Ye Chen rejected Li Yu and lived in seclusion in an inn in Wanbaowu.
However, the elders of the Li family did not give up easily. In the next half month, more clan elders came to visit, trying every means possible to win Ye Chen, a "foundation-building monk" into the Li family.
Not only the Li family, but also many small and weak families in Wanbaowu came with important treasures to ask for help to impress Ye Chen. They came to visit under various names, invited him to participate in the treasure appraisal gathering of monks from various families, or
It’s practice, discussion and exchange.
These small families use many names, but their purpose is actually the same as that of the Li family. They are looking for opportunities to persuade Ye Chen to join their family, thereby increasing the family's power.
Ye Chen was a little disturbed.
He wants to return to Tianxu Immortal Sect before the joint examination of the Nine Immortal Sects, and must enhance his strength as much as possible before then.
The reason why he secluded himself in Wanbaowu was because he liked the tranquility of this small spiritual place and did not want to get involved in the fights among the various families in Wanbaowu.
Ye Chen simply closed the door to thank guests, lived in seclusion, and never saw these family monks again.
Wanbaowu Inn has an additional hermit who is in the foundation building period. Although it caused quite a stir, Ye Chen closed the door to thank guests and refused to come out. Seeing that there was no hope of wooing Ye Chen, the small families finally calmed down and the bustling Gurgling Spring
The inn finally calmed down.
Ye Chen was practicing in seclusion at the inn. He didn't need many things. They were nothing more than fourth-level elixirs and above, a large amount of spiritual wine consumed in practicing intermediate spells, etc. He could refine the elixirs and spiritual wines by himself in the Immortal Mansion.
It's just that a lot of spiritual stones are consumed in the Immortal Mansion every day, and these spiritual stones cannot be transformed out of thin air.
Ye Chen leaves the inn every one or two months, takes the low-level magic weapons he refined in the Xianfu Artifact Refining Pavilion, sells them at the magic weapon shop in Wanbaowu, and exchanges them for a sum of spiritual stones before returning.
The inn continues to practice in seclusion.
Ye Chen here exchanged low-level magic weapons for spiritual stones for cultivation. He didn't have much scruples.
He is dressed in black and wearing a bamboo hat, and his attire is mysterious. It is impossible for the monks in Wanbaowu to recognize him. The monks here will only think that he is a master of weapon refining. It is normal for him to sell magic weapons. There will not be too many
Suspicious.
Moreover, in a small spiritual land like Wanbaowu, one rarely sees Golden Core monks. The status of a Foundation Establishment monk is already extremely high, and no family would easily offend a Foundation Establishment monk without any reason.
The Wang family sent several members of the clan to watch Ye Chen's movements outside the inn. However, no abnormalities were found for several months, and they gradually relaxed as time went by.
...
Jingquan Inn, a retreat in a private house in the backyard.
A golden lotus throne that is several feet in size, the golden flowers and leaves close together to form a small closed aura field, which is absorbing the surrounding aura of heaven and earth with mysterious magic power.
The spiritual energy gathered in the Lotus Seat far exceeds the spiritual energy from the outside world.
Ye Chen was sitting cross-legged in the lotus seat, meditating with his eyelids slightly closed. Next to him was a palm-sized lotus-shaped "Lotus Code" and a book of "Nine Palaces Diagram" formation secrets.
The light spiritual energy formed a thin mist, lingering around him. He silently followed the exercises in his heart, breathing in and out. He inhaled the rich spiritual energy into his body, where it was transformed into pure vitality☆ and was finally absorbed by the soul.
One day...two days...Ye Chen's soul became stronger bit by bit while practicing.
Time flies. Half a year has passed in a flash.
For a cultivator who practices in seclusion, the passage of time is almost imperceptible.
Cultivation of the Yuan Shen itself is an extremely long process. Even if a large number of elixirs are taken, the results will definitely not be achieved in a few days. If the Yuan Shen is to be significantly strengthened, it will take at least months, years, or even decades of hard work.
build.
