Under the bell tower, stood two men in Taoist robes.

One of them, Liu Yi, recognized him as Zhuang Dunshen, the steward of the paper mill, and the other was an unfamiliar face, with a square face, stubby eyebrows, and very shrewd eyes.

"Liu Yi, come here."

When Zhuang Dunshen saw Liu Yi holding twelve moso bamboos, he couldn't help but smile. He called Liu Yi under the bell tower and asked, "I cut down twelve green and purple moso bamboos in one afternoon. I must have made a breakthrough in your cultivation in the past few days."

, a meridian has been opened, right?"

Liu Yi still respected the manager of the papermaking mill and replied: "My disciple has opened one of the three yang meridians of the hand."

"Not bad! Not bad! In this way, you will be able to make the first talisman paper in just over a month. As an uncle, I can consider my merits complete. By then you can leave my papermaking workshop and go to other places.

Workshop, continue to practice."

Zhuang Dunshen nodded, "The person next to me is the manager of the animal breeding workshop. His name is Niu Qingyun. You can just call him Master Niu. When you learn how to make paper, go to Master Niu to learn how to hatch and raise spiritual beasts."

"Disciple pays homage to Master Niu."

Liu Yi bowed his hands to Niu Qingyun, and suddenly remembered the "Basic Spirit Beast Illustration" that Tang Jiawen had given him not long ago, and he already knew in his heart that his trip to the animal breeding workshop must have been arranged long ago.

"Well, you have pretty good qualifications."

Niu Qingyun smiled and nodded, receiving the gift with a twinkle in his eye.

Liu Yi suddenly felt a little uneasy when he saw Niu Qingyun's eyes shining brightly.

He always felt that Uncle Niu Qingyun's attitude towards him was different from that of Ning Yuzhu and Zhuang Dunshen. But Liu Yi couldn't tell what was the specific difference.

From then on, Liu Yi still lived a three-point-one-line life, either cutting bamboo in the paper mill or practicing hard in Kunziyuan.

And Niu Qingyun would come to the papermaking workshop from time to time and observe Liu Yi without leaving any trace.

Eleven days later, Liu Yi opened one of the three Yang meridians in his hand again.

In one morning, I cut down twenty-five moso bamboos and brought them back to the papermaking workshop.

Niu Qingyun stood under the bell tower and saw Liu Yi approaching with more than 20 bamboos in his arms. An imperceptible joy suddenly flashed in his eyes. He walked up to Liu Yi and smiled at him, "Master Nephew Liu, you have made a breakthrough again."

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"Disciple has met Uncle Niu." Liu Yi nodded, cupped his fists and saluted.

Niu Qingyun said: "According to your cultivation speed, nephew, you will be able to cut down enough bamboo in a few days, and you will be able to successfully make paper soon. Come to my animal breeding workshop to practice, you might as well follow me to the animal breeding workshop today.

It's better to get familiar with the environment first, and I'll show you various spiritual beasts by the way."

Liu Yi did not doubt that he was there, so he took the bamboo back to the room and put it away. After locking the door, he followed Niu Qingyun to the animal breeding workshop.

Niu Qingyun stepped on a magic whisk and took Liu Yi to fly in the air, like an immortal in the clouds.

In early winter, thick fog covers the sky in the mountains.

The animal breeding workshop and the papermaking workshop are not far apart. They are only about ten miles away and can be reached immediately.

"Master Nephew Liu, you are a cautious person. You should keep a few moso bamboos in your room and lock them. Are you afraid that the disciples from the papermaking workshop will steal your moso bamboos?"

Niu Qingyun led Liu Yi into the gate of the animal breeding workshop.

The animal breeding workshop is the place where the Yuxi sect hatches and raises spirit beast cubs.

From far and near in the square, the sounds of roaring animals, cranes, and chirping birds can be heard...

You can see cranes perching on the trees, tigers and leopards lying under the trees, which is a scene of a fairy home.

Liu Yi's eyes were full of surprise. He looked left and right, and when he heard Niu Qingyun asking him, he casually talked about what he had experienced in the papermaking mill these days.

"Hmph! Senior Brother Zhuang Dunshen only cared about his own cultivation, but failed to take good care of the disciples in the papermaking workshop. In fact, you have been wronged, Senior Nephew Liu."

After saying sorry for Liu Yi, Niu Qingyun raised a smile at the corner of his mouth, pointed at the outer disciples who were grooming the spirit beasts, and said to Liu Yi, "Every one of my disciples in the animal breeding workshop abides by the rules.

After you come here, Master Niu guarantees that you will not be wronged in the slightest."

The two of them talked and walked, and in a short while, they arrived at a courtyard in the animal breeding workshop.

