Chapter 1: The Peerless Wasteful Flower Picking ()

At dawn, when the rooster crows, the sun rises to the east.

The red and orange compatible colors render the colorful clouds that stretch thousands of miles, like the wings of a big roll and a phoenix, holding the soft golden crow, slowly rising into the sky of the purple and flowing flowers. A burst of crying sounded as the colorful light waves radiated from the sun, and Shi Yan's originally dim vision suddenly became brighter.

Shi Yan was sitting cross-legged on the roof of a thatched hut, looking at the direction of the rising sun in the distance without any focal length, and murmured to himself: "It's still not possible, is Chuchen's golden crow's power too weak? Could it be that my extremely cold physique, even the power of the golden crow can't transform the cold air condensed in the veins? No!" Shi Yan shook his head and denied secretly, "The golden crow lights up the heaven and earth, and its power of the golden crow and even the power of the yang are already the highest level of the fire among the known fire! [Shiqiong] Although it is a first-level magic trick, the ability to absorb this perception and absorption is a rare ability. What I absorb is definitely the power of the golden crow. Where is the problem?"

Shi Yan's face darkened. He stood up, held the roof with one hand, kicked his feet, jumped down from the roof, and landed smoothly on the ground. "Maybe the power of the golden crow is insufficient. Although Chu Chen's golden crow's power is very weak, it is already the limit that a useless man like me can bear. I can feel that if it is a little stronger, my body may have been burned to ashes."

Shi Yan said that he was a useless person, and there was no exaggeration. Shi Yan was not clear about other places, but in the Zimu Liuhua Domain, people with average qualifications could reach the peak of the Transformation Period at the age of seventeen or eighteen and touch the door to cultivation. Those with less qualifications could also reach the fifth level of the Transformation Period. Like Shi Yan, it is rare for a person at the age of nineteen to have only the third level of the Transformation Period, which is rare, or to put it bluntly. At present, there is only one example of Shi Yan. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to be called a peerless waste.

As the name suggests, the transformation of meridians is to transform and open the meridians. This is the most basic condition for cultivation. When the transformation of meridians in the body is connected, you can only reach the threshold of cultivation, push open the door, and become one of the practitioners.

Shi said that since childhood, the meridians of the whole body were eroded by extreme cold energy, and the meridians of the whole body were damaged, as if the cold air had frozen into ice in the body, making the spiritual power unable to run in the meridians. Like a river that had not been cleared for a long time, it was blocked by mud and eventually dried up. I don’t know how many methods I have sought, but I can’t break the cold air in the meridians, as if the cold air had frozen into ice in the body.

Therefore, for more than ten years, Shi Yan's cultivation has been stagnant at the third level of the Transformation Period. This is the realm that Shi Yan has reached before he was suffering from cold when he was a child.

When he was a child, he was called the Holy Body of the Heavenly Gate. At the age of seven, he reached the seventh level of the Transformation Vein and attracted much attention from people from all walks of life in the Heavenly Gate Realm. It’s a pity that the heavens are jealous of talents, and the erosion of the extreme cold air has caused him to stop here, and his cultivation has gradually declined.

"Shi Yan, Shi Yan! I've called you for a long time!" She wore a green smoke shirt, a pleated skirt with flowers, mist and green grass, a thin smoke gauze, a shoulders that were cut into a waist, and a filament like a delicate orchid. Every time she saw Mingxiang, Shi Yan would feel deeply moved that the disciples of the Huajian Sect are worthy of being the dream lovers of all the men in the Zimu Liuhua Realm. Even an outer disciple has such a beauty, let alone the fairies in the inner sect.

"Sister Mingxiang, I can't wait to come to me early in the morning!" Shi Yan laughed and said, "Is Shi Yan really so charming? Even Sister Mingxiang is deeply involved in it. Oh, it's so embarrassing!"

"You are so embarrassed. With your face, you can't even pierce the flying sword, so will you be embarrassed?" As it was dawn, my clothes were covered with dewdrops along the way. Mingxiang tidied up her clothes and glanced at Shi Yan: "The junior sisters all said you are poor, but I didn't expect you to be poor enough. I dare to make jokes. No wonder they didn't dare to come to you to give me a bill. The feelings are scared by you!"

"What? There is such a thing. I'm sorry to treat these little girls very well. I actually talk bad things about me behind my back and report it, and see that I'm not going to spare them easily!" Shi Yan pretended to be angry.

Mingxiang knew what kind of person Shi Yan was. Although she said this, she didn't care at all. She was a typical person who was not intimate. "Okay, I'm having fun with you." Mingxiang handed a piece of jade and said, "This is the tent this time. The things needed in it are a little different from usual. Take a closer look."

