Chapter 328 Tragic
After entering the later stage of foundation building, although the Five Elements Elixir still had an effect, its effect began to weaken.
The main reason is that at this moment, Xiao Lin's magic power in his body has been very condensed, and his requirements for spiritual energy are also higher. The spiritual energy contained in the Five Elements Spiritual Pill is no longer enough to allow him to quickly improve his cultivation.
Now, the speed of his cultivation is at least several times slower than before entering the later stage of foundation building. If he continues to practice at the current speed of cultivation, he may not be able to reach the perfection of foundation building even if he practices for another fifty or sixty years.
And even if he really practiced for fifty or sixty years and entered the foundation-building perfection, Xiao Lin would already be one hundred, twenty or thirty years old at that time. If he could break through the foundation-building and enter the golden elixir in his lifetime, he would undoubtedly become very powerful. Slim.
So Xiao Lin began to think about how to get the third-level spiritual elixir recipe from the sect. As long as he could get the third-level spiritual elixir recipe to improve his cultivation, he could cultivate some third-level spiritual elixirs through the spirit wood space. grass to refine the elixir.
It was enough for him to break out of his current predicament, and the third-level elixir was enough for him to practice to the late stage of the golden elixir.
Xiao Lin was convinced that there must be third-level elixir recipes in Dancao Mountain, but these elixir recipes were all in the hands of several Jindan elders. Of course, Patriarch Tianyi certainly had no shortage of elixir recipes.
However, it is not easy for Xiao Lin to obtain the third-level spiritual elixir recipe from these scheming elites. In fact, as early as when he was an outer disciple in the Qi refining period, he was in the spiritual field in charge of Tao Ling at the back of Qinghuo Peak. When he was an alchemy boy, he once made insidious remarks about Tao Ling and Xiao Yishao.
They wanted to know if they had third-level elixir recipes. After all, there were quite a few second-level elixir recipes in Tao Ling's stone chamber. But for the third-level elixir recipes, Tao Ling shook his head like a rattle.
Just talking about the third-level elixir recipe, in the entire Dancao Mountain, apart from the ancestor Tianyi, there are only two people who have it. One is Tao Ling's master Wu Daozi, and the other is the ancestor of the Wang family.
The ancestor of the Wang family can be regarded as a lineage of the Xiuzhen family, and the leader, Changqing Zhenren, is also a member of the Wang family and has deep roots in Dancao Mountain.
Wu Daozi and the ancestor of the Wang family are the two great alchemists in Dancao Mountain besides the ancestor Tianyi. The title of great alchemist is not random, and they can be given the four words "great alchemist".
It indicates that the two of them can refine the third-level elixir. Since they can refine the third-level elixir, they naturally have the recipe for the third-level elixir.
In Xiao Lin's view, if he wants to obtain the third-level spiritual elixir formula, Patriarch Tianyi is unreliable, not to mention the stinginess of Patriarch Tianyi when he delivered Jiang Shengcao last time. Yu Xin, with his current status, not to mention having no way to see him, even if he could see him, Patriarch Tianyi might not take him seriously.
The ancestor of the Wang family was also directly excluded by Xiao Lin. Although Dancao Mountain looked very harmonious on the surface, in fact, the casual cultivator lineage and the cultivator family were fighting openly and secretly, and there were also many small actions in private.
For me, a disciple of Dancao Mountain who was born as a casual cultivator, it was simply unrealistic to obtain the recipe for the third-level spiritual elixir from the ancestor of the Wang family.
After thinking about it, Xiao Lin could only place his hope on Master Wu. Master Wu was usually very low-key and would not interfere with major events that happened within the sect.
It is rare to see Master Wu on weekdays. Xiao Lin saw this Master Wu in the valley during the catacomb trial. Since joining Dancao Mountain, he has seen a lot of golden elixir monks, including those from the Wang family. He has seen that ancestor before.
Only this Master Wu, he had never seen before.
Xiao Lin thought about how he could meet Master Wu. If he couldn't even meet him, how could he talk about the third-level elixir recipe?
The reason why Xiao Lin finally chose Master Wu was mainly because of his relationship with Tao Ling. Tao Ling was Wu Daozi's direct disciple. If he could get Tao Ling's recommendation, he would be very excited to see Wu Daozi. There is hope.
Xiao Lin sat on the futon, looked at the wall of the training room in front of him, and fell into deep thought.
Early the next morning, Xiao Lin piloted the Bingluan Sword and flew towards Qinghuo Peak.
As soon as he flew to the end of the winding path in the back mountain, Xiao Lin saw that the forbidden aura above the spiritual field had been turned on. Tao Ling was wearing a light blue robe, standing gracefully in front of the forbidden area.
"Senior Sister Tao." Xiao Lin saw Tao Ling and bowed and saluted. Although Tao Ling was still in the middle stage of foundation building, in Xiao Lin's view, she was obviously not far from the peak of the middle stage of foundation building.
"Junior brother Xiao, I heard that you were assigned by the sect to carry out a secret mission and you have been away for several months. I don't know what kind of wind is blowing today, but I have blown you to my three-thirds of an acre of land." Tao Ling After returning the gift, he said with a smile.
Hearing this, Xiao Lin's face as thick as old tree bark couldn't help but blush. Tao Ling's words were extremely sharp and pierced Xiao Lin's heart. In fact, with his character, as long as nothing happened, he would probably Hiding in the cave, practicing hard behind closed doors.
