Chapter 312 Deserted Village Paradise, Sunrise Over Nine Mountains

"That's it?"

Uncle Pang was holding a book in his hand. To call it a book was a bit of an exaggeration, as the content was only one page - to put it bluntly, this page was not enough even to wipe your butt.

On the paper was the "Nine-Turn Golden Elixir Method" copied by Zheng Fa.

"That's it."

Zheng Fa's face was full of sincerity.

But Uncle Pang’s expression was hard to describe—his expression was very complicated, as if he was doubting himself, and also somewhat doubting the world.

This expression inevitably made Zheng Fa confused.

"How come... Venerable Tianhe also teaches his disciples in this way?"

Also? Zheng Fa blinked his eyes, and finally understood the frustration of his uncle: among the three great masters of Jiushan Sect, he was the most meticulous when teaching his disciples, almost stepping into their hands.

But in terms of teaching results, the seedlings in his field grew the least well.

Senior Sister Zhang and I are almost becoming a pain in Senior Uncle Pang’s heart...

Now even Venerable Tianhe is so unreliable.

Uncle Pang will inevitably doubt himself, and may even think that taking responsibility is a mistake...

“Junior Brother Zhou, didn’t you advance to the foundation-building stage some time ago?” Zheng Fa consoled him.

Zhou Qianyuan has been building his foundation for several months, and his progress is only half a year slower than Zheng Fa.

"Isn't it because of the 'Talisman Foundation Building Method'?" Uncle Pang sighed, not taking credit for it, "He learned the talisman method from me, and then from you, and later learned the 'Talisman Foundation Building Method'. That's why his cultivation has made such rapid progress. How can it be my credit?"

The elder beside him also nodded: "So, after entering the Nine Mountains Realm, the disciples of Zheng Fa's generation have cultivated much faster."

Senior Sister Zhang also agreed, "Yes, the disciples have made great progress, so the resources within the sect have always been a bit stretched."

Hearing this, Uncle Pang couldn't help but laugh: "This... I don't know whether to be happy or sad."

Anyway, judging from his expression, this worry is quite joyful.

The three of them looked at Zheng Fa. Although they didn't say it explicitly, they were clearly praising him in their words.

Zheng Fa smiled, changed the subject, and said, "Although it's just a general outline, it's still helpful to me."

"The Nine-Turn Golden Pill is actually formed after the golden pill is condensed, and then the three gates and nine orifices are used to continue to strengthen and improve the quality of the golden pill. Even a low-grade golden pill can be upgraded to a high-grade golden pill..."

Uncle Pang grinned and exclaimed: "...No wonder Venerable Tianhe is so powerful..."

Zheng Fa certainly understood his exclamation:

Xuanwei monks often say that there is no regret after the elixir is completed...

For many years, these four words have been cited as truth.

But Venerable Tianhe dared to say: Is it true? I don’t believe it!

Looking at the general outline of the "Nine-Turn Golden Elixir Method", Zheng Fa could roughly understand the thinking of Venerable Tianhe:

There is no regret for making the elixir, probably because the reaction in the golden elixir is too precise and too violent. It is extremely difficult for ordinary cultivators to strengthen it. If it explodes, they will kill themselves.

But Venerable Tianhe’s idea in the "Nine-Turn Golden Elixir Method" is: to refine the acupoints, forge a stronger body, and then use his spiritual power and consciousness that are stronger than those in the foundation-building period, and even various spiritual medicines, to complete this step.

Jindan is strong? My body is stronger! This thought reminded Zheng Fa of the strong body of the Tianhe disciple before.

According to Zheng Fa's understanding of this method, it is roughly as follows:

The workshop was upgraded, the equipment was updated, and the production line was overhauled.

What Zheng Fa didn’t understand was, if it was a top-grade golden elixir, then where would the improvement be?

This is also the knowledge gap caused by the lack of the Nine-Turn Method in the Nine-Turn Golden Pill Method...

"Strengthening the Nine Apertures should be of some benefit to forming the elixir." Zheng Fa said.

Senior Sister Zhang thought for a moment and said, "It seems that there is such a secret method in the Tianhe True Method."

This time when I went to the Water Palace, in addition to the rock with the "Nine-Turn Golden Elixir Method" recorded on it, I also found a yellow gourd and a jade tube.

The jade tube contains the "Tianhe True Method". Although it only reaches the Jindan stage, it also contains some secret methods, especially the acupoint secret method.

"No..." Uncle Pang said, "Since this Tianhe Secret Realm came in a strange way, this Tianhe True Method must be tricky."

Zheng Fa had some guesses in his mind at this time. The person who set up the Tianhe Secret Realm was probably looking for the jade pendant.

