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

Chapter 226

Zhang Yao was keenly aware of the changes in himself after refining a ray of magic energy.

Due to the mutual annihilation of the mana and the turbidity of the earth, the mana he recovered by breathing out and refining the spirit energy has actually increased by a tiny bit in total.

Although this slight increase was insignificant, equivalent to a scoop of water in a vast lake, it was still captured by his divine sense.

"It turns out that sitting in the magic cave and refining the magic energy can also improve one's own cultivation and enhance one's mana."

"It's no wonder that those foreign Jindan cultivators who sit in the magic lair in the Mani Kingdom often spend tens of hundreds of years. It turns out that there are such invisible benefits..."

At this moment, Zhang Yao finally understood in his heart.

The most important thing for a Jindan cultivator is his own cultivation. If he spends decades or hundreds of years accumulating good deeds just for foreign things, it seems that the gain is not worth the loss.

But if the process of sitting in the magic lair itself can replace cultivation, then the cost-effectiveness will be very high. No wonder many Golden Core cultivators flock to it.

"Um……"

Zhang Yao sat cross-legged, meditating and concentrating, running a steady stream of mana to refine the magic energy, feeling the growth of his own mana.

An hour later, he came to a basic conclusion:
Relying on the stimulation of mana growth by refining demonic energy, the efficiency is fixed, and the speed is not fast, at least far behind his cultivation speed of first-grade golden elixirs, and at most comparable to fourth- and fifth-rank golden elixirs.

If it really can match the effect of the top-grade golden elixir, I am afraid that the many golden arhats in Mani Temple will not be willing to give up this "treasure land".

"But to me, it doesn't matter if the speed of practice is reduced."

In Zhang Yao's mind, thoughts flickered slightly:

"Refining demonic energy is very simple. You don't need to devote much attention. Most of your energy can be used to practice supernatural powers and Taoism."

"However, being trapped here is equivalent to adding a layer of shackles. If you want to do something in private, it will be inconvenient..."

Sitting in the magic den, while enjoying the benefits, it also bears huge responsibilities.

If he leaves his post without authorization and causes a large-scale leakage of demonic energy, he will be issued a wanted order by Mani Temple and hunted down to death, and there will be no place for him in the entire Central Plains.

When the old monk Tong Guang introduced him to Fengmo Temple, he focused on introducing the 'Spiritual Movement Formation' here, which is the main means of contact with the outside world.

If you have something to go out, you need to inform the Mani Temple in advance to let them send a golden Arhat to take over the guard, but this means that every move is exposed under the eyes of the Mani Temple.

"Try it and see."

As soon as Zhang Yao thought up to this point, he separated a ray of divine thought and penetrated into the magic formation of Fengmo Temple.

There are various means of communication in the world of cultivating immortals, but the ultra-long-distance instant communication method is relatively limited, limited by various factors such as cost, scale, security, and concealment, among them, the spirit tour method is the most popular one. kind.

However, the construction cost of the Immortal Tournament Formation is not low. In Dali, only the Tianbaolou headquarters and a few Jindan-level powers can afford it.

The Mani Temple is rich and powerful, and in the 24 magic lairs and dozens of great Buddhist temples, they have built a spirit travel formation, and even built a communication network with it, which can be called extremely luxurious.

"boom!"

The moment his divine sense penetrated into the imaginary formation, Zhang Yao only felt a slight shock in the sea of ​​consciousness, and he came to a new world in an instant.

Looking around:

Surrounding it are a series of vast and bright golden 'light paths', which are laid out among the islands of light spots.

These islands of different light spots seem to be very far apart from each other, but under the connection of the golden light path, they seem to be within reach in an instant.

"A total of 76 nodes..."

Zhang Yao instantly saw all the islands of light spots, most of them were flickering, while a small part was silent.

The largest island of light spots, surrounded by eight smaller islands of light spots, is flickering non-stop at the moment, and it looks very lively.

