Xu Zhiqiong was very ashamed. He originally wanted to thank Brother Tong, but in the end, he almost delayed Brother Tong from doing something important.
Back home, Xu Zhiqiong was restless. He wanted to prepare a gift for Brother Tong, but the house was bare and he couldn't even bring out a decent snack.
Brother Tong may not argue with Xu Zhiqiong, but it's hard to say with Mrs. Sister-in-law.
Even my sister-in-law doesn't care, men always need face.
Xu Zhiqiong was rummaging through boxes and cabinets, looking for a suitable gift, but unexpectedly Onmyoji Tong Qingqiu came to the door.
"Zhiqiong, come and sit at my house. Your sister-in-law has prepared two side dishes and we brothers will have a drink."
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head repeatedly: "Brother, this can't be done. I haven't come to thank you for what happened last night. How dare you bother me again?"
"I haven't seen you for a few days, but this guy is quite smart," Tong Qingqiu said with a smile, "Don't talk nonsense with your elder brother, just do whatever you want!"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled innocently, and his heart suddenly tightened. He had forgotten the character of an honest man just now.
It's easy to pretend for a moment, but it's too difficult to pretend for a lifetime. This world is too dangerous, and you can't relax even for a moment.
Fortunately, Brother Tong was a careless person and didn't think too much about some things. He opened the lid and looked at the porridge in the pot. He sighed and said, "It's time to take the big exam. I can't eat this anymore. In the past two days."
Just go to my brother’s house to eat, you have to eat meat!”
Tong Qingqiu took Xu Zhiqiong to her home and chatted a few words about home affairs, while her sister-in-law also cooked the dishes.
Tong Qingqiu's face is very long, with a sharp mouth, light eyebrows, and slender eyes. It is a real mouse face, but his wife Wang is very beautiful. She is in her thirties, with an oval face, almond-shaped eyes, and especially a pair of red lips.
Like being leached from fat, Han Di may not have such beauty at this age.
While eating, Xu Zhiqiong accidentally glanced at his sister-in-law twice. Tong Qingqiu looked Xu Zhiqiong up and down. Xu Zhiqiong realized that he was being rude and quickly lowered his head to drink the soup.
Tong Qingqiu frowned and said, "You are unstable and acting strangely. Are you sick?"
"I'm not sick. Yesterday, yesterday, I had a fight with a scoundrel and got some injuries."
"Could it be that you suffered internal injuries?" Tong Qingqiu's expression became tense, "Stretch your hand over here and let me feel your pulse!"
Xu Zhiqiong couldn't refuse, so he stretched out his hand, but seeing Tong Qingqiu's surprised expression, Xu Zhiqiong realized that something was wrong.
Onmyojis are all good at medicine. Did he notice something was wrong with my pulse? My Ren pulse has changed its course, and I can’t let him know about it.
Xu Zhiqiong couldn't restrain his nervousness, and his pulse was a little confused. Tong Qingqiu murmured: "The breath is blocked, the veins are blocked, it is really like this... Zhiqiong, let me ask you something, you must tell me the truth."
"Okay." The truth cannot be told, otherwise the old Taoist priest will break Xu Zhiqiong to pieces. He is thinking about how to deceive Tong Qingqiu.
Tong Qingqiu raised his eyebrows and said fiercely: "Are you constipated?"
"I... didn't!" Xu Zhiqiong really stuttered this time.
"If you are not constipated, why did you squat in the toilet for half an hour?" Tong Qingqiu continued to ask.
"I..." Xu Zhiqiong couldn't explain clearly.
The scene was very tense. My wife stood by and said, "We're having dinner! Can't we just say this?"
Tong Qingqiu said seriously: "His pulse is stagnant, which is obviously due to blocked meridians. This disease must be treated early. How can we hide the disease and avoid treatment!"
Tong Qingqiu got up and went back to the back room, and took out a three-inch square exquisite wooden box. Tong Qingqiu handed the wooden box to Xu Zhiqiong's hand: "With this pill, the meridians disease can be cured!"
