Chapter 21: Spirit Lake

As soon as he heard that he was going to take out one-twelfth of his essence blood, Suzaku was stupid.

In terms of biological age, Suzaku has lived for tens of thousands of years, but because of its newborn consciousness today, its psychology is only like that of a baby. Although it has the influence of the ancient bloodline, it has only been promoted to the level of an ordinary girl, how can she fight with a human spirit like Tang Zheng.

In a few words, he was no longer an opponent, and he was completely defeated.

Losing is losing, the girl is still not convinced, kicking her feet and shouting: "No, no, just can't do it!"

Deep in his heart, Suzaku also knew that this matter was too important, and he couldn't nod his head and agree.

Tang Zheng was not in a hurry, he only smiled and said, "I also know that taking away one-twelfth of the essence blood at once will have too much impact on you." ”

"It's good that you know. "Suzaku is about to cry.

"In that case, why don't we make a compromise? ”

The new term "installment?" puzzled Suzaku.

Tang Zheng roughly explained the meaning of installment payment, and then said: "You see, we can divide one-twelfth of the essence blood into five hundred years to pay. In this case, you will only have to pay a very small amount of sperm blood each year...... Presumably...... By the way, the Holy Beast Essence Blood is usually 10,000 drops, right?"

"Where are there so many, the peak holy beast is only about three thousand drops, this girl is restricted and prohibited, and she does not return to the void, and she only has nine hundred and ninety-nine drops of essence blood, and no matter how many drops she can't do. Suzaku revealed his hole cards without any scheming.

Tang Zheng calculated: "Oh, then let's count it according to a thousand drops, one-twelfth is eighty-three .three." If it is paid in installments for five hundred years, it is almost one drop of essence blood in six years, so that you don't have to worry about the whereabouts of the realm. ”

"Yes, yes!" Suzaku nodded happily.

Six years to pay a drop of essence blood, this is really nothing, not to mention that the realm will not fall, even if it is easy to recover.

The more the essence blood is lost, the slower it will recover. Hundreds of drops are lost at a time, and it takes hundreds of years for Suzaku to recover, and if one drop is lost, it can be recovered in more than a month, and the difference in the speed of recovery is tens of times.

It's like donating a limited amount of blood every month, which doesn't have any effect on people. But releasing a large amount of blood at one time has a huge impact on the whole person.

Therefore, Suzaku was so satisfied with this plan that he forgot that he had accepted the price of Tang Zheng.

Seeing Suzaku nodding, Tang Zheng continued: "In that case, we have to calculate the interest. ”

"Interest?" Suzaku's eyes widened.

"Yes, interest is required for installment payments, don't you know?" Next, Tang Zheng explained the interest to Suzaku.

Suzaku was dumbfounded and asked, "How much is the interest?"

Tang Zai patted her on the shoulder: "I'll do the math for you, don't worry, they are all old acquaintances, I'll give you an absolute low interest." For the time being, the annual interest rate is calculated at one cent, the principal essence blood is 83.3 drops, and the repayment period is 500 years, and the principal and interest are equal to each year, and ...... is required to be repaid every year."

Tang Zheng calculated as he spoke, there was wisdom, he calculated quickly, and quickly came to the conclusion: "0.83 drops per year, even so, just one drop per year." ”

"What? a drop a year?" Suzaku cried out: "Isn't that five hundred, and you have to give you five hundred drops, half of my essence blood!

Tang Zai looked at her with disdain: "What I give you is the lowest interest." ”

"This can't be!" cried Suzaku.

"If you ask, you won't be able to find the price anywhere. ”

In this era, there are also rich banks, and it is not uncommon to lend money to earn interest.

The annual interest rate is one point, this is the unprecedented low interest rate, the price of good people, this is mainly because Tang Zheng was afraid of angering Suzaku too much, so he took the initiative to make a big concession.

But Suzaku didn't believe it at all.

In the ancient times when its ancestors existed, civilization was far from the point it is today. Everywhere is wild, business is not prosperous, and the deposit of money is unheard of, and there is no concept of interest.

And 500 years is a thing that passes after a sleep.

Therefore, as far as it is concerned, it can never be imagined that the time it takes to sleep can make eighty-three drops of essence blood rise to five hundred.

Because of this, when Suzaku heard Tang Zheng say this, he shouted, "You lied to me......"

"If I lie to you, my life is yours. If I hadn't lied to you, the essence blood would have to be paid for the price. ”

Hearing this, Suzaku couldn't help but shudder.

Hearing him say this, Suzaku finally felt that he was afraid that he was wrong.

Although she paid for a drop of blood every year, the thought of having to be drawn for 500 years in a row would not feel good in any way.

I had to say glutinously: "I can't get out now......"

