Chapter 1091 Two Months Later
The leader seemed to have considered this point, and more or less took care of Ma Xingchen and his party. The distance they walked every day was not very long, only about a hundred miles. They would stop early at night to set up camp, rest for a night, and then set off the next day.
In this way, Qingyang and his party were not particularly tired on the road, and they were able to keep up with the big team. The whole team moved together. Ma Xingchen and his party were bound to meet with Sang Yuan and the Jujia brothers, and they were inevitably ridiculed, but Ma Xingchen did not argue with them and hardly paid attention to them. In addition, with Shangguan Yan's special care, the Jujia brothers did not dare to do too much. There was no point in showing off their verbal advantage, and gradually they lost interest in it.
When resting at night, Qingyang spent most of his time absorbing and refining the Hehe Powder. He took a small handful every night and persisted. The speed of simply refining the Hehe Powder was much faster than decomposing it from the Snow Muscle Cream. The cracks on his golden elixir were also constantly repaired, and he could use more and more true energy, and his strength was increasing almost every day.
Shangguan Yan provided enough Hehe Powder, and it is estimated that it will not be used up until the end of Kuzhong City. At that time, his strength can be restored to the late stage of Qi Refining. In addition to Qingyang's own strong defense, his comprehensive strength at that time is not much worse than that of the foundation-building cultivators. There are not many people in Kuzhong City who threaten him, and it will be more and more convenient to do things.
In addition to refining Hehe Powder, Qingyang's other task is to crack the Seven Escape Locks. He has been using the method taught by the One-horned Ghost King. This is a slow process and can't be rushed.
Fortunately, the people of Shi Fu Zhenjun have not been chasing them. This matter is not so urgent. In this Fallen Ghost Abyss, the spiritual energy and the Yinming ghost energy are mixed, and the sensing ability of the Seven Escape Locks has greatly decreased. Moreover, Qingyang is no longer in the place where he fell at the beginning. It is not easy for Shi Fu Zhenjun's people to find him, and Qingyang has enough time to slowly solve the restrictions of the Seven Escape Locks.
Time flies. In a blink of an eye, it has been two months since we left Tongguan County. The distance to Kuzhong City is only more than a thousand miles. At first, in order to take care of Ma Xingchen who had a broken leg, the whole team was not very fast, and only traveled a hundred miles a day. Later, as Ma Xingchen's condition improved, the team's speed became faster and faster. Later, they could walk about 160 to 170 miles a day. For them, the remaining more than a thousand miles took about ten days.
After two months, Ma Xingchen's broken leg had long been healed. Not only did all his injuries recover safely, but his strength also improved. A few days ago, he successfully broke through to the third level of Qi Refining. Of course, if compared with other candidates, this strength is still a bit insufficient.
Qingyang's Mihe San has been refined for more than half. Now the true qi he can use is almost equivalent to that of a cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining. If his strong defense is added, the overall strength of the whole team is estimated to be no more than one palm. However, Qingyang still kept a low profile, mingled in the guard team, and deliberately used the Breath Concealing Technique to conceal his cultivation. He did not deliberately show himself outside, and no one in the entire team knew about his situation.
Calculating the time, Qingyang has been in the Fallen Ghost Abyss for nearly half a year. Although there is no news about the One-horned Ghost King, his condition is getting better and better. The energy of the Seven Escape Locks has been consumed by nearly half, and the strength he can exert has reached the middle stage of Qi Refining. It seems that a complete recovery is just around the corner. When his strength is completely restored, he will not be afraid of Shi Fu Zhenjun's people coming to find him.
A team of hundreds of people acting together cannot avoid private contact. The old man Zhi has a low cultivation level, but he is very good at communication. Through contact with other people's guards, he has inquired about a lot of gossip. With the relationship between Qingyang and the old man Zhi, he knows, which is equivalent to Qingyang knowing.
Qingyang is not very interested in other things, but he has found out the origin of the pre-selection of the Holy Son, which is almost the same as he expected before. This pre-selection of the Holy Son is indeed related to the Infinite Saint.
Wuliang Saint is one of the seven overlords of the Fallen Ghost Abyss. He has reached the ninth level of the Golden Core and is now over 300 years old. A 300-year-old Golden Core cultivator is equivalent to an old man in his 70s or 80s in the secular world. Wuliang Saint feels that he has no suitable successor, and his great foundation may be lost to others in vain. So he lets the forces under his control select a group of young people with excellent conditions in all aspects to be trained as his personal disciples, who may be able to inherit his mantle and foundation in the future.
For the people below, they dare not even think about inheriting Wuliang Saint's foundation, not to mention that it is a matter of the future, but to become Wuliang Saint's personal disciple, they must fight for it. Wuliang Saint is one of the seven overlords of the Fallen Ghost Abyss and a top figure in this area. Even if you just become his disciple, your future is extremely bright. For many cultivators who have no connections, let alone forming a pill in this life, building a foundation is an insurmountable obstacle, and they may not succeed even if they exhaust their lifelong energy. But if they worship Wuliang Saint as their teacher, are these still difficult things?
The requirements of the Infinite Saint are also quite strict. One must be under 40 years old and one's cultivation must be above the Qi Refining Stage. Although there are many who meet these conditions, only a few will be able to win in the end. Even Shangguan Yan, the daughter of the Lord of Tongguan County, is not sure at all.
There are many reasons why everyone is so eager to get selected even though they know they are not sure. First, they are hoping for the best. What if they are lucky enough to be selected? Second, they want to gain more experience and make more friends. Maybe they can use this relationship in the future. Third, they want to become famous. The best of the younger generation have come out. If they can get a good ranking, they will be in the limelight. It doesn't matter if they are not selected. The Fallen Ghost Abyss is so big that there are more than just Wuliang Saint Venerable who have no successors. He doesn't like it. What if someone else likes it?
Cultivating immortals is to go against the will of heaven. What you cultivate is a glimmer of life and your own opportunities. If you don't dare to fight for such a good opportunity in front of you, what immortals are you cultivating?
Of course, this matter has nothing to do with Qingyang. He is a Jindan cultivator himself, so he doesn't need to worship Wuliang Saint Venerable as his teacher. He just wants to take this opportunity to contact the high-level cultivators in the Fallen Ghost Abyss to see if he can recover his strength as soon as possible. There are still many things to do.
Based on the information obtained by Old Man Zhi, Qingyang also had a general understanding of the Fallen Ghost Abyss. If the Infinite Saint Venerable, who was at the ninth level of the Golden Core, could become one of the seven overlords, then the strength of the other six overlords should be similar to him. In other words, the strongest person in the Fallen Ghost Abyss is a cultivator in the late Golden Core stage, and there can't be a Nascent Soul cultivator, otherwise the Fallen Ghost Abyss would be ruled by one person.