Gu Shengchao originally planned to leave early the next morning. Seeing Liu Ximei's sleepy appearance, he asked her to have breakfast and catch up on her sleep. There was a sudden shower at noon, and in the afternoon the weather was light and refreshing, and Liu Ximei felt much more energetic. Gu Shengchao made quick preparations, bought a few large cakes and packed them in case of any eventuality, and then the two of them set off on their way.
After leaving the city, there are basically mountain roads, which are too high and steep to ride on horseback. The two left the horses at the inn, paid for a few days' stay in advance, and arranged for the waiter to feed the horses on time. Then they walked out of the small town. As soon as they reached the mountainside, Liu Ximei was so tired that she couldn't move her legs. Gu Shengchao He carried her on his back and moved on.
Gu Shengchao panicked and fell into the cave that night. When he returned the next day, he was so anxious that he didn't pay attention to the location. In addition, the stone tower completely collapsed, making it even harder to find it from a distance. Dangerous peaks stood tall one after another. Gu Shengchao used his memory to check each peak one by one. After going around in circles several times, he finally found the rubble everywhere after the collapse of the stone tower.
There was some distance from the cliff to the entrance of the cave. Gu Shengchao carried Liu Ximei on his back as if walking on flat ground. Liu Ximei accidentally glanced down and suddenly felt dizzy. She felt like she was floating, teetering on Gu Shengchao's back.
"I'm dizzy." Liu Ximei was scared.
"Hold me tight, close your eyes and don't look around." Gu Shengchao calmed her down.
Liu Ximei quickly closed her eyes. As Gu Shengchao moved, she began to feel seasick, as if she was in the cabin, with waves hitting the side of the ship and swaying in the river.
"We're here." Gu Shengchao stopped.
Liu Ximei opened her eyes and saw a narrow hole on the cliff, only allowing one person to enter or exit.
"This is it?" Liu Ximei was unsure.
Gu Shengchao turned sideways and held her in his arms, and told her, "I'll support you below, and you crawl in first."
Liu Ximei had never drilled through such a small hole since she was a child, so she was a little worried, but thinking that it could cure the poison on her body, she gritted her teeth and crawled in. Gu Shengchao followed later.
It was dark inside the cave, so Gu Shengchao took out the Huozhezi to encourage her. After a while, the two of them adapted to the environment in the stone chamber, and the weak light from the Huozhezi seemed unnecessary. Gu Shengchao observed carefully that the stone room was the same as last time, and no one should have come in.
Liu Ximei sat upright, took off her mask and said softly: "I'm ready, please give me the detoxification." There was an echo in the stone room, and the lingering sound became even more pleasant to the ears.
Gu Shengchao was in trouble. He didn't know how to explain to Liu Ximei and his face turned red. Fortunately, it was dark inside the stone room and he couldn't see clearly. It was even more embarrassing outside.
Liu Ximei didn't know the reason and said worriedly: "Young master, if you have any difficulties, feel free to mention them. As long as you can detoxify your body, I'm not afraid of hardship."
Gu Shengchao hesitated and said: "Well, my elder brother taught me the method, that is, just..." He was embarrassed and still couldn't speak.
Liu Ximei didn't understand, so she whispered: "Don't be afraid if you need money. Although I don't have many banknotes, I think it's enough. I'll pay as much as you need."
Ancient Sage Chao waved his hands repeatedly: "Girl, you are worrying too much. You don't need money, but I just can't say it."
Seeing his shy look, Liu Ximei seemed to understand, and she said generously: "The poison in my body was accumulated as a cauldron when I was practicing dual cultivation. Seeing the embarrassment on the young master's face, if I am not wrong, you must also practice dual cultivation to detoxify, right? "
Gu Shengchao nodded and said shyly: "I just wronged the girl."
Liu Ximei smiled faintly and said with relief: "I don't know who my parents are. I only vaguely remember that they were sold to Miaochun Pavilion. Since then, no one has really cared about me or shown consideration to me. Some have just bullied and bullied the weak. Intrigue and intrigue. I worked hard to learn music, chess, calligraphy and painting, just to survive. Many sisters around me disappeared for no reason. I was afraid, I was afraid that I would be like them and throw them away like dead dogs. I thought that men in the world were cold and inhumane. , it was not until I met Young Master that I felt the feeling of being cared for for the first time. It was so warm and beautiful. I know Young Master is a good person, so in order to detoxify, please put aside your worries. I will not blame Young Master, but I will be very grateful."
Gu Shengchao was at a loss and said: "Then please tell me the formulas and techniques for practicing. My elder brother said that as long as the yin and yang are reversed, the poison can be discharged."
"This set of exercises is simple. It shouldn't be difficult for my master to be strong in martial arts." Liu Ximei told Gu Shengchao everything, and he wrote them down one by one. After saying this, Liu Ximei undressed and took off her belt, closed her eyes and waited for Gu Shengchao.
Gu Shengchao saw that the light was shining through the entrance of the cave, which was very dazzling. He was afraid that someone would peek, so he raised the fire folder and went to the place where he accidentally fell and first entered from the stone chamber. It was now blocked by the rubble from the collapsed stone tower. Some large stones were placed at the entrance of the cave to block the light. He found a big stone, two feet square, with its edges angled downwards. He lifted it up with both hands, and a small hole suddenly appeared under the stone. He was afraid of snakes and scorpions escaping, so he quickly pressed the rocks up.
The light at the entrance of the cave was blocked, and Gu Shengchao extinguished the fire, hiding his shyness in the dark environment.
