Chapter 636: Start Upgrading

After Chen Mobai and the other two reached a consensus, the matter progressed very quickly.

Zhuo Ming and Luo Yixuan first took the Soul-Nourishing Wood to Xiaonan Mountain to prepare for its advancement environment and the connection with the ground veins of Xiaonan Mountain.

Then Chen Mobai issued the headmaster's order and did something he had wanted to do a long time ago, asking the sect's spiritual vein department and formation department to work together to improve the spiritual vein level of Xiaonan Mountain.

For this matter, the spiritual vein department and the formation department were both frowning.

If it was a small-level improvement, it would not be a difficult task for them.

But Chen Mobai's order was to directly upgrade the spiritual vein of Xiaonan Mountain to a large level, from the third level to the fourth level.

This was a huge expense for the Shenmu Sect.

In the Tianhe Realm, there are only two ways to improve the spiritual vein.

One is that the earth master takes action, moves the mountain and changes the route, and draws the nearby spiritual veins over, that is, damages other spiritual veins to improve.

The second is to bury the spirit stone, and then use the formation to merge it with the spirit vein, and use the spiritual energy of the infinite spirit stone to continuously nourish and improve the level of the spirit vein.

Generally speaking, a first-level spirit vein requires 10,000 spirit stones, a second-level spirit vein requires 100,000 spirit stones, a third-level spirit vein requires 1 million spirit stones, and a fourth-level spirit vein requires 10 million spirit stones.

If the first method is used, it is necessary to drain from the three longevity woods in the core of the giant wood ridge, which will also damage the spirit veins used by the three ancestors for cultivation.

The two ministers have not lived enough, so they will naturally not use this method.

Then it can only be the second method.

But the problem is also big!

You must know that the annual net income of spirit stones of Shenmu Sect is only one or two million.

A few years ago, because of the war between Yunmengze and the monsters, Chen Mobai’s stable accumulation of ten years since he took office was spent by more than half.

Now if another 10 million spirit stones are taken out to upgrade Xiaonanshan to a fourth-level spirit vein, it is estimated that in the next three years, the disciples of the sect will not be able to pay spirit stones for relief.

Luo Xueer frowned when she saw the heads of the Formation Department and the Spiritual Veins Department who came to ask for spiritual stones with Chen Mobai's order. She didn't dare to disobey, but she didn't dare to really empty her family's coffers.

She could only say that there were not so many spiritual stones in the Shangshan Hall and wanted to delay it for a while.

Yi Shaoqing from the Formation Department and Ma Gang from the Spiritual Veins Department couldn't do anything to her after hearing what she said. They could only tell Yue Zutao about it and let him report it to the headmaster.

"The headmaster already knows about this. He asked me to give this to you."

However, Yue Zutao was waiting for them in the Shenmu Hall, and then he took out a storage bag and poured it on the table.

A full thousand crystal clear, square and high-grade spiritual stones flashed with dazzling luster, which made Yi Shaoqing and Ma Gang, who were both well-informed, tremble with their hands.

The two of them had only owned five high-grade spiritual stones in their lives at most!

"Complete the tasks ordered by the headmaster as quickly as possible. He is very concerned about this matter."

Yue Zutao emphasized this, and Yi Shaoqing and Ma Gang nodded solemnly. The two of them held a thousand high-grade spirit stones and instantly felt full of confidence.

Moreover, upgrading the fourth-level spirit vein is also a very rare and valuable experience for them, so the elites of the two major departments all want to participate in it.

However, there is still a problem.

That is, if the spirit vein is upgraded to the fourth level with spirit stones, then something is needed to suppress the spirit vein.

Otherwise, the forcibly upgraded spirit vein will still slowly dissipate and eventually return to its original level.

For example, the mother earth stone that shook the top of the mountain can also be a fourth-level spirit plant, such as the immortal wood. If you plant a few more fourth-level medicinal herbs, it will barely work, or it can be a special spirit gathering treasure, etc.

Although the spirit plant department has not received the headmaster's order, the director Shi Fengping has already begun to look for suitable fourth-level spirit plants in the seven countries under the Shenmu Sect.

He personally went to inspect the Chongxu Immortal Ganoderma, Emerald Spirit Flower, and Huanyang Grass in Jumu Ridge, as well as the Five-pointed Ancient Maple in the Tianpeng Mountain Branch of Yunguo, the Yunmu Dragon Vine in the Dayun Branch of Jianguo, etc., and prepared a transplantation plan in advance, trying to perform well when the head asked.

But soon, Shi Fengping knew that his hard work was in vain.

Yi Shaoqing and Ma Gang, who went to Xiaonan Mountain to upgrade the spiritual veins, communicated with the landlord Zhuo Ming. She said that the fairy peach tree on the top of the mountain had a breakthrough. In order to ensure success, the head of the sect called on the cultivators of the sect, and even took out the ten-year reward obtained from the medium-sized spiritual stone mine in Fengguo after the formation of the elixir, to help this spiritual plant upgrade.

