Volume 1: Rebellion in Chang'an Chapter 17 Zhishou Tower
This is an independent small building hidden in the alley.
The small building is not big, with only two floors. The door is open, but there is a black curtain at the door, blocking the view of passers-by and making it difficult to peek inside.
The small building didn't have any signboards, so it was impossible to tell what it was used for.
Lu Qingshan stood in front of the small building, his eyes flashing slightly.
Since his novice village in his previous life was not in Yuanshan City, he had walked through many alleys in order to find this small building.
Being familiar with the plot of "Nine Heavens", he understood very well that although the small building in front of him looked ordinary, it was actually the largest force that players could come into contact with in the entire Yuanshan City.
Yuanshan Tower and Zhishou Tower are branch towers located in Yuanshan City!
Zhishou Tower is the only force among the human race that can rival the seven great Taoist sects.
Zhishou Tower is also one of the oldest forces in human history. It existed even before the appearance of the Daxia royal family.
After the Daxia royal family unified the human race, Zhishoulou joined the royal family and hid his power underground.
Over the past 20,000 years in Chang'an, the shadow of Zhishou Tower has gradually faded among the human race.
However, Lu Qingshan knew that in the past 20,000 years, Zhishou Tower had not weakened. Instead, it had become increasingly powerful with the full support of the Daxia royal family.
The branches of Zhishou Tower are like Daxia Trading Company, spread across every human city, except that Daxia Trading Company is in the open while Zhishou Tower is in the dark.
It was not until the version of Hades that Zhishou Tower began to surface and became a faction officially opened to players.
But in previous lives, there were always some lucky European players who, due to some coincidences, opened the Zhishoulou camp in advance.
Because Zhishoulou was not well-known and acted low-key, the players who started the Zhishoulou camp at that time always thought that Zhishoulou was just a small and insignificant sect.
But who would have known that with the release of the Underworld Demon Shadow version, Zhishoulou suddenly became the leader of the human race in the current version.
Damn, I hit the target with one shot and got an SSR!
Soon, a player who could no longer suppress his desire to show off uploaded his method of opening the Zhishoulou camp to the player forum.
Everyone has a different way of opening the Zhishou Tower camp, which can be described as strange and varied, but they have one thing in common, which is to be enemies with the magic cultivators.
Because Zhishou Tower was built specifically to suppress and eliminate the power of the demons in Daxia.
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Lu Qingshan never intended to be a casual cultivator.
In the "Nine Heavens" that is about to fall into turmoil and chaos, if you choose to be a casual cultivator without the protection of a sect, the mortality rate is extremely high.
In the main storyline of each version, there are countless NPC independent cultivators who are inexplicably implicated because of the plot.
Every time a major version is updated, Lu Qingshan goes online again and looks through the version update records. He will find that there is always a sentence like this in the update log: Countless independent cultivators have become victims of this disaster...
What's more, if a monk wants to grow quickly, he needs resources.
Dharma, companion, wealth and land!
The four major elements of spiritual practice.
First of all, advanced skills and sword techniques are very valuable, and they are not easily passed on. Many times, even if you have money, you cannot buy these things.
Therefore, the skills practiced by casual cultivators are generally common stuff, and the techniques they study are also of average power.
And if one can attach oneself to a powerful sect, as long as one accumulates enough contributions to the sect, one can exchange them for various advanced Taoist methods needed for cultivation.
A companion does not only refer to a male and female Taoist partner who practices together, but also includes fellow disciples and masters. If one studies alone without friends, he will surely be ignorant.
If one could join a sect of immortal cultivators, not only would one have fellow disciples practicing together, but also experienced teachers to guide and protect them. Naturally, the speed of one's growth would be incomparable to that of a casual cultivator.
Wealth refers to the various resources and materials needed for a cultivator's practice, such as elixirs, magical instruments, spiritual stones, etc.
Casual cultivators spend most of their time running around trying to obtain resources for their practice, and simply do not have enough time to practice skills or delve into techniques.
In order to train disciples, the cultivation sects will regularly distribute certain cultivation resources to the disciples.
Moreover, many precious alchemy tools can be obtained by sect disciples at a very favorable price.
These gaps in resources will often quickly be transformed into gaps in strength.
The land is a place for practicing Taoism. All sects are built on spiritual veins. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth there is much richer than other places. It can be said to be a Feng Shui treasure land for cultivation.
The efficiency of practicing for one day in these places is equivalent to practicing for two days in ordinary places, or even more.
As for independent cultivators, the world is their home. With the development of the cultivation world to where it is today, how many places suitable for cultivation have not been discovered?
Not to mention being able to find a good Feng Shui location to practice, many independent practitioners are often discovered while they are in seclusion and practice, and then are murdered for their money. But in a sect, one never has to worry about these problems.
In the world of cultivation, ninety-nine percent of the cultivators at the top level come from famous sects. There are very few powerful cultivators who come from independent cultivators. This shows the importance of sects.
Although Lu Qingshan has great confidence in his ability to grow, a great chaos is about to come and he is weak and alone, which will definitely be extremely dangerous in the troubled times.
He needs the protection of a powerful force.
Zhishoulou was not the big force he had in mind, but Zhishoulou had one advantage.
Zhishou Tower is not a sect, but more like an official organization, so there are not many restrictions on the freedom of its members.
Members of Zhishou Tower can still join other sects, and it does not violate the rules of Zhishou Tower.
Undoubtedly, Zhishoulou is an excellent second camp.
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Lu Qingshan lifted the black curtain at the door and walked into the small building.
The first floor of the small building is a hall. Several wooden load-bearing columns divide the space of the hall into several parts. The windows of the small building are closed. In addition, there is a dark alley deep in the building, so the entire interior space appears very dark.
"Who are you? What's your business?" A somewhat low male voice sounded.
Lu Qingshan looked inside and saw a hollow staircase made of brown sandalwood leading directly to the second floor, and next to the stairs was a counter.
Sitting at the counter was a middle-aged male monk with messy hair, stubble, and a very sloppy look.
This was the question just raised by this middle-aged male cultivator.
"I'm looking for the owner of Yuanshan Tower."
A gleam of light flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged male cultivator.
Lu Qingshan vaguely felt as if he was being spied on.
Lu Qingshan knew that it was the middle-aged male cultivator who was scanning him with his divine sense.
"A cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining, the host is not someone you can meet whenever you want."
"Underworld." Lu Qingshan didn't explain much and slowly uttered two words.
The middle-aged male cultivator's pupils shrank, "What did you find?!"
“I can only tell this to the host.”
After a brief silence.
The middle-aged male cultivator's deep voice sounded again: "Okay, you wait here."
Lu Qingshan nodded.
The middle-aged male cultivator left the counter and went straight to the second floor.
Not long.
"Come upstairs." This was a pleasant female voice coming from upstairs.
I didn’t expect that the owner of Yuanshan Tower is a female cultivator.
Lu Qingshan found it interesting.
Without hesitation, Lu Qingshan quickly walked up the stairs.
At the end of the stairs, what comes into view is a very long corridor with separate rooms on both sides.
“The one at the back.”
I only hear the voice but don't see the person.
Lu Qingshan walked slowly to the end of the corridor and pushed open the door.
Lu Qingshan's eyes suddenly brightened.
Unlike the darkness in other parts of the small building, the room was very bright and filled with a pleasant but faint fragrance. Also, in the room, there was a... very beautiful woman.
