Longevity, starting from raising chickens

"You said this thing can gather the origin of the world?"

Cang Fuzi looked at the small bronze basin in front of him in surprise, and his erratic figure was circling around the small bronze basin.

He picked up a small transparent bead from it and was amazed.

Wang Ba shook his head and corrected:
"It's Haizhu."

"Yes, yes, it is a sea pearl, but it doesn't make much difference. It can be retrieved with a little effort... Are you sure you can really condense it?"

Cang Fuzi still couldn't believe it.

Wang Ba hesitated and shook his head again.

He had no idea about the innate cloud ban within this innate Taoist treasure, so naturally he couldn't confirm its effect.

"But it's easy to verify. According to what you said, the origin of the realm needs to absorb the Dao intention and the source of chaos to gradually be born. In this case, we only need to provide this innate Dao treasure with some Dao intention or the source of chaos, and we should be able to see something."

Cang Fuzi hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Then he extracted a small portion of the chaos source essence he had saved and threw it in.

The two of them immediately fixed their eyes on the surroundings of the small bronze basin.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before both of them noticed that the small amount of chaos essence was disappearing little by little around the small bronze basin.

Although the speed was slow, it made Wang Ba's heart jump!
There is a play!

He quickly looked inside the small bronze basin.

But I found no obvious changes in this small basin.

The two looked at each other and continued reading patiently.

Nearly half a month had passed before some transparent beads as thick as a hair finally began to appear under the small basin.

"Really!"

Cang Fuzi's eyes showed surprise!
Wang Ba also breathed a sigh of relief.

Then a look of joy and complexity appeared in his eyes.

Needless to say, they were delighted. With this small bronze basin, they had indirectly found a way to replenish the world's origin. The reason why it was complicated was that they were trapped here, with limited and almost fixed overall resources. The addition of this small bronze basin would only indirectly speed up their consumption of the Xiaocang world's origin.

One increase and one decrease is approximately equal to no change.

There has been virtually no improvement in the current predicament.

"Forget it, let's refine it first. The several innate cloud restrictions here are of a type I have never encountered before. It can be regarded as an increase in my foundation."

Wang Ba thought about these things in his heart, but he was not too disappointed.

Anyway, it was obtained out of thin air, and maybe it can be used to leave the storm-hit area. At that time, this small bronze basin will be able to play a role.

He glanced at the Ape King Wu outside the realm and nodded slightly.

These days, the man and the ape worked together to salvage past treasures from the white fog, and he also had a rough idea of ​​the strength of the Ape King Wu.

Speaking of realm alone, it is not too outstanding, it is roughly the second level of Dao realm.

However, with the blessing of Buddhism, coupled with his courageous and diligent heart, will and body, he has already come extremely close to the level of the third stage of the Dao realm.

Breaking into the white fog outside in a short period of time, with the strength of Ape King Wu, he would only suffer superficial injuries at most and there was no need to worry too much.

In particular, although King Wu of the Monkeys is taciturn, he is calm and meticulous in his thoughts, which makes people feel particularly reassured.

So after a brief hesitation, he sent a message to the Ape King Wu, then took the small bronze basin back to the secret realm of the beads and refined them with peace of mind.

Based on his experience with refining the Wind-Driven Staff, he thought the refining time would not be too long. However, he did not expect that this small bronze basin, although seemingly only had two more innate cloud bans than the Wind-Driven Staff, was significantly more difficult to comprehend and refine.

"This thing...why does it feel like it includes everything?"

Wang Ba was sitting cross-legged under the Emperor Willow and the Fire Tung trees. The golden lotus ladies around him were playfully spitting magma at each other. Strips of yellow-red magma shot up high and then fell quickly.

But he had no intention of paying attention to these things. He stared at the small bronze basin in his hand with a frown on his face.

Ten years have passed, and he is still trapped in the first cloud ban.

This cloud ban is completely different from the cloud ban in the wind-repelling staff he encountered before.

After he began to comprehend it, he vaguely analyzed that it seemed to involve the theory of yin and yang.

Not long after he was overjoyed, he discovered the Five Elements. Not long after that, he saw things like wind, thunder, ice, magnetism, and stars... one after another.

However, he did not see things like divine patterns, physical body, divine soul, emptiness, and Zhenwu.

Although he practiced almost all of these principles.

