Longevity begins with loose cultivation

Chapter 178

The lecture will end soon.

The content that Dongbu Zhenren said was still about the purification of alchemy, but it was much more in-depth than last time. He talked about a lot of alchemy theories and demonstrated several unique methods on the spot, which can make it difficult for everyone to purify elixir The reduction is worth a lot of fare.

When he came out of Dongbu Lu, Lu Zhong saw that it was still early, so he decided to go to Nanshi.

He hadn't forgotten the arm in the storage bag.

Two days ago, Lu Zhong heard a shocking news.

The elder of the Changchun Valley Xingtang who hunted down Madame Butterfly did not return to the city for so long, but completely lost contact with no news, and seven days after losing contact, the sign of the Hall of Souls shattered.

The sign of the Soul Hall is connected with the soul of the monk, once it is broken, it means the fall.

Even Jindan Daoist can kill, Lu Zhong can't help but feel frightened.

Whether it is to find out the origin and function of the arm, or to guard against possible revenge from Madame Butterfly, he is going to Nanshi to buy some information about Madame Butterfly.

Perhaps this can play a lot of role.

With this in mind, he took out a large sum of spirit stones, bought all the information about Madame Butterfly over the years, and then analyzed it in detail.

Not to mention, it really allowed Lu Zhong to find clues about the function of the arm.

But it was a dossier that came out of the Changchun Valley, and there was a small line of records on it, "...In ten days, Madam Butterfly was besieged, and suddenly a strange fragrance came out of her body, and all the cultivators were confused, so they fled."

Seeing this, Lu Zhong couldn't help thinking, what is the meaning of the word "confusion" in this article.

Confusion, or temptation?
"Why bother, go back and refine your arm, maybe you can get the answer!"

If his prediction is correct, the strange fragrance recorded in the dossier should exist in Madame Butterfly's body, and there may be that ingredient on her arm, and it is expected to be easily extracted with the purification method of alchemy.

The human body is not as complex as panacea, in fact, there are only a few components.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhong walked out of Nanshi.

Instead of returning to Lintao Pavilion immediately, he changed direction and walked towards the inner city West Market.

As famous as the elixir produced in Changchun Valley, there is also the alchemy furnace smelted in Changchun Immortal City. With its special selling point of high quality and low price, it can even be sold to Zhongtu via the East China Sea route, so that it can be exchanged from Zhongtu every year. Spiritual objects, and this also established the status of the first Nanman sect in the Changchun Valley.

And the West Market is where these refining workshops gather.

At this moment, what appeared in front of Lu Zhong was a street of workshops. On both sides were the display facades of these workshops. There were large and small alchemy furnaces. The shapes ranged from the most classic three-legged and two-eared to the recently popular The gossip furnaces are all-encompassing and all-encompassing.

There was a crowd of people on the street, many of them were wearing exotic costumes, and they were all monks who came to buy alchemy furnaces.

Lu Zhong chose a larger one, glanced at the signboard with three big gilt characters "Bao Ding Fang", stepped over the threshold and walked in.

Immediately, a beautiful and well-known guest came forward to receive him, and said with a smile:

"Welcome senior, what kind of alchemy furnace does senior need?"

Lu Zhong thought for a while, and said his needs.

Considering that Master Dongbu will soon talk about the melting and transformation of alchemy, and that he is proficient enough in the purification of elixir, there is no need to buy a novice practice furnace, so if you want to buy it, you can buy a fully functional alchemy furnace, which can be used in advance. Experience the normal alchemy process.

"If possible, it's best to use a yin attribute alchemy furnace." Lu Zhong added.

He is different from most people in Dongbulu, he does not use the spiritual flame catalyzed by spiritual wood to make alchemy, but directly uses the spiritual flame of Jinyang insect fire. Alchemy with spiritual fire has the advantages of strong firepower and few impurities in the flame , but the Yang attribute of Jinyang Bugfire itself is a huge flaw.

A lonely yin does not grow, and a lonely yang does not grow.

This sentence can also be applied to alchemy.

Therefore, if one can use a yin-type alchemy furnace to make alchemy, one can achieve the effect of combining yin and yang, which can even increase the success rate of alchemy a little.

Hearing this, Zhike pondered for a while, and opened the alchemy furnace catalog in his hand.

"Senior, you can take a look at this Guishui Phoenix Wing Furnace."

