Chapter 152: It’s Difficult to Cultivation as an Immortal
On the back cliff of Changsheng Temple, Lu Qing, dressed in Tsing Yi, was patiently grinding pieces of pine smoke and ink.
He looked at the ink that was spreading out bit by bit, and there was a ray of sadness between his brows that could not be dissipated.
"Sigh, it's hard to enter the immortal sect, but it's even harder to cultivate the immortal! I've been practicing hard for a month, and I've only reached the second level of Qi refining. I don't know if I can break through the foundation building in this life." Lu Qing said bitterly.
The more he practiced, the more he felt the restraint of this world on him. He tried many times to break through the third level of Qi refining, but in the end he failed because of the thinness of the spiritual energy.
And this is because he has the Eternal Life Sutra in his mind and the method is complete. Those who have practiced the Eternal Life Sutra may be in an even worse situation.
However, they were still immersed in the great surprise of cultivating immortals and did not realize the issue of life span at all.
"Sometimes, ignorance is also a blessing. We are both lucky and unfortunate."
Lu Qing picked up the brush, dipped it in ink on the inkstone, and painted on the rice paper very seriously. At this moment, all he could see was the small world under his pen.
"Master, Director Guo is here to find you. He is in the Jingxin Hall now."
Two hours later, a Taoist priest walked quickly and said respectfully behind Lu Qing.
"I see."
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing put down his brush and turned around to leave.
"Master, do you need to put your paintings away?" the Taoist priest asked loudly.
"No need, just leave it there."
Lu Qing covered 7 or 8 meters in one step, and his body turned into a blue shadow and quickly disappeared on the back cliff.
The Taoist priest looked towards the desk.
The mountain breeze blew, and a thin piece of rice paper lay flat on it, but it did not move at all. A bluestone road with some wet ink marks was drawn on it, and both ends were hidden in the mist.
"Tsk, tsk, Mo Zhongliufa. Master, his cultivation has improved again." The Taoist priest exclaimed in a low voice, and then rushed in the direction where Lu Qing left.
"Hahaha, Master Lu, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you look more like an immortal!"
When Guo Changyong saw Lu Qing coming, he put down the tea cup in his hand and stood up to greet him with a smile on his face.
"Director Guo is very high-spirited. The Special Investigation Bureau investigates all over the world. There is nothing comparable to this humble veteran."
The two of them are old friends, Lu Qing joked without any hint of offence.
"Director Guo is so busy with everything right now, why do you have time to come to Lao Dao to sit here today?"
"You don't know how many people want to come in. I came here today because I have something important to discuss with you." Guo Changyong's face became serious as he spoke.
"Oh, what's the matter? Is it the recent revival of Baiyue and the return of spiritual energy?" Lu Qing asked.
"It's more than that. Alas, things have been really troubled recently. Do you know what's going on in the Western Kingdom?"
Guo Changyong looked at Lu Qing and found that his expression had not changed, so he continued,
"The Melian Tree of Life has blossomed and bore fruit! Oh, people from all the families in the Western Kingdom have turned against each other, and their brains have almost been knocked out!"
"The vampire tree can still bear fruit?"
Lu Qing's calm expression finally turned to surprise.
During this period of time, the changes in the Western Kingdom have been seen by everyone.
That giant tree that reaches the sky actually has the ability to give people the power of mysterious blood! But after accepting this ability, you will inevitably crave blood.
Lu Qing heard that the dignitaries there had accepted the transformation of this power, and ordinary people were completely reduced to mobile blood sources, which was terrible to see.
Privately, everyone already calls the Western Kingdom the Vampire Empire and the Melia Tree of Life the Vampire Demonic Tree.
"Yeah, no one thought that the vampire tree would bear fruit. Just the extract from the branches has such a terrifying effect, how powerful this fruit must be!" Guo Changyong said with emotion.
"Director Guo won't have any thoughts about it, right? Let me tell you in advance, I can't snatch the fruit with my old bones." Lu Qing looked at Guo Changyong with a strange expression.
Despite the blood-sucking sequelae, and despite being weak when exposed to seawater after transformation, the Muria extract has been sold for a sky-high price of 100 million on the black market.
I heard that the thieves who died around Melia were able to form a reinforced group.
"Don't worry. I'm not here today to ask you to grab the fruit, but to ask you to help identify the fruit." Guo Changyong showed a mysterious smile on his lips.
Click.
Lu Qing lost control and twisted his beard: "What? You have already grabbed the fruit!"
"I spent some money and got two of them. This fruit is a bit strange and cannot be analyzed by scientific instruments. So I would like to ask you, Temple Master Lu, to come out and help identify it." Guo Changyong said.
