Chapter 71 Jun, Heavy Water Spirit Body Becomes

Chapter 71 Jun, Heavy Water Spirit Body Becomes

Chapter 71: Hundred Jin, Heavy Water Spirit Body Becomes
Wei Zhong stepped on the spiritual energy and moved towards the middle of Luo River. There were already many foundation-building monks walking with him around him.

These were all fellow travelers who came to seize the treasure. Some of them rode on magical weapons, some rode on spiritual beasts, and some, like Wei Zhong, relied on superb escape techniques.

The Luo River was already surging with huge waves rising one after another, bringing up one spiritual object after another.

Wei Zhong was close to a wave and could already sense the surging waves of spiritual energy in front of him.

Suddenly, I saw a flash of red light below. It was a rare spiritual object.

All the monks rushed forward, but with a cry, a bird flew between them and caught the red object in its mouth.

It then circled upwards and returned to the hands of a Taoist priest in a yellow robe with a stubble on his face.

"Haha, this thing is destined to be with me, an old Taoist."

"It's Taoist Qingze!"

The monks present had already recognized this person and wisely did not compete with him, but instead rushed towards other spiritual lights.

Wei Zhong's expression was also somewhat solemn. The speed of the bird just now was so fast that Wei Zhong almost didn't have time to react. In terms of explosive speed, this bird was even better than himself.

Watching the palm-sized gray-feathered bird fall into Taoist Qingze's hands, it dropped a string of red corals, which seemed to be some kind of second-level coral.

While Wei Zhong was looking at him, Taoist Qingze also noticed Wei Zhong and turned his head slightly.

Wei Zhong bowed slightly and left somewhere else.

This second-level coral spirit creature is not Wei Zhong's target, so there is naturally no need to conflict with it.

Moreover, Wei Zhong heard that Taoist Qingze was very powerful and had a large number of spiritual beasts in captivity, including some kind of second-level spiritual insects. Even if he was in the late stage of foundation building, he would have a headache facing this person.

'I hope this person doesn't cause any trouble for me.'

Wei Zhong walked towards the blue light and picked up a glittering finger-sized stone from the waves.

Although it is called stone, it is actually more like the transparent colored glass in the previous life. It emits a bright blue light under the moonlight, which is very beautiful.

This is the Bailing Water Stone that Wei Zhong needs.

'I got one, but I need more.'

The forging of spiritual bodies requires different numbers of spiritual objects due to individual differences. Wei Zhong doesn't know how many he needs, but based on the experience of his predecessors, he'll need at least one hundred.

"boom!"

Another huge wave rolled out a large group of spiritual objects. Wei Zhong stepped lightly and chased in that direction. Just now, Wei Zhong took a quick glance and found several spiritual lights similar to the Bailing Water Stone among them.

"mine."

"its mine."

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As they walked along, they could hear the monks fighting over some spiritual objects. Some people just had a slight quarrel and were then attracted by the newly erupted spiritual objects.

But someone came across a rare treasure, and during the argument, they became very angry and started fighting directly in this dangerous place.

"Brother Qingze, how about you give me this exquisite jade heart?"

"Oh, whoever grabs it first owns it."

Wei Zhong looked and saw that a cultivator in the late foundation building stage was fighting with the Taoist Qingze.

The two forces entangled, and a jade-colored spiritual fruit was suspended in the air.

'This thing seems to be the main spiritual medicine for refining the realm-breaking pill. The second-level realm-breaking pill refined by it can help cultivators break through the bottleneck from the middle stage of foundation building to the late stage of foundation building.

No wonder the two of them are fighting over it.'

Taoist Qingze is in the middle stage of foundation building, and he needs this thing to refine pills to break through the realm.

The other Taoist who was in the late stage of foundation building seemed to be called Zhu Shen, a second-level alchemist.

It’s just that his reputation is not very good, and it can be said that it is far worse than Wei Zhong.

There is already an unspoken rule here when others entrust alchemists to make pills. They either charge spirit stones as compensation or take a commission from the refined pills.

But Zhu Shen is different. If other cultivators entrust him to refine elixirs, not only do they have to pay the refining fee, but he will also deduct the elixir from them.

Others just can't do anything about it. The process of alchemy is a private matter, and only the alchemist knows the exact number of pills.

Whether to lie about the number of pills depends entirely on the integrity of the alchemist. Zhu Shen is good at cheating on this matter.

