Chapter 696: Retire after success

Chapter 696: Retire after success

"Whizzing"

Under the setting sun, a group of people flew from a distance and slowly approached the Zixia Mountains.

"This is the "Holy Land for Loose Cultivators"?"

The cyan light disappeared for a moment, and Liu Yu looked far into the distance.

I saw a stretch of mountains in the distance, with streaks of escaping light rising and falling, moving leisurely through the mountains.

Either in twos or threes, or alone.

Even the relatively rare "spiritual ships", there were dozens of them coming in and out at a glance, it was so lively.

Pieces of ancient buildings are looming in the major spiritual mountains, and all kinds of monks are moving among them, full of human fireworks.

Here, there is no need to worry about the pursuit of Qianting Holy Land for the time being, it is like a paradise.

Looking around, among the thousands of spiritual mountains, "Zixia Mountain" is the most majestic, reaching an astonishing height of four thousand feet.

Just like a magic needle that stabilizes the sea, it stands firm between heaven and earth, giving people full confidence.

Liu Yu's keen spiritual sense can clearly sense countless strong or weak auras, ranging from Qi refining to Nascent Soul cultivation.

"So many casual cultivators gathered here."

"It is worthy of being the "Holy Land of Casual Cultivators"."

"Let's go."

After observing silently for a while, Liu Yu smiled slightly and said to Zhuo Mengzhen.

After saying this, Dunguang moved and continued to fly forward. It didn't take long before he officially entered the "Purple Cloud Mountains".

"Whizzing"

With the identity tokens of the Buyi League, Liu Yu and the others easily entered the Zixia Mountains without any obstruction.

And he rented a third-level cave house on the fourth-level "Hongxia Mountain" and quickly settled down here.

At the golden elixir stage, they can be regarded as well-known masters among casual cultivators, so the three of them did not encounter the legendary "dog's eyes look down upon others", and everything went smoothly.

…

Time flies and one year passes quickly.

"Staff, I want two bottles of "Qi Lian Powder" this time!"

A bearded Foundation-Building monk quickly walked into an antique shop and shouted loudly to the clerk from a distance.

This store is called "Jade Pill Hall" and it is a newly opened store that mainly sells pills.

Because the price is right, in just one year, it has already gained quite a reputation among the nearby Lingshan Mountains, and basically has no worries about the number of customers.

"Okay, senior, please wait a moment, two bottles of "Qi Refining Powder" will be here shortly."

The clerk, who was only in the realm of Qi refining, had a very enthusiastic attitude. After speaking, he immediately went to the back room to inform the foundation manager.

Shop assistants like him are only responsible for accompanying customers and informing them of the elixir's price and efficacy when they inquire.

Although Qi Lian Powder contains the word "Qi Lian", it is actually a second-level elixir, which is just right to take during the foundation building period.

There is a saying that "refining essence and transforming Qi, refining Qi and returning spirit".

The two realms of Qi refining and foundation building are still in the category of "refining Qi", so there is nothing wrong with calling it "Qi refining powder".

However, it is quite normal for monks who do not understand it to mistakenly think it is a first-order elixir.

"The owner of "Yudan Tang" is really amazing. In less than a year since the store opened, it has already become famous in Hongxia Mountain."

"It is rumored that the establishment of this store affected the business of other elixir stores, but it was easily resolved by its owner."

"Afterwards, I don't dare to cause trouble to Jade Pill Hall again."

During the short waiting time, Bearded Hu Zhuji glanced around and assessed the situation of Jade Pill Hall.

After a quick glance, he found that among the guests, there were five or six foundation-building monks alone, and more than a dozen Qi-refining monks. It was a prosperous business scene.

The person was not kept waiting for long, and soon the Foundation Establishment Manager walked out of the back room, and after greetings, he handed over two bottles of "Qi Lian Powder".

Pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand. In a few words, a transaction is concluded.

On the third floor of Jade Pill Hall, Zhang Yi looked at the prosperous business of the shop and couldn't help but nodded lightly with great satisfaction.

Then he walked towards the fourth floor of the store to report some situations to Master.

Liu Yu also thought carefully about opening a store.

After coming to the Zixia Mountains, he found that the environment here was very suitable for cultivation. As a very large gathering place for immortal cultivators, the resources for cultivating immortals here were also very rich.

Although it cannot be compared with "Shenjing", it is enough to meet the current needs. Moreover, as a "sacred place for casual cultivators", the management is much looser than that of Shenjing, and you can come and go freely.

After careful consideration, Liu Yu planned to stay in the Zixia Mountains for a long time to practice.

