Practice begins with a fisherman

I don't know if it's because of the inconsistent attributes or other reasons, but I know that there are always some invisible shackles in the process of driving, and it is impossible to fully release its power, which is quite a pity.

Of course, a little defect does not affect the position of the Thunder Hammer in his heart. In the future, it will undoubtedly be the vanguard in many battles. There is no doubt about this, just like every battle during the refining period must be The first-tier high-grade bronze daggers that will appear have the same status.

Chapter 255 Busy Practice Life

The second-tier low-grade Thunderbolt Hammer was successfully refined. Three days later, Zhao Shoushou returned to the desert oasis at the end of No. 11 months, except for the occasional encounter with some monsters that intercepted him.

It took a total of two and a half years to travel to and from the Beast Gate. Except for the time spent waiting for the auction and refining the spirit weapon, the rest was basically on the way back and forth. This shows the difficulty and danger of traveling in this era.

This is true for all monks in the Foundation Establishment period, let alone some ordinary mortals?Wild animals outside or some unnoticed small traps may easily kill them.

The desert oasis didn't change much. The sand lizard that Zhao Shoushou had been worried about before didn't appear around, and even some of the first-tier, middle and low-grade sand lizards that used to appear nearby had disappeared.

Also because of the inexplicable disappearance of sand lizards, the danger of walking in the desert has been greatly reduced, and the number of spirit camel caravans trading between the two states has increased a lot.

Of course, this is also due to the desert oasis. It is also very important for these caravans to have a stable and safe rest base in the middle of the desert, where they can rest assured for a day or two.

This was especially the case for some small caravans with only three or five spirit camels headed in the early and mid-stage of Qi refining. As soon as Zhao Shoushou returned to the oasis, the lively conversation among them made him look sideways.

Some smarter caravans came from Anzhou and Xianzhou respectively, and even started transactions on the spot. Although they made less profits, they greatly improved their safety.

As the middleman of all this, the desert oasis naturally earns a lot of spiritual stones through various means, such as rest expenses, purchase of spiritual grass, water source fees, water flowers and even invented a kind of feces disposal fee. Every caravan pays at least several dollars a day A low-grade spirit stone.

Within two and a half years of Zhao Shoushou's departure, Shui Zhihua earned nearly [-] pieces of low-grade spirit stones, which is not a small breakthrough. Of course, the root of all this is the guarding of the monks in the foundation building period, otherwise, how could these lawless guys Will you be willing to take out the white spirit stone?

During this period, there was only one late Qi refining monk in the desert oasis. Even though he had tried his best and was deterred by a first-level top-grade bronze dagger, there were still many caravans who underpaid spirit stones. , which is obviously difficult to solve.

In fact, there are not a few monks who want to join the desert oasis, but it is a pity that Shui Zhihua does not have the right to recruit, and this can only be confirmed after Zhao Shoushou returns.

"I have paid my respects to you, Young Master. I collected a total of 800 yuan of low-grade spirit stones in two and a half years." Shui Zhihua respectfully handed over all the spirit stones.

"Thank you for your hard work. I will take 500 yuan from the spirit stone. I will take a bottle of the first-grade top-grade elixir in this storage bag. I will store the rest in a certain treasure house." These spirit stones and the storage bag are all applicable. The treasures in the Qi refining period are not of great help to Zhao Shoushou.

It can be used as a reward for the monks under his command in the future. There must be a brave man under the reward. This also applies to the cultivation world. Everything is just to earn a little cultivation resources.

After sending them away, Zhao Shoushou immediately placed fifty first-order top-grade purple-backed money turtle eggs purchased at a high price in the places with the most spiritual power near the spiritual veins.

These little guys have been nourished in the storage bag for a year, and the breath of life has become stronger and stronger. According to his estimation, if they have sufficient spiritual power, it may only take about 20 days to break out of their shells. .

"In the final analysis, the cultivation of Dao soldiers is nothing more than the survival of the fittest. The winner is the core leader of the Dao soldiers, and the losers will be rowed out once, and finally form a large formation of Dao soldiers. I hope that I will not disappoint someone." Zhao Shoushou looked at the fifty purple The money-backed turtle is full of hope.

According to Yushoumen, the one who breaks the shell of the eggshell monster in the same litter is naturally the most qualified and powerful spirit beast, and is also the natural leader. The monk only needs to control it, for convenience In the future, the command will need to place a mana imprint before hatching.

