Fire Monster

Chapter 236 The Second Shadow Spirit

Zhao Guanshan's figure slowly emerged in the statue space. Except for the novice cloak, all other spiritual weapons had been brought back.

Including those two rocks.

More than a year had passed, and the statue space had already accumulated five green leaf spirit weapons, six golden swords, and five purple flames.

All in all, Zhao Guanshan actually still had some time left from this trip to the spirit world.

At this moment, he didn't care about anything else and just checked the conditions of Liu Yuwei and Xiao Chengyun. They were both fine.

The two of them should have been in seclusion for half a year and are now in the new city. The new city has indeed successfully deployed and upgraded the three-level spirit supply tower, and everything is proceeding according to the planned schedule.

The stability of my hometown is better than anything else.

Zhao Guanshan breathed a sigh of relief and completely relaxed.

Before in the spirit world, even if he had any ideas, he didn't dare to act on them. Now that he is back in his statue space, he wants to try something.

That is to see if the Green Leaf Spirit Soldier can be evolved.

After successful evolution, does it still have the function of restoring mental strength?
At this moment, as his mind moved, the green leaf spirit weapon on his heart turned into a emerald green jade pendant.

After carefully sensing it, fortunately, it is not affected. So, can it be strengthened with spiritual ash?

At that moment, Zhao Guanshan took the two pieces of rock and covered the jade pendant with the ashes he had ground off.

In a short while, the ash covered a layer, strengthening +1.
Sure enough, they are all the same.

But when Zhao Guanshan was about to continue strengthening, he saw a green leaf spirit weapon that was wandering around in the statue's space actually flying over slowly and merging into the jade pendant.

He was stunned.

Wait, this is possible?

Spiritual soldiers can be strengthened in this way!

Zhao Guanshan immediately continued to grind more spiritual ash until the spiritual ash covered the jade pendant again, strengthening it by +2. As expected, another green leaf spiritual soldier flew over and merged into the jade pendant.

Good guy!
It was as if he had discovered a new world. He immediately continued to work, strengthening the jade pendant to +5 in one breath, and successfully integrated all five green leaf spirit weapons into the jade pendant.

Since then, this jade pendant has been very different.

Zhao Guanshan put it on carefully, and immediately felt an extremely warm and cool breath slowly flowing into his body and then surrounding him. In just a few cycles, his mental power became extremely abundant and clear.

Completely different from other spiritual weapons, this should be the correct way to use spiritual ash.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Guanshan suddenly remembered something. He hurriedly took out his spirit ash shield, and sure enough, in an instant, a wandering golden little sword quickly merged into it.

"So, is it necessary to use spiritual ash to strengthen it in the statue space to achieve this effect?"

"With just one layer of spiritual ash, a spiritual weapon can be fused. I feel like I've missed something!"

Zhao Guanshan chuckled and took off the Spirit Ash Short Spear, Purple Fire Dagger and Spirit Ash Suit one by one, and fused them all into a spiritual weapon. However, strengthening them was impossible because he couldn't bring back more rocks.

And after strengthening the jade pendant to +5, the two pieces of rock were now only the size of a fist.

Zhao Guanshan thought about it, then placed the stone on the crack of the fourth stone platform and rubbed it hard for a while. The ashes fell down, and the crack was quickly repaired.

In the end, this piece of rock actually repaired half of the crack in the fourth stone platform. In other words, if he could bring back another piece of such a stone, or enough ash next time, he could repair it.

Then, he will also have the opportunity to welcome his fourth NPC female teammate.

Of course, it’s too early to say.

Before, he was passive when recruiting Liu Yuwei and Xiao Chengyun. Fortunately, the two of them were very good people with a sense of loyalty and righteousness, so he got a great bargain. However, in the future, he has to carefully select the third teammate and observe him for a period of time.

Thinking of this, Zhao Guanshan remembered the Demon-Suppressing Tower in the Cangwu Taoist Palace, whose specifications and design were almost exactly the same as his own.

But the difference is that this one can't be seen as a tower. It is blocked by fog on all sides, with only a small space exposed.

There are only three of the five statues, and they are all the size of a normal person. Oh, Xiao Chengyun’s statue should have been upgraded to level two.

But looking at the Demon-Suppressing Tower in the Cangwu Taoist Palace, the five statues inside are already dozens of meters high, which means they are also of high level.

"So, in Cangwu Dao Palace, the conservatives won and made great progress, creating a completely new situation?"

Zhao Guanshan thought, Yu Huan, Ding Daoren and the other five were actually all level 6 Qi Refiners. According to them, they were not important figures in Cangwu Dao Palace. But in Linjiangfu Dao Palace, a level 6 Qi Refiner was definitely a great figure.

Even in the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace, the Zhao family, as representatives of the conservative faction, were like rats crossing the street, and everyone wanted to kill them.

"Hehe, if I send this letter to the headmaster of Linjiang Dao Palace, I'm afraid he will be so angry that his nose will grow a section longer."

Zhao Guanshan smiled slightly, his mind moved, and he returned to reality with the letter.

After regaining control of my body, I felt a little dizzy, but returned to normal after a few seconds.

And his body has not felt any discomfort after meditating for more than a year. This is the method of Qigong practitioners.

Before Zhao Guanshan set off, he left behind a rune for practicing qigong. This rune would slowly circulate the innate pure yang energy in his body to nourish his body and ensure that the body's normal physiological functions were maintained.

