In the world of mountains and seas, no matter whether they are humans or monsters, logically speaking, only after passing the Tongzilu examination and being awarded the Taoist certificate can they be qualified to formally inhale spiritual energy and practice in the Taoist realm.
Even among some cultivating families, those cultivating seeds carefully selected in advance can only take elixirs, spiritual objects, etc. to passively nourish the body before taking the Taoist examination, otherwise they will be beaten to death!
In other words, since She Shuangbai and Yu Lie were of the same age just now, they must have formally practiced Taoism for less than two years.
In less than two years, the other party has been promoted to a high-ranking Taoist boy, and has also obtained the position of the leader of the Processing Hall. His speed in Blackwater Town is extremely fast!
Yu Lie thought about it and thought to himself:
"No, to be precise, it took this person at least a year and a half to be promoted to a high-level Taoist boy. Because when I joined the alchemy room, this person was already the hall master!"
Such a person is either a talented monk or a wealthy person. From the moment he falls to Blackwater Town, he will be able to eat the spirit fish elixir like the rest of the group some time ago!
Yu Lie walked around in the Dukou Quiet Room, feeling quite complicated in his heart.
His mind was tense, and the traces of laziness caused by the comfortable life some time ago disappeared without a trace in an instant.
There is such a person in the town. Even if there are no so-called big soldiers, how can the rest of him continue to practice slowly?
Yu Lie warned himself: "We must seize every opportunity to quickly increase our cultivation level so that we can escape from Blackwater Town as soon as possible!"
After all, Blackwater Town is just a remote and arrogant town. Even the so-called agreement in the town that those who have not become Taoists for three years cannot leave the town is not actually very strict.
Because Taoist boys are just toddlers learning the Tao, and are only higher than mortals. In terms of life levels, they are only comparable to those of ninth-level beasts, and are not even considered true Taoists.
Three years to learn Taoism is actually the normal time prescribed by the Taoist court. If you cannot complete the cultivation of Taoist realm within three years, there is no need to continue practicing.
It's just that these three years are considered to be a well-off family that has no worries about food and clothing, no shortage of elixirs, and is taking things step by step.
Let alone three years, when Yu Lie was still in the county, he would occasionally hear that someone could complete three transformations in one year, and in the second year after passing the Tongzi's exam, he also passed the Taoist's exam!
He even heard that in some of the Taoist palaces in the city, those who cultivated themselves for a hundred days could obtain the Taoist qualification.
This is a place like Blackwater Town. Because it is a rural area, the people in the town are all poor and do not have good qualifications. As well as the Taoist boys who will be reduced to this place, their qualifications are not considered excellent at most, but average at most.
They have been practicing for three years, let alone being compared with geniuses, but they may not be able to compare with the one year of practice from a well-off family.
Yu Lie, on the other hand, has only average qualifications. If he hadn't really had no choice but to come to a place like Blackwater Town to have a chance to become a master, he would never have left the county no matter what!
After suppressing the sadness in his heart, Yu Lie's eyes slowly changed from complicated to clear again.
He exhaled and said secretly:
"If you want to make rapid progress, you can no longer just rely on the benefits of the poisonous mouth to reach the top. You must do the same as last time, first cultivate the 'Bone Poison', and then use the Zhongcheng Poison Technique to increase the speed of cultivation!"
Yu Lie's eyes flickered.
He calculated and found that if he succeeds in the Poison Technique, the remaining two or three months will be enough for him to be on the verge of becoming a high-ranking Taoist boy. Even if there are enough opportunities, he may be among the 'big soldiers', or even 'big soldiers'.
Before ordering troops, he was promoted to a high position!
By then, the danger outside the town will undoubtedly be much smaller for him.
The next moment, Yu Lie must be thinking:
"Hunting the Black Snake Fish King is imperative!"
The poisonous gallbladder in the fish king is a hundred times more toxic than the ordinary black snake fish, which is enough to be used as the main medicine to allow Yu Lie to complete the practice of bone poison.
Moreover, the Fish King is full of treasures, and Yu Lie's meat-eating elixirs will be more effective than the ordinary black snake fish and strong blood elixirs!
However, there is no need to go hunting the black snake fish the next day. The king fish is so fierce that Yu Lie has to plan carefully.
Moreover, the matters that Hall Master She told him, whether it was the purchase of talisman paper for body protection or the alchemy of Black Starling, were all worthy of Yu Lie's attention first.
Purchasing the talismans required gathering money, and Yu Lie also had to spend some time preparing, so he focused first on the "Blood Nourishment and Beast Subduing Pill Technique" thrown down by Hall Master She.
