Chapter 669: Another foreseeable long-term retreat
During this trip, Zhao Shoushou ventured from the underground city under the lake to almost half the distance across the subcontinent. He risked his life several times along the way and came to the underground city in the core city of the entire subcontinent. His only purpose was to purchase various cultivation resources and assist in cultivation as soon as possible.
of improvement.
After consuming all the thirty thousand high-grade spiritual stones that I had obtained in exchange for almost all of my family wealth, although I had gained some gains, it was still difficult to meet my own needs, and there were more or less some shortcomings.
There are two most obvious ones: First, assisting in the promotion of the treasure marrow coins in the later stage of Jindan is almost a life choice, and the right to choose is not in one's hands at all, and one can only leave the future to misty and disorderly luck.
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Second, due to the lack of spiritual stones from beginning to end, I was unable to purchase a favorite defensive magic weapon. The underground city almost condensed all the essence of the subcontinent, and had sufficient heritage and strength.
There is naturally no shortage of third-level mid-grade or even high-grade defensive magic weapons. Even the treasures needed by Yuanying stage monks are all available. Of course, the premise of all this is that the same large number of high-grade spiritual stones can be provided for purchase.
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This time I took the risk to retaliate against the thunder and lightning monks, and I got such a rich harvest unexpectedly. Naturally, I need a stable place to digest it carefully.
Of course, during the days in the underground city, in addition to using spiritual stones to purchase some elixirs to meet his needs, Zhao Shoushou also gained some other benefits. The most helpful thing for him was undoubtedly the water gun, which was successfully promoted to the third level mid-level.
Once in the Jiushui River, Zhao Shoushou hunted a money crocodile and obtained a third-level mid-grade water crystal stone. The reason why he had not refined it before was that there was no suitable refiner to choose from.
This problem that was originally the most difficult to solve became the easiest to answer after arriving in the underground city. Among them, there is a street dedicated to weapon refining in Fang City. There are nearly fifty large and small weapon refining shops on it, with hundreds of shops.
There are more than three weapon refiners with different levels of strength.
From the magical weapons that have entered the path of cultivation to the acquired spiritual treasures that can be used by monks in the Nascent Soul stage, as long as they can provide enough spiritual materials, they are all eligible for refining.
Naturally, if a third-level low-grade magic weapon, the most common water gun, is promoted to a third-level mid-grade, and a sufficient quantity and quality of water crystals are provided, at least thirty experienced weapon refiners can complete the task.
After Zhao Shoushou paid a large amount of spiritual stones, the water control gun has been refined in less than a month. In addition to the normal improvement of the grade, it has also been refined to a certain extent, whether it is power or future.
potential has been significantly improved.
This is also the reason why in the final battle, the White Bear and the Thunderbolt Monk were killed almost simultaneously in one fell swoop.
If this thunder and lightning monk who belonged to the Binxi Sect hadn't been too vindictive, Zhao Shoushou would have even been reluctant to leave this magnificent underground city.
"The underground city is indeed worthy of its name. Mr. Zhao has gained a lot this time. Although he was forced to leave today, he will definitely come back in the future." Zhao Shoushou secretly made up his mind. After taking a deep look at the majestic walls of the underground city, he immediately nodded.
He chose to leave without looking back.
Since with his current strength, when he provokes a sect with a Nascent Soul Ancestor in charge, the most correct thing to do is to run away.
The various treasures obtained from the hostile but unknown thunder and lightning attribute monks are enough to meet the needs of seclusion for a long time in the future.
If coupled with the elixirs purchased from his own spiritual stones, the main conflict for Zhao Shoushou has changed invisibly, from the supply and demand of treasures to the improvement of cultivation.
In addition to avoiding certain risks on this return trip, retreat practice will also become an important component, and the retreat time is destined to be very long.
In his cultivation career, the longest period of retreat so far is still nearly eighty years from the early stage to the middle stage of Jindan. This time is destined to be similar, or even longer.
Although Zhao Shoushou was eager to return to seclusion, this did not mean that he would give up the opportunities along the way. During the 20,000-mile journey, there were more than 30 underground cities. How could he not search them carefully?
According to his plan, the return journey and the return journey are two completely different roads. How can he let go of the beautiful scenery on this road?
On the one hand, it is necessary to get rid of all the unused treasures, and on the other hand, it is naturally to purchase some treasures that will be needed after advancing to the later stage of Jindan. This should be regarded as another way to prepare for a rainy day.
The sun and the moon go by, day and night alternate, and time flies by. In the process of continuous efforts to move forward and trade, the two years have just passed by in a blink of an eye.
When the increasingly dilapidated ruins of the central dungeon appeared before our eyes, four full years had passed since Zhao Shoushou left.
Compared with the difficulty of the journey to the underground city, the return journey seemed calm and smooth after having relatively abundant experience and preparations.
This is despite ignoring the fierce battle with monsters. In this subcontinent where the monks are still at a disadvantage, monsters are always an unavoidable topic.
For Zhao Shoushou and other Jindan monks, traveling to and from the city once without suffering much loss or damage, and with a little profit, is already an incredible feat and good luck.
On the way back, he successfully sold all the carcasses of the seven white bears, and also disposed of most of the temporarily useless third-level spiritual materials obtained from the Thunder Monk's storage bag, including the only one that had not been refined.
A third-level low-grade sword-shaped magic weapon.
What was exchanged was naturally a variety of treasures that are necessary for the current or future practice, and the most valuable among them are undoubtedly two bottles of third-level high-grade Purple Wolf True Essence Pill.
This is currently one of the most popular spiritual elixirs suitable for those in the later stages of the golden elixir in the cultivation world of the subcontinent. The value of each elixir reaches an astonishing 600 high-grade spiritual stones. Such a high price is also in short supply.
If he hadn't sold a large number of third-level and low-level spiritual herbs in the storage bag of the thunder and lightning monk all at once to a shop with a high-level alchemist, he would never have had the opportunity to buy these.
A precious treasure that can be found but cannot be sought.
In addition to assisting the improvement of the monks' cultivation in the later stage of the Golden Pill, the third-level high-grade Ziyu Zhenyuan Dan also has an important function, which can help newly promoted monks to quickly stabilize their cultivation.
In fact, from this point we can also see Zhao Shoushou's determination to practice in seclusion and advance to the late stage of Jindan, even under the premise that his current cultivation level is still far from the late stage of Jindan.
The difficulty can be imagined, and even after this upgrade, it may take a lot of time to make up for the shortcomings in the foundation, but there is no hesitation.