Do not die

"But what does this have to do with me?"

Meng Zhou thought this in his heart, shook his head hard, and got rid of all the thoughts and conjectures from his heart.

Yes or no, it has nothing to do with him.

At least, it has nothing to do with him now.

I finally got rid of the trouble of Lian Ziling and bought myself more time to practice quietly, but I couldn't just "step on" out of curiosity in my heart, otherwise I would get another piece of dog shit on my feet. , that’s really a big debt.

Go ahead and get some dog shit on your feet.

…

The third-level evil veins are hidden in the depths of the mist sea, where the evil energy is stagnant.

Because the camouflage is so good, a spiritual lotus completely blends into this environment with strong evil aura, and no abnormality can be seen at all.

Hidden within the budding pink lotus of this spiritual lotus is a lotus space whose internal space is not too large.

The small lotus space is filled with extremely rich and pure spiritual energy that contains the vitality of vegetation.

These pure auras seep out continuously from the pink petals that make up the lotus space, filling every corner of the small space.

At this moment, these pure auras rich in the nature of vegetation are continuously converging towards the center of the small space. Because the speed is so fast, a whirlpool of auras visible to the naked eye is formed in the lotus space.

In the very center of the whirlpool, there were two figures standing close together.

At this moment, with the help of Taoist companion Meng Zhou, Bai Zhi, who was already flying high in the sky and immersed in an indescribable wonderful state, in this special state of stirring aftertaste but ethereal body and mind, a tightly closed The barrier of life quietly loosened and opened.

Her dantian started to operate automatically, greedily devouring and refining it. The pure spiritual energy rich in the nature of vegetation entered her dantian at an extremely fast speed, turning into bits and pieces of pure mana and becoming a part of herself.

This just-in-time breakthrough allowed Bai Zhi, who was flying like a galloping horse, to continue flying higher and higher.

Although this spiritual energy is rich in the nature of plants and trees and is very easy to digest, due to the "greediness" of Bai Zhi Dantian, too much has been absorbed. If Bai Zhi alone relies on the power of Bai Zhi alone, it is still difficult to refine it all in a short time. Too weak to do anything.

Fortunately, she never practices alone.

She has cheats.

After the incompletely refined and tamed spiritual energy circulated in "plug-in" Meng Zhou's body for a week, it became extremely tame.

And the speed of this bipolar flow only depends on her own galloping rhythm.

"faster."

"Faster."

"..."

Driven by the instinct of life, Bai Zhi rushed through one limit after another.

Along the way, there were wind, frost, rain, snow, thunder and lightning. She felt that she was rushing through the sky one layer after another.

suddenly--

Bai Zhi, who was flying with lightning speed, felt that she had broken through the last layer of cloud barrier, and the sky was as clear as a wash and clear for thousands of miles.

Wind, frost, rain, snow, thunder and lightning, all celestial phenomena disappeared.

The speeding Bai Zhi couldn't help but stop, staring blankly at the vast and deep sky.

A sense of tranquility and etherealness came over my heart.

After a long time, I felt that the meridians and dantian system in my body had been almost completely reshaped, and the surging mana slowly stabilized.

Even though she had expected it, when this scene actually happened, Bai Zhi couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Suddenly, a voice came into Bai Zhi's ears: "Have you finished your insights?"

Bai Zhi, who was immersed wholeheartedly in her own feelings, suddenly got excited and her body tensed subconsciously.

A pair of white insteps are slightly arched, and ten delicate and round jade toes are digging into them.

"Hiss~~"

With a gasp, Bai Zhi, who had been floating in the air for a long time without touching the ground, finally returned to the real world.

She looked down and saw only a pair of eyes that were already exhausted but were holding on to their energy.

"ah--"

Bai Zhi let out a soft cry, quickly turned over and dismounted, and greeted with concern: "Are you okay?"

Because Bai Zhi's movements were too quick, Meng Zhou couldn't help but snort again. Meng Zhou stared and said, "What can happen to me? Of course it's okay!"

When Bai Zhi heard this, she finally felt relieved and nodded: "That's good, that's good."

Perhaps she didn't notice it, but the corners of her mouth curved in a slight arc that she couldn't suppress no matter what.

"What about you? What's your situation now?"

Meng Zhou didn't want Bai Zhi to pay too much attention to himself, and Bai Zhi's current condition happened to be a problem that he was very concerned about, so he took the opportunity to ask.

Bai Zhi nodded, "Very good."

After a pause, he added: "Very good."

