Chapter 198: The Mystery of Qianzhu Ridge
Twenty-five spirit stones are the result of Liu Xiaolou's reversal of the endurance of these sons.
The spiritual materials they collected were three times the materials needed for a formation disk, not purely to take advantage, but to refine the array disk is inevitable to have a loss, and the loss is less than three times, even if Liu Xiaolou earns it, it is higher than three times, and he is ready to make up for it himself.
Most of these materials can be bought with silver money, which is expected to be around three thousand taels, and a small part needs to be exchanged for spirit stones, such as Yujue, and all of them will not exceed fifteen spirit stones.
Therefore, the total cost of the thirteen sons is forty spirit stones plus three thousand taels of silver, that is, each person touches about three spirit stones plus less than one hundred taels of silver. If they took it directly from the treasury at home, or simply collected it in person like Liu Xiaolou and Xing Dejun, the cost would be greatly reduced, and it could even be reduced to two spirit stones per person.
Totally affordable.
After the refining of a formation plate is successful, each person can enter the formation about five times, which seems to be much more expensive than before, but it can be used again after making up for the Misty Incense Tendon, and it can also be used five times after making up for it, a total of only five spirit stones need to be paid, two of which are counted as the capital of the Misty Incense, and Liu Xiaolou earns three pieces, and their expenses will be greatly reduced, returning to the same level as when Liu Xiaolou was in Shenwu Mountain.
But the good thing is that this array plate is in their hands, and it is more convenient to use.
He did not hide these plans, but generously confessed them to his son's buddies, and it was up to them to decide.
In the end, he said: "If you really want a set of such formations, I suggest that it is best to have one person in charge, and I will show him how to activate the formation, which is very simple, and anyone can learn it." After learning it, you can also teach each other, and it will be more convenient to use. ”
The final result was that the boy's buddies talked about the price to twenty spirit stones, so they accepted the plan, and recommended Yun Ao to be in charge of the handover with Liu Xiaolou.
After the boys happily enjoyed a free life here in Liu Xiaolou, they returned to their hometowns one after another, but unfortunately Liu Xiaolou's blurred incense was exhausted, and the array plate was not repaired, so he could not experience the happiness of entering the battle, but it was a fly in the ointment.
Sending his son's buddies away, Liu Xiaolou's heart was full of a sense of accomplishment and he was satisfied with the spirit stones he had obtained.
Twenty spirit stones, only about five to ten pieces that really need to be paid, mainly used to buy rosin essence, the rest are pure earning, as for inviting the array mage to help, it is completely useless! This level of small phantom array, he can do it all by himself!
In addition, about every six months, he can also get an additional five spirit stones, which is also a stable income.
In such a good mood, he continued to take out the spirit stone to practice, and continued to impact the fifteenth acupoint of the Zu Shaoyang Sutra - the head was crying.
In early summer, Wulong Mountain has also entered the rainy season, the mountain rain is frequent, often a gust of wind sweeps through a cloud, a cloud brings a rain, a rain sends a cool, a cool and then hotter a point.
It has been nearly two months since he returned to Wulong Mountain, and Liu Xiaolou has entered a strange state, when he is practicing, he will gradually change his cultivation position with the change of time, which is not the requirement of the "Xuanzhen Sutra", but his spontaneous perception in practice.
It's as if when you fall asleep, everyone chooses to lie down in the position that is most comfortable for them.
Sometimes I feel something in my heart before the rain comes, facing the rain clouds, and when the rain is harvesting, I open my eyes, but I have already turned in a different direction, and even the position where I am sitting has moved.
Or maybe the mountain fog is misty, permeating the dry bamboo ridge, and after it drifts away, he has appeared at the end of the fog.
The sun rises and sets, the moon and the stars are scarce, and he will also change the direction of his cultivation in all directions: the terrace under the corridor, the eaves on the house, the bamboo tops in the forest, and the mountain path outside the courtyard.
Other times, the shift is unconscious, as if you wake up and find yourself in a different sleeping position.
For example, he once appeared in the stone crevice at the peak of the Qianzhu Ridge, and when he finished his work, he found himself crowded in the grass nest of Da Bai, facing Da Bai and Xiao Hei, staring at each other with big eyes.
Another time, when he woke up from his sitting, he found that he was on the most dangerous cliff in Qianzhuling, his knees were almost volleyed, and there was an abyss below him. He had no idea how he got here.
