After the Thousand Years Banquet passed, Zhou Chun's life returned to normal.
As he turned a thousand years old, Su Yuzhen only had less than thirty years left to live.
Zhou Chun planned to spend more time with this Taoist monk in his last moments.
In addition to Su Yuzhen, Xu Fu, one of the Jindan elders of the Zhou family, also has a short life span.
To Zhou Chun, Xu Fu was a junior, but in fact he was only dozens of years younger than himself.
But Xu Fu did not have the opportunity like Su Yuzhen to be able to take life-extending spiritual products such as [Jiazi Longevity Pill].
On the contrary, when he was young, because he lived in the wilderness for a long time, he often went out to explore and fight. He suffered many serious injuries along the way, and it was difficult for him to live to the limit of a thousand years old!
Therefore, his lifespan is only a few decades short.
On the other hand, Zhou Xinyan, who is currently in charge of the Zhou family, although he is of the "heart" generation, is actually not over nine hundred years old, so there is no need to worry too much about this for the time being.
After Zhou Yuanxin and Zhou Xinyuan formed elixirs one after another, there was another female relative of the Zhou family who successfully practiced elixirs. Her name was Wang Yan.
At the same time, according to Zhou Chun's knowledge, among the current Zifu monks in the Zhou family, there are still three or four young and promising monks who are expected to hit the golden elixir.
If only one or two of these people can succeed, the number of Zhou family's golden elixir stage monks is expected to exceed the number of two palms.
Moreover, the number of monks in the Zhou family is still growing rapidly. Many people succeed in building foundations every year, and a monk in the Zifu period is born every three to five.
If this growth continues, as long as no major changes occur and there is a large reduction in the number of core level monks, the number of additional golden elixir level monks produced by the Zhou family every hundred years in the future will definitely increase.
Therefore, although the older generation of Jindan monks in the family are passing away one after another, the Zhou family is actually developing on a better and better road.
On this day, Zhou Chun, who was accompanying Taoist monk Su Yuzhen to watch his son Zhou Xinyuan and Zhou Zhiqian fighting swords, suddenly became happy and his eyes showed a look of surprise.
He glanced at the Taoist monk beside him who was watching intently, couldn't help but close his eyes slightly, and carefully made deeper contact with the second Nascent Soul incarnation far away in Frozen End Country.
It turns out that just now, Master Bing Ming finally cultivated "Nine Transformations of the Holy Spirit: Moon Toad Chapter" to the level of Dacheng, and gained a lot of benefits from it.
In the cave deep inside the Xuelongling stronghold, a dull roar suddenly rushed out of the cave and resounded throughout the entire stronghold.
Inside the stronghold, all the monks who heard this roar felt their hearts sink and felt as if they had been struck by lightning.
Some monks who were meditating in the cave vomited out blood and suffered serious internal injuries.
Even Zeng Yu and two other Golden Core monks were inevitably affected.
The two quickly walked out of the cave and couldn't help but look in the direction where the roar came from.
"The roar came from Senior Bingming's cave. Could it be that Senior Bingming is practicing some kind of secret technique?"
One of the Jindan monks couldn't help but asked Zeng Yu.
"No matter what the situation is, it's not my place to intervene. I'd better comfort the injured juniors first!"
Zeng Yu shook his head slightly and did not dare to say anything more.
Seeing that he was so secretive, the golden elixir monk who asked the question could not say more, so he worked with him to comfort the monks in the stronghold.
In the cave of Bing Ming Zhenren, at this time, Bing Ming Zhenren had turned into a white ice toad.
This ice toad was lying on the ground, and with each breath, rich spiritual energy was absorbed into its body.
When the time came to night, the rich power of white moonlight fell from the sky and was swallowed up by the white ice toad.
Seeing such a strange sight, all the cultivators in the Xuelongling stronghold widened their eyes and were shocked.
If they hadn't known that Master Bingming was a serious Yuan Ying stage monk of the human race, they would have doubted whether there was a demon king living in the Xuelong Ridge stronghold.
After all, very few human monks have mastered the magical power of absorbing the power of the moon. However, some demons with extraordinary talents can often do this.
