Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence.

Chapter 210 The Ancient Seventh
"Change it."

Zhang Yao immediately gave up the big rock that couldn't be moved, and looked around, looking for smaller targets.

In the end, he chose a black stone about the size of two fists, reckoning it should be the heaviest stone he could lift.

"Drink!"

He stepped forward, let out a low shout, exerted all his strength, and lifted up the black stone little by little.

Zhang Yaotuo held up the black stone, his blood was almost boiling, providing a steady stream of powerful strength, allowing him to move the stone to the finish line.

Fortunately, he was not far away from the ancient sapphire gate of the second pass, so after walking a few steps with difficulty, the gravity field around him disappeared, and he became relaxed instantly.

"call……"

Zhang Yao let out a long breath, and the black stone in his hand, which was as heavy as a mountain, suddenly became 'light as a feather'.

Of course, this is just an illusion. The real weight of this stone is still over [-] jin, and its density is incredible.

"This thing should be edible..."

Zhang Yao looked at the black stone in his hand, and even tried to throw it, but then caught it firmly:

"If these rare treasures of heaven and earth can be used to devour, refine and strengthen the treasure body, it will definitely increase the strength of the body by a large margin."

When he thought of this, he put the black stone in his storage bag.

"It turns out that someone can really move this stone?"

Taoist Sansha, Patriarch Yuanxu and others behind saw Zhang Yao's movements and couldn't help looking at each other.

Of course they also guessed that the black stone in the second level might also be a kind of treasure, but they barely passed the second level, how could they have the ability to move it?
Just like Zhang Yao, a person whose body and physique are in an absolutely dominant position among the same level, after enduring the terrifying pressure of the gravitational field, still has the ability to move the treasures of heaven and earth here.

"I'll try it too!"

On the contrary, Man Tiantian's eyes brightened and he was eager to try.

Soon, he also came to a few steps before the ancient sapphire gate, and picked a smaller black stone to move.

He walked with difficulty to the finish line with the stone in his arms, the pressure on his body suddenly eased, and he immediately put the stone away happily.

And besides them:
Among the remaining Golden Core cultivators, the fastest one was the taciturn young swordsman, but he had only just completed one-third of the distance, and there was a huge gap between him and Zhang Yao and Man.

"Um……"

Zhang Yao glanced at the list next to him, and there were still unfamiliar golden words on it.

"Are the monks in ancient times so physically strong?"

While he was puzzled, he became more and more curious about the behind-the-scenes construction forces of this Emerald Shrine.

What kind of great power is able to recruit the world's celestial arrogance and create incredible achievements?
After waiting patiently for half an hour:

The remaining seven Golden Core cultivators finally completed the second stage one after another, and came to the second ancient sapphire gate.

"Buzz!"

The sapphire ancient gate emitted bright light again, this time four drops of amber-colored, truffle-like liquid floated out.

With the previous experience, Zhang Yao and the others stood still, letting the amber water droplets fly over and melt into their bodies from between their eyebrows.

"call……"

Zhang Yao took a deep breath, and felt a slight numbness and itching all over his body, and at the same time, there was a warm current flowing non-stop.

After this feeling faded, the strength of his body really increased again, although it was not comparable to the increase in spirit, but it was still extremely rare.

"The rewards here are really good."

Zhang Yao, Man Tiansheng, Fairy Feiying and others all had smiles on their faces.

Soon, the ancient sapphire gate opened with a bang, and everyone filed in and came to the third hall in the Emerald Shrine.

The shape of the third hall is basically the same as the first two halls, but it is the smallest one, separated into left and right sides by a weird metal instrument.

On the left side, there are impressively irregular pieces of light cyan metal ore, listed in order from small to large, the smallest of which is only the size of a pinky finger, and the largest is as big as half a tabletop.

These ores look irregular and uncut, but there seems to be a fixed volume difference between each piece.

On the right side, there is only that weird metal instrument, covered with dense and complicated runes, and on the side facing the ore on the left, there are dozens of thin metal tubes with the same diameter.

"Is this the measuring instrument?"

Zhang Yao looked at the weird metal instrument with great interest.

The third level is the test of mana;

This creation of the ancient immortal way is a certain instrument specially used to weigh and quantify mana. It was created by using ancient rune technology and refining techniques. It is very different from today's magic weapon. They named it 'Measuring Instrument'.

