At this time, Bai Qingzhou was sitting in the pavilion in the yard, tapping his fingers rhythmically on the table, with thoughts in his mind.
After a moment, he made a decision in his heart, and then looked at Li Er, who was waiting outside the pavilion, and said directly:
"Okay, Li Er, you go back to the mountain gate today and go to the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion to get a bottle of refreshing liquid."
After hearing Bai Qingzhou's order, Li Er immediately bowed and replied: "Yes... However, the younger one can return to the sect, but I'm afraid he won't be able to enter the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion..."
Many important places inside the gate, such as the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion, the Gongshan Pavilion, the Confusion Pavilion, the Qingxin Palace, etc., are not accessible to mortals, but Bai Qingzhou naturally took this into consideration and said:
"It doesn't matter, you can take my belt back and go directly to Ruan Xiuqi when you return to the sect. Tell him about it and ask him to help you go to the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion to get it."
"I understand, little one! So... shall we set off now?" Li Er asked tentatively.
"Go, then Meng Li's condition cannot be delayed for a long time." Bai Qingzhou paused and said: "By the way, the round trip will take five or six days, and the road may not be safe. Go to Liu Jing and ask him to arrange some arrests.
Go with you."
Liu Jing is currently the city lord of Ningshui Prefecture City. When the Immortal Master is not stationed here, he is the highest person in charge. He used to be an outer sect servant of Xuanyang Sect. Because of his loyalty, he was assigned to this position when he got older.
Ningshui Prefecture serves as the city lord.
"Yes! Are daily affairs directly handled by Liu Jing?"
Bai Qingzhou lowered his head and thought for a while. Liu Jing did not dare to make decisions on many things without authorization. He had to ask for instructions on almost everything, which was far from Li Er's ability. This made Bai Qingzhou quite troubled. He sighed and said:
"Forget it, just call Liu Jing over and I'll ask him personally."
Li Er said yes and then resigned.
Sitting in the pavilion, looking at the rockery pond in the yard, Bai Qingzhou's thoughts were flying. Meng Li's matter was indeed weird. Logically speaking, many cultivators would not pay attention to mere mortals and kill them casually.
It means they will be killed. Why would you resort to such despicable means?
Is it possible that there are still people who want to target Xuanyang Sect? But what role does a mere mortal have?
"It seems that many doubts can only be known after Meng Li wakes up." Bai Qingzhou thought silently in his heart.
After two sticks of incense, an old man of seventy years walked into the courtyard. His hair was all white, but his face was still rosy and he looked full of energy. He was Liu Jing, the city lord.
Liu Jing walked quickly outside the pavilion, saluted Bai Qingzhou respectfully and said, "Liu Jing, the Lord of Ningshui Prefecture, meets Master Bai!"
The sound is like a loud bell, without any hint of aging.
His voice sounds like that of a middle-aged man. This is the advantage of working as a handyman at Xuanyangmen for a long time. Even if he is in his seventies, he does not seem tired.
The air on the mountain is full of spiritual energy, and the handymen can drink water mixed with weak spiritual energy for a long time to adjust their physique secretly. As long as there are no accidents, every handyman on the mountain can easily live over eighty years old.
It can increase lifespan, enhance physical fitness, and has a superior status. This is why many mortals want to go to Xuanyang Sect and become a handyman.
Bai Qingzhou looked at Liu Jing, who had a bold voice, and said calmly: "No need to be polite, I am calling you here to tell you that Li Er will return to Shanmen for a few days due to business, and during this time you will be in charge of all matters in the city.
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Hearing this, Liu Jing immediately looked sad and hesitated: "This... I still dare not make the decision on many small things... I still need the immortal master to take charge..."
Bai Qingzhou looked at his hesitation and felt a little dissatisfied. Liu Jing's character was too cautious and he was afraid of taking responsibility.
After suppressing the dissatisfaction in his heart, Bai Qingzhou said softly: "Didn't Li Er do this for more than a month? Just look at it and report it to me according to Li Er's priorities!"