Moreover, this person is narrow-minded and often relies on his late foundation-building cultivation to attack other second-level alchemists.

It can be said that he has the worst reputation among the alchemists nearby.

Wei Zhong rarely goes out and always uses other aliases when he goes out, so he has little interaction with this person.

Just as the two were about to start fighting over the spiritual fruit, a wave came.

Zhu Shen's expression changed, but Taoist Qingze was overjoyed and waved his sleeves, and a black cloud appeared.

Looking closely, what was emitted was not black clouds, but countless black bugs.

Zhu Shen didn't dare to let these spiritual insects get close to him, so he had to give up the spiritual fruit and escape.

Taoist Qingze grabbed the spiritual fruit in his hand, and the wave had already reached him.

When Wei Zhong saw that he had released a second-level spirit turtle, he resisted the incoming danger and then fled far away.

A burst of blue light appeared on the turtle's shell and was then submerged by the waves.

While the two were fighting, Wei Zhong had already taken a dozen Bailing Water Stones from the nearby area, and then stepped on the violent spiritual energy and fled into the sky.

When the tide subsided, a turtle shell the size of a washbasin emerged in the water. It was the one that Qingze had.

The turtle was not hurt at all by this attack. It is worthy of being the turtle, the one with the toughest skin and flesh among the aquatic monsters.

Its breath was a little weak and its body had shrunk a lot, so Taoist Qingze flew to its side and took it away.

Another spiritual object erupted, and Wei Zhong hurriedly fled towards that direction.

There were many shining spiritual lights among them, and even third-level spiritual objects appeared.

The enthusiasm of the monks was ignited instantly, and those with advanced skills went straight for the third-level treasure.

Wei Zhong saw an unusual flash of light.

"Is this the Thousand Spirit Water Stone?"

This item is also one of the spiritual items Wei Zhong needs, and it is used to cultivate a heavy water spiritual body of a thousand-jin level with a weight of over a hundred-jin.

In an instant, Wei Zhong used all his strength to perform the Cloud-flying Technique, and a phantom passed through many cultivators. He grabbed the Thousand Spirit Water Stone in his hand, and also collected an unknown third-level spiritual fruit next to it.

Such a fast speed of escape made his companions change color in shock, and they hurriedly distanced themselves from Wei Zhong.

With such a terrifying escape speed, God knows whether Wei Zhong will secretly attack them in the struggle for interests.

After seeing that the third-level spiritual objects nearby were already being fought over by other people and there was no second Thousand Spirit Water Stone among them, Wei Zhong set his sights again on the Hundred Spirit Water Stone.

At this moment, a figure approached Wei Zhong and said, "Daoyou, can you sell me that third-level spiritual fruit?"

The person was Zhu Shen.

Wei Zhong frowned, cupped his hands and said, "This spiritual fruit is of great use to me, I'm sorry I can't give it to you."

Then it turned into a wisp of cloud and rushed towards another place nearby where spiritual objects were gushing out.

Zhu Shen's expression changed slightly, and he followed behind Wei Zhong, scrambling for various spiritual objects, and secretly made some small moves to disrupt Wei Zhong's efforts to obtain the Bailing Water Stone.

Wei Zhong stopped and looked at Zhu Shen coldly, but the other party just pretended nothing happened. When he saw Wei Zhong looking at him, he turned around and smiled at him.

"It seems that this person came here to disgust me and attack me, who is also a second-level alchemist?"

'I hope you can be more interesting, otherwise, hmph.'

Wei Zhong turned around and wanted to leave, but the other party stuck to him again like a piece of taffy.

With a roar, another wave swept up several spiritual objects, among which a third-level spiritual object appeared again.

Zhu Shen instantly gave up on Wei Zhong and headed towards the third-level spiritual creature.

"It's a pity that there is no Thousand Spirit Water Stone."

Wei Zhong felt a little regretful, and fled towards the gushing Bailing Water Stone.

Fortunately, this item is rarely used and few people compete with Wei Zhong for it. Relying on his advanced escape skills, Wei Zhong easily got it in his hands.

As for Zhu Shen, he became entangled with others because of a third-level spiritual object.

Wei Zhong's mind moved, and he hid behind a layer of huge waves, using all his strength to perform the technique of invisibility and concealing his breath.

He condensed a ball of water in his hand, and when the wave swept Zhu Shen and the other man into the water, he performed the flying throwing technique and attacked Zhu Shen through the waves.

