Asking about longevity

Chapter 660: Sword Cultivation (Thank you to the leader who cultivated the immortal together~)

After the "merit" permission was opened, the disciples obviously became busy.

They come from aristocratic families and may not lack spiritual stones and other monastic resources, but some rare inheritances, reputation within the sect, and even quotas in the inner sect must be striven for.

This itself is also an invisible competition.

Whoever has more meritorious deeds means the greatest contribution to the sect. The more recognized by the elders of the sect, the higher the voice among the disciples.

We are all the proud sons of heaven. Even if we are polite on the surface and pay attention to the friendship of the same family, no one will really obey others in our hearts.

Earning merit involves not only one's own interests, but also the face among fellow disciples.

At their age, face may be more important than "profit".

Therefore, the disciples of the same sect became enthusiastic and accepted various "bounties" whenever they could, completed tasks, and earned meritorious deeds.

This made Mo Hua feel a little at a loss for what to do.

Originally, at noon, after eating, he could eat on the grass, bask in the sun and chat with his classmates.

As a result, now that "merit" is activated, everyone has disappeared.

Cheng Mo went to see the gate.

Situ Jian went to sweep the streets.

Zheng Fang immersed himself in taking over the task of formation...

Everyone else is also trying to find ways to earn merit.

Instead, Mo painted a person, alone, as if nothing happened.

Only Xiao Yuer accompanied him to bask in the sun, occasionally rolling happily on the grass.

When she returned to Shangguan's house, Yu'er was required to walk, sit, and lie down in a manner that was polite and restrained, as if she were a disciple of a great family. She was very restrained.

When he arrived at the sect, there was no one to control him, so he became much more lively.

Even if he was rolling on the grass, no one would blame him, Mo Hua would still smile at him, and Yu'er was very happy.

Seeing Yu'er so happy, Mo Hua felt relieved.

As for the matter of meritorious service, it wasn't that he wasn't in a hurry.

It's that he no longer looks down on these "entry" tasks.

Of course, he still looks down on him for some entry-level tasks.

For example, looking at gates, sweeping streets, etc...

Even if Mo Hua really wanted to experience it, others would not let him take it if they thought he was weak.

And he currently has more than a thousand meritorious deeds.

He had saved it by catching criminal cultivators and drawing formations over a long period of time, and then he had what was left after buying a lot of formations.

In addition, there should be some meritorious deeds regarding the Fire Buddha.

It's just that the Daoting Division has always been verbose and slow in handling things. I don't know when the cards will be sent out.

But no matter what, more than a thousand meritorious services is still a "huge sum of money".

As for other disciples of the same sect, I don’t know how long it will take to accumulate so many meritorious deeds through these entry-level tasks.

Mo Hua suddenly had a feeling that he had already graduated, and then he saw his fellow disciples still "failing and making up for exams" calmly...

But more than a thousand meritorious deeds will definitely not be enough for me in the future.

In particular, we have to learn formations.

If a rare formation becomes really expensive, it will be a bottomless pit.

I am only in the early stages of foundation building now. Because I follow my senior brothers and sisters, and also have Daotingsi to do tasks, I use the merit earned to learn the second-grade mid-level formations, and I can barely make enough money.

But in the future, if you learn second-level high-level formations, you may be unable to make ends meet.

And what if, there is still a Jue Formation inside Taixu Sect?

How many meritorious deeds will be required to complete the decisive battle?

I dare not even think about ink painting.

So you still have to plan ahead, make plans early, and accumulate more merits.

For things like merit, the more the better.

During the break, Mo Hua went to find Senior Sister Murong and wanted to continue following the gangster mission, but Murong Caiyun looked apologetic.

"Junior brother, we may not have time to go out on missions this year..."

Mo Hua was stunned.

Murong Caiyun explained: "We disciples who are in the middle stage of foundation building are about to enter Demon Refining Mountain."

"Monster Refining Mountain!"

Mo Hua's eyes lit up.

He remembered that Situ Jian seemed to have told him before.

Within the borders of Qianxue State, there is a ‘Monster Refining Mountain’.

There are many monsters in the mountains, and some of them are powerful monks who specially capture rare species and put them in the mountains.