"The main material of the alchemy furnace is gloomy and cold iron produced in the snowfields of northern Xinjiang. When forging, an additional drop of pure Yin Guishui essence is mixed in. The auxiliary magic circle is complete, which can reduce the burden of alchemy. About this alchemy furnace In terms of energy supply, there is not only the traditional injection of true essence, but also a second-order spiritual array, which can absorb the spiritual energy of the spirit veins, or it can be connected to the spiritual gathering array, which can ensure a stable supply of spiritual energy during alchemy."

On the page of the book, an alchemy furnace is vivid.

It is in the shape of three legs and two ears, with a height of two feet and three feet. The surface is dark and cold iron black, decorated with golden flying phoenix patterns, and the overall appearance is calm and restrained.

There is a price tag below, and the price is even higher than the top-grade magic weapon, which is [-] spirit stones.

"That's it." Lu Zhong didn't think much about it.

This furnace is very suitable for him. Regardless of its price of tens of thousands, it is estimated that the cost of materials accounts for more than half of it. Well, as long as you can find the cold iron ore vein, you can get this kind of associated ore, but the latter has to risk being attacked by monsters to dive into the vast sea abyss in order to collect this rare spiritual thing.

Lu Zhong guessed that if it weren't for the harsh conditions of use of this furnace and the need to specially cultivate Yanghuo, as a result, no one cared about the Guishui Phoenix Wing Furnace. I am afraid that he would not be able to buy this alchemy furnace at a low price of more than [-] yuan.

……

Go back to the backyard of Lintao Pavilion.

Lu Zhong opened all the magic circles, and then for the sake of safety, he specially placed several layers of confinement and aura restrictions around the room chosen as the alchemy room to prevent any accidents in the future.

After doing this, he didn't forget to pinch one to detect malice.

The effect of this technique has been greatly reduced in the foundation building period, not because its effect has weakened, but because foundation building practitioners are basically aware of the existence of this technique, and various shielding methods have become easy to obtain, so even if someone is really malicious , it is extremely difficult to detect an early warning by detecting malicious spells.

"It would be great if I could learn the art of seeking good luck and avoiding evil." Lu Zhongmo thought.

It's a pity that this technique is one of the second-level auxiliary spells. Because of its ability to seek good luck and avoid evil, it can often be used to great effect, so the owners regard it as a secret and will not spread it casually. Some sects In consideration of the stability of the regional rule, the family has long banned all chambers of commerce from wantonly selling this technique, in order to prevent it from being obtained by evil cultivators, which greatly increases the difficulty of hunting and arresting.

Shaking his head to put away distracting thoughts, he took out the sealed arm.

Unexpectedly, half a month after the arm was cut off from Madame Butterfly's body, the strange fragrance that overflowed not only did not weaken at all, but became so intense that Lu Zhong had to run the Bingxin formula to resist the desire to eat in his heart.

After the furnace was preheated, Lu Zhong put it into the bronze alchemy furnace.

Under the burning of the Jinyang insect fire, the arm began to melt and decompose, and the impurities of flesh and blood were quickly burned away by the high temperature, turned into fly ash and blown out of the furnace, but the part that exudes a strange fragrance was precisely purified by him , gathered into a group of pale oily droplets.

The droplets are colorless and odorless, and appear to be innocuous on the surface.

Lu Zhong thought about it, and decided to try to touch it in the gray fog space.

With the help of the gray mist space's ability to interfere with reality, Lu Zhong separated part of the pale liquid droplet and dropped it into his palm.

All of a sudden, visions appeared in front of his eyes.

Looking around, it seems as if you are in the Paradise of Paradise, which makes people sink and cannot extricate themselves, but it will suddenly turn into a Shura purgatory, torturing the bewitched people crazily.

After being trapped for a long time, Lu Zhongcai's face turned pale, and he exited the gray fog space.

Looking at the liquid drop again, he was already as fearful as a tiger.

"This thing is so sharp that the Foundation Establishment True Cultivator has no ability to resist it. If the Jindan Daoist didn't take precautions in advance, I'm afraid he would be hit by it. The effect is even worse than the legendary 'Confused God Fragrance'."

"I'll call you Huo Shen Xiang." Lu Zhong carefully sealed it into a jade box.

Then his eyes moved to the ashes in the hearth, and he couldn't help thinking carefully: "The Huo Shen Xiang is so sharp, maybe this ashes are also of great use!"

Immediately, he suppressed his nausea and simulated in the gray fog space.

After a short breath, Lu Zhong's eyes showed surprise.

"Interesting, I didn't expect these ashes to be the antidote to the God-confusing Incense. As long as you take it in your mouth, you won't be afraid of the God-confusing Incense."

After a little hesitation, Lu Zhong dug out a bag of leftover cakes, mixed them with the ashes, added a lot of Qinghe spirit made by practicing hands into it, and kneaded the compound into pills.

