Longevity begins with loose cultivation

Chapter 193
time flies.

In the blink of an eye, more than three months have passed, and it is already late autumn.

Relying on the flame nourishment collected by the Chengde Chamber of Commerce, Lu Zhong successfully advanced Jinyang Chonghuo again. The color of the flame was much darker than before, which made it regain part of the spirit-forging effect.

The mottled and impure true essence can finally be calcined and purified.

However, Lu Zhong's cultivation speed has not fully recovered, and most of the time is spent on calcining the impurities of the true essence, and then the training time is removed, and the rest of the time is spent studying and comprehending the Flame Jue.

The speed of practice is still as slow as a turtle crawling.

What is missing this time is not the elixir, but the means to purify the true essence.

This is the way of practice, you never know which will come first, accident or tomorrow.

"Fortunately, I still have two hundred years of life to live, and I will be able to cultivate to the fake alchemy state slowly, at least it is much better than those colleagues who have stagnated in cultivation." Lu Zhong thought so in his heart, and then put his body The golden yang worm fire was drawn out and began to calcine the impurities in the true essence.

Deliberately control the power of the spirit fire so as not to burn the reclining chair under him.

He picked up the teacup and took a sip of the newly arrived Beijiang Bingling Tea.

It felt like drinking icy water in midsummer, the billowing icy aura erupted from the mouth, and the whole person felt more comfortable than ever before, and couldn't help moaning.

"Sweet! It's just that this iced tea is too expensive. It actually costs one hundred spirit stones, and three pieces in a cup is three hundred spirit stones."

I heard that in northern Xinjiang, this kind of Bingling tea is ordinary spiritual tea.

When it is transported to Nanban via the East China Sea route, it will be worth a hundred times.

Lu Zhong took another sip, added the sweet and sour spiritual fruit, and then added the green grass dew, and it immediately became a cup of strong-flavored fruit tea.

It tastes better this way.

After drinking a cup of tea, he retracted the golden yang worm fire into his body, and stood up from the reclining chair.

There is an exchange meeting in Dongbulu today.

The exchange meeting was initiated by the eldest disciple of Dongbu Zhenren. Those who can participate are monks in the late stage of foundation establishment. It is said that there will be a lot of good things, so Lu Zhong is going to go and have a look. It is not only a boring pastime, but also a chance. What's the catch.

He went out and got on the carriage, and soon arrived at Dongbulu.

It's the same as before, still low-key and elegant.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, long time no see, please come inside!" Jiang Mengsun clasped his hands and said with a smile. He is the eldest disciple of Dongbu Daoist, and now he has cultivated in the fake alchemy realm.

"I've seen Fellow Daoist Jiang!" Lu Zhong bowed his hands in return, smiling.

Follow Jiang Mengsun into a hall.

On the left and right sides of the hall, two tables have been set up, with spiritual tea and spiritual fruits on them. Many monks have already taken their seats, and there are maids waiting beside them, pouring tea and delivering water at any time.

Thanks to the improved status of Lintao Pavilion and the Chengde Chamber of Commerce, many people are very optimistic about Lu Zhong, a monk who has no worries about his cultivation resources and has a bright future. He believes that this person can try to form alchemy at least once in a hundred years, and maybe in the future. Become a Jindan real person.

So they all got up from their seats and saluted Lu Zhong.

"I met Lu Daoyou."

"Meet fellow Daoist Lu!"

Lu Zhong replied one by one, he didn't like this kind of occasion, but he still had to give others the necessary face, and cultivating immortals had to be polite, otherwise he would provoke enemies inexplicably.

Sit in the third position from the left in the hall.

Immediately, a maid approached, wanting to serve her personally.

Those who can participate in this level of exchange meeting are naturally not ordinary maids.

For example, this one, who already has the third level of Qi refining, looks really good, on the average line of female cultivators.

You're welcome, touched two.

too skinny!
Lu Zhong thought she had no meat, so after pouring out the tea, he waved her hand to let the girl back down.