Speaking of this, Bai Zhi seemed to recall the wonderful moment of rapid progress and soaring into the clouds.

Bai Zhi's eyes flickered and she looked at Meng Zhou with a look of anticipation on her face: "I feel that my cultivation is still a little unstable. Look..."

Meng Zhou, who was holding on forcibly, finally changed his expression. Tai Xing, who was lying on his back lazily, suddenly turned into a solemn cross-legged posture of Baoxiang.

Looking at the beautiful woman in front of him who was sincerely facing him, even a highly qualified person would still touch ordinary hearts, Meng Zhou's mood was as stable as ever.

"It is true that dual cultivation can help, but you must remember that you are the root of everything!"

"Think about it for yourself, how much have you accumulated since you first entered the Dan Formation to your breakthrough to the later stage of the Dan Formation, and how much have you gained through dual cultivation?"

After a pause, Meng Zhou looked at Bai Zhi, who was already there in a daze, and said seriously:

"I can take you to fly, but you also need a pair of wings that can fly by yourself!"

"Rather than being carried by me, I would rather you stay by my side and fly with me!"

"I think you like yourself better like this, right?"

Listening to the sincere and affectionate words of the man in front of her, Bai Zhi wanted to say, "I don't want to be so tired, you should take me flying." But looking at the man so close and listening to his words that seemed to be a confession, Bai Zhi felt that I really couldn't say anything, so I could only nod my head against my will.

After that, she stopped "entangled" with Meng Zhou and went to the side to sit cross-legged and meditate, stabilizing her cultivation that had just broken through to the seventh level of pill formation.

When Meng Zhou saw this, he finally let out a long sigh of relief.

He admitted that he was indeed a little carried away.

He underestimated the difficulty of using the dual cultivation method to help Bai Zhi break through to the seventh level of pill formation.

From another perspective, Meng Zhou actually overestimated himself and had an inaccurate understanding of his own abilities.

The dual cultivation technique he and Bai Zhi used was a gift from Yin Youyi, and it was the top dual cultivation secret technique of the Hehuan Sect.

The greater the disparity in strength between the two monks, the more significant the effect of using this secret technique will be.

For those at a lower level, this is better than all methods of initiation and improvement, and will not have any sequelae.

This is like two pools of water with different heights. When the two pools are connected, the water in the high-water level pool will naturally flow towards the low-water level pool, eventually achieving the effect that the heights of the two sides are getting closer and closer.

The greater the height difference, the more obvious this tendency of flow compensation is.

The biggest difference from running water is that the water level in a low-water pool will rise rapidly, but the water level in a high-water pool will not decrease.

Another difference, which is also made very clear in the secret art, is that as the height difference between the two pools becomes smaller and smaller, this flow will also become smaller and smaller.

Eventually, when the difference between high and low water levels drops to a certain level, this flow will rapidly decrease.

Taking myself and Bai Zhi as an example, according to the instructions of the secret technique, if I am at the eighth level of Dan formation, I can at most let Bai Zhi advance to the sixth level of Dan formation, and it will not be so easy after that.

The efficiency of dual cultivation will be much lower. Although it is much faster than Bai Zhi's cultivation alone, compared with the previous rapid progress, it is still a slow effort like a drop of water piercing a stone and an iron pestle grinding into a needle.

But Meng Zhou thought to himself that although he seemed to be at the eighth level of Dan Jie's cultivation, he couldn't really treat him as an eighth-level Dan Jie.

Not to mention that Bai Zhi was quickly brought to the "equal level" with him, and he was also at the eighth level of alchemy cultivation.

It can help her quickly advance to the seventh level of pill formation, and this crucial step of breaking through the middle stage of pill formation to the late stage of pill formation can still be achieved.

Facts have proved that achieving this step is much more difficult than he thought.

At this moment, Meng Zhou, who had helped Bai Zhi successfully break through to the seventh level of Danjie, was not at all proud, but instead felt lucky to have "survived the disaster".

It's really too risky.

Meng Zhou could even clearly feel that in the end, he had reached his limit.

If there is any problem with the cooperation between the two of them, and if there is even the slightest hesitation in Bai Zhi's heart about the final leap, she may not be able to overcome the hurdle between the middle and late stages of pill formation.

If this is the case, for Bai Zhi, it is far more than a simple breakthrough failure.

She will also suffer the backlash caused by the failure of the secret technique.

Fortunately, Bai Zhi trusts her enough, and their cooperation is perfect.

Only then did Bai Zhi complete this thrilling leap.

"That's it for now."

No matter what, the result will be good after all, Meng Zhou thought in his heart.

