By the time Gu Qing left his cultivation, nearly seven months had passed in a hurry in the space of the stone tablet.
Gu Qing did not wake up naturally.
There is still purple light floating in the space of the stone tablet.
Their number was reduced by more than half compared to before Gu Qing practiced.
Gu Qing originally wanted to refine all these purple light flakes before ending the retreat. He had already keenly noticed that the changes in his body's Dao foundation, the five-color lotus platform, and the power of the ancient demon had reached an unprecedented intensity. .
Gu Qing's newly regrown eyes were clear, and on his stone-sculpted cheeks, the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed. At this time, all the flesh and blood he had cut out earlier had grown back and attached to the bones around his body.
In his hand, he held two communication talismans of different colors.
These were the two communication talismans he used to contact the head of the Gu family and Gu Tingyue. Just now, the two communication talismans lit up almost at the same time, awakening him in his cultivation state.
The head of the Gu family, the middle-stage Qi-refining monk named Gu Cheng, and Gu Tingyue, the two people conveyed the same message to him.
"On the island of Changming Island, Master Xuwang died... What is the cultivation level of Master Xuwang? What does this matter have to do with me?" Gu Qing touched his chin. He didn't know why these two people transmitted messages to him.
Could it be that if the owner of Changming Island dies, Changming Island will be in chaos?
Hmm... In that case, it's not impossible.
Gu Qing put away the two communication charms and looked at himself with concentration.
I saw a golden lotus seed condensed in the center of the originally five-color lotus platform in the qi sea of my dantian!
This golden lotus seed hangs on the five-color lotus platform, and there is an indistinct and slightly illusory lotus seed of the same golden color beside it.
The crack that originally lay across the five-color lotus platform has been completely healed. However, his five-color lotus platform has finally shrunk a little compared to before. However, the spiritual power inside it is a bit more solid, and the energy it exudes Five-color spiritual light illuminated his entire body.
In addition to the changes in the Dantian Qi Sea, the five-color lotus platform changes.
The muscles, veins, and flesh all over his body have also become extremely tough. They have experienced countless tears and reorganizations. Every inch of his flesh and blood is infinitely stronger than when he cut out flesh and scraped bones before. Even, He felt that if he used basic magic techniques to condense the golden light, it would be difficult to tear his own flesh and blood.
His meridians became even wider and dyed with a light golden color. The five-color spiritual energy in them flowed rapidly and spread throughout his body, giving his already tyrannical physical strength to another level. He just clenched his fist. , the air currents stirred up all around, penetrated hundreds of feet, hit the invisible barrier in the stone monument space, and exploded in all directions.
On the contrary, his whole body bones did not change much.
However, its color is darker.
"Currently, I am trying my best to mobilize the power of the ancient demon, and I have transformed into a fifty-three-foot giant. My power has increased more than a hundred times! With the power of this ancient demon alone, can I pose some threat to fake alchemy monks like Li Hengyang? After all, I have swallowed up the cultivation of old thief Li Hengyang..."
Gu Qing's eyes flickered slightly, and there seemed to be a faint light in his eyes.
He suppressed the violent malice in his heart.
Gu Qing did not deny it.
For a moment, he thought that he could use a large number of ordinary people and Qi-refining monks to cultivate the power of the ancient demon.
Those weak people who cannot resist have become his resources, and he can continue to become stronger in the shortest time and with the smallest risk, and in this way become a true evil cultivator who everyone wants to beat.
The ancient demon inheritance is like a giant beast in the abyss, slowly devouring him. Every time he practices a little bit, his strength will skyrocket. Over time, will he completely give up on spiritual cultivation and give up what little humanity he has left? Become a real ancient demon?
"Ah."
Gu Qing laughed calmly.
His figure disappeared into the stone monument space.
The top of the dark stone monument became empty again.
Changming Island, Siling Town, Huanhua Lane.
Behind the Gu family's residence, next to the black water pool.
Two figures are waiting here
Wait.
One of them is a stunning woman with a late-stage cultivation of Qi, and her expression is somewhat anxious.