"If you can't get out, you can always put your mind on me, right? If you can't get out, I will try to get through this place and set you free. But before you can pay off your debts, you need to follow me. ”

Put a wisp of divine thought on Tang Zheng and go to see the outside world?

Suzaku's eyes lit up.

Although you can't get out of here and enter the world, even if you can see the outside world, it is undoubtedly excellent.

What's more, with the sustenance of divine thoughts, Suzaku no longer has to be so lonely.

Now she is not like before, after the opening of her wisdom, her expectations for communication have increased infinitely. To be able to pay the Tang Tribulation, even if it is just to talk, is good.

"Is it really possible?" she asked.

"Of course, why not?" replied with a grin.

He is gone with the thought of the gods, but the thought of the Suzaku is also a good thing.

Of course, don't expect to be engulfed.

"That's good. Suzaku nodded: "If YiqiΔ“ is as you say, I agree." ”

"How can you be sure that you won't deny it?"

Suzaku replied: "Take the Heavenly Dao as an alliance and place the oath on the Heavenly Dao." If you break your oath, you will be punished by the Heavenly Tribulation!"

Heavenly Oath!

Only Suzaku can place the agreement on the way of heaven, which can also be regarded as the most reliable oath.

Tang Zheng was overjoyed and said, "Okay, that's it." ”

With this Heavenly Dao Oath, Tang Zheng was no longer afraid that Suzaku would be able to fly out of the palm of his hand.

Five hundred drops of essence blood was only the part he asked for, and more importantly, as long as the essence blood was not returned, Suzaku would never be able to leave him.

It is true that she did not sign an agreement to sell herself as a servant, but as long as she is by her side, she is still afraid that she will not serve herself? Even if she does not use her as a servant, Tang Zheng has too many ways to control Suzaku.

Of course, Suzaku has not yet been freed, so such a strong help cannot come in handy for the time being.

When Tang Zheng believed that sooner or later he would pass the ninefold test in the secret realm.

As for the issue of time, Tang Zheng was even less worried. If she can't break the barrier in 500 years, can't she delay the collection of her debts? Forgive Suzaku for being stupid, she won't be so stupid as to be so stupid that Tang Zheng doesn't want to, and she hurriedly took the initiative to repay her debts.

As long as there is debt, Suzaku is destined to not be able to escape, and I'm afraid Suzaku won't understand this until a long time later.

After making the Heavenly Dao Oath, Tang Zheng got up and said, "Okay, this matter is settled, and we can start the next thing." ”

"What's the matter?" Suzaku was puzzled.

"Of course it's a fight. "Tang Zheng's fingers clicked:

"According to the agreement, you have to resist your three attacks to be eligible for fairy grass, isn't it......? It's also time to open the next level. ”

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In the middle of the valley there is a white jade platform.

There was no immortal herb elixir on the stage, which was extremely rare, except for a huge iron ring in the center.

This is the gateway to the next level.

At the earliest, Tang Zheng had analyzed that the fifth and sixth formations of the Nine Absolute Immortal Arrays were out of the ordinary, and it wasn't until he found out here that he knew he was wrong.

Starting from the fifth formation, that is, from entering this secret realm, the difficulty of clearing the Nine Absolute Immortal Array has obviously changed by leaps and bounds.

Since Bai Yutai is located in the valley, and the valley is under the surveillance of Suzaku, there is actually only one way to get through to the next level, and that is to resist her three flame attacks.

The three attacks are not only the standard for taking medicine, but also the standard for passing the test, but Tang Zheng didn't know it at first and chose to take medicine.

With such a high standard, it is naturally not extraordinary, and only when it is promoted to the body of gold and steel can there be hope.

This may be the reason why there are towering mountains and rich aura in this secret realm, because according to the arrangement of the soldier master, entering the fifth formation is the real sense of entry, and only after cultivating here to a certain level, can you be qualified to carry out the adventure of the next level.

As for the copying technique, it is used to steal the elixir in the valley. Relying only on the aura of heaven and earth, the cultivation of the scriptures is too slow. Rely on the copying technique to steal the fairy grass, and then use the fairy grass to strengthen yourself, and finally survive the three attacks of the Suzaku bird, so as to obtain the way to enter the valley and open the door to the next level.

This should be the arrangement of the soldier master.

It's just that no matter how good the arrangement is, it can't be completely implemented by future generations.

The soldier master would not have thought that when Tang Zheng came in, he also brought He Chong and others by the way.

It is precisely because of He Chong's existence that even if Tang Zheng later sorted out this qiΔ“, he did not choose to open it. After all, he was still under He Chong's suppression at that time, in case the ban on the valley was lifted, anyone could enter the valley, and with He Chong's strength, he would inevitably dominate the valley, and Tang Zheng wanted to cry without tears at that time.

