Chapter 32: A Brief Calm
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Twenty days in a flash, Bai Muyun felt that the days in Yueluo Peak were passing day by day very quickly.
For blazing fast? It's really because she's so busy that she hardly has a daze to experience the feeling of living like a year
Practice the foundation of concentration every day, take time to guide Zhang Xiaohu to read and write at noon, practice the foundation of gathering qi with Li Jinhuo, deal with it at Yi Hezi in the evening, fight against the pill at night, and sneak out to take a bath at night...... At the end of the day, except for only two hours of sleep, everything else is almost stuffed.
However, she was tired and tired, but these days, she was extremely excited in her heart, because the talent she had seen on the path of cultivation was the progress she had made in the concentration practice
Under the guidance of the veteran Zhang Jinglin, she and eleven other disciples who did not have any foundation of concentration were compiled together, and from the third day onwards, they began to recite basic mantras and concentrate their thoughts from scratch. And Zhang Laodao would always deliberately mention in front of her that Wang Yun, Lin Daoming, and Li Daoyuan had extraordinary talents, such as how they had reached the second level of concentration at a young age.
Of course, he didn't forget to remind everyone that there were even more people, such as Xu Yi and Xu Ru, who had even reached the third layer of contemplation, could break through at any time, upgrade to the intermediate level, and become real people who could control spells
And all the disciples who already had a certain foundation of concentrating practice were arranged by Zhang Jinglin in another courtyard and instructed individually.
These made the eyes of the eleven ordinary disciples eager, including Bai Muyun's heart, envious. However, Zhang Jinglin's different attitude towards her also made her more curious. So after inquiring again and again, I finally found out that this old Tao was actually a disciple who entered the same class with the master forty years ago, and he was born in a wealthy family and was not talented. At that time, because he already had a certain cultivation foundation, he looked down on ordinary disciples very much. But I didn't expect to be compared to a child who was only nine years old at the time, and the child who couldn't read a single word at that time was her current master He Muhua In half a year of practice, He Muhua, who also started from scratch, actually won the first place in the final ranking competition, and was favored by the previous head at a glance, and accepted as a closed disciple while the others were one level lower than him.
So this made her very clear that when she had just taken the entrance exam, Zhang Jinglin's attitude towards the master was respectful, but unconvinced. Later, she thought about it carefully, maybe it was not unconvinced, but unwilling, which also made her figure it out, because when he saw that others could be better than her Bai Muyun in anything, he would always have a trace of smug eyes. Hmph, if that's the case, then I'm going to make you smug
Bai Muyun originally planned to work hard in secret, and he made a splash in the ranking competition in the last six months, but he raised his eyebrows in front of him, but he didn't expect that this day was realized on the tenth day after reaching Yueluo Peak
I still remember his incredible expression at that time, and the moment when he called Yi Hezi in a panic, and the look of surprise on Yi Hezi's face, I really felt extremely happy in my heart
However, is this flying sword technique really that difficult?
In fact, according to Zhang Laodao's method, after holding his breath and concentrating, and quickly reciting a series of familiar formulas, the ordinary steel flying sword in front of him, which was not more than a foot long, stabbed straight into the center of the bullseye three meters away with his thoughts
The first time she tried this formula, she felt different when she looked at the flying sword.
It no longer seemed to be a dead thing in her eyes, but as if it could be connected to her heart. She closed her eyes and could feel the sword as if it was being held by an invisible thought, and the cold, heavy metal texture of the sword body was very real, as if she were really holding it with her hand
Then he picked up the hilt of the sword with his invisible hand and threw it directly at the bull's-eye.
Well, it's as simple as that.
She didn't feel any difficulty at all, and even secretly rolled her eyes with a suspicious look
Who knows, when everyone is staring at the monster, she inexplicably feels that maybe there is a little difference, right? There are not many words on the non-fiction network
Even on the same day, when she told the junior deacon Li Jinhuo about this strange thing, she got an even more exaggerated and sluggish look
Later, she remembered that when the master explained to the white-haired and golden-belted elder in the main hall that she had not passed the second level, she had said that although the second test she had accepted, although she had not passed the guò, but I was afraid that the disciples of the third layer of contemplation might not be able to pass through guò In this way, she gladly accepted this status quo, maybe it was really a gift, otherwise it would be passed on to be Yao Qingpai? Thinking of this, she felt complacent.
