Journey to the head

At the age of sixty-one, the foundation was completed.

If he were a mortal, he would have reached the age of hearing and understanding.

Those who have obedient ears have matured in their practice and have perfected their mind and nature. They can hear nothing that is unpleasant to their ears. They can listen to words that are unpleasant to their ears and curses. Whatever they hear and whatever they do, nothing will offend their hearts.

This is a transcendent state, but many mortals, at this age, can truly appreciate samadhi and put it into practice.

Because they have already lived most of their lives and are nearing the end. In the face of irreversible and gradually approaching death, what else can they not see through?
The closer you are to death, the more mature and insightful you become.

Lu Qian sometimes found it very interesting. Monks have a long lifespan, but their understanding of life, the world, and life and death is often not as good as that of ordinary people.

Sixty-one years old is the prime of life even among Qigong practitioners. It is the time when one is at the peak of strength, has the strongest desire for gain and loss, and has the strongest desire for victory and defeat.

It is probably difficult for monks to achieve the state of mind of "ear obedience". So it seems that it is not clear whether it is a gain or a loss.

At the age of sixty-one, he had completed the foundation-building process, which made him a genius in the world of cultivation.

This is the result of Lu Qian's dual spiritual roots, personal adventures, pure glass body, abundant supplies, high-level elixirs, and high-level spiritual veins.

But compared to Wu Yan, there is still a long way to go.

In fact, Wu Yan completed her foundation building ten days earlier than Lu Qian. The one-in-a-million spiritual root that was gifted by nature finally came out on top, and the disciple surpassed the master.

If the ancestors bless them, both of them will be able to successfully overcome the tribulation, especially when they are practicing the golden elixir. Wu Yan will leave Lu Qian behind.

But Lu Qian was very pleased with this. He was happy to see the disciple surpass the master.

Otherwise, he would not have passed on the real secrets, the Wind Shadow Cloud Body Secret Technique and the Great Dao Dream Butterfly Heavenly Book to Wu Yan.

Wu Yan's understanding of the Mirror Flower Water Moon secret technique was faster than Lu Qian had imagined. She had now successfully cultivated the "Wind Shadow" and "Cloud Body" realms, and was just waiting to break into the Golden Core stage so that she could begin to practice the "Mirror Flower Water Moon".

Lu Qian speculated that this was related to Wu Yan's unique "ethereal root" with spatial attributes.

In fact, Lu Qian was not a person who cherished his own skills. He had shared the secret art of Wind Shadow Cloud Body with several fellow apprentices before. Wang Yu could not practice it at all, and Yang Jiye also found it difficult to get started. He continued to study Purple Qi Tianluo, and Jiang Qingfeng was also unable to practice it.

In short, whether it is a technique or a secret art, whether one can get started or master it has a lot to do with one's talent. Of course, it doesn't mean that everyone can learn a peerless technique just because it is placed in front of them.

There are many high-level techniques in the "Yunshan Seven-Rank Dongxuan Sutra" now, but most disciples still practice the seventh-rank techniques. The sixth-rank techniques are a minority, and those above the sixth-rank are even fewer.

Although there are indeed requirements for the spiritual roots and the level of the disciples in determining which martial arts to be granted, there are many disciples who are clearly qualified to practice higher-level martial arts but can only choose a sixth or seventh-grade martial arts.

There is no other reason. If you don’t understand it clearly, you can’t get started.

The higher the level of the technique, the higher the individual's talent and ability are required. If you don't have enough talent, you can only watch the divine skills. Since the establishment of the Yunshan Sect, only a group of outstanding disciples who have now emerged have been able to practice the fourth and fifth level techniques.

Fortunately, there are many techniques recorded in the "Yunshan Seven-Rank Dongxuan True Scripture", and the disciples can always find the most suitable one according to their own talents. This is much better than the disciples of the sect with weak foundation, who have no suitable techniques and have to practice randomly.

This is also one of the reasons why the Yunshan disciples’ cultivation progress is faster than that of the disciples from weaker small sects.

This point is very obvious in the Immortal Law and the Great Dao Dream Butterfly Book.

Lu Qian's practice of this immortal technique benefited from his strong knowledge of hidden things. On the other hand, for some reason, Lu Qian was particularly familiar with the "feeling" of transforming into a butterfly and traveling through the world in the immortal technique. He understood it quickly, so that his practice became a natural process, he had a deep understanding, and his progress was gratifying.

