Chapter 109 Meeting an Old Friend on the Road

Xiao Lin did not intend to practice this golden armor seal, but he was also a little undecided, which made him fall into a state of thinking again.

In the trial of Black Water Lake, he also found that his close combat ability was insufficient in the fight with a large group of black bats on Black Bat Island. Both the fireball spell and the thunder spell were suitable for long-distance use. Once the monsters were close, it would be awkward to cast spells at close range, and it might hurt himself. If he controlled the power and shape of the spells with his spiritual consciousness, so that it could adapt to close combat, the power would be greatly reduced.

This made Xiao Lin urgently need a practice method that could be used in close combat, but after thinking about it, he put down the golden armor seal in his hand, because although the golden armor, a primary spell, could condense a set of armor on the body surface to protect itself, it was still mana condensation in the final analysis, and there was no essential difference from his own virtual Yuan Ling Shield. The defect of this defensive spell was that once the defense was broken, it would be in an extremely dangerous situation.

Cultivators cultivate their magic power and soul, but not their bodies. This also leads to the fact that once the monsters tear open their defenses in a fight with monsters, they are basically doomed to die. This is also the fundamental reason why Xiao Lin, after owning the high-level magic weapon Qingjin Shield, still has to cultivate the Void Spirit Shield to perfection.

After thinking for half an hour, Xiao Lin couldn't think of a better way, so he could only put it aside temporarily. He sorted out the remaining materials scattered around one by one and put them into the storage bag.

Then he stood up, came to the stone door, and gently turned the knob next to the stone door. With a dull "zaza" sound, the Broken Dragon Stone rose.

Xiao Lin walked out of the stone house and came to the living room. He saw the disciple of Bailianmen lying on the table and snoring again. The snoring was also quite rhythmic. Xiao Lin couldn't help but smile. He didn't disturb the sleeping disciple of Bailianmen. He went out of the door of Shilufang and headed towards the outer city.

After returning to the inn, Xiao Lin closed the door, fell on the bed and fell asleep. The refining of weapons during this period not only consumed too much mana, but also exhausted his spirit.

The next day, Xiao Lin woke up at noon. After washing up, he went downstairs to eat some breakfast and returned to the room.

In the next five days, Xiao Lin was too lazy to go downstairs even for meals, but asked the waiter to deliver the food to the room. Xiao Lin began to practice hard again. Xiao Lin felt that his mana had increased after refining weapons during this period, so he took the improved version of Yunling Pill and started practicing again.

Originally, Xiao Lin planned to set off for Xueling Fairy City, but there were still a few days before he could get his Seven Blades, so he could only stay in Chixia Fairy City temporarily. There was nothing to do, so he might as well practice hard to see if he could push his cultivation to the peak of the seventh level of Qi Refining, so that he could also try to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

If it was two days ago, Xiao Lin had no such idea at all. After all, with his qualifications, even if the bottleneck between the seventh and eighth levels of Qi Refining was not a big deal for ordinary spiritual root cultivators, it was enough to stop Xiao Lin from moving forward. However, the situation was different after he had a water spirit pill. With this second-level spirit pill that all foundation-building cultivators were eager to get, he had at least 60% to 70% confidence in breaking through the bottleneck of the seventh level of Qi Refining and entering the eighth level of Qi Refining.

As long as he could enter the eighth level of Qi Refining, his mana could at least be increased by more than double, which would undoubtedly be of great help to his combat power.

Early in the morning of the fifth day, Xiao Lin opened his eyes from his meditation, and a crystal light flashed by. He breathed a sigh of relief. After a few days of hard practice, although his mana had improved a little, it was still a little short of the peak of the seventh level. This made him very helpless, but this was also something he could accept. After all, cultivation was a time-consuming and labor-intensive thing.

It was too unrealistic to expect a significant improvement in a few days. Fortunately, he had a water spirit pill, which cleared some obstacles for his cultivation. Xiao Lin was very satisfied with this alone.

Getting up from the bed, Xiao Lin went downstairs, left the inn directly, and headed for the ancient artifact building in the inner city.

Two hours later, Xiao Lin, wearing a mask and a hat, appeared at the gate of Chixia Fairy City. He looked back at the four ancient seals on the city wall, and then drove the Seven Blades Slash into the sky, heading towards the depths of the Tianlu Mountains.

Feeling the changes of the Seven Blades Slash, Xiao Lin showed a look of surprise on his face. The Seven Blades Slash in his hand was white with a faint red halo. After he injected his mana into it, it was much more smooth than before. The upgraded Seven Blades Slash not only increased its speed by at least 50% compared to before, but also seemed to be more compatible with Xiao Lin.