The purpose is to allow the disciples of the sect to experience actual combat, hone their Taoist skills, and collaborate to slay demons...

"Are there many monsters inside?"

"Yes." Murong Caiyun said, "Monster Refining Mountain is very large, with complex terrain, and there are many monsters inside. There are many rare materials in the monsters, which can be used to refine spiritual weapons."

"Does this Demon Refining Mountain belong to our Taixu Sect?" Mo Hua asked doubtfully.

Murong Caiyun laughed and said: "No, although our Taixu Sect is quite powerful, we are not yet capable of controlling the entire Demon Refining Mountain..."

"Nominally, Demon Refining Mountain belongs to the entire Qianxue State, and is under the unified supervision of the four major sects, the eight gates, and the twelve streams."

"Disciples of all sects can go into the mountains to hunt monsters."

"The monsters you hunt can be skinned and deboned yourself to obtain materials for refining weapons, or you can sell them to the sect in exchange for meritorious deeds..."

"Of course, it's best if you use it yourself."

"For some special schools of sword cultivators, the materials needed to refine the spirit swords of this school can only be obtained by hunting specific monsters in the Demon Refining Mountain, such as bones, minions, blood essence or inner elixirs, etc..."

"Some extremely rare monster materials can be sold to the sect in exchange for a lot of merit..."

"So in the middle stage of foundation building, the source of merit for most sect disciples is the monster beasts in the Demon Refining Mountain..."

Mo Hua's eyes lit up after hearing this.

Hunting monsters!

Merit!

He felt that his demon hunter bloodline was about to stir.

Murong Caiyun seemed to see through his thoughts and sighed.

She had been with Mo Hua for so long, but she still couldn't tell what his junior brother was thinking.

Although sometimes, the ink paintings are profound and unfathomable.

But sometimes, his heart is very simple, and his little thoughts are written on his face.

"You can't go." Murong Caiyun said.

Mo Hua was startled, "Why..."

Murong Caiyun counted them to him one by one:

"First, you are in the early stages of foundation building and your cultivation level is not enough; second, you have just entered the second year of entry and do not have enough years; third, you need a door talisman to enter Demon Refining Mountain. You are not qualified for this door talisman, so buy it. Less than..."

Mo Hua whispered:

"Can I sneak in?"

Murong Caiyun glared at him slightly, "It's sealed with a formation, how could you sneak in?"

Mo Hua's eyes lit up, "What level of formation is it?"

Murong Caiyun shook his head, "I don't know about this, but there should be at least a fifth-grade formation."

"Fifth grade..."

The ink painting is a bit of a pity.

The level of the fifth-grade formation is too high, and I can't do anything about it. Otherwise, I might be able to secretly open the door and sneak in to take a look.

But he was also curious about what the fifth-grade formation looked like.

"In short," Murong Caiyun warned, "Don't think about the Demon Refining Mountain for now..."

"As for the tasks, if you have any trouble, just tell me and I will definitely help you when I have time."

Mo Hua was moved and nodded:

"Don't worry, senior sister, you go about your business first and don't worry about me!"

After separating from Murong Caiyun, Mo Hua walked toward the disciple's residence alone.

As he walked, he thought about it in his mind.

"Senior Sister Murong is going to the Demon Refining Mountain..."

"Then Senior Brother Shangguan, Senior Brother Feng, and Senior Sister Qianqian, they should also enter the mountain..."

"After all, Demon Refining Mountain is the main source of merit for disciples in the middle stage of foundation building."

In this way, no one will take me to play...

Although I am a little more familiar with Daotingsi now.

But Daotingsi is Daotingsi after all, not a sect. It is very complicated and the water is very muddy. The credit earned may not be converted into the sect's "merits".

Even if it can be transferred, the process is cumbersome and lengthy.

"Then... invite more people to play together?"

Who to pull?

Cheng Mo, Situ Jian and the others?

Mo Hua shook his head slightly.

Their cultivation is in the early stages of foundation building.

I used to play with my senior brothers and sisters who were in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, Daotingsi Executive Secretary who was in the late Foundation Establishment stage, and Gu Diansi Gu's uncle who was in the Golden Core stage.