For these unhatched eggshells, it is not too difficult to arrange mana imprints, but it takes a lot of time and energy. It needs to be done on each eggshell separately.

The mana mark is simple to say, using mana as the line to build a special five-pointed star that communicates with each other. Once the spirit beast hatches in the future, it will naturally have a kind of trust and intimacy for the monks because of the existence of the mana mark.

If you use all your strength to complete the construction of the mana imprint of five purple-backed money turtle eggs in one day, it will take at least ten days to complete all of them, and under the premise that the purple-backed money turtle may hatch at any time, there should be no delay in this work.

In this kind of busyness, time passed by little by little, and when the last hatchling's mana imprint was completed, a sense of fatigue hit the whole body.

After placing all the young eggs, Zhao Shoushou felt the exuberant breath of life in his heart, and a long-lost smile appeared on Zhao Shoushou's heart. Of course, Zhao Shoushou couldn't slack off because of this, and there was an imminent thing that needed to be started immediately. It was the oasis defense formation. Improve.

He is not an array mage, and his only knowledge about arrays comes from some rumors in the city and simple records in the jade slips.

This time, he successfully bought a set of second-tier mid-grade Wanhuo Fenjing Grand Array Flag in Yushoumenfang City. Some basic layout methods naturally exist, but it is difficult to meet his needs.

According to Zhao Shoushou's plan, it's not just to replace the protective formation of the oasis. He has no plans to dismantle the cloud yarn magic formation that is currently functioning well.

"With the Great Array of Ten Thousand Fires and Burning Crystals as the main body, and the Cloud Shade Illusionary Array as the auxiliary, create an array that truly has the three attributes of attack, defense, and magic in one. Even against the monks in the late stage of foundation establishment, it is still possible to fight." This is the real thought in his heart.

Although he occupies a desert oasis, although he is located at a vital point, a mere first-level high-grade spiritual vein obviously won't attract the attention of some late-stage foundation-building monks. The real thing to guard against is the unknown existence in the depths of the desert that controls the sand lizard.

At present, his cultivation base is far from being able to have too much impact on the densely packed and surprisingly numerous Sand Lizard Kingdom. He can only defend based on the existing conditions, and find a way to get rid of it when his strength improves in the future.

The layout of the formation flags has always been known for its simplicity and speed, but his plan is too large to implement, and it is even necessary to arrange some simple formation foundations in advance to prevent excessive consumption of spiritual veins in the oasis.

"Mr. Zhao is really a hard worker. Fortunately, the main functions of the two sets of formation flags are not the same, but they can be interspersed with each other. You only need to use spirit stones to arrange three or five fulcrums for the Great Fire and Crystal formation." After some investigation After that, the dizzy Zhao Shoushou finally managed to complete a feasible plan.

So far, after months of busy work, it can be regarded as having a good foundation.

Chapter 256 New Formation, New Power ([-])

Zhao Shoushou has been busy for several months after returning from Yushoumen. Of course, there are some good results. For example, in the clear lake water, two cormorants are followed by a group of newly hatched purple cormorants only half the size of a fist. Back money turtle.

After hatching and devouring the egg shells, these cute little guys have successfully broken through the barrier within a few days, and have become genuine first-order low-grade spirit beasts.

However, constrained by his frail body, apart from a simple first-level low-grade water archery without any deterrence, his combat effectiveness is pitifully weak.

In order to prevent accidents, after all, each of these humble little guys is worth ten middle-grade spirit stones. Under Zhao Shoushou's strong order, the two poor cormorant spirit beasts lost their freedom and became their water nanny .

The lake in the oasis has been slaughtered several times by him and inspected by two cormorants. The monsters that originally lived here have basically disappeared.

It is impossible and necessary for anything to exist, so occasionally some monsters come out from unknown places, and it is also the task of the two cormorants to eliminate these monsters.

The boring calls of "quack quack quack" seem to show the collapse of the cormorant's heart. They never thought that one day they would become the nanny of a group of completely different kinds of spirit beasts, which made them feel that life as a beast is boring.

The purple-backed money turtle is famous for its seven stars that resemble stars on its back. It is said that these stars will draw the essence of starlight at night, strengthening their bodies and improving their cultivation invisibly.

