"In Hunyuan, the vitality is not divided, and chaos is one, which is the beginning of vitality. Yuanqi is born in chaos, bright on the outside and dark on the inside..."
Lu Xiaotian sat on the straw mat in the open space in front of the cave, with his legs crossed and silently running the exercises in the "Hunyuan Jing".
After the sky, he exhaled a breath of turbid air. Before entering the first level of Qi Refining, the air in Lu Xiaotian's lungs spread out as soon as he exhaled it. At this time, the air exhaled from his mouth was like a short arrow shot out.
It took nearly four months for Lu Xiaotian to enter the first level of Qi refining, and he had consolidated it a little this month.
"Oops, I almost forgot to feed the little green ants the animal spirit pills."
Lu Xiaotian slapped his forehead, and there was more spiritual energy outside the cave, so he had been practicing for a little longer. When he came back to his senses, Lu Xiaotian climbed up from the ground, quickly opened his two calves, and ran into the cave. There was a big man lying at the door.
Black Bear opened his eyes and saw it was Lu Xiaotian. He closed his eyes listlessly and continued to sleep soundly.
Lu Xiaotian skillfully ran to the dark room of the alchemy room, took out a small white bottle, and then went to the spirit animal room in the cave. In the relatively spacious spirit animal room, there were some white fluorescent lamps scattered in a jade pond about ten feet square.
The leaves of the grass, the white grass is a low-level spiritual grass, the leaves are covered with a light white luster, and the leaves of the white grass make slight noises from time to time.
Lu Xiaotian took out a dozen fragrant black pills from the white vial and scattered them on the leaves of the white grass.
Hiss.....
There was a sudden sound in the jade pond, and more than twenty green ants, five or six times larger than normal ants, crawled out from the leaves, rushing towards the Beast Spirit Pill and chewing it.
"One, two..."
Riding on the little green ants to eat, Lu Xiaotian repeatedly counted the number. After finding that the number was not small, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. In the past six months, the old man in black robe went out more and more frequently. In addition to practicing, Lu Xiaotian was also responsible for helping the old man in black robe.
Take care of these little green ants.
These little green ants are low-level spiritual insects and are difficult to raise. It took nearly half a year to raise more than twenty of them. Once there is not enough food, the little green ants will kill each other.
Two months ago, because Lu Xiaotian did not feed them in time, two small green ants were killed and eaten by other stronger ants. For this, Lu Xiaotian also received twenty lashes from the old man in black robes. The pain was so painful that he had to recuperate for more than three days.
Going to the ground for activities. After learning this lesson, Lu Xiaotian is always extra careful.
Lu Xiaotian plugged the mouth of the white vial with a peach cork. Suddenly, a long and narrow shadow appeared on the ground. Lu Xiaotian felt tense, but soon felt relieved. He turned around, and sure enough, it was the old man in black robe.
"Old Geng!" Lu Xiaotian saluted the black-robed old man.
"Do you know it's me?" My cultivation level is much higher than that of Lu Xiaotian. As soon as he appeared at the door of the spirit beast room, Lu Xiaotian seemed to have noticed it, and the old man in black robe couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"There is a faint figure on the ground. The black bear is guarding the entrance of the cave. The only one who can enter the cave silently is Geng Lao." Lu Xiaotian said truthfully.
"Yes, a person with such a mind at such a young age is really outstanding among his peers." The old man in black robe nodded slightly, secretly thinking that it is a pity that this boy's spiritual root potential is a little lower. He has been practicing Hunyuan Sutra for nearly half a year.
There hasn't been much progress. In the past, it wouldn't have been impossible to accept him as a disciple. But since the Earth Fire Palace was destroyed, the black-robed old man thought of the word disciple, and his face felt dark.
"The shadow ants have also been well fed. This is a Qi Gathering Pill for you." The old man in black robe took out a pill bottle from his body, held it in his hand, and the pill bottle floated in front of Lu Xiaotian.
Lu Xiaotian took the elixir bottle and opened the lid. A refreshing fragrance of elixirs filled his nostrils. Lu Xiaotian couldn't help but feel happy. The Qi Gathering elixir was a elixir used by monks in the early stage of Qi refining. It had good effects from the first to the third level.
The effect of this pill is worth three months of hard training for him who is only at the first level of Qi refining.
"Thank you, Mr. Geng, for the elixir." After putting the elixir away in a precious place, Lu Xiaotian quickly thanked him.