That’s it if you don’t upgrade, how can you still downgrade?

But after thinking about it, it seems that there is no one else.

Mo Hua thought about it for a long time and sighed.

"Let's talk about it later..."

Do your own thing well first.

After returning to his disciple's residence, Mo Hua meditated in his room, closing his eyes and practicing.

When the sea of ​​qi is full and the meridians are slightly swollen, then he opens his eyes.

"Practice!"

From now on, you should spend more time on practice every day.

Although cultivation is a matter of time and effort, it is important to practice continuously and everything will come naturally. However, if you work harder every day and practice more diligently, the speed will naturally be faster.

Mo Hua thought about it.

The second year in the sect was actually very boring.

His realm of spiritual consciousness was blocked by his cultivation.

The bottleneck between the sixteenth and seventeenth lines is the bottleneck of spiritual consciousness from the middle stage of foundation building to the late stage of foundation building.

This bottleneck is like a chasm.

Even though Mo Hua was drawing formations every day and honing his spiritual consciousness, he would occasionally protect Xiao Yu'er from nightmares and earn some "extra money" by the way.

But after all, his spiritual consciousness is too high.

In a short period of time, it will be difficult to break through this obstacle.

The consciousness is stuck, and the level of the ink painting formation cannot be improved further.

He can only broaden the foundation of formations and continue to learn other formations within the second grade and sixteen lines...

It's just that this type of formation is not challenging after all, and it gets a bit boring after learning too much...

Mo Hua sighed.

He wants to learn higher level formations.

Especially the Yuan Magnetic Formation, the construction of deeper magnetic patterns and the application of secondary thunder patterns, Mo Hua has been eyeing it for a long time.

But without a breakthrough in spiritual consciousness, he wouldn't be able to learn it now.

Mo Hua was a little helpless.

…

In the next month, because Senior Sister Murong and the others entered the Demon Refining Mountain, Mo Hua rarely went out to do tasks.

He alone could not receive the "bounty" above the middle stage of foundation building.

In the early stages of foundation building, the rewards and achievements were too few.

It's a waste of time for him to do it alone.

It's better to draw more second-grade formations yourself, so you don't have to run around and earn more merit.

Ink painting feels even more boring.

You can't go out to do bounties.

The cultivation level is gradually increasing bit by bit, but it cannot break through the realm.

His spiritual consciousness also gradually strengthened little by little, but he could not break through the realm either.

Yu'er occasionally encounters nightmares at night, with demons harassing her, but there are no sheep bones to follow.

As for magic, I have pretty much learned what I need to learn.

The structure of the small meteorite technique is already very stable.

He also learned a lot of other second-grade functional formations...

In a short period of time, there is nothing to pursue...

Life is as plain as water, without surprise or joy.

Mo Hua suddenly felt that he should take the initiative to find something more to learn...

He thought for a moment and picked up the "Breaking Gold Sword Control Technique" again, wanting to practice his sword skills.

When it comes to refining sword energy, my foundation in ink painting is too poor.

The other sword-cultivating disciples in the sect have their own family heritage, and they have been influenced by their family traditions and have been practicing sword moves and practicing sword energy since they were young.

Then, with each higher level of cultivation, the sword energy becomes more powerful.

In the later stage of cultivation, the human sword becomes one, and the sword energy reaches the sky and the earth.

Mo Hua was a casual cultivator. Before establishing the foundation, he had almost never touched a sword.

The only time he encountered a sword was when Zhang Lan was teaching the Water Step, and in order to demonstrate the formation, he asked Mo Hua to stab him with the sword.

That luxurious and heavy sword has not yet been picked up by Mo Hua...

In the end, I could only use a branch as a substitute.

Therefore, if you really want to practice swordsmanship, you have no foundation at all in ink painting, let alone compete with other swordsmanship practitioners...

But being idle is also idle, and people always have something to pursue.

Mo Hua regarded practicing swordsmanship as his way of "intellectual entertainment".

Even if you can't cultivate it, it's still a good thing if you can know yourself and your enemy and restrain your sword cultivation.

This sword technique can break the Golden Gate.

It was not easy to practice ink painting in public, so I found a secluded grove, bought a second-hand Broken Spirit Sword, and practiced by myself.