It was as if a voice was whispering in your ears, "Although you were born with moles, you are better than many people, and you are indeed worshipping under the Master because of your great talent."
Soon, though, she developed a deeper understanding of the word "gifted."
As for the black-faced Zhang Xiaohu, who was illiterate from a peasant family, Bai Muyun really inadvertently began to teach him to read.
I still remember that at noon on the second day when I went to the spring for the first time late at night, I happened to sit very close to Zhang Xiaohu in the dining room. Later, when everyone was not paying attention, he pulled her aside, timidly took out the "Door Rules", and asked for some words on it.
Because she was so shocked by Xu Yi's words at night that she didn't rest well, she was already very tired at that time.
Zhang Xiaohu began to think that she was unwilling to teach him, and his feelings were very low. Then he said that he had found several people, and they didn't want to waste any cultivation on him. Because I sat with her today, I wanted to try my luck.
Seeing the kind of gaze that flashed in his eyes, Bai Muyun suddenly felt a sadness in his heart.
That reminded her of a few years ago.
I still remember that when I was bullied by a few boys next door throwing stones, I happened to meet Brother Xu Yan, who I didn't know at the time. At that time, there was nowhere to hide, so he grabbed his clothes and asked for help, so Xu Yan blocked in front of him and taught those boys a lesson.
I clearly remember that it was as if I had grabbed a life-saving straw at that time, and the eyes that looked at Xu Yan were the gaze in Zhang Xiaohu's eyes now, which contained longing, worship and expectation
At this moment, under the gaze of the same pair of clear eyes that could not be refused, she couldn't refuse at all. So, she fought hard and patiently read two pages to him, word by word.
However, what she didn't expect was that Zhang Xiaohu, a black-faced boy who looked a little silly, was so smart and had such an excellent memory, because at noon the next day, he was sitting next to him again, and he could write nine out of ten of yesterday's words with his fingers on the table
I thought that she could read and memorize the Four Books and Five Classics after studying for three years, and the level of memorization has been praised as extremely amazing, but now it seems that it may not be as good as the black-faced boy in front of her, which made her realize for the first time the five words in the book, "People should not be good-looking".
Looking at Zhang Xiaohu's excited expression because of her literacy, she gave him all the only noon break she had every day.
After noon without any rest, she practiced qi gathering and body foundation under the guidance of Li Jinhuo. Although the white-clothed master made her feel very cold, that Fat Elder Wang made her feel very cordial when they first met. Maybe it's in the main hall to see him defend his master everywhere, maybe it's because of his kind eyes, in short, Bai Muyun, who has always been a little critical of people, does have a sense of trust in him for no reason
According to the instructions he gave last time, Bai Muyun quickly became familiar with the black-faced man in charge of the cultivation of the Qi Gathering Layer, the junior deacon Li Jinhuo.
Li Jinhuo must have been ordered by the elders, and he was very polite and cordial to him from the second meeting.
Later, according to him, Elder Wang was his savior. Many years ago, when he was young, he was injured because of injustice, and because he had no money for medical treatment, he actually caused his whole body to ulcerate and die by a small river. At that time, it happened that Elder Wang was passing by to collect medicine, so he saved him. He has always served by Elder Wang's side and is deeply loved by Elder Wang. But because he was nearly twenty years old at that time, he didn't have much future on the path of cultivation, but his muscles and bones were wonderful, so when Elder Wang returned to the mountain, he took him to become an outer disciple. However, Li Jinhuo was stubborn by nature and refused to admit defeat, so he devoted himself to cultivation day and night, but he did not expect that after twenty years, he reached the late stage of qi gathering, and his concentration also reached the third layer, so he naturally became a junior deacon who was promoted to the head of three hundred disciples
Bai Muyun later observed that those junior disciples respected him very much, which must have been the reason why he was very open-minded and upright.
Although there is a relationship with the elders, it is difficult to hide the situation of difficult luck in the meridians. However, under the effect of continuously taking the blue and black pills, she was happy that she could already mobilize the qi of the dantian and walk along the meridians for a long time, but the qi knots in the meridians of her body that were different from ordinary people could not escape the eyes of Li Jinhuo, a master of qi gathering.
