Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 155 Silver Sky
Wei Zhong stepped into the cave and sat cross-legged on the cushion in the training room. He used his spiritual consciousness to wrap the refreshing jade liquid, and a feeling of comfort that went straight to the soul came from his mind.

When he looked with his eyes, the jade liquid wrapped in the divine consciousness disappeared in an instant.

After looking inward into his sea of ​​consciousness, Wei Zhong discovered that there was a group of light silver water droplets suspended in it, emitting a silver glow like moonlight. It was the pure jade liquid that escaped into his sea of ​​consciousness along with Wei Zhong's spiritual consciousness.

It was not quickly absorbed and consumed by Wei Zhong, but slowly released its power in his sea of ​​consciousness.

"It seems that this Spirit Purifying Jade Liquid is not an ordinary fourth-level spiritual object!"

Wei Zhong estimated the speed at which it was being consumed, and it would probably stay in his sea of ​​consciousness for a month before completely disappearing due to the exhaustion of its power.

'Put your attention back and give it a try!'

Wei Zhong went out and collected the cloned souls from the five-colored puppets, and then took back the cloned soul from Yin Xuan. In an instant, the cloned soul merged into the main body.

The speed at which the Qingshen Jade Liquid emitted silver moonlight began to increase, penetrating into Wei Zhong's consciousness to fill the gap.

After absorbing all the distractions, Wei Zhong immediately noticed something different.

Compared to the last time he was distracted, the total amount of spiritual awareness did not increase this time, but decreased instead.

However, the quality has changed, as if the Spirit Purifying Jade Liquid has removed the impurities in it, causing the spiritual consciousness to shrink.

'Cleanses the mind and enhances quality.'

Wei Zhong carefully felt the spiritual consciousness after the transformation.

"With this mass, I can at least split it into twelve separate souls. The reduction in the total amount did not result in a decrease in the number of souls that can be split, but rather an increase.

I wonder how my current spiritual power compares to that of the late Jindan stage?'

Wei Zhong touched his chin, thought for a moment, and then turned his attention back to his sea of ​​consciousness.

After this fusion of spiritual consciousness, the Qingshen Jade Liquid shrunk greatly, about half of it was lost.

"It is indeed a rare thing, but it is a pity that there is only one drop."

Since the "God-Splitting Technique" has such a drawback, spiritual objects such as the Soul-Clearing Jade Liquid are indispensable to Wei Zhong.

Wei Zhong didn't want to wait until he reached the peak of Jindan stage and then fail to condense the Infant stage because of problems with his spiritual consciousness.

After taking out the token, Wei Zhong asked Miaoli Shan and learned that there were not many such spiritual objects in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce. On the contrary, there were an outrageous number of cultivators who needed such spiritual objects.

Nascent Soul cultivators, including the wealthy Jindan cultivators, are all lining up to exchange for these spiritual objects.

Even if Wei Zhong could come up with enough spiritual objects of equivalent value now, he would have to wait at least thirty years.

Therefore, Wei Zhong had no choice but to make an order with the fourth-grade elixir first. The price was not that expensive, only seven infant-nourishing pills.

With Wei Zhong's alchemy skills, he only needs a thousand-year-old elixir to refine it.

Wei Zhong separated six souls into puppets one after another. After only a month of waiting, Miaoli Shan came to Qingbo Island to take the elixir.

By the way, if Wei Zhong doesn’t have time to wait, he can also use fourth-level or above items to exchange from other monks.

Although the stock in the Chamber of Commerce is not large, in the entire Yunzhou City, maybe some cultivator has some surplus.

Wei Zhong’s spiritual sense penetrated into the white jade token and saw his identity tag.

"Fourth-level alchemist."

Looking at other people who can log into this trading system, there are also labels such as "Fourth-level Equipment Refiner" or "Middle-stage Nascent Soul Monk".

And the items that one needs and the spiritual objects that can be paid are also mentioned below the label.

Wei Zhong then followed suit and wrote below the label:

"Seeking to purchase the Spirit Purifying Jade Liquid, the Ten Thousand Years Spiritual Medicine, and the related means of promoting the growth of spiritual plants..."

I wrote about five or six items and marked them below:
"You can exchange it for a fourth-tier elixir, such as Blood Ginseng Pill, Earth Mysterious Pill, or Infant Care Pill. We also accept commissions to refine elixirs."

"The identity of a fourth-level alchemist is probably enough," Wei Zhong thought for a moment and still did not add the label of a fourth-level weapon refiner.

'After all, my own weapon-making skills are not very sophisticated, and I have not yet reached the level of being able to customize fourth-tier magic weapons for others.'

After finishing this matter, Wei Zhong put down the token and came to a corner of the cave.

This place was planted with light green spiritual bamboos. Wei Zhong walked into the bamboo forest and saw a golden thunder bamboo that was nearly nine thousand years old in the deepest part.

This item was a gift from the Ling family, and it was originally over 8,000 years old. After being transplanted to the cave by Wei Zhong, the third-level peak spiritual land made the spiritual bamboo grow rapidly.