But when Wu Yan started practicing, she found it obscure and difficult to understand, and her progress was very slow. Compared with her rapidly improving foundation-building skills, her progress was even slower.

She practiced until her foundation was almost perfected, and then she was able to enter the door and transform into a butterfly to attain enlightenment and deduce supernatural powers.

At this time, Lu Qian had used this dreamy and hazy butterfly to push his theory of the Five Elements to a deeper level. It took him more than 30 years to successfully complete the deduction and lock in the perfect golden elixir magical power!
On the night when the magical power was planned and the structure was initially completed, the disciples of Yunshan witnessed with their own eyes a bright light on the Mianlong Mountain. The five colored lights of white, green, black, red and yellow shot up into the sky, blocking out the bright moonlight and starlight, flowing back and forth, circling over and over again, endlessly.

In the void, light is floating, and tadpole script, bird seal script, fish and insect script fall from the sky, which is ancient, obscure and extremely mysterious.

At the same time, wonderful sounds were heard, including the sounds of stringed instruments, bells and chimes, zithers and harps, and praises, which were extremely beautiful and cleansed people's hearts.

Such a strange sight made the disciples dazzled and fascinated, unable to control themselves, and they all looked for the source. Finally, they found that the colorful light, immortal text and Taoist script, and the wonderful sound of the great way emerged from the headmaster's courtyard. At that moment, everyone suddenly realized and respected their headmaster even more.

Although Wu Yan failed to achieve the expected progress, and even no longer had time like Lu Qian to obtain the most perfect and satisfactory result through thirty years of deduction, she was always able to gain a deeper understanding of the path she was cultivating and choose a good magical power in advance to avoid going astray due to carelessness.

Now that the foundation has been built successfully, the next step is to prepare for the heavenly tribulation. Wu Yan has devoted herself to the practice of the Dream Butterfly Heavenly Book, striving to achieve the best results within a limited time.

Because Wu Yan didn't have much time left to prepare.

The experience and rules gained by the world of cultivation over tens of thousands of years regarding the Golden Core Tribulation are that the more brilliant and gifted a cultivator is, the greater his possession of the fortune of heaven and earth will naturally be, and the earlier the Golden Core Tribulation will come.

Generally, cultivators always sense the coming of the Heavenly Tribulation first, which means that the Heavenly Tribulation will come within five years. Then, the Tribulation Qi will appear, which means that there are still three years left for the Heavenly Tribulation. The deeper the Tribulation Qi is, the closer the Heavenly Tribulation is.

Just as Wu Yan completed her foundation building, a flash of lightning appeared on her forehead. It was the heavenly thunder!
Lu Qian was not surprised by this. After all, she was a special spiritual root, so the heavenly tribulation would definitely come early. At the same time, she was the darling of heaven and earth, so the heavenly tribulation that came down on her was basically the weakest "third level".

The spiritual roots from heaven will definitely lead to the golden elixir, this is not just talk.

However, after more than ten days, when Lu Qian had completed his foundation building, his eyes suddenly widened.

A clear sensation came from the darkness. The might of heaven was vast and endless, and a terrifying pressure surged into my heart. This feeling was very similar to the feeling of insignificance, helplessness and panic when I witnessed the mighty power of the Nine-Sky Thunder Lord of Life and Death, and the True Dragon Lord and True Immortal who turned the oceans upside down.

The heaven and the human were communicating with each other, conveying a mysterious message. Lu Qian couldn't believe it, and his spiritual power was boiling. He waved his hand and condensed a water mirror.

A ball of calamity also emerged between his forehead!

It was also a ball of lightning, with flashes of electric light and thunderbolts. The meaning of destruction and divine punishment contained in it could not be false at all.

This is the same thunder tribulation as Wu Yan's.

As soon as the foundation is completed, calamity will arise immediately, and the golden elixir calamity will come within three years!

What virtue and ability do I, Lu Qian, have to deserve the same treatment as those with natural spiritual roots!
Lu Qian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. But now, if he stuck his head out, he would be cut off. Naturally, the process of the heavenly tribulation could not be changed. He had to start preparing with all his strength. In Xuanjun's secret collection, some experiences about overcoming the tribulation were sorted out. Lu Qian even wrote directly to ask Chiyu Zhenren and Gu Nishang for advice on overcoming the tribulation. The two replied very quickly, especially Chiyu Zhenren, who did not hide anything. Many of his experiences and key points were clearly stated.

