After Wang Teng said the last sentence, he opened the courtyard door and left the kitchen.
Zhao Qing was very sensible and didn't ask any more questions. He slowly exhaled a breath, walked through the crowd, and went to line up to receive breakfast.
He originally wanted to inquire about the situation of the leader, but Wang Teng was in a hurry and he was afraid that asking too many questions would attract attention, so he did not speak.
"No wonder Zhou Xiaoyi, a personal successor, was temporarily placed outside the door..."
Zhao Qing had already figured out the general situation of the whole thing.
In the spring, a newcomer with outstanding talent appeared at the Immortal Ascension Conference. She was a female cultivator with only the innate realm—Zhou Xiaoyi.
At that time, the headmaster was away in retreat, and with that woman's talent, it was more than enough to become the headmaster's direct descendant.
Therefore, Elder Qian, who held great power, arranged for him to live outside temporarily and prepare to find a good wife for his only son.
...Maybe at that time, Elder Qian had already made his wishful thinking.
The key time should be in the summer.
The Four Elephants Sect is about to move, and Elder Qian’s intention to surrender to the enemy is discovered by Zhou Xiaoyi. There should be other unknown secrets involved...
In the end, Zhou Xiaoyi pretended to compromise and was sent to Dancaofang to contact Senior Brother Qian, but she hid secretly.
Zhao Qing secretly thought about the ins and outs of the whole thing.
But I found that although this explanation made sense, it seemed to be missing a very important clue.
Obviously, the point of contradiction that caused the conflict between Zhou Qian and Zhou Qian was the most critical part of the entire logical closed loop.
Why doesn’t Zhou Xiaoyi want to have contact with Senior Brother Qian? And why do you hate Elder Qian so much?
Is it just Elder Qian who surrendered to the enemy? But for a newcomer, this shouldn't be a critical factor...
The reason for this is probably only known to the parties involved.
Zhao Qing shook his head silently and suppressed his emotions.
He has already realized that he must not mention anything about Zhou Xiaoyi to anyone. Today's insidious question about Wang Teng is considered a desperate move.
This is not only protecting the guest, but also protecting yourself.
The direct disciple has disappeared...but there are no rumors within the sect.
Three months ago, Junior Sister Sun changed her male partner. Although this is very common in Caofang... but it has been a while since she last saw Junior Brother Qiuyang.
He couldn't help but think of what Wang Teng had just said. Caofang had lost many lives because of this incident.
Is Zhang Qiuyang dead?
Junior Brother Qiuyang had been in contact with Zhou Xiaoyi as early as spring, but now he has not shown up...
"Senior Brother Zhao?"
"Senior Brother Zhao, what food do you want to eat today?"
Zhao Qing came back to his senses, looked at the junior sister who was cooking in front of him, and smiled: "Just the same as usual. Do you still have the jujube porridge that Senior Brother Wang Teng likes to drink? Bring me some."
He picked up the food, turned around and walked towards the T-shaped courtyard.
After establishing a good relationship with Wang Teng, Zhao Qing has not worked for a long time. Of course, this is also related to his breakthrough to the fifth level of Qi refining.
The servants coming and going were still discussing the murder of the inner sect brother last night.
Zhao Qing was silent, already having speculation in his heart.
Ma Zhe... was probably killed by Elder Qian himself.
Even if the facts may be different from his guess, there is no doubt that Elder Qian will use this matter to advance his plan to surrender to the enemy.
But Elder Li is also a Jindan senior, so there is no way he wouldn't notice it at all, so what's his attitude?
As the eldest disciple of the outer sect, the nephew of the sect leader will collude with Elder Qian?
How could the alchemists in the Alchemy Hall be sent to the Four Elephants Gate because they never go on missions?
Zhao Qing took two quick steps and came to the door of his courtyard, breathing slowly to calm down.
Although on the surface, there seems to be only a slight commotion within the sect.
But in fact, there is already an undercurrent, and the competition among all parties has reached an extremely critical point. Great changes... are about to happen.
He could only rely on his meager strength to support himself and his wife as they swayed under the huge waves.
In the early morning of late autumn, the scattered fallen leaves were covered with white frost, lying quietly on the ground and gazing at the distant mountains.
But a thick fog rose in the distant mountains, covering the early sun.
The colorful morning glow came through the fog and hit the side of Zhao Qing's face.
He relaxed his brows and cleared his mind. He opened the door to his courtyard, then turned around and closed the door again.
The old wooden door creaked, blocking out the chaos of the world outside the courtyard.
As for the courtyard——
"Shu Yue, come out to eat!"
…
At noon, Zhao Qing dragged his tired body out of the quiet room.
The first attempt to refine the forging elixir ended in failure, which had nothing to do with elixir skills.
