Regenerate into soil, master life and death at the beginning

The young Taoist responded with actions, and he straightened the wooden sword at his waist. With a leap, he disappeared into the void.

Seeing this, the elderly scholar and the middle-aged bald man sighed and disappeared.

Chapter 78 The Empty Room

The main force of the formation is naturally the two foundation builders and the nine qi training monks. They seldom show up in the Piaoshanji, but are active around the Piaoshanji, using formations to guide and utilize the deadly miasma and filth.

However, these monks in the resting environment who were active in the city did not participate in the direct formation. The work they are doing in the city is equivalent to the preparatory work of leveling the site and hardening the road before the official construction.

Through reading their thoughts, Jiang Gan understood that the real formation is actually very fast, placing the prepared array bases in a suitable position, and connecting these array bases distributed in different areas in series and parallel into one That's it.

In a brand-new environment, the most cumbersome thing is the preliminary preparation, which may even involve terrain modification to meet the requirements of the formation. In Jiang Gan's view, this is a bit like "cutting the feet to fit the shoes".

Because of the cumbersome work in the early stage, and the strong red dust in Piaoshanji is instinctively rejected by monks who have entered the Tao, there is the current division of labor. Jing Xiaoxiu was in charge of staying in Piaoshanji, and made some fine adjustments to the existing layout of Piaoshanji according to the tasks assigned by them.

Because they have not entered the Tao, they can only be regarded as ordinary people who have mastered a certain amount of cultivation knowledge and some superficial cultivation skills. The environment will become more and more difficult to enter the Tao.

But this is also a helpless thing. A practice force such as Dazhong Academy has long established a strict and mature process. All "immortal seedlings" that show affinity for aura will be concentrated and cultivated. If a certain number of years still fails to officially enter the Tao, those who have not entered the Tao will be cleared out of the game to make way for newcomers who come later.

As for those who are out of the game, whether they choose to use the methods they have learned to marry wives and have children in the world of mortals, start a family and start a career, seek power and wealth, or continue to work hard for the Tao with unswerving determination, that is a personal choice.

And this kind of exit not only exists in the entry level from nourishing breath to Qi training, but also in Qi training to foundation building, and foundation building to Jindan.

These people who are out of the game do not mean that they have completely cut off the hope of the Dao, but it is more difficult. They can not only continue to practice, but also confirm and communicate with each other, establish a practice family, and practice sects. The Dazhong Academy allows them to do whatever they want. All cultivation methods can be allowed to spread without restriction. This is also the main source of casual cultivators, immortal cultivating families, and small and medium-sized cultivating sects in this world.

The small restorative cultivators who came along this time not only helped the monks in Qi training and foundation building, but also accepted their teachings for the last time. After this task, they "graduated". From their thoughts, Jiang Qian saw that nearly half of the minor cultivators of Yangxi Realm would choose to stay in Piaoshanji.

Because with the promotion of Piaoshanji to a camp, they are an indispensable type of people who are between ordinary people and practitioners to cultivate and cultivate. There is also a lot of room for them to gain a foothold and grow. They come here early now, It can be regarded as taking the pit in advance.

From their thoughts, Jiang Gan can roughly imagine what Piaoshanji will look like in the future.

Sometimes they act alone, sometimes Liu Shanchang or even He Tiezhu and others personally follow and cooperate, or dig a deep pit in a certain place, build a high platform, or make fine-tuning of a certain street. Some adjustments were made, such as moving several blacksmith shops from North Street to South Street, and moving some fabric weaving and dyeing shops from East Street to North Street.

Or adjust the existing canal lines in the city.

The biggest move, and the closest adjustment to Jiang Gan, was a foundation-building monk who came to the small central square and expanded the one-meter-diameter tunnel that went deep into the underground river to three meters in diameter, increasing the runoff by nearly ten times. The "water content" of Shanji increased sharply. Piaoshanji, which used to save water, can now see clear water rushing in the ditches along the street.

These monks in the resting environment are doing these operations that ordinary people can't understand, and they have been doing this for two months.

Although I don’t understand it, I feel somehow that the Piaoshanji, which is more smoky and dusty, has become clearer. The Piaoshanji, which is more than rough but not beautiful enough, seems to have been redesigned to retain the rough and masculine characteristics. At the same time, without being overly rude.