Now, more than a year has passed, and five of the nine innate pure yang energies in his body have been consumed, leaving only four.

In other words, if he doesn't come back within two years, his innate pure yang energy will be exhausted and this body will have problems. If Liu Yuwei and Xiao Chengyun can help him, he can continue to live in a state of living dead until his time is up.

If no one rescued him, he would surely die in two years.

This is the consequence of going to the spiritual world, which is equivalent to the soul leaving the body.

With a slight smile, Zhao Guanshan was not in a hurry to come out, but opened the jade slip. This jade slip was wrapped in spiritual ash and was very special. He did not dare to open it in the statue space for fear of hidden dangers, but there was no problem in the real world.

At this time, as the ashes dissipated, a mysterious rune suddenly appeared in the jade slip. But just when Zhao Guanshan thought that some information would emerge, the rune turned into a majestic old man with a goatee. He stood there expressionlessly, surrounded by darkness that even swallowed up the light.

Zhao Guanshan didn't know what was going on. He hadn't thought of it either. Was this a remote connection or something else?
After a few seconds of stalemate, the majestic old man finally spoke.

"Are you the rotating headmaster of Linjiang Dao Palace?"

"Ah, I, barely count--" Zhao Guanshan tried hard to force out a smile. He certainly couldn't give the jade slip away, so it seemed that there would be no problem for him to serve as the rotating headmaster of Linjiang Taoist Palace.

"What do you mean by barely enough? What's your name! What's your current cultivation level?" The majestic old man frowned and his eyes became even more majestic.

"Um, my name is Yang Mao, and I'm currently a level five Qi Refiner." Zhao Guanshan answered honestly. Since the other party asked him what his level of cultivation was, it meant that he couldn't see through the long-distance connection.

"Only level five?" The majestic old man was extremely surprised and didn't quite believe it.

"Then how have you resisted the evil spirits' invasion for so many years? It's a miracle that your Linjiangfu Taoist Palace has not been destroyed."

"Reporting to the senior, we have a nine-level imperial chariot and an eight-level spirit-offering tower." Zhao Guanshan continued to talk nonsense. Anyway, he felt that if the industrial revolution of the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace could continue in the future, this kind of situation might really happen.

"I know about the Spirit Pagoda, and I also know about the Inca Chariot, but what is the Inca Chariot?"

"Reporting to the senior, the Imperial Seal Chariot is built by assembling a spiritual supply array and using spiritual energy to output power, thereby driving a huge iron box-like chariot. It has external composite armor and an Imperial Seal array inside. A martial artist hides inside and can cause huge damage to the evil demons by driving this chariot."

Zhao Guanshan explained it simply and clearly, and even took out a psychic weapon and disassembled it for the other party to see.

As a result, the majestic old man actually laughed.

"Oh, I understand. No wonder your Linjiang Dao Palace has fallen to this level. You gave the power of the Dao to mortals, enlightened them, and trained a large number of so-called martial artists through mortals. You suppressed the evil spirits through the number of mortals. I have to say that this is also a method. In addition, you have an eight-level spirit supply tower. No wonder you are good at maintaining the status quo but not at expanding it."

"Then who was the founder of Linjiang Prefecture's Taoist Palace? I only remember that two thousand years ago, there was a Zhao Fengxiao and a Xiao Wangyan in Linjiang Prefecture. They were both of the same generation as my great-grandmaster, but their talents and potential were far inferior, and they could only be considered second-rate cultivators."

At this point, the majestic old man also looked a little bored. He waved his hand at Zhao Guanshan and said, "I am Su Wujiu, the second-in-command of Cangwu Taoist Palace, but what you see now is actually the second shadow soul that I cultivated. It's ridiculous. I thought I could have a good exchange and communication with you, Linjiangfu Taoist Palace, so I sent you the second shadow soul. In the end, forget it. I'll just treat it as poverty alleviation."

"This second shadow of my soul will last for half an hour. If you have anything you need to know about Linjiang Dao Palace, you can ask me. I will tell you what I can tell you, and I will not tell you what I cannot tell you."

Hearing this, Zhao Guanshan immediately asked: "Senior, as you said, has the Cangwu Dao Palace mastered the path of re-walking the immortal path?"

"Hmph, it's not that simple. The environment suitable for immortal cultivators to survive no longer exists, so there won't be any immortal cultivators left. However, everything is developing, and Qi cultivators can also gain great fortune! The key lies in the Five Elements Qi Refining Daoism passed down by the immortals. But your strength is too low, and you won't understand even if I tell you."

Na Su Wujiu waved his hand again.

"Then may I ask, senior, what level is the most powerful Qi Refiner in Cangwu Taoist Palace currently?" Zhao Guanshan asked again, out of pure curiosity.

"Hehe, you kid, the questions you ask are so childish, just like a mortal asking about the realm of a cultivator. You are taking things for granted. Although Qi Refiners are not as good as cultivators, they are definitely not that simple either."

"There are heavenly tribulations and earthly tribulations for cultivators. Overcoming heavenly tribulations can make one an immortal, while overcoming earthly tribulations can make one a wandering immortal."

"But because of the harsh environment, Qi Refiners will face more tribulations. At first, we thought there would be at least five tribulations, but now we know that if Qi Refiners want to have great fortune and freedom, they must survive nine tribulations!"

(End of this chapter)