Chapter 281: Guanshan Town
Three days and fifty thousand miles, it is really magical.
But the price was that the five ghosts were worked to death.
"Master Zhang, let's say goodbye now."
In a wilderness outside the Black Soil Plain, Zhang Yang and Qian Muyun counted their harvests with each other.
Zhang Yang obtained a thousand kilograms of black gold, five soul stones, a soul jade, as well as triple armor removal technique, five heavy armor technique, triple air ban technique, five flying technique, triple ground hardening technique, and five swamp technique.
Qian Muyun obtained the mysterious magic word taught by Zhang Yang: Confused Mind.
However, it will take some time to crack this mysterious magic language. Originally, Qian Muyun invited Zhang Yang to stay in Ye Ning City temporarily and promised to help him solve problems such as identity and residence.
Once he has cracked the mysterious magic language, Zhang Yang can leave.
But Zhang Yang still chose to refuse.
Because to him, the magic language, or the cracked reverse magic language is certainly useful, but it is not as good as the advantage he has now. The one unit of standard spiritual energy of heaven and earth that is automatically generated every day is too important to him.
He needed some time to practice in seclusion, and he was not worried that Qian Muyun would go back on his word.
“Please take care!”
Zhang Yang also bowed and quickly parted ways with Qian Muyun.
Then he activated the magic word: Shadow, and fled hundreds of miles away in one breath before revealing his figure. It was necessary for him to be so cautious, as he did not want to embark on a new escape journey.
However, Zhang Yang and Qian Muyun did not know that about half a day after they parted, a figure accurately traced to the place where the Five Dings and Five Ghosts died of exhaustion.
After wandering here for a while, the figure decisively followed the direction Qian Muyun left.
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A fairly prosperous town appeared in front of them. This town had no city walls and no obvious defensive measures. It was very different from the tense and stressful villages on the Black Soil Plain.
But Zhang Yang did not dare to underestimate it. The existence of villages and towns in this world of immortal cultivation must have a reason.
I walked over slowly, and no one came to stop me or ask questions. There was also no village protection formation or warning formation activated.
Walking into the town, you will see a constant stream of people and bustling business. In the streets and alleys, there are old men and women basking in the sun, children playing, and village women washing clothes by the well. This is a living town on earth.
Even Zhang Yang didn't notice any powerful people in this small town.
When Zhang Yang walked to the center of the town, a huge stone tablet appeared in front of him, like a giant sword holding up the sky. Magical patterns were engraved on the stone tablet. In addition, he also sensed the fluctuation of magic power here.
When Zhang Yang approached within a hundred steps of the stone tablet, he suddenly felt something in his heart. He felt a sharp sword intent bursting out from the stone tablet and directly locked onto him. At the same time, an illusion appeared. In the illusion, there was a swordsman in white. His age could not be determined, but his whole body was filled with sharpness and coldness. It was obvious at a glance that he was a standard swordsman.
"Outsiders, this Guanshan Town and the surrounding 500 miles are all under the protection of our Great Dream Sword Sect. Do not cause trouble within the 500 miles of this Guanshan Town. You are also not allowed to meditate and practice, absorb spiritual energy, or harm living beings within this area. If you dare to violate the rules, you will be regarded as an enemy of our Great Dream Sword Sect and will be killed without mercy!"
After giving a warning, the phantom disappeared, but the sword intent locked on Zhang Yang remained.
Then he instantly understood why this Guanshan town looked so peaceful and uneventful. Behind it stood the Daming Sword Sect, an immortal cultivation sect that was many times more powerful than Ye Ning City.
With just this warning, only someone who is truly insane or wants to die will do something like this.
"This world of immortal cultivation is full of hostility towards independent cultivators. Let alone finding a place to build a mountain gate or establish a sect, even sitting in meditation and absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will bring about a fatal disaster. From this point of view, Black Soil Plain is more free. What a pity."
Zhang Yang sighed and bowed towards the stone tablet. He certainly didn't dare to act rashly, nor did he need to.
He walked around the town, avoiding the stone tablet, and ordered some local specialties in a restaurant or inn, and ate while drinking by himself.
It is worth mentioning that the locals are not unfamiliar with or afraid of immortal cultivators. They also collect immortal stones, and one immortal stone can be exchanged for one hundred taels of gold.
Zhang Yang took a piece of immortal stone and basically figured out most of the things he wanted to know.
For example, the establishment of Guanshan Town can be traced back to a thousand years ago. For a thousand years, it has been the Daming Sword Sect that has provided protection. Every few years, one or two disciples of the Daming Sword Sect would come to the town to collect protection fees. Well, Guanshan Town has 500 acres of fairy rice fields. This kind of rice takes three years to harvest, and 80% of it needs to be handed over to the Daming Sword Sect, 10% is kept as rice seeds, and 10% needs to be handed over to the Da Qi Dynasty.
In addition, Guanshan Town is the only way from Yening City to Xuantie City, so there are constant business and travel, and life is quite leisurely.
In the end, the restaurant owner also showed Zhang Yang a clear way to get rich.
"Young man, you look like a capable cultivator. If you are short of money, you might as well go to the town's land temple. The land god is responsible for guarding the land for the Great Dream Sword Sect and will also issue some bounties for slaying demons. You can take them, the rewards are very good."