If the fairy peach tree is successfully upgraded, then there is no need for other fourth-level spiritual objects to suppress the spiritual veins.

After hearing this, Shi Fengping couldn't help but look unhappy.

I thought I could flatter the head of the sect.

Shi Fengping was also in the late stage of foundation building. Although he might be over 200 years old when he reached the perfection of foundation building, he also ignited his desire to form a pill after seeing Meng Hong who looked younger than he actually was.

Not only him, but all the late stage of foundation building cultivators in Shenmu Sect were now watching Chen Mobai's every move.

They all knew that Chen Mobai still had a golden pill of the outer way in his hand. Even if the attribute was not suitable, he could wait for the master to show his power in the future and kill the third-level monster.

So after Chen Mobai came back this time, he found that many foundation building cultivators from the three halls and twelve departments were trying to find excuses to come and see him.

He ignored them and let Gu Yan block them all, and he didn't see any of them.

That is why Chen Mobai wanted to upgrade the Xiaonan Mountain Spiritual Vein to the fourth level. At first, Yi Shaoqing and Ma Gang thought that they had to use the sect's spiritual stones. Although they felt it was wrong, they did not object. The first thought in their minds was to help the sect master get things done.

Now that Chen Mobai has paid for the spiritual stones himself, they are even more hardworking. The two departments have completed all the work in just one month.

Of course, the main help is still from Zhuo Ming, the landlord. After the spiritual stones are buried and the soul formation is set up, the formation department also begins to guide the spiritual energy scattered in the Ten Thousand Trees Formation.

In the vast Giant Wood Ridge, the spiritual energy that naturally escapes from the earth every day is also very huge.

Even for a Jindan cultivator like Chen Mobai, the amount of spiritual energy that can be absorbed and discharged every day is limited.

Most of the rest is natural circulation, returning to the earth's spiritual veins, but there is also a lot of spiritual energy that will continue to rise and return to the nine heavens because of its lightness.

After the cultivators of Tianhe Realm discovered this, they came up with a method to lock the spirits. They locked the light spiritual energy with their own mountain protection formation, and then used methods such as the gathering spirit formation to gather the light spiritual energy and refine and absorb it.

This is the case with the Ten Thousand Woods Formation of the Shenmu Sect. This huge amount of light spiritual energy accumulates above the Giant Wood Ridge. Once it exceeds a certain warning line of the formation, the formation will guide and transport it. Some of it will be condensed into "light morning dew" by the alchemy department, and more will be scattered into the three halls and twelve departments to provide it to the major foundation-building cultivators.

Because the quality of this part of light spiritual energy is extremely high and it is very easy to refine, it is basically exclusive to the upper-level cultivators.

In the Ten Thousand Woods Formation, light spiritual energy equivalent to one million spirit stones is usually stored, so that when the formation is activated, it can be used as a lubricant for the spiritual pivots of the formation flags, so that the power of the formation can be exerted to the extreme in the fastest time.

Xiaonan Mountain is going to upgrade the fourth-level spiritual vein, and all the light spiritual energy originally given to the three halls and twelve departments will naturally be requisitioned.

Zhuo Ming also put down everything he was doing and moved to the wooden house on the top of the mountain. Every day, he used the Lingxi of All Things and the Ding of All Things to help the spiritual veins of Xiaonan Mountain refine spiritual stones and spiritual energy.

With the combined efforts of the two, the spiritual veins of Xiaonan Mountain soon began to rise steadily!

In half a year, it was upgraded to the peak of the third level!

After reaching this step, Zhuo Ming stopped.

Because if it is upgraded to the fourth level now, the fairy peach tree will be a little bit unable to suppress it, so let's do it this way for now.

Anyway, by then, Fu Zongjue will control the Ten Thousand Trees Array and call the spiritual veins of the three longevity trees in Giant Wood Ridge to come over, so there is no need to worry about insufficient spiritual energy.

This day!

In the Shenmu Hall, the usual sect meeting.

The foundation-building monks of the three halls and twelve departments are all talking about the fact that Chen Laozu spent tens of millions of spiritual stones to upgrade the spiritual veins of Xiaonan Mountain, and their tone is full of envy.

Among them, the richest only has hundreds of thousands of spiritual stones.

This Chen Laozu threw out tens of millions of spiritual stones without blinking an eye, which can only be said to be arrogant!

Just as they were talking casually, Chen Mobai walked in with Yue Zutao and Gu Yan.

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

You know, as a Jindan ancestor, Chen Mobai basically does not attend this regular meeting unless there is something important, and Yue Zutao has always done it for him.

Why did he suddenly come today?

Just as everyone was puzzled, another Jindan spiritual light fell, and Fu Zongjue appeared in the Shenmu Hall.

Something big! ?

Seeing the two Jindan ancestors appear at the same time, this thought suddenly flashed through everyone's mind, and then everyone's face became serious and stood in their own positions.

