Han Tieyi abandoned his spear without hesitation and accurately caught Li Qingshan's fists amidst the afterimages of the fists.
Both of their feet sank deep into the ground, causing it to crack.
After a few rounds of fighting, the two separated, both panting slightly.
Li Qingshan had to admit that the school of the military was worthy of being called the school of combat, and Han Tieyi was worthy of being the top student of the school of the military. Li Qingshan had already used Ocean Brawling to the extreme, but he still couldn't touch Han Tieyi's face. He could always rely on exquisite moves to turn danger into victory.
Moreover, in his human form, his body refining technique was still inferior to Han Tieyi, a tenth layer Qi Practitioner. His qi refining technique was even worse. When they fought, he was beaten up more often. His brother-in-law wasn't easy to deal with.
Han Tieyi was even more surprised. Every single layer of Qi Practitioner was a tremendous difference. In particular, the tenth layer and the first nine layers were worlds apart. The moves that should have been able to vanquish the enemy only left behind a small wound when they landed on Li Qingshan. Moreover, his endurance was startling. Although he had never been defeated, he would drag Han Tieyi into a bitter battle every single time.
Li Qingshan rested for a while and caught his breath. Seeing the sun in the sky, he said, "Hey, it's time to eat!" The military disciples all responded, "Eat! Eat! "
After freeloading lunch at the school of the military, Li Qingshan and Han Tieyi chatted at the side of the training field. Now, Li Qingshan would come to the school of the military every morning to train and familiarize himself with the use of battle techniques. The two of them admired each other, and with their relationship with Han Qiongzhi, they had become good friends.
"It's getting late. I'm going to Benevolence Island." Li Qingshan looked at the sky and stood up. The afternoon was the time to learn how to refine pills. When he arrived at Benevolence Island, Ru Xin said that he had to focus on cultivation for the next few days and wanted him to refine a furnace of pills.
With the Jade Coiling Dragon Carving Furnace given to him by Han Qiongzhi, Li Qingshan's success rate in concocting pills had greatly increased. His skills in concocting pills were growing day by day. After all, it wasn't something that could be accomplished in a day. Li Qingshan wasn't in a hurry. He went to Contention Island to accept a few alchemy missions and began to concoct pills.
At dusk. After a busy day of work and cultivation, Han Qiongzhi declined the invitation of several colleagues to go out and have fun and came to accompany Li Qingshan to refine pills for a while. She brought some food for him and flirted with him.
Alchemy was very time-consuming, but it was not like smithing, where one had to be focused at all times without the slightest bit of relaxation. Most of the time, they would play the role of a boiler worker, so powerful alchemists would often hire a few alchemy boys to help them look after their pill furnaces. Although Li Qingshan did not have such conditions, he had the company of a beautiful woman. He didn't feel bored.
At night, Han Qiongzhi left, and Little Ann returned. She mentioned that Qian Rongzhi had broken through to the seventh layer of Qi Refinement. He came to find her today. He talked with her for a while.
Cold stars filled the night sky, but they were quickly chased away by the red sun rising from the east. The cycle repeated itself. In the blink of an eye, another winter snow fell.
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Li Qingshan's skill in concocting pills continued to rise, but he began to feel anxious instead.
The deeper his understanding of alchemy, the more he felt its profoundness. It was not as simple as he had imagined at the start, where he could casually learn for a year or so, then refine large amounts of True Spirit Pills and exchange them for cultivation pills.
In reality, this process was filled with difficulties.
The first step was to gather spirit herbs. Even though the spirit herbs used to refine True Spirit Pills were far inferior to Blue Butterfly Flowers, they were still extremely rare. He had to first use a large number of spirit stones. To refine all of the Blue Butterfly Flowers into True Spirit Pills, he would need to spend at least tens of thousands of spirit stones.
Among them, there were one or two that were practically priceless. They were in the hands of alchemists, who wanted to use them to refine other high-grade pills. If he wanted to buy them, he would have to spend at least one or two times the price. After causing such a huge commotion, everyone would know what he wanted to do. Never underestimate the intelligence of other cultivators.
Then came the second step, refinement.
Alchemy was not that simple. Although he had a powerful tool like the Jade Coiled Dragon Sculpted Furnace in his hands, to refine True Spirit Pills, he would have to spend at least a few months to learn. After learning, he would just barely be able to refine them, but the success rate would definitely be pitifully low. In other words, a large number of precious medicinal herbs would be wasted.
