Chapter 261: One Wave Has Not yet Subsided, Another Wave Rises!

Time flies, and a year flies by.

This year, Zhou Xun was sixty-three years old.

His cultivation level has steadily improved, and now he has reached 110 drops of liquid mana in his Dantian, which is one-third of the way to the 130th level of the eighth level of foundation building.

"According to the current progress, we should be able to break through to the eighth level of Foundation Establishment before the age of seventy, and we should be able to practice to the peak of Foundation Establishment before the age of 100. At that time, we can try to attack the core formation!"

In addition, after a year of cultivation, the Guiyuan grass has now been successfully cultivated to the third level of high quality. In about two years, it will be upgraded to the third level of top quality.

At that time, you can extract the essence and upgrade your qualifications to the ground spirit root.

With the Earth Spirit Root qualification, his cultivation speed will be even faster.

At that time, the elixir can be formed several years in advance.

The training room at the bottom of Lake Wangchuan.

Zhou Xun sat cross-legged, his eyes closed tightly, and his body was covered with blue-black ointment.

Traces of green and black medicinal power, under the operation of the body refining technique, continued to enter Zhou Xun's body and merged into his physical body.

As time goes by, the color of the ointment continues to fade, eventually turning into a bluish-white color.

Then it dried up and fell off from Zhou Xun's body, revealing his slightly reddish skin.

He is practicing the Hundred Meridians Body Refining Technique.

After returning from the ancient ruins in Baimang Mountain that day, Zhou Xun reduced his investment in formations and refocused his time on body refining, alchemy and talisman making.

After all, the treasures of the ruins have been obtained, and he has no urgent need for the formation method.

Just study occasionally and maintain normal diligence.

At this time, Zhou Xun opened his eyes, and the red light on his body gradually faded away, returning to normal color.

He immediately stood up and hit himself with a dust-removing technique.

The faint light circulated, and the remaining ointment on the body surface was instantly cleaned away.

With a wave of his hand, the blue robe flew up from the ground and was automatically put on Zhou Xun.

Then, Zhou Xun took out the talisman pen, spiritual ink, and a dozen second-level middle-grade talisman papers.

Because of the beast tide, Zhou Xun hoarded a large amount of monster materials, and then refined them all into talisman paper and spiritual ink.

The large number can support Zhou Xun's practice regardless of the cost.

Therefore, in just one year, his attainments in talismans at this time have reached the peak of the second-level mid-level.

As long as there is an opportunity, you can try to break through to the second level high-grade.

He spread out the talisman paper, held the talisman pen in his hand, and dipped it into the spiritual ink. Just when Zhou Xun's pen was about to start drawing the talisman,

Suddenly, the restrictions in the training room were touched.

It turned out that Sun Yuanque was visiting.

So Zhou Xun returned to the ground.

Sun Yuanque, the grandson of Yunguang Sect’s False Dan Elder.

At Lin Xueying's foundation-building meeting that year, Zhou Xun met Sun Yuanque, who later became the deacon elder who has been resident in Baiyun Immortal City for a long time.

In the same place, the two of them interacted a lot, so they were very familiar with each other.

However, Zhou Xun later left Baiyun Immortal City and stayed at the Wangchuan Lake Dojo for a long time, and the two inevitably lost contact.

After that, Sun Yuanque was also transferred back to Yunguang Sect, and the relationship between the two became increasingly diminished.

It has been two years since the last communication.

I don't know why he is here now.

Meditation Pavilion,

Zhou Xun and Sun Yuanque sat opposite each other.

It is midsummer at this time, and the Pure Heart Lotus is in bloom on the lake.

Occasionally there are swimming fish swimming among the lotus leaves.

"Brother Sun, it's a coincidence that my lotus seeds are ripe!" Zhou Xun laughed.

Immediately, with a big move, several green lotus pods landed on the stone table between the two of them.

"Sun is really in luck!"