But when these paths are intertwined with each other and even when you are in me and I am in you, the difficulty of comprehension is still beyond imagination.

It's like a road, sometimes it's a rugged hillside, sometimes it's a deep pool of water, and sometimes it's a broken cliff, but he has to cross these roads until he reaches the end.

That is to say, he was cultivating the Wanfa Meridian, and he already had a solid foundation. Although it was a headache, he was not completely blind. If it were anyone else, even if they could refine it, they would either have to crush the opponent with their realm or spend tens of thousands of years on it.

Thinking of this in his mind, he once again immersed his mind into this first innate cloud ban.

In the blink of an eye, more than thirty years have passed.

This day.

In the secret realm of beads, an ethereal humming sound was heard.

For a moment, golden light swayed above the dome of the secret realm!

Wang Ba sat cross-legged under the Emperor Willow and the Fire Tung trees, watching the green in front of him recede to reveal a brand new golden small pot, and a smile slowly revealed itself.

"Finally I refined it... Is its name called 'Xian Yun'?"

On the golden small basin, there are naturally formed patterns of various strange beasts, holding clouds and the moon in their mouths, and breathing out spiritual light.

In the midst of the guarding beasts, there are two ancient and obscure large characters engraved.

The true meaning is revealed in the two words "Xianyun".

"It's not an exaggeration to call a treasure like this that can condense sea pearls 'Immortal Essence'."

Wang Ba made a slight move and the treasure bowl of immortality shrank rapidly and fell into his hands.

At first glance, it looks like holding a hand warmer.

After more than forty years, he had only refined the first innate cloud ban. However, Wang Ba did not feel tired or helpless at all. Instead, he felt a rare joy in his heart.

He gently raised the treasure bowl of immortal essence to his eyes, looked it over, and then nodded with satisfaction.

Without wasting any time, he shifted his gaze slightly, and his eyes lit up when he saw the lotus ladies with their golden lotus heads sticking out from the surrounding magma.

At that moment, he threw the immortal treasure basin directly into the magma.

The already timid lotus girls were so frightened that they hurriedly dived into the bottom of the magma.

The Immortal Treasure Basin quickly floated up from the magma, swaying and moving slowly in the flowing magma.

Wang Ba just looked on quietly.

Not long after, a little gold appeared cautiously on the surface of the magma.

It was the head of Lian Gu, who was a little braver, that stuck out.

She carefully looked around and saw that it was calm. Soon her whole body stretched out from the magma, swaying her graceful figure in the fiery red magma.

As soon as one emerged, the other lotus girls could no longer restrain their playful nature and emerged from the magma with giggles and chatter.

They spat at each other - it was streaks of red magma.

Soon, a lotus girl discovered the golden treasure bowl floating on the surface of the magma. Her eyes lit up, and she shouted "Hee-ha" to her fellow tribesmen, then sprayed a mouthful of magma towards the golden treasure bowl.

The other Lian Gu also became interested when they saw this. They all gathered around and sprayed magma at the treasure basin one by one.

Each one is extremely precise.

However, they never got tired of it, and while chasing and playing, they would spray at the treasure bowl from time to time.

Wang Ba sat cross-legged under the tree and watched quietly.

There was a glimmer of anticipation in his eyes.

It was not until several months later that he felt a slight movement in his heart and raised his hand.

The fairy treasure bowl, which was still used as a tool for play by the lotus girls, flew straight up from the magma and quickly fell into Wang Ba's hands.

The lotus ladies around were so frightened that they hid under the lava again.

Wang Ba looked into the immortal treasure basin.

In the golden treasure bowl, there was a tiny transparent bead as big as a speck of dust.

If it weren't for the eyesight of a Void Refining cultivator, he might not even be able to see it clearly.

Seeing this little bead, Wang Ba finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes were filled with uncontrollable joy!
"It is indeed true... This Immortal Treasure Basin can not only transform sea pearls by absorbing the source of chaos and the Dao, but it can also transform sea pearls when subjected to external forces!"

"It's just that the conversion efficiency is extremely low and slow."

"But with the refinement of the Xiantian Cloud Ban, the efficiency should be improved."

Such abilities, placed in a closed world, are nothing more than robbing Peter to pay Paul. After all, whether it is magic power or the soul, it requires the consumption of resources from the realm in which it is located to be achieved.

