Chapter 157: Gengjin Earth Vein, Fighting the Golden Ape [Additional 5K, 50W words can be slaughtered]
"Thank you very much."
Ye Linyuan hurriedly thanked him. Although he was able to cultivate second-order spirit gathering beads by himself, Minghuang Jianzi's help in getting a few second-order spirit gathering beads at a low price could just help him cover up a few things.
After all, the method of spiritual advancement is quite precious. Even among the Jindan forces, only a small group of forces master it. Before breaking through the Jindan, it is better to keep this method secret as much as possible.
After discussing the matter, Ye Linyuan asked again: "I got a lot this time, and I plan to exchange it for some rare treasures. Do you have any advice?"
"A rare and precious treasure?" Minghuang Jianzi looked puzzled.
Ye Linyuan didn't keep the secret and said directly: "A first-level rare treasure with fire or gold attributes."
"I understand."
Minghuang Jianzi nodded, and then said: "Gold attribute is fine, but in the Cangling Sea, fire attribute rare treasures are extremely rare. I'm afraid you will hardly encounter them in the Tianxing Sea."
"If you really want to exchange, you can only participate in the Seven Domains Conference."
"Seven Regions Conference?" Ye Linyuan was slightly stunned.
Minghuang Jianzi nodded, and then said, "In the Seven Realms Alliance, there is an exchange meeting every sixty years. At that time, most of the foundation-building cultivators in the entire Seven Realms Alliance will participate, and naturally they can buy some rare items."
"The last Seven Realms Conference was more than fifty years ago. You have only been building your foundation for forty years, so naturally you have not experienced that exchange conference."
Ye Linyuan's eyes lit up slightly, and he couldn't help but say, "So, the next Seven Regions Conference will be held in a few years, right?"
"Well, four years later." Minghuang Jianzi opened his mouth and said with a gloomy look: "The next barter conference will be held in Canghai Region."
"Canghai Territory!"
When Ye Linyuan heard this, his expression suddenly changed.
Minghuang Jianzi smiled, and then said, "You don't have to worry. It's impossible for a bartering event of this level to have murder and treasure-stealing incidents."
"And with your level of cultivation, that person probably wouldn't even look at you."
At this point, Minghuang Jianzi suddenly pondered for a moment, and then said thoughtfully: "But you have to be careful of one person."
"Who?" Ye Linyuan was a little confused.
"Li Changzhou."
Minghuang Jianzi spoke calmly, and after a long while he said thoughtfully: "This person is the true disciple of the chief of Canghai Sect, and is known as the best in formation and sword together with Chu Dongyu, the chief of Tianxing Sword Sect."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan fell silent.
The Canghai lineage mainly practices water magic, and Li Changzhou is most likely the enemy of his fellow practitioners, which means that they are most likely practicing the Canghai Mingyue Gong.
Such a person can be compared with Chu Dongyu, the master of the Rising Sun Sword who specializes in the way of gold and fire. It is obvious that this person is probably not an easy person to deal with.
"The quality of the Cang Hai Ming Yue technique is insufficient, and its explosive power is far inferior to that of the Jin Huo technique, but it can be considered as having endless magical power. This is the best foundation for practicing the natal formation."
Minghuang Jianzi spoke calmly, and after a long while, he said with a distinguished look: "Meng Changzhou has cultivated a set of twenty-four Canghai Pearls, each of which is a second-level superior rare treasure spiritual weapon."
"It is said that he once used this to set up an array, and fought against the Fake Dan Mage for a thousand moves without being defeated, and in the end he was even able to escape unscathed. If you encounter this, I'm afraid there will be no chance of escape."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan fell into silence.
He also had the Canghai Pearl, a rare, top-grade spiritual weapon. Yue Muchen used it as bait to lure him into action, and even set up all kinds of killing traps.
But Li Changzhou had twenty-four in his hand, which clearly meant he was not a formidable opponent of the same level.
As a fellow practitioner of the Cang Hai Ming Yue Gong, Ye Linyuan was well aware of how powerful Li Changzhou was.
The mana quality of Cang Hai Ming Yue Gong is insufficient, but Ye Linyuan still chose this skill. Essentially, it is because the mana of Cang Hai Ming Yue Gong is inexhaustible, and it can make up for the lack of mana quality with the help of formations.
No matter how poor the quality of Li Changzhou's magic power is, the moment he sets up the twenty-four Canghai Pearls to form a formation, he is destined to be invincible in the same level.
Relatively speaking, although the Gold and Fire Technique has powerful magic power, its power is too weak and it is simply unable to activate the same level of formations to fight against the enemy. Its upper limit may not be comparable to the Cang Hai Ming Yue Technique.
