Practice begins with a fisherman

"With the Shutu Orb in hand, it can be considered that I didn't suffer the backlash of the blood cone technique in vain. After the backlash disappears, I should do some preparations for foundation establishment." After the orb, Zhao Shoushou had an inexplicable confidence and firmness in the foundation establishment not far away in the future.

There are still two prerequisites for building a foundation. The first is to have a first-tier middle-rank or top-rank spirit vein. Both are possible, and of course top-rank is better.

The second is to raise your cultivation level to the tenth level of Qi training as soon as possible. Only when all the spiritual power in the dantian is refined into a gaseous state during the Qi refining period and a liquid state during the foundation establishment period is the critical point before foundation establishment. state.

These two conditions seem to be different, but they are actually the same. The premise is that you must find a suitable spiritual vein as soon as possible, and spend a lot of time in retreat.

In addition, in the process of attacking the foundation building period, whether he succeeds or fails, he needs an absolutely quiet environment where no one will disturb him.

From the beginning to the end of the foundation establishment, it is very normal for at least half a year to as long as a year. When there are no elders around to protect the law, it is necessary to choose a sparsely populated place.

"Huh? An oasis in the desert is a good choice." After considering all the above conditions, a different idea suddenly flashed in Zhao Shoushou's mind.

Although the desert is the main road of transportation between Xianzhou and Anzhou, no one will pass through it unless forced to. Even if you choose to travel in the desert, you may not be able to find the oasis.

Since this oasis can breed a cactus with a trace of spirituality for more than 500 years, and from the elegant spiritual power outside it, it can be judged that it has at least a first-order middle-grade spiritual vein, and the possibility of a top-grade one is not small.

If it is possible to retreat here and break through the foundation building, as long as all kinds of monsters entrenched in it can be cleaned up, there should be no problem in terms of safety.

As for the monsters entrenched in it, as long as there is enough time to kill or expel them all, there is no problem. From the previous test, it is obvious that there are no second-order monsters here.

"If the foundation can be successfully established in the future, it is a good choice to use this place as a foundation for establishing veins. The sparsely populated desert oasis can also be called a paradise. I think it is only in the depths of the desert that there are unoccupied spiritual veins. "After careful consideration, Zhao Shoushou was more satisfied than ever with this oasis.

From all aspects, it has been proved that this is undoubtedly the most suitable place for him to build a foundation at present, but before going to the oasis, some necessary materials still need to be purchased.

The most important thing is naturally a suitable formation. No matter how remote the oasis is, it is necessary to be prepared. The most suitable one is naturally the phantom formation.

It is exciting to see an oasis in the endless desert. If you see a drier desert, there will be no monks to investigate one by one. It is the best choice to integrate into the larger environment as a whole.

A high-quality phantom array can only be bought in Dingshafang City. He has a lot of spoils from the Man family, so he naturally needs to sell them.

In order to be able to kill all the monsters in the desert oasis smoothly, it is necessary to wait until the return force of the blood cone technique is completely eliminated before arriving at the destination to restore combat power.

Dingshafang City Cave House Rental Office has a lot of spiritual power and a cave with first-level top-grade spiritual veins is naturally the best choice. Unfortunately, almost all similar caves in the cultivation world have never supported casual cultivators to hit the big realm.

Time flies amidst all kinds of busy preparations, and half a month later, I returned to Dingshafang City and spent 800 yuan of low-grade spirit stones at an auction to buy a set of first-order top-grade cloud gauze magic array. Re-select a cave with a first-level top-grade spiritual power to practice in seclusion.

What played a decisive role in this process were the [-] first-grade high-grade Ningqi Pills that had not been consumed all the time. Each elixir was equivalent to two months of penance.

Because there is no bottleneck between the ninth level and the tenth level of Qi training, the only need is a large amount of spiritual power supplement. While suppressing and expulsing the counterattack force, his cultivation base is also improving in a manner that is visible to the naked eye.

This fascination lasted for as long as a year, and through his continuous efforts, after all thirty Qi Condensing Pills were consumed, his cultivation finally reached the tenth level of Qi training.

The whole process was smooth as never before, without encountering any difficulties, and everything happened naturally, which made Zhao Shoushou, who was accustomed to step by step, always have a look of disbelief.