By opening a shop, you can sell elixirs openly and openly, without having to be secretive.

There are more spiritual stones in his hands than ordinary monks, so there is a reasonable explanation.

Second, you can collect all kinds of spiritual herbs openly. After all, it is normal for alchemists to collect spiritual herbs for alchemy.

With the support of people from all walks of life such as the Purple Scarf Army and the Buyi League, Liu Yu successfully solved the challenge of building a store and got his own piece of cake, which was regarded as a foundation under the Zixia Mountains.

Just like before, he first made a few batches of low-level elixirs by himself to gain a reputation. After that, he basically left the refining of first- and second-level elixirs to the recruited low-level alchemists.

Liu Yu's success rate in refining third-level high-grade elixirs has reached more than 30%. It can be said that he has the qualifications to become an "alchemy master".

With his alchemy skills that were close to those of a master, coupled with the price not lower than the market price, and his promise to provide guidance on alchemy every two years, he easily recruited several low-level alchemists.

From then on, Liu Yu took his hand away and only occasionally asked about the situation of Yudan Hall.

The day-to-day management is left to the recruited foundation-building shopkeepers.

As for his direct disciple Zhang Yi, he is responsible for supervising the work to avoid the private use of public tools.

After all, when he reached the Golden Core realm, he needed to accumulate more mana. He didn't have that much energy to keep paying attention to mundane things.

The same is true for Zhuo Mengzhen.

Only when there are golden elixir customers will the girl personally come to entertain them.

As the hostess of the "Jade Pill Hall", coupled with her mid-stage Golden Pill cultivation, and her background in the "Buyi Alliance", most Golden Pill monks have to be polite.

Daily management is carried out by the recruited foundation-building monks, while Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi are responsible for entertaining high-level monks, supervising the daily operations of the Jade Pill Hall, and checking in every once in a while.

In this way, Liu Yu completely freed up his hands, focused most of his energy on cultivation, and became a hands-off shopkeeper responsible for collecting spiritual stones.

Only when I'm in a good mood occasionally, I refine a few batches of third-level elixir.

After all, the spiritual grass for refining third-level elixirs is relatively rare. It would obviously be abnormal if there were too many of them on the market.

During the trip to the Black Mountain Immortal Prison, after killing nine golden elixir guards and disposing of the loot, Liu Yu was not short of spiritual stones, so naturally he was not in a hurry to sell the elixirs.

As long as the spiritual stones satisfy daily cultivation, he does not blindly pursue the increase of spiritual stones.

…

"Dong dong"

Arriving at the fourth floor of Jade Pill Hall, Zhang Yi knocked on the door on the left, then lowered his hands and waited quietly.

"Come in."

Soon, a calm and indifferent voice came from the room.

"Squeak"

"Disciple Zhang Yi, pay homage to Master!"

After gently opening the door and closing it, Zhang Yi walked quickly to the desk, then bowed and saluted.

"Um."

Liu Yu nodded gently, motioned for him to sit aside, and then asked:

"Is there anything unusual in the store lately?"

He only occasionally went to the Jade Pill Hall to deliver a few bottles of third-level elixirs, and usually stayed in the cave to practice.

"Master, everything in the store is currently normal, and nothing unusual has happened."

Zhang Yi thought for a moment and then quickly replied.

"However, Senior Guo sent someone to inform us that he will visit Master again in three days."

After hesitating for a while, he continued to speak.

This is already the second visit this month and the fifth visit this year. Zhang Yi can vaguely guess what Guo Poyun means.

However, Liu Yu had no intention of letting this son participate in the affairs of the Purple Turban Army and the Commoner League.

The cultivation level in the foundation building period is still too low, and it is insignificant in any organization. In addition to daily practice, Zhang Yi just helps to look around the store.

"Um."

Taking a sip of the spirit tea, Liu Yu nodded thoughtfully.

Immediately, he began to guide Zhang Yi in his cultivation and answer some of his questions about his cultivation.

Taking people's money to do things for others, he Liu has always been an innocent person.

Therefore, in these years of giving guidance on cultivation, I have not casually dealt with it. The cultivation problems encountered by this disciple can basically be answered.

After all, if Tianlinggen qualifications are well cultivated, they will be a powerful help in the future.

As the first direct disciple, Liu Yu passed on the "Qingyang Kung" after much thought.

Let Zhang Yi make a choice between teaching the exercises at home and "Qingyang Kung".

There is no doubt that the Zhang family, as a god-transformation family with tens of thousands of years of inheritance, will not lack techniques that can directly achieve god-transformation. It has a higher limit and is more mature than the "Qingyang Kung".

