Longevity begins with loose cultivation

Chapter 181 The Covenant
After getting the alchemy course, Lu Zhong began to study the integration and transformation theory of alchemy.

This stage is also related to the success or failure of alchemy, and affects the quality of the final alchemy, and it involves a lot of theories. Master Dongbu spent a full seven classes to focus on teaching this part of the content.

Depending on the content of the target medicinal aura of the elixir, the elixir can be divided into three grades.

Nine grades refers to the quality of alchemy made from alchemy, which can be divided into upper, middle and lower grades. The top grade elixir is not a great master who has been immersed in alchemy for many years, or Fu Linxin is so unrefined that it has a small amount of erysipelas. characteristics, but the output is very rare, so every time it appears on the market, it is always in the form of an auction, or it appears in various small circles.

As for the elixir sold in the elixir shop, they are basically middle-grade elixir. The word "elixir" in the monk's mouth usually refers to middle-grade elixir unless the quality is specified.

Low-grade elixirs contain a large amount of erysipelas and are not suitable for monks to take, so they are called "bad elixirs" by alchemists. Except for a small number of poor monks who will buy them, they are often sold at a discount to major spirit beasts. The best source of Reiki supplements.

Lu Zhong doesn't expect to be able to refine high-grade pills, but only hopes that in the final refined pills, the proportion of middle-grade pills will be more, and the proportion of inferior pills and waste pills will be less. The proportion, also known as the "alchemy rate", is related to whether the alchemist can profit from it.

Taking the Zhenyun Pill that he often takes as an example, only when the mid-grade pill reaches [-]% of the predetermined success rate, and if the inferior pill is sold to recover the capital, can it barely maintain its capital.

The [-]% Chengdan rate is also known as the profit and loss line of Zhenyun Dan.

Different qualities of pills have different profit and loss lines, and they will change in real time with the market. Generally, those pills that are easy to refine need to have a higher success rate when there are a large number of alchemists who can refine them. , in order to achieve profitability. With the improvement of the level of pills, the pill rate required for the profit and loss line will become lower and lower.

It is said that when the alchemy period is reached, even if the alchemy rate is [-]%, profits can also be achieved.

The reason for this phenomenon is that the elixir in the pill formation period is too expensive.

After all, the alchemy suitable for alchemy monks needs five hundred years of elixir to refine it. There are very few alchemists who are capable of refining third-tier elixir, and entrusting them to make a shot often requires thousands of spirits. Stone, the cost of refining such a batch of pills can be imagined. In addition, each family sect is invariably the same. Strictly controlling the flow of high-level pills to the market has also fueled the flames and exacerbated the price rise.

In the following time, apart from living in Lintao Pavilion and studying the theory of alchemy, Lu Zhong also often participated in the gatherings of alchemy circles in Changchun Immortal City. As long as he was willing to spill a lot of spirit stones, he would ask some basic questions , some alchemists are willing to give advice.

Except for eating, sleeping, and practicing, basically all the time is spent on it.

……

Blink of an eye is the first day of junior high school.

It's only four o'clock.

After coming out of the alchemy room, Lu Zhong took a few pictures of cleaning symbols on his body.

During this period of time, I was focused on learning alchemy, relying on my incomparably strong body, and there was no problem at all. The main reason was that I couldn't hold on mentally. When the family attended the foundation building ceremony, he decided to relax.

When he came to the courtyard, Li Hejun was already waiting with his maid.

His gaze fell on a brocade box in her hand, and she could detect it with only a rough sense. There was a strong wave of aura coming from the box. Lu Zhong didn't use the qi-watching technique to look at it. The things inside should have been prepared for him by Li Hejun. Maybe I still plan to give myself a surprise, if I see through it, it would be boring to say it directly.

"what is this?"

Sure enough, Mr. Li He showed a proud smile when he heard the words, holding the square brocade box, and said as he walked:

"Dharma robes, master, you may have worn this clothes for more than ten years, and you bought them during the Qi refining period before. Since the master is already a true foundation-builder, it is natural to change into a robes that fit your status."

Opening the brocade box, there was a black gold-woven vestment inside.

It is a large cloak with double breasted sleeves.

It gives people a sense of calm and heavy.

The surface is woven with golden threads and stars.

Li Hejun is very clear about Lu Zhong's dressing preferences. He likes to wear black clothes, but he is very sullen in his heart.

"I was at the auction, but I immediately fell in love with this 'star-pattern cassock'. It really matches the master."