If he wanted to increase the success rate, it was very simple. He just had to spend another two or three years learning! However, whether or not he could succeed was still a different matter. If he could casually refine high-grade pills like True Spirit Pills after learning for two or three years, refining one furnace after another, then the streets would be filled with alchemists.
The last step was to sell them.
Even if he ignored all the previous problems and refined a large number of True Spirit Pills, how would he sell them and exchange them for cultivation pills? This was not a game. He just had to find a store, pull it up, and click the mouse. First of all, he had to conceal his identity. However, that meant that the price would inevitably be lowered, and he might even be blackmailed.
A man's wealth was his own ruin. A batch of True Spirit Pills that could cultivate Foundation Establishment cultivators meant that many Foundation Establishment cultivators who usually looked very kind and amiable might change their appearance.
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"Can I trust you?" Li Qingshan casually asked.
In Ru Xin's alchemy room, Ru Xin was teaching Li Qingshan how to refine a furnace of Fragrance Containing Pills. It could be considered a relatively high-grade pill, but it was not used for cultivation. Taking Fragrance Containing Pills could cause one's body to have a strange fragrance. Recently, it was very popular among female cultivators.
This time, it was not a mission from the Hundred Schools of Thought, but Ru Xin's work.
During a boring interval, the two of them were too lazy to joke around. Li Qingshan quietly listened to the sound of snowflakes falling on the roof. He didn't look at Ru Xin, but stared at the wall as if he were thinking about something.
"Why are you suddenly asking this?" Ru Xin turned her head.
Li Qingshan looked into Ru Xin's eyes. "Answer me."
Ru Xin's clear black and white eyes swiveled around, as if thinking about why Li Qingshan was asking this. She looked at the beam and said, "I don't know either."
"Although we've known each other for so long, you seem to be shrouded in a mysterious veil that I can't see through." Li Qingshan said. After knowing each other for so long, they joked around and talked about everything, but he had never heard her talk about her background. Even if she did mention it, she would immediately change the topic.
"That's really too much of a coincidence." Ru Xin stared at Li Qingshan. In her heart, wasn't Li Qingshan the same?
Their eyes met, and after a moment of silence, Li Qingshan smiled. Then, his smile was like a mirror image reflected on her face.
Yes, they both had secrets that couldn't be divulged, but even if they were friends, there was no need for them to share all of their secrets.
"Have you refined a True Spirit Pill before?"
"I haven't. If there's a chance, I'd like to try, "Ru Xin said calmly. The most important spirit herb of a True Spirit Pill was a spirit herb. Blue Butterfly Flowers were nearly extinct. There weren't too many people who had refined them.
Li Qingshan opened his palm, and a shimmering blue butterfly fluttered in the air. It flew in front of Ru Xin.
"Then come and try it!"
Ru Xin stretched out her hand, letting that blue butterfly of light land on her fingertip. She exclaimed in surprise, "It really is a Blue Butterfly Flower. I've only seen it in books. I didn't think you'd actually have it. No wonder you painstakingly cultivated the art of alchemy. So it was to refine a True Spirit Pill. "
Li Qingshan smiled and shook his head. "No, not one."
Ru Xin's mouth opened slightly. Blue butterflies of light fluttered in the alchemy room. Dozens, hundreds, even more, they rendered the alchemy room magnificent and beautiful. But in her heart, she was thinking about exchanging them for spirit stones. Could they fill up this alchemy room?
After a long time, Ru Xin finally came back to her senses. She looked deeply at Li Qingshan, and her eyes flickered with extraordinary splendor. "Thank you for your trust!" His eyes flickered.
Li Qingshan said, "I also had no choice. After I finish refining them, I can give you thirty percent. "
This number. It made Ru Xin's heart beat fiercely. Not to mention anything else, with this amount of True Spirit Pills, she could immediately start breaking through to the Foundation Building realm.
It was Li Qingshan's next words that made Ru Xin calm down. "You're in charge of collecting the other spiritual herbs. You're in charge of refining them. Finally, you're in charge of helping me exchange them for medicinal pills for cultivation. It'd be best if they're Dao Accumulation Pills. Most importantly, you're in charge of keeping it a secret. I believe you understand this even without me telling you! "
"Of course I understand." Ru Xin smiled slightly. "Once the news is leaked, I might even lose my life."
"Is that so?" Li Qingshan's situation wasn't as serious as she imagined. After all, this was still an orderly and prosperous age of peace. He just didn't want people to think of the underground.
