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The morning light is still unclear.
Two black figures slipped out of the forest and quietly walked onto the road beside the forest.
Although the shadow acted sneakily, it still alerted the dogs in the nearby village.
The morning stars twinkled in the sky, and the dogs barked on the ground. There were two more black figures running along the avenue.
After a moment, the black shadows turned into three, and then into two, and continued running south. Gradually the barking of dogs faded away, and the crow of roosters was heard again. After a while, a large number of houses appeared in front of them. The two black shadows kept moving and disappeared in the morning light.
It's a market town.
It was still early and every house was closed. The same is true for the Yuelai Inn at the east end of the town. But two black figures came straight to the back door of the inn.
A lantern hung on the back door, swaying slightly in the morning breeze. Two young men came in a hurry, one holding a long sword and looking around; the other put down the strong man he was carrying and stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Until then, the two black figures turned into three people. The man who landed on the ground was dragging one leg and holding a branch as a crutch.
Following two calls, an old man opened the back door and exclaimed "Taoist Master Yan". Then he welcomed the three of them into the backyard, arranged separate guest rooms, and brought hot water and cakes. By the time the three of them took a rest, it was already getting bright.
The guest room is small, fully equipped, and has a window facing the street.
Yu Ye put down his sword, wiped his face, ate a few cakes, drank half a can of water, and then walked to the window of the guest room.
Beiqi Town, Yuelai Inn.
Yu Ye stayed vigil in the forest last night and didn't dare to close his eyes for half the night. The earth cave where he was hiding was only more than ten miles away from Beiqi Mountain. You can still hide for a while at night, but your whereabouts will inevitably be revealed after dawn. So he rushed Zhongjian to leave before dawn.
Yan Chi suggested going to Beiqi Town, which is twenty miles away. There are many people and it is easier to hide. When he carried Zhong Jian and walked out of the forest, Yan Chi suggested that it was hard to travel on two legs, so it was better to find a carriage instead. He simply asked Yan Chi to carry Zhong Jian on his back. As expected, he was too tired to talk. Then the two of them ran to Beiqi Town and arrived at Yuelai Inn, which Yan Chi was familiar with. Judging from the situation, Zhongjian wanted to stay in the inn to recuperate, but he would continue his journey in the wild.
Looking through the window, there were three to five groups of people on the street. Shops opened one after another, and smoke rose from each house. The dogs are running and having fun, and the children are crying in the morning.
It is this ordinary scene that makes people feel peaceful and at ease.
Yu Ye turned back and closed the door, bolted it, walked to the couch and sat down.
Zhong Jian and Yan Chi were both generous. If you follow the two of them, you don't have to worry about the cost of food and accommodation.
Yu Ye took off his boots, crossed his legs, and stretched out his hands to smooth the hem of his clothes, with a look of deep tiredness on his face.
Yesterday, he was first chased by Boss Hu and was forced to take Zhong Jian up the mountain. Then he fought twice with Qi refining masters and killed one person with his sword Qi, which depleted all the Qi in his body. At this time, the tense mind was relieved, and I just felt exhausted.
Who would have thought that Bu Yi destroyed Beiqi Mountain and then came back again. Fortunately, he responded quickly and escaped the trap in time.
Well, it's a trap.
Bu Yi is like a hunter, using Lingshan Daomen as a trap and treating him as prey, including Yu Ye, Zhong Jian, Yan Chi, Hu Boss, and all the people who came to Beiqi Mountain.
It happened that he was born as a hunter in the wild, he was good at hunting and killing, and he was extremely alert to crises and dangers, but he could not figure out Bu Yi's true intention.
No matter what he wanted to do, since he couldn't afford to offend him, he stayed away from him.
Although the trip to Beiqi Mountain was thrilling and narrowly escaped, as previously speculated, it was not without some gains.
He roughly understood the current situation of various Taoist sects, discovered Bu Yi's movements, made friends with Zhongjian, met Yanchi, and dispelled his worries about being an accomplice of the thieves. Another one is to understand the small method of body protection with true energy and sound transmission with spiritual consciousness.
In addition, he and Zhongjian searched the Buddhist Scripture Cave in Beiqi Mountain and participated in a murder to divide the spoils.
Yu Ye took out a few things from his arms, and finally a smile appeared on his face.
A jade tablet, a jade slip, and two small stones.
After killing the qi refining master, he only took these three things. All the remaining relics were left to Zhongjian. He also covets flying swords and gift rings, but he has never been a greedy person.
The white jade plaque has Qizhou Zhongshan engraved on one side and Yunchuan on the other side. Zhongshan in Qizhou should be the place where the deceased came from. And what Yun Chuan meant was unknown at the moment.
On the jade slips, if you immerse yourself in them with your spiritual consciousness, you can see the pictures and labels of rivers, mountains, villages and towns, as well as the words of the Five Kingdoms of Qizhou. This is the map of Qizhou.
Two small stones, each about an inch in size, with sharp edges and corners, crystal clear, like exquisite jade. I had never seen such a stone before, so I picked it up casually. As soon as I picked it up, I noticed its strangeness.
Yu Ye picked up a stone and was secretly delighted.
Yes, the stone looks crystal clear, but it appears as a condensed energy in the consciousness. If you hold it in your hand and perform some exercises, you will be able to detect a trace of spiritual energy flowing into the body along the meridians in the palm of your hand.
