The junior sister's hands are quite thin, but they feel a little soft, warm, and hard to the touch.
The last one is about the calluses at the base of the thumb and little finger of her left hand where she often holds a bow.
But no matter what, when the junior sister suddenly grabbed his hand, Ouyang Rong's heart beat a beat faster subconsciously.
Mainly because he couldn't help but think of Wei Lai's little hands holding the tea set last night...
In the carriage, someone had random thoughts for a moment, but there was no merit. After all, a gentleman's deeds do not matter his heart.
Junior sister really doesn't treat me as an outsider... Ouyang Rong said secretly, pulling back his right hand hard, but was held back by Xie Lingjiang, her eyebrows furrowed slightly:
"Don't move blindly, and check whether the pinch is heavy. I didn't control the spiritual energy in my body at that time, and the final kick was a bit sudden."
Ouyang Rong immediately calmed down and looked at his junior sister who was looking down at his right forearm.
Her face looked as usual and her eyes were focused. She didn't seem to think too much, it was just her junior sister's simple apology and concern for her senior brother.
"Senior brother, what are you looking at?"
As if aware of his gaze, Xie Lingjiang said calmly without raising his head:
"Senior brother is a gentleman that everyone knows. I...don't guard against senior brother. Even my sister-in-law can help me, let alone my senior brothers and sisters."
She paused, looked up at Ouyang Rong, and twitched the corner of her mouth slightly: "Fortunately, no bones were injured. Senior brother went back and asked the maid to apply a hot water bottle."
Xie Lingjiang put down Ouyang Rong's sleeve neatly without changing his expression, and let go of his right hand.
Ouyang Rong retracted his hand and immediately nodded very honestly: "Okay, thank you, junior sister."
"Why are you thanking me? You're such an idiot. I obviously caught you accidentally. This time I borrowed my senior brother's Qi to reach the seventh level of Zhu Qi. It's my turn to thank my senior brother."
Ouyang Rong said with a smile: "Junior sister can enter the seventh level because she has talent. But junior sister said she borrowed my energy, what does that mean? Is it possible that this thing can still suck?"
He couldn't help but glance at his wrist, a little worried about sucking him dry.
Xie Lingjiang shook his head:
"It's not about absorbing it, it's about observing it, practicing it and understanding it. In the final analysis, we, the Qi practitioners, are cultivating just one breath.
"Each mythological lineage has a general scope for practicing Qi. Confucianism teaches sincerity, Buddhism teaches knowing one's heart and one's nature, Taoism teaches loneliness and inaction, Yue Nu teaches a pure heart and few desires, and sword cultivation requires unremitting advancement...
"But relying solely on Qi training to cultivate this breath of Qi, the growth of spiritual Qi cultivation is extremely slow, and it is difficult to achieve it. It is not an exaggeration to say that a drop of water can penetrate a stone. Of course, it also depends on the personal talent of the Qi practitioner. The same After water milling, some cultivation seeds are naturally compatible, making it easier to achieve enlightenment and cultivate this spirit.
"In addition, there is another method that is regarded as a shortcut to Zhongnan. It is like me, who can borrow Qi from my senior brother to observe, practice, and gain enlightenment, and finally achieve promotion in one go.
"It's just that this method is really hard to come by, because the breath you are looking for is different for different Taoist lineages, different monks, and even different stages. You can meet someone with the right Qi at the right time and in the right realm. People are like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"However, this is also one of the factors why Qi practitioners have to go out into the world and practice. If you walk around more and experience more, you will always gain something. What if you meet something or someone, and suddenly you have a clear idea, and you can achieve it in one go? .”
"I see." Ouyang Rong nodded, "No wonder the junior sister always stares at me sometimes. It turns out she is trying hard to practice."
"..." Xie Lingjiang was speechless.
Ouyang Rong asked casually: "Is there some kind of panacea that can help you practice a thousand miles a day?"
Xie Lingjiang's face became serious:
"Brother, why are you asking about this? This kind of cheap shortcut cannot be taken casually. It is already within the scope of external alchemy. At present, orthodox qi training techniques all belong to inner alchemy, which focuses on cultivating oneself; external alchemy involving taking external objects It has been reduced to heretical magic, and only the group of magical magicians who are not afraid of death are walking around.
"Even Yuqing Zaoge Mountain, which is the best at refining elixirs among the Taoist sects in the south, only refines some elixirs to replenish spiritual energy or regenerate bones. Those so-called immortal prescriptions that can grow into immortals and advance to higher levels must not be messed up. letter."
"Just asking." Ouyang Rong smiled and said: "So junior sister is now a middle-level Qi practitioner? Aura vermilion?"
The junior sister mentioned that there are nine levels of Qi Practitioners, and the top three levels are already legendary. The remaining six levels are divided into upper, middle and lower levels.
