Chapter 1515 Looking Back
Now Qingyang's strength has reached the Nascent Soul stage, which is the top level in the Ancient Wind Continent. There are very few forces in the Netherworld that can pose a threat to them. Even if some forces have this ability, they will not easily provoke opponents of the level of Qingyang and Iron Arm Monkey. As for other weak ones who offend Qingyang and Iron Arm Monkey, they are easily dealt with by them. Therefore, the journey was very smooth and it took only three and a half years to reach the vicinity of the Fallen Ghost Abyss.
Along the way, Qingyang and Iron Arm Monkey took turns to control the Yufeng Gourd. After the cultivation level was improved, it was very easy for them to control the flying spiritual tool. They could even do two things at the same time. While driving the Yufeng Gourd at home, they could also practice at the same time, but the efficiency of practice was much lower.
Since breaking through the Nascent Soul, Qingyang felt that it was very difficult to improve his cultivation level. The effect of the Juyuan Pill was much worse than before, and it was almost useless. And the speed of absorbing spiritual energy from the outside world to practice was so slow that it made people despair. According to Qingyang's estimation, if he only relied on absorbing spiritual energy from the outside world, it would take at least one or two hundred years to improve his cultivation level. Even if his life span was exhausted, he could only cultivate to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul at most, and he could not even think about the Transformation of the Spiritual Realm.
In three and a half years, Qingyang had just consolidated his cultivation level of the first level of the Nascent Soul. It seemed that if he wanted to achieve the Nascent Soul in this life, he had to think of other ways, either to find materials to refine elixirs that met the needs of Nascent Soul cultivators, or to find a cold pond that could provide the Nascent Soul cultivators with water, or to gather a large number of spirit stones and rely on spirit stones to pile up his cultivation level.
However, these conditions were not easy to achieve. Qingyang had not come into contact with elixirs that met the needs of Nascent Soul cultivators. However, the materials for such a high-level elixir were definitely not simple, and it might not be so easy to collect them. Even if Qingyang's alchemy skills were superb, it would be difficult for a good cook to make a meal without rice.
It is relatively easier to find a cold pond, but a small cold pond is not enough. A cultivator like Qingyang can use up the spiritual energy in one or two years, and then he has to continue to spend time and energy to find it, and the time saved is wasted again. Large cold ponds are either occupied by super sects or are inaccessible places, so it is not Qingyang's turn to go there.
As for spiritual stones, it is even harder to say. It takes 500,000 or 600,000 spiritual stones to improve the cultivation level of the Jindan realm by one level. The Yuanying stage needs at least several times that. It takes at least tens of millions to cultivate from the first level of the Yuanying to the Shenhua realm. Even the giant ghost kings of the Ten Kings Hall and the Fuliu ghost king have only accumulated millions of spiritual stones for so many years. Even the top super sects on the Ancient Wind Continent do not have this financial resources, so this road is simply not feasible.
Qingyang thought about it for a long time but had no idea, so he simply put it aside for the time being. He had just broken through the Yuanying realm and had a long life, so it was not too late to slowly think of a way.
After more than three years of continuous non-stop travel, Qingyang and Iron-armed Monkey had been taking turns to control the Wind-controlling Gourd, and both of them were Nascent Soul cultivators, so they were a little tired at this time. When they returned to the old place, Qingyang couldn't help but slow down and reminisce about the past while walking.
Thinking back to when Qingyang was chased by Shi Fu Zhenjun and fell into the Fallen Ghost Abyss, his golden elixir was broken and his cultivation was almost lost. Later, it took a lot of effort to recover. Qingyang stayed in the Fallen Ghost Abyss for many years and met many people, such as Paper Old Man, Ma Xingchen, Shangguan Yan, etc., and the upper ones such as Wuliang Saint, Jade-faced Bodhisattva, Yin-Yang Buddha, etc., and finally reunited with the One-horned Ghost King in Qingmang Mountain.
Four of the seven overlords of the Fallen Ghost Abyss were taken away by the One-horned Ghost King. The remaining lifespans were not long and they were unable to break through the Nascent Soul and gradually withered. The current Fallen Ghost Abyss is probably no longer the same. In the Fallen Ghost Abyss, the one who left a deep impression on Qingyang was Shangguan Yan. Later, for Qingyang's sake, she was designated as the successor by the Infinite Saint. Now, no one knows what happened to her. She was just a passing guest in his life, and Qingyang had no intention of meeting her again.
This Fallen Ghost Abyss is almost the boundary between the Netherworld and the Fairyland. After crossing the Fallen Ghost Abyss and continuing forward, Qingyang soon entered the Fairyland. Feeling the gradually abundant spiritual energy around him and the increasingly bright sky, he seemed to be in a much better mood. After all, Qingyang is a fairy cultivator and is used to an environment with abundant spiritual energy. Although he has the Yin-Yang Mysterious Art, how can he feel better if he stays in the cold and dim environment of the Netherworld for a long time?
In a good mood, Qingyang was not in a hurry to travel. He walked and stopped, and even stayed for a while at the place where he was beaten into the Ghost Abyss by Shi Fu Zhenjun. At that time, Qingyang's cultivation was not high, and he could not judge Shi Fu Zhenjun's true cultivation, but it was definitely not higher than the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. At that time, he and the One-horned Ghost King were chased to the point where they had no way to go up to the sky or down to the ground, and finally they could only risk jumping into the Ghost Abyss. Now Qingyang has become a Nascent Soul cultivator, and he will definitely not be afraid if he meets him now.
As for going to Ling Fu Sect to seek revenge on Shi Fu Zhenjun, Qingyang has no plan for the time being. Although he has the strength to fight with Shi Fu Zhenjun, Ling Fu Sect is someone else's territory after all, and it is impossible for there to be only one Nascent Soul cultivator in the sect. There is a saying that two fists cannot beat four hands, and four hands cannot stand up to the crowd. If the people of Ling Fu Sect rush up, he will have no choice but to flee.
Qingyang walked and looked around, which brought back many memories. Unconsciously, he came to the place called Baishou Lake. It was here that Qingyang and Yu Mengmiao got engaged, and it was here that the golden elixir was formed. It was also here that Qingyang killed Shi Ruyu and became a mortal enemy with Shi Fu Zhenjun.
Decades have passed, Baishou Lake is still the same Baishou Lake, with almost no changes. Yu Mengmiao was left in the Ten Kings Hall by Qingyang, and it is unknown when she will wake up. The village next to Baishou Lake has long been turned into a pile of ruins. Thinking back to the beginning, it was the villagers of this village who arranged for Yu Mengmiao and I to get married, but unfortunately they were killed by Shi Ruyu in the end. It was originally a grudge between cultivators, but it ended up causing a bunch of innocent secular villagers to die.
After staying at Baishou Lake for a day and resting for a while, Qingyang headed towards Jiuxian City. In Jiuxian City, Qingyang had two old friends, Xiying and Xiao Yuhan. At the beginning, the three of them traveled all the way from Jiuzhou Continent to Zhongsha Region, and then came to Gufeng Continent together. They also shared joys and sorrows. Later, the two formed a double cultivation couple and stayed in Jiuxian City.
When Qingyang failed to form the elixir, he hurriedly left Jiuxian City in order to catch up with Fairy Duanqing and Master Yu Mengmiao. He never came back since then and did not say goodbye to the two of them. Now he has to pass by Jiuxian City on his way back to Jiuzhou Continent, and he must meet them no matter what.