This wave was not fierce, and Zhu Shen originally planned to hold a huge shield to block it. The late foundation-building cultivator who was playing against him had the same idea.

But just as the huge wave hit, the huge force caused Zhu Shen's face to change drastically, and for a moment he had to concentrate all his energy on injecting spiritual power into his body to resist the wave.

The person he was competing with looked a little surprised, so he took this opportunity to snatch the third-level spiritual object into his own hands.

Seeing that the spiritual object was taken away by others, Zhu Shen looked behind the huge waves with some anger, but he did not see a single figure.

"Could it be that I am wrong?"

With some suspicion, Zhu Shen began to fight for other spiritual objects.

But after several failed attempts, Zhu Shen was certain that someone was secretly targeting him.

'Who, who is it?'

Zhu Shen roared silently in his heart and turned to look at Wei Zhong. But seeing that Wei Zhong was collecting Bailing Water Stone very seriously, he immediately turned his gaze to Taoist Qingze.

He waved his sleeves and headed towards Taoist Qingze.

"Zhu Shen, how dare you steal my things?" Taoist Qingze roared, raised his hand and released a water snake monster as thick as an adult's waist...

Wei Zhong never expected that this revenge would make Zhu Shen desperate and go straight to cause trouble for Qingze.

"You are looking down on me, thinking that I, a mere mid-stage foundation building cultivator, am incapable of dealing with him in secret?"

It became clear after thinking about it. Wei Zhong is famous for alchemy, so his other methods must be somewhat lacking in the eyes of others.

On the contrary, Taoist Qingze, who raises spirit beasts and is good at fighting, is different. He is very likely to use some special monster to do harm to him.

Fortunately, the two of them only confronted each other for a short while before both stopped. No one would want to miss such a good opportunity to obtain spiritual objects.

Seeing that Zhu Shen did not cause trouble for him again, Wei Zhong gave up the idea of ​​targeting him and focused on looking for the Bailing Water Stone.

What Wei Zhong didn't know was that by giving up on secretly targeting Zhu Shen this time, he was actually certain that it was Qingze who had secretly attacked him just now.

The blame was thus placed on Taoist Qingze's head.

The wave lasted for half an hour and finally dissipated. During this period, Wei Zhong collected more than eighty Bailing Water Stones.

When everyone returned with a full load, they bought twenty more from other monks, making a total of one hundred and eight.

'I don't know if this amount is enough for me.'

Wei Zhong stepped back onto Jiucai's back and was greeted with Ling Ziwei's praise:
"Friend Daoist Wei has a very graceful body movement. He appears and disappears like a ghost, which is unique even among cultivators in the late stage of foundation building."

"Fairy Ling is so kind."

The tide watching is over, let's leave now.

At this moment, Zhu Shen came up and said:
"Daoyou Wei, what spiritual fruit did you see just now?"

Wei Zhong waved his hand and said, "I have other needs, so I'm sorry I can't give you up."

He then ordered Jiucai to fly into the sky, leaving Zhu Shen standing there with a grim look on his face.

"Haha, Brother Wei seems to be having a hard time getting along with this guy?" Ling Ziwei said with a smile.

"Humph, this person is petty. When he was trying to snatch the treasure, he wanted to take the spiritual fruit from my hand. After I refused, he held a grudge against me and tried to stop me from picking up the Bailing Water Stone. How could I be nice to him?"

"That's right, Brother Wei, this is the demeanor of a foundation-building person."

'This wave swept up only five third-level spiritual objects. I obtained a third-level spiritual fruit, Taoist Qingze also took one, and the others were obtained by various cultivators in the late stage of foundation building.

Zhu Shengui was a second-level alchemist in the late stage of foundation building, but unfortunately he didn't get any third-level spiritual objects.

Of course, this was due to his own influence, but it was also because Zhu Shen had a bad reputation. Whenever he wanted to get something good, his peers would definitely fight for it.'

"Fairy Ling, please keep in mind what I just said about the Bailing Water Stone. I will definitely repay you later," Wei Zhong said solemnly to Ling Ziwei.

Seeing Wei Zhong's serious look, Ling Ziwei also realized the importance of this moment to Wei Zhong:
"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Wei. I will definitely start dealing with this matter when I return to the family."

