one's door

There are five golden cascades in total, with different weights.But as the golden brilliance began to gently blend into the cyclone, the smile on Zhang Yan's face gradually became presumptuous. In the end, if it wasn't for the need to operate the kung fu so as not to lose his temper, he would have looked up and laughed wildly.

Chapter 48 Profound Veins

What the six wild ghosts brought to Zhang Yan before was an increase in aura equivalent to half a month of his penance.But this time, what the five ghosts brought to him was equivalent to nearly a year's hard work of spiritual energy.

In other words, just now, five regiments of merit and virtue bloomed gently in the cyclone of Zhang Yan's lower dantian, directly causing Zhang Yan's cyclone to expand rapidly and thicken at an unimaginable speed.After a short ten breaths, the cyclone was [-]% larger and more than [-]% thicker than before.

And almost at the same time, before Zhang Yan could laugh out loud, a feeling of being crowded and uncomfortable in a small space suddenly appeared.Let Zhang Yan understand that the big realm barrier he had been looking for for a long time finally appeared.

So, according to a large number of experience records in Longhu Mountain about breakthroughs in realms, I began to consciously control the cyclone in my lower dantian to further accelerate the rotation, and then further accelerate the speed of the spiritual energy between the cyclone and Zhou Tianzhu's meridian, forming a struggle Force in the direction of outward expansion.

This process is actually uncomfortable, even painful.Both the lower dantian and the meridians in the whole body have a strong sense of stagnation, and as time goes by, this sense of stagnation will gradually bring about the fear that the meridians are about to be overwhelmed and shattered, and the cyclone in the lower dantian is difficult to rotate at the limit. Heightened feelings of powerlessness.

These feelings are not just false, but the possibility of real damage, which means the failure of the realm breakthrough.As for the so-called cultivation talent, the key often lies in the level of the maximum tolerance range in these aspects.In disguise, it means the level of a monk's achievements.

Zhang Yan is very confident in his cultivation talent.The mere boundary barrier that entrains the air to go up is not his worry at all.Continue to keep running at full capacity, ignoring the stagflation in the meridians and dantian.

It's like running a long-distance race. If you want to break through the limit, you must not let go of the breath held in your heart. Only by persisting can you see new growth.

I don't know how long it took, when Zhang Yan was completely immersed in the inner meditation of practice, the sudden tearing sensation made his closed eyelids twitch slightly.

The sense of stagnation in the meridians and dantian felt as if the shackles were broken, and suddenly expanded by three points!

Immediately afterwards, a large amount of spiritual energy poured in from outside the body, as if filling the suddenly expanded gap.After that, it returned to calm again. With the exhalation and inhalation, both the cyclone and the meridians seemed to have some new rhythms, which followed the expansion and contraction in an orderly manner.

The smile on Zhang Yan's face reappeared, and he knew that he had succeeded.

Qi enters the dantian and forms a whirl, generating new energy to counter-assist Zhou Tian, ​​and after that, the cycle goes on and on, which is called the state of entraining Qi.

Afterwards, the qi rotates rapidly, attracting the qi of heaven and earth to rushed to the main meridian of Zhou Tian, ​​expanding the meridian into a mystic to match the urgency of the cyclone, this is the state of the profound meridian.

Before the joy of successfully breaking through a great realm could be released, Zhang Yan hurriedly started to get familiar with the mysteries of the Profound Vein Realm while laying a solid foundation for the new realm.

In this way, Zhang Yan stayed in the inn for three full days.Except for eating and washing, he hardly ever leaves the house.

Over the past few days, Zhang Yan's biggest experience is that after the Profound Vessel Realm, the meridians in his body are rapidly becoming wider and more resilient, and the rhythm that expands and contracts with breathing has an explosive power that was not there before.On the contrary, the change of the cyclone is relatively simple, and the speed of rotation is faster, and at the same time it becomes larger and thicker.

In addition to the changes in the meridians and dantian cyclones, Zhang Yan also experienced the beauty of purifying the essence and cutting the marrow brought about by practice in the past three days.

In three days, Zhang Yan took a total of six baths, for which he gave an extra sum of money for hot water to the inn clerk.

It wasn't that Zhang Yan suddenly became obsessed with cleanliness, but that after these three days, every pore of his body was slowly removing greasy gray-black dirt, which smelled bad and made people feel uncomfortable all over.It wasn't until the afternoon of the third day that the gray-black grease didn't continue to drain out.And Zhang Yan's appearance also changed a lot.