This move almost made the other party cry.

It can be seen from the many monks in Caicai Hall who took the initiative to say hello, the senior she serves is not low in status, if she can become the other party's concubine, the future can be said to be very secure.

What did I fail to do well? I obviously want to have a good figure, and my appearance is not too bad, but my senior didn't like me...

The maid couldn't help but doubt herself.

Lu Zhong noticed this and couldn't help shaking his head secretly.

Ignoring the other party, he poured himself a drink.

Compared with Bingling tea, although the spiritual tea provided by the exchange meeting has stronger spiritual energy, it lacks the refreshing feeling of ice spiritual energy stimulating the meridians, so it tastes a bit dull.

Simply, he began to look at everyone in the hall.

Those who sit near the gate of the temple do not need to look at them, they are basically just making up the numbers.

The first person on the left is an indifferent young man dressed in the uniform of Changchun Valley disciples and a sapphire crown on his head. His aura is no less than that of Lu Zhong, and a golden tripod is embroidered on the collar.

"Jin Ding? It seems that he is a true disciple..." Lu Zhongxin thought that Jiang Mengsun had a lot of face, even such a person could be invited here.

His eyes shifted to the first person on the opposite side, a Confucian scholar with a thin face.

This person's cultivation base is also profound, and compared to the true biography of Changchun Valley, it is not far behind. Lu Zhong once met Confucian scholars, and he is the direct line of the Jindan family, and his status is also indescribable.

Further down, there is a pair of Taoist couples next to each other.

They are a big man in black with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a woman who looks like an old lady. The two look quite good. Low, I think the strength is not as good as him.

The sound of footsteps came, and the second seat on the left row was already occupied.

It was a female cultivator in feather clothes, whose appearance could only be described as shabby, perhaps because of this, her face was covered with a thick layer of powder, and when she noticed Lu Zhong's gaze, she snorted coldly.

She didn't say anything, she just glanced over and landed on Changchungu Zhenchuan in front of her.

Seeing that the other party ignored her, the female cultivator's face became ugly, and she gave Lu Zhong a hard look.

"It's really ugly people making troubles!" Lu Zhong secretly laughed in his heart.

If there is a chance in the future, he doesn't mind teaching the other party a lesson.

Immediately, Lu Zhong looked away, waiting for the exchange meeting to start.

At the same time, I was thinking about what to give in exchange.

One piece of silver essence and three pieces of iron essence will be reserved for refining the magic weapon of life in the future, and they cannot be exchanged if it is not necessary.

As for the elixir in the bag and the refined liquid, he also did not intend to take it out. The former was collected with great difficulty, so it should not be taken advantage of by others. The latter involves the secret method of the liquid. Maybe it will cause big trouble, so I can't take it out.

After much deliberation, Lu Zhong took out a elixir, which was as vermilion as jade.

It was obtained from Haili, apart from those pills suitable for alchemy monks to improve their cultivation, this "Little Yihun Pill" is the most valuable.

The effect, of course, is to strengthen the soul, and it only works once.

Originally there were three, Lu Zhong took one for himself and gave one to Yu Feng'er.

The effect after taking it can only be said to be average.

Especially for himself, the increase in the strength of the soul is not obvious, it just increases the distance of the release of the soul by three inches.

Having said that, the Little Yihun Pill is still worth a lot.

It was sold on consignment at the auction, at least the starting price was [-] to [-] spirit stones.

Not long after, the hall was already full of people.

At this time, Jiang Mengsun had already sat down in the main seat, and there was an elegant and beautiful female cultivator beside him. Compared with the one next to Lu Zhong, he could be described as a sloppy chicken and a white swan.

Changchungu Zhenchuan, who was not looking sideways at first, looked at this beautiful female cultivator frequently at this moment.

The female cultivator in Yuyi, who was at the side, became jealous and looked at the beautiful female cultivator with hostility. Unexpectedly, the latter was completely focused on Jiang Mengsun and ignored her intentions at all.