Sun Yuan did not shirk away. He picked up a lotus pod, peeled it open, took out the milky-white jade lotus seeds, and put them into his mouth.

"Not bad!"

"It is slightly sweet in the mouth, and there is a fragrance of lotus between the lips and teeth. The most important thing is to take the lotus seeds, and the whole person feels much more stable!"

"This is the Pure Heart Lotus. It was originally a first-order low-grade spiritual plant. After many years of careful cultivation, it has now grown to a first-order mid-grade. What Brother Sun just tasted is a first-order high-grade spiritual plant!"

In fact, the reason why the lotus seeds can grow so fast is because Zhou Xun often feeds them the essence of elixirs for cultivation.

If not, they wouldn't be able to grow so fast.

Through the inspiration given to him by Jingxinlian, Zhou Xun also cultivated spiritual plants such as Renshui pear, Qingmu peach and Lingwu tea.

So far, good results have been achieved.

"I didn't expect that Brother Zhou is not only good at alchemy, but also has such attainments as Ling Zhi!" Sun Yuan indeed praised.

"Thank you!" Zhou Xun smiled slightly and asked:

"Brother Sun, I'm afraid you're not just here to reminisce about old times, right?"

Hearing this, Sun Yuan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Zhou Xun to be so straightforward. He stopped trying to be pretentious and nodded.

"Yes, I am here to discuss important matters!"

When Zhou Xun heard this, his thoughts were as expected.

Since arriving at Wangchuan Lake Dojo, the contact between the two has become less and less.

If there was nothing important, how could he come to the door in person?

He looked at Sun Yuanque, wanting to hear what he had to say.

"Brother Zhou, do you know that the Yan Kingdom has invaded!" Sun Yuanque paused, and then told Zhou Xun a piece of news that shocked Zhou Xun.

Yan State is located in the northern part of Xu State. It covers an extremely large area, several times that of Xu State, and is extremely powerful. There are more than ten Guangzhendan monks.

Among the nine countries in the Eastern Wasteland, its strength ranks third.

Fengyuan Zhenren, the most powerful person in the Yan Kingdom, was in the late stage of pill formation.

"How is it possible? There are hundreds of thousands of miles of swamps between our country of Xu and the country of Yan. How can they cross such a natural chasm?"

Zhou Xun said in disbelief.

The 100,000-li swamp is a dead zone between Xu State and Yan State.

Although it is called the 100,000-li swamp, it actually spans hundreds of thousands of miles, and the swamp is full of miasma.

Except for the True Dan cultivators, ordinary cultivators cannot cross it at all.

Hearing this, Sun Yuanque smiled bitterly and said:

"I don't know what happened to this 100,000-li swamp. It actually showed signs of drying up, and the miasma inside was greatly reduced."

"Now, even a foundation-building cultivator can pass safely!"

"I, Yun Yi Zhenren of Yun Guangzong, personally went to the 100,000 swamp to investigate and confirmed this!"

"Without the 100,000 swamp blocking it, with the strength of Yan State, how can we stop it?" Zhou Xun looked solemn.

Xu State and Feng State are the two last-ranked immortal cultivation countries in the entire East Wilderness.

If it weren't for the 100,000 swamp blocking it, they would have been annexed by Yan State long ago.

"Brother Zhou, don't worry. You should know that although Yan State is powerful, it is divided into three major forces. Now, the only one who wants to annex our Xu State is the nearby Tianyu Sect,"

"So we are only facing the Tianyu Sect cultivators!"

Sun Yuanque explained.

The three major forces of Yan State stand side by side, and their strengths from high to low are: "Qingyang Sect", "Aurora Palace" and "Tianyu Sect"

Qingyang Sect has seven True Dan cultivators, and the elder is in the late Jindan stage, and is Feng Yuan Zhenren, who is known as the first cultivator of Yan State.

Aurora Palace has six True Dan cultivators, and the elder is also in the late Jindan stage.

