Volume 4 Peach Blossom Chapter 1 Opportunity
The capital of Qingzhou is Fufeng.
The Tianji Tower with a plaque reading "Guardian of Qingzhou" hanging on it.
Inside the building, in the Taoist temple guarded by Qingzhou, three monks with solemn expressions stood at the foot of the hall.
"Cloud Guard." The three monks called out respectfully to the Taoist sitting on the main throne.
The Taoist is tall and thin, with shoulder-length white hair. He looks ordinary, but he is actually one of the most prestigious cultivators in the entire Qingzhou, the governor of the state, Yun Lang Zhenzun.
"Three building masters, please take a seat first." The Qingzhou Supervisor invited the three building masters to sit down, and asked in a deep voice: "What important matter has brought the three of you to my Taoist temple today?"
"Yun Jianshou, I wonder if there has been any news about the Void Demon of the Underworld in recent days ?" The person who asked the question was the deputy owner of the Qingzhou main building of Zhishou Tower, Bei Ming Zhenzun.
"Although the Void Demon has attacked twice in succession and left many heads and tails, he is, after all, a man of extraordinary means. I am trying my best to deduce and calculate, but I only have a slight clue, and it cannot be said that I have made any great gains." The Qingzhou Guardian had a solemn expression on his face.
Although he possesses a sub-mirror of the Heavenly Secret Mirror, given the strength and profound means of the Void Demon, if he uses the Heavenly Secret Mirror's ability to observe the sky and detect his whereabouts, the loss of his lifespan will be beyond his ability to bear.
Therefore, he could only use the method of divination that he had learned, and use the traces left by the Void Demon as an opportunity to perform divination and deduction.
Not only is this process time-consuming and labor-intensive, it is also difficult to obtain real core information.
All we can say is that we have found a clue, but how to follow this clue and figure out the whole thread depends on Zhishoulou's ability.
This is also the most common usage of divination.
It is impossible and unrealistic to find out all the secrets of heaven through divination.
The greatest function of the divination technique is to create something out of nothing and find the one when there is no clue at all.
As for how to extend this clue into more things, it depends on the person who does the work.
The owner of the Pangyang Tower nodded. He was not surprised by Yun Jianshou's progress. "If we can provide a magical item that is closely related to the Void Demon, or a magical item made by the Void Demon himself, can it help Yun Jianshou's divination?"
Yun Jianshou showed a trace of disbelief on his face, "What does Master Pang mean?"
"Bei Ming!" the owner of Pangyang Tower ordered.
Bei Ming Zhenzun stretched out his hand, and in his palm, a spinning purple spirit bead appeared, with a chilling and shocking aura lingering around it.
A magical pearl that was personally refined by the Void Demon and carries the true meaning of space.
It was the spoils that Tan Tai Qingrun seized from Li Zun's storage ring after killing him during the trip to the Demon Tomb.
Bei Ming Zhen Zun waved his hand lightly, and the Purple Spirit Pearl slowly floated in front of Yun Jianshou.
Yun Jianshou excitedly took the spiritual bead, released his spiritual sense to feel it slightly, and his face was full of joy, "It is indeed a magical item from the hands of the Void Demon."
"The three building owners have great means to obtain such an important item!" Yun Jianshou exclaimed.
The owner of Pangyang Tower nodded and said, "It's all thanks to the capable work of my subordinates. I didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain."
"With this magic item, I will give the three building owners accurate information within a month." Yun Jianshou stroked his beard and smiled, "If everything goes well this time, I think we will be able to use it to eradicate the Void Demon and severely damage the Qingzhou Underworld!"
"I hope so!" Pangyang Tower Master cupped his hands and said, "Then we won't disturb Yun Jianshou anymore. We'll take our leave first."
"Okay." Yun Jianshou did not keep the three people.
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The three building owners walked out of the Tianji Building side by side.
"Bei Ming, what are the specific situations of those two young monks who made great contributions that you mentioned? Can you tell me and the host in detail?" Deputy host Lu Yuan asked with interest.
"Yes, tell me the details." Pangyang Tower Master agreed.
"One is called Tan Tai Qing Run, from the Tan Tai family, with outstanding aptitude, and now has reached the late Jin Dan stage. You should have some impression of her. She is the deputy building owner of Zhenjiang who made great contributions during the Zhenjiang Rebellion." Bei Ming Zhen Zun had a very faint smile on his face, and he was in a very good mood. He introduced: "I saw that she had outstanding abilities, so I decided to transfer her to the Lingxu Building, which had been plagued by problems for a long time. But I didn't expect that this transfer would bring me great benefits."
After all, Tan Tai Qingrun was someone he valued, and seeing such a commendable performance, Bei Ming Zhenzun also felt proud.
"Tantai Qingrun," the owner of Pangyang Tower repeated the name and said, "She has made great contributions in Zhenjiang and Lingxu successively. She has outstanding abilities and extraordinary aptitude. Beiming, how are you going to reward her?"
"Sha Shuyan, the owner of Lingxu Tower, is incompetent and mediocre, and is no longer qualified to be the owner of this building," Bei Ming Zhenzun probed, "My idea is to let Tan Tai Qingrun take over Lingxu Tower."
