"Unfortunately, Senior Ma Liang left Jianye two days ago. He didn't say when he would return. He only said that we would meet again if we were fated to meet again," Shen Luo said after a slight hesitation.
He knew that the Bai Family wanted to recruit Horse-face. But, he was a Yin Master of hell after all. So, it was impossible for him to agree.
"It's a pity …" Bai Hecheng said regretfully.
Shen Luo talked with him for a while. Then, he took his leave.
Shen Luo packed up at night. He took the stone box and left his small courtyard in the forest. He then went to the secret room at the bottom of the lake.
He felt a chill on his neck as he closed the door. He looked up at the sky. He saw scattered white snowflakes floating down from the cumulus clouds. It was the beginning of winter.
Shen Luo arrived at the lakeside. He opened the secret passage and walked to the bottom of the lake.
He showed the token to the elder at the bottom of the lake. Then, he chose the deepest secret room and walked in.
Shen Luo closed the stone door of the secret room. Then, he sat down cross-legged on the praying mat.
He didn't start to practice in a hurry. Instead, he closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing. He recalled the scenes of his practice in the dreamland. Then, he recalled the insights he had gained in the past.
He opened the stone box and pinched it with his fingers. Then, he took out a white jade bottle that was a few inches high.
Shen Luo shook the bottle gently. Then, he pulled the cork out of the bottle.
As soon as the bottle was opened, a thick stream of water spirit energy floated out of the bottle and instantly filled the entire secret room.
Shen Luo took a deep breath and tilted the bottle carefully. A drop of crystal-clear dew-like water rolled out of the bottle and fell on his palm.
As the water droplet landed on his palm, Shen Luo immediately felt a cooling sensation seeping into his body. The mana in his dantian actually wanted to rush out even though he didn't activate it.
Shen Luo was overjoyed. At the same time that he recited the third level of the Nameless Heavenly Book, his hands lit up with a blue glow. Strands of magic power began to gather within them, refining the drop of Primordial Three Water.
To his surprise, the Three Elemental True Water seemed to be very compatible with the Nameless Divine Art. It easily integrated the water droplets into his spiritual power, and then it returned to his body, quickly circulating in his meridians.
In just a few breaths of time, his mana had already circulated through his body. Although this speed was slower than when he was in the dream, it was many times faster than when he was cultivating.
"What a good thing!"
Shen Luo thought to himself. Immediately, he activated his mana and circulated it according to the third level of the technique. Soon, he was immersed in it.
At the same time, the formations engraved on the walls of the secret room lit up one by one. They absorbed the spiritual energy from the lake above and sent it into the secret room. Finally, it followed the patterns on the floor and gathered around Shen Luo.
His entire body was surging with blue light. It was as if he was sitting on a blue wave, leisurely and carefree.
…
Winter passed and spring came. The autumn rain was bleak. A year passed quickly.
Shen Luo went into closed-door training on and off. With the support of the cultivation experience in the dream and the help of the Three Elemental True Water, his cultivation increased steadily. In half a year's time, he had advanced three levels to the tenth level of the Qi Refining Stage. He was only one step away from breaking through to the Fasting Stage.
However, it had been half a year since he entered the secret room at the bottom of the lake for closed-door training. He had never come out. Many people in the Bai Mansion guessed that his closed-door training had failed.
After all, the breakthrough from the Qi Refining Stage to the Fasting Stage was a big bottleneck on the road of cultivation. It was not easy to condense one's mana from Qi into liquid. Many people were stuck at this stage.
At this moment, in the study of White Crane City, three generations of the Bai Family were gathered.
"Shen Luo has been in closed-door training for too long. After all, he has not reached the Fasting Stage yet. He also did not bring any Fasting Pills with him. I'm afraid that something has happened to him." The short Bai Jiangfeng said with a worried face.
"It has indeed been a long time. Normal people would have come out by now even if they had failed to break through to the next level." White Crane City thought for a moment and said with some worry.
"Third Grandpa, Father, what do you mean by this?" Bai Xiaoyun heard this and became nervous.
He was also in closed-door training. This morning, he had just broken through to the third level of the Qi Refining Stage. He wanted to share the joy with Shen Luo. However, he heard that Shen Luo had been in closed-door training for half a year. He immediately came to ask his father, White Crane City.
"Shen Luo's training in the first half of the year was too smooth. He directly went from the seventh level of the Qi Refining Stage to the tenth level of the Qi Refining Stage. At that time, we were only happy for him. However, we did not expect that there might be a hidden danger. Now that he has been in closed-door training for half a year, I'm afraid that something has gone wrong with his training …" White Crane City pondered and said.
"Could it be that he has gone mad?" Bai Xiaoyun blurted out.
"Although this kind of thing rarely happens, it is not unprecedented. Shen Luo has not come out of closed-door training for half a year. This is really strange." Bai Jiangfeng sighed and said.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's open the secret room now and save him! "Bai Xiaoyun said anxiously.
"Xiaoyun, calm down. How can you be so flustered? Whether Shen Luo can succeed this time is very important to our Bai Family. We must treat this seriously. "White Crane City saw this and frowned.
"Isn't it because of that matter? It was originally our negligence. How can we let Brother Shen bear the risk?" Bai Xiaoyun heard this and was dissatisfied. He straightened his neck and said.
"Bastard, I thought you were more sensible. I didn't expect you to be so ignorant." White Crane City heard this and said angrily.
"Xiaoyun, going mad is just a guess. There is also a slight possibility. He is on the verge of breaking through. If we barge in without permission, it is very likely that it will ruin his cultivation and cause him to go mad." Bai Jiangfeng also dissuaded him.
"We can't save him, and we can't not save him. What should we do?" Bai Xiaoyun asked.
"Why don't we wait for three more days? If there is still no movement, we will force open the secret room. At that time, whether it is a blessing or a curse depends on his luck." Bai Jiangfeng and White Crane City looked at each other and said hesitantly.
"That is the only way." White Crane City thought for a while and nodded.
As soon as his voice fell, his expression suddenly changed. He hurried to the door and opened it. He frowned and looked at the sky in the distance.
Bai Jiangfeng also felt that something was wrong. He hurried to follow him and also looked into the distance.
Bai Xiaoyun didn't know what had happened. He looked into the distance in confusion. However, he could only see dark clouds in the sky. There was nothing special about it.
"Third Grandpa, what's wrong? What are you looking at?" Bai Xiaoyun was confused and couldn't help but ask.
"This movement is coming from the Tranquil Lake in the backyard. Could it be …" Bai Jiangfeng didn't answer but said hesitantly.
"Let's go and have a look."
Bai He Cheng shouted in a low voice. He was the first to jump out of the room. Then, he rushed towards the backyard. Bai Jiangfeng followed closely behind him, and quickly chased after him.
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