I lost some weight, and my skin became more radiant, especially the temperament of my body, adding a ray of free and easy like dust.Already faintly has the flavor of Taoist real person.

Afterwards, Zhang Yan left the inn, took a good tour of Xuanhua City, and went to Luohua Lane again during the day.

The yin energy in Luohua Lane has already shown obvious signs of disintegration, which is more than half of that when Zhang Yan came here a few days ago. In addition, the ghost willow in the middle has also been burned. Even if this place continues to be so desolate, it will never be the same as before It was so spooky.The poor souls who lived there would at least be better off.

Leaving Luohua Lane, Zhang Yan first went to find a car dealership that was going east tomorrow. He paid a small amount of money and got a license to follow the caravan all the way, but he had to find his own way or pay for accommodation and meals.Make an appointment to leave at the right time tomorrow morning, and you will not be refunded if you are late.

In order not to be late, Zhang Yan found a small shop near the car and horse dealer to stay.After that, I walked around the city.

Zhang Yan is not very interested in places like taverns.His current drinking capacity is basically farewell to spirits, and he feels uncomfortable drinking that kind of sweet fruit wine.You can only wait until your cultivation base is higher, and see if you can bring up the drinking capacity of your physical body.

Zhang Yan was most interested in the major pharmacies.

For example, the largest pharmacy "Yuan Pharmacy" in Xuanhua City that he passed by before.

This time I went into the shop and listened to the introduction from the shop assistant. Yuan Pharmacy didn’t just open a shop in Xuanhua City, but a big business dealing in medicinal materials. Its stores are all over Nanyuan Country, and there are even their shops in Beiwu Country further north. , the business is doing very well, and it is the largest medicinal material business in Nanyuan Country.

In the words of the store clerk, "As long as you know the medicinal materials, we can sell them here."

But the problem is that most of the medicinal materials that Zhang Yan knows are not available here.For example, the "ginseng" and "polygonum multiflorum" he was looking for the most were here, but the guy was scratching his ears and complaining, but he couldn't remember what these two things were.It never occurred to me that these two things were from another world.

Zhang Yan also understood and thought it was normal.After all, although the Huangtian Territory and the Earth are almost identical in many places, they are two different worlds after all, and it is not surprising that there are more things and less things.

In the end, Zhang Yan took the next step, and told the appearance of ginseng and Polygonum multiflorum and the efficacy of the medicine, and soon saw the expression on the waiter's face changed rapidly, from rather embarrassed to a little angry.Because he felt that he was played by Zhang Yan, and deliberately made up two unwarranted names of medicinal materials to tease him.

However, the clerk of the big store was also calm, and he didn't give Zhang Yan a go at him on the spot, but he was no longer enthusiastic, but he still led Zhang Yan to get two kinds of medicinal materials.

Golden whiskers and pseudo-stone roots.

Chapter 49 Plan

The golden beard looks very similar to the ginseng that Zhang Yan is looking for, except that the trunk is much smaller than the ginseng, but the fibrous roots are much more than the ginseng, like a beard, and the whole body is golden, hence the name.The price of this thing is not cheap, after all, the nourishing effect alone is worth the high price.

On the other hand, fake stone roots, which are very similar to Polygonum multiflorum, according to the store clerk, are surprisingly cheap. They are the cheapest medicinal materials in Yuan Pharmacy, and they are usually sold in sacks.

In addition to these two things, Zhang Yan also bought more than ten other medicinal materials.Some are no different from the ones on the earth, and have similar medicinal effects, while others are substitutes with similar medicinal effects, such as golden whiskers and pseudo stone roots.

Although they bought medicinal materials instead of finished medicines, the cost of this trip was not small.It also made Zhang Yan stop his plan to continue buying more.

But the clerk in the pharmacy already treated Zhang Yan as a lunatic.Who buys medicine piecemeal like Zhang Yan?And the amount is not much, it doesn't seem like you want to make medicine or something, I don't understand it at all.

Zhang Yan has long been familiar with the other party's eyes.In Fishback Mountain Fortress, most of the people around him treated him like a lunatic, they got used to it.

But Zhang Yan of the pharmaceutical company can't, he is making some preparations for himself to start practicing alchemy next.

Now stepping into the Profound Vein Realm, in addition to improving his cultivation, another benefit is that Zhang Yan can start to practice a very important auxiliary branch in the Taoism, that is, alchemy.