Xu Zhiqiong opened the wooden box, which contained a walnut-sized pill, black and shiny: "Can this pill unblock the meridians?"
"No! This is Shunqi Pill!" The warlock shook his head and said, "Put it into the valley to open the intestines!"
Xu Zhiqiong closed the wooden box and said solemnly: "Brother, you misunderstood, I really didn't..."
Tong Qingqiu said with a straight face: "If the intestines are blocked, how can the Qi flow be unblocked? If the Qi flow is blocked, the meridians will naturally be stagnant. This Shunqi Pill has been a painstaking effort of half my life. If it were sent to the ghost market, it would only cost five taels of silver and someone would rush for it. You were
My sister-in-law was also constipated, so she just inserted one pill and it cleared up the same day!"
Madam-in-law threw her chopsticks and went back to the back room.
Xu Zhiqiong took Shunqi Pills with him, thanked him profusely, and left.
…
That afternoon, Xu Zhiqiong was practicing his skills in the room. The key to passing the exam was to absorb someone's energy on the day of the exam. Although the Taoist Master taught Xu Zhiqiong the key points, he had to ensure that everything was perfect. Xu Zhiqiong
Still needs a lot of practice.
The best way to get in touch is to find someone to experiment with and see if you can draw strength from him.
But such people are hard to find, and Xu Zhiqiong didn't want to expose himself easily, so he changed his practice method.
He placed a copper coin by the wall, stepped back three feet away, and used his skills on the copper coin.
The image originates from the Ren channel!
If you can suck copper coins into your mouth without touching them, it proves that you have mastered the skill.
And this kind of practice has another obvious benefit. If something unexpected happens during the exam, you can still make a living by relying on this skill.
From afternoon to dusk, Xu Zhiqiong tried hundreds of times, but only succeeded once. The copper coin was sucked into his mouth and got stuck in his throat, and it took a lot of effort to spit it out.
This successful experience is enough. Through summary, Xu Zhiqiong accurately mastered the key elements of the skills.
At dinner time, Tong Qingqiu called Xu Zhiqiong home again. Madam-in-law was in a good mood tonight, with a smile on her face that exuded the feeling of spring, as if something good had happened.
After dinner, Tong Qingqiu sent Xu Zhiqiong back early, took out a pill from a secret compartment at the head of the bed, and swallowed it.
"Madam, I will give my best tonight!"
Madam-in-law bit her lip and smiled, lowering her head and saying nothing.
…
Xu Zhiqiong continued to practice his skills at home, and his success rate became higher and higher, but his physical strength became increasingly weak.
In fact, his skills don't require too much physical strength. If you still have the physique of a ninth-level killer, it doesn't matter if you practice it for a few days and nights.
But since his cultivation of killing was abolished, Xu Zhiqiong's physical fitness has declined sharply, and it is only a little better than ordinary people.
But that can't be said. The strength is poor, but the speed is much faster. It would be great if I could get some energy to replenish my strength.
Xu Zhiqiong took a lot of air during his fight with Andy Lau yesterday. Although the process was disgusting, the taste was really good.
After resting for a moment, Xu Zhiqiong used his skill again. The copper coins disappeared at the base of the wall, but what he sucked into his mouth was not copper coins.
A lump of greasy stuff that seems to be Qi.
That's right, it's qi. When I was fighting with Liu De'an, the qi I inhaled had the same taste.
Where did the qi machine come from? Xu Zhiqiong was really thinking about the qi machine just now, but he didn't expect that the qi machine was actually sucked into his mouth.
This jelly-like mass of Qi kept sliding towards his throat, and Xu Zhiqiong felt that there was something foreign in the Qi.
It's a copper coin, and the copper coin is still in the qi machine.
The copper coin wanted to be spit out, but it slid down with the Qi machine and Xu Zhiqiong could not spit it out.
It would be a pity to simply spit out the Qi machine together, but it would be better not to swallow the Qi machine of unknown origin.
No, I couldn't spit it out. The jelly slipped into my throat and just flowed down.