The Xiaocang Realm is undoubtedly also a closed world, and the overall resources remain almost unchanged. Placing this fairy treasure basin within the realm only adds another direction for circulation.

"but……"

Wang Ba’s eyes brightened slightly:

"Outside the realm... the white mist and wind are almost endless. Is there any place more suitable for the Immortal Treasure Basin than here?"

Although limited by the conversion efficiency of the Immortal Treasure Basin, the converted sea pearls will inevitably not be able to keep up with the consumption within the Xiaocang Realm, but at this time, the addition of this Immortal Treasure Basin will undoubtedly open up a brand new channel for obtaining resources.

No matter how little, it's better than nothing.

"Da Mao is indeed my lucky star!"

"If it hadn't taught me the art of listening, I would have missed out on such a treasure."

Although Wang Ba was delighted, he was not in a hurry to release the treasure bowl of immortality out of the realm.

At this time, it would be much more cost-effective to spend some time refining the innate cloud ban in the Immortal Treasure Basin and improve the efficiency of conversion than to throw it away now.

However, to make sure his idea was correct, he still went out of bounds.

Place the Immortal Treasure Bowl outside the protective shield.

When the Monkey King Wu saw Wang Ba coming, he immediately gave him all the harvests he had gained over the years.

However, ever since he fished out the Immortal Treasure Bowl last time, it seemed that his luck had been exhausted.

In these forty years, King Wu Ape had only sensed it twice. Once it was too far away and he did not dare to go deeper. The other time it was a piece of ordinary-looking yellow paper, similar to the talisman of the Ogura Realm.

"It should be a talisman, but what is inside it... I'm not sure."

Wang Ba took a look at it and found that the material of the yellow paper was something he had never seen before.

The patterns on it are similar to divine patterns, but they are not the same.

And it was not as unexpected as the Immortal Treasure Basin. Wang Ba thought about it and put it away. He planned to send it to the Baiyi Academy after returning so that those who studied talismans could study it together.

However, when he turned around and saw the Ape King Wu letting the wind blow him in the white mist, he couldn't help but frown:

"Although the treasure is important, you should not delay your practice. If it really doesn't work, I will let someone else replace you."

King Wu of the Ape shook his head, raised his furry finger, pointed at the white mist, and said in a muffled voice:
"This... is also... practice."

Wang Ba hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Waited patiently for a while.

A few days later, he had an idea and recalled the treasure bowl of immortality. As expected, he saw a sea pearl as tiny as dust at the bottom of the treasure bowl.

The effect of such a sea pearl is probably not even as good as the first level one.

But it made Wang Ba feel relieved.

After speaking a few more words to King Wu of the Ape, he returned to the realm and checked on the progress of the Hundred Arts Academy.

Today, the Baiyi Academy has been put on the right track, and has opened many disciplines in accordance with the rules of the 25 sections of the Hall of Geography of the Wanxiang Sect.

Although there has been no progress for the time being, research in all arts is not something that can be accomplished overnight.

Therefore, he began to refine the second innate cloud ban with peace of mind.

However, compared to the first cloud ban, the difficulty of the second cloud ban has increased significantly.

Even with Wang Ba's attainments in all aspects of the Dao, there was still a vague feeling that he couldn't comprehend it.

"Why is it so difficult to refine this Immortal Treasure Basin..."

Wang Ba felt a rare sense of exhaustion in his heart.

Looking at this second cloud ban, he felt as if he was standing at the foot of a towering mountain, sighing in despair.

However, the process of comprehension is also a process of broadening his horizons and improving his understanding of the various Daos.

Therefore, although there is no practice, but the understanding of various essences is not much slower.

Just wait and read the star map of the sea of ​​​​boundaries, and you will be able to make rapid progress.

This is the same principle as when he integrated into the Ogura world in the past.

However, plans always fail to keep up with changes. Not long after the retreat, Ji Ying, who was in charge of the Baiyi Academy in the Wanxiang Sect, personally went to Wanfa Peak.

"I'm afraid your secret realm is now more suitable for cultivation than the best secret realm for cultivation in the sect."

Ji Ying glanced around and sat opposite Wang Ba. Looking at the towering fire tung trees, the astonishingly spiritual imperial willows, and the extremely rich spiritual energy all around, he could not help but sigh.

Wang Ba spent a few spiritual fruits and invited the red-haired gibbon to entertain the guests.