"Sister Mingxiang, please give me instructions. Even if I am far away from the Domain Pass, I will come here. Why should I send it here in person!"

"How dare I? You are the treasure of our Huajian Sect. Just by using your skills to the third level of [Seeing Incense], except you, there is no one in the entire Zimu Liuhua Realm! How dare I tell you?" Mingxiang glanced at him sarcastically.

"Haha, look at what you said, I am just a flower lover, how can I compare with you?" Shi Yan ended up scanning the account with his spiritual sense.

When Mingxiang saw his face darkened, she realized that he had accidentally stabbed Shi Yan's sad things and felt a little apology. Shi Yan's meridians were blocked and he could not practice. Mingxiang knew about this. Not only Mingxiang, but people who are better than Shi Yan know this secret, which is not a secret. Shi Yan did not hide the secret, but told his friends around him very openly. It was the first time that Mingxiang saw Shi Yan's expression.

"Third-grade red sandalwood flower?" Shi Yan looked at Mingxiang, "These third-grade red sandalwood flowers are not something you can see everywhere. Even if I practice the third level of [Scent Recognition] to the third level, I still need to spend a lot of effort to find it."

"I know, but this is what the senior sister wants. It happened that the inventory in the door was exhausted, so it may not be possible to buy it in Konghai. Moreover, the quality is not as good as it is now available, so I can only ask you!" Mingxiang begged.

"Senior Sister? Isn't you Mingxiang?" Shi Yan was a little confused. Mingxiang is the highest cultivation among the outer disciples. He has reached the ninth level of the Transformation Vein Stage, and is only one step away from building the foundation.

"I am a senior sister, I am just an outer disciple. I am a real senior sister, Zixuan!"

"Mo Zixuan? That cold-faced fairy Ice Flower Xuan?" Shi Yan asked curiously, "Isn't this girl very capable? Why would she ask us marginalized people to help her?"

It is no secret that inner disciples look down on outer disciples and diners. Not only in Huajian Sect, but also in other sects. They are all above the top, so how can they look down on them?

"Shh, you dare to make jokes about senior sister. If you let senior sister know, you won't pull your skin." Mingxiang hurriedly covered Shi Yan's mouth and whispered in his ear: "She won't care if you are a baby or not, annoy her, she won't care about anything else."

"It's true. I don't dare to take this task after hearing what you said. God knows that if I can't find the third-grade red sandalwood flower, she will use me or bake it."

"No, I'm the senior sister!" Mingxiang saw that he was hesitant and quickly reminded him.

Shi Yan smiled bitterly and said, "But even the head of the sect, I can't do anything about it. This thing is rare, and maybe there is only one plant in the Huajian Valley."

Mingxiang suddenly grabbed Shi Yan's claws and begged: "Good brother Shi Yan, if I can't get the third-grade red sandalwood flower, I'll be done! Please, please."

Seeing her begging, Shi Yan couldn't bear it.

"Okay, I'll do my best. But you'd better send someone to Kōkai to inquire. You must be prepared for everything in case of accidents." Shi Yan reminded.

"I know, I have sent someone." Mingxiang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I'll ask you here. I believe you can find it! Let me tell you a message. Senior Sister Zixuan's spiritual beast [Muxu] is about to break through the spiritual stage and enter the Qi refining stage. If you find the third-grade red sandalwood flower, perhaps the senior sister's wooden wife will advance from the second-grade to the third-grade when the breakthrough is broken? At that time, hehe, maybe the senior sister is in a good mood, and I will thank you in person!"

Shi Yan seemed to have seen Mo Zixuan wearing a white peony shiny gauze, a white plum blossom skirt that was streaked with smoke and plum blossoms, and a soft smoke and silky waist, slowly walking towards him with a small step.

Shi Yan swallowed a mouthful of saliva hard, patted his chest and ensured that he could find the third-grade red sandalwood flower in a certain shortest time, which caused Mingxiang to roll his eyes.

After Mingxiang left, Shi Yan turned around and went into the house to organize his tools.

I guess I won’t be able to come back if I don’t have three or four days, so I must have enough tools to carry with me.

The gold-breaking sickle, the fog-driven talisman and other things are all used to put them in a silk bag the size of a palm. Don’t underestimate this silk bag. Even if the space inside is more than enough to hold the entire thatched cottage and yard, it is a second-grade space magic weapon, with a market price of twenty second-grade spirit stones.

