The room was as silent as if time had stopped, except for the boiling water in the pot that kept tumbling.

Su Xiaoqi could even hear the sound of rice balls of different sizes colliding.

Beside him, there was a bowl of rice balls that had cooled down, and in front of him, there was a stool, but there was no one on the stool.

Everything was as if it had never happened, but those words still echoed in Su Xiaoqi's brain.

Suddenly, he felt a little hungry, so he directly threw away all thoughts and began to pick up the bowl of rice balls, which was not hot or cold, and it was the best time to put it in his mouth.

Su Xiaoqi has always felt that there are many things in this world that cannot be disappointed, and time and food are the things he feels he cannot live up to the most.

After eating the rice balls in the bowl, he got up and turned out three sticks of incense, lit them and inserted them on the table next to him, then changed a bowl and put a bowl of hot rice balls on the table.

He bowed to the table and said in a low voice: "Su Rufan, today's Lantern Festival, taste the rice balls I cooked, I am ashamed to say that you have worked so hard to pull me so hard, but you have not eaten a meal I cooked until you died." ”

Speaking of this, he paused before continuing: "Tangyuan Tangyuan, Tuan Tuan Reunion, don't worry, one day I will bring you back, but it may be a little long, so I can only let you wait longer." Of course, maybe one day I'll be like you, and I'll be able to see you over there in advance if I'm inexplicably dead. ”

After saying this, he sat down, took out the short knife, and put it in his hand to observe it carefully.

As always, he simply couldn't see anything from the knife.

He looked at the table with incense and rice balls, and said with a wry smile: "Su Rufan, I just realized now that you seem to be far more difficult than I imagined." But that doesn't change the fact that you're a bastard. ”

Then he began to think about the strange man from before, and the words he had said.

For a long time, I still couldn't figure out a thread that could connect everything.

In the past, although he investigated the cause of Su Rufan's death, his focus was on Haotianzong, but now when he returned to Panyang Town, he found that Su Rufan's death seemed to be the person who had the most to do with it.

So is it his own life experience that Su Rufan didn't say, or the knife in his hand, or both?

If this is the case, this matter is far from being as simple as you think.

However, the only thing that is certain is that the Jiang family and Haotian Sect must be an important part of it, and they have been focusing on Haotian Sect for two years, although there are also gains, but after all, there are too few.

The Jiang family may be a good breakthrough.

But whether it is the Jiang family or Haotian Sect, they must have enough strength to shake it, especially Haotian Sect.

If you want to bring Su Rufan's body back, you need not only strong strength, but also a lot of power.

The so-called power, Su Xiaoqi doesn't dare to think about it now, all he can think about is how to improve his own strength.

And now what can make you stronger, in addition to practicing knives, there are also drawing talismans.

But these are not the most important things at the moment, the important thing is to break through the mortal body mirror and enter the spirit mirror.

Of course Su Xiaoqi remembered and agreed with what Wu Yuan said, but he couldn't do it, what he lacked most now was strength.

Once he enters the spirit mirror, he can do much more than he can now, as for whether it will affect his future cultivation, Su Xiaoqi is not unconcerned, but he has no choice.

Because mortal body and spirit body are two completely different concepts.

The so-called mortal body, in fact, is literally meaningful, no matter how powerful, it is only a mortal body, this realm, is to constantly temper the body, so that the human body can withstand the infusion of true yuan.

Once the True Yuan successfully enters the body and condenses into the True Yuan Spirit, it can be regarded as a true Spirit Mirror powerhouse.

After learning the talisman, Su Xiaoqi's mastery of Yuan Qi became more and more proficient, which was also the reason why he was able to reach the late stage of the Mortal Body Mirror in such a short time, but it was only limited to the period from the Mortal Body Mirror to the Spirit Body Mirror.

This is not to say that the Yuan Qi has no effect on the subsequent realm ascension, on the contrary, the more True Yuan Qi condensed in the body, the stronger the strength.

It's just that like Su Xiaoqi, who practices both knives and talismans, has to divide the original time into two parts, which is more than worth the loss.

That's why Wu Yuan said that in the matter of cultivation, it is better to specialize in one subject without overpowering oneself, and this is the reason.

During the Lantern Festival, every family will sit together to eat Lantern Festival, and then put lanterns and write their good wishes for the coming year on the lanterns, so that their wishes will come true.

Su Xiaoqi also got a lantern, but nothing was written on the lantern. His only wish was to bring Su Rufan back from Haotian Sect, and this wish could only be fulfilled by himself, so there was no need to pray to the heavens.

After releasing the lanterns, he climbed onto the roof, looked at Panyang Town at night, and watched countless lanterns continue to rise, illuminating the entire Panyang Town as if it were day.

This kind of Panyang Town is the Panyang Town he is familiar with.

He slowly closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the roof, the dagger resting on his lap.

The first step is to mobilize the vitality in the body, and then try to pull the true element between heaven and earth into the body, and condense it into the true element.

This process requires a lot of true yuan, so it takes a long time, so many sect disciples and family disciples will use heavenly treasures containing a large amount of true yuan to assist when they break through.

The most common is Zhenyuan Pur, a naturally grown and formed ore, and then there is True Yuan Lingpo, Zhenyuan Essence Pur, Zhenyuan Dan and so on...... There are so many different things.