Hearing this, Lu Zhong thought to himself, no wonder a few days ago, Li Hejun asked him for one hundred thousand spirit stones, but he didn't ask what it was for at that time, it turned out that it was to take pictures of this robe.

Holding up the star-pattern cassock, it feels heavy in the hand. The whole is made of spirit silk and star silver silk blended, coupled with the large area of ​​gold weaving technology, it is no wonder that it will give people a heavy and heavy feeling.

He weighed it, and said it weighed at least thirty catties.

No wonder Li He Junfang had a hard-working look on his face.

Under the costumes of her and the maid, Lu Zhong put on this star-pattern cassock.

As a low-grade spiritual weapon, in addition to the necessary effects of "avoiding dust" and "gathering spirits", it also has a powerful supernatural power called "Star Blessing", which can attract the power of the nine-day stars and act on itself. A full augmentation effect.

Especially in the starry night, the blessing effect will be strengthened.

Injecting mana into it, he felt that his soul was slightly stronger, his physical fitness and recovery speed were also slightly improved, worthy of the effect of a comprehensive increase, and his spiritual consciousness was enhanced, and the distance reached one hundred and ninety-nine feet. Infinitely close to two hundred feet.

"Is the limit of the spiritual consciousness of a monk who builds the foundation two hundred feet?" Lu Zhong read in the classics that there is a limit to the growth of a monk's spiritual consciousness in each realm. If he wants to continue to strengthen his spiritual soul, there must After three or nine days of calamity, the limit can be extended to a higher level after the sky thunder has washed the soul and completed the transformation.

Bring your thoughts back to the vestments.

"Yes, I like this cassock very much!" Lu Zhong expressed his heart.

Li Hejun on the side heard this, and immediately laughed so hard that his teeth could not be seen, and he looked extremely happy.

After laughing for a long time, she stopped her smile, took Lu Zhong's arm and said, "Master, the car is ready, let's go to Yu's house now, my sister is the first time she sent an invitation, master, you can't miss it." It's time."

"Okay, okay, let's go!" Lu Zhong laughed.

Immediately, the two boarded the animal cart waiting outside and rushed towards Lingquanjian outside the city.

……

Lingquanjian is where the Yu family is located, [-] miles south of Changchun Fairy City.

When Lu Zhong arrived here, the time was just right, it was an auspicious time.

He helped Li Hejun out of the car, the latter's exquisite face was still blushing, showing a resentful expression, he blamed his master for being dishonest on the road, but he tossed her so hard that he almost didn't even have the strength left to walk.

Li Hejun rested for a while, and called the two accompanying maids.

"Yu Ru, Yu Yi, you two can take a look for me, my bun is messy, if there is, please tidy it up, and help me put on the Bu Yao and other jewelry prepared in advance."

"Yes." The two maids responded meekly.

After a lot of work, she finally dressed up as a luxurious lady.

At this moment in the family land, there are lights and festoons for the celebration. A red carpet is spread straight to the mountain gate. Cars and horses are constantly coming, and the comings and goings are very lively.

In front of the mountain gate, Yu Feng'er, dressed up, was looking left and right.

It could be seen that she was very anxious.

Seeing Lu Zhong coming, he was almost so excited that he jumped up.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, you are finally here!" Yu Feng'er's voice was slightly complaining, and she realized that this posture did not match her identity as the head of the family, so she changed into a formal tone and said with a smile: "The guests are all here, The celebration is about to begin, Lu Daoyou, please come with me."

Waiting for Lu Zhong to present a [-]-year-old Aesculus aesculus as a congratulatory gift.

Yu Fenger led the two of them, first through the flowing water mat area where people come and go, then the area where low-level monks gather, all the way to the main hall that serves as the main banquet hall.

During the period, they kept looking at him, all curious about who it was that could attract the Patriarch of the Yu family to receive him in person.

The protagonist of the celebration, a middle-aged man named "Yu Yuqing"

This person is handsome, and he has a pretty good opinion of Yuqing whether it is from the Yu family or outside, so he was given the Foundation Establishment Pill, and he lived up to the expectations of his family, successfully breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

Xu was too excited, his face was already flushed.

Seeing Lu Zhong's arrival, he apologized to the guests around him, walked towards this side, raised his glass and smiled, "Thank you, Daoist Lu, for taking the time out of your busy schedule, this... is Mr. Li in charge? It seems that Mrs. Li is not only a business Wizards, still have a good face!"

After Li Hejun heard this, his face blushed rarely, and he bowed to salute.

Then the two took their seats, and the banquet officially began.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

It wasn't until dark that the guests gradually dispersed.

