Little Ann opened her mouth.
In the carriage, the two of them discussed, "Senior Brother, I heard from the gatekeeper that Master Niu is nine feet tall and as strong as an iron tower."
The gentle young man expressed his doubt, "Is he really that tall? I always feel strange. How can there be a master with the surname Niu in this world? "
"Why can't someone with the surname Niu be a master? My surname is Ma!"
"I'm not talking about you. Why are you so anxious? Alas, such a good child. When she grows up, she will definitely be a great beauty. It's a pity that she is mute. How pitiful! "
The carriage had already traveled a very far distance, far beyond the range that ordinary first-class masters could hear. However, in front of the house, Little Ann, who was moving the food boxes into the door, heard everything clearly. Her face slightly darkened.
She put all the food boxes in a secret room with a lower temperature, waiting for Li Qingshan to wake up and eat.
However, Li Qingshan did not wake up. She sat alone on the stone steps, facing the autumn wind and falling leaves. She opened her mouth, clenched her fists, and used all her strength to try to say a word.
When she recovered her body, she still could not speak. The disappointment on Li Qingshan's face was engraved in her memory. Although he comforted her and said that it was okay, she never wanted to let him down. Therefore, when he was not paying attention, she practiced hard.
However, it did not go well. There seemed to be an invisible barrier across her throat, preventing her from making any sound, even a syllable. No matter how hard she tried, she could not break through it.
Her voice was taken away by the witch, and it seemed that she would never be able to get it back.
Once again, she failed. Once again, her face was full of disappointment. She was so sad that she almost cried. Could it be that the heavens blame me for being too greedy? Since she could already feel his warmth and could stay by his side openly, she shouldn't be asking for more!
After a long time, Li Qingshan opened her eyes and shook her head slightly. How did she accidentally enter meditation? Slowly opening her eyes, she saw Little Ann holding a broom that was taller than her, sweeping the fallen leaves. She smiled slightly in her heart. She was really bored, but also felt a little sorry.
He casually asked, "Little Ann, how long has it been?"
Little Ann was absentmindedly thinking about what to say when he suddenly heard a familiar voice. He quickly turned his head and said, "Yi!"
Li Qingshan stretched lazily and yawned, "What do you mean by yi … si …" His eyes widened in disbelief as he pointed at Little Ann, "You … you …" It was as if he was the one who couldn't speak.
Little Ann covered her mouth and widened her eyes. She clearly hadn't succeeded.
After a few months of hard work, all he lacked was this flash of inspiration.
Li Qingshan propped himself up on one knee and gulped. Then, he stretched out his hands and spoke as calmly as he could, "Relax … Let's try again!"
Little Ann put down his hand, opened his mouth, and said tentatively, "Yi!" The short note seemed to come from the depths of his chest. Like a drop of water falling into a still lake, it rang out with a long lingering sound.
She had a perfect body condensed from the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty, and even her vocal cords were the same. Even though it was just a simple note, it was still as pleasant as the strings of a zither.
Li Qingshan beamed. "Great, let's try again."
Little Ann also gained a little more confidence. She took a deep breath and said, "Yi …" Her long, drawn-out note was like the sound of a phoenix's flute, lingering for three days.
Li Qingshan took a step forward and hugged her tightly. "That's great! I knew you could do it!"
Little Ann rubbed her eyes, and tears streamed down her cheeks.
Li Qingshan helped her wipe her tears. "Don't cry. If you keep crying, I'm going to cry too!" He pinched her cheek. "Come, come, come. Say something else."
Faced with Li Qingshan's hopeful gaze, Little Ann's face turned bright red. Finally, she said, "Ah!"
"What else?"
"Yi!"
"Ugh …"
"Ah!"
Li Qingshan pursed his lips. He did not know whether to laugh or cry. He rubbed her head. "Forget it. Take it slow. It's just like cultivating." Speaking of cultivation, he examined his daemon core and discovered that his daemon qi had grown a little, but it was very little. Even though the spiritual qi of the world was endless, he could only mobilize a small portion of it right now.
In comparison, it was much faster to take pills. However, he suddenly noticed something. "Hmm? Why am I in the third layer of Qi Practitioner?" True qi flowed freely through his Yin Heel Meridian without any obstruction. He had originally planned to take a while before he could break through to the third layer of Qi Practitioner, but he had actually broken through without realizing it. This was truly a blessing from the heavens. It was rather sudden, and he was rather confused.
Little Ann gestured with her hands and feet and babbled as she described what had happened. She had been by Li Qingshan's side the entire time, so she knew the changes to his body very well.
"So that's how it is!" Li Qingshan rubbed his chin. He did not think too much about how he could understand what she was saying at all.
Although he could enter a dormant meditative state through the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression, he would become completely unconscious. He would only wake up when he sensed danger, so he would not be able to ingest pills and walk the path of a regular daemon cultivator. As a result, he normally did not use this state.
Although the spiritual qi of the world was like fine wine, there was only a single jug, while Qi Gathering pills were like distillers' grains. He could eat an entire vat of them, and as long as he did not run out of them, he could eat as much as he wanted. He could accumulate daemon qi extremely quickly.