But these things, no matter where they are placed, they are all sky-high prices, and they are priceless and marketable, and they are rarely available to ordinary people, and even if they are lucky, they are not willing to use them themselves, but use them in exchange for a good sum of money, and then buy some relatively good and cheap things to help the master practice.

Poor scholars, rich scholars, this sentence seems to be very practical at any time and place.

Once you embark on a practice, there is no bottom line for the amount of money you consume.

At this point, after Su Xiaoqi entered the Tianji Pavilion, he felt very deeply, and it could even be said that he was deeply affected by it.

The first attempt quickly ended in failure, Su Xiaoqi adjusted the state of his body slightly, and started the second attempt.

And just when Su Xiaoqi was constantly trying to break through, and when the people of Panyang Town were writing their expectations for the coming year on the lanterns, a few outsiders came to Panyang Town.

The group was dressed exactly the same, but they were tall, short, fat and thin, and even the weapons they were carrying.

Some people carry long swords, floating like immortals, some people are empty-handed, their big sleeves are rolling, some people hang jade pendants from their waists, and jade trees are in the wind......

After entering Panyang Town, this group walked directly towards the city lord's mansion in the south, just passing by the stone arch bridge, passing by the dilapidated courtyard with the words "every year is sad every year, every year is safe".

The eight people walked through the small courtyard for a distance, but they stopped at the same time, and then looked at the dilapidated courtyard in unison.

A thin man in white retracted his gaze, looked at the fat man who was also dressed in white on the side, and said with a smile, "Senior Brother Wang also felt it?"

The fat man nodded and said, "Judging by the situation, it should be someone who is entering the spirit realm from the mortal body mirror, but it seems to be different. ”

Everyone nodded, and a man in white with a long sword on his back smiled and said, "Why don't I go and have a look?"

The fat man shook his head and said: "Don't forget Master's instructions, this time we come, in addition to completing the task, we must not make any extraneous branches, the empire is vast, and there are many strange things, if you delay the mission of the sect because of a curiosity, it will not be punished, but it will definitely be said by the master and the elders." ”

Speaking of this, he smiled bitterly and said: "Those elders, once they break the reason, it will be over, you are not afraid, I am very afraid." ”

The man with the sword on his back smiled bitterly and waved his hand, "I'd rather accept punishment than listen to the elders tell me those truths." ”

A man in the youngest grade stepped forward and said with a smile: "I didn't see it, Senior Brother Hu, who was most appreciated by the elders, would be afraid of the elders' reasoning, if this word spread to Qichaoshan, I don't know what reaction it would cause." ”

The man with the sword on his back hurriedly said: "Forget it after you have heard this, when you return to Qichao Mountain, you can't talk nonsense." ”

Everyone laughed, and the fat man smiled and said, "Senior Brother Hu doesn't need to worry, even if we go back and say this, the elders won't believe it." ”

The man with the sword on his back smiled proudly: "That's the same." ”

A few people talked and laughed, and walked towards the City Lord's Mansion.

In front of the gate of the city lord's mansion, a plump and beautiful woman stood in front of the door, looking forward to it.

At the woman's side, there was also a beautiful girl, who seemed to like white very much, so all the clothes she wore throughout the year were all snow white.

It's just that for some reason, the head of the Jiang family, the city lord of Qingluan County, did not appear.

The woman soon saw the eight people who were eager to be immortals, and immediately smiled, pulled Jiang Liuxue forward quickly, and said with a smile: "Several senior brothers have worked hard all the way, and the house has prepared hot water for meals, and I ask a few senior brothers not to dislike it." ”

The fat man was obviously the senior brother of this line, and he was also full of smiles, "Look at what Senior Sister said, when Senior Sister Yu was in Chaoshan, it was a real mountain fairy, and even the Great Elder is full of praise when he mentions Senior Sister Yu now, where is there anything to dislike or not dislike." ”

The woman waved her hand and said, "It's different, now the little sister is just a country woman, how can she be worthy of the praise of the great elder." ”

The fat man frowned and said: "No matter what you say, we are also a family, how can there be a family saying two words, if Senior Sister Yu is so polite again, I, as a senior brother, will really be angry." ”

The woman really didn't say anything more, and began to introduce Jiang Liuxue to these strong men who came down from the mountain one by one, while leading everyone into the city lord's mansion.

Jiang Liuxue greeted her with a smile and was extremely polite from beginning to end, and she couldn't find fault with it at all, but this was just a habit she had developed for a long time in the City Lord's Mansion, a habit of treating people without leaking.

She actually didn't like this kind of occasion very much, and she couldn't be interested in these mountain people, whether it was the sword cultivator from Haotian Sect or the strong man who came down from the mountain.

She naturally admits that these people are strong, but they are only strong.

In her heart, there is only the Great Dao, what does the strength of others have to do with herself?

So these people are not even as good as the ordinary teenager named Su Xiaoqi to make her care.

Because that young man once made a ripple on the lake in her heart, although it was faint, but it did appear.

Of course, this seemed to her to be nothing more than a little joke played by fate, nothing more.

And in that dilapidated courtyard, Su Xiaoqi, who had been closing his eyes, opened his eyes.

After an unknown number of failures, he finally condensed the first true spirit and successfully stepped into the threshold of the spirit realm.

His eyes looked extremely calm, looking at the knife in his lap.