Refining Qi starts from repairing the panel.

Chapter 325: Earth Vein Stone Fire

Chu Zheng was greatly shocked when he accidentally learned about the progress of Zhengchu Daojun.

The terrifying speed of promotion of the incense gods made him feel a little jealous.

However, he was just thinking about it.

This road is difficult to reach the end. Some clues can be seen from the current distribution of destiny. The myriad worlds only occupy 15% of the destiny, which is divided among many sects.

The Taoist lineage, if it did not have a shadowy Taoist ancestor to support it, would only account for one-tenth or one-twelfth of the total population.

The path of incense and gods is not well-known in the universe, and no one has ever heard of any famous gods. From this, we can see the fortune of this lineage.

Most people who practice cultivation are only willing to believe in themselves. Only a few are willing to worship gods wholeheartedly. Only some low-level cultivators, or even mortals, are willing to offer incense.

Once one's cultivation reaches a certain level, the numbers can no longer offset the difference.

Chu Zheng turned around and entered the store, looking at Bai Nian sitting behind the counter, and said slowly:

"I have made some progress in my cultivation, so I have to go out for a while. I don't know when I will be back. If anything happens, you can send me a message."

After settling down here, Chu Zheng took the opportunity to release Bai Nian. The laws in his cave were not yet perfect, and staying in it for a long time would not be good for Bai Nian's practice.

Moreover, he was in the midst of the Five Elements Catastrophe. The Five Elements were not yet complete. There were often drastic changes in the small world, and it was not very suitable for living beings to survive for a long time.

"Okay." Bai Nian agreed without saying much, and then his eyes turned and he said slowly: "If it is convenient, please ask the Holy Lord to find out if there is anything big happening in the outside world."

Over the years, he adapted to life in the underground palace very quickly. However, conflicts rarely occurred here, and without enough major events to be recorded, it was inevitably a bit boring.

squeak--

Shang Zuling pushed the door open from behind the house and walked in. He looked at Chu Zheng with a slightly changed expression, "Are you going to cross the earth and rob?"

In the past few years, she has learned a lot about Chu Zheng's previous experiences. She never thought that less than a few years after surviving the fire disaster, Chu Zheng would make another step forward.

"almost."

Chu Zheng did not say much. In fact, all he knew was that his cultivation was only in the middle stage of the second calamity. His heart fire was far from strong enough, and he was still far from crossing the earth calamity. But with his cultivation in the realm of Lianqi Heaven, he could give it a try.

For him, in the field of Qi refining, there is no bottleneck, only the trouble of calamity energy.

Shang Zuling quickly calmed down and said calmly: "In the past few years, I have received a lot of care from you. I have something to give you. It should be of some use in supplementing your earth element foundation."

"No need, just keep it for yourself. I saved you because of Immortal Lord Cang Yun's kindness, you don't owe me anything."

Chu Zheng shook his head and refused. Firstly, he didn't think Shang Zuling had any treasure that could help him. Secondly, helping Shang Zuling was just a casual thing and he didn't think it was a favor.

At that time, Shang Zuling was fully capable of protecting herself, and there were not many people in this underground palace area who could threaten her.

"It was he who helped you, not me." Shang Zuling interrupted Chu Zheng and took out a fist-sized earth-yellow spiritual crystal, in which there was a faint cluster of flames dancing:

"You helped me heal my wounds back then, and you also provided me with the resources for my cultivation over the past few years. I want to repay this favor."

Chu Zheng was about to speak, but his eyes glanced at the thing in Shang Zuling's hand and he stopped talking.

[Fire in the Stone of Earth Veins (Level 8): The fire seed of heaven falls into the depths of the earth veins, and the essence of Qi is absorbed by the earth veins. The treasure of the earth thus bred is integrated into the body of the living being, which can greatly increase the affinity for the earth-attributed Qi. ]

Fire in the Stone is an extremely rare earth-attributed spiritual object. Chu Zheng has seen countless treasures and various spiritual objects over the years, but this Fire in the Stone is indeed the first time he has seen it.

Moreover, the fire in the stone has both earth and fire elements. While increasing the earth's Yuan Qi, it can also warm the heart flame. For his current situation, it is perfect.

The five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water correspond to the five internal organs of the human body, the liver, heart, spleen, lungs and kidneys.