However, during the process of refining the elixir, distracting thoughts would inevitably arise in my mind, or I might feel in a daze.
Still too tired.
Yesterday morning, I left the kitchen and went to Huanyu Pavilion and then to Xueyi Building.
I became a guest guest, met my junior sister, and learned about the great changes that may occur in the sect in the near future...
Then he went to find Le'an again, and returned home at nightfall.
Although the journey to the Bloody Clothes Building was similar to the usual one, it took a lot of energy.
Coupled with working all night last night, he was even more exhausted physically and mentally.
Zhao Qing looked at the withered yellow weeds in the corner and sighed slightly.
He realized that no matter how tense the situation was, he had to maintain the rhythm of life and never get distracted.
Facing complex and severe challenges, we cannot do without sufficient determination.
The door to the east wing slowly opened.
"Husband, are you hungry? Shu Yue will go cook some food right now."
The pale wife, wearing only thin undergarments, was standing behind the door shivering. Her voice was a little soft and no longer as crisp as before.
A smile appeared on Zhao Qing's face, his eyes swept over his wife's exquisite body, his clear eyes full of love.
"If you're not hungry, let's eat later in the evening."
He shook his shoulders slightly, relaxed his muscles and bones, and walked towards the east chamber.
Although the autumn wind in the courtyard was bleak, the girl kept shivering.
But he knew that his wife was warm on her body and the bedroom was also warm...
All the clothes were taken off, and the warm fragrance and warm jade entered my arms.
Zhao Qing lay on his sweet wife's slender waist and fell into a deep sleep.
Wang Shuyue looked at her husband beside her with tenderness in her eyes.
She endured the burning pain in her body, picked up her husband and laid him flat, and then put her white lotus-rooted arms under her husband's neck.
Lying on her side and hugging her, she kissed her husband's slightly frowned eyebrows.
"Mom...husband, I'm too tired. Shuyue will visit you again next year."
"Go with your husband."
Today, July 15th, is the Chinese New Year.
…
Late at night, Zhao Qing frowned and woke up from his sleep.
He felt the warmth of the quilt beside him and saw the fire beating outside the window, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Shuyue went to cook...
He gently patted his shoulders and neck, forcing his consciousness to clear up.
But the feeling of drowsiness in his mind is lingering.
He felt like a mortal who hadn't slept for several days and nights, and his whole body was in chaos when he woke up.
Zhao Qing's face showed surprise when his palms touched the dampness and heat in the quilt.
The entire sides of the bed were wet... He raised his hand to his forehead and realized that he was sweating.
A lot of sweat.
Zhao Qing couldn't help but smile bitterly. This was the first time since he entered the innate realm twenty years ago that he woke up from a dream, dripping with sweat.
All the recent trivial matters made him feel even more stressed.
After all, I am no longer alone. I have to take care of my wife and support the family in any decision I make.
And what he faced was not the brothers and sisters who robbed their wealth and cultivated loosely.
Rather, he is the great elder in the late Jindan period, who is only one step away from being a land god.
Even if the elder would not necessarily embarrass a handyman who is as small as an ant...
Zhao Qing raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows, dressed and walked into the courtyard.
The beloved wife heard the movement in the wing and said in surprise: "Husband, you're awake!"
Zhao Qing nodded slightly, walked to the steps and sat down.
The wind of the autumn night penetrated everywhere, and Zhao Qing, who was dazed, was suddenly sober when the night wind blew, and he felt refreshed.
"What's for dinner tonight?" he asked.
While fiddling with the firewood in the stove to make it burn more vigorously, the wife replied, "I went next door and asked Junior Sister Liu to bring the chicks from the kitchen and stew them in the pot."
Went next door?
Zhao Qing frowned and warned again: "The sect is not in peace recently. Try to stay out of the hospital in the future. Just tell me what you need."
The girl pursed her lips lightly and said in a coquettish voice: "I know! My husband! Shuyue wants to replenish your body, isn't it?"
"My husband was sweating a lot. Shuyue helped you turn over, but you didn't even wake up... Tonight Shuyue will massage your shoulders."
"Husband... don't push yourself too hard, it will be very tiring."
Zhao Qing sighed helplessly after hearing this, but he also felt warm in his heart.
He nodded slightly, put down the ax he had just picked up, walked to the stove and stroked his wife's hair.
Scanning his eyes, he discovered that the east side of the courtyard wall was lit up with scarlet dots.
That's the ashes of vegetation that haven't burned out yet.
"Shu Yue, what is that?" he asked doubtfully.
"Um?"
The beloved wife made a slight nasal noise, then paused for a moment, and continued: "Today Zhongyuan, Shuyue made some arrangements at home and paid homage."
Today is the Ghost Festival...