"A Jindan cultivator is the master of a building." The owner of Pangyang Building narrowed his eyes. "It seems that this has never happened before in my Zhishou Building."
"This is just an idea of mine. The final decision will be made by the host." Bei Ming Zhenzun said.
The owner of Pangyang Tower thought for a while and said, "The position of the owner of the tower is of great importance. If you are not a Yuanying cultivator, it is really difficult to subdue the people of a prefecture. This matter is not appropriate. As for the reward..."
After a pause, the owner of Pangyang Tower said firmly, "The number of people in the sequence of Zhishou Tower in Qingzhou has not been decided yet. It just so happens that Tan Tai Qingrun's cultivation in the late Jindan period also meets the requirements. Why not give it to her? With her ability, if she can achieve great success in her cultivation, she will definitely be the backbone of our Zhishou Tower."
Bei Ming Zhen Zun was stunned for a moment, then quickly agreed: "The host is wise!"
In terms of true value, a place in the Zhishou Tower sequence is far better than the position of a tower owner. If it weren't for the fact that Tan Tai Qingrun was indeed extremely talented, the owner of Pangyang Tower would never have given her the sequence place as a reward.
"What about the other cultivator?" After deciding on the reward for Tan Tai Qingrun, the owner of Pang Yang Tower asked again.
"The other cultivator is called Lu Qingshan. Although his cultivation is not high, he is just a minor cultivator who has completed the foundation building. However, in terms of cultivation aptitude, he is even better than Tan Tai Qingrun," Bei Ming Zhenzun introduced in detail. "According to my understanding, this Lu Qingshan is from the Zhenjiang Lu family. His background is not prominent, but he has reached this level through his own cultivation at the age of just tying his hair."
"Moreover, this boy's combat power far exceeds that of cultivators of the same level," Bei Ming Zhen Zun thought for a moment, briefly introduced Lu Qingshan's performance in the Monster Tomb, and gave this evaluation: "With his foundation-building cultivation, he single-handedly killed dozens of monsters of the same level, including nearly ten third-grade monsters. With this kind of combat power, even compared with the foundation-building cultivators of our sect, he is definitely one of the best."
"Is that so?" Lu Yuan was shocked when he heard this.
Among the three, Bei Ming Zhen Zun is actually the most prominent in terms of background. His sect is the most powerful sect in the entire Southern Region, and there is no other.
Therefore, the evaluation given by Bei Ming Zhen Zun is really quite high.
It is quite terrifying .
"What sect does he belong to?" A gleam of light flashed in the eyes of Pangyang Tower Master.
"Like Tan Tai Qing Run, he is a sword cultivator." Bei Ming Zhen Zun was a little helpless, "If he was a magic cultivator, I would definitely recommend him to join our sect. It's a pity that he is a sword cultivator."
"Sword cultivator?" The owner of Pangyang Tower murmured, and after thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Give him the secret sword technique in the tower as a reward."
"You mean the secret sword technique that Li Jianxian practiced in his early years?" Lu Yuan was shocked. "Such a profound secret sword technique, so many high-level sword cultivators in this building have not been able to successfully learn and master it. It would be useless to a foundation-building cultivator. He can only see it but cannot eat it. It is impossible for him to master it."
The owner of Pangyang Tower nodded and said, "The purpose of keeping the skills is for people to practice. Since this secret sword technique has been kept in the tower for a hundred years and has been shelved, what's the harm in letting Xiao Xiu try it out?"
Since the owner of Pangyang Tower was so insistent, Lu Yuan naturally would not have any objections to such matters.
“Give him some additional resource rewards, so that the secret sword technique will not be really useless to him and he will blame us three masters for not wanting to reward him.” Pangyang Master said with a smile.
"I understand. Don't worry, OP." Bei Ming Zhen Zun bowed in response.
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Lingxu City.
Lu Qingshan turned his eyes away from the data panel.
This time, although the advanced task of condensing the Nine-Pattern Golden Pill is quite difficult, the rewards are definitely worth it.
When it comes to the Golden Core Stage, the bonus brought by the upgrade in rank is no longer fixed, but is determined by the quality of the Golden Core.
Naturally, as the highest quality golden elixir, the Nine-Patterned Golden Elixir brings a rank bonus that is difficult to match with ordinary golden elixirs.
In the nine days, when a player breaks through to the Golden Core Stage, the spiritual awareness that is increased is generally 50 points. Then, each small level of the Golden Core Stage will increase the spiritual awareness by around 30 points.
In other words, if one does not practice the art of tempering spiritual consciousness, the realm of the ordinary cultivator will only reach the middle stage of condensing spirit after he has reached the perfection of golden elixir.
However, the improvement value brought by Lu Qingshan's Nine-Pattern Golden Pill is almost twice that of an ordinary golden pill.
Therefore, when Lu Qingshan just formed the golden elixir, his soul realm had already reached the middle stage of the condensation stage (255/600), even surpassing most cultivators who had reached the perfect stage of the golden elixir.
