"Miss Tang" Li Jian saw Tang Ping floating in the air while he was practicing, so he stood up from the big stone where he usually meditated and practiced.
"Brother Li," Tang Ping's first thought when she saw Li Jian was that it seemed that Brother Li had also made a breakthrough. If nothing else, his eyes looked sharper than before.
"Brother Li, let me guess, have you achieved a breakthrough in cultivation?" Tang Ping asked.
"Well, Miss Tang's guess is right. I have indeed made a breakthrough." Li Jian replied.
"Then I'm relieved. I've met Sister Yan, Brother Lu and Qian Chao in the past few days. It seems that the cultivation of the five of us has broken through."
"Oh, that's great. It seems that what we said last time has come true." Li Jian replied.
What Tang Ping is most concerned about and worried about is that the cultivation of the five people cannot go hand in hand. If that were the case, wouldn't it be beautiful if the five people could not gather together and go outside the sect at the third level of Qi Refining? Now it seems that several people have entered. After reaching the second level of Qi Refining, she now felt more relieved. All that's left is to see if everyone can still be together after the breakthrough to the third level of Qi Refining.
She came to Li Jian this time to see if Li Jian had achieved a breakthrough. Li Jian also learned that several other partners had also achieved a breakthrough, so she was naturally very happy.
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"You're always restless, aren't you?"
In the cave, Fairy Guhuo scolded Tang Ping. As a precious disciple, he couldn't hide it from her by sneaking out secretly in the past two days.
"Master, I have business to go out to do," Tang Ping replied.
"Oh, it's business? Let me tell you. What's business?"
"I made a breakthrough, but I don't know if my friends have made a breakthrough. We all made an appointment to go out together when we reach the third floor in the future."
"Oh? How many friends, how many of you are there?"
Fairy Guhuo didn't know much about her apprentice's friends, but Tang Bonian once told her that when Zao was in Youming Valley, the apprentice had made a few pretty good friends, and together they had A boy from the Qin family who had been plotting against Tang Ping was given a harsh lesson.
"Including me, there are five people in total."
"Oh, I heard your sixth grandfather said that you had a few followers when you were in Youming Valley, and you were still doing mischief together in Youming Valley, right?"
"They are not my followers. We are friends and we get along very well. Besides, we were practicing together at that time. We did nothing wrong. Don't listen to my sixth grandfather's nonsense."
"Well, there are five people. The most things that can be done in Jingshiyuan are five people doing it together. You damn girl, you have made your plans early. When you were in Youming Valley, you had to prepare for your third level of Qi Refining. , what are the characters of your friends?"
When Tang Ping heard this, she secretly thought that the master thought of this method as her own, but she was not prepared to say it explicitly, so she could just keep it vague.
"His character is naturally good, otherwise we wouldn't be able to play together. We all met on the way to the first selection."
"Well," Gu Huo nodded, "That's good. It's rare for you to think so far-term. When you can go out in the future, you can count on having a companion."
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Qian Chao has been focusing on refining the spirit sword these days. He needs a lot of patterned iron to refine the armor, and these patterned iron must be replaced from the inner hall with the spirit sword. Therefore, he focused on refining the spiritual swords one by one every day.
He had already tried refining the Six Talisman Spiritual Sword. According to the records in "The Art of Arms and Armor", he failed several times and finally succeeded.
However, the refining of the Six-talisman Spiritual Sword was much more troublesome than the Five-talisman Spiritual Sword. He refined a few and prepared one to be handed over to the inner hall. The rest would be exchanged for everyone when everyone got together again in a few days. One change. In daily life, I still mainly use the Five Talisman Spiritual Sword. After refining it, I go to the inner hall to exchange materials.
Speaking of which, when he was refining the Six-Rule Spiritual Sword, he was worried that he did not have enough spiritual energy to support the engraving of six runes. However, after the breakthrough, he had much more spiritual energy than at the first level. After the spiritual energy was sufficient, the remaining Just pay attention to the techniques of engraving runes. You can master these after a few tries.
