Chapter 156: Dan Division, Eight Years of Cultivation

Two months later.

Somewhere in the Shiwanda Mountains.

Zhou Jingxing looked at the giant golden elephant in front of him with a look of fear on his face.

Zhou Jingxing is in a rather embarrassing situation now.

He was originally wearing a pale golden robe, but at this moment, the robe was tattered, covered with dust and torn holes, with the skin underneath even exposed in some places.

However, the golden-tusked elephant in front of Zhou Jingxing had turned into charcoal at this time.

This golden-tusk elephant was different from the one he had killed in the Golden-tusk Elephant Tomb before.

He looked to be only four or five hundred years old at most. He was in his prime, with extraordinary strength, and it was quite difficult to kill him.

The golden-tusk elephant guarding the elephant tomb has a short lifespan and has already entered old age.

The Golden Tooth Elephant, a third-level monster, has a lifespan of up to seven hundred years.

However, when they enter old age, their strength seriously declines, and relying on their bloodline powers, they are at most only slightly stronger than True Dan realm cultivators.

It’s not just the golden-tusked elephants.

Compared with cultivators, the strength of most monsters will decline more seriously after entering old age.

A third-rank demon beast like the Golden Tooth Elephant, although it only has one bloodline magical power when in its prime, is able to rival a cultivator in the Jindan stage or Jufa realm with its strong body.

Jindan cultivators are different from Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators, and they will not continue to condense their magic power.

Naturally, it will not be divided into early, middle and late stages according to the degree of concentration of magic power.

In theory, when one cultivates to the false elixir realm, the magic power has been condensed to the limit after solidifying.

The core of the Jindan stage is to cultivate Danwen supernatural powers, which are divided into three major realms according to the presence and number of Danwen supernatural powers.

They are the True Dan Realm, the Ju Fa Realm, and the False Infant Realm respectively.

A Jindan cultivator who has just entered the Jindan stage and has not yet cultivated the danwen supernatural power is a Zhendan cultivator.

Although he has no supernatural powers, he has cultivated a golden elixir and his magic power has transformed. He can draw on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and his magic power is endless. His strength far exceeds that of a fake elixir cultivator.

After practicing a third-level spell to perfection and condensing the Danwen supernatural power, one will enter the Jufa realm.

A cultivator in the Jufa realm possesses Danwen magical powers, the power of which far exceeds that of spells, and can be activated with just a thought.

The strength of a cultivator in the Jufa Realm is not simply determined by the number of his Danwen magical powers, but also by the type and strength of his Danwen magical powers.

For example, Zhou Jingxing, although he only cultivated two danwen magical powers, [Liquid Golden Stone] and [Solid as Gold].

However, with one attacking and the other defending, they cooperated with each other, and their combat power was even stronger than some Jindan cultivators who had cultivated four or five Danwen magical powers.

And after cultivating the seven danwen magical powers, you can try to condense the seven orifices and cultivate into a false infant.

It means entering the last stage of the Jindan period.

Zhou Jingxing didn't know much about the false infant realm. His family's inheritance did not include any method to condense the seven orifices and cultivate into a false infant.

Seeing the golden-tusked elephant die, Zhou Jingxing breathed a sigh of relief, and the red divine light surrounding it also dissipated.

His gaze turned to another lump of charcoal lying quietly not far away. It was another golden-tusked elephant.

The golden-tusked elephant was still young, and even its bloodline and magical powers had not yet been condensed.

Zhou Jingxing killed him at first sight.

"This trouble has finally been solved."

"Rebuild Chishuifang City first, and then continue to advance southward."

Zhou Jingxing's mind moved slightly, and he headed towards Liaogu Immortal City.

……

half year later.

Ji Chang, Wang Changsheng and Hu Qingsong sat in the courtyard, sipping spiritual tea and chatting about the major events that had happened recently.

The sunlight shines through the green treetops, dappling onto the bluestone ground, bringing a sense of warmth and tranquility.

Wang Changsheng raised his injured arm, moved it a few times, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Brother Han, thanks to your medicine, my arm has almost recovered now." He said with emotion.

Ji Chang smiled slightly, put down the teacup in his hand, and reminded: "Although you have recovered well, you still need to be careful to recuperate. Recovery from injuries is not a matter of one day or one night, so you must not be careless."

Wang Changsheng nodded to show his understanding, and then continued.

"The Chishuifang City has been rebuilt recently, and Huangquan Shangzong is about to continue to advance southward. I plan to go there to participate in the development."

There was a glimmer of anticipation in his eyes.

Ji Chang frowned when he heard this, and after a moment of contemplation, he said, "Brother Wang, you have just recovered from your injuries, I think it would be better for you to recover for a while longer."

"After all, it has only been more than half a year, and your injuries have not yet fully recovered. If you act rashly and accidentally leave hidden injuries, it will be quite detrimental to your future cultivation progress."

Hu Qingsong also echoed, "Brother Han is right. Fellow Daoist Changsheng, you should recuperate for a while longer."