Daoism has always attached great importance to Danzhi Dao.As the saying goes, there are four treasures for cultivating Taoism: wealth, spouse, law, and land.

The "wealth" in it actually refers to "practice resources", and elixir is the most important category of practice resources.Not only can it prolong life, but it can also speed up the acquisition of spiritual energy and reduce the time of practice. There are even many changes and categories, and the effects of derived medicines are countless.

And to make alchemy, three necessary conditions are required: alchemy furnace, cultivation base of at least Profound Vein Realm, and medicinal materials.

The alchemy furnace can change the Wanxiangzhu, and the alchemy can also get a lot from the first floor of the tower in the bead.And Zhang Yan, the cultivation base requirement, has just reached the threshold now.The only remaining uncertain factor is the medicinal material.

In fact, there is no shortage of medicinal materials in the Huangtian Territory, and they should even be better than the earth. After all, the aura here is stronger than that of the legendary era of the earth, at least compared with the ancient books recorded in Longhu Mountain.

In a world rich in aura, both plants and creatures will be enhanced.Medicines are no exception.

If we compare the ginseng from the earth with the golden whiskers with almost the same medicinal properties in the Huangtianyu, according to Zhang Yan's speculation, a [-]-year-old ginseng has the same medicinal effect as a [-]-year-old golden whiskers in the Huangtianyu.Centuries-old golden whiskers can be compared with millennia-old ginseng.

So what Zhang Yan has to do now is to use the pill formula in his hand to find alternative medicinal materials in Huangtianyu.The first thing to do when looking for medicinal materials is to find out the medicinal properties of those medicinal materials that may become substitutes.

Zhang Yan even went in and bought a book about the medicinal properties of medicinal materials when passing by a miscellaneous bookstore, so that he could find possible substitutes more conveniently on the Huangtianyu side.

The "ginseng" and "polygonum multiflorum" that Zhang Yan mainly looked for in Yuan Pharmacy before were actually the main medicines of the two pills he planned to refine in the future.

Ginseng has now found golden whiskers as a substitute. Once Zhang Yan tries it out and works, he will use it to refine the most basic life-enhancing elixir "Biqing Dan", which can increase life by ten years.However, like all life-enhancing elixirs, only the first one will have the effect of increasing life.

However, there are many types of medicinal materials for refining Biqing Dan, and the requirements for alchemy are very high. It does not mean that you can refine it after reaching the Profound Vein Realm, it requires a certain degree of means and experience accumulation.In fact, what Zhang Yan didn't know was about the Biqing Pill. Generally, alchemists in the Profound Vein Realm wouldn't know how to make it, because it was too difficult and the spirit energy required by a cultivator in the Profound Vein Realm couldn't sustain it at all.And once the spiritual energy is exhausted, it is easy to blow up the furnace, and not only a batch of medicinal materials and energy will be lost, but also the precious pill furnace.

Zhang Yan didn't know the difficulty of Biqing Pill, but only knew that it could be refined at the Profound Vessel Realm, so he wanted to start preparing slowly now, and when he had enough self-conscious experience, he wanted to try to refine it.

And the elixir that Zhang Yan really wanted to use for training was "Bone Strengthening Pill".That is to say, the main medicine is Polygonum multiflorum, but now it can be replaced by "fake stone root".

The bone-strengthening pill is just as its name suggests, it is a pill used to strengthen the muscles and bones of the body.According to Dan Fang, eating one piece can make the muscles and bones of an ordinary person half strong within half a month, and [-]% after three months.If it works on warriors, Zhang Yan doesn't know if it will be the same as ordinary people, but the effect should not be bad.

Moreover, the drug resistance of Zhuanggu Pill is slow to develop, and it will be completely ineffective after taking ten pills.

In addition, there are not many medicinal materials in the formula of Zhuanggu Pill, and it is the most basic kind of elixir. The refining method is also very simple, so it is perfect for practicing hands.

Warriors in the wild world are respected, and there will be no shortage of people to buy any medicine for strengthening the body and bones.Zhang Yan didn't expect Zhuanggu Pill to achieve the same effect as Jingusan, but it is enough to have [-]% of the effect.After all, compared to Jingui's tendons and bones powder, the cost of strengthening bone pills is so low that it is not worth mentioning.