The classics in the Sea of Consciousness happen to record: Spiritual energy is created from heaven and earth, and crystallizes over thousands of years. It is like jade or stone, and is called spiritual stone. It is an indispensable thing for monks.
The reason why his cultivation in Yuye was slow was due to his lack of spiritual energy. With the help of spiritual stones, his cultivation would be more effective with half the effort.
This is the real treasure!
Yu Ye put down the spirit stone and took out two jade slips from his arms.
The two jade slips come from the Sutra Cave.
One of them is a map slip, which is the geographical map of Yanzhou's mountains and rivers that he and Zhongjian talked about.
He did not tell Zhongjian about another jade slip with mottled ancient colors. Because the other party has no spiritual consciousness, it would be unnecessary to take it out. What's more, the jade slip is very worn, and there is only one line of characters in it: Flying stars enter the South Dou, Nine Purples bloom into the netherworld.
This inexplicable sentence should have been accidentally left by a certain senior figure. It was regarded as useless by the descendants of Beiqi Mountain and abandoned in the Sutra Cave.
Yu Yecha looked at it, and finally his eyes fell on the spirit stone.
He put the jade slips and jade tablets into his arms, leaving only a spiritual stone. He calmed down for a moment, then closed his eyes slightly, held the spirit stone in his hand, and silently operated the technique. Traces of invisible, transparent energy and tiny, twinkling rays of light slowly flow into the body, and then follow the meridians, directly to the internal organs, the sea of qi and dantian, and then to the limbs and bones, and then return to the sea of consciousness. , Jinque, gathered in the sea of qi, and then cycled like this over and over again. There was very little true energy left in the sea of qi, and it was slowly filling up. Either due to the abundance of true energy, or the nourishment of spiritual energy, the Jiao Dan hanging in the sea of energy actually emitted a faint yellow light. Although it was extremely weak, it was like the dry land encountering sweet rain, and the life that had been sleeping for a long time was like this. There is life. For a moment, the spiritual energy that was once slowly pouring into the body gradually became more violent, as if the lake and sea embankments were opening, and the surge was endless...
"Bang, bang——"
There was a knock on the door and someone was shouting——
"Brother, my senior brother is here to talk to you. After sleeping for three days, it's time to get up."
In the guest room, Yu Yeyu sat cross-legged, looking calm. The Taoist robe on his body billowed slightly, and the messy hair on his shawl was blowing in the wind. The moment there was a knock on the door, he slowly opened his eyes, but ignored Yan Chi and looked down at his open palms.
The spiritual stone in the palm of his hand became turbid, no longer crystal clear, and showed the white color of jade. The spiritual energy contained in it seemed to have been reduced by 50 to 60%.
In three days and nights, more than half of the spiritual energy in the spiritual stone was absorbed?
Yu Ye moved his eyes to his palms and arms.
After exhaling and regulating the breath, try to protect the body with true energy. At this time, he had put away his true energy, and the billowing robes and floating hair gradually returned to their original state, but the light on his arms had not faded away, leaving a faint cyan trace, faintly like patches. The fish scales are not only covered on the arms, but also cover the whole body.
What's going on here?
Yu Ye hurriedly jumped off the wooden couch and picked up the bronze mirror on the table.
In the bronze mirror, a face with messy hair appeared, but nothing unusual was seen. Instead, there seemed to be a faint black aura between the eyebrows.
Where does the black energy come from?
I remember Jiaoying said that after swallowing Jiaodan, there are signs of poisoning, maybe this is it.
Yu Ye lowered his head and looked at it.
The bruises on his body had disappeared without a trace, as if nothing had happened, and what he saw just now was like an illusion.
How could it be an illusion?
Yu Zhi had a thought.
As the true energy circulates, his clothes swell and his hair flies. The disappeared bruises immediately reappeared, as if the whole body was covered with fish scales. When he reached out and touched it, there was nothing abnormal, but the smooth skin seemed to have become stronger and tougher. The cheeks in the mirror were covered with a faint green glow, making his appearance look a bit ugly and weird. When he put away his body-protecting energy, the blue marks on his body and the green light on his face slowly disappeared again.
How could this happen?
Could it be because of Jiao Dan again?
If this is the case, the blue marks should not appear like fish scales.
Could it be the scales of a dragon?
If this continues, what will I become?
Yu Ye was shocked by himself.
Looking inside, the energy that was once exhausted has returned to its original state, becoming purer and more abundant. In the sea of qi, surrounded by the true qi, a bead hangs quietly, shining with a light yellow luster. It no longer seems to be silent, but glows with a weak but wild vitality.
"Jiaoying, why is my body-protecting energy different from others? Will I turn into a monster?"
"Jiaoying...?"
There is no master in Yuye, so when practicing, he has to rely on trial and error or learn from others. Once he encounters confusion, his eyes are blank and he is unable to do anything. At this time, he really wanted to get advice from an expert, and Jiao Ying was undoubtedly the expert in his mind. Unexpectedly, after shouting twice silently, the mysterious woman ignored him at all.
That's all, although the body-protecting Qi was different, my body didn't feel any discomfort.
Breathing in, breathing out, and breathing is quite time-consuming. In the blink of an eye, three days have passed?
Yu Ye put down the mirror, put on his boots, put away the items on the couch, and couldn't help but look at the spirit stone again. Although the spiritual stones are good, it's a pity that there are only two pieces. He unbolted the door bolt, opened the door, and heard Yan Chi complaining——
"Brother, how long are you going to wait like this? My senior brother wants to talk to you..."