Immortal cultivators need to be able to endure these long years of cultivation.
It also takes a lot of time for a cultivator to practice a superior spell or technique. When he encounters an incomprehensible doubt while practicing a technique, he may sit in meditation and think deeply for several days.
Because of this, longevity has become extremely important to monks. Only a long enough life span can give monks enough time to practice high-level skills and break through the Yuan Shen level. And the breakthrough of Yuan Shen level will increase the number of monks.
With a longer life span, you have more time to practice high-level skills, thus forming a virtuous cycle.
Ye Chen was practicing in seclusion in the quiet room and the golden lotus throne. He didn't know how long it had been.
"boom!"
Suddenly, an egg-sized primordial spirit in the Niwan Palace between his eyebrows emitted bursts of brilliant light. It made a very slight "breaking" sound, seeming to break through an invisible barrier, causing the primordial spirit's light to suddenly burst.
It's a bit more intense.
The Yuanshen, which is about the size of an egg, appears to be shining with divine light, radiating outward and extremely vigorous and active.
"Breaking through the middle stage of foundation building!"
Ye Chen opened his eyes, and a pure divine light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
After quite a while, the divine light that overflowed with vitality gradually subsided.
Ye Chen couldn't help but feel very happy.
Although he only broke through one level of cultivation, he jumped from a monk in the early stage of foundation building to a monk in the middle stage of foundation building, and his strength has been greatly improved. The monks in the middle stage of foundation building are already quite powerful among all the monks in foundation building.
In the process of cultivation, the tempering of the body with vitality has also improved a lot.
Ye Chen looked at several pill bottles in the storage bag. All the fourth-level elixirs inside had been used up, and the spirit stones were almost exhausted.
Calculating the time, he spent almost half a year practicing in seclusion at this inn.
Ye Chen put away the "Lotus Code" beside him and the yellowed formation secret book "Nine Palaces Diagram".
It is very likely that he will encounter immortal formations when he is practicing in the world of immortality. During this time, he also began to study the "Nine Palaces Map" he got from Feng Zhongjie, so as to prepare for emergencies in the future.
Moreover, he also wanted to set up formations on his fairy island, so after meditating every day, he would spend an hour or two reading this book of secrets.
"This Nine Palaces Diagram is indeed the Tianxu Sect's most top-notch fairy formation secret book. The formations inside are obscure and difficult to understand. It took me half a year. I only understood a very small part of it and had a rough look at the door. From the formation formation
It’s still far behind!”
Ye Chen flipped through a few pages of "Nine Palaces Diagram" and pondered for several hours. After showing a hint of trouble, he closed the book of formation secrets, shook his head and said secretly, "It seems that I haven't spent more than ten years studying formations.
It’s hard to achieve much in formations.”
There is no need to rush this, take your time.
"I have been practicing in this inn for nearly half a year, and I barely know much about Wanbaowu. Now that I have come here, I want to walk around the town and learn about the situation here. It is said that Wanbaowu has many unique spiritual treasures.
There are no other places, so why not go to the magic weapon shop to exchange for some spiritual stones."
Ye Chen pondered for a while, prepared several low- and mid-level magic weapons, and left the house.
...
Ye Chen walked out of the Jingquan Inn and came to the streets of Wanbaowu. He suddenly felt like he was in another world.
In just half a year, Wanbaowu has become many times more lively.
The Jingquan Inn, which originally had few customers, was almost full of guests. Men, women, old and young monks wearing all kinds of strange costumes could be seen everywhere on the street. Some of them were obviously not local monks and residents of Wanbaowu.
Even on both sides of the originally sparse streets in the town, there were many vendors setting up street stalls, loudly selling some low-level alchemy and weapon refining materials to the bustling monks on the street.
"Come and take a look. The best second-level purple fragrant spiritual wood↓good material for evil and poison-proof pills only sells for five spiritual stones."
"Who wants black iron ore? It's a good material for making top-grade spiritual knives! It's not expensive. It's cheaper to buy more."