When his cultivation reached the tenth level of Qi training, his appearance didn't change much from before, but whenever he tried to enter meditation, he could always clearly feel the existence of a moat like a moat.

When his consciousness or mana tried to get close, there was always an inexplicable sense of oppression. Judging from the notes left on the "Splitting the Earth", it was just a ditch between Qi training and foundation building.

If you want to build a foundation, you must try your best to build a bridge that can pass stably on the ditch that separates the two sides. The difficulty can be imagined.

And in the process of breaking through the foundation and building the bridge, there will be continuous shock force from the trench, trying to interrupt the process of the monk's advancement. These shock force are also the cause of the monk's casualties after the breakthrough fails. important reason.

Chapter 176 Preparations Before Foundation Establishment - Oasis

In the abnormal various preparations, half a year is just a fleeting time. At this time, whether it is his own cultivation or other conditions, he has reached the peak level of the Qi refining period.

Since he stepped on the road of cultivation, this moment is the closest he is to the foundation building period. As the saying goes, everything is ready and only the east wind is owed. Now is the time to meet the last condition.

Now Zhao Shoushou only needs to carry all the possible treasures that he bought at all costs in the past six months, and go to the hot desert oasis between Xianzhou and Anzhou to expel and kill monsters and monopolize the spiritual veins.

"Life or death, success or failure, it's all in one fell swoop. Years of hard work are finally coming to fruition, and only when you have successfully advanced to the foundation can you truly embark on the road of cultivation." A green light of hope could not help but emerge.

Travel around the world with your feet on the flying sword, and travel to the green mountains and white snow at dusk.This is the case for land gods, and the only way to build a foundation is to practice.

This line of poem is exactly the perception of some Confucian monks after they advanced to build a foundation, and it is also the most popular and catchy poem in the cultivation world, which expresses the yearning of most monks in the Qi refining period for the future.

If a monk in the Qi refining stage is free from illness, disaster, and accidents, he can enjoy a maximum of 120 years of lifespan. Once he is promoted to the foundation building stage, his lifespan will be doubled at least to 240 years. If he takes some life-extending panacea, it can even reach 300 years. One can imagine the temptation.

Two days later, after everything was cleaned up, Zhao Shoushou resolutely left Dingshafang City, where he had lived for a long time, and went again to the hot and barren boundless desert where the cactus spiritual fruit had been found for 500 years.

Right now, his entire mind is almost focused on the upcoming foundation building, so the consideration of the harsh environment of the desert is no longer the most uncomfortable thing.

"I hope that the feeling after passing by last time is not wrong. There are no second-level monsters living in the depths of the oasis, otherwise the difficulty of this matter will be greatly increased." Zhao Shoushou prayed as he walked into the desert to guard against the sand lizard's surprise attack.

After all, this spiritual vein in the desert was the only relatively stable spiritual land he could find in a short period of time. If something went wrong, it would definitely be unacceptable for the current Zhao Shoushou.

According to the notes left by the only foundation-building stage monk of the Man family on the "Splitting the Earth", he currently feels that the bottleneck between Qi refining and foundation-building is the best time to break through, and this feeling will only last for three months. It will take from half a year to half a year. Once you miss it, it will be more difficult for you to improve in the future.

It is also destined that this desert oasis is his only choice in a short period of time. No matter how many monsters live in it, he can only rush up without hesitation. It can be said that there is no way out.

Because of their different attributes, the two first-order mid-grade cormorant spirit beasts of "Quack Quack" were obviously dissatisfied with entering this barren and scorching desert again. They had no choice but to overcome difficulties and follow along because of the "cruel and inhuman" oppression of their masters.

Because there are no trusted monks around Zhao Shoushou who can serve as guards, this glorious and great task can only be undertaken by the two first-rank mid-grade cormorants in front of him, not to mention their combat effectiveness, at least they are reliable and can be given to them in times of danger. With a certain wake up.

It is said that after the two cormorants passed through the second-grade cave in Dingshafang City with the second-grade low-grade spiritual veins and devoured several first-grade mid-grade dragon cods in Siming Mountain Spirit Lake, after getting a lot of benefits twice in a row, now whether it is Both cultivation base and bloodline have been significantly improved.

Perhaps in the future, only one opportunity is needed to try to be promoted to a top-ranked spirit beast. Compared with the original restriction, the future development after breaking the shackles is limitless, and they can be called two spirit beasts worth cultivating.