Meng Zhou, who had already made up his mind not to use the secret technique of double cultivation on Bai Zhi until her cultivation progressed further, and let her slowly settle, also focused on herself.

…

The tenth day of April.

Cultivation progress +300, eighth level of elixir formation 9125/10,000;

Hanhai Mingyue True Picture Experience +10,800, Grandmaster 186,800/320,000.

…

The tenth day of July.

Cultivation progress +300, eighth level of elixir formation 9425/10,000;

Hanhai Mingyue True Picture Experience +10,800, Grandmaster 197,600/320,000.

…

The tenth day of October.

Cultivation progress +300, eighth level of elixir formation 9725/10,000;

Hanhai Mingyue True Picture Experience +10,800, Grandmaster 208,400/320,000.

…

Every time the retreat ended, Meng Zhou's expectation became more and more intense as he looked at the "new step" getting closer and closer.

Especially when the time comes to the end of the year and gets closer to the New Year.

When the time entered December, Meng Zhou would consciously think about it every day as it passed, as if counting down the time.

When December also came to an end and the new year was about to arrive, Meng Zhou entered a deep state of concentration early, waiting for the negative energy in his body to be completely released, and he was also waiting for the arrival of a new reincarnation.

At a certain moment, Meng Zhou, who was deeply in trance, felt an obscure, subtle, mysterious wave that seemed to fill the entire world, immersing his body, his sea of ​​consciousness, his soul, and even his thoughts in it. The true meaning of the Bright Moon in the Vast Sea uses Meng Zhou's sea of ​​consciousness as a bridge to connect the "internal world" and the "external world", running smoothly as usual.

In Meng Zhou's own "world", this movement is as constant as the way of heaven.

Such stability lasted until the ninth day of the lunar month.

Starting from the sea of ​​consciousness, Meng Zhou's "world" suddenly changed dramatically.

The soul pool becomes larger and deeper;

Under the bright moon at the bottom of the pond, the outline of a giant turtle with the bright moon on its back appeared again, and the aura it exuded became more substantial;

Because of such changes, the "sea eyes" that revolve around the bright moon also undergo corresponding changes;

Also because of these changes, the green lotus seed on the lotus sprouting from the center of the soul pool seems to be radiating more intense light.

Not to mention anything else, with all other conditions being the same, the soul pool must be more efficient at assimilating the natal living poison at this moment.

And these are just changes that occur in the sea of ​​consciousness.

In the "Inside World", a giant sun-carrying turtle seems to have been sleeping with its eyes closed forever, and its breathing rhythm has changed significantly.

The overall aura of the giant turtle carrying the sun has also quietly changed.

For a moment, looking at the sun-carrying giant turtle's still closed eyes, Meng Zhou had the illusion that "he" would open his eyes and wake up the next moment.

No matter whether it happened in the sea of ​​consciousness or in this "inside world", only Meng Zhou could see and feel it.

The changes that occur in the "inner world" are more like adjustments and changes in mentality and cognition.

This is a natural change after reaching a new level of cultivation, seeing new "landscapes", and gaining new insights.

The more significant changes occur on the physical level.

The meridians and Dantian that carry mana continue to "expand", and mana becomes more and more condensed;

The physical body's energy and blood are getting more and more abundant, and the body is getting stronger and stronger...

Meng Zhou was aware of all the changes taking place in his body.

From the qi, blood and body, to the mana in the dantian, to the sea of ​​consciousness and soul pool, "jing", "qi" and "spirit" have each reached the peak of the elixir formation level.

Body refining, Qi refining, and soul refining. His achievements in these three have all reached the ninth level of pill formation.

And with this breakthrough, that's not all that has changed.

The more obscure and difficult-to-observe thought cognition, and the more stubborn and difficult to "shake" the true meaning of life, all gave clear positive feedback at the moment when his cultivation reached the ninth level of the Dan Formation.

After completing this crucial leap, Meng Zhou devoted almost all his attention to the various changes brought about by this breakthrough.

The next practice is just to move forward according to the inertia of the past.

Until the negative energy accumulated during this retreat reached the limit that his body could support, Meng Zhou immediately withdrew from the state of deep trance and carefully sorted out the changes that this breakthrough had brought to him.

No detail was spared, and I wanted to comb every strand of hair all over again.

The more he sorted it out, the more Meng Zhou understood how huge this breakthrough had brought him.

[Realm: Ninth level of pill formation 15/10,000]

[Exercise: The True Diagram of the Bright Moon in the Vast Sea 219,200/320,000]