Forty-six: First acquaintance with the realm of cultivation
The spaceship stopped a hundred miles outside the city, within a hundred miles of the city, which was a no-fly zone over the city. The newly recruited disciples could only stay on the spaceship, and three foundation building period monks were left on board. Chu Li got off the boat with everyone and walked to the gate of the city, where there were several guards standing at the door.
was collecting spirit stones one by one, and when it was Chu Li's turn, he asked Chu Li how long he stayed in the city. If it is three days, you will pay two lower grade spirit stones, ten lower grade spirit stones in a month, and more than one year, as long as you pay fifty lower grade spirit stones.
Chu Li handed over fifty spirit stones and received an ink-colored jade plaque. As soon as they entered the city gate, there were several low-level monks of various ages who were cultivating on the second or third floors of Qi cultivation, either soliciting business to introduce business, or selling maps in the city, or acting as guides for people, or selling local products, and so on. Chu Li found a young man who was fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in cloth clothes, and had an honest appearance to lead the way.
This young man's name is Zhang Da Niu, and he is cultivating at the third level of Qi training.
"Brother Zhang, take me to the shop that sells jade slips first. ”
Zhang Daniu didn't say much, just smiled honestly, and took Chu Li to a shop called "Yu Shuzhai". His face was slightly red, and he smiled a little shyly, touched the back of his head and said to Chu Li: "Little boy, this is it, the little one is standing outside the door waiting for you." ”
Chu Li nodded and walked in, and there were rows of jade slips on the bookshelf. Chu Li looked at the classified information of the signs on the bookshelf, and picked out some geographical magazines of the Tianquan Continent, a map of the mountains and rivers, the spiritual veins where each major sect is located, and a brief introduction to the jurisdictions of each major sect, etc.
Chu Li paid the spirit stone, walked out of the study, and said to Zhang Daniu, who was standing at the door waiting, "Let's go, take me to rent a cave." ”
Zhang Daniu smiled again, "hey, hey", and didn't speak, and led Chu Li to a house rental office.
The receptionist was an old man in his sixties or seventy, who was cultivating at about the tenth level of Qi training. The old man walked over lazily, teased his eyelids, looked at Chu Li slowly, raised his finger slightly, and pointed to a map hanging on the wall.
His speech was a little slurred, and he introduced to Chu Li very slowly: "This little brother, hmm...... This cave in the Yellow ** domain is... Be... is the cheapest, and Reiki is also ...... Also the thinnest, huh...... A month, as long as twenty ...... Twenty lower-grade spirit stones. This one...... This blue area of Dongfu, huh...... Well, it's a month and a half...... Fifty low-grade spirit stones, the aura is much better than that of the Yellow ** domain.
This...... The cave mansion in the purple ** domain here, huh...... Well, it's a month, a hundred...... A hundred lower-grade spirit stones, but the aura is the richest. The red dots are ...... It's a cave that has been rented out, and no one has rented the green one yet. Brother, can you choose?"
After saying this, a full quarter of an hour passed, Chu Li saw that the stammering old man had finally finished speaking, she pointed to a cave located in the Blue ** Domain, in a small valley, and said, "Just ask for this, rent it for a year first." ”
The old man pinched his hand, and the place lit up with red dots. Chu Li handed the spirit stone to the old man, and the old man gave him a jade plate.
It was rare for someone to listen to his words without feeling bored, and said to Chu Li with a smile: "Little brother, little brother...... This is the forbidden token of the cave house, in Mo Licheng, no ...... Without your consent, yes...... No one dares to break the ban. When the lease is nearing the end of the period, it will pass through this ...... This jade plaque informs you. ”
Chu Li arched his hand to the old man and expressed his gratitude. At this moment, I heard the sound of footsteps coming from the sound ......of footsteps, and saw a chubby monk running out of a corner door of the rental office.
The monk is in his twenties, and he is an eight-layer cultivator. "Grandpa, didn't you let the old man rest at home? Why did you sneak out again, do you want the guests to leave?"
The fat monk said as he glanced in Chu Li's direction. The old man in the rental office widened his eyes at that time: "Nonsense...... What? just ...... Make...... made a deal, man...... The little brother didn't ...... at all I didn't dislike it. ”
The fat monk smiled kindly at Chu Li. Chu Li said in her heart, she said, how can there be such an employee in the rental office, if there are more renters, there must be no delay. It turned out that the old man couldn't bear the loneliness anymore and came out to find something to do.
Chu Li asked Zhang Daniu: "Do you have a map of the city?" Zhang Daniu hurriedly took out a jade slip and handed it over, Chu Li swept it with his divine sense, identified the direction, and saw that it was not very far from the rented cave.
Chu Li asked, "How many spirit stones are there?"
"There are two spirit stones on the map, one to lead the way, a total of three. Zhang Daniu said very honestly. In the world of cultivating immortals, it is mainly based on the lower grade spirit stones, as long as the grade is not emphasized, the spirit stone alone generally refers to the lower grade spirit stone.
