Chapter 116, The Road to Foundation Establishment (1)
Then I heard a deep voice coming from below, "What is this fellow Taoist doing here?"
Lu Nan smiled and said: "Lu Nan, the new deacon of the Foreign Affairs Office, is here to report on his duties!"
An old cultivator came with a sword, took the document from Lu Nan's hand, and said with a smile: "Yesterday, I received news from the sect that a Taoist friend was coming over. I didn't expect to meet him so soon."
The two of them were talking as they headed towards the fairy garden below.
Through the conversation, Lu Nan also learned the other party's name - Mo Qu!
"What's my name like?" When he said his name, the old Xiu blinked with a hint of naughtiness.
Lu Nan was a little speechless. This person's temperament was in great contrast to his appearance.
"Yes, don't give in, don't give in!"
Mo Qu said proudly: "My father is a learned man. He named me Mo Qu to prevent me from yielding to others!"
"Uncle is a great talent!" Lu Nan said with a smile.
The two of them entered the Immortal Garden and first went to visit some of the guards here. What surprised Lu Nan was that Lu Xuanfeng was among the guards who were in the late stage of Qi Refining.
"Isn't Fellow Daoist Lu a genius in the sect? Why do you come to a place like this?" Lu Nan asked Mo Qu.
Mo Qu smiled and said: "After their inner disciples reach a certain level, they will have to perform sect tasks. However, there are not many who are as active as Daoist Lu!"
"positive?"
"Yes! I heard that Fellow Daoist Lu is good at killing. Every time he practices a new spell, he must seek a breakthrough in battle!"
Lu Nan suddenly felt extremely emotional.
He is different. He can break stones and chop down trees. If you know the general power, it's almost the same.
"What a cruel person!"
"yes!"
Lu Xuanfeng's expression was very cold, no different from last time. After a few simple exchanges, Lu Nan followed Mo Qu to other places and became familiar with the monks below. Otherwise, if he met What can easily cause misunderstandings?
After working for more than an hour, I settled in a courtyard.
During the chat with Mo Qu, I learned that the guard only needs to take action when the people below encounter some troubles that cannot be solved. At other times, he can arrange his time at will.
Compared to Fairy City, it seems even better!
Lunan secret passage.
When I returned to the yard, I noticed that no one was around, so I took out a storage bag.
The storage bag was obtained from Yue Wen. Before, in Fairy City, under the nose of the Foundation Establishment Realm, I was somewhat apprehensive, but now in Qinghu Town, I feel a lot more relieved.
Although Lu Xuanfeng is a Qi-refining cultivator, he thinks he can still handle it.
After a while, the storage bag was successfully refined, and my mind sank into it.
In the five-dimensional space, things were neatly arranged, and the four items that attracted his attention the most.
A jade slip.
A jade bottle.
A jade pendant.
And a booklet.
There is no way, these four things are placed most conspicuously and are best preserved.
Lu Nan first placed the jade slip on his forehead, and the next moment, his face suddenly turned pale.
There is a reading threshold set up in the jade slips, but with his current level, he is unable to read the content!
This made him very excited.
Because only foundation-building spells can hinder him.
"I just don't know what the spell is!"
Putting the jade slip aside, Lu Nan's heart was full of expectations. Lao Yue and the others must have had an adventure, otherwise, how could they have the foundation-building realm spell?
When he opened the jade bottle, he was greeted by the smell of blood, and two red pills were placed inside.
Without the instruction manual, Lu Nan couldn't tell what it was, but such amazing blood energy was definitely not something that ordinary elixirs could possess, perhaps even first-level elixirs.
Level 1 elixirs are completely different from level 0. They belong to the foundation building level.
It is not common to be afraid of the inner door.
Lu Nan took a deep breath. By now, he was already a little scared. The quality of the items in Yue Wen's storage bag was frighteningly high. If he hadn't personally taken it out of him, it was said to be the storage items of a Foundation Establishment monk.
There are no big problems with the bags.
Put down the jade vase and pick up the jade pendant.
This observation has been a bit long.
"This object can be refined with magic, so it must be a magic weapon!"
Before refining, he had no way of knowing the function of the jade pendant. However, after preliminary exploration, he found that the grade of this object was definitely not low, and it was estimated to be at the top level.
After having a guess in her mind, Lu Nan felt a little lost.
Fortunately, he adjusted his mentality quickly, and within a moment, he continued to pick up the fourth item.
It was the most ordinary book. The paper looked a little old, and there were some equally old fonts on it.
Lu Nan looked at it for a while, couldn't help but let out a long breath, and put it back into the storage bag.
To Yue Wen and Liu Yifeng, this book was of great value, but to Lu Nan, it had almost no value.
Because, the above content is clearly some experience in cultivating red-blooded snakes.
Judging from the handwriting, there are two people's handwriting, one is old and specifically writes about the experience of cultivating the Red-blooded Nether Snake, while the other handwriting is relatively new, like later annotations.
Lu Nan speculated for a while and quickly came to the conclusion that the owner of this book was someone else. However, for some reason, Yue Wen and Liu Yifeng obtained his relics, and from the contents of the book, they found
The place where red-blooded underworld snakes are bred.
Most of those annotations were annotated by Yue Wen.
For example: words such as: remote location, spirit animal essence and blood, purchase, etc.
Seeing this, Lu Nan had to admire the resilience of the two brothers, who were willing to spend decades to lock down the location of Tianshou City bit by bit from the contents of a booklet on cultivating spiritual snakes.
He is truly a ruthless person!
