. Ten days passed quickly, and Li Zhong and others still did not return home.
Originally, the hunters from the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion went into the mountains and stayed in Yanshan for ten days at most, but this time they did not come back for more than twenty days. The servants in the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion all speculated whether Li Zhong and others had done something wrong in Yanshan.
What an accident.
Ten days ago, Yang Shuo, who injured Li Zhong's nephew, returned to the mansion, but soon left the Zhenguo Duke's mansion...
Almost no one would associate the disappearance of Li Zhong and others in Yanshan with Yang Shuo. After all, Li Zhong's strength has reached the peak level of body tempering. The remaining five Orions are all high-level body tempering, even those two
Mastiffs all have the strength of Intermediate Body Tempering. Before, Yang Shuo had always been at the Beginner level of Body Tempering, and he only entered the Intermediate Body Tempering level after he injured Li Yi. It was almost impossible for him to keep all of Li Zhong and others in Yanshan.
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During these ten days, the government did not send any experts to Yanshan to look for Li Zhong.
And at this time, Yang Lie, the Orion leader of Zhenguo Palace, came out of seclusion!
Yang Lie was already at the peak of body tempering before, and this retreat is to attack the level of Qi refining. Now that he is out of seclusion, it is obvious that Yang Lie has entered the initial stage of Qi refining...
Zhen Guogong Mansion, a remote courtyard.
This small courtyard belongs to Yang Lie. As the head hunter of Zhenguo Palace, Yang Lie has some status in the palace. He has his own small courtyard and his treatment is not much worse than that of Yang Shuo, a bastard of the Yang family!
At this moment, in Yang Lie's room.
On the big bed, a middle-aged man in his thirties had his eyes closed and sat cross-legged on the bed. It was Yang Lie.
Yang Lie is not tall, but his physique is extremely strong. The muscles on his upper arms and his bronze-like skin color give people an extraordinarily tough look. In addition, the left side of Yang Lie's face
, a long scar made Yang Lie look a little ferocious and evil!
Whirring whirring……
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Yang Lie breathed out slowly, his chest and abdomen rising and falling slowly.
Every time Yang Lie exhales, the pores all over his body immediately open, and every time he inhales, the pores all over his body immediately close. Just between exhaling and inhaling, all the pores all over his body are exhaling.
Breathing.
call……
After a long time, Yang Lie exhaled a long breath and stopped this rhythmic breathing.
"It still doesn't work. I have been in retreat for nearly a month. Although I luckily broke through to the level of Qi refining, my state has not been stabilized yet. I am still far from being able to open and close the pores of my body freely. If this continues, I will need at least one
It will take months to completely stabilize the initial stage of Qi refining..." Yang Lie opened his eyes and whispered to himself.
Entering the level of Qi refining, seventy-two acupuncture points in the body are opened, and the pores can open and close freely to absorb the Qi of heaven and earth.
However, Yang Lie has just entered the level of Qi refining, and his state is not yet stable.
Although the pores on the whole body can open and close, they must open and close rhythmically according to one's own breathing. It is still far from being able to open or close the pores at any time.
So strictly speaking, the current Yang Lie cannot be called the Qi refining level. At most, it is just a "half-step Qi refining level".
"It's a pity that I am of low status and cannot get the panacea in the family treasury. As long as those Yang family disciples break through to the level of Qi refining, they will immediately have a supply of elixirs. After taking the elixirs, they can stabilize their realm in just three days."
, and there are no side effects. I, Yang Lie, have been practicing hard for nearly twenty years before I can reach the level of Qi refining. Without pills, it would take more than a month to stabilize my state. As expected, people are incomparable...
"
If the children of the Duke of Zhenguo, even the concubines of the Yang family, reach the level of Qi refining, they will have the pills provided by the family to help consolidate their state.
Yang Lie was naturally very jealous of this.
But in the end, he is just a hunter leader, at most a high-level domestic slave, and he cannot be compared with the Yang family's children.
Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!
