Chapter 523 Leaving the Mountain City

Fourteen years old, Qi Refining Level Nine, 13 lines of spiritual consciousness.

From Qi Refining Level Eight to Qi Refining Level Nine, the realm has broken through, and the spiritual consciousness has also grown a little.

But this growth is only the growth of Qi Refining after all, and it seems a bit useless in front of the spiritual consciousness of foundation building.

It is tasteless to eat, but it is a pity to throw it away.

It is not enough to make the spiritual consciousness break through the bottleneck and reach the fourteen lines of foundation building.

Mo Hua's spiritual consciousness is still at the peak of 13 lines.

It is not even much stronger than the previous peak of 13 lines.

Mo Hua sighed in the carriage.

It seems that this bottleneck is another big threshold.

Similar to the threshold from Qi Refining to Foundation Building, 13 lines to 14 lines is the threshold from the early stage of foundation building to the middle stage of foundation building. It seems that there is only one line difference, but the ravine in it is also unfathomable.

Mo Hua can't see the bottom at a glance.

Foundation building is still like this, what about the golden elixir?

Mo Hua stuck his head out and looked at the sky.

The territory he is in now is the third-grade Dali Mountain State.

In the third-grade state realm, the upper limit of the cultivation level that a cultivator can use is the Golden Core Realm!

"Third-grade state realm..."

Mo Hua muttered in his heart.

This is the first time he has come to a state realm above the second grade.

Mo Hua took a breath and felt that the atmosphere around him was different. The earth was wider and the sky was higher.

Of course, it is possible that the third-grade state realm is indeed larger.

It is also possible that it is just his illusion...

Mo Hua looked up at the sky again.

Although it cannot be seen now, there is a large formation in the sky.

When he wiped out Feng Xi, he saw with his own eyes that the blood-red thunderbolt descended, terrifying and inexplicable, hovering above his head, and then gradually dissipated.

When the thunderbolt dissipated, there were incredible formation patterns in the clouds.

One of them was recorded by him on the Taoist stele.

This formation pattern is an immortal pattern.

It is far beyond the realm that Mo Hua can comprehend now.

Mo Hua still doesn't dare to look at it. He is afraid that if he looks at it once, his consciousness will be drained, his sea of ​​consciousness will crack, and there will be endless troubles.

Moreover, this is the immortal pattern on the thunderbolt, which contains the law of annihilation.

Laws are unreasonable.

If he looks at it too much, he will touch the immortal pattern and be directly annihilated. At that time, even if the master is very powerful, he probably can't save him...

It's better to keep it for now. When the realm is higher and the consciousness is stronger, he will comprehend it carefully.

Mo Hua looked down at his little hand again.

Now, the spiritual power of the ninth level of Qi Refining is flowing in his body!

The spiritual power of the ninth level of Qi Refining is a little deeper.

At the same time, the power of his spells is also stronger.

Even if he only relies on the "compression of consciousness" and the "speed is invincible" fireball technique, the ninth level of Qi Refining is not his opponent under the foundation building.

Of course, people like the little brother and sister are exceptions.

They can fight with the foundation building.

Now, he is not the opponent of the foundation building cultivator.

Unless the formation is used to disintegrate...

Otherwise, it's a 50-50 chance at best.

It's still the kind of 50-50 chance that is "invincible".

I can't kill them, and they can't chase, catch, or even see me...

"I just don't know, after I build my foundation, my consciousness will be further improved, and my spells will be stronger. Can I fight other foundation-building cultivators head-on..."

Mo Hua couldn't help but ponder in his heart.

The expression on his little face was happy, expectant, worried, and frowning in thought...

Mr. Zhuang looked interesting and smiled slightly:

"Thinking about building a foundation again?"

Mo Hua came back to his senses and nodded with a smile.

"Don't worry," Mr. Zhuang nodded slightly, "When your cultivation is deeper and reaches the ninth level of perfection, you can try to build a foundation. As for consciousness, don't force it, just let it go..."

Now it seems that it is really too difficult for a Qi-refining cultivator to cultivate fourteen-pattern consciousness.

Even Mo Hua thought it was a little unlikely...

Mr. Zhuang thought for a moment, then said, "If it doesn't work, the thirteen-line peak foundation building is also OK."

Mo Hua felt a little regretful, and a little worried:

"Will it not be too powerful in that case?"