"Here is a pair of demon crocodile armor. It is made of third-level demon crocodile skin. It is extremely tough and cannot even be damaged by ordinary magic weapons. It is a treasure passed down by my family. Because my father is critically ill and urgently needs a spiritual elixir to save his life, I endured the pain of five hundred yuan.
The stone is sold! Such a good thing is rare in a century!...Does this little brother want to buy it?!...What, it's cheaper? Oh, I think you also know the goods.
Man, I’ll give you ten more spiritual stones for free. Hey, don’t leave! The price is negotiable!”
Ye Chen walked among the crowds on the street, looking at the goods on the street stalls and the vendors blocking the road, and smiled. These ordinary low-level spiritual objects did not catch his eye.
The streets were crowded with people, a mixture of fish and dragons, and monks from all backgrounds.
Ye Chen was walking in the market when he suddenly saw a dozen third-generation Qi-training disciples wearing Tianxu Immortal Sect costumes passing by.
He does not want to meet the disciples of Tianxu Clan. There are many third-generation disciples of Tianxu Clan. He does not know these third-generation disciples, but these third-generation Qi-training disciples probably know him. He does not want to return to Tianxu Clan now.
Ye Chen then lowered his bamboo hat, turned around, and chatted with a small fish vendor on the street.
"How to sell this spiritual fish?"
"This Silver Spirit Fish was just caught from the Yinsha River. It's so fresh. It's worth ten Spirit Stones each! It tastes extremely delicious, and its Spiritual Energy is comparable to low-level Spiritual Pills."
"So expensive? It wasn't this price a few months ago!"
Ye Chen said in a hoarse voice. He had tasted this extremely delicious silver spirit fish soup at the Jingquan Inn, which was said to be a famous delicacy in Wanbaowu. It only cost three spirit stones, which is less than this.
Much cheaper.
"Of course I couldn't sell it for this price a few months ago. Now Wanbaowu is holding a biannual competition. The major families are re-dividing the sections of the Yinsha River. Monks from various spiritual lands and secular countries thousands of miles around will rush to
Come to Wanbaowu to join in the fun, and all the inns in the town are crowded. The distinguished guests here want to try something new, and ask for this dish by name. The price of this silver fish has already doubled, and it costs ten spiritual stones a piece.
Very cheap!"
The vendor shook his head, fished out a lively silver fish that was more than a foot long from the silver basin and said, "There are several times more people in the town, and every inn is rushing to collect the fish. It's as big as a foot like this."
There are not many spiritual fish left.”
"Several times more people? Are there so many people coming to a fighting match in Wanbaowu?"
Ye Chen wondered.
"You don't know something about this. Not to mention the spiritual realms thousands of miles around, the monks from secular countries, and even some distant immortal sects have sent disciples to watch the battle."
"Xianmen? What are they doing here? Does this Wanbaowu competition have anything to do with them?"
Ye Chen shivered slightly.
"There are at least dozens of kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures produced in Wanbaowu. However, one of the most famous specialties is the silver sand from Yinsha River! This silver sand is an extremely rare thing. You can ask a master to refine the silver sand.
The sand raw material is refined into mithril, which is used to refine the best magical weapons.
It’s just that the production of silver sand is very small, only a few thousand kilograms per year. It is all in the hands of major local families, and then the major local families sell the silver sand to the major immortal sects. Each immortal sect has signed a supply contract with the local family.
contract.
It’s just that the Wanbaowu families have to re-divide the river sections every two years, so the contract between the Immortal Sect and each family must be re-signed. The disciples of the various Immortal Sects come here just for this matter."
The hawker was quite talkative and kept talking.
"Oh I got it."
Ye Chen's eyes flashed slightly, thoughtfully.
No wonder he met more than a dozen third-generation Qi-training disciples from Tianxu Clan not long after he left the Jingquan Inn. Although he was already a second-generation foundation-building disciple of Tianxu Clan, his time to become a second-generation disciple was too short.
, I still don’t know much about the many trivial matters of the Immortal Sect. (To be continued...