Volume 2 Dragon Bird Chapter 48: Golden Core Advanced Mission
Outside Lingyuan, in the misty area, four beams of light suddenly stopped.
Xue Zhuyong looked at the rolling clouds in front of him, and raised his eyebrows slightly. "Boy, you guessed right. There is an extremely large formation covering this place. I think this is the killing ground arranged by the Dragon Slaying Sword."
The next moment, Xue Zhuyong released his spiritual sense and swept it over the formation in front of him.
Within the formation.
Most of the Dragon Slaying Sword monks gathered here, but everyone had a solemn expression and a heavy atmosphere was brewing.
The moment Xue Zhuyong released his spiritual sense, the sword master suddenly frowned.
"What's wrong, Master Sword?" Taoist Tongzheng noticed that the Master Sword's expression was not right.
"There is a Nascent Soul cultivator outside the formation." The Sword Master concentrated.
“Besides you, Master Sword, there is actually another Nascent Soul cultivator on Jiaolong Island?!” Taoist Tongzheng was extremely shocked, and at the same time, he became a little worried. “And he just happened to show up at this time. I wonder what he wants…”
"I'll go out and take a look at the situation." The sword master's expression gradually calmed down.
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Suddenly, ripples appeared in the misty clouds. After the clouds and mist dissipated, a one-armed middle-aged male cultivator flew out from them.
"Who are you?" The Sword Master was suspended in mid-air, looking at the four people in front of him with a scrutinizing gaze.
The lineup is very strange. The leader is a Nascent Soul cultivator. As for the other three cultivators, two are Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the other one... Huh?
The sword master frowned suddenly.
Because, at the end, he couldn't even see through the cultivation level of the extremely beautiful female cultivator.
Is he a great cultivator whose cultivation level exceeds the Nascent Soul stage?
The sword master shook his head secretly in his heart.
Unlike, there are cultivators with higher cultivation than him. Even if he cannot see through their realm, their aura should not be like that of this female cultivator, without any threat.
"We are friends of Master Mo. We heard that the Dragon Slaying Sword is going to slay a dragon today, so we came here to lend a hand." Just as the Sword Master was pondering in his mind, Lu Qingshan stepped forward and explained.
The sword master was startled, "Mo Yan's friend?"
Lu Qingshan nodded.
"Wait a moment, I'll call Mo Yan out." The sword master said decisively.
If this is true, it means that they will have one more Nascent Soul cultivator to fight against the Jiao clan, and their chances of winning will be higher.
After a moment, Mo Yan flew out of the formation with a look of surprise on his face, "Why are you here?"
Lu Qingshan said nothing and gave his seat to Xue Zhuyong.
How to say it is entirely up to Xue Zhuyong to decide.
Mo Yan was stunned; Xue Zhuyong's face looked somewhat familiar to him.
Isn't this the owner of the woodcarving shop? He is actually a Nascent Soul cultivator?!
Mo Yan thought carefully and finally recognized Xue Zhuyong's identity. Although it was just a casual glance at that time, the cultivator's photographic memory allowed him to remember Xue Zhuyong's appearance.
Xue Zhuyong stared at Mo Yan blankly, unable to speak for a moment. After a moment of silence, he spoke to Mo Yan with some difficulty: "From what Lu Qingshan said, you are going to attack the Jiaolong Monster King. The Jiao clan is so brutal, and I have a lot of grudges against them. Moreover, we are both human, and it is my job to defeat the monsters that hunt and kill the people. So I am willing to participate in this dragon-slaying operation to help you."
In the end, for some unknown reason, Xue Zhuyong did not choose to recognize Mo Yan directly.
Mo Yan felt somewhat puzzled by Xue Zhuyong's burning gaze. He quickly shook his head and cast a questioning look at Lu Qingshan.
Lu Qingshan nodded at Mo Yan without saying anything more.
After receiving Lu Qingshan's affirmative answer, Mo Yan then sent a message to the Sword Master, explaining, "Those three young cultivators were the ones who went to Longtan with me to destroy the Dragon Pool. The people they brought with them should be trustworthy."
The sword master received Mo Yan's voice transmission and understood what was going on. He said to Xue Zhuyong in a clear voice, "This battle is life-or-death and extremely dangerous. Daoist friend, you are willing to help me. This is truly a noble act. May I know your name?"
"Xue Zhuyong." The head of the Xue family said calmly.
The Sword Master greeted Xue Zhuyong and led him, Lu Qingshan and the other two into the formation.
There were many monks gathered in the big formation.
The Sword Master first introduced Xue Zhuyong's identity to the other Dragon Slaying Sword monks, and then discussed the matter of slaying the dragon with Xue Zhuyong in private.
"When we fight against the Dragon Monster King, Fellow Daoist Xue, just cooperate with me to entangle the Dragon Monster King. We have our own arrangements..." Although Mo Yan guaranteed it, the Sword Master did not reveal the entire arrangement of the Dragon Slaying Sword. He just gave a brief introduction of the general situation and then discussed the task with Xue Zhuyong.