And after being nourished by the starlight, the defense of these purple-backed money turtles will be improved to a higher level. After forming a large formation of Dao soldiers, they can withstand the attack of an enemy higher than one rank.

This also means that as long as they grow into first-level top-grade spirit beasts, once they encounter an enemy, they can block a foundation-building opponent or a monster of the same strength for Zhao Shoushou.

"These little guys are all big eaters. The blood food they devour every day is far greater than their body weight. I don't know how to digest it? This is all genuine monster meat, and the essence of the flesh and blood has not been lost at all." Looking at a group of purple-backed money turtles roaming freely, Zhao Shoushou couldn't help but sigh.

The road is long and long, and I will search up and down. This sentence is the most suitable true portrayal of Zhao Shoushou at present. He looked down at the general formation and continued to work hard.

These simple formation bases were initially confirmed by Zhao Shoushou after referring to the arrangements of the Yunsha Magic Formation and the Ten Thousand Fires Burning Crystal Formation, and after careful consideration.

It is said that the bases are actually just some toys to draw pictures of cats and tigers, and their purpose is only to reduce the consumption of spiritual veins. The main material is middle-grade spirit stones.

Each formation base is composed of [-] mid-grade spirit stones and some simple engraved spirit-gathering formations. In addition, there is a line of psychic power connecting all the formation bases.

The so-called spirit-gathering formation is actually just the simplest entry-level formation in the cultivation world. With Zhao Shoushou's spiritual consciousness of the foundation-building monks and the first-grade top-grade Qingzang wood as raw materials, it can still be successfully portrayed, but the success rate is not high. It is too high, and the consumption is just a little transitional.

"If it weren't for this big formation that was related to Zhao's wealth and life, and to prevent some people with malicious intentions from destroying it, why bother?" The whole process of arranging the formation is by no means an easy process. This is especially true for monks who are laymen.

After ten days and nights of hard work without sleep, the eight formation foundations needed in total have finally been successfully arranged. One thing to note is that the operation of the cloud gauze magic formation has almost no effect during the whole process.

Of course, this does not mean that everything will be all right. The Wanhuo Fenjing Great Formation Banner consists of 21 formation disks. In addition to the eight confirmed formation bases, there are still 13 positions that need to be confirmed with this as the core.

One thing to note is that these positions must be able to echo each other with the eight array bases, and it must be ensured that once the array is successfully deployed, it cannot affect the operation of the cloud gauze phantom array. When both goals need to be achieved, this is destined to be not an easy task It also takes a lot of energy to calculate one by one.

Fortunately, this is just a combination of two sets of array flags. With his current cultivation base and spiritual consciousness, he can barely complete it according to the strategy of following the cat and drawing the tiger.

"It's no wonder there are so few array mages in the world. These hooked and circled things are really irritating. It's not as good as a fight." The arrangement of these two sets of array flags caused a splitting headache.

Since embarking on the path of cultivation, he has focused almost all of his energy on improving his cultivation and collecting resources, and has done little research on some crucial auxiliary services. Now is the time to swallow the bitter fruit.

In fact, a truly qualified foundation-building monk has more or less research into the five arts of cultivation (alchemy, weapon refining, formation, talisman, and beast control).

There are basically two reasons for Zhao Shoushou's current situation: one is to work hard to move forward, and the other is the most critical point is the lack of relevant inheritance.

No matter how angry you are in your heart, how much resources and energy you spend, you can't slack off in the layout of the review formation after all, and the layout of the formation is also moving forward in an orderly manner.

Because of the lack of relevant inheritance of the array, the confirmation of each array point needs to be carefully calculated, so proceeding at a slow speed, the last array point is finally confirmed after one month.

Zhao Shoushou's clumsy way of calculating and simulating almost entirely by relying on his divine sense, would be scoffed at by a true array mage if he saw it.

However, as a genuine layman, this kind of clumsy but effective way of advancing is obviously the best way.

As the formation base and formation points were confirmed successively, the formation flag of the second-level middle-grade Wanhuo Fenjing formation was completed almost at the same time. Zhao Shoushou only needed to use the mana in his dantian as a lead to activate it. As the saying goes: everything Everything is ready and only owes the east wind.

Even though each array point was confirmed after hundreds of deductions by Zhao Shoushou, it is theoretically feasible and no problem. When the last array flag landed and formed a net, there was still a trace of the cloud yarn phantom array that was running, which was almost impossible. Feel the power of shaking.

