She covered her face with both hands and peeked through the gaps between her fingers.
"I'll count to ten ~ ~ ~" Lingling shouted loudly as she stood by the straw pile in the night.
"Don't move your hands away."
"You have to cover your face with your hands at all times, no cheating!"
"Run, let her catch us, hahaha!"
One by one, the children ran in all directions and quickly hid in the field full of harvested straw.
Lingling, however, didn't know that these children had already planned to play tricks on her. They had finally agreed to play with her, but it was only to play tricks on her.
Who would want to play with a silly girl who was born with bad eyesight in the middle of the night?
"One."
"Two."
"Three."
"Four."
In the quiet field of straw, only the girl's crisp counting sound echoed.
The children who had been hiding had long since disappeared. In the spacious rice field, only Ling Ling was left. She covered her face and laid on a pile of hay, counting.
She only wore a thin shirt, and the night wind was a bit cold, but she was happy. Nobody had played with her for a long time, and she didn't think that the children would finally accept her today.
Although she had to be a ghost to catch others, as long as there was someone to play with, she didn't mind being a ghost.
"Seven …"
"Eight."
"Nine."
"Ten! It's my turn to catch someone! "
Lingling covered her face with both hands and peeked through the gaps between her fingers. She turned around happily and looked around.
It was quiet in the field, and only her voice echoed.
"Let me see, where are you all hiding?" Lingling walked slowly. She was born with poor eyesight, so she couldn't see things that were slightly further away. All she could see was a blur.
At this time, there was only a bit of moonlight. She covered her face with her hands and could only peek through the gaps between her fingers, so she couldn't see clearly.
As she walked, she quietly came to a pile of straw.
"Hey, Little Yuan! Is that you? "
She jumped over and looked behind the pile of straw.
There was no one behind the pile of straw.
"Ah, there's no one." Lingling shouted in disappointment and walked to another pile of straw.
With great difficulty, she almost fell down. Only then did she slowly move to the second pile of hay.
"Chen Daniu! Is that you!? "She once again jumped behind a larger pile of straw.
Still no one.
She searched them one by one patiently.
In the past, no one had ever played with her. She came from a poor family and was born into a poor family. She was always looked down upon by others. Usually, no one would play with her. Now that she finally had someone to play with, she was very happy. Very, very happy.
Lingling searched and searched for who knew how long.
It was getting late.
She still couldn't find anyone.
"Where are you guys …?" Lingling was tired. She stopped to gasp for air.
Suddenly, under the dark moonlight, on the other side of the haystack, with her face covered, she vaguely saw a piece of cloth hiding there through the gaps between her fingers.
There seemed to be someone hiding in the haystack. The corner of the robe seemed to be the clothes worn by a child. It was very familiar.
"It must be Ah Jun!" Lingling guessed as she crept toward the other end of the haystack.
Her footsteps were very slow. She almost fell several times in a row, but she tried her best not to make a sound.
Until he reached the edge of that piece of cloth.
Lingling took a deep breath.
"Caught you! Ah Jun!! "She suddenly lifted the haystack and revealed the person hiding inside.
In the haystack, she vaguely saw a child with a very pale face standing inside. He seemed to be smiling at her.
"Whoosh!!"
Dong Qi suddenly sat up from the bed. Her body was covered in sweat as she looked at the carp and shrimp painting on the gauze curtain at the end of the bed.
The black shrimp and the red carp were bright and contrasted. Even in the dark, she could faintly see the color.
"I had a nightmare again …" Dong Qi took a deep breath. The dream was so realistic that her heart was still thumping hard.
She turned her head and looked out. The moonlight outside the window was like a veil, and a small round moon hung in the sky.
"Miss! Miss! "
The sound of anxious footsteps approached quickly, followed by a series of hurried shouts.
"Miss, are you okay?!"
It was Cui Ping.
Dong Qi wiped the sweat off her forehead. She got out of bed and went to open the door.
Cui Ping was a servant girl with a braid of cow horns. At this time, she hurriedly entered the door and supported Dong Qi.
"Miss, did you have another nightmare!?"
"Mm … I'm fine, I'm fine …" Dong Qi smiled bitterly. "Oh yes, where's the Crimson Whale Sect emissary we invited?"
"He set off from Mountain-Edge City. It'll take him about two days to get here. He should be here soon?" Cui Ping heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that Dong Qi was fine.
"Yeah, he should be here soon …" Dong Qi clenched her fists. Her palms were sweaty.
…
Trees lined both sides of the tree-lined road.
The horse carriage traveled at a moderate speed. Lu Sheng sat by the window of the carriage, following the swaying of the carriage forward.
The coachman was Xu Chui. He had brought only one person with him this time.
As an expert of Soaring Eagle Squad, Xu Chui was the most likely to break through to Strength Proficiency and enter Intent Proficiency. Lu Sheng also planned to groom him as a confidant.
Along the way, the two of them brought enough horse fodder and dry rations, one speeding while the other slowing down towards Tea Sect.
"Xu Chui, how much further to Tea Town?" Lu Sheng fished out a bottle of Golden Fragrance Ointment from his waist pouch, scooped a small piece with his index finger, and popped it into his mouth.
"Milord, we just have to climb over this hill up ahead. Once we reach Tea Town, it'll be equivalent to arriving at the Tea Sect. This area makes a living by growing tea, and there are tea mountains everywhere. It shouldn't be too far away," Xu Chui replied respectfully.
Lu Sheng nodded and kept the Golden Fragrance Ointment.