At this moment, the preparations are almost done. The two foundation builders who set up formations outside the city, and the nine Qi training monks entered the Piaoshan Collection. It took two days to drive pieces of formation foundations into different places in the city. , After finishing all this, they all withdrew outside the city.

……

In the central small square, both the reservoir and the ditches extending in the four directions of east, west, north and south have been expanded several times. Richer.

At this moment, Jiang Gan "looked" at the side of the reservoir, an iron seal that seemed to be magnified a thousand times.

The upper and lower sections of this object are standard squares, but the four facades with a height of nearly three meters have an obvious inward slope, forming a tall and long trapezoid.

Its upper and lower sides are engraved with two mysterious lines of yin and yang. Not only that, but under Jiang Gan's omniscient vision, he can clearly see the internal structure of this object. It seems to be a solid one, with layers of layers inside There are a total of 36 layers of mysterious textures, and the textures that appear on the six surfaces are just the tip of the iceberg.

This was taken out by a foundation-building cultivator from the storage bag with great care. When it was thick, it was only the size of an ordinary seal. As he chanted the mantra, it became larger against the wind and finally landed by the side of the reservoir.

He looked at the internal texture of this object over and over again, and even compared these textures, through the talent of [Nianhua virtual reality], he created a rock model of the same size and the same size in an underground cave. Even the surface texture and internal texture are 100% 1:1 restoration, although he can't understand the meaning expressed by these lines, but with his current mastery of his own abilities, it is not difficult to do this, and the principle is similar to assigning a key.

But he didn't see what it was.

Until a certain moment, a beam of aura brilliance shot from the southeast sky, hitting the object directly.

In his consciousness, another picture made him know where this beam of spiritual brilliance came from.

At this moment, Pei Shang's body was mixed with the crowd, standing on the city wall on the southeast side. At this moment, this part of the city wall was densely packed with people. Everyone's eyes widened and their mouths were slightly open, looking at the sky in the southeast direction. .

Although the crowd was very crowded, there was nothing wrong with Pei Shang's body.

Standing in the crowd, he also looked at the sky in the southeast direction. The foundation cultivator who left the iron seal in the small square was sitting cross-legged on the bow of a flying boat. At an altitude of nearly [-] meters, he crossed the city wall of Piaoshanji and entered the wild land outside the city.

The moment the flying boat crossed the city wall of Piaoshanji, the cultivator who closed his eyes and crossed his knees pinched the spell with his hand, and a beam of pure aura brilliance shot out from his hand, crossed the void of Piaoshanji, and accurately hit the small central square On that huge iron seal.

In the small square, as the beam of pure aura brilliance came from outside the sky, the iron seal standing quietly by the reservoir seemed to be activated. Jiang Gan saw that the aura was on the iron seal. The internal lines of the quality seal will flow quickly, as if it has been specially trained, reorganized and enlarged, and finally, through the lines on the upper and lower sides of the object, it will connect with the ground and void of Piaoshanji.

Soon, Jiang Gan discovered that the aura that was originally scattered in the void and drifting around suddenly seemed to have received the wartime military regulations, and the whole people were mobilized, and the affected areas quickly became orderly and solemn.

Soon, the void and the ground within a radius of [-] meters spread rapidly like "spiritual energy freezing" or "spiritual energy plague", and the spiritual energy in the area was quickly affected and dominated by this iron seal.

But outside the area with a radius of [-] meters, it has exceeded the scope of Jiang Gan's omniscient vision.

On the city wall, Pei Shang, who was originally looking up at the sky and away from the flying boat, turned around and looked in the direction of the city. His perception at the Golden Core level allowed him to clearly see a bright aura rising from the small central square. It was like an aura flash bomb exploding, and quickly propped up and solidified into a huge aura light curtain.

With the propping up of the aura light curtain located in the center of Piaoshan Collection, it is like turning on the power switch. With the small central square of Piaoshan Collection as the center, from the inside to the outside, the formations spread all over the city. Groups of aura lights up, and are connected in series with the largest and most eye-catching aura light curtain in the center, and these aura light curtains are not only connected in series, but also connected in parallel, and some are irrelevant to each other. In Jiang Gan's view , It's like the city is covered with a layer of LED lights.

This is a scene that only Jiang Gan can see. There are also many ordinary people who are looked back by the aura of the monk who established the foundation, but they don't see any difference. In their eyes, Mount Piao is still the same mountain. set.