In this way, seventeen antidotes were obtained.

"Corpse oil, ashes..." Lu Zhong felt that he was never soft on killing people, but taking these ghost things still exceeded the limit of psychological tolerance, and he inevitably felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

But thinking that Madame Butterfly is still at large, there is no guarantee that she will come to her door sometime.And with these antidotes, at least he won't lose his resistance all at once.

Be prepared.

I finally felt much better in my heart.

……

In the following days, Lu Zhong concentrated on practicing.

The planted thunderweed, nourished by the Xiaogui water thunder formation, has grown quite gratifyingly, and has grown a new spore, and it is expected that it will grow into a branch in time.

The cultivation of the double king worm is also proceeding in an orderly manner.

Without sparing spirit stones, a large amount of psychic liquid was poured into it, combined with the nine transformations of the king worm, the double king worm finally entered the first pupal stage, and successfully completed the first molt of the insect body.

The Thunder Thunder Grass and the Substitute King Chong are the key to Lu Zhong's survival of the Three Nine Thunder Tribulations.

After building the foundation for such a long time, his understanding of the Sanjiu Thunder Tribulation is also different from before.

As far as Lu Zhong knew, at the beginning of the Sanjiu Thunder Tribulation, there were three rounds of thunder calamity, and there were nine thunder disasters in each round, so it was named "Three Nine Thunder Tribulations". It is not difficult to get through, the difficulty lies in the last tribulation thunder, the power will suddenly increase several times.

Basically, the monks who failed to cross the tribulation were defeated by these three tribulation thunders.

If the catastrophe fails, there will be no survivors by chance.

The number of Jindan real people is far less than that of building foundations, which is largely caused by the Sanjiu Thunder Tribulation.

If they are not sure enough, many monks will choose to live to the full two hundred years of foundation building, rather than to go through the three or nine thunder calamities in order to pursue the Golden Core Dao.

……

As time goes by, another year of Lantern Festival is ushered in.

On this day, Lv Zhong went out of customs specially to spend the festival with Li Hejun.

To say that the best place to watch lanterns in Changchun Immortal City is naturally Changchun Avenue in the inner city, which leads directly to the gate of Changchun Valley. During the festival of lanterns, the traffic control here will be lifted. Whether it is ordinary monks or ordinary people, everyone can enter Changchun Avenue on this day. Ornamental lanterns.

At this time, the major forces will gather their strength and regard this place as a place to display their financial resources and status. They will hang up the lanterns they have prepared along the street, and the colorful lanterns will be elaborately crafted to evolve into a lantern festival. According to legend, or ingenuity, magic circles are used to spread magical powers on it, with the effects of "dispelling diseases" and "healing wounds", spreading grace, so that people can not only enjoy the wonders of lanterns, but also enjoy the benefits brought by the Lantern Festival. .

At this moment, under the gorgeous lanterns, there are many people on the street.

In the sky, fireworks exploded from time to time, reflecting the night sky colorfully.

The lights and fireworks set off the festive atmosphere extremely warmly.

Lv Zhong took Li Hejun, or patronized the food stalls opened along the street, tasted rare delicacies from all over the world, or guessed the lantern riddles, enjoying this rare festival time.

Walking somewhere, Li Hejun suddenly grabbed Lu Zhong, pointed to the front and said, "Master, look, it seems to be the stall of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce in front, why don't we go and have a look?"

Lu Zhong looked forward and saw a familiar figure.

"Let's go and have a look."

In front of the booth of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce, the two lanterns had been extinguished for some reason, and Yu Feng'er, who was dressed in full attire, was as delicate and beautiful as a flower. At this moment, she exuded a unique aura of foundation building and true cultivation, and was severely scolding the two family elders who were in charge of this matter.

"Seventh Aunt, Fourth Nephew, I entrust this matter to you because I trust my own people, but what will you give me in return? Hmph, shoddy, pocketed... To be honest, I Now I am very disappointed with you two! When I go back, I will go to the ancestral hall to accept the crime by myself, and relieve the responsibility of the elder."

Yu Fenger's words directly determined the future of the two family elders.

Without the position of elders, the family support they receive will be greatly reduced every year. Not only will they be affected, but their descendants will also be greatly affected. The speed of future cultivation will definitely slow down due to this. , or even stagnate.

A noble lady stood with a young man in a yellow shirt, with a mournful expression on her face.

At other times, they would definitely refute Yu Feng'er's decision, but the situation is different now. Yu Feng'er suddenly succeeded in entering the foundation building for some reason, and became the well-deserved first person in the Yu family. The weight of her words The same cannot be said in the same breath. Once an order is issued, no one dares to disobey it.