The Sword-Breaking Technique is a metal-based sword technique.

Ink painting is a small five element spiritual root, and also contains a part of the golden spiritual root.

You can practice it.

After practicing for a while, Mo Hua discovered a problem.

Sword energy seems to be condensed on its own, and it is indeed very difficult.

The sword cultivators he has met include Uncle Zhang Lan, Senior Brother Ouyang Feng, Senior Brother Shangguan Xu, and Situ Jian, who is in the same class as him.

When they use their swords, the sword energy they inspire is stable in shape, sharp in sword energy, and powerful.

But the sword energy I cultivated...

There are some ink paintings that are difficult to evaluate...

The condensed sword energy, first of all, the shape of the sword is not fixed. Let's call it a "sword", it is similar to a "stick", and sometimes it looks like a "twig"...

The sword energy is not sharp either, and sometimes it cannot even cut the bark of a tree...

Not to mention the power.

He throws a fireball casually, and its lethality is higher than this "sword energy"...

Mo Hua fell into deep confusion.

"Is my talent for practicing swordsmanship... really that bad?"

"That's not the case..."

"Or is it that everything is difficult at the beginning, and I just haven't gotten started yet?"

Mo Hua couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

There's nothing else to practice anyway, so let's just practice and have fun...

Whatever you practice is what you will do, no need to put pressure on yourself.

If you really can't cultivate it, just think of it as a precaution, lay the foundation of sword cultivation, and prepare for the future "Taixu Divine Mind Transformation Sword True Technique".

"The True Secret of Spiritual Thought Transformation into Sword", as the name suggests, should be different from ordinary swordsmanship.

If you can't practice ordinary swordsmanship, you may not be able to practice "spiritual sword".

Mo Hua sighed.

I can only comfort myself like this...

Later, after tea and dinner, when Mo Hua has free time, he will find a small forest and practice his skills with a few swords.

There were sword auras, and the trees remained motionless, with only the leaves falling.

Fortunately, Mo Hua is not discouraged.

Just think that you are "pruning" the sect's trees.

…

Just like that, another period of time passed.

One day, Mo Hua returned to his disciples' residence and met several disciples on the road, talking to each other.

Mo Hua took a closer look and found that it was Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, and three other disciples he was not familiar with.

Mo Hua walked in quietly and heard them saying intermittently:

"The day after tomorrow... Xun's break..."

"Outside Qingzhou City..."

"Pretending to be senior brother... finally received it..."

"not dangerous……"

"It's okay...the five of us are enough..."

"Just arresting someone..."

"It's within reach..."

"……ah!!"

Before Cheng Mo finished speaking, he suddenly noticed someone standing behind him. He was startled and his face turned pale. When he realized it was Mo Hua, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mo Hua, you scared me..."

Then he complained: "Why are you eavesdropping on us?"

Mo Hua was speechless, "This is an upright road. I walked uprightly, stopped uprightly, and listened to you all..."

"How can you blame me for your lack of vigilance?"

Cheng Mo was speechless, then muttered:

"Who knew you walked like a cat? Not only do you have no sound, you don't even have breath..."

Mo Hua looked at them suspiciously, "What bad idea are you... planning?"

Cheng Mo seemed to be a student who had been "taught" and caught him in the wrong place. He immediately became nervous, "Let's talk about...cultivation..."

Mo Hua looked unbelieving.

Cheng Mo said: "Really!"

After saying this, he felt something was wrong.

Mo Hua is not an elder, nor is he a teacher. He is just a "little senior brother" who teaches them formations and they dare not offend. Why is he so nervous?

Cheng Mo stood up straight immediately.

Mo Hua whispered: "You want to secretly accept Dao Tingsi's reward?"

Cheng Mo was shocked, "How do you know?"

Mo Hua curled his lips.

They were all leftovers from my own play, and they were made mysterious...

Situ Jian lowered his voice and said, "Mo Hua, don't tell anyone..."

Cheng Mo also nodded repeatedly. After thinking about it, he felt that there was no sincerity in this. Normally, a "bribe" would be required in this kind of situation.

Cheng Mo then said: "Mo Hua, you promise not to tell anyone. After the matter is completed, we..."

