Hanling City, Lingkuang Mountains
After loading a basket of spiritual stones in the new mine, the seven-night arduous journey followed the returning team. At this moment, he was extremely exhausted, his legs were trembling slightly, his face was as pale as cold jade, his sweat was like beads, his tongue was dry in his mouth, and his green lips were already chapped.
However, Qiye, who was at the end of the team, completely ignored his poor physical condition. His eyes scanned every move of the surrounding overseers with vigilance. On the narrow and winding mountain road, the slave transport team stretched for thousands of meters. These overseer soldiers who followed the slave team, even with three heads and six arms, could not monitor such a long team, let alone Qiye who was at the end of the team.
After confirming that he was not noticed, Qiye gently closed his eyes, concentrated and adjusted his breathing. His constant panting slowly began to become calmer and evener. Gradually... his body's perception of pain and fatigue seemed to become increasingly blurred. A strange state of mind without awareness, desire or thought quietly emerged. Then Qiye began to try to stabilize his consciousness in this strange state of mind. A strange, electric-like spiritual pulse in the spiritual world curved and flashed from the dark abyss, colliding with Qiye's consciousness and mind.
In an instant, Qiye suddenly opened his eyes, and a pinpoint-sized white light shone in his dark pupils.
At this moment, Qiye felt that his perception had become sharper; Qiye could detect the caterpillars hiding under the weeds on the cliff, the rustling of leaves under the plank road, and the airflow of fallen leaves above his head... Qiye could detect them. Before Qiye could rejoice at the sudden sharpening of his senses, suddenly, the dull pain that had been accumulating in various parts of his body suddenly erupted like unsuppressable volcanic lava, heart-breaking and menacing. The severe pain almost made Qiye faint in an instant.
"Kekeke, evil!" Caught off guard, Qiye gritted his teeth and suppressed the tears of pain and the roar that he wanted to vent loudly, so as not to attract the attention of the supervisory soldiers. Despite all his efforts, Qiye's throat was still filled with uncontrollable pain. The intense pain quickly filled every drop of blood in the body and drained all the strength from the body. Qiye's legs began to tremble and became weak. The basket on his shoulders gradually felt heavier and heavier, making him breathless. Qiye Realize that your body may be at its limit.
Although his physical strength was exhausted, he thought that he still had a basket of mineral stones on his back. Qiye did not despair. Ever since he laid the foundation of his spiritual power, he had never tried to absorb the spiritual energy of the spiritual stone. But right now, I'm afraid there is no other way to gain physical strength.
Now that we have reached this stage today, there is no way out, we must either die or give it a try. No matter what the outcome is, we can still give it a try! In one thought, just do it! Qiye raised his head and scanned the surroundings in front of him again to make sure that no one was paying attention to him. Then he began to calm down slowly, and his mind kept exploring the huge cyclone in the Hunyuan Refining Realm within his body.
At this moment, the cyclone dispersed like floating clouds, and the huge, flat and thin clouds hung quietly in the Hunyuan Refining Realm like an astrolabe. Staring deeply, Qiye felt that since a spiritual pulse in the depths of the spiritual world established contact with his mind, there seemed to be a subtle connection between himself and the cyclone: He once stared at the cyclone in the abyss, as if he was just watching a Objective view. But now, when Qiye looks at the cyclone, he seems to feel that the chaotic cyclone is also looking at him. Such a switch between the two perspectives of things and myself made Qiye feel strange.
Time was running out and there was no time to figure out the reason. Qiye's mind began to activate the cyclone with all his strength. As a result, the seemingly thin layer of clouds and cyclone made Qiye feel as heavy and stable as Mount Tai. I have tried my best to activate it, but the cyclone still remains motionless. Qiye tried again and again, unwilling to fail, but there was still no sign of the cyclone turning.
After trying his best for many times to no avail, Qiye became a little anxious. His physical condition has made it impossible to delay. If he cannot succeed at this juncture, then the only thing that awaits him is death.
Don't be anxious, don't be anxious... Qiye took a deep breath and kept warning himself in his heart. At the same time, suppress all impatience, worries and panic, and do not get upset when the situation is worrying.
Calm down, calm down, calm down...Phew! Qiye took a deep breath and prepared to try again...
At this moment, Qiye suddenly felt a chill in his vest: a cool and moist light spiritual energy was drawn into the spiritual world in his Dantian, injected into the whirlpool and dissipated. The chaotic cyclone just turned slightly, and a gentle and full sense of power swept over him, shaking Qiye's embarrassed and exhausted face.