That jade pendant must be related to Venerable Tianhe, but no one knows what it is.

"The weirdness in the rocks...cannot be spread out." Zheng Fa thought for a while and said to the four people in front of him.

Although it was knowledge sharing, this was clearly a serious matter - it wasn't like he was looking for death.

Senior Sister Zhang, Master, Uncle Pang and Uncle Huang are all Nascent Soul cultivators of the Jiushan Sect. After having been together for so long, Zheng Fa has considerable trust in them.

But apart from these four people…it’s hard to say about the other disciples.

Even Master Huang was nodding, as if he understood the danger in this secret.

The old man laughed and sighed: "I don't know what the person who set up the secret realm was thinking, to let the rock be taken away so easily."

"I checked..." Senior Sister Zhang said, "This Tianhe Secret Realm appears once every few dozen or hundreds of years..."

"There must be quite a lot of rocks here?" the old man suddenly realized.

Senior Sister Zhang nodded and replied, "Every secret realm seems to have one, and many people have taken it back... but they probably didn't understand anything."

Zheng Fa thought about it and could understand why:

If they didn't let anyone take it back, it would be easy to be exposed. There were a lot of rocks in the mountains, and they had searched for hundreds of thousands of years without any results, so they naturally became more lazy.

Even... Zheng Fa asked himself, if it weren't for Mu Qingyan's reminder and archaeological proof that this secret realm was man-made.

If it were another cultivator, after gaining a benefit from the rocks, he would naturally want to look for the rocks of Venerable Tianhe again, and probably would not be willing to let others do it for him.

Whether you search in the market or go to a secret place, it is easy to expose your secrets.

After all, the traditional Xuanwei cultivators, firstly, cannot see the truth clearly, and secondly, cannot help but always expose their secrets. This group of people can wait for hundreds of thousands of years, so naturally they are not lacking in patience.

"Before the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir Method is understood, it cannot be passed on to others, but the Heavenly River True Method can be shown to others."

"You mean, the Sword Immortal of the Setting Sun?"

Uncle Pang was stunned for a moment, then he immediately understood what Zheng Fa meant.

"Yes, this time the amount of Taichu Gangqi is extremely large and of great value. The Canyang Sword Immortal sent a message saying that he will personally deliver it this time."

…

Han Lao, the Sword Immortal of the Setting Sun, is heading towards the Nine Mountains Realm.

He was short in stature, but the sword light was long and fast. He would only stop to rest from time to time at night - he said he would rest, but in fact there were too many people from the Great Freedom Demon Sect around him, so even he had to be careful and try his best to ensure that his spiritual power was sufficient and his spirit was perfect to avoid accidents.

One day, he happened to stop in a village.

The village seemed deserted, and there was no one to be seen in the fields or near the houses.

There were dozens of households, but there was neither smoke from cooking nor lights.

Just by looking at the farmland, you can find that although there are no rice seedlings in the fields, they have not been abandoned for too long - probably less than a year.

Apparently this place didn't look like this a year ago.

The Sword Immortal Canyang paused, walked towards a house and knocked on the door.

Inside the door, there was a trembling echo: "Who is it?"

He didn't answer. The door opened after a long time. An old woman opened the door. She didn't have a light in her hand and squinted her eyes and looked at him with difficulty.

"Who are you……"

"People who are traveling far away need a place to stay." Old Han said loudly.

"Come in!"

The old woman led him to a bedroom and said, "This is where my son slept before. If you don't mind the shabby room, please stay here."

Mr. Han nodded slightly.

The old woman seemed embarrassed and said, "I didn't even give the honored guest a drink of water. There is no lamp oil at home... I can't see clearly either."

Old Han looked towards the kitchen outside.

With his divine sense, he could of course see that this family not only had no lamp oil, but even no rice in the jar and no oil in the pot.

There was indeed a shallow layer of water in the water tank, but not much, probably because the old woman could not carry it.

Old Han asked, "Where are the people in the village?"

"People? They're gone... Nowadays, people from some immortal sect come today, and people from some holy sect come tomorrow..."

"You have to hand in everything, you have to take everything..."

Old Han nodded slightly. What the old woman said was correct: not only was the Great Freedom Demon Cult looting everywhere, but the Hundred Immortals Alliance was also short of supplies.

I heard that the spiritual fields of the Hundred Immortals Alliance were all being attacked by the Great Freedom Demon Sect, and the sect's resources are stretched thin.

There are fewer resources, but the number of people supported by the Hundred Immortals Alliance is no less.

Master Tongming gathered several major sects and had many small sects attached to him. These monks had relatives and families, and these relatives and families always had to eat.