Ru Xin said, "The Hundred Schools of Thought isn't as safe as you think. The patriarchs might not do anything to us, but what if there's pressure from above? Isn't the reason why you're afraid of working with the Han family because they're too powerful, while I'm all by myself? "
Li Qingshan could not help but admit this. He could trust Han Qiongzhi, but he could not trust the entire Han family. Ru Xin did not come from an aristocratic family. Her past was a blank slate. It was said that she was not even a part of the Clear River prefecture. Even her current master, the leader of the school of Medicine, Hua Ci, was a strange, solitary old man. This meant that once this matter was exposed, even Ru Xin would not be able to keep the True Spirit Pills.
"Apologies. This is a matter of great importance. I can't trust anyone completely." If it were not for the past few months, Li Qingshan would never have been bold enough to trust her like this.
"I can understand. If you really are someone who trusts others so easily, I'll instead look down on you. I'll tell you a secret too!" Ru Xin took out a pill cauldron from her hundred treasures pouch.
"A supreme grade spiritual artifact pill cauldron!" Li Qingshan blurted out. This was not a regular supreme grade spiritual artifact, but a rare pill cauldron, and the shape of the pill cauldron was extremely strange. At first glance, it seemed more like a cauldron cauldron. The patterns on it were complicated. Through his recent days of studying alchemy, he could tell with a single glance that this was not a creation of the Green province, but the Mist province further south.
However, Li Qingshan did not expose this. The people of the Mist province had always been denounced as barbarians by the people of the Green province. Although they were both under the rule of Great Xia, the conflict between the two vassal states had never stopped over the past millennia. Their borders were heavily guarded, and the Hawkwolf Guard had always suffered the most losses.
The two vassal kings had grievances with each other. If it were not for the suppression of the imperial court, they would have declared war a long time ago. Was Ru Xin a spy from the Mist province?
How could Ru Xin not guess that the Blue Butterfly flowers came from underground? There were only a handful of organisations that possessed fields of Blue Butterfly flowers, and they were protected by numerous formations. Even Foundation Establishment cultivators could forget about plucking a single flower, so how did a measly Qi Practitioner manage to venture so deep underground?
Before they knew it, the two of them had revealed a little of their secrets to each other, but neither of them had any intentions of delving into it. Their hearts seemed to grow closer as well.
Ru Xin added, "I've accumulated quite a lot of spiritual herbs on me too. A few of them can be used to refine True Spirit pills, so there's no need for you to go out of your way to collect them."
Li Qingshan smiled. "What a coincidence."
In the end, the two of them gathered seven spiritual herbs for refining True Spirit pills. Li Qingshan used two, while Ru Xin used five. There was an extremely large quantity of them all. Needless to say, they all clearly possessed the special characteristics of the underground and the Mist province.
Most of the spiritual herbs that came from these two places were relatively more precious. The remaining spiritual herbs were collected by Ru Xin. As the primary disciple of the school of Medicine, she was in charge of the medicinal storehouse of the school of Medicine. It was not difficult for her to retrieve some spiritual herbs in the name of refining other pills.
In the afternoon of the next day, Li Qingshan arrived at the alchemy room again. Ru Xin took out another formation scroll. She set down the formation and ensured that no one could discover this place.
Li Qingshan asked, "How is it?"
Ru Xin said sternly, "My master already knows about this?"
"What?!" Li Qingshan was surprised and furious. He took a step forward and grabbed her shoulder. "I'm just joking.
"I'm just joking. Oi, it hurts!" Ru Xin frowned slightly. She was like a goddess cradling her heart, sorrowful and moving.
"You-" Li Qingshan became even more vexed. This shameless woman. However, he relaxed his grip.
Their faces were inches away from each other. After separating yesterday, they had both guessed each other's identities for a very long time. In the past few months, they had not had any physical contact at all. Now, they suddenly felt rather awkward.
Li Qingshan let go of her shoulder. "This isn't the time to joke around."
Ru Xin said, "I'm just telling you to relax a little. Don't act like you're a thief."
Li Qingshan said, "I'm not a thief. I'm committing adultery!"
Ru Xin put her arm around Li Qingshan's shoulder with a smile. "That's not impossible. I like rich men the most. Why don't you kick the first young miss Han? Don't forget to take back the Heavenly Maiden Scatters the Blossoms. Give it to me, and I'll give you the pill cauldron I normally use as compensation. "She normally used a high grade spiritual artifact pill cauldron too.
Li Qingshan said, "Don't even think about it. Hurry up and take back the spiritual herbs. Why are there so few?"
Ru Xin said, "It's already enough for the beginning. If you take too much at once, people will notice something amiss. Take it slowly."
Li Qingshan expressed his understanding.
