It took four months to go from one o'clock to two o'clock, and only two months to go from two o'clock to three o'clock. The efficiency has more than doubled, and the speed of cultivation is still accelerating.
A heavy snowfall announces the coming of winter.
Under the leaden sky.
The goose feathers all over the sky fell under the sect's mountain-protecting formation that was open around the clock. It was continuously bounced away by the invisible force field above, shattered into a cloud of fine crystals, and finally turned into a mist of cow hair, fluttering and sprinkled.
Down.
The whole mountain gate is warm as spring, with colorful green shades, and you can't feel the cold outside at all.
Chen Li is in the grove in the courtyard in front of the cave.
The body is like a phantom, moving between trees at high speed.
The air around him was twisted, as if burning with an invisible flame. About a minute later, he suddenly turned from high speed to still, and at the same time, he lightly struck a big tree with a palm.
"boom!"
There was a loud noise, accompanied by flying sawdust.
This big tree, which was as thick as two people's arms, was pierced by his palm, opening a large hole the size of a palm.
Chen Li stopped.
The gang energy in his body disappeared quickly.
At the same time, the spiritual power in the body has also been stolen from the building, and the ten pavilions have gone to the nine pavilions.
"The duration is getting shorter and shorter." Chen Li gasped.
From the foundation building to the present, for more than half a year, Zhou Tiangang Jin was finally promoted to the Grandmaster level by him under his intensive practice.
The defensive power of the Grandmaster level Zhou Tiangang Jin is comparable to that of second-level and first-level magic. The power of a pair of flesh palms alone is comparable to that of the imperial second-level low-level magic weapon. Such a secret method is simply a magical skill.
However, this also exposed a problem, the consumption of spiritual power was increasing.
After reaching the Grandmaster level.
I could only hold on for more than a minute before my spiritual energy was exhausted.
Secrets and spells are different.
The latter mainly relies on the power of heaven and earth, relying on mantras and seals to resonate with heaven and earth, and its own spiritual power is just an introduction. The former, on the other hand, completely uses its own spiritual power. No matter how optimized it is, its power depends entirely on the output of its own spiritual power.
"call……"
He exhaled.
"But one minute is enough."
One minute is already a long time for a battle.
The battles he had experienced, whether he faced one person or a group, almost never lasted more than a minute, and could be resolved in more than ten seconds at most. It also took a little longer to kill the second-level monster.:.
"The optimization direction of this secret technique is somewhat similar to basic swordsmanship in some aspects. One controls the physical power, and the other controls one's own spiritual power." Chen Li thought to himself, thoughtfully.
He stretched out his hand, and countless drizzles of water immediately gathered together, and soon a water polo the size of a table tennis ball formed above the palm of his hand.
The water polo is spinning.
at this time,
A distant bell sounded from the top of the mountain and passed through the magic circle.
Chen Li couldn't help but look startled.
"The sound of the bell...is the Jindan Patriarch coming out of seclusion!"
With a flick of his hand, the water ball flew into the air, exploded instantly, and countless water droplets splashed down.
…
When Chen Li arrived, many people had already arrived in the hall.
A large group of foundation builders stood in two rows. All the foundation builders who were not in retreat or going out came over. Chen Li stood quietly at the end of the team, watching his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose.
The ancestor of Jindan has not arrived yet.
Seeing Chen Li come in, there was a sudden buzz in the hall, and there was a lot of noise. Some unseen Ji Zhu asked in a low voice about Chen Li's feet, and then they suddenly realized and glanced over from time to time.
After waiting patiently for a while.
The sound of footsteps came, and the Jindan Patriarch finally arrived.
Chen Li raised his head and took a quick look, seeing the true face of the Jin Dan Patriarch for the first time.
Just the first sight made him disappointed.
He has a middle-aged appearance, very short stature, less than one and a half meters tall, and his hands are longer than his knees. His skin is dark and his image is quite unsightly, but his eyes are as sharp as swords, and he has a golden elixir palm in every move he makes.
The majesty of the door.
After the attack, the entire hall became silent.
He didn't dare to look any further and quickly lowered his eyelids.
The ancestor of Jindan sat down on his seat.
"Congratulations to the leader for coming out of seclusion!"
He glanced around and said with a smile: "I heard from Hongyi that there is a new guest. Who is he? Let me meet him."
Chen Li's heart tightened when he heard this, and he quickly came out of the team with a respectful look on his face. He took a few steps forward, bowed and said, "Junior Chen Li, I would like to pay my respects to the leader."
"Okay, okay, he is such a young and talented person. There is no need to be nervous, as long as you work hard, no matter you are a guest or a disciple, we and the Zhen Sect will treat you equally... please step aside first."
"Yes, Master!"
Chen Li returned to his original position with a flattered expression.
Next, the ancestor of Jindan said a few more words, and after leaving Xia Hongyi behind, he asked everyone to disperse.
Chen Li followed the crowd out of the door and let out a sigh of relief.
Facing Jindan, the pressure is really great.
When he looked at it, it was like a ray of light on his back.
Not easy at all.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, I'm Guo Xingquan. Unfortunately, something happened to the initiation ceremony of Daoist Daoist, but I missed it. I've only been building the foundation for a few years. Let's get closer to each other in the future!" A young man next to him said enthusiastically as he cupped his hands.
