Chapter 54: Plan your trip
In the days that followed, Ding Zhengyi fell into an alternating cycle of meditation and practice talisman formation.
This kind of boring cultivation in the eyes of outsiders, Ding Zhengyi is as happy as he is, and the slight progress every day makes him excited.
At the same time, Ding Zhengyi also temporarily put down the dredging of the spiritual network according to his previous concept, and did his best to improve his cultivation.
The absorption of vitality is doubled every day, so that the cyclone of the sixth layer of Qi training quickly condenses.
According to Ding Zhengyi's estimate, if he continued to cultivate at this pace, as long as he had accumulated for two years, he would inevitably be able to touch the bottleneck of the middle stage of Qi cultivation.
There has also been some progress in improving the level of talisman making, and Ding Zhengyi only spent half a month through the implementation of the adjusted plan, and the intermediate talisman and the intermediate breath talisman were drawn by him one after another.
The facts have verified Ding Zhengyi's thoughts, and the various talismans are indeed inextricably linked.
By drawing different sigils, he carefully experienced the connection between the drawing process of each sigil, and his talisman level suddenly became much higher.
Thanks to the improvement of the level of talisman making, the success rate of the intermediate fireball talisman has also increased a lot.
Ding Zhengyi could clearly feel that after his talisman level had improved dramatically, he had not stagnated, but was still improving.
Therefore, Ding Zhengyi believed that it would not be long before he would definitely make the formation rate of the intermediate fireball talisman reach 30%.
Although the success rate of thirty percent does not seem to be much, it is quite critical for Ding Zhengyi, because this is the balance point of the profit and loss ratio of the talisman.
In addition, the practice of compound formations is also quite effective.
The two simplest composite formations, the Gathering Spirit Concealment Array and the Gathering Spirit Psychedelic Array, Ding Zhengyi has been able to arrange them stably, and he is ready to take advantage of this feeling to start exploring the construction of the Concealment Psychedelic Array.
Time is in Ding Zhengyi's cultivation, constantly moving forward, and at the same time witnessing his rapid progress in all aspects.
More than half a year has passed.
On this day, Ding Zhengyi ended his daily morning class cultivation and closed the formation smoothly, he was ready to adjust his internal breath again, and began to implement the plan of practicing talisman making.
At this moment, bursts of fatigue poured out of Ding Zhengyi's heart one after another, and the excitement that had been maintained by forcibly suppressing it mentally for a long time was gradually subsiding.
Recently, Ding Zhengyi also felt that the improvement of his cultivation and talisman level was slowly slowing down, and he knew that this kind of cultivation that relied on perseverance to forcibly adhere to it would only be half the effort.
The abnormality he showed at this time was the concentrated explosion of a large number of negative emotions accumulated by his long-term non-stop cultivation.
Ding Zhengyi understands very well that although cultivation must maintain courage and diligence, it is also necessary to know how to be relaxed, otherwise it will only outweigh the gains.
He decisively gave up the idea of continuing to practice talisman making, but suddenly, Ding Zhengyi didn't know what to do to effectively soothe his mind.
It is obviously unrealistic to just lie down on the rocking chair in front of the small building for a while, release your thoughts, and recall the gains and losses.
Because for most of the past six months, every month or two, when Ding Zhengyi was a little tired from cultivation, he would do this, but the effect was becoming less and less obvious.
Ding Zhengyi also tried to use the psychedelic array to get rid of distracting thoughts, perhaps the reason why he was promoted to the sixth level of qi training, and now the psychedelic array arranged by the low-level array flag had no effect on him.
Just when he was worried, Ding Zhengyi suddenly appeared in his mind, and the figures of Ding Zhongyuan and Wu suddenly appeared.
In the past six months, Ding Zhongyuan and Wu have appeared more and more frequently at home.
After all, the safe area around the family was only so big, even if they walked through it all, it wouldn't take much time.
This so-called safe area refers to a radius of twenty miles centered on the family's spiritual veins.
In this area, there are elders who lead patrols every day, so that it can maintain a stable and safe situation.
The radius of twenty miles covers the spiritual veins of the family, as well as the living areas of all the mortal people, as well as the offshore fishing grounds and breeding estates that can provide living materials for the ordinary people.
