"call!……"
Almost as soon as he activated Can Xia's breathing method, a breeze came from the small courtyard, and traces of spiritual energy from heaven and earth entered his body through his opened acupuncture points.
The meridians and acupuncture points that Xu Taiping could not sense in the past were sensed by him very easily this time. Even the process of guiding spiritual energy into the meridians for refining was very smooth.
In the end, Xu Taiping spent half a stick of incense and successfully sent the refined Qi into his Dantian.
"It only takes half a stick of incense to refine such a true energy, which is nothing compared to the genius mentioned by Zhenjun Ziyang. But for me, I can finally embark on the path of true cultivation."
Xu Taiping was not too frustrated with his extremely slow refining speed.
"Grandpa said that diligence can make up for weakness. They practice for two hours every day, I practice for four hours, they practice for four hours, and I practice for eight hours. One day I will catch up!"
Xu Taiping secretly made up his mind.
"By the way, I still have this soybean spirit crystal. Fairy Lingyue said that practicing with it can get twice the result with half the effort."
He suddenly remembered the soybean spiritual crystals produced in the Ksitigarbha fruit, so he took out one on the spot and started to exercise his power again.
With the help of the Soybean Spiritual Crystal, he could refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth more than three times faster than before.
"Fairy Lingyue really didn't lie to me. This spiritual crystal is of great benefit to me. In this way, I might be able to break through the door-opening realm within half a year!"
After feeling that his cultivation speed had increased, Xu Taiping suddenly looked happy.
With the help of this soybean spiritual crystal, his current cultivation speed is at least as fast as that of ordinary monks.
In the following days, except for spending two hours a day taking care of the medicine field, Xu Taiping spent the rest of his time practicing and did not dare to waste a moment.
…
Time flies, and three months have passed.
In the past three months, Xu Taiping could clearly feel that the true energy in his Dantian was becoming more and more abundant. He vaguely sensed that he should be about to break through the condensation stage.
The so-called condensation stage is actually a saying in "Canxia Gong", which is a description of the depth of the true energy of monks who have not yet broken through the Open Door Realm.
In Canxia Gong, before breaking through the Open Door Realm, the depth of a monk's true energy can be divided into three levels: condensation, frost, and ice.
Only when the depth of the true energy breaks through the "freezing" stage, can the monks try to break through the open-door realm.
However, after breaking through the condensation stage and entering the defrost stage, when the monk performs the residual cloud technique, a line of ice-protecting Qi will be generated all over the body, which is equivalent to putting on a layer of top-quality iron armor for the monk.
However, even if he has not yet broken through the condensation stage, Xu Taiping's physical changes are obvious as his Dantian becomes full of energy.
For example, his eyesight and ears are much stronger than three months ago.
In terms of eyesight, he can now see clearly even a sparrow standing on a tree five hundred meters away. In terms of ear power, he can tell what kind of wild beasts there are in the mountains and forests within a mile around him with his ears alone.
In addition, his physical strength and leg strength have been greatly improved.
Although Xu Taiping looks thin today, he can lift a two hundred kilogram stone mill with one hand without any problem. As for foot strength, he once chased a wild deer in the nearby mountains and forests, and the result was not inferior at all.
In addition, when he was in Qingniu Village, he often went to the mountains to hunt game with his grandfather. He knew how to use bows and arrows and make traps, so in the past month, he could eat game every day.
Perilla leaves are paired with roasted venison and roasted rabbit, and he never gets tired of it no matter how many times he eats it.
"Speaking of which, it's time to check out the traps we made in the back mountain a few days ago. Maybe we can catch another yellow sheep to eat."
At noon that day, Xu Taiping, who had been practicing for three hours, touched his stomach and stood up from the bed, planning to go to the back mountain later to see the trap he had set.
Because he has to practice, he doesn't have much time to hunt, so he has set up many traps on several nearby mountains in the past three months. Now he can gain something by just checking there from time to time.
But before that, he had one more important thing to do——
Selling medicinal materials.
Three months have passed since the first batch of nine-leaf white perilla seeds were sown. Xu Taiping has harvested more than 300 kilograms of perilla rhizomes and more than 60 kilograms of perilla seeds. No more, no less, just harvested from ordinary medicinal fields. three times.
"Based on the pound, this piece of nine-leaf white perilla can be sold for at least ninety-six merit coins, which is three times more than originally expected."
After taking all the medicinal materials for sale and putting them away at the door, Xu Taiping took out the bone flute given by Xifeng Pavilion and blew it hard.
"Hey!..."
After a while, a bald eagle with wings spread a foot wide came to the door of the small courtyard.
"Uncle Bai Diao, please help bring these medicinal materials to Baicaotang to sell them. You can draw three merit coins from them afterwards."
Xu Taiping bowed his hands to the bald eagle standing in front of him.
Let the spirit bird sell the medicinal materials. This is also the method he learned from the jade slip that passed down the merits. It said that ordinary medicinal materials can be sold directly by the spirit bird. This saves time and effort, but you have to pay three merits afterwards. currency.
"I will send the money tomorrow."
The spiritual bird Bald Eagle didn't talk nonsense. After nodding slightly, he grabbed the batch of medicinal materials with his claws and jumped into the air.
"Wait until tomorrow, I will have money to buy martial arts skills from Wanjuanlou."
Watching the bald eagle leave, Xu Taiping crossed his fingers and stretched out.
Although he still had to save money to buy a real fire talisman, it was still necessary to purchase a martial art for self-defense. When he was hunting in the mountains before, he was almost injured by a few wild boars.
Currently, he only has full energy in his Dantian, but he doesn't know how to use it at all.
In fact, for the monk, it is better to buy a spell to practice, but he is short of money and cannot afford it at all, so he can only wait until he saves more money.
Moreover, before breaking through to the Open Door Realm, even if he practiced the "Remnant Clouds Technique", the amount of Qi in Xu Taiping's body was not enough to support him in performing the technique.
"It's time to replace the bow, arrows and hunting knife."
At this time, Xu Taiping had already taken the bow, arrows and hunting knife from the hut and was preparing to leave for the back mountain.
The bow, arrows and hunting knife were both left by the previous owner of Qingzhu Residence. The blades of the hunting knife were all chipped, and the string of the bow and arrow was also broken once. Xu Taiping finally managed to replace it.
When a person lives in the mountains and there are many wild animals around his yard, he still needs this most basic self-defense weapon.
…
After half a stick of incense.
Back mountain.
Although Xu Taiping called this place Back Mountain, according to the map in the jade slip, this mountain should be called Yanglu Mountain, so named because there are many yellow sheep and elk in the mountain.
However, when Xu Taiping went to the mountains these few times, he found that there were not many yellow sheep and elk in the mountains, but there were quite a few groups of wild boars.
"It would be nice if we could hunt a wild boar. At least we won't have to worry about food for the next half month."
Xu Taiping, who was running in the mountains, looked around cautiously and muttered something in his mouth.
Although monks can live without grains, they must at least break through the Open Door Realm. Currently, Xu Taiping not only cannot live without grains, but also has to rely on a large amount of meat to replenish the physical strength lost during cultivation.