Finally, the immortal said that, judging by the time, the star wine buried by Lu Qian would soon be ready. When Lu Qian passed the tribulation and achieved the golden elixir, he would come to Mianlong Mountain to celebrate. At that time, the two of them would drink and chat happily and taste Lu Qian's cooking skills.

Unfortunately, Gu Nishang cannot return to Yunshan Sect for the time being. After so many years of preparation, Danxia Sect Master Wu Suanzi finally feels that he has a certain grasp of it, and will start to face the inner demon catastrophe in the next two years. The news that he wants to overcome the catastrophe and achieve the position of Yuanying Lord cannot be concealed. Now that Danxia Sect is unstable on all sides and the smoke of war is gradually rising, Gu Nishang can no longer withdraw. She can only wait for two years to pacify the ruffians and try to rush back before Lu Qian overcomes the catastrophe.

Lu Qian and Wu Yan were preparing for the heavenly tribulation at the same time, but only Jiang Qingfeng and Wang Yu knew about Wu Yan's situation so far, and even Lin Le was unaware. She had been using the secret technique of the ethereal root to conceal her cultivation level, and everyone thought she was only in the middle stage of foundation building. But now that the tribulation energy had come, she could no longer conceal it, so she had to stay in seclusion and hide her body.

Of course, when her heavenly tribulation comes, all of Yunshan, the ten counties in the northwest, and the entire Cangzhou will know that Yunshan Sect Wu Yan has passed the golden elixir tribulation. Calculating the time when she entered the sect, her identity as a person with a natural spiritual root is about to be revealed.

But at that time, faced with the spiritual roots who had already achieved the golden elixir and were completely unable to switch to other sects, all the sects and schools could only sigh helplessly and give up the idea of ​​competing for them.

Just when the entire Yunshan Sect was working intensively to support the Sect Leader in overcoming the tribulation, good news came from the subordinate sects.

The Zhou family, which has been recuperating in Wen Ning Mountain for thirty years, has added another foundation-building person, making it a family with three foundation-building people. What's even more wonderful is that the new foundation-building member has dual spiritual roots!
He will surely become the leader of the next generation of the Zhou family. At the same time, Zhou Chao and Zhou Ang have both reached the middle stage of foundation building, and the Zhou family has truly revived. As the head of the family, Zhou Chao is naturally very grateful to the Yunshan School and Lu Qian, and wholeheartedly supports them.

In the 404th year of Jiashen, Cui Linglong of the Yunshan School completed her Qi training.

His father Cui Shanyan had already entered the late stage of Qi training, but due to his poor spiritual roots, he could not make any progress. He simply put all his attention on cultivating spiritual medicines and teaching. The "Sun, Moon and Star Rotation Spiritual Cultivation Method" became more and more mature, and more and more spiritual medicines could be combined and interplanted. At the same time, he cultivated dozens of disciples who specialized in spiritual medicine cultivation for the Yunshan School, headed by Liu Zaijiu.

Liu Zaijiu has three spiritual roots and has already reached the tenth level of Qi training. In a few years, he will be able to advance to the realm of perfection.

Although his daughter had little interest in cultivating spiritual medicines, she had a promising future. His disciples were also outstanding and inherited his legacy. The inheritance of the Xinghu County Xianzhi Sect was now being passed down in the increasingly powerful Yunshan Sect, which was enough to comfort his father and the ancestor.

The elixirs that are produced in an endless supply in Lingsha City rarely flow directly to the market nowadays. Instead, they are refined on the spot into unique elixirs, which are even more expensive.

This spiritual pharmacist, whose clothes were always covered in mud, continued to be busy in Lingsha City with satisfaction.

In the same year, Tao Boliang, who had entered the middle stage of foundation building, worked closely with Tao Zhongxian to make another breakthrough in the refining of Taoist soldiers, and the defense of Yunshan Sect has been further improved. If there are still unknown Jindan enemies who dare to invade, they may not be able to leave Mianlong Mountain alive.

Xinbao serves as the Yunshan Sect's spiritual ore smelting and refining base, as well as a refining skills training center. It has been 31 years since Tao Boliang took charge, and has achieved fruitful results.

The 108 drawings in "True Treasure Mirror" include everything from spiritual tools to magic weapons. Although they were produced thousands of years ago, many of them are mature products that are still top-notch even today.

