79. Second-Order Spiritual Land, Horror Ascension (4.9K words)
After breakfast, Bai Shan and Little Plum put on their cloaks, left the house, skirted the lake, walked through the bazaar, and headed south.
The ground began to turn dark and then red, and the temperature changed from pleasant to scorching.
As we went further south, we met fewer and fewer people.
But on the way, I bumped into a few people gathered together, as if they were babbling about something, but in this regard, neither Baishan nor Xiaomei were interested, nor did they want to make trouble.
The scorched earth here is different from the desert, not a single grass is not without grass, but there are still some strange vines, plants, and faintly you can hear strange sounds in the distance, snakes crawling, and strange pigs screaming.
As he walked, Xiao Lang suddenly paused, jumped on a high rock, and pointed to the distance, "Uncle, come and see, that is the place of first-level aura." β
The white mountain went up to her side and looked into the distance.
This land of aura is a fairyland born between the scorched earth, like an oasis in the desert, giving people a sense of surprise.
Inside, strange flowers and plants, thriving, the spring water gurgling, winding into a silver belt, the spiritual mist floats, the fragrance is diffused, and there are one or two floating clouds close to the ground passing by......
Living in the middle of it is like living in the clouds, and this is obviously only on land.
"It's an amazing setting." Bai Shan sighed with emotion, and then asked, "Are there any immortals living in it?" β
Xiao Lang shook his head and said: "There can't be immortals here, at most there are some immortals, and they are also people who have money and no power, and no chance." β
Bai Shan thought about it for a while, and probably understood.
If you eat the myelin cleansing pill, most of them have the way to the capital, and there are immortals behind the capital, if you are picked, you can follow the immortals to the place of cultivation, where do you need to come to this overseas to find the place of first-order aura?
He asked, "Then are most of the martial artists around the Five Realms here?" β
Xiao Lang said: "There are many of the five realms, and there are many who should not even reach the five realms." The control of the capital is very strict, and many people will not be able to apply for it for various reasons, so... These people came up with the idea of trying their luck overseas.
And the land of first-order spiritual energy has its own magic, and practicing martial arts here, they will also feel that it is indeed effective.
But if there is no great opportunity, it will still take a long time for them to reach the limit of mortals with their own abilities.
In addition, in this level of spiritual energy, there are a mixture of fish and dragons, each with a ghost, and it is not peaceful, which is why I would rather rent a house in an ordinary area than rent here. β
Bai Shan nodded.
At the same time, my mind moved.
Along the way, it seems that he feels that this world is mysterious and terrifying, and he thinks that there will be immortals everywhere, and warriors are not as good as dogs...
But I didn't expect to go around in a circle, and when I arrived at this level of spiritual energy, I found that there were still five realms of existence here.
He has slaughtered thousands of bandits, killed Huanxi Maitreya, the nameless man in black, and killed hundreds of crane slaves in the canyon...
The Five Realms, for him, are not such a terrifying existence.
However, maybe these people also have hole cards, so don't provoke him if he's fine.
However, if Song Xiaoniang knew that there were no immortals here, she would be disappointed.
"Are these people so rich? Living in this level of spiritual energy, you need a low-grade spirit stone for a month, which is one thousand taels of silver, and one thousand taels a year. And if you live for a long time, the cost is terrible..."
Xiao Lang said: "Generally, it is a shared house, but there is also an upper limit on the shared rent here in the Ice and Fire Country, a house can be lived in by a maximum of six people, on average, each person pays two thousand taels of silver per year, which is still affordable for many rich people." β
Bai Shan said speechlessly: "Isn't that a snail dwelling?" It's like a snail burrowing in its shell. β
Xiao Lang said: "It depends on how many houses have been built in this land of aura, the one in the Land of Ice and Fire is not bad, but... but they dwelt in the house, but indeed they dwelled in a snail. β
Bai Shan suddenly thought of a question: "Was this area planned by the Ice and Fire Country?" β
"Fire and Ice Nation, of course." Xiao Lang said, "These rental fees are important income for the Ice and Fire Country, and they have to go into the treasury. β
With that, the two left the place and continued south.