After all, the highest cultivation level of a monk who has perfected the "Qing Yang Kung" is only Nascent Soul Perfection, and at most he can only complete the Nascent Soul Realm.

Regarding the content of the transformation into gods, they are just conjectures and remain on paper.

However, the Zhang family's ancestral skills can directly lead to the avenue of spiritual transformation.

However, Zhang Yi chose "Qingyang Gong" almost without thinking, which Liu Yu appreciated.

The more mysterious the technique, the more stringent the training conditions, and some very rare and key resources are needed during the training process.

Without the cleansing and transformation of these key resources, you may be stuck at a certain step and never be able to complete your promotion.

If it were the Zhang family in the past, it would certainly not be a problem to collect these resources, and it would be natural to choose the family tradition.

But after the "Battle of Lingwu City", the Zhang family's ancestor disappeared.

The elite members suffered heavy casualties and were faced with the sweep of hostile forces from within Qanting. At present, the building has collapsed and plummeted.

It has long been impossible to collect those rare and key resources for it.

Over the years, through contact with Zhang Ziping, Liu Yu also knew more or less something about the situation.

Their strength plummeted. Facing the hostile forces within Qianting, the remaining monks of the Zhang family were found one after another even though they had gone anonymous.

Then, it disappeared without a sound.

Seven years ago, Liu Yu lost contact with Zhang Ziping, and it is unknown whether this person is alive or dead.

As for Zhang Yi's communication jade plaque, Zhang Tao only left a few contact information for his safety, and he has lost contact with them one by one over the years.

In this case, this person naturally knows how to choose.

At least when practicing Qingyang Gong, if you encounter some problems in practice, you can always ask the master for advice, which can shorten the relationship between master and disciple.

Moreover, it does not require too rare resources, and the road to the future can be a little smoother.

Qingyang Kung is a fire attribute, which coincides with the attribute of this child's spiritual root, so it can't be said to be barely adequate.

The most important thing is that Zhang Yi witnessed Liu Yu taking action several times.

His strength, which was enough to rank among the top ten in the live rankings, deeply shocked his little heart, so he became even more determined when he made his choice.

Of course, it was Liu Yu's intention to "slightly" reveal the prospects of Qingyang Kung.

This kills two birds with one stone. It can not only fulfill Zhang Tao's promise to take care of Zhang Yi, but also fulfill the conditions for "Kong Qingzhenren" to find a successor for Qingyang Sect.

Of course, just passing down the skills is not considered a successor from any point of view.

In the future, if he has time and meets a suitable child, Liu Yu may also accept another direct disciple.

After all, he spent a lot of effort to deduce "Qingyang Kung".

Although immortality is his goal, even if he refines the power of the void, he still cannot achieve immortality. Naturally, Liu Yu is not so arrogant that he can definitely do it.

If such a day comes, he naturally does not want the skills he has worked so hard to perform to be buried in the long river of history.

This is consistent with the last wish of "Kong Qing Zhenren", but what will be passed down at that time will be a new version of "Qing Yang Gong".

"The way to cultivate immortality is by no means a simple practice in seclusion. It is difficult to achieve great achievements by practicing behind closed doors."

"Even if it is a piece of rough jade, it needs to be carefully carved before it can become a "big weapon.""

After giving guidance on cultivation issues, Liu Yu spoke with profound meaning.

"Master means"

Doubt flashed across his face, Zhang Yi stood up and bowed, then asked cautiously.

"In the middle stage of foundation building, coupled with the sophisticated magical weapons, I have a certain ability to protect myself. It's time to go out and experience it."

"There are many places where tasks are issued in the Zixia Mountains."

"Although you do not lack training resources, you still need to accept tasks and practice."

"Take a good look at this world of immortality."

Sitting on the Taishi chair, Liu Yu said slowly.

Where there is demand, there will be a market. There is no shortage of monks in the Zixia Mountains every day. For one reason or another, there are some things that require help or help from others.

Every day, a large number of tasks will be issued.

So over time, a group of monks came into being who earned spiritual stones by completing tasks and satisfying their daily practice.

"Yes, disciple understands!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yi's eyes flashed with excitement and he immediately saluted.

Over the years, due to safety concerns, he has been restricted from leaving a certain area of ​​the cave.

Even though I knew it was for my own good, the feeling of having my movements restricted for a long time was not a good feeling.

Now that the restrictions are finally lifted and you can move around freely, how can you not be excited?

"When accepting tasks, you must act according to your ability. You must agree with me every time before you can go and execute them."