If there is no spiritual grain to eat, ordinary food will be good to fill the stomach.

Naturally, the demands on subordinates also became more frequent.

To this old woman, whether it is an immortal sect or a holy religion, it makes no difference.

Although the Hundred Immortals Alliance and the Great Freedom Demon Sect are still minor conflicts in the eyes of the immortals, for these people, they have completely changed their lives.

"Where did they go?"

"In the city, they do some work for the immortal sect disciples in the city." The old woman smiled and said, "My son and daughter-in-law have also gone there. There is work and food, so we won't starve to death..."

"What about you? Not following?"

"Am I not a burden?" The old woman smiled and said softly, "The world is getting worse and worse... One less person to eat, they..."

Old Han looked at the old woman in front of him and felt pity for her - he had extraordinary hearing and could hear the rumbling of the old woman's stomach from far away at the village entrance. Her breathing was intermittent and if she starved for another two days, she would probably die.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have knocked.

Mr. Han didn't say anything else.

Early the next morning, the old woman struggled to get up and went to her son's room. She found that the bed was made but no one was in the room.

The old woman looked outside the door and saw a small jujube tree in front of the house.

It is not the time for the date tree to bear fruit, but there is a big date on the tree, green with red.

The old woman was already hungry, and looking at the dates, she couldn't help but salivate. She reached out and picked a date and put it into her mouth.

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After eating a date, she felt warm and full, and she wasn't even thirsty anymore.

At this time, the voice of Old Han came slowly: "This tree is used as a place to stay. One tree a day. Don't worry about others coveting it."

The old woman was stunned for a moment, then she knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "Thank you, God, thank you..."

Old Han in the air curled his lips and cursed: "Shit god!"

…

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Han!" Zheng Fa thanked him sincerely, "If it weren't for you, Mr. Han, I wouldn't be able to find this Taichu Gangqi anywhere."

He had previously sent letters to the Hundred Immortals Alliance and Yan Wushuang, hoping to purchase a large amount of Taichu Gangqi.

But the responses were not ideal - there was Taichu Gang Qi, but the amount was not large.

It was Mr. Han who said he had a way to buy it and delivered it personally, solving Zheng Fa’s urgent problem.

"I have nothing to do either."

After the greetings, Zheng Fa glanced at Senior Sister Zhang, took out the jade tube and yellow gourd from the water palace, and asked, "Master Han, do you recognize these two things?"

Old Han frowned slightly, first took the yellow gourd and looked at it, then took the jade tube and read it for a while, then opened his eyes and asked in surprise: "Tianhe Zhenfa?"

"Yes, we got it from a water palace."

"this……"

Old Han frowned, thought for a moment and said, "There is nothing wrong with this Tianhe True Method. It is not much different from what is passed down in the sect... It is not left by the founder."

Indeed, Elder Han was the first person to suggest that the Tianhe Sect had betrayed the Tianhe Venerable. The more this Tianhe True Law resembled the Tianhe Sect's secret teachings, the less it was the original version of the Tianhe Venerable...

However, he did not want to practice this true method, but wanted to learn the secret method of strengthening the acupoints in it to improve the power of his elixir. It didn't matter whether it was true or not, as long as it could be used.

"This yellow gourd..." Unexpectedly, Old Han seemed to care more about the gourd. After thinking for a while, he said, "It really looks like something from our ancestor..."

"Um?"

"I have heard a lot of rumors and secrets. Others don't know, but I know... Grandmaster, there is a secret method that is extremely powerful and well-known. It is called..." Old Han stared at the gourd and said, "Gourd Sword Technique!"

"This yellow-skinned gourd looks very much like the legendary spiritual root gourd."

"This method has long been lost in the Tianhe Sect..." Old Han sighed, "We, the later generations...are getting worse with each generation. We don't even know this ultimate secret method anymore."

Zheng Fa suddenly realized something, and his expression became much more serious when he looked at the yellow gourd.

Although this thing doesn't seem to have much power now, but... it sounds extraordinary!

And it seems to be a spiritual root? Zheng Fa has decided to give some good deeds to the archaeological team. Of course, the price of this yellow gourd will also be raised...

The next day, Zheng Fa said to Mr. Han apologetically, "Mr. Han, I am preparing to form a pill, so I'm sorry I can't entertain you for too long."

"Are you going to form a pill?"

"Yes!" Zheng Fa said, "I have already completed the foundation building stage, and now I have all the resources for the skills, so there is no need to delay."

Senior Sister Zhang has always been a bold and straightforward person, but in the past few days she has been urging him to make more preparations - but Zheng Fa also understands one thing, although there is no regret once the elixir is successful, it is naturally good to make more preparations.

But sometimes you need to burn your boats.

