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The barren land is overgrown with weeds at the moment. A dead tree stands proudly in front of it, slightly lonely. The yellowed leaves that had fallen were dancing in the breeze.

The remnant sun is bloody, the sound of insects is endless, and the originally desolate land is now a little vibrant.

The young man's face was a little cold when he looked at the dead tree in front of him, his body had been eroded by sweat at this time, and his right hand holding the long sword was now trembling slightly.

Suddenly, the boy moved, only to see his body arch slightly, and then his feet jumped up with his body, leaving a cloud of dust.

The long sword in his hand had been raised into the air by his right hand at this moment, and he went straight to the dead tree in front of him.

The cold light pierced the sky like a silver snake, slashing at the dead tree with fearless momentum.

"Bang!!" a violent crash sounded, and sparks flew for a moment.

The dead tree was like a rock to block the attack of the long sword, and the right hand of the young man holding the long sword could not penetrate deeply at the moment.

The stalemate at this moment made the teenager look very angry.

The aura of his physical strength gathered in his right hand, raising the strength in his body to the extreme, wanting to split the dead tree in one fell swoop.

The powerful forces gathered on the branches of the dead trees to produce a powerful reflective force.

The boy snorted, and then his body was ejected directly.

He didn't expect that the thin, fragile looking emaciated would be so hard, and the longsword made of dark iron and Mithril would not be able to do anything about it.

"The Yinheng Ancient Tree is really extraordinary, and it deserves to be called a strange tree in the wasteland. He Qi patted the dust on his body, looked at the dead tree in front of him and muttered.

He Qi has been trying the basic sword skills in the Qingshu these days, and the splitting sword in it has been practiced by him perfectly, but now he still can't shake this tree.

Regarding the news of the dead dog, He Qi still has no clue. Even though he would go to the town every day to find out the news, there was still no valuable information.

The dead dog did nothing other than sneak into the townspeople's homes to steal food during his disappearance, which was a common occurrence for the tree, and even if it was discovered, it would not be possible to catch him.

When He Qi first heard this kind of news, he would also go to investigate according to the place where the big tree was infested.

But to He Qi's disappointment, the dead dog seemed to have expected this day to happen, and he didn't even leave a piece of shit, and He Qi could only secretly sigh at the shrewdness of the dead dog, and then gave up the investigation of this point.

In a hurry, He Qi also went to find Old Man Li, but Old Man Li didn't seem to be in a hurry about this matter, and there was only one word he left for He Qi, that is, "wait".

He Qi really didn't know where Old Man Li came from so surely, but since the old man asked him to wait, it must have been planned. He Qi didn't care about this, and before he found a small space, He Qi could only practice the swordsmanship on the Qingshu.

Sword splitting is the first form of basic sword technique, and it emphasizes an indomitable attack. There is no extra defense, and the best defense is the ultimate offense.

He Qi never knew what was the difference between what was recorded in the Qingshu and what he practiced on the training ground, and there was not much difference in terms of actual technique and power.

But according to Old Man Li, if you practice too much, you will change, and the so-called "Whoever can make perfect" is probably this truth, and in the end, Old Man Li also chose an object for him to practice swords, which is the Yinheng Ancient Tree in front of him.

Now it seems that there are indeed some changes, at least He Qi is starting to give up on himself.

The dead tree in front of him is really hard and abnormal, at least with He Qi's current strength, it can't be shaken, he and it have been in a stalemate for a long time, and the position of each split is the same place, but until now there is not even a trace left.

Looking at the sunset in the distance, He Qi sighed, he tidied up his clothes a little, and then turned to leave.

When he returned home, He Qi took out the Qingshu again, and he would repeat the same work every day.

Even though Qingshu has not changed much, he still has this little expectation. It's not that he believed Old Man Li, but the previous attempts he made made him feel that Qingshu was indeed extraordinary.

After He Qi practiced for a few days before and had no effect, he had thought about destroying Qingshu, but with his strength, he couldn't help Qingshu in the slightest. After that, he had burned it with fire and put it in water, but there was still no way to take the green book.

Although Qingshu did not move in the face of He Qi's torture, it also showed the extraordinaryness of this book.

He Qi quietly opened the green book, and the lifelike portraits on it couldn't help but marvel even after he had read it many times.

With just a few brushstrokes, the posture of the characters is vividly depicted, but I don't know why the charm of the characters seems to be hidden. In He Qi's view, the person who painted this book must be a master-level painter.

He gently used his hand to learn the movements on it a few times, and then sighed and closed the green book.

The "You" character technique has been cultivated by him to the top bottle, and Qingshu has not improved much after practicing it temporarily.

In this regard, he could only choose to pin his hopes on the stone bead in his body to see if it could help him improve his strength in a short period of time.

He Qi actually didn't want to use the little things in his body, Shi Zhu took the initiative to help He Qi twice, once under the pursuit of the cyan giant wolf, and once when he broke through last time, each time was very critical for He Qi. And for the rest of the time, Shi Zhu seemed to have forgotten He Qi, the host.

In He Qi's opinion, this little thing should have some kind of spirituality, and maybe even pure wisdom. Even if it doesn't show it now, it will show its true face one day. And the fact that he selflessly helps himself is really a bit unbelievable.

The fact that pie in the sky is only a legend. Thinking of Shi Zhu He Qi thought of Old Man Li, he felt that Old Man Li might have something to hide from him.

Old man Li had given him a black jade pendant before, and now it seems that it is definitely not simple.

Thinking of this, He Qi shook his head self-deprecatingly, some things are really grasshopper shaking trees when considered with his current strength.

Then he calmed his mind and immersed his consciousness in his body.

He began to try to mobilize his aura to touch the stone beads in his body.

At the moment when the aura was about to touch the stone bead, it trembled slightly. For He Qi's reckless move, Shi Zhu seemed very resistant.

He Qi felt Shi Zhu's reaction. He was a little more certain about Shi Zhu's conjecture, but he didn't stop his behavior.

After seeing that he couldn't stop He Qi, Shi Zhu completely broke out.

He Qi gradually felt a cold aura permeating the air, and slowly that feeling became stronger and stronger. Then, a powerful energy erupted from within the stone bead.

This energy quickly took over He Qi's small room, and the light in the room was swallowed up in an instant. He Qi fell into darkness.

This kind of scene is very familiar to He Qi, and he has actually experienced it.

"Could it be that the dream in Lingxi Canyon that night has something to do with the stone beads?" He Qi thought quietly, he didn't have much fear in his heart at the moment.

It would have been easy to endanger his life with Shi Zhu's ability, but he was still alive until now, which just showed that Shi Zhu would not harm him for the time being.

He Qi felt that he might be entering that dream again.

But He Qi didn't notice that Qingshu, who was originally silent beside him at this moment, actually emitted a faint golden light at this moment due to the arrival of this energy.