That day, Qian Chao was refining a spiritual sword in the Chengqi Hall, when someone suddenly came to him.
"Are you Junior Brother Qian?"
When Qian Chao looked up, he found that it was Du Sha standing in front of him, followed by several people. Could it be that I was targeted by this guy so quickly?
Qian Chao had no choice but to bite the bullet and talk to him.
"Yes, I am Qian Chao, Senior Brother Du, right?"
"Well," Na Dusha nodded grandly, his small eyes looked up and down at Qian Chao, and after a few glances he said, "Congratulations to Junior Brother Qian, we can refine Qian Chao on the second level of Qi Refining in our Jiuxuan Middle School." There aren’t many people with five-talisman spiritual swords, but Junior Brother Qian is really not that simple!”
"Senior Brother Du has given me the award. I don't know why Senior Brother Du came to me..."
"Well, there's nothing wrong. What else can I do with you? Since you can refine the Five Talisman Spiritual Sword, we brothers are naturally here for the Five Talisman Spiritual Sword. Brother Qian, please give me a price. I'll buy it first. If it's good, each of us brothers can buy one, how about it?"
Almost everyone in the Chengqi Hall stopped what they were doing and looked at Qian Chao and Du Sha. Some even talked to each other, secretly saying that Junior Brother Qian was going to be in trouble.
Nadusha is not something that ordinary people can afford to mess with. He has a temper like a scoundrel and is famous for his meat on the hob. He can only take advantage but not suffer losses. Even if he takes advantage of a small amount, he will feel disadvantaged. He has a very bad reputation among Qi refining disciples. Many people in Chengqi Hall have suffered from him.
Qian Chao was able to refine the Five Talisman Spiritual Sword with his second-level cultivation of Qi Refining. Du Sha said this, which surprised everyone who heard it. Du Sha didn't know where he got it from. Not many people knew about Qian Chao, and many people present knew about it for the first time. After Dusha finished speaking, some of the people present were envious, some were jealous, and some were suspicious. Normally, those who had a good relationship with Qian Chao could only worry about him, but did not have the courage to stand up and come to his rescue. After all, Dusha was not someone to be trifled with. Those who were jealous and suspicious simply stood aside and watched the fun.
Among the crowd, Cheng Qantang was also worried about Qian Chao. He thought that Junior Brother Qian might be in trouble, but he didn't expect that the trouble would come so quickly. In just a few days, Du Sha came to his door.
Forget it, let's help Junior Brother Qian today. If you don't help him when you see him being bullied, you won't be able to talk to him when you see him in the future. After thinking about this for a moment, Cheng Qantang quietly dodged and retreated from the crowd.
"Senior Brother Du, originally, my spirit sword was not intended to be sold within the sect's inner sect. The spirit swords I refined were brought to the inner hall in exchange for materials. Well, if Senior Brother Du really wanted it, that would be the case. Yes, but if I want to sell my spirit sword, I first have to go to the inner hall to find a senior brother to appraise it for me, so that I can sell it with peace of mind and Senior Brother Du can buy it with peace of mind."
"Oh?" After hearing Qian Chao's words, Nadu Sha couldn't help but narrowed her eyes and her face became a little colder.
If you go to the inner hall for appraisal, how can you blackmail this kid in the future!
"It's not necessary. Junior Brother Qian, it's just a spiritual sword. I'll leave after buying it. If you ask the senior brother in the inner hall to appraise it, please don't bother me. The senior brother there won't appraise it for free. It can be as little as a piece of spiritual sword." Stone, or at most two spiritual stones, don’t you feel bad for it? Well, speaking of it, I spent two spiritual stones to buy you a spiritual sword, and you still have to go and appraise it, wouldn’t it mean that you won’t earn anything?”