When the night passed, the white ice toad in the cave deep in the stronghold had also recovered into the true form of Bing Ming.
Then they saw Master Bing Ming opening his mouth and spitting out, and then a white orb flew into his hand. It was the [Moon Toad Orb], a spiritual treasure.
Although this spiritual treasure had been refined by him a long time ago, his connection with this spiritual treasure at this time was much closer than before, as if this treasure was his natal spiritual treasure.
Perhaps because of the refining materials of this treasure, after completing the "Nine Transformations of the Holy Spirit: Moon Toad" and transforming into the Taiyin Moon Toad, Master Bing Ming actually seemed to be as complete as the fifth-level demon king.
I made a Lunar Moon Toad and inherited the magical powers of the fifth-level Lunar Moon Toad.
This allows him to not only use his magical powers to fight against enemies, but also to assist in his practice.
You must know that monster beasts are actually much more talented than human monks in absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
It's just that their skills are not as mysterious as those of human monks, their bodies are not as cleverly constructed as humans, and their efficiency in refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is actually not as good as that of human monks.
The Taiyin Moon Toad can not only absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for cultivation, but can also absorb the power of the moon to temper the physical body's magic power.
With this help, Master Bing Ming was able to practice much faster than before.
At this time, after he looked at the orb in his hand, he opened his mouth and sucked it in, taking it into his mouth.
Immediately afterwards, a sword light flew out of his mouth, fell into his hand and turned into a white flying sword.
This white flying sword is as crystal clear as jade, exuding white ice light. The sword body is imprinted with countless snowflake-like spiritual pattern patterns, as if it is dyed with a layer of frost and snow.
This is Master Bingming's natal magic weapon [Sky Frost Xuanming Sword], which is refined from [Ten Thousand Years Mysterious Jade]. After being refined by him for more than a hundred years, it is already a top-quality magic weapon that is not weak.
At this time, he waved his hand to sacrifice the sword, and used the sword-controlling method recorded in "Tai Xuan Fei Xian Sword Technique" to wield the sword.
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The formation formed in the air.
Zhou Chun's [Nine-Nine Xuantian Sword Gourd] can release up to ninety-nine and eighty-one sword energy at one time. The most suitable way to use this spiritual treasure is to use the sword energy to form a sword formation.
Therefore, the art of sword formation was his main attack direction when he learned the art of sword control.
Although he does not have any talent for sword cultivation, with the understanding of the realm of a Yuanying monk and the control brought by his powerful spiritual consciousness, he has mastered several sword array arrangements after years of practice.
As his second Nascent Soul incarnation, Master Bingming can naturally share the sword techniques he has learned.
On Kunwu Peak, Zhou Chun also quickly opened his eyes and turned his attention back to the sword fight that was still going on.
From his point of view, although they were both at the Golden Core level, Zhou Xinyuan's attainments in swordsmanship were obviously more than one level behind Zhou Zhiqian.
Even if Zhou Zhiqian controls his cultivation at the early stage of the Golden Core, he can still easily suppress Zhou Xinyuan's sword.
If it weren't for the fact that Zhou Xinyuan's flying sword was made from many rare spiritual materials and was not afraid of clashing with the flying swords of monks of the same level, the flying sword might have been seriously damaged at this time.
Seeing this situation, Zhou Chun couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
He could see that his son Zhou Xinyuan was really not very talented in swordsmanship. Even though he had been taught by famous teachers since he was a child and had all kinds of training resources, it was still difficult for him to achieve success in this area.
In terms of spiritual practice, many things really depend on talent, and the higher you go, the more talent you get.
There is nothing wrong with hard work making up for one's weakness, but what's the point of spending tens or hundreds of years learning something that others can learn in a year?
Even if you are a monk in the golden elixir stage or even a monk in the Nascent Soul stage who has a long lifespan, you cannot waste your time like this!
Then Zhou Chun gradually had an idea in his mind.
However, he looked at Su Yuzhen, the Taoist monk next to him, and decided that it would be better not to act on this idea yet.
Time flies by like a fleeting moment.
Suddenly, another twenty or thirty years passed.
