On the back cliff of Changsheng Temple, Lu Qing, dressed in green clothes, was patiently grinding blocks of pine smoke and ink.
He looked at the ink that was dissipating bit by bit, and a ray of sadness was tightly knitted between his brows, which would not go away.
"Sigh, it's hard to enter the immortal sect, but it's even harder to cultivate an immortal! I've been practicing diligently 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 practices, the more he feels the restraint of this world on him. He had tried many times to break through the third level of Qi refining, but in the end he failed because of the thinness of his spiritual energy.
And this is because he has the Immortal Sutra in his mind and the method is complete. Those who practice the Changchun Sutra may be in even worse condition.
However, they were still immersed in the great surprise of cultivating immortals and did not realize the issue of lifespan at all.
"Sometimes, ignorance is also a blessing. We are both lucky and unlucky."
Lu Qing picked up the brush, dipped the inkstone in ink, and painted on the rice paper very seriously. At this moment, all he could see was the small world he had written about.
"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 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 green 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 didn't move at all. A bluestone road with some wet ink marks was drawn on it, with both ends hidden in the mist.
"Tsk, tsk, Mo Zhonglufa. 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 the world. The old Taoist can't compare to his humble skills."
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 and sit here today?"
"You don't know how many people want to come in. I came here today because I actually 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, and 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 indifferent 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 mysterious blood power! But after accepting this ability, a thirst for blood is inevitable.
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 watch.
Privately, everyone already calls the Western Kingdom the Vampire Empire and the Melia Tree of Life the Vampire Demonic Tree.
"Yes, 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 Melia 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 twirled 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 lightly touched the cliff and disappeared quickly.
In a research institute in the urban area of Mingshan City, a gray-haired professor trembled with his hands and looked at the fruit in the glass cabinet with obsession:
"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 was detected! This fruit is clearly in front of our eyes, but the instrument doesn't respond 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 physics students didn't have much hair in the first place, but now they have all fallen out! Cultivation into immortality 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 fist-sized green-skinned fruit with a bright red flowing liquid inside. The light it emits penetrates the outer skin, making the fruit appear crystal clear, as if it were made of beautiful jade, and it doesn't 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.
"Shhh. Don't disturb Master Lu." Guo Changyong reached out to stop the two of them and stopped them.
The moment Lu Qing's fingers touched the fruit, the bright red liquid inside rolled violently, and a pale red light flashed crazily in the research room.
"There's been a change!"
"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 dazed feeling came over him.
5 seconds! The skin on the surface of his finger split open, and clusters of small granules emerged! It looks shocking!
"Zhuo! Foehn Feng!"
Lu Qing came to his senses and quickly retracted his finger. 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 swollen and cracked fingers have also returned to their original shape.
"Guanzhu Lu, are you okay?" Guo Changyong asked quickly.
Lu Qing looked solemnly at the restored fruit 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. Otherwise, he would not 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! You can only dodge and 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 still 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!" 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.
"According to Liu Qiang, Melia has about 100 fruits this time."
"However, we tested Liu Qiang. We found that he only has the ability to be immortal, and other aspects are similar to 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.
"Yes, fortunately it is in the Western Kingdom." 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 room came to the world, and apart from Lu Qing, no one else has been entertained yet.
The space inside is also very large, 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 Fate House. She was not allowed to leave until she practiced for three hours every day! He supervises it himself!
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 the 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, as 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 time, 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 immortality! 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 was 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 applied the experience of practicing Xian Xuan Zuo Wang Sutra, but forgot that everyone's application situation is different.
In the Mingshan Mountains, Tianke can wander around the world and walk the path of free immortality. He, Lin Yuan, also had the confidence to find a happy path for Lina to become an immortal.
"Okay, don't be stunned. Next, I will take you to a fun place. The spirit world!"
Lin Yuan stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Lina's eyes a few times to help her regain consciousness.
"Yeah! 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 sound of bone cracking came from Lin Yuan.
"Ouch! Lina, you overexerted yourself 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 slow down."
"..."
