Chapter 66: Strengthening the Body, Refining the Spirit, Reading, and Seeing the Witch Again
The night is endless and the stars are like shuttles.
As deep as ink, the moonlight is thin and cool.
In the small courtyard, it became quiet, and the Ninth Prince Zhao Xianyou, who was like a banished immortal coming to the dust, had left.
An Lejing sat on the small chair, with a thoughtful look on his face, as if he was thinking about the purpose of the Ninth Prince coming to find him. Is it really just as simple as drinking?
Just like Qin Qianqiu once solicited him, Anle originally thought that the ninth prince would also recruit him as his staff, but he never thought that the other party seemed to just come to have a drink and look at the green mountains.
Perhaps in front of Wu Kui Stone, Qingshan burst out with sword energy, which was known to the other party, so the other party came to view Qingshan. Seeing that Qingshan was not suitable, he did not force or take it away.
Anle quite admired the freedom and elegance of the ninth prince.
Although Chuchen's temperament seems to be difficult for people to get close to, after a glass of rice wine, they can still have a pleasant conversation.
In this world, one more friend is better than one more enemy.
Anle got up and cleaned up the mess, moved the potted flowers to the corner, and stood them in the courtyard. He touched the ink pool at his waist with his sword, and the ink pool was swept out and inserted into the old locust tree.
Now there are two sword pits on the old locust tree, one belonging to Mochi and one belonging to Qingshan. It can also be regarded as a place for the two swords to be placed when practicing the Five Birds.
Anle didn't insert it randomly, after all, he was afraid of killing the old locust tree.
Standing in the center of the courtyard, Anle took a deep breath, and suddenly a light screen appeared in front of him.
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[Name: Anle]
[Year Qi: 0 rays]
[Years Dao Fruit: Eternal Talent (Golden Years Qi 0/2 thread, 25/100 thread), Natural Swordsman (3/100 thread), Collapse of Sword Power (5/10 thread), Selflessness, Fearless Heart, Tempering Demon Baoyu]
[Mastering the skills: "Sword Waterfall Picture" (14 threads), "Inducing Qi and Breathing Technique" (1 thread)]
[Skills mastered: "The Five Birds Classic of Ancient Demons" (21 rays), "Zhaozu Changquan (Remnant)" (1 ray)]
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His eyes were shining, and his gaze fell on the skill column. The original Five Birds Body Training was replaced by the "Ancient Demon Five Birds Sutra", and the blessing of the years has not changed.
This allows Anle to accept the replacement of this method without any hindrance.
Standing quietly in the courtyard, An Le closed his eyes, and the Qi and blood on his skin began to surge and roll!
The demon-quenching jade worn around his waist was suddenly filled with extremely rich demonic aura. The demonic aura rose up and wrapped around Anle's body.
Under the quenching of the demonic energy, Anle can refine the five demonic animals!
The moment I opened my eyes, the whole courtyard seemed to tremble slightly. They were practicing tiger pose. The scene of the ancient ferocious demon tiger appeared in front of my eyes. Tiger poses such as shooting, jumping, rushing, and smashing all became more and more ferocious. Violent!
While the demonic energy was being tempered, Anle's energy and blood circulated faster, running like a river.
The skin, meridians, and spiritual bones are all undergoing tremendous tempering. There is a vague heat wave permeating Anle's body, steaming like a spring night!
Qi and blood surge up, as if forming a Canglan demon tiger, with sharp teeth like two sharp knives that can tear everything into pieces!
During the roar, the stars shook down!
The spirit bone made an explosive sound, and the five fingers were slightly bent. When it was struck, the air flow seemed to be smashed, and the energy and blood condensed into the shadow of the demon tiger, carrying the power that shocked the mind.
On the physical body, there is Qi and blood intertwined into a faint flow of scriptures, blessing the vision of the ancient demon tiger.
The demon-quenching ancient jade trembled violently, the demonic aura was continuously drawn away, and the demonic aura lines on it began to disappear one after another.
This time the Yao Wu Qin's exercise extracted more demon energy than all the previous times combined.
[Eternal Talent] With the blessing of Tao and Fruit, Anle felt that his understanding of the Five Animals of the Ancient Demons was becoming more and more profound, and the scriptures on his body were gradually becoming clearer.
In the process of practicing the Five Animals of the Ancient Demon, the heart pulse is strong, spurting out, the strength is like a flood, the qi and blood are constantly washed away, the essence seeps out of the spiritual bones, is blended with the qi and blood, and gathers in the Dantian.
The Dantian is like an oven, and the Qi and blood are like boiling fire. During the excitement, the Qi and blood gradually thicken.
As long as you continue to exercise, the thickened qi and blood will condense into elixirs, which means that Anle will step into the third realm of body training and condense inner elixirs!
For a time, Anle's fighting spirit was high, covered with stars and moonlight, he continued to practice.
The center of the sword furnace is sonorous, the Dantian is like an oven, and the energy and blood are rushing!
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Qingbo Street, Taimiao Temple.
The portal opens.
Zhao Huangting stood holding a bamboo stick. Opposite him was Zhao Xianyou, who was dressed in rich clothes and with loose hair.
Perhaps the knot in his heart was relieved, Zhao Xianyou came to see Zhao Huangting and said a lot.
Then he cupped his fists and floated into the world of immortals, then disappeared into the night and left.
Zhao Huangting looked away with a slightly weird look on his face. He never thought that Zhao Xianyou would mix with An Le and drink the old yellow rice wine they were supposed to drink with him.
