Chapter 70 Heavy Water Spirit Body

Chapter 70 Heavy Water Spirit Body

Chapter 70 Heavy Water Spirit Body
The spiritual land that Wei Zhong rented this time was also an island, named Yunxia Island.

Strictly speaking, this island is a peninsula, adjacent to Yunxi, a tributary of the Luo River, and is a second-grade, superior spiritual land.

Although Yunxi is named after a stream, it is actually an extremely wide river. Under the river there is a spiritual vein of unknown level, which nourishes various spiritual places of varying sizes and heights in the surrounding area.

Yunxia Island is one of them. The island is close to Yunxi River and is often covered with mist and white clouds all year round.

In addition, at sunset, the red glow will sprinkle between the white clouds and the island, so it is named Yunxia Island.

Although the spiritual vein level of this island is higher than that of Black Lake Island, its area is much smaller.

It is not possible to grow spiritual rice and spiritual medicine on a large scale like Black Lake Island, so there is no need for too many people to maintain it.

So Wei Zhong recruited three people from the market town to manage Ling Island for him. They were Hu Zongfu, Zou Ruiyuan and Tang Yanhong.

Hu Zongfu is an old man with a white beard. He has reached the fifth level of Qi Refining and has many years of experience as a spiritual farmer. He is good at taking care of spiritual fields.

Wei Zhong then handed over all the spiritual fields on the island to him to manage. Wei Zhong didn't rely on these few acres of spiritual fields to make a living anyway.

It is worth mentioning that Hu Zongfu also has a special physique, the body of plants.

It can barely be considered a kind of spiritual body, but it is the lowest among the lowest spiritual bodies. Its effect is only to slightly enhance the aptitude of its wood spiritual roots, and it is unable to raise its low-grade wood spiritual roots to the middle-grade level.

The only thing worth mentioning is that this physique makes him a good farmer, and he can use all kinds of wood-related techniques required by spiritual farmers with ease.

"From now on, the spiritual fields on Yunxia Island will be handed over to you. You can plan what is suitable to plant. If you need manpower, go and recruit them yourself, and report to Linghua later," Wei Zhong said to him, pointing to Xie Linghua beside him.

Then he looked at the second person, Zou Ruiyuan. This person had the cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi Refining and was good at fighting. Because he had suffered an injury in his early years, he no longer lived the life of a casual cultivator, but instead worked as a guard for a senior who had established his foundation.

The other person, Tang Yanhong, was a slightly older female cultivator who also had reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. Wei Zhong regarded her as Xie Linghua's assistant, helping her take care of the mundane things on Lingdao.

"It's the same for you two. If you're short of manpower, go and recruit them yourself." Then Wei Zhong looked at Xie Linghua and held her hand. "I'll have to work hard for you again."

The latter smiled and said, "It is my duty to share the Master's worries."

Xie Linghua is a smart person. Even when Wei Zhong changed his name from "Chu Zhong" to "Wei Zhong", she did not ask any questions out of curiosity.

On the contrary, Ling Ziwei on the other side was a little naughty, yes, naughty.

It seemed as if he and Wei Zhong had become good friends who could talk about anything in just a few days, and he had been asking questions about Wei Zhong non-stop since Wei Zhong changed back to his real name.

Wei Zhong couldn't bear it any longer, so he said that he wanted to change his identity for safety reasons.

At the same time, after this period of communication, Wei Zhong also learned a lot about the other party.

He was born into a family with the surname Ling. The person with the highest cultivation level in the family was only at the Qi Refining level, but his brothers Ling Hua and Ling Mengwei, two geniuses, emerged.

The elder brother possesses top-grade earth spiritual roots, while the younger sister possesses top-grade gold spiritual roots.

After practicing for many years, they have all reached the late stage of foundation building. In recent years, Ling Hua has even been able to break through to the Jindan stage, raising the Ling family, a foundation building family, to a higher level and becoming a well-known family in Luohe Prefecture.

Moreover, this person had been hanging out among independent cultivators in his early years and had many friends and a wide network of contacts, among whom was Sikong Changming, a cultivator in the middle stage of the Jindan stage.

The two call each other brothers, which is also the origin of Sikong Changming calling Ling Ziwei the sister of the Ling family.

“I’m sorry to bother Fairy Ling these days. Now that Yunxia Island is in ruins, it’s not convenient for you to stay as a guest.