"Mr. Zhao's months of hard work are finally not in vain." Zhao Shoushou said quite gratified, obviously very satisfied with the current situation.

After all, from a layman who doesn't know anything about formations, it has to be said that it is a remarkable achievement to successfully arrange two sets of formation flags at intervals on his own. Of course, this requires ignoring the disproportionate consumption before.

A total of 160 medium-grade spirit stones have been invested in the eight formation bases, together with the small spirit gathering formation carved on Qinghai-Tibet wood, which can guarantee consumption within ten years without fierce fighting.

Even if an enemy came to sneak attack, with the joint efforts of the two review formations, they could only return in defeat. With the help of the formations, they had the confidence to compete with the monks in the late stage of foundation establishment.

Chapter 257 New Formation, New Power ([-])

The Ten Thousand Fires Burning Crystal Formation was originally a formation with both attack and defense attributes. Its power should not be underestimated among the same level. Even if a monk in the middle of the foundation establishment period falls into it and wants to get rid of it, it is not easy.

The first-order high-grade cloud gauze phantom formation that is currently running in the desert oasis has some shortcomings in attack and defense, but it is really excellent in terms of phantom formation, and it can perform exceptionally well in this boundless desert.

Combining the two, there is a defense in the phantom formation, and there are elusive and unbelievable attacks, and the power has been greatly improved, which really satisfies him.

"Thousands of fire and burning crystal formation, cloud gauze illusion formation, condense" Seeing that the time has come, only Zhao Shoushou yelled, and the mana in the dantian shot out, and the eight formation bases and 13 formation points were almost at the same time connected together.

For a while, red flames rose slowly, and the earth began to melt and condense into crystals of transparent colors. The two colors reflected each other, making the entire oasis in a strange color.

The activation of the large formation is not something that can be accomplished overnight, and it needs to consume a lot of mana and time. This alone is enough to shock the monks who are resting in the oasis.

"Such a hot flame, just one flower can burn us all to ashes"

"Could this be the power of the second-order formation? The ancients never deceived me."

"Foundation-building monks, coupled with enough second-order formations, this oasis in the future can be said to be as solid as gold."

There was a sound of admiration and surprise one after another. The monks who were present were obviously happy to see this kind of change. After all, it was closely related to their future interests.

One of the important reasons why Zhao Shoushou did not hide these actions with great fanfare was to show his mighty strength.

Overwhelm the Quartet with strength, and with the promotion of these walking caravans of spirit camels, there may be more monks coming here to trade in the future, and his influence will gradually increase, which will be of great help to integrate into the mainstream in the future .

Perhaps in the near future, there will be some foundation-building monks of the same level who will come to visit one after another. As time goes by, some small exchanges, auctions, and even invitations to explore some dangerous places will continue. come.

During the Qi refining period, one person may be able to improve his cultivation level by practicing alone, but with the improvement of his cultivation level, it is obviously not enough for one person to practice hard.

In some practice experience exchange meetings, most of them are talking with eloquence. After all, there are some references. Stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade, and perhaps a basis word that has troubled others for a long time can be pierced.

This was also the main reason why Zhao Shoushou devoted himself to running the desert oasis. He hoped that one day he could truly integrate into the mainstream foundation cultivators, which was not easy for casual cultivators.

Of course, the true destiny of the desert oasis will always be to help him improve his cultivation. In the process of setting up a large formation this time, the oasis will also be divided into two.

The outer area occupies more than half of the oasis area. As a resting place for the spirit camel caravans in the future, the main protective formation is the cloud gauze illusion formation. The spiritual power enjoyed by it can also be controlled to a certain extent. burden.

The inner layer includes the entire Linghu Lake, which is mainly used for Zhao Shoushou and others to practice, cultivate Taoist soldiers, open up elixir gardens, spiritual fields, etc., unless they are approved, they are not allowed to enter it. More than two-thirds of the two large review formations The power is concentrated here, even if you encounter the enemy in the future, there is enough room for buffering.

It takes about an hour or so to activate the entire formation, but Zhao Shoushou doesn't need to persist for such a long time, his role is just to thread the needle.

The cohesion of the power of a large formation cannot be achieved overnight. On weekdays, before encountering an enemy, it is basically in a dormant state of balance, and only when fighting will it show its real fangs.

