At the foot of the mountain, in a breakfast shop, there were a few dishes, three bowls of porridge, and a few steamers of steamed buns.
Diao Fei wanted to find a restaurant, but Li Qingshan said, "Drinking wine in the morning is not the right time." Thereupon he came to this restaurant.
As soon as the three Hawkwolf guards sat down, no one dared to approach them. Those who were eating dispersed in a hurry. Diao Fei tossed out a dozen taels of silver, and only then did the owner's bitter expression ease.
Little Ann was eating his bun with his head down. Diao Fei mumbled, "How old is this child?"
Li Qingshan smiled and said, "If you have something to say, just say it!"
Qian Rongzhi picked up another bun and gave it to Little Ann. She smiled and said, "Do you need something from me? We're all acquaintances, so there's no need to stand on ceremony. Feel free to tell us. "
Diao Fei lowered his voice and said, "Do you know that the disciples of the three mountains have all died underground?"
Qian Rongzhi said, "Everyone in the Clear River prefecture knows about this." However, everyone's attention was focused on the disciple of the Sword Collection palace killing a Daemon General, so this matter did not receive much attention. The rise and fall of three small sects was nothing compared to the turmoil of the entire world.
Diao Fei sighed heavily. "You know that I'm also a disciple of the Green Vine mountain."
Li Qingshan said, "Then I must congratulate you for escaping a calamity."
"Fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. Who can say for sure?" Diao Fei's eyes became lost. In the past, he had only joined the Hawkwolf Guard because he had been ostracized. Originally, he wanted to cultivate diligently and find an opportunity to redeem himself, but now, all the people who had ostracized him were dead.
With his hatred gone, Diao Fei took out a letter personally written by the Green Vine Elder, but he wanted him to return to the Green Vine mountain.
Li Qingshan understood what he meant by "fortune and misfortune come hand in hand". The disciples of the Green Vine mountain had all died, so they obviously had to gather the disciples who had been wandering outside. There would not be a lot of disciples like that, but they would go from being on the fringe of the sect to a core figure all of a sudden.
Most of the disciples of the Green Vine mountain were dead. But the basic resources were still there, and the entire sect's resources would be poured into these few core figures. The benefits were extraordinary. At the very least, it was much better than staying in the Hawkwolf Guard. However, what kind of place was the Hawkwolf Guard? How could they just come and go as they pleased? They had to ask the vice commander, Qian Rongzhi.
True enough. Qian Rongzhi said, "It won't be that easy to resign from the Hawkwolf Guard."
Diao Fei also knew that he couldn't just make empty promises. He had already prepared a bribe. He glanced at Li Qingshan, hesitating whether he should take it out in front of him.
"I still need to make a trip to the county government. I'll be going first. "Li Qingshan immediately stood up. He picked up Little Ann and walked out the door.
At the back of the yamen, Zhou Wenbin was pacing in the garden when the steward came to report, "Sir, Li Qingshan is outside asking for an audience."
Zhou Wen Bin said, "Quickly invite him in!" When Li Qingshan strode in, he was slightly startled. In just a few months, Li Qingshan seemed to have changed. He had gone from the third layer to the fourth layer, but just describing his cultivation as advancing did not seem to be enough to describe this change. He seemed to possess a frightening bearing.
"Greetings, sir, Li Qingshan."
Zhou Wenbin returned the greeting in a hurry. He no longer dared to refer to himself as a senior.
Li Qingshan stated his intentions, and Zhou Wenbin agreed immediately. He promised that there would be no problems at all.
Li Qingshan eased up. After reminiscing about old times, he turned down Zhou Wenbin's invitation to stay and took his leave.
After he left, Zhou Wenbin let out a gentle sigh. "He really is a fish in a pond!"
Li Qingshan returned to the mountain. He did not see Qian Rongzhi or Diao Fei again. He directly entered his residence for seclusion, turned the stone disc, and closed the stone door.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Li Qingshan took out a dozen or so spirit stones and placed them in the grooves of the Spirit Gathering Formation. The lines carved on the stones immediately lit up. Spiritual Qi began to continuously gather in the formation. The most concentrated place was the center of the formation.
Li Qingshan reminded Xiao An a little, telling her not to forget to feed Milliped often.
He then sat cross-legged in the middle of the formation and began to refine his Qi, urging the Vital Qi in his body to circulate.
Since he had returned to the human world, Qi Refining cultivation was especially important. There were probably many Foundation Building cultivators in the Hundred Schools of Thought. He could not always transform into his monster form to kill his enemies. Even if he did not leave behind any evidence, it would still arouse suspicion after a long time. Moreover, the higher his cultivation, the less trouble he would have to face.
During this seclusion, Li Qingshan focused most of his attention on Qi Refining.
However, this did not mean Li Qingshan was lax with his daemon cultivation. However, daemon cultivation was nowhere near as complicated as Qi Refining. It only required large quantities of resources, and what Li Qingshan lacked the least right now were pills.
The various pills provided to Li Qingshan from over a thousand hundred treasures pouches could be described as tremendous. They could last him for a few months at the very least.
He took out a handful of Qi Gathering pills first. There were several hundred of them at the very least before shoving them all into his mouth. As soon as they reached his stomach, they were surrounded by daemon qi that was as flexible as flowing water. The daemon core of the spirit turtle in the centre bobbed up and down, slowly converting the pills into daemon qi.
As his daemon body rapidly strengthened, refining several hundred Qi Gathering pills at the same time no longer posed too great of a burden on him. This process was like a person slowly digesting food after eating. It did not affect his other activities.