This price is not small.
Lu Qing seemed to smell the blood in Guo Changyong's understatement and said:
"Okay! This fruit is so important and the nights are long and we have many dreams. Let's set off quickly."
Guo Changyong nodded. The two of them did not go up the mountain stairs, but jumped directly from the cliff next to the Jingxin Hall. Like two balls of cotton wool, their footsteps touched the cliff wall and quickly disappeared.
In a research institute in the urban area of Mingshan City, a gray-haired professor trembled with his hands and looked at the fruits in the glass cabinet obsessively:
"Incredible, really incredible! This is definitely the greatest biological discovery of this century!"
"Lao Li, how many times have you said this? Did you detect anything over there?" Professor Wang on the other side stared at the straight line on the instrument screen and said.
"No, nothing has been detected! This fruit is clearly in front of our eyes, but the instrument has no response at all. It is simply challenging our biology!" Professor Li said excitedly.
"Oh, the world has changed a long time ago. Don't talk about your biology. Those who studied physics didn't have much hair in the first place, but now they have all fallen out! Cultivation of immortals is actually real!"
"Where did the soldier who took the Fruit of Melia go?" Professor Li asked.
"I was asked to leave by the Special Investigation Bureau, so I'm probably testing my abilities now," Professor Wang said.
At this moment, the safety door of the laboratory opened, and Guo Changyong and Lu Qing walked in together.
Professor Li and Professor Wang immediately came to the two of them.
"Did you find anything?" Guo Changyong asked.
"Not yet." The two professors said helplessly.
As top researchers in their respective fields, they have been in this laboratory for three days, but with no results, their faces turned red.
"Two professors have worked hard. This fruit is not an ordinary item, and it is indeed difficult to study the results using ordinary methods." Guo Changyong comforted.
At this time, Lu Qing had already attracted all his attention to the fruits in the glass cabinet.
He walked up to the fruit, with magic flowing in his eyes.
The Fruit of Melia is a green-skinned fruit the size of a fist, with a bright red flowing liquid inside. The light it emits penetrates the outer skin, making the fruit crystal clear, as if it were made of jade, and does not look like something in the world at all.
Lu Qing stretched out a finger, pierced the glass directly, and touched the fruit.
The two professors suddenly looked anxious and were about to speak.
"Shh. Don't disturb Master Lu." Guo Changyong stretched out his hand to stop the two of them and stopped them.
The moment Lu Qing touched the fruit with her fingers, the bright red liquid inside rolled violently, and a pale red light flashed crazily in the research room.
"Something has changed!"
"Mysterious words are floating out of the fruit!"
Guo Changyong's pupils shrank, this was a change that had never happened before!
Circles of red runes flew out from the fruit, forming rings and nesting on Lu Qing's fingers.
A confused feeling came over him.
In 5 seconds! The skin on the surface of his finger cracked, and clusters of small granules emerged! It looked shocking!
"Zhuo! Foehn Feng!"
Lu Qing came to his senses and quickly retracted his fingers. He shouted softly, picked up a talisman with his left hand at lightning speed, and placed it on the back of his right hand.
The scorching wind clung to the fingers, driving away the strange power integrated into the fingers. The originally swollen and cracked fingers also returned to their original shape.
"Guanzhu Lu, are you okay?" Guo Changyong asked quickly.
Lu Qing looked solemnly at the restored fruits in the glass cabinet and said:
"Director Guo, this Melia Fruit is not simple! It has an evil power that not only affects the physical body, but also interferes with the spirit. If I hadn't been blessed by my ancestor, it would be difficult to escape!"
"If you take it, what are the side effects? Will you become mentally disturbed?" Guo Changyong asked.
Lu Qing shook his head: "I don't know. Director Guo, there is only one here, is there another one?"
"Yes. One of my investigators ate it. If not, he wouldn't have been able to break out of the siege of the Western Kingdom." Guo Changyong said with a bitter smile.
"Master Lu, come with me."
The two set off again and came to another research institute.
In the shooting range, gunfire continued, and bullet casings fell to the ground with a continuous crisp sound.
A shirtless man stood in the middle with a calm face, letting bullets pierce his chest.
Broken bones and blood splashed from his body and gathered on him from the ground!
"Immortality!"
Lu Qing was shocked.
Even if he is currently at the second level of Qi Refining, he does not dare to resist bullets! He can only dodge and then look for opportunities to kill the enemy.
But the man in front of him didn't take the bullet seriously at all. Is this body really a human being?
"When breaking out of the Western Kingdom, Sun Qiang was even shot in half by a heavy sniper, but he still survived well!" Guo Changyong said with emotion.