The gap is accumulated slowly like this.
Moreover, what is most commendable is not the realm of the soul, but the sword intent mastered by Lu Qingshan.
A faint level of killing sword intent.
The power of artistic conception, as the most relied upon means by high-level cultivators, is divided into three realms: weak, unified, and perfect.
It is more common among cultivators that when they reach the Nascent Soul stage and begin to comprehend the heaven and earth, they will gradually begin to comprehend the power of their own artistic conception.
Even a genius like Tan Tai Qingrun, who had reached the late Jindan stage, was still unable to comprehend the sword intent.
However, he had already comprehended this state of mind, which is considered the pinnacle for sword practitioners, during the foundation-building period.
As the saying goes, one step ahead, all steps ahead.
With such a good foundation, what level will his sword intent reach when he reaches the Nascent Soul stage?
You know, he also has the "Daoist Canon" as a foundation.
As a Dao-level practice, "Daozang" does not have such a powerful and strange ability as the power of mountains and seas, but the aptitude improvement attributes it provides are worthy of its Dao-level name.
Improving aptitude is the most terrifying power of creation of heaven and earth.
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Without thinking any more, Lu Qingshan stood up and opened the door of the quiet room.
The tall Tan Tai Qingrun and Qin Yitian were both waiting outside the door, and the King of the Western Rat was lying at their feet very obediently.
When they saw Lu Qingshan opening the door, their eyes lit up.
The aura exuded by Lu Qingshan was completely different from the day before.
Tan Tai Qing Run raised her eyelids slightly and said softly, "Congratulations."
Lu Qingshan smiled and said, "Thank you."
Qin Yitian also bowed gracefully, with a smile on his face, "Congratulations, young master."
"You are worthy of being Master Rat's good brother!" The Western Rat King was much more direct. He excitedly jumped onto Lu Qingshan's shoulder and said arrogantly: "Lu Qingshan, carry me on your shoulders. Who dares to be arrogant in front of me in the future!"
Glancing at the smug King of the Western Rat, Lu Qingshan did not discourage its arrogance.
Ever since accepting the demon spiritual inheritance left by Gengjin Tiger King, the mouse demon has become much more arrogant, and it is obvious that it has obtained something extraordinary.
But when asked about the details, the mouse demon was mysterious and refused to say much, saying that he would give everyone a surprise later, so Lu Qingshan just let it go.
"When you are ready to break through, Bei Ming Zhen Zun will take his leave and return to the main building." The three of them walked side by side, and Tan Tai Qingrun and Lu Qingshan introduced the current situation.
"Sha Shuyan and Xian Huaibi are guilty of dereliction of duty, and this trip to the demon tomb is not enough to offset their faults. I probably can't keep my position as the building owner. Bei Ming Zhenzun seems to have some intention of letting me take over Lingxu Building, but the position of a building owner has always been held by a Yuanying cultivator, so this matter has not been finalized. As for you, according to your wishes, I explained the situation to Bei Ming Zhenzun. You have no intention of taking control of Zhishou Building, so the reward for you should be in kind."
"What's the situation at the demon tomb?" Lu Qingshan asked.
"There was quite a commotion that day. After a while, it attracted countless sects from the three prefectures to gather outside the tomb." Tan Tai Qingrun said coldly, "But the greatest treasure in the tomb is the body of the Gengjin Tiger King and the inheritance he left behind, all of which were taken away by us. When they entered, at most they dismantled and separated the spiritual materials for constructing the Four Spirits Nourishing Qi Array. Although they are quite valuable, they are really nothing. It's just that because of the large number of people and forces, many disputes occurred. It is said that many cultivators have died in the demon spirit tomb."
Lu Qingshan nodded. This was similar to the development in his previous life.
With so many monks gathered in one place, disputes were inevitable.
Killing and arson are the gold belts, and killing is common sense.
But Lu Qingshan remembered something again and frowned.
Tantai Qingrun noticed that Lu Qingshan was lost in thought, and asked with understanding, "Is there any problem?"
"There's one thing I haven't figured out." Lu Qingshan pondered for a moment and spoke.
Tan Tai Qing Run raised his eyebrows coldly and asked in surprise: "What do you mean?"
Lu Qingshan explained in a deep voice: "Although the body of the Gengjin Tiger King is extremely precious, it is definitely not to the extent that Li Zun can devote all the power of the Lingxu Underworld to plan. Not to mention, it can even alarm the Void Demon Son to bestow the Space True Meaning Treasure."
"That's right!" Tan Tai Qingrun was shocked when Lu Qingshan reminded him of this.
Unexpectedly, no one noticed this suspicious point!
After thinking for a while, Tan Tai Qing Run analyzed: "If that's the case, there are only two possibilities. One is that the Geng Jin Tiger King's body is just a surface, and the Underworld actually wants something else. The other possibility is that the Geng Jin Tiger King's body has other profound meanings to the Underworld that we don't know about, and it is definitely not just a superficial spiritual material."
Lu Qingshan nodded in agreement and said, "I think so too. Moreover, I have a feeling that the relationship here should be greater than we think..."