“In addition, if Fairy Ling has any information about Thousand Spirit Water Stones or even Ten Thousand Spirit Water Stones, you can also take them out. We will definitely pay out resources that will satisfy the Ling family,” Wei Zhong added.

Ling Ziwei could make the decision on the Hundred Water Spirit Stone alone, but if it came to the higher-level Thousand Water Spirit Stone or the Ten Thousand Water Spirit Stone, then she would probably have to alert the entire Ling family.

Even though Ling Ziwei is the one with the highest cultivation level in the family, she still needs to obtain the consent of the entire clan elders council.

"No problem. I just want to ask you why you need this kind of spiritual object. Can you tell me a little bit?" Ling Ziwei paused for a moment. "Of course, if it involves your secrets, there is no need..."

Wei Zhong lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then decided to tell Yu Ling Ziwei about this matter.

"Fairy Ling... please don't tell this to anyone else, not even Fellow Daoist Ling Hua."

"I understand. Fellow Daoist Wei is willing to tell me such secret matters, which means he trusts me. I know how serious this is," Ling Ziwei was quite satisfied with Wei Zhong's frankness and assured him by patting her chest.

Wei Zhong understood that although he was a little eccentric, he was not a child who knew nothing after practicing to the late stage of foundation building, so he could still keep the secret.

"However, if Fellow Daoist Wei wants to go further in his cultivation, he still needs to consider the thousand-jin or ten-thousand-jin heavy water spirit body. The effect of this hundred-jin is really..."

"Alas," Wei Zhong sighed, "I understand the reason, but spiritual objects are rare and I have no choice.

If I can’t change my aptitude, I’m afraid I won’t even be able to break through to the late stage of foundation building.”

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Jiucai’s escape speed was extremely fast. While the two were talking, they had already returned to Yunxia Island. Ling Ziwei flew away on her flying sword.

After Wei Zhong gave some instructions to Xie Linghua, he entered the cave.

The next step is to wait for Ling Ziwei's news and start the modification of the heavy water spirit body.

During the waiting period, Wei Zhong also needs to complete the alchemy commission he has accepted.

It is unknown how long this spiritual body transformation will last, but the deadline for these alchemy commissions is only one month.

Wei Zhong's hard-earned fame cannot be destroyed by this.

Ling Ziwei didn't let Wei Zhong wait too long. In just three days, she returned with about a hundred Bailing Water Stones, and even three Thousand Spirit Water Stones among them.

"Fairy Ling, this?"

Ling Ziwei smiled proudly: "Hehe, these are what I asked for from my brother. There are a few more in the clan's storehouse. I'll find a chance to get them from you later."

Wei Zhong never expected that the other party would go to such an extent, and bowed solemnly: "Thank you, Brother Ling."

Ling Ziwei's face flushed slightly, and she waved her hands around, looking somewhat at a loss:
"Fellow Daoist Wei, there is no need to do this. This is all Ziwei's wish." As soon as he said this, he felt that something was wrong.
"Anyway, you don't have to be polite, Brother Wei. You can go into seclusion from now on. I will stay on the island for a few more days to get along well with Linghua. Brother Wei won't chase me away, right?"

Wei Zhong knew that he had some intention of protecting him.

"Of course not!"

Wei Zhong handed over all the pills he had made in the past few days to Xie Linghua, and at the same time asked her not to accept any more alchemy commissions until he came out of seclusion.

Then he greeted the two women and retreated into the cave.

Looking at Wei Zhong's departing figure, Xie Linghua's face showed a bit of worry.

Ling Ziwei beside him took her hand and whispered to comfort her:

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Wei has always been prudent, and he must have made all the necessary preparations for this matter."

The latter nodded.

Inside the cave, Wei Zhong spread all the Bailing Water Stones flat on the ground, and four Qianling Water Stones were placed on a table at one side.

If these two hundred or so Hundred Spirit Water Stones are not enough later, these Thousand Spirit Water Stones will be used together. Although it is a bit wasteful, as long as it can be exchanged for the heavy water spirit body, everything is worth it.

Wei Zhong took out another large tripod. This tripod was a magic tripod that Wei Zhong bought from the Yunji Chamber of Commerce. It was specially prepared for the transformation process of the heavy water spirit body.

The refining of this spiritual body is just like refining weapons and elixirs, which involves refining the essence of the Bailing Water Stone into the human body to achieve the effect of changing one's qualifications.

According to the records in the jade slips, this process will cause inhuman pain.

