Immortal cultivators are divided into three steps.

The first step is to condense the pill, condense the void into solid, condense the liquefaction pill, and compress and condense the mana true element of the whole body into a small golden pill the size of a chicken.

Almost eighty percent of the monks have difficulty even completing this step when they marry for the first time.

And if you can complete the first step "Ning Dan", you can proceed to the second step "Hedan".

The so-called "Hedan" is to give way to the divine soul in the Purple Mansion Divine Court, sink into the lower dantian qi sea and merge with the golden pill condensed into the substance, with the help of the refining of the golden pill power, so that the divine soul transforms into the golden pill primordial god.

This step is very difficult, and the monks who can complete the "Ning Dan" step will not even have a one-fifth chance of success in this step.

However, according to the experience of the previous monks, generally before the Dan, the purer the mana, the stronger the divine soul, there is a certain advantage in the step of "Hedan", and the probability of success will be much greater than that of the monks who are not as good as themselves.

If a monk is able to complete the two steps of "Ning Dan" and "Hop Dan" in succession, then he can move on to the third and final step, "Cheng Dan".

"Cheng Dan" is to form a golden pill, when the soul is successfully transformed into a golden pill god, and after fusing with the golden pill, it will produce strange changes, gathering the aura within a range of hundreds or even hundreds of miles to form a knot pill celestial phenomenon.

Although this step is ranked last, in terms of difficulty, it is the easiest step to complete.

As long as the monks of the Yudan prepare in advance, find the Lingshan Cave Mansion for retreat, find the monks who protect the Dharma for themselves, and do not let themselves be disturbed by others after the appearance of the Heavenly Phenomena of the Yudan, there is basically no possibility of failure.

Zhou Yang figured out and studied several senior monks' experience in the cave mansion of Taoist Xiao Ying for half a year, and then rented a fifth-order cave mansion to officially retreat and form a retreat.

The rent of the fifth-order cave mansion is as high as 8,000 spirit stones a year, and Zhou Yang rented a cave house of this level for retreat, obviously there is still a trace of luck in his heart.

It's a pity that his luck was quickly shattered by the cruel reality.

After only a little more than a year of retreat, he didn't even complete the first step, "Ning Dan", and his first knot ended in failure.

The failure of the knot pill caused Zhou Yang's dantian to suffer a lot of impact, so he spent nearly two years recuperating before he recovered from his injuries, so as not to affect his normal fighting methods.

However, if you want to try "Ning Dan" again, it will be at least ten years later.

This is also because the first "Ning Dan" process did not last too long, and the impact after failure was not big enough.

Replace those monks who have completed the "Ning Dan" step, but fell on the second step "Hedan", when the essence of the golden pill they condensed is dispersed again into liquid mana to fill the dantian, it will have a great impact on the dantian, and without decades of recuperation, don't want to completely restore the damaged dantian.

The failure of the first knot made Zhou Yang fully feel the difficulty of knotting, and he had to re-examine his knot plan and prepare for the worst.

At that time, he thought that after trying once, he could use the spiritual objects in his hand to assist in the golden pill stage.

But now, he felt that he had to rely on himself to complete at least one "Ning Dan" step, and then use those spiritual objects to improve his grasp to the maximum.

The knot failed, of course there was no need to live in the fifth-order cave mansion anymore, Zhou Yang retired from the cave mansion and re-lived in the cave mansion of Taoist Xiao Ying, and had already begun to think about leaving Haoyang Immortal City.

Zhou Guangxiang's incident, he had to go over to see it in person to rest assured, and Xu Song, an old ghost, always muttered in his ear that he wanted him to fulfill his original promise and put him back in the "Fallen Demon Valley" to practice.

Of course, the main reason is that Daoist Xiao Ying kept talking in his ear about leaving, as a Daoist, he must fully respect the other party's opinion.

It's just that the plan has not changed quickly, and when Zhou Yang had already agreed to leave, Zhao Hao, a monk in the Jindan period, suddenly came to visit him uninvited.

"Senior Zhao is here, it really makes the humble house shine, please come in quickly, Ying'er, quickly give Senior Zhao the best spiritual tea. ”

Outside the cave, the moment Zhou Yang saw Zhao Hao, his pupils shrank, and various thoughts appeared in his heart, and he immediately guessed the other party's intention.

As the saying goes, if you don't have anything to do, you can't go to the Three Treasures Palace, Zhao Hao, a monk in the Jindan period, suddenly came to visit him Zhou Yang in person uninvited at this time, which is a very strange thing in itself, not to mention that the Qingyuan Sword Sect has been asking him to be a "substitute fighter".

However, although all kinds of conjectures kept emerging in his heart, there was no slackness in the etiquette, so it was natural to stretch out his hand to invite the other party into the cave and take a seat, and let the Taoist Xiao Ying serve tea.

Xiao Ying is not really a fool, when she saw Zhao Hao coming to the door, her heart was stunned, and her face changed suddenly.

But in the face of Zhao Hao, a monk of the Jindan period, she was unwilling in her heart, and she didn't dare to refuse guests directly outside the door like she did with Jinqu, so she could only reluctantly obey and prepare tea.