It was also at this moment that he had a deeper understanding of the importance of sitting posture, and if he was not sitting steadily, he would probably have fallen unconsciously.
Danger is danger, but whether it is comfortable or not when practicing, he knows best in his own heart.
Quite comfortable and efficient!
Carefully recalling the bits and pieces of the teacher's Sanxuan practice back then, I gradually found some clues, when the teacher practiced, it didn't seem to be in the same place, in my memory, it seems that there were a few times when I woke up in the middle of the night, the teacher was indeed practicing in different places, at that time I only felt that it was very normal, and I didn't have any thoughts about it, and now I changed it to myself, and I knew the reason.
Is it the reason for the exercises of the Xuanzhen Sutra? Is it inevitable after one's own cultivation enters the middle stage of Qi refining? But why didn't this happen when I was in Shenwu Mountain?
To test this idea, he decided to change the practice location.
So he went down the mountain to the other courtyard in Wuchao Town to practice for two days, and found that he was back to normal again, sitting wherever he was, and his feet had not moved a bit.
He returned to Wulong Mountain, and tried many times in Tan Bazhang's Longma Waterfall, Zuo Fengfeng's Banmu Gorge, Longshan Sanren's Longshan, Niu Honglu's Three Brothers' Wuzi Peak, and Wei Hongqing's Ghost Dream Cliff, allowing him to find a pattern, the closer he got to Qianzhuling, the more significant the position movement would be when he practiced meditation.
For example, in Longshan, the place where you sit will have a slight displacement, and the body will deflect a little with the direction of sunrise and sunset; On the Ghost Dream Cliff, which is closest to Qianzhuling, the displacement reaches three or four feet away, and the direction of deflection is the same as that of the rising moon and setting the moon.
If it is directly to the semi-pine flat of Qianzhuling, the displacement and deflection will be more significant; When he returned to the small courtyard on the ridge, he once again entered a state where he could not determine the place of his wake-up.
Shaped like a ghost!
With this doubt, he used the method of knocking on the side to vaguely ask for advice from several seniors who had cultivated in the late stage of Qi refining or even consummating.
Longshan Sanren said that if this situation occurs in the practice, it is either "night walking" or "sleepwalking", the former is the inner demon that appears in the practice, and the latter is the disease, no matter which one, it is not a good thing.
Huang Yexian's explanation was similar, while Zuo Gaofeng said that he had never encountered such a situation himself.
At this point, he had a general judgment - it has little to do with the exercises, and most of it is the problem of Qianzhuling. Of course, it is also because he has entered the middle stage of qi refining and his perception is keen.
It's not a bad thing, it's a good thing.
After he successfully opened the two acupoints of his head and weeping, and his eyes and windows, he suddenly had a deep understanding of the teacher, Mr. Sanxuan, who was stubbornly guarding Qianzhuling and unwilling to move away no matter how difficult it was.
Although there is no spiritual spring, Qianzhuling is undoubtedly a treasure of feng shui, and in the wind and clouds, thunder and rain, and the interaction of the sun and the moon, there is an organic fate, at least on the Qianzhuling, it is easier to feel this kind of opportunity.
It's a pity that the teacher died too early and too suddenly, and he didn't tell himself many things.
Why did you die so early? Irresponsible!
Liu Xiaolou poured a glass of wine on his tombstone, and his heart was full of indignation.
Back in the small courtyard, the wind chimes under the eaves flickered, "Ding Dong...... Ding Dong..."
Fang Buji's figure appeared in front of the mountain road, came to the gate of the courtyard, bowed down and said, "Senior, there is a loose cultivator Wuzhuzi who asks to see him." ”
Liu Xiaolou had never heard of the name Wu Zhuzi, so he asked Fang Buji: "Who is this?" Have you heard of it? ”
Fang Buzhi shook his head: "The juniors haven't heard of it either, and the juniors asked him where he came from, and he only said that he came from the south to practice and heard the name of the seniors, so he climbed the mountain to meet him, and he didn't seem to have any malice." ”
This person didn't break through, and was stopped by Fang Bu in the third layer of qi refining, there should be no malicious intent, Liu Xiaolou estimated, what kind of name can he have? Could it be that he also came for his own formation? So he said, "Let him come up." ”
After a while, Fang Buji led a middle-aged monk up the mountain, and then consciously stood behind Liu Xiaolou, ready to draw his sword at any time.