"Also, you must be on guard against others, and you must be cautious during missions."

Liu Yu nodded lightly, gave a few more instructions, and asked Zhang Yi, who was a little excited, to retreat.

Zhang Tao has already prepared a lot of trump cards for this kid, so there is no need for him to give them any extra at this time.

However, to be on the safe side, in order to ensure that he, his direct disciple, would not die unexpectedly midway.

Liu Yu still planned to let the spirit beast follow him secretly and play the role of "protector".

Reaching the middle stage of the third level, Xiao Qing's intelligence has greatly expanded.

In addition, he has been in the world of human cultivation for many years, and he knows the rules both overt and covert. He is enough to shoulder the "heavy duty" of protecting the Tao.

As long as you don't encounter an overly powerful opponent, protecting a small foundation-building monk won't be a problem.

"Yes, Master."

"Disciple, resign!"

Zhang Yi, who was a little excited, bowed respectfully before retreating, opening the door and leaving the Jade Pill Hall.

Liu Yu was the only one left in the room, silently checking the accounts of Yudantang.

…

"Guo Poyun came to visit this time. If nothing else happens, he should lobby for his joining the Purple Turban Army."

"It's just that the mission of Black Mountain Immortal Prison is over, and the "Ying-Building Pill", one of the three treasures of infant formation, has been obtained. Joining the Purple Turban Army at this time does not seem to be a wise choice?"

"After all, the cultivation environment in Zixia Mountains is very stable, so there is no need to worry about the threat from Qanting Holy Land for the time being."

"And with the previous experience of the "Build Alliance", I can easily integrate into the group of casual cultivators, and there is no need to fight and kill."

"Besides, what's the point of being an alchemist and constantly fighting and killing?"

After checking the accounts of Yudantang, thinking about Guo Poyun's repeated visits, thoughts flashed in Liu Yu's mind.

In the mission of Black Mountain Immortal Prison, he can be said to have turned the tide.

If he were missing, Guo Poyun, Liao Yunxi and others would most likely be annihilated under the many traps in the Immortal Prison.

So after understanding the situation, True Lord Hanmei overcame all objections and rewarded him with the "Ying-nurturing Pill".

Correspondingly, the rewards for Guo Poyun, Liao Yunxi and others were much less.

After that battle, Yuanying Elder Ming Jing rebelled and exposed many secrets of the Commoner League.

The Commoner League suffered a devastating blow, with more than 80% of its core members killed or injured.

If Lord Qingshui hadn't sacrificed himself, the headquarters would have been kept in the dark and would have been uprooted!

Even so, under the successive thunder blows from Qanting Holy Land, the Buyi Alliance was still seriously injured.

There are only about twenty core members left, the peripheral members of Qi Refining and Foundation Building have suffered countless casualties, and there are only three Nascent Soul elders left, completely reducing them to an inferior force.

Not long after the remaining monks gathered in the Zixia Mountains, they decided to join the Purple Turban Army again.

After getting the "Ying-Building Pill", Liu Yu had already collected two types of the three treasures of birthing babies.

Some relatively common infant-forming spiritual objects can already be collected using thousand-year spiritual grass, third-level spiritual elixirs, a large number of spiritual stones, etc., and it takes some time to collect them.

Coupled with his previous experience, he has been able to live in the Zixia Mountains for a long time as a casual cultivator.

As a result, he was naturally unwilling to join the Purple Turban Army and confront Qanting Holy Land head-on. This was not in his interest.

Therefore, Liu Yu delayed reporting to the Purple Turban Army on the excuses of "devoting herself to cultivation" and "studying into alchemy".

Of course, in order to avoid irritating some people's pain points and suffering from the reputation of being "ungrateful" and "forgetting the benefits," he has never explicitly refused.

For the sake of True Lord Qingshui and True Lord Hanmei, and because he had a good life in the Buyi League, Liu Yu also gave up some benefits.

All former Buyi League monks who come to the Jade Pill Hall to purchase elixirs will enjoy a "10% off" discount, and all Purple Scarf Army monks will enjoy a "95% off" discount.

However, for the sake of his own safety, Liu Yu would never release too much of the third-level elixir to avoid arousing suspicion.

In order to avoid becoming a thorn in the side of the Holy Land of Qianting, all transactions with the monks of the Purple Turban Army are also carried out in secret and in a very low-key manner.

After the interests were tied up, the monks of the Purple Turban Army gained benefits, and Liu Yu was just in name, so he could practice with peace of mind on weekdays.

I usually collect spiritual herbs, elixirs, and secret techniques, etc., and I can also get some help from the Purple Turban Army.