Looking at this scene, Lu Zhong thought to himself that today was really not in vain.

Jiang Mengsun, who was in the center of the vortex, coughed twice to hide his embarrassment, and then looked at everyone.

"Thank you to the [-] comrades present here. It is a great honor for Jiang to participate in this Dongbulu exchange meeting! I won't say much about it. Let's follow the old rules, starting with the ones near the gate of the palace. Fellow Daoist, please introduce what you are going to exchange, and then quote your ideal price, whether it is to exchange spirit stones or spiritual objects, both parties agree to the transaction."

After Jiang Mengsun said these words, he smiled and nodded to the monk at the end of the right row.

This man is a skinny old man, with the appearance of an immortal and tall man, and he is slapping his hand on the maid in his arms. When he sees everyone looking at him, he pulls his hand out calmly, and takes it out of his arms. A jade bottle said with a look of reluctance:
"Yanyan Dragon and Tiger Pill is suitable for improving cultivation in the late stage of foundation establishment, especially the fire-type kungfu. The side effect is the self-generated fire energy in the body, which requires hard work to kill or try to resolve it. There are three pills in the bottle. Use it plus nine thousand spirit stones to exchange for a high-grade wood spirit stone."

Many monks here were moved when they heard that it was a pill that could improve their cultivation.

But top-grade spirit stones are rare, let alone specific wood spirit stones.

"Fellow Daoist Long, can you use mid-grade spirit stones instead?" someone asked with a little luck, not wanting to miss it.

"Sorry, I only want high-grade spirit stones." The old man surnamed Long shook his head.

Seeing that no one came up for a long time, Lu Zhong got up and said, "I have a top-grade wood spirit stone, but Fellow Daoist Long must use this bottle of Yanyan Dragon and Tiger Pill, plus one hundred and ten middle-grade spirit stones. Exchange, otherwise this transaction will be too disadvantageous, please understand Long Daoist!"

High-grade spirit stones contain a huge amount of spirit energy. Only large spirit stone veins can produce them, and the quantity is very rare.

The exchange ratio with middle-grade spirit stones is usually one to one hundred and twenty-three.

Hearing this, the old man surnamed Long hesitated for a moment, but agreed to exchange.

"Hehe, congratulations to Fellow Daoist Lu for winning the first prize!" Jiang Mengsun raised his glass to signal.

"It's all thanks to Fellow Daoist Jiang." Lu Zhong said with a smile.

When he returned to his seat, the next monk got up.

It is five [-]-year-old elixir, which can be refined into a elixir to increase cultivation, and the asking price is [-] spirit stones.

Lu Zhong got the Yanyan Dragon and Tiger Pill, so it's not easy to participate in it.

After a while, the elixir was bought by the Confucian scholar opposite.

The following monks took out things one by one, whether it was rare medicines that are rare outside, or precious spiritual materials that have been aged, or rare spiritual mines that have just been mined, and only at this level of exchange At the meeting, they will appear in large numbers.

As soon as Lu Zhong got the chance, he shot, and got two more bottles of cultivation-enhancing pills, plus a pair of the main medicine of Cao Lingdan.

When it was his turn, he took out the little soul-yielding pill.

Sure enough, the appearance of this pill caused an uproar among the monks in the hall.

Even the few people sitting in the front seat, including Jiang Mengsun and the beautiful female cultivator in the main seat, all cast surprised eyes. It seems that this kind of elixir that enhances the soul is very rare. Try to get it.

In fact, if it wasn't for the fact that the Xiaoyihun Pill could only be taken once, Lu Zhong would not have sold it.

Seeing everyone looking at him with fiery eyes, some of them couldn't even hide their longing, hoping that he would make an offer soon.