Now most of the green color on the bamboo pole has faded, and it is filled with golden color.

From time to time, golden lightning would wander across the surface of the spiritual bamboo.

The spiritual energy here is abundant, and the growth rate of the Golden Thunder Bamboo has increased, but it is still very limited.

Wei Zhong estimated that it would take at least six hundred years to reach the remaining one thousand years.

"It's taking too long. I can't wait!"

If it weren't for the colorful golden bamboo umbrella made from this item, Wei Zhong would have no chance of surviving the abnormal thunder tribulation.

But six hundred years is too long. With Wei Zhong's level of cultivation, it is impossible for him to live that long. He will have to change his identity by then.

There are bound to be all kinds of troubles.

Wei Zhong's current status is very good, with many guests from the Chamber of Commerce, fourth-level alchemists, and fourth-level weapon refiners. With this, Wei Zhong can get in touch with various opportunities at the fourth level, and he really can't bear to give it up so easily.

"The only way is to find a way to speed up the growth of spiritual plants!"

Wei Zhong had looked for this method in the past few decades, but those methods were all aimed at spiritual objects that were a hundred years old. Once the spiritual plant reached a thousand years old, the effect would be sharply reduced.

It has no effect at all on spiritual plants that are nearly ten thousand years old.

“If we can cultivate this Golden Thunder Bamboo within a hundred years, we will have a chance to achieve Infant Condensation.”

As for finding another thousand-year-old golden thunder bamboo, Wei Zhong didn't even dare to think about it.

After reaching his current level, Wei Zhong realized how lucky they were to have found a clump of golden thunder bamboo in the secret realm when they were in the foundation-building and core-forming stages.

The value of spiritual plants with thunder attributes often exceeds that of plants of the same level, not to mention the golden thunder bamboo that has the effect of warding off evil spirits.

'After reaching the ten thousand year level, the lightning generated by the Golden Lightning Bamboo will undergo a qualitative change and turn into a special lightning called the Evil-Repelling Divine Lightning.'

This kind of lightning is extremely powerful, it can break the Nascent Soul's body and even the Nascent Soul itself. It can also break all kinds of evil magic, and even has a targeted effect on the magic cultivation techniques.

This powerful effect naturally made Wei Zhong very jealous, but the spiritual bamboo grew slowly and Wei Zhong could do nothing about it.

With a sigh, Wei Zhong looked around.

Most of the spiritual bamboos in the bamboo forest grow from the roots of the thousand-year-old golden thunder bamboo. Their ages range from a few years to hundreds of years, and they are not of great use.

There are only twenty or thirty trees that are over a thousand years old.

After a careful inventory, Wei Zhong returned to the courtyard again to practice in seclusion.

An unknown amount of time had passed when the white jade token on his waist suddenly vibrated.

Wei Zhong finished his practice and picked it up. He probed with his spiritual sense and found that someone was greeting him.

"Fellow Daoist, do you need a method to stimulate the growth of spiritual plants? I wonder what level of spiritual creatures you are targeting?"

Wei Zhong looked at the other party's identity information.

"Fuyunzi, early stage of Nascent Soul."

'Who is this person? His name is quite unfamiliar. He doesn't seem to be from Yunzhou.'

"That's right. The spirit creature I gave birth to is nearly ten thousand years old. Daoist friend, do you have any solution?"

After Wei Zhong replied, he waited quietly.

It took a while before I saw the reply.

"This method of mine is only for spiritual plants under five thousand years old, and it cannot meet the needs of fellow Taoists." Wei Zhong looked at these words without much emotion. During the time when the news was released, Wei Zhong had already experienced this kind of disappointment many times.

"But I do have some relevant information in my hand. It can be exchanged for five low-grade infant cultivation pills."

Wei Zhong couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

"You are too greedy to exchange five infant-cultivating pills from me for a piece of information."

"Fellow Daoist, you really know how to ask for too much. Just for a piece of information, you want five fourth-level lower-grade infant-cultivating pills from me."

"Haha, don't worry, fellow Daoist, just listen to me. There is a sacred mountain in the north of the border between Ximo and Yunzhou. There is a kind of spiritual liquid produced on it, which can be used to promote the growth of spiritual plants under ten thousand years old...
This news is given to you for free."

'Free things are the most expensive!'

Fu Yunzi only told part of the information, explaining that he had news about this high-level spiritual creature, but he did not mention the more crucial part, leaving Wei Zhong in suspense.

"This information can only grant you two infant-cultivating pills..."

"No, two low-grade pills are too few..."

Wei Zhong bargained with him and finally agreed on a transaction price of three elixirs.

A month later, Wei Zhong delivered the elixir to Yunji Chamber of Commerce, and also received the complete information left by Fu Yunzi.

"The frozen land of the northern plains, the frost-covered sacred mountain?"

Wei Zhong looked at the description in the intelligence and checked the attached map, and finally understood the location of this sacred mountain.

Rather than saying that it is at the border between Ximo and Yunzhou, it is more accurate to say that this place is located in the northwest of Yunzhou, close to the northern Zangyuan.

“It’s really far away.”