This time, because they deviated from the main path, both of them sped up.
The environment is getting worse and worse, with volcanoes rising from the ground not far away, and red heat rising from the earth nearby.
Xiao Lang made out as she walked, she suddenly stopped and pointed to a large crimson lake not far away, "That is the land of second-order spiritual energy." β
Hakusan also saw that big lake.
The surface of the lake is like a huge ruby, and there are pale red clouds floating on it, and you can vaguely see many strange flowers growing on the edge of the lake, and those flowers seem to grow off the ground as if they have no roots.
The temperature here is already very high, and ordinary people are afraid that they will sweat profusely and die of dehydration if they can't walk a few steps here.
As for ordinary martial artists, I'm afraid they won't be able to stay for long.
Therefore, this second-order spiritual aura place was actually empty.
Originally, Bai Shan was worried that there would be situations such as "snatching the cultivation land" and "deceiving me", but now it seems that he has really thought too much.
And he may be because of the body of the sun, it is not uncomfortable to be in such an environment, but some fish feel comfortable in the water.
Xiao Lang pulled off her cloak, her pale skin actually showed a pink color, she sighed like an orchid, and said softly: "Uncle, there are more snakes and insects here, I will protect the Dharma for you, you follow the method of [Extreme Yang Chapter], and cultivate quietly." β
Bai Shan glanced at the rootless red flowers in the distance, and asked a little dirty, "What is that?" β
Xiao Lang said: "Spirit flowers, but these spirit flowers are not of high quality, and they hide fire poison, so they are not very useful." β
Linghua?
Bai Shan suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but ask: "The Spirit Flower Immortal Brew you gave me, is it all made from the Spirit Flower of the Land of Spiritual Qi?" β
Xiao Lang nodded: "The spirit flowers that can make wine are all high-grade goods, and they can't have toxins."
This spiritual flower is not a flower born in the ground, but a flower without roots.
The land of first-order spiritual energy only has spiritual springs, but there are no spiritual flowers, and at least you can get the second-order spiritual energy land. β
When Bai Shan heard this, he understood more and more the preciousness of the Spirit Flower Immortal Brew.
What kind of cultivation is this, this is simply burning money...
No money, cultivate a ghost!
Xiao Lang said: "Uncle cultivates with peace of mind, with my Dharma protector, it will be fine."
This method is profound, and if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, even if you don't make progress for months, you don't have to be impatient.
And if you can achieve it within five years, it will be very powerful. β
"I see." Bai Shan nodded, and said, "There is Miss Lao Xiaomei." β
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The island where the Land of Ice and Fire is located has a very strange climate, and it is not affected by the cycle of the four seasons.
Winter is always in the north, summer is always in the south, and spring is in the middle.
That's 10 months...
At first, Song Xiaoniang still nagged every day to go back to the capital, but after staying for a long time, she didn't speak, just sat in front of the door of the hut, looking at the lake and sulking, and sometimes she grabbed some tender grass prepared by Bai Miaochan to feed the small animals by the lake.
When the weather was bad, she didn't even want to go out of the house, and she didn't want to wear clothes, only wearing snow-white clothes and pants, wearing socks and lying on the bed to eat some fruits.
The fruits were bought from the market when Bai Shan returned, and many of them were local specialties of the Ice and Fire Country, and Song Xiaoniang had never eaten these fruits, so there was also some freshness and curiosity.
So, Little Lady Song chased after her and asked Baishan if these fruits were bought from the first-order aura land.
Bai Shan told her that it was not, and the little lady Song was very sad and pouted and asked him to buy it.
And later... Bai Shan bought some new fruits, saying that they were bought in the land of aura, and the little lady Song was extremely happy, treating them as treasures, and when she ate them, even her movements became elegant, and her eyes were full of sacredness.
However, on the other hand, Song Xiaoniang is a little depressed every day.
The reason is simple...
In her eyes, her husband goes out with the goblin named "Xiaomei" every day, and it seems that he has not grown much in the past half a year...
Song Xiaoniang sighed secretly in her heart, no matter how the "immortal cultivation potential stock" of Fujun continues, it will completely become a "waste stock".