How about I wait until I have taken care of this island and then invite the fairy?"

Wei Zhong said politely with a smile on his face.

The latter sighed and said, "You are right, Daoist friend. It must be tiring to ride on a boat for several days. I will leave now and we will see each other another day."

After saying this, he snatched Xie Linghua's hands from Wei Zhong and whispered something in her ear, causing her face to blush.

These days, Ling Ziwei has become very familiar with Xie Linghua, and the two often call each other sisters.

Then he waved to Wei Zhong and left.

Wei Zhong had no choice but to wait until the other party left and sent his men away, then he asked:
"What did Fairy Ling ask you just now?"

Xie Linghua finally agreed with Wei Zhong: "Sister Ling asked the master if he has been married in recent years, and if he has a Taoist partner or something like that."

'Ah! ’

Wei Zhong was already used to Ling Ziwei's outgoing nature, and at this moment he couldn't help laughing.

"And how did you answer?"

"Of course I will answer truthfully," Xie Linghua grabbed Wei Zhong's sleeves, "Master, Sister Ling is sincere, Master, would you consider accepting her?"

Wei Zhong shook his head: "She is just a girl at heart. It's only been a few days, so there's no point in talking about feelings. The novelty will naturally fade after a while."

According to Ling Ziwei, he is not that old and has been practicing for only over a hundred years. He is considered to be the youngest cultivator in the late stage of foundation building, nearly a hundred years younger than Wei Zhong.

Wei Zhong also treated the other party as an ignorant child.

"By the way, Master, do you want to find some maids to take care of your daily life?"

Wei Zhong flicked the other person's forehead with his fingertips and said, "Just find one or two maids to serve tea and wine. Remember to find some with clean backgrounds."

After saying this, Wei Zhong set up the Green Water and Green Lotus Formation he brought with him around the island, then nodded and returned to the training room.

After finally escaping from the quagmire of Mangyuan Prefecture and arriving at Luohe Prefecture, it is natural that I have to practice to my heart's content.

By the way, they are also seeking various rare resources. When Wei Zhong came, he heard Ling Ziwei say that there are many large secret realms in Luohe Mansion, and the resources therein are not comparable to the small secret realm like Qingchuan Secret Realm that has been plundered for many years.

Maybe you can find some rare items that can be used to cultivate spiritual bodies.

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Eight years,

Xie Linghua knocked on the door of the practice room.

"Come in."

Xie Linghua took light steps and said, "Master, this is the list of people who asked you to make elixirs this month. The collected herbs are also placed here."

Wei Zhong took it, glanced at it, and said, "Don't accept these first-level elixir commissions in the future. It's a waste of time."

"Yes, Master. Sister Ling also invited you to go to Luo River to watch the tide at the end of this month. Do you know?"

Wei Zhong held his forehead with a headache. Ever since Wei Zhong came to Yunxia Island, he has repaid Ling Ziwei's kindness of leading the way in various ways. Then he devoted himself to cultivation and gradually reduced his contacts with her.

However, Ling Ziwei never stopped "harassing" Wei Zhong. Sometimes she would go to the island to drink with Wei Zhong, or go out to play with Xie Linghua.

He doesn't look like a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building who is practicing hard.

This time, he wanted to invite Wei Zhong to go enjoy the tide of Luo River together.

Many years ago, out of curiosity, Wei Zhong took Xie Linghua to see it. It was a wonder that appeared once a year on the Luo River.

By then, the Luo River will set off a surging tide at its confluence with its tributaries. The tide can reach as high as more than thirty feet, sweeping up countless spiritual fish and even all kinds of spiritual creatures.

Especially at night, those sparkling lights are truly beautiful.

But to Wei Zhong, the soul that traveled through time and space, it looked very ordinary. He had seen glowing things before, but this one was just a little bigger.

So after watching it once, I lost interest.

"If you don't want to go, just say that my cultivation has reached a critical moment of breakthrough and I don't have time."

Xie Linghua smiled, "The master always uses this excuse to fool Sister Ling."

In fact, Wei Zhong was not evading this time.

After Xie Linghua left, Wei Zhong collected the elixir and flashed into the cave.

After drinking the spiritual wine and sitting cross-legged to practice the exercises for just a quarter of an hour, the invisible barriers in the body were naturally broken through.