Lu Zhong smiled, got up and said:
"I don't need to say much about the value of this little soul-yielding pill, but I don't want to exchange it for pills or spiritual objects, but to exchange a piece of news from everyone. If the news provided can satisfy Lu, not only this A small soul-yielding pill, I will give you a generous gift later!"

"What news? I can't exchange it with a spiritual weapon?"

The first person to speak was the Eternal Spring Valley True Biography, and he took out a small earthy yellow seal, which was a low-grade spiritual weapon.

In terms of value, it is still above Xiaoyihundan.

"Sorry! I don't lack spirit weapons." Lu Zhong shook his head and refused.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the field was surprised again. They dared to say that there was no shortage of spiritual weapons. This Lintao pavilion master had at least both offensive and defensive spiritual weapons, which made many people look up to Lu Zhong even more.

"What I need is information on the whereabouts of Yanghuo, at least it must be a powerful Yanghuo that is recorded on the Spiritual Fire List. If you know the whereabouts of this kind of spiritual fire, you may as well share it with me." Lu Zhongxu said.

There are a thousand spiritual fires on the spiritual fire list, but all spiritual fires that can be named on it are all rare treasures in the world, which can be encountered but not sought after.

Only Yanghuo of this grade can satisfy his need for spiritual forging.

Jiang Mengsun was thoughtful after hearing this, but he didn't say anything immediately.

Underneath, the Confucian scholar and the true biography of Changchun Valley were both in a state of contemplation, as if they were weighing something.

For monks of their status, the channels for obtaining information are beyond the reach of ordinary people. Naturally, they know the whereabouts of the powerful Yanghuo that Lu Zhong is seeking, but if they want to tell them the news, the price will not be low at all, and it is not an ordinary person. Spiritual things can satisfy them, and they are more willing to use this news as an investment to win over allies.

At this moment, he was weighing in his heart whether Lu Zhong was worthy of their friendship.

There was a flash of inspiration in the Confucian scholar's eyes, he looked at Lu Zhong carefully, and shook his head imperceptibly.

The true essence is mottled and impure, and the aura is also slightly vain.

He doesn't think that such a person can successfully form a pill.

Immediately, his complexion was as usual, and he continued to drink tea.

On the other hand, Changchungu Zhenchuan also finished the observation, hesitated again and again and decided to give up, also thinking that Lu Zhong was not worthy of his investment.

The actions of the two were seen by Lu Zhong.

It would be a lie to say that he was not disappointed. The status of these two people was extraordinary. If they were unwilling to make a deal, he was afraid that he would return empty-handed this time, but this did not affect his mood, so he continued to drink tea and wait.

At this time, a voice came from the opposite side.

But it was the man in black among the couple who spoke.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, since no one is willing to exchange it, why don't you sell the soul-yielding pill as spirit stones to me? I'm willing to bid fifty thousand spirit stones!"

After saying this, the man in black looked very proud.

Unexpectedly, he was immediately reprimanded.

It was the Confucian scholar. He didn't look at him, but looked at Jiang Mengsun, "Jiang Daoyou, you are not strict this time, how can you let this kind of villain who loves to take advantage of you come in? If there is such a person next time Something happened. I have something to say first, and I will not come to participate in the future."

When Jiang Mengsun heard this, his expression was naturally ugly.

He gave the man in black a hard look. The other party was his clan brother. He wanted to use this to bring him into the upper circles, but he never thought that it would only make him look bad.

The purpose of his holding the exchange meeting is to raise hope, not to profit from it.

Jiang Mengsun's lips moved slightly, and the voice was transmitted to the man in black.

The latter's face changed greatly after hearing this, and he stood up quickly, apologizing to Confucian scholar and Lu Zhong successively.

Afterwards, he even took his Taoist companion and excused himself to leave.

After this episode, the atmosphere that had just heated up cooled down again.

Just when Lu Zhong thought it was a waste of time, Jiang Mengsun suddenly spoke.