After hearing what the two said, Wang Changsheng felt warm in his heart, but he sighed.

He took out his development order from the storage magic tool and placed it in front of the two people.

"Brother Han, Brother Hu, just look, I have been recuperating for half a year, and now I am ranked 98th on the Tiangang Ranking."

"If you continue to rest like this, you will be kicked out of the Tiangang Ranking."

“If we are squeezed out, it will be much more difficult to get on the Tiangang Ranking again.”

Ji Chang saw it and was slightly surprised.

Wang Changsheng was originally ranked 47th on the Tiangang List. He had only been recuperating in Liaogu Immortal City for more than half a year, and he was about to be squeezed out of the Tiangang List.

Ji Chang noticed that there were many more fake elixir cultivators and late foundation-building cultivators on the Tiangang list.

It seems that in the past six months or so, many monks who came to open up the frontier later are about to catch up.

However, Ji Chang was not too surprised.

After all, the merits and contributions earned from those garrison missions will vary depending on the cultivation level of the garrisoned monks.

Although, even when the fake elixir cultivators were on garrison, they could only have 40% more strength than the cultivators in the early stage of foundation building at most, and the difference was not even multiples.

However, as time goes on, when monks with different levels of cultivation are stationed at the same time, there will still be a big gap between their merits and contributions.

When Hu Qingsong heard what Wang Changsheng said, a look of embarrassment flashed across his face.

Hu Qingsong was originally on the Tiangang List, and his highest ranking reached 73rd.

However, during the six months of recuperation, he had already fallen off the Tiangang List.

Hearing Wang Changsheng's emotion, Hu Qingsong felt even worse.

However, Hu Qingsong had no intention of going back to the frontier to open up new territory.

When Chishuifang City fell, although Hu Qingsong did not break an arm like Wang Changsheng, his injuries were more serious.

Even his internal organs had some problems. Even though Ji Chang had made several healing pills for him over the past six months, his injuries were still far from being cured.

It will take at least a few years of recuperation.

Even after the injury has healed, the body will still have irreparable hidden injuries.

In addition to the fact that his body was previously incomplete and his arm had regenerated, his body could no longer reach perfection.

Unless there is a high-level elixir to make up for it, even if you cultivate to the false pill stage in the future, you will not have the chance to break through the Jindan stage.

And this is why Ji Chang rarely fights with others.

For example, there are forces like the Huangquan Sect and the Zheng State Zhou Family that have Jindan cultivators.

Basically, no Jindan seeds of any force will fight with others all day long before breaking through to the Jindan stage.

However, for Hu Qingsong, he never thought that he could break through to the Jindan stage.

For him, if he could condense a fake pill in this lifetime, he would die without regrets.

Therefore, Hu Qingsong didn't care much about these things.

Ji Chang and Hu Qingsong had made up their minds when they met Wang Changsheng.

So I didn't say much, just encouraged him a few words and wished him to survive.

For the monks who are opening up new frontiers on the frontier, surviving is the best blessing.

……

A few days later, Wang Changsheng said goodbye to Ji Chang and Hu Qingsong, left Liaogu Immortal City again and headed towards the front line.

Ji Chang continued to rely on the third-level spiritual vein environment of Liaogu Immortal City as usual, concentrating on condensing the magic power in his body.

Time flies, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

One day, Hu Qingsong came to visit.

In the courtyard, Liu Xuexuan poured spiritual tea for Ji Chang and Hu Qingsong and handed it to them.

Hu Qingsong bowed slightly to her and took the spiritual tea.

Although Liu Xuexuan is only Ji Chang's concubine, she is a genuine foundation-building cultivator.

Hu Qingsong naturally could not be disrespectful.

Liu Xuexuan just smiled slightly and sat next to Ji Chang.

Hu Qingsong took a sip of the spiritual tea, then looked at Ji Chang with a hint of joy in his expression.

"Brother Han, I have good news for you. After more than three years of recuperation, my injuries have almost recovered."

Ji Chang heard this and smiled, "Brother Hu is able to recover, which is really cause for celebration."

Hu Qingsong nodded and continued, "Some time ago, when I was exchanging letters with Fellow Daoist Wang, I heard that he is now stationed at the frontline in Baihuafang City."

"I plan to go to Baihuafang City to join him in a few days. Brother Han, are you interested in going with me to Baihuafang City to guard it?"

After listening to Hu Qingsong's invitation, Ji Chang pondered for a moment, shook his head and refused, "Brother Hu's invitation, I should naturally accept it."

"It's just that Han is not good at fighting, so this Liaogu Immortal City is more suitable for me."

After hearing this, Hu Qingsong was a little disappointed, but still expressed his understanding: "Brother Han is right. Cultivation is the foundation for us."

Hu Qingsong suddenly remembered something and said, "Brother Han, I actually have something else to ask of you."

"Please tell me, Brother Hu. I will not refuse as long as I can help." Ji Chang responded readily.