Wei Zhong looked in front of him, and a layer of bright light appeared in his eyes.

【Name: Wei Zhong】

[Cultivation: Foundation Building Level 1 (%)]

[Kung Fu: Spring and Autumn Water Refining Technique·Master (63%); Health-preserving Kung Fu·Master (36%)]

【Shouyuan: 175/275】

[Second-level Alchemy·Water·Proficient (4%)]

He successfully broke through from the fourth level of foundation building to the fifth level of foundation building. Accurately calculating the time, it should have taken him eleven years to reach this level.

The length of time made Wei Zhong feel a little depressed. The limitation of his qualifications was too severe for him. Although there were plenty of resources, he was just too slow to digest them.

Each level of the middle stage of foundation building takes ten years, and no one knows what it will be like in the even more difficult late stage of foundation building.

During the eight years since coming to Luohe Prefecture, Wei Zhong has completely abandoned his identity as Chu Zhong, a casual cultivator from Mangyuan Prefecture. Even his skill of brewing wine is now only known to Xie Linghua.

Wei Zhong is now a casual cultivator stationed on Yunxia Island and also a second-rank alchemist. He is well-known among the people for accepting various alchemy tasks from casual cultivators.

He even succeeded in making the extremely difficult second-level Foundation Establishment Pill several times and was revered as a master of alchemy.

Of course, Wei Zhong doesn't care about these fame and fortune.

Only Wei Zhong understood how much he had paid in recent years to create a new persona.

Alchemy skills will not improve on their own, but require constant practice. For this reason, Wei Zhong's biggest expense over the years has been the loss from alchemy.

Even the energy consumed in cultivation is much less than that.

Wei Zhong felt a little sad when he thought about it, but this skill was also necessary for Wei Zhong. His qualifications were limited, and he would inevitably need various realm-breaking elixirs in the future.

However, these elixirs are rare, and few are left in the contribution point library of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce. Once they appear, they will be immediately exchanged by others.

He took out his guest token, and the "9" contribution points on it had changed to "42".

Originally, he had accumulated more than 3,000 contribution points in the past few days, but Wei Zhong exchanged them for a method of forging a spirit body.

[Heavy Water Spirit]

This is the spiritual body method that Wei Zhong exchanged.

This spirit is of water attribute, and as its name suggests, it is a word "heavy".

The owner of this spirit body naturally has spiritual power different from that of ordinary people, revealing a strong force. This characteristic is very similar to the characteristics of "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art".

In addition, the heavy water spirit has various incredible powers, such as affinity with water-attributed spiritual energy and suitability for body refining and other characteristics.

The reason why Wei Zhong chose this kind of spirit body was not only because it was compatible with the martial arts method he practiced, but also because this method was relatively easy to use.

It is not like most spirits which demand all kinds of rare treasures that Wei Zhong has never heard of.

Instead, there is a clear classification, from ten jin, one hundred jin to the later one thousand jin, ten thousand jin, and so on.

The spiritual objects needed are also from low to high. There is no need to consider the ten-jun Wei Zhong, which is equivalent to a miscellaneous spiritual root of low grade and has no help to Wei Zhong at all.

'Let's start with Bai Jun, which is equivalent to the bonus of low-grade spiritual roots.

At least two low-grade water spiritual roots will have some improvement effect.

The main spiritual object required is called Bailing Water Stone. It is not a stone, but a special spiritual object formed by being pressed under great pressure. It exists in the rivers and lakes that contain spiritual veins.

It seems that there are some in the Luo River, and every year when the tide rises, a lot of Bailing Water Stones appear.'

"It seems that we can go to watch the tide this time."

After practicing for a while to stabilize his cultivation, Wei Zhong came out of retreat and called over Xie Linghua:
"Fairy Ling invited me to watch the tide. Please accept my invitation."

Xie Linghua had a puzzled look on her face, but she still said, "Okay, I'll notify Sister Ling right away."

After giving the instructions, Wei Zhong returned to the cave.

He came to his wine cellar, opened a jar of spirit wine, smelled the aroma of the wine, and frowned.

"Failed again?"

Wei Zhong has not stopped his research on spiritual wine in the past eight years, especially the spiritual wine "Warming Tears" that nourishes spiritual consciousness, and he has tried to improve it many times.

