Chapter 10: Heaven and Earth Palace, Seven Statues
That night.
It's time to be ugly.
The sky is as black as ink.
Xu Qingxiao returned home smelling of alcohol.
After drinking in the restaurant for two full hours, Xu Qingxiao didn't drink too much. She even had to go outside to induce vomiting after one drink.
Fortunately, I have already entered the market, my physical condition has improved a lot, and my immunity to alcohol has also been enhanced.
Xu Qingxiao didn't dare to get drunk, for fear that she would talk nonsense while drunk.
squeak.
When Xu Qingxiao returned home, the first thing she did was wash her face with cold water.
After a while, after briefly washing up, Xu Qingxiao sat at home and meditated on something.
Every word of Magistrate Li is still echoing in my mind.
Xu Qingxiao really didn't expect that this strange technique would be so terrifying.
Once you make a start, there is no turning back.
Cultivation is death.
If you don't cultivate, you will die faster.
Isn’t this clearly driving people to evil ways?
At any rate, he was a good young man who had gone through nine years of compulsory education. Xu Qingxiao was absolutely unwilling to allow himself to practice evil arts.
If it wasn't for saving lives, Xu Qingxiao wouldn't want to touch this ghost technique.
But there is no way.
Now that we have boarded the pirate ship, it is impossible to think about it. The only way is to hope for the palace in our mind.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingxiao closed her eyes.
He began to communicate with the palace in his mind.
As Xu Qingxiao's heart gradually calmed down, she felt drowsy the next moment.
Xu Qingxiao did not resist.
In an instant, his consciousness fell into drowsiness.
I don't know how much time passed.
When Xu Qingxiao woke up, a magnificent palace appeared in front of Xu Qingxiao.
The palace is magnificent.
It is made of white jade, but the layout is different. Ordinary palaces should be carved with dragons and phoenixes.
However, the patterns carved in this palace are all calligraphy and painting, full of elegance.
With all the curiosity, Xu Qingxiao came outside the palace.
The jade door, which is nine feet high, is open, and there are four big characters written on the plaque.
【天地文宫】
These are four ancient characters that Xu Qingxiao cannot understand, but he can understand them instantly, which seems very strange.
"Tiandiwengong?"
Standing outside the door, Xu Qingxiao was a little surprised, not expecting that this was actually a literary palace.
Confucianism?
Even if she didn't understand, Xu Qingxiao could guess that this thing was related to Confucianism.
"Is it possible that I am suitable to be a scholar?"
Xu Qingxiao was full of curiosity.
But he frowned, he had no information about Confucianism at all in his mind.
After thinking for a while, Xu Qingxiao couldn't think of anything, so she withdrew her mind and looked into the palace.
The main hall is very empty, but there are statues on both sides of the palace.
Counting them carefully, there are three statues on the left and four on the right, a total of seven statues.
They are all lifelike, holding a scroll, a writing brush, or a guqin, but there are a few that are quite special.
For example, they are holding a long sword, or sitting on a king's chair, there are civil and military figures, and there are even women, which makes people even more curious.
Enter the Wen Palace.
Xu Qingxiao looked at these statues.
These statues were lifelike, but Xu Qingxiao didn't recognize any of them, and there were no names on the bases of the statues.
Xu Qingxiao has no information about Confucianism and Taoism.
It is not clear who these seven people are.
We can only keep walking forward and see if we can gain anything new.
As Xu Qingxiao continued to move forward, soon, in the main hall, stone walls were imprinted on them, and four ancient characters were written on the stone walls.
【Demon Catalog】
Looking around, every stone wall is made of jade.
The stone wall is empty, without any words or patterns.
But looking all the way to the left, there was something on the first stone wall.
Xu Qingxiao looked away.
For a moment, he looked a little surprised.
It's a weird bird with three legs and a pattern of flames around it.
Under the stone wall, there is a line of ancient characters.
Just like the words on the plaque, I don't know it but I can understand its meaning.
[The three-legged golden crow, the demon god of heaven and earth, incarnates as the sun, reflects the heavens, is the most powerful sun, has a ferocious personality, once stood in the sky for ten days, and was later shot and killed by a peerless power, leaving only one, with overwhelming resentment and thoughts of killing.
endless】
[Current state: late stage of tenth level, will break through to ninth level within three months]
[If it can be suppressed, it can condense the Golden Crow True Fire]
Three lines of ancient characters appeared, and Xu Qingxiao was a little speechless.
He didn't expect that there would be a catalog of demons in the Wen Palace, and what he didn't expect was that the catalog of demons could introduce information about demons in detail, including realm information.
But soon, Xu Qingxiao became depressed.
This Golden Crow Killing Thought can break through to the ninth level in three months. According to County Magistrate Li, once the level of the demon species exceeds his, he will be taken away from him.
In other words, I only have two choices at the moment.
Either break through to level nine within three months.
Either enjoy these three months and then wait to die.
But the only advantage is that if you can suppress the Golden Crow's murderous thoughts, you can condense the Golden Crow's true fire.
Although I don’t know what Golden Crow True Fire is, it sounds very good.
"Ninth grade."
Xu Qingxiao felt a little pain in her head.
The tenth level of the warrior is [Health Realm], which nourishes the physical body, strengthens the body, nourishes the five internal organs internally, and trains the muscles and bones externally.
I completed my first body tempering through the Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique, and got a huge increase, reaching the highest level in an instant, but I have not yet reached the perfection state.
Now I have to break through to the ninth level [Qi Meridian] realm within three months, which is a bit troublesome.
The tenth level is health care.
The ninth level is Qi.