However, at the end, Lu Nan also learned some information, that is, the content of the cultivation was incomplete. In other words, the Red-blooded Underworld Snake could not be called a Red-blooded Underworld Snake.
The person who recorded it was also a genius, and he was able to figure out how to cultivate it on his own. Unfortunately, he died in the middle before he could get the results.
Lu Nan had no intention of continuing his research.
The ultimate purpose of the existence of the Red-Blooded Nether Snake is to become a door god. When he farms in the future, he can also be a fairy farmer who catches insects. It doesn't matter whether he is strong or not.
In addition to these items, there are also some odds and ends, such as elixirs, talismans, and a few low-level magic weapons. If you sell them, you can also earn some spiritual stones.
But at this stage, he is not short of money. If he sells things, he might as well forget it. If he is recognized by others, he will be asking for trouble.
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Lu Nan went out and took out some talismans, and soon he had hundreds of mid-grade spiritual stones in his hands.
Qinghu Town is adjacent to the Endless Mountains and has many strange spiritual beasts. A large number of monks go there in groups every day, consuming a lot of talismans.
Lu Nan did a rough calculation and found that the number of mid-grade spiritual stones on hand was roughly around 3,000 yuan, which was still a long way from purchasing a foundation-building pill.
Release the red-blooded snake from the cage, let it stay in the backyard, and then draw new talisman paper with the leather paper.
As a high-level talisman in the Qi Refining Realm, the Little Golden Armor Talisman is very complex. For example, it only takes half an hour for Lu Nan to draw a small golden armor talisman, while the Small Golden Armor Talisman takes more than an hour. Moreover, it takes more than an hour to draw a small golden armor talisman.
It may not be usable yet.
The cost of runes and leather paper has become higher. If you want to carry more complex runes and stronger mana, you have new requirements for runes and leather paper.
In the past, the leather paper used to make a small golden amulet only cost 5 yuan of low-grade spirit stones, but now the price has soared to 20 yuan, a full four times the amount.
Fortunately, the price of the Little Golden Armor Talisman has also increased a lot, otherwise, we would still be losing money!
“It’s really difficult to make money with skilled levels of talismans!”
Lu Nan sighed inwardly.
Fortunately, after this period of practice, the proficiency of the Little Golden Armor Talisman Technique has been accumulated.
Two days later.
Lu Nan raised his somewhat sore arm, and the talisman paper on the table in front of him turned slightly with a light golden aura.
Looking at the panel, the Little Golden Armor Talisman Technique has reached the proficiency level.
At this stage, the earning power of this spell will be relatively stable.
Lu Nan drew the talisman for a while and then started practicing other spells.
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Time passes like water.
In the blink of an eye, it’s already autumn.
For more than a month, Lu Nan stayed at home and practiced every day.
The Little Golden Armor Technique and the Little Hundred Eclipse Technique have successively entered the level of proficiency.
At this point, the improvement in proficiency has completely returned to normal.
High-level spells such as minor Lemanism and minor sword control did not have the foundation of other low-level spells, and their progress speed was average. However, Lu Nan was very satisfied. With his cultivation speed, he could already leave the other monks a long way behind.
Looking at the panel, I saw that I was already less than twenty proficiency points away from the ninth level of Qi Refining.
"It will reach Consummation by the end of the year at the latest!"
Lunan secret passage.
time flies.
The breath of late autumn has passed, and the cold winter has arrived.
A cold wind was blowing in the sky and earth.
However, it is not a big deal for monks with advanced skills. As long as they are willing, even if heavy snow can cover a house ten feet high, it will not stop them from hunting.
The step on the snow without a trace, which is known as a legend among the common people, can be done by any monk here.
The only thing that worries them is that the heavy snowfall has caused fewer spiritual beasts to travel.
So the monks began to hide in the house, drinking strong wine and eating barbecue.
The business of Goulan Place, taverns and teahouses also quickly became booming.
In the yard, Lu Nan was holding twice as much hot tea and looking at Mo Qu.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, have you ever thought about the purpose of the existence of monks like us?"
Lu Nan was stunned for a moment. Mo Qu gave him a completely different feeling today.
"Why do you ask this?"
Mo Qu sighed and said: "I am one hundred and thirty-two years old this year. If I can build a foundation, I can live for more than a hundred years! But how can it be so easy to build a foundation? It has been seven or eight years since Tiannan Territory.
The human foundation was successfully established!"
"Even if it succeeds, so what? After a hundred years, we have to fight for the golden elixir realm again! But how much more difficult is the golden elixir realm than building the foundation? Cultivation to immortality, immortality, back and forth, without a moment's rest, what's the point of cultivating immortality?
meaning?"
Lu Nan's eyes showed a trace of solemnity and he took a sip of tea.
"Perhaps what I'm looking for is peace of mind!"
"Peace of mind?" Mo Qu sighed softly, stood up and left.
Three days later, Lu Nan learned from Lu Xuanfeng that Mo Qu left Xianyuan to search for the secret of heaven.
He didn't understand it at first, but later he learned from other fellow Taoists that the so-called secret was to build the foundation!
Mo Qu, it’s time to build the foundation!
Apart from talking to Lu Xuanfeng, I haven't told anyone else.
But several guards guessed it.
Building foundation is the path they must take. No one knows who will be next?
"I hope it can come true!" Thinking of the last tea party three days ago, Lu Nan silently prayed for Mo Qu.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
I had a gastroscopy today and I felt like I was going to hang up in the hospital. It was so uncomfortable, as if my throat had been stabbed and bleeding! Fortunately, there was no big problem, it was just superficial gastritis, Helicobacter, and poor gastrointestinal motility.