Xiaodong Peak is located on the edge of Luoyu Mountain Range. Compared to the rich spiritual energy inside the sect, the spiritual energy here is already thin. And the spiritual energy around another cliff bordering Xiaodong Peak is even weaker.
Blackwood Cliff, with a hundred-foot-deep abyss below and a dark forest above.
Black wood is a tree that contains unique spiritual energy. It is extremely resistant to burning. Its flame is black and red, and its temperature is high and stable. It is the favorite burning material for the formal disciples of Luoyu Sect. It has excellent effects whether it is for alchemy or refining equipment.
When Wang Fu stepped onto the Black Wood Cliff, he realized how rich the spiritual energy in Baicao Valley was, which was almost ten times stronger.
"No wonder everyone in Xiaodong Peak is afraid of Feng Dafu. With his power, anyone who offends him will be banished to this godforsaken place. It is extremely difficult to cultivate to the fourth level of Qi Refining and become a formal disciple."
Wang Fu sighed, but was not discouraged. Others' cultivation speed here was extremely slow, but he did not have this concern. He had a small tripod with him, and the black wood on the Black Wood Cliff was the nourishment for his cultivation.
These woods are full of spiritual energy.
There were very few people on the Black Wood Cliff, less than ten. The person in charge was a sloppy uncle who was at the third level of Qi Refining. Everyone called him Lao Lin.
Soon after Wang Fu settled down, he became familiar with the lazy Lao Lin. The main reason was that Lao Lin also came from a remote mountain village, and it was not far from Wutong Village. Perhaps it was because of this relationship of meeting old friends in a foreign land that the two of them became quite familiar with each other. However, with Huang Zheng's previous experience as a lesson, Wang Fu was still cautious in his heart.
He was not targeting Lao Lin alone, but everyone he met.
The spiritual energy of the Blackwood Cliff was extremely thin, but the blackwood was an indispensable fuel for the sect's disciples to refine pills and weapons, so they had to let the disciples with cultivation to chop it down. As for mortals? The texture of the blackwood was very hard, and even if a mortal chopped for a day and a night, he might not be able to cut off a single strand.
It must be done with a specially made lumberjack and spiritual power to be effective.
Taking this into consideration, the sect distributes a certain amount of spirit stones every month to allow disciples of Heimu Cliff to restore their spiritual power. However, it is extremely difficult to practice with spirit stones or even accumulate spirit stones.
The sect had already made sufficient calculations long ago; the spiritual energy consumed by the cultivators in cutting down the black wood was almost equal to the spiritual energy in the spirit stone.
It is extremely difficult to have more than enough, otherwise this Black Wood Cliff would not have become a place that many menial disciples are afraid of.
However, there are exceptions to everything. Lao Lin has unique methods and uses spiritual power in a meticulous manner. According to him, he can accumulate about 17 or 18 spiritual stones every year. He voluntarily stayed in Heimu Cliff just for the spiritual stones.
He was also willing to teach other people skills, but most of them could only learn 20% to 30%. If they wanted to accumulate two or three spirit stones, they could only go out day and night.
Wang Fu naturally learned it.
I studied for more than half a month.
"Hahaha, not bad, not bad. I've taught at least 70 or 80 people in these few years at Heimu Cliff. Only you, Xiao Fu, have learned all my skills." Old Lin sat on a rock and laughed as he watched Wang Fu holding a woodcutting knife and chopping accurately at the same position on the black wood tree.
"It's all thanks to you, Old Lin, for teaching me well."
Wang Fu also laughed. To save spiritual power when felling blackwood, each cut must be made precisely at the same position, and the angle of the first cut must be correct. If the angle is wrong, more spiritual power will be consumed. In addition to the knife skills, the output of spiritual power must also be accurate. If you pour all of it into the special felling knife, it will only cause unnecessary waste. Only when the spiritual power reaches the blade just before the felling knife touches the blackwood tree can the spiritual power be saved to the maximum extent.
Everyone can use a knife after practice. However, the subtle control of spiritual power stumped most people on Blackwood Cliff. The difficulty lies in the timing of letting the spiritual power cover the blade. If you move too fast, it will increase consumption, and if you move too slow, your arm will be numb.
"As the old saying goes, a master can only lead you to the door, but it's up to you to practice." Lao Lin stroked his stubbled beard. "I can only provide methods, but true success still depends on your talent and hard work."
The people on the Black Wood Cliff did not have any intrigue, and even if they were jealous, they would not dare to act rashly. Although some of them were also at the third level of Qi Refining like Lao Lin, Lao Lin's precise control of spiritual power made his strength much higher, and no one dared to act rashly.