The other person is an extremely enchanting woman. This woman is shockingly beautiful, especially the ice blue lines that spread from her neck to her cheeks, making her even more special. However, this woman's cultivation level is only at the level of Qi Refining. .
These two people are Gu Tingyue and An Menghuan.
An Meng also used Gu Qing to draw the yin talisman on the Shenque Point for him, successfully introducing Qi into his body and completing the first level of Qi Refining. Nearly seven months have passed, and he has only managed to complete the first level of Qi Refining.
She had no clue about the second Yin Talisman.
But An Meng was very satisfied.
After practicing Yin Sha Xuan Gong, she has been completely transformed.
She was no longer the little maid of the Qing family who had no internal organs, no oil, no skin, and no skin. She felt the taste of strength.
Although this power is not strong, she will definitely cherish it.
She will never forget that this is the power given to her by her master.
"Sister Tingyue, there are still some things that I can't understand about the water technique you taught Meng Huan earlier..." While waiting, An Meng asked Gu Tingyue. She had not yet gained consciousness. So I can only speak honestly.
Hearing this, Gu Tingyue smiled bitterly to herself.
How long has it been and An Meng is still asking her questions?
However, she was not surprised.
Ever since An Menghuan was brought into the family to practice at the request of senior Gu Qing, An Menghuan would continue to ask her for advice as long as they were alone with her, and she did not dare to refuse.
Who told An Meng that senior Gu Qing gave it to her?
"This waterspout is a middle-grade magic technique..." Gu Tingyue thought for a moment and wanted to explain her understanding to An Meng.
Gu Tingyue naturally communicated with An Meng through voice messages.
Her cultivation has reached the late stage of Qi refining and she possesses divine consciousness. Naturally, she does not need to speak before she can speak like An Menghuan.
At this time.
In the cave beside the black water pool, the stone gate rumbled up.
The two women looked at the rising stone door at the same time, but there was only a flash of light and shadow, and the stone door was empty.
The two women looked around, but Gu Qingzhi was nowhere to be seen.
"Who are you? How dare you..."
Immediately, there was a roar in front of Zi Gu's residence.
The two women looked at each other and walked silently towards the front of the Gu family's residence.
In front of the Gu family station, in a palace.
Gu Cheng, the head of the Gu family, several elders of the Gu family, and most of the monks of the Gu family gathered here. They all accompanied a young master of the Gu family on Changming Island with humbly expressions on their faces.
The Gu family on Changming Island is the head of their Gu family.
The purpose of the young master of the master's family who came this time was to move their branch back to the master's family. This matter was naturally a big deal. As the head of the family, Gu Cheng naturally paid great attention to it.
Who knows, they haven't had time to speak yet.
The master's son had just taken his seat.
A black-robed figure appeared beside the master's son silently as if teleporting. He stared at the master's master with eyes as calm as a pool of water.
Gu Cheng and others were immediately stunned.
Gu Cheng did contact the senior Foundation Establishment through the communication talisman before, but did not receive a response from the Senior Foundation Establishment. He never thought that this senior Foundation Establishment would come directly to this hall!
Gu Cheng quickly stood up and was about to say something.
The master's son also noticed Gu Qing's arrival. He turned around and was about to speak when Gu Qing slapped him in the head.
"Who are you? Dare you take action against me? I am the third son of the Gu family on Changming Island. You should think carefully about it!" The master's expression changed drastically, and his spiritual consciousness immediately spoke out, and he retreated violently.
A white mist of light emerged from his body, shrouding him. This was a life-saving technique prepared for him by the ancestor of the Gu family in the late stage of foundation building. When faced with the sudden appearance of Gu Qing, he was urged to use it without hesitation. , just because he knows
Xiao, if he doesn't activate this thing, he will have no chance to activate it again!
"Senior! No!"
Gu Cheng also spoke in horror at this time.
If this senior foundation builder, who has just become a guest of the family, is really allowed to kill the third son of the master's family, their group will definitely be wiped out by the angry master of the master's family! Obliterated until there is no trace of soul left!
Just when Gu Cheng and others' eyes were about to burst, when this Qi Refining Dzogchen monk, who claimed to be the third son of the Gu family in Changming Island, was enveloped in white light, the ground suddenly shook violently!
