Chapter 18: Apprenticeship (II)
The moment Li Qing threw a punch, the tree in front of him was already obviously slightly bent! The moment her fist really landed on the root of the tree, she saw that the root of the tree immediately twisted and deformed in an indescribably huge arc! As the sound of a tree breaking reached Li Qing's ears, the tree in front of him fell backwards at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Li Qing withdrew his fist and landed his butt on the ground, supporting the ground behind him with both hands, panting slightly. The punch just now used all her spiritual power and all her strength, and now she is a little prostrate, but her mental state is very good! I thought that this tree would have to be shaken a few times with a few punches, but I didn't think about knocking it to the ground with one punch! The power generated by the third level of this Qingyi Jue is better than she expected!
After a few breaths, Li Qing put his hands back on his knees, crossed his legs, and began to recover his aura when he ran the exercises!
Soon back to his best, he got up from the ground, ran the Qingyi trick again, and threw a punch at the root of a tree! This time, the target was much thicker than the last time, almost as thick as her waist! The moment the hand touched the tree, a cracking sound came! But the expected rumble of trees falling to the ground did not occur.
Li Qing's eyes looked over, and he saw that the tree was still standing there, but it was slightly inclined according to its previous position, and there was a crack in the position at its root, but the hole only extended to a third of the way before stopping, thinking that the strength was not enough to make it crack even more!
Li Qing looked at the fist where the aura layer had disappeared and sighed softly! It seems that with her current strength, she can only deal with the thigh-thick tree at most! However, it is estimated that in the future, with the improvement of cultivation and the enhancement of the third proficiency of Qingyi Jue, his strength will become greater and greater!
There was no way, Li Qing had to look for a thigh-thick tree in the mountains to put down. After that, it was much easier to 'chop' firewood, but every time he 'chopped' it, he needed to sit down and exercise to replenish his spiritual power, which made Li Qing's speed of 'chopping' firewood really not fast.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, Li Qing was also ready to finish today's work and go back. Moved a few trees together, broke off the branches one by one, and it was quickly done, with Li Qing's current strength, this is really a trivial matter. But looking down at this pile of trees, Li Qing was worried, how to get this back? You can't just walk away, can you? If only there was a car-like tool! That's right, the handling tools! Don't you have a storage ring? That is much easier to use than a car, and with a thought, all the trees went into the storage ring, thinking of moving together one by one just now, Li Qing really felt that she was stupid enough, it seemed that she still had to work hard to adapt to the world of cultivators!
Li Qing returned to the miscellaneous service hall with a storage ring containing branches, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw the old man sitting there! This time, I also moved out the rocking chair in the morning, and it was still in that position, my fingers tapped on the handle of the rocking chair, and the rocking chair squeaked and swayed, so uncomfortable!
The corners of Li Qing's mouth twitched, ignoring the old man, and went straight to the side of the courtyard on the other side of the firewood, summoned the pile of branches from the storage ring, and placed them in the courtyard, thinking that they could be used before tomorrow afternoon!
After putting the branches, Li Qing turned around, crossed the old man's rocking chair, and prepared to open the door and enter the house.
"Yikes! Look at me, I'm asleep outside. Alas, people are old, useless, and there is no apprentice to take care of, pitiful, pitiful! ......" The old man didn't mean to pay attention to Li Qing when he saw that he was going to enter the house, so he quickly opened his eyes, squinted at Li Qing, and pretended to be pitiful.
When Li Qing entered the hospital, he knew that he was pretending to be asleep, and he never broke it, but he didn't expect that he couldn't bear to open his eyes. However, Li Qing is not ready to buy his emotional card, when she scolded her before, she was alive and well every time, how can she be a little old! What's more, this old man's cultivation is there, saying that he is useless, who will believe it!
Seeing that Li Qing had no intention of stopping at all, the old man jumped up from the rocking chair and blocked in front of Li Qing.
"Stinky boy, be my apprentice!" The old man saw that he couldn't do it, and was ready to change his tricks. put away the previous smiling face, returned to his usual old K face, and glared at Li Qing angrily through gritted teeth, with a slight threat in his voice.
"Didn't I say in the morning that I didn't want to? Why are you still thinking about this? I won't agree, and you old man don't need to threaten me, it's useless! Li Qing responded to the old man unceremoniously.
"You, you, why don't you eat hard and soft?" The old man put away his angry face like a deflated ball.
"Why do you have to take me? What purpose do you have, you tell me, maybe I'll consider taking a look! Li Qing's words were a little softened, but his tone was still resolute.
"You don't have to ask, I don't have any purpose, I just haven't accepted apprentices, I just think I have a fate with you, you really don't know each other, I don't know how many people rush to be my apprentice~, what are you doing with that expression, don't you believe it, tell you, in Baixuemen, my status is very high! And if you worship me as a teacher, I can do my best to provide you with the spirit stones you need on your future cultivation path! The old man looked sincere, and a little proud.
