Chapter 59: Going to Shanxi County for a Monthly Pass)
After half a month of hard work, Zhao Shoushou just opened his eyes. With the help of the remaining power of the first-level low-grade Qi Condensing Pill, his cultivation at the fourth level of Qi training finally stabilized.
As a newly promoted fourth-level qi-training monk, the most important thing is to become familiar with the new realm as soon as possible and learn the more powerful first-level mid-level spells.
Water attribute spells are not good at attack power. Except for water arrows, most of the first-level low-grade spells are auxiliary, mainly to familiarize themselves with the characteristics of water attributes.
It is in line with the truth that "water benefits all things without fighting", but any attribute skill will not just be a turtle shell that only takes a beating without fighting back or has purely auxiliary properties. The first-level mid-level water attribute spells already have good attack power.
The first-level mid-level spells recorded in "Ripple Technique" include one attack and one defense, including "Water Snake Technique" and "Water Prison Technique", as well as the "Water Scroll Technique" and "Spring Rain Technique" recorded in the first-level low-grade water attribute encyclopedia.
Of the four spells, two are attack, one is defense, and one is auxiliary.
The effect of the first-level mid-level water snake spell is similar to that of the first-level mid-level fire bird spell. It is based on water flow and transformed into a water snake under the influence of mana, which enhances the attack power. It also consumes very little mana to perform, so it can be said to be a small investment but a large output.
The first-level low-level water scroll technique is another extreme. It uses mana and spiritual consciousness as the basis to control the water flow within a radius of tens of meters and turn it into layers of water tornadoes. Once involved, it is not easy to escape even in the later stage of Qi refining. According to
At present, there is only one chance to display the cultivation level of the fourth level of Qi Refining.
The first-level mid-level water prison spell is an advanced stage of the water wall spell. It is one of the few defensive spells among water-attribute spells. Once cast, it can form four walls of water, trapping the enemy within it.
The main function of the first-level mid-level Spring Rain Technique is to replenish water for the spiritual fields and spiritual medicine gardens. The rainwater caused by the Spring Rain Technique contains a certain amount of spiritual power, and is an essential spell for the growth of various spiritual flowers and herbs.
There is even a group of people in the huge group of casual cultivators who study the various secrets of the Spring Rain Technique. When the spiritual fields and elixir gardens need large-scale irrigation, they wait for others to hire them and earn a lot of money.
The Spring Rain Technique is important, but because of the existence of a spiritual spring in the cave, the Spring Rain Technique is quite useless to Zhao Shoushou, so the practice time can be postponed a little.
For his current situation, after repeated comparisons, the first thing he needs to learn is naturally the Water Snake Technique and the Water Prison Technique. Once successfully understood, the improvement in combat effectiveness will be obvious.
And compared to the water scroll spell, which is too lethal and powerful, these two spells are also the most commonly used in the process of fighting against enemies, and the next target will naturally be them.
After being promoted to the fourth level of Qi Refining, Zhao Shoushou's next goal is to travel and broaden his horizons while looking for opportunities. Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, which is also applicable to monks.
Since entering the world of cultivation, his scope of activities has been wandering between Cormorant Island, Cormorant Lake, Purple Jade Mountains, and Xiaokanshanfang City. After having some ability to protect himself, he is no longer satisfied with his current status.
The first target is naturally Shanxi County, which is not far away from Xianzhou. There are two main reasons: first, this place is a famous elixir cultivation county in Xianzhou; second, it is naturally for the small meeting in Cormorant Lake.
Bai Bai, a female cultivator with whom I met once.
In the middle stage of advanced Qi refining, each level of cultivation requires more and more spiritual power, and the price of the corresponding first-level mid-grade elixir doubles. It is essential to increase revenue and reduce expenditure if you want to improve your cultivation.
Cormorant County is located in a remote area, and all kinds of cultivation resources are very poor. Simply relying on hunting monsters in the Purple Jade Mountains is far from enough to meet the needs of cultivation, so a trip to Shanxi County is imminent.
Of course, there is a deeper plan in his mind. If he has the opportunity to officially join the increasingly declining Bai family, it may be the beginning of the rise of a new Zhao family.
Loose cultivators seem to be free and unrestrained, but this also means that they are helpless. Even if their bodies are exposed in the wilderness one day, no one will know and pay homage to them. Wouldn't it be great if there was an opportunity to build a family in their place in an upright and honest way?
Three days later, Zhao Shoushou took a simple fishing boat with two first-class cormorants and embarked on a leisurely journey to Shanxi County.
After three days of persistent and concentrated practice, the first-level mid-level water snake technique has been initially mastered. The first-level mid-level water prison technique still lacks some strength, but it is not too difficult to master as long as you practice diligently.
Shanxi County is dominated by mountains and rivers, and its various cultivation resources far exceed those of Cormorant County. Zhao Shoushou only needed to go down the river for a day and a night to reach his destination.
Moreover, the large and small mountain ranges in Shanxi County mostly have spiritual veins of different grades, and immortal cultivating families of varying sizes dominate the area.
Although there are many rivers in Shanxi County, most of them are tributaries, shallow streams, and sparsely populated, which are not enough to support the cultivation of gods. Instead, most of the rivers are occupied by first- and lower-level water attribute monsters.
Therefore, traveling to Shanxi County by water will not be smooth sailing, but to him, the threat of these monsters is like spiritual stones emitting dazzling spiritual light.
In the process of fighting monsters, maybe there will be significant progress in the two first-level mid-level spells that have not been understood recently. As a water-attribute monk, he can unleash the strongest combat power on the river.
"The Bai family in Shanxi County is located in Qingling Mountain, a first-level lower-level product, less than a hundred kilometers away from the Qingyuan Grand Canyon. It is often threatened by various first-level low-level monsters, but it is a good thing for Zhao." Waiting to enter Shanxi County
Zhao Shoushou inside the country began to think about it.
Qingyuan Grand Canyon is similar to the Purple Jade Mountains, but the terrain here is more complex, the number of monsters will be larger, and the competition between them will be more cruel. Some weaker first-order, middle and lower-grade monsters are often expelled.
The weaker families living here are often attacked by monsters, especially some spiritual fields that are not protected by formations. The spiritual rice or elixir that has been matured after a lot of effort can accidentally sneak in at a low price.
of monsters.
The cultivation environment in Shanxi County is better and the resources are slightly more abundant, but the battles with monsters are more brutal, and the casualty rate of monks every year is far higher than that in Cormorant County.
As a low-level cultivating family, the Bai family must have been invaded by monsters. Otherwise, how could they only open up a few acres of first-order low-grade spiritual fields occupying one-third of the first-order low-grade spiritual mountains?
"What a fierce crab monster. The crab roe in it must be extremely delicious. I'm going to have a feast today." Not long after entering Shanxi County, a domineering crab monster the size of a small millstone came towards the fishing boat with its powerful pliers.
Between the two large pliers, the sharp spikes sharper than a file gleamed, and if they were caught by them, the simple fishing boat would definitely fall into pieces.
However, Zhao Shoushou's face was not nervous at all. Instead, he stuck out his tongue and licked it around his mouth. It seemed that what he was showing off was not a ferocious monster, but a delicious food that was delivered to his door. Obviously, he was determined to win.