In fact, this instrument is just a novelty. Nowadays, the spirit pattern technology is more mature and perfect, and it is easier to achieve the same effect. An ordinary second-level refiner can independently create it.

The ancient immortal way only has advantages in some aspects, not all aspects are superior to today's immortal way, and it is often a representative of backwardness.

"Let's start first."

Taoist Sansha greeted him, walked forward first, pressed one hand on a certain surface of the instrument, and began to enter the mana with ease.

In an instant:
The thick mana he had entered into the measuring instrument, after the wonderful transformation of the rune array, turned into a thin white air cable, flying out from the nozzle on the left.

"Buzz!"

A piece of wind-breathing mountain copper about the size of a fist and a half was caught in the air cable, binding it tightly.

"boom……"

After Taoist Sansha selected this piece of wind-breathing mountain copper, he circulated his mana continuously into the measuring instrument, and manipulated the white air cable to withdraw it little by little.

It took a full quarter of an hour, and after the three evil Taoists were sweating on their foreheads, the wind-breathing mountain copper finally fell into the tray with a clang, and the pointer on it swiveled sharply, pointing to a scale on the front.

"I got another piece."

Taoist Sansha showed a smile, happily picked up the Wind-breathing Mountain Copper on the tray.

At this moment, Zhang Yao, Man Tiansheng and others who had already understood beforehand understood that this wind-breathing mountain copper was some kind of regulatory bargaining chip, which was specially used to measure the mana of monks with the measuring instrument.

"I come!"

After the Taoist Sansha retreated, Patriarch Yuanxu quickly stepped forward and put his hand on the measuring instrument.

Many golden core monks stepped forward one after another, most of them had similar mana, and the amount of wind-breathing mountain copper they obtained was around three or four taels, Taoist Sansha was still the most advanced one.

Until Zhang Yao swung his sleeves, he stepped forward slowly, and put his hand on the measuring instrument.

"Patriarch Qingxu is about to make a move!"

This time, everyone stared intently at the side of the measuring instrument, wanting to see how much mana this Qingxu Patriarch, who is famous in the southwest, has.

"boom!"

With the surge of majestic mana, a certain nozzle on the other side of the measuring instrument suddenly ejected an air cable as thick as a thumb.

After passing through the space of the hall on the left, this obviously thickened air cable caught a piece of wind-breathing mountain copper that was the size of a child's head.

"Buzz!"

Under Zhang Yao's calm and calm mana crossing, the white air cable pulled the piece of wind-breathing mountain copper back in an orderly manner.

"It's... such a big piece, I'm afraid it's worth 15 taels!"

"That's right, the estimated weight alone is at least 15 taels, and may even exceed 17 taels!"

Under the shock in everyone's hearts, you looked at me and I looked at you, and it was difficult to hide the shock of each other.

With the foreshadowing of the previous two levels, everyone is actually mentally prepared for his performance in the third level.

But the problem is, everyone knows that his magic power is powerful, but they don't know how powerful the magic power of this ancestor Qingxu is!

Now just looking at the leopard from the performance on the measuring instrument, the conclusions drawn can't help but make many Jindan ancestors look at each other in dismay, feeling incredible.

With such powerful magic power, I am afraid that the golden elixir is not perfect, right?
"Dang!"

A large piece of wind-breathing mountain copper fell onto the tray, making a crisp sound.

Zhang Yao picked up the wind-breathing mountain copper and weighed it, showing a smile:
"That's right, the harvest is great."

This piece of Fengxi mountain copper is almost 18 taels, which weighs close to two catties, and its value is even more incalculable.

Normal copper and iron metals would weigh tens or even hundreds of catties for such a large body, while Fengxi Mountain Copper is so light that it only weighs less than two catties.

"I really don't know where all these wind-breathing mountain copper come from..."

Zhang Yao glanced at the Fengxi Mountain Coppers lined up on the left side of the hall, from small to large, and a trace of fire could not help but flash in his eyes.

The last time Taoist Sansha and the others were exploring, they had already taken away several pieces of wind-breathing mountain copper, but this time when the Emerald Shrine was reopened, it was replenished.

"Fellow Daoist Qingxu is truly amazing!"

When Zhang Yao looked away, he heard Xiaguang Fairy's loud praise.

The rest of the Jindan Patriarchs also opened their mouths one after another, and they were generous with their compliments. Only Man Tiansheng groaned a few times, but did not agree, and the cold-faced young swordsman remained silent.

