After the second Blood Bodhi entered his belly, the spiritual power in Duan Yu's body filled the world again.
After that, it was the boring daily routine of refining, absorbing, and being guided by senior sister.
But this time the progress was not as smooth as before. Duan Yu had vaguely felt that he was standing on the threshold of the three realms several times, but he did not cross it.
This feeling is not very wonderful, just like the final kick is always just a little bit disappointing, which makes people discouraged.
Yao Xue noticed his emotions and comforted him: "This has been a grind, and it will come true at a certain moment. Don't be too anxious. It took me a full three months to break through."
"Um."
Duan Yu adjusted his mentality and replied.
It seems that breaking through the realm of practice is not as easy as drinking water and eating, and it also requires some twists and turns.
In Yao Xue's words, the Ning Yuan Breakthrough is to continuously use the refined spiritual power to attack that barrier. Once it is passed, it will be like a door being opened, and everything will fall into place.
The difference between the middle and later stages of Qi refining is mainly the obedience of the spiritual power, while the Yuan Condensing stage is about qualitative changes in the spiritual power.
The spiritual power at this time can be transformed into true energy and blended into the body's flesh and blood, which can not only improve the body's defensive power, but also release the spiritual power to form sword energy and sword energy to hurt people.
On this day, watching the snake demon meat in the room full of snakes continue to weaken, although Duan Yu had adjusted his mentality, he still felt a little depressed.
He decided to take a trip.
This snake demon meat will not deteriorate in a short period of time, but it will be difficult to say if the time is longer.
"I have to buy salt again," Duan Yu said.
Their original plan was that apart from eating the snake demon meat themselves, they would sell the rest.
But now in this situation, we have to be prepared.
If the meat is not readily available, you still have to find an opportunity to marinate it.
But don't tell me, he is tired of eating bacon meat, but he has never eaten bacon meat or snake meat.
Duan Yu's mood suddenly improved when she thought of delicious food.
The most heart-warming thing in this world, apart from senior sister’s proud figure, is the only food.
Thinking that going out to relax might be helpful in breaking through the border, Duan Yu and Yao Xue discussed it and decided to go for a walk outside and buy some salt on the way.
When Steamed Bun heard that he was about to go out, he spun around in excitement.
During Duan Yu's retreat, Gouzi was also suffocated.
The two of them prepared themselves and opened the door.
After not going out for a long time, he even spent little time drinking tea at the door. When the skylight fell on his face, Duan Yu really felt like he was in another world.
He had not gone out for more than a month and found that Liuqing Lane was much deserted and run-down than before. At a glance, several families had broken windows that had not been repaired.
The night watch shed at the entrance of the alley has now become a place for communication among Taoist friends in the alley.
At this moment, several fellow Taoists were chatting.
Duan Yu took a look, and sure enough, Wang Laodao's gossip guy was also there.
After seeing Duan Yu go out, these fellow Taoists quickly bowed their hands in greeting.
Wang Laodao said: "Fellow Taoist Brother Duan, I didn't even dare to bother you during your retreat. What's the result now?"
Duan Yu said modestly: "It's not going well. I'm barely in the late stage of Qi refining."
Hearing this, Wang Laodao and others looked shocked.
Wang Laodao said in surprise: "Didn't you just reach the middle stage of Qi refining three months ago?"
Duan Yu responded: "No, it's only been three or four months that we have made some progress."
Duan Yu greeted them for a few words and then left, leaving Wang Laodao and others doubting life in the wind.
It took a few months to go from the middle stage to the late stage of Qi refining. This can be called a little progress. So why are they still struggling to reach the late stage of Qi refining at this age? Are they trash?
"Oh, it's really irritating to see people compare to each other. When this little fellow Taoist was here just now, his cultivation level was not as good as mine." Wang Laodao said enviously.
"I have long seen that Fellow Daoist Xiao Duan is extremely talented, but I didn't expect that he is so talented."
"Yes, it can be described as terrifying."
"This is envy, but it is a good thing for us. As long as fellow Taoist Xiao Duan is here, this alley will not be chaotic. Look at how many people have died in other places."
"Yes, but Fellow Daoist Wu and Fellow Daoist Zhao still haven't come back."
"It's been five days. I guess there are no people left."
"It is said that evil spirits are more likely to be encountered outside than before."
"Oh, just be a little bit more miserable. It's better than dying outside. This year has been really difficult. I have a hard time living outside, so I have to suffer like this here."
"Anyway, after the snow melts next year, I will leave. So what does Lao Shizi's natural treasures, golden Taoist temples, and immortal yellow elixir have to do with us?"
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Duan Yu and Yao Xue walked on the road and found that although this market did not have nine empty houses out of ten, there were still three empty houses out of ten.
You know, before, it was hard to find a room here.
Maybe he went out hunting and didn't come back?
Duan Yu explained like this, but he also knew that he was just comforting himself.
Those empty houses looked like no one had lived in them for a while. If they hadn't been back for such a long time, something had probably happened to them.
At this time, a man and a woman were arguing in front of them.
"I said, can you please not go?" the female cultivator pulled the man's sleeve and said.
"What are we going to eat if we don't go? I'm a great monk, a master. I haven't seen meat in ten days. If you don't know, you thought I was begging for food." The bearded Taoist priest retorted.
"You don't even have a talisman to ward off evil spirits. Are you going to die if you follow them out? I heard that evil spirits have been causing a lot of trouble outside recently."
"I'm a dignified Taoist priest, and my master teaches fire techniques. What evil spirits are I afraid of?"
Seeing the tearful look on the female cultivator's face, the bearded Taoist priest probably felt a little soft-hearted, and said in a lower tone: "Don't worry, with my Taoist skills, even if something happens to me, I can run faster than those guys. You should have a good rest. The baby in your belly is important." .”
"Oh, dead man, come back here."
Although the female cultivator begged her hard, the bearded Taoist priest still left.
Duan Yu could tell that the Taoist priest didn't want to take risks outside, but because of the female cultivator and the child...
Bringing up a child in this living environment makes everyone's scalp numb just thinking about it.
These are just small microcosms, but they also represent the changes in the entire Liangshuigou.
During the more than a month that he was in seclusion, the evil spirits outside became even more violent.
It can be seen that it was not accidental that they encountered so many evil spirits that night.
The evil spirits at that time might have been attracted by the snake demon meat, but after all, there had to be so many evil spirits in the forest to attract them.
Will the evil spirits become more active as winter comes?
At this time, Duan Yu and Yao Xue turned into a dark place.
When they came out, the two of them were dressed in red and white outfits that looked full of evil.
Even the steamed bun lurking in Duan Yu's arms had been smeared with black ash by Duan Yu and had some messy patterns on the dog's head. It didn't look like a serious and good dog.