The monthly quota of spirit stones is five, and Feng Dafu will distribute them on time in the early morning of the first day of the new year.
Feng Dafu and Lao Lin obviously knew each other. Wang Fu had a bad feeling when he saw the two of them glancing at him from time to time while they were talking. Fortunately, Lao Lin did not try to trip him up afterwards.
Later, when Wang Fu asked Lao Lin, he found out that Feng Dafu had indeed asked Lao Lin to make things difficult for him, and even stuffed a few spirit stones into his pocket as a reward. Lao Lin accepted the spirit stones and agreed verbally, but as for making things difficult for Wang Fu, he had long forgotten about it. He was a typical person who took benefits from others but did not do his job.
Wang Fu exclaimed that he had learned something.
The spiritual liquid in Qingling Pond has been completely consumed, and Wang Fu's cultivation has reached the peak of the second level of Qi Refining. He is only one step away from entering the third level of Qi Refining.
Fortunately, Wang Fu had already started using the small cauldron to devour the essence of the black wood on the Black Wood Cliff. Now, there were no less than a hundred drops of spiritual liquid emitting a faint blue-black light in the small cauldron. The Black Wood Cliff was sparsely populated, so as long as the amount of black wood swallowed from each tree was controlled, others would not be able to notice it at all.
The spiritual energy contained in the black wood spiritual liquid is purer than that of the spiritual liquid in the Qingling Pond. After Wang Fu refined three drops, everything went smoothly and he directly broke through to the third level of Qi Refining, and unexpectedly gave birth to spiritual consciousness.
"Spiritual consciousness can only be born when one reaches the fourth level of Qi Refining, why did it appear when I reached the third level of Qi Refining?" Wang Fu was puzzled, but this was not a bad thing. "Could it be that the spiritual liquid refined by the small cauldron has the function of enhancing spiritual consciousness?"
Wang Fu could only suspect that the early birth of spiritual consciousness was not a bad thing after all.
He discovered that using Lao Lin's method to cut down black wood, in addition to saving spiritual energy, could also improve the subtle use of spiritual energy, which was of great help in the practice of earth escape techniques.
Within three days, Wang Fu had already merged completely into the earth below his chest, and his earth escape technique had been mostly mastered.
"The spiritual power of the third level of Qi Refining is still a bit stretched. Even if the practice is successful, the time it can last underground is very short. Instead of slowly practicing the Earth Escape Technique, it is better to speed up the process of improving the realm. There is no danger on the Black Wood Cliff. It is a good opportunity to practice with peace of mind and become a formal disciple as soon as possible."
Only formal disciples can enjoy the Luoyu Sect's series of conveniences.
After practicing the ground piercing technique for another half a while, he became more and more proficient and closer to perfection.
Wang Fu's daily schedule was basically fixed. He spent two or three hours a day chopping down black wood and practicing his spiritual power control. The rest of the time, apart from sleeping and eating, he was refining spiritual fluid until his meridians became swollen and painful. Only then did he practice the ground piercing technique, and finally the earth escape technique.
With the small cauldron providing pure spiritual liquid, Wang Fu's realm has steadily improved, and he is not much inferior to those geniuses with three or even two spiritual roots. As for the natural spiritual roots, there is no comparison.
Everything was normal at Heimu Cliff and no one paid any attention to it.
However, several major events happened in Luoyu Sect.
The talented disciple Yun Ningshuang has come out of seclusion. At the same time, the leader of Luoyu Sect announces that the Great Xia Earth Vein will be opened soon. Yun Ningshuang will go to the Earth Vein with Lv Feng, the eldest senior brother from the inner sect of Feiyu Peak, to build the foundation underground.
If nothing unexpected happens, Luoyu Sect will soon have two more authentic foundation-building geniuses, and the whole sect will celebrate.
There are three types of foundation building: the way of heaven, the way of earth, and the way of man.
Using the Foundation Establishment Pill to break through the Foundation Establishment Stage is the foundation building method for humanity, and it is also the foundation building method for the vast majority of cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation.
As for the underground foundation, it is built with the energy of the earth's spiritual veins, and the earth's spiritual veins are in the hands of the immortal sects, so it is hard to come by. There is only one earth's spiritual vein in the entire Daxia country, and the six major immortal sects have already set up formations and jointly control it. It opens every thirty years, and the number of places is limited.
Above the earthly foundation building, there is also the heavenly foundation building… However, the six major immortal sects do not have this method of inheriting the heavenly foundation building.
In the entire world of immortal cultivation, only one in a hundred can cultivate to the tenth level of Qi Refining and meet the conditions for building a foundation, and only one in a hundred can obtain the foundation-building pill and successfully build a foundation...