Niu Qingyun entered the courtyard first, came to the hall, and motioned Liu Yi to sit down, "Master Nephew Liu, you opened the second meridian in eleven days. This kind of cultivation speed is extremely rare in our Yuxi Sect.

, I wonder if Master Nephew Liu has extraordinary spiritual roots in his body?"

When Liu Yi heard this question, he immediately thought of the white feather.

If Liu Yi had just entered the Yuxi Sect, he might have told Niu Qingyun about the feathers.

But now he has been practicing in the paper mill for more than a month, and he is used to others' jealousy, slander, and cynicism. He knows that although the Yuxi sect is a well-known and upright sect, not everyone is a gentleman. Liu Yi understands in his heart that the matter of feathers

Never tell anyone easily.

The common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying the jade.

Liu Yi made up his mind not to talk about the feathers. He just shook his head and replied, "My disciples don't know either."

"There is a huge difference between my cultivators who have spiritual roots and those who do not. If there are spiritual roots in the body, their cultivation speed will be much faster than others, and my Yuxi sect will also focus on taking care of such disciples..."

Niu Qingyun was very kind. He poured a cup of tea for Liu Yi and placed it in front of him, "Why don't you let Master Niu feel your pulse and see what kind of spiritual roots you have in your body? If my nephew you are indeed very talented, Master

I will report this matter to the boss, and the boss will definitely look at you differently, and Uncle Niu, I also have the merit of recommending talents."

Hearing this, Liu Yi stretched out his hand and asked Niu Qingyun to feel his pulse.

"Isn't that right?"

Niu Qingyun put two fingers on Liu Yi's vein gate. After exploring for a while, he shook his head and frowned slowly, "Although you have good qualifications, Senior Nephew Liu, there is no spiritual root in your body."

Liu Yi replied: "When I first went to the papermaking workshop, Uncle Zhuang Dunshen also checked my qualifications. He only said that I had good qualifications and did not find any spiritual roots in my body."

"oh……"

Niu Qingyun groaned, waved towards Liu Yi and said, "You go back first."

At this time, Niu Qingyun seemed to have forgotten that he once said that he would take Liu Yi to see the spiritual beasts.

After Liu Yi left, Niu Qingyun sat alone in the room, with the light in his eyes flickering, thinking in his heart, "I thought Liu Yi had spiritual roots in his body and was a genius. I wanted to report this to the boss and get some credit."

, but this Liu Yi only has above-average qualifications, so all my efforts were wasted."

After a long time, he stood up suddenly and walked up and down the hall, muttering something in his mouth, "It takes more than ten days to open a meridian with average qualifications. This is unreasonable!"

Unreasonable! Absolutely unreasonable!

Niu Qingyun's eyes flashed, and he thought again: "This Liu Yi has either taken the elixir that Tang Jiawen gave him, or he has a treasure in his possession! Tang Jiawen behaves in a disciplined manner and requires his disciples to practice steadily. It is absolutely impossible.

Give Liu Yi the elixir to improve his cultivation, then Liu Yi must have an incredible treasure!"

Thinking of this, Niu Qingyun suddenly had a smile on his face, turned around and said to the door, "Guan Shanyuan, come to the hall to meet me!"

Although the voice of this sentence was low, it was clearly spread throughout the entire animal breeding workshop.

Guan Shanyuan was grooming a female leopard who was about to give birth. After hearing Niu Qingyun's call, he trotted all the way to the hall and said, "Disciple is here, what do you want the steward to do?"

Niu Qingyun raised his eyes and said, "I remember you live in Kunziyuan, right?"

Guan Shanyuan replied: "The disciple is from Kunziyuan."

Niu Qingyun asked again: "Do you know Liu Yi?"

Guan Shanyuan replied respectfully: "Disciple knows that Liu Yi is the person who just came to the animal breeding workshop with the steward."

"From today on, you will follow Liu Yi secretly. You don't have to come to the animal breeding workshop. You only need to follow him secretly and pay attention to everything he does, what he does, his food, clothing, housing and transportation... However, this matter must not be discovered by him.

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Niu Qingshan waved his sleeves, and a pill appeared in his palm: "If you do this well, I will reward you with the Qi Gathering Pill in my hand. When you break through to the Qi Refining Realm, I will accept you as a disciple.

, are you willing?"

"Disciple is willing!"

Guan Shanyuan's face was full of ecstasy and he was overjoyed. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly in thanks. He had mediocre qualifications and was already twenty-four years old. If he could not break through to the Qi Refining Realm within a year, he would be sent home.

In this way, Guan Shanyuan's journey of cultivation will be in vain.

The Qi Gathering Pill has the effect of gathering the true energy to help monks in the Qi Nourishing Realm open up their meridians and break through the tenth level of Qi Nourishing.
Chapter completed!