Half a month later, Xu Qingmu, who had recovered, found the place where the dragon energy was sealed in the middle of the night according to the address left by Queen Cao. After opening the box, there was only a hand-painted portrait inside.
Xu Qingmu picked it up, and for a moment there was a roar of dragons. After unfolding the scroll, he saw clearly that the person in the scroll was himself.
This is how Empress Cao painted herself based on her memory.
When he returned to the inn again, the entire inn had been surrounded by the current king of Changling. The leader of the troops was actually the leader of the Ye Family Sword Tomb, Ye?.
According to Li Chengru, when Xu Pei was forcibly prepared to be sacrificed by King Xu Yan, he was rescued by Jiang Taozhi in time. During the battle with King Xu Yan, King Changling led a group of soldiers to surround the palace and secretly rescued him.
Xu Pei was already dying, so the Ye family Jianzhong, who originally stood by and did not participate in the government affairs, had to owe a favor. Later, in the melee, Xu Chengdi, the son of King Changling, disappeared and his whereabouts were unknown, so King Changling
After discussing with the Ye Family Sword Tomb, after he abdicates, the throne will still be occupied by Xu Peilai.
Kill two birds with one stone.
The people in charge of the Ye Family Sword Tomb readily agreed, and so Ye? personally led the army and besieged the inn.
"When I came here this time, Ye? I must understand what Senior Li is thinking. He didn't mean to make things difficult. He just wanted to make a deal with Senior Li." Ye? cupped his fists and was quite polite.
Li Chengru didn't care, and looked at the somewhat coy Ye?: "Oh? I don't know, Pavilion Master Ye, what do you want to exchange for this water-soft sword technique?"
Ye? stretched out two fingers: "Sword Domain, Sword and Shield."
Quite a generous move.
Li Chengru clasped his hands behind his back, looked at Ye? who looked like he was not cheating, and said with a smile: "I wonder if what the pavilion master said represents the entire Ye Family Sword Tomb?"
Ye? nodded.
Li Chengru pondered for a moment, and this transaction really made him excited. Not to mention the fourth heaven realm of Shuirou Sword Technique, Xu Qingmu didn't know how long it would take to understand, just to get the sword domain and sword shield of the Ye Family Sword Tomb,
This can greatly increase Xu Qingmu's chance of survival in the airspace. Besides, even if this sword technique is given to Ye?, without the Shui Rou Sword, the strength that can be exerted is less than 10%.
While thinking, Xu Qingmu just squeezed in.
Li Chengru pulled Xu Qingmu over and gave the young man some simple words to understand. After hearing this, Xu Qingmu was also a little moved. He, the person present, felt the power of the sword, shield and sword domain the most strongly.
But the problem is, I only know the first level: Poji, how to exchange it?
But Li Chengru quickly raised his voice: "What, you agreed? Okay, then let's exchange!"
Under Xu Qingmu's slightly surprised gaze, Li Chengru walked directly to the Ye family's sword leader Ye? "In exchange, I will exchange the fourth level of Shuirou sword technique for your Ye family's secret sword domain and sword shield!"
Ye? Some surprises.
Later, the two parties agreed on a time to pass on each other's sword skills, and Ye? took the people away.
"You old conspiracy, how can I change the Sword Domain and Sword Shield then? Now I can barely comprehend the first heaven, and the third heaven will be even more difficult later. How do you ask me to do it in just ten days?
Leave it to Na Ye??" Xu Qingmu was a little helpless, this Li Chengru was trying to trick people without showing off!
"Let me ask you, have you seen the third heaven behind it?"
Xu Qingmu shook his head.
"Isn't that enough?" Li Chengru quietly leaned down and said like a thief: "No one has seen it. You just changed two moves of the old beggar's Qingyan Twelve Swords. I don't believe that Ye can recognize it!"
You Li Chengru! Xu Qingmu glared angrily: "Aren't you lying!"
But then he smiled and said, "I like it!"
One old and one young, both are a bit wretched.
...
During dinner, Xu Qingmu took out the portrait and asked Li Chengru: "There is extremely strong dragon energy in this painting. How can we introduce this dragon energy into the body?"
Li Chengru, who had always known everything, was scratching his head. He also looked confused about this. He originally wanted to ask Zuo Qiuliang, but in the past few days, the Taoist seemed to have disappeared and did not show up for a long time. In desperation, Li Chengru suggested
road:
"Why don't you treat it like this dragon energy and spiritual energy and try to absorb it into your body?"
Xu Qingmu thought for a while: "That's all we have to do."
That night, while Xu Qingmu was running the thirty-sixth cycle of the North Ming Dynasty, he unfolded the scroll and slowly pulled the dragon energy in the scroll into his body with his fingers. But as soon as he started, the three dragon energy retained in the body were like
It's like feeling something, and it's extremely restless in the body, shuttling back and forth in the meridians.
Bei Ming is still going on.