Chu Li shook his head slightly, this Zhang Da Niu is really honest, along the way, he didn't introduce the situation in the city to the guests, and asked a word, it was really a stuffy gourd. Chu Li took out five spirit stones and handed them to him: "You go first, the extra ones will reward you." ”
Zhang Daniu "hey, hey" smiled, and touched the back of his head embarrassedly, he obviously knew that he was really unqualified to do this job. This is a kinder lord, if it is a different person, not to mention the spirit stone, it is not bad if you don't get beaten.
"Thank you, little boy, if you need it in the future, you can also find a small one, free of charge, and the small one is at the city gate. Chu Li waved his hand and let him go.
According to the map, Chu Li quickly found the rented cave mansion. Looking around at the surroundings, there was only one courtyard in this small valley, and the courtyard was located on a slightly higher hillside.
On the other side of the courtyard, there is a very delicate hill, on which there is a small waterfall, which hangs down and flows into a small pool below, and the water flows down into a small lake downstream.
Chu Li used the jade plate to open the small courtyard access control. In the middle of the courtyard, there are five rooms, sitting north and facing south. One of them was a living room, a practice room, a living room, a spirit animal room, and an alchemy room.
There are simple furniture furnishings inside, the area of the room is not very large, and the aura is very good. There are also three acres of medicinal fields in the yard where medicinal herbs can be grown.
There is also a gazebo in the middle with a stone table and stone benches. Chu Li was very satisfied, she had general requirements for accommodation, as long as she could live and be quiet.
Chu Li released the two spirit beasts and let them play in the yard. He took out the jade slip he had just bought and looked at it carefully with his divine sense. When Chu Li first teleported to the Heavenly Power Continent, he had been in the mortal world for a few years, and later entered the Forest Misty Mountain and practiced alone.
She came from the Tianxuan Continent, and the family's Scripture Pavilion only had books about the Tianxuan Continent. When talking to Yan Huilai, he occasionally talked about it, and it was also the general situation of each sect.
Then there are some fragments in the "Dream of This Life", so Chu Li's cognition of the Tianquan Continent can be said to be very lacking.
According to the Jade Jian, the Tianquan Continent is actually a very large island. It is said that even if the Yuanying monk has been flying continuously for decades, he may not be able to cross the east and west. The Heavenly Power Continent, like the other six continents, was floating above the sea.
The Tianquan Continent is divided into five, the eastern part of the East Canghai Sea, and there are thousands of islands on the sea, dotted with dots. The southern wilderness has a vast terrain and is a place where many demon clans gather. The demon cultivators of the Western Fallen Demon Mountain gathered, and the major demon gates gathered with stars. The northern part is the Far North glacier, with complex terrain, harsh environment, few people and a wide area, but it can often produce strange treasures.
Most of the cultivation forces in the Tianquan Continent are basically concentrated in the central part. Therefore, the area in the central part is large, there are many large and small sects, and there are many families. Behind the family is often inextricably linked with the sect.
In the east, you can go directly to the Dongcang Sea, and on the sea near the land, there are islands of different sizes and dotted around, most of the islands are controlled by the family, and only a few fall into the hands of the sect.
Then go east into the inland sea, the sea does not know how deep, the sea does not know how big. It is a paradise for monsters in the sea, except for monks who hunt and kill sea beasts in the coastal waters, few people dare to go deep into the inland sea.
Even out-of-body monks will not take risks easily if they don't have to. Tsunami, hurricanes, whirlpools, and lightning are common in the inland sea, but the most dangerous are the demons in the sea and many unforeseen dangers. Although there are many dangers in the sea, the resources in the sea are also quite abundant.
The southern wilderness is a large area of forests and mountains, which are prolific with exotic flowers and fruits, and are a paradise for monsters. It is said that deep in the forest, there is a great demon stationed in the Demon Emperor period. Demon beasts reproduce much faster than humans, so every hundred years, there will be a large-scale beast tide.
In the central and western regions, there is a large mountain range that spans the north and south, blocking the entire western demon domain, and the mountain range is called the Fallen Demon Mountain. There is an abyss in the Fallen Demon Mountain, which runs through it, dividing the Fallen Demon Mountain into two, and the abyss is called the Falling Demon Abyss.
Tens of thousands of years ago, a great war broke out between Dao Cultivators and Demon Cultivators in order to compete for territory and cultivation resources.
It is said that the war lasted for nearly 100 years, and the war was very tragic, the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dark, and the monks on both sides suffered heavy losses and their vitality was greatly damaged. Later, as more and more, the high-level monks of the Dao and Demon sides fell. Seeing that the monks on both sides were less than one percent of the heyday, they could only stop fighting.
After months of negotiation, the powerful monks of the two Dao and Demon sides finally reached an agreement to set up a formation enchantment in the Falling Demon Abyss to block it. The area east of the Demon Abyss was divided into righteous monks, and the area to the west was divided into demonic monks, and the two sides did not invade each other and entered a long period of cultivation.
For tens of thousands of years, except for occasional small-scale frictions, as long as you don't enter the other party's territory, you can be considered relatively peaceful. During this period, the formation enchantment played a great role.
In the north, there is a large area of ice, covered with snow and ice all year round. Among them, due to the special practice of the Xuanbing Palace, it was established in the far north, and it has been passed down for tens of thousands of years so far.