Ru Xin said, "Then, let's begin!"
"Oh right, what's the name of your cauldron?"
"Crystal Granule Cauldron."
Ru Xin shrank the Crystal Granule Cauldron to the size of a palm. Then, according to the order, she placed the spiritual herbs one by one inside first. Finally, she placed a Blue Butterfly Flower.
The first time was purely for the purpose of experimenting and accumulating experience. Her goal was only a True Spirit Pill. She basically had no hopes of success.
Ru Xin sat cross-legged with a focused expression. She no longer had the relaxed and casual look she usually had when refining pills.
Li Qingshan didn't dare to disturb her at the side. He meditated and cultivated at the side.
After more than four hours, the pill cauldron opened, and a strange fragrance filled the air.
"I succeeded by a fluke. Here." Ru Xin smiled and took out a purple pill from the pill cauldron. It was exactly the same as the one he had seen before.
Li Qingshan took her hand. "This is yours." He shook it lightly. "It's a pleasure working with you!"
However, the second furnace of pills failed, and a Blue Butterfly Flower was wasted. Ru Xin couldn't help but sigh softly.
On the other hand, Li Qingshan's expression was normal because the Blue Butterfly Flower had come too easily. He said, "Just continue." This made Ru Xin sigh. Rich people were indeed different.
"However, I'll go back and rest for a while. I'll recover my spirit and organize my thoughts. We'll continue tomorrow." Ru Xin put away the Crystal Granule Cauldron and removed the spirit formation. She suddenly smiled. "If you still don't go out, Eldest Young Miss Han might really think we're committing adultery."
"I almost forgot. I'll see you tomorrow then!" Li Qingshan made his way out of the alchemy room, but he sighed over the fact that he had made the right choice. With Ru Xin's many years of alchemy coupled with a supreme grade spiritual artifact cauldron, the current success rate was only fifty percent. If a dabbler like Li Qingshan were to refine it, the success rate would probably be less than ten percent.
Han Qiongzhi was waiting by the lake. It was currently snowing lightly, and the sky had already darkened. She asked in confusion, "What took you so long today?"
Li Qingshan was rather apologetic. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Refining pills took some time. You must have waited for quite some time. Where do you want to go today?" Today, she wore a bright red hooded cloak with a white, velvet collar. She was like a red flame in the snowy sky, warming his heart.
The world of the two of them after a busy day was what they both loved the most. Their footprints had stopped at the Hundred Schools of Thought and the prefectural city of Clear River a long time ago. They had left their footprints in all the beautiful places in the surroundings.
Han Qiongzhi's face reddened slightly. "Let's go sightseeing!"
Li Qingshan's eyes lit up. Sightseeing had already become a special signal for them.
The white reeds stretched for five kilometers. The snowflakes in the sky blanketed the surroundings.
A small boat was docked in the uninhabited reeds. It rippled gently, and the enchanting panting of a woman could be vaguely heard.
A thick, embroidered blanket covered the cabin, and the red cloak was casually tossed to one side.
Li Qingshan leaned against Han Qiongzhi, kissing the woman he loved deeply. His left arm wrapped around her body, kneading her left breast through her clothes. His right hand slid across her body recklessly, from her round thigh to her perky bottom.
The coldness in the air could not affect the passion in their hearts.
Unwilling to be obstructed by the layer of clothes, Li Qingshan extended his hand into her clothes.
Han Qiongzhi immediately grabbed his hand. Her eyes were like water, and she looked at him with a smile. "Pervert!" Then, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately again. She felt a hot big hand sliding into her clothes and holding her plump breasts. She let out a muffled moan.
The soft breasts were like water in his hand, but they were full of wonderful elasticity. Li Qingshan changed their shapes according to his will, or fiddled with the two slightly hard red beans.
But he soon felt dissatisfied. The narrow space seemed to not allow for more. He wanted to see what they looked like with his own eyes. If it was in the past, she would have stopped this greedy action, but today seemed to be a little different.
Under Li Qingshan's surprised gaze, Han Qiongzhi propped herself up and took off her clothes one by one. Only when there was only a red undergarment left did she stop. She turned her head away with a red face. "Do it yourself!"
A large area of snow-white skin appeared in front of Li Qingshan's eyes. That waist was as slender as he felt, and the deep ravine attracted his attention even more.
"What's wrong?" Han Qiongzhi did not wait for the action she expected. All she saw was Li Qingshan holding her face with a face full of concern. She felt a little warm in her heart. "Don't think too much. I wanted to tell you later, but I'm preparing to go into seclusion for a period of time."
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