Boom!
The whole Changming Island seemed to be shaking.
There were also several rapidly spreading cracks in the Gu family's residence. The palace was easily torn apart by these cracks!
With a click, the skylight began to fall down, but it was twisted by Gu Qing's golden palm. In just an instant, Gu Qing had already pressed down on the white ball of light.
Bang!
Under the golden palm, the white mist of light collapsed, and the cultivator who claimed to be the third son of the Gu family inside it seemed to have been beaten into a pulp in a ten thousandth of an instant. The priceless robes were destroyed together!
Immediately afterwards.
The scene in front of everyone in the Gu family has changed.
Gu Cheng, whose eyes were splitting, and several elders of the Gu family, together with Gu Qing's monks, were surprised to find that the palace that had been torn apart by the ground had returned to normal, and the man who had killed the third son of the master's family had returned to normal. Basic monk Gu Qing was looking calmly in a certain direction, with a bit of surprise on his side face.
"Everyone, the illusion has been solved and can be dispelled."
Gu Qing uttered a few words calmly.
The first moment he escaped from the space of the stone monument, he had noticed that the Gu family had fallen into an illusion for some reason.
In the eyes of everyone in the Gu family, the third son of the head of the family was just a ball of anger in his eyes. He easily crushed it and saved everyone in the Gu family.
After all, he is also a guest of this small family.
When something like this happens, it's reasonable to take action.
"Illusion?" Gu Cheng was a little stunned.
At this time, he also noticed something was wrong.
What kind of person is the third son of the master? If it really comes to this, how can there be no guardians in the foundation-building realm? How could he die so easily?
Moreover, Gu Cheng knew that in their run-down branch of the Gu family, there was neither a strong person nor a person with good spiritual roots and qualifications. Even if he wanted to recall the master's family, how could it be possible that the third son of the Gu family would come?
Gu Qing did not respond to Gu Cheng's doubts.
He sat on the seat originally prepared for the third son of the Gu family and glanced at Gu Tingyue, who was hurriedly coming from the entrance of the palace, and An Menghuan, who was wearing ice blue stripes and walking quickly.
"Owner."
An Meng also bowed respectfully and stood behind him.
Gu Tingyue glanced around the main hall and looked at Gu Cheng and the elders of the Gu family with some confusion: "Where is the third son of the master, Gu Qingkong? Nephew, can we discuss the matter of returning to the master's family?"
The person Gu Tingyue called his nephew was naturally Gu Cheng.
Gu Cheng's face trembled, he hugged Gu Qing and said, "Thank you, senior, for breaking the illusion and rescuing the Gu family. The Gu family is willing to offer..."
No matter what, he chose to believe Gu Qing.
Even if he has doubts in his heart, he will suppress them.
"Illusion?" Gu Tingyue's reaction was very similar to Gu Cheng's.
An Menghuan's expression did not fluctuate at all because of this. She stood behind Gu Qing and her eyes fell on her master. She could not tolerate anyone else.
"It's just a little effort, no need to say more."
Gu Qing's response was still flat.
He no longer believed the previous news that the owner of Changming Island was dead. The current situation was obviously some kind of monk who had cast illusions on this little Gu family, other families in Huanhua Lane, or monks in the larger area. the result of.
He didn't know much about illusions.
But we also know that there are generally two types of illusions in the world.
One comes from the heart, the other is a false reflection
picture.
For example, the appearance produced by the Nine Wonderful Heavenly Flowers and Treasure Wheel can also be regarded as a kind of illusion, but it is just a bit more real.
The illusion that everyone in the Gu family had just suffered was obviously the former, but the scope was too large, and the caster's cultivation was unpredictable, so he didn't pay any attention to the matter.
Now that we are out of quarantine this time, it’s time to get down to business.
Gu Qing thought about it.
Everyone in this small family has exited the hall one by one.
Only Gu Cheng and Gu Tingyue were left.
"Senior, about the illusion..." Gu Cheng finally came to his senses, his expression very serious, "Senior, I have heard that something like this happened on a nearby medium-sized island."
Gu Qing glanced at Gu Cheng.
"Talk about it."
he said.