Looking at the addition of everything in this dilapidated thatched house is not worth ten first-grade spirit stones, and this bag is worth twenty second-grade spirit stones. How big is the gap between them! You must know that one hundred first-grade spirit stones are equal to one second-grade spirit stone.

Shi Yan tied the bag to his waist and proudly said that he used to be rich!

Huajian Valley is a remote valley in Zimu Liuhuayuan. Huajian School nestles on the mountainside beside Huajian Valley. Since there is only one Huajian School nearby, all the mountains around Huajian Valley belong to Huajian School, with a total of fifty-three peaks and a huge place.

Outer disciples and diners live in the fifteenth peak of the outer area, while the Huajian Valley only has a small piece of land marked as the outer valley, which is used by outer disciples and diners.

Shi Yan was one of the 200 diners in Huajian School.

Originally, Shi Yan's three-level [Significant Incense] was not able to cultivate the third level of the meridian stage, even if he could not practice the third level of the meridian stage, he could easily join any sect to become an outer disciple. However, the Huajian Sect has always only accepted female disciples, and Shi Yan could only be a diner in the Huajian Sect. Since the Huajian Sect is famous for its abundant beauties, many diners jumped to the Huajian Sect to come to the Huajian Sect with this. Even if some people are more than enough to enter the inner sect in other sects.

In the inner valley of Huajian Valley, only the inner disciples of Huajian Sect could enter, but I don’t know what method Mingxiang used, so Shi Yan got a pass token. Perhaps it was because Senior Sister Mo Zixuan was anxious to break through his spirit beast, so he allowed Shi Yan to enter the inner valley.

Shi Yan has a great reputation in the Huajian Sect. Many of the Huajian Sect’s cultivation methods require various spiritual flowers to be subsidized, not only spiritual beasts, but also human cultivation. However, there are hundreds of millions of spiritual flowers in Huajian Valley. Looking at the head of the Huajian Sect, it is not easy to find a spiritual flower that is needed for flowers with the Golden Elixir stage. However, Shi Yan’s first-hand [Seeing the Incense] can be found very easily, which is exactly what Huajian Sect needs most.

Therefore, Shishen’s status in the Huajian School is very different from that of ordinary diners.

The [Seeing Incense] that Shi Yan practiced is like [Seeing the Sky], which is both perception-based magic tricks and is not profound. It mainly explores the direction and dense distribution of spiritual power around it. Almost everyone knows it. However, after the cultivation level breaks through to the foundation-building stage, it is not necessary to sense spiritual power. Moreover, after practicing [Seeing the Incense] to the second level, it is difficult to improve. Unless there is some adventure or sudden enlightenment, no one is willing to spend time with a useless existence. Just like in the Huajian Sect, some people specially practice [Seeing the Incense] for the spirit-seeking flower, but after practicing at the second level, they cannot go further, so they have no choice but to give up.

However, Shi Yan is an alien who cannot practice due to physical reasons. The foundation-building stage is a mirror flower and water moon for him, so he concentrates on studying these magic techniques. However, he has really developed something that no one else has noticed. For example, [Shi Qiong], everyone knows that [Shi Qiong] is a magic technique for observing celestial phenomena and predicting spiritual rain, but Shi Yan discovered its hidden ability and absorbed it!

And the hidden ability of [Seeing Incense] is to distinguish!

In addition, Shi Yan also knows a magic trick, [Recognition of the Pulse]! However, [Recognition of the Pulse] is the weakest of the three magic tricks that Shi Yan has mastered. Currently, he has only reached the second level, but he cannot go further. Therefore, Shi Yan doesn't know if it will have any hidden abilities like [Recognition of the Incense] and [Recognition of the Sky].

Holding a pass token in hand, the mist in the inner valley dissipates, revealing a path.

The ancient trees along the way are green and fragrant, and the ground is filled with fragrance. They are full of vitality. From time to time, you can see some mortal beasts that have not yet been transformed into wisdom.

Spiritual beasts can be practiced just like cultivators. Cultivators need to transform into meridians before they can practice. However, the spirit beasts have abnormal physical constitution, are born with all meridians, and are unobstructed in spiritual energy. However, there is no intelligence to make them run regularly, so spiritual beasts must reach the stage of wisdom before they can practice. Beasts that have not reached the stage of wisdom are collectively called mortal beasts.

Along the way, there were restrictions everywhere, either light or dark. Some powerful restrictions even used spiritual beasts as the array eyes, and the terrifying pressure released occasionally made him almost suffocate. With his only cultivation level of the third level of the Transformation of the Wild Wild, feeling the majestic spiritual power of these spiritual beasts, his legs trembled involuntarily.
Chapter completed!