"I know the whereabouts of a wisp of Purple Nether Extreme Fire. This fire ranks [-]rd on the list of spiritual fires. It belongs to the type of extreme yin that produces yang, but if you want to exchange information about the whereabouts of Lu Daoyou, you have to add For other things, just a small soul-yielding pill is not enough!"

Lu Zhong's heart moved, and he gave a new increase.

Added an ingot of iron concentrate.

Jiang Mengsun pondered for a while, and agreed to exchange.

Iron essence was hard to come by, and a large amount of spirit iron needed to be refined with Danhuo in order to get rid of the chaff and preserve the essence. A small piece of iron essence plus a small soul-yielding pill was enough to exchange for the Yanghuo news he knew.

"Oh, if it wasn't for that bastard, why would I have to pay such a price?" Jiang Mengsun sighed inwardly.

If you don't know people, you are the one who suffers.

After this incident happened, in order to maintain his position in the circle, he could only reluctantly sell Ziyou Jihuo's whereabouts to prove that he, Jiang Mengsun, had enough strength to rank alongside other people in the circle.

At this time, Lu Zhong had sent a message to Jiang Mengsun, saying:
"Please tell me, Fellow Daoist Jiang, the whereabouts of Ziyou Jihuo."

Ziyou Jihuo, Yanghuo born in the dead.

This fire was transformed from the cold bone ice flame. The original attribute was extremely yin to cold, but after the transformation, it became a pure yang fire. Even if it ranks low on the list of spiritual fires, it is still rare.

If he can really get this fire, then his current problem will be easily solved.

The only trouble is that this fire is definitely not easy to obtain.

Otherwise, Jiang Mengsun could collect it himself instead of keeping it for others.

Sure enough, Jiang Mengsun mentioned a location, Ziyou Jihuo is in the famous and dangerous place in Changchun Region——Huaguyuan, this abyss is located in the north of Changchun Region, on the outskirts of the northern Great Forest Sea.

The Great Forest Sea in the north is the gap between the Nanman Cultivation Realm and the Regretful Sky Plateau.

The degree of danger of the environment can no longer be described by poor mountains and rivers. Not only are there accumulated poisonous miasmas that can harm monks in the forest, there are also a large number of highly poisonous monsters and poisonous insects that breed in it. It is said that there are high-level monsters in the depths of the forest. The poisonous insects were so infested that even the great monk Nascent Soul did not dare to take risks rashly.

As for Huaguyuan, the level of danger is still higher than the periphery of Lin Hai.

"If fellow Daoist Lu wants to go, you'd better make all the preparations, otherwise..." Jiang Mengsun reminded, but didn't continue.

Those who can cultivate to the late stage of foundation establishment are not idiots who don't know the so-called.

Of course, except for his brother.

Thinking of him, Jiang Mengsun felt angry.

You must know that Ziyou is extremely hot, he originally reserved it for himself.

On Lu Zhong's side, after hearing about Ziyou Jihuo's whereabouts, he decided to trade with Jiang Mengsun, and gave the Xiaoyihun Pill and an ingot of Iron Essence as agreed.

The exchange will continue.

The next few people brought out a lot of good things, including a spirit weapon, the flying shuttle, but the exchange conditions were too harsh, Lu Zhong gave up thinking about it as soon as he heard it, and focused his attention on Ziyou Jihuo.

I began to think about what to prepare for this trip.

And, how to enter the Bone Abyss.

For the sake of caution, Lu Zhong prepared to collect information and set off after making sufficient preparations.

"By the way, the Chamber of Commerce seems to have purchased materials from Huaguyuan. Maybe we should ask about the situation, and maybe we can get some help..."

He decided to go back and ask Yu Feng'er.

……

In the courtyard, Yu Fenger was resting.

Suddenly, the body was suspended in the air.

When she came back to her senses, she was already hugged by Lu Zhong.

"How is the current situation at the chamber of commerce?"