Gu Qing nodded, bowed to Gu Qing again, and then continued: "The medium-sized island is called Minghua Island. There is a second-level spiritual vein on the island, which is jointly owned by the Ming family and the Hua family that dominate the island. , although the two families have been at peace with each other for many years, there are still some frictions."
"But after all, they have supported each other for hundreds of years. However, these two families, both of which had foundation-building monks, were suddenly wiped out overnight. When asked about the survivors of the two families, they all said... They all say that their family was destroyed by another family on the island!"
"And what everyone who survived said was true. Therefore, a senior who was proficient in illusions asserted that all the monks from the two families fell into the illusion at the same time. As for who took action to kill the two families, it is unknown. Already."
Gu Cheng broke into a cold sweat as he spoke.
He turned back several times and looked outside the hall, fearing that someone would come to kill him.
"I see. It seems that the gangster who destroyed the two families on Minghua Island has taken action on Changming Island this time." Gu Qing nodded with a steady tone, "Master Gu, go and do your work quickly."
Gu Qing sent Gu Cheng away with one word.
Gu Tingyue was about to leave with Gu Qing.
"Fellow Taoist Tingyue, please stay."
Gu Qing sent a message like this: "I plan to go out and set up a stall. This is the time of chaos, which is the best time to sell magic talismans. Just wait for a day or two. After one or two days, I will go find you."
Gu Tingyue looked a little strange.
If it were true what Senior Gu said and such a big thing happened on Changming Island, would he still have the intention to take advantage of the opportunity to sell spiritual talismans?
However, as her guest, the foundation-building senior who had just rescued their family, she had no reason to refuse.
"yes."
Gu Tingyue turned around, cupped her fists and saluted, and responded.
Gu Qing took An Menghuan back to the black water pool.
The stone door of the cave rumblingly rose, and An Meng followed her master into the simple cave. She glanced around for a few times, then quickly averted her gaze, and followed Gu Qing with her eyes, nose, and heart.
"How are you practicing the technique? Is there any sign of the second Yin Talisman?" Gu Qing asked as if by accident.
His gentle tone made An Meng's heart skip a beat.
An Meng also responded: "Reply to the master's words."
"Meng is still stupid. He just cultivated the first Yin Talisman to perfection, but the second Yin Talisman is still far away. I am really unworthy of my master's cultivation. Please punish me!"
An Meng still remembered that Gu Qing had said before that she was not allowed to kneel, so she imitated Gu Tingyue and held her fists respectfully.
Gu Qing turned around and looked at the beautiful and enchanting woman who was holding her fists respectfully. His cold eyes swept over An Menghuan's face.
"I want to help you condense the second Yin Talisman, are you willing? Please note that I am not very sure about this. If you fail to condense the Yin Talisman, you will probably die." Gu Qing nodded slightly and asked softly.
Gu Qing is not a good person.
This time, he taught An Menghuan the Yinsha Mystic Technique with the intention of doing some research. Now that Lin Tingxue was away, he could only study the Yinsha Mysterious Technique on An Menghuan's body.
He always felt that he would be able to use this Yinsha Xuan Gong in the future.
And this day is not too far away.
"As the master said, dreams come true again
Respected. "An Meng also responded.
Gu Qing turned around expressionlessly and came to the stone room aside.
He had cleaned the stone room, and beads emitting white light were embedded around the corners. He placed the talisman-making inkstone aside, took out an ordinary ink stick he had purchased earlier, and handed it to An Menghuan.
"Inject spiritual power to help someone grind."
"Yes." An Meng responded and took the ink stick.
She did not do this.
It is rarely even heard of.
But after taking the ink stick handed over by the master and feeling the residual warmth left by the master on it, she stood silently on the side of the stone table, injected her spiritual power into the ink stick, and slowly moved it around. The inkstone began to grind, round and round...
"Use less spiritual power." Gu Qing took out the red blood talisman pen, lined up the spiritual talismans in front of him, and ordered.
An Meng heard the words and obeyed.
In this way, after the ink strips were worn away, the icy blue lines that originally shone slightly on An Meng's beautiful and strange cheeks had faded, and the Yin Talisman in her Shenque acupoint had also dimmed.
