"I have checked the classics in the temple about this secret place. It seems to be the location of ancient Xiangtan." Sima Changyan said with a smile, "Legend has it that in the past, King Zhao of Chu was touring Zhaoshan. In the river below the mountain, he encountered a strange object that hit his boat. It was called 'Pingshi'."

"King Zhao of Chu ate it and found it delicious. Later, when he sent troops to rescue the State of Chen, he flew up into the sky in broad daylight in the army. The tens of thousands of soldiers only saw a red cloud in the sky like a bird flying around the sun."

"Although the legend is just a legend, Ping Shi is indeed a favorite food of the phoenix. It contains abundant Yi wood spirit energy, which means that wood generates fire. Eating it can improve the properties of the true essence, which is conducive to driving fire-related Taoist methods and instruments, and can increase the cultivation of the Huafu by thirty years."

"Senior Sister An's natal sword is of the fire element." Duan Fenhai said with a smile, "If we can find Pingshi, it will definitely be of great help to Senior Sister's swordsmanship."

An Zhisu nodded modestly, while Ling Yunpo watched speechlessly.

They said this on purpose because they wanted to show their kindness to you, but you, senior sister, actually acted so cold. It's really more difficult to deal with than having social phobia - at least with the latter, everyone can see that there is a problem with one's ability. But who knows whether you really don't care or are just pretending?

Sure enough, seeing An Zhisu's cold reaction, Sima Changyan laughed dryly and changed the topic:

"Brother Duan, with your Purple Mansion cultivation, I think you should have secured a top-grade golden elixir, right?"

Duan Fenhai laughed and said:

"What's the matter? I entered Taoism at the age of forty, completed my marrow cleansing at the age of ninety, and entered the Transformation Realm at the age of one hundred. I only have one hundred years left to live."

"Even if we add the golden mercury elixir liquid for sixty years and the ten thousand year old stone milk for forty years, we can barely reach the threshold of the top grade golden elixir. However, we have to go to the southern border to fight every year to drink a sip of the ten thousand year old stone milk, so it takes a total of forty years to drink it."

"If anything goes wrong along the way, we will miss out on the top-grade golden elixir."

"Brother Duan, don't worry so much." Sima Changyan shook his head and smiled, "There are still a hundred years left. As long as I can drink the ten thousand year old stone milk in forty years, I can get the top grade golden elixir."

"How can such a statement be possible?" Duan Fenhai sighed helplessly, "Even if one has a life span of 100 years, one may not be able to truly cultivate to the level of a 100-year Huafu cultivation."

"Meeting a bottleneck in cultivation, being seriously injured and in seclusion, being entangled in worldly affairs... Who can guarantee that the next hundred years will be smooth and unobstructed? Unless you hide in a cocoon in the sea of ​​clouds."

"How is Junior Brother Ling's cultivation in the Huafu?" Sima Changyan asked curiously, "I heard that you entered Taoism at the age of twenty?"

"Just average, just average." Ling Yunpo said modestly, "About the same as Senior Sister An and Senior Brother Duan. I'm satisfied if I can produce a top-grade golden elixir."

"Hypocrisy." Kunlun Mirror suddenly said, "How many years have you been accumulating your Huafu cultivation?"

"If you count the additions from the secret medicine and the secret realm alone, it's almost five hundred and ten years." Qing Ping Sword answered for him, "I've calculated it very carefully!"

"Sixty years for the Golden Mercury Dan Huaye, thirty years for the Cloud Sea Cocoon, seventy years for enlightenment in Kunlun Tianmen Hall, fifty years for Chaoyuan Spiritual Qi, seventy years for the Golden Juice and Jade Liquid, thirty years for the Vermilion Marrow Dan, forty years for the Ten Thousand Years of Stone Milk, thirty years for the Sea Bodhi, a hundred years for the Yangxia Vermilion Dan, and thirty years for the Yaochi Golden Lotus, a total of five hundred and ten years... Two hundred and ninety years are left before I can form a pill right here, and then I will be killed by the supreme heavenly tribulation of the first-grade golden pill."

Lingyunpo: ...

"Well, is the heavenly tribulation of the first-grade golden elixir very powerful?" he asked cautiously.

"Who knows?" Qing Ping Jian said boredly, "No one has ever formed a first-grade golden elixir before... Oh, the great masters who founded the Chan Sect and Jie Sect should have formed a first-grade golden elixir."

