The five-colored sea of thunder, containing wisps of blood, rolled, and continuous thunder turned into thunderbolts, converging from the edge of the sea of thunder towards the center.
The terrifying pressure made Shen Lian feel his body trembling.
At this moment, he opened his mouth, and a white light emerged in front of him. In the white light, there were eerie white bones, which turned into a strange white bone bird.
The moment the bird appeared, the rolling calamity clouds shook a bit, and the aura weakened a little.
Seeing this, Shen Lian sighed.
The quality of the bones of this Chongming Bijie beast is too low. When it was in the Yunxiao Realm, Zanghai could still use it to fool the order of the Yunxiao Realm, but it was a little lacking in the face of the supreme order of the Xianling Realm.
This nerf is not even a bonus.
Compared with Ji Wuxian's sixth-level physical cultivation tribulation, his physical cultivation tribulation was at least 30% more powerful, which was mostly related to the changes in his body.
With a backhand move, he held the Five Elements Ship in his arms.
Flames splashed on the hull, and flying sword-shaped spiritual treasures emitted various colored spiritual lights from the Five Elements Ship, circling around Shen Lian like swimming snakes.
“Boom!”
Shen Lian had just gotten ready when a hammer-shaped, colorful blood thunder suddenly appeared at the center of the thunder in the void, and rolling arcs of lightning surrounded him layer by layer.
The sixth-level physical cultivation tribulation is the same as the virtual cultivation tribulation, with a total of nine heavenly thunders that will integrate the power of rules.
The rules of power fused by the physical cultivation tribulation include strength, blood, thunder, gravity and so on. As expected, after being enveloped by the blood thunder, Shen Lian felt as if he was invisibly pressed down by the mountain. The circulation of his body's vital energy stagnated and he fell violently downwards.
The moment the energy in his body became disordered, thunder roared from the sky, and rolling arcs of electricity surrounded him, as if they had found an outlet and swarmed towards him.
"broken!"
Upon seeing this, the sword-shaped magic treasures surrounding his body rushed in all directions and began to explode, tearing the swarming thunder into pieces.
"boom!"
But in the calamity clouds above, a figure as huge as a giant opened its mouth and swallowed the thunder in the sky, releasing arcs of electricity that stretched for thousands of miles from its body. Just at the moment when Shen Lian shattered the previous thunder calamity, it jumped down from the top of the sky.
"go!"
In an instant, streams of light from the Five Elements Ship whizzed into the void and turned into a sky full of sword shadows that crashed into the Thunder Giant that leaped down.
Balls of exploding energy swept across the sky, and the void began to crack, filled with lightning snakes.
The self-destructive magic treasure prepared in the Five Elements Ship did not stop the Thunder Giant who jumped down, and his mountain-like body enveloped Shen Lian.
In order to ensure that the heavenly tribulation would not be too abnormal, Shen Lian locked the magic power of his middle dantian and lower dantian tightly, and only used his physical energy to withstand this heavenly tribulation.
The Thunder Giant was the last heavenly calamity. The pills stored in his flesh and blood suddenly dissolved, and a huge amount of essence surged out of his flesh and blood, making a roaring sound like a huge wave hitting a reef.
Shen Lian swung the Five Elements Ship again and charged towards the Thunder Giant.
"break!"
The Five Elements Ship evolved into a phantom of a thousand feet in size, and collided with the giant first. The Thunder Giant paused in the air, and after a moment, it exploded and turned into a vast sea of thunder, which passed through the body and was drawn into the flesh and blood of the five internal organs.
…
Between the undulating mountains, a streak of light flashed across the sky like lightning, leaving a gorgeous tail of fire in the air, which was truly coquettish and unrestrained.
In the firelight, a red-fire blue-tailed beast with red scales all over its body and wings growing from its armpits appeared, its nose constantly sniffing around.
In the distance, a golden light splashed everywhere, revealing a human cultivator standing on a golden plate and carrying a golden gourd. After seeing the fire, he subconsciously kept his distance.
"Old Jin Hulu, how dare you come here to seek opportunities when you are so timid?"
In the raging fire, a huge monster with a body like a leopard had a look of disdain in its huge eyes without any concealment.
"Fellow Daoist Chiqing, we meet everywhere. I didn't expect to meet you in such a remote place."
Golden magic power was surging around the Golden Gourd Monk, and his eyes were full of fear and disgust.
He actually had no connection with the big monster in front of him, he just met it at some auctions.
"I have reported the opportunity here to my clan's demon ancestor. You can go now."