Cheng Mo hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "... I'll give you some merit!"

Mo Hua was curious, "How much is the share?"

Cheng Mo became confused.

They just did these tasks, so they couldn't earn much merit, and even if they did, they wouldn't be able to use it.

"Point..." Cheng Mo said cruelly, "I'll give you ten points!"

Ink painting: "..."

When Cheng Mo saw that Mo Hua was silent, he was a little shocked and said:

"You don't think it's too little, do you?"

"Ten o'clock...it's not much..." Mo Hua said.

Cheng Mo said sadly:

"You really don't know how valuable firewood and rice are. Do you know that for these ten points of merit, how many days do I have to watch the gate and sweep the streets?!"

"Do you think this kind of merit is easy to earn?"

"Okay, okay..." Mo Hua said helplessly, "I won't tell you, and I don't want your merits, but it's very dangerous to go out, so be careful..."

Cheng Mo was stunned, then immediately smiled, put his arm around Mo Hua's shoulders and said:

"You are indeed my good brother! If anything happens in the future, I will protect you!"

Situ Jian also glanced at Mo Hua gratefully.

But seeing Cheng Mo's proud look, one of the disciples couldn't help but said:

"Stop trying to flatter yourself. How can Mo Hua be protected by you?"

Cheng Mo said: "What do you know?"

"Why don't I understand?"

"One fence has three stakes, one hero, and three gangs..."

"Are you a hero too? At best you are a piece of shit..."

…

Mo Hua saw them noisy and didn't bother to pay attention. He only told them:

"Be careful when you go out..."

"Some criminal cultivators are very cunning..."

Mo Hua then left.

Mo Hua wasn't too worried.

Although Cheng Mo and the other five were disciples in the early stage of foundation building, they all came from aristocratic families and had deep foundations in cultivation, and their Taoist practices were not weak.

If the five of them join forces, even if they encounter an ordinary mid-stage foundation building, even if they cannot win, they can still escape.

What's more, what they arrested this time should only be criminal cultivators in the early stages of foundation building, so it's not a big problem.

A few days later, Mo Hua could see clearly that Cheng Mo and the others had secretly left the sect during the ten-day break.

Within two days, several people came back with great satisfaction.

Mo Hua knew without thinking that their mission was obviously completed successfully.

Especially Cheng Mo, it seems that he has made a lot of achievements in this mission, and he is feeling very proud.

The Taixu Sect currently does not allow their disciples to take on the task of arresting sin cultivators.

First, most sin cultivators are vicious.

As for the disciples in the sect, they have been pampered and arrogant since they were young. If they suddenly come into contact with sin cultivators, they can easily be plotted and fell into trouble.

Cheng Mo and the others are pretty good and lucky.

Because they took the mission secretly, they were among the first batch of disciples from the same sect, except Mo Hua, to successfully complete this wanted "reward".

This kind of thing is naturally the most popular.

The elders didn't know, or they just turned a blind eye.

But this matter gradually spread among the disciples.

There are also many disciples who have begun to think about going out.

After all, the introductory missions are too slow and boring to accumulate merit, which is far less exciting than this type of wanted "bounty", which is fresh and exciting, and the benefits are also high.

Some disciples secretly asked Tuomo how to take on tasks, what to pay attention to when going out, what pills to prepare, etc...

Cheng Mo was even more proud.

But he didn't forget about ink painting either.

One day while eating, Cheng Mo secretly found Mo Hua and said, "Next time I do a mission, I'll take you with me..."

Mo Hua was stunned, "You're taking me?"

"Well!" Cheng Mo said, "There are four of us, plus you. You don't have to do anything. You just run errands and do odd jobs. I will share the merit with you when the time comes..."

Mo Hua's mood is complicated and a little touched.

Still he shook his head.

He doesn't need Cheng Mo to lead him.

And he doesn’t care about the little merit he gets...

Cheng Mo thought that Mo Hua didn't trust him and vowed:

"In terms of formation, I admit that you are the eldest brother! But if you really want to go out to offer rewards and arrest guilty cultivators, your little arms and legs won't do it. You have to recognize me as your eldest brother!"

The ink picture was expressionless, "Oh..."