Chapter Twenty-Five: Staying in the Forgotten Hall
The entrance to the Warm Cloud Valley looks like it is on the edge of a cliff from a distance.
Once inside, you will see a mountain path that winds downward.
It is said to be a mountain road, but there are almost no steps in the ordinary sense, and many places are separated by three or five meters, and in the middle is a void with nowhere to focus, if you can't see many monks walking back and forth, no newcomer will think that this is a road.
For ordinary people, this is a moat, but for cultivators, this is just a step.
Meng Zhou went all the way down this special mountain road, and as he got closer and closer to the bottom of the valley, Meng Zhou felt that his body and mind were gradually happy.
Feeling the aura around him that was gradually getting richer, Meng Zhou was like a fish that had been out of the water for too long and returned to the water again.
Following the memory of the previous master, Meng Zhou didn't pay attention to anything else, and took advantage of the fact that the sky was not completely dark, and hurried all the way to a place.
The Warm Cloud Valley is nearly two hundred miles long, twenty or thirty miles wide at its widest point, and some narrow places are only three or five miles, or even less than one mile.
Where Meng Zhou is now located is a narrow section nearly two miles wide.
In the center is a body of water, and six hot underground hot springs shoot into the sky, and then spread out like six water curtains, and the steaming and hot water vapor fills the air.
Many stone chambers were excavated on top of each other on the mountain walls on both sides, and more than eighty percent of these stone chambers were shrouded in a layer of flowing white mist.
According to the memory of the previous master, Meng Zhou knew that this was a set of formations adapted to local conditions, these white mist not only had the effect of isolating the inside and outside, but also because they were connected to the underground heat and undercurrent, they had a good protective power, if they were not able to do so, it would be difficult to force their way into even in the later stage of qi training.
And because it is connected to the underground heat and undercurrent, unless it is instantly defeated with absolute strength, the endless ineffective attacks are useless.
And the existence of this layer of fog cover shows that these stone chambers have owners and that someone is using it.
Meng Zhou followed the signs on the side of the road and came to a three-story attic in front of the water.
"Sit and forget."
Meng Zhou looked at a stone tablet standing in front of the attic and stepped inside.
The large hall on the first floor was empty at the moment, and there were not many people.
The person closest to Meng Zhou looked up at him and asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”
Meng Zhou said: "Is there still a spare stone room?" ”
The man nodded: "Yes, what kind of spec do you need?" ”
"What are they?"
"The third class of the water and fire room, and the third class of the ordinary room are all available......"
Meng Zhou listened to the other party's introduction, and the memories related to the former master also surfaced in his mind.
The so-called water and fire room, to put it more directly, is a stone room that can be used for alchemy.
Because of the characteristics of the spiritual veins of the Warm Cloud Valley, it can use the formation to trigger the earth fire to burn for a long time, and it can be used as an alchemy refiner.
However, this method of directly using the Earth Fire Alchemy Pill Refining Instrument has high technical requirements for the user, and it is easy to fail at every turn, and with the financial resources of scattered cultivation, it is simply impossible to withstand too many failures.
So someone used the spirit veins of Warm Cloud Valley to specifically design a more stable plan, not only the firepower is milder, but the entire refining process is also more controllable, and the probability of failure will be much smaller, and even if it fails, as long as it is handled properly, it can also gain somewhat.
It is a bit unimpressive, but according to Meng Zhou's understanding, it is actually a special "water bath method".
It has many advantages, such as being able to control temperature changes more stably during the refining process, making the Qi Cultivator/Instrument Master's Dan Formation Rate/Instrument Formation Rate higher, and the whole process is also more controllable.
But the shortcomings are also obvious, just like providing a walker for a baby who has not yet learned to walk, it does save a lot of things at the moment, but it also makes the alchemist/refiner lack real tempering, even if the road is crooked, he doesn't know it.
However, this shortcoming is somewhat like going to poor areas to promote the concept of healthy and green diet, and it is as inappropriate as going to a poor area to promote a healthy and green diet.
The ordinary room is really an ordinary stone room, but it is also divided into three classes according to the different levels of spiritual energy.