Those who practice this method need to adhere to the Tao heart and persist in the whole process in one breath. Never stop halfway, otherwise not only will all the spiritual objects be wasted, but the body will also be damaged.

Of course, the jade slip also introduced several elixirs that could neutralize such pain, and Wei Zhong had already prepared them.

He flew into the cauldron, and the surrounding Bailing water stones also flew up with Wei Zhong...

"Fairy Ling, I wonder when Fellow Daoist Wei will be able to come out of seclusion?"

Taoist Qingze asked Ling Ziwei who was in the battle with some helplessness.

Ling Ziwei answered across the Green Lotus Formation:
"Fellow Daoist Wei is in seclusion, how would I know when he will come out? Also, I don't know you well, so don't call you Fairy Ling all the time."

Qingze felt helpless and thought: You don’t know, but why do you have to treat me as an enemy and lock me out of the formation?

Ling Ziwei was jumping around, but Xie Linghua's temper improved a lot:

"Senior Qingze, I don't know when you will look for me. You may as well tell me first. I will pass it on when I come out of retreat."

Seeing this, Qingze had no other choice but to tell the truth: "I need to ask Fellow Daoist Wei to refine a complicated elixir. When he comes out of retreat, I hope the fairy will let me know."

Qingze needed help from others and humbled himself very much, even calling Xie Linghua, his junior, a fairy.

"Okay, I will convey your message to you when you come out of confinement."

After receiving the reply, Qingze bowed slightly, then turned into a green light and left Yunxia Island.

Wei Zhong inside the cave was completely unaware of everything and was wailing in pain in the cauldron.

All the Bailing water stones have now turned into a pool of blue spiritual liquid, and Wei Zhong is immersing his entire body in it.

The rich spiritual liquid corroded Wei Zhong's body like acid. No wonder the jade slip recorded that the body-casting process was extremely painful.

He stuck his head out and swallowed a red elixir. Suddenly, a warmth arose in his body, forming a counter-force to the spiritual liquid.

Wei Zhong finally had a chance to catch his breath.

'Only three days have passed, and the modification process is only about one tenth or one twelveth of the way through. It looks like it will take at least a month, but unfortunately half of the prepared elixirs have already been consumed.

Next, you need to bear the pain and save the pills for the most important moment.'

Wei Zhong calmed his mind and emptied his mind, and unknowingly began to practice "The Spring and Autumn Water Refining Technique".

The blue spiritual liquid was suddenly absorbed into Wei Zhong's body like ordinary spiritual energy.

Wei Zhong reacted and looked at his hands and body in surprise.

"This, could it be that the Spring and Autumn Water Refining Technique also has the effect of absorbing spiritual fluid to change the spiritual body?"

Wei Zhong practiced the technique again and found that as the technique was practiced, the spiritual fluid was being absorbed into his body and continuously accumulated to form the progress of his spiritual body.

Wei Zhong was overjoyed and immediately began to practice his skills at full speed. His body was like a sponge, constantly absorbing the spiritual fluid.

“It’s faster and less painful.”

Wei Zhong simply jumped out of the cauldron, put his hands into the spiritual liquid, then closed his eyes and began to concentrate on practicing his skills.

Half a month passed, and only a thin layer of spiritual liquid remained in the cauldron.

Wei Zhong sat cross-legged beside the cauldron with his eyes closed, carefully experiencing the changes taking place in his body.

"The speed of absorbing spiritual energy has become faster, about 30% faster. It's not much, but the efficiency of absorbing spiritual objects is far more than this.

This means that you can now make more progress than before using the same resources.”

"Also, my affinity for spiritual energy has increased, especially water-based spiritual energy."

Wei Zhong had a thought in his mind, and suddenly a layer of black water coat appeared on Wei Zhong's body.

"The casting speed of [Black Water Spirit Cloth] is faster, and its power has also increased slightly. The changes that this heavy water spirit body has brought to me are really huge.

It not only speeds up the training speed, but also improves the combat power, which means that I will have stronger self-protection ability than before."

Safety is the most important thing in the practice. Wei Zhong has always put safety first in his practice.

"Now that my spirit body is complete, I need to come out of retreat and thank Ling Ziwei." Looking at the little spiritual liquid left in the cauldron, "If it weren't for her help this time, the little amount of Bailing Water Stone I collected would not be enough."

(End of this chapter)