In this case, even if the position of elder was stripped, the two could only grit their teeth and accept it.

On the other side, Yu Feng'er noticed that Lu Zhong was coming, and at this moment, she didn't know what to think, her cheeks flushed slightly, she turned to the sixtieth old woman who was following her, and said, "Auntie, I will leave this place to you." Deal with it, I still have things to do!"

"Patriarch, go get busy, I will take care of things myself." The sixtieth old woman was in charge of the Yu family's property in the past, and had to come out of the mountain again because the younger generation of the family was not accepted. It can be said that it is easy to handle these things.

Yu Feng'er walked away quickly, as if she was a different person, the majesty that the head of the family should have disappeared, and instead rushed to a young man like a girl, she couldn't help sighing.

"Oh, I don't know if this is good or bad!"

……

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Yu, have you broken through to Foundation Establishment?"

On Lu Zhong's side, noticing the change in Yu Feng'er's cultivation, he cupped his hands and congratulated.

Hearing this, Yu Feng'er's ears turned red and hot, and she said in a soft voice: "Thanks to fellow Daoist Lu, I have finally broken the shackles of the ice soul spirit body, and have successfully broken through to the foundation building stage. Regarding this matter, I wanted to wait After the Lantern Festival, when the clan held the Foundation Establishment Ceremony, what they invited fellow Taoists to explain was not an intentional concealment."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but recall those beautiful things before.

Thinking of the details of the process, her legs and feet inevitably felt a little weak.

Seeing this, Lu Zhong had no choice but to support Yu Feng'er to prevent her from falling to the ground.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist Lu." Yu Feng'er blushed.

Li Hejun looked at it with a smile, and after seeing that she could stand up straight, he suggested: "Since my sister is here too, why don't the three of us visit Lantern Street together?"

"Is it possible?" Yu Feng'er said in a voice like a mosquito.

"I don't mind." Lu Zhong responded.

He really doesn't mind hugging left and right.

To be honest, this should also be the dream of most men, right?

Afterwards, without any explanation, he took Yu Feng'er's arm, and Li Hejun also did not let go, he really hugged him from left to right, and took the two women together to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the lantern in front of him.

At first, Yu Feng'er was a little uncomfortable, but she soon smiled.

Seeing that she was playing wilder and crazier, gradually revealing her repressed nature, Lu Zhong and Li Hejun, who looked like an old married couple, couldn't help but look at each other and shook their heads with helpless expressions.

Walk while playing, and soon come to the end of Lantern Street.

In front is a majestic group of mountains. Since the spiritual energy of the Changchun Valley often overflows, it has formed a scene of aurora that is no less than fireworks. Many monks and ordinary people are stopping to watch. This is their only chance once a year. During the Lantern Festival Strange scenery to be seen.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Lu Zhong suddenly noticed that Yu Feng'er clasped his hands together with a serious expression, as if he was muttering something.

Li Hejun was equally curious.

"This is our custom..." Yu Feng'er said with a smile at this time, like a girl, and then added: "It is said that when you make a wish sincerely during the Lantern Festival, your wish will usually come true!"

"I don't think it will work." Lu Zhong expressed his opinion out of time.

A monk embarks on a journey to immortality, and he is doomed to rely only on himself in this life.

Instead of placing hope on unknown existences and hoping that one day the wish will come true, it is better to go out and fight a few more times, maybe this way you can go further on the road to longevity.

He heard murmured voices again, but it was Li Hejun who was also making a wish there.

"What is your wish, why don't you tell me and listen to it?" Lu Zhong thought to himself that he had enough financial resources to satisfy Li Hejun's wish, so he took the initiative to ask.

"Hee hee, this is a secret!" Li Hejun said with a smile.

As she said that, she and Yu Feng'er looked at each other, as if they had reached an agreement, and laughed wickedly again.

"Hmph, do you want to join forces to deal with me?" Lu Zhong snorted coldly.

Seeing that the two women kept laughing, he felt that he had lost face, so his face turned cold, and he said harshly: "If that's the case, then you two, don't even think about getting out of bed tomorrow!"

Just do it!

……

After one night.

When it was dawn, Lu Zhong woke up.

Looking at Yu Feng'er who was sleeping soundly, his complexion was a little ugly, he raised his hand, and condensed the Jinyang insect fire, the spirit fire was much weaker than before, and the color was a little lighter, but it was last night in order to solve the ice soul spirit energy, which was drawn He used it to neutralize it, and although he benefited a lot from it, the consumption of the flame's spirituality was also very obvious.

