Chapter 23: Tianyao Terrace
The four-series spirit stones are indeed good things. Contains rich aura, which is very easy to absorb, purify and refine.
But what makes Yun Yi depressed is that there is no electric spirit stone. He had to urge his mental power and work hard to extract it alone between heaven and earth.
At this point, the gap between the two ways of practice finally appeared. Absorb spirit stones, as fast as lightning. Absorbed from heaven and earth, as slow as a snail.
Yun Yi couldn't help shouting in his heart, how nice it would be if there was an electric spirit stone. No matter how bad it is, dozens of other four-series spirit stones can be added.
Electricity-based aura, Yun Yi didn't absorb much, but his face was full of joy, and he escaped into the spirit mansion without hesitation.
The speed of cultivating with spirit stones was too fast, and the spirit mansion was filled with spiritual energy again.
The process of absorbing spirit stones came to a temporary halt. The telekinesis quickly retreated, blocking the exit of the Spirit Mansion. Immediately afterwards, the telekinesis slammed inward, pressing the aura to retreat and compress.
More and more aura has completed its transformation and become layers of mist.
Absorb the spirit stone and continue to ...... The Spirit House is full again...... Continue to crowd out, compress ...... Continuing to transform......
The four spirit stones turned into crushed powder one after another.
Yun Yi checked the progress of the Spirit Mansion. The result made him shake his head. He thought that with the spirit stone, he would make great progress. Who knows, all the aura was purified and refined, and only one and a half weeks of the amount was added.
"This spirit stone is not very good. Yun Yi sighed very dissatisfied, and suddenly, he remembered. Spirit stones are also divided into grades. These spirit stones won't be the worst, right?
Yun Yi spread out his left hand and looked at his ring finger, and the third section really turned pale yellow, but it was too inconspicuous.
When Yun Yi went out, he saw Mo Xian who had returned from rehearsal. Without waiting for the senior brother to ask, Yun Yi shook his finger.
"Hey, the spirit master is high-level, not bad. Mo Xian said in surprise.
"If there are any more spirit stones, I can hit the high-level peak. Yun Yi said unwillingly.
"Huh?" Mo Xian was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shook his head: "Senior brother, you can't have this kind of thought." This is what distinguishes spirituality from martial arts. ”
Mo Xian pointed his finger.
"Mind?" Yun Yi asked.
Mo Xian nodded: "Spiritual cultivation has to absorb the corresponding spiritual energy from heaven and earth, that is, to constantly temper the mind. Wu Xiu does not need it. They are a catch. You can't be dependent. ”
Yun Yi instantly figured out the truth here, and was a little frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. He respectfully saluted Mo Xian: "Thank you, senior brother, for taking the lead." ”
"You're welcome. "Yun Yi's performance, Mo Xian is very pleased.
Yun Yi always had a question in his mind. It is said that the Golden Autumn Festival was jointly organized by the imperial court and the shrine. But why did they do it? Is it so beneficial?
At the dinner table, Yun Yi asked the puzzle in his heart.
Mo Xian glanced at him and asked with a smile, "Doesn't junior brother care much about the political situation?"
Yunyi nodded in acquiescence. It is true that he does not care much about national affairs. Ever since his hometown was flooded, he has been wandering, almost rootless duckweed. has no sense of belonging to the entire court, let alone cares about its rise and fall.
Now that he has started to practice, although his strength is not high, he has rarely come into contact with ordinary people. The sense of the state is getting weaker and weaker in his cognition.
Mo Xian continued: "The Daxing Empire has been established for more than 300 years, and it seems that the north and the south live in harmony. In fact, the territory was too large for the imperial court to control. South of the Qingyuan River, the state capitals are almost autonomous and administrative. ”
"In some places, it is the big families who control the wealth and appointments. If the imperial court wants to control the overall situation, it naturally needs to use some means to win over some masters. The Golden Autumn Conference, the Youth Club, and many other events were held in this way. ”
Yun Yi thought for a while, nodded and said, "I understand, it's to buy people's hearts." ”
"It's not all. Mo Xian waved his hand: "There is also the meaning of discord and division." The human heart is the most difficult to control. The imperial court's measures can be described as well-intentioned. It was to make many cultivation organizations and sects suspicious of each other with the great families and big families in the south. Loose sand is much easier to control than rocks. ”
"Shameless!" Yun Duo scolded coldly.
Mo Xian smiled wryly: "Politics is so cruel. ”
The next day, Liu Zhushuang took Yun Duo to test the spiritual root. What is surprising is that the clouds actually have a spiritual root, or a wood-based spiritual root. The strength of the soul is not weak, reaching seventy-two.
Liu Zhushuang was overjoyed, and directly accepted Yun Duo as her godsister, and promised that she would seriously help Yun Duo practice.
At this point, the cottage has eight devotionals. Seventh Senior Sister Qin Yurong was a little sad because of this, and she practiced more diligently. As for Yun Yi, no one thinks he is a spiritual cultivator, and no one thinks he is a martial artist, he is just a stupid freak.
The Golden Autumn Conference is about to kick off. The venue of the event is Tin Yao Terrace.
The Temple of the Origin once proclaimed the glory of the gods here. The venue is large and can accommodate 100,000 spectators.
Tianyaotai is naturally not in the capital, nor is it close to the major colleges, but on Tianyao Mountain in the southeast of the capital.
Tianyao Mountain is not its real name, it was originally called Qipan Mountain. This mountain is not very high, and it occupies a radius of 80 miles. It has no mountain, and the interruption of the mountain seems to have been cut by some earth-shattering blade. The top of the hill is a flat platform.
