Chapter 178: Training in Tiansha Mountain Range

Madam She took Li An and headed directly south.

"To be honest with you, Fellow Daoist Lin, I have been practicing in Lingyun Mountain in the south. Although the spiritual veins of Lingyun Mountain are also of Class D, the evil spirit is the least among the Class D."

As they walked, Madam She said, "Recently, because of my merits, the mountain master allowed me to practice in the Class C spiritual veins. The spiritual vein I was originally in was temporarily vacant."

Li An knew in his heart that if he had not performed well in front of the mountain master and Xiaoying, Madam She would not have brought him here.

For the core interests of spiritual veins, the little favor he gave was far from enough!

"This is Lingyun Mountain."

The two landed in front of several peaks. "The spiritual veins of Lingyun Mountain involve four peaks in total, namely Lingdong Peak, Lingjing Peak, Lingyuan Peak, and Lingsha Peak. Among them, Lingsha Peak is where the evil spirits gather and it is difficult to use, but the other places are all good."

Mrs. She spoke, and after she finished speaking, she walked to the front of the mountain and waved her spiritual power, and a formation ripple suddenly appeared in front of her.

Several rays of light flew over from the mountain.

"Sister She, why are you back? Hey, who is this?"

The first to arrive was a beautiful woman with a plump figure, affectionate eyebrows and eyes, and a kind of romantic temperament, quite charming.

When she asked the question, another ray of light had already fallen. This was a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who seemed to have an inexplicable anger in his eyes. He said: "Fellow Daoist She——" Madam She smiled and said, "I brought this fellow Daoist Lin An here. He has just entered the sect of Lord Baishan and has been recognized by Lord Baishan. He needs to find a Ding-level spiritual vein to practice." Both of them glanced at Li An, and the beautiful woman was quite surprised. "I am Lin An, Master Fu. I am new here. Please take care of me." Li An bowed his hands. "He will live in my original Lingjing Peak to practice in the future. What do you think?" Madam She asked. "What do we have to worry about the people brought by Sister She? Fellow Daoist Lin, welcome." The beautiful woman smiled. The middle-aged man nodded slightly. ... Immediately, Li An entered Lingyun Mountain and climbed Lingjing Peak. The four peaks of Lingyun Mountain are close to each other, and the spiritual energy is not weak. Although there are some evil spirits, compared with the ones encountered along the way, they are indeed superior!

The main reason is that the terrain here is unique. Although the entire spiritual vein is polluted by evil spirits, Lingsha Peak concentrates a lot of evil spirits, which bears a lot for the other three peaks.

Li An also knew that the beautiful woman was named Zhou Libai, a third-level puppeteer who lived in Lingdong Peak.

The middle-aged man was called Xiang Yuntian, a sword cultivator who lived in Lingyuan Peak.

All of them are true elixir cultivators!

In addition to the two of them, there was another person - Zhou Libai's husband Ba Jijian, a weapon refiner, who was in seclusion, so he never came out to meet.

There was also a cave left by Madam She on Lingjing Peak. She took Li An to familiarize himself with the environment, explained some things, and then left.

...

Li An was the only one left on Lingjing Peak.

Feeling the spiritual veins around him, Li An was quite happy.

From today on, he has truly settled down in the Tiansha Mountains.

He first set up two sets of second-level formations on Lingjing Peak to cover it, then repaired and renovated the original Mrs. She's cave, and then set up a set of third-level formations around the cave!

After doing all this, he entered the cave.

"The spiritual energy is not weak, and the evil energy is also quite strong!"

After feeling it, Li An couldn't help but smile slightly.

Here, he can practice the life-nourishing immortal art and magic skills at the same time!

For him, it is definitely a treasure land.

But what he wants to go to most is Lingsha Peak.

The ratio of spiritual energy to evil energy in Lingjing Peak is about five to one.

That is, if you absorb five parts of spiritual energy, you will carry one part of evil energy.

There is a large amount of evil energy concentrated on Lingsha Peak. If you feel it from a distance, at least the ratio of spiritual energy to evil energy is about three to one!

But if you go there now, it will definitely seem abrupt and strange, so Li An is not in a hurry, wait slowly, and take it slowly.

Besides, in addition to Lingsha Peak, there are many spiritual veins in the territory of Lord Baishan that are even more evil, so that no one can practice!

He sorted out the current situation.

The spiritual vein has been settled, and the Yangming Zhuxian Jue and the Immortal Heavenly Demon Art can be practiced normally, and the Taiyin Qi and the demonic energy can grow at the same time.