Therefore, Tang Zheng has always forbeared, even if he has been tested by the firebird again and again, he has chosen to take the immortal medicine.

Until today!

Rumble!

A noisy flame ignited in the valley, and Tang Zheng strode out of the fire, as if his charred body would recover with every step. After taking ten steps, his body had fully regained his shape, and the blood-colored cloak reappeared on his body.

The three attacks had passed, and Tang Zheng came to the white jade platform.

He stepped forward and grabbed the ring, and a familiar sensation arose over himβ€”it was made of mica pure gold.

Tang Zai grabbed the iron ring and lifted it upwards violently, but he couldn't pull it out.

Tang Zai smiled: "Is it really a test of strength?"

The next moment, his body grew stronger, and the surging power kept overflowing from his body, as if an invisible tornado was wrapped around him, blowing in all directions. Tang Zheng had already grabbed the iron ring and slammed it into the air.

This time, the hoop was finally pulled.

As the iron chains were pulled out of the jade platform, there was a loud rumbling sound on the white jade platform.

Around the white jade platform, four huge copper pillars suddenly appeared.

The bronze pillar rose from the ground, the pillar was engraved with mysterious patterns, Tang Zheng just glanced at it, and heard countless voices roaring, feeling as if he was in an ancient battlefield, the sound of the iron horse Jinge was vividly in his ears, and the blood light was boiling and murderous. There was a sharp shock in his heart, and he said in shock: "Dao Wen!"

The carvings on the four bronze pillars are all Dao patterns, and they are Phantom Dao patterns.

The master of the soldier has illusion skills, which Tang Zheng has long understood.

Replication is the culmination of illusion, which already contains the illusion, if it is not bad, it should be the same as the soldier's word, the clear is the law, the dark is the way, it is the way to pass down in the form of the law, and it is also the most terrifying place for the soldier master.

And the four bronze pillars in front of him are engraved with illusory dao patterns.

Is this the reward for clearing the fifth level?

Tang Zheng had just come up with this idea, and then he knew that he was wrong.

The next moment, the four bronze pillars were shining together, and Tang Zheng found that the scene on the entire white jade platform had changed.

It was as if he was suddenly in an endless void, surrounded by starlight.

He saw a boundless giant standing among the stars.

It's the master of the soldiers!

He was tall and majestic, standing between heaven and earth, and his magnificence was even greater than that of the gods of the vast law that he had seen before.

Standing in the void, the huge phantom of the soldier master began to move slowly.

If you look closely, it's clear that he's boxing.

Although it was just some seemingly simple actions, at that moment, Tang Zheng could feel that every action contained the truth of heaven and earth.

When he was engrossed in staring at the soldier's initiative, he could even feel the change in the breath, the surge of power.

While watching, he followed the movements of the soldier master, at first it was only similar and distant, but as he followed the action over and over again, the qi and blood in his body surged, and gradually kept up with the rhythm of the soldier master, the more Tang Zheng felt excited in his heart, the more he fought, the more he felt the qi and blood in his body, and the more he fought, the more he felt that his whole body was full of strength.

It is a kind of power from the depths of the heart, strong, majestic, vast, as if it is a world itself, and the blood is like the Yangtze River, flowing endlessly, sending a huge amount of power to all parts of the body.

Call!

Call!

Call!

On the jade platform, Tang Zheng's fists and feet were full of tigers, what was surprising was that he did not attack quickly, every action was slowed down, just like Taijiquan, but the air flow around him became more and more intense, as if it was a fast and fierce punch, and in the end, Tang Zheng's movements became slower and slower, but the air flow became more and more violent, and gradually formed a whirlpool, and hurricanes began to roll up in all directions, converging around Tang Zheng's body, forming a huge tornado with Tang Zheng as the center.

On the jade platform, the tornado is vast.

The gale almost covered the entire jade platform, only faintly revealing a huge figure dancing on the stage, that posture, that spirit, faintly had a bit of the might of a giant in the sea of stars.

Finally, after Tang Zheng finished fighting the fist displayed by the Star Sea Giant for the twelfth time, he suddenly punched his right fist into the air.

I saw a huge shadow of an iron fist suddenly appear in the sky, rushing into the air, breaking through the clouds, and rushing all the way to the sky energy cover.

Rumble!

The iron fist slammed into the sky.

The power of this blow is as brave as this.

At the same time, Tang Zheng on the jade platform below also let out a loud laugh: "Demon Destroying Fist! This is Demon Destroying Fist!"