After three days of trekking, one person and two spirit beasts successfully arrived near the oasis. In just one year, there have been quite a few changes here.

The most obvious thing is naturally that there are a lot of cattle and sheep monsters in the oasis. The original large number of grasses have been eaten and only some roots are left.

Some of the monsters that originally relied on this place to survive were even expelled. Relying on the relatively large number, the two herbivorous monsters with low attack power were miraculously called a temporary overlord of this lake.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Qingfeng Niu and Green Sheep, unexpectedly met these two cute little guys in the desert oasis, a certain day should be a feast for the eyes, does this count as a blessing?" Beast, not only did he not have any tension and fear, but he completely relaxed.

The first-tier mid-grade Qingfeng cattle love to eat all kinds of fresh and tender branches and leaves. They spend more than half of their daily time eating. Their attack power is not strong. A first-tier top-grade monster, aggressive by nature, as long as it kills the entire herd, it will disperse.

The first-grade mid-grade green wool sheep are famous for the green hair around their necks, but they are not the most famous for this. Instead, they are mutton with a special fragrance, which can help new monks in the Qi refining period to lay a solid foundation.

Therefore, no matter in Xianzhou or Anzhou, the traces of green wool sheep have basically disappeared. Of course, the leaders of their ethnic groups are also first-class top-grade.

That is to say, as long as all these two kinds of monsters are expelled or beheaded, and the monsters living in the lake are killed in a way, the last condition for impacting the foundation will be fulfilled.

"Shua" only heard the sound of a flying sword piercing through the air. It turned out that Zhao Shoushou had already been unable to restrain his inner killing intent. The non-stop vibration of the first-order high-grade water singing sword seemed to be expressing his inner desire in this way. joy.

After some observation, a head not far away was obviously bigger in size, with a pair of horns on its head gleaming with black light. The strongest one leading the herd forward was the first-rank high-grade Qingfeng bull leader, who was also Zhao Shoushou's first target.

However, against Qingfeng Niu, who has always been good at defense, he can only attack with the first-tier top-grade bronze spear, which is best at breaking defenses.

"Moo Moo" Bronze Ge just attacked the first-rank top-grade Qingfeng Niu not far away, and seemed to have sensed the approaching crisis. Nasty undercover guy.

Naturally, the first-rank top-grade Breeze Cattle would not willingly wait for the attack to come, and they were always quick to counterattack because of their bad temper.

I saw its huge head slamming against the void above, as if it was attracting something from a high altitude, suddenly a burst of thunder appeared on its black and sharp horns, and then it was so fast that it could not cover your ears. He came later and came first, hitting Zhao Shoushou's arm straight.

"It's still a lightning ox with mutated lightning attributes. These communicable lightning horns are a good pair, but unfortunately the power is a little less." Zhao Shoushou looked at the pitch-black left arm as if it was a pity, as if it was a completely different injury. people.

Chapter 177 Preparations before Foundation Establishment - Cloud Shade Array

"Mian Mian", the first-rank top-grade green wool sheep leader who was gnawing on the grass on the other side of the lake, not only did not retreat after seeing this situation, but led the monsters under his command tacitly to outflank it to the other side.

Obviously, the two completely different types of monsters have a certain tacit understanding on weekdays, and it may be precisely because of this that the two monsters with not too strong combat effectiveness can occupy this rare oasis of life.

The combined number of monsters in the two groups is close to a hundred, and the two first-rank top-rank leaders are the most threatening to him. Of course, the rest needs to be careful, after all, it is not uncommon for ants to kill elephants in the cultivation world. .

What's more, the difference in cultivation between the first-level mid-level monster and Zhao Shoushou, who is on the tenth level of Qi Refining, is not as much as imagined, and accidental injuries are commonplace.

After Zhao Shoushou resisted all the lightning attacks of Qingfeng Niu, the attack of the first-order top-grade bronze spear also reached not far from Qingfeng Niu.

As the leader, Qingfeng Niu seemed to be brewing new and new methods. Facing the coming attack, he remained motionless, as if he was confident that he could resist it without causing any harm.

"Since you are so confident in your defense, let's taste the bronze spear today and see who wins and who loses." Seeing this scene, Zhao Shoushou had a smug smile on his face.

Since obtaining the first-tier top-grade bronze dagger, it can be said that there have been no failures. No matter how powerful the enemy is, every attack will gain something.