"I'm fine." Xue Zhuyong said simply.
The other side.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, what is the identity of Master Xue?" Mo Yan asked Lu Qingshan.
He always thought that on the entire Jiaolong Island, there was only one Nascent Soul cultivator, the master of their Dragon Slaying Sword.
Unexpectedly, Lu Qingshan, a foreign cultivator who had only been on the island for half a month, strangely brought them a Nascent Soul cultivator to help. This made him surprised and puzzled.
"Since he refuses to tell you his specific identity, I can't say much." Lu Qingshan explained, "But Master Mo, don't worry, he is absolutely sincere in helping you with the Dragon Slaying Sword."
"I naturally trust the people brought by Fellow Daoist Lu." Mo Yan laughed heartily, and then asked: "However, do you three also want to participate in this dragon-slaying event?"
"What, you're not welcome?" Zang Xiaojian waved his fist at Mo Yan.
"Of course you are welcome. But I didn't expect that you two, who are not from Jiaolong Island, would be willing to take risks and participate in this kind of thing that has no benefits at all." Mo Yan bowed.
Lu Qingshan touched his nose and said nothing more.
Zang Xiaojian is indeed a pure-hearted person, but his purpose for staying and participating in the dragon-slaying battle is not that simple. Apart from the fact that he also has murderous intentions towards the Jiao clan, a bigger part of the reason is that the three-foot sword is in Xue Zhuyong's hands.
According to the original historical process, two months later, Xue Zhuyong led the Sanchi Sword to attack the Dragon Demon King. After this battle, the Sanchi Sword disappeared.
He worries that history will repeat itself this time.
Therefore, for the sake of Sanchi Feng, he must be present at the scene to witness the entire battle, in case Sanchi Feng disappears inexplicably again.
Lu Qingshan was naturally aware of the huge risks involved.
However, how can one want to gain benefits while not taking certain risks? Is there such a good thing in the world?
Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh again.
His original plan was to find Xue Zhuyong first and obtain the three-foot sword before he fought the dragon monster king.
Unexpectedly, the person was found, but the battle between Xue Zhuyong and the Dragon Demon King was still inevitable, and he actually initiated the battle himself.
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The next step is to wait for the arrival of the dragon demon king.
It was a rare opportunity to free up some time, so Lu Qingshan found a secluded place, took out the white jade bottle filled with the Dragon Transformation Spirit Liquid, practiced the Guixu Sutra, and began to absorb the Dragon Transformation Spirit Liquid.
Before the war began, he planned to improve his strength.
"Absorbing spiritual fluid, gaining the bonus of Dao- level skill Guixu Sutra, absorption speed gain bonus: 100%...absorption completed, conversion gain 437,000 experience points."
Soon, the whole bottle of Dragon Spirit Liquid was empty.
Lu Qingshan gained the largest amount of experience points he had ever seen.
With a fierce battle with the Jiao clan just around the corner, Lu Qingshan naturally had no time to save experience points anymore. He began to use experience points to improve his combat power without hesitation.
Improving the level of martial arts can increase one's own spiritual power, which is always the most cost-effective option and the top priority.
"【Guixu Sutra】upgraded to level 11, spiritual power +100!"
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"【Guixu Sutra】upgraded to level 13, spiritual power +100!"
"Your rank has been raised to the late stage of foundation building, and your spiritual awareness +10!"
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"【Guixu Sutra】upgraded to level 18, spiritual power +100!"
"【Guixu Sutra】upgraded to level 19, spiritual power +100!"
"Your rank has been raised to Foundation Establishment Perfection, Spiritual Awareness +10!"
"【Guixu Sutra】has been upgraded to level 20 (max)! This technique has been upgraded to the highest level, gaining an additional +1000 spiritual power, and mastering the technique's magical power: 【Power of Mountains and Seas】!"
【Power of Mountains and Seas】
Description: Devour the power of the mountains/seas within a ten-mile radius, and bless yourself. However, as a price, the mountains/seas whose power is devoured will lose all vitality and turn into a wasteland.
Additional explanation: The range of the power of mountains and seas will increase as the cultivator's rank increases.
Casting cost: None
Cooling time: 1 day
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"Your spiritual power limit exceeds 3000, and your talent [Spiritual Power Control] (Intermediate) has been upgraded to [Spiritual Power Control] (Advanced)!"
[Spiritual Power Control] (Advanced): With the improvement of your cultivation, you can control your spiritual power more delicately. Spiritual Power Control +3 (Current bonus: Spiritual Power Increase +30%)
"It has been detected that you have reached the upper limit of your current rank. You can choose the Golden Core Advanced Task!"
"Please select the difficulty of the Golden Core Advanced Task (from Grade 1 to Grade 9, with Grade 9 being the highest). Please note that the higher the difficulty of the Advanced Task, the higher the bonus you will get from the Advanced Task, and the higher the quality of the Golden Core you will produce."
For advanced tasks, starting from the Jindan level, you can freely choose the difficulty.
Because the quality of the golden elixir formed by the cultivator can be divided into one to nine lines.