After the first ray of dragon energy in the scroll entered the body, it was first drawn to the Baihui Qi Mansion. In the Qi Mansion, which was originally as quiet as the lake surface, the liquefied spiritual energy surged instantly, seeming to be extremely repulsive to the dragon energy from the outside world. Xu Qingmu spat out a mouthful of blood.
It came out and landed on the scroll. This time it was like crushing a honeycomb. The dragon energy that was originally floating quietly in the scroll seemed to be frightened. All the dragon energy came out of the honeycomb, and thousands of dragon energy flew in the air.
Xu Qingmu gritted his teeth and flashed a sharp look in his eyes: "Fight!"
After saying that, he immediately sat cross-legged and firmly, and made a gesture with his hands: "Bei Ming thirty-six weeks, let me absorb it!"
With the movement of Beiming, the dragon energy felt the pull, and they all tried their best to drill into Xu Qingmu's body. For a while, all the boy's orifices were bleeding, as if he had suffered great pain, and even the tip of his tongue was bitten.
A little more.
The dragon energy that entered the body has lost its hiding place. Every one of Xu Qingmu's energy palaces has been filled with spiritual energy. And with the continuous improvement of his cultivation, most of the energy palaces have been completely liquefied. The liquefied spiritual energy is even denser.
This made the places where dragon energy could occupy even less. A large amount of dragon energy circled in Xu Qingmu's meridians, overwhelming the young man's meridians, as if they could burst at any time.
Xu Qingmu looked inside the Qi Mansion, gritted his teeth, and decided to let the dragon energy liquefy and occupy a separate Qi Mansion.
Just do it. Xu Qingmu first used the Shenque Qi Palace near Dantian as the place where the dragon energy was entrenched, transferred all the spiritual energy in the Shenque Palace, and then led the dragon energy into the Qi Palace continuously.
One, two, three...
As the number continued to increase, the originally narrow Shenque Qi Mansion was filled to the brim, which also caused Xu Qingmu to endure great pain. Moreover, it only absorbed hundreds of dragon qi.
But Xu Qingmu was still guiding the dragons to squeeze in.
Five hundred and nineteen, five hundred and twenty, five hundred and twenty-one...
The further back, the slower the dragon energy was squeezed in, and even at the end, Xu Qingmu had to rest for a while before continuing to integrate the dragon energy.
The pain coming from the Shenque Qi Mansion became more and more intense. It was the cold weather of autumn, and Xu Qingmu was indeed sweating profusely. He did not want to give up. These were all collected by his mother one by one and sealed in the scroll.
Dragon energy!
When Empress Cao was mentioned, the young man seemed to gain some strength and roared: "Fusion!
Then: "Five hundred and fifty-nine, six hundred..., six hundred...01...!"
At the end, there was blood oozing out of the young man's ears, nose, and mouth. Wisps of blood floated into the air but turned into blood mist again. As he breathed, it was sucked back into the body again. It was magical in an instant.
When he reached Article 790, the Shenque Qi Mansion in Xu Qingmu's body could no longer accommodate a dragon's Qi. But this somewhat greedy young man did not want to give up. He gritted his teeth again, bit the tip of his tongue to stay clear, and took a deep breath.
After taking a breath, he forcefully stuffed two more into the Qi Mansion.
With a crisp sound of water droplets, the dragon energy in Shenque Qi Mansion finally liquefied a drop.
The water droplets turned into dragon shapes and swam happily in the Qi Palace. With the first drop of liquefied dragon energy, Xu Qingmu seemed to have made a right bet. He let the rest of the dragon energy rush into the divine palace one after another. When the last dragon energy entered the Qi Palace,
Finally, Xu Qingmu, who had been gritting his teeth and persisting, finally passed out.
When Li Chengru found out, Xu Qingmu's body was covered with blood, and the impurities in his body had been eliminated again. Looking at the young man's gentle breathing, the free and dragon-shaped breath coming in and out, Li Chengru's face was full of wrinkles.
, full of smiles.
very nice.
Picking up the unconscious young man, Li Chengru's first step was stuck in place. Looking down, he saw that the black ice field sealed by the Water Sword Spirit had also returned. And it was as thick as water.
In the field, there is a dragon swimming.
"This is...the realm of black ice?" Li Chengru murmured: "It seems to have evolved. Even my thirteenth realm is a little difficult."
The soft water sword in Xu Qingmu's body came out, and the little girl's sword spirit instantly fell to the ground, stepped on the weak water in the field with her tender feet, raised her head and looked at Li Chengru: "Don't call it the black ice field!
"
"What the hell, why don't you call me if you don't call me?" After saying that, he raised his feet and left.
"Black Ice Realm, Blue Ice Realm, Red Ice Realm...I'm just going to scream, I'll make you angry to death, hey, I'll make you mad to death for no reason!" The snarky old man said as he walked away, leaving little Sword Spirit behind.
The girl stayed where she was and stamped her feet angrily, showing her teeth and claws, which was really cute.
"You... shut up! If you can change Xu Qingmu's name to the weak water realm, I will... I will..."
Li Chengru stopped, turned around and asked, "What are you doing?"