"Spirit stones? What is that? What's the use? Take it out and show me! Li Qing looked puzzled and stretched out his hands to the old man.
The old man triumphantly took out a few crystalline stones from the storage bag, which were surrounded by a trace of spiritual energy, which was not obvious.
"This is the Spirit Stone! The spirit stone is the universal currency of the cultivation realm, which can be used for trading, and can also be directly absorbed for cultivation! These are low-grade spirit stones, and the aura is relatively small, if you worship me as a teacher, I can even give you medium-grade spirit stones, you must know that a medium-grade spirit stone is equivalent to a hundred low-grade spirit stones, and sometimes it is still priceless! After speaking, the old man looked at Li Qing, who was a little stunned, thinking that he had finally moved Li Qing, and proudly waited for Li Qing's response.
"Is it true that the more spiritual energy there is, the higher the grade of the spirit stone? What is the highest grade of spirit stone?" Li Qing felt the old man's gaze, came back to his senses and asked.
"This is natural, the highest spirit stone in the cultivation realm at present should be the best spirit stone, but it is very rare. I heard that there are higher-grade spirit stones in the fairy world, but no one who stays in the lower world has really seen them. The old man wondered Li Qing's question, but he also answered seriously.
Li Qing was affirmed, and she was very excited, Rao was as calm as her, and she almost lost control. She's rich!
As early as the moment when the old man took out the spirit stone, Li Qing felt that this thing was very familiar, and only when he saw the slightest aura on it clearly did he react, isn't this the same as the pile of stones in his storage ring? It's just that the aura of those stones in the ring is pure and abundant! Now I heard the old man's explanation, according to the state of the aura, those stones of his own are estimated to be at least the best! I thought it was a useless thing before, so I never asked Shahai senior, it seems that when he wakes up, there are some things that he still has to confirm.
Just when the old man looked at Li Qing with a little excitement and thought that she would agree, he saw that Li Qing shook his head, and the words of refusal were still simple.
The old man scratched his unkempt hair, and really couldn't understand how such an excited expression could say no! But it can't be helped. I thought about it and continued to tempt, but this time it was replaced by exercises. Naturally, it is impossible to succeed! Li Qing's soul destroying technique is a top-level exercise, and the most important thing is that it is suitable for Li Qing, even if other exercises are given to Li Qing for nothing, Li Qing will not ask for it, let alone be an apprentice of Lao Shizi, it is too embarrassing!
The time of a stick of incense has passed, and the two of them are still deadlocked in front of the wooden house, Li Qing really can't understand the old man, what makes him so persistent? Is it really because you've been alone for too long? How can it be! When a cultivator retreats, the time is always a few years or even decades at a time!
"So, I'll teach you spells, high-level spells! Don't say that you can do the task change by yourself this time, you must know that this high-level spell is not something you can exchange for contribution! How is it? The old man thought about it again and again, and looked at Li Qing, his eyes were about to burst into stars!
Li Qing looked at the old man's appearance, he really didn't know what to say, he had already refused so much, he was really persistent, it seemed that there must be something in him that he valued, but I don't know what it is?! However, seeing that he tried so hard to persuade him, Li Qing really couldn't say anything to refuse, and his high-level spell really attracted Li Qing a little! Do you say yes or no?
"In addition to your own proposal, if you promise me a few more conditions, I will promise you, if not, then forget it, it is useless for you to threaten and tempt me!" Li Qing looked at the old man and spoke, his tone resolute.
"Okay, you say it first!"
"First, without my consent, you can't openly say that I am your disciple. Second, after becoming your disciple, I will still be an outer disciple and will not directly ascend to the inner gate; Third, you can ask me to help, but not overly demanding; Fourth, I want absolute autonomy. Of course, if I really become your apprentice, then as long as the master lives up to the apprentice, the apprentice will naturally not leave the master! Li Qing considered and said a few things she was more concerned about.
With Li Qing's requests one by one, the old man's face turned a little dark, thinking that if it was a normal situation, he would have been powerful a long time ago! Rubbing his hands, he looked at Li Qing, gritted his teeth and said a good word!
"Okay, since you agreed, then I will never break my word, I will be your apprentice from tomorrow, now I will go back to the wooden house first, and your old man will call me again if there is something." Li Qing saw that the old man agreed, and his tone softened a lot. Now the old man is her master, although she is relying on her own beggar for nothing, but she also wants to give him respect.
Li Qing said goodbye to the old man, entered the wooden house, and walked to the backyard.
"I can't be mistaken, right?! Thinking of such a mind, coupled with ...... Absolutely! The old man looked at Li Qing's departing back, and showed a rare serious expression~! But soon he reverted to the unruliness of the old naughty boy, and if someone was there at this time, he would definitely have the illusion that he had just seen it wrong.