More than half a year passed quickly, the door of the practice room opened, and Shen Long walked out, his face filled with a thick sense of joy.

He cultivated for more than half a year, and successfully advanced to the ninth layer of qi refining, as long as he got the foundation building pill, he would be able to try to hit the foundation building period.

If it weren't for the Imperial Spirit Sect, Shen Long might not be able to advance to the ninth layer of qi refining if he cultivated in Yunmengfang City for a few more years.

Before Shen Long had gone far, Qin Shan came head-on.

"Senior Brother Shen, you have passed the level, hey, you have advanced to the ninth layer of qi refining, congratulations!"

Qin Shan felt the powerful aura emanating from Shen Long and congratulated him.

"Senior Brother Qin, I'm really sorry, I've been in the practice room for a long time, how many spirit stones do I have to pay?"

Shen Long asked.

"You don't have to pay, I asked Uncle Liu some time ago, and I mentioned this, Uncle Liu said that you don't have to pay if the extension is too long, Senior Brother Shen, you are only delayed for more than ten days, not too long."

Qin Shan said with a smile.

Liu Xian didn't say how long the extension would cost him, this time was naturally determined by Qin Shan, not for too long, Qin Shan would open up and sell personal favors.

"Thank you very much, Senior Brother Qin."

Shen Long thanked him.

"This has nothing to do with me, I am acting on orders, if you advance to the ninth level of Qi refining, Dabi will definitely be able to get a better ranking."

Qin Shan said with a smile.

Shen Long nodded, chatted a few words, and left Qingyun Palace.

At this time, it was noon, and Shen Long went to the Lingshan Pavilion for lunch and returned to Qingmei Courtyard.

Lin Cheng was applying rain, and when he saw Shen Long, his face was happy: "Senior Brother Shen, you are out of the customs!" Hey, you've advanced to the ninth layer of Qi refining, congratulations!"

Lin Cheng's face was full of envy, Shen Long was one step further and was a foundation building monk.

"You can come once every five days in the future, and give me back the token!"

Shen Long said.

Lin Cheng took out the token, returned it to Shen Long, and said, "Senior Brother Shen, I haven't entered the Qingmei Pavilion."

Shen Long put away the token, pushed open the door of Qingmei Pavilion, and walked in.

He made marks in some places, and if Lin Cheng entered the Qingmei Pavilion, he would erase these marks, and these marks were still there, and Lin Cheng was not lying.

Shen Long made a pot of spiritual tea and walked out.

At this time, Lin Cheng also finished applying the rain, and the growth of the silver pith spirit rice was good, the particles were full, and it would mature in half a year.

"Thank you for your hard work, Senior Brother Lin, drink a cup of tea to relieve your fatigue."

Shen Long poured Lin Cheng a cup of spiritual tea.

Lin Cheng took the teacup and drank it all.

"It will be harvested in half a year, and I estimate that the yield will be higher, and Senior Brother Shen should be able to make a profit."

Lin Cheng's face was full of pride.

"Is Senior Brother Lin Shanlin free? You call him, I'm free, and I'll give him some pointers."

Shen Long said.

"If you're free, of course, I'll let him come over right away."

Lin Cheng took out a communication disk with a blue light flashing, punched in a spell, and made a gesture.

It didn't take long for Lin Shan to come over, and he asked Shen Long for advice on his experience in cultivating the Ice Pick Technique, and Shen Long did not hide his secrets and gave serious advice.

"Senior Brother Lin, you are about to cultivate the Ice Pick Technique to the Great Perfection, practice more."

Shen Long encouraged.

"Got it, Senior Brother Shen."

Lin Shan thanked him.

"I'm sorry to trouble Senior Brother Shen, we won't disturb Senior Brother Shen's rest, and we'll leave."

Lin Cheng left with Lin Shan.

Shen Long left Qingmei Courtyard, came to Qian Dafu's residence, and sent a transmission note.

Half an hour has passed, and Qian Dafu has not come out yet, and it is estimated that he is not there.

Shen Long sacrificed the flying magic weapon and flew towards Yanwu Peak.

Yan Wufeng has a number of practice rooms for the disciples of the Imperial Spirit Sect to practice spells.

When Shen Long arrived at Wufeng, there were many Qi refining cultivators who were fighting, and most of them were fighting beasts and insects.

Shen Long walked into a practice room and began to chant words.

His right hand lit up with a blue light, and with a wave of his right hand, a foot-long cyan wind blade flew out, striking a cyan stone tablet, leaving a faint slash mark.

Wind Blade!

Shen Long had already cultivated the Wind Blade Technique to Xiaocheng, and in the past two years, he had spent a lot of time cultivating the Wind Blade Technique.

An hour later, Shen Long walked out of the practice room, his face pale and the appearance of excessive mana consumption.