However, he had never thought that this method of daemon cultivation would actually have such a wondrous effect on practising qi. When he broke through to the second layer, he still used the traditional method of Qi Practitioners. He constantly ingested pills as support to condense true qi and break through, which exhausted him. In the end, if it were not for Little Ann's help, he would have almost failed.
Now, he broke through after a night's sleep. It was clear who was better with a single glance. With a strange expression, he discovered that using the methods of daemons to practise qi and using the methods of humans to cultivate as a daemon was the best choice.
Right now, he needed to be like a regular human cultivator, gathering as many pills as he could to accumulate daemon qi. Then, he needed to be like a daemon, finding a place to nest and constantly absorbing the spiritual qi of the world to cultivate true qi.
The two diametrically opposed paths could actually benefit and support each other. In the beginning, he felt that practising both daemons and humans was a very arduous task, but looking at it now, it was the exact opposite.
Li Qingshan only felt enlightened. He laughed aloud and lifted Little Ann up, twirling her around. "I know what I should do now."
At this moment, there was a rumble from underground that sounded like thunder, which was picked up by Li Qingshan's sharp sense of hearing.
"Is it an earthquake?" Li Qingshan suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet shaking slightly. Could it be that his stomp had caused some kind of change in the earth's crust?
After a while, the tremors subsided. Li Qingshan also did not take it to heart. Today was a day of double happiness, and he was in an extremely good mood. He placed Little Ann on his lap and teased her. After talking for a while, his stomach suddenly growled again. He rubbed his stomach. "Is there anything to eat?"
Little Ann took his hand and brought him to the secret room. However, she could not help but be stunned when she saw that all the food boxes had been opened, but the things inside had disappeared without a trace.
Li Qingshan smiled and said, "When did you become so good at eating?"
Little Ann hurriedly waved her hands and babbled non-stop. Her babbling was like the sound of spring water, extremely pleasing to the ear. As intelligent as she was, she was already very good at using two syllables. It was like a Morse code. Coupled with her expressions and movements, she seemed to be able to express all the meanings.
Li Qingshan, on the other hand, was like an expert decoder. He could accurately read her meaning and said in astonishment, "There's still a thief who can steal from our heads!" When they walked to the other rooms, the rice, flour, and oil had also been swept clean. The jars and jars had been knocked over on the ground.
Little Ann was sure that she had not seen anyone come in. Li Qingshan's heart stirred. He immediately went to the entrance of the cave he had opened and sniffed carefully. As expected, he smelled a strong demonic aura. There were also traces of the ground being turned over. The uninvited guest had just left.
Little Ann babbled and analyzed seriously.
Li Qingshan agreed. "Yes, I think it's also the work of a demonic beast. Why would a human come to steal food? I wonder which blind demonic beast dared to steal from us!" Then he smiled slightly. "You haven't refined flesh and blood for a long time, right? Let's lure it out and make it your dinner to celebrate. Maybe we can even get a demonic core to earn!"
Little Ann babbled and expressed her worry.
Li Qingshan was filled with confidence. "Don't worry, I have a brilliant plan!" “
The sky darkened. The secret room that had originally been emptied was now filled with over a hundred jars of fine alcohol. The seals on every single jar were open, allowing the heavy fragrance of alcohol to permeate the surroundings. It suppressed the other smells, such as poison.
The alcohol was mixed with various poisons and knockouts that Li Qingshan could find, or more accurately, Yu Shukuang could find. This was the brilliant plan he had thought of. In his past life, he had heard many stories about how fine alcohol could be used to subdue demons and monsters.
Li Qingshan and Little Ann waited in the study. Li Qingshan smiled. "What do you think of my plan?"
"Ayaya!" Little Ann raised her thumb to express her admiration.
"Hah, it's not that impressive."
However, the two of them kept watch for half the night and did not hear any movement. Li Qingshan said suspiciously, "Could it be that this guy doesn't like to drink?"
Little Ann said, "Yi ya yi yi yi ya ya yi yi yi yi ya ya …" In translation, it was definitely not like that. All the wine in the food box was drunk.
Li Qingshan said, "Then let's continue waiting!"
Before he finished speaking, another tremor came from underground. Li Qingshan's eyes lit up. "This monster is quite big. Let's see how terrifying human intelligence is!" He put his ear to the ground and listened to all the sounds coming from underground. All he heard was the sound of wine jars being knocked over and smashed.
There were also various other rustling sounds.
He waited patiently, waiting for the wine to take effect before he gave the demonic beast a fatal blow. Half an hour later, the sound from underground disappeared.
Li Qingshan nodded at Little Ann. Little Ann pressed a switch, and the bookshelf opened, revealing the secret passage behind.
Little Ann grabbed Li Qingshan and had the Iron Plate corpse take the lead. Afterwards, the two of them and the corpse rushed into the secret room together.
Li Qingshan had already hung his talisman pouch on his waist. There were also a few medium grade Immobilisation talismans and all the Lightning Summoning talismans. He was fully prepared.
They rushed into the secret room in a single breath, but when Li Qingshan saw what was inside, his excitement suddenly froze. He grabbed Little Ann beside him and covered her mouth. He stood where he was, afraid to move at all.
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