Among the five internal organs, earth belongs to the center palace, governs the spleen, occupies the middle position in the five elements, connects the upper and lower parts, restrains the heart flames, strengthens the spleen and produces gold that moistens the lungs.

If the fire in the stone is refined, Chu Zheng's speed in entering the fourth calamity will increase significantly.

"You don't have to refuse. I practiced the Haotu Yangling Sutra and I know the effect of this thing very well. I got it in the battlefield of the Ten Thousand Worlds. It has nothing to do with the Shang family or my ancestors." Seeing Chu Zheng hesitated to speak, Shang Zuling threw the Stone Fire over: "You can definitely use it now."

Chu Zheng did not refuse too much, took the Stone Fire into his palm, nodded and said: "Then let me borrow it, I will return it to you later."

He said this with great confidence. Even if he couldn't find the Fire in the Stone, he could still look for another earth-attributed magical treasure and return it to Shang Zuling.

After entering the third calamity, relying on the many magical powers of refining Qi, he will not encounter too many dangers in the lower heaven. Then he can act more boldly and will not have to be trapped in this underground palace anymore.

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After nearly five years, Chu Zheng returned to the lower realm again.

There are still groups of huge suns in the sky, and some scenery of the middle sky can be vaguely seen. That is the main battlefield for the eighth-level creatures.

Chu Zheng restrained his breath and carefully explored his surroundings, looking for a suitable place to experience the tribulation.

During the earth catastrophe, the earth-attributed Yuan Qi will be restless, which may cause the earth veins to overturn. The movement will not be small, and you need to find a place where there are few people, and you can also inquire about the situation along the way.

After groping for several days, Chu Zheng made some discoveries.

Judging from the reactions of all realms, the offensive rhythm of the Immortal Alliance seems to have suddenly slowed down during this period of time. It is no longer as aggressive as before, but there are still a large number of True Immortals active outside.

When encountering people from all realms, these true immortals did not take action. They retreated as soon as they were touched, and had no intention of getting entangled at all. It seemed as if they were looking for someone.

After learning about this situation, Chu Zheng couldn't help but think of the reactions of those people in the Immortal Alliance before. The attitude of the Immortal Alliance changed so much. If they simply wanted to kill him, it didn't seem to need to be so complicated.

Is there really a reason?
Chu Zheng examined himself from head to toe. The only thing he could think of that could catch the eye of the Immortal Alliance was his Qi refining method, which was able to attract the Immortal Alliance's attention.

Or, in other ways...

The Record of Eternal True Tribulations that he was practicing now was obtained in the Cangyun Secret Realm and was taught to him personally by the statue of the Taoist Ancestor.

He had never been able to figure out the key to this. Could it be that the Immortal Alliance had obtained some clues from the Cangyun Realm? They wanted to use him to find some traces of Daozu?
Or maybe he saw the possibility of the coexistence of Qi refining and Taoism, and wanted to start with that.

From Chu Zheng's current perspective, both possibilities are very likely.

In the immortal way, there are many methods of cultivation, which are common to the method of refining Qi. Especially when one reaches the realm of true immortality, one also follows the way of the five elements and yin and yang.

The most notable special feature is that one cannot enter without immortal bones.

This is actually the biggest drawback restricting the development of the immortal path. If there were no such restriction, the number of people practicing the immortal path would definitely be much greater than it is now, and the fortune occupied by the immortal path would definitely be more than 20% of what it is now.

After thinking for a while, Chu Zheng was a little hesitant. Now the Martial Palace wanted to kill him, and the Immortal Alliance wanted to protect him. If something unexpected happened in the future and he was left with no way out, the Immortal Alliance might be a new way out.

But if that is the case, what is Song Lingxue's situation now?
Thinking of this, Chu Zheng frowned slightly, put aside all distracting thoughts for the time being, found an uninhabited place, and triggered the earth disaster.

In an instant, the earth within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles began to tremble, and abundant earth energy gushed out one after another, transforming into orange and yellow earth dragons, which flew into the sky and headed straight for Chu Zheng.

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Among the lush ancient forests.

A woman in her early twenties was sitting cross-legged under the tree roots, with green hair draped over her shoulders, an exquisite face and skin as white as snow.

Suddenly, her ears moved slightly and she suddenly opened her eyes:

"The earth-attributed spiritual energy is rioting. Is someone robbing the earth?"

(End of this chapter)