"However, it's okay. After being an unattainable immortal for a long time, he will become heartless or even heartless. Only by making a few friends and drinking the fireworks of the world can you keep your true heart and never die."
Zhao Huangting spoke lightly, his long eyebrows blowing in the night wind.
Suddenly, he remembered something, looked at the direction Zhao Xianyou left, and let out a long sigh.
"The so-called earthly immortals are just pitiful people."
Withdrawing his gaze, Zhao Huangting narrowed his eyes and looked towards the Ancestral Temple Alley.
"Good guy, Wu Kuishi has gained a lot after looking at it. Is this the "Five Birds Body Strengthening Technique"? The mortal beasts among the Five Birds have been replaced by ancient unparalleled evils... These martial arts temple warriors really know how to play. , the thousand-year-old demon will cry when he sees it!”
"If this ancient demon five-animal method is put on the Kunpeng Mountain of the demon clan, it will probably be called the top body-forging method."
Zhao Huangting stroked his beard and suddenly raised his hand. Sword energy was galloping like starlight, intertwining in the sky above the small courtyard, using the sword energy as ink, like a painting scroll.
The movement of Anle practicing the ancient demon five animals was completely suppressed.
To prevent such movement from attracting some powerful people to spy and disturb his peace.
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Being cold and bullying the flowers, trapping the willows with smoke, and stealing the spring from thousands of miles away.
The spring rain is like a girl's mood, unpredictable. Three consecutive days of drizzle finally brought another three days of clear sky.
Six days passed in a flash.
Anle was still practicing the "Ancient Demon Five Animals Sutra" in the small courtyard. This was his first closed-door practice in the strict sense, because Madam Hua gave him a vacation, so it would be fine if he didn't go to the Lin Mansion to paint.
Therefore, Anle stayed in the small courtyard these days, tempering his body with the demon energy in the ancient demon jade, practicing the ancient demon five animals to temper his body, and trying to impact the realm of forging the internal elixir!
The whole day was fully arranged. I got up early in the morning to train the Five Animals. Even if it was raining, I never stopped and practiced martial arts in the spring rain.
In the evening, I drank old yellow wine with the old man in the Taimiao and Zhao Xianyou who occasionally came to drink. After taking a sip of the years, I began to sit cross-legged and visualize the "Sword Waterfall Picture", tempering my unworldly mind. Sometimes I painted to sort out my mood, and sometimes I comprehended the sword energy.
When night fell, I held a candle and sat in front of the window. Accompanied by the spring rain or the bright moon and stars, I read for two hours, flipping through the must-test books such as "Rites" and "Spring and Autumn", preparing for the imperial examination in spring.
Training the body, refining the spirit, reading, and self-examination three times a day.
Although Anle had not broken through to the second level of body training and forging spirit bones for a long time, Anle got the sword energy of Qingshan and the blood of Wukui Stone to cleanse his body beside the Wukui Stone, making up for the original defective bones.
With the increased understanding and talent from the [Talent of the Ages] Dao Fruit, Anle made rapid progress in his cultivation!
The Dantian was like a furnace, refining the essence of blood and flesh, making it thick like paste, with a hint of condensation, and only one step away from becoming a pill.
It can be said that Anle may step into the third stage of body forging at any time.
It was another day of continuous spring rain.
The morning breeze blew, bringing a chill, and Anle came to the center of the yard, with blood and qi rolling all over his body, practicing the ancient monster five animals, and the scriptures on his flesh looming.
However, Anle did not practice for too long this morning, so he restrained his blood and qi, changed into a clean white dress, and took out the green shirt and ink pool from the old locust tree.
Opening the oil-paper umbrella, Anle left the small courtyard.
It was not that Anle did not want to retreat, but the spring examination was imminent. As a candidate who entered Lin'an to take the exam, Anle had to register at the Imperial Academy today and receive the exam card.
If you don't have a test card, you can't enter the Imperial Examination Hall and will lose the opportunity to participate in this spring exam.
There is another reason. Anle has been in seclusion for the past few days to strengthen his body. Except for Zhao Xianyou who occasionally came to drink, he drew eight strands of time from him, and no more time was recorded.
The eight strands of time drawn from Zhao Xianyou were not golden time, which made Anle feel that he was unlucky, or Zhao Xianyou was too immortal, not golden at all?
In the process, Anle also tried to draw some time from the old man in the Taimiao, but all failed. The cultivation of this old senior was unfathomable.
Today, Anle planned to go to the Lin Mansion after receiving the test card, and replenish some time while painting.
After leaving the small courtyard, walking in the Taimiao Lane, stepping on the wet bluestone, the rain fell from the sky and dripped on the umbrella, making a crisp sound of pearls and jade falling on a plate.
Suddenly, Anle stopped walking, and the demon-tempered ancient jade on his waist trembled slightly. Anle felt something, raised the umbrella curtain slightly, and looked up.
At the entrance of Taimiao Alley, a woman wearing coarse cloth but with a proud figure was holding an oil-paper umbrella and slowly walking towards the alley.
The demon-tempered ancient jade on the waist that was squeezed dry by Anle kept drawing wisps of demonic energy from the woman.
Anle was slightly startled, because he found that this woman was the squirrel demon who sold his courtyard at the beginning.
The woman also saw the young man in white clothes walking out of the alley, raised the umbrella curtain, and just took a look.
The ancient demon vision that Anle exuded from his body...
made the woman's plump legs begin to weaken and tremble.
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