"Sure enough, the fortress was breached from the inside!"
Xujia Fort, a hill two miles away, Qin Ziling, who was completely covered in a black cloak, looked at the fire in the castle and couldn't help but sigh.
"The heritage of the three major aristocratic families is indeed not comparable to that of a rich man like Xujiabao. It seems that we can't miss it today!" Qin Ziling hid in the hills and trees and observed for a while, and saw that the people of the three major aristocratic families had already defended themselves to death.
After entering the city gate, the people from Xujiabao could not rush out at all. They shook their heads with some regret and turned around to leave.
At this moment, Qin Ziling saw the small river flowing along the south side of the hill suddenly make a splash and a wet head emerged.
Xujiabao is located in a network of many rivers, and this small river is connected to the moat of Xujiabao.
"Fortunately, Master Dao knows the art of water escape, otherwise he would have been buried with him today!" A hunchbacked old man crawled out of the river and muttered to himself.
It was the old man who warned Xu Pengkun in the hall before to be wary of the Lin family's frame-up.
He is a Qi Refining Warlock recently recruited from Xujiabao. He practices water Taoism. He is in the early stage of his true power. He is sinister and vicious by nature. He has contaminated the lives of many innocent people for the sake of Taoism.
Later, he was hunted down, so he had no choice but to flee to Fangshan County and hide in Xujiabao.
Because the hunchbacked old man was dressed as a simple peasant, no one noticed him. He jumped into the river and used the river water to escape. After escaping all the way here, he could no longer support himself in the river.
"You are wrong, Old Taoist Wuhe, you will still be buried with him today!" A voice sounded faintly in the dark night.
Qin Ziling naturally learned about the existence of Wuhe Old Road from Xu Pengjin and Shao E, but he didn't expect to catch this fish that slipped through the net just when he was about to give up.
"Who?" Old Taoist Wuhe was startled when he heard this. His wet body shook, and little drops of water shot out in the direction of the sound.
Followed by the old-looking Wuhe Old Dao, he quickly flipped back and tried to return to the river behind him.
However, Old Dao Wuhe was still in mid-air, and a green light had already flown to him, penetrating through his chest, and blood spurted out.
"Magical weapon!" Old Taoist Wuhe exclaimed, followed by a "bang!" sound, and his body fell straight to the ground.
"The technique is very good for sneak attacks." Qin Ziling, whose whole body was covered tightly by a cloak, leisurely walked out of his hiding place.
Walking to the corpse of Wuhe Lao Dao, Qin Ziling first looked at his fingers, and then skillfully touched his arms and waist, but found nothing.
"It shouldn't be. This Wuhe old man has finally reached the realm of true power. Even if he doesn't have money to buy offensive and defensive magic weapons and storage magic weapons, he should always bring something valuable with him. Could it be that he ran away in a hurry and lost everything?
Xujiapu?”
Qin Ziling frowned slightly, his eyes falling on Wuhe Old Taoist's bulging hunchback.
"It turns out it's here." Qin Ziling stretched out his hand and touched the raised area, with a look of joy and understanding on his face, and then with a "hiss!", he pulled off the cloth on the back of the old Taoist Wuhe.
The cloth was torn open, revealing a waterproof package.
"No wonder Shao'e said that this old Wuhe Taoist was cunning and cautious by nature. He actually always carried a waterproof package close to his body, disguised as a hunchback, so that if there was any trouble or something went wrong, he could just take all his belongings and run away through the waterway!
It's really clever, but it's a pity that every mountain has its own height. You met this old devil, no, this young master, you are really unlucky!" Qin Ziling muttered to himself while quickly taking off the package.
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I had no choice but to choose to walk at night in brocade clothes in order to avoid being shot. No one else could see me, so I had to brag and entertain myself, which was also a kind of psychological counseling.
After putting the package away, Qin Ziling dug a hole on the spot and buried it on the Wuhe Old Road.