Tianyu Sect is slightly weaker, but it also has five True Dan cultivators, among which the elder and the second elder are in the middle Jindan stage.

"It seems that the Tianyu Sect saw that our Xu State suffered a disaster from the beast tide, and its strength was greatly reduced. In addition, the swamp in the middle retreated and there was no obstruction, so they had the idea of ​​taking advantage of the fire to rob!"

Zhou Xun sighed.

During the beast tide, most of Xu Country fell, and a large number of cultivators died in the mouths of monsters.

With the death of Baiyun Zhenren, Xu Country's strength dropped sharply.

Whether it is high-level cultivators or low-level cultivators, Xu Country is probably no match for Tianyu Sect now.

"According to the spies, the Tianyu Sect cultivator army has been fully prepared, and now it is probably heading towards Xu Country!"

Sun Yuanque was worried.

"What do you mean by Brother Sun?"

Zhou Xun asked tentatively.

Could it be that he wanted to recruit me to participate in the cultivator war?

"Brother Zhou has superb alchemy skills, and has even reached the second-level upper level, which is extremely rare in the entire Xu Country!"

"I was commissioned by the sect master to invite Brother Zhou to Yunguang Sect to specialize in alchemy and prepare for the war!"

After laying the groundwork for so long, Sun Yuanque finally said his real intention.

Hearing this, Zhou Xun did not answer, but asked tentatively:

"How did your sect know that Zhou has become a second-level top-grade alchemist?"

Even Song Yiqing did not know Zhou Xun's true alchemy skills, and only his senior brothers knew.

"This was said by Elder Jin Hong himself. Elder Jin Hong praised Brother Zhou's superb alchemy skills and even asserted that he would become a third-level alchemy master in the future!"

Hearing this, Zhou Xun suddenly realized.

It seems that it was because Master Baiyun told Master Jin Hong about it.

"Senior Jin Hong, you are too kind!"

"However, I have reached a critical point in my cultivation recently, and I am afraid I have no time to get away. I am afraid I am not lucky enough to enjoy the kindness of Yunguang Sect!"

Zhou Xun declined without hesitation.

What a joke, as a disciple of Master Baiyun, going to Yunguang Sect is like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth.

Seeing Zhou Xun's refusal, Sun Yuan was not surprised and continued to speak:

"Fellow Daoist, why don't you listen to our Yunguang Sect's conditions?"

"I have also heard a little about the conflict between Yunguang Sect and Baiyun Fairy City. As a disciple of Baiyun Zhenren, Brother Zhou's concerns are understandable,"

"However, Elder Jin Hong said that Brother Zhou had only been a disciple of Baiyun Zhenren for more than a month when the beast tide broke out!"

"With such a short time, how could our Yunguang Sect regard you as an enemy?"

"As long as you join Yunguang Sect, we can fully support you to break through the third-level alchemist, and provide you with spiritual objects for forming pills in the future. With your talent, it is still very likely that you will reach the realm of fake pills in the future!"

"With the cultivation of fake pills and the third-level alchemy skills, in terms of status, it is no less than that of ordinary real pill cultivators!"

"What do you think, Brother Zhou?"

"The conditions are indeed very sincere, and let me consider it!"

As he said, Zhou Xun looked thoughtful.

After half a cup of tea, Zhou Xun raised his head and said slowly:

"It is the time when the Tianyu Sect invades. How to deal with it is the most important thing. How about repelling the Tianyu Sect and then discussing joining?"

Seemingly seeing that Zhou Xun still had some concerns, Sun Yuanque smiled slightly.

In addition, when he came before, Elder Jin Hong reminded him not to push too hard, so he nodded and agreed:

"Okay, let's talk about joining later, but I still ask Brother Zhou to help with the alchemy. As for the reward, it should be handled according to the market price!"

"Okay!"

Then, the two discussed the details of alchemy.