The red and green demon sneered, "Or you will die."
The golden gourd's expression changed, and it rolled up golden light and fled in the direction it came from. It ran twenty thousand miles before it went back into the depths of the valley.
"Such a great power must be about to happen. Many Taoist friends will surely come to spy on us. Although the demon ancestor of the Red and Green Clan is powerful, he is only at the late sixth stage and cannot stop the cultivators gathering from all directions."
The Golden Hulu spoke quietly and hid himself, waiting for more monks to come. He could also take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
"The strange phenomena in the fairy mountain and the pressure from heaven and earth are most likely the origin of things."
Although the distance was extremely far, he still caught a glimpse of the strange phenomenon hanging in the sky.
On the other side, the red and green monster rushed towards the area filled with thunder.
But when I went in, I found it was empty.
The mountains in the place where the tribulation was passed were flattened and emptied by sharp swords, the water in the mountain streams was drained, and all the monsters, insects, fish, snakes and ants, whether they were alive or not, disappeared.
The only thing that could indicate the changes in this place was the lingering breath of thunder.
Chi Qing raised his claws and grabbed a wisp of thunder and lightning, but the air flowed through the gaps between his claws and dissipated back into the sky and earth.
"Someone is going through a heavenly tribulation here, or a physical cultivation heavenly tribulation."
…
A million miles away, there is a fairy city in the strange mountains.
A half-demon-looking incarnation cultivator stayed in the city for half a day, bought a bottle of fifth-grade elixir suitable for improving his cultivation, and then left quietly.
After leaving Qishan Fairy City, the cultivator hid among the mountains and quickly fled in a farther direction.
"This is bad. Qishan is a million miles away from where I am undergoing the tribulation, yet I still feel the pressure. The physical tribulation is not that powerful. This must be the result of the fusion of the three energies."
"The cultivators near the strange mountain have been spreading rumors that something of the origin has appeared. There will definitely be cultivators going to investigate."
The most notable feature of the original things is their heavy pressure. Since they are the products of the creation of heaven and earth, they are contaminated with some of the aura of heaven and earth and have a wide range of influence.
"I have collected the ruins caused by the calamity, but the calamity energy cannot be dispelled. There are still cultivators who can sense the appearance of a heavenly calamity."
"Let's go back to the Ji family in Yunyue Mountain Range first."
…
[Shen Lian: The Initial Stage of Refining Void (Five Qis Returning to the Origin)]
[Physical Cultivation: Peak of the Sixth Stage (Heavenly Tribulation Body)]
[Taoism Cultivation: The Initial Stage of Refining the Spirit and Returning to the Void (Tai Shang Thirteen Sutras)]
In the Ji family's ancestral land, Shen Lian checked his realm strength and found no changes.
But in his dantian sea, the spiritual roots were like fiery trees and silver flowers, shrouded in a hazy colorful spiritual light. From the sea of consciousness, the middle dantian, the lower dantian, and between the flesh and blood, a wisp of breath was drawn out and merged together.
In a mysterious way, this fusion seemed very real, but when Shen Lian examined it carefully, it turned back into the original appearance of the spiritual root, as if the two situations did not exist in the same time and space.
Shen Lian tried it and found that the four energies fused through the spiritual roots were smoother than the three flowers gathered at the top of the head that he had forcibly fused before.
As if it were supposed to be.
Dharma cultivation is the main method of cultivation in today's era, Tao cultivation is an ancient method from long ago, and there are still many cultivators practicing it now. The emergence of body cultivation can also be traced back to a long time ago.
He appeared in three different eras, and some of them had undergone different methods of evolution. The energy he cultivated was perfectly integrated in his body.
This made Shen Lian smell something different.
He could still feel the presence of the 'calamity energy', which was hovering around him. He tried to look for it but could not find it, so he could only judge it by the unknown.
This strand of "calamity energy" is not the heavenly calamity of the cultivator realm, but the calamity caused by the changes of three kinds of energy in his body.
It seems that the order of the fairy world has an attitude of neither supporting nor opposing this change.
If you want to improve, I will strike you down. If you can hold on, you win. If you can’t, you will enter the cycle of reincarnation.
"Compared with the core cultivators who came out of the Holy Land Cave Heaven, my vision is still too low. Even for forces like Huang Youdao and You Shifang, whose ancestors had cultivators of the Hedao level, their vision is only at the level of Lianxu. If they want to glimpse the true Hedao opportunity, they are far behind."
"The Immortal Spirit World is extremely vast, with numerous races coexisting. I don't know how many monsters have been born, and there may be people in a similar situation as me."