"Does Melia bear many fruits?" Lu Qing asked seriously.
If everyone who eats the fruit is so terrifying, then there is no need for the immortal cultivators in Daxia to play with it.
"According to Liu Qiang, Melia has about 100 fruits this time."
"However, we tested Liu Qiang and found that he only has the ability to be immortal, but in other aspects he is almost the same as ordinary people."
"Moreover, after eating this fruit, Liu Qiang will be weak and weak when exposed to the sea. He cannot even beat a child." Guo Changyong said.
"Fortunately, Melia is in the Western Kingdom." Lu Qing said.
"Yeah, luckily it's in the West." Guo Changyong also agreed.
There is a huge ocean between the two, and the Melia Fruit turmoil will not affect this place for the time being.
Lu Qing and other immortal cultivators still have time to improve themselves.
…
Yuanzhiwu can attract qualified guests according to the conditions set by the owner.
However, it has been more than four months since this house came to the world, and apart from Lu Qing, no one else has been entertained yet.
There is also a lot of space inside, and now it has been reduced to a small cabin where Lin Yuan and Lina live.
"When there is still 1 hourglass left, concentrate and meditate, and guard your Dantian. Come on, you can do it!"
In the quiet room, Lin Yuan was lying on the rocking chair, encouraging Lina beside him.
At this time, Lina was sitting on the futon, with her five hearts in the sky, practicing the Sutra of Immortality diligently.
However, the pink T-shirt she was wearing with the big faces of anime characters printed on it did not look like a cultivator.
This little girl has been addicted to anime recently. She spends all day sitting on the sofa, hugging pillows and watching anime, and has a great time.
Lin Yuan felt that if he didn't take action, this piece of jade for cultivating immortals would really be ruined.
Therefore, he decisively grabbed Lina from the sofa and brought her to the quiet room of Yuanzhiwu. She was not allowed to leave the seclusion until she practiced for three hours a day! He supervised it personally!
People, if you don’t push yourself, you don’t know how powerful you are.
Lin Yuan looked at Lina with satisfaction.
Look, under his strict control, isn't it now the second level of Qi Refining?
As for him, he no longer needs to cultivate on his own. He can just draw water from the people of the world every day.
He has more important things to do now.
The extraordinary powers in the east and west regions are already quite active, and this world's rejection of the spiritual world is not as serious as before. It is time to consider integrating with the spiritual world.
"Material and spiritual, let's start with spirituality. Before that, I have to create a stage. The curtain is gradually rising, the world's proudest people are entering, and the wheels of the times are rolling forward. This is how it should be."
Lin Yuan was mentally planning what he would do later, and his eyes couldn't help but feel a little wandering.
At this moment, a flash of green came into his eyes.
Lin Yuan looked intently and saw Lina secretly opening one eye and looking at the hourglass on the ground.
"Lina, being distracted is a taboo in cultivating immortals! Oh, forget it, let's finish practicing today."
"ah!"
When Lina heard Lin Yuan sigh, she immediately opened her eyes and her face became panicked.
"I'm sorry, Xiaolin, I, I didn't mean it."
"I was really serious about practicing, but just now, I woke up."
"Then I can't practice anymore..."
Lina said in a panic, her little face was at a loss, and her eyes were gradually covered with mist.
Suddenly, a pair of warm hands placed on her head.
Lina wiped away her tears and saw Lin Yuan's smile.
"I know, I know everything. Lina, this is not your fault. It was my lack of consideration."
"Xiao Lin..." Lina looked confused.
"From now on, just have fun cultivating immortality. Who said that cultivating immortality must be boring and meditating?" Lin Yuan said.
He habitually applies the experience of practicing Xian Xuan Zuo Wang Sutra, but forgets that everyone's application situation is different.
In the Mingshan Mountains, Tianke can wander around the world and walk the path of free immortality. Lin Yuan is also confident that he can find a happy path for Lina to cultivate immortality.
"Okay, don't be stunned. Next, I will take you to a fun place: the spiritual world!"
Lin Yuan stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Lina's eyes a few times to help her regain consciousness.
"Well! Xiaolin is the best!"
Lina nodded vigorously, her tears turned into smiles, her petite body turned into a phantom, and she threw herself from the futon onto Lin Yuan's body, hugging him tightly.
Click!
In an instant, the sounds of bone cracking came from Lin Yuan.
"Ouch! Lina, you used too much force again!"
"Ah? Xiaolin, what's wrong with you? Why can't you stand still?"
"First of all, don't let go. It's broken. My waist is broken. Let me take a pill to calm down."