A formation covering the whole process was thus formed. On the flying boat, the foundation-builder cultivator continued to perform tricks. Through the control of the central formation eye, the entire formation began to operate under his command.

In Jiang Gan's eyes, the feeling is "beautiful and colorful, full of traffic".

And with the operation of the formation, the red dust all over the city began to be mobilized. .qqxsΠéw

Begin to respond to the manipulation of the formation a little bit, and follow the mind of the monk who established the foundation to concentrate in the southeast direction of Piaoshanji.

The air of mortals was undoubtedly mobilized.

But seeing this scene, Jiang Gan was neither surprised nor admired, but rather——

disappointment.

"That's it!"

It is said to control the mortal energy, but through the extreme mobilization of spiritual energy, it indirectly affects the mortal energy in the same area.

This kind of control is not only very rough, and it is difficult to accurately call the mortal energy, but also, it is inefficient, and it is obvious that you have tried your best, but the final goal is likely to only get [-]% or [-]% of the force, and all other forces will be consumed. elsewhere along the way.

In Jiang Gan's view, this is quite a style of using thermal power to pump water up to the high dam, then using the potential energy of the water to generate hydroelectric power, and finally using this electricity for lighting.

"Is this considered to be fighting cattle across the mountain, or just scratching the surface? Why not do it in one step?"

The answer is of course very simple. These monks don't have enough understanding of the mortal energy, so they can't do it.

Jiang Gan guessed that invoking the mortal qi in this way is also a method summed up through experience and trial and error, not because of a deep understanding of the essence of the mortal qi.

This made Jiang Gan, who was about to observe and learn, a little disappointed, but after the disappointment, there was more joy.

Since their understanding of the mortal qi is far less profound than their own, it will not be as difficult as I imagined before to bypass their perception and re-harvest the mortal qi.

In the field of vision of Pei Chang's body, the mortal air is like sea water, and the aura formations all over the city are like pairs of big hands. They push the mortal air over and over again, making it gradually form a wave. The direction flocked.

And the cultivator who established the foundation sitting cross-legged on the flying boat and constantly making formulas is like a "tide-leader". He controls the frequency and direction of the pushing of the pair of big hands, and pulls the wave of mortal energy forward.

As the waves of red dust in Piaoshanji flowed towards the barbaric area southeast of Piaoshanji, nearly two hundred long-line "ditches" formed by red dust came from the northern sky, bringing a steady stream of follow-up red dust. Injected into Piaoshanji, and the source of nearly 75 mortal auras are [-] settlements directly under the control of Piaoshanji, and [-] settlements indirectly controlled by Piaoshanji.

Because of their rapid replenishment, Piaoshan Ji did not "dry up" due to the outflow of a large amount of red dust gas. Instead, there was a continuous back wave pushing behind the front wave, pushing the surge formed by the red dust gas forward.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Gan also understood the true meaning behind the hard indicators that the settlement was upgraded to a camp. This should also be the experience and lessons summed up by the monks in this world after repeated attempts. If these hard indicators are insufficient, there are some shortcomings. Then, it is likely to cause follow-up fatigue at the critical moment.

The failure of the formation is second, and there will be a next time for this failure, but if it causes a "vacuum of red dust" in a certain area of ​​mortals—for example, the original red dust of Piaoshanji is pushed out of the city, but there is no After the mortal energy is added in, there is a high probability that the ordinary people in this city will become a group of walking corpses who have no desires, desires, thoughts or thoughts.

Thinking of this, thinking of the relationship between ordinary people and practitioners in this world, Jiang Gan found it quite interesting.

Undoubtedly, if ordinary people are a group of ants, or even more insignificant mayflies, practitioners will fly in the sky like doves, or even goshawks and kunpeng, but it does not mean that mayflies and ants are dispensable existences. Still within a larger ecological system, although mayflies and ants are small and insignificant, they have their own irreplaceable value.

Ordinary people do not live because of the gifts of practitioners, they have their own value of existence, and they themselves are an indispensable part and cornerstone of the entire practice system.

……

"Look across!"

"Another ship is coming from the opposite side!"

Following the discussion of the onlookers on the city wall, everyone noticed that in the southeast sky, another flying boat rose from the wild and undulating mountain range like a beast's spine, towards the direction of Piaoshanji, more precisely, towards the The flying boat that flew out of Piaoshanji from above their heads was approaching, and the two sides were heading towards each other.

