[Rabbit, June 6, heavy rain]
Before leaving Baipu area, they encountered a rainstorm on the road and found an abandoned village to take shelter temporarily.
There were thunder and lightning, and the village was eerie. My little Ganoderma lucidum was a little shaky, so I had to hang the little green one on the beam. It could provide light and scare away ghosts.
The Black Waters are located in the northernmost part of the Central Plains, separated by the Chaotian Domain and the Fengxian Domain. The journey is long, and one needs to go to the border between the Baipu Domain and the Chaotian Domain to find the teleportation array to get there.
I have been trying to use fire to create earth these past few days, and I found that the situation is completely different from that during the Qi training period. The fire evil spirit is unruly and difficult to tame. Even though I have understood the rules of the five elements conversion, I am still unable to do it.
Looking back at the process of building the Five Elements Rotation Bridge at the beginning, perhaps I should continue to ponder the deeper level of the Five Elements Rotation.
By reinforcing the Five Elements Rotating Bridge in this way, perhaps it would be possible to use the Fire Evil Spiritual Energy to boost the Quicksand Spiritual Energy.
Today, a piece of 'Su Wen Tune' has been translated from the Qing Lian Music Score, which is a healing song that can absorb the vitality of surrounding plants and trees to treat internal and external injuries. All you need to do is blow the green jade bamboo flute with the magical energy of the cloud fungus, and there is no need to learn medical skills.
I'm so happy to have something new to learn!
In the night rain, I play the flute until dawn.
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[Rabbit, July 15, heavy snow]
Today is my first time arriving at the Black Waters area. Here, water surrounds mountains and there are thousands of miles of fertile fields. The territory is like a long dragon stretching for thousands of miles. The head of the dragon is in the east, with many high mountains and steep cliffs. The body of the dragon goes to the west, and the terrain gradually becomes flat, connecting to the grassland of Muyunyu in the west.
It was only July, but the eastern part of the Black Waters region was already freezing cold and the mountains were blocked by heavy snow.
Suddenly I thought of the scene in the Quicksand Region in July, with clouds of fire burning and blazing brightly.
Why are the seasons so different in different places under the same sky
The Quicksand Region is scorching hot all year round, while the White Dust Region northeast of the Black Waters is a place with heavy snow all year round.
The Baipu Region has four seasons like spring, the Fengxian Region and Chaotian Region have four distinct seasons, and the Pingjiang Region and Baishui Region have only three seasons: spring, summer, and autumn.
We need to think about it seriously and compare it with the "Dayan Sutra" to understand the great rules. The changing of the four seasons is also within the Five Elements Great Dao, and it will definitely help strengthen the Five Elements Rotating Bridge.
Also, I don’t like the black water area in winter, it’s too cold and my little Ganoderma lucidum is frozen.
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[Rabbit, September 9th, Double Ninth Festival]
Yesterday I encountered a seventh-level black bear king in the mountains and blew the bear’s head off with one punch.
I have taken the fourth snake peel fruit. The effect is not as good as before, but it has helped me to complete the strengthening of the bones in my arms and greatly increased my strength.
I met a few hunters when I was handling the body of the black bear king. Today I was invited to Baishan Camp to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival with the local hunters.
Most of the hunters in Baishan Camp are mortals, with only a dozen young and strong Qi-cultivating monks. In the past few years, they mined in mines in various mountains. In recent years, the mineral veins have gradually dried up, and the mines have not been profitable. Some miners have left the mines and made a living by hunting.
There are more than fifty mines in the mountains east of the Black Waters Region, which produce more than 70% of the spiritual ores needed for refining equipment in the entire cultivation world.
Each mine is guarded by Jindan Zhenren from major sects in the Central Plains, and the Tianyan Sect also has three mines here.
The main gate of Guiyuan Sword Sect is located in the extremely cold Suchen Realm. Every year, it sends some disciples to patrol the mines in the Black Waters area to maintain order and stability.
I decided to stay in Baishan Camp for a while and refine the elixirs I collected earlier into Qi and Blood Pills and Bone Strengthening Pills to assist in the practice of the "Nine Transformations of the Golden Body".