"That should be the Mani Temple. There are nine imaginary formations built in the temple..."

A guess arose in Zhang Yao's mind.

And at this moment:
"Hey, there's a new comrade here!"

Along the golden light path, a voice suddenly came into Zhang Yao's divine sense.

Before Zhang Yao had time to respond, more than a dozen divine thoughts were transmitted along the golden light path in an instant, and there was a lot of noise:
"Welcome fellow daoists to join!"

"Looking at the location of the node, fellow Taoist chose Changle Mountain? What a bold move!"

"Monk, let me introduce to you, the one who sits in the magic lair of Changle Mountain is the famous Patriarch Qingxu who is powerful in the southwest!"

"Hey, it turns out to be Fellow Daoist Qingxu! I have really admired your name for a long time..."

Faced with many divine thoughts, Zhang Yao dealt with them one by one, and chatted with many Jindan monks for a long time before he finally understood the status quo.

Including him in Mani's country, there are a total of seventeen foreign Golden Core monks.

Because there is no conflict of interest, the relationship with each other is very good, and regular conferences are held to exchange experience in cultivation and also serve as a small trade fair.

The regular Dharma assembly in the Mani Temple is held every 20 years; however, the Dharma assembly of foreign Jindan monks is often held once every few years and is held very frequently.

"That's good news!"

Zhang Yao was overjoyed:
"The more people there are, the wider the news will be."

"Maybe through the channel of these foreign Golden Core cultivators, they can help me find the Ten Thousand Zai Ice Soul!"

He has already practiced three of the five-phase supernatural powers, and the Infernal Yintu also has specific clues, only one Wanzai Ice Soul is missing.

It is also helpless to say:

Among the many heaven and earth treasures and spiritual objects that Zhang Yao needs, the Wanzai Ice Soul is the one with the lowest value, but the slightly rarer third-order spiritual objects are the easiest to find in theory.

There are many places where this kind of spiritual things are produced, especially places like frozen soil and glaciers. They are relatively common and have many uses. things.

However, Zhang Yao even found Fengxi Mountain Copper and Wujian Yintu, but there was no news of Ten Thousand Zai Ice Soul.

"Infinite Yin Soil, Treasure Xiang Liujin Pulp, and Taiyin Dilu, I already have clues."

"The remaining divine essence elixir, the water of returning to the ruins, and the rare treasures belonging to the sun are too rare. There is little hope for these golden elixir monks."

"But to obtain a certain amount of Wanzai Ice Apparel, there should be a lot of hope..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao used his spiritual sense to send a message to many Jindan comrades, asking for the Ten Thousand Zai Ice Soul.

To his surprise:

Not long after he sent the message, a Golden Core cultivator 'Taoist Tianshuang' who was sitting in the Nether Ze Devil's Lair came to him on his own initiative.

"Fellow Taoist Qingxu needs the Ice Soul of Ten Thousand Years?"

Taoist Tianshuang was very enthusiastic, and his spiritual thoughts said:

"To be honest, I am an ice-type alien spirit root, and I practice top-level ice-type exercises. There is a great demand for Wanzai Ice Soul, and I have accumulated a lot in my hands."

"Although the ten-thousand-year ice soul is also very important to me, but the beauty of a gentleman, if you need it, I can sell some."

"Then thank you fellow Taoist Tianshuang!"

Zhang Yao was overjoyed and hurriedly said:

"I don't know how many friends have left? I need a lot."

"It's okay, just open your mouth."

Taoist Tianshuang responded through voice transmission, and his tone was quite bold.

"I need a whole party of Wanzai Ice Soul."

Zhang Yao mentioned a word cautiously.

"what?!"

Taoist Tianshuang was taken aback and felt a little unbelievable:

"Fellow Daoist Qingxu, you...you shouldn't be a cultivator of Ice Spirit Root, right? How did you use so many Ten Thousand Years of Ice Soul?"