After everything was done, Qin Ziling disappeared under the night like a ghost, as if he had never been here.
After returning home and closing the door, Qin Ziling opened the package with some anticipation.
The first thing that caught my eye was a thick stack of banknotes, totaling more than five thousand taels.
In addition to the banknotes, there are two brocade boxes.
"Tsk tsk, finally I can be considered a member of the Ten Thousand Liang household!" Qin Ziling thought happily, but his hands were not idle, so he picked up the brocade box and opened it.
Ever since he gained a fortune from Gongyangmu years ago, Qin Ziling has made a lot of money every now and then. Moreover, because the quality and quantity of the prey he hunted have been constantly improving, it can almost meet the daily nutritional needs of him and Liu Xiaoqiang. On the contrary,
There was no big expenditure, but today he made a huge fortune. Unknowingly, Qin Ziling had accumulated tens of thousands of taels in cash.
"What's this?"
One of the brocade boxes was opened, and there was half a box of about one kilogram of rice inside.
This rice is different from the rice eaten by ordinary people. Not only are the grains twice as full, but there is also a faint purple mist lingering under the candlelight, exuding a refreshing and refreshing aroma.
"Old Taoist Wuhe carries such a precious and important thing with him. It is definitely not ordinary rice. It is most likely rice that has a nourishing effect on Qi Alchemists.
It's a pity that although I have made some small achievements in Qi refining, I am still exploring and practicing alone. I have no colleagues to discuss with, and no teachers to ask for advice. It can be said that I am completely blank in the knowledge of Qi refining.
It seems that I still have to find opportunities in the future to get involved in the circle of Qi Alchemists, so that I can also learn some auxiliary methods to improve my cultivation. I can't just keep working behind closed doors and immerse myself in hard work.
However, Qi refining has always been kept secret, so I cannot act rashly. The top priority is to strengthen the foundation of the physical body first, temper the whole body to the level of iron skin, and then break through to the realm of strength.
With such a double layer of protection, such as the iron skin of the body and the power of body protection, even if you encounter an unkind person or a Qi Alchemist makes a surprise attack, your body will still be intact."
Qin Ziling thought in his mind and opened the second brocade box.
The second brocade box contained a yellow and broken scroll and a notebook for taking notes.
The yellowed and broken scroll was a water-based cultivation technique called "Canglang Jue". Qin Ziling flipped through it and found that not only was this technique somewhat incomplete, but the mystery of luck in it was comparable to that of "Black Snake Mysterious Water Jue".
It looks obviously much inferior.
Qin Ziling quickly put aside "Canglang Jue" and picked up the notepad that looked to be quite old.
This book contains four elegant and graceful characters written on it, a record of monasticism.
"Taoist records!" Qin Ziling's eyes lit up slightly and he quickly opened the book.
"My name is Fei Yuxuan. I am a native of Zhuzhi County, Xiyun Prefecture. I have studied the books of sages since I was a child and wanted to become an official. However, a wealthy family has been holding the position of official for many years. I am still a commoner.
I accidentally obtained the "Canglang Jue" from a dying Taoist priest, and then turned to Taoism. I then made a record of the many years of Taoism.
This book records my many years of Taoist practice and everything I have encountered and heard..."
"Okay, it's really great. I was worried about my lack of knowledge in refining qi. I didn't expect this old guy to have a good habit of taking notes. It can give me a lot of knowledge." Qin Ziling couldn't help but feel happy and continued enthusiastically.
Read on.
"In the fifth year of Yongxing, I have been practicing hard for five years, and in the third year of my life, I finally reached the point of nourishing Qi and unblocking the meridians... In the tenth year of Yongxing, I was finally able to eliminate the waste and retain the essence, and step into the realm of truth-seeking.
It is as difficult as climbing to the heaven to obtain the true state. After three years, I was unable to truly distinguish the spiritual energy of food and water. I began to climb famous mountains everywhere, visiting famous Taoist temples and Taoist masters in the mountains.
