The two of them walked and chatted until they were close to Zhengwu, then they walked to the second elder's office. They met Zhou Qi halfway, and they heard the beautiful woman laugh and say:

"I'm looking for you, Senior Brother Shi, don't worry about him, leave it to me.

The second elder asked me to take him to 'Lao Ruyi', where I booked a private room for them to chat alone."

After Shi Kaiqiang left, Zhou Qi said to Jin Ziming:

"I really saw the right person, congratulations on passing the first test.

Now I will take you to the restaurant first, the second elder has one last interview in the morning, and he will come over by himself after that."

"Okay, thank you." Jin Ziming agreed with a smile.

Under Zhou Qi's guidance, the two came to a private room in a restaurant. After the woman ordered the dishes, she said goodbye and left.

The waiter poured him tea, and Jin Ziming sipped the tea while waiting patiently.

Not long after, Liu Yangjun came. As soon as he entered the door, the loud voice sounded again:

"Jin Ziming, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting."

"The second elder is too polite. I just sat down not long ago." Jin Ziming told the truth.

"Is it okay to have a drink?"

"OK."

"Waiter, let's serve the food, and another pound of 'Gujing Brew'." Liu Yangjun ordered.

The food and drinks were quickly served, and the two of them chatted while drinking.

"Jin Ziming, I think Zhou Qi rated you as a 'scholar type'. Although you are very good at fighting, I am not going to change her assessment, so I will report it back to the headquarters."

"Why?" Jin Ziming asked in surprise.

"Haha, Jin Ziming, I am very optimistic about you, you will definitely achieve great results in the future.

The Landu branch is willing to do its best to cultivate you, so I would like to ask you if you are willing to join us after the training at the headquarters?"

"I quite like Landu City. It doesn't matter where I go. Since the second elder thinks so highly of it, I am naturally willing to come."

Jin Ziming thought for a moment and then readily agreed.

"Good boy, come on, have a drink, we will be brothers from now on." Liu Yangjun was very happy and drank a large drink.

"With your level, there should be no suspense about being admitted to the headquarters. Before the end of your professional training, I will work with the branch chief elder to ask the headquarters for someone in the name of the branch.

I can't promise you will come, some guys at headquarters are annoying.

But we will try our best, and we still have great hope." Liu Yangjun said.

"What do you need me to do?"

"If the headquarters asks you if you are willing to come to the Landu branch, you should neither say yes nor no, just say 'obey the headquarters' arrangements.' Of course, they will probably not ask you."

Liu Yangjun showed a "you know" look.

"Ok, I see."

“The final exam at the headquarters follows the principle of ‘strict entry and easy exit’. It’s not easy to get in, and the subsequent elimination rate is also very high.

They value the potential of new disciples and don't pay much attention to how brilliant you have been in the past.

I even wish you were just a blank slate before, so that it would be easier to identify with the culture and integrate into the sect.

Now it seems that it is not difficult for you to pass the final exam. What is difficult is how we got you here." Liu Yangjun sighed.

"Trouble with the second elder."

"Anyway, try your best and let God decide." The two had another drink.

"Boy, we don't want you to defect to us in vain. We have a piece of news that I can give you. It may bring you a big opportunity.

There are still nearly four months left before the final exam. If you are qualified, you can try your luck."

"Second Elder, what's a good thing?" Jin Ziming suddenly became interested.

"Jinli Mountain, about 10,000 miles east from Landu City, has seen gold leakage recently.

After investigation, it was said that a soul cultivator from the Fusion Stage thousands of years ago was buried there. Now there are many sects gathered there, as well as many casual cultivators.

It is said that the conditions for entering the tomb are soul cultivation geniuses under the age of thirty. Now a bunch of little guys are struggling to form a team to enter. I will send reinforcements today.

You can go with our people, or you can go by yourself. Anyway, it is close to a medium-sized city called Huangyan City, and you can get there through the teleportation circle.

When you get there, it's up to you to decide whether to contact the people from the Landu branch. Shi Kaiqiang will lead the team there. Anyway, you know him, so I will tell him about it.

However, the latest news that came back this morning is that only monks whose souls can detect twenty miles can enter.

I see on your registration form that it can detect seven miles, but I don’t know if you have any reservations. If it can’t reach twenty miles, then there’s no need to go.”

"Okay, thank you Second Elder! I'll go back and try to see if I can quickly increase my soul power. If I go, I will go by myself and contact Senior Brother Shi when I get there."

Jin Ziming thought for a moment and then replied.

"After you go, don't be brave when encountering danger. Your life is the most important. Remember, there is hope only when you are alive." Liu Yangjun warned.

"Okay, I understand, life is more important than chance."

"That's good."

The two chatted for a while. Since there was an interview in the afternoon, Liu Yangjun got up and left first. Before he went out, Jin Ziming couldn't help but ask:

"Second Elder, I'm curious about one thing. Why did you say during the interview that I had been here before?"

"There's no reason. I just decided to test your kid's psychological quality on the spur of the moment."

"Oh, that's right." Jin Ziming suddenly realized.