Zhao Qing nodded lightly and said nothing.
His wife told him that a woman from the same village had already given birth to a child when she was fifteen or sixteen years old.
Because her mother died of illness, she stayed at home as a mourner for three years before she reached the age of eighteen.
Zhao Qing hesitated slightly.
Regardless of past or present life, a son-in-law does not need to pay homage to the ancestors of his wife's family.
But for some reason, when he looked at his beloved wife's thin body, he felt extremely distressed.
Shuyue had just finished her filial piety period for half a year, and she had been following him to serve her. She didn't even mention going home to worship her ancestors...
Zhao Qing was moved by the idea of sending his wife back to pay homage to his late mother.
But considering that the recent situation is too tense...
He hesitated for a moment and then said: "Next year, next year during the Cold Food Festival, I will go with you to visit my mother-in-law."
Wang Shuyue put down the spoon in her hand and looked back at her husband.
She looked happy, nodded heavily and said, "Okay! My husband will send me there next year. When my mother sees her husband, she will definitely be happy for Shuyue."
Zhao Qing felt sour for no reason.
If you live a new life, you won’t even have the freedom to visit the grave?
He sat back on the steps and stared at the night sky in trance.
I have been walking on thin ice in the kitchen for twenty years, working cautiously and practicing diligently.
The immortal way he sought... was nothing but a big dream.
As he was getting older, he originally wanted to get married, start a family, and live happily ever after, and stay away from disputes.
But the sudden virtual panel... made me feel a little bit of expectation in my heart.
What am I expecting?
Immortal immortality?
Accumulating proficiency bit by bit? Do you use your wife as a tool to improve your alchemy?
Have I become stronger?
Zhao Qing recalled every day and night when he cautiously entered and exited Danxia City, and every time he knelt down to his senior brothers.
And the night when I encountered the Four Elephants Tribulation Cultivator...
I should have become stronger.
He slowly closed his eyes and was shocked to realize that he had gone astray. He was sweating like a waterfall.
When he first found a mortal wife, he wanted to stay away from the turmoil and retreat to the countryside.
Unexpectedly, he ended up in the mud, struggling and sinking deeper and deeper.
At this moment, Zhao Qing finally realized what he was doing.
When I found a safe and effective road, my original intention also changed.
You only need to have sex every day to improve your alchemy realm, and you only need to practice repeatedly to gain insight into the true meaning of the method.
When I take this shortcut...
He also became more and more cautious, the wind was trembling, and the trees and grass were all under attack.
Just because there is a voice in my heart that is calling like a curse——
“Keep it up and live well.
Your practice, your future, and your wife will all accumulate over time, and your future will be boundless. "
Every time you gain a point, you lose a point.
When they first got married, Shang dared to take his wife through the streets of Danxia City.
Later, he lived in the city and went to Dongfang to set up a stall to sell elixirs, but he left his wife at home.
When I returned to the kitchen and went to Shouyun Mountain to cut firewood, I was frightened by the mountain road I had walked for half my life.
Until now...I am careful in everything, extremely cautious.
He escaped all crises, but he still lived like a shadow, turning his wife into a caged sparrow. Even on the Ghost Festival, she could only miss her in the courtyard.
…
Why does this happen?
Because as long as you take every step steadily, you will one day stand at the top of the immortal path - this is the hint brought by the panel.
So I acted more cautiously and thought more thoughtfully.
Even I feel that I am getting older and acting more steadily than before.
But at first... I just felt tired and wanted to get a wife and enjoy my old age!
'In the past six months, the person living in the kitchen is not Zhao Qing, but the puppet under the virtual panel. ' He thought to himself.
Look at the panel in front of you again.
[Alchemist: First-level low-grade (1520/2000)]
[Bond: Intimacy]
[Bonus experience bonus: 5]
[Qi Gathering Pill Proficiency: Mastery and Perfection (116/1000)]
Each letter is like a piece of cold iron, and a string of numbers is like a tangled chain.
They are connected to each other, forming a huge cage, a cold shackles.
The more you gain, the heavier the shackles on your body become.
The only entry without a number is more like a maniacally laughing at himself, at the walking dead under the shackles.
[Bond: Intimacy]
When can feelings be described accurately?
Do you want to be like the previous game, conquering one NPC character after another, and getting a favorability of 100, 500, or 1,000! ?
Zhao Qing looked at the gentle and virtuous wife in front of him and felt cold all over.
This is my married wife.
Hui Zhilan has a good heart, works hard without complaining, obeys her own words, and is extremely family-oriented...
The stove fire in front of me was beating wildly, and the casserole on the stove was as peaceful as Mount Tai - it was the casserole I used when refining alchemy in Huimaxiang, and my wife has kept it until now.
Isn't this the life you wanted in the first place?