Of course, it is not something that ordinary cultivators can do to collect all twenty-four Canghai Pearls.
Because of the materials used to set up the formation, even though they both practice the Cang Hai Ming Yue Gong, the strength of rich people and poor people is on two completely different levels.
If he is rich, he is invincible at the same level; if he is poor, he is at the bottom of the same level. The reason why Ye Linyuan dared to practice this skill is mainly because of his spiritual plant talent.
"An opponent that is currently invincible."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, with a solemn look in his eyes.
Seeing this, Minghuang Jianzi thought he was nervous, so he said, "You don't have to worry too much. Li Changzhou is only one step away from the Golden Core Realm. It won't be of much use if he swallows you now."
"If everything goes as expected, this person is unlikely to attack you before you break through to the late stage of foundation building, and he is also unlikely to attack you at the exchange conference."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
He stood up and bowed to Minghuang Jianzi, then said solemnly: "Thank you Jianzi for your advice. Linyuan knows what to do. It's getting late today, so I should go back."
"Yes." Minghuang Jianzi nodded, thought for a moment and said, "You don't have to worry too much. The major forces in our Seven Domain Alliance may not be happy to see the Canghai Sect's breakthrough to the late Jindan stage."
"So, if you ever reach the stage of forming a pill, maybe our major forces will secretly protect you."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan nodded slightly, but there was no joy in his heart.
Under normal circumstances, these people may indeed be able to protect themselves, but what if a Teng Snake cub appears in this sea area?
You should know that there is no bottleneck before the Teng Snake cub breaks through the Nascent Soul stage, and it can cultivate smoothly all the way to the Golden Core Perfection.
Once it breaks through to the late Jindan stage, what will the Seven Domain Alliance use to resist?
At that time, the Jindan masters of the Seven Domain Alliance might not necessarily hinder each other. Instead, they might tacitly allow the person behind the scenes of Canghai Sect to break through to the late Jindan stage.
If it really comes to that, Ye Linyuan will probably become a victim of everyone.
Knowing this, Ye Linyuan bid farewell to Minghuang Jianzi with a heavy heart and some thoughts, and returned to the Seven Islands of Xinghu.
All the way to Xingyejia Island, Ye Linyuan was still a little worried.
He stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the boundless sky in front of him. He felt that the sea of clouds was as boundless as an abyss, and there seemed to be a huge mouth hidden behind it, as if it would swallow him completely when he reached the clouds.
"Swallow the Dao, swallow the Dao, everyone in the world swallows the Dao, could it be that all high-level cultivators in the world have been possessed by demons?"
Ye Linyuan felt extremely depressed. He thought of Yue Muchen's regrets before his death, and the unscrupulous Su Shaoyu who committed suicide with a sword. He then thought of what he had seen and heard in his previous life, and finally fell into silence.
He knew in his heart that there were clear-headed people and talented people in this world, but they all chose this path.
Because they have no other choice.
All this was destined since the sword strike at the end of the ancient times.
That sword split the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm, and even cut off the path to immortality for all. Today, the world is incomplete, the Great Dao is incomplete, and the path of cultivation is ten or a hundred times more difficult than in ancient times.
Taking the path of swallowing is the only hope for people to achieve immortality.
Those who do not follow this path will definitely be overtaken by those who come after them, and eventually become the spiritual resources for them.
Among those who survived, some may not be able to bear it, some may have compassion, but in the end they were still forced to take this path.
"Husband."
At this moment, Ye Linyuan suddenly heard a gentle voice.
Shui Hanqing, wearing a plain white dress, silently hugged him from behind.
She could feel Ye Linyuan's heart, and could feel the confusion, uneasiness, depression, and melancholy.
But she didn't say anything, just hugged him quietly, which gave Ye Linyuan a lasting peace and comfort.
Ye Linyuan felt his hesitation and uneasiness gradually disappear, so he stood up and held her in his arms.
"I know you are hesitant, but I believe you won't always be like this,"
Shui Hanqing spoke slowly, a peaceful smile on her face, and finally looked up at him and wished: "I hope you will grow wings and turn into a fish in the North Sea."
At this moment, Ye Linyuan looked at that beautiful face and felt an unconcealable emotion surging in his heart.
I was surprised to find that I couldn't show my love for you, because it was deep in my bones.
He looked at Shui Hanqing steadily, and finally promised: "The house is full of heavenly fragrance, with a zither, a sword, and a cup of tea. The feathered clothes are always smoky and hazy, and they don't bother with peach and plum flowers in the world."
