Chapter 705: Half a Year of Training
Eight or nine months is not a long time, it is only a few months slower than taking a spiritual ship, and it is barely tolerable. It is because he has a high-grade flying spiritual tool like the Wind-Controlling Gourd that this is the case.
Other foundation-building cultivators do not have this condition. Those with flying spiritual tools are slightly better. Those without flying spiritual tools can only drive flying swords to travel. They are tired of being blown by the wind along the way, which consumes more of their true essence and spiritual thoughts. The speed is also much slower than Qingyang. It is considered good to be able to travel 700 to 800 miles a day, and it is not known when they can reach the Zhongsha area.
Traveling at dawn and sleeping at night, only traveling for four or five hours a day, even so, it is unbearable for a long time. There are many uninhabited deserted islands in the sea. Sometimes when they encounter them, Qingyang will stay on the island to rest for a few days to restore his true essence and physical strength and eliminate the fatigue of his soul.
The sea is indeed much more dangerous than the land. When he was in the Jiuzhou Continent, Qingyang drove the Wind-Controlling Gourd to travel, and he often did not encounter trouble for one or two months. This sea is different. Almost every few days, he can encounter a monster attack blocking the road.
There are single monsters, groups of monsters, and all kinds of monsters. When they see Qingyang driving the Yufeng Gourd from afar, the monsters will prepare to attack in advance. Of course, with the speed of the Yufeng Gourd, ordinary monsters can't catch up with Qingyang even if they want to cause trouble. Seeing a group of monsters blocking the road ahead, Qingyang only needs to slightly adjust the direction to pass by them.
However, it is not easy to deal with those powerful monsters. Some of them have ways to block the way before Qingyang arrives, and then try their best to interfere with his flight. Qingyang can only stop and use all his means to get through the monsters.
Qingyang's luck is pretty good. He didn't encounter any monsters above the Jindan stage along the way. The strongest one is only the peak of the sixth level. Their intelligence is generally not very high, and their strength is not strong enough to kill Qingyang in seconds. They can always escape dangerously by using the Zuixian Gourd, the Snake Spirit Armor, the Five Elements Sword Formation, or their own intelligence.
Qingyang experienced many fierce battles along the way and killed countless monsters, but most of the monster bodies were snatched away by the monsters, so Qingyang did not get much. After hunting more monsters, he did get a few intact monster inner pills. Qingyang was reluctant to give them to the Iron Arm Monkey, but carefully collected them himself, maybe he could use them in the future.
Sometimes when he encountered a sea monster suitable for consumption, Qingyang would also process it a little and keep it for consumption. This one is much more effective than the Bigu Pill. Although most of the essence of the monster is in the monster pill, the flesh and blood also contain rich energy, and the higher the level, the more so. The effect is not much worse than the pills commonly used by cultivators, and the Iron Arm Monkey also benefited a lot.
Frequent battles are also a kind of training for cultivators. In a battle, Qingyang's cultivation successfully broke through the small bottleneck of the second level of foundation building and became a cultivator of the third level of foundation building. The whole person's momentum changed, less friendly, more fierce and mature.
Qingyang has gained more combat experience. His attacks are sharper and more decisive than before, his flaws are getting fewer and fewer, and he is more and more proficient in using the Five Elements Sword Formation. If he meets the yellow-faced pirate again, he can't say what he can do to him, but at least he won't be as embarrassed as he was last time.
Half a year has passed unknowingly. He has been walking and stopping along the way, and encountered many dangers, but he has always been able to escape danger. Qingyang doesn't remember how much he has traveled along the way. It is estimated that it must be more than 300,000 miles. If the spirit ship hadn't had an accident, it would have reached the Zhongsha area by now, but now it is still halfway, and even the specific location is unclear.
However, Qingyang can be sure that he will not be too far away from the Zhongsha area. The Zhongsha area is a very large area. As long as the direction is right, he should not miss the scope of the Zhongsha area. However, Qingyang also knows that his direction will not be absolutely correct. The location he can finally reach must be very different from the destination of the spirit ship. He can only wait until he reaches the scope of the Zhongsha area.
Traveling for six months in a row, even if there is a break in the middle, is not something that ordinary people can bear. Now Qingyang's face is full of dust, his eyes are tired, and his whole body is a bit haggard. Before, Qingyang was devoted to cultivation and had not experienced much, and he broke through the foundation-building stage early. Although he was over 40 years old, he looked like a young man in his early twenties.
Now, after more than half a month of training, the youth, childishness, and frivolity are no longer there, and he is more mature, stable, and decisive. Now no matter who looks at him again, the first impression is not that he is a young man, but a cultivator who has experienced the world.
This is a feeling that cannot be expressed in appearance and appearance, but it can be felt from temperament and demeanor, and even a hint can be seen from the eyes.
Every time a cultivator's cultivation level is improved, the speed of body aging will be slowed down, so as to match the life span of the cultivator's cultivation level. If the breakthrough is early, the cultivator will maintain the original youthful appearance for a long time until he eventually ages. If the breakthrough is late, he will also return to youth to a certain extent, but the effect is definitely not comparable to those cultivators who broke through earlier.
They are all foundation-building cultivators, why are some old, some young, and even some children? This is due to the habit of the cultivators, but more of it is related to the early or late breakthrough of the cultivators. Some people break through in their twenties or thirties, and their lifespan doubles. After the breakthrough, they will temporarily maintain their original appearance. Some people break through in their seventies or eighties, and they are already old. Although they will become slightly younger after the breakthrough, it is very limited, and their appearance will still be old.
If a person builds his foundation when he is a child, he will keep his childish appearance for a long time, but he will gradually grow up over time. If this child breaks through from the foundation-building stage to the golden elixir stage before he grows up, his appearance will remain for a while. If he breaks through all the way, he may always keep his childish appearance.
Regardless of whether the appearance changes or not, a person's inner self will change with time. The more experience he has, the wiser he will be. The more he kills, the more evil he will be. The more he has experienced, the more mature and stable he will be. The more time he has, the more vicissitudes he will experience. This will never change.
For this reason, when judging the age of a cultivator, you cannot only look at his appearance, but also look at his inner self, temperament, eyes, and behavior. A person may be young, but he is already over a hundred years old. Perhaps a person looks like a naughty boy, but he is actually an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years.
Qingyang is like this now. He looks young and mature, just like other cultivators. The experience during this period is better than the previous ten or twenty years.