Shen Lian frowned. He now urgently wanted to look through other people's ancestral books.
What does this change in the body represent? In the next six months, he began to quietly experience the changes after the physical cultivation tribulation. The three energies in the body continued to converge at the Dantian, sensing the changes in the body.
He didn't have any special physique, but after the three energies intertwined, he began to become something close to a special spiritual body.
Shen Lian named the transformed spiritual root "Spirit Root Tree". This fusion of three kinds of energy, the yin and yang and the five elements, changed back and forth. The aura became more strange and the power became more powerful.
Before, he felt that he could be comparable to those in the late stage of the Refinement Void Realm, but now he is confident that he can defeat some of the cultivators in the late stage of the Refinement Void Realm.
The reason why he is a part of it is mainly because he should be more humble, not underestimate himself, nor be arrogant. He possesses mysterious means, which other cultivators may not have. For example, cultivators from large sects all have one or two trump cards.
If someone in the early stage of refining the void defeated someone in the late stage of refining the void, it would be enough to shock everyone if it were told about it.
This level is not the God Transformation, nor is it the Nascent Soul.
Of course, his combat power is absolutely shocking in Juntian Realm, but it is different in Haotian Realm. Although cultivators like him are rare, they can be found in all the major holy places.
He has cross-level combat power forged through the fusion of three energies. The disciples trained in other holy lands also have other fortunes to strengthen their own combat power.
In the little demon's previous memory, in some holy places and caves in the Haotian Realm, there were many cultivators who practiced the body and the law, and there were also those who were against the will of heaven who refined the void and comprehended the power of four or five second-level major rules, and then integrated them.
These heaven-defying means include but are not limited to the ancestral bloodline of the Hedao ancestor, the "semi-immortal" level skills and magical powers inherited from the holy land, the seventh-level special spiritual treasures, sword seeds and sword pills, special physiques, heaven-defying fairy fires, magic souls, and so on.
If you haven’t seen it, it only means that you have a low vision and are not in the same circle.
Above the holy land with a long history, there are also powerful forces spanning the entire fairy world, such as Lingmu Fairy Palace, Tianmo Palace, and Yuxu Fairyland. The things he is drooling over are just the standard equipment for others to train disciples, and maybe they don't even look down on them.
An elder of the Heavenly Demon Palace like Wuwang Old Demon is a marginal cultivator in the Heavenly Demon Palace, otherwise he would not have gone to so much trouble to plan to reach the state of harmony with the Dao.
It is rumored that in addition to these major forces that span the immortal world, there is the Golden Crow on the Sun Star in the Immortal Land and the Xihe Palace on the Moon Star, both of which are extremely mysterious legendary forces.
While sensing the changes in his body, Shen Lian was also pondering the reasons for the changes.
He could feel that his perception of the Five Elements and Yin and Yang had improved. The aura in his Dantian was constantly changing between cool, warm, and hot, as if he was constantly repeating the cycle of the four seasons and the alternation of Yin and Yang.
This change was of great help to him in comprehending the third level of rules.
The fairy world is rich in resources, and various spiritual objects that are helpful for comprehending the rules often appear, which can greatly speed up the cultivator's comprehension.
If you have the blessing of these spiritual objects, then your comprehension of the rules will be faster, provided that you have a lot of spiritual stones. Even some rare objects under the rules cannot be purchased with spiritual stones.
"The road to immortality is bumpy and full of pitfalls."
Shen Lian stood up slowly, his face looking gloomy.
Without the good fortune inherited from his ancestors, he could only take the path of combining the three methods into one. Only then could he have the foundation comparable to that of a true disciple at the Hedao level and only then could he aspire to overcome the nine-nine heavenly tribulations.
This is related to the subsequent climb to a higher realm. Becoming an immortal is not a simple matter. If you take shortcuts, the heavenly tribulation will teach you a lesson.
Afterwards, he moved around for a while, went out to meet with the monks from the Ji family, and then came back.
"Physical cultivation is indeed fast, but it's just a step away. Let's improve it to the middle stage of the sixth level first."
After going through the physical cultivation tribulation, Shen Lian's physical cultivation realm reached the peak of the early sixth stage. He only needed to put in a little effort to raise his physical cultivation to the middle sixth stage.
A month later, Shen Lian opened his eyes expressionlessly, opened his mouth, and spat out a mouthful of colorful liquid medicine.
His face suddenly became extremely gloomy.
It is not possible to advance to the middle stage of the sixth stage of physical training!