"Lao Ruyi" is equivalent to the canteen of the Landu branch. Every meal is charged, and Zhou Qi will send someone to pay the bill every half month.

Jin Ziming walked out of the restaurant, strolled, and unknowingly came to the Jin River.

I randomly picked a teahouse and sat on a deck chair beside the weeping willows, drinking tea and meditating.

Now his soul can detect a distance of nine to ten miles at most, which is far from twenty miles. If he wants to quickly increase his soul power, he can only use external force.

There may be such treasures in Chen Liangchun's storage ring. After all, this is a real Nascent Soul who has explored the small space of the outer world.

Besides, his younger brother was a soul cultivator, and the treasure on his body was probably also in that ring. How about asking the second elder to help break the restriction? He quickly rejected this idea.

I only have two and a half lotus seeds left on my body, which can be used to increase my soul power. Although it is a bit extravagant, it is for my own consumption anyway, so it is not a waste at all.

After Jin Ziming made up his mind, he immediately got up and left the city, found a hidden cave in the wild, got into it and sealed the entrance.

He sat down cross-legged and began to meditate and adjust his breath.

I remember that last time, in order to deal with the sneak attack of the five monsters, I ate half a soul lotus and almost exploded from the surging soul power.

Now I still have five times the amount on hand, which might really help me extend the detection range to twenty miles.

Just as he was about to start trying, he suddenly remembered the soul insect locked in his mind, and quickly used his spiritual thoughts to warn:

"Xiao Chong, I am going to take soul lotus to increase my soul power. You are not allowed to swallow the soul energy I inhale in a while, otherwise I will kill you immediately."

"What, Soul Lotus! How old is it?"

"Thirteen hundred years."

"Ah, this is considered the best! What a waste.

If you humans don't refine it into elixirs, you won't be able to absorb 100% of the pure soul energy like us soul creatures.

How about I absorb it and give it back to you?" Xiao Chong asked tentatively.

"Don't bullshit me, I'm not negotiating with you, I'm giving you an ultimatum.

If you know the truth, be honest. If you eat secretly, I will let you finish playing immediately.

Of course, if there is too much soul energy and I can't hold it anymore, I will notify you, and then you can swallow the soul energy that I can't absorb, do you understand?"

"Oh, I understand, what a waste of natural resources!" Xiaochong lamented.

After dealing with this unstable factor, he still did not take it immediately, but continued to evaluate the risks.

The excessive amount of soul energy nearly exploded my soul last time. Although I was only at the peak level of the first level at that time, which was far from what I am now, there were still three cat demon soul attacks at that time to consume my soul energy.

If you need to take more soul lotus today, without the soul to practice the exercises, you have to rely on force. Even if you activate that little insect, there is still a lot of risk.

Are there any other ways to consume soul energy?

At present, he has a variety of crude methods for cultivating the soul, but according to experience, the soul-sacrifice weapon consumes the most.

So he decided to simply refine the soul knife. Currently, he could fire seven instantly, so he would try the maximum number.

Once mastered, while Leng Yue is attacking, combined with the soul attack, and then superimposing spells, the combat power will be enhanced again.

He took out half of the soul lotus, held it in his mouth, used his power to shatter it into a hundred equal parts, and swallowed one part.

Immediately, white mist rose up in his body and quickly entered his head.

Xiao Chong was in the corner of the consciousness space, and the passage he built that led directly from the abdomen to the upper Dantian had avoided it.

The white mist is quickly injected along this tube, and the upper Dantian starts to rotate spontaneously. It is inhaled as it rotates, and it can be seen from the inside that it is getting more solid.

Jin Ziming began to use the newly added soul energy to refine the flying knives, and instantly transformed into seven handles, and quickly stabilized them to prevent them from dissipating.

Then he began to condense new flying knives, the eighth, the ninth... the eleventh. His soul power immediately began to fail. Before he could control it, there was a "bang" sound, and all the flying knives shattered and dissipated.

He swallowed the second portion of lotus seeds and repeated the same procedure. This time he reached the thirteenth portion and then collapsed.

Jin Ziming kept taking it and refining it. As he swallowed more and more lotus seeds, the number of flying knives slowly increased.

When he swallowed the ninety-fifth portion of lotus seeds, he could already condense forty-nine flying knives.

At this time, he no longer increased the quantity, but used the last five lotus seeds to stabilize his soul.

Let the forty-nine knives gather together and form a stable array of seven by seven. The knives are surrounded by colored soul energy, and the tips of the knives tremble slightly, ready to be fired at any time.

Seeing that there was still white mist remaining in his dantian, he simply used the method he used when he was promoting and building the foundation in Jiuxia Temple.

The phantom alchemy furnace, black ice and conduit turned all the mist into a liquid state and merged it with his own colored soul liquid. This practice went smoothly without any unexpected incidents, which made the little bugs in the corner envious.

In my heart, I just hate how this little thief didn't get exploded, so that I could not only absorb the delicious food, but also regain my freedom.

Immediately it reacted, "Oh, you can't burst it, otherwise I will die too."


Chapter completed!