"I have met Daoist Fellow Guo. In what year did you enter?" Chen Li quickly returned the greeting.
"It's earlier than Taoist friend, it's been more than seven years now." Guo Xingquan said with a smile.
The two picked up the conversation and started chatting.
Like him, Guo Xingquan was also a guest minister who was born as a casual cultivator. In addition, he had also established the foundation not long ago, so the two of them had a common language, and they talked happily for a while.
"I regret choosing Hua Zhen Gong. The speed of practice is too slow. I have asked people who practice Sanyang Gong. People with ordinary qualifications can usually advance to the second level of foundation building in about five years." Guo Xingquan sighed: "But then
I have practiced so far and am still lingering on the first level. If I want to break through, I will probably have to wait another two years."
That was only nine years...
Chen Li felt a little depressed after hearing this.
Thinking of my pitiful cultivation qualifications, I really have to compare myself to others and compare myself to others.
We are the same people, but why are there such big differences?
Even if the technique has been optimized to the expert level now, it still takes two months to make some progress.
If we keep this pace, it will take at least 16 years to reach the second level of foundation building.
"I heard that real skills are about accumulation and accumulation, so that you can easily break through the realm." Chen Li said.
"That's what I say, but it's too slow." Guo Xingquan shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Well, I guess this will be the end of my life. If I can break through the middle stage before I die, I will be very happy."
"Who can say for sure about this fate?"
"Hahaha, that's true. Speaking of which, I am lucky enough to be able to build a foundation."
The two of them walked and chatted all the way until they arrived in front of Chenli Cave.
Guo Xingquan declined Chen Li's proposal to sit in the cave and said goodbye.
Chen Li opened the formation and walked into the courtyard.
He found Gu Mengqing walking back and forth at the door with an anxious look on his face, and the faint sound of Zhang Shuniang's crying could be heard in the room.
Chen Li's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad feeling:
"Why are you here?" Chen Li asked.
"Brother, Zhang Yan, fellow Daoist Zhang is dead!"
"Dead!? How could..." Chen Li was stunned for a moment, still a little unbelievable: "How did he die?"
Gao Bo died, Lin Gui died, Bai Jinwang died, Han Zhihao died, Zhao Lin died, Guo Wu died, Yu Cheng died. In just six years, people he knew died one after another.
stubble.
"This... died outside Goulan. Fellow Daoist Zhao found it when he passed by accidentally in the morning, so he notified me immediately." Gu Mengqing hesitated: "I went to Goulan specifically to inquire about it, and I heard they said that Fellow Daoist Zhang had an affair with someone before he died.
conflict."
Even Chen Li, who was feeling sad in his heart, couldn't help but be speechless when he heard the words.
After Zhang Shuniang left, Zhang Yan obviously let himself go completely.
But if you go, you will go.
After being single for so many years, Chen Li can understand.
But he still couldn't control his mouth.
"You didn't tell Shu Niang about this, did you?" Chen Li asked.
"Well, of course I didn't say that." Gu Mengqing said.
"Where's the body now?"
"I have already carried him back."
Chen Li patted him on the shoulder, said nothing, and walked into the house.
Inside Zhang Shuniang’s boudoir.
Zhang Shuniang was crying on the bed, and Zhou Hong was beside her constantly comforting her.
Seeing Chen Li come in, Zhou Hong winked and the two of them walked out of the room: "Shu Niang, you are careless and now you have lost your control. I am afraid that you will have to come forward to deal with this fellow Taoist's funeral."
"It should be." Chen Li nodded and walked in the door again:
"Lady..."
"Uncle...my dad is fine, how could it be, how could it be...wuwuwu." Zhang Shuniang said a few words and then burst into tears.
"People cannot be resurrected after death. Go wash your face and tidy up first. We will go down the mountain later." Chen Li consoled him.
Zhang Shuniang nodded in agreement with sobs, wiped her tears, and went to wash up.
…
After one hour.
A group of people walked down the mountain and rushed to Zhang Yan's home. His body was placed in the living room and carried on a wooden board. The body's head was missing, there was blood everywhere, his eyes were wide open, and his death was very unsettling.
Seeing this miserable situation.
Zhang Shuniang was so sad that she lay on the corpse and cried loudly.
Chen Li summoned Gu Mengqing, took out a medium-grade spiritual stone, and handed it over: "Find someone who is good at needlework and sew up the body."
Zhang Yan was a decent man during his lifetime.
Naturally, one should be more dignified after death.
"Brother, no, no, I'll just ask my mother-in-law to come." Gu Mengqing said quickly.
"That's okay!" Chen Li nodded. Immortal cultivators are not as shy about corpses as ordinary people. Like the naughty kid from Widow Wang's family, who was only seven or eight years old, he knew how to touch corpses. He thought for a while and continued.
road:
"Also, go and call the shopkeeper of Gou..., I have something to ask."
He almost spilled the beans.
"Yes, brother!" Gu Mengqing agreed immediately.
With his own identity, he naturally cannot call the shopkeeper of Goulan, but now that he is passing the message on behalf of a foundation builder, the result will be different.
Gu Mengqing turned around and hurried out of the door.
Chen Li looked at Zhang Yan's corpse and sighed:
'Alas, this person I know is missing again!'
…
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