This evening...
Little Lady Song got into Bai Shan's arms and wanted to blow some pillow wind again, so that Bai Shan could take her to the first-order aura land to find immortals.
But before she could speak, she suddenly heard the door of the house "pop" open.
Bai Shan got up quickly and came to the railing of the pavilion, but saw a red shadow rushing out of the door early.
Other than that, there was nothing.
Bai Shan saw the red shadow clearly and asked, "Miss Xiaomei, what's wrong?" β
Hongying raised his head slightly and said, "Uncle, it's nothing, you go to sleep... It's just, I'm going to go out for a while. β
She took two steps, turned around again, and said solemnly: "If I don't come back by tomorrow night, you can return this house, put the four dolls in the mustard seed bag, and then find a place to live." β
With that, she grabbed another small bag and threw it up.
The bag flew to the foot of the White Mountain, and the knot opened, revealing the shiny lower grade spirit stones inside.
Bai Shan knew that this was the cost of releasing the house to him.
He put it in the mustard bag and looked at it, thirty in all.
That's thirty thousand taels of silver.
This huge amount of money shook his heart, and he secretly exclaimed, "It's too much", and when he looked up again, he found that Miss Xiaomei had disappeared into the darkness.
"Is someone's Genshin coming to visit?"
Bai Shan still remembers the scene when the curtain of the carriage was knocked open.
"It's just that there is no big war, which means that it is not the enemy who came, but someone whom Miss Xiaomei knew... So, could it be Captain Chen Zhi? So what happened? β
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The next day, as soon as the morning dawned, Bai Shan went out, and went around outside, trying to find out what was abnormal, so as to find out the reason why Miss Xiaomei went out.
There's a lot of news about anomalies, but it's all about the disappearance of the snow, the time when the beast went crazy and rushed into the city, and... Some were whispering about the Southlands.
Bai Shan had good ears and listened quietly, but found that these two things had little to do with Miss Xiaomei's departure.
Obviously, this anomaly has nothing to do with the Fire and Ice Nation itself.
So, Baishan was ready to "move".
But fortunately, in the afternoon, Miss Mei reappeared by the lake.
She looked a little tired, but the anxious look between her brows disappeared.
"Uncle, I'm back..."
She flew over and grabbed Bai Shan's arm.
Bai Shan only felt that his body was cold, and he knew that his yang energy was in a state of "supply", but this "supply" was still within his bearing, and he asked softly, "What happened?" β
Miss Xiaomei said softly, "Uncle, do you remember the ambush of the crane fairy we encountered on the way to Jizu Port?" β
"Remember, you said that it was the Crane Immortal who used a certain treasure to detect our traces."
"It may not be that simple." Miss Xiaomei looked a little tired, obviously fighting with someone last night and this morning, "We are being targeted again... However, fortunately, Chen Zhi has been guarding the surrounding seas, he found the comer, and informed me in advance, and then went with me to intercept it, and finally killed all the comers. β
"Who is it?"
"The immortal's side..."Miss Xiaomei said, "Miss's injury was actually left after a fierce fight with an immortal, but the immortal who fought with Miss was also seriously injured and also needed treatment."
At this time, he must be about to recover, so he is mobilizing all his forces to search for Miss. β
"Then did they lock in the Land of Ice and Fire?"
"Nor did it... They're just casting their nets, but we're not going to lock them in here. Miss Xiaomei suddenly grabbed Bai Shan's sleeve and said, "Uncle, today we will continue to practice in the land of second-order spiritual energy. We have to race against the clock, and we can't pull it off for a day.
It's just that it will take five to ten years to cultivate this [Extreme Yang Chapter], and I don't know if it will be in time. β
Her eyes were a little distracted, and she suddenly raised her head again and said, "Whether it's too late or not, uncle, don't mess around, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it." β
Bai Shan nodded: "Understood." β
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In the blink of an eye, another two months have passed.
Bai Shan, who was sitting on the edge of the blood-colored lake, suddenly felt something in his heart, and suddenly opened his eyes.
A wave of scorching power poured into his skin membranes, muscles and bones, and his internal organs...