It would take a Jindan cultivator a whole year to fly at full speed in a straight line, not to mention having to avoid the territories of various major sects along the way.

Wei Zhong estimated that it would take him at least two years to reach this sacred mountain.

And it does not mean that Wei Zhong can take these spiritual objects into his possession, but he needs to compete with others.

This spiritual object is called Silver Sky Jade Dew. It is only produced once every five hundred years in the Shuangwu Lingshan Mountain. It has been more than four hundred years since the last time.

It will be produced again in about eighty years, attracting many Jindan and even Yuanying cultivators nearby to scramble for it.

'More than eighty years is enough for me to cultivate to the late stage of Jindan. By then, I can obtain this item with the help of [Time Dao Fa] with almost no difficulty.'

After Wei Zhong understood the details, he immediately put away the intelligence jade slip.

'Three Nurturing Pills in exchange for this information is well worth it.'

Wei Zhong thought so and closed his eyes to practice "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Technique" to start his cultivation.

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Ten years have passed since Wei Zhong started purchasing the spiritual object. During this period, Wei Zhong received various messages from the jade token, but most of them ended up in disappointment.

The means to cultivate high-level spiritual plants are rare, and the methods provided by many people are not even as reliable as Fu Yunzi's information.

At the same time, he received several alchemy commissions, and the rewards were all high-quality spirit stones.

Wei Zhong was very disappointed that no one offered him rare spiritual objects as reward.

After leaving the retreat, spiritual energy gathered on Qingbo Island and turned into cyclones that converged somewhere on the Ling Island.

"Someone is building a foundation?"

Wei Zhong used his spiritual sense to probe and found that it was Hu Jinchuan who was trying to build his foundation.

Not only Wei Zhong saw this movement, but the servants on Lingdao were also attracted by it.

Everyone looked towards the retreat site with envy.

"Master Hu Dan is actually going to build his foundation!"

"Yeah, I don't know when we can reach this level."

Ever since Hu Jinchuan became an alchemist, no one has dared to add the word "little" to his title.

Now that he is about to lay the foundation, his status will be even higher.

"Building the foundation!"

Zou Ruiyuan looked at the spiritual energy cyclone in the air and felt deeply moved.

'The old man who came to the island with me has now passed away due to his lifespan limit. Only I am still alive because my lifespan has increased after I built my foundation.

The path to immortality is truly cruel.

But now, a foundation-building cultivator is finally going to appear on Qingbo Island, and I can be considered to have a fellow cultivator to accompany me.'

Then he remembered that the other party was a member of the Hu family, a descendant of Hu Zongfu, and a hint of sadness appeared in Zou Ruiyuan's eyes again.

After the spiritual energy cyclone lasted for two months, it slowly dissipated. After another month, the door of the secluded stone chamber slowly opened.

Hu Jinchuan emerged from the crowd, and everyone outside congratulated him:
"Congratulations to Master Hu Dan for successfully building his foundation!"

Hu Jinchuan returned the greeting with courtesy, and did not become impatient because of his own foundation building.

Zou Ruiyuan walked out from the crowd:

"Congratulations to Brother Hu for successfully building his foundation!"

After congratulating him, he added:
"The island master told fellow Taoist that after successfully building the foundation, he can go to Yunqingyuan..."

Hu Jinchuan nodded, and with the help of Zou Ruiyuan, he broke away from the enthusiastic crowd and flew towards Yunqingyuan.

I landed in a small courtyard, knocked on the door gently, and then I heard the familiar voice.

"Come in!"

Hu Jinchuan pushed the door open and saw Wei Zhong lying on a rattan chair in the yard.

Bowing:

"I've met the island owner!"

Wei Zhong waved the folding fan in his hand and murmured:
"After practicing for nearly a hundred years, I finally succeeded in building my foundation. It was really not easy."

"Jinchuan is dull and has disappointed the island owner."

Wei Zhong remembered that although the other party had an alien wind spiritual root, its grade was not high, but only low grade.

It has taken a hundred years to build the foundation, and it seems that it is still of the lower middle grade.

Not only will there be no hope of forming a pill in the future, but it may be impossible to reach the middle or even late stage of foundation building.

"Snapped!"

Wei Zhong closed his folding fan, stood up from the rattan chair, walked to the edge of the stone table, controlled the teapot on the table with his spiritual power, and poured out two cups of hot spiritual tea.

"sit!"

Hu Jinchuan sat down as instructed, and then heard Wei Zhong ask:

"How is the alchemy going?"

Hu Jinchuan replied:
"Nourish Qi Pills can basically produce nine pills, with the probability of high, medium and low grades being 10%, 30% and 60% respectively."

'Nine pills are produced at a time, but the probability of a top-grade one is only 10%. This means that it is impossible to produce top-grade Qi-nourishing Pills stably.

This alchemy talent can only be described as ordinary. It is far inferior to himself and Ning Jiaqi at that time.'

Seeing Wei Zhong's silence, Hu Jinchuan suddenly felt guilty:

"Jinchuan is stupid! I am ashamed of the island master's cultivation!"

(End of this chapter)