Mr. Zhuang paused for a moment, looking at Mo Hua with complicated eyes:

"You are now at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and the thirteen-line peak spiritual consciousness is already very...powerful..."

Which Qi Refining cultivator can have the peak spiritual consciousness of the early stage of foundation building?

This is spiritual consciousness, which is illusory, difficult to cultivate, difficult to practice, and difficult to enhance...

It is not the spiritual power that can be fed by spirit stones.

It is incredible that the spiritual consciousness crosses a major realm.

"Oh." Mo Hua scratched his head.

Master said it was powerful, so it should be okay.

Then, he thought of another question:

"Master, don't I need to polish my realm?"

Mo Hua glanced at Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi, "Just like my junior brother and junior sister..."

He heard Zhang Lan say that the children of aristocratic families must lay a good foundation before they can build a foundation, so that their cultivation is solid enough and they can go further in the future.

Zhang Lan also polished his foundation for a long time in the Qi Refining Realm.

Even though he was born in an aristocratic family, he was still only at the ninth level of Qi Refining at such an old age. Later, in order to fight against the big monster, he broke through to the foundation building just in case.

Of course, he probably had a conflict with the clan and was a little rebellious, so he deliberately played badly, otherwise he would not have built a foundation so late.

But the junior brother and junior sister were different.

The three of them lived together day and night.

Mo Hua watched them practice every day. Every time they practiced, their spiritual power condensed a little, their cultivation became a little deeper, and their aura became a little stronger.

Over time, although his realm has not improved, his cultivation has become extremely solid.

Even comparable to foundation building...

Mo Hua recalled it again.

When they first met, he was only at the third level of Qi refining, and they were already in the late stages of Qi refining. Now that he was at the ninth level, they were still at the ninth level.

Senior brothers and sisters are so talented that they have been suppressing their abilities for so long.

Is it not good that my spiritual roots are so poor and I don’t feel pressure at all...

Mo Hua looked at Mr. Zhuang with some confusion.

Mr. Zhuang's expression became subtle.

He thought about it and decided to tell the truth:

"This...you don't have to press it anymore..."

"Your senior brothers and sisters, their spiritual roots are from the sky... they are of the highest grade. The exercises they practice are all the top-grade exercises of Man Zhoutian. The Taoist methods they learn are also the superior skills of the family sect...

"For a family like the Bai family, foundation building and Qi refining are not much different..."

"The family's expectations for them are not just to build a foundation, but to lay a solid foundation and break through to a higher level of cultivation."

"The family's heritage is enough to support their practice."

"And once they have perfected their Qi refining and laid a good foundation, after the foundation is built, the spiritual power of Man Zhoutian will change qualitatively, laying the foundation of the great avenue."

"In the future, I will have enough spiritual power to perform extremely powerful Taoist teachings, and I will also have enough foundation to seek a higher realm..."

"This is the path for the geniuses of aristocratic families. They want to polish their realm..."

Mr. Zhuang glanced at the ink painting and said, "You don't care..."

Mr. Zhuang tried his best to be subtle, but still felt a little worried:

"Your spiritual roots are a bit weak, your physique is a bit weak, and your inheritance is not as good as theirs, so you don't have to worry about it so much. It doesn't really matter whether you polish it or not..."

"Keep practicing and break through if you can. Although the spiritual power is a little less and the blood is a little weak, at least the consciousness is strong enough..."

"One handsome man covers all ugliness..."

"As long as your spiritual consciousness is strong, then whatever else you can make do with it..."

…

The expressions in the ink paintings are complex.

For a moment, I didn’t know whether Master was praising him or hurting him...

Mo Hua sighed, then thought again, it was actually good this way, as he didn't have to worry about polishing his cultivation, and it would save worry, effort, and spiritual stones.

Anyway, the spiritual root is this spiritual root, and the situation is just like this. It cannot be changed, so just make do with it, as long as you can build the foundation...

Ink painting calms down the mind.

No matter how good someone else’s is, it’s still someone else’s.

It has nothing to do with yourself.

Just cultivate your own way.

Mo Hua looked calmly and nodded slightly.

Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but be slightly startled when he saw Mo Hua's expression. Then he nodded gently and sighed in his heart:

"This kid has a really good nature..."

…

The carriage drove all the way and trudged for more than ten days, finally crossing the mountain road at the border of Dali Mountain and arriving at Lishan City.

Lishan City is a third-grade immortal city with beautiful scenery, spectacular city walls, and magnificent caves in the city.