While smiling casually said:
"Just don't mind that it stinks here."

After all, there are a lot of spiritual beasts raised here. Even if there are formations to isolate them, there will always be strange smells coming from here.

"Haha, it's natural, so why would it smell bad?"

Ji Ying said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Wang Ba just shook his head.

As he spoke, the red-haired gibbon put his fingers into the tea bowl, brought out the tea, and with his nose turned up, dropped it on the table made of wooden stakes in front of the two men.

Wang Ba handed over the spiritual fruit with a wry smile.

The red-haired gibbon rolled its eyes at Wang Ba in annoyance, then scratched its armpits with the fingers that had just brought the tea, chewed the spiritual fruit, and staggered away.

Ji Ying could hardly maintain the smile on his face.

He was not an outsider either, so he immediately shook his head and said:
"I will immediately transfer two of the sect's true disciples to serve you."

Wang Ba smiled and waved his hands, explaining:
"This ape has been with me for a long time, and has been taking care of the many spirit beasts in the secret realm for me. I am also used to its service. Every true disciple is not easy to become and needs to be polished. How can it come to me to do such dirty work?"

Ji Ying heard this, but he did not agree:

"Your realm is too high now. Only true disciples can follow you and gain insights. They will benefit more than others. Now, except for Wang Qingyang and Song Dongyang, who are both on the list of your Wanfa Peak disciples, you don't have any other disciples..."

After hesitating for a while, he still advised bitterly:

“Although accepting a disciple will more or less affect your practice, Wang Qingyang has not yet broken through the fifth level, and Song Dongyang is following the path of the gods... but no one has inherited your mantle of Wanfa Peak.”

Hearing this, Wang Ba vaguely understood the purpose of Ji Ying's visit, and smiled slightly, shaking his head gently, saying:

"I have another disciple named Wang Xu."

"Wang Xu... I know, but... he has already fallen after all. Moreover, he also practices the Way of True Martial Arts. How can he inherit the Way of your Wanfa Peak?"

Ji Ying advised earnestly.

Wang Ba just smiled:
"I have no intention of accepting a disciple for now, but if I meet a suitable one, I might accept him."

As he spoke, he gently picked up the tea and blew on it slightly.

Although the tea leaves looked rough, as if they were picked casually from tree branches, when they were blown away, a cloud of spiritual mist that seemed to be tangible rose up.

Ji Ying was a little surprised and moved. He also picked up the tea and took a sip. He was stunned for a moment, and then he praised it endlessly:

"Although I am not familiar with the tea ceremony, this tea is indeed a rare good tea in my life!"

Wang Ba heard this and said with a smile:
"This tea was grown by the red-haired ape by accident using some leftover manure. There is only one plant. Although it is not a fifth-level spiritual plant, its taste and spiritual energy are not inferior to fifth-level spiritual tea. It just lacks some effects... If Elder Jiying likes it, I will let the red-haired ape pick some for you."

"This... this is not necessary. I didn't make a special trip just for this."

Ji Ying shook his head and said seriously:
"This time, I came here with two pieces of good news, and one piece of news that I don't know whether it's good or bad."

Wang Ba was slightly startled, a little surprised, then he became interested and said:

"What is this good or bad news?"

Ji Ying did not hide anything and said:

"Among the things you sent to the Baiyi Academy before, there was a piece of yellow paper that looked like a talisman. Do you remember it?"

Wang Ba nodded without saying anything, waiting for Ji Ying to speak.

Ji Ying didn't keep the secret, his expression became more serious:
"Those teachers in the talisman department, although their cultivation is not high, and some of them are even casual cultivators, their attainments in talismans are indeed extraordinary. They did not recognize the patterns on the talismans at first, but they copied every detail of the patterns on other talisman papers and conducted tests..."

"But they all worked out when they were measured separately, but when they were put together, it was a mess."

"In the end, it was Chen Xu who completed the most basic analysis of the entire talisman, and speculated that this was most likely a talisman between the seventh and eighth levels that had never appeared in the Xiaocang Realm."

"Between the seventh and eighth levels? Chen Xu..."

Wang Ba vaguely remembered this person. It was him who had proposed using talismans instead of tools and suggested using hanging talismans instead of hanging magic tools.

He can be considered as a potential talisman master that Wang Ba is optimistic about.

But I didn't expect to come to the fore so soon.