Copper coins also have to go in. It is easy to swallow but difficult to come out. This size is a bit unacceptable to Xu Zhiqiong.
…
Xu Zhiqiong was not the only one who was in trouble, Brother Tong next door was also in trouble.
He wiped the sweat from his face and looked at his wife nervously.
The lady wiped his face gently and said coquettishly: "What's going on?"
Tong Qingqiu quickly opened the secret compartment, took out another pill, and stuffed it into her mouth: "Madam, please be patient. Please be patient!"
The lady felt distressed and said: "Don't take too much of this medicine, it will hurt your health!"
"It doesn't matter!" Tong Qingqiu slapped her chest, "For the sake of my wife, I am willing to risk my life!"
…
Through the cooperation of his tongue and upper gums, Xu Zhiqiong spit out the copper coins and sat on the ground panting for a long time.
After swallowing the qi machine, Xu Zhiqiong's physical strength recovered instantly, but he didn't know where the qi machine came from.
Without thinking about where this energy came from, Xu Zhiqiong took out the black stone slab from his backpack, shouted, and punched it.
The slate is not broken.
With tears in his eyes, Xu Zhiqiong covered his mouth and looked at his hands on the stone slab without crying.
It hurts! It hurts so much!
He took his hand back tremblingly. Although the stone slab was not broken, he was sure that the blow just now exploded with unprecedented power.
A little more strength, a little more strength can break the stone slab, and you can pass the big test!
Xu Zhiqiong looked at the wall in front of him. The next door seemed to be Brother Tong's back room. Could it be that...
Xu Zhiqiong decided to do another experiment. This time he did not use copper coins, but directly pressed against the wall to absorb the power.
I imagine the Qi machine in my mind, like the smooth jelly in my mouth.
From the beginning of the Ren channel, although there is no contact, it can still absorb a small amount of Qi.
Brother Tong, you must be asleep too. Don't mind if I suck a little from you.
Xu Zhiqiong pressed against the wall, exerted force, took two big breaths, and swallowed.
Tong Qingqiu was a sixth-grade Onmyoji. Although there was no physical contact, Xu Zhiqiong was able to inhale and fill up his Ren channel through the wall.
Xu Zhiqiong first looked at the hard stone slab, and then at his trembling right hand.
He felt that next time, one of them would definitely break, either a stone or a bone!
The big exam is coming, Xu Zhiqiong should not be so desperate.
But if he didn't risk his life, Xu Zhiqiong would not have the confidence to go to the examination room.
He shouted at the stone slab and struck it down again.
This time it didn't hurt, not at all. Xu Zhiqiong only felt a little shocked.
There was a burst of smoke and dust, and the hard black stone shattered.
It broke in the middle and broke into five pieces.
Xu Zhiqiong picked up a piece of gravel and laughed loudly: "You are the hardest stone on Baihu Mountain. Let me see how hard you are!"
…
"It's quite hard..." Tong Qingqiu trembled all over and looked at the lady with fear.
The lady looked ferocious and shouted: "What do you want me to do? Go take medicine again!"
"This, this medicine, don't dare to take more!"
"Then what do you want!"
"I, I eat, just eat."
…
Xu Zhiqiong felt refreshed after splitting the stone slab, and the energy in his body had not yet dissipated, making his body a little hot.
The two breaths I took from the machine were already a bit hot, maybe Brother Tong had been a little angry in the past two days.
Xu Zhiqiong practiced the skill of sucking copper coins for a while, but still felt unbearably hot, so he went outside to the yard to get some fresh air.
Tong Qingqiu wrapped the cotton robe around her body and sighed: "I am in the prime of my life. Maybe I have been overworked in the past two days and am a little weak tonight. But, it's just her... why should she hit someone?"
Xu Zhiqiong exclaimed: "Sister-in-law, did I beat you?"
Tong Qingqiu gritted her teeth, clenched her fists, swallowed for a while, and said with red eyes: "I sell pills and magic weapons every day, how can it be easy to support my family? Why should I beat someone just because of something like this in bed?
