"This mountain is nice. Let's stop here. Maybe in the future, I can use this mountain as my Taoist temple!" Zhang Heming suddenly said, pointing to a mountain surrounded by spiritual energy under the clouds.
The dragon flew all the way to the northwest. Several people above the clouds pointed at the world under the clouds like gods. Finally, they stopped only a few hundred miles away from the Bai Kingdom and did not continue to move northwest.
Qingyang and Jia Yi did not choose to return to their own mountain gate temple. Going back now would bring disaster to the mountain gate they established. It would be better for them to find a place outside to break through quietly, so that they would not be targeted by those with ulterior motives at the critical moment. Moreover, as they were united, no one dared to come to them at this time.
As for the mountain gate temple, as long as they are still there, no one dares to make things difficult for their disciples.
The mountain chosen by Zhang Heming is composed of four steep mountain ranges. It looks like a giant turtle suppressing the four directions. It is surrounded by spiritual energy and is prosperous. It is a good place to set up a Taoist temple.
When the four people landed on the top of the mountain, they also found that there was a yellow sheep who had achieved some accomplishment in the mountains. When the four people found it, they saw the dragon falling from the sky. The yellow sheep was so scared that it stirred up a demonic wind and fled away.
Finally, it was swept by Zhang Heming's whisk and fell in front of Zhang Heming, making a bleating sound.
"I have occupied your cave and will not treat you unfairly. From now on, you, the yellow sheep, will follow me to practice!" Zhang Heming pointed his finger and a talisman was injected into the body of the yellow sheep.
The yellow goat, which had become a spirit, lay on the ground like a spirit, as if bowing to the four people.
The three people on the mountain gathered soil to make stones and wood to make materials. In the blink of an eye, they built a simple but grand Taoist temple on the mountain.
The four of them stood in front of the pavilion, and Fang Xiu looked down: "Master, you are going to use this place as a Taoist temple in the future, so you need a road leading down the mountain. Your disciples can't fly around like us, and when you build the mountain gate formation in the future, people will not be allowed to fly at will."
"Besides, if you fly in the sky all day long, I'm afraid that one day you will forget how to walk down to earth when you were a human being!"
Zhang Heming nodded, agreeing with Fengdu's sentiment: "Indeed! Fengdu, your words are quite insightful!"
Zhang Heming waved his whisk, and a spiritual light swirled down from the top of the mountain. A steep and dangerous staircase appeared before his eyes. The staircase twisted and turned, extending all the way to the bottomless foot of the mountain.
Zhang Heming came back to his senses and swung his whisk again. Three ancient characters "Tianshi Temple" appeared in front of the pavilion above his head.
"The only thing left is the arrangement of the Longevity Pond!" After Jia Yi spoke, the faces of the three people became serious. The others were just external objects, but the Longevity Pond was the key to everything.
Qing Yang finally said: "Originally, there was only half of the Longevity Pond, which was incomplete to begin with, and its efficacy was greatly reduced. If it is disassembled, it will no longer be called the Longevity Pond, but the Short Life Pond!"
Although Qingyang said this calmly, the three of them still heard a hint of panic and fear in his voice.
The Longevity Pond is already in hand, but when it comes to taking the last step, Qingyang's mood becomes even more flustered. He is the oldest among the four and his life span is almost over. The chance of him successfully entering the fourth level is the lowest. If he succeeds, he will live forever, but if he fails, he will die.
Immortality is at hand, but death is also at hand. He seems to be standing on the boundary between immortality and death.
Jia Yi also nodded: "There is no need to divide it, just leave it here. If we can all enter the realm of immortality, our three families will become one and share this pool."
"If you can't, then why bother about the future!"
The final location chosen for the Longevity Pond happened to be the cave where the yellow sheep practiced cultivation, which was located behind the Tianshi Temple. Qingyang raised the magic weapon White Jade Cauldron, which turned into a giant cauldron as big as a mountain and turned it upside down. Half of the Longevity Pond inside also fell into the cave.
Four people took action at the same time, refining this half of the Longevity Pond, integrating it into the earth's veins and becoming one. Several people also took out a lot of spiritual materials for the other half, and finally refined it to perfection, barely resembling a complete spiritual pond.
But those added in later generally have only form but no substance.
The spiritual spring water slowly gathered from the bottom of the pool and slowly filled the bottom of the pool, indicating that the Longevity Pond was officially opened.
"We plan to practice together here until we break through to the fourth level. What are your plans, Fengdu?" Qingyang and the other two have already made a decision, and they also invited Fengdu to practice with them, to break through the levels together here, and to achieve immortality together.
