Pu Yao smiled as soon as he saw Zuo Mo.

  "Pao Yao, I don't want this broken and tattered cultivation technique! Either return the crystal stone or exchange it for another technique!" Zuo Mo's eyes turned red as he glared at Pao Yao like a skinny zombie bear that had been provoked.

  Ghost

  "Hmph." Pu Yao's soft laughter was like a snake hissing softly as it spat out its letter, and he said leisurely: "I'm not going to refund or exchange this."

  "You'll never want crystal again!" Zuo Mo said viciously.

  Pu Yao remained unmoved, resting his chin on his hand, a playful smile spreading across his stunningly handsome face as he said with ease, "Besides, I don't need your approval anyway."

  Zuo Mo was taken aback by this and only then did he realize that he didn't seem to have any way to restrain this guy.

  Unwilling! Unresigned!

  Left Mo hated getting toothache, but there was no way.

  It's no surprise that he returned with a defeat at the hands of Puyo, but if he had managed to gain an advantage there, that would have been truly unthinkable.

  The alchemy of Jinwu Pill was forced to stop, the scarlet flowers in Lingyuan Garden had not yet matured, and Zuomo suddenly lost all his means of making money, especially now that he was penniless. Without the crystal stone,

  Nothing can be done about it now.

  Zuo Mo had no choice but to stay in the small courtyard every day, cultivating and running through the spiritual fields. The rest of his time was spent learning how to refine pills in Xuanfang Courtyard. Although he couldn't refine the Golden Crow Pill, other medicinal pills were not affected. It was also fortunate that

  His prestige has risen greatly now, and Shifu is still in retreat to refine the elixir. He can have a larger credit limit with Xu Qing.

  Unfortunately, he didn't find a profitable medicine like Jin Wu Wan. From the accounts, it seems that they lost quite a bit of money. Fortunately, Xu Qing didn't mind this, which is normal.

  It's like this. If you could earn crystal stones by learning alchemy from the start, then everyone would go learn alchemy.

  Zuo Mo remembered what his master had told him: spend more time practicing your sword!

  He remembered this sentence extremely clearly. The meaning behind it was self-evident.

  Alright, since there's no way to go and bother with earning crystal stones, I'll just focus on practicing my sword skills. The "Water Separation Sword Technique" has already reached a pretty good level, but it's also hit a bottleneck - how can I further develop it?

  He couldn't get a clue. Now he could only think of whether he could integrate the sword intent of Xin Yan's tide and the sword intent of leaving water together.

  He had this idea before, it was when he inadvertently saw the sword river that was divided into two segments in the sea of knowledge.

  However, merging two different sword intents is a very high-difficulty task. Fortunately, almost all jade slips of this school are now open, including Master Xin Yan's "Ice Dragon Sword Intent".

  This time, the opening of Jade Jian had little impact on the disciples. Wei Sheng was in the Sword Cave, Xu Yi was infatuated with refining equipment, Gong Sun Qing had already packed up and was preparing to go to her future husband's place, Luo Li...

  Shixiong has been in seclusion and hasn't come out yet. Xiahua and Haomin, the two of them, also don't have much interest in practicing swordplay. Qin Cheng Dashi has gone out to take care of something and hasn't returned.

  It turns out that the one who is most interested in these sword manuals and jade slips is actually Zuo Mo. And among the jade slips, the one that interests him the most is the "Ice Crystal Sword Manual". To be honest, this is also the one that excites him the most among all the jade slips that have been opened up this time.

  Unexpectedly, it's a jade slip. Is this also open?

  The most powerful one is the "Empty Sky Sword Manual", but in Zuo Mo's heart, the "Ice Crystal Sword Manual" is actually the most powerful sword manual. He hasn't seen how powerful the "Empty Sky Sword Manual" is, but Xin Rong Shishu's...

  The horror of Jianyi, he had personally experienced countless times, and his feelings were especially deep.

  Now being able to see the entirety of "Bing Xue Jian Jue" is the only thing that has gotten Zuo Mo excited recently.