The punch he used just now was the Demon Destroying Fist, but it was no longer a dry and fishing-style outburst, but a real fighting method, a powerful fist developed for physical cultivation, and the punch of Tang Zheng just now was somewhat similar to the original Giant King's outer punch.

This is the tactics of the master of the soldiers, and the body cultivates the necessary combat skills.

Until today, Tang Zheng can be regarded as a complete body cultivation.

Before that, the spells he learned belonged to law cultivation, and in his realm, although he could also use spells such as chaotic air steps, his ability to exert them was far inferior to that of clones.

Only the Demon Slaying Fist is the real physical cultivation combat skill.

I really didn't expect it to appear at the end of the fifth level.

However, after being almost drained of all his strength by this punch, Tang Zheng also realized why this was the case-the power of the Demon Slaying Fist was far beyond imagination, and even ordinary supernatural powers could not match. If you don't cultivate enough and use it forcibly, you will even tire yourself to death.

And the Demon Slaying Fist that Tang Zheng developed before could only be used at the cost of permanently reducing his strength. In this regard, he actually didn't do anything wrong, because even the soldier master couldn't do it to hit the Demon Destroying Fist in the realm of low strength. Tang Zheng actually solved the problem of the low-level use of the Demon Slaying Fist in his own way, but the price paid was a bit big.

At this moment, as Tang Zheng comprehended the Demon Destroying Fist, with a wave of his hand, the illusions on the four copper pillars disappeared at the same time, and they stood still, but in the middle of the white jade platform, a black hole appeared.

Before coming to the black hole, Tang Zheng looked down, and there was nothing to see in the black below.

Is this the new sixth formation?

Due to the solitary suspense of the secret realm, Tang Zheng originally expected that he would not change the scene in the future, but would directly lift the new prohibition like the third and fourth formations. But like now, the direct appearance of an underground world is still beyond Tang Tribulation's expectations.

This secret realm is much bigger than I imagined.

There is a stone ladder at the entrance of the cave, Tang Zheng walked down the stone ladder, descended about 100 meters, and finally stepped on the ground.

Tang Zai stretched out his hand, and a flash of fire rose from his palm, illuminating the surroundings, and Tang Zai saw that he was in a lava cave.

Around the cave and on the top wall hung large stalactites, some of which shimmered with crystal jade, Tang Zheng looked closely and found that it was a large area of jade spring stalagmites.

Yuquan stalagmites are an extremely rare spiritual material.

This stalagmite itself is not of much value, but once it grows to a certain level, it will have a very special ability, condensing liquid.

That is, the spiritual energy is turned into spiritual liquid, just like the Water Moon Cave Heaven, forming the so-called spiritual spring.

This is also the origin of the name Yuquan stalagmite.

Lingquan is born and artificial, and Yuquan stalagmites are considered to be the best tools to make Lingquan.

The Yuquan stalagmites in front of me are scattered and scattered, which seems to be messy, but in fact implies some wonderful law, which is obviously not naturally generated, but artificially clothed. The tip of the stalagmite condensed a drop of spiritual liquid, which was the origin of the crystal jade light.

I don't know how long it will take to accumulate before a drop of spiritual liquid will drip from the stalagmite.

Underneath the stalagmites are jade concave lines, criss-crossing them, and the spiritual liquid does not break when it falls on the stone, but rolls into the texture, in which it flows slowly, trickling into a stream, all the way forward.

Walking along the stream, Tang Zheng walked out of the cave, and a lake appeared in front of him.

A lake condensed by spiritual fluid is purer and more majestic than the Water Moon Cave Heaven!

Tang Zheng couldn't help but tremble.

I didn't expect that under the secret realm, there would be such a spiritual lake.

There is also a small island in the middle of the Spirit Lake, the small island is not large, and a thatched hut can be faintly seen on the island.

Tang Zheng's figure flashed, and when he came to the island, he saw that some flowers and plants were planted on this island, and they were surprisingly all mortal, and there was no elixir. Walking along the garden path, Tang Zheng came to the depths and saw that there was indeed a thatched hut inside.

Walking around to see, the hut was empty, except for some pots and pans, a bed, and nothing else. It's just that there is a bead of time dust hanging on the roof. It is at this time that the light of the dust droplets makes the grass hut spotless, even after thousands of years.

When it comes to treasures, the dust beads are probably the only treasures on the island at this time.

There is also a garden behind the thatched hut, in which the spirit valley is planted, which has long ceased to grow, but it is not corrupt.

The entire island did not decay or grow under the influence of the dust beads of time, as if time had frozen at this moment.

After taking a turn on the island, Tang Zheng didn't find anything, so he turned around and left.

When he was about to leave, he suddenly turned his eyes and stayed on an object in the corner, and his heart suddenly shook violently.

It was a small, unremarkable-looking black wooden ding.