Mortals would be burned to death by flames, but the flames made him feel very comfortable.
Around the dantian, you can clearly feel the three additional, stable, and self-accumulating small dantians.
After a long period of cultivation, these three little dantian had been linked to his twelve meridians, making him able to save about twice as much True Qi as others.
A new message of power came to mind:
γHakusanγ
[Shouyuan:17/148]
[Talent: "Equivalent" Exchange]
[Realm: Five realms of martial arts; Overall Enhancement 4, True Qi Cloth Body 3]
[Extreme Yang Chapter (True Qi Heart Method), six layers; Function: Sanyang; Fierce Fire Poison Mastery]
[Tiger Roaring Night Chapter (Forging Level), Nine-Layer Great Perfection; Function: Impotence constitution; Despot; Daredevil
[Whale Swallowing Heart Method (True Qi Heart Method), Nine-Layer Great Perfection; Purpose: Whale swallows, dragon spits pearlsγ
[Four Seas Heart Method (True Qi Heart Method), Nine Layers of Great Perfection; Function: sit and forget, frighten] - Conventional speed: more than 150 m/s, more than ten zhang per second
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Overall evaluation: You have not taken the I Ching Pulp Cleansing Pill, but your physical strength has reached the extreme of the I Ching Pulp Cleansing. You haven't obtained the medicinal power of the Purifying Pill, but you already have the true qi that the Purifying Pill induces??
Bai Shan referred to this inexplicable evaluation, and then quickly swept towards his own changes, feeling the increased power at this time.
"Overall enhancement 4, body training and diet therapy can make the martial artist's physique exceed ordinary people by two to three times, and the true qi feedback and long-lasting exercise will be two to three times stronger than the former.
However, the I Ching is also divided into advantages and disadvantages, ordinary people are only two to three times stronger than the martial artists of the Five Realms, but the extreme ones can be enhanced by four to nine times, which is the limit of mortals. β
"True Qi Cloth Body 3: The True Qi of the Dantian cannot be significantly improved from the body enhancement, but it can be obtained through the medicinal power in the Purifying Pill.
After obtaining it, your basic true qi has been significantly improved in terms of storage amount, purity, use speed, recovery speed, and usage method, reaching the normal standard of the 'I Ching Purifying Essence' realm. β
After reading the whole, he looked at the three additional powers brought by the sixth layer of the [Extreme Yang Chapter].
Sanyang: You can use the extra three small dantians to increase all your true qi attacks by 1.8 times (the sixth layer, obtainable)
"One point eight times, this is really an exaggeration..."Bai Shan understood what a terrible increase it would bring when this "one point eight times" was combined with many of his previous powers.
And that's just three yangs.
If all nine small dantians have been practiced, what will happen?
He continued to watch.
Fierce Fire Poison Control: All your True Qi attacks can be accompanied by the Fierce Fire Poison containing the Fire of the Five Elements, and at the same time, you can also grab the Fire of the Five Elements, or Fire Poison, and make it directly your own power (Layer 6, obtainable)
After Bai Shan saw the information of "Fierce Fire Poison Control", he directly understood two things.
First, in his Yang Yan physique, the bonus of the "Five Elements Fire" type of power can be used.
Second, the mysterious "young lady" needs him to heal, which should be to "absorb some kind of fire poison of the five elements".
Merely...
The fire poison that "Miss" can't resist, can he withstand it after absorbing it?
Putting that aside for a moment,
He made an interval intersection and calculated his strongest strength now.
"At night, I meditated for ten breaths, and then completed the whale swallowing qi, using the fire poison true qi, and opening three small dantian at the same time,
Then, the maximum power that can be increased is 2*2*1.5*1.5*2.8 times...
Not... That's 25.2 times my original strength.
In the words of the previous game, it is this critical hit that will bring 2520% damage. β
"I was only able to improve it by a factor of six."
"That's an exaggerated increase."
"On top of that, my body seems to be stronger than ever, and this is only the sixth layer... If you can step into the Great Perfection, you will surely be able to break through the limits of this so-called mortal. β
Bai Shan had some expectations in his heart.