Shui Hanqing's eyes widened, shining, but she shook her head and said, "But what about Yuwan and Lingxi?" Ye Linyuan was silent, and after a long time, he sighed, "Since ancient times, love has always been full of regrets, and falling flowers in the wind and rain make spring even more sad. It's better to pity the person in front of you."
Shui Hanqing smiled, and then said: "Life is like a dream. If we can't become immortals together, we will just be passers-by to each other in the end."
"I never ask for them to accompany you day and night, and I don't mind them accompanying you for a while, but I want to be with you until the end of your life."
"..."
As it was getting dark, Ye Linyuan resumed his previous training life.
In the following time, in addition to daily practice and care, he also began to spend more time with Shui Hanqing.
He found that he could enjoy a rare tranquility by Shui Hanqing's side, a sense of peace that he had never found in his past or present life, and it could soothe the confusion and uneasiness in his heart.
They occasionally played around, but most of the time they spent together was in silence, yet there was an unspoken emotion filling each other's hearts.
Ten miles of green hills and a stream of flowing water, all express many emotions.
And in such companionship, the days seem to become longer.
Not long after, Ye Linyuan transformed all six spiritual springs on Xuanling Island into spirit gathering beads, and upgraded all three spiritual veins on Yejia Island to medium-grade spiritual springs.
And two years later, the spiritual vein of Golden Monkey Island was successfully upgraded and turned into a second-grade medium-quality spiritual spring.
Not long after, Ye Linyuan also gathered thirty-six formation flags and refined a second-level Tiangang invisibility formation.
"You can try to mine the black gold mine now."
As soon as the formation flag was refined, Ye Linyuan brought it to the Golden Monkey Island.
The King Kong Giant Ape and his third uncle Ye Qinchu had been guarding this place for many years. They couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw Ye Linyuan arrive.
"The spiritual vein has been cultivated successfully. I thought it was time for you to come." Seeing him coming, Ye Qinchu couldn't help but smile.
"You have worked hard."
Ye Linyuan nodded, said hello, and then began to rearrange the formation here.
He first set up the Tiangang invisibility formation to completely block the spiritual power of the Golden Monkey Island, and then set up a Gengjin sword formation.
This is a golden killing formation, with the Jinxu Sword, a top-grade spiritual weapon, as its core. The power it exerts is enough to fight against the late stage of foundation building. This was specially obtained by Ye Linyuan through Minghuang Jianzi's channel in exchange for the Canghai Pearl.
After the formation was completely set up, Ye Linyuan and his party arrived at the location of the black gold ore vein.
Shui Hanqing and others followed on the side, looking at the mineral vein, they couldn't help but say solemnly: "Is the black gold mine here?"
“It should be right here.”
Ye Linyuan first used divination to make some calculations, and then began to dig the black gold mine in this area.
Although this black gold ore is extremely hard, it is not difficult to dig it with Ye Linyuan's cultivation level. He found the right direction and kept digging. Soon he dug through the black gold vein and came to an underground space.
"Such a strong Gengjin power."
After stepping into the space, Ye Qinchu frowned slightly, revealing a hint of surprise.
But this was a space emitting brilliant golden light. The entire space was filled with minerals that were shining brightly, and there were streams of golden light that were rising into the sky circulating here.
"Not good, be careful about the leakage of Gengjin power."
At this moment, Shui Hanqing's expression changed slightly.
But they saw that the golden Gengjin energy was constantly flowing, and a considerable part of it was gushing towards the entrance they had dug.
This Gengjin energy is extremely dazzling. Once it appears on the ground, the strange phenomenon may be able to penetrate the clouds in the sky. With the perception of a Jindan cultivator, it may be able to be detected tens of thousands of miles away.
"Om-"
Fortunately, Ye Linyuan had anticipated this. He pushed the Tiangang Invisibility Formation to its extreme and finally forcibly sealed off the Gengjin Qi.
After doing all this, Ye Linyuan looked around the space, and then said with a serious look: "The Gengjin Qi is full. The Gengjin veins here will be completely nurtured and formed within a hundred years at the latest, or within sixty years at the fastest."
After hearing this, everyone fell silent.
Once the Gengjin earth veins are formed, without the third-order Tiangang invisibility formation, it will be impossible to suppress the sky-rushing energy.
Knowing this, Zhou Yuwan sighed and said, "It seems that we can only control this place for a hundred years at most."
"A hundred years is enough. We can dig as much as we can during this time."
Ye Linyuan said this casually, and then stepped into the depths of the root veins.
