Chapter 16: Concentrate on Cultivation
Since Zhou Changqing returned to Xuanqing Gate, two months have passed, Zhou Changqing handed over the classics in the savings ring to Zhao Yuanlong, there are many five elements spells, cultivation exercises, anecdotes, greatly enriching the Xuanqing Gate's sect collection, Zhou Changqing and Zhao Yuanlong suggested that he build a library for his disciples to borrow, and now the library is already under construction, Zhou Changqing only found out some books about alchemy from it to study by himself. The matter of the purple charm is not in a hurry now, after all, his cultivation is still poor, and there are only seven origin seeds left in the old tree, and he is still far from being able to rely on this to compete with a monk in the Yuan Infant Stage, not to mention the masters in the Wood Spirit Holy Sect.
The Dragon Tiger Gate lost its three pillars and fell apart in just two months, and most of the Zongmen's collection was collected by the Xuanqing Gate, and many of the disciples joined the Xuanqing Gate and became the outer disciples, and they had to decide whether to be promoted to the inner disciples according to their future performance, among which Xu Ning was personally found by Zhou Changqing, originally this guy was killed and refused to come, but later Zhou Changqing told him that if you join the Xuanqing Gate, you can fight with Zhuo Qingfeng every day, this guy thought about it carefully and finally agreed to join the Xuanqing Gate. The power of the chamber of commerce that originally belonged to the Dragon and Tiger Gate was absorbed by the Xuanqing Gate, and there were two chambers of commerce that bought and sold spiritual materials, so it can be said that the Xuanqing Gate is now unprecedentedly strong and rich in recent years. The people of Guanglong City now regard the Xuanqing Gate as a second-rate sect, and have even surpassed the Dragon Tiger Gate, and there are also rumors that the Dragon Tiger Gate's knot master was actually killed by Zhou Changqing, and this statement has also been recognized by many people.
The development of the sect is also becoming more and more rapid, and there is an endless stream of people who come to apprentice every day, and for this reason, Xuanqingmen has also set up an assessment.
Zhou Changqing is now cultivating with peace of mind, and now he is extremely proficient in cultivating this "Taishang Xuanyuan Sutra", and he also feels more and more that this exercise is not ordinary, although the speed of absorbing the aura is not very fast, it is very neutral and peaceful, and the refined aura is extremely solid. Building the foundation, as the name suggests, this is a stage of laying the foundation, if you want to have a better development in the future, Zhou Changqing feels that he must pay attention to this stage, after all, thousands of high-rise buildings rise from the ground!
Daily alchemy cultivation, although this kind of life is boring and boring, but Zhou Changqing enjoys it, and every day he can feel the growth of spiritual power in his body, the improvement of strength, and the improvement of alchemy level. Several other mortal pills that had not been refined before also began to be refined, and they found that they were indeed very easy to cultivate. Now the only pill pavilion in Guanglong City is the industry of Xuanqingmen, which can be described as making money every day, and the shopkeeper of the pill pavilion is the owner of the auction house named Wang Fugui, but the auction house has gone out of business.
The entire Xuanqingmen has stepped into the road of rapid development.
Huangshan West County, Ziyu Sword School, the scenery here is beautiful, countless steep mountains are towering into the clouds, there are exquisite buildings established in the clouds and mist on the mountainside, the middle peak of this group of mountains is particularly eye-catching, it is a sword-shaped peak, connected with the surrounding peaks with chains in all directions, giving people a sense of slaughter, there is a quaint palace on the hilt of the sword-shaped peak, there is a simple palace on the hilt of the sword-shaped peak, there is the main hall of the Ziyu Sword Sect.
"Ding, Ding......" The sound of the chain shaking sounded, and a figure entered the hall with a few vertical leaps on the chain.
"Sect Master, the spies of Guanglong City have sent back news that Elder Tan has disappeared for no reason!" The man was dressed in a black suit, carrying a long sword behind him, and knelt on one knee.
"Get up, but what's the clue?" A young man's voice came from the seat above the main hall, this was a young scholar-like person, dressed as a Confucian student, holding a scroll in his hand, reading carefully, frowning from time to time as if he was thinking about something, this person was Zhang Sheng, the contemporary sect of the Ziyu Sword Sect!
Zhang Sheng is the leader of his generation of monks, only three hundred years old is already the power of the Yuan Infant Realm, and the monks of the same generation with him except for a few disciples of the four holy sects, no one is his opponent, the character and appearance are good, by the Ziyu Sword Sect as the master of the Sword Sect, ten years ago he became the sect leader of the Ziyu Sword Sect, and the development of the Sword Sect is booming in just ten years.
"According to rumors in Guanglong City, Elder Tan was given ...... by Zhou Changqing of the Xuanqing Sect" The Sword Sect disciples below are a little unsure.
"Xuanqing Gate...... Xuanqingmen ...... Not...... I remember that this is the sect that Ge Yi came to my sect last time to explain and want to get rid of it!" Zhang Sheng paused slightly, thought for a moment, and put down the book.
"Back to the sect master, yes!"
"Isn't that Xuanqing Sect a third-rate sect?