"I think I should go back to Youdu and use the Heavenly Demon Pool in Youdu to take the last step, so as not to waste the power condensed by this Longevity Pool!" Fang Xiu shook his head and rejected Qingyang's invitation.
He looked at Qingyang's head full of white hair, and Zhang Heming and Jia Yi, whose old age was no longer concealed. Even though Jia Yi had taken the Dingyan Pill, the look in his eyes did not look like that of a young man.
This fourth stage is a hurdle that one must pass through. If one fails, one may not even have the chance to switch to the divine path. I wonder who will achieve immortality in the end, and who will die of loneliness and loneliness in the end.
"Let's say goodbye now!" Standing in front of the Tianshi Temple, the dragon circled around the Taoist temple and stopped behind Fang Xiu. Fang Xiu bowed and said goodbye to the three people.
"Take care!" Jia Yi smiled in a somewhat carefree and wild manner, bowed to Fang Xiu, and spoke directly to him, just like he had in the past.
"Take care! I hope... we can meet again someday!" Qingyang's expression was filled with worry, as if he was recalling something again.
His somewhat old face and eyes seemed to have returned to the time when he first entered the mountains and seas. At that time, he, Fengdu, and Zhu Liu traveled hand in hand through the fairy mountains and rivers and crossed the vast ocean.
No matter the evil dragon, natural disasters, or numerous crises, nothing can stop them.
Finally, the panic in Qingyang's eyes dissipated like smoke and turned into a loud laugh. He said to Fengdu: "If there is a day, I hope we can travel through this mountain and sea together again!"
Fang Xiu was stunned for a moment, then he also showed a hearty smile on his face: "Of course!"
Zhang Heming placed a long box in Fang Xiu's hand and said goodbye to him solemnly: "I hope that the four of us can all achieve immortality and share a thousand years of life. Maybe we can finally fight for the legendary immortal realm!"
At this moment, the four of them were standing in front of the clouds where spiritual energy was rampant and mist was gradually forming, accompanied by the dragon, yellow sheep, and the ancient and majestic Taoist temple behind them. It really felt like a fairyland painting.
However, although they are already gods in the eyes of ordinary people, they are still bound by life and death and lifespan.
Finally, Fang Xiu couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "There is a great terror between life and death!"
Fang Xiu turned around and rode away on the dragon, winding its way up to the clouds, circling above the Tianshi Temple several times before leaving.
At the same time, many people who had seized part of the Longevity Pool gradually reached an agreement while fighting each other. One by one, they were forced to go into seclusion and disappear, trying to break through to the fourth level.
Various cultivation sects, as well as some third-level old monsters in the vassal states, appeared in the world one after another, and the entire cultivation world became stable.
However, Dongzhou did not calm down because of these third-level peak practitioners. Instead, after the battle in the heavenly ruins, the fighting between countries became more intense.
The military mobilizations between countries became more and more frequent. The small princes, states, and tribes that had survived in the cracks in the past were destroyed one after another. The armies of Pan, Shao, Gao, Min, Li, Zheng, and Bai all began to mobilize, starting a new round of expansion and annexation.
The three countries of Pan, Shao and Gao all had the intention of competing for the world, and other countries, under the pressure of these three countries, also began to expand their armies and prepare for war. The friction and wars on the borders became more and more intense. Today I capture several cities from you, and tomorrow you send troops to attack my important cities.
All this was not only because of the dragon energy and the good fortune of the Human Emperor, but also because various rumors about dragon energy were circulating in the land of Dongzhou. The content of these rumors drove countless people crazy.
According to legend, this rumor was told by a great god in the underworld, and the source is said to be the Yintianzi City or Longqiu Emperor City in the underworld.
More importantly, this rumor was believed by all countries, especially Pan Kingdom, which believed it without a doubt and launched consecutive wars to attack the neighboring Bai and Zheng countries.
According to legend, whoever can become a true dragon and unify the world will be blessed with great fortune and merit, and after death he will be able to retrace the path to deification of Emperor Longqiu and attain the position of emperor.
By supporting the true dragon, one can naturally carry these endless merits into the underworld after death and become a righteous god together with the emperor.
The position of a true god is no worse than that of immortality, and may even be more secure.
These people may not have the cultivation qualifications of a genius, but they can also take this path and become the gods of the underworld, in charge of the authority of the netherworld.
The human territory of Dongzhou seemed to have an invisible giant hand that was pushing everything forward. Hundreds of millions of human beings, vassal states, and tens of thousands of cultivators were transformed into chess pieces on the chessboard under this giant hand.