After upgrading to a top-grade magical weapon, the Seven Blades Slash's property of increasing the power of primary spells by 10% surprised him. One should know that most top-grade magical weapons can only increase the power of basic spells, and the improvement on primary spells is negligible. Being able to increase it by half a percent is already top-grade among top-grade. And the second-level refiner named Zhu from the Ancient Artifact Building did not disappoint him. Not only did he successfully upgrade the Seven Blades Slash, but he also made it a top-grade among top-grade. This really surprised Xiao Lin.

Although Xiao Lin's current cultivation level cannot bring out the maximum power of this top-grade magic weapon, the full-strength attack he launched now is definitely comparable to the full-strength attack launched by a cultivator who has reached the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage and uses a high-level magic weapon with all his strength.

The high-level magic weapon, the Azure Gold Shield, was damaged a little during the battle with the cultivator surnamed Qu, and was repaired by the weapon refiner surnamed Zhu. The only thing that Xiao Lin regretted was that he did not have the materials for the mutant monster to upgrade this Azure Gold Shield, otherwise it would be perfect if he could upgrade the Azure Gold Shield to a top-grade magic weapon.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lin couldn't help but smile, wondering if he was too greedy. Now he not only cultivated two primary spells to the Great Perfection, but also had the top-grade magic weapon Seven Blades Slash, a high-level magic weapon Azure Gold Shield. Not to mention his other trump cards, these alone were enough to make him confidently face a cultivator who has reached the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage.

Although repairing the Qingjin Shield magic weapon cost him two hundred low-grade spirit stones, this price was nothing compared to Xiao Lin's wealth. He sold all the materials and magic weapons he got from the bags of the three cultivators surnamed Qu. Now, there are six or seven thousand low-grade spirit stones in his bag alone. This amount of spirit stones is almost equal to the assets of a small cultivation family.

There is still a month before the opening of the cave trial, and the entrance to the cave is in the Wanli Snow Plain in the north of the Tianlu Mountains. The Wanli Snow Plain is close to the largest fairy city in the Tianlu Mountains, Xueling Fairy City, so Xiao Lin's destination this time is Xueling Fairy City.

Xueling Immortal City is located in the center of the five major sects. Not only does this immortal city have a medium-sized spiritual vein, which makes the spiritual energy of Xueling Immortal City far richer than that of the other immortal cities, but also the cultivation in Xueling Immortal City is much faster than that of the other immortal cities. Moreover, Xueling Immortal City almost appeared with the rise of the five major sects. Even the controllers behind many shops in Xueling Immortal City are from the five major sects.

Occupying the spiritual veins of the Tianlu Mountains, it is natural that the trading of spiritual materials will not be left to other chambers of commerce. It should be known that the number of casual cultivators and cultivation families in the Tianlu Mountains is extremely large, and the profits generated by the trading of spiritual materials every year are absolutely astronomical figures.

Such a good livelihood will naturally not be missed by the five major sects. Most of the shops in small and medium-sized immortal cities such as Wuyin Immortal City and Chixia Immortal City are operated by cultivation families, but behind these cultivation families, there are probably shadows of the five major sects. It is just to appease the dissatisfaction of the large number of casual cultivators that the five major sects will not appear on the stage.

The situation in Xueling Immortal City is different. Except for a few large shops, most of the shops are directly operated by the five major sects. You should know that there are also a large number of Qi Refining cultivators in the five major sects. After these Qi Refining cultivators fail to build their foundation, or those who are over 40 years old and have no hope of building their foundation, they will be arranged to handle some miscellaneous matters of the sect, including operating the sect-operated shops in the Immortal City.

The annual profits of these shops account for at least 30% of the annual spiritual stone consumption of the sect. In a sense, the livelihoods of the five major sects in the major immortal cities are related to the rise and fall of the five major sects. This is not an exaggeration.

However, these are not important matters for Xiao Lin. What he wants to do most now is to join the five major sects and go further on the road of cultivation.

Driving the Seven Blades Slash, flying at lightning speed in the Tianlu Mountains, Xiao Lin felt extremely comfortable. The pleasure of riding with the wind and galloping between the sea of ​​clouds and mountains made him feel very enjoyable. This is what an "immortal" should be like, at least in Xiao Lin's mind.

Suddenly, a huge golden net appeared in front of him, almost covering a range of more than ten feet, and the location was right in front of Xiao Lin's flying device, which made his face suddenly gloomy.

Then two sword lights rushed into the sky and slashed towards Xiao Lin fiercely.

Xiao Lin's heart sank to the bottom of the valley. After a helpless sigh, he pressed down the Seven Blades Slash under his feet and fell to the ground. In the blink of an eye, he landed on a hillside. On the hillside, more than ten feet away from Xiao Lin, three people were watching Xiao Lin at the same time.

The three people were two men and one woman. The young man was about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, with fair skin and regular features. However, his thin lips made his handsome appearance flawed. Seeing this man, Xiao Lin's eyes narrowed sharply and a layer of coldness covered his face. It turned out that this man was Qi Chang.