……

Yu Fenger's boudoir.

Lu Zhong put on his clothes.

On the other side, Li Hejun also got up with Yu Fenger's support. She is just a mortal, and she has worked so hard twice a day. , and finally recovered.

For some reason, she is particularly active today.

Lu Zhong glanced across the woman's temples, and could see that there was an extra strand of gorgeous hair. He immediately understood the reason, and couldn't help but sigh silently in his heart.

"Hey, it's because the longevity is exhausted, and the end is approaching..."

Gujing's calm state of mind will inevitably be turbulent at this moment.

Theoretically, the lifespan limit of a mortal is equivalent to that of a Qi refining monk, who can live for hundreds of years.

It is only because of acquired reasons, such as illness, fatigue, etc., that the longevity will often be somewhat reduced, so there are sayings such as fifty to know the destiny, and seventy to be rare in ancient times.

Li Hejun's longevity was naturally lost a lot due to eating spiritual fruit by mistake in his early years, and he can live without disease and pain until now, thanks to the perennial spiritual energy to clean his body.

But manpower is no match for the number of days after all.

In a blink of an eye, Li Hejun's temples were half white.

Lu Zhong knew the reason, it was that the Yangyan Pill lost its effect when the longevity was exhausted.

He didn't speak, just held her in his arms silently.

When Yu Feng'er discovered this, she couldn't help crying.

Quickly wiped away tears, got up and rushed to the door, and ran out of the door.

Lu Zhong knew what Yu Fenger wanted to do,
She didn't stop it, after all, it was her kindness.

"Master, I remembered when I met you, Master, outside Yongling City. At that time, you looked exactly the same as now? Sometimes, I have been thinking, if I also have spiritual roots, it would be great. In this way, I will go farther and farther with the master..."

"Will my current appearance be ugly?" Li Hejun asked suddenly.

Lu Zhong caressed her face, and said against his will, "It's the same as before, it hasn't changed."

"Pfft!" Li Hejun laughed.

"When the master deceives outsiders, it's not like this... It's fine, I don't want you to see me turning into an old woman... Tell me, master, will there really be reincarnation in this world in the future?"

"Yes, if there is a spirit in the world, there will be reincarnation."

"Then, do you think we will meet again?" Li Hejun buried his head in Lu Zhong's arms, feeling the warmth as always, and said with hope in his tone.

"We will meet again! No matter how many years, no matter how many reincarnations, as long as your true spirit is immortal, we will meet each other tomorrow, or in the spirit world, or one day, when I reach the peak of the fairy world, Always search through thousands of worlds, then you and I will meet."

"My lord, you are such a gentle person..."

When Lu Zhong heard this, he laughed and said nothing.

"I, I got the longevity fruit!"

Outside the door, Yu Fenger rushed in holding a jade box.

Longevity fruit can prolong life for one year, it is definitely a rare and hard-to-find life-extending spiritual object, if it is traded outside, it is easy to exchange for tens of thousands of spiritual stones, or choose a spiritual weapon.

But the situation inside the house was that a basin of ice water was poured on her face.

"Woo, what, how come?"

Yu Feng'er lost her voice and felt pain. To her, Li Hejun was both a teacher and a friend. He was not only a master who taught her business skills, but also a close friend who could confide in private, but now he left suddenly like this.

"He Jun, I'm sorry, I'm late!"

……

The rain is like smoke.

On the hillside where the flowers are blooming, a new grave has been added.

Paper money was sprinkled down, accompanied by intermittent sobbing and crying.

As for the arrangement after Li Hejun's death, it's not that Lu Zhong hadn't thought about it before. The spirit puppet he specially obtained from Li Qionghua before was a candidate.

This spirit puppet was once made to imprison Li Qionghua, and the materials used are all rare spiritual objects.

The core of the spirit pivot that controls the puppet has been infiltrated by Li Qionghua's soul of the Nascent Soul, and has already possessed magical functions, which can hold the soul for thousands of years without corruption.

Or switch to the ghost way, even if you have to pay the price of being eroded by negative aura, it is always a good way to continue your existence.

or other means.
But in the end, he still respected Li Hejun's wishes.

After comforting Yu Feng'er, whose eyes were swollen from crying, Lu Zhong planned to guard the spirit here for three years, until Li Hejun's true spirit left this world, to avoid any inconspicuous things breaking in.

This is an ancient ritual he saw from the classics, but he is not sure whether it will be useful or not.

For this reason, Lu Zhong specially built a thatched cottage next to it.

(End of this chapter)