On the second day, Zhang Yan shouldered the burden that had become huge due to the load of a lot of medicinal materials. He settled the house at dawn and waited at the place he had agreed with the carriage dealer, watching the loads of goods on the carts complete. He found the carriage and handed over the one he bought and the license plate. The other party nodded and pointed to a carriage with less cargo for Zhang Yan to sit on.When Mao Zheng is on time, he raises his whip and sets off.

After passing the east gate of Xuanhua City, Zhang Yan looked back, and he had a deep memory of Xuanhua City in his heart.It was the first time he saw ghosts here, the first time he practiced supernatural powers, the first time he used the "Spiritual Ascension Technique", and he even accidentally stepped into the second great realm of cultivation here, the Profound Vein Realm.

After leaving the city, he soon got on the official road.This time, the driver with Zhang Yan's surname was Xiong, and he was also a talkative person, so he chatted with Zhang Yan not long after.

The fleet of chariots and horses has a total of fifteen large carts and twenty medium-sized carriages, which is a relatively large fleet.Counting the hitchhikers like the guards and Zhang Yan, there are already more than fifty people.

The team's destination was Yongde, the next big city more than three hundred miles east of Xuanhua City.

Yongde City is no longer within the scope of Chonglan County to which Xuanhua City belongs, it is a big city under Huaiqing County.It is also a necessary place for Xuanhua City to go east.

Although more than three hundred miles does not seem to be far away, but in Huangtianyu, it takes a full ten days for this section of the road. According to the driver, his slowest trip to Yongde took [-] days.

Chapter 50

As for the accidents that may happen along the way, there are too many.

It is possible to encounter road landslides and blockages.It is also possible to encounter monsters and beasts, and the most likely thing is to encounter bandits.

The reason why chariots and horses can collect money to lead passers-by is that they are familiar with the road, and there is always a way to deal with unexpected situations.And there are many people, and it is not easy to be dangerous.

"Bandits? Are they powerful?" Zhang Yan was curious about bandits, and felt strange.I also want to hear what bandits look like in the eyes of the driver.

"Hahaha, bandits, there are good ones and some not so good ones. Where is there no one? Not to mention the distance, we have to go through three passes on this journey, and we have to meet the bandits face to face. But don't be afraid, little brother Well, the big boss of our Shunji Chariot and Horse Company has connections on the road, even bandits have to give our boss a three-pointer."

The driver spoke nicely, but Zhang Yan understood that the so-called "thin noodles" had nothing to do with face, and tearing off the fig leaf was still a "profit".

Do you really think that bandits are doing business without money?To feed people!They will inevitably be surrounded and suppressed by the yamen and the army, and it is also a job to make a living with their heads pinned to their waistbands.It's just that bandits only dare to bully the weak by the strong, and they are the type of real villains.This kind of thing will put down the knife and not do business for the sake of face?how is this possible!

It's nothing more than bandits don't want to risk their lives to get hurt, and their people can't afford to consume more than the chariots and horses, and the chariots don't want to always fight to cross the road, which also affects the sale of goods.So the two sides hit it off and negotiated a price, how much to give at a time, or give each time according to the amount of goods.

It's just money for the road.

"Are the bandits all warriors?" Zhang Yan looked at the ten guards in the convoy, only three of them were warriors, and the rest should have only practiced fists, kicks and swords, and they were limited compared to ordinary people.

"Hey, how could they all be warriors. Two warriors out of ten are good. But even if they are not warriors, those people are very powerful. Many of them are villains who put up rewards in the yamen. We can't mess with businessmen. rise."

That's really annoying.On the one hand, I run errands to make money, and on the other hand, I take my life to make money.Who is more ruthless, this is naturally incomparable.

Four days later, the convoy entered the mountain and moved forward in the winding valley.If there is no accident, this kind of mountain road will take three days to cross this mountain range and enter the boundary of Huaiqing County, and it will not be far from Yongde City by then.

Zhang Yan looked at the relaxed expressions on the faces of the coachmen and guards who often ran this road after entering the mountain, and he knew that the so-called "passing three passes" should be on the mountain road in the past few days up.

After walking for about half a day, there is a wide mountain depression in front of it, and there are big rocks on both sides. From a distance, there seems to be a red paint on a big rock.

"Little brother, don't mess around later, the front is the 'turtle foot stone' I told you before, and there are men from the wolf village guarding it, and when the time comes to negotiate, don't make any noise, it's very It will be over soon." The coachman surnamed Xiong turned his head and told Zhang Yan who was sitting behind the car.