Outside of this safe range, not only is the safety of mortals not guaranteed, but even monks are in danger.
Of course, only a small part of these security hazards are threats from alien races such as monsters, and the vast majority of them still come from humans with bad intentions.
This is also the fundamental reason why Ding Zhongyuan and his wife can no longer go outside, but as they spend more and more time at home, Ding Zhengyi can clearly see that the mood of the two is a little low.
People are like this, they didn't have idle time before, so they couldn't play around.
But when you have time and enjoy life, it is often difficult to adapt to it when you return to the original state.
Seeing their performance like this, although Ding Zhengyi didn't say anything in his mouth, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Then he thought that he was already twenty-one years old, and he had been cultivating for almost ten years, and he had not yet left the family spirit line, so he really seemed a little different.
Ding Zhengyi asked himself, even if he had a general understanding of the geographical environment of the Xiuzhen Realm from the family's collection of books, after all, he had never been out, so his knowledge of the specific situation around the family was very limited.
Many things are easier said than done, and if you don't practice them, you'll never be able to appreciate the hardships.
And he will inevitably go out to run errands in the future, instead of running around with black eyes at that time, it is better to walk around not far from the family first, and initially exercise his ability to walk outside.
Now that more than two years have passed since the family's catastrophe, presumably the attention of those hostile forces to him has also approached nothing, and it is a good time to go out.
After thinking about it, Ding Zhengyi made up his mind to go out for a walk recently, which can not only soothe his current state, but also take care of his parents' emotions, and also explore some experience of walking outside for himself, which is simply a triple win.
It's just a problem where to go, too far away, the more likely you are to encounter danger, and if you are too close, you won't be able to achieve the purpose of the trip.
After thinking about it for a while, Ding Zhengyi considered two plans, and then ruled them all out, but he still had no clue.
The first thing he thought of was going to sea, and while he could broaden his horizons, he might also encounter some opportunities, and his father Ding Zhongyuan had gone on a trip and had some experience after all.
However, he soon gave up on this idea, because there were not only demon beasts on the sea, but also more casual cultivators looking for opportunities.
The loose cultivators have no scruples about resources, and when they encounter a large and powerful team, they will only avoid it from a distance, but if they meet Ding Zhengyi and these people, they must not mind making a cameo appearance to rob the monks.
Fighting meant damage, which was unacceptable to Ding, who put safety first, so he quickly ruled out going to sea.
Then Ding Zhengyi thought of going to Xuannan Chengfang City, where he could see all kinds of treasures, not to mention the increase in knowledge, and he might also encounter the spiritual objects he urgently needed or the classics he was interested in.
However, he thought of his parents again, this year, the family often had a team to go to Xuannan Chengfang City, but they never followed it again.
On the one hand, there is a lack of shyness in this pocket, but the most important thing is that the city is not only not prosperous, but simple and abnormal, and the monks of Guy are in a hurry, and there is no tradition of pleasure.
Even if it is Xuannan City, its main role is to facilitate the Xuanshan faction and manage the southern region of Xuanshan Country.
Moreover, with a distance of thousands of miles, even if the road is smooth, it will take several days for the Qi cultivators to rush with all their might.
For Ding Zhongyuan and his wife, it was better to go there than to walk around the family, which also prompted Ding Zhengyi to veto the idea.
Just when he was agonizing about where to go, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind.
Ding Zhengyi suddenly thought that the year before last, when the Wu family, which was a hundred miles away from the Ding family, that is, his mother's maiden family, came to watch the ceremony, the Wu family had talked with him a few words, and she chattered for a few days afterwards, wanting to go back to see her father.
But at that time, it was the time of Lingtian land preparation, and it was the most busy, and later when Lingtian was sown and could be withdrawn, there was another catastrophe for the clansmen.
For a time, there was a rumor inside and outside the family, everyone was in danger, and a small number of clansmen did not dare to go out alone.
The place of travel is his grandparents' house, Ding Zhengyi thought about it several times, and finally decided on it.
made this choice, Ding Zhengyi was not only to take care of his mother's thoughts, in fact, he didn't want to see it in his heart, but he was usually buried deep in his heart.