Among the main cultivation techniques, the metal materials needed for the Jinzang Jue are not lacking for the time being, and it can still support for a while.

The Sanyuan Zhan has been a minor success. This is his main fighting method. With his current spiritual power level, it is very powerful and can threaten the middle stage of the True Dan.

But his talismans and formations are currently in trouble.

For the formation, he has been in the Jiang family for many years and has not obtained the fourth-level formation materials. Fortunately, at his current level, he can only make the third-level formation in the Demon Cult Formation Heritage, and the strength of the Demon Cult's third-level formation is far beyond the general third-level, which is enough for now.

Just pay attention to finding the fourth-level materials. But the talisman...

He is in urgent need of the fourth-level talisman inheritance!

The talisman inheritance he has is only up to the third level. The current third-level runes are no problem for him, and he can impact the fourth level.

"Do you have the fourth-level talisman inheritance in your demon sect?"

He couldn't help but ask Shangguan Xiaoxiao.

"Do you think our demon sect is a junk collector? We have everything?"

Shangguan Xiaoxiao said disdainfully: "Talismans are too low-level, just the entry method of Tianshi Dao...I have destroyed several Tianshi Dao inheritances in the past, but I was too busy at the time and had no time to learn."

Li An: "..."

"Then alchemy, refining, medical skills... What else have you learned in the cultivation of immortals?"

He decided to empty Shangguan Xiaoxiao at once!

"There is only the formation, which I used as a reference for playing chess with my master... All kinds of cultivation are burdens. If you can practice the Immortal Demon Art to the right level, any formation and talisman can be broken with one punch."

When she mentioned the Immortal Demon Art, she was very domineering, and at the same time she was more and more helpless towards Li An.

The extremely domineering Immortal Demon Art had to fall on a Li Gou!

What a devil.

It's really too weak!

"Well... I also learned some alchemy, and some basic methods, I can give them to you."

Shangguan Xiaoxiao thought for a while, waved her hand, and a piece of information rushed into Li An's mind.

Li An hurriedly checked.

"Alchemy, up to the fourth level!"

He was immediately quite surprised.

This fourth-level alchemy alone is priceless.

Moreover, he is indeed planning to learn alchemy in the near future.

The biggest reason why Li An did not get involved in this art before was that his qualifications were too poor and his spiritual roots were not good.

After all, alchemy and weapon refining are the most popular among all the professions of cultivating immortals, but they also have the highest threshold. You must have enough spiritual root sensitivity, unlike talismans. As long as you are willing to work hard and have resources to spend, you will always get something.

In fact, the formation also requires high understanding and spiritual roots. High-level formations are often ever-changing and mysterious, and only geniuses can achieve it.

But low-level basic formations and talismans have something in common, and there are patterns to be found, so at this stage, he has not encountered difficulties in formations.

Now, after three hundred years of life seed nourishment, Li An's spiritual roots have reached the lower grade of Xuan level!

Generally speaking, the lower grade spiritual roots of Xuan level can easily build the foundation, and the probability of forming a pill is relatively high, which can be regarded as a genius.

Alchemy can naturally be involved.

This is the heaven-defying part of the life-raising and immortal-casting technique. As long as you keep living, you will eventually get something after years of changes!

He determined his next goal.

First, learn to refine the pill. Second, look for the inheritance of the fourth-level talisman.

Third, collect fourth-level formation materials, various high-level metal materials, etc.

Of course, the most important thing is to find an opportunity to practice in Lingsha Peak and other spiritual veins with heavier evil spirits.

"Are you hungry?"

Xiaoqing flew out of his sleeve. After Li An fed it spiritual food, he let it stay in the cave. Then Li An got up and went to the other two peaks to visit neighbors.

He went to Lingyuan Peak first.

"No need to be polite, I'm busy!"

The sword cultivator Xiang Yuntian didn't even open the peak protection formation for him. He stood on the mountainside with a frown, "If you have something to say, say it!"

This sword cultivator has a bad temper... Li An said: "Just come to visit a good neighbor..."

"Forget it."

Xiang Yuntian turned around directly.

Li An was stunned.

This person is really... unkind.

"By the way,"

But Xiang Yuntian suddenly turned his head again, "What gift are you giving me?"

Li An said: "Uh... This is a little thought."

He presented a box, Xiang Yuntian flew out of the formation, took the box with one hand, opened it in front of him, took a look, and nodded: "Okay, not stingy."

"You are so generous, I will give you a gift too, okay?"