A new vitality slowly nourished and flowed through the whole body. Looking at the powerful hands, Qiye was suddenly stunned: just now, was that just now...? Although it is not clear what happened, Qiye no longer cares about so much at this moment, and the corners of his mouth can't help but become happy. As the power gushed out from deep within his body, the feeling of exhaustion, weakness and intolerable hunger gradually diminished. Qiye felt that his power was increasing at a perceptible speed.
The spiritual power is indeed very effective. After a while of secret joy in his heart, Qiye was about to greedily enjoy this constant surge of power, but the full feeling suddenly stopped...
Eh! ! ! Qiye was confused for a moment, and suddenly realized that the basket of mineral stones on his back could only extract a trace of spiritual energy, and the resources were already exhausted. It's just that this little amount of spiritual energy cannot satisfy Qiye's need for physical recovery, and the success just now is just a mistake by Qiye. In fact, he doesn't really know how to absorb spiritual energy.
So, Qiye cheered up and quickly followed the returning slave team. On the way back, Qiye stayed close to the other slave porters calmly, and kept trying to absorb spiritual energy while the overseers were unaware. After failing, he waits for an opportunity to try again. Qiye believes that the first success will be followed by a second, third... and finally countless times.
After experiencing many repeated failures, Qiye gradually mastered some methods: that is, the mind in the Hunyuan Refining Realm is absorbed simultaneously with his body consciousness. To put it simply: the mind represents his inner world, and the body The conscious feeling is the external world. When the breathing of the two worlds begins to become synchronized, it can stimulate the qi rotation in the body to produce the effect of absorbing spiritual energy.
This discovery made the little Qiye feel very excited. This was the first time Qiye discovered the "secret" through his persistent exploration and failure over and over again. But Qiye didn't know at this moment that the "secret" he was trying so hard to discover was simply a well-known basic skill for other spiritual practitioners. Because every junior cultivator will have an instructor to explain it to him when he embarks on the journey of cultivation.
Relying on his own discovery and use of the unfamiliar spiritual energy absorption skills, Qiye kept waiting for opportunities to absorb the ore spirit stones from the fellow slave porters on the way back. However, each basket of ore spirit stones could only extract a trace of spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy dropped from it. After entering the body, the cyclone is as calm as water dripping like the sea. Qiye absorbed dozens of baskets of spiritual energy, but there was no response from the spirit world. This made Qiye a little puzzled:
The sense of power is not much stronger than before. Where did the absorbed spiritual power go? Along the way, there were questions one after another, but Qiye had no time to care about it. He still absorbed the spiritual energy without stopping and sparing no effort. Even if he didn't know where the spiritual energy he absorbed went, it was still in his body. There would always be a chance to figure it out in the future. , the most important thing to do now is to do everything possible to obtain spiritual energy. While absorbing spiritual energy with such concentration and vigilance, Qiye felt that the journey back was so short for the first time.
hateful! It’s over before I’m full. After Qiye couldn't help complaining in his heart, he quickly gathered his thoughts and sank his breath into the Hunyuan Refining Realm. There are still many spiritual officers in the slave mine camp who are powerful to Qiye. If they find out that they are practicing spiritual power, they will be executed by Ling Chi. You also need to know how to wipe your mouth when eating secretly. Naturally, Qiye understands this.
After a while, Qiye had transformed his appearance into the ordinary boy who was still tired and dying.
The carrying team slowly marched towards the open space in the center of the mining camp. In that flat open space were parked hundreds of large elevated cargo carriages. These carriages were specially responsible for carrying the spiritual ore from the mountains to the slave porters. It was transported out of the mountains and transported to the 'spiritual platform' built by the city lord for spiritual power refining. Qiye lined up and poured the ore in the basket on his back into the spacious cargo box of the large elevated freight carriage in an orderly manner, and then went to the nearby accounting room to receive the ration for his day's work: a piece of hard and difficult-to-gnaw bran bun.
Looking at the carts full of mineral spirit stones, Qiye felt extremely envious. If he could absorb so much spiritual energy, his strength should be improved. After some beautiful imagination in his mind, Qiye quickly regained his composure rationally. Now that he has mastered the way to gain power, one day, he must leave here alive! After reaffirming his determination, Qiye retracted his gaze and calmly walked back to the camp.
Returning to the tent, Qiye voraciously swallowed the steamed buns in his hand and then immediately lay down. I can't wait to start tonight's practice. Tonight Qiye will practice "Shadow Step". Although I have never been exposed to any guidance on how to practice the technique, Qiye has some clues in understanding the formula during practice. But with constant thinking and trying With a dedicated spirit of exploration, Qiye constantly refreshes his ability to understand formulas. Shenfa practice has also gone from being incomprehensible at the beginning to initially mastering the practice methods, and working tirelessly to deepen the understanding.