To make your body strong and strong, after tempering the five internal organs and tendons, you need to condense the pulse. The so-called pulse condensation is to condense the warrior's Qi.
A tenth-level warrior is strong and strong, can lift hundreds of kilograms of weight at will, is invulnerable, and can resist some injuries from water and fire.
The next level is to condense the 'qi pulse'. Having the Qi pulse can cultivate the 'inner Qi'.
Once you step into the Qi Meridian Realm, you can injure the enemy with your fists and feet without hitting the enemy.
It can be understood as Qigong.
But people in this world prefer to call it ‘inner energy’
There is a big difference between having inner energy and not having inner energy. A ninth-level warrior can defeat dozens of tenth-level warriors in a single encounter.
The arresters in Ping'an County are only in the tenth level of Dzogchen. For example, Detective Chen is estimated to be in the late tenth level.
Their qualifications are quite good, and they occasionally use some medicinal foods to take care of their bodies.
But the youngest of them is now forty years old, and it is estimated that it will take at least ten years to break through to the ninth level.
I just got into the category.
It is not surprising that it would take twenty or thirty years to break through to the ninth level. Of course, this assumes that one does not practice any other magic.
"Isn't this forcing people to go to jail?"
To be honest, this time Xu Qingxiao finally understood why the imperial court strictly prohibited magic.
If you rely on magic to reach the ninth level, you will be given three months to break through to the ninth level.
To be honest, giving Xu Qingxiao three years feels a bit rushed, let alone three months?
"Three months is definitely not enough."
"I can only continue to practice strange arts."
"But if you continue to practice different skills, can Wen Gong continue to suppress you?"
Xu Qingxiao immediately understood her situation.
so awkward.
The only advantage is that I only had twelve hours before, but now I only have three months, which is still quite ample in comparison.
But comparing it to reality is still difficult.
"We have to find a way. We can't be led by strange magic. If we can rely on ourselves, it's better to rely on ourselves. If we can't, we can only use strange magic again."
Xu Qingxiao thought to herself.
He also has a scroll of magic on hand.
Taiyin Condensation Pulse Jue.
This volume of strange skills happened to record the art of Qi Meridian, but Xu Qingxiao did not dare to try to practice it. Let alone whether Wen Gong could continue to suppress it, even if he could continue to suppress it, another demon would be born with murderous thoughts.
That would be really fun.
It's hard to stand up to one monster, and even more difficult to stand up to two monsters.
Take back your mind.
Xu Qingxiao continued to study this literary palace.
The Wen Palace looks majestic from the outside, but a bit crude inside.
Seven statues.
Catalog of demons.
Apart from these two things, there is almost nothing.
If I have to mention it, there is also a pool.
The pool is not very big, about three feet deep and three feet wide, and is square in shape.
Standing on the left side of the main hall, it is empty inside.
Don't know what it is used for.
But to be able to appear in this Wen Palace, it must be something useful, maybe a mechanism, but Xu Qingxiao couldn't guess the purpose of this pool.
Maybe filling it with something will help.
It's just that there is no such thing as clean water in the palace.
You can't just inject something out of thin air, right?
I checked carefully again and still found nothing.
Xu Qingxiao just left Wen Palace, but before leaving, Xu Qingxiao carefully imprinted the seven statues in his mind.
If there is a chance, he plans to investigate. If he can investigate clearly, it may be helpful.
After exiting the palace.
Not long after, Xu Qingxiao slowly woke up.
The room was dark.
I don't know when the oil lamp went out.
Subconsciously looking out the window, it was still dark and dark.
I glanced at the moonlight, uh... I couldn't figure out when it would appear.
But looking at the night, it shouldn't have been too long.
At the moment, Xu Qingxiao was lying on the bed to rest. What happened on this day had some ups and downs, and her spirit was always tense, so she had to take a good rest.
As Xu Qingxiao closed her eyes.
Soon he fell asleep.
In the blink of an eye, two hours passed.
Two hours later.
As the sunlight refracted, Xu Qingxiao gradually opened her eyes.
Looking out the window, the sky is clear.
Two hours of sleep is enough.
For a high-level warrior, sleeping for one or two hours a day can keep him energetic.
When you reach the ninth level, you don't even need to sleep.
This is the benefit of practicing martial arts.
After a simple wash.
Xu Qingxiao walked out of the room, bathed in the golden sun, practiced her fists and feet, and stretched her muscles.
Then he left the house.
He is going to see Dr. Zhao.
Yesterday, Xu Qingxiao felt a little guilty after hearing from her colleagues that Dr. Zhao had been punished.
Everything is caused by oneself.
If you don't care, you will appear ungrateful.
On the way, Xu Qingxiao took out the few silver coins she had left and bought a lot of things. Although the things were not particularly good, they were still thoughtful.
That's it.
Three quarters of an hour later.
Xu Qingxiao came to the drug store.
But compared to the past, Dr. Zhao's pharmacy is quite lively.
It's a bit sluggish today.
Ping'an County is not big, and good things and bad things can be spread quickly.
The news that Dr. Zhao was arrested by the Yamen and tortured to extract a confession must have been spread.
What ordinary people fear most is getting into any lawsuits, so there are many fewer guests coming.
This is also something that can't be helped.
But the more this happened, the more guilty and self-blame Xu Qingxiao felt.
I was a little hesitant, not sure whether I should go in or not.
But at this moment, the apprentice in the medicine shop saw Xu Qingxiao.
Welcoming him immediately.
"Sir Qingxiao, you are really here. The shopkeeper invites you."
The sound sounded, making Xu Qingxiao a little surprised.