Shen Long came to a vast bluestone square, where many Qi refining cultivators were fighting beasts and insects.

He watched for half an hour, left Yanwu Peak, returned to Qingyun Peak, and went to the Confucianism Pavilion.

When he came to the Conferral Pavilion, Shen Long found that there were only twelve disciples, Ye Yuqing, Qin Bao, Li Lei and others were not there.

He found an empty spot and sat down.

It didn't take long for Sun Sen to walk in.

He felt the powerful spiritual pressure emanating from Shen Long, and was a little surprised, and began to teach.

"Today, I will talk about the barbarians, and I will introduce you to the great tribes of the barbarians and the art of totem."

Sun Sen said.

The totem technique of the barbarian is to collect the essence blood of the demon beast, through the secret method, engrave the totem on the barbarian monk, strengthen themselves with the power of the totem, and cultivate to a certain level, the barbarian monk can also use the power of the totem to demonize, and turn into a half-demon body to face the enemy.

Taking the "Flying Butterfly Sutra" of the Imperial Spirit Sect as an example, cultivating to the extreme, immortal cultivators can turn into a spirit butterfly against the enemy, and use the magic power of the spirit butterfly, and the totem technique is cultivated to the extreme, and the body cannot be transformed into a demon beast form, at most it is a half-demon.

"Flying Butterfly Sutra" requires the essence and blood of the spirit butterfly to assist in cultivation, the higher the number of layers of cultivation, the higher the level of the spirit butterfly, and the totem technique needs to devour the spirit of the same kind of demon beasts, and the higher the cultivation, the higher the spirit of the same kind of demon beasts, the higher the spirit of the same kind of demon beasts.

It's really hard to say that that kind of cultivation method is superior, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Two hours passed quickly, Sun Sen announced the end of class, the other Qi refining disciples left, and Shen Long stayed.

"Congratulations! Senior Brother Shen, if you cultivate a few more techniques to the Great Perfection, you will definitely be able to get a good ranking in the Great Competition."

Sun Sen said.

"Senior Brother Chengsun Ji Yan, if it weren't for getting a good ranking this time and being able to cultivate in the practice room for half a year, I wouldn't have advanced to the ninth layer of qi refining so quickly."

Shen Long smiled all over his face.

"If you want to get a better ranking, Senior Brother Shen also needs to buy a top-grade magic weapon, in the past, the top fifty people had a top-grade magic weapon."

Sun Sen suggested.

There is a high-grade magic weapon, and it is easier to break into the Thousand Demon Tower.

Shen Long nodded, he also planned to buy a high-grade magic weapon, but in this way, there would not be many spirit stones in his hand.

He had calculated that before the Great Competition, it was impossible for the Fire Rock Beast to advance to the late stage of the first order, he had been raising the Fire Rock Beast for almost three years, and it was already very good to advance from the early stage of the first order to the middle stage of the first order in three years, and it was impossible to advance to the late stage of the first order in five years, and the immortal cultivators did not have such a fast cultivation speed.

The iron-tailed scorpion may advance to the late stage of the first order, it has been following Shen Long for nearly ten years, but its attack methods are not strong, if the iron-tailed scorpion can mutate, and the attack is highly poisonous, its strength can be improved a lot.

Xu Feng also said that if the iron-tailed scorpion wants to mutate, it can take the corpse and essence blood of the high-level poisonous scorpion, not too much higher than the iron-tailed scorpion, the gap is too big, and the iron-tailed scorpion may not be able to stand it.

Shen Long consulted Sun Sen about this issue, there are many successful examples of iron-tailed scorpions advancing to poisonous scorpions, but there are more failures, if the spirit worm is so easy to mutate, the mutated spirit worm will not be so rare.

Shen Long had more than 2,000 spirit stones on his body, and he and Qian Dafu bought a spirit feeding pill, twenty-three spirit stones each, two hundred and thirty pieces in a bottle, even if he fed an iron-tailed scorpion a month, he would need four hundred spirit stones in two years, and this was not counting the spirit feeding pill that fed the fire rock beast.

The Silver Marrow Spirit Rice can earn a sum of spirit stones by selling it, plus the monthly income, it can also save a sum in more than two years, which is enough for now.

Of course, the more spirit stones, the better, Shen Long made a plan for himself, here

Earn a little more spirit stones in two years.

He could receive some simple tasks from the Deacon Tower to earn spirit stones, and Qin Bao and the others hunting demon beasts was also a way, but Shen Long didn't consider going out to hunt demon beasts.

"Senior Brother Sun, you are well-connected, is there a way to get money faster?"

Shen Long asked.

