Qi An almost swam around the underground lake, trying many places, and the stone walls in each place were abnormally hard, and he had no choice but to give up the plan to climb up.

"Do you want to be trapped here?"

Qi An was a little frustrated, although he inexplicably became an innate martial sect and saved several years of hard work, but there was a strange thing in the dantian, which made the future cultivation extremely difficult, in the long run, it seemed that the gains outweighed the losses, and at this time, even leaving this ghost place was about to become a luxury.

Qi An floated on the water, pondering the way to get out, once he was still, he faintly felt that this underground lake was not stagnant, it seemed to have a hidden sense of flow, and suddenly his heart moved, and he thought: "There may be a hidden waterway under the lake to connect to the outside world, so you have to search carefully." ”

If he was still a martial artist before, Qi An would definitely not be able to feel the extremely subtle flow of water, but fortunately, when he was promoted to the level of martial arts, his body surface acupoints were opened, and his feelings for the outside world were much deeper, and he noticed the undercurrent surging in the calm lake.

Qi An dived down the stone wall and searched patiently. Now that he has returned to the innate breathing state, he can communicate with the world with his acupoints, and he will not suffocate even if he blocks his mouth and nose, so he does not need to return to the water surface to breathe, which is much more convenient, and the only drawback is that it is too difficult to see underwater. You must know that this place is already pitch black, and Qi An's eyesight has been greatly enhanced by the improvement of his realm, and he can still see clearly on the water, but his eyes are really black under the water, and he can only barely recognize the general environment within two feet of his body, and more often he has to rely on his hands and feet to explore the situation under the lake.

Fortunately, this underground lake is not deep, the deepest place is estimated to be about ten zhang from the water surface, and Qi'an did not find any underwater creatures, it was dead silent, and there was no danger.

Qi An observed and groped, and felt carefully, but he didn't know how long it took, and when he was almost impatient, he finally found an underwater cave no more than two feet long and wide, which was the outlet of the underground lake, and the water of the underground lake flowed slowly from here to other places.

Qi An did not hesitate, he went directly into it, and there was no better choice in the current situation, so he could only take one step at a time, hoping that this underwater cave would be able to lead to the outside world.

The inside of the cave is zigzag, like a sheep's intestine, and there are even a few forks. Whenever he encountered a fork, Qi An traveled to a wider place, and he did not know how long he sneaked underwater, and finally merged into a gentle underground channel, and the light was not so dim, and schools of swimming fish could be seen in the river.

Qi An was already hungry, so he grabbed a fat black fish that was more than two feet long, surfaced, climbed onto a reef in the middle of the river, and directly ate the black fish raw. I don't know what kind of fish this fish is, the meat is tender and delicious, there is no fishy smell at all, there is a single thorn from head to tail, and I am not afraid of getting stuck in the throat.

While eating fish, he sighed in his heart, but fortunately, Qi An inadvertently got the help of the dark blue flame, and opened up the meridians and acupoints of the whole body to reach the realm of innate perfection, otherwise even if he could find the water cave under the lake, he would definitely not be able to come out, because the underwater cave is so long, there is not even a place for ventilation in the middle, and if there is no innate breathing, he will suffocate to death in the water.

Qi An ate the black fish, and his stomach felt much better, but he felt a little sleepy, so he lay down on the reef for a little rest, and unconsciously fell into a deep sleep.

As time passed, the water level of the river began to rise, and gradually passed the reef, but Qi An slept soundly and didn't sleep until he turned over and tossed, and accidentally slipped into the river, and then woke up suddenly.

Seeing that the place where he was sleeping had been flooded by the river, Qi An could only go down the river, while remaining vigilant, paying attention to the sudden appearance of the reef or the fierce fish and beasts lurking underwater, but as the river became more and more spacious, the light seemed to be brighter and brighter, and he had not encountered any danger, Qi An gradually relaxed his mind and directly lay on his back and floated on the river, letting the current carry his body forward.

Just when he felt leisurely swimming, Qi An suddenly felt a colic pain in his abdomen, and thousands of hot air streams as thin as hair spewed out in the dantian to drill into Qi An's various meridians, Qi An immediately felt a violent burning sensation that instantly spread throughout his body, and the meridians in his body were as if they were burned by fire, which was unbearable, and he screamed in pain. But as soon as he opened his mouth, a large stream of river water poured into his mouth, and instantly blocked his throat and eyes, and he couldn't make a sound, just a few breaths, Qi An fainted in pain, and his body was up and down in the river, going down the river.

I don't know how long it took, Qi An, who was like driftwood, woke up slowly, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that the sky was full of stars, and he had been carried out of the ground by the river, and finally returned to the outside world.

Becoming an innate martial sect has benefits in many ways, not only will the physical fitness be greatly improved in all aspects, but even the lifespan will be extended by more than ten or twenty years, and the most emotional thing for Qi An is: after losing consciousness and falling into the water, he will not be drowned.