And as soon as he comes out of the cave, there is a high probability that something will happen.
Although Tao Ling didn't know what Xiao Lin was here for, she didn't have any close friends except for a few sisters who got along well with each other in Dancao Mountain. In comparison, Xiao Lin's character and character were still somewhat distasteful to her. appetite.
"Senior Sister Tao was joking. That day in the square, Junior Brother left without saying goodbye. In fact, it was Master who sent a message and summoned Xiao Lin, so he had to leave. This time Xiao Lin came here mainly to visit Senior Sister. After all, our five major sects have just experienced After a big battle, Xiao Lin felt relieved when he saw that his senior sister was safe and sound. "
"Gee, come in and talk." Tao Ling glanced at Xiao Lin with charming eyes. Although he knew that what this junior brother said may not be what he meant, it was commendable that he could think of caring about him.
After entering the spiritual field, Xiao Lin followed Tao Ling into his training room. Tao Ling had already brewed a pot of green dew tea in the training room. This green dew tea is also a specialty of Dancao Mountain.
The green leaf tea with morning dew is picked before the first ray of sunshine in the morning, dried using secret methods, and then placed in a place with abundant spiritual energy to dry for 7,749 days before it is completed.
Many disciples of Dancao Mountain like to drink this kind of tea. The tea brewed with Qinglu tea has a delicate fragrance with a hint of spiritual energy. After one sip, one can't help but feel the fragrance lingering in the mouth and have endless aftertaste.
Pour Xiao Lin a cup of green dew tea, and they both took their seats.
"Senior sister, this time Gu Xuanzong's invasion did not bring too much damage to our Dancao Mountain, right?" After sitting down, Xiao Lin took a sip of tea and said.
Hearing this, a hint of sadness appeared on Tao Lingqiao's face: "This time the invasion of Gu Xuanzong, although it is not damaging to our five major sects, the losses are quite heavy. I think my junior brother has just returned to the mountain, and many things have been affected." It’s not clear yet.”
Seeing Xiao Lin nodding, Tao Lingcai added: "In this battle of Xuelao Pass, our five major sects sent out 30,000 inner disciples in the foundation building period and outer disciples in the Qi refining stage, and finally returned to their respective sects alive. That’s less than half, including those who were seriously injured or disabled.”
When Xiao Lin was in Xuelao Pass, he also inquired about half of the 30,000 monks lost, that is, 15,000 monks died in this fight. Even if it was divided equally among the five major sects, each sect would There are also more than 3,000 people in the gate.
Of course, due to the small number of people in Qianfu Sect and Tianyun Pavilion, the other three major sects must have sent more disciples than the average, which means that at least more than 3,000 people died in Dancao Mountain.
There were tens of thousands of outer sect disciples and hundreds of inner sect disciples in Dancao Mountain. More than 3,000 people died in one fell swoop. It was definitely considered a catastrophe.
You must know that among these disciples sent out, most of them are at least in the later stages of Qi Refining or even in the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. They are the cornerstones of the sect. Once the cornerstones are severely lost, it will inevitably affect the number of foundation-building monks in the future.
Although he knew a rough idea, he still didn't know how many foundation-building disciples Dancao Mountain had lost. In contrast, foundation-building monks were the mainstay of a sect. The number of foundation-building monks represented the success of a sect. How many golden elixir monks can be born within a long period of time.
Golden elixir monks and Yuanying monks are the high-end combat power of a sect, and they are also the pillars of the sect's status in the world of cultivation. In a sense, the number of Yuanying monks in a sect determines the sect's success in cultivation. status in the world.
The Tianlu Mountains where Dancao Mountain is located is located in a relatively remote Nanzhou in the Southern Territory. It is very rare for the five major sects to give birth to five Nascent Soul monks.
After all, the richness of spiritual energy in a region determines the level that high-level monks can achieve in the sects established here.
Once the five major sects are unable to succeed, after the existing Nascent Soul monks are enthroned, if no new Nascent Soul monks are born, then the decline of the Tianlu Mountains will become inevitable.
"How's Senior Brother Xiao?" Xiao Lin asked casually.
"Hey." Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiao Lin finished speaking, Tao Ling sighed deeply, which gave Xiao Lin a bad premonition.
"Junior Brother Xiao has fallen. This time, nearly two hundred foundation-building monks in our Dancao Mountain have died, which is close to one-third of our entire Dancao Mountain foundation-building disciples." Tao Ling said, his eyes also glowing red.
Hearing this, although Xiao Lin had been practicing on his own for a long time and had little interaction with the other monks in the sect except Master Su Qingyun, he couldn't help but look sad after hearing the news.
Xiao Lin's sense of belonging to the sect has always been relatively weak. The main reason is that as soon as he entered the sect, Lan Xin, the elder of the outer sect, almost hacked his Foundation Establishment Pill. Regarding the matter of building the Foundation Pill himself, Master Chang Qing must have tacitly approved of it.
If he hadn't finally passed the trial of the Five Hells Illusion and became a disciple of Su Qingyun, his life in Dancao Mountain would definitely be difficult now.
It is precisely because of this kind of shady situation that he really does not have much sense of belonging to Dancao Mountain. In the final analysis, the motivations for him to continue to stay in Dancao Mountain are that one is the safe training environment of Dancao Mountain, and the other is his master Su. Qingyun.