"According to his subordinates, there are no Jiedan monks in the Xuanqing Sect, only Zhao Yuanlong, Zhou Changqing, and Zhuo Qingfeng, three foundation building monks!" The disciple also had a look of doubt on his face.
"That's interesting!" Zhang Sheng smiled.
"My subordinates have recently discovered the traces of Xuanlong, a true disciple of Xuanyuan, in Linyi City, and according to the speed of this travel, I am afraid that it will not be long before we will reach Guanglong City! What should we do about this?" the disciple asked hesitantly.
"Don't pay attention to that Xuanqing Sect! Although my Ziyu Sword Sect is attached to the Wood Spirit Holy Sect, I am not a subordinate of his Wood Spirit Holy Sect, so Ge Yi really thinks that he can order me to the Purple Yu Sword Sect!" Zhang Sheng said with a disdainful face.
"But the death of Elder Tan of my sect must not be investigated, you take the Spirit Treasure Mirror and go to Guanglong City!" Zhang Sheng made a casual move, and a simple mirror hanging on the wall flew into the disciple's hand.
"Yes! Sect Master!" the man took the mirror, and his body flickered and disappeared into the main hall.
Silence has returned to the hall.
"Who did he say just now that killed Elder Tan? Zhou ...... Evergreen ...... That's right, Zhou Changqing, what a name!" In a burst of murmuring, that Zhang Sheng picked up the book just now and lay on the sect master's throne to savor it.
Linyi City, this is a mortal city that is too prosperous compared to Cangbi City and Guanglong City, and the flow of people in the city is also relatively large, and the sphere of influence is much larger than that of the two cities.
In a private room on the second floor of a restaurant with more elegant decoration in the city, a man in Tsing Yi is leaning against the window drinking, this person looks about 30 years old, dignified, is bearded, looks a little sloppy, seems to have drunk wine in this restaurant for a long time, with a slight hint of drunkenness on his face, but his eyes are clearly not drunk.
"How many times have I been tracked since I went on a trip, I can't remember exactly, it seems that Master's purpose for letting me go out on a trip has attracted the attention of the sect!" the drunk muttered to himself.
Just then, a caravan came downstairs, and the man in the lead beckoned his men to stop and eat.
"Come on, come on, eat first, eat first, pile up the goods for me, this is all my harvest in Guanglong for most of the past half a year, if it is broken, be careful of your legs!"
"Got it, head!" the guys below were grinning and piling up the goods, still teasing and spanking each other.
"This trip back to Linyi safely, the big guys have all the credit, I am in charge, when I go back, each person will be rewarded with a blood pill, which I purchased from inside the Xuanqing Gate!" the leader announced loudly, causing his subordinates to applaud.
Although this blood invigorating pill is not a particularly good pill, it is just something that mortals can use, but this pill is powerful, and it is effective in treating internal and external injuries, especially external injuries.
The sloppy man upstairs was just about to pick up his wine glass, when he heard this, he suddenly moved.
"Can a few heroes downstairs go upstairs to talk about it, I'll invite you guys to have a few drinks!" said the sloppy man as he raised his glass to the men downstairs.
A few people downstairs looked up and saw a sloppy man who wanted to invite them to drink, several people looked at each other and shook their heads, the leading man was about to refuse, but saw the sloppy man's fingers flashing, and was taken aback, and hurriedly took everyone up to the second floor.
"I wonder if the immortal master is looking for a few of us?" The expressions on the faces of several people were a little uneasy.
"Hehe, don't be afraid, a few heroes, I just want to ask you a few questions. I just heard you talk about Xuanqingmen, can you tell me more about this Xuanqingmen?" the sloppy man smiled.
"So that's the question, senior, you're asking the right person!"
Several people happened to witness the changes in Xuanqingmen in the past few months, and told this man everything they knew.
After listening to this, the sloppy man thought for a while, he felt that this Xuanqing Sect must have something to do with the Xuanqing Sect.
"Thank you to a few heroes for telling me, let's take this meal as a thank you gift! With that, he turned into a red light and disappeared into the room. The remaining men looked at each other, not knowing whether to eat or not, the meals ordered by the immortal master were relatively expensive, and it was a bit of a waste not to eat, and a few people hesitated for a while and then threw off their arms and ate.
Zhou Changqing didn't know about these things in the outside world, Zhou Changqing still practiced diligently every day, pondering his alchemy skills, and in the pill classics he got from Zi Mei, Zhou Changqing actually found a elixir pill recipe from it, gathering elixir, which can double the speed of absorbing spiritual energy, and the effect can last for about two days, of course, the level of the Dan master has a certain bonus to these effects, which is the most common one in the elixir.
Although it is the most ordinary elixir, there are many materials, two kinds of first-order spirit grass, and as many as six kinds of ordinary medicinal materials. More materials means that the level of the Dan Master is more tested, the order of refining various materials, the speed and then fused together, the difficulty is greatly increased, Zhou Changqing has tried twenty furnaces successively, none of them succeeded. Fortunately, Xuanqingmen now has some capital, and it can also supply Zhou Changqing with ten furnaces of medicinal materials every day.
In the past few days of cultivation, Zhou Changqing has improved a small realm, successfully entered the middle stage of foundation building, and his strength has improved slightly.