  However, he soon discovered that the "Ice Jade Sword Manual" and some jade slips in Xing Fangyuan were the same - you could only see the content that matched your cultivation level. If your cultivation was not enough, you couldn't see the later content.

  This is to prevent practitioners from being injured by forcing themselves to practice when their skills are not yet sufficient.

  What Zuo Mo could see was not much, only the sacrificial method of flying swords and some relatively superficial content. Seeing this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, although the grade of the Water Droplet Sword was higher than that of the Ice Crystal Sword by a bit.

  Many, but there is no Ice Crystal Sword suitable for the "Ice Dragon Sword Manual". This also further solidified Zuo Mo's determination to merge the two sword intents. Not to mention anything else, just for the sake of the Droplet Sword, it was worth doing so.

  The language of "Bing Xue Jian Jue" is very profound and obscure, but Zuo Mo roughly understands the meaning of Bing Xue Sword. After careful consideration, he can actually understand most of it. He finishes reading what he can read, puts down the jade

  Jian fell into deep thought.

  He was lost in thought for ten days!

  Ten days without eating, drinking, sleeping or resting!

  On the tenth day, Zuo Mo suddenly opened his eyes and raised his hand, a sword gleam!

  Hmph!

  A streak of cold, eerie light, yet containing a sense of sword-like sharpness and chilliness, struck the ground, revealing a deep pit. The edge of the pit had many ice shards and scars.

  Unfortunately, it can only be merged together in this way, and there are still many places where the new sword intent feels awkward to Zuo Mo. This may have to wait until he has a deeper understanding of the "Ice Blade Sword Classic".

  With continuous practice and actual combat, one can gradually grasp and master it, becoming proficient and effortless.

  The new sword intent takes the Departing Water Sword Intent as the main and the Ice Dragon Sword Intent as the auxiliary. Originally, the Ice Dragon Sword Intent was of a higher quality than the Departing Water Sword Intent, so it should be the other way around. Alas, Zuo Mo...

  His understanding of Mizuhiki's sword intent far surpasses his understanding of Hyōrinmaru's sword intent.

  However, after merging, Jian Mang's power surged greatly!

  In comparison, the fusion of sword moves is much easier than the fusion of sword intent. Whether it's "Ice Dragon Sword Manual" or "Departing Water Sword Manual", neither is characterized by complex and lengthy sword moves.

  Unfortunately, no one came to test his skills. Zuō Mò suddenly felt a little nostalgic for those guys from the Ling Ying Sect, if only every now and then someone would come to test his skills and bring him an extreme treasure as a gift.

  What a wonderful thing!

  As soon as Zuo Mo realized that he had spent ten days on this idea, he was startled and didn't care about anything else. He rode the gray crane and flew towards the Spiritual Garden. Fortunately, the scarlet flowers and other medicinal herbs in the Spiritual Garden were still there.

  His condition is very good, nothing has changed, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

  He was exhausted and simply lay down in the grass of the spiritual garden to sleep.

  Dong Fu has recovered from the chaotic state of the previous period, and this place has become a gathering place for low-level cultivators again. Without those high-level cultivators, the heavy pressure on the minds of the low-level cultivators was suddenly swept away.

  The city has regained its vitality.

  "Have you heard? The Eastern Floating Swordsmanship Convention is about to take place!"

  "I heard that as long as it's the foundation period, you can go, this time the threshold is really low!"

  "Dong Fudi lost a lot of money this time, so many prizes were given out, and it was really generous."

  "Cut, what's there to fear? In the end, it'll all be spent anyway. It's just a matter of which pocket the money falls into."

  "That's not necessarily true, didn't Wu Kong Jian Men produce a genius named Wei Sheng? I think he might be the dark horse!"

  "Who's Wei Sheng? I've also heard of him, but the Wu Kong Sword Sect is said to have another nickname called the 'Skin-Stripping Zombie', a ruthless and extraordinary guy!"