On Kunwu Peak, Su Yuzhen was in a state of exhaustion. She used to have an ageless appearance, but at the last moment of her life, her hair quickly grew white and her skin became full of wrinkles.
But Zhou Chun and Zhou Xinyuan were asked by her to stay outside and not allowed in.
She didn't want her Taoist companions and sons to see her like this, and she wanted them to always remember her youthful appearance.
As for what she needed to explain, she had already explained it to them all.
But she will not die alone, because there is still someone by her side.
This person is none other than Luo Qingni!
Before this, Luo Qingni had never imagined that Su Yuzhen would not let her Taoist companion and son stay with her before her death, but specifically requested that she come to accompany her.
So much so that when Su Yuzhen made this request, she hesitated and thought for a long time before agreeing.
At this moment, she looked at the old woman on the bed who was aging rapidly, and she felt a lot of emotion in her heart.
"Will I do this again in the future?"
She murmured to herself, finding it hard to accept it.
Suddenly I understood Su Yuzhen's thoughts.
At this time, Su Yuzhen opened her cloudy eyes and looked at her and whispered: "Sister Luo, do I look ugly now?"
Luo Qingni looked at her and said nothing.
They are all accomplished practitioners. Even if they are about to die, they don't need a mirror to know what they look like.
Su Yuzhen saw that she didn't speak, nor was he angry. He just murmured: "In fact, so what about beauty? So what about ugliness? In front of a female cultivator who is as beautiful as a fairy like Sister Luo, I am afraid that any female cultivator will feel ashamed when she sees her!"
"Sister Su, what exactly do you want to say?"
Luo Qingni looked at Su Yuzhen and asked in a low tone.
Hearing her words, Su Yuzhen did not answer but asked: "Sister Luo, it's strange, why the two of us didn't move around much in the past, but now when I'm dying, I specifically ask you to come and collect my body?"
Luo Qingni stopped talking again.
Not saying anything is undoubtedly acquiescing to this.
So Su Yuzhen quickly said: "Actually, I've always been jealous of you, Sister Luo. I'm jealous that you can successfully transform elixirs into babies, and that you can help my husband in all aspects, but I can't even touch the threshold of transforming elixirs into babies."
Even if you don’t do it, you won’t be able to do anything to help your husband, and it will even bring some burdens to him!”
The fact that she revealed her true feelings at this time made Luo Qingni slightly shocked, and he couldn't help but stare at her.
Su Yuzhen met her gaze and continued: "Sister Luo, do you think I am very narrow-minded? But any female cultivator sees her husband getting close to another female cultivator who is far superior to her in every aspect.
Even if I bring him back to my family to support him, he will probably be like me!"
These words made Luo Qingni frown. He couldn't help but look at her and said lightly: "Qingni and Fellow Daoist Zhou are innocent. Fellow Daoist Su, you are too pretentious!"
"Yes, I believe that the relationship between my husband and Sister Luo is innocent, but Sister Luo, ask yourself, do you really just treat each other as an ordinary friend? Have you really never been attracted to each other?"
Su Yuzhen's tone suddenly became sharp, and the words in her mouth also made Luo Qingni's complexion change slightly, making it difficult to answer.
Seeing Luo Qingni suddenly become silent, Su Yuzhen couldn't help but smile and said: "How is it? Sister Luo, you can't deny it, can you?"
After saying that, he changed the topic again and continued: "Actually, this is normal. After all, my husband is so good and has helped Sister Luo many times. It is impossible for any woman not to be tempted by him!
"
When Luo Qingni heard this, he simply admitted openly: "Yes, Qingni did have a crush on Fellow Daoist Zhou, but that was just Qingni's own thoughts, and he never revealed it to Fellow Daoist Zhou. Sister Su, if you want
If you accuse Qing Ni based on this, I’m afraid it’s unreasonable!”
Su Yuzhen heard this and quickly explained: "Sister Luo misunderstood. I didn't mean to accuse Sister Luo. On the contrary, I am very grateful to Sister Luo for being able to stick to the bottom line!"
Luo Qingni looked at her with a puzzled expression.
It seems to be asking, if you think this way, why did you have to bury yourself before?