"Well, the business has improved a lot recently. With your husband's ship here, the sales of goods have also improved a lot. Many big chambers of commerce have already started placing orders with us. It is expected that the spirit stones they will earn this year will increase by one year compared to the previous year. Twenty percent." Yu Feng'er buried her head in Lu Zhong's arms and said.

If this trend continues, as long as there are no accidents, the survival of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce will not be a problem. As for whether it can develop into a large chamber of commerce, it is another matter. fleet.

Thinking of this, Yu Feng'er couldn't help feeling worried.

"Husband, please promise me here, don't take risks to explore the route, okay?"

"How do you say this? Well, well, I promise you!" Lu Zhong patted her head and smiled.

Although he got a sea chart from Haili, Lu Zhong really had no intention of exploring. You must know that he has a transfer order that is suspected to lead to the west. Buying and selling through the teleportation array is easy.

The benefits gained from changing hands once are definitely no less than running the East China Sea route once.

"By the way, I remember that there is a business involving Huaguyuan in the Chamber of Commerce. What is the situation?" Lu Zhong thought of the acquisition of Ziyou Jihuo. This is related to his future career and must be completed as soon as possible.

"Huaguyuan? It's a dangerous place..." Yu Feng'er raised her heart again when she heard that Lu Zhong was going there, but she also knew that Lu Zhong would not wander around for nothing. At home, the type who has been practicing.

So she began to tell everything she knew.

The formation of Huaguyuan is said to be related to the human race's pioneering of the Southern Barbarians.

In the past, the land of Nanman was the territory of monsters. It is rumored that the demon cultivators once established a kingdom called "Demon Court", but later, the monk army led by the ancient Daxiu, who had obtained the inheritance of the fairy world, wiped out the inheritance. Since then, there will be no demon court in the world. .

It is said that there have been hundreds of battles between the two sides in Nanban.

Huaguyuan is the ruins of a great battle.

It is said that there are no less than a million corpses of monsters buried inside, and it is precisely because of this that an abyss of death can be created.

The business of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce in Huaguyuan is mainly to collect a kind of spiritual object called "demon bone dust", which is transformed by the long-term erosion of dead energy, and can be used in the quenching step of the refining tool, which can effectively improve the The finished quality of the magic weapon is widely welcomed by the craftsmen.

This route was opened by Yu Chengde before, but it was gradually abandoned because the Chamber of Commerce changed its business direction and began to try to open up the East China Sea route. Later, Yu Feng'er regained the power of the Chamber of Commerce and picked it up again.

"If my husband really wants to go, I can set up a supply station in the forest, so that the 'Wanmu Poisonous Miasma' is not something to fear, and I can travel unimpeded when I arrive at Huaguyuan. As for Huaguyuan, I can also make some preparations in advance." Yu Feng'er looked up at Lu Zhongdao, and she decided to use most of the strength of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce to list the northern Dalinhai as the development direction.

Lu Zhong thought about it and agreed to this approach.

The laid supply station is not for one-time use. After he finishes exploring Bone Bone Abyss, it will be open to casual cultivators who make a living by collecting herbs. At that time, whether it is buying elixir from them or selling necessary materials at high prices , are all lucrative deals.

"Sure enough, it's better to lean against the big tree to enjoy the shade!" Lu Zhong thought silently.

If it were an ordinary monk, even if it was a family or sect monk, unless he was a high-level person with great power, it would be impossible to mobilize so many manpower and material resources just to satisfy his own personal goals.

But now, he enjoys the treatment that only the head of a sect or the head of the Daxiu Immortal family can afford.

I have to say, this feeling is really cool!
For other people to fetch Ziyou Jihuo, how to get to Huaguyuan is a big problem, and he can wait for the supply station to be laid, and follow the team all the way, maybe sitting on the beast cart drinking tea, holding Chinese and Americans can easily reach it.

When Huaguyuan is reached, an advance base can also be established.

If you can't get it once, try a few more times!
After all, Ziyou Jihuo can be obtained.

(End of this chapter)