"The quicker way to get money? Talismans, alchemy, refining, arrays, and brewing are all relatively fast, but you won't, Senior Brother Qin, they went out to hunt demon beasts, and they made a lot of money, but there was a certain risk, half a month ago, a senior brother of the ninth layer of qi refining died in the mouth of a first-order demon beast."

Sun Sen said.

"Senior Brother Sun, do you have any good suggestions?"

Shen Long asked.

"I heard that a second-order ore vein controlled by this sect needs a lot of qi refining cultivators, and you only need to stay in the ore vein, but when you go out to work, you don't want to come back whenever you want, you need manpower temporarily, and you may be transferred to other places, and you may miss Dabi."

Sun Sen said, his tone changed, and he said, "That's it! I'll help you keep an eye out and see if there's an errand that's right for you."

"Then it's going to trouble Senior Brother Sun."

Shen Long thanked him.

After all, Sun Sen is a disciple of the family, and he knows a lot of disciples of the Imperial Spirit Sect, so maybe he can help him find a good errand and not miss Dabi.

"It's not a hassle, it's just a matter of effort."

Sun Sen said nonchalantly.

After chatting a few words, Shen Long said goodbye and left, and after having dinner in the Lingshan Pavilion, he walked towards his residence.

As soon as he approached Qingmei Courtyard, Qian Dafu's voice sounded, "Senior Brother Shen, you have advanced to the ninth layer of qi refining, congratulations!"

Shen Long looked at the source of the sound and saw Qian Dafu coming towards him.

He invited Qian Dafu into Qingmei Courtyard and made a pot of spiritual tea.

"Senior Brother Qian, where have you been? I'm only coming back now."

Shen Long asked casually.

"My cousin is back, she used to work in a second-order spirit mine in this sect, and the rotation period has arrived, so she has been transferred back to the main altar to prepare for Dabi."

Qian Dafu said, he remembered something, and said enthusiastically, "Senior Brother Shen, do you want me to introduce my cousin to you?" My cousin is not bad-looking."

"No need, I don't think about the relationship between men and women at the moment, by the way, how many Qi refining cultivators are transferred back to the main altar?"

Shen Long asked.

"According to the usual practice, there are many Qi refining cultivators who go out to work and will be transferred back to participate in Xiaobi, there are many disciples of the ninth layer of Qi refining, and the competition in Dabi is not small, and they have also brought back a lot of good things, I am relatively busy during this time, and you don't need anything? Shall I keep an eye on you?"

Qian Dafu asked.

"Good stuff? What are they?"

Shen Long asked curiously.

"There are more, spirit wine, magic weapons, talismans, pills, spirit beasts and spirit insects, they used to work in various rudders or fang cities, and brought back the local immortal cultivation resources."

Qian Dafu said.

"So be it! You can help me keep an eye out for the spirit eggs! It's better to be a more powerful spirit bird."

Shen Long said that if he buys spirit bird eggs, he can hatch them by himself, which is cheaper.

If Shen Long wants to get a good ranking in Dabi, it is not enough to rely on the iron-tailed scorpion and the fire rock beast alone, if there is one more spirit bird, he will have less pressure to break through.

"Awesome spirit eggs? Very few people sell spirit eggs, most of them are hatched and then sold, and the price is higher, let me help you pay attention to it!"

Qian Dafu agreed.

"Then I'm bothering you, Senior Brother Qian, by the way, do you have any way to get money quickly? Just hunt the monsters."

Shen Long thanked him.

"The way to get the money quickly? As far as I know, there are quite a few people from the same sect who go out to hunt demon beasts, but for the sake of safety, many of them have joined forces, and they don't have much property in hand, "Senior Brother Shen, why don't you learn the art of talisman making from Senior Sister Ye, you are quite close to her, ask her for advice, she should be able to guide you, if you learn to make talismans, it will be easier for you to earn spirit stones."

Qian Dafu said.

"I can't afford the cost of trial and error, so I don't plan to learn talismans for the time being."

Shen Long said truthfully.

He inquired with Ye Yuqing, talisman to buy talisman pen, dansha, demon beast essence blood, rune paper, Ye Yuqing just started to learn the art of talisman making, and invested more than 300 spirit stones in the early stage, which was the only way to refine a fireball talisman.

In order to learn to make talismans, some qi refining cultivators in Qingyun Peak invested a lot of spirit stones, and it took more than 500 spirit stones to refine a fireball talisman, and the success rate was miserable.

Some Qi Refining Cultivators want to master a skill and spend a lot of money to learn a skill, but few succeed, and most Qi Refining Cultivators fail, wasting a lot of spirit stones and time.

Shen Long also knew that his financial resources were limited, and there were not many opportunities for trial and error, he was not Ning Qianqian, so he didn't have to worry about cultivating immortal resources.