Most of the monks in the city use Qi refining to build foundations. They have golden elixirs, but not many.

The destination of this trip is the largest and only third-grade sect in the entire Lishan City:

Five Elements Sect.

Before going to the Five Elements Sect, Mo Hua and his party found an inn to take a rest.

Mo Hua first settled Dabai and asked the waiter to feed it high-quality grass. After seeing that it ate deliciously, he touched Dabai's mane before leaving.

After that, he ordered some dried fruits, food and tea, and delivered them to Mr. Zhuang's room.

I don't know where the old man went.

Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi sat respectfully, listening to what Mr. Zhuang said.

Mo Hua placed the food on the table.

These meals were all ordered by Mo Hua himself.

Ink painting also gave instructions on how to make it and what flavor it should be made into.

Master, senior brothers, sisters, and puppet elders, everyone has something they like to eat.

After a day's journey, Bai Zisheng, who was hungry, asked about the fragrance. He couldn't help but glance at it, and immediately sat upright to listen to Mr. Zhuang's teachings.

Mr. Zhuang laughed a little and said:

"Let's eat something first."

Bai Zisheng's eyes brightened, and he said respectfully with joy:

"Yes, Master!"

While eating, Mo Hua and his senior brothers and sisters chatted about what they had seen in the city.

What are the different types of monks, what customs have different behaviors, and there are a dazzling array of spiritual weapons, elixirs, and formation books on the market.

Mo Hua sighed in his heart.

The third-grade fairy city is indeed different.

On the street, he could see many foundation-building monks.

Many of the spiritual weapons and elixirs on display in the market are second-grade. Mo Hua even saw a second-grade formation book.

He wanted to look through it, but the stall owner wouldn't let him.

He also said something like, "What kind of book should children read? This book is not for you to read. Don't let your spiritual consciousness be exhausted..."

There were a lot of ink-painted villains, so I didn’t bother with him.

His current cultivation level is not enough, and indeed he cannot learn the second-level formation, so it is in vain.

The key point is that this second-grade formation book is quite expensive. Just looking at the names of the formations recorded in it, they are all crappy formations and not worth wasting spiritual stones.

I am almost building a foundation, so I need to save my spirit stones...

But Mo Hua also discovered a strange place.

In the entire Lishan City, it seems that most of them are monks who open business pavilions, open shops, and set up stalls to sell various monastic items.

Most casual cultivators are also traders.

There are no casual cultivators like spiritual farmers, mining cultivators, demon hunters, craftsmen, etc. who work hard and earn spiritual stones.

Mo Hua felt a little confused and asked Mr. Zhuang.

Mr. Zhuang said: "The Formation Sect is like this..."

"Five Elements Sect?"

"Yes," Mr. Zhuang nodded, "The Five Elements Sect is an orthodox sect. It is a sect based on formations. Most of the monks in the sect are formation masters."

"The cultivation world respects formations."

"Cultivation focuses on killing, which can only strengthen one's own power, but formations can affect thousands of monks."

"This is especially true for some powerful monastic families with many monks."

"The Five Elements Sect is proficient in formations and is located here. Many monks, families, and sects will come here to seek formations. Some monks will even settle here specifically."

"Some monastic forces, in order to make good friends with the Five Elements Sect, will also send an elder to station here and give gifts during festivals."

"After two visits, the cave here is very expensive."

Mr. Zhuang said with some emotion: "Although this place is remote, the cave in this city is really not something that ordinary monks can afford."

"Dongfu is too expensive, and prices are rising."

"The casual cultivators in Lishan City also rely on the blessings of their ancestors and have only a few eaves and tiles to live on, so they can barely survive. Otherwise, they won't be able to survive."

"As time goes on, there are fewer and fewer monks in Lishan City..."

Mo Hua said doubtfully: "I see the street is quite busy."

Mr. Zhuang shook his head, "A monk has a long lifespan, so we can't just look at it temporarily, we have to look at it in the longer term."

"I came here hundreds of years ago. There were many more monks then than there are now."

"There are already very few monks today..."

"The prosperity of pavilions and pavilions is just an appearance. Prosperity without people is ultimately just the shadow of the moon in the water and the epiphyllum in the mirror."

Mo Hua nodded thoughtfully.

Then he asked: "Then these have nothing to do with the Five Elements Sect, they have nothing to do with others buying the cave at a high price..."