In view of his past achievements, he never believed that he could block this first-tier high-grade bronze weapon head-on with just a cowhide that was not outstanding in defense.

It was too late, but when the bronze dagger was about to approach the first-rank top-grade Qingfengniu, a white figure flashed past, and a long horn collided head-on with the bronze dagger.

"铛" only heard a crisp sound, and the white figure left in the opposite direction at a faster speed, and the first-order high-grade bronze spear was also knocked sideways by the huge force.

This scene left Zhao Shoushou a little stunned. The first-rank top-grade green wool sheep knew the danger and still attacked without hesitation. You must know that this happened to two completely different types of monsters.

"Moo" At this time, the first-rank top-grade Qingfengniu screamed, and saw its four feet stepping down fiercely, and an obvious bump on the ground that contained a force that should not be underestimated quickly approached it.

It is the ground-splitting innate spell that most bull monsters will use. All the power is concentrated at one point, and when it approaches the target, it explodes at once. Its power cannot be underestimated.

The combination of two not-too-excellent first-tier monsters actually caused him a lot of trouble, especially if the Earth Splitter made a mistake in his response, he would definitely be injured.

If it is normal for monks to be injured on weekdays, but before the moment of attacking the foundation, there is no room for sloppy.

"That's an Earth Splitting Technique, Water Chanting Sword, out, Water Corruption Technique, cover" How could it be his habit to only be beaten and not fight back? But it was a first-rank top-grade green wool sheep that had already been injured by the bronze dagger.

"Injuring ten fingers is worse than breaking one" has always been his motto, not to mention that as long as the green wool sheep can be killed, the rest of the first-level middle-grade monsters will flee in fright. .

As for the resistance of the ground splitting technique, it can only rely on the first-rank top-rank barrier technique and two first-rank top-rank earth and stone spell talismans. Of course, the last line of defense is naturally the first-rank top-rank copper coin shield.

In fact, all this happened only at the moment of contact between the two sides, but most of life and death also happened at this moment, which shows the intensity of the battle between the two sides.

"Mian" hadn't waited for the explosive power of the Earth Splitting Technique to show up, and on the other side, the first-rank high-grade Shuiyin sword controlled by Zhao Shoushou had accurately pierced the heart of the first-rank high-grade green wool sheep.

The highly corrosive and toxic water flow formed by the first-level top-grade water decay technique has surrounded it layer by layer, leaving no chance for the monster to rescue or escape, just like killing it with one blow.

The "boom" counterattack can be said to be unpleasant. Zhao Shoushou's gaze has not yet moved away from the fallen green wool sheep. The ground-splitting technique of the first-level top-grade Qingfeng Niu has already exploded, and a muffled sound directly directly connects its successive defenses one after another. destroy.

Fortunately, after a series of consumption, it was only the end of the strong bow. When the little power left fell on him, it was basically blocked by the copper coin shield, and there was no serious problem except for some skin trauma.

As for the remaining first-tier mid-grade green wool sheep group, they were frightened when their leader fell, and then fled in all directions, no longer posing a threat to him.

"A mere Qingfeng ox still wants to continue to occupy this place? Even if Zhao is not expelled today, there will be other monks appearing in the future." Zhao Shoushou, whose face was beaming again, seemed to be talking to the monster ox not far away.

"Moo..." But the grumpy first-grade Qingfeng Niu on the opposite side was obviously not willing to take this kind of favor. I saw it pawing its hooves to form bursts of smoke, and a large amount of white breath was continuously sprayed out from its huge nostrils.

Seeing this situation, he would naturally not be merciful. After all, this first-grade top-grade cowhide with good defense and a pair of black sharp horns can be regarded as a good treasure.

Even if he successfully advances to foundation building in the future, it may be used as an auxiliary material for the first spiritual weapon. He can't help but be tempted. After all, spiritual weapons suitable for the foundation building period are rare and expensive, and it is not a new casual cultivator. Equipped.

But these are far-sighted words. The most important thing at present is to kill the Qingfeng Niu in front of you. It is especially important to complete the arrangement of the formation without attracting the attention of other monks.

Once the secrecy of this place disappears, in case some monks with malicious intentions appear in the process of attacking the foundation building, it will be the real bad luck that they will be unable to fight back.