Ding Zhengyi still vaguely remembers that his grandparents and grandmothers have all come to visit him.
Although he was still young at the time, and his memory was a little blurred, that kind of blood and family affection has always been engraved in Ding Zhengyi's mind.
As Ding Zhengyi made a decision, this family affection seemed to appear from his mind, shining all over his body, and a warm feeling followed.
Ding Zhengyi has always maintained such a belief that cultivation is to constantly strengthen himself and break through the limitations of the life level, but if there is no maintenance of family and friendship, what is the meaning of that lonely and lonely immortality.
Skipping the natural sigh, Ding Zhengyi calmed down and took the opportunity to consider the overall plan to go to the Wu family.
According to Ding Zhengyi's understanding, the Ding and Wu families are the two closest Xiuzhen families, and the distance between them is only more than 100 miles.
On the way from Ding's house to Wu's house, the road is rugged and not easy to pass, you need to climb over two hills and flow through three large streams, but it is precisely because of this that the scenery along the road is very beautiful.
If it is a mortal, this more than 100 miles of trekking through mountains and rivers will definitely not be completed in two or three days, but the monk has the blessing of light body technique, and the morning and evening come.
After arriving at Wu's house that day, he even had time to complete his daily cultivation homework, which is to say that he could achieve all the goals without wasting too much time.
On top of that, the road is a backwooded area with few pedestrians, and I have never heard of a monk with ill intentions, so safety is guaranteed.
The gifts to be carried to the Wu family, of course, do not need Ding Zhengyi to worry about, and Ding Zhongyuan and his wife have to consider.
Moreover, the various spiritual objects in his storage bag are now enough to meet any etiquette needs.
What is worthy of Ding Zhengyi's attention is how to ensure the safety of this trip, although the possibility of risk along the way is very small, but when you go out, it is not uncommon for any accident to happen, and it is better to be fully prepared than to be helpless in the event of a crisis.
Taking advantage of the fact that it was still early, Ding Zhengyi began to take stock of the spiritual objects on hand to see what items could withstand the crisis.
The first thing he thought of was the middle-grade magic weapon jade pendant that the patriarch gave him when he was just promoted to the middle stage of qi training.
This is the only defensive magic weapon that Ding Zhengyi has at hand, and it is also the most defensive item, although he has not really used it since refining, it is essential in terms of increasing his sense of security.
In addition, a large number of intermediate-level talismans are also a strong guarantee for Ding Zhengyi to deal with the crisis.
In the past six months, Ding Zhengyi has drawn hundreds of intermediate talismans before and after, and several other intermediate talismans have obtained a total of more than 1,000 pieces.
However, in order to strengthen the practice of talisman making, Ding Zhengyi only kept fifty intermediate talismans, one hundred intermediate fireball talismans, and more than ten breath talismans.
The rest of the talisman seals were handed over to the miscellaneous office by him and exchanged for family contribution points, and these contribution points were exchanged by Ding Zhengyi for intermediate talisman raw materials, which were used to increase the practice frequency of talisman seals and rapidly improve the level of talisman making.
The Yuan Qi shield inspired by the intermediate talisman is not easy to break even if a mid-level Qi cultivation cultivator blows with all his strength.
And activating a few intermediate fireball talismans can even pose a threat to the monks in the late stage of qi training, if more than ten pieces are activated together, even the monks who have completed qi training will have to retreat.
There is also a hidden array that Ding Zhengyi can arrange at will, which is also a powerful guarantee for security.
Although when setting up a formation outside the spirit vein, he could only provide spiritual energy through spirit stones, but if he really encountered a crisis, how could he care about those spirit stones.
After thinking about it comprehensively, Ding Zhengyi had the illusion of being safe and worry-free.
However, he was not careless because of this, and still deliberated on the possible accidents one by one and formulated different emergency plans.
It wasn't until after repeated deliberation that Ding Zhengyi was sure that there would be no more loopholes, and he was relieved.
Looking at the dazzling sunlight outside the room, Ding Zhengyi slowly stood up, with a hint of longing for this trip on his face, and hurriedly took a few steps to open the door of the quiet room.