"Okay Brother Xiong, don't worry, I won't make trouble for you guys."

The coachman was more at ease with Zhang Yan, because Zhang Yan told him during the chat along the way that he was a soldier who had returned home from Yubeishan Fortress.Where is Yubei Mountain?The soldiers who retreated there knew how big they were if they had the courage to think about it.Just explain it and there shouldn't be any trouble.

Zhang Yan didn't want to make any trouble in the past, he was just a passerby with the car, and he didn't need to worry about the relationship between the bandits and the car and horse dealers on this road.Just take this trip as a way to increase your knowledge.

But as he got closer, Zhang Yan could clearly see the words "turtle foot stone" on that huge rock, but he didn't feel a single figure.

What about bandits?

The perception also dissipated, and still did not sense any ambush from others.This made Zhang Yan feel very strange.What about bandits?This first level is not in tune, is it?

Zhang Yan was not the only one who found it strange, the whole team was a little bit staring.

According to the past practice, the bandits on the mountain can see the convoy approaching from a long distance, and when they get close, they can see the convoy's flag, so they know it is a "familiar" team.At that time, six or seven people came down and waited at Guijiaoshi, ordered the goods on both sides, and paid enough money for the road as agreed, even if there was an explanation.The team can continue to move forward.

But now that they have reached Guijiaoshi, the bandits in the wolf village are nowhere to be seen.This is the first time for people who drive horses and horses to encounter it.

However, he has experience, and after a short stay, he called the team to continue to move forward, but he stopped the team in advance to rest before going far, saying that he would not leave today.Then he summoned the head of the guards of the convoy and muttered on the side, as if they were discussing something.

Zhang Yan was very curious, and quietly lit an ear charm for himself, and then gathered his ears with spiritual energy, listening to the words of the leader of the distant convoy and the leader of the guards verbatim.

"Boss, do you mean that something happened to the people in the wolf village?" It was the leader of the guard who spoke, with a serious expression, but he obviously didn't understand what the other party said.

The head of the convoy was over 50 years old, with dark skin and gray hair. His face was gloomy at this time, and he nodded and continued: "The evil wolf village was a new village five years ago. Including the Heidao village and the Huanshan village behind are all The same. And the bandits in this mountain five years ago were actually another group of famous people."

"Boss, I know what you said, but what does it have to do with whether something happened in the Wolf's Village?"

"It's not the point that the dogs in the evil wolf village have accidents. The point is that if they have an accident, it means that the forces in this mountain are now in chaos. If the same is true for the Heidao village behind us, then our journey will be difficult. gone."

The leader of the guards was silent for a while, as if he finally understood, so he asked in amazement: "You mean that we are likely to be affected by the chaotic situation here, and they will no longer recognize the previous agreement with us?"

"Acknowledge? I'm afraid that Heidaozhai and Huanshanzhai have the same accidents as the previous evil wolf village. Why should the new mountaintop accept the previous agreement? Would you recognize it if it were you?"

"Then... what if it is true what you said?"

"What else can I do? Either ask for a lot of money, or eat people and goods together. Five years ago when the evil wolf village overthrew the previous forces, they chose the latter. The purpose is to show their ferocity, so that later Talk to us about the price."

This statement startled the leader of the guards. When he thought of facing hundreds of thieves who have no rules, he has only ten people in his hand and only three warriors. He will definitely die!

"Hold your head, shall we go back then?"

"I'm afraid it's impossible to retreat now. If it's just an accident in the wolf village, do you think the boss will tear you and me apart for the loss of this trip?"

"Then what do you think the big head should do? You won't really force your way in?"

"Tomorrow, we will send someone to check the situation in Heidao Village behind. If something is wrong, we will go back. At that time, we will have something to say in front of the boss. Either we see the wind or the rain and we are timid to scare ourselves."

Chapter 51 Mountain Rain

Hearing this, Zhang Yan knew it in his heart.

There is a high probability that something major has happened if the people from Bad Wolf Village did not show up, and the head of the team suspects that Bad Wolf Village is not the only bandit that has an accident, but the three groups of bandits in this mountain. The same goes for shuffling.At that time, the result that everyone knew was that, in order to show off their prestige, the bandits who had just appeared, that is, those bandits who might have had an accident this time, chose to eat both human beings and goods, leaving no one alive.

If something really happened now, it might be considered karma.Zhang Yan thought so in his heart.