When practicing Yin Sha Xuan Gong, the spiritual power reserve at the first level of Qi refining is not much, and it is even worse than when practicing ordinary techniques.
Gu Qing took in this scene and thought to himself.
He took out a medium-grade spiritual stone and handed it to An Meng. "Let's go and practice aside. After we regain our spiritual power, we can grind it again."
Twenty hours passed.
An Meng always polished it three times for Gu Qing.
Only three times.
As for Gu Qing grinding it himself, he did it hundreds of times.
An Meng also used ordinary ink sticks, which exhausted all his spiritual power after grinding them once, while Gu Qing polished them hundreds of times and wrote seal symbols thousands of times, but he was still full of energy, and the spiritual power consumption in his body was only about 20%.
This is the result of his progress in cultivation.
Although, he is still at the second level of foundation building.
But with this release, his Daoji has changed, and the spiritual power reserve in his body has doubled compared to before!
Indeed, the spiritual power reserve in his Dao Foundation has decreased a bit, and most of his spiritual power has been condensed into the golden lotus seeds!
Gu Qing was not surprised by this golden lotus seed.
In fact, this is a possible change in the Great Five Elements Condensation Method, which is the foundation for practicing this method.
In the Great Five Elements Ningzhen Wonderful Dharma, the five-color Dao base is called the Five Elements Dao Base, and the lotus seed is called the Wonderful Dharma Lotus Seed.
Whether the Wonderful Lotus Seed will appear or not, Gu Qing doesn't know what it depends on. Anyway, he didn't cultivate the Wonderful Lotus Seed before. Now that he has cultivated it, he doesn't know what the use of the Wonderful Lotus Seed is.
There is no record of this in the Great Five Elements Condensation Method.
However, through this seal painting talisman, Gu Qing discovered that the wonderful lotus seeds seemed to have some bonus to his seal painting success rate!
After one thousand two hundred seal drawings, his success rate was over 99%! All first-level spiritual talismans are successful, and the success rate of second-level spiritual talismans is over 50% on average! This undoubtedly surprised him.
Although he obtained two second-level high-grade spiritual talismans from the world in the cauldron, the Yimu Yuanlong Talisman and the Qiankun Yin Gathering Talisman, his success rate in seal painting was only 20%, and he only got one of each this time.
But the success rate of seal painting on other talismans has let Gu Qing know that his cultivation of talismans has made great progress!
The improvement of his talisman cultivation and the bonus of Miaofa Lotus on the success rate of seal talismans will undoubtedly make what he has to do next go more smoothly.
"This wonderful lotus seed should have other magical properties." Gu Qing judged in his heart. He put all the talismans for this seal painting into his storage bag and glanced at An Menghuan who was adjusting his breathing.
Ice blue lines flickered on An Menghuan's face.
The surrounding Yin Qi and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth slowly gathered towards An Menghui, who was holding a middle-grade spiritual stone and running the Yin Sha Xuan Gong.
An Menghuan's expression was calm and peaceful.
It was also the first time for Gu Qing to see this girl look like this.
He looked for a moment and then looked away.
With a long sigh in his heart, Gu Qing's previous plan disappeared.
He was not a good person, but he also didn't want to be an old devil. Since he felt a little compassion, he simply followed his heart. He had previously planned to use this girl to study whether he could use Yinsha Xuan Gong. Trained monks in batches, but gave up at this time.
Gu Qing did not disturb An Menghuan.
He left the cave and stood in front of the black water pool. His consciousness spread towards the Gu family's residence, and he soon found Gu Tingyue.
At this time, Gu Tingyue was stationed at the Gu family, waiting quietly in a pavilion. Gu Qing's figure rose into the air, and with a flicker, he passed through the air silently and came to behind Gu Tingyue.
The pavilion is not big, and the pond is even smaller.
The lotus flowers in the pond are quite delicate. Under the rising sun, the petals connected by water droplets are glowing with a light red color.
The sunlight reflected among the water drops, twinkling like a field of pale golden stars, and the fragrant wind blew by, rolling up the corners of Gu Qing's clothes and making a tumbling sound.