But those are just people with false reputations. They don’t understand the real Qi refining method at all. They are just fooling and deceiving ordinary ignorant people...
In the thirteenth year of Yongxing...the emperor and heaven have paid off, and I finally met a true Taoist who has entered the realm of truth-seeking.
I asked him for advice and found out that if your cultivation talent is mediocre, you need to supplement the elixirs of heaven and earth to enhance the quality and quantity of water aura, so that you can easily distinguish and eat them. But the elixirs of heaven and earth are all precious things. I have no money to use, so I will learn those.
The so-called enlightened people deceive the world..."
Qin Ziling read down and found that a large part of the following content was about his deception and even murder in order to make money.
"It took five years to complete the Shi Qi Tongmai, and ten years to enter the realm of truth-seeking. This talent is too poor, and he even cheated and killed people for the sake of cultivation. It is unreasonable for such people not to kill!" Qin Ziling said quickly
Reading through it, I shook my head.
"Water orchid lotus root, green mist grass, white cloud vermilion fruit... are bred with water aura, which can replenish water aura. The exotic beasts, the tiger frog with green stripes, and the black-winged black water stork contain pure water aura in their flesh and blood..."
"I didn't expect that the flesh and blood of many alien beasts also contain pure Five Elements spiritual energy. No wonder the flesh and blood of Qi Refiners is so attractive to alien beasts. It seems to be because they have pure Five Elements spiritual energy cultivated in their bodies.
Also, after eating Bahuang Jade Python Dried Meat Soup, I practiced the Evergreen Gong and my progress improved significantly. It seems to be related to this.
It's a pity that I didn't know how to practice the water system before. Otherwise, after eating the black-winged black water stork and refining the energy in time, I would have consumed a lot of pure water spiritual energy. But it's not too late to know now.
This Wuhe old man really helped me a lot!" Qin Ziling read this with relief and excitement on his face.
"Today is the age when I know my destiny. I have finally completed the process of taking the truth, condensed the first ray of true energy, stepped into the realm of true power, and finally entered the palace and became a Qi refiner."
After reading this, Qin Ziling couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.
"No wonder there are so few people cultivating Taoism and refining Qi in this world. Speaking of it, the Wuhe Old Taoist should also belong to a small number of people with spiritual roots, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve success in cultivation.
But even so, it took him twenty-five years to reach the realm of true power. And in order to obtain cultivation resources, he resorted to unscrupulous means, burning, killing, robbing, and doing all kinds of bad things."
"I have stepped into the realm of true power and can finally perform my magic. I can't help but feel high-spirited, thinking that all the hardships will come to an end, and the road ahead will be smooth sailing from now on.
But things went against expectations. The condensation of each ray of true power required the ingestion of a large amount of water spiritual energy. Moreover, the "Canglang Jue" was incomplete. After reaching the realm of true power, the progress was extremely slow.
I couldn't break through the early stage of my real power for many years, so I worshiped in the Xuanwu Valley. As a result, the abominable Xuanwu Valley actually treated me as a free coolie, asking me to work and take care of the spiritual field. I spent my real power every day to gather water, mist, clouds and rain for the spiritual field.
He didn't teach me the true secrets, and he didn't give me the elixir or elixir.
In anger, I took a bag of purple mist rice and escaped from Xuanwu Valley. Purple mist rice is really a good thing. I took five grains every day to make porridge with rice, and my practice progress was obviously improved.
But the Xuanwu Valley is so abominable that it even issued a Xuanwu Order to hunt me down, so I had no choice but to flee all the way to Fangshan County for shelter and Xujiabao. Xujiabao has a black-winged Xuanshui stork, which is exactly what I need..."
The transcript is here, and what follows is basically some trivial things that happened to him in Xujiabao and Fangshan County. Qin Ziling scanned it briefly, then closed it and put the transcript, the "Canglang Jue" scroll and the banknotes into the storage ring.