This thing nourished the body and was extremely effective for hard body skills and outer force skills. It was the best tonic for maintaining one's condition every day. Now, he consumed a small amount of it as a form of nourishment.
After all, his hard body skills were too astounding, and he had accumulated too many skills. To maintain his body's strength, it was no longer enough to rely on food alone. He also needed to nourish himself with such medicine. Otherwise, his lifespan would be shortened over time. That would be training without nourishment.
'Luckily, I've cultivated a life-force skill to nourish my body. Otherwise, nourishing my body's condition alone would be far from easy,' Lu Sheng understood.
Feeling the inner Qi circulating continuously in his body, he closed his eyes and circulated it slowly, visualizing the overall picture in Aquarius Qi with his mind.
'There are three treasures in life. Extract the Qi from the treasures and transform it into essence to nourish the innate.' The visualized picture was a picture of a bright sun in the sky. But within the sun, there were faint patterns that resembled cotton wadding floating about.
Lu Sheng closed his eyes and visualized, quickly adjusting his body's condition to the special state when cultivating Aquarius Qi.
Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill in his body instinctively rejected all inner Qi in his meridians. Many of the meridians in Aquarius Qi overlapped with Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill, so it was extremely difficult for him to use Qi.
Lu Sheng was unperturbed. He had long since expected this.
His inner Qi had long since reached the limit of his body's meridians. Right now, it was merely a qualitative change due to the large success of his hard body skill, causing his meridians to widen slightly. That was why there was a sliver of space for him to cultivate Aquarius Qi.
After cultivating for a while, he opened his eyes and smiled bitterly.
'It still doesn't work … my meridians and dantian have long been filled up. Aquarius Qi can't produce inner Qi at all before it's suppressed by Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill. If I don't think of a way, there's no way I can improve my inner Qi skills. '
Seated in the horse carriage, Lu Sheng fell into deep thought. If he did not cultivate Yin-attribute inner force skills, he would not be able to harmonize the Yin and Yang in his body. This was a hidden danger. But now, his body was full of inner Qi …
'Inner Qi. Inner Qi is the accumulated essence Qi of food circulating in the body according to different meridians. It's the leftover energy of the human body that accumulates together to form different types of energy. Since it's Qi, is there a way to compress inner Qi and increase its density? Just like how thin air can be compressed into a liquid state under certain conditions. As long as there's sufficient pressure and low temperature. '
'And what conditions do I need to fulfill to turn inner Qi into a liquid state?' Lu Sheng closed his eyes and began to ponder.
If he cultivated too hard body skills to a high level, his body would transform into another form when he cultivated. He named this form Yang Extreme. The Yang Extreme form seemed to have coincidentally fulfilled one of the conditions for his body to be compressed.
'The first condition for air to be compressed into a liquid state is high pressure. In order to allow the liquid inner Qi to circulate in my body, my body must first be tough enough to act as a container. This condition should be met. Secondly, I need a way to increase the pressure. '
Lu Sheng stretched out his hand. An invisible ball of scorching hot inner Qi slowly appeared in his palm.
He raised his hand higher and brought it level with his line of sight. Through the inner Qi, he could clearly see that the scenery outside was slightly distorted.
Clearly, some sort of transparent gas was refracting and distorting the light.
'For compression, I can choose to inject inner Qi into a metal box … No, that won't do. Metal can also conduct inner Qi. I need to find a material that can't conduct inner Qi. This problem is troublesome enough. '
Lu Sheng sighed inwardly and retracted the Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies inner Qi in his palm.
Outside the window, the scenery gradually changed from a wild forest mixed with tea gardens to a stretch of rolling green hills.
The hills were filled with large patches of lush green tea trees. Many of the tea trees were old and decayed. No one had picked them yet, making them look rather desolate.
The horse carriage continued forward. Soon, they arrived at a quaint little town with only seven or eight streets.
The streets of the town were paved with cracked gray stone slabs. Most of the shops were closed. From time to time, braziers for burning paper money could be seen by the roadside.
There were very few people on the road. Only a few figures could be seen hurrying along.
"This is Pure Tea Town?" Lu Sheng frowned slightly. "Isn't there a Winged Honor Guard fortress nearby? This place is also under protection. Why does it look so desolate? "
Xu Chui shook his head. "Your subordinate doesn't know either. But let's go to Tea Sect's headquarters first. There hasn't been a Crimson Whale Sect branch here since a long time ago. If we want to find someone to understand the situation, we'll have to go to the local Snake Tea Sect. "
Lu Sheng took out the letter Tea Sect had sent to Crimson Whale Sect requesting reinforcements. The seal of Sect Master Dong Shengping was stamped on it, but the handwriting was elegant and exquisite.
"The letter was sent by someone called Dong Qi. According to our intelligence, Dong Qi should be the only daughter of Tea Sect's current Sect Master. Sending a letter in her name, she must have made arrangements. Let's just hurry to the address. The address is East Sixth Street's Holy Fame Square. "
"Yes," Xu Chui replied. As he drove the horse carriage, he glanced sideways at the street signs on the buildings.
Before long, the two of them had turned twice. Then, a lean man wearing a white headscarf came up to them.
"May I ask if you're the Crimson Whale Sect's emissary?" a square-faced man asked respectfully.
"You are?" Xu Chui asked.
"We're specially sent by Tea Sect's Eldest Miss Dong Qi to receive the Esteemed Emissary. Please come this way, Esteemed Emissary," the man greeted them with a smile.
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