"As long as you do a good job, I will not be stingy with rewards." The old man in black robe nodded and took out a small jade gourd and said, "In the future, my time in the cave may be shorter. After the shadow ants in the jade pond mature,
, if I haven’t come back yet, put the mature shadow ants into the jade gourd.”
At this time, Lu Xiaotian also knew that this kind of small green ant was called a shadow ant, but Lu Xiaotian looked a little confused. This kind of small green ant was a low-level spiritual insect. It was not very lethal, but it had a strong paralysis effect.
Two months ago, that is, the time when the feeding was not timely, it was also because Lu Xiaotian accidentally put his hand into the jade pond and was bitten by a small green ant. His movements were much slower than usual, and he fell on the animal skin, which was worse than usual overnight.
I slept for two more hours, and when I came back together, the little green ants in the jade pond were already cannibalizing themselves.
"Mr. Geng, after I was bitten by a shadow ant, I was paralyzed for nearly a day. If there are no preventive measures, I'm afraid it will delay the mission assigned by Mr. Geng."
Lu Xiaotian said cautiously, lest he make the old man in black robe unhappy.
"This bottle is an antidote for the paralysis poison of shadow ants. You only need to take the antidote before catching the shadow ants." The old man in black robe gave Lu Xiaotian another small medicine bottle.
"Yes, Mr. Geng."
After Lu Xiaotian took the antidote, he thought to himself, no wonder the old man in black robe, who had always been polite to him before, had just given him a Qi Gathering Pill. It turned out that he was asked to do this kind of hard work. Even if there was an antidote, it was still unavailable to him.
A bite from a green ant is quite painful. However, the old man in black robe made such an arrangement, but there was no room for him to refuse.
"I'm leaving tomorrow, and I'll take the alchemy furnace with me," the old man in black robe said.
"If the beast spirit pills are used up and Elder Geng doesn't come back, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of these shadow ants." Lu Xiaotian said truthfully.
"I also have a small alchemy furnace here. Although it's not very good, it's enough for refining beast spirit pills."
The old man in black robe took out another small alchemy furnace that was completely black and made of black iron. Looking at the color alone, it was far worse than the one used by the old man in black robe. However, Lu Xiaotian himself had no other parties, let alone other spiritual objects.
Lu Xiaotian didn't mind this, but Lu Xiaotian thought that he didn't have any means to protect himself now. Through the conversation between the old man in black robe and several other people, Lu Xiaotian knew that monks must not only have martial arts, but also practice spells.
Or combat skills can be considered as possessing combat effectiveness.
In the past, when he was at Thunder Sword Sect, Brother Shi Qingshan had to practice martial arts before he could be considered a true warrior after practicing internal skills and mental skills. Therefore, Lu Xiaotian thought that warriors and immortal cultivators also had something in common.
The black-robed old man left longer and longer each time, so after Lu Xiaotian thought for a moment, he mustered up the courage to say, "Old Geng, if you don't come back in time, I will go out to pick the elixir for refining the beast spirit pills. If I
I took the black bear out. If a monster breaks into the cave, I'm afraid it will damage the things in the cave. If I don't take the black bear out, I will run into danger outside. If it doesn't come back, it will delay the care of Geng Lao.
These shadow ants may have failed the old man's hope."
"You mean you want to ask me for a favor?" Geng Lao smiled gloomily, his triangular eyes piercing his eyes as coldly as poisonous snakes.
"No, I don't dare."
A layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on Lu Xiaotian's forehead. The pressure from the high-level monks made Lu Xiaotian's calves tremble a little. It was good to be able to hold on and not kneel down at this time.
Geng Lao's face was filled with uncertainty. The spiritual object found in the canyon was indeed what he was determined to get. The shadow ant was also one of his killer pincers, but the lethality of a single one was not strong. He had fought several battles with the disciples of Lingxiao Palace before.
, most of it was destroyed, but the little guy in front of me is still somewhat useful. If it is like what Lu Xiaotian said, it will be really tricky.
After thinking about it for a moment, Mr. Geng's face brightened slightly, and there was a trace of amusement in his eyes. Then he threw out a small ancient silver ring and a booklet to Lu Xiaotian, "This is a spirit beast ring, and the booklet contains the techniques of taming animals.
, you can take the black bear out to tame a low-level spiritual beast."
"Thank you, Mr. Geng."
Lu Xiaotian finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had a heartfelt fear for the old man in black robe. Unless he had no choice, Lu Xiaotian was really unwilling to bear this kind of pressure for no reason. But as soon as the old man in black robe left, he went out alone to collect spiritual grass and beast-refining pills.
, it is indeed too dangerous, and for the sake of my own life, I have to act like this.