If he really was discovered by the door, then he could flee underground. As long as he made a few turns and hid his aura, even the door wouldn't be able to catch him. ("")
The estate occupied an area of several hundred acres. Because it was built in the mountains, it had just been cleaned and covered with many yellow leaves.
The winding path led to a secluded garden. The tranquility gave off an ancient aura. Who knew how many years it had been through. The original designs on the walls and beams had all been blurred, but it had lost some of its splendour and splendour. Instead, it had gained some accumulated weathering.
Li Qingshan was extremely satisfied. It was even better than the Hawkwolf Guard's building. He lowered his head. "Looks like we'll have to stay here for a while." As he rubbed Little Ann's head, he said, "Once I soar into the sky and master my martial arts, I'll draw out everyone in the door one by one and bleed them dry. They'll be daydreaming if they think they can take you away, hahahaha!"
He laughed resplendently as he said, "Yeah, no one can take me away." Little Ann was infected by his laughter.
Probably just throwing money at Yu Shukuang was not enough for him to buy this place. He also relied on the deterrence of the violent gang that was the Proud Sword manor. Just like how the bigger fish ate the smaller fish, the smaller fish ate the shrimps, any disciple from the Green Vine mountain could deal with great hero Yu obediently. It would be a piece of cake for great hero Yu to turn around and deal with a few wealthy merchants.
What a cruel class society!
Li Qingshan sighed. He wandered around the estate, trying to figure out where to start digging.
Little Ann pulled out a book from the study. With a creak, the bookshelf flipped around, revealing a flight of stairs leading downwards.
Li Qingshan gave him a thumbs up. "Nicely done! Let's go in and take a look!"
As soon as Li Qingshan and Little Ann entered, the bookshelf closed up automatically. They were bold because of their skill, so they continued downwards without minding it.
He discovered that it was a man-made secret room, divided into dozens of rooms, connected by many secret passages that led to the main buildings of the mansion. There was also a large amount of rice, flour, and oil stored inside.
Li Qingshan had heard that many great families would build such secret passages when building their mansions. This was to prevent war and bandits from robbing them. They would have a place to hide, and perhaps they would be able to avoid extermination. However, this was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes.
This saved him a lot of trouble. He took out the mental map and compared it again. Then, he came to a stone room, raised his right foot, and stomped down heavily.
With a thump, the floor was covered in cracks. With a rumbling sound, the earth and stones collapsed, and smoke and dust rose everywhere.
When the dust settled, all he saw was a huge hole in the floor. Li Qingshan stuck his head into the hole and looked around. Sure enough, it was connected to the underground cavern. He smiled in satisfaction. With this path of retreat, he could cultivate in peace.
Returning to the surface, the twenty tables of food had already been delivered. Li Qingshan ate heartily, eating extremely happily. Little Ann ate a little with him too before putting down her chopsticks and holding her cheeks as she watched him eat.
After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Little Ann went to the study to read, while Li Qingshan meditated in the courtyard. He swallowed ten Qi Gathering pills in a single gulp. As soon as they were digested, they were swallowed by the spirit turtle's neidan, all converted into daemon qi.
He decided to focus on the cultivation of the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression from today onwards, as if the spirit turtle's cultivation was too low, he would not be able to suppress the ox demon and tiger demon. He would not be able to assume human form, which would lead to quite a lot of trouble.
The Ox Demon's Fist of Great Strength and the Tiger Demon's Fist of Bone Forging could greatly strengthen his body, granting him extraordinary battle prowess. What determined his cultivation as a daemon was still the tiny daemon cores condensed from the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression.
The first layer of the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression was condensing a daemon core, reaching the sixth layer of human Qi Practitioners. Once he reached the second layer, he should be able to break through his current cultivation and become a Daemon General. He would no longer have to fear the door.
However, this process was ten times more difficult than reaching the second layer with the ox demon and tiger demon. Of course, it was not exactly difficult. Instead, it would take up a lot of time. He really could not afford to waste several decades or even a century. He still wanted to find Gu Yanying one day and get intimate with her.
With a rustle, a century would pass. Even if she did not age, it would already be great if he could remember her name. No matter how deep the love at first sight was, how could it resist the invasion of time? It would be best if he worked hard for it before this thought was worn away.
He had even promised Xuanyue that he would take her to the Dragon province. Once a century passed, who knew how fast her cultivation would be after she ingested the pills from the provincial lord's estate. It would be best if she completed her cultivation first before he had even achieved any major accomplishments in his cultivation. If that happened, wouldn't his promise become a joke?
And, if he spent too much time on the ground, brother ox above the Nine Heavens would probably grow impatient, even though he had never seen him grow impatient before.
In short, it could only be described as advancing valiantly. He wanted to use tremendous amounts of pills to forcefully carve out a shortcut that would allow him to ascend to the heavens.
He closed his eyes and drew in the spiritual Qi of the world from the outside while receiving the effects of the pills from the inside. He constantly gathered, absorbed, and converted them.
The blue sky was bathed in moonlight. He spat out the spirit turtle's daemon core, which spun as it flew into the air and shone with azure light. It expanded and contracted like it was breathing, and a sliver of moonlight was sucked into the daemon core.