"Isn't this a place protected by the Great Dream Sword Sect? Why aren't the disciples of the Great Dream Sword Sect responsible for the bounties for slaying demons and exorcising monsters?"
Zhang Yang asked his doubts.
"Hey, young man, how can it be the same? The disciples of the Dameng Sword Sect are all immortals who can fly around in the sky. It's great that they can give us the name of protecting Guanshan Town. How can we bother them with some insignificant monsters and demons that we encounter in normal times!"
"Of course, if Guanshan Town really encounters a catastrophic disaster, the Dameng Sword Sect will definitely take action."
The restaurant owner looked confident and satisfied, while Zhang Yang seemed to be thinking about something.
After having a good meal and a few drinks, he took the gold and rented a courtyard in Guanshan Town. This kind of thing is very common here because merchants often use this place as a transit station for goods.
Moreover, with the reputation of the Dameng Sword Sect, no one dares to cause trouble.
So Zhang Yang decided to go into seclusion here, because compared to the unstable wilderness, this Guanshan town was really perfect.
Next, he absorbed one unit of standard spiritual energy from heaven and earth every day and then converted and absorbed it.
About ten days later, Zhang Yang had accumulated enough qualifications to open the next sword cultivation meridian.
This sword cultivation vein is called Lingmai Sword Pill.
As the name suggests, the effect of this Lingmai Sword Pill is somewhat similar to the Dantian of a Jindan Taoist, both of which are places where the innate spiritual energy is stored.
Before activating the Spirit Vein Sword Pill, Zhang Yang could store up to 200 breaths of his own spiritual energy in his body. If he could successfully activate the Spirit Vein Sword Pill, even if it was the first level, he would be able to store up to 500 breaths of his own spiritual energy at once.
The biggest benefit of possessing so much innate spiritual energy for Zhang Yang is that he doesn't have to consume his lifespan at every turn when releasing the triple golden sword.
Because releasing the triple golden sword once requires consuming two hundred breaths of innate spiritual energy at once.
It's so horrible.
However, activating the Spirit Vein Sword Pill is not as simple as piling up one's own spiritual energy.
This requires three prerequisites.
First of all, the soul meridian, heart meridian, and mind meridian must all be activated. Now Zhang Yang has done it, among which the soul meridian is at the fourth level, the heart meridian is at the fourth level, and the mind meridian is at the second level.
Secondly, it is the comprehension of the realm, which is very important. Don’t think that sword cultivators are not immortal cultivators. Sword cultivators are the same as Jindan Taoists. They both must comprehend the Dao of heaven and earth. It’s just that they have different paths to the same destination.
Only by comprehending a certain degree of the Dao of Heaven and Earth can one further purify and advance one's innate spiritual energy, and only then can one activate the Spirit Vein Sword Pill on this basis.
This is similar to the Dantian cultivation method of the Jindan Taoist.
Basically, if Zhang Yang could cultivate his Lingmai Sword Pill to the third level, then he would be almost equivalent to reaching the Jindan stage.
Please note that it is the level, not the strength. Judging from the strength alone, Zhang Yang's trump cards and various magic skills are enough to kill ordinary Jindan stage enemies.
Originally, if Zhang Yang wanted to fully comprehend the Dao of Heaven and Earth, it would take at least ten years of effort.
But now with the background editor, he completed this original accumulation in just over ten days.
As for the third prerequisite, it is actually simpler. That is to accumulate enough innate spiritual energy to facilitate transformation and improvement. After all, this is a process of quantitative change to qualitative change. You can't be halfway through your advancement and suddenly say, "I have no ammunition. Can I pause for a moment?" That would be ridiculous, wouldn't it?
Therefore, Zhang Yang had to reserve at least three hundred mouthfuls of his own spiritual energy and about three thousand units of ordinary mana, which would be equivalent to 300 immortal stones.
This is not a problem. Zhang Yang himself can store 200 breaths of innate spiritual energy. He only needs to wait for the appearance of that unit of standard spiritual energy of heaven and earth the next day, and then start the breakthrough, and everything will come naturally.
Of course, this was the first time that Zhang Yang had broken through a difficult level in his practice since he had successfully established his foundation. He had no choice but to attach great importance to it. For this reason, he went to the land temple in Guanshan Town and spent one hundred fairy stones to buy ten formation talismans in order to prevent any unexpected situations.
It is worth mentioning that the God of Land in the Land Temple in Guanshan Town is a native god like Zhao Xianyu once was, but unlike Zhao Xianyu, the God of Land here has a restricted growth ceiling and has completely become the steward and manager of the Dameng Sword Sect in various places.
This also made Zhang Yang more aware of how strong the foundations of the immortal sects in this world are. It's not that there are no gods within their sphere of influence, but they are restricted by them.
"Fortunately, I don't have to farm anymore, and I don't have to build any sects. Otherwise, these immortal cultivation sects alone would be enough to make me suffer."
Zhang Yangyan thought insincerely, then returned to the courtyard where he rented and activated the array talismans he had bought one by one. This is a simple and portable defense warning array talisman, which is very small and can last for 24 hours. It is a must-have good thing for home and travel.
After everything was ready, Zhang Yang first took out a soul stone with a serious expression.
Because this time, he not only has to activate the Spirit Vein Sword Pill, but also has to try to break through and upgrade his soul force field to the spiritual realm, which is the only sign of advanced spiritual practice.
(End of this chapter)
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