If you want to advance, you need to practice all three at the same time and advance together.
He had a vague feeling that if he forcibly improved his physical cultivation to the middle stage of the sixth level, the three kinds of energy in his body would become disordered.
“We have to figure out the cause of this change in integration.”
The 'calamity energy' hanging high above his head suddenly descended, which made Shen Lian very uncomfortable.
"It seems I need to find someone to lean on for support."
After destroying the corpse with the medicine he had just vomited, he took out a large pill with a bloody and hazy soul shadow and began to refine it into his sea of consciousness.
Wisps of aura began to cover the soul, and then permeated the body. Physical cultivators have a kind of innate magical power, which is that they can change their faces and physiques at will, which is more natural than magic cultivators.
After showing up at the Ji family once and admonishing the Ji family members to practice well, he ascended and left the Ji family and entered the Yunyue Fairy City.
As the most famous cultivator in the Yunyue Mountains in the past thousand years, Ji Wuxian's name is known to everyone. After entering the fairy city, many cultivators looked at him sideways, and some even saluted respectfully from a distance.
At the edge of the strange mountain where the tribulation was previously located, there were suspected cultivators undergoing the heavenly tribulation, and the news that they were carrying spiritual objects that were the origin of the tribulation had already spread to Yunyue Fairy City, and the exchanges between the cultivators were quite intense.
The rumor was quite convincing. Among all the other rumors, Shen Lian also heard a cultivator say that he saw a fairy mountain falling from the sky.
After receiving the news in the city, Shen Lian transformed into Ji Wuxian and flew out, heading towards the direction of Qishan.
A physical cultivator of the same level as him and an original spiritual creature appeared in Qishan. As a physical cultivator, he naturally had to go and see who had caused such a big commotion that the news was almost spread throughout the entire Cangyuan land.
By the way, see if there is anything else that can be concluded.
…
A fairyland in the strange mountains.
"The Red Fire Green Tailed Beast clan was annihilated, and even the late sixth-order ancestor of the clan was killed."
"I heard that all the monks from the holy land Wanxiang Mountain are here."
Shen Lian, who had just entered the Immortal City, received two pieces of news that frightened him.
The Red Fire Green Tailed Beast is the most powerful demon in the Qishan Mountain area. The place he chose to undergo the tribulation is the very edge of Qishan, more than 20 million miles away from the Red Fire Green Tailed Beast's ancestral land.
Qishan Fairy City is a subordinate city on the outermost edge of the Green Tail Beast, and is a million miles away from the place where the tribulation is to be overcome.
"Fortunately, I took precautions and found an identity for myself. When I was going through the tribulation in Qishan, Ji Wuxian was in seclusion in the family in Yunyue Mountain Range. The heaven and earth are witnesses, and the family members can bear witness."
Shen Lian couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"The cultivators of the Wanxiang Immortal Sect are too overbearing. They actually took over the place where the tribulation was passed..."
Boom!
While Shen Lian continued to try to eavesdrop, a roar like thunder came from the distant end of the sky, and the lightning in the sky intertwined to form a river of thunder hanging in the void.
A huge purple crystal thunder ship that was a thousand miles long broke through the rolling void, crushing pieces of space debris and jumping out from behind the space.
The huge ship that was just on the horizon, in the blink of an eye, covered the sky above Qishan Immortal City, and crushed the cultivators in the city as it passed through, with flashes of purple thunder and silver light.
All the low-level cultivators in Qishan Fairy City trembled in fear, vomited blood, and became listless.
The giant ships released their aura without any concealment. When they gathered together, they silenced the entire Qishan Fairy City. The cultivators were angry but dared not speak out.
Even the few Void-Refining Monks in the city shrank their heads like chickens, their lips trembling as they could only curse in their hearts.
"The Wanxiang Thunder Ship built by Wanxiang Mountain!"
"Why is even this thing out? Could it be that an original spiritual being really appeared on the edge of the strange mountain?"
After the huge ship had been sailing away for a long time, a monk exclaimed in surprise.
Shen Lian looked at the huge ship sailing away. On the ship, he saw a spiritual tree that gathered thunder. It was thousands of feet tall, and its swaying figure gathered thunder from all directions.
It was not until the huge ship completely disappeared from his sight that his eyes jumped violently.
Let’s go! Let’s go now! Wanxiang Mountain is the only holy place in Juntian Realm that can achieve the Dao.