The purpose of a monk's journey is to understand his thoughts and understand his mind and nature, so that he can gain insight into his own body.
The Immortal Path is as vast as smoke. Can you really reach the top with just a small panel?
Can you help me get to the top, I don't know.
But you will change me.
Zhao Qing stood up suddenly and murmured to himself: "You are just a tool... nothing more."
The beloved wife turned back in confusion, speechless, with crystal tears dripping from the corners of her eyes.
"Husband, are you talking about me?"
"It's also my fault that Shu Yue is useless and can't help her husband..."
Zhao Qing wiped away the glistening glow on his wife's cheeks, and his heart tightened, as if he was being held tightly by an iron hand.
Panel and wife, only one can be a tool.
He already has the answer.
Zhao Qing did not answer his wife's question, but stepped forward to hold her in his arms and look up at the stars.
"Go and clean up, and I'll send you to see your mother-in-law."
Wang Shuyue was stunned for a moment: "Husband, you mean, now?"
"Now."
"Husband, are you not afraid of encountering Jie Xiu?"
"Are you afraid of it?"
"Shu Yue is not afraid, but husband, you always say..."
"I remember when we were returning to Ma Xiang, you said that it would be an excellent home to be buried together with your husband. Is this true?"
"Of course it's true."
"When a beauty invites you, you have nothing to fear!"
"Husband, don't say it's a joke. Let's go again next year."
"Seal the chicken soup tightly so that I can put it in the storage ring and take it with my mother-in-law."
"Shu Yue... listen to your husband. Let's go to the cellar and leave the kitchen directly through the small hole left in the cellar."
"No, let's go on horseback. I have to drill a hole when I go to visit my mother-in-law. Is a husband so cautious?"
"Husband, we don't have a horse."
"There is a kitchen."
"Then, husband, go and hold her. Shuyue is waiting for you."
"go together."
"go together?"
"Let's go together. You and I will go straight from the kitchen to the sect and go down the mountain from the sect's main road to deliver soup to my mother-in-law."
"Following the official path?"
"My Shuyue is going to take the official route when she brings her husband home."
"Husband, what should I do if I really encounter Jie Xiu?"
"The killer will pass."
"What if we lose?"
"You and I will be buried together under the moon."
"Zhao Qing! Why are you crazier than me? I don't want you anymore?"
"You are home."
…
Zhongyuan, night.
The fierce horse neighs, and the horse rides away from the dust.
Zhao Qing held the reins in one hand and his wife in the other, galloping along the official road.
The night wind howled.
The wife's voice was intermittent: "Husband, the last time you took me out was in spring."
The corners of Zhao Qing's lips moved slightly, and his eyes were no longer cloudy, but bright and restrained.
The frown between the eyebrows that had been frowning for the past few days completely relaxed, and the fine lines at the corners of the eyes disappeared.
It was as if I had become twenty years younger in an instant.
He said: "One spring and one autumn are the life of you and me."
The panel in front of me was filled with golden light.
[Bond: Sharing weal and woe]
[Bond experience bonus: 10]
The moonlight was like water, Zhao Qing's eyes were slightly narrowed and he looked at the end of the official road, where the sky and the earth met, and the sky was filled with stars.
The next moment, purple clouds gathered, and the words changed again.
[Bond: Follow each other in life and death]
[Bond experience bonus: 20]
[Bond Reward: Low Grade Thunder Spirit Root]
Zhao Qing shook his head slightly as he glanced at the arc of electricity flashing across his wife's body.
The panel in front of him suddenly dimmed and disappeared from sight.
"Shu Yue, look up at the sky."
"good!"
"I, Zhao Qing, act cautiously to support this family."
"But if you and I come with you, why wait for tomorrow when the fog will disappear and the clouds will turn brighter? Let's see the stars in the sky tonight."
Perhaps, among the stars, there is the way I came.
…
…
…
At some point, Zhao Qing slowly raised his chest, and his spiritual energy uncontrollably clung to the dragon's spine and flowed upstream, starting from the tail gate and heading straight for the jade pillow.
Without the slightest hindrance, the Jade Pillow Pass was instantly broken through.
The world in front of me is clear and clear. I look inside my body. The yin and yang orifices are arranged on both sides. There is a wonderful power gestating on the jade pillow.
There is a saying in "My View on the Art of Tongyou".
"The way to refine the spirit is to focus on the method, not the technique. The essence is in the spirit, but the dust is in the appearance.
There are few people who have a clear mind and nature. Once they achieve enlightenment, their spiritual consciousness will arise on their own. "
Zhao Qing's expression was indifferent, he no longer checked for any strange movements in his body, he clamped his legs on the horse's belly and hugged Liu's waist tightly in his arms.
The wind is getting stronger.
