The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

Chapter 24
  Xu Zhiyu learned that the cave he wanted to use for the breakthrough was free, and immediately went to the family meeting hall to find the clan leader.

After getting the token, he couldn't wait to say goodbye to the clan leader Xu Shengzhao and lived in the cave on the top of the mountain.

Among the four caves on the top of Nanfeng Mountain, except for the one where the ancestor and the two foundation-building elders live, the other one is ownerless. If anyone in the family wants to use the abundant spiritual energy of the cave on the top of the mountain to break through the realm, they can apply to the clan leader. Stay in it for a while.

However, the Xu family has a lot of qi-training monks, and it often takes several years for the qi-training monks to advance to the next level. Therefore, this unowned mountaintop cave is often owned by an owner for eight out of ten years. state.

The caves are all equipped with dust removal arrays, which are as clean as new even if no one is inhabited. Xu Zhiyu entered them with the cave control token in hand. After briefly visiting the layout of the cave, he went directly to the retreat room in the deepest part of the cave.

The retreat room in the cave on the top of the mountain is directly connected to the spiritual eye of Nanfeng Mountain's spiritual veins. It is one of the places with the richest spiritual energy in the entire Nanfeng Mountain. Moreover, each retreat room has a cold jade bed carved from the second-level spiritual artifact cold jade. .

The cold air emanating from the cold jade bed helps monks to concentrate their minds and prevent them from going crazy. Basically some foundation-building monks from some families will add such a treasure when building their caves.

Some wealthy foundation-building monks will also prepare treasures to assist cultivation such as Qingxin Futon, Ningshen Incense and other treasures to carry with them, in addition to cold jade beds.

Xu Zhiyu sat down cross-legged on the cold jade bed, and immediately felt a piercing cold air pouring into his body from the cold jade bed under him, straight to his forehead.

Being hit by this cold air, his whole body became much more energetic, and the time it took for him to enter samadhi was almost twice as fast as usual.

In the next few months, Xu Zhiyu went into seclusion in the cave on the top of the mountain without taking a single step. When he was hungry, he cooked a bowl of [Purple Jade Spirit Rice]. When he was thirsty, he used magic to condense water to drink it, vowing not to step into it. At the seventh level of Qi training, you will never leave the cave.

At this time, his whole body was like a large container, and the spiritual power in his body had filled the entire container like water. Now, no matter how much water is poured in, it will only overflow from the mouth, and no more water will come out of the container.

If you want to go to the next level, there is only one way, and that is to change to a larger container!
  Before changing to a larger container, no matter how much spiritual energy is used, it will just be wasted and flow out like water. Over time, the spiritual energy in the meridians will dissipate into the air again.

From the outside, it seems that Xu Zhiyu is simply meditating.

But a war broke out in his body to hit the bottleneck in the later stages of Qi training.

Xu Zhiyu sat on the futon, his whole body wrapped with rich light red and golden spiritual energy. He absorbed all this spiritual energy while breathing in and out.

There were faint beads of sweat on Xu Zhiyu's forehead at this moment, but he still continued to incorporate the spiritual energy in his veins into his Dantian without changing his expression.

As time passed slowly, under the repeated impact of spiritual power, the bottleneck that had troubled Xu Zhiyu for half a year collapsed.

After breaking through the bottleneck, the surging spiritual power surged toward the upper part of Dantian like a tide. The spiritual power in the meridians is also converging towards the seventh level of Qi training in the Dantian.

At this time, Xu Zhiyu had completed his breakthrough and became a monk at the seventh level of Qi training. Xu Zhiyu clearly felt that both the purity and strength of the spiritual power in his body had significantly increased compared to before.

After a long time, Xu Zhiyu slowly opened his eyes, and a frightening light flashed away. His majestic aura slowly receded, and the spiritual energy in the cave became stable.

"I have been in this world for twenty years and have been practicing for more than ten years. I have finally broken through to the late stage of Qi training. There is hope for foundation building and longevity!" Xu Zhiyu couldn't help but think with joy. "

"I am now at the seventh level of Qi training. Although I only have the ordinary qualifications of the Three Spiritual Roots, I believe that it will not be a problem for me to rely on the "Burning Wood and Fierce Fire Technique" to advance to the Great Perfection of Qi training within twenty years. The premise is that there are sufficient cultivation resources. After I get out of seclusion, I think I’ll have to work hard to draw spiritual talismans and accumulate more resources!”