Liu Jing lowered his head and whispered: "Little
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Some things just can’t be prioritized..."
Before he could finish speaking, the impatient Bai Qingzhou interrupted directly: "That's it! Then come over and report to me one by one in the future! You can tell me everything about today first!"
Bai Qingzhou gave up directly. Li Er would only be away for a few days anyway, so he could handle it himself.
"Yes!" Liu Jing replied immediately.
Fortunately, Liu Jing was just cautious and his memory was not too bad. He slowly told Bai Qingzhou one thing after another, and then Bai Qingzhou told him the results of the things one by one.
After working for a long time, everything was arranged clearly and Liu Jing was allowed to leave.
Bai Qingzhou rubbed his aching head and sat in the middle of the yard with his eyes closed to relax. There was nothing that needed to be done outside today, so he could just leave some time for meditation.
After calming down a little in the courtyard, Bai Qingzhou got up and returned to his room, sat cross-legged on the futon, and began today's meditation practice.
With his eyes closed tightly, as the breath of the mantra circulated, Bai Qingzhou's body felt like suction, slowly gathering the spiritual energy around him.
"The spiritual energy here is very different from the spiritual energy on the mountain. The time for the spiritual energy to enter the body is delayed for a long time..." Bai Qingzhou was quite distressed. There was too little spiritual energy that could be felt here.
As he continued to run his skills, the spiritual energy surrounding him began to slowly enter his body, flowing into his already overflowing Dantian, and then disappeared.
Cultivation at this moment is like pouring water into a full cup. The only difference is that the water will overflow, but the spiritual energy will disappear.
Bai Qingzhou couldn't help but recall the information recorded on [Fire Sun Jue] in his mind.
"When your Dantian is filled with spiritual energy, you can advance to the third level."
According to the practice, as long as the Dantian space is filled with spiritual energy, it is a sign of entering the third level of Qi refining, and Bai Qingzhou had filled the Dantian with spiritual energy three months ago.
But every time the spiritual energy generated by meditation practice enters the Dantian, it will disappear without a trace, as if the Dantian is like a bottomless pit, constantly devouring the spiritual energy produced by meditation. This makes Bai Qingzhou unable to be like the second-level Qi refining
That way you can roughly calculate the time of promotion.
This is the so-called bottleneck.
"Many people are unable to break through the bottleneck of the third level of Qi refining in their entire lives. There are many reasons for this. It is probably due to their profound foundation or talent, but there is currently no way to solve it." Bai Qingzhou recalled the teachings of Deacon Chen in the door.
"All we can do is to keep running the exercises, generate enough spiritual energy to be input into the Dantian, and constantly hit the bottleneck, waiting for one day when the thin film of spiritual energy in the Dantian will burst and fill the bottomless pit!"
"After the Dantian is filled with spiritual energy, it leaks out to the body and limbs, strengthening the body and trunk. That is the official breakthrough to the early stage of Qi refining and reaching the fourth level of Qi refining!"
After hearing Chen Li's explanation, Bai Qingzhou could only persist in practicing.
Bai Qingzhou continued to run his skills, still following the formulas and mental methods of Lieyang Jue. As time passed, weak spiritual energy would appear in his body, slowly entering the bottomless pit-like Dantian, and then disappear without a trace, quietly and
No waves.
But he was not in a hurry. After staying in the sect for two years, he had already understood that his potential was among the very good ones, and it was clearly proven that he had the right bones. In just over two years, he was promoted to Qi Refining.
On the third floor, it will definitely not be stuck by the bottleneck of the third floor of Qi Refining.
"It is said that the leader was isolated at the third level of Qi Refining for seven months. I wonder when I can..." Bai Qingzhou thought of the time when the leader made a breakthrough.
As time passed, spiritual energy continued to appear and disappear. An hour later, Bai Qingzhou exhaled a breath of turbid air, opened his eyes, and ended his meditation practice.
