Chapter 167: The Method of Leasing Spiritual Cave Residence (Update)
Qingyun Sect, in a magnificent hall.
At this moment, the four Jindan masters of Qingyun Sect took their seats respectively and sat down opposite each other.
"Senior Brother Qingyang, may I ask how long it will take you to be promoted to Nascent Soul?" Master Jianxuan asked in a deep voice as soon as he sat down.
Then, he seemed to realize something was wrong, and added: "It's not that the junior brother wants to explore the secrets of the senior brother, but the Xuanyin Sect seems to be mixed up with that group of demon cultivators of unknown origin. The current situation of the sect is not optimistic. "
"Junior brother, don't worry, senior brother has no intention of doubting you." Master Qingyang shook his head, then pondered for a while, and then said slowly.
"I observed the Enlightenment Stone and made a general judgment. Although it helps, it may not be an easy task to comprehend the power of the legendary law."
"And to break through the Nascent Soul, I also need a lot of spiritual energy and resources to support my golden elixir. Although the content of the golden elixir in my body has reached the minimum standard for breaking through the Nascent Soul, the more fully prepared I am, the higher the probability of breakthrough." big."
"Besides, I still follow the path of fire, so I need to modify the Nascent Soul technique passed down by the sect so that it suits me..."
Speaking of this, Master Qingyang hesitated for a while, and then said with some uncertainty: "According to my estimation, it will take at least thirty years to complete the breakthrough."
"Thirty years?!"
This result couldn't help but make the three Jindan masters look at each other.
"Why does it take so long?!" Zhentian said with a frown.
"From refining Qi to building a foundation, you need to prepare for at least three months, so there is a saying that it takes a hundred days to build a foundation. Junior Brother Zhentian, you have spent several years preparing to break through the golden elixir. It may not be necessary to break through the Nascent Soul. It's too long, but thirty years is not a long time to prepare for this breakthrough." Master Chang Qing thought for a moment before saying slowly.
Thirty years is almost two generations for mortals, but for these golden elixir masters with a life span of nearly a thousand years, it is just a long period of seclusion.
And it’s not incomprehensible that it took so long to achieve a breakthrough.
For example, to break through the foundation building, you need to constantly polish your own Qi, enhance your control, adjust your physical body, use various spiritual objects to make up for the hidden injuries, and at the same time calm down. This takes a long time, so it is said that it takes a hundred days.
To break through the golden elixir, you need to constantly regulate your own energy and spirit, control your own Qi state, and constantly replenish it with spiritual objects, so that you can naturally advance.
In fact, this process is just like activating a very large formation. It may be activated in just a few breaths, but the inspection before the formation is activated takes several months.
Of course, Lin Chen is an outlier, so only Chang Qing would regard him as a back-up that everyone expected.
"But in the past thirty years, there have been too many changes." Master Jianxuan's face was a little gloomy. "If the Xuanyin Sect and the external demon cultivators join forces to attack, it will not only interrupt Senior Brother Qingyang's breakthrough, but also lead to The sect is in crisis."
However, Master Qingyang shook his head and rejected his view: "Junior brother, don't worry, they will not take action easily before they have completely determined the time for my breakthrough."
"Um?"
"If the opponent attacks early, I can completely stop the breakthrough and participate in the battle. By then the two sides will be evenly matched. It's hard to say who will win and who will lose."
"And the real key to Qingyun Sect is not the more than 100,000 disciples, but us Jindan Daoist, Foundation Establishment Elders and outstanding disciples."
"If it is really impossible to do anything, the worst we can do is take away the spiritual tree by force, drain the underground spiritual veins, and escape to the Hengduan Mountains. By then, not only will the opposite side not be able to occupy this third-level spiritual mountain, but there will also be one more person who can achieve Yuan Yuan. Infant’s potential enemy.”
"To turn the enemy from the light to the dark, so as to be on tenterhooks. I believe Xuanyin Sect is not that stupid. Even if the opponent does this, we are not without a way out."
"But as time goes by, Senior Brother Qingyang will become more and more prepared, and gradually reach a state close to a breakthrough..." At this time, Master Changqing added in a low voice from the side.
"At that time, due to the breakthrough, we will lose a key combatant, and because we cannot give up, we can only stick to Qingyun Sect. At that time, as long as the other party joins forces to attack, we can only resist..."
Having said this, the hall fell into silence for a moment.
All Jindan masters know that this is a huge gamble.
Bet on whether they can hold on to the sect before Master Qingyang breaks through Nascent Soul.
If they win the bet, they will be able to seize control of the entire Lingnan land of immortality and the place where the gods fell. By then, everyone will have the opportunity to hope for the future.
And if you lose the bet, the consequences needless to say.
At this critical moment, Master Qingyang fell silent in a rare moment.
Because in this bet, he was the one who gained the most, but the ones who suffered the greatest danger were the other three Jindan Masters.
"You have come to this point, why should you care? I support it." Zhentian said.
"I really want to use the magic cultivator to test the sword." Master Jianxuan said with an edge in his tone.
"It concerns the overall situation of the sect. I stand with Senior Brother Qingyang." Master Changqing nodded slightly.
The atmosphere in the hall seemed to relax.
The expressions of several Jindan masters relaxed, and their tone became somewhat natural. Then, they began to consider the next question directly.
"Now that we have determined our plans for the future, we should then think about how to strengthen the sect to prepare for the next situation."
As Zhentian spoke, he pondered for a moment, constantly calculating his own advantages, disadvantages and needs in his mind.
After a while, he said: "In the next thirty years, we must do the following."