Unfortunately, it failed in the end. Although an enhanced version with slightly higher efficacy was developed, the cost-effectiveness was too low. It would be better for Wei Zhong to go to the market to buy soul-nourishing pills.

He put away the spirit wine. Even though its effect was a little worse, it was better than nothing. He had spent spirit stones and could not throw them all away.

After sorting out the spiritual wine, Wei Zhong returned to his cultivation and did not come out until the end of the month.

At this time, outside the training room, Xie Linghua had been waiting for a long time, and Ling Ziwei in purple clothes was standing beside her.

Wei Zhong bowed and said, "Fellow Daoist Ling, long time no see."

The latter curled her lips and said, "Daoyou Wei is a very busy man. I have been trying for so long but still haven't been able to invite you."

"Haha, you are indeed busy practicing," Wei Zhong said, and then he withdrew part of his concealment.

Ling Ziwei looked surprised: "Daoyou successfully advanced to the middle stage of foundation building?"

Xie Linghua standing by also had a look of joy on her face.

"That's right. After decades of practice, I have finally reached this level," Wei Zhong replied with a smile.

"If you continue to practice for a few more decades, you will not be far from the late stage of foundation building," Ling Ziwei said jokingly.

Wei Zhong's face was a little gloomy:
"I can't compare to the fairy's talent. It's not easy for me to practice to this point. I don't know when I can reach the late stage of foundation building."

Seeing Wei Zhong disappointed, Ling Ziwei also realized that she had said something wrong.

During these days of building good relationships with Wei Zhong and Xie Linghua, I also realized that Wei Zhong's qualifications are not that good.

Now that he has advanced to the middle stage of foundation building, he is already considered old.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. The Luo River is about to rise in tide. We need to hurry over there."

"That's right," Wei Zhong whistled, and a colorful bird landed on the branch.

It continued to grow larger as it fell, and eventually became more than ten feet long.

Looking at Jiucai, which had grown a little bigger than before, Wei Zhong was surprised. He had not taken special care of it since it entered the second stage.

I didn't expect that after eight years, he has grown so much, but his power has not changed much, and is still maintained in the early stage of the second stage.

Seeing Jiucai, Wei Zhong thought of Dajin again.

Ever since the two scaly spiritual herbs showed signs of bearing fruit, Da Jin has been waiting in the cave, but there has been no response after waiting for so long.

Wei Zhong looked for information about this spiritual herb at the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, but found nothing.

It seems that these two companion spiritual herbs have a great origin, including Da Jin, who must have extraordinary bloodline.

"master!"

Xie Linghua and Ling Ziwei were already standing on Jiucai's back, waving at the stunned Wei Zhong.

Wei Zhong took a step forward, and Jiucai let out a cry, then circled and flew high into the sky.

"Linghua, has Jiucai gained a little weight recently?"

As soon as these words came out, Ling Ziwei immediately rolled her eyes.

Xie Linghua chuckled and said, “Master, Sister Ling has brought a lot of good things to Jiucai in the past few years, and now he has grown up a little.”

"Oh?"

Wei Zhong felt a little strange. Why should his own bird rely on others to raise it?

"Oh, if any other foundation-building cultivator had such a spiritual beast, they would definitely treat it as a treasure. How could they be so indifferent like Fellow Daoist Wei?"

After saying this, Ling Ziwei bent over and touched the feathers on Jiucai's back:

"Nine-color fur is still more comfortable to touch."

The corner of Wei Zhong's mouth twitched slightly. Perhaps some people are naturally unable to resist these furry objects.

After a few words, Wei Zhong and others arrived at their destination.

The source of Yunxi River, Luo River.

As one of the famous tributaries of the Luo River, this place is an excellent viewing spot every time the tide rises.

By the time Wei Zhong arrived, many cultivators had gathered nearby. Some were riding magical flying boats, while others were riding birds and spiritual beasts.

But among these spiritual beasts, the Nine-Colored One with feathers of multiple colors is definitely a standout and has attracted a lot of attention.

"It's Fairy Ling and Master Wei."

The arrival of Wei Zhong and others immediately attracted a lot of attention. Ling Ziwei was a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building, was good at formations, and was also a beautiful female cultivator. Therefore, she was quite famous in this area.

Wei Zhong has gained such fame thanks to the reputation he has gained as a master alchemist in recent years.