Come……"
Two lines of clear tears fell down, Tong Qingqiu sobbed continuously, and Xu Zhiqiong felt distressed watching it.
"Sister-in-law, your attack was too harsh." Xu Zhiqiong realized that he had harmed Brother Tong, but he did not expect such serious consequences.
Tong Qingqiu gritted her teeth and said bitterly: "This shrew is really nothing!"
"Maybe Madam-in-law has had bad weather these past few days."
"I'm angry..." Tong Qingqiu suddenly stopped crying, as if she realized something, "I just said that she has behaved differently in the past two days. It turned out that she was hiding her illness and avoiding medical treatment. If my dear brother hadn't reminded me, I would have missed something important!"
Tong Qingqiu got up and went home, and saw his wife lying on her side on the bed, with her back to him, already fast asleep.
The timing was right and the posture was right, Tong Qingqiu stuffed his wife with a Shunqi Pill.
The lady woke up.
Tong Qingqiu smiled and felt relieved. The lady must be in a good mood.
That night, the couple didn't sleep all night.
Early the next morning, my wife went out to buy groceries, and Tong Qingqiu was unable to get out of bed due to trauma.
…
A day passed in the blink of an eye, and tomorrow was the big test. Xu Zhiqiong's skills of copying and grafting had reached a very proficient level. He could suck copper coins from three feet away and almost never failed.
After dinner, Xu Zhiqiong wanted to go to bed early, but he heard someone calling the door outside the hospital.
"Zhiqiong, are you at home? I've sent you some elixirs."
It was Yang Wu. He originally promised to bring Xu Zhiqiong some qi-replenishing pills, but Xu Zhiqiong only treated them as polite words, but he didn't expect that he would actually bring them.
Xu Zhiqiong's Ren pulse is abnormal and he cannot take Qi-tonifying pills, but when his friends come, he cannot turn them away.
Xu Zhiqiong opened the door and was about to invite Yang Wu in, but found that there was someone following Yang Wu.
"Senior brother, my little sister is here too."
The aroma was so fragrant that Xu Zhiqiong took a deep breath and invited the two of them into the house.
"You two young masters, please sit down for a moment. I, I will make a cup of green tea for Junior Sister Han."
Junior Sister Han quickly grabbed Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Senior Brother, I don't need tea if I'm not thirsty. Sit down quickly. I'm going to bother you late at night. How dare I trouble you again."
It's best not to drink tea. Daxuan's tea ceremony is very complicated, much more complicated than Dongying's tea ceremony. Xu Zhiqiong doesn't have this skill, nor does he have such good tea leaves.
The three of them sat down. Junior Sister Han first became concerned about Xu Zhiqiong's injury: "Senior Brother, are you feeling better? My little sister can't eat or sleep these days. She is thinking about Senior Brother every day."
Xu Zhiqiong believed this. Han Di would definitely not be able to sleep in the past two days.
Yang Wu assisted and said: "Zhiqiong, Junior Sister Han has suffered a lot for you. She hasn't eaten or slept much for several days. Do you think this person looks haggard?"
Xu Zhiqiong looked at the two of them and said, "Have you been together these two days?"
Han Di frowned and said, "How can senior brother say such a thing?"
Yang Wu was not happy anymore: "Zhiqiong, what do you mean by this? Just mess around with me, how can you make nonsense of your junior sister? How can your daughter's family's innocence allow you to talk nonsense?"
Xu Zhiqiong quickly apologized and said with a smile: "My brother made a mistake, junior sister, don't blame me, don't blame me!"
Han Di lowered his head, still very angry. Yang Wu said angrily: "Zhiqiong, I'm not talking about you, do you think you've hurt junior sister's heart?"
Xu Zhiqiong wiped his nose and said: "I, I didn't..."
"Forget it, I can't explain some things to you clearly, let's be honest!" Yang Wu took out a dozen brocade boxes and placed them in front of Xu Zhiqiong one by one: "This is my father's replenishing energy for me.
