Chapter 67 Cave
After reading the jade slips, Shi Xuan went over the news he had received in his mind. The most satisfying thing among them was that the Luofu Immortal Sect also had Samadhi Divine Wind Qi, and the second was that the soul could not be created by relying on pills and spiritual stones.
Then Shi Xuan checked tonight's harvest. Among the two low-grade magic weapons, the Golden Flying Spike has a fifteenth-level ban and the Fiery Flag has a thirteenth-level ban. They are both under the second level. Each one is about six. Between one hundred and nine hundred spirit stones.
Shi Xuan picked up another jade slip, which was the "Encyclopedia of Commonly Used Lower Grade Spells". The opening chapter mentioned that the spells were divided into three categories: lower, middle and upper grades.
Among them, low-grade spells are inherently defective and cannot be cultivated to higher levels.
Both middle-grade magic and high-grade magic can be practiced to Taoism. The difference between them lies in which one is more powerful at the same level. Of course, this is only a very general classification.
Shi Xuan nodded. He had already guessed this. Then he continued reading. The following was an introduction to commonly used low-grade spells. He selected a few commonly used ones and practiced them, such as shrinking objects, distance viewing, etc. Positioning techniques and other five elements techniques.
After learning the technique, it was already getting late. Shi Xuan was very tired both mentally and physically that day. After adjusting his breath and luck, he persisted in visualizing once and fell into a deep sleep.
As soon as the sky dawned, Shi Xuan woke up from his sleep. He opened the window and looked at the faint skylight outside, smelling the salty and fresh air. Everything yesterday seemed to be a dream, disappearing in his heart in the blink of an eye.
After a boxing session and morning lessons, Shi Xuan walked out of the courtyard in high spirits. There was a maid waiting outside the courtyard. Shi Xuan opened the courtyard door and packed towels, copper basins, hot water, dental floss, toothpaste, Breakfast was brought in.
Shi Xuan didn't care about this at all. He enjoyed it when he enjoyed it and didn't mind at all when he couldn't. These were just external objects.
After breakfast, Shi Xuan came to the crowded street. Unexpectedly, there were so many monks so early. Although Shi Xuan had magic weapons and other things that needed to be taken care of, the most important thing at the moment was to go to the cliff and book a cave.
Following Yu Cheng's introduction yesterday, he turned onto another stone road and walked straight ahead along the bottom of the cliff.
There were no monks setting up street stalls on this stone road, and there were not many pedestrians on the road. I only encountered a few along the way, and without exception, they were all monks in the Qi-entraining stage. Shi Xuan smiled bitterly, thinking that except for one-day monks like himself, Most of the monks who have suddenly become rich and can afford to live in caves are those in the Qi-entraining stage and above.
When we came to the other side of the cliff, the air here was fresh, and one breath made me feel clear-headed. I guess it was because of the rich aura of heaven and earth.
The caves are dug into the mountain wall, from the highest point to the lowest point, and in the distance it stretches to the end of Shixuan's sight. There is a lot of distance between them and there is no direct passage. They are all just a small stone path. Leading to the bottom of the cliff.
On and at the bottom of the cliff, several teams of city guards were patrolling. Shi Xuan stepped forward, saluted the guards who passed by and said, "Fellow Taoist, Shi is here to rent a cave. Can you tell me where I can do this?" thing?"
The guard responded politely and pointed to the largest cave at the bottom of the cliff: "Fellow Taoist, just go into that cave to select and register."
The cave was not far away. It was only a few dozen steps away. Shi Xuan quickly walked in. Inside were several monks in black Mingyue clothes, but they were not fancy clothes, but monks in Taoist robes, sitting behind stone tables.
Shi Xuan spotted a sixty-year-old white-haired monk who seemed to be the leader and walked over: "Well, sir, I'm here to rent a cave. I don't know how to handle it?"
The white-haired monk handed over a jade slip: "Fellow Taoist, look at which caves are empty, look at how many spiritual stones there are, then tell us, and finally pay some deposit."
Shi Xuan took the jade slip and penetrated his spiritual thoughts. Inside was an image of a cliff. The number of spiritual stones in each cave was marked, which were divided into one low-grade spiritual stone, five low-grade spiritual stones, ten low-grade spiritual stones, and two low-grade spiritual stones. There are ten low-grade spiritual stones, fifty low-grade spiritual stones, and one hundred low-grade spiritual stones. The ones with red light have been selected.
Shi Xuan counted the spiritual stones on his body last night. If he sold all the magic weapons and jade slips he got by accident, plus what he originally had, there would be about 1,800 low-grade spiritual stones. He would have to rent them. Half a year, one hundred and eighty days, you can only choose ten low-grade spiritual stones or below.
And among the two magic weapons, I plan to keep one because I currently lack an offensive magic weapon. The Ecstasy Banner is good at trapping enemies, weakening enemies, and defense, but it is a little worse at attack. Therefore, he could only choose a cave with the level of low-grade spiritual stones.
After choosing the cave, Shi Xuan told the white-haired monk the location. The white-haired monk was about to mark the jade slip when his expression suddenly straightened and he saluted behind Shi Xuan: "Good morning, miss."
Shi Xuan hurriedly turned around, but he didn't know when Ming Qingyue had walked in. She had changed into purple clothes today, making her look even more beautiful.