On the first day of his cultivation, he learned the secret. But he didn't say anything, but observed the details of Bai Muyun's qi more carefully. Later, he saw that within a few days, in the part of the meridian that could not flow qi at all, the part that could flow qi gradually appeared, which made him very puzzled.
Under his private questioning, Bai Muyun simply explained that it was the master who gave the pill to help open up the meridians. In this regard, Li Jinhuo was relieved.
In his mind, Elder Wang treated He Muhua like a child, so it was only natural to give her the pill. However, because Bai Muyun's meridians were so blocked at the beginning, he really didn't understand it. However, he didn't think this was a problem, since she was the heir of the ancestor, there must be something different about her, like her terrifying spiritual talent.
Although there is still a distance from the smooth meridians of the whole body and walking on the Great Zhoutian, the success that has not been achieved at home for three years has been achieved in less than a month, which also makes Bai Muyun very happy
Of course, the impossibility of being with Li Jinhuo every day is only on the topic of cultivation. Since Li Jinhuo is a human being, she also began to inquire about all kinds of gossip.
After digging into the roots, she learned that it turned out that the matter of being given the token of the Supreme Elder by Wang Yun and Li Daoyuan had not been encountered in Shangqing Mountain for hundreds of years
Of course, this is not the most sensational thing for the whole mountain gate. The most sensational thing is that the patriarch's Yaoqing card is said to have not been seen or given to anyone for nearly a thousand years
However, regarding the fact that the master in white inherited the Yaoqing card at the beginning, Li Jinhuo said that he really didn't know, and asked Yuan Chenzi and Elder Wang Pang when she was on vacation at the end of the month.
Since Li Jinhuo was respectful in front of her, she simply asked him well. So she asked about the filth she saw on the bed the morning after coming to Yueluo Peak.
According to Li Jinhuo's description, she guessed that it was probably the so-called "marrow washing".
This marrow cleansing occurs only when the Great Perfection is broken through in the late stage of Qi Gathering, and it is a process in which the cultivator uses internal force to expel toxins and impurities from the body one by one. After washing the marrow, the cultivator will not only emit a faint fragrance from the body, but also change the meridian foundation of the entire body
So compared to what he said, Bai Muyun's skin has indeed become more and more smooth and white these days, and after twenty days of observation, she is 100% sure that it is definitely not psychological, but is it a marrow wash?
If not, again? There were so many questions in her head right now that she simply didn't think about it.
According to Li Jinhuo's inference, according to the current speed of unblocked meridians, it will take another three months to open up the meridians of the whole body
However, from his disappointed eyes, Bai Muyun had already guessed that it was estimated that among all eighteen people, the last one in line could gather qi successfully, right? There are not many words on the non-fiction network
Thinking of this, she secretly smiled bitterly again. Unexpectedly, she was considered to be gifted in terms of spiritual ability, and the level of gathering qi, which is much simpler in the eyes of ordinary people, is also so "gifted", and it can even be said that if the master does not have the elixir, maybe she will not be able to gather qi successfully for ten or twenty years
But when it comes to rankings, she is more interested in one person, and that is Xu Yi
Thinking that he could see through Xu Ru's cultivation level at a glance, then how did he reach the level? She asked Li Jinhuo curiously. I didn't know that it was okay not to ask, but the answer after asking made her extremely shocked
It turned out that in Li Jinhuo's eyes of gathering qi and consummation, he couldn't see Xu Yi's depth
Even if Taiwu Guozhen Guogong was one of the important ministers whose military power status was second only to that of the emperor, and he had power and resources in his hands that ordinary people could not imagine, but his son could cultivate to this point at the age of less than fourteen, which was unbelievable to Li Jinhuo.
However, he also guessed that maybe Xu Yi had a magic weapon on his body, so that others could not see his strength. No matter what, Bai Muyun always had an intuition, even if Xu Yi had a blinding magic weapon, his qi gathering level would definitely not be lower than the middle stage
Thinking of him, she always felt uneasy in her heart.