"Seven days later, the fairy peach tree I planted in Xiaonan Mountain will begin to advance to the tribulation. To ensure success, I invited Senior Brother Fu to help control the Ten Thousand Trees Array to supply spiritual energy."

"You should inform every disciple in the sect about this matter, because at that time most of the spiritual energy in the air above the Giant Wood Ridge will be drawn to the sky above Xiaonan Mountain. If you practice at that time, it is very likely that there will be a lack of spiritual energy and failure."

"Also, no one is allowed to watch this tribulation. I don't want to see any sect cultivators appear in the area of ​​the five mountains around Xiaonan Mountain."

After Chen Mobai finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement.

After the meeting, Chen Mobai and Fu Zongjue said goodbye, and the latter also took Yi Shaoqing to prepare the formation.

And Chen Mobai came to Qingdai Mountain.

"Meetings, foster father!"

When Yin Qingmei saw him descending from the sky, her pretty face showed joy and she saluted respectfully.

"Qingmei, I need to use the technique of "pulling up the seedlings to help the peach tree to upgrade. In order to avoid any accidents, I came to get some of your Qingdi longevity spiritual power."

Chen Mobai relied on the method of fellow practitioners and borrowed Yin Qingmei's spiritual power to practice this technique.

In the past six months, he has mastered the four-level essence of this great technique in Tian Suanzhu. Although he feels that it is a sure thing, Chen Mobai still does not want any accidents.

"Yes, godfather," Yin Qingmei agreed without any hesitation after hearing it, but then asked a little embarrassedly, "...how do you want to get it?"

"Relax, just pass the spiritual power to me, I have my own way!"

Chen Mobai smiled and used his external incarnation. Yin Qingmei saw the huge Wanjian Dharma body that was as big as half a mountain for the first time, and couldn't help but look horrified.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

In the small void of the spine that Chen Mobai had cleared, he had used the Guiyuan Secret Technique to store Yin Qingmei's Qingdi Changsheng Sutra spiritual power.

When watching Chen Mobai leave, Yin Qingmei, whose spiritual power had been drained three times, was so weak that she could hardly stand.

Chen Mobai felt a little embarrassed about this, so he gave her two pearls to help her restore her spiritual power.

The water spirit of the pearls was very nourishing to the Jade Wutong. After seeing it, Yin Qingmei's pale face instantly glowed and asked Chen Mobai if he needed more spiritual power. She could still draw out a little more without damaging the origin.

But using the Guiyuan Secret Technique to store other people's spiritual power will slowly lose vitality.

Chen Mobai had done experiments, and seven days was the longest.

After leaving Qingdai Mountain, he flew directly to Xiaonan Mountain.

The time was just right, and Fu Zongjue sent him a message with the Tongtian Instrument.

The core of the Ten Thousand Trees Formation is the three immortal trees. He led the elites of the formation department such as Yi Shaoqing to stimulate the power of the formation to the extreme in his own dojo.

I saw a series of white long rainbows flashing with faint seven colors under the sun, pouring from a towering immortal tree to the distant Xiaonan Mountain, like a waterfall of spiritual energy.

On the shady half slope of Xiaonan Mountain, Chen Mobai, Luo Yixuan, and Zhuo Ming stood around the soul-nourishing tree.

And Zhou Shengqing, who was originally in it, also transferred to the soul-nourishing tree of Grandma Ming. After the latter became Luo Yixuan's external incarnation, it no longer needed this.

"Let's start!"

After confirming with Fu Zongjue using the Tongtian Instrument, Chen Mobai took a deep breath and then stretched out his right index finger.

The fourth-level "Pulling up the seedlings to help the growth" was used!

I saw a yellow-green spiritual light burst out from his fingertips and fell accurately on the soul-nourishing tree.

Then, it was as if time was moving forward quickly. The surrounding yellow spring soil began to emit a strong yin energy, like wisps of green smoke, which was absorbed by the dark branches, and the soul-nourishing trees began to grow and sprout.

Granny Ming, who had entered Luo Yixuan's body, did not hesitate at all. After Chen Mobai, she activated the field formation she had arranged, the small underworld!

This was a formation developed by ghost cultivators who were fighting against cultivators in the Yang world, and because of the environment, they could only exert 70% to 80% of their strength.

In this small underworld formation, ghost cultivators can exert their peak strength, while Yang world cultivators will be suppressed.

But this formation today is not used for fighting.

After Granny Ming made her move, all the sunlight disappeared on the shady back slope of Xiaonan Mountain, as if it had turned into a ghost den. A stream of cold air surged out from the ground, turning into a more terrifying cold wave, causing Zhuo Ming, a foundation-building cultivator, to tremble all over.

Chen Mobai saw that he was about to make a move, but found that the cold air suddenly began to weaken.

After a closer look, I found that the Soul Nurturing Tree had actually begun to bloom a yellow jade-like bud, which continuously absorbed the cold wave and grew bigger and bigger.

In the blink of an eye, the Soul Nurturing Tree had already grown three black leaves and a dark yellow spiritual flower!