Removing the hands and feet wrapped around his body, Lu Zhong got off the bed.

After a few cleansing techniques to restore dryness to the body, I put on the cassock.

"In general, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages." He murmured in his heart, pushed the door open and walked towards the quiet room in the backyard.

After the intense practice last night, Lu Zhong felt that the real energy in his body was about to move, which was a sign that the realm was about to break through. If he closed the door at this time, he might be able to break through the door successfully.

When he walked out of the room, he did not forget to close the door.

In the courtyard in the early morning, the air is also exceptionally fresh.

Um?A little too fresh!
Also, some of the restrictions in the courtyard are gone.

Lu Zhong was startled, but his expression didn't change at all.

Pretending to recall what happened last night, but secretly entered the gray fog space, and used the scene to trace back and investigate.

The concubines and maidservants living in the front yard are all dead at this moment, and the ones who killed them were flying needles from butterflies.

Needless to say, it must be Madame Butterfly!
Whether she went crazy and took great risks to sneak into the city to avenge her broken arm, or for other purposes, it was a huge crisis for Lu Zhong.

Going back further, Lu Zhong finally found Madame Butterfly's hiding place.

Front left, behind the tree!

Almost the moment Lu Zhong exited the gray mist space, an imperceptible fragrance came from his nose.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately took out a pill and took it. The antidote made with Madame Butterfly's severed arm took effect immediately, and all the illusions bursting out of his heart stopped immediately.

"Humph, die!"

Seeing that the plan failed, Madame Butterfly no longer concealed her figure, and rushed out directly.

She has a realm advantage over Lu Zhong, and with the Butterfly Transformation Dafa, she forms a combat power crush.

A flash of madness flashed in her eyes, Madam Butterfly wanted to kill Lu Zhong here to avenge her blood and blood.

Lu Zhong was very angry at this moment, he did not retreat in the slightest, and killed the general.

The two hadn't fought each other for a moment, and the courtyard, which was originally full of flowers and plants like a garden, was affected by the spell and the earth and rocks were blown up, the roots of the plants were broken, and the stems were broken.

If it weren't for the surrounding houses with magic circles, they would have collapsed at this moment.

"Boom boom boom!"

Lu Zhong gritted his teeth and pulled out the butterfly needle on his body, regardless of whether the blood would be soaring or not, the lightning flashed continuously in his left hand, one after another in the palm of his hand, violently bombarded Madame Butterfly.

Bang her pair of butterfly wings to tremble wildly, and an extra hole will be created in two or three strokes.

The fight took place within an inch of the courtyard.

The two of them did not distance themselves, but flew at the enemy with their spells.

Lu Zhong slashed out with Chi Yang's Fa sword, but Madam Butterfly flapped her wings to catch them all, bringing out brilliant magic aura and splashing sparks.

Madame Butterfly is the fastest responding monk of the same level he has ever seen in his life.

He became ruthless, regardless of the meridians.

With a pinch of Ning's fingers, two swords swished out again.

Lu Zhong wants to see who can persist until the end.

When the two confronted each other, there was an explosion sound behind them.

Madame Butterfly originally showed a ferocious look, and was about to sneer at something, but gradually changed into a panic-stricken expression.

Lu Zhong didn't even look at it, he sneered at her and said, "Why, can my eight-door golden lock array enter your eyes?"

The golden lock eight-door formation is a type of second-level mountain guard formation.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would have believed it. Someone would have arranged it in the courtyard.

However, in order to protect his own safety and protect the secrets of the backyard, Lu Zhong insisted on arranging it. For this reason, he did not hesitate to spend thousands of spirit stones every year to maintain the operation of the large formation.

Once this formation is activated, it will also include a place adjacent to the backyard, which is the bedroom where he and his two girls spent the night yesterday.

"Die, die with me!" Madame Butterfly was furious.

How could she have imagined that Lu Zhong was careful now, and even arranged the big formation in the small courtyard. At this moment, he only wanted to kill the young man in front of him, so as to avenge his dead flesh and blood Zhang Miao.

Yes, Zhang Miao is the flesh and blood of Madame Butterfly.

It should have been foolproof when he shot at Yunlu Pavilion that day.

Unexpectedly, Yu Fenger actually invited such an unexpected person as Lu Zhong, which made Zhang Miao's plan fail. Not only did the idea of ​​controlling the Chengde Chamber of Commerce go to waste, but he himself was hunted down by the Changchun Valley Criminal Hall.

On the day before the Lantern Festival, he was sentenced to the soul-refining punishment specially designed for demon cultivators.

(End of this chapter)