After resting in the room for half an hour, he went out and looked up at the sun. Knowing that it was time for him to practice his sword, he immediately activated the [Flying Cloud Spiritual Paper] and flew towards the forest outside the city.
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Five days passed like this.
Bai Qingzhou handles affairs every day and takes out a small amount of time to meditate and practice swordsmanship from the complicated work. He leads a very busy and fulfilling life.
Just because the two sisters Ji Si and Ji Nian returned home, and Li Er was ordered by him to go back to the sect to handle errands, Bai Qingzhou had to cook by himself every day, which made him a little troubled.
But there is no way, people are like iron rice and steel. If you don't eat one meal, you will feel hungry, so you can only cook it yourself.
Bai Qingzhou took out the rice, took some water, and started washing the rice with his hands. After washing it twice, he added a little more water, then put it into the rice bucket and covered it with a wooden lid.
Squatting down, he used his hands to rub spiritual energy between his fingers, and lit the firewood with a [fire-kindling] move. Then he stood up again, picked up a kitchen knife and started to process vegetables and animal meat.
The spiritual rice was brought out from the mountain gate. Because the business he received was to station in the city, Daiba directly gave him a year's supply at once to avoid having to return multiple times to collect it. Vegetables and meat are common foods.
, which is delivered by Liu Jing’s staff every day.
Since he started cultivating immortality, Bai Qingzhou has indeed not been busy with these mundane things. Two years have passed, and his cooking skills have dropped a lot. His hands and feet are very rusty, which is very different from when he lived alone.
But the immortal cultivator has a very good memory, and he recalled and explored carefully. After a few days, Bai Qingzhou quickly regained his skills. In the past two days, he has been cooking with style.
Bai Qingzhou just wanted to cook...
"rustle..."
As soon as my ears moved, subtle footsteps suddenly came from outside the yard.
Upon closer inspection, Bai Qingzhou's face lit up, it was Li Er who was back...
Having lived together for several years, Bai Qingzhou could tell it was Li Er just by hearing his footsteps. He stopped what he was doing and turned around and left the kitchen.
When he came out, he saw the dusty Li Er. When Li Er saw Bai Qingzhou coming out of the kitchen, he couldn't help but asked in surprise:
"Eh? Master Immortal? Are you cooking the food yourself? Where is Ji Si Ji Nian?"
Li Er didn't know that the two sisters of the Ji family were given leave by Bai Qingzhou.
Bai Qingzhou smiled and said: "They haven't been home for several years, so I asked them to go back home."
"How can this be done! There is no one to take care of the immortal master's mundane affairs and hinder the immortal master's cultivation progress. If this is..." Li Er said hurriedly.
Bai Qingzhou waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, I agreed. How about it? Did you get all the medicine liquid back?"
Seeing Bai Qingzhou's statement, Li Er did not dare to say more and said: "Take it back."
Then he stepped forward and respectfully handed over a small light blue bottle, and continued: "I returned to the mountain gate and told the matter to Master Ruan Xian. After hearing this, Master Ruan Xian was very willing to help, and immediately went to the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion to help get the liquid.
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Bai Qingzhou took it, removed the cork, and sensed it with his spiritual energy. It was indeed a refreshing liquid.
"Haha, he is quite enthusiastic."
"One more thing, Master Ruan Xian asked me to tell you that he asked you to help him collect various story novels in Ningshui Prefecture and bring them back to him when you return to Shanmen."
Hearing this, Bai Qingzhou couldn't help but think of Ruan Xiuqi being obsessed with the novel. He smiled slightly and nodded in agreement.
Looking at Li Er who had been running around for several days, he said: "You have worked hard these days, but without further delay, go and inform Meng Bu now, and we will go there tomorrow."
"Yes!" Li Er said yes, then looked towards the kitchen and continued: "I'll help you make a meal first and then go."
When Bai Qingzhou saw Li Er coming back, he was naturally not pretentious and nodded in agreement.