"Don't scare him." Kunlun Jing complained, "The first-grade golden elixir tribulation is nothing great. He has practiced so many immortal arts and secrets! If it doesn't work, we still have you and me to help, right?"

"Ah Jing, Qing Ping!" Ling Yunpo was deeply moved. "You are really my best friends and my good wives!"

"Pah, pah, pah!" The mirror and the sword simultaneously pierced him, "Don't think we don't know what a good wife is!"

Ling Yunpo just smiled and said nothing, secretly laughing in his heart.

Five hundred and ten years of Purple Mansion cultivation may seem simple and easy, but it is actually very difficult.

The Gold-Mercury Danhua Liquid is probably the easiest to obtain. As long as one is from the three major upright sects of Kunlun, Shushan and Penglai, and is outstanding among the disciples in the Foundation Establishment Stage, one can basically get it.

Cloud Sea Cocoon, you need to be in the top 100 of Shushan Immortal Sword Ranking to enter the Demon Locking Tower to obtain it;

The Ten Thousand Years Stone Milk and Sea Bodhi both require Shushan disciples to go to southern border to fight, and the former process is too long, and the latter is not stable enough, so they are basically unreliable.

To attain enlightenment in Tianmen Palace is a benefit for the chief of Kunlun Foundation Establishment Realm, and only one person can achieve this every two hundred years.

Chaoyuan Lingqi is a secret location of Penglai Yuqing Temple, which is known only to the elite disciples in the temple.

To achieve all of the above, one not only needs to be born into a famous and upright family, but also needs to work hard within the faction, devote all one's energy internally, and fight to the top among all the disciples in the Foundation Establishment Stage before one can seize that precious opportunity.

As for rare items such as Yangxia Zhuming Dan and Yaochi Golden Lotus, he obtained them after experiencing life and death, exploring various dangerous secret places, and relying on great wisdom, perseverance, and good fortune. How much sweat, blood, and tears were involved in this?

If someone else were here, even with the help of the Kunlun Mirror and the Qingping Sword, could he achieve the great feats that I have achieved?

"Hey, it seems we have arrived at Zhaoshan." Kunlun Mirror couldn't bear to hear his inner monologue any more, so he quickly reminded him.

Ling Yunpo took a closer look and found that Sima Changyan had taken the lead in suppressing the sword light, so he quickly flew down on the sword.

The four of them settled down on the outskirts of the village on the edge of Zhaoshan Mountain and then walked into the village.

The village was a mixture of natives and Hakkas, and their clothing and customs were very different from those in the northern Central Plains. Sima Changyan found the village elders and said in the local dialect:

"Chiliqua, chiliqua..."

Ling Yunpo and the others were stunned. Then they heard the village elder nodded and asked someone to call a Tujia girl.

"So you're going to lead people into the mountains this time?" The Tujia girl's eyes were bright and she spoke in a very standard Central Plains accent. She chatted and laughed with Sima Changyan, "Let me remind you again, if you follow my route inside, you will definitely not encounter any danger."

"But if you don't follow my route, I can't guarantee what will happen."

"We are not here for sightseeing, little girl." Sima Changyan said with a smile.

The implication is that he would definitely not follow her forever.

Maybe he saw some magical medicine along the way and left directly.

The Tujia girl snorted and began to talk to the elder in dialect.

She spoke quickly and urgently, and it was unclear what she was talking about.

Ling Yunpo took the opportunity to come to Sima Changyan and asked in a low voice:

"We want her to take us there? She's not a monk!"

"It is said that this girl has been to the secret realm several times and is very familiar with the environment, routes, monsters and insect swarms inside." Sima Changyan also replied in a low voice.

"So that's how it is." Ling Yunpo understood.

If it is true as Sima Changyan said, then we really have to rely on this Tujia girl as a guide... huh?

He suddenly felt that this Tujia girl looked familiar, but when he took a closer look, he could not find any similarity in his memory, whether in terms of face or temperament.

"A Jing." Ling Yunpo asked in a low voice, "Have I... seen this girl before?"

"No." Kunlun Mirror didn't see the problem either. "There is no illusion on her. This is her true appearance."

"That's strange." Ling Yunpo narrowed his eyes and stared at the pretty face of the Tujia girl.

An Zhisu pulled his arm from the side.

"What's wrong, Senior Sister?"

"Don't keep staring at the girl." An Zhisu reminded, "It's impolite."