When he left the Ji family, he was thinking about going to Wanxiang Mountain to hang out and see if he could be a loyal minister and filial brother of Wanxiang Mountain, and also find an opportunity to rummage through the classics stored in Wanxiang Mountain.
Unexpectedly, before he even got there, Wanxiangshan smelled the scent and found the place where he was undergoing the tribulation.
With Wanxiangshan's actions, it can be further confirmed that the original spiritual creature appeared here.
"The three energies merged in the body, giving rise to the 'Fairy Mountain' phenomenon. Although it was only a glimpse at the time, I saw that it was composed of countless rules. It is possible that Wanxiang Mountain regarded it as the birth of an original object."
Shen Lian left Qishan Fairy City. He came here to see if there was any place to end the matter.
Now the place where he passed the tribulation has been surrounded by Wanxiang Mountain. Fortunately, he finished it after passing the tribulation.
The mountains were dug and the water was pumped out, but all the mountains and rivers that were contaminated with the aura of tribulation were now in his personal little world.
The old Hedao of Wanxiang Mountain is close to Whale Fall. For the inheritance of the holy land, Wanxiang Mountain may really be crazy.
However, wanting to find him by using the thunder and lightning energy that is dissipating between heaven and earth is nothing less than a daydream. The energy of thunder and lightning cannot be retained, and it is estimated that it has already dissipated by now.
It is not advisable to stay in the Cangyuan land for long.
Let's go! Let's go to Wangshu Valley in the Moonlight Land first, and let You Shifang help him pass the Lianxu Heavenly Tribulation.
It turned out to be a bad idea to go to Wanxiang Mountain to hang out. Now many forces are eyeing Wanxiang Mountain, waiting for the death of the old ancestor Wanxiang. Once he passes away, it will be a big mouthful of fat meat, enough for all forces in Juntian Realm to have a good meal.
In comparison, Juntian Pavilion has a long history, with Hedao in charge from generation to generation, which has made cultivators from all sides accustomed to its existence.
"I don't know if I, Ji Wuxian, can be accepted into Juntian Pavilion. But even if I can be accepted, I'm afraid I won't be able to become a direct descendant. I'm too old and too powerful to be trusted."
"I have too many secrets. It's too dangerous to become the direct descendant of Juntian Pavilion. I should keep a safe distance and just mingle with the outside world."
"Let's go to Juntian Pavilion."