With this in mind, Xu Zhiyu ended his retreat, opened the door of the cave, and walked out with a tired face.

After Xu Zhiyu came out of seclusion, he first returned the cave token to the clan leader, and then wanted to visit his grandfather Xu Shengsheng as soon as possible to tell him the good news that he had broken through the seventh level of Qi training.

As a result, the clan leader told him that Xu Shengsheng had to go out for something. After hearing this, Xu Zhiyu had no choice but to give up and go back to the cave to consolidate his cultivation. After Xu Zhiyu's cultivation was stable, Xu Shengsheng also came back.

Xu Zhiyu went to the top of the mountain again to visit his grandfather Xu Shengsheng. "Yu'er, you are now a monk in the late stage of Qi training. How do you feel?" Xu Shengsheng asked his grandson as soon as he finished the salute.

"It's good and powerful, but it's not enough. I will continue to practice hard and hope to become a foundation-building monk like my grandfather one day!"

"Okay, very good, then I will explain to you that in about ten years, at most seventeen or eighteen years, there will be an auction of Foundation Building Pills at the once-in-a-century Fangshi auction in Taoshui County. What do you want to do? Be prepared."

"Once the family obtains the Foundation Building Pill in the auction, it will be taken immediately. So Yu'er, in the next ten years, you must work hard to practice Qi to perfection, otherwise this opportunity will be missed in vain."

Xu Shengsheng looked at Xu Zhiyu with a loving look on his face, and in a solemn tone he slowly revealed this secret that was enough to shock the entire Xu family monks.

After listening to his grandfather's words, Xu Zhiyu's pupils suddenly shrank and his breathing became heavy instantly.

That is the "Foundation Building Pill", a treasure that Qi Practitioners dream of.

Over the years of practicing, Xu Zhiyu has never been particularly tempted by a certain spiritual object, but the "Foundation Building Pill" is the only spiritual object that he is particularly concerned about and is determined to obtain.

In terms of level, the "Foundation Building Pill" is only a second-level low-level elixir, but its appeal to the majority of monks in the Qi training period cannot be compared to the fourth-level elixir.

It is well known that "Foundation Building Pill" is rare. To refine a furnace of "Foundation Building Pill", not only the main medicine needs to use the rare second-level high-grade elixir [Xuan Binghua] or a third-level monster beast demon pill, but also thirty Six extremely rare second-level elixirs are used as auxiliary medicines. The combined value of these elixirs is greater than the elixirs required to refine a furnace of ordinary fourth-level elixirs.

Even a sect like Baiyi Sect, which has been passed down for thousands of years and has the ancestor of the Golden Pill, can only refine one pot of "Foundation Building Pill" every five years, and the number of pills produced each time is only six to seven. pieces.

Such a small number is not enough for Baiyi Sect's own sect, let alone a small cultivating family like the Xu family that is attached to Baiyi Sect.

Therefore, if a small cultivating family like the Xu family wants to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, they must either exchange it for a main medicine for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, or they can only participate in the auction led by Baiyi Sect.

The "Foundation-Building Pill" that the Xu family obtained last time was obtained in exchange for the Foundation-Building Elixir. At that time, in order to obtain the [Black Ice Flower], the whole clan mobilized and fought with the monster guarding the elixir. One of the foundation-building elders was seriously injured, and his lifespan was greatly reduced. He died at the age of less than two hundred years. Four elders in the late stage of Qi training were killed by monsters on the spot. In that battle, the Xu family's vitality could be said to be severely damaged, and they only recovered in recent decades.

"My grandson understands. Please rest assured, grandpa. Your grandson will definitely practice Qi to perfection before the auction. He will not let you down."

He pursed his lips and said to his grandfather with firm eyes.

"There is one more thing, I hope my grandfather can do it"

"you say"

"My grandson is going out for a training trip. Please ask your grandfather for permission."

"Okay, staying in the clan all the time is not good for cultivation. Your tenth uncle just came back from Taoshuifang City and will stay with the clan for a while, so there will be no talisman makers there. You happen to be a first-level middle-grade talisman maker as well. Master, you go and replace him! I will tell the clan leader. Be well prepared, bring more magic weapons, elixirs, talismans, etc., and pay attention to safety on the road."

"Yes, Grandpa"

"It's nothing, just go back."

"Grandson, please leave." Xu Zhiyu bowed and slowly walked out of the cave.

(End of this chapter)