"Fellow daoists are absurd, let's go to the next level."

Zhang Yao smiled and responded humbly.

soon:

Everyone came to the third gate of the ancient sapphire gate together. As usual, four clusters of silver-white mist floated out and injected into the bodies of Zhang Yao, Man Tiansheng and others respectively.

"Wow!"

The golden core in the dantian trembled slightly, and layers of golden light surged out.

The mana of the whole body has obviously grown a lot under the continuous swallowing of the golden core, at least equivalent to the mana accumulated for three to forty years.

"This is really a treasure place!"

Zhang Yao sighed in his heart.

And at this moment, something unexpected happened to everyone.

"Buzz!"

The emerald in Zhang Yao's arms flew out suddenly, emitting a cyan beam of light that hit the transparent jade at the side.

In an instant:
The golden light on the transparent jade disc surged like a stream of water, and the positions after the seventh place all retreated one space, and the tenth place was directly squeezed out.

At the seventh position, only a blank space was left, and the Jade Order flew over and fell into Zhang Yao's hands, sending out a mysterious message.

"Stay on the list?"

Zhang Yao was taken aback for a moment, and then showed a faint smile.

"It actually ranks on the ancient list!"

"That's right, it seems that the powerful mana of this ancestor Qingxu was a rare existence in ancient times!"

"It's amazing, it's amazing!"

"As expected of a cultivator who cultivates the formation and enters the body, he can have a place even in the ancient list where the arrogance comes out in large numbers and the strong are like clouds!"

Seeing this scene, many Jindan monks on the side were more and more amazed, and at the same time they were talking about it.

Zhang Yao held the Jade Token, and tapped lightly on the transparent jade disc.

"Buzz!"

Among the many ancient texts on the list, there are two extremely obvious common texts - Qingxu.

After Zhang Yao took back the Emerald Order, he was still confused:
"Are the monks in the ancient times so powerful?"

The way of refining the formation into the body originated from a certain super sect in ancient times, but it was the era after the Great Destruction that truly formed its own system.

It is extremely difficult to get started in this lineage, and it is most famous for its majestic and terrifying mana. After all, it is a school that engraves a large formation in its body and uses the power of heaven and earth, and it can crush other schools in many places.

But even with Zhang Yao's magic power, he can only be ranked seventh on this list, so what kind of monsters are those who are ahead of him, especially the top three on the list?

"Let's keep going."

After a few words of congratulations, everyone walked along the Qingyu Ancient Gate to the fourth pass.

The furnishing of the fourth level is even simpler. In the five-foot-square hall, there is only a simple copper basin in the center.

In the copper basin, there is a black and white swimming fish, swimming in the clear and transparent water non-stop. The copper basin is filled with a thick spiritual light, obviously full of tyrannical formation restrictions.

The fourth test is the ability to control, to be precise, the subtle ability to sense the divine sense and manipulate mana.

The rules are simple:
Only relying on the cooperation of a sliver of divine sense and a sliver of mana, under numerous restrictions and obstacles, to catch fish swimming in the water, the shorter the time, the better the result.

And at this level, Zhang Yao no longer has the crushing advantage.

Although his ability in this area is not bad, but everyone present has unique skills, and it is obvious that it is not his turn to perform at the subtle level.

In the final ranking, the taciturn young swordsman ranked first, Baihong Sword Immortal ranked second, Taoist Sansha ranked third, and Zhang Yao only got the fourth place.

"Oh shit."

Man Tiansheng cursed angrily, looking a little depressed.

Apart from his good performance in the second round, second only to Zhang Yao, he was the last one in the first, third, and fourth rounds.

But there is no way, there is something to give up, there is no perfect school in the world, even if it is a seemingly perfect way to refine the formation and enter the body, there are extremely difficult restrictions on entry, and there are even greater hidden dangers in the follow-up.

The reward for the fourth level is a pill banned by a crystal cube, and the size of the pill varies depending on the performance.

After receiving the rewards, Zhang Yao and the others filed in along the Qingyu Ancient Gate and reached the fifth pass.

"..."

Taking advantage of the opportunity when everyone looked at the fifth hall, Fairy Xiaguang did not dare to use her divine sense rashly, so she secretly winked.

Fairy Feiying at the side understood and nodded in a subtle way.

(End of this chapter)