Ranks 9 and 8 are low-grade qi practitioners with blue aura; ranks 7 and 6 are middle-grade qi practitioners with red aura; ranks 5 and 4 are high-grade qi practitioners with purple aura.
The little junior sister was promoted to seventh level tonight, which meant she was moving from a low-level Qi practitioner to a middle-level Qi practitioner.
This step is larger than the span from the ninth to the eighth level, and the improvement is huge. The color of the aura has changed. It is a pity that Ouyang Rong is out of breath at the moment.
"That's right, senior brother, I am no longer a gentleman. Please call me a book reader from now on."
Xie Lingjiang held his head high and said proudly.
Ouyang Rong nodded, "Okay book opener, I will be your book tearer."
"?" Xie Lingjiang.
The two joked for a while, and Ouyang Rong asked: "Junior sister used my energy to reach the seventh level this time. Will the next promotion be difficult again?"
Xie Lingjiang looked at him with a strange look, "That's not true..."
"What's the meaning?"
She said in a somewhat embarrassed tone:
"At that time, I was thinking about my senior brother's approach. A seventh-level promotion after refusing a toast would logically have no Qi to borrow. But my senior brother later refused the toast in a way that I didn't expect. Then I saw 'Qi' in my senior brother again. .”
"..."
Good guy, here you go again?
You're addicted, right? You want to suck me up?
Ouyang Rong subconsciously shrank into his seat.
He suddenly felt that he was a gift package of experience for his junior sister.
The wronged senior brother has been punished.
Ouyang Rong shook his head, stopped joking, and asked seriously: "Then if we encounter the demon who returned to the east warehouse again, will Junior Sister be able to conquer him immediately?"
Xie Lingjiang nodded:
"Middle-grade Qi practitioners are not comparable to low-grade Qi practitioners. Although they still cannot release their true energy to move in the wind like high-grade Qi practitioners, they can flexibly mobilize the true energy of their Dantian and attach it to any place on the body. "
As she spoke, she calmly spread out a slender palm, and in front of Ouyang Rong, she gently covered the bench with her hand.
Ouyang Rong didn't see how hard the little junior sister's thin arms and hands were exerting, and the speed of the entire carriage under him suddenly slowed down; the entire wooden carriage began to creak, as if it had been gnawed by mice and was shaking; the curtains of the carriage were in time. The sound of several horses neighing with difficulty was heard...
The next moment, all sounds returned to their original state.
Ouyang Rong looked around in a daze, and it turned out that the little junior sister's slender palm had separated from the stool.
"Master, Miss Xie, are you okay?" Liu Ashan's surprised voice came from outside the carriage.
"It's okay, there was a little accident just now, you can continue driving." Ouyang Rong comforted.
He turned around and couldn't help but glance at the little junior sister's bare hands that were half-curled and retracted into the snow-white cuffs like a lotus flower.
Who would have thought that this catkin could be so powerful after being attached to the true energy.
Xie Lingjiang smiled at him.
Ouyang Rong suddenly felt that his right forearm was not crushed on the spot. It was really the junior sister's hard work to restrain herself from showing mercy.
Thinking about it this way, it warms my heart. Junior sister is indeed a little cotton-padded jacket...
Under the night, the carriage slowly drove into Luming Street and stopped in front of the Su Mansion.
Xie Lingjiang said goodbye to Ouyang Rong, and before she opened the car curtain and got out of the car, she paused and looked back:
"Didn't Senior Brother say that he would discipline me when he got back?"
"If you don't want to pay it back... let's forget it."
Someone secretly wiped his sweat...Junior sister's martial arts is so powerful, who dares to do this? It is not certain who disciplines whom.
Xie Ling Jiang Yanran smiled, but it was a pity that her back was facing the red lantern in front of the Su Mansion outside the carriage. The angle of the backlight made Ouyang Rong unable to see the expression of the younger junior sister clearly for a while. He only heard her say crisply:
"That's okay. But senior brother, look at it. Junior sister is so successful tonight. It can be considered that you have been disciplined well before. Don't you have any sense of accomplishment?"
"Yes, yes... maybe."
"How about a small reward?"
Someone gets a headache when he hears the overlapping adjective "little":
"What reward do you want, junior sister?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll tell you after I think about it. Senior brother, remember it for me first. I owe you a little wish!"
Before the words could be spoken, the junior sister's long legs had already jumped off the carriage lightly and entered the Su Mansion.
Only Ouyang Rong, who somehow owed a wish, was left sitting in the car muttering;
"You owe me a small wish? You're obviously trying to offend me, but you still want me to reward you... Ah Shan, am I at a loss?"
Liu Ashan, who was separated by a blue cloth curtain, had a dull expression, as if he hadn't heard anything. He whipped his horse and returned to Meiluyuan.
The title was a bit distorted. LSP came in, Bang Bang gave me two punches! (No)
(End of chapter)