Even if there are outdated creations, the ingenuity in them can be applied to other situations. Under the leadership of the Tao brothers, the disciples in the weapon refining group have made rapid progress, and the overall weapon refining level of the Yunshan School has been steadily improving.

Nowadays, Yunshan School's refining products have become another powerful boutique brand besides its unique elixir, occupying a place in the market. In addition to its own market, all the shops have opened in Plum Blossom Square.

In the same year, the Shouzhu Sect was one step ahead of the Kong Family and a new foundation was born. Qin Zhiyi was extremely excited and knelt in front of the ancestor's tablet to pray all night. He sighed that the Shouzhu Sect had finally recovered its vitality and it was a very correct decision to rectify the chaos and join Yunshan in time.

The head of the Kong family, Kong Pengfei, was not so sad. Although after the battle at Qianlongjian, the Shenjiao Sect broke into the Huojing Valley and most of the Kong family cultivators were killed, even the mortals suffered heavy losses.

But after more than 30 years of cultivation, the Kong family has recovered a little bit of its vitality. They have already cultivated several people in the late stage of Qi training, and there is still hope that they can break through to the foundation building stage.

He himself is also in the middle stage of foundation building, and it will take more than 20 years for him to advance to the late stage. At least in this aspect, he is still in the leading position. Among the subordinate sects, he is only behind Zhuang Hui.

In the 405th year of Jiashen, nineteen years had passed since the Mingyu Sword Sect handed over the Lietian Sword Peak.

This once fourth-level intermediate spiritual vein was already on the verge of destruction. The Xuanwei sect cultivators who were guarding the spiritual vein reported the status of the spiritual vein almost every day.

The battle for innate spiritual energy will begin in the next two years, and the twenty participating teams are all ready to move.

Now, more than 180 years have passed since the great war between Qingzhou and Cangzhou, and the strength of the ten northwestern counties has gradually recovered.

It's just that in the past, Beichui County and Junle County were at war, Sanshan County and Chongming County were fighting each other, Liangxiang County and Dongping and Huaiyou were mortal enemies, Xinghu County protected its territory and rarely communicated with the outside world, Tieyuan was poor and not worth mentioning, and Qingyuan County focused its main attention on the south.

In the chaos of the war, the ten counties suffered serious internal friction.

However, the Yunshan Sect emerged as a dark horse, and after the three sects formed an alliance, this situation changed immediately. The powerful alliance of the three sects forced the surrounding counties to unite and share the pressure. Now Junle, Dongping and Huaiyou have formed an alliance, and Li Yuanzong of Sanshan County is also providing assistance to this alliance.

The two sides were wary of each other, so there were fewer big fights and the consumption of energy was reduced. The number of cultivators in the ten counties increased rapidly, and the strength of each faction increased.

Now, apart from the Yunshan Sect, the situation of the golden elixir in the ten counties of Cangzhou is as follows:

Beichui County, a late Jindan.

Li Yuanzong of Sanshan County and Zhenren Ye Guang have entered the late stage.

Junle County, Xuanjing Zhenren, middle stage of Jindan.

Dongping County, Yaoming Zhenren, middle stage of Jindan.

In Huaiyou County, there is one person in the late Jindan stage and one person in the early Jindan stage.

Xinghu County, Kan Yuanzi is in the middle stage of the Golden Elixir.

Mingyu Sword Sect, True Man Cangfeng is in the late Jindan stage, and True Man Haoran is in the early Jindan stage.

Ye Xiao, from Huanggen Gate in Cheorwon County, is in the middle stage of the Golden Elixir.

In Qingyuan County, there is one person in the late Jindan stage and one person in the middle Jindan stage.

Over the years, Lu Qian had already figured out that when the two states fought, two of the ten counties' Jindan survived and one was injured. The ones who survived were Zhenren Ye Guang and Kan Yuanzi.

At that time, Master Yeguang had just entered the early stage of the Golden Elixir, and survived with the blessing of his teacher and his own luck. Kan Yuanzi escaped with the help of divination.

The injured one is one of the Jindan in Qingyuan County, and now he has reached the late Jindan stage.

Lu Qian and Wu Yan's golden elixir tribulation is approaching, and the battle for innate spiritual energy may start at any time. But at this critical juncture, a thunder and lightning suddenly exploded in the ten counties in the northwest of Cangzhou.

The enemy alliance has moved. (End of this chapter)