He suddenly stared at Li An coldly, "Remember one thing, stay away from that woman in Lingdong Peak, otherwise... die!"

There seemed to be a flash of evil in his eyes, he picked up the box given by Li An and turned into the mountain to close the formation.

Li An: "..."

"Evil spirit attacks the heart, mental disorder?"

Li An narrowed his eyes.

This Xiang Yuntian obviously has some problems, and the evil spirit on his body is also very heavy.

From what Xiang Yuntian said, is there any affair with Zhou Libai from Lingdong Peak? So Li An is not allowed to get involved?

Li An pondered for a moment, turned around and flew to Lingdong Peak without paying any attention.

Compared to Xiang Yuntian's coldness, Zhou Libai was very enthusiastic towards Li An. She seemed to dress more revealingly on weekdays. The skirt she wore was like a veil, looming. She behaved properly but with charm and affection. She personally made tea for Li An, and the fragrance blew over.

"I heard from Sister She that Brother Lin has a bird that is very much loved by the mountain master. I wonder if you have brought your bird? Can I see it?"

Zhou Libai asked curiously.

Li An said, "It's just an ordinary bird, with some spirits. I put it at home... If you want to see it, you are welcome to visit at any time." Zhou Libai laughed and said, "Okay, I also have a butterfly, but it is accompanying my Taoist partner in retreat. I will let my butterfly get closer to your bird later when there is a chance~~" If it were an ordinary person, I am afraid that my heart would be shaken, and there would be some waves in my heart. After all, Zhou Libai is really beautiful. A decent young woman with a little coquettishness is very charming. But Li An was very cautious. He gave a gift and said, "Lin will not disturb you-" and left. These two neighbors are not easy to mess with. Sword cultivator Xiang Yuntian, evil spirit enters his body. This kind of person is very dangerous and may go crazy at any time. Zhou Libai is even more of a disaster. His Taoist partner is in retreat, and he may have an affair with Xiang Yuntian... It is best not to have any contact in the future. ...

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.

"The Taiyin Qi has finally condensed into a strand!"

Li An was quite delighted.

He had been in Jiang's family for many years and had already absorbed a lot of Taiyin Qi. Now, after another year of hard practice, he finally condensed a strand of Taiyin Qi in his Dantian.

The Qi is like moonlight, cold and deep, but it is the basis for condensing the Purple Palace.

If it weren't for the help of magic, if you want to get such a strand of Taiyin Qi, you have to spend at least 7,000 to 8,000 middle-grade spirit stones and buy three or five rare and expensive spirit medicines to get it.

7,000 to 8,000 middle-grade spirit stones are not a small amount for Jindan cultivators.

As a Jindan cultivator, Li An's daily spirit stone consumption is far greater than that of Zhendan cultivators, but without additional expenses, only 400 to 500 middle-grade spirit stones are enough for a month when he is dedicated to cultivation.

He only has more than 60,000 middle-grade spirit stones on him. If he spends money on spirit medicines to absorb Taiyin Qi, he can't hold on for a few times.

It is already extremely difficult to form a pill, and it is even more unlikely for a cultivator who has formed a pill to reach the Nascent Soul stage.

Even if one has sufficient qualifications, the cost is an unimaginable high price.

To nourish the Purple Palace and achieve the Nascent Soul, each step is an accumulation of resources.

It can be said that the Immortal Heavenly Demon Art saved Li An a huge amount of spiritual stones, at least he did not have to spend money to buy spiritual medicines to absorb the Taiyin Qi.

It is just that the absorption from the spiritual veins will be slower. Others may be able to absorb a wisp of Taiyin Qi in a day by using spiritual medicines, but Li An needs several years to obtain it from the spiritual veins.

According to the current progress, it will take at least two hundred years to achieve the great success of the Purple Palace.

But Li An is not in a hurry!

"The accumulation of demonic energy is relatively slow..."

He moved his mind, and a black demonic energy was released from his lungs, mixed with a metallic luster, densely covering his body!

Immortal Heavenly Demon Armor.

Li An is confident that the second-level magic weapon cannot break his defense at all.

It is already a small achievement.

The accumulation of demonic energy is also very important. In addition to the Immortal Heavenly Demon Art, if Li An wants to practice other magic skills and spells in the future, he also needs demonic energy to accumulate.

"The first-grade alchemy is completely mastered..."

He took out a bottle of pills he had recently refined - Qingsha Pills!

The Qingsha Pills are shiny and round, and can be called top-grade.