Since meeting him and Lin Daoming in the spring that night, Bai Muyun has always felt Xu Yi's secret. Because his eyes look so different from others, as if he is enjoying the singing on stage.
Whenever she met his eyes, she felt uneasy for no reason. Of course, there was still something she had been speculating about, whether he knew he had bathed there that night......
In the past twenty days, except for the necessary contact, she has deliberately bypassed him. But fortunately, he has been concentrating and cultivating with all his might, and he has not taken the initiative to fight.
Like the shadow of a snake in a cup, Bai Muyun now goes to the spring every night with twelve wings. Of course, if she can, she really doesn't want to go. But that pill guide zhì she will have a thin layer of dirt floating on her skin every day, and it will smell very bad if she doesn't wash it, so she has no other choice.
But she's also learned. Every time she was about to reach the spring, she would suddenly stop her body, put her hands behind her back, and calmly snorted that since Brother Tai is here, don't hide and hide."
After a pause of ten breaths and no one answered, she suddenly accelerated and rushed into the spring.
The day passed in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, it was midnight again.
Bai Muyun quietly pushed the door out, skillfully slipped out of the compound, and after the old-fashioned bluffing move, he took off his robe with confidence and rushed directly into the water to enjoy the coolness.
Perhaps under the influence of the blue-black elixir, she felt more and more fond of cold water, as if it was also made of ice water.
The moonlight gently sprinkled on the water, her thin white tunic fluttered gently in the water, and her long black hair was fluffy beside her, and she felt relaxed both physically and mentally.
Every now and then, she misses her father a little in her heart, the maid Xiaomei and the kind old housekeeper. I was away from home for more than a month, and I couldn't communicate with my family for six months because of door restrictions.
She pursed the corners of her mouth and imagined, if her father really worshiped the immortal gate, what kind of expression would he have? Will Daddy be proud of Yun'er? Thinking of this, a beautiful smile unique to a girl appeared on her face.
Suddenly, a very small voice came to her ears quickly, "Get dressed, someone is coming"
This sound was like thunder in this silent night, making her choke on a mouthful of water, and she almost sank to the bottom of the water, and she felt the spring water jump into her nose and throat, and the strong feeling of suffocation hit her instinctively slapped the water, and she couldn't control it at all.
At this moment, a black shadow flashed on the shore very quickly, without the slightest pause, picked up the clothes she had taken off on the shore, and a flying figure came to her side, and the black shadow reached out and pulled her out of the water
The black shadow lightly tapped the water on the tips of his toes, bounced back into his body like a flying swallow, twisted his body in the air, and steadily hugged the wet white wood cloud into his arms, and then jumped up and sank into the dark woods in a few successive dots of water
Just a few breaths after they had disappeared, several other shadows reached the vicinity of the fountain.
"I must have been here just now," said a very low voice, "I heard it." ”
"Search" a few figures scattered in the darkness.
Bai Muyun was frightened at this time, and was tightly pressed into his arms by a wide and warm embrace, unable to raise his head.
"Hold your breath." A thin voice came from above his forehead.
Her whole body was now wrapped in the thin middle coat, and she trembled uncontrollably because of her extreme excitement.
Two thick arms wrapped around him tightly, gently covering the clothes in their hands over her back.
Just when she was about to struggle hard, an extremely soft voice came from not far away, "Withdraw, come back another day"
At this moment, she suddenly understood that she had been in extreme danger just now
So, she was quiet. But at this time, my heart was beating wildly.
Her face was pressed against the man's chest, and she could clearly hear the powerful beating of his heart.
In an instant, it seemed that there was only the heartbeat of him and her in the world......
A breath is so long.
But the smell of this person makes me feel more and more familiar. She wanted to get out of this embrace right away and see who he really was. And then...... And then...... Then what happened, her mind went blank for a moment.
I don't know how long she was sluggish, she felt a chill in her body, it turned out that the man in black had let go, and at the same time, the robe was wrapped around her body.
Still lying in the crook of his arm, Bai Muyun looked fiercely above his head
A pair of thick eyebrows, a pair of big eyes, and a face reflected in the dark eyes
"It's going to be you...... Xu Yi "She looked at him blankly, not knowing what to do.
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