The little girl blushed and seemed a little anxious: "I will teach him the remaining Shuirou Sword Technique of the Third Heaven!"
"Okay, this weak water field is really strong!"
The little girl became even more angry.
However, looking at Xu Qingmu being carried away, some satisfaction gradually appeared in his eyes: "Not bad, with this willpower, you are somewhat qualified to be my master..."
But when she thought of how she and Li Chengru had tricked her into secretly learning her swordsmanship, the little girl stamped her feet again:
“The chicken is very thief!”
...
When he woke up the next day, Xu Qingmu was surprised to find that his body was filled with more powerful power than before. He stretched out his hand and held it, and could even burst the air. Even a pure martial artist felt inferior to this strength.
.
But what's even more magical is that the liquefied dragon energy is a little more active, constantly wandering through the various meridians of the body, as if it has spirituality, repairing Xu Qingmu's body, and those who are injured or have some old diseases
Every place was repaired one by one by the dragon's energy. Even all the impurities in the body were excreted by the dragon's energy. It was so magical.
And the black ice realm has also returned.
Xu Qingmu suddenly stamped his foot: "Black ice field, start!" Then the black ice field containing weak water quickly expanded. The field that was originally only feet deep is now knee deep. Just when Xu Qingmu was a little surprised, suddenly appeared
Sword Spirit kicked Xu Qingmu in the head, causing the young man to fall to the ground suddenly. He raised his head and looked at Sword Spirit in confusion: "What are you doing?"
The little girl seemed to have been wronged: "Didn't we agree that we will change the name to the weak water realm in the future? Do you still want to learn the third level of water and soft swordsmanship that follows!?"
Xu Qingmu immediately understood that this must be Li Chengru's trick, and hurriedly said: "You called it wrong, you called it wrong, it's the Weak Water Domain."
The little girl burst into laughter.
Xu Qingmu grinned: It's so easy to lie.
...
In the afternoon, Xu Moshang hurriedly opened the door, a little out of breath: "Dad, Lin Xuanniang... Lin Xue is here and wants to see you."
Xu Qingmu, who was practicing Shui Rou Sword Technique, felt suffocated: "I know, I'll go later."
Then he stood up, took a deep breath, and slowly opened the door.
Lin Xue stood outside the inn, still wearing a long white dress, as calm as the green lotus in a windless pond, still so elegant and outstanding. Lin Xue, who had experienced human affairs, seemed to have a strange aura, and there was a softness in her eyes.
Cao Tong, who was standing inside the door, raised his head and puffed out his chest slightly, his expression extremely arrogant: "Why do you still have the nerve to come? Xu Qingmu doesn't want to see you!"
Lin Xue had already seen Xu Qingmu coming from behind, but she still said to Cao Tong: "When did he say that?"
Cao Tong was even more proud and puffed out his chest again. However, the word "talent" did not make sense to Cao Tong, who had a mediocre chest: "I said it when I went to bed last night!"
Not ashamed either.
The pouty little mouth and the raised little face are quite convincing.
Xu Qingmu gently pinched Cao Tong from behind: "Young lady, you are full of lies. Do you want to get married in the future?"
Cao Tong immediately felt guilty, blushed to the roots of his ears, stomped his feet angrily, and ran away. However, behind the rockery not far away, he secretly stretched out his little face and looked at the two of them with a sly look.
Seeing the fight between the two people who were close to each other, Lin Xue sighed quietly, and an unknown jealousy arose: It turns out that it is she and Xu Qingmu who have such a beautiful relationship.
"Why do you want to see me?" Xu Qingmu asked, not as angry as Lin Xue imagined. But the more this happened, the more disappointed Lin Xue became.
After all...do you not care anymore?
"No... I want to ask if your injury is healed..." Lin Xue's voice was a little soft.
Cao Tong, who was hiding behind the rockery, was furious. Just when he was about to curse, he heard Bai Qi and Wang Shuai, who were also hiding here, speak out first: "How shameless!"
Cao Tong felt that these two people could get along!
Xu Qingmu shook his head gently: "It's okay, it's you. That sword didn't hurt you, right?"
Lin Xue had some pleading in her eyes. Just when she was about to take a step forward, Xu Qingmu stretched out her palm: "Just stand there and say it. If you have something to say, it's okay. I'm going back to practice."
Tears finally fell from Lin Xue's eyes: "Xu Qingmu, I'm sorry...me too..."
"Stop it, Lin Xue, it's all over."
However, Lin Xue walked forward desperately and just wanted to hug Xu Qingmu. The girl Cao Tong, who was like a whirlwind of cyan, rushed ahead of Lin Xue and hugged Xu Qingmu: "You said you would accompany me.
Look at the stars!"
His face was completely flushed, and there was mist in his eyes.
Lin Xue stood still, pursed her lips and said nothing, and her tears kept falling like broken water drops.
"Okay, it's up to you."
In the end, we all share the same burden and grow old, and we no longer see gentleness when we raise our heads.