He was very satisfied. With his current spiritual awareness, cultivation, and spiritual roots as a foundation, his learning of alchemy is also progressing by leaps and bounds.

It is considered a very fast progress to become a first-grade alchemist in one year.

And he mainly refines Qingsha Pills, and he has a plan.

In the Tiansha Mountains, Qingsha Pills can almost be said to be hard currency!

Because most of the cultivators who practice here are practicing in the Ding-level spiritual veins, they will be contaminated with evil spirits, and Qingsha Pills are the most useful Qingsha things.

After Li An can refine Qingsha Pills, there are two benefits: First, it can be sold to increase income. Second, it can conceal his own magic skills.

After all, if Li An cultivated in a Ding-level spiritual vein but never bought Qingsha Pills, there must be something wrong.

In addition, Li An is now thoroughly familiar with the rules of Tiansha Mountain Range: in addition to paying spirit stones to the mountain owner, tenants must also maintain a certain "contribution", otherwise the spiritual vein level they live in will be downgraded, and if there is no downgrade, they will be driven away.

There are two ways to obtain contributions: 1. Undertake tasks issued by the mountain owner. 2. Hand in specific supplies.

Supplies include Qingsha Pills!

After all, if the mountain owner wants to control the cultivators in the area, he will definitely control the materials they urgently need. This is how Madam She was promoted to a C-level spiritual vein.

The first-grade Qingsha Pills are not very useful and are completely useless for true elixir cultivators, but when he becomes a second-grade alchemist, he can use Qingsha Pills to exchange for contribution points.

…

He stood up and stretched, and Xiaoqing stood on his shoulder like a stone sculpture.

The divine bird and he seemed to be symbiotic. In addition to spirit stones and spiritual food, he has been cultivating with the help of his life seed aura.

The divine bird's cultivation was faster than Li An's, and it was about to break through the middle stage of the golden elixir.

In fact, it was slowing down inexplicably after absorbing Li An's life breath, otherwise it should be faster!

"Is Fellow Daoist Lin here?"

At this time, a voice came from outside.

Li An walked out and activated the second-level formation to protect the mountain, and saw a man and a woman walking up.

Zhou Libai and her Taoist partner, the weapon refiner Ba Jijian.

Zhou Libai was still beautiful, charming, and plump, but Ba Jijian was thin, with deep eye sockets, as if malnourished, and looked

The atmosphere is quite heavy.

Li An was quite curious. He could see that Zhou Libai had not practiced the Yin-Yang Magic Art, so why could he make a True Dan cultivator so thin?

Is there really an indestructible field in this world that can make True Dan cultivators unable to bear it?

"Please come in, fellow Taoists--"

"Fellow Taoist Lin, we are here to invite you to go with us."

Ba Ji gradually became silent, but Zhou Libai spoke up, "We are going to go to the Ghost Demon Valley to find some opportunities. I wonder if fellow Taoist Lin can go with us?"

Ghost Demon Valley, Li An also knew this place.

It is said that the reason why the Tiansha Mountains are so full of evil spirits is that there was a bloody battle between the human race and the demon race here, and too many great cultivators died.

Therefore, many opportunities are also buried in the Tiansha Mountains, including demon pills, demon flowers, demon magic weapons, etc. If you can get them and hand them over to the mountain master, it is a contribution.

The contribution of Zhou Libai and his wife should be enough to change the spirit vein.

"Sorry, I'm preparing to practice in seclusion recently--"

Li An refused. He didn't need to pay contributions in the first three years after entering the Tiansha Mountains. He was not in a hurry.

Besides, he already had a way to exchange contribution points later.

He didn't even want to go to various dangerous places.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, you only have two years. Don't you think about it? If you don't get enough contributions in two years, you may not be able to live in this Ding-level spiritual vein..."

Zhou Libai smiled and reminded, "Even if you have a bird, it's useless. The rules are strict."

"In addition... This trip to Guisha Valley was initiated by Fellow Daoist Bai Jiang. He sent us all invitations, but you were in seclusion and didn't receive them."

She took out an invitation and handed it to Li An. The invitation was indeed for him.

"Bai Jiang is raising a spirit beast with good talent. This time he went to Guisha Valley to find an opportunity for the spirit beast to become a demon. Once successful, Bai Jiang can become an official subordinate of Baishan Lord with the demon beast. At that time... Lin Daoyou will not be afraid of offending him?"

Li An pondered.

He already knew that this Bai Jiang was actually Jiang Ribai!