  "Who isn't ruthless? It's just that we aren't ruthless. Yu Bai and Zong Mingyan are all ruthless!"

  "That's true..."

  ……

  The news of Dongfu's upcoming trial by combat has quickly become the hottest topic in Dongfu. The prizes for this event are so generous that they leave people speechless. Nobody understands what kind of madness Tian Songzi is suffering from.

  It's actually at such a great cost to hold a trial sword meeting.

  Fourth-rank Wensong Qingfeng Sword, Fourth-rank Baihuang Rui Beast Belt, Fourth-rank Scattered Gold Crown, Third-rank Luoyun Water Sleeves, Third-rank Tianzhi Clothes, Third-rank Hanyuan Ling Armor...

  But it has to be said that this move is very effective. The rich rewards greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of young cultivators, especially those poor and cold disciples from small sects, who didn't even have crystal stones to buy any skills.

  Treasures, each and every one of them is drooling at the prizes.

  As soon as the news was announced, applicants flooded in. Anyway, it didn't cost anything to sign up, so why not give it a try? If they were lucky, they might even get their hands on some treasure; if they lost, there would be no harm done. But they had to

  It must start from the pre-trial sword meeting and go through several rounds of competition before entering the trial sword meeting.

  Some of the more important schools in Dongfu have corresponding quotas, and they can directly participate in the trial sword conference without going through the previous pre-trial sword conference.

  Although the treatment is different, the participants also have few complaints. The more they are at the bottom, the clearer they see the world. This is how things are, what can you complain about?

  Apart from the cultivators around Dong Fu, this Sword Trial Assembly also attracted many experts from the other twelve heavy towns!

  Where there is great reward, there must be brave men!

  The East Float is also bustling with excitement due to the upcoming Sword Fighting Tournament.

  Zuo Mo woke up to find it was already the second day, the piercing sunlight rousing him from his deep sleep.

  After getting a good rest, he regained his usual energetic self. Back at the West Wind Yard, he went to the Spiritual Field and swept around, picking and processing several stalks of mature spiritual grass that were ready to be harvested. He planned something.

  Time to go on a trip to Dongfu. These few stalks of spiritual grass can still be exchanged for some crystal stones.

  As usual, he entered the stone chamber and began to cultivate "Fetal Breathing" and "Diamond Sutra".

  Two hours later, he opened his eyes and revealed a hint of joy. Just now, his cultivation had broken through to the fourth layer of foundation building. Unlike his divine consciousness which was slow to break through the three breaths, his spiritual power increased by tenfold.

  Divided quickly. In such a short period of time, breaking through the third layer of foundation building and reaching the fourth layer, at this speed, it's terrifying.

  Of course, the spiritual vein played a crucial role in this. Without this spiritual vein, he would probably be at the second layer now.

  At this speed, he will soon break through the Condensation Period! At that time, he will have a few more points of self-preservation.

  In the Tianyue realm, the Golden Elixir stage is undoubtedly the top existence. The next level is the Condensing Pulse stage. However, among cultivators of the Condensing Pulse stage, their actual strength often differs greatly from one another. But in any case, once they reach the Condensing Pulse stage, they have already left behind the ranks of low-level cultivators.

  If there is no ambition, the cultivators in the Tianyue realm can live a good life. The rewards for the cultivators of the Condensing Pulse period are on a completely different level from those of the Foundation Building period.

  After completing the cultivation of "Fetal Breathing and Spiritual Refining", Zuo Mo began to cultivate "Vajra Minor Speech". As for "Recognizing Scents", it was completely abandoned by him.

  It's better to study the maze than to study women!

  Zuo Mo's "Jin Gang Wei Yan" was a tombstone version, and after cultivating for a period of time, he found that the difference between the two became more and more obvious.

  In meditation, his left hand is in the mudra of treasure, with a dignified and majestic appearance, his whole body is dark gold, like a statue cast from dark gold.

  Suddenly, his whole body began to shake violently.

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  Making up for the 28th of last month. Although it's a bit late... I'll make it up slowly.