Juntian City is the largest fairy city in Juntian Realm. It gathers cultivators from all directions. It is extremely prosperous and has countless cultivators. It is a perfect place for craftsmen to show their skills.
…
A hundred years later.
满脸风尘的沈炼从巨大的山龟身上飞掠而下，身子融入了一片青、蓝、等绚烂流光的区域中，四周星空环绕如璀璨灵华。
隔着华光远眺，是一片一眼望不到尽头的庞大城池，建筑如繁星点点，人山人海，往来的修士各式各样。
与其说是一座城池，不如说是一方小型修炼界。
环绕这片灵华区域，还有十几个附着着浑浊海的小千世界，如同卫星一般徘徊在外，一座座飞升塔闪烁着彩光。
穿过绚烂光华沈炼落到了一座超大平台上，这是一种通体靛青的四阶矿石，质地坚固可吸收灵禁波动。
放眼望过去，绵延到天际的城池，全部都是用这种矿石铺的地面。
豪横。
只看了一眼，沈炼心中就蹦出了这么一个想法。
从苍渊离开后，他先去了月华之地的望舒谷取了点盘缠和灵物，给望舒老祖留下了两张六阶上品的符箓。
然后，寻了地方让幽什邡渡了炼虚天劫，就一路风尘仆仆的赶来了钧天城。
不愧是合道圣地掌控下的第一大城，外围区域内一座座悬浮的灵田大陆，层层迭迭如高塔一般不知几百重，种植的全是各种品阶的灵米，灵植夫在其中往来忙碌。
这些灵植夫各个长得都壮硕无比，都拥有着练气层次的实力，还能看到没有灵根的凡人，身上的气息比肩低阶练气。
钧天城没有城门，通体笼罩在一片青蓝色的光罩中，想要进去需要先印证身份获得玉牌，凭借此玉牌日后就能自由往来出入。
沈炼老老实实的用姬无咸的身份获得了令牌，他的遮掩之术轻易的通过了钧天城的检测。
“前辈，坐不坐车？”
一辆四阶青牛拉着的宝车落在了沈炼面前，驾车的是一个老迈的元婴修士。
青牛车上有着一头青牛印记，而这样印记的牛车在四周有很多。
除了牛车外，还有猿车，滑竿，飞舟等各种方式，无一例外其上都有不同的印记。
沈炼看了一眼后点了点头，飞身进入了牛车车厢中。
“前辈坐好，咱们马上出发。”
青牛晃动着身躯踏步而起，拖着牛车冲开青蓝色华光，朝着城中而去。
钧天城内，建筑星罗棋布，如繁星一般密集，灵河蜿蜒，散发着不同属性的灵气，更有一株株如同山岳一般的庞大灵树摇曳，其上或是立着宫殿，或是挂着鸟巢。
一眼望过去，什么样的的建筑都有。
妖禽喜欢的鸟巢，人族居住的宫殿，灵河上的船屋，街道尽头山头的洞窟，满足各个族群的所需。
六阶的灵裔族，体型庞大无比的巨神族，各族鱼龙混杂在这里。
牛车在一条繁华街道上走了一段时间后，驾车的老元婴连忙将牛车牵引到了街道边缘，不但是他，街道上其他车架也纷纷避让开来。
很快，在街道前方的尽头，一柄百丈大小的巨剑低空掠过，剑柄上扎着一杆‘钧天’大旗，剑身处盘坐着两位身穿钧天阁内门弟子袍子的弟子。
两个弟子不过化神层次，可街道上的炼虚修士也纷纷躲避开来。
“前辈，刚刚过去的是钧天阁的内门弟子，都是天赋高绝之辈，将来不可限量，在钧天城唯一不能得罪的就是钧天阁的弟子。”
等到巨剑飞出去很远，赶车元婴小声的传音。
“钧天阁的弟子门人在城中享受绝对的特权，只要不是过于恶劣的打杀其他修士，都不会有什么事。”
沈炼透过车窗打量着四周，这条街只走了一半，他就看到了十多家丹阁，其余傀儡、制符比比皆是。
一头头体型各异的异族修士，就在牛车外往来穿行，简直就像是动物世界。
春天到了，又到了万物复苏的季节。
“前辈，来玩啊。”
熟悉的声音将沈炼从思索中拉了回来，侧目一看。
披红的阁楼上，一个高挑的化神修士女修正朝着他眨眼睛。
阁楼高愈千丈，只有上下两层，下层有八百丈高，整个修成了一个浑圆的黑色窟窿，深处弥漫着绚烂多彩的流光，上层只有两百丈高。
一头体型十几丈大小的大妖，就被拉入了窟窿中，眨眼间消失不见。
“黑窟！”
沈炼抬头看了一眼匾额，这名字好直接。
没想到到了仙灵界，曲径通幽之处还是那般熟悉的调调。
“前辈一脸风尘，来梳洗一下捏捏肩，有攒劲的节目，放松一下小前辈。”
……
接下来的大半年，沈炼都在逛钧天城，将整个城池转了一个遍。
这里实在是太繁华了。
六阶中期的大妖直接就摆上了展示柜，用水晶灵禁封锁起来，摆在了傀儡铺子中。
参悟三转规则的灵物，在这里也有。
这一圈转下来沈炼打消了开丹铺的想法，钧天阁作为钧天境唯一传承不断的合道大势力，自然吸引了数不清的修士前来，想要加入钧天阁。
而钧天阁招收弟子的范围很广，除了招收小千世界飞升的修士外，还会从钧天境各地招募。
这些招募的弟子是直接收入山门中的，而对于很多如沈炼这样的修士来说，也不是没有机会加入钧天阁。
办法就是贡献制。
给你一个玉牌，只要积累足够的贡献，就能加入钧天阁中。
比如上交给钧天阁一株灵药、一块矿石，炼制灵丹、灵宝等等，都可以折算成贡献点。
如今钧天阁内山长老中，就有一位走的这条路子，一步步从一介散修成为了阁中有数的实权者。
“去给钧天阁炼丹！”
站在一座通天而立的巨型灵木外，沈炼眼光灼灼。
钧天阁弟子无数，每天消耗的灵丹数量都是一个恐怖数字，单单是阁内的炼丹师根本无法满足这么多弟子的修炼。
所以，有很多炼丹任务就被分流了出来，交给钧天城的一些丹师。
用炼丹换取加入钧天阁的贡献点有两种方式。
一种是自己包工包料。
一种就是来料加工。
沈炼自然是选择来料加工了，不然他怎么节省成本，要知道他可是发明过炼丹白薯秘术的人。
他之前还想着培养灵药，巡游四方卖一颗灵丹换一个地方，想想风里来雨里去的，哪有留在钧天城过的舒坦。
别人能炼的丹，他能炼。
别人不能炼的丹，他也能炼。
炼制完成二八…三七……罢了，昧两成就行了，太多了容易被发现，不利于团结。
用钧天阁的灵药，把自己炼修了。
反过来还能快速的让黄有道三人提升上来。
巨木是一株灵仙菩提树，此术是一种母树，其上适合上百种各类灵药的生长，并且拥有加快灵药积蓄药力的能力。
可以说，是所有高阶灵植师心中的梦中情树。
沈炼打量了一眼灵仙菩提树，面无表情的朝着树洞中走去，树洞上歪歪扭扭的刻着两个字‘钧天’。
树洞内别有洞天，他直接出现在了一片宽广的大殿中，一座座悬空的宫殿飞空中，往来的修士各种各样，有身上冒着丹火的，有脚下踩着灵兽的。
