtedly the young man in white. After all, he is not only a formation mage, but also has the ninth level of Qi refining, so it is not difficult to train him. Can have one more help to build a foundation.

How to choose, almost everyone is very clear.

Lu Zhong's side.

"Are you...really qualified for the Four Spirit Roots?" Taoist Hefa suddenly asked.

"Uncle Hui, the disciple is indeed a four spirit root." Lu Zhong said truthfully.

"Ah..." Hefa Taoist showed regret, and sighed: "It would be great if you were the root of the three spirits, let me... think about it again."

It's not that Taoist Hefa discriminates against Lu Zhong's qualifications. In fact, he has already accepted three disciples, and two of them are only qualified with four spiritual roots. He really can't train more disciples with four spiritual roots. A little bit is enough to make him accept it.

In the Heling Sect, accepting disciples is to allocate part of one's salary to train disciples.

This will not be rewarded until the disciple grows up in the future.

In view of Lu Zhong's aptitude is really mediocre, Taoist Hefa could only reluctantly give up.

On the other side, two people were not selected.

One is nearly sixty years old, and the potential for breakthrough has been exhausted, and the other is overdrawn, and the potential is also exhausted.

They were not selected, which can be said to be a matter of course.

"Junior Sister Han, why don't you accept him." The red-faced long-bearded monk accepted Wei Tie and the other person. Seeing that Lu Zhong had not been selected, he turned to a man with a strong smell of medicine and a somewhat old face beside him. womanly.

"Ouch, my Senior Brother Lin, it's really not that I don't want to accept it."

The woman took Ru Qun's hand and explained with a wry smile: "You see, this one has already been accepted, and one more apprentice will pay more. I don't have so many resources to train."

"It's okay, I'll take it!"

A gentle female voice suddenly came from outside the hall.

Immediately following the voice, a beautiful female nun walked in.

She was wearing a crimson skirt, with a flash of inspiration on her surface, a ribbon around her waist, embroidered with lifelike petals, and the graceful and lightness of her figure became more graceful when fluttering, and her plain face was full of smiles.

"Ah... Sister Shui, why are you here?" The red-faced and long-bearded monk was very surprised to see this person.

"That's right! Who told Patriarch Ling Jun to issue a special edict to let me come here to accept disciples." The visitor said with a smile on his face.She turned her eyes to the people in the hall, fixed on the young man in white on the way, and soon she looked disgusted.

The female cultivator curled her lips and looked at the others, and landed on Lu Zhong, her eyes lit up, and she greeted:
"My dear disciple, why are you still standing there stupidly, come quickly and let me have a look!"

(End of this chapter)