The hot summer is over in a blink of an eye, and bits and pieces of gold are exposed among the green mountains. Walking on the mountain road of Qianyunzong, you can smell the sweet fragrance of wild fruits everywhere, which is a unique smell of autumn.

The climate of Yunxiu Continent is quite strange. Although it is a vast territory, the seasons are the same everywhere. In spring, the whole Yunxiu is spring, and in winter, it snows everywhere.

The Fangcao Peak in autumn is intoxicatingly beautiful. The autumn harvest medicinal herbs planted in the terraces are bearing fruit and blooming one after another, filling the mountain with an atmosphere of harvest. Even the birds raised in the thatched houses on the back mountain have hatched ten or more birds after autumn. Many little birds.

The happiest person on Fangcao Peak was Zheng Qiu. He completed the master's request ten days in advance and successfully filled a meridian with energy.

You must know that during this period, he had to use the "Snake Tun Ti Lian Jing" every day to refine his energy. He was simply tossing his body like a towel, absorbing water, squeezing it dry, absorbing water again, and squeezing it dry again.

After practicing almost to death every day, he still had to take the medicine paste prepared by his master. If it weren't for the increasing strength in his body, Zheng Qiu wouldn't even have the courage to persevere.

Master Mingzong was very satisfied with his apprentice's fulfillment of the requirements ahead of schedule. He specially gave Zheng Qiu five days' leave and allowed his apprentice to roam around the sect.

Today is an important day. It is the day to test the qi strength developed by Zheng Qiu. Master Ming Zong placed various props in the courtyard of Fangcao Building to test the effect of his apprentice's qi strength.

"Master, I'm here." Zheng Qiu came to Fangcao Tower early, his little hands clenched and unclenched, feeling nervous and excited at the same time.

Master Mingzong also deliberately changed into clean ceremonial clothes and combed his usually messy snow-white short hair neatly.

He pulled Zheng Qiu to the straw mat and repeatedly warned: "Don't panic, don't get confused, meditate first, enter a state of self-examination and transport the wood spirit for a week."

Zheng Qiu nodded, sat on the straw mat, took a deep breath, and recited the secret of meditation.

He understood what his master meant. The master had reminded him many times that he had very little energy and every ounce of it was extremely important. In this test, he could only consume half of his energy at most, because the remaining half had to remain in his energy. Haili, as a guide for future cultivation.

The qi energy of half a meridian, and it is not a big meridian, is naturally pitiful. Therefore, in each test today, Zheng Qiu only has one chance to develop his energy. For this reason, Master Mingzong studied for three consecutive days and nights, and found out in advance The ideal testing tool.

Half an hour later, Zheng Qiu opened his eyes. He had already activated the "Wood Spirit" for a week, and his original excitement was calmed down through this period of time.

"Master, I'm ready."

"Are you really ready?"

After receiving the second confirmation from his apprentice, Master Mingzong rubbed his hands and walked excitedly to a wooden table: "Then we will start with this control test. This test consumes the least energy and is suitable for the first person to do it. .”

There is a square wooden frame on the wooden table. A maze is built with blue jade pieces in the middle of the wooden frame. The two entrances of the maze are at both ends of the wooden frame. The route in the middle is not complicated and can be seen at a glance. , but the route is very circuitous with many twists and turns.

Each piece of sapphire is engraved with the same pattern, and at each turning point on the route, three heaven and earth crystals are used to form an arch.

Master Ming Zong pointed to the maze in the wooden frame and introduced its function to his apprentice: "This maze is three feet long and two feet wide. It is used to test your control of Qi..."

The maze was built by the master himself. The entire route through the maze, if connected in a straight line, would be two feet long.

Each piece of jade is engraved with a curse pattern that locks the energy to prevent the energy released by Zheng Qiu from overflowing. Each arch made of heaven and earth crystals is used to amplify the amount of energy to prevent the energy from becoming weak and unable to

go ahead.

Master Ming Zong motioned to Zheng Qiu to look at the paper posted on the wooden table: "Apprentice, here are the fingering methods for exerting qi energy. If you use this fingering method, it will consume the least amount of qi energy."

Zheng Qiu watched carefully, raised his head and asked: "Master, should I start now?"

"Hey! Wait," Master Ming Zong hurriedly got some paper and pen, stood at the wooden table and stared at the maze, and then said, "Okay, let's get started."

Zheng Qiuxu pressed his abdomen, and then slowly raised his hands. Qi energy surged from the Qi Sea to the Dantian, and then continued upward along the meridians.

Lifting Qi Jin to his chest, he gathered his left hand and pressed the palm of his hand on his arm. Qi Jin followed the meridians from Tianquan point to Laogong.

For ordinary practitioners, when the energy reaches the palm of the hand, it can be directly pushed out of the body. But Zheng Qiu cannot do this. He has to use the fingering methods provided by his master to reduce the consumption of energy as much as possible.

Make a fist, open the palms together, then clasp the ring finger with the thumb, pull the palm of the hand inwards, and finally make a fist and push outwards, pointing out the index finger at the same time.

Zheng Qiu felt that the tip of his index finger was slightly numb, and a trace of white gas as thick as a hair emerged from it. The white gas separated from the fingertip, expanded rapidly, and became as thick as chopsticks.

"Stop!" Seeing his apprentice looking at Qi Jin in a daze, Master Mingzong hurriedly reminded him loudly.

Zheng Qiu quickly raised his left hand, stretched out his thumb and pressed it on the pad of the index finger of his right hand, then moved his thumb back to stop releasing the energy. At this time, the energy he had released was already six inches long and began to overflow.

Zheng Qiu immediately moved his index finger to let Qi Jin enter through the entrance of the maze.

As soon as Qi Jin entered the maze, the sapphire pieces on both sides lit up slightly, and the escaping breath was immediately pressed back to the center, fixing Qi Jin on the thick white line shape of the chopsticks.

"Apprentice, let your energy move forward, don't be afraid, it won't break up here."

Hearing the master's words, Zheng Qiu gathered his thoughts, concentrated on the released white line, and controlled it to float forward along the route.

"Turn left! Okay, turn right at the next intersection!" Master Ming Zong shouted while writing on the paper with a pen, bending down so that his whole face was almost touching the wooden frame.

"Turn right again, no, not the left, turn right."

At a turning position, the white line shook violently and hit the jade piece on the left. The white line stopped for a while, then floated again, and turned to the right unsteadily. Not far after it floated, the white line swayed again

, slapped against the jade piece.

Master Mingzong raised his head and found that his apprentice was gritting his teeth and exerting all his strength to control his energy.

"Okay, no need to force it, there will be a test later."

Master Mingzong held his hand to prevent him from continuing to control, and at the same time pulled out the jade piece next to the white line. With a soft popping sound, Qi Jin lost the confinement of the jade piece, and immediately turned from the white line into a light mist, drifting away with the wind.

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Master Ming Zong turned to the wooden frame, recorded the position where Qi Jin reached, and then calculated the distance. Qi Jin only reached a position of two feet and three inches, which was the farthest distance Zheng Qiu could control.
Chapter completed!