The other party gave a general introduction to the situation of the stone chambers of various specifications, and finally looked at Meng Zhou, and deliberately pointed out:
"According to our agreement with the parties in the valley, Zaitikan does not offer short-term rentals. Take March as the period, pay first, then move in. ”
Meng Zhou nodded, indicating that he had no objection to this. But he asked:
"Can I change rooms and upgrade halfway?"
When the other party heard this, he looked at Meng Zhou again, nodded briskly, and said, "Yes, but the premise is that there is a spare stone room for you at that time, and you need to make up the difference, just from the day of promotion." ”
Meng Zhou nodded: "Then I don't have any problems." ”
What he is revealing now is a sixth-level Qi cultivation that is just right for him to use a medium stone room.
However, if he succeeds in retreat and wants to break through from the middle stage of Qi training to the late stage of Qi training, of course, it is more appropriate to use a high-grade stone chamber with more abundant and rich aura.
The price difference between the middle stone room and the upper stone room was doubled, and Meng Zhou's careful calculation was a very common trait in Qi cultivation and dispersion cultivation.
Therefore, it was not surprising that he specifically mentioned this.
Moreover, I also gained a lot of useful information from his short message.
And this is also one of Meng Zhou's purposes.
In the end, Meng Zhou paid forty lower grade spirit stones and obtained the right to use a medium-sized stone chamber for ninety days.
While paying the spirit stone, Meng Zhou received a waist card.
This is not only the proof for him to enter and exit the stone room, but also the necessary thing to activate the formation.
At the same time, it is also an identity card, and only with a similar identity card can he stay in Warm Cloud Valley for a long time, otherwise, he will also be expelled or even killed as a thief who stole the aura here.
The previous lord has also traveled to many places, and the biggest feeling is that without spirit stones, it is difficult to move an inch.
There is no spiritual vein and aura, there will be no threshold, and it will be open to all casual cultivators for free unconditionally.
Meng Zhou just took the waist card and looked at it, and went straight to the stone room that belonged to him in the next three months.
He had so many more pressing things to attend to right now that he simply didn't have time to pay attention to them.
Entering the stone room with the waist card, Meng Zhou probably took a look, the internal space is very spacious, and it is divided into three rooms, the central living room, the quiet room and bedroom on the left, the study room on the right, and if it is the water and fire room, it is the room for alchemy refiners.
If you only calculate the average daily unit price, it is much cheaper than the White Moon Bay Hostel.
However, the indoor aura is very thin, and this "medium" seems to be a bit unworthy of the name.
Meng Zhou knew what was going on, he inserted his waist card into a groove in the wall of the doorway, and he heard a low muffled sound, like a suppressed beast's roar moving quickly in the narrow corridor.
Following the prestige, there was a hidden hole in the corner of the wall, and an arm-thick stream of water shot out of it, and soon, it flowed along a sink against the wall through the three rooms, and a rich aura emanated from it.
After a while, the aura in the room was at the level of a first-order medium spiritual land.
The water flowed out of the stone chamber, forming a fog shrouded in the stone chamber, which not only kept out the prying eyes of the outside world, but also provided a good defensive force.
Seeing this, Meng Zhou went straight into the quiet room on the left, sat cross-legged on the bed, and immediately closed his eyes and began to practice.
As the water nourishing body trick was carried in Zhou Tian's body, the cultivation that had been stagnant for many days finally moved forward again, and Meng Zhou was so comfortable that he almost groaned.
It's not easy, it's just too hard.
When the transportation was completed for twenty weeks, Meng Zhou opened his eyes unsatisfied.
[Name: Meng Zhou]
[Lifespan: 51/67 years] (+1)
【Status:Sub-health】
[Realm: Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer: 24/100]
[Exercise: Water Nourishing and Moisturizing Formula: 229/600]
【Skills:
Martial Arts: Perfection of Degree Water Steps, Perfection of Finger Sword and Palm Knife, Perfection of Turtle and Snake Strength, Perfection of Crane Control Hand, Perfection of Shrinking Bones and Disguise, Perfection of Phantom Step Dragon, Grandmaster of Ten Thousand Miles: 530/640, Grandmaster of Left and Right Fighting: 490/640, Grandmaster of Thousand Hands: 490/640, Grandmaster of Shower Sword: 490/640
Spell: Breath Perfection】
[Oath: Rope Spirit 1st Order: 0/100]