Jiang Ribai came to pay a visit to Baishan Lord and was almost killed, but he was also sensible. He gave up his ability to control beasts and gave his all to cure the spirit beast that Baishan Lord favored.

From then on, he was favored.

In the Tiansha Mountains, if you can raise a spirit beast and help it to become a demon, the status of the raiser will also be improved.

It is said that there is a chance to join the demon clan!

As the oldest force, the demon clan has an unfathomable foundation. It is definitely more comfortable to have the demon clan as a backer than to be a casual cultivator.

For example, if Bai Jiang really succeeds, he can obtain all the resources in the entire Baishan Lord's jurisdiction.

Baishan mainly has things from the demon race. Most of the resources used by human cultivators are not very useful to the demon race!

Moreover, their status will be very high.

So, you can go to Bai Jiang's invitation or not, but if you don't go, you have to consider whether you will offend him...

Li An pondered for a while, "What about fellow Daoist Xiang Yuntian?"

"He is just a stinking stone in the toilet, and he is poor and stingy. He can't even afford the Qingsha Pill. The evil spirit has already entered his body and he is almost dead, so he naturally doesn't consider these."

Zhou Libai mentioned Xiang Yuntian with great disdain.

Li An couldn't help but be stunned. Before, Li An thought that Xiang Yuntian and Zhou Libai had an affair...

However, Li An thought about it and said:

"Thank you for your reminder, but Lin An really doesn't want to go yet."

First, there are so many real Dan cultivators under Lord Baishan. Obviously, not everyone gives face to Jiang Ribai. Li An is not alone.

Second, Li An had some connections with Bai Shanzhu to some extent - Xiaoying.

"Well, if that's the case, my husband and I won't force it."

Zhou Libai didn't say anything else, and the two left immediately.

After they left.

Li An got up and prepared to go to Tiansha City.

Just after leaving the Dongmai Mountain Area, he found an uninhabited place, changed his appearance, turned into an old man, and then went straight to Tiansha City.

Entered a stone temple.

Waited for a long time.

The True Dan cultivators who came to participate in the transaction arrived one after another, a total of four people, each exchanging what they needed.

Li An sold some things, and then said, "I want to buy a fourth-level evil-suppressing talisman."

The evil-suppressing talisman is also a hot commodity in the Tiansha Mountains, and most cultivators will buy some, so it's normal to buy this.

"Is the third-level one okay?" A cultivator asked.

"No, the ruins I want to explore must be of the fourth order!"

Li An shook his head. Seeing that several True Dan cultivators didn't have any, he made the second best choice: "If you can provide information about a fourth-order talisman master, that's fine too..."

But in the end, nothing was gained.

Li An didn't give up. For the next period of time, he came out from time to time. Finally, one day, he got a message from a True Dan cultivator:

"I do know a fourth-order talisman master under the jurisdiction of the Lord of the South Vessel Jie Mountain. However, I have rarely heard of him in the past two years. Maybe he is in seclusion."

"This talisman master's surname is Cao, and he lives in the West Vessel Yintai Valley."

Li An paid the reward readily.

"Fourth-order talisman master..."

Now that we have a direction, we should slowly prepare.

Back to the Lord of Baishan's territory, he took Xiaoqing to visit Miss Xiaoying and presented her with many precious spiritual foods.

No matter where you are, the management of relationships is very important!

"Why don't you go to Ghost Valley?"

Xiaoying ate the spiritual food he gave her and teased the little red bird, saying, "Although the little lizard in Baijiang looks ugly, the mountain master likes it very much..."

"It should be about to transform."

"You have to work hard to make Xiaohong transform quickly, so that I can have a fellow bird to play with me..."

Obviously, Xiaoying likes the little red bird simply because Xiaohong and she are of the same kind, both birds!

"Lin An will definitely work hard!"

Li An smiled slightly, but his heart was startled.

It seems that Jiang Ribai... is really going to make it?

...

A dozen days later, Zhou Libai and his wife returned.

They gained a lot!

"Friend Lin, I asked you to go but you didn't. This time, you will earn enough for living here for ten years!"

Zhou Libai was very happy, but Li An found that her husband Ba Jijian had become thinner and more depressed.

"Congratulations,"

Li An just smiled and continued to practice. But on the second month after Zhou Libai and his wife came back, a voice came:

"Open the formation——"

This voice made Li An feel familiar. After the Lingyun Mountain protective formation was opened, an old man in a white robe came in the air and said proudly: "Cultivators here, come out to see me!"

This man was... Jiang Ribai!

Li An couldn't help but frown. What was he doing here?