Chapter 469 Firewood

The winter nights in Di'an are very cold. There is no starry sky, no moon, and only the deathly silence.

Coming out of the kitchen, Xu Yuan walked in the cold winter night with three steaming dishes and a soup, recalling memories in his heart.

Although the word "cooking" is somewhat incompatible with Xu Changge, the cold-faced boss, the fact is that this elder brother can really cook, and the taste is not bad.

I remember that after my mother died, my father and uncle disappeared for a long time, and the four children in the family were confined to the inner courtyard.

In order to prevent accidents, the old man and the uncle also arranged a lot of things in the inner courtyard of the Xiangfu before leaving, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

As the only sensible child at the time, if Xu Changge, the eldest, did not cook, the other three children would starve to death without being assassinated by others.

As his thoughts spread, Xu Yuan unconsciously clenched the plate in his hand when he passed by Xu Changge's courtyard door.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, Xu Changge was indeed a good brother.

Aside from not liking to talk with his mouth, he is a good brother in every sense.

After all,

before being confined, he had just witnessed his mother being killed in front of him.

Even so,

at the age of 18, he still did not show any emotion in front of the three siblings.

"Huh"

With a sigh, Xu Yuan walked past Xu Changge's door, restrained his emotions, and returned to his room with the food.

Tonight's dinner seemed a bit too rich for Xu Xinyao alone.

Five meat dishes, two vegetables, and one soup.

In the past, this was the treatment for several people in the family to have dinner together. Xu Changge made so much, and it should be Xu Yuan's share.

However, Xu Yuan did not intend to move his chopsticks, but just sat quietly and watched.

As a standard lady, Xu Xinyao's appearance when eating was still as gentle and generous as usual, chewing slowly and without any sound.

The bamboo chopsticks lightly touched the porcelain bowl, and the crisp sound of ding-dong became the only sound at this moment.

"Third brother, are you really not going to eat?"

After Xu Xinyao swallowed a piece of delicate spiced fish meat, she suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Xu Yuan opposite her.

Xu Yuan came back to his senses, glanced at the rich and tempting ingredients on the table, chuckled and shook his head:

"Cultivators below the fusion stage need to eat to maintain various body functions, but fusion stage can already use source qi to replace food."

Xu Xinyao chuckled, glanced at Xu Yuan, who was speaking with a little bit of pride, and tapped the edge of the porcelain plate with bamboo chopsticks:

"Third brother, you don't eat it because of the source qi contained in the monster meat and spiritual vegetables, right?"

Xu Yuan was silent for a moment, nodded slightly helplessly, and glanced at his palm:

"My body can't digest these ingredients now."

The ingredients in the kitchen in the inner courtyard are all high-quality spiritual foods carefully selected by the servants. Although the source qi contained in them is not as good as those realm-breaking pills, they are harmless to the body. Even mortals can strengthen their bodies if they take them for a long time.

But the problem is that Xu Yuan's current physique is already separated from the cultivators in the world by a thick barrier.

The fairy grass for them is poison for him.

His current physique cannot absorb the source qi, and the black source qi in his body may even have an immune reaction with it.

A small amount of intake can be discharged through the practice, but if a large amount is taken in, there is even a risk of going astray.

During this period of time, Xu Yuan has been thankful more than once that he broke through the state of fusion in his sleep. If he had not achieved the state of fusion, he might have to eat people like Huizhou County to survive.

However, this is not a long-term solution. If there is only outflow but no inflow, the source qi in his body will be exhausted one day.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan gently tapped the table, looked at the newly engraved array pattern in the room, and asked with a little expectation:

"The array, has it been completed?"

After Xu Xinyao finished her meal, she gently put the bamboo chopsticks aside:

"Only half of it is completed, and you, the third brother, need to experiment with the results yourself."

Hearing this, Xu Yuan's eyes subconsciously flashed with disappointment, but then he was relieved.

The development of a new formation is often calculated in years. It is not easy for Xu Xinyao to come up with it within two months.

As he was thinking, Xu Yuan suddenly felt that the light around him dimmed.

He looked up and saw that a layer of light mist had been floating in the room. It was white and looked very thin, but it was very light-blocking.

Xu Xinyao was only more than one meter away from him, but her slender figure was no longer visible.

Seeing this change, Xu Yuan frowned subconsciously, but the closeness he instinctively felt immediately made him realize that this was the "semi-finished" formation that Xu Xinyao mentioned.

"Brother, try to see if you can breathe in and out these mists."

Xu Xinyao's voice came from the mist.

This is her controlling the formation.

Xu Yuan did not hesitate to see this and began to practice for the first time in a long time.

After the source qi in his body circulated for a cycle, everything around him that was shrouded in mist instantly became clear.

Like a fish entering water, he seemed to be connected with the mist.

But this clarity was not visual, but similar to the God's perspective when the alien body was active in the abyss. Even a speck of dust in the room could be clearly perceived by him.

After realizing this, Xu Yuan directly dispersed his skills, raised his fingertips and gently stroked the white mist rippling in the room, and asked softly:

"How did this mist come about?"

Xu Xinyao's smiling voice came from the other side:

"The source of Yin, source of life and source of energy are all invisible things, but after Xinyao used the formation to blend the three, this mist was inexplicably generated."

"No, I'm talking about how to do it. This shouldn't be a formation that can be developed within two months, right?"

"Um"

After hearing this question, Xu Xinyao groaned hesitantly, as if she was considering what words to use to make Xu Yuan understand.

After a while, the mist dissipated, and Xu Xinyao's figure appeared opposite the table again, her long fingertips gently resting on the tea cup, and she said softly:

"The method that Xinyao tried at first could complete the steps of extracting the source of the ghost within two months at most. However, after the master reminded him, Xinyao suddenly realized that this matter could be dealt with directly from the root. "

"The root cause?" Xu Yuan asked lightly.

Xu Xinyao bent her eyes, smiled, and asked:

"Brother, how do you think the source of life and the source of yin are generated?"

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When Xu Yuan heard this, there was a trace of thought in his eyes.

"Brother, you must have thought of it too."

Xu Xinyao gently lifted the porcelain cup and shook it gently in her hands. The fragrant tea in the cup rippled:

"Yuan Qi,

"No matter how special the ghosts and ghosts are, in the final analysis, they all need to strengthen themselves by absorbing source energy."

"With this thought, Xinyao asked her master to transport a hundred Yin ghosts and a dozen strange ghosts for live research.

"Originally, I wanted to compare the difference between the cultivators and these monsters when they breathed out the source energy, but with the blessing of the special formation, Xinyao found that they were the same as the cultivators."

Speaking of this, Xu Xinyao's beautiful eyes lit up with excitement:

"After refining the source qi, they will actually "return to qi", and there are no impurities in these "qi" that have not entered the "dantian"."

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Hearing this, Xu Yuan already understood in his heart.

Gui Qi is an academic term for cultivation.

The process of returning the spiritual energy refined through meridian exercises into the Dantian is called returning the energy.

thinking,

Xu Yuan subconsciously glanced down at his feet and asked:

"In other words, those hundred Yin ghosts and more than ten strange ghosts have now become the fuel for my cultivation?"