While Yang Lie was thinking about this, there was a sudden knock on the door outside his room.
With a creak, the door was pushed open, and a girl in red had appeared at the door of Yang Lie's room. It was Hong Fei, the personal maid of Mrs. Cheng of the Zhenguo Palace.
"Yang Lie, you have finally broken through to the level of Qi refining."
Stepping into Yang Lie's room, Hong Fei looked at Yang Lie and said expressionlessly.
"Oh? I, Yang Lie, just came out of seclusion an hour ago. As soon as the news of my breakthrough spread, Miss Hongfei came over immediately. Could it be that Miss Hongfei is interested in me and wants to talk about fate with me?"
Seeing Hong Fei enter his room, Yang Lie showed a lustful smile and teased Hong Fei.
Hong Fei frowned: "Yang Lie, Madam asked me to come to you this time. Nearly a month ago, Li Zhong, an old servant of the Duke's Mansion, led a group of hunters into the mountains for hunting, and they haven't come back yet. Madam.
He said that after you break through, you should personally go into the mountain to look for Li Zhong and others. If they are still alive, bring them back immediately. If they are dead, find out the reason and come back as soon as possible to report!"
"Is that old dog Li Zhong?" Hearing Hong Fei's words, Yang Lie frowned slightly, "Last time I was in Chunyi Tower in the capital, and I fell in love with a thirteen-year-old child. This old dog insisted on being with me.
The robbery cost me an extra fifty taels of silver to buy the child. The poor girl was frightened by the old dog Li Zhong. I bought it and played with it for more than ten days before it died... Li Zhong, the old dog this time
When he goes into the mountain, do I still have to collect his body?"
"Miss Hong Fei, I just made a breakthrough and my realm is unstable. I'm afraid I may not be able to do what Madam ordered me to do. If something goes wrong..." Yang Lie was asked to go into the mountain to find Li Zhong, but Yang Lie was somewhat reluctant.
Hong Fei frowned slightly: "Madam knows that you have just broken through and need to stabilize your realm, so you asked me to get a ventilation pill for you. After taking the ventilation pill, your realm will naturally be stabilized!"
With that said, Hong Fei handed a small porcelain bottle to Yang Lie.
"Ventilation Pill?"
Yang Lie's eyes lit up, he immediately took the small porcelain bottle and opened it directly.
"It is indeed a ventilation pill. Even the Yang family's children can only get a ventilation pill to consolidate their realm when they break through to the level of Qi refining!" Yang Lie was overjoyed to get the ventilation pill, but he did not take it immediately.
"Yang Lie does not dare to disobey Madam's instructions. Now Yang Lie will go into the mountains to look for traces of Li Zhong. He will definitely bring Li Zhong back in five days at most. This ventilation pill will not be released until I have done something for Madam.
It’s never too late to take it!”
Putting away the porcelain vase, Yang Lie jumped off the bed.
After taking a few steps out of the room, Yang Lie howled. The next moment, he heard the sound of "woof, woof", and a huge mastiff the size of a calf with a fiery red body appeared in Yang Lie's courtyard.
This mastiff is called "Fire-Stepping Mastiff". It has tempered its body to high-level strength and can fight with ligers and tigers. It can be called the king of mastiffs!
"Walk!"
After giving the command to the fire-stepping mastiff, Yang Lie, one man and one dog, had already left the small courtyard...
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On the mountain behind Zhen Guogong Mansion, Yang Shuo sat cross-legged on the top of a hillside, practicing with his eyes closed.
"After more than ten days of training, I'm still a long way from reaching the peak of body tempering. However, all the blood essence stone milk has been used up..." Yang Shuo thought while practicing.
Previously, taking a piece of blood essence stone milk as big as the belly of a fingernail could support one's cultivation for five days.
Unexpectedly, after breaking through to the high level of body tempering and cultivating the fused "Six Yang Black Eagle Power", the consumption of blood essence stone milk also increased several times. The blood essence stone milk half the size of a fist only lasted for more than ten days.