Seeing Shi Xuan looking over, Ming Qingyue coughed twice, her cheeks were slightly red and she said to the white-haired monk: "Uncle Zhu, this fellow Taoist Shi is a guest in the mansion, so the spiritual stone in the cave is exempted. "It seems that he is not used to doing these favors.
The white-haired monk marked the jade slip on the cave, and then said with a smile: "Since you said it would be exempted, miss, then it will be waived."
Seeing the white-haired monk smiling, Ming Qingyue turned around and left without answering. Shi Xuan took the cave token and followed him out.
Just as he walked out, he saw Ming Qingyue stopping at the edge of the stone path. Shi Xuan stepped forward to salute and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, Miss Ming, for your kindness. Shi Xuan saved another sum."
Ming Qingyue's cheeks were very red. She pointed at her face and said to Shi Xuan: "I don't do these things the most. Look, I, a monk in the Qi Entrainment stage, can't control my blushing!"
Shi Xuan was a little confused: "Miss Ming, you don't seem to owe Shi anything, why do you force yourself to do these things?"
Ming Qingyue turned her back and didn't answer: "I'll take you to the cave." After saying that, she walked forward without waiting for Shi Xuan.
"Well, Miss Ming, you are going the wrong way, you should go this way." Shi Xuan said, waving the token.
Ming Qingyue staggered and almost fell. She came over angrily and took the token: "You didn't tell me earlier. You want to see me make a fool of myself."
Shi Xuan followed Ming Qingyue, and it was a blessing to see her graceful figure walking upwards in front of her. However, Ming Qingyue's walking was not ladylike at all.
After a while, Ming Qingyue saw that Shi Xuan had not spoken, so she walked forward and said calmly: "Actually, I have to thank you for what happened last night, otherwise the two senior brothers and uncles would be killed by them when they came back. You know, if there is such a big thing in Fangshi, they will be laughing their heads off if we haven’t caught the culprits yet.”
"I always want to be strong, and this time I want to show it off in front of my father, mother, two senior brothers, and uncles, so I asked my father to send my two senior brothers and uncles to Yaoguang Island to celebrate my birthday, so that I can take charge of the city's defense. Show your skills. However, I encountered this kind of thing. If I hadn’t caught the bad guy in the end, I would have been embarrassed to see my father, mother, two senior brothers, and uncles. That’s why I just wanted to repay you, but I never did. I almost made a fool of myself after doing such a thing, and you still laughed at me!"
Shi Xuan had no choice but to apologize sincerely, and Ming Qingyue didn't care about it. The two of them walked up while talking. Suddenly, Shi Xuan saw two guards carrying what seemed to be a burnt corpse of a monk coming out of another cave. Pointing there curiously, he said: "Miss Ming, why did that monk die? Could it be that everyone in the cave was attacked?"
Ming Qingyue looked at it, shook her head with a smile, and said bitterly: "It wasn't an attack, he killed himself."
"Miss Ming, please elaborate." Shi Xuan became even more curious.
"If you are in the Penglai Sect, the masters will always warn you that after breaking through to the Qi Entrainment stage, you cannot immediately receive the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. You must be guarded by the masters before you can start, because this is extremely dangerous. Process." Ming Qingyue said softly.
Shi Xuan nodded in agreement. "Baolu" made it very clear that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is a very violent thing. You can only draw a small amount of it for the first time. It must be within the range that you can subdue. Otherwise, you will wait for the violent heaven and earth. The spiritual energy explodes from within, tearing apart the meridians, internal organs, and flesh.
Perhaps considering that Shi Xuan was a rustic from the Middle Earth, Ming Qingyue continued to explain: "When the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is mixed together, it is violent and dangerous for the soul, but it is very safe for the body, so it can breathe, Breathe in and out. But during the Qi-inducing period, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is separated and the spiritual energy needed for one's own practice is collected. This is very dangerous. For example, fire spiritual energy. Think about it, fellow Daoist Shi, flames are very dangerous things. , You don’t dare to put your palms directly on the fire without using magic, right?”
After a pause, he continued: "The body, which is extraordinarily strong after being forged, does not dare to be directly burned by flames. So how can the meridians and internal organs, which are weaker than the body, withstand a large amount of more dangerous fire spiritual energy? This There is only internal energy, but there is no magic that can protect the meridians and internal organs!”
"Therefore, when you receive the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, you can only receive a sliver of it for the first time, and let it slowly pass through the physical acupoints and enter the meridians. How much of this sliver you have depends on the balance between your physical body and your inner qi after you exercise and nourish your qi. The intensity, as well as the degree of control of the soul over the body and inner energy, must be within the range that they can bear. It is better to have less than more, otherwise it will be the fate of the monk just now. "
Ming Qingyue said somewhat sadly: "A dozen days ago, he came back from a strange encounter in Falling Star Sea. With years of savings, he bought a few Taishang Sensing Pills, hoping to break through to the Qi-entraining stage. When he came here to fix the cave, , I was very happy for him when I found out. He accumulated it openly instead of plundering everywhere. It was really not easy to get to this point because everyone in casual cultivation is aware of the dangers of this step. , so I didn’t remind him again. Unexpectedly, he still didn’t restrain himself.”
"I think that if I absorb more spiritual energy from heaven and earth, my cultivation level will increase faster. I completely ignore the endurance of my body, meridians, and internal energy. I have also relied on elixirs for many years to increase the power of my soul. The soul's influence on itself, my body, meridians, and internal energy. The control ability is also very poor. Add the two together, and I don’t know how many casual practitioners die when they reach the most joyful breakthrough in life. "