Yu Lie slipped the Black Starling to the center of the altar, sat down cross-legged, spread out the alchemy technique, and began to ponder each word.
Originally, the myna had been disturbed by Yu Lie, and the hair all over its body was starting to stand out. However, when she saw that it was Yu Lie himself, he was not the poison-removing Taoist boy who usually served him.
Mynah just whistled and beeped, pretending not to care.
Beep...pop!
Yu Lie didn't even raise his head and knocked on the birdcage casually.
The starling suddenly lost his voice. He covered his mouth and secretly looked at the rest of the group, not daring to beep a word again.
After a long time, Yu Lie suddenly raised his head from the alchemy book and looked at Brother Black in surprise.
This "Blood Nourishment and Animal Subduing Pill Technique" is a secretly refined elixir made from Taoist blood, mixed with the blood of animals, and its preparation method is much simpler than that of Qianxue Pills.
Yu Lie had experience with strengthening blood pills. After reading it through, he understood most of it immediately. He was confident that with a little thought, he could recreate it according to the elixir chamber, and even make the pills more effective.
The function of this animal-reducing pill is to make the animals fall in love with the Taoist through dietary adjustments and treat them as blood relatives without any harm. It also makes it easier for the Taoist to control the animals and communicate with them.
Even between the two, they can share perceptions and exchange feelings to a certain extent through "Blood Grip".
If Yu Lie can refine the beast-subduing pills, he can take the beasts that are suitable for the pills and use them as pets.
Moreover, although the book given by Hall Master She does not have the mark of the Blackwater Town Library, it has the Dragon Qi certification of Taoist Books. There is not a word missing, so the quality can be guaranteed.
"This recipe is indeed a valuable elixir! It seems that She Shuangbai is really just trying to win people's hearts."
For the sake of the alchemy book, Yu Lie nodded with satisfaction in his eyes, forgiving She Shuangbai's domineering behavior.
Then, he looked at the black myna who was covering his mouth in front of him.
Yu Liemo rubbed his chin: "This myna is indeed very spiritual. It seems that it is probably the 'Red Eyed Hangao' (gao, pronounced the same as 'Gao') in She Shuangbai's mouth."
The red-eyed Hangao is one of the applicable birds and beasts recorded in the "Blood Nourishment and Subjugation of Beasts", and it is a spiritual bird!
This bird is the result of a cross between a crow and a myna, making it a hybrid.
Its eyes are red, and it can see through ghosts, obstacles, and illusions, and has the ability to see into hidden places and see trouble. Moreover, it has an inconspicuous appearance and is extremely good at hiding. If it can be subdued, it will be a good sentinel among Taoist pets.
However, Yu Lie's red-eyed Hangao was already an unknown number of generations old, and he didn't look like a crow at all on his body. He just looked like a starling.
Its eyes are only dark red, not red, let alone golden red.
At most, its spirituality is higher than that of ordinary birds, and it can barely be regarded as the lowest level among monsters, birds, and beasts.
Yu Lie opened the birdcage and motioned for the starling to jump out and land on his shoulder.
Bage obeyed the advice without saying a word and respectfully landed on Yu Lie's shoulder.
It immediately stared blankly, as dumb as a chicken.
After nearly half a year of raising him, Starling has already accepted his fate and does not dare to neglect any of Yu Lie's orders.
Yu Lie sighed softly and said to Starling: "I didn't expect you to be a spiritual bird when no one bought it at all."
As he spoke, Yu Lie's voice was full of rejoicing. Fortunately, he couldn't sell it at first, and in the past six months, this little guy was tough enough and didn't get killed by the medicine he tried.
After thinking about it, Yu Lie took out some blood-strengthening pill powder from the belly of the blood clam, fed it to the starling, and began to take the initiative to build a good relationship with him.
Starling smelled the smell and tested it. Seeing that it was for him, he immediately took a sip.
Yu Lie continued to read the alchemy book and pondered its contents.
The next moment, snap!
A fat bird fell from Yu Lie's shoulder and hit the ground hard.
It crawled hard, rolled around in a daze, and whistled randomly. It was not afraid of the rest at all.
"Beep beep, master! Master! I am your master!"
A black line flashed across Yu Lie's forehead. He glanced at Starling a few times and raised his eyebrows slightly:
"Oops, I forgot to tell this guy that blood-strengthening pills must be taken orally!"
Fortunately, what he gave me was just powder, not much.
Otherwise, this guy's blood will become so restless that he will be so hot that he will pluck out every hair on his body.