If you keep focusing on preparation, you often end up accomplishing nothing.

Even with the "Nine-Turn Golden Pill Method", Zheng Fa became calmer - if it doesn't work, I can upgrade it! Han Lao didn't persuade him, but just nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry about forming the pill, I'll go around the Nine Mountain Realm by myself, you don't mind, right?"

"sure."

…

After Zheng Fa went into seclusion, the Jiushan Sect fell into an atmosphere that was loose on the outside but tight on the inside.

Old Han discovered that no matter who he was chatting with from the Jiushan Sect, they were all a little absent-minded and frequently distracted - of course he could understand that, as Zheng Fa's Dan formation was of great importance, and there was not a single Jiushan disciple from top to bottom who was not concerned.

But if this happens, there will be nothing to talk about with those Nine Mountain disciples...

However, the mortals on Paradise Island did live their lives as usual, with men farming and women weaving.

He spent all day on Paradise Island and made a friend:

Zheng Shan!

"Why are you so sad?" Looking at Zheng Shan who looked depressed, Old Han asked curiously.

He was close to Zheng Shan not because of any attraction, but because on this Paradise Island, only Zheng Shan could talk to him comfortably and intimately - as Zheng Fa's sister, she could see several Yuanyings every day...she was used to it.

“It’s time for the exam!”

Zheng Shan responded while pretending to be a spirit crane.

It can be seen that her spiritual crane body training is also quite good...mainly due to Zheng Fa's special training.

"take an exam?"

"Yes!" Zheng Shan's tone was unusually nervous. "Take the math and martial arts exams. After you finish the exams, you can truly enter the Jiushan Sect to practice!"

Mr. Han was a little surprised.

Of course he could see that Zheng Shan was very favored... Not to mention her skilled spiritual crane body, just looking at her attitude towards him, he knew that she lived a very comfortable life.

"Are you still worried that you won't be able to enter the Jiushan Sect?"

"Of course not!" Zheng Shan tilted her head, "Grandpa Pang said that I have great talent, I'm good at math, and my brother will teach me martial arts, so I'm sure I can get in!"

Old Han smacked his lips and tasted some flavor.

Zheng Fa has indeed been giving special treatment to his younger sister, but he doesn't seem to be willing to let his younger sister off the hook. Instead, he tries his best to maintain relative fairness.

"I don't want to embarrass my brother!" Zheng Shan said loudly.

Mr. Han smiled and nodded slightly.

"Besides..." Zheng Shan muttered, "I'm not as smart as my brother. I've studied math for a long time, but I still don't understand it as well as my brother. How can I surpass my brother in the future..."

Old Han blinked, as if he didn't understand, and asked, "Surpassing your brother?"

"yes!"

Zheng Shan nodded.

"Do you know how powerful your brother is?"

"Of course I know! My brother is the most talented person in Jiushan...Xuanwei Realm!" Zheng Shan puffed out her chest and said with pride in her tone.

"So you still want to surpass your brother?"

"That's what my brother said!"

“…”

"My brother said that he is not much better than his predecessors, but he has learned the wisdom of his predecessors and knows some truths that his predecessors have not discovered." Zheng Shan seemed to be reciting Zheng Fa's words, "I am behind him, so I can naturally learn his knowledge and become stronger than him in the future."

"If not, how can the future of the Nine Mountains Realm be good?"

The Sword Immortal Canyang was stunned. For some reason, he remembered the old woman from the Xuanwei Realm saying that the world was in a bad state.

I was speechless.

"But... I study mathematics, but I don't think I am better than my predecessors... I can't learn what my predecessors can do! Every time I feel like my brain is broken..." Zheng Shan suddenly said, with a confused look on her face: "Did my brother lie to me?"

“…”

Mr. Han was silent for a long time and didn't know how to answer.

After a while, Zheng Shan said, "Brother has been in seclusion for six months... How long will it take for him to come home?"

"Huh? Didn't he lie to you?"

"...Can being a fool bring my brother back?"

Old Han looked towards the Wanxian Island where Zheng Fa was in seclusion. At that moment, the golden crow on the island suddenly flapped its wings and cried out loudly, a cry that resounded through the sky.

He suddenly stood up and saw the magnificent scene of Dan formation that he had never seen in his life: first a tiny light flashed, and then the light exploded!

Thousands of golden lights exploded and shot in all directions.

The light was so bright that he, a Nascent Soul, couldn't open his eyes. He could only close his eyes slightly. Even through his eyelids, his vision was all white.

After a few breaths, he felt the light dim a little, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw—

The white fog on the nine mountains has cleared away, and a golden sun is coming with rosy clouds!

(End of this chapter)