大家都很忙碌，一些人手中还抓着积分贡献玉牌，查看着自己刚刚获得的贡献点。
大部分都是元婴、化神层次，炼虚层次只占了不到一成，大部分炼虚修士想要获得钧天阁的承认已经很难。
“道友，第一次来？”
一道略显苍老的声音徐徐响起，直接钻入了沈炼的耳朵中。
“是。”
沈炼点了点头，循声找到了开口的修士，是一位炼虚中期的老头，就在上方一座石殿中盯着他。
“见过前辈。”
飞身掠入这座石殿后，入眼是一个鹤发童颜的老者。
“道友是炼丹师？”
感受着沈炼身上一丝赤火气息，老者开口。
同时，沈炼也感受到了投落下来的威压，故做缩了缩身子点头。
“晚辈从苍渊而来，想要加入钧天阁。”
“苍渊啊，挺远的地方。”老者眯了眯眼睛。
“是挺远，途中做了龟船，又经过了两次空间虫洞，花费了上百年才来到钧天城。”
仙灵界地域广袤，单靠横渡太慢，在界域之间通常有虫洞相连，不过想要经过虫洞需要花费大把的灵石。
老头许问了一些问题，过程中不断的用神念笼罩着沈炼。
沈炼缩着神魂任凭老者动作，问就老实回答。
家住苍渊云月城，不幸遭灾族灭亡，幸得天怜报血仇，独身横跨星河中，为求道途来钧天。
“嗯，伱这遭遇和老夫去通幽之地碰到的仙女遭遇很像。”
老者听完讲述抿了抿嘴，“几阶丹师啊。”
“六阶下品，成功率还不算太高。”
“嗯，你还年轻寿元充足，要好好提升自己的手艺。”
看着一下子好为人师的老头，沈炼很识相的点头附和。
“对了，老夫吴刚，不是太阴星上砍树的那个，你可以叫我吴长老。”
“在这里接受任务知道规矩吧。”
“知道，已经提前记在心里了。”
很快，沈炼就从石殿中飞掠而出。
The monks who come here for the first time to accept the mission will sign a Hou Tu Talisman in order to gain the trust of both parties. The price of this talisman varies according to the rank of the user.
The Hou Tu Talisman he signed was of the sixth level, and the spirit stones he spent would need to be deducted from subsequent tasks.
The content of the contract talisman is not very strict, and it will only last for a hundred years. The main reason is to prevent the other party from taking the elixir and running away. It is a constraint. After a few collaborations and trust is established, the contract will naturally become invalid.
In addition, the first few times of alchemy need to be done in the cave arranged by Juntian Pavilion, and must pass the assessment in advance.
Shen Lian's assessment content was very simple. It was to refine the Purple Ling Xu Yun Pill used by cultivators in the early stage of Refining Void for daily practice. If he could produce five pills with one set of materials, he would be considered to have passed the assessment.
Under the supervision of the monks from Juntian Pavilion, he produced five pills in one furnace and they passed the test.
…
Juntian City, Tianchen Mountain.
Inside the cave, a whiff of medicinal fragrance lingered in the alchemy room, spreading out into rich ripples.
Inside the heavy alchemy furnace, streams of sticky medicinal liquid quickly divided into nine pills.
Each of the nine pills emitted a crystal clear purple light, while Shen Lian, who was standing outside the furnace, used his hands like flowers to perform a dazzling array of moves.
He saw pills whose aura and medicinal power were almost at the same level, and seven of them seemed to be grabbed by invisible energy.
The medicinal power turned into a trickle and sank into the remaining two pills.
Soon, the two pills that absorbed the medicinal power of the other seven pills quickly condensed into a crystal shell, on which diamond patterns appeared.