Qi An coughed and spat out the water in his abdomen, and turned his head to look at the two banks, where there was a gray gravel beach on one side and a dense forest with vegetation on the other.

Compared with the dark dense forest, the view of the gravel beach was wider and it seemed safer, so Qi An went ashore from here, but when he looked down and saw his bare body, he blushed a little, and returned to the river, swam to the other side, removed some rattan leaves, and braided a simple grass skirt around his waist, barely covering his shyness.

After tidying up, Qi An stood up and looked around, and now with his eyesight, he could see far away, but apart from the desolation, he couldn't see a single human being.

It's strange to say, Fang just hurt so much, but now he is refreshed and a hundred times more energetic, which makes Qi An very puzzled. He intently felt the situation in his body, and found that there seemed to be no change in the dantian, the strange thing was staying quietly, and the frequency of squirming seemed to have slowed down a little. Then he turned to explore other places, but he didn't find anything wrong, which made Qi An even more confused, he clearly remembered that the dark blue flames in the dantian erupted violently, spewing out thousands of wisps of fiery air into the meridians everywhere, stirring up the wind and rain, and the pain was unspeakable.

Qi An carefully observed for a long time, paying special attention to the situation of the meridians, and even ran the foundation building method again, only to realize that the meridians in his body were slightly widened and more solid than before.

"Could it be that the fiery air that erupted from that strange flame is helping me to strengthen my meridians?"

Qi Anxin couldn't help but have some guesses, he recalled the first time he touched the dark blue flame with his fingers, the pain was the same as Fang Cai, only the intensity was weaker, and the duration was much shorter.

"That's it! It seems that this ghost thing can help me dredge and strengthen the meridians, but this method is too brutal and cruel, and it will make me miserable if I come casually! Not to mention that it will also devour a large amount of heaven and earth vitality in the dantian, which greatly reduces the efficiency of the dantian's accumulation of vitality, according to this view, let alone five years and ten years, I am afraid that I may not be able to break through in my lifetime!"

Qi An was entangled and depressed, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only leave it behind for the time being and go downstream along the riverbank.

After walking for about two hours, a small town appeared on the bank of the river, and by this time the white of the fish's belly had been exposed in the east, and the direction of the sunrise could tell that the river was flowing from northwest to southeast.

By the time Qi An came to the town, the town gate had been opened, and several men with broad-bladed iron swords hanging from their waists were standing on both sides, and there was a large iron box on the side of the road, which was clearly written in black ink: "You need to pay taxes to enter the town, and ten copper coins!"

In the Daqian Dynasty, copper money was the lowliest currency in circulation, and there were three kinds of silver money, money, and jade money. A jade coin is worth 100 coins, a coin is worth 100 silver coins, and a silver coin is equal to 100 copper coins, so it can be deduced that a jade coin can be exchanged for a million copper coins.

The town tax of ten copper coins is not excessive, and it can be borne by ordinary civilians, but Qi An'an has a rattan leaf apron on his body, how can there be copper coins to pay taxes, but this is not difficult for him, so it is also an innate martial sect, isn't it?

Qi An hid his thin body in the shadows, always keeping an eye on pedestrians coming and going, and when a donkey cart passed by, his body moved, and he quietly got under the car in full view of everyone, and no one noticed it.

Qi An's limbs were spread out, and he hung under the donkey cart, hiding through the body of the cart, and easily blended into the town.

The scale of this town is not large, there are only about 1,000 households, more than a dozen streets connect the east, west, north and south, and there is a large square in the center, and the pattern is relatively common.

Qi An wandered around, and by the way, he stole a few old clothes on the clothesline in an unmanned backyard, and changed the rattan leaf apron on his body, which was finally a bit human, but the stolen clothes were obviously a little too large, and it looked a little funny on him, but he couldn't care so much, it was better than a grass skirt, wasn't it?

Qi An passed by a tea shop, saw that there was breakfast for sale, took advantage of the shop's busyness and did not pay attention, reached out and took a few buns like lightning, ran to the side stone steps of another street and nibbled carelessly, watching passers-by come and go, thinking about the next step.

According to the previous plan, Qi An wanted to wait for his cultivation to be congenital consummation and then go back to see his father, it was said that it would take three or five years, but after yesterday's accident, he achieved his goal ahead of schedule, but it also buried hidden dangers, which made the next cultivation difficult, and it seemed that he had to return home immediately, so that his father could see how to get that damn ghost thing out of the dantian.

So, Qi An asked for directions and found out that the town was called Qinghe Town, which was located on the eastern edge of Mozhou, close to the edge of the Qinghe River. Qinghe is the river that Qi'an swam over, and more than 500 miles to the east, it will reach the territory of Qingzhou.

The place where Qi'an's father lives in seclusion is in Qingzhou, close to the junction of the Qing Desert, which is not far away, as long as you identify the direction and go all out, you can reach it in about three or five days.