The higher the quality of the golden elixir, the higher the bonus it brings to the cultivator.
A nine-line golden elixir cultivator must be much stronger than a one-line golden elixir cultivator.
This is also the reason why players cannot just focus on improving their skills, but must also consider improving their skill levels.
If the skill level is not high enough, then the combat power will naturally be weak, so you can only choose advanced tasks with lower difficulty.
If the quality of the golden elixir is not high, the rank bonus obtained will be weaker than others. In the long run, this vicious cycle will continue and the gap in combat power with other players of the same level will become larger and larger, not to mention compared with those genius NPCs.
This is the difference between the so-called genius monks and ordinary monks.
In his previous life, even though he was a player ranked in the top ten of the sword cultivation rankings, the golden elixir that Lu Qingshan formed during the golden elixir period was only of seven-line quality.
But this time, with the foundation of the Dao-level Guixu Sutra and many powerful sword skills at his disposal, Lu Qingshan has more confidence and courage than before.
He wants to create the highest quality Nine-Pattern Golden Pill !
"Choose the ninth-level advanced task!"
"Obtained the ninth-grade advanced task [Nine-patterned Golden Pill]."
[Nine-Patterned Golden Elixir]: 1. Learn a golden elixir technique (the technique level must not be lower than the Heavenly Rank).
2. Kill enemies of the same level (0/100), kill enemies of higher levels (0/3).
3. Master the talent [Spiritual Power Control] (Advanced).
4. The soul realm reaches the initial stage of the first level of the Condensation Realm (44/100).
In order to form the Nine-Lined Golden Pill, there are four task conditions. The first point is the rigid requirement for the technique. After all, if the technique is only practiced at the mortal or spiritual level, it is indeed not very reasonable to be able to form the Nine-Lined Golden Pill.
The second task condition is the nature of a trial task, which is to kill one hundred enemies of the same level. The difficulty lies in finding such a large number of enemies of the same level.
As for killing three enemies across levels, the difficulty lies in the quality.
Crossing levels is never an easy task.
This task is not easy, but perhaps through this dragon-slaying battle, he will have the opportunity to complete most of his goals.
The last two task conditions are requirements for the cultivator's own magic power and spiritual awareness. Practicing the Guixu Sutra has made Lu Qingshan's spiritual power purer and deeper than that of ordinary cultivators, so in terms of spiritual power, Lu Qingshan has already met the requirements.
The difficult part is the realm of spirit and soul.
The first level of the soul is the form condensation realm. In this realm, the cultivator can condense the soul into the primordial spirit, and can see the primordial spirit through inner vision.
The entry requirement to this realm is that the spiritual consciousness must reach one hundred.
If one does not practice any techniques to train the spiritual consciousness, and only relies on the improvement of realm to increase the spiritual consciousness, the spiritual consciousness of a cultivator who has completed the foundation can only reach 40 points, which is far from the Condensation Realm.
In fact, the state of soul condensation and spiritual power control (advanced) are generally abilities that belong to Jindan cultivators.
The meaning of this advanced task is also very simple and clear: only those who can cultivate their magic power and spiritual awareness to the level comparable to that of a Golden Core cultivator during the Foundation Establishment Period will be qualified and able to condense the highest quality Nine-Pattern Golden Core!
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Lu Qingshan spent a total of 190,000 experience points to upgrade the Guixu Sutra from level 10 to the upper limit of level 20.
Looking at the remaining 210,000 experience points in the experience value column, Lu Qingshan began to improve his skill level.
With the combined effects of the natural sword type and elementary swordsmanship affinity, Lu Qingshan invested 50,000 experience points in the flying sword technique, and thus upgraded the flying sword technique to the highest level of 20.
Because the Secret Sword of the Wind-Slaying was used frequently, its current status was level 1 (1500/2000). Lu Qingshan thought about it and invested nearly 20,000 experience points to upgrade it to level 5.
As the Wind-Slashing Secret Sword increases in level, the damage of the two additional stages will increase by 5%, and the cooldown time will be reduced by 5 seconds accordingly.
[Secret Sword·Wind Slashing] lv5 (0/12000)
Skill effect: Consumes 10% of the upper limit of spiritual power. The next attack will cause two additional attacks. The damage value of the second attack is 80% of the original damage value, and the damage value of the third attack is 50% of the original damage value.
Additional effect: The additional second attack will come with attack effects.
Cooldown: 2 minutes 40 seconds
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In addition, Lu Qingshan spent 50,000 experience points to upgrade his Invisible Sword Escape to level 5.
At this level, the distance that the Invisible Sword Escape can fly along with the flying sword has reached sixty feet.
Of the nearly 150,000 experience points left, Lu Qingshan only kept 10,000 for emergencies, and put the rest into the Yuanshen Sword Technique.
"Sword Controlling Skills upgraded to level 3, Spiritual Awareness +2!"
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"Sword Controlling Skills upgraded to level 6, Spiritual Awareness +5!"
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"Sword Controlling Skills upgraded to level 10, Spiritual Awareness +5!"