The elixirs used are all given to you since I have a level of cultivation in the ninth level and have no need for them."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and smiled: "Thank you, thank you brother."
"Don't be too busy saying thank you. Junior Sister Han has something to ask you for help. Will you help me?"
Han Di complained and said: "Senior Brother Yang, please don't embarrass Senior Brother Xu."
"How can this be called embarrassment?" Yang Wu said to Xu Zhiqiong, "You can see Junior Sister Han's affection for you. The dean gave you a Yuan Ju Dan, so you take half of it and give it to Junior Sister.
Alright."
Xu Zhiqiong sniffed again: "But, but that was, that was given to me by the dean."
Yang Wu sighed and said: "Zhiqiong, you are confused. You said you could pass the exam even if you took half a pill. What's the benefit of taking half a pill more?"
"Yes, it can improve your cultivation."
"With your skills, can you be promoted to the eighth level?" Yang Wu was so anxious that he jumped, "Just give half of the elixir to your junior sister, and everyone will be happy. What's wrong with that?"
Xu Zhiqiong lowered his head and said nothing. Junior Sister Han held back her tears and said, "Senior Brother Yang, let's go. Don't embarrass Senior Brother Xu anymore."
Yang Wu sighed: "He is such a stubborn person. Junior sister, don't worry, just come to my house and sit down. Senior brother will help you think of a solution!"
Yang Wu stood up to leave, but Junior Sister Han refused to leave.
She came here for the Juyuan Dan. She definitely couldn't leave without getting the things.
Yang Wu saw that the situation was a little embarrassing, so he had to ask again: "Will you give me the Yuan Ju Dan or not?"
"Here! Junior sister came to me to ask for it, and you have already mentioned this. How can I not give it to you?"
Xu Zhiqiong went back to the back room, took out an exquisite wooden box, and handed it to Han Di.
Han Di opened the wooden box and saw a jet-black elixir, exuding a strong medicinal fragrance.
"This, this is the Juyuan Pill," Xu Zhiqiong introduced, "This is the Juyuan Pill that is produced by the Yin and Yang Division in the twelfth year!"
Han Di was moved to tears: "Little sister, little sister, I sincerely thank you senior brother!"
Yang Wu looked at Han Di, whose eyes were shining, and then at the naive Xu Zhiqiong, and quickly said: "You two are half of each other, so separate it now."
Han Di lowered his head and said timidly: "I'm afraid it's hard to separate these pills."
What does this mean?
Han Di wants to be alone?
Yang Wu looked at Xu Zhiqiong and felt more and more sorry, but then he thought about it, this pill might really be difficult to separate.
Junior Sister Han said it was difficult to break up, so she must have concerns. How could Junior Sister Han, a good person like her, have any bad intentions?
"Zhiqiong, look at this, I have prepared a lot of Qi-tonifying medicine for you..."
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Han Di holding the wooden box and refusing to let go, and said with a naive smile: "Junior Brother Yang is right, what kind of idiot am I? If I take this pill, it will be a waste, so just give it to Junior Sister!"
Han Di happily said after hearing this: "Then thank you, senior brother. I will never forget my friendship in this life. I am willing to be a slave in the next life and repay my kindness to you!"
Han Di took the wooden box and immediately left the courtyard. Xu Zhiqiong chased behind him and said: "Junior sister Han, be careful on the road, I will see you off!"
Yang Wu looked at Xu Zhiqiong and felt a little sorry, but seeing that Han Di was already on the horse, he had to chase him.
"Zhiqiong, you should rest early. We have something to do. Let's talk about it later..."
Han Di had already left, and Yang Wu quickly got on his horse and chased after him: "Junior sister, don't be anxious, don't be anxious, didn't you agree to come and sit at my house?"
Han Di was too lazy to take another look at Yang Wu, so he hugged the brocade box and said, "Senior Brother Yang, it's getting late. We have to go up the mountain in a hurry tomorrow. Let's rest early and visit you at your house the next day!"