“First, the sect’s outstanding disciples during their Qi refining period have suffered heavy losses, and we must replenish them.
Second, help senior brother Changqing break through the late stage of Jindan.
Third, build formations within the sect. Under my control, they can be combined and superimposed to greatly strengthen the sect's defense in order to cope with the coming war.
Not only that, we also have to upgrade the Five Elements Spiritual Vein within the sect and provide the spiritual energy of Qingyun Mountain to supply Senior Brother Qingyang’s breakthrough, but all of this consumes resources..."
Speaking of this, Zhentian couldn't help but feel a little silent.
Whether it is cultivating disciples, building formations, or using them for the cultivation and breakthrough of Jindan Zhenren, all of these require a huge amount of spiritual stones and resources. I am afraid that the sect's treasure house cannot supply this terrifying consumption. .
"Junior brother, don't worry about resources." Qingyang seemed to see what he was thinking and said with a slight smile.
"Oh? In addition to the sect's treasure house, does Senior Brother Qingyang have other sources of spiritual energy resources?" Zhentian was stunned when he heard this.
"Haha, junior brother, don't forget, we still have those low-level casual cultivators." Master Qingyang chuckled.
"Lower level monk?" Zhentian was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly understood.
Qingyang Zhenren refers to the many forces and casual cultivators in the vast area under the Qingyun Sect!
In the past nearly a thousand years, they have also accumulated a lot of wealth. If harvested, it will not only be enough to meet the needs of Qingyun Sect, but even exceed it!
"Does Senior Brother want to go on a killing spree? I'm afraid there's something wrong with this. After all, they have many forces and are inextricably linked to our Qingyun Sect. Once they do it, I'm afraid it will hurt people's hearts!" Zhentian said in a deep voice. .
"Sometimes harvesting resources and spiritual stones does not necessarily require violence. You can also use some other methods." Master Qingyang said lightly, and then looked at Master Changqing.
The latter immediately understood and said: "Senior Brother Qingyang and I have thought about this matter for a long time and consulted the mortal dynasties. Finally, we came up with a plan, which is - [Spirit Vein Cave Lease and Loan Law]. "
"Lingmai Cave Rental Law? What does this mean?" Master Zhentian glanced at Master Jianxuan and found that the latter also looked confused, so he asked directly.
"This is a collection method I created after observing the methods used by that little guy Lin Chen when doing business in the sect, and then combining it with our needs."
"And this method is very simple. It is to use the sect's laws and regulations to turn something that already exists into an important pillar of the area we control."
"Speak clearly, senior brother." Master Jianxuan couldn't help but ask.
"It's very simple. It's just to build a cave on the spiritual veins we control, and then use it as goods to trade."
"For example, for casual cultivators, we can sell Fangshi Lingmai Cave as goods to them.
Of course, it is not about selling them spiritual veins, but selling them the right to live in the cave for twenty or thirty years.
And instead of selling them all, we let them live in them on loan.
The casual cultivators who have obtained the cave will have their accumulated spiritual stones taken away by us because of borrowing goods, and they themselves have to work for us to continuously provide us with resources. "
"As for those families and small sects, we can bind high-quality elixirs, spiritual weapons and other resources to the caves in Fang City, so that in order to obtain the resources for breakthroughs, they have to spend another amount of spiritual stones to purchase the caves. "
"If you continue to do this, it will generate very big benefits, which will attract the participation of larger sects and family forces. They will take out the resources stored in their hands and exchange them for caves, so as to obtain more through reselling. More resources to practice..."
“If it continues to develop, the entire area of our sect will come down, and all forces will be tied to the Spiritual Vein Cave.
At that time, with the help of the Spirit Vein Cave, we can harvest all the resources in the hands of casual cultivators and let them do things for us.
In order to earn more spiritual stones, forces big and small will invest a lot of resources into them, so that they can be harvested by us.
At the end of the day, we can use this to harvest all the spiritual stones and resources in the entire region in one fell swoop to prepare for the next war! "
"Senior brother, what you mean is to use an illusory and unreal cave residence in exchange for the resources and spiritual stones in their hands?"
Zhen Tianren pondered for a moment, then seemed to realize something, and couldn't help but ask:
"But as this continues, there will be less and less spiritual stone resources on the market. If this continues, sooner or later the monks will notice it, triggering a riot and endangering the rule of our Qingyun Sect!"
"But next, isn't it going to be a war?"
Master Qingyang's answer made Master Zhenzhen suddenly open his eyes.
He understood what the other party meant. If a riot really occurred, he would shift the conflict into a battle between two sects.
Not only that, they can also use spirit stone resources to induce these casual cultivators or cultivators from small forces to join the war, thereby killing the effective strength of the Xuanyin Sect's demonic cultivators.
Harvesting resources and making the best use of them, this method not only solves their plight of resource scarcity, but also eases the situation of war in one fell swoop, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone!
Of course, doing so will naturally have an unknown impact on the cultivators below, but none of the four Jindan Zhenren present raised any objections.
They are the Jindan of Qingyun Sect, not the Jindan of those casual cultivators, so it is naturally impossible for them to stand with them!
In the eyes of Jindan Zhenren, there are only disciples of Qingyun Sect and the mortal forces under their command who can provide them with disciples.
As for the cultivators outside the sect, they are just competing with them for interests.
"In this case, I agree with what Senior Brother did." Zhen Tian Zhenren nodded.
Several Jindan cultivators reached a consensus on this aspect.
And with this decision, the situation in Lingnan Xiuxian Land, which had been stable for nearly a thousand years, will usher in changes again!
At the same time, the undercurrents accompanying it are also becoming more and more intense!