Li Qingshan took out a jade slip and carefully read through the mental cultivation method for the fifth layer of the Gui Water Method of Condensing Qi. Afterwards, his mind began to sink, sinking into a boundless ocean. That was Li Qingshan's sea of consciousness. Immediately, he entered a meditative state.
The Gui Water Method of Condensing Qi began to operate. The spiritual qi gathered by the Spirit Gathering formation flowed into Li Qingshan's body, constantly converted into true qi and rammed against the Yin Heel meridian.
A visible mist of light rose up from Li Qingshan's body. At a closer glance, the mist of light did not disperse into the surroundings. Instead, it gathered in his body. This was spiritual qi that had condensed to a certain degree, appearing Just Now.
Li Qingshan could not help but admire the intelligence of human cultivators. Although this tiny Spirit Gathering formation was not as effective as Milliped's bed of spiritual stones, it was not too different.
Cultivating Qi was not suitable for directly absorbing spiritual power from spirit stones, but using spirit stones to power the formation and gathering the spiritual qi of heaven and earth seemed to have gone through some kind of processing and become suitable for absorption.
The extremely pure Gui Water true qi rolled like the tide, continuously surging towards the Zhubin meridian in the calf. That was the beginning of the Yin Linking Meridian.
The Zhubin meridian opened, and the true qi entered the Fushe meridian. The Fushe meridian opened, and broke through the Chongmen meridian, and then reached the Taiheng meridian on the waist.
At this point, the true qi was already exhausted, but the spiritual qi surged in, almost pushing the true qi forward.
The Daheng, Fuai, Qimen, Tiantu, and other major meridian points were opened one by one, finally reaching the Lianquan meridian in the throat.
Li Qingshan's body shook, and his true qi flowed freely. The Yin Linking Meridian was opened. He had finally reached the fifth layer of Qi Training.
The entire process was unexpectedly smooth. At this point, the Yang Heel meridian, Yin Heel meridian, Yang Linking meridian, and Yin Linking meridian — all four of Li Qingshan's Yin and Yang meridian were opened and connected. His true qi surged endlessly, and his body seemed to become lighter.
It was extremely similar to the feeling of "flying into the sky and becoming an immortal" that mortals spoke of. However, Li Qingshan knew that this was just a feeling. If he wanted to truly fly, it would not be that simple.
However, this goal was not that far away.
When Li Qingshan opened his eyes, three days had already passed. The hundreds of Qi Gathering Pills in his stomach had been completely digested. The light of the spirit stones on the Spirit Gathering Formation had dimmed, and the spiritual qi was almost completely gone.
Little Ann sat facing the wall, seemingly in a meditative state. She had devoured a large amount of flesh and blood underground. Qi Practitioners were incomparable to ordinary people. The essence contained in their flesh and blood was enough to surpass that of ten or even a hundred people. She also wanted to use this opportunity to refine this power.
Li Qingshan did not disturb her. He quietly looked inside his body and felt the surging true qi. He tried to urge the true qi to gather in his dantian. The true qi converged into a sea of qi, but as long as he was distracted for a moment, the true qi would return to his meridians.
Yes, Li Qingshan wanted to take advantage of this secluded cultivation to break through to the sixth layer of Qi Training and open the sea of qi in his dantian. At that time, the many spirit tools in his thousand or so hundred treasures pouches could be put to use, and he would be able to truly control them.
Moreover, his body's speed and strength would also increase greatly. He would not need to transform into his demon form to be able to battle any Qi Practitioner.
However, according to the Water Condensation Method, the first five layers of Qi Training were considered easy. From the sixth layer onwards, it would become increasingly difficult. The opening of the Conception and Governing Vessels and Girdle Vessels was not as simple as the four Yin and Yang Meridians. It was not something that could be achieved by relying on an endless stream of true qi to break through the meridians.
During this period, one had to use the sea of qi as the foundation, and also balance the four Yin and Yang Meridians. It involved extremely complicated and exquisite methods. The process of opening the Girdle Meridian could be said to be the most difficult. Apart from the fact that it was difficult to open, it was also related to the sea of qi.
The Girdle Meridian, as its name suggested, was like a belt that wrapped around the waist. It was the only meridian that was horizontal, and had the effect of restraining all the meridians.
The dantian was also wrapped around it, and one had to rely on this restraining effect to gather the true qi in all the meridians and condense it into a sea of qi. The process of opening the Girdle Meridian needed to be very careful. A moment of carelessness could lead to qi deviation and the danger of damaging the meridians.
However, there was also a piece of good news. The Water Condensation Method was the easiest to condense a sea of qi. The Gui Water true qi was relatively gentle, and it would not be easy for qi deviation. However, one still needed to be careful.
Li Qingshan also knew the principle of haste, but not speed. He had just reached the fifth layer of Qi Training and needed some time to stabilize his cultivation. He was not in a hurry. After all, there was still a long time for him to cultivate in seclusion.
After cultivating for a while and exhausting the spiritual energy of the spirit stones, he took out the spirit stones and replaced them with new spirit stones, activating the Spirit Gathering Formation.
At the same time, he stuffed a handful of medicinal pills into his mouth.
Li Qingshan thought for a moment, then picked up the Water Condensation Method and began to study the spells on it.
Water spells were not as lethal as metal or fire, and they were not as effective at trapping enemies as earth or wood. They were more supportive.
For example, there was a type of "Water Mirror Spell" that could be used to spy on the surrounding situation. The higher one's cultivation, the wider the scope of the spying.
The "Invisibility Spell" was also a water spell, and was considered an extremely famous spell. The effect of invisibility also increased with the increase of one's cultivation. At first, it was just a hazy fog that could be seen with the naked eye. Only when one's cultivation reached a high level could one become truly invisible and traceless.
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