"It's my junior Hu Yongjing. He has just come to Liaogu Immortal City for a year or two. His cultivation is not very deep. Liaogu Immortal City is not peaceful. I hope Brother Han can help take care of him."

Hu Qingsong said somewhat embarrassedly.

Ji Chang listened and agreed without hesitation: "Brother Hu, don't worry, since he is your junior, I will naturally do my best to take care of him."

Hu Qingsong was very grateful after hearing Ji Chang's promise: "Thank you, Brother Han. I feel relieved when you say this."

The two chatted for a while, and then Hu Qingsong stood up and said goodbye.

After Hu Qingsong left, Ji Chang returned to the quiet room and activated the spirit gathering formation, but did not practice immediately.

He took out a development order from his storage bag and read it from back to front.

"No. 89, Wang Changsheng."

"Fellow Daoist Wang has finally secured his position."

"Calculating the time, the Tiangang Ranking has been established for more than five years. As long as I can hold on for another five years and still be on the list, I will be able to participate in the Huangquan Sect's assessment."

"If you pass the test, you can become a disciple of Huangquan Sect."

"In the remaining few years, the monks who have ulterior motives will definitely become even crazier."

"By then, cultivators like Fellow Daoist Wang who are ranked at the bottom of the Tiangang Ranking will definitely be assassinated more frequently."

……

Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

This day.

In a valley somewhere in the north of Liaogu Immortal City.

Beside a quiet lake, a dozen foundation-building cultivators gathered together. Most of them wore black robes, concealing their appearance, aura, and even the fluctuations of their souls.

Ji Chang was also wearing a black robe and mixed in with this group of foundation-building cultivators.

After more than ten years of practice, Ji Chang has taken the second-level breath-concealing spell a step further and has cultivated it to the great perfection realm.

Not to mention that he was a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage, even if he was a fake Dan cultivator in person, it would be difficult to find any flaws in Ji Chang unless he practiced advanced detection spells.

At this time, Ji Chang was attending a small trade fair.

However, this trade fair is neither formal nor official. It is similar to a black market and can only be considered an underground trade fair.

Because the situation in the Ten Thousand Mountains is turbulent and there is a lot of fighting, there are many monks who need to sell the stolen goods.

Therefore, outside of the black market, there are often underground trade fairs specifically for selling stolen goods and revenge killings.

However, in such underground trade fairs that tend towards the black market, there are many monks with evil intentions and the idea of ​​robbing their fellow robbers.

Sometimes, even before the transaction is over, some monks would take action and fight each other for the items.

However, in such small trade fairs, the spiritual objects, magical instruments, and elixirs that appear are of quite high quality.

Moreover, the price is much lower than that through regular channels.

Sometimes there will even be some third-level skills and inheritances.

In addition to concentrating on cultivation, people of this age also often participate in such underground trade fairs.

The main purpose is to purchase elixirs for refining realm-breaking elixirs.

According to Ji Chang's estimation, with his current speed of cultivation, it would only take him ten years at most to break through to the late stage of foundation building.

And his attainments in alchemy improved even faster.

Ji Chang has recently begun trying to refine second-grade top-quality elixirs.

Although he has not yet successfully refined a second-grade top-grade elixir, Ji Chang feels that it won't be long before he is promoted to a second-grade top-grade alchemist.

It was for this reason that Ji Chang had purchased the spiritual medicines needed to refine the realm-breaking elixir through various channels in advance.

If he couldn't collect them all, Ji Changke would need to spend a lot of merit to replenish the elixirs from the exchange list.

This will cost a lot of merit.

Although these young people often earned a lot of merit by spying on other monks' explorations and selling information in the market.

However, it is still far from being able to exchange for the third-level spiritual item required for Dan formation.

Therefore, Ji Chang was not going to waste his merits unless there was really no other way.

In addition, Ji Chang also wanted to see if there was any chance to encounter third-level spiritual creatures in these trade fairs.

Although third-level spiritual medicines are precious and rare, there are some lucky people who have found third-level spiritual objects during the process of opening up new territory, mainly third-level spiritual medicines.

Because not much merit was earned from handing over spiritual medicines and elixirs, these accidentally discovered third-level spiritual medicines were sold through various channels.

However, due to the fighting among each other, many third-level elixirs were snatched away by other cultivators before they could be sold.

If some powerful foundation-building families are involved, the cultivators who have seized the spiritual medicine often dare not sell it through formal channels.

Therefore, many third-level spiritual medicines are circulated through the black market or underground transactions.

At this moment, the situation on the field changed.

A monk wearing a black robe and covering himself tightly took out a jade bottle.

The next moment, all the other foundation-building cultivators present became agitated.

In that jade bottle, there was actually some blood-red liquid, which was slowly swaying in the bottle, shining with an alluring luster.

"This is?"

"Blood Jade Spiritual Marrow!"

Ji Chang saw this and felt something in his heart.

Blood Jade Spirit Marrow is a third-level spiritual object.

(End of this chapter)