After Du Sha finished speaking, many people present shook their heads secretly. Two pieces of spiritual stones could buy a four-talisman spiritual sword. He insisted on buying two pieces for a five-talisman spiritual sword. He was clearly here to bully people.
"Two spiritual stones? Didn't Senior Brother Du want to buy a five-talisman spiritual sword? Why did he change it to a four-talisman spiritual sword?"
How could Qian Chao not know what this guy meant? Today, Du Sha came here just to steal something. A five-talisman spiritual sword is nothing to Qian Chao now. Even the six-talisman spiritual sword has been refined several times, and he plans to replace it with one for the next time he gets together with a few friends. Change. As for the Five Talisman Spiritual Sword, you can just give Dusha one for free now. But firstly, he hated Dusha, and secondly, he also knew that this hole should not be opened. Today, this guy got the spiritual sword from him, and he will definitely come to trouble him in a few days. He had seen it with his own eyes when Du Sha blackmailed Xie Zhi a few days ago.
After Qian Chao finished speaking, before Dusha could speak, the boys following him started making noises.
"Hey, boy, what Senior Brother Du is talking about is the Five Talisman Spiritual Sword. Why are you pretending to be stupid! I only come to take care of your business because I think highly of you. Senior Brother Du can use your sword to both praise you and make you famous. It's okay if you don't express your gratitude. That’s all, why don’t you still take advantage of the opportunity to raise the price?”
"That's right, Junior Brother Qian, you sell the Spirit Sword and Brother Du buys the Spirit Sword. Why go to all the trouble? I know that you junior fellow apprentices who have just started don't have many Spirit Stones. At most, Senior Brother Du is kind-hearted and he might be able to give it to you again. Let’s add one or two spiritual stones!”
Qian Chao ignored those two people after hearing this. His time in Jiuxuan was not too short, and he listened to a lot of daily gossip. Jiuxuan was the sect with the most people. With too many people, it was inevitable that the good and the bad would be mixed. Within Jiuxuan, There are many unreasonable and advantageous guys among the Qi Refining disciples, and Dusha and his group are just one of them. If Dusha succeeds today, it would be strange if those guys don't line up to cause trouble for him in the future. ! Therefore, although Qian Chao was a little worried, he made up his mind.
"Senior Brother Du, your asking price for the two spiritual stones is not because you want to buy a five-talisman spiritual sword, right?"
"Hey, that's just a joke. How can you buy a five-talisman spiritual sword with two spiritual stones? It's not easy for Junior Brother Qian to refine a spiritual sword. Let's just add two more spiritual stones and it will be fine."
When Du Sha saw Qian Chao asking him, he also smiled and talked to Qian Chao. However, although there was a smile on his face, there was already a growing threat in his two small eyes. According to his current bid, four spiritual stones would buy Qian Chao's Five Talisman Spirit Sword. The price is less than half of the normal price of the Five Talisman Spirit Sword. He is buying it forcefully.
"Oh, that's four spiritual stones, Brother Du," Qian Chao said, looking at Du Sha, and said calmly, "I won't sell it at this price."
"Boy, say it again if you are brave enough!" a guy behind Dusha shouted.
Qian Chao looked up at the man, and while remembering the man's face, he said to him again: "I won't sell it!"
"You...!" When the guy saw Qian Chao, he actually dared to contradict him. This was a rare thing. He was also used to being domineering. He was about to come over and take action, but Du Sha stopped him with his hand.
"Junior Brother Qian," the smiling look on Dusha's face has long since disappeared, replaced by a cold expression, "In business, you have to bargain. Since you think my bid is low, then you should say Tell me how you can sell your spirit sword."
"This is easy to handle. Although I have never sold the Five Talisman Spiritual Sword, I have also visited the small market inside the door. The Five Talisman Spiritual Sword usually costs fourteen to sixteen spirit stones. Even if it is cheaper for Senior Brother Du, The fourteen spiritual stones are ready, but before I sell them, I have to find a senior fellow in the inner hall to appraise my spiritual swords, otherwise, no matter how high the price offered by Senior Brother Du, I will not sell them!"