A whole party of ten thousand years of ice soul, what kind of concept is that?
Just using it as the main material to refine ice-type magical treasures is enough to refine ten pieces. He has practiced and refined the method for 100 years, and he can't use so many ten-year ice souls.

There are so many ten-thousand-year ice souls that can even be used to create an ice coffin made of pure ice souls.

"Fellow Daoist Tianshuang, forgive me."

Zhang Yao's tone was a little embarrassed, and he said:

"I have special supernatural powers in cultivation, so I must have so many ten-thousand-year ice souls."

"If you don't have so many in your hands, then I will charge as much as you can. The price will definitely satisfy fellow daoists!"

Compared with many other rare treasures and spiritual objects, the value of the Wanzai Ice Apparel is the lowest, but the quantity needed is the largest.

"This……"

Taoist Tianshuang couldn't help hesitating.

Frankly speaking, his purpose of approaching Zhang Yao was very simple, just to show favor and sell favors.

After all, Patriarch Qingxu's reputation is not small. Not only is he outstanding in strength, he is also extremely talented and has a bright future. He is a golden core monk who has been hanging out in the Central Plains for a long time.

Now that there is an opportunity to make friends, it must not be missed. One more friend is one more way, and it happens that he still has a lot of Wanzai Ice Soul that the other party needs.

But what he didn't expect was that this Patriarch Qingxu's demand for Wanzai Ice Soul was too great, even beyond his imagination.

He doesn't even have so many Wanzai Ice Pores in his own hands, let alone trading them for favors.

"...Forget it, send people to the end, send Buddha to the west!"

"Since you want to sell his favor, then simply do your best, at worst, accumulate a few more years of good deeds!"

Taoist Tianshuang thought of this, and immediately made a decision in his heart.

"Fellow Taoist Qingxu, it's like this."

He said in a spiritual voice:

"You need too much, and I don't have so much stock in hand."

"But after all, I'm an ice-attribute cultivator with different spirit roots. There are fixed channels to obtain the Ice Soul, but the process is a bit troublesome."

"It's better for you to wait a few years. I will leave Mani Kingdom temporarily and return to Tuanan Prefecture to get enough Wanzai Ice Apparel for you."

Hearing this, Zhang Yao was immediately moved, and responded:
"How dare you bother Daoist Tianshuang? Isn't this delaying your business?"

"Forget it, I'll think of another way..."

Asking a dignified Jindan Patriarch to run errands for him for several years, Zhang Yao asked himself that he didn't have such a big air.

Not to mention, if the other party is willing to do this, it must be because he wants to earn a little Lingshi, but because he wants him to accept this favor firmly for future rewards.

Favor debts are not easy to repay, especially Zhang Yao is destined not to give up his current identity for a long time.

"It's okay, Fellow Daoist Qingxu is too polite!"

Daoist Tianshuang has made up his mind, so he will naturally not procrastinate and hesitate, but warmly persuaded:

"A few years is nothing."

"Fellow Daoist Qingxu, our Jindan cultivators still have the most important path. If you think about it, if you miss this opportunity, you may have to wait for many more years..."

After Tianshuang Taoist's hard work and persuasion:
Zhang Yao hesitated for a while before slowly making up his mind, and said:

"Okay, then I will trouble fellow Taoist Tianshuang to walk for me."

"As long as you can get me the Ten Thousand Years Ice Soul, then you are the benefactor of the poor."

The debt of favor is not easy to repay, but self-cultivation is more important.

If he gets the Ten Thousand Zai Ice Soul earlier, he can refine the 'Five Elements God Wheel' one step earlier, which is also of great significance to him.

"it is good!"

Taoist Tianshuang was waiting for these words, and immediately said with great joy:
"Fellow Daoist Qingxu, don't worry!"

"Wait for me to deal with the matter at hand, and I will send a message to Mani Temple, and I will immediately set off for Tuanan Prefecture!"

(End of this chapter)