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[Rabbit, September 20th, heavy snow]
I heard that the lapis lazuli mine managed by Linghe Sect had a spiritual tide a year ago, which attracted surrounding monsters to besiege the mine.
I decided to sneak in and take a look.
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[Chenlong, March 17, sunny]
After working in the mine for half a year, I didn't find any golden spiritual objects and almost couldn't get out.
Under the dark mine, people's hearts are still as sinister as ever, and the situation is full of crises.
The reason why I almost couldn't get out was that my identity was discovered by the Jindan Zhenren guarding the Linghe Sect. I had no choice but to show the Tianyan Sect token and say that I accidentally dug it from the Tianyan Sect mine next door.
This incident alarmed Master Wanlun who was guarding the mine of Tianyan Sect. He was very tactful and helped me resolve the crisis. He sent me to Yuncanggou Market to rest and told me to return to the sect early and stop hanging around outside.
Gayo means strolling, it is the Black Water dialect, quite interesting.
Although we didn't find any clues about the golden spiritual object this time, we did dig up a lot of lapis lazuli, and we can sell some spiritual stones.
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[Chenlong, April 25, light rain]
I like cloudy days with drizzle. It’s comfortable to squat in the corner and get caught in the rain.
I received a reply from the Grand Elder today. She was drunk again and took almost a year to reply to me.
She said that there were several earth-based techniques in the Tianyan Sect, but they could not be taken out of the sect, so I could only wait for me to return to learn them.
Fortunately, I didn't completely rely on her, as I had already collected several earth-based skills in the market.
I do not intend to take earth-based exercises as my main practice, and will still use the "Secret Book of Fire Refining the Sky" to improve my cultivation.
I only learned the secrets of earth magic from these techniques, and with the experience of learning the 'Earth-shaking Technique' during my Qi training period, I created my own spell 'Yellow Sand Sinking the Ground', which can turn the ground into quicksand, and the more I struggle, the deeper I sink.
It incorporates the secret of earth-shaking, which can also use the force of the shock to disperse the spiritual energy in Dantian, making it impossible to fight back.
However, the clothes on your body will be shattered, which may be a bit eye-irritating.
In addition, this time when I went to the mine, I discovered a way to make money - selling mining puppets!
Only when five of them gather together can they replenish their daily spiritual energy consumption without replacing the Divine Machine Stone.
So I sell one set at a time. The cost of one set is less than one hundred low-grade spirit stones, and I will sell it for five hundred low-grade spirit stones.
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[Chenlong, August 1st, sunny]
My mining puppets were selling like hot cakes. I couldn't make enough by myself. In order to earn more spirit stones, I deliberately reduced the supply and secretly sold the mining puppets on the black market.
Now I have sold a set for one thousand low-grade spirit stones. I am so smart!
In order to make more puppets during this period, I learned the "Silk Control Technique" and used the method of dividing my attention to do two things at once. I could control two human-shaped puppets at a time and make mining puppets together.
Before, we made one set every two days, but now we make one set every day.
With double the efficiency, you can also practice the method of distraction to continue to improve your proficiency in silk control.
The Silk Control Technique has various uses, and can be used for sneak attacks and trapping enemies. I really should have learned it earlier.
I have been delayed in the mountains east of the Black Waters for more than a year. It is time to set off to continue my exploration west of the Black Waters.
Spiritual stones are indeed valuable, but forming the elixir is more important!
The main reason is that imitations have started to appear on the market, and some are even better than what I make.
Some shops have also added combat mechanisms to puppets, as well as detachable pickaxe versions, allowing miners to replace them with better magical pickaxes.
The funniest thing is the gold-plated mining puppet. It’s dazzlingly golden and not practical, but people still buy it.
In short, it is varied and hilarious.
In fact, I have a trump card, which is a small teleportation array that can save the mining puppets time running back and forth.
But I don’t want to argue with those people. It’s not easy for them to do business. The way they look at me is like knives.
Fortunately, I was taken care of by Master Wanlun during this period, so I didn't get into any trouble at the center of the storm.
I didn't have anything to show for it, so before leaving, I gave the puppet blueprint to Master Wanlun.
He accepted it with a fake smile, and told me to stop hanging around outside and go back to the sect as soon as possible.
(End of this chapter)