For the vast number of Qi refining cultivators of the Imperial Spirit Sect, once trial and error, it would take years or even more than ten years of savings, and they couldn't afford to lose at all.

There is a lot of investment in the early stage of any skill, not to mention that the disciples of the Imperial Spirit Sect also raised spirit beasts and spirit insects, and the burden is very heavy.

"That's right, I'll keep an eye on it for you! If there is a good errand, I will inform you immediately, but don't get your hopes up, if there is such a good thing, it will be prioritized for the descendants of the martyrs or the disciples and relatives of those uncles and ancestors."

Qian Dafu said.

"I see, I'll think of something else!"

Shen Long agreed to come down.

After chatting for a while, Qian Dafu said goodbye and left.

Shen Long Yuqi left Qingyun Peak, came to the Free Trade Valley, and wandered around.

He found that there were a lot of fresh faces in the Free Trade Valley, and it was estimated that they were Qi refining cultivators who were transferred back from abroad, just to participate in the big competition.

Shen Long came to the bluestone square where the stall was set up and took a look.

He suddenly quickened his pace and came to a small stall, the owner of which was a girl in a white dress who was in her prime, with a sixth-level cultivation of qi refining.

There are a lot of things on the stall, ores, elixirs, monster materials, and so on.

Shen Long picked up a piece of golden ore, looked at it carefully for a while, put it down again, and instead picked up a piece of black ore, and asked, "How can this ore be sold?"

"This is the Moyun Stone, which can be used to refine medium-grade magic weapons, thirty spirit stones."

The girl in the green dress said.

"Thirty bucks? It's too expensive, isn't it? Your piece of ink marble is not big, twenty-five."

Shen Long bargained.

"Twenty-eight pieces at the minimum, no less."

The girl in the green dress said.

Shen Long didn't bargain anymore, and happily paid off the spirit stone.

He wandered around the square, walked around, and didn't buy anything more.

Leaving the bluestone square, he came to the door of a three-storey golden attic, with the three big characters "Golden Toad Tower" written on the plaque.

This is a shop opened by Jin Chan Zhenren, and it is usually managed by his disciples.

Shen Long strode in, the lobby was spacious and bright, and there were many things on the shelves.

Behind the long cyan counter stood a number of waiters in green shirts, introducing goods to customers.

These green-shirted attendants are all disciples of the Imperial Spirit Sect, and they have a lot to do here, and the Free Trade Valley provides some jobs.

Shen Long walked to a counter, took out the black ore, handed it to a green-shirted attendant, and said, "This junior brother, how many spirit stones can you produce?"

"This is Moyun Stone, we can produce 25 spirit stones, how?"

The green-shirted attendant took a closer look and said.

Shen Long shook his head, expressing his dissatisfaction with the price.

"Twenty-seven, no more."

The green-shirted attendant spoke.

"Senior brother, let's find someone else to take a look! If it was Momarite, I wouldn't have to sell it here."

Shen Long said.

The green-shirted attendant pondered for a moment, put down the ore, and turned away

It's on.

It wasn't long before he walked over with a man in a blue shirt in his early forties.

The man in the blue shirt looked closely at the black ore and said, "This is the Clendony Stone! It is easy to confuse the ink cloud stone with the ink chalcedony stone, senior brother is very capable, we are willing to pay one hundred and fifty spirit stones to buy, how about it?"

"This is the material for refining a high-grade magic weapon, two hundred."

Shen Long bargained.

"Your ink chalcedony stone is a little smaller, it's not worth so much, one hundred and seven."

The man in the blue shirt said.

"Let's each give way, one hundred nine!"

Shen Long said.

"No, one hundred and eight at most, that's the highest price we can offer."

The man in the blue shirt said.

"Okay! Deal."

Shen Long agreed, and as soon as he changed hands, he earned one hundred and fifty-two spirit stones, which was the first time he had missed in more than two years since he started.

The blue-shirted man took out one hundred and eighty spirit stones and put them on the counter, Shen Long confirmed that they were correct, put them in the storage bag, and left the Golden Toad Building.

Back at his residence, Shen Long walked into a secret room, sat down cross-legged, and began to practice.

It didn't take long for a blue glow to emerge from Shen Long's body, covering his entire body.

Early the next morning, as soon as it was dawn, Shen Long walked out of Qingmei Courtyard and walked towards Lingshan Pavilion.

After breakfast, he went to the Teaching Pavilion to listen to the lecture, Sun Sen finished teaching, Shen Long used lunch to go to Yanwu Feng to practice the Wind Blade Technique, and then continued to listen to the lecture in the Teaching Pavilion in the afternoon.

Shen Long returned to his old life, and his life was relatively boring, but very fulfilling.

A month passed quickly, and at noon on this day, Shen Long was having dinner in the Lingshan Pavilion.