Yin and Yang blend together, and the turbid true energy in Liu Ximei's body slowly enters the ancient sage's super meridians. Through the purification and filtration of the Dantian, the pure true energy is reinjected into Liu Ximei's body. The filthy toxins are discharged from every part of the body along with the dense heat of the ancient sage's super. An acupuncture point slowly appeared.
After a long time, most of the impurities in Liu Ximei's body were removed, and there were still some details accumulated in the meridians, which would not be easy to eradicate for a while. Liu Ximei was weak and exhausted from long-term practice. She said "I'm so tired" and lay down to fall asleep.
Gu Shengchao stood up and covered her with his clothes to prevent her from catching cold. When he thought about the small holes under the rocks, he always felt something was wrong. He had seen many snake and scorpion holes, and it didn't look like that. He took out the fire stick to illuminate it, moved the stone away and looked at it. The opening of the hole looked like a thick slab of bluestone that had been slammed down by a heavy object from above.
He was in trouble. If he dug down hard, the bluestone slab would not be able to support the collapsed gravel above, and would still fall down, filling the space below again.
The ancient sage was sweating all over and his mouth was dry, so he went to lick the oozing spring. He observed the direction of the water flow. There was a spot on the floor of the stone room that seemed to be seeping down, and the water stains smeared a small area. He was overjoyed and summoned his sword to stab downwards. The piece of stone was not as soft as expected, but it was not that hard either.
The ancient sage was cautious and used the tip of his sword to dig down little by little, slowly digging out a small hole, which turned into a deep hole. Suddenly, the water in the pit disappeared, and all the thin water flowing into the pit leaked out. He was overjoyed and said that there was a cave underneath the stone chamber.
The entrance of the hole is as thick as a thumb, and nothing can be seen in the darkness below, but misty spiritual energy rises up one by one.
Martial arts practitioners practice hard every day in order to absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to increase their internal strength. The ancient sage's super strong internal strength is all due to the fact that he accidentally absorbed the true energy of the pure spiritual fetus at Mengyou Villa. If ordinary cultivators want to speed up their progress, the most direct way is to buy spiritual stones to help absorb them. However, spiritual stones come from spiritual mines, and spiritual mines are extremely rare. As a result, the price of spiritual stones is extremely high, and ordinary people cannot afford them.
The spiritual energy floating at the moment fascinated the ancient sage. He didn't know whether it was a spiritual mine or a spiritual stone below.
The Ancient Sage accelerated the excavation speed and expanded the hole to a size that could be drilled down. He tore off a small piece of his robe, lit it, and threw it away. It was extinguished before it even hit the ground.
There is miasma.
Gu Shengchao was not in a hurry. No insects or snakes could survive in such an environment, so there was no need to worry about poisonous things crawling up. He was also tired, so he put out the fire and sat cross-legged at the entrance of the cave, practicing while absorbing spiritual energy.
Entering the entrance of the stone chamber from the cliff, there are obvious gaps between the stacked stones, allowing moonlight to shine in. Only then did Gu Shengchao realize that it took them four or five hours to detoxify, because it was the last quarter of the moon and the moon only appeared in the second half of the night.
When I woke up, the stone room was bright, and the morning sun reflected half of the sky red, making the stone room look red as well.
Gu Shengchao opened his eyes and found that he was wearing a robe. Liu Ximei had already been fully dressed and sitting at the entrance of the cave. The rays of sunlight came in, making her cheeks even crimson and brighter.
"Young Master is awake." Liu Ximei spoke softly.
Gu Shengchao yawned and said ashamedly: "I went to bed late last night and actually overslept." He quickly got up and put on his robe.
Liu Ximei saluted and said: "Thank you for your help, sir. My luck didn't feel blocked at all just now. The toxins should have been swept away!"
The ancient sage was embarrassed: "Girl, you've been rewarded, but most of them have been eliminated, and there are still a few that haven't been eliminated in time. It will take some time to eradicate them."
"Don't worry, the poison in my body is accumulated over the years. It's just hard work." Liu Ximei expressed her heartfelt gratitude to Gu Shengchao.
"Girl, you're welcome. It's a simple task for me." Gu Shengchao took away the stones stacked at the entrance of the cave. The stone room became brighter and brighter. He took out the big cake and shared it with Liu Ximei. By the way, he discovered that there was spiritual energy underneath last night.
Liu Ximei was also pleasantly surprised: "I used several spiritual stones when I was studying at Miaochun Pavilion. It is said that each piece is worth a lot of money. Even Miaochun Pavilion, which has strong financial resources, plans to use it. This shows that this item is really rare."
The ancient sage lit a fire and looked down at the entrance of the cave. Liu Ximei noticed the damage on his robe: "Young Master's clothes are torn. Let me mend them for you when you return to the inn. I also learned a thing or two about female celebrities."
"Let's skip this!" Gu Shengchao tore off another large piece of his robe, lit it on fire, and threw it from the entrance of the cave.
Liu Ximei understood what he meant and ran to the entrance of the cave to look down.
This time the clothes didn't fall to the floor and kept burning until all the fabric was used up. With a brief burst of light, we could roughly see the situation below. In the same position as the stone room above, there are bookshelves against the wall, and spiritual stones are neatly stacked on the other side. The spiritual stones take up nearly half of the space. The clothes just fell on the spirit stone.
Gu Shengchao told Liu Ximei, "I'll go down first, and you wait above."
He first threw the fire stick toward the side without the spirit stone. Seeing that the fire was still bright, he jumped down from the entrance of the cave, landed on the spirit stone first, and then jumped from the spirit stone to the ground.
There are many martial arts secret books on the bookshelf, most of which are about basic routines and Qi training. There is a book in the back that is quite special. It is not copied on paper. Judging from the quality, it should be bound with sheepskin staples. The cover has four large characters. :
Iron arm magic.