Many fellow practitioners came to greet him, and Wei Zhong agreed to them all, showing the utmost courtesy.

Looking down at the river, the wind and waves have already started, layer upon layer of waves are constantly piling up, gradually beginning to breed a bigger tide.

At the same time, the sun was setting, and patches of red clouds were cast over the river.

Wei Zhong simply took out tables, chairs and benches, put out spiritual food and wine, sat down with the two girls, and began to kill time.

"Fairy Ling, please protect Linghua later," Wei Zhong said.

"No problem. Brother Wei, are you going to steal the treasure later?" Ling Ziwei asked curiously.

"That's right," Wei Zhong replied.

The treasure hunt that Ling Ziwei mentioned is a special event that takes place every year when the tide rises. At that time, the huge waves will roll up all kinds of treasures hidden at the bottom of the river.

These treasures are of various kinds, but most of them are rare items that are difficult to find at ordinary times, including the Bailing Water Stone that Wei Zhong needs.

These treasures swept out by the tide often attract many monks to scramble for them, so it is called "treasure hunting".

"With your status as an alchemist, you actually care about this treasure that has been swept up by the tide. I am a little curious."

Wei Zhong answered truthfully: "I just need some Bailing Water Stones."

“Oh, no wonder, although this item has fewer uses, it is a rare item. If you want to collect it in the market, it will be quite difficult.

Nowadays, apart from some families that still have hidden treasures, I am afraid that only when the tide rises will there be a chance to obtain a large amount of them. "

Ling Ziwei answered with some understanding.

"Family treasure? I wonder if Fairy Ling's family has this item. I am willing to pay a high price for it."

Wei Zhong asked somewhat anxiously.

'Who knows if we can successfully collect enough from the beginning of this tide? It would be better if we can get it from other channels.'

Ling Ziwei scratched her head a little embarrassedly:
"Haha, I don't care much about the affairs of the family. After this tide watching is over, I will immediately return to the clan to inquire for fellow Taoist."

"Then I'll have to trouble Fairy Ling," Wei Zhong said solemnly, bowing.

“It’s coming, it’s coming!”

Some monks in the field were already shouting excitedly. Wei Zhong looked down and saw a huge wave coming from afar. As it moved forward, the back wave hit the front wave, pushing the front wave higher and higher.

At this moment, the sun has completely set, and there is only a faint moonlight all around, while the various spiritual objects carried by the tide suddenly emit bright starlight.

Wei Zhong greeted the two women, then stepped into the air and fled towards the tide.

Looking at the escape technique performed by Wei Zhong, Ling Ziwei said with some admiration:

"I don't know what the name of Brother Wei's escape method is, but it has such a terrifying escape speed and breath-hiding ability. This escape method must be very useful for exploring secret places. Unfortunately, Brother Wei is cautious by nature and rarely takes risks."

Xie Linghua nodded in agreement. As Wei Zhong's personal maid, she understood Wei Zhong's steadiness very well.

But what the two women didn't know was that Wei Zhong had been using another alias for the past few years and had traveled to most of the secret realms in Luohe Prefecture, but the two of them didn't know about it.

Wei Zhong took light steps and was getting closer and closer to the wave along the river bank.

Feeling the surging water spirit energy in the air, Wei Zhong's face became a little solemn. The spirit energy at this moment was too violent, greatly affecting the circulation of the surrounding spirit energy.

Wei Zhong saw several cultivators flying their flying swords crookedly and almost falling into the Yunxi River.

If you fall into the stream at this time, you will not be spared just because you are a monk.

The violent spiritual energy swept through the stream. Once the cultivators were caught in it, it would be difficult for them to use their spiritual magic and they could only drift in it with the surging waves.

And there is a great possibility that he would fall into the dangerous undercurrent and die at the bottom of the Yunxi River like a mortal drowning.

Over the past hundred years, many cultivators who overestimated their own capabilities have died in this way, including some who were foundation-building cultivators.

Wei Zhong took a step towards Yunxi. It was a little bumpy, but he quickly stabilized after getting used to it.

The grandmaster-level cloud-flying technique did not disappoint Wei Zhong, and he should have no worries about traveling through the waves.

The spiritual energy fluctuations on both sides are the smallest, and there are not many good things. It is the territory of Qi-refining monks.

If you want things like Bailing Water Stone, you have to go to the middle of Yunxi.

(End of this chapter)