No need to look, these two pills are already top quality.
The medicinal powers of the remaining seven pills are intertwined with each other, and the final three pills are of medium quality and four of low quality.
As the alchemy furnace was opened, the medicinal power was dense and brilliant, instantly covering the entire alchemy room. Nine pills flew out, and two of the top-grade ones were swallowed into Shen Lian's mouth like candy beans with a whoosh.
He took the remaining seven one by one and they fell into an open jade box beside him.
"Seven pills were made, three of which were of medium quality. My skills have improved again."
Looking at the seven purple crystal pills, Shen Lian took out two medium-quality pills and placed them in a separately prepared jade bottle.
"As usual, just hand in five and we can exchange the other two for resources."
After stuffing the jade bottle away, Shen Lian nodded with satisfaction.
After practicing for more than 7,000 years, he has always maintained the fine traditions of alchemy masters and never forgotten his original intention.
He stuffed the top-quality elixirs that came out of the furnace into his mouth, took the rest of the mixed mid- and low-quality ones out to complete tasks, and gave the rest to other casual cultivators equally, taking care of every aspect.
Juntian Pavilion has detailed standards for tasks. Take alchemy as an example. It stipulates the quality and quantity of pills in a furnace.
Taking the Zi Ling Xu Yun Dan that is being refined as an example, if five lower-quality pills are refined, the basic task is completed and 100 basic contribution points can be obtained.
On this basis, the quality of the pill will be upgraded by one level, adding ten contribution points, and one more pill will also add ten more contribution points.
If the basic quantity cannot be met, the corresponding contribution points will be deducted, and one must either compensate for the main medicine for alchemy, or purchase the elixir and refine it again to make up for the shortfall.
However, most alchemists will purchase the elixirs at their own expense and refine the elixirs again to complete the task.
The basic contribution points for a sixth-grade low-grade elixir are only 100, but one needs 100,000 contribution points to join Juntian Pavilion.
Normally, Shen Lian needs to open the furnace a thousand times without any failure in the process. He thinks this is okay, but for other alchemists, it is quite difficult.
Besides, it is impossible for an alchemist to refine medicine non-stop. He needs to practice and rest after each session.
It takes Shen Lian nearly three months to refine a batch of Purple Ling Xuyun Pills, and other alchemists will take even longer.
According to the records of Juntian City, the fastest craftsman to join Juntian Pavilion took three thousand three hundred years.
It was quite fast. After working like a slave for 3,300 years, I got an opportunity.
Shen Lian doesn't care about being a cow or a horse. If he isn't a cow or a horse, where would the night grass come from?
The night grass in Juntian Pavilion is too fat.
There is no need to worry about elixirs for cultivation. If you are short of elixirs, you can go directly to the Bodhi tree cave in the city to take the task, and split the elixirs provided by the monks of Juntian Pavilion in a 28:37 ratio.
Contribution points are just a by-product.
Originally, he thought that it would take at least 20,000 years to cultivate to the perfection of the Refining Void Realm. If he continued like this, the time would be halved.
The extra ten thousand years can be used to plan for spiritual objects to transcend the tribulation and prepare for the nine-nine heavenly tribulations.
After several years, Shen Lian has established a firm foothold in Juntian City.
He no longer needed the supervision of the monks from Juntian Pavilion to make the elixir, and he opened up his own alchemy room here in Tianchen Mountain.
There are many cultivators similar to him living in this area, some of whom make pills, some make weapons, and some make talismans.
After cleaning the alchemy furnace and removing the spiritual restrictions on the alchemy room and the cave, he stood up, grabbed the jade box and headed towards the Bodhi Cave.
He would hand in the elixir first and then come back to practice. Two top-quality Purple Lingyun Pills would be enough for him to refine for half a year.
…
Just like that, more than ten years passed like a flash, and the days when Shen Lian was fleecing the holy land passed away little by little.
On this day, he went to the Bodhi Cave to hand in the task as usual.
As soon as I entered the cave, I heard the monks in various places in the space whispering.
"Juntian Pavilion has issued a disciple recruitment order!"
"Announce to all places in Juntian Realm that a Void Refining cultivator named Pei Tianlan who is far away in the Huai River area can accept this order and directly join Juntian Pavilion and enter the mountain to become an inner sect disciple."
"This cultivator has the appearance of sixty-nine heavenly tribulations!"
Hearing the timid voices around him, Shen Lian tucked his hands into his sleeves and felt them turn cold.
(End of this chapter)