After a while, she prepared the tea and brought it up, and stood directly behind Zhou Yang like a maid, without any intention of retreating.

This is her last stubbornness!

"Is this Zhou Daoyou's Taoist couple? Sure enough, it is the national color and heavenly fragrance, the appearance of a fairy, and Daoyou are generally the dragon and phoenix among people!"

Zhao Hao didn't seem to see the unhappy look on Xiao Yingqiao's face, after sitting down, he gently picked up the teacup and took a sip, then opened his mouth with a smile and praised the hostess first.

It's a pity that his trick is useless to Xiao Ying, Xiao Ying's personality is pure and straightforward, since she knows in her heart that Zhao Hao's arrival is not good for those who come, and the good ones are not coming, she is first full of vigilance and resistance to Zhao Hao in her heart, and she will not relax at all because of his praise.

She made a straight face, bowed lightly, and said in a voice without any emotion: "The concubine is like a willow, I don't dare to praise my predecessors so much, being able to serve my husband is already a blessing that the concubine has cultivated in her life, and I just want to grow old with my husband in this life, and share life and death!"

When Zhao Hao heard his words, he shook his head and said, "Fairy Xiao's words are different!"

"My generation of monks, what I seek is immortality, and the road is free!"

"Fairy Xiao and Zhou Daoyou, how can they only have this kind of simple pursuit like those ordinary people, they should pursue higher, such as a thousand years together, a thousand years of leisure. ”

A thousand years together, that is something that only a Jindan period monk can do, if Zhao Hao comes here in another time period and says this in another time period, Xiao Ying must have another attitude.

Now, she just replied with a blank face: "What Senior Zhao taught is that the concubine has been taught. ”

Zhao Hao was suddenly annoyed by her words, and his face instantly became gloomy.

He is a dignified Jindan period monk, and he is willing to take the initiative to praise and compliment a Purple Mansion period monk, which is already very face-saving.

Now he has been sneered at by Xiao Ying again and again with prickly words, how can he not be annoyed.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhou Yang, who had not spoken, saw that things were faintly out of control, and hurriedly coughed lightly and interjected: "Ahem, Neiko is not good at words, there are many collisions, and I hope that the seniors Haihan will be one or two, and the juniors will apologize to the seniors here on her behalf." ”

After he finished speaking, he arched his hand slightly, and then motioned to Daoist Xiao Ying with his eyes, signaling him not to speak again.

Xiao Ying was unhappy in her heart, she still had to give Zhou Yang face in front of outsiders, and when she saw this, she was slightly silent, and she also bowed and said: "The concubine is in a bad mood today, and her words are reckless and collide with Senior Zhao, and there are many offends, and I hope Senior Zhao will forgive me." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Hao's face eased a lot, he looked directly at Zhou Yang and said: "Zhou Daoyou, let's open the skylight and say something, you probably guessed one or two about Zhao's intention this time, now let's listen to Zhao Mou's details?"

When Zhou Yang heard this, he immediately nodded and responded, "Senior Zhao, please speak." ”

"The matter is very simple, after eighteen years of continuous war, the side of the Great Bright Immortal Palace took the initiative to propose a death match to end the war, and the top leaders of our alliance also agreed. ”

"Now the two sides still have a year to decide who to participate in the deathmatch, according to the rotation mechanism of each member sect in the alliance, our Qingyuan Sword Sect must have one person to participate in the deathmatch this time, and it is best to win. ”

"Zhao is not afraid of Zhou Daoyou's jokes, because the death match is too dangerous, there are several late Zifu monks in our sect, no one dares to play at all, and with Zhao's understanding of them, if they want to win the death match with their strength, I am afraid that the winning rate is less than one percent, which means that once they play, they will almost die!"

"The deathmatch mode has lasted so many times, even if those monks in the sect are no longer willing to participate in it, Zhao and the head of the sect have a way to force them to draw lots to decide on the candidates. ”

"But they can only complete the minimum task when they go to death, once they lose, we Qingyuan Sword Sect will have to bear one-third of the gambling resources they have lost!"

"Neither Zhao nor our Qingyuan Sword Sect wants to let the sect disciples die in vain, nor do they want to send a large amount of resources to those bastards in the Great Bright Immortal Palace, so Zhao will strongly recommend Zhou Daoyou to the head and several other senior brothers, and want to ask Zhou Daoyou to help us reverse the light alliance and help our Qingyuan Sword Sect win a death match!"

Zhao Hao looked at Zhou Yang with a solemn face, and said his intention in a solemn tone.

After hearing his words, Zhou Yang didn't react, but Xiao Ying couldn't help but reach out and grab Zhou Yang's arm and shouted in a trembling voice: "Zhou Lang, don't agree, okay?

"Don't panic, don't panic, you know it for your husband!"

Zhou Yang gently held the jade hand of the Taoist priest and gave her a reassuring look to show comfort.

Then he looked at Zhao Hao with a solemn face and said: "Thanks to Senior Zhao, Zhou is honored, but this matter is too dangerous, please forgive Zhou for not agreeing!"

Seeing this, Zhao Hao couldn't help but squint his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Don't be in a hurry to refuse, it's not too late to make a decision after listening to what Zhao said about the reward!"