Mr. Zhuang shook his head, "The Five Elements Sect is adding fuel to the flames..."

"To add fuel to the flames?" Mo Hua didn't quite understand.

Mr. Zhuang said: "Hundreds of years ago, the Five Elements Sect was in decline. At that time, the ancestors of the Five Elements Sect, in order to revive the sect, moved the sect to this remote Lishan City."

"It's remote from the mountain city, without any disturbance."

"The ancestors of the Five Elements Sect want the disciples within the sect to be focused on studying the formations without any distractions. At the same time, they will also attract other formation masters to learn from each other and exchange formations, so that Lishan City can become a place for formation masters to study and become a true formation master. City of learning.”

"This move is indeed very effective."

"The Five Elements Sect gradually grew stronger, and the atmosphere of formation learning became stronger. Lishan City prospered for a while and became a resort among formation masters."

Mr. Zhuang sighed: "It didn't work anymore..."

"With the gathering of formation masters, the value of the cave has doubled, and every inch of land away from the mountain city is valuable."

"The good intentions of their ancestors are not as practical as the spiritual stones after all..."

"The younger disciples of the Five Elements Sect have begun to think that the residences, halls, and pavilions that were originally used for formation masters to study and discuss the Tao should be demolished and built into prosperous caves. They can be sold and rented at high prices to obtain huge amounts of spiritual stones."

"They don't have to do anything, just lie down and the spiritual stones will come into their account."

"This spiritual stone is too easy to come by and too rich. The disciples in the sect have become lazy and enjoy themselves. They no longer study the formations hard and no longer seek the way of heaven."

"It's just that the Five Elements Sect seems to have gained a lot from this move, but this benefit was obtained in exchange for the hardships of their ancestors and their future prospects."

"The hard work of their ancestors has been wasted."

"The cave is too expensive for ordinary monks to live in, so they gradually leave."

"Although some formation masters who are talented but have ordinary backgrounds cannot afford to live in such an expensive cave, they can only find other places."

"Disciples of the Five Elements Sect, it is too easy to obtain spiritual stones, and they are greedy for pleasure, so they no longer bother to study formations."

"The entire formation atmosphere in Lishan City has faded."

"The level of the Five Elements Sect's formations has also dropped again and again, and some formations have also been lost..."

Mr. Zhuang looked a little solemn and said with emotion:

"Whether it is an formation master or a formation sect, we must ultimately take formation as the foundation. Don't be short-sighted in pursuit of profit. Otherwise, the prosperity will end and the whole place will be in depression."

Mo Hua also felt awe-inspiring.

A place where formation masters gather to study... what would that look like...

The ink painting is full of longing and regret, and I can’t help but ask:

"Master, hasn't Five Elements Sect thought about changing it?"

With such a big sect and so many formation masters, even if some people seek profit, there will always be someone who can figure it out.

Mr. Zhuang sighed:

"It's hard to get back..."

"The entire sect is accustomed to earning spiritual stones while lying down. From top to bottom, the interests are deeply rooted. Anyone who wants to move will be the enemy of the entire sect."

"They have neither the courage nor the ability."

"Even if there is someone who has the ability to change, he may not want to change, because most of the people who have the ability to change are the ones who benefit the most from it..."

When scraping bones to heal wounds, you must start with yourself first.

Mo Hua couldn't help but sigh.

Things in this world are really complicated.

But there was one more thing that concerned him.

Mo Hua asked: "Master, you said that after the Five Elements Sect fell into decline, our ancestors moved the gate to Lishan City..."

"Then what was the Five Elements Sect like before it fell into decline?"

Mr. Zhuang looked solemn and sighed:

"That was thousands of years ago..."

"Back then, even if the Five Elements Sect was not the most top-tier sect, it was at least one of the few first-rate formation sects in the entire cultivation world."

Mo Hua opened his mouth wide.

He never expected that the ancestors of the Five Elements Sect were so rich!

The first-rate formation sect in the entire cultivation world.

How high must it be...

"Is their inheritance so powerful?" Mo Hua asked in surprise.

"Yes." Mr. Zhuang nodded:

"What the Five Elements Sect relies on and is most famous for is a complete set of formations from low to high grades that can amplify the five elements' spiritual power!"

Mr. Zhuang glanced at Mo Hua and said solemnly:

"That is, you have to learn and must learn the first-grade thirteen-pattern Five Elements Absolute Formation!"