Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence

Half a month after leaving Li country.

Zhang Yao went north all the way, crossed seven barren belts, spanned tens of thousands of miles, and finally arrived at Lu Country.

In the north of Lu country, after crossing a vast barren belt, is the prosperous world of cultivating immortals that everyone yearns for in the southwestern countries - Dali's world of cultivating immortals.

But the last part of this journey is not easy and full of danger.

At this moment, in a canyon on the northern border of Lu State:

On the cliffs on both sides of the canyon, there are densely packed caves of all sizes, and the lights shuttle back and forth, which is very lively.

In the central area of ​​the canyon, many immortal cultivators wandered and browsed at the stalls, which seemed to be an informal market, and the scale was not small.

"The border area of ​​Lu State is really chaotic..."

Zhang Yao was dressed in white, mingled with the crowd, and was observing the market in the border canyon.

The barren belt in the north of the Lu country is thousands of miles wide, and even an immortal cultivator who has perfected Qi refining can hardly cross it in one go with his own magic power alone.

The road is wide and long, and the magic power is difficult to cross, so it's okay.

The main reason is that there is a greater danger among them, that is, a large number of robbery repair gangs entrenched on the edge of the barren belt, ready to move at any time.

Killing and seizing treasure is the fastest shortcut to getting rich.

These gangs of robbing cultivators are very complicated, some are from Dali, some are from the southwestern countries; there are often some demon cultivators and evil cultivators mixed among them.

They took the monks from the southwestern countries who yearned for Dali and tried to cross the barren belt, and went north, as prey, blocking the only way to go north like a cancerous tumor.

"In the barren zone, the spiritual energy is almost exhausted, causing any fluctuations in the spiritual energy to be extremely conspicuous, like a torch in the dark."

"If you go on the road alone, it is easy to become a living target and be followed by a steady stream of robbers..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao couldn't help but look up to the highest point of the canyon.

There, there is a solemn palace that has been built for many years, which is a special sub-building of Tianbao Building, and a monk who established the foundation sits in it all the year round.

On the border of Lu State, if you want to cross the barren zone, there are usually only two ways——

First, wait for a large number of Qi refining monks to gather, and everyone will act together and go north together to fight against the powerful robbery cultivator group with a huge number of people;

The second is to pay a high fee for spirit stones and wait in the sub-building of Tianbao Building. After ten people are gathered, they will be escorted there by the monks who established the foundation.

"Forget it, it's better not to have extra problems."

Zhang Yao shook his head secretly and looked away.

Please ask the foundation-building monks to escort, one quota needs a thousand spirit stones, and most Qi-refining monks do not have such a large reserve of spirit stones.

Although Zhang Yao was rich, he didn't intend to hire a Foundation Establishment cultivator to escort him.

With his current strength, he is certain to go through the barren belt alone, so choosing the first method is basically a sure thing.

Besides, unless he had to, before he was promoted to the foundation stage, he was not going to deal with the foundation monks anymore.

"In three days, the new northbound team will set off!"

On one side of the canyon, under a banner, several monks shouted loudly:

"Fellow daoists who want to sign up, hurry up!"

"Currently, more than 130 fellow daoists have participated..."

Amidst the noisy voices, many Qi refining monks came over and chose to join.

Qi refining monks from all over the country gathered in the border area of ​​Lu State. Most of them were casual cultivators, but there were often family members.

Usually in two or three months, a team of one or two hundred people can be assembled and go north across the barren belt.

"Count me in!"

Zhang Yao also came under the banner, using the pseudonym of 'Zhang Qing', to sign up for the team three days later.

"Fellow Daoist, don't forget to gather in three days!"

After recording Zhang Yao's name and appearance, the monks gave a warning.

"Um."

Zhang Yao nodded slightly, turned and left.

"Fellow Daoist, wait a moment!"

Before he could take a few steps, he was stopped by someone.

Zhang Yao's heart trembled slightly, he turned around and looked back, and found that it was a middle-aged beautiful woman with a graceful figure in a blue palace dress.

Judging from the aura on the woman's body, she is obviously a monk who has perfected Qi refining.

"Fellow Daoists are polite."

Zhang Yao gave a polite salute and said:

"I don't know why you suddenly called me to live here?"

"If you speak rashly, I hope fellow Taoists don't blame you."

The beautiful woman in the palace skirt gave a blessing, and asked tentatively:

"Can I take a step to speak?"

"……good."

Zhang Yao hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Anyway, within the scope of the border canyon, it is impossible for her to openly do something for no reason, which will only lead to her being mobilized and attacked.

"This fellow Taoist."

The two came to a corner of the canyon, and the beautiful woman in the palace skirt said enthusiastically:

"If I'm not mistaken, Fellow Daoist should also be a monk who has perfected Qi refining, right?"

Zhang Yao's expression remained unchanged, he nodded and said:

"good."

With his current mana, no one would be able to detect his true state during the Qi refining period unless he was detected face to face by the spiritual consciousness of the foundation building period.

The beautiful woman in the palace skirt couldn't see his depth, so she made such a misjudgment, which is really unusual.

"That's right."

The beautiful woman in the palace skirt smiled slightly and said:

"I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Chen Qingju, and I am a casual cultivator from Tao Kingdom."

"I took the liberty to disturb you this time because I saw fellow daoist sign up for the northbound team three days later, so I wanted to join forces with fellow daoist."

"Join together?"

Zhang Yao raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised:

"I've heard that the previous northbound teams had a 70% to 80% chance of successfully passing through the barren zone."

"With the perfect cultivation base of qi refining, fellow daoist, there is no need to join hands with me, right?"

As the saying goes, the heart of defense is indispensable.

There are so many casual cultivators gathered on the border of the Lu country, and none of them know each other, so who would rashly disturb them?

Taking care of each other with strangers may be even more dangerous.

This Chen Qingju came to him suddenly, which made him subconsciously on guard.

"Fellow Daoist doesn't know something."

Chen Qingju shook her head, with a serious expression on her face:

"The so-called probability of 70% to 80% was rumored in the early years. In fact, the current success rate is only about 50% to 60%."

"In recent years, there have been more and more robbing and repairing gangs on the Dali border, making this journey even more dangerous."

"In the last trip to the north, even the monks who had perfected their qi refining, there were examples of perishing. How dare I take it lightly?"

"this……"

Zhang Yao frowned slightly, and explored:

"I don't know Chen Daoyou, but do you know the reason behind this?"

As far as he knew, many leaders of robbery cultivators were just monks who had perfected their energy.

The huge number of people in the northbound team, although it seems to be huge, is actually just a matter of making up numbers.

Everyone doesn't know each other, and there is no trust in each other. If they are really in danger, they will just disperse and fly away when disaster strikes.

to be honest--

I don't need to run faster than Jiexiu, I just need to run faster than my companions.

Under such circumstances, even if a monk who has perfected Qi refining encounters a siege, the probability of dying is very low. It may not be possible to encounter it once in tens or hundreds of years.

"I do know a little inside information..."