"Under the power of the spirit stones and spirit veins in the formation base, it will reach its peak state after a few days, and this lair is basically stable. Even if there are really second-order high-grade sand lizards attacking, it may be necessary to kill them. It will be killed by the sword," Zhao Shoushou said confidently.

There is no doubt about the importance of a stable lair to monks. If not, why would Zhao Shoushou spend a lot of effort and resources to protect the safety of the desert oasis.

After several months of non-stop busyness, Zhao Shoushou finally digested all the spoils he got in the city of Yushoumenfang, so he didn't continue to worry about returning to the cave quickly, and prepared to practice one or two to get rid of his fatigue and adjust his breath by the way one two.

This does not mean that everything will be fine after the formation is completed. Zhao Shoushou is not aware of the situation in the Sand Lizard Kingdom since he has not patrolled around for two and a half years. If he wants to take root and develop them here, he must grasp the trend. .

Zhao Shoushou even suspects that in the past two years, the movement of a sand lizard has been forcibly suppressed by an unknown existence within a certain range. Once it erupts at a certain period of time in the future, it will be extremely terrifying and terrifying.

Before that, if he had the opportunity, he would naturally kill one or two, and try his best to reduce the vitality of the sand lizard. This is also a long-term principle that must be adhered to for a long time in the future.

"The existence of the Sand Lizard Kingdom is quite a tricky thing, and we must find a way to contain it." For these astonishing numbers of monsters, he was vigilant from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, the matter about the Sand Lizard Kingdom cannot be resolved in a short time. Zhao Shoushou is currently recovering the little mana left during the formation process in the cave.

Daily practice is a thing that accumulates over time. You can't even notice the progress of your cultivation base every day. Only when you exhaust your potential every time, can you feel the progress of your cultivation base in the process of cultivation. A little bit of progress and improvement.

In the whole process of cultivation, this is also a thing that is easy to be addicted to. Just like Zhao Shoushou now, he is almost unable to extricate himself from the cultivation, and the time of several months has passed in a flash.

"Boom, boom, boom" until a few months later, the big formation seemed to be triggered invisibly. The big formation that was not visible on weekdays exploded, the fire fell from the sky, and the earth crystals protruded from the ground. , mixed with some ubiquitous phantom arrays, causing things caught in them to fall into a new crisis.

Because of the inexplicable invasion, the entire desert oasis was also in chaos. At this time, the shortcoming of lack of manpower was infinitely magnified. It was obviously not enough for a monk of Shuizhihua to keep running around, and he couldn't even appease the monks present. down.

"Hmph, some unprofessional sand lizards dare to force their way into my desert oasis, and take a hammer from Mr. Zhao." Suddenly Zhao Shoushou's small but loud voice spread throughout the oasis, a hammer-shaped body the size of a room The spirit weapon turned into a stream of light and smashed fiercely into the formation.

His appearance obviously had a very good appeasement and deterrent effect on the spirit camel caravan in the desert oasis, and the effect was almost immediate.

Chapter 258 Braised Sand Lizard

These spirit camel caravans that walk in Anzhou and Xianzhou on weekdays are people who are not good at meat and vegetables and lawless. The most important thing they lack is courage. In the case of symptoms, it was started directly, and it was just a little frightened.

Of course, it is not ruled out that there are some caravans with their own thoughts, who want to take advantage of the chaos to escape to save some spirit stones, or test the quality and quality of some desert oases.

In short, these monks have their own ideas, but all these small thoughts are vain in the face of absolute strength. When Zhao Shoushou made a strong attack, everything calmed down naturally, as if it had never happened before.

Especially when the powerful evil spirit carried by the second-tier low-grade Sky Hammer attacked, it made them gasp, and they had a new understanding of the strength of the owner of the desert oasis.

"Tsk tsk tsk, but in more than ten years, senior Zhao's cultivation level has improved a lot. It is really beyond the reach of people. I am afraid that my father and I are just brothers." , Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar figure in the sky, I sighed.

For more than ten years, he has been working hard to run the family's caravan, earning some spiritual stones in exchange for resources that are conducive to foundation building, and his cultivation has improved, but he still has not taken a crucial step.

Therefore, I have unprecedented admiration for Zhao Shoushou, who has been improving his cultivation all these years, especially when the other party is just a casual cultivator.