"Hmph!" Dusha sneered after hearing this. He had done his homework before looking for Qianchao. After asking carefully, he found out that this boy came through the first-class selection and had no family background to rely on. Therefore, before coming here, Du Sha thought that this Qian Chao should be easy to control and could succeed by scaring him. However, he did not expect to find out that Qian Chao was so stubborn when things happened and he rejected him right away. Du Sha has been running rampant in Jiu Xuan for several years, and has never met such a boy. Now he is too embarrassed to sheath the knife. He has already spoken in front of so many people. If he can't get any advantage from this boy. If that's the case, it doesn't matter if you don't blackmail some spiritual stones, but you can't afford to lose your face.
Thinking of this, Du Sha took two steps towards Qian Chao. He was not tall, not much taller than Qian Chao, and he deliberately got close to Qian Chao. He was almost face to face with Qian Chao, nose to nose, staring at Qian Chao. Du Sha's eyes were full of threats, and he said softly: "Junior Brother Qian, you are really out of your mind. You actually want to sell me fourteen spiritual stones. No one told you that suffering a loss is a blessing. ?"
Qian Chao did not give in, and said to Du Sha face to face: "Brother Du, the spirit stone is yours and the spirit sword is mine. If the price is not right, I won't sell it. I won't ask my inner cousin to appraise it for me. I won’t sell it either. People say that suffering a loss is a blessing, but it also depends on how you take the loss.”
Dusha nodded, but he didn't expect that he couldn't scare this kid. Now that the situation was like this, he really had no other solution. He couldn't just do it in the Chengqi Hall, but he didn't dare to do it. Because Jiuxuan Sect has the largest number of people, its rules are stricter than those of the other four sects. The first rule is that private fighting is strictly prohibited within the sect. It doesn't matter that he is just verbally threatening to extort money from Tide, but if he takes action, someone will take care of it, and I'm afraid he will have to walk around without food.
However, Dusha's threat to scare people is not false. It is true that so many people are afraid of him and are jealous of him. Now the money tide has brought out his temperament. Du Sha was more advanced and older than him. He thought he had many ways to deal with this disobedient boy, so he only felt funny when he looked at Qian Chao.
"Okay, since we can't agree, let's forget it. Junior Brother Qian's things are good, but we don't deserve to buy them for use. However," Du Sha said with a cold look in his eyes, "Junior Brother Qian is also practicing very fast, half a year We’ll be on the second level of Qi Refining before long, and I’ll probably reach the third level of Qi Refining soon. Hum, I’ll just wait a little longer and discuss this matter when Junior Brother Qian leaves the sect in the future.”
This is Du Sha's real basis for scaring people. Although private fights are strictly prohibited within the sect, the rules of Jiuxuan will not be effective outside the sect in the future. The reason why so many people don't want to provoke Du Sha is because he has more than once taken advantage of the people outside the clan to take advantage of the people who had offended him or the people he wanted to scheme against to go out, and he led his men to swarm them, either beating or robbing them, because they were not inside the Jiuxuan Sect. If it happens, the bullied person has no way to seek help and can only admit that he is unlucky. The few people behind him were his accomplices.
In fact, when Du Sha said this, he still had an idea. I'm afraid this Qian guy didn't know how powerful he was. He left a message, and after he left, when this guy found out, he would probably go find him and take the initiative to obediently send those five people to him. The Fuling Sword is presented.
Speaking of which, this is what Qian Chao is worried about, but it is better to offend one Dusha than to have countless people like Dusha looking for trouble in the future. Besides, there are still many days before he reaches the third level of Qi Refining. I still have time to think of a way to solve this problem.
"Senior Brother Du has such a high level of cultivation. Are you trying to intimidate me, my junior brother?" Qian Chao said.