But Su Yuzhen apologized with an apologetic face: "Sister Luo, please forgive me, I have been holding those words in my heart for many years, and I really feel a little bit unhappy about it, so I want to speak freely before I die.
, I have offended a lot, I hope Sister Luo will forgive me!"
When she said this, Luo Qingni didn't know what to say. She just shook her head slightly to express that she didn't mind.
When Su Yuzhen saw this, he breathed a sigh of relief happily and said: "It is said that when a person is about to die, his words are also good. If Sister Luo still trusts the words of the younger sister, just listen to what the younger sister says next!"
"Sister Su, you have something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it."
Luo Qingni nodded slightly and expressed his attitude.
When Su Yuzhen saw her saying this, she no longer had any scruples, and immediately said: "Little sister said before that she is very jealous of Sister Luo, but this jealousy also stems from little sister's own incompetence, so little sister's jealousy is
Just like Sister Luo, you don't dare to express your feelings for your husband!"
"But now that my little sister is about to die, there is no need to occupy her husband and make him a dead person for my little sister. I have let down Sister Luo's sincerity!"
"Therefore, I hereby sincerely plead with Sister Luo to take good care of her husband after my sister passes away, and to accompany her husband in this world of immortality, so that he will not be alone in the cave!"
Luo Qingni didn't expect that what she was going to say was actually this, and her face was full of astonishment for a moment.
Then he waved his hands and said: "I will pretend that I have never heard what Sister Su said. Fellow Daoist Zhou and I are close friends, so there is no need to do this!"
"Sister Luo, do you think I'm being sarcastic?"
Su Yuzhen said, looking at Luo Qingni with a sincere tone and said: "Little sister, I can swear that what I just said is absolutely sincere and there is absolutely no falsehood!"
"Sister Su doesn't need to be like this, but Qing Ni really doesn't have that idea now."
Luo Qingni shook her head slightly, still clearly refusing.
This made Su Yuzhen stunned. He couldn't help but try to look at her with wide eyes, as if he wanted to see her heart clearly.
And Luo Qingni looked at her without hesitation.
After looking at each other like this for a moment, Su Yuzhen also sighed with regret and said: "Sister Luo is so noble and noble, which makes the younger sister even more ashamed. It seems that the younger sister is not only inferior to Sister Luo in terms of cultivation ability, but also in terms of mind and spirit.
She is far inferior to Sister Luo!"
But just when Luo Qingni thought she would give up, she suddenly spoke again: "Sister Luo, even if you don't think about your own feelings, you should think about your own path!"
"Sister Su, what do you mean by this?"
Luo Qingni narrowed her eyes and her tone changed.
"Sister Luo, you are currently trapped in front of the barrier of the middle Nascent Soul realm, and you don't know when you will be able to break through. Have you not considered dual cultivation? With your cultivation level, if you practice dual cultivation with someone for the first time, both parties will definitely benefit greatly.
, if we use some dual cultivation secret techniques to assist, we may not be able to break through the realm barrier in one fell swoop!"
When Su Yuzhen said this, he continued: "Furthermore, my husband's cultivation level is about to touch the barrier of the late Yuanying realm. If you can practice dual cultivation by then, Sister Luo, with your strong Yuanyin power, you should be able to
Give him a helping hand, this is a mutual benefit!"
After speaking, he specifically raised his hand and threw a jade slip that recorded the secret method of dual cultivation to Luo Qingni, which was obviously premeditated.
In the living room outside the bedroom, Zhou Chun and Zhou Xinyuan, father and son, were sitting casually on chairs, their heads slightly lowered, and no one said a word.
Su Yuzhen had talked about some things with his father and son alone before, and now they were both thinking.
After an unknown amount of time passed like this, as Luo Qingni walked out of the bedroom, both father and son raised their heads and looked over.
She was holding a jade altar in her hand. After she came out, she said to Zhou Chun and his son: "My fellow Taoists, please express my condolences. Sister Su has passed away. These are the remains left behind after she was cremated according to her last wishes."
, please two fellow Taoists keep it!"
With that said, he handed the jade altar containing Su Yuzhen's ashes to Zhou Chun.
Seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately raised his hand to put away the urn, then nodded to Luo Qingni and said: "Thank you, Qingni. Zhou will bury Yuzhen first, and I will excuse you first."
After saying that, he took his son Zhou Xinyuan to the Zhou family tomb.
Originally, according to the rules of the Zhou family, monks who were relatives were not allowed to enter the family tomb and would be buried in another cemetery near the family tomb.
However, there is a stipulation in the clan rules that monks who have made great contributions to the Zhou family can be buried in the clan tomb without exception.
Su Yuzhen may not have made any great contributions to the Zhou family, but as Zhou Chun's Taoist companion, she was buried in the family tomb, and no one dared to say anything about her.
However, in compliance with her personal wishes, the Zhou family did not hold any funeral for her death. Instead, the Su family set up a mourning hall for her and the entire family mourned her.
Zhou Chun asked Zhou Xinyuan to go to Su's house to keep vigil for his mother, while he paid homage alone in front of the Taoist couple's tomb.
After seventy-seven forty-nine days passed like this, Zhou Chun just returned to the cave.
At this time Zhou Xinyuan also returned from vigil.
Zhou Chun called him into the living room, made him a cup of tea himself, then looked at him and said, "Your mother asked my father to take care of you more before she died. She didn't trust you to live alone."
"But my father and she have different opinions. You are no longer a child. This cultivation level is enough to become the core of the sect even among those big sects. Therefore, if you want to move out to practice
, being a father is supportive!”
If someone who didn't know the details heard Zhou Chun's words, they would have thought that he had a cold temperament and that he would drive his son away not long after his Taoist companion died.
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Because moving out and creating a cave to live by himself was an idea he had long ago, but he had not been able to talk to his mother Su Yuzhen before.
Therefore, after hearing Zhou Chun's words, he immediately said: "What my father said is absolutely true. The child has long wanted to move out and practice alone!"
"Then so be it, as long as you don't leave the Kunwu Mountains, you can practice wherever you want!"
Zhou Chun waved his hand and settled the matter.
Once Su Yuzhen left, Zhou Chun lost one of his biggest concerns, and he could finally practice in seclusion without any distractions.
He sealed the cave and stayed in seclusion for thirty years. During this period, the death of Xu Fu, a relative of the Zhou family, did not disturb him to leave seclusion. Only Zhou Zhiying came forward and set up a mourning hall to pay homage to his father.
After being in seclusion for thirty years, Zhou Chun's cultivation finally reached the barrier of the late Nascent Soul realm, and he could no longer advance further.
He also tried to attack the realm barrier, but found that the realm barrier was difficult to shake. If he relied on himself to polish the magic attack, he didn't know how long it would take to succeed.
If he had other choices, he would certainly not waste his time on this.
So he decisively left seclusion and visited the incarnation of Tai Geng, asking about the refining results of the [Pure Yang Barrier-Breaking Pill].
"Fellow Taoist Yuanyang will probably need another twenty or thirty years before he can start refining elixirs. During this period, you should work on your magic power first and learn about your magical powers. With your spiritual consciousness, you should have a good chance of mastering the void."
Acting, if you can do this, and cooperate with [Pure Yang Barrier Breaking Pill], you will have a greater chance of breaking through to the late stage of Nascent Soul!"
On Changgeng Peak, after learning about Zhou Chun's intention, the incarnation of Taigeng God was silent for a moment, contacted the main body, and then gave him a response and guidance.
Hearing this, Zhou Chun quickly nodded and said: "Twenty or thirty years is indeed not a long time, so I, this junior, should wait a little longer."
As he spoke, he humbly asked the incarnation of God Tai Geng for advice on the mysteries of "Void Acting".
This "void performance" is usually performed by great monks in the late Nascent Soul stage with their powerful spiritual consciousness, rich mana, and profound understanding of magical powers, and they can perform magic powers in a single thought.
Although these methods are mainly used for fighting, because they involve the superficial application of the laws of the Great Dao, if they can be understood and mastered before the late stage of Nascent Soul, they can also train their own magic power and consciousness, which will be helpful for breaking through the realm.
Just like Ye Qingxuan, because of his powerful sword intent, it was much easier than ordinary monks to break through to the late Nascent Soul stage.