Naturally, Pei Shang's body could also see it, but he couldn't see another wave formed by the deadly miasma and foul air that was pulled by the "tide-leading boat".

He mobilized a wisp of mortal air from the sea of ​​qi to cover his eyes, and immediately, he clearly saw, just behind the flying boat, followed by a black wave comparable in size to the wave of mortal air at this end.

These two waves, driven by two airships and two foundation-building monks, finally collided three kilometers southeast of Piaoshanji.

The two spaceships that were moving at a slow and uniform speed immediately rose rapidly, and the speed suddenly accelerated to the extreme, and quickly staggered past each other.

Below, the two waves that touch each other are wrestling with each other, like two moving plates. The central area rises rapidly, and then sprays like a fountain. These sprays are both red dust and There is a miasma of death and foul air.

There is only a small circle left, there is no red dust, no barbaric dead miasma and foul air, only a clear and spiritual area lingering with vitality.

With the continuous arrival of the two follow-up waves, the momentum of their collision and wrestling became stronger and stronger, and the scope of the Qingling area gradually expanded, like a rapidly blown bubble.

Looking carefully, on the ground where the Qingling area appeared, there are seven qi-training figures punching arrays into the void.

Every time the Qingling area expands, the range of the array they entered will expand by a point, trying to swallow all the results in their stomachs, and not giving the red dust or the miasma and foul air a chance to make a comeback.

When the last and highest wave of the two sides collided together, the Qingling area suddenly expanded to a diameter of about one kilometer, and this was beyond the response range of the seven Qi training monks.

However, it was also at this time that the two foundation builders and the two qi cultivators driving the flying boat had turned back. With the addition of the two base builders, dozens of arrays continued to enter, and the clear spirit area was destroyed. Completely consolidated.

"It's done." Jiang Gan, who saw all this through Pei Chang's body, said in his heart.

Speaking of today's scene, I was the only one who saw it most clearly. Even the two foundation cultivators who created this man-made land of pure spirits could only use special magic tools to judge whether the wave of mortal air in the void behind them was or not. The general scale and state of the wave of dead miasma and filthy air can only be accurately captured by orthodox monks with their natural sensitivity to "clear air" in the area of ​​clear spirits.

Therefore, in their feelings, they couldn't see the two real waves surging and colliding. Naturally, this was especially true for the mortals who were watching from afar on the city wall. They could only see the immortals driving the two flying boats There was a not-so-luxurious air show in the distant sky, and I didn't see anything else.

When one array after another continued to penetrate, gradually, a large area in the southeast direction gradually rose with thick white mist, and finally, in the field of vision, nothing but white mist could be seen in that direction.

A kind of mortals walked down the city wall one after another, discussing the details of the fairy flying into the sky with great interest, and Jiang Gan also manipulated Pei Chang's body to return to the city along the flow of people.

……

As early as when a group of Yangxijing Xiaoxiu were preparing for the final layout of the formation in the Piaoshan Collection, He Tiezhu got another task.

Select 300 mortals from Piaoshan Collection, 300 people who are proficient in building houses, 240 people who are proficient in cultivation and cultivation, 60 people who are in charge of environmental maintenance, and [-] people who are good at personnel management... a large list of various needs. ,Very detailed.

At that time, a qi training monk went to He Mansion and He Tiezhu by the small square to personally explain this matter. Through reading the monk's superficial thinking, Jiang Gan understood his thoughts.

These personnel will be divided into three shifts, and they will serve that clear land in rotation.

And that place of pure spirit is only where they work, their home is still in Piaoshanji, and all social relations, daily living and food are also in Piaoshanji.

Moreover, when the qi cultivator gave He Tiezhu this task, he especially emphasized it.

They will not directly manage these mortals. He Tiezhu and others will still manage them remotely in Piaoshanji. As for any needs, they will only negotiate with He Tiezhu and others. How to negotiate and communicate with these mortals is completely up to He Tiezhu and others. Responsible.

For example, what kind of houses they want to build, they will come up with general ideas and even detailed design drawings to He Tiezhu and others, and He Tiezhu and others will guide these people how to complete it in Piaoshanji.

Although some practitioners will stay in that area for a long time, they will try to avoid too much interaction with these ordinary employees.

Although the ordinary people and the practitioners have been in the same place for a long time, it is like a parallel world that does not intersect with each other. There is only a place where these ordinary employees work, and there is nothing else.