Let's get back to the topic. The only remaining first-grade top-grade Qingfeng Niu was under the full-scale attack of Zhao Shoushou's Shuiyin Sword and Bronze Ge.

"It's not dead yet, Zhao's method of dispelling cattle can be regarded as self-taught, kill" With Zhao Shoushou's loud shout, the first-level top-grade bronze spear was inserted straight into the demon cow's throat, followed by a burst of powerless Struggling soon became motionless.

After spending some time expelling or beheading all other small monsters that are not suitable for climate, he is ready to start to arrange and purchase the first-level top-grade phantom cloud yarn in Shafang City.

This is also a made-up array flag, which is composed of a main array flag and 36 auxiliary array flags. Once the array is successfully deployed, it will never be discovered unless it encounters a monk in the foundation period.

This set of cloud gauze phantom array can be arranged in the best image according to the surrounding environment. The only disadvantage is that it has almost no attack power, and the defense power is also pitifully weak, but this is not very important in this desert. .

Chapter 178 Preparations before Foundation Establishment - Cave Mansion

The reason why he paid a lot of money for this set of array flags was that what he valued most was its excellent ability to hide and confuse the real ones.

At the very least, Zhao Shoushou asked himself that after experiencing the barrenness and drought in the desert, he would never go to a desert that looked more desolate at will.

The monks who went to Anzhou through this desert were mainly monks in the Qi refining stage. If they were able to fly in the sky, most of the monks in the foundation stage would choose to cross a mountain range overgrown with monsters.

Occasionally, one or two foundation-building monks choose to pass by here, and it would not be a coincidence to pass by here. If it is really unlucky, he also has no choice.

The first-tier top-grade Yunsha Phantom Formation main formation flag needs to be placed on the spiritual veins with the most abundant spiritual power. It just so happens that he also needs to find a place closest to the spiritual veins to build a cave, and check the quality of the spiritual veins here. order.

Judging by the current concentration of spiritual power floating in the air, at least he has a first-level middle-grade spiritual vein, but he still doesn't know whether the judgment in the desert is the same as in normal times.

Of course, there was an important task before that, which was to kill all the monsters living in the oasis. He didn't believe that these monsters would not make trouble at a critical moment.

As the most important part of a desert oasis, this small lake is nourished by spiritual power, and it also has some charm of a spiritual lake.

If the foundation can be successfully built, in the future, it can be used as a basis to cultivate some Taoist soldiers who can be used to guard the cave, raise some spiritual fish, or even return to the old business to brew spiritual wine.

"There is no sect or family shackles in this desert, but it is a foundational land that can be used for development. Of course, the premise is that there is enough ability to protect it." After a detailed inspection, Zhao Shoushou was very satisfied with this oasis.

Who would have thought that there would be a good spiritual place in this desert, and now he is very satisfied with his decision to search for the cactus spiritual fruit.

"The gods of all walks of life still protect XX, and this oasis should belong to XX." As if thinking of some wonderful things in the future, he kept nodding his head.

"Quack quack quack" At this time, a familiar chirping sound came, and the two first-rank middle-grade cormorant spirit beasts couldn't wait to dive into the cool lake water after entering this place.

Naturally, Zhao Shoushou would not stop it. First, these two little guys need a lot of water, otherwise it is possible to become the first pair of cormorants in history. Second, take them as the vanguard to investigate carefully. The distribution of monsters in the lake is exactly the same as the so-called fishing tactics.

It can be seen from their eager chirping that they are obviously having a good effect. Zhao Shoushou turned his head and looked at the originally calm lake. Behind the two cormorants, more than a dozen rippling water patterns are surging. Judging from the size Nine out of ten belong to the most widely distributed water snake monster.

However, Zhao Shoushou was not in a hurry to rescue them. After all, judging from the aura of these ten or so water snakes, they were basically around the middle grade of the first order. The two cormorants would not be too dangerous, but it was a good exercise for them.

"Could it be that this place was originally a snake's nest?" From the astonishing number of sand snakes hidden under the cactus to the unknown number of water snakes, he couldn't help thinking of a deeper level.

But no matter what its past is, it will be Zhao Shoushou's foundation in the future, and he even has a good plan for future development.

"Quack quack quack" the two cormorants saw that their master didn't intend to help, the two little guys looked at each other, each cast their natal spells, and turned back to kill the water snake not far away.