"Then the effect of this talisman is..."

"It's a seal."

Ji Ying said with a serious expression:
"Chen Xu speculated that this talisman has been used. It is very likely that it has sealed something, a living being, or some other dangerous thing. In short, if something can be sealed with a seventh-level or eighth-level talisman, it is fine if it is harmless, but if it is dangerous..."

Wang Ba's eyes narrowed slightly, and his tone became solemn:
"Where is this talisman?"

Ji Ying guessed Wang Ba's thoughts and said quickly:

"I have collected it. Their research has been temporarily suspended... but they have copied down the changes in the patterns on it. Although there is no true meaning in it, it may inspire them."

Wang Ba nodded immediately and said approvingly:
"Elder Jiying is still prudent... This item must be kept carefully."

Ji Ying nodded solemnly. Wang Ba's decision was the same as his idea, but this matter was too important, so he had to report to Wang Ba.

"There are two more things."

Ji Ying paused for a moment, but a smile appeared on his face:
"They are the same things you sent in before. There is a stone that looks like crystal, and a stone plate that looks like a sundial."

"What happened to them?"

Wang Ba immediately remembered it and became curious.

"Although that stone has never appeared in the Xiaocang Realm, the teachers of the Refining Department have tried to study it and found that it is much harder than Fanming. Only when it is alternately soaked in fifth-level spiritual water and spiritual fire, it will separate into countless pieces according to the refiner's idea, but they can be reunited in a short time... Based on this, Nong Yushi, a teacher of the Refining Department, planned a blueprint for a combined magic weapon."

As Ji Ying spoke, he took out a jade slip from his arms and handed it to Wang Ba.

Wang Ba took it curiously, scanned it with his spiritual sense, and soon a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Combined magic weapons... This person has a brilliant idea. He divided this stone into thousands of pieces, each of which was made into a magic weapon and buried in every corner of the Xiaocang Realm. Once an enemy is encountered, all the magic weapons will drain the power of the Xiaocang Realm in an instant and work together to deliver a fatal blow... He is afraid that we will live longer!"

Once the power of the Ogura world is drained, it will mean complete destruction.

This is undoubtedly a desperate move.

However, according to the effect of this combined magic weapon described in the blueprint, its power is closely related to the state of the Ogura Realm. With the current state of the Ogura Realm, once this magic weapon is formed and used with all its strength, it may not be able to kill the black turtle that Xuan Yuanzi used to be, but it will most likely be able to seriously injure it.

This is already an extremely remarkable ability.

Hearing Wang Ba's words, Ji Ying couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

But soon he saw Wang Ba nodded and said:

"I agree with them refining this combination magic weapon. It is better to fight to the death than to be killed by others. It may have miraculous effects at a critical moment."

Ji Ying immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he perked up and talked about another thing.

"The people in the Formation Department did find traces of a formation on the sundial stone plate... but the formation is too obscure. All the formation masters in the academy have studied it hard, but have not made much progress. They have only vaguely analyzed a framework, which they call the 'Zhou Tian Yi Qi Formation'."

"This formation can gather the power of a vast number of cultivators. Once it is deployed, it will have a mighty power that can reach the heavens and earth."

"Zhou Tian Yi Qi Formation..."

Wang Ba read these words with some doubts:
"Isn't this good? Why did you come to me?"

After hearing this, Ji Ying hesitated for a moment, and finally told the purpose of his visit:

"Whether it's talismans, weapon refining or formations, any breakthrough requires generations of painstaking research and a lot of time..."

Wang Hao frowned slightly:

"Why is Elder Jiying unhappy? What's the matter?"

Ji Ying smiled bitterly and said:
"It's a sea pearl. They heard that you have a sixth-level sea pearl and wanted to borrow it to deduce, especially the formation."

"Haizhu?"

Wang Ba frowned immediately.

He could understand the mentality of the Baiyi monk. It was like encountering a difficult problem and thinking of many ways, but not sure whether it could be solved. So he was particularly looking forward to seeing the answer.

But even he was reluctant to use the sixth-level sea pearl, so how could he...

Wait, with the Immortal Treasure Basin here, can the replenishment speed of these sixth-level sea pearls be accelerated?
Thinking of this idea, Wang Ba's eyes suddenly lit up.

Perhaps, the effect of the Immortal Treasure Basin can be exerted earlier... (End of this chapter)