Here, he discovered a large amount of high-quality black gold ore, and even first-level black gold ore of the rare treasure level could be seen everywhere.
Looking at these rare treasures and minerals, Zhou Yuwan couldn't help but smile and said, "With these black gold mines, plus the family's blood spirit grass, it seems that the golden monkey clan can all mutate into the golden back giant ape clan."
Upon hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but smile.
The golden-haired monkey is just an ordinary demon with average strength and potential, but the golden-backed giant ape can be regarded as a demon with extremely powerful bloodline.
The combat power of this clan is considered top-notch among the mutant monster clans, and with the help of the golden-backed giant ape clan's exclusive cultivation techniques and Soul-Feeding Pills, there is a 30% chance of breaking through to the foundation-building stage with careful training.
The most crucial thing is that the Gengjin earth vein is a natural training ground, which is of great benefit to the golden-backed giant ape's cultivation and breakthrough. It can increase the golden-backed giant ape's success rate in building its foundation to a certain extent, and increase its success rate in breaking through to about 40% to 50%.
"This place is an opportunity for the golden monkey clan."
Ye Linyuan couldn't help but smile slightly, and then put away some of the mutated black gold ores.
Then they followed the Gengjin Energy all the way to the core area of the earth veins. The further they went in, the more treasures they found.
They began to discover large-scale second-grade low-quality black gold mines. Even second-grade medium-quality mines had reached a certain scale, and there were even some rare black gold mines.
"Xiao Jin, it seems you are blessed."
Ye Linyuan smiled and touched the head of the King Kong Ape.
Upon hearing this, the giant gorilla revealed a simple and honest expression, and the corners of his mouth were almost cracked.
These second-level black gold mines can not only be used to cultivate Qi, but are also the cultivation resources of the King Kong Giant Ape. They can quickly improve its cultivation and strength, and should be more than enough to satisfy its cultivation to the great perfection of foundation building.
Even long-term cultivation of refining second-level spiritual ore can continuously enhance its bloodline power and increase the possibility of its transformation into a second-level rare spiritual beast.
After all, it is just a first-level rare spiritual beast. After breaking through the foundation-building stage, the King Kong Giant Ape is no longer considered a rare beast in this realm.
The current King Kong Giant Ape is roughly considered a second-level mutant spirit beast. There is no bottleneck before it can break through to the late stage of foundation building, but the possibility of it breaking through to the golden elixir stage is unlikely.
If its bloodline cannot continue to transform, then even if it barely breaks through the Jindan realm, it will only become the most ordinary Jindan demon king, and its strength will probably be far less powerful than that of the Black Dragon Demon King.
If you want to increase the probability of breaking through the golden elixir, the best way is to improve your bloodline power.
Once he transforms into a second-level rare spiritual beast, he will be able to awaken a little bit of his true spiritual blood and become the 'Fighting Golden Ape', a descendant of the true spiritual species.
At that time, not only will the strength of the King Kong Giant Ape be greatly improved, but the probability of breaking through the Golden Core will also be greatly improved.
Knowing this, the King Kong Giant Ape couldn't help but say: "If I can practice here for a long time and refine the second-level black gold ore, my bloodline will definitely awaken faster and become a top-level second-level mutant spirit beast."
"As for whether we can go further, it depends on whether we can find the opportunity in the dark."
Ye Linyuan nodded. He naturally understood the opportunity that the King Kong Ape wanted.
A piece of second-level rare black gold ore can increase the probability of the King Kong Giant Ape transforming into a Fighting Golden Ape by 20%.
The most important thing is that the earth veins here are likely to produce second-level rare black gold ore, and it is very likely that more than one will be produced.
Knowing this, Ye Linyuan walked forward calmly and unknowingly arrived at the core of the earth vein.
But the Gengjin energy here was extremely sharp, with endless Gengjin Dao patterns crisscrossing and nurturing several golden ores in the core area.
And in the center of those pieces of ore, a dazzling golden flying sword was floating up and down, emitting a terrifying power that could divide everything.
"The Dao is formed by nature, and the terrain is carved. Is this the second-level rare black gold mine?"
Chu Lingxi spoke slowly, and a hint of shock appeared in his eyes as he looked at the golden flying sword.
Ye Linyuan nodded, and then said: "Legend has it that in a place where the spirits of heaven and earth converge and interweave, by chance, a spiritual treasure can be bred. Because it is born from heaven and earth, it is called Xuantian spiritual treasure."
"But this sword is just a mere form, and cannot be considered a true spiritual treasure."
(End of this chapter)