However, his consciousness rapidly sank, like a spirit turtle sinking into a bottomless abyss, entering a slumber that would last thousands of years. It was almost a state of nothingness.
The spiritual Qi of the world constantly surged into his daemon core and his body.
The part of his body that was usually the most sensitive to the spiritual Qi of the world, the Fengchi acupoint on the back of his head, seemed to have become the perfect entrance. A lot of the spiritual Qi of the world directly surged into his Yang Heel meridian, flowing through his meridians.
Originally, this was something that only Foundation Establishment cultivators could achieve, but this young man who possessed both the human and daemon paths had achieved it unconsciously.
The extremely pure spiritual Qi of the world was something that only powerful cultivators who had truly embarked on the path of cultivation could enjoy, yet it had all flowed into the body of a puny Qi Practitioner like him.
Compared to the spiritual Qi of the world, the Qi Gathering pills refined from the herbs meticulously gathered by humans were like distillers grains to fine wine.
Li Qingshan's Innate Method of Practising Qi had already reached the sixth layer, reaching the highest level of the second layer. The true qi that could be stored in his Yang Heel meridian was already full.
The seventh stage of the Innate Method of Training of Qi naturally appeared in his mind, and he began to circulate it in a completely unconscious state.
First, it surged towards the Zhaohai acupoint on his ankle. Due to the lack of Li Qingshan's control, it was unable to condense into a cone to pass through the barrier. It all gathered there, unable to advance.
However, with the support of the spiritual Qi of the world, the true qi surged over like the tide. Before the first had even subsided, another wave would rise. It did not grow tired of it, nor did it stop.
It did not require the support of any pills at all, nor did it consume any of the true qi. It surged towards the Zhaohai acupoint endlessly.
Even if it were a hundred times, it would not shake the "dam" at all, but what about a thousand times, ten thousand times, or a hundred thousand times?
Finally, the dam collapsed, and the true qi surged into the Yin Heel meridian like a flood. Then, it faced the second barrier.
Originally, failure at any of the barriers meant that all previous efforts would be wasted, and one would have to start all over again. Therefore, when Qi Practitioners broke through their meridians and acupoints, they would always prepare as many pills and spirit stones as possible.
It was as if they were injecting new water into the river of true qi. However, right now, the river of true qi in Li Qingshan's body was connected to the boundless ocean, and there was an endless amount of spiritual Qi of the world.
No matter how many times his true qi was blocked by the dam, it would not dissipate. Instead, it would silently proceed, and then another hundred thousand times. Extremely slowly and steadily, the acupoints were broken through one by one, reaching the final destination of the Yin Heel meridian, the Qingming acupoint on his face.
The acupoint's owner could not see clearly, so it was named Qingming. Once this acupoint was opened, Qi Practitioners could see far as if they were near, and small as if they were big. When Li Qingshan opened the Yang Heel meridian, this acupoint was the only way.
There was no difficulty at all. True qi poured into the Qingming acupoint and connected with the Yang Heel meridian. It was like the convergence of two great rivers, forming a wondrous ring. Yin and yang qi flowed through the meridian endlessly.
However, Li Qingshan had no idea about any of this. He had actually broken through to the third layer of Qi Practitioner unknowingly. Probably no one would believe him even if he told them about this.
The wind swept through the tall trees, and a withered leaf could not hold on any longer. It fell from the branch and drifted over the white wall, landing on Li Qingshan's shoulder.
A soft, white hand extended over and caught the leaf before tossing it aside. Little Ann held a broom he had found somewhere and swept the fallen leaves in the courtyard into a pile. The puppet and the Iron Plate corpse were responsible for scooping up the fallen leaves with a wicker basket and tossing them outside the wall.
Thump! Thump! Thump! There were a few knocks on the door. Little Ann went over and opened the door. Two disciples of the Proud Sword sect unloaded several dozen large food boxes from the carriage and placed them on the stone steps outside.
A gentle-looking young man said, "Little sister, this is today's food. Is great hero Niu still cultivating?"
Little Ann nodded. She seemed rather unaccustomed to this. In the past, it was always Li Qingshan who dealt with these social interactions. Li Qingshan was in a meditative state, so she had to deal with it. She was still very unused to it.
The young man had already come a few times. He knew that Little Ann never spoke, so he did not mind. He said gently, "Do you want me to deliver the food boxes in today?"
Little Ann shook her head.
The young man was rather disappointed. He really wanted to see this great hero Niu who even his master worshipped like a god, or in other words, treated him like a great enemy.
Yu Shukuang did not dare to slight Li Qingshan. As he said, he sent two of his trusted disciples to deliver twenty tables of food every day. He had watched these two disciples grow up, so they could be regarded as half his sons. He had reminded them countless times about the importance of this matter and the importance of keeping their mouths shut, which only piqued the curiosity of the two young men. However, after coming a few times, all they could do was interact with this silent girl.
The other young man said, "Little sister, who are you to great hero Niu?"
Little Ann was taken aback. Even if she could speak, she would not be able to answer this question.
The gentle-looking young man waved his whip, and the carriage entered the forest very quickly, vanishing from sight. Only Little Ann stood at the entrance alone, tidying up the food boxes. Suddenly, her heart shivered slightly.
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