The villagers who lived here thought that this was the place where the gods played chess, so it was named Qipan Mountain. After the Origin Temple discovered this place, it underwent certain repairs and reconstructions to spread the teachings, and Qipan Mountain became Tianyao Mountain.
There is a market town at the foot of Tianyao Mountain, called Liushui Town. There are no big rivers here, but they are used to talk about the trade situation here. Every Wednesday and Saturday, there will be a large gathering in Liushui Town, and villagers from four villages and eight villages will gather here.
It's interesting to buy and sell goods here. Look at the goods, pay, take the goods and leave, no one will bargain, and you will not be pitted. People come like flowing water, and they travel endlessly, so they are named 'flowing water'.
On September 24, the group of Caotang came to Flowing Water Town on horseback or in a carriage.
The whole town was under martial law, and it was full of officers and soldiers of the imperial court and guards of the temple. The street was empty of vendors and tourists. The villagers who watched the excitement were blocked in the inn by the officers and soldiers and were not allowed to go out.
"It's a bit of a waste of money. Yun Yi couldn't see the familiar scene, and shook his head and said regretfully. Yun Yi once went to the countryside with the head of Qingxu Dao, rushed to the market, and peddled rune paper. The lively scene makes people nostalgic.
"It's just that in the past two days, after the start of the game, everything has returned to normal. Mo Xian explained.
An official appeared on the street, trotted to the crowd, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please come with me, your lodgings have been arranged." ”
"Are you?" asked Mo Xian.
"I'm from the Ministry of Rites, my surname is Ye, my name is Runqing, everyone, please. After Ye Runqing finished introducing, he should lead the way in front first. The crowd followed.
The accommodation prepared by Ye Runqing is an inn with relatively high specifications. The room is one room per person, with a bathroom and a servant.
"The back door of the inn leads directly to Tianyaotai, everyone packs up, you can go to visit, there is a special person to lead the way. If you have any other needs, you can call the servants to convey them on your behalf. I'll quit first. Ye Runqing finished explaining and left in a hurry.
Yun Yi looked casually in the room, but he was not interested, and found Mo Xian directly. The others also rushed over.
"Everyone is in such a hurry, let's go to the mountains and have a look. ”
Since you are here to compete, you must familiarize yourself with the venue first, and it is not difficult to guess everyone's thoughts.
Everyone went out the back door, and sure enough, soldiers came up to meet them. Greet each other politely, and the soldiers lead the way.
The mountain road of Tianyao Mountain is not steep, the steps are very wide, and all of them are paved with bluestone. From the foot of the mountain, you will see neat steps like terraced rice fields.
According to legend, 100,000 migrant workers participated in the renovation that year, and the whole project took half a year. The scene was magnificent. Wu Daozi introduced.
"The temple is really rich. Yun Duo pouted.
Everyone climbed the stairs, and after a quarter of an hour, they had arrived at Tianyao Terrace. Looking at the landscape in front of them, everyone was dumbfounded.
Spectacular!
In everyone's perception, Tianyaotai is just a platform. However, what appeared in the eyes of everyone was an oval-shaped deep pit.
On the center line of the oval, there are ten slightly higher quadrangular platforms. On either side of the platform, there are auditoriums, row after row, innumerable, from low to high, and finally level with the top of the mountain.
"How did this come about?" Yun Yi asked in shock.
"Dig it straight down. The competition platform and the audience seats are one. Mo Xian said.
The clouds looked left and right, looked up at the sky, and asked, "What if it rains? Isn't this a pond?"
Wu Daozi smiled and pointed to the round stone pillar standing on the top of the mountain: "There is a formation here, which can naturally shelter from the wind and rain, but the formation has not yet been opened." ”
Yun Yi hurriedly looked, only to find that there was a stone pillar not far from the top of the mountain, which was the so-called formation base.
"What should I do if I go to the toilet?" Yun Duo hugged his lower abdomen and looked left and right, as if he was in a hurry.
"Huh?" Mo Xian couldn't help but be stunned.
Liu Zhushuang glared at Yun Duo in annoyance, pointed to the steps and said, "Go down the steps, there are two doors not far from each viewing seat, and there are both changing rooms and clean rooms inside. ”
"Oh!" the cloud nodded as if awake, his expression extremely calm, neither embarrassed nor anxious.
Everyone couldn't help but cry and laugh when they looked at her like this.
"If you say that, isn't the entire mountain belly hollowed out?" Yun Yi guessed and frowned: "There must be a stink inside." ”
"The temple has thought about it. Wu Daozi said with a smile: "Human excrement is nothing more than gold, wood, water, earth and fire, and it is very simple to solve." ”
"I remembered. The clouds suddenly shouted in surprise. Everyone looked at her in surprise, as if asking, what did you think of?
"You can do bad things in there. Yun Duo shook his fingers, stared at his eyes, and said with certainty: "Boys can fight, they can bully girls, and do some dirty things." ”
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help wiping a cold sweat. What has this girl been through, why is her mind full of weird ideas?
After visiting the venue, everyone turned to leave.
Halfway down, a group of people came down the mountain. Their behavior is strange. Not in front of each other, but in a horizontal row, how wide the road is, how wide the people are.
"So arrogant, so domineering!" Yun Yi commented.
"Crabs all go like this. Cooked and delicious. The cloud licked his lips.
Mo Xian and the eight looked at those people, wrinkled, and their faces were full of worry.